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&gt;&gt; THE APRIL 3rd, 2023 MEETING  

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OF THE SEATTLE PARK DISTRICT  

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BOARD WILL COME TO ORDER. IT IS 

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3:16 P.M. I AM ANDREW LEWIS, 

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PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD. WITH TH 

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CLERK CALLED THE ROLE?  

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&gt;&gt; BOARD MEMBER MOSQUEDA.  

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&gt;&gt; PRESENT. 

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&gt;&gt;  BOARD MEMBER NELSON. 

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&gt;&gt;  HERE, IN CHAMBERS. PRESENT. 

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&gt;&gt; BOARD MEMBER PETER SEN.  

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&gt;&gt; HERE. 

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&gt;&gt; BOARD MEMBER STRAUSS.  

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&gt;&gt; PRESENT. 

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&gt;&gt;  ORD PRESIDENT LEWIS. 

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&gt;&gt;  RESIDENT.   

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&gt;&gt; FIVE  PRESENT.  

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&gt;&gt; BOARD MEMBER  HERBOLD AND 

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BOARD MEMBER SAWANT ARE  

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REPRESENTING THE COUNCIL AT THE 

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REGIONAL  POLICY COMMITTEE AND  

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ARE EXCUSED. COUNCILMEMBER  

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MORALE IS AND  JUAREZ ARE ALSO  

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EXCUSED FOR  --  THEY ARE  

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PRE-NOTICE OF BEING  UNAVAILABL 

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FOR THE MEETING. I JUST WANTED 

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TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD.   

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APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.  HEARIN 

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NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS  

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ADOPTED. APPROVAL OF THE 

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MINUTES.  THE MINUTES OF THE 

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SEPTEMBER 7th 2022 NOVEMBER 29t 

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2022 SEATTLE PARK DISTRICT BOAR 

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MEETINGS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED. IF 

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THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE  

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MINUTES WILL BE SIGNED.  HEARIN 

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NO OBJECTIONS, THE MINUTES WILL 

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BE SIGNED. WITH THE CLERK PLEAS 

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AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE 

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THIS TIME WE OPEN THE HYBRID 

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PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.  THE  

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DISTRICT BOARD RESERVES THE 

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RIGHT TO END OR ELIMINATE PUBLI 

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COMMENT PERIODS IF WE DEEM THE 

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SYSTEM IS BEING ABUSED OR IS 

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MEETINGS TO BE CONDUCTED 

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EFFICIENTLY.  I DON'T SEE ANYON 

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IN CHAMBERS WHO SIGNED UP. DO W 

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HAVE ANY REMOTE PUBLIC?  

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&gt;&gt; WE DO HAVE TWO PEOPLE 

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ARE NOT PRESENT. I COULD MONITO 

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THAT AND GO BACK  SINCE WE GOT  

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STARTING THE PARK DISTRICT 

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&gt;&gt; SURE. 

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&gt;&gt; OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE , I CAN 

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PLAY THE INTRODUCTORY VIDEO AND 

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THAT WOULD GIVE US A FEW  

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COMPROMISE. WHY DON'T WE PLAY  

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THE VIDEO AND I WILL HOLD THE  

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PUBLIC COMMENT AREA OPEN  TO  

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GIVE SOME TIME FOR THE PEOPLE  

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WHO SIGNED UP REMOTELY TO CALL  

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IN IF YOU ARE WATCHING THE  

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&gt;&gt; SOUNDS GOOD. OUR ADVERTISED  

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FOLLOWING BRIEFING SO WE ARE NO 

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THAT MUCH AHEAD OF TIME. THANK 

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&gt;&gt; HELLO, SEATTLE. WE ARE THE  

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EMERALD CITY . THE CITY OF  

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FLOWERS IN THE CITY OF GOODWILL 

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TRADITIONAL TERRITORY OF THE   

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PEOPLES. THE SEATTLE  COUNCIL  

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WELCOMES REMOTE PUBLIC  COMMENT 

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SPEAKER AND PROVIDE A VERBAL  

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PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU MAY REGISTE 

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TWO  HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING 

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VIA THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL   

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WEBSITE. HERE IS SOME 

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE PUBLIC  

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COMMENT MEETINGS.  SPEAKERS ARE 

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CALLED UPON IN THE ORDER ON  

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WHICH THEY  REGISTERED ON THE 

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COUNCIL'S WEBSITE. EACH SPEAKER 

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MUST CALL IN FROM THE PHONE 

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NUMBER PROVIDED WHEN THEY  

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REGISTERED ONLINE AND USED  THE 

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MEETING I.D. AND PASSCODE THAT  

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WAS EMAILED UPON CONFIRMATION.  

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IF YOU DID NOT RECEIVE AN EMAIL 

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CONFIRMATION, PLEASE CHECK  YOU 

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REMINDER, THE SPEAKER MEETING  

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GENERAL LISTEN LINE MEETING I.D 

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SPEAKER'S NAME IS CALLED, THE  

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WILL SAY, THE HOST WOULD LIKE 

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YOU TO UNMUTE YOUR MICROPHONE.  

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THAT IS YOUR QUEUE THAT IT IS 

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YOUR TURN TO SPEAK. AT THAT  

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TIME, YOU MUST PRESS ÷6. YOU 

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WILL THEN HEAR A PROMPT OF, YOU 

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ARE ON MUTED. BE SURE YOUR PHON 

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IS UNMUTE IT ON YOUR END SO THA 

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YOU WILL BE HEARD.  AS A  

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SPEAKER, YOU SHOULD BEGIN BY  

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STATING YOUR NAME AND ITEM YOU  

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ARE ADDRESSING. A CHIME WILL  

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SOUND WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT  

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GENTLE REMINDER TO WRAP UP YOUR 

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PUBLIC COMMENTS.  AT THE END OF 

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THE ALLOTTED TIME YOUR 

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MICROPHONE WILL BE MUTED AND TH 

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CALLED.  ONCE SPEAKERS HAVE 

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COMPLETED PROVIDING PUBLIC  

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COMMENT, PLEASE DISCONNECT FROM 

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THE PUBLIC COMMENT LINE AND JOI 

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US BY FOLLOWING THE MEETING VIA 

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SEATTLE BROADCAST  OR THROUGH  

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RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ELIMINATE 

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PUBLIC COMMENT  IF THE SYSTEM I 

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IMPEDES THE COUNCIL'S ABILITY   

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TO CONDUCT ITS BUSINESS ON 

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ANY OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE  THAT IS 

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PRESIDING OFFICER. OUR HOPE  IS 

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TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR 

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PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSIONS THAT WIL 

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ASSIST OUR ORDERLY CONSIDERATIO 

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OF ISSUES BEFORE THE COUNCIL.   

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THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NO 

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OPEN.  AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH 

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THE  FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST. 

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AFTER YOU HEAR THE PROMPT, YOU 

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HAVE BEEN ON MUTED.  THANK YOU, 

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SEATTLE.   

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&gt;&gt;  OKAY. BOARD PRESIDENT, WE  

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HAVE NO  CITIZENS IN CHAMBERS T 

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SPEAK AND WE HAVE NO CITIZENS  

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PUBLIC COMMENT.   

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&gt;&gt; OKAY. IF THE FOLKS WHO SIGNE 

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UP REMOTELY HAD INTENDED TO BUT 

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LATER THAN INITIALLY PLANNED HA 

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GOTTEN IN THE WAY OF THAT, DO 

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PLEASE EMAIL US YOUR REMARKS .  

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WE DO WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU AND 

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WE APOLOGIZE THAT WE WEREN'T  

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ABLE TO HEAR FROM YOU THIS 

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AFTERNOON.  I WILL NOW CLOSE TH 

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PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. AND WE 

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WILL MOVE ON  TO OUR  PUBLISHED 

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PLEASE READ ITEM ONE INTO THE  

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RECORD.  

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&gt;&gt; AGENDA ITEM ONE RESOLUTION 5 

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, CORRECTING THE MEETING DATES  

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FOR A SEATTLE PARK DISTRICT  

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BOARD MEETING IN 2023.   

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&gt;&gt; THANK YOU. WE ARE JOINED BY 

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TRACI RATCLIFF  FROM OUR COUNSE 

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CENTRAL STAFF TO GO OVER THIS 

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RESOLUTION.  TRACI, I WILL TURN 

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IT OVER TO YOU.   

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&gt;&gt; THANK YOU. THIS IS A SIMPLE  

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PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT JUST 

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CORRECTS AN ERROR  IN THE YEAR  

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OF THE MEETING DATE THAT WE ARE 

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ERROR AND  IN THAT  RESOLUTION  

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THAT WE PASSED IN NOVEMBER. 

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&gt;&gt;  GREAT.  YOU COLLEAGUES HAVE 

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ANY COMMENTS  ON THE RESOLUTION 

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 SEEING NO COMMENTS OR 

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QUESTIONS, I MOVE  AGENDA ITEM 

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ONE , THE RESOLUTION,  FOR BOAR 

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ACTION. IS THERE A SECOND? 

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&gt;&gt; SECOND. 

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&gt;&gt; THERE IS A SECOND THAT WE 

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VOTE ON CONFIRMING RESOLUTION 

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56. WITH THE CLERK PLEASE CALL  

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THE ROLL ON RESOLUTION 56?  

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&gt;&gt; BOARD MEMBER MOSQUEDA?  BOAR 

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MEMBER MOSQUEDA?  I WILL COME  

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BACK TO HER. BOARD MEMBER 

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&gt;&gt; AYE.  

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&gt;&gt; BOARD MEMBER PEDERSEN?   

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&gt;&gt; YES. 

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&gt;&gt; BOARD MEMBER STRAUSS? 

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&gt;&gt; YES. 

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&gt;&gt;  BOARD MEMBER MOSQUEDA?   

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&gt;&gt; YES.   

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&gt;&gt; AND BOARD PRESIDENT LEWIS?  

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&gt;&gt; YES.   

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&gt;&gt; FIVE  IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED 

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THANK YOU,  THE VOTE HAS FIVE  

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AFFIRMATIVE VOTES  AND THE  

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RESOLUTION PASSES AND WILL BE 

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 NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA , ITEM 

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TWO, RESOLUTION 57.  WILL THE 

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CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM TWO INTO 

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THE RECORD?  

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&gt;&gt; AGENDA ITEM TWO  RESOLUTION  

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57 AMENDING THE BYLAWS OF THE 

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SEATTLE PARK DISTRICT TO MODIFY 

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PARK DISTRICT RESOLUTIONS.   

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&gt;&gt; THANK YOU. WE ARE ALSO JOINE 

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BY  TRACI RATZLIFF ON THIS ITEM 

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I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.  YO 

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ARE MUTED,  TRACI.   

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&gt;&gt; THANK YOU.  THIS  RESOLUTION 

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ESSENTIALLY MAKES THE BYLAWS   

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CONSISTENT WITH  THE COUNCIL  

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RULES AS IT RELATES TO THE  

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ABILITY FOR COUNCILMEMBERS OR 

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COMMISSIONERS TO ABSTAIN FROM   

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LEGISLATION VOTED ON BY THE   

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NBD.  YOUR MIND COUNCILMEMBERS, 

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 FOR STATE LAW, THE NBD ACTUALL 

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TAKES  ACTION ONLY VIA 

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RESOLUTIONS. THE BYLAWS ACTUALL 

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TALK ABOUT  WHEN YOU TAKE VOTES 

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ON RESOLUTIONS, WHAT IS 

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PERMITTED OR NOT.  IN THIS CASE 

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WE ARE SILENT ABOUT THE ABILITY 

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TO ABSTAIN BUT BECAUSE OF SOME 

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OTHER CHANGES THAT TOOK LACE  

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THIS PAST YEAR  RELATED TO CITY 

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COUNCIL ACTION ON ORDINANCES AN 

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RESOLUTION, I BELIEVE THE  

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PRESIDENT DESIRE  TO HAVE THE 

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BYLAWS MIRROR WHAT THOSE RULES 

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SAY  AS IT RELATES TO THE 

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ABILITY OF COMMISSIONERS TO 

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ABSTAIN FROM LEGISLATIVE VOTES  

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AND IN THIS CASE IT WOULD ALL B 

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ABOUT RESOLUTION. THE BYLAWS  

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WOULD ALLOW  FOR COMMISSIONERS 

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TO ABSTAIN FROM RESOLUTIONS. 

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ONLY THOSE THAT RELATE TO A  

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STATEMENT ABOUT THE BOARD'S 

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OPINION. ANY OTHER PIECES OF  

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LEGISLATION THAT ACTUALLY   

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IMPROVE THE BUDGET OR BYLAW  

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CHANGE OR POLICY CHANGES WOULD 

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NOT ALLOW FOR  MEMBERS TO  

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ABSTAIN FROM THOSE VOTES.  HAPP 

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TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE 

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THEM.   

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&gt;&gt; THANK YOU SO MUCH. ARE THERE 

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ANY QUESTIONS FOR TRACI  ON THE 

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ITEM  IN FRONT OF US?  SEEING 

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DONE,  I MOVE PASSAGE OF 

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RESOLUTION  57   

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&gt;&gt; SECOND.   

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&gt;&gt; MOVED AND SECONDED. WILL THE 

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CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 

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THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 57? 

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&gt;&gt;  BOARD MEMBER MOSQUEDA? 

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&gt;&gt; AYE.  

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&gt;&gt; BOARD MEMBER NELSON?  

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&gt;&gt; AYE. 

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&gt;&gt;  BOARD MEMBER PEDERSEN?   

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&gt;&gt; ABSTAIN. JUST KIDDING. YES. 

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&gt;&gt;  BOARD MEMBER STRAUSS?  

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&gt;&gt; YES.   

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&gt;&gt; AND BOARD PRESIDENT LEWIS?  

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&gt;&gt; YES.   

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&gt;&gt; FIVE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. 

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&gt;&gt; THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED AN 

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THE PRESIDENT WILL SIGN.  BOARD 

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MEMBER PEDERSEN, WITH ALL OF TH 

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DAD JOKES TODAY, I NEED TO TAKE 

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NOTES. I NEED TO THE NOTES ON 

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THAT. I'M IN THE DAD  JOKE  

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MARKET NOW. WE WILL MOVE ON TO  

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ITEM THREE. WILL THE CLERK  

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PLEASE RIDE  READ ITEM THREE  

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INTO THE RECORD? 

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&gt;&gt; REPORT ON THE PROPOSED   

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PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS FOR TH 

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2023 THROUGH 2028  PARK DISTRIC 

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SPENDING PLAN FOR BRIEFING AND 

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DISCUSSION.   

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&gt;&gt; THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. WE  

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ARE JOINED NOW BY PANEL FROM  

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PARKS IN A  -- IN IT LOOKS LIKE 

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THE BOARD ROOM AT THE PARKS 

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BUILDING.  AND, WHY DON'T YOU 

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GUYS GO AHEAD AND COME OFF MUTE 

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AND INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND WE 

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WILL GET INTO THE PRESENTATION. 

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&gt;&gt; EXCELLENT. GOOD AFTERNOON,   

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MR. PRESIDENT AND VICE  

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PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, 

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COUNCILMEMBERS.  WE WOULD LIKE 

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TO PRESENT TO YOU TODAY OUR PAR 

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DISTRICT  RAMP UP PLAN   

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CONSISTENT WITH THE PLAN YOU AL 

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PASSED IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR  

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I AM PLEASED TO BE JOINED TODAY 

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BY MY COLLEAGUES  AND   

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INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE BECOMING 

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VERY NEAR AND  DEAR TO ME AND 

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THEY ARE THE DEPUTY 

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SUPERINTENDENTS  FOR OUR PARKS 

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AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. I AM 

342
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JOINED BY OUR CHIEF OF STAFF AN 

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THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT,  

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CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS, JOINED BY 

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 OUR DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT,   

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MICHELLE FINNEGAN.  

347
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SUPERINTENDENT  ANDY SHEFFER,   

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AND OUR  SUPERINTENDENT,  MIKE  

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--  DO YOU WANT ME TO START 

350
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THERE ONE MORE TIME ?  

351
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&gt;&gt; YOU ARE COMING IN A LITTLE 

352
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BIT  GARBLED. I CAN HEAR IT  

353
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MOSTLY CLEARLY BUT IT KIND OF  

354
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SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE TALKING   

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THROUGH A RADIO.  

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&gt;&gt; APOLOGIES. HOW DOES IT SOUND 

357
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NOW? 

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&gt;&gt; I THINK THAT  IS FINE.  BUT  

359
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WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION , JUST  

360
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BEFORE WE HAD THIS?  WAS IT IF 

361
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YOU SHOULD JUST START THE  

362
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CONVERSATION OR PRESENTATION  

363
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RATHER? 

364
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&gt;&gt;  CORRECT.  

365
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&gt;&gt;  YES. I THINK THAT IS THE  

366
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COURSE OF ACTION WE SHOULD TAKE 

367
00:14:03,676 --> 00:14:04,009
  

368
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&gt;&gt; THANK YOU, SIR.  BEFORE WE 

369
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GET STARTED DISCUSSING THE 

370
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DELIVERABLES I JUST WANT TO  

371
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THANK THIS ENTIRE BOARD FOR YOU 

372
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HARD WORK IN THE PAST.  THE PAS 

373
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SEVERAL YEARS BUT PARTICULARLY  

374
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IN 2022 TO PASS AND IMPLEMENT  

375
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THIS LEGISLATION  AND  PARK  

376
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DISTRICT FUNDING . I HAVE HAD A 

377
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REAL JOY AND PLEASURE IN BEING  

378
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ABLE TO  --  THE OPPORTUNITY 

379
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THAT YOUR ACTION AND THE 

380
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CITIZENS OF SEATTLE HAVE MADE 

381
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OUR CITY AMONG THE MOST FUNDED 

382
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PARK AGENCIES PER CAPITA  THAN  

383
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ANY OTHER CITY IN NORTH AMERICA 

384
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AND WE  UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTAN 

385
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 MAGNITUDE OF THIS INVESTMENT   

386
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AND LOOK FORWARD TO DISCUSSING  

387
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OUR PLAN WITH YOU AS WE BEGIN  

388
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THE IMPLEMENTATION FOR CYCLE  

389
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TWO. I, ALONGSIDE ALL OF OUR  

390
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PARK AND RECREATION STAFF  AM  

391
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EAGER TO GET  STARTED ON THE 

392
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PLAN AND ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES AN 

393
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BEGIN IMPLEMENTING THESE  

394
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EXPANDED PROJECTS AND THE NEXT  

395
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PHASES OF PROGRAMS TO BETTER  

396
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SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY 

397
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OF SEATTLE.  WE WANT TO CONTINU 

398
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TO SERVE THEM EVERY SINGLE DAY 

399
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AS WE COMMIT  TO SHARING  OUR 

400
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REFRESHED  VISION , MISSION, 

401
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LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT, AND EQUITY 

402
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STATEMENTS THAT FOCUS ON HEALTH 

403
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PEOPLE,  A THRIVING ENVIRONMENT 

404
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AND A VIBRANT COMMUNITY   

405
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INDICATIVE OF THE CITY'S  

406
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COMMITMENT TO BE A LEADER IN   

407
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INCLUSION,  PRIVATE ACTION AND  

408
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. STARTING 

409
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OUT  TODAY, I WANTED TO ANNOUNC 

410
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WITH YOU ALL AND SHARE WITH YOU 

411
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THAT WE HAVE NOW ORGANIZED OUR  

412
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DEPARTMENT INTO THREE MAIN 

413
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BRANCHES AND AMONG OUR NEWEST  

414
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BRANCH IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF OU 

415
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PLANNING  AND CAPITAL  

416
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DEVELOPMENT BRANCH  WHICH IS 

417
00:16:00,259 --> 00:16:02,027
BEING HEADED BY OUR INTERIM 

418
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SUPERINTENDENT ,  MIKE, WHO WIL 

419
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BE PRESENTING A LITTLE BIT LATE 

420
00:16:09,134 --> 00:16:10,135
OR ANSWERING SOME QUESTIONS AND 

421
00:16:10,135 --> 00:16:11,270
I AM PROUD TO BE SUPPORTED BY 

422
00:16:11,270 --> 00:16:14,940
THEM AND PROUD TO HAVE  A NEW  

423
00:16:14,940 --> 00:16:15,975
FOCUS GOING FORWARD AND AT THIS 

424
00:16:15,975 --> 00:16:17,509
TIME I'M GOING TO PASSOVER OUR 

425
00:16:17,509 --> 00:16:26,218
PRESENTATION  TO OUR DEPUTY  

426
00:16:26,218 --> 00:16:26,885
SUPERINTENDENT, MICHELE FINNEGA 

427
00:16:26,885 --> 00:16:28,287
BUT I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AN 

428
00:16:28,287 --> 00:16:29,188
THANK HER AND HER AMAZING TEAM 

429
00:16:29,188 --> 00:16:29,888
WHO HAVE BEEN REALLY WORKING  

430
00:16:29,888 --> 00:16:31,924
HARD TO  COALESCE ALL OF THE  

431
00:16:31,924 --> 00:16:33,125
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS  IN THE 

432
00:16:33,125 --> 00:16:34,159
RAMP-UP PLAN THAT WE WERE ABLE 

433
00:16:34,159 --> 00:16:36,061
TO TRANSMIT TO YOU ALL LAST  

434
00:16:36,061 --> 00:16:38,764
FRIDAY AND  EXCITED TO GET INTO 

435
00:16:38,764 --> 00:16:39,999
OUR PRESENTATION  AND BE  

436
00:16:39,999 --> 00:16:45,204
AVAILABLE FOR ANY  QUESTIONS  

437
00:16:45,204 --> 00:16:46,171
THAT MEMBERS MIGHT HAVE. AT THI 

438
00:16:46,171 --> 00:16:47,473
TIME, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO 

439
00:16:47,473 --> 00:16:47,873
MICHELE.  

