1 00:00:18,084 --> 00:00:19,319 GOOD MORNING. WE ARE GETTING A 2 00:00:19,386 --> 00:00:20,553 LITTLE BIT OF A LATE START. THI 3 00:00:20,620 --> 00:00:23,523 IS A FEBRUARY 10th 2023 4 00:00:23,590 --> 00:00:24,357 REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF 5 00:00:24,424 --> 00:00:25,325 THE NEIGHBORHOODS, EDUCATION, 6 00:00:25,392 --> 00:00:26,192 CIVIL RIGHTS, AND CULTURE 7 00:00:26,259 --> 00:00:27,660 COMMITTEE. I AM TAMMY MORALES, 8 00:00:27,727 --> 00:00:28,862 CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. WILL TH 9 00:00:28,928 --> 00:00:33,600 CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? 10 00:00:33,666 --> 00:00:43,810 >> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] 11 00:00:43,877 --> 00:00:48,415 >> THANK YOU. IF THERE IS NO 12 00:00:48,481 --> 00:00:51,117 OBJECTION TODAY'S AGENDA WILL B 13 00:00:51,184 --> 00:00:51,885 ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION, 14 00:00:51,951 --> 00:00:53,453 TODAY'S AGENDA IS ADOPTED. SO, 15 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:57,590 WE HAVE SEVERAL APPOINTMENTS ON 16 00:00:57,657 --> 00:01:00,160 TODAY'S COMMITTEE AGENDA, AND 17 00:01:00,226 --> 00:01:04,397 THEN WE WILL HAVE A COMMUNITY 18 00:01:04,464 --> 00:01:05,198 PANEL PRESENTATION ON MOBILITY 19 00:01:05,265 --> 00:01:06,466 ISSUES AND ITS IMPACT ON THE 20 00:01:06,533 --> 00:01:07,767 HEALTH OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. SO 21 00:01:07,834 --> 00:01:11,070 AT THIS TIME WE WILL OPEN THE 22 00:01:11,137 --> 00:01:14,474 GENERAL -- IN PERSON AND HYBRID 23 00:01:14,541 --> 00:01:15,775 PUBLIC COMMENT. DO WE HAVE 24 00:01:15,842 --> 00:01:18,144 ANYBODY IN PERSON? OKAY. WE HAV 25 00:01:18,211 --> 00:01:23,917 SEVERAL FOLKS WHO ARE SIGNED UP 26 00:01:23,983 --> 00:01:25,585 -- SORRY. WHO ARE SIGNED UP 27 00:01:25,652 --> 00:01:28,822 VIRTUALLY. FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. 28 00:01:28,888 --> 00:01:30,256 SO I WILL REMIND FOLKS THAT YOU 29 00:01:30,323 --> 00:01:32,025 NEED TO ADJUST THINGS THAT ARE 30 00:01:32,091 --> 00:01:37,997 ON TODAY'S AGENDA. SO WE DO -- 31 00:01:38,064 --> 00:01:39,299 IT DOES REMAIN THE STRONG INTEN 32 00:01:39,365 --> 00:01:40,700 OF COUNCIL TO HAVE PUBLIC 33 00:01:40,767 --> 00:01:41,334 COMMENT DURING OUR REGULARLY 34 00:01:41,401 --> 00:01:43,069 SCHEDULED MEETINGS. THE COUNCI 35 00:01:43,136 --> 00:01:44,137 RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MODIFY TH 36 00:01:44,204 --> 00:01:45,138 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AT ANY 37 00:01:45,205 --> 00:01:46,840 TIME IF WE DEEM THAT THE SYSTEM 38 00:01:46,906 --> 00:01:48,975 IS BEING ABUSED. I WILL MODERAT 39 00:01:49,042 --> 00:01:53,379 THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IN TH 40 00:01:53,446 --> 00:01:54,280 FOLLOWING MANNER. THIS COMMENT 41 00:01:54,347 --> 00:01:56,216 PERIOD WILL BE FOR UP TO 20 42 00:01:56,282 --> 00:01:57,617 MINUTES. EACH SPEAKER WILL BE 43 00:01:57,684 --> 00:01:59,986 GIVEN TWO MINUTES. LET'S SAY ON 44 00:02:00,053 --> 00:02:01,187 MINUTE BECAUSE IT DOES LOOK LIK 45 00:02:01,254 --> 00:02:03,456 THERE ARE SEVERAL FOLKS SIGNED 46 00:02:03,523 --> 00:02:05,158 UP I WILL CALL ON TWO BEAKERS A 47 00:02:05,225 --> 00:02:06,793 A TIME IN THE ORDER IN WHICH YO 48 00:02:06,860 --> 00:02:08,862 REGISTERED ON THE WEBSITE. IF 49 00:02:08,928 --> 00:02:10,096 YOU HAVE NOT YET REGISTERED TO 50 00:02:10,163 --> 00:02:11,564 SPEAK BUT WOULD LIKE TO, YOU CA 51 00:02:11,631 --> 00:02:13,166 SIGN UP BEFORE THE END OF THE 52 00:02:13,233 --> 00:02:16,703 COMMENT PERIOD BY GOING TO THE 53 00:02:16,769 --> 00:02:17,637 COUNCIL'S WEBSITE. ONCE I CALL 54 00:02:17,704 --> 00:02:19,372 YOUR NAME PLEASE UNMUTE AND YOU 55 00:02:19,439 --> 00:02:20,640 WILL RECEIVE A PROMPT THAT YOU 56 00:02:20,707 --> 00:02:21,941 HAVE BEEN UN-MUTED. AT THAT 57 00:02:22,008 --> 00:02:26,946 POINT PRESS STAR SIX TO BEGIN 58 00:02:27,013 --> 00:02:28,147 SPEAKING. YOU WILL HEAR A TIME 59 00:02:28,214 --> 00:02:29,682 WHEN YOU HAVE 10 SECONDS LEFT. 60 00:02:29,749 --> 00:02:30,884 ONCE YOU HEAR THE TIME PLEASE 61 00:02:30,950 --> 00:02:32,352 WRAPUP YOUR COMMENT SO WE CAN 62 00:02:32,418 --> 00:02:35,655 MOVE TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. WHEN 63 00:02:35,722 --> 00:02:36,723 YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR PUBLIC 64 00:02:36,789 --> 00:02:38,124 COMMENT, WE ASK THAT YOU 65 00:02:38,191 --> 00:02:39,092 DISCONNECT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE T 66 00:02:39,158 --> 00:02:40,026 CONTINUE FOLLOWING THE MEETING 67 00:02:40,093 --> 00:02:43,263 THAT YOU DO SO VIA SEATTLE 68 00:02:43,329 --> 00:02:44,163 CHANNEL. THE PUBLIC COMMENT 69 00:02:44,230 --> 00:02:47,066 PERIOD IS NOW OPEN. I WILL CALL 70 00:02:47,133 --> 00:02:50,803 THE FIRST PERSON. AS I SAID WE 71 00:02:50,870 --> 00:02:52,405 DON'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP IN 72 00:02:52,472 --> 00:02:57,310 PERSON. THE FIRST PERSON I SEE 73 00:02:57,377 --> 00:03:04,150 -- IS -- [ INDISCERNIBLE ]. 74 00:03:04,217 --> 00:03:07,620 >> YES. CAN YOU HEAR ME? 75 00:03:07,687 --> 00:03:09,422 >> YES. PLEASE GO AHEAD. YOU 76 00:03:09,489 --> 00:03:10,990 HAVE ONE MINUTE. 77 00:03:11,057 --> 00:03:12,959 >> THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO 78 00:03:13,026 --> 00:03:15,828 SAY THAT I'M REQUESTING ALL THE 79 00:03:15,895 --> 00:03:19,832 SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO 80 00:03:19,899 --> 00:03:22,168 VOTE NO ON THE COST ORGANS. 81 00:03:22,235 --> 00:03:23,603 BECAUSE IT DISPROPORTIONATELY 82 00:03:23,670 --> 00:03:25,705 IMPACTS INDIAN CHILDREN IN THE 83 00:03:25,772 --> 00:03:28,808 U.S. AND LEADS TO HARASSMENT, 84 00:03:28,875 --> 00:03:30,443 ASSAULT ON A COMMUNITY THAT IS 85 00:03:30,510 --> 00:03:34,514 VICTIM OF CENTURIES OF 86 00:03:34,581 --> 00:03:36,783 HORRENDOUS COLONIAL ATROCITIES. 87 00:03:36,849 --> 00:03:40,386 IT IS RECORDED THAT THE BRITISH 88 00:03:40,453 --> 00:03:42,989 ACTUALLY USED [ INDISCERNIBLE ] 89 00:03:43,056 --> 00:03:46,726 AND WHEN THEY ASKED INDIANS, A 90 00:03:46,793 --> 00:03:48,261 LOT DID NOT KNOW ABOUT IT. THIS 91 00:03:48,328 --> 00:03:52,465 IS ALL DOCUMENTED BY THE BRITIS 92 00:03:52,532 --> 00:03:57,337 THEMSELVES. IT IS ALSO NOTED 93 00:03:57,403 --> 00:03:58,938 THAT THEY LOOKED AT A 40 YEAR 94 00:03:59,005 --> 00:04:01,074 PERIOD DURING COLONIALISM AND 95 00:04:01,140 --> 00:04:03,843 THEY FOUND THAT 165 MILLION 96 00:04:03,910 --> 00:04:07,413 INDIANS PERISHED DURING THIS 97 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:09,449 PERIOD. SO ANYWAY, PLEASE 98 00:04:09,515 --> 00:04:10,283 CONSIDER THE SOCIAL ECONOMIC 99 00:04:10,350 --> 00:04:14,454 PROBLEMS THAT ARE CREATED BY 100 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:15,888 COLONIALISM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 101 00:04:16,022 --> 00:04:26,065 >> THANK YOU. 102 00:04:26,132 --> 00:04:28,434 >> HI. AND YOU ALL HEAR ME? 103 00:04:28,501 --> 00:04:31,671 >> YES. 104 00:04:31,738 --> 00:04:33,306 >> HI. I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS 105 00:04:33,373 --> 00:04:35,108 MY SERIOUS CONCERNS REGARDING 106 00:04:35,174 --> 00:04:45,685 THE COMMISSION ORDINANCE. [ 107 00:04:46,319 --> 00:04:51,991 INDISCERNIBLE ] FOR INSTANCE A 108 00:04:52,058 --> 00:04:58,998 QUALITY [ INDISCERNIBLE ]. IT 109 00:04:59,065 --> 00:05:04,437 IS NOT BASED ON A REPRESENTATIV 110 00:05:04,504 --> 00:05:07,807 SAMPLE. [ INDISCERNIBLE ] ALONG 111 00:05:07,874 --> 00:05:08,941 SIMILAR LINES, ONE OF THE KEY 112 00:05:09,008 --> 00:05:10,309 FINDINGS OF THE RESEARCH IS THA 113 00:05:10,376 --> 00:05:15,982 LARGE MAJORITIES OF PEOPLE [ 114 00:05:16,049 --> 00:05:20,086 INDISCERNIBLE ]. SO, I SINCEREL 115 00:05:20,153 --> 00:05:21,354 REQUEST ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS 116 00:05:21,421 --> 00:05:23,723 TO VOTE NO ON THIS ORDINANCE. 117 00:05:23,790 --> 00:05:25,291 POST ORDINANCE. THANK YOU. 118 00:05:25,358 --> 00:05:31,264 >> THANK YOU. 119 00:05:31,330 --> 00:05:37,270 >> GOOD MORNING. I WANTED TO SA 120 00:05:37,336 --> 00:05:38,237 THAT WITH THIS CAST ORDINANCE, 121 00:05:38,304 --> 00:05:39,472 THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL IS 122 00:05:39,539 --> 00:05:40,273 INVITING LAWSUITS JUST LIKE WHA 123 00:05:40,339 --> 00:05:41,941 HAPPENED WITH CAL STATE 124 00:05:42,008 --> 00:05:45,778 UNIVERSITY. IN THEIR LAWSUIT, A 125 00:05:45,845 --> 00:05:47,947 PROFESSOR CLAIMED THAT CAL 126 00:05:48,014 --> 00:05:48,815 STATE'S NEW DISCRIMINATION 127 00:05:48,881 --> 00:05:53,386 POLICY QUOTE SEEK TO DEFINE THE 128 00:05:53,453 --> 00:05:55,888 HINDU RELIGION AS INCLUDING 129 00:05:55,955 --> 00:05:58,791 CHAOS [ INDISCERNIBLE ]. AND 130 00:05:58,858 --> 00:06:01,027 THAT IT SINGLED OUT STUDENTS AN 131 00:06:01,094 --> 00:06:06,332 STAFF WHO ARE INDIAN AND HINDU. 132 00:06:06,399 --> 00:06:07,233 THEY DON'T IDENTIFY AS BEING 133 00:06:07,300 --> 00:06:09,702 MEMBERS AND THEY FEAR THEY WILL 134 00:06:09,769 --> 00:06:14,674 ASSIGN ONE TO THEM UNDER THE 135 00:06:14,741 --> 00:06:15,308 POLICY. BOTH PROFESSORS WERE 136 00:06:15,374 --> 00:06:19,679 BORN OF INDIA AND FOLLOWERS OF 137 00:06:19,746 --> 00:06:22,515 HINDUISM. MY WIFE NEVER HAD 138 00:06:22,582 --> 00:06:24,851 CASTE IDENTITY IN THEIR 139 00:06:24,917 --> 00:06:30,723 COMMUNITY. SHE HAS NO CASTE. [ 140 00:06:30,790 --> 00:06:31,858 INDISCERNIBLE ] HISTORIES AND 141 00:06:31,924 --> 00:06:32,725 CULTURES THAT IT DOESN'T 142 00:06:32,792 --> 00:06:33,493 UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU. 143 00:06:33,559 --> 00:06:43,102 >> THANK YOU. 144 00:06:43,169 --> 00:06:45,037 >> HI. CAN YOU HEAR ME? 145 00:06:45,104 --> 00:06:48,808 >> YES. OKAY. 146 00:06:48,875 --> 00:06:52,745 >> I'M CALLING TO REALLY ASK OU 147 00:06:52,812 --> 00:06:53,880 COUNCILMEMBERS TO VOTE NO ON TH 148 00:06:53,946 --> 00:06:55,281 CASTE ORDINANCE. YOU HAVE 149 00:06:55,348 --> 00:06:59,352 ALREADY BEEN CONTACTED BY 150 00:06:59,418 --> 00:07:01,154 SEVERAL FOLKS. THE ONES YOU ARE 151 00:07:01,220 --> 00:07:01,654 CLAIMING TO PROTECT AND 152 00:07:01,721 --> 00:07:03,856 REPRESENT, AND ALL OF THOSE 153 00:07:03,923 --> 00:07:05,258 FOLKS HAVE URGED YOU TO NOT FAL 154 00:07:05,324 --> 00:07:08,594 FOR THIS RACIST JOKE. THEY DO 155 00:07:08,661 --> 00:07:13,533 NOT NEED REPRESENTATION FROM TH 156 00:07:13,599 --> 00:07:14,500 LIKES OF AN OPEN HATE GROUP 157 00:07:14,567 --> 00:07:16,068 DEDICATED TO DEMOLISHING 158 00:07:16,135 --> 00:07:17,036 HINDUISM. THAT IS THEIR RIGHT, 159 00:07:17,103 --> 00:07:19,539 SEATTLE SHOULD NOT MAINSTREAM 160 00:07:19,605 --> 00:07:22,241 SUCH HATE. AS PREVIOUS SCHOLARS 161 00:07:22,308 --> 00:07:23,676 HAVE SAID, THOSE OPPOSING IT AR 162 00:07:23,743 --> 00:07:24,510 NOT FOR DISCRIMINATION, BUT THE 163 00:07:24,577 --> 00:07:27,346 WANT TO WARN YOU NOT TO SET UP 164 00:07:27,413 --> 00:07:31,350 AN COMMISSION OR A LAW THAT 165 00:07:31,417 --> 00:07:32,351 WOULD START TO DISCRIMINATE 166 00:07:32,418 --> 00:07:33,052 AGAINST YET ANOTHER MINORITY. 167 00:07:33,119 --> 00:07:37,156 MOST BAD ACTS START WITH VERY 168 00:07:37,223 --> 00:07:38,224 GOOD INTENTIONS. WHILE MOST OF 169 00:07:38,291 --> 00:07:41,894 YOUR ACTING WITH MOST GOOD 170 00:07:41,961 --> 00:07:42,929 INTENTIONS, PLEASE BE AWARE OF 171 00:07:42,995 --> 00:07:43,729 THE RAMIFICATIONS OF WHAT YOU'R 172 00:07:43,796 --> 00:07:54,273 DOING. THANK YOU, VOTE NO. 173 00:07:54,974 --> 00:07:58,644 >> HI. I'M CALLING IN TO URGE 174 00:07:58,711 --> 00:07:59,679 THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL TO VOT 175 00:07:59,745 --> 00:08:03,482 NO ON THE CASTE ORDINANCE. IT 176 00:08:03,549 --> 00:08:07,053 IS FAR REMOVED FROM THE AMERICA 177 00:08:07,119 --> 00:08:08,087 CULTURAL CONTEXT, AND NOT EASY 178 00:08:08,154 --> 00:08:11,724 TO LEGISLATE MORALLY. ONE OF MY 179 00:08:11,791 --> 00:08:12,725 MAIN CONCERNS IS HOW THIS LAW 180 00:08:12,792 --> 00:08:14,293 WILL ACTUALLY BE ENFORCED THERE 181 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:15,394 ARE NO UNIVERSALLY APPLICABLE 182 00:08:15,461 --> 00:08:16,963 WAYS TO DETERMINE SOMEONE'S 183 00:08:17,029 --> 00:08:18,664 CASTE. I DON'T EVEN KNOW MY 184 00:08:18,731 --> 00:08:22,335 CASTE. AS A SOUTH ASIAN 185 00:08:22,401 --> 00:08:23,502 AMERICAN, IS THE SEATTLE CITY 186 00:08:23,569 --> 00:08:26,072 COUNCIL GOING TO SEND ME ONE? I 187 00:08:26,138 --> 00:08:30,243 SO I WOULD BE BEHOLDEN TO MY 188 00:08:30,309 --> 00:08:31,510 CASTE. WILL YOU FOR SOUTH ASIAN 189 00:08:31,577 --> 00:08:32,778 TO IDENTIFY WITH ONE IF THEY 190 00:08:32,845 --> 00:08:33,913 CHOOSE NOT IDENTIFY THAT WAY? 191 00:08:33,980 --> 00:08:35,014 LASTLY, HOW WILL THIS APPLY TO 192 00:08:35,081 --> 00:08:38,918 ETHICS ME MIXED PEOPLE? IF THEY 193 00:08:38,985 --> 00:08:39,819 HAVE NOT CONSIDERED THESE 194 00:08:39,886 --> 00:08:41,754 QUESTIONS I WOULD URGE THEM TO 195 00:08:41,821 --> 00:08:43,022 TABLE IT UNTIL MORE STUDIES HAV 196 00:08:43,089 --> 00:08:44,257 BEEN CONDUCTED AS IT MAY HAVE 197 00:08:44,323 --> 00:08:45,057 POSSIBLE RAMIFICATIONS FOR THE 198 00:08:45,124 --> 00:08:47,159 VERY PEOPLE HE CLAIMS TO HELP. 199 00:08:47,226 --> 00:08:48,294 THANK YOU. 200 00:08:48,361 --> 00:08:57,637 >> THE NEXT SPEAKER. 201 00:08:57,703 --> 00:08:59,772 >> I AM AGAINST THE CASTE 202 00:08:59,839 --> 00:09:03,709 ORDINANCE. I ASK IF YOU'RE 203 00:09:03,776 --> 00:09:14,320 TIRED [ INDISCERNIBLE ]. WHO 204 00:09:15,421 --> 00:09:16,589 DECIDES IF A PERSON IS HIGHER O 205 00:09:16,656 --> 00:09:18,257 LOWER CASTE? CASTE IS A FOREIGN 206 00:09:18,324 --> 00:09:27,466 WORD. [ INDISCERNIBLE ] ALL 207 00:09:27,533 --> 00:09:29,302 DISCRIMINATION COMES FROM A 208 00:09:29,368 --> 00:09:31,737 PLACE [ INDISCERNIBLE ]. THERE 209 00:09:31,804 --> 00:09:34,640 IS A LOT WE CAN DO ABOUT THE 210 00:09:34,707 --> 00:09:35,775 LETTER. PLEASE EDUCATE 211 00:09:35,841 --> 00:09:42,281 YOURSELVES. PLEASE DO NOT [ 212 00:09:42,348 --> 00:09:47,920 INDISCERNIBLE ]. THANK YOU VER 213 00:09:47,987 --> 00:09:48,154 MUCH. 214 00:09:48,220 --> 00:09:57,296 >> THANK YOU. 215 00:09:57,363 --> 00:09:59,765 >> I STRONGLY URGE THE SEATTLE 216 00:09:59,832 --> 00:10:03,402 COUNCIL TO VOTE NO ON THE CASTE 217 00:10:03,469 --> 00:10:06,305 RESOLUTION. AGAIN, IT IS 218 00:10:06,372 --> 00:10:07,473 FOUNDED ON FAULTY DATA. THERE 219 00:10:07,540 --> 00:10:10,676 ARE SEVERAL WELL DOCUMENTED 220 00:10:10,743 --> 00:10:11,811 PROBLEMS AS LAID OUT IN VARIOUS 221 00:10:11,877 --> 00:10:14,513 ARTICLES. THE QUALITY WAS 222 00:10:14,580 --> 00:10:17,249 CHALLENGED COMPREHENSIVELY BACK 223 00:10:17,316 --> 00:10:18,451 IN 2018. MORE RECENTLY THE 2020 224 00:10:18,517 --> 00:10:19,518 SURVEY ON INDIAN AMERICANS BY 225 00:10:19,585 --> 00:10:23,489 THE CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT CALLED 226 00:10:23,556 --> 00:10:24,423 THE SERVICE FLAWED AND FOOTNOTE 227 00:10:24,490 --> 00:10:28,194 29 INDICATED THE FOLLOWING THE 228 00:10:28,260 --> 00:10:28,928 STUDY RELIED ON A 229 00:10:28,995 --> 00:10:29,528 NONREPRESENTATIVE SNOWBALL 230 00:10:29,595 --> 00:10:32,832 SAMPLE METHOD TO RECRUIT 231 00:10:32,898 --> 00:10:33,566 RESPONDENTS. RESPONDENTS WHO DI 232 00:10:33,632 --> 00:10:34,567 NOT TO CLOSE A CASTE IDENTITY 233 00:10:34,633 --> 00:10:36,836 WERE DROPPED FROM THE DATA SET 234 00:10:36,902 --> 00:10:37,803 IT IS LIKELY THE SAMPLE DOES NO 235 00:10:37,870 --> 00:10:42,908 FULLY REPRESENT THE SOUTH ASIAN 236 00:10:42,975 --> 00:10:43,542 AMERICAN POPULATION. AND 237 00:10:43,609 --> 00:10:44,610 POLITICAL DIRECTOR WENT ON 238 00:10:44,677 --> 00:10:46,679 TWITTER AND TWEETED THAT CASTE 239 00:10:46,746 --> 00:10:47,279 HAS INFORMED EVERY SOCIAL, 240 00:10:47,346 --> 00:10:54,520 POLITICAL AND -- [ 241 00:10:54,587 --> 00:10:56,288 INDISCERNIBLE ]. SHE IS SEEKIN 242 00:10:56,355 --> 00:10:58,290 TO DISMANTLE HINDUISM. I JUST 243 00:10:58,357 --> 00:10:59,592 WANT TO KNOW IF SEATTLE SUPPORT 244 00:10:59,658 --> 00:11:02,194 THIS AS WELL. THANK YOU. 245 00:11:02,261 --> 00:11:12,838 >> THANK YOU. ARE YOU WITH US? 246 00:11:18,544 --> 00:11:22,048 APOLOGIES IF I'M MISPRONOUNCING 247 00:11:22,114 --> 00:11:25,618 YOUR NAME. OKAY. I'VE GOT THREE 248 00:11:25,684 --> 00:11:28,788 FOLKS LISTED NEXT WHO ARE NOT 249 00:11:28,854 --> 00:11:29,088 PRESENT. 