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18, 2026 MEETING OF THE SELECT 

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COMMITTEE ON SEATTLE 

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TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICT 

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WILL COME TO ORDER. IT IS 9:32 

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A.M. I AM CHAIR OF THE 

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COMMITTEE. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE

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CALL THE ROLL? 

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>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 

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>> HERE. 

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>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. 

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COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 

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COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 

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>> HERE. 

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>> COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 

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>> HERE. 

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>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 

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COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 

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COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 

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>> HERE. 

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>> CHAIR SAKA. 

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>> HERE. 

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>> CHAIR, THERE ARE FIVE MEMBERS

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PRESENT. 

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>> SLIM MARGIN ON THE COURTSIDE.

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MUST BE THE DAY BEFORE A LONG 

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WEEKEND. BUT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS

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WERE NOT CURRENTLY HERE ARE 

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EXCUSED UNTIL THEY . THANK YOU. 

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IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE 

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AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING 

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AND SEEING NO OBJECTION, THE 

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AGENDA IS HEREBY ADOPTED. GOOD 

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MORNING, COLLEAGUES. MEMBERS OF 

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THE PUBLIC, WELCOME. THANK YOU 

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ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY. 

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EXCITING DAY . WE GET TO TALK 

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MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOMETHING 

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OUR CITY RIGHT NOW. SEATTLE IS 

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HOSTING THE FEE FOR WORLD CUP , 

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GLOBE ARE EXPERIENCING OUR 

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WELCOMING AND VIBRANT CITY RIGHT

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NOW. IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, OUR 

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COMMUNITIES, AND THEY ARE ALSO 

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EXPERIENCING OUR TRANSPORTATION 

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SYSTEM FIRSTHAND. PROUD TO SHARE

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THAT SPORTS ILLUSTRATED RECENTLY

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RANKED SEATTLE AS THE NUMBER TWO

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OF 17 NORTH AMERICAN HOSTED 

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CITIES FOR FIFA. NUMBER TWO. AND

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THE FIRST IN THE UNITED STATES 

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WORKABILITY, AND TRANSIT . SO WE

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ARE THE BEST WORLD CUP HOST 

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CITY. [ APPLAUSE ] THAT IS 

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SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE. AND BE 

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PROUD OF. AND TODAY'S 

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DISCUSSIONS AND THOSE GOING 

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EXPERIENCE EVEN BETTER, MORE 

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VIBRANT FOR ALL . GOING AFTER 

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THAT NUMBER ONE NEXT TIME. LIKE 

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MANY SEATTLEITES, I WILL SHARE 

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THAT I OFTEN TAKE TRANSIT TO 

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MAJOR EVENTS , WHETHER IT IS TO 

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IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF OUR WORK, 

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COLLEAGUES, BEGINS TODAY . OUR 

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CARRYING OUT ITS DELIBERATIVE 

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BODY MANDATE THAT IS EFFECTIVELY

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ENSHRINED IN OUR LEGISLATIVE 

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DELIBERATIONS RIGHT NOW AND 

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GOING FORWARD WILL TAKE PLACE IN

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THE PUBLIC IN FULL VIEW OF THE 

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PEOPLE WE SERVE . TRANSPARENCY 

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. THROUGH COMMITTEE MEETINGS, 

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PUBLIC COMMENTS, CENTRAL STAFF 

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ANALYSIS , AND AMENDMENTS, 

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SEATTLE RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE 

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TO SEE THIS MEASURE CAREFULLY 

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ENHANCED ALL IN REAL TIME . AS A

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COEQUAL BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT, WE

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HAVE A SOLEMN RESPONSIBILITY, 

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COLLEAGUES, TO THOUGHTFULLY 

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ENSURE VOTERS ULTIMATELY RECEIVE

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THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE MEASURE. 

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EXECUTIVE WOULD LIKE TO SEE 

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THEIR PROPOSAL PASSED BY THIS 

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LEGISLATIVE BRANCH IN A 

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NO AMENDMENTS . SPOILER ALERT, 

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MADAME MAYOR, IF YOU ARE 

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WATCHING, AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN. 

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DON'T COUNT ON IT. BUT I 

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APPRECIATE THE WORK FROM THE 

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MAYOR AND THE EXECUTIVE GETTING 

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US TO THIS IMPORTANT STAGE. 

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THIS COMMITTEE WILL CONSIDER ONE

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OF THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL 

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DECISIONS WE MAKE TOGETHER WILL 

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HELP SHAPE TRANSIT INVESTMENTS 

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AND OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR CITY 

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FOR THE NEXT DECADE. I HAVE MADE

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NO SECRET ABOUT THE FACT I HAVE 

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BEEN PERSONALLY RIDING TRANSIT 

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RIDE TRANSIT REGULARLY. THAT 

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EXPERIENCE HAS HELPED SHAPE MY 

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INCLUDING TRANSIT, IS ULTIMATELY

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ABOUT OPPORTUNITY . IT IS ABOUT 

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ALSO ABOUT AFFORDABILITY. IN A 

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RISING COSTS OF HOUSING AND 

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RESPONSIBILITY TO CAREFULLY 

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ASK VOTERS TO APPROVE ADDITIONAL

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AGGRESSIVE ONE LIKE A SALES TAX 

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DOLLAR DELIVERS MEANINGFUL 

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PUBLIC VALUE AND ADVANCES 

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CLEARLY DEFINED PUBLIC GOALS. 

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TODAY'S DISCUSSION IS SO VITAL.

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LAST SESSION WE WELCOMED OUR 

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PARTNERS AT THE EXECUTIVE TO 

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PRESENT THEIR PROPOSAL 

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FIRSTHAND. TODAY, THIS MORNING, 

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OUR OWN COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF 

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EXPERTS WILL WALK US THROUGH A 

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DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE 

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PROPOSED SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION 

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POLICY QUESTIONS THAT DESERVE 

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SAW FOLKS CONSIDERATION, 

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PROPOSAL, THE PROPOSED A 10 YEAR

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A BUS OR A TRAIN. IT BEGINS WHEN

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OPERATOR EXPERIENCE , AND 

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SHOULD REMAIN FOCUSED ON 

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OUTCOMES. CAN WE IMPROVE 

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MOBILITY? HOW DO WE IMPROVE 

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AFFORDABILITY? HOW DO WE IMPROVE

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PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE 

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INVESTMENTS WE MAKE? THOSE ARE 

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THE STRATEGIC QUESTIONS THAT 

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MATTER MOST. TODAY'S MEETING 

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REPRESENTS AN IMPORTANT 

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MILESTONE IN THE PROCESS, BUT 

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ONLY AN IMPORTANT NEXT STEP. 

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COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WISH TO 

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PURSUE AMENDMENTS SHOULD WORK 

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WITH CENTRAL STAFF OVER THE 

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COMING DAYS, AND PROPOSED 

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AMENDMENTS ARE DUE TO CENTRAL 

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STAFF BY NOON ON JUNE 24. 

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AMENDMENTS WILL BE PUBLISHED 

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PRIOR TO THE JULY 6 MEETING 

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WHERE WE WILL BEGIN REVIEWING 

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AND DISCUSSING THEM IN DETAIL. 

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ULTIMATELY, IF COUNCIL MEMBERS 

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HAVE AMENDMENTS, OF COURSE, 

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ULTIMATELY THIS COMMITTEE WILL 

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HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHAPE A 

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PROPOSAL THAT REFLECTS OUR 

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COLLECTIVE JUDGMENT, VALUES, AND

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HOPEFULLY, EARNS THE TRUST AND 

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CONFIDENCE OF SEATTLE VOTERS BUT

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I WANT TO THANK CENTRAL STAFF IN

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ADVANCE FOR THE WORK ON TODAY'S

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ANALYSIS. AND I WANT TO THANK MY

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COLLEAGUES IN ADVANCE FOR THEIR 

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THOUGHTFUL ENGAGEMENT THROUGHOUT

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THE PROCESS. INCLUDING DURING 

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THE FIRST COMMITTEE MEETING WE 

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HELD . AGAIN, UNLIKE THE 

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PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT PHASE, THE 

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NEXT PHASE OF OUR DELIBERATIONS 

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WILL TAKE PLACE IN PUBLIC IN 

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PLAIN SIGHT IN FULL VIEW OF THE 

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PEOPLE WE SERVE. I FOR ONE 

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COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED ABOUT 

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THAT OPPORTUNITY. THAT SAID, 

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LET'S CONTINUE OUR VITAL WORK. 

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TOGETHER. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. 

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WE WILL NOW OPEN THE HYBRID 

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PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD . PUBLIC 

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COMMENTS SHOULD RELATE TO ITEMS 

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ON TODAY'S AGENDA. AND WITHIN 

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THE PURVIEW OF THIS COMMITTEE. 

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CLERK, HOW MANY SPEAKERS ARE 

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SIGNED UP TODAY? 

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>> CHAIR WE CURRENTLY HAVE 19 IN

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PERSON SPEAKER SIGNED UP AND 

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FOUR REMOTE SPEAKERS. 

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>> EXCELLENT. EACH SPEAKER WILL 

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HAVE A PROXIMALLY TWO MINUTES. 

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-- APPROXIMATELY TWO MINUTES. WE

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WILL START WITH IN PERSON 

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SPEAKERS FIRST . CLERK, PLEASE 

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READ THE PUBLIC COMMENT 

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INSTRUCTIONS. 

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>> THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 

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WILL BE MODERATED IN THE 

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FOLLOWING MANNER. SPEAKERS WILL 

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BE CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH 

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THEY REGISTERED. SPEAKERS WILL 

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ALTERNATE BETWEEN SETS OF IN 

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PERSON AND REMOTE SPEAKERS. 

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SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME WIND 

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10 SECONDS ARE LEFT OF THEIR 

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TIME. SPEAKERS' IF THEY DON'T 

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AND COMMENTS WITHIN THE ALLOTTED

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TIME TO ALLOW US TO CALL IN THE 

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NEXT SPEAKER. PUBLIC COMMENT 

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PERIOD IS NOW OPEN, AND WE WILL 

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BEGIN WITH THE FIRST SPEAKER ON 

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THE LIST. 

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>> GOOD MORNING CHAIR SAKA AND 

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DISTINGUISH CITY COUNCIL 

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MEMBERS. I AM PRESIDENT OF 587, 

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REPRESENTING AROUND 5000 TRANSIT

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WORKERS IN OUR REGION, MANY OF 

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WHOM EARN FAMILY WAGE JOBS. WE 

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OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THE BUS 

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SYSTEM, THE LIGHT RAIL, AND YOUR

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STREETCAR SYSTEM. THOSE WAGES 

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DIRECTLY FEED BACK INTO THE 

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COMMUNITY. OUR UNION IS FULLY IN

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FAVOR OF THE STM RENEWAL 

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REGISTRATION WAS TO THANK CHAIR 

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SAKA FOR INITIALLY INTRODUCING 

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IT ASKING FOR THE FULL 3/10 

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TAXING AUTHORITY. WE ENCOURAGE 

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ALL CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO 

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SUPPORT THAT. WE DO RECOGNIZE 

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HOW DIFFICULT IT IS POLITICALLY 

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TO VOTE TO RAISE SALES TAXES. WE

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GET THAT. UNFORTUNATELY, THAT IS

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A MECHANISM WE ARE STUCK WITH IF

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WE WANT TO CONTINUE INVESTING IN

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PUBLIC TRANSIT. EVERY DOLLAR 

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INVESTED IN PUBLIC TRANSIT 

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GENERATES AN ESTIMATED FIVE 

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DOLLARS IN LONG-TERM ECONOMIC 

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RETURNS. LET ME REPEAT THAT. 

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EVERY DOLLAR INVESTED IN PUBLIC 

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TRANSIT GENERATES AN ESTIMATED 

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$5 IN LONG-TERM ECONOMIC 

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RETURNS. SEATTLE WON'T REACH 

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ITS FULL POTENTIAL WITHOUT 

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VIBRANT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION 

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SYSTEM. IT WON'T TO MEET ITS 

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TARGETS ON EQUITY, MOBILITY OR 

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CLIMATE . THE MESSAGE FROM THE 

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RESIDENTS OF SEATTLE ARE CLEAR. 

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THEY WANT MORE SAFE AND RELIABLE

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PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. OUR UNIT 

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APPRECIATE THE DECADE-LONG 

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SUPPORT OF SEATTLE RESIDENTS AND

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THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL . 

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PLEASE VOTE YES FOR UTILIZING 

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THE FULL TAXING AUTHORITY FOR 

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PUBLIC TRANSIT, AND PLEASE TRY 

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TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT TOWARDS 

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CAPITAL SPENDING. THE PUBLIC 

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WANTS MORE SERVICE. THANK YOU. 

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>> THANK YOU, LOCAL 587 

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PRESIDENT. 

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>> NEXT SPEAKER. 

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>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL 

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MEMBERS. I AM FROM SEATTLE 

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TRANSIT RIDERS UNION. I WOULD 

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LIKE TO START BY THANKING THE 

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TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE FOR 

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DOING THIS IMPORTANT WORK TODAY.

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WE HAVE BEFORE US AN 

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OPPORTUNITY, AS MY FRIEND BUT, 

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TO REDUCE THE COST OF LIVING, 

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FIGHT TRAFFIC AND FIGHT THE 

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CLIMATE CRISIS ALL IN ONE. THIS 

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MEASURE GOES BIG, DOUBLING THE 

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SIZE OF THE LAST MEASURE AND 

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ADDING OVER 100,000 TRIPS PER 

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YEAR, AND THANK GOODNESS. WE 

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BADLY NEED IT. POST PANDEMIC 

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SEATTLEITES NEED TO GET 

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EVERYWHERE AT EVERY TIME OF DAY.

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DRIVING HAS BECOME BRUTALLY 

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EXPENSIVE. THIS MEASURE AS A LOT

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OF SERVICE ON NIGHTS AND 

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WEEKENDS, MAKING TRANSIT A 

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VIABLE OPTION FOR MORE PEOPLE TO

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GO MORE PLACES MORE OFTEN. IT 

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MORE THAN DOUBLES THE NUMBER OF 

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FREE UDUB CARDS GIVEN TO SEATTLE

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HOUSING MEMBERS AND EXPANDS 

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IMPROVEMENTS THAT HELP US MAKE 

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MORE EFFICIENT USE OF THOSE 

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SERVICE HOURS. WHEN NOW MAYOR 

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KATIE WILSON IN THE EARLY 2010, 

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METRO TRANSIT WAS FACING A 

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FISCAL CLIFF. THE SEATTLE 

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TRANSIT MEASURE WAS THE DRIVING 

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, NO PUN INTENDED, REASON THAT 

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WE FOUNDED OUR UNION. LIKE 

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TODAY, THE NEED FOR FUNDING IS A

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MORAL IMPERATIVE. IT IS 

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ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL AND RIDERS 

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NEEDED THE MOST RIGHT NOW. 

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PLEASE PASS THIS MEASURE AND PUT

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IT BEFORE VOTERS. THANK YOU. 

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>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. LET THE 

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RECORD REFLECT THE COUNCILMEMBER

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STRAUSS AND COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER

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HAVE JOINED US IN PERSON. THANK 

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YOU. 

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>> NEXT SPEAKER. 

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>> GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS.

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A LITTLE OFF TOPIC. 

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>> SPEAK INTO THE MIC. 

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>> OH. 

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>> RESET HIS TIME. 

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>> ARE WE WORKING? THERE WE GO. 

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>> JUST A MOMENT. GO AHEAD. 

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>> OKAY. THIS IS A LITTLE 

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OFF-TOPIC, BUT THIS IS THE 

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MEETING I WAS ADJUSTED. I HAVE 

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WORKED IN THE SEATTLE AREA FOR 

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OVER 40 YEARS. FOR A COMPANY 

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CALLED VENTILATION POWER 

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CLEANING. WE HAVE A FLEET OF 

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INDUSTRIAL SEWER, STORM AND 

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TRUCKS THAT WORK ON THE CITY 

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INFRASTRUCTURE. WE ALSO FOR THE 

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LAST 34 YEARS HAVE OPERATED 

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FACILITY THAT THE CITY SERVICES 

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AND USES ON A DAILY BASIS BEST 

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--. RECENTLY I WAS TOLD THE CITY

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OF SEATTLE IS LOOKING OUT WORDS 

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AT THEIR WEST SEATTLE FACILITY A

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NEW FACILITY. THEY'VE GONE 

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OUTSIDE OF THE CITY , OUTSIDE OF

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THE COUNTRY, TO LOOK AT 

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EQUIPMENT FOR DOING THIS. IT 

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SURPRISED ME, BECAUSE INSIDE THE

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CITY HERE WE HAVE THE PEOPLE, 

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THE INFRASTRUCTURE, AND WE HAVE 

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ALREADY BEEN COMMITTED TO 

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OPERATING IN OF -- A FACILITY IN

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SEATTLE FOR OVER 34 YEARS. ALSO,

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WE DO HAVE THE CITY OF SEATTLE ,

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THE TOUR OF THIS FACILITY. THEY 

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RECOGNIZE THAT THE FACILITY IN 

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SEATTLE IS AN OPERATIONAL AND 

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VERY NICE FACILITY TO GO TO . 

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LIKE I SAY, SPU USES IT ON A 

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DAILY BASIS. IN 2015, SPU ASKED 

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US TO DO A 3P PROGRAM FOR THEM. 

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PUBLIC, PRIVATE PARTITION . IT 

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DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE. BUT NOW, I 

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THINK IT IS TIME WE LOOK AT 

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THAT. MY QUESTION TO THE 

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COMMITTEE IS , WE HAVE THE 

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PEOPLE HERE TO DO THIS, WHY 

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WOULD SPU LOOK OUTSIDE OF THE 

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COUNTRY FOR THIS SERVICE TO HAVE

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THIS HAPPEN? IT IS A MULTI- 

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MILLION-DOLLAR FACILITY THAT IS 

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GOING IN . WE ASK THAT THE SPU 

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AND CITY COUNCIL REALLY LOOK AT 

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THIS AND TAKE IT FROM THERE. 

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THANK YOU. 

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>> THANK YOU, SIR. 

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>> NEXT SPEAKER. 

441
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>> WELCOME. 

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>> CHAIR SAKA, MEMBERS OF THE 

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COMMITTEE, I AM THE EXECUTIVE 

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DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION 

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CHOICES COALITION. OUR 

446
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ORGANIZATION WAS FOUND TO HELP 

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LEAD THE PASSAGE OF THE SEATTLE 

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TRANSIT MEASURE IN 2014 AND 

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2020. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE 

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CHAIR FOR MOVING THIS PROPOSAL 

451
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FOR. SINCE 2017, SEATTLE HAS 

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ADDED OVER 80,000 RESIDENTS, BUT

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ONLY 3000 CARS. WE NEED FREQUENT

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RELIABLE TRANSIT TO KEEP OUR 

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CITY MOVING AND KEEP OUR 

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BUSINESSES STRONG. THE CHAIR'S 

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PROPOSAL IS A BOLD INVESTMENT IN

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TRANSIT SERVICE IN SEATTLE. IT 

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GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY A 

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VISION OF THE CITY WE WANT TO 

461
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BE, NOT JUST THE CITY WE ARE 

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TODAY. LIGHT RAIL, PEOPLE WHO 

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LIVE AND WORK IN SEATTLE WANT TO

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GET TO A LIGHT RAIL STATION WITH

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FREQUENT AND RELIABLE TRANSIT. 

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THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN BUILDING 

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TOWARDS THIS MOMENT SINCE APRIL 

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00:18:15,761 --> 00:18:22,000
2024 . IT WAS THIS COUNCIL THAT 

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APPROVED THE SEATTLE TREPIDATION

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PLAN AND SHAPED THE SEATTLE 

471
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TRANSPORTATION LEVY THAT 

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RECEIVED 66% OF THE VOTE FROM 

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VOTERS. THE SEATTLE TRANSIT 

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MEASURE PROPOSAL FURTHERS THE 

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GOALS IN BOTH THAT PLAN AND THAT

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LEVY. THE CHAIR'S PROPOSAL WILL

477
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MEAN HOSPITAL WORKERS IN FIRST 

478
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HILL WILL NOT HAVE TO WAIT AS 

479
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LONG TO GET HOME AT THE END OF 

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THEIR SHIFT. IT WILL MEAN THE 

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WORKER AT THE RESTAURANT IN THE 

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ROSEVILLE NEIGHBORHOOD CAN GET 

483
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BACK HOME TO THEIR KIDS SOONER. 

484
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THIS PROPOSAL WILL ALSO MAKE A 

485
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CITY MORE AFFORDABLE. THE 

486
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AVERAGE COST OF CAR OWNERSHIP IN

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WASHINGTON STATE IS OVER $12,000

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A YEAR. THE FASTEST WAY WEEK UP 

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AT $12,000 BACK INTO SOMEONE'S 

490
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POCKET IS TO MAKE IT EASY FOR 

491
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THEM TO LIVE WITH ONE FEWER CAR 

492
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OR WITHOUT A CAR. AND THIS 

493
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PROPOSAL DOES THAT. THE ONLY 

494
00:19:04,977 --> 00:19:06,078
THING MORE REGRESSIVE THAN A 

495
00:19:06,078 --> 00:19:07,246
SALES TAX IS NOT HAVING THE 

496
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SERVICE TO GET YOUR JOB OR GET 

497
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TO OPPORTUNITY. I WANT TO AGAIN 

498
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THANK THE CHAIR FOR THIS 

499
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PROPOSAL AND FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP

500
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ON THIS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO 

501
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WORKING WITH EVERYONE ON THE 

502
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COUNCIL ON THEIR AMENDMENTS AND 

503
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BRINGING THIS FORWARD TO VOTERS.

504
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 

505
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>> THANK YOU. 

506
00:19:18,690 --> 00:19:24,963
>> NEXT SPEAKER. 

507
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>> I HAVE WHO LIVES IN SEATTLE. 

508
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LOVE THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, 

509
00:19:32,638 --> 00:19:35,807
TRANSIT AND INDOOR CLIMBING 

510
00:19:35,807 --> 00:19:37,009
AMONG OTHER THINGS. SHE IS 

511
00:19:37,009 --> 00:19:38,110
FORTUNATE TO HAVE A CLIMBING GYM

512
00:19:38,110 --> 00:19:39,811
WITH RELOCATIONS, BUT TO OF THEM

513
00:19:39,811 --> 00:19:40,746
MAKE SENSE THE TRANSIT. ONE IN 

514
00:19:40,746 --> 00:19:51,290
NORTH -- THE FIRST GYM CLOSES TO

515
00:19:53,125 --> 00:19:54,626
HER IS 1.8 MILES FROM HER VERSUS

516
00:19:54,626 --> 00:19:55,460
THE THREE.7 MILE ONE. WHEN 

517
00:19:55,460 --> 00:19:56,361
LOOKING AT TRANSIT TIME, THE 

518
00:19:56,361 --> 00:19:58,063
FIRST IS AN AVERAGE OF 25 

519
00:19:58,063 --> 00:19:59,031
MINUTES AND THE SECOND IS 26 

520
00:19:59,031 --> 00:19:59,798
MINUTES. SO COMPARABLE. HERE IS 

521
00:19:59,798 --> 00:20:00,632
WHERE THINGS GET INTERESTING. 

522
00:20:00,632 --> 00:20:02,000
SHE HAS THREE TRANSIT OPTIONS TO

523
00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:03,502
GET TO THE ONE THAT IS THE FIRST

524
00:20:03,502 --> 00:20:04,503
GYM. HOWEVER, THE THREE ROUTES 

525
00:20:04,503 --> 00:20:05,737
PICK UP AT DIFFERENT POINTS IN 

526
00:20:05,737 --> 00:20:12,878
EACH COMES WITH EITHER EVERY 20 

527
00:20:12,878 --> 00:20:13,545
MINUTES OR 8 TO 10 MINUTES. THE 

528
00:20:13,545 --> 00:20:14,246
SECOND GYM, THE FURTHEST ONE, 

529
00:20:14,246 --> 00:20:15,180
WITH SIMILAR TRANSIT TIME, ONLY 

530
00:20:15,180 --> 00:20:17,215
HAS TWO ROUTES . HOWEVER, ONE 

531
00:20:17,215 --> 00:20:18,650
COMES EVERY 4 TO 8 MINUTES AND 

532
00:20:18,650 --> 00:20:20,886
THE SECOND COMES EVERY 6 TO 10 

533
00:20:20,886 --> 00:20:23,689
MINUTES. BUT BOTH ROUTES HAVE 

534
00:20:23,689 --> 00:20:24,690
THE SAME PICKUP POINT, WHICH 

535
00:20:24,690 --> 00:20:25,891
MEANS TRANSIT IS COMING EVERY 3 

536
00:20:25,891 --> 00:20:27,326
TO 5 MINUTES. COUNCIL MEMBERS, I

537
00:20:27,326 --> 00:20:37,836
LIVE IN DISTRICT 3 AND IS ME. 

538
00:20:42,174 --> 00:20:42,708
WHEN THE TWO LINE CONNECTION 

539
00:20:42,708 --> 00:20:43,675
OPENED, THOSE OF US LIVING AND 

540
00:20:43,675 --> 00:20:44,943
GOING TO WHERE BOTH LINES PASS 

541
00:20:44,943 --> 00:20:46,078
INSTANTLY GOT MORE FREQUENT 

542
00:20:46,078 --> 00:20:46,712
TRAINS. I CAN'T SPEAK FOR 

543
00:20:46,712 --> 00:20:47,846
EVERYONE, BUT I'M AT THE POINT 

544
00:20:47,846 --> 00:20:49,448
I NO LONGER CHECK WHEN THE 

545
00:20:49,448 --> 00:20:50,482
TRAINS COME. I AM ALSO FORTUNATE

546
00:20:50,482 --> 00:20:51,717
TO LIVE WHERE A RAPID LINE IS 

547
00:20:51,717 --> 00:20:52,951
BASICALLY IN MY FRONT YARD, AND 

548
00:20:52,951 --> 00:20:54,353
I AM A FEW BLOCKS AWAY FROM 

549
00:20:54,353 --> 00:20:57,723
OTHER RAPID LINES. THIS ACCESS 

550
00:20:57,723 --> 00:20:59,858
TO FREQUENT BUSES MAKES IT SO I 

551
00:20:59,858 --> 00:21:01,059
DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHEN 

552
00:21:01,059 --> 00:21:02,427
TO LEAVE OR WHEN THE NEXT BUS IS

553
00:21:02,427 --> 00:21:03,629
COMING BECAUSE YOU ALREADY KNOW 

554
00:21:03,629 --> 00:21:04,396
THAT THE NEXT ONE IS RIGHT 

555
00:21:04,396 --> 00:21:05,130
AROUND THE CORNER. NOW, THE 

556
00:21:05,130 --> 00:21:06,531
THING I DIDN'T MENTION IS THAT 

557
00:21:06,531 --> 00:21:07,699
WHILE BOTH OF THE CLIMBING GYMS 

558
00:21:07,699 --> 00:21:13,705
ARE ABOUT A 25 MINUTE TIME, 

559
00:21:13,705 --> 00:21:15,574
DRIVING WOULD ONLY BE 6 TO 11 

560
00:21:15,574 --> 00:21:16,208
MINUTES RESPECTIVELY. FREQUENT 

561
00:21:16,208 --> 00:21:17,542
TRANSIT IS STILL NOT THE SAME AS

562
00:21:17,542 --> 00:21:18,343
DRIVING, BUT GIVES US THE 

563
00:21:18,343 --> 00:21:23,949
CLOSEST COMPARABLE OPPORTUNITY .

564
00:21:23,949 --> 00:21:25,384
I'M HERE TO ASK THAT YOU KEEP 

565
00:21:25,384 --> 00:21:26,251
THE SEATTLE TRANSIT MEASURE 

566
00:21:26,251 --> 00:21:26,818
PROPOSAL INTACT AND ALLOW 

567
00:21:26,818 --> 00:21:27,653
THOUSANDS OF SEATTLE COMMUTERS 

568
00:21:27,653 --> 00:21:28,854
TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT I 

569
00:21:28,854 --> 00:21:29,621
HAVE, BECAUSE YOU SHOULDN'T 

570
00:21:29,621 --> 00:21:31,657
HAVE TO LIVE IN DOWNTOWN TO HAVE

571
00:21:31,657 --> 00:21:31,823
-- 

572
00:21:31,823 --> 00:21:35,260
>> NEXT SPEAKER. 

573
00:21:35,260 --> 00:21:39,631
>> LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT 

574
00:21:39,631 --> 00:21:40,666
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA HAS JOINED 

575
00:21:40,666 --> 00:21:44,202
US ONLINE , IN VICE CHAIR RINCK 

576
00:21:44,202 --> 00:21:45,237
HAS JOINED US IN PERSON. 

577
00:21:45,237 --> 00:21:46,138
WELCOME. 

578
00:21:46,138 --> 00:21:56,648
>> I AM HERE TO SUPPORT MORE 

579
00:21:57,683 --> 00:21:58,650
TRANSIT SERVICE. I WANT TO THANK

580
00:21:58,650 --> 00:21:59,751
EVERYONE HERE ON COUNCIL AND 

581
00:21:59,751 --> 00:22:02,354
CHAIR SAKA FOR ALL THE WORK YOU 

582
00:22:02,354 --> 00:22:03,622
PUT IN ON THIS. I KNOW THIS IS A

583
00:22:03,622 --> 00:22:04,323
VERY COMPETENT ISSUE. VERY 

584
00:22:04,323 --> 00:22:08,827
CONVOLUTED . THE CONCEPT OF 

585
00:22:08,827 --> 00:22:10,128
HAVING A DISTRICT THAT IS A 

586
00:22:10,128 --> 00:22:11,096
DIFFERENT BODY THAN ACTUAL CITY 

587
00:22:11,096 --> 00:22:12,564
GETS VERY CAPITATED. BUT WE NEED

588
00:22:12,564 --> 00:22:13,799
MORE TRANSIT SERVICE BUT I'M 

589
00:22:13,799 --> 00:22:14,466
GLAD THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL IS 

590
00:22:14,466 --> 00:22:15,400
DOING THAT. I SUPPORT THE 

591
00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:16,635
INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF 

592
00:22:16,635 --> 00:22:17,936
SERVICE THAT THE CITY WILL BE 

593
00:22:17,936 --> 00:22:18,904
FUNDING TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT 

594
00:22:18,904 --> 00:22:20,105
OF FREQUENCY WE HAVE ON OUR 

595
00:22:20,105 --> 00:22:22,207
BUSES. WE JUST HEARD HOW HAVE --

596
00:22:22,207 --> 00:22:25,043
HAVING MORE CHANGES THE CALCULUS

597
00:22:25,043 --> 00:22:26,244
AGAINST DRIVING. I WANT TO CALL 

598
00:22:26,244 --> 00:22:27,879
OUT THAT THIS BODY HAS SENT SO 

599
00:22:27,879 --> 00:22:28,914
MANY GOALS OVER THE YEARS. THE 

600
00:22:28,914 --> 00:22:29,514
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, 

601
00:22:29,514 --> 00:22:34,419
GOALS ON CLIMATE CHANGE, XYZ. 

602
00:22:34,419 --> 00:22:35,587
FOR THE TRANSPORTATION LEVY, WE 

603
00:22:35,587 --> 00:22:38,690
FIND THAT MANY OF THOSE GOALS TO

604
00:22:38,690 --> 00:22:39,725
SEE US MAKE PROGRESS, BUT WE 

605
00:22:39,725 --> 00:22:41,059
DIDN'T FUND THE FREQUENT 

606
00:22:41,059 --> 00:22:44,629
TRANSIT NETWORK OUR -- MAKING A 

607
00:22:44,629 --> 00:22:53,238
DENT ON OUR CLIMATE EMISSIONS. 

608
00:22:53,238 --> 00:22:54,439
LEADS BACK TO TRANSIT AS WELL. 

609
00:22:54,439 --> 00:22:56,108
THIS IS A TIME WE HAVE TO FUND 

610
00:22:56,108 --> 00:22:57,175
TRANSIT AND MAKE IT MORE 

611
00:22:57,175 --> 00:22:58,210
FREQUENT, MAKE IT FASTER, MAKE 

612
00:22:58,210 --> 00:22:59,277
IT RELIABLE. TO ACTUALLY ACHIEVE

613
00:22:59,277 --> 00:23:02,114
ALL THESE GOALS. I ASK YOU TO 

614
00:23:02,114 --> 00:23:03,348
DEDICATE MORE MONEY TO SPEND THE

615
00:23:03,348 --> 00:23:04,616
SERVICE OF FREQUENCY THE WAY THE

616
00:23:04,616 --> 00:23:05,650
MAYOR'S PROPOSAL IS DOING IT 

617
00:23:05,650 --> 00:23:06,918
AND TO FIND IT CITYWIDE. PEOPLE 

618
00:23:06,918 --> 00:23:08,120
NEED TO GET AROUND THE ENTIRE 

619
00:23:08,120 --> 00:23:09,721
CITY. WANT TO CALL OUT THAT THIS

620
00:23:09,721 --> 00:23:10,756
PROPOSAL MAKE SEATTLE MORE 

621
00:23:10,756 --> 00:23:15,093
AFFORDABLE, EVEN THOUGH A MEDIAN

622
00:23:15,093 --> 00:23:15,694
TWO-PERSON HOUSEHOLD WILL PAY 

623
00:23:15,694 --> 00:23:16,962
$29 A YEAR AS PART OF THE SALES 

624
00:23:16,962 --> 00:23:17,896
TAX INCREASE, THAT IS ONLY 

625
00:23:17,896 --> 00:23:19,865
COUPLE GALLONS OF GAS NOW THAT 

626
00:23:19,865 --> 00:23:20,699
WE HAVE THIS CRISIS. IT IS ALSO 

627
00:23:20,699 --> 00:23:21,800
ONLY A COUPLE OF HOURS OF 

628
00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:23,168
PARKING NOW THAT PARKING IS 

629
00:23:23,168 --> 00:23:28,907
EXPENSIVE. AS THE COST OF OWNING

630
00:23:28,907 --> 00:23:30,308
A CAR AND THE COST OF HAVING 

631
00:23:30,308 --> 00:23:30,942
INSURANCE DIRECTLY, ESSINGER, 

632
00:23:30,942 --> 00:23:38,950
$1000 A MONTH TO OWN A CAR. IF 

633
00:23:38,950 --> 00:23:40,652
THIS IS THE FINAL NAIL IN THE 

634
00:23:40,652 --> 00:23:41,386
COFFIN THE GET PEOPLE TO DROP 

635
00:23:41,386 --> 00:23:42,487
THEIR CARS, THIS IS THE MOST 

636
00:23:42,487 --> 00:23:43,822
AFFORDABLE THING WE CAN HAVE. AN

637
00:23:43,822 --> 00:23:44,623
EXTRA THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH 

638
00:23:44,623 --> 00:23:45,891
GOING BACK INTO OUR ECONOMY THAT

639
00:23:45,891 --> 00:23:47,058
WE ARE SPENDING MORE GOING OUT 

640
00:23:47,058 --> 00:23:48,493
AND HAVING FUN AND EXPLAIN THE 

641
00:23:48,493 --> 00:23:49,327
CITY THE WAY WE'RE SEEING 

642
00:23:49,327 --> 00:23:50,562
PEOPLE DOING WITH THE WORLD CUP.

643
00:23:50,562 --> 00:23:52,230
THAT IS WE WANT THE CITY TO KEEP

644
00:23:52,230 --> 00:23:52,764
GOING. THANK YOU. 

645
00:23:52,764 --> 00:23:53,432
>> THANK YOU. 

646
00:23:53,432 --> 00:23:54,466
>> NEXT SPEAKER. 

647
00:23:54,466 --> 00:24:02,307
>> GOOD MORNING. I AM HERE TO 

648
00:24:02,307 --> 00:24:05,143
SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSAL 

649
00:24:05,143 --> 00:24:07,579
PROPOSED BY CHAIR SAKA. RIGHT 

650
00:24:07,579 --> 00:24:13,919
NOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF REALLY 

651
00:24:13,919 --> 00:24:15,620
AMBITIOUS GOALS IN SEATTLE, BUT 

652
00:24:15,620 --> 00:24:16,188
WE ARE MOVING IN THE WRONG 

653
00:24:16,188 --> 00:24:16,755
DIRECTION. ACCORDING TO THE 

654
00:24:16,755 --> 00:24:17,389
LATEST COMMUTE SEATTLE REPORT, 

655
00:24:17,389 --> 00:24:18,723
THE RATES OF PEOPLE COMMUTING I 

656
00:24:18,723 --> 00:24:22,060
DRIVING ALONE HAS INCREASED FOR 

657
00:24:22,060 --> 00:24:22,761
THE FIRST TIME IN A DECADE. 

658
00:24:22,761 --> 00:24:24,162
ACCORDING TO SEATTLE TIMES, IN 

659
00:24:24,162 --> 00:24:26,398
2024 WE ADDED MORE THAN 30,000 

660
00:24:26,398 --> 00:24:27,532
NEW DRIVERS COMMUTING ALONE TO 

661
00:24:27,532 --> 00:24:32,337
WORK IN JUST ONE YEAR. WE HAVE 

662
00:24:32,337 --> 00:24:33,004
SPENT SO MUCH TIME AND EFFORT TO

663
00:24:33,004 --> 00:24:34,139
GET READY FOR THE WORLD CUP AND 

664
00:24:34,139 --> 00:24:35,207
THE FANS IT WILL BRING, BUT WE 

665
00:24:35,207 --> 00:24:36,308
ARE DOING THAT IS A TEMPORARY 

666
00:24:36,308 --> 00:24:38,076
MEASURE. BUT BY THE END OF THIS 

667
00:24:38,076 --> 00:24:39,110
10 YEAR MEASURE, IF THESE TRENDS

668
00:24:39,110 --> 00:24:40,912
CONTINUE, WE WOULD HAVE EDITED 

669
00:24:40,912 --> 00:24:43,915
ENOUGH NEW DRIVERS ON OUR ROADS 

670
00:24:43,915 --> 00:24:44,482
TO FILL SEATTLE STADIUM TO 

671
00:24:44,482 --> 00:24:52,023
CAPACITY TWICE. SO EVERYONE 

672
00:24:52,023 --> 00:24:53,024
RIGHT NOW THAT IS WORRIED ABOUT 

673
00:24:53,024 --> 00:24:54,359
THE WORLD CUP TRAFFIC WILL 

674
00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:55,961
EXPAND EVEN WORSE ON AN EVERYDAY

675
00:24:55,961 --> 00:24:56,528
BASIS. WE CAN'T HAVE A 

676
00:24:56,528 --> 00:24:57,362
CONSTRUCTION PAUSE FOR THE REST 

677
00:24:57,362 --> 00:24:58,396
OF SEATTLE'S LIFE. THIS NEEDS 

678
00:24:58,396 --> 00:25:04,169
TO CHANGE. AND CHAIR SAKA'S 

679
00:25:04,169 --> 00:25:05,170
PROPOSAL WILL DO EXACTLY THAT. 

680
00:25:05,170 --> 00:25:06,471
THANK YOU FOR INTRODUCING THIS 

681
00:25:06,471 --> 00:25:07,239
LEGISLATION. I THINK THIS GOES 

682
00:25:07,239 --> 00:25:08,540
IN ALL THE RIGHT DIRECTIONS. 

683
00:25:08,540 --> 00:25:09,941
REALLY BOLD. I AM REALLY EXCITED

684
00:25:09,941 --> 00:25:10,742
TO SEE THIS TRANSIT MEASURE GET 

685
00:25:10,742 --> 00:25:17,949
PAST THE VOTERS AND FOR VOTERS 

686
00:25:17,949 --> 00:25:19,918
TO PASS A. I AM CONFIDENT IT 

687
00:25:19,918 --> 00:25:20,652
WILL PASS BECAUSE TRANSIT IS 

688
00:25:20,652 --> 00:25:21,386
POPULAR IN SEATTLE. OAKLEY, THAT

689
00:25:21,386 --> 00:25:22,587
IS THE MESSAGE GET TODAY. THAT 

690
00:25:22,587 --> 00:25:24,122
IS THE MESSAGE I WANT TO SEND. 

691
00:25:24,122 --> 00:25:25,490
WE REALLY WANT MORE BUSES, MORE 

692
00:25:25,490 --> 00:25:26,491
TRANSIT SERVICE. I HOPE YOU KEEP

693
00:25:26,491 --> 00:25:27,492
THAT IN MIND WHENEVER YOU 

694
00:25:27,492 --> 00:25:28,093
CONSIDER AMENDMENTS, BECAUSE 

695
00:25:28,093 --> 00:25:36,234
THIS IS WHAT IS GOING TO FIX 

696
00:25:36,234 --> 00:25:37,235
THAT TREND AND GET US BACK ON 

697
00:25:37,235 --> 00:25:38,803
TRACK TO MEET OUR GOALS. TRANSIT

698
00:25:38,803 --> 00:25:41,072
IS SO POPULAR IN SEATTLE. I KNOW

699
00:25:41,072 --> 00:25:41,706
THIS POINT THIS IS A COUPLE OF 

700
00:25:41,706 --> 00:25:43,174
WEEKS STALE, BUT TRANSIT IS SO 

701
00:25:43,174 --> 00:25:43,808
POPULAR IN SEATTLE AND PEOPLE 

702
00:25:43,808 --> 00:25:44,910
ARE SO EXCITED TO GET ON TRANSIT

703
00:25:44,910 --> 00:25:46,411
THAT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO A DRIVER

704
00:25:46,411 --> 00:25:47,846
FOR GOT TO GET OUT OF THE CAR 

705
00:25:47,846 --> 00:25:49,314
FOR TRYING TO GET ON THE LINK. 

706
00:25:49,314 --> 00:25:49,681
THANK YOU. 

707
00:25:49,681 --> 00:25:50,448
>> I REMEMBER THAT. 

708
00:25:50,448 --> 00:25:52,751
>> NEXT SPEAKER . 

709
00:25:52,751 --> 00:25:53,752
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL 

710
00:25:53,752 --> 00:26:03,361
MEMBERS. I HOPE WE WILL ALLOW 

711
00:26:03,361 --> 00:26:04,462
EVERYBODY WHO WANTS TO TAKE THE 

712
00:26:04,462 --> 00:26:06,064
BUS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THE BUS 

713
00:26:06,064 --> 00:26:07,032
FROM WHEREVER THEY WANT TO 

714
00:26:07,032 --> 00:26:08,600
WHEREVER THEY WANT WHENEVER THEY

715
00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:10,302
WANT. THAT IS WHAT FREEDOM LOOKS

716
00:26:10,302 --> 00:26:11,336
LIKE, AND THAT IS WHAT 

717
00:26:11,336 --> 00:26:12,370
VISIBILITY LOOKS LIKE, AND THAT 

718
00:26:12,370 --> 00:26:13,371
IS WHAT A PROGRESSIVE CITY 

719
00:26:13,371 --> 00:26:14,439
SHOULD DO. THANK YOU PROPOSING 

720
00:26:14,439 --> 00:26:16,875
AN AMENDMENT THAT WILL DO THAT. 

721
00:26:16,875 --> 00:26:18,777
I'M EXTREMELY EXCITED THAT MY 

722
00:26:18,777 --> 00:26:23,014
FEDERAL -- FELLOW SEATTLEITES 

723
00:26:23,014 --> 00:26:23,882
HAVE BEEN WILLING TO TAX 

724
00:26:23,882 --> 00:26:25,317
THEMSELVES TO GET THIS FREEDOM 

725
00:26:25,317 --> 00:26:25,951
FOR EVERYBODY TO TRAVEL FREELY. 

726
00:26:25,951 --> 00:26:27,919
AND I KNOW WE WILL VOTE FOR IT 

727
00:26:27,919 --> 00:26:32,791
AGAIN. IN OTHER PLACES LIKE 

728
00:26:32,791 --> 00:26:33,825
BAINBRIDGE, THEY ARE UPGRADING 

729
00:26:33,825 --> 00:26:35,260
THEIR FLEET TO ELECTRIC. BUT 

730
00:26:35,260 --> 00:26:39,264
MOST OF THEIR PEOPLE DRIVE . SO 

731
00:26:39,264 --> 00:26:40,065
THEY GET TRAFFIC, LOW COVERAGE 

732
00:26:40,065 --> 00:26:41,066
AND LOW FREQUENCY, WHICH RESULTS

733
00:26:41,066 --> 00:26:42,400
IN, OF COURSE, LOW RIDERSHIP. IN

734
00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:43,468
SEATTLE, WE ARE DOING THINGS 

735
00:26:43,468 --> 00:26:44,903
RIGHT. LET'S GET THE FREQUENT 

736
00:26:44,903 --> 00:26:47,806
TRANSIT NETWORK BILL, GET PEOPLE

737
00:26:47,806 --> 00:26:50,008
OUT OF THEIR CARS AND ONTO THE 

738
00:26:50,008 --> 00:26:52,644
BUS . AND WHEN WE HAVE BUILT THE

739
00:26:52,644 --> 00:26:53,678
FREQUENT TRANSIT NETWORK, WE CAN

740
00:26:53,678 --> 00:26:56,781
SPEND ANY EXTRA MONEY ON THE 

741
00:26:56,781 --> 00:26:57,782
NICE TO HAVE SLIGHT TROLLEY 

742
00:26:57,782 --> 00:26:58,783
BUSES, ELECTRIC BUSES ARE 

743
00:26:58,783 --> 00:27:03,088
UPGRADING TO LYCRA. BUT LET'S 

744
00:27:03,088 --> 00:27:04,055
BE REAL, SEATTLE SHOULDN'T BE 

745
00:27:04,055 --> 00:27:05,423
THE ONLY CITY WITH MORE SERVICE.

746
00:27:05,423 --> 00:27:06,491
OUR NEIGHBORS SHOULDN'T ALSO BE

747
00:27:06,491 --> 00:27:10,195
TAXING THEMSELVES TO GET SERVICE

748
00:27:10,195 --> 00:27:11,429
. ONLY WHERE THERE IS SUFFICIENT

749
00:27:11,429 --> 00:27:21,973
WEALTH AND WILLINGNESS. METRO IS

750
00:27:22,507 --> 00:27:23,908
A COUNTYWIDE AGENCY, AND I HOPE 

751
00:27:23,908 --> 00:27:24,542
YOU WILL COMMIT TO STEPPING DOWN

752
00:27:24,542 --> 00:27:25,644
THIS TAX IN SEATTLE WHEN THE 

753
00:27:25,644 --> 00:27:26,277
COUNTY GETS THEIR ACT IN ORDER 

754
00:27:26,277 --> 00:27:27,545
AND INCREASES THE B SERVICE 

755
00:27:27,545 --> 00:27:28,113
LEVELS. BUT I HOPE YOU WILL 

756
00:27:28,113 --> 00:27:29,614
DEMAND THAT METRO KEEPS THE 

757
00:27:29,614 --> 00:27:30,248
FREQUENT TRANSIT NETWORK FULLY 

758
00:27:30,248 --> 00:27:30,882
FUNDED IN SEATTLE, EVEN IF WE 

759
00:27:30,882 --> 00:27:32,183
HAVE TO PAY A LITTLE BIT FOR A. 

760
00:27:32,183 --> 00:27:33,385
IF THE COUNTY DOESN'T WANT TO 

761
00:27:33,385 --> 00:27:34,419
TAX THEMSELVES, WE CAN ALWAYS 

762
00:27:34,419 --> 00:27:42,360
TAX THE SUBURBAN PEOPLE WITH 

763
00:27:42,360 --> 00:27:43,662
CONGESTION PRICING AND FUND MORE

764
00:27:43,662 --> 00:27:44,429
TRANSIT THAT WAY. THANK YOU FOR 

765
00:27:44,429 --> 00:27:45,463
PROPOSING THIS MEASURE. I AM 

766
00:27:45,463 --> 00:27:47,065
EXCITED FOR US TO BE ABLE TO 

767
00:27:47,065 --> 00:27:48,033
VOTE FOR IT. 

768
00:27:48,033 --> 00:27:49,034
>> THANK YOU. 

769
00:27:49,034 --> 00:27:51,970
>> NEXT SPEAKER. 

