1 00:00:21,221 --> 00:00:21,521 2 00:00:21,521 --> 00:00:22,389 >>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, 3 00:00:22,389 --> 00:00:24,257 WELCOME TO CITY HALL. THANK 4 00:00:24,257 --> 00:00:25,792 YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THIS 5 00:00:25,792 --> 00:00:28,828 COUNCIL VACANCY PUBLIC FORUM. 6 00:00:28,828 --> 00:00:30,230 I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF 7 00:00:30,230 --> 00:00:35,101 SEATTLE CITY CLUB . I'M HERE 8 00:00:35,101 --> 00:00:36,169 WITH MY COLLEAGUES, JEFF, AND 9 00:00:36,169 --> 00:00:37,637 ANDREW, WHO WILL BE HELPING OUT 10 00:00:37,637 --> 00:00:38,304 TONIGHT. WE APPRECIATE YOU 11 00:00:38,304 --> 00:00:39,606 TAKING THE TIME OUT TO BE PART 12 00:00:39,606 --> 00:00:42,509 OF THIS FORUM. WHETHER YOU ARE 13 00:00:42,509 --> 00:00:43,576 HERE IN PERSON OR WATCHING US 14 00:00:43,576 --> 00:00:45,812 ON THE SEATTLE CHANNEL. WE DO 15 00:00:45,812 --> 00:00:47,414 HAVE A TWO HOUR TIME BLOCK FOR 16 00:00:47,414 --> 00:00:48,948 THIS FORUM, AND A FINALIST FOR 17 00:00:48,948 --> 00:00:53,720 THE COUNCIL POSITION EIGHT. 18 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:55,255 WE WILL GET IN AS MANY 19 00:00:55,255 --> 00:00:58,091 QUESTIONS AS POSSIBLE. WE ARE 20 00:00:58,091 --> 00:00:58,658 REQUESTING ANY AUDIENCE 21 00:00:58,658 --> 00:01:00,126 QUESTIONS BE SUBMITTED THROUGH 22 00:01:00,126 --> 00:01:01,861 OUR LINK THAT SOME OF YOU MAY 23 00:01:01,861 --> 00:01:04,764 HAVE ALREADY USED. THE QR CODE 24 00:01:04,764 --> 00:01:08,968 CAN ALSO ACCESS THAT PAGE. IT 25 00:01:08,968 --> 00:01:10,537 SHOULD BE ON THE SCREEN FOR 26 00:01:10,537 --> 00:01:11,504 THOSE WATCHING AT HOME RIGHT 27 00:01:11,504 --> 00:01:13,406 NOW, AS WELL AS THE Q OUT -- QR 28 00:01:13,406 --> 00:01:18,745 CODES BROUGHT THE ROOM. IF YOU 29 00:01:18,745 --> 00:01:19,512 WISH TO HANDWRITE YOUR 30 00:01:19,512 --> 00:01:20,480 QUESTION, PLEASE DO SO AND 31 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:24,918 HANDED TO ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES 32 00:01:24,918 --> 00:01:26,586 DURING THE BREAK. THEY WILL 33 00:01:26,586 --> 00:01:27,854 ENTER INTO THE PORTAL AS WELL. 34 00:01:27,854 --> 00:01:28,555 ALL OF THE QUESTIONS SUBMITTED, 35 00:01:28,555 --> 00:01:30,457 WHETHER WE RUN OUT A MEMO, WILL 36 00:01:30,457 --> 00:01:31,257 BE FORWARDED ON TO THE CITY 37 00:01:31,257 --> 00:01:32,625 COUNCIL TOMORROW IN TIME FOR 38 00:01:32,625 --> 00:01:34,060 THEIR COUNCIL MEETING ON 39 00:01:34,060 --> 00:01:36,029 JANUARY 22nd. PLEASE DO NOT 40 00:01:36,029 --> 00:01:38,031 PANIC IF WE DO NOT GET TO YOUR 41 00:01:38,031 --> 00:01:41,301 QUESTION. COUNCIL WILL GET IT 42 00:01:41,301 --> 00:01:42,268 AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK 43 00:01:42,268 --> 00:01:45,038 YOU ON MONDAY. FOR TONIGHT'S 44 00:01:45,038 --> 00:01:46,339 FORUM, WE ARE KEEPING IT PRETTY 45 00:01:46,339 --> 00:01:48,675 SIMPLE. WE WILL DO 60 SECOND 46 00:01:48,675 --> 00:01:50,076 INTRODUCTIONS FOR EACH OF OUR 47 00:01:50,076 --> 00:01:51,911 CANDIDATES. WE WILL START 48 00:01:51,911 --> 00:01:56,115 ASKING QUESTIONS THAT WERE 49 00:01:56,115 --> 00:01:56,916 COMPILED FROM COMMUNITY GROUPS 50 00:01:56,916 --> 00:02:03,189 THAT SUBMITTED THEM. ONCE WE 51 00:02:03,189 --> 00:02:04,357 GET THROUGH QUESTIONS WILL TAKE 52 00:02:04,357 --> 00:02:06,059 A SHORT BREAK AND COME BACK AND 53 00:02:06,059 --> 00:02:07,193 ASK AUDIENCE QUESTIONS. THERE 54 00:02:07,193 --> 00:02:09,429 WILL BE A SIX QUESTION 55 00:02:09,429 --> 00:02:10,196 LIGHTNING ROUND, THE FUN 56 00:02:10,196 --> 00:02:11,564 PADDLES IN FRONT OF THE 57 00:02:11,564 --> 00:02:16,336 CANDIDATES WILL COME IN HANDY. 58 00:02:16,336 --> 00:02:17,871 WE WILL END WITH CLOSING 59 00:02:17,871 --> 00:02:18,972 REMARKS THAT WILL ALSO BE 60 60 00:02:18,972 --> 00:02:20,039 SECONDS. WITH THAT, WHO IS 61 00:02:20,039 --> 00:02:30,583 READY TO BEGIN? I WILL START 62 00:02:31,384 --> 00:02:32,352 WITH THE PERSON THAT IS CLOSEST 63 00:02:32,352 --> 00:02:38,858 TO ME AND ASKED THEM GO -- TO 64 00:02:38,858 --> 00:02:40,226 GO DOWN THE LINE. VIVIAN, IF 65 00:02:40,226 --> 00:02:41,027 YOU WOULD GO FOR US. 66 00:02:41,027 --> 00:02:42,662 >> HI, I AM VIVIAN SONG AND I 67 00:02:42,662 --> 00:02:44,664 AM SEEKING THE APPOINTMENT TO 68 00:02:44,664 --> 00:02:46,132 THE VACANCY ON SEATTLE CITY 69 00:02:46,132 --> 00:02:47,500 COUNCIL. I'M A SCHOOL BOARD 70 00:02:47,500 --> 00:02:48,101 DIRECTOR FOR SEATTLE PUBLIC 71 00:02:48,101 --> 00:02:49,369 SCHOOLS AND A MOM TO FOUR 72 00:02:49,369 --> 00:02:50,336 CURRENT PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS. 73 00:02:50,336 --> 00:02:51,671 I'M ALSO A PRIVATE-SECTOR 74 00:02:51,671 --> 00:02:58,311 PROFESSIONAL WITH OVER 15 75 00:02:58,311 --> 00:02:59,279 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN FINANCE 76 00:02:59,279 --> 00:03:00,146 AND OPERATIONS. I WILL BE 77 00:03:00,146 --> 00:03:00,713 BRINGING A COLLABORATIVE 78 00:03:00,713 --> 00:03:01,514 APPROACH TO PUBLIC SERVICE, 79 00:03:01,514 --> 00:03:03,182 RELEVANT TO FINANCE AND FIRST 80 00:03:03,182 --> 00:03:05,451 HANDS EXPERIENCE TO THE 81 00:03:05,451 --> 00:03:09,622 RESIDENTS IN SEATTLE. MY 82 00:03:09,622 --> 00:03:10,890 MOTIVATION TO SERVE ON THE CITY 83 00:03:10,890 --> 00:03:11,691 COUNCIL COMES FROM MY 84 00:03:11,691 --> 00:03:13,326 DEDICATION TO MAKING SEATTLE 85 00:03:13,326 --> 00:03:14,928 THE BEST CITY IN THE WORLD IN 86 00:03:14,928 --> 00:03:16,529 WHICH TO LEARN, WORK, AND RAISE 87 00:03:16,529 --> 00:03:18,431 A FAMILY. AS AN ELECTED SCHOOL 88 00:03:18,431 --> 00:03:19,732 BOARD DIRECTOR, I SEE HOW MANY 89 00:03:19,732 --> 00:03:21,234 OF OUR CITY CHALLENGES 90 00:03:21,234 --> 00:03:24,504 INTERSECT FROM REACHING THEIR 91 00:03:24,504 --> 00:03:28,474 FULLEST PERFECT -- POTENTIAL. 92 00:03:28,474 --> 00:03:29,976 THE AREAS WE NEED TO MAKE THE 93 00:03:29,976 --> 00:03:31,911 MOST PROGRESS ON IT IS PUBLIC 94 00:03:31,911 --> 00:03:36,649 SAFETY, HOMELESSNESS, 95 00:03:36,649 --> 00:03:37,884 AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ECONOMIC 96 00:03:37,884 --> 00:03:38,451 VITALITY. THAT'S WHY AM 97 00:03:38,451 --> 00:03:40,186 SEEKING TO WORK ON THESE ISSUES 98 00:03:40,186 --> 00:03:40,486 DIRECTLY. 99 00:03:40,486 --> 00:03:43,189 >> THANK YOU. 100 00:03:43,189 --> 00:03:46,893 >> HELLO, I AM HERE TODAY 101 00:03:46,893 --> 00:03:52,098 BECAUSE I LOVE THE CITY AND 102 00:03:52,098 --> 00:03:53,466 SEE THE CHALLENGES SEATTLE 103 00:03:53,466 --> 00:03:54,467 CURRENTLY FACES. WANT TO BARTER 104 00:03:54,467 --> 00:04:04,978 CHALLENGES IN A MEANINGFUL 105 00:04:05,411 --> 00:04:06,579 WAY. WHILE THIS IS A TURNING 106 00:04:06,579 --> 00:04:07,513 POINT TO ESTABLISH A BETTER 107 00:04:07,513 --> 00:04:08,414 FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT AND 108 00:04:08,414 --> 00:04:09,515 FOSTER OUR NEXT ROUND OF 109 00:04:09,515 --> 00:04:10,183 GROWTH, INCLUSIVE ALL THE 110 00:04:10,183 --> 00:04:11,050 PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY CALLING 111 00:04:11,050 --> 00:04:11,851 SEATTLE THEIR HOME. STILL 112 00:04:11,851 --> 00:04:12,919 PREPARING TO WELCOME ALL THE 113 00:04:12,919 --> 00:04:14,120 PEOPLE YET TO MAKE THEIR -- 114 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:15,154 THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY THEIR HOME. 115 00:04:15,154 --> 00:04:16,356 MY FAMILY OWNS A SMALL HOTEL 116 00:04:16,356 --> 00:04:18,858 WHICH WE HAVE CONVERTED INTO 117 00:04:18,858 --> 00:04:21,494 AN EMERGENCY SHELTER TO HELP 118 00:04:21,494 --> 00:04:25,832 HOUSE UNHOUSED. WE ARE ABLE TO 119 00:04:25,832 --> 00:04:26,766 FIND NOVEL SOLUTIONS TO OUR 120 00:04:26,766 --> 00:04:33,539 PROBLEMS. TAKE PRIDE IN THE 121 00:04:33,539 --> 00:04:34,841 FACT THAT NOT ONLY DID WE STEP 122 00:04:34,841 --> 00:04:36,209 UP WHEN ASKED, BUT IT'S AN 123 00:04:36,209 --> 00:04:37,076 EXAMPLE HOW PUBLIC AND PRIVATE 124 00:04:37,076 --> 00:04:38,244 PARTNERSHIPS CAN BE SUCCESSFUL 125 00:04:38,244 --> 00:04:39,178 IN ADDRESSING SOME OF OUR MOST 126 00:04:39,178 --> 00:04:40,446 VITAL ISSUES AND NEEDS. I 127 00:04:40,446 --> 00:04:43,850 BELIEVE MY UNIQUE EXPERIENCE 128 00:04:43,850 --> 00:04:45,018 AS A RESIDENTS, RUNNING MY 129 00:04:45,018 --> 00:04:45,718 FAMILY BUSINESS, SERVING AND 130 00:04:45,718 --> 00:04:46,552 VOLUNTEERING ON NONPROFITS IN 131 00:04:46,552 --> 00:04:48,021 THE CITY, AND BEING A MEMBER 132 00:04:48,021 --> 00:04:49,055 OF THE GREATER ASIAN COMMUNITY 133 00:04:49,055 --> 00:04:52,592 GIVE ME A GREATER PERSPECTIVE 134 00:04:52,592 --> 00:04:53,092 TO BRING US TOGETHER. 135 00:04:53,092 --> 00:04:58,698 >> THAT'S TIME, SORRY. 136 00:04:58,698 --> 00:04:59,799 >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, WANT 137 00:04:59,799 --> 00:05:00,967 TO THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING 138 00:05:00,967 --> 00:05:01,834 TONIGHT. MY NAME IS MARK 139 00:05:01,834 --> 00:05:03,736 SULLIVAN. I THINK TO REPRESENT 140 00:05:03,736 --> 00:05:08,007 YOU ON CITY COUNCIL. I AM A 141 00:05:08,007 --> 00:05:09,742 NATIVE SEATTLEITE, BORN AND 142 00:05:09,742 --> 00:05:12,078 RAISED . I ACTUALLY LIVE IN MY 143 00:05:12,078 --> 00:05:15,448 CHILDHOOD HOME MY GRANDPARENTS 144 00:05:15,448 --> 00:05:20,853 BUILT ON BEACON HILL. A HOME 145 00:05:20,853 --> 00:05:21,487 THAT FORTUNATELY ENOUGH HAS 146 00:05:21,487 --> 00:05:22,355 BEEN KEPT IN THE FAMILY. 