1 00:00:17,951 --> 00:00:18,118 2 00:00:18,118 --> 00:00:19,419 >>> OFFICIAL MEETING OF THE 3 00:00:19,419 --> 00:00:20,587 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY 4 00:00:20,587 --> 00:00:23,056 AND CITY LIGHT COMMITTEE. IT'S 5 00:00:23,056 --> 00:00:25,458 JUNE 28, 2023. THE MEETING WILL 6 00:00:25,458 --> 00:00:30,163 COME TO ORDER. IT IS 9:01. I AM 7 00:00:30,163 --> 00:00:33,400 SARA NELSON. WILL THE CLERK 8 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:37,604 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? 9 00:00:37,604 --> 00:00:39,172 >> JUAREZ? 10 00:00:39,172 --> 00:00:40,173 >> HERE. 11 00:00:40,173 --> 00:00:41,241 >> SAWANT? 12 00:00:41,241 --> 00:00:43,410 >> PRESENT. 13 00:00:43,410 --> 00:00:45,478 >> STRAUSS? 14 00:00:45,478 --> 00:00:46,813 >> PRESENT. 15 00:00:46,813 --> 00:00:48,348 >> HERBOLD? CHAIR NELSON. 16 00:00:48,348 --> 00:00:48,681 >> PRESENT. 17 00:00:48,681 --> 00:00:49,749 >> FOUR PRESENT AND ONE ABSENT. 18 00:00:49,749 --> 00:00:51,351 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS 19 00:00:51,351 --> 00:00:53,386 MEETING IS SPECIAL BECAUSE WE 20 00:00:53,386 --> 00:00:55,288 ARE STARTING 30 MINUTES EARLY T 21 00:00:55,288 --> 00:00:58,358 ACCOMMODATE MY PARTICIPATION IN 22 00:00:58,358 --> 00:01:00,060 THE LUNCH OF THE MAYOR'S 23 00:01:00,060 --> 00:01:03,730 DOWNTOWN ACTIVATION PLAN THAT 24 00:01:03,730 --> 00:01:10,303 STARTS AT 10:00 A.M. AT WEST 25 00:01:10,303 --> 00:01:12,639 LAKE PARK, SO I AM ATTENDING 26 00:01:12,639 --> 00:01:14,007 BECAUSE THE PLAN WILL HAVE 27 00:01:14,007 --> 00:01:14,841 SEVERAL COMPONENTS LIKELY TO 28 00:01:14,841 --> 00:01:17,610 COME THROUGH THE COMMITTEE. I 29 00:01:17,610 --> 00:01:19,212 THANK EVERYONE FOR YOUR 30 00:01:19,212 --> 00:01:20,947 FLEXIBILITY IN BEING HERE EARLY 31 00:01:20,947 --> 00:01:22,282 TODAY, PANELISTS AND COLLEAGUES 32 00:01:22,282 --> 00:01:26,219 WE ONLY HAVE TWO ITEMS ON THE 33 00:01:26,219 --> 00:01:27,554 AGENDA, CONTINUING OUR NOW 34 00:01:27,554 --> 00:01:29,789 THREE-WEEK TRADITION OF FAIRLY 35 00:01:29,789 --> 00:01:31,958 SHORT MEETINGS. THE FIRST IS AN 36 00:01:31,958 --> 00:01:35,795 ORDINANCE GIVING SEATTLE CITY 37 00:01:35,795 --> 00:01:38,331 LIGHT THE FLEXIBILITY ON MOVING 38 00:01:38,331 --> 00:01:39,299 OVERHEAD ELECTRIC FACILITY IN 39 00:01:39,299 --> 00:01:41,835 THE FIRST HILL NEIGHBORHOOD TO 40 00:01:41,835 --> 00:01:44,637 UNDERGROUND, AND THE SECOND IS 41 00:01:44,637 --> 00:01:45,939 RESOLUTION FROM I.T.D. THAT 42 00:01:45,939 --> 00:01:49,042 WOULD AUTHORIZE THE CITY TO 43 00:01:49,042 --> 00:01:50,043 BEGIN THE CABLE FRANCHISE 44 00:01:50,043 --> 00:01:52,912 RENEWAL PROCEEDINGS WITH 45 00:01:52,912 --> 00:01:53,646 COMCAST. ALL RIGHT, ANY 46 00:01:53,646 --> 00:01:57,750 OBJECTIONS TO THE AGENDA? SEEIN 47 00:01:57,750 --> 00:02:01,154 NONE, THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. AN 48 00:02:01,154 --> 00:02:03,356 LET'S SEE. WITH THAT, WE WILL 49 00:02:03,356 --> 00:02:06,526 NOW MOVE INTO PUBLIC COMMENT ON 50 00:02:06,526 --> 00:02:08,561 ITEMS LISTED ON THE AGENDA. 51 00:02:08,561 --> 00:02:11,965 LET'S SEE, ARE THERE ANY PEOPLE 52 00:02:11,965 --> 00:02:16,903 ON THE SIGN-UP SHEET REMOTELY? 53 00:02:16,903 --> 00:02:18,771 >> THERE ARE NO COMMENTERS 54 00:02:18,771 --> 00:02:21,574 SIGNED UP ONLINE OR IN PERSON. 55 00:02:21,574 --> 00:02:23,943 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SEEING 56 00:02:23,943 --> 00:02:27,380 HOW THERE'S NONE, I CLOSE PUBLI 57 00:02:27,380 --> 00:02:28,681 COMMENT, AND WILL THE CLERK 58 00:02:28,681 --> 00:02:34,954 PLEASE READ THE FIRST ITEM INTO 59 00:02:34,954 --> 00:02:37,190 THE AGENDA. 60 00:02:37,190 --> 00:02:38,191 >> AGENDA ITEM ONE. COUNCIL BIL 61 00:02:38,191 --> 00:02:44,063 120594. AN ORDINANCE RELATING T 62 00:02:44,063 --> 00:02:44,697 DERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICTS; 63 00:02:44,697 --> 00:02:45,298 AUTHORIZING THE CITY LIGHT 64 00:02:45,298 --> 00:02:45,999 DEPARTMENT TO EVALUATE THE RISK 65 00:02:45,999 --> 00:02:46,666 PRESENTED BY OVERHEAD FACILITIE 66 00:02:46,666 --> 00:02:47,267 ON STREETS AND ALLEYS IN THE 67 00:02:47,267 --> 00:02:47,834 FIRST HILL DISTRICT AND TO 68 00:02:47,834 --> 00:02:48,401 DETERMINE, BASED UPON THE 69 00:02:48,401 --> 00:02:48,935 DEPARTMENT'S ENGINEERING 70 00:02:48,935 --> 00:02:49,536 STANDARDS, WHETHER ELECTRIC 71 00:02:49,536 --> 00:02:50,036 FACILITIES SHOULD BE 72 00:02:50,036 --> 00:02:50,703 UNDERGROUNDED AND WHETHER TO 73 00:02:50,703 --> 00:02:51,938 DISPOSE OF REMAINING UTILITY 74 00:02:51,938 --> 00:02:56,876 POLES; AND AMENDING SECTIONS 75 00:02:56,876 --> 00:02:59,078 21.68.070, 21.68.090, AND 76 00:02:59,078 --> 00:02:59,913 21.68.100 OF THE SEATTLE 77 