WEBVTT 00:00:09.476 --> 00:00:14.180 align:center line:74% position:18% size:45% >> GOOD MORNING. 00:00:14.180 --> 00:00:14.981 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. 00:00:14.981 --> 00:00:18.251 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% MARCH 23 MEETING OF THE SEATTLE 00:00:18.251 --> 00:00:18.885 align:center line:74% position:24% size:58% CITY COUNCILS ECONOMIC 00:00:18.885 --> 00:00:19.886 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% DEVELOPMENT, TECHNOLOGY, 00:00:19.886 --> 00:00:22.922 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% COMMITTEE WILL COME TO ORDER. 00:00:22.922 --> 00:00:25.558 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% IT IS 9:34, I AM SARAH NELSON, 00:00:25.558 --> 00:00:26.993 align:center line:74% position:25% size:60% CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. 00:00:26.993 --> 00:00:29.963 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE. 00:00:30.096 --> 00:00:33.266 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% >> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT. 00:00:33.266 --> 00:00:35.301 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 00:00:35.301 --> 00:00:36.936 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD . 00:00:36.936 --> 00:00:40.306 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ . 00:00:40.306 --> 00:00:41.941 align:center line:74% position:24% size:58% COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. 00:00:41.941 --> 00:00:46.079 align:center line:74% position:16% size:38% FIVE PRESENT. 00:00:46.079 --> 00:00:47.480 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% >> ALL RIGHT, IF THERE IS NO 00:00:47.480 --> 00:00:49.082 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% OBJECTION THE AGENDA WILL BE 00:00:49.082 --> 00:00:49.916 align:center line:74% position:14% size:28% ADOPT DID. 00:00:49.916 --> 00:00:51.751 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE 00:00:51.751 --> 00:00:52.952 align:center line:74% position:19% size:48% AGENDA IS ADOPTED. 00:00:52.952 --> 00:00:58.258 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% AT THIS TIME WE WILL OPEN THE 00:00:58.258 --> 00:00:59.058 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 00:00:59.058 --> 00:01:00.093 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% FOR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. 00:01:00.093 --> 00:01:01.294 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% I WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT 00:01:01.294 --> 00:01:03.696 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% THERE IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON 00:01:03.696 --> 00:01:05.498 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% THE SEATTLE TOURISM IMPROVEMENT 00:01:05.498 --> 00:01:08.401 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% AREA AND SO IF YOU ARE SIGNED UP 00:01:08.401 --> 00:01:11.237 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BUT REALLY 00:01:11.237 --> 00:01:14.874 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT AGENDA 00:01:14.874 --> 00:01:16.743 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% ITEM, PLEASE WAIT AFTER THE 00:01:16.743 --> 00:01:18.344 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% FIRST AGENDA ITEM AND WE WILL 00:01:18.344 --> 00:01:20.246 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AFTER 00:01:20.246 --> 00:01:21.347 align:center line:74% position:12% size:15% THAT. 00:01:21.347 --> 00:01:26.519 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% ALL RIGHT,I THANK EVERYONE FOR 00:01:26.519 --> 00:01:28.621 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% THEIR ONGOING PATIENCE AND 00:01:28.621 --> 00:01:29.489 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% COOPERATION AS WE CONTINUE TO 00:01:29.489 --> 00:01:33.660 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% OPERATE THIS REMOTE PUBLIC 00:01:33.660 --> 00:01:34.027 align:center line:74% position:17% size:40% COMMENT SYSTEM. 00:01:34.027 --> 00:01:37.063 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% IT REMAINS THE STRONG INTENT OF 00:01:37.063 --> 00:01:37.697 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% THE CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE REMOTE 00:01:37.697 --> 00:01:39.032 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% PUBLIC COMMENT REGULARLY 00:01:39.032 --> 00:01:40.433 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% INCLUDED ON MEETING AGENDAS. 00:01:40.433 --> 00:01:41.000 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% HOWEVER, AS A REMINDER, THE 00:01:41.000 --> 00:01:41.634 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% CITY COUNCIL RESERVES THE RIGHT 00:01:41.634 --> 00:01:42.168 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% TO END OR ELIMINATE THESE 00:01:42.168 --> 00:01:42.769 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% PUBLIC COMMENT PERIODS AT ANY 00:01:42.769 --> 00:01:46.439 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% POINT I WILL MODERATE THE 00:01:46.439 --> 00:01:47.040 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IN THE 00:01:47.040 --> 00:01:47.640 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% FOLLOWING MANNER: THE PUBLIC 00:01:47.640 --> 00:01:48.308 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% COMMENT PERIOD FOR THIS MEETING 00:01:48.308 --> 00:01:48.942 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% IS 20 MINUTES AND EACH SPEAKER 00:01:48.942 --> 00:01:53.313 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% WILL BE GIVEN PLEASE NOTE THIS 00:01:53.313 --> 00:01:54.347 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% IS DIFFERENT FROM THE GENERAL 00:01:54.347 --> 00:02:04.891 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% MEETING LISTEN LINE. IF YOU DID 00:02:05.158 --> 00:02:05.892 align:center line:74% position:21% size:53% NOT RECEIVE AN EMAIL 00:02:05.892 --> 00:02:06.726 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% CONFIRMATION PLEASE CHECK YOUR 00:02:06.726 --> 00:02:07.927 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% SPAM AND JUNK EMAIL FOLDERS. 00:02:07.927 --> 00:02:08.962 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% AGAIN, I WILL CALL ON EACH 00:02:08.962 --> 00:02:10.363 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% SPEAKER BY NAME IN THE ORDER IN 00:02:10.363 --> 00:02:11.364 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% WHICH THEY REGISTERED ON THE 00:02:11.364 --> 00:02:11.631 align:center line:74% position:13% size:23% WEBSITE. 00:02:11.631 --> 00:02:12.799 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% IF YOU HAVE NOT YET REGISTERED 00:02:12.799 --> 00:02:14.234 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% TO SPEAK BUT WOULD LIKE TO YOU 00:02:14.234 --> 00:02:15.635 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% CAN SIGN UP BEFORE THE END OF 00:02:15.635 --> 00:02:16.870 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% PUBLIC COMMENT BY GOING TO THE 00:02:16.870 --> 00:02:17.237 align:center line:74% position:13% size:23% WEBSITE. 00:02:17.237 --> 00:02:18.071 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% THE PUBLIC COMMENT LINK IS 00:02:18.071 --> 00:02:19.305 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% LISTED ON TODAY'S AGENDA. 00:02:19.305 --> 00:02:20.907 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% ONCE I CALL A SPEAKER'S NAME, 00:02:20.907 --> 00:02:22.141 align:center line:74% position:22% size:55% STAFF WILL UNMUTE THE 00:02:22.141 --> 00:02:23.309 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% APPROPRIATE MICROPHONE AND AN 00:02:23.309 --> 00:02:28.047 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% AUTOMATIC PROMPT OF YOU WILL BE 00:02:28.047 --> 00:02:29.249 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% UNMUTED WILL BE THE QUEUE THAT 00:02:29.249 --> 00:02:30.316 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% IT'S THEIR TURN TO SPEAK. 00:02:30.316 --> 00:02:31.484 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% AND THEN THE SPEAKER MUST PRESS 00:02:31.484 --> 00:02:41.961 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% STAR SIX TO BEGIN SPEAKING. 00:02:47.433 --> 00:02:48.468 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% PLEASE BEGIN SPEAKING BY 00:02:48.468 --> 00:02:49.102 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% STATING YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM 00:02:49.102 --> 00:02:49.636 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% THAT YOU ARE ADDRESSING. 00:02:49.636 --> 00:02:57.911 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% AS A REMINDER, PUBLIC COMMENT . 00:02:57.911 --> 00:02:58.945 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% ONCE YOU COMPLETE YOUR COMMENT 00:02:58.945 --> 00:02:59.946 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% PLEASE DISCONNECT IN THE LINE 00:02:59.946 --> 00:03:01.147 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% AND IF YOU PLAN TO CONTINUE 00:03:01.147 --> 00:03:02.148 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% FOLLOWING THE MEETING PLEASE DO 00:03:02.148 --> 00:03:10.490 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% SO VIA THE LISTING OPTIONS 00:03:10.490 --> 00:03:11.324 align:center line:74% position:22% size:55% LISTED ON THE AGENDA. 00:03:11.324 --> 00:03:12.525 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS 00:03:12.525 --> 00:03:13.726 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% NOW OPEN AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH 00:03:13.726 --> 00:03:14.961 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% THE FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST. 00:03:14.961 --> 00:03:15.962 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRESS STAR 00:03:15.962 --> 00:03:17.197 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% SIX AFTER HERE THE PROMPT OF 00:03:17.197 --> 00:03:17.997 align:center line:74% position:24% size:58% YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED. 00:03:17.997 --> 00:03:19.032 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JASON 00:03:19.032 --> 00:03:19.632 align:center line:74% position:20% size:50% FOLLOWED BY JEREMY. 00:03:19.632 --> 00:03:22.835 align:center line:74% position:18% size:45% GO AHEAD, JASON. 00:03:22.835 --> 00:03:27.740 align:center line:74% position:20% size:50% >> MY NAME IS JASON. 00:03:27.740 --> 00:03:28.775 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% 'S IS THE PUBLIC COMMENT. 00:03:28.775 --> 00:03:29.976 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% I WAS RECENTLY FIRED FOR NOT 00:03:29.976 --> 00:03:31.144 align:center line:74% position:25% size:60% GETTING THE EXCREMENTAL 00:03:31.144 --> 00:03:35.682 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% EMERGENCY USE GENE THERAPY 00:03:35.682 --> 00:03:36.683 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% KNOWN AS THE COVID VACCINE AT 00:03:36.683 --> 00:03:37.283 align:center line:74% position:22% size:55% SEATTLE CITY LIGHT'S. 00:03:37.283 --> 00:03:38.117 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% MY CLASSIFICATION OF INSIDE 00:03:38.117 --> 00:03:39.319 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% WIREMAN HAS BEEN STAFFED FOR 00:03:39.319 --> 00:03:46.626 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% THE LAST 10 YEARS AND FIGHTING 00:03:46.626 --> 00:03:47.260 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% QUALIFIED HIGH-VOLTAGE WORKERS 00:03:47.260 --> 00:03:48.294 align:center line:74% position:21% size:53% IS NOT AN EASY PATH. 00:03:48.294 --> 00:03:49.495 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% SEATTLE CITY LIGHT LET GO OVER 00:03:49.495 --> 00:03:50.697 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% 10% OF MY DEPARTMENT FOR NOT 00:03:50.697 --> 00:03:51.331 align:center line:74% position:18% size:45% GETTING THE SHOT. 00:03:51.331 --> 00:03:53.132 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% THIS IS PUT IN INCREASED STRAIN 00:03:53.132 --> 00:03:54.167 align:center line:74% position:24% size:58% ON THE UTILITY AND HAS 00:03:54.167 --> 00:03:54.834 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% NEGATIVELY AFFECTED WORKER 00:03:54.834 --> 00:03:56.002 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% MORALE AND PRODUCTIVITY. 00:03:56.002 --> 00:03:56.769 align:center line:74% position:11% size:10% -- 00:03:56.769 --> 00:03:59.639 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% >> JASON COME ON GOING TO 00:03:59.639 --> 00:03:59.939 align:center line:74% position:14% size:28% INTERRUPT. 00:03:59.939 --> 00:04:05.545 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR THIS PUBLIC 00:04:05.545 --> 00:04:06.546 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% COMMENT PERIOD ARE THAT PEOPLE 00:04:06.546 --> 00:04:07.780 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% SPEAK TO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. 00:04:07.780 --> 00:04:09.182 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% ARE YOU SPEAKING TO AN ITEM ON 00:04:09.182 --> 00:04:09.782 align:center line:74% position:15% size:33% THE AGENDA? 00:04:09.782 --> 00:04:12.018 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% >> THIS IS THE CITY LIGHT 00:04:12.018 --> 00:04:12.652 align:center line:74% position:17% size:43% MEETING, RIGHT? 00:04:12.652 --> 00:04:14.053 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% >> THIS ITEM IS NOT IN THE 00:04:14.053 --> 00:04:14.387 align:center line:74% position:13% size:20% AGENDA. 00:04:14.387 --> 00:04:15.555 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% YOU'RE WELCOME TO SUBMIT 00:04:15.555 --> 00:04:22.195 align:center line:74% position:21% size:53% COMMENTS IN WRITING. 00:04:22.195 --> 00:04:23.396 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% TO ME AND THE LEADERSHIP CITY 00:04:23.396 --> 00:04:24.297 align:center line:74% position:12% size:18% LIGHT. 00:04:24.297 --> 00:04:27.467 align:center line:74% position:14% size:28% THANK YOU. 00:04:27.467 --> 00:04:28.301 align:center line:74% position:16% size:38% >> THANK YOU. 00:04:28.301 --> 00:04:30.069 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% >> THE NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE 00:04:30.069 --> 00:04:37.577 align:center line:74% position:15% size:35% JEREMY ROWAN. 00:04:37.577 --> 00:04:42.115 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% JEREMY, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX. 00:04:42.115 --> 00:04:44.484 align:center line:74% position:22% size:55% >> MY NAME IS JEREMY. 00:04:44.484 --> 00:04:47.787 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% I BELIEVE YOU'RE GOING TO 00:04:47.787 --> 00:04:49.622 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% DIRECT ME IN THE SAME DIRECTION. 00:04:49.622 --> 00:04:51.057 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% THIS IS CONCERNING THE SAME 00:04:51.057 --> 00:04:51.791 align:center line:74% position:13% size:20% ISSUE. 00:04:51.791 --> 00:04:56.529 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% >> I WILL REQUEST, I'M SORRY TO 00:04:56.529 --> 00:04:59.165 align:center line:74% position:14% size:28% INTERRUPT. 00:04:59.165 --> 00:05:00.600 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% I DO ASK THE PEOPLE SPEAK TO 00:05:00.600 --> 00:05:04.437 align:center line:74% position:21% size:53% ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. 00:05:04.437 --> 00:05:05.672 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% BECAUSE OFTEN WE HAVE A VERY 00:05:05.672 --> 00:05:07.073 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% FULL AGENDA AND A HAVE TO BE 00:05:07.073 --> 00:05:07.907 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% CONSISTENT IN PUBLIC COMMENT. 00:05:07.907 --> 00:05:08.908 align:center line:74% position:25% size:60% SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 00:05:08.908 --> 00:05:13.579 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% MY EMAIL IS SARA.NELSON AT 00:05:13.579 --> 00:05:13.913 align:center line:74% position:15% size:33% SEATTLE.GOV. 00:05:13.913 --> 00:05:15.014 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% YOU CAN SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO 00:05:15.014 --> 00:05:19.252 align:center line:74% position:19% size:48% ME AND LEADERSHIP. 00:05:19.252 --> 00:05:19.686 align:center line:74% position:15% size:33% IN WRITING. 00:05:19.686 --> 00:05:20.920 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% >> THIS WILL BE ADDRESSED TO 00:05:20.920 --> 00:05:21.120 align:center line:74% position:11% size:13% YOU. 00:05:21.120 --> 00:05:21.921 align:center line:74% position:14% size:30% THANK YOU. 00:05:21.921 --> 00:05:24.557 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% >> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS KRISTI 00:05:24.557 --> 00:05:25.758 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% AND THAT IS OUR LAST SPEAKER 00:05:25.758 --> 00:05:26.793 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% SIGNED UP FOR THE GENERAL 00:05:26.793 --> 00:05:30.229 align:center line:74% position:25% size:60% PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. 