147 00:05:22,355 --> 00:05:23,790 KEEPING HOMES IN FAMILIES AND 148 00:05:23,790 --> 00:05:27,927 BUILDING GENERATIONAL WEALTH 149 00:05:27,927 --> 00:05:28,928 IS IMPORTANT TO ME. MY REASON 150 00:05:28,928 --> 00:05:30,563 FOR WANTING TO RUN AND SERVE IS 151 00:05:30,563 --> 00:05:31,664 VERY SIMPLE. SEATTLE IS MY 152 00:05:31,664 --> 00:05:33,599 HOME. I WANT TO TAKE CARE OF MY 153 00:05:33,599 --> 00:05:36,102 HOME. JUST LIKE ALL OF OUR 154 00:05:36,102 --> 00:05:37,937 HOMES, EVERY NOW AND THEN, OUR 155 00:05:37,937 --> 00:05:41,908 HOME IS IN NEED OF A LITTLE 156 00:05:41,908 --> 00:05:43,042 REPAIR. WE HAVE PUBLIC SAFETY 157 00:05:43,042 --> 00:05:43,976 CHALLENGES, HOMELESSNESS 158 00:05:43,976 --> 00:05:48,414 CRISIS. INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS. 159 00:05:48,414 --> 00:05:49,148 BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS. THE 160 00:05:49,148 --> 00:05:50,983 LIST GOES ON. I FEEL THAT BY 161 00:05:50,983 --> 00:05:52,652 WORKING TOGETHER AND 162 00:05:52,652 --> 00:05:53,319 COLLABORATIVELY, WORKING IN 163 00:05:53,319 --> 00:05:56,956 RELATIONSHIP AND PARTNERSHIP S 164 00:05:56,956 --> 00:05:58,057 SIDE-BY-SIDE, WE CAN ADDRESS 165 00:05:58,057 --> 00:06:04,030 THOSE CHALLENGES. I WANTED TO 166 00:06:04,030 --> 00:06:05,932 BE AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THIS 167 00:06:05,932 --> 00:06:06,099 -- 168 00:06:06,099 --> 00:06:06,799 >> I'M SORRY, THAT'S TIME. 169 00:06:06,799 --> 00:06:09,502 >> I WILL STOP TALKING. 170 00:06:09,502 --> 00:06:13,439 >> ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING. I 171 00:06:13,439 --> 00:06:15,675 AM STEVE. I AM HONORED TO BE 172 00:06:15,675 --> 00:06:17,310 AMONG THE EIGHT FINALISTS FOR 173 00:06:17,310 --> 00:06:23,116 THE COUNCIL SEE NUMBER EIGHT. 174 00:06:23,116 --> 00:06:24,317 I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO 175 00:06:24,317 --> 00:06:25,184 COME OUT AND ANSWER QUESTIONS 176 00:06:25,184 --> 00:06:26,052 DIRECTLY FROM THE PUBLIC. I 177 00:06:26,052 --> 00:06:31,290 BELIEVE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT 178 00:06:31,290 --> 00:06:32,525 THAT WE ANSWER THE PUBLIC'S 179 00:06:32,525 --> 00:06:33,359 QUESTION IN A TRANSPARENT WAY 180 00:06:33,359 --> 00:06:34,527 BECAUSE THAT IS ULTIMATELY WHO 181 00:06:34,527 --> 00:06:37,964 WE WORK FOR, THE PUBLIC. I AM 182 00:06:37,964 --> 00:06:39,165 A LIFELONG SEATTLEITE AND I AM 183 00:06:39,165 --> 00:06:43,436 RAISING MY FAMILY IN THE CITY. 184 00:06:43,436 --> 00:06:45,004 I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT 185 00:06:45,004 --> 00:06:45,705 AFFORDABILITY, SAFETY, AND THE 186 00:06:45,705 --> 00:06:46,672 ENVIRONMENT, AND WHAT WE ARE 187 00:06:46,672 --> 00:06:48,574 GOING TO LEAVE FOR FUTURE 188 00:06:48,574 --> 00:06:50,209 GENERATIONS. I HAVE SPENT MY 189 00:06:50,209 --> 00:06:54,280 ENTIRE ADULT LIFE IN PUBLIC 190 00:06:54,280 --> 00:07:00,219 SERVICE BY SEEKING JUSTICE. MY 191 00:07:00,219 --> 00:07:01,687 CURRENT JOB HAS ALLOWED ME TO 192 00:07:01,687 --> 00:07:02,221 ACHIEVE IMPROVEMENTS BY 193 00:07:02,221 --> 00:07:02,822 COLLABORATING ACROSS CITY 194 00:07:02,822 --> 00:07:05,224 DEPARTMENTS WITH NONPROFITS , 195 00:07:05,224 --> 00:07:06,225 COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS 196 00:07:06,225 --> 00:07:11,864 AND BUSINESS. THE VOTERS IN 197 00:07:11,864 --> 00:07:13,132 THE LAST ELECTION WERE CLEAR 198 00:07:13,132 --> 00:07:14,200 ABOUT WHAT THEY WANTED. I HEARD 199 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:15,568 THE CALL AND I AM RESPONDING. I 200 00:07:15,568 --> 00:07:16,903 AM VERY HOPEFUL THE CITY WILL 201 00:07:16,903 --> 00:07:17,804 MAKE PROGRESS WITH THIS 202 00:07:17,804 --> 00:07:21,374 UPCOMING COUNCIL AGENDA AND 203 00:07:21,374 --> 00:07:22,041 HAVE REAL CHANGE. 204 00:07:22,041 --> 00:07:24,944 >> THAT IS TIME. THANK YOU. 205 00:07:24,944 --> 00:07:29,882 >> GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS -- 206 00:07:29,882 --> 00:07:30,950 I'M HERE AS A 207 00:07:30,950 --> 00:07:32,652 FOURTH-GENERATION 208 00:07:32,652 --> 00:07:33,286 JAPANESE-AMERICAN, SEEK AN 209 00:07:33,286 --> 00:07:39,058 APPOINTMENT TO THE COUNCIL SEAT 210 00:07:39,058 --> 00:07:40,259 POSITION NEEDS. I HAVE A 211 00:07:40,259 --> 00:07:41,160 COMMITMENT TO SERVING THE 212 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:42,829 COMMUNITY. MY WORK AT THE CITY 213 00:07:42,829 --> 00:07:49,836 OF SEATTLE FOR THE LAST DAY 214 00:07:49,836 --> 00:07:51,771 AND A HAVE YEARS HAVE GIVEN ME 215 00:07:51,771 --> 00:07:52,605 A STRONG SKILL SET THAT CAN ADD 216 00:07:52,605 --> 00:07:54,006 TO THE VALUE OF CITY COUNCIL IN 217 00:07:54,006 --> 00:07:54,807 MY EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH 218 00:07:54,807 --> 00:07:55,575 BUDGETS, NOTABLE DEPARTMENTS, 219 00:07:55,575 --> 00:07:57,043 AND I FEEL THIS WILL HELP US AS 220 00:07:57,043 --> 00:07:58,978 WE MOVE INTO SOME OF THE LARGER 221 00:07:58,978 --> 00:07:59,712 ISSUES PART -- SUCH AS PUBLIC 222 00:07:59,712 --> 00:08:00,913 SAFETY, HOUSING, STABILITY, 223 00:08:00,913 --> 00:08:01,547 ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION, AND 224 00:08:01,547 --> 00:08:02,648 ESPECIALLY OUR UPCOMING BUDGET 225 00:08:02,648 --> 00:08:06,018 DEFICIT . MY EXPERIENCE WITH 226 00:08:06,018 --> 00:08:14,026 DIRECT SERVICE PROVIDERS TO 227 00:08:14,026 --> 00:08:15,428 CONTRACTS WE MANAGE, IS A SKILL 228 00:08:15,428 --> 00:08:24,737 I FEEL THE COUNCIL WILL BENEFIT 229 00:08:24,737 --> 00:08:25,338 FROM. THERE WILL BE VERY REAL 230 00:08:25,338 --> 00:08:25,972 IMPACTS ON CITIZENS OF OUR CITY 231 00:08:25,972 --> 00:08:26,606 IF WE START LOOKING AT PROGRAMS 232 00:08:26,606 --> 00:08:27,240 WITHOUT HAVING GOOD BACKGROUND 233 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:27,907 INFORMATION. I'M A HARD WORKER. 234 00:08:27,907 --> 00:08:29,108 I COME MULTITASK. I 235 00:08:29,108 --> 00:08:30,243 COLLABORATE WELL EVEN IF WE 236 00:08:30,243 --> 00:08:31,210 DISAGREE ON POLICY DIFFERENCES. 237 00:08:31,210 --> 00:08:34,914 I FEEL MY CORE BELIEFS ARE HOW 238 00:08:34,914 --> 00:08:36,082 I WAS RAISED. THAT'S WHY AM 239 00:08:36,082 --> 00:08:37,884 SEEKING THIS APPOINTMENT THERE, 240 00:08:37,884 --> 00:08:41,554 THANK YOU. 241 00:08:41,554 --> 00:08:44,457 >> THANK YOU, HI, EVERYONE. MY 242 00:08:44,457 --> 00:08:49,195 NAME IS -- MY MOTIVATION IS 243 00:08:49,195 --> 00:08:53,199 SIMPLE. I AM HERE BECAUSE MY 244 00:08:53,199 --> 00:08:53,966 WHOLE LIFE HAS BEEN ABOUT 245 00:08:53,966 --> 00:08:55,668 DEDICATION TO A LIFETIME OF 246 00:08:55,668 --> 00:08:58,104 SERVICE , SERVICE OF OTHERS, 247 00:08:58,104 --> 00:09:02,875 MORE THAN MYSELF. I AM HERE . 248 00:09:02,875 --> 00:09:06,479 SIMPLE. THE CITY ASKED ME TO. 249 00:09:06,479 --> 00:09:07,480 A COUNCILMEMBER ASKED ME TO 250 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:09,949 SUBMIT A NAME TO HELP . WHETHER 251 00:09:09,949 --> 00:09:13,219 I'M THE BEST FIT TO JOIN THEM 252 00:09:13,219 --> 00:09:19,358 TO SERVE THE CITY. I DON'T 253 00:09:19,358 --> 00:09:23,663 HAVE ANY FANCY AGENDA. I 254 00:09:23,663 --> 00:09:24,263 DON'T HAVE ANY INCREDIBLE 255 00:09:24,263 --> 00:09:25,831 LOFTY GOALS. I AM HERE TO SERVE 256 00:09:25,831 --> 00:09:26,832 YOU. I'M HERE TO MAKE SURE 257 00:09:26,832 --> 00:09:28,234 THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS 258 00:09:28,234 --> 00:09:31,837 SUCCEED . WHEN THEY SUCCEED , 259 00:09:31,837 --> 00:09:37,977 WE ALL SUCCEED. IF YOU ASK ME, 260 00:09:37,977 --> 00:09:44,116 I LOVE NEIGHBORHOODS. I HAVE 261 00:09:44,116 --> 00:09:44,917 GROWN UP IN NEIGHBORHOODS. I 262 00:09:44,917 --> 00:09:45,585 LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT 263 00:09:45,585 --> 00:09:46,319 NEIGHBORHOODS. IF THERE'S A 264 00:09:46,319 --> 00:09:47,553 PRIORITY YOU WANT TO PUT A PEN 265 00:09:47,553 --> 00:09:49,188 ON, I WANT TO HELP THE COUNCIL 266 00:09:49,188 --> 00:09:50,957 TO DO A BETTER OUTREACH TO ALL 267 00:09:50,957 --> 00:09:52,625 THE NEIGHBORHOODS . TO LEARN 268 00:09:52,625 --> 00:09:54,560 FROM YOU, AND FIX ALL SMALL 269 00:09:54,560 --> 00:09:57,563 PROBLEMS. THAT'S HOW WE HAVE 270 00:09:57,563 --> 00:10:03,202 VICTORIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 271 00:10:03,202 --> 00:10:03,602 272 00:10:03,602 --> 00:10:05,938 >> HI, MY NAME IS TANYA. I GREW 273 00:10:05,938 --> 00:10:07,306 UP IN BEACON HILL. I WORKED IN 274 00:10:07,306 --> 00:10:11,811 MY FAMILY BUSINESS . AND NOW 275 00:10:11,811 --> 00:10:12,912 THE CHINATOWN-INTERNATIONAL 276 00:10:12,912 --> 00:10:17,650 DISTRICT . I NOW LIVE IN 277 00:10:17,650 --> 00:10:18,584 RAINIER VALLEY. I HAVE SEEN THE 278 00:10:18,584 --> 00:10:20,086 CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE YEARS IN 279 00:10:20,086 --> 00:10:22,388 SEATTLE. I'VE SEEN WHAT 280 00:10:22,388 --> 00:10:23,489 HAPPENS TO NEIGHBORHOODS WHO 281 00:10:23,489 --> 00:10:24,824 DON'T HAVE A VOICE. I WANT TO 282 00:10:24,824 --> 00:10:25,791 CHANGE THAT. I KNOW HOW TO 283 00:10:25,791 --> 00:10:26,759 ACHIEVE THAT HER PUBLIC SAFETY. 284 00:10:26,759 --> 00:10:33,432 I RUN A GROUP THAT IS 285 00:10:33,432 --> 00:10:34,266 CONSIDERED AN ALTERNATIVE TO 286 00:10:34,266 --> 00:10:35,334 POLICING. WE GO OUT AND 287 00:10:35,334 --> 00:10:36,135 DE-ESCALATE FIGHTS. AT THE SAME 288 00:10:36,135 --> 00:10:37,403 TIME WE PROVIDE MUTUAL AID TO 289 00:10:37,403 --> 00:10:38,404 OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS. I KNOW 290 00:10:38,404 --> 00:10:39,872 HOW TO BUILD AFFORDABLE 291 00:10:39,872 --> 00:10:47,113 HOUSING. MY FAMILY RENOVATED 292 00:10:47,113 --> 00:10:48,080 HOTEL INTO WORKFORCE APARTMENTS 293 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:48,914 THAT ONLY CHARGES OUR RESIDENTS 294 00:10:48,914 --> 00:10:49,915 A PERCENTAGE OF THEIR INCOME, 295 00:10:49,915 --> 00:10:51,183 SO NO ONE IS FORCED TO PAY 296 00:10:51,183 --> 00:10:52,218 THEIR RENT THEY CANNOT AFFORD. 