1 00:00:25,125 --> 00:00:26,259 >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 2 00:00:26,393 --> 00:00:27,227 >> HERE. 3 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:28,027 >> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 4 00:00:28,161 --> 00:00:28,595 >> HERE. 5 00:00:28,728 --> 00:00:29,729 >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 6 00:00:29,863 --> 00:00:30,930 >> HERE. 7 00:00:31,064 --> 00:00:32,132 >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 8 00:00:32,265 --> 00:00:33,066 >> HERE. 9 00:00:33,199 --> 00:00:34,267 >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 10 00:00:34,401 --> 00:00:35,368 >> HERE. 11 00:00:35,502 --> 00:00:36,302 >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 12 00:00:36,436 --> 00:00:36,936 >> HERE. 13 00:00:37,070 --> 00:00:39,639 >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 14 00:00:39,639 --> 00:00:40,907 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 15 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:43,176 >> HERE. 16 00:00:43,309 --> 00:00:44,344 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 17 00:00:44,477 --> 00:00:45,879 HOLLINGSWORTH. 18 00:00:46,012 --> 00:00:46,246 >> HERE. 19 00:00:46,246 --> 00:00:47,180 >> EIGHT PRESENT. 20 00:00:47,313 --> 00:00:50,250 >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA IS 21 00:00:50,250 --> 00:00:52,452 EXCUSED UNTIL SHE GETS HERE. 22 00:00:52,452 --> 00:00:53,686 THERE'S NO PRESENTATION AT 23 00:00:53,686 --> 00:00:54,954 THIS TIME AND WE'RE GOING 24 00:00:54,954 --> 00:00:56,689 TO TRANSITION RIGHT INTO PUBLIC 25 00:00:56,689 --> 00:00:57,957 CAMANT. 26 00:00:57,957 --> 00:00:59,859 THE HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 27 00:00:59,859 --> 00:01:01,127 IS OPEN. 28 00:01:01,127 --> 00:01:02,862 IT'S LIMITED TO ITEMS ON 29 00:01:02,862 --> 00:01:04,731 TODAY'S AGENDA, THE 30 00:01:04,731 --> 00:01:05,899 INTRODUCTION REFERRAL CALENDAR. 31 00:01:05,899 --> 00:01:08,601 THE COUNCIL 32 00:01:08,601 --> 00:01:10,403 CANNOT ACCEPT COMMENTS ON QUASI- 33 00:01:10,403 --> 00:01:10,670 JUDICIAL 34 00:01:10,670 --> 00:01:10,904 ITEMS. 35 00:01:10,904 --> 00:01:12,072 PLEASE NOTE THERE WILL BE 36 00:01:12,072 --> 00:01:13,740 AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PARTIES 37 00:01:13,740 --> 00:01:18,244 OF RECORD ONLY ON CLERK FILE 38 00:01:18,244 --> 00:01:22,282 314549 UNDER AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 39 00:01:22,282 --> 00:01:25,885 4, REGARDING THE 40 00:01:25,885 --> 00:01:26,920 COMMUNICATION, EX PARTE 41 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:27,353 COMMUNICATION, BUT 42 00:01:27,353 --> 00:01:30,056 YOU MUST BE ALREADY A PARTY OF 43 00:01:30,056 --> 00:01:30,290 THE 44 00:01:30,423 --> 00:01:31,224 RECORD. AS WELL. 45 00:01:31,224 --> 00:01:32,892 SO CLERK, HOW MANY SPEAKERS 46 00:01:32,892 --> 00:01:36,129 DO WE HAVE SIGNED UP? 47 00:01:36,262 --> 00:01:37,730 >> APPROXIMATELY EIGHT IN 48 00:01:37,730 --> 00:01:38,164 PERSON. 49 00:01:38,164 --> 00:01:40,166 I MEAN, EIGHT REMOTE THAT 50 00:01:40,166 --> 00:01:42,102 AREN'T ALL PRESENT YET, AND I 51 00:01:42,102 --> 00:01:43,536 BELIEVE 54 IN PERSON. 52 00:01:43,670 --> 00:01:45,738 >> OKAY, AWESOME. 53 00:01:45,738 --> 00:01:46,105 54 IN PERSON. 54 00:01:46,105 --> 00:01:47,841 EIGHT THAT ARE ONLINE REMOTE. 55 00:01:47,841 --> 00:01:51,878 SO THAT MEANS THAT WEWE 30 56 00:01:51,878 --> 00:01:53,546 TO 60, SO ONE MINUTE PER 57 00:01:53,546 --> 00:01:54,114 SPEAKER. 58 00:01:54,114 --> 00:01:56,115 AND WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE 59 00:01:56,115 --> 00:01:57,851 INTRODUCTIONS FOR PUBLIC 60 00:01:57,851 --> 00:01:58,084 COMMENT 61 00:01:58,084 --> 00:01:58,551 PERIOD? 62 00:01:58,551 --> 00:01:59,419 >> SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED 63 00:01:59,419 --> 00:02:02,055 IN THE ORDER IN WHICH 64 00:02:02,055 --> 00:02:02,989 THEY'RE REGISTERED. 65 00:02:02,989 --> 00:02:05,125 SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME 66 00:02:05,125 --> 00:02:06,526 WHEN TEN SECTION ARE LEFT OF 67 00:02:06,526 --> 00:02:06,726 THEIR 68 00:02:06,726 --> 00:02:07,393 TIME. 69 00:02:07,393 --> 00:02:09,062 SPEAKERS MICS WILL BE MUTED 70 00:02:09,062 --> 00:02:10,230 IF THEY DO NOT END THEIR 71 00:02:10,230 --> 00:02:11,898 COMMENTS IN THE ALLOTTED TIME TO 72 00:02:11,898 --> 00:02:12,098 ALLOW 73 00:02:12,098 --> 00:02:14,767 US TO CALL ON THE NEXT 74 00:02:14,767 --> 00:02:17,537 SPEAKER. WE'LL BEGIN WITH OUR 75 00:02:17,537 --> 00:02:18,271 IN- PERSON 76 00:02:18,404 --> 00:02:18,638 SPEAKERS. 77 00:02:18,638 --> 00:02:20,173 >> FIRST, WE HAVE 78 00:02:20,173 --> 00:02:21,908 PETER, FOLLOWED BY DARIUS, THEN 79 00:02:21,908 --> 00:02:23,743 WE HAVE 80 00:02:23,743 --> 00:02:26,880 DANIEL, AND THEN SREJA, 81 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:28,681 I'M SORRY IF I MISPRONOUNCE 82 00:02:28,681 --> 00:02:28,882 YOUR 83 00:02:28,882 --> 00:02:29,516 NAME, AND PATRICK. 84 00:02:29,516 --> 00:02:31,885 WE HAVE THOSE FIVE FOLKS COMING 85 00:02:31,885 --> 00:02:32,252 UP. 86 00:02:32,252 --> 00:02:34,587 PETER, DARIUS, DANIEL, 87 00:02:34,587 --> 00:02:36,055 SREJA, AND PATRICK. 88 00:02:36,055 --> 00:02:38,558 YOU CAN USE EITHER 89 00:02:38,558 --> 00:02:39,659 OR MICROPHONES AS WELL. 90 00:02:39,659 --> 00:02:40,593 WELCOME, PETER. 91 00:02:40,727 --> 00:02:41,961 >> GOOD TO SEE YOU. 92 00:02:41,961 --> 00:02:44,397 GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF THE 93 00:02:44,397 --> 00:02:44,864 CITY COUNCIL. 94 00:02:44,864 --> 00:02:46,366 MY NAME IS PETER. 95 00:02:46,366 --> 00:02:48,334 I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 96 00:02:48,334 --> 00:02:48,568 SEVEN. 97 00:02:48,568 --> 00:02:50,970 AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MY 98 00:02:50,970 --> 00:02:54,073 6,000 UNION ELECTRICIANS, AND 99 00:02:54,073 --> 00:02:55,475 PARTICULARLY, THE 1,000 OF 100 00:02:55,475 --> 00:02:56,976 THEM WHO ARE CURRENTLY 101 00:02:56,976 --> 00:02:57,277 UNEMPLOYED. 102 00:02:57,277 --> 00:02:59,078 WE'RE HERE TO ASK YOU TO PUT 103 00:02:59,078 --> 00:03:01,414 A BOND TO RENOVATE AND 104 00:03:01,414 --> 00:03:02,315 DECARBONIZE SEATTLE CENTER ON 105 00:03:02,315 --> 00:03:04,784 THE BALLOT FOR 106 00:03:04,784 --> 00:03:05,151 VOTERS. 107 00:03:05,151 --> 00:03:07,086 SEATTLE CENTER IS 108 00:03:07,086 --> 00:03:08,288 CURRENTLY EMITTING ABOUT 16% OF 109 00:03:08,288 --> 00:03:08,555 THE 110 00:03:08,555 --> 00:03:11,324 CITY OF SEATTLE'S OWN BUILDING 111 00:03:11,324 --> 00:03:13,993 PORTFOLIO'S CARBON POLLUTION. 112 00:03:13,993 --> 00:03:16,396 AND WE WANT TO HAVE A 113 00:03:16,396 --> 00:03:18,198 FAMILY FRIENDLY CITY IN THE ERA 114 00:03:18,198 --> 00:03:18,665 OF CLIMATE CHANGE. 115 00:03:18,665 --> 00:03:20,567 THIS IS A LARGE FACILITY. 116 00:03:20,567 --> 00:03:22,201 MY CHILDREN LOVE TO GO TO 117 00:03:22,201 --> 00:03:23,536 SEATTLE CENTER TO PLAY AT THE 118 00:03:23,536 --> 00:03:24,237 CHILDREN'S MUSEUM. 119 00:03:24,237 --> 00:03:27,073 AFTER MY SON WAS BORN, THIS WAS 120 00:03:27,073 --> 00:03:28,374 THE FIRST PLACE WE WENT OUT 121 00:03:28,374 --> 00:03:29,542 WITH HIM TO THE ARMORY. 122 00:03:29,542 --> 00:03:31,144 IT'S IMPORTANT WE HAVE 123 00:03:31,144 --> 00:03:33,546 LARGE, PUBLIC FACING FACILITIES 124 00:03:33,546 --> 00:03:35,014 AVAILABLE WITH COOLING FOR THE 125 00:03:35,014 --> 00:03:36,182 RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY. 126 00:03:36,182 --> 00:03:38,151 SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR 127 00:03:38,151 --> 00:03:38,918 CONSIDERATION. 128 00:03:38,918 --> 00:03:39,786 APPRECIATE YOU. 129 00:03:39,919 --> 00:03:40,453 >> THANK YOU, PETER. 130 00:03:40,453 --> 00:03:42,589 NEXT WE HAVE DARIUS, FOLLOWED 131 00:03:42,589 --> 00:03:43,089 BY DANIEL. 132 00:03:43,089 --> 00:03:43,356 WELCOME. 133 00:03:43,489 --> 00:03:44,657 >> HI. 134 00:03:44,657 --> 00:03:46,726 MY NAME IS DARIUS. 135 00:03:46,726 --> 00:03:50,163 I'M A SOFTWARE ENGINEER AND 136 00:03:50,163 --> 00:03:52,131 A MEMBER OF AMAZON EMPLOYEES FOR 137 00:03:52,265 --> 00:03:53,866 JUSTICE. I DECIDED TO BE PUBLIC 138 00:03:53,866 --> 00:03:54,033 IN 139 00:03:54,033 --> 00:03:55,235 MY SUPPORT FOR DATA CENTERS. 140 00:03:55,235 --> 00:03:57,303 I HEAR ACCUSATIONS THE 141 00:03:57,303 --> 00:03:59,272 GROWING ANGER IS FEAR OF NEW 142 00:03:59,272 --> 00:03:59,672 TECH, 143 00:03:59,672 --> 00:04:00,373 BUT THAT'S WRONG. 144 00:04:00,373 --> 00:04:03,176 EVERYONE I KNOW WHO IS SERIOUS 145 00:04:03,309 --> 00:04:03,843 ABOUT THE TRANSITION TO A 146 00:04:03,843 --> 00:04:05,211 HEALTHIER MORE RESILIENT 147 00:04:05,211 --> 00:04:06,446 ENERGY SYSTEM KNOWS THAT COMES 148 00:04:06,446 --> 00:04:07,880 ALONG WITH BUILDING A LOT OF NEW 149 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:08,581 TECH IN OUR BACKYARDS. 150 00:04:08,581 --> 00:04:11,718 IT MEANS ELECTRIFICATION. 151 00:04:11,718 --> 00:04:14,754 REVITALIZED PUBLIC TRANSIT 152 00:04:14,754 --> 00:04:15,455 AND ENERGY INDEPENDENCE. 153 00:04:15,455 --> 00:04:17,490 FIVE YEARS AGO, COMPANIES LIKE 154 00:04:17,490 --> 00:04:18,825 AMAZON AND MICROSOFT 155 00:04:18,825 --> 00:04:22,028 SEEMED COMMITTED TO BEING 156 00:04:22,028 --> 00:04:24,530 LEADERS IN THAT TRANSITION, BUT 157 00:04:24,530 --> 00:04:24,964 THEY 158 00:04:24,964 --> 00:04:26,466 STOPPED LEADING. 159 00:04:26,466 --> 00:04:28,001 BIG TECH NEEDS DATA CENTERS 160 00:04:28,001 --> 00:04:28,735 MORE THAN WE DO. 161 00:04:28,735 --> 00:04:30,403 HERE'S WAYS WE CAN PUSH THEM TO 162 00:04:30,403 --> 00:04:31,504 GET THE FUTURE WE NEED. 163 00:04:31,504 --> 00:04:34,841 THE CITY COULD REGULATE 164 00:04:34,841 --> 00:04:38,044 DATA CENTERS COULD BE ONLY BUILT 165 00:04:38,044 --> 00:04:38,244 WITH 166 00:04:38,244 --> 00:04:39,912 100% EXISTING ENERGY. 167 00:04:39,912 --> 00:04:41,814 THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS WE CAN 168 00:04:41,814 --> 00:04:43,549 DO, BUT WE WILL NEED THE WILL 169 00:04:43,549 --> 00:04:44,784 AND IMAGINATION THIS 170 00:04:44,784 --> 00:04:47,520 CITY COUNCIL AND OF WORKERS. 171 00:04:47,654 --> 00:04:53,026 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 172 00:04:53,159 --> 00:04:53,926 >> MY NAME IS DANIEL. 173 00:04:53,926 --> 00:04:56,062 I'M A MEMBER OF AMAZON 174 00:04:56,062 --> 00:04:57,230 EMPLOYEES FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE. 175 00:04:57,230 --> 00:04:58,431 GRATEFUL TO LIVE IN THIS CITY 176 00:04:58,431 --> 00:05:00,366 WHERE EMPLOYEES SPEAK OUT 177 00:05:00,366 --> 00:05:02,135 POLITICALLY ARE 178 00:05:02,135 --> 00:05:03,269 LEGALLY PROTECTED AGAINST 179 00:05:03,269 --> 00:05:03,603 RETALIATION. 180 00:05:03,603 --> 00:05:06,439 I WORKED FOR MY INTEAR CAREER 181 00:05:06,439 --> 00:05:07,840 IN REGULATORY COMPLIANCE AND 182 00:05:07,840 --> 00:05:08,307 CUSTOMER PROTECTION. 183 00:05:08,307 --> 00:05:10,009 I'M HERE TO REMIND CITY COUNCIL 184 00:05:10,009 --> 00:05:11,210 THAT EVERY POWERFUL, 185 00:05:11,210 --> 00:05:16,549 POSITIVE, AND LEGITIMATE USE FOR 186 00:05:16,549 --> 00:05:16,749 A.I. 187 00:05:16,749 --> 00:05:18,317 CREATES AN EQUAL RACE. 188 00:05:18,317 --> 00:05:20,553 IT HAS OPENED A PANDORA'S 189 00:05:20,553 --> 00:05:23,122 BOX FOR STOLEN, FRAUDULENT, 190 00:05:23,122 --> 00:05:23,856 AND ILLICIT MATERIAL. 191 00:05:23,856 --> 00:05:25,358 WHILE THIS IS BEING 192 00:05:25,358 --> 00:05:26,559 WIDELY REPORTED INSTEAD OF 193 00:05:26,559 --> 00:05:27,026 MOVING WITH 194 00:05:27,026 --> 00:05:28,561 URGENCY TO ADDRESS THESE 195 00:05:28,561 --> 00:05:29,329 THREATS, BIG TECH COMPANIES 196 00:05:29,329 --> 00:05:31,698 ARE RACING TO BUILD OUT AS MUCH 197 00:05:31,698 --> 00:05:33,032 COMPUTE CAPACITY AS THEY CAN 198 00:05:33,032 --> 00:05:34,901 AS FAST AS THEY CAN 199 00:05:34,901 --> 00:05:36,169 BEFORE REGULATIONS CAN CATCH UP. 200 00:05:36,169 --> 00:05:38,104 IF THEY'RE GOING TO AVOID 201 00:05:38,104 --> 00:05:38,705 RESPONSIBILITY, THIS 202 00:05:38,705 --> 00:05:39,505 COUNCIL SHOULD ACT. 203 00:05:39,505 --> 00:05:42,141 WE SHOULD DEMAND ANY 204 00:05:42,141 --> 00:05:43,176 DATA CENTER BE BUILT WITHOUT THE 205 00:05:43,176 --> 00:05:43,343 USE 206 00:05:43,343 --> 00:05:45,378 OF SHELL COMPANIES AND WITH THE 207 00:05:45,378 --> 00:05:46,279 PROPERLY COMMUNICATION. 208 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:46,612 THANK YOU. 209 00:05:46,746 --> 00:05:52,318 >> THANK YOU, DANIEL. 210 00:05:52,452 --> 00:05:53,519 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. 211 00:05:53,519 --> 00:05:56,556 I'M SREJA, A MEMBER OF AMAZON 212 00:05:56,556 --> 00:05:57,690 EMPLOYEES FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE. 213 00:05:57,690 --> 00:05:58,991 I'M GRATEFUL TO BE IN A CITY 214 00:05:58,991 --> 00:06:01,828 WHERE EMPLOYEES WHO SPEAK 215 00:06:01,828 --> 00:06:02,962 OUT POLITICALLY ARE 216 00:06:02,962 --> 00:06:03,730 LEGALLY PROTECTED AGAINST 217 00:06:03,730 --> 00:06:04,063 RETALIATION. 218 00:06:04,063 --> 00:06:06,099 A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, I WALKED 219 00:06:06,099 --> 00:06:07,200 BY MARK ZUCKERBERG'S MEGA 220 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:07,433 YACHT. 221 00:06:07,433 --> 00:06:09,969 IT TALKED IN LAKE UNION AMID 222 00:06:09,969 --> 00:06:12,071 ABOUT 1400 KING COUNTY LAYOFFS 223 00:06:12,071 --> 00:06:14,040 AT META WITH REMAINING 224 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:15,074 EMPLOYEES BEING TRACKED DOWN TO 225 00:06:15,074 --> 00:06:15,241 THE 226 00:06:15,241 --> 00:06:16,609 KEY STROKE TO TRAIN A.I. 227 00:06:16,609 --> 00:06:18,878 MEANWHILE, IN QUARTER ONE, META 228 00:06:18,878 --> 00:06:21,647 REPORTED A NET INCOME OF OVER 229 00:06:21,647 --> 00:06:22,582 $26 BILLION. 230 00:06:22,582 --> 00:06:25,017 AMAZON ALSO RECENTLY LAID 231 00:06:25,017 --> 00:06:26,686 OFF 30,000 PEOPLE AROUND THE 232 00:06:26,686 --> 00:06:28,321 WORLD AMID RECORD BREAKING 233 00:06:28,321 --> 00:06:28,588 EARNINGS. 234 00:06:28,588 --> 00:06:29,589 IT'S GREAT TO SEE THIS 235 00:06:29,589 --> 00:06:30,923 COUNCIL CHOOSE TO EMPOWER 236 00:06:30,923 --> 00:06:32,325 ORDINARY PEOPLE AND WORKERS OVER 237 00:06:32,325 --> 00:06:33,893 THOSE WHO SEE THEM AS 238 00:06:33,893 --> 00:06:34,260 EXPENDABLE. 239 00:06:34,260 --> 00:06:36,329 I ASK THE COUNCIL TO REMOVE 240 00:06:36,329 --> 00:06:37,764 ANY SUBSIDIES FOR DATA CENTERS 241 00:06:37,764 --> 00:06:37,930 AND 242 00:06:37,930 --> 00:06:40,032 IMPOSE REQUIREMENTS FOR 243 00:06:40,032 --> 00:06:41,934 RENEWABLE ENERGY USE, LABOR 244 00:06:41,934 --> 00:06:44,504 PROTECTIONS, AND EVEN 245 00:06:44,504 --> 00:06:46,239 ALLOCATION OF COMPUTE TOWARD 246 00:06:46,239 --> 00:06:46,472 PUBLIC 247 00:06:46,606 --> 00:06:47,707 PROJECTS. IT MIGHT SOUND LIKE A 248 00:06:47,707 --> 00:06:48,007 LOT TO 249 00:06:48,007 --> 00:06:53,312 ASK, BUT IT'S NOT A $300,000 250 00:06:53,312 --> 00:06:53,513 BOAT. 251 00:06:53,513 --> 00:06:57,049 THANK YOU. 252 00:06:57,183 --> 00:06:58,651 >> HELLO, MY NAME IS 253 00:06:58,651 --> 00:06:59,852 PATRICK, AND I'M A MEMBER OF 254 00:06:59,852 --> 00:07:00,620 AMAZON 255 00:07:00,620 --> 00:07:01,487 EMPLOYEES FOR CLIMATE CHANGE. 256 00:07:01,487 --> 00:07:03,156 LAST WEEK, I TOOK STEPS TO 257 00:07:03,156 --> 00:07:04,757 BE PUBLIC FOR THE FIRST 258 00:07:04,757 --> 00:07:06,759 TIME BECAUSE I'M TIRED OF BEING 259 00:07:06,759 --> 00:07:08,194 AFRAID TO STAND UP FOR MY 260 00:07:08,194 --> 00:07:08,427 VALUES. 261 00:07:08,427 --> 00:07:09,629 I BELIEVE THE TECH WORKERS 262 00:07:09,629 --> 00:07:11,430 HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY IN THIS 263 00:07:11,430 --> 00:07:12,632 MOMENT AND WE WANT CITY COUNCIL 264 00:07:12,632 --> 00:07:14,200 MEMBERS TO INCLUDE US IN THE 265 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:14,700 PROCESS 266 00:07:14,700 --> 00:07:16,669 OF DEVELOPING EQUITABLE A.I. 267 00:07:16,669 --> 00:07:17,437 AND DATA CENTER 268 00:07:17,437 --> 00:07:19,505 POLICY. IN THAT SPIRIT, I WOULD 269 00:07:19,505 --> 00:07:19,972 LIKE TO 270 00:07:19,972 --> 00:07:21,407 INVITE ANYONE WHO WORKS IN TECH 271 00:07:21,407 --> 00:07:22,875 IN THIS ROOM TO PLEASE RAISE 272 00:07:22,875 --> 00:07:23,309 THEIR HAND. 273 00:07:23,309 --> 00:07:24,710 I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ANYONE 274 00:07:24,710 --> 00:07:27,079 WHO WORKS IN TECH IN THIS 275 00:07:27,079 --> 00:07:28,347 ROOM TO PLEASE RAISE THEIR HAND. 276 00:07:28,347 --> 00:07:30,349 NEXT, I WOULD LIKE TO 277 00:07:30,349 --> 00:07:31,851 INVITE ANYONE WHO HAS PREVIOUSLY 278 00:07:31,851 --> 00:07:32,084 WORKED 279 00:07:32,084 --> 00:07:34,053 IN TECH TO KEEP YOUR HAND 280 00:07:34,053 --> 00:07:34,487 RAISED. 281 00:07:34,487 --> 00:07:36,923 NOW, FOR ALL OF US, IF YOU 282 00:07:36,923 --> 00:07:38,124 AGREE THAT THIS COUNCIL 283 00:07:38,124 --> 00:07:39,525 SHOULD REGULATE DATA CENTERS AND 284 00:07:39,525 --> 00:07:39,725 A.I. 285 00:07:39,725 --> 00:07:43,763 FOR THE COMMON GOOD, KEEP YOUR 286 00:07:43,763 --> 00:07:45,464 HANDS UP. 287 00:07:45,464 --> 00:07:45,932 THANK YOU. 288 00:07:45,932 --> 00:07:55,408 WE'RE NOT ALONE. 289 00:07:55,541 --> 00:07:57,043 >> NEXT FIVE. 290 00:07:57,043 --> 00:07:59,445 NICOLE GRANT, ROB JOHNSON, KEN 291 00:07:59,445 --> 00:08:04,350 PITTS, AND KEVIN SMITH. 292 00:08:04,350 --> 00:08:06,185 IS NICOLE GRANT HERE? 293 00:08:06,185 --> 00:08:07,386 OH, THERE SHE IS. 294 00:08:07,386 --> 00:08:07,687 AWESOME. 295 00:08:07,687 --> 00:08:10,423 ROB JOHNSON, KEN PITTS, AND 296 00:08:10,423 --> 00:08:11,524 KEVIN SMITH. 297 00:08:11,657 --> 00:08:13,159 >> HELLO, CITY COUNCIL. 298 00:08:13,159 --> 00:08:15,428 MY NAME IS NICOLE GRANT AND 299 00:08:15,428 --> 00:08:16,929 I USE SHE AND HER PRONOUNS. 300 00:08:16,929 --> 00:08:18,798 I WANT TO START BY SAYING 301 00:08:18,798 --> 00:08:19,832 HAPPY PRIDE MONTH TO EVERYBODY. 302 00:08:19,832 --> 00:08:23,636 I'M HERE TO TESTIFY -- I 303 00:08:23,636 --> 00:08:27,173 MEAN, HAPPY PRIDE MONTH, 304 00:08:27,173 --> 00:08:27,540 EVERYBODY. 305 00:08:27,540 --> 00:08:29,742 I'M HERE TO TESTIFY ON BEHALF 306 00:08:29,742 --> 00:08:33,779 OF MY UNION IN FAVOR OF A BOND 307 00:08:33,779 --> 00:08:33,946 TO 308 00:08:33,946 --> 00:08:36,082 DECARBONIZE THE SEATTLE CENTER. 309 00:08:36,082 --> 00:08:38,618 THIS IS A PLACE THAT WE ALL 310 00:08:38,618 --> 00:08:38,818 GREW 311 00:08:38,818 --> 00:08:40,353 UP. AND IT'S A PLACE THAT WE 312 00:08:40,353 --> 00:08:40,553 WANT 313 00:08:40,553 --> 00:08:42,989 TO SPEND TIME WITH OUR KIDS. 314 00:08:42,989 --> 00:08:44,724 WITH OUR PARENTS, IT'S THE 315 00:08:44,724 --> 00:08:46,926 JEWEL OF THE CITY. 316 00:08:46,926 --> 00:08:50,029 AND IT DESERVES TO BE SHINED, TO 317 00:08:50,029 --> 00:08:51,130 BE CLEANED UP. 318 00:08:51,130 --> 00:08:53,199 WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW 319 00:08:53,199 --> 00:08:54,734 TO PUT KIDS FROM OUR 320 00:08:54,734 --> 00:08:55,534 COMMUNITIES TO WORK. 321 00:08:55,534 --> 00:08:58,838 MY UNION HAS A 322 00:08:58,838 --> 00:08:59,972 PRE- APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM AT 323 00:08:59,972 --> 00:09:01,440 RAINIER BEACH HIGH SCHOOL. 324 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:03,442 WE MEET STUDENTS EVERY DAY 325 00:09:03,442 --> 00:09:05,378 WHO ARE LEARNING OUR CRAFT, BUT 326 00:09:05,378 --> 00:09:07,680 THEY NEED A PLACE TO PRACTICE 327 00:09:07,680 --> 00:09:07,880 THIS 328 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:10,216 CRAFT, AND NOTHING WOULD BE MORE 329 00:09:10,216 --> 00:09:11,484 DESIRABLE THAN REDOING 330 00:09:11,484 --> 00:09:14,553 THE SEATTLE CENTER. 331 00:09:14,553 --> 00:09:15,655 SO THANK YOU. 332 00:09:15,788 --> 00:09:17,557 >> AND ROB, BEFORE YOU GO, ONE 333 00:09:17,557 --> 00:09:17,823 SECOND. 334 00:09:17,823 --> 00:09:19,058 I'M GOING TO CALL THE 335 00:09:19,058 --> 00:09:20,192 OTHER SPEAKERS SO THEY'RE ON 336 00:09:20,192 --> 00:09:20,393 DECK. 337 00:09:20,393 --> 00:09:26,165 WE HAVE BILLY, JUSTIN, 338 00:09:26,165 --> 00:09:26,799 CALVIN, AND LUKE. 339 00:09:26,933 --> 00:09:28,434 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL. 340 00:09:28,434 --> 00:09:30,069 ROB JOHNSON, EXECUTIVE 341 00:09:30,069 --> 00:09:31,070 DIRECTOR OF SEATTLE CENTER 342 00:09:31,070 --> 00:09:31,370 FOUNDATION. 343 00:09:31,370 --> 00:09:32,271 WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT 344 00:09:32,271 --> 00:09:34,540 THE RESOLUTION IN FRONT OF YOU 345 00:09:34,540 --> 00:09:36,275 ASKING FOR A PUBLIC 346 00:09:36,275 --> 00:09:39,812 SECTOR SUPPORT FOR SEATTLE 347 00:09:39,812 --> 00:09:42,982 CENTER. I GREW UP HERE, FIFTH 348 00:09:42,982 --> 00:09:43,282 GENERATION 349 00:09:43,282 --> 00:09:44,317 SEATTLEITE. I REMEMBER COMING TO 350 00:09:44,317 --> 00:09:44,550 ALL THE 351 00:09:44,550 --> 00:09:46,452 GREAT 352 00:09:46,452 --> 00:09:47,053 EVENTS HAPPENING ADD SEATTLE 353 00:09:47,053 --> 00:09:47,787 CENTER AS A KID 354 00:09:47,787 --> 00:09:49,121 AND HAVING MY MOM TALK ABOUT 355 00:09:49,121 --> 00:09:50,389 HOW SEATTLE CENTER HADN'T 356 00:09:50,389 --> 00:09:50,623 CHANGED 357 00:09:50,623 --> 00:09:50,923 MUCH. 358 00:09:50,923 --> 00:09:52,992 HERE I AM IN THE YEAR 2026, 359 00:09:52,992 --> 00:09:54,060 REFLECTING ON THE FACT THAT 360 00:09:54,060 --> 00:09:56,429 THE LAST TIME WE HAD A PUBLIC 361 00:09:56,429 --> 00:09:58,664 VOTE FOR SUPPORT FOR SEATTLE 362 00:09:58,664 --> 00:10:00,433 CENTER WAS 1991. 363 00:10:00,433 --> 00:10:02,868 1991, I WAS IN THE SEVENTH 364 00:10:02,868 --> 00:10:04,270 GRADE, AND TODAY, I HAVE A KID 365 00:10:04,270 --> 00:10:05,805 WHO'S GOING TO BE 366 00:10:05,805 --> 00:10:06,372 GRADUATING SEVENTH GRADE. 367 00:10:06,372 --> 00:10:07,840 SINCE THAT TIME, WE HAVE 368 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:09,542 HAD LITERALLY BILLIONS OF 369 00:10:09,542 --> 00:10:10,209 DOLLARS 370 00:10:10,209 --> 00:10:11,544 IN PRIVATE PHILANTHROPIC 371 00:10:11,544 --> 00:10:14,747 AND BUSINESS SECTOR INVESTMENTS 372 00:10:14,747 --> 00:10:14,914 IN 373 00:10:14,914 --> 00:10:15,581 SEATTLE CENTER. IT'S TIME FOR 374 00:10:15,581 --> 00:10:15,948 OUR FRIENDS IN 375 00:10:15,948 --> 00:10:16,849 THE PUBLIC SECTOR TO MAKE THIS 376 00:10:16,849 --> 00:10:18,084 A PRIORITY AGAIN, NOT OWNTHRY 377 00:10:18,084 --> 00:10:19,452 FOR THE LABOR COMMUNITY WHO HAS 378 00:10:19,452 --> 00:10:20,519 TALKED TODAY, THE 379 00:10:20,519 --> 00:10:21,253 BUSINESS COMMUNITY WHO COULDN'T 380 00:10:21,253 --> 00:10:21,454 MAKE 381 00:10:21,454 --> 00:10:22,855 IT HERE TODAY, WHO BELIEVE THIS 382 00:10:22,855 --> 00:10:23,889 IS A PRIORITY FOR 383 00:10:23,889 --> 00:10:25,725 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE 384 00:10:25,725 --> 00:10:25,925 JOBS 385 00:10:25,925 --> 00:10:29,095 THAT WILL COME FOR THE ARTS AND 386 00:10:29,095 --> 00:10:30,396 CULTURAL COMMUNITY. 387 00:10:30,396 --> 00:10:30,896 THANK YOU. 388 00:10:31,030 --> 00:10:31,764 >> THANK YOU, ROB. 389 00:10:31,764 --> 00:10:33,966 NEXT WE HAVE KEN, AND THEN 390 00:10:33,966 --> 00:10:34,634 KEVIN. 391 00:10:34,634 --> 00:10:35,368 WELCOME, KEN. 392 00:10:35,501 --> 00:10:37,236 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, 393 00:10:37,236 --> 00:10:37,670 COUNCILMEMBERS. 394 00:10:37,670 --> 00:10:39,605 MY NAME IS KEN PITTS. 395 00:10:39,605 --> 00:10:43,476 I'M VICE PRESIDENT OF LOCAL 206 396 00:10:43,476 --> 00:10:43,776 CARPENTERS. 397 00:10:43,776 --> 00:10:46,412 I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF 398 00:10:46,412 --> 00:10:47,513 RESOLUTION 32205. 399 00:10:47,513 --> 00:10:49,115 ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT 400 00:10:49,115 --> 00:10:50,549 REASONS WE ACT NOW IS SIMPLE. 401 00:10:50,549 --> 00:10:52,351 THE LONGER WE WAIT, THE 402 00:10:52,351 --> 00:10:54,086 MORE EXPENSE FRK THIS BECOMES. 403 00:10:54,086 --> 00:10:57,423 WE HAVE ALL SEEN THE IMPACTS OF 404 00:10:57,423 --> 00:10:58,758 INFLATION, RISING MATERIAL 405 00:10:58,758 --> 00:11:01,694 COSTS, AND 406 00:11:01,694 --> 00:11:02,294 INCREASING CONSTRUCTION 407 00:11:02,294 --> 00:11:02,561 EXPENSES. 408 00:11:02,561 --> 00:11:04,330 PROJECTS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN 409 00:11:04,330 --> 00:11:05,765 COMPLETED YEARS AGO OFTEN 410 00:11:05,765 --> 00:11:08,501 COST SIGNIFICANTLY MORE TODAY. 411 00:11:08,501 --> 00:11:10,269 DELAYING ACTION RARELY SAVES 412 00:11:10,269 --> 00:11:10,669 MONEY. 413 00:11:10,669 --> 00:11:14,507 IT'S USUALLY 414 00:11:14,507 --> 00:11:15,541 INCREASING COSTS AND PUSHES 415 00:11:15,541 --> 00:11:15,941 BENEFITS FURTHER 416 00:11:15,941 --> 00:11:16,709 INTO THE FUTURE. 417 00:11:16,709 --> 00:11:18,878 AT THE SAME TIME, EVERY YEAR 418 00:11:18,878 --> 00:11:20,212 WE WAIT IS ANOTHER YEAR WORKERS 419 00:11:20,212 --> 00:11:21,580 ARE NOT BEING HIRED, 420 00:11:21,580 --> 00:11:22,682 LOCAL BUSINESSES ARE NOT SEEING 421 00:11:22,682 --> 00:11:22,848 THE 422 00:11:22,848 --> 00:11:24,450 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY 423 00:11:24,450 --> 00:11:27,620 THESE INVESTMENTS GENERATION, 424 00:11:27,620 --> 00:11:28,154 AND OUR COMMUNITY IS NOT 425 00:11:28,154 --> 00:11:29,388 RECEIVING 426 00:11:29,388 --> 00:11:32,091 THE FULL BENEFITS OF PROJECTS. 427 00:11:32,091 --> 00:11:34,060 I ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO 428 00:11:34,060 --> 00:11:35,294 MOVE FORWARD AND DEMONSTRATE 429 00:11:35,294 --> 00:11:36,328 THE LEADERSHIP NECESSARY TO 430 00:11:36,328 --> 00:11:39,198 INVEST IN OUR WORKFORCE, 431 00:11:39,198 --> 00:11:40,533 STRENGTHEN 432 00:11:40,533 --> 00:11:40,866 OUR ECONOMY. 433 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:46,172 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 434 00:11:46,172 --> 00:11:48,774 KEVIN, FOLLOWED BY BILLY, 435 00:11:48,774 --> 00:11:50,342 JUSTIN, CALVIN, LUKE. 436 00:11:50,476 --> 00:11:52,845 >> HELLO, COUNCILMEMBERS AND 437 00:11:52,845 --> 00:11:53,579 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 438 00:11:53,579 --> 00:11:55,214 MY NAME IS KEVIN SMITH. 439 00:11:55,214 --> 00:11:57,383 I'M HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF 440 00:11:57,383 --> 00:11:59,952 THE CARPENTERS UNION 441 00:11:59,952 --> 00:12:00,586 REPRESENTING 442 00:12:00,586 --> 00:12:03,055 57,000 MEMBERS IN SUPPORT OF 443 00:12:03,055 --> 00:12:05,925 RESOLUTION 332205. 444 00:12:05,925 --> 00:12:07,927 THIS RESOLUTION REPRESENTS 445 00:12:07,927 --> 00:12:09,695 AN OPPORTUNITY TO INVEST IN 446 00:12:09,695 --> 00:12:11,230 SEATTLE'S FUTURE WHILE CREATING 447 00:12:11,230 --> 00:12:13,265 HUNDREDS AND POTENTIALLY 448 00:12:13,265 --> 00:12:14,633 THOUSANDS OF FAMILY WAGE 449 00:12:14,633 --> 00:12:15,901 JOBS FOR WORKING PEOPLE 450 00:12:15,901 --> 00:12:18,204 THROUGHOUT OUR REGION. 451 00:12:18,204 --> 00:12:21,107 EVERY MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND 452 00:12:21,107 --> 00:12:21,841 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 453 00:12:21,841 --> 00:12:23,309 PROJECT CREATES A RIPPLE EFFECT. 454 00:12:23,309 --> 00:12:25,511 THE JOBS CREATED ARE NOT 455 00:12:25,511 --> 00:12:27,847 LIMITED TO CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. 456 00:12:27,847 --> 00:12:30,349 THEY SUPPORT SUPPLIERS, 457 00:12:30,349 --> 00:12:31,684 MANUFACTURERS, TRANSPORTATION 458 00:12:31,684 --> 00:12:34,453 PROVIDERS, AND SMALL 459 00:12:34,453 --> 00:12:35,488 BUSINESSES, RESTAURANTS AND 460 00:12:35,488 --> 00:12:36,088 COUNTLESS LOCAL 461 00:12:36,088 --> 00:12:37,623 EMPLOYERS THAT BENEFIT 462 00:12:37,623 --> 00:12:39,291 WHEN WORKERS HAVE GOOD PAYCHECKS 463 00:12:39,291 --> 00:12:41,961 AND SPEND IN OUR COMMUNITIES. 464 00:12:41,961 --> 00:12:44,096 I ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL 465 00:12:44,096 --> 00:12:46,599 TO SUPPORT RESOLUTION 32205 466 00:12:46,599 --> 00:12:48,067 AND SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE 467 00:12:48,067 --> 00:12:51,070 THAT SEATTLE IS COMMITTED TO 468 00:12:51,070 --> 00:12:54,907 ECONOMIC GROWTH, FAMILY WAGE 469 00:12:54,907 --> 00:12:55,407 JOBS. 470 00:12:55,541 --> 00:13:00,146 >> THANK YOU, KEVIN. 471 00:13:00,279 --> 00:13:01,847 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, 472 00:13:01,847 --> 00:13:03,115 COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND THE REST 473 00:13:03,115 --> 00:13:03,449 OF THE 474 00:13:03,582 --> 00:13:05,651 COUNCIL. MY NAME IS BILLY. 475 00:13:05,651 --> 00:13:08,788 A PROUD MEMBER OF LOCAL 242 476 00:13:08,788 --> 00:13:10,456 AND I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF 477 00:13:10,456 --> 00:13:13,926 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA'S RESOLUTION 478 00:13:13,926 --> 00:13:15,394 32205 TO SUPPORT PUTTING A 479 00:13:15,394 --> 00:13:16,295 BOND MEASURE TO SUPPORT 480 00:13:16,295 --> 00:13:17,930 SEATTLE CENTER IN 2027. 481 00:13:17,930 --> 00:13:19,632 AS SEVERAL OF US HERE 482 00:13:19,632 --> 00:13:21,267 WHO PROBABLY WERE IN YOUR EARS, 483 00:13:21,267 --> 00:13:21,433 WE 484 00:13:21,433 --> 00:13:22,535 WOULD HAVE LOVED TO GET THIS 485 00:13:22,535 --> 00:13:24,737 ON THE BALLOT IN 2026, BUT WE 486 00:13:24,737 --> 00:13:28,307 KNOW HAVING A THOUGHTFUL BOND 487 00:13:28,307 --> 00:13:28,541 MEASURE 488 00:13:28,541 --> 00:13:30,442 THAT MAXIMIZES STATE, FEDERAL, 489 00:13:30,442 --> 00:13:31,677 AND CLIMATE COMMITMENT 490 00:13:31,677 --> 00:13:34,079 DOLLARS IN 2027 IS THE BEST 491 00:13:34,079 --> 00:13:36,949 OPTION FORWARD RIGHT NOW. 492 00:13:36,949 --> 00:13:40,319 IT PRODUCES MIDDLE INCOME JOBS, 493 00:13:40,319 --> 00:13:41,787 APPRENTICESHIP 494 00:13:41,787 --> 00:13:43,355 OPPORTUNITIES, PRIORITY HIRE, 495 00:13:43,355 --> 00:13:44,089 LOCAL HIRE, 496 00:13:44,089 --> 00:13:46,258 AND A LOT OF THE PROGRAMS WE 497 00:13:46,258 --> 00:13:48,160 WORK WITH EACH AND EVERY DAY. 498 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:50,095 SO JUST ENCOURAGE TO 499 00:13:50,095 --> 00:13:51,330 MOVE FORWARD AND HOPEFULLY IN 500 00:13:51,330 --> 00:13:51,564 THIS 501 00:13:51,564 --> 00:13:53,632 UPCOMING BUDGET WE CAN 502 00:13:53,632 --> 00:13:56,535 IMPROVE CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS TO 503 00:13:56,535 --> 00:13:56,802 30% AND 504 00:13:56,802 --> 00:13:58,137 KEEP SEATTLE CENTER 505 00:13:58,137 --> 00:14:00,539 MOVING FORWARD UNTIL IT GETS ITS 506 00:14:00,539 --> 00:14:00,739 FACE 507 00:14:00,873 --> 00:14:01,507 LIFT. THANK YOU. 508 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:02,274 >> THANK YOU, BILLY. 509 00:14:02,274 --> 00:14:04,677 NEXT WE HAVE JUSTIN, FOLLOWED 510 00:14:04,677 --> 00:14:06,111 BY CALVIN, THEN LUKE. 511 00:14:06,245 --> 00:14:06,946 >> I'M JUSTIN. 512 00:14:06,946 --> 00:14:08,547 A MEMBER OF WORKERS STRIKE 513 00:14:08,547 --> 00:14:11,750 BACK, AND A FORMER TECH WORKER 514 00:14:11,750 --> 00:14:16,956 LIVING IN QUEEN ANNE THIS IS THE 515 00:14:16,956 --> 00:14:17,156 BARE 516 00:14:17,156 --> 00:14:17,690 MINIMUM. 517 00:14:17,690 --> 00:14:21,293 WE NEED A PERMANENT 518 00:14:21,293 --> 00:14:22,795 MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTERS IN 519 00:14:22,795 --> 00:14:25,264 SEATTLE AND WE NEED TO TAX THE 520 00:14:25,264 --> 00:14:25,865 RICH INSTEAD. 521 00:14:25,865 --> 00:14:27,866 WE'RE FOUGHT GOING TO GET ANY 522 00:14:27,866 --> 00:14:29,101 OF THIS BY RELYING ON 523 00:14:29,101 --> 00:14:30,669 THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WHICH IS 524 00:14:30,669 --> 00:14:31,971 WHY I'M WITH THE INDEPENDENT 525 00:14:31,971 --> 00:14:32,938 SOCIALIST CAMPAIGN FOR 526 00:14:32,938 --> 00:14:34,006 CONGRESS THAT IS FIGHTING FOR 527 00:14:34,006 --> 00:14:34,306 THESE 528 00:14:34,306 --> 00:14:34,974 DEMANDS. 529 00:14:34,974 --> 00:14:36,375 THE DEMOCRATIC 530 00:14:36,375 --> 00:14:38,244 COUNCILMEMBERS HERE WON'T STOP 531 00:14:38,244 --> 00:14:38,544 THE 532 00:14:38,544 --> 00:14:39,378 DYSTOPIAN SURVEILLANCE IN THE 533 00:14:39,378 --> 00:14:39,578 CITY. 534 00:14:39,578 --> 00:14:41,680 MASS LAYOFFS, WARS, GENOCIDE, 535 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:43,983 AND DEPORTATIONS ARE NOW 536 00:14:43,983 --> 00:14:45,884 ALL CONNECTED WITH BIG TECH'S 537 00:14:45,884 --> 00:14:46,285 PUSH FOR A.I. 538 00:14:46,285 --> 00:14:48,587 SHAWMA IS THE ONLY 539 00:14:48,587 --> 00:14:50,256 CANDIDATE WITH A TRACK RECORD OF 540 00:14:50,256 --> 00:14:51,757 DEFEATING THE BILLIONAIRES, 541 00:14:51,757 --> 00:14:53,492 WINNING THE 542 00:14:53,492 --> 00:14:54,360 NATION'S HIGHEST MINIMUM 543 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:55,928 WAGE, AMAZON TAX, AND RENTERS 544 00:14:55,928 --> 00:14:56,161 RIGHTS. 545 00:14:56,161 --> 00:14:58,364 THAT'S THE KIND OF 546 00:14:58,364 --> 00:14:59,565 LEADERSHIP WORKING PEOPLE NEED. 547 00:14:59,565 --> 00:15:00,866 LET'S DO A CHANT. 548 00:15:00,866 --> 00:15:02,001 STOP THE DATA 549 00:15:02,001 --> 00:15:04,169 CENTERS. STOP THE DATA CENTERS. 550 00:15:04,169 --> 00:15:14,580 STOP THE DATA CENTERS. 551 00:15:15,714 --> 00:15:17,249 >> I'M CALVIN. 552 00:15:17,383 --> 00:15:19,618 >> CAN WE RESTART? 553 00:15:19,618 --> 00:15:20,152 HOLD ON. 554 00:15:20,152 --> 00:15:21,287 WE'LL RESTART YOUR TIME. 555 00:15:21,287 --> 00:15:22,721 BUT BEFORE YOU GO, I WANT 556 00:15:22,721 --> 00:15:23,989 TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE OTHER 557 00:15:23,989 --> 00:15:24,757 PEOPLE LINED UP. 558 00:15:24,890 --> 00:15:28,794 GIVE ME ONE SECOND. WE HAVE 559 00:15:28,794 --> 00:15:30,763 LUKE, SHAWMA, 560 00:15:30,763 --> 00:15:32,932 BEARING, RON CLEMPANT, NOAH, AND 561 00:15:32,932 --> 00:15:33,365 THEN 562 00:15:33,499 --> 00:15:35,000 MICHELLE. WHEN YOU START, WE'LL 563 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:35,701 START THE 564 00:15:35,834 --> 00:15:36,001 TIME. 565 00:15:36,001 --> 00:15:38,103 >> I'M CALVIN. 566 00:15:38,103 --> 00:15:40,539 I'M WITH THE SHAWMA FOR 567 00:15:40,539 --> 00:15:41,240 CONGRESS CAMPAIGN. 568 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:42,574 THERE'S AN UPRISING TAKING 569 00:15:42,574 --> 00:15:44,943 PLACE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AGAINST 570 00:15:44,943 --> 00:15:46,445 THESE DATA CENTERS FOR GOOD 571 00:15:46,445 --> 00:15:46,679 REASON. 572 00:15:46,679 --> 00:15:47,780 THEY CAUSE MASSIVE AIR 573 00:15:47,780 --> 00:15:48,914 POLLUTION, WATER POLLUTION, 574 00:15:48,914 --> 00:15:49,515 AND SOUND POLLUTION. 575 00:15:49,515 --> 00:15:50,983 THEY USE ENORMOUS AMOUNTS OF 576 00:15:50,983 --> 00:15:52,685 WATER AND ELECTRICITY. 577 00:15:52,685 --> 00:15:54,320 THEY DRAMATICALLY DRIVE UP 578 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:55,321 UTILITY KAUS. 579 00:15:55,321 --> 00:15:58,357 THE DATA STRZ IN THE WHOLE A.I. 580 00:15:58,357 --> 00:16:01,560 PROJECT THEY'RE LINKED TO ARE 581 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:03,295 DRIVING MASS LAYOFFS AT A 582 00:16:03,295 --> 00:16:04,263 TIME WHEN THE CLIMATE CRISIS 583 00:16:04,263 --> 00:16:05,597 IS ALREADY TAKING US OVER THE 584 00:16:05,597 --> 00:16:07,666 CLIFF OF ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER. 585 00:16:07,666 --> 00:16:09,101 THEY ARE DISASTER FOR 586 00:16:09,101 --> 00:16:10,269 WORKING PEOPLE EVERYWHERE, NOT 587 00:16:10,269 --> 00:16:10,469 JUST 588 00:16:10,469 --> 00:16:12,304 IN THE PLACES WHERE THEY'RE 589 00:16:12,304 --> 00:16:12,538 BUILT. 590 00:16:12,538 --> 00:16:13,906 THE ONLY REASON SO MANY 591 00:16:13,906 --> 00:16:15,674 ARE GOING AHEAD IS BECAUSE THEY 592 00:16:15,674 --> 00:16:17,242 MEAN BIG PROFITS FOR BIG TECH. 593 00:16:17,242 --> 00:16:19,178 SO THE RICHEST BILLIONAIRES 594 00:16:19,178 --> 00:16:21,046 CAN GET RICHER AT ANY COST FOR 595 00:16:21,046 --> 00:16:21,814 THE REST OF US. 596 00:16:21,814 --> 00:16:23,115 THEY NEED TO BE STOPPED. 597 00:16:23,115 --> 00:16:24,950 I SUPPORT THIS ONE- YEAR 598 00:16:24,950 --> 00:16:26,385 MORATORIUM, BUT IT IS SIMPLY 599 00:16:26,385 --> 00:16:26,685 NOT ENOUGH. 600 00:16:26,685 --> 00:16:29,154 WE NEED THEM STOPPED ENTIRELY. 601 00:16:29,154 --> 00:16:30,656 WE NEED EXISTING DATA CENTERS 602 00:16:30,656 --> 00:16:32,157 TO BE TAKEN INTO DEMOCRATIC 603 00:16:32,157 --> 00:16:32,391 PUBLIC 604 00:16:32,391 --> 00:16:33,325 OWNERSHIP BECAUSE WE 605 00:16:33,325 --> 00:16:36,829 CAN'T CONTROL WHAT WE DON'T 606 00:16:36,829 --> 00:16:41,600 OWN. 607 00:16:41,734 --> 00:16:44,169 >> I'M AN ENGINEER AT BOEING 608 00:16:44,169 --> 00:16:44,336 AND 609 00:16:44,336 --> 00:16:46,372 A MEMBER OF 610 00:16:46,372 --> 00:16:47,439 PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND 611 00:16:47,439 --> 00:16:47,740 AEROSPACE. 612 00:16:47,740 --> 00:16:49,475 I STRONGLY SUPPORT A PERMANENT 613 00:16:49,475 --> 00:16:50,743 MORATORIUM ON THE A.I. 614 00:16:50,743 --> 00:16:54,313 DATA CENTERS AND I SUPPORT 615 00:16:54,313 --> 00:16:54,546 SHARMA 616 00:16:54,546 --> 00:16:54,880 FOR CONGRESS. 617 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:57,816 THIS IS A FIGHT FROM THE 618 00:16:57,816 --> 00:16:58,384 CORPORATE BOSSES ON WORKING 619 00:16:58,384 --> 00:16:58,617 PEOPLE. 620 00:16:58,617 --> 00:16:59,818 AS A RANK AND FILE UNION 621 00:16:59,818 --> 00:17:01,387 MEMBER IN A YEAR OF 622 00:17:01,387 --> 00:17:02,354 CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS I'M 623 00:17:02,354 --> 00:17:02,621 DEMANDING 624 00:17:02,621 --> 00:17:04,223 THAT BOEING BOSSES TO 625 00:17:04,223 --> 00:17:05,724 RESPECT EXPERTISE OF ENGINEERS 626 00:17:05,724 --> 00:17:07,760 AND TECHNICAL WORKERS WHO 627 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:09,962 MAKE BOEING PLANES SAFE FOR THE 628 00:17:09,962 --> 00:17:12,965 PUBLIC, PAYING US A SALARY THAT 629 00:17:12,965 --> 00:17:15,434 WILL MAKE LIVING IN THE AREA 630 00:17:15,434 --> 00:17:17,469 COMFORTABLE AND IN THE FACE OF 631 00:17:17,469 --> 00:17:17,836 INFLATION. 632 00:17:17,836 --> 00:17:20,973 AND TO KEEP BOEING JOBS 633 00:17:20,973 --> 00:17:22,408 IN WASHINGTON STATE INSTEAD 634 00:17:22,408 --> 00:17:24,376 OF CONTINUED OUTSOURCING TO 635 00:17:24,376 --> 00:17:24,576 LOWER 636 00:17:24,576 --> 00:17:27,012 PAYING NONUNION STATES. 637 00:17:27,012 --> 00:17:29,248 THANK YOU. 638 00:17:29,381 --> 00:17:32,918 >> THANK YOU. 639 00:17:33,051 --> 00:17:35,888 >> MY NAME IS SHAWMA. 640 00:17:35,888 --> 00:17:37,389 I SUPPORT THE DATA 641 00:17:37,389 --> 00:17:38,557 CENTER MORATORIUM THAT IS UP FOR 642 00:17:38,557 --> 00:17:38,757 VOTE. 643 00:17:38,757 --> 00:17:40,559 THE ONE- YEAR BAN IS FAR FROM 644 00:17:40,692 --> 00:17:42,327 ENOUGH. I'M RUNNING AS AN 645 00:17:42,327 --> 00:17:42,628 INDEPENDENT 646 00:17:42,628 --> 00:17:43,429 SOCIALIST FOR CONGRESS. 647 00:17:43,429 --> 00:17:45,564 OUR CAMPAIGN IS THE ONLY ONE 648 00:17:45,564 --> 00:17:47,366 IN THIS RACE FIGHTING FOR AN END 649 00:17:47,366 --> 00:17:49,234 TO HYPERSCALE DATA CENTERS 650 00:17:49,234 --> 00:17:51,804 OR DEMOCRATIC PUBLIC OWNERSHIP 651 00:17:51,804 --> 00:17:51,970 OF 652 00:17:51,970 --> 00:17:52,971 ALL EXISTING DATA CENTERS 653 00:17:52,971 --> 00:17:54,606 AND FOR PUBLIC SECTOR LIVING 654 00:17:54,606 --> 00:17:54,807 WAGE 655 00:17:54,807 --> 00:17:56,542 JOBS GUARANTEED BY TAXING 656 00:17:56,542 --> 00:17:59,445 THE RICH TO COUNTER THE 657 00:17:59,445 --> 00:17:59,978 A.I. MASS LAYOFFS. 658 00:17:59,978 --> 00:18:01,447 DATA CENTERS ARE HAVING A 659 00:18:01,447 --> 00:18:02,381 DEVASTATING IMPACT. 660 00:18:02,381 --> 00:18:04,349 A.I. IS NOW A CENTRAL 661 00:18:04,349 --> 00:18:07,619 COMPONENT OF GENOCIDE AND 662 00:18:07,619 --> 00:18:08,020 EMPYREALEST WAR, 663 00:18:08,020 --> 00:18:10,456 MASS LAYOFFS, AND CLIMATE 664 00:18:10,456 --> 00:18:13,292 CRISIS BECAUSE A.I. IS THE NEW 665 00:18:13,292 --> 00:18:13,559 FRONTIER 666 00:18:13,559 --> 00:18:14,827 FOR SUPER PROFITS FOR THE 667 00:18:14,827 --> 00:18:15,127 SUPER RICH. 668 00:18:15,127 --> 00:18:16,862 THEY WILL ABSOLUTELY NOT 669 00:18:16,862 --> 00:18:19,097 STOP THE A.I. JUGGERNAUT 670 00:18:19,097 --> 00:18:20,766 UNLESS THREATENED BY A POWERFUL 671 00:18:20,766 --> 00:18:22,201 NATIONWIDE MOVEMENT WITH 672 00:18:22,201 --> 00:18:24,303 LEADERS WHO HAVE A BACKBONE TO 673 00:18:24,303 --> 00:18:24,470 GO 674 00:18:24,470 --> 00:18:25,904 UP AGAINST BILLIONAIRES AND 675 00:18:25,904 --> 00:18:27,105 A PROVEN STRATEGY TO WIN 676 00:18:27,105 --> 00:18:27,539 FOR WORKING PEOPLE. 677 00:18:27,539 --> 00:18:28,941 VOTE THE REPUBLICAN AND 678 00:18:28,941 --> 00:18:30,576 DEMOCRATIC PARTIES AREARE 679 00:18:30,576 --> 00:18:33,178 BY THE BILLIONAIRE CLASS AND 680 00:18:33,178 --> 00:18:35,013 THAT'S WHY WE NEED 681 00:18:35,013 --> 00:18:38,917 INDEPENDENT CAMPAIGNS LIKE MINE, 682 00:18:38,917 --> 00:18:41,086 SOLIDARITY, AND I WANT THIS 683 00:18:41,086 --> 00:18:41,320 PLACARD 684 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:44,590 CALLING FOR A STOP OF DATA 685 00:18:44,590 --> 00:18:44,923 CENTERS 686 00:18:44,923 --> 00:18:54,133 TO COUNCILMEMBER DEBORA JUAREZ. 687 00:18:54,266 --> 00:18:54,867 >> THANK YOU. 688 00:18:54,867 --> 00:18:58,504 DO I NOT GET ONE? 689 00:18:58,637 --> 00:19:01,940 OKAY. IS IT BEARING? 690 00:19:01,940 --> 00:19:02,307 OKAY, AWESOME. 691 00:19:02,307 --> 00:19:03,242 BEARING, FOLLOWED BY RON, 692 00:19:03,242 --> 00:19:07,312 CLEMENT, NOAH, AND MICHELLE. 693 00:19:07,446 --> 00:19:09,548 >> HI, MY NAME IS BEARING. 694 00:19:09,548 --> 00:19:11,083 I'M NOT HERE ABOUT THE DATA 695 00:19:11,083 --> 00:19:12,518 CENTERS, EVEN THOUGH I SUPPORT 696 00:19:12,518 --> 00:19:12,784 ALL THAT. 697 00:19:12,784 --> 00:19:15,153 IT'S COMMON SENSE. 698 00:19:15,153 --> 00:19:16,488 COME ON. 699 00:19:16,488 --> 00:19:19,825 I'M HERE ABOUT KCRH 700 00:19:19,825 --> 00:19:21,026 MISSING FUNDING AND I WANT 701 00:19:21,026 --> 00:19:21,460 CLARITY 702 00:19:21,460 --> 00:19:21,827 ABOUT IT. 703 00:19:21,827 --> 00:19:23,795 I WANT TO KNOW WHAT ARE WE 704 00:19:23,795 --> 00:19:25,631 DEBATING ABOUT IT? 705 00:19:25,631 --> 00:19:27,399 WHAT'S GOING TO BE DONE? 706 00:19:27,399 --> 00:19:29,067 YOU CAN APPLAUD, ALL THESE 707 00:19:29,067 --> 00:19:29,768 CUBES GOING UP TODAY. 708 00:19:29,768 --> 00:19:32,237 THAT'S GREAT AND ALL, BUT I 709 00:19:32,237 --> 00:19:34,406 HAVE WORKED ADD SEATTLE CLUB, I 710 00:19:34,406 --> 00:19:35,507 HAVE MANAGED COMMUNITIES, I KNOW 711 00:19:35,507 --> 00:19:36,742 WHAT YOUR POLICIES LOOK LIKE 712 00:19:36,742 --> 00:19:37,843 WHEN THEY HIT THE CONCRETE. 713 00:19:37,843 --> 00:19:39,978 I KNOW WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE. 714 00:19:39,978 --> 00:19:41,580 I JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW ARE 715 00:19:41,580 --> 00:19:43,849 YOU GOING TO INJECT THE 716 00:19:43,849 --> 00:19:47,452 COMMUNITY, EVERYONE HERE, INTO 717 00:19:47,452 --> 00:19:47,686 HEALING 718 00:19:47,686 --> 00:19:47,953 SEATTLE? 