00:05:30.229 --> 00:05:32.665 align:center line:74% position:17% size:43% >> GOOD MORNING. 00:05:32.665 --> 00:05:36.536 align:center line:74% position:19% size:48% MY NAME IS KRISTI. 00:05:36.536 --> 00:05:39.205 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% I AM UNDERSTANDING THAT THE 00:05:39.205 --> 00:05:43.643 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% OVERALL GENERAL BUSINESS 00:05:43.643 --> 00:05:45.078 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% PROPRIETY AND WELFARE OF CITY 00:05:45.078 --> 00:05:47.513 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% LIGHTS AND THE SAFETY IS PART 00:05:47.513 --> 00:05:51.384 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% OF THE DAILY GENERAL AGENDA 00:05:51.384 --> 00:05:54.420 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% EVEN IF THERE ISN'T A SPECIFIC 00:05:54.420 --> 00:05:55.021 align:center line:74% position:11% size:10% -- 00:05:55.021 --> 00:05:59.726 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% >> I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT, 00:05:59.726 --> 00:06:04.564 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% THE INSTRUCTIONS ARE, AT THIS 00:06:04.564 --> 00:06:05.998 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% TIME WE OPEN THE REMOTE PUBLIC 00:06:05.998 --> 00:06:06.999 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% COMMENT PERIOD FOR ITEMS ON THE 00:06:06.999 --> 00:06:07.767 align:center line:74% position:13% size:23% AGENDA. 00:06:07.767 --> 00:06:16.342 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% >> WINNER THE GENERAL COMMENTS 00:06:16.342 --> 00:06:17.577 align:center line:74% position:22% size:55% TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK? 00:06:17.577 --> 00:06:18.978 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% IS A PLACE TO SPEAK AT A 00:06:18.978 --> 00:06:20.413 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% MEETING IN FRONT OF YOU FOR A 00:06:20.413 --> 00:06:21.013 align:center line:74% position:18% size:45% GENERAL COMMENT? 00:06:21.013 --> 00:06:21.414 align:center line:74% position:12% size:18% >> NO. 00:06:21.414 --> 00:06:22.648 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% THAT IS NOT ALLOWED IN THIS 00:06:22.648 --> 00:06:22.949 align:center line:74% position:14% size:28% COMMITTEE. 00:06:22.949 --> 00:06:24.217 align:center line:74% position:22% size:55% THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 00:06:24.217 --> 00:06:27.920 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% >> IS THAT THE GENERAL CITY 00:06:27.920 --> 00:06:29.355 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% COUNCIL MEETING I CAN SPEAK A 00:06:29.355 --> 00:06:30.123 align:center line:74% position:18% size:45% GENERAL COMMENT? 00:06:30.123 --> 00:06:36.429 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% >> I'M NOT A COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 00:06:36.562 --> 00:06:37.463 align:center line:74% position:22% size:55% >> WHO IS THE COUNCIL 00:06:37.463 --> 00:06:37.864 align:center line:74% position:14% size:30% PRESIDENT? 00:06:37.864 --> 00:06:39.499 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% >> THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT 00:06:39.499 --> 00:06:43.369 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% DETERMINES THE RULES FOR HOW 00:06:43.369 --> 00:06:44.370 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% FULL COUNCIL MEETINGS ARE 00:06:44.370 --> 00:06:45.338 align:center line:74% position:14% size:28% CONDUCTED. 00:06:45.338 --> 00:06:49.408 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% IN THIS COMMITTEE ITEMS FOR 00:06:49.408 --> 00:06:51.477 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% PUBLIC COMMENT ARE LIMITED TO 00:06:51.477 --> 00:06:53.112 align:center line:74% position:21% size:53% ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. 00:06:53.112 --> 00:06:55.081 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% SO AGAIN, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO 00:06:55.081 --> 00:06:58.985 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% PLEASE SEND YOUR THOUGHTS AND 00:06:58.985 --> 00:07:01.654 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% COMMENTS TO ME PERSONALLY AND 00:07:01.654 --> 00:07:03.623 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% TO THE REST OF THE COMMITTEE IF 00:07:03.623 --> 00:07:04.690 align:center line:74% position:14% size:28% YOU WISH. 00:07:04.690 --> 00:07:07.760 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% >> I DID THAT, THANK YOU SO 00:07:07.760 --> 00:07:09.962 align:center line:74% position:12% size:15% MUCH. 00:07:09.962 --> 00:07:11.197 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM 00:07:11.197 --> 00:07:11.397 align:center line:74% position:11% size:13% YOU. 00:07:11.397 --> 00:07:12.999 align:center line:74% position:19% size:48% I ALREADY EMAILED. 00:07:12.999 --> 00:07:14.467 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% >> THANK YOU FOR THE NUDGE AND 00:07:14.467 --> 00:07:15.468 align:center line:74% position:25% size:60% I WILL READ YOUR EMAIL. 00:07:15.468 --> 00:07:16.402 align:center line:74% position:14% size:30% THANK YOU. 00:07:16.402 --> 00:07:20.173 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% >> OKAY, SEEING NO ONE ELSE 00:07:20.173 --> 00:07:23.042 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% LISTED ON THE AGENDA FOR PUBLIC 00:07:23.042 --> 00:07:26.779 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% COMMENT, THE PUBLIC COMMENT 00:07:26.779 --> 00:07:29.282 align:center line:74% position:22% size:55% PERIOD IS NOW CLOSED. 00:07:29.282 --> 00:07:31.717 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR 00:07:31.717 --> 00:07:34.353 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% EVERYBODY WHO EXPRESSED AN 00:07:34.353 --> 00:07:35.922 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% INTEREST IN ATTENDING AND 00:07:35.922 --> 00:07:39.025 align:center line:74% position:17% size:40% SPEAKING TODAY. 00:07:39.025 --> 00:07:40.026 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% SEEING THAT THERE IS NOBODY 00:07:40.026 --> 00:07:41.627 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% ELSE HERE, EVERYONE ELSE SIGNED 00:07:41.627 --> 00:07:46.332 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% UP, PLEASE HOLD TIGHT FOR THE 00:07:46.332 --> 00:07:47.733 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% PUBLIC HEARING AND WE WILL NOW 00:07:47.733 --> 00:07:48.768 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% PROCEED TO ITEMS OF BUSINESS. 00:07:48.768 --> 00:07:50.436 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 00:07:50.436 --> 00:07:51.971 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% NUMBER ONE INTO THE RECORD. 00:07:51.971 --> 00:07:55.475 align:center line:74% position:22% size:55% >> APPOINTMENT 02122. 00:07:55.475 --> 00:07:56.642 align:center line:74% position:25% size:60% APPOINTMENT OF MICHELLE 00:07:56.642 --> 00:07:59.745 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% MITCHELL-BRANNON AS A MEMBER 00:07:59.745 --> 00:08:01.147 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% OF THE CITY LIGHT REVIEW PANEL 00:08:01.147 --> 00:08:06.853 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% FOR A TERM TO APRIL 11, 2024. 00:08:06.853 --> 00:08:07.687 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% BRIEF DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE 00:08:07.687 --> 00:08:07.887 align:center line:74% position:12% size:15% VOTE. 00:08:07.887 --> 00:08:08.888 align:center line:74% position:25% size:60% >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 00:08:08.888 --> 00:08:10.490 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% THIS IS OUR FIRST APPOINTMENT 00:08:10.490 --> 00:08:11.123 align:center line:74% position:19% size:48% IN THIS COMMITTEE. 00:08:11.123 --> 00:08:12.124 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THE 00:08:12.124 --> 00:08:13.292 align:center line:74% position:25% size:60% APPOINTMENT OF MICHELLE 00:08:13.292 --> 00:08:17.830 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% MITCHELL-BRANNON TO THE 00:08:17.830 --> 00:08:18.631 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% SEATTLE CITY LIGHT REVIEW 00:08:18.631 --> 00:08:18.965 align:center line:74% position:12% size:18% PANEL. 00:08:18.965 --> 00:08:20.066 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% WILL THE PRESENTERS PLEASE 00:08:20.066 --> 00:08:20.666 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND 00:08:20.666 --> 00:08:21.267 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% MICHELLE MITCHELL-BRANNON? 00:08:21.267 --> 00:08:27.607 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% >> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER 00:08:27.607 --> 00:08:28.774 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% NELSON AND THE REST OF THE 00:08:28.774 --> 00:08:29.075 align:center line:74% position:14% size:28% COMMITTEE. 00:08:29.075 --> 00:08:30.409 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% WE ARE SUPER EXCITED TO BE HERE 00:08:30.409 --> 00:08:30.643 align:center line:74% position:12% size:18% TODAY. 00:08:30.643 --> 00:08:35.882 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% I HAVEN'T MET YOU, I AM DEBRA 00:08:35.882 --> 00:08:36.916 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% SMITH THE GENERAL MANAGER AT 00:08:36.916 --> 00:08:37.517 align:center line:74% position:20% size:50% SEATTLE CITY LIGHT. 00:08:37.517 --> 00:08:38.751 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% ALTHOUGH I'M NOT TO TALK ABOUT 00:08:38.751 --> 00:08:40.152 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% HER BECAUSE I THINK LEE IS 00:08:40.152 --> 00:08:41.587 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% GOING TO DO THAT, AS I WAS 00:08:41.587 --> 00:08:42.388 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% REVIEWING THE RESUME COMING 00:08:42.388 --> 00:08:44.423 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% INTO THIS MEETING, ONE OF THE 00:08:44.423 --> 00:08:46.259 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% THINGS I AM MOST EXCITED ABOUT 00:08:46.259 --> 00:08:47.894 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% MICHELLE IS THAT NOT ONLY ARE 00:08:47.894 --> 00:08:50.930 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% YOU LOW INCOME REPRESENTATIVE, 00:08:50.930 --> 00:08:54.934 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% AND THAT WILL BE COVERED HOW 00:08:54.934 --> 00:08:59.872 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% PEOPLE IDENTIFIED AND WHAT THE 00:08:59.872 --> 00:09:01.073 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% COMMUNITY'S OF INTEREST ARE THE 00:09:01.073 --> 00:09:01.908 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% WE ATTEMPT TO HAVE REPRESENTED 00:09:01.908 --> 00:09:03.109 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% ON THE REVIEW PANEL, BUT 00:09:03.109 --> 00:09:03.743 align:center line:74% position:22% size:55% MICHELLE ALSO HAS THE 00:09:03.743 --> 00:09:04.543 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY REPRESENT 00:09:04.543 --> 00:09:09.815 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% I THINK SOME OF THE NEEDS. 00:09:09.815 --> 00:09:11.250 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% A LOT OF HER WORK HAS BEEN 00:09:11.250 --> 00:09:12.251 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% FOCUSED ON YOUTH IN VARIOUS 00:09:12.251 --> 00:09:12.552 align:center line:74% position:12% size:15% WAYS. 00:09:12.552 --> 00:09:13.052 align:center line:74% position:22% size:55% HAVING THE ADDITIONAL 00:09:13.052 --> 00:09:14.086 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% PERSPECTIVE ON THE REVIEW 00:09:14.086 --> 00:09:16.322 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% PANEL, WHICH ISN'T IDENTIFIED 00:09:16.322 --> 00:09:18.357 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% COMMUNITY OF INTEREST BUT AS WE 00:09:18.357 --> 00:09:21.794 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% ARE IN THIS TRANSITION ABOUT SO 00:09:21.794 --> 00:09:22.828 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% MANY THINGS, I THINK THAT WILL 00:09:22.828 --> 00:09:27.700 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% BE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. 00:09:27.700 --> 00:09:28.901 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS 00:09:28.901 --> 00:09:29.936 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% APPOINTMENT AND I WANTED TO 00:09:29.936 --> 00:09:31.337 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% INTRODUCE LEIGH BARRECA , YOU 00:09:31.337 --> 00:09:33.105 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% GUYS BY NOW KNOW I STRUGGLE 00:09:33.105 --> 00:09:34.173 align:center line:74% position:15% size:33% WITH TITLES. 00:09:34.173 --> 00:09:36.175 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% LEIGH IS THE MASTER OF OUR 00:09:36.175 --> 00:09:37.043 align:center line:74% position:16% size:38% REVIEW PANEL. 00:09:37.043 --> 00:09:37.843 align:center line:74% position:20% size:50% SHE KEEPS IT GOING. 00:09:37.843 --> 00:09:40.513 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% SHE DIRECTS IT. SHE DOESN'T 00:09:40.513 --> 00:09:42.715 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% AMAZING JOB WITH CONTENT. 00:09:42.715 --> 00:09:43.916 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% OF COURSE SHE IS RESPONSIBLE 00:09:43.916 --> 00:09:45.351 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% FOR ENSURING IT IS FULLY 00:09:45.351 --> 00:09:46.852 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% POPULATED WITH JUST THE RIGHT 00:09:46.852 --> 00:09:51.257 align:center line:74% position:13% size:20% PEOPLE. 00:09:51.257 --> 00:09:52.892 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO 00:09:52.892 --> 00:09:54.026 align:center line:74% position:13% size:20% LEIGH. 00:09:54.026 --> 00:09:55.328 align:center line:74% position:15% size:35% >> THANK YOU. 00:09:55.328 --> 00:09:58.564 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% AS DEBRA SAID, I WORK WITH THE 00:09:58.564 --> 00:10:00.800 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% REVIEW PANEL AND I MANAGE THE 00:10:00.800 --> 00:10:01.734 align:center line:74% position:18% size:45% PLANNING PROCESS. 00:10:01.734 --> 00:10:06.105 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% LIKELY I WILL BE WITH DEBRA AND 00:10:06.105 --> 00:10:06.472 align:center line:74% position:16% size:38% COMPANY AGAIN. 00:10:06.472 --> 00:10:08.474 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF SLIDES 00:10:08.474 --> 00:10:10.743 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% THAT MAURA BRUEGER IS GOING TO 00:10:10.743 --> 00:10:12.378 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% RUN TO GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW 00:10:12.378 --> 00:10:16.449 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% OF THE CITY LIGHT REVIEW PANEL. 00:10:16.449 --> 00:10:23.155 align:center line:74% position:20% size:50% YOU CAN GO FORWARD. 00:10:23.155 --> 00:10:24.357 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% JUST A REMINDER ABOUT WHAT THE 00:10:24.357 --> 00:10:25.558 align:center line:74% position:17% size:43% REVIEW PANEL IS. 00:10:25.558 --> 00:10:28.027 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% THE REVIEW PANEL WAS CREATED IN 00:10:28.027 --> 00:10:30.396 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% 2010 PER CITY ORDINANCE. 00:10:30.396 --> 00:10:33.899 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% CITY LIGHT PREVIOUSLY HAD A 00:10:33.899 --> 00:10:35.134 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% CITY LIGHT ADVISORY BOARD AND 00:10:35.134 --> 00:10:38.170 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% ALSO A RATE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 00:10:38.170 --> 00:10:39.605 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% THE CITY LIGHT REVIEW PANEL 00:10:39.605 --> 00:10:42.441 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% COMBINED THE DUTIES OF BOTH 00:10:42.441 --> 00:10:43.876 align:center line:74% position:13% size:20% GROUPS. 00:10:43.876 --> 00:10:45.077 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% IN 2015 THERE WERE SOME MINOR 00:10:45.077 --> 00:10:46.912 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% ADJUSTMENTS MADE TO THEIR SCOPE 00:10:46.912 --> 00:10:50.583 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% AND PROCESS TO THEIR CHARTER 00:10:50.583 --> 00:10:52.351 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% AND THAT WAS PASSED WITH YET 00:10:52.351 --> 00:10:54.420 align:center line:74% position:19% size:48% ANOTHER ORDINANCE. 