1 00:00:07,907 --> 00:00:08,341 2 00:00:08,341 --> 00:00:11,778 >>> TODAY IS JANUARY 22, 2024. 3 00:00:11,778 --> 00:00:12,379 THE COUNCIL BRIEFING MEETING 4 00:00:12,379 --> 00:00:16,182 WILL COME TO ORDER. THE TIME IS 5 00:00:16,182 --> 00:00:16,583 TO: 01. 6 00:00:16,583 --> 00:00:20,653 >> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES. 7 00:00:20,653 --> 00:00:20,954 >> HERE. 8 00:00:20,954 --> 00:00:25,625 >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 9 00:00:25,625 --> 00:00:26,092 >> PRESENT. 10 00:00:26,092 --> 00:00:28,628 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 11 00:00:28,628 --> 00:00:30,130 >> HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER 12 00:00:30,130 --> 00:00:31,498 STRAUSS. 13 00:00:31,498 --> 00:00:32,065 >> PRESENT. 14 00:00:32,065 --> 00:00:33,366 >> COUNCIL MEMBER 15 00:00:33,366 --> 00:00:35,635 HOLLINGSWORTH. COUNCILMEMBER 16 00:00:35,635 --> 00:00:39,172 KETTLE. COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. 17 00:00:39,172 --> 00:00:46,679 COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON. 18 00:00:46,679 --> 00:00:47,914 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR 19 00:00:47,914 --> 00:00:49,416 FIRST ITEM IS APPROVAL OF THE 20 00:00:49,416 --> 00:00:49,949 MINUTES. IF THERE'S NO 21 00:00:49,949 --> 00:00:54,988 OBJECTION, THE MINUTES WILL BE 22 00:00:54,988 --> 00:00:55,922 ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION, 23 00:00:55,922 --> 00:01:01,060 THE MINUTES ARE ADOPTED. NOW I 24 00:01:01,060 --> 00:01:02,295 WILL MAKE MY PRESIDENTS REPORT. 25 00:01:02,295 --> 00:01:03,863 FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU TO ALL 26 00:01:03,863 --> 00:01:04,497 MY COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR 27 00:01:04,497 --> 00:01:09,936 THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONS ON THE 28 00:01:09,936 --> 00:01:11,571 EIGHT FINALISTS AT TODAY'S 29 00:01:11,571 --> 00:01:12,672 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. AND I 30 00:01:12,672 --> 00:01:13,840 ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY 31 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:15,108 MUCH TO ALL OF THE FINALISTS 32 00:01:15,108 --> 00:01:17,177 WHO APPEARED AND PROVIDED GREAT 33 00:01:17,177 --> 00:01:18,278 ANSWERS. AT TODAY'S BRIEFING 34 00:01:18,278 --> 00:01:19,979 WE WILL AGAIN BE HEARING FROM 35 00:01:19,979 --> 00:01:21,748 OUR STATE LEGISLATIVE TEAM FROM 36 00:01:21,748 --> 00:01:25,485 THE OFFICE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL 37 00:01:25,485 --> 00:01:27,087 REGULATIONS WILL PROVIDE US 38 00:01:27,087 --> 00:01:30,790 WITH UPDATES ON UPDATES IN 39 00:01:30,790 --> 00:01:31,391 OLYMPIA. I'D ALSO LIKE TO 40 00:01:31,391 --> 00:01:32,392 PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON 41 00:01:32,392 --> 00:01:34,160 TOMORROW'S REGULAR COUNCIL 42 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:35,028 MEETING WHERE WE WILL BE VOTING 43 00:01:35,028 --> 00:01:39,499 ON A CLERK FILE IN THE COUNCIL 44 00:01:39,499 --> 00:01:40,333 BILL RELATED TO A CONTRACT 45 00:01:40,333 --> 00:01:41,601 REASON THAT WAS POSTPONED FROM 46 00:01:41,601 --> 00:01:43,269 LAST NIGHTS MEETING. AND WE 47 00:01:43,269 --> 00:01:44,971 WILL BE HOLDING THE VOTE TO 48 00:01:44,971 --> 00:01:47,240 SELECT A CANDIDATE FOR SENT 49 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:50,109 SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL POSITION 50 00:01:50,109 --> 00:01:51,377 8. FOR THAT, I WILL BE FIRST 51 00:01:51,377 --> 00:01:52,579 MAKING A MOTION ON THE VOTING 52 00:01:52,579 --> 00:01:54,614 PROCESS, AND WE WILL VOTE ON 53 00:01:54,614 --> 00:01:57,016 THAT. AND ONCE WE VOTE ON 54 00:01:57,016 --> 00:02:02,422 APPROVING WITHOUT ONE AND HOW 55 00:02:02,422 --> 00:02:03,690 VOTING WILL GO, I WILL OPEN THE 56 00:02:03,690 --> 00:02:04,357 FLOOR FOR COUNCILMEMBER, AND 57 00:02:04,357 --> 00:02:10,463 THEN TURN TO THE BOAT. 58 00:02:10,463 --> 00:02:11,664 SPECIFIC LANGUAGE WILL BE 59 00:02:11,664 --> 00:02:12,332 FORTHCOMING A LITTLE BIT LATER 60 00:02:12,332 --> 00:02:13,500 TODAY, BUT FOR HIGH-LEVEL 61 00:02:13,500 --> 00:02:14,133 PURPOSES, HERE'S HOW IT'S 62 00:02:14,133 --> 00:02:15,068 GOING TO WORK IF COUNCIL 63 00:02:15,068 --> 00:02:18,037 APPROVES THE PROCEDURE. 64 00:02:18,037 --> 00:02:19,105 COUNCILMEMBERS WILL STATE THE 65 00:02:19,105 --> 00:02:19,906 NAME OF THEIR PREFERRED 66 00:02:19,906 --> 00:02:20,840 CANDIDATE IN ROLLCALL ORDER, 67 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:22,208 AND IF ANYONE FINALISTS GETS 5 68 00:02:22,208 --> 00:02:28,448 BOTH IN THE FIRST ROUND, THEY 69 00:02:28,448 --> 00:02:30,116 WILL BE APPOINTED TO FILL A 70 00:02:30,116 --> 00:02:31,618 VACANCY. IF NO ONE GETS FIVE 71 00:02:31,618 --> 00:02:33,920 VOTES, WE WILL VOTE AGAIN. 72 00:02:33,920 --> 00:02:34,621 IMPORTANTLY COUNCILMEMBERS WILL 73 00:02:34,621 --> 00:02:35,955 NOT BE ABLE TO CHANGE THEIR 74 00:02:35,955 --> 00:02:41,027 BOAT DURING A VOTING ROUND, BUT 75 00:02:41,027 --> 00:02:42,195 THEY CAN DO SO AT THE NEXT 76 00:02:42,195 --> 00:02:42,996 ROUND, AND COUNCILMEMBERS WILL 77 00:02:42,996 --> 00:02:44,230 HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE 78 00:02:44,230 --> 00:02:45,231 COMMENTS BEFORE THAT ROUND AS 79 00:02:45,231 --> 00:02:46,766 WELL. AND WE WILL REPEAT THAT 80 00:02:46,766 --> 00:02:47,400 PROCESS UNTIL A FINALIST HAS 81 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:50,904 SECURED FIVE VOTES. A REMINDER 82 00:02:50,904 --> 00:02:52,105 -- IF THE COUNCIL CAN'T GET TO 83 00:02:52,105 --> 00:02:55,542 FIVE VOTES TOMORROW, I CHARTER, 84 00:02:55,542 --> 00:02:57,043 WE MUST MEET AND VOTE EVERY 85 00:02:57,043 --> 00:02:57,577 BUSINESS DAY UNTIL THE 86 00:02:57,577 --> 00:03:00,046 APPOINTMENT IS MADE. ONCE A 87 00:03:00,046 --> 00:03:01,214 FINALIST HITS THE FIVE VOTE 88 00:03:01,214 --> 00:03:02,215 THRESHOLD, THE FINALISTS WILL 89 00:03:02,215 --> 00:03:05,118 BE ASKED TO ADMINISTER THE OATH 90 00:03:05,118 --> 00:03:06,452 OF OFFICE. BEFORE WE GET THE 91 00:03:06,452 --> 00:03:09,222 COUNCIL'S VOTE ON POSITION 92 00:03:09,222 --> 00:03:10,490 EIGHT, WE WILL ALSO GO THROUGH 93 00:03:10,490 --> 00:03:11,691 PUBLIC COMMENT AND OTHER ORDERS 94 00:03:11,691 --> 00:03:13,059 OF BUSINESS. SO THAT PART OF 95 00:03:13,059 --> 00:03:20,466 THE AGENDA WILL BE THE SAME. 96 00:03:20,466 --> 00:03:22,068 AND I DO WANT TO POINT OUT ON 97 00:03:22,068 --> 00:03:22,902 THAT NOTE THAT THERE ARE THREE 98 00:03:22,902 --> 00:03:23,903 ITEMS THAT WILL APPEAR ON 99 00:03:23,903 --> 00:03:24,704 TOMORROW'S INTRODUCTION AND 100 00:03:24,704 --> 00:03:25,505 REFERRAL CALENDAR, AND THEY ARE 101 00:03:25,505 --> 00:03:26,606 REFERRALS TO FULL COUNCIL OF 102 00:03:26,606 --> 00:03:28,207 THREE APPOINTMENTS TO SEATTLE 103 00:03:28,207 --> 00:03:29,576 CITY LIGHTS REVIEW PANEL. A 104 00:03:29,576 --> 00:03:33,479 NINE-MEMBER BODY THAT EVALUATES 105 00:03:33,479 --> 00:03:34,547 THE STRATEGIC PLAN. THESE 106 00:03:34,547 --> 00:03:35,114 COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS WERE 107 00:03:35,114 --> 00:03:39,619 PREVIOUSLY REFERRED TO THE 108 00:03:39,619 --> 00:03:40,219 FORMER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 109 00:03:40,219 --> 00:03:40,887 TECHNOLOGY AND CITY LIGHT 110 00:03:40,887 --> 00:03:43,957 COMMITTEE, WHICH I CHAIRED, 111 00:03:43,957 --> 00:03:45,391 LATE LAST YEAR. THE COMMITTEE 112 00:03:45,391 --> 00:03:46,426 HAD NO MEETINGS IN DECEMBER, SO 113 00:03:46,426 --> 00:03:47,093 THEY REMAIN PENDING. THESE 114 00:03:47,093 --> 00:03:48,828 APPOINTEES HAVE ALREADY BEEN 115 00:03:48,828 --> 00:03:52,098 JOINING THE REVIEW PANEL 116 00:03:52,098 --> 00:03:53,266 MEETINGS AS OBSERVERS, AND I'VE 117 00:03:53,266 --> 00:03:58,271 OPTED TO RE-REFER THEM SO THEY 118 00:03:58,271 --> 00:03:59,205 CAN OFFICIALLY TAKE PART IN 119 00:03:59,205 --> 00:04:00,139 VOTES. AND FOR 2 REASONS. 120 00:04:00,139 --> 00:04:02,742 FIRST, THE NEW COMMITTEE WITH 121 00:04:02,742 --> 00:04:03,643 JURISDICTION OVER THE 122 00:04:03,643 --> 00:04:04,677 SUSTAINABILITY CITY LIGHTS ARTS 123 00:04:04,677 --> 00:04:06,779 AND CULTURE COMMITTEE WON'T 124 00:04:06,779 --> 00:04:09,682 HAVE A CHAIR UNTIL WE FILLED 125 00:04:09,682 --> 00:04:10,617 THE POSITION VACANCY, AND THAT 126 00:04:10,617 --> 00:04:11,918 CHAIR MIGHT NEED SOME TIME TO 127 00:04:11,918 --> 00:04:16,589 GET UP TO FEED. CITY LIGHT AND 128 00:04:16,589 --> 00:04:17,657 MY OFFICE HAVE VETTED ALL THREE 129 00:04:17,657 --> 00:04:23,730 APPOINTEES, ONE OF WHOM ALREADY 130 00:04:23,730 --> 00:04:25,031 SERVES ON THE PANEL AND IS 131 00:04:25,031 --> 00:04:25,698 MOVING LATERALLY TO A DIFFERENT 132 00:04:25,698 --> 00:04:27,000 SEAT. WE AGREE THEY ARE HIGHLY 133 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:28,201 QUALIFIED AND WE DON'T WANT TO 134 00:04:28,201 --> 00:04:29,402 DELAY THEM ANY FURTHER, AND I 135 00:04:29,402 --> 00:04:30,069 WILL PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION 136 00:04:30,069 --> 00:04:31,671 ABOUT THOSE INDIVIDUALS AT A 137 00:04:31,671 --> 00:04:32,872 LATER TIME. THAT'S ONE ITEM 138 00:04:32,872 --> 00:04:34,407 THAT I JUST WANTED TO SIGNAL 139 00:04:34,407 --> 00:04:40,947 WOULD BE ON THE IRC TOMORROW. I 140 00:04:40,947 --> 00:04:43,516 DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO 141 00:04:43,516 --> 00:04:46,519 HIGHLIGHT AT TOMORROW'S 142 00:04:46,519 --> 00:04:47,487 COUNCIL MEETING OTHER THAN THE 143 00:04:47,487 --> 00:04:48,788 FACT THAT WE HAVE ALL BEEN 144 00:04:48,788 --> 00:04:52,091 WORKING VERY HARD TOWARD THIS 145 00:04:52,091 --> 00:04:53,326 GOAL OF VOTING ON THE POSITION 146 00:04:53,326 --> 00:04:54,460 EIGHT CANDIDATE, AND I THINK 147 00:04:54,460 --> 00:04:55,895 YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ORDER TO 148 00:04:55,895 --> 00:04:58,264 THROUGH THE LAST. SO MOVING ON 149 00:04:58,264 --> 00:04:59,365 TO THE STATE LEGISLATIVE 150 00:04:59,365 --> 00:05:05,338 SESSION UP DATE, I WILL LET GO 151 00:05:05,338 --> 00:05:08,941 AR COME UP TO THE TABLE HERE. 152 00:05:08,941 --> 00:05:09,909 AND I BELIEVE, ALTHOUGH I ADMIT 153 00:05:09,909 --> 00:05:11,010 THAT I HAVEN'T CHECKED EMAIL, 154 00:05:11,010 --> 00:05:15,715 THAT STAFF HAVE DISTRIBUTED A 155 00:05:15,715 --> 00:05:17,183 BULLETIN OF THE BILLS IT WILL 156 00:05:17,183 --> 00:05:17,717 COVER TODAY. TODAY'S 157 00:05:17,717 --> 00:05:18,551 PRESENTATION WILL BE AVAILABLE 158 00:05:18,551 --> 00:05:22,955 TO THE PUBLIC AFTER THE 159 00:05:22,955 --> 00:05:23,890 MEETING. THESE BRIEFINGS ARE 160 00:05:23,890 --> 00:05:24,524 COUNCILMEMBERS OPPORTUNITY TO 161 00:05:24,524 --> 00:05:25,491 WEIGH IN ON LIVE BILLS AND 162 00:05:25,491 --> 00:05:29,729 BRING ATTENTION TO LEGISLATION 163 00:05:29,729 --> 00:05:30,763 THAT THEY WOULD LIKE OA OUR 164 00:05:30,763 --> 00:05:32,231 STAFF TO FOCUS ON, AND ALSO 165 00:05:32,231 --> 00:05:33,433 LEARN ABOUT OTHER THINGS THAT 166 00:05:33,433 --> 00:05:34,267 ARE GOING ON IN OLYMPIA. SO 167 00:05:34,267 --> 00:05:35,134 DIRECTOR TARLETON, THANK YOU 168 00:05:35,134 --> 00:05:41,307 VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. TAKE 169 00:05:41,307 --> 00:05:43,710 IT AWAY. 170 00:05:43,710 --> 00:05:44,744 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT 171 00:05:44,744 --> 00:05:48,214 NELSON, AND MEMBERS OF THE 172 00:05:48,214 --> 00:05:49,515 COUNCIL. WE APPRECIATE THE TIME 173 00:05:49,515 --> 00:05:51,084 YOU ARE GIVING US TODAY, GIVEN 174 00:05:51,084 --> 00:05:52,351 YOU ARE VERY, VERY BUSY WITH A 175 00:05:52,351 --> 00:05:53,286 CRITICAL SCHEDULE TODAY AND 176 00:05:53,286 --> 00:05:58,624 TOMORROW. THE OA OUR TEAM IS ON 177 00:05:58,624 --> 00:05:59,926 THE SCREEN, AND THEY ARE IN 178 00:05:59,926 --> 00:06:01,527 OLYMPIA. SO I AM GOING TO LET 179 00:06:01,527 --> 00:06:02,929 THEM KICK IT OFF RIGHT AWAY ON 180 00:06:02,929 --> 00:06:04,697 THE LEGISLATIVE OF DATE 181 00:06:04,697 --> 00:06:07,100 STARTING WEEK THREE OF THE 182 00:06:07,100 --> 00:06:07,934 LEGISLATIVE SESSION. I THINK 183 00:06:07,934 --> 00:06:12,372 SAMIR JUNIE JOE , IS GOING TO 184 00:06:12,372 --> 00:06:16,976 START THE PRESENTATION. 185 00:06:16,976 --> 00:06:18,411 >> GOOD EVENING, 186 00:06:18,411 --> 00:06:23,750 COUNCILMEMBERS. STATE RELATIONS 187 00:06:23,750 --> 00:06:27,520 DIRECTOR. IN WEEK THREE OF THE 188 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:28,454 LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WHAT WE 189 00:06:28,454 --> 00:06:29,756 WILL DO TODAY IS GIVE YOU -- 190 00:06:29,756 --> 00:06:31,190 TALK ABOUT A FEW BILLS, JUST A 191 00:06:31,190 --> 00:06:32,725 SAMPLE OF SOME OF THE BILLS 192 00:06:32,725 --> 00:06:34,394 THAT WE ARE TRACKING AT THE 193 00:06:34,394 --> 00:06:37,764 STATE THAT HAD SENT OVER IN THE 194 00:06:37,764 --> 00:06:39,365 EMAIL IN OUR COUNCIL BULLETIN. 195 00:06:39,365 --> 00:06:41,768 ALWAYS HAPPY TO ANSWER 196 00:06:41,768 --> 00:06:42,802 QUESTIONS OFF-LINE, AND WE CAN 197 00:06:42,802 --> 00:06:45,171 GET STARTED WITH JUST A FEW OF 198 00:06:45,171 --> 00:06:47,907 THE ONES THAT WE WANT TO CALL 199 00:06:47,907 --> 00:06:49,909 ATTENTION TO. STARTING WITH A 200 00:06:49,909 --> 00:06:53,813 COUPLE OF BUDGET AND REVENUE 201 00:06:53,813 --> 00:06:54,714 BILLS. BOTH OF THE BILLS 202 00:06:54,714 --> 00:06:55,715 HIGHLIGHTED ARE BILLS THAT KING 203 00:06:55,715 --> 00:06:56,949 COUNTY IS REQUESTING. THE FIRST 204 00:06:56,949 --> 00:06:59,752 BILL IS ONE REGARDING REMOVING 205 00:06:59,752 --> 00:07:03,289 A RESTRICTION ON FUNDS 206 00:07:03,289 --> 00:07:07,927 SUPPLANTING EXISTING FUNDS. 207 00:07:07,927 --> 00:07:09,295 THIS IS A RESTRICTION THAT ONLY 208 00:07:09,295 --> 00:07:10,496 APPLIES TO KING COUNTY AND THE 209 00:07:10,496 --> 00:07:11,130 JURISDICTIONS WITHIN KING 210 00:07:11,130 --> 00:07:11,831 COUNTY, AND IN ESSENCE WOULD 211 00:07:11,831 --> 00:07:14,767 ALLOW THE CITY OR COUNTY TO USE 212 00:07:14,767 --> 00:07:17,670 IT TO PAY FOR EXISTING 213 00:07:17,670 --> 00:07:20,973 SERVICES. IN SENATE BILL 5770, 214 00:07:20,973 --> 00:07:25,278 WHICH WE HIGHLIGHTED IN A 215 00:07:25,278 --> 00:07:26,245 PREVIOUS BRIEFING, INCREASING 216 00:07:26,245 --> 00:07:27,146 THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE LIMIT 217 00:07:27,146 --> 00:07:28,281 FOR LOCAL PROPERTY TAXES FROM 218 00:07:28,281 --> 00:07:33,252 1% TO 3%, AND BOTH THESE BILLS 219 00:07:33,252 --> 00:07:34,287 I'VE MENTIONED ARE BILLS THAT 220 00:07:34,287 --> 00:07:36,589 KING COUNTY HAS BEEN PROPOSING 221 00:07:36,589 --> 00:07:38,925 AND IS PUSHING TO THE STATE 222 00:07:38,925 --> 00:07:39,559 LEGISLATURE. 223 00:07:46,499 --> 00:07:46,899 224 00:07:46,899 --> 00:07:47,667 >> HEY, EVERYONE. ANNA JOHNSON. 225 00:07:47,667 --> 00:07:51,237 OF THE STATE LEGISLATIVE 226 00:07:51,237 --> 00:07:52,271 LIAISON. SOME OF THE KLEIMAN 227 00:07:52,271 --> 00:07:53,172 ENVIRONMENT BILLS IT RECEIVED 228 00:07:53,172 --> 00:07:54,040 HEARINGS IN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS 229 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:56,442 ARE LISTED HERE. SOME OF THEM 230 00:07:56,442 --> 00:07:57,443 MAY SOUND FAMILIAR TO YOU 231 00:07:57,443 --> 00:07:58,444 BECAUSE WE HIGHLIGHTED THEM IN 232 00:07:58,444 --> 00:07:59,412 OUR LAST BRIEFING, BUT STARTING 233 00:07:59,412 --> 00:08:03,015 WITH HOUSE BILL 2490 AND 6065, 234 00:08:03,015 --> 00:08:05,852 THIS BILL IS AN EXTENDED 235 00:08:05,852 --> 00:08:06,886 RESPONSIBILITY PROGRAM FOR 236 00:08:06,886 --> 00:08:08,554 PAPER AND PACKAGING PRODUCT, 237 00:08:08,554 --> 00:08:12,625 AND THIS ESSENTIALLY HOLDS 238 00:08:12,625 --> 00:08:13,192 PRODUCERS RESPONSIBLE FOR 239 00:08:13,192 --> 00:08:13,860 PAYING FOR CURBSIDE RECYCLING 240 00:08:13,860 --> 00:08:16,796 FOR ALL OF WASHINGTON 241 00:08:16,796 --> 00:08:17,697 RESIDENTS. HOUSE BILL 2230 AND 242 00:08:17,697 --> 00:08:20,933 SENATE BILL 6520 IS A GOVERNOR 243 00:08:20,933 --> 00:08:23,870 REQUEST BILL THAT PERTAINS TO 244 00:08:23,870 --> 00:08:24,971 TRANSPARENT THE AND SUPPLY 245 00:08:24,971 --> 00:08:25,605 PRICING, TRANSPORTATION AND 246 00:08:25,605 --> 00:08:30,276 OTHER FACT THERE'S RELATED TO 247 00:08:30,276 --> 00:08:30,943 THE PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND 248 00:08:30,943 --> 00:08:31,878 PETROLEUM INDUSTRY IN 249 00:08:31,878 --> 00:08:34,280 WASHINGTON. HOUSE BILL 2201 IN 250 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:39,252 SENATE BILL 656 EIGHT IS THE 251 00:08:39,252 --> 00:08:41,520 CLIMATE COMMITMENT ACT, CARBON 252 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:46,559 CAP AND TRADE PROGRAM LINKAGE 253 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:47,727 BILL. SO THIS BILL ESSENTIALLY 254 00:08:47,727 --> 00:08:51,731 KICKSTART A PROCESS TO TRY AND 255 00:08:51,731 --> 00:08:52,431 LINK WASHINGTON'S CARBON MARKET 256 00:08:52,431 --> 00:08:54,333 WITH CALIFORNIA AND QUEBEC'S. 257 00:08:54,333 --> 00:08:55,201 AND FINALLY, HOUSE BILL 1185, 258 00:08:55,201 --> 00:08:58,538 WHICH IS FROM REPRESENTATIVE 259 00:08:58,538 --> 00:08:59,305 HACKNEY, IS ESSENTIALLY 260 00:08:59,305 --> 00:09:02,441 EXTENDING A CURRENT PROGRAM 261 00:09:02,441 --> 00:09:03,943 THAT EXISTED THE STATE LEVEL TO 262 00:09:03,943 --> 00:09:05,177 PAY FOR THE DISPOSAL OF MERCURY 263 00:09:05,177 --> 00:09:11,217 CONTAINING LIGHT BULB. 264 00:09:11,217 --> 00:09:12,718 >> MOVING ON TO A FEW BILLS IN 265 00:09:12,718 --> 00:09:13,486 THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT 266 00:09:13,486 --> 00:09:14,353 CATEGORY, HOUSE BILL 1932 WOULD 267 00:09:14,353 --> 00:09:17,256 PERMIT CITIES TO HOLD THEIR 268 00:09:17,256 --> 00:09:19,792 ELECTIONS ON EVEN-NUMBERED 269 00:09:19,792 --> 00:09:21,127 YEARS, SO ODD-NUMBERED YEARS, 270 00:09:21,127 --> 00:09:24,931 THEY RECEIVED A HEARING AND A 271 00:09:24,931 --> 00:09:26,265 COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO IT WAS 272 00:09:26,265 --> 00:09:27,700 PASSED OUT OF COMMITTEE LAST 273 00:09:27,700 --> 00:09:28,701 WEEK AND IS NOW ON HOUSE RULES. 