719 00:19:47,953 --> 00:19:49,721 WE'RE GOING TO BE THE NUMBER 720 00:19:49,721 --> 00:19:51,056 ONE HOMELESS COMMUNITY VERY 721 00:19:51,056 --> 00:19:51,256 SOON, 722 00:19:51,256 --> 00:19:52,024 I PROMISE YOU THAT. 723 00:19:52,024 --> 00:19:54,126 I WAS HOMELESS IN 2017. 724 00:19:54,126 --> 00:19:57,829 I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE 725 00:19:57,829 --> 00:20:04,736 DEBATING ABOUT THIS. 726 00:20:04,870 --> 00:20:09,942 >> RON, FOLLOWED BY CLEMENT, 727 00:20:09,942 --> 00:20:11,343 NOAH, AND MICHELLE. 728 00:20:11,476 --> 00:20:11,910 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. 729 00:20:11,910 --> 00:20:13,779 I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT 730 00:20:13,779 --> 00:20:14,880 THE PUBLIC DEVELOPER. 731 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:16,882 THEY SEEM TO HAVE DECIDED 732 00:20:16,882 --> 00:20:18,450 TO CHANGE THEIR CHARTER. 733 00:20:18,450 --> 00:20:20,018 AND THEY HAVE ADDED A LOT 734 00:20:20,018 --> 00:20:21,386 OF LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT I 735 00:20:21,386 --> 00:20:21,620 DON'T 736 00:20:21,620 --> 00:20:21,853 LIKE. 737 00:20:21,853 --> 00:20:25,390 AND BECAUSE OF THAT CHANGE, 738 00:20:25,390 --> 00:20:27,859 I SEE A CHANCE WHERE THEY 739 00:20:27,859 --> 00:20:29,394 COULD ACQUIRE EMINENT DOMAIN 740 00:20:29,394 --> 00:20:29,728 RIGHTS 741 00:20:29,728 --> 00:20:31,396 TO TAKE MY HOME. 742 00:20:31,396 --> 00:20:33,365 AND I WISH TO RETAIN MY 743 00:20:33,365 --> 00:20:40,472 RIGHT UNDER THE FIFTH AMENDMENT. 744 00:20:40,472 --> 00:20:43,241 TO KEEP THAT, 745 00:20:43,241 --> 00:20:43,875 RETAIN MY RIGHTS TO SELL MY 746 00:20:43,875 --> 00:20:47,646 HOME, LIVE IN MY 747 00:20:47,646 --> 00:20:48,914 HOME. 748 00:20:48,914 --> 00:20:50,582 AND THIS IS PROBABLY THE 749 00:20:50,582 --> 00:20:52,517 SIXTH OR SEVENTH TIME THESE SAME 750 00:20:52,517 --> 00:20:55,454 PEOPLE HAVE TRIED TO INVOLVE IN 751 00:20:55,587 --> 00:20:57,689 THIS. NOT THE PUBLIC DEVELOPER 752 00:20:57,689 --> 00:21:03,228 BUT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS. 753 00:21:03,228 --> 00:21:06,164 I HOPE THAT YOU WILL ASK THEM 754 00:21:06,164 --> 00:21:08,767 TO CHANGE THEIR CHARTER. 755 00:21:08,767 --> 00:21:10,902 I GUESS THIS COUNCIL CANNOT 756 00:21:10,902 --> 00:21:14,406 DO THAT RIGHT NOW. 757 00:21:14,539 --> 00:21:16,408 >> THANK YOU, RON. 758 00:21:16,408 --> 00:21:18,010 NEXT WE HAVE KLEMM NLT, 759 00:21:18,010 --> 00:21:20,646 FOLLOWED BY NOAH AND MICHELLE. 760 00:21:20,646 --> 00:21:20,946 WELCOME. 761 00:21:21,079 --> 00:21:22,681 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. 762 00:21:22,814 --> 00:21:24,249 >> IS THE MIC ON? 763 00:21:24,249 --> 00:21:24,650 AWESOME. 764 00:21:24,783 --> 00:21:26,218 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, 765 00:21:26,218 --> 00:21:26,585 COUNCILMEMBERS. 766 00:21:26,585 --> 00:21:27,052 I'M CLEMENT. 767 00:21:27,052 --> 00:21:28,487 I'M A MEMBER OF WORKERS STRIKE 768 00:21:28,487 --> 00:21:29,888 BACK, AND I'M HERE TO 769 00:21:29,888 --> 00:21:31,556 REITERATE WHAT WE HEARD MANY 770 00:21:31,556 --> 00:21:31,757 TIMES 771 00:21:31,757 --> 00:21:31,990 ALREADY 772 00:21:31,990 --> 00:21:33,291 TODAY. MY FIRM OPPOSITION TO 773 00:21:33,291 --> 00:21:36,795 THE CONSTRUCTION OF A.I. 774 00:21:36,795 --> 00:21:39,431 DATA CENTERS IN KING 775 00:21:39,431 --> 00:21:42,501 COUNTY. THE SURGE 776 00:21:42,501 --> 00:21:43,802 UNCONSTRUCTION IS NOTHING BUT A 777 00:21:43,802 --> 00:21:44,169 VAIN ATTEMPT 778 00:21:44,169 --> 00:21:46,605 TO LINE THE POCKETS OF TECH 779 00:21:46,605 --> 00:21:46,972 BILLIONAIRES. 780 00:21:46,972 --> 00:21:48,140 THE CONSTRUCTION WILL LEAD 781 00:21:48,140 --> 00:21:50,208 TO DISASTROUS ENVIRONMENTAL 782 00:21:50,208 --> 00:21:52,577 IMPACTS AND MITOTIC RISES IN 783 00:21:52,577 --> 00:21:52,811 ENERGY 784 00:21:52,811 --> 00:21:53,045 COSTS. 785 00:21:53,045 --> 00:21:54,780 A LOT OF MY FAMILY LIVES IN 786 00:21:54,780 --> 00:21:55,147 VIRGINIA. 787 00:21:55,147 --> 00:21:56,481 THEY'RE CONNECTED TO THE 788 00:21:56,481 --> 00:21:58,283 SAME GRID AS THE HYPERSCALE DATA 789 00:21:58,283 --> 00:21:59,151 CENTER, AND THEY HAVE 790 00:21:59,151 --> 00:22:00,452 ALREADY SEEN THEIR COST OF 791 00:22:00,452 --> 00:22:01,053 LIVING GO UP. 792 00:22:01,053 --> 00:22:02,320 SO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE 793 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:03,155 FIERCELY OPPOSE THE CONSTRUCTION 794 00:22:03,155 --> 00:22:04,122 OF DATA 795 00:22:04,122 --> 00:22:04,389 CENTERS. 796 00:22:04,389 --> 00:22:06,658 THIS IS A BASIC COMMON SENSE AND 797 00:22:06,658 --> 00:22:08,927 THE COUNCIL CANNOT 798 00:22:08,927 --> 00:22:10,562 CREDIBLY CLAIM TO REPRESENT ITS 799 00:22:10,562 --> 00:22:11,930 CONSTITUENTS IF IT DOESN'T 800 00:22:11,930 --> 00:22:13,398 SUPPORT THE DATA CENTER 801 00:22:13,398 --> 00:22:14,066 MORATORIUM. 802 00:22:14,066 --> 00:22:16,468 THANK YOU. 803 00:22:16,601 --> 00:22:19,638 >> THANK YOU. 804 00:22:19,638 --> 00:22:19,905 WELCOME. 805 00:22:20,038 --> 00:22:21,173 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS. 806 00:22:21,173 --> 00:22:22,007 MY NAME IS NOAH. 807 00:22:22,007 --> 00:22:23,608 I'M A MEMBER OF THE 808 00:22:23,608 --> 00:22:24,810 TRANSIT RIDERS UNION AND TECH 809 00:22:24,810 --> 00:22:28,447 FOR HOUSING AND A DEVOPS 810 00:22:28,447 --> 00:22:28,714 ENGINEER, 811 00:22:28,714 --> 00:22:29,448 WHICH IS A CYBERMECHANIC. 812 00:22:29,448 --> 00:22:30,282 I WOULD LIKE TO DRAW 813 00:22:30,282 --> 00:22:31,416 YOUR ATTENTION TO TWO ISSUES 814 00:22:31,416 --> 00:22:32,884 TODAY WITH RESPECT TO DATA 815 00:22:32,884 --> 00:22:33,385 CENTERS. 816 00:22:33,385 --> 00:22:37,456 EMISSIONS AND DESIGN 817 00:22:37,456 --> 00:22:37,889 FUNGIBILITY. 818 00:22:37,889 --> 00:22:39,591 A FACILITY WILL LIKELY 819 00:22:39,591 --> 00:22:40,659 HAVE DIFFERENT POWER AND 820 00:22:40,659 --> 00:22:43,261 COOLING NEEDS THAN A FACILITY 821 00:22:43,261 --> 00:22:43,495 FOR 822 00:22:43,495 --> 00:22:44,830 MAXIMUM SLOP OUTPUT. 823 00:22:44,830 --> 00:22:46,798 DO NOT PERMIT THE LATTER. 824 00:22:46,798 --> 00:22:48,700 SECOND, I WOULD LIKE TO 825 00:22:48,700 --> 00:22:52,404 ADDRESS THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON 826 00:22:52,404 --> 00:22:52,604 THE 827 00:22:52,604 --> 00:22:52,938 COMMUNITY. 828 00:22:52,938 --> 00:22:54,406 THEY BURN DIRTY AND LOUD AND 829 00:22:54,406 --> 00:22:56,508 RUN MORE OFTEN THAN YOU WOULD 830 00:22:56,508 --> 00:22:57,809 THINK WITH REGULAR TESTING 831 00:22:57,809 --> 00:22:59,077 REQUIRES FOR NORMAL SERVICE. 832 00:22:59,077 --> 00:23:01,179 THIS PHOTO IS OF A BUS 833 00:23:01,179 --> 00:23:02,447 HOOKED UP TO EMISSIONS TESTING 834 00:23:02,447 --> 00:23:03,749 EQUIPMENT IN 2006. 835 00:23:03,749 --> 00:23:06,251 SEATTLE HAS LED THE WAY IN 836 00:23:06,251 --> 00:23:07,753 EMISSIONS AND AIR 837 00:23:07,753 --> 00:23:09,054 QUALITY STANDARDS FOR THE LAST 838 00:23:09,054 --> 00:23:09,387 20 YEARS. 839 00:23:09,387 --> 00:23:12,657 PLEASE DO NOT ROLL BACK THESE 840 00:23:12,657 --> 00:23:13,825 PROTECTIONS JUST TO PROFIT FROM 841 00:23:13,825 --> 00:23:17,395 A.I. DATA CENTERS. 842 00:23:17,395 --> 00:23:22,000 THANK YOU. 843 00:23:22,134 --> 00:23:23,068 >> NO MICHELLE. 844 00:23:23,068 --> 00:23:24,102 CALL THE OTHER PEOPLE. 845 00:23:24,102 --> 00:23:26,872 WE HAVE DOMINIC FOLLOWED BY 846 00:23:26,872 --> 00:23:29,441 COCO, RICH, REBECCA YOUNG, 847 00:23:29,441 --> 00:23:32,778 LAUREN, EVAN, EMILY. 848 00:23:32,778 --> 00:23:35,080 I THINK THIS IS JODY. 849 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:37,582 WILL, AND THEN SCOTT. 850 00:23:37,582 --> 00:23:37,849 WELCOME. 851 00:23:37,983 --> 00:23:40,218 >> HI, MY NAME IS MICHELLE 852 00:23:40,218 --> 00:23:42,621 AND I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO VOTE 853 00:23:42,621 --> 00:23:42,788 YES 854 00:23:42,788 --> 00:23:46,858 ON THE MORATORIUM FOR THE DATA 855 00:23:46,858 --> 00:23:49,361 CENTERS. 856 00:23:49,361 --> 00:23:52,030 THE DATA CENTERS WILL ONLY 857 00:23:52,030 --> 00:23:53,265 BENEFIT THE BILLIONAIRE 858 00:23:53,265 --> 00:23:56,168 CLASS AND THE EPSTEIN 859 00:23:56,168 --> 00:23:56,868 CLASS, AND WHAT'S AT RISK HERE 860 00:23:56,868 --> 00:23:57,736 IS THE 861 00:23:57,736 --> 00:23:59,371 FUTURE OF OUR LIVES, YOUR 862 00:23:59,371 --> 00:24:01,706 CHILDREN'S LIVES, MY POTENTIAL 863 00:24:01,706 --> 00:24:02,407 GRANDCHILDREN'S LIVES. 864 00:24:02,407 --> 00:24:03,909 WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO 865 00:24:03,909 --> 00:24:05,043 PROTECT THIS ENVIRONMENT THAT WE 866 00:24:05,043 --> 00:24:05,343 LIVE 867 00:24:05,343 --> 00:24:07,312 IN TO HAVE CLEAN WATER, TO BE 868 00:24:07,312 --> 00:24:09,748 ABLE TO HAVE ELECTRICITY, AND 869 00:24:09,748 --> 00:24:09,981 JUST TO 870 00:24:09,981 --> 00:24:12,451 PROTECT OURSELVES FROM THE 871 00:24:12,451 --> 00:24:14,352 BILLIONAIRES THAT DO NOT HAVE 872 00:24:14,352 --> 00:24:16,988 OUR BEST INTERESTS AT HEART. 873 00:24:16,988 --> 00:24:17,389 THANK YOU. 874 00:24:17,522 --> 00:24:22,828 >> THANK YOU, MICHELLE. 875 00:24:22,961 --> 00:24:23,962 >> I'M DOMINIC. 876 00:24:23,962 --> 00:24:26,965 A MEMBER OF WORKERS STRIKE 877 00:24:26,965 --> 00:24:28,767 BACK, AND SHARMA'S CAMPAIGN 878 00:24:28,767 --> 00:24:29,167 TEAM FOR 879 00:24:29,167 --> 00:24:30,101 CONGRESS AGAINST ADAM SMITH. 880 00:24:30,101 --> 00:24:31,336 THE CONSTRUCTION OF 881 00:24:31,336 --> 00:24:33,038 HYPERSCALE DATA CENTERS HAS HAD 882 00:24:33,038 --> 00:24:34,206 DEVASTATING EFFECTS IN THE AREAS 883 00:24:34,206 --> 00:24:34,406 THEY 884 00:24:34,406 --> 00:24:35,907 HAVE BEEN BUILT, INCLUDING WATER 885 00:24:35,907 --> 00:24:37,142 SHORTAGES AND EVEN 886 00:24:37,142 --> 00:24:38,376 SLUDGE DRIPPING FROM PEOPLE'S 887 00:24:38,376 --> 00:24:38,577 TAPS. 888 00:24:38,577 --> 00:24:40,111 I SUPPORT THAT ONE- 889 00:24:40,111 --> 00:24:41,313 YEAR MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTERS 890 00:24:41,313 --> 00:24:42,614 BUT THIS IS THE BARE MINIMUM. 891 00:24:42,614 --> 00:24:44,316 WHEN SHARMA WAS ON CITY 892 00:24:44,316 --> 00:24:45,650 COUNCIL, SHE LED WORKING PEOPLE 893 00:24:45,650 --> 00:24:45,817 TO 894 00:24:45,817 --> 00:24:47,786 WIN BIG GAINS LIKE THE LIEST 895 00:24:47,786 --> 00:24:50,322 MINIMUM WAGE IN THE NATION AND 896 00:24:50,322 --> 00:24:51,423 THE 897 00:24:51,423 --> 00:24:52,057 AMAZON TAX WHICH TAXES THE 898 00:24:52,057 --> 00:24:53,225 VERY CORPORATIONS TRYING TO 899 00:24:53,225 --> 00:24:55,360 BUILD THESE DATA CENTERS AND 900 00:24:55,360 --> 00:24:56,328 FUNDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 901 00:24:56,328 --> 00:24:58,029 IN OTHER PARTS OF THE 902 00:24:58,029 --> 00:25:00,098 COUNTRY, AT LEAST 48 DATA CENTER 903 00:25:00,098 --> 00:25:01,333 PROJECTS HAVE BEEN HALTED THE 904 00:25:01,333 --> 00:25:01,967 SAME WAY, 905 00:25:01,967 --> 00:25:03,068 INCLUDING IN ILLINOIS 906 00:25:03,068 --> 00:25:05,036 WHERE WORKERS REACHED OUT TO 907 00:25:05,036 --> 00:25:06,438 SHARMA'S CAMPAIGN AND SHE 908 00:25:06,438 --> 00:25:07,339 COORDINATING WITH THEM. 909 00:25:07,339 --> 00:25:08,640 WORKERS STRIKE BACK WAS PART 910 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:09,808 OF THIS MOVEMENT SHOWING UP 911 00:25:09,808 --> 00:25:11,042 AGAINST DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN 912 00:25:11,042 --> 00:25:12,911 PARTIES WHO WERE BOTH INTENT ON 913 00:25:12,911 --> 00:25:13,144 LAYING 914 00:25:13,144 --> 00:25:14,312 OUT THE RED CARPET FOR BIG TECH. 915 00:25:14,312 --> 00:25:16,181 THERE ISN'T A SINGLE 916 00:25:16,181 --> 00:25:17,082 REPRESENTATIVE ON THE 917 00:25:17,082 --> 00:25:18,550 COUNCIL WHO LEADS WORKING 918 00:25:18,550 --> 00:25:18,884 PEOPLE, 919 00:25:18,884 --> 00:25:20,185 BUT SHAMMA IS STILL HERE 920 00:25:20,185 --> 00:25:21,553 FIGHTING FOR US AND WE NEED TO 921 00:25:21,553 --> 00:25:21,753 ELECT 922 00:25:21,753 --> 00:25:22,320 HER TO CONGRESS. 923 00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:25,257 SHE'S THE ONLY CANDIDATE 924 00:25:25,257 --> 00:25:35,634 TAKING BIG TECH TO -- 925 00:25:36,701 --> 00:25:39,437 >> RICH, REBECCA, EVAN, JODY, 926 00:25:39,437 --> 00:25:40,305 WILL, SCOTT. 927 00:25:40,438 --> 00:25:41,806 >> MY NAME IS COCO. 928 00:25:41,806 --> 00:25:43,742 I AM A WORKERS STRIKE 929 00:25:43,742 --> 00:25:45,210 BACK MEMBER AND DISTRICT THREE 930 00:25:45,210 --> 00:25:45,443 VOTER. 931 00:25:45,443 --> 00:25:47,612 I'M HERE TO URGE THE CITY 932 00:25:47,612 --> 00:25:50,081 OF SEATTLE AGAINST A.I. DATA 933 00:25:50,081 --> 00:25:51,349 CENTER EXPANSION FOR NOT ONLY A 934 00:25:51,349 --> 00:25:52,317 YEAR 935 00:25:52,317 --> 00:25:54,185 AT A TIME BUT INDEFINITELY. 936 00:25:54,185 --> 00:25:55,820 IT HAS COMPLETELY 937 00:25:55,820 --> 00:25:57,222 DISREGARDED THE WELLBEING OF OUR 938 00:25:57,222 --> 00:25:57,589 PLANET AND 939 00:25:57,589 --> 00:25:57,989 COMMUNITIES. 940 00:25:57,989 --> 00:25:59,357 MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF 941 00:25:59,357 --> 00:26:02,794 WATERS ARE USED DAILY, 942 00:26:02,794 --> 00:26:04,429 EXACERBATING 943 00:26:04,429 --> 00:26:05,230 ISSUES IN ALREADY DROUGHT- PRONE 944 00:26:05,230 --> 00:26:05,897 REGIONS. 945 00:26:05,897 --> 00:26:07,365 GRIDS ARE 946 00:26:07,365 --> 00:26:08,300 DESTABILIZED, AIR POLLUTION IS 947 00:26:08,300 --> 00:26:08,700 WORSENS AND 948 00:26:08,700 --> 00:26:10,969 OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE IS 949 00:26:10,969 --> 00:26:11,303 JEOPARDIZED. 950 00:26:11,303 --> 00:26:12,103 DOES SEATTLE WANT TO 951 00:26:12,103 --> 00:26:13,305 CONTRIBUTE TO THIS DESTRUCTION 952 00:26:13,305 --> 00:26:13,672 OR BE 953 00:26:13,672 --> 00:26:14,506 A NATIONAL EXAMPLE THAT WE 954 00:26:14,506 --> 00:26:16,308 DON'T HAVE TO BOW DOWN? 955 00:26:16,308 --> 00:26:17,876 PROTECTING OUR ENVIRONMENT, 956 00:26:17,876 --> 00:26:19,744 THE BEAUTIFUL LAND THAT WE ALL 957 00:26:19,744 --> 00:26:21,346 GET TO BENEFIT FROM BY LIVING 958 00:26:21,346 --> 00:26:23,181 HERE, AND PROTECTING EACH OTHER 959 00:26:23,181 --> 00:26:24,950 SHOULD TAKE ABSOLUTE IMPORT 960 00:26:24,950 --> 00:26:27,152 OVER SIPHONING MONEY INTO THE 961 00:26:27,152 --> 00:26:27,586 POCKETS OF BIG TECH 962 00:26:27,586 --> 00:26:27,919 CORPORATIONS. 963 00:26:27,919 --> 00:26:32,457 THANK YOU. 964 00:26:32,590 --> 00:26:35,760 >> THANK YOU. 965 00:26:35,894 --> 00:26:37,362 >> I'M RICH, AND I'M IN FAVOR 966 00:26:37,362 --> 00:26:37,529 OF 967 00:26:37,529 --> 00:26:39,331 PLACING A ONE- YEAR MORATORIUM 968 00:26:39,331 --> 00:26:41,800 ON DATA 969 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:42,467 CENTERS. DURING THAT YEAR, 970 00:26:42,467 --> 00:26:42,901 PLEASE 971 00:26:42,901 --> 00:26:45,637 MAKE YOUR FINAL DECISION THROUGH 972 00:26:45,637 --> 00:26:46,171 THE 973 00:26:46,171 --> 00:26:48,106 FILTER OF CLIMATE CHANGE. 974 00:26:48,106 --> 00:26:49,240 SEATTLE'S POPULATION WILL 975 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:51,109 GROW EVEN MORE DUE TO 976 00:26:51,109 --> 00:26:53,244 CLIMATE REFUGEES WHILE OUR WATER 977 00:26:53,244 --> 00:26:55,480 SUPPLY WILL DIMINISH AS 978 00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:55,747 LESSENING 979 00:26:55,747 --> 00:26:57,749 SNOW 980 00:26:57,749 --> 00:27:00,285 PACK FORMS. WE ARE GOING TO NEED 981 00:27:00,285 --> 00:27:00,785 LOTS MORE 982 00:27:00,785 --> 00:27:01,653 ELECTRICITY BECAUSE TO 983 00:27:01,653 --> 00:27:03,121 ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE, WE NEED 984 00:27:03,121 --> 00:27:03,421 TO 985 00:27:03,421 --> 00:27:05,156 STOP BURNING FOSSIL FUELS 986 00:27:05,156 --> 00:27:06,791 AND ELECTRIFY OUR BUILDINGS AND 987 00:27:06,791 --> 00:27:07,158 TRANSPORTATION. 988 00:27:07,158 --> 00:27:10,028 MOST DATA CENTERS WANT LOTS OF 989 00:27:10,028 --> 00:27:11,630 WATER AND ELECTRICITY, AND 990 00:27:11,630 --> 00:27:13,765 YOU CAN KILL THEM THROUGH 991 00:27:13,765 --> 00:27:14,065 REGULATION. 992 00:27:14,065 --> 00:27:15,900 TELL THEM THAT THEY HAVE 993 00:27:15,900 --> 00:27:18,470 TO GENERATE THEIR OWN EMISSION- 994 00:27:18,470 --> 00:27:19,804 FREE POWER. 995 00:27:19,804 --> 00:27:21,373 GOOD LUCK ON THIS SIDE OF THE 996 00:27:21,373 --> 00:27:21,706 STATE. 997 00:27:21,706 --> 00:27:23,842 THEY'LL HAVE TO USE A CLOSED 998 00:27:23,842 --> 00:27:25,143 LOOP SYSTEM FOR COOLING AND 999 00:27:25,143 --> 00:27:28,079 NOT TAP INTO OUR WATER SUPPLY. 1000 00:27:28,079 --> 00:27:33,551 OUR HEALTH AND WELFARE DEPEND 1001 00:27:33,551 --> 00:27:38,423 ON YOU BEING FIRM ON THESE TWO 1002 00:27:38,423 --> 00:27:38,757 REQUIREMENTS. 1003 00:27:38,757 --> 00:27:41,126 THANK YOU. 1004 00:27:41,259 --> 00:27:42,293 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. 1005 00:27:42,293 --> 00:27:42,661 AND THANK YOU. 1006 00:27:42,661 --> 00:27:48,666 MY NAME IS 1007 00:27:48,666 --> 00:27:49,034 REBECCA YOUNG. 1008 00:27:49,034 --> 00:27:49,634 I'M A PARENT, A VOTER, AND 1009 00:27:49,634 --> 00:27:50,168 RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 3. 1010 00:27:50,168 --> 00:27:51,670 I HAVE EMAILED YOU ALL LONGER 1011 00:27:51,670 --> 00:27:52,070 COMMENTS. 1012 00:27:52,070 --> 00:27:54,072 I'M HERE TO STRONGLY SUPPORT 1013 00:27:54,072 --> 00:27:54,239 THE 1014 00:27:54,239 --> 00:27:56,141 YEAR- LONG MORATORIUM ON 1015 00:27:56,141 --> 00:27:57,575 DATA CENTERS AND URGE YOU ALL TO 1016 00:27:57,575 --> 00:28:00,679 VOTE IN FAVOR. 1017 00:28:00,679 --> 00:28:03,882 THANK YOU. 1018 00:28:04,015 --> 00:28:04,849 >> THANK 1019 00:28:04,849 --> 00:28:06,451 YOU. WE HAVE LAUREN, FOLLOWED BY 1020 00:28:06,451 --> 00:28:08,987 EVAN, EMILY, JODY, WILL, SCOTT. 1021 00:28:09,120 --> 00:28:10,188 >> HI. 1022 00:28:10,188 --> 00:28:13,058 I'M HERE, AGAIN, TO ASK THE 1023 00:28:13,058 --> 00:28:13,258 CITY 1024 00:28:13,258 --> 00:28:15,093 COUNCIL TO PUT A MORATORIUM 1025 00:28:15,093 --> 00:28:16,194 ON DATA CENTERS. 1026 00:28:16,194 --> 00:28:19,030 AS I SAID THE LAST TIME, WATER 1027 00:28:19,030 --> 00:28:21,399 IS A PRECIOUS COMMODITY. 1028 00:28:21,399 --> 00:28:23,601 WE CAN LIVE WITHOUT A.I. 1029 00:28:23,601 --> 00:28:26,271 IN FACT, I PREFER TO. 1030 00:28:26,271 --> 00:28:28,473 BUT WE CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT 1031 00:28:28,473 --> 00:28:28,707 WATER. 1032 00:28:28,707 --> 00:28:30,709 AND SO I REALLY HOPE THAT 1033 00:28:30,709 --> 00:28:33,478 YOU WILL TAKE CLIMATE CHANGE AND 1034 00:28:33,611 --> 00:28:35,480 THE ECONOMIC IMPACT 1035 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:36,881 INTO CONSIDERATION WHILE YOU 1036 00:28:36,881 --> 00:28:38,717 MAKE YOUR DECISION. 1037 00:28:38,717 --> 00:28:41,619 THANK YOU. 1038 00:28:41,753 --> 00:28:44,556 >> THANK YOU. 1039 00:28:44,689 --> 00:28:46,925 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, 1040 00:28:46,925 --> 00:28:48,493 COUNCILMEMBERS. 1041 00:28:48,493 --> 00:28:50,095 I'M A SEATTLE BORN RESIDENT 1042 00:28:50,095 --> 00:28:52,430 OF DISTRICT SIX, A PART OF THE 1043 00:28:52,430 --> 00:28:53,031 A.I. 1044 00:28:53,031 --> 00:28:53,731 RESISTANCE. 1045 00:28:53,731 --> 00:28:54,399 THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO 1046 00:28:54,399 --> 00:28:55,934 WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT AND PUTTING 1047 00:28:55,934 --> 00:28:56,968 THE INTEREST OF SEATTLE 1048 00:28:56,968 --> 00:28:59,104 RESIDENTS AND OUR LIVING 1049 00:28:59,104 --> 00:28:59,404 ECOSYSTEMS 1050 00:28:59,404 --> 00:29:00,939 ABOVE THE SEDUCTIVE A.I. GOLD 1051 00:29:00,939 --> 00:29:01,272 RUSH. 1052 00:29:01,272 --> 00:29:03,308 WE'RE ALREADY SEEING THE 1053 00:29:03,308 --> 00:29:03,842 CONSEQUENCES OF UNCHECKED 1054 00:29:03,842 --> 00:29:05,577 DATA CENTER EXPANSION IN THE 1055 00:29:05,577 --> 00:29:05,877 PACIFIC 1056 00:29:05,877 --> 00:29:07,078 NORTHWEST ACROSS THE 1057 00:29:07,078 --> 00:29:09,981 COLUMBIA RIVER IN OREGON. 1058 00:29:09,981 --> 00:29:13,084 WHERE DATA CENTER WASTE WATER, 1059 00:29:13,084 --> 00:29:15,153 PROPOSALS TO DIVERT WATER 1060 00:29:15,153 --> 00:29:16,755 AND CORRUPTION SCANDALS TIED 1061 00:29:16,755 --> 00:29:18,723 TO AMAZON BACKED SHELL 1062 00:29:18,723 --> 00:29:20,091 UTILITY COMPANIES EXIST. 1063 00:29:20,091 --> 00:29:21,226 LOOK UP THE WIND WAVE SCANDAL 1064 00:29:21,226 --> 00:29:22,227 IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY. 1065 00:29:22,227 --> 00:29:23,962 WE CANNOT ALLOW THESE 1066 00:29:23,962 --> 00:29:25,797 MISTAKES TO BE REPEATED HERE. 1067 00:29:25,797 --> 00:29:27,298 THE MORATORIUM IS AN 1068 00:29:27,298 --> 00:29:28,700 IMPORTANT FIRST STEP TO 1069 00:29:28,700 --> 00:29:29,067 PROTECTING OUR 1070 00:29:29,067 --> 00:29:31,669 COMMUNITY, OUR LAND, OUR 1071 00:29:31,669 --> 00:29:32,203 WATER, AND OUR DEMOCRATIC 1072 00:29:32,203 --> 00:29:32,537 INSTITUTIONS. 1073 00:29:32,537 --> 00:29:33,371 WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING 1074 00:29:33,371 --> 00:29:35,206 WITH YOU AND ADVOCATING FOR 1075 00:29:35,206 --> 00:29:36,241 SIMILAR PROTECTIONS ACROSS KING 1076 00:29:36,241 --> 00:29:36,941 COUNTY 1077 00:29:36,941 --> 00:29:39,577 AND WASHINGTON STATE. 1078 00:29:39,577 --> 00:29:43,515 THANK YOU. 1079 00:29:43,648 --> 00:29:46,050 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL. 1080 00:29:46,050 --> 00:29:47,218 I'M HERE TO URGE YOU TO VOTE 1081 00:29:47,218 --> 00:29:47,385 YES 1082 00:29:47,385 --> 00:29:49,020 ON THE MORATORIUM, BUT MORE 1083 00:29:49,020 --> 00:29:50,054 IMPORTANTLY, I WOULD LIKE 1084 00:29:50,054 --> 00:29:51,456 TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR 1085 00:29:51,456 --> 00:29:53,158 QUICK AND DECISIVE ACTION ON 1086 00:29:53,158 --> 00:29:53,358 THIS 1087 00:29:53,358 --> 00:29:53,691 ISSUE. 1088 00:29:53,691 --> 00:29:55,326 WE'RE JUST TWO MONTH FROM 1089 00:29:55,326 --> 00:29:56,594 WHEN THIS WAS FIRST BROKEN BY 1090 00:29:56,594 --> 00:29:57,595 THE SEATTLE TIMES. 1091 00:29:57,595 --> 00:30:00,965 I WOULD LIKE TO ESPECIALLY THANK 1092 00:30:00,965 --> 00:30:03,001 COUNCILMEMBER LIN AND MY 1093 00:30:03,001 --> 00:30:04,068 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ FOR 1094 00:30:04,068 --> 00:30:06,471 YOUR LEADERSHIP ON 1095 00:30:06,471 --> 00:30:07,772 THIS ISSUE AND ESPECIALLY FOR 1096 00:30:07,772 --> 00:30:08,173 ING WITH 1097 00:30:08,173 --> 00:30:09,440 THE COMMUNITY, ENGAGING WITH 1098 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:12,010 ADVOCATES AND TAKING OUR INPUT 1099 00:30:12,143 --> 00:30:13,845 SERIOUSLY. I WOULD ALSO SAY HELL 1100 00:30:13,845 --> 00:30:14,212 YEAH 1101 00:30:14,212 --> 00:30:15,213 TO THE 1102 00:30:15,213 --> 00:30:15,413 STROO 1103 00:30:15,413 --> 00:30:16,815 >> Rich: SEATTLE CENTER LEVY. 1104 00:30:16,815 --> 00:30:18,883 LET'S GET GOOD WORK FOR 1105 00:30:18,883 --> 00:30:21,119 SEATTLE AND FIX UP SEATTLE 1106 00:30:21,119 --> 00:30:22,320 CENTER WHERE 1107 00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:24,522 MY OLDEST KID GOES TO SCHOOL. 1108 00:30:24,522 --> 00:30:28,359 PEARL JAM GUY OUT. 1109 00:30:28,493 --> 00:30:29,527 >> EMILY. 1110 00:30:29,661 --> 00:30:30,061 >> YES. 1111 00:30:30,195 --> 00:30:32,530 >> EMILY FOLLOWED BY JODY, 1112 00:30:32,530 --> 00:30:32,864 WILL, SCOTT. 1113 00:30:32,997 --> 00:30:35,233 >> I'M EMILY JOHNSON, ALSO 1114 00:30:35,233 --> 00:30:36,835 WITH WASHINGTON A.I. RESISTANCE. 1115 00:30:36,835 --> 00:30:40,004 AND I HAVE CRAZY AMOUNT TO 1116 00:30:40,004 --> 00:30:40,838 SAY ABOUT DATA CENTERS BUT TODAY 1117 00:30:40,838 --> 00:30:42,140 ALL I WANT TO SAY IS THANK YOU 1118 00:30:42,140 --> 00:30:44,375 VERY MUCH FOR GETTING MOVING ON 1119 00:30:44,375 --> 00:30:44,676 THIS 1120 00:30:44,676 --> 00:30:45,276 MORATORIUM AND THANK YOU IN 1121 00:30:45,276 --> 00:30:46,377 ADVANCE FOR THIS VOTE. 1122 00:30:46,377 --> 00:30:49,447 WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK CUT 1123 00:30:49,447 --> 00:30:50,014 OUT FOR US IN THE NEXT YEAR 1124 00:30:50,014 --> 00:30:51,082 TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK 1125 00:30:51,082 --> 00:30:52,550 FOR SEATTLE IF IT'S GOING TO 1126 00:30:52,550 --> 00:30:53,084 HAPPEN AT ALL. 1127 00:30:53,084 --> 00:30:56,454 THANK YOU. 1128 00:30:56,588 --> 00:30:58,723 >> THANK YOU. 1129 00:30:58,723 --> 00:31:03,061 >> JODY HERE? 1130 00:31:03,194 --> 00:31:04,529 OH, OKAY. NO WORRIES AT ALL. 1131 00:31:04,529 --> 00:31:05,496 WILL, THEN SCOTT. 1132 00:31:05,630 --> 00:31:07,265 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS 1133 00:31:07,265 --> 00:31:08,633 OF THE COUNCIL. 1134 00:31:08,633 --> 00:31:12,203 AS SOMEONE WHO CURRENTLY SUES 1135 00:31:12,203 --> 00:31:14,505 A.I. COMPANIES AND IS RUNNING 1136 00:31:14,505 --> 00:31:16,174 A LEGISLATIVE RACE AS A.I. 1137 00:31:16,174 --> 00:31:17,942 REGULATION AS MY TOP POLICY, 1138 00:31:17,942 --> 00:31:18,142 I'M 1139 00:31:18,142 --> 00:31:19,577 HERE 1140 00:31:19,577 --> 00:31:20,211 TO APPLAUD YOU FOR YOUR ACTION 1141 00:31:20,211 --> 00:31:20,712 ON THIS WHICH 1142 00:31:20,712 --> 00:31:23,414 I ANTICIPATE AND TO URGE THE 1143 00:31:23,414 --> 00:31:24,782 PASSAGE OF THE DATA CENTER 1144 00:31:24,782 --> 00:31:25,083 MORATORIUM. 1145 00:31:25,083 --> 00:31:26,884 I HAVE CALLED FOR A STATE- 1146 00:31:26,884 --> 00:31:28,686 WIDE MORATORIUM UNTIL WE GET 1147 00:31:28,686 --> 00:31:30,321 THIS INDUSTRY UNDER CONTROL AND 1148 00:31:30,321 --> 00:31:31,456 I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING 1149 00:31:31,456 --> 00:31:32,557 WITH COLLEAGUES TO GET THAT 1150 00:31:32,557 --> 00:31:32,757 DONE. 1151 00:31:32,757 --> 00:31:34,259 THE POLICY ASPECT OF THIS I 1152 00:31:34,259 --> 00:31:36,628 WANT TO MAKE SURE IS ABUNDANTLY 1153 00:31:36,628 --> 00:31:38,096 CLEAR IS THERE IS NO WAY TO 1154 00:31:38,096 --> 00:31:38,429 BUILD 1155 00:31:38,429 --> 00:31:41,266 NEW DATA CENTERS THAT ARE 1156 00:31:41,266 --> 00:31:43,034 100% POWERED BY NEW RENEWABLE 1157 00:31:43,034 --> 00:31:43,268 ENERGY 1158 00:31:43,268 --> 00:31:45,203 IN A WAY THAT DOES NOT STILL 1159 00:31:45,203 --> 00:31:46,237 UNDERCUT OUR CLIMATE PROGRESS. 1160 00:31:46,237 --> 00:31:48,406 AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS 1161 00:31:48,406 --> 00:31:49,707 THAT THERE ARE FINITE 1162 00:31:49,707 --> 00:31:50,008 CONSTRAINTS 1163 00:31:50,008 --> 00:31:52,110 ON OUR ABILITY TO PRODUCE 1164 00:31:52,110 --> 00:31:54,579 RENEWABLE ENERGY IN THIS COUNTRY 1165 00:31:54,579 --> 00:31:54,846 RIGHT 1166 00:31:54,846 --> 00:31:56,147 NOW. BOTH IN TERMS OF THE 1167 00:31:56,147 --> 00:31:56,414 MATERIALS 1168 00:31:56,414 --> 00:31:57,882 REQUIRED AND IN TERMS OF 1169 00:31:57,882 --> 00:31:58,683 THE APPROPRIATE 1170 00:31:58,683 --> 00:32:00,318 CITING. AND AS A RESULT, EVERY 1171 00:32:00,318 --> 00:32:02,253 DATA CENTER THAT IS BUILT IS 1172 00:32:02,253 --> 00:32:03,488 NECESSARILY DRAWING AWAY 1173 00:32:03,488 --> 00:32:04,589 RENEWABLE ENERGY THAT COULD 1174 00:32:04,589 --> 00:32:06,691 HAVE BEEN USED TO OFFSET CARBON 1175 00:32:06,691 --> 00:32:07,525 EMISSIONS ELSEWHERE. 1176 00:32:07,525 --> 00:32:07,825 THANK YOU. 1177 00:32:07,959 --> 00:32:12,764 >> THANK YOU, WILL. 1178 00:32:12,764 --> 00:32:13,431 SCOTT. 1179 00:32:13,431 --> 00:32:15,466 BEFORE YOU GO, I'M GOING TO 1180 00:32:15,466 --> 00:32:16,734 SAY THE NEXT TEN SPEAKERS. 1181 00:32:16,734 --> 00:32:17,869 IF YOU'RE LISTENING 1182 00:32:17,869 --> 00:32:19,304 ONLINE, AFTER WE DO THESE NEXT 1183 00:32:19,304 --> 00:32:20,571 TEN, WE'RE GOING TO COME TO 1184 00:32:20,571 --> 00:32:21,973 ONLINE, AND THEN COME BACK IN 1185 00:32:21,973 --> 00:32:22,206 PERSON. 1186 00:32:22,206 --> 00:32:22,407 OKAY. 1187 00:32:22,407 --> 00:32:24,309 SO IF YOU'RE ONLINE, 1188 00:32:24,309 --> 00:32:25,810 PLEASE START COMING IN. 1189 00:32:25,810 --> 00:32:27,245 THE NEXT SPEAKERS AFTER SCOTT 1190 00:32:27,245 --> 00:32:31,749 IS GOING TO BE ANN, PETER, 1191 00:32:31,749 --> 00:32:32,050 PATRICK, 1192 00:32:32,050 --> 00:32:38,156 ADRIAN, SARAH, CLIVE, BEN, 1193 00:32:38,156 --> 00:32:41,459 AUDREY, PAUL, AND NIVI. 1194 00:32:41,459 --> 00:32:43,094 WELCOME, SCOTT. 1195 00:32:43,227 --> 00:32:44,529 >> MY NAME IS SCOTT. 1196 00:32:44,529 --> 00:32:45,797 I'M IN DISTRICT ONE. 1197 00:32:45,797 --> 00:32:47,065 LONG TIME RESIDENT AND I'M 1198 00:32:47,065 --> 00:32:48,599 HERE TO ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT 1199 00:32:48,599 --> 00:32:48,967 THE MORATORIUM. 1200 00:32:48,967 --> 00:32:50,668 I THINK WE HAVE EVERYBODY 1201 00:32:50,668 --> 00:32:55,073 KNOWS ALL THE ISSUES WITH 1202 00:32:55,073 --> 00:32:55,606 A.I. AND HOW HORRIBLE 1203 00:32:55,606 --> 00:32:56,107 ENVIRONMENTALLY IT 1204 00:32:56,107 --> 00:32:57,709 IS AND HOW HORRIBLE IT IS IN 1205 00:32:57,709 --> 00:32:58,509 MANY OTHER WAYS. 1206 00:32:58,509 --> 00:33:00,578 AND I LOOK FORWARDS TO WORKING 1207 00:33:00,578 --> 00:33:01,746 WITH YOU IN THE NEXT YEAR. 1208 00:33:01,746 --> 00:33:04,449 IT'S GOING TO BE VERY HARDS TO 1209 00:33:04,449 --> 00:33:07,118 GET GOOD MORATORIUM, 1210 00:33:07,118 --> 00:33:08,086 GOOD CRITERIA CONSTRAINTS, AND 1211 00:33:08,086 --> 00:33:09,554 IT WILL BE A STRUGGLE AND I'LL 1212 00:33:09,554 --> 00:33:10,054 BE WITH YOU. 1213 00:33:10,054 --> 00:33:10,588 THANK YOU. 1214 00:33:10,722 --> 00:33:16,728 >> THANK YOU, SCOTT. 1215 00:33:16,728 --> 00:33:20,465 IAN, PETER, PATRICK, ADRIAN, 1216 00:33:20,465 --> 00:33:22,533 BEN, AUDREY, PAUL, AND NIVI. 1217 00:33:22,533 --> 00:33:22,800 WELCOME. 1218 00:33:22,934 --> 00:33:24,502 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. 1219 00:33:24,502 --> 00:33:25,336 MY NAME IS ANN. 1220 00:33:25,336 --> 00:33:27,372 I'M ALSO HERE TO ENCOURAGE 1221 00:33:27,372 --> 00:33:29,140 A PERMANENT MORATORIUM ON DATA 1222 00:33:29,140 --> 00:33:30,074 CENTERS IN SEATTLE. 1223 00:33:30,074 --> 00:33:32,143 TO DATE, DATA CENTER 1224 00:33:32,143 --> 00:33:34,979 CONSUMPTION IS ESTIMATED AT 415 1225 00:33:34,979 --> 00:33:35,279 TEAR 1226 00:33:35,279 --> 00:33:38,716 AWATT HOURS WHICH IS UP 1.5% OF 1227 00:33:38,716 --> 00:33:40,651 GLOBAL ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION. 1228 00:33:40,651 --> 00:33:44,756 FURTHER MORE, THEY ARE 3% OF 1229 00:33:44,756 --> 00:33:46,657 EARTH'S WATER IS FRESHWATER 1230 00:33:46,657 --> 00:33:49,093 AND ONLY 5% IS SAFE FOR HUMAN 1231 00:33:49,227 --> 00:33:51,095 CONSUMPTION. ONE DATA CENTER CAN 1232 00:33:51,095 --> 00:33:51,396 CONSUME 1233 00:33:51,396 --> 00:33:52,930 UP TO 5 MILLION GALLONS 1234 00:33:52,930 --> 00:33:53,731 OF FRESHWATER PER DAY. 1235 00:33:53,731 --> 00:33:57,001 THERE ARE 5,380 DATA 1236 00:33:57,001 --> 00:33:58,069 CENTERS IN THE U.S. RIGHT NOW. 1237 00:33:58,069 --> 00:34:00,271 WE'RE OSFACING A CLIMATE 1238 00:34:00,271 --> 00:34:00,505 CRISIS. 1239 00:34:00,505 --> 00:34:02,707 SO IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT'S 1240 00:34:02,707 --> 00:34:04,308 A LITTLE COUNTERINTUITIVE TO 1241 00:34:04,308 --> 00:34:07,445 BE USING THAT MUCH FRESHWATER 1242 00:34:07,445 --> 00:34:07,645 WHICH 1243 00:34:07,645 --> 00:34:09,680 IS ALREADY PIPED, WHAT,. 5% 1244 00:34:09,680 --> 00:34:14,085 OF THAT IS ACCESSIBLE TO HUMANS 1245 00:34:14,085 --> 00:34:14,819 ALREADY. 1246 00:34:14,819 --> 00:34:18,156 YEAH, ANYWAY, I JUST -- IT'S 1247 00:34:18,156 --> 00:34:18,489 UNREGULATED. 1248 00:34:18,489 --> 00:34:19,857 IT STEALS FROM ARTISTS. 1249 00:34:19,857 --> 00:34:21,025 IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE. 1250 00:34:21,025 --> 00:34:23,194 I MEAN, THE LIST COULD GO ON 1251 00:34:23,194 --> 00:34:23,361 AND 1252 00:34:23,361 --> 00:34:25,930 ON. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, 1253 00:34:25,930 --> 00:34:27,365 EVERYBODY HERE HAS MORE ELOQUENT 1254 00:34:27,365 --> 00:34:35,306 THINGS TO SAY, BUT -- 1255 00:34:35,306 --> 00:34:35,873 . 1256 00:34:36,007 --> 00:34:36,941 >> WE HAVE PETER, WELCOME. 1257 00:34:37,074 --> 00:34:39,444 >> HELLO. 1258 00:34:39,444 --> 00:34:40,945 HEY, COUNCIL MEMBERS. 1259 00:34:40,945 --> 00:34:42,313 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. 1260 00:34:42,313 --> 00:34:43,114 MY NAME IS PETER. 1261 00:34:43,114 --> 00:34:44,882 I'M HERE WITH THE SEATTLE 1262 00:34:44,882 --> 00:34:47,218 DSA, AND I'M ALSO A CONSTITUENT 1263 00:34:47,218 --> 00:34:48,019 OF DISTRICT FIVE. 1264 00:34:48,019 --> 00:34:49,320 I'M HERE TODAY ASKING YOU 1265 00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:51,489 TO VOTE IN SUPPORT OF THE ONE- 1266 00:34:51,489 --> 00:34:53,157 YEAR DATA CENTER MORATORIUM, 1267 00:34:53,157 --> 00:34:55,259 NOT BECAUSE I'M A LUDDITE, 1268 00:34:55,259 --> 00:34:57,094 NOT BECAUSE I'M ANTI- 1269 00:34:57,094 --> 00:34:57,395 TECHNOLOGY 1270 00:34:57,395 --> 00:34:59,297 BUT BECAUSE I'M PRO-HUMAN. 1271 00:34:59,297 --> 00:35:01,332 ANTI- TECHNOLOGY IS EVOLVING AT 1272 00:35:01,332 --> 00:35:02,867 A BREAK NECK PACE, AND WE 1273 00:35:02,867 --> 00:35:04,235 NED TO BUY TIME FOR THE 1274 00:35:04,235 --> 00:35:04,535 REGULATIONS 1275 00:35:04,535 --> 00:35:06,204 TO CATCH UP WITH THE TECHNOLOGY 1276 00:35:06,204 --> 00:35:07,638 OR ELSE THE WORKING CLASS OF 1277 00:35:07,638 --> 00:35:09,373 THIS CITY AND OF THIS COUNTRY IS 1278 00:35:09,373 --> 00:35:11,142 JUST GOING TO BE COMPLETELY 1279 00:35:11,142 --> 00:35:11,409 CRUSHED. 1280 00:35:11,409 --> 00:35:13,277 WE NEEDIA TO FIGHT WITH US. 1281 00:35:13,277 --> 00:35:18,649 THANK YOU FOR FIGHTING WITH US. 1282 00:35:18,649 --> 00:35:20,952 ALSO HERE WITH WASHINGTON A.I. 1283 00:35:20,952 --> 00:35:21,252 RESISTANCE. 1284 00:35:21,252 --> 00:35:25,022 Y'RE WORKING ON AN A.I. 1285 00:35:25,022 --> 00:35:25,490 BILL OF RIGHTS. 1286 00:35:25,490 --> 00:35:27,024 I WOULD LIKE TO QUICKLY 1287 00:35:27,024 --> 00:35:28,593 DISCUSS THE FOUR PILLARS. 1288 00:35:28,593 --> 00:35:29,660 FAIRNESS, IT SHOULDN'T DRIVE 1289 00:35:29,660 --> 00:35:32,163 UP THE ELECTRICITY COST 1290 00:35:32,163 --> 00:35:34,899 OF CONSUMERS JUST BECAUSE A 1291 00:35:34,899 --> 00:35:38,336 DATA CENTER WAS PLOPPED IN THEIR 1292 00:35:38,336 --> 00:35:39,570 BACK 1293 00:35:39,770 --> 00:35:41,005 YARD. AND ACCOUNTABILITY, WE 1294 00:35:41,005 --> 00:35:41,672 NEED TO 1295 00:35:41,672 --> 00:35:43,207 HOLD COMPANIES THAT 1296 00:35:43,207 --> 00:35:44,108 BREAK REGULATIONS AEBLTHABLE. 1297 00:35:44,108 --> 00:35:48,846 I ALSO SUPPORT THE GRANT FOR THE 1298 00:35:48,846 --> 00:35:49,614 CLEAN DECARBONIZATION OF 1299 00:35:49,614 --> 00:35:49,780 THE 1300 00:35:49,780 --> 00:35:50,148 SEATTLE CENTER. 1301 00:35:50,148 --> 00:35:57,955 >> THANK YOU, PETER. 1302 00:35:58,089 --> 00:35:59,323 >> THANK YOU, PETER. 1303 00:35:59,323 --> 00:36:02,093 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1304 00:36:02,093 --> 00:36:04,262 WE HAVE PATRICK, FOLLOWED BY 1305 00:36:04,262 --> 00:36:05,396 ADRIAN AND SARAH. 1306 00:36:05,530 --> 00:36:07,798 >> YEAH, MY NAME IS PAT AND 1307 00:36:07,798 --> 00:36:09,934 I LIVE IN WEST SEATTLE. 1308 00:36:09,934 --> 00:36:12,236 AND I ACTUALLY THINK 1309 00:36:12,236 --> 00:36:16,674 LUDDITES HAVE GOT SORT OF A BAD 1310 00:36:16,674 --> 00:36:17,575 RAP. 1311 00:36:17,575 --> 00:36:19,243 I WILL EXPRESS MY SUPPORT 1312 00:36:19,243 --> 00:36:20,745 FOR THE COUNCIL ADOPTING THIS 1313 00:36:20,745 --> 00:36:21,646 DATA CENTER MORATORIUM. 1314 00:36:21,646 --> 00:36:22,813 I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR 1315 00:36:22,813 --> 00:36:24,615 THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE ON BOTH 1316 00:36:24,615 --> 00:36:24,916 COMMITTEES 1317 00:36:24,916 --> 00:36:26,050 AND THE REAL WORK IS OUT 1318 00:36:26,050 --> 00:36:27,285 THERE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF 1319 00:36:27,285 --> 00:36:28,753 BAD FAITH ACTORS WHO ARE GOING 1320 00:36:28,753 --> 00:36:29,854 TO WANT TO SHAPE WHAT'S COMING 1321 00:36:29,854 --> 00:36:30,588 UP. 1322 00:36:30,588 --> 00:36:33,558 SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THIS. 1323 00:36:33,691 --> 00:36:40,598 >> THANK YOU, PATRICK. 1324 00:36:40,731 --> 00:36:45,169 >> I AM -- I LIVE IN DISTRICT 1325 00:36:45,169 --> 00:36:45,369 TWO. 1326 00:36:45,369 --> 00:36:46,404 I'M IN BEACON HILL. 1327 00:36:46,404 --> 00:36:49,640 I'M HERE TO ASK YOU FOR THE 1328 00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:50,775 MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTERS. 1329 00:36:50,775 --> 00:36:52,610 SIMPLY PUT, MORE DATA 1330 00:36:52,610 --> 00:36:53,878 CENTERS MEANS MORE SURVEILLANCE 1331 00:36:53,878 --> 00:36:54,078 AT A 1332 00:36:54,078 --> 00:36:57,848 TIME WHERE WE HAVE A 1333 00:36:57,848 --> 00:36:58,683 CAPRICIOUS, VINDICTIVE, 1334 00:36:58,683 --> 00:36:59,016 AUTHORITARIAN 1335 00:36:59,016 --> 00:36:59,317 GOVERNMENT. 1336 00:36:59,317 --> 00:37:01,018 UNTIL WE HAVE COMMON 1337 00:37:01,018 --> 00:37:02,286 SENSE POLICIES IN PLACE TO SET 1338 00:37:02,286 --> 00:37:02,620 UP 1339 00:37:02,620 --> 00:37:03,854 GUARDRAILS I'M ASKING THAT OUR 1340 00:37:03,854 --> 00:37:05,556 CITY DOESN'T ENABLE THIS 1341 00:37:05,556 --> 00:37:07,458 BIG TECH POWER GRAB. 1342 00:37:07,458 --> 00:37:10,561 BIG TECH WILL SAY TO YOU ALL IN 1343 00:37:10,695 --> 00:37:12,463 MEETINGS THAT THESE ARE ALL 1344 00:37:12,463 --> 00:37:14,098 ALARMIST CONCERNS. 1345 00:37:14,098 --> 00:37:15,866 THEY ARE NOT. 1346 00:37:15,866 --> 00:37:17,835 THEY DON'T GET TO REGULATE 1347 00:37:17,835 --> 00:37:20,037 THEMSELVES, PERIOD. 1348 00:37:20,037 --> 00:37:21,272 STAND WITH SEATTLEITES AND 1349 00:37:21,272 --> 00:37:24,909 NOT WITH BILLIONAIRES. 1350 00:37:24,909 --> 00:37:29,046 THANK YOU. 1351 00:37:29,180 --> 00:37:30,681 >> WELCOME, SARAH. 1352 00:37:30,815 --> 00:37:31,515 >> HI. 1353 00:37:31,515 --> 00:37:32,416 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 1354 00:37:32,550 --> 00:37:34,318 >> LET'S RESET HER TIME. 1355 00:37:34,318 --> 00:37:35,820 WE'RE GOING TO PULL THE 1356 00:37:35,820 --> 00:37:37,488 MICROPHONE AS CLOSE AS YOU CAN. 1357 00:37:37,488 --> 00:37:38,923 YEP, SO YOU CAN TALK RIGHT 1358 00:37:38,923 --> 00:37:39,590 INTO THE MIC. 1359 00:37:39,724 --> 00:37:40,057 >> HI. 1360 00:37:40,057 --> 00:37:41,092 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 1361 00:37:41,092 --> 00:37:43,327 MY 1362 00:37:43,327 --> 00:37:49,433 NAME IS SARAH. I'M HERE WITH 1363 00:37:49,433 --> 00:37:50,334 INDISTINGUISHABLE RIVL 1364 00:37:50,334 --> 00:37:50,635 RESISTANCE. 1365 00:37:50,635 --> 00:37:52,770 I'M HERE IN 1366 00:37:52,770 --> 00:37:53,537 SUPPORT OF THE DATA CENTER 1367 00:37:53,537 --> 00:37:54,038 MORATORIUM AND A FORMER 1368 00:37:54,038 --> 00:37:54,372 TECH WORKER. 1369 00:37:54,372 --> 00:38:01,112 THANK YOU. 1370 00:38:01,245 --> 00:38:02,847 >> IS IT CLIVE? 1371 00:38:02,847 --> 00:38:04,715 AWESOME, CLIVE, BEN, AUDREY, 1372 00:38:04,715 --> 00:38:06,751 PAUL, AND NIVI, WE'LL GO TO 1373 00:38:06,751 --> 00:38:08,819 YOU AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK IN 1374 00:38:08,819 --> 00:38:09,053 PERSON. 1375 00:38:09,186 --> 00:38:10,788 >> COUNCILMEMBERS, MY NAME 1376 00:38:10,788 --> 00:38:15,159 IS CLIVE HAYWARD, RESOLUTION 1377 00:38:15,159 --> 00:38:16,594 32205 RECOGNIZES CIVIC SPACES 1378 00:38:16,594 --> 00:38:18,429 AS PLACES OF CULTURE, 1379 00:38:18,429 --> 00:38:20,898 GATHERING, AND PUBLIC 1380 00:38:20,898 --> 00:38:22,633 LIFE. BUT PUBLIC SPACE MUST 1381 00:38:22,633 --> 00:38:22,867 REMAIN 1382 00:38:22,867 --> 00:38:24,535 MEANINGFULLY OPEN FOR PUBLIC 1383 00:38:24,535 --> 00:38:24,902 EXPRESSION. 1384 00:38:24,902 --> 00:38:26,437 TODAY, EXPRESSIVE ACTIVITY 1385 00:38:26,437 --> 00:38:29,473 ACROSS THE MORE THAN 20 ACRES 1386 00:38:29,473 --> 00:38:31,442 OF CENTRAL SEATTLE'S WATERFRONT 1387 00:38:31,442 --> 00:38:34,178 IS EFFECTIVELY RESTRICTED TO 1388 00:38:34,178 --> 00:38:36,681 ONLY FIVE DESIGNATED PROTECTED 1389 00:38:36,681 --> 00:38:37,148 SPEECH 1390 00:38:37,148 --> 00:38:37,648 LOCATIONS. 1391 00:38:37,648 --> 00:38:42,353 UNDER RULES ADMINISTRATED AND 1392 00:38:42,353 --> 00:38:43,921 ENFORCED BY SEATTLE CENTER 1393 00:38:43,921 --> 00:38:44,955 PERSONNEL, THIS IS 1394 00:38:44,955 --> 00:38:46,590 NOT MEANINGFUL ACCESS TO PUBLIC 1395 00:38:46,724 --> 00:38:48,459 SPACE. FOR OVER A YEAR, I RAISED 1396 00:38:48,459 --> 00:38:48,659 THESE 1397 00:38:48,659 --> 00:38:50,094 ISSUES THROUGH PUBLIC COMMENTS, 1398 00:38:50,094 --> 00:38:51,462 NOTICE OF CLAIMS AND LETTERS 1399 00:38:51,462 --> 00:38:53,230 TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ACROSS 1400 00:38:53,230 --> 00:38:54,331 ADMINISTRATIONS, YET THE 1401 00:38:54,331 --> 00:38:56,600 CITY HAS STILL NOT 1402 00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:58,769 PROVIDED MEANINGFUL PUBLIC 1403 00:38:58,769 --> 00:38:59,103 EXPLANATION. 1404 00:38:59,103 --> 00:39:01,405 AFTER REPEATED NOTICE, 1405 00:39:01,405 --> 00:39:02,807 UNANSWERED REQUESTS FOR 1406 00:39:02,807 --> 00:39:04,275 ENGAGEMENT, AND SEATTLE'S 1407 00:39:04,275 --> 00:39:06,977 OWN JUDICIAL HISTORY, CONTINUED 1408 00:39:06,977 --> 00:39:09,313 ENFORCEMENT OF THESE RULES RISKS 1409 00:39:09,313 --> 00:39:10,281 BECOMING KNOWINGLY 1410 00:39:10,281 --> 00:39:18,989 AND WILLINGLY DISREGARDING -- 1411 00:39:19,123 --> 00:39:26,430 >> THANK YOU, CLIVE. 1412 00:39:26,430 --> 00:39:28,065 THANK YOU, CLIVE. 1413 00:39:28,065 --> 00:39:30,201 YOU CAN PUT -- I KNOW, WE 1414 00:39:30,201 --> 00:39:30,968 DIDN'T MEAN TO CUT YOU 1415 00:39:30,968 --> 00:39:31,168 OFF. 1416 00:39:31,168 --> 00:39:31,769 YOU CAN PUT MORE IN THERE AS 1417 00:39:31,769 --> 00:39:41,879 WELL. 1418 00:39:43,080 --> 00:39:45,683 >> IT'S ALWAYS DIFFICULT TO GO 1419 00:39:45,816 --> 00:39:46,951 AFTER SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO BE 1420 00:39:46,951 --> 00:39:47,251 HEARD. 1421 00:39:47,251 --> 00:39:50,087 IT'S GOING TO TAKE A SEC. 1422 00:39:50,221 --> 00:39:51,822 >> LET'S RESTART YOUR TIME 1423 00:39:51,822 --> 00:39:53,157 SO YOU HAVE YOUR FULL ONE 1424 00:39:53,157 --> 00:39:53,391 MINUTE. 1425 00:39:53,391 --> 00:39:53,824 ONE SECOND. 1426 00:39:53,824 --> 00:39:54,859 ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD. 1427 00:39:54,992 --> 00:39:55,726 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. 1428 00:39:55,726 --> 00:39:57,094 MY NAME IS BEN JONES. 1429 00:39:57,094 --> 00:39:58,429 I'M THE DIGITAL 1430 00:39:58,429 --> 00:40:00,831 AND COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR FOR 1431 00:40:00,831 --> 00:40:01,265 SEATTLE. 1432 00:40:01,265 --> 00:40:02,700 I'M TESTIFYING IN SUPPORT OF 1433 00:40:02,700 --> 00:40:04,935 A DATA CENTER MORATORIUM IN OUR 1434 00:40:04,935 --> 00:40:05,236 CITY. 1435 00:40:05,236 --> 00:40:07,171 THIS COUNCIL RECEIVED NOW OVER 1436 00:40:07,171 --> 00:40:10,775 98,000 MESSAGES ENDORSED BY 1437 00:40:10,775 --> 00:40:12,042 OVER 50 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS 1438 00:40:12,042 --> 00:40:13,711 IN SUPPORT OF THIS MORATORIUM. 