00:10:54.420 --> 00:10:57.356 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% PER CHARTER ORDINANCE, THE 00:10:57.356 --> 00:10:58.457 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% REVIEW PANELS ACTIVITIES OR 00:10:58.457 --> 00:11:02.561 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% ROLE ARE ADVISORY TO CITY LIGHT 00:11:02.561 --> 00:11:05.798 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% ON OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, THE 00:11:05.798 --> 00:11:07.233 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% DEVELOPMENT AND PLAN ITSELF AS 00:11:07.233 --> 00:11:13.506 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% WELL AS THE ACCOMPANYING PATH. 00:11:13.506 --> 00:11:14.740 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% THE REVIEW PANEL, EACH TIME A 00:11:14.740 --> 00:11:15.741 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% PLAN IS SUBMITTED, THEY PROVIDE 00:11:15.741 --> 00:11:17.376 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% AN OPINION TO THE CITY COUNCIL 00:11:17.376 --> 00:11:20.012 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% ON THE MERITS OF THE PLAN, TO 00:11:20.012 --> 00:11:22.648 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% THE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR. 00:11:22.648 --> 00:11:26.052 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% AND 420 22, RIGHT NOW WE ARE 00:11:26.052 --> 00:11:29.722 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% WORKING ON AN UPDATE TO THE 00:11:29.722 --> 00:11:32.425 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% STRATEGIC PLAN, TO THE 2022 00:11:32.425 --> 00:11:39.298 align:center line:74% position:12% size:15% PLAN. 00:11:39.298 --> 00:11:40.332 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% THAT WOULD BE DELIVERED TO THE 00:11:40.332 --> 00:11:40.933 align:center line:74% position:17% size:43% COUNCIL IN JUNE. 00:11:40.933 --> 00:11:42.368 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% SO THE PANEL IS WORKING, WE ARE 00:11:42.368 --> 00:11:43.402 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE 00:11:43.402 --> 00:11:44.203 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% PANEL THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT 00:11:44.203 --> 00:11:44.804 align:center line:74% position:17% size:40% OF THAT UPDATE. 00:11:44.804 --> 00:11:45.204 align:center line:74% position:14% size:28% EXCUSE ME. 00:11:45.204 --> 00:11:49.041 align:center line:74% position:20% size:50% NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 00:11:49.041 --> 00:11:52.111 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% WE HAVE NINE MEMBERS ON THE 00:11:52.111 --> 00:11:52.511 align:center line:74% position:12% size:18% PANEL. 00:11:52.511 --> 00:11:56.982 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% FOUR APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR, 00:11:56.982 --> 00:11:58.551 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% FIVE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR, 00:11:58.551 --> 00:12:02.721 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% EXCUSE ME, AND EACH SERVES A 00:12:02.721 --> 00:12:03.322 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% STAGGERED THREE-YEAR TERM 00:12:03.322 --> 00:12:04.290 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% ALTHOUGH AT THE CONCLUSION OF 00:12:04.290 --> 00:12:05.124 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% THEIR THREE-YEAR TERM, PANEL 00:12:05.124 --> 00:12:08.127 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% MEMBERS ARE ELIGIBLE TO SERVE A 00:12:08.127 --> 00:12:10.796 align:center line:74% position:15% size:33% SECOND TERM. 00:12:10.796 --> 00:12:12.431 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% AS YOU CAN SEE THE NINE MEMBERS 00:12:12.431 --> 00:12:13.466 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% ARE INTENTIONALLY DIRECTED TO 00:12:13.466 --> 00:12:19.338 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% SERVE CERTAIN PARTS OF OUR 00:12:19.338 --> 00:12:19.805 align:center line:74% position:16% size:38% CUSTOMER BASE. 00:12:19.805 --> 00:12:23.342 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% WE HAVE AN ECONOMIST, FINANCIAL 00:12:23.342 --> 00:12:26.579 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% ANALYST, NONPROFIT ENERGY 00:12:26.579 --> 00:12:27.446 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% EFFICIENCY REPRESENTATIVE, 00:12:27.446 --> 00:12:31.917 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% COMMERCIAL CUSTOMER REP, 00:12:31.917 --> 00:12:35.788 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% RESIDENTIAL REP, INDUSTRIAL, A 00:12:35.788 --> 00:12:36.789 align:center line:74% position:22% size:55% MEMBER AT LARGE AND A 00:12:36.789 --> 00:12:37.823 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% REPRESENTATIVE FROM ONE OF OUR 00:12:37.890 --> 00:12:38.824 align:center line:69% position:53% size:63% UBURBAN TRENCH I CITIES. 00:12:38.824 --> 00:12:42.895 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% POSITION NUMBER SEVEN -- WE ARE 00:12:42.895 --> 00:12:44.964 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW WITH THIS 00:12:44.964 --> 00:12:46.899 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% APPOINTMENT, WE WILL HAVE A 00:12:46.899 --> 00:12:49.001 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% FULL PANEL WHICH IS SOMETHING 00:12:49.001 --> 00:12:50.202 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR 00:12:50.202 --> 00:12:50.803 align:center line:74% position:17% size:43% QUITE SOME TIME. 00:12:50.803 --> 00:12:54.073 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% POSITION NUMBER SEVEN IS THE 00:12:54.073 --> 00:12:55.174 align:center line:74% position:20% size:50% LOW INCOME CUSTOMER 00:12:55.174 --> 00:12:57.743 align:center line:74% position:17% size:40% REPRESENTATIVE. 00:12:57.743 --> 00:12:58.944 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% WITH THAT, I AM PLEASED TO 00:12:58.944 --> 00:12:59.945 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% ANNOUNCE, TO INTRODUCE MICHELE 00:12:59.945 --> 00:13:01.313 align:center line:74% position:19% size:48% TO SPEAK WITH YOU. 00:13:01.313 --> 00:13:03.983 align:center line:74% position:14% size:30% THANK YOU. 00:13:03.983 --> 00:13:06.652 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% >> I AM SO EXCITED TO BE HERE 00:13:06.652 --> 00:13:10.122 align:center line:74% position:20% size:50% AND BE PART OF THIS 00:13:10.122 --> 00:13:10.456 align:center line:74% position:15% size:33% APPOINTMENT. 00:13:10.456 --> 00:13:13.092 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% A LITTLE ABOUT ME, I AM BORN 00:13:13.092 --> 00:13:14.960 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% AND RAISED IN SEATTLE IN THE 00:13:14.960 --> 00:13:16.028 align:center line:74% position:18% size:45% CENTRAL DISTRICT. 00:13:16.028 --> 00:13:18.631 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% GRANDMOTHER WAS IN THE CITY AS 00:13:18.631 --> 00:13:24.336 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% WELL AS MY GRANDFATHER WE 00:13:24.336 --> 00:13:25.905 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% STARTED SERVITUDE VERY EARLY ON 00:13:25.905 --> 00:13:26.972 align:center line:74% position:13% size:20% IN AGE. 00:13:26.972 --> 00:13:30.943 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% TO WORK WITHIN THE AFRICAN- 00:13:30.943 --> 00:13:31.977 align:center line:74% position:25% size:60% AMERICAN AND LOW-INCOME 00:13:31.977 --> 00:13:34.880 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% COMMUNITIES IS DEFINITELY A 00:13:34.880 --> 00:13:37.516 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% PRIVILEGE AND AN HONOR FOR ME. 00:13:37.516 --> 00:13:39.151 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% I AM EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO LEND 00:13:39.151 --> 00:13:40.786 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY TO 00:13:40.786 --> 00:13:44.256 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% THIS POSITION AND TO THE WORK 00:13:44.256 --> 00:13:45.457 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% SO WE ARE INFORMED ABOUT MAKING 00:13:45.457 --> 00:13:46.659 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% THE BEST DECISIONS FOR THOSE 00:13:46.659 --> 00:13:51.564 align:center line:74% position:24% size:58% THAT WILL BE IMPACTED. 00:13:51.564 --> 00:13:52.364 align:center line:74% position:21% size:53% AGAIN, I AM EXCITED. 00:13:52.364 --> 00:13:53.799 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR OVER 00:13:53.799 --> 00:13:54.600 align:center line:74% position:13% size:25% 20 YEARS. 00:13:54.600 --> 00:13:56.836 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% AND YES, I CAN'T EXPLAIN TO YOU 00:13:56.836 --> 00:13:58.270 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% THAT I CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO 00:13:58.270 --> 00:14:01.106 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% WORK ON THIS WHOLE PANEL AND 00:14:01.106 --> 00:14:06.579 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% DEFINITELY GIVE, AGAIN, VOICE 00:14:06.579 --> 00:14:07.780 align:center line:74% position:22% size:55% TO A COMMUNITY I'M SO 00:14:07.780 --> 00:14:09.181 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% PRIVILEGED AND LOVE TO SERVE. 00:14:09.181 --> 00:14:12.685 align:center line:74% position:14% size:30% THANK YOU. 00:14:12.685 --> 00:14:13.686 align:center line:74% position:25% size:60% >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, 00:14:13.686 --> 00:14:13.953 align:center line:74% position:13% size:25% MICHELLE. 00:14:13.953 --> 00:14:15.921 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% IT IS WONDERFUL TO MEET YOU. 00:14:15.921 --> 00:14:16.755 align:center line:74% position:22% size:55% YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. 00:14:16.755 --> 00:14:18.357 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% FOR THOSE THAT HAVEN'T READ 00:14:18.357 --> 00:14:19.925 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% YOUR RESUME COULD YOU JUST LET 00:14:19.925 --> 00:14:22.228 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% FOLKS KNOW WHAT YOU DO RIGHT 00:14:22.228 --> 00:14:23.796 align:center line:74% position:22% size:55% NOW IN YOUR DAY JOB? 00:14:23.796 --> 00:14:27.499 align:center line:74% position:14% size:30% >> WILL DO. 00:14:27.499 --> 00:14:30.970 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% I AM A DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION 00:14:30.970 --> 00:14:32.338 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION 00:14:32.338 --> 00:14:36.642 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% SUPPORT AT ATLANTIC STREET 00:14:36.642 --> 00:14:37.676 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% CENTER WHICH IS AN ORGANIZATION 00:14:37.676 --> 00:14:39.278 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% THAT HAS BEEN AROUND JUST A FEW 00:14:39.278 --> 00:14:39.612 align:center line:74% position:12% size:18% YEARS. 00:14:39.612 --> 00:14:39.812 align:center line:74% position:11% size:13% 112. 00:14:39.812 --> 00:14:41.146 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% WORKING IN THE CENTRAL DISTRICT 00:14:41.146 --> 00:14:47.620 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% AND SOUTH END OF SEATTLE. 00:14:47.620 --> 00:14:48.821 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% SOME OF THE PROGRAMS I AM 00:14:48.821 --> 00:14:50.389 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% PRIVILEGED TO RUN OUR YOUTH 00:14:50.389 --> 00:14:51.657 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS WHICH IS 00:14:51.657 --> 00:14:52.491 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% THE PREVENTATIVE SUPPORTS OF 00:14:52.491 --> 00:14:53.926 align:center line:74% position:25% size:60% YOUTH THAT ARE AT RISK. 00:14:53.926 --> 00:14:57.763 align:center line:74% position:19% size:48% ALSO TEEN PARENTS. 00:14:57.763 --> 00:14:58.998 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT 00:14:58.998 --> 00:15:02.434 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% HAVEN'T SEEN IT IN THE SEATTLE 00:15:02.434 --> 00:15:04.670 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% TIMES, SIX YEARS WE HAVE BEEN 00:15:04.670 --> 00:15:05.704 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% IN THE SEATTLE TIMES ABOUT THE 00:15:05.704 --> 00:15:06.905 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% WORK I HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE TO 00:15:06.905 --> 00:15:08.941 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% BE ABLE TO DO WITH THE TEEN AS 00:15:08.941 --> 00:15:09.341 align:center line:74% position:17% size:43% PARENTS PROGRAM. 00:15:09.341 --> 00:15:10.843 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% ALSO I HAVE THE KINSHIP CARE 00:15:10.843 --> 00:15:14.446 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% PROVIDERS WHICH ARE KINSHIP 00:15:14.446 --> 00:15:15.914 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% PROVIDERS TAKING CARE OF THEIR 00:15:15.914 --> 00:15:17.883 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN OR RELATIVE 00:15:17.883 --> 00:15:18.083 align:center line:74% position:12% size:15% KIDS. 00:15:18.083 --> 00:15:19.318 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% THAT IS A PROGRAM I RUN. 00:15:19.318 --> 00:15:24.590 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% AND A HUGE YOUNG PARENT PROGRAM 00:15:24.590 --> 00:15:25.991 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% WERE WE GOING TO THE HOMES AND 00:15:25.991 --> 00:15:27.660 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% REMOVE ANY BARRIERS AROUND 00:15:27.660 --> 00:15:28.460 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% PEOPLE GETTING CONNECTED TO 00:15:28.460 --> 00:15:30.663 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% SUPPORTS AND EMPLOYMENT. 00:15:30.663 --> 00:15:30.929 align:center line:74% position:13% size:23% HOUSING. 00:15:30.929 --> 00:15:32.865 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% A LOT OF THE FAMILIES WE WORK 00:15:32.865 --> 00:15:35.567 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% WITH OUR 100% LOW INCOME. SOME 00:15:35.567 --> 00:15:46.078 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% ARE, 65% ARE HOMELESS OR AND 00:15:46.378 --> 00:15:46.712 align:center line:74% position:16% size:38% STABLY HOUSED. 00:15:46.712 --> 00:15:48.347 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% THAT IS THE WORK I DO EVERY DAY 00:15:48.347 --> 00:15:49.782 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% THAT I AM PRIVILEGED TO DO AND 00:15:49.782 --> 00:15:51.050 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% WORK ALONGSIDE PARTNERING WITH 00:15:51.050 --> 00:15:52.618 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% FAMILIES SO THAT THEY CAN 00:15:52.618 --> 00:15:53.619 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF THEIR 00:15:53.619 --> 00:15:53.852 align:center line:74% position:12% size:18% LIVES. 00:15:53.852 --> 00:15:55.254 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% ALLOWING THEM TO INFORM US. 00:15:55.254 --> 00:15:56.455 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% SO THE PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO 00:15:56.455 --> 00:15:57.289 align:center line:74% position:18% size:45% MEET THEIR NEEDS. 00:15:57.289 --> 00:15:59.325 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% THAT IS WHAT I DO ON MY DAY 00:15:59.325 --> 00:16:00.526 align:center line:74% position:13% size:20% TODAY. 00:16:00.526 --> 00:16:02.428 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. 00:16:02.428 --> 00:16:07.833 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% YOU ARE A VERY BUSY PERSON. 00:16:07.833 --> 00:16:09.268 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% AND IN SERVING ON THIS PANEL, 00:16:09.268 --> 00:16:10.703 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% IT IS A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY. 00:16:10.703 --> 00:16:12.304 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR 00:16:12.304 --> 00:16:14.073 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% GIVING OF YOUR TIME IN SERVICE 00:16:14.073 --> 00:16:18.811 align:center line:74% position:16% size:38% AND EXPERTISE. 00:16:18.811 --> 00:16:20.045 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% ERIC, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS 00:16:20.045 --> 00:16:20.646 align:center line:74% position:16% size:38% OR ADDITIONS? 