250 00:11:29,155 --> 00:11:33,192 >> HELLO? HELLO? HELLO? 251 00:11:33,259 --> 00:11:34,894 >> YES, PLEASE GO AHEAD. 252 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:38,164 >> THANK YOU. I WAS PRESSING TH 253 00:11:38,230 --> 00:11:41,367 RUN BUTTON. GOOD EVENING 254 00:11:41,434 --> 00:11:42,435 COUNCILMEMBERS. SEATTLE CITY 255 00:11:42,501 --> 00:11:44,737 COUNCIL MEMBERS. I WOULD LIKE T 256 00:11:44,804 --> 00:11:45,971 SAY JUST MAKE IT SHORT AND 257 00:11:46,038 --> 00:11:48,174 SIMPLE. PLEASE VOTE NO TO THE 258 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:54,180 CASTE ORDINANCE . THIS IS VERY 259 00:11:54,246 --> 00:11:59,785 MUCH [ INDISCERNIBLE ]. WHICH I 260 00:11:59,852 --> 00:12:00,953 GOING TO INVITE MORE LAWSUITS, 261 00:12:01,020 --> 00:12:01,954 MORE DISCRIMINATION. IT IS GOIN 262 00:12:02,021 --> 00:12:03,355 TO CREATE MORE BAD BLOOD AMONG 263 00:12:03,422 --> 00:12:06,859 THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. [ 264 00:12:06,926 --> 00:12:08,461 INDISCERNIBLE ] IMMIGRANTS LIKE 265 00:12:08,527 --> 00:12:10,963 MYSELF. MY KIDS ARE AMERICAN. 266 00:12:11,030 --> 00:12:14,667 THEY HAVE BEEN EDUCATED HERE. 267 00:12:14,733 --> 00:12:18,571 NOBODY HAS A CASTE. WITH THIS 268 00:12:18,637 --> 00:12:21,941 THERE IS A CASTE TAG AND THAT 269 00:12:22,007 --> 00:12:24,510 IS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM FOR TH 270 00:12:24,577 --> 00:12:25,111 FUTURE GENERATIONS. THIS 271 00:12:25,177 --> 00:12:26,345 ORDINANCE IS GOING TO PUMP UP 272 00:12:26,412 --> 00:12:28,080 MORE HATRED AMONG THE AMERICANS 273 00:12:28,147 --> 00:12:32,151 WHO ARE BORN HERE. THIS IS 274 00:12:32,218 --> 00:12:35,955 ABSOLUTELY A NO. IT IS GOING TO 275 00:12:36,021 --> 00:12:36,822 INVITE MORE TROUBLE FOR 276 00:12:36,889 --> 00:12:37,923 AMERICANS GOING DOWN THE FUTURE 277 00:12:37,990 --> 00:12:40,726 THAT'S MY TAKE. THERE ARE 278 00:12:40,793 --> 00:12:42,528 ALREADY ENOUGH DISCRIMINATORY 279 00:12:42,595 --> 00:12:44,330 LAWS TO PROTECT EVERY CITIZEN. 280 00:12:44,396 --> 00:12:45,898 >> THANK YOU, YOUR TIME HAS 281 00:12:45,965 --> 00:12:47,366 ENDED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 282 00:12:47,433 --> 00:12:48,634 >> THANK YOU. 283 00:12:48,701 --> 00:12:51,470 >> THE NEXT THREE PEOPLE I HAVE 284 00:12:51,537 --> 00:12:59,578 LISTED ARE NOT PRESENT. IF 285 00:12:59,645 --> 00:13:01,747 YOU'RE INTERESTED STILL YOU 286 00:13:01,814 --> 00:13:03,549 STILL HAVE TIME TO CALL IN. SO 287 00:13:03,616 --> 00:13:10,756 THE NEXT SPEAKER. 288 00:13:10,823 --> 00:13:17,263 >> GOOD MORNING. I'M CALLING TO 289 00:13:17,329 --> 00:13:19,498 REQUEST YOU TO VOTE NO ON THE 290 00:13:19,565 --> 00:13:23,302 CASTE BASED ORDINANCE. I AM 291 00:13:23,369 --> 00:13:28,307 DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THIS AS AN 292 00:13:28,374 --> 00:13:29,241 EX-MICROSOFT EMPLOYEE AND AS A 293 00:13:29,308 --> 00:13:30,409 SPOUSE WHO CURRENTLY WORKS FOR 294 00:13:30,476 --> 00:13:36,515 AMAZON. THIS CASTE BASED 295 00:13:36,582 --> 00:13:37,716 ORDINANCE WOULD HINDER NOT ONLY 296 00:13:37,783 --> 00:13:38,817 HINDU AMERICANS BUT THE ENTIRE 297 00:13:38,884 --> 00:13:40,219 SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITY. I URGE 298 00:13:40,286 --> 00:13:42,988 CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO VOTE NO 299 00:13:43,055 --> 00:13:44,657 ON SUCH AN ORDINANCE SIMPLY 300 00:13:44,723 --> 00:13:46,425 BECAUSE THIS WILL INVITE A 301 00:13:46,492 --> 00:13:50,496 NUMBER OF FINANCIAL LAWSUITS TO 302 00:13:50,563 --> 00:13:53,566 CITIES, TO BUSINESSES. THIS MAY 303 00:13:53,632 --> 00:13:57,736 IN FACT RESULT IN BUSINESSES NO 304 00:13:57,803 --> 00:14:00,573 HIRING PEOPLE OF SOUTH ASIAN 305 00:14:00,639 --> 00:14:01,273 BACKGROUNDS SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY 306 00:14:01,340 --> 00:14:03,776 DON'T WANT TO GET INTO CASTE 307 00:14:03,842 --> 00:14:09,181 BASED DISCRIMINATION ISSUES. 308 00:14:09,248 --> 00:14:09,949 THEY MIGHT LOSE THEIR LICENSE. 309 00:14:10,015 --> 00:14:11,684 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 310 00:14:11,750 --> 00:14:22,027 >> THANK YOU. 311 00:14:24,730 --> 00:14:27,466 >> HI. CAN YOU HEAR ME? 312 00:14:27,533 --> 00:14:28,701 >> YES, PLEASE GO AHEAD. 313 00:14:28,767 --> 00:14:32,271 >> YEAH. YEAH. I AM URGING THE 314 00:14:32,338 --> 00:14:33,772 CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE NO ON THE 315 00:14:33,839 --> 00:14:37,643 CASTE ORDINANCE. I AM A HINDU 316 00:14:37,710 --> 00:14:38,644 AMERICAN. I HAVE LIVED IN 317 00:14:38,711 --> 00:14:42,348 AMERICA FOR 40 YEARS. NEVER HAD 318 00:14:42,414 --> 00:14:43,916 THE QUESTION OF CASTE COME UP I 319 00:14:43,983 --> 00:14:45,050 ANY OF MY INTERACTIONS. I WAS 320 00:14:45,117 --> 00:14:46,252 DISCRIMINATED AT WORKPLACE, ONE 321 00:14:46,318 --> 00:14:47,987 OF THE BIGGEST COMPANIES IN THE 322 00:14:48,053 --> 00:14:51,123 WORLD, BY MY CHRISTIAN WHITE 323 00:14:51,190 --> 00:14:52,191 MANAGERS. THIS IS AN EXPERIENCE 324 00:14:52,258 --> 00:14:54,493 OF MORE SENIOR AMERICANS, AND 325 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:55,861 ALSO PROVEN BY THE CARNEGIE 326 00:14:55,928 --> 00:14:58,063 ENDOWMENT SURVEY THAT POINTED 327 00:14:58,130 --> 00:15:00,366 THIS OUT. SO, I AM VERY WORRIED 328 00:15:00,432 --> 00:15:02,568 ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THIS CASTE 329 00:15:02,635 --> 00:15:07,906 WHY A CITY ON MY CHILDREN AND 330 00:15:07,973 --> 00:15:09,508 GRANDCHILDREN WHO LIVE IN THE 331 00:15:09,575 --> 00:15:10,776 SEATTLE AREA, AND HAVE NO IDEA 332 00:15:10,843 --> 00:15:12,011 WHAT THEIR CASTE IS. WHO ARE 333 00:15:12,077 --> 00:15:16,949 YOU TO DECIDE MY IDENTITY BY 334 00:15:17,016 --> 00:15:21,620 DEFINING ON REALLY, REALLY CRAZ 335 00:15:21,687 --> 00:15:24,290 PEOPLE. THAT IS DISCRIMINATORY 336 00:15:24,356 --> 00:15:25,591 TO ME. THIS ORDINANCE IS GOING 337 00:15:25,658 --> 00:15:29,428 TO COST MY FAMILY TO BE HARASSE 338 00:15:29,495 --> 00:15:30,729 OR OSTRACIZED. THAT IS BECAUSE 339 00:15:30,796 --> 00:15:33,332 THEY ARE HINDU. YOU CANNOT BE 340 00:15:33,399 --> 00:15:36,802 CASTE POLICING. [ INDISCERNIBL 341 00:15:36,869 --> 00:15:40,506 ] SO, PLEASE VOTE NO ON THIS 342 00:15:40,572 --> 00:15:40,806 ORDINANCE. 343 00:15:40,873 --> 00:15:51,283 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ARE YO 344 00:15:51,350 --> 00:15:52,951 HERE? PRESS STAR SIX. 345 00:15:53,018 --> 00:15:55,421 >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? CAN YOU HEA 346 00:15:55,487 --> 00:15:55,688 ME? 347 00:15:55,754 --> 00:15:57,389 >> YES. 348 00:15:57,456 --> 00:16:01,327 >> YEAH, GOOD MEANING 349 00:16:01,393 --> 00:16:03,996 COUNCILMEMBERS AND CHAIR MORALE 350 00:16:04,063 --> 00:16:05,931 I URGE YOU ALL TO VOTE NO ON TH 351 00:16:05,998 --> 00:16:07,132 PROPOSED CASTE ORDINANCE. THE 352 00:16:07,199 --> 00:16:10,469 PEOPLE OF THE EMERALD CITY [ 353 00:16:10,536 --> 00:16:12,571 INDISCERNIBLE ]. SHORTAGE OF 354 00:16:12,638 --> 00:16:16,408 AFFORDABLE HOUSING. [ 355 00:16:16,475 --> 00:16:18,544 INDISCERNIBLE ] THE CONSOLIDATE 356 00:16:18,610 --> 00:16:21,513 CLOSURE OF SCHOOLS. LACK OF 357 00:16:21,580 --> 00:16:23,849 HEALTHCARE COVERAGE. I CAN GO O 358 00:16:23,916 --> 00:16:25,217 AND ON. THE PROBLEMS OF SEATTLE 359 00:16:25,284 --> 00:16:28,721 ARE FAR TOO MANY. [ 360 00:16:28,787 --> 00:16:29,688 INDISCERNIBLE ] FROM WHICH WE 361 00:16:29,755 --> 00:16:34,927 ARE SUPPOSEDLY COMING. THE 362 00:16:34,993 --> 00:16:37,129 PROBLEMS ARE FAR TOO MANY FOR 363 00:16:37,196 --> 00:16:40,199 THE COUNCIL. IN CHASING AFTER 364 00:16:40,265 --> 00:16:43,001 NONEXISTING PROBLEMS OR CREATIN 365 00:16:43,068 --> 00:16:44,837 NEW PROBLEMS. THIS ILL-ADVISED 366 00:16:44,903 --> 00:16:47,072 AND ILL-FATED ARGUMENT SUPPORTE 367 00:16:47,139 --> 00:16:50,976 BY COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT IS A 368 00:16:51,043 --> 00:16:59,184 PANDORA'S BOX [ INDISCERNIBLE ] 369 00:16:59,251 --> 00:17:04,022 HOW ARE YOU GOING TO [ 370 00:17:04,089 --> 00:17:04,790 INDISCERNIBLE ]. 371 00:17:04,857 --> 00:17:10,629 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK 372 00:17:10,696 --> 00:17:11,830 YOU, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. 373 00:17:11,897 --> 00:17:20,906 THANKS VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER. 374 00:17:21,039 --> 00:17:23,208 >> HELLO. I URGE THE SEATTLE 375 00:17:23,275 --> 00:17:25,878 CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE NO FOR THE 376 00:17:25,944 --> 00:17:29,014 PROPOSED CASTE ORDINANCE. I 377 00:17:29,081 --> 00:17:31,950 WOULD URGE THEM TO LISTEN TO [ 378 00:17:32,017 --> 00:17:33,819 INDISCERNIBLE ] WHO OPPOSE THIS 379 00:17:33,886 --> 00:17:38,524 ORDINANCE. THIS ORDINANCE, THIS 380 00:17:38,590 --> 00:17:40,359 DISPROPORTIONATELY TARGETS 381 00:17:40,426 --> 00:17:42,761 MINORITY HINDU AMERICANS. I HAV 382 00:17:42,828 --> 00:17:46,698 NEVER BEEN ASKED ABOUT MY CASTE 383 00:17:46,765 --> 00:17:48,333 IN THE 30 YEARS I HAVE LIVED IN 384 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:49,468 THE U.S., NOR HAVE MY CHILDREN 385 00:17:49,535 --> 00:17:50,836 BEEN. HOW DO YOU PLAN TO 386 00:17:50,903 --> 00:17:52,070 DETERMINE EACH PERSONS CASTE? 387 00:17:52,137 --> 00:17:52,871 SO, PLEASE VOTE NO, CITY 388 00:17:52,938 --> 00:17:54,106 COUNCIL. THANK YOU. 389 00:17:54,173 --> 00:18:02,748 >> THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. 390 00:18:02,815 --> 00:18:05,784 PRESS STAR SIX IF YOU'RE HERE. 391 00:18:05,851 --> 00:18:09,822 >> HELLO. THANK YOU. I WOULD 392 00:18:09,888 --> 00:18:12,624 LIKE TO THANK CHAIR MORALES FOR 393 00:18:12,691 --> 00:18:13,225 HOSTING TODAY'S PANEL AND 394 00:18:13,292 --> 00:18:14,660 DISCUSSION ON MOBILITY. I LIVE 395 00:18:14,726 --> 00:18:19,431 IN COLUMBIA CITY. WHILE I CAN 396 00:18:19,498 --> 00:18:20,799 DRIVE I MOSTLY GET AROUND BY 397 00:18:20,866 --> 00:18:22,468 WALKING, BIKING, OR TAKING 398 00:18:22,534 --> 00:18:23,268 TRANSIT. UNFORTUNATELY NEARLY 399 00:18:23,335 --> 00:18:25,270 EVERY TIME I CHOOSE NOT TO DRIV 400 00:18:25,337 --> 00:18:26,738 I'M REMINDED THAT WHILE I LIVE 401 00:18:26,805 --> 00:18:27,606 IN AN URBAN VILLAGE, THE 402 00:18:27,673 --> 00:18:29,074 PLANNING OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AN 403 00:18:29,141 --> 00:18:31,443 THE SOUTH END IN GENERAL 404 00:18:31,510 --> 00:18:32,277 PRIORITIZES DRIVERS. LONG SIGNA 405 00:18:32,344 --> 00:18:34,446 TIMINGS ON RAINIER AND MLK 406 00:18:34,513 --> 00:18:38,417 PRIORITIZE DRIVERS HEADING NORT 407 00:18:38,484 --> 00:18:39,585 AND SOUTH. ALMOST A MILE AWAY 408 00:18:39,651 --> 00:18:40,853 THERE ARE PEOPLE ALREADY WAITIN 409 00:18:40,919 --> 00:18:42,988 TO CROSS THE STREET. AS A RESUL 410 00:18:43,055 --> 00:18:43,722 OF BOTH INTERSECTIONS I 411 00:18:43,789 --> 00:18:46,625 FREQUENTLY SEE PEOPLE ARE FORCE 412 00:18:46,692 --> 00:18:47,726 TO CHOOSE BETWEEN JAYWALKING OR 413 00:18:47,793 --> 00:18:48,794 WATCHING THE BUS OR LINK TRAIN 414 00:18:48,861 --> 00:18:51,230 PULL AWAY WITHOUT THE. I HOPE 415 00:18:51,296 --> 00:18:52,331 THAT WE CAN HAVE A PRODUCTIVE 416 00:18:52,397 --> 00:18:54,733 DISCUSSION TODAY ABOUT HOW 417 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:55,567 TRANSPORTATION POLICY IS THE 418 00:18:55,634 --> 00:18:56,768 ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM WHEN WE 419 00:18:56,835 --> 00:18:58,237 TALK ABOUT WHAT IS POSSIBLE IN 420 00:18:58,303 --> 00:18:59,171 OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU. 421 00:18:59,238 --> 00:18:59,705 THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. 422 00:18:59,771 --> 00:19:10,349 >> THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. AR 423 00:19:11,183 --> 00:19:14,720 YOU ON? PRESS STAR SIX IF YOU 424 00:19:14,786 --> 00:19:16,255 ARE AVAILABLE. 425 00:19:16,321 --> 00:19:19,091 >> YES. CAN YOU HEAR ME? 426 00:19:19,157 --> 00:19:20,058 >> YES, PLEASE GO AHEAD. 427 00:19:20,125 --> 00:19:23,962 >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? I GO BY MY 428 00:19:24,029 --> 00:19:25,631 LAST NAME. I HAVE BEEN LIVING I 429 00:19:25,697 --> 00:19:28,066 SEATTLE SINCE 2001. MOVED FROM 430 00:19:28,133 --> 00:19:31,336 ALABAMA IN 1996. I HAVE NEVER 431 00:19:31,403 --> 00:19:33,305 BEEN ASKED ABOUT MY CASTE 432 00:19:33,372 --> 00:19:42,347 DURING ALL THIS DAYS. NOBODY 433 00:19:42,414 --> 00:19:47,719 ASKED OUR CASTE. CASTE WAS 434 00:19:47,786 --> 00:19:51,056 BANNED IN INDIA IN 1950. NOW W 435 00:19:51,123 --> 00:19:52,257 ARE TALKING IN THE U.S., IN 436 00:19:52,324 --> 00:19:56,361 SEATTLE, AND 23, ABOUT THE CAST 437 00:19:56,428 --> 00:19:58,463 ORDINANCE. THIS IS KIND OF 438 00:19:58,530 --> 00:20:00,065 RIDICULOUS. I THINK THE CITY OF 439 00:20:00,132 --> 00:20:05,337 SEATTLE IS INVITING LAWSUITS, 440 00:20:05,404 --> 00:20:07,239 COUNTER LAWSUITS. TAKE MY WORD 441 00:20:07,306 --> 00:20:09,041 FOR IT. FROM MY EXPERIENCE I AM 442 00:20:09,107 --> 00:20:12,444 TELLING YOU. [ INDISCERNIBLE ] 443 00:20:12,511 --> 00:20:14,580 PLEASE, FOR YOUR OWN INTEREST, 444 00:20:14,646 --> 00:20:17,983 VOTE NO. THANK YOU. 445 00:20:18,050 --> 00:20:26,024 >> THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER. 446 00:20:27,259 --> 00:20:30,629 >> HI THERE. I AM SPEAKING IN 447 00:20:30,696 --> 00:20:33,999 SUPPORT OF THE CONVERSATION ON 448 00:20:34,066 --> 00:20:37,102 THE -- MOBILITY DISCUSSION WE 449 00:20:37,169 --> 00:20:39,605 ARE ABOUT TO HAVE. I ECHO 450 00:20:39,671 --> 00:20:41,106 EVERYTHING THAT JASON SAID. VER 451 00:20:41,173 --> 00:20:43,475 WELL STATED, JASON. AND WOULD 452 00:20:43,542 --> 00:20:45,010 ALSO JUST LIKE TO REITERATE THA 453 00:20:45,077 --> 00:20:47,312 THE SPEED LIMIT ON RAINIER IT'S 454 00:20:47,379 --> 00:20:50,482 25 MILES PER HOUR, BUT WE ARE 455 00:20:50,549 --> 00:20:51,216 CONSISTENTLY SEEING MUCH HIGHER 456 00:20:51,283 --> 00:20:55,153 SPEEDS AND VERY LITTLE 457 00:20:55,220 --> 00:20:56,254 ENFORCEMENT OR COMMUNICATION TO 458 00:20:56,321 --> 00:20:59,191 THE PUBLIC ABOUT SPEEDING. ABOU 459 00:20:59,257 --> 00:21:01,460 THE DANGER THAT PEDESTRIANS AND 460 00:21:01,526 --> 00:21:04,529 BICYCLISTS ARE FACING. WOULD 461 00:21:04,596 --> 00:21:05,597 REALLY LIKE TO WORK TOGETHER 462 00:21:05,664 --> 00:21:08,066 WITH COUNCIL AND WITH OUR 463 00:21:08,133 --> 00:21:08,700 DEPARTMENTS, DEPARTMENT OF 464 00:21:08,767 --> 00:21:10,268 TRANSPORTATION AND 465 00:21:10,335 --> 00:21:10,969 NEIGHBORHOODS, TO IMPROVE 466 00:21:11,036 --> 00:21:14,373 COMMUNICATION AROUND SAFETY AND 467 00:21:14,439 --> 00:21:15,374 IMPROVE ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE IT 468 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:17,909 IS REALLY THE BEST WAY THAT WE 469 00:21:17,976 --> 00:21:20,545 COULD ENSURE THAT PEOPLE ARE 470 00:21:20,612 --> 00:21:21,747 ACTUALLY GOING THE SPEED LIMIT 471 00:21:21,813 --> 00:21:23,749 AND NOT HITTING PEOPLE. THANK 472 00:21:23,815 --> 00:21:23,982 YOU. 473 00:21:24,049 --> 00:21:34,626 >> THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. IF 474 00:21:35,661 --> 00:21:43,402 YOU'RE HERE, PRESS STAR SIX. 475 00:21:43,468 --> 00:21:46,304 OKAY. I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO A 476 00:21:46,371 --> 00:21:52,377 COUPLE FOLKS WHO WERE NOT 477 00:21:52,444 --> 00:21:54,079 PRESENT BEFORE. I SHOW YOU AS 478 00:21:54,146 --> 00:22:00,919 PRESENT NOW. PRESS STAR SIX TO 479 00:22:00,986 --> 00:22:01,186 BEGIN. 480 00:22:01,253 --> 00:22:03,488 >> HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? 481 00:22:03,555 --> 00:22:04,189 >> YES. 482 00:22:04,256 --> 00:22:05,957 >> HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? 483 00:22:06,024 --> 00:22:11,897 >> YES, PLEASE GO AHEAD. 484 00:22:11,963 --> 00:22:18,970 >> HI. I WORK IN SEATTLE. I WEN 485 00:22:19,037 --> 00:22:20,672 TO ONE OF THE BEST COLLEGES IN 486 00:22:20,739 --> 00:22:22,708 INDIA BECAUSE I WAS GIVEN A 487 00:22:22,774 --> 00:22:23,975 UPPERHAND. IT MEANS I WAS NOT 488 00:22:24,042 --> 00:22:28,046 THE BACK OF MY CLASS. I WAS 489 00:22:28,113 --> 00:22:31,383 HUGGED ON MY BIRTHDAYS. EVEN ON 490 00:22:31,450 --> 00:22:38,990 SCORING A LOW-GRADE AS WELL. [ 491 00:22:39,057 --> 00:22:41,560 INDISCERNIBLE ] I NEVER FELT I 492 00:22:41,626 --> 00:22:44,629 WAS ANY KIND OF LOWER CASTE 493 00:22:44,696 --> 00:22:50,035 UNTIL TODAY. TODAY WHEN THIS LA 494 00:22:50,102 --> 00:22:50,836 IS BEING DISCUSSED YOU ARE 495 00:22:50,902 --> 00:22:52,170 ENFORCING MY CASTE ON ME. YOU 496 00:22:52,237 --> 00:22:54,740 ARE REMINDING ME OF THE BAD WAY 497 00:22:54,806 --> 00:22:59,511 I'M SURE IT WILL HURT ME [ 498 00:22:59,578 --> 00:23:05,851 INDISCERNIBLE ]. THE COMPANIES 499 00:23:05,917 --> 00:23:07,219 INDISCERNIBLE ]. WE WILL BE SEE 500 00:23:07,285 --> 00:23:07,953 AS CORPORATE BAGGAGE. PLEASE 501 00:23:08,019 --> 00:23:11,556 DON'T DO THIS. THANK YOU. 502 00:23:11,623 --> 00:23:21,199 >> THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. 