440
00:16:47,873 --> 00:16:50,776
&gt;&gt; THANK YOU.  PLEASE INTERRUPT 

441
00:16:50,776 --> 00:16:54,246
 IF YOU NEED TO  BECAUSE THE WA 

442
00:16:54,246 --> 00:17:00,986
WE ARE SHARING SCREENS  I HAD A 

443
00:17:00,986 --> 00:17:02,488
LITTLE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY 

444
00:17:02,488 --> 00:17:03,155
SIGNING AND SO WE CAN'T ACTUALL 

445
00:17:03,155 --> 00:17:07,159
SEE WHILE WE ARE PRESENTING .   

446
00:17:07,159 --> 00:17:09,194
LET US KNOW IF THERE ARE HANDS  

447
00:17:09,194 --> 00:17:12,631
OR ANYTHING.  THANK YOU FOR THA 

448
00:17:12,631 --> 00:17:16,001
CONTEXT,  AP. WE ARE PLEASED TO 

449
00:17:16,001 --> 00:17:26,445
BE WITH YOU TODAY.  YOU  

450
00:17:27,212 --> 00:17:28,213
REQUESTED AS YOU ADOPTED THE  

451
00:17:28,213 --> 00:17:28,714
CYCLE TWO FUNDING PLAN, 

452
00:17:28,714 --> 00:17:29,348
SPECIFICALLY IN RESOLUTION 51, 

453
00:17:29,348 --> 00:17:29,982
YOU REQUESTED PERFORMANCE  

454
00:17:29,982 --> 00:17:30,716
METRICS FOR BOTH NEW AND 

455
00:17:30,716 --> 00:17:31,450
CONTINUING INITIATIVES AT THE 

456
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DETAILED LINE OF BUSINESS LEVEL 

457
00:17:32,418 --> 00:17:35,988
AND THAT IS OUR NEW ALL FUND  - 

458
00:17:35,988 --> 00:17:38,390
 ALL OF OUR FUNDS REPORTING 

459
00:17:38,390 --> 00:17:42,327
STRUCTURE.  SO,  IMPLEMENTING  

460
00:17:42,327 --> 00:17:44,797
AND PREPARING THIS  DELIVERABLE 

461
00:17:44,797 --> 00:17:47,766
FOR YOU,  WE WANTED TO BE  

462
00:17:47,766 --> 00:17:52,938
MINDFUL ABOUT  ARTICULATING  TO 

463
00:17:52,938 --> 00:17:54,206
THE PUBLIC THE SERVICES WE ARE  

464
00:17:54,206 --> 00:17:59,178
EXPECTED TO DELIVER.  SET CLEAR 

465
00:17:59,178 --> 00:18:00,012
EXPECTATIONS ABOUT OUR APPROACH 

466
00:18:00,012 --> 00:18:01,079
TO RAMP UP SERVICE DELIVERY IN 

467
00:18:01,079 --> 00:18:02,347
2023 SPECIFICALLY AND ESTABLISH 

468
00:18:02,347 --> 00:18:05,117
ACCOUNTABILITY  THROUGHOUT   

469
00:18:05,117 --> 00:18:12,891
CYCLE TWO.  IN ORDER TO  

470
00:18:12,891 --> 00:18:14,159
ACCOMPLISH THIS WE SENT OVER  

471
00:18:14,159 --> 00:18:15,594
THREE DELIVERABLES ON FRIDAY. 

472
00:18:15,594 --> 00:18:18,397
OUR  REPORTING PLAN ANSWERS THE 

473
00:18:18,397 --> 00:18:19,665
SPECIFIC RESOLUTION OF 51 

474
00:18:19,665 --> 00:18:25,471
REQUESTS.  I DO WANT TO POINT  

475
00:18:25,471 --> 00:18:26,638
OUT, AS YOU REVIEW IT, THAT  

476
00:18:26,638 --> 00:18:27,873
WHILE THERE IS A TON OF WORK AN 

477
00:18:27,873 --> 00:18:30,209
HOPE YOU WILL SEE A TON OF   

478
00:18:30,209 --> 00:18:34,513
GREAT WORK IN THAT PRODUCT, WE  

479
00:18:34,513 --> 00:18:35,380
ARE CONTINUING TO ADOPT A 

480
00:18:35,380 --> 00:18:36,148
CONTINUOUS LEARNING APPROACH TO 

481
00:18:36,148 --> 00:18:39,218
OUR METRICS AND WE HOPE TO GROW 

482
00:18:39,218 --> 00:18:43,722
 OUT CYCLE AS WE DID IN CYCLE.  

483
00:18:43,722 --> 00:18:44,523
WE ALSO SUBMITTED A RAMP-UP PLA 

484
00:18:44,523 --> 00:18:45,958
WHICH IS REALLY FOCUSED ON 

485
00:18:45,958 --> 00:18:48,794
TRANSPARENCY  ON HOW WE ARE  

486
00:18:48,794 --> 00:18:56,034
RAMPING UP  SERVICES AND PRODUC 

487
00:18:56,034 --> 00:18:56,935
DELIVERY IN 2023 AND BEYOND AND 

488
00:18:56,935 --> 00:18:58,403
FINALLY, WE SENT OVER A FEW 

489
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APPENDICES  THAT OUTLINE OUR 

490
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PLANS TO ADDRESS OTHER POLICY  

491
00:19:01,874 --> 00:19:06,879
DIRECTION AND  REQUESTS INCLUDE 

492
00:19:06,879 --> 00:19:07,579
IN RESOLUTION 51, RECOGNIZING  

493
00:19:07,579 --> 00:19:09,715
THIS IS JUST ONE OF THOSE TO  

494
00:19:09,715 --> 00:19:13,185
PROVIDE MORE CONTEXT  INTO OUR  

495
00:19:13,185 --> 00:19:14,186
CAPITAL DELIVERY APPROACH FOR  

496
00:19:14,186 --> 00:19:19,191
CYCLE TWO.  AS WE KNOW, IT CAN  

497
00:19:19,191 --> 00:19:22,961
TAKE GREAT FOCUS  GETTING THAT  

498
00:19:22,961 --> 00:19:23,829
WORK ACCOMPLISHED AND THAT IS  

499
00:19:23,829 --> 00:19:29,801
INFORMED BY AN EVALUATION  --   

500
00:19:29,801 --> 00:19:36,575
THAT IS ALSO GOOD.  SO, WE ARE  

501
00:19:36,575 --> 00:19:37,643
GOING TO DIVE INTO EACH OF THOS 

502
00:19:37,643 --> 00:19:39,044
SECTIONS. FIRST WITH THE  

503
00:19:39,044 --> 00:19:43,282
REPORTING PLAN  AS IT IS AN ITE 

504
00:19:43,282 --> 00:19:44,516
YOU SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED AND  

505
00:19:44,516 --> 00:19:46,418
I'M SURE , SINCE FRIDAY 

506
00:19:46,418 --> 00:19:47,553
AFTERNOON YOU HAVE ALL SPENT A  

507
00:19:47,553 --> 00:19:49,121
LOT OF TIME GOING THROUGH THIS 

508
00:19:49,121 --> 00:19:57,629
DOCUMENT.  ONE OF THE PRIMARY  

509
00:19:57,629 --> 00:19:59,031
LESSONS WE LEARNED IN CYCLE ONE 

510
00:19:59,031 --> 00:20:04,303
WAS  REPORTING ON ONE FUNDING 

511
00:20:04,303 --> 00:20:05,771
SOURCE DOES NOT TELL THE FULL  

512
00:20:05,771 --> 00:20:06,471
STORY OF THE PROGRAMS AND 

513
00:20:06,471 --> 00:20:08,907
SERVICES  SO IN ALMOST ALL  

514
00:20:08,907 --> 00:20:15,747
CASES, THE PARKS DISTRICT   

515
00:20:15,747 --> 00:20:16,782
RESOURCES AMPLIFY OUR BASE 

516
00:20:16,782 --> 00:20:17,449
BUDGET AND TRULY UNDERSTANDING  

517
00:20:17,449 --> 00:20:18,217
THOSE REQUIRE A COMPREHENSIVE 

518
00:20:18,217 --> 00:20:20,886
LENS. WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL AS  

519
00:20:20,886 --> 00:20:22,988
A PARTICIPANT  FOR GROWING WITH 

520
00:20:22,988 --> 00:20:30,796
US  IN THIS ENDEAVOR TO LOOK AT 

521
00:20:30,796 --> 00:20:31,697
LINES OF BUSINESS AND WHAT WE  

522
00:20:31,697 --> 00:20:32,731
ARE CALLING DETAILED LINES OF  

523
00:20:32,731 --> 00:20:33,665
BUSINESS. WE WILL GO THROUGH AN 

524
00:20:33,665 --> 00:20:36,802
EXAMPLE IN A MINUTES, BUT  USIN 

525
00:20:36,802 --> 00:20:37,703
THE ACTIVATION LINE OF BUSINESS 

526
00:20:37,703 --> 00:20:38,870
BUT AS YOU REVIEW THE PLAN, YOU 

527
00:20:38,870 --> 00:20:40,205
WILL SEE EACH DETAILED LINE OF 

528
00:20:40,205 --> 00:20:42,240
BUSINESS INCLUDES THE TOTAL 202 

529
00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:44,743
BUDGET . THE PERFORMANCE METRIC 

530
00:20:44,743 --> 00:20:47,379
THAT  WE ARE PROPOSING . OUR 

531
00:20:47,379 --> 00:20:55,253
PLAN  OF APPROACH , BOTH 

532
00:20:55,253 --> 00:20:56,255
RECOGNIZING WHICH ITEMS WOULD B 

533
00:20:56,255 --> 00:20:57,155
INCLUDED ON OUR FINANCIAL AND 

534
00:20:57,155 --> 00:20:57,990
PERFORMANCE DASHBOARDS AND  

535
00:20:57,990 --> 00:20:58,590
ADDITIONAL METRICS THAT ARE 

536
00:20:58,590 --> 00:20:59,391
TRACKED IN ORDER TO INCLUDE IN  

537
00:20:59,391 --> 00:21:00,926
BLOGS AND ANNUAL REPORTS AND  

538
00:21:00,926 --> 00:21:01,793
OTHER COMMUNICATIONS  VIDEO  

539
00:21:01,793 --> 00:21:05,430
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.  WE  

540
00:21:05,430 --> 00:21:06,732
IDENTIFY TARGETS WHEN 

541
00:21:06,732 --> 00:21:08,734
APPLICABLE.  WE CLARIFY WHICH 

542
00:21:08,734 --> 00:21:11,837
ONES  ARE CYCLE ONE METRICS THA 

543
00:21:11,837 --> 00:21:14,606
WE ARE CONTINUING OR  NEW CYCLE 

544
00:21:14,606 --> 00:21:16,742
ONE OR CYCLE TWO METRICS  AND  

545
00:21:16,742 --> 00:21:18,810
SOME AREN'T ACTUALLY APPLICABLE 

546
00:21:18,810 --> 00:21:20,712
 BUT WE STILL WANTED TO INCLUDE 

547
00:21:20,712 --> 00:21:27,319
THEM.  WE ALSO WANT TO PROVIDE  

548
00:21:27,319 --> 00:21:28,287
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO  

549
00:21:28,287 --> 00:21:29,254
STAY MORE INVOLVED AND ENGAGED 

550
00:21:29,254 --> 00:21:34,092
IN EACH LINE OF BUSINESS.  THIS 

551
00:21:34,092 --> 00:21:39,564
IS ONE EXAMPLE.  WE INCLUDED A  

552
00:21:39,564 --> 00:21:42,034
SUMMARY OF WHAT THAT LINE OF  

553
00:21:42,034 --> 00:21:45,904
BUSINESS MEANS TO US AND  MORE 

554
00:21:45,904 --> 00:21:48,240
SPECIFICALLY  THE DETAILED LINE 

555
00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:54,379
OF BUSINESS.  THE PERFORMANCE 

556
00:21:54,379 --> 00:22:01,053
METRICS . YOU WILL SEE ONE OF  

557
00:22:01,053 --> 00:22:01,753
THESE ON OUR DASHBOARD AND  

558
00:22:01,753 --> 00:22:02,721
OTHERS WE WILL BE TRACKING 

559
00:22:02,721 --> 00:22:03,689
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND HOW THE 

560
00:22:03,689 --> 00:22:08,493
RELATE TO THE CYCLE.  FINALLY,  

561
00:22:08,493 --> 00:22:09,561
AT THE BOTTOM, YOU WILL SEE THA 

562
00:22:09,561 --> 00:22:11,263
THERE IS A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO  

563
00:22:11,263 --> 00:22:11,897
STAY ENGAGED AND LEARN MORE  

564
00:22:11,897 --> 00:22:17,002
ABOUT THE EVENTS HAPPENING.   

565
00:22:17,002 --> 00:22:18,704
WITH THAT, SOME OF OUR OTHER 

566
00:22:18,704 --> 00:22:23,875
HIGHLIGHTS  AND EXAMPLES IS  TH 

567
00:22:23,875 --> 00:22:25,844
 DISTRICT FUNDS ARE ALLOWING US 

568
00:22:25,844 --> 00:22:27,546
TO PROVIDE  60,000 HOURS OF 

569
00:22:27,546 --> 00:22:35,053
PUBLIC  OUTBREAK HOURS AT OUR 

570
00:22:35,053 --> 00:22:36,021
DISTRICTS EACH YEAR, THANKS TO  

571
00:22:36,021 --> 00:22:37,456
THE PARKS DISTRICT, THAT IS AN  

572
00:22:37,456 --> 00:22:45,597
8% INCREASE OVER 2022 LEVELS.   

573
00:22:45,597 --> 00:22:47,933
NOT SPECIFIC TO  EITHER CYCLES 

574
00:22:47,933 --> 00:22:55,540
BUT  OUR INSPECTION PROGRAM .  

575
00:22:55,540 --> 00:22:56,675
WE'VE COME TO THE COUNCIL A FEW 

576
00:22:56,675 --> 00:22:57,676
TIMES TO TALK ABOUT THAT 

577
00:22:57,676 --> 00:22:58,810
PROGRAM. THAT PROVIDES A METRIC 

578
00:22:58,810 --> 00:22:59,478
IN TERMS OF HOW MAINTENANCE  

579
00:22:59,478 --> 00:23:00,345
RESONATES FOR PEOPLE ACTUALLY  

580
00:23:00,345 --> 00:23:06,251
UTILIZING OUR PARKS.  PLAY 

581
00:23:06,251 --> 00:23:13,658
AREAS.  HOPING AT LEAST 80% OF 

582
00:23:13,658 --> 00:23:24,202
THOSE  ASSETS ARE OUR GOALS .   

583
00:23:37,182 --> 00:23:41,253
&gt;&gt; CAN I JUMP IN  ON THIS SLIDE 

584
00:23:41,253 --> 00:23:43,155
FOR JUST A MOMENT IF THAT'S 

585
00:23:43,155 --> 00:23:46,658
POSSIBLE?  IS THERE GOING TO BE 

586
00:23:46,658 --> 00:23:48,527
FURTHER  CONTEXT AS WE GO 

587
00:23:48,527 --> 00:23:52,697
THROUGH THE SLIDE DECK ?  I  

588
00:23:52,697 --> 00:23:56,034
UNDERSTAND THIS IS SORT OF A   

589
00:23:56,034 --> 00:24:00,105
BROADENING OF  METRICS  TO SHOW 

590
00:24:00,105 --> 00:24:01,540
A COUPLE HIGHLIGHTS. I DO JUST 

591
00:24:01,540 --> 00:24:03,475
WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE SETTIN 

592
00:24:03,475 --> 00:24:06,311
AN EXPECTATION THAT THE   

593
00:24:06,311 --> 00:24:10,282
ULTIMATE REPORT BACK  ON  THE  

594
00:24:10,282 --> 00:24:14,119
METRICS WILL INCLUDE  SOME   

595
00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:16,254
ADDITIONAL CONTEXT.  IT WOULD B 

596
00:24:16,254 --> 00:24:20,392
GOOD TO KNOW  WITH OUR TREE 

597
00:24:20,392 --> 00:24:22,761
PLANTING WHAT THE NET GAIN OF  

598
00:24:22,761 --> 00:24:26,198
TREES IS  RATHER THAN JUST THE  

599
00:24:26,198 --> 00:24:29,134
RAW NUMBER OF TREES  PLANTED. W 

600
00:24:29,134 --> 00:24:30,635
ALSO NEED TO MEASURE THAT  

601
00:24:30,635 --> 00:24:32,103
AGAINST TREES  THAT HAVE HAD TO 

602
00:24:32,103 --> 00:24:36,308
BE REMOVED FROM PARKS  BECAUSE  

603
00:24:36,308 --> 00:24:37,375
THEY ARE SICK OR DAMAGED OR 

604
00:24:37,375 --> 00:24:39,010
WHATEVER THE ISSUE MIGHT BE.  

605
00:24:39,010 --> 00:24:40,178
SIMILARLY, WITH THE GRAFFITI 

606
00:24:40,178 --> 00:24:42,180
WORK  ORDERS, I DON'T HAVE 

607
00:24:42,180 --> 00:24:44,549
ENOUGH  INFORMATION FROM LOOKIN 

608
00:24:44,549 --> 00:24:47,719
AT THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE  TO  

609
00:24:47,719 --> 00:24:50,922
KNOW WHAT  REMEDIATING GRAFFITI 

610
00:24:50,922 --> 00:24:52,490
WITHIN SIX WORKING DAYS IS  

611
00:24:52,490 --> 00:24:55,694
RELEVANT TO  A NATIONAL BEST  

612
00:24:55,694 --> 00:24:57,863
PRACTICE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT 

613
00:24:57,863 --> 00:24:59,598
. I THINK THAT ADDITIONAL LEVEL 

614
00:24:59,598 --> 00:25:01,900
OF  CONTEXT FOR SOME OF THESE  

615
00:25:01,900 --> 00:25:06,271
CATEGORIES WOULD BE  VALUABLE O 

616
00:25:06,271 --> 00:25:09,641
 CONTEXT ON THE COMMUNITY   

617
00:25:09,641 --> 00:25:13,144
CENTERS.  AN 8% INCREASE IS 

618
00:25:13,144 --> 00:25:19,117
GREAT,  BUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIK 

619
00:25:19,117 --> 00:25:20,085
ON THE CONSUMER END OF THE 

620
00:25:20,085 --> 00:25:21,186
COMMUNITY CENTER. WHAT ARE THE  

621
00:25:21,186 --> 00:25:22,187
AVERAGE DAILY OPERATING HOURS  

622
00:25:22,187 --> 00:25:25,590
AND WHAT  IS THE VARIETY OF 

623
00:25:25,590 --> 00:25:26,324
ACTIVITIES THAT LEVEL OF  

624
00:25:26,324 --> 00:25:34,866
PROGRAMMING LETS US REALIZE.   

625
00:25:34,866 --> 00:25:35,934
JUST PUTTING OUT THERE THAT 

626
00:25:35,934 --> 00:25:37,035
CONTEXT OF THESE METRICS IS 

627
00:25:37,035 --> 00:25:38,403
IMPORTANT FOR MYSELF AND THE  

628
00:25:38,403 --> 00:25:42,874
BOARD NUMBERS  TO KNOW  HOW THE 

629
00:25:42,874 --> 00:25:45,810
ARE MAKING PROGRESS  IN ALL  

630
00:25:45,810 --> 00:25:53,151
THESE CATEGORIES.   

631
00:25:53,151 --> 00:25:55,554
&gt;&gt; YOU ASKED A LOT OF GREAT   

632
00:25:55,554 --> 00:25:57,822
QUESTIONS THERE. I CAN SAY THE  

633
00:25:57,822 --> 00:26:02,961
METRICS IN THE REPORTING PLAN , 

634
00:26:02,961 --> 00:26:04,663
 WE ARE TRYING TO CONTEXTUALIZE 

635
00:26:04,663 --> 00:26:11,803
THOSE  AND MORE ON THE  PLANS I 

636
00:26:11,803 --> 00:26:13,471
BLOGS AND THINGS. SO, IT'S A 

637
00:26:13,471 --> 00:26:17,375
YES.   