274 00:09:28,701 --> 00:09:32,972 THE TWO FOLLOWING BILLS ARE 275 00:09:32,972 --> 00:09:33,906 RELATED TO ARTIFICIAL 276 00:09:33,906 --> 00:09:37,076 INTELLIGENCE. THE FIRST, SENATE 277 00:09:37,076 --> 00:09:37,810 BILL 1538, CREATES AN 278 00:09:37,810 --> 00:09:38,711 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENT TASK 279 00:09:38,711 --> 00:09:39,478 FORCE TO DEVELOP GUIDING 280 00:09:39,478 --> 00:09:40,212 PRINCIPLES AND TO MAKE 281 00:09:40,212 --> 00:09:40,713 RECOMMENDATIONS UPON 282 00:09:40,713 --> 00:09:43,683 RECOMMENDATION OF GENERATIVE 283 00:09:43,683 --> 00:09:45,217 AI. THAT BILL RECEIVED A 284 00:09:45,217 --> 00:09:46,352 HEARING AND WAS FUNDED OUT OF 285 00:09:46,352 --> 00:09:48,287 COMMITTEE. HOUSE BILL 1951 286 00:09:48,287 --> 00:09:49,555 RABBITS A DEPLOYER OF AUTOMATED 287 00:09:49,555 --> 00:09:51,891 DECISION TOOLS THAT RESULTS IN 288 00:09:51,891 --> 00:09:53,125 ALGORITHMIC TERMINATION, AND 289 00:09:53,125 --> 00:09:55,461 ENCOURAGES THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 290 00:09:55,461 --> 00:09:58,197 TOOK COME FORTH WITH A 291 00:09:58,197 --> 00:09:59,098 PROTECTION ACT. THIS HAS 292 00:09:59,098 --> 00:10:00,633 RECEIVED A HEARING, BUT IS NOT 293 00:10:00,633 --> 00:10:03,502 BEEN VOTED YET. MOVING ON TO 294 00:10:03,502 --> 00:10:05,838 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH BILLS. WE 295 00:10:05,838 --> 00:10:07,139 HAVE A COUPLE OF BILLS RELATED 296 00:10:07,139 --> 00:10:11,944 TO OPIOID USE. THE FIRST, BILL 297 00:10:11,944 --> 00:10:14,547 5953 IS A GOVERNOR REQUEST BILL 298 00:10:14,547 --> 00:10:15,948 AND REQUIRES EDUCATION TO 299 00:10:15,948 --> 00:10:17,984 PREVENT FENTANYL AND OPIATE USE 300 00:10:17,984 --> 00:10:19,585 TO BE PROVIDED ONCE A YEAR TO 301 00:10:19,585 --> 00:10:20,653 ALL STUDENTS IN SEVENTH AND 302 00:10:20,653 --> 00:10:22,254 NINTH GRADE. IT ALSO DIRECTS OS 303 00:10:22,254 --> 00:10:27,626 PI TO HELP TO INCLUDE KNOWLEDGE 304 00:10:27,626 --> 00:10:29,629 ON FENTANYL AND OPIOID USE AND 305 00:10:29,629 --> 00:10:32,231 DRUG USE. SENATE BILL 5804 306 00:10:32,231 --> 00:10:35,968 SPONSORED BY SENATOR KRUGER 307 00:10:35,968 --> 00:10:36,702 REQUIRES ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS 308 00:10:36,702 --> 00:10:37,770 TO FIND AND MAINTAIN AT LEAST 309 00:10:37,770 --> 00:10:40,406 ONE SET OF OPIOID REVERSAL 310 00:10:40,406 --> 00:10:41,207 MEDICATION LIKE NARCAN IN EACH 311 00:10:41,207 --> 00:10:44,410 OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AND THEN 312 00:10:44,410 --> 00:10:45,711 LASTLY, SENATE BILL 5986 313 00:10:45,711 --> 00:10:47,146 RELATES TO PRIVATE MEDICAL 314 00:10:47,146 --> 00:10:50,082 BILLING FOR GROUND AMBULANCE 315 00:10:50,082 --> 00:10:50,716 SERVICES THAT PROHIBIT SURPRISE 316 00:10:50,716 --> 00:10:54,387 MEDICAL BILLING AND ESTABLISHES 317 00:10:54,387 --> 00:10:54,987 PAYMENTS BETWEEN MAINLINE 318 00:10:54,987 --> 00:11:00,993 SERVICE AND THE INSURANCE 319 00:11:00,993 --> 00:11:02,028 COMPANY. ON HOUSING AND 320 00:11:02,028 --> 00:11:04,530 HOMELESSNESS, HOUSING BILL 2160 321 00:11:04,530 --> 00:11:08,768 SPONSORED BY REPRESENTATIVE 322 00:11:08,768 --> 00:11:11,504 JULIANNE REED REQUIRES CITIES 323 00:11:11,504 --> 00:11:12,471 TO ALLOW THE FOLLOWING DENSITY 324 00:11:12,471 --> 00:11:16,542 AROUND TRANSIT STOPS. 3.5 FLOOR 325 00:11:16,542 --> 00:11:17,476 AREA RATIO WITHIN A HALF-MILE 326 00:11:17,476 --> 00:11:21,147 OF THE RAILS, LIKE A LIGHT 327 00:11:21,147 --> 00:11:22,748 RAIL. AND THEN A 2.5 FLOOR AREA 328 00:11:22,748 --> 00:11:25,584 RATIO WITHIN A QUARTER-MILE. IT 329 00:11:25,584 --> 00:11:26,652 WAS HEARD AND VOTED OUT OF 330 00:11:26,652 --> 00:11:30,122 COMMITTEE. SENATE BILL 1998 331 00:11:30,122 --> 00:11:33,125 REQUIRES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO 332 00:11:33,125 --> 00:11:35,294 ALLOW SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY IN 333 00:11:35,294 --> 00:11:39,165 ANY ROOM THAT ALLOWS FROM 334 00:11:39,165 --> 00:11:40,633 IMPOSING CERTAIN REGULATIONS ON 335 00:11:40,633 --> 00:11:43,069 THE TYPE OF HOUSING. AND 336 00:11:43,069 --> 00:11:47,006 LASTLY, HOUSE BILL 2114 BY 337 00:11:47,006 --> 00:11:47,740 REPRESENTATIVE ALVARADO RESULTS 338 00:11:47,740 --> 00:11:51,711 IN STABILITY FOR TENANT AND IS 339 00:11:51,711 --> 00:11:53,279 A WHOLE LIST OF THINGS RELATED 340 00:11:53,279 --> 00:11:54,313 TO LANDLORD-TENANT LAW. AMONG 341 00:11:54,313 --> 00:11:55,881 THOSE, LIMITING FEE RENT 342 00:11:55,881 --> 00:11:58,851 INCREASES TO 5% A YEAR, AND 343 00:11:58,851 --> 00:12:00,619 ALSO INCLUDES VARIOUS RENT AND 344 00:12:00,619 --> 00:12:05,558 FREE INCREASE NOTICE 345 00:12:05,558 --> 00:12:06,492 REQUIREMENTS, LIMITS ON MOVING 346 00:12:06,492 --> 00:12:08,794 FEES, SECURITY DEPOSITS, AND 347 00:12:08,794 --> 00:12:09,829 LATE FEES, AND PARITY BETWEEN 348 00:12:09,829 --> 00:12:13,299 LONG-TERM AND MONTH-TO-MONTH 349 00:12:13,299 --> 00:12:15,234 RENTAL AGREEMENTS. SOME LABOR 350 00:12:15,234 --> 00:12:18,738 AND COMMERCE HILLS, 1905. WE 351 00:12:18,738 --> 00:12:19,638 MENTIONED THIS IN A PREVIOUS 352 00:12:19,638 --> 00:12:23,375 PRESENTATION AS WELL, THE EQUAL 353 00:12:23,375 --> 00:12:26,145 PAY ACT TO INCLUDE ALL 354 00:12:26,145 --> 00:12:27,113 PROTECTED CLASSES. THAT WAS 355 00:12:27,113 --> 00:12:28,280 VOTED OUT OF COMMITTEE, AND 356 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:34,086 THEN SENATE BILL 5770 SEVEN, 357 00:12:34,086 --> 00:12:35,588 ALSO RECEIVED A HEARING A█ND WAS 358 00:12:35,588 --> 00:12:37,957 VOTED ON COMMITTEE. SENATE BILL 359 00:12:37,957 --> 00:12:39,258 6040 RELATES TO PROMPT PAY OF 360 00:12:39,258 --> 00:12:40,092 SUBCONTRACTORS THAT ARE STATE 361 00:12:40,092 --> 00:12:43,062 CERTIFIED SMALL WOMEN AND 362 00:12:43,062 --> 00:12:44,497 MINORITY OWNED TO BE PAID NO 363 00:12:44,497 --> 00:12:45,564 LATER THAN 30 DAYS AFTER THE 364 00:12:45,564 --> 00:12:48,267 WORK IS ACCEPTED BY A STATE OR 365 00:12:48,267 --> 00:12:49,502 CITY, REGARDLESS OF WHEN THE 366 00:12:49,502 --> 00:12:50,836 CONTRACTOR RECEIVED PAYMENT. 367 00:12:50,836 --> 00:12:52,304 THIS BILL IS SIMILAR TO A CITY 368 00:12:52,304 --> 00:12:54,240 OF SEATTLE POLICY THE, AND WAS 369 00:12:54,240 --> 00:13:03,349 HEARD THIS PAST WEEK. 370 00:13:03,349 --> 00:13:04,550 >> ALL RIGHT. AND THE PUBLIC 371 00:13:04,550 --> 00:13:05,217 SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE 372 00:13:05,217 --> 00:13:06,619 CATEGORY, THE FIRST WEEK OF THE 373 00:13:06,619 --> 00:13:09,855 LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THEY HEARD 374 00:13:09,855 --> 00:13:10,990 HOUSE BILL 1060. THIS BILL 375 00:13:10,990 --> 00:13:13,859 ESTABLISHES A PRESUMPTION OF 376 00:13:13,859 --> 00:13:14,927 INADMISSIBILITY FOR A STATEMENT 377 00:13:14,927 --> 00:13:15,628 MADE DURING AN INTERROGATION 378 00:13:15,628 --> 00:13:16,829 WHERE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT 379 00:13:16,829 --> 00:13:17,463 OFFICER INTENTIONALLY ENGAGED 380 00:13:17,463 --> 00:13:24,837 IN DECEPTION. HOUSE BILL 27 381 00:13:24,837 --> 00:13:25,504 REQUIRES A BACKGROUND 382 00:13:25,504 --> 00:13:29,175 INVESTIGATION FOR SHERIFFS, 383 00:13:29,175 --> 00:13:30,543 MARSHALS, POLICE CHIEFS, AND 384 00:13:30,543 --> 00:13:31,443 RESERVE OFFICERS IN ORDER TO 385 00:13:31,443 --> 00:13:34,914 OBTAIN CERTIFICATION AND 386 00:13:34,914 --> 00:13:35,781 MAINTAIN CERTIFICATION. THIS IS 387 00:13:35,781 --> 00:13:36,715 SIMILAR TO THE OTHER 388 00:13:36,715 --> 00:13:37,483 RANK-AND-FILE LAW ENFORCEMENT 389 00:13:37,483 --> 00:13:42,021 OFFICERS. HOUSE BILL 2245 FROM 390 00:13:42,021 --> 00:13:43,022 REPRESENTATIVE JANOWSKI DOES A 391 00:13:43,022 --> 00:13:47,860 NUMBER OF THINGS, BUT NAMELY 392 00:13:47,860 --> 00:13:48,894 REQUIRES THAT THE UW SCHOOL OF 393 00:13:48,894 --> 00:13:50,129 SOCIAL WORK TO ESTABLISH A 394 00:13:50,129 --> 00:13:52,198 CO-RESPONSE TRAINING ACADEMY, 395 00:13:52,198 --> 00:13:52,998 SO THIS WOULD IMPACT SEATTLE 396 00:13:52,998 --> 00:13:54,166 FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ALSO THE 397 00:13:54,166 --> 00:13:55,334 CARE DEPARTMENTS COVERS WANTS 398 00:13:55,334 --> 00:13:56,635 TEAMS, AND IT WOULD ESTABLISH A 399 00:13:56,635 --> 00:14:01,140 TRAINING THAT THEY COULD 400 00:14:01,140 --> 00:14:02,041 UTILIZE. THERE WAS ALSO A 401 00:14:02,041 --> 00:14:02,708 NUMBER OF GUN VIOLENCE 402 00:14:02,708 --> 00:14:03,642 PREVENTION HEARINGS IN THE 403 00:14:03,642 --> 00:14:04,543 FIRST TWO WEEKS OF THE 404 00:14:04,543 --> 00:14:05,177 LEGISLATIVE SESSION. I'VE 405 00:14:05,177 --> 00:14:09,915 HIGHLIGHTED JUST 3 OF THEM HERE 406 00:14:09,915 --> 00:14:10,850 BELOW. SENATE BILL 5444, THIS 407 00:14:10,850 --> 00:14:12,218 BILL RESTRICTS FIREARMS IN 408 00:14:12,218 --> 00:14:13,485 SENSITIVE PLACES, AND SOME OF 409 00:14:13,485 --> 00:14:14,520 THE PLACES INCLUDED IN THE BILL 410 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:18,991 ARE PUBLIC PARKS AND TRANSIT 411 00:14:18,991 --> 00:14:19,892 CENTERS, AREAS WHERE CHILDREN 412 00:14:19,892 --> 00:14:25,064 ARE PRESENT, AS WELL AS SOME 413 00:14:25,064 --> 00:14:26,365 GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS. HOUSE 414 00:14:26,365 --> 00:14:27,199 BILL 1920 FROM REPRESENTATIVE 415 00:14:27,199 --> 00:14:28,400 BARRY IS A BILL THAT REQUIRES A 416 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:29,034 PERMIT TO PURCHASE OR TRANSFER 417 00:14:29,034 --> 00:14:31,837 A FIREARM, AND THEN HOUSE BILL 418 00:14:31,837 --> 00:14:32,871 2021 FROM THE REPRESENTATIVE 419 00:14:32,871 --> 00:14:33,539 AUTHORIZES LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND 420 00:14:33,539 --> 00:14:40,613 LAW ENFORCEMENT TO DISPOSE OF 421 00:14:40,613 --> 00:14:41,380 FORFEITED FIREARMS EITHER BY 422 00:14:41,380 --> 00:14:42,281 DISPOSING THEM OR DONATING THEM 423 00:14:42,281 --> 00:14:46,885 TO A MUSEUM OR HISTORICAL 424 00:14:46,885 --> 00:14:47,686 ORGANIZATION. IN THE SOCIAL 425 00:14:47,686 --> 00:14:51,957 PROGRAMS AND EDUCATION SPACE, 426 00:14:51,957 --> 00:14:52,758 THIS YEAR, THEY TOOK UP FREE 427 00:14:52,758 --> 00:14:54,526 SCHOOL MEALS AGAIN. THIS IS A 428 00:14:54,526 --> 00:14:55,160 BILL THAT WAS CONSIDERED LAST 429 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:56,795 SESSION, SO IT PASSED SENATE 430 00:14:56,795 --> 00:14:57,463 BILL 5964, ESTABLISHING THAT 431 00:14:57,463 --> 00:14:58,530 EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT SHOULD 432 00:14:58,530 --> 00:15:02,434 HAVE FREE SCHOOL MEALS FOR 433 00:15:02,434 --> 00:15:03,269 STUDENTS WHO WANT THEM, BOTH 434 00:15:03,269 --> 00:15:04,470 BREAKFAST AND LUNCH. SENATE 435 00:15:04,470 --> 00:15:08,841 BILL 5870 -- ACTUALLY, THE 436 00:15:08,841 --> 00:15:12,011 BULLETS TWO, THREE, AND FOUR 437 00:15:12,011 --> 00:15:13,379 HERE HAVE TO DO A CHILD CARE, 438 00:15:13,379 --> 00:15:17,082 SO SENATE BILL 5870 ESSENTIALLY 439 00:15:17,082 --> 00:15:17,917 MAKE STREAMLINING FOR KNEECAP 440 00:15:17,917 --> 00:15:21,620 AND WORKING CONNECTIONS 441 00:15:21,620 --> 00:15:22,988 CHILDCARE SMOOTHER. SO IF YOU 442 00:15:22,988 --> 00:15:23,756 ARE ALREADY ON FOOD BENEFITS 443 00:15:23,756 --> 00:15:24,823 WITH THE STATE, THAT COUNTS 444 00:15:24,823 --> 00:15:25,691 TOWARDS YOUR ELIGIBILITY AND 445 00:15:25,691 --> 00:15:27,459 STREAMLINES YOUR QUALIFICATION 446 00:15:27,459 --> 00:15:28,794 FOR WORKING CONNECTIONS 447 00:15:28,794 --> 00:15:32,665 CHILDCARE. HOUSE BILL 2801 IS A 448 00:15:32,665 --> 00:15:34,333 BILL THAT ELIMINATES THE CHILD 449 00:15:34,333 --> 00:15:36,035 CARE LICENSING FEE, SO REMOVING 450 00:15:36,035 --> 00:15:40,639 A BARRIER FOR CHILD CARE TO GET 451 00:15:40,639 --> 00:15:41,941 LICENSED. AND THEN SENATE BILL 452 00:15:41,941 --> 00:15:43,208 5774 HAS TO DO WITH EATING MORE 453 00:15:43,208 --> 00:15:47,179 WORKFORCE INTO THE CHILDCARE'S 454 00:15:47,179 --> 00:15:48,380 BASE BY IMPROVING, ESSENTIALLY, 455 00:15:48,380 --> 00:15:51,183 THE STATES FINGERPRINTING AND 456 00:15:51,183 --> 00:15:51,917 BACKGROUND SYSTEM, MAKING A 457 00:15:51,917 --> 00:15:53,218 MORE TIMELY AND SMOOTH SO MORE 458 00:15:53,218 --> 00:15:57,489 EMPLOYEES CAN JOIN. AND THEN 459 00:15:57,489 --> 00:15:59,191 HOUSE BILL 2807 HAS TO DO A 460 00:15:59,191 --> 00:16:00,025 TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY 461 00:16:00,025 --> 00:16:02,695 FAMILIES. IT ESSENTIALLY 462 00:16:02,695 --> 00:16:03,962 EXTENDS A TIME LIMIT EXTENSION 463 00:16:03,962 --> 00:16:07,132 THAT ALREADY EXISTS TO INCLUDE 464 00:16:07,132 --> 00:16:09,301 CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE, IF THEY 465 00:16:09,301 --> 00:16:10,235 TERMINATED THE CASH ASSISTANCE 466 00:16:10,235 --> 00:16:13,072 FROM 10 IF, IT WOULD RESULT IN 467 00:16:13,072 --> 00:16:18,310 FINANCIAL DISTRESS FOR THE 468 00:16:18,310 --> 00:16:18,977 RECIPIENTS FAMILY. 469 00:16:18,977 --> 00:16:22,214 >> THE LAST CATEGORY IS 470 00:16:22,214 --> 00:16:23,015 TRANSPORTATION. SENATE BILL 471 00:16:23,015 --> 00:16:27,219 5859 AND HOUSE BILL 298 FOUR. 472 00:16:27,219 --> 00:16:28,620 THIS IS A GOVERNOR REQUEST BILL 473 00:16:28,620 --> 00:16:33,926 RELATED TO AUTOMATIC TRAFFIC 474 00:16:33,926 --> 00:16:35,828 CAMERAS. WHAT IT DOES, IT DOES 475 00:16:35,828 --> 00:16:37,029 A WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS. IT'S 476 00:16:37,029 --> 00:16:38,330 GOING TO ALLOW CITIES TO PLACE 477 00:16:38,330 --> 00:16:39,331 TRAFFIC CAMERAS ON STATE ROUTES 478 00:16:39,331 --> 00:16:42,267 WITHIN THE LIMITS. THEY EXPAND 479 00:16:42,267 --> 00:16:43,435 THAT AUTHORITY INTO OTHER 480 00:16:43,435 --> 00:16:45,838 CITIES AND ALLOWS ANY TRAINED 481 00:16:45,838 --> 00:16:47,072 PUBLIC EMPLOYEE TO REVIEW THE 482 00:16:47,072 --> 00:16:52,678 VIOLATIONS AND ISSUE NOTICES. 483 00:16:52,678 --> 00:16:53,912 GENERATED BY THE TRAFFIC CAMERA 484 00:16:53,912 --> 00:16:55,280 WHICH WILL NOW REMAINED BY THE 485 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:56,382 LOCAL GOVERNMENT MUST BE USED 486 00:16:56,382 --> 00:16:57,216 FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY PURPOSES AND 487 00:16:57,216 --> 00:16:58,050 ALLOW CITIES TO REDUCE FINES 488 00:16:58,050 --> 00:17:02,054 AND PENALTIES ON BOTH OF THESE 489 00:17:02,054 --> 00:17:03,088 BILLS HEARD THIS PAST WEEK AND 490 00:17:03,088 --> 00:17:05,624 HAVE NOT YET BEEN VOTED OUT OF 491 00:17:05,624 --> 00:17:06,592 COMMITTEE. AND RELATEDLY, HOUSE 492 00:17:06,592 --> 00:17:11,663 BILL 1963 REQUIRES THAT LICENSE 493 00:17:11,663 --> 00:17:12,698 PLATES MUST BE UNCOVERED. PART 494 00:17:12,698 --> 00:17:14,299 OF THAT REASON WOULD BE TO HELP 495 00:17:14,299 --> 00:17:15,834 ENFORCEMENT THE TRAFFIC CAMERA 496 00:17:15,834 --> 00:17:19,104 -- THE TRAFFIC CAMERAS. AND 497 00:17:19,104 --> 00:17:20,572 HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS 498 00:17:20,572 --> 00:17:24,743 NOW, AND THEN ALSO, I'M ALWAYS 499 00:17:24,743 --> 00:17:25,778 AVAILABLE DURING THE WEEK FOR 500 00:17:25,778 --> 00:17:31,650 QUESTIONS ON YOUR STAFF. 501 00:17:31,650 --> 00:17:31,884 THANKS. 502 00:17:31,884 --> 00:17:33,519 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS 503 00:17:33,519 --> 00:17:34,119 PRESENTATION AND FOR MAKING 504 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:35,020 TIME FOR US, BECAUSE I'M SURE 505 00:17:35,020 --> 00:17:36,555 THAT YOU ARE RUNNING ALL AROUND 506 00:17:36,555 --> 00:17:37,856 AND IT'S A SHORT SESSION, SO I 507 00:17:37,856 --> 00:17:38,490 HAVE VITIATE PRIORITIZING 508 00:17:38,490 --> 00:17:45,931 TALKING TO US. SO I THINK THAT 509 00:17:45,931 --> 00:17:47,466 THERE WAS SOME -- I WOULD LIKE 510 00:17:47,466 --> 00:17:48,934 TO KNOW -- I LISTENING ABOUT 511 00:17:48,934 --> 00:17:49,968 THIS MIDWAY THROUGH YOUR 512 00:17:49,968 --> 00:17:50,636 PRESENTATION AND I DIDN'T WANT 513 00:17:50,636 --> 00:17:51,570 TO INTERRUPT, BUT IT WOULD BE 514 00:17:51,570 --> 00:17:53,205 HELPFUL TO KNOW IF THERE ANY OF 515 00:17:53,205 --> 00:17:54,206 THE ILLS THAT YOU JUST 516 00:17:54,206 --> 00:17:55,040 HIGHLIGHTED THAT THE CITY HAS 517 00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:58,143 WEIGHED IN ON ON OTHER SIDE AND 518 00:17:58,143 --> 00:17:59,178 WHAT WE HAVE POSITIONS ON, 519 00:17:59,178 --> 00:18:00,412 BECAUSE I THINK THERE WAS SOME 520 00:18:00,412 --> 00:18:01,447 CONFUSION LAST TIME WHEN YOU 521 00:18:01,447 --> 00:18:02,347 MENTIONED SOME BILLS. THERE WAS 522 00:18:02,347 --> 00:18:03,549 MAYBE SOME THOUGHT THAT THERE 523 00:18:03,549 --> 00:18:05,017 WAS ACTUALLY IN OUR LEGISLATIVE 524 00:18:05,017 --> 00:18:06,285 AGENDA AS A PRIORITY, SO IT'S 525 00:18:06,285 --> 00:18:07,619 HARD FOR US TO KNOW WHEN YOU 526 00:18:07,619 --> 00:18:08,487 IDENTIFY CERTAIN BILLS IF YOU 527 00:18:08,487 --> 00:18:09,755 ARE DOING THAT BECAUSE THEY'VE 528 00:18:09,755 --> 00:18:13,525 GOT A LOT OF ENERGY BEHIND 529 00:18:13,525 --> 00:18:15,160 THEM, OR IF YOU HAVE A 530 00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:18,497 POSITION, OR WHATEVER. AND THEN 531 00:18:18,497 --> 00:18:19,832 I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT ONE 532 00:18:19,832 --> 00:18:21,066 PARTICULAR BILL, BUT I WILL LET 533 00:18:21,066 --> 00:18:22,334 YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION FIRST. 