1439 00:40:13,711 --> 00:40:18,416 OVER 100 PEOPLE AT LEAST IN THIS 1440 00:40:18,416 --> 00:40:19,383 ROOM, I WASN'T COUNTING TODAY, 1441 00:40:19,383 --> 00:40:20,651 HAVE TESTIFIED IN SUPPORT OF 1442 00:40:20,651 --> 00:40:22,686 THIS MORATORIUM. 1443 00:40:22,686 --> 00:40:24,789 IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT 1444 00:40:24,789 --> 00:40:26,123 IF THIS MORATORIUM IS 1445 00:40:26,123 --> 00:40:28,659 PASSED, SEATTLE WILL BE THE CITY 1446 00:40:28,659 --> 00:40:29,026 WITH 1447 00:40:29,026 --> 00:40:29,460 THE LARGEST CITY IN 1448 00:40:29,460 --> 00:40:30,161 THE UNITED STATES TO HAVE PASS 1449 00:40:30,161 --> 00:40:30,728 SAID 1450 00:40:30,728 --> 00:40:34,098 A MORATORIUM LIKE THIS. 1451 00:40:34,098 --> 00:40:36,000 I JUST ENCOURAGE THIS COUNCIL 1452 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:39,737 SORT OF LIKE TAKE THIS 1453 00:40:39,737 --> 00:40:41,238 MOMENT. I URGE YOU TO BUILD ON 1454 00:40:41,238 --> 00:40:41,438 THAT 1455 00:40:41,572 --> 00:40:43,407 STORY. I URGE YOU TO 1456 00:40:43,407 --> 00:40:53,851 SET THE NATIONAL AGENDA. 1457 00:40:58,189 --> 00:41:00,991 >> WE WILL GO ONLINE. 1458 00:41:01,125 --> 00:41:02,693 >> HELLO, COUNCILMEMBERS. 1459 00:41:02,693 --> 00:41:04,595 MY NAME IS AUDREY. 1460 00:41:04,595 --> 00:41:06,664 I'M AN ENGINEER SPECIALIZING 1461 00:41:06,664 --> 00:41:08,098 IN POWER AND RENEWABLE ENERGY. 1462 00:41:08,098 --> 00:41:10,334 AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT 2. 1463 00:41:10,334 --> 00:41:12,870 I AM ALSO A BOARD OF 1464 00:41:12,870 --> 00:41:14,638 DIRECTOR MEMBER FOR 350 SEATTLE 1465 00:41:14,638 --> 00:41:15,606 AND I 1466 00:41:15,606 --> 00:41:17,041 CO- LEAD CLIMATE, AN 1467 00:41:17,041 --> 00:41:18,342 ORGANIZATION FOR LGBTQ FOLKS WHO 1468 00:41:18,342 --> 00:41:18,609 WORK IN 1469 00:41:18,742 --> 00:41:20,478 CLIMATE. AS AN EXPERT IN ENERGY 1470 00:41:20,478 --> 00:41:21,512 AND 1471 00:41:21,512 --> 00:41:22,413 SUSTAINABILITY, THE 1472 00:41:22,413 --> 00:41:24,181 DEVELOPMENT OF A.I. DATA CENTERS 1473 00:41:24,181 --> 00:41:24,415 GREATLY 1474 00:41:24,415 --> 00:41:24,748 CONCERNS ME. 1475 00:41:24,748 --> 00:41:27,751 THEY THREATEN TO DECIMATE ANY 1476 00:41:27,751 --> 00:41:29,954 HOPE WE HAVE OF MITIGATING 1477 00:41:29,954 --> 00:41:32,122 THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE. 1478 00:41:32,122 --> 00:41:33,824 IT'S A DISTRACTION FROM 1479 00:41:33,824 --> 00:41:34,959 BUILDING OUT THE CLEAN 1480 00:41:34,959 --> 00:41:36,126 ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE WE 1481 00:41:36,126 --> 00:41:36,427 DESPERATELY 1482 00:41:36,427 --> 00:41:38,162 NEED, SO VOTE YES ON THE 1483 00:41:38,162 --> 00:41:38,596 MORATORIUM. 1484 00:41:38,596 --> 00:41:41,298 THANK YOU. 1485 00:41:41,432 --> 00:41:43,734 >> THANK YOU. 1486 00:41:43,868 --> 00:41:44,602 >> NICE HAT. 1487 00:41:44,602 --> 00:41:45,669 YOU'RE TAKING IT OFF. 1488 00:41:45,669 --> 00:41:46,537 IT WAS NICE. 1489 00:41:46,537 --> 00:41:46,971 VERY NICE. 1490 00:41:46,971 --> 00:41:48,906 AND THEN NIVI. 1491 00:41:48,906 --> 00:41:49,173 AWESOME. 1492 00:41:49,173 --> 00:41:50,274 GO AHEAD, PAUL. 1493 00:41:50,274 --> 00:41:51,675 WHEN YOU START UX THE TIME WILL 1494 00:41:51,809 --> 00:41:52,009 START. 1495 00:41:52,009 --> 00:41:53,878 >> WE NEED A MORATORIUM ON 1496 00:41:53,878 --> 00:41:56,113 DATA CENTERS BECAUSE WE KNOW 1497 00:41:56,113 --> 00:41:56,313 THAT 1498 00:41:56,313 --> 00:41:57,882 THEIR RACE TO BUILD DATA 1499 00:41:57,882 --> 00:41:59,984 CENTERS IS A RACE AGAINST 1500 00:41:59,984 --> 00:42:00,317 REGULATIONS. 1501 00:42:00,317 --> 00:42:02,920 IT IS A RACE AGAINST BETTER 1502 00:42:02,920 --> 00:42:04,021 REGULATION REGARDING AIR 1503 00:42:04,021 --> 00:42:05,489 POLLUTION, WATER POLLUTION, ET 1504 00:42:05,489 --> 00:42:05,990 CETERA. 1505 00:42:05,990 --> 00:42:09,527 IT IS ALSO A RACE 1506 00:42:09,527 --> 00:42:14,732 AGAINST REGULATION CONSIDERING 1507 00:42:14,732 --> 00:42:16,400 NEW -- 1508 00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:18,502 CONSIDER YOU CAN'T HEAR 1509 00:42:18,502 --> 00:42:19,303 BUT YOU CAN FEEL IT. 1510 00:42:19,303 --> 00:42:22,139 SOME DATA CENTERS PRODUCE 1511 00:42:22,139 --> 00:42:23,974 INFRASOUND THAT IS FELT UP 1512 00:42:23,974 --> 00:42:25,109 TO FIVE MILES AWAY. 1513 00:42:25,109 --> 00:42:27,778 AND THIS IS TYPICALLY NOT 1514 00:42:27,778 --> 00:42:29,513 COVERED BY ZONING LAWS. 1515 00:42:29,513 --> 00:42:31,615 CONSIDER LOCAL HEAT INCREASE 1516 00:42:31,615 --> 00:42:34,785 IN AN AVERAGE OF PLUS 3. 6 1517 00:42:34,785 --> 00:42:35,352 FAHRENHEIT. 1518 00:42:35,352 --> 00:42:39,523 AND UP TO 16 FAHRENHEIT IN SOME 1519 00:42:39,657 --> 00:42:40,724 CASES WITH EFFECTS STRETCHING 1520 00:42:40,724 --> 00:42:43,594 AS FAR AS SIX MILES. 1521 00:42:43,594 --> 00:42:45,829 AND WE KNOW THE TECH 1522 00:42:45,829 --> 00:42:47,131 BILLIONAIRES' MOTTO, MOVE FAST 1523 00:42:47,131 --> 00:42:48,832 AND BREAK THINGS. 1524 00:42:48,832 --> 00:42:51,035 ALSO BREAK THE LAW WHEN 1525 00:42:51,035 --> 00:42:51,735 GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY. 1526 00:42:51,735 --> 00:42:54,972 IN MISSISSIPPI, MUSK USED 1527 00:42:54,972 --> 00:42:56,640 UNAUTHORIZED GAS GENERATORS. 1528 00:42:56,640 --> 00:42:59,410 IN FAYETTEVILLE, GEORGIA, 1529 00:42:59,410 --> 00:43:03,380 THEY STOLE 30 MILLION GALLONS OF 1530 00:43:03,514 --> 00:43:06,884 WATER. 1531 00:43:07,017 --> 00:43:10,020 >> WE'LL GO ONLINE AND COME 1532 00:43:10,020 --> 00:43:11,021 BACK IN PERSON. 1533 00:43:11,155 --> 00:43:12,122 >> HELLO, EVERYONE. 1534 00:43:12,122 --> 00:43:13,557 MY NAME IS NIVI. 1535 00:43:13,557 --> 00:43:15,426 I'M THE FOUNDER OF SOAP BOX 1536 00:43:15,426 --> 00:43:15,960 PROJECT. 1537 00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:17,428 SEATTLE'S MOST JOYFUL 1538 00:43:17,428 --> 00:43:18,028 COMMUNITY SPACE FOR CLIMATE 1539 00:43:18,028 --> 00:43:18,262 ACTION. 1540 00:43:18,262 --> 00:43:19,730 SO IF YOU'RE FREE 1541 00:43:19,730 --> 00:43:20,931 TONIGHT, COME HAVE DINNER WITH 1542 00:43:20,931 --> 00:43:22,299 US IN BELLTOWN. 1543 00:43:22,299 --> 00:43:24,134 I'M HERE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF 1544 00:43:24,134 --> 00:43:26,370 A DATA CENTER MORATORIUM. 1545 00:43:26,370 --> 00:43:28,939 I STARTED AN ORGANIZATION 1546 00:43:28,939 --> 00:43:30,307 TO CONVENE COMMUNITY BECAUSE I 1547 00:43:30,307 --> 00:43:31,842 WAS FEELING REALLY ANXIOUS AND 1548 00:43:31,842 --> 00:43:35,045 AFRAID THAT OUR FUTURE WAS 1549 00:43:35,045 --> 00:43:36,614 BEING STOLEN BY TECH 1550 00:43:36,614 --> 00:43:36,947 BILLIONAIRES 1551 00:43:36,947 --> 00:43:38,482 AND PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO 1552 00:43:38,482 --> 00:43:38,716 EXTRACT 1553 00:43:38,716 --> 00:43:41,118 OUR RESOURCES, SO I JUST WANT 1554 00:43:41,118 --> 00:43:42,920 TO SAY COMING HERE THREE 1555 00:43:42,920 --> 00:43:45,456 PUBLIC COMMENTS IN A ROW, NO ONE 1556 00:43:45,456 --> 00:43:45,756 WANTS 1557 00:43:45,889 --> 00:43:47,324 THIS. THERE HAS NOT BEEN 1558 00:43:47,324 --> 00:43:48,659 ONE PERSON IN SUPPORT OF DATA 1559 00:43:48,659 --> 00:43:48,926 CENTERS, 1560 00:43:48,926 --> 00:43:50,995 AND THAT MAKES ME EXTREMELY 1561 00:43:50,995 --> 00:43:51,195 HAPPY 1562 00:43:51,195 --> 00:43:54,398 IN A TIME WHEN POLARIZATION IS 1563 00:43:54,398 --> 00:43:54,565 ON 1564 00:43:54,565 --> 00:43:56,000 THE LOOSE, AND SO I JUST 1565 00:43:56,000 --> 00:43:58,369 WANTED TO LOOK AROUND AND SAVOR 1566 00:43:58,369 --> 00:44:01,138 THIS MOMENT OF UNITY AND MUTUAL 1567 00:44:01,138 --> 00:44:03,774 HATRED OF 1568 00:44:03,774 --> 00:44:09,880 BILLIONAIRE CAPITALISM. 1569 00:44:10,014 --> 00:44:11,749 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 1570 00:44:11,749 --> 00:44:12,449 HAVING US TODAY. 1571 00:44:12,583 --> 00:44:16,153 >> THANK YOU, NIVI. 1572 00:44:16,286 --> 00:44:20,457 AWESOME. AND FOR THE RECORD, 1573 00:44:20,457 --> 00:44:22,426 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, THANK 1574 00:44:22,426 --> 00:44:23,494 YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA IS 1575 00:44:23,494 --> 00:44:23,927 HERE IN 1576 00:44:23,927 --> 00:44:24,294 PERSON. 1577 00:44:24,294 --> 00:44:28,832 LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO ONLINE. 1578 00:44:28,832 --> 00:44:30,701 AND DON'T WORRY, WE'RE 1579 00:44:30,701 --> 00:44:31,535 COMING BACK IN PERSON. 1580 00:44:31,535 --> 00:44:33,470 WE HAVE CATHERINE 1581 00:44:33,470 --> 00:44:35,873 DAWSON, FOLLOWED BY JACQUELINE. 1582 00:44:35,873 --> 00:44:41,545 PLEASE PRESS STAR 6 TO UNMUTE 1583 00:44:41,679 --> 00:44:42,579 YOURSELF. 1584 00:44:42,713 --> 00:44:42,913 >> HI. 1585 00:44:42,913 --> 00:44:43,881 I'M CATHERINE. I'M A SEATTLE 1586 00:44:43,881 --> 00:44:44,148 RESIDENT 1587 00:44:44,148 --> 00:44:45,082 IN DISTRICT 3 AND CALLING 1588 00:44:45,082 --> 00:44:46,817 TAVOICE MY SUPPORT FOR THE 1589 00:44:46,817 --> 00:44:47,117 MORATORIUM 1590 00:44:47,117 --> 00:44:48,519 ON DATA CENTERS IN LINE WITH 1591 00:44:48,519 --> 00:44:50,954 MANY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND 1592 00:44:50,954 --> 00:44:51,221 UNIONS. 1593 00:44:51,221 --> 00:44:53,924 AS WE KNOW, A.I. IS ALREADY 1594 00:44:53,924 --> 00:44:54,725 AN ENVIRONMENTAL NIGHTMARE 1595 00:44:54,725 --> 00:44:56,427 THAT TECH ELITES ARE INTEND 1596 00:44:56,427 --> 00:44:57,294 ON FORCING UPON US. 1597 00:44:57,294 --> 00:44:59,430 WE DON'T NEED TO FURTHER 1598 00:44:59,430 --> 00:45:00,297 INVITE THAT NIGHTMARE 1599 00:45:00,297 --> 00:45:01,899 INTO OUR CITY. SEATTLE IS A CITY 1600 00:45:01,899 --> 00:45:02,699 FACING AN 1601 00:45:02,699 --> 00:45:04,501 AFFORDABILITY CRISIS IN A WORLD 1602 00:45:04,501 --> 00:45:05,436 FACING A CLIMATE CRISIS, AND 1603 00:45:05,436 --> 00:45:07,638 A.I. DATA CENTERS 1604 00:45:07,638 --> 00:45:09,239 WOULD EXACERBATE BOTH THOSE 1605 00:45:09,239 --> 00:45:09,473 ISSUES 1606 00:45:09,473 --> 00:45:13,177 SO PLEASE VOTE YES ON THE 1607 00:45:13,177 --> 00:45:13,477 MORATORIUM. 1608 00:45:13,477 --> 00:45:14,778 THANK YOU. 1609 00:45:14,912 --> 00:45:18,749 >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE 1610 00:45:18,882 --> 00:45:27,291 JACQUELINE. PLEASE PRESS STAR 6. 1611 00:45:27,424 --> 00:45:29,760 >> HELLO, COUNCILMEMBERS. 1612 00:45:29,760 --> 00:45:31,695 MY NAME IS JACQUELINE. 1613 00:45:31,695 --> 00:45:33,797 I'M A PROUD RESIDENT OF 1614 00:45:33,797 --> 00:45:35,199 SEATTLE AND A SOFTWARE ENGINEER 1615 00:45:35,199 --> 00:45:36,900 WHO WORKED FOR FIVE YEARS FOR 1616 00:45:36,900 --> 00:45:38,802 MICROSOFT AND NOW WORKS AT A 1617 00:45:38,802 --> 00:45:40,571 LOCALLY BASED A.I. NATIVE 1618 00:45:40,571 --> 00:45:40,904 START-UP. 1619 00:45:40,904 --> 00:45:42,539 DAY IN AND DAY OUT, I WORK WITH 1620 00:45:42,539 --> 00:45:44,074 A.I. TECHNOLOGY AND I'M 1621 00:45:44,074 --> 00:45:45,275 CONFIDENT WHEN I ASSERT THE 1622 00:45:45,275 --> 00:45:48,245 COST OF THE A.I. GOLD RUSH IS 1623 00:45:48,245 --> 00:45:49,613 NOT WORTH THE TRADEOFF. 1624 00:45:49,613 --> 00:45:51,181 ALL ADVANCING TECHNOLOGY IS A 1625 00:45:51,181 --> 00:45:52,382 LOT OF OPPORTUNITY, I URGE 1626 00:45:52,382 --> 00:45:54,184 YOU TO LEARN FROM MISTAKES OF 1627 00:45:54,184 --> 00:45:55,219 UNFETTERED COMMERCIAL 1628 00:45:55,219 --> 00:45:58,755 ADVANCEMENT IN THE PLACE 1629 00:45:58,755 --> 00:46:00,524 LIKE CONTAMINATION THAT BEGAN IN 1630 00:46:00,524 --> 00:46:00,691 THE 1631 00:46:00,691 --> 00:46:02,526 1950s AND CONTINUED THROUGH 1632 00:46:02,526 --> 00:46:04,228 2025 THAT LED TO OTHER 1633 00:46:04,228 --> 00:46:06,497 FOREVER CHEMICALS BEING 1634 00:46:06,497 --> 00:46:07,097 SPREAD GLOBALLY AND AFFECTING 1635 00:46:07,097 --> 00:46:07,498 THE HEALTH OF 1636 00:46:07,498 --> 00:46:11,301 ALL LIVING HUMANS AND ANIMALS. 1637 00:46:11,301 --> 00:46:12,836 WE ALREADY KNOW THAT THESE 1638 00:46:12,836 --> 00:46:14,972 DATA CENTERS HAVE, SO I'LL END 1639 00:46:14,972 --> 00:46:16,673 WITH POINTING OUT THESE DATA 1640 00:46:16,673 --> 00:46:19,243 CENTERS ARE BEING DEVELOPED FOR 1641 00:46:19,243 --> 00:46:19,510 CONSUMER 1642 00:46:19,510 --> 00:46:23,847 ENTERPRISE TODAY, BUT THEY 1643 00:46:23,847 --> 00:46:26,283 WILL BE ED FOR TOMORROW. 1644 00:46:26,283 --> 00:46:28,485 VOTE YES TO CREATE 1645 00:46:28,485 --> 00:46:31,421 THE MORATORIUM TODAY. 1646 00:46:31,421 --> 00:46:35,159 THANK YOU. 1647 00:46:35,292 --> 00:46:37,995 >> AIDEN FOLLOWED BY ANNIE. 1648 00:46:37,995 --> 00:46:42,299 PLEASE PRESS STAR 6 TO UNMUTE 1649 00:46:42,432 --> 00:46:42,933 YOURSELF. 1650 00:46:42,933 --> 00:46:43,800 >> GOOD MORNING. 1651 00:46:43,800 --> 00:46:44,434 OR AFTERNOON. 1652 00:46:44,434 --> 00:46:46,236 I WANT TO SUGGEST OTHER 1653 00:46:46,236 --> 00:46:48,372 WAYS THAT MORATORIUM LIKE THIS 1654 00:46:48,372 --> 00:46:48,539 CAN 1655 00:46:48,539 --> 00:46:50,741 AND MUST GO FURTHER. 1656 00:46:50,741 --> 00:46:52,409 WE KNOW THAT SOMETIMES THE 1657 00:46:52,409 --> 00:46:55,479 BEST WAY TO TARGET SOMETHING 1658 00:46:55,479 --> 00:47:00,784 HARMFUL IS TO TARGET THE 1659 00:47:00,784 --> 00:47:02,820 SECONDARY AND 1660 00:47:02,953 --> 00:47:03,820 TIRSHARY SPORTERS OF IT. 1661 00:47:03,820 --> 00:47:10,260 THAT INCLUDES I.C.E. AND THE 1662 00:47:10,260 --> 00:47:10,928 MACHINE. 1663 00:47:10,928 --> 00:47:12,162 IT ALSO INCLUDES 1664 00:47:12,162 --> 00:47:12,796 THE MOTIVE BEHIND MOST OF THE 1665 00:47:12,796 --> 00:47:13,263 A.I. , 1666 00:47:13,263 --> 00:47:17,634 THE DESIRE TO REPLACE WAGES. 1667 00:47:17,634 --> 00:47:19,503 THIS IS A SOLUTION IN SEARCH 1668 00:47:19,503 --> 00:47:20,137 OF A PROBLEM. 1669 00:47:20,137 --> 00:47:23,473 WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH 1670 00:47:23,473 --> 00:47:24,775 WEALTH TO CREATE THE JOBS 1671 00:47:24,775 --> 00:47:25,509 GUARANTEE 1672 00:47:25,509 --> 00:47:28,812 AND BASIC INCOME THAT WE 1673 00:47:28,812 --> 00:47:29,613 NEEDNEED 1674 00:47:29,613 --> 00:47:32,316 ADDRESS THE INEQUALITY 1675 00:47:32,316 --> 00:47:35,185 CRISIS, THE HOUSING INEQUALITY 1676 00:47:35,185 --> 00:47:35,419 CRISIS, 1677 00:47:35,419 --> 00:47:38,388 THE ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER, 1678 00:47:38,388 --> 00:47:39,089 AND THE CRIME. 1679 00:47:39,089 --> 00:47:44,328 LIKE, THE AURORA CRISIS IS REAL. 1680 00:47:44,461 --> 00:47:45,362 >> THANK YOU, AIDEN. 1681 00:47:45,362 --> 00:47:49,333 NEXT WE HAVE ANNIE, FOLLOWED BY 1682 00:47:49,333 --> 00:47:49,566 ADARA. 1683 00:47:49,566 --> 00:47:54,137 STAR 6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. 1684 00:47:54,271 --> 00:47:54,738 >> HI. 1685 00:47:54,738 --> 00:47:56,873 MY NAME IS ANNIE, AND I 1686 00:47:56,873 --> 00:47:58,308 ENCOURAGE YOU TO VOTE YES ON 1687 00:47:58,308 --> 00:47:59,876 THE DATA CENTER 1688 00:47:59,876 --> 00:48:02,246 MORATORIUM. I'M A UNION STEWARD 1689 00:48:02,246 --> 00:48:04,448 AT 1690 00:48:04,448 --> 00:48:06,683 UAW 4121, WHICH ALREADY ENDORSED 1691 00:48:06,683 --> 00:48:06,817 A 1692 00:48:06,817 --> 00:48:08,252 LETTER TO CITY COUNCIL 1693 00:48:08,252 --> 00:48:09,186 ENCOURAGING 1694 00:48:09,186 --> 00:48:10,621 THIS MORATORIUM AND I'M A 1695 00:48:10,621 --> 00:48:12,089 RESEARCHER AT UNIVERSITY OF 1696 00:48:12,089 --> 00:48:12,389 WASHINGTON. 1697 00:48:12,389 --> 00:48:13,357 RESEARCHING DATA CENTERS. 1698 00:48:13,357 --> 00:48:15,459 I'M ALSO A FORMER SOFTWARE 1699 00:48:15,459 --> 00:48:16,326 ENGINEER AND I'M SPEAKING AS 1700 00:48:16,326 --> 00:48:17,828 A MEMBER OF WASHINGTON A.I. 1701 00:48:17,828 --> 00:48:19,263 RESISTANCE COALITION. 1702 00:48:19,263 --> 00:48:20,464 SEATTLE NEEDS TO FOLLOW 1703 00:48:20,464 --> 00:48:23,900 OTHER PLACES INCLUDING TRIBAL 1704 00:48:23,900 --> 00:48:26,503 COUNCILS THAT HAVE ENDORSED 1705 00:48:26,503 --> 00:48:26,870 MORATORIUMS. 1706 00:48:26,870 --> 00:48:29,373 AT LEAST 57 COUNTIES, TOWNS, 1707 00:48:29,373 --> 00:48:30,707 AND TOWNSHIPS ACROSS THE U.S. 1708 00:48:30,707 --> 00:48:32,376 HAVE ACTIVE MORATORIUMS ACROSS 1709 00:48:32,376 --> 00:48:34,077 BIPARTISAN LINES LIKE GEORGIA, 1710 00:48:34,077 --> 00:48:36,313 NEVADA, NEW JERSEY, IOWA, 1711 00:48:36,313 --> 00:48:37,881 WISCONSIN, ARIZONA, MISSOURI, 1712 00:48:37,881 --> 00:48:40,150 TEXAS, OKLAHOMA, LOUISIANA, 1713 00:48:40,150 --> 00:48:42,252 INDIANA, KANSAS, MICHIGAN, 1714 00:48:42,252 --> 00:48:45,322 CALIFORNIA, NORTH DAKOTA, 1715 00:48:45,322 --> 00:48:48,125 MAINE, OHIO, ALABAMA, SO SEATTLE 1716 00:48:48,125 --> 00:48:48,325 NEEDS 1717 00:48:48,325 --> 00:48:51,395 TO JOIN THAT. 1718 00:48:51,395 --> 00:48:53,897 THANK YOU. 1719 00:48:54,031 --> 00:48:57,734 >> ADARA, FOLLOWED BY ROSE. 1720 00:48:57,734 --> 00:49:06,343 ROSE, ALLISON, AUBREY. 1721 00:49:06,476 --> 00:49:06,910 >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? 1722 00:49:07,044 --> 00:49:08,412 >> YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU LOUD 1723 00:49:08,412 --> 00:49:08,578 AND 1724 00:49:08,578 --> 00:49:08,945 CLEAR. 1725 00:49:08,945 --> 00:49:09,880 >> OKAY, GREAT. 1726 00:49:09,880 --> 00:49:11,815 MY NAME IS ADARA. 1727 00:49:11,815 --> 00:49:13,650 I'M A UW STUDENT AND I'M SURE 1728 00:49:13,650 --> 00:49:14,751 YOU'RE GETTING SICK OF 1729 00:49:14,751 --> 00:49:16,486 HEARING THIS BUT HOPEFULLY IT 1730 00:49:16,486 --> 00:49:16,720 MAKES 1731 00:49:16,720 --> 00:49:17,587 IT CLEAR HOW IMPORTANT IT IS. 1732 00:49:17,587 --> 00:49:19,423 I'M ALSO HERE TO SUPPORT 1733 00:49:19,423 --> 00:49:21,925 THE MORATORIUM AGAINST A.I. DATA 1734 00:49:22,059 --> 00:49:23,327 CENTERS. HERE IN SEATTLE, WE'RE 1735 00:49:23,327 --> 00:49:24,861 ENTERING OUR FOURTH YEAR OF 1736 00:49:24,861 --> 00:49:25,162 SEVERE 1737 00:49:25,162 --> 00:49:25,429 DROUGHT. 1738 00:49:25,429 --> 00:49:27,230 WE JUST CANNOT AFFORD THIS. 1739 00:49:27,230 --> 00:49:31,301 IT MAKES NO FEASIBLE SENSE. 1740 00:49:31,301 --> 00:49:35,605 THANK YOU. 1741 00:49:35,739 --> 00:49:36,206 >> ROSE. 1742 00:49:36,206 --> 00:49:40,477 WE SEE ALLISON, 1743 00:49:40,477 --> 00:49:40,777 FOLLOWED BY 1744 00:49:40,777 --> 00:49:50,921 AUBREY. 1745 00:49:51,989 --> 00:49:53,323 WE SEE YOU'RE UNMUTED. 1746 00:49:53,323 --> 00:49:54,791 GO AHEAD AND START SPEAKING. 1747 00:49:54,791 --> 00:49:57,461 YOU MIGHT BE MUTED ON YOUR 1748 00:49:57,594 --> 00:49:58,128 PHONE. 1749 00:49:58,128 --> 00:49:58,595 >> OH, HI. 1750 00:49:58,595 --> 00:49:59,429 CAN YOU HEAR ME? 1751 00:49:59,563 --> 00:50:00,731 >> YES. 1752 00:50:00,864 --> 00:50:01,631 >> ALL RIGHT. 1753 00:50:01,631 --> 00:50:01,865 THANKS. 1754 00:50:01,865 --> 00:50:02,499 I'M ALLISON. 1755 00:50:02,499 --> 00:50:04,201 I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF 1756 00:50:04,201 --> 00:50:04,468 SEATTLE. 1757 00:50:04,468 --> 00:50:06,136 I'M ASKING THAT YOU VOTE YES 1758 00:50:06,136 --> 00:50:08,271 ON THE DATA CENTER MORATORIUM 1759 00:50:08,271 --> 00:50:09,473 AND INTRODUCE A PERMANENT BAN ON 1760 00:50:09,473 --> 00:50:10,407 THEM GOING FORWARD. 1761 00:50:10,407 --> 00:50:12,576 SEATTLE IS EXPERIENCING AN 1762 00:50:12,576 --> 00:50:14,678 INEXCUSABLE LEVEL OF 1763 00:50:14,811 --> 00:50:15,445 HOMELESSNESS. OUR FOOD BANK 1764 00:50:15,445 --> 00:50:16,513 LINES ARE OUT THE 1765 00:50:16,513 --> 00:50:18,148 DOOR, OUR UNPLOEMPT IS SKY HIGH. 1766 00:50:18,148 --> 00:50:20,117 OUR PARKS AND SCHOOLS ARE 1767 00:50:20,117 --> 00:50:21,785 UNDERFUNDED AND MANY OF 1768 00:50:21,785 --> 00:50:26,256 OUR NATIVE FLORA AND FAUNA ARE 1769 00:50:26,256 --> 00:50:26,556 SUFFERING. 1770 00:50:26,556 --> 00:50:28,258 MONETARY GOALS TO RUSH 1771 00:50:28,258 --> 00:50:30,927 THROUGH DATA CENTER PRODUCTION 1772 00:50:30,927 --> 00:50:33,330 WILL 1773 00:50:33,330 --> 00:50:33,530 ONLY 1774 00:50:33,530 --> 00:50:34,131 EXASPERATE THESE ISSUES ALONG 1775 00:50:34,131 --> 00:50:36,633 WITH EXPOSING OUR CITY TO MORE 1776 00:50:36,633 --> 00:50:39,269 AIR, WATER, POLLUTION. 1777 00:50:39,269 --> 00:50:40,904 WE CAN ALL AGREE ON THAT AND 1778 00:50:40,904 --> 00:50:43,006 WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT WHAT IS 1779 00:50:43,006 --> 00:50:43,206 BEST 1780 00:50:43,206 --> 00:50:44,274 FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT, OUR 1781 00:50:44,274 --> 00:50:45,542 COMMUNITY, AND OUR 1782 00:50:45,542 --> 00:50:47,110 FUTURE GENERATIONS IS TO PUT AS 1783 00:50:47,110 --> 00:50:49,079 MANY SAFETY MEASURES AND 1784 00:50:49,079 --> 00:50:49,479 GUARDRAILS 1785 00:50:49,479 --> 00:50:54,418 IN PLACE TO 1786 00:50:54,418 --> 00:50:54,951 KEEP SEATTLE INHABITANTS 1787 00:50:54,951 --> 00:50:55,352 THRIVING AND FREE 1788 00:50:55,352 --> 00:50:55,986 FROM HARM FROM CORPORATIONS 1789 00:50:55,986 --> 00:50:57,087 THAT CARE ABOUT THEIR BOTTOM 1790 00:50:57,087 --> 00:50:57,320 LINE. 1791 00:50:57,320 --> 00:51:02,826 THANK YOU, BYE. 1792 00:51:02,959 --> 00:51:04,361 >> UNMUTE YOURSELF, AUBREY, 1793 00:51:04,361 --> 00:51:08,698 AND THEN ALEXA IS NEXT, FOLLOWED 1794 00:51:08,698 --> 00:51:09,166 BY 1795 00:51:09,166 --> 00:51:11,935 JOHN. 1796 00:51:11,935 --> 00:51:12,702 STAR 6. 1797 00:51:12,836 --> 00:51:16,339 >> HI, MY NAME IS AUBREY. 1798 00:51:16,339 --> 00:51:17,040 YOU CAN HEAR ME? 1799 00:51:17,174 --> 00:51:18,375 >> YES, NOW WE CAN. 1800 00:51:18,375 --> 00:51:22,145 WE'LL RESTART YOUR TIME. 1801 00:51:22,145 --> 00:51:23,980 ONE SECOND. 1802 00:51:24,114 --> 00:51:25,415 >> MY NAME IS AUBREY. 1803 00:51:25,415 --> 00:51:29,319 I'M A YOUNG ADULT FROM 1804 00:51:29,319 --> 00:51:29,619 DISTRICT. 1805 00:51:29,619 --> 00:51:30,720 LIKE EVERYONE ELSE HERE, 1806 00:51:30,720 --> 00:51:32,122 I'M HERE TO COMMUNICATE MY 1807 00:51:32,122 --> 00:51:33,990 SUPPORT FOR THE MORATORIUM OF 1808 00:51:33,990 --> 00:51:34,191 DATA 1809 00:51:34,191 --> 00:51:35,092 CENTERS. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT 1810 00:51:35,092 --> 00:51:36,393 THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF 1811 00:51:36,393 --> 00:51:38,094 DATA CENTERS AND ABOUT HIGHER 1812 00:51:38,094 --> 00:51:39,629 BILLS IN AN ALREADY EXPENSIVE 1813 00:51:39,629 --> 00:51:39,830 CITY. 1814 00:51:39,830 --> 00:51:41,932 I WENT TO COLLEGE NEAR 1815 00:51:41,932 --> 00:51:43,400 HILLSBOROUGH, OREGON, A 1816 00:51:43,400 --> 00:51:44,534 TOWN THAT ISN'T BIG BUT IT HAS 1817 00:51:44,534 --> 00:51:46,503 OVER 20 DATA CENTERS AND I 1818 00:51:46,503 --> 00:51:47,938 REMEMBER HEARING THE ELECTRIC 1819 00:51:47,938 --> 00:51:48,238 BUZZ 1820 00:51:48,238 --> 00:51:50,106 THAT COMES OFF THEM. 1821 00:51:50,106 --> 00:51:51,241 REALLY, THOUGH, NOISE 1822 00:51:51,241 --> 00:51:52,642 POLLUTION IS ONLY THE BEGINNING. 1823 00:51:52,642 --> 00:51:54,845 THESE DATA CENTERS DEMAND 1824 00:51:54,845 --> 00:51:56,313 RESOURCES FROM OUR 1825 00:51:56,313 --> 00:51:57,347 COMMUNITIES WITHOUT INVESTING 1826 00:51:57,347 --> 00:51:57,881 BACK IN THEM. 1827 00:51:57,881 --> 00:52:00,183 THEY REQUIRE SO MUCH POWER 1828 00:52:00,183 --> 00:52:02,052 AND WATER WITHOUT PROVIDING 1829 00:52:02,052 --> 00:52:04,287 A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF JOBS 1830 00:52:04,287 --> 00:52:05,255 WHILE UNEMPLOYMENT IS HIGH. 1831 00:52:05,255 --> 00:52:06,456 WE NEED TO SET UP 1832 00:52:06,456 --> 00:52:06,957 LEGAL PROTECTIONS NOW. 1833 00:52:06,957 --> 00:52:09,025 I'M ASKING YOU AND THANKING 1834 00:52:09,025 --> 00:52:10,427 YOU FOR PRIORITIZING THE PEOPLE 1835 00:52:10,427 --> 00:52:10,594 OF 1836 00:52:10,594 --> 00:52:13,196 THIS COUNTRY OVER BIG TECH 1837 00:52:13,196 --> 00:52:13,530 DEVELOPMENT. 1838 00:52:13,530 --> 00:52:16,199 PLEASE PASS THIS 1839 00:52:16,199 --> 00:52:19,236 MORATORIUM TO BEGIN THIS 1840 00:52:19,236 --> 00:52:19,503 PROCESS. 1841 00:52:19,503 --> 00:52:22,272 THANK YOU. 1842 00:52:22,405 --> 00:52:26,810 >> ALUXA FOLLOWED BY JOHN, THEN 1843 00:52:26,943 --> 00:52:28,011 DAVID. 1844 00:52:28,144 --> 00:52:30,247 >> HI, MY NAME IS ALEXA. 1845 00:52:30,247 --> 00:52:32,482 I LIVE IN DISTRICT 2. 1846 00:52:32,482 --> 00:52:34,284 I'M A PARENT OF YOUNG KIDS, 1847 00:52:34,284 --> 00:52:36,419 AND FOR THE SAKE OF OUR KIDS AND 1848 00:52:36,419 --> 00:52:39,055 THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY, I'M 1849 00:52:39,055 --> 00:52:39,289 ASKING 1850 00:52:39,289 --> 00:52:40,524 THAT YOU VOTE YES TO 1851 00:52:40,524 --> 00:52:41,825 THE MORATORIUM AGAINST A.I. 1852 00:52:41,825 --> 00:52:43,059 DATA CENTERS AND HOPEFULLY A 1853 00:52:43,059 --> 00:52:44,661 PERMANENT BAN FOR ALL A.I. 1854 00:52:44,661 --> 00:52:48,098 DATA CENTERS IN THE FUTURE. 1855 00:52:48,098 --> 00:52:52,335 THANK YOU. 1856 00:52:52,469 --> 00:52:54,271 >> JOHN FOLLOWED BY DAVID 1857 00:52:54,271 --> 00:52:59,543 AND THEN MICHELLE. 1858 00:52:59,676 --> 00:53:00,644 >> HI. 1859 00:53:00,644 --> 00:53:02,379 IT'S JOHN VETO. 1860 00:53:02,379 --> 00:53:05,215 I'M IN DISTRICT 4, MEMBER OF 1861 00:53:05,215 --> 00:53:05,382 THE 1862 00:53:05,382 --> 00:53:06,483 36th DISTRICT DEMOCRATS. 1863 00:53:06,483 --> 00:53:08,585 LISTENING TO ALL THE COMMENTS 1864 00:53:08,585 --> 00:53:12,689 ON THE MORATORIUM, 1865 00:53:12,689 --> 00:53:13,657 IT'S JUST ASTOUNDING TO ME THAT 1866 00:53:13,657 --> 00:53:16,259 IT IS 1867 00:53:16,259 --> 00:53:19,296 CURRENTLY LEGAL FOR THESE 1868 00:53:19,296 --> 00:53:21,231 CORPORATIONS TO PUT 1869 00:53:21,231 --> 00:53:23,667 THESE SYSTEMS IN THAT WOULD 1870 00:53:23,667 --> 00:53:23,900 EXTRACT 1871 00:53:23,900 --> 00:53:27,437 SO MUCH OF OUR NEEDED 1872 00:53:27,437 --> 00:53:30,006 RESOURCES WITH THE PURPOSE OF 1873 00:53:30,006 --> 00:53:30,273 ING 1874 00:53:30,273 --> 00:53:35,145 JOBS SO THAT MORE WEALTH CAN BE 1875 00:53:35,145 --> 00:53:36,680 ACCUMULATED BY THE OWNERS OF 1876 00:53:36,680 --> 00:53:39,115 THESE SYSTEMS. 1877 00:53:39,115 --> 00:53:41,585 SO YEAH, I HOPE THAT WE CAN 1878 00:53:41,585 --> 00:53:44,187 RECTIFY THE SITUATION AND ENACT 1879 00:53:44,187 --> 00:53:50,026 A MORATORIUM AND BRING ABOUT 1880 00:53:50,026 --> 00:53:55,198 REGULATION THAT WILL PROTECT US. 1881 00:53:55,332 --> 00:53:56,333 >> THANK YOU, JOHN. 1882 00:53:56,333 --> 00:54:00,604 NEXT WE HAVE DAVID, FOLLOWED BY 1883 00:54:00,604 --> 00:54:01,071 MICHELLE. 1884 00:54:01,071 --> 00:54:02,539 ROSE, AND NATALIE, WHO ARE NOT 1885 00:54:02,539 --> 00:54:06,176 PRESENT, BUT YOU HAVE SIGNED UP. 1886 00:54:06,309 --> 00:54:07,811 >> HI, DAVID HAYNES. 1887 00:54:07,811 --> 00:54:09,946 WE NEED A NEW POLICE CHIEF. 1888 00:54:09,946 --> 00:54:11,414 IT'S OBVIOUS THE CITY COUNCIL 1889 00:54:11,414 --> 00:54:12,682 IS NOT READY FOR WORLD 1890 00:54:12,682 --> 00:54:14,150 CUP. THE MAYOR IS NOT READY. 1891 00:54:14,150 --> 00:54:16,586 YET WE STILL HAVE THIS VIRTUE 1892 00:54:16,586 --> 00:54:19,055 SIGNALING ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU'RE 1893 00:54:19,055 --> 00:54:21,224 CONCERNED ABOUT REPEAT 1894 00:54:21,224 --> 00:54:23,293 OFFENDERS WHO GET PRIORITIZED 1895 00:54:23,293 --> 00:54:23,493 FOR 1896 00:54:23,493 --> 00:54:25,362 HOUSING AND SERVICES. 1897 00:54:25,362 --> 00:54:27,197 IT'S NOT FAIR THAT THE 1898 00:54:27,197 --> 00:54:28,331 COUNCIL PRESIDENT WHO TOOK 1899 00:54:28,331 --> 00:54:28,565 ANOTHER 1900 00:54:28,565 --> 00:54:29,566 EXTENDED VACATION YESTERDAY 1901 00:54:29,566 --> 00:54:30,800 WITH NOTHING ON THE COUNCIL 1902 00:54:30,800 --> 00:54:35,305 BRIEFING THAT WE'RE 1903 00:54:35,305 --> 00:54:39,709 ENTERTAINING KSHAMA'S 1904 00:54:39,709 --> 00:54:41,778 CAMPAIGN. 1905 00:54:41,778 --> 00:54:45,915 IT'S BULLSHIT. 1906 00:54:45,915 --> 00:54:46,516 [ BLEEP ] 1907 00:54:46,516 --> 00:54:46,750 YOU. 1908 00:54:46,750 --> 00:54:49,185 >> OKAY, SO NEXT WE 1909 00:54:49,185 --> 00:54:51,755 HAVE MICHELLE AND THEN WE'LL GO 1910 00:54:51,755 --> 00:54:53,023 BACK 1911 00:54:53,023 --> 00:55:02,198 IN PERSON. 1912 00:55:02,332 --> 00:55:05,268 >> HELLO, COUNCILMEMBERS. 1913 00:55:05,268 --> 00:55:06,903 I'M IN DISTRICT 2. 1914 00:55:06,903 --> 00:55:09,606 I SUPPORT THE MORATORIUM, AND 1915 00:55:09,606 --> 00:55:11,508 I SUPPORT A THOUGHTFUL 1916 00:55:11,508 --> 00:55:14,377 OVERSIGHT AND REGULATION OF A.I. 1917 00:55:14,377 --> 00:55:14,744 RELATED 1918 00:55:14,744 --> 00:55:15,679 DEVELOPMENT. 1919 00:55:15,679 --> 00:55:17,714 HOWEVER, I RESPECTFULLY ASK 1920 00:55:17,714 --> 00:55:20,216 THAT ANY MORATORIUM INCLUDE A 1921 00:55:20,216 --> 00:55:21,718 GRANDFATHER PROVISION FOR 1922 00:55:21,718 --> 00:55:23,953 THE FORMER BED, BATH, AND 1923 00:55:23,953 --> 00:55:25,689 BEYOND SITE AND SIMILAR PROJECTS 1924 00:55:25,689 --> 00:55:27,290 ALREADY UNDER WAY. 1925 00:55:27,290 --> 00:55:29,359 THIS PROJECT IS NOT 1926 00:55:29,359 --> 00:55:30,393 SIMPLY ANOTHER COMMERCIAL 1927 00:55:30,393 --> 00:55:30,860 DEVELOPMENT. 1928 00:55:30,860 --> 00:55:34,197 IT IS AN EMERGING ART AND MUSIC 1929 00:55:34,197 --> 00:55:35,498 CENTER THAT IS 1930 00:55:35,498 --> 00:55:36,966 STILL ESTABLISHING ITSELF AND 1931 00:55:36,966 --> 00:55:37,200 WORKING 1932 00:55:37,200 --> 00:55:41,004 TO BECOME A SUSTAINABLE 1933 00:55:41,004 --> 00:55:41,805 CULTURAL ASSET FOR SEATTLE. 1934 00:55:41,805 --> 00:55:43,073 THE CENTER HAS POTENTIAL TO 1935 00:55:43,073 --> 00:55:45,208 CREATE JOBS, SUPPORT LOCAL 1936 00:55:45,208 --> 00:55:48,178 ARTISTS AND CREATE BUSINESSES. 1937 00:55:48,178 --> 00:55:51,214 ACTIVATE DOWNTOWN, ATTRACT 1938 00:55:51,214 --> 00:55:53,183 VISITORS AND PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED 1939 00:55:53,183 --> 00:55:54,317 COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACE. 1940 00:55:54,317 --> 00:55:56,252 AT A TIME WHEN SEATTLE 1941 00:55:56,252 --> 00:55:58,254 IS WORKING TO REVITALIZE ITS 1942 00:55:58,254 --> 00:55:58,455 URBAN 1943 00:55:58,455 --> 00:56:00,490 CORE, WE SHOULD BE CAREFUL TO 1944 00:56:00,490 --> 00:56:04,294 NOT UNINTENTIONALLY 1945 00:56:04,294 --> 00:56:05,128 INHIBIT PROJECTS THAT ARE 1946 00:56:05,128 --> 00:56:05,428 CONTRIBUTE 1947 00:56:05,428 --> 00:56:07,230 TO THE CITY'S CULTURAL -- 1948 00:56:07,364 --> 00:56:09,299 >> ALL RIGHT, AND NOW, THANK 1949 00:56:09,299 --> 00:56:10,100 YOU, MICHELLE. 1950 00:56:10,100 --> 00:56:12,202 NOW WE'RE GOING TO GEE BACK IN 1951 00:56:12,202 --> 00:56:12,502 PERSON. 1952 00:56:12,502 --> 00:56:14,371 WE HAVE BOBBY, FOLLOWED BY 1953 00:56:14,371 --> 00:56:14,738 HUNTER. 1954 00:56:14,738 --> 00:56:17,741 THEN AUSTIN, WE HAVE SOPHIE, 1955 00:56:17,741 --> 00:56:20,510 KEITH, CATHERINE, HOWARD, 1956 00:56:20,510 --> 00:56:22,912 KENDRA, ALICIA, AND BRIAN. 1957 00:56:22,912 --> 00:56:29,185 YOU ARE ALL UP NEXT. 1958 00:56:29,185 --> 00:56:31,654 SO WE HAVE BOBBY, HUNTER, 1959 00:56:31,654 --> 00:56:33,456 AUSTIN, SOPHIE, KEITH, 1960 00:56:33,456 --> 00:56:34,824 CATHERINE, HOWARD, KENDRA, 1961 00:56:34,824 --> 00:56:36,926 ALICIA, BRIAN. 1962 00:56:36,926 --> 00:56:37,193 WELCOME. 1963 00:56:37,327 --> 00:56:40,130 >> I WAS GOING TO SAY 1964 00:56:40,130 --> 00:56:40,797 WE'RE ON NUMBER 41. 1965 00:56:40,797 --> 00:56:43,266 I DID LET PEOPLE KNOW 1966 00:56:43,266 --> 00:56:43,933 WHAT NUMBERS THEY ARE. 1967 00:56:44,067 --> 00:56:45,368 >> WE'RE ON NUMBER 41. 1968 00:56:45,368 --> 00:56:47,637 THANK YOU. 1969 00:56:47,637 --> 00:56:49,105 WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 54 IN PERSON 1970 00:56:49,239 --> 00:56:49,839 SPEAKERS AND WHATEVER IS ON THE 1971 00:56:49,839 --> 00:56:51,207 LIST OVER ON THE SIDE. 1972 00:56:51,341 --> 00:56:54,544 WELCOME. NUMBER 41. 1973 00:56:54,744 --> 00:56:56,713 >> HI, I'M BOBBY. 1974 00:56:56,713 --> 00:56:57,213 I LIVE IN FINNEY RIDGE. 1975 00:56:57,213 --> 00:56:59,215 I HAVE BEEN HERE IN SEATTLE 1976 00:56:59,215 --> 00:57:00,450 ABOUT 46 YEARS. I LOVE SEATTLE 1977 00:57:00,450 --> 00:57:00,683 BECAUSE 1978 00:57:00,683 --> 00:57:01,418 THE BEAUTY AND BECAUSE THE 1979 00:57:01,418 --> 00:57:03,820 PEOPLE TAKE ON THE ISSUES. 1980 00:57:03,820 --> 00:57:06,089 THEY DON'T JUST LET 1981 00:57:06,089 --> 00:57:07,257 STEAM ROLLERS ROLL OVER THEM. 1982 00:57:07,257 --> 00:57:10,093 I THINK THAT THE BIG A.I. 1983 00:57:10,093 --> 00:57:13,029 CORPORATIONS LIKE META AND 1984 00:57:13,029 --> 00:57:14,764 AMAZON, AND THERE ARE PROBABLY 1985 00:57:14,764 --> 00:57:16,132 MORE, ARE KIND OF 1986 00:57:16,132 --> 00:57:17,534 SURPRISED BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT 1987 00:57:17,534 --> 00:57:17,734 THEY 1988 00:57:17,734 --> 00:57:18,768 COULD GET AWAY WITH DOING 1989 00:57:18,768 --> 00:57:21,504 WHATEVER THEY WANT, BUT WE'RE 1990 00:57:21,504 --> 00:57:21,671 NOT 1991 00:57:21,671 --> 00:57:23,773 A COMPANY TOWN, AT LEAST I 1992 00:57:23,773 --> 00:57:25,341 HOPE WE'RE NOT. 1993 00:57:25,341 --> 00:57:28,178 WE DON'T OWE OUR SOULS TO THE 1994 00:57:28,311 --> 00:57:30,747 COMPANIES. SO I WANT TO 1995 00:57:30,747 --> 00:57:32,215 ENCOURAGE YOU 1996 00:57:32,215 --> 00:57:34,984 TO PUT -- OKAY, THIS MORATORIUM 1997 00:57:34,984 --> 00:57:37,554 SO EVERYBODY GETS A CHANCE TO 1998 00:57:37,554 --> 00:57:38,021 THINK 1999 00:57:38,154 --> 00:57:39,389 ABOUT AND TALK ABOUT 2000 00:57:39,389 --> 00:57:40,156 WHAT REGULATIONS WE NEED. 2001 00:57:40,156 --> 00:57:42,058 WE HAVE HEARD A LOT OF THEM 2002 00:57:42,058 --> 00:57:43,927 TODAY. 2003 00:57:43,927 --> 00:57:46,696 SO THAT WE WON'T OWE OUR SOULS 2004 00:57:46,696 --> 00:57:47,597 TO THE COMPANY STORE. 2005 00:57:47,597 --> 00:57:47,964 THANK YOU. 2006 00:57:48,097 --> 00:57:52,469 >> HUNTER. 2007 00:57:52,469 --> 00:57:53,136 WELCOME. 2008 00:57:53,269 --> 00:57:54,437 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, 2009 00:57:54,437 --> 00:57:54,804 COUNCILMEMBERS. 2010 00:57:54,804 --> 00:57:56,239 MY NAME IS HUNTER. 2011 00:57:56,239 --> 00:57:58,675 AND TODAY, I AM SPEAKING 2012 00:57:58,675 --> 00:58:00,510 IN FAVOR OF THE ONE- YEAR 2013 00:58:00,510 --> 00:58:01,878 MORATORIUM, AND BEYOND THAT, 2014 00:58:01,878 --> 00:58:03,313 HOPEFULLY A PERMANENT 2015 00:58:03,313 --> 00:58:05,114 MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTER 2016 00:58:05,114 --> 00:58:06,616 CONSTRUCTION AND 2017 00:58:06,616 --> 00:58:06,916 EXPANSION. 2018 00:58:06,916 --> 00:58:08,518 I'M 26 YEARS OLD, AND AS LONG 2019 00:58:08,518 --> 00:58:10,053 AS I CAN REMEMBER, I HAVE 2020 00:58:10,053 --> 00:58:11,754 BEEN WATCHING DROUGHTS AND 2021 00:58:11,754 --> 00:58:13,523 GRID FAILURES BECOME 2022 00:58:13,523 --> 00:58:13,857 INCREASINGLY 2023 00:58:13,857 --> 00:58:14,090 COMMON. 2024 00:58:14,090 --> 00:58:15,658 AND THESE DATA CENTERS 2025 00:58:15,658 --> 00:58:18,027 WOULD ONLY EXACERBATE THAT. 2026 00:58:18,027 --> 00:58:20,330 FURTHER MORE, AS FAR AS I'M 2027 00:58:20,330 --> 00:58:22,532 AWARE, A.I. -- A.I. USE 2028 00:58:22,532 --> 00:58:24,100 REDUCES THE CAPACITY FOR 2029 00:58:24,100 --> 00:58:24,367 CREATIVE 2030 00:58:24,367 --> 00:58:25,201 THINKING, WHICH TERRIFIES 2031 00:58:25,201 --> 00:58:26,870 ME WHEN IT COMES TO THE 2032 00:58:26,870 --> 00:58:27,904 FUTURE GENERATIONS AND KIDS WHO 2033 00:58:27,904 --> 00:58:28,071 ARE 2034 00:58:28,071 --> 00:58:30,039 IN SCHOOL RIGHT NOW. 2035 00:58:30,039 --> 00:58:32,108 I FEEL CONFIDENT IN SAYING 2036 00:58:32,108 --> 00:58:32,909 I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WANTS 2037 00:58:32,909 --> 00:58:35,278 TO LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE THESE 2038 00:58:35,278 --> 00:58:36,613 DATA CENTERS ARE HOOVERING UP 2039 00:58:36,613 --> 00:58:37,046 ALL OUR 2040 00:58:37,046 --> 00:58:38,848 WATER AND ELECTRICITY IN 2041 00:58:38,848 --> 00:58:40,516 SERVICE OF A TOOL THAT DOES 2042 00:58:40,516 --> 00:58:41,284 NOTHING BUT 2043 00:58:41,284 --> 00:58:47,323 KILL JOBS, REDUCE CREATIVE 2044 00:58:47,323 --> 00:58:47,790 THINKING. 2045 00:58:47,790 --> 00:58:57,500 THANK YOU. 2046 00:58:57,634 --> 00:58:59,836 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, SEATTLE CITY 2047 00:58:59,969 --> 00:59:02,272 COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF 2048 00:59:02,272 --> 00:59:02,438 THE 2049 00:59:02,438 --> 00:59:04,140 COMMUNITY. MY NAME IS AUSTIN. 2050 00:59:04,140 --> 00:59:05,942 PERSONALLY, I SUPPORT 2051 00:59:05,942 --> 00:59:07,143 A PERMANENT MORATORIUM ON 2052 00:59:07,143 --> 00:59:09,812 THE CONSTRUCTION OF DATA 2053 00:59:09,812 --> 00:59:11,514 CENTERS. SECOND, I WANT TO 2054 00:59:11,514 --> 00:59:11,881 EXPRESS 2055 00:59:11,881 --> 00:59:13,816 MY CONCERN AND MAYBE CURIOSITY 2056 00:59:13,816 --> 00:59:16,052 OVER THE 301 VIRGINIA STREET 2057 00:59:16,052 --> 00:59:18,588 NOT BEING SUBJECT TO THE 2058 00:59:18,588 --> 00:59:19,355 MORATORIUM 2059 00:59:19,355 --> 00:59:20,456 GIVEN IT WAS FLOATED ON APRIL 2060 00:59:20,456 --> 00:59:21,824 18th AND THE FILINGS 2061 00:59:21,824 --> 00:59:23,192 WERE EXPEDITED AND ARRIVED IN 2062 00:59:23,192 --> 00:59:23,393 MAY. 2063 00:59:23,393 --> 00:59:25,228 I FIND THAT TIMING CURIOUS 2064 00:59:25,228 --> 00:59:28,565 ESPECIALLY SINCE TWO PEOPLE HAVE 2065 00:59:28,565 --> 00:59:29,899 SPOKEN TO THAT. 2066 00:59:29,899 --> 00:59:31,367 THEY DEFENDED THIS AS NOT AN 2067 00:59:31,367 --> 00:59:33,670 A.I. DATA CENTER BUT A 2068 00:59:33,670 --> 00:59:34,637 HIGHLY CONNECTED NETWORK 2069 00:59:34,637 --> 00:59:34,904 FACILITY. 2070 00:59:34,904 --> 00:59:37,574 I DON'T CARE IT YOU CALL IT A 2071 00:59:37,574 --> 00:59:39,242 WALDORF SCHOOL FOR 2072 00:59:39,242 --> 00:59:40,610 MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS. 2073 00:59:40,610 --> 00:59:43,546 WE NEED TO EVALUATE THEM ON THE 2074 00:59:43,546 --> 00:59:45,081 IMPACTS THEY 2075 00:59:45,081 --> 00:59:46,950 HAVE ON THE ENVIRONMENT 2076 00:59:46,950 --> 00:59:47,583 AND THE BROADER IMPLICATION 2077 00:59:47,583 --> 00:59:48,551 THESE IES 2078 00:59:48,551 --> 00:59:50,320 HAVE ON DIRECTING RESOURCES 2079 00:59:50,320 --> 00:59:50,987 AWAY FROM PEOPLE. 2080 00:59:50,987 --> 00:59:53,122 PLEASE SAY NO TO DATA CENTERS 2081 00:59:53,122 --> 00:59:56,225 AND MAINTAIN THE HIGH 2082 00:59:56,225 --> 01:00:00,163 TRANSPARENCY ON ADJACENT 2083 01:00:00,163 --> 01:00:00,730 PROJECTS. 2084 01:00:00,730 --> 01:00:02,198 THANK YOU. 2085 01:00:02,332 --> 01:00:03,766 >> THE MORATORIUM IS A GREAT 2086 01:00:03,766 --> 01:00:05,768 STEP, PUT WE WANT MORE THAN 2087 01:00:05,768 --> 01:00:06,869 JUST KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE 2088 01:00:06,869 --> 01:00:07,070 ROAD. 2089 01:00:07,070 --> 01:00:09,305 WE WANT A PERMANENT OUTRIGHT BAN 2090 01:00:09,305 --> 01:00:11,407 ON A.I. DATA CENTERS RIGHT 2091 01:00:11,407 --> 01:00:12,475 NOW. THESE FACILITIES POISON 2092 01:00:12,475 --> 01:00:13,676 COMMUNITIES, THEY DRIVE 2093 01:00:13,676 --> 01:00:15,244 UP ELECTRICITY COSTS AND ALL FOR 2094 01:00:15,244 --> 01:00:15,445 WHAT? 2095 01:00:15,445 --> 01:00:20,917 ALL TO POWER UNWANTED, 2096 01:00:20,917 --> 01:00:22,752 INACCURATE, PLAGIARISTIC SLOP. 2097 01:00:22,752 --> 01:00:24,287 NORMAL PEOPLE DO NOT WANT 2098 01:00:24,287 --> 01:00:28,491 OUR CITY CRUCIFIED ON A CROSS OF 2099 01:00:28,625 --> 01:00:30,259 SLOP. PASSING A ONE-YEAR 2100 01:00:30,259 --> 01:00:32,495 MORATORIUM DOES NOT ABSOLVE YOU 2101 01:00:32,495 --> 01:00:37,900 OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO YOUR 2102 01:00:38,034 --> 01:00:38,768 CONSTITUENTS. 2103 01:00:38,768 --> 01:00:40,303 THANK YOU. 2104 01:00:40,436 --> 01:00:41,504 >> I'M 2105 01:00:41,504 --> 01:00:43,306 KEITH CARPENTER. I'M THE PASTOR 2106 01:00:43,306 --> 01:00:43,840 OF EPIC LIFE 2107 01:00:43,840 --> 01:00:44,073 CHURCH. 2108 01:00:44,073 --> 01:00:46,142 I'M GOING TO BE THE ONE 2109 01:00:46,142 --> 01:00:46,409 OUTLIER. 2110 01:00:46,409 --> 01:00:47,710 I'M IN NORTH SEATTLE AND I 2111 01:00:47,710 --> 01:00:50,146 WANT TO REMIND US THAT 2112 01:00:50,146 --> 01:00:51,981 MEANWHILE, THERE'S 12, 13, AND 2113 01:00:51,981 --> 01:00:52,448 14-YEAR- 2114 01:00:52,448 --> 01:00:54,617 OLD GIRLS BEING TRAFFICKED 2115 01:00:54,617 --> 01:00:55,184 ALONG AURORA AVENUE. 2116 01:00:55,184 --> 01:00:57,587 IN MOTELS AND BACK SEATS OF 2117 01:00:57,587 --> 01:00:58,588 SUVs. 2118 01:00:58,588 --> 01:01:01,624 AND NOBODY IS DOING 2119 01:01:01,624 --> 01:01:02,225 ANYTHING ABOUT THE PIMPS AND 2120 01:01:02,225 --> 01:01:02,425 JOHNS 2121 01:01:02,425 --> 01:01:03,426 AND TAKING THESE GIRLS OFF 2122 01:01:03,426 --> 01:01:04,460 THE STREET EXCEPT FOR US. 2123 01:01:04,460 --> 01:01:07,430 AND A COUPLE ORGANIZATIONS 2124 01:01:07,430 --> 01:01:08,731 WHO ARE FINDING THEM NAKED ON 2125 01:01:08,731 --> 01:01:10,833 OUR FRONT PORCH IN THE MORNING. 2126 01:01:10,833 --> 01:01:15,004 I WOULD ASK YOU TO NOT 2127 01:01:15,004 --> 01:01:15,938 REMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER DISTRICT 2128 01:01:15,938 --> 01:01:16,139 5, 2129 01:01:16,139 --> 01:01:17,073 PLEASE SHOW UP. 2130 01:01:17,073 --> 01:01:18,341 MAYOR, PLEASE SHOW UP. 2131 01:01:18,341 --> 01:01:21,177 PEOPLE ARE BEING SHOT AT. 2132 01:01:21,177 --> 01:01:23,112 HOUSES ARE BEING SHOT AT. 2133 01:01:23,112 --> 01:01:24,814 THERE'S BULLETS COMING 2134 01:01:24,814 --> 01:01:26,549 THROUGH WALLS WHERE INFANTS ARE 2135 01:01:26,549 --> 01:01:28,084 SLEEPING INCHES AWAY FROM THEM. 2136 01:01:28,084 --> 01:01:30,086 AND I JUST ASK YOU NOT TO 2137 01:01:30,086 --> 01:01:32,688 FORGET WHAT'S GOING ON AND 2138 01:01:32,688 --> 01:01:33,122 ACTUALLY -- 2139 01:01:33,122 --> 01:01:35,058 THE PREVIOUS 2140 01:01:35,058 --> 01:01:36,292 ADMINISTRATION, THINGS WERE 2141 01:01:36,292 --> 01:01:36,659 HAPPENING, AND 2142 01:01:36,659 --> 01:01:37,226 CRIME WAS GOING 2143 01:01:37,226 --> 01:01:39,262 DOWN. NOW IT'S HOCKEY STICKING 2144 01:01:39,262 --> 01:01:40,797 RIGHT UP AND STRAIGHT AND THINGS 2145 01:01:40,797 --> 01:01:41,697 ARE 2146 01:01:41,697 --> 01:01:42,365 BACK TO NORMAL. 2147 01:01:42,365 --> 01:01:48,905 AND I ASK YOU NOT TO FORGET. 2148 01:01:49,038 --> 01:01:50,807 >> CATHERINE, FOLLOWED 2149 01:01:50,807 --> 01:01:52,575 BY HOWARD, KENDRA, ALICIA, 2150 01:01:52,575 --> 01:01:52,809 BRIAN. 2151 01:01:52,942 --> 01:01:54,544 >> HI, MY NAME IS CATHERINE 2152 01:01:54,544 --> 01:01:56,612 AND I'M A RESIDENT OF CAPITOL 2153 01:01:56,612 --> 01:01:56,813 HILL. 2154 01:01:56,813 --> 01:01:59,315 AS THE VAST MAJORITY, ALONG 2155 01:01:59,315 --> 01:02:00,750 WITH THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE 2156 01:02:00,750 --> 01:02:02,218 I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE 2157 01:02:02,218 --> 01:02:04,153 MORATORIUM OF DATA CENTERS AND 2158 01:02:04,153 --> 01:02:05,021 ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO 2159 01:02:05,021 --> 01:02:05,354 CONSIDER 2160 01:02:05,354 --> 01:02:06,255 A PERMANENT MORATORIUM. 2161 01:02:06,255 --> 01:02:07,757 I HAVE YET TO SEE A POSITIVE 2162 01:02:07,757 --> 01:02:10,159 USE FOR A.I. , 2163 01:02:10,159 --> 01:02:10,993 PARTICULARLY GENERATIVE A.I. 2164 01:02:10,993 --> 01:02:12,728 WHILE I HAVE HEARD OF 2165 01:02:12,728 --> 01:02:14,964 POSITIVE THINGS IN THE MEDICAL 2166 01:02:14,964 --> 01:02:15,665 FIELD, 2167 01:02:15,665 --> 01:02:17,667 THE NEGATIVES FAR, FAR, FAR 2168 01:02:17,667 --> 01:02:17,934 OUTWEIGH 2169 01:02:17,934 --> 01:02:18,634 THE POSITIVES. 