503 00:23:21,266 --> 00:23:26,037 PRESS STAR SIX. 504 00:23:26,104 --> 00:23:28,373 >> HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? 505 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:30,175 >> YES. 506 00:23:30,242 --> 00:23:31,710 >> THANK YOU FOR THIS 507 00:23:31,777 --> 00:23:34,613 OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT MY VIEWS 508 00:23:34,679 --> 00:23:36,815 I REALLY WANT TO WORK AGAINST 509 00:23:36,882 --> 00:23:39,451 THE CASTE ORDINANCE, AND I'M 510 00:23:39,518 --> 00:23:42,320 VERY CONCERNED THAT THIS IS 511 00:23:42,387 --> 00:23:43,522 COMING UP. I THINK WE HAVE 512 00:23:43,588 --> 00:23:44,623 LEARNED ENOUGH FROM THE RACIAL 513 00:23:44,689 --> 00:23:46,625 DISCRIMINATION THAT WAS DONE 514 00:23:46,691 --> 00:23:47,959 EARLIER WITH THE JAPANESE 515 00:23:48,026 --> 00:23:53,598 INTERMENTS. THIS SORT OF 516 00:23:53,665 --> 00:23:54,900 ORDINANCE IS GOING TO RACIALLY 517 00:23:54,966 --> 00:23:55,567 PROFILE AND ETHICALLY PROFILE 518 00:23:55,634 --> 00:23:57,435 INDIAN AMERICANS, SPECIFICALLY 519 00:23:57,502 --> 00:23:58,804 HINDU AMERICANS. I WANT TO VOTE 520 00:23:58,870 --> 00:24:00,172 AGAINST DAY AND I WANT TO MAKE 521 00:24:00,238 --> 00:24:02,474 SURE THAT EVERYONE HERE 522 00:24:02,541 --> 00:24:04,543 UNDERSTANDS THAT OUR CURRENT 523 00:24:04,609 --> 00:24:09,648 AMERICAN LAW TAKES CARE OF THIS 524 00:24:09,714 --> 00:24:10,949 -- ANY SORT OF DISCRIMINATION 525 00:24:11,016 --> 00:24:11,716 THAT HAPPENS IN THE COUNTRY. 526 00:24:11,783 --> 00:24:13,151 WHILE WE ARE ALL AGAINST 527 00:24:13,218 --> 00:24:15,020 DISCRIMINATION IN GENERAL, I 528 00:24:15,086 --> 00:24:19,424 THINK THIS SORT OF TARGETED, 529 00:24:19,491 --> 00:24:21,126 AGENDA DRIVEN ORDINANCE, SHOULD 530 00:24:21,193 --> 00:24:23,261 BE TREATED WITH LOT OF CONCERN. 531 00:24:23,328 --> 00:24:26,598 WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL [ 532 00:24:26,665 --> 00:24:29,668 INDISCERNIBLE ]. IN FUTURE. TO 533 00:24:29,734 --> 00:24:33,939 TALK AND GIVE YOU OUR POINT OF 534 00:24:34,005 --> 00:24:34,806 VIEW AS INDIAN AMERICANS. THANK 535 00:24:34,873 --> 00:24:36,575 YOU SO MUCH. 536 00:24:36,641 --> 00:24:40,545 >> OKAY. THANK YOU. WE HAVE GOT 537 00:24:40,612 --> 00:24:41,646 A COUPLE MORE SPEAKERS AND A 538 00:24:41,713 --> 00:24:48,520 COUPLE MORE MINUTES. SO, NEXT 539 00:24:48,587 --> 00:24:59,064 SPEAKER. PLEASE GO AHEAD. 540 00:24:59,431 --> 00:25:02,100 >> I AM SEATTLE RESIDENT FOR 541 00:25:02,167 --> 00:25:06,271 LAST 21 YEARS. WHEN YOU ARE USE 542 00:25:06,338 --> 00:25:07,405 TO PRIVILEGE, THEN THE QUALITY 543 00:25:07,472 --> 00:25:09,608 FEELS LIKE AN IMPRESSION. THIS 544 00:25:09,674 --> 00:25:12,277 IS WHAT WE ARE SEEING TODAY. WE 545 00:25:12,344 --> 00:25:13,912 ARE SEEING THE FRAGILITY OF THE 546 00:25:13,979 --> 00:25:16,748 DOMINANT CASTE PEOPLE FROM MY 547 00:25:16,815 --> 00:25:18,283 COMMUNITY. I ALSO BELONG TO TH 548 00:25:18,350 --> 00:25:19,684 DOMINANT CASTE COMMUNITY. THEY 549 00:25:19,751 --> 00:25:22,888 ARE TRYING TO PUT THE ROADBLOCK 550 00:25:22,954 --> 00:25:25,523 IN THE PART OF JUSTICE FOR THE 551 00:25:25,590 --> 00:25:29,327 PEOPLE FROM THE OPPRESSED CLASS 552 00:25:29,394 --> 00:25:32,497 I WOULD BE REALLY -- I WOULD 553 00:25:32,564 --> 00:25:33,665 REALLY URGE THE SEATTLE CITY 554 00:25:33,732 --> 00:25:36,968 COUNCIL TO LOOK BEYOND THESE 555 00:25:37,035 --> 00:25:42,540 DOUBTFUL STATEMENT. FOR EXAMPLE 556 00:25:42,607 --> 00:25:43,241 IF THE POLITICIANS ARE SAYING 557 00:25:43,308 --> 00:25:44,542 THAT THEY ARE FEELING UNDER 558 00:25:44,609 --> 00:25:47,245 PRESSURE, THAT THEY WILL BE 559 00:25:47,312 --> 00:25:48,013 DISCRIMINATED, THEN THEY SHOULD 560 00:25:48,079 --> 00:25:49,347 REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE ALREADY 561 00:25:49,414 --> 00:25:51,683 [ INDISCERNIBLE ]. FROM 562 00:25:51,750 --> 00:25:56,221 DISCRIMINATION BY THIS OR 563 00:25:56,288 --> 00:25:57,322 RELIGION. SO THIS IS A 564 00:25:57,389 --> 00:26:01,259 NONSTARTER ARGUMENT, SO PLEASE 565 00:26:01,326 --> 00:26:03,728 VOTE YES ON THE ORDINANCE. THAN 566 00:26:03,795 --> 00:26:06,131 YOU. 567 00:26:06,197 --> 00:26:07,499 >> OKAY. ELSE, I'M GOING TO TAK 568 00:26:07,565 --> 00:26:13,104 ONE MORE SPEAKER. I'M NOT SURE 569 00:26:13,171 --> 00:26:14,940 I'M PRONOUNCING THAT RIGHT. 570 00:26:15,006 --> 00:26:17,075 >> YES. CAN YOU HEAR ME? 571 00:26:17,142 --> 00:26:19,511 >> PLEASE GO AHEAD. 572 00:26:19,577 --> 00:26:21,913 >> I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT 573 00:26:21,980 --> 00:26:24,416 OF THE CASTE ORDINANCE. I JUST 574 00:26:24,482 --> 00:26:27,218 WANT TO SAY THAT CASTE 575 00:26:27,285 --> 00:26:28,887 DISCRIMINATION DOES EXIST IN 576 00:26:28,954 --> 00:26:32,123 AMERICA. IT IS NOT TRUE THAT IT 577 00:26:32,190 --> 00:26:33,825 IS COVERED UNDER THE EXISTING 578 00:26:33,892 --> 00:26:35,060 LAW. ALL THE EXAMPLES IN THE 579 00:26:35,126 --> 00:26:37,862 TEXT ARE ORDINANCE ILLUSTRATE 580 00:26:37,929 --> 00:26:40,932 THAT THE CASTE DOES EXIST. THER 581 00:26:40,999 --> 00:26:43,535 IS NO LEGAL RECOURSE YET. WE AR 582 00:26:43,601 --> 00:26:44,836 PROPOSING TO CHANGE THAT THROUG 583 00:26:44,903 --> 00:26:46,237 THIS ORDINANCE. ANY KIND OF 584 00:26:46,304 --> 00:26:53,111 DISCRIMINATION IS BAD. IT IS 585 00:26:53,178 --> 00:26:54,412 ABSURD TO SUGGEST THAT IT WILL 586 00:26:54,479 --> 00:26:56,548 RACIALLY PROFILE SOUTH ASIANS. 587 00:26:56,614 --> 00:26:58,283 THAT IS JUST A WAY TO EXCUSE 588 00:26:58,350 --> 00:27:00,852 DISCRIMINATION. SO, I URGE YOU 589 00:27:00,919 --> 00:27:02,187 -- I DEMAND THAT ALL OF YOU 590 00:27:02,253 --> 00:27:06,091 SUPPORT THIS ORDINANCE. HELP 591 00:27:06,157 --> 00:27:09,794 SEATTLE PASS A HISTORIC LAW. 592 00:27:09,861 --> 00:27:10,061 THANKS. 593 00:27:10,128 --> 00:27:13,698 >> OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. W 594 00:27:13,765 --> 00:27:16,301 ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO AGENDA 595 00:27:16,368 --> 00:27:17,802 ITEM 1. SO, THIS CONCLUDES OUR 596 00:27:17,869 --> 00:27:21,706 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. CAN I AS 597 00:27:21,773 --> 00:27:25,310 YOU TO -- YES, COUNCILMEMBER 598 00:27:25,377 --> 00:27:25,577 NELSON? 599 00:27:25,643 --> 00:27:27,178 >> I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, DO YO 600 00:27:27,245 --> 00:27:28,613 KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS -- WHE 601 00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:29,614 THIS LEGISLATION -- 602 00:27:29,681 --> 00:27:34,285 >> THIS ORDINANCE IS GOING TO B 603 00:27:34,352 --> 00:27:35,253 ON THE FULL COUNCIL AGENDA ON 604 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:35,787 FEBRUARY 21st. 605 00:27:35,854 --> 00:27:37,355 >> THANK YOU. 606 00:27:37,422 --> 00:27:38,823 >> OKAY. PLEASE READ ITEM 1 INT 607 00:27:38,890 --> 00:27:43,762 THE RECORD. 608 00:27:43,828 --> 00:27:45,930 >> I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW 609 00:27:45,997 --> 00:27:47,065 I JOINED IN LATE OF COURSE. 610 00:27:47,132 --> 00:27:48,666 >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 611 00:27:48,733 --> 00:27:53,705 SAWANT IS PRESENT. APOLOGIES FO 612 00:27:53,772 --> 00:27:56,875 MISSING YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 613 00:27:56,941 --> 00:28:00,011 SAWANT. OKAY, YES, PLEASE GO 614 00:28:00,078 --> 00:28:00,378 AHEAD. 615 00:28:00,445 --> 00:28:03,515 >> AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH 616 00:28:03,581 --> 00:28:11,589 SEVEN. APPOINTMENT 2451, 2450, 617 00:28:11,656 --> 00:28:12,724 2452, AND 2453. APPOINTMENTS TO 618 00:28:12,791 --> 00:28:15,293 THE SEATTLE DISABILITY 619 00:28:15,360 --> 00:28:20,432 COMMISSION. APPOINTMENTS 2455, 620 00:28:20,498 --> 00:28:23,468 2454, 2456, APPOINTMENTS TO THE 621 00:28:23,535 --> 00:28:24,636 SEATTLE LGBTQ COMMISSION FOR 622 00:28:24,702 --> 00:28:25,236 BRIEFING, DISCUSSION AND 623 00:28:25,303 --> 00:28:25,637 POSSIBLE VOTE. 624 00:28:25,703 --> 00:28:30,675 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. I 625 00:28:30,742 --> 00:28:32,243 AM GOING TO HEADED OVER TO JANE 626 00:28:32,310 --> 00:28:35,313 STAFFORD FROM THE OFFICE OF 627 00:28:35,380 --> 00:28:36,614 CIVIL RIGHTS. LET FOLKS KNOW 628 00:28:36,681 --> 00:28:39,384 THAT WE HAVE CREATED A CONSENT 629 00:28:39,451 --> 00:28:44,923 AGENDA FOR APPOINTMENTS. SO, 630 00:28:44,989 --> 00:28:46,157 JANET, DO WE HAVE ANY OF OUR 631 00:28:46,224 --> 00:28:47,659 APPOINTEES HERE WITH US TODAY? 632 00:28:47,725 --> 00:28:47,992 >> WE DON'T. 633 00:28:48,059 --> 00:28:51,296 >> OKAY. GREAT. SO COLLEAGUES, 634 00:28:51,362 --> 00:28:54,933 WE WILL ASK JANET TO SPEAK TO 635 00:28:54,999 --> 00:28:57,669 THE APPOINTEES. IF ANYBODY 636 00:28:57,735 --> 00:28:59,070 REFERS TO REMOVE A PARTICULAR 637 00:28:59,137 --> 00:29:01,106 APPOINTEE, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO 638 00:29:01,172 --> 00:29:02,474 THAT AND SPEAK TO SOMEBODY 639 00:29:02,540 --> 00:29:05,777 INDIVIDUALLY. OTHERWISE WE WILL 640 00:29:05,844 --> 00:29:07,445 VOTE AS A GROUP ON THESE 641 00:29:07,512 --> 00:29:09,814 APPOINTMENTS. SO, JANET, I WILL 642 00:29:09,881 --> 00:29:11,282 HAND IT OFF TO YOU. THANK YOU 643 00:29:11,349 --> 00:29:13,151 FOR BEING HERE. 644 00:29:13,218 --> 00:29:15,420 >> YES, THANK YOU, CHAIR 645 00:29:15,487 --> 00:29:16,654 MORALES, AND GOOD MORNING TO AL 646 00:29:16,721 --> 00:29:19,090 THE COUNCIL CHAIR MEMBERS. I 647 00:29:19,157 --> 00:29:20,058 WOULD LIKE TO SHARE SOME WORDS 648 00:29:20,125 --> 00:29:23,394 FOR THE APPOINTMENTS OF NEW AND 649 00:29:23,461 --> 00:29:23,962 RETURNING COMMISSIONERS. 650 00:29:24,028 --> 00:29:26,865 SPECIFICALLY FOR THE DISABILITY 651 00:29:26,931 --> 00:29:29,100 COMMISSION, AS WELL AS THE LGBT 652 00:29:29,167 --> 00:29:30,835 COMMISSION. STARTING US OFF WIT 653 00:29:30,902 --> 00:29:37,242 DAWN DAILEY. DAWN HAS BEEN WIT 654 00:29:37,308 --> 00:29:38,109 THE SEATTLE DISABILITY 655 00:29:38,176 --> 00:29:39,043 COMMISSION SINCE 2021 AND IS 656 00:29:39,110 --> 00:29:40,245 CURRENTLY PURSUING HER MASTERS 657 00:29:40,311 --> 00:29:42,547 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 658 00:29:42,614 --> 00:29:45,183 SHE HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE 659 00:29:45,250 --> 00:29:48,419 WORKING IN ACCESSIBILITY AND 660 00:29:48,486 --> 00:29:49,487 ADVOCATING FOR DISABLED 661 00:29:49,554 --> 00:29:52,457 INDIVIDUALS. SHE HAS PREVIOUSLY 662 00:29:52,524 --> 00:29:56,961 WORKED WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF 663 00:29:57,028 --> 00:29:57,662 WASHINGTON'S DISABILITIES 664 00:29:57,729 --> 00:29:58,897 OPPORTUNITIES, INFORMATION AND 665 00:29:58,963 --> 00:30:00,131 TECHNOLOGY CENTER, TO HELP WITH 666 00:30:00,198 --> 00:30:01,966 THE UNIVERSAL DESIGN 667 00:30:02,033 --> 00:30:04,002 TECHNOLOGIES AND ACCOMMODATIONS 668 00:30:04,068 --> 00:30:07,705 ON THE COMMISSION SHE ASPIRES T 669 00:30:07,772 --> 00:30:10,508 CONTINUE HER ADVOCACY WORK FOR 670 00:30:10,575 --> 00:30:16,014 AN ADDITIONAL TERM. OUR OTHER 671 00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:17,115 RECOMMENDATION IS THE 672 00:30:17,182 --> 00:30:19,584 APPOINTMENT OF JESSICA LO TO 673 00:30:19,651 --> 00:30:21,586 THE DISABILITY COMMISSION. 674 00:30:21,653 --> 00:30:26,157 JESSICA IS COMMITTED TO -- 675 00:30:26,224 --> 00:30:26,958 JESSICA IS COMMITTED TO 676 00:30:27,025 --> 00:30:29,494 AMPLIFYING THE PERSPECTIVES AND 677 00:30:29,561 --> 00:30:31,896 ADVOCATING FOR ISSUES OF 678 00:30:31,963 --> 00:30:34,432 IMPORTANCE TO PEOPLE WITH 679 00:30:34,499 --> 00:30:36,167 DISABILITIES AND/OR CHRONIC 680 00:30:36,234 --> 00:30:37,202 CONDITIONS. OVER THE PAST SIX 681 00:30:37,268 --> 00:30:39,871 YEARS, JESSICA HAS SERVED THE 682 00:30:39,938 --> 00:30:42,941 DISABILITY COMMUNITY IN SEVERAL 683 00:30:43,007 --> 00:30:44,209 WAYS. AS A STUDENT AT THE 684 00:30:44,275 --> 00:30:46,010 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SHE HA 685 00:30:46,077 --> 00:30:48,079 OVERSEEN A TEAM OF 15 PEOPLE IN 686 00:30:48,146 --> 00:30:50,915 CREATING A PEER SUPPORT NETWORK 687 00:30:50,982 --> 00:30:52,650 FOR PEOPLE WITH BRAIN INJURIES. 688 00:30:52,717 --> 00:30:56,454 IN ADDITION, SHE HAS WORKED AT 689 00:30:56,521 --> 00:30:58,856 FULL LIFECARE IN SOUTH SEATTLE 690 00:30:58,923 --> 00:31:00,692 AND AT THE BRAIN INJURY ALLIANC 691 00:31:00,758 --> 00:31:02,327 OF WASHINGTON. CURRENTLY, 692 00:31:02,393 --> 00:31:04,128 JESSICA IS A MEDICAL STUDENT WH 693 00:31:04,195 --> 00:31:09,500 HELPS TO DEDICATE HER FUTURE 694 00:31:09,567 --> 00:31:10,635 PROCESS TO MEETING THE DIVERSE 695 00:31:10,702 --> 00:31:12,003 NEEDS OF THE DISABLED COMMUNITY 696 00:31:12,070 --> 00:31:15,006 SHE HAS BEEN ACTIVELY ATTENDING 697 00:31:15,073 --> 00:31:15,807 COMMISSION MEETINGS SINCE LAST 698 00:31:15,873 --> 00:31:17,308 YEAR, AND HAS RECENTLY TAKEN A 699 00:31:17,375 --> 00:31:19,010 ROLE TO HELP BUILD AND PUSH THE 700 00:31:19,077 --> 00:31:23,414 COMMISSION'S SOCIAL MEDIA. 701 00:31:23,481 --> 00:31:24,282 ANOTHER COMMISSIONER WE 702 00:31:24,349 --> 00:31:26,184 RECOMMEND FOR REAPPOINTMENT IS 703 00:31:26,251 --> 00:31:30,989 KAITLIN SKILTON. KAITLIN IS 704 00:31:31,055 --> 00:31:32,390 ALSO KNOWN FOR BEING THE PRIOR 705 00:31:32,457 --> 00:31:35,226 TITLEHOLDER FOR MISS WORLD CHAI 706 00:31:35,293 --> 00:31:36,427 WASHINGTON AMERICA AND HAS 707 00:31:36,494 --> 00:31:39,063 WORKED WITH RAW ARTISTS SEATTLE 708 00:31:39,130 --> 00:31:42,600 IN NUMEROUS SHOWCASES. SHE WAS 709 00:31:42,667 --> 00:31:47,772 RECENTLY SERVED -- SHE WAS 710 00:31:47,839 --> 00:31:49,274 RECENTLY SERVING AS AN INTERIM 711 00:31:49,340 --> 00:31:49,774 COCHAIR FOR THE SEATTLE 712 00:31:49,841 --> 00:31:54,545 DISABILITY COMMISSION. IN 2022. 713 00:31:54,612 --> 00:31:55,713 SHE IS A TO ADVOCATE FOR 714 00:31:55,780 --> 00:31:56,681 ACCESSIBILITY AND SAFETY FOR TH 715 00:31:56,748 --> 00:31:57,515 DISABLED COMMUNITY. SHE IS 716 00:31:57,582 --> 00:32:01,953 LOOKING TO JOIN -- IN JOINING A 717 00:32:02,020 --> 00:32:04,789 ADDITIONAL TERM WITH HER FELLOW 718 00:32:04,856 --> 00:32:05,790 COMMISSIONERS, AND IN HER FREE 719 00:32:05,857 --> 00:32:10,561 TIME SHE ENJOYS PHOTOGRAPHY. OU 720 00:32:10,628 --> 00:32:11,763 LAST APPOINTMENT, WE APPOINTMEN 721 00:32:11,829 --> 00:32:12,563 FOR THE DISABILITY COMMISSION I 722 00:32:12,630 --> 00:32:15,700 TAYLORWOOD'S TAYLOR HAS SPENT 723 00:32:15,767 --> 00:32:16,734 HER ENTIRE EDUCATION AND CAREER 724 00:32:16,801 --> 00:32:19,137 WORKING FOR PERSONS WITH 725 00:32:19,203 --> 00:32:22,140 DISABILITIES AND MEDICAL 726 00:32:22,206 --> 00:32:23,241 CONDITIONS. SHE IS VERY 727 00:32:23,308 --> 00:32:24,042 PASSIONATE ABOUT MAKING A BETTE 728 00:32:24,108 --> 00:32:24,876 LIFE FOR THIS POPULATION AND 729 00:32:24,942 --> 00:32:29,781 COMMUNITY. HER PASSION HAS 730 00:32:29,847 --> 00:32:31,082 ALWAYS BEEN CARE FOR PEOPLE AND 731 00:32:31,149 --> 00:32:33,685 CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES. SHE 732 00:32:33,751 --> 00:32:36,321 HAS BEEN AN ACTIVE MEMBER SINCE 733 00:32:36,387 --> 00:32:37,455 2021 AND ALSO LOOKS FORWARD TO 734 00:32:37,522 --> 00:32:40,358 HER CONTINUED WORK ON THE 735 00:32:40,425 --> 00:32:41,359 COMMISSION. I BELIEVE THAT SUMS 736 00:32:41,426 --> 00:32:42,960 IT UP FOR THE DISABILITY 737 00:32:43,027 --> 00:32:44,262 COMMISSION. IF IT'S OKAY I CAN 738 00:32:44,329 --> 00:32:45,730 ALSO SPEAK FOR THE LGBTQ 739 00:32:45,797 --> 00:32:48,900 APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS 740 00:32:49,033 --> 00:32:52,270 >> GREAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, 741 00:32:52,337 --> 00:32:53,805 JANET. LET ME JUST UP THERE AND 742 00:32:53,871 --> 00:32:55,006 SEE IF COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY 743 00:32:55,073 --> 00:32:56,040 QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THE 744 00:32:56,107 --> 00:32:56,974 DISABILITY COMMISSION. I AM NOT 745 00:32:57,041 --> 00:32:58,309 SEEING ANYTHING. OKAY. THANK 746 00:32:58,376 --> 00:33:00,211 YOU. THESE GO AHEAD. 