770
00:27:51,970 --> 00:28:02,480
>> THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL IS 

771
00:28:02,914 --> 00:28:05,083
EXACTLY WHAT THE CITY NEEDS. AS 

772
00:28:05,083 --> 00:28:06,184
MUCH TRANSIT AS POSSIBLE. GOING 

773
00:28:06,184 --> 00:28:06,818
THROUGH THE AMENDMENT PROCESS,  

774
00:28:06,818 --> 00:28:08,653
I WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THE 

775
00:28:08,653 --> 00:28:09,287
IMPORTANCE OF A COUPLE THINGS TO

776
00:28:09,287 --> 00:28:11,022
THIS COUNCIL. THE FIRST THING IS

777
00:28:11,022 --> 00:28:14,259
THE FIRST HILL STREETCAR COULD 

778
00:28:14,259 --> 00:28:17,896
BE ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK BECAUSE

779
00:28:17,896 --> 00:28:24,069
SOUND TRANSIT , IT FUNDED THE 

780
00:28:24,069 --> 00:28:26,037
FIRST HILL STREETCAR AS A 

781
00:28:26,037 --> 00:28:28,540
MITIGATION TO CUTTING THE FIRST 

782
00:28:28,540 --> 00:28:29,174
HILL STATION, AND THAT FUNDING 

783
00:28:29,174 --> 00:28:29,808
WILL EXPIRE THIS YEAR. SO IT IS 

784
00:28:29,808 --> 00:28:36,781
VITAL THAT THE CITY STEPS UP AND

785
00:28:36,781 --> 00:28:37,282
CONTINUES OPERATING THE 

786
00:28:37,282 --> 00:28:38,683
STREETCAR, AND WE MUST DO SO IF 

787
00:28:38,683 --> 00:28:39,317
WE EVER WANT TO EXPAND IT IN THE

788
00:28:39,317 --> 00:28:44,856
FUTURE, WHICH WE DO. SEATTLE 

789
00:28:44,856 --> 00:28:45,490
PASTOR THE LAST SEATTLE TRANSIT 

790
00:28:45,490 --> 00:28:46,791
MEASURE BY 80%, AND THAT WAS 

791
00:28:46,791 --> 00:28:47,425
DURING THE PANDEMIC WHEN PEOPLE 

792
00:28:47,425 --> 00:28:47,992
WERE FAMOUSLY ISOLATING AND 

793
00:28:47,992 --> 00:28:58,470
STAYING HOME. FOR EVERY ONE 

794
00:29:00,805 --> 00:29:01,339
DOLLAR INVESTED INTO TRANSIT, 

795
00:29:01,339 --> 00:29:01,973
SOMEBODY SAID THIS EARLIER, BUT 

796
00:29:01,973 --> 00:29:02,640
IT'S TRUE, THE LOCAL COMMUNITY,

797
00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:03,475
ECONOMY, GET BACK FIVE DOLLARS, 

798
00:29:03,475 --> 00:29:04,109
WHICH MAKES IT ONE OF THE BEST 

799
00:29:04,109 --> 00:29:05,877
THINGS TO SPEND REGRESSIVE TAX 

800
00:29:05,877 --> 00:29:07,011
MONEY ON. THE REALITY IS THIS 

801
00:29:07,011 --> 00:29:07,579
CITY ONLY HAS A HANDFUL OF 

802
00:29:07,579 --> 00:29:15,720
FUNDING NUMBERS FOR TRANSIT , 

803
00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:16,354
AND WITH A 0.3 INCREASE, WE ARE 

804
00:29:16,354 --> 00:29:16,921
REACHING THE UPPER LIMIT OF 

805
00:29:16,921 --> 00:29:17,489
TACTICS THAT CAN BE LEGALLY 

806
00:29:17,489 --> 00:29:18,857
SPENT ON TRANSIT. THE CITY IS 

807
00:29:18,857 --> 00:29:19,491
GOING TO NEED TO WORK WITH STATE

808
00:29:19,491 --> 00:29:21,326
LEGISLATORS TO UNLOCK NEW 

809
00:29:21,326 --> 00:29:21,926
FUNDING MECHANISMS FOR FUTURE 

810
00:29:21,926 --> 00:29:23,061
TRANSIT MEASURES TO INCREASE 

811
00:29:23,061 --> 00:29:29,634
SERVICE, AND ESPECIALLY , 

812
00:29:29,634 --> 00:29:30,735
INEVITABLY, TO CONTINUE 

813
00:29:30,735 --> 00:29:31,336
OPERATING EXISTING SERVICE AT 

814
00:29:31,336 --> 00:29:32,904
THE BARE MINIMUM TO GET AHEAD OF

815
00:29:32,904 --> 00:29:38,343
INFLATION . AND SO, LASTLY, A 

816
00:29:38,343 --> 00:29:40,011
REMINDER TO THE COUNCIL, 

817
00:29:40,011 --> 00:29:40,478
SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC 

818
00:29:40,478 --> 00:29:41,079
TRANSPORTATION ARE FROM TWO 

819
00:29:41,079 --> 00:29:41,713
DIFFERENT BUDGETS. THEY EACH 

820
00:29:41,713 --> 00:29:42,714
HAVE DIFFERENT SOURCES OF 

821
00:29:42,714 --> 00:29:45,750
FUNDING , AND ANY ATTEMPT TO PUT

822
00:29:45,750 --> 00:29:49,754
SIDEWALKS INTO A TRANSIT MEASURE

823
00:29:49,754 --> 00:29:51,623
WOULD UNFORTUNATELY TAKE AWAY 

824
00:29:51,623 --> 00:29:52,891
SERVICE FROM BUSES, WHICH IS 

825
00:29:52,891 --> 00:29:57,762
JUST HOW THAT WORKS. THANK YOU. 

826
00:29:57,762 --> 00:29:59,597
>> THANK YOU, DAISY. SUPER DOPE 

827
00:29:59,597 --> 00:30:02,333
FANNY PACK, BY THE WAY. LOVE IT.

828
00:30:02,467 --> 00:30:12,710
>> NEXT SPEAKER. 

829
00:30:16,548 --> 00:30:17,448
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL 

830
00:30:17,448 --> 00:30:18,483
MEMBERS. I AM A CAR FREE SEATTLE

831
00:30:18,483 --> 00:30:20,084
RESIDENT OF 15 YEARS ANY MEMBER 

832
00:30:20,084 --> 00:30:20,852
OF THE TRANSIT RIDERS UNION. 

833
00:30:20,852 --> 00:30:24,622
TRUE IN THE MASS COALITION WOULD

834
00:30:24,622 --> 00:30:26,457
LIKE TO THANK CHAIR SAKA FOR 

835
00:30:26,457 --> 00:30:27,025
MOVING THE SEATTLE TRANSIT 

836
00:30:27,025 --> 00:30:27,625
MEASURE FORWARD, AND WE ARE 

837
00:30:27,625 --> 00:30:29,961
CALLING ON THE COUNCIL TO 

838
00:30:29,961 --> 00:30:31,362
APPROVE THIS MEASURE. WHEN THE 

839
00:30:31,362 --> 00:30:33,231
2020 INITIATIVE PASSED WITH A 

840
00:30:33,231 --> 00:30:33,832
STAGGERING 80% OF THE VOTE, A 

841
00:30:33,832 --> 00:30:36,367
PROOF THAT SEATTLEITES HAVE AN 

842
00:30:36,367 --> 00:30:37,001
IMMENSE, UNDENIABLE APPETITE FOR

843
00:30:37,001 --> 00:30:37,635
TRANSIT INVESTMENT. RELIABILITY 

844
00:30:37,635 --> 00:30:48,079
AND TRANSIT TIMES DICTATE 

845
00:30:48,379 --> 00:30:49,814
WHETHER PEOPLE CAN CHOOSE 

846
00:30:49,814 --> 00:30:50,915
TRANSIT, AND WITH 20% OF SEATTLE

847
00:30:50,915 --> 00:30:51,482
HOUSEHOLDS OWNING THE CAR, 

848
00:30:51,482 --> 00:30:52,417
ROBUST BUS SERVICE IS A STRICT 

849
00:30:52,417 --> 00:30:53,184
NECESSITY, NOT A LUXURY. THIS 

850
00:30:53,184 --> 00:30:58,590
PROPOSAL NEARLY DOUBLES CITY 

851
00:30:58,590 --> 00:31:01,092
FUNNY BUS SERVICE, SPANNING OUR 

852
00:31:01,092 --> 00:31:01,559
NETWORK FOR JUST NINE 

853
00:31:01,559 --> 00:31:02,193
HIGH-FREQUENCY ROUTES SOURCE TO 

854
00:31:02,193 --> 00:31:04,195
TARGET A 30. AS SOMEONE WHO HAS 

855
00:31:04,195 --> 00:31:04,829
HAD TO WAIT 30 MINUTES OR MORE 

856
00:31:04,829 --> 00:31:07,765
FOR A BUS TO GET HOME FROM 

857
00:31:07,765 --> 00:31:08,399
DOWNTOWN AFTER A CONCERT, YOU 

858
00:31:08,399 --> 00:31:09,033
CAN IMAGINE HOW THAT RESONATES 

859
00:31:09,033 --> 00:31:11,002
WITH ME. CRUCIALLY, THE MEASURE 

860
00:31:11,002 --> 00:31:12,070
ALSO EXPAND SUBSIDIZED ACCESS 

861
00:31:12,070 --> 00:31:13,805
FOR LOW INCOME RIDERS AND SHIPS 

862
00:31:13,805 --> 00:31:15,240
INVESTMENTS TWO NIGHTS AND 

863
00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:15,840
WEEKENDS TO MATCH POST-COVER 

864
00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:16,441
TRAVEL PATTERNS. WE REMAIN 

865
00:31:16,441 --> 00:31:20,311
DEEPLY CRITICAL OF RELYING ON 

866
00:31:20,311 --> 00:31:21,145
REGRESSIVE SALES TAXES, WE 

867
00:31:21,145 --> 00:31:23,982
SIMPLY NEED THIS MEASURE TODAY. 

868
00:31:23,982 --> 00:31:26,317
WE URGE YOU TO PASS THIS 

869
00:31:26,317 --> 00:31:26,918
MEASURE, AND WE WILL CONTINUE 

870
00:31:26,918 --> 00:31:27,552
ORGANIZING TO TRANSITION OUR 

871
00:31:27,552 --> 00:31:28,519
CITY TOWARDS THE PROGRESSIVE 

872
00:31:28,519 --> 00:31:29,153
FUNDING MECHANISMS WORKING 

873
00:31:29,153 --> 00:31:31,055
FAMILIES DESERVE. TAKE YOU FOR 

874
00:31:31,055 --> 00:31:31,356
YOUR TIME. 

875
00:31:31,356 --> 00:31:34,659
>> THANK YOU. 

876
00:31:34,659 --> 00:31:42,333
>> NEXT SPEAKER. 

877
00:31:42,333 --> 00:31:52,877
>> HELLO. I AM AN ORGANIZER . I 

878
00:31:53,111 --> 00:31:54,712
WANT TO THANK CHAIR SAKA FOR ALL

879
00:31:54,712 --> 00:31:56,447
THE WORK HE AND HIS STAFF INPUT 

880
00:31:56,447 --> 00:31:57,115
INTO THIS MEASURE. TODAY I WROTE

881
00:31:57,115 --> 00:31:58,716
THE 28 TO GET HERE FOR PUBLIC 

882
00:31:58,716 --> 00:31:59,984
COMMENT. I TRY TO TAKE PUBLIC 

883
00:31:59,984 --> 00:32:02,787
TRANSIT AS OFTEN AS I CAN, BUT I

884
00:32:02,787 --> 00:32:03,454
STILL GET A LITTLE ANXIOUS WHEN 

885
00:32:03,454 --> 00:32:05,156
I TRY TO TAKE THE 28. IF I MISS 

886
00:32:05,156 --> 00:32:07,191
IT , OR EVEN OF WORDS, IF IT 

887
00:32:07,191 --> 00:32:08,359
DOESN'T SHOW UP, I GO FROM 

888
00:32:08,359 --> 00:32:09,627
HOPEFULLY BE ON TIME TO BEING 

889
00:32:09,627 --> 00:32:10,762
INCREDIBLY LATE TO WHATEVER I'M

890
00:32:10,762 --> 00:32:13,031
PLANNING FOR. BALLARD IS THE 

891
00:32:13,031 --> 00:32:23,574
ONLY REGIONAL CENTER WITHOUT A 

892
00:32:24,642 --> 00:32:26,244
PLANT LIGHT RAIL STEP. WE NEED 

893
00:32:26,244 --> 00:32:26,911
FREQUENT TRANSIT. WE DON'T NEED

894
00:32:26,911 --> 00:32:27,912
IT TOMORROW. WE DONATED NEXT 

895
00:32:27,912 --> 00:32:30,248
YEAR. WE NEED IT NOW. SEATTLE 

896
00:32:30,248 --> 00:32:30,882
TRANSIT MEASURE WILL HELP GET US

897
00:32:30,882 --> 00:32:31,482
THERE. WHILE I'M HAPPY TO 

898
00:32:31,482 --> 00:32:32,684
ADVOCATE FOR PROGRESSIVE 

899
00:32:32,684 --> 00:32:33,484
REVENUE, WE'VE GOT TO WORK WITH

900
00:32:33,484 --> 00:32:34,786
OUR OPTIONS. THAT MEANS, 

901
00:32:34,786 --> 00:32:35,586
UNFORTUNATELY A SALES TAX 

902
00:32:35,586 --> 00:32:36,988
INCREASE. LET'S WORK TOGETHER 

903
00:32:36,988 --> 00:32:37,722
TO GET THIS MEASURE ON THE 

904
00:32:37,722 --> 00:32:38,823
BALLOT IN NOVEMBER. THANK YOU. 

905
00:32:38,823 --> 00:32:39,357
>> THANK YOU. 

906
00:32:39,357 --> 00:32:49,667
>> NEXT SPEAKER . 

907
00:33:03,648 --> 00:33:04,349
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL 

908
00:33:04,349 --> 00:33:05,583
MEMBERS. I WILL MAKE THIS SHORT 

909
00:33:05,583 --> 00:33:06,751
AND SWEET. I BELIEVE THIS BALLOT

910
00:33:06,751 --> 00:33:07,986
MEASURE SHOULD BE PUT TO THE 

911
00:33:07,986 --> 00:33:08,820
PEOPLE BECAUSE IT WILL BE AN 

912
00:33:08,820 --> 00:33:10,254
IMPORTANT STEP TO FREEING US 

913
00:33:10,254 --> 00:33:11,089
FROM THE TYRANNY OF THE CAR. 

914
00:33:11,089 --> 00:33:12,156
CARS BECOME TYRANNICAL WHEN THEY

915
00:33:12,156 --> 00:33:13,124
ARE ONLY PRACTICAL WAY TO 

916
00:33:13,124 --> 00:33:13,958
PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY. FREEDOM 

917
00:33:13,958 --> 00:33:14,792
INCREASES WHERE THERE ARE 

918
00:33:14,792 --> 00:33:15,393
MULTIPLE WORKABLE MOBILITY 

919
00:33:15,393 --> 00:33:16,561
CHOICES, AND THIS GIVES US THAT.

920
00:33:16,694 --> 00:33:17,195
>> THANK YOU. 

921
00:33:17,195 --> 00:33:17,996
>> NEXT SPEAKER. 

922
00:33:17,996 --> 00:33:20,164
>> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR SAKA AND 

923
00:33:20,164 --> 00:33:30,708
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. I AM 

924
00:33:32,643 --> 00:33:33,811
HERE ON BEHALF OF THE SEATTLE 

925
00:33:33,811 --> 00:33:34,445
HOUSING AUTHORITY IN THE 38,000 

926
00:33:34,445 --> 00:33:35,847
LOW INCOME PEOPLE WE SERVE IN 

927
00:33:35,847 --> 00:33:36,414
SEATTLE. THANK YOU FOR THE 

928
00:33:36,414 --> 00:33:37,015
OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT TODAY. 

929
00:33:37,015 --> 00:33:37,615
SINCE 2019, AS A.J. HAS BEEN 

930
00:33:37,615 --> 00:33:38,249
PROUD TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY 

931
00:33:38,249 --> 00:33:42,820
TO PROVIDE RESIDENTS AND HOUSING

932
00:33:42,820 --> 00:33:49,394
ACCESS TO FREE TRAN40 THAT ORCA 

933
00:33:49,394 --> 00:33:50,128
PASSES. MANY PEOPLE WE SERVE 

934
00:33:50,128 --> 00:33:51,062
HAVE TO MAKE DIFFICULT DECISIONS

935
00:33:51,062 --> 00:33:52,296
EVERY DAY ON HOW TO SPEND 

936
00:33:52,296 --> 00:33:52,997
UNLIMITED BUDGETS. THE FREE 

937
00:33:52,997 --> 00:33:53,931
PASSES HAVE MADE A TREMENDOUS 

938
00:33:53,931 --> 00:33:55,533
IMPACT FOR THESE FAMILIES. 

939
00:33:55,533 --> 00:33:56,167
ALLEVIATING ONE OF THOSE CHOICES

940
00:33:56,167 --> 00:33:57,068
BY OPENING THE DOOR TO RELIABLE 

941
00:33:57,068 --> 00:33:57,702
AND AFFORDABLE TRANSPORTATION 

942
00:33:57,702 --> 00:33:58,703
OPTIONS THAT MEET THEIR NEEDS 

943
00:33:58,703 --> 00:34:00,238
WITHOUT AN ADDED COST BURDEN. 

944
00:34:00,238 --> 00:34:03,141
WITH THESE CARDS, LOW INCOME 

945
00:34:03,141 --> 00:34:04,242
FAMILIES, SENIORS, VETERANS AND 

946
00:34:04,242 --> 00:34:04,942
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES THAT WE

947
00:34:04,942 --> 00:34:06,077
SERVE CAN ACCESS ESSENTIAL 

948
00:34:06,077 --> 00:34:09,714
SERVICES AND REACH MEDICAL CARE 

949
00:34:09,714 --> 00:34:12,383
, GET TO JOBS AND NAVIGATE OUR 

950
00:34:12,383 --> 00:34:13,050
CITY SAFELY. WE ARE THRILLED TO 

951
00:34:13,050 --> 00:34:23,528
SEE THE PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU 

952
00:34:25,329 --> 00:34:26,631
CONTINUES TO SUPPORT FREE ACCESS

953
00:34:26,631 --> 00:34:27,398
FOR TRANSIT TO THESE HOUSEHOLDS 

954
00:34:27,398 --> 00:34:28,766
AND PROFOUND -- AND PROPOSES 

955
00:34:28,766 --> 00:34:29,700
THESE CRITICAL BENEFIT TO MORE 

956
00:34:29,700 --> 00:34:30,902
LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS LIVING 

957
00:34:30,902 --> 00:34:31,502
WITH THE HOUSING VOUCHER. WE 

958
00:34:31,502 --> 00:34:32,804
LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO 

959
00:34:32,804 --> 00:34:33,371
WORK ALONGSIDE THE CITY TO 

960
00:34:33,371 --> 00:34:34,005
DELIVER THIS ESSENTIAL PROGRAM 

961
00:34:34,005 --> 00:34:35,106
FOR LOW-INCOME PEOPLE, AND WE 

962
00:34:35,106 --> 00:34:35,673
ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY 

963
00:34:35,673 --> 00:34:36,574
QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK 

964
00:34:36,574 --> 00:34:37,208
YOU SO MUCH. 

965
00:34:37,208 --> 00:34:37,842
>> THANK YOU. 

966
00:34:37,842 --> 00:34:38,910
>> NEXT SPEAKER. 

967
00:34:38,910 --> 00:34:47,552
>> GOOD MORNING. I AM HERE TODAY

968
00:34:47,552 --> 00:34:48,586
TO TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC SAFETY. I 

969
00:34:48,586 --> 00:34:50,755
AM A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF WEST 

970
00:34:50,755 --> 00:35:01,299
SEATTLE . A LITTLE MORE THAN TWO

971
00:35:06,938 --> 00:35:08,239
YEARS AGO, I CAME BEFORE THIS 

972
00:35:08,239 --> 00:35:09,907
COMMITTEE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE 

973
00:35:09,907 --> 00:35:10,541
NEED TO PRIORITIZE SAFETY FOR 

974
00:35:10,541 --> 00:35:11,242
THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE USING

975
00:35:11,242 --> 00:35:12,243
OUR STREETS. I SPOKE THEN ABOUT 

976
00:35:12,243 --> 00:35:13,244
THE LOSS, DEVASTATING LOSS, OF 

977
00:35:13,244 --> 00:35:14,479
MY HUSBAND, WHO WAS STRUCK AND 

978
00:35:14,479 --> 00:35:15,546
KILLED BY AN ONCOMING MOTORIST 

979
00:35:15,546 --> 00:35:16,380
WHILE CYCLING IN OUR 

980
00:35:16,380 --> 00:35:17,348
NEIGHBORHOOD IN DECEMBER 2023. I

981
00:35:17,348 --> 00:35:18,382
SPOKE BECAUSE, AS A FORMER 

982
00:35:18,382 --> 00:35:19,383
CYCLIST MYSELF, I KNOW HOW 

983
00:35:19,383 --> 00:35:21,819
VULNERABLE BIKE USERS ARE WHEN 

984
00:35:21,819 --> 00:35:23,221
THEY MUST SHARE THE ROAD WITH 

985
00:35:23,221 --> 00:35:24,322
CARS. I SPOKE BECAUSE I FEARED 

986
00:35:24,322 --> 00:35:25,723
WHAT HAPPENED TO MY HUSBAND 

987
00:35:25,723 --> 00:35:26,357
COULD EASILY HAPPEN TO SOMEONE 

988
00:35:26,357 --> 00:35:27,525
ELSE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS 

989
00:35:27,525 --> 00:35:28,893
PAST MONDAY, THAT FEAR BECAME A 

990
00:35:28,893 --> 00:35:32,597
REALITY . ANOTHER CYCLIST WAS 

991
00:35:32,597 --> 00:35:33,231
STRUCK AND KILLED JUST HALF A 

992
00:35:33,231 --> 00:35:33,931
MILE FROM WHERE MY HUSBAND LOST 

993
00:35:33,931 --> 00:35:41,906
HIS LIFE. IF MY OWN EXPERIENCE 

994
00:35:41,906 --> 00:35:43,307
IS ANY GUIDE, IT WILL LIKELY BE 

995
00:35:43,307 --> 00:35:43,941
MONTHS BEFORE THE INVESTIGATION 

996
00:35:43,941 --> 00:35:45,409
INTO MONDAY'S FATALITY IS 

997
00:35:45,409 --> 00:35:46,010
COMPLETE, WE UNDERSTAND FULLY 

998
00:35:46,010 --> 00:35:46,577
HOW THE CYCLIST WAS FATALLY 

999
00:35:46,577 --> 00:35:48,246
INJURED. BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU

1000
00:35:48,246 --> 00:35:48,746
RIGHT NOW, WITHOUT ANY 

1001
00:35:48,746 --> 00:35:49,447
UNCERTAINTY, IS THAT ANOTHER 

1002
00:35:49,447 --> 00:35:54,919
FAMILY IS GRIEVING . ANOTHER 

1003
00:35:54,919 --> 00:35:56,354
FAMILY IS ASKING HOW THEY COULD 

1004
00:35:56,354 --> 00:35:57,255
LOSE SOMEONE THEY LOVE SO 

1005
00:35:57,255 --> 00:35:57,822
SUDDENLY AND SENSELESSLY, 

1006
00:35:57,822 --> 00:35:59,390
ESPECIALLY AFTER THE PASSAGE OF 

1007
00:35:59,390 --> 00:36:00,324
A MAJOR TRANSPORTATION LEVY IN 

1008
00:36:00,324 --> 00:36:10,868
2024 THAT INCLUDED NEARLY $200 

1009
00:36:11,469 --> 00:36:12,036
MILLION FOR SAFETY. I UNDERSTAND

1010
00:36:12,036 --> 00:36:13,104
THAT MANY OF THE IMPROVEMENTS 

1011
00:36:13,104 --> 00:36:13,905
FUNDED BY THAT LEVY ARE STILL IN

1012
00:36:13,905 --> 00:36:14,605
PLANNING OR JUST BEGINNING, BUT 

1013
00:36:14,605 --> 00:36:16,140
I AM HERE TODAY TO ASK THIS 

1014
00:36:16,140 --> 00:36:18,809
COMMITTEE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH 

1015
00:36:18,809 --> 00:36:20,411
SDOT TO ENSURE MEANINGFUL 

1016
00:36:20,411 --> 00:36:21,012
IMPROVEMENTS ARE MADE AT THE 

1017
00:36:21,012 --> 00:36:21,812
SITE OF MONDAY'S FATAL CRASH 

1018
00:36:21,812 --> 00:36:22,713
AND MADE WITHOUT DELAY. UNTIL 

1019
00:36:22,713 --> 00:36:26,784
SEATTLE REACHES ZERO DEATH AND 

1020
00:36:26,784 --> 00:36:28,252
INJURIES, WE CANNOT HONESTLY SAY

1021
00:36:28,252 --> 00:36:29,687
THIS IS A SAFE AND LIVABLE CITY 

1022
00:36:29,687 --> 00:36:30,655
FOR EVERYONE. THANK YOU. 

1023
00:36:30,655 --> 00:36:31,022
>> THANK YOU. 

1024
00:36:31,022 --> 00:36:35,326
>> NEXT SPEAKER. 

1025
00:36:35,326 --> 00:36:44,302
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. I 

1026
00:36:44,302 --> 00:36:44,936
WOULD LIKE TO THANK CHAIR SAKA 

1027
00:36:44,936 --> 00:36:46,537
AND MAYOR WILSON FOR THEIR 

1028
00:36:46,537 --> 00:36:52,643
SUPPORT BEHIND TRANSIT LEVY . 

1029
00:36:52,643 --> 00:36:53,277
0.3% OVER 10 YEARS AS A SOLID 

1030
00:36:53,277 --> 00:36:55,546
FOUNDATION TO BOOST BUS SERVICE 

1031
00:36:55,546 --> 00:36:57,481
AND FREQUENCY FOR THE CITY. IT 

1032
00:36:57,481 --> 00:37:02,620
IS ALSO SAVES US MONEY. AS A 

1033
00:37:02,620 --> 00:37:11,429
RESIDENT UBER AND LYFT HAS 

1034
00:37:11,429 --> 00:37:13,097
BECOME VERY EXPENSIVE. A RIDE 

1035
00:37:13,097 --> 00:37:14,365
THAT USED TO COST $20 MIGHT BE 

1036
00:37:14,365 --> 00:37:20,805
30 OR $50 NOWADAYS. THAT IS JUST

1037
00:37:20,805 --> 00:37:22,640
MAYBE A TWO HOUR RIDE FROM YOUR 

1038
00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:23,541
HOME TO THE NEAREST LIGHT RAIL 

1039
00:37:23,541 --> 00:37:25,109
STATION. OR TO THE RESTAURANT. 

1040
00:37:25,109 --> 00:37:27,278
THAT IS REALLY BAD ON OUR BANK 

1041
00:37:27,278 --> 00:37:35,319
ACCOUNTS. SO MORE RELIABLE BUSES

1042
00:37:35,319 --> 00:37:37,788
AND TRANSIT SERVICES WILL NOT 

1043
00:37:37,788 --> 00:37:39,090
ONLY, IS NOT ONLY SUSTAINABLE, 

1044
00:37:39,090 --> 00:37:40,458
BUT ALSO SAVES US MONEY. FOR ME 

1045
00:37:40,458 --> 00:37:41,158
PERSONALLY, AS I AM A BALLARD 

1046
00:37:41,158 --> 00:37:43,794
RESIDENT, I RELY ON THE 17 AND 

1047
00:37:43,794 --> 00:37:48,199
40 BUS TO CROSS SEATTLE . I 

1048
00:37:48,199 --> 00:37:55,006
THINK COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 

1049
00:37:55,006 --> 00:37:55,640
WOULD ALSO APPRECIATE MORE BUSES

1050
00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:59,143
AROUND BALLARD AS WELL. SO HE 

1051
00:37:59,143 --> 00:38:01,178
CAN LEAVE THE CAR AT HOME , SAVE

1052
00:38:01,178 --> 00:38:05,850
ON GAS, SAVE ON PARKING FEES AND

1053
00:38:05,850 --> 00:38:07,184
JUST BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE 

1054
00:38:07,184 --> 00:38:08,419
NEIGHBORHOODS WITHOUT ALL THE 

1055
00:38:08,419 --> 00:38:14,558
HASSLE AND EXTRA COST. I URGE 

1056
00:38:14,558 --> 00:38:15,226
THE COUNCIL TO PLEASE SUPPORT 

1057
00:38:15,226 --> 00:38:16,794
THE TRANSIT MEASURE. THAT HE 

1058
00:38:16,794 --> 00:38:17,094
VERY MUCH. 

1059
00:38:17,094 --> 00:38:17,428
>> THANK YOU. 

1060
00:38:17,428 --> 00:38:19,030
>> NEXT SPEAKER . 

1061
00:38:19,030 --> 00:38:24,835
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL 

1062
00:38:24,835 --> 00:38:28,372
MEMBERS. ON BEHALF OF EQUITY 

1063
00:38:28,372 --> 00:38:32,677
WORK WITH , I AM HERE TO SUPPORT

1064
00:38:32,677 --> 00:38:34,578
THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL TO RENEW 

1065
00:38:34,578 --> 00:38:45,089
THE SEATTLE TRANSIT MEASURE . 

1066
00:38:46,490 --> 00:38:47,458
WHILE TAX INCREASE IS NOT A 

1067
00:38:47,458 --> 00:38:48,993
PREFERRED APPROACH, BECAUSE IT 

1068
00:38:48,993 --> 00:38:50,594
PLACES A GREATER BURDEN ON LOWER

1069
00:38:50,594 --> 00:38:51,228
INCOME RESIDENTS, WE RECOGNIZE 

1070
00:38:51,228 --> 00:38:53,030
THE CONSTRAINTS OF CURRENT STATE

1071
00:38:53,030 --> 00:38:53,631
POLICY AND AVAILABLE FUNDING 

1072
00:38:53,631 --> 00:38:54,098
TOOLS. GIVEN WRITING 

1073
00:38:54,098 --> 00:38:54,532
TRANSPORTATION AND 

1074
00:38:54,532 --> 00:38:57,401
INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS, THE 

1075
00:38:57,401 --> 00:38:59,270
PROPOSAL IS NECESSARY TO 

1076
00:38:59,270 --> 00:38:59,904
PRESERVE EXISTING SERVICES AND 

1077
00:38:59,904 --> 00:39:00,404
EXPAND SUPPORT FOR THE 

1078
00:39:00,404 --> 00:39:01,038
COMMUNITIES THAT RELY ON THE 

1079
00:39:01,038 --> 00:39:02,340
MOST. WE STRONGLY SUPPORT 

1080
00:39:02,340 --> 00:39:02,940
MAINTAINING AND EXPANDING THE 

1081
00:39:02,940 --> 00:39:09,780
TRANSIT ACCESS PROGRAM , WHICH 

1082
00:39:09,780 --> 00:39:12,416
NOW PROVIDES ORCA SUBSIDIES TO 

1083
00:39:12,416 --> 00:39:12,950
MORE THAN 22,000 SEATTLE 

1084
00:39:12,950 --> 00:39:13,584
RESIDENTS, MORE THAN DOUBLE THE 

1085
00:39:13,584 --> 00:39:15,186
PREVIOUS REACH. WE ALSO SUPPORT 

1086
00:39:15,186 --> 00:39:15,820
ADDING 100,000 BUS SERVICE HOURS

1087
00:39:15,820 --> 00:39:16,620
IN EQUITY PRIORITY AREAS. WHEN 

1088
00:39:16,620 --> 00:39:17,588
-- THESE TARGETED INVESTMENTS 

1089
00:39:17,588 --> 00:39:18,989
ARE CRITICAL . COMMUNITIES OF 

1090
00:39:18,989 --> 00:39:20,424
COLOR CONTINUE TO BE DISPLACED 

1091
00:39:20,424 --> 00:39:25,262
FARTHER FROM THE CITY CENTER. AT

1092
00:39:25,262 --> 00:39:26,397
THE SAME TIME, OUR OLDER ADULT 

1093
00:39:26,397 --> 00:39:27,498
POPULATION IS GROWING RAPIDLY 

1094
00:39:27,498 --> 00:39:28,699
WITH MANY LIVING ON FIXED 

1095
00:39:28,699 --> 00:39:35,840
INCOMES. PEOPLE WITH 

1096
00:39:35,840 --> 00:39:36,407
DISABILITIES AND IMMIGRANT 

1097
00:39:36,407 --> 00:39:37,007
COMMUNITIES ALSO DEPEND ON 

1098
00:39:37,007 --> 00:39:37,675
AFFORDABLE AND RELIABLE TRANSIT 

1099
00:39:37,675 --> 00:39:39,043
TO ACCESS TO JOBS, EDUCATION, 

1100
00:39:39,043 --> 00:39:39,710
HEALTHCARE AND ESSENTIAL 

1101
00:39:39,710 --> 00:39:41,912
SERVICES. WE KNOW THAT 

1102
00:39:41,912 --> 00:39:42,580
PRIORITIZING THESE COMMUNITIES 

1103
00:39:42,580 --> 00:39:43,481
HELPS OFFSET INEQUITIES. 

1104
00:39:43,481 --> 00:39:45,182
INCLUDING THOSE GREETED BY 

1105
00:39:45,182 --> 00:39:49,720
REGRESSIVE FUNDING MECHANISMS 

1106
00:39:49,720 --> 00:39:50,788
LIKE SALES TAX. THIS PROPOSAL 

1107
00:39:50,788 --> 00:39:51,989
PROVIDES A STABLE FUNDING SOURCE

1108
00:39:51,989 --> 00:39:56,060
FOR THE NEXT DECADE . HOWEVER, A

1109
00:39:56,060 --> 00:39:57,161
SALES TAX IS NOT A SUSTAINABLE 

1110
00:39:57,161 --> 00:39:57,795
LONG-TERM SOLUTION. WE ARE 

1111
00:39:57,795 --> 00:40:07,538
ALREADY AT THE STATE CAPITAL. WE

1112
00:40:07,538 --> 00:40:08,973
URGE THE CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR'S 

1113
00:40:08,973 --> 00:40:09,740
OFFICE, AND REGIONAL PARTNERS TO

1114
00:40:09,740 --> 00:40:10,241
PURSUE DURABLE FUNDING 

1115
00:40:10,241 --> 00:40:11,108
STRATEGIES THAT MEET THE NEEDS 

1116
00:40:11,108 --> 00:40:12,076
OF A GROWING AND CHANGING 

1117
00:40:12,076 --> 00:40:13,477
REGION. THANK YOU GUYS. 

1118
00:40:13,477 --> 00:40:13,844
>> THANK YOU. 

1119
00:40:13,844 --> 00:40:20,050
>> NEXT SPEAKER. 

1120
00:40:20,050 --> 00:40:23,387
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. I AM 

1121
00:40:23,387 --> 00:40:26,223
STANDING HERE AS A PRIVATE 

1122
00:40:26,223 --> 00:40:30,161
CITIZEN. I AM OLD. I HAVE A 

1123
00:40:30,161 --> 00:40:33,931
MEDICAL EMERGENCY THAT BASICALLY

1124
00:40:33,931 --> 00:40:35,032
CHANGED MY LIFE. 

1125
00:40:35,032 --> 00:40:38,068
>> CAN YOU SPEAK ? 

1126
00:40:38,068 --> 00:40:46,277
>> I HAVE TO WORK -- I LOST 

1127
00:40:46,277 --> 00:40:47,711
MOBILITY. I LOST COMMUNICATION. 

1128
00:40:47,711 --> 00:40:53,651
BUT I HAVEN'T LOST FEISTINESS. 

1129
00:40:53,651 --> 00:41:00,524
I AM FROM BALLARD. I AND UP AT 

1130
00:41:00,524 --> 00:41:02,193
PROVIDENCE AT LEAST THREE OR 

1131
00:41:02,193 --> 00:41:05,296
FOUR TIMES A MONTH FOR CHECK INS

1132
00:41:05,296 --> 00:41:06,964
. THERE IS NO WAY THAT I CAN 

1133
00:41:06,964 --> 00:41:08,799
HAVE AN APPOINTMENT AT THAT 

1134
00:41:08,799 --> 00:41:11,702
PLACE AND NOT SCHEDULE TWO HOURS

1135
00:41:11,702 --> 00:41:18,642
TO GET THERE ON TIME. I THINK 

1136
00:41:18,642 --> 00:41:21,111
THERE IS A PROBLEM IN THE CITY 

1137
00:41:21,111 --> 00:41:22,480
WHERE THERE ARE TRANSPORTATION 

1138
00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:28,752
DESERTS WHERE THE ELDERLY WHO 

1139
00:41:28,752 --> 00:41:31,355
HAVE GOTTEN OUTSIDE OF THE 

1140
00:41:31,355 --> 00:41:33,524
PERIPHERY OF THE ACCESS BUS 

1141
00:41:33,524 --> 00:41:36,894
TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE WE CAN 

1142
00:41:36,894 --> 00:41:44,034
PASS THE TESTS -- CERTAIN TESTS 

1143
00:41:44,034 --> 00:41:45,536
HAVE TO TAKE THE BUS OR DRIVE. I

1144
00:41:45,536 --> 00:41:49,874
DRIVE. YESTERDAY I HAD TO WALK, 

1145
00:41:49,874 --> 00:41:53,143
BASICALLY, FROM 33rd STREET, TO 

1146
00:41:53,143 --> 00:41:55,112
PROVIDENCE BECAUSE OF PARKING. 

1147
00:41:55,112 --> 00:41:59,450
OKAY? THE DOCTOR WAS A LITTLE 

1148
00:41:59,450 --> 00:42:00,684
EXCITED ABOUT THE BLOOD 

1149
00:42:00,684 --> 00:42:03,721
PRESSURE. WE NEED TO LOOK AT 

1150
00:42:03,721 --> 00:42:05,489
WHAT WE CAN DO TO PROVIDE GOOD 

1151
00:42:05,489 --> 00:42:10,427
TRANSPORTATION TO THESE DESERTS 

1152
00:42:10,427 --> 00:42:14,164
SO THE ELDERLY CAN GET TO THEIR 

1153
00:42:14,164 --> 00:42:15,432
PHYSICIANS, NOT LOSE THEIR 

1154
00:42:15,432 --> 00:42:16,667
APPOINTMENTS, NOT GET INTO A LOT

1155
00:42:16,667 --> 00:42:18,469
OF ANXIETY, AND THEY CAN PROTECT

1156
00:42:18,469 --> 00:42:23,073
THEIR HEALTH. I HAVE AN EXAMPLE 

1157
00:42:23,073 --> 00:42:26,243
OF ALL THE BUSES GOING TO 

1158
00:42:26,243 --> 00:42:27,545
PROVIDENCE. THERE IS NONE FOR 

1159
00:42:27,545 --> 00:42:29,547
BALLARD. DONE REALLY FOR WEST 

1160
00:42:29,547 --> 00:42:31,615
SEATTLE. AND THERE IS NONE FOR 

1161
00:42:31,615 --> 00:42:35,319
UPPER EAST PART OF THE CITY. I 

1162
00:42:35,319 --> 00:42:37,655
THINK THIS TRANSPORTATION 

1163
00:42:37,655 --> 00:42:38,956
MEASURE WILL POSSIBLY PROVIDE 

1164
00:42:38,956 --> 00:42:42,393
THAT , BUT BEYOND THAT, I THINK 

1165
00:42:42,393 --> 00:42:43,827
-- 

1166
00:42:43,827 --> 00:42:54,371
>> LEAVE THE LETTERS HERE IN OUR

1167
00:42:55,973 --> 00:42:57,308
BOX. IT WILL BE ON THE RECORD 

1168
00:42:57,308 --> 00:42:59,310
AND AVAILABLE FOR ALL OF US TO 

1169
00:42:59,310 --> 00:42:59,677
REVIEW. 

1170
00:42:59,677 --> 00:43:08,485
>> NEXT SPEAKER. 

1171
00:43:08,485 --> 00:43:09,186
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL 

1172
00:43:09,186 --> 00:43:11,188
MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR 

1173
00:43:11,188 --> 00:43:11,755
ATTENTION AND FOCUS ON THIS 

1174
00:43:11,755 --> 00:43:12,389
IMPORTANT MEASURE THIS MORNING. 

1175
00:43:12,389 --> 00:43:16,327
I AM HERE TODAY FOR TWO REASONS.

1176
00:43:16,327 --> 00:43:18,228
THE FIRST IS TO ASK YOU TO 

1177
00:43:18,228 --> 00:43:18,829
SUPPORT THE SEATTLE TRANSIT 

1178
00:43:18,829 --> 00:43:20,998
MEASURE WITH THE FULL SALES TAX 

1179
00:43:20,998 --> 00:43:22,399
. I ALSO DON'T LIKE HIGHER 

1180
00:43:22,399 --> 00:43:24,835
SALES TAXES, BUT THIS IS REALLY 

1181
00:43:24,835 --> 00:43:28,806
IMPORTANT CRITICAL SERVICES THAT

1182
00:43:28,806 --> 00:43:30,074
FAMILIES ACROSS SEATTLE RELY ON.

1183
00:43:30,074 --> 00:43:40,517
AND WHEN WE ARE COMBINING 

1184
00:43:41,885 --> 00:43:42,886
INVESTMENT, SO WE ARE IMPROVING 

1185
00:43:42,886 --> 00:43:43,420
CONNECTIONS TO LIGHT RAIL 

1186
00:43:43,420 --> 00:43:44,154
STATIONS WITH THE SERVICE, WE 

1187
00:43:44,154 --> 00:43:44,955
ARE GETTING EVEN MORE VALUE ON 

1188
00:43:44,955 --> 00:43:46,223
THESE BIG INVESTMENTS THE CITY 

1189
00:43:46,223 --> 00:43:47,191
HAS ALREADY MADE. I LIVE IN. 

1190
00:43:47,191 --> 00:43:48,726
THERE IS NO LIGHT RAIL STATION, 

1191
00:43:48,726 --> 00:43:53,864
BUT THERE IS ONE IN ROOSEVELT. I

1192
00:43:53,864 --> 00:43:55,099
OFTEN TAKE THE BUS TO ROOSEVELT,

1193
00:43:55,099 --> 00:43:56,133
EXCEPT IT DOESN'T COME VERY 

1194
00:43:56,133 --> 00:43:57,635
FREQUENTLY. WHEN I AM IN A RUSH,

1195
00:43:57,635 --> 00:43:59,536
I OFTEN WALK THE MILE TO THE 

1196
00:43:59,536 --> 00:44:00,337
STATION. I MUCH PREFER TO TAKE 

1197
00:44:00,337 --> 00:44:01,872
THE BUS. THESE INVESTMENTS IN 

1198
00:44:01,872 --> 00:44:03,574
MORE FREQUENT CONNECTIONS TO OUR

1199
00:44:03,574 --> 00:44:05,175
STATIONS HAVE A BIG IMPACT. 

1200
00:44:05,175 --> 00:44:12,516
SECOND REASON I AM HERE IS 

1201
00:44:12,516 --> 00:44:13,150
BECAUSE THE TRANSPORTATION 

1202
00:44:13,150 --> 00:44:14,318
BENEFIT DISTRICT ONLY HAS A 

1203
00:44:14,318 --> 00:44:16,186
COUPLE WAYS WE CAN REALLY FUND 

1204
00:44:16,186 --> 00:44:17,621
THIS WORK. THE CAR TABS AND THE 

1205
00:44:17,621 --> 00:44:28,165
SALES TAX , AND AS COUNCILMEMBER

1206
00:44:28,932 --> 00:44:30,134
SAKA POINTED OUT, BOTH OF THESE 

1207
00:44:30,134 --> 00:44:31,802
ARE REGRESSIVE. SO I ASK YOU TO 

1208
00:44:31,802 --> 00:44:32,469
WORK WITH OLYMPIA, PRIORITIZE 

1209
00:44:32,469 --> 00:44:33,904
THAT WORK, TO EXPAND THE OPTIONS

1210
00:44:33,904 --> 00:44:34,672
WE HAVE TO FUND OUR 

1211
00:44:34,672 --> 00:44:42,646
TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICT 

1212
00:44:42,646 --> 00:44:43,881
. BY THE TIME THE NEXT STM ROLLS

1213
00:44:43,881 --> 00:44:46,316
AROUND AND WE HAVE TO RENEW IN 

1214
00:44:46,316 --> 00:44:47,484
10 YEARS, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME 

1215
00:44:47,484 --> 00:44:48,118
NEW PROGRESSIVE TOOLS IN OUR 

1216
00:44:48,118 --> 00:44:48,986
TOOLKIT FOR FUNDING IT. IN 

1217
00:44:48,986 --> 00:44:50,554
SHORT, I ASK YOU TO FUND THIS 

1218
00:44:50,554 --> 00:44:56,727
STM WITH THE 3 -- 0.3 % SALES 

1219
00:44:56,727 --> 00:44:58,195
TAX SO WE HAVE TOOLS ON THE 

1220
00:44:58,195 --> 00:44:59,129
TABLE TO FUND IT. THANK YOU. 

1221
00:44:59,129 --> 00:45:08,505
>> NEXT SPEAKER. 

1222
00:45:08,505 --> 00:45:15,079
>> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL. I

1223
00:45:15,079 --> 00:45:16,280
AM HAILING FROM DISTRICT 7. I 

1224
00:45:16,280 --> 00:45:17,081
WANT TO PROVIDE MORE TESTIMONY 

1225
00:45:17,081 --> 00:45:17,815
ON WHITE BUS FREQUENCY 

1226
00:45:17,815 --> 00:45:18,715
SPECIFICALLY REALLY MATTERS. IN 

1227
00:45:18,715 --> 00:45:19,850
MY OWN LIFE, ME AND MY 

1228
00:45:19,850 --> 00:45:26,523
GIRLFRIEND REGULARLY TAKE THE 4 

1229
00:45:26,523 --> 00:45:28,625
BUS BETWEEN OUR APARTMENTS, BUT 

1230
00:45:28,625 --> 00:45:29,193
THE 30 MINUTE FREQUENCY ON 

1231
00:45:29,193 --> 00:45:31,328
NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS IS BRUTAL. 

1232
00:45:31,328 --> 00:45:31,962
EVERY TIME WE WANT TO GO BETWEEN

1233
00:45:31,962 --> 00:45:34,998
OUR PARTNERS, IT IS A DICE ROLL 

1234
00:45:34,998 --> 00:45:36,133
. AROUND HALF THE TIME THE 

1235
00:45:36,133 --> 00:45:37,468
WEIGHT IS 20 MINUTES, 25 

1236
00:45:37,468 --> 00:45:38,168
MINUTES, 30 MINUTES. THAT IS NOT

1237
00:45:38,168 --> 00:45:48,679
USABLE. WE END UP NEEDING TO 

1238
00:45:49,012 --> 00:45:49,813
ALWAYS HAVE A BACKUP PLAN 

1239
00:45:49,813 --> 00:45:52,683
WHENEVER WE WANT TO GO SOMEWHERE

1240
00:45:52,683 --> 00:45:53,517
LIKE SCOOTERING OR DRIVING. OUR 

1241
00:45:53,517 --> 00:45:54,151
TRANSIT SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE THERE

1242
00:45:54,151 --> 00:45:56,386
FOR RIDERS 100% OF THE TIME, NOT

1243
00:45:56,386 --> 00:45:57,020
ONLY SOMETIMES IF THERE HAPPENS 

1244
00:45:57,020 --> 00:45:57,654
TO BE A BUS ANYTIME SOON. WHEN 

1245
00:45:57,654 --> 00:45:58,422
SOMEONE IS LEAVING A BAR ON 

1246
00:45:58,422 --> 00:45:59,389
CAPITOL HILL, THEY NEED TO KNOW 

1247
00:45:59,389 --> 00:46:03,127
THERE IS A BUS TO GET THEM HOME 

1248
00:46:03,127 --> 00:46:03,760
WITHOUT WAITING FOR 30 MINUTES 

1249
00:46:03,760 --> 00:46:08,265
IN THE COLD. WITH SOMEONE WHO IS

1250
00:46:08,265 --> 00:46:09,199
CAR FREE IN COLUMBIA CITY WANT 

1251
00:46:09,199 --> 00:46:11,068
TO GO TO THE GROCERY STORE, THEY

1252
00:46:11,068 --> 00:46:12,336
SHOULD KNOW THERE IS A BUS TO 

1253
00:46:12,336 --> 00:46:13,303
TAKE THEM THERE AND BACK, AND 

1254
00:46:13,303 --> 00:46:14,404
WHEN THEY ARE SHOPPING, THEY 

1255
00:46:14,404 --> 00:46:15,139
SHOULDN'T HAVE TO CONSTANTLY 

1256
00:46:15,139 --> 00:46:16,507
CHECK YOUR WATCH IN THE SCHEDULE

1257
00:46:16,507 --> 00:46:18,208
TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN GET HOME 

1258
00:46:18,208 --> 00:46:19,076
WITHOUT A LONG WAIT. AS OTHER 

1259
00:46:19,076 --> 00:46:20,811
PEOPLE HAVE MENTIONED, SEATTLE 

1260
00:46:20,811 --> 00:46:22,446
HAS SET A LOT OF GOALS, 

1261
00:46:22,446 --> 00:46:23,080
INCLUDING THE 2023 CLIMATE GOAL 

1262
00:46:23,080 --> 00:46:24,281
TO REDUCE CAR TRIP FROM 66 TO 

1263
00:46:24,281 --> 00:46:25,215
44% AND INCREASE TRANSIT FROM 11

1264
00:46:25,215 --> 00:46:26,650
TO 24. IF WE WANT ANY CHANCE 

1265
00:46:26,650 --> 00:46:28,051
REPLACING CAR TRIPS WITH 

1266
00:46:28,051 --> 00:46:28,652
TRANSIT, PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW 

1267
00:46:28,652 --> 00:46:30,854
THEY CAN GET TO WHERE THEY GO 

1268
00:46:30,854 --> 00:46:37,294
WITHOUT ADVANCE PLANNING. CAR 

1269
00:46:37,294 --> 00:46:37,861
DRIVERS DON'T LOOK AT BUS 

1270
00:46:37,861 --> 00:46:38,529
SCHEDULES. CAR DRIVERS DON'T TO

1271
00:46:38,529 --> 00:46:40,731
ADVANCE PLANNING OF GETTING HOME

1272
00:46:40,731 --> 00:46:41,331
EXACTLY ON THE HOUR TO CATCH 

1273
00:46:41,331 --> 00:46:42,432
THEIR BUDGET. HIGH-FREQUENCY IS 

1274
00:46:42,432 --> 00:46:52,976
VERY IMPORTANT. THE LAST THING I

1275
00:46:54,978 --> 00:46:57,147
WANT TO SAY IS THAT THE STAKES 

1276
00:46:57,147 --> 00:46:57,781
ARE VERY HIGH, EVEN MORE THAN 

1277
00:46:57,781 --> 00:46:59,249
JUST CLIMATE GOALS. EVERY CAR 

1278
00:46:59,249 --> 00:47:00,918
OFF THE ROAD MEANS LESS OF OUR 

1279
00:47:00,918 --> 00:47:01,552
FRIENDS, PARENTS, CHILDREN AND 

1280
00:47:01,552 --> 00:47:02,719
COMMUNITY MEMBERS DYING IN CAR 

1281
00:47:02,719 --> 00:47:03,220
CRASHES AND PEDESTRIAN 

1282
00:47:03,220 --> 00:47:04,154
COLLISIONS EVERY YEAR. WE HAVE 

1283
00:47:04,154 --> 00:47:04,822
HAD NUMEROUS INCIDENTS RECENTLY,

1284
00:47:04,822 --> 00:47:05,422
INCLUDING THE BIKER THAT WAS 

1285
00:47:05,422 --> 00:47:06,390
KILLED, AND WE NEED TO SEE LESS 

1286
00:47:06,390 --> 00:47:07,858
OF THAT. THAT MEANS WE NEED TO 

1287
00:47:07,858 --> 00:47:09,259
GET CARS OFF THE ROAD. I THINK 

1288
00:47:09,259 --> 00:47:11,862
WE SHOULD BACK THIS MEASURE FOR 

1289
00:47:11,862 --> 00:47:12,563
THE CLIMATE, FOR OUR SAFETY AND 

1290
00:47:12,563 --> 00:47:14,231
TO MAKE A MORE PLEASANT AND 

1291
00:47:14,231 --> 00:47:15,399
CONNECT THE CITY FOR EVERYONE 

1292
00:47:15,399 --> 00:47:15,966
WHO LIVES HERE. THANK YOU. 

1293
00:47:15,966 --> 00:47:16,300
>> THANK YOU. 

1294
00:47:16,300 --> 00:47:17,367
>> NEXT SPEAKER. 

