1 00:00:14,481 --> 00:00:14,547 2 00:00:14,547 --> 00:00:18,151 >>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD 3 00:00:18,151 --> 00:00:19,519 MORNING, THE APRIL 14th. 2023 4 00:00:19,519 --> 00:00:23,056 REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING WIL 5 00:00:23,056 --> 00:00:25,158 COME TO ORDER. IT IS 9:30 A.M. 6 00:00:25,158 --> 00:00:27,727 I'M TAMMY MORALES, CHAIR OF THE 7 00:00:27,727 --> 00:00:30,230 COMMITTEE. WILL THE CLERK PLEAS 8 00:00:30,230 --> 00:00:32,065 CALL THE ROLL? 9 00:00:32,065 --> 00:00:37,270 >> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS? 10 00:00:37,270 --> 00:00:37,570 >> PRESENT. 11 00:00:37,570 --> 00:00:40,807 >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? VICE 12 00:00:40,807 --> 00:00:41,141 CHAIR SAWANT? 13 00:00:41,141 --> 00:00:42,475 >> PRESENT. 14 00:00:42,475 --> 00:00:44,411 >> CHAIR MORALES? 15 00:00:44,411 --> 00:00:45,178 >> HERE. 16 00:00:45,178 --> 00:00:45,612 >> THREE PRESENT. 17 00:00:45,612 --> 00:00:47,414 >> TERRIFIC. THANK YOU VERY 18 00:00:47,414 --> 00:00:50,383 MUCH. IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION 19 00:00:50,383 --> 00:00:52,252 TODAY'S AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. 20 00:00:52,252 --> 00:00:54,020 HEARING NO OBJECTION, TODAY'S 21 00:00:54,020 --> 00:00:56,122 AGENDA IS ADOPTED. AT THIS TIME 22 00:00:56,122 --> 00:00:57,090 WE'LL OPEN THE GENERAL PUBLIC 23 00:00:57,090 --> 00:00:57,991 COMMENT PERIOD. I BELIEVE WE'VE 24 00:00:57,991 --> 00:01:00,794 GOT A COUPLE OF FOLKS SIGNED UP 25 00:01:00,794 --> 00:01:05,398 ONLINE. AND A COUPLE PEOPLE IN 26 00:01:05,398 --> 00:01:06,966 CHAMBERS. SO I WILL ASK DEVON 27 00:01:06,966 --> 00:01:09,903 SILVER DALE OUR CLERK TO CALL 28 00:01:09,903 --> 00:01:12,505 THE NAMES OF THE FOLKS SIGNED U 29 00:01:12,505 --> 00:01:17,977 TO SPEAK. AND WE WILL GIVE EACH 30 00:01:17,977 --> 00:01:20,380 PERSON TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK FOR 31 00:01:20,380 --> 00:01:22,515 UP TO 20 MINUTES. IF YOU HAVE 32 00:01:22,515 --> 00:01:23,216 NOT REGISTERED ON THE COUNCIL 33 00:01:23,216 --> 00:01:24,150 WEBSITE, BUT YOU ARE INTERESTED 34 00:01:24,150 --> 00:01:25,819 IN SPEAKING, YOU CAN STILL DO 35 00:01:25,819 --> 00:01:27,120 THAT BEFORE THE PUBLIC COMMENT 36 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:31,825 PERIOD IS OVER. BY GOING TO 37 00:01:31,825 --> 00:01:33,059 SEATTLE.GOV/COUNCIL. WE'LL CALL 38 00:01:33,059 --> 00:01:33,893 THE SPEAKER'S NAME AND STAFF 39 00:01:33,893 --> 00:01:35,462 WILL UNMUTE YOU. YOU WILL HAVE 40 00:01:35,462 --> 00:01:36,930 TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK. YOU WILL 41 00:01:36,930 --> 00:01:38,097 HEAR A CHIME WHEN YOU HAVE TEN 42 00:01:38,097 --> 00:01:40,600 SECONDS LEFT. IF YOU ARE ONLINE 43 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:43,470 YOU NEED TO PRESS STAR 6 TO 44 00:01:43,470 --> 00:01:44,237 BEGIN. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME 45 00:01:44,237 --> 00:01:46,272 AND THE ITEM THAT YOU ARE 46 00:01:46,272 --> 00:01:48,141 ADDRESSING AND AS A REMINDER 47 00:01:48,141 --> 00:01:50,910 PUBLIC COMMENTS SHOULD RELATE T 48 00:01:50,910 --> 00:01:51,911 AN ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA. ONCE 49 00:01:51,911 --> 00:01:53,112 YOU HAVE COMPLETED PUBLIC 50 00:01:53,112 --> 00:01:55,181 COMMENT F YOU ARE ONLINE, PLEAS 51 00:01:55,181 --> 00:01:58,985 HANG UP. AND YOU CAN CONTINUE T 52 00:01:58,985 --> 00:01:59,953 FOLLOW ON THE SEATTLE CHANNEL. 53 00:01:59,953 --> 00:02:03,656 OKAY. SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND 54 00:02:03,656 --> 00:02:05,658 OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENTS. PUBLIC 55 00:02:05,658 --> 00:02:06,659 COMMENT PERIOD. DEVON, I WILL 56 00:02:06,659 --> 00:02:10,163 HAND IT TO YOU TO CALL FOLKS UP 57 00:02:10,163 --> 00:02:11,297 >> OKAY. GREAT. I'M GOING TO GO 58 00:02:11,297 --> 00:02:12,298 AHEAD AND START WITH THE PEOPLE 59 00:02:12,298 --> 00:02:13,266 THAT WE HAVE IN THE ROOM. WE 60 00:02:13,266 --> 00:02:18,037 HAVE THREE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM 61 00:02:18,037 --> 00:02:20,974 TODAY. SO I WILL CALL UP FIRST 62 00:02:20,974 --> 00:02:26,446 RON -- I'M SORRY I'M GOING TO 63 00:02:26,446 --> 00:02:29,149 SAY YOUR LAST NAME WRONG. 64 00:02:29,149 --> 00:02:32,218 FOLLOWED BY TIFFANY McCOY AND 65 00:02:32,218 --> 00:02:32,685 THEN CAMILLE GICKS. 