00:02:59,913 --> 00:03:07,120 MUNICIPAL CODE. F0 DISCUSSION 78 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:07,987 AND POSSIBLE VOTE. 79 00:03:07,987 --> 00:03:09,789 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AT THE 80 00:03:09,789 --> 00:03:13,660 LAST MEETING WE HAD A BRIEFING 81 00:03:13,660 --> 00:03:14,561 AND PRESENTATION ON JUNE 13th 82 00:03:14,561 --> 00:03:15,528 FROM SEATTLE CITY LIGHT LINKED 83 00:03:15,528 --> 00:03:18,932 TO THE AGENDA RIGHT NOW. IF YOU 84 00:03:18,932 --> 00:03:19,933 WANT TO REFER TO THE 85 00:03:19,933 --> 00:03:20,767 PRESENTATION, YOU'RE WELCOME TO 86 00:03:20,767 --> 00:03:26,105 I'M HOPING TO VOTE IT OUT OF 87 00:03:26,105 --> 00:03:27,206 COMMITTEE. TO RECAP. 55 YEARS 88 00:03:27,206 --> 00:03:30,076 AGO COUNCIL ENACTED THE 89 00:03:30,076 --> 00:03:31,544 ORDINANCE REQUIRING ALL ELECTRY 90 00:03:31,544 --> 00:03:34,047 DISTRIBUTIONS AND OTHER WIRES 91 00:03:34,047 --> 00:03:35,381 AND FACILITIES IN FOUR DISTRICT 92 00:03:35,381 --> 00:03:36,549 ACROSS THE CITY GO UNDERGROUND, 93 00:03:36,549 --> 00:03:39,419 AND THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO, 94 00:03:39,419 --> 00:03:44,290 AND WE ARE NOT EXACTLY SURE WHY 95 00:03:44,290 --> 00:03:45,858 COUNCIL DID THAT. FAST FORWARD 96 00:03:45,858 --> 00:03:48,561 TO TODAY, AND I'M SEEING THAT 97 00:03:48,561 --> 00:03:51,431 COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD HAS JOINE 98 00:03:51,431 --> 00:03:54,567 THE MEETING. WHILE FACILITIES 99 00:03:54,567 --> 00:03:57,470 ARE MOSTLY COMPLETELY 100 00:03:57,470 --> 00:03:58,071 UNDERGROUNDED IN THOSE 101 00:03:58,071 --> 00:03:59,672 DISTRICTS, THEY REMAIN PORTIONS 102 00:03:59,672 --> 00:04:04,911 OF THE FIRST HILL NEIGHBORHOOD 103 00:04:04,911 --> 00:04:07,046 THAT STILL HAS OVERHEAD WIRES, 104 00:04:07,046 --> 00:04:09,549 AND THIS RESOLUTION I MEAN THIS 105 00:04:09,549 --> 00:04:10,483 COUNCIL BILL WOULD PROVIDE SOME 106 00:04:10,483 --> 00:04:15,254 FLEXIBILITY TO SEATTLE CITY 107 00:04:15,254 --> 00:04:17,390 LIGHT WHEN THEY ARE REPLACING 108 00:04:17,390 --> 00:04:18,825 INFRASTRUCTURE TO LEAVE THEM 109 00:04:18,825 --> 00:04:19,592 ABOVEGROUND FOR MANY DIFFERENT 110 00:04:19,592 --> 00:04:22,395 REASONS INCLUDING THE FACT THAT 111 00:04:22,395 --> 00:04:25,398 THE PROPERTY OWNERS ADJACENT TO 112 00:04:25,398 --> 00:04:28,401 THE MAIN LINE HAVE TO PAY THE 113 00:04:28,401 --> 00:04:31,971 COST OF TRENCHING AND 114 00:04:31,971 --> 00:04:33,740 UNDERGROUNDING FROM THE MAIN 115 00:04:33,740 --> 00:04:36,175 LINE TO THE ACTUAL BUILDING AND 116 00:04:36,175 --> 00:04:37,644 PROVIDING MORE FLEXIBILITY COUL 117 00:04:37,644 --> 00:04:38,778 MAKE DEVELOPMENT COSTS LESS 118 00:04:38,778 --> 00:04:39,979 EXPENSIVE, AND THAT WOULD 119 00:04:39,979 --> 00:04:41,681 DECREASE THE COST OF HOUSING. 120 00:04:41,681 --> 00:04:43,416 THERE'S OTHER GOOD REASONS, AND 121 00:04:43,416 --> 00:04:46,319 WITH THAT, WE HAVE OUR 122 00:04:46,319 --> 00:04:48,955 PRESENTERS TO PROVIDE MORE 123 00:04:48,955 --> 00:04:51,257 INFORMATION AT THE TABLE. 124 00:04:51,257 --> 00:04:53,426 PERHAPS PROVIDE A SYNOPSIS. I'M 125 00:04:53,426 --> 00:04:54,527 HOPING THAT YOU WILL INTRODUCE 126 00:04:54,527 --> 00:04:55,728 YOURSELVES AND ANSWER ANY 127 00:04:55,728 --> 00:04:58,898 QUESTIONS THAT MAY COME UP. 128 00:04:58,898 --> 00:05:02,168 >> GOOD MORNING. I'M JEFF WOLF, 129 00:05:02,168 --> 00:05:05,471 LEGAL AFFAIRS ADVISER AT CITY 130 00:05:05,471 --> 00:05:05,705 LIGHT. 131 00:05:05,705 --> 00:05:07,573 >> I'M HINA ARAI WITH SEATTLE 132 00:05:07,573 --> 00:05:12,545 CITY LIGHT AS A SENIOR PROJECT 133 00:05:12,545 --> 00:05:12,812 MANAGER. 134 00:05:12,812 --> 00:05:14,547 >> I'M ERIC McCONAGHY, COUNCIL 135 00:05:14,547 --> 00:05:14,914 CENTRAL STAFF. 136 00:05:14,914 --> 00:05:16,616 >> THANK VERY MUCH. CONTINUING 137 00:05:16,616 --> 00:05:20,086 FROM LAST MEETING, I HAVE NOT 138 00:05:20,086 --> 00:05:21,521 RECEIVED QUESTIONS FROM MY 139 00:05:21,521 --> 00:05:23,056 COUNCILMEMBERS, BUT I AM 140 00:05:23,056 --> 00:05:25,358 WONDERING IF YOU COULD JUST 141 00:05:25,358 --> 00:05:27,126 PROVIDE A BRIEF SYNOPSIS FOR 142 00:05:27,126 --> 00:05:28,761 ANYONE NOT WATCHING LAST TIME, 143 00:05:28,761 --> 00:05:32,498 AND WE CAN PROCEED TO A VOTE IF 144 00:05:32,498 --> 00:05:34,901 THERE'S NO QUESTIONS OR 145 00:05:34,901 --> 00:05:35,168 COMMENTS. 