638
00:26:17,375 --> 00:26:22,013
&gt;&gt; I THINK IT'S  IMPORTANT TO 

639
00:26:22,013 --> 00:26:23,348
KNOW AND WHAT YOU ARE ALLUDING 

640
00:26:23,348 --> 00:26:24,516
TO, MR. PRESIDENT ARE THE  

641
00:26:24,516 --> 00:26:25,917
BASELINES THAT  WE ARE STARTING 

642
00:26:25,917 --> 00:26:28,019
TO WORK OFF OF IN THE CYCLE TO  

643
00:26:28,019 --> 00:26:33,224
RAMP UP  TO BE ABLE TO  REPORT  

644
00:26:33,224 --> 00:26:36,428
BACK AND UNDERSTAND  WHEN WE SA 

645
00:26:36,428 --> 00:26:47,005
90% OF  WORK ORDERS.  SOME OF I 

646
00:26:55,747 --> 00:26:59,417
IS IN THE APPENDICES, BUT  I  

647
00:26:59,417 --> 00:27:02,687
THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.  ALS 

648
00:27:02,687 --> 00:27:07,726
FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC  OUR  

649
00:27:07,726 --> 00:27:08,994
GOAL IS TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE 

650
00:27:08,994 --> 00:27:19,270
ABLE TO ACCESS 

651
00:27:20,705 --> 00:27:23,642
SO THE POINT IS WELL TAKEN AND  

652
00:27:23,642 --> 00:27:26,044
SOMETHING YOU WILL SEE IN OUR 

653
00:27:26,044 --> 00:27:26,277
REPORT. 

654
00:27:26,277 --> 00:27:26,578
&gt;&gt; GREAT. 

655
00:27:26,578 --> 00:27:29,080
&gt;&gt; WHICH IS A GREAT SEGUE TO OU 

656
00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:30,982
APPROACH ON ONGOING REPORTING,  

657
00:27:30,982 --> 00:27:37,789
AS JUST DISCUSSED, WE WILL BE  

658
00:27:37,789 --> 00:27:38,823
UTILIZING MULTIPLE METRICS. IT' 

659
00:27:38,823 --> 00:27:40,792
KIND OF OUTLINED IN THE MIDDLE, 

660
00:27:40,792 --> 00:27:42,394
AND THAT'S ONLINE TO PEOPLE TO 

661
00:27:42,394 --> 00:27:45,463
TRY TO LOOK AT THE FINANCIALS  

662
00:27:45,463 --> 00:27:47,432
WITH THESE METRICS. WE ALSO HAD 

663
00:27:47,432 --> 00:27:50,301
ANNUAL REPORTS THAT ARE BROAD  

664
00:27:50,301 --> 00:27:51,770
BASED AND MORE SPECIFIC LIKE  

665
00:27:51,770 --> 00:27:52,671
THIS ENVIRONMENT REPORT. AND  

666
00:27:52,671 --> 00:27:55,907
THEN WE DO A LOT OF STORIES AND 

667
00:27:55,907 --> 00:27:57,909
CON WALLIZING THIS IN WEBSITE  

668
00:27:57,909 --> 00:28:02,714
BLOGS AND SOCIAL MEDIA  

669
00:28:02,714 --> 00:28:03,248
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 

670
00:28:03,248 --> 00:28:05,950
&gt;&gt; AND I WOULD ADD IN CONTEXT  

671
00:28:05,950 --> 00:28:07,619
THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT SLID 

672
00:28:07,619 --> 00:28:09,487
FOR US IN CITY GOVERNMENT, BUT  

673
00:28:09,487 --> 00:28:11,723
ALSO FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. 

674
00:28:11,723 --> 00:28:22,267
THIS IS A HUGE INVESTMENT ALSO  

675
00:28:30,942 --> 00:28:34,212
FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. 

676
00:28:34,212 --> 00:28:38,717
FACING A EMPHASIS ON THIS ERA  

677
00:28:38,717 --> 00:28:40,585
AND WORKING REALLY HARD TO GIVE 

678
00:28:40,585 --> 00:28:42,187
DIRECTION TO CONTINUE TO BUILD  

679
00:28:42,187 --> 00:28:44,189
OUT, YOU KNOW, DASHBOARDS THAT 

680
00:28:44,189 --> 00:28:45,790
ARE FORWARD FACING, THAT ARE  

681
00:28:45,790 --> 00:28:50,595
EASY TO ACCESS THAT HAD  

682
00:28:50,595 --> 00:28:54,699
INFORMATION , TIMELY UPDATED  

683
00:28:54,699 --> 00:28:58,770
WITH ACCURACY AND ANNUAL REPORT 

684
00:28:58,770 --> 00:29:01,439
AND THE WEBSITES CLAUSE WITH  

685
00:29:01,439 --> 00:29:02,907
SOCIAL MEDIA. WITH THE GOAL THE 

686
00:29:02,907 --> 00:29:05,176
WILL BE COMPREHENSIVE, BUT ALSO 

687
00:29:05,176 --> 00:29:06,644
EASY, RIGHT, NO ONE WANTS THEM  

688
00:29:06,644 --> 00:29:08,513
TO BE DIFFICULT AND CONFUSING. 

689
00:29:08,513 --> 00:29:10,548
SO WE ARE REALLY LEANING INTO  

690
00:29:10,548 --> 00:29:13,651
BEING TRANSPARENT IN THE NEXT 6 

691
00:29:13,651 --> 00:29:15,153
YEARS AND PROVIDING SOMETHING  

692
00:29:15,153 --> 00:29:17,288
AND THAT CAN BE ADAPTABLE. I CA 

693
00:29:17,288 --> 00:29:21,826
SAY WE WILL LEAVE IT TO YOU AND 

694
00:29:21,826 --> 00:29:24,062
YOUR STAFF SO WE CAN CONTINUE T 

695
00:29:24,062 --> 00:29:26,097
IMPROVE ON DEVELOPING THESE. OU 

696
00:29:26,097 --> 00:29:30,034
BASELINE OVERALL APPROACH IS TO 

697
00:29:30,034 --> 00:29:32,604
REALLY BE INFORMATIVE AND SIMPL 

698
00:29:32,604 --> 00:29:33,171
AND ENGAGING. 

699
00:29:33,171 --> 00:29:38,376
&gt;&gt; YEAH, JUST TO JUMP IN FOR A  

700
00:29:38,376 --> 00:29:39,310
SECOND THERE, SUPERINTENDENT  

701
00:29:39,310 --> 00:29:40,712
DIAZ, OR I GUESS I SHOULD STILL 

702
00:29:40,712 --> 00:29:43,148
SAY FOR A FEW MORE WEEKS INTERI 

703
00:29:43,148 --> 00:29:44,449
SUPERINTENDENT, BUT WE ARE  

704
00:29:44,449 --> 00:29:48,887
GETTING CLOSE TO TAKING CARE OF 

705
00:29:48,887 --> 00:29:50,355
THAT. I THINK THIS IS GREAT AND 

706
00:29:50,355 --> 00:29:52,123
I LIKE US BEING VERY PUBLIC  

707
00:29:52,123 --> 00:29:54,692
FACING AND TRANSPARENT ABOUT TH 

708
00:29:54,692 --> 00:29:56,594
METRICS. BUT THE ONE THING I DO 

709
00:29:56,594 --> 00:29:58,763
WANT TO LIFT UP ON MY DAILY  

710
00:29:58,763 --> 00:30:00,765
COMMUTE WHEN I COME DOWNTOWN AN 

711
00:30:00,765 --> 00:30:03,201
GO PAST BELL STREET PARK, IT'S  

712
00:30:03,201 --> 00:30:05,570
BEEN VERY NOTICEABLE TO MYSELF  

713
00:30:05,570 --> 00:30:08,573
AND CONSTITUENTS IN THE BELLTOW 

714
00:30:08,573 --> 00:30:12,977
NEIGHBORHOOD OVER THE PAST 2  

715
00:30:12,977 --> 00:30:14,078
MONTHS THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE 

716
00:30:14,078 --> 00:30:17,315
IN MAINTENANCE AND ATTENTION AT 

717
00:30:17,315 --> 00:30:19,350
THAT SITE. AND I ONLY HIGHLIGHT 

718
00:30:19,350 --> 00:30:22,253
THAT BECAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW, 

719
00:30:22,253 --> 00:30:25,590
THE BEST WAY TO RESTORE PUBLIC 

720
00:30:25,590 --> 00:30:26,891
CONFIDENT AND OUR ABILITY AS A  

721
00:30:26,891 --> 00:30:28,826
CITY TO DELIVER ESSENTIAL  

722
00:30:28,826 --> 00:30:30,628
SERVICES AS TO REALLY GET OUT  

723
00:30:30,628 --> 00:30:34,432
THERE AND BE VISIBLE AND THAT  

724
00:30:34,432 --> 00:30:36,534
DELIVERY, AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST 

725
00:30:36,534 --> 00:30:38,937
-- SOMETIMES I HESITATE THAT WE 

726
00:30:38,937 --> 00:30:40,838
OVERRELY ON A CITY OF SHOWING  

727
00:30:40,838 --> 00:30:42,974
THE METRICS OF THE WORK WE'VE  

728
00:30:42,974 --> 00:30:44,943
DONE. BUT IF THAT WORK ISN'T  

729
00:30:44,943 --> 00:30:46,845
VISIBLE AND TANGIBLE AND  

730
00:30:46,845 --> 00:30:51,349
SOMETHING PEOPLE CAN FEEL, IT  

731
00:30:51,349 --> 00:30:53,451
DOESN'T -- IT DOESN'T HELP AS  

732
00:30:53,451 --> 00:30:54,886
MUCH IN RESTORING PUBLIC  

733
00:30:54,886 --> 00:30:56,287
CONFIDENCE IN OUR PERFORMANCE. 

734
00:30:56,287 --> 00:31:01,593
SO I DO JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I 

735
00:31:01,593 --> 00:31:03,027
THINK IN THE REINVIGORATED  

736
00:31:03,027 --> 00:31:04,662
MAINTENANCE THAT PARKS HAS BEEN 

737
00:31:04,662 --> 00:31:06,130
UNDERGOING HAS REALLY BEEN BEIN 

738
00:31:06,130 --> 00:31:07,232
NOTICED AND APPRECIATED IN THE  

739
00:31:07,232 --> 00:31:10,835
COMMUNITY AND I WANTED TO PASS  

740
00:31:10,835 --> 00:31:12,036
ALONG THAT FEEDBACK AND ALSO 

741
00:31:12,036 --> 00:31:13,605
SAY, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE CAN  

742
00:31:13,605 --> 00:31:16,474
DO TO MAKE SURE THAT REMAINS TH 

743
00:31:16,474 --> 00:31:18,343
ONGOING CADENCE OF THAT WORK AN 

744
00:31:18,343 --> 00:31:19,944
HOW WE CAN BUILD AND EXPAND ON 

745
00:31:19,944 --> 00:31:21,679
THAT IS SOMETHING I'M VERY  

746
00:31:21,679 --> 00:31:24,148
EXCITED ABOUT SEEING REPRESENTE 

747
00:31:24,148 --> 00:31:29,821
IN THESE DASHBOARDS AS WE GO 

748
00:31:29,821 --> 00:31:30,521
úFORWARD.  

749
00:31:30,521 --> 00:31:32,056
&gt;&gt; THANK YOU, SIR.  

750
00:31:32,056 --> 00:31:35,760
&gt;&gt; A GREAT SEGWAY TO OUR RAMP U 

751
00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:36,394
PLAN BECAUSE YOU ARE SEEING 

752
00:31:36,394 --> 00:31:38,129
SUCCESS OF THE MAINTENANCE TEAM 

753
00:31:38,129 --> 00:31:39,364
BEING ABLE TO HIRE SOME MORE 

754
00:31:39,364 --> 00:31:41,232
STAFF AND GET THEM ON BOARD AND 

755
00:31:41,232 --> 00:31:46,204
DOING A LOT OF GREAT WORK OUT  

756
00:31:46,204 --> 00:31:48,740
THERE. SO OUR RAMP UP PLAN WE  

757
00:31:48,740 --> 00:31:50,575
THOUGHT ONCE YOU GOT OUR 

758
00:31:50,575 --> 00:31:52,110
REPORTING PLAN, YOU MIGHT HAVE  

759
00:31:52,110 --> 00:31:54,045
MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THINGS 

760
00:31:54,045 --> 00:31:57,215
ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING ON THE  

761
00:31:57,215 --> 00:32:01,286
GROUND, AND SO WE ALSO SENT OVE 

762
00:32:01,286 --> 00:32:04,088
ON FRIDAY A RAMP-UP PLAN, WHICH 

763
00:32:04,088 --> 00:32:06,190
IS ALSO BY OUR SAME LINE OF  

764
00:32:06,190 --> 00:32:07,692
BUSINESS AND DETAILED LINES OF  

765
00:32:07,692 --> 00:32:11,129
BUSINESS AND FOR THOSE DETAILED 

766
00:32:11,129 --> 00:32:14,132
LINES OF BUSINESS, I GOT  

767
00:32:14,132 --> 00:32:17,035
ADDITIONAL CYCLE TWO  

768
00:32:17,035 --> 00:32:18,269
INVESTMENTS. WE DECIDE WHAT THA 

769
00:32:18,269 --> 00:32:19,604
INVESTMENT IS AND SHARE OUR  

770
00:32:19,604 --> 00:32:22,006
APPROACH TO GETTING TO  

771
00:32:22,006 --> 00:32:23,007
FULL-SERVICE OPERATIONS FOR EAC 

772
00:32:23,007 --> 00:32:24,642
OF THOSE AND MOST CASES THAT 

773
00:32:24,642 --> 00:32:27,712
REALLY DOES RELATE TO CYCLE 2 

774
00:32:27,712 --> 00:32:29,914
INVESTMENTS, SOME OF OUR LINES  

775
00:32:29,914 --> 00:32:32,550
OF BUSINESS ARE STILL RECOVERIN 

776
00:32:32,550 --> 00:32:34,185
FROM THE PANDEMIC IMPACTS TO  

777
00:32:34,185 --> 00:32:36,020
SERVICE. AND SO WE TRY TO  

778
00:32:36,020 --> 00:32:38,456
REFLECT THOSE AS WELL WHERE  

779
00:32:38,456 --> 00:32:41,926
APPLICABLE. AND THEN WE INCLUDE 

780
00:32:41,926 --> 00:32:43,161
MILESTONES, WHICH I WILL GIVE A 

781
00:32:43,161 --> 00:32:46,230
FEW EXAMPLES IN A MINUTE, WHEN  

782
00:32:46,230 --> 00:32:48,299
YOU WILL SEE THAT FULL-SERVICE  

783
00:32:48,299 --> 00:32:51,402
DELIVERY OR IN THE CAPITAL  

784
00:32:51,402 --> 00:32:54,539
REALM, WHICH IS EASY TO SEE IN  

785
00:32:54,539 --> 00:32:55,973
12-MONTH CYCLE KIND OF WITHIN 

786
00:32:55,973 --> 00:32:58,443
THE FIRST 2 YEARS OF THE CYCLE  

787
00:32:58,443 --> 00:33:03,448
WHAT TO EXPECT AND SECOND 3  

788
00:33:03,448 --> 00:33:05,483
YEARS OF THE CYCLE. YOU HAVE  

789
00:33:05,483 --> 00:33:07,485
SEEN AN EXAMPLE THAT IS NEAR AN 

790
00:33:07,485 --> 00:33:08,653
DEAR TO EVERYONE'S HEART LAST  

791
00:33:08,653 --> 00:33:13,624
FALL AS WE WERE TALKING TO THE  

792
00:33:13,624 --> 00:33:14,659
DISTRICT INVESTMENTS, AS YOU 

793
00:33:14,659 --> 00:33:16,361
RECALL ONE OF THE INVESTMENTS 

794
00:33:16,361 --> 00:33:18,062
WAS TO PROVIDE FUNDING TO  

795
00:33:18,062 --> 00:33:19,864
WINTERIZE OUR COMFORT STATIONS  

796
00:33:19,864 --> 00:33:25,303
IN ORDER TO HAVE THEM BE FOR US 

797
00:33:25,303 --> 00:33:27,372
YEAR ROUND AND THERE WAS A  

798
00:33:27,372 --> 00:33:28,639
COMPANION INVESTMENT TO INCREAS 

799
00:33:28,639 --> 00:33:30,441
MAINTENANCE STAFFING SO THAT WA 

800
00:33:30,441 --> 00:33:32,310
ALSO AVAILABLE YEAR ROUND. THE 

801
00:33:32,310 --> 00:33:34,245
TEAM WORKED REALLY HARD AND  

802
00:33:34,245 --> 00:33:36,247
HAVING HEARD YOUR INTEREST IN  

803
00:33:36,247 --> 00:33:37,348
THIS AND THE COMMUNITY'S  

804
00:33:37,348 --> 00:33:39,150
INTEREST IN ORDER TO FIGURE OUT 

805
00:33:39,150 --> 00:33:41,552
HOW TO DO THAT AS QUICKLY AS 

806
00:33:41,552 --> 00:33:42,820
POSSIBLE, WE WERE TALKING LAST  

807
00:33:42,820 --> 00:33:44,589
FALL WE WERE SHARING THAT IT  

808
00:33:44,589 --> 00:33:46,791
WOULD TAKE THE FULL 6 YEARS TO  

809
00:33:46,791 --> 00:33:53,064
GET THE COMFORT STATIONS SET UP 

810
00:33:53,064 --> 00:33:55,633
THAT DO CLOSE SEASONALLY  

811
00:33:55,633 --> 00:33:56,868
AVAILABLE AND THE TEAM IS  

812
00:33:56,868 --> 00:33:58,803
WORKING ON AN APPROACH THAT WIL 

813
00:33:58,803 --> 00:34:03,141
GET US THERE BY THE END OF 2026 

814
00:34:03,141 --> 00:34:04,976
SO 2 YEARS AND ALSO TRYING TO 

815
00:34:04,976 --> 00:34:10,314
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE LOOKING A 

816
00:34:10,314 --> 00:34:11,849
OUR EQUITIES AND GEOGRAPHIC  

817
00:34:11,849 --> 00:34:13,518
DISTRIBUTION AS THEY DEVELOP  

818
00:34:13,518 --> 00:34:16,421
THAT CYCLE. SO THAT'S ONE 

819
00:34:16,421 --> 00:34:18,256
EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE IMPORTAN 

820
00:34:18,256 --> 00:34:22,827
WORK PEOPLE HAVE DONE IN RAMP-U 

821
00:34:22,827 --> 00:34:23,928
PLANNING. AND IN ADDITION YOU 

822
00:34:23,928 --> 00:34:29,333
WILL HEAR IN A FEW MINUTES MORE 

823
00:34:29,333 --> 00:34:32,503
ABOUT OUR PARK RANGER RAMP-UP  

824
00:34:32,503 --> 00:34:34,672
PLAN. WE WON'T GO THROUGH THAT  

825
00:34:34,672 --> 00:34:36,107
HERE. TAKE AP CENTER A LITTLE  

826
00:34:36,107 --> 00:34:37,809
BIT. BY THE END OF JUNE, WE  

827
00:34:37,809 --> 00:34:41,612
SHOULD HAVE OUR PHASE 1 PARK  

828
00:34:41,612 --> 00:34:42,680
RANGER EXPANSION PROGRAM  

829
00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:44,115
OPERATIONAL. WE ARE ALSO WORKIN 

830
00:34:44,115 --> 00:34:46,017
TOWARDS HAVING OUR EXPANDED  

831
00:34:46,017 --> 00:34:47,885
COMMUNITY CENTER AND TEEN CENTE 

832
00:34:47,885 --> 00:34:48,920
HOURS LAUNCHED WITH THE 

833
00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:51,889
BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR  

834
00:34:51,889 --> 00:34:54,358
NEXT YEAR. I'M SURE WE WILL HAV 

835
00:34:54,358 --> 00:34:56,761
ANOTHER BUSY SUMMER AT OUR  

836
00:34:56,761 --> 00:34:57,462
FACILITIES, WHICH WILL INCLUDE  

837
00:34:57,462 --> 00:35:00,131
THE FULL YEAR OF OUR YOUTH  

838
00:35:00,131 --> 00:35:01,732
EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM, BRINGING 80 

839
00:35:01,732 --> 00:35:03,534
KIDS IN OVER THE SUMMER. AND  

840
00:35:03,534 --> 00:35:06,771
THAT PROGRAM WILL HAVE OUR  

841
00:35:06,771 --> 00:35:10,341
VANDALISM TEAM FULLY OPERATIONA 

842
00:35:10,341 --> 00:35:14,011
AND SOME NEW METRICS IN THE  

843
00:35:14,011 --> 00:35:15,313
FALL. AND ONE I WOULD ALSO LIKE 

844
00:35:15,313 --> 00:35:16,614
TO HIGHLIGHT, I THINK YOU ALL  

845
00:35:16,614 --> 00:35:22,987
RECALL SOME OF OUR CYCLE 1S GOT 

846
00:35:22,987 --> 00:35:25,957
PAUSED DURING THE PANDEMIC AND  

847
00:35:25,957 --> 00:35:27,658
RELATED TO EMERGENCY RECOVERY. 