747 00:33:00,278 --> 00:33:05,149 >> SURE, GREAT. I WILL START US 748 00:33:05,216 --> 00:33:09,354 OFF WITH ATIF OSMANI. THEY WER 749 00:33:09,420 --> 00:33:12,423 RAISED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 750 00:33:12,490 --> 00:33:13,691 CHICAGO WHERE A MAJORITY OF HIS 751 00:33:13,758 --> 00:33:14,859 FAMILY IMMIGRATED TO THE UNITED 752 00:33:14,926 --> 00:33:18,162 STATES IN THE 1980s. SO COME HI 753 00:33:18,229 --> 00:33:19,330 ETHNIC AND CULTURAL HERITAGE HA 754 00:33:19,397 --> 00:33:20,531 ALWAYS BEEN AN IMPORTANT ASPECT 755 00:33:20,598 --> 00:33:24,602 OF HIS IDENTITY. HE ATTENDED TH 756 00:33:24,669 --> 00:33:26,904 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO FOR HIS 757 00:33:26,971 --> 00:33:27,672 UNDERGRAD DEGREE. WHERE HE 758 00:33:27,739 --> 00:33:29,307 STUDIED PUBLIC POLICY AND 759 00:33:29,374 --> 00:33:33,611 SPECIALIZED IN HEALTHCARE. HE I 760 00:33:33,678 --> 00:33:34,645 EXCITED TO JOIN THE COMMISSION 761 00:33:34,712 --> 00:33:35,980 BECAUSE HE KNOWS INCLUSIVE 762 00:33:36,047 --> 00:33:38,616 POLICY IS CRUCIAL TO CHALLENGIN 763 00:33:38,683 --> 00:33:43,087 THE INEQUITIES EXPERIENCED BY 764 00:33:43,154 --> 00:33:44,055 PEOPLE. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 765 00:33:44,122 --> 00:33:46,290 AND INCLUSIVE BABY ARE TWO 766 00:33:46,357 --> 00:33:47,592 ISSUES HE HOPES TO ADDRESS AS 767 00:33:47,658 --> 00:33:52,797 BEING PART OF THE COMMISSION HE 768 00:33:52,864 --> 00:33:53,731 ALSO TOO HAS BEEN ACTIVELY 769 00:33:53,798 --> 00:33:56,367 PARTICIPATING IN MEETING SINCE 770 00:33:56,434 --> 00:33:57,835 INDISCERNIBLE ]. THE SECOND NEW 771 00:33:57,902 --> 00:33:59,537 APPOINTMENT, CHRISTINA PIZANA. 772 00:33:59,604 --> 00:34:07,578 CHRISTINA IS A FOURTH [ 773 00:34:07,645 --> 00:34:15,486 INDISCERNIBLE ]. CENTERED ON 774 00:34:15,553 --> 00:34:18,089 LIBERATION AND JUSTICE WORK. FO 775 00:34:18,156 --> 00:34:20,158 THE LAST FIVE YEARS, THEY HAVE 776 00:34:20,224 --> 00:34:22,894 BEEN ADVOCATING IN SCHOOLS. PAR 777 00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:25,329 OF THIS WORK HAS BEEN VERY 778 00:34:25,396 --> 00:34:25,863 COMPLEX. DIRECTING AND 779 00:34:25,930 --> 00:34:30,635 RE-CENTERING STAFF AND PARENTS, 780 00:34:30,701 --> 00:34:31,602 UNDERSTANDING AND AWARENESS 781 00:34:31,669 --> 00:34:34,906 AROUND INCLUSION. CHRISTINA HAS 782 00:34:34,972 --> 00:34:37,708 ALSO AN ARCHITECTURE BACKGROUND 783 00:34:37,775 --> 00:34:38,676 WHICH IN MANY WAYS INVOLVES 784 00:34:38,743 --> 00:34:41,446 LISTENING TO STAKEHOLDERS 785 00:34:41,512 --> 00:34:44,749 RESEARCHING TECHNICAL DESIGN AN 786 00:34:44,816 --> 00:34:50,788 SAFETY GUIDELINES. HOPES , LOVE 787 00:34:50,855 --> 00:34:51,389 AND LIBERATION, AND 788 00:34:51,456 --> 00:34:52,223 ACCOUNTABILITY ARE ALL ELEMENTS 789 00:34:52,290 --> 00:34:53,024 THAT CHRISTINA STRIVES TO CENTE 790 00:34:53,090 --> 00:34:56,828 IN HER TIME WITH THE COMMISSION 791 00:34:56,894 --> 00:34:58,496 AND ON THEIR SPARE TIME, KRISTE 792 00:34:58,563 --> 00:35:01,265 AND HER FAMILY ENJOY FAMILY 793 00:35:01,332 --> 00:35:01,999 BIKING, EXPLORING THE OUTDOORS, 794 00:35:02,066 --> 00:35:02,800 SPENDING QUALITY TIME CREATING 795 00:35:02,867 --> 00:35:05,670 ART AND MAKING CONNECTIONS WITH 796 00:35:05,736 --> 00:35:11,175 COMMUNITY, FAMILY AND FRIENDS. 797 00:35:11,242 --> 00:35:12,176 OUR LAST RECOMMENDED NEW 798 00:35:12,243 --> 00:35:13,878 APPOINTMENT FOR THE LGBTQ 799 00:35:13,945 --> 00:35:17,482 COMMISSION IS CHELSEA WRIGHT. 800 00:35:17,548 --> 00:35:18,516 CHELSEA IS THE DIRECTOR OF 801 00:35:18,583 --> 00:35:21,886 OPERATIONS AT THE ALLIANCE OF 802 00:35:21,953 --> 00:35:24,388 GUN RESPONSIBILITY. A LOCAL 803 00:35:24,455 --> 00:35:26,190 NONPROFIT WORKING TO REDUCE GUN 804 00:35:26,257 --> 00:35:28,259 VIOLENCE AMONG OUR COMMUNITY. 805 00:35:28,326 --> 00:35:31,329 THEY HAVE A DEEP PASSION FOR 806 00:35:31,395 --> 00:35:32,730 WANTING TO ORGANIZE SOCIAL 807 00:35:32,797 --> 00:35:35,333 MOVEMENTS THROUGH THEIR 808 00:35:35,399 --> 00:35:36,300 OPERATIONS WORK. IN THEIR FREE 809 00:35:36,367 --> 00:35:37,802 TIME, THEY HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING 810 00:35:37,869 --> 00:35:43,808 FOR TRANS-ATHLETES IN COLLEGE. 811 00:35:43,875 --> 00:35:44,475 PROFESSIONAL SPORTS. FIGHTING 812 00:35:44,542 --> 00:35:45,843 FOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS AND 813 00:35:45,910 --> 00:35:48,246 ADVOCATING FOR ADOPTEES. CHELSE 814 00:35:48,312 --> 00:35:51,115 IS ALSO A CURRENT BOARD MEMBER 815 00:35:51,182 --> 00:35:54,919 OF ADOPTEES UNITED. A NONPROFIT 816 00:35:54,986 --> 00:35:57,221 REPRESENTING THE INTERESTS OF 817 00:35:57,288 --> 00:36:01,125 ALL ADOPTEES, WHETHER DOMESTIC, 818 00:36:01,192 --> 00:36:03,961 INTERCOUNTRY, TRANSRACIAL, OR 819 00:36:04,028 --> 00:36:07,932 FORMAL FOSTER YOUTH. CHELSEA HA 820 00:36:07,999 --> 00:36:08,633 BEEN INVOLVED IN COMMISSION 821 00:36:08,699 --> 00:36:11,135 MEETING SINCE LAST YEAR, AND IS 822 00:36:11,202 --> 00:36:12,637 EXCITED TO ADD TO THE WORK THAT 823 00:36:12,703 --> 00:36:13,604 THE COMMISSION IS DOING IN 824 00:36:13,671 --> 00:36:15,439 HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SAFETY. 825 00:36:15,506 --> 00:36:18,175 THANK YOU. I THINK THAT -- I 826 00:36:18,242 --> 00:36:20,444 BELIEVE THAT SUMS IT UP. I'LL 827 00:36:20,511 --> 00:36:23,714 PASS IT BACK TO YOU, CHAIR 828 00:36:23,781 --> 00:36:24,015 MORALES. 829 00:36:24,081 --> 00:36:25,383 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JANET, 830 00:36:25,449 --> 00:36:26,551 AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING ALL 831 00:36:26,617 --> 00:36:28,953 OF THESE APPOINTEES TO US. I 832 00:36:29,020 --> 00:36:32,757 WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THEM. 833 00:36:32,823 --> 00:36:33,858 FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO. I 834 00:36:33,925 --> 00:36:38,396 KNOW WE HAVE THE LGBTQ 835 00:36:38,462 --> 00:36:39,163 COMMISSION IN PARTICULAR HAS 836 00:36:39,230 --> 00:36:39,964 REQUESTED THE OPPORTUNITY TO 837 00:36:40,031 --> 00:36:42,633 COME BEFORE COMMITTEE TO SHARE 838 00:36:42,700 --> 00:36:44,335 THEIR WORK PLAN FOR THE YEAR. 839 00:36:44,402 --> 00:36:45,202 SOME OF THE POLICY PRIORITIES 840 00:36:45,269 --> 00:36:47,438 THAT THEY HAVE. SO, WE LOOK 841 00:36:47,505 --> 00:36:48,739 FORWARD TO HAVING THEM IN 842 00:36:48,806 --> 00:36:49,540 COMMITTEE AT SOME POINT THIS 843 00:36:49,607 --> 00:36:51,943 YEAR. WORKING ON THAT SCHEDULE. 844 00:36:52,009 --> 00:36:53,477 SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 845 00:36:53,544 --> 00:36:54,278 COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY 846 00:36:54,345 --> 00:36:59,216 COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR JANET 847 00:36:59,283 --> 00:37:02,820 I AM NOT SEEING ANY. OKAY. SO, 848 00:37:02,887 --> 00:37:06,157 AM GOING TO MOVE THAT THE 849 00:37:06,223 --> 00:37:06,824 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL 850 00:37:06,891 --> 00:37:08,626 OF THESE APPOINTMENTS. IS THERE 851 00:37:08,693 --> 00:37:09,260 A SECOND? 852 00:37:09,327 --> 00:37:09,594 >> SECOND. 853 00:37:09,660 --> 00:37:12,930 >> THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN MOVED 854 00:37:12,997 --> 00:37:13,931 AND SECONDED. DEVON, WILL YOU 855 00:37:13,998 --> 00:37:15,733 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? 856 00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:16,834 >> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS? 857 00:37:16,901 --> 00:37:18,469 >> YES. 858 00:37:18,536 --> 00:37:22,139 >> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON? 859 00:37:22,206 --> 00:37:22,406 >> AYE. 860 00:37:22,473 --> 00:37:23,307 >> VICE CHAIR SAWANT? 861 00:37:23,374 --> 00:37:25,109 >> YES. 862 00:37:25,176 --> 00:37:27,144 >> CHAIR MORALES? 863 00:37:27,211 --> 00:37:28,679 >> YES. 864 00:37:28,746 --> 00:37:32,650 >> 4 IN FAVOR. 865 00:37:32,717 --> 00:37:33,584 >> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE 866 00:37:33,651 --> 00:37:34,285 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THAT 867 00:37:34,352 --> 00:37:36,253 THE COUNCIL APPROVED THESE 868 00:37:36,320 --> 00:37:37,588 APPOINTMENTS WILL BE SENT TO TH 869 00:37:37,655 --> 00:37:39,023 FEBRUARY 21st CITY COUNCIL 870 00:37:39,090 --> 00:37:39,957 MEETING THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR 871 00:37:40,024 --> 00:37:42,126 BEING HERE WITH US, JANET. 872 00:37:42,193 --> 00:37:43,527 >> CAN I JUST SAY THANK YOU VER 873 00:37:43,594 --> 00:37:44,829 MUCH FOR EVERYONE FOR BEING 874 00:37:44,895 --> 00:37:46,797 WILLING TO SERVE AND FOR YOUR 875 00:37:46,864 --> 00:37:47,465 WORK IN PUTTING THESE 876 00:37:47,531 --> 00:37:48,065 APPOINTMENTS THROUGH THE 877 00:37:48,132 --> 00:37:49,433 PROCESS, SO THANK YOU. 878 00:37:49,500 --> 00:37:52,336 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 879 00:37:52,403 --> 00:37:53,371 NELSON. OKAY. WILL YOU PLEASE 880 00:37:53,437 --> 00:37:55,072 READ ITEM 8 INTO THE RECORD. 881 00:37:55,139 --> 00:37:59,910 >> AGENDA ITEM 8. PANEL ON THE 882 00:37:59,977 --> 00:38:01,445 IMPACT AND MOBILITY ON SOCIAL 883 00:38:01,512 --> 00:38:03,414 WELL-BEING, COMMUNITY CARE AND 884 00:38:03,481 --> 00:38:04,315 NEIGHBORHOOD ACCESSIBILITY FOR 885 00:38:04,382 --> 00:38:04,882 BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION. 886 00:38:04,949 --> 00:38:08,619 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M 887 00:38:08,686 --> 00:38:09,420 EXCITED. WE HAVE THREE FOLKS 888 00:38:09,487 --> 00:38:11,856 HERE TO JOIN US. I'M GOING TO 889 00:38:11,922 --> 00:38:13,457 ASK YOU TO GO AHEAD AND COME UP 890 00:38:13,524 --> 00:38:19,163 TO THE COMMITTEE TABLE. SO, I'L 891 00:38:19,230 --> 00:38:20,665 AND AS THEY ARE APPROACHING, I 892 00:38:20,731 --> 00:38:23,801 WILL JUST SAY, LET ME GET TO MY 893 00:38:23,868 --> 00:38:27,905 NOTES TOGETHER HERE. I WANT TO 894 00:38:27,972 --> 00:38:29,874 SORT OF SET THE CONTEXT FOR THI 895 00:38:29,940 --> 00:38:33,844 DISCUSSION BY PROVIDING AN 896 00:38:33,911 --> 00:38:35,012 OVERVIEW OF THE MOBILITY ISSUES 897 00:38:35,079 --> 00:38:39,517 THAT WE HAVE NOW. PLEASE COME O 898 00:38:39,583 --> 00:38:41,152 UP HERE. SO, I DO HAVE A SHORT 899 00:38:41,218 --> 00:38:45,723 SLIDESHOW TO HELP DO THAT. THEN 900 00:38:45,790 --> 00:38:47,258 I WILL OPEN IT UP TO THE PANEL 901 00:38:47,324 --> 00:38:48,225 FOR YOUR REACTIONS AND FOR YOUR 902 00:38:48,292 --> 00:38:49,060 COMMENTS. COLLEAGUES, I ALSO 903 00:38:49,126 --> 00:38:50,628 WELCOME YOUR QUESTIONS DURING 904 00:38:50,695 --> 00:38:56,734 THIS DISCUSSION AS WELL. SO, BU 905 00:38:56,801 --> 00:38:58,135 BEFORE I BEGIN I WILL ASK EACH 906 00:38:58,202 --> 00:39:03,040 OF YOU TO INTRODUCE YOURSELVES. 907 00:39:03,174 --> 00:39:04,408 >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE 908 00:39:04,475 --> 00:39:06,977 TODAY, ANGELA CASTANEDA. I'M 909 00:39:07,044 --> 00:39:08,279 THE DIRECTOR OF THE BEACON 910 00:39:08,345 --> 00:39:10,614 BUSINESS ALLIANCE. CO-FOUNDER 911 00:39:10,681 --> 00:39:16,020 MEMBER OF THE ESSENTIAL SEATTLE 912 00:39:16,087 --> 00:39:19,090 COLLECTIVE. SERVING SMALL 913 00:39:19,156 --> 00:39:19,790 BUSINESS COMMUNITIES, BEACON 914 00:39:19,857 --> 00:39:21,058 HILL TO READ YOUR BEACH. 915 00:39:21,125 --> 00:39:24,595 >> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 916 00:39:24,662 --> 00:39:25,830 >> HI, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME 917 00:39:25,896 --> 00:39:29,467 AS WELL. MY NAME IS ERICA BUSCH 918 00:39:29,533 --> 00:39:31,035 I AM THE COLEADER OF THE 919 00:39:31,102 --> 00:39:31,702 DUWAMISH VALLEY SAFE STREETS. 920 00:39:31,769 --> 00:39:34,438 I'M ALSO THE PUBLIC SAFE MANAGE 921 00:39:34,505 --> 00:39:35,906 FOR THE ALLIANCE OF PIONEER 922 00:39:35,973 --> 00:39:36,841 GREATER. I'M CURRENTLY THE URBA 923 00:39:36,907 --> 00:39:38,342 DESIGNER ON THE SEATTLE DESIGN 924 00:39:38,409 --> 00:39:38,676 COMMISSION. 925 00:39:38,743 --> 00:39:40,478 >> THANK YOU. 926 00:39:40,544 --> 00:39:44,615 >> I AM AB JUANER. I AM THE 927 00:39:44,682 --> 00:39:46,550 PROGRAM MANAGER AT PUGET SOUND 928 00:39:46,617 --> 00:39:47,752 SAGE. I HAVE DONE A MAJORITY OF 929 00:39:47,818 --> 00:39:53,090 MY WORK IN SOUTH SEATTLE, 930 00:39:53,157 --> 00:39:54,391 SPECIFICALLY IN ONE 931 00:39:54,458 --> 00:39:54,759 NEIGHBORHOOD. 932 00:39:54,825 --> 00:39:58,129 >> GREAT, THANK YOU. OKAY, DEVO 933 00:39:58,195 --> 00:39:59,230 I'M GOING TO THANK YOU FOR 934 00:39:59,296 --> 00:40:00,865 RUNNING THE SLIDES FOR ME HERE. 935 00:40:00,931 --> 00:40:04,769 SO, I WANTED TO START. YOU CAN 936 00:40:04,835 --> 00:40:05,736 GO TO SLIDE THREE PLEASE. BY 937 00:40:05,803 --> 00:40:07,805 JUST TALKING ABOUT KIND OF WHER 938 00:40:07,872 --> 00:40:11,408 WE ARE RIGHT NOW. THIS IS A 939 00:40:11,475 --> 00:40:15,412 LARGE CITY. A GROWING CITY. WE 940 00:40:15,479 --> 00:40:16,981 KNOW WE HAVE GOT A LOT MORE 941 00:40:17,047 --> 00:40:18,282 FOLKS COMING TO MOVE HERE. BUT, 942 00:40:18,349 --> 00:40:19,116 WE HAVE GOT FEW NEIGHBORHOODS 943 00:40:19,183 --> 00:40:21,519 THAT ACTUALLY MEET NEIGHBORS' 944 00:40:21,585 --> 00:40:25,122 IMMEDIATE EVERY DAY NEEDS. 945 00:40:25,189 --> 00:40:26,257 REALLY FORCES PEOPLE TO TRAVEL 946 00:40:26,323 --> 00:40:27,558 LONG DISTANCES TO GO TO THE 947 00:40:27,625 --> 00:40:28,893 GROCERY STORE OR TO THE DOCTOR. 948 00:40:28,959 --> 00:40:30,628 EVEN TO CHILDCARE. AND CAN 949 00:40:30,694 --> 00:40:32,897 REALLY PUT LOW AND MIDDLE INCOM 950 00:40:32,963 --> 00:40:35,166 FOLKS IN A TOUGH POSITION IF 951 00:40:35,232 --> 00:40:40,104 THEY DON'T OWN A CAR. SO -- GO 952 00:40:40,171 --> 00:40:41,238 TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS 953 00:40:41,305 --> 00:40:43,874 IS GOING TO BE AWKWARD. IT WOUL 954 00:40:43,941 --> 00:40:45,176 BE BETTER IF I WAS DOWN THERE 955 00:40:45,242 --> 00:40:47,912 WITH YOU. SO, RIGHT NOW, WHAT 956 00:40:47,978 --> 00:40:49,580 THAT MEANS FOR US, THANK YOU. 957 00:40:49,647 --> 00:40:52,183 THAT'S GREAT. IS THAT OUR 958 00:40:52,249 --> 00:40:54,785 CURRENT NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGN 959 00:40:54,852 --> 00:40:57,922 REALLY MEANS THAT FOLKS HAVE TO 960 00:40:57,988 --> 00:40:59,089 DRIVE. THEY HAVE TO PLAN FOR 961 00:40:59,156 --> 00:41:00,825 EXTRA TIME IT TAKES IF THEY ARE 962 00:41:00,891 --> 00:41:03,060 USING TRANSIT. WE ARE REALLY 963 00:41:03,127 --> 00:41:03,861 PRIORITIZING THE CONVENIENCE OF 964 00:41:03,928 --> 00:41:06,997 THOSE WHO DRIVE, AND TRAFFIC 965 00:41:07,064 --> 00:41:08,332 FLOW AND TRAFFIC THROUGHPUT, 966 00:41:08,399 --> 00:41:14,205 OVER SAFETY. THAT IN TURN 967 00:41:14,271 --> 00:41:15,005 PRIORITIZES, OR REALLY VALUES 968 00:41:15,072 --> 00:41:16,207 THE TIME OF THOSE WHO CAN'T 969 00:41:16,273 --> 00:41:17,808 AFFORD A CAR OVER THE TIME OF 970 00:41:17,875 --> 00:41:20,344 THOSE WHO USE PUBLIC TRANSIT. 971 00:41:20,411 --> 00:41:22,112 SO, THIS IS SORT OF WHERE WE AR 972 00:41:22,179 --> 00:41:24,248 TODAY. THIS MAP SHOWS OUR LAND 973 00:41:24,315 --> 00:41:25,382 USE PATTERNS. REALLY HOW IT KIN 974 00:41:25,449 --> 00:41:30,821 OF FORCES US TO TRAVEL. SO FOR 975 00:41:30,888 --> 00:41:32,089 EXAMPLE, THE PURPLE AREA IN THE 976 00:41:32,156 --> 00:41:33,891 CENTER IS WHERE MOST OF OUR JOB 977 00:41:33,958 --> 00:41:37,895 ARE. THE KIND OF ORANGE AREA IS 978 00:41:37,962 --> 00:41:39,697 URBAN CENTERS, URBAN VILLAGES. 979 00:41:39,763 --> 00:41:44,802 BASICALLY MIXED-USE COMMERCIAL. 