1 00:00:23,623 --> 00:00:23,690 2 00:00:23,690 --> 00:00:26,760 >>> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. I 3 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:29,028 WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME WITH ME 4 00:00:29,028 --> 00:00:31,431 CHIEF FROM SEATTLE POLICE, 5 00:00:31,431 --> 00:00:35,502 THE CHIEF FROM SEATTLE FIRE 6 00:00:35,502 --> 00:00:36,469 DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT OF 7 00:00:36,469 --> 00:00:37,771 TRANSPORTATION, THE DIRECTOR 8 00:00:37,771 --> 00:00:41,241 FROM SEATTLE PARKS AND SEATTLE 9 00:00:41,241 --> 00:00:45,712 PUBLIC UTILITIES. WE ARE GOING 10 00:00:45,712 --> 00:00:46,813 TO BE SHARING SOME INFORMATION 11 00:00:46,813 --> 00:00:47,547 AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS RELATED 12 00:00:47,547 --> 00:00:48,548 TO THE CITY PREPARATION FOR 13 00:00:48,548 --> 00:00:49,916 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL ALL-STAR 14 00:00:49,916 --> 00:00:53,486 WEEK. I WOULD LIKE TO START BY 15 00:00:53,486 --> 00:00:54,287 SAYING HOW INCREDIBLY EXCITED 16 00:00:54,287 --> 00:00:56,022 WE ARE TO BE HOSTING ALL-STAR 17 00:00:56,022 --> 00:00:57,357 WEEK. MANY OF YOU KNOW IT'S 18 00:00:57,357 --> 00:00:59,659 BEEN 22 YEARS SINCE THE LAST 19 00:00:59,659 --> 00:01:01,127 ALL-STAR GAME HERE AND BEFORE 20 00:01:01,127 --> 00:01:03,463 THAT 22 YEARS BEFORE THE FIRST 21 00:01:03,463 --> 00:01:06,466 ALL-STAR GAME SO THIS IS A 22 00:01:06,466 --> 00:01:07,834 ONCE IN A GENERATION 23 00:01:07,834 --> 00:01:09,369 OPPORTUNITY THAT WE GET IN THE 24 00:01:09,369 --> 00:01:10,937 CITY TO HIGHLIGHT ALL THAT IS 25 00:01:10,937 --> 00:01:14,674 GREAT ABOUT SEATTLE ON BOTH A 26 00:01:14,674 --> 00:01:18,411 NATIONAL AND THE WORLD STAGE. 27 00:01:18,411 --> 00:01:19,746 WE HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR 28 00:01:19,746 --> 00:01:22,749 NEARLY 2 YEARS COLLABORATING 29 00:01:22,749 --> 00:01:24,084 WITH SEATTLE SPORTS COMMISSION, 30 00:01:24,084 --> 00:01:25,752 THE MARINERS, MAJOR LEAGUE 31 00:01:25,752 --> 00:01:27,754 BASEBALL, T-MOBILE PARK, LUMEN 32 00:01:27,754 --> 00:01:30,023 FIELD AND MANY OTHERS TO 33 00:01:30,023 --> 00:01:31,791 ENSURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS AND 34 00:01:31,791 --> 00:01:33,626 VISITORS HAVE A SAFE AND 35 00:01:33,626 --> 00:01:38,097 ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCE 36 00:01:38,097 --> 00:01:38,932 THROUGHOUT ALL-STAR WEEK BOTH 37 00:01:38,932 --> 00:01:40,500 AT EVENTS AND WHILE EXPLORING 38 00:01:40,500 --> 00:01:42,001 THE CITY. WE HAVE BEEN 39 00:01:42,001 --> 00:01:42,635 PLANNING THE OPERATIONAL 40 00:01:42,635 --> 00:01:43,436 SUPPORTS NEEDED TO EXECUTE 41 00:01:43,436 --> 00:01:46,739 THESE MAJOR SPECIAL EVENTS 42 00:01:46,739 --> 00:01:47,340 ENSURING DOLLARS GENERATED 43 00:01:47,340 --> 00:01:49,576 BENEFIT LOCAL ECONOMY AND 44 00:01:49,576 --> 00:01:50,777 MAKING SURE WE HAVE LEGACY 45 00:01:50,777 --> 00:01:52,011 INVESTMENT THAT WILL BENEFIT 46 00:01:52,011 --> 00:01:57,917 COMMUNITIES FOR MANY YEARS TO 47 00:01:57,917 --> 00:01:59,352 COME. I AM VERY PROUD OF HOW 48 00:01:59,352 --> 00:02:00,120 OUR CITY LEADERS AND 49 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:00,753 DEPARTMENTS HAVE WORKED 50 00:02:00,753 --> 00:02:03,022 TOGETHER AND TIRELESSLY WITH 51 00:02:03,022 --> 00:02:04,190 PARTNERS ASSOCIATED WITH 52 00:02:04,190 --> 00:02:06,292 ALL-STAR GAME TO MAKE SURE 53 00:02:06,292 --> 00:02:07,460 THIS WILL BE AN ENJOYABLE AND 54 00:02:07,460 --> 00:02:09,329 SAFE EVENT FOR EVERYONE. THIS 55 00:02:09,329 --> 00:02:11,965 IS TRULY ONE SEATTLE IN 56 00:02:11,965 --> 00:02:14,801 ACTION. VISIT SEATTLE ONE OF 57 00:02:14,801 --> 00:02:17,070 OUR KEY PARTNERS IS 58 00:02:17,070 --> 00:02:17,871 FORECASTING MORE THAN $50 59 00:02:17,871 --> 00:02:20,507 MILLION WILL BE GENERATED OVER 60 00:02:20,507 --> 00:02:26,746 THE NEXT FEW DAYS FROM MORE 61 00:02:26,746 --> 00:02:27,480 THAN 100,000 FANS ATTENDING 62 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:28,481 GAMES AND EVENTS IN STADIUMS, 63 00:02:28,481 --> 00:02:30,083 STADIUM DISTRICT AND AROUND THE 64 00:02:30,083 --> 00:02:35,522 DOWNTOWN AREA. THIS IS INFLUX 65 00:02:35,522 --> 00:02:36,489 OF RESIDENTS FROM OUR REGION 66 00:02:36,489 --> 00:02:37,490 AND GUESTS FROM AROUND THE 67 00:02:37,490 --> 00:02:38,324 WORLD PROVIDING A SIGNIFICANT 68 00:02:38,324 --> 00:02:40,560 AND WELCOME BOOST TO FOOT 69 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:42,195 TRAFFIC. TO CAPITALIZE 70 00:02:42,195 --> 00:02:43,830 PARTNERS AND VISIT SEATTLE 71 00:02:43,830 --> 00:02:45,498 HAVE CREATED A MAP THAT 72 00:02:45,498 --> 00:02:48,635 HIGHLIGHTS THE BIPOC, WOMEN 73 00:02:48,635 --> 00:02:51,437 AND LGBTQ OWNED BUSINESSES. 74 00:02:51,437 --> 00:02:53,039 CURATED ALONG A MAP BEING 75 00:02:53,039 --> 00:02:58,578 CALLED THE GREEN PATH AND THE 76 00:02:58,578 --> 00:02:59,579 DIRECTOR WILL TALK MORE ABOUT 77 00:02:59,579 --> 00:03:03,783 THAT IN DETAIL SHORTLY. AS I 78 00:03:03,783 --> 00:03:04,651 MENTIONED, DEPARTMENTS OF THEM 79 00:03:04,651 --> 00:03:05,485 WORKING TO ADDRESS EVERYTHING 80 00:03:05,485 --> 00:03:06,085 FROM CLEANING AND 81 00:03:06,085 --> 00:03:06,553 BEAUTIFICATION TO 82 00:03:06,553 --> 00:03:07,587 TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC 83 00:03:07,587 --> 00:03:11,591 SAFETY. TO BE CLEAR CREATING A 84 00:03:11,591 --> 00:03:12,625 CLEAN, SAFE AND VIBRANT 85 00:03:12,625 --> 00:03:13,993 COMMUNITY IN CITY HAS BEEN THE 86 00:03:13,993 --> 00:03:16,729 MAYOR'S PRIORITY FROM DAY ONE 87 00:03:16,729 --> 00:03:18,264 AND WE WORKED TIRELESSLY EVERY 88 00:03:18,264 --> 00:03:21,367 SINGLE DAY TO MAKE THAT A 89 00:03:21,367 --> 00:03:23,336 REALITY. WE KNOW THAT MAJOR 90 00:03:23,336 --> 00:03:25,371 EVENTS LIKE THE ALL-STAR GAME 91 00:03:25,371 --> 00:03:27,006 CREATE A DIFFERENT IMPACT ON 92 00:03:27,006 --> 00:03:28,474 THE CITY AND ARE A CHANCE FOR 93 00:03:28,474 --> 00:03:33,947 SEATTLE TO SHINE ON THE 94 00:03:33,947 --> 00:03:34,647 NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL 95 00:03:34,647 --> 00:03:35,582 STAGE. IN PREPARATION FOR THE 96 00:03:35,582 --> 00:03:36,983 ALL-STAR GAME HAVE DOUBLED THE 97 00:03:36,983 --> 00:03:37,884 REGULAR DEPARTMENTAL CLEANING 98 00:03:37,884 --> 00:03:38,885 EFFORTS INCLUDING GLITTER 99 00:03:38,885 --> 00:03:41,754 PICKUP TO TWICE A DAY DOWNTOWN 100 00:03:41,754 --> 00:03:43,022 , SOTO AND CHINATOWN 101 00:03:43,022 --> 00:03:45,892 INTERNATIONAL AS THOSE 102 00:03:45,892 --> 00:03:47,427 NEIGHBORHOODS WILL SEE THE MOST 103 00:03:47,427 --> 00:03:48,628 SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN 104 00:03:48,628 --> 00:03:51,397 VISITORS. OUR RIGHT-OF-WAY 105 00:03:51,397 --> 00:03:52,432 MAINTENANCE AND URBAN FORESTRY 106 00:03:52,432 --> 00:03:53,833 TEAMS HAVE BEEN CLEANING UP 107 00:03:53,833 --> 00:03:58,104 TREE PITS AND PLANNERS, 108 00:03:58,104 --> 00:03:58,771 TRIMMING TREES, ADDRESSING 109 00:03:58,771 --> 00:04:00,807 GRAFFITI AND PRESSURE WASHING. 