1 00:00:17,717 --> 00:00:17,784 2 00:00:17,784 --> 00:00:18,952 >> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HER 3 00:00:18,952 --> 00:00:21,388 TODAY FOR THE IN PERSON AND 4 00:00:21,388 --> 00:00:22,355 VIRTUAL OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FRO 5 00:00:22,355 --> 00:00:24,557 MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY 6 00:00:24,557 --> 00:00:26,059 REGARDING THE SELECT HOUSING 7 00:00:26,059 --> 00:00:32,399 LEVY COMMITTEE PUBLIC HEARING, 8 00:00:32,399 --> 00:00:32,966 SPECIFICALLY DEDICATED TO 9 00:00:32,966 --> 00:00:34,167 TALKING ABOUT THE 2023 SEATTLE 10 00:00:34,167 --> 00:00:37,404 HOUSING LEVY. THE DATE IS 11 00:00:37,404 --> 00:00:39,072 APRIL 19, 2023 AND THE TIME IS 12 00:00:39,072 --> 00:00:45,211 4:32. AGAIN, THIS IS A FULL 13 00:00:45,211 --> 00:00:46,446 OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HEAR FROM 14 00:00:46,446 --> 00:00:47,414 MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNIY ABOUT 15 00:00:47,414 --> 00:00:53,887 THE PROPOSED 2023 HOUSING LEVY 16 00:00:53,887 --> 00:00:54,888 AS TRANSMITTED BY THE MAYOR'S 17 00:00:54,888 --> 00:00:55,722 OFFICE THAT THE COUNCIL JUST 18 00:00:55,722 --> 00:00:56,656 BEGAN DELIBERATING THIS MONTH. 19 00:00:56,656 --> 00:00:58,658 WE WILL HAVE NEXT MONTH AND THE 20 00:00:58,658 --> 00:01:03,930 FOLLOWING MONTH TO GO OVER ANY 21 00:01:03,930 --> 00:01:04,964 ADDITIONAL IDEAS THAT MEMBERS O 22 00:01:04,964 --> 00:01:05,899 THE COMMUNITY OR OUR COLLEAGUES 23 00:01:05,899 --> 00:01:07,333 HAVE. AND THAT IS THE SOLE 24 00:01:07,333 --> 00:01:08,568 PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING. IF 25 00:01:08,568 --> 00:01:09,903 THERE IS NO OBJECTION, TODAY'S 26 00:01:09,903 --> 00:01:15,375 AGENDA OR THE PUBLIC HEARING 27 00:01:15,375 --> 00:01:16,409 WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING NO 28 00:01:16,409 --> 00:01:17,610 OBJECTION THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED 29 00:01:17,610 --> 00:01:18,812 MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE 30 00:01:18,812 --> 00:01:20,146 CALL THE ROLE FOR WHO IS PRESEN 31 00:01:20,146 --> 00:01:21,281 WITH US IN THE PUBLIC HEARING 32 00:01:21,281 --> 00:01:21,781 THIS AFTERNOON? 33 00:01:21,781 --> 00:01:22,782 >> COUNCIL NUMBER HERBOLD? 34 00:01:22,782 --> 00:01:25,084 COUNCILMEMBER DEBORA JUAREZ? 35 00:01:25,084 --> 00:01:26,920 COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS? 36 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:28,788 >> PRESENT. 37 00:01:28,788 --> 00:01:36,529 >> COUNCILMEMBER TAMMY MORALES? 38 00:01:36,529 --> 00:01:37,397 COUNCILMEMBER NELSON? 39 00:01:37,397 --> 00:01:37,897 >> PRESENT. 40 00:01:37,897 --> 00:01:38,865 >> COUNCIL MEMBER ALEX PEDERSEN 41 00:01:38,865 --> 00:01:38,998 42 00:01:38,998 --> 00:01:39,732 >> PRESENT. 43 00:01:39,732 --> 00:01:40,967 >> COUNCILMEMBER KSHAMA SAWANT 44 00:01:40,967 --> 00:01:41,100 45 00:01:41,100 --> 00:01:41,768 >> PRESENT. 46 00:01:41,768 --> 00:01:44,337 >> COUNCILMEMBER DAN STRAUSS? 47 00:01:44,337 --> 00:01:45,371 >> PRESENT. 48 00:01:45,371 --> 00:01:46,806 >> MADAM CHAIR MONQUEDA? 49 00:01:46,806 --> 00:01:48,274 >> PRESENT. 50 00:01:48,274 --> 00:01:53,012 >> THAT IS SIX PRESENT. 51 00:01:53,012 --> 00:01:54,347 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 52 00:01:54,347 --> 00:01:55,248 COLLEAGUES, AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE 53 00:01:55,248 --> 00:02:01,855 TO THANK YOU FOR THE 54 00:02:01,855 --> 00:02:02,922 OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM FOLKS. 55 00:02:02,922 --> 00:02:04,224 WE HAVE 27 PEOPLE SIGNED UP 56 00:02:04,224 --> 00:02:05,458 ONLINE, AND WE HAVE SIX PEOPLE 57 00:02:05,458 --> 00:02:07,160 IN PERSON. WE WILL GO AHEAD AN 58 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:12,265 DO THE FIRST THREE IN PERSON 59 00:02:12,265 --> 00:02:13,433 AND THEN THE FIRST THREE ONLINE 60 00:02:13,433 --> 00:02:14,701 THE NEXT THREE IN PERSON AND TH 61 00:02:14,701 --> 00:02:15,935 NEXT THREE ONLINE, AND THEN WE 62 00:02:15,935 --> 00:02:17,403 WILL STAY ONLINE SO THAT WE CAN 63 00:02:17,403 --> 00:02:18,838 KEEP IT BALANCED HERE TODAY. W 64 00:02:18,838 --> 00:02:20,106 WILL PROVIDE A FULL TWO MINUTE 65 00:02:20,106 --> 00:02:20,840 OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. 66 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:22,509 I DON'T THINK THAT I NEED TO 67 00:02:22,509 --> 00:02:23,743 RUN THE VIDEO, BUT AS A 68 00:02:23,743 --> 00:02:25,678 REMINDER, YOU WILL HEAR A CHIME 69 00:02:25,678 --> 00:02:27,313 WHEN YOU HAVE 10 SECONDS TO 70 00:02:27,313 --> 00:02:28,581 WRAP UP YOUR COMMENT. PLEASE 71 00:02:28,581 --> 00:02:29,516 KEEP YOUR COMMENTS FOCUSED ON 72 00:02:29,516 --> 00:02:32,719 THE 2023 PROPOSED HOUSING LEVY. 73 00:02:32,719 --> 00:02:35,121 IF YOU DO HIT THE END OF YOUR 74 00:02:35,121 --> 00:02:36,356 ALLOTTED TIME, WHICH WILL BE TW 75 00:02:36,356 --> 00:02:37,323 MINUTES, THE MICROPHONE WILL BE 76 00:02:37,323 --> 00:02:38,825 MUTED. PLEASE DO SEND IN ANY 77 00:02:38,825 --> 00:02:39,526 REMAINING COMMENTS THAT YOU 78 00:02:39,526 --> 00:02:44,430 WOULD LIKE TO SHARE. FOR FOLK 79 00:02:44,430 --> 00:02:45,431 THAT ARE LISTENING ONLINE, IT 80 00:02:45,431 --> 00:02:50,436 WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU COULD 81 00:02:50,436 --> 00:02:51,437 DISCONNECT AFTER YOUR ALLOTTED 82 00:02:51,437 --> 00:02:52,872 TIME AND WE WILL MAKE SURE TO 83 00:02:52,872 --> 00:03:00,013 CONTINUE BROADCASTING ON THE 84 00:03:00,013 --> 00:03:01,014 SEATTLE CHANNEL OR THE OTHER 85 00:03:01,014 --> 00:03:02,048 LISTEN IN OPTIONS PROVIDED ON 86 00:03:02,048 --> 00:03:03,316 TODAY'S AGENDA. JUST BEFORE WE 87 00:03:03,316 --> 00:03:04,717 JUMP INTO IT, WANT TO THANK MY 88 00:03:04,717 --> 00:03:05,919 COLLEAGUES WHO ARE HERE WITH US 89 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:07,187 TODAY. THOSE WHO ARE EITHER 90 00:03:07,187 --> 00:03:08,488 IN-PERSON OR VIRTUAL AND THOSE 91 00:03:08,488 --> 00:03:09,989 LISTENING IN, BUT NOT AS PART O 92 00:03:09,989 --> 00:03:10,990 THE ROLLCALL THIS MORNING .4 93 00:03:10,990 --> 00:03:12,959 THIS AFTERNOON. THIS IS ONE OF 94 00:03:12,959 --> 00:03:13,726 TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS SOLELY 95 00:03:13,726 --> 00:03:15,828 DEDICATED TO THE HOUSING LEVY 96 00:03:15,828 --> 00:03:17,263 PROPOSAL. HELLO, COUNCILMEMBER 97 00:03:17,263 --> 00:03:27,774 HERBOLD AND WELCOME. IN 98 00:03:27,774 --> 00:03:28,541 ADDITION TO THESE PUBLIC 99 00:03:28,541 --> 00:03:29,776 HEARINGS THAT WE ARE HAVING NOW 100 00:03:29,776 --> 00:03:31,277 AND AT THE END OF MAY, WE ALSO 101 00:03:31,277 --> 00:03:32,278 PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC 102 00:03:32,278 --> 00:03:33,346 COMMENT AT THE TOP OF EACH 103 00:03:33,346 --> 00:03:34,480 MEETING, WHICH WE WILL HAVE A 104 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:35,982 NUMBER OF COMING UP IN MAY AND 105 00:03:35,982 --> 00:03:37,684 IN JUNE. JUST AS A REMINDER, I 106 00:03:37,684 --> 00:03:38,952 WANT TO THANK FOLKS FROM THE 107 00:03:38,952 --> 00:03:43,856 OFFICE OF HOUSING AND OUR 108 00:03:43,856 --> 00:03:45,058 CENTRAL STAFF WHO PROVIDED TWO 109 00:03:45,058 --> 00:03:45,858 MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE 110 00:03:45,858 --> 00:03:47,026 OF THE LAST THREE WEEKS TO 111 00:03:47,026 --> 00:03:48,261 PROVIDE A SUMMARY OF THE HOUSIN 112 00:03:48,261 --> 00:03:48,962 INVESTMENTS FROM THE PREVIOUS 113 00:03:48,962 --> 00:03:50,463 HOUSING LEVY. I JUST WANT TO 114 00:03:50,463 --> 00:03:51,197 REITERATE THE AMAZING SUCCESS 115 00:03:51,197 --> 00:03:52,465 THAT SEATTLE HAS HAD WITH OUR 116 00:03:52,465 --> 00:03:53,299 HOUSING LEVY INVESTMENTS WITH 117 00:03:53,299 --> 00:03:57,904 MORE THAN 16,000 PEOPLE 118 00:03:57,904 --> 00:03:58,938 ESTIMATED TO LIVE IN LEVY 119 00:03:58,938 --> 00:04:00,673 SUPPORTED HOUSING THAT WE HAVE 120 00:04:00,673 --> 00:04:02,709 ALREADY INVESTED IN AT ANY 121 00:04:02,709 --> 00:04:03,977 GIVEN TIME. THAT IS A HUGE 122 00:04:03,977 --> 00:04:05,945 ACCOMPLISHMENT. WE WERE ALSO A 123 00:04:05,945 --> 00:04:06,646 NATIONAL LEADER IN PUTTING 124 00:04:06,646 --> 00:04:07,647 FORWARD A HOUSING LEVY PROPOSAL 125 00:04:07,647 --> 00:04:09,315 AND HAVE SEEN NOT ONLY WILD 126 00:04:09,315 --> 00:04:11,851 SUPPORT FOR IT, BUT HAVE HAD 127 00:04:11,851 --> 00:04:18,992 WILD SUCCESS, IN MY OPINION. 128 00:04:18,992 --> 00:04:20,560 WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SURPASS OU 129 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:21,594 INITIAL EXPECTATIONS OF HOW MAN 130 00:04:21,594 --> 00:04:22,962 UNITS WE WERE GOING TO BE ABLE 131 00:04:22,962 --> 00:04:24,530 TO PROVIDE, AND ALSO HOW MANY 132 00:04:24,530 --> 00:04:25,765 PEOPLE WE WERE GOING TO SERVE 133 00:04:25,765 --> 00:04:27,266 WHO CAME IN AND OUT OF THOSE 134 00:04:27,266 --> 00:04:28,568 UNITS. THROUGH THE HOUSING LEVY 135 00:04:28,568 --> 00:04:34,207 IN SEATTLE WE HAVE BEEN ABLE T 136 00:04:34,207 --> 00:04:34,741 INVEST IN FIRST-TIME 137 00:04:34,741 --> 00:04:35,441 HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, IN 138 00:04:35,441 --> 00:04:36,342 ADDITION TO CREATING MORE RENTA 139 00:04:36,342 --> 00:04:38,011 UNITS. WE HAVE CREATED HOUSING 140 00:04:38,011 --> 00:04:40,013 STABILITY FOR THOUSANDS OF 141 00:04:40,013 --> 00:04:41,281 FAMILIES. AS WE KNOW, THIS 142 00:04:41,281 --> 00:04:42,248 PROVIDES A SOLID FOUNDATION FOR 143 00:04:42,248 --> 00:04:43,283 MAINTAINING HEALTH AND 144 00:04:43,283 --> 00:04:47,120 WELL-BEING. THAT WAY PEOPLE 145 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:48,121 CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE LOCAL 146 00:04:48,121 --> 00:04:48,855 COMMUNITY, ECONOMY, CREATE 147 00:04:48,855 --> 00:04:49,622 PATHWAYS OUT OF GENERATIONAL 148 00:04:49,622 --> 00:04:50,356 POVERTY, AND WORK TOWARDS 149 00:04:50,356 --> 00:04:51,658 GREATER ECONOMIC STABILITY AND 150 00:04:51,658 --> 00:04:54,394 SELF RESILIENCY AND 151 00:04:54,394 --> 00:04:55,695 SUSTAINABILITY FOR COMMUNITIES 152 00:04:55,695 --> 00:05:02,068 AND FAMILIES. AS WE TALKED 153 00:05:02,068 --> 00:05:03,036 ABOUT THIS MORNING, IN OUR 154 00:05:03,036 --> 00:05:04,037 COMMUNITY MEETING AND TWO WEEKS 155 00:05:04,037 --> 00:05:05,738 AGO IN THE PUBLIC MEETING, WE 156 00:05:05,738 --> 00:05:09,742 HAVE SEEN A HUGE RETURN ON 157 00:05:09,742 --> 00:05:10,977 THESE INVESTMENTS. THERE IS A 158 00:05:10,977 --> 00:05:12,011 CLEAR ROI, AND WE SHOULD BE 159 00:05:12,011 --> 00:05:13,713 PROUD OF THIS AS A COMMUNITY. 160 00:05:13,713 --> 00:05:14,747 FOR ALL OF ITS AMAZING PROGRESS 161 00:05:14,747 --> 00:05:15,915 THAT WE HAVE CHAMPIONED AND BEE 162 00:05:15,915 --> 00:05:17,884 ABLE TO TALK ABOUT, WE KNOW IT 163 00:05:17,884 --> 00:05:19,952 IS NOT ENOUGH. TOO MANY FOLKS 164 00:05:19,952 --> 00:05:20,953 ARE FALLING INTO HOUSING 165 00:05:20,953 --> 00:05:21,921 INSTABILITY AND OFTEN THAT LEAD 166 00:05:21,921 --> 00:05:23,189 TO HOMELESSNESS. AND SO THIS 167 00:05:23,189 --> 00:05:24,791 HOUSING LEVY AS PART OF THE 168 00:05:24,791 --> 00:05:34,901 SOLUTION. IT PROVIDES AN 169 00:05:34,901 --> 00:05:36,135 OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO RENEW THE 170 00:05:36,135 --> 00:05:37,336 PACKAGE AND ALSO BE BOLD IN 171 00:05:37,336 --> 00:05:38,304 PUSHING FORWARD WITH NEW IDEAS 172 00:05:38,304 --> 00:05:39,772 AND NEW WAYS TO CREATE ACCESS T 173 00:05:39,772 --> 00:05:40,239 AFFORDABLE HOUSING, 174 00:05:40,239 --> 00:05:40,840 HOMEOWNERSHIP, SUPPORTIVE 175 00:05:40,840 --> 00:05:41,541 SERVICES, AND GREATER RESILIENC 176 00:05:41,541 --> 00:05:42,542 FOR OUR COMMUNITY. FINALLY, OU 177 00:05:42,542 --> 00:05:43,976 AFFORDABLE HOUSING EFFORTS THA 178 00:05:43,976 --> 00:05:47,880 WE PASSED IN 2016, WE HAVE BEE 179 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:49,916 ABLE TO SEE HOW DURING THE COVI 180 00:05:49,916 --> 00:05:53,519 PANDEMIC THOSE HOUSING 181 00:05:53,519 --> 00:05:54,253 OPPORTUNITIES, ESPECIALLY FOR 182 00:05:54,253 --> 00:05:55,488 FOLKS AT THE LOWEST INCOME HAVE 183 00:05:55,488 --> 00:05:56,723 ALLOWED FOR US TO BE ABLE TO 184 00:05:56,723 --> 00:05:58,324 HOUSE FOLKS. MORE PEOPLE, 185 00:05:58,324 --> 00:05:59,392 UNFORTUNATELY, HAVE FOUND 186 00:05:59,392 --> 00:06:06,666 THEMSELVES IN GREATER ECONOMIC 187 00:06:06,666 --> 00:06:07,667 INSECURITY AND THIS HOUSING 188 00:06:07,667 --> 00:06:08,634 INSECURITY AS SO MANY PEOPLE 189 00:06:08,634 --> 00:06:09,369 LOST THEIR LIVELIHOODS DURING 190 00:06:09,369 --> 00:06:10,770 COVID. WE SAW THE 191 00:06:10,770 --> 00:06:11,704 DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT ON FOLK 192 00:06:11,704 --> 00:06:12,939 OF COLOR DURING COVID. MORE 193 00:06:12,939 --> 00:06:14,207 PEOPLE LOST THEIR JOBS AND 194 00:06:14,207 --> 00:06:22,915 HOUSING IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. 195 00:06:22,915 --> 00:06:24,417 SO WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING THA 196 00:06:24,417 --> 00:06:25,618 WE CAN AS WE THINK ABOUT 197 00:06:25,618 --> 00:06:26,386 REINVESTING IN DOWNTOWN AND 198 00:06:26,386 --> 00:06:27,420 REINVESTING IN OUR ECONOMY AND 199 00:06:27,420 --> 00:06:28,855 INVESTING IN HOUSING. IT IS A 200 00:06:28,855 --> 00:06:30,289 GOOD ECONOMIC GENERATOR FOR 201 00:06:30,289 --> 00:06:32,959 SMALL BUSINESSES AND FOR 202 00:06:32,959 --> 00:06:34,260 INDIVIDUALS. I WANT TO THANK 203 00:06:34,260 --> 00:06:35,528 YOU ALL FOR BEING PART OF THE 204 00:06:35,528 --> 00:06:36,496 COMMUNITY CONVERSATION TO TAKE 205 00:06:36,496 --> 00:06:41,501 ON THIS ENTIRE PACKAGE. IT IS 206 00:06:41,501 --> 00:06:42,835 A LARGE CHALLENGE AND A HUGE 207 00:06:42,835 --> 00:06:43,870 OPPORTUNITY. A SEVEN YEAR PATH 208 00:06:43,870 --> 00:06:45,404 FORWARD TO INVESTING IN WORKING 209 00:06:45,404 --> 00:06:50,143 FAMILIES IN OUR ECONOMY BY 210 00:06:50,143 --> 00:06:50,743 CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR 211 00:06:50,743 --> 00:06:51,411 HOUSING AND STABLE HOUSING 212 00:06:51,411 --> 00:06:52,311 THROUGH THE WORKFORCE THAT 213 00:06:52,311 --> 00:06:53,112 PROVIDES SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. 214 00:06:53,112 --> 00:06:54,781 SO I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING 215 00:06:54,781 --> 00:07:05,358 FROM YOU. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE 216 00:07:05,558 --> 00:07:06,993 TO SEE FROM THE PACKAGE WE HAVE 217 00:07:06,993 --> 00:07:07,860 BEEN PRESENTED WITH? WE TALKED 218 00:07:07,860 --> 00:07:09,028 THIS MORNING ABOUT HOW THESE 219 00:07:09,028 --> 00:07:09,762 HOUSING OPTIONS CAN COVER 220 00:07:09,762 --> 00:07:10,329 CHILDCARE, SMALL-BUSINESS 221 00:07:10,329 --> 00:07:10,997 SUPPORT, COMMUNITY SPACE, AND 222 00:07:10,997 --> 00:07:12,198 CREATING MORE THAN JUST A UNIT, 223 00:07:12,198 --> 00:07:13,199 BUT ALSO OPPORTUNITY FOR THE 224 00:07:13,199 --> 00:07:14,167 FAMILIES WHO LIVE THERE, BUT 225 00:07:14,167 --> 00:07:15,334 ALSO THE BROADER ECONOMY AND FO 226 00:07:15,334 --> 00:07:16,335 THE BROADER POPULATION. SO 227 00:07:16,335 --> 00:07:24,143 THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR 228 00:07:24,143 --> 00:07:25,144 QUESTIONS AND FOR THE COMMUNITY 229 00:07:25,144 --> 00:07:26,712 WEIGHING IN. WE WILL GET RIGHT 230 00:07:26,712 --> 00:07:28,014 INTO IT. OKAY, THANKS AGAIN FO 231 00:07:28,014 --> 00:07:29,415 BEING HERE. WE ARE GOING TO 232 00:07:29,415 --> 00:07:30,917 START A TWO MINUTE TIMER AND I' 233 00:07:30,917 --> 00:07:32,185 GOING TO CALL THE THREE PEOPLE 234 00:07:32,185 --> 00:07:33,152 IN PERSON. CLIFF HAWTHORNE? 235 00:07:33,152 --> 00:07:34,387 GOOD AFTERNOON. THANKS FOR BEIN 236 00:07:34,387 --> 00:07:35,655 THE FIRST TO SIGN UP FOLLOWED B 237 00:07:35,655 --> 00:07:39,125 DAVID BAKER AND TYREE BERNARD. 238 00:07:39,125 --> 00:07:40,092 GOOD AFTERNOON, CLIFF. 