980 00:41:44,869 --> 00:41:49,106 THEN, THE -- YELLOW IS KIND OF 981 00:41:49,173 --> 00:41:53,644 EVERYTHING ELSE. SO 982 00:41:53,711 --> 00:41:57,248 SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSING. THAT'S 983 00:41:57,314 --> 00:41:58,349 WHERE BASICALLY FOLKS WHO ARE 984 00:41:58,415 --> 00:41:59,116 CENTERED AROUND GETTING AROUND 985 00:41:59,183 --> 00:42:01,919 WITH A CAR ARE LIVING. THE 986 00:42:01,986 --> 00:42:03,120 CHALLENGE WITH THIS IS WHAT IT 987 00:42:03,187 --> 00:42:04,421 MEANS FOR THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE 988 00:42:04,488 --> 00:42:07,358 CAR, AND THEIR ABILITY TO ACCES 989 00:42:07,424 --> 00:42:08,525 SERVICES. THEIR ABILITY TO GET 990 00:42:08,592 --> 00:42:10,261 TO PLACES THAT THEY NEED TO GO. 991 00:42:10,327 --> 00:42:11,695 SO FOR EXAMPLE IF YOU LIVE DOWN 992 00:42:11,762 --> 00:42:14,298 IN RANIER BEACH, THE CLOSEST 993 00:42:14,365 --> 00:42:15,933 HOSPITAL IS HARBORVIEW. THAT'S 994 00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:19,570 25 MINUTE DRIVE. IF YOU HAVE TO 995 00:42:19,637 --> 00:42:22,006 TAKE THE BUS, IT'S ALMOST AN 996 00:42:22,072 --> 00:42:23,240 HOUR. THAT ASSUMES YOU DON'T 997 00:42:23,307 --> 00:42:24,808 HAVE TO TAKE THE TRANSFER. IT 998 00:42:24,875 --> 00:42:25,776 ALSO ASSUMES THAT YOU ARE GOING 999 00:42:25,843 --> 00:42:27,044 DURING RUSH HOUR OR DURING 1000 00:42:27,111 --> 00:42:30,080 REGULAR HOURS. GOOD LUCK IF YOU 1001 00:42:30,147 --> 00:42:31,482 HAVE TO GET THERE IN THE MIDDLE 1002 00:42:31,548 --> 00:42:36,086 OF THE NIGHT. SO, THIS IS A 1003 00:42:36,153 --> 00:42:37,221 SERIOUS ISSUE. IT IS REALLY 1004 00:42:37,288 --> 00:42:38,489 IMPORTANT THAT FOLKS BE ABLE TO 1005 00:42:38,555 --> 00:42:39,456 NAVIGATE AROUND THEIR COMMUNITY 1006 00:42:39,523 --> 00:42:40,791 BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE THINGS 1007 00:42:40,858 --> 00:42:45,296 THAT THEY NEED. IN A WAY THAT I 1008 00:42:45,362 --> 00:42:46,497 CONVENIENT, EVEN FOR FOLKS WHO 1009 00:42:46,563 --> 00:42:50,868 AREN'T IN CARS. SO, YOU CAN GO 1010 00:42:50,935 --> 00:42:52,036 TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, DEVON 1011 00:42:52,102 --> 00:42:55,973 SO ANOTHER ISSUE OF SORT OF OUR 1012 00:42:56,040 --> 00:42:57,241 CURRENT SITUATION IS REALLY HOW 1013 00:42:57,308 --> 00:42:58,475 ISOLATED YOU ARE IF YOU AREN'T 1014 00:42:58,542 --> 00:43:00,644 IN A CAR. SO, THIS IS A MAP THA 1015 00:43:00,711 --> 00:43:02,746 DEMONSTRATES SORT OF THE 1016 00:43:02,813 --> 00:43:06,684 INEQUITABLE TRANSPORTATION 1017 00:43:06,750 --> 00:43:07,851 NETWORK. THE YELLOW, IF YOU CAN 1018 00:43:07,918 --> 00:43:10,955 SEE IT, THE YELLOW LINES ON HER 1019 00:43:11,021 --> 00:43:12,556 ARE ROADS. FOLKS CAN DRIVE OR 1020 00:43:12,623 --> 00:43:15,559 TAKE TRANSIT ON HERE. BUT, WE 1021 00:43:15,626 --> 00:43:16,694 HAVE GOT SOMETHING LIKE 4000 1022 00:43:16,760 --> 00:43:20,130 MILES, ALMOST 4000 MILES OF 1023 00:43:20,197 --> 00:43:23,000 ROAD. WE HAVE 165 MILES OF BIKE 1024 00:43:23,067 --> 00:43:25,703 LANE. THAT'S WHAT IS IN BLUE 1025 00:43:25,769 --> 00:43:29,506 HERE. MOST OF THIS IS SHARE 1026 00:43:29,573 --> 00:43:34,111 ROADS. THESE ARE NOT PROTECTED 1027 00:43:34,178 --> 00:43:35,746 BY CLAIMS. THIS IS A LANE WITH 1028 00:43:35,813 --> 00:43:37,081 PAINT IN IT THAT SAYS BIKES CAN 1029 00:43:37,147 --> 00:43:38,449 BE HERE AND YOU SHOULD BE AWARE 1030 00:43:38,515 --> 00:43:43,320 OF THAT. WE ONLY HAVE FOUR MILE 1031 00:43:43,387 --> 00:43:44,054 OF WHAT OUR TRANSPORTATION 1032 00:43:44,121 --> 00:43:44,788 DEPARTMENT IDENTIFIES AS 1033 00:43:44,855 --> 00:43:45,422 PROTECTED BY CLAIMS. THAT'S 1034 00:43:45,489 --> 00:43:52,563 REALLY PAINT ALSO. WE HAVE SOM 1035 00:43:52,629 --> 00:43:55,499 HARD PROTECTED BIKE LANES BUT I 1036 00:43:55,566 --> 00:43:57,701 IS NOT CATEGORIZED. WE DON'T 1037 00:43:57,768 --> 00:44:00,204 ACTUALLY KNOW, I DON'T KNOW 1038 00:44:00,270 --> 00:44:04,108 PRECISELY HOW MUCH -- HOW MANY 1039 00:44:04,174 --> 00:44:05,976 MILES OF PROTECTED BIKE LANE WE 1040 00:44:06,043 --> 00:44:07,745 HAVE. IT IS LESS THAN FOUR IN 1041 00:44:07,811 --> 00:44:12,049 THE CITY. WE KNOW THAT FOR SURE 1042 00:44:12,116 --> 00:44:14,018 SO, THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF 1043 00:44:14,084 --> 00:44:18,188 THE WAYS IN WHICH OUR LAND USE. 1044 00:44:18,255 --> 00:44:19,089 THE WAYS IN WHICH OUR 1045 00:44:19,156 --> 00:44:19,890 NEIGHBORHOODS ARE REALLY 1046 00:44:19,957 --> 00:44:21,325 DISCONNECTED FROM ONE ANOTHER. 1047 00:44:21,392 --> 00:44:22,559 AND THE ABILITY OF OUR NEIGHBOR 1048 00:44:22,626 --> 00:44:23,894 TO GET FROM ONE NEIGHBORHOOD TO 1049 00:44:23,961 --> 00:44:25,462 ANOTHER WITHOUT GETTING IN THEI 1050 00:44:25,529 --> 00:44:28,165 CAR IS VERY INEQUITABLE. ONLY 8 1051 00:44:28,232 --> 00:44:31,668 OF THE LAND IN THE CITY IS FOR 1052 00:44:31,735 --> 00:44:32,569 COMMERCIAL AND MIXED-USE. MOST 1053 00:44:32,636 --> 00:44:35,839 OF THE CITY LAYOUT REQUIRES 1054 00:44:35,906 --> 00:44:39,076 PEOPLE TO TAKE A LONG TRIP IN 1055 00:44:39,143 --> 00:44:42,212 ORDER TO ACCESS SERVICES. SO, 1056 00:44:42,279 --> 00:44:45,349 THE REASON THIS IS IMPORTANT, 1057 00:44:45,416 --> 00:44:46,283 WELL, THERE ARE MANY REASONS WH 1058 00:44:46,350 --> 00:44:48,719 THIS IS IMPORTANT, BUT DEVON IF 1059 00:44:48,786 --> 00:44:51,021 YOU WILL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 1060 00:44:51,088 --> 00:44:52,756 THIS IS A SLIDE OF ALL OF THE 1061 00:44:52,823 --> 00:44:54,091 COLLISIONS THAT WE HAVE HAD IN 1062 00:44:54,158 --> 00:44:58,328 THE CITY IN RECENT YEARS. IT'S 1063 00:44:58,395 --> 00:45:03,067 REALLY AN EXAMPLE OF THE SORT O 1064 00:45:03,133 --> 00:45:04,701 EPIDEMIC OF CHALLENGES THAT WE 1065 00:45:04,768 --> 00:45:08,372 HAVE. ALMOST 7000 COLLISIONS 1066 00:45:08,439 --> 00:45:10,407 LAST YEAR ACCORDING TO THE STAT 1067 00:45:10,474 --> 00:45:12,443 TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. OVER 1068 00:45:12,509 --> 00:45:16,880 2200 INJURIES RESULTING FROM 1069 00:45:16,947 --> 00:45:18,048 THOSE COLLISIONS. 20 OF 34 1070 00:45:18,115 --> 00:45:18,949 FATALITIES WERE PEOPLE WALKING 1071 00:45:19,016 --> 00:45:21,285 OR BIKING. OVER HALF OF THOSE 1072 00:45:21,351 --> 00:45:22,619 ARE IN MY DISTRICT IN THE SOUTH 1073 00:45:22,686 --> 00:45:26,523 END OF SEATTLE. WHAT WE ARE 1074 00:45:26,590 --> 00:45:27,858 STARTING TO LEARN NOW IS SOME 1075 00:45:27,925 --> 00:45:28,659 REPORTING IS INDICATING THAT 1076 00:45:28,725 --> 00:45:29,426 ALMOST HALF OF THESE INJURIES 1077 00:45:29,493 --> 00:45:31,862 ARE HIT AND RUNS AS WELL. SO 1078 00:45:31,929 --> 00:45:34,331 PEOPLE AREN'T STOPPING TO RENDE 1079 00:45:34,398 --> 00:45:37,201 AID, TO OFFER ASSISTANCE, TO 1080 00:45:37,267 --> 00:45:38,135 MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS 1081 00:45:38,202 --> 00:45:41,672 EMERGENCY VEHICLES COMING. SO, 1082 00:45:41,738 --> 00:45:43,073 THIS IS CLEARLY AN EPIDEMIC AND 1083 00:45:43,140 --> 00:45:46,276 A GROWING PROBLEM. WHAT IT MEAN 1084 00:45:46,343 --> 00:45:47,111 IS THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AREN' 1085 00:45:47,177 --> 00:45:48,312 SAFE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE WALKING 1086 00:45:48,378 --> 00:45:50,414 OR BIKING OR TRYING TO GET AWAY 1087 00:45:50,481 --> 00:45:51,949 AND GET AROUND IN ANY WAY THAT 1088 00:45:52,015 --> 00:45:55,619 ISN'T IN A CAR. SO, WHY AM I 1089 00:45:55,686 --> 00:45:57,154 TALKING ABOUT THIS IN THE 1090 00:45:57,221 --> 00:45:58,155 NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE? [ 1091 00:45:58,222 --> 00:46:02,426 LAUGHTER ] BECAUSE HOW WE DESIG 1092 00:46:02,493 --> 00:46:03,861 OUR NEIGHBORHOODS HAS EVERYTHIN 1093 00:46:03,927 --> 00:46:04,895 TO DO WITH SAFETY. IT HAS 1094 00:46:04,962 --> 00:46:07,764 EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE 1095 00:46:07,831 --> 00:46:10,534 WELL-BEING OF ELDERS AND 1096 00:46:10,601 --> 00:46:13,971 CHILDREN AND OUR COMMUNITY 1097 00:46:14,037 --> 00:46:14,671 MEMBERS. THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT 1098 00:46:14,738 --> 00:46:16,807 TRANSPORTATION OR HOUSING, OR 1099 00:46:16,874 --> 00:46:20,177 PARKS. ALL OF THESE ISSUES ARE 1100 00:46:20,244 --> 00:46:21,578 CONNECTED. EVEN IF RIGHT NOW OU 1101 00:46:21,645 --> 00:46:25,816 NEIGHBORHOODS ARE NOT CONNECTED 1102 00:46:25,883 --> 00:46:26,984 SO, I WANTED TO HAVE THIS 1103 00:46:27,050 --> 00:46:27,718 CONVERSATION TODAY BECAUSE 1104 00:46:27,784 --> 00:46:28,385 SEATTLEITES DESERVE 1105 00:46:28,452 --> 00:46:31,054 NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE RICH IN 1106 00:46:31,121 --> 00:46:32,356 RESOURCES. NO MATTER WHAT PART 1107 00:46:32,422 --> 00:46:33,490 OF TOWN THEY LIVE IN. THAT 1108 00:46:33,557 --> 00:46:35,926 INCLUDES MOBILITY OPTIONS. IT 1109 00:46:35,993 --> 00:46:38,629 INCLUDES ACCESS TO GOOD JOBS. I 1110 00:46:38,695 --> 00:46:40,264 INCLUDES THE ABILITY TO GO TO A 1111 00:46:40,330 --> 00:46:41,098 SMALL BUSINESS. IT INCLUDES 1112 00:46:41,165 --> 00:46:43,967 HOMES THAT ARE AFFORDABLE. IT 1113 00:46:44,034 --> 00:46:45,269 ALSO MEANS WELL-CONNECTED 1114 00:46:45,335 --> 00:46:47,037 NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE PEOPLE CAN 1115 00:46:47,104 --> 00:46:51,475 WALK, ROLL, AND PLAY SAFELY. IT 1116 00:46:51,542 --> 00:46:52,409 MEANS NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE 1117 00:46:52,476 --> 00:46:56,046 CHILD FRIENDLY. WHERE KIDS CAN 1118 00:46:56,113 --> 00:46:57,147 BE AUTONOMOUS AND NAVIGATE THEI 1119 00:46:57,214 --> 00:46:58,549 STREETS WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY 1120 00:46:58,615 --> 00:47:01,552 ABOUT A CAR SLOW ROLLING THROUG 1121 00:47:01,618 --> 00:47:05,255 A CROSSWALK, WHICH I WITNESS 1122 00:47:05,322 --> 00:47:05,822 REGULARLY. IT MEANS 1123 00:47:05,889 --> 00:47:06,657 NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE SOCIALLY 1124 00:47:06,723 --> 00:47:08,292 CONNECTED AND WELL RESOURCED SO 1125 00:47:08,358 --> 00:47:09,626 FOLKS CAN GO TO A CULTURAL 1126 00:47:09,693 --> 00:47:11,328 CENTER. CAN GO TO A SMALL 1127 00:47:11,395 --> 00:47:13,830 BUSINESS. CAN GO TO THE 1128 00:47:13,897 --> 00:47:17,701 PHARMACY. IT ALSO MEANS AGE 1129 00:47:17,768 --> 00:47:18,936 FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOODS. I HAD I 1130 00:47:19,002 --> 00:47:19,603 DISTRICT OFFICE HOURS YESTERDAY 1131 00:47:19,670 --> 00:47:23,040 AND MY FIRST CONSTITUENT WAS AN 1132 00:47:23,106 --> 00:47:26,310 85-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WHO ARRIVED O 1133 00:47:26,376 --> 00:47:27,911 A BIKE. SHE WAS ON A BIKE 1134 00:47:27,978 --> 00:47:29,746 BECAUSE WHEN SHE WAS 20 YEARS 1135 00:47:29,813 --> 00:47:32,015 YOUNGER, SHE WAS INVOLVED IN A 1136 00:47:32,082 --> 00:47:33,383 CAR ACCIDENT AND DIDN'T FEEL 1137 00:47:33,450 --> 00:47:36,587 SAFE DRIVING ANYMORE. SO NOW SH 1138 00:47:36,653 --> 00:47:37,120 WANTS TO NAVIGATE HER 1139 00:47:37,187 --> 00:47:40,390 NEIGHBORHOOD ON A BIKE. HER 1140 00:47:40,457 --> 00:47:41,458 VISION IMPAIRMENTS ALLOW HER TO 1141 00:47:41,525 --> 00:47:42,893 GET AROUND MORE SAFELY THAT WAY 1142 00:47:42,960 --> 00:47:45,896 BUT HER STREETS DON'T 1143 00:47:45,963 --> 00:47:47,064 NECESSARILY ALLOW HER TO GET 1144 00:47:47,130 --> 00:47:49,366 AROUND MORE SAFELY THAT WAY. SO 1145 00:47:49,433 --> 00:47:50,734 NO MATTER WHAT AGE WE ARE 1146 00:47:50,801 --> 00:47:52,869 TALKING ABOUT IN A COMMUNITY, 1147 00:47:52,936 --> 00:47:53,904 PEOPLE NEED TO BE ABLE TO 1148 00:47:53,971 --> 00:47:55,239 NAVIGATE AND GET TO THE THINGS 1149 00:47:55,305 --> 00:47:57,007 THEY NEED TO DO. WITHOUT 1150 00:47:57,074 --> 00:47:58,242 WORRYING. SO, WHAT I WOULD LIKE 1151 00:47:58,308 --> 00:47:59,710 TO TALK WITH OUR PANELISTS ABOU 1152 00:47:59,776 --> 00:48:02,479 TODAY IS REALLY HOW WE MOVE FRO 1153 00:48:02,546 --> 00:48:03,247 NEIGHBORHOODS THAT CREATE SO 1154 00:48:03,313 --> 00:48:08,418 MANY BARRIERS TO MOBILITY TO 1155 00:48:08,485 --> 00:48:09,419 NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ALLOW OUR 1156 00:48:09,486 --> 00:48:10,520 KIDS AND OUR ELDERS AND OTHERS 1157 00:48:10,587 --> 00:48:15,392 TO NAVIGATE AROUND SAFELY. SO, 1158 00:48:15,459 --> 00:48:18,061 WANT TO OPEN IT UP TO YOU FOR 1159 00:48:18,128 --> 00:48:20,931 YOUR REACTIONS. FOR YOUR 1160 00:48:20,998 --> 00:48:22,432 COMMENTS. THEN, I HAVE A FEW 1161 00:48:22,499 --> 00:48:24,034 QUESTIONS AND TO WANT TO WELCOM 1162 00:48:24,101 --> 00:48:28,138 MY COLLEAGUES TO ASK QUESTIONS 1163 00:48:28,205 --> 00:48:29,072 AS WELL. 1164 00:48:29,139 --> 00:48:36,847 >> THANK YOU. THIS IS ANGELA 1165 00:48:36,913 --> 00:48:38,081 CASTANEDA. I THINK I JUST 1166 00:48:38,148 --> 00:48:40,717 WANTED TO ADD TO THE WONDERFUL 1167 00:48:40,784 --> 00:48:44,454 DISCUSSION OF ALL OF THESE 1168 00:48:44,521 --> 00:48:48,859 ISSUES BY SAYING THAT ALSO THE 1169 00:48:48,925 --> 00:48:51,361 CONNECTIVITY NEEDS TO BE 1170 00:48:51,428 --> 00:48:54,598 HAPPENING WITHIN OUR CITY 1171 00:48:54,665 --> 00:48:57,501 GOVERNMENT. IF THE DIFFERENT 1172 00:48:57,567 --> 00:48:59,069 DEPARTMENTS -- LISTEN, I WORK 1173 00:48:59,136 --> 00:49:02,873 WITH WONDERFUL ADVOCATES AND 1174 00:49:02,939 --> 00:49:05,642 ACCOMPLICES EVEN, RIGHT? I WOUL 1175 00:49:05,709 --> 00:49:07,110 CALL THE PEOPLE I WORK WITH THA 1176 00:49:07,177 --> 00:49:11,815 SDOT OR THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, 1177 00:49:11,882 --> 00:49:12,849 BUT OFTEN I FIND THEY ARE NOT 1178 00:49:12,916 --> 00:49:14,951 HOLDING HANDS WITH EACH OTHER. 1179 00:49:15,018 --> 00:49:17,154 SO, I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT 1180 00:49:17,220 --> 00:49:18,655 OUT THERE AND ADD THAT TO THE 1181 00:49:18,722 --> 00:49:20,657 LIST OF THINGS WE ARE LOOKING 1182 00:49:20,724 --> 00:49:24,094 AT. 1183 00:49:24,161 --> 00:49:25,362 >> YES. THIS IS ERICA BUSH, 1184 00:49:25,429 --> 00:49:26,863 THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HAVING US. 1185 00:49:26,930 --> 00:49:28,565 THINK THIS IS PERSONALLY ONE OF 1186 00:49:28,632 --> 00:49:30,434 THE MOST IMPORTANT TOPICS FACIN 1187 00:49:30,500 --> 00:49:33,136 US RIGHT NOW. IT IMPACTS AS YOU 1188 00:49:33,203 --> 00:49:35,405 MENTIONED, OUR SOCIAL COHESION. 1189 00:49:35,472 --> 00:49:38,608 OUR SENSE OF SAFETY. OUR SENSE 1190 00:49:38,675 --> 00:49:41,345 OF ADAPTATION AND RECOVERY. FRO 1191 00:49:41,411 --> 00:49:44,648 THE PANDEMIC. WE EXPERIENCED 1192 00:49:44,715 --> 00:49:48,051 INCREDIBLE ISOLATION DURING THA 1193 00:49:48,118 --> 00:49:49,753 TIME. OUR PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT, 1194 00:49:49,820 --> 00:49:53,623 OUR LAND USE PATTERNS, ARE 1195 00:49:53,690 --> 00:49:54,691 FURTHER EXACERBATING THE ISSUES 1196 00:49:54,758 --> 00:49:56,893 AT THAT PANDMIC CAUSED US. WE 1197 00:49:56,960 --> 00:49:58,528 ARE SEEING HIGH RATES OF 1198 00:49:58,595 --> 00:49:59,730 ANXIETY. WE ARE SEEING HIGH 1199 00:49:59,796 --> 00:50:02,432 RATES OF DEPRESSION, AND ON TOP 1200 00:50:02,499 --> 00:50:04,067 OF THAT WE ARE SEEING THE ACTUA 1201 00:50:04,134 --> 00:50:06,937 LOSS OF LIVES DUE TO THESE 1202 00:50:07,003 --> 00:50:10,340 SITUATIONS. I KNOW WE ARE KIND 1203 00:50:10,407 --> 00:50:10,874 OF GOING TO GO AROUND AND 1204 00:50:10,941 --> 00:50:11,575 CIRCLE, SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO 1205 00:50:11,641 --> 00:50:13,510 THROUGH ALL OF THE THINGS THAT 1206 00:50:13,577 --> 00:50:16,246 WOULD LOVE TO SPEAK TO, BUT THE 1207 00:50:16,313 --> 00:50:18,949 PRESENTATION BRIDGES ARE REALLY 1208 00:50:19,015 --> 00:50:21,651 HIGHLIGHTED HOW, AS I THINK WE 1209 00:50:21,718 --> 00:50:23,320 CAN ALL COMFORTABLY SAY, THAT 1210 00:50:23,387 --> 00:50:28,992 THERE HAVE BEEN ONGOING 1211 00:50:29,059 --> 00:50:29,693 HISTORICAL DISINVESTMENT IN 1212 00:50:29,760 --> 00:50:32,062 DISTRICT 1 OR DISTRICT 2. SOUTH 1213 00:50:32,129 --> 00:50:33,463 SEATTLE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 1214 00:50:33,530 --> 00:50:36,500 ROADWAYS WE CAN SEE THAT IN A 1215 00:50:36,566 --> 00:50:38,235 MAP. WE CAN SEE HOW 1216 00:50:38,301 --> 00:50:42,139 DISINVESTMENT HAS CAUSED US TO 1217 00:50:42,205 --> 00:50:45,809 HAVE THESE SEPARATIONS OF OUR 1218 00:50:45,876 --> 00:50:46,543 COMMUNITIES. IT WILL TAKE 1219 00:50:46,610 --> 00:50:47,310 SUBSTANTIAL REINVESTMENT IN OUR 1220 00:50:47,377 --> 00:50:50,347 COMMUNITIES TO BRING US BACK 1221 00:50:50,414 --> 00:50:51,748 TOGETHER. BUT THE GOOD THING IS 1222 00:50:51,815 --> 00:50:54,017 THAT WE KNOW HOW TO DO THIS. WE 1223 00:50:54,084 --> 00:50:57,687 ARE AN INCREDIBLY EDUCATED AND 1224 00:50:57,754 --> 00:51:00,590 THOUGHTFUL CITY. WE RECOGNIZE 1225 00:51:00,657 --> 00:51:02,392 EXACTLY WHERE THESE FATALITIES 1226 00:51:02,459 --> 00:51:04,528 ARE HAPPENING, WHY THEY ARE 1227 00:51:04,594 --> 00:51:07,397 HAPPENING, AND SOME REALLY 1228 00:51:07,464 --> 00:51:08,932 STRATEGIC FACETS FOR HOW WE CAN 1229 00:51:08,999 --> 00:51:12,135 IMPLEMENT CHANGE. WE KNOW THAT 1230 00:51:12,202 --> 00:51:14,004 OVER 59% OF OUR FATALITIES 1231 00:51:14,070 --> 00:51:16,840 HAPPEN AT INTERSECTION THEREFOR 1232 00:51:16,907 --> 00:51:18,341 WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE VERY 1233 00:51:18,408 --> 00:51:20,143 SPECIFIC CHANGES THAT WE CAN 1234 00:51:20,210 --> 00:51:22,779 IMPLEMENT AT THESE INTERSECTION 1235 00:51:22,846 --> 00:51:25,849 TO DIMINISH THOSE FATALITIES. 