146 00:05:35,168 --> 00:05:38,371 >> CERTAINLY, THANK YOU, 147 00:05:38,371 --> 00:05:39,138 COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. THIS 148 00:05:39,138 --> 00:05:42,108 ORDINANCE AMENDS THE CODE SO IT 149 00:05:42,108 --> 00:05:44,110 GIVES CITY LIGHT DISCRETION IN 150 00:05:44,110 --> 00:05:46,145 TERMS OF WHEN IT IS NECESSARY 151 00:05:46,145 --> 00:05:48,648 FOR THE SYSTEM, WHETHER IT NEED 152 00:05:48,648 --> 00:05:50,216 TO UNDERGROUND EVERYTHING OR IF 153 00:05:50,216 --> 00:05:51,384 IT CAN UNDERGROUND CERTAIN 154 00:05:51,384 --> 00:05:56,856 PORTIONS TO MEET THE SAFETY 155 00:05:56,856 --> 00:05:58,391 REQUIREMENTS, AND IT'S A 156 00:05:58,391 --> 00:05:59,292 SAFETY-ORIENTED CODE PROVISION, 157 00:05:59,292 --> 00:06:01,394 AND IT -- BY GIVING US 158 00:06:01,394 --> 00:06:02,995 DISCRETION, IT ENABLES US TO 159 00:06:02,995 --> 00:06:05,498 MAINTAIN THE SYSTEMS THAT ARE I 160 00:06:05,498 --> 00:06:07,200 PERFECTLY GOOD SHAPE THAT DON'T 161 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:13,206 NEED TO BE UNDERGROUNDED SO THA 162 00:06:13,206 --> 00:06:17,143 WE CAN SAVE ON THE COST OF A 163 00:06:17,143 --> 00:06:18,344 SIGNIFICANT PROJECT. WE DO NEED 164 00:06:18,344 --> 00:06:20,012 FROM TIME TO TIME, THE FIRST 165 00:06:20,012 --> 00:06:22,648 HILL DISTRICT, WE NEED TO 166 00:06:22,648 --> 00:06:25,184 UNDERGROUND CERTAIN AREAS OF TH 167 00:06:25,184 --> 00:06:26,786 DISTRICT IN ORDER TO MEET 168 00:06:26,786 --> 00:06:27,487 CLEARNESS STANDARDS. IN LARGE 169 00:06:27,487 --> 00:06:29,689 PART, THOSE ARE ONLY A FEW OF 170 00:06:29,689 --> 00:06:32,458 THE POLLS IN THE DISTRICT, NOT 171 00:06:32,458 --> 00:06:34,060 THE VAST MAJORITY. WHAT WE WOUL 172 00:06:34,060 --> 00:06:37,330 DO, WE WOULD REVIEW THE AREA 173 00:06:37,330 --> 00:06:40,333 THAT IS GOING TO BE Iâ–ˆMPACTED 174 00:06:40,333 --> 00:06:41,734 PUTTING TOGETHER A PLAN, A 175 00:06:41,734 --> 00:06:43,770 DESIGN, AND IN THAT DESIGN, WE 176 00:06:43,770 --> 00:06:48,040 WOULD LOOK TO SEE WHAT AREAS 177 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:50,042 NEEDED TO BE UNDERGROUNDED FOR 178 00:06:50,042 --> 00:06:53,279 SAFETY PURPOSES ASK, AND WHAT 179 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:54,714 AREAS CAN REMAIN AS IS, MOVING 180 00:06:54,714 --> 00:06:56,282 ACCORDINGLY, ALLOWING US TO BE 181 00:06:56,282 --> 00:06:57,283 MORE EFFICIENT AND COST 182 00:06:57,283 --> 00:06:57,583 EFFECTIVE. 183 00:06:57,583 --> 00:06:58,551 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 184 00:06:58,551 --> 00:07:01,354 >> PLEASE REMIND US WHAT WORK I 185 00:07:01,354 --> 00:07:03,089 HAPPENING RIGHT NOW OR WILL BE 186 00:07:03,089 --> 00:07:04,490 AND WHAT IS PLANNED COMING 187 00:07:04,490 --> 00:07:04,757 FORWARD? 188 00:07:04,757 --> 00:07:08,394 >> I THINK IT'S NEXT YEAR? THIS 189 00:07:08,394 --> 00:07:08,628 SUMMER? 190 00:07:08,628 --> 00:07:12,265 >> WE ARE LOOKING HOPEFULLY TO 191 00:07:12,265 --> 00:07:17,603 START NEXT YEAR. THAT'S THE COD 192 00:07:17,603 --> 00:07:18,871 PROVISION AMENDMENT, WE HAD AN 193 00:07:18,871 --> 00:07:21,440 AREA ON THE EAST BELMONT AVENUE 194 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:23,876 AND ON THE WEST SUMMIT AVENUE O 195 00:07:23,876 --> 00:07:25,812 CAPITOL HILL, THE WEST SIDE OF 196 00:07:25,812 --> 00:07:26,946 CAPITOL HILL, BOUNDED ON THE 197 00:07:26,946 --> 00:07:31,551 SOUTH BY EAST JOHN AND ON THE 198 00:07:31,551 --> 00:07:34,253 NORTH BY ROY. IT IS A VERY DENS 199 00:07:34,253 --> 00:07:39,258 AREA MADE OF A LARGE PART 200 00:07:39,258 --> 00:07:40,259 APARTMENT BUILDINGS AND 201 00:07:40,259 --> 00:07:42,395 SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES, AND WE HAD 202 00:07:42,395 --> 00:07:44,931 SOME ISSUES BOTH WITH CLEARANCE 203 00:07:44,931 --> 00:07:53,506 BECAUSE WE HAVE A 4KV SYSTEM AN 204 00:07:53,506 --> 00:07:54,841 OLDER SYSTEM OPERATING, AND WE 205 00:07:54,841 --> 00:07:56,676 HAVE AN URGENCY, IF SOMETHING 206 00:07:56,676 --> 00:08:01,280 GOES WRONG WITH THE SYSTEM, WE 207 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:02,482 DON'T HAVE REPLACEMENT PARTS. 208 00:08:02,482 --> 00:08:04,617 THEY ARE NO LONGER MANUFACTURED 209 00:08:04,617 --> 00:08:11,924 WE WANT TO MOVE THAT OVER TO TH 210 00:08:11,924 --> 00:08:14,293 CURRENT 26KV SYSTEM. WE WOULD 211 00:08:14,293 --> 00:08:16,495 HAVE TO INCREASE THE CLEARANCE. 212 00:08:16,495 --> 00:08:17,897 WE SHOWED THE PICTURE OF THE 213 00:08:17,897 --> 00:08:20,233 ALLEYWAY WHERE THE POLES WERE U 214 00:08:20,233 --> 00:08:21,701 AGAINST AN APARTMENT BUILDING, 215 00:08:21,701 --> 00:08:23,369 AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE MOVED 216 00:08:23,369 --> 00:08:24,437 UNDERGROUND BECAUSE WE CANNOT 217 00:08:24,437 --> 00:08:34,981 MOVE IT INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE 218 00:08:36,549 --> 00:08:41,821 ALLEY. THE AREA THAT BORDERS 219 00:08:41,821 --> 00:08:45,191 JOHN AND SUMMIT, IT COULD REMAI 220 00:08:45,191 --> 00:08:46,759 OVERHEAD. MANY ARE 26KV AND 221 00:08:46,759 --> 00:08:47,393 DON'T NEED MODIFICATIONS. WE 222 00:08:47,393 --> 00:08:50,429 COULD MAKE WHAT WOULD BE A LARG 223 00:08:50,429 --> 00:08:53,900 PROJECT INTO A SMALLER PROJECT 224 00:08:53,900 --> 00:08:56,969 AND SAVE, AS YOU INDICATED 225 00:08:56,969 --> 00:08:58,170 EARLIER, SAVE THE COST FOR 226 00:08:58,170 --> 00:09:07,713 HOMEOWNERS, AND WE DON'T NEED T 227 00:09:07,713 --> 00:09:12,218 TRENCH. IT'S LIKE A SIDE SEWER. 