110 00:04:00,807 --> 00:04:02,208 WE ARE WORKING TO ENSURE 111 00:04:02,208 --> 00:04:03,009 PEDESTRIANS CAN SAFELY NAVIGATE 112 00:04:03,009 --> 00:04:05,812 CITY STREETS AND WITH THE 113 00:04:05,812 --> 00:04:07,680 GRAFFITI RANGERS TO INCREASE 114 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:10,250 CLEANING SERVICES THROUGHOUT 115 00:04:10,250 --> 00:04:11,417 THE CITY. WE HAVE A NEW 116 00:04:11,417 --> 00:04:15,922 PARTNERSHIP WITH A NONPROFIT 117 00:04:15,922 --> 00:04:16,723 UPLIFT NORTHWEST HELPING TO 118 00:04:16,723 --> 00:04:17,957 ADDRESS GRAFFITI ON PRIVATE 119 00:04:17,957 --> 00:04:19,092 BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY IN 120 00:04:19,092 --> 00:04:21,361 CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL WHERE 121 00:04:21,361 --> 00:04:23,262 THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR MANY 122 00:04:23,262 --> 00:04:26,065 MONTHS. SINCE OUR ONE SEATTLE 123 00:04:26,065 --> 00:04:28,935 DAY OF SERVICE IN MAY THE CITY 124 00:04:28,935 --> 00:04:30,003 HAS WORKED WITH AND PROVIDED 125 00:04:30,003 --> 00:04:32,238 SUPPLIES TO COMMUNITY GROUPS 126 00:04:32,238 --> 00:04:33,239 THAT COME TOGETHER TO HELP 127 00:04:33,239 --> 00:04:34,641 ENSURE SEATTLE IS BEAUTIFIED 128 00:04:34,641 --> 00:04:35,875 AND CLEAN. NOT JUST FOR 129 00:04:35,875 --> 00:04:37,577 ALL-STAR WEEK, BUT FOR ALL OF 130 00:04:37,577 --> 00:04:39,979 US THAT LIVE, WORK AND PLAY IN 131 00:04:39,979 --> 00:04:41,347 SEATTLE YEAR-ROUND. THAT IS A 132 00:04:41,347 --> 00:04:43,616 TESTAMENT TO THE PEOPLE OF 133 00:04:43,616 --> 00:04:45,685 SEATTLE. SEATTLE IS VERY PROUD 134 00:04:45,685 --> 00:04:50,256 OF WHERE THEY LIVE AND WHEN 135 00:04:50,256 --> 00:04:51,591 ASKED IF THEY COULD BE PART OF 136 00:04:51,591 --> 00:04:52,859 THE SOLUTION TO MAKE SURE OUR 137 00:04:52,859 --> 00:04:53,860 CITY IS SHINING FOR ALL-STAR 138 00:04:53,860 --> 00:04:55,094 WEEK THEY HAVE SAID YES AND 139 00:04:55,094 --> 00:04:56,095 THEY BEEN COMING TOGETHER TO 140 00:04:56,095 --> 00:04:57,830 HELP VOLUNTEER TO BE PART OF 141 00:04:57,830 --> 00:05:00,633 THE SOLUTION. AS VISITORS AND 142 00:05:00,633 --> 00:05:02,402 RESIDENTS NAVIGATE OUR CITY 143 00:05:02,402 --> 00:05:03,670 THEY WILL NOTICE BEAUTIFUL 144 00:05:03,670 --> 00:05:06,439 MURALS , THEY WILL NOTICE 145 00:05:06,439 --> 00:05:08,174 ENHANCEMENTS TO PUBLIC 146 00:05:08,174 --> 00:05:10,043 SERVICES, VIBRANT DOWNTOWN 147 00:05:10,043 --> 00:05:11,911 NEIGHBORHOODS AND CREWS HARD 148 00:05:11,911 --> 00:05:14,514 AT WORK KEEPING EVERYTHING 149 00:05:14,514 --> 00:05:17,517 CLEAN AND EASY TO NAVIGATE. WE 150 00:05:17,517 --> 00:05:18,518 ARE WORKING WITH PARTNERS TO 151 00:05:18,518 --> 00:05:20,553 ENSURE EVERYONE CAN PARTICIPATE 152 00:05:20,553 --> 00:05:21,954 IN THESE ACTIVITIES AND ENJOY 153 00:05:21,954 --> 00:05:24,157 ALL THAT IS HAPPENING. THERE'S 154 00:05:24,157 --> 00:05:26,192 A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON FOR 155 00:05:26,192 --> 00:05:27,226 ALL-STAR WEEK. A CHOCK FULL 156 00:05:27,226 --> 00:05:32,532 CALENDAR OF EVENTS, OFFICIAL 157 00:05:32,532 --> 00:05:33,766 AND OTHERS WE ARE WORKING TO 158 00:05:33,766 --> 00:05:34,801 PUT ON, NOT ONLY TICKETED 159 00:05:34,801 --> 00:05:35,935 EVENTS, BUT ALSO FREE. THERE 160 00:05:35,935 --> 00:05:36,869 WILL BE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY 161 00:05:36,869 --> 00:05:38,805 FOR ALL TO COME AND BE PART OF 162 00:05:38,805 --> 00:05:41,107 IT. IN ADDITION TO THE 163 00:05:41,107 --> 00:05:42,308 ALL-STAR MAIN EVENTS WE 164 00:05:42,308 --> 00:05:44,977 ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO STOP BY 165 00:05:44,977 --> 00:05:46,179 THE SEATTLE CENTER, HOSTING 166 00:05:46,179 --> 00:05:47,246 MOVIE NIGHTS, AFTER THE HOME 167 00:05:47,246 --> 00:05:48,448 RUN DERBY AND ALL-STAR GAME AND 168 00:05:48,448 --> 00:05:50,616 SUNDAY NIGHT WE WILL BE DOING A 169 00:05:50,616 --> 00:05:55,188 DRONE SHOW FOR FREE. A RED 170 00:05:55,188 --> 00:05:56,723 CARPET LEADING UP TO THE 171 00:05:56,723 --> 00:05:59,692 ALL-STAR GAME NEIGHBORHOODS 172 00:05:59,692 --> 00:06:00,460 LIKE WESTLAKE, PIONEER SQUARE 173 00:06:00,460 --> 00:06:01,494 AND MORE WILL HAVE ACTIVITIES 174 00:06:01,494 --> 00:06:02,495 THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND. THESE 175 00:06:02,495 --> 00:06:04,764 ARE THE TYPES OF EVENTS THAT 176 00:06:04,764 --> 00:06:09,035 BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER. 177 00:06:09,035 --> 00:06:10,236 NOT ONLY CREATING A STRONG AND 178 00:06:10,236 --> 00:06:11,137 BETTER CITY, BUT STIMULATE 179 00:06:11,137 --> 00:06:12,505 LOCAL ECONOMY AND BRING ONE 180 00:06:12,505 --> 00:06:21,314 SEATTLE TO LIFE. I HOPE 181 00:06:21,314 --> 00:06:22,482 EVERYONE HAS A CHANCE TO GET 182 00:06:22,482 --> 00:06:23,716 OUTSIDE TO ATTEND SOME OF THESE 183 00:06:23,716 --> 00:06:24,784 EVENTS. FREE OR TICKETED AND 184 00:06:24,784 --> 00:06:25,818 EXPLORE EVERYTHING OUR CITY HAS 185 00:06:25,818 --> 00:06:26,753 TO OFFER, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE 186 00:06:26,753 --> 00:06:28,254 WHO HAVE NOT COME AND VISIT A 187 00:06:28,254 --> 00:06:29,222 DOWNTOWN, PIONEER SQUARE OR CID 188 00:06:29,222 --> 00:06:31,457 NEIGHBORHOODS IN A WHILE . I 189 00:06:31,457 --> 00:06:33,326 WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO CHIEF 190 00:06:33,326 --> 00:06:35,795 DIAZ TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL 191 00:06:35,795 --> 00:06:36,796 INFORMATION ABOUT PUBLIC 192 00:06:36,796 --> 00:06:40,099 SAFETY. 193 00:06:40,099 --> 00:06:41,334 >> THANK YOU DEPUTY MAYOR AND 194 00:06:41,334 --> 00:06:42,101 FOR EVERYBODY ATTENDING. REALLY 195 00:06:42,101 --> 00:06:44,337 IT IS ABOUT PARTNERSHIP AND 196 00:06:44,337 --> 00:06:46,172 COLLABORATION. WE BEEN 197 00:06:46,172 --> 00:06:47,807 PLANNING THIS A COUPLE YEARS 198 00:06:47,807 --> 00:06:51,110 IN THE MAKING. AND EVEN AS WE 199 00:06:51,110 --> 00:06:53,579 HAVE, LAST YEAR WE HAD AN 200 00:06:53,579 --> 00:06:55,982 OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT DOWN INTO 201 00:06:55,982 --> 00:06:59,685 LA WHERE THE DODGERS HOSTED 202 00:06:59,685 --> 00:07:03,156 THE LAST 2022 ALL-STAR EVENT, 203 00:07:03,156 --> 00:07:06,793 IT REALLY GIVE US GOOD INSIGHT 204 00:07:06,793 --> 00:07:08,427 ABOUT THE THINGS WE NEEDED TO 205 00:07:08,427 --> 00:07:09,862 DO AND ADJUST TO MAKE SURE THIS 206 00:07:09,862 --> 00:07:12,465 IS A SAFE AND EXCITING 2023 207 00:07:12,465 --> 00:07:15,301 EVENT. I WORKED IN 2001 208 00:07:15,301 --> 00:07:17,136 ALL-STAR EVENT WATCHING CAL 209 00:07:17,136 --> 00:07:20,273 RIPKEN HIT A HOME RUN IN HIS 210 00:07:20,273 --> 00:07:22,108 LAST ALL-STAR GAME. WE 211 00:07:22,108 --> 00:07:23,442 