1295
00:47:17,367 --> 00:47:27,811
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL 

1296
00:47:35,052 --> 00:47:36,420
MEMBERS. MY NAME IS ANDREW. I AM

1297
00:47:36,420 --> 00:47:37,955
A HIGH SCHOOLER IN THE GREATER 

1298
00:47:37,955 --> 00:47:38,555
SEATTLE AREA. I REGULARLY USE 

1299
00:47:38,555 --> 00:47:40,591
TRANSIT IN THE REGION AND TRAVEL

1300
00:47:40,591 --> 00:47:41,792
INTO SEATTLE. I AM HERE TO 

1301
00:47:41,792 --> 00:47:43,760
PROVIDE A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON THE

1302
00:47:43,760 --> 00:47:44,394
ISSUE. STUDENTS. JUST HOW MUCH 

1303
00:47:44,394 --> 00:47:45,529
WE CARE. THE CITY'S YOUTH 

1304
00:47:45,529 --> 00:47:46,196
ADVISORY BOARD, THE FIRST ISSUE 

1305
00:47:46,196 --> 00:47:46,830
BROUGHT UP WAS PUBLIC TRANSIT. 

1306
00:47:46,830 --> 00:47:52,936
OBVIOUSLY, WE CARE. I WANT TO 

1307
00:47:52,936 --> 00:47:53,570
BRING UP TWO MAIN ISSUES BESIDES

1308
00:47:53,570 --> 00:47:54,238
COST AND EVERYTHING TALKED ABOUT

1309
00:47:54,238 --> 00:47:56,840
BEFORE. FIRST, TRAFFIC. WE ALL 

1310
00:47:56,840 --> 00:48:00,143
KNOW HOW BAD TRAFFIC IS IN 

1311
00:48:00,143 --> 00:48:00,744
SEATTLE. THAT IS DUE TO THE 

1312
00:48:00,744 --> 00:48:03,880
SHEER AMOUNT OF CARS WE HAVE. IT

1313
00:48:03,880 --> 00:48:04,481
IS RANKED AS THE SEVENTH MOST 

1314
00:48:04,481 --> 00:48:05,315
CONGESTED CITY IN THE U.S. AND 

1315
00:48:05,315 --> 00:48:06,016
PUBLIC TRANSIT DIRECTLY 

1316
00:48:06,016 --> 00:48:08,418
ADDRESSES THAT. SECOND, THE 

1317
00:48:08,418 --> 00:48:18,562
ENVIRONMENT. AS YOUNG PEOPLE , 

1318
00:48:18,562 --> 00:48:19,129
WE ARE GOING TO INHERIT THE 

1319
00:48:19,129 --> 00:48:19,763
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THAT GETS 

1320
00:48:19,763 --> 00:48:20,664
BUILT TODAY. INVESTING IN 

1321
00:48:20,664 --> 00:48:21,298
TRANSIT MEANS CLEANER AIR, LOWER

1322
00:48:21,298 --> 00:48:22,766
EMISSIONS IN A MORE SUSTAINABLE 

1323
00:48:22,766 --> 00:48:25,469
FUTURE OVERALL. GIVING PEOPLE A 

1324
00:48:25,469 --> 00:48:26,270
REAL ALTERNATIVE TO DRIVING IS 

1325
00:48:26,270 --> 00:48:26,903
ONE OF THE BEST ENVIRONMENTAL 

1326
00:48:26,903 --> 00:48:32,476
INVESTMENTS A CITY CAN MAKE. WE 

1327
00:48:32,476 --> 00:48:33,644
ARE STUDENTS, AND WE CARE DEEPLY

1328
00:48:33,644 --> 00:48:35,445
ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR REGION. 

1329
00:48:35,445 --> 00:48:36,446
I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THE 

1330
00:48:36,446 --> 00:48:37,914
MEASURE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR 

1331
00:48:37,914 --> 00:48:38,115
TIME. 

1332
00:48:38,115 --> 00:48:38,715
>> THANK YOU, ANDREW. 

1333
00:48:38,715 --> 00:48:43,220
>> WE NOW SWITCH TO REMOTE 

1334
00:48:43,220 --> 00:48:45,389
CALLERS. 

1335
00:48:45,389 --> 00:48:55,899
>> SUPPORT FOR MARY WILSON AT 

1336
00:49:03,974 --> 00:49:04,508
THE SEATTLE TRANSIT MITCHELL 

1337
00:49:04,508 --> 00:49:05,609
BRIGGS IS THE ANNOUNCEMENT, WE 

1338
00:49:05,609 --> 00:49:08,011
HAVE HEARD A LOT ABOUT HOW SALES

1339
00:49:08,011 --> 00:49:18,555
TAXES ARE REGRESSIVE. YOU KNOW 

1340
00:49:19,723 --> 00:49:21,024
WHAT ELSE IS? ON AVERAGE, COST 

1341
00:49:21,024 --> 00:49:23,694
ABOUT $1000 A MONTH TO OWN A 

1342
00:49:23,694 --> 00:49:24,328
CAR, WHICH IS TOO EXPENSIVE FOR 

1343
00:49:24,328 --> 00:49:24,928
A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF OUR 

1344
00:49:24,928 --> 00:49:25,462
NEIGHBORS IN SEATTLE. OUR 

1345
00:49:25,462 --> 00:49:26,096
OPTIONS AS WALKING, BIKING AND 

1346
00:49:26,096 --> 00:49:26,697
RIDING TRANSIT. ENSURE HIGH 

1347
00:49:26,697 --> 00:49:27,264
QUALITY TRANSIT, INCLUDING 

1348
00:49:27,264 --> 00:49:28,098
HIGHER -- PROPOSAL WILL INCREASE

1349
00:49:28,098 --> 00:49:29,533
KING COUNTY METRO SERVICE HOURS 

1350
00:49:29,533 --> 00:49:32,235
BY ALMOST 50% TO ALLOW US TO NOT

1351
00:49:32,235 --> 00:49:36,573
ONLY RETURN TO , PAST PRE-COVID 

1352
00:49:36,573 --> 00:49:38,909
LEVELS OF TRANSIT SERVICE, BUT 

1353
00:49:38,909 --> 00:49:39,509
WE WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO MORE 

1354
00:49:39,509 --> 00:49:43,046
THAN DOUBLE TO OUR NEIGHBORS 

1355
00:49:43,046 --> 00:49:46,983
ANY. IF THIS TAX PAYS PEOPLE ONE

1356
00:49:46,983 --> 00:49:50,787
OR TWO UBER RIDES, THEY ALREADY 

1357
00:49:50,787 --> 00:50:01,331
BREAK EVEN. IT EVEN ENABLES SOME

1358
00:50:04,067 --> 00:50:05,135
PEOPLE TO GO CAR FREE, SAVING 

1359
00:50:05,135 --> 00:50:06,436
HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS A MONTH. 

1360
00:50:06,436 --> 00:50:07,104
WHEN MORE PEOPLE USE TRANSIT, 

1361
00:50:07,104 --> 00:50:08,438
THE AIR IS CLEANER. CARS COST 

1362
00:50:08,438 --> 00:50:10,240
OVER HALF OF CARBON EMISSIONS IN

1363
00:50:10,240 --> 00:50:10,874
SEATTLE. SO OUR RESIDENTS WILL 

1364
00:50:10,874 --> 00:50:18,415
BE HEALTHIER. INCREASED ACCESS 

1365
00:50:18,415 --> 00:50:19,416
WILL CONNECT PEOPLE TO 

1366
00:50:19,416 --> 00:50:20,150
BUSINESSES THAT ARE 

1367
00:50:20,150 --> 00:50:20,984
STRENGTHENING THE LOCAL ECONOMY.

1368
00:50:20,984 --> 00:50:21,651
IN ADDITION TO ALL THESE 

1369
00:50:21,651 --> 00:50:22,586
BENEFITS, INCREASED BUS SERVICE 

1370
00:50:22,586 --> 00:50:24,154
WILL MAKE MORE PROGRESS TOWARD 

1371
00:50:24,154 --> 00:50:24,788
VISION ZERO. SO FAR, AT LEAST 

1372
00:50:24,788 --> 00:50:26,056
FIVE PEOPLE DIE FROM AUTOMOBILE 

1373
00:50:26,056 --> 00:50:26,790
COLLISIONS IN SEATTLE. WE NEED 

1374
00:50:26,790 --> 00:50:27,824
FREQUENT AND RELIABLE FOR PEOPLE

1375
00:50:27,824 --> 00:50:28,892
TO LEAVE THEIR CARS BEHIND. 

1376
00:50:28,892 --> 00:50:29,659
HEALTHIER, MORE ACCESSIBLE AND 

1377
00:50:29,659 --> 00:50:30,527
MORE AFFORDABLE. THANK YOU. 

1378
00:50:30,527 --> 00:50:31,161
>> THANK YOU. 

1379
00:50:31,161 --> 00:50:37,801
>> NEXT CALLER . PLEASE PRESS 

1380
00:50:37,801 --> 00:50:38,969
STAR SIX . 

1381
00:50:38,969 --> 00:50:49,379
>> GOOD MORNING. I AM A 

1382
00:50:52,682 --> 00:50:53,216
WHEELCHAIR USER AND SIDEWALK 

1383
00:50:53,216 --> 00:50:53,750
ORGANIZER WITH NONDRIVERS 

1384
00:50:53,750 --> 00:50:55,252
ALLIANCE. WE ARE A GRASSROOTS 

1385
00:50:55,252 --> 00:50:55,886
ORGANIZATION OF NONDRIVERS AND 

1386
00:50:55,886 --> 00:50:56,453
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. I 

1387
00:50:56,453 --> 00:50:57,154
REALLY WANT TO THANK CHAIR SAKA 

1388
00:50:57,154 --> 00:50:58,855
FOR THE PROPOSAL YOU PUT 

1389
00:50:58,855 --> 00:51:01,925
FORWARD. WE ARE SO EXCITED THAT 

1390
00:51:01,925 --> 00:51:02,592
THE COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING NOT 

1391
00:51:02,592 --> 00:51:03,226
JUST MAINTAINING THE TRANSIT 

1392
00:51:03,226 --> 00:51:03,994
SERVICE, BUT EXPANDING TRANSIT 

1393
00:51:03,994 --> 00:51:04,995
NETWORK AND URGE COUNCIL MEMBERS

1394
00:51:04,995 --> 00:51:06,730
TO PASS THIS TRANSIT MEASURE 

1395
00:51:06,730 --> 00:51:11,868
WITH A SALES TAX THAT IS FOCUSED

1396
00:51:11,868 --> 00:51:16,773
ON TRANSIT. AT LEAST 25% OF 

1397
00:51:16,773 --> 00:51:17,240
SEATTLE RESIDENTS ARE 

1398
00:51:17,240 --> 00:51:17,974
NONDRIVERS. THIS INCLUDES PEOPLE

1399
00:51:17,974 --> 00:51:19,376
WITH DISABILITIES WHO ARE 

1400
00:51:19,376 --> 00:51:20,043
DISPROPORTIONATELY DON'T HAVE 

1401
00:51:20,043 --> 00:51:22,546
ACCESS TO A CAR. THE 

1402
00:51:22,546 --> 00:51:23,780
AVAILABILITY OF TRANSIT DICTATES

1403
00:51:23,780 --> 00:51:27,984
SO MUCH OF OUR LIVES. ONLY 53% 

1404
00:51:27,984 --> 00:51:28,718
OF SEATTLEITES ARE WITHIN 

1405
00:51:28,718 --> 00:51:29,319
WALKING DISTANCE OF FREQUENT 

1406
00:51:29,319 --> 00:51:30,287
TRANSIT. PEOPLE WHO ARE TRANSIT 

1407
00:51:30,287 --> 00:51:34,458
DEPENDENT PAY FOR THIS GAP WITH 

1408
00:51:34,458 --> 00:51:35,859
HER TIME AND ACCESS TO 

1409
00:51:35,859 --> 00:51:37,094
OPPORTUNITIES , AND LIKE THE 

1410
00:51:37,094 --> 00:51:40,130
PREVIOUS CALLER SAID, MEDICAL 

1411
00:51:40,130 --> 00:51:50,674
APPOINTMENTS AND HEALTH. PASSES 

1412
00:51:52,409 --> 00:51:53,810
TRANSIT MEASURE, BE SICK ABOUT 

1413
00:51:53,810 --> 00:51:54,644
ALL THE TRIPS YOU MAKE FROM THE 

1414
00:51:54,644 --> 00:51:55,378
COMMITMENTS YOU HAVE NEEDED TO 

1415
00:51:55,378 --> 00:51:56,880
GET TO ON A FIXED SCHEDULE TWO 

1416
00:51:56,880 --> 00:51:58,048
TRIPS AFTER PEAK HOURS WHETHER 

1417
00:51:58,048 --> 00:51:59,182
IT BE A CONCERT, A FRIENDS HOUSE

1418
00:51:59,182 --> 00:52:00,217
OR URGENT CARE. THESE NEEDS 

1419
00:52:00,217 --> 00:52:01,251
DON'T CHANGE WHEN YOU DON'T 

1420
00:52:01,251 --> 00:52:02,586
HAVE ACCESS TO A CAR, BUT THEY 

1421
00:52:02,586 --> 00:52:05,522
CAN BE IMPOSSIBLE. AS A SIDEWALK

1422
00:52:05,522 --> 00:52:07,357
ADVOCATE, I HAVE TO MENTION 

1423
00:52:07,357 --> 00:52:07,958
SIDEWALKS. PEOPLE WITH 

1424
00:52:07,958 --> 00:52:13,163
DISABILITIES DEPEND ON FREQUENT 

1425
00:52:13,163 --> 00:52:13,997
RELIABLE TRANSIT CONNECTED BY 

1426
00:52:13,997 --> 00:52:19,603
SAFE AND ACCESSIBLE SIDEWALKS. 

1427
00:52:19,603 --> 00:52:20,904
BOTH SYSTEMS, SIDEWALKS AND 

1428
00:52:20,904 --> 00:52:22,706
BUSES ARE IN NEED OF DEDICATED 

1429
00:52:22,706 --> 00:52:23,340
FUNDING. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE AS 

1430
00:52:23,340 --> 00:52:24,641
HE MOVE FORWARD WE CANNOT BUILD 

1431
00:52:24,641 --> 00:52:25,175
ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORTATION 

1432
00:52:25,175 --> 00:52:26,276
NETWORK BY DEFUNDING ONE 

1433
00:52:26,276 --> 00:52:27,978
CRITICAL SERVICE TO PAY FOR 

1434
00:52:27,978 --> 00:52:30,547
ANOTHER. AS MUCH AS I HOPE THAT 

1435
00:52:30,547 --> 00:52:32,616
WE WILL HAVE NEW SIDEWALK 

1436
00:52:32,616 --> 00:52:33,984
FUNDING, ESPECIALLY AS THE CITY 

1437
00:52:33,984 --> 00:52:36,620
IS INVESTING IN THIS NEW 

1438
00:52:36,620 --> 00:52:43,693
TRANSPORTATION TASK FORCE, I 

1439
00:52:43,693 --> 00:52:44,294
URGE THE COUNCIL TO KEEP THIS 

1440
00:52:44,294 --> 00:52:45,395
TRANSIT MEASURE FOCUSED ON 

1441
00:52:45,395 --> 00:52:46,163
TRANSIT SO WE CAN -- 

1442
00:52:46,163 --> 00:52:53,270
>> NEXT CALLER. 

1443
00:52:53,270 --> 00:53:03,747
>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US 

1444
00:53:05,448 --> 00:53:05,982
REMOTELY. CONGRATULATIONS ON 

1445
00:53:05,982 --> 00:53:06,983
YOUR NEW ROLE. WITH FORWARD TO 

1446
00:53:06,983 --> 00:53:07,551
CONNECTING AGAIN SOON. YOUR 

1447
00:53:07,551 --> 00:53:08,151
PRESENCE IS MISSED HERE IN 

1448
00:53:08,151 --> 00:53:08,752
COUNCIL CHAMBER HERE AS WELL. 

1449
00:53:08,752 --> 00:53:09,052
THANK YOU. 

1450
00:53:09,052 --> 00:53:10,487
>> PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX. 

1451
00:53:10,487 --> 00:53:21,031
>> GOOD MORNING. I AM A RESIDENT

1452
00:53:27,938 --> 00:53:31,374
. I AM ASKING YOU TO FULLY 

1453
00:53:31,374 --> 00:53:32,042
SUPPORT MARY WILSON'S PROPOSAL 

1454
00:53:32,042 --> 00:53:32,642
FOR A SALES TAX INCREASE FOR 

1455
00:53:32,642 --> 00:53:33,944
MORE BUSES MORE OFTEN. ARE 

1456
00:53:33,944 --> 00:53:34,644
TRANSIT, FORTUNATELY, IS NOT 

1457
00:53:34,644 --> 00:53:35,946
ALWAYS FAST, FREQUENT AND 

1458
00:53:35,946 --> 00:53:38,181
RELIABLE. TOMORROW NIGHT ME AND 

1459
00:53:38,181 --> 00:53:39,983
THREE NEIGHBORHOOD FRIENDS ARE 

1460
00:53:39,983 --> 00:53:44,321
GOING TO THE SYMPHONY. IT IS NOT

1461
00:53:44,321 --> 00:53:46,690
USUALLY A PROBLEM GETTING THERE,

1462
00:53:46,690 --> 00:53:47,257
BUT AT HOME, COMING HOME AT 

1463
00:53:47,257 --> 00:53:52,662
AROUND 10 AT NIGHT IS , WE OFTEN

1464
00:53:52,662 --> 00:54:00,637
TAKE THE LIGHT RAIL, BUT SITTING

1465
00:54:00,637 --> 00:54:01,271
AT THAT FAMOUS BENCH IN SOTO FOR

1466
00:54:01,271 --> 00:54:02,572
MAYBE UP TO 30 MINUTES WAITING 

1467
00:54:02,572 --> 00:54:07,811
FOR BUS 50, OR IF WE TAKE THE C 

1468
00:54:07,811 --> 00:54:09,312
AND WAIT FOR 30 MINUTES IN THE 

1469
00:54:09,312 --> 00:54:10,447
JUNCTION. MOST BUSINESSES ARE 

1470
00:54:10,447 --> 00:54:10,947
CLOSED. IT IS A LITTLE 

1471
00:54:10,947 --> 00:54:17,687
NERVE-RACKING AT NIGHT. THE 

1472
00:54:17,687 --> 00:54:18,288
OPTION IS MOST PEOPLE DO NOT 

1473
00:54:18,288 --> 00:54:19,889
WANT TO TAKE TRANSIT. THEY WANT 

1474
00:54:19,889 --> 00:54:20,323
TO USE THEIR CARS. 

1475
00:54:20,323 --> 00:54:22,125
UNFORTUNATELY. I AM ASKING FOR 

1476
00:54:22,125 --> 00:54:25,996
SOMETHING RELIABLE FOR 

1477
00:54:25,996 --> 00:54:26,563
RESIDENTS, AND THIS TRANSIT 

1478
00:54:26,563 --> 00:54:29,766
MEASURE WILL DO THAT. I REALLY 

1479
00:54:29,766 --> 00:54:30,233
THANK YOU FOR TAKING 

1480
00:54:30,233 --> 00:54:34,237
CONSIDERATION OF THIS. ANYTHING 

1481
00:54:34,237 --> 00:54:38,508
THAT IS MORE RELIABLE WOULD BE 

1482
00:54:38,508 --> 00:54:39,142
MUCH APPRECIATED. THANK YOU SO 

1483
00:54:39,142 --> 00:54:40,510
MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. 

1484
00:54:40,510 --> 00:54:41,378
>> THANK YOU. 

1485
00:54:41,378 --> 00:54:50,920
>> NEXT CALLER . 

1486
00:54:50,920 --> 00:55:00,297
>> GOOD MORNING. BETTER FUNDING 

1487
00:55:00,297 --> 00:55:04,968
WITH PARKING FEES . TRAFFIC 

1488
00:55:04,968 --> 00:55:06,202
GRIDLOCK CAUSES DELAYS IN BUS 

1489
00:55:06,202 --> 00:55:10,907
SERVICE. WHERE PEOPLE. IN 

1490
00:55:10,907 --> 00:55:12,342
RESPONSE TO BEING FUNDING 

1491
00:55:12,342 --> 00:55:12,976
MECHANISM SHOULD ADDRESS BOTH. 

1492
00:55:12,976 --> 00:55:15,945
IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT BUILD IT 

1493
00:55:15,945 --> 00:55:17,814
AND THEY WILL COME. RIDERSHIP 

1494
00:55:17,814 --> 00:55:19,582
REMAINS LOW BECAUSE THE BALANCE 

1495
00:55:19,582 --> 00:55:20,583
OF DRIVING A CAR OUTWEIGHS 

1496
00:55:20,583 --> 00:55:24,220
TAKING TWO OR MORE BUS ROUTES TO

1497
00:55:24,220 --> 00:55:25,922
PLACES PEOPLE NEED TO TRAVEL TO.

1498
00:55:25,922 --> 00:55:30,860
A TAX ON CAR USAGE ITSELF WOULD 

1499
00:55:30,860 --> 00:55:32,529
BE A MORE EQUITABLE WAY TO FUND 

1500
00:55:32,529 --> 00:55:34,130
OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM. WEALTHY 

1501
00:55:34,130 --> 00:55:36,933
HOUSEHOLDS OWN MULTIPLE CARS . 

1502
00:55:36,933 --> 00:55:40,270
DRIVERS FROM THE SUBURBS CAN BE 

1503
00:55:40,270 --> 00:55:45,241
TAXED IN COMMERCIAL LOTS. THERE 

1504
00:55:45,241 --> 00:55:50,347
ARE BETTER WAYS TO TACKLE THE 

1505
00:55:50,347 --> 00:55:51,181
ISSUES OF LOW RIDERSHIP AND 

1506
00:55:51,181 --> 00:55:54,150
UNRELIABLE BUS ROUTES. I WOULD 

1507
00:55:54,150 --> 00:55:55,218
LIKE COUNCIL TO DROP AMENDMENTS 

1508
00:55:55,218 --> 00:55:56,386
THAT WILL ALLEVIATE THE IMPACT 

1509
00:55:56,386 --> 00:56:02,525
OF A TAX HIKE AND ALSO ENTICE 

1510
00:56:02,525 --> 00:56:03,126
PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR CARS AND 

1511
00:56:03,126 --> 00:56:05,362
INTO BUSES. WE ARE STUCK WITH 

1512
00:56:05,362 --> 00:56:11,768
REGRESSIVE TAXES. TAXING -- 

1513
00:56:11,768 --> 00:56:13,203
CASTING A WIDE NET OF A SALES 

1514
00:56:13,203 --> 00:56:14,270
TAX FOR LIMITED IMPROVEMENTS. 

1515
00:56:14,270 --> 00:56:14,871
RESPONSIBLE SPENDING SHOULD 

1516
00:56:14,871 --> 00:56:20,643
INFLICT COSTS WITH CARE WHILE 

1517
00:56:20,643 --> 00:56:21,878
ALSO TARGETING THE GRIDLOCK THE 

1518
00:56:21,878 --> 00:56:22,746
SLOWS DOWN BUS SERVICE ACROSS 

1519
00:56:22,746 --> 00:56:26,116
ALL BUS ROUTES . THANK YOU ALL 

1520
00:56:26,116 --> 00:56:27,183
AND HAVE A GOOD DAY. 

1521
00:56:27,183 --> 00:56:28,151
>> THANK YOU. 

1522
00:56:28,151 --> 00:56:32,822
>> THE FINAL CALLER. 

1523
00:56:32,822 --> 00:56:43,366
>> LOW RIDERSHIP ORIGINATES FROM

1524
00:56:44,200 --> 00:56:47,804
CRIMINALS AND THE COVID CONCERNS

1525
00:56:47,804 --> 00:56:50,840
ABOUT SIX PEOPLE THAT ARE 

1526
00:56:50,840 --> 00:56:52,242
INCONSIDERATE ON THE BUS. 

1527
00:56:52,242 --> 00:56:54,978
SNEEZING IN FRONT OF YOU AS THE 

1528
00:56:54,978 --> 00:57:04,621
BUS PULLS AWAY RAPIDLY. BIG 

1529
00:57:04,621 --> 00:57:05,855
CONCERN, YOU KNOW. THE THING IS,

1530
00:57:05,855 --> 00:57:07,023
PERHAPS IF THERE WAS MORE 

1531
00:57:07,023 --> 00:57:07,624
FREQUENT SERVICE, THERE 

1532
00:57:07,624 --> 00:57:08,291
WOULDN'T BE SO MANY 

1533
00:57:08,291 --> 00:57:08,725
VICTIMIZATION THEN 

1534
00:57:08,725 --> 00:57:09,459
VULNERABILITIES WAITING AT THE 

1535
00:57:09,459 --> 00:57:13,229
BUS STOP FOR TOO LONG . THE 

1536
00:57:13,229 --> 00:57:14,330
THING IS, IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW

1537
00:57:14,330 --> 00:57:15,064
MUCH YOU TAX-AND-SPEND, VIRTUAL 

1538
00:57:15,064 --> 00:57:16,099
SIGNALING HOW YOU ARE DOING 

1539
00:57:16,099 --> 00:57:17,333
PEOPLE A FAVOR DRIVING A BUS 

1540
00:57:17,333 --> 00:57:19,002
RIGHT UP TO THEIR LIVING SPACE, 

1541
00:57:19,002 --> 00:57:22,872
WHEN THERE IS SKETCHY, UNSAFE, 

1542
00:57:22,872 --> 00:57:23,706
CREEPY CRIMINALS WITH BEHAVIORAL

1543
00:57:23,706 --> 00:57:24,707
CRISIS THAT ARE CAMOUFLAGING 

1544
00:57:24,707 --> 00:57:26,643
THEIR UNDERWORLD ANTICIPATIONS 

1545
00:57:26,643 --> 00:57:28,678
WITHIN, AND AROUND, TRANSIT 

1546
00:57:28,678 --> 00:57:36,920
ORIENTED WORLD. IT IS UNSAFE FOR

1547
00:57:36,920 --> 00:57:38,655
KIDS. YOU WANT TO GIVE A BUNCH 

1548
00:57:38,655 --> 00:57:40,023
OF FREE PASSES TO PEOPLE AND 

1549
00:57:40,023 --> 00:57:41,157
LEAVE THEM VULNERABLE TO BEING 

1550
00:57:41,157 --> 00:57:49,065
VICTIMIZED BEHIND THE BUS STOP. 

1551
00:57:49,065 --> 00:57:49,933
IT IS A CONCERN, YOU KNOW? THE 

1552
00:57:49,933 --> 00:57:51,568
THING IS, WE NEED TO END THE 

1553
00:57:51,568 --> 00:57:52,602
ABUSE OF THE BUS UNION WHO 

1554
00:57:52,602 --> 00:57:54,204
THINKS THEY ARE ENTITLED TO GET 

1555
00:57:54,204 --> 00:57:55,905
OFF WORK 30 MINUTES EARLY AT THE

1556
00:57:55,905 --> 00:57:56,706
END OF THEIR ROUTE AWAY FROM 

1557
00:57:56,706 --> 00:57:57,707
BASE, AND THEN THEY DRIVE PAST 

1558
00:57:57,707 --> 00:57:59,709
US AT 6:00 DURING RUSH HOUR JUST

1559
00:57:59,709 --> 00:58:02,345
SO THEY CAN GET HOME WITHOUT 

1560
00:58:02,345 --> 00:58:08,451
WORRYING ABOUT TAKING THE BUS 

1561
00:58:08,451 --> 00:58:09,619
SYSTEM. THEY HAVE ACKNOWLEDGE 

1562
00:58:09,619 --> 00:58:10,119
THAT OUR BUS UNION HAS 

1563
00:58:10,119 --> 00:58:12,422
ACKNOWLEDGED THEY CANNOT TAKE 

1564
00:58:12,422 --> 00:58:14,424
THE BUS LIKE WE HAVE TO TAKE IT 

1565
00:58:14,424 --> 00:58:15,725
BECAUSE IT DOESN'T WORK FOR 

1566
00:58:15,725 --> 00:58:16,359
THEM BECAUSE IT TAKES TOO LONG. 

1567
00:58:16,359 --> 00:58:18,928
AND YET, WE GOT ALL THIS MONEY 

1568
00:58:18,928 --> 00:58:24,300
BEING SPENT ON SUPERVISORS WHO 

1569
00:58:24,300 --> 00:58:26,469
SIT ON THEIR SMART PHONE ACTING 

1570
00:58:26,469 --> 00:58:27,103
LIKE THEY'RE KEEPING THE BUS 

1571
00:58:27,103 --> 00:58:31,241
DRIVERS TIMING SCHEDULES ON US 

1572
00:58:31,241 --> 00:58:31,774
WHILE THE BUS DRIVERS ARE 

1573
00:58:31,774 --> 00:58:32,408
STOPPING TWO STOPS BEFORE THEY 

1574
00:58:32,408 --> 00:58:40,483
GET TO THE TRANSIT TO MAKE SURE 

1575
00:58:40,483 --> 00:58:42,352
THEY DON'T SHOW UP IN TIME. BY 

1576
00:58:42,352 --> 00:58:43,486
THE TIME THEY GET THERE, THE 

1577
00:58:43,486 --> 00:58:43,987
SUPERVISORS NOT PAYING 

1578
00:58:43,987 --> 00:58:44,621
ATTENTION. THE OTHER BEST THAT 

1579
00:58:44,621 --> 00:58:45,288
YOU NEEDED TO TRANSFER TO TAKES 

1580
00:58:45,288 --> 00:58:46,656
OFF. THE ONLY WAY TO MITIGATE IS

1581
00:58:46,656 --> 00:58:48,491
TO HONK AT EACH OTHER. HOLD UP. 

1582
00:58:48,625 --> 00:58:50,660
>> THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL 

1583
00:58:50,660 --> 00:58:51,127
REGISTERED SPEAKERS. 

1584
00:58:51,127 --> 00:58:56,199
>> ALL RIGHT. WE WILL NOW MOVE 

1585
00:58:56,199 --> 00:58:57,133
ON TO THE FIRST ITEM OF 

1586
00:58:57,133 --> 00:59:01,170
BUSINESS. WILL THE COMMITTEE 

1587
00:59:01,170 --> 00:59:01,804
CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 1 INTO 

1588
00:59:01,804 --> 00:59:02,672
THE RECORD? 

1589
00:59:02,672 --> 00:59:06,309
>> AGENDA ITEM 1 , BRIEFING AND 

1590
00:59:06,309 --> 00:59:07,277
DISCUSSION ON COUNCIL BILL 

1591
00:59:07,277 --> 00:59:12,782
121226 , ORDINANCE RELATING TO A

1592
00:59:12,782 --> 00:59:13,550
SALES AND USE TAX PROVIDING FOR 

1593
00:59:13,550 --> 00:59:19,789
THE SUBMISSION TO QUALIFIED 

1594
00:59:19,789 --> 00:59:21,224
VOTERS OF THE CITY AT AN 

1595
00:59:21,224 --> 00:59:22,292
ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 

1596
00:59:22,292 --> 00:59:23,259
3, 2026, A PROPOSITION TO 

1597
00:59:23,259 --> 00:59:24,827
COLLECT A SALES AND USE TAX TO 

1598
00:59:24,827 --> 00:59:25,695
FUND TRANSIT AND RELATED 

1599
00:59:25,695 --> 00:59:26,429
TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS IN 

1600
00:59:26,429 --> 00:59:27,497
SEATTLE, AND RATIFYING AND 

1601
00:59:27,497 --> 00:59:34,237
CONFIRMING CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS. 

1602
00:59:34,237 --> 00:59:35,838
>> ALL RIGHT. LOOKS LIKE OUR 

1603
00:59:35,838 --> 00:59:36,706
PRESENTERS HAVE JOINED US AT THE

1604
00:59:36,706 --> 00:59:37,774
TABLE. WELCOME. IN A MOMENT, 

1605
00:59:37,774 --> 00:59:38,508
INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND BEGIN 

1606
00:59:38,508 --> 00:59:39,909
YOUR PRESENTATIONS. BUT BEFORE 

1607
00:59:39,909 --> 00:59:41,244
WE DO THAT, I WANT TO SHARE A 

1608
00:59:41,244 --> 00:59:42,412
QUICK UPDATE. MIGHT LEARN A 

1609
00:59:42,412 --> 00:59:45,982
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS IN 

1610
00:59:45,982 --> 00:59:46,683
THE CENTRAL STAFF PRESENTATION. 

1611
00:59:46,683 --> 00:59:50,153
BUT MY OFFICE WORKED CLOSELY 

1612
00:59:50,153 --> 00:59:52,055
WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO 

1613
00:59:52,055 --> 00:59:57,594
NEGOTIATE A SLIGHT REVISION TO 

1614
00:59:57,594 --> 00:59:58,728
THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL AS IT 

1615
00:59:58,728 --> 01:00:03,299
RELATES TO ACCESSIBILITY . AND 

1616
01:00:03,299 --> 01:00:06,936
ON ONE OF THE PROVISIONS AND 

1617
01:00:06,936 --> 01:00:08,338
MAKING IT EASIER FOR FOLKS TO 

1618
01:00:08,338 --> 01:00:10,807
SAFELY ACCESS TRANSIT AND 

1619
01:00:10,807 --> 01:00:12,942
RESULTING IN, I THINK, $5 

1620
01:00:12,942 --> 01:00:19,949
MILLION PER YEAR TOTAL UP TO 

1621
01:00:19,949 --> 01:00:21,718
THAT AMOUNT VERSUS THE ORIGINAL 

1622
01:00:21,718 --> 01:00:23,886
BASELINE PROPOSAL OF $3.5 

1623
01:00:23,886 --> 01:00:27,924
MILLION, BOTH NUMBERS STILL 

1624
01:00:27,924 --> 01:00:31,127
EFFECTIVELY REFLECT A CUT TO 

1625
01:00:31,127 --> 01:00:37,567
BOTH THE LEGISLATIVE MAXIMUM 

1626
01:00:37,567 --> 01:00:39,302
AMOUNTS OR THE ACTUALS THAT WERE

1627
01:00:39,302 --> 01:00:40,903
SPENT ON AVERAGE EVERY YEAR FOR 

1628
01:00:40,903 --> 01:00:41,404
THE SAME CATEGORY, BUT 

1629
01:00:41,404 --> 01:00:42,805
REGARDLESS, I THINK MORE REFLECT

1630
01:00:42,805 --> 01:00:45,375
A BETTER AND MORE BALANCED 

1631
01:00:45,375 --> 01:00:47,844
APPROACH AND MADE OFFSETTING 

1632
01:00:47,844 --> 01:00:50,179
REDUCTION TO THE GRANITE -- 

1633
01:00:50,179 --> 01:00:56,519
TRANSIT SERVICE. THE BACK OF THE

1634
01:00:56,519 --> 01:00:57,687
NAPKIN MATH THAT THE MAYOR'S 

1635
01:00:57,687 --> 01:00:58,621
OFFICE WORKED OUT WAS 47% , 

1636
01:00:58,621 --> 01:00:59,922
WHICH IS STILL EFFECTIVELY 

1637
01:00:59,922 --> 01:01:02,725
DOUBLING THE LEVEL OF SERVICE 

1638
01:01:02,725 --> 01:01:06,729
AND PROVIDING MORE DOLLARS SO 

1639
01:01:06,729 --> 01:01:14,203
PEOPLE CAN SAFELY ACCESS TRANSIT

1640
01:01:14,203 --> 01:01:16,672
. ALL THIS TO SAY I WANT TO 

1641
01:01:16,672 --> 01:01:17,340
THANK THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR THE

1642
01:01:17,340 --> 01:01:18,174
PARTNERSHIP AND COLLABORATION ON

1643
01:01:18,174 --> 01:01:19,842
THAT AND THEIR AGREEMENT AND 

1644
01:01:19,842 --> 01:01:22,211
ALIGNMENT . AND TODAY FOR 

1645
01:01:22,211 --> 01:01:22,912
CLARITY, WE ARE CONSIDERING THE 

1646
01:01:22,912 --> 01:01:24,113
MAYOR'S PROPOSAL. THAT IS AN 

1647
01:01:24,113 --> 01:01:25,415
ELEMENT THAT WE WORKED ON 

1648
01:01:25,415 --> 01:01:34,557
TOGETHER, BUT THIS IS OUR 

1649
01:01:34,557 --> 01:01:35,792
EXECUTORS PROPOSAL, AND WE WILL 

1650
01:01:35,792 --> 01:01:36,426
LEARN MORE TODAY. CENTRAL STAFF,

1651
01:01:36,426 --> 01:01:37,393
WELCOME. PLEASE INTRODUCE 

1652
01:01:37,393 --> 01:01:37,960
YOURSELVES AND BEGIN YOUR 

1653
01:01:37,960 --> 01:01:38,394
PRESENTATION. 

1654
01:01:38,394 --> 01:01:43,199
>> GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS.

1655
01:01:43,199 --> 01:01:43,766
CALVIN CHOW, CENTRAL STAFF. 

1656
01:01:43,766 --> 01:01:44,400
>> AMANDA ALLEN, CENTRAL STAFF. 

1657
01:01:44,534 --> 01:01:54,977
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. I 

1658
01:01:55,511 --> 01:01:56,345
HAVE A MEMO THAT WAS CIRCULATED 

1659
01:01:56,345 --> 01:01:57,580
EARLIER THIS WEEK THAT IS ON THE

1660
01:01:57,580 --> 01:01:59,982
AGENDA. I WILL SPEAK TO IT VERY 

1661
01:01:59,982 --> 01:02:00,583
BRIEFLY TODAY. I WILL TRY TO 

1662
01:02:00,583 --> 01:02:03,252
PRESERVE TIME FOR YOUR 

1663
01:02:03,252 --> 01:02:03,853
CONVERSATIONS, BUT I WANT TO 

1664
01:02:03,853 --> 01:02:04,454
MAKE SURE I COVER SOME OF THE 

1665
01:02:04,454 --> 01:02:05,121
HIGH POINTS OF HOW WE GOT HERE. 

1666
01:02:05,121 --> 01:02:06,122
I WANTED TO START WITH JUST A 

1667
01:02:06,122 --> 01:02:07,056
REMINDER OF WHAT THE TRANSIT 

1668
01:02:07,056 --> 01:02:08,324
MEASURE STARTED FROM. IT HAS A 

1669
01:02:08,324 --> 01:02:09,325
LONGER HISTORY THAN JUST THE 

1670
01:02:09,325 --> 01:02:10,526
SEATTLE TRANSIT MEASURE. IT 

1671
01:02:10,526 --> 01:02:11,561
STARTED IN 2014 WHEN KING COUNTY

1672
01:02:11,561 --> 01:02:12,728
METRO WAS FACING SIGNIFICANT 

1673
01:02:12,728 --> 01:02:13,362
REVENUE SHORTFALLS. THEY WENT 

1674
01:02:13,362 --> 01:02:16,432
FOR A COUNTYWIDE SALES AND 

1675
01:02:16,432 --> 01:02:17,100
VEHICLE LICENSE FEE PROPOSAL 

1676
01:02:17,100 --> 01:02:24,440
THAT DID NOT PASS IN KING 

1677
01:02:24,440 --> 01:02:25,274
COUNTY, BUT DID PASS WITHIN THE 

1678
01:02:25,274 --> 01:02:25,875
SEATTLE JURISDICTION. SEATTLE 

1679
01:02:25,875 --> 01:02:27,210
VOTERS APPROVED A FOLLOW-UP THAT

1680
01:02:27,210 --> 01:02:28,778
JUST PROVIDED FUNDING FOR 

1681
01:02:28,778 --> 01:02:35,218
SEATTLE TRANSIT IN 2014. THAT 

1682
01:02:35,218 --> 01:02:36,586
WAS A 0.1% SALES TAX IS $60 

1683
01:02:36,586 --> 01:02:43,025
VEHICLE LICENSE FEE. THAT 

1684
01:02:43,025 --> 01:02:44,227
MEASURE TOOK US THROUGH TO 2020 

1685
01:02:44,227 --> 01:02:50,800
WHEN AFTER COVID HAD STARTED TO 

1686
01:02:50,800 --> 01:02:51,467
LOCK DOWN, THERE WAS A PROPOSAL 

1687
01:02:51,467 --> 01:02:52,735
TO EXTEND IT. WE HAD A LOT LESS 

1688
01:02:52,735 --> 01:02:53,970
CERTAINTY ABOUT WHERE TRANSIT 

1689
01:02:53,970 --> 01:02:54,604
RIDERSHIP WAS GOING, WHAT 

1690
01:02:54,604 --> 01:02:55,571
TRANSIT NEEDS WERE GOING TO BE. 

1691
01:02:55,571 --> 01:02:57,173
SO THERE WAS A LOT MORE SHIFT 

1692
01:02:57,173 --> 01:02:58,040
AND WHAT THAT SPENDING COULD 

1693
01:02:58,040 --> 01:02:59,575
INCLUDE. THERE WERE A NUMBER OF 

1694
01:02:59,575 --> 01:03:02,545
CHANGES TO WHAT SEATTLE TRANSIT 

1695
01:03:02,545 --> 01:03:03,546
MEASURE IS ALLOWED TO SPEND ON .

1696
01:03:03,546 --> 01:03:07,250
IN ADDITION TO TRANSIT SERVICE ,

1697
01:03:07,250 --> 01:03:09,185
METRO SERVICE, AS WELL AS HER 

1698
01:03:09,185 --> 01:03:12,622
OWN STREETCAR, THERE WAS A 

1699
01:03:12,622 --> 01:03:14,257
CATEGORY FOR EMERGING NEEDS AND 

1700
01:03:14,257 --> 01:03:18,027
COVID RECOVERY . A LARGE PORTION

1701
01:03:18,027 --> 01:03:19,996
OF THIS WAS USED DURING THE 

1702
01:03:19,996 --> 01:03:21,264
CLOSURE OF THE WEST SEATTLE 

1703
01:03:21,264 --> 01:03:22,632
BRIDGE TO HELP DEAL WITH THE 

1704
01:03:22,632 --> 01:03:23,299
TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT

1705
01:03:23,299 --> 01:03:24,567
AND OTHER OPTIONS FOR GETTING 

1706
01:03:24,567 --> 01:03:32,008
PEOPLE TO AND FROM WEST SEATTLE 

1707
01:03:32,008 --> 01:03:33,376
DURING THAT TIME. THE EXTENT OF 

1708
01:03:33,376 --> 01:03:34,343
THE LOW INCOME TRANSIT ACCESS 

1709
01:03:34,343 --> 01:03:35,378
PROGRAM. WE INCLUDED CITY 

1710
01:03:35,378 --> 01:03:36,746
STAFFING FOR SOUND TRANSIT 

1711
01:03:36,746 --> 01:03:47,290
RELATED PROJECTS . AND IN PART 

1712
01:03:50,526 --> 01:03:51,060
BECAUSE KING COUNTY METRO WAS 

1713
01:03:51,060 --> 01:03:52,195
RUNNING REDUCED SERVICE AND WAS 

1714
01:03:52,195 --> 01:03:52,795
HAVING DIFFICULTY IN GETTING 

1715
01:03:52,795 --> 01:03:53,429
COACHES AND DRIVERS DURING THE 

1716
01:03:53,429 --> 01:03:54,163
RAMP-UP FOLLOWING COVID, THERE 

1717
01:03:54,163 --> 01:03:55,164
WAS ADDITIONAL MONEY WE DIRECTED

1718
01:03:55,164 --> 01:03:55,798
TOWARDS TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE 

1719
01:03:55,798 --> 01:03:57,300
AND THE COUNCIL TOOK A NUMBER OF

1720
01:03:57,300 --> 01:03:58,034
PROPOSALS FOR THAT TIME TO 

1721
01:03:58,034 --> 01:03:59,769
INCREASE THE SPENDING UP TO A 

1722
01:03:59,769 --> 01:04:00,803
LEGALLY AUTHORIZED ALLOWANCE OF 

1723
01:04:00,803 --> 01:04:06,175
16.4 MILLION PER YEAR. THE TABLE

1724
01:04:06,175 --> 01:04:07,543
UP ON TOP HERE IS SHOWING WHAT 

1725
01:04:07,543 --> 01:04:09,712
THE 2026 SPENDING LEVELS LOOK 

1726
01:04:09,712 --> 01:04:10,813
LIKE FOR THE EXISTING SEATTLE 

1727
01:04:10,813 --> 01:04:12,315
TRANSIT MEASURE. I WANTED TO 

1728
01:04:12,315 --> 01:04:15,785
HIGHLIGHT THAT IF YOU ADD UP ALL

1729
01:04:15,785 --> 01:04:16,519
THE PLANNED EXPENDITURES HERE, 

1730
01:04:16,519 --> 01:04:18,554
THAT IS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN 

1731
01:04:18,554 --> 01:04:20,189
THE SALES TAX THAT THE SEATTLE 

1732
01:04:20,189 --> 01:04:27,129
TRANSIT CURRENTLY FUNDS , RAISES

1733
01:04:27,129 --> 01:04:28,331
IN A YEAR. THIS DOES REFLECT 

1734
01:04:28,331 --> 01:04:29,432
ADDITIONAL, ESSENTIALLY, FUND 

1735
01:04:29,432 --> 01:04:30,199
BALANCE THAT WAS BUILT UP AS 

1736
01:04:30,199 --> 01:04:31,867
TRANSIT SERVICE WAS NOT RAMPED 

1737
01:04:31,867 --> 01:04:35,438
UP AS QUICKLY OVER COMING OUT OF

1738
01:04:35,438 --> 01:04:40,343
COVID. THERE WERE TWO OTHER 

1739
01:04:40,343 --> 01:04:42,545
ITEMS I WANTED TO DRAW ATTENTION

1740
01:04:42,545 --> 01:04:44,213
TO THAT COUNCIL TOOK ACTION ON 

1741
01:04:44,213 --> 01:04:46,349
LAST YEAR. THERE WAS THE 

1742
01:04:46,349 --> 01:04:49,885
PROPOSAL TO ALLOW SEATTLE 

1743
01:04:49,885 --> 01:04:50,786
TRANSIT MEASURE FUNDING TO BE 

1744
01:04:50,786 --> 01:04:53,356
USED TO SUPPORT PRIVATE 

1745
01:04:53,356 --> 01:04:53,990
TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, AS WELL

1746
01:04:53,990 --> 01:04:57,193
AS PUBLIC SERVICES . THE IDEA AT

1747
01:04:57,193 --> 01:04:58,628
THE TIME WAS TO REALLY FOCUS ON 

1748
01:04:58,628 --> 01:05:01,097
THE WATERFRONT SHUTTLE . AT THAT

1749
01:05:01,097 --> 01:05:03,733
TIME, OR FOLLOWING THAT PROPOSAL

1750
01:05:03,733 --> 01:05:10,673
, THE BUDGET ACTUALLY ALLOWED 

1751
01:05:10,673 --> 01:05:11,240
FOR SOME SPENDING FROM THE 

1752
01:05:11,240 --> 01:05:19,515
OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 

1753
01:05:19,515 --> 01:05:21,350
TO FUND THAT SERVICE. I 

1754
01:05:21,350 --> 01:05:21,984
UNDERSTAND THAT KING COUNTY IS 

1755
01:05:21,984 --> 01:05:22,918
ACTUALLY TAKING OVER THAT 

1756
01:05:22,918 --> 01:05:23,552
SERVICE AGAIN IS SORT OF A PILOT

1757
01:05:23,552 --> 01:05:24,687
PROJECT FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF 

1758
01:05:24,687 --> 01:05:26,122
YEARS. SO THAT IS NOW PART OF 

1759
01:05:26,122 --> 01:05:27,590
KING COUNTY OPERATED SERVICE, 

1760
01:05:27,590 --> 01:05:38,067
BUT THAT WAS SOMETHING THE 

1761
01:05:39,435 --> 01:05:40,636
COUNCIL WEIGHED ON DURING THE 

1762
01:05:40,636 --> 01:05:42,571
LAST BUDGET. IN ADDITION, THE 

1763
01:05:42,571 --> 01:05:43,205
COUNCIL APPROVED ALLOWANCES TO 

1764
01:05:43,205 --> 01:05:43,773
USE SEATTLE TRANSIT MEASURE 

1765
01:05:43,773 --> 01:05:44,407
FUNDING FOR TRANSIT SAFETY AND 

1766
01:05:44,407 --> 01:05:45,107
SECURITY EFFORTS, SPECIFICALLY 

1767
01:05:45,107 --> 01:05:46,208
TO FUND A CHIEF TRANSIT SECURITY

1768
01:05:46,208 --> 01:05:47,076
AND SAFETY OFFICERS IN SDOT AND 

1769
01:05:47,076 --> 01:05:47,843
IMPLEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE

1770
01:05:47,843 --> 01:05:48,778
KING COUNTY TRANSIT SAFETY TASK 

1771
01:05:48,778 --> 01:05:49,578
FORCE. DEPOSITION IS CURRENTLY 

1772
01:05:49,578 --> 01:05:51,080
NOT FILLED. AS I THINK WAS 

1773
01:05:51,080 --> 01:06:01,457
MENTIONED DURING THE 

1774
01:06:03,292 --> 01:06:04,393
PRESENTATION, THE BASE COST 

1775
01:06:04,393 --> 01:06:05,361
SERVICE THAT WE DO PAY FOR METRO

1776
01:06:05,361 --> 01:06:05,995
SERVICE DOES HAVE OVERHEAD COSTS

1777
01:06:05,995 --> 01:06:06,696
RELATED TO METRO TRANSIT SAFETY 

1778
01:06:06,696 --> 01:06:07,663
AND SECURITY EFFORTS. SDOT 

1779
01:06:07,663 --> 01:06:09,965
ESTIMATES FOR 2025 THAT IS ABOUT

1780
01:06:09,965 --> 01:06:12,702
9% OF THE COST OR ABOUT $3.9 

1781
01:06:12,702 --> 01:06:16,906
MILLION. THE LAST THING I WANTED

1782
01:06:16,906 --> 01:06:26,549
TO CALL OUT ABOUT OUR EXISTING 

1783
01:06:26,549 --> 01:06:28,584
MEASURE IS THAT WE PURCHASE 

1784
01:06:28,584 --> 01:06:29,218
SERVICE UNDER A TRANSIT SERVICE 

1785
01:06:29,218 --> 01:06:29,852
AGREEMENT THAT EXPIRES AT THE 

1786
01:06:29,852 --> 01:06:31,020
END OF 2027. THAT SERVICE 

1787
01:06:31,020 --> 01:06:41,564
AGREEMENT HAS CONDITIONS ABOUT 

1788
01:06:47,570 --> 01:06:49,438
HOW QUICKLY WE CAN RAMP UP AND 

1789
01:06:49,438 --> 01:06:49,939
RAMP DOWN SERVICE MORE 

1790
01:06:49,939 --> 01:06:50,539
OPERATIONALLY FOR HOW QUICKLY 

1791
01:06:50,539 --> 01:06:51,774
METRO CAN RESPOND TO THE CITY'S

1792
01:06:51,774 --> 01:06:53,042
NEEDS. IF THIS MEASURE IS NOT 

1793
01:06:53,042 --> 01:06:53,743
RENEWED, THERE IS SUFFICIENT 

1794
01:06:53,743 --> 01:06:55,177
FUNDING TO DO THE RAMP DOWN OVER

1795
01:06:55,177 --> 01:06:56,345
A COUPLE OF SERVICE WINDOWS TO 

1796
01:06:56,345 --> 01:06:57,380
MEET OUR OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE 

1797
01:06:57,380 --> 01:06:58,347
CONTRACT. WITH THE MEASURE WERE 

1798
01:06:58,347 --> 01:06:59,849
TO PASS, WE WOULD NEED A NEW 

1799
01:06:59,849 --> 01:07:01,450
SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH KING 

1800
01:07:01,450 --> 01:07:01,984
COUNTY METRO. A COUPLE OF 

1801
01:07:01,984 --> 01:07:02,718
CONTEXTUAL ISSUES THAT ARE 

1802
01:07:02,718 --> 01:07:03,919
USEFUL FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO 

1803
01:07:03,919 --> 01:07:04,787
THINK OF. ONE IS THROUGH THE 

1804
01:07:04,787 --> 01:07:05,788
CHANGING NATURE OF TRANSIT 

1805
01:07:05,788 --> 01:07:06,455
RIDERSHIP. WITH COVID LOCKDOWN, 

1806
01:07:06,455 --> 01:07:07,523
TRANSIT RIDERSHIP REALLY CAME 

1807
01:07:07,523 --> 01:07:14,230
TOO, WAS ESSENTIALLY HALVED 

1808
01:07:14,230 --> 01:07:14,997
COUNTYWIDE. AND HAS BEEN 

1809
01:07:14,997 --> 01:07:16,565
INCREASING SINCE, BUT WE HAVE 

1810
01:07:16,565 --> 01:07:17,233
NOT REACHED TRANSIT LEVELS THAT 

1811
01:07:17,233 --> 01:07:20,169
WE HAD PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC. I 

1812
01:07:20,169 --> 01:07:21,704
KNOW THERE ARE MORE RECENT 

1813
01:07:21,704 --> 01:07:22,772
NUMBERS, BUT THE NUMBERS I SAW 

1814
01:07:22,772 --> 01:07:29,745
REPORTED TO THE FEDERAL TRANSIT 

1815
01:07:29,745 --> 01:07:31,180
ADMINISTRATION SAID WE WERE 

1816
01:07:31,180 --> 01:07:32,181
STILL AT ABOUT 75% AS OF LAST 

1817
01:07:32,181 --> 01:07:34,450
YEAR COUNTYWIDE IN KING COUNTY. 