848
00:35:27,658 --> 00:35:28,893
AND WE HAVE THOSE RELAUNCHED AN 

849
00:35:28,893 --> 00:35:30,995
THE TEAM IS WANTING TO GET THOS 

850
00:35:30,995 --> 00:35:33,965
PARKS OPEN TO THOSE COMMUNITIES 

851
00:35:33,965 --> 00:35:36,434
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AT LEAST B 

852
00:35:36,434 --> 00:35:38,236
THE END OF 2026 THEY BELIEVE  

853
00:35:38,236 --> 00:35:43,774
THOSE WILL ALL BE WORKING. AND 

854
00:35:43,774 --> 00:35:49,780
THEN WE GAVE, YOU KNOW, REPORTS 

855
00:35:49,780 --> 00:35:52,850
PROPERLY SUBMITTED, BASED ON MY 

856
00:35:52,850 --> 00:35:55,219
PUBLIC POLICY SITE. SO WE  

857
00:35:55,219 --> 00:35:57,822
INCLUDED A COUPLE APPENDICES,  

858
00:35:57,822 --> 00:35:59,257
ONE RELATED TO RESOLUTION 51,  

859
00:35:59,257 --> 00:36:02,827
YOU HAD PUT FORTH A NUMBER OF  

860
00:36:02,827 --> 00:36:04,395
STUDIES, STATEMENTS OF INTENTS  

861
00:36:04,395 --> 00:36:05,830
AND ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES, AN 

862
00:36:05,830 --> 00:36:07,698
WE DID A CROSSWALK OF THAT TO 

863
00:36:07,698 --> 00:36:10,668
TRY TO EXPLAIN HOW WE PLANNED T 

864
00:36:10,668 --> 00:36:14,772
ADHERE TO THOSE -- THAT POLICY  

865
00:36:14,772 --> 00:36:16,073
DIRECTION EITHER DIRECTLY  

866
00:36:16,073 --> 00:36:17,542
IMPLEMENTING CAPITAL PROJECTS A 

867
00:36:17,542 --> 00:36:19,677
A NUMBER OF THOSE RELATE TO  

868
00:36:19,677 --> 00:36:21,045
CERTAIN CAPITAL PROJECTS,  

869
00:36:21,045 --> 00:36:22,580
REPORTS BACK TO THE PARK  

870
00:36:22,580 --> 00:36:24,448
DISTRICT BOARD, SUCH AS THE ONE 

871
00:36:24,448 --> 00:36:27,885
WE SENT YOU ON FRIDAY. AND THEN 

872
00:36:27,885 --> 00:36:31,155
SOME OF THE UPDATES MAY HAPPEN  

873
00:36:31,155 --> 00:36:33,991
THROUGH AN ANNUAL BUDGET  

874
00:36:33,991 --> 00:36:34,759
PROCESS. ONE SPECIFIC EXAMPLE I 

875
00:36:34,759 --> 00:36:38,896
THERE WAS A REQUEST TO PROVIDE 

876
00:36:38,896 --> 00:36:40,431
MORE FUNDING TO THE WATERFRONT  

877
00:36:40,431 --> 00:36:42,967
IN 2025, I BELIEVE. SO YOU WILL 

878
00:36:42,967 --> 00:36:46,137
SEE A BUDGET ASK RELATED TO THA 

879
00:36:46,137 --> 00:36:50,141
AND ANY OTHER KIND OF IMPACTS  

880
00:36:50,141 --> 00:36:52,243
FROM MULTI-FUNDED CHANGES, WE  

881
00:36:52,243 --> 00:36:54,045
WILL TRY TO REFLECT HOW IT  

882
00:36:54,045 --> 00:36:59,750
RELATES TO THESE METRICS AND  

883
00:36:59,750 --> 00:37:02,853
RAMP-UP PROGRAM, REGULAR BUDGET 

884
00:37:02,853 --> 00:37:03,454
PROCESS. AND IN ADDITION TO 

885
00:37:03,454 --> 00:37:08,960
THAT, WE HAVE A CAPITAL DELIVER 

886
00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:09,660
STRATEGY. WE RECOGNIZE THE 

887
00:37:09,660 --> 00:37:12,196
IMPORTANCE IN THE LEVEL OF  

888
00:37:12,196 --> 00:37:18,869
FUNDING THAT WAS PROVIDED TO US 

889
00:37:18,869 --> 00:37:19,737
TO PROVIDE A LOT OF CAPITAL 

890
00:37:19,737 --> 00:37:21,405
PROJECTS AND NEW DEVELOPMENT  

891
00:37:21,405 --> 00:37:23,941
PROJECTS TO THE COMMUNITY. SO  

892
00:37:23,941 --> 00:37:25,309
PREPARATION FOR THAT, THE TEAM  

893
00:37:25,309 --> 00:37:28,813
HAS BEEN REFLECTED ON LESSONS  

894
00:37:28,813 --> 00:37:30,748
LEARNED AND IS PURSUING A  

895
00:37:30,748 --> 00:37:33,017
PROJECT DELIVERY APPROACH THAT  

896
00:37:33,017 --> 00:37:36,053
WE HOPE YOU WILL AGREE WITH AND 

897
00:37:36,053 --> 00:37:38,356
INSTILL CONFIDENCE IN THE  

898
00:37:38,356 --> 00:37:42,326
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOCUS ON  

899
00:37:42,326 --> 00:37:45,062
BEING TIMELY IN THE PROJECT  

900
00:37:45,062 --> 00:37:45,863
DELIVERY. THIS APPROACH  

901
00:37:45,863 --> 00:37:46,864
INCORPORATES FINDING  

902
00:37:46,864 --> 00:37:50,334
RECOMMENDATIONS AND ACTIONS  

903
00:37:50,334 --> 00:37:51,936
RESULTING FROM THE 2020  

904
00:37:51,936 --> 00:37:55,039
EVALUATION, AS WELL AS SOME  

905
00:37:55,039 --> 00:37:57,642
ADDITIONAL OUTREACH AND SUBJECT 

906
00:37:57,642 --> 00:38:02,780
MATTER EXPERTISE THAT WE ENGAGE 

907
00:38:02,780 --> 00:38:05,383
WITH SINCE THAT TIME. AND I 

908
00:38:05,383 --> 00:38:06,484
THINK PROBABLY WANT TO BE 

909
00:38:06,484 --> 00:38:10,688
TALKING TO MORE OF THE COUNCIL  

910
00:38:10,688 --> 00:38:11,355
COMMITTEE MORE ABOUT THIS  

911
00:38:11,355 --> 00:38:12,056
APPROACH, BUT IT'S -- IT LOOKS 

912
00:38:12,056 --> 00:38:16,127
AT HOW WE ARE PRIORITIZING AND 

913
00:38:16,127 --> 00:38:16,894
PACKAGING PROJECTS TO BE MOST 

914
00:38:16,894 --> 00:38:18,763
EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT. IT ALS 

915
00:38:18,763 --> 00:38:20,865
EXPLORING ALTERNATIVE APPROACHE 

916
00:38:20,865 --> 00:38:23,534
TO DESIGN FIT BUILD IN  

917
00:38:23,534 --> 00:38:27,104
PARTNERSHIP WITH FAS THAT HELPS 

918
00:38:27,104 --> 00:38:28,906
US ACTUALLY GET OUT THOSE  

919
00:38:28,906 --> 00:38:30,875
PROJECTS. AND WE ARE ALSO  

920
00:38:30,875 --> 00:38:33,077
ASSESSING NUMEROUS OTHER IDEAS  

921
00:38:33,077 --> 00:38:34,445
FOR EFFICIENCIES IN CLOSE  

922
00:38:34,445 --> 00:38:36,781
COORDINATION WITH OTHER CITY  

923
00:38:36,781 --> 00:38:37,748
DEPARTMENTS AND OUTSIDE 

924
00:38:37,748 --> 00:38:39,083
PERMITTING AGENCIES, AS WELL AS 

925
00:38:39,083 --> 00:38:40,985
LOOKING AT THE FINAL SLATE OF 

926
00:38:40,985 --> 00:38:45,089
INVESTMENTS AND IF THERE IS ANY 

927
00:38:45,089 --> 00:38:46,290
ADJUSTMENTS NEEDED TO OUR  

928
00:38:46,290 --> 00:38:47,858
STAFFING AND FINALLY, AGAIN,  

929
00:38:47,858 --> 00:38:50,961
LOOKING AT OUR PERFORMANCE  

930
00:38:50,961 --> 00:38:54,398
METRICS LIFE CYCLE COST -- OR  

931
00:38:54,398 --> 00:38:56,267
LIFE CYCLE METRICS DISCUSSED  

932
00:38:56,267 --> 00:38:58,602
WITH THE PRESIDENT AND WE ARE  

933
00:38:58,602 --> 00:39:04,408
EVEN LOOKING FORWARD TO PURSUIN 

934
00:39:04,408 --> 00:39:06,944
A MAT-BASED PROJECT BOARD TO  

935
00:39:06,944 --> 00:39:12,483
HELP MEMBERS LOOK MORE CLOSELY  

936
00:39:12,483 --> 00:39:15,820
ON IN OUR PROJECTS. AND THEN  

937
00:39:15,820 --> 00:39:16,954
FINALLY, WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE 

938
00:39:16,954 --> 00:39:19,123
THAT WHILE WE HAVE BEEN WORKING 

939
00:39:19,123 --> 00:39:21,225
DILIGENTLY, WE DO NEED TO  

940
00:39:21,225 --> 00:39:22,793
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT NOT EVERY  

941
00:39:22,793 --> 00:39:24,862
ASPECT OF IMPLEMENTATION IS  

942
00:39:24,862 --> 00:39:27,732
FINALIZED. WE WILL CONTINUE TO  

943
00:39:27,732 --> 00:39:29,700
WORK THROUGH SOME STRATEGIES ON 

944
00:39:29,700 --> 00:39:31,669
SOME CRITICAL AREAS, WHETHER  

945
00:39:31,669 --> 00:39:35,673
THAT BE OUR NEW PROGRAMS PEOPLE 

946
00:39:35,673 --> 00:39:38,075
AND WE DEVELOP METRICS ON THOSE 

947
00:39:38,075 --> 00:39:42,346
THERE IS A LOT OF DEPARTMENTAL  

948
00:39:42,346 --> 00:39:46,016
WORK AND THAT IS WITH OSC AND  

949
00:39:46,016 --> 00:39:47,184
OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT  

950
00:39:47,184 --> 00:39:49,787
AND THAT WILL BE A LONGER-TERM  

951
00:39:49,787 --> 00:39:53,157
COORDINATION, BUT WE ARE  

952
00:39:53,157 --> 00:39:55,259
CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE  

953
00:39:55,259 --> 00:39:57,495
PROCESS WHILE THAT'S HAPPENING 

954
00:39:57,495 --> 00:39:59,864
CURRENTLY. AND THEN WORKING WIT 

955
00:39:59,864 --> 00:40:02,800
SOME COMMUNITY PARTNERS ON SOME 

956
00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:04,368
OTHER PROJECTS, EQUITABLE PARK  

957
00:40:04,368 --> 00:40:07,104
DEVELOPMENT, AS YOU KNOW THAT'S 

958
00:40:07,104 --> 00:40:10,174
A STRONG RULE FOR OUR  

959
00:40:10,174 --> 00:40:11,909
COMMISSIONERS. SO WE WILL BE  

960
00:40:11,909 --> 00:40:13,444
ENGAGING THEM NEXT MONTH TO TRY 

961
00:40:13,444 --> 00:40:17,948
TO WORK ON CRITERIA APPROACH TO 

962
00:40:17,948 --> 00:40:20,351
THAT WORK. AND WITH THAT, I CAN 

963
00:40:20,351 --> 00:40:22,119
PAUSE FOR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. 

964
00:40:22,119 --> 00:40:26,657
&gt;&gt; WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR  

965
00:40:26,657 --> 00:40:28,225
THAT PRESENTATON, AND REALLY 

966
00:40:28,225 --> 00:40:31,429
APPRECIATE THIS ENGAGEMENT WITH 

967
00:40:31,429 --> 00:40:36,233
THE BOARD TO GET FEEDBACK ON  

968
00:40:36,233 --> 00:40:39,003
THESE PERFORMANCE METRICS. I  

969
00:40:39,003 --> 00:40:40,604
ASKED SOME QUESTIONS DURING THE 

970
00:40:40,604 --> 00:40:41,405
INITIAL PRESENTATION, SO I'M 

971
00:40:41,405 --> 00:40:43,541
HAPPY TO HAND IT OVER TO OTHER  

972
00:40:43,541 --> 00:40:44,809
BOARD MEMBERS BEFORE I GET INTO 

973
00:40:44,809 --> 00:40:48,045
SOME OF THE OTHER DETAILS. ARE  

974
00:40:48,045 --> 00:40:50,281
THERE ANY BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAV 

975
00:40:50,281 --> 00:41:00,825
QUESTIONS FOR THE PARKS PANEL?  

976
00:41:06,730 --> 00:41:09,767
WE ARE GOING TO PIVOT ON THE 

977
00:41:09,767 --> 00:41:11,268
RANGERS AFTER THIS. 

978
00:41:11,268 --> 00:41:11,869
&gt;&gt; YES. 

979
00:41:11,869 --> 00:41:13,204
&gt;&gt; WE ARE GOING TO HOLD  

980
00:41:13,204 --> 00:41:16,407
QUESTIONS ON THE RANGERS UNTIL  

981
00:41:16,407 --> 00:41:17,374
THAT AGENDA ITEM. BUT ESPECIALL 

982
00:41:17,374 --> 00:41:22,346
SOME OF THE INITIATIVES IN THE  

983
00:41:22,346 --> 00:41:25,049
PRESENTATION REGARDING VANDALIS 

984
00:41:25,049 --> 00:41:27,117
AND REMEDIATING VANDALISM, THER 

985
00:41:27,117 --> 00:41:28,652
WAS A QUARTER THREE OF THIS YEA 

986
00:41:28,652 --> 00:41:32,790
BEING THE DEADLINE TO STAND UP  

987
00:41:32,790 --> 00:41:34,291
FOR THE VANDALISM MITIGATION  

988
00:41:34,291 --> 00:41:36,060
TEAM. CAN WE TALK A LITTLE BIT  

989
00:41:36,060 --> 00:41:37,728
ABOUT WHAT THE VISION IS IN THE 

990
00:41:37,728 --> 00:41:43,968
DEPARTMENT FOR HOW TO STRUCTURE 

991
00:41:43,968 --> 00:41:47,771
THAT, HOW THAT TEAM CAN BE  

992
00:41:47,771 --> 00:41:48,973
ACTIVATED BY CITIZEN COMPLAINT? 

993
00:41:48,973 --> 00:41:55,045
HOW SHOULD WE ENGAGE WITH 

994
00:41:55,045 --> 00:41:59,416
CONSTITUENTS FOR THE REMEDIATIO 

995
00:41:59,416 --> 00:41:59,683
SERVICE. 

996
00:41:59,683 --> 00:42:04,388
&gt;&gt; SURE. I'M ANDY SHUFER. WE  

997
00:42:04,388 --> 00:42:05,322
RECENTLY INTEGRATED THE FINER  

998
00:42:05,322 --> 00:42:08,926
THINGS WITH SOME OF OUR WORK  

999
00:42:08,926 --> 00:42:15,466
ORDER SYSTEM, SO ALL INQUIRIES  

1000
00:42:15,466 --> 00:42:17,067
THAT ARE ENTERED INTO THAT FIX  

1001
00:42:17,067 --> 00:42:20,437
IT UP GO DIRECTLY TO THE  

1002
00:42:20,437 --> 00:42:24,675
SPECIFIC CREWS AND VANDALISM  

1003
00:42:24,675 --> 00:42:25,976
RESPONSE IS A COMBINATION OF TH 

1004
00:42:25,976 --> 00:42:28,646
TRADES AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO  

1005
00:42:28,646 --> 00:42:30,915
REACT A LOT QUICKER USING THE  

1006
00:42:30,915 --> 00:42:39,256
FIND IT, FIX IT APP AS THE MAIN 

1007
00:42:39,256 --> 00:42:44,561
LINE OF COMMUNICATION. IS . 

1008
00:42:44,561 --> 00:42:48,365
&gt;&gt; REALLY APPRECIATE THAT  

1009
00:42:48,365 --> 00:42:49,867
CLARIFICATION. THIS IS REALLY  

1010
00:42:49,867 --> 00:42:51,302
EXCITING STUFF, GUYS. I REALLY 

1011
00:42:51,302 --> 00:42:54,438
APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU AR 

1012
00:42:54,438 --> 00:42:56,340
PUTTING TOGETHER ON THIS. AND I 

1013
00:42:56,340 --> 00:42:59,877
THERE IS OTHER FEEDBACK THE 

1014
00:42:59,877 --> 00:43:01,779
BOARD MEMBERS WANT TO SUBMIT, 

1015
00:43:01,779 --> 00:43:04,815
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE DEADLINES 

1016
00:43:04,815 --> 00:43:09,653
TO FINALIZE SOME OF THESE 

1017
00:43:09,653 --> 00:43:12,990
CONSIDERATIONS?  

1018
00:43:12,990 --> 00:43:18,028
&gt;&gt; THAT THERE IS REALLY NO  

1019
00:43:18,028 --> 00:43:20,831
DEADLINE. WE ARE HAPPY TO -- WE 

1020
00:43:20,831 --> 00:43:22,232
MET YOUR DEADLINE AND WIR HAPPY 

1021
00:43:22,232 --> 00:43:25,536
TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU AN 

1022
00:43:25,536 --> 00:43:27,938
YOUR STAFF FOR SIMPLE SERVICES 

1023
00:43:27,938 --> 00:43:31,275
ON HOW YOU COULD ADD THINGS. 

1024
00:43:31,275 --> 00:43:35,512
ALSO I SHOULD SAY TO BE ONGOING 

1025
00:43:35,512 --> 00:43:41,118
WORK PRODUCT WITH YOU ALL AS 

1026
00:43:41,118 --> 00:43:42,419
OVER SIGHT COUNCIL MEMBERS IN  

1027
00:43:42,419 --> 00:43:43,587
THE COMMUNITY AS WE BUILD OUT  

1028
00:43:43,587 --> 00:43:45,923
SOME OF THE REPORTING MECHANISM 

1029
00:43:45,923 --> 00:43:47,958
BACK TO IT. BUT WE ARE HAPPY TO 

1030
00:43:47,958 --> 00:43:49,727
DO THAT ANY TIME. AND OUTSIDE O 

1031
00:43:49,727 --> 00:43:53,464
-- I KNOW THERE WILL BE NORMAL  

1032
00:43:53,464 --> 00:43:55,666
REPORTING SCHEDULES AND MANDATE 

1033
00:43:55,666 --> 00:43:58,268
OUR STAFF WILL KEEP US ORGANIZE 

1034
00:43:58,268 --> 00:44:00,771
ON. WE ARE HAPPY TO MEET WITH  

1035
00:44:00,771 --> 00:44:03,140
YOU OR ANY OF YOUR COLLEAGUES O 

1036
00:44:03,140 --> 00:44:05,976
STAFF AT ANY TIME THROUGHOUT TH 

1037
00:44:05,976 --> 00:44:08,078
PROCESS, AS ISSUES EMERGE DAY T 

1038
00:44:08,078 --> 00:44:08,278
DAY. 

1039
00:44:08,278 --> 00:44:12,216
&gt;&gt; WE WILL ALSO BE TAKING THIS  

1040
00:44:12,216 --> 00:44:14,885
TO THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS A 

1041
00:44:14,885 --> 00:44:16,987
THE END OF THE MONTH AS WELL. 

1042
00:44:16,987 --> 00:44:20,357
&gt;&gt; EXCELLENT. I DO THINK IT  

1043
00:44:20,357 --> 00:44:24,395
WOULD ALSO BE A USEFUL -- A GOO 

1044
00:44:24,395 --> 00:44:28,699
USE OF TIME TO WORK WITH THE  

1045
00:44:28,699 --> 00:44:30,801
OFFICE OF THE CITY AUDITOR ON  

1046
00:44:30,801 --> 00:44:36,874
LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE  

1047
00:44:36,874 --> 00:44:41,045
PERFORMANCE METRICS TO GET  

1048
00:44:41,045 --> 00:44:42,012
FEEDBACK AS WE SHAPE THEM TO  

1049
00:44:42,012 --> 00:44:44,748
LOOK AT HOW WE EVALUATE AS WE G 

1050
00:44:44,748 --> 00:44:48,485
FORWARD. BUT ON THE WHOLE, IPG  

1051
00:44:48,485 --> 00:44:51,255
THINK THIS IS A REALLY GOOD  

1052
00:44:51,255 --> 00:44:55,426
START AND THE DEPARTMENT TO BE 

1053
00:44:55,426 --> 00:44:55,826
PROACTIVE. TRACY. 