REMEMBER CERTAIN THINGS THAT 212 00:07:23,442 --> 00:07:28,848 BROUGHT US TO BASEBALL HERE IN 213 00:07:28,848 --> 00:07:29,816 SEATTLE. SPD WILL BE DEPLOYING 214 00:07:29,816 --> 00:07:30,416 SEVERAL HUNDRED OFFICERS 215 00:07:30,416 --> 00:07:31,417 THROUGHOUT EACH DAY, ALL THE 216 00:07:31,417 --> 00:07:33,052 WAY UP UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING 217 00:07:33,052 --> 00:07:36,122 WHEN WE WILL DEMOBILIZE NEAR 218 00:07:36,122 --> 00:07:39,192 MIDNIGHT. HE WILL SEE VISIBLE 219 00:07:39,192 --> 00:07:41,861 PATROL, YOU WILL SEE , IN THE 220 00:07:41,861 --> 00:07:42,662 DOWNTOWN CORE AROUND STADIUMS 221 00:07:42,662 --> 00:07:44,430 AT ALL THE VARIOUS SPECIAL 222 00:07:44,430 --> 00:07:48,367 EVENT SITES AND WE HAVE BEEN 223 00:07:48,367 --> 00:07:49,202 WORKING TIRELESSLY WITH FEDERAL 224 00:07:49,202 --> 00:07:50,803 PARTNERS TO ASSIST AND I WANT 225 00:07:50,803 --> 00:07:53,206 TO THANK EVEN A COUPLE TO 226 00:07:53,206 --> 00:07:58,578 MENTION. TSA, ATF, FAA, THE 227 00:07:58,578 --> 00:07:59,612 COAST GUARD, KING COUNTY 228 00:07:59,612 --> 00:08:00,913 SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND WASHINGTON 229 00:08:00,913 --> 00:08:04,050 STATE PATROL. THEY HAVE BEEN 230 00:08:04,050 --> 00:08:05,718 INSTRUMENTAL. WHEN YOU LOOK AT 231 00:08:05,718 --> 00:08:07,553 THE SITES YOU HAVE TO RENDER 232 00:08:07,553 --> 00:08:09,121 THEM SAFE SO SOMETIMES IT'S 233 00:08:09,121 --> 00:08:11,057 USING DOGS TO GO AROUND 234 00:08:11,057 --> 00:08:12,325 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND MAKING 235 00:08:12,325 --> 00:08:15,561 SURE THERE IS NO ONE THAT WILL 236 00:08:15,561 --> 00:08:17,029 POTENTIALLY TRY TO HARM THE 237 00:08:17,029 --> 00:08:19,432 EVENT. WE HAVE A SECURITY 238 00:08:19,432 --> 00:08:23,736 PLAN IN THE SENSE OF WE HAVE 239 00:08:23,736 --> 00:08:24,770 DONE DIFFERENT EVENTS AT EACH 240 00:08:24,770 --> 00:08:28,007 SITE WE'RE HOSTING THESE ALL 241 00:08:28,007 --> 00:08:28,975 START EVENTS AT. ANYTHING FROM 242 00:08:28,975 --> 00:08:31,043 LUMEN FIELD TO T-MOBILE TO 243 00:08:31,043 --> 00:08:36,048 PIKE PLACE MARKET, WE HAVE 244 00:08:36,048 --> 00:08:36,983 DONE MULTIPLE EVENTS, THIS IS 245 00:08:36,983 --> 00:08:38,417 PART OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE OVER 246 00:08:38,417 --> 00:08:40,019 THE COURSE OF MY CAREER AND 247 00:08:40,019 --> 00:08:42,955 LONGER. SO WE HAVE ALREADY A 248 00:08:42,955 --> 00:08:46,559 GOOD SAFETY PLAN IN PLACE AND 249 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:47,627 WE ADJUST AND ACCOMMODATE FOR 250 00:08:47,627 --> 00:08:49,629 HOW THE EVENT WANTS TO RUN. SO 251 00:08:49,629 --> 00:08:51,664 JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE A LOT OF 252 00:08:51,664 --> 00:08:53,499 THESE SUCCESSFUL EVENTS WILL 253 00:08:53,499 --> 00:08:55,801 CONTINUE HOPEFULLY IN THIS IDEA 254 00:08:55,801 --> 00:08:57,670 THAT WE WILL CONTINUE THIS 255 00:08:57,670 --> 00:08:58,471 SUCCESSFUL OPERATION. SAFETY IS 256 00:08:58,471 --> 00:09:06,045 TOP OF MIND AND MAKE SURE YOU 257 00:09:06,045 --> 00:09:07,480 HAVE A FAMILY PLAN. AS HE TRIED 258 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:08,648 TO GET INTO AND AROUND THESE 259 00:09:08,648 --> 00:09:09,482 FACILITIES, WE ENCOURAGE, WE 260 00:09:09,482 --> 00:09:10,483 HAVE TO MONITOR TRAFFIC CONTROL 261 00:09:10,483 --> 00:09:14,353 AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE 262 00:09:14,353 --> 00:09:15,421 PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO UTILIZE 263 00:09:15,421 --> 00:09:16,989 OTHER TRANSPORTATION SO WE ARE 264 00:09:16,989 --> 00:09:21,761 NOT STUCK JUST TRYING TO 265 00:09:21,761 --> 00:09:22,962 MANAGE TRAFFIC. SO WE WILL END 266 00:09:22,962 --> 00:09:24,430 UP MAKING SURE YOU HAVE A PLAN 267 00:09:24,430 --> 00:09:25,364 COMING INTO DOWNTOWN. PARK IN 268 00:09:25,364 --> 00:09:26,465 WELL LIT AREAS, SECURE 269 00:09:26,465 --> 00:09:27,466 BELONGINGS AND HAVE A MEETING 270 00:09:27,466 --> 00:09:29,969 PLAN WITH YOUR FAMILY. A LOT 271 00:09:29,969 --> 00:09:30,736 OF PEOPLE ARE COMING IN 272 00:09:30,736 --> 00:09:32,305 UTILIZING THIS SPACE AND WE 273 00:09:32,305 --> 00:09:34,840 ENCOURAGE THAT, WE WANT TO 274 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:36,208 MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE AND FUN BUT 275 00:09:36,208 --> 00:09:40,546 MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A PLAN. 276 00:09:40,546 --> 00:09:42,014 WHEN IT COMES TO 911 CALLS AND 277 00:09:42,014 --> 00:09:43,449 VIOLENT CRIME WE HAVE A PLAN TO 278 00:09:43,449 --> 00:09:44,483 ADDRESS THE ISSUE, THAT REMAINS 279 00:09:44,483 --> 00:09:47,086 THE TOP PRIORITY. WE WILL MAKE 280 00:09:47,086 --> 00:09:48,354 SURE WE ARE RESPONDING TO ALL 281 00:09:48,354 --> 00:09:49,922 CALLS FOR SERVICE COMING INTO 282 00:09:49,922 --> 00:09:55,494 911. WE ARE STILL HAVING 283 00:09:55,494 --> 00:09:56,295 COMMUNITY VIOLENCE TASK FORCE 284 00:09:56,295 --> 00:09:57,330 PLAYING A ROLE IN ADDRESSING 285 00:09:57,330 --> 00:09:58,331 THE OVERALL VIOLENCE, THEY ARE 286 00:09:58,331 --> 00:10:02,401 COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE WE 287 00:10:02,401 --> 00:10:03,502 RECOVER GUNS OFF THE STREETS. 288 00:10:03,502 --> 00:10:04,837 WE HAVE MADE A LOT OF ARRESTS 289 00:10:04,837 --> 00:10:06,072 IN THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS BUT 290 00:10:06,072 --> 00:10:07,306 THERE IS MORE TO DO IN 291 00:10:07,306 --> 00:10:08,741 ADDRESSING OVERALL VIOLENCE. 292 00:10:08,741 --> 00:10:09,976 THAT WILL NOT HAVE ANY IMPACT 293 00:10:09,976 --> 00:10:11,811 TO THE PERSONNEL USING, THAT WE 294 00:10:11,811 --> 00:10:13,746 ARE UTILIZING FOR THE ALL-STAR 295 00:10:13,746 --> 00:10:18,784 EVENT. I WILL THEN TURN IT 296 00:10:18,784 --> 00:10:20,453 OVER BACK TO THE DEPUTY MAYOR. 297 00:10:20,453 --> 00:10:23,589 >> THANK YOU. NEXT I WILL 298 00:10:23,589 --> 00:10:27,960 CALL UP FROM SEATTLE FIRE. 299 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:37,303 >> THANK YOU DEPUTY MAYOR AND 300 00:10:37,303 --> 00:10:39,005 A HALF TO LEAD WITH THIS IS ONE 301 00:10:39,005 --> 00:10:39,805 SEATTLE AT ITS BEST 302 00:10:39,805 --> 00:10:40,473 COLLABORATION COMING TOGETHER 303 00:10:40,473 --> 00:10:41,407 WITH SO MANY PEOPLE COMING 304 00:10:41,407 --> 00:10:42,441 TOGETHER TO WORK TOGETHER TO 305 00:10:42,441 --> 00:10:43,476 MAKE THIS HAPPEN. WE ARE 306 00:10:43,476 --> 00:10:44,477 EXCITED TO WELCOME SO MANY 307 00:10:44,477 --> 00:10:46,312 VISITORS TO THE COMMUNITY AND 308 00:10:46,312 --> 00:10:47,580 I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU LIKE 309 00:10:47,580 --> 00:10:49,115 MENTIONED WE HAVE BEEN PLANNING 310 00:10:49,115 --> 00:10:54,920 FOR THIS FOR A VERY LONG TIME. 311 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:56,589 WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 