66 00:02:32,685 --> 00:02:36,723 >> I LIVE IN NORTH GREEN LAKE 67 00:02:36,723 --> 00:02:39,959 ALONG AURORA. THANK YOU FOR THE 68 00:02:39,959 --> 00:02:40,860 OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. I A 69 00:02:40,860 --> 00:02:47,433 NOT IN FAVOR IN EITHER ONE OF 70 00:02:47,433 --> 00:02:49,502 THESE APPOINTEES. MAINLY JULIE, 71 00:02:49,502 --> 00:02:55,909 BECAUSE OF HER AFFILIATION WITH 72 00:02:55,909 --> 00:02:59,012 THE U., UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTO 73 00:02:59,012 --> 00:02:59,812 SCHOOL. DURING ANOTHER ATTEMPT 74 00:02:59,812 --> 00:03:03,416 WHICH IS GOING ON AGAIN TO 75 00:03:03,416 --> 00:03:05,818 ACQUIRE EMINENT DOMAIN RIGHTS 76 00:03:05,818 --> 00:03:06,586 ALONG AURORA. THE SCHOOL WAS 77 00:03:06,586 --> 00:03:10,757 INVOLVED IN THE -- THE STUDENTS 78 00:03:10,757 --> 00:03:13,760 WERE INVOLVED IN RUNNING THE 79 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:14,861 WEBSITE WHICH MISLED PROPERTY 80 00:03:14,861 --> 00:03:17,263 OWNERS OF GREEN LAKE. SO I WOUL 81 00:03:17,263 --> 00:03:27,607 ASK THAT SHE NOT BE ADMITTED FO 82 00:03:27,607 --> 00:03:28,341 THIS JOB. OR THIS APPOINTMENT. 83 00:03:28,341 --> 00:03:32,946 MR. LOU IS HERE FOR GREENWAYS, 84 00:03:32,946 --> 00:03:37,684 GREENWAYS IS A GREAT PROGRAM. 85 00:03:37,684 --> 00:03:38,785 FOR STREETS, FOR DIVERTING 86 00:03:38,785 --> 00:03:40,553 CERTAIN STREETS FOR BICYCLES AN 87 00:03:40,553 --> 00:03:46,025 WALKING AND THIS HAS NOTHING TO 88 00:03:46,025 --> 00:03:49,329 DO WITH HOUSING. THERE SHOULD B 89 00:03:49,329 --> 00:03:50,096 SOMEWHERE, SOMEONE IN SEATTLE, 90 00:03:50,096 --> 00:03:52,532 THAT WANTS TO DO A HOUSING. THI 91 00:03:52,532 --> 00:03:55,568 IS WHAT THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE 92 00:03:55,568 --> 00:03:58,171 ABOUT. THESE PEOPLE ARE ALL PAR 93 00:03:58,171 --> 00:04:00,506 OF THIS GREENWOOD GROUP THAT 94 00:04:00,506 --> 00:04:02,275 STARTED THIS THING. THEY'RE ALL 95 00:04:02,275 --> 00:04:05,578 REMNANTS OF THIS SAME AURORA 96 00:04:05,578 --> 00:04:09,782 AVENUE ACTION AGENDA FROM 15 97 00:04:09,782 --> 00:04:12,785 YEARS AGO. I WOULD ASK THAT 98 00:04:12,785 --> 00:04:14,621 NEITHER OF THESE BE ADDED. 99 00:04:14,621 --> 00:04:17,023 THEY'RE GREAT PEOPLE. THEY ARE 100 00:04:17,023 --> 00:04:20,326 WAY OVERQUALIFIED. BUT I ASK YO 101 00:04:20,326 --> 00:04:23,096 NOT TO ADMIT THEM. THANK YOU FO 102 00:04:23,096 --> 00:04:25,331 YOUR TIME AND YOUR 103 00:04:25,331 --> 00:04:25,698 CONSIDERATION. 104 00:04:25,698 --> 00:04:28,668 >> THANK YOU, RON. UP NEXT IS 105 00:04:28,668 --> 00:04:31,271 TIFFANY McCOY FOLLOWED BY 106 00:04:31,271 --> 00:04:33,873 CAMILLE GICKS. GO AHEAD TIFFANY 107 00:04:33,873 --> 00:04:35,842 >> HELLO COUNCILMEMBERS, I'M 108 00:04:35,842 --> 00:04:36,442 TIFFANY McCOY, THE ADVOCACY 109 00:04:36,442 --> 00:04:38,511 DIRECTOR AT REAL CHANGE AND WAS 110 00:04:38,511 --> 00:04:40,380 THE CAMPAIGN MANAGER FOR 111 00:04:40,380 --> 00:04:41,848 INITIATIVE 135. JUST WANT TO 112 00:04:41,848 --> 00:04:42,749 CLARIFY FOR THE RECORD THAT 113 00:04:42,749 --> 00:04:44,917 INITIATIVE 135 WAS A PRODUCT OF 114 00:04:44,917 --> 00:04:48,154 REAL CHANGE AND HOUSE OUR 115 00:04:48,154 --> 00:04:50,156 NEIGHBORS, NOT SEATTLE 116 00:04:50,156 --> 00:04:50,823 NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS. THEN AN 117 00:04:50,823 --> 00:04:52,358 ENDORSER AND SUPPORTER BUT 118 00:04:52,358 --> 00:04:53,526 ORIGINATED OUT OF REAL CHANGE. 119 00:04:53,526 --> 00:04:56,029 SENT TO THE COUNCILMEMBERS OF 120 00:04:56,029 --> 00:04:57,897 THIS COMMITTEE YESTERDAY A 121 00:04:57,897 --> 00:05:00,366 LETTER FROM COMMUNITY GROUPS 122 00:05:00,366 --> 00:05:01,234 ASKING THAT YOU ENTHUSIASTICALL 123 00:05:01,234 --> 00:05:02,502 SUPPORT WITHOUT DELAY THESE TWO 124 00:05:02,502 --> 00:05:05,271 CANDIDATES TO SERVE ON THE 125 00:05:05,271 --> 00:05:05,772 SEATTLE SOCIAL HOUSING 126 00:05:05,772 --> 00:05:06,406 DEVELOPMENT BOARD. I HOPE YOU 127 00:05:06,406 --> 00:05:09,542 ALL HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK THAT 128 00:05:09,542 --> 00:05:11,377 OVER. AND SEE THE ORGANIZATIONS 129 00:05:11,377 --> 00:05:14,247 THAT SUPPORT THIS. I DO HAVE 130 00:05:14,247 --> 00:05:15,014 THREE NEW ORGANIZATIONS JUST TO 131 00:05:15,014 --> 00:05:18,584 ADD AS OF WHEN I SENT IT TO YOU 132 00:05:18,584 --> 00:05:22,588 YESTERDAY. THOSE ARE BEACON HIL 133 00:05:22,588 --> 00:05:25,124 SAFE STREETS, TRANSIT RIDERS 134 00:05:25,124 --> 00:05:25,858 UNION, AND RAINIER VALLEY 135 00:05:25,858 --> 00:05:27,193 GREENWAYS. I ONLY HAVE A LITTLE 136 00:05:27,193 --> 00:05:29,429 BIT MORE TIME LEFT BUT I'LL JUS 137 00:05:29,429 --> 00:05:33,366 SAY AS TO JULIE BEING THE 138 00:05:33,366 --> 00:05:34,734 APPOINTEE FOR THE DEVELOPER IN 139 00:05:34,734 --> 00:05:36,169 THE NONPROFIT DEVELOPMENT ROLE, 140 00:05:36,169 --> 00:05:37,403 I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE THIS 141 00:05:37,403 --> 00:05:39,439 PAST YEAR OF GETTING TO KNOW 142 00:05:39,439 --> 00:05:40,640 JULIE AND SHE WAS REALLY 143 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:42,975 ESSENTIAL IN HELPING US COME UP 144 00:05:42,975 --> 00:05:45,478 WITH A DRAFT PRO FORMA TO SHOW 145 00:05:45,478 --> 00:05:47,080 THAT SOCIAL HOUSING ACTUALLY 146 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:49,649 DOES PENCIL. JULIE HAS SHOWN A 147 