1054
00:44:55,826 --> 00:44:58,295
&gt;&gt; AS SAID, THERE WAS A BIG  

1055
00:44:58,295 --> 00:44:59,563
PACKET OF INFORMATION ON FRIDAY 

1056
00:44:59,563 --> 00:45:02,633
BUT I WANT TO POINT OUT ONE PAR 

1057
00:45:02,633 --> 00:45:05,636
WHICH IS APPENDIX 1 AND INCLUDE 

1058
00:45:05,636 --> 00:45:08,605
RESPONSES TO THE NUMBER OF  

1059
00:45:08,605 --> 00:45:10,808
LEGISLATIVE INTENT AND EXPANDIN 

1060
00:45:10,808 --> 00:45:14,111
THAT WE APPROVED IN 51, THAT WE 

1061
00:45:14,111 --> 00:45:15,546
ADOPTED NEXT YEAR'S SPENDING  

1062
00:45:15,546 --> 00:45:17,081
PLAN. I WANT TO CALL OUT THAT  

1063
00:45:17,081 --> 00:45:18,215
PART OF THE MATERIALS BECAUSE I 

1064
00:45:18,215 --> 00:45:19,983
DOES PROVIDE SOME OF THE  

1065
00:45:19,983 --> 00:45:24,054
RESPONSES BACK ON SOME OF THOSE 

1066
00:45:24,054 --> 00:45:26,156
ITEMS RELATED TO THINGS LIKE  

1067
00:45:26,156 --> 00:45:28,358
TURF AT JENKINS PARK THAT I KNO 

1068
00:45:28,358 --> 00:45:29,693
COMMISSIONER NELSON HAD AN 

1069
00:45:29,693 --> 00:45:31,228
INTEREST IN. I KNOW YOU HAD SOM 

1070
00:45:31,228 --> 00:45:34,898
INTEREST IN SOME OF THE BENCH  

1071
00:45:34,898 --> 00:45:36,366
PARKING CITY STANDARDS. THERE I 

1072
00:45:36,366 --> 00:45:40,037
SOME INFORMATION THERE ABOUT  

1073
00:45:40,037 --> 00:45:41,438
NATIONAL STANDARDS ON THE MARCH 

1074
00:45:41,438 --> 00:45:43,307
FORWARD WITH THE PARK 

1075
00:45:43,307 --> 00:45:44,808
ACTIVITIES. I JUST WANTED TO  

1076
00:45:44,808 --> 00:45:46,610
CALL THAT SPECIFIC DOCUMENT OUT 

1077
00:45:46,610 --> 00:45:47,478
FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS. I DON'T 

1078
00:45:47,478 --> 00:45:49,913
THINK THE PARKS IS GOING TO GO  

1079
00:45:49,913 --> 00:45:51,515
THROUGH THAT TODAY, BUT I WANT  

1080
00:45:51,515 --> 00:45:53,083
YOU TO KNOW IT'S THERE AND THEY 

1081
00:45:53,083 --> 00:45:55,652
ARE IN THAT EFFORT MAKING A 

1082
00:45:55,652 --> 00:45:57,354
RESPONSE TO THOSE REQUIREMENTS  

1083
00:45:57,354 --> 00:46:05,996
THAT WERE IN RESOLUTION 51. 

1084
00:46:05,996 --> 00:46:07,564
&gt;&gt; THANK YOU.  

1085
00:46:07,564 --> 00:46:11,235
&gt;&gt; ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR  

1086
00:46:11,235 --> 00:46:11,935
COMMENTS FROM COLLEAGUES? SEEIN 

1087
00:46:11,935 --> 00:46:14,037
NONE, I THINK WE WILL CLOSE OUT 

1088
00:46:14,037 --> 00:46:15,305
THE AGENDA ITEM AND WE ARE 

1089
00:46:15,305 --> 00:46:17,775
KEEPING THE SAME PANEL, BUT  

1090
00:46:17,775 --> 00:46:19,510
PIVOTING TO ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM 

1091
00:46:19,510 --> 00:46:22,079
AND WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ  

1092
00:46:22,079 --> 00:46:26,150
AGENDA ITEM 4 INTO THE RECORD. 

1093
00:46:26,150 --> 00:46:31,922
&gt;&gt; AGENDA ITEM 4, HIRING AND  

1094
00:46:31,922 --> 00:46:33,190
ACTIVITIES FOR PARK READ AND 

1095
00:46:33,190 --> 00:46:33,490
DISCUSSION. 

1096
00:46:33,490 --> 00:46:35,526
&gt;&gt; THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM  

1097
00:46:35,526 --> 00:46:37,227
CLERK. AND WE ARE STILL HERE  

1098
00:46:37,227 --> 00:46:39,029
WITH OUR PARKS PANEL. SO WHY  

1099
00:46:39,029 --> 00:46:40,564
DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND JUMP INTO 

1100
00:46:40,564 --> 00:46:46,036
THIS PRESENTATION ON THE PARK 

1101
00:46:46,036 --> 00:46:49,873
RANGERS. SGLP  

1102
00:46:49,873 --> 00:46:56,246
&gt;&gt; EXCELLENT. AND THANK YOU. AN 

1103
00:46:56,246 --> 00:46:57,714
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RANGER 

1104
00:46:57,714 --> 00:46:59,082
PARK PROGRAM, WHICH HAS BEEN  

1105
00:46:59,082 --> 00:47:00,884
IMPORTANT AND NEAR AND DEAR TO  

1106
00:47:00,884 --> 00:47:02,753
ALL OUR CITY LEADERS AND  

1107
00:47:02,753 --> 00:47:03,820
INDICATIVE OF THE INVESTMENT  

1108
00:47:03,820 --> 00:47:05,255
THAT, AGAIN, WAS MADE THROUGH  

1109
00:47:05,255 --> 00:47:11,261
THE PARK DISTRICT FUNDING, WHIC 

1110
00:47:11,261 --> 00:47:13,096
RECENTLY PASSED. SO WE PRESENTE 

1111
00:47:13,096 --> 00:47:16,166
THAT, OUR REPORT TO YOU JANUARY 

1112
00:47:16,166 --> 00:47:18,101
31ST OF THIS YEAR, DISCUSSING  

1113
00:47:18,101 --> 00:47:21,338
OUR PARK RANGER JOB DUTIES,  

1114
00:47:21,338 --> 00:47:23,473
RECRUITMENT STRATEGIES AND 

1115
00:47:23,473 --> 00:47:24,741
TRAINING. SO I'M PLEASED TO WAL 

1116
00:47:24,741 --> 00:47:28,779
YOU THROUGH OUR APPROACH TO  

1117
00:47:28,779 --> 00:47:30,881
THIS, PARTICULARLY WITH AN  

1118
00:47:30,881 --> 00:47:32,216
EMPHASIS OF 2023 GOING FORWARD  

1119
00:47:32,216 --> 00:47:36,286
AND BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY 

1120
00:47:36,286 --> 00:47:42,092
QUESTIONS. SO JUST AS A REMINDE 

1121
00:47:42,092 --> 00:47:44,494
THE STRATEGY WAS THE ALLOCATION 

1122
00:47:44,494 --> 00:47:47,464
OF $3 MILLION, WHICH ADDS UP TO 

1123
00:47:47,464 --> 00:47:50,067
26 RANGERS FOR A TOTAL OF 28. 

1124
00:47:50,067 --> 00:47:51,702
CURRENTLY THE PARKS DEPARTMENT  

1125
00:47:51,702 --> 00:47:56,540
HAS TWO FULL-TIME RANGERS. AND  

1126
00:47:56,540 --> 00:47:58,709
THE PURPOSE OF THE RANGER  

1127
00:47:58,709 --> 00:47:59,977
PROGRAM AND GENERATION AND  

1128
00:47:59,977 --> 00:48:01,678
GROWTH WILL BE TO PROMOTE SAFET 

1129
00:48:01,678 --> 00:48:04,281
AND COMPLIANCE OF THE PARK RULE 

1130
00:48:04,281 --> 00:48:05,649
THROUGHOUT OUR DOWNTOWN CITY  

1131
00:48:05,649 --> 00:48:09,386
PARKS RIGHT NOW IS WHERE IT IS  

1132
00:48:09,386 --> 00:48:11,855
FOCUSED AND AUTHORIZED TO DO  

1133
00:48:11,855 --> 00:48:13,857
WORK AND WITH THE POTENTIAL TO  

1134
00:48:13,857 --> 00:48:16,660
EXPAND TO OTHER PARTS OF THE  

1135
00:48:16,660 --> 00:48:18,629
CITY SUBJECT TO SOME LABOR  

1136
00:48:18,629 --> 00:48:20,664
NEGOTIATIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY 

1137
00:48:20,664 --> 00:48:22,766
PENDING. THE PROGRAM IS OVERALL 

1138
00:48:22,766 --> 00:48:24,968
STRUCTURED TO SUPPORT OUR ONE  

1139
00:48:24,968 --> 00:48:26,703
SEATTLE MISSION OF THE THRIVING 

1140
00:48:26,703 --> 00:48:28,939
HEALTHY CITY AND ALSO TO CREATE 

1141
00:48:28,939 --> 00:48:30,173
A VIBRANT DOWNTOWN. AND 

1142
00:48:30,173 --> 00:48:32,009
PARTICULARLY COMING OUT OF THE  

1143
00:48:32,009 --> 00:48:34,144
PANDEMIC, I JUST WANT TO NOTE  

1144
00:48:34,144 --> 00:48:35,812
THAT PARKS CONTINUE TO PROVE  

1145
00:48:35,812 --> 00:48:39,616
THEMSELVES TO BE ESSENTIAL  

1146
00:48:39,616 --> 00:48:40,651
INFRASTRUCTURE. THEY HAVE SEEN  

1147
00:48:40,651 --> 00:48:42,786
US THROUGH IN AND OUT OF THE  

1148
00:48:42,786 --> 00:48:43,854
PANDEMIC. THAT ONE PLACE THAT W 

1149
00:48:43,854 --> 00:48:46,056
COULD ALL GO TO AND BE PART OF  

1150
00:48:46,056 --> 00:48:48,125
WHEN THE ENTIRE WORLD WAS  

1151
00:48:48,125 --> 00:48:49,559
SHELTERED. AND SO WE HAVE A DUT 

1152
00:48:49,559 --> 00:48:55,265
AND A RESPONSIBILITY TO CONTINU 

1153
00:48:55,265 --> 00:48:56,133
TO PROVIDE HEALTHY PARK SPACES 

1154
00:48:56,133 --> 00:48:57,801
TO BUILD UP THE SENSE OF  

1155
00:48:57,801 --> 00:48:59,036
COMMUNITY PRIDE, BUT THE HEALTH 

1156
00:48:59,036 --> 00:49:02,172
AND WELL PS THE PARKS PROVIDE. 

1157
00:49:02,172 --> 00:49:04,174
WE WANT OUR CITIZENS TO BE  

1158
00:49:04,174 --> 00:49:08,912
UTILIZING OUR PARKS, IN OUR  

1159
00:49:08,912 --> 00:49:11,782
PARKS AND BEGIN TO FILL THIS  

1160
00:49:11,782 --> 00:49:14,084
SEMBLANCE OF SAFETY AND 

1161
00:49:14,084 --> 00:49:15,686
WELCOMENESS. I WANT TO ALSO  

1162
00:49:15,686 --> 00:49:18,055
EXPAND ON A POINT HERE THAT IN  

1163
00:49:18,055 --> 00:49:20,724
THE PARK RANGER PROGRAM, WE WIL 

1164
00:49:20,724 --> 00:49:22,259
BE IMPLEMENTING THIS NO WRONG  

1165
00:49:22,259 --> 00:49:24,728
DOOR APPROACH TO CITY SERVICE,  

1166
00:49:24,728 --> 00:49:26,630
AND IT'S ALSO A WAY -- WHAT THA 

1167
00:49:26,630 --> 00:49:29,266
MEANS IS ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES,  

1168
00:49:29,266 --> 00:49:31,134
BUT PARTICULARLY OUR PARK  

1169
00:49:31,134 --> 00:49:32,669
RANGERS WILL BE WORKING  

1170
00:49:32,669 --> 00:49:35,539
ALONGSIDE THE COMMUNITY,  

1171
00:49:35,539 --> 00:49:36,707
ALONGSIDE OUR STAFF DAY IN AND  

1172
00:49:36,707 --> 00:49:39,576
DAY OUT IN OUR PARKS AS VISIBLE 

1173
00:49:39,576 --> 00:49:41,678
MEMBERS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF 

1174
00:49:41,678 --> 00:49:43,847
OUR CITY GOVERNMENT WILL BE  

1175
00:49:43,847 --> 00:49:45,816
TRAINED TO ENSURE CITIZENS ARE  

1176
00:49:45,816 --> 00:49:50,020
AFFORDED THE RIGHT ANSWERS, THE 

1177
00:49:50,020 --> 00:49:50,787
RIGHT CONNECTIONS AND THE RIGHT 

1178
00:49:50,787 --> 00:49:55,192
ABILITY TO FIND RESULTS AND  

1179
00:49:55,192 --> 00:49:57,227
SOLUTIONS TO THEIR PROBLEM. AND 

1180
00:49:57,227 --> 00:49:58,095
QUITE SIMPLY IN GOVERNMENT WE  

1181
00:49:58,095 --> 00:50:00,430
TEND TO DO FINGER POINTING. 

1182
00:50:00,430 --> 00:50:02,666
THAT'S NOT MY JURISDICTION. 

1183
00:50:02,666 --> 00:50:04,868
THAT'S X, Y, Z DEPARTMENT. WE  

1184
00:50:04,868 --> 00:50:06,703
DON'T HANDLE THAT. YOU HAVE TO  

1185
00:50:06,703 --> 00:50:08,572
CALL HERE. AND MY EXPERIENCE WA 

1186
00:50:08,572 --> 00:50:14,978
A FEELING OF DISSATISFACTION AN 

1187
00:50:14,978 --> 00:50:25,555
REALLY DON'T, YOU KNOW, CARE IF 

1188
00:50:27,023 --> 00:50:29,760
THE TREE WAS OTHERS ACCESS. WE  

1189
00:50:29,760 --> 00:50:31,294
ARE LEADING ON THAT EFFORT TO  

1190
00:50:31,294 --> 00:50:32,929
MAKE SURE OUR STAFF IS TRAINED  

1191
00:50:32,929 --> 00:50:34,398
TO GIVE THOSE INDIVIDUALS THE  

1192
00:50:34,398 --> 00:50:36,533
RIGHT INFORMATION TO DO OUR OWN 

1193
00:50:36,533 --> 00:50:40,303
SELF-REPORTING TO OTHER CITY  

1194
00:50:40,303 --> 00:50:41,004
DEPARTMENTS. WE ARE BEGINNING T 

1195
00:50:41,004 --> 00:50:42,572
BUILD MORE ALLIANCES WITH OUR  

1196
00:50:42,572 --> 00:50:44,841
OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS AND I  

1197
00:50:44,841 --> 00:50:46,076
WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AND THAT 

1198
00:50:46,076 --> 00:50:48,178
WILL BE PART OF OUR RANGER  

1199
00:50:48,178 --> 00:50:49,179
PROGRAM. THE PARK RANGER DUTIES 

1200
00:50:49,179 --> 00:50:51,081
ARE GOING TO BE FOCUSED ON WHAT 

1201
00:50:51,081 --> 00:50:56,486
WE ARE CALLING THE THREE ES,  

1202
00:50:56,486 --> 00:50:58,789
EDUCATION, ENGAGEMENT, AND  

1203
00:50:58,789 --> 00:50:59,456
ENFORCEMENT. AND THE EDUCATION  

1204
00:50:59,456 --> 00:51:02,192
PRONG OF A PARK RANGER'S DUTY I 

1205
00:51:02,192 --> 00:51:03,960
TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY MEMBER 

1206
00:51:03,960 --> 00:51:09,933
AND OUR VISITORS ABOUT OUR PARK 

1207
00:51:09,933 --> 00:51:11,868
PROGRAM AND CITY RESOURCES THAT 

1208
00:51:11,868 --> 00:51:14,838
GO INTO MAINTAINING OUR NEAR 

1209
00:51:14,838 --> 00:51:16,907
500-PARK SITES THAT WE HAVE HER 

1210
00:51:16,907 --> 00:51:24,181
IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE. WE ALSO 

1211
00:51:24,181 --> 00:51:25,182
WILL BE DOING ENGAGEMENT. 

1212
00:51:25,182 --> 00:51:27,050
BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE COMMUNITY 

1213
00:51:27,050 --> 00:51:30,053
IN OUR PARKS WE WANT OUR RANGER 

1214
00:51:30,053 --> 00:51:32,088
TO BE VISIBLE AMBASSADORS. THEY 

1215
00:51:32,088 --> 00:51:33,824
WILL NOT BE THERE JUST TO WALK 

1216
00:51:33,824 --> 00:51:35,759
AROUND AND NOT TALK TO PEOPLE  

1217
00:51:35,759 --> 00:51:36,960
AND NOT INTERACT, BUT TO THE  

1218
00:51:36,960 --> 00:51:38,628
CONTRARY, THEY ARE GOING TO BE  

1219
00:51:38,628 --> 00:51:41,798
TRAINED AND THEY ARE GOING TO B 

1220
00:51:41,798 --> 00:51:44,701
RECRUITED BASED UPON THEIR  

1221
00:51:44,701 --> 00:51:49,973
DESIRE TO BE COMMUNITY STEWARDS 

1222
00:51:49,973 --> 00:51:51,975
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE A DESIRE T 

1223
00:51:51,975 --> 00:51:54,444
IMPORT A SENSE OF WELCOMENESS  

1224
00:51:54,444 --> 00:51:56,179
AND ATTRACT PEOPLE INTO THE PAR 

1225
00:51:56,179 --> 00:51:58,348
AND TO PROVIDE THEM INFORMATION 

1226
00:51:58,348 --> 00:52:00,484
TEACH THEM ABOUT OUR PARK SYSTE 

1227
00:52:00,484 --> 00:52:02,452
HERE IN SEATTLE AND ABOUT THE  

1228
00:52:02,452 --> 00:52:03,987
PRESERVATION OF OUR NATURAL 

1229
00:52:03,987 --> 00:52:06,056
RESOURCE AND HOW WE ARE  

1230
00:52:06,056 --> 00:52:08,425
ESTABLISHING OURSELVES AS A  

1231
00:52:08,425 --> 00:52:09,726
MODEL CITY FOR PARKS. SO WE 

1232
00:52:09,726 --> 00:52:12,329
REALLY WANT THEM TO BE ENGAGED, 

1233
00:52:12,329 --> 00:52:14,097
TO BE GOING UP TO PEOPLE, 

1234
00:52:14,097 --> 00:52:16,199
TALKING TO THEM, SEEING IF THEY 

1235
00:52:16,199 --> 00:52:18,034
NEED HELP, BEING USEFUL WHERE  

1236
00:52:18,034 --> 00:52:20,937
THEY CAN AND AGAIN, THIS  

1237
00:52:20,937 --> 00:52:22,539
CONTINUOUS ADVANCEMENT OF A SAF 

1238
00:52:22,539 --> 00:52:23,773
AND WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT. AND  

1239
00:52:23,773 --> 00:52:25,709
OF COURSE AS PARK RANGERS, THEY 

1240
00:52:25,709 --> 00:52:29,079
ARE ALSO GOING TO BE REQUIRED T 

1241
00:52:29,079 --> 00:52:31,882
DO ENFORCEMENTS. SO SUPPORT AND 

1242
00:52:31,882 --> 00:52:34,184
COMPLIANCE WITH OUR REGULATIONS 

1243
00:52:34,184 --> 00:52:36,553
IS REALLY IMPORTANT, ISSUING  

1244
00:52:36,553 --> 00:52:37,687
WARNINGS OR CITATIONS. THEY WIL 

1245
00:52:37,687 --> 00:52:47,063
BE TRAINED ON HOW TO CONFRONT  

1246
00:52:47,063 --> 00:52:48,732
AND APPROACH CERTAIN AREAS IN A 

1247
00:52:48,732 --> 00:52:51,668
CITY SYSTEM LIKE OURS. AND THEY 

1248
00:52:51,668 --> 00:52:53,970
ALSO WILL BE TRAINED ON HOW TO 

1249
00:52:53,970 --> 00:52:57,807
ACT AND WHEN THEY ARE NOT TO AC 

1250
00:52:57,807 --> 00:52:58,775
AND OTHER AVAILABLE SAFETY  

1251
00:52:58,775 --> 00:53:01,244
PARTNERS IN THE CITY, SHOULD WE 

1252
00:53:01,244 --> 00:53:03,380
NEED SERVICES FROM OUR PARTNERS 

1253
00:53:03,380 --> 00:53:07,150
LIKE THE POLICE OR PARAMEDICS O 

1254
00:53:07,150 --> 00:53:09,452
OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT OR SOME OF 

1255
00:53:09,452 --> 00:53:11,254
OUR UNIFIED CARE RESPONSE TEAMS 

1256
00:53:11,254 --> 00:53:17,360
SO IT WILL BE THIS OVERARCHING  

1257
00:53:17,360 --> 00:53:19,429
APPROACH TO REALLY DELIVER A  

1258
00:53:19,429 --> 00:53:20,197
COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM THAT'S  

1259
00:53:20,197 --> 00:53:21,965
MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR  

1260
00:53:21,965 --> 00:53:26,770
CITIZENS AND CITY GOVERNMENT ON 

1261
00:53:26,770 --> 00:53:27,270
MULTIPLE LEVELS. 

1262
00:53:27,270 --> 00:53:28,405
&gt;&gt; SUPERINTENDENT DIAZ, CAN I  

1263
00:53:28,405 --> 00:53:30,907
JUMP IN FOR A SECOND ON THIS  

1264
00:53:30,907 --> 00:53:34,077
SLIDE BEFORE WE GO FORWARD? IS  

1265
00:53:34,077 --> 00:53:40,283
THE DEPARTMENT ENVISIONING AN  

1266
00:53:40,283 --> 00:53:42,986
EXPANSION OF THE ROLE OF THE  

1267
00:53:42,986 --> 00:53:44,120
PARK RANGERS? THESE THINGS LIKE 

1268
00:53:44,120 --> 00:53:47,857
LIKE THEY ARE IN THE CONFINES O 

1269
00:53:47,857 --> 00:53:49,893
HOW THE RANGER PROGRAM HAS 

1270
00:53:49,893 --> 00:53:51,361
HISTORICALLY OPERATED, BUT I  

1271
00:53:51,361 --> 00:53:52,829
WANTED TO CONFIRM SINCE THAT WA 

1272
00:53:52,829 --> 00:53:55,732
A MATTER OF DISCUSSION WHEN WE  

1273
00:53:55,732 --> 00:53:57,467
DID THE METROPOLITAN PARK  

1274
00:53:57,467 --> 00:53:58,635
DISTRICT RENEWAL. I JUST WANT T 

1275
00:53:58,635 --> 00:54:00,370
MAKE SURE THAT IS A CURRENT --  

1276
00:54:00,370 --> 00:54:04,140
THAT WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED IS  

1277
00:54:04,140 --> 00:54:06,376
NOT NECESSARILY AN EXPANSION OF 

1278
00:54:06,376 --> 00:54:07,978
THE CURRENT PARAMETERS OF THE  

1279
00:54:07,978 --> 00:54:12,782
DUTIES OF THE PARK RANGERS. 