312 00:10:56,589 --> 00:10:57,523 PEOPLE VISITING THE SOTO AREA, 313 00:10:57,523 --> 00:10:58,557 THE STADIUMS, PIONEER SQUARE, 314 00:10:58,557 --> 00:10:59,625 VISIT THE WATERFRONT, SEATTLE 315 00:10:59,625 --> 00:11:02,828 CENTER, PIKES PLACE MARKET TO 316 00:11:02,828 --> 00:11:04,597 SEE ALL THE THINGS SEATTLE HAS 317 00:11:04,597 --> 00:11:07,933 TO OFFER AND THAT'S WHAT WE 318 00:11:07,933 --> 00:11:09,935 WANT. WE WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME 319 00:11:09,935 --> 00:11:11,370 REMINDERS BECAUSE THE SEATTLE 320 00:11:11,370 --> 00:11:12,204 FIRE DEPARTMENT IS THINKING 321 00:11:12,204 --> 00:11:14,673 ABOUT YOU AND YOUR SAFETY. IF 322 00:11:14,673 --> 00:11:15,508 YOU TAKE MEDICATIONS THROUGHOUT 323 00:11:15,508 --> 00:11:20,813 THE DAY, THINK ABOUT THAT. IF 324 00:11:20,813 --> 00:11:21,947 YOU NEED TO BRING EXTRA BECAUSE 325 00:11:21,947 --> 00:11:23,416 IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG DAY 326 00:11:23,416 --> 00:11:24,450 NAVIGATING YOUR PATH AROUND THE 327 00:11:24,450 --> 00:11:26,018 CITY. WE WANT YOU THINKING 328 00:11:26,018 --> 00:11:28,287 ABOUT THAT. WE ARE SEEING A 20 329 00:11:28,287 --> 00:11:28,888 DEGREE TEMPERATURE SWING 330 00:11:28,888 --> 00:11:30,523 BETWEEN MIDDAY AND LATE INTO 331 00:11:30,523 --> 00:11:32,525 THE EVENING WHICH CAN AFFECT 332 00:11:32,525 --> 00:11:35,227 EVERYONE DIFFERENTLY. WE WANT 333 00:11:35,227 --> 00:11:36,162 YOU TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE 334 00:11:36,162 --> 00:11:37,229 HYDRATED, HAVE WATER WITH YOU 335 00:11:37,229 --> 00:11:40,299 AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND 336 00:11:40,299 --> 00:11:42,134 YOU'LL PROBABLY BE TAKING A LOT 337 00:11:42,134 --> 00:11:44,437 OF STEPS. I JUST FINISHED A 338 00:11:44,437 --> 00:11:45,237 WALK-THROUGH OF LUMEN FIELD, 339 00:11:45,237 --> 00:11:48,507 THE PLAY BALLPARK, T-MOBILE 340 00:11:48,507 --> 00:11:51,744 PARK AND ALL-AROUND AREA. IN 341 00:11:51,744 --> 00:11:53,579 ONE AND HALF HOURS I WALKED 342 00:11:53,579 --> 00:11:55,614 5000 STEPS SO THAT MEANS 343 00:11:55,614 --> 00:11:56,682 YOU'RE PUTTING SOME STEPS ON 344 00:11:56,682 --> 00:11:58,317 YOUR APPLE WATCH OR HOWEVER YOU 345 00:11:58,317 --> 00:12:03,022 CLOCK YOUR STEPS. THAT SAYS 346 00:12:03,022 --> 00:12:04,256 YOU NEED TO BE PREPARED, HAVE 347 00:12:04,256 --> 00:12:05,057 LAYERS OF CLOTHING, COMFORTABLE 348 00:12:05,057 --> 00:12:06,058 SHOES BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE WILL 349 00:12:06,058 --> 00:12:06,892 PROBABLY BE NAVIGATING AROUND 350 00:12:06,892 --> 00:12:09,295 THE COMMUNITY BY FOOT OR 351 00:12:09,295 --> 00:12:11,430 PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. IF 352 00:12:11,430 --> 00:12:15,868 YOU'RE NOT USED TO WALKING 353 00:12:15,868 --> 00:12:17,503 FIVE, SIX, 7000 STEPS, THINK 354 00:12:17,503 --> 00:12:22,641 ABOUT THAT. ALONG THE WAY, 355 00:12:22,641 --> 00:12:23,676 KNOW WE'RE GOING, LOOK FOR 356 00:12:23,676 --> 00:12:24,443 SHADE SPOTS, LOOK FOR 357 00:12:24,443 --> 00:12:25,511 RESTAURANTS TO STOP AND RELAX. 358 00:12:25,511 --> 00:12:26,879 YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT ALL 359 00:12:26,879 --> 00:12:28,514 RIGHT NOW. AS FOR THE EVENT 360 00:12:28,514 --> 00:12:29,582 PLANNING, YOUR SEATTLE FIRE 361 00:12:29,582 --> 00:12:30,950 DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN PREPARING A 362 00:12:30,950 --> 00:12:33,052 VERY LONG TIME TO MAKE SURE AS 363 00:12:33,052 --> 00:12:36,689 DEPUTY MAYOR MENTIONED THOSE 364 00:12:36,689 --> 00:12:37,957 WHO LIVE HERE WORK HERE AND 365 00:12:37,957 --> 00:12:42,862 VISIT ARE PREPARED. YOU'LL SEE 366 00:12:42,862 --> 00:12:44,063 ALL FOLKS AROUND THE EVENTS AND 367 00:12:44,063 --> 00:12:45,097 AROUND THE CITY, ALL 33 368 00:12:45,097 --> 00:12:46,065 STATIONS FULLY STAFFED AND WE 369 00:12:46,065 --> 00:12:47,366 KNOW WE HAVE THE RESOURCE, BUT 370 00:12:47,366 --> 00:12:48,934 AROUND THE EVENTS YOU WILL SEE 371 00:12:48,934 --> 00:12:53,072 SOME FOLKS AND I WANT YOU TO 372 00:12:53,072 --> 00:12:54,273 KNOW WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE IN 373 00:12:54,273 --> 00:12:55,541 CASE YOU NEED HELP. YOU'LL SEE 374 00:12:55,541 --> 00:12:58,244 BIKE EMTS AND PARAMEDICS AND 375 00:12:58,244 --> 00:12:59,545 THEY WERE BRIGHT RED SHIRTS. IF 376 00:12:59,545 --> 00:13:02,448 YOU NEED HELP FROM ANY FOLKS 377 00:13:02,448 --> 00:13:04,183 YOU'LL SEE THEM IN THE BRIGHT 378 00:13:04,183 --> 00:13:07,686 RED SHIRTS ON BREAD BIKES WITH 379 00:13:07,686 --> 00:13:08,921 ALL THE NECESSARY EMT 380 00:13:08,921 --> 00:13:11,791 EQUIPMENT. TO SEE PARAMEDICS, 381 00:13:11,791 --> 00:13:12,792 THOSE PARAMEDICS WERE WHITE 382 00:13:12,792 --> 00:13:15,094 SHIRTS OR WHITE SMOCKS SO THEY 383 00:13:15,094 --> 00:13:17,129 WILL BE AROUND LUMEN FIELD, 384 00:13:17,129 --> 00:13:20,366 AROUND T-MOBILE, AT PIKE PLACE 385 00:13:20,366 --> 00:13:21,801 MARKET ALL AROUND THE EVENTS. 386 00:13:21,801 --> 00:13:23,469 IF YOU NEED HELP FROM THOSE 387 00:13:23,469 --> 00:13:28,307 FOLKS YOU KNOW WHO TO LOOK FOR 388 00:13:28,307 --> 00:13:29,308 DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME. 389 00:13:29,308 --> 00:13:31,744 FIREFIGHTERS YOU WILL SEE THEM, 390 00:13:31,744 --> 00:13:33,379 THEY WILL HAVE BLUE SHIRTS OR 391 00:13:33,379 --> 00:13:34,647 BLACK SHIRTS ON SIMILAR TO THE 392 00:13:34,647 --> 00:13:35,714 UNIFORM THAT I AM WEARING 393 00:13:35,714 --> 00:13:37,316 TODAY. THEY ARE THERE TO HELP 394 00:13:37,316 --> 00:13:38,717 YOU. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE 395 00:13:38,717 --> 00:13:39,919 RESOURCES ON SITE, THEY ARE 396 00:13:39,919 --> 00:13:43,355 ALREADY ON SITE AND I JUST HAD 397 00:13:43,355 --> 00:13:44,823 A WALK AROUND OF THE 398 00:13:44,823 --> 00:13:47,326 FACILITIES. WE ARE READY TO GO 399 00:13:47,326 --> 00:13:48,460 WITH EMS FIRE AND RESCUE AND 400 00:13:48,460 --> 00:13:49,728 COMMAND AND CONTROL AND WE WANT 401 00:13:49,728 --> 00:13:51,397 THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT WE 402 00:13:51,397 --> 00:13:52,998 ARE PREPARED TO SERVE IN ANY 403 00:13:52,998 --> 00:13:54,600 CAPACITY NEEDED OVER THE NEXT 404 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:57,536 SEVERAL DAYS. I WILL TURN IT 405 00:13:57,536 --> 00:13:59,104 BACK OVER TO DEPUTY MAYOR. 406 00:13:59,104 --> 00:14:00,606 THANK YOU. 407 00:14:00,606 --> 00:14:03,242 >> THANK YOU CHIEF. I LOVE 408 00:14:03,242 --> 00:14:04,643 HEARING ABOUT THE NUMBER STEPS 409 00:14:04,643 --> 00:14:06,145 WALKED. WE ARE ENCOURAGING 410 00:14:06,145 --> 00:14:07,980 PEOPLE TO WALK, TAKE PUBLIC 411 00:14:07,980 --> 00:14:11,417 TRANSIT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE 412 00:14:11,417 --> 00:14:12,618 GOOD FLOW TO THE GAMES. WITH 413 00:14:12,618 --> 00:14:16,689 THAT I WILL NOW ASK DIRECTOR 414 00:14:16,689 --> 00:14:17,356 FROM DEPARTMENT OF 415 00:14:17,356 --> 00:14:18,724 TRANSPORTATION TO COME TO THE 416 00:14:18,724 --> 00:14:19,792 PODIUM. 