00:16:20.646 --> 00:16:22.081 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% >> JUST TO SAY IT HAS BEEN 00:16:22.081 --> 00:16:23.282 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% GREAT OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS 00:16:23.282 --> 00:16:25.317 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% TO ATTEND THE MEETINGS. I 00:16:25.317 --> 00:16:26.552 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% KEEP AN EYE ON THINGS FOR 00:16:26.552 --> 00:16:27.953 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% COUNCIL TO INTERACT WITH 00:16:27.953 --> 00:16:28.587 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT THE 00:16:28.587 --> 00:16:31.757 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% REVIEW PANEL TO INFORM WITH THE 00:16:31.757 --> 00:16:32.658 align:center line:74% position:20% size:50% REVIEW PANEL BRINGS 00:16:32.658 --> 00:16:33.826 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE KID 00:16:33.826 --> 00:16:39.732 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL, AND I'M 00:16:39.732 --> 00:16:40.366 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% CONSISTENTLY IMPRESSED WITH 00:16:40.366 --> 00:16:41.600 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% PEOPLE WILLING TO STEP UP AND 00:16:41.600 --> 00:16:43.001 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% DO THIS WORK BECAUSE IT IS A 00:16:43.001 --> 00:16:43.435 align:center line:74% position:17% size:40% BIG COMMITMENT. 00:16:43.435 --> 00:16:44.636 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% OVERALL, I THINK THE CITY AND 00:16:44.636 --> 00:16:49.675 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% THE REST OF US FOLKS LIKE THAT 00:16:49.675 --> 00:16:50.743 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% ME THAT LIVE HERE AND CUSTOMERS 00:16:50.743 --> 00:16:51.710 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% ARE WELL SERVED BY THEM. 00:16:51.710 --> 00:16:52.878 align:center line:74% position:18% size:45% I APPRECIATE IT. 00:16:52.878 --> 00:16:55.381 align:center line:74% position:20% size:50% >> THANK YOU, ERIC. 00:16:55.381 --> 00:16:56.181 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% COLLEAGUES, DO YOU HAVE ANY 00:16:56.181 --> 00:17:00.652 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? 00:17:00.786 --> 00:17:01.053 align:center line:74% position:13% size:23% >> OKAY. 00:17:01.053 --> 00:17:02.488 align:center line:74% position:24% size:58% SEEING THEN I MOVE THE 00:17:02.488 --> 00:17:03.655 align:center line:74% position:21% size:53% COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS 00:17:03.655 --> 00:17:05.324 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENT 00:17:05.324 --> 00:17:05.524 align:center line:74% position:12% size:15% 2122. 00:17:05.524 --> 00:17:10.562 align:center line:74% position:20% size:50% IS THERE A SECOND? 00:17:10.562 --> 00:17:12.598 align:center line:74% position:14% size:30% >> SECOND. 00:17:12.598 --> 00:17:19.138 align:center line:74% position:25% size:60% >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 00:17:19.138 --> 00:17:20.172 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED 00:17:20.172 --> 00:17:21.173 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% TO RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION OF 00:17:21.173 --> 00:17:21.573 align:center line:74% position:17% size:43% THE APPOINTMENT. 00:17:21.573 --> 00:17:23.409 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% ARE THERE FURTHER COMMENTS? 00:17:23.409 --> 00:17:26.445 align:center line:74% position:14% size:28% ALL RIGHT. 00:17:26.445 --> 00:17:28.714 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% HEARING NONE, THE CLERK PLEASE 00:17:28.714 --> 00:17:29.915 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% CALL THE ROLE ON THE COMMITTEE 00:17:29.915 --> 00:17:30.516 align:center line:74% position:25% size:60% RECOMMENDATION THAT THE 00:17:30.516 --> 00:17:31.150 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% APPOINTMENT BE CONFIRMED? 00:17:31.150 --> 00:17:31.617 align:center line:74% position:21% size:53% COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT 00:17:31.617 --> 00:17:32.718 align:center line:74% position:13% size:23% >> YES. 00:17:32.718 --> 00:17:36.221 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% >> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD 00:17:36.221 --> 00:17:37.189 align:center line:74% position:13% size:23% >> YES. 00:17:37.189 --> 00:17:38.657 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 00:17:38.657 --> 00:17:41.226 align:center line:74% position:13% size:23% >> YES. 00:17:41.226 --> 00:17:48.400 align:center line:74% position:16% size:38% FIVE FAVORED. 00:17:48.400 --> 00:17:49.401 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% >> THE MOTION CARRIES IN THE 00:17:49.401 --> 00:17:50.035 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THAT 00:17:50.035 --> 00:17:51.036 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% THE POINTMAN BE CONFIRMED WILL 00:17:51.036 --> 00:17:52.070 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% BE FORWARDED TO THE CITY 00:17:52.070 --> 00:17:54.440 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% COUNCIL ARCH 29th, 2022 FOR 00:17:54.440 --> 00:17:55.107 align:center line:74% position:21% size:53% FINAL CONSIDERATION. 00:17:55.107 --> 00:17:56.108 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THIS 00:17:56.108 --> 00:17:57.176 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% MEETING AND CONGRATULATIONS 00:17:57.176 --> 00:17:58.143 align:center line:74% position:22% size:55% FROM THE CHAIR OF THE 00:17:58.143 --> 00:17:58.877 align:center line:74% position:14% size:28% COMMITTEE. 00:17:58.877 --> 00:18:03.615 align:center line:74% position:14% size:28% THANK YOU. 00:18:03.615 --> 00:18:04.450 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% MOVING ONTO HER SECOND AGENDA 00:18:04.450 --> 00:18:06.485 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% ITEM, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 00:18:06.485 --> 00:18:08.253 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% READ THE ITEM INTO THE RECORD. 00:18:08.253 --> 00:18:13.992 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% >> COUNCIL BUILT 120273. 00:18:13.992 --> 00:18:14.993 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE 00:18:14.993 --> 00:18:15.994 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% SEATTLE TOURISM IMPROVEMENT 00:18:15.994 --> 00:18:16.829 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% AREA, DEFYING THE ASSESSMENT 00:18:16.829 --> 00:18:19.598 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% RATE AND AMENDING ORDINANCE 00:18:19.598 --> 00:18:22.935 align:center line:74% position:13% size:20% 123714. 00:18:22.935 --> 00:18:23.936 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% PUBLIC HEARING, DISCUSSION AND 00:18:23.936 --> 00:18:24.336 align:center line:74% position:17% size:40% POSSIBLE VOTE. 00:18:24.336 --> 00:18:26.572 align:center line:74% position:15% size:35% >> THANK YOU. 00:18:26.572 --> 00:18:27.606 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% AS A REMINDER, LAST COMMITTEE 00:18:27.606 --> 00:18:30.642 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% MEETING WE HAD A DISCUSSION OF 00:18:30.642 --> 00:18:31.076 align:center line:74% position:18% size:45% THIS LEGISLATION. 00:18:31.076 --> 00:18:32.077 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% TODAY WE WILL CONTINUE THAT 00:18:32.077 --> 00:18:33.679 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% DISCUSSION OF THE PROPOSED RATE 00:18:33.679 --> 00:18:36.482 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% CHANGE FOR THE SEATTLE TOURISM 00:18:36.482 --> 00:18:44.056 align:center line:74% position:18% size:45% IMPROVEMENT AREA. 00:18:44.056 --> 00:18:45.457 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% AND FIRST WE WILL HOLD A PUBLIC 00:18:45.457 --> 00:18:46.091 align:center line:74% position:24% size:58% HEARING ON THIS ISSUE. 00:18:46.091 --> 00:18:46.892 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% AND AFTERWARDS HAVE ADDITIONAL 00:18:46.892 --> 00:18:47.693 align:center line:74% position:25% size:60% TIME FOR DISCUSSION AND 00:18:47.693 --> 00:18:48.927 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% POSSIBLY VOTE AND A LITTLE 00:18:48.927 --> 00:18:49.528 align:center line:74% position:21% size:53% BACKGROUND ABOUT THE 00:18:49.528 --> 00:18:49.928 align:center line:74% position:15% size:33% LEGISLATION. 00:18:49.928 --> 00:18:50.963 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% FIRST WE WILL GO INTO THE 00:18:50.963 --> 00:18:51.363 align:center line:74% position:17% size:40% PUBLIC HEARING. 00:18:51.363 --> 00:18:52.598 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% AT THIS TIME WE WILL OPEN 00:18:52.598 --> 00:18:56.635 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM NUMBER 00:18:56.635 --> 00:18:57.603 align:center line:74% position:11% size:13% TWO. 00:18:57.603 --> 00:19:01.507 align:center line:74% position:22% size:55% COUNCIL BILL 120273. 00:19:01.507 --> 00:19:02.341 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% I WILL MODERATE THE PUBLIC 00:19:02.341 --> 00:19:03.142 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% HEARING IN THE FOLLOWING 00:19:03.142 --> 00:19:03.475 align:center line:74% position:13% size:20% MANNER. 00:19:03.475 --> 00:19:06.445 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE UP TO 00:19:06.445 --> 00:19:07.613 align:center line:74% position:22% size:55% TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK. 00:19:07.613 --> 00:19:08.647 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL AND 00:19:08.647 --> 00:19:09.848 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% ONCE ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE 00:19:09.848 --> 00:19:11.283 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% SIGNED UP AND ARE ABLE TO SPEAK 00:19:11.283 --> 00:19:15.721 align:center line:74% position:15% size:35% HAVE DONE SO. 00:19:15.721 --> 00:19:16.955 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% SPEAKERS ARE CALLED UPON IN THE 00:19:16.955 --> 00:19:17.990 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% ORDER IN WHICH THEY REGISTERED 00:19:17.990 --> 00:19:21.226 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% ONLINE TO PROVIDE COMMENT. 00:19:21.226 --> 00:19:22.628 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% EACH SPEAKER MUST CALL IN FROM 00:19:22.628 --> 00:19:23.462 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% THE PHONE NUMBER PROVIDED WHEN 00:19:23.462 --> 00:19:25.063 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% REGISTERING AND USE THE ID AND 00:19:25.063 --> 00:19:26.098 align:center line:74% position:22% size:55% PASSCODE EMAILED UPON 00:19:26.098 --> 00:19:26.431 align:center line:74% position:15% size:35% CONFIRMATION. 00:19:26.431 --> 00:19:27.332 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% PLEASE NOTE THIS IS DIFFERENT 00:19:27.332 --> 00:19:35.440 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% FROM THE GENERAL MEETING ID 00:19:35.440 --> 00:19:36.275 align:center line:74% position:22% size:55% LISTED ON THE AGENDA. 00:19:36.275 --> 00:19:37.676 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% IF YOU DID NOT RECEIVE AN EMAIL 00:19:37.676 --> 00:19:38.510 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% CONFIRMATION PLEASE CHECK YOUR 00:19:38.510 --> 00:19:39.511 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% SPAM AND JUNK MAIL FOLDERS. 00:19:39.511 --> 00:19:40.712 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% AGAIN I WILL: EACH SPEAKER BY 00:19:40.712 --> 00:19:42.147 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% NAME IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY 00:19:42.147 --> 00:19:43.448 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% REGISTERED ON THE COUNCIL 00:19:43.448 --> 00:19:43.782 align:center line:74% position:13% size:23% WEBSITE. 00:19:43.782 --> 00:19:45.017 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% IF YOU HAVE NOT YET REGISTERED 00:19:45.017 --> 00:19:46.418 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% BUT WOULD LIKE TO YOU CAN SIGN 00:19:46.418 --> 00:19:47.619 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% UP BEFORE THE END OF PUBLIC 00:19:47.619 --> 00:19:50.422 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% COMMENT BY GOING TO THE COUNCIL 00:19:50.422 --> 00:19:51.089 align:center line:74% position:13% size:23% WEBSITE. 00:19:51.089 --> 00:19:52.324 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% THE PUBLIC COMMENT LINK IS ALSO 00:19:52.324 --> 00:19:55.360 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% LISTED ON TODAY'S AGENDA. 00:19:55.360 --> 00:19:56.562 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% ONCE I CALL A SPEAKER'S NAME, 00:19:56.562 --> 00:19:57.396 align:center line:74% position:22% size:55% STAFF WILL UNMUTE THE 00:19:57.396 --> 00:19:58.196 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% APPROPRIATE MICROPHONE AND AN 00:19:58.196 --> 00:20:00.432 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% AUTOMATIC PROMPT WILL BE THE Q 00:20:00.432 --> 00:20:05.103 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% THAT IT IS THEIR TURN TO SPEAK 00:20:05.103 --> 00:20:06.104 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% AND THE SPEAKER MUST PRESSED 00:20:06.104 --> 00:20:06.939 align:center line:74% position:19% size:48% STAR SIX TO SPEAK. 00:20:06.939 --> 00:20:08.340 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN 00:20:08.340 --> 00:20:12.010 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% THERE'S 10 SECONDS LEFT. 00:20:12.010 --> 00:20:13.211 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% ONCE YOU HEAR THE CHIME WE ASK 00:20:13.211 --> 00:20:14.479 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% YOU BEGIN TO WRAP UP YOUR 00:20:14.479 --> 00:20:14.913 align:center line:74% position:19% size:48% POLITICAL COMMENT. 00:20:14.913 --> 00:20:16.081 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% IF SPEAKERS DO NOT AND COMMENTS 00:20:16.081 --> 00:20:17.482 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% AT THE END OF THE TIME THE 00:20:17.482 --> 00:20:19.117 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% MICROPHONE WILL BE MUTED TO 00:20:19.117 --> 00:20:22.454 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% ALLOW US TO CALL ON THE NEXT 00:20:22.454 --> 00:20:26.425 align:center line:74% position:13% size:23% SPEAKER. 00:20:26.425 --> 00:20:27.459 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% WHAT YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR 00:20:27.459 --> 00:20:28.493 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% COMMENT WE ASK YOU PLEASE 00:20:28.493 --> 00:20:29.695 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% DISCONNECT FROM THE LINE AND IF 00:20:29.695 --> 00:20:30.729 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% YOU PLAN TO CONTINUE FOLLOWING 00:20:30.729 --> 00:20:31.930 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% THIS MEETING PLEASE DO SO VIA 00:20:31.930 --> 00:20:33.498 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% THE SEATTLE CHANNEL OR THE 00:20:33.498 --> 00:20:34.733 align:center line:74% position:19% size:48% LISTENING OPTIONS. 00:20:34.733 --> 00:20:36.168 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN 00:20:36.168 --> 00:20:37.202 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE 00:20:37.202 --> 00:20:38.737 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST. 00:20:38.737 --> 00:20:46.445 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% RIGHT NOW THERE ARE FOUR LISTED 00:20:46.445 --> 00:20:48.146 align:center line:74% position:13% size:25% SPEAKERS. 00:20:48.146 --> 00:20:49.381 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% THE FIRST ONE WILL BE MIKE 00:20:49.381 --> 00:20:52.818 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% STEWART FOLLOWED BY MARY. 00:20:52.818 --> 00:20:54.186 align:center line:74% position:25% size:60% PLEASE GO AHEAD, MIKE. 00:20:54.186 --> 00:20:58.724 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR NELSON 00:20:58.724 --> 00:20:59.524 align:center line:74% position:21% size:53% AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 00:20:59.524 --> 00:21:00.826 align:center line:74% position:25% size:60% MY NAME IS MIKE STEWARD 00:21:00.826 --> 00:21:02.861 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BALLARD 00:21:02.861 --> 00:21:06.832 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% ALLIANCE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT 00:21:06.832 --> 00:21:07.666 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% AREA THAT REPRESENTS HUNDREDS 00:21:07.666 --> 00:21:08.700 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% OF BUSINESSES THAT FOCUS ON 00:21:08.700 --> 00:21:10.035 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% AMONG OTHER THINGS MARKETING 00:21:10.035 --> 00:21:13.739 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% AND TOURISM TO DRIVE VISITORS 00:21:13.739 --> 00:21:14.773 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% TO SEATTLE AND THE BALLARD 00:21:14.773 --> 00:21:15.173 align:center line:74% position:15% size:35% NEIGHBORHOOD. 