1280
00:54:12,782 --> 00:54:15,552
&gt;&gt; THAT'S CORRECT, SIR. THERE I 

1281
00:54:15,552 --> 00:54:17,320
NO DEVIATION FROM THE ENVISIONE 

1282
00:54:17,320 --> 00:54:20,023
MODEL THAT YOU JUST SPOKE TO AN 

1283
00:54:20,023 --> 00:54:22,359
WHAT WAS KEY AMONG THE MEMBERS  

1284
00:54:22,359 --> 00:54:24,961
IN YOUR COLLECTIVE APPROVAL OF  

1285
00:54:24,961 --> 00:54:27,664
THIS PROGRAM. THIS IS SIMPLY A  

1286
00:54:27,664 --> 00:54:29,699
TAKING THE PROGRAM AND PREPARIN 

1287
00:54:29,699 --> 00:54:32,235
IT FOR EXPANSION, EXPANSION IN  

1288
00:54:32,235 --> 00:54:35,538
TERMS OF HIRING, AND ALSO A  

1289
00:54:35,538 --> 00:54:39,676
FOCUS ON THE DUTIES THAT WERE  

1290
00:54:39,676 --> 00:54:42,045
THERE AND REALLY FOCUSING ON 

1291
00:54:42,045 --> 00:54:43,880
THREE SORT OF MAIN AREAS. SO  

1292
00:54:43,880 --> 00:54:45,415
NOTHING IS EXPANDING OR  

1293
00:54:45,415 --> 00:54:47,851
DEVIATING FROM THE CURRENT  

1294
00:54:47,851 --> 00:54:49,819
AUTHORIZATIONS OR THE WAY THAT 

1295
00:54:49,819 --> 00:54:54,591
WE BELIEVE YOU ALL ENVISION THI 

1296
00:54:54,591 --> 00:54:56,192
PROGRAM. BUT THIS IS OUR -- NOW 

1297
00:54:56,192 --> 00:54:57,260
TAKING THAT AND PUTTING IT INTO 

1298
00:54:57,260 --> 00:54:59,462
A PROGRAM THAT WE CAN THEN GROW 

1299
00:54:59,462 --> 00:55:01,164
AND EXPAND UPON IN THE YEAR TO  

1300
00:55:01,164 --> 00:55:06,636
COME THAT WILL BEST SERVE THOSE 

1301
00:55:06,636 --> 00:55:06,870
NEEDS. 

1302
00:55:06,870 --> 00:55:07,337
&gt;&gt; GREAT. THANK YOU. 

1303
00:55:07,337 --> 00:55:10,774
&gt;&gt; SO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT PARK 

1304
00:55:10,774 --> 00:55:13,043
RANGER RECRUITMENT, WHICH IS  

1305
00:55:13,043 --> 00:55:15,178
REALLY VITAL TO THE SUCCESS OF  

1306
00:55:15,178 --> 00:55:17,080
THIS PROGRAM. THERE ARE -- IT'S 

1307
00:55:17,080 --> 00:55:19,182
A CONCERTED EFFORT BEING PLACED 

1308
00:55:19,182 --> 00:55:21,017
RIGHT NOW, AND I JUST WANT ALL  

1309
00:55:21,017 --> 00:55:23,119
THE MEMBERS TO REALLY FEEL  

1310
00:55:23,119 --> 00:55:25,021
COMFORTABLE AND AWARE OF HOW WE 

1311
00:55:25,021 --> 00:55:26,456
ARE APPROACHING THE TYPES OF  

1312
00:55:26,456 --> 00:55:28,091
INDIVIDUALS THAT WE ARE  

1313
00:55:28,091 --> 00:55:30,427
RECRUITING INTO OUR PARK RANGER 

1314
00:55:30,427 --> 00:55:31,728
PROGRAM. FIRST AND FOREMOST,  

1315
00:55:31,728 --> 00:55:34,664
THEY HAVE TO BE COMMUNITY-ORIEN 

1316
00:55:34,664 --> 00:55:35,865
ED. THEY HAVE TO HAVE A DESIRE  

1317
00:55:35,865 --> 00:55:38,268
TO BE AMONG THE COMMUNITY, AMON 

1318
00:55:38,268 --> 00:55:40,904
THE CITY AND BEING SORT OF THAT 

1319
00:55:40,904 --> 00:55:43,673
AS I KEEP TALKING ABOUT THIS  

1320
00:55:43,673 --> 00:55:44,674
AMBASSADOR, REPRESENTING THE  

1321
00:55:44,674 --> 00:55:48,812
BEST OF OUR CITY, ENSURING THAT 

1322
00:55:48,812 --> 00:55:50,080
THEY ARE COMMUNITY FACING, THAT 

1323
00:55:50,080 --> 00:55:53,349
THEY HAVE A REAL UNDERSTANDING  

1324
00:55:53,349 --> 00:55:55,485
OF HOW OUR COMMUNITY WORKS IN  

1325
00:55:55,485 --> 00:55:56,286
SEATTLE AND THE UNIQUE  

1326
00:55:56,286 --> 00:55:58,254
CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE. SO YOU 

1327
00:55:58,254 --> 00:55:59,622
REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON  

1328
00:55:59,622 --> 00:56:01,124
INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE A PASSION 

1329
00:56:01,124 --> 00:56:02,992
AND DESIRE TO DO THAT WORK, AS  

1330
00:56:02,992 --> 00:56:05,128
WELL AS A PASSION AND DESIRE TO 

1331
00:56:05,128 --> 00:56:07,764
BE PART OF OUR AMAZING PARKS  

1332
00:56:07,764 --> 00:56:10,667
SYSTEM AND TO BE SORT OF -- HAV 

1333
00:56:10,667 --> 00:56:12,302
THAT NATIONAL -- OR EXCUSE ME - 

1334
00:56:12,302 --> 00:56:14,804
THAT LOCAL LOVE OF PARKS THE WA 

1335
00:56:14,804 --> 00:56:16,206
SOME OF OUR NATIONAL PARK  

1336
00:56:16,206 --> 00:56:17,841
RANGERS HAVE OF THE NATIONAL  

1337
00:56:17,841 --> 00:56:20,944
PARK SYSTEM. WE ARE BLESSED TO 

1338
00:56:20,944 --> 00:56:24,647
BE THIS EVERGREEN, YOU KNOW,  

1339
00:56:24,647 --> 00:56:25,849
STATE AND THIS EMERALD CITY AND 

1340
00:56:25,849 --> 00:56:28,017
THERE IS MUCH PRIDE THERE. SO W 

1341
00:56:28,017 --> 00:56:29,586
WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE  

1342
00:56:29,586 --> 00:56:31,421
INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE THAT SORT 

1343
00:56:31,421 --> 00:56:33,590
OF SWEET COMBINATION OF BOTH AN 

1344
00:56:33,590 --> 00:56:36,192
DESIRE TO IMPROVE THE PARK  

1345
00:56:36,192 --> 00:56:36,926
SYSTEM. AMONG THE MINIMUM  

1346
00:56:36,926 --> 00:56:39,295
QUALIFICATIONS WILL BE A 1 YEAR 

1347
00:56:39,295 --> 00:56:41,364
EXPERIENCE IN PARKS OR  

1348
00:56:41,364 --> 00:56:45,135
RECREATION OR SOME RELATED FIEL 

1349
00:56:45,135 --> 00:56:46,836
OF SECURITY THAT THEN COMBINED 

1350
00:56:46,836 --> 00:56:49,639
WITH EDUCATION OR TRAINING  

1351
00:56:49,639 --> 00:56:51,808
EXPERIENCE THAT PROVIDES  

1352
00:56:51,808 --> 00:56:52,842
EQUIVALENT BACKGROUND REQUIRED  

1353
00:56:52,842 --> 00:56:54,611
TO PERFORM THIS TYPE OF WORK. 

1354
00:56:54,611 --> 00:57:01,184
THEY NEED TO BE COMMITTED TO  

1355
00:57:01,184 --> 00:57:02,552
PUBLIC SAFETY APPROACHES AT 

1356
00:57:02,552 --> 00:57:05,155
LEVELS, THERE IS NO ONE APPROAC 

1357
00:57:05,155 --> 00:57:07,857
AS WE KNOW. BUT IT IS IMPORTANT 

1358
00:57:07,857 --> 00:57:09,459
OUR RANGERS ARE TRAIN AND  

1359
00:57:09,459 --> 00:57:10,927
RECRUITED TO UNDERSTAND THE  

1360
00:57:10,927 --> 00:57:12,562
NUANCES AND UNDERSTAND THE BEST 

1361
00:57:12,562 --> 00:57:15,198
PRACTICES TO ENSURE OUR CITY IS 

1362
00:57:15,198 --> 00:57:19,035
ADVANCING THOSE IN THE MOST  

1363
00:57:19,035 --> 00:57:22,105
SOCIALLY JUST WAY THAT WE CAN. 

1364
00:57:22,105 --> 00:57:24,073
AS I MENTIONED, EXCELLENT  

1365
00:57:24,073 --> 00:57:25,341
CUSTOMER SERVICE SKILLS. WE WAN 

1366
00:57:25,341 --> 00:57:26,643
THEM TO BE INDIVIDUALS THAT YOU 

1367
00:57:26,643 --> 00:57:28,978
ALL AND YOUR STAFF AND YOUR  

1368
00:57:28,978 --> 00:57:29,879
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL GET TO  

1369
00:57:29,879 --> 00:57:32,248
KNOW AND CAN CALL ON AND THAT  

1370
00:57:32,248 --> 00:57:34,150
WILL BE RELIABLE TO MEET YOUR 

1371
00:57:34,150 --> 00:57:36,853
NEEDS, JUST AS MANY OF YOU RELY 

1372
00:57:36,853 --> 00:57:39,989
ON SOME OF OUR EXCELLENT PARK  

1373
00:57:39,989 --> 00:57:41,491
AND RECREATION STAFF THAT WE  

1374
00:57:41,491 --> 00:57:44,260
HAVE WORKING AT OUR COMMUNITY  

1375
00:57:44,260 --> 00:57:47,030
CENTERS IN OUR PARKS AND IN OUR 

1376
00:57:47,030 --> 00:57:48,431
NATIONAL -- REGIONAL PARK  

1377
00:57:48,431 --> 00:57:50,166
SYSTEMS. THEY WILL BE AN  

1378
00:57:50,166 --> 00:57:51,568
EXTENSION OF THAT MODELING  

1379
00:57:51,568 --> 00:57:53,770
EXCELLENCE AT ALL LEVELS OF 

1380
00:57:53,770 --> 00:57:56,005
THEIR WORK. AND THERE WILL BE A 

1381
00:57:56,005 --> 00:57:57,273
EDUCATION FIRST APPROACH WITH  

1382
00:57:57,273 --> 00:57:59,876
ALL OF THE WORK THAT THEY ARE  

1383
00:57:59,876 --> 00:58:01,010
DOING. AND, AGAIN, THEY WILL  

1384
00:58:01,010 --> 00:58:04,714
NEED TO BE ALSO ABLE TO PASS  

1385
00:58:04,714 --> 00:58:06,516
BACKGROUND CHECKS SO THEY CAN B 

1386
00:58:06,516 --> 00:58:08,418
THERE TO DO THE WORK THAT'S 

1387
00:58:08,418 --> 00:58:10,587
NEEDED OF A PARK RANGER. AND I  

1388
00:58:10,587 --> 00:58:12,755
JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU  

1389
00:58:12,755 --> 00:58:13,890
JUST A SNAPSHOT OF SOME OF THE  

1390
00:58:13,890 --> 00:58:15,124
ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE ARE  

1391
00:58:15,124 --> 00:58:16,726
WORKING WITH. WE HAVE PARTNERED 

1392
00:58:16,726 --> 00:58:18,628
WITH A CONSULTING FIRM TO REALL 

1393
00:58:18,628 --> 00:58:21,998
GET OUT AND ENSURE THAT OUR  

1394
00:58:21,998 --> 00:58:23,566
APPROACH IS WIDE, VARIED AND  

1395
00:58:23,566 --> 00:58:29,372
BROAD AND BRINGING US A DIVERSE 

1396
00:58:29,372 --> 00:58:31,307
SET OF CANDIDATES. ON PARK  

1397
00:58:31,307 --> 00:58:35,111
RANGER TRAINING, SO ONCE WE HAV 

1398
00:58:35,111 --> 00:58:37,180
SELECTED THE FIRST TRAUNCH OF  

1399
00:58:37,180 --> 00:58:38,848
PARK RANGERS -- AND I SHOULD  

1400
00:58:38,848 --> 00:58:41,451
REPORT AS OF TODAY WE HAVE OVER 

1401
00:58:41,451 --> 00:58:44,621
100, IF NOT MORE, APPLICATIONS  

1402
00:58:44,621 --> 00:58:46,789
FROM THAT RECRUITMENT THAT WE  

1403
00:58:46,789 --> 00:58:50,059
HAVE BEEN DOING. I WAS PLEASED  

1404
00:58:50,059 --> 00:58:52,228
TO PARTICIPATE IN A TOWN HALL  

1405
00:58:52,228 --> 00:58:53,329
RECRUITMENT EVENT WITH SOME OF 

1406
00:58:53,329 --> 00:58:55,131
OUR STAFF ABOUT A WEEK AND A  

1407
00:58:55,131 --> 00:58:57,133
HALF AGO TO ANSWER COMMUNITY  

1408
00:58:57,133 --> 00:58:58,501
QUESTIONS AND TO BETTER LEAN  

1409
00:58:58,501 --> 00:59:00,770
INTO THAT AND THE RESULT HAS  

1410
00:59:00,770 --> 00:59:02,372
BEEN REALLY, REALLY POSITIVE. S 

1411
00:59:02,372 --> 00:59:04,107
JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT WE 

1412
00:59:04,107 --> 00:59:05,742
ARE ON TRACK AND WE FEEL  

1413
00:59:05,742 --> 00:59:11,381
COMFORTABLE THAT WE HAVE A GOOD 

1414
00:59:11,381 --> 00:59:14,951
PADRE OF PEOPLE APPLYING. ONCE  

1415
00:59:14,951 --> 00:59:19,188
THEY ARE HIRED,S THEY WILL GO T 

1416
00:59:19,188 --> 00:59:20,323
A 6-WEEK TRAINING ACADEMY, WHIC 

1417
00:59:20,323 --> 00:59:21,691
IS A COMBINATION OF CLASSROOM 

1418
00:59:21,691 --> 00:59:23,493
AND FIELD WORK. THEY WILL BE 

1419
00:59:23,493 --> 00:59:24,794
TRAINED BY OUR INDIVIDUAL STAFF 

1420
00:59:24,794 --> 00:59:27,030
MEMBERS, AS WELL AS THE PARK  

1421
00:59:27,030 --> 00:59:28,498
AGENCIES WHO HAVE STEPPED UP TO 

1422
00:59:28,498 --> 00:59:32,001
DO THIS EFFORT WITH US. AMONG  

1423
00:59:32,001 --> 00:59:34,103
THEM ARE SP COMMUNICATIONS  

1424
00:59:34,103 --> 00:59:36,005
CENTER, THE WASHINGTON STATE  

1425
00:59:36,005 --> 00:59:38,174
CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRAINING  

1426
00:59:38,174 --> 00:59:40,109
COMMISSION AND PORTLAND'S PARKS 

1427
00:59:40,109 --> 00:59:42,178
AND RECS, GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO  

1428
00:59:42,178 --> 00:59:45,081
THE NEIGHBOR TO THE SOUTH WHO  

1429
00:59:45,081 --> 00:59:46,616
HAS A WONDERFUL PARK RANGER  

1430
00:59:46,616 --> 00:59:48,017
PROGRAM AND OUR STAFF HAS BEEN  

1431
00:59:48,017 --> 00:59:49,319
IN COMMUNICATION WITH THEM AND  

1432
00:59:49,319 --> 00:59:51,120
THEY ARE COMMITTED TO HELP US  

1433
00:59:51,120 --> 00:59:52,956
BUILD OUT THIS PROGRAM, WHICH I 

1434
00:59:52,956 --> 00:59:53,756
REALLY EXCITING. AND ALSO WHEN  

1435
00:59:53,756 --> 00:59:56,426
WE TALK ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION 

1436
00:59:56,426 --> 00:59:58,528
CENTER TRAINING, IT'S REALLY SO 

1437
00:59:58,528 --> 01:00:00,530
THE RANGERS HAVE DIRECT LINES O 

1438
01:00:00,530 --> 01:00:01,731
COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE  

1439
01:00:01,731 --> 01:00:05,802
INDIVIDUALS IN OUR CITY THAT MA 

1440
01:00:05,802 --> 01:00:08,404
LEAD TO PARK SITUATION OR A LIF 

1441
01:00:08,404 --> 01:00:11,274
AND SAFETY HEALTH MATTER. THEY  

1442
01:00:11,274 --> 01:00:14,444
WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO  

1443
01:00:14,444 --> 01:00:16,079
THAT. PRIMARY CURRICULUM WILL B 

1444
01:00:16,079 --> 01:00:18,014
WELCOMING AND ON BOARDING 

1445
01:00:18,014 --> 01:00:18,715
STRATEGIES, HOW TO WORK BEST 

1446
01:00:18,715 --> 01:00:20,650
WITH THE PUBLIC KNOWING THE CIT 

1447
01:00:20,650 --> 01:00:22,785
OF SEATTLE, KNOWING OUR  

1448
01:00:22,785 --> 01:00:23,553
COMMUNITIES, UNDERSTANDING  

1449
01:00:23,553 --> 01:00:27,991
SAFETY, FIRST AID, AND EMERGENC 

1450
01:00:27,991 --> 01:00:29,325
RESPONSE, ENFORCEMENT PROTOCOLS 

1451
01:00:29,325 --> 01:00:31,861
IS REALLY IMPORTANT, HOW TO  

1452
01:00:31,861 --> 01:00:34,564
EFFECTIVELY PROPERLY, LAWFULLY, 

1453
01:00:34,564 --> 01:00:36,566
AND JUSTLY ENGAGE WITH THE  

1454
01:00:36,566 --> 01:00:37,900
COMMUNITY RESPECTFUL OF ALL  

1455
01:00:37,900 --> 01:00:40,136
MEMBERS OF OUR SOCIETY AND WILL 

1456
01:00:40,136 --> 01:00:42,505
BE TRAINED IN DEESCALATION AND  

1457
01:00:42,505 --> 01:00:44,040
WILL REALLY BE TRAIN ON WHAT WE 

1458
01:00:44,040 --> 01:00:48,478
CAN DO AND WHAT YOU DO NOT DO A 

1459
01:00:48,478 --> 01:00:50,113
A PARK RANGER AND THE SORT OF  

1460
01:00:50,113 --> 01:00:56,552
DEEP OR DIE IS THE EVOLUTION OF 

1461
01:00:56,552 --> 01:01:00,323
THINGS AND ISSUES THAT THERE IS 

1462
01:01:00,323 --> 01:01:02,158
THERE IS A THINGS THAT COME UP  

1463
01:01:02,158 --> 01:01:03,626
EVERY DAY. WE WANT THEM TO BE  

1464
01:01:03,626 --> 01:01:05,294
TRAIN AND CONNECTED WITH EVERY  

1465
01:01:05,294 --> 01:01:06,963
PART OF OUR WORKING OPERATION S 

1466
01:01:06,963 --> 01:01:08,765
THEY CAN ALSO BE SORT OF THE  

1467
01:01:08,765 --> 01:01:10,967
EYES AND EARS AND LETTING US  

1468
01:01:10,967 --> 01:01:13,636
KNOW ABOUT CONSTRUCTION PROBLEM 

1469
01:01:13,636 --> 01:01:17,540
OR VANDALISM OR GRAFFITI OR AIR 

1470
01:01:17,540 --> 01:01:19,275
AND WATER SYSTEM. THEY CAN DEEP 

1471
01:01:19,275 --> 01:01:23,813
DIVE INTO THAT AND BE PROBLEM  

1472
01:01:23,813 --> 01:01:25,815
SOLVING, SOLUTION ORIENTED IN  

1473
01:01:25,815 --> 01:01:29,318
THAT APPROACH. SO THIS IS IN A  

1474
01:01:29,318 --> 01:01:33,322
NUTSHELL IS OUR RAMP-UP PROGRAM 

1475
01:01:33,322 --> 01:01:38,094
AND I KNEW THERE WERE MORE  

1476
01:01:38,094 --> 01:01:38,728
SLIDES HERE. TRAINING AND  

1477
01:01:38,728 --> 01:01:39,395
ACCOUNTABILITY CONSISTENT WITH 

1478
01:01:39,395 --> 01:01:40,997
WHAT WE JUST STATED TO YOU  

1479
01:01:40,997 --> 01:01:44,834
EARLIER ABOUT THE CYCLE TO RAMP 

1480
01:01:44,834 --> 01:01:47,036
UP. WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE  