297 00:10:52,218 --> 00:10:54,387 I ALSO THOUGHT OF -- AGAINST 298 00:10:54,387 --> 00:10:55,955 DISCRIMINATION ON ONE OF THE 299 00:10:55,955 --> 00:10:57,289 MOST ENDANGERED BIRDS IN THE 300 00:10:57,289 --> 00:10:59,125 NATION. I HAVE LEARNED THAT IN 301 00:10:59,125 --> 00:11:00,926 ORDER TO BE HEARD WE HAVE TO 302 00:11:00,926 --> 00:11:03,863 MAKE PEOPLE IN POWER LISTEN. 303 00:11:03,863 --> 00:11:06,666 I KNOW WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER 304 00:11:06,666 --> 00:11:08,267 . TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE OUR 305 00:11:08,267 --> 00:11:11,570 NEIGHBORHOODS AND OUR CITIES 306 00:11:11,570 --> 00:11:12,204 SAFER AND AFFORDABLE FOR 307 00:11:12,204 --> 00:11:12,538 EVERYBODY. 308 00:11:12,538 --> 00:11:16,876 >> THANK YOU. 309 00:11:16,876 --> 00:11:20,479 >> MY NAME IS JUAN . I ALSO 310 00:11:20,479 --> 00:11:23,315 GREW UP ON BEACON HILL AND THE 311 00:11:23,315 --> 00:11:28,187 SOUTH END OF SEATTLE. THREE 312 00:11:28,187 --> 00:11:29,388 THINGS I WANT TO LEAVE YOU TO 313 00:11:29,388 --> 00:11:30,823 UNDERSTAND. NUMBER ONE, I CAN 314 00:11:30,823 --> 00:11:32,692 WIN THIS CITYWIDE. THIS IS A 315 00:11:32,692 --> 00:11:36,262 MOMENTOUS OPPORTUNITY WE ARE 316 00:11:36,262 --> 00:11:37,229 TAKING ON. I WORKED FOR KING 317 00:11:37,229 --> 00:11:44,904 COUNTY EXECUTIVE WHO RAN FOR 318 00:11:44,904 --> 00:11:46,138 THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. WE 319 00:11:46,138 --> 00:11:46,772 HAVE COMPLEX POLICY, CHALLENGES 320 00:11:46,772 --> 00:11:48,074 WE WERE WORKING ON. WE WERE 321 00:11:48,074 --> 00:11:49,175 ABLE TO BALANCE AND MANAGE THAT 322 00:11:49,175 --> 00:11:50,309 AND ALSO WORK WITH HIM, 323 00:11:50,309 --> 00:11:52,711 INCLUDING YOU -- INCLUDING 324 00:11:52,711 --> 00:11:54,280 LAND-USE. EVEN SAVE THE 325 00:11:54,280 --> 00:12:00,553 FOOTBALL TEAM. WE WERE ABLE TO 326 00:12:00,553 --> 00:12:01,754 GET THAT MAN ELECTED GOVERNOR, 327 00:12:01,754 --> 00:12:02,555 MANAGING THE OFFICE, AND THE 328 00:12:02,555 --> 00:12:03,956 IMPORTANT THING GETTING BACK TO 329 00:12:03,956 --> 00:12:09,929 CONSTITUENTS TO THE EXPERIENCE 330 00:12:09,929 --> 00:12:10,930 I GAINED FROM IN THE WORK I'VE 331 00:12:10,930 --> 00:12:12,098 DONE IN THE LAST DECADE IN 332 00:12:12,098 --> 00:12:13,165 TERMS OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. I 333 00:12:13,165 --> 00:12:14,133 WORKED ON MANY DIFFERENT ISSUES 334 00:12:14,133 --> 00:12:15,201 IN THIS COMMUNITY AND MANY 335 00:12:15,201 --> 00:12:16,435 LEADERS. PROVIDING THE 336 00:12:16,435 --> 00:12:19,105 STRUCTURE. ALSO ABOUT ME AND 337 00:12:19,105 --> 00:12:20,706 MY REPUTATION, I PLAY NICE IN 338 00:12:20,706 --> 00:12:21,540 THE SANDBOX. I AM MOTIVATED BY 339 00:12:21,540 --> 00:12:26,879 THIS INCREDIBLE CITY COUNCIL WE 340 00:12:26,879 --> 00:12:29,081 ELECT. I WOULD LOVE TO BE A 341 00:12:29,081 --> 00:12:30,049 PART OF THAT. I THINK MY 342 00:12:30,049 --> 00:12:30,916 PERSONALITY RESONATES WITH THIS 343 00:12:30,916 --> 00:12:32,618 GROUP AND I AM EXCITED TO BE A 344 00:12:32,618 --> 00:12:36,322 PART OF THAT IF SELECTED. 345 00:12:36,322 --> 00:12:37,756 >> THANK YOU. WE ARE GOING TO 346 00:12:37,756 --> 00:12:43,362 START OUR FIRST QUESTION. THE 347 00:12:43,362 --> 00:12:44,530 FIRST SET OF QUESTIONS WE ARE 348 00:12:44,530 --> 00:12:45,664 GOING TO ASK HER THE QUESTIONS 349 00:12:45,664 --> 00:12:46,665 THAT WERE COLLECTED FROM 350 00:12:46,665 --> 00:12:47,266 NUMEROUS IMMUNITY GROUPS 351 00:12:47,266 --> 00:12:49,168 THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THIS 352 00:12:49,168 --> 00:12:50,169 FIRST QUESTION COMES FROM THE 353 00:12:50,169 --> 00:12:51,103 PIONEER SQUARE RESIDENTS 354 00:12:51,103 --> 00:12:52,505 COUNCIL. IT IS A SIMPLE 355 00:12:52,505 --> 00:12:55,841 QUESTION. WHAT EXPERIENCE DO 356 00:12:55,841 --> 00:12:57,143 YOU HAVE WITH LARGE BUDGETS? 357 00:12:57,143 --> 00:13:02,882 >> FROM THE PIONEER SCHOOL 358 00:13:02,882 --> 00:13:03,449 DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, WHAT 359 00:13:03,449 --> 00:13:04,984 EXPERIENCE DO YOU HAVE WITH 360 00:13:04,984 --> 00:13:06,785 LARGE BUDGETS? I HAVE BEEN 361 00:13:06,785 --> 00:13:07,653 WORKING WITH LARGE BUDGETS 362 00:13:07,653 --> 00:13:09,388 SINCE I WAS A COLONIST STUDENT. 363 00:13:09,388 --> 00:13:13,692 WE HAD A $500,000 -- I DON'T 364 00:13:13,692 --> 00:13:15,995 WANT TO GO INTO WHAT YEAR THAT 365 00:13:15,995 --> 00:13:19,498 WAS. SERIOUSLY, WE HAD A 366 00:13:19,498 --> 00:13:21,300 $500,000 BUDGET WE HAD TO MAKE 367 00:13:21,300 --> 00:13:23,903 DECISIONS ON . AT KING COUNTY I 368 00:13:23,903 --> 00:13:24,436 WORKED WITH MULTIPLE 369 00:13:24,436 --> 00:13:27,206 DEPARTMENTS AND GROUPS ON 370 00:13:27,206 --> 00:13:28,107 LARGE BUDGET EXPERIENCE AND 371 00:13:28,107 --> 00:13:28,841 CHALLENGES THAT DEAL WITH 372 00:13:28,841 --> 00:13:30,409 COUNTY BUDGET. I HAVE WORKED 373 00:13:30,409 --> 00:13:31,944 CURRENTLY AT WHAT WORKS 374 00:13:31,944 --> 00:13:35,414 NORTHWEST WHERE THE GOVERNOR OF 375 00:13:35,414 --> 00:13:36,882 AFFAIRS DIRECTOR. I'VE BEEN 376 00:13:36,882 --> 00:13:39,351 ABLE TO RAISE THE AWARENESS ON 377 00:13:39,351 --> 00:13:40,786 THE BLOOD SUPPLY AND SECURE 378 00:13:40,786 --> 00:13:42,254 MONEY TO MAKE SURE WE CAN 379 00:13:42,254 --> 00:13:44,557 AMPLIFY THE MESSAGE WE NEED TO 380 00:13:44,557 --> 00:13:49,795 PROMOTE BLOOD DONATIONS. CITY, 381 00:13:49,795 --> 00:13:50,696 MUNICIPAL, FEDERAL AND STATE 382 00:13:50,696 --> 00:13:54,433 LEVEL. I HAVE MORE THAN 383 00:13:54,433 --> 00:13:55,634 ENOUGH, I THINK, BUDGET 384 00:13:55,634 --> 00:13:55,968 EXPERIENCE. 385 00:13:55,968 --> 00:13:57,303 >> THANK YOU. WE WILL COME DOWN 386 00:13:57,303 --> 00:13:59,772 THIS WAY. I DID NEGLECT TO SAY 387 00:13:59,772 --> 00:14:01,440 60 SECONDS FOR EACH ANSWER. 388 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:03,409 >> WAS I UNDER 60 SECONDS? 389 00:14:03,409 --> 00:14:11,817 >> YOU WERE GOOD. 390 00:14:11,817 --> 00:14:13,252 >> I ALSO RUN A SMALL BUSINESS. 391 00:14:13,252 --> 00:14:14,553 THAT'S HOW I GREW UP. WORKING 392 00:14:14,553 --> 00:14:15,421 IN MY FAMILY BUSINESS. THE 393 00:14:15,421 --> 00:14:16,288 REDEVELOPMENT OF LOUISA HOTEL, 394 00:14:16,288 --> 00:14:17,189 WHEN THE BUILDING CAUGHT ON 395 00:14:17,189 --> 00:14:18,490 FIRE, WE IMMEDIATELY HAD TO GET 396 00:14:18,490 --> 00:14:19,592 A $2 MILLION EMERGENCY 397 00:14:19,592 --> 00:14:20,659 STABILIZATION LOAN FROM THE 398 00:14:20,659 --> 00:14:24,196 BANK. THAT WAS FOLDED INTO $30 399 00:14:24,196 --> 00:14:32,271 MILLION LOAN TO REBUILD . WE 400 00:14:32,271 --> 00:14:33,239 JUST FINISHED CONSTRUCTION IN 401 00:14:33,239 --> 00:14:34,273 2019. WE HAVE 84 PEOPLE THAT 402 00:14:34,273 --> 00:14:35,407 CALL THE BUILDING HOME. I HAVE 403 00:14:35,407 --> 00:14:37,009 WORKED IN A LOT OF NONPROFITS, 404 00:14:37,009 --> 00:14:39,645 CHARITIES . I HAVE ALSO HELPED 405 00:14:39,645 --> 00:14:42,815 CONSERVE A JAZZ MURAL FROM THE 406 00:14:42,815 --> 00:14:46,018 PROHIBITION ERA . WORKING AND 407 00:14:46,018 --> 00:14:47,119 TRYING TO FIND GRANTS. SO FAR 408 00:14:47,119 --> 00:14:49,355 HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PUT $200,000 409 00:14:49,355 --> 00:14:51,991 INTO CONSERVING THAT MURAL FOR 410 00:14:51,991 --> 00:14:59,665 GENERATIONS TO COME. WITH A 411 00:14:59,665 --> 00:15:00,466 COMMUNITY WATCH GROUP, WE HAD 412 00:15:00,466 --> 00:15:01,967 TO FUND THAT ENTIRELY ON OUR 413 00:15:01,967 --> 00:15:03,302 OWN. WE DON'T HAVE MUCH HELP 414 00:15:03,302 --> 00:15:04,169 FROM THE CITY. WE HAVE BEEN 415 00:15:04,169 --> 00:15:05,204 WORKING ON CROWDFUNDING AND 416 00:15:05,204 --> 00:15:06,839 TRYING TO APPLY FOR GRANTS WE 417 00:15:06,839 --> 00:15:09,475 CAN FIND. I DO HAVE EXPERIENCE 418 00:15:09,475 --> 00:15:11,510 IN SMALL AND BIG BUDGETS. 419 00:15:11,510 --> 00:15:14,780 >> THANK YOU. 420 00:15:14,780 --> 00:15:21,320 >> THANK YOU. I HAVE AN 421 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:21,954 EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE WORKING 422 00:15:21,954 --> 00:15:23,389 AND DEALING WITH LARGE BUDGETS. 423 00:15:23,389 --> 00:15:27,326 I SERVED ON AN EXECUTIVE BOARD 424 00:15:27,326 --> 00:15:30,596 FOR LARGE NONPROFIT 425 00:15:30,596 --> 00:15:32,731 ORGANIZATION IN EDUCATION HERE 426 00:15:32,731 --> 00:15:37,870 IN SOUTH SEATTLE. I HOPE MY 427 00:15:37,870 --> 00:15:41,006 FAMILY RUN A COUPLE OF STRIP 428 00:15:41,006 --> 00:15:46,211 MALLS IN KING COUNTY. I SERVED 429 00:15:46,211 --> 00:15:48,113 AS A STAFF WITH ADAM SMITH. I 430 00:15:48,113 --> 00:15:51,116 HELP HIM IN OVERSIGHT IN THE 431 00:15:51,116 --> 00:15:54,053 AREAS OF FINANCE. I HOPE THE 432 00:15:54,053 --> 00:15:59,358 REGION TO THE TOP ONE, $40 433 00:15:59,358 --> 00:16:02,328 MILLION. THE REGIONAL 434 00:16:02,328 --> 00:16:05,831 EDUCATION. THE APPLICATION TO 435 00:16:05,831 --> 00:16:09,969 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THE 436 00:16:09,969 --> 00:16:11,737 MISSION CONTINUES, I WAS 437 00:16:11,737 --> 00:16:12,638 ORIGINAL OPERATIONS MANAGER 438 00:16:12,638 --> 00:16:13,238 AND DIRECTOR OPERATING 439 00:16:13,238 --> 00:16:18,677 MULTIMILLION DOLLAR BUDGET S AS 440 00:16:18,677 --> 00:16:20,679 WELL AS STAFF BUDGET. I HAVE AN 441 00:16:20,679 --> 00:16:22,014 EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND IN LARGE 442 00:16:22,014 --> 00:16:22,381 BUDGETS. 