534 00:18:22,334 --> 00:18:22,468 535 00:18:22,468 --> 00:18:23,535 >> SURE. PERHAPS YOU CAN 536 00:18:23,535 --> 00:18:25,437 DESCRIBE TO THE COUNCIL THE 537 00:18:25,437 --> 00:18:27,005 DIFFERENT OPTIONS WE HAVE FOR 538 00:18:27,005 --> 00:18:30,642 WEIGHING IN OR NOT WEIGHING IN 539 00:18:30,642 --> 00:18:31,810 DOWN IN OLYMPIA, AND A COUPLE 540 00:18:31,810 --> 00:18:33,846 OF EXAMPLES OF BILLS WHERE WE 541 00:18:33,846 --> 00:18:39,952 HAVE TAKEN VARIOUS POSITIONS. 542 00:18:39,952 --> 00:18:41,286 >> YEAH. WE SOMETIMES -- WE 543 00:18:41,286 --> 00:18:42,521 WILL SUPPORT A BILL AND 544 00:18:42,521 --> 00:18:44,823 TESTIFY, SOMETIMES WE WILL 545 00:18:44,823 --> 00:18:49,995 SUPPORT A BILL AND SIGN UP AND 546 00:18:49,995 --> 00:18:50,863 NOT TESTIFY. OTHER TIMES, WE 547 00:18:50,863 --> 00:18:55,033 ARE MONITORING BILLS BECAUSE OF 548 00:18:55,033 --> 00:18:55,701 THEIR IMPACT ON THE CITY BUT 549 00:18:55,701 --> 00:18:56,935 NOT TAKING A POSITION ONE WAY 550 00:18:56,935 --> 00:18:58,036 OR ANOTHER. AND SOMETIMES WE 551 00:18:58,036 --> 00:19:00,539 OFTEN JUST WANT TO TRAIN WITH 552 00:19:00,539 --> 00:19:01,640 WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING, 553 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:02,875 AND ALSO, WE HAVE AN OPTION OF 554 00:19:02,875 --> 00:19:04,042 ASSIGNING OTHERS IF WE HAVE 555 00:19:04,042 --> 00:19:06,378 MORE NUANCED TAKES ON THE BILL. 556 00:19:06,378 --> 00:19:09,081 SO SOME EXAMPLES WOULD BE THE 557 00:19:09,081 --> 00:19:13,118 TRAFFIC CAMERA BILL, THE CITY 558 00:19:13,118 --> 00:19:14,453 DID TESTIFY IN FAVOR OF THAT 559 00:19:14,453 --> 00:19:19,525 BILL. OTHER BILLS LIKE THE BILL 560 00:19:19,525 --> 00:19:25,931 ON NUMBERED YEARS, WE ARE JUST 561 00:19:25,931 --> 00:19:26,498 MONITORING -- THAT WOULD 562 00:19:26,498 --> 00:19:27,332 CERTAINLY IMPACT THE CITY, BUT 563 00:19:27,332 --> 00:19:30,135 WE HAVE NO POSITION ON IT. IF 564 00:19:30,135 --> 00:19:31,336 THERE ARE SPECIFIC ONES, WE CAN 565 00:19:31,336 --> 00:19:32,404 ALWAYS KIND OF LET YOU KNOW 566 00:19:32,404 --> 00:19:40,312 WHAT PATH WE TOOK AND WHAT WENT 567 00:19:40,312 --> 00:19:41,013 INTO THAT. 568 00:19:41,013 --> 00:19:42,247 >> I WILL JUST SHARE THE BILLS 569 00:19:42,247 --> 00:19:43,415 THAT I MENTIONED WE ARE 570 00:19:43,415 --> 00:19:45,684 SUPPORTING. THEY SUPPORT THE 571 00:19:45,684 --> 00:19:49,488 RESPONSIBILITY FOR PAPER AND 572 00:19:49,488 --> 00:19:50,389 PACKAGING, WHICH -- WE ARE 573 00:19:50,389 --> 00:19:51,723 SUPPORTING THAT BILL, ALONG 574 00:19:51,723 --> 00:19:54,893 WITH THE LIGHTBULB DISPOSAL 575 00:19:54,893 --> 00:19:58,497 BILL, THE BILL THAT ALLOWS FREE 576 00:19:58,497 --> 00:19:59,498 SCHOOL MEALS ACROSS THE STATE, 577 00:19:59,498 --> 00:20:01,033 AND SOME OF THE CHILDCARE 578 00:20:01,033 --> 00:20:04,636 BILLS, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE 579 00:20:04,636 --> 00:20:05,804 CHILD PREVENTION BILLS WE ARE 580 00:20:05,804 --> 00:20:12,077 SUPPORTING AS WELL. 581 00:20:12,077 --> 00:20:13,612 >> OKAY. YOU TOUCHED ON ONE OF 582 00:20:13,612 --> 00:20:15,247 THE BILLS -- WELL, THE BILL 583 00:20:15,247 --> 00:20:16,148 THAT I WAS MORE INTERESTED IN 584 00:20:16,148 --> 00:20:17,482 GETTING DETAIL ON. I DON'T 585 00:20:17,482 --> 00:20:18,116 REMEMBER WHAT NUMBER YOU CALLED 586 00:20:18,116 --> 00:20:19,551 IT, BUT IT'S WHAT NOT WHAT I 587 00:20:19,551 --> 00:20:24,890 HAD IN THE NOTES. A PAIR OF 588 00:20:24,890 --> 00:20:25,557 HOUSE BILLS 1882 AND ITS 589 00:20:25,557 --> 00:20:26,425 COMPANION BILL, SENATE BILL 590 00:20:26,425 --> 00:20:27,359 5723, WHICH WOULD ALLOW CITIES 591 00:20:27,359 --> 00:20:28,293 AND TOWNS SWITCH THEIR 592 00:20:28,293 --> 00:20:34,132 ELECTIONS FROM ODD TO EVEN 593 00:20:34,132 --> 00:20:36,301 YEARS. IT LOOKS LIKE THE HOUSE 594 00:20:36,301 --> 00:20:37,536 BILL WAS REFERRED TO COMMITTEE, 595 00:20:37,536 --> 00:20:38,170 BUT OTHERWISE, NO HEARINGS HAVE 596 00:20:38,170 --> 00:20:39,538 BEEN SCHEDULED FOR EITHER BILL. 597 00:20:39,538 --> 00:20:40,239 IS THAT CORRECT? 598 00:20:40,239 --> 00:20:41,039 >> THE BILL THAT I HIGHLIGHTED 599 00:20:41,039 --> 00:20:42,507 IS A DIFFERENT BILL THAT ENDED 600 00:20:42,507 --> 00:20:48,247 UP -- INITIALLY WHAT IT IS WAS 601 00:20:48,247 --> 00:20:49,281 MANDATE -- MANDATES GO TO 602 00:20:49,281 --> 00:20:50,882 ODD-NUMBERED YEARS, BUT THEN 603 00:20:50,882 --> 00:20:52,684 THAT WAS STRIPPED OUT OF THE 604 00:20:52,684 --> 00:20:56,088 BILL TO REFLECT THE OPTIONAL 605 00:20:56,088 --> 00:21:01,727 BILL THAT WAS INTRODUCED, AND 606 00:21:01,727 --> 00:21:02,728 THAT BILL DID HAVE A HEARING 607 00:21:02,728 --> 00:21:04,129 AND WAS VOTED OUT OF COMMITTEE. 608 00:21:04,129 --> 00:21:09,668 THE SENATE BILL IS STILL ALIVE. 609 00:21:09,668 --> 00:21:13,171 SO IT IS IN RULES, AND STAYS IN 610 00:21:13,171 --> 00:21:13,572 SENATE RULES. 611 00:21:13,572 --> 00:21:17,109 >>'S WERE YOU SAYING THAT 1882 612 00:21:17,109 --> 00:21:19,711 IS NO LONGER LIVE? IT'S BEEN 613 00:21:19,711 --> 00:21:21,146 REPLACED BY THE ONE YOU LISTED 614 00:21:21,146 --> 00:21:24,016 IN YOUR PRESENTATION? OKAY. 615 00:21:24,016 --> 00:21:25,651 WELL, I WANTED TO TAKE THE 616 00:21:25,651 --> 00:21:29,288 OPPORTUNITY IN A PUBLIC FORUM 617 00:21:29,288 --> 00:21:30,589 TO EXPRESS MY REAL STRONG 618 00:21:30,589 --> 00:21:31,356 CONCERN ABOUT MOVING MUNICIPAL 619 00:21:31,356 --> 00:21:33,825 ELECTIONS TO EVEN-NUMBERED 620 00:21:33,825 --> 00:21:39,564 YEARS. I UNDERSTAND THAT VOTER 621 00:21:39,564 --> 00:21:41,299 TURNOUT IS THE REASON WHY 622 00:21:41,299 --> 00:21:42,134 PEOPLE ARE ADVOCATING FOR THIS, 623 00:21:42,134 --> 00:21:47,039 BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IN 624 00:21:47,039 --> 00:21:47,673 EVEN-NUMBERED YEARS, WE HAVE 625 00:21:47,673 --> 00:21:48,674 THE LEGISLATURE, CONGRESS, AND 626 00:21:48,674 --> 00:21:49,608 SOMETIMES A PRESIDENT ON THE 627 00:21:49,608 --> 00:21:50,575 BALLOT, AND TURNOUT IS GREATER. 628 00:21:50,575 --> 00:21:52,811 FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A LOCAL 629 00:21:52,811 --> 00:21:58,317 GOVERNMENT CANDIDATE, I BELIEVE 630 00:21:58,317 --> 00:21:59,618 THAT GREATER TURNOUT DOESN'T 631 00:21:59,618 --> 00:22:00,218 NECESSARILY MEAN A BETTER 632 00:22:00,218 --> 00:22:01,019 INFORMED PUBLIC WHEN IT COMES 633 00:22:01,019 --> 00:22:05,357 TO THE ISSUES THAT IMPACT 634 00:22:05,357 --> 00:22:05,991 PEOPLE'S DAILY LIVES MOST 635 00:22:05,991 --> 00:22:07,159 DIRECTLY, WHICH IS THE STUFF 636 00:22:07,159 --> 00:22:08,593 THAT COMES OUT OF CITY HALL 637 00:22:08,593 --> 00:22:09,461 OFTEN TIMES. FROM PUBLIC SAFETY 638 00:22:09,461 --> 00:22:12,431 TO POTHOLES, THOSE ARE ISSUES 639 00:22:12,431 --> 00:22:17,302 THAT WE HERE AT THE DAIS DEAL 640 00:22:17,302 --> 00:22:21,540 WITH, AND I WANT TO MAKE -- I 641 00:22:21,540 --> 00:22:22,841 AM CONCERNED THAT THERE WILL 642 00:22:22,841 --> 00:22:23,942 NOT BE TIME, OR THERE WILL NOT 643 00:22:23,942 --> 00:22:26,912 BE INTEREST IN HOST ALL THE 644 00:22:26,912 --> 00:22:27,746 FORUMS THAT MY COLLEAGUES, YOU 645 00:22:27,746 --> 00:22:30,382 KNOW, ATTENDED LAST YEAR. WHAT 646 00:22:30,382 --> 00:22:31,717 MEDIA WHAT WE WILL BE 647 00:22:31,717 --> 00:22:34,619 INTERESTED IN WITH THE LOCAL 648 00:22:34,619 --> 00:22:35,220 CANDIDATE, AND DOWN BALLOT 649 00:22:35,220 --> 00:22:38,290 PARTICIPATION HASN'T REALLY 650 00:22:38,290 --> 00:22:39,691 BEEN EXAMINED. AND SO FOR ALL 651 00:22:39,691 --> 00:22:41,093 OF THESE REASONS, THAT IS WHY 652 00:22:41,093 --> 00:22:42,427 I'M CONCERNED ABOUT MOVING 653 00:22:42,427 --> 00:22:47,399 LOCAL ELECTIONS TO EVEN YEARS, 654 00:22:47,399 --> 00:22:49,067 AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE BAD 655 00:22:49,067 --> 00:22:50,435 FOR CITIES ACROSS THE STATE. 656 00:22:50,435 --> 00:22:51,470 IT'S NOT NECESSARILY SOMETHING 657 00:22:51,470 --> 00:22:55,073 THAT IS SPECIFIC TO SEATTLE. 658 00:22:55,073 --> 00:23:00,078 ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO STATE 659 00:23:00,078 --> 00:23:01,113 THAT AND ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE 660 00:23:01,113 --> 00:23:02,514 TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THAT 661 00:23:02,514 --> 00:23:04,783 PAIR OF BILLS GOING FORWARD. 662 00:23:04,783 --> 00:23:10,055 COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. 663 00:23:10,055 --> 00:23:11,423 >> COUNCILMEMBER, THANK YOU. 664 00:23:11,423 --> 00:23:12,190 THANK YOU FOR THAT 665 00:23:12,190 --> 00:23:15,093 PRESENTATION. I WOULD ECHO THE 666 00:23:15,093 --> 00:23:16,161 SENTIMENTS OF THE COUNCIL 667 00:23:16,161 --> 00:23:20,232 PRESIDENT. IT WOULD BE VERY 668 00:23:20,232 --> 00:23:21,733 HELP IF YOU COULD SOMEHOW 669 00:23:21,733 --> 00:23:22,601 INDICATE THE BILLS THAT WE HAVE 670 00:23:22,601 --> 00:23:23,635 ACTUALLY -- THAT YOU ARE 671 00:23:23,635 --> 00:23:24,603 ACTUALLY TESTIFYING IN CIVIL OR 672 00:23:24,603 --> 00:23:29,274 OF. SO IT'S EASIER FOR US TO 673 00:23:29,274 --> 00:23:30,275 FOLLOW THAT. AND ADDITIONALLY, 674 00:23:30,275 --> 00:23:32,077 I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT -- AND I 675 00:23:32,077 --> 00:23:33,245 CANNOT FIND IT IN YOUR LIST, 676 00:23:33,245 --> 00:23:34,112 BUT A DEVELOPER'S CHOICE BILL, 677 00:23:34,112 --> 00:23:37,315 THAT AT THE CITY HAS NOT -- 678 00:23:37,315 --> 00:23:38,383 I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THE CITY 679 00:23:38,383 --> 00:23:39,751 DOES NOT ADOPT ITS COMP PLAN, 680 00:23:39,751 --> 00:23:40,652 THE DEVELOPERS ARE FREE TO 681 00:23:40,652 --> 00:23:43,588 PROCEED AS THEY CHOOSE. IS 682 00:23:43,588 --> 00:23:45,090 THERE SUCH A BILL? AND IF SO, 683 00:23:45,090 --> 00:23:50,295 WHERE IS IT IN THE PROCESS ? IN 684 00:23:50,295 --> 00:23:50,562 QUEUE. 685 00:23:50,562 --> 00:23:55,467 >> YOU ARE AFRAID TO HOUSE BILL 686 00:23:55,467 --> 00:23:56,234 2113. SPONSORED BY 687 00:23:56,234 --> 00:23:56,902 REPRESENTATIVE BATEMAN, WHICH 688 00:23:56,902 --> 00:24:01,573 WOULD DO A COUPLE OF THINGS. IT 689 00:24:01,573 --> 00:24:03,041 WOULD -- OUR COMP PLAN, THE 690 00:24:03,041 --> 00:24:04,876 HOUSING ELEMENT OF THE COMP 691 00:24:04,876 --> 00:24:06,578 PLAN HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE 692 00:24:06,578 --> 00:24:07,345 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, AND 693 00:24:07,345 --> 00:24:08,747 THEN THE DEVELOPER'S CHOICE 694 00:24:08,747 --> 00:24:14,286 ESSENTIALLY WOULD BE, IF A 695 00:24:14,286 --> 00:24:15,153 DEVELOPER HAS A CERTAIN AMOUNT 696 00:24:15,153 --> 00:24:15,854 OF AFFORDABILITY OF THE 697 00:24:15,854 --> 00:24:18,557 PROJECT, THAT THEY COULD -- 698 00:24:18,557 --> 00:24:20,192 EVEN IF THE ZONING IS NOT 699 00:24:20,192 --> 00:24:20,759 APPLICABLE, THAT THEY COULD 700 00:24:20,759 --> 00:24:26,264 BUILD BUILD IN THAT AREA. THAT 701 00:24:26,264 --> 00:24:27,566 BILL RECEIVED A HEARING, BUT I 702 00:24:27,566 --> 00:24:28,366 DON'T GETS BEEN VOTED OUT OF 703 00:24:28,366 --> 00:24:29,734 THE COMMITTEE YET, BUT IT IS 704 00:24:29,734 --> 00:24:30,068 STILL ALIVE. 705 00:24:30,068 --> 00:24:31,002 >> THANK YOU. 706 00:24:31,002 --> 00:24:38,109 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 707 00:24:38,109 --> 00:24:39,444 >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MADAM 708 00:24:39,444 --> 00:24:40,645 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, 709 00:24:40,645 --> 00:24:42,547 DIRECTOR TARLETON FOR YOUR VERY 710 00:24:42,547 --> 00:24:46,918 HELPFUL PRESENTATION. I -- 711 00:24:46,918 --> 00:24:50,355 FIRST OFF, I WANT TO ECHO, NOT 712 00:24:50,355 --> 00:24:52,791 NECESSARILY MY CONCERN FOR 713 00:24:52,791 --> 00:24:53,658 MOVING THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS 714 00:24:53,658 --> 00:24:59,664 TO EVEN YEARS, BUT I DO THINK 715 00:24:59,664 --> 00:25:00,866 -- IF THE WHOLE PURPOSE AND 716 00:25:00,866 --> 00:25:04,569 GOAL OF THAT WOULD BE TO 717 00:25:04,569 --> 00:25:05,437 ULTIMATELY DRIVE VOTER 718 00:25:05,437 --> 00:25:06,304 ENGAGEMENT AND TURNOUT, WHICH, 719 00:25:06,304 --> 00:25:08,740 THAT IS WHAT I AM HEARING, I 720 00:25:08,740 --> 00:25:09,808 THINK THERE IS POTENTIALLY A 721 00:25:09,808 --> 00:25:11,409 BETTER WAY TO GET THERE WITHOUT 722 00:25:11,409 --> 00:25:15,380 ACTUALLY MOVING THEM TO EVEN 723 00:25:15,380 --> 00:25:20,352 YEAR ELECTIONS, AND THAT IS -- 724 00:25:20,352 --> 00:25:21,486 LAST YEAR '23, AS I UNDERSTAND 725 00:25:21,486 --> 00:25:23,622 IT, THERE WERE FOUR ELECTIONS. 726 00:25:23,622 --> 00:25:24,456 ME AND COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 727 00:25:24,456 --> 00:25:28,059 WERE JUST LOOKING IT UP RIGHT 728 00:25:28,059 --> 00:25:29,995 NOW. AND IN AN OFF YEAR OR ODD 729 00:25:29,995 --> 00:25:31,029 YEAR ELECTION, IF YOU WILL, I 730 00:25:31,029 --> 00:25:32,197 THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE 731 00:25:32,197 --> 00:25:36,234 CONFUSED. I THINK THAT HAVING 732 00:25:36,234 --> 00:25:36,868 MULTIPLE ELECTIONS CONTRIBUTES 733 00:25:36,868 --> 00:25:38,069 TO VOTER APATHY, AND I THINK IF 734 00:25:38,069 --> 00:25:39,604 WE REDUCED THE NUMBER OF 735 00:25:39,604 --> 00:25:46,111 ELECTIONS AND ENFORCED THESE 736 00:25:46,111 --> 00:25:46,845 VARIOUS INITIATIVES AND LEVY 737 00:25:46,845 --> 00:25:47,779 RENEWALS AND, YOU KNOW, INTO 738 00:25:47,779 --> 00:25:51,383 ONE OF 2 ELECTIONS, THE AUGUST 739 00:25:51,383 --> 00:25:52,217 PRIMARY OR THE NOVEMBER 740 00:25:52,217 --> 00:25:56,054 ELECTION, I THINK THAT WOULD 741 00:25:56,054 --> 00:25:56,955 HELP. ULTIMATELY, WE HAVE 742 00:25:56,955 --> 00:25:58,290 PEOPLE MORE ENGAGED IN THE 743 00:25:58,290 --> 00:25:59,758 ELECTIONS THAT THEY DO HAVE. IT 744 00:25:59,758 --> 00:26:01,226 MIGHT BE A CREATIVE WAY TO 745 00:26:01,226 --> 00:26:02,861 POTENTIALLY SPLIT THE BABY 746 00:26:02,861 --> 00:26:07,399 RATHER THAN ACTUALLY ELIMINATE 747 00:26:07,399 --> 00:26:08,366 EVEN YEAR ELECTIONS ENTIRELY AT 748 00:26:08,366 --> 00:26:14,039 THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL. THANK YOU 749 00:26:14,039 --> 00:26:15,407 FOR HELPING ME THINK OF THAT, 750 00:26:15,407 --> 00:26:15,974 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. WHAT 751 00:26:15,974 --> 00:26:17,442 ACTUALLY REALLY WANTED TO ASK A 752 00:26:17,442 --> 00:26:18,109 QUESTION ABOUT AND COMMENT ON 753 00:26:18,109 --> 00:26:25,617 HIS HOUSE BILL 2058, WHICH IS 754 00:26:25,617 --> 00:26:27,118 -- AND THE COMPANION BILL BY 755 00:26:27,118 --> 00:26:29,087 STATE SENATOR NOBLES FOR FREE 756 00:26:29,087 --> 00:26:30,555 SCHOOL MEALS. I WANT TO FIRST 757 00:26:30,555 --> 00:26:33,992 EXPRESS MY VIEW, AND ASK A 758 00:26:33,992 --> 00:26:38,430 QUESTION ABOUT IT. BUT I WILL 759 00:26:38,430 --> 00:26:39,331 SAY, AS SOMEONE WHO HAS 760 00:26:39,331 --> 00:26:43,368 OVERCOME THE FOSTER CARE 761 00:26:43,368 --> 00:26:44,469 SYSTEM, TO EVENTUALLY RISE IN 762 00:26:44,469 --> 00:26:45,236 THE MILITARY RANKS AND ACHIEVE 763 00:26:45,236 --> 00:26:46,605 SUCCESS NOW AND BE HONORED TO 764 00:26:46,605 --> 00:26:48,039 SIT AT THIS VERY DAIS, AND AS 765 00:26:48,039 --> 00:26:52,110 SOMEONE WHO IS THE PROUD SON OF 766 00:26:52,110 --> 00:26:52,978 AN IMMIGRANT, SOMEONE WHO 767 00:26:52,978 --> 00:26:55,480 RAISED ME AS A SINGLE PARENT, 768 00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:56,581 SOMEONE WHO IS A FRONT-LINE 769 00:26:56,581 --> 00:27:01,319 WAREHOUSE WORKER IN KENT WHO, 770 00:27:01,319 --> 00:27:01,953 UNFORTUNATELY, WAS 771 00:27:01,953 --> 00:27:02,654 UNREPRESENTED AND WASN'T A 772 00:27:02,654 --> 00:27:05,156 PART OF THE UNION, SO WE 773 00:27:05,156 --> 00:27:06,257 DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO 774 00:27:06,257 --> 00:27:07,125 BREAK INTO THE MIDDLE CLASS. 775 00:27:07,125 --> 00:27:09,594 AND ALSO AS SOMEONE WHO WENT TO 776 00:27:09,594 --> 00:27:10,295 THIRD TEAM DIFFERENT K-12 777 00:27:10,295 --> 00:27:12,998 SCHOOLS GROWING UP -- 13 778 00:27:12,998 --> 00:27:15,867 DIFFERENT K-12 SCHOOLS -- ALL 779 00:27:15,867 --> 00:27:19,137 OF THEM, AS FAR AS I CAN 780 00:27:19,137 --> 00:27:20,405 REMEMBER, WERE TITLE I SCHOOLS 781 00:27:20,405 --> 00:27:25,710 FOR KIDS LIKE MYSELF AT THE 782 00:27:25,710 --> 00:27:26,811 TIME WERE FEDERALLY DESIGNATED 783 00:27:26,811 --> 00:27:27,779 TITLE I SCHOOLS FOR KIDS LIKE 784 00:27:27,779 --> 00:27:29,180 MYSELF OF THE TIME FOR FREE AND 785 00:27:29,180 --> 00:27:30,782 REDUCED LUNCH. I STRONGLY 786 00:27:30,782 --> 00:27:34,653 SUPPORT THE STATE ADOPTING THAT 787 00:27:34,653 --> 00:27:36,254 HOUSE BILL TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE 788 00:27:36,254 --> 00:27:42,160 FREE SCHOOL MEALS FOR ALL. I 789 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:43,695 THINK THAT CHANGE WOULD NEED TO 790 00:27:43,695 --> 00:27:44,763 COME AT THE STATE LEVEL. 