239 00:07:40,092 --> 00:07:48,067 >> IT AFTERNOON. THANK YOU 240 00:07:48,067 --> 00:07:48,801 CHAIRPERSON MONQUEDA AND 241 00:07:48,801 --> 00:07:49,769 COMMITTEE MEMBERS. I AM THE 242 00:07:49,769 --> 00:07:50,570 ADVOCACY POLICY MEMBER FOR 243 00:07:50,570 --> 00:07:54,073 HABITAT FOR HUMANITY . I AM 244 00:07:54,073 --> 00:07:55,041 SPEAKING IN SUPPORT FOR THE 245 00:07:55,041 --> 00:07:56,409 PROPOSED RENEWAL OF THE HOUSING 246 00:07:56,409 --> 00:08:02,448 LEVY AT 970 MILLION. FIRST OF 247 00:08:02,448 --> 00:08:03,749 ALL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR AMAZING 248 00:08:03,749 --> 00:08:04,884 WORK ON THIS. THE SEATTLE 249 00:08:04,884 --> 00:08:06,652 HOUSING LEVY IS IMPACTFUL AND 250 00:08:06,652 --> 00:08:08,120 GROUND BREAK . AS WE JUST 251 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:09,155 HEARD, IT HAS MADE A HUGE 252 00:08:09,155 --> 00:08:10,857 DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF SO 253 00:08:10,857 --> 00:08:18,397 MANY SEATTLEITES. THERE ARE 254 00:08:18,397 --> 00:08:19,198 970 MILLION INVESTMENT OVER 255 00:08:19,198 --> 00:08:20,433 SEVEN YEARS AND 51 MILLION FOR 256 00:08:20,433 --> 00:08:21,133 HOMEOWNERSHIP, SPECIFICALLY WIL 257 00:08:21,133 --> 00:08:22,235 FINALLY ALLOW THOSE WHO NEED A 258 00:08:22,235 --> 00:08:27,473 HOME TO HAVE A SAFE AND 259 00:08:27,473 --> 00:08:28,774 AFFORDABLE PLACE TO LIVE. RIGH 260 00:08:28,774 --> 00:08:30,209 NOW WE HAVE A SHORTAGE OF 30,00 261 00:08:30,209 --> 00:08:31,444 AFFORDABLE HOMES AT 50% AMI OR 262 00:08:31,444 --> 00:08:32,445 LESSON FOR THOSE SLIGHTLY ABOVE 263 00:08:32,445 --> 00:08:36,916 AS WELL. ONE OF OUR RECENT 264 00:08:36,916 --> 00:08:38,150 HOMEOWNERS THAT YOU MAY HAVE 265 00:08:38,150 --> 00:08:39,352 SEEN ON THE NEWS, AMBER CORTEZ, 266 00:08:39,352 --> 00:08:40,353 A LOCAL CULTURE WORKER, WAS 267 00:08:40,353 --> 00:08:41,387 STRUGGLING TO CONTINUE LIVING I 268 00:08:41,387 --> 00:08:42,588 SEATTLE, AND SHE WOULD HAVE BEE 269 00:08:42,588 --> 00:08:44,056 PRICED OUT OF THE CITY IF NOT 270 00:08:44,056 --> 00:08:44,857 FOR HABITATS CAPITOL VIEW 271 00:08:44,857 --> 00:08:45,892 DEVELOPMENT. INCLUDING HER 272 00:08:45,892 --> 00:08:48,194 NEIGHBORS . SO WE STILL NEED T 273 00:08:48,194 --> 00:08:49,428 CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THE ENTIR 274 00:08:49,428 --> 00:08:50,496 HOUSING CONTINUUM MOVING 275 00:08:50,496 --> 00:08:54,600 FORWARD. FOUR PEOPLE LIKE 276 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:55,835 AMBER AND ALSO HER NEIGHBORS AS 277 00:08:55,835 --> 00:08:56,836 WELL AS SO MANY OTHER 278 00:08:56,836 --> 00:09:04,777 SEATTLEITES. THANKS TO THE 279 00:09:04,777 --> 00:09:06,045 LEVY, OVER 16,000 PEOPLE WHO AR 280 00:09:06,045 --> 00:09:07,013 NURSES, WHO ARE GROCERY STORE 281 00:09:07,013 --> 00:09:09,448 WORKERS, WHO ARE BUS DRIVERS, 282 00:09:09,448 --> 00:09:10,750 ARE LIVING IN HOMES HERE IN 283 00:09:10,750 --> 00:09:12,218 SEATTLE AND ARE ABLE TO BE PART 284 00:09:12,218 --> 00:09:13,185 OF THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING MAN 285 00:09:13,185 --> 00:09:14,220 OF THE HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS. 286 00:09:14,220 --> 00:09:17,156 DURING THE PANDEMIC THEY DID 287 00:09:17,156 --> 00:09:21,193 FANTASTIC WORK THAT I CANNOT 288 00:09:21,193 --> 00:09:22,428 BEGIN TO FATHOM THE KIND OF 289 00:09:22,428 --> 00:09:23,896 STRESS AND SACRIFICES THEY HAD 290 00:09:23,896 --> 00:09:26,799 TO MAKE. AND SO, WHEN IT COME 291 00:09:26,799 --> 00:09:30,636 TO AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP, 292 00:09:30,636 --> 00:09:31,604 THIS TRIPLES THE FUNDING 293 00:09:31,604 --> 00:09:32,838 COMPARED TO THE LAST LEVY. IT 294 00:09:32,838 --> 00:09:38,177 HELPS US REALIZE THE THE GOALS 295 00:09:38,177 --> 00:09:39,412 THESE GOALS ARE MORE PRESSING 296 00:09:39,412 --> 00:09:40,313 GIVEN THE RACIAL HOMEOWNERSHIP 297 00:09:40,313 --> 00:09:42,581 GAP IN SEATTLE. PARTICULARLY 298 00:09:42,581 --> 00:09:43,382 FOR FAMILIES THAT ARE 299 00:09:43,382 --> 00:09:44,083 SYSTEMATICALLY DISPLACED FROM 300 00:09:44,083 --> 00:09:45,651 THE CITY. I STRONGLY URGE YOU T 301 00:09:45,651 --> 00:09:46,953 SUPPORT THE PROPOSED FUNDING 302 00:09:46,953 --> 00:09:54,160 LEVELS. LET'S CREATE A SAFE 303 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:55,361 AND DECENT PLACE FOR EVERYONE T 304 00:09:55,361 --> 00:09:56,329 LIVE, THANK YOU. 305 00:09:56,996 --> 00:09:57,129 306 00:09:57,129 --> 00:09:57,797 >> THANKS FOR GETTING US STARTE 307 00:09:57,797 --> 00:09:59,398 HERE THIS AFTERNOON. I WANTED 308 00:09:59,398 --> 00:10:02,435 TO ASK I.T., IF YOU COULD HELP 309 00:10:02,435 --> 00:10:03,669 OUT, THERE ARE SOME FOLKS THAT 310 00:10:03,669 --> 00:10:05,404 ARE TRYING TO DIAL IN REMOTELY, 311 00:10:05,404 --> 00:10:07,340 AND THEY ARE LETTING ME KNOW 312 00:10:07,340 --> 00:10:08,574 THEY ARE GETTING A BUSY SIGNAL. 313 00:10:08,574 --> 00:10:10,076 SO IF THERE IS ANY SUPPORT THAT 314 00:10:10,076 --> 00:10:13,179 CAN BE PROVIDED TO I.T. FOR 315 00:10:13,179 --> 00:10:14,180 FOLKS DIALING IN REMOTELY, WE 316 00:10:14,180 --> 00:10:15,414 WILL GET THAT HANDLED. SORRY 317 00:10:15,414 --> 00:10:22,021 ABOUT THAT, DAVID. COME ON UP, 318 00:10:22,021 --> 00:10:22,621 -- 319 00:10:22,621 --> 00:10:23,889 >> GOOD AFTERNOON TO THE MEMBER 320 00:10:23,889 --> 00:10:27,793 OF CITY COUNCIL. I AM DAVID 321 00:10:27,793 --> 00:10:29,629 BAKER AND I'M A PROJECT MANAGER 322 00:10:29,629 --> 00:10:40,172 WITH HOMESTEAD COMMUNITY LAND 323 00:10:41,674 --> 00:10:42,541 TRUST. WE COMBINE HOUSING 324 00:10:42,541 --> 00:10:43,275 DEVELOPED WITH EDUCATION, 325 00:10:43,275 --> 00:10:44,010 FORECLOSURE PREVENTION AND OTHE 326 00:10:44,010 --> 00:10:45,011 SERVICES TO CREATE A GROWING 327 00:10:45,011 --> 00:10:45,678 INVENTORY OF PERMANENTLY 328 00:10:45,678 --> 00:10:46,746 AFFORDABLE HOMES AND TO ENHANCE 329 00:10:46,746 --> 00:10:47,713 HOMEOWNER SUCCESS. EVERY HOME 330 00:10:47,713 --> 00:10:48,948 WE DEVELOP AND SELL AT AN 331 00:10:48,948 --> 00:10:49,915 AFFORDABLE PRICE TO AN INCOME 332 00:10:49,915 --> 00:10:50,683 QUALIFIED BUYER IS KEPT 333 00:10:50,683 --> 00:10:57,690 AFFORDABLE TO ALL FUTURE BUYERS 334 00:10:57,690 --> 00:10:59,859 OF THE 245 HOMES IN OUR TRUST 335 00:10:59,859 --> 00:11:00,826 MORE THAN 200 HAVE BENEFITED 336 00:11:00,826 --> 00:11:02,061 FROM CITY FUNDING WITH THE VAST 337 00:11:02,061 --> 00:11:03,062 MAJORITY OF THOSE FUNDS COMING 338 00:11:03,062 --> 00:11:04,563 FROM THE LEVY. WE ARE GRATEFUL 339 00:11:04,563 --> 00:11:05,531 FOR THE GENEROSITY OF SEATTLE 340 00:11:05,531 --> 00:11:06,532 CITIZENS AND SUPPORT THE FUNDIN 341 00:11:06,532 --> 00:11:07,800 STREAM AS A MODEL FOR OTHER 342 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:08,801 COMMUNITIES. THE PROPOSED LEVY 343 00:11:08,801 --> 00:11:09,969 IS A CONTINUATION OF SMART 344 00:11:09,969 --> 00:11:10,970 INVESTMENT AND A FULL CONTINUUM 345 00:11:10,970 --> 00:11:11,837 OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING INCLUDING 346 00:11:11,837 --> 00:11:13,105 HOMEOWNERSHIP. THE SIGNIFICANT 347 00:11:13,105 --> 00:11:19,412 BOOST IN HOMEOWNERSHIP INCLUDE 348 00:11:19,412 --> 00:11:20,046 RESOURCES FOR PERMANENTLY 349 00:11:20,046 --> 00:11:20,880 AFFORDABLE HOMES, DOWN PAYMENT 350 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:21,881 ASSISTANCE, AND SUPPORT FOR LOW 351 00:11:21,881 --> 00:11:22,948 INCOME HOMEOWNERS TO REMAIN 352 00:11:22,948 --> 00:11:25,551 HOUSED. TRIPLES THE FUNDING 353 00:11:25,551 --> 00:11:26,519 FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP AND HELPS US 354 00:11:26,519 --> 00:11:28,554 REALIZE SEATTLE'S A T GOALS FO 355 00:11:28,554 --> 00:11:29,188 PUTTING HOMEOWNERSHIP WITHIN 356 00:11:29,188 --> 00:11:30,089 REACH OF PEOPLE HARMED 357 00:11:30,089 --> 00:11:30,856 DISCRIMINATION, RACIAL 358 00:11:30,856 --> 00:11:33,726 COVENANTS, AND REDLINING. THE 359 00:11:33,726 --> 00:11:40,232 LEVY CREATES HOMEOWNERSHIP 360 00:11:40,232 --> 00:11:41,200 OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE LIKE 361 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:42,201 SIOBHAN, A SINGLE MOM THAT USED 362 00:11:42,201 --> 00:11:43,502 TO LIVE WITH HER FIVE CHILDREN 363 00:11:43,502 --> 00:11:45,371 IN A TWO BEDROOM APARTMENT. TH 364 00:11:45,371 --> 00:11:46,605 CASE MANAGER, WHO WORKS TO HELP 365 00:11:46,605 --> 00:11:47,873 OTHERS FIND HOUSING, SHE AND HE 366 00:11:47,873 --> 00:11:49,108 CHILDREN WERE ABLE TO RETURN TO 367 00:11:49,108 --> 00:11:50,309 THEIR HOME NEIGHBORHOOD AND TO 368 00:11:50,309 --> 00:11:52,912 THEIR SCHOOLS BY BUYING A HOME 369 00:11:52,912 --> 00:11:59,385 MADE AFFORDABLE BY LEVY FUNDS. 370 00:11:59,385 --> 00:12:00,720 ON BEHALF OF STAFF AND 371 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:01,887 STAKEHOLDERS, I URGE YOU TO 372 00:12:01,887 --> 00:12:03,122 RENEW THE LEVY AT $970 MILLION. 373 00:12:03,122 --> 00:12:04,790 THIS WILL GIVE THOUSANDS OF 374 00:12:04,790 --> 00:12:05,858 PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIND 375 00:12:05,858 --> 00:12:06,926 AN AFFORDABLE HOME IN SEATTLE, 376 00:12:06,926 --> 00:12:09,829 REALIZING OUR SHARED VISION FOR 377 00:12:09,829 --> 00:12:10,930 AN AFFORDABLE, EQUITABLE, 378 00:12:10,930 --> 00:12:11,964 INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. 379 00:12:11,964 --> 00:12:12,198 380 00:12:12,198 --> 00:12:15,968 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK 381 00:12:15,968 --> 00:12:20,206 YOU FOR CORRECTING ME. AND 382 00:12:20,206 --> 00:12:22,007 JUST DRAW THE MICROPHONE A 383 00:12:22,007 --> 00:12:22,875 LITTLE CLOSER. 384 00:12:22,875 --> 00:12:25,945 >> I AM GOOD TO GO? FORGIVE ME 385 00:12:25,945 --> 00:12:27,546 FOR NOT BEING FAMILIAR WITH THE 386 00:12:27,546 --> 00:12:35,855 POLITICAL NATURE OF THIS. I A 387 00:12:35,855 --> 00:12:37,156 A MECHANICAL ENGINEER. ALSO HAV 388 00:12:37,156 --> 00:12:37,890 A BACKGROUND IN CIVIL 389 00:12:37,890 --> 00:12:39,291 ENGINEERING AND ECONOMICS FROM 390 00:12:39,291 --> 00:12:42,761 SCHOOL. I WANTED TO FIRST 391 00:12:42,761 --> 00:12:43,996 START OFF SAYING I AM FULLY IN 392 00:12:43,996 --> 00:12:45,164 SUPPORT OF THE HOUSING LEVY AT 393 00:12:45,164 --> 00:12:46,665 $970 MILLION. I WOULD EVEN LIK 394 00:12:46,665 --> 00:12:48,400 TO SEE IT FURTHER, BUT OVER THE 395 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:51,971 TIME OF YOU GUYS DEVELOPING 396 00:12:51,971 --> 00:12:53,506 THIS LEVY AND GOING TO SOME OF 397 00:12:53,506 --> 00:12:54,573 THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, I FEEL LIK 398 00:12:54,573 --> 00:12:56,075 THERE IS THIS INCREASED FOCUS O 399 00:12:56,075 --> 00:13:00,312 THE NEED FOR THIS HOUSING. AS 400 00:13:00,312 --> 00:13:01,614 YOU GUYS ESTABLISHED, THERE IS 401 00:13:01,614 --> 00:13:02,581 SIGNIFICANT NEED, BUT I FEEL 402 00:13:02,581 --> 00:13:03,649 LIKE NOT ALL BUILDINGS ARE 403 00:13:03,649 --> 00:13:04,617 CREATED EQUAL, AND WITH MY 404 00:13:04,617 --> 00:13:05,317 EXPERIENCE DESIGNING BUILDINGS, 405 00:13:05,317 --> 00:13:06,852 I WANT TO URGE A CONTINUAL 406 00:13:06,852 --> 00:13:10,856 DEDICATION TOWARDS -- THESE 407 00:13:10,856 --> 00:13:14,660 BUILDINGS. I KNOW THAT YOU 408 00:13:14,660 --> 00:13:17,963 GUYS HAVE A EVERGREEN 409 00:13:17,963 --> 00:13:19,198 SUSTAINABILITY CHECKLIST AND 410 00:13:19,198 --> 00:13:25,971 SOME OTHERS TO GUIDE THE 411 00:13:25,971 --> 00:13:26,705 CONSTRUCTION OF THESE LIKE 412 00:13:26,705 --> 00:13:27,673 STANDARDS TO GUIDE THE BUILDING 413 00:13:27,673 --> 00:13:29,708 OF THESE BUILDINGS. BUT I DON'T 414 00:13:29,708 --> 00:13:37,950 THINK THAT [ INDISCERNIBLE ] 415 00:13:37,950 --> 00:13:39,151 AND WITH THIS NEW $970 MILLION, 416 00:13:39,151 --> 00:13:40,386 I DON'T THINK THAT YOU REALLY 417 00:13:40,386 --> 00:13:41,654 HAVE AN EXCUSE TO PICK AND 418 00:13:41,654 --> 00:13:42,621 CHOOSE BETWEEN SUPPLY AND NEED, 419 00:13:42,621 --> 00:13:43,722 BUT SUPPLYING THEM WITH BAD 420 00:13:43,722 --> 00:13:44,990 HOUSES. I THINK THAT YOU CAN 421 00:13:44,990 --> 00:13:45,758 ACCOMPLISH BOTH TASKS TOGETHER, 422 00:13:45,758 --> 00:13:47,726 AND I URGE AN INVESTMENT IN 423 00:13:47,726 --> 00:13:48,460 SUSTAINABILITY WITH THESE HOUSE 424 00:13:48,460 --> 00:13:50,963 AS YOU DEVELOP THEM, AND JUST 425 00:13:50,963 --> 00:13:51,730 PROPER DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS 426 00:13:51,730 --> 00:14:02,308 INSTEAD OF JUST LIKE -- I HAVE 427 00:14:03,309 --> 00:14:04,543 GOTTEN THE SENTIMENT THAT IT IS 428 00:14:04,543 --> 00:14:05,978 LIKE PUMP IT OUT BECAUSE WE NEE 429 00:14:05,978 --> 00:14:07,546 IT NOW TYPE OF THING. BUT YOU 430 00:14:07,546 --> 00:14:09,014 CAN ACHIEVE BOTH THINGS. YOU CA 431 00:14:09,014 --> 00:14:10,249 PUMP IT OUT, BUT BILLED IT 432 00:14:10,249 --> 00:14:11,250 CONSIDERING THE LIFECYCLE OF TH 433 00:14:11,250 --> 00:14:12,718 BUILDING. AND THIS IS JUST THE 434 00:14:12,718 --> 00:14:13,919 BEGINNING. SO YOU SIGNING THIS 435 00:14:13,919 --> 00:14:15,221 LEVY IS JUST THE START OF THE 436 00:14:15,221 --> 00:14:16,222 PROCESS. THERE BUILDINGS THAT 437 00:14:16,222 --> 00:14:17,890 WILL BE UP FOR 50 UP TO 100 438 00:14:17,890 --> 00:14:19,191 YEARS. KEEP IN MIND THE 439 00:14:19,191 --> 00:14:22,261 LIFECYCLE OF THOSE. 440 00:14:22,261 --> 00:14:24,029 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET'S G 441 00:14:24,029 --> 00:14:25,598 TO THE FOLKS ONLINE. WE WILL D 442 00:14:25,598 --> 00:14:26,565 THREE PEOPLE ONLINE AND COME 443 00:14:26,565 --> 00:14:27,833 BACK TO THE ROOM. JESSE 444 00:14:27,833 --> 00:14:28,767 FRIEDMAN FOLLOWEDBY DENNIS 445 00:14:28,767 --> 00:14:30,703 SILT, AND MICHAEL C WORTH. GOO 446 00:14:30,703 --> 00:14:33,339 AFTERNOON, JESSE.÷SIX TO MUTE 447 00:14:33,339 --> 00:14:35,374 AS A REMINDER FOR FOLKS AND MAK 448 00:14:35,374 --> 00:14:37,376 SURE THAT ONLINE YOU ARE ALSO 449 00:14:37,376 --> 00:14:38,410 OFF MUTE. 450 00:14:38,410 --> 00:14:43,449 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS 451 00:14:43,449 --> 00:14:44,650 JESSE FRIEDMAN AND I'M THE 452 00:14:44,650 --> 00:14:45,651 POLICY DIRECTOR AT YOUTH CARE 453 00:14:45,651 --> 00:14:47,419 FOR SUPPORT OF [ INDISCERNIBLE 454 00:14:47,419 --> 00:14:48,387 ] PROPOSAL. THE CURRENT LEVY 455 00:14:48,387 --> 00:14:49,855 PROVIDES FUNDING FOR THE 456 00:14:49,855 --> 00:14:54,827 PREVENTIVE HEALTH PROGRAM WHIC 457 00:14:54,827 --> 00:14:55,661 SERVES MAINLY LGBTQ+ YOUNG 458 00:14:55,661 --> 00:14:56,161 PEOPLE EXPERIENCING 459 00:14:56,161 --> 00:14:56,829 HOMELESSNESS. THERE HAS NEVER 460 00:14:56,829 --> 00:14:58,564 BEEN A MORE URGENT TIME FOR US 461 00:14:58,564 --> 00:15:00,132 TO SHOW UP FOR COMMUNITIES LIKE 462 00:15:00,132 --> 00:15:03,936 THE [ INDISCERNIBLE ] AND THE 463 00:15:03,936 --> 00:15:04,870 HOUSING LEVY MAKES IT POSSIBLE. 464 00:15:04,870 --> 00:15:05,871 IN 2021, YOUTH CARE, IN 465 00:15:05,871 --> 00:15:06,639 PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY 466 00:15:06,639 --> 00:15:07,873 HOUSING WAS FORTUNATE TO RECEIV 467 00:15:07,873 --> 00:15:10,409 CONSTRUCTION OF THE 468 00:15:10,409 --> 00:15:11,377 CONSTELLATION CENTER ON CAPITOL 469 00:15:11,377 --> 00:15:13,879 HILL WHICH WILL PROVIDE HOUSIN 470 00:15:13,879 --> 00:15:14,647 AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 471 00:15:14,647 --> 00:15:22,621 TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR HOUSING 472 00:15:22,621 --> 00:15:23,422 INSECURE YOUNG PEOPLE. 473 00:15:23,422 --> 00:15:24,456 UNFORTUNATELY OVER THE PAST YEA 474 00:15:24,456 --> 00:15:25,491 ALONE THE COST OF THE [ 475 00:15:25,491 --> 00:15:26,492 INDISCERNIBLE ] PORTION OF THE 476 00:15:26,492 --> 00:15:27,526 PROJECT HAS INCREASED BY OVER 477 00:15:27,526 --> 00:15:29,862 $1.5 MILLION. AND NEARLY 478 00:15:29,862 --> 00:15:30,496 INSURMOUNTABLE INCREASE FOR 479 00:15:30,496 --> 00:15:31,330 ORGANIZATIONS LIKE OURS. THE 480 00:15:31,330 --> 00:15:32,531 LEVY PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU TODAY 481 00:15:32,531 --> 00:15:33,565 IS AN IMPORTANT STEP FOR THE 482 00:15:33,565 --> 00:15:35,401 SHARED RESPONSIBILITY TO THINK 483 00:15:35,401 --> 00:15:36,402 BIGGER ABOUT ADJUSTING TO THE 484 00:15:36,402 --> 00:15:37,503 HOUSING CRISIS, TO MAKE SURE 485 00:15:37,503 --> 00:15:38,304 THAT ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS CAN 486 00:15:38,304 --> 00:15:39,571 AFFORD TO TAKE ON THE PROJECT 487 00:15:39,571 --> 00:15:40,773 THAT THEY DESPERATELY NEED, AND 488 00:15:40,773 --> 00:15:44,276 CAN ENSURE THAT WHEN YOUTH CAR 489 00:15:44,276 --> 00:15:45,044 YOUNG PEOPLE EXIT PROGRAMMING 490 00:15:45,044 --> 00:15:46,211 THERE IS AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF 491 00:15:46,211 --> 00:15:51,517 TRULY AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO 492 00:15:51,517 --> 00:15:52,318 MEET THEIR UNIQUE NEEDS 493 00:15:52,318 --> 00:15:53,485 THROUGHOUT ADULTHOOD. THIS LEV 494 00:15:53,485 --> 00:15:54,486 ALSO PROVIDES US WITH THE 495 00:15:54,486 --> 00:15:55,220 OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS ANOTHER 496 00:15:55,220 --> 00:15:56,488 URGENT NEED IN OUR REGION, [ 497 00:15:56,488 --> 00:15:57,089 INDISCERNIBLE ] FRONT-LINE 498 00:15:57,089 --> 00:15:57,956 NONPROFIT WORKERS. THIS PROPOSA 499 00:15:57,956 --> 00:16:00,993 TAKES AN IMPORTANT STEP IN 500 00:16:00,993 --> 00:16:01,961 ADDRESSING THE LOW WAGES THAT 501 00:16:01,961 --> 00:16:02,695 LEAVE WORKERS HOUSING INSECURE 502 00:16:02,695 --> 00:16:04,063 AND THE HOUSING PROGRAMS 503 00:16:04,063 --> 00:16:05,064 UNDERSTAFFED. TWO ADDRESS THIS 504 00:16:05,064 --> 00:16:06,699 A RECENT REPORT RECOMMENDS AN 505 00:16:06,699 --> 00:16:13,939 IMMEDIATE 7% INCREASE FOR 506 00:16:13,939 --> 00:16:14,974 FRONTLINE STAFF IN ADDITION TO 507 00:16:14,974 --> 00:16:15,774 SUBSTANTIAL WAGE INCREASES IN 508 00:16:15,774 --> 00:16:17,009 THE COMING YEAR. I RECOMMEND 509 00:16:17,009 --> 00:16:18,911 THAT THE COMMITTEE [ 510 00:16:18,911 --> 00:16:19,845 INDISCERNIBLE ] THE DEFENDING 511 00:16:19,845 --> 00:16:21,146 PLAN OF THE LEVY TO ENSURE THE 512 00:16:21,146 --> 00:16:22,114 ADDITIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING 513 00:16:22,114 --> 00:16:25,451 DO NOT CONTINUE EMPTY AND 514 00:16:25,451 --> 00:16:26,685 UNUSED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR 515 00:16:26,685 --> 00:16:28,087 CONSIDERATION AND I URGE THE 516 00:16:28,087 --> 00:16:29,521 COUNCIL SUPPORT OF THIS HISTORI 517 00:16:29,521 --> 00:16:30,990 LEVY WHICH SUPPORTS OUR MOST 518 00:16:30,990 --> 00:16:32,758 VULNERABLE YOUNG PEOPLE [ 519 00:16:32,758 --> 00:16:35,761 INDISCERNIBLE ] THANK YOU. 520 00:16:35,761 --> 00:16:37,563 >> THANKS SO MUCH. THE NEXT 521 00:16:37,563 --> 00:16:40,466 PERSON IS DENNIS, FOLLOWED BY 522 00:16:40,466 --> 00:16:42,735 MICHAEL. GOOD AFTERNOON, 523 00:16:42,735 --> 00:16:43,836 DENNIS. 524 00:16:43,836 --> 00:16:49,942 >> GERMAN MONQUEDA AND 525 00:16:49,942 --> 00:16:51,143 COMMITTEE MEMBERS, THANK YOU FO 526 00:16:51,143 --> 00:16:51,910 THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE 527 00:16:51,910 --> 00:16:53,112 PUBLIC COMMENT. MY NAME IS 528 00:16:53,112 --> 00:16:54,413 DENNIS AND I WORK AT [ 529 00:16:54,413 --> 00:16:56,382 INDISCERNIBLE ] HOUSING, 1200 530 00:16:56,382 --> 00:16:57,116 CHRONICALLY HOMELESS ADULTS IN 531 00:16:57,116 --> 00:16:58,751 SEATTLE. ON BEHALF OF THOSE 532 00:16:58,751 --> 00:17:03,989 COLLEAGUES I APPLIED THE 533 00:17:03,989 --> 00:17:04,990 SEATTLE HOUSING LEVY PROPOSAL A 534 00:17:04,990 --> 00:17:06,425 970 MILLION OVER SEVEN YEARS AN 535 00:17:06,425 --> 00:17:08,460 ENCOURAGE THE CITY COUNCIL [ 536 00:17:08,460 --> 00:17:11,864 INDISCERNIBLE ] OVER TWO YEARS 537 00:17:11,864 --> 00:17:15,868 THAT PARTY HOUSE 500 PEOPLE. 