1818
01:07:34,450 --> 01:07:36,085
BOTH KING COUNTY AND SDOT HAVE 

1819
01:07:36,085 --> 01:07:37,319
NOTED THAT THE INCREASE IN 

1820
01:07:37,319 --> 01:07:38,220
RIDERSHIP HAS NOT BEEN 

1821
01:07:38,220 --> 01:07:39,655
TRADITIONALLY WHERE RIDERSHIP 

1822
01:07:39,655 --> 01:07:49,799
HAS BEEN. THE FIRST MEASURE WAS 

1823
01:07:49,799 --> 01:07:50,666
REALLY FOCUS ON OVERCROWDING AND

1824
01:07:50,666 --> 01:07:51,734
RELIABILITY AND FOCUS A LOT ON 

1825
01:07:51,734 --> 01:07:53,002
COMMUTER SERVICE. WHAT WE HAVE 

1826
01:07:53,002 --> 01:07:53,869
SEEN IS A LOT OF RIDERSHIP 

1827
01:07:53,869 --> 01:07:55,237
COMING BACK ON OFF-PEAK HOURS, 

1828
01:07:55,237 --> 01:07:56,172
SHOULDER HOURS, WEEKEND HOURS 

1829
01:07:56,172 --> 01:08:00,609
MORE ALL DAY SERVICE. THAT HAS 

1830
01:08:00,609 --> 01:08:01,944
BEEN REFLECTED IN SOME OF THE 

1831
01:08:01,944 --> 01:08:02,912
CITY POLICY DOCUMENTS OVER THE 

1832
01:08:02,912 --> 01:08:04,680
LAST SEVERAL YEARS. THE 

1833
01:08:04,680 --> 01:08:13,622
TRANSPORTATION , EXCUSE ME, 

1834
01:08:13,622 --> 01:08:14,223
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, 

1835
01:08:14,223 --> 01:08:14,857
TRANSIT ELEMENT, DID FOCUS ON 

1836
01:08:14,857 --> 01:08:16,459
THIS. IT HAD BEEN PART OF OUR 

1837
01:08:16,459 --> 01:08:17,126
TRANSIT MASTER PLAN PREVIOUSLY, 

1838
01:08:17,126 --> 01:08:18,394
BUT THE IDEA OF HOW TO SUPPORT 

1839
01:08:18,394 --> 01:08:20,629
ALL DAY TRANSIT AS PART OF OUR 

1840
01:08:20,629 --> 01:08:21,130
GROWTH, AS PART OF OUR 

1841
01:08:21,130 --> 01:08:21,664
COMPREHENSIVES PLANNING 

1842
01:08:21,664 --> 01:08:30,172
STRATEGY. ONE OTHER EFFORT THAT 

1843
01:08:30,172 --> 01:08:31,674
IS WORTH KEEPING TRACK OF IS 

1844
01:08:31,674 --> 01:08:32,575
KING COUNTY'S RESTORATION OF 

1845
01:08:32,575 --> 01:08:33,843
SERVICE EFFORT. A COUPLE YEARS 

1846
01:08:33,843 --> 01:08:37,379
AGO THEY APPROVED A PLAN, A 

1847
01:08:37,379 --> 01:08:38,581
GUIDELINE, FOR HOW TO RESTORE 

1848
01:08:38,581 --> 01:08:43,219
SERVICE AS THEY WERE COMING OUT 

1849
01:08:43,219 --> 01:08:44,420
OF COVID. THEY HAVE DONE A 

1850
01:08:44,420 --> 01:08:45,888
NUMBER OF SERVICE RESTRUCTURES 

1851
01:08:45,888 --> 01:08:53,128
RELATED TO LINK LIGHT RAIL 

1852
01:08:53,128 --> 01:08:54,330
COMING ON BOARD. THE NEXT COUPLE

1853
01:08:54,330 --> 01:08:55,364
YEARS THEY EXPECT TO DO A 

1854
01:08:55,364 --> 01:08:56,398
FOCUSED EFFORT AROUND THE 

1855
01:08:56,398 --> 01:08:57,066
SEATTLE SERVICE THAT ALSO 

1856
01:08:57,066 --> 01:08:58,134
INCLUDES, BUT THE VAST MAJORITY 

1857
01:08:58,134 --> 01:08:59,935
IS IN SEATTLE. IT IS ESTIMATED 

1858
01:08:59,935 --> 01:09:01,370
TO BE AROUND 100,000 SERVICE 

1859
01:09:01,370 --> 01:09:02,304
HOURS. ROUGHLY THE SAME LEVEL OF

1860
01:09:02,304 --> 01:09:05,374
SERVICE HOURS BEING PROPOSED 

1861
01:09:05,374 --> 01:09:06,108
INCREASE WITH THE MAYOR'S 

1862
01:09:06,108 --> 01:09:07,309
PROPOSAL. THAT IS PROBABLY GOING

1863
01:09:07,309 --> 01:09:10,279
TO BE ABOUT A TWO-YEAR EFFORT 

1864
01:09:10,279 --> 01:09:12,581
THAT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY KING 

1865
01:09:12,581 --> 01:09:15,718
COUNTY COUNCIL. METRO OPERATIONS

1866
01:09:15,718 --> 01:09:17,753
ARE FUNDED BY A 0.9% BASE SALES 

1867
01:09:17,753 --> 01:09:21,357
TAX, AS WELL AS FERRY 

1868
01:09:21,357 --> 01:09:31,867
COLLECTIONS. I KNOW THERE'S 

1869
01:09:32,568 --> 01:09:33,068
CONVERSATION ABOUT REVENUE 

1870
01:09:33,068 --> 01:09:34,003
OPTIONS UNDER OUR AUTHORITY AS 

1871
01:09:34,003 --> 01:09:34,637
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT 

1872
01:09:34,637 --> 01:09:35,538
DISTRICT. THE TWO WE HAVE USED 

1873
01:09:35,538 --> 01:09:36,472
OUR VEHICLE LICENSE FEE, WHICH 

1874
01:09:36,472 --> 01:09:38,440
IS A PER LICENSE CHARGE. WE HAVE

1875
01:09:38,440 --> 01:09:46,649
AUTHORITY TO CHARGE UP TO $100 

1876
01:09:46,649 --> 01:09:47,983
PER VEHICLE. WE CURRENTLY CHARGE

1877
01:09:47,983 --> 01:09:49,351
$50 PER VEHICLE, AND THAT IS 

1878
01:09:49,351 --> 01:09:50,519
USED CURRENTLY TO SUPPORT BASED 

1879
01:09:50,519 --> 01:09:55,090
TRANSPORTATION FUNDS . IF HE 

1880
01:09:55,090 --> 01:09:56,158
WANTED TO DO ANYTHING BEYOND 

1881
01:09:56,158 --> 01:09:57,993
THAT, WE WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THE

1882
01:09:57,993 --> 01:09:59,461
VOTERS TO ASK FOR THEIR APPROVAL

1883
01:09:59,461 --> 01:10:00,095
FOR THE ADDITIONAL 50 MILLION. 

1884
01:10:00,095 --> 01:10:06,135
IT IS NOT AS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED,

1885
01:10:06,135 --> 01:10:07,336
WE HAVE INCREASED POPULATION 

1886
01:10:07,336 --> 01:10:08,404
MORE THAN WE HAVE CAR OWNERSHIP 

1887
01:10:08,404 --> 01:10:13,142
IN SEATTLE. $50 IS PROJECTED TO 

1888
01:10:13,142 --> 01:10:14,009
RAISE $22.1 MILLION THIS YEAR 

1889
01:10:14,009 --> 01:10:24,553
FOR OUR EXISTING $50 FEE. THERE 

1890
01:10:25,988 --> 01:10:26,755
ARE OTHER OPTIONS EMBEDDED IN 

1891
01:10:26,755 --> 01:10:27,856
THE STATE LEGISLATION. THEY ARE 

1892
01:10:27,856 --> 01:10:28,591
LARGELY DUPLICATIVE OF AUTHORITY

1893
01:10:28,591 --> 01:10:29,959
WE ALREADY HAVE. THIS IS THINGS 

1894
01:10:29,959 --> 01:10:40,502
LIKE THE ABILITY TO ISSUE BONDS 

1895
01:10:44,173 --> 01:10:45,741
AND PROPERTY TAXES TO SUPPORT 

1896
01:10:45,741 --> 01:10:46,775
THOSE. IT IS THINGS LIKE IMPACT 

1897
01:10:46,775 --> 01:10:47,509
FEES AND ONE-YEAR EXCISE 

1898
01:10:47,509 --> 01:10:48,877
PROPERTY TAX LEVIES. WE 

1899
01:10:48,877 --> 01:10:49,478
GENERALLY HAVE THOSE POWERS 

1900
01:10:49,478 --> 01:10:50,479
THROUGH OTHER MEANS AS WELL. 

1901
01:10:50,479 --> 01:10:52,214
THEY ARE NOT PARTICULARLY 

1902
01:10:52,214 --> 01:10:52,715
WELL-SUITED FOR ONGOING 

1903
01:10:52,715 --> 01:10:53,315
OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURES LIKE 

1904
01:10:53,315 --> 01:10:54,683
TRANSIT WOULD BE. THERE IS THE 

1905
01:10:54,683 --> 01:10:55,517
AUTHORITY TO PURSUE VEHICLE 

1906
01:10:55,517 --> 01:10:56,352
TOLLING. THAT DOES REQUIRE 

1907
01:10:56,352 --> 01:10:57,186
APPROVAL FROM THE WASHINGTON 

1908
01:10:57,186 --> 01:10:57,853
STATE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION 

1909
01:10:57,853 --> 01:10:59,188
AND WOULD HAVE TO GO TO VOTERS 

1910
01:10:59,188 --> 01:11:01,056
AS WELL. THAT IS A MUCH BIGGER 

1911
01:11:01,056 --> 01:11:10,799
DISCUSSION. AND THEN, JUST TO 

1912
01:11:10,799 --> 01:11:12,401
KIND OF HIGHLIGHT WHERE WE ARE 

1913
01:11:12,401 --> 01:11:13,335
WITH THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL. THE 

1914
01:11:13,335 --> 01:11:14,737
MAYOR HAS PROPOSED A 0.3% SALES 

1915
01:11:14,737 --> 01:11:16,639
TAX . THAT IS THE AVERAGE OVER 

1916
01:11:16,639 --> 01:11:17,706
10 YEARS. NOT NECESSARILY THE 

1917
01:11:17,706 --> 01:11:21,076
FIRST YEAR. IT IS EXPECTED TO 

1918
01:11:21,076 --> 01:11:22,845
INCREASE THE NUMBER OF BUS TRIPS

1919
01:11:22,845 --> 01:11:24,980
FROM ABOUT 180,000 CURRENTLY TO 

1920
01:11:24,980 --> 01:11:29,018
280,000 COMPARED TO WHAT WE ARE 

1921
01:11:29,018 --> 01:11:33,856
CURRENTLY SPENDING. AND THE 

1922
01:11:33,856 --> 01:11:41,897
BROAD CHANGES THAT COUNCILMEMBER

1923
01:11:41,897 --> 01:11:43,399
, THE CHAIR RESPONDED TO, THERE 

1924
01:11:43,399 --> 01:11:44,600
WAS AN INCREASE FROM WHAT SDOT 

1925
01:11:44,600 --> 01:11:45,734
AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE SHOWED 

1926
01:11:45,734 --> 01:11:46,502
AT THE LAST TRANSPORTATION 

1927
01:11:46,502 --> 01:11:47,403
MEETING THAT INCREASED THE 

1928
01:11:47,403 --> 01:11:48,237
TRANSIT AND ACCESSIBLE 

1929
01:11:48,237 --> 01:11:54,576
INFRASTRUCTURE COLUMN FROM 3.5 

1930
01:11:54,576 --> 01:11:55,744
MILLION TO 5 MILLION AND 

1931
01:11:55,744 --> 01:11:56,311
ARTICULATED CLEARLY THAT 

1932
01:11:56,311 --> 01:11:57,413
ACCESSIBILITY IS PART OF THAT 

1933
01:11:57,413 --> 01:11:58,514
CATEGORY OF SPENDING. CURRENTLY,

1934
01:11:58,514 --> 01:11:59,748
THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL DOES 

1935
01:11:59,748 --> 01:12:06,455
MANDATE , REQUIRES, A MINIMUM OF

1936
01:12:06,455 --> 01:12:07,489
60% OF THE ANNUAL REVENUE RAISED

1937
01:12:07,489 --> 01:12:08,957
TO BE FUNDED FOR TRANSIT. THAT 

1938
01:12:08,957 --> 01:12:10,459
IS AN INCREASE FROM THE CURRENT 

1939
01:12:10,459 --> 01:12:11,960
50% THAT IS IN THE EXISTING 

1940
01:12:11,960 --> 01:12:15,731
SEATTLE TRANSIT MEASURE. IT 

1941
01:12:15,731 --> 01:12:16,498
INCREASES THE AMOUNT OF 

1942
01:12:16,498 --> 01:12:17,733
ALLOWABLE SPENDING ON LOW-INCOME

1943
01:12:17,733 --> 01:12:24,206
TRANSIT ACCESS UP TO 12 MILLION 

1944
01:12:24,206 --> 01:12:25,307
PER YEAR, AND IT ADDS A LITTLE 

1945
01:12:25,307 --> 01:12:30,746
BIT MORE FOR CITY STAFFING . 

1946
01:12:30,746 --> 01:12:32,748
THIS WAS THE TABLE I WAS HOPING 

1947
01:12:32,748 --> 01:12:43,058
TO PUT UP. SORRY. SO JUST TO 

1948
01:12:43,058 --> 01:12:44,159
HIGHLIGHT AGAIN, THERE ARE A 

1949
01:12:44,159 --> 01:12:45,160
COUPLE THINGS THAT ARE NOT 

1950
01:12:45,160 --> 01:12:46,161
INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSAL THAT 

1951
01:12:46,161 --> 01:12:46,962
WERE PREVIOUSLY FUNDED BY 

1952
01:12:46,962 --> 01:12:51,533
SEATTLE TRANSIT MEASURE CATEGORY

1953
01:12:51,533 --> 01:12:53,702
FOR EMERGING NEEDS INTENDED TO 

1954
01:12:53,702 --> 01:12:54,336
BE FLEXIBLE. AND THAT WAS DRIVEN

1955
01:12:54,336 --> 01:12:55,637
LARGELY BY THE TIME OF COVID NOT

1956
01:12:55,637 --> 01:12:56,638
KNOWING WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH 

1957
01:12:56,638 --> 01:12:57,439
TRANSIT. THE ISSUE AROUND 

1958
01:12:57,439 --> 01:12:57,973
PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION 

1959
01:12:57,973 --> 01:13:00,809
SERVICES AND THE ISSUE AROUND 

1960
01:13:00,809 --> 01:13:01,977
SEPARATE LINE ITEM FOR TRAFFIC 

1961
01:13:01,977 --> 01:13:07,316
SAFETY AND SECURITY. I JUST 

1962
01:13:07,316 --> 01:13:10,219
HIGHLIGHTED A HIGH LEVEL 

1963
01:13:10,219 --> 01:13:10,886
CONSIDERATIONS KNOWING THERE IS 

1964
01:13:10,886 --> 01:13:12,254
A LOT OF DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES 

1965
01:13:12,254 --> 01:13:13,522
. THE SIZE OF THE PROPOSAL, 

1966
01:13:13,522 --> 01:13:15,390
WHICH COULD INCLUDE OTHER 

1967
01:13:15,390 --> 01:13:20,129
SOURCES OF REVENUE . THE MAYOR 

1968
01:13:20,129 --> 01:13:28,103
HAS HIGHLIGHTED THAT A 0. 0.223%

1969
01:13:28,103 --> 01:13:28,670
SALES TAX IS NECESSARY TO 

1970
01:13:28,670 --> 01:13:30,439
MAINTAIN WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY 

1971
01:13:30,439 --> 01:13:30,939
PURCHASING. THAT IS ONE 

1972
01:13:30,939 --> 01:13:34,843
CONSIDERATION. THE TERM IS 

1973
01:13:34,843 --> 01:13:37,613
SOMETHING YOU COULD CONSIDER. 

1974
01:13:37,613 --> 01:13:40,249
TEN-YEAR TERM IS THE MAXIMUM WE 

1975
01:13:40,249 --> 01:13:41,216
COULD ASK VOTERS FOR. BOTH THE 

1976
01:13:41,216 --> 01:13:42,184
PREVIOUS MEASURES WERE FOR SIX 

1977
01:13:42,184 --> 01:13:49,024
YEARS. AND OF COURSE, THE 

1978
01:13:49,024 --> 01:13:49,558
SPENDING CATEGORIES, THE 

1979
01:13:49,558 --> 01:13:50,893
AUTHORITY ON SPENDING, AND THE 

1980
01:13:50,893 --> 01:13:57,299
ALLOWABLE LEGAL ANNOUNCEMENT 

1981
01:13:57,299 --> 01:14:00,803
SPENDING THAT CAN BE USED FOR 

1982
01:14:00,803 --> 01:14:01,436
DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. LEGALLY, 

1983
01:14:01,436 --> 01:14:02,037
THIS SOURCE OF FUNDING CAN BE 

1984
01:14:02,037 --> 01:14:02,538
SPENT ON ANY LEGITIMATE 

1985
01:14:02,538 --> 01:14:03,105
TRANSPORTATION NEED . THIS 

1986
01:14:03,105 --> 01:14:04,573
PROPOSAL IS TO ASK VOTERS TO 

1987
01:14:04,573 --> 01:14:05,941
SPECIFICALLY FOCUS ON JUST THE 

1988
01:14:05,941 --> 01:14:11,547
TRANSIT RELATED NEEDS. AND VERY 

1989
01:14:11,547 --> 01:14:12,714
QUICKLY, NEXT STEPS. WE DO HAVE 

1990
01:14:12,714 --> 01:14:18,420
A NUMBER OF , FOLLOWING THIS 

1991
01:14:18,420 --> 01:14:22,424
MEETING, THERE WILL BE A JULY 6 

1992
01:14:22,424 --> 01:14:23,025
MEETING, FOLLOWED BY A PUBLIC 

1993
01:14:23,025 --> 01:14:23,759
HEARING, AND THEN HOPEFULLY 

1994
01:14:23,759 --> 01:14:25,394
FINAL ACTION FROM THE COMMITTEE 

1995
01:14:25,394 --> 01:14:27,196
FOR JULY 16. THAT WOULD GIVE US 

1996
01:14:27,196 --> 01:14:27,996
TWO OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE THE 

1997
01:14:27,996 --> 01:14:29,164
FULL COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND 

1998
01:14:29,164 --> 01:14:30,899
VOTE. WE WOULD HAVE TO PASS THE 

1999
01:14:30,899 --> 01:14:39,741
FINAL BALLOT MEASURE, GET THE 

2000
01:14:39,741 --> 01:14:40,409
MAYOR'S SIGNATURE AND HAVE CITY

2001
01:14:40,409 --> 01:14:41,009
ATTORNEYS WRITE THE TITLE IN 

2002
01:14:41,009 --> 01:14:43,111
TIME TO MAKE THE AUGUST FOR 

2003
01:14:43,111 --> 01:14:43,712
FINAL DEADLINE  TO FILE WITH 

2004
01:14:43,712 --> 01:14:45,214
KING COUNTY TO MAKE THE NOVEMBER

2005
01:14:45,214 --> 01:14:55,057
BALLOT. AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY,

2006
01:14:55,057 --> 01:14:55,858
THE CHAIR HAS ASKED THAT COUNCIL

2007
01:14:55,858 --> 01:14:56,592
MEMBERS ENGAGE WITH CENTRAL 

2008
01:14:56,592 --> 01:14:58,026
STAFF BY NEXT WEEK, JUNE 24, TO 

2009
01:14:58,026 --> 01:14:59,261
HELP FACILITATE DEVELOPMENT OF 

2010
01:14:59,261 --> 01:15:00,262
AMENDMENTS SO THEY CAN BE 

2011
01:15:00,262 --> 01:15:01,830
PUBLISHED PRIOR TO THE JULY 4 

2012
01:15:01,830 --> 01:15:02,497
HOLIDAY. WITH THAT, WE ARE HAPPY

2013
01:15:02,497 --> 01:15:03,232
TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 

2014
01:15:03,232 --> 01:15:03,966
>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. 

2015
01:15:03,966 --> 01:15:13,976
APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION IN 

2016
01:15:13,976 --> 01:15:14,643
THE MEMO. THE THOUGHTFUL MEMO AS

2017
01:15:14,643 --> 01:15:15,944
WELL. COLLEAGUES, IN A MOMENT I 

2018
01:15:15,944 --> 01:15:16,912
WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU ALL, 

2019
01:15:16,912 --> 01:15:18,447
STARTING FIRST WITH VICE CHAIR 

2020
01:15:18,447 --> 01:15:20,115
RINCK FOR ANY COMMENTS OR 

2021
01:15:20,115 --> 01:15:20,716
QUESTIONS.  BUT FIRST, A FEW 

2022
01:15:20,716 --> 01:15:21,817
INITIAL COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS 

2023
01:15:21,817 --> 01:15:22,417
TO HELP KICK OFF THE 

2024
01:15:22,417 --> 01:15:25,520
CONVERSATION. IN A MOMENT, I 

2025
01:15:25,520 --> 01:15:29,558
WILL ASK YOU ALL WHAT , IN TERMS

2026
01:15:29,558 --> 01:15:30,959
A SPECIFIC SERVICE HOURS THAT 

2027
01:15:30,959 --> 01:15:35,497
WERE PROMISED OR CONTEMPLATED IN

2028
01:15:35,497 --> 01:15:38,400
THE SOON-TO-BE EXPIRING SEATTLE 

2029
01:15:38,400 --> 01:15:45,173
TRANSIT MEASURE , WHAT WAS 

2030
01:15:45,173 --> 01:15:45,741
PROMISED WHAT WAS ACTUALLY 

2031
01:15:45,741 --> 01:15:46,808
DELIVERED AND WHERE WE ARE ON 

2032
01:15:46,808 --> 01:15:48,277
TRACK. BUT I WOULD ASKED THAT IN

2033
01:15:48,277 --> 01:15:49,578
A MOMENT. BEFORE WE GET THERE, I

2034
01:15:49,578 --> 01:15:52,180
WOULD LOVE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND 

2035
01:15:52,180 --> 01:15:52,915
HER ACTUALLY, CAN YOU CLARIFY 

2036
01:15:52,915 --> 01:15:54,583
WHAT SPECIFIC TRANSPORTATION 

2037
01:15:54,583 --> 01:15:56,351
RELATED INVESTMENTS ARE LEGALLY 

2038
01:15:56,351 --> 01:16:01,123
ELIGIBLE OR AUTHORIZED UNDER 

2039
01:16:01,123 --> 01:16:06,495
STATE LAW , BUT NOT PARTICULARLY

2040
01:16:06,495 --> 01:16:07,829
EMPHASIZED IN THE EXECUTIVE 

2041
01:16:07,829 --> 01:16:15,137
PROPOSAL? 

2042
01:16:15,137 --> 01:16:16,471
>> COUNCILMEMBER, IT COULD BE 

2043
01:16:16,471 --> 01:16:17,539
FOR ANYTHING RELATED TO THE 

2044
01:16:17,539 --> 01:16:18,407
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. ANY 

2045
01:16:18,407 --> 01:16:19,007
ROADS, ASPHALT, BRIDGES, 

2046
01:16:19,007 --> 01:16:23,278
STRUCTURES, STAIRWAYS . IT COULD

2047
01:16:23,278 --> 01:16:23,946
BE RELATED TO OUR SIGNAL SYSTEM.

2048
01:16:23,946 --> 01:16:24,947
THEY COULD DO ANY OF THE THINGS 

2049
01:16:24,947 --> 01:16:26,214
THAT B FUNDING IS GOING TOWARDS,

2050
01:16:26,214 --> 01:16:31,687
OR THAT CAN BE TIED TO 

2051
01:16:31,687 --> 01:16:33,622
TRANSPORTATION USE. ESSENTIALLY,

2052
01:16:33,622 --> 01:16:35,257
THE SAME RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE 

2053
01:16:35,257 --> 01:16:44,099
ON THE STATE'S GAS TAX USAGE. 

2054
01:16:44,099 --> 01:16:45,934
IT IS VERY FUNGIBLE FOR SDOT AND

2055
01:16:45,934 --> 01:16:46,568
TRANSPORTATION RELATED ISSUES, 

2056
01:16:46,568 --> 01:16:48,170
BUT WE COULD NOT USE IT BEYOND 

2057
01:16:48,170 --> 01:16:48,537
TRANSPORTATION. 

2058
01:16:48,537 --> 01:16:49,204
>> THANK YOU. THAT'S HELPFUL. 

2059
01:16:49,204 --> 01:16:53,375
CAN YOU CLARIFY WHETHER -- SO 

2060
01:16:53,375 --> 01:16:55,911
TRANSPORTATION LEVY THAT WAS 

2061
01:16:55,911 --> 01:17:01,016
GENEROUSLY APPROVED BY VOTERS IN

2062
01:17:01,016 --> 01:17:02,684
NOVEMBER 2024 DRAFTED BY OUR 

2063
01:17:02,684 --> 01:17:07,556
CITY IN THIS COUNCIL INCLUDED A 

2064
01:17:07,556 --> 01:17:10,225
TOTAL OF $9 MILLION FOR 

2065
01:17:10,225 --> 01:17:11,827
TRANSPORTATION SAFETY AND 

2066
01:17:11,827 --> 01:17:13,695
SECURITY. AND A FEW SHORT MONTHS

2067
01:17:13,695 --> 01:17:15,197
AFTER, A MONTH AND A HALF AFTER 

2068
01:17:15,197 --> 01:17:20,469
IT WAS PASSED BY VOTERS, KING 

2069
01:17:20,469 --> 01:17:21,937
COUNTY METRO OPERATOR WAS 

2070
01:17:21,937 --> 01:17:23,605
TRAGICALLY KILLED IN THE LINE OF

2071
01:17:23,605 --> 01:17:28,577
DUTY. SERVING OUR COMMUNITY ON 

2072
01:17:28,577 --> 01:17:35,550
DECEMBER 18, 2024 . AND SO THAT,

2073
01:17:35,550 --> 01:17:38,954
THOSE ORIGINAL INVESTMENTS , ONE

2074
01:17:38,954 --> 01:17:40,255
WOULD EXPIRE ROUGHLY HALFWAY 

2075
01:17:40,255 --> 01:17:49,898
THROUGH THIS IF WE CONTINUE AT 

2076
01:17:49,898 --> 01:17:52,434
THE CLIP OF A TEN-YEAR PROPOSAL.

2077
01:17:52,434 --> 01:17:53,068
THAT WAS AN EIGHT-YEAR MEASURE. 

2078
01:17:53,068 --> 01:17:53,668
ROUGHLY HALFWAY THROUGH. THAT 

2079
01:17:53,668 --> 01:17:54,336
WOULD EXPIRE, AND HERE IS THIS. 

2080
01:17:54,336 --> 01:17:54,970
THIS IS ULTIMATELY REFLECTING 

2081
01:17:54,970 --> 01:17:55,937
THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY

2082
01:17:55,937 --> 01:17:56,638
FUND AND INVEST IN TRANSIT 

2083
01:17:56,638 --> 01:18:02,978
SAFETY AND SECURITY. AND TWO, 

2084
01:18:02,978 --> 01:18:03,812
THE ORIGINAL INVESTMENTS THE 

2085
01:18:03,812 --> 01:18:11,653
CITY CRAFTED WAS BEFORE THE 

2086
01:18:11,653 --> 01:18:12,621
BROADER ISSUE OF TRANSIT SAFETY 

2087
01:18:12,621 --> 01:18:13,722
AND SECURITY WAS ELEVATED, NOT 

2088
01:18:13,722 --> 01:18:15,290
JUST AS A CITY PRIORITY, BUT AS 

2089
01:18:15,290 --> 01:18:15,924
A REGIONAL PRIORITY. AND WOULD 

2090
01:18:15,924 --> 01:18:21,930
ULTIMATELY RESULT IN THE KING 

2091
01:18:21,930 --> 01:18:22,564
COUNTY REGIONAL TRANSIT SAFETY 

2092
01:18:22,564 --> 01:18:23,532
AND SECURITY TASK FORCE 

2093
01:18:23,532 --> 01:18:25,133
COMPRISED OF EXPERTS FROM ACROSS

2094
01:18:25,133 --> 01:18:29,204
OUR REGION IN VARIOUS 

2095
01:18:29,204 --> 01:18:30,739
JURISDICTIONS. ALL ALIGNING ON 

2096
01:18:30,739 --> 01:18:32,240
SPECIFIC PLANS, STRATEGIES, AND 

2097
01:18:32,240 --> 01:18:36,545
RECOMMENDATIONS. ALSO ALIGNING 

2098
01:18:36,545 --> 01:18:37,345
ON THE NOTION THAT TRANSIT 

2099
01:18:37,345 --> 01:18:39,414
SAFETY AND SECURITY IS A SHARED 

2100
01:18:39,414 --> 01:18:40,348
RESPONSIBILITY. RESPONSIBILITY 

2101
01:18:40,348 --> 01:18:42,818
SHARED BROADLY . NOT SOLELY ONE 

2102
01:18:42,818 --> 01:18:47,722
BORN OR HELD BY ANY PARTICULAR 

2103
01:18:47,722 --> 01:18:51,426
TRANSIT AGENCY OR OPERATOR, 

2104
01:18:51,426 --> 01:18:52,961
WHETHER IT IS KING COUNTY METRO,

2105
01:18:52,961 --> 01:18:54,629
SOUND TRANSIT , SEATTLE 

2106
01:18:54,629 --> 01:18:57,666
STREETCAR OR WHATEVER IT IS. CAN

2107
01:18:57,666 --> 01:18:59,367
YOU HELP ME BETTER UNDERSTAND 

2108
01:18:59,367 --> 01:19:02,471
AGAINST THAT BACKDROP , CAN YOU 

2109
01:19:02,471 --> 01:19:06,141
HELP CLARIFY WHETHER -- AND I 

2110
01:19:06,141 --> 01:19:07,609
NOTE THAT THE EXECUTIVE'S 

2111
01:19:07,609 --> 01:19:16,017
PROPOSAL , ONE OF THE SLIDES 

2112
01:19:16,017 --> 01:19:17,018
INDICATED ROUGHLY UP TO 9% OF 

2113
01:19:17,018 --> 01:19:17,986
THE BASELINE OF WHATEVER WE 

2114
01:19:17,986 --> 01:19:19,287
PURCHASED FOR PURELY TRANSIT 

2115
01:19:19,287 --> 01:19:29,765
SERVICE WOULD INCLUDE , OR 

2116
01:19:32,467 --> 01:19:32,901
LIKELY INCLUDE, VARIOUS 

2117
01:19:32,901 --> 01:19:34,169
INVESTMENTS RELATED TO TRANSIT 

2118
01:19:34,169 --> 01:19:34,903
SAFETY AND SECURITY. CAN YOU 

2119
01:19:34,903 --> 01:19:35,971
HELP CLARIFY WHETHER THE CURRENT

2120
01:19:35,971 --> 01:19:36,605
EXECUTIVE PROPOSAL PROVIDES ANY 

2121
01:19:36,605 --> 01:19:37,339
ADDITIONAL DEDICATED FUNDING TO 

2122
01:19:37,339 --> 01:19:37,906
IMPROVE TRANSIT SAFETY AND 

2123
01:19:37,906 --> 01:19:41,276
SECURITY ON TOP OF THAT? 

2124
01:19:41,276 --> 01:19:41,810
>> IT DOES NOT. 

2125
01:19:41,810 --> 01:19:42,811
>> THANK YOU. 

2126
01:19:42,811 --> 01:19:49,017
>> CIRCLING BACK TO THE ORIGINAL

2127
01:19:49,017 --> 01:19:57,692
QUERY ABOUT WHAT WAS PROMISED 

2128
01:19:57,692 --> 01:19:58,727
EXPRESSLY IN THE LEGISLATION, 

2129
01:19:58,727 --> 01:19:59,661
AND/OR, CONTEMPLATED AT THE TIME

2130
01:19:59,661 --> 01:20:01,796
IN TERMS OF TOTAL SERVICE HOURS 

2131
01:20:01,796 --> 01:20:03,598
THAT WOULD BE OR COULD BE 

2132
01:20:03,598 --> 01:20:04,666
DELIVERED DURING THE SOON-TO-BE 

2133
01:20:04,666 --> 01:20:08,436
EXPIRING TRANSIT MEASURE VERSUS 

2134
01:20:08,436 --> 01:20:12,874
WHAT WAS ACTUALLY DELIVERED OR 

2135
01:20:12,874 --> 01:20:14,176
WHAT WE ARE ON TRACK TO DELIVER.

2136
01:20:14,176 --> 01:20:23,485
VERY SHORTLY. 

2137
01:20:23,485 --> 01:20:24,452
>> COUNCILMEMBER, I DON'T HAVE 

2138
01:20:24,452 --> 01:20:26,288
READILY AVAILABLE. I CAN PULL 

2139
01:20:26,288 --> 01:20:27,022
THEM OUT IF YOU WANT TO. SDOT 

2140
01:20:27,022 --> 01:20:27,789
JUST RELEASED THEIR LAST ANNUAL 

2141
01:20:27,789 --> 01:20:30,826
REPORT AND KEEP ALL THOSE , ALL 

2142
01:20:30,826 --> 01:20:31,793
THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON 

2143
01:20:31,793 --> 01:20:32,661
THE WEBSITE. THAT INCLUDES THEIR

2144
01:20:32,661 --> 01:20:33,662
DETAILED SPENDING. I'M HAPPY TO

2145
01:20:33,662 --> 01:20:35,864
DO THAT IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO 

2146
01:20:35,864 --> 01:20:40,001
ENROLL TIME. I WOULD SAY THAT IT

2147
01:20:40,001 --> 01:20:41,169
IS HARD TO SAY WHAT WAS 

2148
01:20:41,169 --> 01:20:42,204
PROMISED, BECAUSE THE 2020 

2149
01:20:42,204 --> 01:20:42,804
MEASURE HAPPENED RIGHT AFTER 

2150
01:20:42,804 --> 01:20:43,905
COVID AS WE WERE LOOKING AT THE 

2151
01:20:43,905 --> 01:20:47,976
CITY BEING SHUT DOWN . I DON'T 

2152
01:20:47,976 --> 01:20:48,844
KNOW I HAVE A GOOD EXPLANATION 

2153
01:20:48,844 --> 01:20:54,149
FOR WHAT PEOPLE EXPECTED IN 

2154
01:20:54,149 --> 01:20:55,217
TERMS OF THE SPECIFIC SERVICE 

2155
01:20:55,217 --> 01:20:56,451
HOURS. THEY KNEW THE AMOUNT OF 

2156
01:20:56,451 --> 01:21:02,724
MONEY THAT WAS GOING TO BE SPENT

2157
01:21:02,724 --> 01:21:04,125
. CLEARLY WE DID NOT DELIVER AS 

2158
01:21:04,125 --> 01:21:05,560
MUCH TRANSIT SERVICE AS WE 

2159
01:21:05,560 --> 01:21:06,695
THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO DURING 

2160
01:21:06,695 --> 01:21:07,362
THAT TIME. WE ENDED UP SPENDING 

2161
01:21:07,362 --> 01:21:09,130
A NUMBER OF THAT ON CAPITAL 

2162
01:21:09,130 --> 01:21:17,072
FUNDING PARTIALLY BECAUSE KING 

2163
01:21:17,072 --> 01:21:18,340
COUNTY METRO IS NOT ABLE TO RAMP

2164
01:21:18,340 --> 01:21:19,908
UP SERVICE TO MEET SEATTLE'S 

2165
01:21:19,908 --> 01:21:20,542
REQUEST FOR MORE SERVICE. BOTH 

2166
01:21:20,542 --> 01:21:21,977
BECAUSE OF COACH AVAILABILITY 

2167
01:21:21,977 --> 01:21:22,611
AND POTENTIALLY GETTING DRIVERS 

2168
01:21:22,611 --> 01:21:24,379
BACK FOLLOWING COVID. I AM HAPPY

2169
01:21:24,379 --> 01:21:25,013
TO PULL UP NUMBERS OF THAT IS 

2170
01:21:25,013 --> 01:21:26,314
USEFUL TO THE COMMITTEE, BUT I 

2171
01:21:26,314 --> 01:21:27,782
THINK IN TERMS OF THE VOTER 

2172
01:21:27,782 --> 01:21:28,917
EXPECTATION, I THINK IT WAS A 

2173
01:21:28,917 --> 01:21:30,619
LITTLE MORE TRANSIT IN GENERAL 

2174
01:21:30,619 --> 01:21:34,089
AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT 

2175
01:21:34,089 --> 01:21:35,257
THERE WERE STILL OPTIONS TO 

2176
01:21:35,257 --> 01:21:40,395
ADDRESS THE TRANSIT NEEDS IN AN 

2177
01:21:40,395 --> 01:21:40,762
UNCERTAIN TIME. 

2178
01:21:40,762 --> 01:21:41,696
>> SURE. THAT MAKES SENSE. I 

2179
01:21:41,696 --> 01:21:42,998
APPRECIATE THAT INITIAL 

2180
01:21:42,998 --> 01:21:47,168
REFLECTION . FAIR POINT ALL 

2181
01:21:47,168 --> 01:21:48,536
AROUND, ESPECIALLY ON THE BIT 

2182
01:21:48,536 --> 01:21:54,676
ABOUT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN 

2183
01:21:54,676 --> 01:21:55,710
EXPRESSLY PROMISED, AND THAT IS 

2184
01:21:55,710 --> 01:21:56,711
WHY THE FALLBACK LANGUAGE I 

2185
01:21:56,711 --> 01:21:57,512
INTENSELY USED WAS CONTEMPLATED.

2186
01:21:57,512 --> 01:21:59,714
THERE MIGHT NOT OF BEEN A 

2187
01:21:59,714 --> 01:22:02,484
SPECIFIC TARGET NUMBER . I WILL 

2188
01:22:02,484 --> 01:22:05,320
SHARE I REVIEWED THE VOTERS 

2189
01:22:05,320 --> 01:22:06,621
PAMPHLET INFORMATION AND DON'T 

2190
01:22:06,621 --> 01:22:10,926
RECALL SEEING , YOU KNOW, IT 

2191
01:22:10,926 --> 01:22:11,993
LISTED THERE. I DON'T REMEMBER 

2192
01:22:11,993 --> 01:22:15,330
WHAT WAS ON THE CAMPAIGN , 

2193
01:22:15,330 --> 01:22:16,698
ELECTION MATERIAL AT THE TIME. 

2194
01:22:16,698 --> 01:22:24,873
REGARDLESS, NO DOUBT THERE WAS 

2195
01:22:24,873 --> 01:22:25,640
SOMETHING THAT WAS CONTEMPLATED 

2196
01:22:25,640 --> 01:22:27,008
AT LEAST AT A HIGH LEVEL. SO 

2197
01:22:27,008 --> 01:22:28,576
YES, OFF-LINE, NO NEED TO DO IT 

2198
01:22:28,576 --> 01:22:29,411
LIVE HERE. APOLOGIES FOR NOT 

2199
01:22:29,411 --> 01:22:31,146
PREPPING YOU IN ADVANCE FOR THAT

2200
01:22:31,146 --> 01:22:32,614
QUESTION. BUT WOULD DEFINITELY 

2201
01:22:32,614 --> 01:22:36,918
APPRECIATE CLARITY ON WHAT WAS 

2202
01:22:36,918 --> 01:22:37,819
PROBABLY A BETTER TERM, 

2203
01:22:37,819 --> 01:22:39,054
CONTEMPLATED, AT LEAST AT A HIGH

2204
01:22:39,054 --> 01:22:40,722
LEVEL VERSUS WHAT WAS ACTUALLY 

2205
01:22:40,722 --> 01:22:42,857
ON TRACK OR LIKELY TO ACTUALLY 

2206
01:22:42,857 --> 01:22:48,296
SEE DELIVERED . YOU PREEMPTED MY

2207
01:22:48,296 --> 01:22:49,064
NEXT QUESTION. LIKE WHY THE 

2208
01:22:49,064 --> 01:22:51,933
DELTA. MAIN REASON, 

2209
01:22:51,933 --> 01:22:54,102
AVAILABILITY, DRIVER SHORTAGES .

2210
01:22:54,102 --> 01:23:03,912
CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND , WE 

2211
01:23:03,912 --> 01:23:04,946
CAN CHASE DOWN INFORMATION 

2212
01:23:04,946 --> 01:23:05,947
OFF-LINE, BECAUSE I THINK IT IS 

2213
01:23:05,947 --> 01:23:07,282
A VERY IMPORTANT DATA.. CAN YOU 

2214
01:23:07,282 --> 01:23:11,319
HELP ME UNDERSTAND IN YOUR 

2215
01:23:11,319 --> 01:23:13,021
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE EXECUTIVE

2216
01:23:13,021 --> 01:23:17,359
AND BASED OFF WHAT YOU KNOW , 

2217
01:23:17,359 --> 01:23:19,561
HOW SHOULD MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC

2218
01:23:19,561 --> 01:23:25,567
AND US BE CONFIDENT THAT THOSE 

2219
01:23:25,567 --> 01:23:26,234
ISSUES HAVE BEEN FULLY RESOLVED,

2220
01:23:26,234 --> 01:23:28,470
AND WE ARE ABLE TO STILL ROLL 

2221
01:23:28,470 --> 01:23:32,040
OUT, EFFECTIVELY, A 50% INCREASE

2222
01:23:32,040 --> 01:23:33,241
IN TRANSIT SERVICE. 100,000 

2223
01:23:33,241 --> 01:23:36,945
HOURS ? HOW SHOULD MEMBERS OF 

2224
01:23:36,945 --> 01:23:42,917
THE PUBLIC IN THIS BODY BE 

2225
01:23:42,917 --> 01:23:43,818
CONFIDENT THOSE ISSUES WERE 

2226
01:23:43,818 --> 01:23:44,953
SUFFICIENTLY RESOLVED AND HAVE 

2227
01:23:44,953 --> 01:23:45,620
CONFIDENCE WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING

2228
01:23:45,620 --> 01:23:47,021
TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER ON THESE 

2229
01:23:47,021 --> 01:23:47,989
NEW SET OF COMMITMENTS? 

2230
01:23:47,989 --> 01:23:54,396
>> I THINK IT IS LOOKING AT THE 

2231
01:23:54,396 --> 01:23:55,497
PERFORMANCE OF THE LAST COUPLE 

2232
01:23:55,497 --> 01:23:56,664
OF YEARS. LOOKING TO SEE HOW 

2233
01:23:56,664 --> 01:24:02,003
MUCH SERVICE HAS BEEN DELIVERED 

2234
01:24:02,003 --> 01:24:05,306
THIS YEAR. PRESUMABLY, IT WILL 

2235
01:24:05,306 --> 01:24:05,940
BE DELIVERED THROUGH THE SERVICE

2236
01:24:05,940 --> 01:24:06,541
RESTORATION EFFORT THAT KING 

2237
01:24:06,541 --> 01:24:07,409
COUNTY METRO IS GOING THROUGH. I

2238
01:24:07,409 --> 01:24:08,543
THINK THAT IS THE BROADER , ONE 

2239
01:24:08,543 --> 01:24:10,945
OF THE LONG-TERM ISSUES THAT WE 

2240
01:24:10,945 --> 01:24:11,513
UNDERSTAND WITH KING COUNTY 

2241
01:24:11,513 --> 01:24:18,520
METRO IS THAT THERE LONG PLANNED

2242
01:24:18,520 --> 01:24:20,221
TERM FOR SERVICES NOT FULLY 

2243
01:24:20,221 --> 01:24:20,822
FUNDED. THEY'RE LOOKING AT 

2244
01:24:20,822 --> 01:24:21,322
LONGER-TERM STRUCTURAL 

2245
01:24:21,322 --> 01:24:22,090
TRANSPORTATION FUNDING ISSUES AS

2246
01:24:22,090 --> 01:24:24,192
WELL THAT WILL HAVE TO BE 

2247
01:24:24,192 --> 01:24:25,260
ADDRESSED, OR THEY WILL BE ABLE 

2248
01:24:25,260 --> 01:24:26,628
TO DEPLOY MORE SERVICE TO MEET 

2249
01:24:26,628 --> 01:24:30,064
THEIR OWN NEEDS TOO. SO I THINK 

2250
01:24:30,064 --> 01:24:30,865
THERE IS TRANSPORTATION FUNDING,

2251
01:24:30,865 --> 01:24:34,569
EVERYONE UNDER TIGHT SCRUTINY 

2252
01:24:34,569 --> 01:24:36,104
WITH FUNDING IN GENERAL NOW. 

2253
01:24:36,104 --> 01:24:37,072
KING COUNTY METRO IS GOING 

2254
01:24:37,072 --> 01:24:37,772
THROUGH THE SAME ISSUES AND WILL

2255
01:24:37,772 --> 01:24:38,873
BE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY NEW 

2256
01:24:38,873 --> 01:24:40,475
REVENUE OPTIONS TO HELP ADDRESS 

2257
01:24:40,475 --> 01:24:42,744
THEIR NEEDS . THEY HAVE BEEN 

2258
01:24:42,744 --> 01:24:43,812
ABLE TO RESPOND TO THE MOST 

2259
01:24:43,812 --> 01:24:45,213
RECENT SEATTLE PURCHASES, AND I 

2260
01:24:45,213 --> 01:24:53,021
THINK CURRENT PRACTICE IS THE 

2261
01:24:53,021 --> 01:24:54,255
BEST JUDGMENT WE CAN HAVE OF 

2262
01:24:54,255 --> 01:24:55,824
WHETHER THEY CAN MEET THAT NEED 

2263
01:24:55,824 --> 01:25:05,500
NOW. I UNDERSTAND THAT SDOT AND 

2264
01:25:05,500 --> 01:25:06,468
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HAVE BEEN 

2265
01:25:06,468 --> 01:25:07,569
WORKING CLOSELY WITH METRO IN 

2266
01:25:07,569 --> 01:25:08,970
TERMS OF DRAFTING THIS PROPOSAL 

2267
01:25:08,970 --> 01:25:10,205
TO MAKE SURE THEY WOULD BE ABLE 

2268
01:25:10,205 --> 01:25:11,773
TO SUPPORT THAT. BUT IT STILL 

2269
01:25:11,773 --> 01:25:13,074
REMAINS TO BE SEEN HOW THEY GET 

2270
01:25:13,074 --> 01:25:15,376
BACK TO A FULLY FUNDED LONG-TERM

2271
01:25:15,376 --> 01:25:16,444
PROPOSAL, AND THAT PROBABLY 

2272
01:25:16,444 --> 01:25:23,618
ISN'T GOING TO BE -- I DON'T 

2273
01:25:23,618 --> 01:25:24,652
BELIEVE KING COUNTY IS GOING TO 

2274
01:25:24,652 --> 01:25:26,488
BE ABLE TO SORT THAT OUT IN THE 

2275
01:25:26,488 --> 01:25:27,856
NEXT SEVERAL YEARS. I THINK THAT

2276
01:25:27,856 --> 01:25:29,390
IS MUCH LONGER-TERM CONCERN. 