791 00:27:44,763 --> 00:27:45,497 IDEALLY, IT WOULD COME AT THE 792 00:27:45,497 --> 00:27:48,066 FEDERAL LEVEL, BUT -- AND WOULD 793 00:27:48,066 --> 00:27:49,234 GET SOME SORT OF FUNDING FROM 794 00:27:49,234 --> 00:27:50,135 THE FEDERAL LEVEL TO IMPLEMENT, 795 00:27:50,135 --> 00:27:51,469 BUT I STRONGLY SUPPORT THAT, 796 00:27:51,469 --> 00:27:54,472 AND MY HOPE IS THAT OUR 797 00:27:54,472 --> 00:27:57,075 LAWMAKERS IN OLYMPIA CAN FIGURE 798 00:27:57,075 --> 00:27:59,644 OUT A WAY TO PASS AND FUND 799 00:27:59,644 --> 00:28:01,212 THAT, AS I THINK IT BENEFITS 800 00:28:01,212 --> 00:28:05,984 ALL. SO MY QUESTION IS, WHAT IS 801 00:28:05,984 --> 00:28:07,385 THE LIKELIHOOD A PASSAGE OF 802 00:28:07,385 --> 00:28:10,155 THAT PARTICULAR PROPOSED PIECE 803 00:28:10,155 --> 00:28:16,428 OF LEGISLATION, AND WHERE ARE 804 00:28:16,428 --> 00:28:17,695 WE AT? 805 00:28:17,695 --> 00:28:21,766 >> THANKS, COUNCILMEMBER. THE 806 00:28:21,766 --> 00:28:22,901 HOUSE BILL RECEIVED A HEARING 807 00:28:22,901 --> 00:28:24,636 AND IT WAS VOTED OUT OF THE 808 00:28:24,636 --> 00:28:25,437 EDUCATION COMMITTEE AND 809 00:28:25,437 --> 00:28:26,504 ACTUALLY IS NOW UNDER 810 00:28:26,504 --> 00:28:28,306 CONSIDERATION OF THE 811 00:28:28,306 --> 00:28:29,140 APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. I 812 00:28:29,140 --> 00:28:30,275 THINK THERE'S A BIG PUSH THIS 813 00:28:30,275 --> 00:28:34,012 SESSION TO REVISIT THIS. I WILL 814 00:28:34,012 --> 00:28:35,013 SAY THE BUDGET CONVERSATION IS 815 00:28:35,013 --> 00:28:35,880 CERTAINLY THE MOST CONTENTIOUS 816 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:37,615 PART OF THE BILL, AND I THINK 817 00:28:37,615 --> 00:28:38,450 THAT'S WHAT BUDGET WRITERS 818 00:28:38,450 --> 00:28:42,287 WILL HAVE TO DECIDE THIS YEAR. 819 00:28:42,287 --> 00:28:44,155 IT'S HARD TO SAY AT THIS POINT 820 00:28:44,155 --> 00:28:45,056 SINCE IT IS STILL A LITTLE BIT 821 00:28:45,056 --> 00:28:46,624 EARLY IN SESSION OF THE CHANCE 822 00:28:46,624 --> 00:28:47,358 OF IT PASSING, BUT WE ARE 823 00:28:47,358 --> 00:28:48,893 HOPING IT MAKES IT AS FAR AS IT 824 00:28:48,893 --> 00:28:50,495 CAN, HOPEFULLY INTO THE 825 00:28:50,495 --> 00:28:51,362 GOVERNOR'S DESK. THAT'S MY 826 00:28:51,362 --> 00:28:53,498 UPDATE I HAVE FOR YOU FOR NOW. 827 00:28:53,498 --> 00:28:53,631 828 00:28:53,631 --> 00:28:56,334 >> I MIGHT ADD TO WHAT ANNA 829 00:28:56,334 --> 00:29:00,105 JUST SAID, COUNCILMEMBER, SINCE 830 00:29:00,105 --> 00:29:01,439 SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE THE 831 00:29:01,439 --> 00:29:02,240 LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE 832 00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:04,809 STATE OF WASHINGTON, IT WOULD 833 00:29:04,809 --> 00:29:06,211 BE TERRIFIC IF YOU WOULD WRITE 834 00:29:06,211 --> 00:29:07,545 A LETTER TO EXPRESS YOUR 835 00:29:07,545 --> 00:29:12,383 SUPPORT FOR THIS LEGISLATION 836 00:29:12,383 --> 00:29:14,085 AND WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THE 837 00:29:14,085 --> 00:29:15,153 PRIME SPONSORS AND THE CHAIRS 838 00:29:15,153 --> 00:29:15,787 OF THE RESPECTIVE COMMITTEES 839 00:29:15,787 --> 00:29:18,523 GET YOUR INFORMATION. IT IS 840 00:29:18,523 --> 00:29:19,057 REALLY IMPORTANT. 841 00:29:19,057 --> 00:29:27,899 >> THANK YOU. 842 00:29:27,899 --> 00:29:28,600 >> OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 843 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:28,733 844 00:29:28,733 --> 00:29:34,105 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL 845 00:29:34,105 --> 00:29:36,541 PRESIDENT. DR. TARLETON, TEAM, 846 00:29:36,541 --> 00:29:37,475 THANK YOU FOR COMING. I HAVE 847 00:29:37,475 --> 00:29:38,143 GONE THROUGH THE ENTIRE LIST, 848 00:29:38,143 --> 00:29:38,977 AND HIGHLIGHTING, PARTICULARLY 849 00:29:38,977 --> 00:29:39,778 THOSE THAT PERTAIN TO THE 850 00:29:39,778 --> 00:29:40,678 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, AND 851 00:29:40,678 --> 00:29:41,779 ALSO THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND 852 00:29:41,779 --> 00:29:46,117 PUBLIC HEALTH ACCOMMODATION. 853 00:29:46,117 --> 00:29:47,085 AND I WAS CURIOUS, BECAUSE 854 00:29:47,085 --> 00:29:48,119 BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE IN MY 855 00:29:48,119 --> 00:29:49,120 PREVIOUS LIFE, THERE HAVE BEEN 856 00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:50,688 TIMES WERE LEGISLATIONS EITHER 857 00:29:50,688 --> 00:29:56,227 -- YOU KNOW, MERGE AND/OR 858 00:29:56,227 --> 00:29:56,861 PACKAGE TOGETHER. IS THERE ANY 859 00:29:56,861 --> 00:29:59,898 MOVEMENT ALONG THOSE LINES? FOR 860 00:29:59,898 --> 00:30:00,732 EXAMPLE, EITHER BEHAVIORAL 861 00:30:00,732 --> 00:30:01,900 HEALTH OR ADDICTION, THERE'S A 862 00:30:01,900 --> 00:30:04,936 NUMBER OF DIFFERENT BILLS. WILL 863 00:30:04,936 --> 00:30:06,404 THERE BE SOME TYPE OF MOVEMENT 864 00:30:06,404 --> 00:30:07,272 TO COALESCE THOSE KINDS OF 865 00:30:07,272 --> 00:30:07,505 BILLS? 866 00:30:07,505 --> 00:30:11,209 >> I THINK BOTH OF THEM COULD 867 00:30:11,209 --> 00:30:14,612 ADDRESS THAT, BECAUSE THAT IS 868 00:30:14,612 --> 00:30:15,847 THE PROCESS THAT THEY WILL 869 00:30:15,847 --> 00:30:16,748 PROBABLY START SEEING UNFOLD 870 00:30:16,748 --> 00:30:18,082 WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS ON 871 00:30:18,082 --> 00:30:20,185 THOSE VERY ISSUES. 872 00:30:20,185 --> 00:30:23,054 >> I WILL JUST ADD THAT A LOT 873 00:30:23,054 --> 00:30:25,924 OF THAT USUALLY HAPPENS IN A 874 00:30:25,924 --> 00:30:27,992 SESSION WHERE THEY -- YOU KNOW, 875 00:30:27,992 --> 00:30:32,230 THEY SOMETIMES RUN OUT OF TIME 876 00:30:32,230 --> 00:30:33,631 OR NEED FOR THE SAKE OF MOVING 877 00:30:33,631 --> 00:30:37,502 THINGS ALONG WILL COALESCE AND 878 00:30:37,502 --> 00:30:38,503 CREATE COMBINED BILLS, 879 00:30:38,503 --> 00:30:40,171 ESPECIALLY IN A SHORT SESSION. 880 00:30:40,171 --> 00:30:42,140 I DEFINITELY EXPECT TO SEE THAT 881 00:30:42,140 --> 00:30:42,540 LATER ON. 882 00:30:42,540 --> 00:30:46,344 >> THANK YOU. 883 00:30:46,344 --> 00:30:50,248 >> MADAM PRESIDENT, CAN I -- 884 00:30:50,248 --> 00:30:52,450 >> YOU ARE WELCOME TO SPEAK. IS 885 00:30:52,450 --> 00:30:58,156 THAT A STILL HAND, OR A NEW 886 00:30:58,156 --> 00:30:59,490 HAND? OKAY, SURE. GO AHEAD, AND 887 00:30:59,490 --> 00:31:02,727 WE WILL GET BACK TO YOU. 888 00:31:02,727 --> 00:31:04,529 >> I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS 889 00:31:04,529 --> 00:31:05,763 BRIEFING. I WANT TO MAKE A 890 00:31:05,763 --> 00:31:06,764 REQUEST OF POSSIBLE, AND THEN I 891 00:31:06,764 --> 00:31:08,600 WANT SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF A 892 00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:13,538 COUPLE OF THESE BILLS. IN 893 00:31:13,538 --> 00:31:14,772 GENERAL, I THINK IT WOULD BE 894 00:31:14,772 --> 00:31:15,773 HELPFUL TO HAVE THE POWERPOINT 895 00:31:15,773 --> 00:31:17,108 AHEAD OF TIME, BECAUSE IT HELPS 896 00:31:17,108 --> 00:31:21,713 FOCUS ON THE BILLS THAT YOU ARE 897 00:31:21,713 --> 00:31:23,248 LOOKING AT THAT YOU ARE 898 00:31:23,248 --> 00:31:24,582 FLAGGING FOR US, AND SOMEHOW, I 899 00:31:24,582 --> 00:31:25,850 DIDN'T GET THAT IF YOU DID 900 00:31:25,850 --> 00:31:26,251 SEND THAT. 901 00:31:26,251 --> 00:31:28,653 >> I DON'T KNOW IF THE POWER 902 00:31:28,653 --> 00:31:30,855 POINT WAS SHARED IN ADVANCE OF 903 00:31:30,855 --> 00:31:31,322 TODAY'S MEETING. 904 00:31:31,322 --> 00:31:38,162 >> IT WAS NOT. 905 00:31:38,162 --> 00:31:39,497 >> I THINK WE CAN MAKE THAT 906 00:31:39,497 --> 00:31:39,764 HAPPEN. 907 00:31:39,764 --> 00:31:40,565 >> THANK YOU. 908 00:31:40,565 --> 00:31:41,633 >> IT MIGHT NOT BE THE DAY 909 00:31:41,633 --> 00:31:43,101 BEFORE, BUT IT WILL DEFINITELY 910 00:31:43,101 --> 00:31:43,401 BE BEFORE. 911 00:31:43,401 --> 00:31:49,173 >> IT'S VERY HELPFUL TO HAVE 912 00:31:49,173 --> 00:31:50,041 BEFORE WE ENTER CHAMBERS TO BE 913 00:31:50,041 --> 00:31:51,509 ABLE TO REVIEW. AND SO TO THAT 914 00:31:51,509 --> 00:31:53,778 POINT, I'M NOT GOING TO GET 915 00:31:53,778 --> 00:31:54,946 SOME NUMBERS FOR THE HOUSE BILL 916 00:31:54,946 --> 00:31:56,414 THAT ARE RELATED TO GUN SAFETY, 917 00:31:56,414 --> 00:31:57,782 BUT I AM VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT 918 00:31:57,782 --> 00:31:59,083 OF THOSE, AND SO PLEASE KEEP ME 919 00:31:59,083 --> 00:32:03,121 POSTED ON THOSE, PARTICULARLY 920 00:32:03,121 --> 00:32:07,525 AS IT REGARDS STUDENTS AND 921 00:32:07,525 --> 00:32:08,760 CHILDREN. AND THEN THE SCHOOLS. 922 00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:14,265 SO THANK YOU. COUNCIL 923 00:32:14,265 --> 00:32:14,565 PRESIDENT. 924 00:32:14,565 --> 00:32:15,266 >> THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. 925 00:32:15,266 --> 00:32:17,135 >> YES, THANK YOU. I JUST WANT 926 00:32:17,135 --> 00:32:18,336 TO ECHO THE COMMENTS OF MY 927 00:32:18,336 --> 00:32:22,240 COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, 928 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:23,441 REGARDING THE COMMENTS OF THE 929 00:32:23,441 --> 00:32:25,176 BILL AND I TO WOULD BE HAPPY TO 930 00:32:25,176 --> 00:32:27,145 JOIN ON THAT LETTER. AND ALSO 931 00:32:27,145 --> 00:32:28,012 COMMENTS OF MY COUNCILMEMBER 932 00:32:28,012 --> 00:32:29,213 COLLEAGUE RIVERA THAT I AM ALSO 933 00:32:29,213 --> 00:32:33,551 VERY SICK WORD OF OF THE GUN 934 00:32:33,551 --> 00:32:35,286 RIGHTS LEGISLATION, GUN 935 00:32:35,286 --> 00:32:36,554 PROTECTION LEGISLATION, AND IF 936 00:32:36,554 --> 00:32:37,755 YOU NEED A LETTER FROM US, WE 937 00:32:37,755 --> 00:32:41,626 WOULD BE HAPPY -- I AM 938 00:32:41,626 --> 00:32:42,627 VOLUNTEERING US TO WRITE A 939 00:32:42,627 --> 00:32:43,261 LETTER ON BEHALF OF THOSE TWO 940 00:32:43,261 --> 00:32:44,595 BILLS. THANK YOU. 941 00:32:44,595 --> 00:32:48,132 >> AND IF IT'S HELPFUL TO 942 00:32:48,132 --> 00:32:49,968 TESTIFY -- I'M HAPPY TO DO 943 00:32:49,968 --> 00:32:53,204 THAT AS WELL. 944 00:32:53,204 --> 00:32:54,706 >> THINK YOU BOTH SO MUCH, ALL 945 00:32:54,706 --> 00:32:56,841 OF YOU FOR YOUR SOUP WORK. IT 946 00:32:56,841 --> 00:32:59,043 HELPS US WORK WITH PRIME 947 00:32:59,043 --> 00:33:04,315 SPONSORS AND ORGANIZERS OF THE 948 00:33:04,315 --> 00:33:08,820 COMMITTEES. 949 00:33:08,820 --> 00:33:10,355 >> SO I JUST WANTED TO FLAG 950 00:33:10,355 --> 00:33:11,789 THAT I AM PLEASED TO SEE SO 951 00:33:11,789 --> 00:33:12,957 MANY BILLS HAVING TO DO A 952 00:33:12,957 --> 00:33:13,858 SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION AND 953 00:33:13,858 --> 00:33:14,959 OVERDOSE INVENTION, AND I JUST 954 00:33:14,959 --> 00:33:16,361 WANT TO INDICATE SUPPORT AND 955 00:33:16,361 --> 00:33:18,329 THEN ASK YOU TO LET ME KNOW 956 00:33:18,329 --> 00:33:22,233 WHEN I CAN, I DON'T KNOW, IN 957 00:33:22,233 --> 00:33:23,267 PERSON, PROBABLY NOT, BUT THE 958 00:33:23,267 --> 00:33:25,737 DIFFERENT WAYS THAT I CAN 959 00:33:25,737 --> 00:33:28,740 SUPPORT. OKAY, SO THERE IS -- 960 00:33:28,740 --> 00:33:32,276 HOUSE BILL 1956, COMPANION 961 00:33:32,276 --> 00:33:37,148 SENATE BILL 5923, AND THERE'S 962 00:33:37,148 --> 00:33:39,817 ANOTHER ONE FOR HIGH SCHOOL -- 963 00:33:39,817 --> 00:33:41,619 I MEAN, FOR POSTSECONDARY 964 00:33:41,619 --> 00:33:44,889 EDUCATION. THOSE ARE BOTH ABOUT 965 00:33:44,889 --> 00:33:46,190 EDUCATION. AND THEN THERE IS 966 00:33:46,190 --> 00:33:47,525 ALSO, I BELIEVE -- I WANTED TO 967 00:33:47,525 --> 00:33:52,330 KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON WITH 968 00:33:52,330 --> 00:33:53,131 HOUSE BILL 2222, COMPANION 969 00:33:53,131 --> 00:33:56,801 SENATE BILL 6109 HAVING TO DO 970 00:33:56,801 --> 00:33:57,301 WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE 971 00:33:57,301 --> 00:33:58,469 ENDANGERMENT. CAN YOU GIVE US 972 00:33:58,469 --> 00:33:59,771 AN UPDATE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING 973 00:33:59,771 --> 00:34:00,571 WITH THAT? 974 00:34:00,571 --> 00:34:09,914 >> GO AHEAD. 975 00:34:09,914 --> 00:34:11,182 >> HOUSE BILL 2222 WAS 976 00:34:11,182 --> 00:34:15,219 INTRODUCED BUT HAS NOT RECEIVED 977 00:34:15,219 --> 00:34:16,287 A HEARING, AND IT ISN'T QUITE 978 00:34:16,287 --> 00:34:17,555 AN EXACT COMPANION OF -- WHAT 979 00:34:17,555 --> 00:34:19,791 WAS THE OTHER BILL NUMBER YOU 980 00:34:19,791 --> 00:34:21,325 MENTIONED? 6109. 981 00:34:21,325 --> 00:34:28,132 >> 6109, ANNA. 982 00:34:28,132 --> 00:34:29,500 >> SO 6109 RECEIVED A PUBLIC 983 00:34:29,500 --> 00:34:32,603 HEARING LAST WEEK, AND IT IS 984 00:34:32,603 --> 00:34:34,605 SCHEDULED FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION 985 00:34:34,605 --> 00:34:35,339 OF THE POLICY COMMITTEE THIS 986 00:34:35,339 --> 00:34:38,843 WEEK. I DON'T BELIEVE THE CITY 987 00:34:38,843 --> 00:34:40,244 -- THE CITY IS JUST MONITORING 988 00:34:40,244 --> 00:34:43,414 THIS BILL AT THIS POINT, BUT I 989 00:34:43,414 --> 00:34:44,982 CAN KEEP YOU APPRISED AS IT 990 00:34:44,982 --> 00:34:47,518 MOVES THROUGH THE PROCESS. 991 00:34:47,518 --> 00:34:48,820 >> I BELIEVE THAT CITY ATTORNEY 992 00:34:48,820 --> 00:34:50,755 DAVISON AND KING COUNTY 993 00:34:50,755 --> 00:34:51,589 PROSECUTOR DID SEND A LETTER 994 00:34:51,589 --> 00:34:54,358 REGARDING WHAT HAPPENED LAST 995 00:34:54,358 --> 00:34:55,460 SESSION, AND IT WAS DIRECTED TO 996 00:34:55,460 --> 00:35:01,065 THE HOUSE COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, 997 00:35:01,065 --> 00:35:02,266 ASKING FOR ACTION. PLEASE KEEP 998 00:35:02,266 --> 00:35:03,334 US INFORMED ON WHAT'S GOING ON 999 00:35:03,334 --> 00:35:04,368 WITH THAT. AND THEN THE OTHER 1000 00:35:04,368 --> 00:35:06,003 BILLS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THIS 1001 00:35:06,003 --> 00:35:09,140 AREA OF POLICY IS SENATE BILL 1002 00:35:09,140 --> 00:35:10,708 6134, PREVENTING OVERDOSE AND 1003 00:35:10,708 --> 00:35:14,779 USE OF OPIOIDS IN WASHINGTON 1004 00:35:14,779 --> 00:35:16,047 STATE. I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL 1005 00:35:16,047 --> 00:35:22,987 THAT'S ON MY LIST. SO THANKS. 1006 00:35:22,987 --> 00:35:23,121 1007 00:35:23,121 --> 00:35:24,222 >> I THINK 6134, WAS THAT ON 1008 00:35:24,222 --> 00:35:25,056 YOUR TRACKING -- WAS THAT ON 1009 00:35:25,056 --> 00:35:28,759 YOUR TRACKER? I THINK IT WAS. 1010 00:35:28,759 --> 00:35:30,194 >> WE ARE TRACKING THIS ONE. IT 1011 00:35:30,194 --> 00:35:32,430 DID RECEIVE A HEARING. I DON'T 1012 00:35:32,430 --> 00:35:34,165 RECALL IF WE TOOK A POSITION, 1013 00:35:34,165 --> 00:35:35,266 BUT WE MIGHT JUST MONITORING 1014 00:35:35,266 --> 00:35:35,500 IT. 1015 00:35:35,500 --> 00:35:38,469 >> THANK YOU. 1016 00:35:38,469 --> 00:35:43,241 >> THIS ONE IS FROM SENATOR 1017 00:35:43,241 --> 00:35:45,109 GUILD ON. I CAN'T RECALL WHAT 1018 00:35:45,109 --> 00:35:47,111 HIS DISTRICT IS, BUT A 1019 00:35:47,111 --> 00:35:50,047 REPUBLICAN SOMEWHERE IN THE 1020 00:35:50,047 --> 00:35:52,216 STATE. 1021 00:35:52,216 --> 00:35:53,818 >> OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 1022 00:35:53,818 --> 00:35:57,121 ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS 1023 00:35:57,121 --> 00:35:58,756 ABOUT ANY OF THE -- ABOUT 1024 00:35:58,756 --> 00:35:59,557 ANYTHING GOING ON DOWN THERE? 1025 00:35:59,557 --> 00:36:01,692 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, 1026 00:36:01,692 --> 00:36:04,095 COUNCIL PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF 1027 00:36:04,095 --> 00:36:05,429 THE COUNCIL. WE LOOK FORWARD TO 1028 00:36:05,429 --> 00:36:06,564 WORKING WITH YOU IN THE NEXT 1029 00:36:06,564 --> 00:36:07,798 WEEK AS THINGS START ROLLING 1030 00:36:07,798 --> 00:36:12,303 OUT OF COMMITTEES, OR DON'T. 1031 00:36:12,303 --> 00:36:14,572 >> RIGHT, YEAH. SO THINGS, WHEN 1032 00:36:14,572 --> 00:36:17,708 THINGS START GETTING GOING, 1033 00:36:17,708 --> 00:36:19,310 WHEN YOU COME TO US NEXT WEEK, 1034 00:36:19,310 --> 00:36:25,917 LET US KNOW IF AND WHAT THE 1035 00:36:25,917 --> 00:36:27,585 CITY'S POSITION MIGHT BE, AND 1036 00:36:27,585 --> 00:36:28,486 HOW WE CAN BE MOST HELPFUL. 1037 00:36:28,486 --> 00:36:29,587 >> VERY GOOD. THANK YOU AGAIN 1038 00:36:29,587 --> 00:36:30,388 FOR YOUR TIME. 1039 00:36:30,388 --> 00:36:32,757 >> THANK YOU. 1040 00:36:32,757 --> 00:36:39,363 >> AND THANK YOU DOWN THERE. 