00:05:49,649 --> 00:05:50,783 DEEP DEDICATION TO ALL 148 00:05:50,783 --> 00:05:51,451 INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES TO ADDRES 149 00:05:51,451 --> 00:05:52,418 OUR HOUSING CRISIS IN THE CITY 150 00:05:52,418 --> 00:05:55,121 OF SEATTLE AND SHE WOULD BE A 151 00:05:55,121 --> 00:05:56,556 TREMENDOUS ASSET TO THIS FIRST 152 00:05:56,556 --> 00:05:58,624 ITERATION OF THE GOVERNING BOAR 153 00:05:58,624 --> 00:06:01,260 IN THE CITY. I ALSO HAVE THE 154 00:06:01,260 --> 00:06:02,261 PLEASURE OF SUPPORTING FULLY 155 00:06:02,261 --> 00:06:04,030 ALEX LOU. I HAVE WORKED WITH 156 00:06:04,030 --> 00:06:06,032 ALEX ON THE REPEAL OF THE KING 157 00:06:06,032 --> 00:06:07,934 COUNTY HELMET LAW. AND THEY ARE 158 00:06:07,934 --> 00:06:09,335 A TREMENDOUS ADVOCATE. THEY WIL 159 00:06:09,335 --> 00:06:10,203 BRING THE ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS 160 00:06:10,203 --> 00:06:13,706 OF SOCIAL HOUSING WHICH IS ABOU 161 00:06:13,706 --> 00:06:14,574 CREATING NEIGHBORHOODS AND 162 00:06:14,574 --> 00:06:15,241 COMMUNITIES, NOT JUST BUILDINGS 163 00:06:15,241 --> 00:06:18,511 WHAT THAT MEANS IS SAFE STREETS 164 00:06:18,511 --> 00:06:19,679 PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, BICYCLE 165 00:06:19,679 --> 00:06:20,580 SAFETY, MORE PUBLIC TRANSIT, 166 00:06:20,580 --> 00:06:22,014 HAVING AN URBAN PLANNER THAT'S 167 00:06:22,014 --> 00:06:23,950 GOING TO BE ABLE TO BUILD OUT 168 00:06:23,950 --> 00:06:25,651 OUR CITY TO BE INCLUSIVE TO ALL 169 00:06:25,651 --> 00:06:27,920 IS GOING TO BE REALLY CRITICAL 170 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:30,957 TO ENACTING THE VISION OF SOCIA 171 00:06:30,957 --> 00:06:31,624 HOUSING THAT THE VOTERS 172 00:06:31,624 --> 00:06:34,260 SUPPORTED BY A 14 POINT MARGIN. 173 00:06:34,260 --> 00:06:34,927 PLEASE PUT THESE TWO CANDIDATES 174 00:06:34,927 --> 00:06:37,597 FORWARD AS SOON AS YOU CAN. 175 00:06:37,597 --> 00:06:38,765 THANK YOU. 176 00:06:38,765 --> 00:06:41,033 >> THANK YOU TIFFANY. UP NEXT I 177 00:06:41,033 --> 00:06:43,603 CAMILLE GICKS AND THEN WE WILL 178 00:06:43,603 --> 00:06:45,505 GO INTO THE VIRTUAL PUBLIC 179 00:06:45,505 --> 00:06:45,772 COMMENT. 180 00:06:45,772 --> 00:06:46,839 >> GOOD MORNING COUNCILMEMBERS. 181 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:47,974 MY NAME IS CAMILLE GICKS AND I 182 00:06:47,974 --> 00:06:51,310 AM A PART OF THE STEERING 183 00:06:51,310 --> 00:06:53,813 COMMITTEE FOR HOUSE OUR 184 00:06:53,813 --> 00:06:54,547 NEIGHBORS, THE CAMPAIGN THAT 185 00:06:54,547 --> 00:06:55,281 PASSED INITIATIVE 135. ALSO A 186 00:06:55,281 --> 00:06:58,518 GRADUATE STUDENT OF THE 187 00:06:58,518 --> 00:06:59,085 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 188 00:06:59,085 --> 00:07:00,019 STUDYING SOCIAL POLICY AND 189 00:07:00,019 --> 00:07:01,954 HOUSING STUDIES. I AM HERE TO 190 00:07:01,954 --> 00:07:03,322 ALSO STRONGLY SUPPORT BOTH OF 191 00:07:03,322 --> 00:07:06,959 THESE APPOINTEES TO THE BOARD O 192 00:07:06,959 --> 00:07:08,261 THE SEATTLE SOCIAL HOUSING 193 00:07:08,261 --> 00:07:09,896 DEVELOPER. ALEX LOU AS A 194 00:07:09,896 --> 00:07:10,897 TRANSPORTATION PLANNER WOULD BE 195 00:07:10,897 --> 00:07:12,465 AN EXCELLENT ASSET BECAUSE WE 196 00:07:12,465 --> 00:07:14,801 KNOW THAT HOUSING AND 197 00:07:14,801 --> 00:07:15,368 TRANSPORTATION ARE DEEPLY 198 00:07:15,368 --> 00:07:16,035 CONNECTED. AND WE NEED PEOPLE 199 00:07:16,035 --> 00:07:17,904 WHO ARE ABLE TO LOOK AT A CITY 200 00:07:17,904 --> 00:07:20,907 AS A WHOLE AND NOT JUST LOOKING 201 00:07:20,907 --> 00:07:23,342 AT IT IN PIECES AND SO ALEX 202 00:07:23,342 --> 00:07:24,343 WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT ASSET 203 00:07:24,343 --> 00:07:26,879 WHO'S ALSO VERY MUCH SUPPORTED 204 00:07:26,879 --> 00:07:29,982 BY THE SOCIAL HOUSING COMMUNITY 205 00:07:29,982 --> 00:07:30,683 THAT GOT THIS PASSED. 206 00:07:30,683 --> 00:07:34,854 ADDITIONALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO 207 00:07:34,854 --> 00:07:36,456 SUPPORT JULIE HOU, BOTH HAVING 208 00:07:36,456 --> 00:07:40,092 WORKED WITH HER ON ASPECTS OF 209 00:07:40,092 --> 00:07:41,694 THE CAMPAIGN AS TIFFANY SAID, T 210 00:07:41,694 --> 00:07:43,463 CREATE A PRO FORMA. ALSO WAS A 211 00:07:43,463 --> 00:07:46,899 STUDENT OF HERS IN A CLASS AT 212 00:07:46,899 --> 00:07:47,567 THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON. 213 00:07:47,567 --> 00:07:51,938 AND SHE IS AN EXCELLENT TEACHER 214 00:07:51,938 --> 00:07:53,339 PROFESSOR, I HAVE WATCHED HERE 215 00:07:53,339 --> 00:07:53,906 TEACH BOTH STUDENTS AT THE 216 00:07:53,906 --> 00:07:56,742 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON AS WEL 217 00:07:56,742 --> 00:08:01,080 AS OTHERS WHAT VERY COMPLEX 218 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:03,549 HOUSING FINANCE THINGS AS WELL 219 00:08:03,549 --> 00:08:05,151 AS DEVELOPMENT