2277
01:25:29,390 --> 01:25:30,024
>> THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THE 

2278
01:25:30,024 --> 01:25:31,025
CLARITY. AND YES, PLEASE DO 

2279
01:25:31,025 --> 01:25:32,393
FOLLOW-UP OFF-LINE WITH THE 

2280
01:25:32,393 --> 01:25:38,066
REQUESTED INFORMATION. BUT 

2281
01:25:38,066 --> 01:25:39,601
HELPFUL CONTEXT FOR NOW. REALLY 

2282
01:25:39,601 --> 01:25:40,568
APPRECIATE IT. IN A MOMENT, I 

2283
01:25:40,568 --> 01:25:41,970
WILL ASK ABOUT SOME NITTY-GRITTY

2284
01:25:41,970 --> 01:25:50,078
POLICY WONK THINGS RELATED TO 

2285
01:25:50,078 --> 01:25:50,879
FAREBOX RECOVERY RATIOS AND 

2286
01:25:50,879 --> 01:25:52,013
INCLUDE SOME SELF REFLECTIONS 

2287
01:25:52,013 --> 01:25:52,614
ABOUT THE RECENT KING COUNTY 

2288
01:25:52,614 --> 01:25:53,281
TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICTS

2289
01:25:53,281 --> 01:25:55,216
FOR ROADS, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, 

2290
01:25:55,216 --> 01:25:57,919
I WOULD LOVE TO TURN IT OVER TO 

2291
01:25:57,919 --> 01:26:01,789
MY COLLEAGUES FOR ANY COMMENTS, 

2292
01:26:01,789 --> 01:26:02,790
QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE. 

2293
01:26:02,790 --> 01:26:03,658
STARTING WITH VICE CHAIR RINCK. 

2294
01:26:03,791 --> 01:26:12,567
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR SAKA. I WANT

2295
01:26:12,567 --> 01:26:13,167
TO APOLOGIZE FOR BEING TARDY 

2296
01:26:13,167 --> 01:26:13,968
THIS MORNING. AND PROVIDE A 

2297
01:26:13,968 --> 01:26:14,502
LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. 

2298
01:26:14,502 --> 01:26:15,203
IMPORTANTLY, TODAY WORKERS AT 

2299
01:26:15,203 --> 01:26:20,141
THE EMBASSY STREET -- EMBASSY 

2300
01:26:20,141 --> 01:26:21,109
SUITES WALKED OUT ON STRIKE 

2301
01:26:21,109 --> 01:26:22,343
CALLING FOR A FAIR CONTRACT, 

2302
01:26:22,343 --> 01:26:23,344
BETTER PAY AND BETTER 

2303
01:26:23,344 --> 01:26:25,079
HEALTHCARE. I JOINED THOSE 

2304
01:26:25,079 --> 01:26:26,314
WORKERS ON THE PICKET LINE AND 

2305
01:26:26,314 --> 01:26:27,482
ENDED UP STAYING A LITTLE BIT 

2306
01:26:27,482 --> 01:26:29,617
LATER THAN EXPECTED OVER A 

2307
01:26:29,617 --> 01:26:30,618
DISPUTE WHERE PEOPLE CAN 

2308
01:26:30,618 --> 01:26:32,453
PROTEST, BUT I NEEDED TO STAY TO

2309
01:26:32,453 --> 01:26:35,657
ENSURE WE PROTECT EVERYONE'S 

2310
01:26:35,657 --> 01:26:36,791
FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO FREE 

2311
01:26:36,791 --> 01:26:37,492
SPEECH. I WANT TO PROVIDE THAT 

2312
01:26:37,492 --> 01:26:39,294
CONTEXT AND APOLOGIZE TO THE 

2313
01:26:39,294 --> 01:26:43,097
PUBLIC COMMENTERS . I WILL GO 

2314
01:26:43,097 --> 01:26:44,432
BACK AND WATCH. THANK YOU SO 

2315
01:26:44,432 --> 01:26:45,767
MUCH IN COMING OUT AND MAKING 

2316
01:26:45,767 --> 01:26:46,668
YOUR VOICES HEARD ON THIS 

2317
01:26:46,668 --> 01:26:47,702
IMPORTANT EFFORT. I WANTED TO 

2318
01:26:47,702 --> 01:26:48,803
BRING THIS UP FOR A CRITICAL 

2319
01:26:48,803 --> 01:26:58,212
REASON. UNITE HERE LOCAL 8 IS 

2320
01:26:58,212 --> 01:26:59,213
OUR LOCAL HOSPITALITY WORKERS 

2321
01:26:59,213 --> 01:26:59,781
REPRESENTING THOUSANDS OF 

2322
01:26:59,781 --> 01:27:01,716
WORKERS ACROSS STADIUMS AND 

2323
01:27:01,716 --> 01:27:02,250
HOTELS, MANY OF WHOM ARE 

2324
01:27:02,250 --> 01:27:02,917
IMMIGRANT WORKERS. AND MANY OF 

2325
01:27:02,917 --> 01:27:03,551
WHOM WORK NONTRADITIONAL WORK 

2326
01:27:03,551 --> 01:27:04,986
HOURS. THESE WORKERS ARE REALLY 

2327
01:27:04,986 --> 01:27:09,757
THOSE WHO DON'T JUST RELY ON 

2328
01:27:09,757 --> 01:27:10,525
OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM ALONE, BUT 

2329
01:27:10,525 --> 01:27:11,859
RELY ON THE LATE-NIGHT BUS 

2330
01:27:11,859 --> 01:27:14,762
SERVICE THAT THIS MEASURE 

2331
01:27:14,762 --> 01:27:21,035
CURRENTLY PAYS FOR. I WANT TO 

2332
01:27:21,035 --> 01:27:21,669
CENTER THAT IN MY CONSIDERATION 

2333
01:27:21,669 --> 01:27:23,905
FOR THE SEATTLE TRANSIT MEASURE.

2334
01:27:23,905 --> 01:27:25,306
THIS IS THE KIND OF SERVICE WE 

2335
01:27:25,306 --> 01:27:26,174
ARE TALKING ABOUT. DELIVERING 

2336
01:27:26,174 --> 01:27:27,542
FOR WORKING PEOPLE ACROSS THE 

2337
01:27:27,542 --> 01:27:30,778
CITY. I AM CENTERING WORKERS, 

2338
01:27:30,778 --> 01:27:32,146
JUST LIKE THOSE ON STRIKE RIGHT 

2339
01:27:32,146 --> 01:27:33,514
NOW, WHEN I'M THINKING ABOUT 

2340
01:27:33,514 --> 01:27:44,058
OUR INVESTMENTS . IN MY HIGHEST 

2341
01:27:45,226 --> 01:27:45,827
PRIORITY IS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE 

2342
01:27:45,827 --> 01:27:46,494
DELIVERING AS MUCH ADDITIONAL 

2343
01:27:46,494 --> 01:27:47,528
BUS SERVICE AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE

2344
01:27:47,528 --> 01:27:48,529
THOSE WORKERS DESERVE TO GO HOME

2345
01:27:48,529 --> 01:27:49,697
AT NIGHT WITHOUT WAITING IN THE 

2346
01:27:49,697 --> 01:27:50,999
DARK FOR A LONG TIME HOPING A 

2347
01:27:50,999 --> 01:27:51,933
BUS WILL COME SOON. DELIVERING 

2348
01:27:51,933 --> 01:27:53,201
ON A TRULY FREQUENT TRANSIT 

2349
01:27:53,201 --> 01:27:58,506
NETWORK IS NOT JUST HOW WE 

2350
01:27:58,506 --> 01:28:00,141
REDUCE OUR EMISSIONS TO MEET 

2351
01:28:00,141 --> 01:28:01,843
CLIMATE GOALS, WHICH IS 

2352
01:28:01,843 --> 01:28:02,510
TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT, BUT ALSO

2353
01:28:02,510 --> 01:28:03,111
HOW WE CREATE MORE AFFORDABLE 

2354
01:28:03,111 --> 01:28:03,878
WAYS TO GET AROUND OUR CITY 

2355
01:28:03,878 --> 01:28:14,422
QUICKLY AND SAFELY. WITH THAT, I

2356
01:28:26,200 --> 01:28:26,768
WANT TO THANK CENTRAL STAFF FOR 

2357
01:28:26,768 --> 01:28:27,368
THE PRESENTATION FOR TODAY. I 

2358
01:28:27,368 --> 01:28:28,002
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ELEVATING 

2359
01:28:28,002 --> 01:28:28,636
THE POINTS ABOUT THE KING COUNTY

2360
01:28:28,636 --> 01:28:29,270
TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICT 

2361
01:28:29,270 --> 01:28:29,837
COMPONENT IN THE MENU, AND 

2362
01:28:29,837 --> 01:28:30,438
COLLEAGUES, WANT TO THANK YOU 

2363
01:28:30,438 --> 01:28:31,072
AGAIN FOR SIGNING ONTO MY LETTER

2364
01:28:31,072 --> 01:28:32,707
TO LIVE THAT ARBITRARY CAP THAT 

2365
01:28:32,707 --> 01:28:33,341
WOULD HAVE ONLY IMPACTED CITY OF

2366
01:28:33,341 --> 01:28:35,076
SEATTLE, THE SPECIAL THANK YOU 

2367
01:28:35,076 --> 01:28:36,978
TO COUNSEL MEMBER LIN FOR YOUR 

2368
01:28:36,978 --> 01:28:37,512
TESTIMONY AT KING COUNTY 

2369
01:28:37,512 --> 01:28:38,179
COUNCILMEMBER TOGETHER WITH OUR 

2370
01:28:38,179 --> 01:28:38,780
ADVOCACY, WE LIFTED THAT CAP, 

2371
01:28:38,780 --> 01:28:39,414
WHICH WOULD HAVE DIVERTED ABOUT 

2372
01:28:39,414 --> 01:28:45,586
$3 MILLION OF FUNDING AWAY FROM 

2373
01:28:45,586 --> 01:28:46,220
CITY OF SEATTLE, BUT NOW WE HAVE

2374
01:28:46,220 --> 01:28:46,854
ABOUT $5 MILLION  IN NEW CAPITAL

2375
01:28:46,854 --> 01:28:47,488
FUNDING COMING IN FOR THE CITY. 

2376
01:28:47,488 --> 01:28:48,156
I'M WONDERING IF CENTRAL STAFF 

2377
01:28:48,156 --> 01:28:52,927
CAN HELP US UNDERSTAND A LITTLE 

2378
01:28:52,927 --> 01:28:53,528
BIT ON THE PROCESS RECEIVING 

2379
01:28:53,528 --> 01:28:54,128
THOSE FUNDS AND WHAT WE COULD 

2380
01:28:54,128 --> 01:28:54,495
USE THOSE FOR. 

2381
01:28:54,495 --> 01:28:59,367
>> IT IS A LITTLE UNCLEAR TO ME 

2382
01:28:59,367 --> 01:29:00,001
EXACTLY HOW THE ADMINISTRATION 

2383
01:29:00,001 --> 01:29:00,635
OF IT WORKS. MY UNDERSTANDING IS

2384
01:29:00,635 --> 01:29:01,269
THAT IT WOULD BE AN APPLICATION 

2385
01:29:01,269 --> 01:29:04,238
PROCESS . THAT THERE WOULD 

2386
01:29:04,238 --> 01:29:04,839
ESSENTIALLY BE A NUMBER OF, I 

2387
01:29:04,839 --> 01:29:06,307
GUESS, COUNTY FOCUSED 

2388
01:29:06,307 --> 01:29:07,909
TRANSPORTATION PLANS . WE WOULD 

2389
01:29:07,909 --> 01:29:09,711
HAVE TO FIND PROJECTS THAT WOULD

2390
01:29:09,711 --> 01:29:11,312
BE ELIGIBLE TO SUPPORT THOSE 

2391
01:29:11,312 --> 01:29:14,248
PROGRAMS, AND THEN THAT MONEY 

2392
01:29:14,248 --> 01:29:24,759
WOULD BE PROVIDED TO US. THE 

2393
01:29:29,263 --> 01:29:30,264
IDEA, I KNOW FOR SOME SMALLER 

2394
01:29:30,264 --> 01:29:31,132
JURISDICTIONS, THAT MAY BE 

2395
01:29:31,132 --> 01:29:32,233
DIFFICULT, AND THE IDEA IF IT 

2396
01:29:32,233 --> 01:29:33,401
DOES NOT USE BY THE LOCAL 

2397
01:29:33,401 --> 01:29:34,569
JURISDICTION, IT CAN BE USED 

2398
01:29:34,569 --> 01:29:36,804
BACK BY THE UNINCORPORATED KING 

2399
01:29:36,804 --> 01:29:37,438
COUNTY ROADS DIVISION. THAT WILL

2400
01:29:37,438 --> 01:29:38,106
BE A PROBLEM FOR SEATTLE IN ANY 

2401
01:29:38,106 --> 01:29:39,140
CASE. I THINK WE WILL FIND 

2402
01:29:39,140 --> 01:29:40,775
PROJECTS THAT CAN MAKE USE OF 

2403
01:29:40,775 --> 01:29:41,876
THE MONEY, AND THEN THAT COULD 

2404
01:29:41,876 --> 01:29:43,077
FREE UP OTHER MONIES THAT CAN BE

2405
01:29:43,077 --> 01:29:44,912
USED FOR OTHER CAPITAL PURPOSES.

2406
01:29:44,912 --> 01:29:54,021
>> CERTAINLY. WITH THE NEW 

2407
01:29:54,021 --> 01:29:55,156
PROCESS WE ARE LEARNING HOW WE 

2408
01:29:55,156 --> 01:29:56,724
ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BRING IN

2409
01:29:56,724 --> 01:29:58,259
THOSE FUNDS, BUT WE DO HAVE -- 

2410
01:29:58,259 --> 01:29:59,427
REMIND ME, COLLECTIONS BEGIN 

2411
01:29:59,427 --> 01:30:00,027
NEXT YEAR. THEORETICALLY, WE 

2412
01:30:00,027 --> 01:30:00,661
COULD START COLLECTING THAT 

2413
01:30:00,661 --> 01:30:00,995
FUNDING 2027? 

2414
01:30:00,995 --> 01:30:02,430
>> I BELIEVE SO. IT TAKES TO 

2415
01:30:02,430 --> 01:30:04,065
STAY A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO GET

2416
01:30:04,065 --> 01:30:05,233
THE TAX IN PLACE. MY 

2417
01:30:05,233 --> 01:30:06,701
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT STARTS 

2418
01:30:06,701 --> 01:30:13,341
NEXT YEAR. AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW 

2419
01:30:13,341 --> 01:30:14,408
QUITE WHAT KING COUNTY IS 

2420
01:30:14,408 --> 01:30:14,976
THINKING IN TERMS OF THEIR 

2421
01:30:14,976 --> 01:30:15,877
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES FOR 

2422
01:30:15,877 --> 01:30:16,511
WHEN THAT MONEY WOULD BE MADE 

2423
01:30:16,511 --> 01:30:16,811
AVAILABLE. 

2424
01:30:16,811 --> 01:30:18,312
>> THANK YOU. THAT'S REALLY 

2425
01:30:18,312 --> 01:30:28,823
HELPFUL. AS HE HEARD A PUBLIC 

2426
01:30:33,828 --> 01:30:34,462
COMMENT TOO, THERE'S A LOT OF 

2427
01:30:34,462 --> 01:30:35,163
APPETITE FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS. 

2428
01:30:35,163 --> 01:30:36,998
THERE WAS A NOTE CALLED OUT 

2429
01:30:36,998 --> 01:30:37,598
ABOUT OUR TRANSPORTATION LEVY 

2430
01:30:37,598 --> 01:30:38,666
WANTED TO GET THOSE ONLINE SO WE

2431
01:30:38,666 --> 01:30:39,434
ARE DELIVERING ON IMPORTANT 

2432
01:30:39,434 --> 01:30:40,201
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO CREATE 

2433
01:30:40,201 --> 01:30:41,102
MORE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND 

2434
01:30:41,102 --> 01:30:42,270
SAFETY FOR CYCLISTS AS WELL. ON 

2435
01:30:42,270 --> 01:30:43,504
THIS POINT, I AM WONDERING IF 

2436
01:30:43,504 --> 01:30:44,705
YOU COULD SPEAK IN BROAD STROKES

2437
01:30:44,705 --> 01:30:45,773
ABOUT THE CURRENT INVESTMENTS IN

2438
01:30:45,773 --> 01:30:46,607
TRANSPORTATION LEVY AS IT 

2439
01:30:46,607 --> 01:30:48,142
RELATES TO CAPITAL. WHAT WE ARE 

2440
01:30:48,142 --> 01:30:48,609
SPENDING TOWARDS ADA 

2441
01:30:48,609 --> 01:30:49,243
ACCESSIBILITY, CURB CUTS AND 

2442
01:30:49,243 --> 01:30:50,711
OTHER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. 

2443
01:30:50,711 --> 01:30:52,213
>> I DO NOT HAVE THOSE NUMBERS 

2444
01:30:52,213 --> 01:30:53,514
AT THE TOP OF MY HEAD AVAILABLE.

2445
01:30:53,514 --> 01:30:54,382
WE DO HAVE SPENDING BREAKDOWN 

2446
01:30:54,382 --> 01:30:55,016
AND REQUIREMENTS IN THAT LEVY 

2447
01:30:55,016 --> 01:30:57,051
THAT WENT TO VOTERS. I'M HAPPY 

2448
01:30:57,051 --> 01:30:58,352
TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND THE 

2449
01:30:58,352 --> 01:31:05,460
REST OF THE COMMITTEE TO CALLOUT

2450
01:31:05,460 --> 01:31:05,860
THOSE SPECIFICS. 

2451
01:31:05,860 --> 01:31:07,462
>> THANK YOU. AS WAS NOTED 

2452
01:31:07,462 --> 01:31:09,163
EARLIER, THERE WAS A CHANGE IN 

2453
01:31:09,163 --> 01:31:10,765
WHAT WAS INITIALLY PROPOSED TO 

2454
01:31:10,765 --> 01:31:14,202
THE PROPOSAL BEFORE US, INCREASE

2455
01:31:14,202 --> 01:31:15,436
GOING TOWARDS CAPITAL. COULD YOU

2456
01:31:15,436 --> 01:31:18,072
PUT IN PERSPECTIVE AND COLOR 

2457
01:31:18,072 --> 01:31:19,474
THAT TRADE OFF A LITTLE BIT MORE

2458
01:31:19,474 --> 01:31:23,277
IN TERMS OF WHAT 1.5 MILLION 

2459
01:31:23,277 --> 01:31:25,580
GETS US IN TERMS OF BUS SERVICE 

2460
01:31:25,580 --> 01:31:25,813
HOURS? 

2461
01:31:25,813 --> 01:31:34,488
>> I THINK -- WELL, I DON'T KNOW

2462
01:31:34,488 --> 01:31:36,057
WHAT THE INCREMENT IS, BUT THE 

2463
01:31:36,057 --> 01:31:39,827
$5 MILLION GETS ABOUT 15,000 

2464
01:31:39,827 --> 01:31:42,463
HOURS OF BUS SERVICE. 

2465
01:31:42,463 --> 01:31:51,239
>> 5 MILLION , 15. 

2466
01:31:51,239 --> 01:31:51,739
>> 15,000. 

2467
01:31:51,739 --> 01:31:53,007
>> I WILL DO SOME QUICK MATH SO 

2468
01:31:53,007 --> 01:31:54,308
HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET AN ANSWER 

2469
01:31:54,308 --> 01:31:56,911
TO TRANSLATE THAT. I AM , 

2470
01:31:56,911 --> 01:32:07,321
BROADLY SPEAKING, A BIT 

2471
01:32:08,055 --> 01:32:09,490
SKEPTICAL ABOUT INCREASING THE 

2472
01:32:09,490 --> 01:32:10,458
CAPITAL BUDGET IN THIS MEASURE, 

2473
01:32:10,458 --> 01:32:11,058
PARTICULARLY IF IT IS AT THE 

2474
01:32:11,058 --> 01:32:12,393
EXPENSE OF SERVICE HOURS FOR 

2475
01:32:12,393 --> 01:32:13,094
BUSES OR LOW INCOME TRANSIT 

2476
01:32:13,094 --> 01:32:13,995
PASSES. GIVEN THE RELATIVELY 

2477
01:32:13,995 --> 01:32:15,029
HIGH COST OF CAPITAL PROJECT 

2478
01:32:15,029 --> 01:32:15,563
COMPARED TO PURCHASING 

2479
01:32:15,563 --> 01:32:25,706
ADDITIONAL BUS SERVICE, HOW 

2480
01:32:25,706 --> 01:32:26,774
SHOULD WE WEIGH IN THOSE 

2481
01:32:26,774 --> 01:32:28,809
TRADE-OFFS IN ACHIEVING GREATEST

2482
01:32:28,809 --> 01:32:29,443
MOBILITY BENEFITS AT THIS TIME? 

2483
01:32:29,443 --> 01:32:29,977
MAYBE THIS IS FOR FUTURE 

2484
01:32:29,977 --> 01:32:30,611
COMMITTEE DISCUSSION. AGAIN, I 

2485
01:32:30,611 --> 01:32:32,446
WILL DO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OF 

2486
01:32:32,446 --> 01:32:33,247
MATH. BUT HOW CAN YOU HELP US 

2487
01:32:33,247 --> 01:32:34,448
UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE OF 

2488
01:32:34,448 --> 01:32:35,883
SOME OF THOSE TRADE-OFFS? 

2489
01:32:35,883 --> 01:32:43,858
>> I THINK WE CAN HELP PROVIDE 

2490
01:32:43,858 --> 01:32:44,659
INFORMATION ON WHAT THE COST OF 

2491
01:32:44,659 --> 01:32:45,993
SERVICE HOURS ARE, WHAT 

2492
01:32:45,993 --> 01:32:46,560
SUBCHONDRAL COST OF CAPITAL 

2493
01:32:46,560 --> 01:32:47,128
PROJECTS ARTHUR THE COUNCIL 

2494
01:32:47,128 --> 01:32:48,362
MEMBERS HAVE SOME SENSE OF WHAT 

2495
01:32:48,362 --> 01:32:53,000
THE OPTIONS ARE AND THEN IT IS 

2496
01:32:53,000 --> 01:32:53,601
YOUR PREROGATIVE OBVIOUSLY TO 

2497
01:32:53,601 --> 01:32:54,669
DIRECT US ON WHAT YOUR 

2498
01:32:54,669 --> 01:32:58,372
PRIORITIES ARE. 

2499
01:32:58,372 --> 01:32:59,674
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. SWITCHING

2500
01:32:59,674 --> 01:33:01,075
GEARS A LITTLE BIT. IT IS MY 

2501
01:33:01,075 --> 01:33:02,443
UNDERSTANDING WHILE SAFETY 

2502
01:33:02,443 --> 01:33:03,444
DOESN'T HAVE HIS OWN BUCKET, IT

2503
01:33:03,444 --> 01:33:05,079
IS AN ALLOWABLE USE FOR THE 

2504
01:33:05,079 --> 01:33:08,749
MEASURE. A NOT INSIGNIFICANT 

2505
01:33:08,749 --> 01:33:10,084
AMOUNT OF FUNDING SPENT ON 

2506
01:33:10,084 --> 01:33:10,751
SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS BY CITY AND 

2507
01:33:10,751 --> 01:33:15,656
COUNTY. YOU -- COULD YOU GIVE US

2508
01:33:15,656 --> 01:33:17,091
A LAY OF THE STATUS OF OUR 

2509
01:33:17,091 --> 01:33:17,758
EFFORTS OF SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS 

2510
01:33:17,758 --> 01:33:18,626
AROUND BUS STOPS? 

2511
01:33:18,626 --> 01:33:23,597
>> I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING I 

2512
01:33:23,597 --> 01:33:24,899
WILL HAVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE 

2513
01:33:24,899 --> 01:33:27,034
EXECUTIVE ON. I THINK THERE IS 

2514
01:33:27,034 --> 01:33:28,436
CERTAINLY A LOT OF THE ATTENTION

2515
01:33:28,436 --> 01:33:34,241
IS MORE ON BEHAVIORS AND 

2516
01:33:34,241 --> 01:33:34,976
ENFORCEMENT AND CLEANUP AND SOME

2517
01:33:34,976 --> 01:33:36,310
OTHER THINGS THAT ARE NOT 

2518
01:33:36,310 --> 01:33:44,318
TRADITIONALLY , NOT NECESSARILY 

2519
01:33:44,318 --> 01:33:44,885
HAVE BEEN TRANSPORTATION 

2520
01:33:44,885 --> 01:33:45,753
PROJECTS. I THINK THE 

2521
01:33:45,753 --> 01:33:46,687
CONVERSATION HAS BEEN AROUND HOW

2522
01:33:46,687 --> 01:33:47,755
TO COORDINATE LAW ENFORCEMENT 

2523
01:33:47,755 --> 01:33:50,257
RESPONSE . A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT

2524
01:33:50,257 --> 01:33:52,059
EFFORTS IT REALLY HAVEN'T BEEN 

2525
01:33:52,059 --> 01:33:59,266
ON A PART OF -- A LOT OF IT HAS 

2526
01:33:59,266 --> 01:34:00,067
BEEN SPECIFIC LOCATIONS. A LOT 

2527
01:34:00,067 --> 01:34:01,769
OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS 

2528
01:34:01,769 --> 01:34:04,572
AS WELL. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE 

2529
01:34:04,572 --> 01:34:05,272
THIS BACK AND ENGAGE THE 

2530
01:34:05,272 --> 01:34:07,508
EXECUTIVE A BIT TO TRY TO GET A 

2531
01:34:07,508 --> 01:34:09,076
BETTER ANSWER. 

2532
01:34:09,076 --> 01:34:10,378
>> THANK YOU. A LOT TO FOLLOW UP

2533
01:34:10,378 --> 01:34:19,387
ON ON THIS POINT. I WILL CLOSE 

2534
01:34:19,387 --> 01:34:20,821
WITH THIS NOTE, BECAUSE NOW WE 

2535
01:34:20,821 --> 01:34:21,622
HAVE. ABOUT 1.5 MILLION IS 

2536
01:34:21,622 --> 01:34:22,623
APPROXIMATELY 4500 HOURS OF 

2537
01:34:22,623 --> 01:34:24,325
SERVICE, JUST TO PUT THAT ON THE

2538
01:34:24,325 --> 01:34:25,826
RECORD . DOES CONCLUDE MY 

2539
01:34:25,826 --> 01:34:35,302
QUESTIONS FOR RIGHT NOW. I MIGHT

2540
01:34:35,302 --> 01:34:35,870
CHIME IN WITH ADDITIONAL 

2541
01:34:35,870 --> 01:34:36,904
CUSHIONS BASED ON HOW OUR 

2542
01:34:36,904 --> 01:34:37,772
CONVERSATION GOES DURING THE 

2543
01:34:37,772 --> 01:34:39,473
REST OF COMMITTEE. THANK YOU FOR

2544
01:34:39,473 --> 01:34:39,740
THE TIME. 

2545
01:34:39,740 --> 01:34:40,808
>> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. ANY 

2546
01:34:40,808 --> 01:34:42,343
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR 

2547
01:34:42,343 --> 01:34:45,746
QUESTIONS? STARTING FIRST WITH 

2548
01:34:45,746 --> 01:34:46,614
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 

2549
01:34:46,614 --> 01:34:49,817
>> -- FIRST, LET ME LET THE 

2550
01:34:49,817 --> 01:34:52,620
RECORD REFLECT A NOTE COUNCIL 

2551
01:34:52,620 --> 01:34:53,688
PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH IS HERE.

2552
01:34:53,688 --> 01:34:55,489
THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. 

2553
01:34:55,489 --> 01:35:02,196
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU 

2554
01:35:02,196 --> 01:35:03,531
CENTRAL STAFF FOR BEING HERE. 

2555
01:35:03,531 --> 01:35:06,333
APPRECIATE THE STAFF MEMO AND 

2556
01:35:06,333 --> 01:35:10,204
THE RUNDOWN THIS MORNING. I JUST

2557
01:35:10,204 --> 01:35:13,874
WANTED TO SAY A FEW THINGS . AS 

2558
01:35:13,874 --> 01:35:15,676
MY TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING WITH 

2559
01:35:15,676 --> 01:35:17,178
VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS WITH YOUR 

2560
01:35:17,178 --> 01:35:19,080
TEAM, CHAIR, DIFFERENT ASPECTS 

2561
01:35:19,080 --> 01:35:21,282
OF THIS. ALL THE VARIOUS DETAILS

2562
01:35:21,282 --> 01:35:25,753
THAT NEED TO BE WORKED THROUGH ,

2563
01:35:25,753 --> 01:35:27,521
JUST IN A BROAD SENSE, I DO 

2564
01:35:27,521 --> 01:35:29,123
BELIEVE IN THE STRONG PUBLIC 

2565
01:35:29,123 --> 01:35:31,225
TRANSIT SYSTEM. ONE THAT NEEDS 

2566
01:35:31,225 --> 01:35:32,726
TO SERVE THE ENTIRETY OF THE 

2567
01:35:32,726 --> 01:35:40,101
CITY TO INCLUDE ITS MOST DENSE 

2568
01:35:40,101 --> 01:35:40,701
AREAS, OF WHICH OBVIOUSLY MY 

2569
01:35:40,701 --> 01:35:42,203
DISTRICT IS THE MOST DENSE AREA.

2570
01:35:42,203 --> 01:35:44,105
I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, FOR 

2571
01:35:44,105 --> 01:35:44,772
EXAMPLE, THERE IS NO COVERAGE, 

2572
01:35:44,772 --> 01:35:52,113
NO TRANSIT WEST OF THIRD AVENUE.

2573
01:35:52,113 --> 01:35:53,514
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE AGREEMENTS 

2574
01:35:53,514 --> 01:35:54,615
RELATED TO THE WATERFRONT, BUT 

2575
01:35:54,615 --> 01:35:55,449
LONG-TERM WE DON'T HAVE A 

2576
01:35:55,449 --> 01:35:57,184
SOLUTION FOR THAT. THIS GOES FOR

2577
01:35:57,184 --> 01:36:05,259
THE DIFFERENT PIECES. THANKS TO 

2578
01:36:05,259 --> 01:36:06,193
THE LADY I MET EARLIER BEFORE 

2579
01:36:06,193 --> 01:36:07,094
THE MEETING HIGHLIGHTING AREAS 

2580
01:36:07,094 --> 01:36:08,362
LIKE WITH BALLARD. BUT NOT JUST 

2581
01:36:08,362 --> 01:36:09,864
BALLARD IN TERMS OF HAVING 

2582
01:36:09,864 --> 01:36:12,600
ACCESS . THAT CONNECTION. IT IS 

2583
01:36:12,600 --> 01:36:13,701
ALSO HAPPENING HERE IN DISTRICT 

2584
01:36:13,701 --> 01:36:15,002
7, PARTICULARLY WEST OF THIRD 

2585
01:36:15,002 --> 01:36:25,212
AVENUE. BECAUSE OF THE DENSE 

2586
01:36:25,212 --> 01:36:26,514
AREA, IT ALSO NEEDS TO SERVE THE

2587
01:36:26,514 --> 01:36:28,415
ENTIRETY OF THE CITY AS WELL. IT

2588
01:36:28,415 --> 01:36:30,050
IS NOT REALLY COVERED, BUT I 

2589
01:36:30,050 --> 01:36:33,654
WANTED TO RAISE IT. AN IMPACT 

2590
01:36:33,654 --> 01:36:34,655
FOR THE GREATER DOWNTOWN AREA, 

2591
01:36:34,655 --> 01:36:35,923
PARTICULARLY IN THE D7 PART, IS 

2592
01:36:35,923 --> 01:36:37,191
THAT TRANSIT IS NOT RIGHT SIZED 

2593
01:36:37,191 --> 01:36:38,292
FOR THE DISTRICT. I SEE THIS 

2594
01:36:38,292 --> 01:36:43,797
AGAIN AND AGAIN IN TERMS OF 

2595
01:36:43,797 --> 01:36:44,832
ESSENTIALLY WE HAVE 777 BUSES 

2596
01:36:44,832 --> 01:36:48,769
WHEN WE NEED SOME 737s FOR THE 

2597
01:36:48,769 --> 01:36:49,804
DOWNTOWN AREA. THIS PLAYS OUT IN

2598
01:36:49,804 --> 01:36:53,641
TERMS OF IMPACTING OVERALL 

2599
01:36:53,641 --> 01:36:54,742
TRANSIT. I THINK THIS IS 

2600
01:36:54,742 --> 01:36:55,709
SOMETHING THAT ATLEE SHOULD BE 

2601
01:36:55,709 --> 01:36:57,111
RAISED AND DISCUSSED AS AN 

2602
01:36:57,111 --> 01:37:02,249
OPPORTUNITY. BECAUSE THE 

2603
01:37:02,249 --> 01:37:02,950
RIGHTSIZING HELPS THE OVERALL 

2604
01:37:02,950 --> 01:37:04,285
SYSTEM AN INTERN THAT HELPS 

2605
01:37:04,285 --> 01:37:09,657
EVERYBODY. BIG THING I WANTED TO

2606
01:37:09,657 --> 01:37:10,858
FOOT STOMP THE CHAIR'S, IS THAT

2607
01:37:10,858 --> 01:37:20,334
THE SERVICE NEEDS TO BE SAFE. 

2608
01:37:20,334 --> 01:37:21,969
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A 

2609
01:37:21,969 --> 01:37:22,837
CRITICISM. BUT THE CENTRAL STAFF

2610
01:37:22,837 --> 01:37:23,938
DOESN'T TALK ABOUT CENTRAL 

2611
01:37:23,938 --> 01:37:24,939
SAFETY. WE THROW AROUND THE TERM

2612
01:37:24,939 --> 01:37:26,140
COVID. COVID IS KIND OF LIKE 

2613
01:37:26,140 --> 01:37:26,907
THIS BLANKET NEUTRAL, ALMOST 

2614
01:37:26,907 --> 01:37:28,342
LIKE AN ACT OF GOD THING. IN 

2615
01:37:28,342 --> 01:37:30,311
TERMS OF WEATHER EVENTS . 

2616
01:37:30,311 --> 01:37:32,313
OBVIOUSLY, THIS WAS RELATED TO 

2617
01:37:32,313 --> 01:37:33,714
THE PANDEMIC. BUT THERE WAS A 

2618
01:37:33,714 --> 01:37:35,149
LOT OF DECISIONS MADE DURING 

2619
01:37:35,149 --> 01:37:39,286
COVID BY THE COUNTY AND THE CITY

2620
01:37:39,286 --> 01:37:42,523
THAT REALLY IMPACTED THE SERVICE

2621
01:37:42,523 --> 01:37:43,691
OF OUR PUBLIC TRANSIT. IT REALLY

2622
01:37:43,691 --> 01:37:45,993
IMPACTED THE SAFETY ON OUR 

2623
01:37:45,993 --> 01:37:48,329
TRANSIT SYSTEM. I DON'T THINK 

2624
01:37:48,329 --> 01:37:56,370
WE COULD USE THE WORD COVID. WE 

2625
01:37:56,370 --> 01:37:57,504
HAVE TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO 

2626
01:37:57,504 --> 01:37:58,272
THE PUBLIC SAFETY IMPACTS OF 

2627
01:37:58,272 --> 01:37:59,873
WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO OUR SYSTEM.

2628
01:37:59,873 --> 01:38:01,609
THAT IS THE REASON WHY WE HAVE 

2629
01:38:01,609 --> 01:38:06,413
HAD LOWER, YOU KNOW, RIDERSHIP ,

2630
01:38:06,413 --> 01:38:07,815
ON THE BUSES. I AM THINKING 

2631
01:38:07,815 --> 01:38:09,116
ABOUT BEING AT A SCHOOL EVENT. 

2632
01:38:09,116 --> 01:38:13,854
THEREFORE AN HOUR AND A HALF. WE

2633
01:38:13,854 --> 01:38:15,389
HAD METRO, BUT KING COUNTY 

2634
01:38:15,389 --> 01:38:20,194
SHERIFF, SPD AND SOME OTHERS . I

2635
01:38:20,194 --> 01:38:30,738
WAS LISTENING TO THESE STUDENTS 

2636
01:38:38,178 --> 01:38:39,280
, PRIMARILY JUNIORS AND SENIORS.

2637
01:38:39,280 --> 01:38:40,147
THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THEIR 

2638
01:38:40,147 --> 01:38:41,148
EXPERIENCES WRITING BACK TO THE 

2639
01:38:41,148 --> 01:38:42,216
SCHOOL AS FRESHMAN AND 

2640
01:38:42,216 --> 01:38:42,816
SOPHOMORES. IT WAS HORRIFIC. 

2641
01:38:42,816 --> 01:38:43,817
INITIALLY THEY STARTED WITH 

2642
01:38:43,817 --> 01:38:44,485
PEOPLE READING TESTIMONIALS FROM

2643
01:38:44,485 --> 01:38:45,319
OTHER STUDENTS, BUT THEN THE 

2644
01:38:45,319 --> 01:38:46,353
STUDENT STARTED STANDING UP AND 

2645
01:38:46,353 --> 01:38:47,421
SPEAKING. AND THESE YOUNG WOMEN 

2646
01:38:47,421 --> 01:38:48,255
WERE TALKING ABOUT THE 

2647
01:38:48,255 --> 01:38:49,223
EXPERIENCES THEY HAD TO DEAL 

2648
01:38:49,223 --> 01:38:50,557
WITH ON OUR BUSES. IT WAS 

2649
01:38:50,557 --> 01:38:51,558
HORRIFIC. EVEN YOUNG MEN. THESE 

2650
01:38:51,558 --> 01:38:52,393
STUDENTS WERE TALKING ABOUT 

2651
01:38:52,393 --> 01:38:54,662
THEIR EXPERIENCES. IF WE WANT TO

2652
01:38:54,662 --> 01:39:01,201
WONDER WHY RIDERSHIP DIPPED, 

2653
01:39:01,201 --> 01:39:02,536
YES, COVID IS DEFINITELY A PIECE

2654
01:39:02,536 --> 01:39:03,637
OF THAT, BUT THAT IS JUST ONE 

2655
01:39:03,637 --> 01:39:05,272
PIECE. WE NEED TO ACCOUNT FOR 

2656
01:39:05,272 --> 01:39:09,576
PUBLIC SAFETY ASPECTS. WE NEED 

2657
01:39:09,576 --> 01:39:10,844
SAVE RIDERSHIP. WE NEED A SAFE 

2658
01:39:10,844 --> 01:39:12,313
EXPERIENCE AND SAFE ENVIRONMENT 

2659
01:39:12,313 --> 01:39:19,019
FOR EVERYONE RIDING ON BUSES. I 

2660
01:39:19,019 --> 01:39:20,287
WILL ADD, BY THE WAY, NOT JUST 

2661
01:39:20,287 --> 01:39:21,188
WRITING THAT, BUT WHILE WAITING 

2662
01:39:21,188 --> 01:39:22,323
FOR THE BUSES OR WAITING FOR A 

2663
01:39:22,323 --> 01:39:24,958
TRANSFER. WHEREVER IT MAY BE. IT

2664
01:39:24,958 --> 01:39:26,393
IS INCUMBENT ON US OH CITY TO 

2665
01:39:26,393 --> 01:39:27,428
WORK WITH THE COUNTY, BECAUSE 

2666
01:39:27,428 --> 01:39:28,595
OFTENTIMES WE HEAR ABOUT 

2667
01:39:28,595 --> 01:39:32,132
JURISDICTION. WHERE DOES THE 

2668
01:39:32,132 --> 01:39:32,933
COUNTY RESPONSIBILITY END AND 

2669
01:39:32,933 --> 01:39:34,501
WHERE THE CITY STARTS. WE TALK 

2670
01:39:34,501 --> 01:39:35,869
ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME. LITTLE 

2671
01:39:35,869 --> 01:39:46,246
SAIGON, I HAVE BEEN DOWN THERE A

2672
01:39:46,246 --> 01:39:46,847
COUPLE TIMES RECENTLY WITH 

2673
01:39:46,847 --> 01:39:47,548
COUNCILMEMBER LIN OF PUBLIC 

2674
01:39:47,548 --> 01:39:48,882
SAFETY WALKS, AND YOU SEE ISSUES

2675
01:39:48,882 --> 01:39:50,050
RELATED TO PUBLIC TRANSIT ALL 

2676
01:39:50,050 --> 01:39:51,118
THE TIME. NOT JUST LITTLE 

2677
01:39:51,118 --> 01:39:52,653
SAIGON, BUT ALL OVER. A LOT OF 

2678
01:39:52,653 --> 01:39:53,387
TALK ABOUT NORTH SEATTLE. SAME 

2679
01:39:53,387 --> 01:39:54,521
THING. IS THAT A SAFE 

2680
01:39:54,521 --> 01:39:55,289
ENVIRONMENT FOR THOSE USING 

2681
01:39:55,289 --> 01:40:02,930
TRANSIT ON AURORA? NO. THAT 

2682
01:40:02,930 --> 01:40:03,597
REALLY NEEDS TO BE ADDED IN. IT 

2683
01:40:03,597 --> 01:40:04,798
NEEDS TO BE TALKED ABOUT. WE 

2684
01:40:04,798 --> 01:40:06,467
ALSO NEED TO LOOK BACK AT THE 

2685
01:40:06,467 --> 01:40:07,401
DECISIONS ME TO MAKE SURE WE 

2686
01:40:07,401 --> 01:40:08,502
DON'T MAKE THOSE MISTAKES 

2687
01:40:08,502 --> 01:40:09,403
AGAIN. THE LAST PIECE IS, AND 

2688
01:40:09,403 --> 01:40:10,838
THIS IS RIGHTFULLY RAISED, SALES

2689
01:40:10,838 --> 01:40:18,345
TAX IS REGRESSIVE. IT IS OUR 

2690
01:40:18,345 --> 01:40:19,880
ONLY WAY. I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT

2691
01:40:19,880 --> 01:40:20,614
THERE IS A GOOD GOVERNANCE 

2692
01:40:20,614 --> 01:40:21,448
AFFORDABILITY PIECE HERE. WE 

2693
01:40:21,448 --> 01:40:23,016
NEED TO BE THINKING AS COUNCIL 

2694
01:40:23,016 --> 01:40:30,124
MEMBERS TO STEP BACK AND THINK 

2695
01:40:30,124 --> 01:40:31,425
BIG PICTURE AS WELL. WE NEED TO 

2696
01:40:31,425 --> 01:40:32,226
STEP THROUGH THESE VARIOUS 

2697
01:40:32,226 --> 01:40:33,494
ASPECTS, BECAUSE WE JUST HAD A 

2698
01:40:33,494 --> 01:40:34,495
MEETING YESTERDAY WITH SEATTLE 

2699
01:40:34,495 --> 01:40:35,763
CITY LIGHT. IT IS GOING TO BE 

2700
01:40:35,763 --> 01:40:36,897
BIG INCREASES FROM CITY LIGHT IN

2701
01:40:36,897 --> 01:40:47,441
TERMS OF RATES . I USED TO BE ON

2702
01:40:47,574 --> 01:40:48,075
THE REGIONAL WATER QUALITY 

2703
01:40:48,075 --> 01:40:48,909
COMMITTEE. SO I HAVE DEEP 

2704
01:40:48,909 --> 01:40:50,110
BACKGROUND ON WHAT IS HAPPENING 

2705
01:40:50,110 --> 01:40:51,378
WITH SPU AND WATER RATES. PUGET 

2706
01:40:51,378 --> 01:40:52,679
SOUND ENERGY AS WELL. OBVIOUSLY,

2707
01:40:52,679 --> 01:40:53,313
PROPERTY TAXES, VARIOUS OTHER 

2708
01:40:53,313 --> 01:40:54,214
TAXES THAT WE HAVE DONE, BUT 

2709
01:40:54,214 --> 01:40:55,682
ALSO THE COUNTY IN THE STATE. WE

2710
01:40:55,682 --> 01:40:57,251
HAVE MENTIONED THE COUNTY DOING 

2711
01:40:57,251 --> 01:40:59,586
ITS THING. THESE ARE ALL 

2712
01:40:59,586 --> 01:41:00,954
CUMULATIVE. TO KEEP THE BIG 

2713
01:41:00,954 --> 01:41:09,229
PICTURE? I HAVE NOTHING TO 

2714
01:41:09,229 --> 01:41:10,497
SUGGEST TO ME THAT THE CITY AND 

2715
01:41:10,497 --> 01:41:11,932
COUNTY IN THE STATE EVER TALK TO

2716
01:41:11,932 --> 01:41:13,200
EACH OTHER AND THINK ABOUT THE 

2717
01:41:13,200 --> 01:41:14,268
IMPACTS OF WHAT THEY ARE DOING 

2718
01:41:14,268 --> 01:41:15,335
ON THE OTHER LEVELS OF 

2719
01:41:15,335 --> 01:41:16,136
GOVERNMENT. AND VICE VERSA. 

2720
01:41:16,136 --> 01:41:23,343
BECAUSE THE CUMULATIVE IS 

2721
01:41:23,343 --> 01:41:23,877
IMMENSE. IT GOES TO THE 

2722
01:41:23,877 --> 01:41:24,645
AFFORDABILITY CHALLENGE. WE NEED

2723
01:41:24,645 --> 01:41:25,813
TO BE THINKING ABOUT THESE 

2724
01:41:25,813 --> 01:41:27,214
THINGS I SAY THIS AS MUCH AS TO 

2725
01:41:27,214 --> 01:41:28,682
REALLY HONE IN ON CITY LIGHT OR 

2726
01:41:28,682 --> 01:41:29,917
SPU OR THE OTHER ELEMENTS WE 

2727
01:41:29,917 --> 01:41:31,752
HAVE BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE 

2728
01:41:31,752 --> 01:41:34,221
DAY, WE TALK ABOUT AFFORDABILITY

2729
01:41:34,221 --> 01:41:35,756
LIKE IT IS COMING FROM THE 

2730
01:41:35,756 --> 01:41:37,391
OUTSIDE. FROM DIFFERENT WAYS. WE

2731
01:41:37,391 --> 01:41:38,759
CAN TALK ABOUT THE TRUMP 

2732
01:41:38,759 --> 01:41:40,060
ADMINISTRATION AND ITS IMPACTS 

2733
01:41:40,060 --> 01:41:50,537
ON INFLATION FROM FIRST THE 

2734
01:41:50,771 --> 01:41:52,072
TARIFFS AND NOW THE AIRLINE 

2735
01:41:52,072 --> 01:41:52,873
MORE, BUT WE HAVE TO BE 

2736
01:41:52,873 --> 01:41:53,574
ACCOUNTABLE TO OURSELVES IN 

2737
01:41:53,574 --> 01:41:54,908
TERMS OF OUR ROLE IN CREATING 

2738
01:41:54,908 --> 01:41:56,176
THIS AFFORDABILITY PROBLEM AS A 

2739
01:41:56,176 --> 01:41:57,044
GOVERNMENT. CHAIR, I WANTED TO 

2740
01:41:57,044 --> 01:41:57,878
HIGHLIGHT THAT IS KIND OF 

2741
01:41:57,878 --> 01:41:58,846
STEPPING BACK FROM THE TRANSIT 

2742
01:41:58,846 --> 01:42:05,619
MEASURE ITSELF, BUT JUST TO 

2743
01:42:05,619 --> 01:42:06,353
HIGHLIGHT THAT, BECAUSE THE 

2744
01:42:06,353 --> 01:42:07,454
VARIOUS LENSES WE USED TO LOOK 

2745
01:42:07,454 --> 01:42:08,589
AT THESE BILLS AND SPECIFICALLY 

2746
01:42:08,589 --> 01:42:10,157
THIS ONE, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT 

2747
01:42:10,157 --> 01:42:12,126
FROM THAT GOOD GOVERNANCE AND 

2748
01:42:12,126 --> 01:42:12,759
WITH THE IDEA OF AFFORDABILITY, 

2749
01:42:12,759 --> 01:42:16,697
BECAUSE THE IMPACTS ON EVERYONE 

2750
01:42:16,697 --> 01:42:18,131
IS INCREDIBLE. THANK YOU, CHAIR.

2751
01:42:18,265 --> 01:42:19,700
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, CAN I 

2752
01:42:19,700 --> 01:42:20,300
RESPOND TO SOME OF YOUR 

2753
01:42:20,300 --> 01:42:20,567
COMMENTS? 

2754
01:42:20,567 --> 01:42:23,003
>> OF COURSE. 

2755
01:42:23,003 --> 01:42:24,338
>> YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 

2756
01:42:24,338 --> 01:42:30,077
>> YOUR POINT ABOUT SAFETY IS 

2757
01:42:30,077 --> 01:42:34,748
WELL TAKEN. I WAS A KING COUNTY 

2758
01:42:34,748 --> 01:42:37,084
METRO ALSO SHARES YOUR CONCERNS 

2759
01:42:37,084 --> 01:42:47,594
. THEY HAVE , I THINK AS WAS 

2760
01:42:50,264 --> 01:42:50,931
DISCUSSED EARLIER, METRO HAS 

2761
01:42:50,931 --> 01:42:52,132
MORE THAN DOUBLED THE AMOUNT OF 

2762
01:42:52,132 --> 01:42:53,367
SPENDING ON SAFETY AND SECURITY 

2763
01:42:53,367 --> 01:42:54,234
OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. NOT 

2764
01:42:54,234 --> 01:42:56,069
JUST IN TERMS OF METRO TRANSIT 

2765
01:42:56,069 --> 01:42:57,938
POLICE AND THE TRANSIT SECURITY 

2766
01:42:57,938 --> 01:43:01,975
OFFICERS , BUT ALSO WITH THE 

2767
01:43:01,975 --> 01:43:03,911
INCLUSION OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 

2768
01:43:03,911 --> 01:43:07,648
SPECIALISTS . SO THAT IS A 

2769
01:43:07,648 --> 01:43:10,784
DIFFERENT WAY OF LOOKING AT 

2770
01:43:10,784 --> 01:43:17,257
SAFETY . NOT JUST WITH A STICK. 

2771
01:43:17,257 --> 01:43:21,662
NOT JUST WITH SURVEILLANCE. BUT 

2772
01:43:21,662 --> 01:43:22,930
LAUNCHING AND EXPANDING METRO'S

2773
01:43:22,930 --> 01:43:23,564
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SPECIALISTS 

2774
01:43:23,564 --> 01:43:25,065
AND AMBASSADOR PROGRAMS TO 

2775
01:43:25,065 --> 01:43:27,134
PROVIDE NON-OFFICER PRESENCE IN 

2776
01:43:27,134 --> 01:43:30,437
THE SYSTEM . 

2777
01:43:30,437 --> 01:43:32,306
>> IF I COULD JUST ADD, WE HAVE 

2778
01:43:32,306 --> 01:43:37,411
SPENT THAT 

2779
01:43:37,411 --> 01:43:38,946
>> PLEASE DO. BECAUSE I WOULD 

2780
01:43:38,946 --> 01:43:40,213
GET PUBLIC SAFETY HOLISTICALLY 

2781
01:43:40,213 --> 01:43:48,755
ACROSS THE BOARD, AND TO 

2782
01:43:48,755 --> 01:43:49,823
INCLUDE, IT IS IN OUR STRATEGIC 

2783
01:43:49,823 --> 01:43:50,891
FRAMEWORK PLAN, THE PUBLIC 

2784
01:43:50,891 --> 01:43:51,558
SAFETY, BUT ALSO THE PUBLIC 

2785
01:43:51,558 --> 01:43:52,292
HEALTH, HOUSING HUMAN SERVICES. 