1041 00:36:39,363 --> 00:36:40,631 OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM IS THE 1042 00:36:40,631 --> 00:36:43,734 SIGNING OF LETTERS AND 1043 00:36:43,734 --> 00:36:44,835 PROCLAMATIONS, AND THERE ARE NO 1044 00:36:44,835 --> 00:36:46,003 PROCLAMATIONS OR LETTERS TO 1045 00:36:46,003 --> 00:36:46,804 SIGN TODAY, SO MOVING ON TO THE 1046 00:36:46,804 --> 00:36:49,206 PREVIEW OF CITY COUNCIL ACTIONS 1047 00:36:49,206 --> 00:36:52,510 AND COUNCIL AND REGIONAL 1048 00:36:52,510 --> 00:36:53,744 COMMITTEES. WE WILL BEGIN WITH 1049 00:36:53,744 --> 00:36:57,515 OUR NEXT DISCUSSION, AND WE 1050 00:36:57,515 --> 00:36:59,283 WILL BE GOING IN ROLLCALL 1051 00:36:59,283 --> 00:37:02,420 ORDER, SO FEEL FREE TO SPEAK 1052 00:37:02,420 --> 00:37:03,354 ABOUT ANYTHING THAT YOU 1053 00:37:03,354 --> 00:37:06,357 PARTICIPATED IN LAST WEEK, OR 1054 00:37:06,357 --> 00:37:07,124 UPCOMING MEETINGS THAT YOU 1055 00:37:07,124 --> 00:37:09,894 THINK THAT FIT INTO YOUR 1056 00:37:09,894 --> 00:37:15,399 COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT PORTFOLIO 1057 00:37:15,399 --> 00:37:16,901 , AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU 1058 00:37:16,901 --> 00:37:18,369 THINK THAT WE SHOULD KNOW, AND 1059 00:37:18,369 --> 00:37:20,271 THIS WEEK'S ROLLCALL ROTATION 1060 00:37:20,271 --> 00:37:20,805 BEGINS OF COUNCILMEMBER 1061 00:37:20,805 --> 00:37:22,340 MORALEZ. COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, 1062 00:37:22,340 --> 00:37:27,612 PLEASE BEGIN AND HANDED ON TO 1063 00:37:27,612 --> 00:37:28,112 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 1064 00:37:28,112 --> 00:37:29,380 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL 1065 00:37:29,380 --> 00:37:31,916 PRESIDENT. GOOD AFTERNOON, 1066 00:37:31,916 --> 00:37:33,451 COLLEAGUES. I WANTED TO SHARE A 1067 00:37:33,451 --> 00:37:34,485 LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION FIRST 1068 00:37:34,485 --> 00:37:37,221 ABOUT THE LAND-USE COMMITTEE IN 1069 00:37:37,221 --> 00:37:38,456 GENERAL. AFTER WORKING WITH THE 1070 00:37:38,456 --> 00:37:41,559 OFFICE OF PLANNING AND 1071 00:37:41,559 --> 00:37:42,193 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR 1072 00:37:42,193 --> 00:37:43,260 ONGOING MONTHLY MEETINGS TO 1073 00:37:43,260 --> 00:37:46,697 PROVIDE UPDATE ON PROJECTS TO 1074 00:37:46,697 --> 00:37:47,932 GIVE EDUCATION ON TOPICS THAT 1075 00:37:47,932 --> 00:37:50,468 THE DEPARTMENT ENGAGES IN, AND 1076 00:37:50,468 --> 00:37:52,970 TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE 1077 00:37:52,970 --> 00:37:53,671 KEEPING GENERAL DEPARTMENT 1078 00:37:53,671 --> 00:37:59,176 UPDATES AS WELL. SO MY OFFICE 1079 00:37:59,176 --> 00:38:00,745 AND MICE, WE MEET MONTHLY WITH 1080 00:38:00,745 --> 00:38:01,278 THE DEPARTMENT. WE WILL 1081 00:38:01,278 --> 00:38:04,815 ANTICIPATE THAT THE DEPARTMENT 1082 00:38:04,815 --> 00:38:06,083 WILL BE IN FRONT OF THE 1083 00:38:06,083 --> 00:38:06,851 LAND-USE COMMITTEE AT LEAST 1084 00:38:06,851 --> 00:38:08,019 ONCE A WEEK TO BRIEF ON THE 1085 00:38:08,019 --> 00:38:09,086 MANY DIFFERENT THINGS BUT THE 1086 00:38:09,086 --> 00:38:10,321 DEPARTMENT ENGAGES IN. AND THEY 1087 00:38:10,321 --> 00:38:11,155 ARE ALSO WORKING ON TWO 1088 00:38:11,155 --> 00:38:14,792 DIFFERENT PRESENTATIONS FOR 1089 00:38:14,792 --> 00:38:16,594 COMMITTEE. ONE IS SORT OF A 1090 00:38:16,594 --> 00:38:19,030 GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE 1091 00:38:19,030 --> 00:38:20,064 DEPARTMENT ITSELF, AND ONE IS A 1092 00:38:20,064 --> 00:38:22,667 SORT OF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 101, 1093 00:38:22,667 --> 00:38:24,602 SO COMMITTEE MEMBERS CAN ACT TO 1094 00:38:24,602 --> 00:38:28,339 GET THOSE BRIEFINGS VERY SOON, 1095 00:38:28,339 --> 00:38:29,306 AND THEY ARE PROBABLY ALSO 1096 00:38:29,306 --> 00:38:30,107 ALREADY REACHING OUT TO 1097 00:38:30,107 --> 00:38:32,410 COMMITTEE MEMBERS INDIVIDUALLY. 1098 00:38:32,410 --> 00:38:34,145 BUT IF YOU DO HAVE QUESTIONS, 1099 00:38:34,145 --> 00:38:37,948 PLEASE REACH OUT. THE NEXT -- 1100 00:38:37,948 --> 00:38:42,286 OR FIRST MEETING WILL BE 1101 00:38:42,286 --> 00:38:44,355 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, AT 2:00 1102 00:38:44,355 --> 00:38:47,324 P.M.. WE WILL BE DISCUSSING 1103 00:38:47,324 --> 00:38:48,225 EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT ZONING. I 1104 00:38:48,225 --> 00:38:50,161 URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO REACH OUT 1105 00:38:50,161 --> 00:38:52,430 TO MY STAFF TO GET BRIEFED, 1106 00:38:52,430 --> 00:38:57,501 EITHER BY OUR OFFICE OR BY THE 1107 00:38:57,501 --> 00:38:58,135 DEPARTMENT OR BY CENTRAL STAFF. 1108 00:38:58,135 --> 00:38:59,403 THIS IS LEGISLATION WE'VE BEEN 1109 00:38:59,403 --> 00:39:02,740 LOOKING ON FOR THE LAST COUPLE 1110 00:39:02,740 --> 00:39:03,708 OF YEARS IN COLLABORATION WITH 1111 00:39:03,708 --> 00:39:04,542 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, AND REALLY 1112 00:39:04,542 --> 00:39:05,843 LOOKING FORWARD TO FINALLY 1113 00:39:05,843 --> 00:39:09,246 BEING ABLE TO INTRODUCE 1114 00:39:09,246 --> 00:39:10,247 RELIGIOUS NATION. WE HAVE A 1115 00:39:10,247 --> 00:39:11,315 PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 1116 00:39:11,315 --> 00:39:11,882 LEGISLATION SCHEDULED FOR 1117 00:39:11,882 --> 00:39:16,253 FEBRUARY 21st, SO WE WILL HAVE 1118 00:39:16,253 --> 00:39:17,254 THAT HEARING, AND THEN -- 1119 00:39:17,254 --> 00:39:18,923 EXCUSE ME, MY HOPE IS THAT WE 1120 00:39:18,923 --> 00:39:20,825 CAN VOTE ON IT AT THE NEXT 1121 00:39:20,825 --> 00:39:21,959 COMMITTEE MEETING, THE FIRST 1122 00:39:21,959 --> 00:39:26,731 ONE IN MARCH. DISTRICT UPDATES 1123 00:39:26,731 --> 00:39:29,667 -- WELL, BEFORE I MOVE ON, I DO 1124 00:39:29,667 --> 00:39:30,701 WANT TO SAY I ATTENDED THE 1125 00:39:30,701 --> 00:39:32,436 AFFORDABLE HOUSING GROWTH 1126 00:39:32,436 --> 00:39:36,774 COMMITTEE LAST -- OH, THURSDAY, 1127 00:39:36,774 --> 00:39:40,711 I THINK IT WAS. THIS IS A 1128 00:39:40,711 --> 00:39:43,080 SUBCOMMITTEE THAT WAS 1129 00:39:43,080 --> 00:39:44,582 ESTABLISHED TO REALLY START TO 1130 00:39:44,582 --> 00:39:49,820 UNDERSTAND THE NUMBERS BEHIND 1131 00:39:49,820 --> 00:39:51,188 WHAT IS NEEDED -- NOT IN 1132 00:39:51,188 --> 00:39:53,691 SEATTLE. THIS IS A CROSS COUNTY 1133 00:39:53,691 --> 00:39:54,391 COMMITTEE. SO JURISDICTIONS ARE 1134 00:39:54,391 --> 00:39:57,795 REPRESENTED FROM ACROSS THE 1135 00:39:57,795 --> 00:39:58,929 COUNTY, AND WE HAD AN 1136 00:39:58,929 --> 00:40:00,131 OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT SOME 1137 00:40:00,131 --> 00:40:01,499 OF THE BENEFITS OF THIS 1138 00:40:01,499 --> 00:40:02,867 COMMITTEE AND SOME OF THE 1139 00:40:02,867 --> 00:40:03,968 THINGS WE MIGHT NEED TO WORK ON 1140 00:40:03,968 --> 00:40:07,204 TO ENSURE THAT CROSS KING 1141 00:40:07,204 --> 00:40:08,205 COUNTY, DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS 1142 00:40:08,205 --> 00:40:08,773 ARE GETTING THE KIND OF 1143 00:40:08,773 --> 00:40:09,940 INFORMATION THEY NEED TO MAKE 1144 00:40:09,940 --> 00:40:10,908 THEIR HOUSING AND LAND-USE 1145 00:40:10,908 --> 00:40:11,876 DECISIONS, AND TO ACCOMMODATE 1146 00:40:11,876 --> 00:40:14,145 WHAT WE KNOW IS A HUGE NEED FOR 1147 00:40:14,145 --> 00:40:17,047 HOUSING ACROSS THE COUNTY. SO I 1148 00:40:17,047 --> 00:40:18,282 WAS GLAD TO BE ABLE TO 1149 00:40:18,282 --> 00:40:20,951 PARTICIPATE IN THAT. LAST WEEK, 1150 00:40:20,951 --> 00:40:23,854 MY OFFICE ATTENDED THE FIRST 1151 00:40:23,854 --> 00:40:25,456 COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETING OF 1152 00:40:25,456 --> 00:40:26,857 THE YEAR, AS WELL AS A GRAND 1153 00:40:26,857 --> 00:40:30,995 OPENING OF CREATIVE CAFE ON 1154 00:40:30,995 --> 00:40:32,163 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY. 1155 00:40:32,163 --> 00:40:36,100 THIS IS A CAFE THAT WILL OFFER 1156 00:40:36,100 --> 00:40:37,067 JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG 1157 00:40:37,067 --> 00:40:39,270 PEOPLE ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF 1158 00:40:39,270 --> 00:40:41,305 WASHINGTON HALL. SO I DO WANT 1159 00:40:41,305 --> 00:40:41,972 TO CONGRATULATE FOLKS. THAT WAS 1160 00:40:41,972 --> 00:40:43,040 A REALLY EXCITING -- THAT'S AN 1161 00:40:43,040 --> 00:40:45,009 EXCITING OPPORTUNITY AND AN 1162 00:40:45,009 --> 00:40:45,810 EXCITING SPACE. TOMORROW, I 1163 00:40:45,810 --> 00:40:46,644 WILL BE ATTENDING A 1164 00:40:46,644 --> 00:40:50,314 CONVERSATION WITH THE U.S. 1165 00:40:50,314 --> 00:40:51,148 CENSUS EURO DIRECTOR ROBERT 1166 00:40:51,148 --> 00:40:52,483 SANTOS AT THE CHIEF SEATTLE 1167 00:40:52,483 --> 00:40:54,018 CLUB, REGARDING OPPORTUNITIES 1168 00:40:54,018 --> 00:41:01,625 FOR IMPROVEMENT DURING THE 2030 1169 00:41:01,625 --> 00:41:02,593 CENSUS. AND WEDNESDAY, I WILL 1170 00:41:02,593 --> 00:41:03,527 BE SPEAKING AT THE 1171 00:41:03,527 --> 00:41:04,128 GROUNDBREAKING OF A NEW 1172 00:41:04,128 --> 00:41:05,029 AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPLEX IN 1173 00:41:05,029 --> 00:41:06,664 OUR BELLOW. AND THEN MY TEAM 1174 00:41:06,664 --> 00:41:08,833 WILL BE WORKING ON DISTRIBUTING 1175 00:41:08,833 --> 00:41:14,038 THE NEW 2024 RESOURCE GUIDE IN 1176 00:41:14,038 --> 00:41:15,472 THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THOSE OF 1177 00:41:15,472 --> 00:41:19,810 YOU WHO DON'T KNOW. OUR OFFICE 1178 00:41:19,810 --> 00:41:20,811 WORKS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF 1179 00:41:20,811 --> 00:41:21,979 NEIGHBORHOODS TO PUT TOGETHER 1180 00:41:21,979 --> 00:41:24,648 RESOURCE GUIDES THAT REALLY 1181 00:41:24,648 --> 00:41:27,151 SHARE INFORMATION WITH 1182 00:41:27,151 --> 00:41:28,319 NEIGHBORS SO THAT THEY KNOW 1183 00:41:28,319 --> 00:41:33,557 WHERE TO GO FOR INFORMATION 1184 00:41:33,557 --> 00:41:34,124 ABOUT SERVICE PROVIDERS, 1185 00:41:34,124 --> 00:41:37,962 ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN REPORT 1186 00:41:37,962 --> 00:41:39,063 AND PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO FOLKS 1187 00:41:39,063 --> 00:41:41,332 THAT ARE EXPERIENCING 1188 00:41:41,332 --> 00:41:42,032 HOMELESSNESS, PROVIDE RESOURCES 1189 00:41:42,032 --> 00:41:43,534 FOR SMALL BUSINESSES WHO ARE 1190 00:41:43,534 --> 00:41:45,102 LOOKING FOR A HANDOFF, FOR 1191 00:41:45,102 --> 00:41:47,771 FOLKS WHO ARE MAYBE -- YOU 1192 00:41:47,771 --> 00:41:48,572 KNOW, SITTING IN THEIR 1193 00:41:48,572 --> 00:41:50,040 DOORSTEP, FOR EXAMPLE. IT'S A 1194 00:41:50,040 --> 00:41:52,376 REALLY IMPORTANT GUY THAT 1195 00:41:52,376 --> 00:41:54,712 PROVIDES IN ONE PLACE A LIST OF 1196 00:41:54,712 --> 00:41:57,581 NUMBERS THAT ORGANIZATIONS AND 1197 00:41:57,581 --> 00:41:58,849 RESEARCHES FOR FOLKS WHO 1198 00:41:58,849 --> 00:42:02,920 REQUESTED THIS INFORMATION, 1199 00:42:02,920 --> 00:42:04,355 BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO 1200 00:42:04,355 --> 00:42:05,022 CALL THE POLICE, NECESSARILY. 1201 00:42:05,022 --> 00:42:07,191 IT'S BEEN VERY WELL RECEIVED. 1202 00:42:07,191 --> 00:42:08,192 WE TRANSLATED THE GUIDE INTO 1203 00:42:08,192 --> 00:42:13,631 SIX DIFFERENT ASIAN LANGUAGES, 1204 00:42:13,631 --> 00:42:14,832 AND I WANT TO THANK THE 1205 00:42:14,832 --> 00:42:15,766 DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS, 1206 00:42:15,766 --> 00:42:16,700 BECAUSE THEY DO WORK WITH MY 1207 00:42:16,700 --> 00:42:18,002 OFFICE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO 1208 00:42:18,002 --> 00:42:18,936 MAKE SURE THE INFORMATION IN 1209 00:42:18,936 --> 00:42:21,305 THAT GUIDE IS REGULARLY 1210 00:42:21,305 --> 00:42:22,806 UPDATED, AND WE ARE WORKING ON 1211 00:42:22,806 --> 00:42:28,612 THE 2024 VERSION. THAT IS ALL I 1212 00:42:28,612 --> 00:42:29,446 HAVE TODAY, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 1213 00:42:29,446 --> 00:42:31,382 IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS -- 1214 00:42:31,382 --> 00:42:35,886 NOT SEEING ANY. I WILL HAND IT 1215 00:42:35,886 --> 00:42:40,291 OFF TO COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 1216 00:42:40,291 --> 00:42:42,626 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 1217 00:42:42,626 --> 00:42:46,430 MORALEZ. MY COMMITTEE MEETINGS, 1218 00:42:46,430 --> 00:42:47,631 THE FIRST MEETING WILL BE 1219 00:42:47,631 --> 00:42:50,434 FEBRUARY 8th. IT'S A 1220 00:42:50,434 --> 00:42:51,302 LIBRARY'S EDUCATION COMMITTEE, 1221 00:42:51,302 --> 00:42:52,469 AND I CURRENTLY MET WITH ALL 1222 00:42:52,469 --> 00:42:56,674 THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS FOR 1223 00:42:56,674 --> 00:42:58,342 THAT COMMITTEE, AND WE ARE IN 1224 00:42:58,342 --> 00:43:00,177 THE PROCESS OF PUTTING TOGETHER 1225 00:43:00,177 --> 00:43:01,345 BRIEFINGS ON WORK PLANS FOR 1226 00:43:01,345 --> 00:43:08,419 EACH OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS. AS 1227 00:43:08,419 --> 00:43:09,186 A REMINDER, THE FAMILY AND 1228 00:43:09,186 --> 00:43:10,721 EDUCATION PLAN IS UP FOR 1229 00:43:10,721 --> 00:43:14,858 RENEWAL NEXT YEAR, SO JUST AS A 1230 00:43:14,858 --> 00:43:15,693 PREVIEW, WE WILL BE WORKING ON 1231 00:43:15,693 --> 00:43:17,795 REVIEWING THE INFORMATION AND 1232 00:43:17,795 --> 00:43:19,196 DATA FOR THE OUTCOMES FOR THE 1233 00:43:19,196 --> 00:43:20,030 FUNDING THAT WAS PASSED WITH 1234 00:43:20,030 --> 00:43:21,498 THIS PAST LEVY IN PREPARATION 1235 00:43:21,498 --> 00:43:25,002 FOR LOOKING AT POSSIBLE -- FOR 1236 00:43:25,002 --> 00:43:28,372 RENEWAL NEXT YEAR. AND THAT IS 1237 00:43:28,372 --> 00:43:33,410 MY UPDATE. THANK YOU. I WILL 1238 00:43:33,410 --> 00:43:35,379 PASS IT TO COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 1239 00:43:35,379 --> 00:43:35,512 1240 00:43:35,512 --> 00:43:38,649 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 1241 00:43:38,649 --> 00:43:40,050 RIVERA. AS CHAIR OF THE 1242 00:43:40,050 --> 00:43:40,651 TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, WE 1243 00:43:40,651 --> 00:43:41,752 ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW WITH MY 1244 00:43:41,752 --> 00:43:47,224 OFFICE AND CENTRAL STAFF TO -- 1245 00:43:47,224 --> 00:43:48,726 TO FINALIZE AN AGENDA FOR OUR 1246 00:43:48,726 --> 00:43:49,626 VERY FIRST MEETING, WHICH WILL 1247 00:43:49,626 --> 00:43:51,695 BE ON FEBRUARY'S EX, FIRST AND 1248 00:43:51,695 --> 00:43:52,730 THIRD TUESDAY OF THE MONTH. BUT 1249 00:43:52,730 --> 00:43:55,332 WE WILL LIKELY HAVE, YOU KNOW, 1250 00:43:55,332 --> 00:43:57,501 SOME OVERVIEW SESSIONS. A LOT 1251 00:43:57,501 --> 00:44:00,404 OF FOR US TO GET UP TO SPEED 1252 00:44:00,404 --> 00:44:04,775 ON, AND THERE IS A BIG BOLD 1253 00:44:04,775 --> 00:44:05,709 AMBITIOUS TYPE TRANSPORTATION 1254 00:44:05,709 --> 00:44:08,879 THINGS, AND THERE'S THE 1255 00:44:08,879 --> 00:44:09,513 ROUTINE, SOMEWHAT MUNDANE TASKS 1256 00:44:09,513 --> 00:44:11,215 THAT NEED TO GET DONE AS PART 1257 00:44:11,215 --> 00:44:12,383 OF THIS. SO WE WILL LEARN MORE 1258 00:44:12,383 --> 00:44:17,021 ABOUT ALL OF THAT. A MEETING 1259 00:44:17,021 --> 00:44:17,688 WITH ALL THE IMPORTANT 1260 00:44:17,688 --> 00:44:20,791 STAKEHOLDERS ACROSS S., DEPUTY 1261 00:44:20,791 --> 00:44:26,497 MAYOR EMERY AUDIO, AND OTHERS, 1262 00:44:26,497 --> 00:44:29,833 TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A 1263 00:44:29,833 --> 00:44:30,434 STRONG PARTNERSHIP, AND 1264 00:44:30,434 --> 00:44:33,370 WHATEVER WE ARE DOING IS IN 1265 00:44:33,370 --> 00:44:37,207 COLLABORATION WITH, TO THE FULL 1266 00:44:37,207 --> 00:44:43,280 EXTENT POSSIBLE WITH, YOU KNOW, 1267 00:44:43,280 --> 00:44:45,015 THE EXECUTIVE. I ALSO 1268 00:44:45,015 --> 00:44:45,816 RECOGNIZE THE RESPONSIBILITY -- 1269 00:44:45,816 --> 00:44:46,583 YOU KNOW, THIS IS A SEPARATELY 1270 00:44:46,583 --> 00:44:47,251 ELECTED BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT, 1271 00:44:47,251 --> 00:44:48,252 AND I UNDERSTAND THAT 1272 00:44:48,252 --> 00:44:51,688 OBLIGATION. IT MEANS A LOT TO 1273 00:44:51,688 --> 00:44:52,656 ME. BUT I'M ALSO LOOKING FOR 1274 00:44:52,656 --> 00:44:54,625 OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTNER 1275 00:44:54,625 --> 00:44:55,759 TOGETHER, AND I THINK WE ARE 1276 00:44:55,759 --> 00:44:58,295 SITTING ON A GREAT PACE TO DO 1277 00:44:58,295 --> 00:45:01,699 EXACTLY THAT. STAY TUNED FOR 1278 00:45:01,699 --> 00:45:03,100 FURTHER DETAILS ON OUR FIRST 1279 00:45:03,100 --> 00:45:08,439 TRANSPORTATION MEETING. THANK 1280 00:45:08,439 --> 00:45:09,406 YOU. 1281 00:45:09,406 --> 00:45:12,342 >> THERE'S A QUESTION HERE. 1282 00:45:12,342 --> 00:45:13,444 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL 1283 00:45:13,444 --> 00:45:16,346 PRESIDENT. I JUST ALSO WAS -- 1284 00:45:16,346 --> 00:45:21,585 SHOULD HAVE POINTED OUT THAT 1285 00:45:21,585 --> 00:45:22,386 THE APPOINTEE, THE COUNCIL 1286 00:45:22,386 --> 00:45:23,220 APPOINTEE, WILL BE VICE CHAIR 1287 00:45:23,220 --> 00:45:24,621 OF MY COMMITTEE, AND SO WE WILL 1288 00:45:24,621 --> 00:45:26,190 BE WORKING WITH THAT PERSON ON 1289 00:45:26,190 --> 00:45:32,262 THE COMMITTEE AGENDA. AND I 1290 00:45:32,262 --> 00:45:33,363 REALLY WANT IT TO BE NOTED FOR 1291 00:45:33,363 --> 00:45:34,498 THE RECORD THAT IT'S MY 1292 00:45:34,498 --> 00:45:35,332 INTENTION TO WORK VERY CLOSELY 1293 00:45:35,332 --> 00:45:36,867 WITH THE VICE CHAIR OF THE 1294 00:45:36,867 --> 00:45:38,368 COMMITTEE THAT I SIT ON TO MAKE 1295 00:45:38,368 --> 00:45:39,503 SURE THAT WE ARE HAVING ROBUST 1296 00:45:39,503 --> 00:45:40,771 CONVERSATIONS AS A GOVERNING 1297 00:45:40,771 --> 00:45:41,772 BODY ON SETTING AGENDAS AND 1298 00:45:41,772 --> 00:45:44,942 DOING THE WORK MOVING FORWARD. 1299 00:45:44,942 --> 00:45:45,342 THANK YOU. 1300 00:45:45,342 --> 00:45:49,847 >> THANK YOU. I DID SET THAT IS 1301 00:45:49,847 --> 00:45:50,981 SORT OF A BASELINE FOR EVERY 1302 00:45:50,981 --> 00:45:52,116 COMMITTEE WHEN I WAS TALKING TO 1303 00:45:52,116 --> 00:45:53,917 YOU ABOUT WHAT YOU WANTED, AND 1304 00:45:53,917 --> 00:45:58,856 WHAT COULD BE A SECOND CHOICE. 1305 00:45:58,856 --> 00:46:00,324 IT'S MY HOPE THAT CHAIRS AND 1306 00:46:00,324 --> 00:46:05,629 VICE CHAIRS WORKED VERY CLOSELY 1307 00:46:05,629 --> 00:46:06,497 TOGETHER. 1308 00:46:06,497 --> 00:46:07,865 >> THANK YOU, VERY MUCH, 1309 00:46:07,865 --> 00:46:08,866 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES, 1310 00:46:08,866 --> 00:46:10,300 I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT 1311 00:46:10,300 --> 00:46:14,371 ABOUT MY COMMAND TO FINANCE 1312 00:46:14,371 --> 00:46:15,038 COMMUNITIES AND TRIBAL 1313 00:46:15,038 --> 00:46:18,175 GOVERNANCE, AND THEN THE QUADS 1314 00:46:18,175 --> 00:46:19,443 I JUDICIAL REZONE, WHICH I KNOW 1315 00:46:19,443 --> 00:46:26,083 EVERYONE IS BITING AT. SO JUST 1316 00:46:26,083 --> 00:46:26,884 IN GENERAL, FOR ME, COUNCIL 1317 00:46:26,884 --> 00:46:28,452 BRIEFING IS A REALLY GREAT TIME 1318 00:46:28,452 --> 00:46:33,056 TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH THE 1319 00:46:33,056 --> 00:46:34,391 COMMITTEES WE SIT ON, WHETHER 1320 00:46:34,391 --> 00:46:35,125 INTERNALLY OR EXTERNALLY ON 1321 00:46:35,125 --> 00:46:35,893 REGIONALLY COMMITTEES. YOU 1322 00:46:35,893 --> 00:46:36,860 MIGHT HEAR IN THE DESCRIPTION 1323 00:46:36,860 --> 00:46:39,897 OF COUNCIL BRIEFING , FOR 1324 00:46:39,897 --> 00:46:41,765 UPDATES ON INTERNAL AND 1325 00:46:41,765 --> 00:46:42,399 EXTERNAL COMMITTEES, RIGHT? 