443 00:16:22,381 --> 00:16:31,123 >> THANK YOU. FOR GO TO THE 444 00:16:31,123 --> 00:16:32,358 NEXT PERSON, IF I CAN ASK 445 00:16:32,358 --> 00:16:33,158 EVERYONE TO SILENCE THEIR 446 00:16:33,158 --> 00:16:34,626 BONES. I FORGOT TO SAY THAT AT 447 00:16:34,626 --> 00:16:35,494 THE BEGINNING. MY COLLEAGUE 448 00:16:35,494 --> 00:16:36,862 TOLD ME TO SAY IT, AND I 449 00:16:36,862 --> 00:16:38,130 FORGOT. IF YOU WOULD SILENCE 450 00:16:38,130 --> 00:16:39,164 YOUR PHONES, WE WOULD GREATLY 451 00:16:39,164 --> 00:16:39,698 APPRECIATE IT. 452 00:16:39,698 --> 00:16:40,799 >> I HAVE ABOUT 10 YEARS OF 453 00:16:40,799 --> 00:16:41,600 EXPERIENCE FROM A NONPROFIT 454 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:43,035 SECTOR. I WORKED WITH GIRL 455 00:16:43,035 --> 00:16:44,837 SCOUTS , I HAD A SMALL BUT 456 00:16:44,837 --> 00:16:47,673 MIGHTY TEAM OF 300 457 00:16:47,673 --> 00:16:58,150 INDIVIDUALS. BOTH PRIVATE 458 00:16:58,317 --> 00:16:59,351 FUNDING AND OTHER GENERAL FUNDS 459 00:16:59,351 --> 00:17:00,119 WE GOT THROUGH THE 460 00:17:00,119 --> 00:17:00,786 ORGANIZATION. FAST FORWARD TO 461 00:17:00,786 --> 00:17:01,854 MY EXPERIENCE WORKING AT THE 462 00:17:01,854 --> 00:17:02,888 CITY. I CURRENTLY MANAGE A 463 00:17:02,888 --> 00:17:03,722 PORTFOLIO OF CONTRACTS OVER $20 464 00:17:03,722 --> 00:17:04,556 MILLION. 50 DIFFERENT SERVICE 465 00:17:04,556 --> 00:17:05,391 PROVIDERS. THAT EXPERIENCE IS 466 00:17:05,391 --> 00:17:12,097 SOMETHING THAT COMES DIRECTLY 467 00:17:12,097 --> 00:17:13,165 OUT OF THE CITY BUDGET 468 00:17:13,165 --> 00:17:14,133 PROCESSES. MY EXPERIENCE IN 469 00:17:14,133 --> 00:17:15,334 CITY GOVERNMENT, I THINK, IS 470 00:17:15,334 --> 00:17:16,001 PROBABLY THE BEST ANSWER FOR 471 00:17:16,001 --> 00:17:17,002 THIS QUESTION IN TERMS OF 472 00:17:17,002 --> 00:17:18,203 EXPERIENCE WITH BUDGETS. THE 473 00:17:18,203 --> 00:17:19,805 MAYOR PUTS FORWARD HIS SPEECH, 474 00:17:19,805 --> 00:17:21,840 EMMA DOMICH COUNCIL HAS TO 475 00:17:21,840 --> 00:17:23,075 APPROVE IT. HOW DOES IT IMPACT 476 00:17:23,075 --> 00:17:26,779 OUR COMMUNITIES DIRECTLY? THAT 477 00:17:26,779 --> 00:17:27,780 PROCESS IS SOMETHING THAT GOES 478 00:17:27,780 --> 00:17:28,814 THROUGH QUICKLY IN TERMS OF 479 00:17:28,814 --> 00:17:29,415 CONTRACT. THE TECHNICAL 480 00:17:29,415 --> 00:17:36,722 ASSISTANCE WE HAVE TO PROVIDE 481 00:17:36,722 --> 00:17:38,457 ALL 50 OF THE AGENCIES WHEN IT 482 00:17:38,457 --> 00:17:39,324 COMES TO DOING INVOICES AND 483 00:17:39,324 --> 00:17:40,192 BUDGETS. THOSE BUDGETS CAN 484 00:17:40,192 --> 00:17:40,893 RANGE FROM $50,000 TO 1.5 485 00:17:40,893 --> 00:17:41,960 MILLION. SOME OF THESE AGENCIES 486 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:42,961 ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT 487 00:17:42,961 --> 00:17:43,796 LEVEL FUNDS. 488 00:17:43,796 --> 00:17:50,469 >> TIME. THANK YOU. 489 00:17:50,469 --> 00:17:51,770 >> CURRENTLY, I AM THE POST 490 00:17:51,770 --> 00:17:53,739 COMMANDER OF A NONPROFIT IN 491 00:17:53,739 --> 00:17:55,207 WEST SEATTLE, THE VETERANS OF 492 00:17:55,207 --> 00:17:57,443 FOREIGN WARS. WE HAVE A MEAGER 493 00:17:57,443 --> 00:17:58,877 BUDGET. THAT'S NOT WHERE I 494 00:17:58,877 --> 00:18:03,215 HAVE MOST OF MY BUDGET 495 00:18:03,215 --> 00:18:03,782 EXPERIENCE. IN THE ARMY 496 00:18:03,782 --> 00:18:05,284 NATIONAL GUARD IN 2015, I WAS 497 00:18:05,284 --> 00:18:07,853 RESPONSIBLE OF THE BUILDING OF 498 00:18:07,853 --> 00:18:09,254 A MILLION-DOLLAR BUILDING THAT 499 00:18:09,254 --> 00:18:14,326 HAD A SKIFF INVOLVED. 500 00:18:14,326 --> 00:18:17,729 INFORMATION FACILITY. IT WAS 501 00:18:17,729 --> 00:18:18,664 CALLED THE INFORMATION 502 00:18:18,664 --> 00:18:23,969 OPERATIONS RESOURCE CENTER. 503 00:18:23,969 --> 00:18:25,270 ALONG WITH THAT WE HAD OVER 800 504 00:18:25,270 --> 00:18:28,607 SOLDIERS I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR 505 00:18:28,607 --> 00:18:30,008 . ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT, HIGH 506 00:18:30,008 --> 00:18:31,276 TECH EQUIPMENT WE WERE 507 00:18:31,276 --> 00:18:32,711 RESPONSIBLE FOR AND MAINTAINING 508 00:18:32,711 --> 00:18:33,712 THAT. ALONG WITH THAT CAME THE 509 00:18:33,712 --> 00:18:36,515 TRAINING AND SALARIES OF ALL 510 00:18:36,515 --> 00:18:37,883 OF THOSE DIFFERENT ENTITIES 511 00:18:37,883 --> 00:18:41,253 INVOLVED. HERE AT THE CITY , I 512 00:18:41,253 --> 00:18:44,189 RUN A DOWNTOWN PRECINCT WHERE 513 00:18:44,189 --> 00:18:48,760 WE HAVE OVER 100 OFFICERS . AND 514 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:49,695 A BUDGET I MANAGE THERE AS 515 00:18:49,695 --> 00:18:50,329 WELL. THANK YOU. 516 00:18:50,329 --> 00:18:51,897 >> THANK YOU. 517 00:18:51,897 --> 00:18:59,838 >> HAVING EXPERIENCE IN THE 518 00:18:59,838 --> 00:19:00,606 MILITARY, WAS ALSO RESPONSIBLE 519 00:19:00,606 --> 00:19:02,241 FOR BEING A GOOD STEWARD OF THE 520 00:19:02,241 --> 00:19:03,976 RESOURCES WE HAD IN MY 521 00:19:03,976 --> 00:19:07,646 PARTICULAR UNITS. I DID NOT 522 00:19:07,646 --> 00:19:08,881 GET TO WRITE THE BUDGETS. I WAS 523 00:19:08,881 --> 00:19:09,915 RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE THE 524 00:19:09,915 --> 00:19:11,250 MONEY WE HAD WAS SPENT WHILE. 525 00:19:11,250 --> 00:19:13,919 AGAIN, BEING RESPONSIBLE , A 526 00:19:13,919 --> 00:19:14,887 STEWARD OF THOSE RESOURCES. IN 527 00:19:14,887 --> 00:19:18,690 TERMS OF OTHER BUDGETARY 528 00:19:18,690 --> 00:19:19,625 EXPENSES, I RAN A SMALL 529 00:19:19,625 --> 00:19:22,294 BUSINESS. I HAD TO SECURE 530 00:19:22,294 --> 00:19:24,129 CLIENTS, SECURE THE 531 00:19:24,129 --> 00:19:25,163 CONTRACTORS TO SERVE THOSE 532 00:19:25,163 --> 00:19:27,933 CLIENTS . BE RESPONSIBLE FOR 533 00:19:27,933 --> 00:19:29,401 PAYROLL. BOOKKEEPING AND 534 00:19:29,401 --> 00:19:33,705 ACCOUNTING. I HAVE ALSO BEEN 535 00:19:33,705 --> 00:19:35,440 ON THE BOARD OF ORGANIZATIONS 536 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:37,576 THAT HAVE $20 MILLION BUDGETS. 537 00:19:37,576 --> 00:19:41,613 MAKING SURE WE ARE BEING 538 00:19:41,613 --> 00:19:42,447 FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE WITH 539 00:19:42,447 --> 00:19:48,720 THE RESOURCES WE'VE GOT. HAVE 540 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:49,888 I DEALT WITH MULTIBILLION-DOLLA 541 00:19:49,888 --> 00:19:51,256 R BUDGETS? NO. HAVE I BEEN A 542 00:19:51,256 --> 00:19:52,624 GOOD STEWARD OF THE BUDGETS 543 00:19:52,624 --> 00:19:53,859 I'VE HAD OVERSIGHT OF? YES. 544 00:19:53,859 --> 00:19:57,529 WHEN WE ARE SPENDING YOUR MONEY 545 00:19:57,529 --> 00:19:59,331 , WE NEED TO BE ASKING 546 00:19:59,331 --> 00:20:01,967 OURSELVES, WHAT ARE WE 547 00:20:01,967 --> 00:20:03,135 SPENDING, WHAT ARE WE SPENDING 548 00:20:03,135 --> 00:20:06,605 ON, WHAT ARE OUR RESULTS. SO 549 00:20:06,605 --> 00:20:08,173 WE GET THE BEST RETURN ON 550 00:20:08,173 --> 00:20:08,774 INVESTMENT FOR YOUR MONEY. 551 00:20:08,774 --> 00:20:13,211 >> THANK YOU. 552 00:20:13,211 --> 00:20:15,180 >> RUNNING MY FAMILY BUSINESS I 553 00:20:15,180 --> 00:20:16,448 NAVIGATED THROUGH MULTIPLE 554 00:20:16,448 --> 00:20:21,887 ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS. I HAVE 555 00:20:21,887 --> 00:20:22,554 ALSO GONE THROUGH MULTIMILLION 556 00:20:22,554 --> 00:20:24,356 DOLLAR RENOVATION IN 2019. AND 557 00:20:24,356 --> 00:20:27,292 THEN CAME THE PANDEMIC HAD TO 558 00:20:27,292 --> 00:20:28,360 PROVE IT. I REALIZED IF WE 559 00:20:28,360 --> 00:20:30,429 DIDN'T HAVE IT WE WOULD LOSE 560 00:20:30,429 --> 00:20:32,464 EVERYTHING. I HAD AN OBLIGATE 561 00:20:32,464 --> 00:20:34,266 TORY DUTY TO THE BUSINESS. I 562 00:20:34,266 --> 00:20:39,104 FELT -- DURING THAT TIME I 563 00:20:39,104 --> 00:20:40,939 SERVED ON A COMMITTEE, DURING 564 00:20:40,939 --> 00:20:43,241 COVID, TWO HEDGE THE BUDGETING 565 00:20:43,241 --> 00:20:50,716 THING -- IN CASE THINGS DRIED 566 00:20:50,716 --> 00:20:51,450 UP OR THE WORLD ENDED, AS WE 567 00:20:51,450 --> 00:20:52,751 ALL THOUGHT IT WOULD. INSTEAD 568 00:20:52,751 --> 00:20:53,452 OF HAVING A DEFICIT, WE 569 00:20:53,452 --> 00:20:54,453 ACTUALLY CAME IN WITH AN 570 00:20:54,453 --> 00:20:56,221 INCREASE IN REVENUE. IN ALL MY 571 00:20:56,221 --> 00:20:59,224 EXPERIENCES, I WOULD TAKE THE 572 00:20:59,224 --> 00:21:00,559 SAME APPROACH TO THE CITY 573 00:21:00,559 --> 00:21:01,760 BUDGET AND MAKE SURE WE WERE 574 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:02,928 LOOKING AT THE BUDGET, 575 00:21:02,928 --> 00:21:03,829 REVIEWING IT, CUTTING COSTS 576 00:21:03,829 --> 00:21:05,831 WHERE WE CAN AND LOOKING AT 577 00:21:05,831 --> 00:21:07,232 OTHER WAYS FOR FUNDING IT 578 00:21:07,232 --> 00:21:08,300 BEFORE RAISING TAXES. THANK 579 00:21:08,300 --> 00:21:09,301 YOU. 580 00:21:09,301 --> 00:21:13,772 >> THANK YOU. 581 00:21:13,772 --> 00:21:15,307 >> OF THE SCHOOL BOARD 582 00:21:15,307 --> 00:21:15,807 DIRECTOR, YOUR PRIMARY 583 00:21:15,807 --> 00:21:21,613 RESPONSIBILITY IS SEEING OVER 584 00:21:21,613 --> 00:21:23,015 -- OVERSEEING AND IMPROVING THE 585 00:21:23,015 --> 00:21:23,782 BUDGET. SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS 586 00:21:23,782 --> 00:21:24,650 HAS A $1.2 BILLION OPERATING 587 00:21:24,650 --> 00:21:30,756 BUDGET, WHICH IS QUITE 588 00:21:30,756 --> 00:21:31,356 COMPARABLE TO THE CITY'S 589 00:21:31,356 --> 00:21:32,391 OPERATING BUDGET OF $1.6 590 00:21:32,391 --> 00:21:33,225 BILLION. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT 591 00:21:33,225 --> 00:21:34,526 ALSO HAS BEEN RUNNING A BUDGET 592 00:21:34,526 --> 00:21:35,193 DEFICIT IN RECENT YEARS. THE 593 00:21:35,193 --> 00:21:36,728 LAST TWO YEARS I HAD TO CLOSE A 594 00:21:36,728 --> 00:21:40,165 $100 MILLION BUDGET DEFICIT 595 00:21:40,165 --> 00:21:41,166 AND GO THROUGH A VERY DIFFICULT 596 00:21:41,166 --> 00:21:44,903 PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING WHICH 597 00:21:44,903 --> 00:21:45,837 WE WOULD BE MAKING AN 598 00:21:45,837 --> 00:21:46,605 UNDERSTANDING WHAT TRADE-OFFS 599 00:21:46,605 --> 00:21:48,974 WE WOULD BE CHOOSING. EVERY 600 00:21:48,974 --> 00:21:54,713 EFFORT TO PROTECT THE BEST 601 00:21:54,713 --> 00:21:55,614 POSSIBLE EXPERIENCE FOR OUR 602 00:21:55,614 --> 00:21:57,382 STUDENTS. THE WAY WE DID THAT 603 00:21:57,382 --> 00:21:58,016 WAS TO IDENTIFY WHAT ARE OUR 604 00:21:58,016 --> 00:22:00,652 THREE ACADEMIC GOALS AND GO 605 00:22:00,652 --> 00:22:02,354 LINE BY LINE AND ENSURE THE 606 00:22:02,354 --> 00:22:03,955 BUDGET MATCHES AND IS DIRECTLY 607 00:22:03,955 --> 00:22:05,090 DRIVING THOSE GOALS. WE WERE 608 00:22:05,090 --> 00:22:07,759 ALSO MAKING SURE WE WERE 609 00:22:07,759 --> 00:22:09,061 MAKING PROGRESS AND MEASURING 610 00:22:09,061 --> 00:22:15,701 RESULTS. I HAVE EXPERIENCE 611 00:22:15,701 --> 00:22:16,568 WORKING IN A SMALL LEGISLATIVE 612 00:22:16,568 --> 00:22:17,936 BODY OF SEVEN PEOPLE TO APPROVE 613 00:22:17,936 --> 00:22:22,474 AND OVERSEE A LARGE PUBLIC 614 00:22:22,474 --> 00:22:22,741 BUDGET. 615 00:22:22,741 --> 00:22:23,375 >> THANK YOU. 616 00:22:23,375 --> 00:22:24,609 >> ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT QUESTION 617 00:22:24,609 --> 00:22:26,378 I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH, 618 00:22:26,378 --> 00:22:29,681 MARK, WE WILL GO TO THE RIGHT. 619 00:22:29,681 --> 00:22:34,686 AND THEN WE CIRCLE BACK. YEAH, 620 00:22:34,686 --> 00:22:43,328 YOU'RE RIGHT. THIS QUESTION 621 00:22:43,328 --> 00:22:44,529 COMES FROM THE TRANSIT WRITERS 622 00:22:44,529 --> 00:22:46,298 UNION. I AM GOING TO ASK YOU TO 623 00:22:46,298 --> 00:22:48,400 RESTRICT YOURSELF TO ONE 624 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:51,770 ANSWER ON THIS. IF THE CITY 625 00:22:51,770 --> 00:22:54,306 HAS TO MAKE CUTS , WHAT WOULD 626 00:22:54,306 --> 00:23:00,479 YOU PROPOSE CUTTING , AND WHY? 627 00:23:00,479 --> 00:23:02,180 I AM SURE THERE'S A LOT, BUT 628 00:23:02,180 --> 00:23:03,949 I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO PICK 629 00:23:03,949 --> 00:23:14,326 ONE THING, AND WHY. 630 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:16,895 >> OF I HAD TO MAKE A DECISION 631 00:23:16,895 --> 00:23:19,030 ABOUT WHAT TO CUT AND WHY, JUST 632 00:23:19,030 --> 00:23:21,133 ONE THING. 633 00:23:21,133 --> 00:23:22,567 >> WHATEVER YOU CAN SQUEEZE IN 634 00:23:22,567 --> 00:23:25,003 THE NEXT 45 SECONDS. 635 00:23:25,003 --> 00:23:25,470 >> OKAY. 636 00:23:25,470 --> 00:23:26,938 >> I'M GOING TO NEED 35 TO 637 00:23:26,938 --> 00:23:32,444 THINK OF IT. THERE REALLY IS A 638 00:23:32,444 --> 00:23:33,779 TOUGH QUESTION. IT'S A TOUGH 639 00:23:33,779 --> 00:23:35,480 ONE TO ANSWER. IF I HAD TO COME 640 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:46,024 UP WITH JUST ONE THING -- I AM 641 00:23:47,926 --> 00:23:49,227 HAVING DIFFICULTY THINKING OF 642 00:23:49,227 --> 00:23:53,432 ONE THING WE WOULD CUT. WHAT 643 00:23:53,432 --> 00:23:54,332 ARE WE SPENDING OUR MONEY ON, 644 00:23:54,332 --> 00:23:55,901 AND WHAT IS OUR TURN AROUND 645 00:23:55,901 --> 00:23:59,471 INVESTMENT FOR THOSE 646 00:23:59,471 --> 00:24:00,572 EXPENDITURES. IF WE ARE DOING 647 00:24:00,572 --> 00:24:01,373 SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T WORK, 648 00:24:01,373 --> 00:24:02,974 STOP DOING AND PUT THE FUNDS 649 00:24:02,974 --> 00:24:05,410 WERE TO HAVE A BETTER RESULT. 650 00:24:05,410 --> 00:24:06,411 651 00:24:06,411 --> 00:24:11,149 >> OKAY. 652 00:24:11,149 --> 00:24:13,351 >> THANKS FOR GOING FIRST, 653 00:24:13,351 --> 00:24:17,956 MARK. 654 00:24:17,956 --> 00:24:23,562 >> IT WAS RANDOM, I PROMISE. 655 00:24:23,562 --> 00:24:25,463 >> I WOULD TRY TO CUT 656 00:24:25,463 --> 00:24:28,200 PROGRAMMING THAT WAS REDUNDANT. 657 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:29,668 THE SAME THING ACROSS 658 00:24:29,668 --> 00:24:30,702 DEPARTMENTS COSTING US MORE 659 00:24:30,702 --> 00:24:32,170 MONEY. BRING ARE ALL UNDER ONE 660 00:24:32,170 --> 00:24:33,805 ROOF. I WOULD LOOK THROUGH THE 661 00:24:33,805 --> 00:24:37,108 BUDGET , ANALYZE OUR 662 00:24:37,108 --> 00:24:43,481 INVESTMENT. WE NEED TO MAKE 663 00:24:43,481 --> 00:24:49,554 SURE WE ARE ACHIEVING OUR 664 00:24:49,554 --> 00:24:50,655 NEEDS AND SERVING THE 665 00:24:50,655 --> 00:24:50,989 COMMUNITY. 666 00:24:50,989 --> 00:24:52,357 >> I THINK THIS IS A NEARLY 667 00:24:52,357 --> 00:24:52,991 IMPOSSIBLE QUESTION TO ANSWER. 668 00:24:52,991 --> 00:24:54,159 THE APPROACH I WOULD HAVE IS TO 669 00:24:54,159 --> 00:24:57,963 THINK ABOUT WHAT ARE OUR THREE 670 00:24:57,963 --> 00:24:59,064 PRIORITIES? THE ONES I HAVE 671 00:24:59,064 --> 00:25:00,031 ARTICULATED ARE SIMILAR TO WHAT 672 00:25:00,031 --> 00:25:02,234 OTHER PEOPLE ON THIS PANEL HAVE 673 00:25:02,234 --> 00:25:06,838 ARTICULATED. ADDRESSING PUBLIC 674 00:25:06,838 --> 00:25:07,372 SAFETY. ADDRESSING OUR 675 00:25:07,372 --> 00:25:08,573 HOMELESSNESS AND AFFORDABLE 676 00:25:08,573 --> 00:25:11,610 HOUSING CRISIS , AND ENSURING 677 00:25:11,610 --> 00:25:12,544 WE HAVE ECONOMIC VITALITY IN 678 00:25:12,544 --> 00:25:14,613 SEATTLE. THROUGH THAT LENS, WE 679 00:25:14,613 --> 00:25:20,652 GO DEPARTMENT TO DEPARTMENT 680 00:25:20,652 --> 00:25:21,620 AND ASKED THEM WHAT IS THE 681 00:25:21,620 --> 00:25:22,354 CONSTITUENT SERVICE YOU ARE 682 00:25:22,354 --> 00:25:23,455 DELIVERING AND HOW DOES A 683 00:25:23,455 --> 00:25:24,456 REALLY TOEWS THESE THREE 684 00:25:24,456 --> 00:25:25,023 OBJECTIVES? WHAT ARE THE 685 00:25:25,023 --> 00:25:27,192 REDUNDANT SERVICES YOU HAVE? 686 00:25:27,192 --> 00:25:29,060 ARE THEY AVAILABLE FOR CUTTING? 687 00:25:29,060 --> 00:25:30,295 I KNOW FROM MY EXPERIENCE AT 688 00:25:30,295 --> 00:25:35,000 THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IT IS HARD 689 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:36,501 TO CUT ONE THING. A BETTER 690 00:25:36,501 --> 00:25:37,936 APPROACH IS TO SET A PERCENTAGE 691 00:25:37,936 --> 00:25:40,038 TARGET FOR THE DEPARTMENT AND 692 00:25:40,038 --> 00:25:41,740 HAVE THE DEPARTMENT HEADS MAKE 693 00:25:41,740 --> 00:25:43,141 A DETERMINATION TO GET A TOTAL 694 00:25:43,141 --> 00:25:43,909 AMOUNT THAT WE. 695 00:25:43,909 --> 00:25:45,443 >> THANK YOU. 696 00:25:45,443 --> 00:25:48,813 >> THANK YOU . FOR 12 YEARS I 697 00:25:48,813 --> 00:25:52,617 WAS A MANAGER AT THE RESEARCH 698 00:25:52,617 --> 00:25:55,921 CENTER FOR CANCER. THERE WAS 699 00:25:55,921 --> 00:26:00,525 A YOUNG MAN ABOUT HIS AGE . THE 700 00:26:00,525 --> 00:26:01,459 DOCTOR MADE THIS UNBELIEVABLE 701 00:26:01,459 --> 00:26:02,627 PRESENTATION ABOUT CANCER 702 00:26:02,627 --> 00:26:05,797 RESEARCH. THE YOUNG PERSON 703 00:26:05,797 --> 00:26:14,372 ASKED HIM A QUESTION. HE SAID, 704 00:26:14,372 --> 00:26:18,076 I DON'T KNOW. I THOUGHT THAT 705 00:26:18,076 --> 00:26:19,377 WAS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL 706 00:26:19,377 --> 00:26:21,179 ANSWERS FROM A NATIONAL 707 00:26:21,179 --> 00:26:21,813 DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIST. I 708 00:26:21,813 --> 00:26:23,415 DON'T KNOW. THE ANSWER TO THE 709 00:26:23,415 --> 00:26:26,418 QUESTION, AND I KNOW THERE ARE 710 00:26:26,418 --> 00:26:27,252 COUNCILMEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN 711 00:26:27,252 --> 00:26:28,687 HERE FOR CERTAIN AMOUNTS OF 712 00:26:28,687 --> 00:26:35,660 TIME. I WOULD SIT DOWN AND 713 00:26:35,660 --> 00:26:36,595 ANSWER THIS QUESTION IN A 714 00:26:36,595 --> 00:26:39,931 MINUTE. I DON'T KNOW. THE 715 00:26:39,931 --> 00:26:45,136 IMPACTS THOSE HAVE ON FAMILIES, 716 00:26:45,136 --> 00:26:46,838 I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO 717 00:26:46,838 --> 00:26:48,306 SIT HERE AND TELL YOU A 32nd 718 00:26:48,306 --> 00:26:49,240 ANSWER WHATEVER CUT WITHOUT 719 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:50,108 HAVING TO DO SERIOUS STUDYING 720 00:26:50,108 --> 00:26:51,376 AND ANALYSIS. I WOULD HAVE TO 721 00:26:51,376 --> 00:26:52,744 SAY, I DON'T KNOW. 722 00:26:52,744 --> 00:26:57,215 >> OKAY. 723 00:26:57,215 --> 00:26:58,550 >> I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE 724 00:26:58,550 --> 00:26:59,117 MORE ACCOUNTABILITY AND 725 00:26:59,117 --> 00:27:00,885 TRANSPARENCY IN OUR PROCESS. 726 00:27:00,885 --> 00:27:05,657 WE NEED TO GO THROUGH THE 727 00:27:05,657 --> 00:27:06,891 EXERCISE OF GOING TO EACH 728 00:27:06,891 --> 00:27:07,492 DEPARTMENT AND AGENCY AND 729 00:27:07,492 --> 00:27:08,893 TRYING TO FIND METRICS OF 730 00:27:08,893 --> 00:27:13,264 SUCCESS. WE NEED TO BE LOOKING 731 00:27:13,264 --> 00:27:14,599 AT EVERYTHING FROM A WHOLE MAKE 732 00:27:14,599 --> 00:27:15,600 SURE WHAT WE ARE DOING IS 733 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:17,135 WORKING. BEFORE WE CAN GO AHEAD 734 00:27:17,135 --> 00:27:18,837 AND LOOK AT WHAT COULD POSSIBLY 735 00:27:18,837 --> 00:27:22,974 BE CUT. IT SHOULD BE RESULTS 736 00:27:22,974 --> 00:27:26,011 BASED. 