2786
01:43:52,292 --> 01:43:53,293
EVERYTHING I SAID SPEAKS TO 

2787
01:43:53,293 --> 01:43:54,928
THAT. I BRING IN A COMPREHENSIVE

2788
01:43:54,928 --> 01:43:55,829
WAY, NOT JUST WITH THE 

2789
01:43:55,829 --> 01:43:56,897
SURVEILLANCE PIECES IN THE LAKE.

2790
01:43:56,897 --> 01:43:58,398
I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. 

2791
01:43:58,398 --> 01:43:59,733
BECAUSE IT IS IMPLYING ALMOST 

2792
01:43:59,733 --> 01:44:10,310
THAT I'M SPEAKING SPD OR KING 

2793
01:44:12,379 --> 01:44:12,679
COUNTY SHERIFF. 

2794
01:44:12,679 --> 01:44:14,147
>> I THANK YOU BEEN VERY CLEAR 

2795
01:44:14,147 --> 01:44:15,182
OVER TIME OF HER INTEREST IN 

2796
01:44:15,182 --> 01:44:16,483
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOW IT AFFECTS

2797
01:44:16,483 --> 01:44:17,417
ALL THESE DIFFERENT PIECES AND 

2798
01:44:17,417 --> 01:44:18,418
HOW THEY ARE INTERTWINED. I 

2799
01:44:18,418 --> 01:44:19,620
THINK THE REALITY IS THAT PAST 

2800
01:44:19,620 --> 01:44:20,687
COUNCIL ACTION HAS DIRECTED SOME

2801
01:44:20,687 --> 01:44:21,288
RESOURCES TO TRANSPORTATION 

2802
01:44:21,288 --> 01:44:24,925
SPECIFICALLY HOW TO PIGGYBACK ON

2803
01:44:24,925 --> 01:44:26,560
THE KING COUNTY EFFORTS, BUT TO 

2804
01:44:26,560 --> 01:44:28,362
INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF 

2805
01:44:28,362 --> 01:44:31,131
ENFORCEMENT AND STAFF SUPPORT ON

2806
01:44:31,131 --> 01:44:32,566
THE FIELD TO DEAL WITH THESE 

2807
01:44:32,566 --> 01:44:36,703
ISSUES . THERE IS MONEY IN THE 

2808
01:44:36,703 --> 01:44:37,904
LEVEE TO HELP ADDRESS SOME OF 

2809
01:44:37,904 --> 01:44:39,072
THESE THINGS AS WELL. YOU HAVE 

2810
01:44:39,072 --> 01:44:40,774
BEEN VERY CONSISTENT ABOUT 

2811
01:44:40,774 --> 01:44:51,318
IDENTIFYING THAT . I THINK WHAT 

2812
01:44:54,855 --> 01:44:55,956
WE CAN DO IS GO BACK AND MAKE 

2813
01:44:55,956 --> 01:44:57,357
SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO ANSWER 

2814
01:44:57,357 --> 01:44:58,592
THE QUESTION OF WHAT THAT LOOKS 

2815
01:44:58,592 --> 01:44:59,626
LIKE, AT WHAT FUNDING LEVELS, 

2816
01:44:59,626 --> 01:45:00,927
WHAT WE KNOW THAT THE COUNTY IS 

2817
01:45:00,927 --> 01:45:01,962
DOING SO YOU HAVE THAT 

2818
01:45:01,962 --> 01:45:02,963
INFORMATION AS YOU MOVE THE 

2819
01:45:02,963 --> 01:45:03,463
DELIBERATION FURTHER. 

2820
01:45:03,463 --> 01:45:04,464
>> YES. I WAS SPEAKING 

2821
01:45:04,464 --> 01:45:05,265
SPECIFICALLY TO THE TRANSIT 

2822
01:45:05,265 --> 01:45:06,500
RIDERSHIP PATTERNS, PAGE 307. 

2823
01:45:06,500 --> 01:45:07,668
THAT SECTION IN TERMS OF MY 

2824
01:45:07,668 --> 01:45:10,437
REMARKS ON COVID. YES, I'M WELL

2825
01:45:10,437 --> 01:45:11,038
AWARE OF WHAT KING COUNTY IS 

2826
01:45:11,038 --> 01:45:12,139
DOING. THIS IS SOMETHING I 

2827
01:45:12,139 --> 01:45:12,773
WORKED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE 

2828
01:45:12,773 --> 01:45:14,775
CHAIR ON. AND AT THE END OF THE 

2829
01:45:14,775 --> 01:45:18,078
DAY, THOUGH, YOU CAN GO BY THE 

2830
01:45:18,078 --> 01:45:18,945
BUS STOPS AT LITTLE SAIGON OR 

2831
01:45:18,945 --> 01:45:20,781
SOME OTHER AREAS, AND THERE IS 

2832
01:45:20,781 --> 01:45:23,684
SO MUCH MORE WORK TO BE DONE. 

2833
01:45:23,684 --> 01:45:25,052
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 

2834
01:45:25,052 --> 01:45:29,690
KETTLE. WELL SAID AND APPRECIATE

2835
01:45:29,690 --> 01:45:33,827
YOUR COMMENTS AND THE ADDITIONAL

2836
01:45:33,827 --> 01:45:35,762
CLARITY YOU ADDED ON WHAT KING 

2837
01:45:35,762 --> 01:45:46,239
COUNTY METRO IS DOING WITH 

2838
01:45:46,873 --> 01:45:47,908
RESPECT TO HOW THEY ESSENTIALLY 

2839
01:45:47,908 --> 01:45:48,742
DOUBLED THEIR INVESTMENTS. I'M 

2840
01:45:48,742 --> 01:45:50,377
GLAD THEY ARE DOING THAT. THEY 

2841
01:45:50,377 --> 01:45:52,045
NEED TO DO THAT. MAYBE THERE'S 

2842
01:45:52,045 --> 01:45:52,679
AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO EVEN MORE. 

2843
01:45:52,679 --> 01:45:53,380
WITH THIS CONVERSATION IS ABOUT 

2844
01:45:53,380 --> 01:45:55,015
TODAY IS WHAT WE ARE DOING. THIS

2845
01:45:55,015 --> 01:45:56,316
IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO INVEST 

2846
01:45:56,316 --> 01:46:02,522
MORE. OR NOT. THIS IS OUR 

2847
01:46:02,522 --> 01:46:03,156
OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ANOTHER BITE

2848
01:46:03,156 --> 01:46:04,624
AT THE APPLE. THIS IS OUR 

2849
01:46:04,624 --> 01:46:05,125
OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE 

2850
01:46:05,125 --> 01:46:05,959
ADDITIONAL FUNDING OR NOT. ON 

2851
01:46:05,959 --> 01:46:07,060
TOP OF THOSE BASELINE WHAT METRO

2852
01:46:07,060 --> 01:46:09,396
IS ALREADY DOING TODAY. ARE WE 

2853
01:46:09,396 --> 01:46:12,332
UP FOR THE CHALLENGE OR NOT? I 

2854
01:46:12,332 --> 01:46:14,568
WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT WE ARE.

2855
01:46:14,568 --> 01:46:18,438
BECAUSE AGAIN, CENTRAL TENET AND

2856
01:46:18,438 --> 01:46:22,109
THEME UNDERLYING THE ENTIRE 

2857
01:46:22,109 --> 01:46:23,610
CREATION AND BODY OF WORK 

2858
01:46:23,610 --> 01:46:29,549
PRODUCT OF THE KING COUNTY 

2859
01:46:29,549 --> 01:46:30,217
REGIONAL TRANSIT SAFETY AND 

2860
01:46:30,217 --> 01:46:31,685
SECURITY TASK FORCE IS THAT 

2861
01:46:31,685 --> 01:46:32,519
TRANSIT SAFETY AND SECURITY IS A

2862
01:46:32,519 --> 01:46:33,220
SHARED RESPONSIBILITY. 

2863
01:46:33,220 --> 01:46:34,454
RESPONSIBILITY SHARED. ALL OF 

2864
01:46:34,454 --> 01:46:37,357
US. TO AVOID THE 

2865
01:46:37,357 --> 01:46:39,659
COUNTERPRODUCTIVE 

2866
01:46:39,659 --> 01:46:47,367
FINGER-POINTING AND DEFLECTING 

2867
01:46:47,367 --> 01:46:49,336
OF BLAME. WE ALL OWN A PIECE. 

2868
01:46:49,336 --> 01:46:49,970
I'M GLAD KING COUNTY METRO IS 

2869
01:46:49,970 --> 01:46:50,971
DOING IT. I KNOW THEY ARE 

2870
01:46:50,971 --> 01:46:51,938
COMMITTED TO IMPROVING THE 

2871
01:46:51,938 --> 01:46:52,873
EXPERIENCE OF TRANSIT SAFETY AND

2872
01:46:52,873 --> 01:46:54,207
SECURITY FOR RIDERS AND THE 

2873
01:46:54,207 --> 01:46:55,976
WORKERS, THE OPERATORS. I KNOW 

2874
01:46:55,976 --> 01:47:05,652
THEY ARE COMMITTED TO THAT WORK.

2875
01:47:05,652 --> 01:47:07,554
BUT WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY 

2876
01:47:07,554 --> 01:47:08,421
TOO. ANYWAY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL 

2877
01:47:08,421 --> 01:47:09,589
MEMBER CAPITAL. WILL SET. 

2878
01:47:09,589 --> 01:47:10,157
COUNCIL MEMBER LIN. YOU ARE 

2879
01:47:10,157 --> 01:47:10,457
RECOGNIZED. 

2880
01:47:10,457 --> 01:47:11,892
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU 

2881
01:47:11,892 --> 01:47:15,996
TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE , TO ALL 

2882
01:47:15,996 --> 01:47:17,497
THE ADVOCATES AND MEMBERS OF THE

2883
01:47:17,497 --> 01:47:23,336
PUBLIC WHO CAME TO SPEAK TODAY .

2884
01:47:23,336 --> 01:47:24,571
YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN EXCITING 

2885
01:47:24,571 --> 01:47:32,345
OPPORTUNITY AS WE LOOK AT OUR 

2886
01:47:32,345 --> 01:47:33,580
THINGS LIKE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 

2887
01:47:33,580 --> 01:47:34,681
AND THE NEED FOR US TO REIMAGINE

2888
01:47:34,681 --> 01:47:37,851
THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY , MAKING 

2889
01:47:37,851 --> 01:47:39,453
SURE THAT WE HAVE STRONG TRANSIT

2890
01:47:39,453 --> 01:47:40,654
INVESTMENTS THAT ALIGN WITH OUR 

2891
01:47:40,654 --> 01:47:48,428
GROSS . COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, I

2892
01:47:48,428 --> 01:47:49,729
KNOW YOU HAVE RAISED THIS ISSUE.

2893
01:47:49,729 --> 01:47:50,397
THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING SURE 

2894
01:47:50,397 --> 01:47:54,734
THAT AS WE FOCUS OUR DENSITY IN 

2895
01:47:54,734 --> 01:47:55,469
CERTAIN AREAS THAT WE HAVE 

2896
01:47:55,469 --> 01:47:56,102
TRANSIT THAT ALIGNS WELL WITH 

2897
01:47:56,102 --> 01:47:57,771
THAT TO SERVICE THAT INCREASED 

2898
01:47:57,771 --> 01:47:59,739
GROWTH. AND YOU KNOW, I'VE 

2899
01:47:59,739 --> 01:48:01,975
HEARD IT A LOT AS PEOPLE TALKED 

2900
01:48:01,975 --> 01:48:12,485
ABOUT , CENTERS AND CORRIDORS 

2901
01:48:16,389 --> 01:48:17,123
AND MAKING SURE AS WE LOOK AT 

2902
01:48:17,123 --> 01:48:17,924
INCREASING DENSITY ALONG OUR 

2903
01:48:17,924 --> 01:48:18,925
FREQUENT TRANSIT ROUTES, MEMBERS

2904
01:48:18,925 --> 01:48:20,126
OF THE PUBLIC ARE LIKE, WELL, IS

2905
01:48:20,126 --> 01:48:21,962
THIS REALLY GOING TO, YOU KNOW, 

2906
01:48:21,962 --> 01:48:26,500
CAN WE BE CONFIDENT THAT THERE 

2907
01:48:26,500 --> 01:48:27,434
WILL CONTINUE TO BE FREQUENT 

2908
01:48:27,434 --> 01:48:28,401
TRANSIT ON THIS ROUTE? BECAUSE 

2909
01:48:28,401 --> 01:48:29,636
FROM TIME TO TIME, SOME ROUTES 

2910
01:48:29,636 --> 01:48:31,671
CHANGE. AND SO, HAVING A 10 YEAR

2911
01:48:31,671 --> 01:48:33,473
DEDICATED FUND TO MAKE SURE THAT

2912
01:48:33,473 --> 01:48:34,908
WE DO HAVE THAT CONSISTENT 

2913
01:48:34,908 --> 01:48:42,582
TRANSIT , I THINK, IT REALLY 

2914
01:48:42,582 --> 01:48:43,984
HELPS US PROVIDE THAT CONFIDENCE

2915
01:48:43,984 --> 01:48:44,818
TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AS WE 

2916
01:48:44,818 --> 01:48:45,652
DO OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING. 

2917
01:48:45,652 --> 01:48:47,420
YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT THIS IS 

2918
01:48:47,420 --> 01:48:56,463
CRITICAL , AS WE HEARD PEOPLE 

2919
01:48:56,463 --> 01:48:57,797
SPEAK, FOR PEOPLE TO JUST GET 

2920
01:48:57,797 --> 01:49:00,066
THEIR BASIC NEEDS MET, TO GET TO

2921
01:49:00,066 --> 01:49:02,502
THE DOCTOR, TO GET TO SCHOOL AND

2922
01:49:02,502 --> 01:49:03,103
SO MUCH MORE. IT IS NECESSARY 

2923
01:49:03,103 --> 01:49:03,737
FOR OUR CLIMATE GOALS. IT IS 

2924
01:49:03,737 --> 01:49:07,073
ALSO GOOD FOR DRIVERS. AS YOU 

2925
01:49:07,073 --> 01:49:08,642
KNOW, WE KNOW OUR ROADS ARE NOT 

2926
01:49:08,642 --> 01:49:10,477
GOING TO GET ANY BIGGER. AND AS 

2927
01:49:10,477 --> 01:49:11,077
POPULATION GROWTH CONTINUES, 

2928
01:49:11,077 --> 01:49:12,112
THERE IS ONLY SO MUCH ROOM. WE 

2929
01:49:12,112 --> 01:49:15,916
HAVE MADE GREAT PROGRESS ON 

2930
01:49:15,916 --> 01:49:16,850
GROWING OUR POPULATION WITHOUT 

2931
01:49:16,850 --> 01:49:22,522
INCREASING CAR OWNERSHIP. AND 

2932
01:49:22,522 --> 01:49:23,189
SO, JUST DON'T WANT TO IGNORE 

2933
01:49:23,189 --> 01:49:30,397
THAT. THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER

2934
01:49:30,397 --> 01:49:30,997
KETTLE TO RAISING THE PUBLIC 

2935
01:49:30,997 --> 01:49:32,365
SAFETY. I DO THINK PUBLIC SAFETY

2936
01:49:32,365 --> 01:49:34,968
ON OUR TRANSIT IS ESSENTIAL. I 

2937
01:49:34,968 --> 01:49:36,636
GUESS ONE QUESTION IS, AS WE 

2938
01:49:36,636 --> 01:49:39,873
LOOK AT A 10 YEAR KIND OF 

2939
01:49:39,873 --> 01:49:40,640
SPENDING PLAN, JUST WONDERING 

2940
01:49:40,640 --> 01:49:50,317
HOW MUCH FLEXIBILITY THERE IS AS

2941
01:49:50,317 --> 01:49:50,884
CIRCUMSTANCES MIGHT CHANGE. 

2942
01:49:50,884 --> 01:49:51,518
HOPEFULLY, KNOCK ON WOOD, WE DO 

2943
01:49:51,518 --> 01:49:53,086
NOT HAVE ANOTHER COVID TYPE 

2944
01:49:53,086 --> 01:49:53,753
SCENARIO. BUT I NOTICED, I THINK

2945
01:49:53,753 --> 01:49:54,421
WE HAD TO PASS AN ORDINANCE TO 

2946
01:49:54,421 --> 01:49:57,857
ALLOW FOR SOME OF THE DOLLARS TO

2947
01:49:57,857 --> 01:50:03,229
GO TOWARDS SECURITY A COUPLE 

2948
01:50:03,229 --> 01:50:04,364
YEARS AGO. COULD YOU TALK 

2949
01:50:04,364 --> 01:50:06,466
THROUGH AS WE ARE LOOKING AT A 

2950
01:50:06,466 --> 01:50:07,200
LONGER-TERM MEASURE WHAT 

2951
01:50:07,200 --> 01:50:11,404
FLEXIBILITY THERE IS OR ISN'T 

2952
01:50:11,404 --> 01:50:15,475
THERE TO ANTICIPATE CHANGES. I 

2953
01:50:15,475 --> 01:50:16,109
HAVE A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION ON 

2954
01:50:16,109 --> 01:50:24,250
THIS IN TERMS OF THE REVENUES 

2955
01:50:24,250 --> 01:50:24,985
AND LOOKING AT POTENTIAL A 

2956
01:50:24,985 --> 01:50:26,519
COUNTY WIDE TRANSIT MEASURE, BUT

2957
01:50:26,519 --> 01:50:28,321
IN GENERAL, HOW STRICT ARE THESE

2958
01:50:28,321 --> 01:50:30,457
BUCKETS, AND WHAT FLEXIBILITY IS

2959
01:50:30,457 --> 01:50:36,563
THERE BUILT IN? 

2960
01:50:36,563 --> 01:50:37,430
>> THERE IS PROVISIONS THAT 

2961
01:50:37,430 --> 01:50:39,199
ALLOW US TO, THROUGH A FUTURE 

2962
01:50:39,199 --> 01:50:39,833
ORDINANCE, TO CHANGE THE 

2963
01:50:39,833 --> 01:50:41,701
ALLOWANCES HERE AND EVEN THE 

2964
01:50:41,701 --> 01:50:43,169
CATEGORIES OF WHAT IS ALLOWABLE 

2965
01:50:43,169 --> 01:50:50,343
IN SPENDING. COUNCIL IS DONE 

2966
01:50:50,343 --> 01:50:52,445
THAT IN THE PAST. WE HAVE WE 

2967
01:50:52,445 --> 01:50:53,546
STAYED WITHIN THE TRANSIT REALM 

2968
01:50:53,546 --> 01:50:55,015
TO MAKE SURE WE'RE STILL GIVING

2969
01:50:55,015 --> 01:50:55,649
VOTERS WHAT THEY REQUESTED. THAT

2970
01:50:55,649 --> 01:51:00,654
WE HAVE DONE THINGS . OFF THE 

2971
01:51:00,654 --> 01:51:01,721
TOP EXAMPLE IS THE INITIAL 

2972
01:51:01,721 --> 01:51:02,355
MEASURE TO EXPAND TO GIVE 

2973
01:51:02,355 --> 01:51:03,423
PUBLIC, SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOL 

2974
01:51:03,423 --> 01:51:05,725
STUDENTS , TRANSIT PASSES. THAT 

2975
01:51:05,725 --> 01:51:12,766
WAS NOT PART OF THE PROPOSAL AT 

2976
01:51:12,766 --> 01:51:13,900
THE TIME. IT WAS EXPANDED TO 

2977
01:51:13,900 --> 01:51:14,501
INCLUDE THAT UNTIL ULTIMATELY 

2978
01:51:14,501 --> 01:51:15,201
WASHINGTON STATE TOOK ON THE 

2979
01:51:15,201 --> 01:51:23,877
RESPONSIBILITY THROUGH ZERO FARE

2980
01:51:23,877 --> 01:51:25,145
YOUTH RIDERS THAT WE WANTED TO 

2981
01:51:25,145 --> 01:51:30,283
STAY TRUE TO THE NOTION OF THAT 

2982
01:51:30,283 --> 01:51:31,418
IS WHAT VOTERS APPROVED HIM. AS 

2983
01:51:31,418 --> 01:51:33,787
A SALES TAX, THE COUNCIL WOULD 

2984
01:51:33,787 --> 01:51:34,721
-- DOES NOT NEW TO IMPOSE THAT 

2985
01:51:34,721 --> 01:51:38,525
AMOUNT, THE FULL AMOUNT, IF FOR 

2986
01:51:38,525 --> 01:51:39,793
INSTANCE THE COUNTY WERE TO COME

2987
01:51:39,793 --> 01:51:40,760
UP WITH A SUBSTITUTE COUNTYWIDE 

2988
01:51:40,760 --> 01:51:42,295
TAX. WE WOULD HAVE AUTHORITY TO 

2989
01:51:42,295 --> 01:51:45,465
IMPOSE UP TO, BUT WE COULD 

2990
01:51:45,465 --> 01:51:49,869
CHOOSE TO IMPOSE LESS . THAT 

2991
01:51:49,869 --> 01:51:51,037
SPECIFIC ISSUE HAS BEEN 

2992
01:51:51,037 --> 01:51:52,472
HIGHLIGHTED IN ONE OF THE 

2993
01:51:52,472 --> 01:51:53,406
SECTIONS OF THE MAYOR'S 

2994
01:51:53,406 --> 01:51:59,779
PROPOSED LEGISLATION TO MAKE IT 

2995
01:51:59,779 --> 01:52:01,114
EXPLICIT AND CLEAR THAT IF THE 

2996
01:52:01,114 --> 01:52:02,282
COUNTY DOES GO FORWARD, WE COULD

2997
01:52:02,282 --> 01:52:03,183
RECONSIDER AND RECONSIDER WHAT 

2998
01:52:03,183 --> 01:52:04,284
THE SPENDING IS FOR AS WELL. 

2999
01:52:04,284 --> 01:52:05,618
>> THANK YOU. ON THAT POINT, IT 

3000
01:52:05,618 --> 01:52:07,420
SPECIFICALLY CALLS OUT THE KING 

3001
01:52:07,420 --> 01:52:14,094
COUNTY BENEFIT DISTRICT 

3002
01:52:14,094 --> 01:52:15,261
POSSIBILITY AND A POTENTIAL 

3003
01:52:15,261 --> 01:52:15,929
COUNTYWIDE TRANSIT MEASURE THAT 

3004
01:52:15,929 --> 01:52:16,930
WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REDUCE 

3005
01:52:16,930 --> 01:52:21,768
IT. ARE THERE OTHER -- I MEAN, 

3006
01:52:21,768 --> 01:52:23,503
COULD WE REDUCE IT IF THERE WAS 

3007
01:52:23,503 --> 01:52:28,141
A DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCE? 

3008
01:52:28,141 --> 01:52:29,409
LET'S SAY IN OUR CONVERSATIONS 

3009
01:52:29,409 --> 01:52:30,276
WITH THE STATE LEGISLATURE THAT 

3010
01:52:30,276 --> 01:52:32,312
WE WERE ABLE TO FIND A STATEWIDE

3011
01:52:32,312 --> 01:52:37,117
FUNDING SOURCE FOR TRANSIT. 

3012
01:52:37,117 --> 01:52:38,017
WOULD WE STILL HAVE THAT 

3013
01:52:38,017 --> 01:52:38,651
AUTHORITY IN OTHER 

3014
01:52:38,651 --> 01:52:39,786
CIRCUMSTANCES? 

3015
01:52:39,786 --> 01:52:40,487
>> I BELIEVE SO. 

3016
01:52:40,487 --> 01:52:43,723
>> THANK YOU. JUST A COUPLE LAST

3017
01:52:43,723 --> 01:52:47,260
POINTS . JUST GETTING BACK TO A 

3018
01:52:47,260 --> 01:52:48,228
LITTLE BIT ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY.

3019
01:52:48,228 --> 01:52:51,164
I DO THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE 

3020
01:52:51,164 --> 01:52:54,334
REAL CONCERNS . I THINK WE SEE 

3021
01:52:54,334 --> 01:52:59,873
SORT OF THE FAILURES OF OUR 

3022
01:52:59,873 --> 01:53:01,875
INABILITY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF 

3023
01:53:01,875 --> 01:53:02,575
OUR COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF MENTAL

3024
01:53:02,575 --> 01:53:03,576
HEALTH, IN TERMS OF SUBSTANCE 

3025
01:53:03,576 --> 01:53:05,211
USE THAT OFTENTIMES PLAY OUT IN 

3026
01:53:05,211 --> 01:53:07,514
OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM, WHICH IS A 

3027
01:53:07,514 --> 01:53:09,115
VERY PUBLIC SPACE. ON THE ONE 

3028
01:53:09,115 --> 01:53:10,950
HAND, OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A LOT 

3029
01:53:10,950 --> 01:53:14,821
OF WORK WE ARE DOING TO ADDRESS 

3030
01:53:14,821 --> 01:53:15,855
OUR MENTAL HEALTH, TO ADDRESS 

3031
01:53:15,855 --> 01:53:21,561
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER NEEDS , 

3032
01:53:21,561 --> 01:53:22,929
AND AT THE SAME TIME, WHILE WE 

3033
01:53:22,929 --> 01:53:24,030
DO THAT WORK, I DO BELIEVE WE 

3034
01:53:24,030 --> 01:53:25,098
NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE 

3035
01:53:25,098 --> 01:53:30,170
TRANSIT IS SAFE, BUT I ALSO WANT

3036
01:53:30,170 --> 01:53:31,271
TO CALL OUT THAT PUBLIC SAFETY, 

3037
01:53:31,271 --> 01:53:32,605
WE SEE PUBLIC SAFETY IN OTHER 

3038
01:53:32,605 --> 01:53:34,007
WAYS WITH OTHER TRANSPORTATION 

3039
01:53:34,007 --> 01:53:43,983
MODES AS WE LOOK AT JUST FOR 

3040
01:53:43,983 --> 01:53:44,884
EXAMPLE UP ON AURORA, PEOPLE ARE

3041
01:53:44,884 --> 01:53:45,919
CALLING FOR US TO CLOSE DOWN 

3042
01:53:45,919 --> 01:53:47,320
ROADS, NOT DUE TO BUSES, BUT DUE

3043
01:53:47,320 --> 01:53:49,322
TO PEOPLE DRIVING THE 

3044
01:53:49,322 --> 01:53:50,223
NEIGHBORHOODS OR BECAUSE OF 

3045
01:53:50,223 --> 01:53:57,230
DRIVE-BY SHOOTINGS. IT IS OFTEN 

3046
01:53:57,230 --> 01:53:59,732
-- IT IS NOT FOLKS DOING 

3047
01:53:59,732 --> 01:54:00,366
DRIVE-BY SHOOTINGS HOPPING ON 

3048
01:54:00,366 --> 01:54:01,501
THE BUS . IT IS PEOPLE DOING 

3049
01:54:01,501 --> 01:54:02,168
DRIVE-BY SHOOTINGS IN VEHICLES. 

3050
01:54:02,168 --> 01:54:04,170
I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT I DO 

3051
01:54:04,170 --> 01:54:06,239
THINK AS WE THINK ABOUT PUBLIC 

3052
01:54:06,239 --> 01:54:08,107
SAFETY BROADLY SORT OF 

3053
01:54:08,107 --> 01:54:13,846
TRANSITIONING AWAY FROM -- I 

3054
01:54:13,846 --> 01:54:14,480
THINK WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THE 

3055
01:54:14,480 --> 01:54:16,850
PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES WITH OUR 

3056
01:54:16,850 --> 01:54:18,451
RELIANCE ON VEHICLES AS HER 

3057
01:54:18,451 --> 01:54:20,186
PRIMARY MODE OF TRANSIT OR 

3058
01:54:20,186 --> 01:54:22,956
TRANSPORTATION. AND WE HEARD 

3059
01:54:22,956 --> 01:54:24,257
ABOUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS

3060
01:54:24,257 --> 01:54:28,228
OF FOLKS JUST TRYING TO , YOU 

3061
01:54:28,228 --> 01:54:31,364
KNOW, YOUR BIKING OR OTHERWISE 

3062
01:54:31,364 --> 01:54:32,699
WHO ARE ON FORTUNATELY TOO OFTEN

3063
01:54:32,699 --> 01:54:36,736
HURT OR KILLED BY VEHICLES. I 

3064
01:54:36,736 --> 01:54:40,039
JUST WANT TO PROVIDE SOME POINTS

3065
01:54:40,039 --> 01:54:43,309
ON THAT. AS WE LOOK AT SALES 

3066
01:54:43,309 --> 01:54:46,312
TAXES AND HAVE HEARD IT . I 

3067
01:54:46,312 --> 01:54:48,848
THINK WE ALL HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT

3068
01:54:48,848 --> 01:54:50,783
THE REGRESSIVE NATURE OF SALES 

3069
01:54:50,783 --> 01:54:53,820
TAXES. AND I DO JUST WANT TO 

3070
01:54:53,820 --> 01:54:55,889
POINT OUT FOR THE RECORD THAT I 

3071
01:54:55,889 --> 01:54:57,290
KNOW THAT TRANSIT RIDERS UNION 

3072
01:54:57,290 --> 01:55:00,393
AND MAYOR WILSON BACK WHEN 

3073
01:55:00,393 --> 01:55:03,263
PREVIOUSLY SHE WASN'T A MAYOR, 

3074
01:55:03,263 --> 01:55:06,199
WAS FIGHTING FOR AN INCOME TAX. 

3075
01:55:06,199 --> 01:55:08,268
SPECIFICALLY TO FIND OTHER 

3076
01:55:08,268 --> 01:55:10,336
REVENUES FOR TRANSIT IN 

3077
01:55:10,336 --> 01:55:15,241
PARTICULAR. THIS IS AN ISSUE WE 

3078
01:55:15,241 --> 01:55:20,346
CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE WITH. AND I

3079
01:55:20,346 --> 01:55:21,347
DO THINK AS WE LOOK AT THE 

3080
01:55:21,347 --> 01:55:22,248
IMPACTS OF SALES TAXES, IT 

3081
01:55:22,248 --> 01:55:23,783
CONTINUES TO BE SOMETHING THAT I

3082
01:55:23,783 --> 01:55:29,255
AM LEARNING ABOUT . I THINK 

3083
01:55:29,255 --> 01:55:31,057
THERE IS THE MEASUREMENT OF HOW 

3084
01:55:31,057 --> 01:55:32,725
IT IMPACTS HOUSEHOLD BASED ON 

3085
01:55:32,725 --> 01:55:34,861
THEIR DIRECT SPENDING. I DO 

3086
01:55:34,861 --> 01:55:44,771
THINK THERE ARE OTHER IMPACTS TO

3087
01:55:44,771 --> 01:55:46,139
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE'S POINT 

3088
01:55:46,139 --> 01:55:46,773
OVERALL. I JUST WANT TO 

3089
01:55:46,773 --> 01:55:48,441
HIGHLIGHT ONE OF THOSE POTENTIAL

3090
01:55:48,441 --> 01:55:49,842
IMPACTS, WHICH IS RIGHT NOW WE 

3091
01:55:49,842 --> 01:55:50,443
CHARGE SALES TAX TO FOLKS WHO 

3092
01:55:50,443 --> 01:55:58,785
ARE BUILDING NEW HOUSING ON THE 

3093
01:55:58,785 --> 01:55:59,652
HARD COST OF NEW HOUSING. 

3094
01:55:59,652 --> 01:56:00,586
OFTENTIMES THE HARD COSTS ARE 

3095
01:56:00,586 --> 01:56:01,821
AROUND 60%, THEN WE CHARGE SALES

3096
01:56:01,821 --> 01:56:02,789
TAX ON THAT. THAT OFTENTIMES 

3097
01:56:02,789 --> 01:56:09,662
GETS PASSED THROUGH TO PEOPLE 

3098
01:56:09,662 --> 01:56:10,496
TRYING TO BUY THE HOUSE OR TO 

3099
01:56:10,496 --> 01:56:12,565
RENTERS. I'M NOT SURE THAT PART

3100
01:56:12,565 --> 01:56:14,767
IS CAPTURED IN OUR ANALYSIS. IT 

3101
01:56:14,767 --> 01:56:15,868
IS COMPLICATED TO FIGURE OUT 

3102
01:56:15,868 --> 01:56:17,503
EXACTLY THE IMPACTS OF THE SALES

3103
01:56:17,503 --> 01:56:22,041
TAXES . I AM NOT SURE HOW AS A 

3104
01:56:22,041 --> 01:56:25,912
POLICY , YOU KNOW, AS WE 

3105
01:56:25,912 --> 01:56:28,514
CONSIDER THIS, HOW TO CAPTURE 

3106
01:56:28,514 --> 01:56:31,250
THAT FULL IMPACT. AS WE CONSIDER

3107
01:56:31,250 --> 01:56:41,027
THAT, I ALSO CONSIDER AS WE LOOK

3108
01:56:41,027 --> 01:56:41,828
AT WAYS TO ADDRESS THE 

3109
01:56:41,828 --> 01:56:42,395
REGRESSIVE NATURE OF SALES 

3110
01:56:42,395 --> 01:56:43,062
TAXES, THERE ARE MEASURES THAT 

3111
01:56:43,062 --> 01:56:43,930
THE LEGISLATURE HAS TAKEN FOR 

3112
01:56:43,930 --> 01:56:44,664
EXAMPLE, EXEMPTING THINGS LIKE 

3113
01:56:44,664 --> 01:56:47,367
DIAPERS AND FOOD. HOW WE LOOK AT

3114
01:56:47,367 --> 01:56:51,771
THE MAJOR CATEGORIES OF SPENDING

3115
01:56:51,771 --> 01:56:52,305
OF PARTICULAR LOW INCOME 

3116
01:56:52,305 --> 01:56:53,873
FAMILIES. THINGS LIKE HOUSING. I

3117
01:56:53,873 --> 01:57:04,417
THINK THINGS LIKE GETTING RID OF

3118
01:57:08,821 --> 01:57:10,156
THE SALES TAX ON HOUSING 

3119
01:57:10,156 --> 01:57:11,357
CONSTRUCTION COULD BE A GOOD 

3120
01:57:11,357 --> 01:57:12,125
THING TO ADDRESS THE REGRESSION 

3121
01:57:12,125 --> 01:57:13,393
OF SALES TAX. WHEN WE LOOK AT 

3122
01:57:13,393 --> 01:57:14,460
THINGS LIKE CHILDCARE. I DON'T 

3123
01:57:14,460 --> 01:57:15,428
BELIEVE CHILDCARE IS SUBJECT TO 

3124
01:57:15,428 --> 01:57:16,729
SALES TAX, SO THAT IS GOOD. BUT 

3125
01:57:16,729 --> 01:57:17,563
THINKING OF THE BIG-TICKET 

3126
01:57:17,563 --> 01:57:18,998
ITEMS. I KNOW WE ARE WORKING ON 

3127
01:57:18,998 --> 01:57:20,199
UTILITY COSTS AND THANK YOU TO 

3128
01:57:20,199 --> 01:57:21,033
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR YOUR 

3129
01:57:21,033 --> 01:57:22,068
PROPOSAL TO ADDRESS SOME OF 

3130
01:57:22,068 --> 01:57:23,069
THOSE FOR OUR LOW INCOME 

3131
01:57:23,069 --> 01:57:24,037
FAMILIES. I THINK THERE ARE 

3132
01:57:24,037 --> 01:57:25,138
MULTIPLE WAYS TO ADDRESS THAT 

3133
01:57:25,138 --> 01:57:26,205
REGRESSIVE NATURE OF SALES TAX. 

3134
01:57:26,205 --> 01:57:27,640
WE CAN SORT OF LOOK AT HOW 

3135
01:57:27,640 --> 01:57:29,409
EXACTLY THESE TAXES ARE 

3136
01:57:29,409 --> 01:57:32,612
IMPACTING DIFFERENT HOUSEHOLDS 

3137
01:57:32,612 --> 01:57:33,846
AND TRY TO BE MORE TARGETED IN 

3138
01:57:33,846 --> 01:57:36,582
PROVIDING RELIEF . I JUST 

3139
01:57:36,582 --> 01:57:39,318
MENTIONED I THINK THAT IS AN 

3140
01:57:39,318 --> 01:57:41,721
ONGOING BODY OF WORK. THE OTHER 

3141
01:57:41,721 --> 01:57:45,324
THING I THINK FOR US OVER THE 

3142
01:57:45,324 --> 01:57:48,661
NEXT POTENTIAL 10 YEARS IF THIS 

3143
01:57:48,661 --> 01:57:54,500
PASSES IS THAT WE DO JUST REALLY

3144
01:57:54,500 --> 01:57:55,635
NEED TO LOOK AT OUR TAX 

3145
01:57:55,635 --> 01:57:56,702
STRUCTURE MORE GENERALLY. SO 

3146
01:57:56,702 --> 01:57:58,438
AGAIN, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, TO 

3147
01:57:58,438 --> 01:57:59,672
YOUR POINT ABOUT THE OVERALL TAX

3148
01:57:59,672 --> 01:58:01,908
BURDEN, I WANT TO CALL OUT A FEW

3149
01:58:01,908 --> 01:58:04,877
THINGS AS WE WERE LOOKING AT 

3150
01:58:04,877 --> 01:58:06,579
KING COUNTY PASSING THEIR SALES 

3151
01:58:06,579 --> 01:58:12,351
TAX MEASURE. UNFORTUNATELY, A 

3152
01:58:12,351 --> 01:58:15,288
LOT OF THE SALES TAXES HERE IN 

3153
01:58:15,288 --> 01:58:23,095
THE CITY I DIVERTED -- ARE 

3154
01:58:23,095 --> 01:58:23,996
DIVERTED TO OTHER PARTS OF THE 

3155
01:58:23,996 --> 01:58:25,097
NATION, OTHER PARTS OF THE 

3156
01:58:25,097 --> 01:58:25,665
COUNTY, OTHER PARTS OF THE 

3157
01:58:25,665 --> 01:58:27,533
STATE. SO THERE IS A REPORT A 

3158
01:58:27,533 --> 01:58:28,434
COUPLE YEARS AGO, SEATTLE TIMES 

3159
01:58:28,434 --> 01:58:30,336
TALKED ABOUT THIS BACK THEN 

3160
01:58:30,336 --> 01:58:34,707
WHERE IT WAS REPORTED ABOUT 22 

3161
01:58:34,707 --> 01:58:37,777
BILLION OF STATE TAXES GO TO 

3162
01:58:37,777 --> 01:58:40,146
OTHER STATES. AND RECENTLY I WAS

3163
01:58:40,146 --> 01:58:48,654
LOOKING AT A FAXED USA THAT 

3164
01:58:48,654 --> 01:58:50,189
TALKED ABOUT 57 BILLION OF OUR 

3165
01:58:50,189 --> 01:58:50,823
STATE TAXES GO TO OTHER STATES. 

3166
01:58:50,823 --> 01:58:54,026
IN TERMS OF , GOES TO THE FEDS, 

3167
01:58:54,026 --> 01:58:55,761
AND WHERE THE FED SPEND THEIR 

3168
01:58:55,761 --> 01:59:05,404
DOLLARS. KING COUNTY AND SEATTLE

3169
01:59:05,404 --> 01:59:06,939
BEING SORT OF LARGE GENERATORS 

3170
01:59:06,939 --> 01:59:08,374
OF THOSE TAXES, THAT MEANS A LOT

3171
01:59:08,374 --> 01:59:10,243
OF OUR TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING TO 

3172
01:59:10,243 --> 01:59:11,310
OTHER STATES. SIMILARLY, AT THE 

3173
01:59:11,310 --> 01:59:11,978
STATE LEVEL. KING COUNTY SUBMITS

3174
01:59:11,978 --> 01:59:13,212
ABOUT 12 BILLION IN TAXES TO THE

3175
01:59:13,212 --> 01:59:18,251
STATE. WE GET SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 

3176
01:59:18,251 --> 01:59:20,153
SIX AND 8 1/2 BILLION IN RETURN.

3177
01:59:20,153 --> 01:59:21,320
THAT MEANS BILLIONS OF OUR KING 

3178
01:59:21,320 --> 01:59:22,555
COUNTY, AGAIN, SEATTLE IS THE 

3179
01:59:22,555 --> 01:59:23,890
LARGEST TAX GENERATOR WITHIN THE

3180
01:59:23,890 --> 01:59:25,358
COUNTY, BILLIONS OF OUR TAX 

3181
01:59:25,358 --> 01:59:26,425
REVENUES ARE BEING DIVERTED TO 

3182
01:59:26,425 --> 01:59:32,398
THE REST OF THE STATE . WITH THE

3183
01:59:32,398 --> 01:59:32,999
MOST RECENT KING COUNTY SALES 

3184
01:59:32,999 --> 01:59:33,566
TAX MEASURE. EVEN THOUGH WE 

3185
01:59:33,566 --> 01:59:38,004
FOUGHT HARD TO GET AS MUCH AS WE

3186
01:59:38,004 --> 01:59:42,175
COULD. STILL, IT IS ABOUT 87 

3187
01:59:42,175 --> 01:59:43,643
1/2% STILL GOING TO FUND ROADS 

3188
01:59:43,643 --> 01:59:45,678
AND UNINCORPORATED KING COUNTY. 

3189
01:59:45,678 --> 01:59:52,518
ARIS ASKED THAT TAX DOLLARS 

3190
01:59:52,518 --> 01:59:53,920
GOING TO THE REST OF THE COUNTY.

3191
01:59:53,920 --> 01:59:54,720
PASS-THROUGHS SIMILAR TO THE 

3192
01:59:54,720 --> 01:59:55,922
OTHER SMALL CITIES, OR THE REST 

3193
01:59:55,922 --> 01:59:58,224
OF THE CITIES. BUT A LOT OF THAT

3194
01:59:58,224 --> 01:59:59,625
IS LEAVING THE CITY GOING TO 

3195
01:59:59,625 --> 02:00:03,062
OTHER PARTS. AS WE , YOU KNOW, 

3196
02:00:03,062 --> 02:00:06,465
AND SO, PEOPLE ARE RIGHTFULLY 

3197
02:00:06,465 --> 02:00:07,667
CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE 

3198
02:00:07,667 --> 02:00:08,801
GETTING IN EXCHANGE FOR THE 

3199
02:00:08,801 --> 02:00:14,840
TAXES THEY PAY. THAT IS BECAUSE 

3200
02:00:14,840 --> 02:00:16,709
THE STATE TAXES WE PAY, AND I 

3201
02:00:16,709 --> 02:00:18,377
WANT TO POINT OUT THAT SALES 

3202
02:00:18,377 --> 02:00:19,045
TAXES, WHO COLLECTS THE MOST, IT

3203
02:00:19,045 --> 02:00:20,713
IS THE STATE. 6% GOES TO THE 

3204
02:00:20,713 --> 02:00:23,382
STATE. AND AGAIN, WE'RE NOT 

3205
02:00:23,382 --> 02:00:24,850
GETTING OUR FAIR SHARE IN 

3206
02:00:24,850 --> 02:00:28,688
RETURN. ONE OF THE BEST THINGS 

3207
02:00:28,688 --> 02:00:34,493
WE COULD DO AS A CITY IS TO WORK

3208
02:00:34,493 --> 02:00:35,228
HAND-IN-HAND WITH OUR BUSINESSES

3209
02:00:35,228 --> 02:00:42,301
TO GET OUR FAIR SHARE OF OUR 

3210
02:00:42,301 --> 02:00:43,369
STATE, FEDERAL AND OTHER TAXES 

3211
02:00:43,369 --> 02:00:44,403
TO GET THOSE BACK. BECAUSE 

3212
02:00:44,403 --> 02:00:47,673
OTHERWISE, WE ARE LEFT WITHOUT 

3213
02:00:47,673 --> 02:00:48,541
SUFFICIENT REVENUES TO MEET THE 

3214
02:00:48,541 --> 02:00:53,246
NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. THE ONLY

3215
02:00:53,246 --> 02:00:53,879
REVENUES WE REALLY CONTROL THAT 

3216
02:00:53,879 --> 02:00:55,581
WE CAN MAKE SURE GET SPENT IN 

3217
02:00:55,581 --> 02:01:04,724
OUR COMMUNITY ARE LOCAL TAXES. 

3218
02:01:04,724 --> 02:01:05,891
WHEN OUR TAX REVENUES KEEP 

3219
02:01:05,891 --> 02:01:06,759
GETTING DIVERTED TO OTHER PARTS 

3220
02:01:06,759 --> 02:01:08,761
OF THE STATE, OTHER PARTS OF THE

3221
02:01:08,761 --> 02:01:09,595
COUNTRY, THE ONLY OPTION WE HAVE

3222
02:01:09,595 --> 02:01:10,663
TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR 

3223
02:01:10,663 --> 02:01:11,998
COMMUNITY IS LOCAL TAXES. I HEAR

3224
02:01:11,998 --> 02:01:12,932
THE CONCERN WHEN OUR BUSINESSES 

3225
02:01:12,932 --> 02:01:22,842
SAY, HEY, STOP BREATHING TAXES ,

3226
02:01:22,842 --> 02:01:24,243
AND MY MESSAGE THEN WOULD BE, 

3227
02:01:24,243 --> 02:01:24,944
LET'S WORK HAND-IN-HAND. LET'S

3228
02:01:24,944 --> 02:01:25,978
GO DOWN TO OLYMPIA OR D.C. TO 

3229
02:01:25,978 --> 02:01:27,880
MAKE SURE THAT THE TAXES YOU ARE

3230
02:01:27,880 --> 02:01:28,814
PAYING TO THE STATE AND FEDS 

3231
02:01:28,814 --> 02:01:34,153
ACTUALLY STAY IN OUR REGION. SO 

3232
02:01:34,153 --> 02:01:35,154
AGAIN, EARLIER YOU MENTIONED IT,

3233
02:01:35,154 --> 02:01:36,355
BUT I WANTED TO REINFORCE A 

3234
02:01:36,355 --> 02:01:37,923
POINT IF WE ARE ABLE TO BE 

3235
02:01:37,923 --> 02:01:38,991
SUCCESSFUL, AND GETTING BACK 

3236
02:01:38,991 --> 02:01:40,292
SOME OF THOSE FUNDS FROM OLYMPIA

3237
02:01:40,292 --> 02:01:44,130
OR D.C., THAT THERE IS THE 

3238
02:01:44,130 --> 02:01:45,431
OPTION TO REDUCE THE SALES AND 

3239
02:01:45,431 --> 02:01:45,698
USE TAX. 

3240
02:01:45,698 --> 02:01:47,233
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. WE 

3241
02:01:47,233 --> 02:01:49,468
HAVE CONTROL OF HOW MUCH OF IT 

3242
02:01:49,468 --> 02:02:00,012
WE IMPLEMENT . THE ONE ISSUE I 

3243
02:02:00,212 --> 02:02:01,314
WANTED TO MAKE SURE. I KNOW YOU 

3244
02:02:01,314 --> 02:02:03,816
MENTIONED THIS, BUT THE IDEA OF 

3245
02:02:03,816 --> 02:02:04,450
THE RECENT EXEMPTIONS THAT THE 

3246
02:02:04,450 --> 02:02:05,017
STATE ALLOWS FOR DIFFERENT 

3247
02:02:05,017 --> 02:02:05,685
CATEGORIES OF SALES TAX, THOSE 

3248
02:02:05,685 --> 02:02:06,552
ARE STATE DRIVEN DECISIONS. THAT

3249
02:02:06,552 --> 02:02:15,494
REQUIRES US TO HAVE EFFORT TO DO

3250
02:02:15,494 --> 02:02:16,762
THAT AS A NUMBER OF OTHER FOLKS 

3251
02:02:16,762 --> 02:02:17,830
HAVE MENTIONED AS WELL. THAT IS 

3252
02:02:17,830 --> 02:02:18,664
NOT IN OUR CONTROL. 

3253
02:02:18,664 --> 02:02:19,665
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, YES. 

3254
02:02:19,665 --> 02:02:21,233
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR FOR ALLOWING

3255
02:02:21,233 --> 02:02:21,734
ME THE TIME. 

3256
02:02:21,734 --> 02:02:23,069
>> WELL SAID, COUNCILMEMBER LIN.

3257
02:02:23,069 --> 02:02:23,536
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 

3258
02:02:23,536 --> 02:02:24,904
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU,

3259
02:02:24,904 --> 02:02:25,471
COUNCILMEMBER LIN. REALLY 

3260
02:02:25,471 --> 02:02:35,948
APPRECIATED THAT. I WANT TO 

3261
02:02:40,786 --> 02:02:42,922
FOLLOW UP ON A SIMILAR NOTE. AS 

3262
02:02:42,922 --> 02:02:43,823
WE'VE HEARD FOLKS TALK ABOUT 

3263
02:02:43,823 --> 02:02:44,457
TODAY, THE BALANCE BETWEEN SALES

3264
02:02:44,457 --> 02:02:45,391
TAXES, WHICH WE ALL KNOW ARE 

3265
02:02:45,391 --> 02:02:46,459
REGRESSIVE, AS WELL AS THE NEED 

3266
02:02:46,459 --> 02:02:47,526
FOR SERVICE THAT WE KNOW FOLKS 

3267
02:02:47,526 --> 02:02:49,061
NEED, I'M GOING TO FOR SHARE AN

3268
02:02:49,061 --> 02:02:50,162
ANECDOTE, BECAUSE THIS IS BEEN A

3269
02:02:50,162 --> 02:02:51,397
REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE FOR ME TO

3270
02:02:51,397 --> 02:02:52,598
BALANCE. I WILL SAY OUR OFFICE 

3271
02:02:52,598 --> 02:02:53,799
MET EARLIER THIS WEEK WITH SOME 

3272
02:02:53,799 --> 02:02:54,633
POVERTY ADVOCATES. WE WERE 

3273
02:02:54,633 --> 02:02:55,768
TALKING ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND 

3274
02:02:55,768 --> 02:02:56,669
SAID, HEY, I'M GRAPPLING WITH 

3275
02:02:56,669 --> 02:02:58,204
THIS AND WANT TO GET YOUR INPUT.