1326 00:46:42,399 --> 00:46:44,768 BECAUSE THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY 1327 00:46:44,768 --> 00:46:47,171 TO ALL SPEAK AS A GROUP ABOUT 1328 00:46:47,171 --> 00:46:49,940 THE BILLS THAT WE ARE WORKING 1329 00:46:49,940 --> 00:46:51,208 ON, AND THE BILLS THAT ARE 1330 00:46:51,208 --> 00:46:56,180 COMING THROUGH OUR COMMITTEE. 1331 00:46:56,180 --> 00:46:57,214 MAYBE NOT SO MUCH ABOUT THE 1332 00:46:57,214 --> 00:46:59,049 OTHER UPDATES WITHIN OUR OWN 1333 00:46:59,049 --> 00:47:00,384 LIVES. I KNOW WE HAD SOME 1334 00:47:00,384 --> 00:47:05,689 EXCITING UPDATES THIS WEEKEND 1335 00:47:05,689 --> 00:47:07,157 FOR ROB. IT REALLY GIVES US AN 1336 00:47:07,157 --> 00:47:08,892 OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON THE 1337 00:47:08,892 --> 00:47:09,693 LEGISLATION AND BE AWARE OF THE 1338 00:47:09,693 --> 00:47:10,427 LEGISLATION GOING THROUGH EACH 1339 00:47:10,427 --> 00:47:11,562 OTHER'S COMMITTEES. AND SO FOR 1340 00:47:11,562 --> 00:47:12,529 THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, I AM 1341 00:47:12,529 --> 00:47:17,601 EXCITED TO SHARE THIS -- I 1342 00:47:17,601 --> 00:47:19,169 CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH I AM 1343 00:47:19,169 --> 00:47:20,337 EXCITED. WE GOT SOME REAL BIG 1344 00:47:20,337 --> 00:47:21,872 ISSUES TO SOLVE THIS YEAR, AND 1345 00:47:21,872 --> 00:47:22,973 SO CHAIRING THE TRIBAL 1346 00:47:22,973 --> 00:47:23,840 GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE IS REALLY 1347 00:47:23,840 --> 00:47:26,710 IMPORTANT TO ME. I BELIEVE 1348 00:47:26,710 --> 00:47:27,911 EVERYONE HERE KNOWS IT, BUT WE 1349 00:47:27,911 --> 00:47:29,580 ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME BIG 1350 00:47:29,580 --> 00:47:30,380 DECISIONS TO MAKE IN THE NEXT 1351 00:47:30,380 --> 00:47:31,548 MONTHS, YEAR, AND TWO YEARS 1352 00:47:31,548 --> 00:47:33,851 REGARDING OUR BUDGET. I'VE 1353 00:47:33,851 --> 00:47:34,685 ALREADY BEEN GETTING DOWN TO 1354 00:47:34,685 --> 00:47:35,886 WORK ON THE DETAILS TO HELP 1355 00:47:35,886 --> 00:47:38,655 NAVIGATE US TO THESE 1356 00:47:38,655 --> 00:47:39,590 CHALLENGING TIMES, AND MAKE 1357 00:47:39,590 --> 00:47:40,557 DECISIONS THAT ALLOW OUR CITY 1358 00:47:40,557 --> 00:47:41,491 TO REACH THEIR HIGHEST 1359 00:47:41,491 --> 00:47:42,226 POTENTIAL. THERE ARE THREE 1360 00:47:42,226 --> 00:47:44,628 THINGS I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH 1361 00:47:44,628 --> 00:47:46,196 TODAY. I WILL PROBABLY ADD ON A 1362 00:47:46,196 --> 00:47:46,830 COUPLE MORE AS WE GO THROUGH 1363 00:47:46,830 --> 00:47:49,733 THIS. ONE, OUR BUDGET ARE 1364 00:47:49,733 --> 00:47:50,767 SUPPOSED TO BE BIANNUAL, AND 1365 00:47:50,767 --> 00:47:56,506 THIS WAS DISRUPTED IN THE 1366 00:47:56,506 --> 00:47:58,709 PANDEMIC. WHAT I MEAN BY THAT 1367 00:47:58,709 --> 00:47:59,810 IS EACH BUDGET IS SUPPOSED TO 1368 00:47:59,810 --> 00:48:01,311 BE FOR 2 YEARS. IN THE LAST 1369 00:48:01,311 --> 00:48:02,646 FOUR YEARS, IN 2020, WE HAD A 1370 00:48:02,646 --> 00:48:03,380 MIDDLEWARE BUDGETING PROCESS TO 1371 00:48:03,380 --> 00:48:04,248 DEAL WITH INCREASED FEDERAL 1372 00:48:04,248 --> 00:48:05,182 FUNDING, COMBATING COVID. IN 1373 00:48:05,182 --> 00:48:08,452 2020, WE WERE IN THE QUOTE 1374 00:48:08,452 --> 00:48:09,686 UNQUOTE BUDGET SEASON FROM JUNE 1375 00:48:09,686 --> 00:48:11,755 UNTIL DECEMBER. TYPICALLY, THIS 1376 00:48:11,755 --> 00:48:13,423 ONLY LASTS FROM SEPTEMBER TO 1377 00:48:13,423 --> 00:48:16,293 DECEMBER. THE SECOND YEAR OF 1378 00:48:16,293 --> 00:48:21,131 THE BIENNIUM IS TRADITIONALLY 1379 00:48:21,131 --> 00:48:22,266 SMALL CHANGES ONLY, THINKING OF 1380 00:48:22,266 --> 00:48:23,634 IT LIKE LONG AND SHORT SESSIONS 1381 00:48:23,634 --> 00:48:27,037 IN OLYMPIA. ONE YEAR IS WHERE 1382 00:48:27,037 --> 00:48:29,273 WE DO THE TWO YEAR BUDGET, THE 1383 00:48:29,273 --> 00:48:30,374 LONG SESSION, AND THEN THE 1384 00:48:30,374 --> 00:48:32,276 FOLLOWING YEAR IS THE SORT 1385 00:48:32,276 --> 00:48:34,177 SHORT SESSION, WE JUST MAKE 1386 00:48:34,177 --> 00:48:35,646 TWEAKS TO THE PLAN WE HAD MADE 1387 00:48:35,646 --> 00:48:41,818 THE YEAR BEFORE. AS WE CONTINUE 1388 00:48:41,818 --> 00:48:43,120 TO EMERGE FROM THE PANDEMIC, WE 1389 00:48:43,120 --> 00:48:43,720 GOT CLOSER AND CLOSER TO 1390 00:48:43,720 --> 00:48:44,588 RETURNING TO A BIANNUAL 1391 00:48:44,588 --> 00:48:45,555 BUDGETING, AND I'M REALLY -- 1392 00:48:45,555 --> 00:48:46,890 IT'S MY DESIRE AND MY GOAL TO 1393 00:48:46,890 --> 00:48:49,126 GET US THERE. WE ARE ABLE TO 1394 00:48:49,126 --> 00:48:50,427 CREATE A TWO YEAR BUDGET ONE 1395 00:48:50,427 --> 00:48:53,864 YEAR AND THEN MAKE TWEAKS TO 1396 00:48:53,864 --> 00:48:55,132 NEXT. WE ARE GOING TO SEE HOW 1397 00:48:55,132 --> 00:48:56,533 THIS GOES. I JUST SHARE WITH 1398 00:48:56,533 --> 00:48:57,634 YOU THAT THAT CHANGED FOUR 1399 00:48:57,634 --> 00:48:58,735 YEARS AGO TO DEAL WITH THE 1400 00:48:58,735 --> 00:49:01,672 PANDEMIC AND CHANGING REVENUE 1401 00:49:01,672 --> 00:49:02,940 SOURCES. IT IS MY GOAL TO GET 1402 00:49:02,940 --> 00:49:05,275 US BACK TO THE BIANNUAL 1403 00:49:05,275 --> 00:49:06,243 BUDGETING. SECOND, NATIVE 1404 00:49:06,243 --> 00:49:10,580 COMMUNITIES AND TRIBAL 1405 00:49:10,580 --> 00:49:11,481 GOVERNANCE. WELL, THE FINANCE, 1406 00:49:11,481 --> 00:49:15,252 NATIVE COMMUNITIES, AND TRIBAL 1407 00:49:15,252 --> 00:49:16,219 GOVERNANCE IS THE STANDING 1408 00:49:16,219 --> 00:49:17,054 COMMITTEE, WHICH IS DIFFERENT 1409 00:49:17,054 --> 00:49:17,688 THAN THE SELECT BUDGET 1410 00:49:17,688 --> 00:49:18,689 COMMITTEE, WHICH EVERY 1411 00:49:18,689 --> 00:49:23,226 COUNCILMEMBER IS A PART OF. SO 1412 00:49:23,226 --> 00:49:24,361 TRADITIONALLY, WE ONLY HAVE 1413 00:49:24,361 --> 00:49:25,295 SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEES 1414 00:49:25,295 --> 00:49:26,430 BETWEEN SEPTEMBER AND DECEMBER. 1415 00:49:26,430 --> 00:49:27,464 HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE ISSUES 1416 00:49:27,464 --> 00:49:31,435 THAT ARE AHEAD, I AM GOING TO 1417 00:49:31,435 --> 00:49:32,502 START HAVING SELECT BUDGET 1418 00:49:32,502 --> 00:49:33,170 COMMITTEES EARLIER. PROBABLY AT 1419 00:49:33,170 --> 00:49:35,505 THE END OF QUARTER ONE, OR AT 1420 00:49:35,505 --> 00:49:38,508 THE BEGINNING OF QUARTER TWO, 1421 00:49:38,508 --> 00:49:39,509 AND PLACE THEM THROUGHOUT THE 1422 00:49:39,509 --> 00:49:41,244 YEAR SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN THIS 1423 00:49:41,244 --> 00:49:44,247 BUDGET WORK EARLIER, SO 1424 00:49:44,247 --> 00:49:46,516 THERE'S NOT AS MUCH OF A 1425 00:49:46,516 --> 00:49:47,918 LEARNING RAMP RIGHT IN THE LAST 1426 00:49:47,918 --> 00:49:52,656 COUPLE OF MONTHS. WE ARE ABLE 1427 00:49:52,656 --> 00:49:53,824 TO EASE INTO SOME PRETTY TOUGH 1428 00:49:53,824 --> 00:49:54,591 DECISIONS, RATHER THAN RUN HEAD 1429 00:49:54,591 --> 00:49:57,761 INTO THEM. FOR THIS REASON, IT 1430 00:49:57,761 --> 00:49:59,196 IS MY PRACTICE -- I DID THIS 1431 00:49:59,196 --> 00:50:01,431 WITH THE LAND-USE COMMITTEE FOR 1432 00:50:01,431 --> 00:50:02,666 THE LAST FOUR YEARS AND I WILL 1433 00:50:02,666 --> 00:50:03,633 DO THIS WITH THE FINANCE 1434 00:50:03,633 --> 00:50:04,868 COMMITTEE AS WELL. IF WE DO NOT 1435 00:50:04,868 --> 00:50:06,536 HAVE ACTION TO TAKE, I WILL NOT 1436 00:50:06,536 --> 00:50:08,405 BE HAVING COMMITTEE. SO IF WE 1437 00:50:08,405 --> 00:50:11,274 HAVE INFORMATIONAL ITEMS, WE 1438 00:50:11,274 --> 00:50:12,509 WILL SAVE THOSE FOR THE DAYS 1439 00:50:12,509 --> 00:50:14,111 THAT WE HAVE COMMITTEE TO TAKE 1440 00:50:14,111 --> 00:50:18,682 ACTION. WORRY NOT. I AM GOING 1441 00:50:18,682 --> 00:50:19,950 TO HAVE YOU IN COMMITTEE MORE 1442 00:50:19,950 --> 00:50:21,451 THAN YOU WILL DESIRE BY THE END 1443 00:50:21,451 --> 00:50:24,388 OF THIS YEAR. FOR INSTANCE, 1444 00:50:24,388 --> 00:50:25,555 LAST YEAR, WE HIT ALMOST DOUBLE 1445 00:50:25,555 --> 00:50:29,860 THE NUMBER OF LAND-USE 1446 00:50:29,860 --> 00:50:31,228 COMMITTEE MEETINGS AS IS IN A 1447 00:50:31,228 --> 00:50:32,462 TYPICAL YEAR. BUT WE CANCELED A 1448 00:50:32,462 --> 00:50:33,830 NUMBER OF THEM BETWEEN JULY AND 1449 00:50:33,830 --> 00:50:35,298 SEPTEMBER, BECAUSE WE SET UP 1450 00:50:35,298 --> 00:50:40,337 OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS TO BE 1451 00:50:40,337 --> 00:50:41,671 RESPONDING TO THE WORK THAT WE 1452 00:50:41,671 --> 00:50:43,140 HAD TO DO, RATHER THAN JUST 1453 00:50:43,140 --> 00:50:44,708 HAVING THEM EVERY OTHER WEEK. I 1454 00:50:44,708 --> 00:50:45,609 WILL SHARE WITH YOU NOW, I AM 1455 00:50:45,609 --> 00:50:48,245 LIKELY GOING TO BE CANCER 1456 00:50:48,245 --> 00:50:49,179 LEADING THE FEBRUARY 7th 1457 00:50:49,179 --> 00:50:52,182 COMMITTEE MEETING, AND AGAIN, 1458 00:50:52,182 --> 00:50:53,483 WORRY NOT. I WILL BE OCCUPYING 1459 00:50:53,483 --> 00:50:54,651 ENOUGH OF YOUR TIME AND BE 1460 00:50:54,651 --> 00:50:55,685 GIVING YOU ENOUGH INFORMATION 1461 00:50:55,685 --> 00:50:57,954 AHEAD OF TIME THAT, IN THE 1462 00:50:57,954 --> 00:51:00,357 FUTURE, YOU WILL THANK ME FOR 1463 00:51:00,357 --> 00:51:05,695 IT. FOR THOSE ON THAT 1464 00:51:05,695 --> 00:51:06,229 COMMITTEE. THIRD, NATIVE 1465 00:51:06,229 --> 00:51:06,730 COMMUNITIES AND TRIBAL 1466 00:51:06,730 --> 00:51:12,335 GOVERNANCE -- THIS IS WORK THAT 1467 00:51:12,335 --> 00:51:12,969 COUNCIL PRESIDENT LARS STARTED 1468 00:51:12,969 --> 00:51:16,573 WHEN SHE BEGAN HER TIME HERE AT 1469 00:51:16,573 --> 00:51:17,908 CITY COUNCIL. IT TOOK YEARS TO 1470 00:51:17,908 --> 00:51:18,575 GET THE MOMENTUM ROLLING 1471 00:51:18,575 --> 00:51:19,409 REGARDING THE POSITIONS IN OA 1472 00:51:19,409 --> 00:51:22,446 ARE, THE INDIGENOUS ADVISORY 1473 00:51:22,446 --> 00:51:25,081 COUNCIL WILL, AND ALL OF THIS 1474 00:51:25,081 --> 00:51:26,383 WORK. THAT'S WHAT SHE MADE IT 1475 00:51:26,383 --> 00:51:28,118 A POINT TO ME THAT THIS WORK 1476 00:51:28,118 --> 00:51:30,120 NEEDS TO CONTINUE. I'M EXCITED 1477 00:51:30,120 --> 00:51:32,522 TO HAVE THIS WITHIN MY 1478 00:51:32,522 --> 00:51:33,690 COMMITTEE. ONE OF THE THINGS 1479 00:51:33,690 --> 00:51:34,658 THAT HAPPENED FOR THE FIRST 1480 00:51:34,658 --> 00:51:36,593 TIME LAST YEAR WAS THE TRIBAL 1481 00:51:36,593 --> 00:51:38,662 -- I DIDN'T WRITE IT IN MY 1482 00:51:38,662 --> 00:51:41,531 NOTES. THE TRIBAL GOVERNANCE 1483 00:51:41,531 --> 00:51:44,201 FORUM THAT WE HAD HERE, WHERE 1484 00:51:44,201 --> 00:51:48,038 WE HAD INTERTRIBAL GOVERNMENT 1485 00:51:48,038 --> 00:51:48,905 GOVERNING MEMBERS COME AND 1486 00:51:48,905 --> 00:51:51,041 PRESENT HERE AT CITY COUNCIL. I 1487 00:51:51,041 --> 00:51:51,942 LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THAT 1488 00:51:51,942 --> 00:51:56,913 AGAIN THIS YEAR. THAT IS THE 1489 00:51:56,913 --> 00:51:57,647 OVERVIEW OF MY COMMITTEE. I'M 1490 00:51:57,647 --> 00:51:58,882 GOING TO JUMP INTO THE 1491 00:51:58,882 --> 00:52:03,987 QUASIJUDICIAL AND THE THREE 1492 00:52:03,987 --> 00:52:08,291 ZONES NOW. SO -- 1493 00:52:08,291 --> 00:52:09,759 >> POINT OF ORDER, AND I 1494 00:52:09,759 --> 00:52:11,461 ADDRESS COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 1495 00:52:11,461 --> 00:52:11,595 1496 00:52:11,595 --> 00:52:16,600 >> YOU CAN JUST ASK A 1497 00:52:16,600 --> 00:52:17,134 CONVERSATION QUESTION. 1498 00:52:17,134 --> 00:52:18,635 >> AS VICE CHAIR OF THE FINANCE 1499 00:52:18,635 --> 00:52:19,369 AND ALSO SELECT BUDGET 1500 00:52:19,369 --> 00:52:20,670 COMMITTEE, I'M REALLY LOOKING 1501 00:52:20,670 --> 00:52:21,505 FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON 1502 00:52:21,505 --> 00:52:22,606 BOTH OF THOSE COMMITTEES, AND I 1503 00:52:22,606 --> 00:52:27,010 STAND AT THE READY TO -- TO -- 1504 00:52:27,010 --> 00:52:32,249 YOU KNOW, SIT AND SHARE ANY 1505 00:52:32,249 --> 00:52:33,817 COMMITTEE THAT YOU ARE NOT ABLE 1506 00:52:33,817 --> 00:52:34,818 TO BE AT, AND I ALSO FEEL 1507 00:52:34,818 --> 00:52:35,886 REALLY STRONGLY THAN RATHER 1508 00:52:35,886 --> 00:52:37,888 THAN CANCEL COMMITTEES, WE TAKE 1509 00:52:37,888 --> 00:52:39,222 THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIND ITEMS 1510 00:52:39,222 --> 00:52:42,125 THAT WE CAN BRING UP FOR REVIEW 1511 00:52:42,125 --> 00:52:46,997 AND TO GET BRIEFINGS ON AND 1512 00:52:46,997 --> 00:52:48,431 PREPARATION. IT IS GOING TO BE, 1513 00:52:48,431 --> 00:52:49,933 AS YOU KNOW AND AS YOU WELL 1514 00:52:49,933 --> 00:52:52,402 TED, A TOUGH YEAR, AND THOSE 1515 00:52:52,402 --> 00:52:53,670 COMMITTEES BECAUSE WE HAVE A 1516 00:52:53,670 --> 00:52:58,008 HUGE BUDGET SHORTFALL. SO I 1517 00:52:58,008 --> 00:52:58,842 REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING A 1518 00:52:58,842 --> 00:52:59,643 CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT MAKES 1519 00:52:59,643 --> 00:53:01,778 THE MOST SENSE MOVING FORWARD, 1520 00:53:01,778 --> 00:53:02,913 AND IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY 1521 00:53:02,913 --> 00:53:06,483 TO BRING SOME TYPE OF BRIEFING 1522 00:53:06,483 --> 00:53:07,117 ACTION, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE SO 1523 00:53:07,117 --> 00:53:08,451 MANY OF US ARE NEW ON THE 1524 00:53:08,451 --> 00:53:09,686 COUNCIL, THEN I THINK I WOULD 1525 00:53:09,686 --> 00:53:14,257 RECOMMEND MOVING FORWARD WITH A 1526 00:53:14,257 --> 00:53:15,225 COMMITTEE MEETING RATHER THAN 1527 00:53:15,225 --> 00:53:18,762 CANCELING IT. WE WOULD DISCUSS 1528 00:53:18,762 --> 00:53:18,962 THAT. 1529 00:53:18,962 --> 00:53:20,130 >> I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO 1530 00:53:20,130 --> 00:53:23,600 THAT, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. I 1531 00:53:23,600 --> 00:53:24,701 WILL SAY, THOUGH, FOR THE 1532 00:53:24,701 --> 00:53:26,002 SEVENTH, WE WILL LIKELY BE 1533 00:53:26,002 --> 00:53:27,470 CANCELING IT, AND I AM MORE 1534 00:53:27,470 --> 00:53:28,872 THAN -- I TELL YOU THIS NOW A 1535 00:53:28,872 --> 00:53:30,440 LIP THIS YOU WILL BE THINKING 1536 00:53:30,440 --> 00:53:32,208 IN THE FUTURE. AND I KNOW THAT 1537 00:53:32,208 --> 00:53:34,411 WE WILL GET YOU SET UP WITH ALL 1538 00:53:34,411 --> 00:53:35,579 OF THE BRIEFINGS THAT NEED TO 1539 00:53:35,579 --> 00:53:36,613 BE HAD. 1540 00:53:36,613 --> 00:53:41,651 >> I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT -- 1541 00:53:41,651 --> 00:53:43,053 WE ARE HEARING ABOUT A HIRING 1542 00:53:43,053 --> 00:53:45,021 FREEZE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SO 1543 00:53:45,021 --> 00:53:48,091 -- SOMETIMES BRIEFINGS ARE 1544 00:53:48,091 --> 00:53:48,625 HELPFUL IN THEMSELVES, 1545 00:53:48,625 --> 00:53:49,559 ESPECIALLY AS WE BRING 1546 00:53:49,559 --> 00:53:54,364 EVERYBODY UP TO FEED, I HAVE A 1547 00:53:54,364 --> 00:53:55,365 QUESTION ABOUT WHAT YOU WERE 1548 00:53:55,365 --> 00:53:56,533 SAYING ON THE STANDING OF THE 1549 00:53:56,533 --> 00:53:57,567 SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE. 1550 00:53:57,567 --> 00:53:57,834 >> YES. 1551 00:53:57,834 --> 00:53:59,769 >> MORE OFTEN THAN JUST IN THE 1552 00:53:59,769 --> 00:54:00,870 FALL. ARE YOU SAYING YOU'RE 1553 00:54:00,870 --> 00:54:02,839 GOING TO HAVE THE SELECT 1554 00:54:02,839 --> 00:54:05,976 COMMITTEE AT A DIFFERENT HOUR 1555 00:54:05,976 --> 00:54:10,580 AND DAY IN THE WEEK THAN THE 1556 00:54:10,580 --> 00:54:11,314 FINANCE COMMITTEE? 1557 00:54:11,314 --> 00:54:12,349 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I LOOK 1558 00:54:12,349 --> 00:54:14,985 FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOUR 1559 00:54:14,985 --> 00:54:17,187 OFFICE TO SCHEDULE THESE 1560 00:54:17,187 --> 00:54:18,989 MEETINGS. AND IT'S ALL -- AT 1561 00:54:18,989 --> 00:54:20,223 THAT POINT, IT'S JUST GOING TO 1562 00:54:20,223 --> 00:54:25,395 BE COMING DOWN TO SCHEDULING. 1563 00:54:25,395 --> 00:54:26,596 >> THE SELECT MEETING -- WE 1564 00:54:26,596 --> 00:54:27,731 USED TO CALL THEM COMMITTEES OF 1565 00:54:27,731 --> 00:54:28,898 THE HOLE, SO THAT EVERYBODY. SO 1566 00:54:28,898 --> 00:54:31,067 IT COULD BE DIFFICULT TO 1567 00:54:31,067 --> 00:54:32,335 SCHEDULE THOSE AT A TIME WHEN 1568 00:54:32,335 --> 00:54:36,573 EVERYBODY IS FREE. SO -- YES. 1569 00:54:36,573 --> 00:54:39,776 TO BE CONTINUED, THAT 1570 00:54:39,776 --> 00:54:40,076 DISCUSSION. 1571 00:54:40,076 --> 00:54:41,144 >> WE WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD 1572 00:54:41,144 --> 00:54:45,448 TO WORKING WITH YOUR OFFICE AND 1573 00:54:45,448 --> 00:54:46,483 THE CLERKS TO MAKE SURE 1574 00:54:46,483 --> 00:54:47,651 THERE'S ENOUGH TIME FOR 1575 00:54:47,651 --> 00:54:48,451 EVERYONE TO ATTEND. 1576 00:54:48,451 --> 00:54:49,085 >> ESPECIALLY WITH THE DEFICIT 1577 00:54:49,085 --> 00:54:50,587 WE ARE LOOKING AT. WE WILL BE 1578 00:54:50,587 --> 00:54:51,254 VERY INVOLVED. 1579 00:54:51,254 --> 00:54:52,455 >> WONDERFUL. I'M ACTUALLY 1580 00:54:52,455 --> 00:54:54,624 GOING TO GET INTO THE SUBSTANCE 1581 00:54:54,624 --> 00:54:54,858 -- 1582 00:54:54,858 --> 00:54:58,495 >> SORRY ABOUT THAT. 1583 00:54:58,495 --> 00:54:59,796 >> NO PROBLEM. WE BEGAN THE 1584 00:54:59,796 --> 00:55:01,498 PROCESS OF PASSING A CONTRACT 1585 00:55:01,498 --> 00:55:02,399 REZONE IN THE LAND-USE 1586 00:55:02,399 --> 00:55:06,803 COMMITTEE WHICH I CHAIRED. THIS 1587 00:55:06,803 --> 00:55:08,004 IS REQUIRED BY LAW TO HAVE 1588 00:55:08,004 --> 00:55:11,141 ACTION TAKEN WITHIN A CERTAIN 1589 00:55:11,141 --> 00:55:11,975 TIMEFRAME, AND THESE PIECES OF 1590 00:55:11,975 --> 00:55:13,176 LEGISLATION NEED TO BE VOTED ON 1591 00:55:13,176 --> 00:55:17,881 BY FEBRUARY 5th THAT THE 1592 00:55:17,881 --> 00:55:18,782 LATEST. INFORMATION FROM S TCI 1593 00:55:18,782 --> 00:55:22,185 ABOUT CONTRACT THREE ZONES. 