1481
01:01:47,036 --> 01:01:48,304
TRANSPARENT TO THE COMMUNITY AN 

1482
01:01:48,304 --> 01:01:50,139
WORK WITH THE PARK DISTRICT, AS 

1483
01:01:50,139 --> 01:01:52,942
WELL AS OUR PARK COMMISSIONERS 

1484
01:01:52,942 --> 01:01:54,944
ON REPORTING OUT ON THE WORK  

1485
01:01:54,944 --> 01:01:57,480
THAT IS BEING DONE. SO SOME OF  

1486
01:01:57,480 --> 01:01:58,715
THE THINGS THAT YOU-ALL ASKED  

1487
01:01:58,715 --> 01:02:01,250
FOR AND FOR US TO REPORT ON ARE 

1488
01:02:01,250 --> 01:02:03,286
THE NUMBER OF VERBAL WARNING 

1489
01:02:03,286 --> 01:02:04,787
ISSUES AND THE REASONS WHY. SO  

1490
01:02:04,787 --> 01:02:07,390
WE WILL BE TRAINING AND TRACKIN 

1491
01:02:07,390 --> 01:02:09,258
THOSE POSITIONS. ALSO THE NUMBE 

1492
01:02:09,258 --> 01:02:11,194
OF WRITTEN WARNINGS AND  

1493
01:02:11,194 --> 01:02:13,429
CITATIONS THAT ARE ISSUED AND  

1494
01:02:13,429 --> 01:02:15,331
WHY AND THINGS THAT PERHAPS HAV 

1495
01:02:15,331 --> 01:02:17,166
BEEN REFERRED OVER TO A POLICE 

1496
01:02:17,166 --> 01:02:19,168
DEPARTMENT, AND WE WOULD BE  

1497
01:02:19,168 --> 01:02:21,671
HAVING METRICS FOR THAT. WE ALS 

1498
01:02:21,671 --> 01:02:23,806
WILL BE -- WILL ALSO BE ASKING  

1499
01:02:23,806 --> 01:02:25,608
OUR RANGERS TO REPORT ON  

1500
01:02:25,608 --> 01:02:27,777
POSITIVE INTERACTIONS WITH THE  

1501
01:02:27,777 --> 01:02:29,779
COMMUNITIES AS WELL. AND I 

1502
01:02:29,779 --> 01:02:31,447
ANTICIPATE THAT THERE WILL BE A 

1503
01:02:31,447 --> 01:02:33,850
SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF WHAT WE  

1504
01:02:33,850 --> 01:02:35,318
CALL POSITIVE INTERACTIONS. BUT 

1505
01:02:35,318 --> 01:02:37,987
YOU KNOW, REALLY BEING HELPFUL  

1506
01:02:37,987 --> 01:02:40,289
AND PROBLEM SOLVING AND  

1507
01:02:40,289 --> 01:02:41,891
CONNECTING PEOPLE IN THAT  

1508
01:02:41,891 --> 01:02:44,694
SPIRIT. SO WE ARE GOING TO SORT 

1509
01:02:44,694 --> 01:02:46,429
OF TRACK THAT INTERNALLY. AND I 

1510
01:02:46,429 --> 01:02:47,063
YOU-ALL WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT, 

1511
01:02:47,063 --> 01:02:50,233
WE WILL TRACK THAT BACK WITH YO 

1512
01:02:50,233 --> 01:02:51,334
AS WELL. AND THEN CONTINUING TO 

1513
01:02:51,334 --> 01:02:53,102
WORK WITH YOU ON THE NUMBER OF 

1514
01:02:53,102 --> 01:02:55,204
PARK RANGERS THAT WE ARE HIRING 

1515
01:02:55,204 --> 01:02:57,073
AND WHERE THEY ARE BEING  

1516
01:02:57,073 --> 01:02:58,274
DEPLOYED. AND THEN THE 

1517
01:02:58,274 --> 01:03:02,578
ADDITIONAL METRIC WILL BE AN  

1518
01:03:02,578 --> 01:03:04,147
ANNUAL PARK RANGER APP OF  

1519
01:03:04,147 --> 01:03:06,682
VIOLATIONS THAT CAN BE REPORTED 

1520
01:03:06,682 --> 01:03:10,052
THROUGH OUR PARK CODE, BUT  

1521
01:03:10,052 --> 01:03:11,454
ONLINE, BUT CONSISTENT WITH  

1522
01:03:11,454 --> 01:03:13,823
OTHER WAYS THAT CONTINUE TO BE  

1523
01:03:13,823 --> 01:03:15,558
FORWARD FACING. AND THEN I JUST 

1524
01:03:15,558 --> 01:03:18,528
SORT OF WANT TO END OR TALK  

1525
01:03:18,528 --> 01:03:19,495
ABOUT INITIAL DEPLOYMENT HERE  

1526
01:03:19,495 --> 01:03:22,064
AND SOME OF THE MEMBERS HAVE  

1527
01:03:22,064 --> 01:03:24,901
ASKED QUESTIONS, SO I JUST WANT 

1528
01:03:24,901 --> 01:03:26,035
TO CLARIFY HERE. YOU SAW THIS O 

1529
01:03:26,035 --> 01:03:29,539
OUR REPORT BACK. THE INITIAL  

1530
01:03:29,539 --> 01:03:32,074
EMPLOYMENT WILL FOCUS ON 21  

1531
01:03:32,074 --> 01:03:33,809
DOWNTOWN PARKS. THAT'S OVER 46  

1532
01:03:33,809 --> 01:03:34,644
ACRES. AND YOU CAN SEE THERE ON 

1533
01:03:34,644 --> 01:03:37,013
THE MAP SOME OF THE PARKS THAT  

1534
01:03:37,013 --> 01:03:39,849
WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED IN OUR  

1535
01:03:39,849 --> 01:03:40,550
DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY WIL 

1536
01:03:40,550 --> 01:03:42,685
WORK 7 DAYS A WEEK FROM 6:00 IN 

1537
01:03:42,685 --> 01:03:44,587
THE MORNING UNTIL 9:00 P.M. AT 

1538
01:03:44,587 --> 01:03:49,125
NIGHT. THEY WILL WORK AND ROTAT 

1539
01:03:49,125 --> 01:03:54,063
IN THREE DAILY TEAMS AND COHORT 

1540
01:03:54,063 --> 01:03:56,165
OF TWO. THERE SHOULD NEVER --  

1541
01:03:56,165 --> 01:03:58,034
AND IDEALLY THAT SHOULD BE TWO 

1542
01:03:58,034 --> 01:04:00,369
RANGERS WORKING TOGETHER IN THE 

1543
01:04:00,369 --> 01:04:02,905
DOWNTOWN AREAS. AND THERE WILL  

1544
01:04:02,905 --> 01:04:05,808
ALSO BE AN ADDITIONAL EMPHASIS  

1545
01:04:05,808 --> 01:04:07,710
CONSISTENT ON YOUR INTERACTION  

1546
01:04:07,710 --> 01:04:09,545
AT KELL ANDERSON PARK, WHICH YO 

1547
01:04:09,545 --> 01:04:15,084
KNOW HAS GONE THROUGH GREAT  

1548
01:04:15,084 --> 01:04:17,787
RENOVATION AND DONE A WALK THER 

1549
01:04:17,787 --> 01:04:19,856
WITH COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS AND  

1550
01:04:19,856 --> 01:04:21,624
COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND HAVE BEEN 

1551
01:04:21,624 --> 01:04:23,025
THERE SEVERAL TIMES AT NIGHT,  

1552
01:04:23,025 --> 01:04:26,028
AND IT IS SO WELL ACTIVATED AND 

1553
01:04:26,028 --> 01:04:28,030
THRIVING IN MANY WAYS. WE WANT  

1554
01:04:28,030 --> 01:04:30,266
TO CONTINUE THAT SENSE OF 

1555
01:04:30,266 --> 01:04:32,101
ACTIVATION. AND WE ALSO IN THE 

1556
01:04:32,101 --> 01:04:33,035
EMERGENCE OF CITY HALL PARK, 

1557
01:04:33,035 --> 01:04:34,871
WHICH I KNOW YOU ARE ALL  

1558
01:04:34,871 --> 01:04:37,039
TRACKING AND WE ARE WORKING HAR 

1559
01:04:37,039 --> 01:04:41,277
ON A PLAN TO REOPEN THIS SPRING 

1560
01:04:41,277 --> 01:04:45,982
WE DO WANT TO HAVE A DEDICATED  

1561
01:04:45,982 --> 01:04:47,483
CREW PROVIDING EMPHASIS THROUGH 

1562
01:04:47,483 --> 01:04:50,186
OUR PARK RANGERS THROUGH CITY  

1563
01:04:50,186 --> 01:04:52,121
HALL PARK. AND DEPLOYMENT  

1564
01:04:52,121 --> 01:04:55,024
CONSIDERATIONS WILL BE SHAPED B 

1565
01:04:55,024 --> 01:04:56,092
THE FOLLOWING FACTORS. SOMETIME 

1566
01:04:56,092 --> 01:04:59,629
THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL EVENT  

1567
01:04:59,629 --> 01:05:04,000
GOING ON IN OUR CITY,  

1568
01:05:04,000 --> 01:05:04,600
PROPRIETARY OR A PARTICULAR  

1569
01:05:04,600 --> 01:05:05,935
EVENT THAT WE KNOW IS GOING ON  

1570
01:05:05,935 --> 01:05:07,470
AND WE WANT ADDITIONAL RANGERS 

1571
01:05:07,470 --> 01:05:10,339
TO SUPPORT THAT PARK TO ENSURE 

1572
01:05:10,339 --> 01:05:15,444
PUBLIC SAFETY AND ASSISTANCE IS 

1573
01:05:15,444 --> 01:05:18,514
BEING GIVEN AS NEEDED. THERE  

1574
01:05:18,514 --> 01:05:20,583
COULD BE INCIDENTS TELLING US  

1575
01:05:20,583 --> 01:05:21,484
ABOUT PARTICULAR LOCATIONS OR W 

1576
01:05:21,484 --> 01:05:24,720
SEE AN UP TICK IN CRIME OR UP  

1577
01:05:24,720 --> 01:05:26,656
TICK IN REPORTED VANDALISM. SO  

1578
01:05:26,656 --> 01:05:29,158
WE MIGHT DEPLOY RANGERS TO WORK 

1579
01:05:29,158 --> 01:05:31,193
IN THOSE PARTICULAR PARKS AND  

1580
01:05:31,193 --> 01:05:35,031
EASING BACK TO OTHERS FROM TIME 

1581
01:05:35,031 --> 01:05:36,265
TO TIME. WE ARE GETTING  

1582
01:05:36,265 --> 01:05:37,033
INFORMATION FROM YOUR STAFF, AS 

1583
01:05:37,033 --> 01:05:39,435
WELL AS THE COMMUNITY, SO WE CA 

1584
01:05:39,435 --> 01:05:41,704
DEVELOP A STRATEGY OF WHERE WE  

1585
01:05:41,704 --> 01:05:46,876
SHOULD BE FOCUSED. THE PARK COD 

1586
01:05:46,876 --> 01:05:48,444
VIOLATIONS, GRAFFITI, VANDALISM 

1587
01:05:48,444 --> 01:05:50,513
AND HOT SPOTS, WANT TO KEEP A  

1588
01:05:50,513 --> 01:05:54,350
CONCERTED EFFORT WE ARE MEETING 

1589
01:05:54,350 --> 01:05:56,752
THOSE AND REDUCING THE NUMBER O 

1590
01:05:56,752 --> 01:05:58,054
THOSE ACTIVITIES BEFORE WE FOCU 

1591
01:05:58,054 --> 01:06:00,222
ON OTHER AREAS IN THE SYSTEM. 

1592
01:06:00,222 --> 01:06:04,327
AND ALSO BEGIN COMMUNICATION  

1593
01:06:04,327 --> 01:06:05,728
WITH OUR EXISTING CONCIERGE  

1594
01:06:05,728 --> 01:06:07,129
TEAMS, SUPPORTING THEM IN THEIR 

1595
01:06:07,129 --> 01:06:08,898
WORK SO THEY CAN FEEL EQUIPPEDE 

1596
01:06:08,898 --> 01:06:12,735
TO DO THEIR WORK AND REALLY FEE 

1597
01:06:12,735 --> 01:06:13,669
SAFE TOGETHER. SO THIS WILL VER 

1598
01:06:13,669 --> 01:06:16,105
MUCH BE A COLLECTIVE TEAM  

1599
01:06:16,105 --> 01:06:20,776
APPROACH TO THE WORK IN THE 

1600
01:06:20,776 --> 01:06:23,112
COMMUNITY. AND HERE IS OUR  

1601
01:06:23,112 --> 01:06:25,214
EXPANSION TIMELINE, FOCUSING ON 

1602
01:06:25,214 --> 01:06:29,218
2023. SO IN JANUARY WE BEGAN  

1603
01:06:29,218 --> 01:06:32,655
PHASE 1 AND DID OUR RECRUITMENT 

1604
01:06:32,655 --> 01:06:37,293
AND ON BOARDING WITH THE GOAL O 

1605
01:06:37,293 --> 01:06:40,062
HIRING 13 MAIN PARK RANGERS AND 

1606
01:06:40,062 --> 01:06:41,964
THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE EXISTING 

1607
01:06:41,964 --> 01:06:44,433
SO WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THAT  

1608
01:06:44,433 --> 01:06:47,303
PHASE RIGHT NOW FROM JANUARY TO 

1609
01:06:47,303 --> 01:06:48,537
APRIL. AS I MENTIONED, WE ARE  

1610
01:06:48,537 --> 01:06:50,740
VERY MUCH INTO THE IMPROVEMENT  

1611
01:06:50,740 --> 01:06:52,875
PROCESS NOW AND REQUIRING THE  

1612
01:06:52,875 --> 01:06:54,377
APPLICATIONS. WE WILL BE DOING  

1613
01:06:54,377 --> 01:06:56,979
THE VETTING AND SCREENING. AND  

1614
01:06:56,979 --> 01:06:59,648
THEN IN THE MID-MAY TO JULY, WE 

1615
01:06:59,648 --> 01:07:01,717
WILL BE FOCUSING ON OUR TRAININ 

1616
01:07:01,717 --> 01:07:03,352
AND GET INTO THOSE INDIVIDUALS  

1617
01:07:03,352 --> 01:07:08,190
ON BOARDED AND TRAINED UP, AND  

1618
01:07:08,190 --> 01:07:10,760
THEN TOWARDS Q 3 WE WILL LOOK A 

1619
01:07:10,760 --> 01:07:12,128
BEGINNING OUR FIRST DEPLOYMENT 

1620
01:07:12,128 --> 01:07:14,530
OF PHASE 1 OF THE RANGER  

1621
01:07:14,530 --> 01:07:16,899
EXPANSION PROGRAM WITH THAT  

1622
01:07:16,899 --> 01:07:18,534
7-DAY COVERAGE. AND THEN AT THE 

1623
01:07:18,534 --> 01:07:20,703
END OF THE YEAR WE WILL THEN  

1624
01:07:20,703 --> 01:07:23,906
EVALUATE HOW WE WILL GO INTO  

1625
01:07:23,906 --> 01:07:27,777
PHASE 2, RAMPING UP TO THE 28  

1626
01:07:27,777 --> 01:07:28,577
AUTHORIZED POSITIONS, BEING  

1627
01:07:28,577 --> 01:07:30,546
SHAPED BY WHAT WE LEARNED ALSO 

1628
01:07:30,546 --> 01:07:34,283
IN PHASE 1. SO WE HAVE KIND OF  

1629
01:07:34,283 --> 01:07:37,186
SET UP THIS TIMELINE, REALLY  

1630
01:07:37,186 --> 01:07:38,621
THANKS TO OUR STAFF WHO IS  

1631
01:07:38,621 --> 01:07:40,856
WORKING REALLY HARD TO DELIVER  

1632
01:07:40,856 --> 01:07:42,224
OUR MODEL PROGRAM, THAT WE ARE  

1633
01:07:42,224 --> 01:07:44,427
ON TRACK, MEETING OUR GOALS AND 

1634
01:07:44,427 --> 01:07:45,394
FEELING REALLY CONFIDENT IN 

1635
01:07:45,394 --> 01:07:50,232
SPEAKING WITH YOU TODAY THAT  

1636
01:07:50,232 --> 01:07:51,500
THIS TIMELINE SHOULD WORK WITH 

1637
01:07:51,500 --> 01:07:53,669
THE CAVEAT THAT WE HAVE TO GO  

1638
01:07:53,669 --> 01:07:54,904
THROUGH OBVIOUSLY THE HIRING  

1639
01:07:54,904 --> 01:07:57,139
PROCESS AND AS YOU ALL KNOW,  

1640
01:07:57,139 --> 01:07:58,741
THAT CAN TAKE TIME TO ENSURE  

1641
01:07:58,741 --> 01:08:00,743
THAT WE GET THE PROPER  

1642
01:08:00,743 --> 01:08:02,311
APPLICANTS IN PLACE, THAT THEY  

1643
01:08:02,311 --> 01:08:04,180
FILL OUT THEIR FORMS CORRECTLY, 

1644
01:08:04,180 --> 01:08:06,048
THAT WE DO THE BACKGROUND  

1645
01:08:06,048 --> 01:08:08,584
CHECKS, THAT WE FIND THE RIGHT  

1646
01:08:08,584 --> 01:08:10,453
CANDIDATES. I WANT TO POINT OUT 

1647
01:08:10,453 --> 01:08:12,054
ALTHOUGH WE FEEL CONFIDENT ABOU 

1648
01:08:12,054 --> 01:08:13,756
THAT, WE MIGHT NEED TO ADJUST  

1649
01:08:13,756 --> 01:08:16,125
THAT A LITTLE BIT, BUT HOPING  

1650
01:08:16,125 --> 01:08:18,594
NOT TO. AND WITH THAT, THAT IS  

1651
01:08:18,594 --> 01:08:19,528
OUR REPORT. AND JUST WANT TO  

1652
01:08:19,528 --> 01:08:22,298
THANK YOU FOR BEING SO  

1653
01:08:22,298 --> 01:08:24,066
SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. THIS, PLUS  

1654
01:08:24,066 --> 01:08:27,670
THE CYCLE 2 RAMP UP IS PART OF  

1655
01:08:27,670 --> 01:08:31,874
THE CYCLE 2 CAMP UP, BUT THIS 

1656
01:08:31,874 --> 01:08:34,009
FOR THE CAPITAL IN THE PARK  

1657
01:08:34,009 --> 01:08:35,211
SYSTEM IS REALLY GOING TO BE A  

1658
01:08:35,211 --> 01:08:37,113
POSITIVE FOR THE CITY OF SEATTL 

1659
01:08:37,113 --> 01:08:40,583
AND OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT AND I' 

1660
01:08:40,583 --> 01:08:43,085
SO PLEASED COMING IN AT A  

1661
01:08:43,085 --> 01:08:44,720
PIVOTAL TIME WITH YOUR DIRECTIO 

1662
01:08:44,720 --> 01:08:46,288
AND PROVIDING ME AND OUR ENTIRE 

1663
01:08:46,288 --> 01:08:49,825
TEAM HERE THE ABILITY TO DELIVE 

1664
01:08:49,825 --> 01:08:51,494
GREAT THINGS FOR OUR PARKS. JUS 

1665
01:08:51,494 --> 01:08:53,262
WANT TO THANK YOU ON THAT. 

1666
01:08:53,262 --> 01:08:56,098
&gt;&gt; THANK YOU SO MUCH. I SEE THA 

1667
01:08:56,098 --> 01:08:57,967
COUNCIL MEMBER PETERSON HAS A  

1668
01:08:57,967 --> 01:08:59,635
QUESTION. I'M GOING TO ASK MAYB 

1669
01:08:59,635 --> 01:09:01,036
A BRIEF QUESTION FIRST AND THEN 

1670
01:09:01,036 --> 01:09:04,740
HAND IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER  

1671
01:09:04,740 --> 01:09:07,376
PETERSON. CAN WE GO BACK,  

1672
01:09:07,376 --> 01:09:09,178
SUPERINTENDENT DIAZ TO THE SLID 

1673
01:09:09,178 --> 01:09:14,917
WHERE WE ARE DISCUSSING THE 

1674
01:09:14,917 --> 01:09:24,627
TRAINING? YES. HOW MUCH OF THIS 

1675
01:09:24,627 --> 01:09:25,794
CURRENT REGIME THAT THE  

1676
01:09:25,794 --> 01:09:28,831
DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN USING TO  

1677
01:09:28,831 --> 01:09:33,702
TRAIN AND RETAIN OUR CURRENT  

1678
01:09:33,702 --> 01:09:34,069
RANGER SERVICE? 