228 00:09:12,218 --> 00:09:14,220 THE OWNER MAINTAINS UP TO THE 229 00:09:14,220 --> 00:09:15,321 CONNECTION POINT. THAT'S A BIG 230 00:09:15,321 --> 00:09:19,125 EXPENSE IN THE AREA THAT HAS 231 00:09:19,125 --> 00:09:20,459 BEEN LONG DEVELOPMENT AND IS 232 00:09:20,459 --> 00:09:24,297 DENSELY WHERE HOMES ARE LOCATED 233 00:09:24,297 --> 00:09:26,532 AND THERE'S A LOT OF EXISTING 234 00:09:26,532 --> 00:09:27,233 UNDERGROUND UTILITIES ALREADY. 235 00:09:27,233 --> 00:09:28,901 WE WOULD SAVE THEM A LOT OF 236 00:09:28,901 --> 00:09:30,703 MONEY, TRENCHING IN THE STREET, 237 00:09:30,703 --> 00:09:32,271 CLOSING A LOT OF STREETS, AND 238 00:09:32,271 --> 00:09:35,274 TAKING AWAY PARKING FROM CAPITO 239 00:09:35,274 --> 00:09:37,109 HILL. THAT WOULD BE A HUGE 240 00:09:37,109 --> 00:09:38,244 HEADACHE FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T 241 00:09:38,244 --> 00:09:39,378 HAVE GARAGES AND REQUIRE PARKIN 242 00:09:39,378 --> 00:09:41,714 IN THE AREAS, AND ANYONE WHO HA 243 00:09:41,714 --> 00:09:44,717 BEEN UP IN CAPITOL HILL KNOWS I 244 00:09:44,717 --> 00:09:46,218 IS HARD TO GET PARKING. WE 245 00:09:46,218 --> 00:09:50,222 BELIEVE IT WILL BE A BENEFIT AN 246 00:09:50,222 --> 00:09:54,026 WIN-WIN FOR THE UTILITY AND TO 247 00:09:54,026 --> 00:09:54,427 THE CITIZENS. 248 00:09:54,427 --> 00:09:56,395 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I 249 00:09:56,395 --> 00:09:58,531 APPRECIATE THAT. ERIC, ANYTHING 250 00:09:58,531 --> 00:09:59,165 TO ADD? 251 00:09:59,165 --> 00:10:01,767 >> I DON'T. GREAT RUNDOWN. THE 252 00:10:01,767 --> 00:10:06,539 INTRO WAS THOROUGH, AND I REALL 253 00:10:06,539 --> 00:10:08,040 APPRECIATE THE RECAP. I ALSO 254 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:09,942 HAVE NOT HEARD FROM MEMBERS OF 255 00:10:09,942 --> 00:10:12,645 THE COMMITTEE OR COUNCILMEMBERS 256 00:10:12,645 --> 00:10:14,313 SINCE THE LAST MEETING TWO WEEK 257 00:10:14,313 --> 00:10:16,248 AGO JUST TO SAY THAT OUT LOUD. 258 00:10:16,248 --> 00:10:17,950 HAVE NOT HEARD ANY CONCERNS. 259 00:10:17,950 --> 00:10:20,286 >> I'M LOOKING TO SEE IF THERE' 260 00:10:20,286 --> 00:10:27,626 ANY QUESTIONS FROM MY 261 00:10:27,626 --> 00:10:30,363 COLLEAGUES. I SEE NONE. WITH 262 00:10:30,363 --> 00:10:33,532 THAT, I MOVE THE COMMITTEE 263 00:10:33,532 --> 00:10:36,669 RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF 120594. A 264 00:10:36,669 --> 00:10:36,902 SECOND? 265 00:10:36,902 --> 00:10:37,269 >> SECOND. 266 00:10:37,269 --> 00:10:38,371 >> MOVED AND SECONDED TO 267 00:10:38,371 --> 00:10:40,473 RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF THE COUNCI 268 00:10:40,473 --> 00:10:44,844 BILL. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CAL 269 00:10:44,844 --> 00:10:46,479 ROLL ON THE COMMITTEE 270 00:10:46,479 --> 00:10:49,081 RECOMMENDATION THAT COUNCIL BIL 271 00:10:49,081 --> 00:10:50,316 120594 PASS? 272 00:10:50,316 --> 00:10:53,285 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ? 273 00:10:53,285 --> 00:10:54,253 >> AYE. 274 00:10:54,253 --> 00:10:55,087 >> SAWANT? 275 00:10:55,087 --> 00:10:56,188 >> YES. 276 00:10:56,188 --> 00:10:58,791 >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 277 00:10:58,791 --> 00:10:59,125 >> YES. 278 00:10:59,125 --> 00:11:02,495 >> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD? 279 00:11:02,495 --> 00:11:02,762 >> YES. 280 00:11:02,762 --> 00:11:05,031 >> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON? 281 00:11:05,031 --> 00:11:05,531 >> AYE. 282 00:11:05,531 --> 00:11:09,268 >> FIVE IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED. 283 00:11:09,268 --> 00:11:10,369 >> THE RECOMMENDATION CARRIES. 284 00:11:10,369 --> 00:11:13,272 IT WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE CIT 285 00:11:13,272 --> 00:11:15,641 COUNCIL FOR FINAL CONSIDERATION 286 00:11:15,641 --> 00:11:17,376 AT THE COUNCIL MEETING ON 287 00:11:17,376 --> 00:11:22,014 WEDNESDAY, JULY 5th. YES, AND 288 00:11:22,014 --> 00:11:25,618 NOTE THAT IT IS ON A WEDNESDAY, 289 00:11:25,618 --> 00:11:28,554 NOT A TUESDAY, TO ACCOMMODATE 290 00:11:28,554 --> 00:11:29,855 THE HOLIDAY. OKAY, WILL THE 291 00:11:29,855 --> 00:11:30,790 CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM TWO INTO 292 00:11:30,790 --> 00:11:31,190 THE RECORD? 