737 00:27:26,011 --> 00:27:30,815 >> THANK YOU. THE BEST ANSWER 738 00:27:30,815 --> 00:27:33,752 IS I AGREE WITH JUAN . I DON'T 739 00:27:33,752 --> 00:27:37,756 KNOW. THE I DON'T KNOW IS NOT 740 00:27:37,756 --> 00:27:39,524 BECAUSE I DON'T CARE. THE I 741 00:27:39,524 --> 00:27:43,728 DON'T KNOW IS NOT BECAUSE -- 742 00:27:43,728 --> 00:27:45,697 IT SIMPLY I DO NOT HAVE THE 743 00:27:45,697 --> 00:27:46,631 INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN FRONT 744 00:27:46,631 --> 00:27:49,667 OF ME. IT'S NOT BECAUSE I'M 745 00:27:49,667 --> 00:27:50,869 INDECISIVE. I CAN BE VERY 746 00:27:50,869 --> 00:27:52,003 DECISIVE. I NEED TO KNOW BEFORE 747 00:27:52,003 --> 00:27:54,372 I CAN DECIDE. ANY RESPONSIBLE 748 00:27:54,372 --> 00:27:59,110 LEADER MUST EXERCISE THAT 749 00:27:59,110 --> 00:28:06,451 PROCESS. SOME FOLKS SAY IT'S 750 00:28:06,451 --> 00:28:07,619 REDUNDANCY. SOME IS A GOOD 751 00:28:07,619 --> 00:28:09,354 THING. HOW DO WE KNOW IT'S NOT 752 00:28:09,354 --> 00:28:12,157 A GOOD THING. SOME REDUNDANCY 753 00:28:12,157 --> 00:28:13,792 MATTERS. THE POINT OF SUCCESS 754 00:28:13,792 --> 00:28:17,162 OR NOT. I AGREE WITH JUAN ON 755 00:28:17,162 --> 00:28:24,702 THIS ISSUE. IT IS GOING TO BE 756 00:28:24,702 --> 00:28:25,770 A PROCESS WITH OTHER 757 00:28:25,770 --> 00:28:26,404 COUNCILMEMBERS. IF IT'S GOING 758 00:28:26,404 --> 00:28:27,705 TO BE GROWING PAINS, WE NEED TO 759 00:28:27,705 --> 00:28:28,306 EXPERIENCE THE SAME THING 760 00:28:28,306 --> 00:28:29,474 TOGETHER. WE NEED TO BE 761 00:28:29,474 --> 00:28:30,175 TRANSPARENT. WE NEED TO 762 00:28:30,175 --> 00:28:31,109 COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE 763 00:28:31,109 --> 00:28:32,977 RESIDENTS. SO WE CAN GROW. WE 764 00:28:32,977 --> 00:28:34,946 HAVE A SHARED EXPERIENCE. 765 00:28:34,946 --> 00:28:35,613 >> TIME. 766 00:28:35,613 --> 00:28:42,120 >> THANK YOU. 767 00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:42,854 >> THIS IS A GREAT QUESTION. 768 00:28:42,854 --> 00:28:43,888 JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, I 769 00:28:43,888 --> 00:28:46,691 THINK THE ANSWER IN ONE WORD 770 00:28:46,691 --> 00:28:47,425 OR STATEMENT, IN THIS SETTING, 771 00:28:47,425 --> 00:28:49,160 I THINK IT'S A SET UP TO ASK 772 00:28:49,160 --> 00:28:51,229 US WHAT WE WERE CUT, TO SEE IF 773 00:28:51,229 --> 00:28:52,597 SOMEONE WOULD CATCH US IN 774 00:28:52,597 --> 00:28:56,167 SOMETHING. FROM A DEPARTMENT 775 00:28:56,167 --> 00:28:56,968 PERSPECTIVE AND WORKING WITHIN 776 00:28:56,968 --> 00:28:58,136 THE CITY UNDER THE BUDGET 777 00:28:58,136 --> 00:28:59,104 DEFICIT IS SOMETHING WE TALKED 778 00:28:59,104 --> 00:29:00,472 ABOUT. WHAT OTHER CUTS THAT ARE 779 00:29:00,472 --> 00:29:01,606 COMING DOWN THROUGH THE 780 00:29:01,606 --> 00:29:03,775 DEPARTMENT. AS A CUTTING TO 781 00:29:03,775 --> 00:29:05,977 THE COMMUNITY? FOR ME, WHAT 782 00:29:05,977 --> 00:29:06,878 SOME PEOPLE HAVE MENTIONED IS 783 00:29:06,878 --> 00:29:09,114 GOING TO THESE APARTMENTS AND 784 00:29:09,114 --> 00:29:10,348 -- DEPARTMENT AND SEEING WHERE 785 00:29:10,348 --> 00:29:12,350 THERE SPENDING IS UP. AND 786 00:29:12,350 --> 00:29:14,252 ASKING WHY THEY MIGHT BE UNDER 787 00:29:14,252 --> 00:29:16,020 SPENT, OR WHY THERE MIGHT BE 788 00:29:16,020 --> 00:29:19,190 OVERSPEND ON THE OTHER SIDE. 789 00:29:19,190 --> 00:29:23,495 SO WE CAN MAKE AN INFORMED 790 00:29:23,495 --> 00:29:25,029 DECISION. THE $250 MILLION 791 00:29:25,029 --> 00:29:27,098 DEFICIT. DOING 1 MILLION HERE 792 00:29:27,098 --> 00:29:28,299 AND THERE IS NOT REALLY GOING 793 00:29:28,299 --> 00:29:33,438 TO GET US VERY FAR. THAT'S 794 00:29:33,438 --> 00:29:34,205 GOING TO HAVE GREAT IMPACT ON 795 00:29:34,205 --> 00:29:35,039 THE COMMUNITY BASED 796 00:29:35,039 --> 00:29:35,840 ORGANIZATION IF THEIR TOTAL 797 00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:36,908 BUDGET IS ONLY 5 MILLION HOW 798 00:29:36,908 --> 00:29:38,176 CAN WE LOOK AT THINGS MORE 799 00:29:38,176 --> 00:29:38,977 HOLISTICALLY AND KNOW WHERE 800 00:29:38,977 --> 00:29:41,112 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE 801 00:29:41,112 --> 00:29:44,582 BIG DECISIONS. HAS TO BE 802 00:29:44,582 --> 00:29:45,283 INFORMED. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH 803 00:29:45,283 --> 00:29:46,584 INFORMATION AT THIS POINT TO 804 00:29:46,584 --> 00:29:48,086 SET UP HERE AND GIVE YOU THE 805 00:29:48,086 --> 00:29:49,454 ANSWER YOU REALLY WANTED TO. 806 00:29:49,454 --> 00:29:51,356 THANK YOU. 807 00:29:51,356 --> 00:29:56,127 >> I LIKE OUR CITY COUNCILS 808 00:29:56,127 --> 00:29:57,095 APPROACH, AND WHAT I'VE HEARD 809 00:29:57,095 --> 00:30:05,303 FROM THE COUNCILMEMBER 810 00:30:05,303 --> 00:30:06,671 STARTING THE CYCLE WITH AN 811 00:30:06,671 --> 00:30:07,338 AUDIT TO SEE WHAT WE ARE 812 00:30:07,338 --> 00:30:08,640 SPENDING OUR MONEY ON. THE CITY 813 00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:10,241 IS PROJECTED TO HAVE A $250 814 00:30:10,241 --> 00:30:11,176 MILLION SHORTFALL. WE NEED TO 815 00:30:11,176 --> 00:30:12,410 LOOK AT WHAT IS WORKING AND 816 00:30:12,410 --> 00:30:14,078 WHAT IS NOT. WE NEED TO LOOK AT 817 00:30:14,078 --> 00:30:16,147 THE DATA BEHIND THAT AND FIND 818 00:30:16,147 --> 00:30:17,415 OUT EXACTLY WHERE OUR MONEY IS 819 00:30:17,415 --> 00:30:18,550 GOING, AND WHERE ARE WE 820 00:30:18,550 --> 00:30:19,918 DUPLICATING OUR EFFORTS? FOR 821 00:30:19,918 --> 00:30:20,785 ME, PUBLIC SAFETY IS NUMBER 822 00:30:20,785 --> 00:30:22,520 ONE. I CAN TELL YOU THAT'S ONE 823 00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:24,289 PLACE I WOULD NOT LIKE TO SEE 824 00:30:24,289 --> 00:30:25,456 ANY CUTS. I'VE BEEN 825 00:30:25,456 --> 00:30:27,192 RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EMPHASIS 826 00:30:27,192 --> 00:30:33,431 WE HAVE ON 12th AND JACKSON. 827 00:30:33,431 --> 00:30:34,465 IT'S VITALLY CRITICAL FOR THE 828 00:30:34,465 --> 00:30:35,533 NEIGHBORHOOD UP THERE THAT WE 829 00:30:35,533 --> 00:30:36,868 CONTINUE WITH OUR EFFORTS. WE 830 00:30:36,868 --> 00:30:38,570 DO THAT THROUGH A LOT OF 831 00:30:38,570 --> 00:30:40,271 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS , 832 00:30:40,271 --> 00:30:41,406 NONPROFITS, AND OTHER CITY 833 00:30:41,406 --> 00:30:42,640 DEPARTMENTS. SAME THING AT 834 00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:48,947 THIRD AND PINE. WE HAVE A 835 00:30:48,947 --> 00:30:49,814 PRIME HOTSPOT DOWN THERE. WE 836 00:30:49,814 --> 00:30:50,982 ARE TALKING ABOUT THE NUMBER OF 837 00:30:50,982 --> 00:30:52,650 HOMICIDES AND REDUCING THOSE . 838 00:30:52,650 --> 00:30:53,852 THOSE ARE WHERE I WOULD PUT MY 839 00:30:53,852 --> 00:30:54,152 PRIORITIES. 840 00:30:54,152 --> 00:30:57,088 >> THANK YOU. BEFORE WE GO TO 841 00:30:57,088 --> 00:30:58,489 THE NEXT QUESTION -- THIS IS 842 00:30:58,489 --> 00:31:02,126 GREAT SO FAR. IF I COULD HAVE 843 00:31:02,126 --> 00:31:02,794 YOU GUYS BRING YOUR MICROPHONES 844 00:31:02,794 --> 00:31:03,995 A LITTLE CLOSER. SOME OF YOU 845 00:31:03,995 --> 00:31:05,129 SPEAK REALLY SOFT. WHICH I 846 00:31:05,129 --> 00:31:06,798 LIKE, BUT NOT EVERYONE CAN HEAR 847 00:31:06,798 --> 00:31:08,766 YOU. NEXT ONE, I'M GOING TO 848 00:31:08,766 --> 00:31:12,604 START WITH TONYA ON THIS ONE. 849 00:31:12,604 --> 00:31:14,205 TOTAL LONG, SO I WILL REPEAT IT 850 00:31:14,205 --> 00:31:17,809 IF NECESSARY. STILL TO THE 851 00:31:17,809 --> 00:31:20,078 RIGHT FROM THAT PERSON. GOOD 852 00:31:20,078 --> 00:31:23,514 VERIFICATION QUESTION. STATE 853 00:31:23,514 --> 00:31:24,883 LAW ENACTED UNDER HOUSE BILL 854 00:31:24,883 --> 00:31:30,421 1110 ALLOWS CITIES TO PRESERVE 855 00:31:30,421 --> 00:31:30,989 LIMITED AMOUNTS OF 856 00:31:30,989 --> 00:31:32,156 SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LAND. 857 00:31:32,156 --> 00:31:34,158 THE QUESTION IS, WHICH 858 00:31:34,158 --> 00:31:36,094 NEIGHBORHOODS IN SEATTLE , IF 859 00:31:36,094 --> 00:31:40,098 ANY, SHOULD NOT BE OF ZONED? 860 00:31:40,098 --> 00:31:50,608 PLEASE EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER. 861 00:31:57,315 --> 00:31:58,816 >> WE HAVE TO BUILD MORE 862 00:31:58,816 --> 00:32:03,054 HOUSING AND WE HAVE TO BUILD 863 00:32:03,054 --> 00:32:03,655 MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I 864 00:32:03,655 --> 00:32:05,556 DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. 865 00:32:05,556 --> 00:32:06,824 I KNOW WE HAVE TO CONSIDER 866 00:32:06,824 --> 00:32:10,428 DISPLACEMENT ESPECIALLY. AND 867 00:32:10,428 --> 00:32:11,329 THE DECISIONS GOING FORWARD. 868 00:32:11,329 --> 00:32:12,830 ESPECIALLY IN PLACES LIKE SOUTH 869 00:32:12,830 --> 00:32:15,033 SEATTLE WORK PEOPLE ARE BEING 870 00:32:15,033 --> 00:32:18,369 FORCED OUT. WE NEED TO 871 00:32:18,369 --> 00:32:19,537 EXAMINE THIS ON A NEIGHBORHOOD 872 00:32:19,537 --> 00:32:21,439 BY NEIGHBORHOOD BASIS. WE DO 873 00:32:21,439 --> 00:32:23,074 HAVE TO BUILD MORE HOUSING. WE 874 00:32:23,074 --> 00:32:26,544 HAVE TO SHARE IN TRYING TO 875 00:32:26,544 --> 00:32:30,315 DIVERSE THE KINDS OF HOUSING 876 00:32:30,315 --> 00:32:31,482 WE HAVE, ESPECIALLY FOR 877 00:32:31,482 --> 00:32:34,319 FAMILIES. AND FOR PEOPLE TO BE 878 00:32:34,319 --> 00:32:36,554 ABLE TO AGE IN PLACE AND TO BE 879 00:32:36,554 --> 00:32:43,294 ABLE TO WORK AND LIVE HERE. 880 00:32:43,294 --> 00:32:45,029 >> TO ME, THIS ISSUE IS A 881 00:32:45,029 --> 00:32:46,798 MATTER OF EQUITY. I AM A 882 00:32:46,798 --> 00:32:49,968 RENTER. THE MANY RESIDENTS IN 883 00:32:49,968 --> 00:32:54,739 THE CITY , THERE ARE MORE 884 00:32:54,739 --> 00:32:55,306 RENTERS THAN HOMEOWNERS. 885 00:32:55,306 --> 00:32:57,041 THAT'S JUST A MATTER OF FACT. 886 00:32:57,041 --> 00:33:02,013 THIS IMPACTS ME. THE 887 00:33:02,013 --> 00:33:02,647 QUESTIONS IMPACT ME. AND IMPACT 888 00:33:02,647 --> 00:33:03,881 OTHER PEOPLE, TOO. BECAUSE THIS 889 00:33:03,881 --> 00:33:07,151 IS A MATTER OF EQUITY, EVERY 890 00:33:07,151 --> 00:33:10,722 NEIGHBORHOOD MUST OF ZONED. 891 00:33:10,722 --> 00:33:17,195 HOW ? THAT'S GOING TO BE A 892 00:33:17,195 --> 00:33:18,329 MATTER WE HAVE TO DISCUSS 893 00:33:18,329 --> 00:33:19,364 AROUND EQUITY ISSUES. HOW TO 894 00:33:19,364 --> 00:33:20,732 ADDRESS THAT. WE BENEFIT, AND 895 00:33:20,732 --> 00:33:26,938 WE SHARE THE BURDENS . WE GROW 896 00:33:26,938 --> 00:33:27,939 AND BENEFIT FROM EACH OTHER. 