417 00:14:19,792 --> 00:14:24,230 >> THANK YOU AND GOOD MORNING. 418 00:14:24,230 --> 00:14:25,664 EVERYBODY HAS BEEN WORKING 419 00:14:25,664 --> 00:14:28,367 REALLY HARD TO MAKE IT EASY 420 00:14:28,367 --> 00:14:29,768 FOR FOLKS TO GET AROUND WITH SO 421 00:14:29,768 --> 00:14:31,437 MANY PEOPLE IN TOWN. WE HAVE 422 00:14:31,437 --> 00:14:32,638 BEEN PREPARING FOR A LONG TIME 423 00:14:32,638 --> 00:14:35,074 TO BE READY. WE HAVE MADE 424 00:14:35,074 --> 00:14:36,108 IMPROVEMENTS LARGE AND SMALL TO 425 00:14:36,108 --> 00:14:38,244 GET READY. WE REPAVED 426 00:14:38,244 --> 00:14:41,647 OCCIDENTAL AVENUE THE MAIN 427 00:14:41,647 --> 00:14:42,915 STREET ACCESSING STADIUMS AND 428 00:14:42,915 --> 00:14:46,051 WE REPAVED ROYAL, WE FRESHENED 429 00:14:46,051 --> 00:14:49,054 UP 100 CROSSWALKS , REPLACED 430 00:14:49,054 --> 00:14:51,757 STREET SIGNS. AND FIXED ALL 431 00:14:51,757 --> 00:14:54,660 KINDS OF MINOR REPAIRS WITH 432 00:14:54,660 --> 00:14:56,028 LANDSCAPING AND POTHOLES AND 433 00:14:56,028 --> 00:15:00,132 OTHER THINGS. THE BEST WAY TO 434 00:15:00,132 --> 00:15:01,200 GET AROUND ACROSS THE WEEKEND 435 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:02,234 AND MONDAY AND TUESDAY IS 436 00:15:02,234 --> 00:15:04,403 WALKING, BIKING, SCOOTER OR 437 00:15:04,403 --> 00:15:07,573 TRANSIT. MONDAY AND TUESDAY 438 00:15:07,573 --> 00:15:10,175 TRANSIT IS FREE, VERY EXCITING. 439 00:15:10,175 --> 00:15:11,577 THE MAJOR TRANSIT IS FREE 440 00:15:11,577 --> 00:15:13,779 ACROSS ALL OF KING COUNTY. THE 441 00:15:13,779 --> 00:15:16,215 BUS SYSTEM, THE LIGHT RAIL AND 442 00:15:16,215 --> 00:15:17,449 THE STREETCARS THAT ARE 443 00:15:17,449 --> 00:15:21,353 OPERATED BY S.D.O.T.. WE HAVE 444 00:15:21,353 --> 00:15:24,056 MARKED SOME ROUTES TO GET TO 445 00:15:24,056 --> 00:15:25,658 AND FROM THE STADIUMS. THERE 446 00:15:25,658 --> 00:15:29,528 IS A WALKING ROUTE THAT IS A 447 00:15:29,528 --> 00:15:31,030 GREEN TRAIL WITH LITTLE GREEN 448 00:15:31,030 --> 00:15:33,832 ARROWS , THERE LIKE STICKERS ON 449 00:15:33,832 --> 00:15:35,034 THE SIDEWALK AND THAT WILL 450 00:15:35,034 --> 00:15:37,870 TAKE YOU ACROSS PINE AND DOWN 451 00:15:37,870 --> 00:15:39,305 FIRST AVENUE OR FROM THE 452 00:15:39,305 --> 00:15:41,740 WATERFRONT DOWN ALASKA WAY. 453 00:15:41,740 --> 00:15:44,643 SO LOOK OUT FOR THOSE. IF YOU 454 00:15:44,643 --> 00:15:46,378 ARE BIKING THERE IS A WONDERFUL 455 00:15:46,378 --> 00:15:49,114 PROTECTED LIKELY ALL THE WAY 456 00:15:49,114 --> 00:15:50,883 LONG SECOND AVENUE THAT IS A 457 00:15:50,883 --> 00:15:55,220 GREAT AMENITY AND THERE'S A 458 00:15:55,220 --> 00:15:56,422 NEW BIKE LANE ALONG ALASKA WAY 459 00:15:56,422 --> 00:15:57,389 DOWN THE WATERFRONT AND THOSE 460 00:15:57,389 --> 00:15:58,424 ARE YOUR BEST BIKE ROUTES. 461 00:15:58,424 --> 00:15:59,858 THERE HAVE IT IS A CASCADE BIKE 462 00:15:59,858 --> 00:16:00,859 CLUB IS OFFERING BIKE PARKING 463 00:16:00,859 --> 00:16:02,928 AT THE STADIUMS WHICH IS A 464 00:16:02,928 --> 00:16:04,797 NICE AND SAFE WAY TO KEEP YOUR 465 00:16:04,797 --> 00:16:06,832 BIKE WE CAN USE BIKE SHARE OR 466 00:16:06,832 --> 00:16:08,067 SCOOTER SHARE AND CHOOSE A 467 00:16:08,067 --> 00:16:09,601 DIFFERENT MODE ON THE WAY OUT. 468 00:16:09,601 --> 00:16:11,937 THERE IS ALSO A NEW RIDESHARE 469 00:16:11,937 --> 00:16:14,239 PARKING AREA NEAR THE STADIUM 470 00:16:14,239 --> 00:16:17,109 SO IF YOU WANT TO TAKE 471 00:16:17,109 --> 00:16:18,777 RIDESHARE HOME, AFTER THE 472 00:16:18,777 --> 00:16:21,113 EVENT, THERE WILL BE A WELL 473 00:16:21,113 --> 00:16:22,781 ORGANIZED AREA WHERE YOU CAN 474 00:16:22,781 --> 00:16:28,954 DO THAT. I WOULD ADVISE 475 00:16:28,954 --> 00:16:29,955 EVERYONE IN SEATTLE TO THINK 476 00:16:29,955 --> 00:16:30,756 ABOUT ALTERNATIVES TO CARS, 477 00:16:30,756 --> 00:16:31,623 ESPECIALLY MONDAY AND TUESDAY 478 00:16:31,623 --> 00:16:36,695 AT THE PEAK BUSYNESS. SO FREE 479 00:16:36,695 --> 00:16:37,930 TRANSIT CAN ALSO HELP FOLKS WHO 480 00:16:37,930 --> 00:16:39,531 MAY WANT TO AVOID CONGESTION 481 00:16:39,531 --> 00:16:44,036 IN GENERAL DURING THE EVENTS. 482 00:16:44,036 --> 00:16:44,870 WE ARE STAFFING OUR 483 00:16:44,870 --> 00:16:45,471 TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS 484 00:16:45,471 --> 00:16:49,274 CENTER 24 72. MONITORING ALL 485 00:16:49,274 --> 00:16:50,909 THE ROUTES. PEOPLE WHO CHOOSE 486 00:16:50,909 --> 00:16:52,644 TO ARRIVE SHOULD BE AWARE OF 487 00:16:52,644 --> 00:16:53,979 STREET CLOSURES THAT MAY BE 488 00:16:53,979 --> 00:16:54,980 DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU ARE 489 00:16:54,980 --> 00:16:58,450 USED TO ON A TYPICAL DAY. BUT 490 00:16:58,450 --> 00:17:00,085 AGAIN, WALKING, BIKING AND 491 00:17:00,085 --> 00:17:01,787 USING TRANSIT IN THE BEST WAYS 492 00:17:01,787 --> 00:17:04,056 TO GET AROUND AND TRANSIT IS 493 00:17:04,056 --> 00:17:09,795 FREE MONDAY AND TUESDAY. 494 00:17:09,795 --> 00:17:11,230 >> THANK YOU. I WANT TO MAKE 495 00:17:11,230 --> 00:17:12,231 SURE, BEFORE WE GET TO 496 00:17:12,231 --> 00:17:13,866 QUESTIONS. THERE IS A LOT OF 497 00:17:13,866 --> 00:17:15,501 EVENTS, THERE IS THE GREEN 498 00:17:15,501 --> 00:17:17,903 PATH, ANYONE INTERESTED IN 499 00:17:17,903 --> 00:17:21,974 FINDING A COMPREHENSIVE LIST 500 00:17:21,974 --> 00:17:23,008 OF WHAT'S GOING ON, VISIT 501 00:17:23,008 --> 00:17:24,109 SEATTLE'S WEBSITE, SEATTLE.ORG 502 00:17:24,109 --> 00:17:25,711 WITH A WHOLE PAGE DEDICATED TO 503 00:17:25,711 --> 00:17:27,980 THE ALL-STAR GAME LISTING 504 00:17:27,980 --> 00:17:29,181 OFFICIAL EVENTS AND COMMUNITY 505 00:17:29,181 --> 00:17:33,018 EVENTS. IT HAS LINKS TO THINGS 506 00:17:33,018 --> 00:17:34,253 LIKE THE GREEN PATH SO ANYONE 507 00:17:34,253 --> 00:17:35,654 WHO WANTS TO LOOK AND SEE WHAT 508 00:17:35,654 --> 00:17:38,757 EVENTS THEY WANT TO GO TO, WE 509 00:17:38,757 --> 00:17:39,725 ENCOURAGE THEM TO VISIT THAT 510 00:17:39,725 --> 00:17:41,093 SITE WITH A MAJOR-LEAGUE 511 00:17:41,093 --> 00:17:44,063 BASEBALL WEBSITE. NOW I WILL 512 00:17:44,063 --> 00:17:45,664 BRING UP CHRIS TO MODERATE Q&A. 513 00:17:45,664 --> 00:17:46,165 514 00:17:51,837 --> 00:17:51,904 515 00:17:51,904 --> 00:17:58,644 >> FOR MEDIA CREDENTIALS YOU 516 00:17:58,644 --> 00:18:00,612 WILL NEED TO GO THROUGH MLB 517 00:18:00,612 --> 00:18:03,415 DIRECTLY AND ON THEIR WEBSITE 518 00:18:03,415 --> 00:18:04,750 IT IS THEIR PROCESS FOR GETTING 519 00:18:04,750 --> 00:18:05,884 APPROVED FOR DIFFERENT MEDIA 520 00:18:05,884 --> 00:18:08,921 CREDENTIALS. 521 00:18:08,921 --> 00:18:12,424 >> FOLLOWING UP WITH STAFFING. 