538 00:17:15,868 --> 00:17:18,103 WE WILL [ INDISCERNIBLE ] FOR 539 00:17:18,103 --> 00:17:19,705 MANY. THE CITY'S FIRST 540 00:17:19,705 --> 00:17:22,508 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING HIGH-RISE . 541 00:17:22,508 --> 00:17:23,809 WITHOUT THE HOUSING LEVY MANY [ 542 00:17:23,809 --> 00:17:26,912 INDISCERNIBLE ] CALL HOME. 543 00:17:26,912 --> 00:17:29,515 THIS PROPOSAL STAGGERING 544 00:17:29,515 --> 00:17:31,717 HOUSING NEEDS. THIS LEVY IS 545 00:17:31,717 --> 00:17:33,285 NOT JUST ABOUT DOLLARS, IT IS 546 00:17:33,285 --> 00:17:35,921 ABOUT MAKING THINGS BETTER FOR 547 00:17:35,921 --> 00:17:38,157 THE NEIGHBORS. ONE RESIDENT 548 00:17:38,157 --> 00:17:39,691 WAS HOMELESS FOR 20 YEARS, AND 549 00:17:39,691 --> 00:17:47,399 THEN IT TOOK MANY PHONE CALLS 550 00:17:47,399 --> 00:17:48,400 TO RECEIVE HOUSING. RESIDENTS 551 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:49,868 COME FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE AND 552 00:17:49,868 --> 00:17:50,602 COMMUNITIES, AND MANY ARE 553 00:17:50,602 --> 00:17:51,570 VETERANS. PEOPLE IN SEATTLE 554 00:17:51,570 --> 00:17:53,038 SHOULD NOT HAVE TO WAIT YEARS O 555 00:17:53,038 --> 00:17:54,006 EVEN DECADES TO FIND AN 556 00:17:54,006 --> 00:17:58,277 AFFORDABLE HOME. HOUSING URGE 557 00:17:58,277 --> 00:17:59,244 THE COMMITTEE TO ADVANCE THE 558 00:17:59,244 --> 00:18:00,813 PROPOSAL AND LISTS ALL AREAS OF 559 00:18:00,813 --> 00:18:01,880 LEVY PROGRAMS TO MEET THE 560 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:03,015 DIVERSE CHALLENGES. WE SUPPORT 561 00:18:03,015 --> 00:18:04,583 ADDITIONAL [ INDISCERNIBLE ] 562 00:18:04,583 --> 00:18:06,852 STAFF WHO PROVIDE HUMAN 563 00:18:06,852 --> 00:18:08,120 SERVICES EVERY DAY. WE HAVE 564 00:18:08,120 --> 00:18:09,588 SEEN ANALYSIS BY THE OFFICE OF 565 00:18:09,588 --> 00:18:14,460 HOUSING THAT MANY PROVIDERS [ 566 00:18:14,460 --> 00:18:15,494 INDISCERNIBLE ] STAFF. AS WE 567 00:18:15,494 --> 00:18:16,962 OPEN MORE BUILDINGS TO MEET TH 568 00:18:16,962 --> 00:18:24,169 NEEDS OF OUR CITY, WE TAKE ON 569 00:18:24,169 --> 00:18:25,404 MORE AND MORE BUT NOT MATCHING 570 00:18:25,404 --> 00:18:26,371 THAT WITH RESOURCES. THE 571 00:18:26,371 --> 00:18:27,372 PROPOSAL CAN CHANGE THAT AND 572 00:18:27,372 --> 00:18:28,540 HELPS LIFT SOME LINE WORKERS AN 573 00:18:28,540 --> 00:18:29,308 PROVIDE TRULY COMPETITIVE [ 574 00:18:29,308 --> 00:18:30,375 INDISCERNIBLE ] SUPPORT HOUSIN 575 00:18:30,375 --> 00:18:32,744 OPERATES [ INDISCERNIBLE ] ARE 576 00:18:32,744 --> 00:18:34,413 OFTEN INSUFFICIENT. AND WE ARE 577 00:18:34,413 --> 00:18:35,914 GRATEFUL THAT THE CITY IS 578 00:18:35,914 --> 00:18:39,685 CONSIDERING STEPS TO HELP THE 579 00:18:39,685 --> 00:18:40,953 HUMAN SERVICE SECTOR. THIS 580 00:18:40,953 --> 00:18:42,688 PROPOSAL COUPLED WITH WORKFORC 581 00:18:42,688 --> 00:18:44,123 [ INDISCERNIBLE ] JUMPSTART 582 00:18:44,123 --> 00:18:46,425 VERSUS [ INDISCERNIBLE ] FOR 583 00:18:46,425 --> 00:18:48,727 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING WORKERS THA 584 00:18:48,727 --> 00:18:51,196 WE URGE. 585 00:18:51,196 --> 00:18:53,966 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE NEXT 586 00:18:53,966 --> 00:18:56,235 PERSON IS -- 587 00:18:56,235 --> 00:19:01,807 >> MICHAEL. 588 00:19:01,807 --> 00:19:02,841 >> PLEASE GO AHEAD. 589 00:19:02,841 --> 00:19:06,912 >> THANK YOU, I AM THE 590 00:19:06,912 --> 00:19:09,982 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE 591 00:19:09,982 --> 00:19:10,682 SOUTHEAST EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT 592 00:19:10,682 --> 00:19:12,551 OR SEED. WE ARE A NONPROFIT 593 00:19:12,551 --> 00:19:13,452 WHICH PROVIDES AFFORDABLE 594 00:19:13,452 --> 00:19:17,689 APARTMENTS TO FAMILIES AND 595 00:19:17,689 --> 00:19:18,524 SENIORS IN THE SOUTHEAST 596 00:19:18,524 --> 00:19:20,459 SEATTLE. I'M SPEAKING IN FAVOR 597 00:19:20,459 --> 00:19:21,860 OF THE [ INDISCERNIBLE ] LEVY. 598 00:19:21,860 --> 00:19:23,962 WAS ABLE TO RAISE MY OWN KIDS 599 00:19:23,962 --> 00:19:26,465 FOR A DECADE IN AN AFFORDABLE 600 00:19:26,465 --> 00:19:30,002 APARTMENT FUNDED BY THE OFFICE 601 00:19:30,002 --> 00:19:31,537 OF HOUSING. WE SAVED OUR MONEY 602 00:19:31,537 --> 00:19:33,038 AND WERE ABLE TO GET A DOWN 603 00:19:33,038 --> 00:19:35,941 PAYMENT AND BUY A HOME. THIS 604 00:19:35,941 --> 00:19:42,181 LEVY IS THE SINGLE BEST TOOL W 605 00:19:42,181 --> 00:19:43,482 HAVE TO HELP PEOPLE WITH 606 00:19:43,482 --> 00:19:45,651 AFFORDABILITY AND ADDRESS THE 607 00:19:45,651 --> 00:19:46,385 HOMELESSNESS CRISIS THAT SEATTL 608 00:19:46,385 --> 00:19:50,556 AND THE REGION FACES. IT IS 609 00:19:50,556 --> 00:19:51,623 JUST ONE ORGANIZATION AND WE 610 00:19:51,623 --> 00:19:52,591 ALONE HAVE MULTIPLE SITES FOR 611 00:19:52,591 --> 00:19:53,759 DEVELOPING MORE AFFORDABLE 612 00:19:53,759 --> 00:19:55,427 HOMES. RIGHT NOW I'M LOOKING 613 00:19:55,427 --> 00:19:56,828 AT ONE OF OUR LOTS THAT COULD B 614 00:19:56,828 --> 00:19:59,631 DEVELOPED INTO AFFORDABLE 615 00:19:59,631 --> 00:20:00,632 APARTMENTS, SCREAMING FOR MORE 616 00:20:00,632 --> 00:20:01,600 AFFORDABLE HOMES. THE GREATEST 617 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:03,602 CONSTRAINT WE HAVE IS PUBLIC 618 00:20:03,602 --> 00:20:04,870 FUNDING FOR THESE NEW 619 00:20:04,870 --> 00:20:08,140 APARTMENTS. IN ADDITION TO 620 00:20:08,140 --> 00:20:09,041 THESE CAPITOL DOLLARS, THE LEVY 621 00:20:09,041 --> 00:20:09,975 ALSO HELPS PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 622 00:20:09,975 --> 00:20:12,477 BY INVESTING IN RESIDENT 623 00:20:12,477 --> 00:20:14,079 SERVICES AND EVICTION PREVENTIO 624 00:20:14,079 --> 00:20:19,751 FOR THOSE NEIGHBORS IN NEED. 625 00:20:19,751 --> 00:20:21,553 I URGE YOU TO BE BOLD AND RENEW 626 00:20:21,553 --> 00:20:23,088 THE LEVY AT 970 MILLION. THANK 627 00:20:23,088 --> 00:20:24,856 YOU. 628 00:20:24,856 --> 00:20:26,625 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, W 629 00:20:26,625 --> 00:20:28,827 ARE GOING TO GO BACK TO IN 630 00:20:28,827 --> 00:20:30,095 PERSON. WE HAVE JESSE SIMPSON 631 00:20:30,095 --> 00:20:36,401 FOLLOWED BY MARK. GOOD 632 00:20:36,401 --> 00:20:41,740 AFTERNOON, JESSE. 633 00:20:41,740 --> 00:20:43,175 >> HEY, I AM JESSE SIMPSON, 634 00:20:43,175 --> 00:20:44,276 GOVERNMENT RELATIONS POLICY 635 00:20:44,276 --> 00:20:46,445 MANAGEMENT CONSORTIUM [ 636 00:20:46,445 --> 00:20:50,415 INDISCERNIBLE ] SEATTLE FACES 637 00:20:50,415 --> 00:20:51,183 AND EXACERBATED HOUSING CRISIS. 638 00:20:51,183 --> 00:20:52,451 WE NEED MORE THAN 30,000 639 00:20:52,451 --> 00:20:56,188 AFFORDABLE HOMES RIGHT NOW AND 640 00:20:56,188 --> 00:20:57,155 THE SHORTAGE WILL ONLY GROW 641 00:20:57,155 --> 00:21:00,559 OVERTIME UNLESS WE ACT TO MEET 642 00:21:00,559 --> 00:21:01,560 THE MOMENT AND CREATE MORE 643 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:04,630 AFFORDABLE AND ABUNDANT HOUSING 644 00:21:04,630 --> 00:21:06,632 FOR OVER 40 YEARS THE HOUSING 645 00:21:06,632 --> 00:21:07,532 LEVY HAS BEEN FOUNDATIONAL FOR 646 00:21:07,532 --> 00:21:08,767 AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE CITY. 647 00:21:08,767 --> 00:21:17,142 THE LEVY IS AN EFFECTIVE 648 00:21:17,142 --> 00:21:17,943 SOLUTION WITH A CONSISTENT 649 00:21:17,943 --> 00:21:18,910 RECORD OF VOTER SUPPORT .16 650 00:21:18,910 --> 00:21:19,745 THOUSAND FAMILIES AND 651 00:21:19,745 --> 00:21:20,712 INDIVIDUALS LIVE IN LEVY FUNDED 652 00:21:20,712 --> 00:21:21,713 HOMES. THESE ARE ESSENTIAL 653 00:21:21,713 --> 00:21:22,714 WORKERS AND MEMBERS OF THE 654 00:21:22,714 --> 00:21:23,682 COMMUNITY. THEY WOULD OTHERWISE 655 00:21:23,682 --> 00:21:25,083 NEVER BE ABLE TO LIVE IN QUALIT 656 00:21:25,083 --> 00:21:26,251 HOMES IN SEATTLE. THIS LEVY 657 00:21:26,251 --> 00:21:27,552 RENEWAL AT 970 MILLION WILL 658 00:21:27,552 --> 00:21:28,854 BUILD ON THIS LEGACY. IT WILL 659 00:21:28,854 --> 00:21:29,788 CREATE AFFORDABLE HOMES, KEEP 660 00:21:29,788 --> 00:21:35,961 FAMILIES IN THEIR HOMES, AND 661 00:21:35,961 --> 00:21:37,129 MOVE PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS 662 00:21:37,129 --> 00:21:37,996 INTO PERMANENT HOUSING. THE 663 00:21:37,996 --> 00:21:39,064 PROPOSED RENEWAL FOR THE LEVY 664 00:21:39,064 --> 00:21:41,299 WILL BUILD 35 UP TO 100 665 00:21:41,299 --> 00:21:42,067 AFFORDABLE HOMES FOR FAMILIES 666 00:21:42,067 --> 00:21:43,301 WHO NEED THEM MOST AND STABILIZ 667 00:21:43,301 --> 00:21:44,670 HOUSING FOR 4500 MORE PEOPLE WH 668 00:21:44,670 --> 00:21:45,704 WOULD OTHERWISE FACE OF 669 00:21:45,704 --> 00:21:56,281 ADDICTION AND HOMELESSNESS. I 670 00:21:57,516 --> 00:21:58,283 WILL ALSO INVEST IN WORKERS THA 671 00:21:58,283 --> 00:21:59,284 TURNED BUILDINGS INTO HOMES, AN 672 00:21:59,284 --> 00:22:00,018 ENSURE THAT SUPPORTIVE SERVICES 673 00:22:00,018 --> 00:22:01,019 ARE AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE WHO 674 00:22:01,019 --> 00:22:02,320 NEED THEM. BY INVESTING IN 675 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:03,288 AFFORDABLE HOUSING OF ALL TYPES 676 00:22:03,288 --> 00:22:04,956 THE LEVY WILL STABILIZE HOUSING 677 00:22:04,956 --> 00:22:06,458 FOR THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FOR 678 00:22:06,458 --> 00:22:07,859 GENERATIONS TO COME. I URGE YO 679 00:22:07,859 --> 00:22:08,894 TO PASS THIS AMBITIOUS $970 680 00:22:08,894 --> 00:22:09,895 MILLION LEVY RENEWAL. THANK 681 00:22:09,895 --> 00:22:10,295 YOU. 682 00:22:10,295 --> 00:22:14,599 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND 683 00:22:14,599 --> 00:22:15,600 WELL, MARK, FOLLOWED BY PAULINE 684 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:15,834 685 00:22:15,834 --> 00:22:20,105 >> THANK YOU, GERMAN MONQUEDA 686 00:22:20,105 --> 00:22:27,145 AND VICE CHAIR HERBOLD , AND 687 00:22:27,145 --> 00:22:28,380 COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MY NAME IS 688 00:22:28,380 --> 00:22:30,382 MARK AND I AM A BOARD MEMBER. 689 00:22:30,382 --> 00:22:31,650 SERVE ON THE BOARD OF PLYMOUTH 690 00:22:31,650 --> 00:22:32,584 HOUSING. YOU HEARD DENNIS 691 00:22:32,584 --> 00:22:33,919 ELOQUENTLY DESCRIBE WHY THIS IS 692 00:22:33,919 --> 00:22:42,961 NECESSARY . I AM GRATEFUL FOR 693 00:22:42,961 --> 00:22:44,196 THE HARD WORK ALL OF YOU ARE 694 00:22:44,196 --> 00:22:45,197 PUTTING IN THROUGH THIS 695 00:22:45,197 --> 00:22:46,164 COLLABORATIVE AND PRODUCTIVE 696 00:22:46,164 --> 00:22:48,600 PROCESS, AND 100% ENDORSE THIS 697 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:50,035 $970 MILLION OVER SEVEN YEARS. 698 00:22:50,035 --> 00:22:54,439 FOR THE SEATTLE HOUSING LEVY 699 00:22:54,439 --> 00:22:55,440 PROPOSAL, AND I ENCOURAGE THE 700 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:57,609 COUNCIL TO MOVE IT FORWARD. AS 701 00:22:57,609 --> 00:22:58,343 DENNIS MENTIONED, PLYMOUTH HAS 702 00:22:58,343 --> 00:23:01,213 BEEN SCALING UP , TO MEET THIS 703 00:23:01,213 --> 00:23:02,881 CRITICAL NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY 704 00:23:02,881 --> 00:23:06,618 WE ADMIRE THE COUNCIL TAKING 705 00:23:06,618 --> 00:23:11,390 BOLD STEPS TO SCALE UP AS WELL. 706 00:23:11,390 --> 00:23:13,525 WE STARTED IN THE 80s WITH 17 707 00:23:13,525 --> 00:23:15,293 UNITS. WE ARE NOW SERVING 1200 708 00:23:15,293 --> 00:23:16,294 RESIDENTS, AND LIKE DENNIS 709 00:23:16,294 --> 00:23:18,563 MENTIONED, WE WILL HAVE 170 710 00:23:18,563 --> 00:23:19,798 RESIDENTS SERVED BY THE END OF 711 00:23:19,798 --> 00:23:25,470 THIS NEXT TWO YEAR PERIOD. WE 712 00:23:25,470 --> 00:23:26,505 WILL RAISE PRIVATE DOLLARS THAT 713 00:23:26,505 --> 00:23:27,506 WE CAN LEVERAGE AGAINST THESE 714 00:23:27,506 --> 00:23:28,707 PUBLIC FUNDS. WE WILL CONTINUE 715 00:23:28,707 --> 00:23:31,977 TO WORK TO CREATE THE WRAPAROUN 716 00:23:31,977 --> 00:23:32,944 , SUPPORTIVE SERVICES THAT 717 00:23:32,944 --> 00:23:36,515 CREATE THE 97% SUCCESS RATE FO 718 00:23:36,515 --> 00:23:37,849 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. 719 00:23:37,849 --> 00:23:39,785 THE SOLUTION WORKS BECAUSE WE 720 00:23:39,785 --> 00:23:42,854 ARE RECONNECTING PEOPLE WITH 721 00:23:42,854 --> 00:23:44,256 THEIR LIVES BY PUTTING A ROOF 722 00:23:44,256 --> 00:23:45,757 OVER THEIR HEAD, NUMBER ONE, AN 723 00:23:45,757 --> 00:23:50,595 THEN ALLOWING THEM TO RECONNECT 724 00:23:50,595 --> 00:23:52,097 WITH THEIR OWN LIVES BY 725 00:23:52,097 --> 00:23:53,265 PROVIDING THEM WITH THE SERVICE 726 00:23:53,265 --> 00:23:59,771 THEY NEED. THAT IS RESOURCE 727 00:23:59,771 --> 00:24:00,839 INTENSIVE WORK, FOLKS. THAT 728 00:24:00,839 --> 00:24:01,940 MEANS PROVIDING THE RESOURCES T 729 00:24:01,940 --> 00:24:03,275 PAY THESE PEOPLE ON THE FRONT 730 00:24:03,275 --> 00:24:04,242 LINES THE WAGES THAT THEY 731 00:24:04,242 --> 00:24:05,477 DESERVE TO ALLOW THEM TO DO 732 00:24:05,477 --> 00:24:07,913 THEIR JOBS WITH DIGNITY IS OF 733 00:24:07,913 --> 00:24:09,014 UTMOST IMPORTANCE. WE APPLAUD 734 00:24:09,014 --> 00:24:16,388 YOUR EFFORTS IN THIS REGARD. 735 00:24:16,388 --> 00:24:17,722 THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY T 736 00:24:17,722 --> 00:24:18,690 PROVIDE THIS PUBLIC COMMENT. 737 00:24:18,690 --> 00:24:19,624 THIS PRODUCTIVE PROCESS HAS 738 00:24:19,624 --> 00:24:20,625 RESULTED IN A STRONG PROPOSAL 739 00:24:20,625 --> 00:24:21,860 THAT WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO PROCEE 740 00:24:21,860 --> 00:24:22,861 WITH. THANK YOU. 741 00:24:22,861 --> 00:24:24,396 >> GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. AND 742 00:24:24,396 --> 00:24:25,964 PAULINE? YOU ARE WELCOME TO TAL 743 00:24:25,964 --> 00:24:26,464 NOW. 744 00:24:26,464 --> 00:24:29,000 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. 745 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:34,372 >> HI, MY NAME IS PAULINE . I 746 00:24:34,372 --> 00:24:35,373 IS AMERICANIZED FROM THE DUTCH. 747 00:24:35,373 --> 00:24:41,947 AND, I DO -- I AM AFFILIATED 748 00:24:41,947 --> 00:24:44,216 WITH THE TRANSIT RIDERS UNION 749 00:24:44,216 --> 00:24:45,717 BUT I'M SPEAKING MORE ON MY OWN 750 00:24:45,717 --> 00:24:47,819 BEHALF TODAY, SO -- PEOPLE KNO 751 00:24:47,819 --> 00:24:50,155 ME AS THE TRANSIT FERRY AND 752 00:24:50,155 --> 00:24:51,423 THEY SEE ME DOING CLEANUP ALL 753 00:24:51,423 --> 00:24:55,460 OVER THE PLACE. I -- 754 00:24:55,460 --> 00:24:56,928 ESPECIALLY TARGET AREAS NEAR 755 00:24:56,928 --> 00:24:59,164 BALLARD AND THIRD AND PIKE 756 00:24:59,164 --> 00:25:01,700 SOUTHBOUND METRO BUS STOP 522. 757 00:25:01,700 --> 00:25:07,405 AND IT IS MY BELIEF THAT I 758 00:25:07,405 --> 00:25:11,042 THE COMMUNITY SEES REAL CHANGE 759 00:25:11,042 --> 00:25:13,745 AND SEES MORE CLEANUP OF TRASH 760 00:25:13,745 --> 00:25:16,181 AND WASTE, THAT MAYBE WE CAN 761 00:25:16,181 --> 00:25:19,518 HAVE SEEN CONVERSATIONS WITHOU 762 00:25:19,518 --> 00:25:20,519 SCREAMING AT EACH OTHER ABOUT 763 00:25:20,519 --> 00:25:22,187 HOW WE ARE GOING TO FUND ALL TH 764 00:25:22,187 --> 00:25:24,623 COMMUNITY NEEDS OUT THERE. I 765 00:25:24,623 --> 00:25:28,660 DO BELIEVE THAT PERHAPS 766 00:25:28,660 --> 00:25:39,204 HOUSING LEVEES TARGETING -- 767 00:25:42,374 --> 00:25:44,976 TAXING HOMEOWNERS HAS MAYBE 768 00:25:44,976 --> 00:25:47,946 BEEN OVERUSED, BECAUSE IT IS A 769 00:25:47,946 --> 00:25:50,649 POPULAR FUNDING SOURCE TO GO AN 770 00:25:50,649 --> 00:25:56,221 -- I THINK IF THE SMALLER 771 00:25:56,221 --> 00:25:57,689 BUSINESSES SAW MORE CLEANUP AND 772 00:25:57,689 --> 00:26:01,259 SUPPORT AND MAYBE GRANT MONEY 773 00:26:01,259 --> 00:26:03,295 TO HELP REPAIR ALL THE DAMAGES 774 00:26:03,295 --> 00:26:04,496 FROM BROKEN WINDOWS AND ALL THA 775 00:26:04,496 --> 00:26:08,733 STUFF, IF THERE WERE SUPPORT, 776 00:26:08,733 --> 00:26:10,602 AND A LARGER SOURCE OF FUNDING 777 00:26:10,602 --> 00:26:13,438 COMING FROM INCREASED SALES TAX 778 00:26:13,438 --> 00:26:18,510 -- THAT COULD BE CONSIDERABLE 779 00:26:18,510 --> 00:26:25,650 I KNOW THAT METRO OR BALLARD 780 00:26:25,650 --> 00:26:30,188 MEDICAL CENTER AND BLAZING 781 00:26:30,188 --> 00:26:36,261 BAGELS MIGHT AGREE BECAUSE I 782 00:26:36,261 --> 00:26:37,228 HAVE BEEN CLEANING IN THEIR 783 00:26:37,228 --> 00:26:38,229 AREAS AND ALSO THE HOMELESS 784 00:26:38,229 --> 00:26:39,731 PEOPLE ON THIRD AVENUE HAVE 785 00:26:39,731 --> 00:26:41,833 NOTICED. THEY SEEM TO LIKE 786 00:26:41,833 --> 00:26:46,504 WHAT I DO. 787 00:26:46,504 --> 00:26:48,006 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 788 00:26:56,615 --> 00:26:56,748 789 00:26:56,748 --> 00:26:57,349 >>> YOU'RE WELCOME TO, OKAY, 790 00:26:57,349 --> 00:26:59,651 WE'RE GOING TO SHIFT OVER TO TH 791 00:26:59,651 --> 00:27:01,119 FOLKS THAT ARE LISTED TO SIGN U 792 00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:06,591 ON THE REMOTE OPTION HERE. SO W 793 00:27:06,591 --> 00:27:11,363 WILL CONTINUE WITH THAT. LET ME 794 00:27:11,363 --> 00:27:14,366 FIND THAT SHEET. APOLOGIES. BRI 795 00:27:14,366 --> 00:27:18,136 FOLLOWED BY ALLISON AND 796 00:27:18,136 --> 00:27:23,642 PATIENCE. GOOD AFTERNOON, BRIE. 797 00:27:23,642 --> 00:27:25,977 STAR SIX TO UNMUTE, PLEASE. 