897 00:33:27,939 --> 00:33:29,907 THIS IS HOW WE MOVE AS A CITY. 898 00:33:29,907 --> 00:33:31,275 THIS IS A VISION MAYOR HARRELL 899 00:33:31,275 --> 00:33:34,145 IS TALKING ABOUT. ONE SEATTLE. 900 00:33:34,145 --> 00:33:36,047 IF IT'S ONE SEATTLE, THEN WE 901 00:33:36,047 --> 00:33:36,881 ALL MUST SHARE THE BURDEN. 902 00:33:36,881 --> 00:33:42,353 >> THANK YOU. 903 00:33:42,353 --> 00:33:48,459 >> SIMILAR TO THE LAST 904 00:33:48,459 --> 00:33:49,394 QUESTION, WHAT AREAS SHOULD NOT 905 00:33:49,394 --> 00:33:50,361 BE OF ZONED AND IGNORING THE 906 00:33:50,361 --> 00:33:51,562 NUANCE IN THIS QUESTION. WHEN 907 00:33:51,562 --> 00:33:52,463 WE TALK ABOUT SINGLE-FAMILY 908 00:33:52,463 --> 00:33:53,698 HOMES OR ZONING. WE HAVE TO 909 00:33:53,698 --> 00:33:59,937 THINK ABOUT FAMILIES -- IF YOU 910 00:33:59,937 --> 00:34:01,372 ARE UP ZONING THE AREA AND THEY 911 00:34:01,372 --> 00:34:02,507 ARE BEING PUSHED OUT, WHAT 912 00:34:02,507 --> 00:34:03,508 IMPACT ARE YOU HAVING FOR 913 00:34:03,508 --> 00:34:06,477 GENERATIONS TO COME? WHAT PART 914 00:34:06,477 --> 00:34:07,412 ARE YOU PLAYING IN 915 00:34:07,412 --> 00:34:08,613 GENTRIFICATION? I THINK WE CAN 916 00:34:08,613 --> 00:34:09,881 LOOK AT SOME OF THE HOUSING 917 00:34:09,881 --> 00:34:10,515 ALTERNATIVES THAT ARE CROPPING 918 00:34:10,515 --> 00:34:12,250 UP THROUGH ENTITIES LIKE AFRICA 919 00:34:12,250 --> 00:34:15,853 TOWN. WE HAVE THE DEVELOPMENT 920 00:34:15,853 --> 00:34:20,892 OF THE NORTH LOT. THERE ARE 921 00:34:20,892 --> 00:34:21,592 ALL THESE OTHER POSSIBILITIES 922 00:34:21,592 --> 00:34:23,294 THAT COULD ADDRESS THE HOUSING 923 00:34:23,294 --> 00:34:25,430 MEANS WITHOUT MAKING THE GRAND 924 00:34:25,430 --> 00:34:29,067 STATEMENT THAT THIS AREA 925 00:34:29,067 --> 00:34:30,601 SHOULD NOT BE UP SOON, OR EVERY 926 00:34:30,601 --> 00:34:31,235 SINGLE AREA SHOULD BE. NOT 927 00:34:31,235 --> 00:34:32,370 THINKING WITH THOSE IMPACTS 928 00:34:32,370 --> 00:34:33,070 COULD BE. THAT SINGLE-FAMILY 929 00:34:33,070 --> 00:34:37,308 HOME MAY BE THEIR ONLY FORM OF 930 00:34:37,308 --> 00:34:37,975 GENERATIONAL WEALTH. 931 00:34:37,975 --> 00:34:38,509 >> THANK YOU. 932 00:34:38,509 --> 00:34:41,412 >> AS I LOOK UP POSITION EIGHT 933 00:34:41,412 --> 00:34:43,314 AND THE COMMUNITY THAT 934 00:34:43,314 --> 00:34:46,551 CANDIDATE WILL BE CHAIRING , 935 00:34:46,551 --> 00:34:48,052 AND THE SUSTAINABILITY AND 936 00:34:48,052 --> 00:34:49,120 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WILL 937 00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:51,956 NEED TO BE UPDATED THIS YEAR, 938 00:34:51,956 --> 00:34:53,157 THIS QUESTION FALLS RIGHT IN 939 00:34:53,157 --> 00:34:56,160 LINE WITH THOSE ISSUES. IT IS 940 00:34:56,160 --> 00:34:57,462 IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE 941 00:34:57,462 --> 00:34:59,330 INTELLIGENT DECISIONS, 942 00:34:59,330 --> 00:35:04,202 WELL-THOUGHT-OUT . WE DON'T 943 00:35:04,202 --> 00:35:04,869 HAVE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. 944 00:35:04,869 --> 00:35:06,804 IT HAS TO BE UP ZONED ALONG 945 00:35:06,804 --> 00:35:08,906 TRANSIT LINES. WE HAVE TO LOOK 946 00:35:08,906 --> 00:35:09,941 AT DEVELOPING AFFORDABLE 947 00:35:09,941 --> 00:35:12,577 HOUSING. OUR URBAN VILLAGES, 948 00:35:12,577 --> 00:35:16,214 AS MENTIONED IS NOT. AND THAT 949 00:35:16,214 --> 00:35:20,451 ONE SEATTLE PLAN AS WELL. AND 950 00:35:20,451 --> 00:35:21,886 HOW THAT'S GOING TO FEED INTO 951 00:35:21,886 --> 00:35:23,454 THAT PLAN DEVELOPMENT OF 952 00:35:23,454 --> 00:35:24,755 SEATTLE. ONE OF THE THINGS I'M 953 00:35:24,755 --> 00:35:26,357 VERY CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE 954 00:35:26,357 --> 00:35:27,492 DISPLACEMENT OF COMMUNITIES, 955 00:35:27,492 --> 00:35:28,993 ESPECIALLY IN DISTRICT TWO. I 956 00:35:28,993 --> 00:35:30,661 WAS THE CAPTAIN OF THE SOUTH 957 00:35:30,661 --> 00:35:33,631 PRECINCT. I KNOW UNDERSERVED 958 00:35:33,631 --> 00:35:34,298 COMMUNITIES SOMETIMES TAKE THE 959 00:35:34,298 --> 00:35:36,234 BRUNT OF THESE DECISIONS. IF 960 00:35:36,234 --> 00:35:41,706 YOU LOOK AT OUR TRANSIT LINE 961 00:35:41,706 --> 00:35:43,274 AND WHERE IT RUNS ALONG THE 962 00:35:43,274 --> 00:35:44,308 SURFACE STREETS, ATTRACTED BY 963 00:35:44,308 --> 00:35:45,076 NEIGHBORHOOD. 964 00:35:45,076 --> 00:35:45,910 >> THAT IS TIME. 965 00:35:45,910 --> 00:35:47,178 >> BUT IS NOT EQUITABLE. 966 00:35:47,178 --> 00:35:50,014 THANKS. 967 00:35:50,014 --> 00:35:52,016 >> LIKE SOME OF THE OTHER 968 00:35:52,016 --> 00:35:54,185 PANELISTS, IT'S DIFFICULT TO 969 00:35:54,185 --> 00:35:57,955 ANSWER THIS QUESTION . I COME 970 00:35:57,955 --> 00:35:59,690 AT IT FROM A DIFFERENT 971 00:35:59,690 --> 00:36:03,161 PERSPECTIVE. HAVING BENEFITED 972 00:36:03,161 --> 00:36:09,166 FROM A HOME THAT WAS PASSED 973 00:36:09,166 --> 00:36:11,068 DOWN TO ME, SO I HAVE 974 00:36:11,068 --> 00:36:12,937 GENERATIONAL WEALTH , WHEREAS A 975 00:36:12,937 --> 00:36:15,873 LOT OF FOLKS I GREW UP WITH , 976 00:36:15,873 --> 00:36:17,375 THEY DON'T HAVE THOSE FAMILY 977 00:36:17,375 --> 00:36:19,143 HOMES. THEY LOST OUT ON THE 978 00:36:19,143 --> 00:36:22,413 GENERATIONAL WEALTH. IF YOU 979 00:36:22,413 --> 00:36:23,147 READ THE SEATTLE TIMES PIECE 980 00:36:23,147 --> 00:36:27,485 THIS PAST WEEKEND FOR 981 00:36:27,485 --> 00:36:28,119 HOMEOWNERSHIP AND HOW MUCH 982 00:36:28,119 --> 00:36:28,753 GENERATIONAL WEALTH HAS BEEN 983 00:36:28,753 --> 00:36:30,721 LOST OVER THE YEARS BECAUSE OF 984 00:36:30,721 --> 00:36:32,757 HOUSING POLICIES. WE ARE 985 00:36:32,757 --> 00:36:38,563 TALKING BILLIONS THAT AFFECT 986 00:36:38,563 --> 00:36:41,265 FAMILIES LIKE MINE. NEIGHBORS 987 00:36:41,265 --> 00:36:47,104 LIKE MINE. YES, I AGREE, IF WE 988 00:36:47,104 --> 00:36:48,439 ARE GOING TO BE DOING ANY KIND 989 00:36:48,439 --> 00:36:51,876 OF UPCOMING -- OF UP ZONING IT 990 00:36:51,876 --> 00:36:57,281 TAKES TIME. I AM CONCERNED 991 00:36:57,281 --> 00:36:57,982 ABOUT DISPLACEMENT. I'VE SEEN 992 00:36:57,982 --> 00:36:59,784 THAT DISPLACEMENT. I HAVE LIVED 993 00:36:59,784 --> 00:37:01,419 THAT DISPLACEMENT. 994 00:37:01,419 --> 00:37:07,058 >> THANK YOU. I DON'T THINK 995 00:37:07,058 --> 00:37:08,125 ANYONE DISAGREES WITH THE FACT 996 00:37:08,125 --> 00:37:08,960 THAT WE NEED MORE HOUSING 997 00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:10,194 ACROSS THE SPECTRUM. MARKET 998 00:37:10,194 --> 00:37:12,430 RATE , AFFORDABLE, 999 00:37:12,430 --> 00:37:13,831 TRANSITIONAL, ALL OF THE ABOVE. 1000 00:37:13,831 --> 00:37:15,266 IF WE CAN GET OUR HOUSING 1001 00:37:15,266 --> 00:37:19,537 SUPPLY TO MEET THE DEMAND, IT 1002 00:37:19,537 --> 00:37:20,605 WILL AUTOMATICALLY BECOME MORE 1003 00:37:20,605 --> 00:37:23,140 AFFORDABLE. YES, WE DON'T 1004 00:37:23,140 --> 00:37:27,979 WANT TO DISPROPORTIONATELY 1005 00:37:27,979 --> 00:37:28,546 DISPLACE COMMUNITIES IN 1006 00:37:28,546 --> 00:37:29,347 DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT WE 1007 00:37:29,347 --> 00:37:32,516 DO NEED TO BE PROACTIVE. THE 1008 00:37:32,516 --> 00:37:33,584 CITY CONTINUES TO GROW. WE 1009 00:37:33,584 --> 00:37:34,352 CANNOT CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR 1010 00:37:34,352 --> 00:37:35,886 HOUSING POLICIES THAT HAVE NOT 1011 00:37:35,886 --> 00:37:37,388 SERVED AS WELL AND LED TO THIS 1012 00:37:37,388 --> 00:37:38,623 AFFORDABILITY CRISIS WE ARE ALL 1013 00:37:38,623 --> 00:37:45,596 FEELING OUR BELTS TYPE -- 1014 00:37:45,596 --> 00:37:49,900 TIGHTENING. I SUPPORT BUILDING 1015 00:37:49,900 --> 00:37:50,334 HOUSING IN ALL THE 1016 00:37:50,334 --> 00:37:56,073 NEIGHBORHOODS. THANK YOU. 1017 00:37:56,073 --> 00:37:57,942 >> I THINK IF WE, AS A CITY, 1018 00:37:57,942 --> 00:37:58,709 ARE SERIOUS ABOUT ADDRESSING 1019 00:37:58,709 --> 00:37:59,777 OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS, 1020 00:37:59,777 --> 00:38:05,116 THIS SUCCESSION DOESN'T REALLY 1021 00:38:05,116 --> 00:38:06,083 MAKE SENSE IN A CITY THAT IS 1022 00:38:06,083 --> 00:38:07,151 GROWING LIKE SEATTLE. I WOULD 1023 00:38:07,151 --> 00:38:09,587 NOT BE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING 1024 00:38:09,587 --> 00:38:11,422 THIS EXEMPTION. I DON'T HAVE 1025 00:38:11,422 --> 00:38:12,857 A PREFERENCE FOR A 1026 00:38:12,857 --> 00:38:17,128 NEIGHBORHOOD. THE REALITY IS , 1027 00:38:17,128 --> 00:38:18,896 THIS UP ZONING CHANGE WOULD NOT 1028 00:38:18,896 --> 00:38:25,269 HAVE HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. 1029 00:38:25,269 --> 00:38:25,970 THEREFORE, IT'S INCUMBENT ON 1030 00:38:25,970 --> 00:38:27,238 US AS ELECTED LEADERS TO ENGAGE 1031 00:38:27,238 --> 00:38:27,838 COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS TO 1032 00:38:27,838 --> 00:38:29,573 ENSURE GENTRIFICATION AND 1033 00:38:29,573 --> 00:38:34,612 DISPLACEMENT DOES NOT THIS 1034 00:38:34,612 --> 00:38:35,513 PORTION OF HARM NEIGHBORHOODS. 1035 00:38:35,513 --> 00:38:36,714 WE HAVE ALREADY OBSERVED THE 1036 00:38:36,714 --> 00:38:37,248 CHANGES. WE WILL HAVE 1037 00:38:37,248 --> 00:38:39,984 OPPORTUNITY TO MITIGATE 1038 00:38:39,984 --> 00:38:41,218 NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF THAT. I 1039 00:38:41,218 --> 00:38:42,620 THINK THIS IS A TREMENDOUS 1040 00:38:42,620 --> 00:38:44,288 OPPORTUNITY . WE HAVE THE 1041 00:38:44,288 --> 00:38:45,923 RESOURCES TO BRING AMENITIES 1042 00:38:45,923 --> 00:38:50,194 LIKE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. 