1594 00:55:22,185 --> 00:55:23,520 JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS 1595 00:55:23,520 --> 00:55:24,287 FROM THEIR WEBSITE. REQUESTING 1596 00:55:24,287 --> 00:55:27,157 A REZONE DESIGNATION 1597 00:55:27,157 --> 00:55:27,891 ESTABLISHES THE REGULATION OF 1598 00:55:27,891 --> 00:55:29,225 LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT ON OUR 1599 00:55:29,225 --> 00:55:32,495 PROPERTY IN SEATTLE. AND A 1600 00:55:32,495 --> 00:55:33,730 PROPERTY OWNER THAT WANTS TO 1601 00:55:33,730 --> 00:55:34,931 HAVE A REZONE HAS TO GO THROUGH 1602 00:55:34,931 --> 00:55:36,166 A PROCESS, WHICH IS DETERMINED 1603 00:55:36,166 --> 00:55:40,603 TO BECAUSE I JUDICIAL, A 1604 00:55:40,603 --> 00:55:41,237 QUASIJUDICIAL REZONE 1605 00:55:41,237 --> 00:55:41,871 APPLICATION. THE DECISION ON 1606 00:55:41,871 --> 00:55:42,639 SUCH APPLICATIONS IS MADE BY 1607 00:55:42,639 --> 00:55:44,140 US, THE YELLOW CITY COUNCIL, AS 1608 00:55:44,140 --> 00:55:46,276 JUDGES IN THE SITUATION. THE 1609 00:55:46,276 --> 00:55:47,243 REVIEW AND DECISION PROCESS 1610 00:55:47,243 --> 00:55:51,481 RECORDS A REPORT AND 1611 00:55:51,481 --> 00:55:54,484 RECOMMENDATION, AND THE HEARING 1612 00:55:54,484 --> 00:55:55,151 EXAMINER'S OFFICE. AND THEN 1613 00:55:55,151 --> 00:55:57,320 THE HEARING EXAMINER CONDUCT A 1614 00:55:57,320 --> 00:55:58,154 PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CITY 1615 00:55:58,154 --> 00:55:59,389 COUNCIL, SO THEY ARE HOLDING 1616 00:55:59,389 --> 00:56:03,226 THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND THE 1617 00:56:03,226 --> 00:56:04,294 RIGHT TO REPORT, WHICH INCLUDES 1618 00:56:04,294 --> 00:56:06,930 A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY 1619 00:56:06,930 --> 00:56:08,598 COUNCIL. IT IS AN HOUR JOB IS 1620 00:56:08,598 --> 00:56:09,632 THE CITY COUNCIL TO ENSURE THAT 1621 00:56:09,632 --> 00:56:10,600 THAT RECOMMENDATION IS PUT IN 1622 00:56:10,600 --> 00:56:12,102 PLACE. THE CITY COUNCIL THEN 1623 00:56:12,102 --> 00:56:17,807 APPLIES A REZONE CRITERIA TO 1624 00:56:17,807 --> 00:56:18,708 THE RECORD ESTABLISHED THAT THE 1625 00:56:18,708 --> 00:56:19,876 PUBLIC HEARING IN MAKING A 1626 00:56:19,876 --> 00:56:22,145 DECISION ON THE APPLICATION. SO 1627 00:56:22,145 --> 00:56:23,313 WHEN AN APPLICANT PROPOSES A 1628 00:56:23,313 --> 00:56:26,182 SPECIFIC PROJECT OR USES A 1629 00:56:26,182 --> 00:56:27,283 CONTRACT REZONE, WHICHEVER IS 1630 00:56:27,283 --> 00:56:27,951 MOST APPROPRIATE. A CONTRACT 1631 00:56:27,951 --> 00:56:30,320 REZONE IS A REQUEST TO REZONE 1632 00:56:30,320 --> 00:56:32,122 LOTS OR A LOT, WHICH HAVE 1633 00:56:32,122 --> 00:56:33,022 DIFFERENT LEVELS OF ZONING 1634 00:56:33,022 --> 00:56:37,560 WITHIN THE SAME PARCEL. 1635 00:56:37,560 --> 00:56:38,294 CONTRACT THREE ZONES ARE 1636 00:56:38,294 --> 00:56:39,662 SUBJECT TO A PROPERTY USE AND 1637 00:56:39,662 --> 00:56:40,296 DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WHEREBY 1638 00:56:40,296 --> 00:56:46,202 THE PROPERTY OWNERS AGREE TO 1639 00:56:46,202 --> 00:56:48,772 RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE AND/OR 1640 00:56:48,772 --> 00:56:49,672 DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY, 1641 00:56:49,672 --> 00:56:50,473 COMPARED TO WHAT WOULD BE 1642 00:56:50,473 --> 00:56:51,574 ALLOWED BY THE PROPOSED ZONING 1643 00:56:51,574 --> 00:56:53,109 DESIGNATION ALONE. THAT IS THE 1644 00:56:53,109 --> 00:56:54,444 -- AS A COLLEGE. THEY ARE 1645 00:56:54,444 --> 00:56:57,480 SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR 1646 00:56:57,480 --> 00:56:58,314 INCLUDING CONDITIONS DESIGNATED 1647 00:56:58,314 --> 00:56:59,416 TO MITIGATE OR ADDRESS 1648 00:56:59,416 --> 00:57:01,451 POTENTIAL ADVERSE IMPACT. AND 1649 00:57:01,451 --> 00:57:02,585 THIS IS ALL INCLUDED WITHIN THE 1650 00:57:02,585 --> 00:57:06,656 HEARING EXAMINER'S REPORT. AND 1651 00:57:06,656 --> 00:57:08,158 SO, I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH 1652 00:57:08,158 --> 00:57:09,392 THE PROJECT OVERALL, EACH OF 1653 00:57:09,392 --> 00:57:12,629 THE STEPS, AND THEN TALK ABOUT 1654 00:57:12,629 --> 00:57:13,363 COMMUNICATION. THE PROJECT 1655 00:57:13,363 --> 00:57:14,631 OVERALL IS CURRENTLY A SPLIT 1656 00:57:14,631 --> 00:57:19,903 ONE WITH LITTLE RISE AND 1657 00:57:19,903 --> 00:57:20,537 NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL. THE 1658 00:57:20,537 --> 00:57:21,704 SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE 1659 00:57:21,704 --> 00:57:23,106 CAPITOL HILL URBAN VILLAGE -- 1660 00:57:23,106 --> 00:57:24,541 URBAN CENTER VILLAGE. THIS 1661 00:57:24,541 --> 00:57:25,141 PROPOSED REZONE WOULD CHANGE 1662 00:57:25,141 --> 00:57:25,708 THE ZONING ON THE LOWRISE 1663 00:57:25,708 --> 00:57:29,779 PORTION OF THE SITE TO 1664 00:57:29,779 --> 00:57:30,447 NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL, IN 1665 00:57:30,447 --> 00:57:31,848 ORDER TO CREATE A CONSISTENT 1666 00:57:31,848 --> 00:57:32,449 ZONING CONDITION ACROSS THE 1667 00:57:32,449 --> 00:57:33,082 ENTIRE PROJECT TYPE. THE 1668 00:57:33,082 --> 00:57:37,086 PROJECT WILL PROVIDE 80 NEW 1669 00:57:37,086 --> 00:57:38,288 PRESIDENTIAL UNITS, 12 OF WHICH 1670 00:57:38,288 --> 00:57:40,356 WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT 1671 00:57:40,356 --> 00:57:42,292 THIS REZONE. WE HAVE TWO ITEMS 1672 00:57:42,292 --> 00:57:43,159 WE ARE VOTING ON TOMORROW -- 1673 00:57:43,159 --> 00:57:47,697 THE CLERK FILE. THE CLERK FILE 1674 00:57:47,697 --> 00:57:48,965 IS TANGENTIAL TO THE COUNCIL 1675 00:57:48,965 --> 00:57:51,034 BILL. THE CLERK FILE ADOPTS THE 1676 00:57:51,034 --> 00:57:51,801 COUNCILS DECISION. WE ADDED THE 1677 00:57:51,801 --> 00:57:57,073 CONDITIONS AND DECISION TO AND 1678 00:57:57,073 --> 00:57:58,374 THE BILL WAS HEARD AND PASSED 1679 00:57:58,374 --> 00:58:00,009 UNANIMOUSLY ON DECEMBER 8th. 1680 00:58:00,009 --> 00:58:05,815 THEN, THE COUNCIL BILL IS VERY 1681 00:58:05,815 --> 00:58:06,916 SIMPLE. THE COUNCIL BILL JUST 1682 00:58:06,916 --> 00:58:07,784 IMPLEMENTS THE REZONE, CHANGING 1683 00:58:07,784 --> 00:58:12,522 THE LAND-USE MAC AND ACCEPTING 1684 00:58:12,522 --> 00:58:13,656 THE PROPERTY USE AGREEMENT, 1685 00:58:13,656 --> 00:58:14,524 WHICH INSURES THE COUNCILS 1686 00:58:14,524 --> 00:58:18,795 CONDITIONS ARE MET. NOW, I'M 1687 00:58:18,795 --> 00:58:20,463 GOING TO GO INTO WHAT HAPPENED 1688 00:58:20,463 --> 00:58:22,632 LAST WEEK. WE MUST ONLY MAKE 1689 00:58:22,632 --> 00:58:23,600 DETERMINATIONS ON CONTRACT 1690 00:58:23,600 --> 00:58:24,734 THREE ZONES BASED ON THE 1691 00:58:24,734 --> 00:58:25,301 INFORMATION WHICH WE HAVE 1692 00:58:25,301 --> 00:58:27,003 RECEIVED FROM THE HEARING 1693 00:58:27,003 --> 00:58:27,871 EXAMINER. BECAUSE THE HEARING 1694 00:58:27,871 --> 00:58:31,040 EXAMINER IS RUNNING THE PUBLIC 1695 00:58:31,040 --> 00:58:31,674 HEARING PROCESS. COMMUNICATIONS 1696 00:58:31,674 --> 00:58:34,878 OUTSIDE OF THAT ARE CALLED X 1697 00:58:34,878 --> 00:58:37,547 PARTAKE, AND IN THIS CASE, WE 1698 00:58:37,547 --> 00:58:38,615 RECEIVED X PARTAKE 1699 00:58:38,615 --> 00:58:41,751 COMMUNICATIONS LAST WEEK. AND 1700 00:58:41,751 --> 00:58:43,319 SO I'M JUST GOING TO GO OVER 1701 00:58:43,319 --> 00:58:45,889 THE QUASIJUDICIAL RULES. WHILE 1702 00:58:45,889 --> 00:58:46,422 QUASIJUDICIAL ACTION WAS 1703 00:58:46,422 --> 00:58:47,790 PENDING, A MEMBER OF THE CITY 1704 00:58:47,790 --> 00:58:51,861 COUNCIL ENGAGE IN EX PARTE 1705 00:58:51,861 --> 00:58:52,495 COMMUNICATIONS. COUNCIL STAFF 1706 00:58:52,495 --> 00:58:53,863 CAN TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO ASSIST 1707 00:58:53,863 --> 00:58:54,731 COUNCILMEMBERS IN VOTING AND 1708 00:58:54,731 --> 00:58:59,669 AVOIDING EX PARTE 1709 00:58:59,669 --> 00:59:00,436 COMMUNICATIONS. AND IF AN X 1710 00:59:00,436 --> 00:59:01,204 PARTAKE COMMUNICATION DOES 1711 00:59:01,204 --> 00:59:04,507 OCCUR, THE COUNCILMEMBER SHALL 1712 00:59:04,507 --> 00:59:05,909 EITHER ORALLY OR BY WRITING 1713 00:59:05,909 --> 00:59:06,876 PLACE IN THE PROCEDURAL RECORD 1714 00:59:06,876 --> 00:59:08,044 THE SUBSTANCE OF ANY X PARTAKE 1715 00:59:08,044 --> 00:59:08,578 COMMUNICATION, AND THE 1716 00:59:08,578 --> 00:59:10,146 COUNCILMEMBER SHALL MAKE AN 1717 00:59:10,146 --> 00:59:11,347 ANNOUNCEMENT AT EACH MEETING. 1718 00:59:11,347 --> 00:59:18,388 IN THIS CASE, -- LET'S SEE. 1719 00:59:18,388 --> 00:59:19,389 QUASIJUDICIAL'S -- DON'T NEED 1720 00:59:19,389 --> 00:59:25,361 TO DO THAT. LAST WEEK, WE 1721 00:59:25,361 --> 00:59:25,995 INADVERTENTLY RECEIVED EX PARTE 1722 00:59:25,995 --> 00:59:30,400 COMMUNICATIONS DURING PUBLIC 1723 00:59:30,400 --> 00:59:31,868 COMMENT. THE PUBLIC COMMENT ARE 1724 00:59:31,868 --> 00:59:32,835 SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, AND IN THE 1725 00:59:32,835 --> 00:59:34,270 SIGN-UP SHEET, THEY HAD 1726 00:59:34,270 --> 00:59:34,804 ACTUALLY WRITTEN DOWN A 1727 00:59:34,804 --> 00:59:35,605 DIFFERENT BILL NUMBER, WHICH IS 1728 00:59:35,605 --> 00:59:38,241 WHY WE DIDN'T CATCH IT. AND 1729 00:59:38,241 --> 00:59:39,342 THEIR AUDIO WAS HARD TO HEAR. 1730 00:59:39,342 --> 00:59:40,843 ONCE IT BECAME APPARENT THAT 1731 00:59:40,843 --> 00:59:43,246 THEY WERE HERE -- WHAT THEY 1732 00:59:43,246 --> 00:59:45,348 WERE SPEAKING ON, THE COUNCIL 1733 00:59:45,348 --> 00:59:46,683 PRESIDENT DID HER BEST TO 1734 00:59:46,683 --> 00:59:48,751 REDIRECT THE PUBLIC COMMENT, 1735 00:59:48,751 --> 00:59:50,420 YET WE STILL RECEIVE SOME X 1736 00:59:50,420 --> 00:59:51,487 PARTAKE COMMUNICATION. BECAUSE 1737 00:59:51,487 --> 00:59:54,123 OF THIS, I ASKED TO DELAY THE 1738 00:59:54,123 --> 00:59:57,961 COUNCIL VOTE TO DELETE THE 1739 00:59:57,961 --> 00:59:59,195 COMMUNICATION. WE RECEIVED 1740 00:59:59,195 --> 01:00:05,034 COUNCIL GUIDANCE THAT WE WROTE 1741 01:00:05,034 --> 01:00:06,436 UP THE BACK AND FORTH, ALL OF 1742 01:00:06,436 --> 01:00:07,370 THE INFORMATION THAT WE 1743 01:00:07,370 --> 01:00:08,204 RECEIVED, WE HAVE ATTACHED INTO 1744 01:00:08,204 --> 01:00:09,806 THE CLERK FILE, SO IT IS NOW 1745 01:00:09,806 --> 01:00:11,040 PART OF THE RECORD. WE ARE ALSO 1746 01:00:11,040 --> 01:00:13,076 WENT TO GIVE THE APPLICANT AN 1747 01:00:13,076 --> 01:00:19,916 OPPORTUNITY TO REBUT THAT EX 1748 01:00:19,916 --> 01:00:20,950 PARTE COMMUNICATION, AND SO 1749 01:00:20,950 --> 01:00:21,918 THEY WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY 1750 01:00:21,918 --> 01:00:22,785 TO SPEAK FOR A MINUTE TOMORROW, 1751 01:00:22,785 --> 01:00:26,289 AND THEN I WILL SPEAK WITH 1752 01:00:26,289 --> 01:00:26,990 LAUREN HENRY AND CENTRAL STAFF 1753 01:00:26,990 --> 01:00:27,890 TO UNDERSTAND IF EACH OF US 1754 01:00:27,890 --> 01:00:31,661 HAVE TO GO UP AND SAY WE 1755 01:00:31,661 --> 01:00:32,562 RECEIVED THIS COMMUNICATION, OR 1756 01:00:32,562 --> 01:00:37,233 IF I CAN JUST SAY IT FOR ALL OF 1757 01:00:37,233 --> 01:00:39,202 US. AND THAT IS HOW WE WILL 1758 01:00:39,202 --> 01:00:43,506 CURE THAT COMMUNICATION. THANKS 1759 01:00:43,506 --> 01:00:44,073 FOR LISTENING. 1760 01:00:44,073 --> 01:00:44,941 >> I APPRECIATE YOUR PROACTIVE 1761 01:00:44,941 --> 01:00:47,076 MISS LAST TIME IN REALIZING 1762 01:00:47,076 --> 01:00:49,846 THAT WE NEEDED TO DO THIS 1763 01:00:49,846 --> 01:00:54,884 FIRST, AND YOU BEEN REALLY 1764 01:00:54,884 --> 01:00:55,685 CAREFUL. THANKS. 1765 01:00:55,685 --> 01:00:56,753 >> NOTHING FURTHER, COLLEAGUES. 1766 01:00:56,753 --> 01:01:01,624 ANY QUESTIONS? I SEE A 1767 01:01:01,624 --> 01:01:01,924 QUESTION. 1768 01:01:01,924 --> 01:01:04,727 >> I DID NOT HEAR THE PERSON 1769 01:01:04,727 --> 01:01:05,962 LAST WEEK, BUT I WILL GO 1770 01:01:05,962 --> 01:01:07,296 THROUGH THE PROCESS AS DIRECTED 1771 01:01:07,296 --> 01:01:09,265 FROM YOURSELF, JUST TO MAKE 1772 01:01:09,265 --> 01:01:14,070 SURE EVERYTHING IS DONE RIGHT. 1773 01:01:14,070 --> 01:01:15,171 >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH, 1774 01:01:15,171 --> 01:01:16,506 I WILL PASS IT OFF TO YOU. 1775 01:01:16,506 --> 01:01:18,608 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. SO 1776 01:01:18,608 --> 01:01:22,879 OUR FIRST MEETING, I AM 1777 01:01:22,879 --> 01:01:25,515 CHAIRING PARKS, PUBLIC 1778 01:01:25,515 --> 01:01:26,616 UTILITIES, AND ALSO I.T., WHICH 1779 01:01:26,616 --> 01:01:30,253 I AM SUPER EXCITED ABOUT. IT 1780 01:01:30,253 --> 01:01:34,123 WILL BE FILLED WITH A BUNCH OF 1781 01:01:34,123 --> 01:01:34,957 BRIEFINGS. I'VE ALREADY MET 1782 01:01:34,957 --> 01:01:36,359 WITH DIRECTOR LEE FOR PUBLIC 1783 01:01:36,359 --> 01:01:37,226 SEATTLE UTILITIES AND TOOK 1784 01:01:37,226 --> 01:01:39,695 LOCAL BRIEFINGS FROM THEM, AND 1785 01:01:39,695 --> 01:01:45,968 ALSO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AS 1786 01:01:45,968 --> 01:01:47,003 WELL WITH DIRECTOR LEE AND ALL 1787 01:01:47,003 --> 01:01:48,438 HIS STAFF AND ALSO OUR CENTRAL 1788 01:01:48,438 --> 01:01:50,573 STAFF AS WELL TO GET A BRIEFING 1789 01:01:50,573 --> 01:01:53,943 ABOUT OUR UTILITIES, WHICH ARE 1790 01:01:53,943 --> 01:01:55,211 PHENOMENAL. WE ALSO HAVE A 1791 01:01:55,211 --> 01:01:58,147 MEETING COMING UP WITH SEATTLE 1792 01:01:58,147 --> 01:02:00,516 PARKS, AND WE WILL USE OUR 2:00 1793 01:02:00,516 --> 01:02:02,351 P.M. MEETING TO KIND OF GO OVER 1794 01:02:02,351 --> 01:02:05,922 SOME OF THE PRIORITIES FROM OUR 1795 01:02:05,922 --> 01:02:08,624 OFFICE. WE ARE TALKING WITH 1796 01:02:08,624 --> 01:02:09,525 CONSTITUENTS, AND OBVIOUSLY 1797 01:02:09,525 --> 01:02:10,326 PROTECTING PARKS IS VERY 1798 01:02:10,326 --> 01:02:11,260 IMPORTANT. SEATTLE PARKS ARE A 1799 01:02:11,260 --> 01:02:18,701 BIG PIECE OF OUR SEATTLE PUBLIC 1800 01:02:18,701 --> 01:02:21,437 UTILITIES . SUPPORTING THE WORK 1801 01:02:21,437 --> 01:02:22,572 THAT THEY ARE DOING, A LOT OF 1802 01:02:22,572 --> 01:02:23,806 THE TECHNOLOGY, A LOT OF THE 1803 01:02:23,806 --> 01:02:25,108 INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR CITY IS 1804 01:02:25,108 --> 01:02:26,342 VERY OLD, AND SO THEY HAVE BEEN 1805 01:02:26,342 --> 01:02:27,510 AT THE FOREFRONT OF, YOU KNOW, 1806 01:02:27,510 --> 01:02:28,611 UPDATING A LOT OF OUR SYSTEMS 1807 01:02:28,611 --> 01:02:34,083 IN SEATTLE AS WELL. AND SO THAT 1808 01:02:34,083 --> 01:02:35,685 IS KIND OF A BIG PIECE FOR US, 1809 01:02:35,685 --> 01:02:37,053 AND I.T. INFRASTRUCTURE AS 1810 01:02:37,053 --> 01:02:38,821 WELL. WE HAD A BOARD OF HEALTH 1811 01:02:38,821 --> 01:02:39,789 MEETING LAST WEEK, WHICH I SAT 1812 01:02:39,789 --> 01:02:41,791 ON WITH COUNCIL PRESIDENT 1813 01:02:41,791 --> 01:02:44,794 NELSON AND COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 1814 01:02:44,794 --> 01:02:48,364 ON, WHICH WAS VERY INFORMATIVE, 1815 01:02:48,364 --> 01:02:49,632 TO GET UPDATES ON OUR BOARD OF 1816 01:02:49,632 --> 01:02:52,335 HEALTH FROM A REGIONAL 1817 01:02:52,335 --> 01:02:54,070 PERSPECTIVE. AND ALSO DISTRICT 1818 01:02:54,070 --> 01:02:56,539 UP DATES. ON THURSDAY, WE WILL 1819 01:02:56,539 --> 01:03:01,711 BE VISITING THE EAST PRECINCT 1820 01:03:01,711 --> 01:03:03,079 IN BETWEEN THE ROLL CALL AT 1821 01:03:03,079 --> 01:03:08,117 11:00, I BELIEVE. AND SO VERY 1822 01:03:08,117 --> 01:03:09,285 EXCITED ABOUT MEETING -- I KNOW 1823 01:03:09,285 --> 01:03:11,687 A LOT OF THEM, BUT THE OFFICERS 1824 01:03:11,687 --> 01:03:13,122 FOR EAST PRECINCT INTRODUCTION 1825 01:03:13,122 --> 01:03:17,894 TO THE SAFETY CHAIR, AND ALSO 1826 01:03:17,894 --> 01:03:18,528 ANOTHER DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE 1827 01:03:18,528 --> 01:03:24,767 WHICH IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT TO 1828 01:03:24,767 --> 01:03:26,102 ME PERSONALLY. I'VE BEEN 1829 01:03:26,102 --> 01:03:26,869 ATTENDING A TON OF PUBLIC 1830 01:03:26,869 --> 01:03:28,471 SAFETY MEETINGS IN OUR DISTRICT 1831 01:03:28,471 --> 01:03:32,441 FROM CAPITOL HILL TO OUR 1832 01:03:32,441 --> 01:03:33,309 CENTRAL DISTRICT, TO -- YOU 1833 01:03:33,309 --> 01:03:35,211 KNOW, DOWN BY THE WATER. WE 1834 01:03:35,211 --> 01:03:36,546 HAVE A LOT OF SAFETY MEETINGS 1835 01:03:36,546 --> 01:03:39,482 THAT HAVE BEEN COMING UP, AND 1836 01:03:39,482 --> 01:03:42,518 WHAT WE ARE PLANNING ON DOING 1837 01:03:42,518 --> 01:03:44,787 ARE DOING DISTRICT UPDATES AND 1838 01:03:44,787 --> 01:03:45,888 MONTHLY MEETINGS, WHICH ARE 1839 01:03:45,888 --> 01:03:46,756 KIND OF HOPEFULLY ROLLING 1840 01:03:46,756 --> 01:03:49,325 EVERYTHING INTO ONE, WHICH 1841 01:03:49,325 --> 01:03:51,260 ROLLING AROUND IN TWO DIFFERENT 1842 01:03:51,260 --> 01:03:54,497 PLACES, I CAN SEE IN THE FUTURE 1843 01:03:54,497 --> 01:03:55,665 CAN KIND OF GET A LITTLE 1844 01:03:55,665 --> 01:03:56,833 TIME-CONSUMING AND WANT TO ROLL 1845 01:03:56,833 --> 01:03:58,100 EVERYTHING ALL INTO ONE SO THAT 1846 01:03:58,100 --> 01:04:01,537 PEOPLE CAN COME GET A SOURCE OF 1847 01:04:01,537 --> 01:04:02,605 INFORMATION FROM A DISTRICT 1848 01:04:02,605 --> 01:04:03,506 PERSPECTIVE, SO THOSE WILL BE 1849 01:04:03,506 --> 01:04:06,576 ROLLED OUT IN FEBRUARY, WHICH 1850 01:04:06,576 --> 01:04:08,044 THEY WILL BE IN PERSON AND WE 1851 01:04:08,044 --> 01:04:09,078 WILL ROTATE THOSE AROUND IN OUR 1852 01:04:09,078 --> 01:04:14,083 DISTRICT. WE ALSO HAVE THE 1853 01:04:14,083 --> 01:04:15,218 GARFIELD SUPERBLOCK. I'VE BEEN 1854 01:04:15,218 --> 01:04:16,619 WORKING WITH THAT GROUP TO BE 1855 01:04:16,619 --> 01:04:20,523 ABLE TO SECURE FUNDS FROM OUR 1856 01:04:20,523 --> 01:04:21,390 STATE LEVEL, AND 1857 01:04:21,390 --> 01:04:22,091 REPRESENTATIVES STREET TO CLOSE 1858 01:04:22,091 --> 01:04:23,626 SOME OF THE BUDGET GAPS THAT 1859 01:04:23,626 --> 01:04:24,560 THEY HAVE, WHICH IS IMPORTANT, 1860 01:04:24,560 --> 01:04:25,628 BECAUSE THAT WILL READ IN THE 1861 01:04:25,628 --> 01:04:26,696 PARK. IT'S A CENTRAL LOCATION 1862 01:04:26,696 --> 01:04:32,668 FOR A LOT OF KIDS ALONG THE 1863 01:04:32,668 --> 01:04:33,703 23rd QUARTER TO CREATE AN 1864 01:04:33,703 --> 01:04:34,470 ENVIRONMENT WHERE, YOU KNOW, A 1865 01:04:34,470 --> 01:04:41,310 LOT OF THIS PARKS, THE GRASS, 1866 01:04:41,310 --> 01:04:42,979 THE DESIGN IS UPDATED, SO IT'S 1867 01:04:42,979 --> 01:04:43,613 INVITING FOR SOME OF OUR YOUTH 1868 01:04:43,613 --> 01:04:46,749 TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE. THOSE 1869 01:04:46,749 --> 01:04:47,817 PROJECTS ARE SPONSORED BY MR. 1870 01:04:47,817 --> 01:04:50,052 STEVENS A LONG TIME AGO, AND 1871 01:04:50,052 --> 01:04:51,520 NOW IT IS KIND OF IN THE WHEELS 1872 01:04:51,520 --> 01:04:53,889 AND MOVING FORWARD AS WELL. AND 1873 01:04:53,889 --> 01:04:57,393 THAT IS ALL OF MY UPDATES FROM 1874 01:04:57,393 --> 01:04:59,295 THE DISTRICT AND WHAT WE HAVE 1875 01:04:59,295 --> 01:05:00,429 GOING ON THIS WEEK. AND I WILL 1876 01:05:00,429 --> 01:05:06,035 PASS IT TO COUNCILMEMBER 1877 01:05:06,035 --> 01:05:07,870 KETTLE. 