798 00:27:25,977 --> 00:27:29,547 >> GREETINGS CHAIR MOSQUEDA, 799 00:27:29,547 --> 00:27:34,386 FEIS CHAIR HERBOLD, AND MEMBERS 800 00:27:34,386 --> 00:27:36,888 OF THE COUNCIL. I WORK FOR ACHD 801 00:27:36,888 --> 00:27:39,491 A COMMUNITY-LED ORGANIZATION 802 00:27:39,491 --> 00:27:40,392 THAT SERVES THE GREATER -- 803 00:27:40,392 --> 00:27:41,359 THROUGHOUT SEATTLE AND SOUTH 804 00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:43,161 KING COUNTY. AND WE ARE PROUD T 805 00:27:43,161 --> 00:27:45,930 SUPPORT THE RENEWAL OF THE 806 00:27:45,930 --> 00:27:48,299 SEATTLE HOUSING LEVY. AS A NEW 807 00:27:48,299 --> 00:27:49,300 COMMUNITY-LED DEVELOPER 808 00:27:49,300 --> 00:27:51,870 FOCUSSING ON CULTURALLY SPECIFI 809 00:27:51,870 --> 00:27:53,004 BLACK HOMEOWNERSHIP FOR LARGER 810 00:27:53,004 --> 00:27:54,639 INTERGENERATIONAL HOUSEHOLDS, 811 00:27:54,639 --> 00:27:56,341 THIS FUNDING IS CRITICAL TO 812 00:27:56,341 --> 00:27:58,710 ADVANCING HOMEOWNERSHIP IN OUR 813 00:27:58,710 --> 00:27:59,444 REGION, INCLUDING THE AFFORDABL 814 00:27:59,444 --> 00:28:00,378 TOWNHOME PROJECT WE ARE WORKING 815 00:28:00,378 --> 00:28:02,480 TO BRING ONLINE IN SEATTLE THIS 816 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:05,116 YEAR. THERE IS ALREADY A HIGHER 817 00:28:05,116 --> 00:28:06,484 COST TO HOMEOWNERSHIP DUE TO 818 00:28:06,484 --> 00:28:07,318 WASHINGTON'S CONDO LIABILITY 819 00:28:07,318 --> 00:28:08,853 LAWS, WHICH INCREASE THE COST O 820 00:28:08,853 --> 00:28:10,689 INDIVIDUAL UNITS BY TENS OF 821 00:28:10,689 --> 00:28:11,623 THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. AND OF 822 00:28:11,623 --> 00:28:14,759 COURSE, THIS IS IN ADDITION TO 823 00:28:14,759 --> 00:28:15,794 SHARPLY INCREASE CONSTRUCTION 824 00:28:15,794 --> 00:28:17,095 AND LENDING COST, UNIT 825 00:28:17,095 --> 00:28:18,630 INFLATION, AND THIS LEVY MUST 826 00:28:18,630 --> 00:28:21,466 MATCH THE TRUE COST OF 827 00:28:21,466 --> 00:28:24,169 HOMEOWNERSHIP IN OUR REGION. WE 828 00:28:24,169 --> 00:28:25,437 ALSO, OF COURSE, KNOW THAT 829 00:28:25,437 --> 00:28:28,373 HOUSING IS A CONTINUUM AND THE 830 00:28:28,373 --> 00:28:30,141 STABILITY IS CRITICAL TO 831 00:28:30,141 --> 00:28:32,811 HOMEOWNERSHIP AS WELL AS ACCESS 832 00:28:32,811 --> 00:28:34,379 TO AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNITS. 833 00:28:34,379 --> 00:28:35,680 FAMILIES CANNOT MOVE INTO 834 00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:37,549 HOMEOWNERSHIP WITHOUT ACCESS TO 835 00:28:37,549 --> 00:28:39,818 OPTIONS AND A STRONG COMMITMENT 836 00:28:39,818 --> 00:28:42,220 TO TENANT SUPPORT. WE KNOW THIS 837 00:28:42,220 --> 00:28:45,190 DEEPLY. FROM 2020 TO 2022 WE 838 00:28:45,190 --> 00:28:46,491 WERE A RENTAL ASSISTANCE 839 00:28:46,491 --> 00:28:47,926 PROVIDER, GIVING OUT $38 MILLIO 840 00:28:47,926 --> 00:28:50,361 TO THOUSANDS OF TENANTS IN OUR 841 00:28:50,361 --> 00:28:51,796 COMMUNITY, IN ADDITION TO 842 00:28:51,796 --> 00:28:53,431 PROVIDING CRITICAL EVICTION 843 00:28:53,431 --> 00:28:54,899 PREVENTION SERVICES. WE KNOW TH 844 00:28:54,899 --> 00:28:56,468 DIFFICULTIES THAT WORKING 845 00:28:56,468 --> 00:28:59,571 FAMILIES AND OUR ELDERS WHO REN 846 00:28:59,571 --> 00:29:00,305 FACE. THE PROTECTIONS AND 847 00:29:00,305 --> 00:29:01,940 ASSISTANCE WE SAW DURING 848 00:29:01,940 --> 00:29:03,708 COVID-19 ARE STILL NEEDED TODAY 849 00:29:03,708 --> 00:29:05,510 IN FACT, THEY WERE ALWAYS 850 00:29:05,510 --> 00:29:07,078 NEEDED. PRIOR TO COVID-19 WE HA 851 00:29:07,078 --> 00:29:08,680 VIRTUALLY NO SAFETY NET, AND WE 852 00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:10,415 KNOW HOMELESSNESS CAN BE TRACED 853 00:29:10,415 --> 00:29:12,217 TO EVICTION. WE'VE SEEN TIME AN 854 00:29:12,217 --> 00:29:13,651 TIME AGAIN TENANTS WHO'VE 855 00:29:13,651 --> 00:29:17,155 REMAINED HOMELESS FOR YEARS OVE 856 00:29:17,155 --> 00:29:18,923 AN EVICTION ON THEIR RECORD, 857 00:29:18,923 --> 00:29:21,459 MANY TIMES FOR JUST A MONTH OF 858 00:29:21,459 --> 00:29:23,027 RENT. WE APPRECIATE YOUR WORK O 859 00:29:23,027 --> 00:29:25,730 BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITIES WE 860 00:29:25,730 --> 00:29:27,465 SERVE, AND AGAIN VOICE OUR 861 00:29:27,465 --> 00:29:28,900 STRONG SUPPORT FOR A HOUSING 862 00:29:28,900 --> 00:29:30,435 LEVY THAT REPRESENTS THE MANY 863 00:29:30,435 --> 00:29:31,469 NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. THANK 864 00:29:31,469 --> 00:29:32,871 YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND 865 00:29:32,871 --> 00:29:35,006 LEADERSHIP, AND HAVE A GREAT 866 00:29:35,006 --> 00:29:35,206 DAY. 867 00:29:35,206 --> 00:29:41,412 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALLISON 868 00:29:41,412 --> 00:29:47,986 FOLLOWED BY PATIENCE. STAR SIX, 869 00:29:47,986 --> 00:29:53,925 ALLISON. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO 870 00:29:53,925 --> 00:29:55,193 AHEAD AND TEE UP PATIENCE. 871 00:29:55,193 --> 00:29:57,762 ALLISON JUST HIT STAR SIX WHEN 872 00:29:57,762 --> 00:29:58,596 YOU'RE READY. OKAY, PATIENCE, 873 00:29:58,596 --> 00:30:04,736 PLEASE GO AHEAD IF YOU CAN, STA 874 00:30:04,736 --> 00:30:11,976 SIX. CAN FOLKS HEAR ME ON THE 875 00:30:11,976 --> 00:30:17,248 ONLINES? THERE WE GO, I SEE 876 00:30:17,248 --> 00:30:17,816 PATIENCE UNMUTED. 877 00:30:17,816 --> 00:30:19,784 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR 878 00:30:19,784 --> 00:30:22,220 MOSQUEDA, MEMBERS OF THE 879 00:30:22,220 --> 00:30:25,657 COMMITTEE, MY NAME IS PATIENCE, 880 00:30:25,657 --> 00:30:28,059 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT THE 881 00:30:28,059 --> 00:30:29,027 HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM. 882 00:30:29,027 --> 00:30:30,895 HDC TOGETHER WITH OUR MEMBERS 883 00:30:30,895 --> 00:30:32,764 AND PARTNERS STRONGLY SUPPORT 884 00:30:32,764 --> 00:30:37,402 THE PROPOSAL TO RENEW THE 885 00:30:37,402 --> 00:30:38,937 HOUSING LEVY AT $970 MILLION. 886 00:30:38,937 --> 00:30:40,471 THE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISI 887 00:30:40,471 --> 00:30:44,375 HAS NEVER BEEN GREATER IN OUR 888 00:30:44,375 --> 00:30:45,677 COMMUNITY. CHAIR, YOU SAY THIS 889 00:30:45,677 --> 00:30:47,512 VERY WELL IN THE MEETING IN THE 890 00:30:47,512 --> 00:30:51,449 MORNING, WE FACE A SHORTAGE OF 891 00:30:51,449 --> 00:30:52,650 30,000 HOMES, AFFORDABLE HOMES 892 00:30:52,650 --> 00:30:56,754 FOR PEOPLE WITH THE LOWEST 893 00:30:56,754 --> 00:30:57,422 INCOMES. THIS SHORTAGE DEMANDS 894 00:30:57,422 --> 00:31:00,825 THAT WE RISE TO MEET THE MOMENT 895 00:31:00,825 --> 00:31:03,862 AND THIS PROPOSAL MEETS THE 896 00:31:03,862 --> 00:31:04,529 MOMENT. RENEWING AND EXPANDING 897 00:31:04,529 --> 00:31:07,699 THE LEVY TO CREATE MORE THAN 898 00:31:07,699 --> 00:31:08,933 3,000 AFFORDABLE RENTAL AND 899 00:31:08,933 --> 00:31:11,236 OWNERSHIP HOMES FOR PEOPLE AND 900 00:31:11,236 --> 00:31:15,240 FAMILIES WHO NEED THEM MOST AND 901 00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:16,374 PREVENTING THOUSANDS FROM 902 00:31:16,374 --> 00:31:17,375 EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IS 903 00:31:17,375 --> 00:31:19,677 FUNDAMENTALLY THE TASK OF OUR 904 00:31:19,677 --> 00:31:23,982 MOMENT. IT IS THE TASK OF OUR 905 00:31:23,982 --> 00:31:25,617 GENERATION. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR 906 00:31:25,617 --> 00:31:27,218 YOUR LEADERSHIP CARRYING FORWAR 907 00:31:27,218 --> 00:31:28,486 A 40-YEAR TRADITION AND 908 00:31:28,486 --> 00:31:29,887 COMMITMENT TO AFFORDABLE HOUSIN 909 00:31:29,887 --> 00:31:31,623 THROUGHOUT THE CITY BY RENEWING 910 00:31:31,623 --> 00:31:35,393 THIS LEVY. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE 911 00:31:35,393 --> 00:31:38,196 INVESTMENTS IN BOTH RENTAL AND 912 00:31:38,196 --> 00:31:40,331 HOMEOWNERSHIP MAINTAINED IN THE 913 00:31:40,331 --> 00:31:42,200 PROPOSAL, INVESTMENTS IN 914 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:46,204 FRONTLINE STAFF WHO TURN 915 00:31:46,204 --> 00:31:48,640 BUILDINGS INTO HOMES, SUSTAINED 916 00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:49,841 IN THIS PROPOSAL, INVESTMENTS 917 00:31:49,841 --> 00:31:52,410 ACROSS THE BOARD AS WE MOVE THI 918 00:31:52,410 --> 00:31:53,411 PROPOSAL FORWARD AND WOULD ALSO 919 00:31:53,411 --> 00:31:57,482 LIKE TO SEE SOME WORK IN 920 00:31:57,482 --> 00:31:58,616 INCORPORATING SUPPORT FOR 921 00:31:58,616 --> 00:32:00,118 RESIDENT SERVICES AND SUPPORTIV 922 00:32:00,118 --> 00:32:01,953 HOUSING BUILDINGS. WE NEED A 923 00:32:01,953 --> 00:32:03,087 FIGHTING CHANCE AT MAINTAINING 924 00:32:03,087 --> 00:32:05,957 AND GROWING AFFORDABLE HOMES IN 925 00:32:05,957 --> 00:32:08,593 OUR CITY. IN A CITY OF RISING 926 00:32:08,593 --> 00:32:12,263 COST FOR RENT, FOR HEALTHCARE, 927 00:32:12,263 --> 00:32:14,999 FOR FOOD, WE CAN'T REDUCE OR 928 00:32:14,999 --> 00:32:15,667 PREVENT HOMELESSNESS WITHOUT 929 00:32:15,667 --> 00:32:18,236 AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I THANK YOU 930 00:32:18,236 --> 00:32:20,405 FOR TAKING ON THIS WORK AND 931 00:32:20,405 --> 00:32:21,839 RUNNING WITH THE BATON. WE 932 00:32:21,839 --> 00:32:22,907 REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR 933 00:32:22,907 --> 00:32:23,408 LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU. 934 00:32:23,408 --> 00:32:24,942 >> THANK YOU. AND ALLISON, YOU 935 00:32:24,942 --> 00:32:27,945 ARE WELCOME TO GO NEXT, FOLLOWE 936 00:32:27,945 --> 00:32:28,646 BY TIFFANY McCOY. 937 00:32:28,646 --> 00:32:29,580 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA, 938 00:32:29,580 --> 00:32:31,516 ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR ME? 939 00:32:31,516 --> 00:32:33,685 >> YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW, 940 00:32:33,685 --> 00:32:33,918 THANKS. 941 00:32:33,918 --> 00:32:36,287 >> OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FO 942 00:32:36,287 --> 00:32:39,023 THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN THIS 943 00:32:39,023 --> 00:32:40,458 PUBLIC COMMENT. GOOD EVENING TO 944 00:32:40,458 --> 00:32:41,693 ALL COUNCILMEMBERS. FOR THE 945 00:32:41,693 --> 00:32:44,329 RECORD, MY NAME IS ALLISON. I'M 946 00:32:44,329 --> 00:32:47,832 THE DIRECTOR OF THE SEATTLE/KIN 947 00:32:47,832 --> 00:32:48,833 COUNTY COALITION ON 948 00:32:48,833 --> 00:32:49,934 HOMELESSNESS. AND WE MOBILIZE 949 00:32:49,934 --> 00:32:51,703 OUR COMMUNITY TO CHALLENGE 950 00:32:51,703 --> 00:32:54,105 SYSTEMIC CAUSES OF HOMELESSNESS 951 00:32:54,105 --> 00:32:56,641 AND ADVOCATE FOR HOUSING 952 00:32:56,641 --> 00:32:59,510 JUSTICE. WE ARE HERE TO STRONGL 953 00:32:59,510 --> 00:33:01,346 SUPPORT YOUR WORK TO REVIEW AND 954 00:33:01,346 --> 00:33:05,483 THEN PUT BEFORE THE VOTERS A 955 00:33:05,483 --> 00:33:07,585 HOUSING LEVY AT $970 MILLION OR 956 00:33:07,585 --> 00:33:09,420 HIGHER. BECAUSE, AS YOU HAVE 957 00:33:09,420 --> 00:33:11,856 HEARD FROM ALL PREVIOUS 958 00:33:11,856 --> 00:33:13,024 SPEAKERS, THIS LEVY IS 959 00:33:13,024 --> 00:33:15,293 EFFECTIVE, IT IS EFFICIENT, AND 960 00:33:15,293 --> 00:33:16,494 IT IS ESSENTIAL. TODAY I JUST 961 00:33:16,494 --> 00:33:18,363 WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME SMALL 962 00:33:18,363 --> 00:33:20,298 INSIGHT INTO THE SIGNIFICANCE O 963 00:33:20,298 --> 00:33:22,667 A SPECIFIC PART OF THE PROPOSAL 964 00:33:22,667 --> 00:33:26,204 TO INVEST IN THE WORKERS WHO AR 965 00:33:26,204 --> 00:33:28,740 THE ONES WHO, AS SEVERAL HAVE 966 00:33:28,740 --> 00:33:31,476 SAID, TURN EVERY UNIT INTO A 967 00:33:31,476 --> 00:33:33,077 HOME. IT'S IMPERATIVE FOR THE 968 00:33:33,077 --> 00:33:34,312 CITY OF SEATTLE TO ADVANCE 969 00:33:34,312 --> 00:33:35,880 SUSTAINABILITY AND WAGE EQUITY 970 00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:38,750 IN ITS CONTRACTS WITH COMMUNITY 971 00:33:38,750 --> 00:33:41,652 AGENCIES. THE STAFF WHO WORK 972 00:33:41,652 --> 00:33:43,054 NIGHT SHIFTS, WHO HELP PEOPLE, 973 00:33:43,054 --> 00:33:46,457 SOMETIMES AFTER YEARS OR DECADE 974 00:33:46,457 --> 00:33:49,193 OF EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, 975 00:33:49,193 --> 00:33:49,894 TRAUMA, AND SIGNIFICANT 976 00:33:49,894 --> 00:33:50,795 DISABILITY, HELP PEOPLE SETTLE 977 00:33:50,795 --> 00:33:54,365 INTO THEIR NEW HOMES AND CONNEC 978 00:33:54,365 --> 00:33:55,967 TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. THOSE 979 00:33:55,967 --> 00:33:56,667 STAFF ARE THEMSELVES STRUGGLING 980 00:33:56,667 --> 00:33:59,971 WE WORKED VERY HARD AT THE STAT 981 00:33:59,971 --> 00:34:06,310 LEGISLATURE TWO YEARS AGO TO 982 00:34:06,310 --> 00:34:07,512 SECURE A COMPLETELY INADEQUATE 983 00:34:07,512 --> 00:34:09,914 BUT NECESSARY WORKER'S STY PEND 984 00:34:09,914 --> 00:34:12,517 FOR PEOPLE IN HOMELESSNESS 985 00:34:12,517 --> 00:34:13,651 SERVICES AND HOUSING. AND THE 986 00:34:13,651 --> 00:34:14,285 COALITION SURVEYED FRONTLINE 987 00:34:14,285 --> 00:34:18,556 STAFF TO ASK THEM WHAT THEY HAV 988 00:34:18,556 --> 00:34:22,693 USED THEIR UP TO $1,200, 989 00:34:22,693 --> 00:34:23,594 ONE-TIME STIPEND FOR. PEOPLE 990 00:34:23,594 --> 00:34:25,163 HAVE USED THOSE STIPENDS TO PAY 991 00:34:25,163 --> 00:34:27,065 OFF LOAN, TO GET CURRENT ON 992 00:34:27,065 --> 00:34:29,834 THEIR DEBT, TO PAY THEIR OWN 993 00:34:29,834 --> 00:34:31,969 RENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK T 994 00:34:31,969 --> 00:34:33,805 MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC 995 00:34:33,805 --> 00:34:36,074 UNDERSTANDS THE VALUE OF THIS 996 00:34:36,074 --> 00:34:38,342 HOUSING LEVY AND FOR RENEWING I 997 00:34:38,342 --> 00:34:44,215 WITH SERIOUS ATTENTION TO THE 998 00:34:44,215 --> 00:34:46,017 PEOPLE WHO ARE AT THE HEART. 999 00:34:46,017 --> 00:34:47,251 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ALLISON 1000 00:34:47,251 --> 00:34:49,921 PLEASE SEND IN THE REST OF YOUR 1001 00:34:49,921 --> 00:34:51,856 COMMENTS. I'M SORRY THAT LAST 1002 00:34:51,856 --> 00:34:54,358 SENTENCE GOT CUT OFF. APPRECIAT 1003 00:34:54,358 --> 00:34:59,097 YOUR TESTIMONY. TIFFANY, TIFFAN 1004 00:34:59,097 --> 00:35:03,701 WILL BE FOLLOWED BY TINA. GOOD 1005 00:35:03,701 --> 00:35:04,268 MORNING, GOOD AFTERNOON, 1006 00:35:04,268 --> 00:35:04,535 TIFFANY. 1007 00:35:04,535 --> 00:35:06,971 >> CHAIR MOSQUEDA, MEMBERS OF 1008 00:35:06,971 --> 00:35:08,806 THE COMMITTEE, I'M TIFFANY 1009 00:35:08,806 --> 00:35:10,842 McCOY, THE ADVOCACY DIRECTOR AT 1010 00:35:10,842 --> 00:35:12,076 REAL CHANGE CALLING IN TO 1011 00:35:12,076 --> 00:35:15,046 VOCALIZE OUR STRONG SUPPORT OF 1012 00:35:15,046 --> 00:35:16,147 THE HOUSING LEVY, THE RENEWAL. 1013 00:35:16,147 --> 00:35:17,148 AND REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL 1014 00:35:17,148 --> 00:35:19,317 GOING BIG IN THIS YEAR'S 1015 00:35:19,317 --> 00:35:20,551 RENEWAL. A LOT OF OUR VENDORS A 1016 00:35:20,551 --> 00:35:22,019 REAL CHANGE DEPEND ON THE 1017 00:35:22,019 --> 00:35:24,388 HOUSING UNITS THAT ARE PRODUCED 1018 00:35:24,388 --> 00:35:25,857 THROUGH THE HOUSING LEVY AND 1019 00:35:25,857 --> 00:35:27,959 HAVE BEEN PULLED IN OFF THE 1020 00:35:27,959 --> 00:35:30,061 STREETS BECAUSE OF HOUSING LEVY 1021 00:35:30,061 --> 00:35:31,229 DOLLARS SUPPORTING AFFORDABLE 1022 00:35:31,229 --> 00:35:33,331 HOUSING. AND WE ARE ALSO 1023 00:35:33,331 --> 00:35:36,267 EXTREMELY HAPPY TO SEE THE $51 1024 00:35:36,267 --> 00:35:38,503 MILLION SET ASIDE TO ADDRESS 1025 00:35:38,503 --> 00:35:39,637 RACIAL INEQUITIES AND BLACK 1026 00:35:39,637 --> 00:35:43,875 HOMEOWNERSHIP IN THIS PACKAGE A 1027 00:35:43,875 --> 00:35:47,378 WELL. AND JUST WANT TO, YEAH, 1028 00:35:47,378 --> 00:35:48,613 GIVE ANOTHER ENDORSEMENT AND 1029 00:35:48,613 --> 00:35:51,015 CONTINUING TO HOUSE MORE OF OUR 1030 00:35:51,015 --> 00:35:58,022 NEIGHBORS IN THE CITY, SO THANK 1031 00:35:58,022 --> 00:35:58,222 YOU. 1032 00:35:58,222 --> 00:36:01,526 >> THANK YOU. TINA FOLLOWED BY 1033 00:36:01,526 --> 00:36:03,094 JOSH CASTLE. EXCUSE ME. TINA, 1034 00:36:03,094 --> 00:36:03,794 GOOD AFTERNOON. 1035 00:36:03,794 --> 00:36:04,662 >> HI, GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YO 1036 00:36:04,662 --> 00:36:05,830 ALL COUNCILMEMBERS FOR HAVING 1037 00:36:05,830 --> 00:36:08,933 ALL OF US HERE TO SPEAK TODAY. 1038 00:36:08,933 --> 00:36:10,067 REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK 1039 00:36:10,067 --> 00:36:12,837 YOU'RE DOING TO CREATE A REAL 1040 00:36:12,837 --> 00:36:14,772 EQUITABLE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSIN 1041 00:36:14,772 --> 00:36:17,909 NETWORK IN OUR CITY AND REGION. 