2170 01:02:18,634 --> 01:02:21,571 IN ADDITION, I WOULD LIKE THE 2171 01:02:21,571 --> 01:02:23,573 301 VIRGINIA STREET ATTEMPT AT 2172 01:02:23,573 --> 01:02:25,675 A DATA CENTER SHUT DOWN 2173 01:02:25,675 --> 01:02:29,479 IMMEDIATELY, AS IT VIOLATES THIS 2174 01:02:29,479 --> 01:02:29,946 MORATORIUM. 2175 01:02:29,946 --> 01:02:33,616 IN ADDITION, AS AN EMPLOYEE 2176 01:02:33,616 --> 01:02:36,953 OF THE SEATTLE CENTER, LOCAL 8, 2177 01:02:36,953 --> 01:02:37,086 I 2178 01:02:37,086 --> 01:02:39,589 AGREE ON GETTING IT 2179 01:02:39,589 --> 01:02:40,690 DECARBONIZED AND UPDATED. 2180 01:02:40,690 --> 01:02:42,658 IT BADLY NEEDS IT. 2181 01:02:42,658 --> 01:02:47,897 ANYWAY, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR 2182 01:02:47,897 --> 01:02:52,268 TIME. 2183 01:02:52,401 --> 01:02:55,471 >> TODAY'S RESOLUTION 32205 2184 01:02:55,471 --> 01:02:56,906 ENDORSES A 2185 01:02:56,906 --> 01:02:57,707 SIGNIFICANT MODERNIZATION 2186 01:02:57,707 --> 01:02:58,708 PROJECT FOR THE 2187 01:02:58,708 --> 01:03:00,109 ARMORY OF SEATTLE CENTER. 2188 01:03:00,109 --> 01:03:02,378 AFTER MAJOR ARMORY RENOVATION 2189 01:03:02,378 --> 01:03:04,213 IN 2011 AND '12, THERE WAS 2190 01:03:04,213 --> 01:03:06,916 A CONCERTED EFFORT TO MAKE THE 2191 01:03:06,916 --> 01:03:08,885 ARMORY INHOSPITABLE TO THE 2192 01:03:08,885 --> 01:03:10,353 UNHOUSED, SANCTIONING CERTAIN 2193 01:03:10,353 --> 01:03:12,088 BEHAVIORS AND DENYING PEOPLE TO 2194 01:03:12,088 --> 01:03:14,023 THE ACCESS OF THE NEWLY 2195 01:03:14,023 --> 01:03:17,093 INSTALLED AC POWER OUTLETS. 2196 01:03:17,093 --> 01:03:20,863 A CRITICAL NEED FOR THE UNHOUSED 2197 01:03:20,863 --> 01:03:22,798 BY PUTTING LOCK COVERS ON THESE. 2198 01:03:22,798 --> 01:03:24,800 THESE POLICIES WERE PROMOTED 2199 01:03:24,800 --> 01:03:25,535 BY PRIVATE COMPANIES 2200 01:03:25,535 --> 01:03:27,003 THAT CONTRACTED WITH THE CITY. 2201 01:03:27,003 --> 01:03:29,238 BECAUSE OF THE SHAMEFUL 2202 01:03:29,238 --> 01:03:31,007 HISTORY IGNORED AND FORGOTTEN BY 2203 01:03:31,007 --> 01:03:31,407 OUR 2204 01:03:31,407 --> 01:03:37,380 ELECTED, RESOLUTION 32205 2205 01:03:37,380 --> 01:03:39,882 NEEDS TO PROVIDE PROVISOS THAT 2206 01:03:39,882 --> 01:03:41,851 MAKES SURE IT WILL INCLUDE THE 2207 01:03:41,851 --> 01:03:43,686 UNHOUSED IN ANY DECISION MAKING. 2208 01:03:43,686 --> 01:03:47,256 THERE SHOULD BE PROVISOS FOR 2209 01:03:47,256 --> 01:03:49,792 ANY CONTRACTS TO PREVENT THESE 2210 01:03:49,792 --> 01:03:52,028 ENTITIES FROM SHAPING 2211 01:03:52,028 --> 01:03:54,564 POLICIES YOU GUYS HAVE 2212 01:03:54,564 --> 01:03:55,531 CONSISTENTLY 2213 01:03:55,531 --> 01:03:56,732 DEMANDED ACCOUNTABILITY FOR 2214 01:03:56,732 --> 01:03:59,168 SOCIAL SERVICES BUT YOU FAIL TO 2215 01:03:59,168 --> 01:04:00,369 DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY 2216 01:04:00,369 --> 01:04:01,671 WHEN THINGS LIKE WHAT HAPPENED 2217 01:04:01,671 --> 01:04:02,071 -- 2218 01:04:02,205 --> 01:04:07,543 >> THANK YOU, MR. GILL. 2219 01:04:07,543 --> 01:04:10,179 THANK YOU. 2220 01:04:10,179 --> 01:04:13,049 THANK YOU, MR. GALE. 2221 01:04:13,049 --> 01:04:16,953 THANK YOU, MR. GALE. 2222 01:04:16,953 --> 01:04:23,893 THANK YOU, MR. GALE. 2223 01:04:23,893 --> 01:04:30,132 THANK YOU. 2224 01:04:30,266 --> 01:04:31,200 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. 2225 01:04:31,200 --> 01:04:32,468 MY NAME IS KENDRA. 2226 01:04:32,468 --> 01:04:33,636 I'M A CANDIDATE MEMBER OF 2227 01:04:33,636 --> 01:04:34,937 THE AMERICAN PARTY OF 2228 01:04:34,937 --> 01:04:36,472 LABOR. HAVE BEEN HERE THE LAST 2229 01:04:36,472 --> 01:04:38,941 FEW WEEKS PRESSURING YOU TO PASS 2230 01:04:38,941 --> 01:04:39,475 THE 2231 01:04:39,609 --> 01:04:41,510 MORATORIUM, BUT 2232 01:04:41,510 --> 01:04:43,446 TODAY I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT 2233 01:04:43,446 --> 01:04:44,046 YOU'RE 2234 01:04:44,046 --> 01:04:46,082 UNFAILING OUR UNHOUSED MEMBERS. 2235 01:04:46,082 --> 01:04:48,351 THE MAYOR BOASTED A 50- 2236 01:04:48,351 --> 01:04:50,720 MEMBER SHELTER UNIT, WHICH IS 2237 01:04:50,720 --> 01:04:51,721 ONLY 2238 01:04:51,721 --> 01:04:53,055 50% OF WHAT SHE PROMISES BY THE 2239 01:04:53,055 --> 01:04:54,657 TIME THE WORLD CUP COMES AROUND. 2240 01:04:54,657 --> 01:04:55,791 THIS MORNING, THE 2241 01:04:55,791 --> 01:04:57,226 ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTED ON 2242 01:04:57,226 --> 01:04:57,660 THIS. 2243 01:04:57,660 --> 01:04:58,961 THEY SAID NEW SEATTLE 2244 01:04:58,961 --> 01:05:02,665 MAYOR KATIE WILSON IS SET -- 2245 01:05:02,665 --> 01:05:02,898 EXCUSE 2246 01:05:02,898 --> 01:05:04,467 ME, NEW SEATTLE MAYOR 2247 01:05:04,467 --> 01:05:06,235 KATIE WILSON SET A GOAL OF 500 2248 01:05:06,235 --> 01:05:07,570 NEW UNITS OF SHELTER BEFORE 2249 01:05:07,570 --> 01:05:08,971 THE WORLD CUP STARTS. 2250 01:05:08,971 --> 01:05:10,206 BUT HER ADMINISTRATION 2251 01:05:10,206 --> 01:05:11,307 FELL SHORT BY HUNDREDS. 2252 01:05:11,307 --> 01:05:13,042 NOW, ANYONE WHO HEARS THAT CAN 2253 01:05:13,042 --> 01:05:14,343 UNDERSTAND THAT THE ASSOCIATED 2254 01:05:14,343 --> 01:05:15,678 PRESS IS CALLING THE MAYOR 2255 01:05:15,678 --> 01:05:18,247 AND BY PROXY THIS COUNCIL 2256 01:05:18,247 --> 01:05:19,181 MASSIVE 2257 01:05:19,181 --> 01:05:19,715 FAILURES. 2258 01:05:19,715 --> 01:05:21,817 CONTINUED FORCIBLE DISPLACEMENT 2259 01:05:21,817 --> 01:05:23,252 INCREASES THE MORTALITY RATE OF 2260 01:05:23,252 --> 01:05:24,954 THE UNHOUSED PEOPLE, PEOPLE 2261 01:05:24,954 --> 01:05:26,222 WHO ARE STILL YOUR 2262 01:05:26,222 --> 01:05:27,323 RESPONSIBILITY AND YOUR 2263 01:05:27,323 --> 01:05:27,657 CONSTITUENTS. 2264 01:05:27,657 --> 01:05:28,791 YOU NEED TO PRESSURE THE 2265 01:05:28,791 --> 01:05:30,526 MAYOR TO STOP WASTING MONEY ON 2266 01:05:30,526 --> 01:05:33,429 SWEEPING OUR NEIGHBORS FOR 2267 01:05:33,429 --> 01:05:34,997 OPTICS AND DELIVER ON 2268 01:05:34,997 --> 01:05:36,265 CAMPAIGN PROMISES OF SHELTER 2269 01:05:36,265 --> 01:05:36,966 UNITS 2270 01:05:36,966 --> 01:05:39,001 AND ACTUAL RESOURCES. 2271 01:05:39,001 --> 01:05:41,003 YOU'RE KILLING THE PEOPLE IN 2272 01:05:41,003 --> 01:05:41,437 THE 2273 01:05:41,437 --> 01:05:41,671 CITY -- 2274 01:05:41,671 --> 01:05:42,438 >> THANK YOU, KENDRA. 2275 01:05:42,438 --> 01:05:45,207 NEXT WE HAVE ALICIA FOLLOWED BY 2276 01:05:45,341 --> 01:05:48,377 BRIAN. WELCOME, ALICIA. 2277 01:05:48,511 --> 01:05:50,012 >> HELLO, COUNCILMEMBERS. 2278 01:05:50,012 --> 01:05:51,781 MY NAME IS ALICIA AND I LIVE 2279 01:05:51,781 --> 01:05:52,982 IN DISTRICT 3 AND I'M HERE TO 2280 01:05:52,982 --> 01:05:55,284 URGE YOU TO VOTE YES ON THE 2281 01:05:55,284 --> 01:05:57,019 DATA CENTER MORATORIUM. 2282 01:05:57,019 --> 01:05:58,454 AS I HAVE LEARNED MORE 2283 01:05:58,454 --> 01:06:01,190 ABOUT DATA CENTERS, IT'S 2284 01:06:01,190 --> 01:06:01,457 ACTUALLY 2285 01:06:01,457 --> 01:06:02,792 LUDICROUS TO ME THAT ANYBODY 2286 01:06:02,792 --> 01:06:04,627 THINKS THAT THEY HAVE THE 2287 01:06:04,627 --> 01:06:06,395 ABILITY TO TAKE THIS MANY 2288 01:06:06,395 --> 01:06:07,763 RESOURCES FROM THE EARTH 2289 01:06:07,763 --> 01:06:10,533 AND FROM THE PEOPLE. 2290 01:06:10,533 --> 01:06:13,602 IF BIG TECH WASN'T ALREADY 2291 01:06:13,602 --> 01:06:15,871 COMIC BOOK VILLAINRY ENOUGH, 2292 01:06:15,871 --> 01:06:16,072 THIS 2293 01:06:16,072 --> 01:06:16,405 IS 2294 01:06:16,405 --> 01:06:17,940 NEXT LEVEL. THEY ARE COMPLETELY 2295 01:06:17,940 --> 01:06:18,741 OUT OF 2296 01:06:18,741 --> 01:06:21,344 TOUCH WITH THE EARTH AND THE ECO 2297 01:06:21,344 --> 01:06:23,346 SYSTEMS AND WHAT PEOPLE NEED. 2298 01:06:23,346 --> 01:06:24,747 THERE WAS A RECENT 2299 01:06:24,747 --> 01:06:25,581 INTERVIEW WITH JEFF BEZOS. 2300 01:06:25,581 --> 01:06:27,650 HE FULL ON LOOKED 2301 01:06:27,650 --> 01:06:28,117 LIKE LEX LUTHOR. 2302 01:06:28,117 --> 01:06:29,285 LET'S CALL THESE PEOPLE 2303 01:06:29,285 --> 01:06:29,719 WHAT THEY ARE. 2304 01:06:29,719 --> 01:06:31,987 THEY 2305 01:06:31,987 --> 01:06:32,655 ARE VILLAINS AND THEY'RE TRYING 2306 01:06:32,655 --> 01:06:33,189 TO TAKE OUR FUTURE FROM 2307 01:06:33,322 --> 01:06:35,157 US. OUR FUTURE IS NOT THEIRS. 2308 01:06:35,157 --> 01:06:37,259 OUR FUTURE IS OURS. 2309 01:06:37,259 --> 01:06:40,496 LET'S USE THIS YEAR TO THINK, 2310 01:06:40,496 --> 01:06:40,663 TO 2311 01:06:40,663 --> 01:06:42,732 LEARN, TO DECIDE, AND TO 2312 01:06:42,732 --> 01:06:45,368 SHAPE THE FUTURE THAT WE WANT, 2313 01:06:45,368 --> 01:06:45,534 NOT 2314 01:06:45,534 --> 01:06:48,904 WHAT THEY WANT TO BUY. 2315 01:06:48,904 --> 01:06:55,711 THANK YOU. 2316 01:06:55,845 --> 01:06:57,279 >> MY NAME IS BRIAN. 2317 01:06:57,279 --> 01:06:59,482 I'M A DISPLACED TECH WORKER 2318 01:06:59,482 --> 01:07:01,484 AND A HUMAN ARTIST. 2319 01:07:01,484 --> 01:07:03,052 LAST WEDNESDAY, I SPOKE AT 2320 01:07:03,052 --> 01:07:04,487 THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS IN 2321 01:07:04,487 --> 01:07:04,820 SUPPORT 2322 01:07:04,820 --> 01:07:06,989 OF THE MORATORIUM ON 2323 01:07:06,989 --> 01:07:07,890 HYPERSCALE DATA CENTERS AND 2324 01:07:07,890 --> 01:07:09,091 ABOUT THE 2325 01:07:09,091 --> 01:07:11,293 POWER OUTAGES I HAVE ALREADY HAD 2326 01:07:11,293 --> 01:07:11,494 THIS 2327 01:07:11,494 --> 01:07:11,794 YEAR. 2328 01:07:11,794 --> 01:07:13,696 TODAY, WHERE WANTED TO ADD THAT 2329 01:07:13,696 --> 01:07:15,998 THE ONE- YEAR MORATORIUM IS 2330 01:07:15,998 --> 01:07:19,368 ONLY THE START OF PREVENTING 2331 01:07:19,368 --> 01:07:20,369 AND REDUCING HARM. 2332 01:07:20,369 --> 01:07:23,272 IF WE ALLOW EXISTING DATA 2333 01:07:23,272 --> 01:07:27,476 CENTERS TO EXPAND, 20 MEGA 2334 01:07:27,476 --> 01:07:29,812 WATTS EACH, A.I. TECH COMPANIES 2335 01:07:29,812 --> 01:07:32,581 WILL FIND A WAY TO EXPLOIT THAT 2336 01:07:32,581 --> 01:07:34,884 LOOPHOLE BECAUSE THEY ALREADY 2337 01:07:34,884 --> 01:07:35,351 ARE. 2338 01:07:35,351 --> 01:07:38,387 IN THE MID- ATLANTIC, GOOGLE 2339 01:07:38,387 --> 01:07:41,757 IS FINANCING A START- UP THAT 2340 01:07:41,757 --> 01:07:41,957 WILL 2341 01:07:41,957 --> 01:07:43,392 PAY OTHER HOUSEHOLD AND 2342 01:07:43,392 --> 01:07:44,827 BUSINESSES TO CURB THEIR 2343 01:07:44,827 --> 01:07:47,329 CONSUMPTION AT CERTAIN TIMES 2344 01:07:47,329 --> 01:07:49,899 IN EXCHANGE FOR 100 MEGAWATTS 2345 01:07:49,899 --> 01:07:50,199 FOR 2346 01:07:50,199 --> 01:07:52,401 A VIRTUAL POWER PLANT. 2347 01:07:52,401 --> 01:07:54,403 A.I. DOES NOT NEED MORE 2348 01:07:54,403 --> 01:07:54,737 MEGAWATTS. 2349 01:07:54,737 --> 01:08:01,977 IT NEEDS MORE MEGA REGULATION. 2350 01:08:02,111 --> 01:08:07,583 >> ASHLEY, FOLLOWED BY ALICE, 2351 01:08:07,583 --> 01:08:13,055 RENAISSANCE, ANUP, AND THEN 2352 01:08:13,055 --> 01:08:14,623 VALERIE. 2353 01:08:14,623 --> 01:08:18,360 AND THOSE ARE OUR LAST SPEAKERS 2354 01:08:18,360 --> 01:08:19,562 TODAY. 2355 01:08:19,562 --> 01:08:24,467 ASHLEY, ALICE, RENAISSANCE, 2356 01:08:24,467 --> 01:08:26,535 NUP, AND VALERIE. 2357 01:08:26,535 --> 01:08:28,437 LET'S MAKE SURE -- IT'S ON. 2358 01:08:28,437 --> 01:08:29,672 JUST TEST IT OUT. 2359 01:08:29,805 --> 01:08:30,339 >> HELLO. 2360 01:08:30,473 --> 01:08:32,007 >> WHEN YOU START TALKING, 2361 01:08:32,007 --> 01:08:32,641 WE'LL START THE TIME. 2362 01:08:32,775 --> 01:08:35,411 >> HELLO, MY NAME IS ASHLEY. 2363 01:08:35,411 --> 01:08:39,048 I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 3. 2364 01:08:39,048 --> 01:08:40,850 AND I WOULD LIKE TO URGE YOU 2365 01:08:40,850 --> 01:08:42,318 TO SUPPORT THE MORATORIUM 2366 01:08:42,318 --> 01:08:43,786 AGAINST DATA CENTERS. 2367 01:08:43,786 --> 01:08:45,721 I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO URGE YOU 2368 01:08:45,721 --> 01:08:47,590 TO CONTINUE TO PROTECT US, OUR 2369 01:08:47,590 --> 01:08:49,558 CITY, AND OUR REGION FROM 2370 01:08:49,558 --> 01:08:50,626 THE HARMFUL ENVIRONMENTAL 2371 01:08:50,626 --> 01:08:52,461 AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF DATA 2372 01:08:52,461 --> 01:08:54,196 CENTERS BY IMPLEMENTING A 2373 01:08:54,196 --> 01:08:54,697 PERMANENT BAN. 2374 01:08:54,697 --> 01:08:57,399 I WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE 2375 01:08:57,399 --> 01:08:58,934 WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE SAID EARLIER. 2376 01:08:58,934 --> 01:09:00,369 WE CAN LIVE WITHOUT A.I. 2377 01:09:00,369 --> 01:09:04,073 WE CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT WATER. 2378 01:09:04,073 --> 01:09:06,542 THANK YOU. 2379 01:09:06,675 --> 01:09:08,744 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL. 2380 01:09:08,744 --> 01:09:11,146 MY NAME IS ALICE. 2381 01:09:11,146 --> 01:09:14,216 I LIVE IN DISTRICT FIVE. 2382 01:09:14,216 --> 01:09:16,519 I USED TO WORK FOR MICROSOFT 2383 01:09:16,519 --> 01:09:17,953 BACK WHEN THAT WAS SOMEBODY 2384 01:09:17,953 --> 01:09:20,956 ONE COULD BE KIND OF PROUD OF. 2385 01:09:20,956 --> 01:09:28,764 I CURRENTLY HOUSE A BRILLIANT 2386 01:09:28,898 --> 01:09:31,367 SUMMA CUM LAUDE COMPUTER SCIENCE 2387 01:09:31,367 --> 01:09:34,370 GRADUATE WHO IS EITHER 2388 01:09:34,370 --> 01:09:38,207 DEPENDING ON THE WEEK UNEMPLOYED 2389 01:09:38,207 --> 01:09:40,209 OR SEVERELY UNDEREMPLOYED 2390 01:09:40,209 --> 01:09:40,676 BECAUSE OF A.I. 2391 01:09:40,676 --> 01:09:46,015 I ORGANIZE WITH 350 2392 01:09:46,015 --> 01:09:48,284 SEATTLE SOLIDARITY BUDGET AND 2393 01:09:48,284 --> 01:09:48,584 WASHINGTON 2394 01:09:48,584 --> 01:09:50,586 A.I. RESISTANCE, HAVING CHANGED 2395 01:09:50,586 --> 01:09:53,222 MY FOCUS FROM CLIMATE ALL UP TO 2396 01:09:53,222 --> 01:09:54,723 A.I. BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT'S 2397 01:09:54,723 --> 01:09:56,625 THE VERY BIGGEST THREAT. 2398 01:09:56,625 --> 01:09:57,960 AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU 2399 01:09:57,960 --> 01:10:01,897 FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING, AND 2400 01:10:01,897 --> 01:10:02,097 HOPE 2401 01:10:02,097 --> 01:10:04,767 THAT YOU'RE CONSULTANT 2402 01:10:04,767 --> 01:10:06,068 MOVING FORWARD LOOKS A LOT LIKE 2403 01:10:06,068 --> 01:10:06,268 THIS 2404 01:10:06,268 --> 01:10:10,406 ROOM AND THE EXPERTISE WE SEE IN 2405 01:10:10,406 --> 01:10:10,639 IT. 2406 01:10:10,639 --> 01:10:13,809 THANK YOU. 2407 01:10:13,943 --> 01:10:14,944 >> RENAISSANCE. 2408 01:10:14,944 --> 01:10:15,778 ARE YOU RENAISSANCE? 2409 01:10:15,911 --> 01:10:16,445 >> I AM. 2410 01:10:16,579 --> 01:10:18,213 >> AWESOME, WELCOME. 2411 01:10:18,213 --> 01:10:20,916 THEN ANUP AND THEN YVETTE AND 2412 01:10:20,916 --> 01:10:21,183 VALERIE. 2413 01:10:21,317 --> 01:10:22,184 >> I'M RENAISSANCE. 2414 01:10:22,184 --> 01:10:24,286 I AM ONE OF THE DIRECTORS 2415 01:10:24,286 --> 01:10:25,654 OF CAMPAIGNS AT 350 SEATTLE. 2416 01:10:25,654 --> 01:10:28,591 AND I AM IN SUPPORT OF BOTH THE 2417 01:10:28,591 --> 01:10:32,228 MORATORIUM AND A RESOLUTION 2418 01:10:32,228 --> 01:10:33,829 PASSING TODAY. 2419 01:10:33,829 --> 01:10:36,131 I'M VERY GRATEFUL, VERY 2420 01:10:36,131 --> 01:10:38,767 HAPPY THAT ALL OF YOU IN BOTH OF 2421 01:10:38,767 --> 01:10:39,101 THE 2422 01:10:39,101 --> 01:10:41,237 COMMITTEES, BOTH LAND USE AND 2423 01:10:41,237 --> 01:10:42,838 SUSTAINABILITY AND PARKS AND 2424 01:10:42,838 --> 01:10:45,007 CITY LIGHT HAVE TAKEN THIS UPON 2425 01:10:45,007 --> 01:10:46,542 YOURSELVES IN RESPONSE TO THE 2426 01:10:46,542 --> 01:10:48,410 COMMUNITY'S CONCERNS. 2427 01:10:48,410 --> 01:10:50,412 TO MOVE FORWARD SO WE CAN 2428 01:10:50,412 --> 01:10:52,982 HAVE THE TIME TO FORM THE 2429 01:10:52,982 --> 01:10:54,850 LEGISLATIONLEGISLATION AND THE 2430 01:10:54,850 --> 01:10:55,951 REGULATION ON AN 2431 01:10:55,951 --> 01:10:57,086 UNREGULATED INDUSTRY THAT 2432 01:10:57,086 --> 01:10:59,555 HAS BEEN PROLIFERATING ACROSS 2433 01:10:59,555 --> 01:10:59,922 OUR NATION. 2434 01:10:59,922 --> 01:11:01,957 AND AROUND THE WORLD. 2435 01:11:01,957 --> 01:11:05,060 SOMETHING THAT CATCHES ME BY 2436 01:11:05,060 --> 01:11:06,462 SURPRISE IS THAT IN ALL FIVE 2437 01:11:06,462 --> 01:11:10,599 OF THESE MEETINGS I HAVEN'T 2438 01:11:10,599 --> 01:11:10,799 HEARD 2439 01:11:10,799 --> 01:11:12,701 ONE PRO PERSON FOR DATA 2440 01:11:12,701 --> 01:11:14,370 CENTERS SHOW UP HERE. 2441 01:11:14,370 --> 01:11:16,872 I'M SURE THEY'RE IN YOUR 2442 01:11:16,872 --> 01:11:18,440 MAILBOXES BUT THIS IS 2443 01:11:18,440 --> 01:11:19,975 THE COMMUNITY WHO IS TAKING THE 2444 01:11:19,975 --> 01:11:20,175 TIME 2445 01:11:20,175 --> 01:11:20,809 TO COME OUT. 2446 01:11:20,809 --> 01:11:21,844 PLEASE CONTINUE DOING 2447 01:11:21,844 --> 01:11:22,478 WHAT YOU'RE DOING. 2448 01:11:22,478 --> 01:11:24,380 AND WE LOVE TO WORK WITH 2449 01:11:24,380 --> 01:11:27,349 YOU THROUGH THIS PROCESS. 2450 01:11:27,483 --> 01:11:31,353 >> THANK YOU. 2451 01:11:31,353 --> 01:11:32,821 ANOUP. 2452 01:11:32,821 --> 01:11:35,891 FOLLOWED BY YVETTE, VALERIE, AND 2453 01:11:35,891 --> 01:11:36,525 THEN BENNETT. 2454 01:11:36,659 --> 01:11:40,229 >> MY NAME IS ANOUP. 2455 01:11:40,229 --> 01:11:42,431 I'M HERE TO, ONE, JUST SEE 2456 01:11:42,431 --> 01:11:43,999 HOW MUCH PEOPLE ARE ALL IN FAVOR 2457 01:11:43,999 --> 01:11:44,933 OF THIS MORATORIUM. 2458 01:11:44,933 --> 01:11:47,803 I, TOO, AM IN FAVOR OF THIS 2459 01:11:47,803 --> 01:11:51,140 MORATORIUM, AS I THINK IT 2460 01:11:51,140 --> 01:11:53,909 IS SYMBOLIC OF THE TIMES WE LIVE 2461 01:11:53,909 --> 01:11:56,211 IN AND THAT IF WE LOOK AT 2462 01:11:56,211 --> 01:11:59,381 THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF WHAT 2463 01:11:59,381 --> 01:12:01,317 TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS HAS BEEN. 2464 01:12:01,317 --> 01:12:04,820 IN MINE MIND, IT'S A SYSTEMATIC 2465 01:12:04,820 --> 01:12:07,022 ISSUE STEMMING FROM THE 2466 01:12:07,022 --> 01:12:10,225 LEGACIES OF COLONIALISM, OF 2467 01:12:10,225 --> 01:12:11,193 IMPERIALISM, OF THIS IDEA 2468 01:12:11,193 --> 01:12:11,627 BECAUSE WE CAN 2469 01:12:11,627 --> 01:12:13,462 MAKE THE BEST TECHNOLOGY, 2470 01:12:13,462 --> 01:12:14,563 QUOTE/UNQUOTE, BEST 2471 01:12:14,563 --> 01:12:16,432 TECHNOLOGY, THAT WE ARE ABOVE 2472 01:12:16,432 --> 01:12:18,133 NATURE AND 2473 01:12:18,133 --> 01:12:19,335 ABOVE THE PLANET THAT WE LIVE 2474 01:12:19,335 --> 01:12:19,735 ON. 2475 01:12:19,735 --> 01:12:23,238 AND A.I. IS THE ULTIMATE 2476 01:12:23,238 --> 01:12:25,374 HUBRIS OF THESE BIG TECH 2477 01:12:25,374 --> 01:12:29,211 COMPANIES, THAT THEY CAN CREATE 2478 01:12:29,211 --> 01:12:30,679 THIS REALITY THAT IS NOT 2479 01:12:30,679 --> 01:12:30,979 CONNECTED 2480 01:12:30,979 --> 01:12:32,815 TO THE WORLD WE LIVE IN, THAT 2481 01:12:32,815 --> 01:12:33,015 TAKES 2482 01:12:33,015 --> 01:12:34,016 RESOURCES FROM THE WORLD WE 2483 01:12:34,016 --> 01:12:34,550 LIVE IN. 2484 01:12:34,550 --> 01:12:36,518 WE NEED TO TAKE A PAUSE ON 2485 01:12:36,518 --> 01:12:41,390 THESE DATA CENTERS AND MAKE SURE 2486 01:12:41,390 --> 01:12:48,297 -- 2487 01:12:48,430 --> 01:12:49,998 >> NICE CARROT SWEATSHIRT. 2488 01:12:49,998 --> 01:12:53,402 WHAT DO YOU CALL A MAD CARROT? 2489 01:12:53,402 --> 01:12:56,305 A STEAMED VEGETABLE. 2490 01:12:56,305 --> 01:12:56,505 OKAY. 2491 01:12:56,505 --> 01:12:59,108 THAT WAS GOOD. 2492 01:12:59,108 --> 01:13:01,276 MS. YVETTE. 2493 01:13:01,410 --> 01:13:02,511 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. 2494 01:13:02,511 --> 01:13:03,912 I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE 2495 01:13:03,912 --> 01:13:05,848 FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF 2496 01:13:05,848 --> 01:13:06,115 AMERICA. 2497 01:13:06,115 --> 01:13:08,784 AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT 2498 01:13:08,784 --> 01:13:14,823 STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD 2499 01:13:14,823 --> 01:13:15,724 INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY 2500 01:13:15,724 --> 01:13:16,759 AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 2501 01:13:16,759 --> 01:13:17,926 IT'S NICE BEING AT THE 2502 01:13:17,926 --> 01:13:19,128 END BECAUSE I GOT TO HEAR A 2503 01:13:19,128 --> 01:13:20,629 LOT ABOUT THE A.I. THING AND 2504 01:13:20,629 --> 01:13:22,131 A THOUGHT OCCURRED TO ME. 2505 01:13:22,131 --> 01:13:28,203 WHY NOT USE A.I. TO CREATE 2506 01:13:28,203 --> 01:13:30,038 ENVIRONMENTAL AND EKE LOGICALLY 2507 01:13:30,038 --> 01:13:31,774 FRIENDLY A.I. AND CREATE 2508 01:13:31,774 --> 01:13:33,041 WELL- PAYING A.I. JOBS. 2509 01:13:33,041 --> 01:13:39,047 AND LASTLY, I THOUGHT POLITICAL 2510 01:13:39,047 --> 01:13:41,550 SCIENCE AND CAMPAIGN WAS NOT 2511 01:13:41,550 --> 01:13:42,818 ALLOWED IN CHAMBERS. 2512 01:13:42,951 --> 01:13:45,687 >> WE HAVE VALERIE FOLLOWED BY 2513 01:13:45,687 --> 01:13:47,222 BENNETT. 2514 01:13:47,222 --> 01:13:47,723 WELCOME. 2515 01:13:47,856 --> 01:13:50,192 >> HELLO, I'M VALERIE, 2516 01:13:50,192 --> 01:13:51,560 A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 4. 2517 01:13:51,560 --> 01:13:53,896 HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE 2518 01:13:53,896 --> 01:13:54,430 MORATORIUM. 2519 01:13:54,430 --> 01:13:58,467 AND JUST WANTED TO SAY, YOU 2520 01:13:58,467 --> 01:13:59,601 KNOW, THE REASON I'M HERE 2521 01:13:59,601 --> 01:14:01,303 IS BECAUSE I SEE THE DATA 2522 01:14:01,303 --> 01:14:03,972 CENTERS AS LIKE A SYMPTOM OR A 2523 01:14:03,972 --> 01:14:04,206 SYMBOL 2524 01:14:04,206 --> 01:14:06,508 OFOF MUCH LARGER THAN 2525 01:14:06,508 --> 01:14:06,909 WRONG. 2526 01:14:06,909 --> 01:14:08,844 AND WE KNOW WE ARE 2527 01:14:08,844 --> 01:14:10,946 CURRENTLY LIVING IN AND ON A 2528 01:14:10,946 --> 01:14:13,515 RAPID TRAJECTORY TOWARD A MUCH 2529 01:14:13,515 --> 01:14:14,383 MORE 2530 01:14:14,383 --> 01:14:16,151 REPRESSIVE, 2531 01:14:16,151 --> 01:14:17,719 OPPRESSIVE SURVEILLANCE STATE, A 2532 01:14:17,719 --> 01:14:18,854 VIOLENT STATE HERE IN THE U.S. 2533 01:14:18,854 --> 01:14:19,021 AND 2534 01:14:19,021 --> 01:14:20,289 GLOBALLY, AND WE'RE GOING TO 2535 01:14:20,289 --> 01:14:22,057 BE ASKED TO DO VERY DIFFICULT 2536 01:14:22,057 --> 01:14:24,159 THINGS AND STAND UP 2537 01:14:24,159 --> 01:14:27,129 AGAINST THOSE WITH POWER, WITH 2538 01:14:27,129 --> 01:14:29,298 MONEY, AND THE MONEY TO BUY OUR 2539 01:14:29,298 --> 01:14:30,799 REALITY THROUGH A.I. , THROUGH 2540 01:14:30,799 --> 01:14:31,934 KNOWING WHAT IS TRUTH AND 2541 01:14:31,934 --> 01:14:32,301 WHAT'S NOT. 2542 01:14:32,301 --> 01:14:33,702 I THANK YOU FOR BEING REALLY 2543 01:14:33,702 --> 01:14:35,904 RESPONSIVE TO THE RESIDENTS 2544 01:14:35,904 --> 01:14:38,040 OF THE CITY WHEN THE SEATTLE 2545 01:14:38,040 --> 01:14:40,342 TIMES ARTICLE CAME OUT, AND 2546 01:14:40,342 --> 01:14:40,609 THOUSANDS 2547 01:14:40,609 --> 01:14:42,478 OF US SENT LETTERS TO Y'ALL 2548 01:14:42,478 --> 01:14:44,479 AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL TO SEE YOU 2549 01:14:44,479 --> 01:14:45,814 RESPONDING TO THE RESIDENTS, AND 2550 01:14:45,814 --> 01:14:47,082 THANK YOU FOR THAT, AND HOPE 2551 01:14:47,082 --> 01:14:52,287 YOU CAN DO MUCH MORE. 2552 01:14:52,421 --> 01:14:54,156 >> BEFORE YOU GO, BENNETT, 2553 01:14:54,156 --> 01:14:56,358 IF YOU'RE ONLINE, ROSE AND 2554 01:14:56,358 --> 01:14:57,693 NATALIE, IF YOU COME ON, WE'LL 2555 01:14:57,693 --> 01:14:58,594 GO BACK TO 2556 01:14:58,727 --> 01:14:59,928 YOU. BUT BENNETT WILL BE OUR 2557 01:14:59,928 --> 01:15:01,497 LAST SPEAKER TODAY. 2558 01:15:01,497 --> 01:15:01,864 WELCOME. 2559 01:15:01,997 --> 01:15:02,898 >> THANK YOU. 2560 01:15:02,898 --> 01:15:04,733 SO REGARDING THE ISSUE OF 2561 01:15:04,733 --> 01:15:06,001 PEOPLE MAKING INFLAMMATORY 2562 01:15:06,001 --> 01:15:08,437 REFERENCES TO PEOPLE'S RACE AND 2563 01:15:08,437 --> 01:15:09,738 SEXUAL ORIENTATION IN PUBLIC 2564 01:15:09,738 --> 01:15:10,672 COMMENT AND I'M NOT TALKING 2565 01:15:10,672 --> 01:15:12,074 ABOUT ANYTHING THIS WEEK. 2566 01:15:12,074 --> 01:15:12,574 IT'S FROM LAST WEEK. 2567 01:15:12,574 --> 01:15:13,842 HIS IS SOMETHING THAT I 2568 01:15:13,842 --> 01:15:14,710 KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT BECAUSE I 2569 01:15:14,710 --> 01:15:16,245 HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS IN 2570 01:15:16,245 --> 01:15:16,411 THE 2571 01:15:16,411 --> 01:15:17,512 PROTEST COMMUNITY FOR A WHILE. 2572 01:15:17,512 --> 01:15:18,680 PEOPLE HAVE SAID MUCH 2573 01:15:18,680 --> 01:15:19,915 WORSE STUFF THAN THAT. 2574 01:15:19,915 --> 01:15:21,717 LONG LIVE OCTOBER 7th OR WE 2575 01:15:21,717 --> 01:15:23,185 NEED MORE DEAD COPS IN THE 2576 01:15:23,185 --> 01:15:23,452 STREETS. 2577 01:15:23,452 --> 01:15:24,953 SOME PEOPLE LIKE ME HAVE TRIED 2578 01:15:24,953 --> 01:15:26,388 TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT IT. 2579 01:15:26,388 --> 01:15:27,756 SOME MENTIONED LAST WEEK THIS 2580 01:15:27,756 --> 01:15:28,490 PERSON WAS WHITE. 2581 01:15:28,490 --> 01:15:29,625 WHAT MOST OF THESE PEOPLE 2582 01:15:29,625 --> 01:15:32,294 HAVE IN COMMON IS NOT BEING 2583 01:15:32,294 --> 01:15:32,628 WHAT. 2584 01:15:32,628 --> 01:15:33,695 WHAT THEY HAVE IN 2585 01:15:33,695 --> 01:15:35,030 COMMON IS THESE ARE WOMEN IN 2586 01:15:35,030 --> 01:15:35,430 THEIR 20s. 2587 01:15:35,430 --> 01:15:37,232 WHEN SOMEONE LIKE ME SAYS 2588 01:15:37,232 --> 01:15:38,800 HEY, CAN WE NOT SAY THIS STUFF? 2589 01:15:38,800 --> 01:15:40,469 THEY SAY, THIS GUY IS SLIDING 2590 01:15:40,469 --> 01:15:42,404 INTO MY DMs. 2591 01:15:42,404 --> 01:15:45,007 IT'S TO DECEIVE PEOPLE THAT 2592 01:15:45,007 --> 01:15:45,207 I'M 2593 01:15:45,207 --> 01:15:47,342 HITTING ON THEM INSTEAD 2594 01:15:47,342 --> 01:15:48,844 OF SAYING TO NOT SAY RACIST 2595 01:15:48,844 --> 01:15:49,077 STUFF. 2596 01:15:49,077 --> 01:15:50,679 IT DOESN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM 2597 01:15:50,679 --> 01:15:51,313 OF ACTUAL VIOLENCE. 2598 01:15:51,313 --> 01:15:54,016 THE TIMER STOPS. 2599 01:15:54,016 --> 01:15:54,449 HEY, WAIT A MINUTE. 2600 01:15:54,583 --> 01:15:55,217 >> HOLD ON. 2601 01:15:55,217 --> 01:15:55,918 YOU'RE OKAY. 2602 01:15:55,918 --> 01:15:56,685 YOU'RE GOOD. 2603 01:15:56,685 --> 01:15:57,152 HOLD ON. 2604 01:15:57,152 --> 01:15:58,253 WE'LL RESET IT. 2605 01:15:58,253 --> 01:15:58,720 30 SECONDS. 2606 01:15:58,720 --> 01:16:00,155 I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT STOPPED. 2607 01:16:00,289 --> 01:16:01,690 >> IT'S ABOUT 30. 2608 01:16:01,823 --> 01:16:02,724 >> OKAY. 2609 01:16:02,724 --> 01:16:08,230 GIVE US ONE SECOND. 2610 01:16:08,230 --> 01:16:09,264 HOLD ON. 2611 01:16:09,398 --> 01:16:11,099 >> I'LL TAKE 1:25. 2612 01:16:11,233 --> 01:16:15,237 >> IT WAS 30 SECONDS. 2613 01:16:15,237 --> 01:16:15,971 HOLD ON. 2614 01:16:15,971 --> 01:16:17,372 WE GOT YOU, BENNETT. 2615 01:16:17,372 --> 01:16:19,041 DON'T HAVE A HEART ATTACK. 2616 01:16:19,041 --> 01:16:20,676 YOU'RE GOOD. 2617 01:16:20,676 --> 01:16:21,376 ALL RIGHT. 2618 01:16:21,510 --> 01:16:22,744 >> NOT ONLY DOES IT NOT FIX THE 2619 01:16:22,744 --> 01:16:23,145 PROBLEM. 2620 01:16:23,145 --> 01:16:24,179 THIS IS WHAT LEADS TO MOST 2621 01:16:24,179 --> 01:16:25,948 OF THE VIOLENCE THAT OCCURS AT 2622 01:16:25,948 --> 01:16:27,249 LEFT- WING PROTESTS IN SEATTLE. 2623 01:16:27,249 --> 01:16:29,952 THIS IS WHAT ONE OF HER FRIENDS 2624 01:16:29,952 --> 01:16:33,522 POSTED ABOUT ME OVER THE 2625 01:16:33,522 --> 01:16:35,090 WEEKEND. 2626 01:16:35,090 --> 01:16:37,125 CHILD MOLESTER BEAT TO DEATH ON 2627 01:16:37,125 --> 01:16:37,592 THE SPOT. 2628 01:16:37,592 --> 01:16:39,428 THIS IS WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO 2629 01:16:39,428 --> 01:16:39,795 BENNETT. 2630 01:16:39,795 --> 01:16:41,496 THIS IS WHAT SOMEBODY 2631 01:16:41,496 --> 01:16:43,065 POSTED ABOUT ME, AND REMINDER, 2632 01:16:43,065 --> 01:16:43,265 THIS 2633 01:16:43,265 --> 01:16:44,766 IS BECAUSE OF ME TELLING WOMEN 2634 01:16:44,766 --> 01:16:46,768 IN THEIR 20s TO STOP SAYING 2635 01:16:46,768 --> 01:16:47,536 RACIST 2636 01:16:47,536 --> 01:16:50,072 SHIT AT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. 2637 01:16:50,072 --> 01:16:50,706 THANK YOU. 2638 01:16:50,839 --> 01:16:54,042 >> THANK YOU, BENNETT. 2639 01:16:54,042 --> 01:16:56,812 OKAY, IS THERE ANY OTHER MORE 2640 01:16:56,812 --> 01:16:58,080 COMMENTS, ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? 2641 01:16:58,080 --> 01:16:58,680 NOPE. 2642 01:16:58,680 --> 01:16:59,614 LET ME JUST CHECK ONLINE. 2643 01:16:59,614 --> 01:17:00,849 I DO NOT SEE IT. 2644 01:17:00,849 --> 01:17:02,351 OKAY, SO THE PUBLIC 2645 01:17:02,351 --> 01:17:03,919 COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW CLOSED. 2646 01:17:03,919 --> 01:17:06,622 THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING DOWN 2647 01:17:06,622 --> 01:17:07,589 AND SPEAKING WITH US TODAY 2648 01:17:07,589 --> 01:17:09,257 AND YOUR COMMENTS IN THE EMAIL 2649 01:17:09,257 --> 01:17:10,959 AND ONLINE OR IF YOU SEE US IN 2650 01:17:10,959 --> 01:17:12,894 PERSON. 2651 01:17:12,894 --> 01:17:15,530 WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE 2652 01:17:15,530 --> 01:17:16,264 COMMENTS, AND I'M LOOKING 2653 01:17:16,264 --> 01:17:17,332 FORWARD TO GETTING STARTED 2654 01:17:17,332 --> 01:17:19,701 WITH THE MEETING. 2655 01:17:19,701 --> 01:17:22,437 IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE 2656 01:17:22,437 --> 01:17:23,639 INTRODUCTION AND 2657 01:17:23,639 --> 01:17:25,474 REFERRAL CALENDAR WILL BE 2658 01:17:25,474 --> 01:17:26,008 ADOPTED. 2659 01:17:26,008 --> 01:17:28,143 HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE 2660 01:17:28,143 --> 01:17:29,344 INTRODUCTION AND 2661 01:17:29,344 --> 01:17:30,379 REFERRAL CALENDAR IS ADOPTED. 2662 01:17:30,379 --> 01:17:33,148 BEFORE WE ADOPT THE AGENDA, 2663 01:17:33,148 --> 01:17:34,616 IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE 2664 01:17:34,616 --> 01:17:36,451 AGENDA IS GOING TO BE AMENDED TO 2665 01:17:36,451 --> 01:17:36,652 HAVE 2666 01:17:36,652 --> 01:17:38,820 ITEM NUMBER 7 BE UNDER 2667 01:17:38,820 --> 01:17:39,755 COMMITTEE BUSINESS TO BE THE 2668 01:17:39,755 --> 01:17:40,622 FIRST 2669 01:17:40,622 --> 01:17:43,592 THING THAT WE HEAR, WHICH IS 2670 01:17:43,592 --> 01:17:45,193 THE APPOINTMENT OF DR. V. , IS 2671 01:17:45,193 --> 01:17:45,394 THAT 2672 01:17:45,394 --> 01:17:45,594 OKAY? 2673 01:17:45,594 --> 01:17:47,329 IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, 2674 01:17:47,462 --> 01:17:48,363 AWESOME. ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE 2675 01:17:48,363 --> 01:17:48,663 GOING 2676 01:17:48,663 --> 01:17:50,265 TO JUMP RIGHT INTO THAT. 2677 01:17:50,265 --> 01:17:51,633 OR IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, 2678 01:17:51,633 --> 01:17:52,934 IT WILL BE ADOPTED. 2679 01:17:52,934 --> 01:17:55,303 HEARING NONE, THE AGENDA IS 2680 01:17:55,303 --> 01:17:56,171 ADOPTED. 2681 01:17:56,171 --> 01:17:56,438 AWESOME. 2682 01:17:56,438 --> 01:17:56,938 ALL RIGHT. 2683 01:17:56,938 --> 01:17:58,673 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ 2684 01:17:58,673 --> 01:17:59,808 ITEM NUMBER SEVEN INTO THE 2685 01:17:59,808 --> 01:18:00,042 RECORD 2686 01:18:00,042 --> 01:18:02,377 AND THEN WE'LL 2687 01:18:02,377 --> 01:18:02,844 JUMP -- 2688 01:18:02,844 --> 01:18:03,912 >> CONSENT CALENDAR. 2689 01:18:04,046 --> 01:18:04,680 >> OH, OKAY. 2690 01:18:04,680 --> 01:18:06,248 BEFORE WE DO THAT, SORRY, 2691 01:18:06,248 --> 01:18:07,849 I DIDN'T DO THE CONSENT 2692 01:18:07,849 --> 01:18:08,550 CALENDAR. 2693 01:18:08,550 --> 01:18:10,352 WE'LL NOW -- THANK YOU, 2694 01:18:10,352 --> 01:18:12,454 WE'LL NOW CONSIDER THE CONSENT 2695 01:18:12,454 --> 01:18:12,788 CALENDAR. 2696 01:18:12,788 --> 01:18:14,089 ITEMS INCLUDE THE MINUTES 2697 01:18:14,089 --> 01:18:16,358 OF JUNE 2nd, 2026. 2698 01:18:16,358 --> 01:18:19,561 COUNCIL BILL 121223 PAYMENT OF 2699 01:18:19,561 --> 01:18:21,163 THE 2700 01:18:21,163 --> 01:18:22,397 BILLS. ARE THERE ANY 2701 01:18:22,397 --> 01:18:23,965 ITEMS COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE 2702 01:18:23,965 --> 01:18:24,132 TO 2703 01:18:24,132 --> 01:18:25,834 REMOVE FROM THE CONSENT 2704 01:18:25,834 --> 01:18:26,101 CALENDAR? 2705 01:18:26,101 --> 01:18:27,502 HEARING NONE, I MOVE TO 2706 01:18:27,502 --> 01:18:28,970 ADOPT THE CONSEND CALENDAR. 2707 01:18:28,970 --> 01:18:29,638 IS THERE A SECOND? 2708 01:18:29,771 --> 01:18:30,172 >> SECOND. 2709 01:18:30,305 --> 01:18:31,973 >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND 2710 01:18:31,973 --> 01:18:33,975 SECONDED TO ADOPT THE CONSENT 2711 01:18:33,975 --> 01:18:34,242 CALENDAR. 2712 01:18:34,242 --> 01:18:35,143 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL 2713 01:18:35,143 --> 01:18:37,479 THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION? 2714 01:18:37,612 --> 01:18:39,581 >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 2715 01:18:39,715 --> 01:18:40,882 >> YAY. 2716 01:18:41,016 --> 01:18:42,384 >> COUNCIL MEMBER FOSTER. 2717 01:18:42,517 --> 01:18:44,019 >> AYE. 2718 01:18:44,152 --> 01:18:46,755 >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? 2719 01:18:46,888 --> 01:18:48,490 >> AYE. 2720 01:18:48,623 --> 01:18:50,659 >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 2721 01:18:50,792 --> 01:18:51,760 >> AYE. 2722 01:18:51,893 --> 01:18:52,527 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 2723 01:18:52,661 --> 01:18:54,963 >> AYE. 2724 01:18:55,097 --> 01:18:55,831 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 2725 01:18:55,831 --> 01:18:56,231 HOLLINGSWORTH. 2726 01:18:56,364 --> 01:18:56,798 >> YES. 2727 01:18:56,932 --> 01:19:00,335 >> WILL THE CLERK AFFIX 2728 01:19:00,335 --> 01:19:02,437 MY SIGNATURE ON THE CONSENT 2729 01:19:02,437 --> 01:19:02,738 CALENDAR. 2730 01:19:02,738 --> 01:19:04,539 WE'RE GOING TO JUMP INTO THE 2731 01:19:04,539 --> 01:19:05,807 AGENDA. 2732 01:19:05,807 --> 01:19:07,976 WILL YOU READ AGENDA ITEM 2733 01:19:07,976 --> 01:19:09,311 NUMBER SEVEN INTO THE RECORD? 2734 01:19:09,444 --> 01:19:10,912 >> THE COMMITTEE OF HUMAN 2735 01:19:10,912 --> 01:19:13,582 SERVICES, LABOR, AND 2736 01:19:13,582 --> 01:19:15,383 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT APPOINTMENT 2737 01:19:15,383 --> 01:19:17,486 03497, THE APPOINTMENT OF SANDRA 2738 01:19:17,486 --> 01:19:18,286 J. 2739 01:19:18,286 --> 01:19:20,756 VALENCIANO AS DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC 2740 01:19:20,756 --> 01:19:23,792 HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING 2741 01:19:23,792 --> 01:19:25,060 COUNTY, THEY RECOMMEND THEY 2742 01:19:25,060 --> 01:19:25,360 CONFIRM THE 2743 01:19:25,360 --> 01:19:25,694 APPOINTMENT. 2744 01:19:25,827 --> 01:19:27,395 >> YOU'RE RECOGNIZED IN ORDER 2745 01:19:27,395 --> 01:19:28,964 TO PROVIDE COMMENT. 2746 01:19:28,964 --> 01:19:32,100 COMMITTEE REPORT. 2747 01:19:32,234 --> 01:19:34,736 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 2748 01:19:34,736 --> 01:19:40,242 COLLEAGUES, I AM TRULY HAPPY TO 2749 01:19:40,242 --> 01:19:41,810 RECOMMEND DR. VALENCIANO. 2750 01:19:41,810 --> 01:19:43,111 WITH ALL OF US 2751 01:19:43,111 --> 01:19:44,779 HAVING EXPERIENCED THE WORST 2752 01:19:44,779 --> 01:19:44,980 DAYS 2753 01:19:44,980 --> 01:19:45,947 OF THE COVID- 19 PANDEMIC, I 2754 01:19:45,947 --> 01:19:47,716 THINK WE ALL HAVE COME TO 2755 01:19:47,716 --> 01:19:48,116 REALIZE 2756 01:19:48,116 --> 01:19:50,218 HOW FRAGILE OUR PUBLIC HEALTH 2757 01:19:50,218 --> 01:19:51,887 SYSTEM CAN BE, ESPECIALLY 2758 01:19:51,887 --> 01:19:53,822 NOW. AND WHY IT IS CRITICAL TO 2759 01:19:53,822 --> 01:19:54,022 HAVE 2760 01:19:54,022 --> 01:19:54,823 THOUGHTFUL, 2761 01:19:54,823 --> 01:19:55,624 KNOWLEDGEABLE LEADERS IN CHARGE 2762 01:19:55,624 --> 01:19:57,492 OF OUR 2763 01:19:57,492 --> 01:19:57,826 INSTITUTIONS. 2764 01:19:57,826 --> 01:19:58,994 SO COLLEAGUES AND FOR THE 2765 01:19:58,994 --> 01:20:00,629 VIEWING PUBLIC, THE 2766 01:20:00,629 --> 01:20:02,197 PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR IS A 2767 01:20:02,197 --> 01:20:02,430 UNIQUE 2768 01:20:02,430 --> 01:20:03,665 POSITION BECAUSE IT MUST BE 2769 01:20:03,665 --> 01:20:05,066 CONFIRMED BY BOTH SEATTLE 2770 01:20:05,066 --> 01:20:06,468 CITY COUNCIL AND THE KING 2771 01:20:06,468 --> 01:20:07,636 COUNTY COUNCIL AS THEY REPORT 2772 01:20:07,636 --> 01:20:07,836 BOTH 2773 01:20:07,836 --> 01:20:10,205 TO THE MAYOR AND COUNTY 2774 01:20:10,205 --> 01:20:10,505 EXECUTIVE. 2775 01:20:10,505 --> 01:20:12,607 KING COUNTY COUNCIL VOTED JUST 2776 01:20:12,607 --> 01:20:14,142 TODAY, MAYBE AN HOUR AGO, 2777 01:20:14,142 --> 01:20:15,777 I'M LOOKING AT THE AUDIENCE, 2778 01:20:15,777 --> 01:20:17,846 AMAZING, AND NOW WE'RE TAKING 2779 01:20:17,846 --> 01:20:21,082 UP THIS VOTE 2780 01:20:21,082 --> 01:20:22,984 TODAY. DR. VALENCIANO HAS A 2781 01:20:22,984 --> 01:20:23,485 MASTERS 2782 01:20:23,485 --> 01:20:24,553 IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND 2783 01:20:24,553 --> 01:20:25,887 CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE 2784 01:20:25,887 --> 01:20:26,888 DEPARTMENT'S ACTING DIRECTOR 2785 01:20:26,888 --> 01:20:27,155 AND 2786 01:20:27,155 --> 01:20:28,623 PRIMARY MEDICAL EXPERT, GUIDING 2787 01:20:28,623 --> 01:20:30,058 POLICY AND PRACTICE WITH 2788 01:20:30,058 --> 01:20:30,358 SCIENTIFIC 2789 01:20:30,358 --> 01:20:31,993 RIGOR AND A DEEP COMMITMENT TO 2790 01:20:31,993 --> 01:20:32,227 EQUITY. 2791 01:20:32,227 --> 01:20:34,229 AND BEFORE JOINING PUBLIC 2792 01:20:34,229 --> 01:20:36,198 HEALTH SEATTLE KING COUNTY SHE 2793 01:20:36,198 --> 01:20:36,865 LED THE 2794 01:20:36,865 --> 01:20:39,768 DEKALB COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH IN 2795 01:20:39,768 --> 01:20:41,803 GEORGIA AS MEDICAL DIRECTOR 2796 01:20:41,803 --> 01:20:42,938 AND DISTRICT HEALTH DIRECTOR 2797 01:20:42,938 --> 01:20:44,272 OVERSEEING SERVICES FOR 2798 01:20:44,272 --> 01:20:46,875 MORE THAN 780,000 RESIDENTS. 2799 01:20:46,875 --> 01:20:47,909 DURING THE COVID- 19 2800 01:20:47,909 --> 01:20:50,478 PANDEMIC, SHE SERVED AS INCIDENT 2801 01:20:50,478 --> 01:20:51,246 COMMANDER 2802 01:20:51,246 --> 01:20:53,281 INSURING EQUITABLE VACCINE 2803 01:20:53,281 --> 01:20:55,183 ACCESS, IMPROVING EFFICIENCY IN 2804 01:20:55,183 --> 01:20:57,185 DISTRIBUTING, ALL OF THAT 2805 01:20:57,185 --> 01:20:59,721 WHILE ALSO GUIDING DEPARTMENT 2806 01:20:59,721 --> 01:21:01,790 WIDE 2807 01:21:01,790 --> 01:21:02,090 STRATEGICS. 2808 01:21:02,090 --> 01:21:05,994 SHE ALSO 2809 01:21:05,994 --> 01:21:14,836 BRINGS NATIONAL HEALTH -- 2810 01:21:14,970 --> 01:21:18,473 >> THERE WE GO. 2811 01:21:18,607 --> 01:21:19,507 >> OKAY. 2812 01:21:19,641 --> 01:21:21,710 WONDERFUL. I'M JUMP RIGHT BACK 2813 01:21:21,710 --> 01:21:22,010 IN. 2814 01:21:22,010 --> 01:21:22,510 THANK YOU. 2815 01:21:22,510 --> 01:21:24,412 THE DOCTOR ALSO BRINGS 2816 01:21:24,412 --> 01:21:25,747 NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTISE 2817 01:21:25,747 --> 01:21:26,114 FROM 2818 01:21:26,114 --> 01:21:27,682 HER SERVICE AS AN EPIDEMIC 2819 01:21:27,682 --> 01:21:29,918 INTELLIGENCE OFFICER AT THE 2820 01:21:29,918 --> 01:21:32,621 CDC WHERE SHE LED OUTBREAK 2821 01:21:32,621 --> 01:21:32,887 RESPONSES 2822 01:21:32,887 --> 01:21:33,321 AND STRENGTH 2823 01:21:33,321 --> 01:21:34,222 INTERNATIONAL SECURITY SYSTEM 2824 01:21:34,222 --> 01:21:34,723 AND SHE'S 2825 01:21:34,723 --> 01:21:37,125 ALSO BEEN AN EDUCATOR 2826 01:21:37,125 --> 01:21:38,860 AT EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF 2827 01:21:38,860 --> 01:21:39,127 MEDICINE. 2828 01:21:39,127 --> 01:21:41,396 SO WITH THAT LEVEL OF 2829 01:21:41,396 --> 01:21:42,330 EXPERTISE, COLLEAGUES, I BELIEVE 2830 01:21:42,330 --> 01:21:42,631 WE WILL 2831 01:21:42,631 --> 01:21:44,266 BE VERY WELL SERVED BY 2832 01:21:44,266 --> 01:21:46,835 DR. DR. VALENCIANO AS DIRECTOR 2833 01:21:46,835 --> 01:21:47,903 OF PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE KING 2834 01:21:47,903 --> 01:21:48,136 COUNTY. 2835 01:21:48,136 --> 01:21:50,171 THE COMMITTEE VOTED 2836 01:21:50,171 --> 01:21:51,072 UNANIMOUSLY TO SUPPORT HER 2837 01:21:51,072 --> 01:21:51,473 APPOINTMENT AND I 2838 01:21:51,473 --> 01:22:01,950 HOPE YOU ALL WILL VOTE YES 2839 01:22:15,497 --> 01:22:15,997 TODAY. THANK YOU. 2840 01:22:16,197 --> 01:22:16,531 >> THANK YOU. 2841 01:22:16,531 --> 01:22:17,165 COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY OTHER 2842 01:22:17,165 --> 01:22:21,036 -- 2843 01:22:21,169 --> 01:22:22,604 >> HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE HERE IN 2844 01:22:22,604 --> 01:22:22,871 SEATTLE. 2845 01:22:22,871 --> 01:22:23,171 THANK YOU. 2846 01:22:23,305 --> 01:22:24,239 >> AWESOME. 2847 01:22:24,239 --> 01:22:26,007 THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 2848 01:22:26,007 --> 01:22:28,944 COLLEAGUES, IS THERE 2849 01:22:28,944 --> 01:22:29,444 ANY MORE 2850 01:22:29,444 --> 01:22:32,147 RECORDING. I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT 2851 01:22:32,147 --> 01:22:32,347 THIS. 2852 01:22:32,347 --> 01:22:33,114 DR. V. IS PHENOMENAL. 2853 01:22:33,114 --> 01:22:36,017 I SEE COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 2854 01:22:36,151 --> 01:22:37,452 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL 2855 01:22:37,452 --> 01:22:38,553 PRESIDENT. I WANT TO SAY TWO 2856 01:22:38,553 --> 01:22:38,787 WORDS. 2857 01:22:38,787 --> 01:22:40,055 I'M OBVIOUS LAEP IN 2858 01:22:40,055 --> 01:22:40,622 SUPPORT, TWO WORDS, BUT GO 2859 01:22:40,622 --> 01:22:42,891 TERRIERS. 2860 01:22:43,024 --> 01:22:44,159 >> AWESOME. 2861 01:22:44,159 --> 01:22:45,360 ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS 2862 01:22:45,360 --> 01:22:46,995 ON 2863 01:22:46,995 --> 01:22:49,898 THE FLOOR? ALL RIGHT, WILL THE 2864 01:22:49,898 --> 01:22:50,198 CLERK -- DO 2865 01:22:50,198 --> 01:22:51,966 YOU HAVE ANY FINAL COMMENTS? 2866 01:22:52,100 --> 01:22:53,268 >> NO, PLEASE VOTE YES. 2867 01:22:53,401 --> 01:22:54,402 >> AWESOME. 2868 01:22:54,402 --> 01:22:55,704 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE 2869 01:22:55,704 --> 01:22:57,906 ROLL ON THE CONFIRMATION OF THE 2870 01:22:57,906 --> 01:22:58,239 APPOINTMENT? 