293 00:11:43,469 --> 00:11:44,203 RESOLUTION 32095. A RESOLUTION 294 00:11:44,203 --> 00:11:44,770 AUTHORIZING COMMENCEMENT OF 295 00:11:44,770 --> 00:11:45,404 CABLE FRANCHISE CONTRACT ENEWAL 296 00:11:45,404 --> 00:11:46,038 PROCEEDINGS IN ACCORDANCE WITH 297 00:11:46,038 --> 00:11:46,672 THE PROVISIONS OF 47 U.S.C. 298 00:11:46,672 --> 00:11:47,339 SECTION 546 AND WRITTEN REQUEST 299 00:11:47,339 --> 00:11:47,807 FROM COMCAST CABLE 300 00:11:47,807 --> 00:11:51,243 COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT, LLC. 301 00:11:51,243 --> 00:11:52,178 BRIEFING, DISCUSSION, AND 302 00:11:52,178 --> 00:11:52,545 POSSIBLE VOTE. 303 00:11:52,545 --> 00:11:54,780 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK 304 00:11:54,780 --> 00:11:56,549 YOU, CITY LIGHT, FOR ATTENDING 305 00:11:56,549 --> 00:11:58,150 TODAY EARLY. I APPRECIATE IT. 306 00:11:58,150 --> 00:12:03,022 >> HELLO, OKAY, SO EVERY TEN 307 00:12:03,022 --> 00:12:05,825 YEARS THE CITY'S CABLE TV 308 00:12:05,825 --> 00:12:08,761 FRANCHISE MUST BE RENEWED, AND 309 00:12:08,761 --> 00:12:09,929 THIS AUTHORIZES THE RENEWAL 310 00:12:09,929 --> 00:12:11,797 PROCEEDINGS WITH COMCAST TO 311 00:12:11,797 --> 00:12:13,933 BEGIN, AND IT ALSO AUTHORIZES 312 00:12:13,933 --> 00:12:16,102 THE CITY TO IMPLEMENT THE 313 00:12:16,102 --> 00:12:17,103 PROCESSES TO COMPLY WITH THE 314 00:12:17,103 --> 00:12:19,038 CITY'S OBLIGATIONS UNDER FEDERA 315 00:12:19,038 --> 00:12:23,609 LAW THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN A 316 00:12:23,609 --> 00:12:26,445 FAIRLY LONG PROCESS AND COUNCIL 317 00:12:26,445 --> 00:12:27,780 AUTHORIZING THE ACTUAL FRANCHIS 318 00:12:27,780 --> 00:12:29,949 RENEWAL NOT BEFORE COUNCIL UNTI 319 00:12:29,949 --> 00:12:30,449 I BELIEVE -- 320 00:12:30,449 --> 00:12:32,318 >> 2025. 321 00:12:32,318 --> 00:12:34,386 >> 2025. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 322 00:12:34,386 --> 00:12:41,327 WITH THAT WITH HAVE OUR 323 00:12:41,327 --> 00:12:42,461 PRESENTER? WOULD YOU PLEASE 324 00:12:42,461 --> 00:12:44,797 INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND START TH 325 00:12:44,797 --> 00:12:45,131 PRESENTATION. 326 00:12:45,131 --> 00:12:47,399 >> I'M JON MORRISON WINTERS WIT 327 00:12:47,399 --> 00:12:49,802 SEATTLE I.T. HAPPY TO BE HERE 328 00:12:49,802 --> 00:12:51,437 TODAY TO REPRESENT THE DIGITAL 329 00:12:51,437 --> 00:12:54,640 EQUITY TIME AT SEATTLE I.T. AND 330 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:56,108 OFFICE OF CABLE COMMUNICATIONS 331 00:12:56,108 --> 00:12:57,910 THAT NOW RESIDES WITHIN THE 332 00:12:57,910 --> 00:12:58,778 DIGITAL EQUITY PROGRAM. YES, I' 333 00:12:58,778 --> 00:13:00,613 GOING TO BE TALKING TODAY A 334 00:13:00,613 --> 00:13:04,083 LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CABLE 335 00:13:04,083 --> 00:13:06,785 FRANCHISING AND THE PROCESS OF 336 00:13:06,785 --> 00:13:07,820 CABLE FRANCHISE RENEWAL AND THI 337 00:13:07,820 --> 00:13:11,290 RESOLUTION THAT WOULD SORT OF 338 00:13:11,290 --> 00:13:13,559 KICK OFF THE PROCESS OF 339 00:13:13,559 --> 00:13:14,126 FRANCHISE RENEWAL. CABLE 340 00:13:14,126 --> 00:13:17,229 FRANCHISES IN THE UNITED STATES 341 00:13:17,229 --> 00:13:19,632 THEY ARE GOVERNED BY FEDERAL 342 00:13:19,632 --> 00:13:21,734 LAW, THE CABLE ACT OF 1984, AND 343 00:13:21,734 --> 00:13:24,436 HERE IN SEATTLE, WE HAVE AS PAR 344 00:13:24,436 --> 00:13:27,473 OF THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE, 345 00:13:27,473 --> 00:13:32,778 WE HAVE THE CABLE CODE, AND THA 346 00:13:32,778 --> 00:13:36,282 DOES REQUIRE THE OPERATORS WHO 347 00:13:36,282 --> 00:13:37,650 WISH TO OPERATE IN THE 348 00:13:37,650 --> 00:13:38,918 RIGHT-OF-WAY TO PROVIDE CABLE 349 00:13:38,918 --> 00:13:41,086 SERVICES THAT MEET OUR STANDARD 350 00:13:41,086 --> 00:13:44,957 AS FAR AS WE KNOW, ARE UNIQUE I 351 00:13:44,957 --> 00:13:46,325 THE CABLE CUSTOMER BILL OF 352 00:13:46,325 --> 00:13:50,129 RIGHTS THEY MUST ABIDE BY. IN 353 00:13:50,129 --> 00:13:52,198 ADDITION TO THE TECHNICAL 354 00:13:52,198 --> 00:13:53,499 SPECIFICATIONS AND PRIVACY 355 00:13:53,499 --> 00:13:54,233 STANDARDS AND OTHER CUSTOMER 356 00:13:54,233 --> 00:13:57,002 SERVICE STANDARDS, AND IN THE 357 00:13:57,002 --> 00:13:58,904 CITY OF SEATTLE, WE CURRENTLY 358 00:13:58,904 --> 00:14:00,472 HAVE TWO CABLE FRANCHISES. ONE 359 00:14:00,472 --> 00:14:05,444 IS COMCAST, WE ARE TALKING ABOU 360 00:14:05,444 --> 00:14:06,812 TODAY, AND THE OTHER IS ASTOUND 361 00:14:06,812 --> 00:14:08,847 FORMALLY KNOWN AS WAVE. THE 362 00:14:08,847 --> 00:14:09,982 CABLE FRANCHISES LAST FOR TEN 363 00:14:09,982 --> 00:14:14,286 YEARS, AND THEY MUST BE RENEWED 364 00:14:14,286 --> 00:14:16,956 AFTER TEN YEARS. THE FEDERAL 365 00:14:16,956 --> 00:14:24,096 CABLE ACT SORT OF