3276
02:02:58,204 --> 02:02:59,805
I WANT TO SHARE AND ACTED 

3277
02:02:59,805 --> 02:03:10,349
THOUGH. THEY TOLD ME THEY HAD A 

3278
02:03:19,358 --> 02:03:20,259
SIMILAR ISSUE, BUT A BOARD 

3279
02:03:20,259 --> 02:03:20,993
MEETING, WHEN THEY WERE 

3280
02:03:20,993 --> 02:03:22,328
DISCUSSING IT AND THIS ISSUE OF 

3281
02:03:22,328 --> 02:03:22,995
PAYING SALES TAXES, NOT FOR 

3282
02:03:22,995 --> 02:03:23,863
TRANSIT, FOR A DIFFERENT ISSUE, 

3283
02:03:23,863 --> 02:03:24,830
THAT THEIR BOARD MEMBERS WERE 

3284
02:03:24,830 --> 02:03:25,865
SPLIT ALONG ECONOMIC LINES. AND 

3285
02:03:25,865 --> 02:03:27,266
THAT IT WAS THE LOW INCOME BOARD

3286
02:03:27,266 --> 02:03:28,634
MEMBERS WHO WERE IN FAVOR OF THE

3287
02:03:28,634 --> 02:03:29,502
SALES TAX BECAUSE THEY 

3288
02:03:29,502 --> 02:03:30,503
UNDERSTOOD IT WAS BUYING A 

3289
02:03:30,503 --> 02:03:31,637
SERVICE THEY OTHERWISE WOULD NOT

3290
02:03:31,637 --> 02:03:35,541
HAVE ACCESS TO. I HAVE ASKED THE

3291
02:03:35,541 --> 02:03:37,076
GROUP TO GET BACK TO ME WITH 

3292
02:03:37,076 --> 02:03:37,810
MORE INPUT ON THIS PARTICULAR 

3293
02:03:37,810 --> 02:03:40,012
MEASURE. BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE

3294
02:03:40,012 --> 02:03:41,781
WE CONTINUE TO BE CLEAR ABOUT 

3295
02:03:41,781 --> 02:03:42,414
WHO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, WHO IS

3296
02:03:42,414 --> 02:03:43,382
PAYING HOW MUCH. AND WITH THAT, 

3297
02:03:43,382 --> 02:03:44,450
I WANT TO TURN TO MY 

3298
02:03:44,450 --> 02:03:45,184
UNDERSTANDING OF THE EXISTING 

3299
02:03:45,184 --> 02:03:46,485
MEASURE AND BRING THIS BACK UP, 

3300
02:03:46,485 --> 02:03:47,653
WHICH IS THAT FOR AN AVERAGE 

3301
02:03:47,653 --> 02:03:48,454
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD IN SEATTLE, 

3302
02:03:48,454 --> 02:03:49,522
WHICH IS A HOUSEHOLD AROUND 

3303
02:03:49,522 --> 02:03:51,423
$121,000 A YEAR, THAT HOUSEHOLDS

3304
02:03:51,423 --> 02:03:52,825
WILL PAY $58 PER YEAR UNDER THE 

3305
02:03:52,825 --> 02:03:53,392
0.3% SALES TAX. THAT IS AN 

3306
02:03:53,392 --> 02:03:54,794
INCREASE OF $29 FROM WHAT FOLKS 

3307
02:03:54,794 --> 02:03:56,195
ARE PAYING TODAY. I WANT TO 

3308
02:03:56,195 --> 02:04:06,772
APPRECIATE SDOT AND THE MAYOR'S

3309
02:04:10,042 --> 02:04:11,110
OFFICE FOR BRINGING INFORMATION 

3310
02:04:11,110 --> 02:04:11,744
ON WHAT THE INCREASE WOULD MEAN 

3311
02:04:11,744 --> 02:04:13,279
FOR A LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLD. MY 

3312
02:04:13,279 --> 02:04:14,180
UNDERSTANDING IS FOR A LOW 

3313
02:04:14,180 --> 02:04:14,814
INCOME TWO-PERSON HOUSEHOLD AT 

3314
02:04:14,814 --> 02:04:15,581
30% AREA MEDIAN INCOME, $38,000 

3315
02:04:15,581 --> 02:04:16,816
A YEAR, THAT HOUSEHOLD WOULD PAY

3316
02:04:16,816 --> 02:04:18,317
ABOUT $35 PER YEAR UNDER THIS 

3317
02:04:18,317 --> 02:04:19,985
MEASURE. AND THAT IS 

3318
02:04:19,985 --> 02:04:20,619
REPRESENTATIVE OF AN INCREASE OF

3319
02:04:20,619 --> 02:04:21,320
$17 FROM THE EXISTING MEASURE. I

3320
02:04:21,320 --> 02:04:22,555
WANT TO TURN TO SOME ADDITIONAL 

3321
02:04:22,555 --> 02:04:23,222
INFORMATION. MY UNDERSTANDING 

3322
02:04:23,222 --> 02:04:24,924
AGAIN IS THAT, AND I WILL GET A 

3323
02:04:24,924 --> 02:04:31,797
QUESTION HERE CALVIN AT SOME 

3324
02:04:31,797 --> 02:04:32,731
POINT, IN ORDER TO CONTINUE WITH

3325
02:04:32,731 --> 02:04:43,008
OUR EXISTING LEVELS OF SERVICE ,

3326
02:04:43,008 --> 02:04:43,609
JUST TO KEEP AS IS STATUS QUO 

3327
02:04:43,609 --> 02:04:44,276
BECAUSE OF INCREASED COSTS, 

3328
02:04:44,276 --> 02:04:45,344
INFLATION, THE COST OF BUYING 

3329
02:04:45,344 --> 02:04:46,412
SERVICE HOURS FROM METRO, TO 

3330
02:04:46,412 --> 02:04:48,080
STAY AS IS, WE WOULD NEED TO GO 

3331
02:04:48,080 --> 02:04:58,524
FROM 0.15% TO 0. 0.15% TO 

3332
02:05:02,228 --> 02:05:02,394
0.233%. 

3333
02:05:02,394 --> 02:05:03,028
>> THAT WAS THE PRESENTATION. 

3334
02:05:03,028 --> 02:05:03,662
THEY HIGHLIGHTED THE INCREASED 

3335
02:05:03,662 --> 02:05:04,396
COST. WE KNOW THAT CALLS FOR 

3336
02:05:04,396 --> 02:05:05,364
RUNNING OUR STREETCAR IS ALSO 

3337
02:05:05,364 --> 02:05:06,065
INCREASED. SO MAINTAINING THE 

3338
02:05:06,065 --> 02:05:07,299
EXISTING PROGRAMS. THAT IS THE 

3339
02:05:07,299 --> 02:05:08,367
NUMBER THAT SDOT AND THE MAYOR 

3340
02:05:08,367 --> 02:05:08,734
HAS PRESENTED. 

3341
02:05:08,734 --> 02:05:10,536
>> JUST TO BE SURE, YOU SAID 0. 

3342
02:05:10,536 --> 02:05:13,105
JUST TO BE SURE, YOU SAID 0.233?

3343
02:05:13,105 --> 02:05:15,207
>> TELL ME IF I'M WRONG. 

3344
02:05:15,207 --> 02:05:21,614
>> 0. 0.223. 

3345
02:05:21,614 --> 02:05:23,949
>> I WANT TO BE CORRECT. I 

3346
02:05:23,949 --> 02:05:32,725
APPRECIATE THAT. I WANT TO 

3347
02:05:32,725 --> 02:05:34,260
HIGHLIGHT THAT BECAUSE WE ARE 

3348
02:05:34,260 --> 02:05:34,860
TALKING ABOUT THAT LEVEL OF 

3349
02:05:34,860 --> 02:05:35,528
INCREASE TO MAKE SURE RESIDENTS 

3350
02:05:35,528 --> 02:05:36,362
ARE NOT LOSING TRANSIT SERVICE 

3351
02:05:36,362 --> 02:05:37,830
BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED COST. 

3352
02:05:37,830 --> 02:05:38,564
WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR 

3353
02:05:38,564 --> 02:05:40,065
EXPANSION, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 

3354
02:05:40,065 --> 02:05:45,971
THE CHANGE BETWEEN 0. 0.223 AND 

3355
02:05:45,971 --> 02:05:47,740
0.3%. I WONDER IF YOU COULD 

3356
02:05:47,740 --> 02:05:49,208
SHARE WITH THAT IS IN TERMS OF 

3357
02:05:49,208 --> 02:05:51,076
COST IMPACT FOR RESIDENTS. THE 

3358
02:05:51,076 --> 02:05:58,117
DIFFERENCE . IT IS ABOUT 77% OF 

3359
02:05:58,117 --> 02:06:03,956
THE TOTAL AMOUNT. IT ESSENTIALLY

3360
02:06:03,956 --> 02:06:05,257
CHANGES THE CALCULUS FROM $58 

3361
02:06:05,257 --> 02:06:09,061
FOR A MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD TO $45 . 

3362
02:06:09,061 --> 02:06:13,799
>> I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT 

3363
02:06:13,799 --> 02:06:16,502
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE NEEDS FOR

3364
02:06:16,502 --> 02:06:27,079
EXPANDED SERVICE LEVELS . I'VE 

3365
02:06:35,287 --> 02:06:36,488
SEEN A LOT IN WRITING AROUND THE

3366
02:06:36,488 --> 02:06:37,790
DOUBLING OF THE SALES TAX FOR 

3367
02:06:37,790 --> 02:06:39,558
THIS. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT 

3368
02:06:39,558 --> 02:06:40,159
PIECE FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE, 

3369
02:06:40,159 --> 02:06:40,960
WHICH IS TO MAINTAIN OUR 

3370
02:06:40,960 --> 02:06:41,927
EXISTING LEVELS OF SERVICE WE 

3371
02:06:41,927 --> 02:06:43,162
WOULD HAVE TO HAVE AN INCREASE, 

3372
02:06:43,162 --> 02:06:44,363
AND WE HAVE ALREADY HEARD FROM 

3373
02:06:44,363 --> 02:06:45,364
SO MANY PEOPLE THAT THAT 

3374
02:06:45,364 --> 02:06:46,432
EXPANSION IS REALLY NEEDED. I 

3375
02:06:46,432 --> 02:06:47,733
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IS 

3376
02:06:47,733 --> 02:06:48,634
UPLIFTED FOR FOLKS ENGAGING IN 

3377
02:06:48,634 --> 02:06:50,069
THIS ISSUE. THAT I WANT TO TURN,

3378
02:06:50,069 --> 02:06:51,737
RINCK HAD A QUESTION SIMILAR TO 

3379
02:06:51,737 --> 02:06:52,972
SOMETHING I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT. 

3380
02:06:52,972 --> 02:06:54,039
AROUND THE CHANGE FROM THE 3.5 

3381
02:06:54,039 --> 02:06:57,543
MILLION TO THE $5 MILLION. MY 

3382
02:06:57,543 --> 02:06:58,277
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IS AN 

3383
02:06:58,277 --> 02:06:59,345
ANNUAL CHANGE. THAT WOULD BE 1.5

3384
02:06:59,345 --> 02:07:00,980
MILLION OVER THE 10 YEARS OR PER

3385
02:07:00,980 --> 02:07:04,984
YEAR FOR 10 YEARS. . THE 

3386
02:07:04,984 --> 02:07:06,285
DECISION IS WHAT SORT OF BROAD 

3387
02:07:06,285 --> 02:07:07,453
GUIDELINES OR ALLOWANCES PER 

3388
02:07:07,453 --> 02:07:13,459
YEAR DO YOU WANT TO INCLUDE IN 

3389
02:07:13,459 --> 02:07:14,393
THE SPENDING. THE ACTUAL 

3390
02:07:14,393 --> 02:07:15,561
SPENDING WILL HAVE TO BE 

3391
02:07:15,561 --> 02:07:16,161
APPROVED THROUGH THE COUNCIL 

3392
02:07:16,161 --> 02:07:17,429
THROUGH FUTURE BUDGETS. IF IT IS

3393
02:07:17,429 --> 02:07:18,664
UP TO, THAT IS A MAXIMUM THAT 

3394
02:07:18,664 --> 02:07:26,338
CAN BE SPENT, UNLESS FUTURE 

3395
02:07:26,338 --> 02:07:27,172
ORDINANCE CHANGES THAT FOR 

3396
02:07:27,172 --> 02:07:28,073
SOMETHING LIKE REVENUE SERVICE, 

3397
02:07:28,073 --> 02:07:30,175
EXCUSE ME, TRANSIT SERVICE, THE 

3398
02:07:30,175 --> 02:07:30,743
PROPOSAL CURRENTLY IS FOR A 

3399
02:07:30,743 --> 02:07:31,577
MINIMUM 60% OF THE REVENUE TO BE

3400
02:07:31,577 --> 02:07:33,345
SPENT ON. WITHIN THOSE BROAD 

3401
02:07:33,345 --> 02:07:34,713
RESTRICTIONS THAT IS WHAT THE 

3402
02:07:34,713 --> 02:07:36,081
MAYOR WILL PROPOSE FOR A BUDGET,

3403
02:07:36,081 --> 02:07:37,816
AND THAT IS WHAT YOU WILL BE 

3404
02:07:37,816 --> 02:07:39,118
CONSIDERING THROUGH THE REGULAR 

3405
02:07:39,118 --> 02:07:49,428
BUDGET PROCESS. THE 3.5 TO 5 

3406
02:07:49,428 --> 02:07:50,462
MILLION IS PRESUMABLY AN ANNUAL 

3407
02:07:50,462 --> 02:07:51,597
SPEND PLANNED FOR THAT AMOUNT OF

3408
02:07:51,597 --> 02:07:52,064
MONEY. 

3409
02:07:52,064 --> 02:07:52,831
>> GOT IT. THANK YOU. I'M NOT 

3410
02:07:52,831 --> 02:08:01,640
SURE IF I GOT MY NOTES CORRECT. 

3411
02:08:01,640 --> 02:08:03,509
I WANTED TO GO BACK AND MAKE 

3412
02:08:03,509 --> 02:08:04,576
SURE I GOT THOSE NUMBERS 

3413
02:08:04,576 --> 02:08:13,152
CORRECTLY. I THOUGHT I HEARD 

3414
02:08:13,152 --> 02:08:14,486
4000 HOURS FOR 1.5 MILLION. I'M

3415
02:08:14,486 --> 02:08:15,821
TRYING TO GET TO THE POTENTIAL 

3416
02:08:15,821 --> 02:08:16,755
SHIFT FROM SERVICES TO CAPITAL 

3417
02:08:16,755 --> 02:08:17,923
OVER THE TEN-YEAR PERIOD. 

3418
02:08:17,923 --> 02:08:28,367
>> SDOT CONFIRMED THE 1.5 

3419
02:08:35,774 --> 02:08:37,076
MILLION IS ABOUT 4500 HOURS OF 

3420
02:08:37,076 --> 02:08:37,342
SERVICE. 

3421
02:08:37,342 --> 02:08:38,343
>> OKAY. THAT WOULD BE 4500 

3422
02:08:38,343 --> 02:08:39,445
HOURS OF SERVICE ANNUALLY OVER 

3423
02:08:39,445 --> 02:08:40,012
THE TEN-YEAR PERIOD. 

3424
02:08:40,012 --> 02:08:40,412
>> CORRECT. 

3425
02:08:40,412 --> 02:08:41,947
>> THANK YOU FOR SO MUCH FOR THE

3426
02:08:41,947 --> 02:08:42,314
CLARIFICATION. 

3427
02:08:42,314 --> 02:08:43,649
>> WANT TO TURN TO A QUESTION 

3428
02:08:43,649 --> 02:08:44,750
ABOUT OUR EVALUATION. I REALLY 

3429
02:08:44,750 --> 02:08:45,584
APPRECIATED THE PUBLIC COMMENT 

3430
02:08:45,584 --> 02:08:46,452
HER EARLIER TALKING ABOUT 

3431
02:08:46,452 --> 02:08:47,453
TRANSIT FREQUENCY. BUT WE ALSO 

3432
02:08:47,453 --> 02:08:48,454
HEARD PEOPLE JUST TALK ABOUT 

3433
02:08:48,454 --> 02:08:49,254
THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH TRAVEL 

3434
02:08:49,254 --> 02:08:51,056
TIME. I AM JUST CURIOUS HOW WE 

3435
02:08:51,056 --> 02:08:57,196
EVALUATE AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO 

3436
02:08:57,196 --> 02:08:57,963
ANNUAL REPORTS WHETHER THE 

3437
02:08:57,963 --> 02:08:58,931
SERVICE OUR INVESTMENTS WE ARE 

3438
02:08:58,931 --> 02:09:07,239
MAKING THROUGH THIS MEASURE 

3439
02:09:07,239 --> 02:09:08,207
RESULTS IN REDUCED DOOR TO DOOR 

3440
02:09:08,207 --> 02:09:09,374
TRAVEL TIME FOR TRANSIT RIDERS. 

3441
02:09:09,374 --> 02:09:10,075
ESPECIALLY THINK ABOUT CROSSTOWN

3442
02:09:10,075 --> 02:09:11,243
TRIPS OR THE COMMENTARY SPOKE 

3443
02:09:11,243 --> 02:09:12,277
ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE GETTING 

3444
02:09:12,277 --> 02:09:12,711
TO THE HOSPITAL. 

3445
02:09:12,711 --> 02:09:14,146
>> YES. IT IS A LITTLE MORE 

3446
02:09:14,146 --> 02:09:15,647
COMPLICATED. WE HAVE A SPENDING 

3447
02:09:15,647 --> 02:09:18,784
MECHANISM FROM KING COUNTY 

3448
02:09:18,784 --> 02:09:20,452
METRO. KING COUNTY METRO HAS A 

3449
02:09:20,452 --> 02:09:23,288
BROADER SERVICE EVALUATION 

3450
02:09:23,288 --> 02:09:24,723
PROCESS THAT WE TRACK AND ENGAGE

3451
02:09:24,723 --> 02:09:31,230
WITH. WE HAVE ANNUAL REPORTS 

3452
02:09:31,230 --> 02:09:32,231
THAT IDENTIFY WHAT OUR SPENDING 

3453
02:09:32,231 --> 02:09:33,132
HAS BEEN IN THE CHARACTERISTICS 

3454
02:09:33,132 --> 02:09:36,468
OF WHAT THAT IS. AND I KNOW THAT

3455
02:09:36,468 --> 02:09:37,603
STAFF WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH 

3456
02:09:37,603 --> 02:09:38,537
KING COUNTY METRO TO IDENTIFY 

3457
02:09:38,537 --> 02:09:41,373
WHERE THERE ARE PROBLEMS . THAT 

3458
02:09:41,373 --> 02:09:42,641
IS WHERE WE TEND TO FOCUS 

3459
02:09:42,641 --> 02:09:43,909
CAPITAL SPENDING TO TRY TO MAKE 

3460
02:09:43,909 --> 02:09:44,543
TRANSIT PRIORITY IMPROVEMENTS. 

3461
02:09:44,543 --> 02:09:47,746
THAT IS WHERE WE , WHERE KING 

3462
02:09:47,746 --> 02:09:48,714
COUNTY LOOKS AT POTENTIAL 

3463
02:09:48,714 --> 02:09:56,255
ROUTING ADJUSTMENTS AS WELL. WE 

3464
02:09:56,255 --> 02:09:56,855
CAN FOLLOW UP WITH YOU MORE 

3465
02:09:56,855 --> 02:09:57,723
DIRECTLY ABOUT WHAT THE BEST 

3466
02:09:57,723 --> 02:09:58,690
SOURCE OF THAT INFORMATION IS. I

3467
02:09:58,690 --> 02:10:01,660
TEND TO LOOK FOR KING COUNTY 

3468
02:10:01,660 --> 02:10:02,594
PERFORMANCE . I CAN'T REMEMBER 

3469
02:10:02,594 --> 02:10:04,329
THE NAME OF THE REPORT THEY 

3470
02:10:04,329 --> 02:10:05,230
HAVE. BUT THEY HAVE AN ANNUAL 

3471
02:10:05,230 --> 02:10:05,964
REPORTING DOCUMENT THAT PROVIDES

3472
02:10:05,964 --> 02:10:08,367
A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION ON A 

3473
02:10:08,367 --> 02:10:12,538
MORE SYSTEMWIDE LEVEL . JUST AS 

3474
02:10:12,538 --> 02:10:14,439
A REMINDER, WE ARE OBLIGATED TO 

3475
02:10:14,439 --> 02:10:18,043
USE KING COUNTY'S ROUTES AS THE

3476
02:10:18,043 --> 02:10:20,012
MENU OF WHAT WE PURCHASE. WE 

3477
02:10:20,012 --> 02:10:21,747
DON'T REALLY -- KING COUNTY HAS

3478
02:10:21,747 --> 02:10:25,083
TO , KING COUNTY COUNCIL 

3479
02:10:25,083 --> 02:10:25,751
APPROVES WITH THE TRANSIT 

3480
02:10:25,751 --> 02:10:32,157
SERVICE CHANGES ARE, AND FROM 

3481
02:10:32,157 --> 02:10:33,392
THOSE OFFERINGS, WE ARE USING 

3482
02:10:33,392 --> 02:10:34,326
OUR REVENUES TO HELP SUPPORT 

3483
02:10:34,326 --> 02:10:35,360
WHERE WE THINK THERE IS 

3484
02:10:35,360 --> 02:10:36,728
ADDITIONAL VALUE FOR OUR 

3485
02:10:36,728 --> 02:10:43,468
RESIDENTS. 

3486
02:10:43,468 --> 02:10:45,103
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND OTHER

3487
02:10:45,103 --> 02:10:46,138
FOLKS FOR METRO HERE TODAY. I 

3488
02:10:46,138 --> 02:10:47,139
CAN SEE THEM NODDING THEIR 

3489
02:10:47,139 --> 02:10:48,574
HEADS. I'M SURE WE WILL GET 

3490
02:10:48,574 --> 02:10:49,575
THAT FOLLOW-UP. THANK YOU. WANT 

3491
02:10:49,575 --> 02:10:50,976
TO TURN TO MY FINAL POINT YOUR. 

3492
02:10:50,976 --> 02:10:53,045
THANK YOU CHAIR FOR THE TIME. WE

3493
02:10:53,045 --> 02:10:54,046
TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 

3494
02:10:54,046 --> 02:10:55,080
PROVISIONS IN THE MEASURE THAT 

3495
02:10:55,080 --> 02:10:58,183
ARE IN PLACE THAT ALLOW US TO 

3496
02:10:58,183 --> 02:11:01,987
SORT OF TAKE A SECOND LOOK IF 

3497
02:11:01,987 --> 02:11:03,322
THERE ARE CHANGES TO WHAT THE 

3498
02:11:03,322 --> 02:11:09,261
COUNTY IS DOING IN THEIR OVERALL

3499
02:11:09,261 --> 02:11:10,295
WORK. CAN YOU SHARE WITH US A 

3500
02:11:10,295 --> 02:11:11,096
LITTLE BIT MORE, CALVIN, ABOUT 

3501
02:11:11,096 --> 02:11:13,098
THE PROCESS FOR THAT? IF WE WERE

3502
02:11:13,098 --> 02:11:15,701
TO SEE A CHANGE IN INVESTMENT 

3503
02:11:15,701 --> 02:11:16,368
FROM KING COUNTY OR ADDITIONAL 

3504
02:11:16,368 --> 02:11:22,441
HOURS FROM KING COUNTY, WHAT 

3505
02:11:22,441 --> 02:11:23,108
DOES THIS, THE LANGUAGE IN THIS 

3506
02:11:23,108 --> 02:11:24,109
MEASURE NOW, EITHER REQUIRE US 

3507
02:11:24,109 --> 02:11:26,211
TO DO OR ALLOW US TO DO? 

3508
02:11:26,211 --> 02:11:29,881
>> I BELIEVE THAT LANGUAGE IN 

3509
02:11:29,881 --> 02:11:30,849
THE RESOLUTION BEFORE US IS 

3510
02:11:30,849 --> 02:11:31,750
REALLY JUST A STATEMENT 

3511
02:11:31,750 --> 02:11:32,918
ACKNOWLEDGING WE HAVE THAT 

3512
02:11:32,918 --> 02:11:35,721
AUTHORITY. REGARDLESS OF WHETHER

3513
02:11:35,721 --> 02:11:36,922
THE LANGUAGE WAS THERE OR NOT, 

3514
02:11:36,922 --> 02:11:42,027
THIS LEGISLATIVE BODY CAN DECIDE

3515
02:11:42,027 --> 02:11:43,662
AT WHAT LEVEL TO IMPOSE THIS 

3516
02:11:43,662 --> 02:11:44,630
LOCAL TAXING AUTHORITY. AND SO, 

3517
02:11:44,630 --> 02:11:45,931
IF THE VOTERS APPROVE THIS, THE 

3518
02:11:45,931 --> 02:11:48,800
COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO TAKE AN 

3519
02:11:48,800 --> 02:11:50,002
ACTION TO ASK THE STATE TO 

3520
02:11:50,002 --> 02:11:51,670
IMPOSE AND COLLECT THE 0.3% 

3521
02:11:51,670 --> 02:11:58,911
SALES TAX. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS

3522
02:11:58,911 --> 02:11:59,878
I KNOW REMEMBERS WE ACTUALLY RAN

3523
02:11:59,878 --> 02:12:01,446
INTO A TIMING ISSUE IN THE PAST 

3524
02:12:01,446 --> 02:12:02,981
WHERE IT TOOK TIME FOR THE STATE

3525
02:12:02,981 --> 02:12:05,317
TO ACTUALLY GET THAT IN PLACE. 

3526
02:12:05,317 --> 02:12:14,359
THERE WAS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF 

3527
02:12:14,359 --> 02:12:16,128
THAT SHOULD TAKE SOME TIME FOR 

3528
02:12:16,128 --> 02:12:16,828
THE STATE TO PUT SYSTEMS IN 

3529
02:12:16,828 --> 02:12:18,397
PLACE AND START TO BE IN 

3530
02:12:18,397 --> 02:12:21,533
COLLECTIONS. THE PROCESS WOULD 

3531
02:12:21,533 --> 02:12:22,634
BE THE REVERSE. THE COUNCIL 

3532
02:12:22,634 --> 02:12:23,502
WOULD SAY INSTEAD OF COLLECTING 

3533
02:12:23,502 --> 02:12:29,441
0.3%, WE WOULD COLLECT 0.2 OR 

3534
02:12:29,441 --> 02:12:30,909
WHATEVER THE AMOUNT IS. IT WOULD

3535
02:12:30,909 --> 02:12:32,177
TAKE SOME AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE

3536
02:12:32,177 --> 02:12:33,612
STATE TO PUT THAT IN PLACE AND 

3537
02:12:33,612 --> 02:12:40,953
CHANGE THE COLLECTION AMOUNT. 

3538
02:12:40,953 --> 02:12:42,487
>> GOT IT. THANK YOU. A 

3539
02:12:42,487 --> 02:12:43,221
RESTATEMENT OF OUR AUTHORITY TO 

3540
02:12:43,221 --> 02:12:44,389
MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT CLARIFIED

3541
02:12:44,389 --> 02:12:45,057
IN THE RESOLUTION. 

3542
02:12:45,057 --> 02:12:46,858
>> I VIEW IT AS A WAY TO MAKE 

3543
02:12:46,858 --> 02:12:48,060
SURE THAT THE VOTERS WERE GOING 

3544
02:12:48,060 --> 02:12:49,528
TO VOTE ON IT ARE AWARE THAT 

3545
02:12:49,528 --> 02:12:50,862
SEATTLE ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE 

3546
02:12:50,862 --> 02:12:51,697
PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT 

3547
02:12:51,697 --> 02:12:51,963
CONCERN. 

3548
02:12:51,963 --> 02:12:52,864
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CALVIN. 

3549
02:12:52,864 --> 02:12:55,467
>> APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTIONS. 

3550
02:12:55,467 --> 02:12:56,268
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. YOU ARE 

3551
02:12:56,268 --> 02:12:57,035
RECOGNIZED. 

3552
02:12:57,035 --> 02:13:05,711
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I WANT TO 

3553
02:13:05,711 --> 02:13:06,345
THANK COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER FOR 

3554
02:13:06,345 --> 02:13:07,346
HER QUESTIONS. NOW I HAVE MORE 

3555
02:13:07,346 --> 02:13:13,051
MATH FOR EVERYBODY. THINK ABOUT 

3556
02:13:13,051 --> 02:13:14,619
1.5 REDUCTION ANNUALLY, 4500 BUS

3557
02:13:14,619 --> 02:13:15,587
SERVICE HOURS PER YEAR. LOOKING 

3558
02:13:15,587 --> 02:13:17,255
ACROSS THE 10 YEARS OF THE 

3559
02:13:17,255 --> 02:13:18,623
MEASURE THAT IS 45,000 HOURS. I 

3560
02:13:18,623 --> 02:13:22,327
THINK IT IS A LITTLE BIT 

3561
02:13:22,327 --> 02:13:23,795
AMBIGUOUS TO BE TALK ABOUT BUS 

3562
02:13:23,795 --> 02:13:25,230
HOURS. WHAT THAT MEANS EVERY DAY

3563
02:13:25,230 --> 02:13:26,231
FOR PEOPLE. I THINK IT IS 

3564
02:13:26,231 --> 02:13:28,834
IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT 4500 BUS 

3565
02:13:28,834 --> 02:13:34,973
SERVICE HOURS IS ABOUT A WEEK 

3566
02:13:34,973 --> 02:13:36,641
AFTER IS WORTH OF BUS SERVICE. 

3567
02:13:36,641 --> 02:13:37,542
SO ACROSS THE COURSE OF THE 

3568
02:13:37,542 --> 02:13:41,079
MEASURE AS PROPOSED . WE WOULD 

3569
02:13:41,079 --> 02:13:42,114
BE LOOKING AT 10 WEEKS OF BUS 

3570
02:13:42,114 --> 02:13:43,782
SERVICE AS THE TRADE-OFF HERE. I

3571
02:13:43,782 --> 02:13:44,649
THOUGHT THAT WAS PARTICULARLY 

3572
02:13:44,649 --> 02:13:48,320
IMPORTANT TO JUST NAME TO CLOSE 

3573
02:13:48,320 --> 02:13:49,888
THE LOOP ON THAT POINT. I DO 

3574
02:13:49,888 --> 02:13:54,860
HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL QUESTION. 

3575
02:13:54,860 --> 02:13:56,395
HAS COME UP SINCE WE HEARD FOLKS

3576
02:13:56,395 --> 02:13:57,896
TODAY TALK ABOUT THE FREQUENT 

3577
02:13:57,896 --> 02:13:58,563
NETWORK AND IMPORTANCE OF BEING 

3578
02:13:58,563 --> 02:13:59,731
ABLE TO DELIVER ON THAT. I'M 

3579
02:13:59,731 --> 02:14:01,700
WONDERING HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST

3580
02:14:01,700 --> 02:14:04,770
TO GET TO 100% OF THE FREQUENT 

3581
02:14:04,770 --> 02:14:05,570
TRANSIT NETWORK? IS IT POSSIBLE 

3582
02:14:05,570 --> 02:14:06,972
TO ACHIEVE THAT THROUGH 

3583
02:14:06,972 --> 02:14:07,672
REDUCTIONS TO CAPITAL SPENDING? 

3584
02:14:07,672 --> 02:14:14,112
WHAT IS THE TRUE DELTA? 

3585
02:14:14,112 --> 02:14:15,881
>> I THINK THAT IS A LITTLE BIT 

3586
02:14:15,881 --> 02:14:17,082
OF A MOVING TARGET DEPENDING ON 

3587
02:14:17,082 --> 02:14:17,983
WHAT YOU CONSIDER THE FREQUENT 

3588
02:14:17,983 --> 02:14:19,351
TRANSIT NETWORK TO BE. IT IS A 

3589
02:14:19,351 --> 02:14:20,452
STRUCTURAL IDEA. THESE ARE THE 

3590
02:14:20,452 --> 02:14:22,354
CORE ROUTES, AND WE WANT TO HAVE

3591
02:14:22,354 --> 02:14:24,489
HIGHER SERVICE. WHAT IS THAT 

3592
02:14:24,489 --> 02:14:25,757
LEVEL OF SERVICE YOU MEAN WHEN 

3593
02:14:25,757 --> 02:14:26,691
YOU TALK ABOUT FULLY EMBRACING 

3594
02:14:26,691 --> 02:14:28,427
THAT? IS THAT FIVE MINUTES 

3595
02:14:28,427 --> 02:14:30,996
HEADWAYS ON EVERY SINGLE ROUTE? 

3596
02:14:30,996 --> 02:14:33,932
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 

3597
02:14:33,932 --> 02:14:36,802
THE TWO. THERE IS A SPECIFIC 

3598
02:14:36,802 --> 02:14:42,841
SORT OF PROPOSAL IN THE SOUND 

3599
02:14:42,841 --> 02:14:43,975
TRANSPORTATION PLAN. WE WILL GO 

3600
02:14:43,975 --> 02:14:45,677
BACK AND TRY TO GET A SENSE OF 

3601
02:14:45,677 --> 02:14:47,212
HOW MUCH OF THAT IS UNFUNDED SO 

3602
02:14:47,212 --> 02:14:49,881
YOU HAVE THAT SENSE. BUT I 

3603
02:14:49,881 --> 02:14:51,583
DON'T KNOW IT OFF THE TOP OF MY

3604
02:14:51,583 --> 02:14:52,951
HEAD. WILL DO A LITTLE BIT OF 

3605
02:14:52,951 --> 02:14:54,019
RESEARCH ON THAT. 

3606
02:14:54,019 --> 02:14:54,719
>> 

3607
02:14:54,719 --> 02:14:56,421
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. A

3608
02:14:56,421 --> 02:14:57,355
POINT OF CURIOSITY. I THINK 

3609
02:14:57,355 --> 02:15:04,129
FOLKS ARE HAVING AND SOMETHING 

3610
02:15:04,129 --> 02:15:04,629
WANT TO CENTER FUTURE 

3611
02:15:04,629 --> 02:15:06,298
DISCUSSIONS BROADLY ACROSS ALL 

3612
02:15:06,298 --> 02:15:06,865
TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS. 

3613
02:15:06,865 --> 02:15:08,500
>> ONE THING I WANT TO MAKE SURE

3614
02:15:08,500 --> 02:15:09,167
AS PART OF THIS CONVERSATION IS 

3615
02:15:09,167 --> 02:15:09,968
GENERALLY WHAT KING COUNTY IS 

3616
02:15:09,968 --> 02:15:11,103
GOING TO DO OVER THE NEXT TWO 

3617
02:15:11,103 --> 02:15:14,706
YEARS, BRINGING ABOUT 100,000 

3618
02:15:14,706 --> 02:15:16,141
SERVICE HOURS IS GOING TO BE A 

3619
02:15:16,141 --> 02:15:17,109
BIG DEAL. COULD POTENTIALLY 

3620
02:15:17,109 --> 02:15:19,678
DRESS THE NUMBER OF CONCERNS 

3621
02:15:19,678 --> 02:15:21,713
THAT FOLKS HAVE ABOUT WHERE 

3622
02:15:21,713 --> 02:15:22,347
EXACTLY ARE THESE BUSES GOING TO

3623
02:15:22,347 --> 02:15:23,782
GO. WE HAVEN'T HAD A BIG 

3624
02:15:23,782 --> 02:15:28,553
RESTRUCTURING LOOK AT THIS IN 

3625
02:15:28,553 --> 02:15:29,354
SEATTLE FOR SOME TIME. THE MOST 

3626
02:15:29,354 --> 02:15:34,059
RECENT ONE WAS AROUND MADISON. 

3627
02:15:34,059 --> 02:15:35,660
THE MEDICINE BRT. IT WILL BE AN 

3628
02:15:35,660 --> 02:15:36,661
OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY RAISE A 

3629
02:15:36,661 --> 02:15:38,597
NUMBER OF THESE DIRECT SERVICE 

3630
02:15:38,597 --> 02:15:43,401
ISSUES. 

3631
02:15:43,401 --> 02:15:44,836
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU,

3632
02:15:44,836 --> 02:15:45,203
CHAIR. 

3633
02:15:45,203 --> 02:15:46,705
>> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. LAST 

3634
02:15:46,705 --> 02:15:57,215
BUT NOT LIST -- LEASE, COUNCIL 

3635
02:15:57,215 --> 02:15:57,582
MEMBER STRESS. 

3636
02:15:57,582 --> 02:15:58,750
>> THANK YOU, COLLINGS. I 

3637
02:15:58,750 --> 02:16:00,352
APPRECIATE THIS BEING BEFORE US.

3638
02:16:00,352 --> 02:16:00,952
WE NEED TO MAKE THIS MEASURE 

3639
02:16:00,952 --> 02:16:02,120
ABOUT TRANSIT . THE CURRENT 

3640
02:16:02,120 --> 02:16:02,787
PROPOSAL DOUBLES THE TAX FOR 

3641
02:16:02,787 --> 02:16:04,422
FEWER TRANSIT HOURS, AND WE NEED

3642
02:16:04,422 --> 02:16:05,857
TO FIX THIS. WE HAD BETTER BUS 

3643
02:16:05,857 --> 02:16:07,592
SERVICE IN THE PANDEMIC THAT WE 

3644
02:16:07,592 --> 02:16:14,332
DO TODAY IN THE BALLARD REGIONAL

3645
02:16:14,332 --> 02:16:15,066
CENTER. METRO'S ISSUES AS 

3646
02:16:15,066 --> 02:16:15,734
DISCUSSED HERE DURING THE 

3647
02:16:15,734 --> 02:16:16,401
PANDEMIC CAUSED FUNDING 

3648
02:16:16,401 --> 02:16:17,068
DIVERSIONS AS CALVIN CHOW 

3649
02:16:17,068 --> 02:16:25,410
DISCUSSED HERE TODAY. WE WERE 

3650
02:16:25,410 --> 02:16:26,011
LITERALLY IN A PLACE WHERE IF 

3651
02:16:26,011 --> 02:16:26,912
METRO, IF WE COULD HAVE BOUGHT 

3652
02:16:26,912 --> 02:16:28,146
THOSE HOURS FROM METRO, WE WOULD

3653
02:16:28,146 --> 02:16:30,015
HAVE, BUT WE COULDN'T, AND WHAT

3654
02:16:30,015 --> 02:16:33,318
IS THE NEXT BEST OPTION. THAT IS

3655
02:16:33,318 --> 02:16:34,686
WHY I THINK THE 2020 PROPOSAL 

3656
02:16:34,686 --> 02:16:36,021
MIGHT NOT BE THE BEST APPLES TO 

3657
02:16:36,021 --> 02:16:37,656
APPLES. IT MIGHT ACTUALLY BE THE

3658
02:16:37,656 --> 02:16:41,726
FIRST PROPOSAL . WE CAN TALK 

3659
02:16:41,726 --> 02:16:42,761
MORE ABOUT THAT LATER. ALL THAT 

3660
02:16:42,761 --> 02:16:44,796
TO SAY, IF WE WERE IN A PLACE WE

3661
02:16:44,796 --> 02:16:46,064
KNEW METRO COULD SPEND AS MANY 

3662
02:16:46,064 --> 02:16:46,865
DOLLARS AS WE PROVIDED, WE WOULD

3663
02:16:46,865 --> 02:16:48,400
HAVE EVEN MORE TRANSIT HOURS. 

3664
02:16:48,400 --> 02:16:49,234
SEATTLEITES RIDE TRANSIT. I 

3665
02:16:49,234 --> 02:16:51,503
WOULD BE -- WE WOULD LITERALLY 

3666
02:16:51,503 --> 02:16:53,972
BUY AS MANY HOURS AS DOLLARS 

3667
02:16:53,972 --> 02:16:59,177
COULD BE COLLECTED. I SAY THAT 

3668
02:16:59,177 --> 02:17:00,879
BECAUSE IF METRO IS ABLE TO GET 

3669
02:17:00,879 --> 02:17:04,749
THESE BUSES ON THE ROADS, 

3670
02:17:04,749 --> 02:17:06,184
OPERATORS DRIVING THEM, IF THAT 

3671
02:17:06,184 --> 02:17:06,885
WAS EXPONENTIAL, I WOULD BE 

3672
02:17:06,885 --> 02:17:12,657
ADDING TO THESE SALES TAX. 

3673
02:17:12,657 --> 02:17:13,625
BECAUSE SEATTLEITES ENJOY RIDING

3674
02:17:13,625 --> 02:17:15,560
TRANSIT. WE ARE NOT THERE YET. 

3675
02:17:15,560 --> 02:17:21,266
BUT METRO IS BUILDING BACK. AS 

3676
02:17:21,266 --> 02:17:22,467
METRO BUILDS BACK, WE NEED TO BE

3677
02:17:22,467 --> 02:17:25,070
READY TO BUY MORE HOURS, NOT 

3678
02:17:25,070 --> 02:17:32,277
FEWER. IN LAND USE COMMITTEE 

3679
02:17:32,277 --> 02:17:32,844
YESTERDAY, CHAIR LIN HAD A 

3680
02:17:32,844 --> 02:17:33,511
DISCUSSION ABOUT THE REGIONAL 

3681
02:17:33,511 --> 02:17:34,245
CENTER PLANNING. COLLEAGUES, FOR

3682
02:17:34,245 --> 02:17:38,116
REFERENCE, THE REGIONAL CENTERS 

3683
02:17:38,116 --> 02:17:40,852
IN OUR CITY OUR FIRST HILL 

3684
02:17:40,852 --> 02:17:41,353
CAPITAL HILL DOWNTOWN, 

3685
02:17:41,353 --> 02:17:41,987
UNIVERSITY DISTRICT, NORTHGATE, 

3686
02:17:41,987 --> 02:17:42,621
SOUTH LAKE UNION, UPTOWN, AND 

3687
02:17:42,621 --> 02:17:46,625
BALLARD. I WILL DO BETTER NEXT 

3688
02:17:46,625 --> 02:17:54,132
TIME. JUST TO RECAP, FIRST HILL 

3689
02:17:54,132 --> 02:17:54,766
CAPITAL HILL HAS THE STREETCAR 

3690
02:17:54,766 --> 02:17:56,368
AND LIGHT RAIL, DOWNTOWN AS 

3691
02:17:56,368 --> 02:18:01,106
LIGHT RAIL, U DISTRICT HAS 

3692
02:18:01,106 --> 02:18:01,706
LIGHT, NORTHGATE, SOUTH LAKE 

3693
02:18:01,706 --> 02:18:02,841
UNION HAS THE STREETCAR. A 

3694
02:18:02,841 --> 02:18:03,742
NUMBER OF RAPID RIDES AND SHOULD

3695
02:18:03,742 --> 02:18:05,610
HAVE LIGHT RAIL AND UPTOWN HAS 

3696
02:18:05,610 --> 02:18:10,582
RAPID RIDES THAT ARE 

3697
02:18:10,582 --> 02:18:11,950
UNENCUMBERED THAT HAVE DIRECT US

3698
02:18:11,950 --> 02:18:14,319
LANES ALL THE WAY DOWNTOWN TO 

3699
02:18:14,319 --> 02:18:20,158
THE CENTER OF UPTOWN. WILL BE 

3700
02:18:20,158 --> 02:18:21,459
HEARD IN PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY IS

3701
02:18:21,459 --> 02:18:24,696
THAT BETTY WHO LIVES IN A 

3702
02:18:24,696 --> 02:18:25,563
REGIONAL CENTER HAS MANY OPTIONS

3703
02:18:25,563 --> 02:18:29,134
TO GET TO HER TWO TRIMS. I MEAN,

3704
02:18:29,134 --> 02:18:31,970
THAT'S GREAT. A LOT OF 

3705
02:18:31,970 --> 02:18:32,704
DIFFERENT OPTIONS, BUT WE HEARD 

3706
02:18:32,704 --> 02:18:38,610
THAT KIMBALL IN A DIFFERENT 

3707
02:18:38,610 --> 02:18:39,244
REGIONAL CENTER HAS TO PLAN TWO 

3708
02:18:39,244 --> 02:18:41,079
HOURS TO GET TO HER DOCTOR . WE 

3709
02:18:41,079 --> 02:18:45,383
HEARD JONATHAN SHARED THAT HE 

3710
02:18:45,383 --> 02:18:49,287
LITERALLY HAS TO GAMBLE WITH 

3711
02:18:49,287 --> 02:18:51,589
THEIR PLANS IF THEY WANT TO USE 

3712
02:18:51,589 --> 02:19:02,167
TRANSIT . THIS ISN'T DIFFERENT 

3713
02:19:02,400 --> 02:19:04,335
FROM MY SITUATION. COLLEAGUES, 

3714
02:19:04,335 --> 02:19:04,969
USUALLY THURSDAYS ARE DAY I WORK

3715
02:19:04,969 --> 02:19:05,637
OUT OF MY DISTRICT 6 OFFICE IN 

3716
02:19:05,637 --> 02:19:06,805
THE BALLARD REGIONAL CENTER. 

3717
02:19:06,805 --> 02:19:07,872
TODAY CAME DOWN HERE FOR THIS. 

3718
02:19:07,872 --> 02:19:12,577
AND I WOULD RATHER BE ABLE TO 

3719
02:19:12,577 --> 02:19:13,812
RELY ON TRANSIT TO GET BACK FOR 

3720
02:19:13,812 --> 02:19:15,013
OFFICE HOURS TODAY, BUT I CAN'T,

3721
02:19:15,013 --> 02:19:16,281
BECAUSE TO GET FROM THIS OFFICE 

3722
02:19:16,281 --> 02:19:21,086
AT CITY HALL TO MY DISTRICT 6 

3723
02:19:21,086 --> 02:19:23,388
OFFICE IT TAKES THE SAME AMOUNT 

3724
02:19:23,388 --> 02:19:24,522
OF TIME ON TRANSIT AS IT DOES TO

3725
02:19:24,522 --> 02:19:27,425
GET FROM THIS OFFICE TO TACOMA. 

3726
02:19:27,425 --> 02:19:37,502
SO KIMBALL, IF YOU WOULD LIKE A 

3727
02:19:37,502 --> 02:19:38,503
RIDE BACK TO BALLARD, I WILL BE 

3728
02:19:38,503 --> 02:19:40,171
GOING BACK AT 1:00 FOR OFFICE 

3729
02:19:40,171 --> 02:19:42,407
HOURS. JONATHAN, YOU AS WELL. IN

3730
02:19:42,407 --> 02:19:44,376
THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON JUNE 4 

3731
02:19:44,376 --> 02:19:48,379
WE HAD A SLIDE FIVE . THE WORDS 

3732
02:19:48,379 --> 02:19:49,481
ON THE SLIDE SAID THAT THIS 

3733
02:19:49,481 --> 02:19:51,349
PROPOSAL IS IN LINE WITH THE 

3734
02:19:51,349 --> 02:19:53,051
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. BUT THE MAP 

3735
02:19:53,051 --> 02:19:54,386
THAT SHOWED THE FREQUENCY OF 

3736
02:19:54,386 --> 02:19:57,522
TRANSIT SHOWS THAT IT DOES NOT. 

3737
02:19:57,522 --> 02:19:59,124
THROUGH ACTIONS. WORDS ARE 

3738
02:19:59,124 --> 02:19:59,991
HOLLOW WHEN ACTIONS ARE NOT 

3739
02:19:59,991 --> 02:20:10,535
FOLLOWED THROUGH WITH. THE MAP 

3740
02:20:12,170 --> 02:20:13,805
ON THAT SLIDE SHOWS THE CLOSEST 

3741
02:20:13,805 --> 02:20:14,539
TO BALLARD THAT THE MOST 

3742
02:20:14,539 --> 02:20:15,540
FREQUENT TRANSIT GET IS LEERY 

3743
02:20:15,540 --> 02:20:16,174
AND 15th, AND INDUSTRIAL ZONE. 

3744
02:20:16,174 --> 02:20:17,609
IT IS NOT NEAR HOUSING. NOT NEAR

3745
02:20:17,609 --> 02:20:18,243
THE CENTER OF BALLARD. THIS IS 

3746
02:20:18,243 --> 02:20:19,778
NOT ABOUT MY NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS 

3747
02:20:19,778 --> 02:20:20,445
IS ABOUT HER COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

3748
02:20:20,445 --> 02:20:26,718
IF WE ARE PUTTING THIS TYPE OF 

3749
02:20:26,718 --> 02:20:28,286
ZONING, FOCUSING JOB AND HOUSING

3750
02:20:28,286 --> 02:20:30,054
GROWTH IN A PART OF OUR CITY, 

3751
02:20:30,054 --> 02:20:31,289
OUR TRANSIT NEEDS TO DO THAT AS 

3752
02:20:31,289 --> 02:20:31,956
WELL. IN THAT SAME COMMITTEE ON 

3753
02:20:31,956 --> 02:20:33,758
JUNE 4, COMMITTEE STAFF STATED 

3754
02:20:33,758 --> 02:20:36,261
THE ONLY WAY THIS PROPOSAL WILL 

3755
02:20:36,261 --> 02:20:42,467
FUND TRAFFIC TO THE BALLARD 

3756
02:20:42,467 --> 02:20:43,401
REGIONAL CENTER IS BY RAPID RIDE

3757
02:20:43,401 --> 02:20:45,303
D OR ROUTE 40. AGAIN, TAKES THE 

3758
02:20:45,303 --> 02:20:46,371
SAME AMOUNT OF TIME TO GET FROM 

3759
02:20:46,371 --> 02:20:47,639
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE TO TACOMA. IS 

3760
02:20:47,639 --> 02:20:52,944
SLIDE FIVE IS ACCURATE, WE NEED 

3761
02:20:52,944 --> 02:20:53,478
TO MAKE SURE THIS TRANSIT 

3762
02:20:53,478 --> 02:20:55,513
MEASURE TRANSITS . IT WAS CLEAR 

3763
02:20:55,513 --> 02:21:00,251
THAT NEITHER SDOT OR METRO ARE 

3764
02:21:00,251 --> 02:21:01,653
INTERESTED IN RETURNING DIRECT 

3765
02:21:01,653 --> 02:21:02,187
ROUTES BETWEEN  DOWNTOWN 

3766
02:21:02,187 --> 02:21:04,589
REGIONAL CENTER AND DOWNTOWN -- 

3767
02:21:04,589 --> 02:21:09,360
AND BALLARD REGIONAL CENTER. THE

3768
02:21:09,360 --> 02:21:10,061
OPTIONS THAT WERE PROVIDED AT 

3769
02:21:10,061 --> 02:21:11,196
THE LAST COMMITTEE MEETING WHERE

3770
02:21:11,196 --> 02:21:14,499
THAT WE CAN FUND EITHER ROUTE 40

3771
02:21:14,499 --> 02:21:16,134
RAPID RIDE D AND THAT EXPRESS 

3772
02:21:16,134 --> 02:21:20,905
BUSES FOR EITHER OF THOSE IS NOT

3773
02:21:20,905 --> 02:21:21,539
SOMETHING WE CAN DO. COLLEAGUES,

3774
02:21:21,539 --> 02:21:23,141
I AM ASKING WE TAKE A CLEAR LOOK

3775
02:21:23,141 --> 02:21:27,212
AT THIS AND MAKE SURE THIS 

3776
02:21:27,212 --> 02:21:28,112
PROPOSAL IS IN LINE WITH HER 

3777
02:21:28,112 --> 02:21:29,447
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MORE THAN IT 

3778
02:21:29,447 --> 02:21:31,983
WAS ON SLIDE FIVE. THIS MUST BE 

3779
02:21:31,983 --> 02:21:33,084
FIXED, AND WE HAVE TO BRING THE 

3780
02:21:33,084 --> 02:21:34,152
TRANSIT PLAN IN LINE WITH HER 

3781
02:21:34,152 --> 02:21:35,220
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. JUST TO BE 

3782
02:21:35,220 --> 02:21:36,521
CLEAR, I'M NOT ASKING FOR MORE 

3783
02:21:36,521 --> 02:21:40,792
THAN ANYONE ELSE HAS. I'M JUST 

3784
02:21:40,792 --> 02:21:42,393
ASKING FOR THE SAME AS EVERYONE 

3785
02:21:42,393 --> 02:21:43,461
ELSE HAS. I'M NOT EVEN ASKING 

3786
02:21:43,461 --> 02:21:50,101
TO , FOR MORE COACHES OR 

3787
02:21:50,101 --> 02:21:51,970
DRIVERS. I'M NOT ASKING FOR THE

3788
02:21:51,970 --> 02:21:53,137
SERVICE THAT IS SERVING YOUR 

3789
02:21:53,137 --> 02:21:53,738
NEIGHBORHOODS TO BE TAKEN UP 

3790
02:21:53,738 --> 02:21:54,706
INTO THE BALLARD REGIONAL 

3791
02:21:54,706 --> 02:22:05,250
CENTER. I AM JUST ASKING TO USE 

3792
02:22:06,317 --> 02:22:07,485
HER EXISTING COACHES AND 

3793
02:22:07,485 --> 02:22:08,987
OPERATORS BETWEEN THE DOWNTOWN 

3794
02:22:08,987 --> 02:22:09,521
REGIONAL CENTER, BALLARD 

3795
02:22:09,521 --> 02:22:09,988
REGIONAL CENTER, MORE 

3796
02:22:09,988 --> 02:22:10,722
EFFICIENTLY. IF YOU TAKE ONE BUS

3797
02:22:10,722 --> 02:22:12,590
OFF OF THE RAPID RIDE D AND ONE 

3798
02:22:12,590 --> 02:22:13,491
OFF OF ROUTE 40, IT IS A 50% 

3799
02:22:13,491 --> 02:22:14,392
INCREASE OF DIRECT SERVICE 

3800
02:22:14,392 --> 02:22:15,326
BETWEEN DOWNTOWN REGIONAL CENTER

3801
02:22:15,326 --> 02:22:15,960
AND BALLARD REGIONAL CENTER. 