1878 01:05:07,870 --> 01:05:08,604 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 1879 01:05:08,604 --> 01:05:09,505 HOLLINGSWORTH. FOR OUR FIRST 1880 01:05:09,505 --> 01:05:11,607 MEETING OF PUBLIC SAFETY, WE 1881 01:05:11,607 --> 01:05:12,408 WILL BE MEETING ON FEBRUARY 1882 01:05:12,408 --> 01:05:15,645 13th AND WORKING WITH STAFF IN 1883 01:05:15,645 --> 01:05:17,380 THE CLERK OF THE COMMITTEE WITH 1884 01:05:17,380 --> 01:05:21,183 CENTRAL STAFF GETTING SOME 1885 01:05:21,183 --> 01:05:21,817 PIECES TOGETHER. AND ALSO, 1886 01:05:21,817 --> 01:05:22,785 OBVIOUSLY, SOME CONVERSATIONS 1887 01:05:22,785 --> 01:05:26,389 OF VICE CHAIR SAKA AND OTHER 1888 01:05:26,389 --> 01:05:27,223 MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, AND I 1889 01:05:27,223 --> 01:05:31,093 WILL HAVE SOME DOCUMENTS -- 1890 01:05:31,093 --> 01:05:32,261 SOME WORKING DOCUMENTS TO START 1891 01:05:32,261 --> 01:05:32,862 SOCIALIZING AHEAD OF EVER 1892 01:05:32,862 --> 01:05:34,297 FEBRUARY 13 COMMITTEE MEETING 1893 01:05:34,297 --> 01:05:35,364 THAT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO. 1894 01:05:35,364 --> 01:05:39,235 I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT LAST 1895 01:05:39,235 --> 01:05:40,369 WEEK THAT THURSDAY, I ATTENDED 1896 01:05:40,369 --> 01:05:44,040 THE ARTS AND CULTURE EVENT AT 1897 01:05:44,040 --> 01:05:45,474 THE SAM, THE SEATTLE ART 1898 01:05:45,474 --> 01:05:48,277 MUSEUM, WHICH REALLY 1899 01:05:48,277 --> 01:05:48,911 HIGHLIGHTED PARTNERSHIP WITH 1900 01:05:48,911 --> 01:05:52,848 THE DOWNTOWN SEATTLE 1901 01:05:52,848 --> 01:05:53,716 ASSOCIATION, AND, YOU KNOW, IN 1902 01:05:53,716 --> 01:05:54,650 TERMS OF SUPPORTING THE ARTS 1903 01:05:54,650 --> 01:05:57,253 AND CULTURE COMMUNITY, THE ONE 1904 01:05:57,253 --> 01:05:58,220 PIECE THAT CAME THROUGH THAT 1905 01:05:58,220 --> 01:06:03,192 TIME BACK TO THE COMMUNITY IS 1906 01:06:03,192 --> 01:06:04,493 HOW IMPORTANT PUBLIC SAFETY IS 1907 01:06:04,493 --> 01:06:05,795 TO THE ARTS AND CULTURE 1908 01:06:05,795 --> 01:06:06,462 COMMUNITY. AND AFTER THAT 1909 01:06:06,462 --> 01:06:07,129 MEETING, I WENT TO THE 1910 01:06:07,129 --> 01:06:07,730 AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY 1911 01:06:07,730 --> 01:06:08,531 ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING WITH 1912 01:06:08,531 --> 01:06:10,266 SPD, WHICH WAS THE LAST MEETING 1913 01:06:10,266 --> 01:06:15,037 AS CHAIR FOR VICTORIA BEACH, 1914 01:06:15,037 --> 01:06:16,472 WHO HAS BEEN WITH THE COUNCIL 1915 01:06:16,472 --> 01:06:17,907 FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW. AND I 1916 01:06:17,907 --> 01:06:19,575 WOULD LIKE TO THANK HER FOR HER 1917 01:06:19,575 --> 01:06:20,242 WORK, WHICH IS BEEN 1918 01:06:20,242 --> 01:06:20,810 INSTRUMENTAL IN TERMS OF 1919 01:06:20,810 --> 01:06:22,812 COMMUNITY RELATIONS WITH SPD, 1920 01:06:22,812 --> 01:06:23,446 AND EVEN BROADER. NOT JUST 1921 01:06:23,446 --> 01:06:26,549 PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF FROM, YOU 1922 01:06:26,549 --> 01:06:28,718 KNOW, OTHER COMMUNITIES IN 1923 01:06:28,718 --> 01:06:29,952 OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS. AND SO WE 1924 01:06:29,952 --> 01:06:31,387 REALLY WANT TO THANK HER FOR 1925 01:06:31,387 --> 01:06:35,191 THAT. IN ADDITION, AT THAT 1926 01:06:35,191 --> 01:06:36,359 MEETING, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY 1927 01:06:36,359 --> 01:06:38,694 TO MEET WITH OPIATE DIRECTOR, 1928 01:06:38,694 --> 01:06:39,996 WHICH WAS VERY GOOD, AND I ALSO 1929 01:06:39,996 --> 01:06:43,366 HEARD A PRESENTATION FROM HIS 1930 01:06:43,366 --> 01:06:44,533 TEAM. I SHOULD ADD THAT AT THE 1931 01:06:44,533 --> 01:06:45,434 PREVIOUS DAY, I ATTENDED THE 1932 01:06:45,434 --> 01:06:46,302 COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION 1933 01:06:46,302 --> 01:06:46,969 MEETING, AND INTRODUCED MYSELF 1934 01:06:46,969 --> 01:06:52,742 AND MY TEAM TO THE TEAM AND 1935 01:06:52,742 --> 01:06:53,409 ALSO GOT SOME INTRODUCTIONS 1936 01:06:53,409 --> 01:06:54,944 FROM THEM AS WELL. AND SO I 1937 01:06:54,944 --> 01:06:55,745 REALLY APPRECIATE THAT 1938 01:06:55,745 --> 01:06:56,379 OPPORTUNITY. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 1939 01:06:56,379 --> 01:06:58,748 THAT IS IT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY 1940 01:06:58,748 --> 01:07:00,683 AND FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. 1941 01:07:00,683 --> 01:07:03,619 >> THANK YOU. 1942 01:07:03,619 --> 01:07:07,423 >> THANK YOU, VERY MUCH. SO I 1943 01:07:07,423 --> 01:07:08,257 THINK I MENTIONED LAST TIME, 1944 01:07:08,257 --> 01:07:09,658 THE FIRST MEETING OF THE 1945 01:07:09,658 --> 01:07:10,693 HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES 1946 01:07:10,693 --> 01:07:16,432 COMMITTEE WILL BE FEBRUARY 1947 01:07:16,432 --> 01:07:17,466 14th. AT THE MOMENT, WE ARE 1948 01:07:17,466 --> 01:07:18,801 GOING TO BE STARTING WORK ON 1949 01:07:18,801 --> 01:07:20,436 CREATING A WORK PLAN FOR THE 1950 01:07:20,436 --> 01:07:23,639 COMMITTEE, AND I WILL BE 1951 01:07:23,639 --> 01:07:25,241 CIRCULATING THAT TO THE OTHER 1952 01:07:25,241 --> 01:07:27,743 MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR 1953 01:07:27,743 --> 01:07:28,844 FEEDBACK TO THAT WORKPLAN. IT 1954 01:07:28,844 --> 01:07:32,181 IS MY INTENT, AS MENTIONED BY 1955 01:07:32,181 --> 01:07:32,848 COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND 1956 01:07:32,848 --> 01:07:36,986 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA TO TRY TO 1957 01:07:36,986 --> 01:07:38,120 BE -- KEEP EVERYBODY APPRISED 1958 01:07:38,120 --> 01:07:40,990 AND ENGAGED AND ALLOW ISSUES TO 1959 01:07:40,990 --> 01:07:42,758 COME BEFORE COMMITTEE MEMBERS 1960 01:07:42,758 --> 01:07:47,496 TO EACH BE ABLE TO BRING THEIR 1961 01:07:47,496 --> 01:07:47,997 PARTICULAR DESIRES AND 1962 01:07:47,997 --> 01:07:51,700 LEGISLATIVE IDEAS TO THE 1963 01:07:51,700 --> 01:07:52,868 WORKPLAN. SO I HAVE MET WITH 1964 01:07:52,868 --> 01:07:54,070 THE OFFICE OF CENTRAL STAFF, 1965 01:07:54,070 --> 01:07:57,940 WHO WILL BE STAFFING THAT 1966 01:07:57,940 --> 01:07:59,308 COMMITTEE. I'VE HAD SORT OF AN 1967 01:07:59,308 --> 01:08:02,411 ORIENTATION TO THE OFFICE OF 1968 01:08:02,411 --> 01:08:03,412 HOUSING, AS WELL AS HUMAN 1969 01:08:03,412 --> 01:08:04,313 SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AND MY 1970 01:08:04,313 --> 01:08:05,915 PLAN FOR THE FIRST MEETING IS 1971 01:08:05,915 --> 01:08:06,549 TO BASICALLY REPEAT THOSE 1972 01:08:06,549 --> 01:08:10,486 ORIENTATIONS SO THAT ALL OF THE 1973 01:08:10,486 --> 01:08:11,287 COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE THE SAME 1974 01:08:11,287 --> 01:08:14,156 INFORMATION THAT I HAVE 1975 01:08:14,156 --> 01:08:14,924 RECEIVED. WE WILL BE MEETING 1976 01:08:14,924 --> 01:08:18,994 LATER ON IN THE MONTH WITH THE 1977 01:08:18,994 --> 01:08:20,129 DIRECTORS OF EACH OF THOSE 1978 01:08:20,129 --> 01:08:20,996 DEPARTMENTS. SO THAT IS WHERE 1979 01:08:20,996 --> 01:08:25,468 WE ARE AT ON THAT COMMITTEE. IN 1980 01:08:25,468 --> 01:08:27,169 TERMS OF WHAT MY OFFICE HAS 1981 01:08:27,169 --> 01:08:30,239 BEEN DOING ADDITIONALLY, I DID 1982 01:08:30,239 --> 01:08:31,474 ATTEND, WITH COUNCIL PRESIDENT 1983 01:08:31,474 --> 01:08:36,645 NELSON, THE GOVERNING BOARD, 1984 01:08:36,645 --> 01:08:37,480 THE FIRST GOVERNING BOARD 1985 01:08:37,480 --> 01:08:38,814 MEETING OF THE YEAR FOR THE 1986 01:08:38,814 --> 01:08:39,315 KING COUNTY REGIONAL 1987 01:08:39,315 --> 01:08:39,982 HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY, AND 1988 01:08:39,982 --> 01:08:40,883 THERE, WE DID ULTIMATELY 1989 01:08:40,883 --> 01:08:43,652 APPROVE THE BUDGET, AND THE 1990 01:08:43,652 --> 01:08:49,291 DISTRIBUTION OF SERVICES SET 1991 01:08:49,291 --> 01:08:50,126 FORTH IN THAT BUDGET SO THAT 1992 01:08:50,126 --> 01:08:51,026 ALL OF OUR PROVIDERS CAN 1993 01:08:51,026 --> 01:08:53,863 CONTINUE TO BE WORKING ON 1994 01:08:53,863 --> 01:08:54,563 RESOLUTIONS TO HOMELESSNESS AND 1995 01:08:54,563 --> 01:08:56,398 KEEPING PEOPLE SHELTERED. 1996 01:08:56,398 --> 01:09:00,269 ADDITIONALLY, WE HAD THE COLD 1997 01:09:00,269 --> 01:09:02,705 WEATHER -- EXTREME COLD 1998 01:09:02,705 --> 01:09:04,540 WEATHER. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT 1999 01:09:04,540 --> 01:09:06,675 I DID THROUGH THAT WAS MET WITH 2000 01:09:06,675 --> 01:09:09,512 -- TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE 2001 01:09:09,512 --> 01:09:10,679 ADEQUATELY RESPONDING. I HAVE 2002 01:09:10,679 --> 01:09:11,881 TO SAY THAT I WAS SOMEWHAT 2003 01:09:11,881 --> 01:09:15,518 DISAPPOINTED WITH THEIR 2004 01:09:15,518 --> 01:09:16,485 RESPONSE. I REACHED OUT TO THE 2005 01:09:16,485 --> 01:09:17,720 DEPUTY MAYOR, AND WE WERE ABLE 2006 01:09:17,720 --> 01:09:20,789 TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION, 2007 01:09:20,789 --> 01:09:21,891 WHICH ALLOWED RHA TO ACTUALLY 2008 01:09:21,891 --> 01:09:26,362 EXPAND THEIR SHELTER CAPACITY 2009 01:09:26,362 --> 01:09:27,596 DOWN AN EXHIBITION HALL, AND 2010 01:09:27,596 --> 01:09:28,297 DID HAVE THE PLEASURE OF 2011 01:09:28,297 --> 01:09:28,831 ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO 2012 01:09:28,831 --> 01:09:33,669 VOLUNTEER DOWN THERE ON -- LAST 2013 01:09:33,669 --> 01:09:36,672 SUNDAY. AND THEY RAN A 2014 01:09:36,672 --> 01:09:37,373 FANTASTIC OPERATION. PEOPLE 2015 01:09:37,373 --> 01:09:40,543 WERE VERY, VERY GRATEFUL TO 2016 01:09:40,543 --> 01:09:43,279 HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE 2017 01:09:43,279 --> 01:09:44,880 THERE AND BE FED AND HAVE SOME 2018 01:09:44,880 --> 01:09:47,716 SENSE OF SECURITY. WE NEED TO 2019 01:09:47,716 --> 01:09:48,884 DO A BETTER JOB, BUT WE 2020 01:09:48,884 --> 01:09:51,754 CERTAINLY ARE DOING OUR VERY 2021 01:09:51,754 --> 01:09:52,855 BEST. SO THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN 2022 01:09:52,855 --> 01:09:55,257 DOING. THANK YOU. 2023 01:09:55,257 --> 01:09:57,927 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2024 01:09:57,927 --> 01:09:58,994 MOORE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR 2025 01:09:58,994 --> 01:10:00,329 MENTIONING SOME OF THE THINGS 2026 01:10:00,329 --> 01:10:04,567 THAT -- THE MEMBERS OVER HERE 2027 01:10:04,567 --> 01:10:06,969 HAVE PARTICIPATED IN MEETINGS 2028 01:10:06,969 --> 01:10:08,337 TOGETHER. SO FIRST OF ALL, I 2029 01:10:08,337 --> 01:10:10,172 JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT THE 2030 01:10:10,172 --> 01:10:11,907 GOVERNING -- THE REGIONAL -- 2031 01:10:11,907 --> 01:10:14,977 KING COUNTY REGIONAL HOMELESS 2032 01:10:14,977 --> 01:10:16,645 AUTHORITY AND THE BOARD OF 2033 01:10:16,645 --> 01:10:19,448 HEALTH MEETINGS, THOSE ARE 2034 01:10:19,448 --> 01:10:20,149 AVAILABLE ON THOSE 2035 01:10:20,149 --> 01:10:21,083 JURISDICTIONS WEBSITES. I CAN 2036 01:10:21,083 --> 01:10:22,184 MAKE THOSE AVAILABLE SO THAT 2037 01:10:22,184 --> 01:10:28,023 PEOPLE KNOW THAT WHAT WE ARE 2038 01:10:28,023 --> 01:10:30,726 DOING IN SOME OF THESE 2039 01:10:30,726 --> 01:10:31,594 REGIONAL COMMITTEES. SO AGAIN, 2040 01:10:31,594 --> 01:10:32,361 I DID PARTICIPATE IN THE 2041 01:10:32,361 --> 01:10:33,229 GOVERNING COMMITTEE OF THE KING 2042 01:10:33,229 --> 01:10:33,829 COUNTY REGIONAL HOMELESS 2043 01:10:33,829 --> 01:10:34,763 AUTHORITY AND THE KING COUNTY 2044 01:10:34,763 --> 01:10:36,031 BOARD OF HEALTH. YOU CAN LEARN 2045 01:10:36,031 --> 01:10:37,399 MORE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THERE. 2046 01:10:37,399 --> 01:10:38,500 AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH, 2047 01:10:38,500 --> 01:10:39,201 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, FOR 2048 01:10:39,201 --> 01:10:42,705 MENTIONING THE MEETING OF THE 2049 01:10:42,705 --> 01:10:43,305 AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY 2050 01:10:43,305 --> 01:10:47,309 ADVISORY COUNCIL AT GARFIELD 2051 01:10:47,309 --> 01:10:48,277 COMMUNITY CENTER. I DID LEAVE 2052 01:10:48,277 --> 01:10:49,678 THE FORUM -- THE PUBLIC FORUM 2053 01:10:49,678 --> 01:10:51,547 FOR CANDIDATES EARLY TO ATTEND 2054 01:10:51,547 --> 01:10:52,481 THAT, BECAUSE IT WAS VICTORIA 2055 01:10:52,481 --> 01:10:53,616 BEACH'S LAST MEETING, AND I 2056 01:10:53,616 --> 01:10:55,417 WANT TO ECHO MY GRATITUDE FOR 2057 01:10:55,417 --> 01:11:01,056 HER SERVICE ON THAT BOARD. SO 2058 01:11:01,056 --> 01:11:02,091 MOVING FORWARD, THE FIRST 2059 01:11:02,091 --> 01:11:02,758 MEETING OF THE GOVERNANCE 2060 01:11:02,758 --> 01:11:05,361 ACCOUNTABILITY AND ECONOMIC 2061 01:11:05,361 --> 01:11:05,928 DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE IS 2062 01:11:05,928 --> 01:11:06,929 SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE ON 2063 01:11:06,929 --> 01:11:09,598 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8th, AT 2:00 2064 01:11:09,598 --> 01:11:10,766 P.M. THE AGENDA IS CURRENTLY 2065 01:11:10,766 --> 01:11:11,767 UNDER DEVELOPMENT, BUT I'M 2066 01:11:11,767 --> 01:11:12,868 PRETTY SURE THAT WE WILL BE 2067 01:11:12,868 --> 01:11:14,103 HEARING FROM THE OFFICE OF 2068 01:11:14,103 --> 01:11:15,037 ECONOMIC ELEMENT ABOUT THEIR 2069 01:11:15,037 --> 01:11:15,771 FUTURE OF SEATTLE ECONOMY 2070 01:11:15,771 --> 01:11:20,643 STRATEGIC INVESTMENT PLAN. AND 2071 01:11:20,643 --> 01:11:21,610 THEN THERE COULD BE OTHER 2072 01:11:21,610 --> 01:11:22,678 ITEMS, AND I WILL, OF COURSE, 2073 01:11:22,678 --> 01:11:24,246 MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS KNOW WHAT 2074 01:11:24,246 --> 01:11:25,280 IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING AT 2075 01:11:25,280 --> 01:11:29,918 THAT MEETING IN ADVANCE. UNLESS 2076 01:11:29,918 --> 01:11:30,686 THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT 2077 01:11:30,686 --> 01:11:31,787 WHAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT, I'D 2078 01:11:31,787 --> 01:11:35,157 LIKE TO CLOSE BY ACKNOWLEDGING 2079 01:11:35,157 --> 01:11:39,061 THE PASSING LAST THURSDAY OF 2080 01:11:39,061 --> 01:11:40,129 SUSIE TENANT. SUSIE, AS 2081 01:11:40,129 --> 01:11:41,096 DESCRIBED IN THE SEATTLE TIMES, 2082 01:11:41,096 --> 01:11:42,498 WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE 2083 01:11:42,498 --> 01:11:43,332 SEATTLE MUSIC COMMUNITY WHO 2084 01:11:43,332 --> 01:11:44,433 HELPED BREAK NEAR BOHNE AND 2085 01:11:44,433 --> 01:11:46,769 MANY OTHER BRANDS. SHE'S ALSO 2086 01:11:46,769 --> 01:11:50,906 THE RIFE OF CHRIS SWENSON, A 2087 01:11:50,906 --> 01:11:51,807 LIFETIME MEMBER OF THE CITY 2088 01:11:51,807 --> 01:11:53,208 FAMILY WHO SERVES IN THE OFFICE 2089 01:11:53,208 --> 01:11:55,044 OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND 2090 01:11:55,044 --> 01:11:56,378 LEAD ON ALL THINGS FILM, AND I 2091 01:11:56,378 --> 01:11:58,047 GOT TO KNOW HIM VERY WELL IN MY 2092 01:11:58,047 --> 01:12:01,884 WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND 2093 01:12:01,884 --> 01:12:02,418 THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE 2094 01:12:02,418 --> 01:12:04,153 SEATTLE FILM COMMISSION. I WANT 2095 01:12:04,153 --> 01:12:06,822 CHRIS AND HIS TWO CHILDREN TO 2096 01:12:06,822 --> 01:12:12,861 KNOW THAT -- THAT ALONG WITH 2097 01:12:12,861 --> 01:12:13,495 THE FILM AND MUSIC COMMUNITIES, 2098 01:12:13,495 --> 01:12:15,764 THE CITY AGREES WITH YOU, AND 2099 01:12:15,764 --> 01:12:17,399 YOUR LOSS, AND WE ARE THINKING 2100 01:12:17,399 --> 01:12:18,233 ABOUT YOU DURING THIS VERY 2101 01:12:18,233 --> 01:12:24,873 DIFFICULT TIME. SO, THAT IS 2102 01:12:24,873 --> 01:12:26,408 ALL I HAVE FOR MY COMMENTS. AND 2103 01:12:26,408 --> 01:12:27,342 IF THERE IS NO FURTHER 2104 01:12:27,342 --> 01:12:28,510 BUSINESS, BEFORE WE ADJOURN, I 2105 01:12:28,510 --> 01:12:30,212 WILL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN US. 2106 01:12:30,212 --> 01:12:35,884 ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. OKAY. 2107 01:12:35,884 --> 01:12:37,286 THAT WAS A THUMBS UP. OKAY, 2108 01:12:37,286 --> 01:12:41,390 HEARING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, 2109 01:12:41,390 --> 01:12:42,791 THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. IT 2110 01:12:42,791 --> 01:12:44,727 IS 3:14. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, 2111 01:12:44,727 --> 01:12:45,327 EVERYBODY.