522 00:18:12,424 --> 00:18:15,094 HOW ARE YOU HANDLING THAT? 523 00:18:15,094 --> 00:18:18,597 HAVE YOU LENGTHENED SHIFTS OR 524 00:18:18,597 --> 00:18:20,599 CANCELED THE TIME OFF? 525 00:18:20,599 --> 00:18:22,401 >> WHAT WE REFER TO IS A 526 00:18:22,401 --> 00:18:25,070 MODIFIED LOOPHOLE FOR WHEN WE 527 00:18:25,070 --> 00:18:26,505 HAVE BIG EVENTS LIKE THIS FOR 528 00:18:26,505 --> 00:18:28,807 LONG PERIODS OF TIME. WE PUT 529 00:18:28,807 --> 00:18:30,375 PEOPLE ON 12 HOUR SHIFTS AND 530 00:18:30,375 --> 00:18:33,512 THE WAY THEY ARE BUTTED UP 531 00:18:33,512 --> 00:18:35,147 WITH ANOTHER 12 HOUR SHIFT AS 532 00:18:35,147 --> 00:18:36,515 WE MAKE SURE WE HAVE SEAMLESS 533 00:18:36,515 --> 00:18:41,019 COVERAGE OF ALL THE TOLL TIME. 534 00:18:41,019 --> 00:18:42,688 THEY ARE ON THAT, WE GIVE 535 00:18:42,688 --> 00:18:43,889 PEOPLE DAYS OFF TO MAKE SURE 536 00:18:43,889 --> 00:18:44,923 PEOPLE GET ENOUGH REST DURING 537 00:18:44,923 --> 00:18:46,725 THAT TIME. SO WE WILL BE ON THE 538 00:18:46,725 --> 00:18:48,360 MODIFIED THROUGHOUT THE WAY 539 00:18:48,360 --> 00:18:50,662 UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING. AND 540 00:18:50,662 --> 00:18:53,265 THEN WHAT WE WILL ALSO BE 541 00:18:53,265 --> 00:18:56,134 DOING IS WE'RE STILL STAFFING 542 00:18:56,134 --> 00:18:57,102 PATROL STAFF. WILL TRY TO 543 00:18:57,102 --> 00:18:58,737 FIGURE OUT AND MAKE SURE WE ARE 544 00:18:58,737 --> 00:19:00,172 AUGMENTING SOME EMPHASIS AREAS 545 00:19:00,172 --> 00:19:02,641 AS WELL SO WE STILL ADDRESSING 546 00:19:02,641 --> 00:19:03,842 A LOT OF POTENTIAL VIOLENCE 547 00:19:03,842 --> 00:19:05,244 THAT IS OCCURRING THROUGHOUT 548 00:19:05,244 --> 00:19:07,079 THE CITY. 549 00:19:07,079 --> 00:19:10,949 >> THIS MORNING I WAS , CAME 550 00:19:10,949 --> 00:19:14,119 ACROSS A SWEEP OF A GUY ON THE 551 00:19:14,119 --> 00:19:16,955 STREET WITH A TENT AND I 552 00:19:16,955 --> 00:19:17,990 CHECKED THE NAMES OF THE 553 00:19:17,990 --> 00:19:20,192 DETECTIVES AND ONE OF THEM WAS 554 00:19:20,192 --> 00:19:21,260 SPECIAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 555 00:19:21,260 --> 00:19:22,294 DETECTIVE AND ANOTHER WAS A 556 00:19:22,294 --> 00:19:24,429 SPECIAL ORDER DETECTIVE OR 557 00:19:24,429 --> 00:19:26,732 ORDER SERVICE DETECTIVE. HAVE 558 00:19:26,732 --> 00:19:30,202 YOU PULL PEOPLE OFF OF HOMICIDE 559 00:19:30,202 --> 00:19:31,436 AND SEXUAL ASSAULT AND 560 00:19:31,436 --> 00:19:32,604 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TO HELP WITH 561 00:19:32,604 --> 00:19:34,873 CLEARING THE HOMELESS AREA IN 562 00:19:34,873 --> 00:19:37,142 SOTO ? 563 00:19:37,142 --> 00:19:39,144 >> TYPICALLY OUR INTERNAL 564 00:19:39,144 --> 00:19:41,013 RESPONSE TEAM THAT WORKS WITH 565 00:19:41,013 --> 00:19:43,015 THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM WHICH IS 566 00:19:43,015 --> 00:19:44,716 A LOT OF THE HOMELESS WORK IS 567 00:19:44,716 --> 00:19:47,085 OFF TODAY BECAUSE OF THE BLUE 568 00:19:47,085 --> 00:19:52,658 GOLD MODIFICATION. AND SO WE 569 00:19:52,658 --> 00:19:53,458 ARE PULLING THE OFFICERS 570 00:19:53,458 --> 00:19:56,128 WORKING THE VENUE, WE HAD A 571 00:19:56,128 --> 00:19:57,129 LITTLE BIT OF DEPLOYMENT TO 572 00:19:57,129 --> 00:19:58,096 ASSIST IN ANYTHING THAT THE 573 00:19:58,096 --> 00:19:59,998 UNIFIED CARE TEAM MAY NEED. 574 00:19:59,998 --> 00:20:04,636 THEY HAVE BEEN REDEPLOYED BACK 575 00:20:04,636 --> 00:20:05,904 INTO THEIR EMPHASIS AREA 576 00:20:05,904 --> 00:20:06,772 THROUGHOUT ALL THE VENUES 577 00:20:06,772 --> 00:20:08,073 SINCE. SO IT WAS A VERY SHORT 578 00:20:08,073 --> 00:20:09,374 BIT OF TIME TO ASSIST WHATEVER 579 00:20:09,374 --> 00:20:10,375 WAS NEEDED AND THEN THEY'RE 580 00:20:10,375 --> 00:20:14,846 BACK INTO THEIR ASSIGNED VENUE. 581 00:20:14,846 --> 00:20:15,213 582 00:20:15,213 --> 00:20:16,648 >> WHAT ABOUT HOMELESS SWEEPS? 583 00:20:16,648 --> 00:20:21,653 HAVE YOU SWEPT THE AREAS THAT 584 00:20:21,653 --> 00:20:22,421 ARE CONSIDERED MOST IMPORTANT 585 00:20:22,421 --> 00:20:23,388 AND WHAT ABOUT ANY POTENTIAL 586 00:20:23,388 --> 00:20:24,856 PROTEST THAT MAY COME FROM 587 00:20:24,856 --> 00:20:25,090 THAT? 588 00:20:25,090 --> 00:20:29,995 >> TWO QUESTIONS AND THERE. 589 00:20:29,995 --> 00:20:31,196 ONE IS IN TERMS OF ENCAMPMENT 590 00:20:31,196 --> 00:20:31,997 REMOVAL. THROUGH UNIFIED CARE 591 00:20:31,997 --> 00:20:36,902 TEAM WE DO OBJECTIVE MATRIX OF 592 00:20:36,902 --> 00:20:37,803 REMOVALS TAKING PLACE. THERE 593 00:20:37,803 --> 00:20:38,737 HAS BEEN NO ARTIFICIAL RAMP-UP 594 00:20:38,737 --> 00:20:40,539 IN THE AREA AROUND THE STADIUMS 595 00:20:40,539 --> 00:20:42,874 IN THE LEAD UP TO THE ALL-STAR 596 00:20:42,874 --> 00:20:45,243 GAME. WE ALL KNOW THAT SOTO 597 00:20:45,243 --> 00:20:47,312 AND SURROUNDING AREAS ARE 598 00:20:47,312 --> 00:20:48,113 DISPROPORTIONATELY, THEY HAVE A 599 00:20:48,113 --> 00:20:50,349 LOT OF ENCAMPMENTS AND RVS SO 600 00:20:50,349 --> 00:20:52,784 THEY HAVE SINCE THE MAYOR TOOK 601 00:20:52,784 --> 00:20:56,021 OFFICE HAVE HAD A STEADY 602 00:20:56,021 --> 00:20:57,322 STREAM OF REMOVALS THAT ARE 603 00:20:57,322 --> 00:20:58,724 NECESSARY. THERE HAS BEEN NO 604 00:20:58,724 --> 00:20:59,758 ARTIFICIAL RAMP-UP. IN TERMS OF 605 00:20:59,758 --> 00:21:03,528 PROTEST I WILL LET CHIEF 606 00:21:03,528 --> 00:21:04,763 ANSWER THAT. 607 00:21:04,763 --> 00:21:08,734 >> TO THE SECOND QUESTION. WE 608 00:21:08,734 --> 00:21:09,501 MONITOR ALL LEVELS OF 609 00:21:09,501 --> 00:21:11,069 COMMUNICATION ABOUT POTENTIAL 610 00:21:11,069 --> 00:21:15,440 PROTEST AND WE ARE AWARE OF 611 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:16,808 ANY POTENTIAL PROTEST THAT 612 00:21:16,808 --> 00:21:18,877 MIGHT OCCUR. WE HAVE 613 00:21:18,877 --> 00:21:20,512 CONTINGENCY PLANS SET UP SHOULD 614 00:21:20,512 --> 00:21:22,180 SOMETHING ARRIVE SO WE WANT TO 615 00:21:22,180 --> 00:21:23,915 HELP FACILITATE SO WE HAVE TO 616 00:21:23,915 --> 00:21:26,184 MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE 617 00:21:26,184 --> 00:21:29,087 VIOLATING LAW SO WE DO HAVE 618 00:21:29,087 --> 00:21:31,523 PLANS IN PLACE SHOULD 619 00:21:31,523 --> 00:21:35,627 SOMETHING COME UP. 620 00:21:35,627 --> 00:21:37,029 >> HAVE YOU BEEN ALERTED TO THE 621 00:21:37,029 --> 00:21:38,463 FACT THAT THERE ARE PLAN 622 00:21:38,463 --> 00:21:38,764 PROTESTS? 623 00:21:38,764 --> 00:21:39,931 >> WE HAVE BEEN ALERTED THERE 624 00:21:39,931 --> 00:21:41,533 IS A POTENTIAL OF A PLANNED 625 00:21:41,533 --> 00:21:45,404 PROTEST AND WE'RE NOT GOING 626 00:21:45,404 --> 00:21:46,972 INTO WHETHER IT'S ONE DAY OR 627 00:21:46,972 --> 00:21:48,106 THROUGHOUT, BUT THROUGHOUT THE 628 00:21:48,106 --> 00:21:49,508 WEEK WE ARE CONSTANTLY 629 00:21:49,508 --> 00:21:50,809 MONITORING ANY , ANYTHING THAT 630 00:21:50,809 --> 00:21:53,812 MAY END UP COMING UP. 631 00:21:53,812 --> 00:21:56,548 >> FOR THE DEPUTY MAYOR. 