1042 00:36:17,909 --> 00:36:19,443 MY NAME'S TINA. I'M THE DIRECTO 1043 00:36:19,443 --> 00:36:23,147 OF HOUSING SERVICES FOR COMPASS 1044 00:36:23,147 --> 00:36:24,048 HOUSING ALLIANCE. WE CURRENTLY 1045 00:36:24,048 --> 00:36:24,715 PROVIDE ALMOST 700 AFFORDABLE 1046 00:36:24,715 --> 00:36:28,719 UNITS IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE AN 1047 00:36:28,719 --> 00:36:30,288 KING COUNTY AREA. HOUSING BOTH 1048 00:36:30,288 --> 00:36:32,089 CHRONICALLY HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL 1049 00:36:32,089 --> 00:36:34,659 AND FAMILIES AS WELL AS 1050 00:36:34,659 --> 00:36:35,960 LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS, INCLUDING 1051 00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:37,995 SENIORS, PEOPLE ON FIXED 1052 00:36:37,995 --> 00:36:39,497 INCOMES, PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREAD 1053 00:36:39,497 --> 00:36:41,199 SERVED, VETERANS WHO HAVE SERVE 1054 00:36:41,199 --> 00:36:47,805 OUR COUNTRY IN RECENT YEARS AND 1055 00:36:47,805 --> 00:36:49,040 HISTORICALLY. OUTSIDE OF THIS 1056 00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:51,042 FUNDING, WE NEED TO PROVIDE 1057 00:36:51,042 --> 00:36:52,176 UNITS. WE ALSO NEED TO PROVIDE 1058 00:36:52,176 --> 00:36:53,344 SERVICES, AS OTHER OF MY 1059 00:36:53,344 --> 00:36:54,979 COLLEAGUES ON THIS CALL HAVE 1060 00:36:54,979 --> 00:36:55,680 MENTIONED. JUST PROVIDING A ROO 1061 00:36:55,680 --> 00:36:58,282 OVER THEIR HEADS IS JUST THE ON 1062 00:36:58,282 --> 00:37:01,152 STEP TO CREATE THE STABILITY 1063 00:37:01,152 --> 00:37:03,988 THAT PEOPLE DESERVE AND NEED IN 1064 00:37:03,988 --> 00:37:05,356 OUR WORLD. SO THE RENEWAL OF 1065 00:37:05,356 --> 00:37:07,224 THIS HOUSING LEVY IS REALLY AN 1066 00:37:07,224 --> 00:37:09,961 OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS BOTH THE 1067 00:37:09,961 --> 00:37:10,928 PROBLEM OF THE LACK OF 1068 00:37:10,928 --> 00:37:13,097 AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AS WELL AS 1069 00:37:13,097 --> 00:37:15,199 MORE WAGES FOR NONPROFIT WORKER 1070 00:37:15,199 --> 00:37:16,667 IN THE HUMAN SERVICES FIELD. AS 1071 00:37:16,667 --> 00:37:22,340 MANY OF YOU HAVE READ IN THE 1072 00:37:22,340 --> 00:37:23,608 NEWS AND OTHER TIMES, THE 1073 00:37:23,608 --> 00:37:25,610 CHALLENGES OUR STAFF ARE FACING 1074 00:37:25,610 --> 00:37:26,510 IS SO CRITICAL. I MYSELF HAVE 1075 00:37:26,510 --> 00:37:28,579 WORKED TWO GRAVE SHIFTS IN THE 1076 00:37:28,579 --> 00:37:30,615 LAST TWO WEEKS. ONE OF MY 1077 00:37:30,615 --> 00:37:32,516 MANAGERS WORKED A 24-HOUR SHIFT 1078 00:37:32,516 --> 00:37:36,887 LAST MONDAY. WE -- IT'S HARD TO 1079 00:37:36,887 --> 00:37:37,588 FIND QUALIFIED, QUALITY 1080 00:37:37,588 --> 00:37:38,623 EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE THE SKILL 1081 00:37:38,623 --> 00:37:44,095 SETS TO DO THIS WORK AT THE 1082 00:37:44,095 --> 00:37:45,997 WAGES PAYING. THIS IS NOT JUST 1083 00:37:45,997 --> 00:37:47,264 THE DO-GOODER JOB ANYMORE. WE 1084 00:37:47,264 --> 00:37:49,900 ARE DEALING WITH PEOPLE WITH 1085 00:37:49,900 --> 00:37:50,668 CHRONIC HEALTH ISSUES FROM 1086 00:37:50,668 --> 00:37:52,203 PHYSICAL HEALTH TO MENTAL 1087 00:37:52,203 --> 00:37:54,271 HEALTH, AND WE NEED THE RIGHT 1088 00:37:54,271 --> 00:37:55,940 PEOPLE WHO HAVE COMMITMENT, 1089 00:37:55,940 --> 00:37:57,141 COMPASSION, AND DESIRE AND SKIL 1090 00:37:57,141 --> 00:37:58,876 TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. SO THANK 1091 00:37:58,876 --> 00:38:02,613 YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK YOU'RE 1092 00:38:02,613 --> 00:38:05,316 DOING AND THE ADVOCACY PRESENTE 1093 00:38:05,316 --> 00:38:10,254 TODAY AND HAVE IN THE PAST YEAR 1094 00:38:10,254 --> 00:38:11,555 TO INCREASE OUR AFFORDABLE 1095 00:38:11,555 --> 00:38:12,023 HOUSING MARKET. 1096 00:38:12,023 --> 00:38:13,958 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PLEASE 1097 00:38:13,958 --> 00:38:21,332 SEND IN THE LAST SENTENCE AS 1098 00:38:21,332 --> 00:38:21,766 WELL. JOHN CASTLE. 1099 00:38:21,766 --> 00:38:26,170 >> HI, GOOD AFTERNOON, OR IS IT 1100 00:38:26,170 --> 00:38:28,439 GOOD EVENING, CHAIR MOSQUEDA AN 1101 00:38:28,439 --> 00:38:30,574 COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MY NAME IS 1102 00:38:30,574 --> 00:38:32,843 JOSH, AND I'M THE COMMUNITY 1103 00:38:32,843 --> 00:38:34,578 HOUSING DIRECTOR FOR THE 1104 00:38:34,578 --> 00:38:36,113 LOW-INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTE AN 1105 00:38:36,113 --> 00:38:37,548 OF THE SEATTLE/KING COUNTY 1106 00:38:37,548 --> 00:38:38,282 COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS. I'M 1107 00:38:38,282 --> 00:38:40,818 HERE TODAY TO SPEAK IN STRONG 1108 00:38:40,818 --> 00:38:42,620 SUPPORT OF RENEWING THE SEATTLE 1109 00:38:42,620 --> 00:38:43,788 HOUSING LEVY AT $970 MILLION, 1110 00:38:43,788 --> 00:38:46,090 AND I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL 1111 00:38:46,090 --> 00:38:48,326 FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING WORK ON 1112 00:38:48,326 --> 00:38:50,728 THIS. WE ALSO STRONGLY SUPPORT 1113 00:38:50,728 --> 00:38:55,766 THE INCLUSION OF FUNDING FOR 1114 00:38:55,766 --> 00:38:57,968 RESIDENT SERVICES AND NON-PSH 1115 00:38:57,968 --> 00:38:59,870 PROPERTIES. LEHIGH AS AN 1116 00:38:59,870 --> 00:39:02,039 AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDER HAS 1117 00:39:02,039 --> 00:39:04,442 LEVIED FUNDS FOR NUMEROUS 1118 00:39:04,442 --> 00:39:07,411 PROJECTS, SUCH AS AURORA HEIGHT 1119 00:39:07,411 --> 00:39:08,312 HOUSING, THE FREY APARTMENTS, 1120 00:39:08,312 --> 00:39:11,015 GOOD SHEPHERD HOUSING. AS A 1121 00:39:11,015 --> 00:39:12,216 RESULT OF THESE LEVY 1122 00:39:12,216 --> 00:39:13,284 INVESTMENTS, LEHIGH HAS BEEN 1123 00:39:13,284 --> 00:39:14,652 ABLE TO LEVERAGE DOLLARS TO 1124 00:39:14,652 --> 00:39:17,655 CREATE HUNDREDS OF NEW UNITS OF 1125 00:39:17,655 --> 00:39:19,657 HOUSING FOR OUR MOST LOW-INCOME 1126 00:39:19,657 --> 00:39:21,492 RESIDENTS, IN PARTICULAR PEOPLE 1127 00:39:21,492 --> 00:39:22,193 EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. JUST 1128 00:39:22,193 --> 00:39:25,196 THIS LAST YEAR LEHIGH HAS BEEN 1129 00:39:25,196 --> 00:39:27,098 ABLE TO HOUSE 281 PEOPLE WHO 1130 00:39:27,098 --> 00:39:29,800 WERE HOMELESS, MOST OF WHOM HAD 1131 00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:31,102 BEEN CHRONICALLY HOMELESS. WE 1132 00:39:31,102 --> 00:39:33,871 KNOW WE HAVE A STEEP SHORTAGE O 1133 00:39:33,871 --> 00:39:35,606 UNITS FOR LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS 1134 00:39:35,606 --> 00:39:37,007 WHILE THOUSANDS OF SEATTLEITES 1135 00:39:37,007 --> 00:39:37,641 ARE EXPERIENCING HOUSING 1136 00:39:37,641 --> 00:39:39,443 INSECURITY, OFTEN AT RISK OF 1137 00:39:39,443 --> 00:39:40,745 FALLING INTO HOMELESSNESS. THIS 1138 00:39:40,745 --> 00:39:42,079 IS THE CRUCIAL INVESTMENT TO 1139 00:39:42,079 --> 00:39:43,547 RESPOND TO SUCH AN URGENT NEED 1140 00:39:43,547 --> 00:39:46,684 AND WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR 1141 00:39:46,684 --> 00:39:47,752 SUPPORT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR 1142 00:39:47,752 --> 00:39:47,952 TIME. 1143 00:39:47,952 --> 00:39:49,653 >> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU VERY 1144 00:39:49,653 --> 00:39:50,821 MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. AT THIS 1145 00:39:50,821 --> 00:39:52,490 POINT I THINK I HAVE ONE MORE 1146 00:39:52,490 --> 00:39:54,625 PERSON SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC 1147 00:39:54,625 --> 00:39:55,993 COMMENT IN THE ROOM. SO WE WILL 1148 00:39:55,993 --> 00:39:57,628 GO AHEAD AND COME BACK TO THE I 1149 00:39:57,628 --> 00:40:05,002 THE ROOM, AND THEN WE'LL DO THE 1150 00:40:05,002 --> 00:40:05,770 NEXT TEN FOLKS LISTED ONLINE. 1151 00:40:05,770 --> 00:40:11,776 MISS MARGUERITE, YOU ARE WELCOM 1152 00:40:11,776 --> 00:40:18,916 TO COME AND PRESENT. ONE SECOND 1153 00:40:18,916 --> 00:40:20,551 MA'AM, LET'S START YOUR TIME 1154 00:40:20,551 --> 00:40:22,653 AGAIN AND MAKE SURE YOUR 1155 00:40:22,653 --> 00:40:24,889 MICROPHONE'S ON. OKAY, LET'S TR 1156 00:40:24,889 --> 00:40:25,122 AGAIN. 1157 00:40:25,122 --> 00:40:27,091 >> MY NAME IS MARGUERITE, AND I 1158 00:40:27,091 --> 00:40:30,261 GUESS I WOULDN'T MISS THIS FOR 1159 00:40:30,261 --> 00:40:33,330 LIFETIME. I'M JUST REALLY 1160 00:40:33,330 --> 00:40:35,166 SHOCKED AND APPALLED AND 1161 00:40:35,166 --> 00:40:40,905 DISMAYED. THIS IS 2023 AND THIS 1162 00:40:40,905 --> 00:40:42,072 RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION IS AL 1163 00:40:42,072 --> 00:40:43,941 AROUND HOUSING AND EVERYTHING 1164 00:40:43,941 --> 00:40:45,276 THAT YOU DO. JUST LOOK ACROSS 1165 00:40:45,276 --> 00:40:48,078 THIS COUNTRY AND SEE WHAT'S 1166 00:40:48,078 --> 00:40:48,746 HAPPENING TO INDIGENOUS BLACK 1167 00:40:48,746 --> 00:40:52,950 PEOPLE AS FAR AS THEM TRYING TO 1168 00:40:52,950 --> 00:40:53,651 GET ANYTHING. THEY'RE KILLING 1169 00:40:53,651 --> 00:40:55,786 US. THEY'RE TRYING TO HOODWINK 1170 00:40:55,786 --> 00:40:57,822 AND DUPE AND BAMBOOZLE US. AND 1171 00:40:57,822 --> 00:41:00,391 YOU HAVE A COMMITTEE, YOU HAVE 1172 00:41:00,391 --> 00:41:03,027 COMMISSIONS, AND YOU HAVE ALL O 1173 00:41:03,027 --> 00:41:06,330 THIS GARBAGE THAT I'M ABOUT TO 1174 00:41:06,330 --> 00:41:11,202 TAKE THIS RIGHT NOW AND THROW I 1175 00:41:11,202 --> 00:41:14,605 IN THAT TRASH CAN, BECAUSE I 1176 00:41:14,605 --> 00:41:16,006 FEEL THAT ANOTHER GENERATION 1177 00:41:16,006 --> 00:41:19,210 HAVING TO SUFFER UP UNDER 1178 00:41:19,210 --> 00:41:21,579 ANYTHING THAT OUR CONSTITUTIONA 1179 00:41:21,579 --> 00:41:23,647 RIGHTS RIGHT NOW IS BEARING NO 1180 00:41:23,647 --> 00:41:28,652 GROUND IN THIS HISTORY OF THIS 1181 00:41:28,652 --> 00:41:30,387 COUNTRY. TYRE NICHOLS IS DEAD. 1182 00:41:30,387 --> 00:41:33,224 THINK SOMEBODY ELSE DIED AT THE 1183 00:41:33,224 --> 00:41:34,391 HANDS OF SOMEBODY THAT JUST 1184 00:41:34,391 --> 00:41:35,593 DIDN'T CARE ABOUT US. AND YOU 1185 00:41:35,593 --> 00:41:39,463 GOING TO TELL ME YOU GUYS CARE 1186 00:41:39,463 --> 00:41:41,599 ABOUT US DOWN HERE. THE DEVIL I 1187 00:41:41,599 --> 00:41:44,802 A LIAR, AND THE TRUTH IS NOT IN 1188 00:41:44,802 --> 00:41:47,571 HIM. AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU 1189 00:41:47,571 --> 00:41:49,240 EXACTLY WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS 1190 00:41:49,240 --> 00:41:51,208 YOU'RE GOING TO REAP WHAT YOU 1191 00:41:51,208 --> 00:41:53,677 SOW, BECAUSE WE ALL GOT A RIGHT 1192 00:41:53,677 --> 00:41:55,145 TO BE HERE, EVEN THOSE HOMELESS 1193 00:41:55,145 --> 00:41:57,214 PEOPLE DOWN THERE. YOU KNOW WHA 1194 00:41:57,214 --> 00:42:00,284 I DID THE OTHER DAY, INSTEAD OF 1195 00:42:00,284 --> 00:42:02,152 CRITICIZING THEM I STOOD THERE 1196 00:42:02,152 --> 00:42:03,954 AND PRAYED FOR THEM. AND MY 1197 00:42:03,954 --> 00:42:04,889 GIRLFRIEND WAS STANDING RIGHT 1198 00:42:04,889 --> 00:42:07,191 THERE. SHE WAS WONDERING WHAT 1199 00:42:07,191 --> 00:42:09,460 WAS GOING ON. BECAUSE THEY NEED 1200 00:42:09,460 --> 00:42:11,629 PRAYER. THEY DON'T NEED TO HAVE 1201 00:42:11,629 --> 00:42:14,365 ALL THIS FLIP-FLOP MESS GOING O 1202 00:42:14,365 --> 00:42:16,166 AROUND THEM. GIVE THEM SOME 1203 00:42:16,166 --> 00:42:19,236 PEOPLE THAT GOT A HEART FOR 1204 00:42:19,236 --> 00:42:20,604 MANKIND DOWNTOWN. AND FIX THIS 1205 00:42:20,604 --> 00:42:22,106 SITUATION OR GET OUT OF YOUR 1206 00:42:22,106 --> 00:42:23,541 PROFESSION, LIKE I TOLD THE 1207 00:42:23,541 --> 00:42:26,277 OTHER ONE. GO WALK YOUR DOG AND 1208 00:42:26,277 --> 00:42:31,949 WORK IN YOUR GARDEN IF YOU'RE 1209 00:42:31,949 --> 00:42:33,284 NOT -- 1210 00:42:33,284 --> 00:42:36,754 >> THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKERS 1211 00:42:36,754 --> 00:42:42,459 ARE ANDREA AND BRIAN LLOYD. GOO 1212 00:42:42,459 --> 00:42:43,060 EVENING, ANDREA. 1213 00:42:43,060 --> 00:42:44,261 >> HI, GOOD EVENING CHAIR 1214 00:42:44,261 --> 00:42:46,463 MOSQUEDA. CAN YOU HEAR ME? 1215 00:42:46,463 --> 00:42:48,933 >> I CAN, THANK YOU, YES. 1216 00:42:48,933 --> 00:42:51,835 >> GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO 1217 00:42:51,835 --> 00:42:52,570 YOUR LONGSTANDING DEDICATION OF 1218 00:42:52,570 --> 00:42:53,570 AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ALSO SO 1219 00:42:53,570 --> 00:42:57,942 MANY OF THE REST OF THE COUNCIL 1220 00:42:57,942 --> 00:42:59,176 FOR THIS WORK. I'M CHIEF 1221 00:42:59,176 --> 00:43:00,711 OPERATIONS OFFICER AT PLYMOUTH 1222 00:43:00,711 --> 00:43:02,579 HOUSING, AND I'M JOINING MY 1223 00:43:02,579 --> 00:43:04,381 COLLEAGUE TONIGHT DENNIS, WHO 1224 00:43:04,381 --> 00:43:07,952 YOU HEARD EARLIER, AND OUR BOAR 1225 00:43:07,952 --> 00:43:09,186 MEMBER MARK. I'M SHARING 1226 00:43:09,186 --> 00:43:10,721 PLYMOUTH'S STRONG SUPPORT TO 1227 00:43:10,721 --> 00:43:13,891 RENEW THE HOUSING LEVY AT $970 1228 00:43:13,891 --> 00:43:16,327 MILLION. OVER -- YEAR OVER YEAR 1229 00:43:16,327 --> 00:43:18,329 WE'VE EXPERIENCED ABOUT 30% 1230 00:43:18,329 --> 00:43:20,331 VACANCY IN OUR FRONTLINE 1231 00:43:20,331 --> 00:43:21,865 POSITIONS. OUR LOW WAGES WERE 1232 00:43:21,865 --> 00:43:24,101 RESULTING IN MASSIVE TURN WROEF 1233 00:43:24,101 --> 00:43:25,502 AND IMPACTING OUR RESIDENT 1234 00:43:25,502 --> 00:43:27,137 SUCCESS. LAST FALL WE DECIDED W 1235 00:43:27,137 --> 00:43:28,906 COULD NO LONGER OPERATE WITHOUT 1236 00:43:28,906 --> 00:43:30,908 INVESTING IN LIVING WAGES, AND 1237 00:43:30,908 --> 00:43:31,942 WE RAISED OUR FRONTLINE WAGES 1238 00:43:31,942 --> 00:43:37,281 EVEN WITHOUT HAVING THE FUNDING 1239 00:43:37,281 --> 00:43:38,349 TO COVER IT. PLYMOUTH ADOPTED A 1240 00:43:38,349 --> 00:43:40,184 BUDGET THIS YEAR THAT INCLUDED 1241 00:43:40,184 --> 00:43:43,053 DEFICIT OF MORE THAN $2 MILLION 1242 00:43:43,053 --> 00:43:45,289 JUST FOR THE FRONTLINE WAGES. 1243 00:43:45,289 --> 00:43:46,957 AND IT'S STILL NOT ENOUGH. MORE 1244 00:43:46,957 --> 00:43:48,592 THAN 55% OF OUR WORK FORCE 1245 00:43:48,592 --> 00:43:52,429 CURRENTLY IS PAID LESS THAN $30 1246 00:43:52,429 --> 00:43:54,231 AN HOUR. SO FOR ALMOST 40 YEARS 1247 00:43:54,231 --> 00:43:55,833 SEATTLE RESIDENTS HAVE COME 1248 00:43:55,833 --> 00:43:58,202 TOGETHER TO SUPPORT THIS HOUSIN 1249 00:43:58,202 --> 00:43:59,503 LEVY. IT'S A PROVEN SOLUTION. W 1250 00:43:59,503 --> 00:44:01,138 KNOW THIS IS NEEDED RIGHT NOW, 1251 00:44:01,138 --> 00:44:03,674 AND WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO RENEW 1252 00:44:03,674 --> 00:44:05,843 THE LEVY AT $970 MILLION TO 1253 00:44:05,843 --> 00:44:07,478 ENSURE THAT THE CRITICAL WAGES 1254 00:44:07,478 --> 00:44:09,546 FOR OUR STAFF AND SO THAT WE CA 1255 00:44:09,546 --> 00:44:11,148 CONTINUE TO EXPAND TO MEET THE 1256 00:44:11,148 --> 00:44:13,350 NEEDS IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK 1257 00:44:13,350 --> 00:44:16,687 YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT. I 1258 00:44:16,687 --> 00:44:18,655 YIELD MY TIME. 1259 00:44:18,655 --> 00:44:20,858 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE NEX 1260 00:44:20,858 --> 00:44:25,429 SPEAKER IS BRIAN LLOYD FOLLOWED 1261 00:44:25,429 --> 00:44:27,064 BY LISA. GOOD EVENING, BRIAN. 1262 00:44:27,064 --> 00:44:28,232 >> GOOD EVENING, HELLO, 1263 00:44:28,232 --> 00:44:28,932 COUNCILMEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR 1264 00:44:28,932 --> 00:44:30,634 THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT 1265 00:44:30,634 --> 00:44:32,736 THE HOUSING LEVY. MY NAME IS 1266 00:44:32,736 --> 00:44:36,373 BRIAN LLOYD, I AM WITH BEACON 1267 00:44:36,373 --> 00:44:37,207 DEVELOPMENT GROUP. WE'RE A 1268 00:44:37,207 --> 00:44:38,642 NONPROFIT HOUSING DEVELOPER WHO 1269 00:44:38,642 --> 00:44:42,613 HAS THE HONOR OF WORKING ON 1270 00:44:42,613 --> 00:44:45,449 PROJECTS WITH PARTNERS LIKE EL 1271 00:44:45,449 --> 00:44:48,752 CENTRO, SEATTLE CLUB, AND 1272 00:44:48,752 --> 00:44:50,120 ETHIOPIAN VILLAGE. THE HOUSING 1273 00:44:50,120 --> 00:44:51,688 LEVY IS THE MOST IMPACTFUL 1274 00:44:51,688 --> 00:44:53,424 POLICY TOOL WE HAVE TO COMBAT 1275 00:44:53,424 --> 00:44:54,625 HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING 1276 00:44:54,625 --> 00:44:55,859 INSECURITY IN THE CITY OF 1277 00:44:55,859 --> 00:44:58,162 SEATTLE. I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE 1278 00:44:58,162 --> 00:45:01,498 OF WORKING ON FOUR HOUSING LEVY 1279 00:45:01,498 --> 00:45:03,400 CAMPAIGNS, PHONE BANKS, DOOR 1280 00:45:03,400 --> 00:45:05,569 KNOCKING, AND MULTIPLE LEVY 1281 00:45:05,569 --> 00:45:06,503 PLANNING COMMITTEES AND 1282 00:45:06,503 --> 00:45:07,337 STAKEHOLDER GROUPS. AND THE 1283 00:45:07,337 --> 00:45:08,672 AMAZING THING FROM MY VANTAGE 1284 00:45:08,672 --> 00:45:11,942 POINT SO FAR IN THIS LEVY IS HO 1285 00:45:11,942 --> 00:45:12,843 ALIGNED ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS 1286 00:45:12,843 --> 00:45:17,014 HAVE BEEN IN THE SIZING AND THE 1287 00:45:17,014 --> 00:45:22,286 FUNDING PLAN FOR THIS LEVY. IT' 1288 00:45:22,286 --> 00:45:23,153 EXCITING. IT'S DRAMATIC AND 1289 00:45:23,153 --> 00:45:24,488 GIVES US ENERGY TO MOVE FORWARD 1290 00:45:24,488 --> 00:45:25,789 GREAT WORK BY THE OFFICE OF 1291 00:45:25,789 --> 00:45:28,892 HOUSING AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE 1292 00:45:28,892 --> 00:45:32,029 ON THIS ISSUE SO FAR. THE $970 1293 00:45:32,029 --> 00:45:33,964 MILLION FIGURE IS SIGNIFICANT 1294 00:45:33,964 --> 00:45:35,632 AND ALSO ACHIEVABLE. THE LEVY 1295 00:45:35,632 --> 00:45:37,701 WILL PRODUCE THOUSANDS OF UNITS 1296 00:45:37,701 --> 00:45:40,838 IT WILL PROVIDE SERVICES AND 1297 00:45:40,838 --> 00:45:42,372 RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO THOUSANDS 1298 00:45:42,372 --> 00:45:43,740 MORE. AND SOMETHING NEW, AS HAS 1299 00:45:43,740 --> 00:45:45,676 BEEN MENTIONED, IT WILL HELP PA 1300 00:45:45,676 --> 00:45:48,312 LIVING WAGES FOR THE FRONTLINE 1301 00:45:48,312 --> 00:45:51,048 STAFF THAT MAKE THIS WORK 1302 00:45:51,048 --> 00:45:51,782 POSSIBLE. AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, 1303 00:45:51,782 --> 00:45:53,550 THE BIGGEST BARRIER WE HAVE TO 1304 00:45:53,550 --> 00:45:57,387 MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR 1305 00:45:57,387 --> 00:45:59,923 COMMUNITY IS AVAILABILITY OF 1306 00:45:59,923 --> 00:46:01,625 RESOURCES. SO THIS LEVY IS 1307 00:46:01,625 --> 00:46:03,227 ESSENTIAL WORK FOR US RIGHT NOW 1308 00:46:03,227 --> 00:46:05,129 SO PLEASE ADVANCE THIS LEVY FOR 1309 00:46:05,129 --> 00:46:08,499 THE BENEFIT OF OUR CITY AND ITS 1310 00:46:08,499 --> 00:46:10,400 RESIDENTS. THANK YOU. 1311 00:46:10,400 --> 00:46:17,074 >> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU VERY 1312 00:46:17,074 --> 00:46:18,942 MUCH. LISA FOLLOWED BY CAMILLA. 