00:21:15.173 --> 00:21:16.208 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% I'M HERE TODAY TO VOICE SUPPORT 00:21:16.208 --> 00:21:17.009 align:center line:74% position:25% size:60% FOR THE SEATTLE TOURISM 00:21:17.009 --> 00:21:18.010 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% IMPROVEMENT AREA AND THE RATE 00:21:18.010 --> 00:21:20.679 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% CHANGE THAT WILL ALLOW THE CITY 00:21:20.679 --> 00:21:23.448 align:center line:74% position:24% size:58% TO THRIVE AND MAINTAIN 00:21:23.448 --> 00:21:25.050 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% COMPETITIVE POSITION AMONG 00:21:25.050 --> 00:21:26.351 align:center line:74% position:20% size:50% OTHER DESTINATIONS. 00:21:26.351 --> 00:21:30.656 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% FEES GENERATED BY PAID GUESTS 00:21:30.656 --> 00:21:31.690 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% IN DOWNTOWN HOTELS, MARKETING 00:21:31.690 --> 00:21:34.693 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% EFFORT CELEBRATE THE DIVERSITY 00:21:34.693 --> 00:21:36.261 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% ACROSS THE CITY AND REGION 00:21:36.261 --> 00:21:37.562 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% INCLUDING NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS 00:21:37.562 --> 00:21:44.002 align:center line:74% position:25% size:60% DISTRICTS LIKE BALLARD. 00:21:44.002 --> 00:21:44.636 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% SUPPORTING CAMPAIGNS AND 00:21:44.636 --> 00:21:45.904 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% EVENTS, THAT REALLY HELP 00:21:45.904 --> 00:21:51.143 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% ILLUSTRATE HOW PEOPLE ARE 00:21:51.143 --> 00:21:52.844 align:center line:74% position:25% size:60% INSPIRED TO EXPLORE VIA 00:21:52.844 --> 00:21:53.779 align:center line:74% position:16% size:38% NEIGHBORHOODS. 00:21:53.779 --> 00:21:57.215 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% MANY OF OUR ALLIANCE MEMBERS 00:21:57.215 --> 00:21:58.450 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% AND PARTNER BUSINESSES HAVE 00:21:58.450 --> 00:21:59.284 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% BEEN FEATURED IN CAMPAIGNS 00:21:59.284 --> 00:22:04.523 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% WHICH SERVE AS A ADVERTISING 00:22:04.523 --> 00:22:05.357 align:center line:74% position:25% size:60% ONTO THEIR BUSINESS FOR 00:22:05.357 --> 00:22:05.757 align:center line:74% position:15% size:35% NEIGHBORHOOD. 00:22:05.757 --> 00:22:06.558 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% THE BALLARD ALLIANCE HAS ALSO 00:22:06.558 --> 00:22:08.193 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% DEVELOPED ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH 00:22:08.193 --> 00:22:09.227 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% SEATTLE OVER THE PAST SEVERAL 00:22:09.227 --> 00:22:12.264 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% YEARS AND OUR LOCAL INDEPENDENT 00:22:12.264 --> 00:22:13.131 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% SMALL BUSINESSES FROM HIGH-END 00:22:13.131 --> 00:22:13.632 align:center line:74% position:22% size:55% RESTAURANTS, CULTURAL 00:22:13.632 --> 00:22:14.266 align:center line:74% position:24% size:58% ORGANIZATIONS TO CRAFT 00:22:14.266 --> 00:22:16.835 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% BREWERIES HAVE GREATLY BENEFITED 00:22:16.835 --> 00:22:18.303 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% FROM COLLABORATIVE MARKETING 00:22:18.303 --> 00:22:18.937 align:center line:74% position:21% size:53% PROGRAMS AND EVENTS. 00:22:18.937 --> 00:22:19.771 align:center line:74% position:22% size:55% REALLY IS A SYMBIOTIC 00:22:19.771 --> 00:22:20.872 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CENTRAL 00:22:20.872 --> 00:22:27.079 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% VISIT DISTRICT AND THE OTHERS. 00:22:27.079 --> 00:22:28.346 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% HAVING A THRIVING TOURISM 00:22:28.346 --> 00:22:32.184 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% INDUSTRY WITH THE SEATTLE 00:22:32.184 --> 00:22:32.984 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT WILL 00:22:32.984 --> 00:22:34.553 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% IN TURN HELP ENSURE THAT BALLARD 00:22:34.553 --> 00:22:36.421 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% IS IS IS AND ATTRACTIONS ALSO 00:22:36.421 --> 00:22:37.189 align:center line:74% position:13% size:20% THRIVE. 00:22:37.189 --> 00:22:39.391 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% INCREASE FUNDING CAN BENEFIT 00:22:39.391 --> 00:22:43.128 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% OUR SMALL BUSINESSES THAT HAVE 00:22:43.128 --> 00:22:44.162 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% BEEN HIT THE HARDEST THROUGHOUT 00:22:44.162 --> 00:22:44.563 align:center line:74% position:15% size:35% THE PANDEMIC. 00:22:44.563 --> 00:22:47.399 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% AT A TIME WHEN IT'S NEEDED MOST. 00:22:47.399 --> 00:22:49.000 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY 00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:50.502 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% AND I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOUR 00:22:50.502 --> 00:22:51.269 align:center line:74% position:13% size:25% APPROVAL. 00:22:51.269 --> 00:22:53.905 align:center line:74% position:25% size:60% >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 00:22:53.905 --> 00:22:55.040 align:center line:74% position:17% size:43% GO AHEAD, MARY. 00:22:55.040 --> 00:22:59.177 align:center line:74% position:11% size:10% >> 00:22:59.177 --> 00:23:03.448 align:center line:74% position:17% size:43% >> GOOD MORNING. 00:23:03.448 --> 00:23:04.816 align:center line:74% position:18% size:45% CAN YOU HEAR ME? 00:23:04.816 --> 00:23:09.121 align:center line:74% position:16% size:38% >> YES I CAN. 00:23:09.121 --> 00:23:09.921 align:center line:74% position:21% size:53% >> SORRY ABOUT THAT. 00:23:09.921 --> 00:23:11.556 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD KNOW TO DO 00:23:11.556 --> 00:23:11.857 align:center line:74% position:12% size:15% THIS. 00:23:11.857 --> 00:23:13.258 align:center line:74% position:25% size:60% WE HAVE OUR OWN COUNCIL 00:23:13.258 --> 00:23:14.626 align:center line:74% position:13% size:25% MEETINGS. 00:23:14.626 --> 00:23:15.427 align:center line:74% position:25% size:60% THIS IS MARY, EXECUTIVE 00:23:15.427 --> 00:23:25.904 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% DIRECTOR OF THE PIKE PLACE 00:23:27.873 --> 00:23:28.240 align:center line:74% position:14% size:30% ORCHID PDA. 00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:29.241 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% I REPRESENT OVER 500 SMALL 00:23:29.241 --> 00:23:30.041 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% BUSINESSES WITHIN THE PIKE 00:23:30.041 --> 00:23:30.876 align:center line:74% position:25% size:60% PLACE MARKET COMMUNITY. 00:23:30.876 --> 00:23:32.077 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% AS YOU KNOW IT IS ONE OF 00:23:32.077 --> 00:23:32.911 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% SEATTLE'S MOST RECOGNIZABLE AND 00:23:32.911 --> 00:23:33.712 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% POPULAR POINTS OF INTEREST. 00:23:33.712 --> 00:23:34.913 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% IT IS HEAVILY IMPACTED BY THE 00:23:34.913 --> 00:23:35.947 align:center line:74% position:22% size:55% IS A's OF THE REGION. 00:23:35.947 --> 00:23:37.149 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% IT HELPS US THRIVE WITH THE 00:23:37.149 --> 00:23:37.582 align:center line:74% position:13% size:25% VISITORS. 00:23:37.582 --> 00:23:38.583 align:center line:74% position:25% size:60% AS YOU KNOW IT WAS VERY 00:23:38.583 --> 00:23:43.054 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% DEVASTATED BY THE PANDEMIC AND 00:23:43.054 --> 00:23:44.489 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% THE LOSS OF THOSE VISITORS TO 00:23:44.489 --> 00:23:45.490 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% THE REGION THE LAST COUPLE OF 00:23:45.490 --> 00:23:45.824 align:center line:74% position:12% size:18% YEARS. 00:23:45.824 --> 00:23:46.691 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% AS WE FIND OURSELVES GETTING 00:23:46.691 --> 00:23:47.726 align:center line:74% position:25% size:60% OUT OF THE PANDEMIC AND 00:23:47.726 --> 00:23:48.760 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% HOPEFULLY STARTING TO MOVE INTO 00:23:48.760 --> 00:23:49.761 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% RECOVERY THIS ABILITY TO 00:23:49.761 --> 00:23:50.262 align:center line:74% position:25% size:60% BOLSTER OUR DESTINATION 00:23:50.262 --> 00:23:50.962 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% ADVERTISING, MARKETING AND 00:23:50.962 --> 00:23:51.797 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% PUBLIC RELATION EFFORTS IS VERY 00:23:51.797 --> 00:23:56.668 align:center line:74% position:20% size:50% CRITICAL RIGHT NOW. 00:23:56.668 --> 00:23:58.270 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% THE STIA IS A POWERFUL TOOL AND 00:23:58.270 --> 00:23:59.204 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% HAS BEEN IN SEATTLE'S LONG-TERM 00:23:59.204 --> 00:23:59.504 align:center line:74% position:14% size:28% RECOVERY. 00:23:59.504 --> 00:24:01.339 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% IT SUPPORTS THE SMALL BUSINESS 00:24:01.339 --> 00:24:02.741 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% COMMUNITY THAT HAS BEEN SO 00:24:02.741 --> 00:24:03.575 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% DEVASTATED THROUGHOUT THE 00:24:03.575 --> 00:24:10.081 align:center line:74% position:13% size:25% PANDEMIC. 00:24:10.081 --> 00:24:11.082 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% WE REALLY HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING 00:24:11.082 --> 00:24:12.350 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% TO COME THROUGH AND IT LOOKS 00:24:12.350 --> 00:24:13.718 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% LIKE THERE IS A LIGHT AT THE 00:24:13.718 --> 00:24:14.553 align:center line:74% position:20% size:50% END OF THIS TUNNEL. 00:24:14.553 --> 00:24:15.554 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% AND THEY REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU 00:24:15.554 --> 00:24:16.721 align:center line:74% position:17% size:43% TO SUPPORT THIS. 00:24:16.721 --> 00:24:18.390 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% WHILE ALREADY IT'S A PROVEN 00:24:18.390 --> 00:24:19.424 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% SUCCESS AT ITS EXISTING RATE, 00:24:19.424 --> 00:24:20.425 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% THE ABILITY TO INCREASE THIS 00:24:20.425 --> 00:24:21.226 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% ASSESSMENT TO DRIVE TOURISM 00:24:21.226 --> 00:24:22.260 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% WHERE IT'S NEEDED MOST DOESN'T 00:24:22.260 --> 00:24:24.296 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% COME TO THE COST OF THE CITY OF 00:24:24.296 --> 00:24:24.696 align:center line:74% position:13% size:23% SEATTLE. 00:24:24.696 --> 00:24:25.897 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% OUR SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN 00:24:25.897 --> 00:24:26.731 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% THE PIKE PLACE MARKET BRICKLEY 00:24:26.731 --> 00:24:28.834 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% BENEFITED FROM THE STIA AND WAS 00:24:28.834 --> 00:24:31.803 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% SUPPORTED BY CAMPAIGNS LIKE, I 00:24:31.803 --> 00:24:33.839 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% KNOW A PLACE, VISIT SEATTLE, 00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:36.908 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% ALL THE PROGRAMS REALLY INSPIRE 00:24:36.908 --> 00:24:43.181 align:center line:74% position:25% size:60% VISITORS TO EXPLORE THE 00:24:43.181 --> 00:24:43.782 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% ARTISANS, BUSKERS, FARMERS, 00:24:43.782 --> 00:24:44.583 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% SMALL BUSINESSES AND CRAFTERS. 00:24:44.583 --> 00:24:46.618 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% OVER 500 OF THEM, THAT BY THE 00:24:46.618 --> 00:24:48.186 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% WAY WERE OPEN THROUGH THE 00:24:48.186 --> 00:24:50.288 align:center line:74% position:22% size:55% ENTIRE PANDEMIC, MOST 00:24:50.288 --> 00:24:51.122 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC, THIS 00:24:51.122 --> 00:24:52.324 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% MAKES THE PIKE PLACE MARKET THE 00:24:52.324 --> 00:24:54.159 align:center line:74% position:17% size:43% SOUL OF SEATTLE. 00:24:54.159 --> 00:24:58.196 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% I ASK YOU TO APPROVE THE STIA 00:24:58.196 --> 00:24:59.231 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% LEGISLATION SO WE CAN DRIVE 00:24:59.231 --> 00:25:00.599 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% TOURISM AND ECONOMIC IMPACT 00:25:00.599 --> 00:25:02.868 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% THROUGHOUT SEATTLE IN AN 00:25:02.868 --> 00:25:03.235 align:center line:74% position:16% size:38% EQUITABLE WAY. 00:25:03.235 --> 00:25:05.670 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 00:25:05.670 --> 00:25:08.607 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR 00:25:08.607 --> 00:25:09.741 align:center line:74% position:14% size:28% COMMENTS. 00:25:09.741 --> 00:25:14.479 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% >> OUR LAST SPEAKER IS JOSHUA. 00:25:14.479 --> 00:25:19.951 align:center line:74% position:18% size:45% PLEASE GO AHEAD. 00:25:19.951 --> 00:25:20.752 align:center line:74% position:17% size:43% >> GOOD MORNING. 00:25:20.752 --> 00:25:21.586 align:center line:74% position:18% size:45% CAN YOU HEAR ME? 00:25:21.586 --> 00:25:22.520 align:center line:74% position:13% size:23% >> YES. 00:25:22.520 --> 00:25:24.222 align:center line:74% position:15% size:35% >> WONDERFUL. 00:25:24.222 --> 00:25:25.991 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% MY NAME IS JOSHUA, AND THE 00:25:25.991 --> 00:25:26.658 align:center line:74% position:17% size:43% DEPUTY DIRECTOR. 00:25:26.658 --> 00:25:28.894 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY 00:25:28.894 --> 00:25:31.529 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE 00:25:31.529 --> 00:25:32.697 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% SEATTLE TOURISM IMPROVEMENT 00:25:32.697 --> 00:25:40.639 align:center line:74% position:12% size:15% AREA. 00:25:40.639 --> 00:25:41.706 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% FOR CULTURE IS KING COUNTY'S 00:25:41.706 --> 00:25:42.374 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. 00:25:42.374 --> 00:25:43.508 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% OUR MISSION IS TO SUPPORT A 00:25:43.508 --> 00:25:44.109 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% VIBRANT CULTURAL SECTOR. 00:25:44.109 --> 00:25:45.343 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% WE DO THIS BY PROVIDING GRANT 00:25:45.343 --> 00:25:46.344 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% FUNDING PROGRAMS TO OVER 500 00:25:46.344 --> 00:25:47.512 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS ACROSS 00:25:47.512 --> 00:25:50.815 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% THE ARTS, HERITAGE AND HISTORIC 00:25:50.815 --> 00:25:51.149 align:center line:74% position:15% size:35% PRESERVATION. 00:25:51.149 --> 00:25:52.384 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% WE ALSO SUPPORT INDIVIDUAL 00:25:52.384 --> 00:25:53.285 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% ARTISTS AND CULTURE PRODUCERS 00:25:53.285 --> 00:25:55.720 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% THROUGH OUR NATIONAL PUBLIC ART 00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:58.723 align:center line:74% position:13% size:23% PROGRAM. 