1236 00:51:25,916 --> 00:51:28,852 SO, I'M GOING TO MOVE ON FROM 1237 00:51:28,919 --> 00:51:29,920 THERE AND COME BACK AROUND. 1238 00:51:29,986 --> 00:51:33,924 >> THANK YOU. AGAIN, THIS IS AB 1239 00:51:33,990 --> 00:51:37,561 JUANER FROM PUGET SOUND SAGE. 1240 00:51:37,627 --> 00:51:39,229 I'M GOING TO JUST TALK A LITTLE 1241 00:51:39,296 --> 00:51:40,263 BIT ABOUT HOW PUGET SOUND SAGE 1242 00:51:40,330 --> 00:51:43,967 DOES ITS WORK. WE HAVE THE 1243 00:51:44,034 --> 00:51:44,801 TRANSITION FRAMEWORK. THAT 1244 00:51:44,868 --> 00:51:46,636 ESSENTIALLY IS ABOUT STOPPING 1245 00:51:46,703 --> 00:51:50,907 THE BAD AND CREATING THE NEW. I 1246 00:51:50,974 --> 00:51:53,310 AM A GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY 1247 00:51:53,376 --> 00:51:56,179 ORGANIZER AND ALSO AN URBAN 1248 00:51:56,246 --> 00:51:57,314 PLANNING PETITIONER, BUT LONG 1249 00:51:57,380 --> 00:51:59,316 BEFORE I DECIDED THAT URBAN 1250 00:51:59,382 --> 00:52:03,153 PLANNING WAS FUN, I ENTERED 1251 00:52:03,220 --> 00:52:06,456 COLLEGE AT 17 TO STUDY FAMILY 1252 00:52:06,523 --> 00:52:09,693 LIFE AND EARLY CHILDHOOD 1253 00:52:09,759 --> 00:52:10,827 DEVELOPMENT. WAS A PRESCHOOL 1254 00:52:10,894 --> 00:52:13,063 TEACHER FOR A COUPLE YEARS. EVE 1255 00:52:13,129 --> 00:52:17,300 THOUGH I'M DURING URBAN PLANNIN 1256 00:52:17,367 --> 00:52:18,001 NOW, THE FOUNDATIONAL KNOWLEDGE 1257 00:52:18,068 --> 00:52:22,239 THAT I GAINED AS AN EARLY 1258 00:52:22,305 --> 00:52:23,106 CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIS 1259 00:52:23,173 --> 00:52:24,908 IN WAS THAT IF YOU WANT A CHILD 1260 00:52:24,975 --> 00:52:28,345 TO GROW HEALTHY, SAFE, CONFIDEN 1261 00:52:28,411 --> 00:52:34,017 AND FULLY REALIZED, HAVE THE 1262 00:52:34,084 --> 00:52:35,785 ABILITY TO SELF DETERMINE AND 1263 00:52:35,852 --> 00:52:37,687 HAVE THE AGENCY TO LIVE THEIR 1264 00:52:37,754 --> 00:52:39,256 LIVES FREELY, YOU WANT TO CREAT 1265 00:52:39,322 --> 00:52:42,993 A HOLISTIC ECOSYSTEM OF CARE 1266 00:52:43,059 --> 00:52:46,663 AROUND THAT CHILD. AND THAT GOE 1267 00:52:46,730 --> 00:52:47,898 BEYOND JUST THE FAMILY 1268 00:52:47,964 --> 00:52:51,601 STRUCTURE. YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE 1269 00:52:51,668 --> 00:52:54,004 SOCIAL NETWORK, THE 1270 00:52:54,070 --> 00:52:54,804 INFRASTRUCTURE, THE PUBLIC 1271 00:52:54,871 --> 00:52:56,072 INFRASTRUCTURE, IN PLACE. 1272 00:52:56,139 --> 00:52:59,042 BASICALLY IT BUILT ENVIRONMENT 1273 00:52:59,109 --> 00:53:01,177 THAT ALLOWS FOR THAT CHILD TO 1274 00:53:01,244 --> 00:53:02,479 GROW HEALTHY. THAT IS PRETTY 1275 00:53:02,546 --> 00:53:04,881 FOUNDATIONAL TO HOW I PRACTICE 1276 00:53:04,948 --> 00:53:06,516 URBAN PLANNING. LONG BEFORE I 1277 00:53:06,583 --> 00:53:11,988 MOVED TO SEATTLE TO WORK HERE A 1278 00:53:12,055 --> 00:53:14,991 A PROFESSIONAL URBAN PLANNER, I 1279 00:53:15,058 --> 00:53:17,193 HAVE VISITED HERE EVERY YEAR 1280 00:53:17,260 --> 00:53:20,797 DURING THE HOLIDAYS TO SEE MY 1281 00:53:20,864 --> 00:53:23,800 FAMILY. I'M A GRANDMA'S GIRL. 1282 00:53:23,867 --> 00:53:29,039 SHE HAS NEVER DRIVEN A CAR. SHE 1283 00:53:29,105 --> 00:53:32,042 LIVES IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING 1284 00:53:32,108 --> 00:53:33,109 DOWNTOWN. EVERY TIME I WOULD 1285 00:53:33,176 --> 00:53:34,544 VISIT HER I WOULD TAKE THE LIGH 1286 00:53:34,611 --> 00:53:35,645 RAIL FROM THE AIRPORT AND GO 1287 00:53:35,712 --> 00:53:36,813 STRAIGHT TO HER APARTMENT. THEN 1288 00:53:36,880 --> 00:53:40,183 WE WOULD TAKE THE BUS TO 1289 00:53:40,250 --> 00:53:42,218 CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL DISTRIC 1290 00:53:42,285 --> 00:53:44,421 BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE HER TREATS 1291 00:53:44,487 --> 00:53:45,689 ARE. THEN, WE WOULD TAKE ANOTHE 1292 00:53:45,755 --> 00:53:49,392 BUS TO SOUTH SEATTLE THROUGH A 1293 00:53:49,459 --> 00:53:50,026 FELLOW NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE 1294 00:53:50,093 --> 00:53:52,095 THAT'S WHAT HER FAVORITE 1295 00:53:52,162 --> 00:53:55,432 PASTRIES CAN BE FOUND. I WOULD 1296 00:53:55,498 --> 00:53:56,633 ASK HER, LIKE GRANDMA, WHY DON' 1297 00:53:56,700 --> 00:53:57,767 WE JUST TAKE THE LIGHT RAIL? 1298 00:53:57,834 --> 00:54:01,504 IT'S FUN. SHE WAS LIKE, OH THAT 1299 00:54:01,571 --> 00:54:02,639 IS TOO MUCH WALKING AND IT IS 1300 00:54:02,706 --> 00:54:05,275 TOO CONFUSING AND THE BUS IS 1301 00:54:05,342 --> 00:54:07,577 RIGHT THERE. SO, LET'S HOP ON 1302 00:54:07,644 --> 00:54:09,012 THE BUS. MY MOM AND I, WHO 1303 00:54:09,079 --> 00:54:10,647 LIVES, YOU KNOW MY MOM LIVES IN 1304 00:54:10,714 --> 00:54:11,448 UNIVERSITY VILLAGE. WE WOULD 1305 00:54:11,514 --> 00:54:13,717 TAKE THE LIGHT RAIL AND THE BUS 1306 00:54:13,783 --> 00:54:15,118 TO GO TO BEACON HILL BECAUSE 1307 00:54:15,185 --> 00:54:18,355 THAT'S WHERE OUR FAVORITE FOODS 1308 00:54:18,421 --> 00:54:22,559 AT ANTHONY'S MARKET IS. THESE 1309 00:54:22,626 --> 00:54:23,994 TWO WOMEN HAVE NEVER DRIVEN CAR 1310 00:54:24,060 --> 00:54:25,128 IN THEIR ENTIRE LIVES AND HAVE 1311 00:54:25,195 --> 00:54:29,065 BEEN ABLE TO GET AROUND SEATTLE 1312 00:54:29,132 --> 00:54:30,500 BEFORE THAT I SPENT MY TEENAGE 1313 00:54:30,567 --> 00:54:32,636 YEARS IN LOS ANGELES. WHERE I 1314 00:54:32,702 --> 00:54:33,603 LEARNED HOW TO DRIVE FIRST. 1315 00:54:33,670 --> 00:54:35,238 BEFORE I EVEN LIKE LEARNED HOW 1316 00:54:35,305 --> 00:54:38,475 TO TAKE THE BUS OR A TRAIN. BUT 1317 00:54:38,541 --> 00:54:41,011 EVERY TIME I'M IN SEATTLE I 1318 00:54:41,077 --> 00:54:42,512 DIDN'T HAVE TO DRIVE IT THEN, 1319 00:54:42,579 --> 00:54:45,882 WHEN I MOVED HERE AND STARTED 1320 00:54:45,949 --> 00:54:48,885 WORKING IN SOUTH SEATTLE 1321 00:54:48,952 --> 00:54:50,654 NEIGHBORHOODS, I WAS STUNNED TO 1322 00:54:50,720 --> 00:54:54,591 SEE THIS EXPERIENCE OF 1323 00:54:54,658 --> 00:54:55,291 DISAPPEARING SIDEWALKS. IT'S 1324 00:54:55,358 --> 00:54:58,261 LIKE A MYSTERY TO ME BECAUSE I 1325 00:54:58,328 --> 00:54:59,663 DIDN'T SEE THAT IN DOWNTOWN. I 1326 00:54:59,729 --> 00:55:00,730 DIDN'T SEE THAT IN NORTH 1327 00:55:00,797 --> 00:55:04,034 SEATTLE. LIKE WHY IS -- WHY ARE 1328 00:55:04,100 --> 00:55:04,901 THE SIDEWALKS DISAPPEARING IN 1329 00:55:04,968 --> 00:55:07,604 SOUTH SEATTLE? SO, I WILL STOP 1330 00:55:07,671 --> 00:55:11,875 THERE. THANK YOU. 1331 00:55:11,941 --> 00:55:16,479 >> I KNOW ONE OF WHAT CAME TO M 1332 00:55:16,546 --> 00:55:19,482 IS LEARNED BEHAVIOR. IT'S LIKE 1333 00:55:19,549 --> 00:55:23,219 HOW WE GET AROUND THE CITY IS 1334 00:55:23,286 --> 00:55:26,690 ABOUT OUR LEARNED BEHAVIOR. HOW 1335 00:55:26,756 --> 00:55:28,458 DRIVERS DRIVE THROUGH 1336 00:55:28,525 --> 00:55:29,726 INTERSECTIONS. IF WE AREN'T 1337 00:55:29,793 --> 00:55:34,230 USING SOME SORT OF METHOD TO 1338 00:55:34,297 --> 00:55:38,368 COMMUNICATE, THAT'S NOT OKAY. 1339 00:55:38,435 --> 00:55:42,205 WHATEVER WAYS OF ENFORCEMENT, 1340 00:55:42,272 --> 00:55:43,606 THEN IT IS JUST GOING TO KEEP 1341 00:55:43,673 --> 00:55:45,909 GETTING WORSE AS WE SEE IT 1342 00:55:45,975 --> 00:55:47,811 HAPPENING. I KNOW WHEN I -- THE 1343 00:55:47,877 --> 00:55:50,847 WORK THAT I DO IN ADVOCATING AN 1344 00:55:50,914 --> 00:55:52,082 WORKING WITH SMALL BUSINESSES I 1345 00:55:52,148 --> 00:55:54,084 SOUTHEAST SEATTLE, I ASKED THES 1346 00:55:54,150 --> 00:55:57,287 QUESTIONS OF HOW DO YOUR 1347 00:55:57,353 --> 00:55:58,988 CUSTOMERS GET TO YOU? WHAT ARE 1348 00:55:59,055 --> 00:56:00,857 YOU EXPERIENCING ABOUT THAT? 1349 00:56:00,924 --> 00:56:05,095 WELL, THE FIRST QUESTION IS -- 1350 00:56:05,161 --> 00:56:05,829 THE FIRST COMPLAINT IS THAT 1351 00:56:05,895 --> 00:56:07,464 PARKING IS GOING AWAY. WELL, 1352 00:56:07,530 --> 00:56:11,835 YEAH, WE KNOW. DENSITY IS 1353 00:56:11,901 --> 00:56:13,303 HAPPENING IN THE CITY AND THAT 1354 00:56:13,369 --> 00:56:14,671 IS NOT CHANGING ANY. SO, IF I 1355 00:56:14,738 --> 00:56:18,274 COULD GIVE THEM -- TAKE THEM 1356 00:56:18,341 --> 00:56:19,476 WITH ME UP TO WHERE THE 1357 00:56:19,542 --> 00:56:21,511 PROTECTED BIKE LANES HAVE BEEN 1358 00:56:21,578 --> 00:56:23,980 ALREADY INSTALLED IN LIGHT 1359 00:56:24,047 --> 00:56:25,749 ROOSEVELT AND NORTH SEATTLE, I 1360 00:56:25,815 --> 00:56:28,418 KNOW IT WAS LIKE PULLING THE 1361 00:56:28,485 --> 00:56:30,053 BAND-AID OFF AND IT WAS 1362 00:56:30,120 --> 00:56:31,454 DIFFICULT. BUT, NOW IT IS 1363 00:56:31,521 --> 00:56:33,323 WORKING. IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING 1364 00:56:33,389 --> 00:56:36,392 FROM MY EXPERIENCE. IF I WERE 1365 00:56:36,459 --> 00:56:40,196 STILL RIDING A BIKE, AND AS A 1366 00:56:40,263 --> 00:56:44,134 PAST BICYCLE MESSENGER, I DID 1367 00:56:44,200 --> 00:56:48,238 HAVE -- I WAS A BICYCLIST UP 1368 00:56:48,304 --> 00:56:49,305 UNTIL I COULD AFFORD TO BUY A 1369 00:56:49,372 --> 00:56:53,409 CAR. SO, I KNOW THAT VERY WELL 1370 00:56:53,476 --> 00:56:55,411 AS A NECESSARY MEANS FOR 1371 00:56:55,478 --> 00:56:56,146 TRANSPORTATION, BUT WHEN I'M 1372 00:56:56,212 --> 00:56:57,480 WORKING WITH SMALL BUSINESS 1373 00:56:57,547 --> 00:57:00,450 OWNERS WHO DON'T RIDE, AND THEI 1374 00:57:00,517 --> 00:57:01,818 CUSTOMERS DON'T RIDE, THE 1375 00:57:01,885 --> 00:57:07,423 CUSTOMERS ARE ELDER -- ELDERS O 1376 00:57:07,490 --> 00:57:09,692 FAMILIES. A PROTECTED BIKE LANE 1377 00:57:09,759 --> 00:57:10,994 IS NOT SOMETHING THEY WANT TO 1378 00:57:11,060 --> 00:57:14,230 RESPOND TO. IF OUR SYSTEMS ARE, 1379 00:57:14,297 --> 00:57:18,334 OR OUR METHOD OF GETTING THAT 1380 00:57:18,401 --> 00:57:20,570 COMMUNITY FEEDBACK BEFORE WE 1381 00:57:20,637 --> 00:57:23,173 MOVE PROJECTS FORWARD LIKE THE 1382 00:57:23,239 --> 00:57:27,844 CURRENT PROJECT AT BEACON HILL. 1383 00:57:27,911 --> 00:57:32,315 BRINGING THAT PROTECTED -- 1384 00:57:32,382 --> 00:57:33,049 MAKING THOSE CONNECTIONS SO THA 1385 00:57:33,116 --> 00:57:34,484 THERE IS MORE THAN FOUR MILES O 1386 00:57:34,551 --> 00:57:35,285 PROTECTED BIKE LANES CONNECTED. 1387 00:57:35,351 --> 00:57:37,787 THAT'S GOING TO BE HARD. IT IS 1388 00:57:37,854 --> 00:57:40,423 GOING TO BE LIKE RIPPING OFF A 1389 00:57:40,490 --> 00:57:41,724 BAND-AID. SO, I THINK MY POINT 1390 00:57:41,791 --> 00:57:43,526 IS REALLY ABOUT HOW WE ARE 1391 00:57:43,593 --> 00:57:51,768 COMMUNICATING THESE CHANGES. IF 1392 00:57:51,835 --> 00:57:53,036 THE CITY IS MOVING FASTER THAN 1393 00:57:53,102 --> 00:57:53,770 THE SMALL COMMUNITY-BASED 1394 00:57:53,837 --> 00:57:54,804 ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE DOING -- 1395 00:57:54,871 --> 00:57:56,206 BUILDING THE TRUST WITH THESE 1396 00:57:56,272 --> 00:58:01,544 FAMILIES WHO ARE RUNNING 1397 00:58:01,611 --> 00:58:02,712 BUSINESSES AND THAT THEIR DAILY 1398 00:58:02,779 --> 00:58:05,315 LIFE IS SURROUNDED AND IS 1399 00:58:05,381 --> 00:58:07,717 SUPPORTED BY THEIR SMALL 1400 00:58:07,784 --> 00:58:09,452 BUSINESS. THEY NEED TO KNOW WHA 1401 00:58:09,519 --> 00:58:12,422 IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE IN THREE 1402 00:58:12,488 --> 00:58:14,858 YEARS FOR THEM TO HANG IN THERE 1403 00:58:14,924 --> 00:58:18,561 TO -- WHAT ARE THOSE THREE 1404 00:58:18,628 --> 00:58:19,796 YEARS, OR WHATEVER THE TIME IT 1405 00:58:19,863 --> 00:58:21,197 TAKES TO GET THAT THING WORKING 1406 00:58:21,264 --> 00:58:24,634 THAT NEW, THAT CHANGE. SO, 1407 00:58:24,701 --> 00:58:31,140 THAT'S WHERE I FIND A BIG 1408 00:58:31,207 --> 00:58:32,275 STRUGGLE AND IT'S THE RIGHT NOW 1409 00:58:32,342 --> 00:58:35,078 THE HERE AND NOW. WITH THE SMAL 1410 00:58:35,144 --> 00:58:39,749 BUSINESS OWNERS WHO DON'T FEEL 1411 00:58:39,816 --> 00:58:40,617 SAFE. THEIR CUSTOMERS DON'T FEE 1412 00:58:40,683 --> 00:58:41,818 SAFE WALKING ACROSS THE STREET 1413 00:58:41,885 --> 00:58:43,286 TO WALK INTO THEIR BUSINESS. 1414 00:58:43,353 --> 00:58:47,657 THERE IS NOWHERE TO PARK. WHAT 1415 00:58:47,724 --> 00:58:50,026 IS ACCESS? ACCESSIBILITY TO 1416 00:58:50,093 --> 00:58:51,761 THOSE BUSINESSES. 1417 00:58:51,828 --> 00:58:54,731 >> ANGELA, CAN YOU, I'M SORRY, 1418 00:58:54,797 --> 00:58:56,866 LET ME ASK YOU ONE MORE 1419 00:58:56,933 --> 00:58:57,934 QUESTION. SO, I'M THINKING 1420 00:58:58,001 --> 00:58:58,668 PARTICULARLY ABOUT THE BEACON 1421 00:58:58,735 --> 00:59:02,305 HILL RAIL STATION AREA. SO THAT 1422 00:59:02,372 --> 00:59:03,973 IS A HIGH PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY. 1423 00:59:04,040 --> 00:59:05,608 PEOPLE ARE GOING TO THE STATION 1424 00:59:05,675 --> 00:59:08,411 THERE IS A GROCERY STORE. THERE 1425 00:59:08,478 --> 00:59:09,679 IS THE STATION COFFEE SHOP WHER 1426 00:59:09,746 --> 00:59:12,548 LOTS OF APARTMENTS ARE THERE. 1427 00:59:12,615 --> 00:59:14,884 CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 1428 00:59:14,951 --> 00:59:18,054 MAYBE WHAT SOME OF THOSE SMALL 1429 00:59:18,121 --> 00:59:19,489 BUSINESSES -- HOW THEY BENEFIT 1430 00:59:19,555 --> 00:59:20,390 FROM THAT SORT OF HIGH 1431 00:59:20,456 --> 00:59:21,324 PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY, AND THEN I 1432 00:59:21,391 --> 00:59:23,159 AM THINKING ABOUT THE 1433 00:59:23,226 --> 00:59:25,395 INTERSECTION AT THE RED APPLE 1434 00:59:25,461 --> 00:59:26,796 WHERE THERE ARE ALSO SOME 1435 00:59:26,863 --> 00:59:30,500 CHALLENGES IN PEDESTRIAN SAFETY 1436 00:59:30,566 --> 00:59:32,201 SO THERE IS TWO SIDES OF IT FOR 1437 00:59:32,268 --> 00:59:33,970 SURE. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT 1438 00:59:34,037 --> 00:59:37,941 ABOUT IN THAT PEDESTRIAN RICH 1439 00:59:38,007 --> 00:59:38,675 ENVIRONMENT HOW SMALL BUSINESSE 1440 00:59:38,741 --> 00:59:40,143 CAN BENEFIT FROM THAT, AND THEN 1441 00:59:40,209 --> 00:59:41,611 WHAT SOME OF THE -- 1442 00:59:41,678 --> 00:59:46,616 >> THEY CAN BENEFIT. IS THE 1443 00:59:46,683 --> 00:59:50,586 QUESTION RIGHT NOW. SO, OF THE 1444 00:59:50,653 --> 00:59:52,855 VARYING PROJECTS, 1445 00:59:52,922 --> 00:59:58,594 INFRASTRUCTURE, MOBILITY, 1446 00:59:58,661 --> 00:59:59,629 TRANSIT FOCUSES THAT HAVE BEEN 1447 00:59:59,696 --> 01:00:01,898 GOING ON FOR THAT. THAT HAVE 1448 01:00:01,965 --> 01:00:02,699 BEEN HAPPENING FOR THAT 1449 01:00:02,765 --> 01:00:05,935 INTERSECTION. AND FOR THAT NODE 1450 01:00:06,002 --> 01:00:07,670 FRANKLY. THE BUSINESSES DON'T 1451 01:00:07,737 --> 01:00:13,676 KNOW WHAT IS COMING. SO -- THE 1452 01:00:13,743 --> 01:00:16,846 BENEFITS ARE THAT YEAH, WE HAVE 1453 01:00:16,913 --> 01:00:18,014 GOT THE LIGHT RAIL RIGHT THERE. 1454 01:00:18,081 --> 01:00:22,352 WE CAN COMMUNICATE TO THE WIDER 1455 01:00:22,418 --> 01:00:25,088 COMMUNITY HOW THEY CAN GET TO 1456 01:00:25,154 --> 01:00:27,690 THE PLACES THEY NEED TO GET TO. 1457 01:00:27,757 --> 01:00:30,059 THAT THOSE PLACES ARE OPEN. THA 1458 01:00:30,126 --> 01:00:36,099 THEY EXIST. THAT THEIR DOORS AR 1459 01:00:36,165 --> 01:00:40,570 OPEN. I THINK THAT IF, LIKE TH 1460 01:00:40,636 --> 01:00:45,541 -- TRY TO SAY THAT THE ACTUAL - 1461 01:00:45,608 --> 01:00:51,314 INTERSECTION HAS SO MANY 1462 01:00:51,381 --> 01:00:53,082 COMPLICATED MOVEMENT. SO THERE 1463 01:00:53,149 --> 01:00:54,450 IS PEDESTRIAN, THERE IS CARS 1464 01:00:54,517 --> 01:00:57,153 GOING WHICH WAY. THERE IS A 1465 01:00:57,220 --> 01:01:00,123 ONE-WAY. THERE'S A FESTIVAL 1466 01:01:00,189 --> 01:01:02,658 STREET. THERE IS NO SIGNAGE. 1467 01:01:02,725 --> 01:01:04,560 THERE IS NO COMMUNICATION TO TH 1468 01:01:04,627 --> 01:01:08,498 PEDESTRIANS THAT SAYS WALK THIS 1469 01:01:08,564 --> 01:01:13,202 WAY. DON'T CROSS MIDWAY ON THIS 1470 01:01:13,269 --> 01:01:14,570 BLOCK. DON'T JUMP OUT IN FRONT 1471 01:01:14,637 --> 01:01:16,839 OF A BUS STOP IT'S JUST, THOSE 1472 01:01:16,906 --> 01:01:21,277 ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE BARRIER 1473 01:01:21,344 --> 01:01:24,514 TO HAVING THE BEST SITUATION IN 1474 01:01:24,580 --> 01:01:25,348 THAT AREA. 1475 01:01:25,415 --> 01:01:29,385 >> THANK YOU. YEAH, I SEE 1476 01:01:29,452 --> 01:01:30,486 COUNCILMEMBER NELSON HAS A 1477 01:01:30,553 --> 01:01:30,787 QUESTION. 