632 00:21:56,548 --> 00:21:57,582 DRIVING AROUND THIS MORNING IN 633 00:21:57,582 --> 00:21:58,750 SOME OF THE PROBLEM AREAS, 634 00:21:58,750 --> 00:22:04,523 SPECIFICALLY THIRD AND PIKE IT 635 00:22:04,523 --> 00:22:05,490 DOES LOOK SOMEWHAT CLEANER SO 636 00:22:05,490 --> 00:22:06,491 ARE THEIR EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN 637 00:22:06,491 --> 00:22:07,559 THAT BEYOND ALL-STAR WEEKS? IS 638 00:22:07,559 --> 00:22:09,161 THERE A BUDGET TO CONTINUE THE 639 00:22:09,161 --> 00:22:12,497 EFFORT? 640 00:22:12,497 --> 00:22:13,632 >> AS I MENTIONED BEFORE MAKING 641 00:22:13,632 --> 00:22:14,900 SURE OUR CITY IS CLEAN AND 642 00:22:14,900 --> 00:22:15,901 VIBRANT FOR ALL RESIDENTS IS 643 00:22:15,901 --> 00:22:16,902 SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN DOING 644 00:22:16,902 --> 00:22:18,603 SINCE DAY ONE FOR THE MAYORAL 645 00:22:18,603 --> 00:22:20,072 ADMINISTRATION. WE HAVE HAD 646 00:22:20,072 --> 00:22:21,206 CONCENTRATED EFFORTS OVER THE 647 00:22:21,206 --> 00:22:23,442 PAST YEAR AND A HALF FOR AREAS 648 00:22:23,442 --> 00:22:26,745 LIKE THIRD AVENUE, THIRD AND 649 00:22:26,745 --> 00:22:27,813 PIKE, THE THIRD AVENUE PROJECT 650 00:22:27,813 --> 00:22:29,815 HAS BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT AND ALL 651 00:22:29,815 --> 00:22:31,416 OF THOSE EFFORTS ARE BEARING 652 00:22:31,416 --> 00:22:33,685 FRUIT NOW. SO THOSE ARE NOT 653 00:22:33,685 --> 00:22:34,853 ONE-TIME INVESTMENT, THOSE ARE 654 00:22:34,853 --> 00:22:37,589 ONGOING AND SO WE HOPE AND 655 00:22:37,589 --> 00:22:39,057 EXPECT TO SEE THAT LASTING 656 00:22:39,057 --> 00:22:44,563 BEYOND THE ALL-STAR GAME. 657 00:22:44,563 --> 00:22:45,997 >> CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT 658 00:22:45,997 --> 00:22:47,199 WHAT THE SWEEP LOOK LIKE? THE 659 00:22:47,199 --> 00:22:48,467 BIGGEST ONE WHERE WE SAW THE 660 00:22:48,467 --> 00:22:50,102 MOST NOTICEABLE CHANGES WITH 661 00:22:50,102 --> 00:22:51,069 IT BEING CLEANER WITH FEWER 662 00:22:51,069 --> 00:22:53,338 HOMELESS PEOPLE AROUND. 663 00:22:53,338 --> 00:22:54,639 >> NOT SURE EXACTLY WHICH YOU 664 00:22:54,639 --> 00:22:56,575 ARE REFERRING TO. THIRD AVENUE? 665 00:22:56,575 --> 00:22:59,244 I'M NOT SURE THE SPECIFICS. 666 00:22:59,244 --> 00:23:01,480 BUT AGAIN ANYTHING WE DO IS 667 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:02,881 CONSISTENT WITH NORMAL 668 00:23:02,881 --> 00:23:04,383 OPERATING PRACTICE OF THE 669 00:23:04,383 --> 00:23:06,384 UNIFIED CARE TEAM. SO FOR 670 00:23:06,384 --> 00:23:09,421 ANYTHING THAT IS IN CAMI 671 00:23:09,421 --> 00:23:12,290 REMOVAL THERE IS NOTICE GIVEN, 672 00:23:12,290 --> 00:23:13,358 OUTREACHES GIVEN, THE GOAL IS 673 00:23:13,358 --> 00:23:15,127 TO MAKE SURE WE GET FOLKS 674 00:23:15,127 --> 00:23:18,029 SERVICES AND HOUSING THEY NEED 675 00:23:18,029 --> 00:23:19,698 AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE 676 00:23:19,698 --> 00:23:21,099 BEEN DOING FOR A YEAR AND A 677 00:23:21,099 --> 00:23:22,534 HALF AND IS WHAT WE WILL 678 00:23:22,534 --> 00:23:23,368 CONTINUE DOING. 679 00:23:23,368 --> 00:23:26,605 >> HOW MANY OFFICERS WILL BE 680 00:23:26,605 --> 00:23:29,274 THERE EVERY NIGHT AND DOES THE 681 00:23:29,274 --> 00:23:32,277 PRESENT INCREASE COMPARED TO 682 00:23:32,277 --> 00:23:33,712 HOW MANY PEOPLE NORMALLY ATTEND 683 00:23:33,712 --> 00:23:37,682 DURING MARINERS GAMES AND CAN 684 00:23:37,682 --> 00:23:38,550 YOU SHARE YOUR DEPARTMENT 685 00:23:38,550 --> 00:23:43,021 COMMUNICATION WITH FBI? 686 00:23:43,021 --> 00:23:44,523 >> WE ARE STAFFING 24/7. 687 00:23:44,523 --> 00:23:46,324 TYPICALLY ON A ONE-DAY EVENT 688 00:23:46,324 --> 00:23:48,093 WE WOULD STAFF LEADING UP TO 689 00:23:48,093 --> 00:23:49,961 THE EVENT AND THEN UP TO THE 690 00:23:49,961 --> 00:23:52,397 CLOSE OF THE EVENT AND THEN WE 691 00:23:52,397 --> 00:23:53,899 WOULD DEMOBILIZE WHICH OCCURS 692 00:23:53,899 --> 00:23:58,136 AFTER THE EVENT. SINCE THIS IS 693 00:23:58,136 --> 00:23:59,371 SEVERAL DAYS A LOT OF SITES 694 00:23:59,371 --> 00:24:00,972 HAVE TO MAINTAIN SECURITY AND 695 00:24:00,972 --> 00:24:02,641 WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE 696 00:24:02,641 --> 00:24:03,675 SECURITY OVERNIGHT. LESS STAFF 697 00:24:03,675 --> 00:24:06,511 IN THE EVENING , BUT WE WILL 698 00:24:06,511 --> 00:24:08,079 STILL HAVE THAT MONITORED. WE 699 00:24:08,079 --> 00:24:10,749 WORK WITH THE FEDERAL PARTNERS 700 00:24:10,749 --> 00:24:12,417 ON THAT. SO WHEN IT COMES TO 701 00:24:12,417 --> 00:24:14,886 WORKING WITH THE FBI AND A 702 00:24:14,886 --> 00:24:16,588 VARIETY OF DIFFERENT FEDERAL 703 00:24:16,588 --> 00:24:20,192 AGENCIES, THAT HAS BEEN 704 00:24:20,192 --> 00:24:21,860 ONGOING BASIS FOR A LOT OF 705 00:24:21,860 --> 00:24:22,661 SPECIAL EVENTS, ESPECIALLY WHEN 706 00:24:22,661 --> 00:24:26,131 WE HAVE A LOT OF FANS COMING IN 707 00:24:26,131 --> 00:24:27,165 . THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S 708 00:24:27,165 --> 00:24:28,300 NORMAL AND ROUTINE SO 709 00:24:28,300 --> 00:24:29,167 COMMUNICATION WE ARE 710 00:24:29,167 --> 00:24:31,837 MONITORING ANY POTENTIAL ISSUES 711 00:24:31,837 --> 00:24:33,672 THAT PEOPLE MIGHT WANT TO 712 00:24:33,672 --> 00:24:37,776 DISRUPT. NOT JUST PROTEST, BUT 713 00:24:37,776 --> 00:24:39,177 OTHER LEVELS OF DISRUPTION SO 714 00:24:39,177 --> 00:24:43,081 WE WORK WITH THEM ON BEING 715 00:24:43,081 --> 00:24:44,249 ABLE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING 716 00:24:44,249 --> 00:24:45,450 WE CAN IDENTIFY TO ADDRESS 717 00:24:45,450 --> 00:24:46,952 THOSE ISSUES BEFORE THEY BECOME 718 00:24:46,952 --> 00:24:53,058 ISSUES. RIGHT NOW THAT IS A 719 00:24:53,058 --> 00:24:53,892 PRETTY NORMAL PROCESS FOR 720 00:24:53,892 --> 00:24:55,093 EVENTS LIKE THIS. AS WE GET 721 00:24:55,093 --> 00:24:56,895 INTO THE FUTURE OF THIS, WE'VE 722 00:24:56,895 --> 00:24:59,030 GOT THE NHL CLASSIC LATER THIS 723 00:24:59,030 --> 00:25:00,799 YEAR AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT 724 00:25:00,799 --> 00:25:02,601 YEAR. WE HAVE THE WORLD CUP, 725 00:25:02,601 --> 00:25:05,704 SWAY WORKING NOT JUST THIS 726 00:25:05,704 --> 00:25:07,105 EVENT, BUT WE HAVE OTHER 727 00:25:07,105 --> 00:25:08,306 AGENCIES THAT ARE COMING IN AND 728 00:25:08,306 --> 00:25:10,041 CHECKING OUT HOW WE ARE RUNNING 729 00:25:10,041 --> 00:25:11,843 IT BECAUSE THEY WILL BE 730 00:25:11,843 --> 00:25:12,844 PLANNING THEIR EVENTS FOR NEXT 731 00:25:12,844 --> 00:25:15,280 YEAR WITH THE FUTURE. WE ARE 732 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:16,715 CONSTANTLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE 733 00:25:16,715 --> 00:25:19,584 WE PULL ALL THE RESOURCES WE 734 00:25:19,584 --> 00:25:23,488 CAN INTO THESE EVENTS. 735 00:25:23,488 --> 00:25:24,890 >> YESTERDAY OR THE DAY BEFORE, 736 00:25:24,890 --> 00:25:28,159 THERE WAS QUESTION ABOUT THE 737 00:25:28,159 --> 00:25:29,661 ECO-BLOCKS ON THIRD AND COLBY 738 00:25:29,661 --> 00:25:32,264 AND S.D.O.T. SAID IT WAS NOT 739 00:25:32,264 --> 00:25:36,768 THEM AND IT WAS NOT THE CITY. 740 00:25:36,768 --> 00:25:38,169 ANY CLARIFICATION ON WHO PUT 741 00:25:38,169 --> 00:25:40,205 THOSE UP AND HOW LONG THEY WILL 742 00:25:40,205 --> 00:25:42,407 BE THERE? 