1679
01:09:34,069 --> 01:09:36,338
&gt;&gt; WELL, YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, 

1680
01:09:36,338 --> 01:09:39,808
WE HAVE TWO PARK RANGERS NOW. S 

1681
01:09:39,808 --> 01:09:44,480
WITH THE GOAL OF RAMPING UP TO 

1682
01:09:44,480 --> 01:09:48,784
'28, THIS IS AN ENHANCED PERKUL 

1683
01:09:48,784 --> 01:09:51,387
I WOULD SAY. WE HAVE MORE PEOPL 

1684
01:09:51,387 --> 01:09:52,655
WORKING TOGETHER. SO, AGAIN, I  

1685
01:09:52,655 --> 01:09:55,824
WANT TO POINT OUT IT'S NOT  

1686
01:09:55,824 --> 01:09:57,493
DEVIATING OR CHANGING, BUT I  

1687
01:09:57,493 --> 01:10:01,163
REALLY SEE IT AS EXPANDING MORE 

1688
01:10:01,163 --> 01:10:04,733
ON WHAT OUR KURNT RANGERS ARE  

1689
01:10:04,733 --> 01:10:06,335
DOING NOW. SO THOSE INDIVIDUALS 

1690
01:10:06,335 --> 01:10:08,737
ARE WELL TRAINED ALONG WITH OUR 

1691
01:10:08,737 --> 01:10:10,172
SECURITY SERVICES TEAMS ON DOIN 

1692
01:10:10,172 --> 01:10:16,412
THIS WORK, BUT I REALLY WANT TO 

1693
01:10:16,412 --> 01:10:18,414
EMPHASIZE WITH MY TENURE HERE 

1694
01:10:18,414 --> 01:10:20,416
AND DREKS OF THE PROGRAM IS TO  

1695
01:10:20,416 --> 01:10:23,652
FOCUS ON THESE THREE THINGS, BU 

1696
01:10:23,652 --> 01:10:27,323
REALLY AN ENHANCED FOCUS ON  

1697
01:10:27,323 --> 01:10:29,558
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, REALLY  

1698
01:10:29,558 --> 01:10:30,125
FORWARD-FACING INTERACTION 

1699
01:10:30,125 --> 01:10:31,927
THAT'S POSITIVE AND BUILDING  

1700
01:10:31,927 --> 01:10:33,529
CONNECTIONS AND ALLIANCES MORE  

1701
01:10:33,529 --> 01:10:35,664
WITH OUR PARTNERS IN THE POLICE 

1702
01:10:35,664 --> 01:10:39,001
DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE  

1703
01:10:39,001 --> 01:10:40,569
DEPARTMENT. I HAVE HAD REALLY  

1704
01:10:40,569 --> 01:10:43,238
GREAT CONVERSATIONS WITH MY  

1705
01:10:43,238 --> 01:10:44,540
FELLOW DIRECTORS WITH THE CHIEF 

1706
01:10:44,540 --> 01:10:46,909
OF POLICE AND CHIEF OF THE FIRE 

1707
01:10:46,909 --> 01:10:48,077
DEPARTMENT ARE ALSO COMMITTED T 

1708
01:10:48,077 --> 01:10:49,545
MAKING THIS PROGRAM SUCCESSFUL  

1709
01:10:49,545 --> 01:10:52,548
SO IF THE RANGERS NEED EMERGENC 

1710
01:10:52,548 --> 01:10:53,549
OR FIRST AID RESPONSE, THEY ARE 

1711
01:10:53,549 --> 01:10:55,684
GOING TO HAVE DIRECT LINES OF  

1712
01:10:55,684 --> 01:10:56,418
COMMUNICATIONS WITH INDIVIDUALS 

1713
01:10:56,418 --> 01:10:58,220
IN THOSE DEPARTMENTS TO BE 

1714
01:10:58,220 --> 01:10:59,888
RESPONSIVE AND ALSO WE ARE  

1715
01:10:59,888 --> 01:11:02,191
REALLY GOING TO BE TEACHING OUR 

1716
01:11:02,191 --> 01:11:03,859
RANGERS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE 

1717
01:11:03,859 --> 01:11:05,027
CITY DEPARTMENT. NOTHING IS  

1718
01:11:05,027 --> 01:11:06,028
REALLY DEVIATING OR DIFFERENT,  

1719
01:11:06,028 --> 01:11:10,966
BUT I WOULD SAY IT'S MUCH MORE  

1720
01:11:10,966 --> 01:11:12,968
HEIGHTENED, MUCH MORE  

1721
01:11:12,968 --> 01:11:13,535
SOPHISTICATED AND REALLY  

1722
01:11:13,535 --> 01:11:16,038
EXPANSIVE IN THE SENSE THAT  

1723
01:11:16,038 --> 01:11:18,907
WITHIN THE CITY IT'S ONE SEATTL 

1724
01:11:18,907 --> 01:11:20,843
DIVISION WE TALK ABOUT, BUT PAR 

1725
01:11:20,843 --> 01:11:22,911
RANGERS WILL ONLY BE SUCCESSFUL 

1726
01:11:22,911 --> 01:11:24,413
IF SUPPORTED BY ALL OUR OTHER  

1727
01:11:24,413 --> 01:11:28,917
CITY PARTNERS TO DO THEIR WORK. 

1728
01:11:28,917 --> 01:11:31,153
&gt;&gt; GREAT. THANK YOU. BOARD 

1729
01:11:31,153 --> 01:11:31,654
MEMBER PETERSON? 

1730
01:11:31,654 --> 01:11:34,189
&gt;&gt; THANK YOU, BOARD PRESIDENT  

1731
01:11:34,189 --> 01:11:36,125
LEWIS AND THANK YOU  

1732
01:11:36,125 --> 01:11:38,060
SUPERINTENDENT DIAZ AND YOUR  

1733
01:11:38,060 --> 01:11:41,864
TEAM THERE. LOOK FORWARD TO YOU 

1734
01:11:41,864 --> 01:11:42,798
UPCOMING CONFIRMATION AS WELL. 

1735
01:11:42,798 --> 01:11:45,601
AND THANK YOU FOR THESE  

1736
01:11:45,601 --> 01:11:47,302
PRESENTATIONS. MY QUESTION IS 

1737
01:11:47,302 --> 01:11:49,805
ABOUT THE -- I BELIEVE SLIDE 8  

1738
01:11:49,805 --> 01:11:56,979
THAT HAS THE MAP OF THE CITY.  

1739
01:11:56,979 --> 01:12:00,783
THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THAT. M 

1740
01:12:00,783 --> 01:12:03,152
CONCERN HERE IS IT'S FOCUSED  

1741
01:12:03,152 --> 01:12:05,654
JUST ON DOWNTOWN. AND I KNOW  

1742
01:12:05,654 --> 01:12:08,657
THAT THAT WAS SOME SORT OF  

1743
01:12:08,657 --> 01:12:10,793
INFORMAL RANKMENT TO ROLL OUT  

1744
01:12:10,793 --> 01:12:12,494
THE EXPANSION, BUT I JUST WANT  

1745
01:12:12,494 --> 01:12:15,097
TO MAKE A NOTE THAT, YOU KNOW,  

1746
01:12:15,097 --> 01:12:17,032
THERE ARE PARKS THROUGHOUT  

1747
01:12:17,032 --> 01:12:19,068
SEATTLE THAT WOULD BENEFIT FROM 

1748
01:12:19,068 --> 01:12:21,537
THE RANGERS. I KNOW WHEN THERE  

1749
01:12:21,537 --> 01:12:24,239
ARE ISSUES CROP UP IN PARKS IN  

1750
01:12:24,239 --> 01:12:26,442
MY DISTRICT, LIKE GAS WORKS PAR 

1751
01:12:26,442 --> 01:12:29,712
THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS, THE  

1752
01:12:29,712 --> 01:12:32,047
EXECUTIVE WILL SAY FEAR NOT, WE 

1753
01:12:32,047 --> 01:12:34,483
HAVE PARK RANGERS. WE ARE  

1754
01:12:34,483 --> 01:12:35,884
EXPANDING THE PROGRAM AND WHEN  

1755
01:12:35,884 --> 01:12:36,819
LOOK INTO IT FURTHER, THERE IS 

1756
01:12:36,819 --> 01:12:38,620
THIS CAVEAT OF IT BEING  

1757
01:12:38,620 --> 01:12:40,489
DOWNTOWN. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT  

1758
01:12:40,489 --> 01:12:43,559
OF A MIXED MESSAGE TO MY  

1759
01:12:43,559 --> 01:12:44,526
CONSTITUENTS AND PEOPLE  

1760
01:12:44,526 --> 01:12:47,496
THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO I JUST  

1761
01:12:47,496 --> 01:12:49,565
WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE SOONER  

1762
01:12:49,565 --> 01:12:56,472
THERE CAN BE FLEXIBILITY AND CA 

1763
01:12:56,472 --> 01:12:57,339
BE STRATEGICALLY DEPLOYED WHERE 

1764
01:12:57,339 --> 01:12:58,607
THEY ARE MOST NEEDED TO HAVE  

1765
01:12:58,607 --> 01:13:00,075
EYES ON THE TRAIL, SO TO SPEAK. 

1766
01:13:00,075 --> 01:13:03,512
I THINK THAT WILL BE HELPFUL  

1767
01:13:03,512 --> 01:13:06,148
BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT SPD IS NOT 

1768
01:13:06,148 --> 01:13:09,084
ABLE TO RESPOND TO CERTAIN  

1769
01:13:09,084 --> 01:13:11,120
CALLS, THAT THERE IS JUST  

1770
01:13:11,120 --> 01:13:12,387
SOMETHING GOING ON THAT'S NOT  

1771
01:13:12,387 --> 01:13:13,389
CRIMINAL IN NATURE, BUT THERE  

1772
01:13:13,389 --> 01:13:16,125
NEEDS TO BE A CITY EMPLOYEE TO  

1773
01:13:16,125 --> 01:13:17,693
LOOK AFTER THE SITUATION. THE  

1774
01:13:17,693 --> 01:13:19,561
PARK RANGERS WOULD BE AN OBVIOU 

1775
01:13:19,561 --> 01:13:22,698
CHOICE FOR THAT. SO I WOULD  

1776
01:13:22,698 --> 01:13:24,566
ENCOURAGE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBL 

1777
01:13:24,566 --> 01:13:26,335
TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THAT  

1778
01:13:26,335 --> 01:13:31,106
FLEXIBILITY TO HAVE A MORE  

1779
01:13:31,106 --> 01:13:31,907
STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT CITYWIDE. 

1780
01:13:31,907 --> 01:13:33,876
THANK YOU. THAT'S JUST A  

1781
01:13:33,876 --> 01:13:34,143
COMMENT. 

1782
01:13:34,143 --> 01:13:39,381
&gt;&gt; YEAH. AND BOARD MEMBER  

1783
01:13:39,381 --> 01:13:40,282
PETERSON. THANK YOU. I WANT TO  

1784
01:13:40,282 --> 01:13:41,650
GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO RESPOND,  

1785
01:13:41,650 --> 01:13:46,421
BUT WE ARE CURRENTLY HAMSTRUNG  

1786
01:13:46,421 --> 01:13:48,190
BY BARGAINING CONSTRAINTS THE  

1787
01:13:48,190 --> 01:13:50,993
DEPARTMENT IS CRYING TO FIX TO  

1788
01:13:50,993 --> 01:13:54,596
GIVE US THAT FLEXIBILITY AND I' 

1789
01:13:54,596 --> 01:13:55,864
SUPPORTIVE OF US GETTING THAT  

1790
01:13:55,864 --> 01:13:57,800
FLEXIBILITY, BUT I WILL GIVE TH 

1791
01:13:57,800 --> 01:13:59,368
DEPARTMENT A MOMENT TO RESPOND  

1792
01:13:59,368 --> 01:13:59,768
TO THAT QUESTION. 

1793
01:13:59,768 --> 01:14:02,004
&gt;&gt; I WANT TO SAY FIRST AND  

1794
01:14:02,004 --> 01:14:05,207
FOREMOST THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE  

1795
01:14:05,207 --> 01:14:07,075
NEED TO BE RESPONSIVE, SAFE, AN 

1796
01:14:07,075 --> 01:14:10,612
WELCOMING IN ALL PARTS OF OUR  

1797
01:14:10,612 --> 01:14:13,015
CITY, RIGHT, IN EVERY SINGLE  

1798
01:14:13,015 --> 01:14:14,716
COUNCIL DISTRICT AND EVERY  

1799
01:14:14,716 --> 01:14:16,485
SEATTLE PARK. SO NO ONE PARK IS 

1800
01:14:16,485 --> 01:14:19,454
MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE OTHER I 

1801
01:14:19,454 --> 01:14:21,323
OUR OPINION, AND THE RESIDENTS  

1802
01:14:21,323 --> 01:14:25,494
HAVE A RIGHT TO FEEL SAFE IN  

1803
01:14:25,494 --> 01:14:27,095
EVERY SINGLE PARK. AND SO WE  

1804
01:14:27,095 --> 01:14:30,199
CONCUR WE WANT TO WORK THROUGH  

1805
01:14:30,199 --> 01:14:32,768
THE PROPER CHANNELS. THERE IS A 

1806
01:14:32,768 --> 01:14:34,636
EXISTING LABOR CONTRACT IN PLAC 

1807
01:14:34,636 --> 01:14:38,173
THAT RESTRICTS THE PARK RANGERS 

1808
01:14:38,173 --> 01:14:39,741
TO THE DOWNTOWN CORE AND THAT I 

1809
01:14:39,741 --> 01:14:40,876
WHY THE PROGRAM IS BUILT OUT AS 

1810
01:14:40,876 --> 01:14:45,113
SUCH AND WE WILL BE WORKING WIT 

1811
01:14:45,113 --> 01:14:47,616
THE EXECUTIVE AND ASKING THEM T 

1812
01:14:47,616 --> 01:14:51,453
CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE LABOR 

1813
01:14:51,453 --> 01:14:52,654
NEGOTIATION TEAMS TO SEE IF  

1814
01:14:52,654 --> 01:14:55,524
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY TO EXPAN 

1815
01:14:55,524 --> 01:14:56,792
THE PROGRAM. BUT I WILL POINT  

1816
01:14:56,792 --> 01:15:01,530
OUT THAT WE ARE READY TO ADAPT  

1817
01:15:01,530 --> 01:15:03,465
THE PROGRAM TO GROW OUT AND  

1818
01:15:03,465 --> 01:15:04,933
BUILD OUT BASED UPON THE MODEL  

1819
01:15:04,933 --> 01:15:07,502
THAT WAS JUST SHOWN IN SLIDE  

1820
01:15:07,502 --> 01:15:09,238
SEVEN. SO SOME OF THOSE INFORME 

1821
01:15:09,238 --> 01:15:11,440
DECISIONS THAT WILL GO TO THE  

1822
01:15:11,440 --> 01:15:13,909
DOWNTOWN AREA, AS WE TALK ABOUT 

1823
01:15:13,909 --> 01:15:17,246
SPECIAL PERMITS AS AN EXAMPLE,  

1824
01:15:17,246 --> 01:15:20,382
OR SPECIAL ACTIVITY OR A CRIME, 

1825
01:15:20,382 --> 01:15:22,918
A HOT SPOT, AN AREA THAT HAS 

1826
01:15:22,918 --> 01:15:23,986
MORE VANDALISM. THAT MODEL CAN 

1827
01:15:23,986 --> 01:15:26,121
BE APPLIED TO ANY PARK IN THE  

1828
01:15:26,121 --> 01:15:28,690
CITY SHOULD WE BE AUTHORIZED OR 

1829
01:15:28,690 --> 01:15:30,993
EXPAND FURTHER. WE WILL USE THI 

1830
01:15:30,993 --> 01:15:32,995
MODEL TO GROW THAT PROGRAM  

1831
01:15:32,995 --> 01:15:35,998
WHEREVER WE SEE FIT. SO IT'S  

1832
01:15:35,998 --> 01:15:38,600
BUILDING THIS PROGRAM NOW, 

1833
01:15:38,600 --> 01:15:40,636
RECOGNIZING WE ARE UNDER THE 

1834
01:15:40,636 --> 01:15:41,537
CONSTRAINT OF DOWNTOWN, BUT  

1835
01:15:41,537 --> 01:15:43,705
HOPING TO REALLY LEARN THE BEST 

1836
01:15:43,705 --> 01:15:48,310
PRACTICES OF THAT WITH THE GOAL 

1837
01:15:48,310 --> 01:15:50,112
OF THE -- AS YOU MENTIONED,  

1838
01:15:50,112 --> 01:15:51,213
BEING REACHABLE AND SERVICEABLE 

1839
01:15:51,213 --> 01:15:52,981
TO ALL PARTS OF OUR CITY. SO  

1840
01:15:52,981 --> 01:15:57,519
THAT IS OUR APPROACH. THAT IS  

1841
01:15:57,519 --> 01:16:00,489
OUR GOAL. AND WE HOPE TO BE ABL 

1842
01:16:00,489 --> 01:16:06,228
TO REALIZE SOME OF THAT. 

1843
01:16:06,228 --> 01:16:08,730
&gt;&gt; BOARD MEMBER PETERSON?  

1844
01:16:08,730 --> 01:16:10,532
&gt;&gt; YEAH, JUST TO -- I KNOW  

1845
01:16:10,532 --> 01:16:13,101
BARGAINING HAS BEEN MENTIONED. 

1846
01:16:13,101 --> 01:16:17,139
SINCE SOME OF US ARE ON THE  

1847
01:16:17,139 --> 01:16:17,639
LABOR RELATIONS POLICY 

1848
01:16:17,639 --> 01:16:20,208
COMMITTEE, I WILL LOOK FORWARD  

1849
01:16:20,208 --> 01:16:22,644
INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT. I HAVE 

1850
01:16:22,644 --> 01:16:24,146
HEARD THAT WORD, BUT NOT SEEN I 

1851
01:16:24,146 --> 01:16:26,214
WRITING WHERE THERE IS THIS 

1852
01:16:26,214 --> 01:16:27,883
RESTRICTION. I WILL BE -- I WIL 

1853
01:16:27,883 --> 01:16:32,621
SORT OF CONFIRM THAT WHEN WE  

1854
01:16:32,621 --> 01:16:35,591
HAVE SOME BANDWIDTH TO DO THAT 

1855
01:16:35,591 --> 01:16:36,024
SOON. SO THANK YOU. 

1856
01:16:36,024 --> 01:16:37,159
&gt;&gt; ARE THERE ANY OTHER BOARD  

1857
01:16:37,159 --> 01:16:43,432
MEMBERS WITH QUESTIONS OR 

1858
01:16:43,432 --> 01:16:45,834
COMMENTS? OKAY. SEE ING ING  

1859
01:16:45,834 --> 01:16:48,136
NONE, WELL, THANK YOU TO OUR 

1860
01:16:48,136 --> 01:16:48,870
PARKS PANEL. REALLY APPRECIATED 

1861
01:16:48,870 --> 01:16:51,640
THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET AN UPDAT 

1862
01:16:51,640 --> 01:16:53,275
ON SOME OF THESE TOPICS FROM 

1863
01:16:53,275 --> 01:16:56,878
LAST FALL AND CHECK IN ON HOW  

1864
01:16:56,878 --> 01:17:00,015
THEY ARE COMING ALONG AND THE 

1865
01:17:00,015 --> 01:17:00,649
IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINES. WE 

1866
01:17:00,649 --> 01:17:02,317
WILL, OF COURSE, CONTINUE TO BE 

1867
01:17:02,317 --> 01:17:06,989
ENGAGED AS A BOARD AND AS A  

1868
01:17:06,989 --> 01:17:08,724
COUNCIL IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF  

1869
01:17:08,724 --> 01:17:12,294
THE PROMISES FOR THE SIX-YEAR  

1870
01:17:12,294 --> 01:17:15,230
METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT, AND 

1871
01:17:15,230 --> 01:17:17,632
WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO IN  

1872
01:17:17,632 --> 01:17:21,770
PARTNERSHIP AND ALMOST CERTAINL 

1873
01:17:21,770 --> 01:17:24,139
DISCUSS SOME OF THESE THEMES AN 

1874
01:17:24,139 --> 01:17:26,108
TOPICS, SUPERINTENDENT DIAZ,  

1875
01:17:26,108 --> 01:17:30,746
DURING YOUR CONFIRMATION  

1876
01:17:30,746 --> 01:17:34,349
HEARINGS WEDNESDAY. I DON'T HAV 

1877
01:17:34,349 --> 01:17:36,585
ANY OTHER ITEMS OF BUSINESS FOR 

1878
01:17:36,585 --> 01:17:38,453
THIS AFTERNOON'S CHECK IN. SO I 

1879
01:17:38,453 --> 01:17:40,522
THERE IS NOTHING FOR THE GOOD O 

1880
01:17:40,522 --> 01:17:42,224
THE ORDER, I'M GOING TO GO AHEA 

1881
01:17:42,224 --> 01:17:49,598
AND ADD ADJOURN THE METROPOLITA 

1882
01:17:49,598 --> 01:17:56,938
BOARD. THE NEXT MEETING IS JUNE 

1883
01:17:56,938 --> 01:17:59,408
26, 2023, AT APPROXIMATELY 3:00 

1884
01:17:59,408 --> 01:18:01,043
P.M. THERE WILL BE NO FURTHER 

1885
01:18:01,043 --> 01:18:07,849
BUSINESS AND WE STAND ADJOURNED 