00:25:58.723 --> 00:25:59.758 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% WE ARE SUPPORTED, ALL THIS WORK 00:25:59.758 --> 00:26:05.230 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% IS SUPPORTED THROUGH COUNTY 00:26:05.230 --> 00:26:06.665 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% LODGE AND TAX PROCEEDS AND 1% 00:26:06.665 --> 00:26:07.265 align:center line:74% position:15% size:35% FOR THE ARTS. 00:26:07.265 --> 00:26:08.500 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% AND TODAY I AM SPEAKING IN 00:26:08.500 --> 00:26:09.834 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% SUPPORT BECAUSE OF THE REVENUE 00:26:09.834 --> 00:26:11.736 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% IT GENERATES WE KNOW WILL HELP 00:26:11.736 --> 00:26:13.305 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% THE CITY AND REGION RECOVER 00:26:13.305 --> 00:26:14.506 align:center line:74% position:13% size:20% FASTER. 00:26:14.506 --> 00:26:15.607 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% ALREADY, STIA PROGRAMS ARE 00:26:15.607 --> 00:26:20.078 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% VITAL TO SEATTLE'S CULTURAL 00:26:20.078 --> 00:26:20.412 align:center line:74% position:15% size:35% INSTITUTIONS. 00:26:20.412 --> 00:26:22.447 align:center line:74% position:22% size:55% IN FACT, FOR YEARS AN 00:26:22.447 --> 00:26:25.150 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% ADDITIONAL GRANT SUPPORT TO 00:26:25.150 --> 00:26:25.951 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% VISIT SEATTLE SPECIFICALLY FOR 00:26:25.951 --> 00:26:33.858 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% THE SEATTLE NEWSEUM PROGRAM 00:26:33.858 --> 00:26:34.893 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% WHICH HAS BEEN A STAPLE PROGRAM 00:26:34.893 --> 00:26:36.094 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% THAT SHINES A LIGHT ON THE 00:26:36.094 --> 00:26:36.728 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% INCREDIBLE CULTURAL TREASURES 00:26:36.728 --> 00:26:38.129 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% WE HAVE TO OFFER AND INSPIRES 00:26:38.129 --> 00:26:39.531 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% VISITORS TO EXPLORE OUR VAST 00:26:39.531 --> 00:26:41.199 align:center line:74% position:22% size:55% CULTURAL COMMUNITIES. 00:26:41.199 --> 00:26:42.200 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% NOT ONLY IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE 00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:47.672 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% BUT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. 00:26:47.672 --> 00:26:48.907 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% AS WE BEGIN TO MOVE PAST THE 00:26:48.907 --> 00:26:50.141 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC AND INTO 00:26:50.141 --> 00:26:50.942 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% RECOVERY, THE ABILITY TO 00:26:50.942 --> 00:26:51.943 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% BOLSTER THE ARTS, HAS NEVER 00:26:51.943 --> 00:26:52.777 align:center line:74% position:20% size:50% BEEN MORE CRITICAL. 00:26:52.777 --> 00:26:54.212 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% AND STIA HAS PROVEN TO BE A 00:26:54.212 --> 00:26:59.751 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% TOUGH VEHICLE IN SEATTLE'S 00:26:59.751 --> 00:27:00.518 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% LONG-TERM RECOVERY BECAUSE IT 00:27:00.518 --> 00:27:01.319 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% PROVIDES THE SUPPORT THAT 00:27:01.319 --> 00:27:01.920 align:center line:74% position:21% size:53% ARTISTS AND CULTURAL 00:27:01.920 --> 00:27:02.921 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% INSTITUTIONS NEED AT THE VERY 00:27:02.921 --> 00:27:04.956 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% TIME WE NEEDED THE MOST. 00:27:04.956 --> 00:27:06.524 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% OUR RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT THE 00:27:06.524 --> 00:27:10.628 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% CULTURAL SECTOR JUST IN 2020 00:27:10.628 --> 00:27:11.896 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% ALONE EXPERIENCED NEARLY $200 00:27:11.896 --> 00:27:17.969 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% MILLION OF REVENUE LOSSES. 00:27:17.969 --> 00:27:19.204 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% SO WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER TO 00:27:19.204 --> 00:27:20.205 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% INCREASE VISITATION TO GREATER 00:27:20.205 --> 00:27:21.506 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% SEATTLE HUNDREDS OF CULTURAL 00:27:21.506 --> 00:27:28.313 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% ORGANIZATIONS AND THOUSANDS OF 00:27:28.313 --> 00:27:29.114 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% CULTURAL PRODUCERS ACROSS KING 00:27:29.114 --> 00:27:29.581 align:center line:74% position:17% size:40% COUNTY BENEFIT. 00:27:29.581 --> 00:27:30.448 align:center line:74% position:25% size:60% PLEASE APPROVE THE STIA 00:27:30.448 --> 00:27:31.349 align:center line:74% position:24% size:58% LEGISLATION SO WE CAN 00:27:31.349 --> 00:27:32.183 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% RADICALLY DRIVE TOURISM AND 00:27:32.183 --> 00:27:34.185 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% ECONOMIC VIBRANCY DROUGHT 00:27:34.185 --> 00:27:35.420 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% SEATTLE AND THROUGHOUT THE 00:27:35.420 --> 00:27:36.187 align:center line:74% position:16% size:38% ENTIRE COUNTY. 00:27:36.187 --> 00:27:38.890 align:center line:74% position:14% size:30% THANK YOU. 00:27:38.890 --> 00:27:41.726 align:center line:74% position:25% size:60% >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 00:27:41.726 --> 00:27:42.327 align:center line:74% position:16% size:38% THANK YOU ALL. 00:27:42.327 --> 00:27:45.196 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% THAT WAS OUR LAST REGISTERED 00:27:45.196 --> 00:27:46.731 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% COMMENTOR IN THE PUBLIC HEARING 00:27:46.731 --> 00:27:49.234 align:center line:74% position:14% size:28% IS CLOSED. 00:27:49.234 --> 00:27:50.869 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING. 00:27:50.869 --> 00:27:51.269 align:center line:74% position:14% size:30% STAY TUNED. 00:27:51.269 --> 00:27:55.540 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% WE DID HAVE PRESENTATIONS ON 00:27:55.540 --> 00:27:58.443 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% THIS ISSUE AT OUR LAST COMMITTEE 00:27:58.443 --> 00:27:59.811 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% MEETING AND THOSE ARE LINKED TO 00:27:59.811 --> 00:28:01.446 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% THE AGENDA IF ANYBODY WANTS TO 00:28:01.446 --> 00:28:05.884 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% LOOK AT THOSE AS WE PROCEED. 00:28:05.884 --> 00:28:08.353 align:center line:74% position:24% size:58% AND, WE HAVE ASKED THE 00:28:08.353 --> 00:28:10.355 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% PRESENTERS FROM LAST TIME, TOM 00:28:10.355 --> 00:28:12.991 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% AND ALLIE TO RETURN AS A 00:28:12.991 --> 00:28:14.492 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% RESOURCE CASE COUNCIL NUMBERS 00:28:14.492 --> 00:28:19.297 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% HAVE WESTERNS GOING FORWARD. 00:28:19.297 --> 00:28:20.331 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% BUT THANK YOU FOR COMING. 00:28:20.331 --> 00:28:21.332 align:center line:74% position:25% size:60% IT'S NOT QUITE STANDARD 00:28:21.332 --> 00:28:21.733 align:center line:74% position:14% size:28% PROCEDURE. 00:28:21.733 --> 00:28:23.568 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% AND, I WILL HAND IT OVER TO YOU 00:28:23.568 --> 00:28:25.804 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% TO PROVIDE US SOME BACKGROUND 00:28:25.804 --> 00:28:27.405 align:center line:74% position:17% size:40% FOR THIS ISSUE. 00:28:27.405 --> 00:28:28.807 align:center line:74% position:22% size:55% THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 00:28:28.807 --> 00:28:34.746 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% >> YOLANDA FOR COUNCIL CENTRAL 00:28:34.746 --> 00:28:34.979 align:center line:74% position:12% size:18% STAFF. 00:28:34.979 --> 00:28:37.115 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% I'M GOING TO PROVIDE THE 00:28:37.115 --> 00:28:39.017 align:center line:74% position:18% size:45% PROCESS OVERVIEW. 00:28:39.017 --> 00:28:40.618 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% IT IS GOVERNED BY STATE LAW AND 00:28:40.618 --> 00:28:42.454 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% TO KNOW WHERE WE ARE IN THE 00:28:42.454 --> 00:28:44.689 align:center line:74% position:13% size:23% PROCESS. 00:28:44.689 --> 00:28:45.323 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% THERE ARE SEVERAL PROCEDURAL 00:28:45.323 --> 00:28:46.324 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% REQUIREMENTS INCLUDING TWO 00:28:46.324 --> 00:28:48.960 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% PLACES OF LEGISLATION THERE IS 00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:51.362 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% A RESOLUTION THAT STATES THE 00:28:51.362 --> 00:28:53.231 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% CITY'S INTENT TO CHANGE THE 00:28:53.231 --> 00:28:57.902 align:center line:74% position:12% size:18% RATES. 00:28:57.902 --> 00:28:58.703 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% AND DESCRIBES THE PROPOSED 00:28:58.703 --> 00:28:59.938 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% CHANGE AND SETS THE DATE AND 00:28:59.938 --> 00:29:01.740 align:center line:74% position:22% size:55% LOCATION FOR HEARING. 00:29:01.740 --> 00:29:04.843 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% THE PROPOSAL MUST BE OPTED AT 00:29:04.843 --> 00:29:08.246 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% LEAST 15 DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THE 00:29:08.246 --> 00:29:08.513 align:center line:74% position:13% size:23% HEARING. 00:29:08.513 --> 00:29:09.481 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% THAN THERE IS ALSO SEPARATELY 00:29:09.481 --> 00:29:10.982 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD CHANGE 00:29:10.982 --> 00:29:15.753 align:center line:74% position:21% size:53% THE ASSESSMENT RATE. 00:29:15.753 --> 00:29:16.788 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% MARCH 1 THE COUNCIL ADOPTED 00:29:16.788 --> 00:29:20.425 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% RESOLUTION 32043 STATING THE 00:29:20.425 --> 00:29:21.459 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% CITY'S INTENT TO MODIFY SEATTLE 00:29:21.459 --> 00:29:22.060 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% TOURISM IMPROVEMENT AREA 00:29:22.060 --> 00:29:22.494 align:center line:74% position:18% size:45% ASSESSMENT RATES. 00:29:22.494 --> 00:29:25.330 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% AND SET THE DATE AND LOCATION 00:29:25.330 --> 00:29:26.331 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 00:29:26.331 --> 00:29:32.837 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% TODAY MARCH 23, A REMOTE PUBLIC 00:29:32.837 --> 00:29:33.104 align:center line:74% position:13% size:23% HEARING. 00:29:33.104 --> 00:29:34.038 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% ALSO REQUIRED BY STATE LAW, THE 00:29:34.038 --> 00:29:35.273 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% CITY MUST MAIL ALL RATEPAYERS A 00:29:35.273 --> 00:29:36.307 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% COPY OF THE ADOPTED RESOLUTION 00:29:36.307 --> 00:29:41.980 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% AND PUBLISH A NOTICE IN THE 00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:42.981 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% DAILY JOURNAL OF COMMERCE AT 00:29:42.981 --> 00:29:44.415 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% LEAST 10 DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THE 00:29:44.415 --> 00:29:45.016 align:center line:74% position:17% size:40% PUBLIC HEARING. 00:29:45.016 --> 00:29:46.451 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% ON MARCH 8 THE DJ SEE NOTICE 00:29:46.451 --> 00:29:48.052 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% WAS PUBLISHED AND CITY STAFF 00:29:48.052 --> 00:29:52.724 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% MAILED THE RESOLUTION TO 00:29:52.724 --> 00:29:53.024 align:center line:74% position:14% size:30% RATEPAYERS. 00:29:53.024 --> 00:29:53.758 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% THEY SHOULD'VE ALL RECEIVED 00:29:53.758 --> 00:29:54.959 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% THAT WELL IN ADVANCE OF THIS 00:29:54.959 --> 00:29:55.393 align:center line:74% position:17% size:40% PUBLIC HEARING. 00:29:55.393 --> 00:30:01.266 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% COUNCIL BILL 120 272 WAS 00:30:01.266 --> 00:30:02.300 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% RECORDED TO THIS COMMITTEE AND 00:30:02.300 --> 00:30:03.301 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% IS THE SUBJECT OF DISCUSSION 00:30:03.301 --> 00:30:03.535 align:center line:74% position:12% size:18% TODAY. 00:30:03.535 --> 00:30:06.971 align:center line:74% position:19% size:48% AND POSSIBLE VOTE. 00:30:06.971 --> 00:30:07.772 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% UNLESS ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS 00:30:07.772 --> 00:30:09.007 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% ABOUT THE PROCESS I WILL HAND 00:30:09.007 --> 00:30:10.208 align:center line:74% position:24% size:58% IT BACK TO THE CHAIR. 00:30:10.208 --> 00:30:11.209 align:center line:74% position:25% size:60% >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 00:30:11.209 --> 00:30:13.845 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% I WANTED TO NOTE THAT TOM 00:30:13.845 --> 00:30:17.515 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% NORWALK AND ALI DANIELS ARE 00:30:17.515 --> 00:30:18.750 align:center line:74% position:16% size:38% WITH US TODAY. 00:30:18.750 --> 00:30:23.421 align:center line:74% position:25% size:60% WE ALSO HAVE PHILIP THE 00:30:23.421 --> 00:30:24.022 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE. 00:30:24.022 --> 00:30:25.023 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% YOU HAVE FURTHER COMMENTS OR 00:30:25.023 --> 00:30:26.057 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% INFORMATION YOU WOULD LIKE TO 00:30:26.057 --> 00:30:26.457 align:center line:74% position:13% size:20% SHARE? 00:30:26.457 --> 00:30:29.093 align:center line:74% position:22% size:55% >> NOT AT THIS TIME. 00:30:29.093 --> 00:30:33.565 align:center line:74% position:15% size:35% >> ALL RIGHT. 00:30:33.565 --> 00:30:34.766 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% DO MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY 00:30:34.766 --> 00:30:38.836 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON? 00:30:38.836 --> 00:30:39.637 align:center line:74% position:24% size:58% COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 00:30:39.637 --> 00:30:43.708 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% >> THANK YOU, CHAIR NELSON AND 00:30:43.708 --> 00:30:45.143 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% THINK YOU TOM AND ALI FOR 00:30:45.143 --> 00:30:45.944 align:center line:74% position:19% size:48% JOINING US TODAY. 00:30:45.944 --> 00:30:46.978 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% WHAT HAS HAPPENED BETWEEN THE 00:30:46.978 --> 00:30:47.979 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% LAST COMMITTEE MEETING IN 00:30:47.979 --> 00:30:50.582 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% TODAY'S COMMITTEE MEETING WAS 00:30:50.582 --> 00:30:58.756 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% DOWNTOWN SEATTLE ASSOCIATION IN 00:30:58.756 --> 00:30:59.390 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% TOWN, DURING THAT CONFERENCE 00:30:59.390 --> 00:31:00.592 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% THERE WERE PLACES THAT WE NEED 00:31:00.592 --> 00:31:01.593 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% TO IMPROVE DOWNTOWN AND THE 00:31:01.593 --> 00:31:04.062 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% WERE SOME STRONG HIGHLIGHTED. 00:31:04.062 --> 00:31:07.465 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE I 00:31:07.465 --> 00:31:08.299 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% BELIEVE HIS NAME WAS MR. 00:31:08.299 --> 00:31:10.335 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% FLORIDA WHO CAME AND SPOKE 00:31:10.335 --> 00:31:11.903 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% ABOUT HAVING BEEN DOWNTOWN 25 00:31:11.903 --> 00:31:14.372 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% YEARS AGO AND BEING HERE TODAY. 