1478 01:01:30,853 --> 01:01:35,091 >> YES, ANGELA YOU MENTIONED 1479 01:01:35,158 --> 01:01:36,592 SOMETHING WHEN YOU FIRST STARTE 1480 01:01:36,659 --> 01:01:37,860 SPEAKING. I'M JUST WONDERING IF 1481 01:01:37,927 --> 01:01:41,330 SDOT AND DAWN, ARE THEY WORKING 1482 01:01:41,397 --> 01:01:44,400 TOGETHER PRETTY WELL? I DON'T 1483 01:01:44,467 --> 01:01:45,902 KNOW IF THAT IS A QUESTION FOR 1484 01:01:45,968 --> 01:01:49,672 YOU OR COUNCILMEMBER MORALES. 1485 01:01:49,739 --> 01:01:50,907 >> FROM MY EXPERIENCE THERE IS 1486 01:01:50,973 --> 01:01:54,644 ALWAYS A GLITCH IN HOW PEOPLE 1487 01:01:54,710 --> 01:01:55,578 ARE COMMUNICATING. NOT ONLY IS 1488 01:01:55,645 --> 01:01:59,248 IT DIFFICULT FOR THE WORK THAT 1489 01:01:59,315 --> 01:02:01,617 DO TO KNOW WHO IS WHO, WHO IS 1490 01:02:01,684 --> 01:02:03,319 THE PERSON I NEED TO TALK TO. I 1491 01:02:03,386 --> 01:02:06,556 I'M HAVING TROUBLE, A SMALL 1492 01:02:06,622 --> 01:02:09,859 BUSINESS OWNER IS GOING TO HAVE 1493 01:02:09,926 --> 01:02:11,160 TROUBLE. IDENTIFYING HOW DO THE 1494 01:02:11,227 --> 01:02:15,798 SOLVE A PROBLEM OR GET A 1495 01:02:15,865 --> 01:02:17,533 QUESTION ANSWERED. YOU HAVE -- 1496 01:02:17,600 --> 01:02:24,040 THE PHONE TREE IS NOT THE 1497 01:02:24,107 --> 01:02:25,174 SOLUTION. SDOT, IF I MAY CALL I 1498 01:02:25,241 --> 01:02:28,177 ALL RIGHT HERE, THE ONLINE 1499 01:02:28,244 --> 01:02:31,747 SYSTEM, IS AS BUREAUCRATIC AND 1500 01:02:31,814 --> 01:02:37,453 DIFFICULT AS THE ACTUAL PEOPLE 1501 01:02:37,520 --> 01:02:39,755 BUREAUCRACY AND POLITICS 1502 01:02:39,822 --> 01:02:41,691 BUREAUCRACY. SO THERE IS -- I 1503 01:02:41,757 --> 01:02:43,659 DON'T THINK PEOPLE -- LIKE I 1504 01:02:43,726 --> 01:02:47,864 SAID, IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE THER 1505 01:02:47,930 --> 01:02:50,500 IS HANDS BEING HELD HERE. THE 1506 01:02:50,566 --> 01:02:53,669 CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN THE 1507 01:02:53,736 --> 01:02:56,506 DIFFERENT -- THE CONTRACTOR, OR 1508 01:02:56,572 --> 01:02:58,608 THE ADVOCATE THAT I'M WORKING 1509 01:02:58,674 --> 01:03:01,177 WITH IS DOING AN AMAZING JOB FO 1510 01:03:01,244 --> 01:03:06,849 WHAT SHE CAN DO. IT HAS TO GO U 1511 01:03:06,916 --> 01:03:09,152 THE TREE EVERY TIME. SO, THERE 1512 01:03:09,218 --> 01:03:13,656 IS THE PROCESS IS REALLY THE 1513 01:03:13,723 --> 01:03:14,390 KILLER. 1514 01:03:14,457 --> 01:03:15,925 >> RIGHT? 1515 01:03:15,992 --> 01:03:20,363 >> IT'S ALSO BEEN WHO IS TALKIN 1516 01:03:20,429 --> 01:03:24,167 -- WHAT YOUR REALM IS, AND THEN 1517 01:03:24,233 --> 01:03:25,268 THE MAYOR ABOUT THE VS OFFICE 1518 01:03:25,334 --> 01:03:29,872 AND THE DEPARTMENTS. IS JUST -- 1519 01:03:30,006 --> 01:03:30,373 >> A LOT. 1520 01:03:30,439 --> 01:03:32,241 >> WHO ARE WE WORKING WITH HERE 1521 01:03:32,308 --> 01:03:34,343 WHERE IS THE POWER? WHO ARE THE 1522 01:03:34,410 --> 01:03:37,480 GATEKEEPERS? IT IS JUST THAT 1523 01:03:37,547 --> 01:03:39,182 SIMPLE. IS THERE A WAY THAT WE 1524 01:03:39,248 --> 01:03:43,486 CAN ALL COME TOGETHER? LAST 1525 01:03:43,553 --> 01:03:45,021 NIGHT I MISSED IT BUT THERE WAS 1526 01:03:45,087 --> 01:03:51,427 AN EVENT DOWN AT A FELLOW UW -- 1527 01:03:51,494 --> 01:03:56,632 A FELLOW -- THE FOLKS THAT WERE 1528 01:03:56,699 --> 01:03:57,366 SPEAKING. UNFORTUNATELY I 1529 01:03:57,433 --> 01:03:58,568 COULDN'T GET THERE BUT THOSE AR 1530 01:03:58,634 --> 01:03:59,735 THE KIND OF CONVERSATIONS THAT 1531 01:03:59,802 --> 01:04:01,637 THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD BE AT 1532 01:04:01,704 --> 01:04:02,838 THAT LEVEL. WE SHOULD BE TALKIN 1533 01:04:02,905 --> 01:04:05,608 ABOUT HOW TO CONNECT THOSE DOTS 1534 01:04:05,741 --> 01:04:08,144 >> THANK YOU. 1535 01:04:08,211 --> 01:04:09,478 >> I THINK WE HAVE LOST 1536 01:04:09,545 --> 01:04:12,481 SOMETHING WITH -- WHAT I HEAR 1537 01:04:12,548 --> 01:04:13,149 FROM THE COMMUNITIES IS THAT 1538 01:04:13,216 --> 01:04:18,154 THERE SHOULD BE A MORE FORMAL 1539 01:04:18,221 --> 01:04:19,055 BRIDGE BETWEEN COMMUNITIES AND 1540 01:04:19,121 --> 01:04:19,889 CITY. COMMUNITY COUNCIL AND 1541 01:04:19,956 --> 01:04:22,291 DISTRICT COUNCIL, WHATEVER. 1542 01:04:22,358 --> 01:04:23,726 >> IF WE DON'T FUND OUR OFFICE 1543 01:04:23,793 --> 01:04:24,594 OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 1544 01:04:24,660 --> 01:04:26,529 ADEQUATELY FOR THIS SIZE OF OUR 1545 01:04:26,596 --> 01:04:29,999 CITY AND LOOKING FORWARD INTO 1546 01:04:30,066 --> 01:04:32,902 HOW WE ARE DENSITY, AND HOW WE 1547 01:04:32,969 --> 01:04:34,070 ARE GROWING. THE POPULATION IS 1548 01:04:34,136 --> 01:04:37,273 EXPANDING HERE. THEN, THE SMALL 1549 01:04:37,340 --> 01:04:40,109 BUSINESS COMMUNITY -- THE SMALL 1550 01:04:40,176 --> 01:04:40,743 COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS 1551 01:04:40,810 --> 01:04:43,145 ARE GOING TO GET -- WITHOUT THE 1552 01:04:43,212 --> 01:04:47,350 OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 1553 01:04:47,416 --> 01:04:48,217 THE WEEKEND BUSINESS ALLIANCE 1554 01:04:48,284 --> 01:04:48,985 DOESN'T EXIST. 1555 01:04:49,051 --> 01:04:52,421 >> SPEAKING TO THE CHOIR HERE. 1556 01:04:52,488 --> 01:04:54,123 >> ERICA, DID YOU WANT TO SAY 1557 01:04:54,190 --> 01:04:54,457 SOMETHING? 1558 01:04:54,523 --> 01:04:55,725 >> YEAH, I THINK YOU BROUGHT UP 1559 01:04:55,791 --> 01:04:57,660 A GREAT POINT WHICH IS THAT 1560 01:04:57,727 --> 01:04:59,795 FACTOR OF TRUST. SO DID YOU. 1561 01:04:59,862 --> 01:05:01,063 THAT THE CITY IN ITS CURRENT 1562 01:05:01,130 --> 01:05:07,303 STATE, I FEEL HAS -- IT HAS LOS 1563 01:05:07,370 --> 01:05:09,171 A LOT OF TRUST WITH ITS 1564 01:05:09,238 --> 01:05:10,006 CONSTITUENTS BECAUSE THERE ISN' 1565 01:05:10,072 --> 01:05:11,140 THAT DIRECT LINE OF 1566 01:05:11,207 --> 01:05:12,742 COMMUNICATION. BECAUSE THERE IS 1567 01:05:12,808 --> 01:05:15,211 AN END UNDERSTANDING OF EXACTLY 1568 01:05:15,278 --> 01:05:20,983 HOW PROCESSES WILL MOVE FORWARD 1569 01:05:21,050 --> 01:05:22,351 THE FACT THAT WE, AND AGAIN 1570 01:05:22,418 --> 01:05:23,252 COMING AS A PLANNER TO THE 1571 01:05:23,319 --> 01:05:23,986 CONVERSATION, WE HAVE PLANNED 1572 01:05:24,053 --> 01:05:28,224 OUR COMMUNITIES TO DEATH. I HAV 1573 01:05:28,291 --> 01:05:29,191 WORKED ON THE GEORGETOWN OPEN 1574 01:05:29,258 --> 01:05:32,928 SPACE PLAN, THE PIONEER SQUARE 1575 01:05:32,995 --> 01:05:33,596 STREET SAFE CONCEPT PLAN, 1576 01:05:33,663 --> 01:05:34,797 JACKSON HELPED PLAN, DUWAMISH 1577 01:05:34,864 --> 01:05:36,966 VALLEY ACTION PLAN. I COULD GO 1578 01:05:37,033 --> 01:05:41,871 ON AND ON. WE AREN'T SEEING 1579 01:05:41,937 --> 01:05:42,538 IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE PLANS 1580 01:05:42,605 --> 01:05:45,641 AND YET WE CONTINUE TO FUND 1581 01:05:45,708 --> 01:05:47,043 ADDITIONAL PLANS. AS FAR AS THE 1582 01:05:47,109 --> 01:05:47,877 COMMUNITY IS CONCERNED, UNTIL 1583 01:05:47,943 --> 01:05:48,978 THEY SEE TRUE IMPLEMENTATION OF 1584 01:05:49,045 --> 01:05:49,912 THE MEASURES THAT THEY HAVE BEE 1585 01:05:49,979 --> 01:05:52,548 VOCAL ABOUT NEEDING AND WANTING 1586 01:05:52,615 --> 01:05:54,383 FOR DECADES, EVERY TIME THAT 1587 01:05:54,450 --> 01:05:56,852 DOESN'T HAPPEN YOU LOSE THEM. W 1588 01:05:56,919 --> 01:05:59,188 LOSE THEIR INVOLVEMENT, AND WE 1589 01:05:59,255 --> 01:06:03,759 LOSE THEIR TRUST. IT'S TOTALLY 1590 01:06:03,826 --> 01:06:09,031 UNDERSTANDABLE. AT THIS POINT 1591 01:06:09,098 --> 01:06:10,333 THE COMMUNITY DOESN'T THINK THA 1592 01:06:10,399 --> 01:06:11,167 THERE CITY CARES ABOUT THEM 1593 01:06:11,233 --> 01:06:12,802 APPROPRIATELY. WITHOUT THAT 1594 01:06:12,868 --> 01:06:17,106 TRUST, WE HAVE A VERY HARD TASK 1595 01:06:17,173 --> 01:06:18,240 IN CONVINCING THEM THAT THESE 1596 01:06:18,307 --> 01:06:20,142 IMPROVEMENTS WILL THEN IMPACT 1597 01:06:20,209 --> 01:06:24,447 THEM IN A POSITIVE MANNER. SO, 1598 01:06:24,513 --> 01:06:27,683 BEFORE WE MOVE INTO MORE AND 1599 01:06:27,750 --> 01:06:28,984 MORE PLANNING, WE REALLY NEED T 1600 01:06:29,051 --> 01:06:30,953 STOP AND SAY HOW DO WE 1601 01:06:31,020 --> 01:06:32,188 IMPLEMENT? WE ARE RECEIVING 1602 01:06:32,254 --> 01:06:35,591 $26.5 MILLION FOR IMPROVEMENTS 1603 01:06:35,658 --> 01:06:39,729 TO THE SOTO DISTRICT AND 1604 01:06:39,795 --> 01:06:40,996 SURROUNDING AREAS. WE NEED THAT 1605 01:06:41,063 --> 01:06:44,533 MONEY TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE 1606 01:06:44,600 --> 01:06:48,270 GROUND. IT CAN'T BE LOST IN 1607 01:06:48,337 --> 01:06:51,340 THESE PROCESSES OF PLANNING AND 1608 01:06:51,407 --> 01:06:52,641 NEGOTIATION AND OUTREACH, I HAT 1609 01:06:52,708 --> 01:06:54,744 TO SAY IT, BECAUSE WE HAVE HEAR 1610 01:06:54,810 --> 01:06:56,946 FROM THE COMMUNITY. WE KNOW THA 1611 01:06:57,012 --> 01:06:58,881 THEY NEED SPACE AND RELIABLE 1612 01:06:58,948 --> 01:07:00,216 ACCESS TO THE SERVICES THAT WE 1613 01:07:00,282 --> 01:07:04,186 ALL USE EVERY DAY. THE LAWS OF 1614 01:07:04,253 --> 01:07:05,788 THOSE RESOURCES JUST SORT OF 1615 01:07:05,855 --> 01:07:07,356 LIKE PROLIFERATING INTO THE 1616 01:07:07,423 --> 01:07:09,692 ETHER JUST CAN'T CONTINUE. WE 1617 01:07:09,759 --> 01:07:13,095 JUST NEED TO SEE MORE ON THE 1618 01:07:13,162 --> 01:07:16,265 GROUND IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE 1619 01:07:16,332 --> 01:07:16,532 THINGS. 1620 01:07:16,599 --> 01:07:22,171 >> I WILL ADD THAT I THINK THE 1621 01:07:22,238 --> 01:07:23,506 -- I BELIEVE THAT THE PURPOSE O 1622 01:07:23,572 --> 01:07:25,341 LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS TO FURTHER 1623 01:07:25,408 --> 01:07:29,378 DEMOCRATIZE OUR PUBLIC GROUNDS. 1624 01:07:29,445 --> 01:07:31,113 ONE OF THE WAYS TO DO THAT IS T 1625 01:07:31,180 --> 01:07:36,385 REALLY BE IN CENTRAL IN CREATIN 1626 01:07:36,452 --> 01:07:37,787 CONTINUOUS, OPEN COMMUNICATION 1627 01:07:37,853 --> 01:07:40,689 WITH COMMUNITIES. REALLY 1628 01:07:40,756 --> 01:07:42,925 INVESTING IN DEEP RELATIONSHIP 1629 01:07:42,992 --> 01:07:45,327 BUILDING. THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT 1630 01:07:45,394 --> 01:07:48,631 ACT REQUIRES CITIES TO DO 1631 01:07:48,697 --> 01:07:50,232 COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING UPDATE 1632 01:07:50,299 --> 01:07:54,003 EVERY COUPLE YEARS. WHAT HAPPEN 1633 01:07:54,069 --> 01:07:55,438 IN BETWEEN? LIKE HOW ARE WE 1634 01:07:55,504 --> 01:07:56,872 SUSTAINING THESE RELATIONSHIPS 1635 01:07:56,939 --> 01:08:01,110 AND REALLY ALIGNING RESOURCES S 1636 01:08:01,177 --> 01:08:05,181 THAT NEIGHBORHOODS CAN 1637 01:08:05,247 --> 01:08:06,649 SELF-DETERMINED HOW THEIR PLACE 1638 01:08:06,715 --> 01:08:10,085 GROW? HOW THEIR PLACES DEVELOP? 1639 01:08:10,152 --> 01:08:13,088 AND I -- WE HAVE THIS TENDENCY 1640 01:08:13,155 --> 01:08:17,726 WITH ALL OF THESE BUREAUCRATIC 1641 01:08:17,793 --> 01:08:19,328 PROCESSES THAT RESULT IN FURTHE 1642 01:08:19,395 --> 01:08:22,932 RESTRICTIONS AROUND PEOPLE WITH 1643 01:08:22,998 --> 01:08:26,635 EXPERIENCE OF THE PUBLIC REALM. 1644 01:08:26,702 --> 01:08:28,737 AS EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT PROGRA 1645 01:08:28,804 --> 01:08:32,041 AT PUGET SOUND SAGE, I'M ALWAYS 1646 01:08:32,107 --> 01:08:35,010 FRUSTRATED OVER THE FACT THAT I 1647 01:08:35,077 --> 01:08:40,616 ORDER TO MAKE POTENTIAL 1648 01:08:40,683 --> 01:08:42,051 IMPROVEMENTS INTO THE 1649 01:08:42,117 --> 01:08:42,818 NEIGHBORHOOD INFRASTRUCTURE, WE 1650 01:08:42,885 --> 01:08:49,758 HAVE TO RELY ON THESE LIKE MAJO 1651 01:08:49,825 --> 01:08:51,260 SPORTING EVENTS OR 1652 01:08:51,327 --> 01:08:54,063 MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR 1653 01:08:54,129 --> 01:08:58,567 TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. MEGA 1654 01:08:58,634 --> 01:09:00,135 MARKET RATE WITH A LITTLE BIT O 1655 01:09:00,202 --> 01:09:00,870 AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMET 1656 01:09:00,936 --> 01:09:03,205 TOO. EVEN HAVE A NICE SIDEWALK. 1657 01:09:03,272 --> 01:09:06,976 I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO, 1658 01:09:07,042 --> 01:09:08,878 ESPECIALLY CHILDREN AND SENIORS 1659 01:09:08,944 --> 01:09:10,179 TO BE GOING OUT OF THEIR 1660 01:09:10,246 --> 01:09:13,883 NEIGHBORHOODS AND WALKING AROUN 1661 01:09:13,949 --> 01:09:20,789 LIKE THEY ARE PLAYING FLOOR IS 1662 01:09:20,856 --> 01:09:23,859 LAVA OR YOU HAVE JUST GIVING 1663 01:09:23,926 --> 01:09:27,830 YOU THAT FEELING OF SCARED. 1664 01:09:27,897 --> 01:09:34,003 FEELING SCARED THAT YOU MIGHT 1665 01:09:34,069 --> 01:09:36,539 GET HIT. I WAS TALKING TO A 1666 01:09:36,605 --> 01:09:37,239 YOUTH COORDINATOR YESTERDAY 1667 01:09:37,306 --> 01:09:38,707 ABOUT WHAT IT'S LIKE TO JUST 1668 01:09:38,774 --> 01:09:42,678 HANG AROUND, WALK AROUND GRANT 1669 01:09:42,745 --> 01:09:47,616 STREET. THE COORDINATOR WALKS 1670 01:09:47,683 --> 01:09:48,551 PRESCHOOLERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOO 1671 01:09:48,617 --> 01:09:52,922 TO GO TO THE PARK. THEN, HE 1672 01:09:52,988 --> 01:09:58,227 COMMUTES TO WORK FROM FILIPINO 1673 01:09:58,294 --> 01:09:59,028 VILLAGE. EITHER WALKS UP TO 1674 01:09:59,094 --> 01:10:00,996 COLUMBIA CITY STATION OR GOES 1675 01:10:01,063 --> 01:10:04,133 ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FELLOW. 1676 01:10:04,199 --> 01:10:05,968 I WAS LIKE THAT'S NOT A PLEASAN 1677 01:10:06,035 --> 01:10:08,037 WALK. HE HAS MULTIPLE -- 1678 01:10:08,103 --> 01:10:10,072 MULTIPLE LOCATIONS HAVE BEEN 1679 01:10:10,139 --> 01:10:13,008 SPLASHED OVER BY WATER BECAUSE 1680 01:10:13,075 --> 01:10:16,445 THERE WERE SPEEDING VEHICLES. 1681 01:10:16,512 --> 01:10:17,279 THAT'S NOT THE EXPERIENCE THAT 1682 01:10:17,346 --> 01:10:20,015 WE WANT YOUNG FOLKS TO HAVE IN 1683 01:10:20,082 --> 01:10:22,451 THE STREET. OR LIKE OUR ELDERS 1684 01:10:22,518 --> 01:10:26,288 WHO HAVE LIMITED MOBILITY. MY 1685 01:10:26,355 --> 01:10:27,523 GRANDMA HAS LIMITED MOBILITY NO 1686 01:10:27,590 --> 01:10:29,758 AND SHE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO 1687 01:10:29,825 --> 01:10:32,361 FULLY EXPERIENCE SOUTH SEATTLE 1688 01:10:32,428 --> 01:10:35,130 THE WAY SHE USED TO. HOW ARE WE 1689 01:10:35,197 --> 01:10:36,799 CREATING A PUBLIC REALM THAT 1690 01:10:36,865 --> 01:10:41,136 FEELS GOOD? THAT FEELS SAFE AND 1691 01:10:41,203 --> 01:10:42,671 FUN AND MAKES US ALL FEEL 1692 01:10:42,738 --> 01:10:43,872 CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER? BECAUS 1693 01:10:43,939 --> 01:10:48,777 IF WE HAVE THIS CONNECTED 1694 01:10:48,844 --> 01:10:49,445 NEIGHBORHOODS, OUR COMMUNITIES 1695 01:10:49,511 --> 01:10:51,046 ARE NOT GOING TO WANT TO BE 1696 01:10:51,113 --> 01:10:52,147 ENGAGING WITH EACH OTHER. HOW D 1697 01:10:52,214 --> 01:10:54,917 WE DO THAT, RIGHT? 1698 01:10:54,984 --> 01:10:56,151 >> SO, I GUESS THAT IS PART OF 1699 01:10:56,218 --> 01:11:00,656 THE QUESTION, RIGHT? AB, PUGET 1700 01:11:00,723 --> 01:11:01,657 SOUND SAGE WORKS ON TRANSIT 1701 01:11:01,724 --> 01:11:04,026 EQUITY, HEALTHY COMMUNITY'S. SO 1702 01:11:04,093 --> 01:11:06,929 HOW DO THOSE THINGS INTERSECT 1703 01:11:06,996 --> 01:11:12,201 AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BUILD 1704 01:11:12,267 --> 01:11:12,701 HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS, 1705 01:11:12,768 --> 01:11:13,402 UNDERSTANDING THAT ALL OF THOSE 1706 01:11:13,469 --> 01:11:14,603 THINGS INTERSECT? I THINK THAT' 1707 01:11:14,670 --> 01:11:18,741 WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO -- THE 1708 01:11:18,807 --> 01:11:19,908 DIRECTION WE ARE TRYING TO MOVE 1709 01:11:19,975 --> 01:11:22,144 AS A CITY. I THINK WHAT I HEAR 1710 01:11:22,211 --> 01:11:24,013 YOU SAY IS WE CAN'T GET THERE I 1711 01:11:24,079 --> 01:11:28,350 WE CAN'T SORT OF BREAKDOWN SOME 1712 01:11:28,417 --> 01:11:29,451 OF THESE PROCESSES THAT WE HAVE 1713 01:11:29,518 --> 01:11:30,719 SET UP IN PLACE THAT ARE 1714 01:11:30,786 --> 01:11:31,487 ACTUALLY CREATING MORE BARRIERS 1715 01:11:31,553 --> 01:11:33,255 FOR US. I THINK TO YOUR POINT, 1716 01:11:33,322 --> 01:11:34,890 AB, ABOUT HOW DO WE BUILD 1717 01:11:34,957 --> 01:11:36,125 SIDEWALKS IN THE CITY, EVEN 1718 01:11:36,191 --> 01:11:38,927 SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS THAT. 1719 01:11:38,994 --> 01:11:39,728 SIDEWALKS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE, 1720 01:11:39,795 --> 01:11:41,830 THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. BU 1721 01:11:41,897 --> 01:11:42,698 OUR RELIANCE RIGHT NOW ON 1722 01:11:42,765 --> 01:11:44,667 DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO CREATE 1723 01:11:44,733 --> 01:11:50,172 NEW SIDEWALKS IS INHERENTLY 1724 01:11:50,239 --> 01:11:51,106 INEQUITABLE IF WHAT IT MEANS IS 1725 01:11:51,173 --> 01:11:52,007 THAT ONLY THE NEIGHBORHOODS 1726 01:11:52,074 --> 01:11:53,142 WHERE THOSE PROJECTS ARE 1727 01:11:53,208 --> 01:11:53,776 HAPPENING GET NEW SIDEWALKS. 