3802
02:22:15,960 --> 02:22:16,694
AGAIN, KIMBALL COULD'VE TAKEN 

3803
02:22:16,694 --> 02:22:21,399
THE 17 BUST DIRECTLY HERE TO GET

3804
02:22:21,399 --> 02:22:23,067
HERE. BUT THEN HAS NO WAY HOME 

3805
02:22:23,067 --> 02:22:25,603
UNTIL 3:30 UNLESS THEY WANT TO ,

3806
02:22:25,603 --> 02:22:27,171
UNLESS SHE WANTS TO TAKE A BUS 

3807
02:22:27,171 --> 02:22:28,406
TO TAKE THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME 

3808
02:22:28,406 --> 02:22:29,774
THAT GETS TO TACOMA. I HAD THE 

3809
02:22:29,774 --> 02:22:31,476
SAME EXPERIENCE YESTERDAY ON THE

3810
02:22:31,476 --> 02:22:34,746
17 WHERE SOMEBODY GOT ON THE BUS

3811
02:22:34,746 --> 02:22:36,047
AND THEY WERE GOING TO DOWNTOWN 

3812
02:22:36,047 --> 02:22:37,715
AND THEN TO WEST SEATTLE . AND 

3813
02:22:37,715 --> 02:22:39,183
IT WAS ALL DIRECT UNTIL THEY HAD

3814
02:22:39,183 --> 02:22:41,185
TO GET BACK TO BALLARD FROM 

3815
02:22:41,185 --> 02:22:45,924
DOWNTOWN MIDDLE OF THE DAY. I 

3816
02:22:45,924 --> 02:22:48,059
DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR 

3817
02:22:48,059 --> 02:22:53,164
YOU, CALVIN OR AMANDA. 

3818
02:22:53,164 --> 02:22:54,465
APPRECIATE YOUR ANALYSIS. 

3819
02:22:54,465 --> 02:22:55,099
BECAUSE IT REFLECTS EXACTLY WHAT

3820
02:22:55,099 --> 02:22:56,234
MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN THE LAST 

3821
02:22:56,234 --> 02:23:02,340
SIX YEARS REGARDING THIS. THIS 

3822
02:23:02,340 --> 02:23:02,941
PROPOSAL NEEDS TO BE FIXED. 

3823
02:23:02,941 --> 02:23:04,075
NEEDS TO BE FIXED TO MAKE IT 

3824
02:23:04,075 --> 02:23:05,009
MORE ABOUT TRANSIT, TO ALIGN 

3825
02:23:05,009 --> 02:23:06,010
WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, TO 

3826
02:23:06,010 --> 02:23:11,916
ENSURE WE ARE READY TO BUY HOURS

3827
02:23:11,916 --> 02:23:12,917
THAT PROVIDE HOURS AND SERVE 

3828
02:23:12,917 --> 02:23:14,185
SEATTLEITES WITH EFFICIENT USE 

3829
02:23:14,185 --> 02:23:14,786
OF TAX DOLLARS. THANK YOU, 

3830
02:23:14,786 --> 02:23:15,053
COLLIES. 

3831
02:23:15,053 --> 02:23:16,020
>> WELL SAID. COUNCIL MEMBER 

3832
02:23:16,020 --> 02:23:17,655
FOSTER, IS THERE A NEW HAND? ALL

3833
02:23:17,655 --> 02:23:23,127
GOOD. LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE NO 

3834
02:23:23,127 --> 02:23:24,529
OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. LET

3835
02:23:24,529 --> 02:23:33,104
ME FINISH MY QUESTIONING . VERY 

3836
02:23:33,104 --> 02:23:33,638
RICH, AWESOME DISCUSSION, 

3837
02:23:33,638 --> 02:23:34,772
COLLEAGUES. REALLY APPRECIATE 

3838
02:23:34,772 --> 02:23:36,274
YOU ALL. LEARNED A LOT. 

3839
02:23:36,274 --> 02:23:37,175
ESPECIALLY APPRECIATE THE 

3840
02:23:37,175 --> 02:23:39,277
CONVERSATION AROUND THE PROPOSED

3841
02:23:39,277 --> 02:23:42,447
CUTS TO ACCESSIBILITY , WHAT IT 

3842
02:23:42,447 --> 02:23:44,082
WOULD MEAN AND HOW WOULD IT 

3843
02:23:44,082 --> 02:23:48,386
IMPACT TRANSIT SERVICE . I HAVE 

3844
02:23:48,386 --> 02:23:52,423
A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. WHAT I 

3845
02:23:52,423 --> 02:23:54,092
WANT TO DOUBLE-CLICK A LITTLE 

3846
02:23:54,092 --> 02:23:56,260
BIT ON THAT CONVERSATION TO 

3847
02:23:56,260 --> 02:23:57,462
HOPEFULLY HELP ILLUMINATE THE 

3848
02:23:57,462 --> 02:24:05,136
FULL VARIOUS TRADE-OFFS AT ISSUE

3849
02:24:05,136 --> 02:24:06,904
RIGHT HERE TODAY. WE LEARNED 

3850
02:24:06,904 --> 02:24:08,106
POTENTIAL SERVICE HOURS THAT CAN

3851
02:24:08,106 --> 02:24:09,207
BE PURCHASED WITH ADDITIONAL 1.5

3852
02:24:09,207 --> 02:24:13,911
MILLION ANNUALLY . IN A MOMENT, 

3853
02:24:13,911 --> 02:24:17,415
I WILL ASK YOU ABOUT HOW MANY 

3854
02:24:17,415 --> 02:24:22,720
SPECIFIC CURB RAMPS , ADA 

3855
02:24:22,720 --> 02:24:23,788
ACCESSIBLE CURB RAMPS CAN 1.5 

3856
02:24:23,788 --> 02:24:25,289
MILLION PURCHASE ANNUALLY. THE 

3857
02:24:25,289 --> 02:24:29,994
REASON I AM GOING TO MENTION 

3858
02:24:29,994 --> 02:24:32,130
THAT, COLLEAGUES, THIS CAPITAL 

3859
02:24:32,130 --> 02:24:35,733
BUCKET AIN'T JUST ABOUT 

3860
02:24:35,733 --> 02:24:40,538
SIDEWALKS OR NEW SIDEWALKS. IT 

3861
02:24:40,538 --> 02:24:45,243
IS ONE SPECIFIC -- SIDEWALKS A 

3862
02:24:45,243 --> 02:24:46,244
NEW SPINE SIDEWALKS ARE ONE 

3863
02:24:46,244 --> 02:24:47,145
SPECIFIC POTENTIAL 

3864
02:24:47,145 --> 02:24:55,953
IMPLEMENTATION. BUT A BETTER I 

3865
02:24:55,953 --> 02:24:56,921
THINK, MORE ILLUSTRATIVE 

3866
02:24:56,921 --> 02:24:58,790
IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT IS CURB 

3867
02:24:58,790 --> 02:25:01,192
RAMPS. WHAT A CURB RAMPS? 

3868
02:25:01,192 --> 02:25:02,827
EARLIER THIS YEAR IN COMMITTEE, 

3869
02:25:02,827 --> 02:25:04,796
REGULAR COMMITTEE, WE HAD A 

3870
02:25:04,796 --> 02:25:08,466
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION FROM 

3871
02:25:08,466 --> 02:25:13,071
SDOT ON THE CONSENT DECREE. AND 

3872
02:25:13,071 --> 02:25:15,039
FOR COME -- SOME CONSENSUAL 

3873
02:25:15,039 --> 02:25:20,478
FRAMING -- CONTEXTUAL FRAMING, A

3874
02:25:20,478 --> 02:25:21,813
FRIENDLY REMINDER, I HAVE ASKED 

3875
02:25:21,813 --> 02:25:28,619
OUR OWN LEGAL EXPERTS OR LEGAL 

3876
02:25:28,619 --> 02:25:29,387
TEAM TO PROVIDE A SHORT SYNOPSIS

3877
02:25:29,387 --> 02:25:32,056
OF EXACTLY WHAT THE CONSENT 

3878
02:25:32,056 --> 02:25:33,224
DECREE IS IN ITS CURRENT STATE. 

3879
02:25:33,224 --> 02:25:40,098
HERE IT IS. IN 2015, DISABILITY 

3880
02:25:40,098 --> 02:25:40,631
RIGHTS WASHINGTON FILED A 

3881
02:25:40,631 --> 02:25:46,237
LAWSUIT IN FEDERAL COURT. 

3882
02:25:46,237 --> 02:25:47,071
ALLEGING SEATTLE VIOLATED 

3883
02:25:47,071 --> 02:25:48,439
FEDERAL AND STATE DISABILITY 

3884
02:25:48,439 --> 02:25:53,678
ACCESS LAWS BY FAILING TO ENSURE

3885
02:25:53,678 --> 02:25:54,278
ITS PEDESTRIAN RIGHTS-OF-WAY 

3886
02:25:54,278 --> 02:25:56,380
CONTAIN CURB RAMPS TO CREATE 

3887
02:25:56,380 --> 02:25:58,983
ACCESSIBILITY TO INDIVIDUALS 

3888
02:25:58,983 --> 02:26:03,121
WITH MOBILITY DISABILITIES. IN 

3889
02:26:03,121 --> 02:26:05,056
2017, THE CASE SETTLED BY 

3890
02:26:05,056 --> 02:26:06,924
CREATING A CONSENT DECREE . 

3891
02:26:06,924 --> 02:26:13,297
THROUGH THIS DISSENT THAT'S 

3892
02:26:13,297 --> 02:26:14,599
CONSENT DECREE, SEATTLE MADE AN 

3893
02:26:14,599 --> 02:26:15,433
18 YEAR COMMITMENT IN THESE 

3894
02:26:15,433 --> 02:26:16,400
CRITICAL AREAS. ONE, INSTALLING 

3895
02:26:16,400 --> 02:26:19,904
ACCESSIBLE CURB RAMPS AND NEW 

3896
02:26:19,904 --> 02:26:21,038
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS OR 

3897
02:26:21,038 --> 02:26:24,208
ALTERATIONS . TWO, MEETING 

3898
02:26:24,208 --> 02:26:24,976
ANNUAL COMMITMENTS INTO 

3899
02:26:24,976 --> 02:26:28,746
CATEGORIES. INSTALLING OR 

3900
02:26:28,746 --> 02:26:33,184
REMEDIATING AT LEAST 1250 CURB 

3901
02:26:33,184 --> 02:26:36,087
RAMPS ANNUALLY AND BUDGETING FOR

3902
02:26:36,087 --> 02:26:39,624
THE INSTALLATION OR REMEDIATION 

3903
02:26:39,624 --> 02:26:41,459
OF AT LEAST 150 CUSTOMER SERVICE

3904
02:26:41,459 --> 02:26:44,862
CURB RAMPS ANNUALLY AND ANNUAL 

3905
02:26:44,862 --> 02:26:47,398
REPORTING AND FINALLY, HIRING 

3906
02:26:47,398 --> 02:26:51,135
AND SDOT COORDINATOR. THAT 

3907
02:26:51,135 --> 02:26:54,405
CONCLUDES THAT SINCE THE CITY 

3908
02:26:54,405 --> 02:27:04,949
BEGAN IMPLEMENTING THE CONSENT 

3909
02:27:05,383 --> 02:27:06,884
DECREE, THERE BEEN NO FURTHER 

3910
02:27:06,884 --> 02:27:07,485
PROCEEDINGS IN FEDERAL COURT 

3911
02:27:07,485 --> 02:27:08,052
REGARDING IMPLEMENTATION OR 

3912
02:27:08,052 --> 02:27:08,619
COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONSENT 

3913
02:27:08,619 --> 02:27:09,253
DECREE, SUGGESTING SEATTLE HAS 

3914
02:27:09,253 --> 02:27:10,121
MET ITS MANDATES TO DATE. 

3915
02:27:10,121 --> 02:27:18,696
MINIMUM REQUIRED , IT LEGALLY 

3916
02:27:18,696 --> 02:27:19,330
REQUIRED BINDING MANDATES TO 

3917
02:27:19,330 --> 02:27:20,631
DATE. IN 2026, THIS YEAR, BOTH 

3918
02:27:20,631 --> 02:27:21,432
SDOT AND DISABILITY RIGHTS 

3919
02:27:21,432 --> 02:27:22,567
WASHINGTON REPORT BEING PROUD OF

3920
02:27:22,567 --> 02:27:23,834
THE WORK THAT HAS HAPPENED. WITH

3921
02:27:23,834 --> 02:27:24,835
DISABILITY RIGHTS WASHINGTON, 

3922
02:27:24,835 --> 02:27:26,237
STATING THERE WAS A LONG WAY TO 

3923
02:27:26,237 --> 02:27:33,978
GO. END OF THE EXPERT LEGAL 

3924
02:27:33,978 --> 02:27:38,316
ANALYSIS. THIS IS MORE THAN JUST

3925
02:27:38,316 --> 02:27:40,785
A LEGAL SUMMATION AND OVERVIEW 

3926
02:27:40,785 --> 02:27:42,019
OF THE CONSENT DECREE IN THE 

3927
02:27:42,019 --> 02:27:43,487
BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT AND THE 

3928
02:27:43,487 --> 02:27:47,024
CURRENT STATE. MORGAN LEGALESE 

3929
02:27:47,024 --> 02:27:50,728
THAT I READ OUT LOUD . IT IS 

3930
02:27:50,728 --> 02:28:00,471
ABOUT PEOPLE. VERY RECENTLY I 

3931
02:28:00,471 --> 02:28:06,544
WAS IN AN AREA OF WEST SEATTLE .

3932
02:28:06,544 --> 02:28:08,346
DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF SIDEWALKS

3933
02:28:08,346 --> 02:28:09,413
BUT DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF 

3934
02:28:09,413 --> 02:28:10,514
SIDEWALKS. DOESN'T HAVE A LOT 

3935
02:28:10,514 --> 02:28:11,282
OF CURB RAMPS EITHER. AND 

3936
02:28:11,282 --> 02:28:13,551
STROLLING THROUGH THE 

3937
02:28:13,551 --> 02:28:15,987
NEIGHBORHOOD WITH DIFFERENT 

3938
02:28:15,987 --> 02:28:20,491
MOBILITY NEEDS. A WHEELCHAIR. 

3939
02:28:20,491 --> 02:28:25,897
THE TOPIC OF THE TRANSIT MEASURE

3940
02:28:25,897 --> 02:28:29,066
, RENEWAL CAME UP. THEY LOOKED 

3941
02:28:29,066 --> 02:28:34,639
AT ME AND SAID, HOW CAN I AS A 

3942
02:28:34,639 --> 02:28:39,377
VOTER VOTE TO APPROVE A MEASURE 

3943
02:28:39,377 --> 02:28:46,951
TO RAISE MY TAXES WITH THE GOAL 

3944
02:28:46,951 --> 02:28:47,551
OF PROVIDING MORE ACCESS TO 

3945
02:28:47,551 --> 02:28:50,688
TRANSIT, AND I CAN'T EVEN 

3946
02:28:50,688 --> 02:28:52,423
ACCESS TRANSIT SAFELY. CURB 

3947
02:28:52,423 --> 02:28:58,396
RAMPS. I HAVE FOUGHT FOR THE 

3948
02:28:58,396 --> 02:28:59,964
RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT 

3949
02:28:59,964 --> 02:29:02,500
ABILITIES , DIFFERENTLY ABLED 

3950
02:29:02,500 --> 02:29:04,335
PEOPLE, TO NAVIGATE OUR 

3951
02:29:04,335 --> 02:29:05,169
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE. 

3952
02:29:05,169 --> 02:29:08,806
BECAUSE I BELIEVE EVERYBODY 

3953
02:29:08,806 --> 02:29:12,443
REGARDLESS OF YOUR ABILITIES OR 

3954
02:29:12,443 --> 02:29:16,080
INABILITIES , DESERVES TO SAFELY

3955
02:29:16,080 --> 02:29:26,457
ACCESS TRANSIT . I GOT A BUM 

3956
02:29:26,457 --> 02:29:27,291
KNEE. FROM THE MILITARY. A 

3957
02:29:27,291 --> 02:29:28,426
COUPLE WEEKS AGO I HAD COACHED 

3958
02:29:28,426 --> 02:29:30,094
MY YOUNGEST SON'S -- HIS LITTLE

3959
02:29:30,094 --> 02:29:32,296
LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM . DURING 

3960
02:29:32,296 --> 02:29:34,465
PRACTICE, I TOOK A LINE DRIVE 

3961
02:29:34,465 --> 02:29:37,702
SHOT TO THE RIGHT KNEE. THE 

3962
02:29:37,702 --> 02:29:39,270
HARDEST HIT THIS KID HAS EVER 

3963
02:29:39,270 --> 02:29:42,206
HIT . VERY PROUD OF HIM AS A 

3964
02:29:42,206 --> 02:29:44,275
FATHER AND A COACH. BUT HE HIT 

3965
02:29:44,275 --> 02:29:46,210
ME RIGHT IN MY BUM KNEE FROM THE

3966
02:29:46,210 --> 02:29:52,483
MILITARY. AND FOR COUPLE DAYS , 

3967
02:29:52,483 --> 02:30:02,927
I HAD TO NAVIGATE , AS I 

3968
02:30:04,995 --> 02:30:05,496
SOMETIMES DO BECAUSE OF MY 

3969
02:30:05,496 --> 02:30:06,564
FLAREUPS, AROUND OUR CITY IN A 

3970
02:30:06,564 --> 02:30:08,265
CANE. YOU MIGHT SEE ME LIMPING 

3971
02:30:08,265 --> 02:30:08,866
SOMETIMES BEHIND THE SCENES 

3972
02:30:08,866 --> 02:30:10,067
HERE. OCCASIONALLY IT IS BECAUSE

3973
02:30:10,067 --> 02:30:13,304
OF A FLARE UP. I JUST 

3974
02:30:13,304 --> 02:30:14,538
EXPERIENCED FOR A FEW SHORT DAYS

3975
02:30:14,538 --> 02:30:17,174
WHAT IT IS LIKE TO HAVE A 

3976
02:30:17,174 --> 02:30:22,880
DISABILITY AND NOT BE ABLE TO 

3977
02:30:22,880 --> 02:30:24,615
SAFELY NAVIGATE AND ACCESS OUR 

3978
02:30:24,615 --> 02:30:25,616
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE. 

3979
02:30:25,616 --> 02:30:29,253
YOU UNDERSTAND ABOUT SIDEWALKS. 

3980
02:30:29,253 --> 02:30:31,722
THAT IS ONE SPECIFIC POSSIBLE 

3981
02:30:31,722 --> 02:30:38,929
IMPLEMENTATION. IT IS ABOUT 

3982
02:30:38,929 --> 02:30:40,498
PROTECTING OUR NEIGHBORS WITH 

3983
02:30:40,498 --> 02:30:41,098
DISABILITIES, MAKING SURE WE 

3984
02:30:41,098 --> 02:30:41,766
HAVE DISABILITIES, MAKING SURE 

3985
02:30:41,766 --> 02:30:42,366
WE HAVE ACCESSIBLE PEDESTRIAN 

3986
02:30:42,366 --> 02:30:43,100
RIGHTS-OF-WAY. EXACTLY THE 

3987
02:30:43,100 --> 02:30:44,168
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CONSENT 

3988
02:30:44,168 --> 02:30:51,041
DECREE. SO I ASK AGAIN WITH THAT

3989
02:30:51,041 --> 02:30:56,947
$1.5 MILLION , HOW MANY CURB 

3990
02:30:56,947 --> 02:31:07,358
RAMPS COULD THAT FUND ANNUALLY? 

3991
02:31:07,358 --> 02:31:08,926
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. 

3992
02:31:08,926 --> 02:31:09,960
THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. WE WILL

3993
02:31:09,960 --> 02:31:11,061
DEFINITELY HAVE TO GET BACK TO 

3994
02:31:11,061 --> 02:31:12,496
YOU ON THAT. I CAN ONLY SHARE 

3995
02:31:12,496 --> 02:31:13,531
THAT THE CONSENT DECREE REQUIRES

3996
02:31:13,531 --> 02:31:17,568
1250 CURB RAMPS A YEAR. AND SDOT

3997
02:31:17,568 --> 02:31:19,203
CONSISTENTLY SURPASSES THAT. THE

3998
02:31:19,203 --> 02:31:24,208
AVERAGE DELIVERY IS 1352 A YEAR 

3999
02:31:24,208 --> 02:31:29,380
. WE ARE STILL A LONG WAY OFF 

4000
02:31:29,380 --> 02:31:30,648
FROM HAVING ALL THE CURB RAMPS 

4001
02:31:30,648 --> 02:31:34,985
DONE. 2035 IS THE DATE WHEN WE 

4002
02:31:34,985 --> 02:31:36,187
WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT DONE.

4003
02:31:36,320 --> 02:31:37,855
>> A LONG WAY OFF. FROM BEING 

4004
02:31:37,855 --> 02:31:43,561
ABLE TO HAVE THE CURB RAMPS DONE

4005
02:31:43,561 --> 02:31:45,429
. WE ARE MEETING OUR MINIMUM 

4006
02:31:45,429 --> 02:31:46,030
COMPLIANCE OBLIGATION. THIS 

4007
02:31:46,030 --> 02:31:46,664
AIN'T ABOUT MINIMUM. THIS IS 

4008
02:31:46,664 --> 02:31:54,038
ABOUT INVESTING ABOVE AND BEYOND

4009
02:31:54,038 --> 02:31:55,573
WHAT WE ARE LEGALLY REQUIRED AND

4010
02:31:55,573 --> 02:31:56,373
OBLIGATED TO DO. THIS IS MORE 

4011
02:31:56,373 --> 02:31:57,808
THAN OBLIGATION. COLLEAGUES, I 

4012
02:31:57,808 --> 02:32:08,352
WOULD SUBMIT THIS IS A DUTY. AS 

4013
02:32:08,986 --> 02:32:10,054
WAS NOTED ON PAGE 6 OF THE 

4014
02:32:10,054 --> 02:32:11,255
CENTRAL STAFF ANALYSIS MEMO IN 

4015
02:32:11,255 --> 02:32:12,857
TABLE 3, IT NOTES THAT THE 

4016
02:32:12,857 --> 02:32:13,491
SOON-TO-BE EXPIRING 2020 MEASURE

4017
02:32:13,491 --> 02:32:14,658
IS UP TO 16.4 MILLION A YEAR FOR

4018
02:32:14,658 --> 02:32:16,227
TRANSIT AND ACCESSIBILITY 

4019
02:32:16,227 --> 02:32:19,096
INFRASTRUCTURE , THE BASELINE, 

4020
02:32:19,096 --> 02:32:23,100
THE REVISED BASELINE PROPOSAL 

4021
02:32:23,100 --> 02:32:24,535
THAT MYSELF AND THE EXECUTIVE 

4022
02:32:24,535 --> 02:32:28,172
ALIGNED ON IS UP TO $5 MILLION. 

4023
02:32:28,172 --> 02:32:31,809
COLLEAGUES, YOU GUYS ARE SMART 

4024
02:32:31,809 --> 02:32:34,245
WITH YOUR MATH. I LOVE IT. 

4025
02:32:34,245 --> 02:32:35,746
INSPIRE ME TO BRUSH UP ON MY 

4026
02:32:35,746 --> 02:32:37,515
MATH SKILLS IN THE INTERVENING 

4027
02:32:37,515 --> 02:32:40,484
TIME. ACTUALLY BECAME A LAWYER, 

4028
02:32:40,484 --> 02:32:42,186
WENT TO LAW SCHOOL UNDER THE 

4029
02:32:42,186 --> 02:32:45,890
IMPLICIT GUARANTEE AND PROMISE I

4030
02:32:45,890 --> 02:32:47,124
DIDN'T HAVE TO BE GOOD AT MATH.

4031
02:32:47,124 --> 02:32:48,559
BUT YOU ALL INSPIRED ME SO MUCH,

4032
02:32:48,559 --> 02:32:50,961
I LEARNED MATH IN -- EVEN UNDER 

4033
02:32:50,961 --> 02:32:52,129
THE REVISED AMOUNT. IS TO 

4034
02:32:52,129 --> 02:32:53,464
REFLECT A 69. EVEN UNDER THE 

4035
02:32:53,464 --> 02:32:54,798
REVISED AMOUNT. IS TO REFLECT A 

4036
02:32:54,798 --> 02:32:56,433
69.15% CUT TO THE LEGISLATIVE 

4037
02:32:56,433 --> 02:33:02,039
MAXIMUM AMOUNTS . 70% CUT. I 

4038
02:33:02,039 --> 02:33:03,807
WOULD IDEALLY WOULD HAVE LIKED 

4039
02:33:03,807 --> 02:33:08,379
TO DO MORE FOR NEIGHBORS WERE 

4040
02:33:08,379 --> 02:33:09,880
DIFFERENTLY ABLE TO MAKE SURE 

4041
02:33:09,880 --> 02:33:11,215
THEY CAN BETTER ACCESS TRANSIT. 

4042
02:33:11,215 --> 02:33:14,985
I'M SURE THE MAYOR WOULD 

4043
02:33:14,985 --> 02:33:19,323
IDEALLY NOT LIKE TO HAVE MOVED 

4044
02:33:19,323 --> 02:33:27,164
AWAY FROM THE 3.5 AMOUNT IN THE 

4045
02:33:27,164 --> 02:33:30,000
ORIGINAL PROPOSAL. CAME TOGETHER

4046
02:33:30,000 --> 02:33:32,303
AND ALIGNS ON A COMPROMISE 

4047
02:33:32,303 --> 02:33:35,606
SOLUTION . BECAUSE THIS IS ABOUT

4048
02:33:35,606 --> 02:33:39,877
PEOPLE. NUMBERS ON A BALANCE 

4049
02:33:39,877 --> 02:33:44,114
SHEET, SERVICE HOURS , EVEN CURB

4050
02:33:44,114 --> 02:33:45,416
RAMPS IT IS ABOUT PEOPLE. 

4051
02:33:45,416 --> 02:33:54,158
ANYWAY. FARE BOX RECOVERY 

4052
02:33:54,158 --> 02:33:56,627
RATIOS. WHAT IS THE CURRENT -- I

4053
02:33:56,627 --> 02:33:59,697
GUESS AS A BASELINE, CAN YOU 

4054
02:33:59,697 --> 02:34:01,865
HELP CLARIFY WHAT THE RATIOS 

4055
02:34:01,865 --> 02:34:02,066
ARE? 

4056
02:34:02,066 --> 02:34:08,639
>> FARE BOX RECOVERY RATIO, A 

4057
02:34:08,639 --> 02:34:09,607
COUPLE DIFFERENT WAYS PEOPLE 

4058
02:34:09,607 --> 02:34:10,841
THINK ABOUT IT. OFTEN  IF YOU 

4059
02:34:10,841 --> 02:34:15,846
LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF THE COST 

4060
02:34:15,846 --> 02:34:16,880
OF WHAT IT TAKES TO PROVIDE A 

4061
02:34:16,880 --> 02:34:18,449
TRANSIT SERVICE, HOW MUCH OF IT 

4062
02:34:18,449 --> 02:34:19,416
IS FUNDED THROUGH RECOVERY. THE 

4063
02:34:19,416 --> 02:34:20,784
CLASSIC PIECE. OFTENTIMES, WE 

4064
02:34:20,784 --> 02:34:25,689
TALK ABOUT MORE LIKE THE 

4065
02:34:25,689 --> 02:34:26,924
ENFORCEMENT OF THE PEOPLE WHO 

4066
02:34:26,924 --> 02:34:27,658
ARE WRITING THAT, HOW MANY 

4067
02:34:27,658 --> 02:34:38,202
PEOPLE ARE PAYING FARES. THOSE 

4068
02:34:39,503 --> 02:34:40,104
ARE USUALLY THE TWO DIFFERENT 

4069
02:34:40,104 --> 02:34:41,372
WAYS PEOPLE TALK ABOUT FARE BOX.

4070
02:34:41,505 --> 02:34:42,606
>> OKAY. THAT MAKES SENSE. CAN 

4071
02:34:42,606 --> 02:34:43,874
YOU HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND 

4072
02:34:43,874 --> 02:34:44,608
WHAT IS KING COUNTY METRO'S 

4073
02:34:44,608 --> 02:34:45,676
CURRENT RECOVERY RATIO AND HOW 

4074
02:34:45,676 --> 02:34:54,318
THAT COMPARES TO NATIONAL 

4075
02:34:54,318 --> 02:34:54,785
AVERAGES OR TRENDS? 

4076
02:34:54,785 --> 02:34:55,819
>> I DON'T HAVE THAT 

4077
02:34:55,819 --> 02:34:56,887
INFORMATION IN FRONT OF ME. 

4078
02:34:56,887 --> 02:34:58,155
HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU. 

4079
02:34:58,155 --> 02:34:59,323
>> PLEASE DO. VERY HELPFUL AND 

4080
02:34:59,323 --> 02:35:00,057
IMPORTANT INFORMATION. WE ARE 

4081
02:35:00,057 --> 02:35:02,626
BEING ASKED TO PUT A MEASURE 

4082
02:35:02,626 --> 02:35:03,260
BEFORE VOTERS THAT WOULD DOUBLE 

4083
02:35:03,260 --> 02:35:06,196
THE TAX . TO ENSURE THAT MOST 

4084
02:35:06,196 --> 02:35:06,797
ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT, 

4085
02:35:06,797 --> 02:35:07,398
YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO HAVE A 

4086
02:35:07,398 --> 02:35:08,365
BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THAT 

4087
02:35:08,365 --> 02:35:10,067
IMPORTANT NITTY-GRITTY POLICY 

4088
02:35:10,067 --> 02:35:15,439
WONK FEATURE OF THIS UNDERLYING 

4089
02:35:15,439 --> 02:35:17,007
WORK WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 

4090
02:35:17,007 --> 02:35:20,344
TRANSIT SERVICE. SO PLEASE DO 

4091
02:35:20,344 --> 02:35:22,212
FOLLOW UP OFF-LINE ABOUT THAT 

4092
02:35:22,212 --> 02:35:23,180
IMPORTANT ISSUE. KING COUNTY 

4093
02:35:23,180 --> 02:35:24,748
TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICT 

4094
02:35:24,748 --> 02:35:30,320
. BRING THAT UP IN A MOMENT. 

4095
02:35:30,320 --> 02:35:31,355
SURE IF YOU FOUGHT FOR MY 

4096
02:35:31,355 --> 02:35:33,891
PERSPECTIVE A SECOND GUY 

4097
02:35:33,891 --> 02:35:40,698
>> I WAS WORKING THE HORNS ALL 

4098
02:35:40,698 --> 02:35:42,066
LAST WEEK. I WANT TO THANK 

4099
02:35:42,066 --> 02:35:43,067
COUNCILMEMBER OF LIN FOR  

4100
02:35:43,067 --> 02:35:45,169
UNITING A GROUP OF US AND 

4101
02:35:45,169 --> 02:35:46,470
RALLYING THE TROOPS TO LOBBY AND

4102
02:35:46,470 --> 02:35:56,980
GET RID OF THAT PUNITIVE CAP 

4103
02:36:02,453 --> 02:36:03,787
THAT TARGETED SOLELY THE CITY OF

4104
02:36:03,787 --> 02:36:04,588
SEATTLE. I APPRECIATE THE KING 

4105
02:36:04,588 --> 02:36:05,522
COUNTY COUNCIL FOR PASSING THAT.

4106
02:36:05,522 --> 02:36:06,690
I WANT TO THANK VICE CHAIR RINCK

4107
02:36:06,690 --> 02:36:07,725
FOR ORGANIZING THAT LETTER. I 

4108
02:36:07,725 --> 02:36:08,692
THINK ALL THOSE THINGS 

4109
02:36:08,692 --> 02:36:09,493
COLLECTIVELY MADE A DIFFERENCE .

4110
02:36:09,493 --> 02:36:10,794
WITH A, THE KING COUNTY COUNCIL,

4111
02:36:10,794 --> 02:36:13,197
ENDED UP DOING WAS PASSING THEIR

4112
02:36:13,197 --> 02:36:14,965
MEASURE WITH A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF

4113
02:36:14,965 --> 02:36:16,266
PAST REFUNDS, ROUGHLY 4.5 

4114
02:36:16,266 --> 02:36:21,238
MILLION IS THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT 

4115
02:36:21,238 --> 02:36:22,172
SEATTLE CAN EXPECT TO RECEIVE 

4116
02:36:22,172 --> 02:36:23,607
UNDER THAT PROPOSAL, THE REST 

4117
02:36:23,607 --> 02:36:29,446
GOING TOWARDS ROAD -- ROADS IN 

4118
02:36:29,446 --> 02:36:30,247
UNINCORPORATED AREAS, AND THE 

4119
02:36:30,247 --> 02:36:31,348
NEED IS SIGNIFICANT. I SURE 

4120
02:36:31,348 --> 02:36:32,483
BOUNDARY WITH UNINCORPORATED 

4121
02:36:32,483 --> 02:36:36,053
KING COUNTY. BUT HERE IS THE 

4122
02:36:36,053 --> 02:36:37,454
TRUTH, MAYBE A LITTLE 

4123
02:36:37,454 --> 02:36:39,289
UNCOMFORTABLE. CERTAINLY 

4124
02:36:39,289 --> 02:36:41,191
PRACTICAL. HERE IS THE TRUTH 

4125
02:36:41,191 --> 02:36:45,295
ABOUT TRANSIT. ONE, WE ALL NEED 

4126
02:36:45,295 --> 02:36:51,668
IT FOR SO MANY REASONS. WE NEED 

4127
02:36:51,668 --> 02:36:53,737
IT. WE NEED MORE OF IT. WE NEED 

4128
02:36:53,737 --> 02:36:55,339
MORE PEOPLE TO TAKE IT AND ADOPT

4129
02:36:55,339 --> 02:36:57,574
IT. BUT SECOND, UNCOMFORTABLE 

4130
02:36:57,574 --> 02:37:07,518
TRUTH IS THAT THESE HEAVY BUSES 

4131
02:37:07,518 --> 02:37:09,319
IMPOSE A SIGNIFICANT STRAIN ON 

4132
02:37:09,319 --> 02:37:09,753
OUR TRANSPORTATION 

4133
02:37:09,753 --> 02:37:10,387
INFRASTRUCTURE, ESPECIALLY, AND 

4134
02:37:10,387 --> 02:37:15,459
INCLUDING, OUR ROADS . AND SO, 

4135
02:37:15,459 --> 02:37:16,927
WHILE ON THE ONE HAND THE KING 

4136
02:37:16,927 --> 02:37:24,268
COUNTY PROPOSAL AND MEASURE IS 

4137
02:37:24,268 --> 02:37:25,469
KIND OF SEPARATE AND DISTINCT 

4138
02:37:25,469 --> 02:37:26,270
FROM OUR OWN PARALLEL 

4139
02:37:26,270 --> 02:37:27,471
CONVERSATIONS RIGHT NOW, I THINK

4140
02:37:27,471 --> 02:37:28,071
THEY ARE ACTUALLY DIRECTLY 

4141
02:37:28,071 --> 02:37:29,573
RELATED. IN MY OWN DISTRICT 

4142
02:37:29,573 --> 02:37:31,375
RIGHT NOW, WESTWOOD VILLAGE IN 

4143
02:37:31,375 --> 02:37:33,277
WEST SEATTLE, ALONG BURTON, SDOT

4144
02:37:33,277 --> 02:37:35,445
IS DOING SOME MAJOR 

4145
02:37:35,445 --> 02:37:39,416
REHABILITATION ROAD WORK REPAIRS

4146
02:37:39,416 --> 02:37:40,918
OF A SPECIFIC PORTION OF THAT 

4147
02:37:40,918 --> 02:37:47,157
ROAD BECAUSE A LOT OF BUSES 

4148
02:37:47,157 --> 02:37:47,891
CONGREGATE THERE. THEY PARK 

4149
02:37:47,891 --> 02:37:49,226
THERE . IT IS A BUS STOP. 

4150
02:37:49,226 --> 02:37:54,698
THEY'RE NOT DOING A FULL OF THE

4151
02:37:54,698 --> 02:37:55,766
ENTIRE ROAD, BUT SPECIFIC PANELS

4152
02:37:55,766 --> 02:37:56,967
THAT YOU COULD TELL THE BUS 

4153
02:37:56,967 --> 02:38:03,106
STOPS. BUSES PARK. AND SO, BUSES

4154
02:38:03,106 --> 02:38:03,941
IMPOSE A VERY SIGNIFICANT STRAIN

4155
02:38:03,941 --> 02:38:07,277
ON OUR ROADS. THAT IS AN 

4156
02:38:07,277 --> 02:38:08,078
ACCEPTABLE TRADE-OFF FOR MY 

4157
02:38:08,078 --> 02:38:18,155
PERSPECTIVE. BECAUSE THERE ARE 

4158
02:38:18,155 --> 02:38:19,323
-- THEIR OVERRIDING, MORE 

4159
02:38:19,323 --> 02:38:19,957
COMPELLING POLICY INTERESTS AND 

4160
02:38:19,957 --> 02:38:20,591
GOALS ASSOCIATED WITH MASS 

4161
02:38:20,591 --> 02:38:21,758
ADOPTION OF TRANSIT, INCREASING 

4162
02:38:21,758 --> 02:38:22,392
FREQUENCY RELIABILITY AND SAFETY

4163
02:38:22,392 --> 02:38:22,960
OF TRANSIT. THE CLIMATE 

4164
02:38:22,960 --> 02:38:30,834
RATIONALE. ALL THOSE THINGS. IT 

4165
02:38:30,834 --> 02:38:32,302
DOES IMPACT OUR ROADS. I THINK A

4166
02:38:32,302 --> 02:38:33,504
LOT OF THOSE FUNDS, 4 1/2 

4167
02:38:33,504 --> 02:38:40,744
MILLION, WE SHOULD PRIORITIZE 

4168
02:38:40,744 --> 02:38:45,983
ONE IN AREAS THAT ARE HEAVILY 

4169
02:38:45,983 --> 02:38:46,783
UTILIZE ALONG FREQUENT TRANSIT 

4170
02:38:46,783 --> 02:38:48,051
NETWORKS WHERE THE ROADS ARE 

4171
02:38:48,051 --> 02:38:52,456
HORRIBLE . TWO, PROBABLY IN THE 

4172
02:38:52,456 --> 02:38:53,457
REVERSE ORDER, A LONGER BOUNDARY

4173
02:38:53,457 --> 02:38:54,725
AREAS WITH KING COUNTY. THERE IS

4174
02:38:54,725 --> 02:38:57,895
A FEW OF THOSE . I HAPPEN TO 

4175
02:38:57,895 --> 02:38:59,363
HAVE ONE. KING COUNTY 

4176
02:38:59,363 --> 02:39:06,637
COUNCILMEMBER WAS A PIVOTAL VOTE

4177
02:39:06,637 --> 02:39:07,871
AND THOUGHT LEADER AND A STRONG 

4178
02:39:07,871 --> 02:39:08,605
ADVOCATE FOR GETTING THAT 

4179
02:39:08,605 --> 02:39:09,540
MEASURE DONE AT THE COUNTY 

4180
02:39:09,540 --> 02:39:11,008
LEVEL. IN HER COMMENTS, SHE 

4181
02:39:11,008 --> 02:39:15,012
NOTED ROXBURY. THAT IS THE 

4182
02:39:15,012 --> 02:39:16,446
SOUTHERNMOST BOUNDARY OF MY 

4183
02:39:16,446 --> 02:39:19,182
DISTRICT IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE 

4184
02:39:19,182 --> 02:39:20,183
THAT ABUTS DIRECTLY 

4185
02:39:20,183 --> 02:39:25,689
UNINCORPORATED KING COUNTY. SHE 

4186
02:39:25,689 --> 02:39:29,026
WAS A DECISIVE VOTE IN THAT . I 

4187
02:39:29,026 --> 02:39:30,360
THINK WE SHOULD START LEVERAGING

4188
02:39:30,360 --> 02:39:33,230
THOSE FUNDS IN ROADS THAT ARE 

4189
02:39:33,230 --> 02:39:43,340
SHARED WITH THE COUNTY. IN ANY 

4190
02:39:43,340 --> 02:39:44,675
EVENT, I SEE THOSE TWO THINGS. 

4191
02:39:44,675 --> 02:39:45,609
SEPARATE AND DISTINCT, BUT ALSO 

4192
02:39:45,609 --> 02:39:46,243
SOMEWHAT RELATED. WHAT WERE 

4193
02:39:46,243 --> 02:39:47,177
TALKING ABOUT HERE IS THE 

4194
02:39:47,177 --> 02:39:47,878
COMPLETE PICTURE. TRADE-OFFS 

4195
02:39:47,878 --> 02:39:51,081
WITH ALL THESE THINGS. I THINK 

4196
02:39:51,081 --> 02:39:52,516
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ILLUMINATE 

4197
02:39:52,516 --> 02:39:55,385
SOME OF THOSE TRADE-OFFS FURTHER

4198
02:39:55,385 --> 02:40:03,093
HERE TODAY . ALL RIGHT. LAST 

4199
02:40:03,093 --> 02:40:07,998
THING. 

4200
02:40:07,998 --> 02:40:09,399
>> JUST A HIGHLIGHT, WE WILL 

4201
02:40:09,399 --> 02:40:10,500
FOLLOW-UP WITH YOU ON WHAT SOME 

4202
02:40:10,500 --> 02:40:11,935
OF THESE COSTS ARE. I WILL SAY 

4203
02:40:11,935 --> 02:40:21,044
THAT THE COSTS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL

4204
02:40:21,044 --> 02:40:22,379
CURB RAMP ARE GOING TO BE 

4205
02:40:22,379 --> 02:40:23,213
MINUSCULE COMPARED TO THE COST 

4206
02:40:23,213 --> 02:40:24,748
OF GETTING ROADS UP TO THE 

4207
02:40:24,748 --> 02:40:25,716
CAPACITY NECESSARY TO HANDLE THE

4208
02:40:25,716 --> 02:40:26,717
BUSLOADS. WE KNOW THAT BUSES ARE

4209
02:40:26,717 --> 02:40:27,985
MUCH HEAVIER THAN THEY WERE 20 

4210
02:40:27,985 --> 02:40:31,822
YEARS AGO, 40 YEARS AGO. WE HAVE

4211
02:40:31,822 --> 02:40:32,622
VARIABLE INFRASTRUCTURE. THAT 

4212
02:40:32,622 --> 02:40:34,124
HAS BEEN THE FOCUS OF A LOT OF 

4213
02:40:34,124 --> 02:40:35,926
OUR TRANSPORTATION DISCUSSIONS .

4214
02:40:35,926 --> 02:40:37,461
I JUST WANTED TO PUT IT OUT 

4215
02:40:37,461 --> 02:40:39,196
THERE THAT THE COST OF DOING 

4216
02:40:39,196 --> 02:40:40,664
SESSION DEALING WITH THE ROAD 

4217
02:40:40,664 --> 02:40:47,938
STRUCTURE DEFICIT IS 

4218
02:40:47,938 --> 02:40:48,805
SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN WHAT 

4219
02:40:48,805 --> 02:40:49,806
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE. 

4220
02:40:49,806 --> 02:40:50,907
>> 100% AGREE. COULD NOT AGREE 

4221
02:40:50,907 --> 02:40:52,242
MORE. WE NEED MORE MONEY FOR 

4222
02:40:52,242 --> 02:40:53,577
ROADS. THAT IS WHY I AM EXCITED 

4223
02:40:53,577 --> 02:40:54,978
FOR THE TRANSPORTATION FUNDING 

4224
02:40:54,978 --> 02:40:57,080
TASK FORCE . LOOK FORWARD TO 

4225
02:40:57,080 --> 02:40:58,482
LEARNING WITH THE COME UP WITH 

4226
02:40:58,482 --> 02:40:59,516
IN TERMS OF THEIR REPORT AND 

4227
02:40:59,516 --> 02:41:00,183
RECOMMENDATIONS AND IMPLEMENTING

4228
02:41:00,183 --> 02:41:02,185
SOME OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. 

4229
02:41:02,185 --> 02:41:07,424
BUT FOR CLARITY FROM THE 

4230
02:41:07,424 --> 02:41:09,760
POLICYMAKER'S PERSPECTIVE, MY 

4231
02:41:09,760 --> 02:41:15,165
COMMENTS ARE TWO DISTINCT 

4232
02:41:15,165 --> 02:41:16,099
THINGS. WE SHOULDN'T USE ANY OF

4233
02:41:16,099 --> 02:41:17,401
THE ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES FOR 

4234
02:41:17,401 --> 02:41:24,674
ROAD ME PAVEMENT OR EVEN SPOT 

4235
02:41:24,674 --> 02:41:25,542
REPAIRS. THIS IS ABOUT 

4236
02:41:25,542 --> 02:41:26,109
ACCESSIBILITY, PEDESTRIAN, 

4237
02:41:26,109 --> 02:41:26,943
RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND SAVE ACCESS TO

4238
02:41:26,943 --> 02:41:31,548
TRANSIT. ALL RIGHT. THAT SAID, 

4239
02:41:31,548 --> 02:41:32,182
COLLEAGUES, ANY FINAL QUESTIONS,

4240
02:41:32,182 --> 02:41:35,152
COMMENTS FOR THE GOOD OF? 

4241
02:41:35,152 --> 02:41:38,388
HEARING AND SEEING NONE. THANK 

4242
02:41:38,388 --> 02:41:43,226
YOU . TOMORROW, HAPPY 

4243
02:41:43,226 --> 02:41:46,296
JUNETEENTH, EVERYBODY. AND ALSO 

4244
02:41:46,296 --> 02:41:49,066
WANT TO THANK MY OWN STAFF AND 

4245
02:41:49,066 --> 02:41:54,538
TEAM , BRENDAN, MICHAEL, FOR NOT

4246
02:41:54,538 --> 02:41:59,543
ONLY HELPING OUT AND GETTING US 

4247
02:41:59,543 --> 02:42:00,944
TO THE STATE WE ARE AT RIGHT 

4248
02:42:00,944 --> 02:42:05,682
NOW, BUT ALSO RECENTLY WE PASSED

4249
02:42:05,682 --> 02:42:06,983
THIS BODY UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED 

4250
02:42:06,983 --> 02:42:08,485
AND PASSED A COUNCIL JOINT 

4251
02:42:08,485 --> 02:42:12,355
RESOLUTION AFFIRMING OUR 

4252
02:42:12,355 --> 02:42:13,623
COMMITMENT TO RENOVATE THE 

4253
02:42:13,623 --> 02:42:17,160
SEATTLE CENTER . DURING THOSE 

4254
02:42:17,160 --> 02:42:18,462
COMMENTS, WE PASS THAT, I THINK 

4255
02:42:18,462 --> 02:42:21,898
EVERYBODY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 

4256
02:42:21,898 --> 02:42:22,632
MY OWN TEAM. REALLY APPRECIATE 

4257
02:42:22,632 --> 02:42:24,901
MY OWN TEAM FOR ALL THE WORK 

4258
02:42:24,901 --> 02:42:28,405
THEY HAVE DONE , ARE DOING AND 

4259
02:42:28,405 --> 02:42:29,506
WILL CONTINUE TO DO TO SUPPORT 

4260
02:42:29,506 --> 02:42:31,608
TRANSPORTATION, SEATTLE CENTER ,

4261
02:42:31,608 --> 02:42:36,513
AND THE WATERFRONT. COLLEAGUES, 

4262
02:42:36,513 --> 02:42:37,447
THANK YOU. HEARING NO FURTHER 

4263
02:42:37,447 --> 02:42:38,648
BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE 

4264
02:42:38,648 --> 02:42:39,783
COMMITTEE, WE ARE ADJOURNED. IT 

4265
02:42:39,783 --> 02:42:45,755
IS 12:14 P.M.