1313 00:46:18,942 --> 00:46:19,409 GOOD EVENING, LISA. 1314 00:46:19,409 --> 00:46:20,110 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR 1315 00:46:20,110 --> 00:46:21,545 MOSQUEDA AND MEMBERS OF THE 1316 00:46:21,545 --> 00:46:22,913 SELECT COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS 1317 00:46:22,913 --> 00:46:24,848 LISA, AND I AM THE DIRECTOR OF 1318 00:46:24,848 --> 00:46:26,884 GOVERNMENT RELATIONS FOR THE 1319 00:46:26,884 --> 00:46:27,718 SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY. THE 1320 00:46:27,718 --> 00:46:29,019 SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY IS A 1321 00:46:29,019 --> 00:46:30,254 PROUD PARTNER OF THE SEATTLE 1322 00:46:30,254 --> 00:46:32,956 HOUSING LEVY WITH A LONG HISTOR 1323 00:46:32,956 --> 00:46:36,693 OF SUPPORTING IT DATING BACK TO 1324 00:46:36,693 --> 00:46:37,461 2002. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 1325 00:46:37,461 --> 00:46:41,798 COMMITTED A COMBINED TOTAL OF 1326 00:46:41,798 --> 00:46:43,367 ABOUT 1,200 PROJECT-BASED 1327 00:46:43,367 --> 00:46:45,035 VOUCHERS FOR EXTREMELY 1328 00:46:45,035 --> 00:46:51,942 LOW-INCOME -- EXCUSE ME, 1329 00:46:51,942 --> 00:46:55,279 EXTREMELY LOW-INCOME -- TO MAKE 1330 00:46:55,279 --> 00:46:56,213 THOSE HOUSING AVAILABLE. THE 1331 00:46:56,213 --> 00:46:57,581 HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS HA 1332 00:46:57,581 --> 00:46:58,482 NEVER BEEN GREATER IN SEATTLE. 1333 00:46:58,482 --> 00:46:59,650 RENTING AN APARTMENT OR BUYING 1334 00:46:59,650 --> 00:47:01,418 HOME IS OUT OF REACH FOR MANY. 1335 00:47:01,418 --> 00:47:02,719 AND THIS SHORTAGE WILL ONLY GRO 1336 00:47:02,719 --> 00:47:05,522 OVER TIME IF WE DON'T RISE TO 1337 00:47:05,522 --> 00:47:08,992 MEET IT. FOR THE PROPERTIES THA 1338 00:47:08,992 --> 00:47:11,495 WE MANAGE, WE HAVE OVER ABOUT A 1339 00:47:11,495 --> 00:47:13,797 FIVE-YEAR WAIT LIST FOR PUBLIC 1340 00:47:13,797 --> 00:47:16,967 HOUSING AND WHEN WE LAST OPENED 1341 00:47:16,967 --> 00:47:17,968 OUR HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER, 1342 00:47:17,968 --> 00:47:20,637 OFTEN CALLED SECTION 8 WAIT 1343 00:47:20,637 --> 00:47:23,040 LIST, WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 1344 00:47:23,040 --> 00:47:25,509 25,000 PEOPLE APPLY FOR 2,500 1345 00:47:25,509 --> 00:47:26,610 SPOTS. SO THE NEED IS GREAT. AN 1346 00:47:26,610 --> 00:47:29,313 AS OUR CITY CONTINUES TO 1347 00:47:29,313 --> 00:47:30,013 EXPERIENCE A HOUSING 1348 00:47:30,013 --> 00:47:31,281 AFFORDABILITY CRISIS THAT 1349 00:47:31,281 --> 00:47:33,617 THREATENS THE WELL BEING OF 1350 00:47:33,617 --> 00:47:34,885 LOW-INCOME FAMILIES AND HOMELES 1351 00:47:34,885 --> 00:47:36,220 HOUSEHOLDS IN OUR COMMUNITIES, 1352 00:47:36,220 --> 00:47:37,654 WE APPLAUD AND SUPPORT THE 1353 00:47:37,654 --> 00:47:42,125 PROPOSAL TO RENEW THE LEVY AT 1354 00:47:42,125 --> 00:47:43,660 $970 MILLION. THE DRAMATIC 1355 00:47:43,660 --> 00:47:45,229 INCREASE OF HOUSING COST IS 1356 00:47:45,229 --> 00:47:46,363 IMPACTING LIVABILITY OF SEATTLE 1357 00:47:46,363 --> 00:47:47,764 THE HOUSING LEVY IS THE ANSWER 1358 00:47:47,764 --> 00:47:51,802 AND WILL HELP US MEET THE URGEN 1359 00:47:51,802 --> 00:47:54,905 DEMANDS AT THIS MOMENT, 1360 00:47:54,905 --> 00:47:55,772 ACCELERATE, AND LEVERAGE 1361 00:47:55,772 --> 00:47:56,540 INVESTMENTS FOR LOW-INCOME 1362 00:47:56,540 --> 00:47:57,474 PEOPLE AND FAMILIES TO CONTINUE 1363 00:47:57,474 --> 00:47:59,876 TO LIVE IN SEATTLE. AND WE ASK 1364 00:47:59,876 --> 00:48:03,280 THAT YOU DO THIS ALSO WITH LEVY 1365 00:48:03,280 --> 00:48:05,282 THROUGH AN EQUITY LENS. WE ARE 1366 00:48:05,282 --> 00:48:08,652 PLEASED TO SIGH SUPPORT FOR OUR 1367 00:48:08,652 --> 00:48:09,820 FELLOW PARTNERS FOR ADDRESSING 1368 00:48:09,820 --> 00:48:11,555 THE WAGE GAP AND ISSUES THAT AR 1369 00:48:11,555 --> 00:48:13,924 HAPPENING FOR SO MANY HOUSING 1370 00:48:13,924 --> 00:48:15,392 AND HOMELESS PROVIDERS. THANK 1371 00:48:15,392 --> 00:48:19,763 YOU SO MUCH. 1372 00:48:19,763 --> 00:48:24,234 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND 1373 00:48:24,234 --> 00:48:25,502 CAMILLA FOLLOWED BY JOEL. GOOD 1374 00:48:25,502 --> 00:48:26,036 EVENING, CAMILLA. 1375 00:48:26,036 --> 00:48:28,739 >> HELLO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR 1376 00:48:28,739 --> 00:48:30,307 TIME. AND THANK YOU FOR HEARING 1377 00:48:30,307 --> 00:48:32,175 SO MANY COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND 1378 00:48:32,175 --> 00:48:33,644 STRONG ACTIVISTS FOR THIS ISSUE 1379 00:48:33,644 --> 00:48:35,579 MY NAME IS CAMILLA, AND I'M THE 1380 00:48:35,579 --> 00:48:36,813 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF REAL 1381 00:48:36,813 --> 00:48:37,881 CHANGE. REAL CHANGE IS AN 1382 00:48:37,881 --> 00:48:39,416 ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS FOR 1383 00:48:39,416 --> 00:48:41,551 SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE 1384 00:48:41,551 --> 00:48:42,853 WHILE PUBLISHING A LOCAL, 1385 00:48:42,853 --> 00:48:43,553 INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER. WE 1386 00:48:43,553 --> 00:48:45,088 REPRESENT A COMMUNITY OF 1387 00:48:45,088 --> 00:48:47,658 HUNDREDS OF REAL CHANGE VENDORS 1388 00:48:47,658 --> 00:48:48,358 PEOPLE EXPERIENCING 1389 00:48:48,358 --> 00:48:50,093 HOMELESSNESS, AND POVERTY WHO 1390 00:48:50,093 --> 00:48:51,328 EARN AN INCOME THROUGH LOW 1391 00:48:51,328 --> 00:48:52,195 BARRIER WORK OPPORTUNITIES, 1392 00:48:52,195 --> 00:48:53,230 SELLING THE REAL CHANGE 1393 00:48:53,230 --> 00:48:54,164 NEWSPAPER. I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF 1394 00:48:54,164 --> 00:48:55,932 OUR ORGANIZATION AND THE NEEDS 1395 00:48:55,932 --> 00:48:58,468 OF OUR COMMUNITY WHEN I VOICE M 1396 00:48:58,468 --> 00:49:00,304 WHOLEHEARTED SUPPORT OF THIS 1397 00:49:00,304 --> 00:49:01,438 NEEDED INVESTMENT IN HOUSING 1398 00:49:01,438 --> 00:49:02,606 HERE. REAL CHANGE MEMBERS ARE 1399 00:49:02,606 --> 00:49:03,674 AMONG THE MEMBERS WHO WILL 1400 00:49:03,674 --> 00:49:04,775 BENEFIT FROM THESE UNITS. WE AR 1401 00:49:04,775 --> 00:49:08,412 IN THE MIDST OF A PAINFUL AND 1402 00:49:08,412 --> 00:49:08,912 GROWING HOUSING AND 1403 00:49:08,912 --> 00:49:10,714 AFFORDABILITY CRISIS. IT IS AT 1404 00:49:10,714 --> 00:49:11,381 LEVELS THAT IMPACT THE 1405 00:49:11,381 --> 00:49:13,016 LIVABILITY OF OUR CITY, AND WE 1406 00:49:13,016 --> 00:49:14,184 MUST RENEW AND EXPAND THIS LEVY 1407 00:49:14,184 --> 00:49:15,419 TO CONNECT NEIGHBORS TO THE 1408 00:49:15,419 --> 00:49:17,688 HOUSING THAT THEY NEED TO 1409 00:49:17,688 --> 00:49:18,555 SURVIVE AND THRIVE HERE. THIS 1410 00:49:18,555 --> 00:49:19,523 CRITICAL LEVY WILL MAKE AN 1411 00:49:19,523 --> 00:49:21,058 IMPACT ON THE UNITS THAT ARE 1412 00:49:21,058 --> 00:49:21,858 AVAILABLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY 1413 00:49:21,858 --> 00:49:25,295 MEMBERS, AND WE NEED TO GO EVEN 1414 00:49:25,295 --> 00:49:26,730 FURTHER. RISING RENT AND 1415 00:49:26,730 --> 00:49:27,764 COMPOUNDING ISSUES AROUND 1416 00:49:27,764 --> 00:49:28,598 HOMELESSNESS AND AFFORDABILITY 1417 00:49:28,598 --> 00:49:29,633 ARE DEVASTATING. THIS YEAR IS A 1418 00:49:29,633 --> 00:49:30,934 OPPORTUNITY TO STAND UP FOR 1419 00:49:30,934 --> 00:49:32,769 HOUSING AT A CRITICAL TIME. 1420 00:49:32,769 --> 00:49:34,371 THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. 1421 00:49:34,371 --> 00:49:40,844 >> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU VERY 1422 00:49:40,844 --> 00:49:41,712 MUCH. AND JOEL. FOLLOWED BY 1423 00:49:41,712 --> 00:49:42,379 KIMBERLY. KIMBERLY, IT HAS YOU 1424 00:49:42,379 --> 00:49:45,282 LISTED AS NOT PRESENT, SO IF YO 1425 00:49:45,282 --> 00:49:50,854 ARE LISTENING, PLEASE DIAL IN. 1426 00:49:50,854 --> 00:49:51,455 GO AHEAD, JOEL. 1427 00:49:51,455 --> 00:49:52,489 >> HELLO CHAIR MOSQUEDA AND 1428 00:49:52,489 --> 00:49:54,925 COUNCILMEMBERS, MY NAME IS JOEL 1429 00:49:54,925 --> 00:49:57,594 AND I'M A PRINCIPAL AT EDGE 1430 00:49:57,594 --> 00:49:58,362 DEVELOPERS, AN AFFORDABLE 1431 00:49:58,362 --> 00:50:00,297 HOUSING DEVELOPER HERE IN 1432 00:50:00,297 --> 00:50:02,332 SEATTLE. AS A MEMBER OF THE 1433 00:50:02,332 --> 00:50:03,567 CONSORTIUM AND THE LARGER 1434 00:50:03,567 --> 00:50:04,935 AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMUNITY, I 1435 00:50:04,935 --> 00:50:07,037 URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THE $970 1436 00:50:07,037 --> 00:50:09,673 MILLION HOUSING LEVY UP FOR 1437 00:50:09,673 --> 00:50:10,540 RENEWAL. SEATTLE'S LONGTIME 1438 00:50:10,540 --> 00:50:11,742 SUPPORT AND PASSAGE OF PREVIOUS 1439 00:50:11,742 --> 00:50:12,876 HOUSING LEVIES HAS SET THE BAR 1440 00:50:12,876 --> 00:50:15,345 FOR WHAT CITIES IN OUR STATE CA 1441 00:50:15,345 --> 00:50:19,082 DO TO LEVERAGE OTHER SOURCES IN 1442 00:50:19,082 --> 00:50:20,517 THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE 1443 00:50:20,517 --> 00:50:23,820 HOUSING. AN AWARD OF CITY 1444 00:50:23,820 --> 00:50:25,922 HOUSING LEVY IS THE FIRST 1445 00:50:25,922 --> 00:50:28,625 IMPORTANT INFLUENTIAL STEP IN 1446 00:50:28,625 --> 00:50:29,559 SECURING OTHER PUBLIC RESOURCES 1447 00:50:29,559 --> 00:50:31,361 THE LEVY IS INFLUENTIAL IN THAT 1448 00:50:31,361 --> 00:50:33,363 THE AMOUNT IS TYPICALLY THE 1449 00:50:33,363 --> 00:50:36,299 LARGEST PUBLIC AWARD AMONGST 1450 00:50:36,299 --> 00:50:38,735 OTHER LOCAL AND STATE SOURCES. 1451 00:50:38,735 --> 00:50:39,436 SEATTLE'S HOUSING LEVY HAS 1452 00:50:39,436 --> 00:50:41,438 PROMPTED OTHER CITIES TO 1453 00:50:41,438 --> 00:50:43,106 CONSIDER AND ADOPT THEIR OWN 1454 00:50:43,106 --> 00:50:44,941 LEVY. I BELIEVE THE HOUSING LEV 1455 00:50:44,941 --> 00:50:46,843 PLAYED AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN 1456 00:50:46,843 --> 00:50:48,111 INFLUENCING TWO OF OUR LARGEST 1457 00:50:48,111 --> 00:50:49,946 TECH FIRMS TO PLEDGE HUNDREDS O 1458 00:50:49,946 --> 00:50:51,681 MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO SUPPORT 1459 00:50:51,681 --> 00:50:54,084 AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE CITY 1460 00:50:54,084 --> 00:50:55,052 AND COUNTY. THE WORK IS NEVER 1461 00:50:55,052 --> 00:50:57,621 DONE, AND OUR NEED IN SEATTLE I 1462 00:50:57,621 --> 00:50:58,955 AS GREAT AS EVER. I CANNOT 1463 00:50:58,955 --> 00:51:01,191 IMAGINE OUR CITY WITHOUT THESE 1464 00:51:01,191 --> 00:51:02,526 IMPORTANT FUNDS THAT ARE 1465 00:51:02,526 --> 00:51:05,462 CRITICAL TO THE FURTHER 1466 00:51:05,462 --> 00:51:06,430 CONSTRUCTION OF AFFORDABLE 1467 00:51:06,430 --> 00:51:07,764 HOUSING IN OTHER COMMUNITY 1468 00:51:07,764 --> 00:51:09,566 SPACES, OFTEN LOCATE ON THE 1469 00:51:09,566 --> 00:51:10,367 GROUND FLOOR OF THESE 1470 00:51:10,367 --> 00:51:12,068 DEVELOPMENTS. PLEASE RENEW THE 1471 00:51:12,068 --> 00:51:14,704 LEVY AT THE PROPOSED $970 1472 00:51:14,704 --> 00:51:16,039 MILLION. THANK YOU. 1473 00:51:16,039 --> 00:51:17,974 >> OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1474 00:51:17,974 --> 00:51:19,409 KIMBERLY, I SEE YOU STILL LISTE 1475 00:51:19,409 --> 00:51:21,745 AS NOT PRESENT. WE CAN COME BAC 1476 00:51:21,745 --> 00:51:26,016 TO YOU IF YOU DIAL IN. KIMBERLY 1477 00:51:26,016 --> 00:51:31,621 PLEASE DIAL BACK IN. MARK LEE 1478 00:51:31,621 --> 00:51:32,722 FOLLOWED BY RICHARD CONLIN. 1479 00:51:32,722 --> 00:51:34,925 EXCUSE ME, I DID NOT SEE YOU ON 1480 00:51:34,925 --> 00:51:37,160 OUR LIST. I WOULD HAVE HAPPILY 1481 00:51:37,160 --> 00:51:40,030 COME TO YOU FIRST. WE WILL HAVE 1482 00:51:40,030 --> 00:51:44,167 MARK AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER 1483 00:51:44,167 --> 00:51:45,902 CONLIN. GOOD EVENING, MARK. STA 1484 00:51:45,902 --> 00:51:46,670 SIX, THANK YOU. 1485 00:51:46,670 --> 00:51:47,437 >> HI, COUNCILMEMBER AND 1486 00:51:47,437 --> 00:51:49,372 COMMUNITY MEMBERS, MY NAME IS 1487 00:51:49,372 --> 00:51:52,409 MARK LEE, SENIOR HOUSING MANAGE 1488 00:51:52,409 --> 00:51:54,811 FOR THE SEATTLE CHINATOWN 1489 00:51:54,811 --> 00:51:55,745 NATIONAL DISTRICT PDA. WE 1490 00:51:55,745 --> 00:51:57,013 PROVIDE 283 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE 1491 00:51:57,013 --> 00:51:59,449 HOUSING IN THE CID AND WILL BE 1492 00:51:59,449 --> 00:52:00,851 DOUBLING OUR PORTFOLIO OVER THE 1493 00:52:00,851 --> 00:52:04,654 NEXT TWO YEARS THANKS TO THE 1494 00:52:04,654 --> 00:52:07,624 HOUSING LEVY FUNDING. WE AND OU 1495 00:52:07,624 --> 00:52:08,625 PARTNERS STRONGLY SUPPORT 1496 00:52:08,625 --> 00:52:10,494 RENEWING THE LEVY AT $970 1497 00:52:10,494 --> 00:52:12,162 MILLION SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO 1498 00:52:12,162 --> 00:52:13,964 PROVIDE HOUSING PROJECTS TO MEE 1499 00:52:13,964 --> 00:52:15,432 THE NEEDS OF OUR AFFORDABLE 1500 00:52:15,432 --> 00:52:17,434 HOUSING FOR FAMILIES IN THE CID 1501 00:52:17,434 --> 00:52:19,569 THE DRAMATIC INCREASE OF COSTS 1502 00:52:19,569 --> 00:52:21,438 HAS IMPACTED OUR COMMUNITIES AN 1503 00:52:21,438 --> 00:52:22,706 IT'S THREATENING THE LIVABILITY 1504 00:52:22,706 --> 00:52:24,674 OF SEATTLE. IT WILL HELP US MEE 1505 00:52:24,674 --> 00:52:27,377 THE URGENT DEMANDS OF THIS 1506 00:52:27,377 --> 00:52:29,212 MOMENT, ACCELERATE LEVERAGE 1507 00:52:29,212 --> 00:52:30,881 INVESTMENT SO THAT LOW-INCOME 1508 00:52:30,881 --> 00:52:31,381 FAMILIES, PEOPLE WITH 1509 00:52:31,381 --> 00:52:33,517 DISABILITIES CAN LIVE HERE NOW 1510 00:52:33,517 --> 00:52:36,753 AND IN THE FUTURE. IT WILL FUND 1511 00:52:36,753 --> 00:52:38,188 SERVICES PROGRAMS FOR PERMANENT 1512 00:52:38,188 --> 00:52:39,456 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. THIS WOULD 1513 00:52:39,456 --> 00:52:43,326 HELP SUSTAIN OUR RESIDENT 1514 00:52:43,326 --> 00:52:44,561 PROGRAM, WHICH HAS HELPED 1515 00:52:44,561 --> 00:52:46,263 RESIDENTS STAY IN THEIR HOMES. 1516 00:52:46,263 --> 00:52:56,106 WE URGE YOU RENEW THE LEVY AT 1517 00:52:56,106 --> 00:53:00,377 $970 MILLION, THIS WILL HELP 1518 00:53:00,377 --> 00:53:02,512 PEOPLE. THANK YOU. 1519 00:53:02,512 --> 00:53:10,186 >> THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. 1520 00:53:10,186 --> 00:53:10,787 COUNCILMEMBER RICHARD CONLIN, 1521 00:53:10,787 --> 00:53:13,456 WELCOME. 1522 00:53:13,456 --> 00:53:15,392 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIR 1523 00:53:15,392 --> 00:53:16,026 MOSQUEDA. THIS IS RICHARD 1524 00:53:16,026 --> 00:53:17,994 CONLIN, AND I'D LIKE TO THANK 1525 00:53:17,994 --> 00:53:19,796 THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR THEIR 1526 00:53:19,796 --> 00:53:21,131 WORK, ESPECIALLY ON HOUSING. 1527 00:53:21,131 --> 00:53:22,065 THIS HOUSING LEVY IS INCREDIBLY 1528 00:53:22,065 --> 00:53:23,533 IMPORTANT, AND I FIRST WANT TO 1529 00:53:23,533 --> 00:53:26,069 SAY THAT AS A HOMEOWNER AND 1530 00:53:26,069 --> 00:53:29,539 PROPERTY TAXPAYER, I STRONGLY 1531 00:53:29,539 --> 00:53:31,808 SUPPORT MAYOR HARRELL'S $970 1532 00:53:31,808 --> 00:53:32,776 MILLION PROPOSAL. IT ADDRESSES 1533 00:53:32,776 --> 00:53:34,578 OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING GAP. IT' 1534 00:53:34,578 --> 00:53:38,048 A BOLD STEP. IT'S THE RIGHT SIZ 1535 00:53:38,048 --> 00:53:40,383 FOR SEATTLE. I'M ALSO HERE AS A 1536 00:53:40,383 --> 00:53:41,351 REPRESENTATIVE OF COMMUNITY 1537 00:53:41,351 --> 00:53:42,586 DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS A 1538 00:53:42,586 --> 00:53:45,188 NONPROFIT THAT OWNS FOUR ACRES 1539 00:53:45,188 --> 00:53:47,257 IN GEORGETOWN. AND WE ARE 1540 00:53:47,257 --> 00:53:48,725 CONSTRUCTING FIVE BUILDINGS WIT 1541 00:53:48,725 --> 00:53:50,460 600 UNITS OF WORKFORCE HOUSING, 1542 00:53:50,460 --> 00:53:53,430 AVAILABLE TO THOSE MAKING 60% O 1543 00:53:53,430 --> 00:53:54,631 MEDIAN INCOME OR BELOW. INCLUDE 1544 00:53:54,631 --> 00:53:56,633 IN OUR DEVELOPMENT WILL BE AN 1545 00:53:56,633 --> 00:53:57,601 EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING CENTER 1546 00:53:57,601 --> 00:53:58,702 FACILITIES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES 1547 00:53:58,702 --> 00:54:02,539 IN THE ARTS AND OTHER KINDS OF 1548 00:54:02,539 --> 00:54:03,306 COMMUNITY AMENITIES. OUR FIRST 1549 00:54:03,306 --> 00:54:04,674 BUILDING, WE BELIEVE WILL BE 1550 00:54:04,674 --> 00:54:06,042 FUNDED WITHOUT LEVY FUNDS, BUT 1551 00:54:06,042 --> 00:54:07,477 THE OTHER FOUR WILL NEED GAP 1552 00:54:07,477 --> 00:54:12,983 FUNDING LIKE THE FUNDS THAT THE 1553 00:54:12,983 --> 00:54:13,717 LEVY COULD PROVIDE. THERE'S 1554 00:54:13,717 --> 00:54:14,784 29,000 JOBS WITHIN A HALF MILE 1555 00:54:14,784 --> 00:54:17,320 OF OUR PROJECT, WHICH IS WHY TH 1556 00:54:17,320 --> 00:54:18,021 MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL 1557 00:54:18,021 --> 00:54:18,955 COUNCIL HAS WELCOMED OUR PROJEC 1558 00:54:18,955 --> 00:54:20,423 AND SAID IT'S THE KIND OF THING 1559 00:54:20,423 --> 00:54:23,293 THAT THEY WANT TO SEE HAPPEN. 