1728 01:11:53,842 --> 01:11:55,711 EVERYBODY ELSE WAITS. AND 1729 01:11:55,778 --> 01:11:56,612 WATCHES AS THEIR SIDEWALK 1730 01:11:56,679 --> 01:11:57,846 CRUMBLES OR CONTINUES NOT TO 1731 01:11:57,913 --> 01:12:01,717 EXIST AT ALL WHICH IS THE CASE 1732 01:12:01,784 --> 01:12:03,052 IN MUCH OF SOUTH SEATTLE AS MUC 1733 01:12:03,118 --> 01:12:06,021 AS NORTH SEATTLE. SO, YES, THAN 1734 01:12:06,088 --> 01:12:10,626 YOU FOR THAT. ERICA, I WANTED T 1735 01:12:10,693 --> 01:12:12,127 GO BACK TO YOU AND ASK IF YOU 1736 01:12:12,194 --> 01:12:13,495 COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 1737 01:12:13,562 --> 01:12:14,296 THE DIFFERENT MOBILITY NEEDS 1738 01:12:14,363 --> 01:12:15,497 THAT YOU SEE WITH THE WORK THAT 1739 01:12:15,564 --> 01:12:16,098 YOU DO. 1740 01:12:16,165 --> 01:12:19,168 >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO, AS YOU 1741 01:12:19,234 --> 01:12:21,704 SHOWED IN THE MAP WHERE YOU HAV 1742 01:12:21,770 --> 01:12:24,206 THIS LARGE SWATH OF UNDEVELOPED 1743 01:12:24,273 --> 01:12:27,643 SPACE IN THE CENTRAL CORRIDOR O 1744 01:12:27,710 --> 01:12:28,510 DUWAMISH VALLEY. PRETTY MUCH 1745 01:12:28,577 --> 01:12:30,913 FROM WHERE WE ARE SITTING NOW 1746 01:12:30,979 --> 01:12:34,883 SOUTH. WHAT THAT HAS MEANT IS 1747 01:12:34,950 --> 01:12:38,153 THAT OUR COMMUNITIES IN SOUTH 1748 01:12:38,220 --> 01:12:40,956 SEATTLE ARE COMPLETELY 1749 01:12:41,023 --> 01:12:41,890 DISCONNECTED IN LARGE PART 1750 01:12:41,957 --> 01:12:44,693 BECAUSE OF HOW WE'VE DEVELOPED 1751 01:12:44,760 --> 01:12:47,696 SYSTEMS AND WHERE OUR FREIGHT 1752 01:12:47,763 --> 01:12:51,100 IS. IF YOU ARE IN GEORGETOWN OR 1753 01:12:51,166 --> 01:12:53,635 SOUTHPARK OR CENTER RIDGE, OR 1754 01:12:53,702 --> 01:12:54,636 BEACON HILL, YOU CAN'T GET TO 1755 01:12:54,703 --> 01:12:59,141 THOSE COMMUNITIES BECAUSE IT HA 1756 01:12:59,208 --> 01:13:00,275 BEEN PREFACED THAT ANYWHERE THA 1757 01:13:00,342 --> 01:13:01,810 IS DEDICATED FOR FREIGHT MEANS 1758 01:13:01,877 --> 01:13:04,847 THAT IT CANNOT BE UTILIZED BY 1759 01:13:04,913 --> 01:13:07,783 ANYONE ELSE. THAT IS A TOTAL 1760 01:13:07,850 --> 01:13:10,119 MISNOMER. THESE ARE HUGE, HUGE 1761 01:13:10,185 --> 01:13:13,422 STREETS THAT CAN AND NEED TO 1762 01:13:13,489 --> 01:13:18,327 ALLOCATE FOR MORE THAN ONE 1763 01:13:18,393 --> 01:13:19,428 USAGE. WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY AS 1764 01:13:19,495 --> 01:13:21,997 CITY SORT OF LEANED BACK AND NO 1765 01:13:22,064 --> 01:13:23,565 APPROPRIATELY ENGAGED WITH OUR 1766 01:13:23,632 --> 01:13:24,466 FREIGHT COMMUNITY TO TALK ABOUT 1767 01:13:24,533 --> 01:13:26,235 HOW WE SHARE THE STREETS. 1768 01:13:26,301 --> 01:13:28,270 BECAUSE UNTIL THOSE STREETS ARE 1769 01:13:28,337 --> 01:13:29,371 SHARED, THOSE COMMUNITIES ARE 1770 01:13:29,438 --> 01:13:32,174 GOING TO STAY ISOLATED. IF YOU 1771 01:13:32,241 --> 01:13:34,743 LIVE IN GEORGETOWN OR SOUTHPARK 1772 01:13:34,810 --> 01:13:38,380 YOU CANNOT SAFELY BIKE TO A JOB 1773 01:13:38,447 --> 01:13:40,883 OPPORTUNITY OR AN EDUCATIONAL 1774 01:13:40,949 --> 01:13:42,584 OPPORTUNITY, OR FRIENDS AND 1775 01:13:42,651 --> 01:13:45,654 FAMILY, AND OTHER PARTS OF THIS 1776 01:13:45,721 --> 01:13:46,922 CITY. THAT HAS HUGE IMPLICATION 1777 01:13:46,989 --> 01:13:48,724 TO HOW YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE. SO, 1778 01:13:48,791 --> 01:13:54,830 UNTIL WE CAN BRIDGE THE GAP OF 1779 01:13:54,897 --> 01:13:55,898 THE FACT THAT THERE ARE MILES 1780 01:13:55,964 --> 01:13:57,065 AND MILES OF INDUSTRIAL LANDS 1781 01:13:57,132 --> 01:13:59,802 SEPARATING OUR COMMUNITY REALLY 1782 01:13:59,868 --> 01:14:01,236 WORKS OR WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO 1783 01:14:01,303 --> 01:14:02,237 INTEGRATE THOSE INTO OUR SYSTEM 1784 01:14:02,304 --> 01:14:06,108 THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE 1785 01:14:06,175 --> 01:14:07,376 PROBLEM. RIGHT NOW THE SORT OF 1786 01:14:07,442 --> 01:14:08,744 COURSE OF ACTION THAT I OFTEN 1787 01:14:08,811 --> 01:14:09,812 SEE, THAT I FIND REALLY 1788 01:14:09,878 --> 01:14:14,149 CHALLENGING, IS THAT SDOT'S TEA 1789 01:14:14,216 --> 01:14:15,250 WILL COME AND PRESENT A DESIGN 1790 01:14:15,317 --> 01:14:16,351 TO THE FREIGHT ADVISORY BOARD O 1791 01:14:16,418 --> 01:14:20,022 TO THE SOTO BIA. THE BUSINESS 1792 01:14:20,088 --> 01:14:24,026 COMMUNITY IMMEDIATELY GETS ANGR 1793 01:14:24,092 --> 01:14:25,260 AND THINKS THAT IT'S GOING TO 1794 01:14:25,327 --> 01:14:30,098 HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON HOW THEY 1795 01:14:30,165 --> 01:14:31,333 FUNCTION. SO, SDOT RETREATS AND 1796 01:14:31,400 --> 01:14:32,334 TRIES TO COME UP WITH A 1797 01:14:32,401 --> 01:14:33,535 DIFFERENT PLAN AND PUT IT IN 1798 01:14:33,602 --> 01:14:34,970 FRONT OF THEM IT GOES BACK AND 1799 01:14:35,037 --> 01:14:36,471 FORTH AND BACK AND FORTH INSTEA 1800 01:14:36,538 --> 01:14:37,439 OF WORKING IN TANDEM ON THESE 1801 01:14:37,506 --> 01:14:38,640 DESIGNS. TO SIT DOWN WITH PEOPL 1802 01:14:38,707 --> 01:14:40,142 WHO DRIVE FREIGHT VEHICLES. WHO 1803 01:14:40,209 --> 01:14:41,376 NEED TO ACCESS THESE BUSINESSES 1804 01:14:41,443 --> 01:14:42,878 REALLY TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH LIKE 1805 01:14:42,945 --> 01:14:45,647 YOU KNOW HOW YOUR BUSINESS 1806 01:14:45,714 --> 01:14:46,982 FUNCTIONS. YOU KNOW HOW MUCH 1807 01:14:47,049 --> 01:14:49,952 SPACE YOU NEED IN ORDER TO 1808 01:14:50,018 --> 01:14:51,954 APPROPRIATELY MAKE A TURNING 1809 01:14:52,020 --> 01:14:54,923 RADIUS. OR HOW MUCH LEEWAY YOU 1810 01:14:54,990 --> 01:14:57,726 NEED IN THE LEFT HAND TURN LANE 1811 01:14:57,793 --> 01:15:01,163 SO IT DOESN'T BACK ONTO A 1812 01:15:01,230 --> 01:15:02,764 HIGHWAY RAMP. WE NEED TO USE TH 1813 01:15:02,831 --> 01:15:04,199 KNOWLEDGE BASE OF OUR 1814 01:15:04,266 --> 01:15:06,401 COMMUNITIES BETTER THAN WE DO 1815 01:15:06,468 --> 01:15:08,170 NOW. INSTEAD OF IT BEING LIKE 1816 01:15:08,237 --> 01:15:09,304 HOW ABOUT THIS, HOW ABOUT THIS. 1817 01:15:09,371 --> 01:15:13,175 IF THAT MAKES SENSE. 1818 01:15:13,242 --> 01:15:14,009 >> ABSOLUTELY. 1819 01:15:14,076 --> 01:15:16,879 >> I DIDN'T KNOW. IS THAT 1820 01:15:16,945 --> 01:15:21,850 FREIGHT, THERE REALLY ARE 1821 01:15:21,917 --> 01:15:22,484 DEDICATED FREIGHT CORRIDOR IS 1822 01:15:22,551 --> 01:15:23,685 THAT NOBODY ELSE CAN USE, IS 1823 01:15:23,752 --> 01:15:24,286 THAT A POLICY? 1824 01:15:24,353 --> 01:15:27,122 >> YEAH, I MEAN, FOR EXAMPLE 1825 01:15:27,189 --> 01:15:29,958 AIRPORT WAY, FIRST AVENUE, 1826 01:15:30,025 --> 01:15:34,496 FOURTH AVENUE. ALL DEDICATED 1827 01:15:34,563 --> 01:15:35,297 FREIGHT ROUTES. THAT HAS BEEN 1828 01:15:35,364 --> 01:15:36,465 THE RATIONALE FOR WHY THERE 1829 01:15:36,531 --> 01:15:37,599 CAN'T BE PROTECTED BIKE LANES. 1830 01:15:37,666 --> 01:15:39,101 WHY WE CAN'T ADAPT OUR SIDEWALK 1831 01:15:39,167 --> 01:15:42,504 TO ALLOW FOR MORE LIKE 1832 01:15:42,571 --> 01:15:43,338 ACCESSIBILITY. AT THE SAME TIME 1833 01:15:43,405 --> 01:15:45,173 SOME OF OUR LARGER SOCIAL 1834 01:15:45,240 --> 01:15:47,209 SERVICES ARE IN THIS AREA. WE 1835 01:15:47,276 --> 01:15:49,411 HAVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TRYING 1836 01:15:49,478 --> 01:15:51,046 TO ACCESS REALLY CRITICAL 1837 01:15:51,113 --> 01:15:54,650 SERVICES IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT 1838 01:15:54,716 --> 01:15:57,486 IS UNBELIEVABLY UNSAFE. IT IS 1839 01:15:57,552 --> 01:16:00,022 WHERE WE SEE MOST OF OUR 1840 01:16:00,088 --> 01:16:01,123 FATALITIES. THAT HAS BEEN THIS 1841 01:16:01,189 --> 01:16:03,225 CONFLICT BACK AND FORTH OF LIKE 1842 01:16:03,292 --> 01:16:05,127 FREIGHT SAYING THAT IT IS JUST 1843 01:16:05,193 --> 01:16:07,863 UNSAFE TO HAVE THESE OTHER USES 1844 01:16:07,930 --> 01:16:09,698 BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THEY HAVE 1845 01:16:09,765 --> 01:16:12,000 TO GO THROUGH THIS AREA. IT'S 1846 01:16:12,067 --> 01:16:15,837 NOT LIKE OUR INDUSTRIAL LANDS 1847 01:16:15,904 --> 01:16:17,639 ARE FAR AND FAR REMOVED FROM OU 1848 01:16:17,706 --> 01:16:22,244 URBAN ENVIRONMENT IT FACE IT 1849 01:16:22,311 --> 01:16:23,612 DEAD CENTER IN OUR CITY AND THE 1850 01:16:23,679 --> 01:16:24,713 ARE CRITICAL TO THE LIFEBLOOD O 1851 01:16:24,780 --> 01:16:25,914 OUR ECONOMY. I 100% UNDERSTAND 1852 01:16:25,981 --> 01:16:30,185 THAT, BUT THEY DO NEED TO WORK 1853 01:16:30,252 --> 01:16:31,453 IN COLLABORATION AND IN TANDEM 1854 01:16:31,520 --> 01:16:36,024 WITH OUR COMMUNITIES ADJACENT T 1855 01:16:36,091 --> 01:16:36,325 THEM. 1856 01:16:36,391 --> 01:16:40,462 >> THANK YOU. ARE THERE -- 1857 01:16:40,529 --> 01:16:44,066 COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS 1858 01:16:44,132 --> 01:16:49,538 I'M NOT SEEING OTHER QUESTIONS. 1859 01:16:49,604 --> 01:16:50,906 I FEEL LIKE THERE WAS SOMETHING 1860 01:16:50,973 --> 01:16:52,841 ELSE I WANTED TO ASK BUT NOW I 1861 01:16:52,908 --> 01:16:53,375 HAVE FORGOTTEN. 1862 01:16:53,442 --> 01:16:56,845 >> I WOULD LIKE TO JUST -- IN 1863 01:16:56,912 --> 01:17:00,482 THINKING ABOUT THE ROOT CAUSES 1864 01:17:00,549 --> 01:17:03,318 OF SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE 1865 01:17:03,385 --> 01:17:10,659 ARE FACING WITH ACCESSIBILITY, 1866 01:17:10,726 --> 01:17:13,295 SAFETY. WHAT WE ARE TALKING 1867 01:17:13,362 --> 01:17:15,797 ABOUT A LOT OF TIMES IS JUST 1868 01:17:15,864 --> 01:17:19,534 ANOTHER BAND-AID WHEN ROOT 1869 01:17:19,601 --> 01:17:22,504 CAUSES -- PEOPLE NEED HOUSING. 1870 01:17:22,571 --> 01:17:26,475 TYPES OF HOUSING. THEN, THE 1871 01:17:26,541 --> 01:17:32,781 RESTRICTIONS AND FEES THAT ARE 1872 01:17:32,848 --> 01:17:34,149 -- IF SOMEONE WANTS TO ADD A 1873 01:17:34,216 --> 01:17:35,851 LIVING SPACE OR AN EXISTING 1874 01:17:35,917 --> 01:17:37,519 HOUSING. ALL OF THESE THINGS AL 1875 01:17:37,586 --> 01:17:45,394 PLAY INTO THESE FATALITIES. 1876 01:17:45,460 --> 01:17:48,530 BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE LOOKING NOT 1877 01:17:48,597 --> 01:17:51,433 HOUSED. SO, THEY ARE ON THE 1878 01:17:51,500 --> 01:17:52,934 STREET. THAT'S GOING TO ALWAYS 1879 01:17:53,001 --> 01:17:56,938 INCREASE THE INSTANCES OF DEATH 1880 01:17:57,005 --> 01:18:06,248 ON THE STREETS. SO, I WANTED T 1881 01:18:06,314 --> 01:18:10,419 SAY THERE IS A REACH PROGRAM, A 1882 01:18:10,485 --> 01:18:12,187 COUNTY PROGRAM THEY ARE OPENING 1883 01:18:12,254 --> 01:18:15,957 UP A NEW LOCATION IN GILMAN 1884 01:18:16,024 --> 01:18:18,460 CITY. WHAT I'VE HEARD IS THAT 1885 01:18:18,527 --> 01:18:19,694 THERE WILL BE FOUR PEOPLE, SO 1886 01:18:19,761 --> 01:18:24,633 THEY HAVE A BUDGET FOR ASK. THA 1887 01:18:24,699 --> 01:18:25,967 BUDGET, THAT IS REALLY NOT 1888 01:18:26,034 --> 01:18:28,737 ADDRESSING THE NEED. WHAT IF WE 1889 01:18:28,804 --> 01:18:33,742 HAD THREE 1890 01:18:34,276 --> 01:18:35,277 AND WE IDENTIFIED ENOUGH 1891 01:18:35,343 --> 01:18:38,980 FUNDING , REACH , THE CITY 1892 01:18:39,047 --> 01:18:40,315 WORKED WITH KING COUNTY TO DO 1893 01:18:40,382 --> 01:18:42,984 THAT. SOMETHING WE KNOW THAT 1894 01:18:43,051 --> 01:18:47,456 WORKS. WE COULD START MAKING 1895 01:18:47,522 --> 01:18:49,558 DENT IN COMMUNICATING WITH 1896 01:18:49,624 --> 01:18:53,361 THOSE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS , 1897 01:18:53,428 --> 01:18:55,564 AND THE CHRONIC, THAT 1898 01:18:55,630 --> 01:18:59,901 RECIDIVISM THAT, WE , BELIEVE 1899 01:18:59,968 --> 01:19:02,904 I THINK WE HAVE A LIST WITH TH 1900 01:19:02,971 --> 01:19:04,539 NUMBER OF PEOPLE CONTINUING TO 1901 01:19:04,606 --> 01:19:09,077 DO THAT SAME , VANDALISM , AND 1902 01:19:09,144 --> 01:19:14,783 IS IN A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE? 1903 01:19:14,850 --> 01:19:18,854 ACCESS TO THOSE RESOURCES. I 1904 01:19:18,920 --> 01:19:20,889 REALLY JUST WANT TO MAKE A PITC 1905 01:19:20,956 --> 01:19:23,024 TO LOOKING AT SOME OF THE 1906 01:19:23,091 --> 01:19:24,593 EXISTING SERVICES AND 1907 01:19:24,659 --> 01:19:26,595 ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE SERVING. 1908 01:19:26,661 --> 01:19:30,398 ARE THEY FUNDED ENOUGH TO BE 1909 01:19:30,465 --> 01:19:32,934 ABLE TO DO THE WORK THEY DO? O 1910 01:19:33,001 --> 01:19:36,104 ARE WE GOING TO CREATE A NEW 1911 01:19:36,171 --> 01:19:38,673 PDA TO ADDRESS AFFORDABLE 1912 01:19:38,740 --> 01:19:45,547 HOUSING. A BRAND-NEW ONE. I 1913 01:19:45,614 --> 01:19:46,581 VOTED YES. I AM SAYING, IT 1914 01:19:46,648 --> 01:19:49,184 WORRIES ME. 1915 01:19:49,251 --> 01:19:52,954 >> WE DO HAVE MORE TEAMS, PART 1916 01:19:53,021 --> 01:19:53,889 OF UNIFIED CARE TEAM' STRATEGY 1917 01:19:53,955 --> 01:19:55,423 IS HAD NEIGHBORHOOD REACH 1918 01:19:55,490 --> 01:19:57,959 PROVIDERS , THAT IS PART OF THE 1919 01:19:58,026 --> 01:20:02,164 PLAN. OKAY, COLLEAGUES , ANY 1920 01:20:02,230 --> 01:20:04,799 OTHER COMMENTS? NO. THANK YOU 1921 01:20:04,866 --> 01:20:09,771 ALL, SO MUCH. IF YOU WILL PUT 1922 01:20:09,838 --> 01:20:12,140 THE LAST SLIDE UP. FOR THE 1923 01:20:12,207 --> 01:20:13,575 VIEWING PUBLIC , OR PEOPLE 1924 01:20:13,642 --> 01:20:16,378 INTERESTED , WE DID INCLUDE A 1925 01:20:16,444 --> 01:20:18,613 LIST OF RESOURCES. IF PEOPLE 1926 01:20:18,680 --> 01:20:21,049 WANT TO DIVE DEEPER ON THE 1927 01:20:21,116 --> 01:20:23,318 ISSUES . I WANT TO THANK ALL OF 1928 01:20:23,385 --> 01:20:26,521 YOU FOR THIS DISCUSSION . I 1929 01:20:26,588 --> 01:20:27,789 THINK IT HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE 1930 01:20:27,856 --> 01:20:28,823 MOBILITY AND SOCIAL 1931 01:20:28,890 --> 01:20:30,525 PARTICIPATION PLAY IN SOME OF 1932 01:20:30,592 --> 01:20:32,194 THESE KEY DETERMINANTS OF HEALT 1933 01:20:32,260 --> 01:20:34,896 THAT WE TALKED ABOUT . IN TERMS 1934 01:20:34,963 --> 01:20:37,365 OF QUALITY OF LIFE , SOME OF TH 1935 01:20:37,432 --> 01:20:42,604 RESOURCES WE LISTED COULD HELP 1936 01:20:42,671 --> 01:20:43,672 US START TO UNDERSTAND THE 1937 01:20:43,738 --> 01:20:44,773 IMPORTANCE OF CHANGE IN THE 1938 01:20:44,839 --> 01:20:45,907 COMMUNITY CONDITIONS. IN OUR 1939 01:20:45,974 --> 01:20:48,443 NEIGHBORHOODS , SO WE CAN CREAT 1940 01:20:48,510 --> 01:20:49,578 HEALTHY PLACES WHERE KIDS CAN 1941 01:20:49,644 --> 01:20:51,813 THRIVE, OUR ELDERS CAN REMAIN 1942 01:20:51,880 --> 01:20:55,050 ACTIVE AND AGE IN PLACE, AND 1943 01:20:55,116 --> 01:20:56,218 FOR OUR NEIGHBORS CAN MAKE SURE 1944 01:20:56,284 --> 01:20:58,253 THEY ARE SAFE IN ACCESSING THE 1945 01:20:58,320 --> 01:21:01,623 THINGS THAT THEY NEED. I WANT 1946 01:21:01,690 --> 01:21:03,825 TO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING 1947 01:21:03,892 --> 01:21:05,193 DOWNTOWN TO SIT IN CHAMBERS WIT 1948 01:21:05,260 --> 01:21:07,729 US . I THINK MAYBE WE ARE MOVIN 1949 01:21:07,796 --> 01:21:09,598 TO HAVING REAL COMMITTEE 1950 01:21:09,664 --> 01:21:12,867 MEETINGS AT THE COMMITTEE TABLE 1951 01:21:12,934 --> 01:21:14,903 OKAY, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING 1952 01:21:14,970 --> 01:21:16,838 HERE. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT . 1953 01:21:16,905 --> 01:21:20,242 COLLEAGUES , I DO NOT SEE ANY 1954 01:21:20,308 --> 01:21:23,411 OTHER QUESTIONS. SO, LET'S SEE 1955 01:21:23,478 --> 01:21:26,948 , THAT CONCLUDES THIS MEETING 1956 01:21:27,015 --> 01:21:32,387 THE NEXT MEETING OF THE 1957 01:21:32,454 --> 01:21:33,088 NEIGHBORHOODS, EDUCATION, CIVIL 1958 01:21:33,154 --> 01:21:34,756 RIGHTS, AND CULTURE COMMITTEE I 1959 01:21:34,823 --> 01:21:37,125 FEBRUARY 24th . I WANT TO THANK 1960 01:21:37,192 --> 01:21:38,460 EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE. WE AR 1961 01:21:38,526 --> 01:21:48,737 ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.