OUTLINES WHAT 366 00:14:24,096 --> 00:14:28,467 IS REQUIRED FOR CABLE FRANCHISE 367 00:14:28,467 --> 00:14:33,205 RENEWAL, AND IT DOES OUTLINE TH 368 00:14:33,205 --> 00:14:35,908 FORMAL AND INFORMAL PROCESS FOR 369 00:14:35,908 --> 00:14:38,811 RENEWAL. THE MAJORITY ACROSS TH 370 00:14:38,811 --> 00:14:40,479 COUNTRY INCLUDE A NEGOTIATION 371 00:14:40,479 --> 00:14:42,848 WITH THE CABLE OPERATOR, BUT 372 00:14:42,848 --> 00:14:46,018 WHAT THE PROCESS DOES IS THE 373 00:14:46,018 --> 00:14:48,354 FORMAL PROCESS AND INFORMAL 374 00:14:48,354 --> 00:14:50,589 PROCESS CAN SORT OF ADVANCE 375 00:14:50,589 --> 00:14:52,625 CONCURRENTLY, AND SO BY TAKING 376 00:14:52,625 --> 00:14:54,693 THIS STEP OF HAVING THIS COUNCI 377 00:14:54,693 --> 00:14:56,662 RESOLUTION THAT BEGINS THE 378 00:14:56,662 --> 00:14:58,130 PROCESS OR COMMENCES THE PROCES 379 00:14:58,130 --> 00:15:00,766 OF RENEWAL, WE ARE RETAINING OU 380 00:15:00,766 --> 00:15:02,668 RIGHT TO THAT FORMAL PROCESS. S 381 00:15:02,668 --> 00:15:03,836 IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I 382 00:15:03,836 --> 00:15:08,073 WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TH 383 00:15:08,073 --> 00:15:09,074 TWO OPTIONS. THE FORMAL PROCESS 384 00:15:09,074 --> 00:15:12,111 IS AN RFP PROCESS, AND ALL OF 385 00:15:12,111 --> 00:15:14,046 THE DETAILS OF THAT ARE LAID OU 386 00:15:14,046 --> 00:15:16,782 IN THE CABLE CODE AND WHAT IS 387 00:15:16,782 --> 00:15:18,317 REQUIRED THERE. IT IS A LENGTHY 388 00:15:18,317 --> 00:15:22,187 PROCESS, AND AS I MENTIONED, 389 00:15:22,187 --> 00:15:23,489 TYPICALLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY 390 00:15:23,489 --> 00:15:24,523 WITH FRANCHISE RENEWALS, IT'S 391 00:15:24,523 --> 00:15:26,525 PRETTY RARE. THE OTHER OPTION I 392 00:15:26,525 --> 00:15:28,527 A NEGOTIATION WITH THE CABLE 393 00:15:28,527 --> 00:15:30,396 OPERATOR. AT THIS POINT WE ARE 394 00:15:30,396 --> 00:15:31,797 IN THE COMMENCEMENT PROCEEDINGS 395 00:15:31,797 --> 00:15:34,300 SORT OF THE FIRST STEP THERE, 396 00:15:34,300 --> 00:15:36,368 AND KICKING THAT OFF, AND THIS 397 00:15:36,368 --> 00:15:40,472 IS TRIGGERED BY A LETTER THAT W 398 00:15:40,472 --> 00:15:42,107 RECEIVED FROM COMCAST ASKING US 399 00:15:42,107 --> 00:15:44,977 TO -- ASKING THE CITY TO 400 00:15:44,977 --> 00:15:47,012 COMMENCE WITH THE PROCEEDING AN 401 00:15:47,012 --> 00:15:49,381 SO THE CABLE CODE REQUIRES THAT 402 00:15:49,381 --> 00:15:51,483 WE COMMENCE PROCEEDINGS WITHIN 403 00:15:51,483 --> 00:15:52,918 SIX MONTHS OF RECEIVING THAT 404 00:15:52,918 --> 00:15:54,119 NOTIFICATION FROM THE CABLE 405 00:15:54,119 --> 00:15:55,387 OPERATOR, AND THEN I THINK ON 406 00:15:55,387 --> 00:15:58,791 THE NEXT SLIDE, WE HAVE A LITTL 407 00:15:58,791 --> 00:16:02,261 TIME LINE. I'M SORRY, A LITTLE 408 00:16:02,261 --> 00:16:08,901 BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THIS IS AND 409 00:16:08,901 --> 00:16:09,969 WHAT COMMENCING ENTAILS. IT DOE 410 00:16:09,969 --> 00:16:12,504 NOT EXPLAIN WHAT IS REQUIRED FO 411 00:16:12,504 --> 00:16:14,606 THE COMMENCING, BUT TWICE THE 412 00:16:14,606 --> 00:16:17,843 COMCAST FRANCHISE HAS BEEN 413 00:16:17,843 --> 00:16:20,379 RENEWED. IT WAS RENEWED IN 2006 414 00:16:20,379 --> 00:16:23,082 AND IN 2016. THEN IT WILL BE -- 415 00:16:23,082 --> 00:16:24,083 THIS IS COMMENCING THE 416 00:16:24,083 --> 00:16:25,417 PROCEEDING FOR THE FRANCHISE 417 00:16:25,417 --> 00:16:27,853 THAT WOULD EXPIRE AT THE END OF 418 00:16:27,853 --> 00:16:32,024 2025 AND WOULD BE RENEWED AT TH 419 00:16:32,024 --> 00:16:33,525 BEGINNING OF 2026. SO BOTH OF 420 00:16:33,525 --> 00:16:35,861 THOSE TIMES WE DID THIS SIMILAR 421 00:16:35,861 --> 00:16:37,229 PROCESS OF HAVING A COUNCIL 422 00:16:37,229 --> 00:16:38,964 RESOLUTION IN ORDER TO CLARIFY 423 00:16:38,964 --> 00:16:41,567 THAT WE ARE KICKING OFF THE 424 00:16:41,567 --> 00:16:44,737 PROCESS AND ALSO BEGIN THE 425 00:16:44,737 --> 00:16:47,306 PROCESS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 426 00:16:47,306 --> 00:16:50,876 THAT ALLOWS FOR THE PUBLIC 427 00:16:50,876 --> 00:16:52,077 COMMENT AND FOR RESIDENTS TO 428 00:16:52,077 --> 00:16:53,812 COMMENT ON WHAT THEIR NEEDS AND 429 00:16:53,812 --> 00:16:54,813 INTERESTS ARE FOR THE CABLE 430 00:16:54,813 --> 00:16:57,916 SERVICES. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. S 431 00:16:57,916 --> 00:16:59,985 THIS IS JUST A LITTLE TIME LINE 432 00:16:59,985 --> 00:17:01,987 AND IT SHOWS BOTH OF THE CABLE 433 00:17:01,987 --> 00:17:03,422 FRANCHISES IN THE CITY AND THE 434 00:17:03,422 --> 00:17:05,824 TIME LINES THEY ARE ON, AND SO 435 00:17:05,824 --> 00:17:08,694 WE CAN ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL 436 00:17:08,694 --> 00:17:09,695 RECEIVE A RENEWAL NOTICE FROM 437 00:17:09,695 --> 00:17:12,197 ASTOUND HERE PRETTY SOON. THEY 438 00:17:12,197 --> 00:17:17,403 ARE ONLY ABOUT A YEAR BEHIND 439 00:17:17,403 --> 00:17:19,405 COMCAST WHEN THEIR FRANCHISE 440 00:17:19,405 --> 00:17:20,339 WILL EXPIRE. THE PROCESS LAID 441 00:17:20,339 --> 00:17:22,441 OUT HERE SHOWS UNDER THE CABLE 442 00:17:22,441 --> 00:17:24,576 ACT, WE ARE REQUIRED TO COMMENC 443 00:17:24,576 --> 00:17:25,811 PROCEEDINGS BY AUGUST 21st, AND 444 00:17:25,811 --> 00:17:28,180 THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY. 445 00:17:28,180 --> 00:17:30,816 THEN THE RENEWAL PERIOD RUNS 446 00:17:30,816 --> 00:17:33,819 REALLY THIS YEAR THROUGH THE EN 447 00:17:33,819 --> 00:17:36,889 OF 2025, AND THEN WE WILL LOOK 448 00:17:36,889 --> 00:17:38,090 FOR THE ACTUAL RENEWAL, 449 00:17:38,090 --> 00:17:42,027 REQUIRING THE ORDINANCE TO BE 450 00:17:42,027 --> 00:17:44,997 PASSED SOME TIME IN 2025, BUT 451 00:17:44,997 --> 00:17:47,399 IDEALLY BY THE END OF THE YEAR 452 00:17:47,399 --> 00:17:49,168 FOR THE FRANCHISE IN 2026. 453 00:17:49,168 --> 00:17:50,969 THAT'S REALLY WHAT I HAVE FOR 454 00:17:50,969 --> 00:17:52,204 THE PRESENTATION TODAY. I'M 455 00:17:52,204 --> 00:17:54,139 HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 456 00:17:54,139 --> 00:17:57,743 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO WE 457 00:17:57,743 --> 00:18:00,112 JUST HEARD THAT WE ARE BOUND BY 458 00:18:00,112 --> 00:18:01,180 SOME GUIDELINES, I MEAN 459 00:18:01,180 --> 00:18:04,917 DEADLINES HERE, AND THAT'S WHY 460 00:18:04,917 --> 00:18:06,552 I'M ASKING MY COMMITTEE MEMBERS 461 00:18:06,552 --> 00:18:10,322 TO VOTE THIS OUT OF COMMITTEE 462 00:18:10,322 --> 00:18:11,990 TODAY. YOU DID MENTION SOMETHIN 463 00:18:11,990 --> 00:18:13,692 THAT PIQUED MY INTEREST. YOU 464 00:18:13,692 --> 00:18:14,993 JUST RECEIVED THE LETTER FROM 465 00:18:14,993 --> 00:18:16,795 ASTOUND, AND MY UNDERSTANDING I 466 00:18:16,795 --> 00:18:20,732 THAT WITHIN THREE MONTHS WE HAV 467 00:18:20,732 --> 00:18:22,634 TO SIGNAL THE BEGINNING OF 468 00:18:22,634 --> 00:18:23,802 FRANCHISE RENEWALS FOR ANYTHING 469 00:18:23,802 --> 00:18:26,805 NOT JUST COMCAST, IS THAT THE 470 00:18:26,805 --> 00:18:27,005 CASE? 471 00:18:27,005 --> 00:18:29,274 >> I'M SORRY, IT'S SUGGESTED WE 472 00:18:29,274 --> 00:18:30,309 COULD RECEIVE ANTICIPATING THE 473 00:18:30,309 --> 00:18:31,777 LETTER FROM ASTOUND WITHIN THE 474 00:18:31,777 --> 00:18:33,712 NEXT FEW MONTHS. 475 00:18:33,712 --> 00:18:35,581 >> OKAY, BECAUSE WE ARE RUNNING 476 00:18:35,581 --> 00:18:36,448 UP AGAINST THE BUDGET IN 477 00:18:36,448 --> 00:18:38,083 SEPTEMBER, AND SO WE WILL HAVE 478 00:18:38,083 --> 00:18:39,284 TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN 479 00:18:39,284 --> 00:18:42,421 ACCOMMODATE THAT IN COMMITTEE. 480 00:18:42,421 --> 00:18:43,789 >> THANK YOU. 481 00:18:43,789 --> 00:18:46,758 >> WITHIN THE TIME FRAME. OKAY, 482 00:18:46,758 --> 00:18:48,327 ANY QUESTIONS FROM MY 483 00:18:48,327 --> 00:18:49,194 COUNCILMEMBERS? OKAY. I HAVE A 484 00:18:49,194 --> 00:18:51,163 QUESTION, AND YOU SAID THERE 485 00:18:51,163 --> 00:18:53,332 WILL BE TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT 486 00:18:53,332 --> 00:18:55,400 THAT IS THE REASON FOR THE 487 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:57,302 RESOLUTION TO SIGNAL, HEY, WE 488 00:18:57,302 --> 00:19:01,306 ARE DOING THIS, AND WHAT ROLE 489 00:19:01,306 --> 00:19:02,274 WILL CTAB HAVE? 490 00:19:02,274 --> 00:19:07,980 >> YEAH, THANK YOU. SO I WILL 491 00:19:07,980 --> 00:19:08,947 PRESENT THIS INFORMATION TO 492 00:19:08,947 --> 00:19:10,482 CTAB, AND THE CHAIR JUST 493 00:19:10,482 --> 00:19:11,717 YESTERDAY REQUESTED THAT. WE 494 00:19:11,717 --> 00:19:13,785 WILL GET THIS ON THEIR AGENDA, 495 00:19:13,785 --> 00:19:17,456 AND THEN IN THE PAST, CTAB HAS 496 00:19:17,456 --> 00:19:20,159 PLAYED A VERY ACTIVE ROLE. THE 497 00:19:20,159 --> 00:19:20,325 -- 498 00:19:20,325 --> 00:19:21,827 >> PLEASE CONTINUE AND REMIND U 499 00:19:21,827 --> 00:19:22,995 WHAT IT IS. 500 00:19:22,995 --> 00:19:26,765 >> THE COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY 501 00:19:26,765 --> 00:19:27,633 ADVISORY BOARD. THAT IS THE 502 00:19:27,633 --> 00:19:29,034 ADVISORY BOARD THAT WE WORK VER 503 00:19:29,034 --> 00:19:31,803 CLOSELY WITH, AND THEY ARE 504 00:19:31,803 --> 00:19:33,872 ENGAGE IN THE AREAS OF DIGIAL 505 00:19:33,872 --> 00:19:35,774 EQUITY AND BROAD BAND EXPANSION 506 00:19:35,774 --> 00:19:42,114 AND ALSO LOOKING AT SECURITY TO 507 00:19:42,114 --> 00:19:45,484 RECEIVE THINGS LIKE A.I. 508 00:19:45,484 --> 00:19:49,521 GENERATIVE A.I. THEY HAVE BEEN 509 00:19:49,521 --> 