1560 00:54:23,293 --> 00:54:24,494 MANY OF THESE EMPLOYEES COMMUTE 1561 00:54:24,494 --> 00:54:30,700 AN HOUR OR MORE EACH WAY EVERY 1562 00:54:30,700 --> 00:54:31,801 DAY. AND THAT GENERATES 1563 00:54:31,801 --> 00:54:33,136 GREENHOUSE GASES, IT GENERATES 1564 00:54:33,136 --> 00:54:33,970 TRAFFIC CONGESTION. WE DID A 1565 00:54:33,970 --> 00:54:35,872 CALCULATION AND BELIEVE THAT IF 1566 00:54:35,872 --> 00:54:41,878 WE CAN HOUSE 500 OF THESE 1567 00:54:41,878 --> 00:54:43,179 EMPLOYEES IN OR UNITS WE WILL 1568 00:54:43,179 --> 00:54:46,182 SAVE 1 MILLION HIGHWAY MILES A 1569 00:54:46,182 --> 00:54:48,485 YEAR. THIS IS A CLIMATE CHAIN 1570 00:54:48,485 --> 00:54:50,887 SOLUTION AS WELL. THE LEVY IS 1571 00:54:50,887 --> 00:54:51,921 CRUCIAL FOR SUPPORTING WORKFORC 1572 00:54:51,921 --> 00:54:53,123 HOUSING. I WANT TO ASK THE 1573 00:54:53,123 --> 00:54:54,324 COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE THESE 1574 00:54:54,324 --> 00:54:56,493 RESOURCES CONTINUE TO BE 1575 00:54:56,493 --> 00:54:58,328 AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE MAKING 60% 1576 00:54:58,328 --> 00:54:59,362 OR LESS. THOSE WHO WORK IN 1577 00:54:59,362 --> 00:55:00,897 SEATTLE AND CAN'T AFFORD TO LIV 1578 00:55:00,897 --> 00:55:03,266 IN THE CITY NEED THIS KIND OF A 1579 00:55:03,266 --> 00:55:05,769 INVESTMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH 1580 00:55:05,769 --> 00:55:08,104 AGAIN FOR YOUR WORK. I REALLY 1581 00:55:08,104 --> 00:55:08,471 APPRECIATE IT. 1582 00:55:08,471 --> 00:55:12,108 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR 1583 00:55:12,108 --> 00:55:15,979 DIALLING IN, AND YOUR SERVICE 1584 00:55:15,979 --> 00:55:20,050 COUNCILMEMBER. KATE SMITH 1585 00:55:20,050 --> 00:55:25,755 FOLLOWED BY JESS. GOOD EVENING, 1586 00:55:25,755 --> 00:55:26,322 KATE. AND JUST STAR SIX TO 1587 00:55:26,322 --> 00:55:33,329 UNMUTE. KATE, I SEE YOU STILL 1588 00:55:33,329 --> 00:55:34,531 MUTED. JUST HIT STAR SIX TO 1589 00:55:34,531 --> 00:55:37,200 UNMUTE. AND AS YOU DO THAT, WE 1590 00:55:37,200 --> 00:55:43,106 ARE GOING TO ALSO TEE UP JESS. 1591 00:55:43,106 --> 00:55:46,309 AND GOOD EVENING, JESS. JUST 1592 00:55:46,309 --> 00:55:48,845 STAR SIX TO UNMUTE AS WELL. 1593 00:55:48,845 --> 00:55:51,247 THERE WE GO. GOOD EVENING, JESS 1594 00:55:51,247 --> 00:55:52,482 >> GOOD EVENING CHAIR MOSQUEDA. 1595 00:55:52,482 --> 00:55:53,349 GOOD EVENING. THANKS TO YOU AND 1596 00:55:53,349 --> 00:55:55,018 THE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE 1597 00:55:55,018 --> 00:55:56,353 COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS JESS, AND 1598 00:55:56,353 --> 00:55:59,022 I'M AN ARCHITECT AND CITY 1599 00:55:59,022 --> 00:56:02,392 PLANNER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 1600 00:56:02,392 --> 00:56:03,560 AT ENVIRONMENTAL WORK, OPERATIN 1601 00:56:03,560 --> 00:56:06,863 OUT OF HISTORIC FIRE STATION 70 1602 00:56:06,863 --> 00:56:08,531 IN CAPITOL HILL. WE OFFER OUR 1603 00:56:08,531 --> 00:56:09,399 WHOLEHEARTED SUPPORT FOR THE 1604 00:56:09,399 --> 00:56:11,534 RENEWAL AND EXPANSION OF THE 1605 00:56:11,534 --> 00:56:13,069 HOUSING LEVY. OUR NONPROFIT 1606 00:56:13,069 --> 00:56:14,504 ORGANIZATION HAS WORKED WITH 1607 00:56:14,504 --> 00:56:16,373 COMMUNITY PARTNERS ACROSS 1608 00:56:16,373 --> 00:56:20,443 SEATTLE FOR THE PAST 53 YEARS T 1609 00:56:20,443 --> 00:56:21,578 PROVIDE HUMANE AND WELL DESIGNE 1610 00:56:21,578 --> 00:56:23,346 AFFORDABLE HOUSING BECAUSE WE 1611 00:56:23,346 --> 00:56:24,781 BELIEVE HOUSING IS A HUMAN 1612 00:56:24,781 --> 00:56:28,051 RIGHT. TO DATE IT'S BEEN OUR 1613 00:56:28,051 --> 00:56:28,785 HONOR TO DESIGN OVER 1,318 1614 00:56:28,785 --> 00:56:29,786 AFFORDABLE HOMES THAT WERE 1615 00:56:29,786 --> 00:56:30,754 FUNDED BY THE HOUSING LEVY AND 1616 00:56:30,754 --> 00:56:35,125 THROUGH THE HARD WORK OF THE 1617 00:56:35,125 --> 00:56:35,825 OFFICE OF HOUSING. THIS HELPS 1618 00:56:35,825 --> 00:56:37,193 MEET CRUCIAL NEEDS IN OUR CITY. 1619 00:56:37,193 --> 00:56:38,962 WE WERE ONE OF THE FOUNDING 1620 00:56:38,962 --> 00:56:40,864 MEMBER OF THE HOUSING 1621 00:56:40,864 --> 00:56:41,831 DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM, AND WE 1622 00:56:41,831 --> 00:56:42,866 JOIN OUR FELLOW MEMBERS AND 1623 00:56:42,866 --> 00:56:45,068 PARTNERS TODAY TO URGE YOU TO 1624 00:56:45,068 --> 00:56:48,505 RENEW THE HOUSING LEVY AT $970 1625 00:56:48,505 --> 00:56:49,005 MILLION. THANK YOU. 1626 00:56:49,005 --> 00:56:50,774 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JESS, 1627 00:56:50,774 --> 00:56:52,208 GOOD TO HEAR YOUR VOICE AGAIN. 1628 00:56:52,208 --> 00:56:54,644 AND KATE SMITH, WE'LL COME BACK 1629 00:56:54,644 --> 00:56:56,446 TO YOU. KATE, STAR SIX TO UNMUT 1630 00:56:56,446 --> 00:57:04,187 IF YOU CAN HEAR ME. AND WE'LL 1631 00:57:04,187 --> 00:57:06,456 ALSO TEE UP DONALD KING. GOOD 1632 00:57:06,456 --> 00:57:07,557 EVENING. GOOD EVENING, DONALD. 1633 00:57:07,557 --> 00:57:11,127 SEE YOU UNMUTED, PLEASE GO 1634 00:57:11,127 --> 00:57:11,361 AHEAD. 1635 00:57:11,361 --> 00:57:13,229 >> WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR 1636 00:57:13,229 --> 00:57:15,765 MOSQUEDA AND MEMBERS OF THE 1637 00:57:15,765 --> 00:57:17,367 SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE 2023 1638 00:57:17,367 --> 00:57:19,169 HOUSING LEVY. I'M DONALD KING, 1639 00:57:19,169 --> 00:57:25,308 AND I'M PRESIDENT AND CEO OF TH 1640 00:57:25,308 --> 00:57:26,810 NEHEMIAH INITIATIVE SEATTLE. TH 1641 00:57:26,810 --> 00:57:29,112 NEHEMIAH INITIATIVE SEATTLE IS 1642 00:57:29,112 --> 00:57:31,314 HELPING OUR BLACK FAITH-BASED 1643 00:57:31,314 --> 00:57:33,550 ORGANIZATIONS WITH DEVELOPMENT 1644 00:57:33,550 --> 00:57:36,920 OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THEIR 1645 00:57:36,920 --> 00:57:39,756 SURPLUS PROPERTIES. AND ON 1646 00:57:39,756 --> 00:57:42,826 BEHALF OF THE NEHEMIAH 1647 00:57:42,826 --> 00:57:44,127 INITIATIVE OF SEATTLE AND OTHER 1648 00:57:44,127 --> 00:57:45,795 ORGANIZATIONS, I URGE YOU TO 1649 00:57:45,795 --> 00:57:47,030 PASS THROUGH YOUR COMMITTEE 1650 00:57:47,030 --> 00:57:49,199 POSITIVELY ON THE RENEWAL OF TH 1651 00:57:49,199 --> 00:57:50,500 SEATTLE HOUSING LEVY. WE SUPPOR 1652 00:57:50,500 --> 00:57:52,936 BOTH THE RENEWAL AND THE 1653 00:57:52,936 --> 00:57:54,637 EXPANSION OF THE HOUSING LEVY 1654 00:57:54,637 --> 00:57:55,738 BECAUSE THIS YEAR'S HOUSING LEV 1655 00:57:55,738 --> 00:57:59,209 IS GROWING TO MEET THE GROWING 1656 00:57:59,209 --> 00:58:00,777 NEEDS OF OUR BLACK COMMUNITY. 1657 00:58:00,777 --> 00:58:03,613 WITH EQUITY IN OUR COMMUNITY 1658 00:58:03,613 --> 00:58:05,281 THAT IS SUBJECTED TO RAPID 1659 00:58:05,281 --> 00:58:06,483 DISPLACEMENT RESULTING IN A 1660 00:58:06,483 --> 00:58:09,118 SEATTLE THAT IS LESS DIVERSE 1661 00:58:09,118 --> 00:58:11,487 THAN IT HAS BEEN IN DECADES. 1662 00:58:11,487 --> 00:58:14,390 WE'RE ALSO MEMBERS OF THE BLACK 1663 00:58:14,390 --> 00:58:16,326 HOME INITIATIVE, AND WE BELIEVE 1664 00:58:16,326 --> 00:58:19,295 THAT PASSAGE OF THE LEVY WILL 1665 00:58:19,295 --> 00:58:22,365 HELP US REALIZE SEATTLE'S EQUIT 1666 00:58:22,365 --> 00:58:25,034 GOALS BY ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY 1667 00:58:25,034 --> 00:58:25,935 BOOSTING INVESTMENTS AND 1668 00:58:25,935 --> 00:58:27,871 AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP THAT 1669 00:58:27,871 --> 00:58:29,439 CAN BEGIN TO REDUCE THE 1670 00:58:29,439 --> 00:58:32,876 BLACK/WHITE WEALTH GAP BY 1671 00:58:32,876 --> 00:58:34,811 ENABLING MORE BLACK HOMEOWNERS 1672 00:58:34,811 --> 00:58:38,715 OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT INCREASE 1673 00:58:38,715 --> 00:58:42,552 IN THEIR WEALTH. I URGE YOU TO 1674 00:58:42,552 --> 00:58:44,654 RENEW THE LEVY AT $970 MILLION. 1675 00:58:44,654 --> 00:58:46,556 THIS WILL GIVE THOUSANDS OF 1676 00:58:46,556 --> 00:58:49,225 PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIND 1677 00:58:49,225 --> 00:58:50,693 AN AFFORDABLE HOME IN SEATTLE, 1678 00:58:50,693 --> 00:58:54,264 REALIZING THAT OUR SHARED VISIO 1679 00:58:54,264 --> 00:58:55,431 FOR AN AFFORDABLE, EQUITABLE, 1680 00:58:55,431 --> 00:58:59,168 AND INCLUSIVE -- IS THE RIGHT 1681 00:58:59,168 --> 00:59:02,105 THING TO DO. THANKS SO MUCH. 1682 00:59:02,105 --> 00:59:03,773 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND JUS 1683 00:59:03,773 --> 00:59:05,441 SEE KATE SMITH OFF MUTE, SO 1684 00:59:05,441 --> 00:59:07,844 WE'LL COME BACK TO KATE, AND 1685 00:59:07,844 --> 00:59:12,982 THEN WE'LL GO TO JOE THOMPSON. 1686 00:59:12,982 --> 00:59:14,083 GOOD AFTERNOON, KATE. 1687 00:59:14,083 --> 00:59:15,885 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, THANK YOU. 1688 00:59:15,885 --> 00:59:19,022 I'M KATE SMITH, A PRINCIPLE WIT 1689 00:59:19,022 --> 00:59:21,057 SMR ARCHITECTS AND THE HOUSING 1690 00:59:21,057 --> 00:59:21,824 DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM'S BOARD 1691 00:59:21,824 --> 00:59:23,826 PRESIDENT. I'M 100% IN SUPPORT 1692 00:59:23,826 --> 00:59:27,830 OF THE PROPOSED SEATTLE HOUSING 1693 00:59:27,830 --> 00:59:29,165 LEVY RENEWAL AT $970 MILLION. 1694 00:59:29,165 --> 00:59:31,301 THE LEVY HISTORICALLY HAS 1695 00:59:31,301 --> 00:59:32,869 SUPPORTED THE DEVELOPMENT, 1696 00:59:32,869 --> 00:59:34,304 REHABILITATION, AND OPERATIONS 1697 00:59:34,304 --> 00:59:35,305 OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING THROUGHOU 1698 00:59:35,305 --> 00:59:36,039 SEATTLE. BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WE'R 1699 00:59:36,039 --> 00:59:38,174 NEVER ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE 1700 00:59:38,174 --> 00:59:39,576 DEMAND. WE NOW HAVE AN 1701 00:59:39,576 --> 00:59:41,144 OPPORTUNITY WITH THE PROPOSED 1702 00:59:41,144 --> 00:59:43,746 LEVY TO MAKE A REAL IMPACT. WE 1703 00:59:43,746 --> 00:59:45,415 NEED A LIVABLE AND EQUITABLE 1704 00:59:45,415 --> 00:59:48,217 CITY FOR ALL LEVELS OF INCOME. 1705 00:59:48,217 --> 00:59:49,752 COMMUNITIES AND FAMILIES NEED 1706 00:59:49,752 --> 00:59:50,820 AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BOTH RENTAL 1707 00:59:50,820 --> 00:59:53,222 AND FOR SALE OPTIONS, WHERE 1708 00:59:53,222 --> 00:59:55,158 THEY'VE BEEN HISTORICALLY 1709 00:59:55,158 --> 00:59:56,492 ROOTED. THE PEOPLE WHO NEED 1710 00:59:56,492 --> 00:59:58,695 AFFORDABLE HOUSING AREN'T JUST 1711 00:59:58,695 --> 01:00:00,763 THOSE CURRENTLY UNHOUSED. IT'S 1712 01:00:00,763 --> 01:00:02,765 ALSO TEACHER, FRONTLINE STAFF, 1713 01:00:02,765 --> 01:00:04,267 YOUR COWORKERS, YOUR FRIENDS, 1714 01:00:04,267 --> 01:00:05,034 YOUR CHILDREN'S FAMILIES. WE 1715 01:00:05,034 --> 01:00:06,603 NEED TO SUPPORT THEM TOGETHER B 1716 01:00:06,603 --> 01:00:10,573 RENEWING THE SEATTLE HOUSING 1717 01:00:10,573 --> 01:00:13,376 LEVY AT $970 MILLION. THANK YOU 1718 01:00:13,376 --> 01:00:15,411 >> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU. AND 1719 01:00:15,411 --> 01:00:20,883 WE'LL GO BACK TO JOE. JOE 1720 01:00:20,883 --> 01:00:25,121 THOMPSON, GOOD EVENING . 1721 01:00:25,121 --> 01:00:26,823 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR 1722 01:00:26,823 --> 01:00:27,623 MOSQUEDA AND COUNCILMEMBERS. MY 1723 01:00:27,623 --> 01:00:29,792 NAME IS JOE THOMPSON, AND I AM 1724 01:00:29,792 --> 01:00:30,560 THE PRESIDENT OF MERCY HOUSING 1725 01:00:30,560 --> 01:00:33,463 NORTHWEST, AND I URGE YOU TO 1726 01:00:33,463 --> 01:00:35,298 RENEW THE LEVY AT $970 MILLION. 1727 01:00:35,298 --> 01:00:37,233 RENEWAL AT THIS LEVEL WILL GIVE 1728 01:00:37,233 --> 01:00:38,968 THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THE 1729 01:00:38,968 --> 01:00:39,902 OPPORTUNITY TO FIND AN 1730 01:00:39,902 --> 01:00:41,604 AFFORDABLE HOME IN SEATTLE AND 1731 01:00:41,604 --> 01:00:44,140 HELP US REALIZE OUR SHARED 1732 01:00:44,140 --> 01:00:47,010 VISION OF AN AFFORDABLE, 1733 01:00:47,010 --> 01:00:47,977 EQUITABLE, AND AN INCLUSIVE 1734 01:00:47,977 --> 01:00:51,247 COMMUNITY. THE HOUSING LEVY HAS 1735 01:00:51,247 --> 01:00:53,516 CREATED OR PRESERVED OVER 16,00 1736 01:00:53,516 --> 01:00:55,952 AFFORDABLE HOMES IN SEATTLE OVE 1737 01:00:55,952 --> 01:00:58,821 NEARLY 40 YEARS. IT IS A PROVEN 1738 01:00:58,821 --> 01:01:00,623 EFFECTIVE SOLUTION. WITHOUT ITS 1739 01:01:00,623 --> 01:01:01,691 RENEWAL AT THIS LEVEL, 1740 01:01:01,691 --> 01:01:03,760 AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCTION I 1741 01:01:03,760 --> 01:01:07,230 SEATTLE WILL COME TO A VIRTUAL 1742 01:01:07,230 --> 01:01:10,767 STANDSTILL. MY ORGANIZATION IS 1743 01:01:10,767 --> 01:01:12,001 BOTH AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING 1744 01:01:12,001 --> 01:01:16,272 PROVIDER AND A SERVICE PROVIDER 1745 01:01:16,272 --> 01:01:18,274 FOR OUR RESIDENTS. IT'S CRUCIAL 1746 01:01:18,274 --> 01:01:21,177 THIS LEVY INCLUDE RESIDENT 1747 01:01:21,177 --> 01:01:23,012 SERVICES. EVEN BEFORE THE 1748 01:01:23,012 --> 01:01:25,381 PANDEMIC, RESIDENT ACUITY HAD 1749 01:01:25,381 --> 01:01:26,983 INCREASED DRAMATICALLY AT ALL 1750 01:01:26,983 --> 01:01:30,253 OUR COMMUNITIES. DURING AND 1751 01:01:30,253 --> 01:01:32,188 SINCE THE PANDEMIC IT HAS 1752 01:01:32,188 --> 01:01:33,356 EXPLODED. RESIDENT SERVICES 1753 01:01:33,356 --> 01:01:36,059 HELPED FAMILIES NOT ONLY AVOID 1754 01:01:36,059 --> 01:01:37,093 EVICTIONS BUT ACHIEVE HOUSING 1755 01:01:37,093 --> 01:01:38,494 SUCCESS AND THE OTHER CRITICAL 1756 01:01:38,494 --> 01:01:39,896 NEEDS AND PLAN FOR BETTER 1757 01:01:39,896 --> 01:01:41,864 TOMORROWS FOR THEMSELVES AND 1758 01:01:41,864 --> 01:01:42,832 THEIR CHILDREN. WE NEED THESE 1759 01:01:42,832 --> 01:01:47,136 FUNDS TO LEVERAGE THE FULL POWE 1760 01:01:47,136 --> 01:01:49,205 OF HOUSING AND TO BETTER COME - 1761 01:01:49,205 --> 01:01:50,973 PLEASE SUPPORT THE LEVY, AND 1762 01:01:50,973 --> 01:01:56,446 PLEASE INCLUDE FUNDS FOR 1763 01:01:56,446 --> 01:01:57,513 LIFE-CHANGING RESIDENT SERVICES 1764 01:01:57,513 --> 01:01:58,214 THANK YOU. 1765 01:01:58,214 --> 01:02:00,416 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY, THE 1766 01:02:00,416 --> 01:02:05,722 NEXT PERSON THAT WE HAVE IS 1767 01:02:05,722 --> 01:02:07,356 ELIZABETH. ELIZABETH, WE'LL BE 1768 01:02:07,356 --> 01:02:11,294 -- EXCUSE ME, ELIZABETH WILL BE 1769 01:02:11,294 --> 01:02:12,562 FOLLOWED BY VI LEE. GOOD 1770 01:02:12,562 --> 01:02:13,029 EVENING, ELIZABETH. 1771 01:02:13,029 --> 01:02:14,297 >> GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR 1772 01:02:14,297 --> 01:02:17,900 THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU 1773 01:02:17,900 --> 01:02:21,571 AND THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS 1774 01:02:21,571 --> 01:02:24,841 ELIZABETH, AND I AM A LOW-INCOM 1775 01:02:24,841 --> 01:02:26,542 SENIOR THAT'S CURRENTLY LIVING 1776 01:02:26,542 --> 01:02:28,544 IN A LEHIGH AFFORDABLE HOUSING 1777 01:02:28,544 --> 01:02:30,980 UNIT IN SOUTH LAKE UNION. AND I 1778 01:02:30,980 --> 01:02:34,650 WANTED TO CALL AND LEND MY 1779 01:02:34,650 --> 01:02:38,554 SUPPORT TO THE RENEWAL OF THE 1780 01:02:38,554 --> 01:02:42,325 2023 SEATTLE LEVY BECAUSE THE 1781 01:02:42,325 --> 01:02:44,060 FIRST BARRIER TO GETTING 1782 01:02:44,060 --> 01:02:46,963 AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS ACTUALLY 1783 01:02:46,963 --> 01:02:49,732 HAVE THE HOUSING BUILT AND 1784 01:02:49,732 --> 01:02:53,536 MAINTAINED. SO I THINK THAT WE 1785 01:02:53,536 --> 01:02:58,007 CAN'T CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING 1786 01:02:58,007 --> 01:03:02,311 WITHOUT THIS RENEWAL OF THIS 1787 01:03:02,311 --> 01:03:03,679 EXCEPTIONAL LEVY, 2023. AND 1788 01:03:03,679 --> 01:03:05,515 BECAUSE IT WILL PROVIDE A 1789 01:03:05,515 --> 01:03:06,382 DEDICATED FUNDING STREAM. SO I 1790 01:03:06,382 --> 01:03:09,752 THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY T 1791 01:03:09,752 --> 01:03:11,420 SPEAK TODAY. 1792 01:03:11,420 --> 01:03:13,422 >> EXCELLENT, THANKS FOR 1793 01:03:13,422 --> 01:03:15,024 DIALLING IN. VI, VI LEE, IT SAY 1794 01:03:15,024 --> 01:03:16,125 YOU'RE NOT PRESENT. IF YOU ARE 1795 01:03:16,125 --> 01:03:17,527 LISTENING AND YOU'D LIKE TO DIA 1796 01:03:17,527 --> 01:03:21,063 BACK IN, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND DO 1797 01:03:21,063 --> 01:03:22,431 SO. AND I DO SEE THAT KIMBERLY 1798 01:03:22,431 --> 01:03:29,972 IS ON THE LINE NOW, SO WE'LL GO 1799 01:03:29,972 --> 01:03:34,944 TO KIMBERLY FOLLOWED BY JAMES. 1800 01:03:34,944 --> 01:03:35,945 GOOD EVENING, KIMBERLY. 