ASPECTS OF 220 00:08:05,151 --> 00:08:06,586 HOUSING AND HAVING SOMEONE WHO 221 00:08:06,586 --> 00:08:07,787 IS SO STRONG AT EDUCATING AND 222 00:08:07,787 --> 00:08:09,422 TEACHING WOULD BE A REALLY, 223 00:08:09,422 --> 00:08:10,756 REALLY IMPORTANT ASSET FOR THIS 224 00:08:10,756 --> 00:08:14,460 BOARD WHICH HAS A WIDE VARIETY 225 00:08:14,460 --> 00:08:15,995 OF EXPERIENCES INCLUDING LIVED 226 00:08:15,995 --> 00:08:16,796 EXPERIENCE, AND SO HAVING 227 00:08:16,796 --> 00:08:20,333 SOMEONE THAT'S ABLE TO BREAK 228 00:08:20,333 --> 00:08:22,502 DOWN THESE REALLY COMPLICATED 229 00:08:22,502 --> 00:08:23,002 COMPONENTS OF HOUSING 230 00:08:23,002 --> 00:08:24,604 DEVELOPMENT FOR A WIDE VARIETY 231 00:08:24,604 --> 00:08:27,673 OF BACKGROUNDS WILL BE VERY 232 00:08:27,673 --> 00:08:29,075 IMPORTANT. SO STRONGLY SUPPORT 233 00:08:29,075 --> 00:08:34,947 BOTH ALEX AND JULIE FOR THOSE 234 00:08:34,947 --> 00:08:35,615 POSITIONS. THANK YOU. 235 00:08:35,615 --> 00:08:38,584 >> THANK YOU, CAMILLE. NOW WE 236 00:08:38,584 --> 00:08:40,820 WILL TRANSITION OVER TO VIRTUAL 237 00:08:40,820 --> 00:08:42,822 PUBLIC COMMENT. WE HAVE TWO 238 00:08:42,822 --> 00:08:45,925 PEOPLE PRESENT. FIRST WILL BE 239 00:08:45,925 --> 00:08:46,659 ALICE LOCKHART FOLLOWED BY 240 00:08:46,659 --> 00:08:47,860 RENAISSANCE. ALICE, FEEL FREE T 241 00:08:47,860 --> 00:08:49,195 GO AHEAD. JUST PRESS -- MAKE 242 00:08:49,195 --> 00:08:52,632 SURE TO PRESS STAR 6 ON YOUR 243 00:08:52,632 --> 00:08:55,001 PHONE TO UNMUTE. THANK YOU. 244 00:08:55,001 --> 00:08:57,403 >> THANK YOU DEVON. GOOD MORNIN 245 00:08:57,403 --> 00:09:02,308 COMMITTEE MEMBERS. I'M ALICE 246 00:09:02,308 --> 00:09:02,842 LOCKHART SPEAKING FOR 350 247 00:09:02,842 --> 00:09:04,110 SEATTLE. COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, 248 00:09:04,110 --> 00:09:06,012 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING 249 00:09:06,012 --> 00:09:06,546 THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTED 250 00:09:06,546 --> 00:09:07,346 NOMINATIONS TO THE COMMITTEE 251 00:09:07,346 --> 00:09:09,815 TODAY OF THE SOCIAL HOUSING 252 00:09:09,815 --> 00:09:10,416 BOARD. JULIE AND ALEXANDER 253 00:09:10,416 --> 00:09:13,352 TOGETHER BRING A WEALTH OF 254 00:09:13,352 --> 00:09:14,720 AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND PLANNING 255 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:15,755 EXPERIENCE, STRONG TECHNICAL 256 00:09:15,755 --> 00:09:17,456 BACKGROUNDS, AS WELL AS DEEPLY 257 00:09:17,456 --> 00:09:18,858 GROUNDED EQUITY PERSPECTIVES AN 258 00:09:18,858 --> 00:09:19,759 DEEP KNOWLEDGE OF SOCIAL 259 00:09:19,759 --> 00:09:21,160 HOUSING. WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT 260 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:23,195 THEY HAVE STEPPED UP TO SERVE 261 00:09:23,195 --> 00:09:28,267 AND STRONGLY SUPPORT THESE 262 00:09:28,267 --> 00:09:31,571 APPOINTMENTS. THANK YOU SO 263 00:09:31,571 --> 00:09:31,771 MUCH. 264 00:09:31,771 --> 00:09:35,241 >> THANK YOU, ALICE. UP NEXT WE 265 00:09:35,241 --> 00:09:36,676 HAVE RENAISSANCE. RENAISSANCE, 266 00:09:36,676 --> 00:09:37,843 FEEL FREE AGAIN. STAR 6. AND 267 00:09:37,843 --> 00:09:43,115 THEN YOU CAN START WHENEVER 268 00:09:43,115 --> 00:09:43,482 YOU'RE READY. 269 00:09:43,482 --> 00:09:44,417 >> GOOD MORNING COUNCILMEMBERS. 270 00:09:44,417 --> 00:09:45,918 MY NAME IS RENAISSANCE AND I 271 00:09:45,918 --> 00:09:47,720 HAVE A FEW ROLES TO LIKE TO 272 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:49,722 SPEAK ON BEHALF OF TWO DIFFEREN 273 00:09:49,722 --> 00:09:51,023 ORGANIZATIONS I'M A PART OF. 274 00:09:51,023 --> 00:09:52,858 FIRST I AM THE CO-DIRECTOR OF 275 00:09:52,858 --> 00:09:53,726 CAMPAIGNS AT 350 SEATTLE AND 276 00:09:53,726 --> 00:09:56,028 ALSO ON THE BOARD OF 350 277 00:09:56,028 --> 00:09:58,331 SEATTLE. AND 350 SEATTLE IS IN 278 00:09:58,331 --> 00:10:02,268 SUPPORT OF BOTH OF THESE 279 00:10:02,268 --> 00:10:03,602 CANDIDATES. JULIE AND ALEX BEIN 280 00:10:03,602 --> 00:10:07,106 APPOINTED TO THE SEATTLE SOCIAL 281 00:10:07,106 --> 00:10:09,241 HOUSING DEVELOPER BOARD. WE 282 00:10:09,241 --> 00:10:12,144 THINK THAT THEY'RE GREAT 283 00:10:12,144 --> 00:10:13,245 CANDIDATES AND SPEAKING ON 284 00:10:13,245 --> 00:10:15,681 BEHALF OF WHOSE STREETS, OUR 285 00:10:15,681 --> 00:10:18,818 STREETS. WE WOULD LIKE TO 286 00:10:18,818 --> 00:10:22,121 ENDORSE ALEX LOU AND IN ADDITIO 287 00:10:22,121 --> 00:10:25,324 TO ALL OF HIS TECHNICAL 288 00:10:25,324 --> 00:10:27,560 EXPERTISE AND WORKING WITH 289 00:10:27,560 --> 00:10:28,461 SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION AS A 290 00:10:28,461 --> 00:10:29,462 PLANNER, ALEX IS ALSO CONNECTED 291 00:10:29,462 --> 00:10:31,864 TO OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH HIS 292 00:10:31,864 --> 00:10:32,732 WORK IN BOTH SEATTLE 293 00:10:32,732 --> 00:10:34,600 NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS AND WHOS 294 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:36,002 STREETS OUR STREETS. ALEX IS 295 00:10:36,002 --> 00:10:36,635 CARING, THOUGHTFUL. PRAGMATIC 296 00:10:36,635 --> 00:10:37,970 AND ETHICAL AND HE IS VERY GOOD 297 00:10:37,970 --> 00:10:40,706 AT WORKING ON A TEAM AND HAS A 298 00:10:40,706 --> 00:10:41,474 TEAM UNDERSTANDING OF EQUITY 299 00:10:41,474 --> 00:10:42,642 WITH THE SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOOD 300 00:10:42,642 --> 00:10:44,110 GREENWAYS AND WHOSE STREETS OUR 301 00:10:44,110 --> 00:10:45,378 STREETS, ALEX ALSO HELPED TO 302 00:10:45,378 --> 00:10:46,612 IDENTIFY BOTH STRUCTURAL AND 303 00:10:46,612 --> 00:10:47,380 SOCIAL ISSUES WITH OUR 304 00:10:47,380 --> 00:10:48,481 INFRASTRUCTURE. AND HELPED US T 305 00:10:48,481 --> 00:10:51,917 DEVELOP SOLUTIONS THAT NOT ONLY 306 00:10:51,917 --> 00:10:53,853 HELP TO IMPROVE SAFETY, BUT 307 00:10:53,853 --> 00:10:54,553 LIVABILITY AND ENJOYABILITY. WE 308 00:10:54,553 --> 00:10:56,455 THINK THAT THESE ARE THE 309 00:10:56,455 --> 00:10:58,190 QUALITIES AND THE SKILLS AND TH 310 00:10:58,190 --> 00:11:00,459 VALUES THAT ARE VITAL TO THE 311 00:11:00,459 --> 00:11:02,328 SUCCESS AND WELL-BEING OF THE 312 00:11:02,328 --> 00:11:04,397 SEATTLE SOCIAL HOUSING DEVELOPE 313 00:11:04,397 --> 00:11:06,399 BOARD. SO WE FULLY ENDORSE THE 314 00:11:06,399 --> 00:11:07,533 APPOINTMENT OF ALEX LOU TO THAT 315 00:11:07,533 --> 00:11:14,273 BOARD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR 316 00:11:14,273 --> 00:11:15,374 MY TIME. 317 00:11:15,374 --> 00:11:17,209 >> THANK YOU, RENAISSANCE. 318 00:11:17,209 --> 00:11:19,812 CHAIR, THERE ARE NO MORE PUBLIC 319 00:11:19,812 --> 00:11:20,212 COMMENT SPEAKERS. 320 00:11:20,212 --> 00:11:20,846 >> OKAY. TERRIFIC. THANK YOU 321 00:11:20,846 --> 00:11:22,915 VERY MUCH EVERYONE. I SHOULD 322 00:11:22,915 --> 00:11:25,684 NOTE BEFORE WE MOVE ON THAT 323 00:11:25,684 --> 00:11:26,552 COUNCILMEMBER NELSON IS EXCUSED 324 00:11:26,552 --> 00:11:31,490 TODAY. I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT 325 00:11:31,490 --> 00:11:32,858 EARLIER. OKAY. SO WE WILL MOVE 326 00:11:32,858 --> 00:11:35,661 ON. DEVON, WILL YOU PLEASE REED 327 00:11:35,661 --> 00:11:38,764 AGENDA ITEMS ONE AND TWO INTO 328 00:11:38,764 --> 00:11:39,098 THE RECORD? 329 00:11:39,098 --> 00:11:47,840 >> ONE AND TWO ON THE AGENDA. 330 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:50,176 APPOINTMENTS 2523 AND 2524. 331 00:11:50,176 --> 00:11:53,579 APPOINTMENTS OF JULIE A. HOW 332 00:11:53,579 --> 00:11:54,880 ANDALEXANDER LOU FOR BRIEFING 333 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:57,316 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE. 334 00:11:57,316 --> 00:11:58,918 >> TERRIFIC. THANKS VERY MUCH. 335 00:11:58,918 --> 00:12:02,521 COLLEAGUES, AS YOU KNOW, I HAVE 336 00:12:02,521 --> 00:12:04,290 BEEN CONVENING THE APPOINTING 337 00:12:04,290 --> 00:12:06,759 ENTITIES FOR THE 13 APPOINTMENT 338 00:12:06,759 --> 00:12:08,794 TO THE INITIAL SOCIAL HOUSING 339 00:12:08,794 --> 00:12:10,129 BOARD. THE -- THOSE 13 340 00:12:10,129 --> 00:12:15,601 APPOINTMENTS ARE REQUIRED BY TH 341 00:12:15,601 --> 00:12:17,036 CHARTER. BY THE INITIATIVE 342 00:12:17,036 --> 00:12:19,205 LANGUAGE. THEY REPRESENT 343 00:12:19,205 --> 00:12:22,274 EXPERIENCE IN AFFORDABLE HOUSIN 344 00:12:22,274 --> 00:12:24,043 DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING FINANCE, 345 00:12:24,043 --> 00:12:24,844 RENTERS' EXPERIENCE, PASSIVE 346 00:12:24,844 --> 00:12:26,312 HOUSE EXPERIENCE. EACH OF THE 347 00:12:26,312 --> 00:12:28,080 DIFFERENT APPOINTING ENTITIES 348 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:29,882 HAS HAD THEIR OWN APPLICATION 349 00:12:29,882 --> 00:12:32,218 PROCESS. AND THEY WILL BE 350 00:12:32,218 --> 00:12:36,489 SUBMITTING CLERK FILES FOR THE 351 00:12:36,489 --> 00:12:37,656 CANDIDATES THAT THEY'VE CHOSEN 352 00:12:37,656 --> 00:12:41,193 BY APRIL -- APRIL 25th. APRIL 353 00:12:41,193 --> 00:12:44,130 30th IS THE DEADLINE. SO OF THE 354 00:12:44,130 --> 00:12:46,999 -- OF THE 13 APPOINTMENTS, 11 O 355 00:12:46,999 --> 00:12:48,634 THEM ARE BEING APPOINTED BY 356 00:12:48,634 --> 00:12:49,468 DIFFERENT BODIES INCLUDING THE 357 00:12:49,468 --> 00:12:53,038 GREEN NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD, 358 00:12:53,038 --> 00:12:54,974 THE SEATTLE RENTERS' COMMISSION 359 00:12:54,974 --> 00:12:56,909 AND THE MAYOR AND OTHERS. THERE 360 00:12:56,909 --> 00:12:59,211 ARE TWO OF THESE POSITIONS THAT 361 00:12:59,211 --> 00:13:01,213 ARE COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS AND 362 00:13:01,213 --> 00:13:03,115 THOSE ARE THE TWO CANDIDATES WE 363 00:13:03,115 --> 00:13:04,550 HAVE BEFORE US TODAY. I'VE BEEN 364 00:13:04,550 --> 00:13:09,155 WORKING WITH MEMBERS FROM THE 365 00:13:09,155 --> 