00:19:50,522 ENGAGED AND ACTIVE. IT HELPS US 510 00:19:50,522 --> 00:19:51,990 DEFINE WHAT THE INTERESTS ARE 511 00:19:51,990 --> 00:19:55,994 FOR THE CABLE FRANCHISES. IT'S 512 00:19:55,994 --> 00:20:02,734 LITTLE BIT LOWER PRIORITY ON TH 513 00:20:02,734 --> 00:20:04,703 AGENDA. IT COVERS THE VIDEO 514 00:20:04,703 --> 00:20:08,674 PORTION OF CABLE SERVICES AS 515 00:20:08,674 --> 00:20:09,775 DEFINED. THEY HAVE OTHER 516 00:20:09,775 --> 00:20:11,910 PRIORITIES AT THIS TIME. WE WIL 517 00:20:11,910 --> 00:20:13,845 ABSOLUTELY BE WORKING WITH THEM 518 00:20:13,845 --> 00:20:19,418 TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE AWARE AND 519 00:20:19,418 --> 00:20:20,018 RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM THEM. 520 00:20:20,018 --> 00:20:22,621 >> ALL RIGHT. IF THERE ARE NO 521 00:20:22,621 --> 00:20:25,023 FURTHER QUESTIONS, I WILL MOVE 522 00:20:25,023 --> 00:20:28,360 THIS BILL. I MOVE THAT THE 523 00:20:28,360 --> 00:20:29,761 COMMITTEE RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF 524 00:20:29,761 --> 00:20:30,362 RESOLUTION 32095. A SECOND? 525 00:20:30,362 --> 00:20:30,896 >> SECOND. 526 00:20:30,896 --> 00:20:32,998 >> THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED 527 00:20:32,998 --> 00:20:34,366 AND SECONDED TO RECOMMEND 528 00:20:34,366 --> 00:20:36,602 PASSAGE OF THE RESOLUTION. WILL 529 00:20:36,602 --> 00:20:40,472 THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE 530 00:20:40,472 --> 00:20:43,642 ON THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION 531 00:20:43,642 --> 00:20:49,081 THAT RESOLUTION 32095 PASS? 532 00:20:49,081 --> 00:20:50,716 >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ? 533 00:20:50,716 --> 00:20:51,116 >> AYE. 534 00:20:51,116 --> 00:20:52,718 >> SAWANT? 535 00:20:52,718 --> 00:20:52,985 >> YES. 536 00:20:52,985 --> 00:20:53,952 >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 537 00:20:53,952 --> 00:20:54,453 >> YES. 538 00:20:54,453 --> 00:20:56,355 >> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD? 539 00:20:56,355 --> 00:20:56,622 >> YES. 540 00:20:56,622 --> 00:20:58,323 >> CHAIR NELSON? 541 00:20:58,323 --> 00:20:59,458 >> AYE. 542 00:20:59,458 --> 00:21:01,360 >> FIVE IN FAVOR, AND ZERO 543 00:21:01,360 --> 00:21:01,627 OPPOSED. 544 00:21:01,627 --> 00:21:06,932 >> THE MOTION CARRIES, AND THE 545 00:21:06,932 --> 00:21:08,667 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THAT 546 00:21:08,667 --> 00:21:10,769 RESOLUTION 32095 BE FORWARDED T 547 00:21:10,769 --> 00:21:12,237 THE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION O 548 00:21:12,237 --> 00:21:13,905 WEDNESDAY, JULY 5th. THANK YOU 549 00:21:13,905 --> 00:21:18,610 VERY MUCH. THIS CONCLUDES THE 550 00:21:18,610 --> 00:21:20,479 AGENDA OF THE JUNE 28th MEETIN 551 00:21:20,479 --> 00:21:21,613 OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 552 00:21:21,613 --> 00:21:24,249 TECHNOLOGY AND CITY LIGHT 553 00:21:24,249 --> 00:21:27,919 COMMITTEE. OUR NEXT MEETING IS 554 00:21:27,919 --> 00:21:29,388 SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 555 00:21:29,388 --> 00:21:31,490 12th, 2023, AT 9:30 A.M. A NOTE 556 00:21:31,490 --> 00:21:33,792 ON THAT MEETING, WE WILL HAVE 557 00:21:33,792 --> 00:21:36,261 OUR SECOND -- THE COMMITTEE'S 558 00:21:36,261 --> 00:21:38,897 SECOND SMALL BUSINESS ROUND 559 00:21:38,897 --> 00:21:41,967 TABLE DISCUSSION, AND IT WILL B 560 00:21:41,967 --> 00:21:42,601 WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM 561 00:21:42,601 --> 00:21:43,268 NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS DISTRICTS 562 00:21:43,268 --> 00:21:44,269 ACROSS THE CITY, AND THEY WILL 563 00:21:44,269 --> 00:21:46,938 BE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE 564 00:21:46,938 --> 00:21:49,307 BARRIERS TO STARTING AND GROWIN 565 00:21:49,307 --> 00:21:50,676 A SMALL BUSINESS IN SEATTLE AND 566 00:21:50,676 --> 00:21:52,144 SOME SOLUTIONS AND WHAT THEY AR 567 00:21:52,144 --> 00:21:55,380 WORKING ON RIGHT NOW, SO THAT I 568 00:21:55,380 --> 00:21:57,115 ONE COMPONENT THAT I'M PRETTY 569 00:21:57,115 --> 00:22:00,519 EXCITED ABOUT AT OUR NEXT 570 00:22:00,519 --> 00:22:03,155 MEETING. AND IF THERE IS NO 571 00:22:03,155 --> 00:22:05,023 FURTHER BUSINESS THIS MEETING 572 00:22:05,023 --> 00:22:07,793 WILL ADJOURN. I'M NOT SEEING AN 573 00:22:07,793 --> 00:22:09,494 FURTHER BUSINESS. IT IS 9:22, 574 00:22:09,494 --> 00:22:11,496 AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. 575 00:22:11,496 --> 00:22:12,130 THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR YOUR 576 00:22:12,130 --> 00:22:12,464 FLEXIBILITY. 577 00:22:12,464 --> 00:22:12,831 >> THANK YOU. 578 00:22:12,831 --> 00:22:13,131 >> THANK YOU.