2871 01:22:58,373 --> 01:22:59,107 >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 2872 01:22:59,240 --> 01:22:59,841 >> AYE. 2873 01:22:59,975 --> 01:23:00,975 >> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 2874 01:23:01,109 --> 01:23:01,343 >> YES. 2875 01:23:01,476 --> 01:23:02,711 >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 2876 01:23:02,844 --> 01:23:03,111 >> AYE. 2877 01:23:03,244 --> 01:23:04,179 >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 2878 01:23:04,312 --> 01:23:04,979 >> AYE. 2879 01:23:05,113 --> 01:23:06,114 >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 2880 01:23:06,247 --> 01:23:06,915 >> YES. 2881 01:23:07,048 --> 01:23:07,782 >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 2882 01:23:07,916 --> 01:23:08,550 >> YES. 2883 01:23:08,683 --> 01:23:09,751 >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 2884 01:23:09,884 --> 01:23:10,352 >> AYE. 2885 01:23:10,485 --> 01:23:12,854 >> COUNCILMEMBER 2886 01:23:12,854 --> 01:23:13,088 SAKA. 2887 01:23:13,221 --> 01:23:14,989 >> AYE. 2888 01:23:14,989 --> 01:23:15,623 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 2889 01:23:15,757 --> 01:23:16,124 HOLLINGSWORTH. 2890 01:23:16,124 --> 01:23:16,558 >> YES. 2891 01:23:16,691 --> 01:23:17,592 >> MOTION CARRIES, 2892 01:23:17,592 --> 01:23:20,462 THE APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED. 2893 01:23:20,462 --> 01:23:22,530 CONGRATULATIONS DR. 2894 01:23:22,530 --> 01:23:24,632 VALENCIANO, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED 2895 01:23:24,632 --> 01:23:24,799 TO 2896 01:23:24,799 --> 01:23:28,803 PROVIDE BRIEF COMMENTS. 2897 01:23:28,803 --> 01:23:33,375 CONGRATULATIONS. 2898 01:23:33,508 --> 01:23:35,276 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT 2899 01:23:35,276 --> 01:23:36,144 AND CHAIR RINCK. 2900 01:23:36,144 --> 01:23:37,746 IT'S TRULY A PRIVILEGE AND 2901 01:23:37,746 --> 01:23:38,980 AN HONOR TO BE CONSIDERED FOR 2902 01:23:38,980 --> 01:23:39,180 THIS 2903 01:23:39,180 --> 01:23:39,514 ROLE. 2904 01:23:39,514 --> 01:23:40,982 I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE TRUST 2905 01:23:40,982 --> 01:23:42,250 THAT YOU HAVE PLACED IN ME. 2906 01:23:42,250 --> 01:23:43,818 AND I LOOK FORWARD TO 2907 01:23:43,818 --> 01:23:45,420 WORKING WITH EACH OF YOU AS WE 2908 01:23:45,420 --> 01:23:46,654 CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH 2909 01:23:46,654 --> 01:23:47,155 AND 2910 01:23:47,155 --> 01:23:48,456 WELLBEING OF SEATTLE RESIDENTS. 2911 01:23:48,456 --> 01:23:49,791 I WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY 2912 01:23:49,791 --> 01:23:51,893 TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL TO 2913 01:23:51,893 --> 01:23:53,995 PRESENT ON IMPORTANT PUBLIC 2914 01:23:53,995 --> 01:23:54,229 HEALTH 2915 01:23:54,229 --> 01:23:55,864 OUTCOMES FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE 2916 01:23:55,864 --> 01:23:57,532 LATER THIS YEAR. 2917 01:23:57,532 --> 01:23:59,334 AND TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ALL 2918 01:23:59,334 --> 01:24:01,803 OF THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE 2919 01:24:01,803 --> 01:24:03,104 AT PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE AND 2920 01:24:03,104 --> 01:24:03,304 KING 2921 01:24:03,304 --> 01:24:03,671 COUNTY. 2922 01:24:03,671 --> 01:24:06,041 ONE OF MY PRIORITIES IS 2923 01:24:06,041 --> 01:24:07,342 STRENGTHENING HOW WE 2924 01:24:07,342 --> 01:24:08,977 PUBLIC HEALTH COMMUNICATE WITH 2925 01:24:08,977 --> 01:24:09,244 ALL OF 2926 01:24:09,244 --> 01:24:12,747 YOU AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE 2927 01:24:12,747 --> 01:24:14,516 ARE AWARE OF THE IMPORTANT NEEDS 2928 01:24:14,516 --> 01:24:15,650 OF OUR RESIDENTS AND 2929 01:24:15,650 --> 01:24:17,152 THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE. 2930 01:24:17,152 --> 01:24:18,753 MY GOAL IS THAT YOU HAVE 2931 01:24:18,753 --> 01:24:19,888 CLEAR VISIBILITY INTO OUR WORK 2932 01:24:19,888 --> 01:24:22,223 AND THAT THE WORK THAT WE DO 2933 01:24:22,223 --> 01:24:24,492 MEETS THE NEEDS OF SEATTLE 2934 01:24:24,492 --> 01:24:24,759 RESIDENTS 2935 01:24:24,759 --> 01:24:25,060 TOGETHER. 2936 01:24:25,060 --> 01:24:27,362 I ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS MY 2937 01:24:27,362 --> 01:24:29,230 DEEP APPRECIATION TO MY PUBLIC 2938 01:24:29,230 --> 01:24:31,733 HEALTH TEAM FOR THEIR SUPPORT 2939 01:24:31,733 --> 01:24:32,534 THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. 2940 01:24:32,534 --> 01:24:34,436 I HAVE HAD FOUR 2941 01:24:34,436 --> 01:24:36,438 CONFIRMATION HEARINGS SO I 2942 01:24:36,438 --> 01:24:36,838 APPRECIATE ALL 2943 01:24:36,838 --> 01:24:37,839 OF YOU COUNCILMEMBERS FOR 2944 01:24:37,839 --> 01:24:39,307 TAKING THE TIME TO MEET WITH ME 2945 01:24:39,307 --> 01:24:39,507 AND 2946 01:24:39,507 --> 01:24:40,742 I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING 2947 01:24:40,742 --> 01:24:41,810 WITH THOSE WHO HAVEN'T HAD A 2948 01:24:41,810 --> 01:24:42,043 CHANCE 2949 01:24:42,043 --> 01:24:42,644 TO MEET WITH YET. 2950 01:24:42,644 --> 01:24:43,812 THANK YOU FOR SHARING 2951 01:24:43,812 --> 01:24:45,113 YOUR PRIORITIES WITH ME, FOR 2952 01:24:45,113 --> 01:24:45,980 REFLECTING ABOUT THE NEEDS 2953 01:24:45,980 --> 01:24:47,515 OF THE RESIDENTS THAT YOU 2954 01:24:47,515 --> 01:24:49,317 SERVE, AND I'M TRULY GRATEFUL 2955 01:24:49,317 --> 01:24:49,484 FOR 2956 01:24:49,484 --> 01:24:50,385 THIS OPPORTUNITY AND EXCITED TO 2957 01:24:50,385 --> 01:24:51,052 GET TO WORK. 2958 01:24:51,052 --> 01:24:51,486 THANK YOU. 2959 01:24:51,619 --> 01:24:52,487 >> AWESOME. 2960 01:24:52,487 --> 01:24:54,522 THANK YOU, DR. VALENCIANO. 2961 01:24:54,522 --> 01:24:56,391 VERY HAPPY FOR YOUR 2962 01:24:56,391 --> 01:24:58,593 CONFIRMATION. 2963 01:24:58,593 --> 01:24:58,860 AWESOME. 2964 01:24:58,860 --> 01:24:59,327 THANK YOU. 2965 01:24:59,327 --> 01:25:01,162 ALL RIGHT, NEXT WILL THE 2966 01:25:01,162 --> 01:25:02,163 CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER 2967 01:25:02,163 --> 01:25:02,630 ONE INTO 2968 01:25:02,630 --> 01:25:02,964 THE RECORD? 2969 01:25:03,097 --> 01:25:06,601 >> AGENDA ITEM 1, RESOLUTION 2970 01:25:06,601 --> 01:25:06,968 32208. 2971 01:25:06,968 --> 01:25:08,870 RESOLUTION RETIRING 2972 01:25:08,870 --> 01:25:10,839 INTRODUCED AND REFERRED COUNCIL 2973 01:25:10,839 --> 01:25:12,340 BILLS RESOLUTIONS CLERK VOWS 2974 01:25:12,340 --> 01:25:13,475 ON APPOINTMENTS THAT HAVE 2975 01:25:13,475 --> 01:25:14,309 RECEIVED NO FURTHER ACTION. 2976 01:25:14,442 --> 01:25:16,277 >> AWESOME. 2977 01:25:16,277 --> 01:25:18,713 COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU, CLERK. 2978 01:25:18,713 --> 01:25:21,649 COLLEAGUES, NO EXPLANATION 2979 01:25:21,783 --> 01:25:23,084 REALLY NEEDED. THIS IS SOMETHING 2980 01:25:23,084 --> 01:25:23,284 THAT 2981 01:25:23,284 --> 01:25:24,552 WAS BROUGHT BY THE CLERK'S 2982 01:25:24,552 --> 01:25:25,620 OFFICE AND CENTRAL STAFF AND 2983 01:25:25,620 --> 01:25:28,022 IT'S BASICALLY A TECHNICAL -- 2984 01:25:28,022 --> 01:25:29,724 A TECHNICAL RESOLUTION SO WE CAN 2985 01:25:29,724 --> 01:25:36,197 RETIRE SOME STUFF THAT IS IN THE 2986 01:25:36,331 --> 01:25:36,631 LEGISLATION. 2987 01:25:36,631 --> 01:25:38,333 IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS 2988 01:25:38,333 --> 01:25:39,901 I'M GOING TO MOVE TO ADOPT 2989 01:25:39,901 --> 01:25:41,703 RESOLUTION 32208. 2990 01:25:41,703 --> 01:25:42,604 IS THERE A SECOND? 2991 01:25:42,737 --> 01:25:43,004 >> SECOND. 2992 01:25:43,137 --> 01:25:45,273 >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECOND. 2993 01:25:45,273 --> 01:25:47,809 ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL 2994 01:25:47,809 --> 01:25:48,076 COMMENTS? 2995 01:25:48,076 --> 01:25:50,078 NO, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 2996 01:25:50,078 --> 01:25:51,579 CALL THE ROLL? 2997 01:25:51,713 --> 01:25:52,480 >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 2998 01:25:52,614 --> 01:25:53,181 >> AYE. 2999 01:25:53,314 --> 01:25:54,149 >> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 3000 01:25:54,282 --> 01:25:54,682 >> YES. 3001 01:25:54,816 --> 01:25:55,650 >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 3002 01:25:55,783 --> 01:25:56,451 >> AYE. 3003 01:25:56,584 --> 01:25:57,485 >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 3004 01:25:57,619 --> 01:25:58,453 >> AYE. 3005 01:25:58,586 --> 01:25:59,387 >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 3006 01:25:59,521 --> 01:26:00,355 >> YES. 3007 01:26:00,488 --> 01:26:01,155 >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 3008 01:26:01,289 --> 01:26:01,689 >> YES. 3009 01:26:01,823 --> 01:26:04,092 >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 3010 01:26:04,225 --> 01:26:04,792 >> AYE. 3011 01:26:04,926 --> 01:26:07,395 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 3012 01:26:07,529 --> 01:26:08,363 >> AYE. 3013 01:26:08,496 --> 01:26:09,130 >> AWESOME. 3014 01:26:09,130 --> 01:26:10,431 MOTION CARRIES AND 3015 01:26:10,431 --> 01:26:11,966 THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. 3016 01:26:11,966 --> 01:26:13,701 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ 3017 01:26:13,701 --> 01:26:16,771 ITEM NUMBER TWO INTO THE RECORD? 3018 01:26:16,905 --> 01:26:18,306 >> A REPORT OF THE PARKS 3019 01:26:18,306 --> 01:26:20,241 AND CITY LIGHT COMMITTEE AGENDA 3020 01:26:20,241 --> 01:26:22,377 ITEM 2, RESOLUTION 32204. 3021 01:26:22,377 --> 01:26:24,212 A RESOLUTION RELATING TO 3022 01:26:24,212 --> 01:26:25,747 DATA CENTERS COMMITTING TO 3023 01:26:25,747 --> 01:26:27,181 STUDYING THE POTENTIAL FOR DATA 3024 01:26:27,181 --> 01:26:29,484 CENTERS TO IMPACT ELECTRICAL 3025 01:26:29,484 --> 01:26:31,219 GRID CAPACITY AND RELIABILITY 3026 01:26:31,219 --> 01:26:31,419 WATER 3027 01:26:31,419 --> 01:26:33,321 USAGE, UTILITY RATES, LAND 3028 01:26:33,321 --> 01:26:33,988 U, AND DEVELOPMENT. 3029 01:26:33,988 --> 01:26:35,757 JOBS AND THE ECONOMY AND 3030 01:26:35,757 --> 01:26:37,725 PUBLIC HEALTH AND REQUESTING 3031 01:26:37,725 --> 01:26:38,259 ENGAGEMENT 3032 01:26:38,259 --> 01:26:38,793 AND COOPERATION FROM 3033 01:26:38,793 --> 01:26:39,627 THE EXECUTIVE IN THE DEVELOPMENT 3034 01:26:39,627 --> 01:26:42,330 OF DATA CENTER POLICIES AND 3035 01:26:42,330 --> 01:26:43,798 POTENTIAL LEGISLATION 3036 01:26:43,798 --> 01:26:45,466 AND ANTICIPATED RELATED 3037 01:26:45,466 --> 01:26:45,767 LEGISLATIVE 3038 01:26:45,767 --> 01:26:46,000 ACTION. 3039 01:26:46,000 --> 01:26:47,936 THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS 3040 01:26:47,936 --> 01:26:50,905 COUNCIL ADOPT AS AMENDED THE 3041 01:26:50,905 --> 01:26:52,373 RESOLUTION. 3042 01:26:52,507 --> 01:26:53,608 >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, YOU'RE 3043 01:26:53,608 --> 01:26:53,942 RECOGNIZED IN 3044 01:26:53,942 --> 01:26:54,576 ORDER TO PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE 3045 01:26:54,576 --> 01:26:54,809 REPORT. 3046 01:26:54,809 --> 01:26:55,109 THANK YOU. 3047 01:26:55,243 --> 01:26:56,010 >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 3048 01:26:56,010 --> 01:26:59,547 BEFORE I BEGIN, DO I GO AHEAD -- 3049 01:26:59,547 --> 01:27:00,648 DO YOU WANT ME TO SPEAK 3050 01:27:00,648 --> 01:27:01,349 TO EVERYTHING 3051 01:27:01,349 --> 01:27:03,885 NOW? I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 3052 01:27:03,885 --> 01:27:04,652 HAS 3053 01:27:04,652 --> 01:27:05,687 AN AMENDMENT. 3054 01:27:05,820 --> 01:27:06,220 >> OKAY. 3055 01:27:06,220 --> 01:27:06,688 THANK YOU. 3056 01:27:06,688 --> 01:27:08,356 YOU WANT TO DO AN 3057 01:27:08,356 --> 01:27:09,424 INTRODUCTION AND WE START DOING 3058 01:27:09,424 --> 01:27:09,591 THE 3059 01:27:09,591 --> 01:27:09,891 AMENDMENTS? 3060 01:27:10,024 --> 01:27:11,392 >> SURE, BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT 3061 01:27:11,392 --> 01:27:11,759 TO SAY. 3062 01:27:11,893 --> 01:27:13,228 >> I THINK AN INTRODUCTION 3063 01:27:13,228 --> 01:27:14,162 AND THEN AMENDMENTS. 3064 01:27:14,162 --> 01:27:15,930 HOWEVER YOU WANT DO IT. 3065 01:27:16,064 --> 01:27:17,999 >> IT'S YOUR VIBE. 3066 01:27:18,132 --> 01:27:18,633 >> ALL RIGHT. 3067 01:27:18,633 --> 01:27:20,168 I'M JUST GOING TO DO A BRIEF 3068 01:27:20,168 --> 01:27:22,604 INTRODUCTION AND SAVE 3069 01:27:22,604 --> 01:27:23,271 MY COMMENTS FOR THE END BECAUSE 3070 01:27:23,271 --> 01:27:24,505 THERE'S SOME GROUPS I WANTED TO 3071 01:27:24,505 --> 01:27:24,739 THANK. 3072 01:27:24,739 --> 01:27:26,641 ONE THING I WANTED TO SAY 3073 01:27:26,641 --> 01:27:30,078 IS THIS CITY COUNCIL IN 3074 01:27:30,078 --> 01:27:31,079 PARTICULARLY, COUNCILMEMBER 3075 01:27:31,079 --> 01:27:33,281 LIN AND OUR COMMITTEE AND OUR D- 3076 01:27:33,281 --> 01:27:33,414 5 3077 01:27:33,414 --> 01:27:36,050 GROUP HAVE BEEN 3078 01:27:36,050 --> 01:27:37,552 WORKING ON THE DATA CENTER AND 3079 01:27:37,552 --> 01:27:38,052 THE ISSUES 3080 01:27:38,052 --> 01:27:39,954 IN THE FALL AND WELL BEFORE 3081 01:27:39,954 --> 01:27:41,723 THE MEDIA OR THE SEATTLE TIMES 3082 01:27:41,723 --> 01:27:42,056 OR 3083 01:27:42,056 --> 01:27:42,890 WHOMEVER WROTE ABOUT IT. 3084 01:27:42,890 --> 01:27:45,560 I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO 3085 01:27:45,560 --> 01:27:45,994 NOTE. 3086 01:27:45,994 --> 01:27:48,663 ANYWAY, I WANT TO SAVE MORE MORE 3087 01:27:48,663 --> 01:27:50,898 INTENSE COMMENTS FOR WHEN WE 3088 01:27:50,898 --> 01:27:52,667 ACTUALLY MOVE THE BILL 3089 01:27:52,667 --> 01:27:55,103 AND COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE MAKES 3090 01:27:55,103 --> 01:27:55,470 HIS 3091 01:27:55,470 --> 01:27:55,870 AMENDMENTS. 3092 01:27:55,870 --> 01:27:58,473 BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT 3093 01:27:58,473 --> 01:28:01,109 WE HAVE HAD TWO COMMITTEE 3094 01:28:01,109 --> 01:28:03,311 HEARINGS IN OUR COMMITTEE THAT 3095 01:28:03,311 --> 01:28:05,747 DOVETAILED 3096 01:28:05,747 --> 01:28:06,981 WITH COUNCILMEMBER LIN'S LAND 3097 01:28:06,981 --> 01:28:07,615 USE COMMITTEE TO 3098 01:28:07,615 --> 01:28:08,783 MAKE SURE WE COVERED ALL THE 3099 01:28:08,783 --> 01:28:09,017 BASES. 3100 01:28:09,017 --> 01:28:10,151 WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO 3101 01:28:10,151 --> 01:28:11,586 WITHHOLD THE REST OF MY 3102 01:28:11,586 --> 01:28:11,853 COMMENTS. 3103 01:28:11,853 --> 01:28:13,054 I'LL LET COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 3104 01:28:13,054 --> 01:28:14,322 DO HIS AMENDMENTS AND THEN IF I 3105 01:28:14,322 --> 01:28:16,424 CAN COME 3106 01:28:16,424 --> 01:28:16,991 BACK ON THE RECORD AND THEN 3107 01:28:16,991 --> 01:28:19,293 CLOSE US OUT. 3108 01:28:19,427 --> 01:28:20,028 >> THANK YOU. 3109 01:28:20,161 --> 01:28:21,829 >> COUNCILMEMBER KETDAL, YOU'RE 3110 01:28:21,829 --> 01:28:23,264 RECOGNIZED TO MOVE YOUR 3111 01:28:23,264 --> 01:28:24,032 AMENDMENT. 3112 01:28:24,165 --> 01:28:25,867 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 3113 01:28:25,867 --> 01:28:28,703 I MOVE TO AMEND BY 3114 01:28:28,703 --> 01:28:29,904 PASSING AMENDMENT A AS SHOWN AS 3115 01:28:29,904 --> 01:28:30,405 THE 3116 01:28:30,405 --> 01:28:32,106 AGENDA AS AMENDMENT A. 3117 01:28:32,240 --> 01:28:32,840 >> SECOND. 3118 01:28:32,974 --> 01:28:34,842 >> MOVE AND SECOND TO AMEND 3119 01:28:34,842 --> 01:28:36,678 THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED. 3120 01:28:36,678 --> 01:28:38,146 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, YOU'RE 3121 01:28:38,146 --> 01:28:39,047 RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO ADDRESS 3122 01:28:39,047 --> 01:28:39,847 IT. 3123 01:28:39,981 --> 01:28:41,315 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 3124 01:28:41,315 --> 01:28:43,785 I JUST WANTED TO START BY SAYING 3125 01:28:43,785 --> 01:28:46,387 I SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION FROM 3126 01:28:46,387 --> 01:28:47,889 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND 3127 01:28:47,889 --> 01:28:49,924 ALSO COUNCILMEMBER LIN'S 3128 01:28:49,924 --> 01:28:51,559 ORDINANCE WITH RESPECT TO DATA 3129 01:28:51,559 --> 01:28:51,826 CENTERS. 3130 01:28:51,826 --> 01:28:56,097 I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE 3131 01:28:56,097 --> 01:28:56,698 COUNCILMEMBERS AND THEIR 3132 01:28:56,698 --> 01:28:58,433 TEAMS THAT WORKED WITH ME TEAM 3133 01:28:58,433 --> 01:28:58,666 ON BOTH 3134 01:28:58,666 --> 01:29:00,101 THIS AMENDMENT AND A BUNCH OF 3135 01:29:00,101 --> 01:29:00,835 DIFFERENT PIECES AS IT 3136 01:29:00,835 --> 01:29:03,071 RELATES TO THE RESOLUTION AND 3137 01:29:03,071 --> 01:29:03,271 THE 3138 01:29:03,271 --> 01:29:03,571 ORDINANCE. 3139 01:29:03,571 --> 01:29:05,273 I DO BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT 3140 01:29:05,273 --> 01:29:07,041 TO HAVE A DELIBERATE AND 3141 01:29:07,041 --> 01:29:07,308 COMPLETE 3142 01:29:07,308 --> 01:29:07,775 REVIEW APPROACH. 3143 01:29:07,775 --> 01:29:09,844 I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT 3144 01:29:09,844 --> 01:29:12,980 TO DISCERN BETWEEN HYPERSCALE 3145 01:29:12,980 --> 01:29:13,181 DATA 3146 01:29:13,181 --> 01:29:14,682 CENTERS WITH THOSE WHAT I 3147 01:29:14,682 --> 01:29:15,883 CALL TRADITIONAL DATA CENTERS. 3148 01:29:15,883 --> 01:29:18,286 I HAVE BEEN ENGAGING IN A LOT 3149 01:29:18,286 --> 01:29:19,087 OF CONVERSATIONS WITH A LOT 3150 01:29:19,087 --> 01:29:20,321 OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND 3151 01:29:20,321 --> 01:29:21,422 IT'S INTERESTING THERE'S NOT 3152 01:29:21,422 --> 01:29:21,656 REALLY 3153 01:29:21,656 --> 01:29:23,391 A TERM SO I'M STICKING WITH MY 3154 01:29:23,391 --> 01:29:25,426 TERM, TRADITIONAL DATA 3155 01:29:25,426 --> 01:29:27,195 CENTERS. YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S 3156 01:29:27,195 --> 01:29:29,564 IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT OUR LOCAL 3157 01:29:29,564 --> 01:29:31,199 DATA CENTERS OF WHICH I VISITED 3158 01:29:31,199 --> 01:29:31,399 ONE. 3159 01:29:31,399 --> 01:29:34,068 IT'S ACTUALLY HERE IN DOWNTOWN. 3160 01:29:34,068 --> 01:29:37,105 IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT, 3161 01:29:37,105 --> 01:29:38,506 INTERESTING, INTERESTING TO 3162 01:29:38,506 --> 01:29:41,008 NOTE THAT THE DATA CENTER 3163 01:29:41,008 --> 01:29:42,977 ACTUALLY HEATS SIX, A HALF 3164 01:29:42,977 --> 01:29:44,045 DOZEN BUILDINGS IN OUR DOWNTOWN. 3165 01:29:44,045 --> 01:29:45,513 IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE 3166 01:29:45,513 --> 01:29:46,981 THAT, AND IT ALSO HAS THE 3167 01:29:46,981 --> 01:29:47,248 CAPACITY 3168 01:29:47,248 --> 01:29:48,783 TO DO A FEW MORE. 3169 01:29:48,783 --> 01:29:50,051 THIS IS THE KIND 3170 01:29:50,051 --> 01:29:51,119 OF ENVIRONMENTAL PIECE THAT 3171 01:29:51,119 --> 01:29:53,588 WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT AND 3172 01:29:53,588 --> 01:29:55,356 CONSIDERING IN TERMS OF HOW 3173 01:29:55,356 --> 01:29:58,993 CAN WE BEST DO THESE DATA 3174 01:29:58,993 --> 01:29:59,260 CENTERS. 3175 01:29:59,260 --> 01:30:02,864 I ALSO LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, OUR 3176 01:30:02,864 --> 01:30:04,632 LOCAL, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S BEEN 3177 01:30:04,632 --> 01:30:06,768 A LOT OF COMMENT REGARDING 3178 01:30:06,768 --> 01:30:08,002 AMAZON AND MICROSOFT. 3179 01:30:08,002 --> 01:30:09,203 I HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH 3180 01:30:09,203 --> 01:30:10,972 THEM OVER THE YEARS REGARDING 3181 01:30:10,972 --> 01:30:11,172 A.I. 3182 01:30:11,172 --> 01:30:12,840 , BEFORE THE MOST RECENT, YOU 3183 01:30:12,840 --> 01:30:14,776 KNOW, RAMP- UPS, BUT FOR BOTH. 3184 01:30:14,776 --> 01:30:16,978 AND I THINK IT'S ALSO 3185 01:30:16,978 --> 01:30:18,446 IMPORTANT, PARTICULARLY AS WE 3186 01:30:18,446 --> 01:30:19,080 LOOK AT 3187 01:30:19,080 --> 01:30:20,414 HYPERSCALE DATA CENTERS 3188 01:30:20,414 --> 01:30:21,983 AND BEING SMART ABOUT MOVING 3189 01:30:21,983 --> 01:30:23,451 FORWARD, TO SEE 3190 01:30:23,451 --> 01:30:23,918 WHAT THEY HAVE DONE. 3191 01:30:23,918 --> 01:30:26,154 IT'S INTERESTING, BOTH AMAZON 3192 01:30:26,154 --> 01:30:27,488 AND MICROSOFT DO NOT HAVE 3193 01:30:27,488 --> 01:30:30,057 DATA CENTERS IN SEATTLE OR 3194 01:30:30,057 --> 01:30:30,291 GREATER 3195 01:30:30,291 --> 01:30:30,625 SEATTLE. 3196 01:30:30,625 --> 01:30:32,226 AMAZON, IN MY DISCUSSIONS 3197 01:30:32,226 --> 01:30:33,895 WITH THEM HERE, YOU KNOW, 3198 01:30:33,895 --> 01:30:34,128 EASTERN 3199 01:30:34,128 --> 01:30:34,362 OREGON. 3200 01:30:34,362 --> 01:30:36,230 SO IT'S INTERESTING. 3201 01:30:36,230 --> 01:30:37,331 NOT NECESSARILY ONE PLACE, 3202 01:30:37,331 --> 01:30:39,934 LIKE A CLUSTER IN EASTERN 3203 01:30:39,934 --> 01:30:40,168 OREGON. 3204 01:30:40,168 --> 01:30:42,804 AND FOR MICROSOFT, IT'S IN 3205 01:30:42,804 --> 01:30:43,938 QUINCY, IN GRANT COUNTY 3206 01:30:43,938 --> 01:30:45,973 JUST NORTH OF GEORGIA AS YOU 3207 01:30:45,973 --> 01:30:46,374 DRIVE 3208 01:30:46,374 --> 01:30:48,810 ON I-90 FROM EAST TO WEST. 3209 01:30:48,810 --> 01:30:50,711 IF YOU'RE AT GEORGE, TURN 3210 01:30:50,711 --> 01:30:51,946 NORTH AND YOU'LL RUN INTO IT. 3211 01:30:51,946 --> 01:30:53,915 I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AS WE 3212 01:30:53,915 --> 01:30:55,049 DO THIS REVIEW TO LOOK AT 3213 01:30:55,049 --> 01:30:56,617 THESE PIECES AND BE COMPLETE AND 3214 01:30:56,617 --> 01:30:57,452 DELIBERATE ON THOSE. 3215 01:30:57,452 --> 01:31:01,222 AS WE LOOK TO BE SMART ABOUT 3216 01:31:01,222 --> 01:31:02,657 MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE AS NOTED 3217 01:31:02,657 --> 01:31:04,759 IN THE LOCAL DATA CENTER, 3218 01:31:04,759 --> 01:31:06,594 THE ONE DIGITAL REALTY, IT RUNS 3219 01:31:06,594 --> 01:31:06,761 OUR 3220 01:31:06,761 --> 01:31:07,695 FIRST RESPONDERS. 3221 01:31:07,695 --> 01:31:09,597 IT SUPPORTS OUR FIRST 3222 01:31:09,597 --> 01:31:09,897 RESPONDERS. 3223 01:31:09,897 --> 01:31:11,032 I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO 3224 01:31:11,032 --> 01:31:11,399 REMEMBER. 3225 01:31:11,399 --> 01:31:14,335 IT ALSO SUPPORTS THE UW 3226 01:31:14,335 --> 01:31:15,570 DIGITAL ACCESS PROJECT TO GIVE 3227 01:31:15,570 --> 01:31:15,903 ACCESS 3228 01:31:15,903 --> 01:31:17,338 TO THOSE WHO HAVE DIFFICULTY 3229 01:31:17,338 --> 01:31:19,440 IN TERMS OF DIGITAL ACCESS. 3230 01:31:19,440 --> 01:31:20,875 SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT 3231 01:31:20,875 --> 01:31:23,711 TO HAVE THESE PIECES IN THERE. 3232 01:31:23,711 --> 01:31:26,113 AND I ALSO WANTED TO NOTE, 3233 01:31:26,113 --> 01:31:28,216 AS THE VICE CHAIR OF THE CITY 3234 01:31:28,216 --> 01:31:29,450 LIGHT COMMITTEE, THAT WE 3235 01:31:29,450 --> 01:31:32,353 DEFINITELY NEED THE PARTNERSHIP. 3236 01:31:32,353 --> 01:31:34,121 WE HAVE THE, YOU KNOW, FROM 3237 01:31:34,121 --> 01:31:35,790 LAND USE PIECE, THIS RESOLUTION 3238 01:31:35,790 --> 01:31:38,159 IS COMING OUT OF THE CITY LIGHT 3239 01:31:38,159 --> 01:31:38,459 COMMITTEE. 3240 01:31:38,459 --> 01:31:40,328 WE HAVE TO FULLY 3241 01:31:40,328 --> 01:31:41,262 UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING THAT 3242 01:31:41,262 --> 01:31:41,796 RELATES TO CITY 3243 01:31:41,796 --> 01:31:43,097 LIGHT, WHERE IT IS AND 3244 01:31:43,097 --> 01:31:44,732 THE CAPACITY AND THE ISSUES 3245 01:31:44,732 --> 01:31:46,534 THAT RELATE TO CITY LIGHT. 3246 01:31:46,534 --> 01:31:47,802 PEOPLE NOTE CLIMATE CHANGE, FOR 3247 01:31:47,802 --> 01:31:48,069 EXAMPLE. 3248 01:31:48,069 --> 01:31:49,270 ALL THESE DIFFERENT PIECES 3249 01:31:49,270 --> 01:31:51,906 NEED TO BE FACTORED IN 3250 01:31:51,906 --> 01:31:54,509 WITH WHAT WHAT DOING, AND THE 3251 01:31:54,509 --> 01:31:55,176 CITY 3252 01:31:55,176 --> 01:31:56,310 LIGHT COMMITTEE IS THE PLACE TO 3253 01:31:56,310 --> 01:31:56,477 DO 3254 01:31:56,477 --> 01:31:56,744 THAT. 3255 01:31:56,744 --> 01:31:58,145 TO HEAR FROM THE EXPERTS, HEAR 3256 01:31:58,145 --> 01:32:00,281 WHAT THE FACTORS ARE THAT ARE 3257 01:32:00,281 --> 01:32:02,083 IMPACTING CITY LIGHT TO 3258 01:32:02,083 --> 01:32:03,117 INCLUDE THINGS LIKE CHARGERS. 3259 01:32:03,117 --> 01:32:04,452 WHAT'S GOING ON WITH VEHICLES. 3260 01:32:04,452 --> 01:32:05,753 THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT 3261 01:32:05,753 --> 01:32:08,723 PIECES THAT GO INTO OUR 3262 01:32:08,723 --> 01:32:11,158 ELECTRICITY USAGE AND WE NEED TO 3263 01:32:11,158 --> 01:32:11,359 HAVE 3264 01:32:11,359 --> 01:32:12,994 THESE ALL CONSIDERED AS WE -- 3265 01:32:12,994 --> 01:32:13,194 WHAT 3266 01:32:13,194 --> 01:32:14,795 IS THE IMPACT ON CITY LIGHT? 3267 01:32:14,795 --> 01:32:16,530 THIS HAS TO BE A 3268 01:32:16,530 --> 01:32:18,099 COMPREHENSIVE PIECE AND I THINK 3269 01:32:18,099 --> 01:32:18,499 IT'S REALLY -- 3270 01:32:18,499 --> 01:32:20,668 THE DATA CENTER PIECE 3271 01:32:20,668 --> 01:32:22,169 REALLY HIGHLIGHTS WHAT IS GOING 3272 01:32:22,169 --> 01:32:22,470 ON 3273 01:32:22,470 --> 01:32:23,037 AT CITY LIGHT. 3274 01:32:23,037 --> 01:32:24,872 AND TO INCLUDE AS MANY HAVE 3275 01:32:24,872 --> 01:32:26,574 MENTIONED I LOOK AT THIS 3276 01:32:26,574 --> 01:32:27,642 GENTLEMAN HERE BECAUSE I 3277 01:32:27,642 --> 01:32:29,710 REMEMBER HIM SPEAKING 3278 01:32:29,710 --> 01:32:30,444 ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE 3279 01:32:30,444 --> 01:32:30,678 FUTURE. 3280 01:32:30,678 --> 01:32:32,914 WHAT ARE THE IMPACT ON CITY 3281 01:32:32,914 --> 01:32:33,281 LIGHT? 3282 01:32:33,281 --> 01:32:35,249 AND I WOULD ADD JUST BRIEFLY, 3283 01:32:35,249 --> 01:32:36,717 WE NEED STRONG LEADERSHIP AT 3284 01:32:36,717 --> 01:32:37,785 CITY LIGHT TOO. 3285 01:32:37,785 --> 01:32:39,654 I WON'T GO ANY FURTHER ON THAT. 3286 01:32:39,654 --> 01:32:40,922 THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED BEFORE 3287 01:32:40,922 --> 01:32:42,590 AND IT WILL BE DISCUSSED AGAIN, 3288 01:32:42,590 --> 01:32:42,757 BUT 3289 01:32:42,757 --> 01:32:44,191 THIS IS NOT THE PLACE. 3290 01:32:44,191 --> 01:32:46,427 I JUST WANTED TO CLOSE, 3291 01:32:46,427 --> 01:32:47,595 COLLEAGUES, ON BASICALLY DOING 3292 01:32:47,595 --> 01:32:49,630 MY REMARKS NOW, IS THAT ON 3293 01:32:49,630 --> 01:32:52,400 THE QUESTION OF A.I. , I HEAR 3294 01:32:52,400 --> 01:32:54,368 THE CONCERNS OF ALL THE 3295 01:32:54,368 --> 01:32:56,370 PUBLIC COMMENTERS HERE AND I TOO 3296 01:32:56,370 --> 01:32:56,537 AM 3297 01:32:56,537 --> 01:32:57,238 CONFLICTED. 3298 01:32:57,238 --> 01:32:58,372 HEY, I THINK OF A.I. AND SEE 3299 01:32:58,372 --> 01:32:59,941 THE POSSIBILITIES AND THE 3300 01:32:59,941 --> 01:33:00,174 MEDICAL 3301 01:33:00,174 --> 01:33:02,877 FIELD, YOU WHERE WE CAN GAIN 3302 01:33:02,877 --> 01:33:05,012 FROM THAT, AND OTHER AREAS AS 3303 01:33:05,012 --> 01:33:06,948 WELL, BUT I'M CONCERNED. 3304 01:33:06,948 --> 01:33:08,683 THERE WAS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS 3305 01:33:08,683 --> 01:33:10,651 A YOUNG MAN WHO WAS SPEAKING, 3306 01:33:10,651 --> 01:33:14,355 AND I CAN'T SEE HIM RIGHT NOW, 3307 01:33:14,355 --> 01:33:14,522 BUT 3308 01:33:14,522 --> 01:33:16,157 THE IDEA OF CRITICAL THINKING. 3309 01:33:16,157 --> 01:33:17,391 YOU KNOW Y HAVE A DAUGHTER 3310 01:33:17,391 --> 01:33:18,793 WHO IS IN SCHOOL FINISHING UP 3311 01:33:18,793 --> 01:33:18,960 HER 3312 01:33:18,960 --> 01:33:20,161 LAST WEEK OF FIFTH GRADE. 3313 01:33:20,161 --> 01:33:21,562 FOR ME, IT'S ALWAYS 3314 01:33:21,562 --> 01:33:22,897 ABOUT CRITICAL THINKING AND 3315 01:33:22,897 --> 01:33:24,966 THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE. 3316 01:33:24,966 --> 01:33:27,101 AND WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE? 3317 01:33:27,101 --> 01:33:29,503 I THINK THAT'S ALSO IMPORTANT 3318 01:33:29,503 --> 01:33:30,705 TO CONSIDER, AND THE PERSON 3319 01:33:30,705 --> 01:33:32,406 WAS SPEAKING TO THAT POINT. 3320 01:33:32,406 --> 01:33:35,109 IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN YOU, SIR. 3321 01:33:35,109 --> 01:33:36,711 YOU KNOW, THE BOTTOM LINE HERE 3322 01:33:36,711 --> 01:33:38,279 IS THAT WE ALSO NEED TO 3323 01:33:38,279 --> 01:33:40,081 BE THINKING OF OUR HUMANITY. 3324 01:33:40,081 --> 01:33:41,282 AND I THINK THAT SHOULD BE 3325 01:33:41,282 --> 01:33:43,851 A GUIDE AS WE DO THESE 3326 01:33:43,851 --> 01:33:45,486 REVIEWS, BOTH IN TERMS OF THE 3327 01:33:45,486 --> 01:33:47,922 BIGGER PICTURE PIECES AND ALSO 3328 01:33:47,922 --> 01:33:48,189 IN MORE 3329 01:33:48,189 --> 01:33:51,192 DETAIL LIKE I WAS 3330 01:33:51,192 --> 01:33:52,226 SPEAKING WITH CITY CITY LIGHT 3331 01:33:52,226 --> 01:33:52,593 BECAUSE AT THE 3332 01:33:52,593 --> 01:33:54,061 END OF THE DAY WE NEED TO 3333 01:33:54,061 --> 01:33:56,163 BE MOVING FORWARD WHERE WE CAN 3334 01:33:56,163 --> 01:33:58,165 AND ALSO MINDFUL OF THE IMPACTS 3335 01:33:58,165 --> 01:34:00,701 WE MAY EXPERIENCE, AND THAT 3336 01:34:00,701 --> 01:34:02,837 AREA, YOU KNOW, OF CRITICAL 3337 01:34:02,837 --> 01:34:05,206 THINKING, YOU KNOW, AND THE 3338 01:34:05,206 --> 01:34:05,773 ABILITY 3339 01:34:05,773 --> 01:34:07,708 TO COMMUNICATE AND BASICALLY 3340 01:34:07,708 --> 01:34:09,644 OUR HUMANITY IS REALLY 3341 01:34:09,644 --> 01:34:10,177 IMPORTANT. 3342 01:34:10,177 --> 01:34:11,946 SO THANK YOU, COUNCIL 3343 01:34:11,946 --> 01:34:12,446 PRESIDENT, COLLEAGUES. 3344 01:34:12,446 --> 01:34:16,650 I JUST ASK FOR 3345 01:34:16,650 --> 01:34:18,219 YOUR CONSIDERATION AND SUPPORT 3346 01:34:18,219 --> 01:34:19,520 FOR THIS BASICALLY JUST 3347 01:34:19,520 --> 01:34:22,323 AN ADDITIONAL AREA OF STUDY 3348 01:34:22,323 --> 01:34:24,025 FORFOR US INSURE WE HAVE THE 3349 01:34:24,025 --> 01:34:24,291 COMPLETE 3350 01:34:24,291 --> 01:34:25,226 REVIEW MOVING 3351 01:34:25,226 --> 01:34:26,260 FORWARD, PARTICULARLY IN THE 3352 01:34:26,260 --> 01:34:26,994 AREA OF 3353 01:34:26,994 --> 01:34:27,962 HYPERSCALE DATA CENTERS. 3354 01:34:27,962 --> 01:34:28,696 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 3355 01:34:28,829 --> 01:34:29,697 >> AWESOME, THANK 3356 01:34:29,697 --> 01:34:30,831 YOU, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 3357 01:34:30,831 --> 01:34:33,100 COLLEAGUES, IS THERE ANY OTHER 3358 01:34:33,100 --> 01:34:34,268 QUESTIONS? 3359 01:34:34,402 --> 01:34:35,269 COMMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 3360 01:34:35,403 --> 01:34:36,203 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL 3361 01:34:36,203 --> 01:34:37,772 PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU FOR 3362 01:34:37,772 --> 01:34:38,372 BRINGING THIS 3363 01:34:38,372 --> 01:34:38,773 FORWARD. 3364 01:34:38,773 --> 01:34:40,641 JUST SO I'M CLEAR AND I KNOW WE 3365 01:34:40,641 --> 01:34:42,243 DON'T HAVE STAFF AT THE TABLE 3366 01:34:42,243 --> 01:34:43,477 TO BRIEF THIS AMENDMENT AND I 3367 01:34:43,477 --> 01:34:43,677 KNOW 3368 01:34:43,677 --> 01:34:45,479 IT'S NOT UP ON THE SCREEN 3369 01:34:45,479 --> 01:34:46,680 FOR BROADER REVIEW. 3370 01:34:46,680 --> 01:34:47,948 WITH THE LANGUAGE BEFORE 3371 01:34:47,948 --> 01:34:49,316 US, THIS IS JUST, IF YOU COULD 3372 01:34:49,316 --> 01:34:50,518 CONFIRM TO ME, THIS IS 3373 01:34:50,518 --> 01:34:52,386 JUST ADDING TO THE RECITAL 3374 01:34:52,386 --> 01:34:56,290 SECTION, SOME ADDITIONAL POINTS 3375 01:34:56,290 --> 01:34:56,657 ABOUT OUR 3376 01:34:56,657 --> 01:34:58,559 CURRENT -- THE CURRENT STATE 3377 01:34:58,559 --> 01:35:01,162 AND HAVING SOME SMALLER DATA 3378 01:35:01,162 --> 01:35:01,395 CENTERS 3379 01:35:01,395 --> 01:35:03,197 THAT EXIST WITHIN SEATTLE AND 3380 01:35:03,197 --> 01:35:05,166 THE CURRENT USAGE RELATED 3381 01:35:05,166 --> 01:35:06,434 TO HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND 3382 01:35:06,434 --> 01:35:06,634 DOES 3383 01:35:06,634 --> 01:35:07,802 NOT CHANGE THE WORK PROGRAM 3384 01:35:07,802 --> 01:35:08,469 OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT 3385 01:35:08,469 --> 01:35:09,870 THIS RESOLUTION IS TRYING TO DO, 3386 01:35:09,870 --> 01:35:10,471 IS THAT CORRECT? 3387 01:35:10,604 --> 01:35:11,205 >> CORRECT. 3388 01:35:11,205 --> 01:35:12,873 THIS IS JUST AGAIN AN 3389 01:35:12,873 --> 01:35:16,477 ADDITIONAL AREA OF DUTY, AND THE 3390 01:35:16,610 --> 01:35:21,382 RECITAL SECTION 1-H. 3391 01:35:21,515 --> 01:35:22,116 >> THANK YOU. 3392 01:35:22,116 --> 01:35:23,517 THAT WAS JUST A POINT I WANTED 3393 01:35:23,517 --> 01:35:26,420 TO CLARIFY. 3394 01:35:26,554 --> 01:35:28,189 >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 3395 01:35:28,322 --> 01:35:33,194 >> YES, IT'S BASICALLY, AS I 3396 01:35:33,194 --> 01:35:36,030 SAID, AS WRITTEN, THE 3397 01:35:36,030 --> 01:35:38,065 BUSINESSES, GOVERNMENT 3398 01:35:38,065 --> 01:35:39,266 ENTITIES, HEALTH CARE 3399 01:35:39,266 --> 01:35:39,567 FACILITIES, 3400 01:35:39,567 --> 01:35:40,601 BASICALLY WHAT I WAS SAYING 3401 01:35:40,601 --> 01:35:42,203 IN TERMS OF THE DATA CENTER THAT 3402 01:35:42,203 --> 01:35:43,671 IS SUPPORTING OUR CITY HERE IN 3403 01:35:43,671 --> 01:35:46,240 DOWNTOWN, AND TO INSURE 3404 01:35:46,240 --> 01:35:47,775 THOSE PIECES ARE COVERED WITHIN 3405 01:35:47,775 --> 01:35:47,975 THIS 3406 01:35:47,975 --> 01:35:50,044 REVIEW WE'RE DOING MOVING 3407 01:35:50,044 --> 01:35:50,311 FORWARD. 3408 01:35:50,511 --> 01:35:54,315 >> UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU, 3409 01:35:54,315 --> 01:35:56,217 COUNCILMEMBER. 3410 01:35:56,350 --> 01:35:57,418 >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 3411 01:35:57,418 --> 01:35:59,587 ARE THERE ANY OTHER 3412 01:35:59,587 --> 01:36:01,522 QUESTIONS REGARDING THE 3413 01:36:01,522 --> 01:36:01,822 AMENDMENT? 3414 01:36:01,956 --> 01:36:03,324 >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, I 3415 01:36:03,324 --> 01:36:04,258 KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS. 3416 01:36:04,258 --> 01:36:05,693 I'M GOING TO CLARIFY. 3417 01:36:05,693 --> 01:36:07,394 AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT 3418 01:36:07,528 --> 01:36:09,063 UP. THE TWO CHANGES ARE IN 3419 01:36:09,063 --> 01:36:09,296 THE -- 3420 01:36:09,296 --> 01:36:10,998 >> SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE. 3421 01:36:11,132 --> 01:36:12,500 >> THE TWO CHANGES ARE IN 3422 01:36:12,500 --> 01:36:14,168 THE RECITAL IN THE THIRD CHANGE, 3423 01:36:14,168 --> 01:36:14,335 THE 3424 01:36:14,335 --> 01:36:15,436 AMENDMENT WOULD ADD TO THE 3425 01:36:15,436 --> 01:36:17,705 LIST OF SUBJECTS FOR STUDY 3426 01:36:17,705 --> 01:36:20,708 REGARDING THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS 3427 01:36:20,708 --> 01:36:21,642 OF DATA CENTERS, WHICH IS 3428 01:36:21,642 --> 01:36:21,909 STARTING 3429 01:36:21,909 --> 01:36:24,411 ON PAGE 3 IN THE BE IT 3430 01:36:24,411 --> 01:36:26,947 RESOLVED, AND THEN BEGINS ON 3431 01:36:26,947 --> 01:36:27,548 PAGE 4, 3432 01:36:27,548 --> 01:36:29,416 WHICH WOULD ADD A SECTION H. 3433 01:36:29,416 --> 01:36:32,820 SO WE HAVE TWO ADDITIONS IN THE 3434 01:36:32,820 --> 01:36:35,322 RECITAL, AND THEN ONE CHANGE 3435 01:36:35,322 --> 01:36:37,258 ON PAGE 3, STARTING ON PAGE 3, 3436 01:36:37,258 --> 01:36:38,692 BE IT RESOLVED. 3437 01:36:38,826 --> 01:36:42,363 >> THAT'S THE CLARIFICATION. 3438 01:36:42,496 --> 01:36:44,265 >> YES, THAT'S IT. 3439 01:36:44,265 --> 01:36:45,900 PAGE 2 OF THE RESOLUTION 3440 01:36:45,900 --> 01:36:46,767 ITSELF, BUT PAGE 3. 3441 01:36:46,901 --> 01:36:48,869 >> THE FLOOR IS STILL YOURS. 3442 01:36:49,003 --> 01:36:50,271 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 3443 01:36:50,271 --> 01:36:51,505 THANK YOU ALL FOR 3444 01:36:51,505 --> 01:36:52,773 CLARIFYING THAT POINT FOR ME, 3445 01:36:52,773 --> 01:36:52,973 THAT 3446 01:36:52,973 --> 01:36:53,807 THE AMENDMENT BEFORE US IS 3447 01:36:53,807 --> 01:36:54,408 ADDING 3448 01:36:54,408 --> 01:36:55,709 TO RECITALS AND PURELY EXPANDING 3449 01:36:55,709 --> 01:36:57,678 THE SCOPE OF WHAT WILL BE 3450 01:36:57,678 --> 01:36:57,978 STUDIED. 3451 01:36:57,978 --> 01:36:58,445 THANK YOU. 3452 01:36:58,646 --> 01:37:01,048 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 3453 01:37:01,048 --> 01:37:01,282 RINCK. 3454 01:37:01,282 --> 01:37:03,484 I SEE COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 3455 01:37:03,617 --> 01:37:05,286 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL 3456 01:37:05,286 --> 01:37:05,586 PRESIDENT. 3457 01:37:05,586 --> 01:37:07,288 I HAD MY HAND RAISED 3458 01:37:07,288 --> 01:37:08,522 PREVIOUSLY BECAUSE I WANTED TO 3459 01:37:08,522 --> 01:37:08,823 CLARIFY. 3460 01:37:08,823 --> 01:37:10,391 IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THERE 3461 01:37:10,391 --> 01:37:11,992 IS AN EXPANSION OF WHAT'S IN 3462 01:37:11,992 --> 01:37:12,159 THE 3463 01:37:12,159 --> 01:37:13,427 STUDY, AND THAT WAS COUNTER 3464 01:37:13,427 --> 01:37:14,762 TO THE FIRST COMMENT BUT I THINK 3465 01:37:14,762 --> 01:37:15,930 WE JUST CLARIFIED THAT. 3466 01:37:15,930 --> 01:37:17,231 I'M GOING TO PUT MY HAND DOWN. 3467 01:37:17,364 --> 01:37:17,965 >> AWESOME. 3468 01:37:17,965 --> 01:37:18,532 GREAT QUESTION. 3469 01:37:18,532 --> 01:37:20,868 SO JUST TO CLARIFY, THIS IS AN 3470 01:37:20,868 --> 01:37:22,236 EXPANSION OF THE STUDY 3471 01:37:22,236 --> 01:37:23,370 THAT'S CURRENTLY IN THERE 3472 01:37:23,370 --> 01:37:24,939 THAT COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE HAS 3473 01:37:24,939 --> 01:37:25,172 BROUGHT 3474 01:37:25,172 --> 01:37:26,040 BEFORE US. 3475 01:37:26,040 --> 01:37:29,443 ARE THERE ANY MORE ADDITIONAL 3476 01:37:29,443 --> 01:37:32,146 COMMENTS REGARDING COUNCILMEMBER 3477 01:37:32,146 --> 01:37:32,646 KETTLE'S AMENDMENT? 3478 01:37:32,646 --> 01:37:34,081 I'LL GO TO YOU FOR 3479 01:37:34,081 --> 01:37:34,915 CLOSING COMMENTS AND THEN I'M 3480 01:37:34,915 --> 01:37:35,282 GOING 3481 01:37:35,282 --> 01:37:36,784 TO GO TO COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 3482 01:37:36,784 --> 01:37:37,885 FOR ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL 3483 01:37:37,885 --> 01:37:40,454 COMMENTS AND THEN WE'LL VOTE ON 3484 01:37:40,454 --> 01:37:40,654 THE 3485 01:37:40,654 --> 01:37:40,955 RESOLUTION. 3486 01:37:40,955 --> 01:37:42,423 THE AMENDMENT, EXCUSE ME. 3487 01:37:42,423 --> 01:37:43,090 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 3488 01:37:43,224 --> 01:37:44,425 >> NOTHING FURTHER. 3489 01:37:44,558 --> 01:37:45,226 >> OKAY. 3490 01:37:45,226 --> 01:37:46,393 ANY OTHER FURTHER COMMENTS 3491 01:37:46,393 --> 01:37:47,061 REGARDING THE AMENDMENT 3492 01:37:47,061 --> 01:37:48,629 BEFORE WE CALL FOR THE VOTE? 3493 01:37:48,629 --> 01:37:48,996 ALL RIGHT. 3494 01:37:48,996 --> 01:37:51,899 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE 3495 01:37:51,899 --> 01:37:53,100 ROLL ON AMENDMENT A? 3496 01:37:53,234 --> 01:37:54,168 >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 3497 01:37:54,301 --> 01:37:54,969 >> AYE. 3498 01:37:55,102 --> 01:37:56,070 >> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 3499 01:37:56,203 --> 01:37:56,971 >> YES. 3500 01:37:57,104 --> 01:37:58,205 >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 3501 01:37:58,339 --> 01:37:59,039 >> AYE. 3502 01:37:59,173 --> 01:38:00,107 >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 3503 01:38:00,241 --> 01:38:00,808 >> AYE. 3504 01:38:00,941 --> 01:38:02,209 >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 3505 01:38:02,343 --> 01:38:02,676 >> YES. 3506 01:38:02,810 --> 01:38:03,377 >> COUNCILMEMBER 3507 01:38:03,377 --> 01:38:03,711 RINCK. 3508 01:38:03,711 --> 01:38:04,178 >> YES. 3509 01:38:04,311 --> 01:38:05,946 >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 3510 01:38:06,080 --> 01:38:06,847 >> AYE. 3511 01:38:06,981 --> 01:38:08,048 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 3512 01:38:08,182 --> 01:38:09,350 >> AYE. 3513 01:38:09,483 --> 01:38:10,251 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 3514 01:38:10,251 --> 01:38:10,751 HOLLINGSWORTH. 3515 01:38:10,885 --> 01:38:11,185 >> YES. 3516 01:38:11,318 --> 01:38:14,121 >> NINE INCH FAVOR,NONE OPPOSED. 3517 01:38:14,255 --> 01:38:16,023 >> AMENDMENT A IS ADOPTED. 3518 01:38:16,023 --> 01:38:17,258 ARE THERE ANY 3519 01:38:17,258 --> 01:38:18,559 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THE 3520 01:38:18,559 --> 01:38:18,993 RESOLUTION? 3521 01:38:18,993 --> 01:38:19,793 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 3522 01:38:19,927 --> 01:38:20,227 >> THANK YOU. 3523 01:38:20,227 --> 01:38:21,562 I'LL DO MY COMMENTS NOW, 3524 01:38:21,562 --> 01:38:23,330 AND THEN IF WE NEED TO COME 3525 01:38:23,330 --> 01:38:23,697 BACK, I 3526 01:38:23,697 --> 01:38:25,232 CAN CLOSE US OUT. 3527 01:38:25,232 --> 01:38:27,668 SO I WANTED TO START WITH THAT 3528 01:38:27,668 --> 01:38:29,703 I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER 3529 01:38:29,703 --> 01:38:29,870 LIN 3530 01:38:29,870 --> 01:38:31,772 AND HIS WORK ON THE LAND 3531 01:38:31,772 --> 01:38:34,174 USE COMMITTEE ON THE 3532 01:38:34,174 --> 01:38:35,409 MORATORIUM, WHICH IS COUNCIL 3533 01:38:35,409 --> 01:38:36,377 BILL 3534 01:38:36,377 --> 01:38:37,578 12124, WHICH IS NEXT, AND ADD 3535 01:38:37,578 --> 01:38:38,012 THAT 3536 01:38:38,012 --> 01:38:39,346 THE RESOLUTION AND THE 3537 01:38:39,346 --> 01:38:39,880 MORATORIUM 3538 01:38:39,880 --> 01:38:41,348 DOVETAIL AND COMPLEMENT 3539 01:38:41,348 --> 01:38:42,049 EACH OTHER QUITE WELL. 3540 01:38:42,049 --> 01:38:44,818 THIS IS SEATTLE'S POSITION AND 3541 01:38:44,818 --> 01:38:46,921 A.I. AND DATA CENTERS. 3542 01:38:46,921 --> 01:38:49,156 AND SECOND, WE HAD TWO 3543 01:38:49,156 --> 01:38:51,358 COMMITTEE MEETINGS TO GO THROUGH 3544 01:38:51,358 --> 01:38:51,792 ALL 3545 01:38:51,792 --> 01:38:52,860 OF THIS INFORMATION IN 3546 01:38:52,860 --> 01:38:54,161 PUBLIC HEARINGS TO HEAR FROM THE 3547 01:38:54,161 --> 01:38:56,063 PUBLIC AND OF COURSE THE 3548 01:38:56,063 --> 01:38:57,264 WRITTEN COMMENTS WE HAD FROM THE 3549 01:38:57,264 --> 01:38:57,898 PUBLIC AS WELL. 3550 01:38:57,898 --> 01:38:59,800 I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER 3551 01:38:59,800 --> 01:39:01,402 KETTLE, I ALSO WANT TO THANK 3552 01:39:01,402 --> 01:39:04,705 MY COMMITTEE MEMBERS, 3553 01:39:04,705 --> 01:39:05,606 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, STRAUSS, 3554 01:39:05,606 --> 01:39:05,973 AND SAKA 3555 01:39:05,973 --> 01:39:06,974 WHO GAVE ME GOOD INFORMATION AND 3556 01:39:06,974 --> 01:39:09,209 INSIGHT ON THE DATA CENTERS, 3557 01:39:09,209 --> 01:39:10,477 THE A.I., AND INFORMATION 3558 01:39:10,477 --> 01:39:10,778 INCOMING. 3559 01:39:10,778 --> 01:39:12,980 I HAVE SOME PREPARED STATEMENT 3560 01:39:12,980 --> 01:39:14,748 THAT I WANT -- SOME OF YOU 3561 01:39:14,748 --> 01:39:17,618 HAVE HEARD SOME OF THIS IN 3562 01:39:17,618 --> 01:39:18,585 COMMITTEE BUT WE WANTED TO PULL 3563 01:39:18,585 --> 01:39:18,953 IT ALL 3564 01:39:18,953 --> 01:39:20,788 TOGETHER BASED ON WHAT WE 3565 01:39:20,788 --> 01:39:22,122 WERE HEARING FROM THE FOLKS WHO 3566 01:39:22,122 --> 01:39:23,590 SHOW UP AND THE CORRESPONDENCE 3567 01:39:23,590 --> 01:39:25,826 AND THE LETTERS WE RECEIVED FROM 3568 01:39:25,826 --> 01:39:26,927 CONSTITUENTS CITY WIDE AS WELL 3569 01:39:26,927 --> 01:39:27,828 AS OUT OF STATE. 