00:13:10,156 CAMPAIGN. WITH COALITION 366 00:13:10,156 --> 00:13:13,759 PARTNERS LIKE PUGET SOUND SAGE 367 00:13:13,759 --> 00:13:14,527 AND DIFFERENT AFFORDABLE HOUSIN 368 00:13:14,527 --> 00:13:15,194 PROVIDERS, OUR OWN TEAM HERE AT 369 00:13:15,194 --> 00:13:16,262 THE CITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF 370 00:13:16,262 --> 00:13:21,100 WASHINGTON TO REACH OUT TO 371 00:13:21,100 --> 00:13:22,101 POTENTIAL CANDIDATES WHO MEET 372 00:13:22,101 --> 00:13:23,636 THE REQUIREMENTS FOR AN 373 00:13:23,636 --> 00:13:24,370 APPOINTMENT WITH NONPROFIT 374 00:13:24,370 --> 00:13:28,307 HOUSING EXPERIENCE AND AN 375 00:13:28,307 --> 00:13:28,974 APPOINTMENT WITH URBAN PLANNING 376 00:13:28,974 --> 00:13:29,775 EXPERIENCE. THE APPOINTING 377 00:13:29,775 --> 00:13:32,111 ENTITIES HAD A CHANCE TO MEET 378 00:13:32,111 --> 00:13:34,413 WITH THESE TWO CANDIDATES TO 379 00:13:34,413 --> 00:13:35,381 INTERVIEW THEM AND ASK 380 00:13:35,381 --> 00:13:39,084 QUESTIONS. AND THE GROUP IS 381 00:13:39,084 --> 00:13:40,186 RECOMMENDING ALEX LOU AND JULIE 382 00:13:40,186 --> 00:13:41,987 HOW FOR THE TWO COUNCIL 383 00:13:41,987 --> 00:13:42,788 APPOINTMENTS. YOU HAVE RECEIVED 384 00:13:42,788 --> 00:13:44,890 THEIR PACKETS. BUT JUST FOR THE 385 00:13:44,890 --> 00:13:48,594 RECORD, I DO WANT TO GO AHEAD 386 00:13:48,594 --> 00:13:50,329 AND READ THEIR BIOS INTO THE 387 00:13:50,329 --> 00:13:51,597 RECORD. SO -- THEN I'M GOING TO 388 00:13:51,597 --> 00:13:53,299 ASK THEM TO GO AHEAD AND 389 00:13:53,299 --> 00:13:53,933 INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. AND TELL 390 00:13:53,933 --> 00:13:55,434 US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY THEY 391 00:13:55,434 --> 00:13:58,337 WANT TO BE HERE. AND OPEN IT UP 392 00:13:58,337 --> 00:14:01,273 TO QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY. 393 00:14:01,273 --> 00:14:03,509 SO JULIE HAO HAS OVER 25 YEAR O 394 00:14:03,509 --> 00:14:04,543 NONPROFIT HOUSING EXPERIENCE AN 395 00:14:04,543 --> 00:14:06,111 CURRENTLY A DOCTORAL STUDENT AT 396 00:14:06,111 --> 00:14:08,080 THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON IN 397 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:09,748 THE DEPARTMENT OF REAL ESTATE. 398 00:14:09,748 --> 00:14:11,884 SHE HAS DEEP KNOWLEDGE AND 399 00:14:11,884 --> 00:14:14,420 EXPERIENCE IN AFFORDABLE WORK 400 00:14:14,420 --> 00:14:16,956 FORCE AND INTENTIONAL COMMUNITY 401 00:14:16,956 --> 00:14:17,656 REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT. SHE 402 00:14:17,656 --> 00:14:18,624 APPROACHES REAL ESTATE 403 00:14:18,624 --> 00:14:19,925 DEVELOPMENT AND BUILD HEALTHY 404 00:14:19,925 --> 00:14:21,961 COMMUNITIES FROM WHAT WE KNOW 405 00:14:21,961 --> 00:14:23,929 ABOUT NEUROBIOLOGY, CHILD 406 00:14:23,929 --> 00:14:25,130 DEVELOPMENT, AND HEALTHY AGING. 407 00:14:25,130 --> 00:14:26,932 SO IT'S VERY INTERESTING THIS 408 00:14:26,932 --> 00:14:27,566 INTERSECTION OF HOUSING 409 00:14:27,566 --> 00:14:29,101 DEVELOPMENT AND THE MENTAL 410 00:14:29,101 --> 00:14:30,035 HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND 411 00:14:30,035 --> 00:14:31,670 LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING A 412 00:14:31,670 --> 00:14:34,073 LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT 413 00:14:34,073 --> 00:14:37,042 THAT. ALEX LOU HAS A MASTERS IN 414 00:14:37,042 --> 00:14:37,643 URBAN PLANNING FROM HARVARD 415 00:14:37,643 --> 00:14:40,279 UNIVERSITY. AND CURRENTLY SERVE 416 00:14:40,279 --> 00:14:42,081 AS A SENIOR TRANSPORTATION 417 00:14:42,081 --> 00:14:43,682 PLANNER AT SOUND TRANSIT. ALEX 418 00:14:43,682 --> 00:14:45,150 APPROACHES PLANNING WITH A 419 00:14:45,150 --> 00:14:48,053 MULTIDISCIPLINARY TOOL BOX THAT 420 00:14:48,053 --> 00:14:50,089 INCLUDES DATA VISUALIZATION AND 421 00:14:50,089 --> 00:14:50,756 ANALYSIS, GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATIO 422 00:14:50,756 --> 00:14:53,225 SYSTEMS, GRAPHIC DESIGN, AND 423 00:14:53,225 --> 00:14:55,995 CODING AND PROGRAMMING. ALEX HA 424 00:14:55,995 --> 00:14:56,962 BEEN ACTIVE IN MULTIMODAL 425 00:14:56,962 --> 00:14:59,665 TRANSPORTATION ADVOCACY AND A 426 00:14:59,665 --> 00:15:02,534 FORMER MEMBER OF THE SEATTLE 427 00:15:02,534 --> 00:15:06,038 BIKE ADVISORY BOARD THAT ADVISE 428 00:15:06,038 --> 00:15:06,672 CITY DEPARTMENTS AND ELECTED 429 00:15:06,672 --> 00:15:08,440 OFFICIALS ON BICYCLE 430 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:11,610 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND 431 00:15:11,610 --> 00:15:16,849 POLICY ISSUES. AND I AGREE WITH 432 00:15:16,849 --> 00:15:18,851 CAMILLE AND RENNE SAM SAID. AS 433 00:15:18,851 --> 00:15:19,918 PLANNER MYSELF I KNOW THAT THER 434 00:15:19,918 --> 00:15:21,253 ARE DIFFERENT SECTORS OF 435 00:15:21,253 --> 00:15:21,887 PLANNING AND DIFFERENT FOCUSES 436 00:15:21,887 --> 00:15:24,857 PEOPLE HAVE, WHAT