1801 01:03:35,945 --> 01:03:37,580 >> HI, GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN 1802 01:03:37,580 --> 01:03:38,681 MOSQUEDA. I APPARENTLY CALLED I 1803 01:03:38,681 --> 01:03:41,217 ON THE WRONG LINE WHEN YOU WERE 1804 01:03:41,217 --> 01:03:42,485 CALLING MY NAME EARLIER. MY NAM 1805 01:03:42,485 --> 01:03:44,620 IS KIMBERLY, I'M THE VICE 1806 01:03:44,620 --> 01:03:46,088 PRESIDENT OF SUPPORTIVE HOUSING 1807 01:03:46,088 --> 01:03:46,956 AT PLYMOUTH HOUSING. I'VE BEEN 1808 01:03:46,956 --> 01:03:49,358 JOINED BY A NUMBER OF COLLEAGUE 1809 01:03:49,358 --> 01:03:50,493 THIS EVENING. TRULY GRATEFUL TO 1810 01:03:50,493 --> 01:03:51,794 YOU, THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AND 1811 01:03:51,794 --> 01:03:53,863 FOR ALL OF THOSE WORKING IN 1812 01:03:53,863 --> 01:03:55,398 SUPPORT OF THE HOUSING LEVY. 1813 01:03:55,398 --> 01:03:57,166 THIS HOUSING LEVY PROVIDES 1814 01:03:57,166 --> 01:03:59,368 NEEDED SUPPORT TO PLYMOUTH 1815 01:03:59,368 --> 01:04:00,670 HOUSING. IT ALLOWS US TO PROVID 1816 01:04:00,670 --> 01:04:04,073 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND CARE TO 1817 01:04:04,073 --> 01:04:05,274 MORE THAN 1,200 RESIDENTS. THAT 1818 01:04:05,274 --> 01:04:07,944 NUMBER WILL SOON GROW TO BETWEE 1819 01:04:07,944 --> 01:04:09,846 1,600 AND 1,700 IN THE NEAR 1820 01:04:09,846 --> 01:04:12,615 FUTURE. IT'S OUR HOPE WHILE MAN 1821 01:04:12,615 --> 01:04:16,352 OF OUR RESIDENTS WILL RECEIVE 1822 01:04:16,352 --> 01:04:19,889 PROBATE SERVICES THAT A NUMBER 1823 01:04:19,889 --> 01:04:21,824 WILL GRADUATE INTO HOUSING WITH 1824 01:04:21,824 --> 01:04:23,192 ONGOING SUPPORT. THE RESIDENTS 1825 01:04:23,192 --> 01:04:26,362 THAT WE ARE RECEIVING TO PROVID 1826 01:04:26,362 --> 01:04:27,163 SERVICES TO REQUIRE ADDITIONAL 1827 01:04:27,163 --> 01:04:28,731 SUPPORT AS A RESULT OF THE 1828 01:04:28,731 --> 01:04:31,033 TRAUMA THEY'VE EXPERIENCED WHIL 1829 01:04:31,033 --> 01:04:33,836 THEY ARE UNHOUSED AND EVEN PRIO 1830 01:04:33,836 --> 01:04:34,737 TO BECOMING UNHOUSED. THE 1831 01:04:34,737 --> 01:04:36,606 SUPPORT THAT WE PROVIDE INCLUDE 1832 01:04:36,606 --> 01:04:39,809 A STABLE FRONTLINE WORKFORCE WH 1833 01:04:39,809 --> 01:04:41,244 EARNED A LIVING WAGE. THE STAFF 1834 01:04:41,244 --> 01:04:43,913 ARE THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE 1835 01:04:43,913 --> 01:04:44,947 COMMUNITY, AND THE COMMUNITY 1836 01:04:44,947 --> 01:04:46,983 PROVIDES STABILITY AND WELL 1837 01:04:46,983 --> 01:04:49,185 BEING TO OUR RESIDENTS. IN 1838 01:04:49,185 --> 01:04:51,120 ADDITION WE ARE BUILDING OUT 1839 01:04:51,120 --> 01:04:52,288 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES TO 1840 01:04:52,288 --> 01:04:53,289 MAINTAIN HOUSING STABILITY, 1841 01:04:53,289 --> 01:04:56,726 WHICH WE ARE CURRENTLY AT A 1842 01:04:56,726 --> 01:04:59,962 LEVEL OF 97%. FINALLY, OUR UNIT 1843 01:04:59,962 --> 01:05:00,663 REQUIRE UPKEEP, REPAIR, 1844 01:05:00,663 --> 01:05:01,964 MAINTENANCE, SUPPORT SERVICES I 1845 01:05:01,964 --> 01:05:03,399 ORDER TO ENSURE OUR RESIDENTS 1846 01:05:03,399 --> 01:05:08,404 ARE LIVING IN A CLEAN AND SAFE 1847 01:05:08,404 --> 01:05:10,973 ENVIRONMENT. I 100% SUPPORT THE 1848 01:05:10,973 --> 01:05:12,475 LEVY OF $970 MILLION OVER SEVEN 1849 01:05:12,475 --> 01:05:14,577 YEARS SO THAT EVERY MEMBER OF 1850 01:05:14,577 --> 01:05:16,345 OUR COMMUNITY CAN HAVE A PLACE 1851 01:05:16,345 --> 01:05:17,580 THAT THEY CAN CALL HOME. THANK 1852 01:05:17,580 --> 01:05:17,780 YOU. 1853 01:05:17,780 --> 01:05:19,382 >> THANK YOU, AND I'M GLAD YOU 1854 01:05:19,382 --> 01:05:21,350 WERE ABLE TO DIAL BACK IN. JUST 1855 01:05:21,350 --> 01:05:22,685 FOR OUR COLLEAGUES IN THE 1856 01:05:22,685 --> 01:05:23,419 VIEWING PUBLIC, WE ARE GETTING 1857 01:05:23,419 --> 01:05:25,788 TOWARDS THE END OF THE FOLKS WH 1858 01:05:25,788 --> 01:05:27,823 SIGNED UP. WE HAVE THREE PEOPLE 1859 01:05:27,823 --> 01:05:31,694 WHO ARE PRESENT TO TESTIFY AND 1860 01:05:31,694 --> 01:05:34,730 THAT WOULD BE JAMES, VANESSA, 1861 01:05:34,730 --> 01:05:35,731 AND DENNIS RODRIGUEZ. AND TWO 1862 01:05:35,731 --> 01:05:41,971 THAT ARE LISTED TO SPEAK BUT AR 1863 01:05:41,971 --> 01:05:43,472 NOT PRESENT, CALMIDI AND VI LEE 1864 01:05:43,472 --> 01:05:46,142 IF YOU DO HEAR YOUR NAME, AND 1865 01:05:46,142 --> 01:05:47,376 YOU'RE NOT DIALLED IN YET, CALL 1866 01:05:47,376 --> 01:05:50,079 US, AND WE WILL HEAR FROM YOU 1867 01:05:50,079 --> 01:05:53,215 THEN. IN THE MEANTIME, PLEASE G 1868 01:05:53,215 --> 01:05:53,582 AHEAD, JAMES. 1869 01:05:53,582 --> 01:05:55,451 >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL, MY 1870 01:05:55,451 --> 01:05:58,187 NAME IS JAMES. I'M THE SENIOR 1871 01:05:58,187 --> 01:05:59,755 PASTOR OF DAMASCUS INTERNATIONA 1872 01:05:59,755 --> 01:06:00,489 FELLOWSHIP THAT'S LOCATED IN 1873 01:06:00,489 --> 01:06:02,591 COLUMBIA CITY, AND I'M ALSO ON 1874 01:06:02,591 --> 01:06:05,094 THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE 1875 01:06:05,094 --> 01:06:06,362 NEHEMIAH INITIATIVE. AND I WANT 1876 01:06:06,362 --> 01:06:08,297 -- AND I APPRECIATE THIS 1877 01:06:08,297 --> 01:06:10,666 OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU 1878 01:06:10,666 --> 01:06:12,335 THIS EVENING CONCERNING THE 1879 01:06:12,335 --> 01:06:13,336 HOUSING LEVY. WE APPLAUD THE 1880 01:06:13,336 --> 01:06:18,374 PROGRESS THAT THE LEVY HAS MADE 1881 01:06:18,374 --> 01:06:22,078 OVER THE YEARS BY THE FIRST TIM 1882 01:06:22,078 --> 01:06:24,113 HOMEOWNERS AND ALSO THE 16,000 1883 01:06:24,113 --> 01:06:24,880 LEVY-SUPPORTED HOMEOWNERS. SO W 1884 01:06:24,880 --> 01:06:26,449 APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK 1885 01:06:26,449 --> 01:06:28,351 THAT YOU ARE DOING, BUT WE ALSO 1886 01:06:28,351 --> 01:06:31,587 URGE YOU TO EXPAND YOUR SUPPORT 1887 01:06:31,587 --> 01:06:32,455 TO FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS WH 1888 01:06:32,455 --> 01:06:36,258 ARE -- MANY OF US ARE LAND RICH 1889 01:06:36,258 --> 01:06:40,062 AND CASH POOR. AND SO AS WE 1890 01:06:40,062 --> 01:06:42,298 SUPPORT THIS $970 MILLION LEVY, 1891 01:06:42,298 --> 01:06:44,400 WE UNDERSTAND THAT SEATTLE HAS 1892 01:06:44,400 --> 01:06:46,769 REPUTATION OF BEING VERY 1893 01:06:46,769 --> 01:06:49,572 INNOVATIVE AND VERY INCLUSIVE 1894 01:06:49,572 --> 01:06:50,940 AND EQUITABLE. AND SO THE 1895 01:06:50,940 --> 01:06:52,675 NEHEMIAH INITIATIVE ACTS AS AN 1896 01:06:52,675 --> 01:06:54,777 ADVOCATE. AND OUR GOAL IS TO 1897 01:06:54,777 --> 01:06:57,680 PROPOSE SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS TH 1898 01:06:57,680 --> 01:06:58,614 HOUSING SHORTAGES. SO AS 1899 01:06:58,614 --> 01:07:01,617 ADVOCATES FOR THAT WHICH IS 1900 01:07:01,617 --> 01:07:05,588 DIVERSE AND THAT WHICH IS -- IT 1901 01:07:05,588 --> 01:07:06,689 IMPACTS TRADITIONAL ETHNIC 1902 01:07:06,689 --> 01:07:08,257 ENCLAVES, THEN WE HAVE BEEN 1903 01:07:08,257 --> 01:07:09,692 LAMENTING THE DISPLACEMENT OF 1904 01:07:09,692 --> 01:07:11,127 MANY OF OUR LOCAL BLACK 1905 01:07:11,127 --> 01:07:13,329 RESIDENTS WHO ARE UNABLE TO 1906 01:07:13,329 --> 01:07:18,234 REMAIN IN THE COMMUNITY AS LONG 1907 01:07:18,234 --> 01:07:20,403 AS BLACK BUSINESSES AND BLACK 1908 01:07:20,403 --> 01:07:21,470 CHURCHES. AND SO THE NEHEMIAH 1909 01:07:21,470 --> 01:07:23,072 INITIATIVE, WHAT WE UNDERSTAND 1910 01:07:23,072 --> 01:07:25,808 IS THE POWER OF LAND. AND SO WE 1911 01:07:25,808 --> 01:07:28,677 ARE URGING YOU AND ASKING YOU 1912 01:07:28,677 --> 01:07:32,181 FOR THIS $970 MILLION LEVY SO W 1913 01:07:32,181 --> 01:07:34,717 CAN ALSO ADDRESS THE NEEDS, 1914 01:07:34,717 --> 01:07:36,952 BECAUSE AS CHURCHES, AS BLACK 1915 01:07:36,952 --> 01:07:38,454 CHURCHES, WE HAVE MANY 1916 01:07:38,454 --> 01:07:39,588 UNDERUTILIZED PLACES AND SPACES 1917 01:07:39,588 --> 01:07:43,692 IN OUR LAND THAT WE WANT TO NOW 1918 01:07:43,692 --> 01:07:45,628 DEDICATE FOR -- TO ADDRESS THE 1919 01:07:45,628 --> 01:07:47,830 QUIET CRISIS, WHICH IS A LACK O 1920 01:07:47,830 --> 01:07:49,231 SENIOR HOUSING. SO WE URGE YOU 1921 01:07:49,231 --> 01:07:51,367 AND WE THANK YOU AND WE 1922 01:07:51,367 --> 01:07:54,703 APPRECIATE YOU FOR THIS BOLD 1923 01:07:54,703 --> 01:07:56,138 STEP. THANK YOU. 1924 01:07:56,138 --> 01:08:05,147 >> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU VERY 1925 01:08:05,147 --> 01:08:05,648 MUCH. AND VANESSA, GOOD 1926 01:08:05,648 --> 01:08:09,351 AFTERNOON. VANESSA, YOU'RE 1927 01:08:09,351 --> 01:08:16,826 WELCOME TO SPEAK IF YOU CAN HEA 1928 01:08:16,826 --> 01:08:18,828 ME. JUST DOUBLE CHECK YOU'RE OF 1929 01:08:18,828 --> 01:08:23,099 MUTE. LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE -- OH, 1930 01:08:23,099 --> 01:08:26,569 THERE WE GO, HI, VANESSA. 1931 01:08:26,569 --> 01:08:27,636 >> HI. I'M VANESSA, AN ATTORNEY 1932 01:08:27,636 --> 01:08:30,673 AND ALSO A BOARD MEMBER OF THE 1933 01:08:30,673 --> 01:08:31,507 HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM. 1934 01:08:31,507 --> 01:08:33,609 IN MY WORK AS AN ATTORNEY, I 1935 01:08:33,609 --> 01:08:34,677 REPRESENT DEVELOPERS AND OWNERS 1936 01:08:34,677 --> 01:08:37,279 OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS THEY 1937 01:08:37,279 --> 01:08:38,848 CLOSE ON FINANCING TO 1938 01:08:38,848 --> 01:08:39,849 REHABILITATE OUR CONSTRUCTIVE 1939 01:08:39,849 --> 01:08:40,616 AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I'M HERE 1940 01:08:40,616 --> 01:08:42,318 TODAY TO EXPRESS MY STRONG 1941 01:08:42,318 --> 01:08:44,987 SUPPORT OF THE HOUSING LEVY 1942 01:08:44,987 --> 01:08:47,857 RENEWAL AT $970 MILLION. JUST I 1943 01:08:47,857 --> 01:08:51,260 THE LAST TWO YEARS CANTOR TAYLO 1944 01:08:51,260 --> 01:08:53,662 HAS CLOSED ABOUT 19 TRANSACTION 1945 01:08:53,662 --> 01:08:54,663 FINANCED WITH CITY DOLLARS, 1946 01:08:54,663 --> 01:08:56,499 PRIMARILY LEVY DOLLARS SO. IT'S 1947 01:08:56,499 --> 01:09:03,072 SAFE TO SAY THAT NO AFFORDABLE 1948 01:09:03,072 --> 01:09:06,108 HOUSING IN SEATTLE CAN EXIST 1949 01:09:06,108 --> 01:09:09,211 WITHOUT FUNDING. IT WILL PREVEN 1950 01:09:09,211 --> 01:09:10,346 THOUSANDS MORE FROM EXPERIENCIN 1951 01:09:10,346 --> 01:09:11,080 HOMELESSNESS. THIS ONLY 1952 01:09:11,080 --> 01:09:12,815 SCRATCHES THE SURFACE TO MEET 1953 01:09:12,815 --> 01:09:13,716 THE REGION'S CURRENT AND 1954 01:09:13,716 --> 01:09:15,150 PROJECTED HOUSING NEEDS, SO I 1955 01:09:15,150 --> 01:09:21,991 URGE YOU TO TAKE BOLD ACTION. 1956 01:09:21,991 --> 01:09:22,291 THANK YOU. 1957 01:09:22,291 --> 01:09:25,794 >> EXCELLENT, AND WE LOVE THE 1958 01:09:25,794 --> 01:09:27,363 KIDDOS IN THE BACKGROUND. THANK 1959 01:09:27,363 --> 01:09:28,531 YOU FOR THAT AS WELL. THE LAST 1960 01:09:28,531 --> 01:09:33,802 PERSON PRESENT TO SPEAK WITH US 1961 01:09:33,802 --> 01:09:36,005 IS DENISE RODRIGUEZ AND VI LEE, 1962 01:09:36,005 --> 01:09:36,906 CALMIDI, IF YOU ARE LISTENING, 1963 01:09:36,906 --> 01:09:45,147 YOU STILL HAVE TIME TO DIAL IN. 1964 01:09:45,147 --> 01:09:47,683 >> HE CAN'T MAKE IT. 1965 01:09:47,683 --> 01:09:48,784 >> HELLO. HELLO, DENISE. 1966 01:09:48,784 --> 01:09:51,587 >> HI, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 1967 01:09:51,587 --> 01:09:53,322 YOUR TIME. MY NAME IS DENISE 1968 01:09:53,322 --> 01:09:55,591 RODRIGUEZ, AND I AM EXECUTIVE 1969 01:09:55,591 --> 01:09:56,692 DIRECTOR OF THE WASHINGTON 1970 01:09:56,692 --> 01:09:57,660 HOMEOWNERSHIP RESOURCE CENTER. 1971 01:09:57,660 --> 01:10:00,029 OUR MISSION IS TO INCREASE AND 1972 01:10:00,029 --> 01:10:01,964 PRESERVE HOMEOWNERSHIP IN 1973 01:10:01,964 --> 01:10:03,866 WASHINGTON, WE DO THAT BY 1974 01:10:03,866 --> 01:10:04,967 EEDUCATING AND EMPOWERING 1975 01:10:04,967 --> 01:10:06,702 CURRENT AND FUTURE HOMEOWNERS. 1976 01:10:06,702 --> 01:10:09,138 WE ARE MEMBERS OF THE HTC AS 1977 01:10:09,138 --> 01:10:10,139 WELL AS THE BLACK HOMEOWNERSHIP 1978 01:10:10,139 --> 01:10:12,241 INITIATIVE. AND I WAS PART OF 1979 01:10:12,241 --> 01:10:17,246 THE GROUP THAT IMPROVED THE 1980 01:10:17,246 --> 01:10:18,547 HOMEOWNERSHIP RATES FOR BLACK, 1981 01:10:18,547 --> 01:10:21,050 INDIGENOUS, AND -- TO RENEW THE 1982 01:10:21,050 --> 01:10:23,085 SEATTLE HOUSING LEVY AT $970 1983 01:10:23,085 --> 01:10:25,254 MILLION. OVER HALF OF ALL 1984 01:10:25,254 --> 01:10:26,889 RESIDENTS OF LEVY-FUNDED HOMES 1985 01:10:26,889 --> 01:10:29,158 ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR. THE SEATTL 1986 01:10:29,158 --> 01:10:29,959 HOUSING LEVY ADVANCES HOUSING 1987 01:10:29,959 --> 01:10:31,460 JUSTICE AND RACIAL EQUITY AND 1988 01:10:31,460 --> 01:10:34,296 SHOULD BE RENEWED AT THE 1989 01:10:34,296 --> 01:10:35,497 PROPOSED $970 MILLION LEVEL. TH 1990 01:10:35,497 --> 01:10:37,666 HOUSING LEVY WORKS TO BRIDGE TH 1991 01:10:37,666 --> 01:10:39,401 RACIAL WEALTH AND HOMEOWNERSHIP 1992 01:10:39,401 --> 01:10:42,371 GAP BY CREATING SAFE, STABLE, 1993 01:10:42,371 --> 01:10:44,840 AND AFFORDABLE HOME OPTIONS FOR 1994 01:10:44,840 --> 01:10:48,377 HOUSEHOLDS OF COLOR WHO ARE 1995 01:10:48,377 --> 01:10:49,044 DISPROPORTIONATELY DISPLACED, 1996 01:10:49,044 --> 01:10:52,348 RENT BURDENED, AND DISHOUSED. I 1997 01:10:52,348 --> 01:10:53,916 WILL CREATE AND MAINTAIN 360 1998 01:10:53,916 --> 01:10:55,050 AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP 1999 01:10:55,050 --> 01:10:56,318 OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW 2000 01:10:56,318 --> 01:10:56,885 DEVELOPMENT, FOR CLOSURE 2001 01:10:56,885 --> 01:10:58,053 PREVENTION ASSISTANCE, DOWN 2002 01:10:58,053 --> 01:10:59,622 PAYMENT ASSISTANCE, AND HOME 2003 01:10:59,622 --> 01:11:01,023 REPAIR GRANTS. AS A SUPPORTER O 2004 01:11:01,023 --> 01:11:02,858 THE BLACK HOME INITIATIVE, I 2005 01:11:02,858 --> 01:11:08,297 URGE YOU TO JOIN ME IN ENSURING 2006 01:11:08,297 --> 01:11:09,431 THIS WORK CAN BE DONE. THE 2007 01:11:09,431 --> 01:11:12,968 HOUSING LEVY IS OUR BEST TOOM 2008 01:11:12,968 --> 01:11:14,937 FOR INVESTING IN THE PERMANENT 2009 01:11:14,937 --> 01:11:17,706 AFFORDABLE HOMES SEATTLE SO 2010 01:11:17,706 --> 01:11:19,675 DESPERATELY NEEDS. PLEASE RENEW 2011 01:11:19,675 --> 01:11:21,076 THE LEVY AT THE $970 MILLION 2012 01:11:21,076 --> 01:11:23,045 LEVEL AND SEND IT TO THE VOTERS 2013 01:11:23,045 --> 01:11:24,313 I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING 2014 01:11:24,313 --> 01:11:25,347 TOGETHER WITH EVERYONE WHO 2015 01:11:25,347 --> 01:11:26,849 TESTIFIED IN FAVOR TODAY AND 2016 01:11:26,849 --> 01:11:29,284 MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL TO 2017 01:11:29,284 --> 01:11:32,421 REALIZE OUR SHARED VISION FOR A 2018 01:11:32,421 --> 01:11:33,288 AFFORDABLE, EQUITABLE, AND 2019 01:11:33,288 --> 01:11:34,123 INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY. FEEL FREE 2020 01:11:34,123 --> 01:11:35,958 TO REACH OUT WITH ANY QUESTIONS 2021 01:11:35,958 --> 01:11:36,792 OR REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL 2022 01:11:36,792 --> 01:11:38,427 INFORMATION. AND I WANT TO THAN 2023 01:11:38,427 --> 01:11:40,195 YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF 2024 01:11:40,195 --> 01:11:42,398 AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND FOR YOUR 2025 01:11:42,398 --> 01:11:42,765 TIME TODAY. 2026 01:11:42,765 --> 01:11:44,033 >> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU SO MUCH 2027 01:11:44,033 --> 01:11:46,568 WELL, THAT IS A GREAT NOTE TO 2028 01:11:46,568 --> 01:11:48,804 END ON. I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELS 2029 01:11:48,804 --> 01:11:54,043 SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY. 2030 01:11:54,043 --> 01:11:54,710 THANKS, COUNCILMEMBERNELSON. SO 2031 01:11:54,710 --> 01:11:56,078 WE GOT THROUGH EVERYBODY WHO WA 2032 01:11:56,078 --> 01:11:57,212 SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AN 2033 01:11:57,212 --> 01:12:01,116 ALL THE FOLKS IN THE ROOM AND 2034 01:12:01,116 --> 01:12:03,152 ONLINE. REMINDER THAT WE WILL 2035 01:12:03,152 --> 01:12:05,921 HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR 2036 01:12:05,921 --> 01:12:07,289 PUBLIC COMMENT ON MAY 31st, 2037 01:12:07,289 --> 01:12:08,957 AGAIN IN THE EVENING OR LATE 2038 01:12:08,957 --> 01:12:10,993 AFTERNOON TO TRY TO ACCOMMODATE 2039 01:12:10,993 --> 01:12:13,028 AS MANY FOLKS AS POSSIBLE WHO 2040 01:12:13,028 --> 01:12:15,264 MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN PROVIDIN 2041 01:12:15,264 --> 01:12:19,234 US WITH ANY FEEDBACK AT THAT 2042 01:12:19,234 --> 01:12:20,269 JUNCTURE. WE'LL HAVE REMOTE AND 2043 01:12:20,269 --> 01:12:23,072 IN-PERSON PUBLIC TESTIMONY AS 2044 01:12:23,072 --> 01:12:25,641 WELL. THAT'S MAY 31st AT 4:30 2045 01:12:25,641 --> 01:12:28,043 P.M. WE WILL HAVE OUR NEXT 2046 01:12:28,043 --> 01:12:29,611 MEETING ON THE HOUSING LEVY 2047 01:12:29,611 --> 01:12:31,113 COMING UP ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 3rd 2048 01:12:31,113 --> 01:12:32,881 AT 9:30 IN THE MORNING, WHERE 2049 01:12:32,881 --> 01:12:35,584 AGAIN WE WILL START WITH AN 2050 01:12:35,584 --> 01:12:36,585 OVERVIEW FROM THE COMMUNITY WIT 2051 01:12:36,585 --> 01:12:39,254 THEIR PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN 2052 01:12:39,254 --> 01:12:41,490 GET INTO THE CENTRAL STAFF'S 2053 01:12:41,490 --> 01:12:43,559 PRESENTATION WITH POTENTIAL 2054 01:12:43,559 --> 01:12:46,862 ISSUES FOR IDENTIFICATION AND 2055 01:12:46,862 --> 01:12:47,963 POTENTIAL MODIFICATIONS. I WANT 2056 01:12:47,963 --> 01:12:51,967 TO UNDERSCORE THE REALLY NEAR 2057 01:12:51,967 --> 01:12:53,202 UNANIMOUS SUPPORT TODAY, VERY 2058 01:12:53,202 --> 01:12:54,269 MUCH GLOWING ENTHUSIASM FROM 2059 01:12:54,269 --> 01:12:57,339 MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, BOTH 2060 01:12:57,339 --> 01:12:58,874 FOR THE AMOUNT AND FOR THE TYPE 2061 01:12:58,874 --> 01:13:01,176 OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE INCLUDED I 2062 01:13:01,176 --> 01:13:02,377 THE PROPOSED LEVY. WE LOOK 2063 01:13:02,377 --> 01:13:03,479 FORWARD TO BUILDING ON THOSE 2064 01:13:03,479 --> 01:13:04,446 GREAT COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN 2065 01:13:04,446 --> 01:13:05,914 SHARED WITH US TODAY, AND THANK 2066 01:13:05,914 --> 01:13:13,288 TO THE FOLKS WHO MADE THIS 2067 01:13:13,288 --> 01:13:14,123 EVENING'S PRESENTATION POSSIBLE 2068 01:13:14,123 --> 01:13:15,724 THE CLERKS, JODY, EMILIA, THE 2069 01:13:15,724 --> 01:13:17,559 CLERKS FROM MY OFFICE, I.T., AN 2070 01:13:17,559 --> 01:13:19,695 THE WHOLE CREW, SEATTLE CHANNEL 2071 01:13:19,695 --> 01:13:21,130 AS WELL THE COMMS TEAM, AND ALL 2072 01:13:21,130 --> 01:13:22,531 OF OUR COUNCILMEMBERS HERE WITH 2073 01:13:22,531 --> 01:13:24,133 US THIS EVENING, ALONG WITH 2074 01:13:24,133 --> 01:13:26,468 AARON HOUSE, WHO LEADS OUR WORK 2075 01:13:26,468 --> 01:13:30,205 ON HOUSING AND CHIEF OF STAFF I 2076 01:13:30,205 --> 01:13:32,341 OUR OFFICE. IF THERE'S NO 2077 01:13:32,341 --> 01:13:32,975 FURTHER QUESTIONS -- HEARING 2078 01:13:32,975 --> 01:13:39,248 NONE, OUR COMMITTEE IS 2079 01:13:39,248 --> 01:13:39,882 ADJOURNED. SEE YOU ON MAY 3rd. 2080 01:13:39,882 --> 01:13:48,090 THANKS, EVERYONE.