3570 01:39:27,828 --> 01:39:29,430 WE'RE A CITY OF TECHNOLOGY. 3571 01:39:29,430 --> 01:39:31,799 THIS RESOLUTION IS FOCUSED ON 3572 01:39:31,799 --> 01:39:33,434 RESPONSIBILITY EXPLORATION 3573 01:39:33,434 --> 01:39:34,835 OF THIS NEW FIELD FOR THIS AND 3574 01:39:34,835 --> 01:39:37,204 FUTURE GENERATIONS. 3575 01:39:37,204 --> 01:39:38,972 DUE TO THE BOOM IN ARTIFICIAL 3576 01:39:38,972 --> 01:39:40,040 INTELLIGENCE, THESE DATA 3577 01:39:40,040 --> 01:39:41,275 CENTERS ARE BEING BUILT IN A 3578 01:39:41,275 --> 01:39:42,309 RUSH 3579 01:39:42,309 --> 01:39:43,310 BY ORGANIZATIONS AND COMPANIES 3580 01:39:43,310 --> 01:39:45,179 THAT ARE ONLY CONCERNED WITH THE 3581 01:39:45,179 --> 01:39:46,747 RACE TO EXTRACT RESOURCES. 3582 01:39:46,747 --> 01:39:48,882 RAPID DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT 3583 01:39:48,882 --> 01:39:50,050 FOCUSES ON SHORT TERM GAINS 3584 01:39:50,050 --> 01:39:51,518 WHILE DISREGARDING THE 3585 01:39:51,518 --> 01:39:53,020 WELLBEING OF COMMUNITIES THAT 3586 01:39:53,020 --> 01:39:53,954 THEY'RE BUILT IN. 3587 01:39:53,954 --> 01:39:56,290 WATER AND THESE OTHER NATURAL 3588 01:39:56,290 --> 01:39:57,725 RESOURCES ARE FINITE RESOURCES 3589 01:39:57,725 --> 01:40:00,627 FOR ALL PEOPLE. 3590 01:40:00,627 --> 01:40:01,829 IN OUR RESEARCH, WE HAVE 3591 01:40:01,829 --> 01:40:03,430 FOUND THAT THESE DATA CENTERS 3592 01:40:03,430 --> 01:40:03,964 HAVE 3593 01:40:03,964 --> 01:40:05,132 THE POTENTIAL TO 3594 01:40:05,132 --> 01:40:05,833 SIGNIFICANTLY BURDEN OUR 3595 01:40:05,833 --> 01:40:06,533 COMMUNITY AND 3596 01:40:06,533 --> 01:40:09,103 IMPACT THE ELECTRICAL GRID BY 3597 01:40:09,103 --> 01:40:09,370 NUMBER 3598 01:40:09,370 --> 01:40:11,505 ONE FORCING SUBSTANTIAL CAPITAL 3599 01:40:11,505 --> 01:40:13,340 IMPROVEMENTS AT HIGH COSTS. 3600 01:40:13,340 --> 01:40:14,708 TWO, CONSUMING LARGE 3601 01:40:14,708 --> 01:40:16,810 QUANTITIES OF WATER RESOURCES. 3602 01:40:16,810 --> 01:40:18,779 THREE, OCCUPYING LARGE AMOUNTS 3603 01:40:18,779 --> 01:40:20,180 OF COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL 3604 01:40:20,180 --> 01:40:20,614 SPACE. 3605 01:40:20,614 --> 01:40:23,016 FOUR, IMPACTING JOBS AND 3606 01:40:23,016 --> 01:40:24,184 THE ECONOMY THROUGH A BOOM AND 3607 01:40:24,184 --> 01:40:24,585 BUST 3608 01:40:24,585 --> 01:40:26,253 EMPLOYMENT AND AUTOMATION. 3609 01:40:26,253 --> 01:40:27,621 FIVE, THE EFFECT TO PUBLIC 3610 01:40:27,621 --> 01:40:28,956 HEALTH BY PRODUCING NOISE, 3611 01:40:28,956 --> 01:40:30,691 LIGHT, WATER, AND AIR POLLUTION. 3612 01:40:30,691 --> 01:40:32,493 AND THIS DOESN'T EVEN 3613 01:40:32,493 --> 01:40:34,995 ADDRESS THE WHOLE ISSUE OF 3614 01:40:34,995 --> 01:40:39,500 OUTSOURCING AND USING OUR WATER 3615 01:40:39,500 --> 01:40:40,334 FOR 3616 01:40:40,334 --> 01:40:45,172 PUBLIC -- PUBLIC, 3617 01:40:45,172 --> 01:40:45,806 UM, WELL, THE POINT IS WE SHOULD 3618 01:40:45,806 --> 01:40:46,473 NOT BE 3619 01:40:46,473 --> 01:40:47,341 OUTSOURCING OUR CRITICAL 3620 01:40:47,341 --> 01:40:48,809 THINKING AND WE SHOULD NOT 3621 01:40:48,809 --> 01:40:52,079 BE USING WATER SO PEOPLE CAN USE 3622 01:40:52,079 --> 01:40:55,015 A.I. TO MAKE ART BECAUSE 3623 01:40:55,015 --> 01:40:55,849 THAT'S BASICALLY THEFT. 3624 01:40:55,849 --> 01:40:57,718 AND AT SOME POINT, IF WE 3625 01:40:57,718 --> 01:41:00,421 GO THROUGH WITH, I THINK IT'S 3626 01:41:00,421 --> 01:41:01,889 SENATOR SANDERS TALKING ABOUT A 3627 01:41:01,889 --> 01:41:02,923 SOVEREIGN BILL, WHERE YOU 3628 01:41:02,923 --> 01:41:05,459 ARE TAKING ALL THIS DATA THAT 3629 01:41:05,459 --> 01:41:05,726 YOU 3630 01:41:05,726 --> 01:41:08,262 THINK IS JUST OUT THERE AND 3631 01:41:08,262 --> 01:41:08,495 IT'S 3632 01:41:08,495 --> 01:41:10,197 THEFT, AND IT'S BEING SOLD 3633 01:41:10,197 --> 01:41:10,798 BACK TO US. 3634 01:41:10,798 --> 01:41:13,767 AND WE HAVE NO GUARDRAILS, AND, 3635 01:41:13,767 --> 01:41:14,768 AGAIN, I'LL GET TO THE 3636 01:41:14,768 --> 01:41:16,036 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN A MINUTE. 3637 01:41:16,036 --> 01:41:17,438 WE HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY 3638 01:41:17,438 --> 01:41:17,604 TO 3639 01:41:17,604 --> 01:41:18,105 SLOW THIS DOWN. 3640 01:41:18,105 --> 01:41:20,574 IF I COULD, TODAY, I KNOW IF 3641 01:41:20,574 --> 01:41:22,242 I COULD ACTUALLY DO THIS TODAY, 3642 01:41:22,242 --> 01:41:25,846 I WOULD DO A COMPLETE STOP OF 3643 01:41:25,846 --> 01:41:26,146 A.I. 3644 01:41:26,146 --> 01:41:27,381 DATA CENTERS AND I'LL GET 3645 01:41:27,381 --> 01:41:34,054 TO THAT POINT IN A MINUTE. 3646 01:41:34,054 --> 01:41:35,422 THIS RESOLUTION ADDRESSES 3647 01:41:35,422 --> 01:41:37,257 THE NEED FOR CITY DEPARTMENTS 3648 01:41:37,257 --> 01:41:39,860 TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE LONG TERM 3649 01:41:39,860 --> 01:41:42,963 EFFECTS OF DATA CENTERS ON THE 3650 01:41:42,963 --> 01:41:45,799 ELECTRICAL GRID, 3651 01:41:45,799 --> 01:41:48,068 RESIDENTIAL UTILITY RATES, LAND 3652 01:41:48,068 --> 01:41:49,069 AND WATER 3653 01:41:49,069 --> 01:41:54,274 USAGE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 3654 01:41:54,274 --> 01:41:54,441 AND 3655 01:41:54,441 --> 01:41:55,109 WE HAVEN'T ADDRESSED THE GLOBAL 3656 01:41:55,109 --> 01:41:56,176 HYPE OF WHAT IT'S DONE 3657 01:41:56,176 --> 01:41:56,343 TO 3658 01:41:56,343 --> 01:41:57,110 MARKETS. WE KNOW RIGHT NOW THAT 3659 01:41:57,110 --> 01:41:58,545 AMAZON AND MICROSOFT HAVE, I 3660 01:41:58,545 --> 01:41:59,146 THINK, 3661 01:41:59,146 --> 01:42:01,181 ARE HOVERING BETWEEN 5 AND 3662 01:42:01,181 --> 01:42:03,517 600 BILLION TO INVEST IN DATA 3663 01:42:03,517 --> 01:42:03,784 CENTERS. 3664 01:42:03,784 --> 01:42:06,587 THIS IS A TECHNOLOGY, AGAIN, AND 3665 01:42:06,587 --> 01:42:07,354 I HAVE SAID THIS IN 3666 01:42:07,354 --> 01:42:08,622 COMMITTEE WHERE IT TAKES A WHILE 3667 01:42:08,622 --> 01:42:10,224 FOR SOCIETY TO CATCH UP WITH 3668 01:42:10,357 --> 01:42:11,258 TECHNOLOGY. AND FOR ONCE, MAYBE 3669 01:42:11,258 --> 01:42:11,725 WE CAN GET 3670 01:42:11,725 --> 01:42:17,164 AHEAD OF THAT. 3671 01:42:17,164 --> 01:42:18,465 THIS COUNCIL, WHICH I'M 3672 01:42:18,465 --> 01:42:22,870 VERY PROUD OF, DURING THE 3673 01:42:22,870 --> 01:42:23,570 SEATTLE -- 3674 01:42:23,570 --> 01:42:25,672 DURING THE 2025 3675 01:42:25,672 --> 01:42:30,144 STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WE 3676 01:42:30,144 --> 01:42:31,745 TRACKED NINE DATA CENTER BILLS. 3677 01:42:31,745 --> 01:42:35,215 AND OF THE NINE, ONLY ONE BILL 3678 01:42:35,215 --> 01:42:35,516 PASSED. 3679 01:42:35,516 --> 01:42:38,619 SENATE BILL 5984, AND THAT 3680 01:42:38,619 --> 01:42:41,388 HAD TO DO WITH CHAT 3681 01:42:41,388 --> 01:42:41,722 BOTS. 3682 01:42:41,722 --> 01:42:42,222 I'M HOPING THIS CROWD 3683 01:42:42,222 --> 01:42:43,357 UNDERSTANDS AND I KNOW YOU 3684 01:42:43,357 --> 01:42:45,092 DO, THAT WHEN THIS NEXT 3685 01:42:45,092 --> 01:42:46,527 LEGISLATIVE SESSION COMES 3686 01:42:46,527 --> 01:42:47,161 AROUND, 3687 01:42:47,161 --> 01:42:49,296 THAT PEOPLE SHOW UP IN OLYMPIA 3688 01:42:49,296 --> 01:42:52,366 AND SEND AND TALK TO YOUR 3689 01:42:52,366 --> 01:42:53,066 ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES BECAUSE 3690 01:42:53,066 --> 01:42:54,568 THIS COUNCIL WAS ACTIVE ON THAT. 3691 01:42:54,568 --> 01:42:56,570 THIS COUNCIL WAS ENGAGED ON 3692 01:42:56,570 --> 01:42:56,837 THAT. 3693 01:42:56,837 --> 01:42:58,505 I WANT TO THANK 3694 01:42:58,505 --> 01:43:00,541 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FROM HIS 3695 01:43:00,541 --> 01:43:01,208 BACKGROUND IN 3696 01:43:01,208 --> 01:43:02,176 THE TECH INDUSTRY THAT GAVE 3697 01:43:02,176 --> 01:43:03,844 ME INFORMATION AND HELPED 3698 01:43:03,844 --> 01:43:05,546 US UNDERSTAND SOME OF THESE 3699 01:43:05,546 --> 01:43:07,114 ISSUES WERE OUR POLICY DIRECTOR 3700 01:43:07,114 --> 01:43:08,282 HAS BEEN ATTENDING THE 3701 01:43:08,282 --> 01:43:09,182 WASHINGTON ATTORNEY GENERAL'S 3702 01:43:09,182 --> 01:43:09,483 A.I. 3703 01:43:09,483 --> 01:43:10,517 TASK FORCE MEETINGS. 3704 01:43:10,517 --> 01:43:13,253 THAT WAS CREATED BY FORMER NOW 3705 01:43:13,253 --> 01:43:14,021 GOVERNOR FERGUSON. 3706 01:43:14,021 --> 01:43:15,722 IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO 3707 01:43:15,722 --> 01:43:17,124 GET ONLINE AND DIAL INTO THAT, 3708 01:43:17,124 --> 01:43:19,059 THOSE ARE VERY INTERESTING 3709 01:43:19,059 --> 01:43:19,326 MEETINGS. 3710 01:43:19,326 --> 01:43:20,460 BUT THAT'S ANOTHER POINT OF 3711 01:43:20,460 --> 01:43:22,029 ENTRY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT 3712 01:43:22,029 --> 01:43:23,397 AND WHAT YOU BELIEVE AND HOW 3713 01:43:23,397 --> 01:43:25,132 YOU FEEL ABOUT DATA CENTERS AND 3714 01:43:25,132 --> 01:43:26,300 WHAT OUR GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE 3715 01:43:26,300 --> 01:43:26,533 DOING. 3716 01:43:26,533 --> 01:43:28,001 WE ALSO MET WITH AN 3717 01:43:28,001 --> 01:43:29,069 INCREDIBLE GROUP MORE THAN ONCE 3718 01:43:29,069 --> 01:43:29,970 AND GOT 3719 01:43:29,970 --> 01:43:32,172 A COPY OF THEIR PLEADINGS AND 3720 01:43:32,172 --> 01:43:34,041 THE COURT HEARINGS CALLED A 3721 01:43:34,041 --> 01:43:35,375 GROUP CALLED MEDIA JUSTICE, AND 3722 01:43:35,375 --> 01:43:37,344 WE LEARNED ABOUT ONGOING 3723 01:43:37,344 --> 01:43:38,645 LITIGATION LIKE PROJECT BLUE, 3724 01:43:38,645 --> 01:43:38,912 THAT WAS 3725 01:43:38,912 --> 01:43:41,215 BEING FUNDED BY AMAZON. 3726 01:43:41,215 --> 01:43:43,183 AND ALSO THE NO DESERT 3727 01:43:43,183 --> 01:43:45,519 DATA CENTER IN PIMA COUNTY, 3728 01:43:45,519 --> 01:43:47,921 ARIZONA, LOCATED IN TUCSON, 3729 01:43:47,921 --> 01:43:48,188 ARIZONA. 3730 01:43:48,188 --> 01:43:49,389 AND THEY SHARED WITH US ALL 3731 01:43:49,389 --> 01:43:50,724 OF THE INFORMATION AND 3732 01:43:50,724 --> 01:43:53,160 RESOURCES AND A TOOL KIT THAT I 3733 01:43:53,160 --> 01:43:54,661 PROVIDED TO COUNCILMEMBER LIN'S 3734 01:43:54,661 --> 01:43:58,031 OFFICE AND OTHER FOLKS INCLUDING 3735 01:43:58,031 --> 01:43:59,199 FOLKS AT SEATTLE CITY LIGHT. 3736 01:43:59,199 --> 01:44:00,200 WHILE WE CAN'T LOOK TO 3737 01:44:00,200 --> 01:44:01,134 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR 3738 01:44:01,134 --> 01:44:02,102 LEADERSHIP, WE CAN LOOK 3739 01:44:02,102 --> 01:44:03,403 TO TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS. 3740 01:44:03,403 --> 01:44:07,274 THE SEMINAL NATION WAS THE FIRST 3741 01:44:07,274 --> 01:44:07,908 COUNCIL THAT PASSED A MORATORIUM 3742 01:44:07,908 --> 01:44:11,044 ON HYPERSCALE DATA CENTERS 3743 01:44:11,044 --> 01:44:11,345 ININ MARCH. 3744 01:44:11,345 --> 01:44:13,914 THE CHIPPEWA 3745 01:44:13,914 --> 01:44:14,781 INDIANS AND MANY OTHER TRIBAL 3746 01:44:14,781 --> 01:44:18,485 NATIONS HAVE 3747 01:44:18,619 --> 01:44:20,354 FOLLOWED FOLLOW ED SUIT. 3748 01:44:20,354 --> 01:44:21,655 THIS IS THE THRESHOLD. 3749 01:44:21,655 --> 01:44:23,323 THERE'S NO TURNING BAB. 3750 01:44:23,323 --> 01:44:24,658 ONCE WE USE UP AND 3751 01:44:24,658 --> 01:44:26,526 CONTAMINATE ALL OF THE WATER 3752 01:44:26,526 --> 01:44:26,827 RESOURCES, 3753 01:44:26,827 --> 01:44:27,694 THIS IS IT. 3754 01:44:27,694 --> 01:44:29,963 INDIGENOUS FOLKS AND 3755 01:44:29,963 --> 01:44:31,198 TRIBAL LEADERSHIP SINCE POST 3756 01:44:31,198 --> 01:44:31,531 COLONIAL 3757 01:44:31,531 --> 01:44:34,134 CONTACT, WE ARE NO STRANGER TO 3758 01:44:34,134 --> 01:44:36,069 EXCAVATION AND MINING MENTALITY. 3759 01:44:36,069 --> 01:44:37,771 AND IN THE 21st CENTURY 3760 01:44:37,771 --> 01:44:38,605 IT HASN'T ENDED. 3761 01:44:38,605 --> 01:44:41,108 AND WE'RE SEEING IT NOW AGAIN. 3762 01:44:41,108 --> 01:44:42,442 SO TODAY, WE FOLLOW THE 3763 01:44:42,442 --> 01:44:44,311 EXAMPLE THAT TRIBAL NATIONS 3764 01:44:44,311 --> 01:44:44,778 AGAIN HAVE 3765 01:44:44,778 --> 01:44:44,978 SET. 3766 01:44:44,978 --> 01:44:46,747 WE START ON THE PATH TO 3767 01:44:46,747 --> 01:44:48,582 INSURE THAT WE PROTECT OUR 3768 01:44:48,582 --> 01:44:50,584 FINITE NATURAL RESOURCES. 3769 01:44:50,584 --> 01:44:52,252 SO BEFORE I GO ON, I WANT TO 3770 01:44:52,252 --> 01:44:54,755 GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO 3771 01:44:54,755 --> 01:44:55,255 MY COLLEAGUES UP HERE. 3772 01:44:55,255 --> 01:44:56,423 I KNOW SOMETIMES IT LOOKS LIKE 3773 01:44:56,423 --> 01:44:57,691 WE'RE ALL MAYBE NOT AGREEING, 3774 01:44:57,691 --> 01:45:00,827 BUT WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS 3775 01:45:00,827 --> 01:45:02,129 AT THIS SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL 3776 01:45:02,129 --> 01:45:03,463 UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR 3777 01:45:03,463 --> 01:45:05,198 COUNCIL PRESIDENT HAS SHOWN ME 3778 01:45:05,198 --> 01:45:06,967 THAT THERE IS -- THEY HAVE GIVEN 3779 01:45:06,967 --> 01:45:07,134 THE 3780 01:45:07,134 --> 01:45:08,902 EXAMPLE OF SHARED 3781 01:45:08,902 --> 01:45:10,404 LEADERSHIP, WHICH I HAVE SEEN 3782 01:45:10,404 --> 01:45:12,105 AND HOW I WAS 3783 01:45:12,105 --> 01:45:13,807 TAUGHT IN INDIAN COUNTRY THAT 3784 01:45:13,807 --> 01:45:15,042 WE CAN COME TOGETHER ON THE 3785 01:45:15,042 --> 01:45:17,244 ISSUES THAT MATTER AND HAVE OUR 3786 01:45:17,244 --> 01:45:17,944 DISAGREEMENTS BUT WE 3787 01:45:17,944 --> 01:45:19,813 CERTAINLY KNOW WHEN THERE'S AN 3788 01:45:19,813 --> 01:45:22,215 EXISTENTIAL THREAT NOT ONLY TO 3789 01:45:22,215 --> 01:45:22,949 OUR CITY, 3790 01:45:22,949 --> 01:45:24,584 NOT ONLY TO OUR STATE, NOT ONLY 3791 01:45:24,584 --> 01:45:27,454 TO OUR COUNTRY BUT TO OUR WORLD. 3792 01:45:27,454 --> 01:45:30,223 THERE'S MORE I MAY BE A LITTLE 3793 01:45:30,223 --> 01:45:31,191 REPETITIVE IN THANKING BUT 3794 01:45:31,191 --> 01:45:32,526 I WANT TO SAY THIS ON THE 3795 01:45:32,526 --> 01:45:32,759 RECORD. 3796 01:45:32,759 --> 01:45:34,428 I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER 3797 01:45:34,428 --> 01:45:36,396 LIN AND HIS TEAM FOR THE 3798 01:45:36,396 --> 01:45:37,030 WORK THEY DID. 3799 01:45:37,030 --> 01:45:39,733 I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL 3800 01:45:39,733 --> 01:45:41,368 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH FOR HER 3801 01:45:41,501 --> 01:45:43,170 LEADERSHIP. WE HAD LONG TALKS 3802 01:45:43,170 --> 01:45:43,503 ABOUT HOW 3803 01:45:43,503 --> 01:45:45,372 WE WOULD ATTACK THIS, WHAT 3804 01:45:45,372 --> 01:45:46,840 OUR MEDIA STRATEGY WOULD BE, 3805 01:45:46,840 --> 01:45:47,941 HOW WE WOULD WORK WITH THE 3806 01:45:47,941 --> 01:45:49,376 MAYOR'S OFFICE AND HOW WE WOULD 3807 01:45:49,376 --> 01:45:50,911 WORK WITH COUNCILMEMBER LI 3808 01:45:50,911 --> 01:45:51,178 NRS'S 3809 01:45:51,178 --> 01:45:51,578 COMMITTEE. 3810 01:45:51,578 --> 01:45:53,380 A SPECIAL THANKS TO MY D- 5 3811 01:45:53,380 --> 01:45:54,047 TEAM. 3812 01:45:54,047 --> 01:45:58,618 KELLY, KIMMY, PAUL, AND SOPHIA. 3813 01:45:58,618 --> 01:46:00,620 AND LAST TIME I FORGOT KIMMY 3814 01:46:00,620 --> 01:46:03,523 SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I SAID 3815 01:46:03,523 --> 01:46:03,890 IT THIS TIME. 3816 01:46:03,890 --> 01:46:05,459 NOW THERE'S OTHER GROUPS I WANT 3817 01:46:05,459 --> 01:46:06,059 TO THANK BECAUSE I GOT TO 3818 01:46:06,059 --> 01:46:07,394 KNOW THEM OVER THE LAST, I 3819 01:46:07,394 --> 01:46:07,627 DON'T 3820 01:46:07,627 --> 01:46:08,628 KNOW, TWO MONTHS. 3821 01:46:08,628 --> 01:46:11,598 ALL THE CURRENT AND FORMER CHECK 3822 01:46:11,598 --> 01:46:11,865 WORKERS. 3823 01:46:11,865 --> 01:46:13,900 THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT. 3824 01:46:13,900 --> 01:46:15,368 THE AMAZON CLIMATE CHANGE 3825 01:46:15,368 --> 01:46:17,404 GROUP, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT. 3826 01:46:17,404 --> 01:46:21,041 THE A.I. RESISTANCE GROUP, A 3827 01:46:21,041 --> 01:46:24,511 VERY, VERY INTERESTING, FUN 3828 01:46:24,511 --> 01:46:25,145 GROUP. 3829 01:46:25,145 --> 01:46:26,480 350 SEATTLE, A HUGE SHOUT OUT 3830 01:46:26,480 --> 01:46:27,647 TO ALICE AND THOSE FOLKS. 3831 01:46:27,647 --> 01:46:31,418 THEY WERE ON THE WEBINAR THAT 3832 01:46:31,418 --> 01:46:34,688 WE ATTENDED WITH TRIBAL NATIONS 3833 01:46:34,688 --> 01:46:36,189 AND UNIVERSITY OR SEATTLE 3834 01:46:36,189 --> 01:46:37,824 UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW THIS 3835 01:46:37,824 --> 01:46:38,191 PAST 3836 01:46:38,191 --> 01:46:40,060 FRIDAY, JUST DID A HUGE A.I. 3837 01:46:40,060 --> 01:46:41,895 DATA 3838 01:46:41,895 --> 01:46:42,829 CENTER INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AT 3839 01:46:42,829 --> 01:46:42,996 THE 3840 01:46:42,996 --> 01:46:44,431 LAW SCHOOL ON FRIDAY, WHICH 3841 01:46:44,431 --> 01:46:45,932 MY OFFICE ATTENDED. 3842 01:46:45,932 --> 01:46:48,301 SO I'M NOT SURE WHO ELSE WAS 3843 01:46:48,301 --> 01:46:52,939 THERE, OTHER FOLKS, SEATTLE 3844 01:46:52,939 --> 01:46:54,141 CITY COUNCIL STAFF ATTENDED BUT 3845 01:46:54,141 --> 01:46:54,307 WE 3846 01:46:54,307 --> 01:46:54,674 DID. 3847 01:46:54,674 --> 01:46:57,344 I ALSO WANTED TO THANK THE 3848 01:46:57,344 --> 01:46:57,744 TRIBES. 3849 01:46:57,744 --> 01:46:58,979 I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT 3850 01:46:58,979 --> 01:47:00,814 WITH TRIBES AND THEIR LEGAL 3851 01:47:00,814 --> 01:47:01,948 COUNSEL AND HOW THEY'RE 3852 01:47:01,948 --> 01:47:02,249 APPROACHING 3853 01:47:02,249 --> 01:47:02,949 THIS AND THAT'S REALLY 3854 01:47:02,949 --> 01:47:03,216 IMPORTANT 3855 01:47:03,216 --> 01:47:05,652 THAT WE HAVE THIS SHARED 3856 01:47:05,652 --> 01:47:05,952 LEADERSHIP 3857 01:47:05,952 --> 01:47:07,220 THAT I BELIEVE IS INTUITIVE 3858 01:47:07,220 --> 01:47:08,855 AND IN ALL OF US. 3859 01:47:08,855 --> 01:47:10,257 AND ALSO I WANT TO THANK 3860 01:47:10,257 --> 01:47:11,825 THE SOAP BOX FOLKS. 3861 01:47:11,825 --> 01:47:13,059 DID I GET THAT RIGHT? 3862 01:47:13,059 --> 01:47:14,427 THEY WERE VERY FUN, 3863 01:47:14,427 --> 01:47:16,630 AND THANK YOU FOR COMING TO 3864 01:47:16,630 --> 01:47:16,863 PUBLIC 3865 01:47:16,863 --> 01:47:17,130 COMMENT. 3866 01:47:17,130 --> 01:47:18,765 AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WANT 3867 01:47:18,765 --> 01:47:20,767 TO 3868 01:47:20,767 --> 01:47:22,068 THANK PEARL JAM GUY. I DON'T 3869 01:47:22,068 --> 01:47:23,370 KNOW IF HE'S STILL 3870 01:47:23,370 --> 01:47:23,637 THERE. 3871 01:47:23,637 --> 01:47:26,173 HE'S BEEN HELPFUL. 3872 01:47:26,173 --> 01:47:29,976 AND I TOLD HIM I DID NOT 3873 01:47:29,976 --> 01:47:31,144 KNOW ANY PEARL JAM SONGS. 3874 01:47:31,144 --> 01:47:32,145 NO, I DON'T. 3875 01:47:32,145 --> 01:47:33,380 I DON'T KNOW ONE. 3876 01:47:33,380 --> 01:47:34,948 DIFFERENT GENERATION, WITH REAL 3877 01:47:34,948 --> 01:47:35,448 MUSIC. 3878 01:47:35,448 --> 01:47:35,816 OKAY. 3879 01:47:35,816 --> 01:47:37,451 SO I'LL LEAVE THAT ALONE, AND 3880 01:47:37,451 --> 01:47:38,819 SO WITH THAT, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 3881 01:47:38,819 --> 01:47:40,387 I WANTED TO GET ALL OF 3882 01:47:40,387 --> 01:47:41,655 THOSE COMMENTS OUT AND ON THE 3883 01:47:41,655 --> 01:47:43,723 RECORD AND THANK PEOPLE WHO DID 3884 01:47:43,723 --> 01:47:43,890 THE 3885 01:47:43,890 --> 01:47:44,090 WORK. 3886 01:47:44,090 --> 01:47:45,792 AND THANK MY STAFF WHO ATTENDED 3887 01:47:45,792 --> 01:47:48,128 THE WEBINARS AND, YOU 3888 01:47:48,128 --> 01:47:49,362 KNOW, EVERYTHING ELSE I HAVE 3889 01:47:49,362 --> 01:47:52,532 ASKED THEM TO DO, AND ALSO 3890 01:47:52,532 --> 01:47:55,302 MY COLLEAGUES AND WITH THAT, 3891 01:47:55,302 --> 01:47:57,304 I WOULD HOPE I WOULD HAVE YOUR 3892 01:47:57,304 --> 01:47:58,638 SUPPORT ON TODAY'S 3893 01:47:58,638 --> 01:47:59,272 RESOLUTION. THANK YOU, COUNCIL 3894 01:47:59,272 --> 01:48:03,076 PRESIDENT. 3895 01:48:03,210 --> 01:48:04,811 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 3896 01:48:04,811 --> 01:48:05,045 JUAREZ. 3897 01:48:05,045 --> 01:48:06,479 ARE THERE ANY OTHER 3898 01:48:06,479 --> 01:48:08,315 COMMENTS BEFORE WE CALL THE ROLL 3899 01:48:08,315 --> 01:48:08,849 FOR 3900 01:48:08,849 --> 01:48:10,417 THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED? 3901 01:48:10,417 --> 01:48:11,685 THERE IS. 3902 01:48:11,685 --> 01:48:13,553 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 3903 01:48:13,687 --> 01:48:16,456 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 3904 01:48:16,456 --> 01:48:17,424 APOLOGIES, COUNCILMEMBER 3905 01:48:17,424 --> 01:48:19,025 JUAREZ, I DIDN'T GIVE MY 3906 01:48:19,025 --> 01:48:19,292 COMMENTS 3907 01:48:19,292 --> 01:48:20,627 BEFORE YOU GAVE YOUR FINAL, BUT 3908 01:48:20,627 --> 01:48:22,062 I REALLY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE 3909 01:48:22,062 --> 01:48:22,996 AND RECOGNIZE YOU AND THANK YOU 3910 01:48:22,996 --> 01:48:24,965 FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU 3911 01:48:24,965 --> 01:48:25,198 DID. 3912 01:48:25,198 --> 01:48:30,437 YOU KNOW I LOVE RIVERA DUE 3913 01:48:30,570 --> 01:48:31,872 DILIGENCE. AND I REALLY 3914 01:48:31,872 --> 01:48:32,205 APPRECIATE 3915 01:48:32,205 --> 01:48:34,040 THAT, AND YOU KNOW, I'M SAYING 3916 01:48:34,040 --> 01:48:34,274 IT 3917 01:48:34,274 --> 01:48:36,910 A LITTLE CHEEKY, BUT I DO MEAN 3918 01:48:36,910 --> 01:48:37,077 IT 3919 01:48:37,077 --> 01:48:37,377 SINCERELY. 3920 01:48:37,377 --> 01:48:38,778 YOU PUT A LOT, YOU AND YOUR 3921 01:48:38,778 --> 01:48:40,514 TEAM, OF WORK INTO THIS. 3922 01:48:40,514 --> 01:48:42,749 A MEETING WITH ALL THE 3923 01:48:42,749 --> 01:48:44,918 GROUPS, AND I VERY MUCH 3924 01:48:44,918 --> 01:48:45,218 APPRECIATE 3925 01:48:45,218 --> 01:48:46,686 ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DID. 3926 01:48:46,686 --> 01:48:49,723 AND I WAS NOT PRESENT AT 3927 01:48:49,723 --> 01:48:50,957 OUR COMMITTEE MEETING WHERE YOU 3928 01:48:50,957 --> 01:48:51,191 VOTED. 3929 01:48:51,191 --> 01:48:52,993 I WOULD HAVE VOTED IN FAVOR 3930 01:48:52,993 --> 01:48:55,529 OF THE RESOLUTION, SO I REALLY 3931 01:48:55,529 --> 01:48:57,097 JUST GOING TO VOTE TODAY YES OF 3932 01:48:57,097 --> 01:48:58,932 COURSE, 3933 01:48:58,932 --> 01:48:59,733 BUT I WANT TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE 3934 01:48:59,733 --> 01:49:00,166 HARD WORK AND THANK 3935 01:49:00,166 --> 01:49:02,002 YOU FOR THE RECORD. 3936 01:49:02,002 --> 01:49:02,802 THANK YOU. 3937 01:49:02,802 --> 01:49:04,638 THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 3938 01:49:04,771 --> 01:49:06,406 >> AWESOME. 3939 01:49:06,406 --> 01:49:08,575 ARE THERE ANY OTHER 3940 01:49:08,575 --> 01:49:09,976 COMMENTS ABOUT THE RESOLUTION 3941 01:49:09,976 --> 01:49:10,844 BEFORE US. 3942 01:49:10,844 --> 01:49:11,278 AWESOME. 3943 01:49:11,278 --> 01:49:13,113 THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 3944 01:49:13,113 --> 01:49:14,981 OBVIOUSLY FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. 3945 01:49:14,981 --> 01:49:16,917 YOU SAID CLOSING REMARKS. 3946 01:49:16,917 --> 01:49:18,084 YOU DID THE MIC DROP. 3947 01:49:18,084 --> 01:49:19,419 THAT IS ENOUGH. 3948 01:49:19,419 --> 01:49:19,886 ALL RIGHT. 3949 01:49:19,886 --> 01:49:21,087 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE 3950 01:49:21,087 --> 01:49:25,225 ROLL ON THE RESOLUTION -- 3951 01:49:25,225 --> 01:49:26,893 EXCUSE ME, THE RESOLUTION AS 3952 01:49:26,893 --> 01:49:27,260 AMENDED? 3953 01:49:27,394 --> 01:49:28,862 >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 3954 01:49:28,995 --> 01:49:29,329 >> AYE. 3955 01:49:29,462 --> 01:49:30,263 >> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 3956 01:49:30,397 --> 01:49:30,897 >> YES. 3957 01:49:31,031 --> 01:49:33,133 >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 3958 01:49:33,266 --> 01:49:35,669 >> BEFORE I SAY AYE, I FORGOT 3959 01:49:35,669 --> 01:49:36,369 TO SAY SOMETHING. 3960 01:49:36,369 --> 01:49:39,539 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA IS A 3961 01:49:39,539 --> 01:49:39,839 COSPONSOR. 3962 01:49:39,839 --> 01:49:40,106 AYE. 3963 01:49:40,106 --> 01:49:42,008 DID I SAY? 3964 01:49:42,142 --> 01:49:43,176 >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 3965 01:49:43,310 --> 01:49:43,944 >> AYE. 3966 01:49:44,077 --> 01:49:45,145 >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 3967 01:49:45,278 --> 01:49:45,712 >> YES. 3968 01:49:45,845 --> 01:49:46,713 >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 3969 01:49:46,846 --> 01:49:47,314 >> YES. 3970 01:49:47,447 --> 01:49:48,582 >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 3971 01:49:48,715 --> 01:49:49,282 >> AYE. 3972 01:49:49,416 --> 01:49:52,185 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 3973 01:49:52,319 --> 01:49:54,754 >> AYE. 3974 01:49:54,888 --> 01:49:56,756 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 3975 01:49:56,890 --> 01:49:57,490 HOLLINGSWORTH. 3976 01:49:57,490 --> 01:49:57,724 >> YES. 3977 01:49:57,724 --> 01:49:59,292 WILL THE CLERK AFFIX 3978 01:49:59,292 --> 01:50:01,995 THE SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION 3979 01:50:01,995 --> 01:50:03,530 ON 3980 01:50:03,530 --> 01:50:05,031 MY BEHALF? 3981 01:50:05,031 --> 01:50:07,834 CONGRATULATIONS, COUNCILMEMBER 3982 01:50:07,834 --> 01:50:17,978 JUAREZ. 3983 01:50:21,047 --> 01:50:22,515 >> GOOD JOB, COUNCILMEMBER 3984 01:50:22,515 --> 01:50:22,749 JUAREZ. 3985 01:50:22,749 --> 01:50:25,518 IT MUST BE THE HAIRCUT. 3986 01:50:25,518 --> 01:50:26,953 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 3987 01:50:26,953 --> 01:50:28,788 NUMBER THREE INTO THE RECORD? 3988 01:50:28,922 --> 01:50:31,625 >> AGENDA ITEM 3, THE REPORT 3989 01:50:31,625 --> 01:50:35,762 OF THE LAND USE AND 3990 01:50:35,762 --> 01:50:36,129 SUSTAINABILITY 3991 01:50:36,129 --> 01:50:36,429 COMMITTEE. 3992 01:50:36,429 --> 01:50:39,032 COUNCIL BILL 12124. 3993 01:50:39,032 --> 01:50:40,300 INTRODUCING A NEW DEFINITION 3994 01:50:40,300 --> 01:50:42,502 FOR DATA CENTERS ADOPTING 3995 01:50:42,502 --> 01:50:43,870 A MORATORIUM ON THE ACCEPTANCE 3996 01:50:43,870 --> 01:50:45,271 PROCESSING OR APPROVAL 3997 01:50:45,271 --> 01:50:46,139 OF APPLICATIONS FOR 3998 01:50:46,139 --> 01:50:47,607 THE ESTABLISHMENT OR EXPANSION 3999 01:50:47,607 --> 01:50:47,774 OF 4000 01:50:47,774 --> 01:50:50,877 OR CHANGE OF USE TO DATA CENTERS 4001 01:50:50,877 --> 01:50:55,749 AMENDING SECTION 23. 848 4002 01:50:55,749 --> 01:51:00,186 .008 OF THE SEATTLE 4003 01:51:00,186 --> 01:51:00,820 MUNICIPAL CODE AND ESTABLISHING 4004 01:51:00,820 --> 01:51:01,354 AN IMMEDIATE 4005 01:51:01,354 --> 01:51:02,555 EFFECTIVE DATE BY A 4006 01:51:02,555 --> 01:51:03,590 THREE-QUARTERS VOTE OF THE CITY 4007 01:51:03,590 --> 01:51:05,759 COUNCIL, THE COMMITTEE 4008 01:51:05,759 --> 01:51:07,694 RECOMMENDS CITY COUNCIL PASS 4009 01:51:07,694 --> 01:51:09,929 AS AMENDMENTED THE COUNCIL BILL. 4010 01:51:10,063 --> 01:51:11,731 >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN, 4011 01:51:11,731 --> 01:51:12,532 YOU'RE RECOGNIZED TO PROVIDE 4012 01:51:12,532 --> 01:51:12,699 THE 4013 01:51:12,699 --> 01:51:13,433 REPORT. 4014 01:51:13,566 --> 01:51:16,036 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 4015 01:51:16,036 --> 01:51:16,770 THANK YOU TO 4016 01:51:16,770 --> 01:51:17,804 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND TO ALL 4017 01:51:17,804 --> 01:51:20,740 OF MY 4018 01:51:20,740 --> 01:51:21,274 COLLEAGUES. 4019 01:51:21,274 --> 01:51:23,810 THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE 4020 01:51:23,810 --> 01:51:26,179 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TODAY AND 4021 01:51:26,179 --> 01:51:26,346 THE 4022 01:51:26,346 --> 01:51:29,182 PAST FEW MONTHS, WHO HAVE BEEN 4023 01:51:29,182 --> 01:51:29,416 DEEPLY 4024 01:51:29,416 --> 01:51:33,286 ENGAGED ON THIS ISSUE. 4025 01:51:33,286 --> 01:51:34,421 AND YOU KNOW, THE LAND USE 4026 01:51:34,421 --> 01:51:35,889 MORATORIUM IS REALLY JUST 4027 01:51:35,889 --> 01:51:37,757 THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG AROUND 4028 01:51:37,757 --> 01:51:38,958 THIS LARGER DISCUSSION, AROUND 4029 01:51:38,958 --> 01:51:39,492 THE 4030 01:51:39,492 --> 01:51:43,296 IMPACTS OF A.I. , THE 4031 01:51:43,296 --> 01:51:44,264 CONCERNS AROUND THE 4032 01:51:44,264 --> 01:51:44,798 ENVIRONMENTAL 4033 01:51:44,798 --> 01:51:47,667 IMPACTS, THE IMPACTS TO 4034 01:51:47,667 --> 01:51:48,968 OUR ECONOMIC INEQUALITY, 4035 01:51:48,968 --> 01:51:51,604 WHICH CONTINUES TO GROW,AND OUR 4036 01:51:51,604 --> 01:51:52,672 DEMOCRACY, AROUND WHO OWNS OUR 4037 01:51:52,672 --> 01:51:55,341 INFORMATION AND DATA. 4038 01:51:55,341 --> 01:51:58,344 AND YOU KNOW, THE LIST GOES 4039 01:51:58,344 --> 01:51:58,945 ON AND ON. 4040 01:51:58,945 --> 01:52:01,147 AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST THE 4041 01:52:01,147 --> 01:52:02,182 TIP OF THAT ICEBERG. 4042 01:52:02,182 --> 01:52:04,851 I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO 4043 01:52:04,851 --> 01:52:06,953 MYMY WHO MANY OF WHOM WERE 4044 01:52:06,953 --> 01:52:09,389 WORKING ON THIS ISSUE 4045 01:52:09,389 --> 01:52:10,256 WELL BEFORE I WAS. 4046 01:52:10,256 --> 01:52:12,592 TO COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, 4047 01:52:12,592 --> 01:52:14,794 COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 4048 01:52:14,794 --> 01:52:16,296 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, AND WHO 4049 01:52:16,296 --> 01:52:16,863 GRACIOUSLY ALLOWED 4050 01:52:16,863 --> 01:52:21,768 ME AND MY STAFF TO WORK ON THIS 4051 01:52:21,901 --> 01:52:23,503 MORATORIUM. 4052 01:52:23,503 --> 01:52:28,441 YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT 4053 01:52:28,441 --> 01:52:29,943 IS NOT JUST A DEMOCRAT, 4054 01:52:29,943 --> 01:52:30,743 REPUBLICAN, SOCIALIST. 4055 01:52:30,743 --> 01:52:32,746 THIS GOES ACROSS THE POLITICAL 4056 01:52:32,746 --> 01:52:33,246 SPECTRUM. 4057 01:52:33,246 --> 01:52:35,181 THIS IS NOT JUST A CITY ISSUE 4058 01:52:35,181 --> 01:52:36,282 OR A RURAL ISSUE. 4059 01:52:36,282 --> 01:52:39,085 WE SEE THESE IMPACTS ACROSS OUR 4060 01:52:39,085 --> 01:52:42,021 COUNTRY, ACROSS THE WORLD. 4061 01:52:42,021 --> 01:52:45,225 AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS A RAPIDLY 4062 01:52:45,225 --> 01:52:46,359 DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGY. 4063 01:52:46,359 --> 01:52:48,228 AND YOU KNOW, I ALREADY 4064 01:52:48,228 --> 01:52:51,464 HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THE ROLE OF 4065 01:52:51,464 --> 01:52:53,566 TECHNOLOGY IN OUR SOCIETY, 4066 01:52:53,566 --> 01:52:56,369 AND THIS IS JUST, YOU 4067 01:52:56,369 --> 01:52:59,672 KNOW, EXPEDITED THOSE CONCERNS 4068 01:52:59,672 --> 01:53:00,039 SUBSTANTIALLY. 4069 01:53:00,039 --> 01:53:02,742 AND YOU KNOW, AS ELECTED 4070 01:53:02,742 --> 01:53:05,345 LEADERS IT IS OUR JOB TO MAKE 4071 01:53:05,345 --> 01:53:06,079 SURE 4072 01:53:06,079 --> 01:53:09,015 THE TECHNOLOGY WORKS 4073 01:53:09,015 --> 01:53:10,650 FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL OF US. 4074 01:53:10,650 --> 01:53:12,552 IT IS OUR TECH COMPANIES, YOU 4075 01:53:12,552 --> 01:53:15,054 KNOW, THEIR JOB IS TO 4076 01:53:15,054 --> 01:53:16,222 MAXIMIZE PROFITS FOR THEIR 4077 01:53:16,222 --> 01:53:16,556 SHAREHOLDERS. 4078 01:53:16,556 --> 01:53:20,593 IT IS OUR JOB TO ADDRESS THE 4079 01:53:20,593 --> 01:53:23,496 IMPACTS TO DEVELOP 4080 01:53:23,496 --> 01:53:25,098 REGULATIONS, TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN 4081 01:53:25,098 --> 01:53:27,500 ACTIVITIES IF THEY CANNOT BE 4082 01:53:27,500 --> 01:53:27,767 REGULATED 4083 01:53:27,767 --> 01:53:28,601 APPROPRIATELY, AND AGAIN, 4084 01:53:28,601 --> 01:53:31,738 TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BENEFITS 4085 01:53:31,738 --> 01:53:32,172 ARE FOR ALL OF US. 4086 01:53:32,172 --> 01:53:33,139 YOU KNOW, IF IT DOESN'T 4087 01:53:33,139 --> 01:53:35,441 BENEFIT ALL OF US, WE DON'T 4088 01:53:35,441 --> 01:53:38,378 NEED THAT 4089 01:53:38,378 --> 01:53:38,678 TECHNOLOGY. 4090 01:53:38,678 --> 01:53:40,980 AND SO AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A 4091 01:53:40,980 --> 01:53:41,281 START. 4092 01:53:41,281 --> 01:53:42,949 WE WILL HAVE A WORK PLAN 4093 01:53:42,949 --> 01:53:44,951 WHERE WE WILL NEED TO ENGAGE, 4094 01:53:44,951 --> 01:53:46,553 CONTINUE TO DO THIS WORK. 4095 01:53:46,553 --> 01:53:48,221 WE WILL NEED TO WORK WITH 4096 01:53:48,221 --> 01:53:51,324 OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS, OUR STATE 4097 01:53:51,457 --> 01:53:54,294 LEGISLATORS. BOTH ON DATA 4098 01:53:54,294 --> 01:53:54,527 CENTERS 4099 01:53:54,527 --> 01:53:56,095 BUT PROBABLY MORE URGENTLY 4100 01:53:56,095 --> 01:53:59,265 AROUND THE IMPACTS OF A.I. 4101 01:53:59,265 --> 01:54:02,235 AND JUST WANT TO SAY, 4102 01:54:02,235 --> 01:54:03,970 AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE 4103 01:54:03,970 --> 01:54:04,170 HERE 4104 01:54:04,170 --> 01:54:06,506 TO BEING ENGAGED IN THIS. 4105 01:54:06,506 --> 01:54:10,276 TO WORKING WITH US URGENTLY. 4106 01:54:10,276 --> 01:54:13,112 IT IS HARD FOR GOVERNMENT TO 4107 01:54:13,112 --> 01:54:14,414 MOVE QUICKLY. 4108 01:54:14,414 --> 01:54:16,549 IT IS HARD TO STAY ON TOP OF 4109 01:54:16,549 --> 01:54:20,119 THIS EVOLVING TECHNOLOGY, BUT 4110 01:54:20,119 --> 01:54:21,588 WE ARE GOING TO NEED YOUR HELP. 4111 01:54:21,588 --> 01:54:25,859 SO WITH THAT, COLLEAGUES, AGAIN, 4112 01:54:25,859 --> 01:54:27,126 THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK 4113 01:54:27,126 --> 01:54:29,662 BEHIND THE SCENES AND THANK YOU 4114 01:54:29,662 --> 01:54:31,564 IN ADVANCE FOR ALL THE WORK TO 4115 01:54:31,698 --> 01:54:42,108 COME. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. 4116 01:55:02,362 --> 01:55:04,030 >> I REALLY ENJOYED WORKING WITH 4117 01:55:04,030 --> 01:55:05,565 COUNCILMEMBER LIN AND HIS 4118 01:55:05,565 --> 01:55:07,867 TEAM IN TERMS OF, AGAIN, WORKING 4119 01:55:07,867 --> 01:55:11,070 THROUGH THIS AND A COMPLETE AND 4120 01:55:11,204 --> 01:55:11,838 DELIBERATE WAY TO INSURE WE'RE 4121 01:55:11,838 --> 01:55:12,739 COVERING ALL BASES. 4122 01:55:12,739 --> 01:55:14,774 I JUST WANTED TO DO A 4123 01:55:14,774 --> 01:55:15,608 SPECIAL THANK YOU BECAUSE MY 4124 01:55:15,608 --> 01:55:15,808 TEAM 4125 01:55:15,808 --> 01:55:17,243 HAS BEEN WORKING REALLY CLOSELY 4126 01:55:17,243 --> 01:55:20,079 WITH MR. GREGORY, HIS POLICY 4127 01:55:20,079 --> 01:55:20,480 DIRECTOR. 4128 01:55:20,480 --> 01:55:23,983 AND A KEY PERSON IN THIS, SO I 4129 01:55:23,983 --> 01:55:25,918 WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU 4130 01:55:25,918 --> 01:55:27,287 TO MR. GREGORY SPECIFICALLY. 4131 01:55:27,287 --> 01:55:29,289 THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 4132 01:55:29,289 --> 01:55:30,523 LIN, AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL 4133 01:55:30,523 --> 01:55:31,124 PRESIDENT. 4134 01:55:31,257 --> 01:55:32,425 >> THANK YOU. 4135 01:55:32,425 --> 01:55:33,426 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 4136 01:55:33,559 --> 01:55:35,061 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 4137 01:55:35,061 --> 01:55:37,030 I WANT TO KICK IT OFF BY 4138 01:55:37,030 --> 01:55:38,765 THANKING THE ORGANIZERS 4139 01:55:38,765 --> 01:55:39,499 BEHIND THIS EFFORT. 4140 01:55:39,499 --> 01:55:41,567 IT HAS BEEN 4141 01:55:41,567 --> 01:55:43,069 ABSOLUTELY REMARKABLE TO SEE THE 4142 01:55:43,069 --> 01:55:44,237 ENGAGEMENT FROM THE PUBLIC ON 4143 01:55:44,237 --> 01:55:44,604 THIS 4144 01:55:44,604 --> 01:55:46,172 ISSUE, AND I KNOW IT WAS A FAIR 4145 01:55:46,172 --> 01:55:47,507 AMOUNT OF WORK TO ORGANIZE THAT 4146 01:55:47,507 --> 01:55:47,740 EFFORT. 4147 01:55:47,740 --> 01:55:49,542 I KNOW MY OFFICE ALONE RECEIVED 4148 01:55:49,542 --> 01:55:50,343 8,000 EMAILS. 4149 01:55:50,343 --> 01:55:52,211 I HEARD A FIGURE FLOATED DURING 4150 01:55:52,211 --> 01:55:54,714 PUBLIC COMMENT, WAS IT 90,000 4151 01:55:54,714 --> 01:55:55,815 EMAILS TOTAL SENT. 4152 01:55:55,815 --> 01:55:58,685 I'M LOOKING AT NODS. 4153 01:55:58,685 --> 01:55:59,986 HIGHER, MORE? 4154 01:55:59,986 --> 01:56:01,721 98,000 EMAILS SENT. 4155 01:56:01,721 --> 01:56:04,390 THAT IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. 4156 01:56:04,390 --> 01:56:06,459 AND BEYOND JUST EMAILS BEING 4157 01:56:06,459 --> 01:56:07,694 SENT, EVERY COMMITTEE 4158 01:56:07,694 --> 01:56:09,062 MEETING WHERE THIS ISSUE WAS 4159 01:56:09,062 --> 01:56:09,362 TAKEN 4160 01:56:09,362 --> 01:56:11,497 UP, THERE WERE FOLKS PRESENT 4161 01:56:11,497 --> 01:56:13,333 ENGAGING, MAKING THEIR VOICES 4162 01:56:13,333 --> 01:56:13,566 HEARD. 4163 01:56:13,566 --> 01:56:14,367 AND I HEAR YOU. 4164 01:56:14,367 --> 01:56:16,803 AND I WANT 4165 01:56:16,803 --> 01:56:17,437 TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENGAGEMENT 4166 01:56:17,437 --> 01:56:17,937 AND ALL OF THE 4167 01:56:17,937 --> 01:56:19,472 WORK THAT WENT INTO ORGANIZING 4168 01:56:19,472 --> 01:56:19,639 OUR 4169 01:56:19,639 --> 01:56:22,275 NEIGHBORS AND SHARING JUST 4170 01:56:22,275 --> 01:56:23,509 ABOUT THIS ISSUE. 4171 01:56:23,509 --> 01:56:24,877 SHARING ABOUT DATA CENTERS 4172 01:56:24,877 --> 01:56:25,745 AND THIS WORK. 4173 01:56:25,745 --> 01:56:27,347 HUGE GRATITUDE TO YOU ALL. 4174 01:56:27,347 --> 01:56:28,915 AND TO STAY ON THAT NOTE OF 4175 01:56:28,915 --> 01:56:31,017 GRATITUDE, I WANT TO SPEAK 4176 01:56:31,017 --> 01:56:34,454 BOTH TO THE ITEM THAT WE JUST 4177 01:56:34,454 --> 01:56:35,021 VOTED ON AND THE ITEM 4178 01:56:35,021 --> 01:56:36,589 NOW BEFORE US, AND EXPRESS MY 4179 01:56:36,589 --> 01:56:36,889 GRATITUDE 4180 01:56:36,889 --> 01:56:39,359 TO COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AS WELL 4181 01:56:39,359 --> 01:56:40,827 AS COUNCILMEMBER LIN FOR 4182 01:56:40,827 --> 01:56:42,628 YOUR STEADFAST LEADERSHIP ON THE 4183 01:56:42,628 --> 01:56:44,831 CITY LIGHT AND 4184 01:56:44,831 --> 01:56:45,631 LAND USE COMMITTEES ON THIS 4185 01:56:45,631 --> 01:56:49,369 ISSUE, AND LET'S BE CLEAR 4186 01:56:49,369 --> 01:56:51,237 THAT THE PROLIFERATION 4187 01:56:51,237 --> 01:56:53,139 OF THESE MEGA HYPERSCALE DATA 4188 01:56:53,139 --> 01:56:53,573 CENTERS 4189 01:56:53,573 --> 01:56:55,475 POSE SERIOUS RISKS TO OUR 4190 01:56:55,475 --> 01:56:56,209 COMMUNITIES. 4191 01:56:56,209 --> 01:56:58,778 FOR SO MANY 4192 01:56:58,778 --> 01:57:00,113 REASONS. ENERGY DEMANDS THAT 4193 01:57:00,113 --> 01:57:01,981 COULD RAISE THE COST OF POWER 4194 01:57:01,981 --> 01:57:02,315 FOR EVERYDAY 4195 01:57:02,315 --> 01:57:04,384 PEOPLE, WATER CONSUMPTION IN 4196 01:57:04,384 --> 01:57:05,051 A TIME WHERE HEALTHY 4197 01:57:05,051 --> 01:57:06,586 CLEAN DRINKING WATER AND RISING 4198 01:57:06,586 --> 01:57:09,956 DROUGHTS ARE SPREADING ACROSS 4199 01:57:09,956 --> 01:57:14,360 THE GLOBE AND POLLUTION 4200 01:57:14,360 --> 01:57:15,795 THAT WE'RE SEEING IMPACT ACROSS 4201 01:57:15,795 --> 01:57:16,029 THE 4202 01:57:16,029 --> 01:57:18,631 COUNTRY, POISONING COMMUNITIES. 4203 01:57:18,631 --> 01:57:22,535 IF WE DO NOT LEGISLATE THIS 4204 01:57:22,535 --> 01:57:25,605 RIGHT, THE PEOPLE WILL BEAR THE 4205 01:57:25,738 --> 01:57:26,506 BRUNT. I BELIEVE WE HAVE A 4206 01:57:26,506 --> 01:57:27,874 MORAL IMPERATIVE TO PUT OUR 4207 01:57:27,874 --> 01:57:28,141 CLIMATE, 4208 01:57:28,141 --> 01:57:30,543 OUR FUTURE ABOVE THE 4209 01:57:30,543 --> 01:57:34,280 PROFIT MARGINS OF TECH 4210 01:57:34,280 --> 01:57:34,847 BILLIONAIRES. 4211 01:57:34,847 --> 01:57:39,619 AND FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, 4212 01:57:39,619 --> 01:57:41,254 AND COMMITTEE CHAIR LIN PUT IT 4213 01:57:41,254 --> 01:57:41,487 WELL, 4214 01:57:41,487 --> 01:57:42,188 THIS LEGISLATION IS JUST 4215 01:57:42,188 --> 01:57:42,455 THE 4216 01:57:42,455 --> 01:57:43,089 BEGINNING TO START CHARTING THAT 4217 01:57:43,089 --> 01:57:53,232 COURSE. 4218 01:58:02,275 --> 01:58:03,276 THANK YOU FOR YOUR STEADFAST 4219 01:58:03,276 --> 01:58:03,476 WORK. 4220 01:58:03,476 --> 01:58:09,682 THANK YOU. 4221 01:58:09,816 --> 01:58:10,883 >> COUNCILMEMBER 4222 01:58:10,883 --> 01:58:12,452 RINCK, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 4223 01:58:12,585 --> 01:58:13,586 >> THANK YOU. 4224 01:58:13,586 --> 01:58:17,757 I, TOO, WANT TO START OFF BY 4225 01:58:17,757 --> 01:58:18,691 THANKING EVERY 4226 01:58:18,691 --> 01:58:19,559 INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS CARVED OUT 4227 01:58:19,559 --> 01:58:20,293 TIME OUT OF 4228 01:58:20,293 --> 01:58:22,562 YOUR BUSY LIVES TO ATTEND 4229 01:58:22,562 --> 01:58:22,829 TODAY'S 4230 01:58:22,829 --> 01:58:24,797 MEETING, SHOWING UP AT OTHER 4231 01:58:24,797 --> 01:58:26,532 MEETINGS, TAKING THE TIME 4232 01:58:26,532 --> 01:58:29,569 TO EMAIL OUR RESPECTIVE 4233 01:58:29,569 --> 01:58:31,204 OFFICES, CALL US, WHISPERING, 4234 01:58:31,204 --> 01:58:33,406 YOU 4235 01:58:33,406 --> 01:58:33,606 KNOW, 4236 01:58:33,606 --> 01:58:35,942 HAVING SIDE CONVERSATIONS WITH 4237 01:58:35,942 --> 01:58:40,413 US IN THE BREAD AISLE 4238 01:58:40,413 --> 01:58:40,947 AT 4239 01:58:40,947 --> 01:58:42,181 SAFEWAY. I HEARD IT ALL AND I 4240 01:58:42,181 --> 01:58:42,415 REALLY 4241 01:58:42,415 --> 01:58:42,782 APPRECIATE IT. 4242 01:58:42,782 --> 01:58:44,951 THIS IS NOT AN ORGANIZED EFFORT. 4243 01:58:44,951 --> 01:58:49,355 THIS IS A 100% GRASSROOTS 4244 01:58:49,355 --> 01:58:50,323 EFFORT. 4245 01:58:50,323 --> 01:58:51,691 I'M SURE THERE'S SOME 4246 01:58:51,691 --> 01:58:54,193 LEADERS, BUT ABSOLUTELY THIS IS 4247 01:58:54,193 --> 01:58:54,727 100% 4248 01:58:54,727 --> 01:58:55,027 GRASSROOTS. 4249 01:58:55,027 --> 01:58:57,997 AND PEOPLE ARE RIGHTFULLY 4250 01:58:57,997 --> 01:58:59,565 CONCERNED. 4251 01:58:59,565 --> 01:59:01,834 WE HAVE SEEN ASSOCIATIONS, 4252 01:59:01,834 --> 01:59:03,436 GROUPS OF LIKE- MINDED PEOPLE 4253 01:59:03,436 --> 01:59:05,137 ACROSS THE POLITICAL 4254 01:59:05,137 --> 01:59:07,507 SPECTRUM, ACROSS THE DIVIDE, ALL 4255 01:59:07,507 --> 01:59:08,207 WALKS OF 4256 01:59:08,341 --> 01:59:11,511 LIFE. ALL ORGANIZING, RALLYING 4257 01:59:11,511 --> 01:59:15,781 AROUND A COMMON INITIATIVE TO 4258 01:59:15,781 --> 01:59:16,182 STOP THE 4259 01:59:16,182 --> 01:59:17,450 EXPANSION AND PAUSE THE 4260 01:59:17,450 --> 01:59:19,585 EXPANSION OF DATA CENTERS IN 4261 01:59:19,585 --> 01:59:20,319 OUR COMMUNITY. 