WE'RE REALLY 437 00:15:24,857 --> 00:15:25,557 TALKING ABOUT IS THE 438 00:15:25,557 --> 00:15:26,959 INTERSECTION OF ALL OF THESE 439 00:15:26,959 --> 00:15:29,094 DIFFERENT THINGS IN CREATING 440 00:15:29,094 --> 00:15:31,330 HEALTHY AND VIBRANT COMMUNITIES 441 00:15:31,330 --> 00:15:33,065 AND WE KNOW THAT WITHOUT 442 00:15:33,065 --> 00:15:35,467 SOMEBODY FOCUSING ON HOW PEOPLE 443 00:15:35,467 --> 00:15:36,835 MOVE AROUND THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS 444 00:15:36,835 --> 00:15:38,671 THE KIND OF HOUSING WE HAVE IS 445 00:15:38,671 --> 00:15:39,705 JUST ONE PIECE OF THAT 446 00:15:39,705 --> 00:15:41,040 CONVERSATION IN A PIECE OF THAT 447 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:43,375 PUZZLE. SO I'M EXCITED FOR THES 448 00:15:43,375 --> 00:15:44,710 TWO CANDIDATES TO BE HERE TODAY 449 00:15:44,710 --> 00:15:48,447 I WILL HAND IT TO JULIE FIRST. 450 00:15:48,447 --> 00:15:51,483 AND GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO 451 00:15:51,483 --> 00:15:52,484 INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND THEN SEE 452 00:15:52,484 --> 00:15:54,720 IF WE'VE GOT ANY QUESTIONS FOR 453 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:58,090 YOU. 454 00:15:58,090 --> 00:16:03,295 >> THANK YOU. HI. I'M HONORED T 455 00:16:03,295 --> 00:16:08,133 BE HERE. I AM AS COUNCILMEMBER 456 00:16:08,133 --> 00:16:12,471 MENTIONED, I DO NOW DO RESEARCH 457 00:16:12,471 --> 00:16:14,840 ON HOUSING AND MENTAL HEALTH AN 458 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:17,176 AFTER 25 YEARS OF KIND OF BEING 459 00:16:17,176 --> 00:16:22,781 IN THE WEEDS AND KNOWING KIND O 460 00:16:22,781 --> 00:16:23,949 ALL OF THE DETAILS AND THE 461 00:16:23,949 --> 00:16:26,785 LEVERS AND SUCH THAT WE HAVE TO 462 00:16:26,785 --> 00:16:28,821 KIND OF PULL AND MANIPULATE AND 463 00:16:28,821 --> 00:16:32,157 PUT TOGETHER IN ORDER TO CREATE 464 00:16:32,157 --> 00:16:35,861 HOUSING, I -- REALLY ENJOY AS A 465 00:16:35,861 --> 00:16:36,762 EDUCATOR, HELPING OTHER PEOPLE 466 00:16:36,762 --> 00:16:39,965 KIND OF UNDERSTAND THOSE DETAIL 467 00:16:39,965 --> 00:16:41,734 AS WELL. UNDERSTAND HOW THINGS 468 00:16:41,734 --> 00:16:44,103 WORK TOGETHER. AND THEN ALSO 469 00:16:44,103 --> 00:16:46,839 PUTTING THOSE PIECES OF SOCIAL 470 00:16:46,839 --> 00:16:47,606 CONNECTION WITH OUR HOUSING, 471 00:16:47,606 --> 00:16:50,909 MAKING SURE THAT'S KIND OF FRON 472 00:16:50,909 --> 00:16:52,511 AND CENTER SO THAT WE 473 00:16:52,511 --> 00:16:56,615 POTENTIALLY CAN HAVE BETTER KIN 474 00:16:56,615 --> 00:16:58,584 OF WELL-BEING OF ALL OF OUR 475 00:16:58,584 --> 00:17:02,354 RESIDENTS AND ALL OUR NEIGHBORS 476 00:17:02,354 --> 00:17:04,356 AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. SO I'M 477 00:17:04,356 --> 00:17:05,357 EXCITED ABOUT SEATTLE'S ENDEAVO 478 00:17:05,357 --> 00:17:07,726 INTO SOCIAL HOUSING. BECAUSE I 479 00:17:07,726 --> 00:17:10,796 THINK IT IS RIPE FOR BEING ABLE 480 00:17:10,796 --> 00:17:16,101 TO DO HOUSING IN A NEW WAY. 481 00:17:16,101 --> 00:17:19,671 >> GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, 482 00:17:19,671 --> 00:17:26,845 JULIE. COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE AN 483 00:17:26,845 --> 00:17:30,082 QUESTIONS FOR JULIE? ABOUT HER 484 00:17:30,082 --> 00:17:32,918 INTERESTS. I AM NOT SEEING ANY. 485 00:17:32,918 --> 00:17:33,852 OKAY. LET US GO TO ALEX -- THAN 486 00:17:33,852 --> 00:17:35,154 YOU VERY MUCH JULIE AND I REALL 487 00:17:35,154 --> 00:17:35,788 APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. I 488 00:17:35,788 --> 00:17:39,191 KNOW YOU ARE NOT FEELING WELL 489 00:17:39,191 --> 00:17:40,726 TODAY. SO -- APPRECIATE YOU 490 00:17:40,726 --> 00:17:42,127 SPENDING SOME TIME WITH US THIS 491 00:17:42,127 --> 00:17:42,394 MORNING. 492 00:17:42,394 --> 00:17:42,761 >> THANK YOU. 493 00:17:42,761 --> 00:17:46,298 >> ALEX, I WILL HAND IT OFF TO 494 00:17:46,298 --> 00:17:46,765 YOU. PLEASE GO AHEAD. 495 00:17:46,765 --> 00:17:51,570 >> HI, IS THIS -- IT IS WORKING 496 00:17:51,570 --> 00:17:53,972 HI EVERYONE. I'M ALEX LOU. AND 497 00:17:53,972 --> 00:17:56,575 AM REALLY HONORED TO BE 498 00:17:56,575 --> 00:17:59,978 CONSIDERED AN APPOINTMENT TO 499 00:17:59,978 --> 00:18:02,848 THIS BOARD. AS MENTIONED, I 500 00:18:02,848 --> 00:18:04,349 REALLY THINK TRANSPORTATION AND 501 00:18:04,349 --> 00:18:06,585 HOUSING ARE VERY MUCH RELATED. 