00:31:14.372 --> 00:31:16.841 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% WE ARE STRONGER TODAY THAN WE 00:31:16.841 --> 00:31:18.676 align:center line:74% position:19% size:48% WERE 25 YEARS AGO. 00:31:18.676 --> 00:31:20.511 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% WE HAVE THE BONES IN PLACE TO 00:31:20.511 --> 00:31:23.882 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% MAKE A DESTINATION, NOT ONLY 00:31:23.882 --> 00:31:27.185 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% FOR SEATTLEITES, NOT ONLY FOR 00:31:27.185 --> 00:31:28.419 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% THE REGION, BUT FOR THE ENTIRE 00:31:28.419 --> 00:31:29.087 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% COUNTRY AND INTERNATIONAL. 00:31:29.087 --> 00:31:30.421 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% WE DO HAVE SOME THINGS WE NEED 00:31:30.421 --> 00:31:31.055 align:center line:74% position:14% size:30% TO WORK ON. 00:31:31.055 --> 00:31:33.892 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% THAT INCLUDES PUBLIC SAFETY. 00:31:33.892 --> 00:31:40.398 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% I JUST WANTED TO RAISE THIS 00:31:40.398 --> 00:31:41.399 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE STATE 00:31:41.399 --> 00:31:42.433 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% OF DOWNTOWN REALLY SPOKE TO 00:31:42.433 --> 00:31:43.434 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% THIS COMMITTEE MEETING AND TO 00:31:43.434 --> 00:31:46.070 align:center line:74% position:17% size:43% STIA INFLUENCE. 00:31:46.070 --> 00:31:49.741 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% AND SO TWO POINTS, ONE I KNOW 00:31:49.741 --> 00:31:52.844 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% YOU SPOKE ABOUT THE I KNOW A 00:31:52.844 --> 00:31:56.014 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% PLACE AND I KNOW I NEED TO COME 00:31:56.014 --> 00:31:57.482 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% INTO MY VIDEO WITH YOU TO SHOW 00:31:57.482 --> 00:31:58.049 align:center line:74% position:16% size:38% YOU MY PLACES. 00:31:58.049 --> 00:32:00.652 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% BUT, TWO QUESTIONS FOR YOU, HOW 00:32:00.652 --> 00:32:03.154 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% ARE YOU USING THESE DOLLARS TO 00:32:03.154 --> 00:32:05.790 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% SHOW THE WORLD THAT SEATTLE IS 00:32:05.790 --> 00:32:08.626 align:center line:74% position:19% size:48% IN FACT THRIVING? 00:32:08.626 --> 00:32:10.261 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% AND, HOW ARE YOU PARTNERING WITH 00:32:10.261 --> 00:32:11.863 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% THE REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS 00:32:11.863 --> 00:32:15.733 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% AUTHORITY, BECAUSE FOR THE 00:32:15.733 --> 00:32:20.204 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% REGIONAL HOMELESS AUTHORITY TO 00:32:20.204 --> 00:32:21.439 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% BE SUCCESSFUL WE ALL HAVE TO DO 00:32:21.439 --> 00:32:22.040 align:center line:74% position:15% size:35% A LITTLE BIT. 00:32:22.040 --> 00:32:25.677 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% IT WAS INTERESTING CEO DOAN'S 00:32:25.677 --> 00:32:26.911 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% NOTED THEY ARE NOT THE COUNTY, 00:32:26.911 --> 00:32:28.112 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% THEY'RE NOT THE CITY, AND THAT 00:32:28.112 --> 00:32:29.347 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% IS WHY THEY NEED EVERYONE TO 00:32:29.347 --> 00:32:30.181 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% PARTICIPATE IN THE SUCCESS. 00:32:30.181 --> 00:32:32.784 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% THOSE ARE THE TWO KIND OF 00:32:32.784 --> 00:32:33.618 align:center line:74% position:24% size:58% FRAMINGS OF QUESTIONS. 00:32:33.618 --> 00:32:34.819 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% HOW ARE YOU SHOWING SEATTLE IS 00:32:34.819 --> 00:32:37.689 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% THRIVING AND HOW ARE YOU 00:32:37.689 --> 00:32:39.457 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% PARTNERING TO HELP ADDRESS THE 00:32:39.457 --> 00:32:40.725 align:center line:74% position:22% size:55% HOMELESSNESS ISSUES? 00:32:40.725 --> 00:32:45.396 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. 00:32:45.396 --> 00:32:46.998 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% LIKE YOU AND I THINK ALL OF US, 00:32:46.998 --> 00:32:48.032 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% I WAS INCREDIBLY INSPIRED LAST 00:32:48.032 --> 00:32:49.334 align:center line:74% position:19% size:48% WEEK AT THE EVENT. 00:32:49.334 --> 00:32:50.134 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% CONGRATULATIONS COUNCILMEMBER 00:32:50.134 --> 00:32:51.703 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% NELSON ON YOUR WORK ON THE 00:32:51.703 --> 00:32:53.304 align:center line:74% position:12% size:18% PANEL. 00:32:53.304 --> 00:32:54.739 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% I THINK ALL OF US LEFT THAT 00:32:54.739 --> 00:32:59.210 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% MEETING KNOWING AND FEELING THE 00:32:59.210 --> 00:33:00.311 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% OPTIMISM AND EXCITEMENT OF THE 00:33:00.311 --> 00:33:02.046 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% CITY AND WHAT IS AHEAD OF US AS 00:33:02.046 --> 00:33:03.281 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% WE COME THROUGH RECOVERY INTO 00:33:03.281 --> 00:33:04.816 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% THE NEXT NUMBER OF YEARS. 00:33:04.816 --> 00:33:06.918 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% SINCE 2011 COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS 00:33:06.918 --> 00:33:09.320 align:center line:74% position:24% size:58% YOU KNOW, THE STIA HAS 00:33:09.320 --> 00:33:15.660 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% PROMOTING TRAVEL TO THE CITY 00:33:15.660 --> 00:33:16.060 align:center line:74% position:14% size:30% AND REGION. 00:33:16.060 --> 00:33:17.095 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% WE TOOK A DIFFERENT APPROACH 00:33:17.095 --> 00:33:18.529 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS AGO AS WE 00:33:18.529 --> 00:33:20.331 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% LOOKED AT EXPLORING DEEPER 00:33:20.331 --> 00:33:21.132 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY, 00:33:21.132 --> 00:33:22.166 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% SMALL BUSINESS, BUSINESS IS 00:33:22.166 --> 00:33:26.003 align:center line:74% position:24% size:58% OWNED BY BIPOC OWNERS, 00:33:26.003 --> 00:33:26.637 align:center line:74% position:22% size:55% MINORITY, WOMEN OWNED 00:33:26.637 --> 00:33:27.138 align:center line:74% position:25% size:60% BUSINESSES, CELEBRATING 00:33:27.138 --> 00:33:28.673 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% EVERYTHING WE HAVE WITH A SLANT 00:33:28.673 --> 00:33:33.978 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% TOWARDS ARTS AND CULTURE, FOOD 00:33:33.978 --> 00:33:34.779 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% CERTAINLY, AND ATTRACTIONS AND 00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:35.046 align:center line:74% position:13% size:23% MUSEUMS. 00:33:35.046 --> 00:33:36.381 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% SO WE FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT 00:33:36.381 --> 00:33:40.051 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% THE WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING. 00:33:40.051 --> 00:33:41.452 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% CERTAINLY WE KNOW RIGHT NOW THE 00:33:41.452 --> 00:33:42.286 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% NEED IS MORE CRITICAL THAN 00:33:42.286 --> 00:33:42.487 align:center line:74% position:12% size:15% EVER. 00:33:42.487 --> 00:33:45.723 align:center line:74% position:24% size:58% TO CONTINUE THAT WORK. 00:33:45.723 --> 00:33:47.358 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% AND TO DO IT IN A MUCH STRONGER 00:33:47.358 --> 00:33:47.558 align:center line:74% position:11% size:13% WAY. 00:33:47.558 --> 00:33:49.160 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% AS I HAVE SAID A NUMBER OF 00:33:49.160 --> 00:33:50.428 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% TIMES, WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO 00:33:50.428 --> 00:33:51.829 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% WORK VERY HARD AS A CITY TO 00:33:51.829 --> 00:34:01.773 align:center line:74% position:24% size:58% EARN TOURISM RECOVERY. 00:34:01.773 --> 00:34:02.774 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% I THINK ESPECIALLY IF YOU LOOK 00:34:02.774 --> 00:34:04.041 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WITH 00:34:04.041 --> 00:34:04.842 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% NEGATIVE PUBLICITY AND THINGS 00:34:04.842 --> 00:34:05.643 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% THAT ARE SOMETIMES DESERVED, 00:34:05.643 --> 00:34:06.644 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% OFTEN NOT DESERVED, WE ARE 00:34:06.644 --> 00:34:07.879 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% WORKING VERY HARD IN ALL AREAS 00:34:07.879 --> 00:34:08.479 align:center line:74% position:14% size:30% TO DO THAT. 00:34:08.479 --> 00:34:09.914 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% WE ARE PROUD OF THE WORK WE 00:34:09.914 --> 00:34:11.315 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% HAVE DONE AND I KNOW YOU HAVE 00:34:11.315 --> 00:34:12.950 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% SEEN A LOT OF THE WORK WE HAVE 00:34:12.950 --> 00:34:13.351 align:center line:74% position:12% size:15% DONE. 00:34:13.351 --> 00:34:14.552 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% LAST WEEK I WAS INSPIRED BY THE 00:34:14.552 --> 00:34:15.620 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% PANEL AND MARK'S COMMENTS FROM 00:34:15.620 --> 00:34:17.555 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% THE RHA, I HAVE NOT MET MARK, 00:34:17.555 --> 00:34:19.023 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% WE SUPPORT THE WORK OF THAT. 00:34:19.023 --> 00:34:21.692 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% WE KNOW THAT HAS BEEN A MISSING 00:34:21.692 --> 00:34:23.294 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% LINK IN OUR STRUGGLES WITH HOW 00:34:23.294 --> 00:34:25.530 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% WE TREAT ALL OF THE ELEMENTS 00:34:25.530 --> 00:34:30.401 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% AROUND UNSHELTERED PEOPLE. 00:34:30.401 --> 00:34:32.036 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% I DO THINK, AND I AM PROUD OF 00:34:32.036 --> 00:34:33.805 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% THE WORK THAT THE LODGING 00:34:33.805 --> 00:34:35.306 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% COMMUNITY HAS DONE, DIRECTLY 00:34:35.306 --> 00:34:36.874 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% AND INDIRECTLY, THROUGH TAXES 00:34:36.874 --> 00:34:40.978 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% AND TOURISM AND LODGING TAXES 00:34:40.978 --> 00:34:41.979 align:center line:74% position:25% size:60% THAT HAD BEEN GOING FOR 00:34:41.979 --> 00:34:42.246 align:center line:74% position:13% size:23% HOUSING. 00:34:42.246 --> 00:34:43.414 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% WE KNOW THAT IS A CRITICAL 00:34:43.414 --> 00:34:46.651 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% ELEMENT IN THE EQUATION TO GET 00:34:46.651 --> 00:34:47.452 align:center line:74% position:20% size:50% US FURTHER AHEAD IN 00:34:47.452 --> 00:34:47.885 align:center line:74% position:15% size:35% HOMELESSNESS. 00:34:47.885 --> 00:34:48.686 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% I'M VERY PROUD FROM CONVENTION 00:34:48.686 --> 00:34:49.921 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% CENTER MONEY BEING SPENT TO THE 00:34:49.921 --> 00:34:51.756 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% KING COUNTY TAX IN THE CITY AND 00:34:51.756 --> 00:35:01.299 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% LODGING FOR A LARGE AMOUNT, 00:35:01.299 --> 00:35:02.300 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS 00:35:02.300 --> 00:35:02.700 align:center line:74% position:14% size:30% TO HOUSING. 00:35:02.700 --> 00:35:03.601 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% AND CERTAINLY THE SHORT-TERM 00:35:03.601 --> 00:35:04.936 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% RENTAL TAX AS YOU KNOW WELL IN 00:35:04.936 --> 00:35:06.370 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAS 00:35:06.370 --> 00:35:07.004 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% BEEN DIRECTLY APPROPRIATED TO 00:35:07.004 --> 00:35:08.172 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% THE CITY FOR USE IN DIFFERENT 00:35:08.172 --> 00:35:10.641 align:center line:74% position:19% size:48% LEVELS OF HOUSING. 00:35:10.641 --> 00:35:12.243 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% SO, AM EXCITED TO MEET MARK, I 00:35:12.243 --> 00:35:13.077 align:center line:74% position:25% size:60% HAVE NOT DONE THAT YET. 00:35:13.077 --> 00:35:14.479 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% WE SUPPORT THE WORK AND KNOW 00:35:14.479 --> 00:35:15.480 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% THAT THAT IS THE MOST CRITICAL 00:35:15.480 --> 00:35:16.914 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% THING YOU COULD BE DOING AS A 00:35:16.914 --> 00:35:17.114 align:center line:74% position:12% size:15% CITY. 00:35:17.114 --> 00:35:18.749 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% WE ARE ALL IN THAT WAY. 00:35:18.749 --> 00:35:22.220 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% >> WONDERFUL, THANK YOU, TOM. 00:35:22.220 --> 00:35:23.421 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% JUST NOTING OVER THE LAST 25 00:35:23.421 --> 00:35:25.056 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% YEARS, YOU PLAYED A VERY LARGE 00:35:25.056 --> 00:35:27.692 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% ROLE IN A LOT OF THE MARKETING 00:35:27.692 --> 00:35:32.163 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% FOR OUR CITY IN HELPING TO GROW 00:35:32.163 --> 00:35:33.164 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% SEATTLE AS A DESTINATION WHICH 00:35:33.164 --> 00:35:38.469 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% THEN HELPS US GROW AS A CITY 00:35:38.469 --> 00:35:39.470 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% AND AS YOU SAY, INDIRECTLY 00:35:39.470 --> 00:35:40.104 align:center line:74% position:20% size:50% EVERYTHING IS TIED. 00:35:40.104 --> 00:35:40.872 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU 00:35:40.872 --> 00:35:42.106 align:center line:74% position:22% size:55% FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK. 00:35:42.106 --> 00:35:43.941 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% I'M NOT GOING TO WISH YOU A 00:35:43.941 --> 00:35:44.909 align:center line:74% position:22% size:55% HAPPY RETIREMENT IT. 00:35:44.909 --> 00:35:49.647 align:center line:74% position:19% size:48% >> THANK YOU, SIR. 00:35:49.647 --> 00:35:50.882 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% CHAIR NELSON, THOSE ARE ALL MY 00:35:50.882 --> 00:35:51.616 align:center line:74% position:14% size:30% QUESTIONS. 00:35:51.616 --> 00:35:54.085 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR 00:35:54.085 --> 00:35:54.719 align:center line:74% position:18% size:45% BRINGING THAT UP. 00:35:54.719 --> 00:35:56.320 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO SEE 00:35:56.320 --> 00:35:57.155 align:center line:74% position:25% size:60% THE BIG PICTURE THAT IN 00:35:57.155 --> 00:35:58.456 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% ADDITION TO SUPPORTING VISIT 00:35:58.456 --> 00:36:04.195 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% SEATTLE AND STIA , HOTEL AND 00:36:04.195 --> 00:36:08.533 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% LODGING TAXES TO SUPPORT A LOT 00:36:08.533 --> 00:36:09.534 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% OF CRITICAL NEEDS DIRECTLY AND 00:36:09.534 --> 00:36:09.834 align:center line:74% position:14% size:30% INDIRECTLY. 