4262 01:59:20,319 --> 01:59:23,956 TO ALLOW US TO BE MORE 4263 01:59:23,956 --> 01:59:25,491 THOUGHTFUL ABOUT HOW 4264 01:59:25,491 --> 01:59:27,293 WE RESPONSIBLY ALLOCATE THE 4265 01:59:27,293 --> 01:59:28,728 BENEFITS AND BURDENS OF 4266 01:59:28,728 --> 01:59:31,197 DATA CENTERS AND A.I. TECHNOLOGY 4267 01:59:31,197 --> 01:59:34,467 AND BETTER REGULATE THESE 4268 01:59:34,467 --> 01:59:36,969 BIG COMPANIES BECAUSE TODAY AS 4269 01:59:36,969 --> 01:59:37,403 WE 4270 01:59:37,403 --> 01:59:40,006 KNOW, THE PROFITS ARE QUICKLY 4271 01:59:40,006 --> 01:59:43,576 EXPORTED ACROSS LAKE 4272 01:59:43,576 --> 01:59:44,610 WASHINGTON, BELLVIEW OR TO 4273 01:59:44,610 --> 01:59:44,844 SILICON 4274 01:59:44,844 --> 01:59:46,846 VALLEY AND HERE WE'RE LEFT 4275 01:59:46,846 --> 01:59:47,180 DEALING WITH 4276 01:59:47,180 --> 01:59:52,351 THE FALLOUT OF PRICE SPIKE 4277 01:59:52,351 --> 01:59:53,085 HIKES. 4278 01:59:53,085 --> 01:59:55,988 WATER SHORTAGES. 4279 01:59:55,988 --> 01:59:59,559 SEVERE CLIMATE IMPACTS, AND 4280 01:59:59,559 --> 01:59:59,759 MORE. 4281 01:59:59,759 --> 02:00:02,562 SO KUDOS TO EVERYONE WHO HAS 4282 02:00:02,562 --> 02:00:03,362 CARVED OUT TIME. 4283 02:00:03,362 --> 02:00:06,365 FORMER TECH WORKERS, PARENT 4284 02:00:06,365 --> 02:00:09,435 GROUPS, I'M TOLD THERE WAS, YOU 4285 02:00:09,435 --> 02:00:12,138 KNOW, FOLKS ASKING PEOPLE TO 4286 02:00:12,138 --> 02:00:14,140 TESTIFY AND SHOW UP AND 4287 02:00:14,140 --> 02:00:16,576 VARIOUS WEST SEATTLE MOM AND 4288 02:00:16,576 --> 02:00:17,210 PARENT GROUPS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 4289 02:00:17,210 --> 02:00:20,413 THIS IS TRULY A DIVERSE GROUP 4290 02:00:20,413 --> 02:00:22,014 OF STAKEHOLDERS. 4291 02:00:22,014 --> 02:00:23,449 SO THANK YOU FOR YOU ALL BEING 4292 02:00:23,449 --> 02:00:26,118 SO GENEROUS WITH YOUR TIME AND 4293 02:00:26,118 --> 02:00:27,553 YOUR PERSPECTIVES. 4294 02:00:27,553 --> 02:00:29,255 WITHIN TWO MONTHS FROM THE 4295 02:00:29,255 --> 02:00:32,692 TIME TO INTRODUCTION TO PASSAGE, 4296 02:00:32,692 --> 02:00:32,858 WE 4297 02:00:32,858 --> 02:00:35,895 ARE ASPIRING HERE TO BE AS 4298 02:00:35,895 --> 02:00:38,965 RESPONSIVE AS WE CAN, AND I 4299 02:00:38,965 --> 02:00:40,566 ALSO WANT TO THANK THE 4300 02:00:40,566 --> 02:00:42,001 COMMITTEE CHAIRS ON THIS, 4301 02:00:42,001 --> 02:00:42,602 STARTING 4302 02:00:42,602 --> 02:00:44,637 FIRST WITH COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, 4303 02:00:44,637 --> 02:00:46,672 THE SENIOR STATESPERSON ON THIS 4304 02:00:46,672 --> 02:00:47,139 BODY. 4305 02:00:47,139 --> 02:00:48,841 REALLY APPRECIATE AND 4306 02:00:48,841 --> 02:00:51,911 I MEAN THAT IN THE MOST 4307 02:00:51,911 --> 02:00:52,445 RESPECTFUL WAY 4308 02:00:52,445 --> 02:00:52,712 POSSIBLE. 4309 02:00:52,845 --> 02:00:53,246 >> I'LL TAKE IT. 4310 02:00:53,379 --> 02:00:54,947 >> BUT I REALLY DO 4311 02:00:54,947 --> 02:00:56,248 APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR 4312 02:00:56,248 --> 02:00:56,916 LEADERSHIP AND 4313 02:00:56,916 --> 02:00:58,985 YOUR VISION AND HONORED TO BE A 4314 02:00:58,985 --> 02:00:59,185 PART 4315 02:00:59,185 --> 02:01:01,354 OF EXECUTING THIS VISION FROM A 4316 02:01:01,354 --> 02:01:03,055 POLICY PERSPECTIVE, AND YOU AS 4317 02:01:03,055 --> 02:01:05,558 WELL, LAND USE COMMITTEE CHAIR 4318 02:01:05,558 --> 02:01:06,592 LIN. 4319 02:01:06,592 --> 02:01:07,426 APPRECIATE YOU. 4320 02:01:07,426 --> 02:01:11,464 AND ALL YOU HAVE DONE. 4321 02:01:11,464 --> 02:01:14,300 AND YOU KNOW, JUST 4322 02:01:14,300 --> 02:01:15,901 REALLY DRIVING THIS TO ALL OF US 4323 02:01:15,901 --> 02:01:17,937 TO THIS POINT RIGHT NOW. 4324 02:01:17,937 --> 02:01:20,006 INCREDIBLE LEADERSHIP, AND 4325 02:01:20,006 --> 02:01:21,674 AGAIN, IMPORTANTLY ALLOWING 4326 02:01:21,674 --> 02:01:24,844 US TO BE AS COLLECTIVELY 4327 02:01:24,844 --> 02:01:27,313 RESPONSIVE AS POSSIBLE. 4328 02:01:27,313 --> 02:01:27,647 SO THANK YOU. 4329 02:01:27,647 --> 02:01:29,215 AND THAT IS ALL. 4330 02:01:29,215 --> 02:01:30,082 THANK YOU, MADAM COUNCIL 4331 02:01:30,082 --> 02:01:30,383 PRESIDENT. 4332 02:01:30,516 --> 02:01:32,351 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 4333 02:01:32,351 --> 02:01:32,685 SAKA. 4334 02:01:32,685 --> 02:01:34,887 ARE THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS 4335 02:01:34,887 --> 02:01:37,757 REGARDING THE BILL BEFORE US? 4336 02:01:37,757 --> 02:01:39,325 COUNCILMEMBER LIN, DO YOU 4337 02:01:39,325 --> 02:01:40,893 HAVE CLOSING COMMENTS? 4338 02:01:41,027 --> 02:01:42,595 >> JUST WANT TO SAY THANK 4339 02:01:42,595 --> 02:01:45,131 YOU FOR COSPONSORING, COUNCIL 4340 02:01:45,131 --> 02:01:46,298 PRESIDENT, AND FOR ALL YOUR 4341 02:01:46,298 --> 02:01:46,565 SUPPORT. 4342 02:01:46,699 --> 02:01:49,969 >> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 4343 02:01:49,969 --> 02:01:52,571 YOU LED WITH INCREDIBLE 4344 02:01:52,571 --> 02:01:56,409 DILIGENCE, RESEARCH, EDUCATION, 4345 02:01:56,409 --> 02:01:57,510 INTELLECTUAL ABILITY -- 4346 02:01:57,510 --> 02:01:58,511 LIKE, JUST AMAZING. 4347 02:01:58,511 --> 02:02:00,079 SO REALLY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR 4348 02:02:00,079 --> 02:02:01,080 LEADERSHIP AND ALSO YOUR 4349 02:02:01,080 --> 02:02:01,580 STAFF AS WELL. 4350 02:02:01,580 --> 02:02:03,182 IT WAS FUN TO BE IN 4351 02:02:03,182 --> 02:02:04,283 THE PASSENGER SEAT ON THIS ONE. 4352 02:02:04,283 --> 02:02:06,085 AND TELL YOU ABOUT YOUR BLIND 4353 02:02:06,085 --> 02:02:09,188 SPOTS LEFT AND RIGHT. 4354 02:02:09,188 --> 02:02:09,722 ALL RIGHT. 4355 02:02:09,722 --> 02:02:12,158 NEXT WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 4356 02:02:12,158 --> 02:02:13,192 CALL THE ROLL? 4357 02:02:13,192 --> 02:02:15,261 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL 4358 02:02:15,261 --> 02:02:17,863 THE ROLL -- EXCUSE ME, YEAH, 4359 02:02:17,863 --> 02:02:18,864 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE 4360 02:02:18,864 --> 02:02:20,666 ROLL ON THE BILL BEFORE US? 4361 02:02:20,800 --> 02:02:21,367 >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 4362 02:02:21,500 --> 02:02:22,134 >> AYE. 4363 02:02:22,268 --> 02:02:23,069 >> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 4364 02:02:23,202 --> 02:02:23,436 >> YES. 4365 02:02:23,569 --> 02:02:24,437 >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 4366 02:02:24,570 --> 02:02:25,137 >> AYE. 4367 02:02:25,271 --> 02:02:26,105 >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 4368 02:02:26,238 --> 02:02:26,639 >> AYE. 4369 02:02:26,772 --> 02:02:27,707 >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 4370 02:02:27,840 --> 02:02:28,341 >> YES. 4371 02:02:28,474 --> 02:02:29,141 >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 4372 02:02:29,275 --> 02:02:29,675 >> YES. 4373 02:02:29,809 --> 02:02:31,010 >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 4374 02:02:31,143 --> 02:02:33,112 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 4375 02:02:33,245 --> 02:02:34,080 >> AYE. 4376 02:02:34,080 --> 02:02:36,015 COUNCIL PRESIDENT 4377 02:02:36,015 --> 02:02:36,382 HOLLINGSWORTH. 4378 02:02:36,515 --> 02:02:36,716 >> YES. 4379 02:02:36,716 --> 02:02:38,684 >> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. 4380 02:02:38,818 --> 02:02:45,091 >> BILL PASSES. 4381 02:02:45,091 --> 02:02:55,501 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] 4382 02:03:04,076 --> 02:03:06,579 >> I THINK THEY LIKED IT. 4383 02:03:06,712 --> 02:03:08,481 AWESOME. AND YOU DIDN'T HAVE 4384 02:03:08,481 --> 02:03:08,748 ANY BLIND 4385 02:03:08,748 --> 02:03:08,981 SPOTS. 4386 02:03:08,981 --> 02:03:10,716 I DIDN'T MEAN THAT IN ANY -- IT 4387 02:03:10,716 --> 02:03:12,651 WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, I'M A 4388 02:03:12,651 --> 02:03:13,486 BACK SEAT DRIVER. 4389 02:03:13,486 --> 02:03:15,588 ANYWAYS, WILL THE CLERK 4390 02:03:15,588 --> 02:03:16,856 PLEASE READ ITEM 4 INTO THE 4391 02:03:16,856 --> 02:03:17,089 RECORD? 4392 02:03:17,223 --> 02:03:19,258 >> AGENDA ITEM 4. 4393 02:03:19,258 --> 02:03:22,094 CLERK FILE 314549. 4394 02:03:22,094 --> 02:03:23,462 APPLICATION OF EAGLE 4395 02:03:23,462 --> 02:03:26,298 ROCK VENTURES AND 5201 RAINIER 4396 02:03:26,298 --> 02:03:27,867 LLC FOR AN EXTENSION OF THE 4397 02:03:27,867 --> 02:03:29,168 CONTRACT REZONE OF THE PROPERTY 4398 02:03:29,168 --> 02:03:30,536 AT 4399 02:03:30,536 --> 02:03:32,605 5201 RAINIER AVENUE SOUTH, 4400 02:03:32,605 --> 02:03:34,707 OERBL CONTRACT 4401 02:03:34,707 --> 02:03:35,441 REZONE APPLICATION APPROVED 4402 02:03:35,441 --> 02:03:38,077 THROUGH CF CLERK FILE 4403 02:03:38,077 --> 02:03:45,985 344311 AND ORDINANCE 135632. 4404 02:03:45,985 --> 02:03:48,454 THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS 4405 02:03:48,454 --> 02:03:50,456 CITY COUNCIL GRANT THE CLERK 4406 02:03:50,456 --> 02:03:50,656 FILE. 4407 02:03:50,790 --> 02:03:52,491 >> WE'LL BE AT EASE RIGHT NOW. 4408 02:03:52,491 --> 02:03:54,326 WE STILL HAVE OUR -- WE 4409 02:03:54,326 --> 02:03:58,097 STILL HAVE OUR MEETING. 4410 02:03:58,097 --> 02:04:01,867 THE GENTLEMAN IN THE 4411 02:04:01,867 --> 02:04:03,903 BACK. WE'RE STILL -- 4412 02:04:03,903 --> 02:04:04,937 YEAH, YOU'RE GOOD. 4413 02:04:04,937 --> 02:04:06,539 NO, YOU'RE GOOD. 4414 02:04:06,672 --> 02:04:08,774 YOU'RE GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 4415 02:04:08,774 --> 02:04:09,341 WE SUPPORT IT. 4416 02:04:09,341 --> 02:04:10,810 I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT. 4417 02:04:10,810 --> 02:04:11,811 OKAY, PERFECT. 4418 02:04:11,811 --> 02:04:12,077 AWESOME. 4419 02:04:12,077 --> 02:04:14,213 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 4420 02:04:14,213 --> 02:04:14,780 ALL RIGHT. 4421 02:04:14,780 --> 02:04:15,614 AWESOME. 4422 02:04:15,614 --> 02:04:17,917 WE'RE GOING TO -- COUNCILMEMBER 4423 02:04:17,917 --> 02:04:19,385 LIN AS CHAIR OF THE 4424 02:04:19,385 --> 02:04:20,453 COMMITTEE YOU'RE RECOGNIZED TO 4425 02:04:20,453 --> 02:04:20,686 PROVIDE 4426 02:04:20,686 --> 02:04:21,654 THE COMMITTEE REPORT. 4427 02:04:21,787 --> 02:04:24,490 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 4428 02:04:24,490 --> 02:04:26,358 THIS BILL AND THE NEXT ONE 4429 02:04:26,358 --> 02:04:28,694 RELATE TO A CONTRACT REZONE 4430 02:04:28,694 --> 02:04:30,029 EXTENDING IT FOR AN 4431 02:04:30,029 --> 02:04:32,298 ADDITIONAL TWO YEARS. 4432 02:04:32,298 --> 02:04:35,067 AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, 4433 02:04:35,067 --> 02:04:38,437 THERE HAVE -- THIS IS FOR 4434 02:04:38,437 --> 02:04:38,704 HOPEFULLY 4435 02:04:38,704 --> 02:04:40,706 AT SOME POINT, HOUSING ON THIS 4436 02:04:40,706 --> 02:04:40,973 SITE. 4437 02:04:40,973 --> 02:04:44,810 BUT AS WE KNOW, DEVELOPMENT 4438 02:04:44,810 --> 02:04:49,348 HAS BEEN DIFFICULT FOR MANY OF 4439 02:04:49,348 --> 02:04:49,515 OUR 4440 02:04:49,515 --> 02:04:50,616 DEVELOPER HOUSING DEVELOPERS 4441 02:04:50,616 --> 02:04:53,252 DUE TO THINGS LIKE INTEREST 4442 02:04:53,252 --> 02:04:53,452 RATES 4443 02:04:53,452 --> 02:04:55,321 AND OTHER COSTS. 4444 02:04:55,321 --> 02:04:57,990 AND SO THIS WOULD SIMPLY ALLOW 4445 02:04:57,990 --> 02:05:00,326 TWO MORE YEARS FOR 4446 02:05:00,326 --> 02:05:02,595 THIS DEVELOPMENT TO HOPEFULLY 4447 02:05:02,595 --> 02:05:02,795 BREAK 4448 02:05:02,928 --> 02:05:04,830 GROUND. AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S 4449 02:05:04,830 --> 02:05:05,097 SOMETHING 4450 02:05:05,097 --> 02:05:07,366 I KNOW MANY OF US ARE 4451 02:05:07,366 --> 02:05:09,902 CONCERNED ABOUT IS DOING 4452 02:05:09,902 --> 02:05:10,870 EVERYTHING WE 4453 02:05:10,870 --> 02:05:13,405 CAN TO ALLOW OUR HOUSING 4454 02:05:13,405 --> 02:05:13,706 DEVELOPERS 4455 02:05:13,706 --> 02:05:14,740 TO BREAK GROUND. 4456 02:05:14,740 --> 02:05:16,642 BUT THIS WOULD JUST EXTEND THE 4457 02:05:16,642 --> 02:05:18,844 REZONE FOR TWO MORE YEARS AND I 4458 02:05:18,844 --> 02:05:20,179 WOULD URGE YOUR SUPPORT. 4459 02:05:20,379 --> 02:05:22,748 >> AWESOME. THANK YOU, 4460 02:05:22,748 --> 02:05:23,749 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 4461 02:05:23,749 --> 02:05:25,651 I'M GOING TO NOW -- I WANT 4462 02:05:25,651 --> 02:05:26,819 TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY 4463 02:05:26,819 --> 02:05:28,487 FOR PARTIES OF THE RECORD 4464 02:05:28,487 --> 02:05:31,023 OR INDIVIDUALS WHO COMMENTED ON 4465 02:05:31,023 --> 02:05:33,626 SDCI RECOMMENDATION TO REBUT 4466 02:05:33,626 --> 02:05:34,460 THE SUBSTANCE OF THE 4467 02:05:34,460 --> 02:05:34,793 COMMUNICATION 4468 02:05:34,793 --> 02:05:35,828 ON THE RECORD AND INVITE 4469 02:05:35,828 --> 02:05:37,897 ANYONE HERE TO DO SO. 4470 02:05:37,897 --> 02:05:39,331 THIS OPPORTUNITY IS TO 4471 02:05:39,331 --> 02:05:42,134 ADDRESS THE EX PARTE 4472 02:05:42,134 --> 02:05:42,568 COMMUNICATION ONLY. 4473 02:05:42,568 --> 02:05:44,937 IF ANYONE AGREES THEY CAN 4474 02:05:44,937 --> 02:05:47,106 CONFIRM THEY ARE A PARTY OF THE 4475 02:05:47,106 --> 02:05:47,473 RECORD. 4476 02:05:47,473 --> 02:05:48,541 THEY'LL SHARE THE LIST 4477 02:05:48,541 --> 02:05:56,715 AND PROVIDE THEM ALLOCATED TIME. 4478 02:05:56,715 --> 02:05:59,585 HEARING NONE, WE'LL PROCEED 4479 02:05:59,585 --> 02:05:59,785 WITH 4480 02:05:59,785 --> 02:06:00,085 A VOTE. 4481 02:06:00,085 --> 02:06:03,522 WILL THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL ON 4482 02:06:03,522 --> 02:06:04,957 GRAPTING THE CLERK FILE? 4483 02:06:05,090 --> 02:06:06,425 >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 4484 02:06:06,559 --> 02:06:06,759 >> AYE. 4485 02:06:06,892 --> 02:06:08,127 >> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 4486 02:06:08,260 --> 02:06:08,961 >> YES. 4487 02:06:09,094 --> 02:06:09,995 >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 4488 02:06:10,129 --> 02:06:10,629 >> AYE. 4489 02:06:10,763 --> 02:06:11,597 >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 4490 02:06:11,730 --> 02:06:12,197 >> AYE. 4491 02:06:12,331 --> 02:06:13,432 >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 4492 02:06:13,565 --> 02:06:13,966 >> YES. 4493 02:06:14,099 --> 02:06:14,800 >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 4494 02:06:14,934 --> 02:06:15,367 >> YES. 4495 02:06:15,501 --> 02:06:17,102 >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 4496 02:06:17,236 --> 02:06:18,070 >> AYE. 4497 02:06:18,203 --> 02:06:18,938 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 4498 02:06:19,071 --> 02:06:20,406 >> AYE. 4499 02:06:20,539 --> 02:06:21,807 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 4500 02:06:21,807 --> 02:06:22,341 HOLLINGSWORTH. 4501 02:06:22,474 --> 02:06:23,943 >> AYE. 4502 02:06:24,076 --> 02:06:24,944 >> NINE IN FAVOR. 4503 02:06:24,944 --> 02:06:25,811 NONE OPPOSED. 4504 02:06:25,945 --> 02:06:27,513 >> WILL YOU PLEASE READ 4505 02:06:27,513 --> 02:06:28,614 ITEM FIVE INTO THE RECORD? 4506 02:06:28,747 --> 02:06:30,950 >> AGENDA ITEM FIVE, 4507 02:06:30,950 --> 02:06:32,718 COUNCIL BILL 121220. 4508 02:06:32,718 --> 02:06:34,420 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO 4509 02:06:34,420 --> 02:06:35,487 LAND USE AND ZONING APPROVING 4510 02:06:35,487 --> 02:06:35,654 THE 4511 02:06:35,654 --> 02:06:37,156 EXTENSION OF A CONTRACT REZONE 4512 02:06:37,156 --> 02:06:40,559 APPROVED BY ORDINANCE 125632 4513 02:06:40,559 --> 02:06:42,995 AND ACCEPTING AN 4514 02:06:42,995 --> 02:06:44,897 AMENDMENTED PROPERTY USE 4515 02:06:44,897 --> 02:06:46,332 AGREEMENT FOR 4516 02:06:46,332 --> 02:06:47,399 521 RAINIER AVENUE 4517 02:06:47,399 --> 02:06:48,834 SOUTH, APPLICATION BY EAGLE 4518 02:06:48,834 --> 02:06:55,407 ROCK VENTURES AND 5201 RAINIER 4519 02:06:55,407 --> 02:06:56,375 LLC, 4520 02:06:56,375 --> 02:06:59,244 SDCA PROJECT, 4521 02:06:59,244 --> 02:07:00,145 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS CITY 4522 02:07:00,145 --> 02:07:00,479 COUNCIL PASS 4523 02:07:00,479 --> 02:07:01,814 THE COUNCIL BILL. 4524 02:07:01,947 --> 02:07:04,116 >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN, YOU'RE 4525 02:07:04,116 --> 02:07:04,516 RECOGNIZED. 4526 02:07:04,650 --> 02:07:07,086 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 4527 02:07:07,086 --> 02:07:08,887 THIS IS THE COROLLARY 4528 02:07:08,887 --> 02:07:11,423 ORDINANCE TO ALLOW FOR THAT TWO- 4529 02:07:11,423 --> 02:07:11,890 YEAR 4530 02:07:11,890 --> 02:07:12,291 EXTENSION. 4531 02:07:12,291 --> 02:07:14,059 I WILL HAVE ONE AMENDMENT 4532 02:07:14,059 --> 02:07:16,528 WHICH IS JUST TO ATTACH AN 4533 02:07:16,528 --> 02:07:18,397 EXECUTED VERSION OF THE PROPERTY 4534 02:07:18,397 --> 02:07:18,564 USE 4535 02:07:18,564 --> 02:07:21,033 AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR 4536 02:07:21,033 --> 02:07:23,268 THE 4537 02:07:23,268 --> 02:07:25,104 UNEXCEEDED THAT WAS INCLUDED AS 4538 02:07:25,104 --> 02:07:26,739 AMENDMENT A TO THE ORDINANCE. 4539 02:07:26,739 --> 02:07:28,173 SO AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, 4540 02:07:28,173 --> 02:07:29,208 I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT. 4541 02:07:29,341 --> 02:07:30,242 >> AWESOME. 4542 02:07:30,242 --> 02:07:31,543 I BELIEVE, YEP, THIS IS ABOUT 4543 02:07:31,543 --> 02:07:32,111 RIGHT. 4544 02:07:32,244 --> 02:07:34,513 >> OKAY, SO I MOVE TO 4545 02:07:34,513 --> 02:07:36,815 AMEND COUNCIL BILL BY 4546 02:07:36,815 --> 02:07:38,851 PASSING AMENDMENT A AND AN 4547 02:07:38,851 --> 02:07:40,953 EXECUTED VERSION 4548 02:07:40,953 --> 02:07:41,553 OF THE LAND USE AGREEMENT FOR 4549 02:07:41,553 --> 02:07:42,588 THE 4550 02:07:42,588 --> 02:07:46,392 UNEXECUTED AGREEMENT AS SHOWN ON 4551 02:07:46,392 --> 02:07:46,692 THE AGENDA. 4552 02:07:46,692 --> 02:07:47,860 DO I HAVE A SECOND? 4553 02:07:47,993 --> 02:07:48,427 >> SECOND. 4554 02:07:48,560 --> 02:07:50,996 >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND 4555 02:07:50,996 --> 02:07:52,364 SECONDED, THE USE AND 4556 02:07:52,364 --> 02:07:53,065 DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AS SHOWN 4557 02:07:53,065 --> 02:07:53,999 ON THE 4558 02:07:53,999 --> 02:07:54,800 AGENDA AS AMENDMENT A. 4559 02:07:54,800 --> 02:07:56,201 YOU'RE RECOGNIZED IN ORDER 4560 02:07:56,201 --> 02:07:57,169 TO ADDRESS THE AMENDMENT. 4561 02:07:57,302 --> 02:08:01,340 >> THIS IS JUST A CLERICAL ISSUE 4562 02:08:01,340 --> 02:08:03,208 TO HAVE THE AMEANTED ISSUE. 4563 02:08:03,208 --> 02:08:04,643 I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. 4564 02:08:04,777 --> 02:08:06,445 >> AWESOME. 4565 02:08:06,445 --> 02:08:08,480 ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS 4566 02:08:08,480 --> 02:08:09,114 ON THE AMENDMENT? 4567 02:08:09,114 --> 02:08:10,449 SEEING NONE, WILL THE CLERK 4568 02:08:10,449 --> 02:08:12,084 CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION 4569 02:08:12,084 --> 02:08:12,918 OF AMENDMENT A. 4570 02:08:13,052 --> 02:08:13,819 >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 4571 02:08:13,952 --> 02:08:14,486 >> AYE. 4572 02:08:14,620 --> 02:08:15,287 >> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 4573 02:08:15,421 --> 02:08:15,854 >> YES. 4574 02:08:15,988 --> 02:08:16,789 >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 4575 02:08:16,922 --> 02:08:17,556 >> AYE. 4576 02:08:17,689 --> 02:08:18,590 >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 4577 02:08:18,724 --> 02:08:19,091 >> AYE. 4578 02:08:19,224 --> 02:08:20,192 >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 4579 02:08:20,325 --> 02:08:21,060 >> YES. 4580 02:08:21,193 --> 02:08:21,994 >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 4581 02:08:22,127 --> 02:08:22,494 >> YES. 4582 02:08:22,628 --> 02:08:25,264 >> COUNCILMEMBER 4583 02:08:25,264 --> 02:08:25,497 RIVERA. 4584 02:08:25,497 --> 02:08:25,764 >> AYE. 4585 02:08:25,764 --> 02:08:28,067 NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. 4586 02:08:28,200 --> 02:08:29,668 >> AMENDMENT A IS ADOPTED. 4587 02:08:29,668 --> 02:08:31,603 ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE 4588 02:08:31,603 --> 02:08:34,106 BILL AS 4589 02:08:34,106 --> 02:08:34,873 AMENDED? ANY CLOSING REMARKS? 4590 02:08:35,007 --> 02:08:36,141 >> NO CLOSING REMARKS. 4591 02:08:36,275 --> 02:08:37,810 >> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 4592 02:08:37,810 --> 02:08:39,712 CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF 4593 02:08:39,712 --> 02:08:39,912 THE 4594 02:08:39,912 --> 02:08:40,112 BILL. 4595 02:08:40,245 --> 02:08:40,913 >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 4596 02:08:41,046 --> 02:08:41,413 >> AYE. 4597 02:08:41,547 --> 02:08:42,381 >> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 4598 02:08:42,514 --> 02:08:43,048 >> YES. 4599 02:08:43,182 --> 02:08:44,116 >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 4600 02:08:44,249 --> 02:08:44,883 >> AYE. 4601 02:08:45,017 --> 02:08:45,951 >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 4602 02:08:46,085 --> 02:08:46,852 >> AYE. 4603 02:08:46,985 --> 02:08:49,521 >> COUNCILMEMBER 4604 02:08:49,521 --> 02:08:49,721 LIN. 4605 02:08:49,855 --> 02:08:51,423 >> YES. 4606 02:08:51,423 --> 02:08:53,192 >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 4607 02:08:53,325 --> 02:08:53,659 >> YES. 4608 02:08:53,792 --> 02:08:55,394 >> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. 4609 02:08:55,527 --> 02:08:57,262 >> BILL PASSES AND THE 4610 02:08:57,262 --> 02:08:58,430 CLERK WILL SIGN IT. 4611 02:08:58,430 --> 02:08:59,798 WILL THE CLERK AFFIX 4612 02:08:59,798 --> 02:09:01,066 MY SIGNATURE ON MY BEHALF? 4613 02:09:01,066 --> 02:09:03,035 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 4614 02:09:03,035 --> 02:09:04,436 NUMBER SIX INTO THE AGENDA. 4615 02:09:04,570 --> 02:09:05,738 >> THE RECORD OF 4616 02:09:05,738 --> 02:09:07,005 THE TRANSPORTATION WATERFRONT 4617 02:09:07,005 --> 02:09:08,507 IN SEATTLE CENTER COMMITTEE 4618 02:09:08,507 --> 02:09:10,909 AGENDA ITEM SIX, RESOLUTION 4619 02:09:10,909 --> 02:09:11,143 32205. 4620 02:09:11,143 --> 02:09:13,011 A RESOLUTION AFFIRMING 4621 02:09:13,011 --> 02:09:14,313 THE IMPORTANCE OF SEATTLE CENTER 4622 02:09:14,313 --> 02:09:16,415 AS A CENTRAL CIVIC CULTURAL 4623 02:09:16,415 --> 02:09:18,517 AND ECONOMIC ASSET FOR THE CITY 4624 02:09:18,517 --> 02:09:18,684 OF 4625 02:09:18,684 --> 02:09:20,052 SEATTLE, ACKNOWLEDGING 4626 02:09:20,052 --> 02:09:22,454 THE URGENT IMPERATIVE TO RESTORE 4627 02:09:22,454 --> 02:09:23,856 ITS AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND 4628 02:09:23,856 --> 02:09:26,458 GROUNDS RENOVATE ITS BUILDINGS 4629 02:09:26,458 --> 02:09:26,625 AND 4630 02:09:26,625 --> 02:09:27,993 REVITALIZE THE SEATTLE 4631 02:09:27,993 --> 02:09:28,360 CENTER CAMPUS. 4632 02:09:28,360 --> 02:09:31,730 REQUESTING THE MAYOR DIRECT CITY 4633 02:09:31,730 --> 02:09:33,198 DEPARTMENTS FOR SEATTLE 4634 02:09:33,198 --> 02:09:33,932 CENTER, ANTICIPATING A DECISION 4635 02:09:33,932 --> 02:09:34,099 ON 4636 02:09:34,099 --> 02:09:35,768 A BOND MEASURE TO FUND ITS 4637 02:09:35,768 --> 02:09:36,001 CAPITAL 4638 02:09:36,001 --> 02:09:37,569 INVESTMENT BY THE END OF 4639 02:09:37,569 --> 02:09:39,538 2027, COMMITTING TO EXPLORING 4640 02:09:39,538 --> 02:09:41,974 ALL VIABLE FUNDING OPTIONS 4641 02:09:41,974 --> 02:09:44,743 TO SUPPORT ITS MODERNIZATION 4642 02:09:44,743 --> 02:09:45,677 DECLARING COUNCIL PRIORITIES 4643 02:09:45,677 --> 02:09:47,813 AND CALLING UPON THE EXECUTIVE 4644 02:09:47,813 --> 02:09:49,882 TO DIRECT DEPARTMENTAL 4645 02:09:49,882 --> 02:09:52,151 RESOURCES AND BUDGET ALLOCATIONS 4646 02:09:52,151 --> 02:09:53,685 IN SUPPORT OF ITS CAPITAL 4647 02:09:53,685 --> 02:09:54,019 IMPROVEMENTS. 4648 02:09:54,019 --> 02:09:55,387 THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS 4649 02:09:55,387 --> 02:09:57,156 CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THE 4650 02:09:57,156 --> 02:09:57,456 RESOLUTION. 4651 02:09:57,589 --> 02:09:58,757 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, 4652 02:09:58,757 --> 02:09:59,658 YOU'RE RECOGNIZED TO GIVE THE 4653 02:09:59,658 --> 02:09:59,958 REPORT. 4654 02:10:00,092 --> 02:10:01,960 >> THANK YOU, MADAM COUNCIL 4655 02:10:02,094 --> 02:10:04,429 PRESIDENT. SO FIRST AND 4656 02:10:04,429 --> 02:10:04,863 FOREMOST, WANT 4657 02:10:04,863 --> 02:10:08,634 TO THANK MAYOR WILSON FOR HER 4658 02:10:08,634 --> 02:10:09,968 PARTNERSHIP ON THIS. 4659 02:10:09,968 --> 02:10:11,436 AND EVERYONE IN THE MAYOR'S 4660 02:10:11,436 --> 02:10:14,506 OFFICE, INCLUDING DEPUTY MAYOR 4661 02:10:14,506 --> 02:10:14,773 SURRATT. 4662 02:10:14,773 --> 02:10:16,975 THIS IS, COLLEAGUES, A 4663 02:10:16,975 --> 02:10:20,045 REMINDER, THIS IS A JOINT 4664 02:10:20,045 --> 02:10:21,046 MAYORAL COUNCIL 4665 02:10:21,046 --> 02:10:21,346 RESOLUTION. 4666 02:10:21,346 --> 02:10:24,850 WITH THE MAYOR SIGNING ON IN 4667 02:10:24,850 --> 02:10:25,250 CONCURRENCE. 4668 02:10:25,250 --> 02:10:26,819 REALLY APPRECIATE THE 4669 02:10:26,819 --> 02:10:27,586 PARTNERSHIP FROM OUR 4670 02:10:27,586 --> 02:10:28,453 EXECUTIVE ON THIS ONE. 4671 02:10:28,453 --> 02:10:29,688 COLLEAGUES, MEMBERS OF THE 4672 02:10:29,688 --> 02:10:30,823 PUBLIC, THIS IS ABOUT 4673 02:10:30,823 --> 02:10:32,524 PUTTING PEOPLE TO WORK. 4674 02:10:32,524 --> 02:10:35,561 THIS IS ABOUT SUPPORTING GOOD 4675 02:10:35,561 --> 02:10:36,995 LIVING WAGE UNION JOBS. 4676 02:10:36,995 --> 02:10:39,164 THIS IS ABOUT WORKFORCE 4677 02:10:39,164 --> 02:10:40,899 DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTING 4678 02:10:40,899 --> 02:10:42,467 A SKILLED AND SUSTAINABLE 4679 02:10:42,467 --> 02:10:42,768 WORKFORCE. 4680 02:10:42,768 --> 02:10:44,236 THIS IS ABOUT ADDRESSING 4681 02:10:44,236 --> 02:10:44,603 CLIMATE CHANGE. 4682 02:10:44,603 --> 02:10:47,773 THIS IS ABOUT DECARBONIZING. 4683 02:10:47,773 --> 02:10:49,741 THIS IMPORTANT CIVIC 4684 02:10:49,741 --> 02:10:50,542 AND CULTURAL ASSET. 4685 02:10:50,542 --> 02:10:52,611 THIS IS ABOUT SUPPORTING OUR 4686 02:10:52,611 --> 02:10:55,714 ARTS, CULTURAL, CREATIVE, 4687 02:10:55,714 --> 02:10:56,415 AND SPORTS ECONOMY. 4688 02:10:56,415 --> 02:10:58,250 YESERSE 4689 02:10:58,250 --> 02:11:01,153 SPORTS. ABOUT RESTORING OUR 4690 02:11:01,153 --> 02:11:02,821 ICONIC CENTER TO ITS BRILLIANCE. 4691 02:11:02,821 --> 02:11:03,989 IT'S ABOUT BUILDING BACK 4692 02:11:03,989 --> 02:11:04,323 BETTER. 4693 02:11:04,323 --> 02:11:06,191 IT'S ABOUT CREATING 4694 02:11:06,191 --> 02:11:08,427 VIBRANT PLACES FOR RESIDENTS, 4695 02:11:08,427 --> 02:11:10,762 WORKERS, AND VISITORS TO GATHER 4696 02:11:10,762 --> 02:11:11,163 AND ENJOY 4697 02:11:11,163 --> 02:11:13,799 SUCH A WONDERFUL CIVIC SPACE. 4698 02:11:13,799 --> 02:11:15,400 THE SEATTLE CENTER, AS WE 4699 02:11:15,400 --> 02:11:16,702 KNOW, HASN'T BEEN MATERIALLY 4700 02:11:16,702 --> 02:11:19,605 UPDATED OR TOUCHED IN ALMOST 60 4701 02:11:19,605 --> 02:11:20,205 YEARS. 4702 02:11:20,205 --> 02:11:22,875 URGENTLY NEEDS INVESTMENT. 4703 02:11:22,875 --> 02:11:25,244 AS ONE OF THE MEMBERS FROM THE 4704 02:11:25,244 --> 02:11:26,912 CARPENTER'S UNION POINTED 4705 02:11:26,912 --> 02:11:28,146 OUT, EARLIER DURING PUBLIC 4706 02:11:28,146 --> 02:11:30,549 COMMENT, THE LONGER WE WAIT, THE 4707 02:11:30,549 --> 02:11:33,418 MORE EXPENSIVE THIS BECOMES. 4708 02:11:33,418 --> 02:11:34,953 ALSO, WE LEARNED FROM 4709 02:11:34,953 --> 02:11:37,556 PUBLIC COMMENT AND I AGREE WITH 4710 02:11:37,556 --> 02:11:39,691 NICOLE GRANT FROM IBEW, THE 4711 02:11:39,691 --> 02:11:43,662 SEATTLE CENTER IS TRULY A JEWEL 4712 02:11:43,662 --> 02:11:43,829 OF 4713 02:11:43,829 --> 02:11:44,096 OUR 4714 02:11:44,096 --> 02:11:45,464 CITY. WE NEED TO PROTECT IT. 4715 02:11:45,464 --> 02:11:48,133 WE NEED TO RESTORE IT TO 4716 02:11:48,133 --> 02:11:50,736 ITS ORIGINAL VIBRANCY AND BUILD 4717 02:11:50,736 --> 02:11:50,936 BACK 4718 02:11:50,936 --> 02:11:51,169 BETTER. 4719 02:11:51,169 --> 02:11:53,672 HECK, EVEN A FEW OF 4720 02:11:53,672 --> 02:11:56,208 THE COMMENTERS WHO SPOKE ABOUT 4721 02:11:56,208 --> 02:11:56,375 THE 4722 02:11:56,375 --> 02:11:58,477 DATA CENTER MORATORIUM 4723 02:11:58,477 --> 02:12:01,079 WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. 4724 02:12:01,079 --> 02:12:02,114 SO SHOUT OUT TO THE PEARL JAM 4725 02:12:02,114 --> 02:12:03,015 GUY. 4726 02:12:03,015 --> 02:12:04,883 UNFORTUNATELY, HE LEFT. 4727 02:12:04,883 --> 02:12:07,586 BUT THIS IS -- AT THE END OF 4728 02:12:07,586 --> 02:12:10,522 THE DAY, THIS IS A PIECE OF 4729 02:12:10,522 --> 02:12:11,490 PAPER. 4730 02:12:11,490 --> 02:12:15,994 IT'S ALSO A COMMITMENT TO NEXT 4731 02:12:15,994 --> 02:12:18,430 YEAR, PUT A BALLOT MEASURE 4732 02:12:18,430 --> 02:12:20,966 ON THE BALLOT FOR A BOND MEASURE 4733 02:12:20,966 --> 02:12:21,566 ON 4734 02:12:21,566 --> 02:12:23,435 THE BALLOT TO RENOVATE 4735 02:12:23,435 --> 02:12:25,737 THE SEATTLE CENTER ONCE AND FOR 4736 02:12:25,737 --> 02:12:27,472 ALL. BUT MORE THAN A SHEET OF 4737 02:12:27,472 --> 02:12:31,677 PAPER OR COMMITMENTS FOR NEXT 4738 02:12:31,677 --> 02:12:35,580 YEAR, THIS REFLECTS A WINNING 4739 02:12:35,580 --> 02:12:35,881 COALITION. 4740 02:12:35,881 --> 02:12:37,215 YOU HEARD FROM MANY MEMBERS 4741 02:12:37,215 --> 02:12:38,150 OF THE COALITION TODAY. 4742 02:12:38,150 --> 02:12:40,485 IT WAS ONLY A SLIVER OF MANY 4743 02:12:40,485 --> 02:12:42,154 FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED 4744 02:12:42,154 --> 02:12:43,722 IN THIS EFFORT OVER MANY MONTHS 4745 02:12:43,722 --> 02:12:43,889 AND 4746 02:12:43,889 --> 02:12:46,825 MANY YEARS NOW. 4747 02:12:46,825 --> 02:12:52,030 PREDATING MY TENURE IN 4748 02:12:52,030 --> 02:12:52,965 THIS ROLE AS CHAIR OF THE 4749 02:12:52,965 --> 02:12:54,266 COUNCIL COMMITTEE THAT OVERSEES 4750 02:12:54,266 --> 02:12:55,467 THE SEATTLE CENTER. 4751 02:12:55,467 --> 02:12:58,970 UNION, UNIONS, LABOR, 4752 02:12:58,970 --> 02:13:00,972 PRIVATE, PHILANTHROPIC 4753 02:13:00,972 --> 02:13:01,506 ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESS 4754 02:13:01,506 --> 02:13:02,174 COMMUNITY. 4755 02:13:02,174 --> 02:13:04,309 MANY OF THE TENET 4756 02:13:04,309 --> 02:13:05,911 ORGANIZATIONS OF THE SEATTLE 4757 02:13:05,911 --> 02:13:06,345 CENTER THEMSELVES 4758 02:13:06,345 --> 02:13:07,746 AND BEYOND. 4759 02:13:07,746 --> 02:13:09,214 PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT A 4760 02:13:09,214 --> 02:13:11,016 VIBRANT ARTS AND CULTURAL AND 4761 02:13:11,016 --> 02:13:11,249 SPORTS 4762 02:13:11,249 --> 02:13:11,483 SCENE. 4763 02:13:11,483 --> 02:13:14,019 A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO GET 4764 02:13:14,019 --> 02:13:14,853 THIS DONE NEXT YEAR. 4765 02:13:14,853 --> 02:13:17,222 WANTED TO GET IT DONE THIS YEAR. 4766 02:13:17,222 --> 02:13:19,124 AND I HEAR YOU. 4767 02:13:19,124 --> 02:13:23,462 BUT I'M EXCITED FOR NEXT YEAR. 4768 02:13:23,462 --> 02:13:26,832 2027 IS THE YEAR. 4769 02:13:26,832 --> 02:13:29,468 LIKELY AUGUST '27, CERTAINLY 4770 02:13:29,468 --> 02:13:33,105 NO LATER THAN NOVEMBER '27 4771 02:13:33,105 --> 02:13:34,006 GENERAL 4772 02:13:34,006 --> 02:13:34,606 ELECTION. 4773 02:13:34,606 --> 02:13:37,709 AND ALSO WANT TO CLOSE BY 4774 02:13:37,709 --> 02:13:39,511 HIGHLIGHTING WHAT I THINK IS 4775 02:13:39,511 --> 02:13:43,582 A PRETTY COOL ASPECT OF 4776 02:13:43,582 --> 02:13:44,750 THIS LEGISLATION HERE. 4777 02:13:44,750 --> 02:13:46,118 COLLEAGUES, AS YOU'LL RECALL, 4778 02:13:46,118 --> 02:13:47,285 A FEW MONTHS BACK, BACK IN 4779 02:13:47,285 --> 02:13:50,155 APRIL OF THIS YEAR, WE PASSED 4780 02:13:50,155 --> 02:13:50,322 YET 4781 02:13:50,322 --> 02:13:53,358 ANOTHER JOINT MAYORAL COUNCIL 4782 02:13:53,358 --> 02:13:57,062 RESOLUTION AFFIRMING OUR 4783 02:13:57,062 --> 02:13:58,530 CITY'S READINESS TO WELCOME 4784 02:13:58,530 --> 02:14:00,165 BACK THE 4785 02:14:00,165 --> 02:14:01,466 SONICS, 4786 02:14:01,466 --> 02:14:02,634 REAFFIRMING CLIMATE PLEDGE 4787 02:14:02,634 --> 02:14:03,735 ARENA'S READINESS TODAY 4788 02:14:03,735 --> 02:14:05,871 TO WELCOME BACK AN NBA 4789 02:14:05,871 --> 02:14:08,540 FRANCHISE WHICH IT IS, YES, 4790 02:14:08,540 --> 02:14:09,641 TODAY READY. 4791 02:14:09,641 --> 02:14:11,410 THE CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA IS 4792 02:14:11,543 --> 02:14:12,411 READY TODAY. RESPECTIVE 4793 02:14:12,411 --> 02:14:14,679 OWNERSHIP GROUP WITH 4794 02:14:14,679 --> 02:14:18,650 SAMANTHA HOLLOWAY READY TODAY. 4795 02:14:18,650 --> 02:14:20,152 SO THIS LEGISLATION 4796 02:14:20,152 --> 02:14:25,590 ACTUALLY BUILDS UPON THAT 4797 02:14:25,590 --> 02:14:26,458 BECAUSE WEWE 4798 02:14:26,458 --> 02:14:28,393 COMMITTING NEXT YEAR TO PUT 4799 02:14:28,393 --> 02:14:30,996 A BALLOT MEASURE ON THE BALLOT 4800 02:14:30,996 --> 02:14:31,163 TO 4801 02:14:31,163 --> 02:14:31,930 ACTUALLY RENOVATE THE SEATTLE 4802 02:14:31,930 --> 02:14:32,164 CENTER. 4803 02:14:32,164 --> 02:14:34,833 SO IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US 4804 02:14:34,833 --> 02:14:35,000 TO 4805 02:14:35,000 --> 02:14:36,768 BACK OUR PRIOR POLICY VALUES 4806 02:14:36,768 --> 02:14:38,236 AND STATEMENTS THAT WE JUST SAID 4807 02:14:38,236 --> 02:14:40,272 ON A DIFFERENT PIECE OF PAPER A 4808 02:14:40,272 --> 02:14:41,973 COUPLE MONTHS AGO. 4809 02:14:41,973 --> 02:14:44,109 IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO 4810 02:14:44,109 --> 02:14:45,610 BACK THOSE PRIOR POLICY 4811 02:14:45,610 --> 02:14:47,779 STATEMENTS AND VALUE STATEMENTS 4812 02:14:47,779 --> 02:14:50,749 WITH TANGIBLE DOLLARS AND 4813 02:14:50,749 --> 02:14:51,216 INVESTMENTINVESTMENT 4814 02:14:51,216 --> 02:14:52,784 A CONCRETE SPECIFIC PLAN. 4815 02:14:52,784 --> 02:14:54,786 TIMELINE AND SCHEDULE, NEXT 4816 02:14:54,786 --> 02:14:56,188 YEAR, TO GET THIS DONE. 4817 02:14:56,188 --> 02:14:58,857 BECAUSE WE NEED OUR 4818 02:14:58,857 --> 02:14:59,791 SONICS BACK. WE NEED TO PUT 4819 02:14:59,791 --> 02:15:00,258 MORE PEOPLE TO WORK. 4820 02:15:00,258 --> 02:15:01,526 WE NEED TO SAVE OUR ENVIRONMENT. 4821 02:15:01,526 --> 02:15:03,595 WE NEED TO HAVE VIBRANT ARTS 4822 02:15:03,595 --> 02:15:04,162 AND 4823 02:15:04,162 --> 02:15:05,197 CULTURAL SPACES. WE NEED TO DO 4824 02:15:05,197 --> 02:15:06,565 ALL THOSE THINGS 4825 02:15:06,565 --> 02:15:07,699 AND MORE. AND THIS PUTS US ON 4826 02:15:07,699 --> 02:15:09,968 TRACK TO DO 4827 02:15:09,968 --> 02:15:10,669 EXACTLY THAT. 4828 02:15:10,669 --> 02:15:12,804 AND AS CHAIR OF THE 4829 02:15:12,804 --> 02:15:14,806 COUNCIL COMMITTEE THAT OVERSEES 4830 02:15:14,806 --> 02:15:16,341 THE SEATTLE CENTER, FORMERLY 4831 02:15:16,341 --> 02:15:17,943 THE TRANSPORTATION WATERFRONT 4832 02:15:17,943 --> 02:15:20,779 AND SEATTLE CENTER COMMITTEE, 4833 02:15:20,779 --> 02:15:21,279 AKA 4834 02:15:21,279 --> 02:15:23,615 SNAPS, AS COMMITTEE CHAIR, NEXT 4835 02:15:23,615 --> 02:15:28,787 YEAR, I WILL HOLD QUARTERLY OR 4836 02:15:28,787 --> 02:15:29,654 BIMONTHLY IF NEEDED 4837 02:15:29,654 --> 02:15:31,289 BRIEFINGS AND DISCUSSIONS ON THE 4838 02:15:31,289 --> 02:15:31,523 STATUS 4839 02:15:31,523 --> 02:15:33,024 OF THIS EFFORT TO KEEP US ON 4840 02:15:33,024 --> 02:15:35,260 TRACK, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE 4841 02:15:35,260 --> 02:15:35,494 MAKING 4842 02:15:35,627 --> 02:15:37,796 PROGRESS. THE ACTUAL WRITING OF 4843 02:15:37,796 --> 02:15:37,963 THE 4844 02:15:37,963 --> 02:15:39,731 PACKAGE ISN'T THAT 4845 02:15:39,731 --> 02:15:42,000 COMPLEX, AFTER ALL, IT TURNS OUT 4846 02:15:42,000 --> 02:15:43,635 THERE'S A FEW TECHNICAL 4847 02:15:43,635 --> 02:15:43,902 NUANCES. 4848 02:15:43,902 --> 02:15:45,470 I KNOW FIRST HAND, BUT WE'LL 4849 02:15:45,470 --> 02:15:47,205 BE KEEPING ON TRACK AND 4850 02:15:47,205 --> 02:15:48,406 HOLDING OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO 4851 02:15:48,406 --> 02:15:49,608 GETTING THIS DONE NEXT YEAR. 4852 02:15:49,608 --> 02:15:51,076 AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THE 4853 02:15:51,076 --> 02:15:52,344 MAYOR'S OFFICE. 4854 02:15:52,344 --> 02:15:55,680 MAYOR WILSON, EVERYONE IN THE 4855 02:15:55,680 --> 02:15:56,715 MAYOR'S OFFICE. 4856 02:15:56,715 --> 02:15:59,384 AND EXCITED ABOUT HELPING 4857 02:15:59,384 --> 02:16:01,219 US TAKE THE NEXT STEP AND SO 4858 02:16:01,219 --> 02:16:01,419 MANY 4859 02:16:01,419 --> 02:16:04,356 WAYS, INCLUDING BEING A 4860 02:16:04,356 --> 02:16:06,858 CHERRY ON TOP TO WELCOMING BACK 4861 02:16:06,858 --> 02:16:07,726 OUR 4862 02:16:07,859 --> 02:16:09,194 SONICS. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, 4863 02:16:09,194 --> 02:16:09,427 COUNCIL 4864 02:16:09,427 --> 02:16:10,462 PRESIDENT, WANT TO THANK YOU 4865 02:16:10,462 --> 02:16:14,666 FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR 4866 02:16:14,666 --> 02:16:17,769 THOUGHT PARTNERSHIP IN ALL OF 4867 02:16:17,769 --> 02:16:19,271 THIS. 4868 02:16:19,271 --> 02:16:20,805 YOU HAVE BEEN A 4869 02:16:20,805 --> 02:16:21,740 TERRIFIC SOUNDING BOARD FOR 4870 02:16:21,740 --> 02:16:22,073 IDEAS ON 4871 02:16:22,073 --> 02:16:25,243 THIS AND SO MANY THINGS 4872 02:16:25,243 --> 02:16:25,644 PERTAINING TO 4873 02:16:25,644 --> 02:16:27,345 THE SEATTLE CENTER. 4874 02:16:27,345 --> 02:16:29,347 BUI'M GRATEFUL FOR YOUR 4875 02:16:29,347 --> 02:16:31,816 PARTNERSHIP, YOUR 4876 02:16:31,816 --> 02:16:33,385 LEADERSHIP, AND LOOK FORWARD 4877 02:16:33,385 --> 02:16:34,252 TO STRENGTHENING OUR 4878 02:16:34,252 --> 02:16:35,987 COLLABORATION GOING FORWARD. 4879 02:16:35,987 --> 02:16:36,555 THANK YOU. 4880 02:16:36,688 --> 02:16:37,956 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 4881 02:16:37,956 --> 02:16:38,323 SAKA. 4882 02:16:38,323 --> 02:16:41,159 AND FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON 4883 02:16:41,159 --> 02:16:41,393 ONTHIS 4884 02:16:41,393 --> 02:16:44,529 CARRYING THE FLAG OVER 4885 02:16:44,529 --> 02:16:44,863 FOR 4886 02:16:44,863 --> 02:16:46,164 THIS PROCESS. IT'S BEEN VERY 4887 02:16:46,164 --> 02:16:46,565 FUN TO WATCH 4888 02:16:46,565 --> 02:16:47,899 YOUR LOVE AND PASSION FOR THE 4889 02:16:47,899 --> 02:16:48,133 SEATTLE 4890 02:16:48,133 --> 02:16:49,434 CENTER AND ALL THE GROUPS 4891 02:16:49,434 --> 02:16:51,036 THAT ARE INVOLVED THAT WERE HERE 4892 02:16:51,036 --> 02:16:51,503 TODAY. 4893 02:16:51,503 --> 02:16:52,737 OH, I DIDN'T 4894 02:16:52,737 --> 02:16:54,673 SEE HANDS. MY IES. 4895 02:16:54,673 --> 02:16:55,507 SORRY ABOUT THAT. 4896 02:16:55,507 --> 02:16:57,676 AND WE HAVE AMENDMENTS. 4897 02:16:57,676 --> 02:16:58,476 I'M SORRY. 4898 02:16:58,476 --> 02:17:00,812 OKAY, COLLEAGUES. 4899 02:17:00,812 --> 02:17:01,479 GIVE ME ONE SECOND. 4900 02:17:01,479 --> 02:17:03,315 SO HOW WE'LL DO THIS, THANK YOU 4901 02:17:03,315 --> 02:17:05,183 FOR THE OPENING COMMENTS. 4902 02:17:05,183 --> 02:17:07,552 CAN WE DO AMENDMENT FIRST? 4903 02:17:07,552 --> 02:17:08,386 LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT. 4904 02:17:08,386 --> 02:17:09,754 AND THEN WE'LL DO 4905 02:17:09,754 --> 02:17:10,789 COMMENTS REGARDING THAT. 4906 02:17:10,789 --> 02:17:12,891 IS THAT OKAY, COLLEAGUES? 4907 02:17:12,891 --> 02:17:13,191 AWESOME. 4908 02:17:13,191 --> 02:17:15,493 THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 4909 02:17:15,493 --> 02:17:15,794 THUMBS UP. 4910 02:17:15,794 --> 02:17:16,895 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, CAN 4911 02:17:16,895 --> 02:17:18,363 YOU MOVE YOUR AMENDMENT TO THE 4912 02:17:18,363 --> 02:17:18,863 RESOLUTION? 4913 02:17:18,997 --> 02:17:20,031 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 4914 02:17:20,031 --> 02:17:24,703 I MOVE TO AMEND RESOLUTION 4915 02:17:24,703 --> 02:17:26,738 32205 BY PASSING AMENDMENT A AS 4916 02:17:26,738 --> 02:17:27,372 SHOWN ON THE AGENDA AS AMENDMENT 4917 02:17:27,372 --> 02:17:27,772 A. 4918 02:17:27,906 --> 02:17:29,808 >> IT'S -- IS THERE A 4919 02:17:29,808 --> 02:17:30,041 SECOND? 4920 02:17:30,041 --> 02:17:30,475 >> SECOND. 4921 02:17:30,609 --> 02:17:32,944 >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED 4922 02:17:32,944 --> 02:17:34,379 AS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT A. 4923 02:17:34,379 --> 02:17:35,614 YOU'RE RECOGNIZED IN ORDER 4924 02:17:35,614 --> 02:17:36,848 TO ADDRESS IT. 4925 02:17:36,982 --> 02:17:37,749 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL 4926 02:17:37,749 --> 02:17:40,352 PRESIDENT, AND FIRST, I WANT TO 4927 02:17:40,352 --> 02:17:41,519 SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER 4928 02:17:41,519 --> 02:17:41,720 SAKA 4929 02:17:41,720 --> 02:17:44,589 FOR HIS WORK ON THIS VERY VERY 4930 02:17:44,589 --> 02:17:46,257 IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, THE 4931 02:17:46,257 --> 02:17:46,591 ENGAGEMENT. 4932 02:17:46,591 --> 02:17:47,959 IT'S SURPRISING HOW 4933 02:17:47,959 --> 02:17:49,261 MUCH ENGAGEMENT AND THE BREADTH 4934 02:17:49,261 --> 02:17:50,895 OF THE ENGAGEMENT NEEDED. 4935 02:17:50,895 --> 02:17:53,665 SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK TO 4936 02:17:53,665 --> 02:17:55,634 INCLUDE HERE IN CHAMBERS. 4937 02:17:55,634 --> 02:17:59,638 SEATTLE CENTER FOUNDATION 4938 02:17:59,638 --> 02:18:02,173 HEAD, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER 4939 02:18:02,173 --> 02:18:02,907 JOHNSON 4940 02:18:02,907 --> 02:18:03,274 THERE. 4941 02:18:03,274 --> 02:18:05,477 AND COLLEAGUES, I JUST WANTED 4942 02:18:05,477 --> 02:18:07,245 TO NOTE, SEATTLE CENTER IS AN 4943 02:18:07,245 --> 02:18:10,015 ICONIC CIVIC CENTERPIECE FOR 4944 02:18:10,015 --> 02:18:11,049 OUR CITY. 4945 02:18:11,049 --> 02:18:13,685 AGAIN, AN ICONIC CENTER, CIVIC 4946 02:18:13,685 --> 02:18:14,486 CENTERPIECE FOR OUR CITY. 4947 02:18:14,486 --> 02:18:16,721 AND IT'S DONE SO, BY THE WAY, 4948 02:18:16,721 --> 02:18:16,888 IN 4949 02:18:16,888 --> 02:18:19,090 PARTNERSHIP WITH MEMORIAL 4950 02:18:19,090 --> 02:18:21,326 STADIUM, WITH THE SPACE NEEDLE, 4951 02:18:21,326 --> 02:18:22,127 WITH THE PARTNERSHIP THAT'S 4952 02:18:22,127 --> 02:18:24,863 BEEN BUILT ON THAT IS EVENEVEN 4953 02:18:24,863 --> 02:18:25,363 -- MADE 4954 02:18:25,363 --> 02:18:27,465 EVEN THAT MUCH MORE OF A 4955 02:18:27,465 --> 02:18:29,601 CENTERPIECE, SO I THANK THOSE 4956 02:18:29,601 --> 02:18:31,169 ENTITIES AND ALL THE WORK 4957 02:18:31,169 --> 02:18:33,204 THAT GOES BEHIND THAT 4958 02:18:33,204 --> 02:18:34,506 WORK, PARTICULARLY LIKE 4959 02:18:34,506 --> 02:18:35,473 MEMORIAL STADIUM IS AN EXAMPLE 4960 02:18:35,473 --> 02:18:35,640 BUT 4961 02:18:35,640 --> 02:18:37,575 ALSO THE LEADERSHIP, AT THE 4962 02:18:37,575 --> 02:18:41,046 SPACE NEEDLE AND THE SCIENCE 4963 02:18:41,046 --> 02:18:41,579 CENTER. 4964 02:18:41,579 --> 02:18:43,415 IT'S INCREDIBLE THE AMOUNT OF 4965 02:18:43,415 --> 02:18:46,117 WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE, YOU 4966 02:18:46,117 --> 02:18:48,119 KNOW, ALREADY WITH 4967 02:18:48,119 --> 02:18:49,454 MEMORIAL STADIUM AND CLIMATE 4968 02:18:49,454 --> 02:18:49,688 PLEDGE 4969 02:18:49,688 --> 02:18:49,921 ARENA. 4970 02:18:49,921 --> 02:18:52,057 HOME OF THE CRACKEN, THE 4971 02:18:52,057 --> 02:18:54,225 TORRENCE, AND OF COURSE, THE 4972 02:18:54,225 --> 02:18:54,526 STORM. 4973 02:18:54,526 --> 02:18:56,428 THE KETTLE FAMILY FAVORITE. 