502 00:18:06,585 --> 00:18:08,420 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING 503 00:18:08,420 --> 00:18:09,488 COMMUNITIES AND IT'S REALLY 504 00:18:09,488 --> 00:18:11,623 IMPORTANT TO THINK HOLISTICALLY 505 00:18:11,623 --> 00:18:12,491 ABOUT CITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS, 506 00:18:12,491 --> 00:18:17,529 HOW PEOPLE GET AROUND, HOW 507 00:18:17,529 --> 00:18:19,064 PEOPLE ACCESS JOB OPPORTUNITIES 508 00:18:19,064 --> 00:18:20,199 EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES, BY 509 00:18:20,199 --> 00:18:20,699 GETTING AROUND THEIR 510 00:18:20,699 --> 00:18:21,333 NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE CITY AS A 511 00:18:21,333 --> 00:18:28,173 WHOLE. AND SO I THINK JOINING 512 00:18:28,173 --> 00:18:29,041 THIS BOARD, I CAN GIVE THAT LEN 513 00:18:29,041 --> 00:18:33,112 OF -- OF THINKING ABOUT THE CIT 514 00:18:33,112 --> 00:18:35,013 AS WELL AS TRANSPORTATION 515 00:18:35,013 --> 00:18:36,849 OPTIONS AND HOLISTICALLY ABOUT 516 00:18:36,849 --> 00:18:43,155 WHAT IT IT IS REQUIRED TO BUILD 517 00:18:43,155 --> 00:18:43,789 LIVABLE COMMUNITIES. AND YEAH. 518 00:18:43,789 --> 00:18:45,224 THIS IS -- VERY EXCITING. WE 519 00:18:45,224 --> 00:18:50,395 HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. AND 520 00:18:50,395 --> 00:18:51,130 I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING 521 00:18:51,130 --> 00:18:51,396 STARTED. 522 00:18:51,396 --> 00:18:53,665 >> GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, 523 00:18:53,665 --> 00:19:00,305 ALEX. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS 524 00:19:00,305 --> 00:19:03,242 FOR MY COLLEAGUES FOR MR. LOU? 525 00:19:03,242 --> 00:19:06,745 OKAY. I'M NOT SEEING ANY. I DO 526 00:19:06,745 --> 00:19:07,646 APPRECIATE YOU COMING, JUST FOR 527 00:19:07,646 --> 00:19:10,949 THE SAKE OF THE PUBLIC AND MY 528 00:19:10,949 --> 00:19:12,518 COLLEAGUES, OUR NEXT STEPS HERE 529 00:19:12,518 --> 00:19:16,355 WILL BE TO VOTE ON THESE TWO 530 00:19:16,355 --> 00:19:17,456 APPOINTEES TODAY. ASSUMING 531 00:19:17,456 --> 00:19:22,027 PASSAGE, THIS WILL GO TO FULL 532 00:19:22,027 --> 00:19:23,362 COUNCIL ON APRIL 25th. AS I 533 00:19:23,362 --> 00:19:25,397 MENTIONED ALL OF THE 534 00:19:25,397 --> 00:19:26,765 APPOINTMENTS HAVE TO HAVE THEIR 535 00:19:26,765 --> 00:19:30,235 PROCESS COMPLETE BY APRIL 30th 536 00:19:30,235 --> 00:19:33,272 AND THEN THIS NEW BOARD WILL 537 00:19:33,272 --> 00:19:34,606 HAVE THEIR FIRST MEETING BY MAY 538 00:19:34,606 --> 00:19:37,809 30th AND WE'LL BEGIN THE PROCES 539 00:19:37,809 --> 00:19:38,410 OF CREATING BYLAWS AND HIRING 540 00:19:38,410 --> 00:19:40,179 STAFF AND DOING ALL THE THINGS 541 00:19:40,179 --> 00:19:44,950 THAT THEY NEED TO DO TO BEGIN 542 00:19:44,950 --> 00:19:50,923 THE CREATION OF THE PDA. SO IF 543 00:19:50,923 --> 00:19:55,060 THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, FOR OUR 544 00:19:55,060 --> 00:19:57,396 CANDIDATES, I WILL MOVE THAT TH 545 00:19:57,396 --> 00:19:58,864 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL O 546 00:19:58,864 --> 00:20:01,133 THESE APPOINTMENTS. IS THERE A 547 00:20:01,133 --> 00:20:01,366 SECOND? 548 00:20:01,366 --> 00:20:02,935 >> SECOND. 549 00:20:02,935 --> 00:20:06,872 >> THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED 550 00:20:06,872 --> 00:20:08,840 AND SECONDED TO RECOMMEND 551 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:12,211 APPROVAL. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 552 00:20:12,211 --> 00:20:16,214 >> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS? 553 00:20:16,214 --> 00:20:16,448 >> YES. 554 00:20:16,448 --> 00:20:19,952 >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? VICE 555 00:20:19,952 --> 00:20:20,285 CHAIR SAWANT? 556 00:20:20,285 --> 00:20:21,520 >> YES. 557 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:23,722 >> CHAIR MORALES? 558 00:20:23,722 --> 00:20:23,956 >> YES. 559 00:20:23,956 --> 00:20:24,423 >> THREE IN FAVOR. 560 00:20:24,423 --> 00:20:26,825 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE MOTIO 561 00:20:26,825 --> 00:20:27,859 CARRIES AND THE COMMITTEE 562 00:20:27,859 --> 00:20:29,027 RECOMMENDATION THAT THE COUNCIL 563 00:20:29,027 --> 00:20:31,863 APPROVE THESE APPOINTMENTS WILL 564 00:20:31,863 --> 00:20:33,765 GO TO THE APRIL 25th, 2023 CITY 565 00:20:33,765 --> 00:20:35,434 COUNCIL MEETING. THANK YOU BOTH 566 00:20:35,434 --> 00:20:37,135 AGAIN FOR BEING HERE SO MUCH. 567 00:20:37,135 --> 00:20:38,570 WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS 568 00:20:38,570 --> 00:20:40,105 AND APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE 569 00:20:40,105 --> 00:20:43,508 TIME TO COME TALK WITH US. 570 00:20:43,508 --> 00:20:45,644 >>> IF THERE'S NO OTHER BUSINES 571 00:20:45,644 --> 00:20:48,180 -- THEN THIS CONCLUDES THE APRI 572 00:20:48,180 --> 00:20:50,082 14th, 2023 MEETING OF THE 573 00:20:50,082 --> 00:20:51,350 NEIGHBORHOODS EDUCATION CIVIL 574 00:20:51,350 --> 00:20:53,018 RIGHTS AND CULTURE COMMITTEE. 575 00:20:53,018 --> 00:20:55,220 OUR NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING IS 576 00:20:55,220 --> 00:20:57,389 FOR APRIL 28th. THANK YOU FOR 577 00:20:57,389 --> 00:20:58,557 ATTENDING EVERYBODY AND IT IS 578 00:20:58,557 --> 00:20:59,858 9:51 AND WE'RE ADJOURNED. THANK 579 00:20:59,858 --> 00:21:05,697 SO MUCH.