743 00:25:42,407 --> 00:25:43,909 >> THOSE WERE NOT DONE BY THE 744 00:25:43,909 --> 00:25:45,110 CITY. WE DID NOT KNOW ABOUT 745 00:25:45,110 --> 00:25:46,111 THEM AND THEIR NOT ASSOCIATED 746 00:25:46,111 --> 00:25:50,649 WITH ALL-STAR PARTNERS. I WILL 747 00:25:50,649 --> 00:25:52,884 DEFER TO THE DIRECTOR ON THE 748 00:25:52,884 --> 00:25:56,555 S.D.O.T. APPROACH, IN THE PAST 749 00:25:56,555 --> 00:25:57,989 THERE WERE CAPACITY ISSUES WITH 750 00:25:57,989 --> 00:25:59,658 ECO-BLOCKS SO THAT SOMETHING 751 00:25:59,658 --> 00:26:01,893 WE WILL HAVE TO ASSESS OVER 752 00:26:01,893 --> 00:26:04,095 THE COMING DAYS. 753 00:26:04,095 --> 00:26:08,033 >> IN TERMS OF REMOVING THEM, 754 00:26:08,033 --> 00:26:09,668 THIS IS A PRIME CONSTRUCTION 755 00:26:09,668 --> 00:26:13,305 SEASON AND WE ARE FOCUSED ON 756 00:26:13,305 --> 00:26:14,472 BUILDING SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS 757 00:26:14,472 --> 00:26:16,207 AND MOBILITY. IT WOULD BE 758 00:26:16,207 --> 00:26:19,210 UNLIKELY TO TAKE PEOPLE OFF 759 00:26:19,210 --> 00:26:23,081 JUST MOVE ECO-BLOCKS AROUND. 760 00:26:23,081 --> 00:26:25,984 >> BEFORE THIS PRESS 761 00:26:25,984 --> 00:26:32,123 CONFERENCE, I WALKED THIRD AND 762 00:26:32,123 --> 00:26:33,158 PIKE, THIRD AND CHERRY, 12th 763 00:26:33,158 --> 00:26:34,926 AND JACKSON, THERE IS STILL A 764 00:26:34,926 --> 00:26:39,497 LOT OF ILLICIT ACTIVITY 765 00:26:39,497 --> 00:26:40,131 HAPPENING INCLUDING OPEN-AIR 766 00:26:40,131 --> 00:26:41,366 DRUG USE. WILL YOU BE ADDING 767 00:26:41,366 --> 00:26:42,200 EXTRA OFFICERS IN THOSE 768 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:42,500 HOTSPOTS? 769 00:26:42,500 --> 00:26:44,469 >> YES, AS WE MENTIONED WE HAD 770 00:26:44,469 --> 00:26:51,843 OFFICERS WORKING THE EVENTS. 771 00:26:51,843 --> 00:26:52,944 WE BRIEFLY PULLED THEM OFF TO 772 00:26:52,944 --> 00:26:54,212 MAKE SURE WE SUPPORTED THE TEAM 773 00:26:54,212 --> 00:26:55,413 AND THEN BACK ONTO THOSE AREAS. 774 00:26:55,413 --> 00:26:56,481 WILL MAKE SURE THEIR OFFICERS 775 00:26:56,481 --> 00:26:58,283 IN THE CID DOWN TO THIRD AND 776 00:26:58,283 --> 00:27:02,387 PIKE AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE 777 00:27:02,387 --> 00:27:03,455 PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS FROM THE 778 00:27:03,455 --> 00:27:04,823 HOTEL DISTRICTS INTO THE ACTUAL 779 00:27:04,823 --> 00:27:06,658 STADIUM DISTRICT WITH A SAFE 780 00:27:06,658 --> 00:27:09,060 PATH WE WILL HAVE OFFICERS 781 00:27:09,060 --> 00:27:11,363 AROUND THOSE LOCATIONS. THAT 782 00:27:11,363 --> 00:27:15,600 WILL BE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK 783 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:17,469 AND WE WILL WRAP UP MONDAY INTO 784 00:27:17,469 --> 00:27:23,141 TUESDAY WITH BIGGER EVENTS 785 00:27:23,141 --> 00:27:24,042 WITH LARGER SCALE POPULATIONS 786 00:27:24,042 --> 00:27:25,243 WE LOOKING AT 60,000 TO 80,000 787 00:27:25,243 --> 00:27:26,044 PEOPLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY 788 00:27:26,044 --> 00:27:27,712 BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE HOME RUN 789 00:27:27,712 --> 00:27:31,182 DERBY AND THE GAME SO YOU WILL 790 00:27:31,182 --> 00:27:32,984 HAVE A LOT MORE STAFF DURING 791 00:27:32,984 --> 00:27:34,452 THOSE DAYS RATHER THAN OTHER 792 00:27:34,452 --> 00:27:36,721 DAYS, BUT WE STILL HAVE THOSE 793 00:27:36,721 --> 00:27:38,723 EVENTS. 794 00:27:38,723 --> 00:27:43,828 >> ARE YOU ENFORCING PUBLIC 795 00:27:43,828 --> 00:27:48,166 USE LAW AT THIS TIME? 796 00:27:48,166 --> 00:27:49,334 >> THAT IS SOMETHING WE ARE 797 00:27:49,334 --> 00:27:50,568 WORKING WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE 798 00:27:50,568 --> 00:27:52,404 AND WE HAVE DONE A COUPLE IS 799 00:27:52,404 --> 00:27:54,939 CONFERENCES , THE FENTANYL 800 00:27:54,939 --> 00:27:57,442 WORKGROUP IS WORKING ON 801 00:27:57,442 --> 00:27:59,711 PUTTING FORTH A COMPANY 802 00:27:59,711 --> 00:28:02,247 LEGISLATION PACKAGE THAT IS IN 803 00:28:02,247 --> 00:28:05,483 THE WORKS NOW, HOPEFULLY SOON 804 00:28:05,483 --> 00:28:06,751 WE WILL BE ABLE TO PRODUCE 805 00:28:06,751 --> 00:28:07,752 SOMETHING THE CITY COUNCIL FOR 806 00:28:07,752 --> 00:28:11,289 THEM TO VOTE. RIGHT NOW WE 807 00:28:11,289 --> 00:28:12,223 DON'T HAVE ABILITY ON DRUG 808 00:28:12,223 --> 00:28:13,525 USAGE LAW BUT THAT IS SOMETHING 809 00:28:13,525 --> 00:28:14,959 WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING TOWARD 810 00:28:14,959 --> 00:28:17,328 NOW. 811 00:28:17,328 --> 00:28:18,396 >> THERE WAS AN INCIDENT 812 00:28:18,396 --> 00:28:20,632 EARLIER THIS WEEK WHERE A MAN 813 00:28:20,632 --> 00:28:23,501 WAS STOPPED NEAR THIRD AND PIKE 814 00:28:23,501 --> 00:28:26,671 FOR USING FENTANYL AND THEN 815 00:28:26,671 --> 00:28:28,006 HE RESISTED AND GOT A CHARGE 816 00:28:28,006 --> 00:28:29,941 WITH AN ASSAULT ON AN OFFICER. 817 00:28:29,941 --> 00:28:33,812 WHAT HAPPENS IF A OFFICER SEE 818 00:28:33,812 --> 00:28:36,881 SOMEONE USING FENTANYL? 819 00:28:36,881 --> 00:28:40,185 >> RIGHT NOW THERE IS INTENT 820 00:28:40,185 --> 00:28:43,021 TO DELIVER, DELIVER, THERE IS 821 00:28:43,021 --> 00:28:45,523 OTHER VIOLATIONS, THERE CAN BE 822 00:28:45,523 --> 00:28:46,858 OPERATIONS WE ARE CURRENTLY 823 00:28:46,858 --> 00:28:49,427 RUNNING IN AND AROUND 824 00:28:49,427 --> 00:28:53,098 ADDRESSING FENTANYL ISSUES. SO, 825 00:28:53,098 --> 00:28:54,732 THERE MAY BE OTHER KINDS WE 826 00:28:54,732 --> 00:28:56,568 ARE CONTACTING PEOPLE FOR AND 827 00:28:56,568 --> 00:28:58,002 IT HAS ESCALATED FROM OTHER 828 00:28:58,002 --> 00:29:00,071 CRIMES AND WE FIND OURSELVES 829 00:29:00,071 --> 00:29:02,073 ARRESTING AND POTENTIAL LEVELS 830 00:29:02,073 --> 00:29:05,743 OF USE OF FORCE. ALL OF THAT 831 00:29:05,743 --> 00:29:07,278 GETS VETTED OUT THROUGH A 832 00:29:07,278 --> 00:29:10,882 COMPREHENSIVE PROCESS. FOR 833 00:29:10,882 --> 00:29:13,718 ALL-STAR EVENTS REGARDING 834 00:29:13,718 --> 00:29:15,687 ALL-STAR EVENTS, YES WE ARE 835 00:29:15,687 --> 00:29:17,388 WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE 836 00:29:17,388 --> 00:29:21,893 JAIL FOR THE ALL-STAR THINGS 837 00:29:21,893 --> 00:29:23,294 THEY WOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE THE 838 00:29:23,294 --> 00:29:25,163 ABILITY TO BOOK. AGAIN IT IS A 839 00:29:25,163 --> 00:29:27,031 VERY SMALL NARROW OF THINGS 840 00:29:27,031 --> 00:29:31,136 RELATED TO THOSE EVENTS. 841 00:29:31,136 --> 00:29:32,871 >> THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR 842 00:29:32,871 --> 00:29:34,539 COMING. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. 843 00:29:34,539 --> 00:29:38,543 HAVE A GOOD ALL-STAR WEEKEND.