4974 02:18:56,428 --> 02:19:03,101 BUT AS COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 4975 02:19:03,101 --> 02:19:05,303 NOTED, AND N, THE SONICS. 4976 02:19:05,303 --> 02:19:06,738 I WANT TO THANK THE ONE 4977 02:19:06,738 --> 02:19:09,607 ROOF TEAM STARTED WITH SAM 4978 02:19:09,607 --> 02:19:09,874 HOLLOWAY 4979 02:19:09,874 --> 02:19:11,443 WITH THE WORK SHE'S DONE AND 4980 02:19:11,443 --> 02:19:11,609 THE 4981 02:19:11,609 --> 02:19:12,777 LEADERSHIP OF THAT ENTIRE 4982 02:19:12,777 --> 02:19:13,712 GROUP AND THE PARTNERSHIP THEY 4983 02:19:13,712 --> 02:19:15,013 HAVE SHOWN IN LEADING WHAT HAS 4984 02:19:15,013 --> 02:19:17,449 BEEN UP TO THIS POINT ACROSS THE 4985 02:19:17,449 --> 02:19:17,615 -- 4986 02:19:17,615 --> 02:19:19,818 WITH THE ARENA, WITH 4987 02:19:19,818 --> 02:19:22,887 MEMORIAL STADIUM AND SO FORTH, A 4988 02:19:22,887 --> 02:19:24,689 PRIVATE PHILANTHROPIC AND 4989 02:19:24,689 --> 02:19:24,956 BUSINESS 4990 02:19:24,956 --> 02:19:25,190 EFFORT. 4991 02:19:25,190 --> 02:19:26,524 THEY HAVE BEEN THE LEAD OVER 4992 02:19:26,524 --> 02:19:28,259 THE PAST DECADE, PARTICULARLY 4993 02:19:28,259 --> 02:19:29,194 LAST HALF DECADE. 4994 02:19:29,194 --> 02:19:30,361 AND IT'S TIME FOR US TO 4995 02:19:30,361 --> 02:19:31,563 MOVE FORWARD ON THE PUBLIC SIDE. 4996 02:19:31,563 --> 02:19:33,565 OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, I 4997 02:19:33,565 --> 02:19:36,835 HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF MEETINGS 4998 02:19:36,835 --> 02:19:37,869 AT SEATTLE CENTER OR HERE IN 4999 02:19:37,869 --> 02:19:39,170 MY OFFICE TALKING ABOUT THE 5000 02:19:39,170 --> 02:19:41,139 DIFFERENT CHALLENGES 5001 02:19:41,139 --> 02:19:42,307 THAT SEATTLE CENTER HAS FACED 5002 02:19:42,307 --> 02:19:44,509 INCLUDING THE ARMORY, 5003 02:19:44,509 --> 02:19:46,678 INCLUDING TENANTS IN THE ARMORY, 5004 02:19:46,678 --> 02:19:47,746 MEETINGS AT THE REP TALKING 5005 02:19:47,746 --> 02:19:47,946 ABOUT 5006 02:19:47,946 --> 02:19:49,347 THE CHALLENGES THE REP WAS DOING 5007 02:19:49,347 --> 02:19:50,915 IN TERMS OF WORKING TO TAKE CARE 5008 02:19:50,915 --> 02:19:52,484 OF THEIR SYSTEMS AND THE LIKE. 5009 02:19:52,484 --> 02:19:53,785 WHAT THAT'S TAUGHT ME IS 5010 02:19:53,785 --> 02:19:55,186 THERE'S SO MUCH MORE WORK TO BE 5011 02:19:55,186 --> 02:19:56,121 DONE. 5012 02:19:56,121 --> 02:19:58,757 THERE'S SO MUCH MORE WORK TO BE 5013 02:19:58,757 --> 02:19:59,224 DONE. 5014 02:19:59,224 --> 02:20:02,327 AND ON THAT FRONT, I THANK THE 5015 02:20:02,327 --> 02:20:03,661 BUILDING AND TRADES FOR BEING 5016 02:20:03,661 --> 02:20:07,198 OUT, THE ELECTRICIANS, 5017 02:20:07,198 --> 02:20:08,466 THE CARPENTERS TO INCLUDE THE 5018 02:20:08,466 --> 02:20:08,666 POINT 5019 02:20:08,666 --> 02:20:10,935 ABOUT ELECTRIFICATION AND 5020 02:20:10,935 --> 02:20:12,203 DECARBONIZATION WHICH TIES 5021 02:20:12,203 --> 02:20:13,705 INTO, BY THE WAY, MY REMARKS ON 5022 02:20:13,705 --> 02:20:13,872 THE 5023 02:20:13,872 --> 02:20:15,607 LAST, IN TERMS OF THE DATA 5024 02:20:15,607 --> 02:20:16,941 CENTERS, YOU KNOW, THE WORK 5025 02:20:16,941 --> 02:20:19,644 THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE THERE. 5026 02:20:19,644 --> 02:20:22,080 THIS AMENDMENT IS JUST ONE 5027 02:20:22,080 --> 02:20:23,281 ADDED PIECE, BECAUSE ONE OF THE 5028 02:20:23,281 --> 02:20:24,816 THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE 5029 02:20:24,816 --> 02:20:27,485 REALLY ENGAGING THOSE THAT COME 5030 02:20:27,485 --> 02:20:28,353 IN THAT 5031 02:20:28,353 --> 02:20:29,988 WORK AT SEATTLE CENTERS, 5032 02:20:29,988 --> 02:20:32,557 BUT ALSO THE ADJACENT 5033 02:20:32,557 --> 02:20:32,924 NEIGHBORHOODS. 5034 02:20:32,924 --> 02:20:35,293 I HAVE DONE THIS PRIOR TO MY 5035 02:20:35,293 --> 02:20:36,628 SERVICE HERE ON THE CITY 5036 02:20:36,628 --> 02:20:38,897 COUNCIL IN TERMS OF QUEEN ANNE 5037 02:20:38,897 --> 02:20:39,230 AND 5038 02:20:39,230 --> 02:20:42,333 UPTOWN SPECIFICALLY, BUT THE 5039 02:20:42,467 --> 02:20:43,968 UPTOWN COMMUNITY HAS BEEN SUCH A 5040 02:20:43,968 --> 02:20:44,702 STRONG SUPPORTER OF 5041 02:20:44,702 --> 02:20:46,738 SEATTLE CENTER AND ITS ENTITIES. 5042 02:20:46,738 --> 02:20:48,706 AND BELLTOWN, AND SO 5043 02:20:48,706 --> 02:20:49,941 IT'S IMPORTANT TO ENGAGE WITH 5044 02:20:49,941 --> 02:20:50,875 THESE 5045 02:20:50,875 --> 02:20:52,977 ENTITIES AND THESE 5046 02:20:52,977 --> 02:20:55,113 NEIGHBORHOODS TO INSURE 5047 02:20:55,113 --> 02:20:55,447 EVERYTHING IS 5048 02:20:55,447 --> 02:20:56,881 SMOOTH AND AS THE PROJECTS ARE 5049 02:20:56,881 --> 02:20:59,584 BEING PUT FORWARD, AND AS WE 5050 02:20:59,584 --> 02:20:59,851 IMPROVE, 5051 02:20:59,851 --> 02:21:02,086 AGAIN, WHAT IS ICONIC CIVIC 5052 02:21:02,086 --> 02:21:03,721 CENTERPIECE, SO COLLEAGUES, 5053 02:21:03,721 --> 02:21:05,523 I ASK FOR THIS OUTREACH AND THIS 5054 02:21:05,523 --> 02:21:07,725 ENGAGEMENT AND ASK FOR YOUR 5055 02:21:07,859 --> 02:21:08,793 SUPPORT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL 5056 02:21:08,793 --> 02:21:09,093 PRESIDENT. 5057 02:21:09,227 --> 02:21:10,195 >> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER 5058 02:21:10,195 --> 02:21:10,895 KETTLE. 5059 02:21:10,895 --> 02:21:12,697 ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS 5060 02:21:12,697 --> 02:21:13,665 REGARDING THE AMENDMENT BEFORE 5061 02:21:13,665 --> 02:21:13,832 US? 5062 02:21:13,832 --> 02:21:15,066 AND THEN WE'LL VOTE ON 5063 02:21:15,066 --> 02:21:16,568 THE AMENDMENT AND THEN WE'LL 5064 02:21:16,568 --> 02:21:17,068 VOTE ON 5065 02:21:17,068 --> 02:21:19,537 THE -- OH, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 5066 02:21:19,671 --> 02:21:21,706 >> THANK YOU, I'LL JUST SAY 5067 02:21:21,706 --> 02:21:24,375 I THINK THIS, AS THE CHAIR 5068 02:21:24,375 --> 02:21:25,844 AND SPONSOR OF THIS, I VIEW THIS 5069 02:21:25,844 --> 02:21:27,445 AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, 5070 02:21:27,445 --> 02:21:29,380 JUST SEEKING ADDITIONAL 5071 02:21:29,380 --> 02:21:30,715 COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIPS. 5072 02:21:30,715 --> 02:21:32,517 NOTHING INHERENTLY WRONG WITH 5073 02:21:32,650 --> 02:21:33,518 THAT. IT'S COMMON SENSE. 5074 02:21:33,518 --> 02:21:33,918 THANK YOU. 5075 02:21:34,052 --> 02:21:34,586 >> AWESOME. 5076 02:21:34,586 --> 02:21:36,087 THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 5077 02:21:36,087 --> 02:21:37,889 ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL 5078 02:21:37,889 --> 02:21:39,557 COMMENTS ABOUT AMENDMENT A? 5079 02:21:39,557 --> 02:21:39,991 ALL RIGHT. 5080 02:21:39,991 --> 02:21:41,860 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL 5081 02:21:41,860 --> 02:21:43,094 THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION 5082 02:21:43,094 --> 02:21:43,895 OF AMENDMENT A.? 5083 02:21:44,028 --> 02:21:44,863 >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 5084 02:21:44,996 --> 02:21:45,730 >> AYE. 5085 02:21:45,864 --> 02:21:46,865 >> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 5086 02:21:46,998 --> 02:21:47,799 >> YES. 5087 02:21:47,932 --> 02:21:49,067 >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 5088 02:21:49,200 --> 02:21:49,501 >> AYE. 5089 02:21:49,634 --> 02:21:50,368 >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 5090 02:21:50,502 --> 02:21:51,002 >> AYE. 5091 02:21:51,135 --> 02:21:52,103 >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 5092 02:21:52,237 --> 02:21:52,971 >> YES. 5093 02:21:53,104 --> 02:21:53,671 >> KWM KM RINCK. 5094 02:21:53,805 --> 02:21:54,305 >> YES. 5095 02:21:54,439 --> 02:21:55,640 >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 5096 02:21:55,773 --> 02:21:56,207 >> AYE. 5097 02:21:56,341 --> 02:21:58,676 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 5098 02:21:58,877 --> 02:21:59,310 >> AYE. 5099 02:21:59,310 --> 02:21:59,944 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 5100 02:21:59,944 --> 02:22:00,311 HOLLINGSWORTH. 5101 02:22:00,445 --> 02:22:01,012 >> YES. 5102 02:22:01,145 --> 02:22:02,146 >> MOTION 5103 02:22:02,146 --> 02:22:04,048 CARRIES. AMENDMENT A IS ADOPTED. 5104 02:22:04,048 --> 02:22:04,782 COLLEAGUES, THESE ARE NOW 5105 02:22:04,782 --> 02:22:07,285 THE TIME FOR US TO GIVE OUR 5106 02:22:07,285 --> 02:22:07,919 FINAL 5107 02:22:07,919 --> 02:22:09,354 COMMENTS ABOUT THE 5108 02:22:09,354 --> 02:22:11,356 RESOLUTION BEFORE US AND THEN 5109 02:22:11,356 --> 02:22:11,689 COUNCILMEMBER 5110 02:22:11,689 --> 02:22:12,290 SAKA I'LL COME TO YOU FOR 5111 02:22:12,290 --> 02:22:16,427 CLOSING REMARKS. 5112 02:22:16,427 --> 02:22:17,862 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 5113 02:22:17,996 --> 02:22:19,998 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL 5114 02:22:19,998 --> 02:22:20,331 PRESIDENT. 5115 02:22:20,331 --> 02:22:22,100 THANK YOU SO MUCH, 5116 02:22:22,100 --> 02:22:23,334 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FOR BRINGING 5117 02:22:23,334 --> 02:22:24,035 THIS RESOLUTION FORWARD. 5118 02:22:24,035 --> 02:22:25,603 IT WAS FANTASTIC TO HEAR FROM 5119 02:22:25,603 --> 02:22:28,239 SO MANY INCREDIBLE PARTNERS 5120 02:22:28,239 --> 02:22:29,140 AND SUPPORTERS OF THIS 5121 02:22:29,140 --> 02:22:29,440 RESOLUTION 5122 02:22:29,440 --> 02:22:30,541 TODAY, AND I'M EXCITED TO 5123 02:22:30,541 --> 02:22:31,409 VOTE IN FAVOR OF IT. 5124 02:22:31,409 --> 02:22:33,745 I JUST WANT TO TAKE A SECOND 5125 02:22:33,745 --> 02:22:35,413 TO EXPRESS BOTH MY SUPPORT OF 5126 02:22:35,413 --> 02:22:35,914 THIS 5127 02:22:35,914 --> 02:22:37,015 RESOLUTION AS WELL AS 5128 02:22:37,015 --> 02:22:37,916 SOMETHING I HAVE MENTIONED A 5129 02:22:37,916 --> 02:22:38,283 LITTLE BIT 5130 02:22:38,283 --> 02:22:39,684 IN COMMITTEE PREVIOUSLY, WHICH 5131 02:22:39,684 --> 02:22:41,452 IS THE NEED TO INSURE THAT AS WE 5132 02:22:41,452 --> 02:22:43,254 ARE MAKING PROGRESS ON 5133 02:22:43,254 --> 02:22:44,255 INVESTING IN SEATTLE CENTER, 5134 02:22:44,255 --> 02:22:45,256 WHICH IS 5135 02:22:45,256 --> 02:22:46,324 JUST ABSOLUTELY SUCH A GEM FOR 5136 02:22:46,324 --> 02:22:46,491 OUR 5137 02:22:46,491 --> 02:22:47,792 CITY, AND I THINK WE HAVE 5138 02:22:47,792 --> 02:22:49,394 HEARD IT CALLED IN COMMITTEE THE 5139 02:22:49,394 --> 02:22:50,962 FACE OF OUR CITY, THE HEARTBEAT 5140 02:22:50,962 --> 02:22:51,129 OF 5141 02:22:51,129 --> 02:22:52,697 OUR CITY, THE CENTER OF OUR 5142 02:22:52,697 --> 02:22:52,997 CITY. 5143 02:22:52,997 --> 02:22:55,800 SO MANY THINGS. 5144 02:22:55,800 --> 02:22:57,101 THAT WE ARE ALSO ENGAGING IN 5145 02:22:57,101 --> 02:22:57,802 A REALLY IMPORTANT 5146 02:22:57,802 --> 02:22:58,569 CONVERSATION ABOUT SUPPORT FOR 5147 02:22:58,569 --> 02:22:58,970 ALL OF 5148 02:22:58,970 --> 02:23:01,306 OUR ARTS AND CULTURAL 5149 02:23:01,306 --> 02:23:02,073 INSTITUTIONS, 5150 02:23:02,073 --> 02:23:03,841 MANY OF WHICH HAVE BEEN 5151 02:23:03,841 --> 02:23:04,842 UNFORTUNATELY AT THE 5152 02:23:04,842 --> 02:23:06,644 RECEIVING END OF DEVASTATING 5153 02:23:06,644 --> 02:23:07,378 FEDERAL 5154 02:23:07,378 --> 02:23:09,747 CUTS, CHANGES IN CONSUMER 5155 02:23:09,747 --> 02:23:11,382 BEHAVIOR, AND ALSO HAVE A REAL 5156 02:23:11,382 --> 02:23:13,351 SIGNIFICANT NEED FOR CAPITAL 5157 02:23:13,351 --> 02:23:13,718 INFRASTRUCTURE 5158 02:23:13,718 --> 02:23:14,052 INVESTMENTS. 5159 02:23:14,052 --> 02:23:16,988 SO AS WE CONTINUE TO MAKE 5160 02:23:16,988 --> 02:23:18,256 PROGRESS ON THIS IMPORTANT 5161 02:23:18,256 --> 02:23:20,158 PLACE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE 5162 02:23:20,158 --> 02:23:22,360 THAT THE PROCESS THAT WE BEGIN 5163 02:23:22,360 --> 02:23:22,961 IN 5164 02:23:22,961 --> 02:23:24,595 THE NEXT COMING MONTHS ALSO 5165 02:23:24,595 --> 02:23:25,063 TAKES AN 5166 02:23:25,063 --> 02:23:26,364 APPROPRIATELY BROAD LOOK 5167 02:23:26,364 --> 02:23:29,634 BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT SEATTLE 5168 02:23:29,634 --> 02:23:30,702 CENTER'S SUCCESS IS ALSO TIED 5169 02:23:30,702 --> 02:23:31,035 TO 5170 02:23:31,035 --> 02:23:32,403 THE SUCCESS OF THE REST OF OUR 5171 02:23:32,403 --> 02:23:33,838 ARTS AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS, 5172 02:23:33,838 --> 02:23:35,373 THE FOLKS WHO ARE ACTIVATING IT, 5173 02:23:35,373 --> 02:23:36,941 THE FOLKS WHO ARE THERE FOR FEST 5174 02:23:36,941 --> 02:23:38,443 ALL, AND THAT THEY'RE SO 5175 02:23:38,576 --> 02:23:40,211 CRITICAL. I LOOK FORWARD TO 5176 02:23:40,211 --> 02:23:40,645 MAKING 5177 02:23:40,645 --> 02:23:42,213 SURE THEY'RE AN IMPORTANT PART 5178 02:23:42,213 --> 02:23:43,147 OF THIS CONVERSATION. 5179 02:23:43,147 --> 02:23:44,515 THE SECOND IS AND WE HEARD 5180 02:23:44,515 --> 02:23:45,550 PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT THIS 5181 02:23:45,550 --> 02:23:46,985 TODAY, I WANT TO EXPRESS MY 5182 02:23:46,985 --> 02:23:47,652 SUPPORT 5183 02:23:47,652 --> 02:23:49,187 FOR INSURING WE GET THIS 5184 02:23:49,187 --> 02:23:49,487 ABSOLUTELY 5185 02:23:49,487 --> 02:23:49,721 RIGHT. 5186 02:23:49,721 --> 02:23:50,922 AND THAT WE HAVE THE 5187 02:23:50,922 --> 02:23:52,190 INVESTMENT TO MAKE SURE WE GET 5188 02:23:52,190 --> 02:23:52,357 TO 5189 02:23:52,357 --> 02:23:55,126 THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF DESIGN 5190 02:23:55,259 --> 02:23:57,362 SO WE KNOW WHAT'S UNDER THE 5191 02:23:57,362 --> 02:23:57,562 HOOD. 5192 02:23:57,562 --> 02:23:58,830 SO I LOOK FORWARD TO 5193 02:23:58,830 --> 02:23:59,764 THAT PROCESS AND SEEING 5194 02:23:59,764 --> 02:24:00,832 THAT INFORMATION COME TO COUNCIL 5195 02:24:00,832 --> 02:24:01,666 IN THE COMING MONTHS. 5196 02:24:01,799 --> 02:24:03,101 >> AWESOME, THANK 5197 02:24:03,101 --> 02:24:03,434 YOU, 5198 02:24:03,434 --> 02:24:03,901 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 5199 02:24:03,901 --> 02:24:07,405 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 5200 02:24:07,538 --> 02:24:08,940 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL 5201 02:24:08,940 --> 02:24:10,108 PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU, 5202 02:24:10,108 --> 02:24:10,575 COMMITTEE CHAIR 5203 02:24:10,575 --> 02:24:12,076 SAKA AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE 5204 02:24:12,076 --> 02:24:12,944 FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. 5205 02:24:12,944 --> 02:24:14,779 A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, THE 5206 02:24:14,779 --> 02:24:16,547 PANEL DISCUSSION WE HAD IN 5207 02:24:16,547 --> 02:24:16,948 COMMITTEE 5208 02:24:16,948 --> 02:24:18,816 INCLUDING CENTER LEADERSHIP, THE 5209 02:24:18,816 --> 02:24:19,684 SEATTLE CENTER FOUNDATION 5210 02:24:19,684 --> 02:24:21,552 AND OUR LABOR PARTNERS CLARIFIED 5211 02:24:21,552 --> 02:24:23,788 TO ME HOW MUCH THIS REPRESENTS 5212 02:24:23,788 --> 02:24:23,955 AN 5213 02:24:23,955 --> 02:24:24,989 OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR CITY TO SPUR 5214 02:24:24,989 --> 02:24:28,893 A MAJOR CIVIC PROJECT, 5215 02:24:28,893 --> 02:24:29,827 SUPPORT OUR ARTS AND CULTURAL 5216 02:24:29,827 --> 02:24:31,129 INSTITUTIONS, 5217 02:24:31,129 --> 02:24:32,597 DECARBONIZE SEATTLE CENTER, AND 5218 02:24:32,597 --> 02:24:32,830 INVEST 5219 02:24:32,830 --> 02:24:33,965 BACK IN OUR COMMUNITY. 5220 02:24:33,965 --> 02:24:37,568 EVERYONE HAS A SEATTLE STORY. 5221 02:24:37,568 --> 02:24:39,704 SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW I USED 5222 02:24:39,704 --> 02:24:41,539 TO BE WAITRESS, BUT I DON'T 5223 02:24:41,539 --> 02:24:41,739 THINK 5224 02:24:41,739 --> 02:24:43,975 MANY OF YOU KNOW THE PLACE I 5225 02:24:43,975 --> 02:24:47,345 I USED TO WAIT TABLES IS NEXT TO 5226 02:24:47,345 --> 02:24:49,747 KEXP I NEARLY ALL OF 5227 02:24:49,747 --> 02:24:50,782 MY CUSTOMERS WERE AT SEATTLE 5228 02:24:50,782 --> 02:24:52,350 CENTER, THEY WERE VISITORS OR 5229 02:24:52,483 --> 02:24:54,852 WORKERS. I CAN TELL YOU THE 5230 02:24:54,852 --> 02:24:55,153 DIFFERENCE 5231 02:24:55,153 --> 02:24:57,388 BETWEEN THE SEATTLE STORM CROWD 5232 02:24:57,522 --> 02:25:02,326 VERSUS THE PACIFIC 5233 02:25:02,326 --> 02:25:02,593 NORTHWEST 5234 02:25:02,593 --> 02:25:03,194 BALLET CROWD, VERSUS THE FOLK 5235 02:25:03,194 --> 02:25:03,594 LIFE CROWD OR OUR 5236 02:25:03,594 --> 02:25:04,228 INTERNATIONAL TRAVELERS COMING 5237 02:25:04,228 --> 02:25:04,729 FROM FRANCE 5238 02:25:04,729 --> 02:25:05,863 AND EGYPT AND JAPAN. 5239 02:25:05,863 --> 02:25:07,632 WHAT ALL THOSE DIFFERENT 5240 02:25:07,632 --> 02:25:09,467 CROWDS SHARED WAS THE FACT THAT 5241 02:25:09,467 --> 02:25:09,767 THEY 5242 02:25:09,767 --> 02:25:11,702 WERE HAVING A GREAT TIME 5243 02:25:11,702 --> 02:25:13,204 AT SEATTLE CENTER. 5244 02:25:13,204 --> 02:25:14,706 SO OFTEN I HEARD FROM FOLKS JUST 5245 02:25:14,706 --> 02:25:16,808 COMING IN TO GET A MEAL HOW MUCH 5246 02:25:16,808 --> 02:25:25,583 THEY LOVED SEATTLE. 5247 02:25:25,583 --> 02:25:26,918 FROM MY PERSPECTIVE 5248 02:25:26,918 --> 02:25:27,819 INVESTING BACK TO SEATTLE 5249 02:25:27,819 --> 02:25:28,252 CENTER, 5250 02:25:28,252 --> 02:25:29,554 THE PLACE WITH TOURISTS AND 5251 02:25:29,554 --> 02:25:31,789 RESIDENTS GATHER, SPORTS, 5252 02:25:31,789 --> 02:25:33,558 ARTS, AND SCIENCE MEET, AND 5253 02:25:33,558 --> 02:25:34,459 MEMORIES 5254 02:25:34,459 --> 02:25:35,727 ARE MADE, IS A GREAT INVESTMENT. 5255 02:25:35,727 --> 02:25:36,727 SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD 5256 02:25:36,727 --> 02:25:38,162 TO WORKING WITH THE MAYOR, 5257 02:25:38,162 --> 02:25:40,865 SEATTLE CENTER LEADERSHIP, 5258 02:25:40,865 --> 02:25:41,132 RESIDENT 5259 02:25:41,132 --> 02:25:42,033 TENANT ORGANIZATIONS, 5260 02:25:42,033 --> 02:25:43,401 THE SEATTLE FOUNDATION, ALL OF 5261 02:25:43,401 --> 02:25:43,568 OUR 5262 02:25:43,568 --> 02:25:46,104 UNION PARTNERS AND KEY 5263 02:25:46,104 --> 02:25:46,904 CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS TO DEVELOP 5264 02:25:46,904 --> 02:25:47,105 THIS 5265 02:25:47,105 --> 02:25:48,239 PROPOSAL FOR VOTERS TO 5266 02:25:48,239 --> 02:25:50,308 CONSIDER NEXT YEAR. 5267 02:25:50,308 --> 02:25:50,975 I WILL BE SUPPORTING 5268 02:25:50,975 --> 02:25:51,642 THIS RESOLUTION TODAY. 5269 02:25:51,642 --> 02:25:52,543 THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 5270 02:25:52,677 --> 02:25:54,479 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 5271 02:25:54,479 --> 02:25:54,745 RINCK. 5272 02:25:54,745 --> 02:25:58,015 ARE THERE ANY FURTHER 5273 02:25:58,015 --> 02:25:59,517 COMMENT ABOUT THE RESOLUTION 5274 02:25:59,517 --> 02:25:59,817 BEFORE WE 5275 02:25:59,817 --> 02:26:01,119 GO TO COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 5276 02:26:01,119 --> 02:26:02,220 FOR FINAL COMMENTS. 5277 02:26:02,220 --> 02:26:03,754 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, FINAL 5278 02:26:03,754 --> 02:26:04,689 COMMENTS. 5279 02:26:04,822 --> 02:26:06,891 >> THANK YOU, APPARENTLY I'M 5280 02:26:06,891 --> 02:26:07,058 THE 5281 02:26:07,058 --> 02:26:08,426 GATING ITEM HERE FOR PREVENTs 5282 02:26:08,426 --> 02:26:10,194 AFROM GETTING OUT. 5283 02:26:10,194 --> 02:26:11,629 I'LL BE BRIEF. 5284 02:26:11,629 --> 02:26:12,830 HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT 5285 02:26:12,830 --> 02:26:15,233 THIS THAT I DIDN'T MENTION IS 5286 02:26:15,233 --> 02:26:15,433 THAT 5287 02:26:15,433 --> 02:26:16,067 IT'S A BOND. 5288 02:26:16,067 --> 02:26:19,170 IT'S A CAPITAL PROJECT. 5289 02:26:19,170 --> 02:26:20,638 AND WHEN WE BRING IT TO 5290 02:26:20,638 --> 02:26:23,107 LIFE NEXT YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO 5291 02:26:23,107 --> 02:26:25,276 RELY HEAVILY ON THE CREATION OF 5292 02:26:25,276 --> 02:26:28,946 ROBUST 5293 02:26:28,946 --> 02:26:31,616 PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO 5294 02:26:31,616 --> 02:26:33,451 HAVE MATCHING 5295 02:26:33,584 --> 02:26:34,185 NON-CITY DOLLARS FROM A VARIETY 5296 02:26:34,185 --> 02:26:35,753 OF SOURCES, OTHER 5297 02:26:35,753 --> 02:26:37,288 GOVERNMENTS, PRIVATE 5298 02:26:37,288 --> 02:26:37,622 PHILANTHROPIC 5299 02:26:37,622 --> 02:26:38,656 ORGANIZATIONS, ET CETERA, 5300 02:26:38,656 --> 02:26:41,859 SO WE'RE LOOKING AT -- THERE'S 5301 02:26:41,859 --> 02:26:42,760 THE CURRENT GOLD STANDARD 5302 02:26:42,760 --> 02:26:44,929 WHICH IS THE WATERFRONT PROJECT. 5303 02:26:44,929 --> 02:26:47,231 I LIKE AS A MODEL, AND 5304 02:26:47,231 --> 02:26:52,103 WE'RE GOING TO USE THIS ASAS 5305 02:26:52,103 --> 02:26:52,270 NEW 5306 02:26:52,270 --> 02:26:53,137 NEWLY ESTABLISHED GOLD STANDARD 5307 02:26:53,137 --> 02:26:55,740 IN TERMS OF CREATION OF 5308 02:26:55,740 --> 02:26:58,809 EFFECTIVE ROBUST PUBLIC/PRIVATE 5309 02:26:58,809 --> 02:26:59,143 PARTNERSHIPS. 5310 02:26:59,143 --> 02:27:01,579 REALLY EXCITED ABOUT 5311 02:27:01,579 --> 02:27:02,380 THE OPPORTUNITY HERE. 5312 02:27:02,380 --> 02:27:03,614 SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THE 5313 02:27:03,614 --> 02:27:05,416 POTENTIAL IMPACT. 5314 02:27:05,416 --> 02:27:07,752 TO DO ALL THOSE THINGS THAT 5315 02:27:07,752 --> 02:27:10,655 WE ALL WANT, SAID SO ELOQUENTLY 5316 02:27:10,655 --> 02:27:10,855 IN 5317 02:27:10,855 --> 02:27:13,257 THE LEGISLATION ITSELF, ECHOED 5318 02:27:13,257 --> 02:27:15,359 A MOMENT AGO BY WELL SAID A 5319 02:27:15,359 --> 02:27:17,361 MOMENT AGO BY OUR 5320 02:27:17,361 --> 02:27:18,129 COLLEAGUES, COUNCILMEMBERS 5321 02:27:18,129 --> 02:27:21,532 FOSTER AND RINCK. 5322 02:27:21,532 --> 02:27:23,000 APPRECIATE YOUR FEEDBACK 5323 02:27:23,000 --> 02:27:24,602 TODAY, BUT YOUR LEADERSHIP IN 5324 02:27:24,602 --> 02:27:25,937 HELPING TO SHAPE THIS AND MOVE 5325 02:27:25,937 --> 02:27:27,071 IT FORWARD IN COMMITTEE 5326 02:27:27,071 --> 02:27:30,708 AND THOUGHTFUL CONVERSATIONS. 5327 02:27:30,708 --> 02:27:34,278 SO SUPER EXCITING THING. 5328 02:27:34,278 --> 02:27:38,282 AND 2027, HERE WE COME. 5329 02:27:38,282 --> 02:27:38,616 THANK YOU. 5330 02:27:38,749 --> 02:27:40,451 >> AWESOME, THANK 5331 02:27:40,451 --> 02:27:41,219 YOU, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 5332 02:27:41,219 --> 02:27:43,254 AND COLLEAGUES, AND FOR YOUR 5333 02:27:43,254 --> 02:27:44,855 LEADERSHIP ON THIS 5334 02:27:44,855 --> 02:27:45,923 AND EXCITEMENT AND 5335 02:27:45,923 --> 02:27:47,258 THOUGHTFUL PARTNERSHIP AS WELL. 5336 02:27:47,258 --> 02:27:47,692 THANK YOU. 5337 02:27:47,692 --> 02:27:49,894 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 5338 02:27:49,894 --> 02:27:52,697 CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE 5339 02:27:52,830 --> 02:27:53,497 ROLL? 5340 02:27:53,497 --> 02:27:57,068 WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL 5341 02:27:57,068 --> 02:27:59,303 ON THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED? 5342 02:27:59,437 --> 02:28:00,271 >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 5343 02:28:00,404 --> 02:28:01,305 >> AYE. 5344 02:28:01,439 --> 02:28:02,273 >> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 5345 02:28:02,406 --> 02:28:03,975 >> YES. 5346 02:28:04,108 --> 02:28:05,009 >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 5347 02:28:05,142 --> 02:28:06,043 >> AYE. 5348 02:28:06,177 --> 02:28:07,078 >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 5349 02:28:07,211 --> 02:28:07,745 >> AYE. 5350 02:28:07,879 --> 02:28:09,013 >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 5351 02:28:09,146 --> 02:28:10,047 >> YES. 5352 02:28:10,181 --> 02:28:10,781 >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 5353 02:28:10,915 --> 02:28:11,916 >> YES. 5354 02:28:12,049 --> 02:28:13,317 >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 5355 02:28:13,451 --> 02:28:13,951 >> AYE. 5356 02:28:14,085 --> 02:28:14,952 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 5357 02:28:15,086 --> 02:28:16,420 >> AYE. 5358 02:28:16,554 --> 02:28:17,521 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 5359 02:28:17,655 --> 02:28:17,989 HOLLINGSWORTH. 5360 02:28:17,989 --> 02:28:18,222 >> YES. 5361 02:28:18,356 --> 02:28:19,690 >> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. 5362 02:28:19,824 --> 02:28:21,592 >> RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. 5363 02:28:21,592 --> 02:28:24,762 THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. 5364 02:28:24,762 --> 02:28:26,664 NOW, THERE WERE NO ITEMS 5365 02:28:26,664 --> 02:28:28,132 REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT 5366 02:28:28,132 --> 02:28:28,399 CALENDAR. 5367 02:28:28,399 --> 02:28:31,869 THERE IS NOT A RESOLUTION FOR 5368 02:28:32,003 --> 02:28:33,271 INTRODICTIONARY ADOPTION 5369 02:28:33,271 --> 02:28:34,372 TODAY, BUT I BELIEVE 5370 02:28:34,372 --> 02:28:34,705 COUNCILMEMBER 5371 02:28:34,705 --> 02:28:35,940 RINCK, YOU HAVE SOMETHING 5372 02:28:35,940 --> 02:28:37,708 IN OTHER BUSINESS YOU WOULD LIKE 5373 02:28:37,708 --> 02:28:39,911 TO BRING FORWARD TODAY. 5374 02:28:39,911 --> 02:28:42,013 YOU CAN EXPLAIN WHAT YOU'RE 5375 02:28:42,013 --> 02:28:42,413 DOING. 5376 02:28:42,413 --> 02:28:44,015 I HAVE IT IN MY SCRIPT BUT 5377 02:28:44,015 --> 02:28:44,615 YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. 5378 02:28:44,749 --> 02:28:47,184 >> YES, I AM THE ONE KEEPING 5379 02:28:47,184 --> 02:28:49,620 US FROM GOING ABOUT OUR DAY 5380 02:28:49,620 --> 02:28:50,187 TODAY. 5381 02:28:50,187 --> 02:28:50,755 APOLOGIES. 5382 02:28:50,755 --> 02:28:51,656 I WILL BE BRIEF. 5383 02:28:51,656 --> 02:28:52,490 COLLEAGUES, I'M BRINGING 5384 02:28:52,490 --> 02:28:56,594 FORWARD A LETTER TODAY THAT 5385 02:28:56,594 --> 02:28:58,596 WAS DISTRIBUTED VIA EMAIL AND 5386 02:28:58,596 --> 02:29:00,398 DRAFT FORM WEDNESDAY INCLUDING 5387 02:29:00,398 --> 02:29:03,100 OFFICE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL 5388 02:29:03,100 --> 02:29:03,367 RELATIONS 5389 02:29:03,367 --> 02:29:05,670 AND FEED BACK IT BE SENT TO KING 5390 02:29:05,670 --> 02:29:06,270 COUNTY COUNCIL. 5391 02:29:06,270 --> 02:29:08,072 THIS LETTER IS REALLY IN 5392 02:29:08,072 --> 02:29:10,141 SERVICE OF FIGHTING FOR OUR 5393 02:29:10,141 --> 02:29:10,474 RESIDENTS' 5394 02:29:10,474 --> 02:29:10,975 TAX DOLLARS. 5395 02:29:10,975 --> 02:29:13,144 SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW KING 5396 02:29:13,144 --> 02:29:14,845 COUNTY IS EXPECTED TO VOTE ON 5397 02:29:14,845 --> 02:29:15,012 THE 5398 02:29:15,012 --> 02:29:16,747 ESTABLISHMENT OF A COUNTY 5399 02:29:16,747 --> 02:29:18,916 WIDE BENEFIT DISTRICT USING A . 5400 02:29:18,916 --> 02:29:21,152 1% SALES TAX TO FUND ROAD 5401 02:29:21,152 --> 02:29:23,754 CONSTRUCTION, MOSTLY FOR 5402 02:29:23,754 --> 02:29:24,722 UNINCORPORATED KING COUNTY. 5403 02:29:24,722 --> 02:29:26,791 THERE'S A PROPOSAL FOR 12. 5404 02:29:26,791 --> 02:29:27,625 5% OF THAT FUNDING TO PASS 5405 02:29:27,625 --> 02:29:27,858 THROUGH 5406 02:29:27,858 --> 02:29:30,361 TO CITIES INCLUDING SEATTLE, 5407 02:29:30,361 --> 02:29:33,130 BUT THAT PASSTHROUGH IS 5408 02:29:33,130 --> 02:29:33,431 ARBITRARILY 5409 02:29:33,431 --> 02:29:36,067 CAPPED ON LARGER CITIES, WHICH 5410 02:29:36,067 --> 02:29:38,436 SPOILER ALERT, THE LARGER 5411 02:29:38,436 --> 02:29:40,071 CITY, SEATTLE, WE'RE THE ONLY 5412 02:29:40,071 --> 02:29:42,106 ONE AFFECTED BY THE CAP. 5413 02:29:42,106 --> 02:29:43,641 SEATTLE WOULD LOSE OUT ON 5414 02:29:43,641 --> 02:29:45,076 NEARLY $3 MILLION WHILE SENDING 5415 02:29:45,076 --> 02:29:48,079 THAT MONEY TO OTHER CITIES. 5416 02:29:48,079 --> 02:29:50,414 THE LETTER BEFORE YOU OUTLINES 5417 02:29:50,414 --> 02:29:52,650 A GOOD REFRESHER ON THE RCW THAT 5418 02:29:52,650 --> 02:29:54,118 MANY JURISDICTIONS ARE ABLE TO 5419 02:29:54,118 --> 02:29:55,086 ESTABLISH THEIR 5420 02:29:55,086 --> 02:29:56,987 OWN 5421 02:29:56,987 --> 02:29:57,621 TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICTS 5422 02:29:57,621 --> 02:29:58,155 TO FUND THEIR SERVICES. 5423 02:29:58,155 --> 02:29:59,857 THE LETTER BEFORE YOU 5424 02:29:59,857 --> 02:30:01,692 REQUESTS THAT THIS CAP BE 5425 02:30:01,692 --> 02:30:02,259 REVISITED TO 5426 02:30:02,259 --> 02:30:03,828 INSURE THAT OUR 5427 02:30:03,828 --> 02:30:05,830 CONSTITUENTS THAT ARE PAYING 5428 02:30:05,830 --> 02:30:06,097 INTO 5429 02:30:06,097 --> 02:30:07,598 REGRESSIVE TAXES LIKE SALES 5430 02:30:07,598 --> 02:30:07,832 TAXES 5431 02:30:07,832 --> 02:30:09,100 AREN'T BEING SHORT CHANGED TO 5432 02:30:09,100 --> 02:30:10,801 FUND ROADS FOR OTHER CITIES THAT 5433 02:30:10,801 --> 02:30:13,371 HAVE THEIR OWN TRANSPORTATION 5434 02:30:13,371 --> 02:30:13,904 REVENUE 5435 02:30:13,904 --> 02:30:14,438 SOURCES. 5436 02:30:14,438 --> 02:30:15,906 REALLY, WE WANTED TO BRING 5437 02:30:15,906 --> 02:30:17,908 THIS FORWARD AS A MATTER OF I 5438 02:30:17,908 --> 02:30:19,543 KNOW THIS HAS GOTTEN A BIT OF 5439 02:30:19,543 --> 02:30:19,777 MEDIA 5440 02:30:19,777 --> 02:30:20,811 ATTENTION SO THIS IS MERELY 5441 02:30:20,811 --> 02:30:22,013 AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN ON IF 5442 02:30:22,013 --> 02:30:23,781 YOU WOULD LIKE, WHILE WE SEND 5443 02:30:23,781 --> 02:30:27,118 A MESSAGE TO KING COUNTY COUNCIL 5444 02:30:27,118 --> 02:30:28,285 ON THIS POLICY AREA. 5445 02:30:28,285 --> 02:30:28,753 THANK 5446 02:30:28,753 --> 02:30:29,053 YOU. 5447 02:30:29,053 --> 02:30:31,389 >> AWESOME, THANK 5448 02:30:31,389 --> 02:30:32,356 YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 5449 02:30:32,356 --> 02:30:33,391 COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE 5450 02:30:33,391 --> 02:30:35,526 ANY COMMENTS ON THE LETTER 5451 02:30:35,526 --> 02:30:38,963 BEFORE AFFIXING SIGNATURES ON 5452 02:30:38,963 --> 02:30:40,031 IT, BEFORE WE ASK? 5453 02:30:40,031 --> 02:30:41,031 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 5454 02:30:41,165 --> 02:30:42,700 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 5455 02:30:42,700 --> 02:30:44,335 REQUESTING TO BE EXCUSED 5456 02:30:44,335 --> 02:30:44,635 JULY 7th. 5457 02:30:44,635 --> 02:30:45,736 I HAVE ANOTHER MEETING. 5458 02:30:45,870 --> 02:30:47,905 >> WE'RE ASKING FOR SIGNATURES. 5459 02:30:48,039 --> 02:30:49,340 >> SORRY, I WAS MOVING RIGHT 5460 02:30:49,340 --> 02:30:49,807 ALONG. 5461 02:30:49,807 --> 02:30:51,709 I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY 5462 02:30:51,709 --> 02:30:51,942 HERE. 5463 02:30:51,942 --> 02:30:52,943 I'LL REQUEST TO BE RECOGNIZED 5464 02:30:52,943 --> 02:30:53,644 IN A MINUTE. 5465 02:30:53,778 --> 02:30:54,211 >> AWESOME. 5466 02:30:54,211 --> 02:30:58,215 I'M SORRY, COUNCILMEMBER 5467 02:30:58,349 --> 02:30:59,750 STRAUSS. SO THESE ARE COMMENT 5468 02:30:59,750 --> 02:31:00,484 ABOUT THE 5469 02:31:00,484 --> 02:31:00,985 LETTER. 5470 02:31:00,985 --> 02:31:02,586 COUNCILMEMBER LIN FOLLOWED 5471 02:31:02,586 --> 02:31:03,821 BY COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, 5472 02:31:03,821 --> 02:31:05,723 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 5473 02:31:05,856 --> 02:31:06,857 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 5474 02:31:06,857 --> 02:31:08,759 THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 5475 02:31:08,759 --> 02:31:10,394 RINCK FOR BRINGING THIS LETTER 5476 02:31:10,394 --> 02:31:10,761 FORWARD. 5477 02:31:10,761 --> 02:31:13,364 YOU KNOW, THERE'S 5478 02:31:13,364 --> 02:31:17,234 OBVIOUSLY CONCERNS ABOUT SALES 5479 02:31:17,234 --> 02:31:19,236 TAX, AND YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF 5480 02:31:19,236 --> 02:31:19,937 SEATTLE, I 5481 02:31:19,937 --> 02:31:21,572 BELIEVE, 5482 02:31:21,572 --> 02:31:23,607 CONTRIBUTES APPROXIMATELY 39% OF 5483 02:31:23,607 --> 02:31:25,443 SEATTLE'S TAXES IN TERMS OF 5484 02:31:25,443 --> 02:31:25,943 GENERATES 5485 02:31:25,943 --> 02:31:28,579 THAT REVENUE, AND SO FOR OUR 5486 02:31:28,579 --> 02:31:31,782 RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES TO BE 5487 02:31:31,782 --> 02:31:34,652 SINGLED OUT FOR TO RECEIVE 5488 02:31:34,652 --> 02:31:36,587 LESS IS UNACCEPTABLE. 5489 02:31:36,587 --> 02:31:37,955 THIS WOULD BE MILLIONS 5490 02:31:37,955 --> 02:31:38,823 OF DOLLARS AND WHERE BELIEVE 5491 02:31:38,823 --> 02:31:40,925 THAT WOULD BE MILLIONS OF 5492 02:31:40,925 --> 02:31:41,158 DOLLARS 5493 02:31:41,158 --> 02:31:43,294 EACH YEAR THAT WE WOULD 5494 02:31:43,294 --> 02:31:44,628 BE LOSING OUT ON. 5495 02:31:44,628 --> 02:31:46,997 AND THERE'S JUST NO POLICY 5496 02:31:46,997 --> 02:31:48,432 REASON, THERE'S NO REASON FOR 5497 02:31:48,432 --> 02:31:51,302 US TO BE TREATED THIS WAY. 5498 02:31:51,302 --> 02:31:53,370 AND SO I THINK IT'S 5499 02:31:53,370 --> 02:31:55,406 IMPORTANT FOR US TO SEND A 5500 02:31:55,406 --> 02:31:55,739 STRONG 5501 02:31:55,739 --> 02:31:58,008 MESSAGE TO OUR COUNTY COLLEAGUES 5502 02:31:58,008 --> 02:31:58,175 AND 5503 02:31:58,175 --> 02:32:01,712 TO OTHER REGIONAL PARTNERS THAT 5504 02:32:01,712 --> 02:32:01,879 WE 5505 02:32:01,879 --> 02:32:06,417 DESERVE TO BE TREATED 5506 02:32:06,417 --> 02:32:07,184 EQUITABLY. AND THAT THIS REVENUE 5507 02:32:07,184 --> 02:32:07,751 IS 5508 02:32:07,751 --> 02:32:10,354 VERY MUCH NEEDED. 5509 02:32:10,354 --> 02:32:12,189 AND SO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING 5510 02:32:12,189 --> 02:32:14,191 THE EFFORT INTO THIS AND 5511 02:32:14,191 --> 02:32:15,092 ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO SUPPORT 5512 02:32:15,092 --> 02:32:15,292 IT. 5513 02:32:15,292 --> 02:32:16,927 THANK 5514 02:32:16,927 --> 02:32:17,228 YOU. 5515 02:32:17,228 --> 02:32:18,829 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 5516 02:32:18,829 --> 02:32:22,466 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 5517 02:32:22,600 --> 02:32:24,368 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 5518 02:32:24,368 --> 02:32:25,436 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK FOR 5519 02:32:25,436 --> 02:32:26,070 BRINGING THIS FORWARD. 5520 02:32:26,070 --> 02:32:29,073 THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE. 5521 02:32:29,073 --> 02:32:30,541 AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THIS IS 5522 02:32:30,541 --> 02:32:31,909 ALSO IMPORTANT FOR OIR 5523 02:32:31,909 --> 02:32:33,277 TO HIGHLIGHT THESE ISSUES TO 5524 02:32:33,277 --> 02:32:34,879 US AS A COUNCIL, TO ALL OF THE 5525 02:32:34,879 --> 02:32:35,713 COUNCIL. 5526 02:32:35,713 --> 02:32:36,981 IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO 5527 02:32:36,981 --> 02:32:39,316 GET UPDATES IN TERMS OF THIS 5528 02:32:39,316 --> 02:32:39,617 CASE, 5529 02:32:39,617 --> 02:32:41,452 KING COUNTY PUT ACROSS 5530 02:32:41,452 --> 02:32:42,153 VARIOUS LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT. 5531 02:32:42,153 --> 02:32:43,387 AND THE REASON WHY IS THAT 5532 02:32:43,387 --> 02:32:45,489 FOR THE REASONS THAT 5533 02:32:45,489 --> 02:32:48,058 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK SPOKE TO AND 5534 02:32:48,058 --> 02:32:49,059 COUNCILMEMBER 5535 02:32:49,193 --> 02:32:49,426 LI 5536 02:32:49,426 --> 02:32:50,394 LIN. THIS IS SUPER IMPORTANT. 5537 02:32:50,394 --> 02:32:51,962 TO BE BLUNT. 5538 02:32:51,962 --> 02:32:53,230 IT'S SHORT SIGHTED ON THE 5539 02:32:53,230 --> 02:32:55,366 PART OF THE KING COUNTY COUNCIL. 5540 02:32:55,366 --> 02:32:56,834 IF YOU WANT TO GO DOWN THE 5541 02:32:56,834 --> 02:32:58,636 ROUTE OF LOOKING AT WHAT PAYS 5542 02:32:58,636 --> 02:32:58,869 WHAT 5543 02:32:58,869 --> 02:33:02,339 AND THIS KIND OF THING, THEY'LL 5544 02:33:02,339 --> 02:33:05,009 FIND THAT SEATTLE IS BASICALLY 5545 02:33:05,009 --> 02:33:06,777 SUBSIDIZING IN A LOT OF AREAS 5546 02:33:06,777 --> 02:33:07,511 KIN COUNTY. 5547 02:33:07,511 --> 02:33:09,313 AGAIN, THIS IS SHORT SIGHTED. 5548 02:33:09,313 --> 02:33:10,948 FROM A BROADER POINT OF VIEW, 5549 02:33:10,948 --> 02:33:12,783 TOO, IN TERMS OF GOOD 5550 02:33:12,783 --> 02:33:14,051 GOVERNANCE, SOMETHING 5551 02:33:14,051 --> 02:33:14,985 THEY SHOULD THINK ABOUT. 5552 02:33:14,985 --> 02:33:17,121 JUST TO BE BLUNT. 5553 02:33:17,121 --> 02:33:17,788 SO THANK YOU. 5554 02:33:17,922 --> 02:33:19,757 >> THE ONLY WAY YOU KNOW 5555 02:33:19,757 --> 02:33:21,091 HOW, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 5556 02:33:21,091 --> 02:33:23,093 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 5557 02:33:23,227 --> 02:33:23,727 >> THANK YOU. 5558 02:33:23,727 --> 02:33:26,130 I JUST WANT TO 5559 02:33:26,130 --> 02:33:27,264 THANK COUNCILMEMBER RINCK FOR 5560 02:33:27,264 --> 02:33:29,333 BRINGING THIS FORWARD. 5561 02:33:29,333 --> 02:33:31,702 DRAFTING, TAKING THE LABORING 5562 02:33:31,702 --> 02:33:32,603 OR DRAFTING THE PEN. 5563 02:33:32,603 --> 02:33:34,605 YOU KNOW, INSURING ALL OF 5564 02:33:34,605 --> 02:33:38,943 OUR IDEAS ARE REFLECTED IN THE 5565 02:33:38,943 --> 02:33:39,176 FINAL 5566 02:33:39,176 --> 02:33:41,378 THING. I OBVIOUSLY SHARE YOUR 5567 02:33:41,378 --> 02:33:41,645 CONCERNS, 5568 02:33:41,645 --> 02:33:43,681 BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR 5569 02:33:43,681 --> 02:33:45,616 LEADERSHIP IN MOVING THIS 5570 02:33:45,616 --> 02:33:45,883 FORWARD. 5571 02:33:45,883 --> 02:33:48,085 AND YOU KNOW, I THINK ALL OF 5572 02:33:48,085 --> 02:33:51,021 US LOOK FORWARD TO 5573 02:33:51,021 --> 02:33:52,122 ACTUALLY ENGAGING WITH KING 5574 02:33:52,122 --> 02:33:53,924 COUNTY COUNCIL ON THIS AS WELL. 5575 02:33:53,924 --> 02:33:56,093 THIS LETTER IS AN IMPORTANT 5576 02:33:56,093 --> 02:33:57,461 NEXT STEP, MISSION CRITICAL TO 5577 02:33:57,461 --> 02:33:57,661 BE 5578 02:33:57,661 --> 02:33:59,496 HONEST, BUT MORE TO DO. 5579 02:33:59,496 --> 02:34:02,666 AND I THINK WE ALL NEED TO 5580 02:34:02,666 --> 02:34:04,101 HAVE SOME INDEPENDENT ONE-ON- 5581 02:34:04,101 --> 02:34:04,268 ONE 5582 02:34:04,268 --> 02:34:05,336 CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR 5583 02:34:05,336 --> 02:34:06,604 SEATTLE DELEGATION FROM THE KING 5584 02:34:06,604 --> 02:34:06,837 COUNTY 5585 02:34:06,971 --> 02:34:08,472 COUNCIL. I HELPED WRITE THE 5586 02:34:08,472 --> 02:34:08,772 BOUNDARIES 5587 02:34:08,772 --> 02:34:10,274 A FEW YEARS AGO ON THE 5588 02:34:10,274 --> 02:34:12,042 REDISTRICTING COMMITTEE IN 5589 02:34:12,042 --> 02:34:13,510 2020, AND IF I'M LOOKING AT THE 5590 02:34:13,510 --> 02:34:16,313 MAP AND I THINK THERE'S FOUR 5591 02:34:16,313 --> 02:34:17,014 COUNCILMEMBERS THAT SHARE 5592 02:34:17,014 --> 02:34:19,283 SEATTLE AS A JURISDICTION. 5593 02:34:19,283 --> 02:34:20,818 BUT IN ANY EVENTS, THANK YOU 5594 02:34:20,818 --> 02:34:23,454 FOR PUTTING THIS FORWARD. 5595 02:34:23,587 --> 02:34:24,321 >> AWESOME. 5596 02:34:24,321 --> 02:34:26,457 THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 5597 02:34:26,457 --> 02:34:27,524 ANY FURTHER COMMENTS. 5598 02:34:27,524 --> 02:34:31,161 OKAY, AWESOME. 5599 02:34:31,295 --> 02:34:31,895 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, THANK YOU 5600 02:34:31,895 --> 02:34:33,197 FOR BRIPGING THIS FORWARD 5601 02:34:33,197 --> 02:34:33,998 AND YOUR LEADERSHIP. 5602 02:34:33,998 --> 02:34:34,932 HAPPY TO SIGN ON. 5603 02:34:34,932 --> 02:34:36,200 DO YOU HAVE FINAL COMMENTS? 5604 02:34:36,333 --> 02:34:37,067 >> NO. 5605 02:34:37,201 --> 02:34:39,470 >> AWESOME. 5606 02:34:39,470 --> 02:34:43,841 DO I HEAR ANYTHING DOWN HERE? 5607 02:34:43,841 --> 02:34:44,041 OKAY. 5608 02:34:44,041 --> 02:34:45,075 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL 5609 02:34:45,075 --> 02:34:46,343 THE ROLL WHO WOULD LIKE TO 5610 02:34:46,343 --> 02:34:48,279 AFFIX THEIR SIGNATURES THE 5611 02:34:48,279 --> 02:34:48,512 LETTER. 5612 02:34:48,646 --> 02:34:49,613 >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 5613 02:34:49,747 --> 02:34:50,547 >> AYE. 5614 02:34:50,681 --> 02:34:51,682 >> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 5615 02:34:51,815 --> 02:34:52,683 >> YES. 5616 02:34:52,816 --> 02:34:53,651 >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 5617 02:34:53,784 --> 02:34:54,618 >> AYE. 5618 02:34:54,752 --> 02:34:56,453 >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 5619 02:34:56,587 --> 02:34:58,589 >> I DON'T DO SIGN ON LETTERS, 5620 02:34:58,589 --> 02:34:59,323 NO. 5621 02:34:59,456 --> 02:35:00,457 >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 5622 02:35:00,591 --> 02:35:00,958 >> YES. 5623 02:35:01,091 --> 02:35:01,959 >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 5624 02:35:02,092 --> 02:35:02,626 >> YES. 5625 02:35:02,760 --> 02:35:03,827 >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 5626 02:35:03,961 --> 02:35:04,561 >> AYE. 5627 02:35:04,695 --> 02:35:05,696 >> COUNCILMEMBER 5628 02:35:05,696 --> 02:35:06,764 SAKA. 5629 02:35:06,764 --> 02:35:06,997 >> AYE. 5630 02:35:07,131 --> 02:35:07,798 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 5631 02:35:07,931 --> 02:35:08,599 HOLLINGSWORTH. 5632 02:35:08,599 --> 02:35:08,766 >> 5633 02:35:08,766 --> 02:35:08,966 YES. 5634 02:35:08,966 --> 02:35:11,035 >> EIGHT SIGNATURES WILL BE 5635 02:35:11,168 --> 02:35:11,435 AFFIXED. 5636 02:35:11,435 --> 02:35:12,269 >> AWESOME. 5637 02:35:12,269 --> 02:35:15,472 EIGHT SIGNATURES AFFIXED TO THE 5638 02:35:15,472 --> 02:35:15,706 LETTER. 5639 02:35:15,706 --> 02:35:17,808 THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 5640 02:35:17,808 --> 02:35:18,509 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 5641 02:35:18,509 --> 02:35:19,309 YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. 5642 02:35:19,443 --> 02:35:22,446 >> I REQUEST TO BE EXCUSED FROM 5643 02:35:22,446 --> 02:35:25,082 THE JULY 7th COUNCIL MEETING. 5644 02:35:25,215 --> 02:35:27,184 >> ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS 5645 02:35:27,184 --> 02:35:28,652 TO COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS BEING 5646 02:35:28,652 --> 02:35:28,919 EXCUSED? 5647 02:35:28,919 --> 02:35:29,953 NONE. 5648 02:35:29,953 --> 02:35:31,088 YOU ARE EXCUSED, COUNCILMEMBER 5649 02:35:31,088 --> 02:35:31,355 STRAUSS. 5650 02:35:31,488 --> 02:35:32,589 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 5651 02:35:32,723 --> 02:35:34,858 >> ARE THERE ANY OTHER FURTHER 5652 02:35:34,858 --> 02:35:35,759 COMMENTS TO HAPPEN? 5653 02:35:35,759 --> 02:35:36,560 ARE YOU SURE? 5654 02:35:36,560 --> 02:35:38,796 ARE YOU ALL TRYING TO LEAVE? 5655 02:35:38,929 --> 02:35:39,363 >> NO. 5656 02:35:39,496 --> 02:35:40,064 >> OKAY. 5657 02:35:40,064 --> 02:35:41,632 I'M JUST PLAYING. 5658 02:35:41,632 --> 02:35:42,099 ALL RIGHT. 5659 02:35:42,099 --> 02:35:44,935 THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS. 5660 02:35:44,935 --> 02:35:47,304 AND THIS MEETING -- OUR NEXT 5661 02:35:47,304 --> 02:35:49,840 MEETING, EXCUSE ME, IS JUNE 16th 5662 02:35:49,840 --> 02:35:52,876 AT 2:00 P.M. 5663 02:35:52,876 --> 02:35:57,548 AND HEARING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, 5664 02:35:57,548 --> 02:35:58,882 THEN THAT MEANS THAT WE ARE 5665 02:35:58,882 --> 02:36:02,286 ADJOURNED.