00:36:09.834 --> 00:36:14.205 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% I DO HAVE SOME NUMBERS, AND I'M 00:36:14.205 --> 00:36:15.439 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% GOING TO PUT THEM FORWARD, JUST 00:36:15.439 --> 00:36:17.041 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% BECAUSE I FEEL A SENSE OF 00:36:17.041 --> 00:36:22.947 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% URGENCY OF GOING AHEAD AND 00:36:22.947 --> 00:36:23.748 align:center line:74% position:22% size:55% ACTING ON THIS TODAY. 00:36:23.748 --> 00:36:24.982 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% I WILL HAVE TO SUSPEND THE 00:36:24.982 --> 00:36:25.783 align:center line:74% position:17% size:40% RULES TO DO SO. 00:36:25.783 --> 00:36:27.018 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% JUST WHAT WE ARE TALKING, THE 00:36:27.018 --> 00:36:27.818 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% SHORT-TERM RENTAL TAX WE'RE 00:36:27.818 --> 00:36:32.290 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% TALKING ABOUT TAX ON AIRBNB'S, 00:36:32.290 --> 00:36:33.291 align:center line:74% position:24% size:58% IT FUNDS INVESTMENT IN 00:36:33.291 --> 00:36:34.458 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAMS AND 00:36:34.458 --> 00:36:37.762 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% COMMUNITY INITIATIVE EQUITABLE 00:36:37.762 --> 00:36:38.296 align:center line:74% position:25% size:60% DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AS 00:36:38.296 --> 00:36:39.764 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% DETERMINED BY THE CITY OF 00:36:39.764 --> 00:36:40.031 align:center line:74% position:13% size:23% SEATTLE. 00:36:40.031 --> 00:36:43.201 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% PRE-COVID IN 2019 IT GENERATED 00:36:43.201 --> 00:36:49.974 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% $9.4 MILLION. IN 2020 IT 00:36:49.974 --> 00:36:51.175 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% DROPPED TO $3.8 MILLION AND IN 00:36:51.175 --> 00:36:53.611 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% 2021 IT WAS THAT $6.1 MILLION. 00:36:53.611 --> 00:36:58.683 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% THEN THERE IS THE KING COUNTY 00:36:58.683 --> 00:36:59.717 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% 2% LODGING TAX WHICH FUNDS 00:36:59.717 --> 00:37:00.718 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ARTS AND 00:37:00.718 --> 00:37:02.353 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% CULTURE AT A RATE OF $37.5 00:37:02.353 --> 00:37:03.921 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% MILLION EACH FOR AFFORDABLE 00:37:03.921 --> 00:37:04.188 align:center line:74% position:13% size:23% HOUSING. 00:37:04.188 --> 00:37:08.025 align:center line:74% position:22% size:55% AND ARTS AND CULTURE. 00:37:08.025 --> 00:37:09.460 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IT IS 00:37:09.460 --> 00:37:11.295 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% PROJECTED $559 MILLION OVER THE 00:37:11.295 --> 00:37:15.499 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% NEXT 25 YEARS AND FOR ARTS AND 00:37:15.499 --> 00:37:16.000 align:center line:74% position:24% size:58% CULTURES, SAME AMOUNT. 00:37:16.000 --> 00:37:22.139 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% $559 MILLION OVER 25 YEARS. 00:37:22.139 --> 00:37:22.840 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% FINALLY THE WASHINGTON STATE 00:37:22.840 --> 00:37:23.474 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% CONVENTION CENTER SUMMIT 00:37:23.474 --> 00:37:26.611 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% BUILDING PROJECT IS $93 MILLION 00:37:26.611 --> 00:37:27.778 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% IN COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS 00:37:27.778 --> 00:37:29.780 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% INCLUDING NEARLY $40 MILLION 00:37:29.780 --> 00:37:31.482 align:center line:74% position:25% size:60% FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 00:37:31.482 --> 00:37:37.088 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% THEN I WILL GO ON TO NOTE THAT 00:37:37.088 --> 00:37:38.289 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% THE ABILITY FOR US TO PROMOTE 00:37:38.289 --> 00:37:39.857 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% SEATTLE AS A DESTINATION FOR 00:37:39.857 --> 00:37:45.429 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% LEISURE TOURISM IS IMPORTANT 00:37:45.429 --> 00:37:46.464 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% FOR DOWNTOWN RECOVERY BUT ALSO 00:37:46.464 --> 00:37:47.665 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% FOR THE WHOLE CITY AS WE 00:37:47.665 --> 00:37:49.200 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% LEARNED LAST TIME, THE VISIT 00:37:49.200 --> 00:37:50.901 align:center line:74% position:21% size:53% SEATTLE PROMOTES ALL 00:37:50.901 --> 00:37:52.703 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE CITY AND, 00:37:52.703 --> 00:38:00.244 align:center line:74% position:25% size:60% IN DOING SO HELPS THOSE 00:38:00.244 --> 00:38:01.245 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% BUSINESSES ALL OVER THE CITY 00:38:01.245 --> 00:38:02.246 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% STAY IN BUSINESS, GROW, SERVER 00:38:02.246 --> 00:38:03.881 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% NEIGHBORHOODS AND GENERATE TAXES 00:38:03.881 --> 00:38:07.351 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% FOR THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND. 00:38:07.351 --> 00:38:10.788 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% AND THEN WE GO AHEAD AND SUPPORT 00:38:10.788 --> 00:38:12.356 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% , OBVIOUSLY, MANY SERVICES THAT 00:38:12.356 --> 00:38:17.495 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% ARE NEEDED BY MANY AGENCIES. 00:38:17.495 --> 00:38:18.929 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% AND WE DO CONTRIBUTE TO THE 00:38:18.929 --> 00:38:19.897 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% REGIONAL HOMELESS AUTHORITY. 00:38:19.897 --> 00:38:25.436 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% SO, ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO 00:38:25.436 --> 00:38:28.839 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% MAKE SURE THAT WAS PART OF THIS 00:38:28.839 --> 00:38:29.874 align:center line:74% position:14% size:30% DISCUSSION. 00:38:29.874 --> 00:38:31.309 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% AND, I WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE 00:38:31.309 --> 00:38:32.376 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS 00:38:32.376 --> 00:38:33.678 align:center line:74% position:18% size:45% ON THIS SEGMENT? 00:38:33.678 --> 00:38:39.250 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% IF NOT, THE RULES WILL NEED TO 00:38:39.250 --> 00:38:40.484 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% BE SUSPENDED BEFORE WE MOVE ON 00:38:40.484 --> 00:38:45.523 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% TO A COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION. 00:38:45.523 --> 00:38:46.857 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE 00:38:46.857 --> 00:38:47.792 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% COUNCIL RULES WILL BE SUSPENDED 00:38:47.792 --> 00:38:49.026 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% TO ALLOW THE COMMITTEE TO VOTE 00:38:49.026 --> 00:38:50.227 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% ON A RECOMMENDATION ON THE SAME 00:38:50.227 --> 00:38:51.228 align:center line:74% position:25% size:60% DAY A HEARING WAS HELD. 00:38:51.228 --> 00:38:57.101 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% THAT IS STANDARD PROTOCOL. 00:38:57.101 --> 00:38:58.135 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% SEEING NO OBJECTION, THE RULE 00:38:58.135 --> 00:38:59.136 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% IS SUSPENDED AND THE COMMITTEE 00:38:59.136 --> 00:39:04.842 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% WILL PROCEED WITH THE VOTE. 00:39:04.842 --> 00:39:05.843 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% I MOVE THAT THE COMMITTEE 00:39:05.843 --> 00:39:06.677 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% RECOMMENDS PASSAGE OF COUNCIL 00:39:06.677 --> 00:39:07.078 align:center line:74% position:15% size:33% BILL 120273. 00:39:07.078 --> 00:39:09.714 align:center line:74% position:21% size:53% IS THERE A SECOND? 00:39:09.714 --> 00:39:10.715 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED 00:39:10.715 --> 00:39:12.149 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF THE 00:39:12.149 --> 00:39:12.750 align:center line:74% position:12% size:15% BILL. 00:39:12.750 --> 00:39:13.984 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% OTHER ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR 00:39:13.984 --> 00:39:17.421 align:center line:74% position:14% size:30% QUESTIONS? 00:39:17.421 --> 00:39:17.855 align:center line:74% position:14% size:28% ALL RIGHT. 00:39:17.855 --> 00:39:21.692 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% WILL THE CLERK CALL THE ROLE? 00:39:21.692 --> 00:39:24.729 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% I'M SORRY, I ALWAYS DO THAT. 00:39:24.729 --> 00:39:26.163 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% I AM READING MY SCRIPT AND NOT 00:39:26.163 --> 00:39:27.198 align:center line:74% position:25% size:60% LOOKING AT THE SCREEN. 00:39:27.198 --> 00:39:27.998 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD ? 00:39:27.998 --> 00:39:35.906 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% >> I WAS SLOW ON THE FIND THE 00:39:35.906 --> 00:39:36.507 align:center line:74% position:21% size:53% RAISE HAND FUNCTION. 00:39:36.507 --> 00:39:37.541 align:center line:74% position:21% size:53% I WILL OWN THAT ONE. 00:39:37.541 --> 00:39:37.942 align:center line:74% position:14% size:28% THANK YOU. 00:39:37.942 --> 00:39:39.376 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% I JUST WANTED TO SAY AM REALLY 00:39:39.376 --> 00:39:40.578 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% HAPPY TO SUPPORT THE INCREASE. 00:39:40.578 --> 00:39:41.278 align:center line:74% position:25% size:60% OUR SPENDING ON PUTTING 00:39:41.278 --> 00:39:44.415 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% OURSELVES TO TRAVELERS TO HER 00:39:44.415 --> 00:39:47.418 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% CITY AS WE KNOW IS BEHIND OTHER 00:39:47.418 --> 00:39:47.952 align:center line:74% position:13% size:20% CITIES. 00:39:47.952 --> 00:39:50.321 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% I APPRECIATE THAT VISIT SEATTLE 00:39:50.321 --> 00:39:52.356 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% PRESENTED DATA SHOWING THAT FOR 00:39:52.356 --> 00:39:53.691 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% EXAMPLE OUR SISTER CITY, 00:39:53.691 --> 00:39:56.827 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% PORTLAND, HAS MORE THAN 2.5 00:39:56.827 --> 00:40:01.499 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% TIMES THE ANNUAL BUDGET USED TO 00:40:01.499 --> 00:40:07.405 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% SUPPORT ITSELF IN PROMOTING 00:40:07.405 --> 00:40:08.205 align:center line:74% position:22% size:55% VISITORS TO ITS CITY. 00:40:08.205 --> 00:40:09.840 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% AND, AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO 00:40:09.840 --> 00:40:11.842 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% SAY, IT HAS BEEN WELL SAID BY 00:40:11.842 --> 00:40:13.878 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% OTHERS, BUT WE KNOW HOW THE 00:40:13.878 --> 00:40:15.546 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% HOSPITALITY AND ENTERTAINMENT 00:40:15.546 --> 00:40:18.983 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% AND CULTURAL SECTORS HAVE BEEN 00:40:18.983 --> 00:40:20.384 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% THE HARDEST HIT DURING THE 00:40:20.384 --> 00:40:20.651 align:center line:74% position:13% size:25% PANDEMIC. 00:40:20.651 --> 00:40:23.788 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% AND THE RECOVERY IS EXPECTED TO 00:40:23.788 --> 00:40:26.590 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% TAKE LONGER THAN OTHER ECONOMIC 00:40:26.590 --> 00:40:28.325 align:center line:74% position:13% size:23% SECTORS. 00:40:28.325 --> 00:40:30.094 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% AND THE FUNDING HERE IS SO 00:40:30.094 --> 00:40:33.998 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE ESTIMATED 00:40:33.998 --> 00:40:35.432 align:center line:74% position:33% size:70% ADDITIONAL $3.5 MILLION FOR 00:40:35.432 --> 00:40:37.868 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% MARKETING AND PROMOTION WILL 00:40:37.868 --> 00:40:41.939 align:center line:74% position:25% size:60% FUEL EXTRA SPENDING AND 00:40:41.939 --> 00:40:43.040 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% SPECIFICALLY THE HARD-HIT 00:40:43.040 --> 00:40:44.308 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% INDUSTRIES THROUGH EFFORTS 00:40:44.308 --> 00:40:47.778 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% COMING UP THAT I LOOK FOR TO 00:40:47.778 --> 00:40:48.979 align:center line:74% position:18% size:45% PARTICIPATING IN. 00:40:48.979 --> 00:40:50.414 align:center line:74% position:14% size:30% THANK YOU. 00:40:50.414 --> 00:40:53.751 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 00:40:53.751 --> 00:40:58.189 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% HERBOLD . I APPRECIATE THAT. 00:40:58.189 --> 00:40:59.590 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% ALL RIGHT, WILL THE CLERK CALL 00:40:59.590 --> 00:41:00.558 align:center line:74% position:29% size:65% THE ROLE ON THE COMMITTEE 00:41:00.558 --> 00:41:01.525 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BILL 00:41:01.525 --> 00:41:02.426 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% PASSED?>> COUNCILMEMBER 00:41:02.426 --> 00:41:07.731 align:center line:74% position:13% size:25% SAWANT. 00:41:07.731 --> 00:41:09.133 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 00:41:09.133 --> 00:41:16.640 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD . 00:41:16.640 --> 00:41:20.344 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ . CHAIR 00:41:20.344 --> 00:41:22.546 align:center line:74% position:13% size:20% NELSON. 00:41:22.546 --> 00:41:23.714 align:center line:74% position:17% size:40% FOUR IN FAVOR. 00:41:23.714 --> 00:41:26.350 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% >> THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION 00:41:26.350 --> 00:41:27.218 align:center line:74% position:31% size:68% THAT THE BILL PASS WILL BE 00:41:27.218 --> 00:41:28.552 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% FORWARDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL 00:41:28.552 --> 00:41:32.489 align:center line:74% position:27% size:63% FOR FINAL CONSIDERATION. 00:41:32.489 --> 00:41:33.524 align:center line:74% position:21% size:53% THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 00:41:33.524 --> 00:41:34.258 align:center line:74% position:18% size:45% CONGRATULATIONS. 00:41:34.258 --> 00:41:39.430 align:center line:74% position:25% size:60% >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 00:41:39.430 --> 00:41:40.431 align:center line:74% position:40% size:75% ALL RIGHT, THIS CONCLUDES THE 00:41:40.431 --> 00:41:42.466 align:center line:74% position:25% size:60% MARCH 23 MEETING OF THE 00:41:42.466 --> 00:41:43.434 align:center line:74% position:22% size:55% ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, 00:41:43.434 --> 00:41:46.503 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% TECHNOLOGY, . OUR NEXT MEETING 00:41:46.503 --> 00:41:48.839 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% IS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 18th AT 00:41:48.839 --> 00:41:49.907 align:center line:74% position:13% size:23% 9:30 AM. 00:41:49.907 --> 00:41:51.175 align:center line:74% position:44% size:78% IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS THIS 00:41:51.175 --> 00:41:52.676 align:center line:74% position:22% size:55% MEETING WILL ADJOURN. 00:41:52.676 --> 00:41:55.045 align:center line:74% position:36% size:73% HEARING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS 00:41:55.045 --> 00:42:00.084 align:center line:74% position:50% size:80% THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED THANK 00:42:00.084 --> 00:42:07.691 align:center line:74% position:15% size:33% YOU, GOODBYE.