1043 00:38:50,194 --> 00:38:51,529 SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, COMMUNITY 1044 00:38:51,529 --> 00:38:59,203 CENTERS TO MORE PARTS OF OUR 1045 00:38:59,203 --> 00:39:00,104 COMMUNITY. I THINK THAT THE UP 1046 00:39:00,104 --> 00:39:01,172 ZONING WILL HELP DRIVE THAT. 1047 00:39:01,172 --> 00:39:02,039 >> THANK YOU. 1048 00:39:02,039 --> 00:39:04,075 >> I SERVE ON THE BOARD OF 1049 00:39:04,075 --> 00:39:06,844 HOMESITE. THE POINT MARK MADE 1050 00:39:06,844 --> 00:39:08,112 ABOUT GENERATIONAL WEALTH AND 1051 00:39:08,112 --> 00:39:11,349 CREATING OPPORTUNITIES IS A 1052 00:39:11,349 --> 00:39:12,349 REAL ONE. VERY IMPORTANT, IN 1053 00:39:12,349 --> 00:39:16,287 TERMS OF HOW WE DO THAT, 1054 00:39:16,287 --> 00:39:17,088 ESPECIALLY FOR UNDER 1055 00:39:17,088 --> 00:39:17,722 REPRESENTATIVE AND MINORITY 1056 00:39:17,722 --> 00:39:21,258 COMMUNITIES. THAT'S AN AREA 1057 00:39:21,258 --> 00:39:22,827 WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT. AS FAR 1058 00:39:22,827 --> 00:39:25,463 AS THE UP ZONING , AND I THINK 1059 00:39:25,463 --> 00:39:27,465 ONE OF THE CANDIDATES TOUCHED 1060 00:39:27,465 --> 00:39:31,102 ON IT, THE MORE WE CAN BUILD. 1061 00:39:31,102 --> 00:39:32,536 WE NEED TO GIVE OPPORTUNITIES 1062 00:39:32,536 --> 00:39:35,206 TO DEVELOP THAT. DEVELOP 1063 00:39:35,206 --> 00:39:37,241 OPTIONS. WE ALSO HAD TO TAKE A 1064 00:39:37,241 --> 00:39:38,709 LOOK AT WHAT THIS MEANS TO 1065 00:39:38,709 --> 00:39:40,111 CITIES OUTSIDE OF OUR 1066 00:39:40,111 --> 00:39:45,583 JURISDICTIONS. WHERE YOUNGER 1067 00:39:45,583 --> 00:39:46,884 TRANSITIONAL FAMILIES AND 1068 00:39:46,884 --> 00:39:50,554 SINGLE PEOPLE ARE WORKING IN 1069 00:39:50,554 --> 00:39:52,356 THE CITY AND HAVE TO GET INTO 1070 00:39:52,356 --> 00:39:53,491 THE CITY. TRANSIT HAS TO PLAY A 1071 00:39:53,491 --> 00:39:54,492 ROLE WITH THAT. THERE IS MUCH 1072 00:39:54,492 --> 00:39:57,428 MORE INTO THIS IN REGARDS TO 1073 00:39:57,428 --> 00:39:58,696 HOW WE WORK TO DEVELOP THOSE 1074 00:39:58,696 --> 00:39:59,630 TYPES OF OPPORTUNITIES. I THINK 1075 00:39:59,630 --> 00:40:04,535 WE NEED TO SIT DOWN AND WORK 1076 00:40:04,535 --> 00:40:06,203 TO COME UP WITH WAYS TO CREATE 1077 00:40:06,203 --> 00:40:07,505 THOSE LEVELS OF ZONING SO WE 1078 00:40:07,505 --> 00:40:08,506 CAN GET THE HOUSING, AND ALSO 1079 00:40:08,506 --> 00:40:11,041 KEEP IT AFFORDABLE. I AM STILL 1080 00:40:11,041 --> 00:40:15,679 A RENTER . THAT'S WHAT THIS 1081 00:40:15,679 --> 00:40:16,180 WILL DO. 1082 00:40:16,180 --> 00:40:18,015 >> THANK YOU. THIS NEXT 1083 00:40:18,015 --> 00:40:22,987 QUESTION IS PIGGYBACKING OFF 1084 00:40:22,987 --> 00:40:24,021 WHAT MANY OF YOU HAVE TALKED 1085 00:40:24,021 --> 00:40:24,922 ABOUT. ANOTHER HOUSING 1086 00:40:24,922 --> 00:40:26,524 QUESTION. THIS IS FROM HABITAT 1087 00:40:26,524 --> 00:40:27,425 FOR HUMANITY. WHAT POLICIES 1088 00:40:27,425 --> 00:40:30,461 WOULD YOU SUPPORT TO PROMOTE 1089 00:40:30,461 --> 00:40:33,130 BIPOC OWNERSHIP IN THE CITY? 1090 00:40:33,130 --> 00:40:34,932 LET'S START WITH STEPHEN ON 1091 00:40:34,932 --> 00:40:38,202 THAT. 1092 00:40:38,202 --> 00:40:39,904 >> ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU FOR 1093 00:40:39,904 --> 00:40:43,007 THAT QUESTION. WHEN I WAS IN 1094 00:40:43,007 --> 00:40:45,776 THE ARMY OVER IN NORTH 1095 00:40:45,776 --> 00:40:48,279 CAROLINA , GOING THROUGH THE 1096 00:40:48,279 --> 00:40:49,880 ENGINEERING COURSE, WE 1097 00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:51,382 ACTUALLY DID SOME VOLUNTEER 1098 00:40:51,382 --> 00:40:54,585 WORK WITH HABITAT FOR 1099 00:40:54,585 --> 00:40:55,719 HUMANITY. IT'S A TERRIFIC 1100 00:40:55,719 --> 00:40:56,954 ORGANIZATION THAT PRESIDENT 1101 00:40:56,954 --> 00:40:58,122 CARTER HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN. 1102 00:40:58,122 --> 00:41:03,294 YEAH, I THINK HOMEOWNERSHIP 1103 00:41:03,294 --> 00:41:05,996 SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT IS 1104 00:41:05,996 --> 00:41:10,534 ACHIEVABLE BY EVERYBODY. IN 1105 00:41:10,534 --> 00:41:12,570 SEATTLE, IT IS NOT AFFORDABLE 1106 00:41:12,570 --> 00:41:14,638 AND THAT IS A BIG CONCERN FOR 1107 00:41:14,638 --> 00:41:18,609 ME. WITH YOUNG KIDS . GROWING 1108 00:41:18,609 --> 00:41:19,910 UP AND WONDERING HOW THEY ARE 1109 00:41:19,910 --> 00:41:21,378 GOING TO BE ABLE TO STAY IN 1110 00:41:21,378 --> 00:41:22,613 SEATTLE. I AM WORRIED ABOUT 1111 00:41:22,613 --> 00:41:26,951 THAT. THERE ARE THINGS I 1112 00:41:26,951 --> 00:41:33,057 THINK WE AS A LEGISLATIVE BODY 1113 00:41:33,057 --> 00:41:34,124 CAN DO TO EASE SOME OF THOSE 1114 00:41:34,124 --> 00:41:35,092 BURDENS ON THE IMPOVERISHED. 1115 00:41:35,092 --> 00:41:36,460 THERE'S ALSO SOME BUDGETARY 1116 00:41:36,460 --> 00:41:40,531 THINGS WE CAN LOOK AT 1117 00:41:40,531 --> 00:41:41,232 SOLUTIONS AS WELL. 1118 00:41:41,232 --> 00:41:42,466 >> THANK YOU. 1119 00:41:42,466 --> 00:41:47,004 >> THANK YOU. 1120 00:41:47,004 --> 00:41:49,373 >> OKAY. EARLIER I MENTIONED 1121 00:41:49,373 --> 00:41:54,678 THE HOMEOWNERSHIP GROUP . 1122 00:41:54,678 --> 00:41:57,047 WORKING TO KEEP FAMILIES IN 1123 00:41:57,047 --> 00:42:00,818 THEIR HOMES , AS OPPOSED TO 1124 00:42:00,818 --> 00:42:01,752 BEING DISPLACED. FINDING 1125 00:42:01,752 --> 00:42:05,456 RESOURCES FOR THEM. EDUCATION. 1126 00:42:05,456 --> 00:42:07,391 EVEN LOOKING AT LOW-COST, 1127 00:42:07,391 --> 00:42:09,960 NO-COST HOME REPAIRS. ANYBODY 1128 00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:12,696 HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THE 1129 00:42:12,696 --> 00:42:13,864 PROPERTY DAMAGE AS RESULT OF 1130 00:42:13,864 --> 00:42:18,035 THAT? WE DID. IT WAS NOT CHEAP 1131 00:42:18,035 --> 00:42:20,304 TO TAKE CARE OF. WHEN FACED 1132 00:42:20,304 --> 00:42:22,740 WITH THAT CATASTROPHIC 1133 00:42:22,740 --> 00:42:23,941 EXPENSE, SOME HOMEOWNERS MAY 1134 00:42:23,941 --> 00:42:27,845 HAVE TO BE LOOKING AT SELLING 1135 00:42:27,845 --> 00:42:29,647 AS OPPOSED TO HOLDING ONTO IT. 1136 00:42:29,647 --> 00:42:32,950 I BELIEVE THIS ORGANIZATION IS 1137 00:42:32,950 --> 00:42:34,618 ONE THAT CAN HELP PEOPLE STAY 1138 00:42:34,618 --> 00:42:36,253 IN THEIR HOMES. THE OTHER THING 1139 00:42:36,253 --> 00:42:38,088 THAT JUST CAME OUT TODAY, THE 1140 00:42:38,088 --> 00:42:43,794 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE HAS 1141 00:42:43,794 --> 00:42:50,768 INVESTED 312.6 MILLION IN 1142 00:42:50,768 --> 00:42:51,201 AFFORDABLE HOUSING 1143 00:42:51,201 --> 00:42:52,069 HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR 1144 00:42:52,069 --> 00:42:52,736 WASHINGTON RESIDENTS. 1145 00:42:52,736 --> 00:42:53,437 >> THAT'S TIME. 1146 00:42:53,437 --> 00:42:55,339 >> DARN, I WAS JUST GETTING 1147 00:42:55,339 --> 00:42:57,408 GOING. 1148 00:42:57,408 --> 00:43:06,216 >> THANK YOU. SORRY. AS MARK 1149 00:43:06,216 --> 00:43:12,790 STATED, BLACK LEGACY HOMEOWNERS 1150 00:43:12,790 --> 00:43:14,825 -- AND I JUST READ THE ARTICLE 1151 00:43:14,825 --> 00:43:15,859 THIS WEEKEND. IT'S WONDERFUL. 1152 00:43:15,859 --> 00:43:16,794 THERE ARE MANY GROUPS, HABITAT 1153 00:43:16,794 --> 00:43:17,795 FOR HUMANITY, AND OTHER GROUPS 1154 00:43:17,795 --> 00:43:18,696 THAT POPPED UP DURING THE 1155 00:43:18,696 --> 00:43:20,164 PANDEMIC TO HELP WITH THE 1156 00:43:20,164 --> 00:43:24,635 OWNERSHIP . ONE THING THAT IS 1157 00:43:24,635 --> 00:43:25,769 MY STRONG SUIT IS BRINGING 1158 00:43:25,769 --> 00:43:27,037 COMMUNITIES TOGETHER TO SOLVE 1159 00:43:27,037 --> 00:43:31,241 PROBLEMS. I WOULD BRING 1160 00:43:31,241 --> 00:43:31,909 TOGETHER ALL THE PLAYERS THAT 1161 00:43:31,909 --> 00:43:33,711 HAVE STARTED TO DO THIS, AND 1162 00:43:33,711 --> 00:43:36,947 ASK WHAT IS THE BEST WAY FOR 1163 00:43:36,947 --> 00:43:38,282 THE CITY TO SUPPORT THEM AND 1164 00:43:38,282 --> 00:43:39,883 CONTINUE TO EXPAND THE REACH . 1165 00:43:39,883 --> 00:43:40,684 TO PROACTIVELY IDENTIFY THEY 1166 00:43:40,684 --> 00:43:42,586 NEED SO WE CAN HELP SEATTLE 1167 00:43:42,586 --> 00:43:44,355 GROW IN AN INCLUSIVE AND 1168 00:43:44,355 --> 00:43:54,865 PRODUCTIVE WAY. THANK YOU. 1169 00:43:56,667 --> 00:43:57,801 >> I WOULD PURSUE THREE 1170 00:43:57,801 --> 00:43:58,635 STRATEGIES. THE FIRST STRATEGY 1171 00:43:58,635 --> 00:43:59,336 IS INDEED TO INVEST IN 1172 00:43:59,336 --> 00:44:00,371 COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, 1173 00:44:00,371 --> 00:44:01,839 TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITIES IN 1174 00:44:01,839 --> 00:44:04,641 LEARNING HOW TO PURCHASE A 1175 00:44:04,641 --> 00:44:09,613 HOME. IT'S A VERY 1176 00:44:09,613 --> 00:44:10,280 INTIMIDATING PROCESS. THE 1177 00:44:10,280 --> 00:44:11,782 SECOND APPROACH IS TO INCREASE 1178 00:44:11,782 --> 00:44:13,150 THE SUPPLY OF HOUSING IN 1179 00:44:13,150 --> 00:44:14,818 SEATTLE. THAT WOULD CERTAINLY 1180 00:44:14,818 --> 00:44:17,321 BRING DOWN THE PRICES OF 1181 00:44:17,321 --> 00:44:18,956 HOUSING AND MAKE IT MUCH MORE 1182 00:44:18,956 --> 00:44:22,526 ACCESSIBLE TO MORE POTENTIAL 1183 00:44:22,526 --> 00:44:23,661 HOMEOWNERS. I THINK, FINALLY, 1184 00:44:23,661 --> 00:44:28,932 THE CITY CAN PLAY A ROLE IN -- 1185 00:44:28,932 --> 00:44:30,067 PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS. 1186 00:44:30,067 --> 00:44:31,068 AMAZON HAS A PROGRAM THAT 1187 00:44:31,068 --> 00:44:32,836 PROVIDES LOW INTEREST RATE 1188 00:44:32,836 --> 00:44:35,005 LOANS TO HELP DRIVE BIPOC 1189 00:44:35,005 --> 00:44:36,907 OWNERSHIP IN OUR COMMUNITY. 1190 00:44:36,907 --> 00:44:39,643 >> AS I SAID IN THE PRIOR 1191 00:44:39,643 --> 00:44:43,714 QUESTION, I AM ON THE BOARD OF 1192 00:44:43,714 --> 00:44:44,281 HOMESITE. OUR EXECUTIVE 1193 00:44:44,281 --> 00:44:49,820 DIRECTOR, DARRELL SMITH , THIS 1194 00:44:49,820 --> 00:44:50,988 WILL BE A 32nd COMMERCIAL. 1195 00:44:50,988 --> 00:44:52,656 THAT'S WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT 1196 00:44:52,656 --> 00:44:53,290 DOING. THAT'S WHAT HOMESITE 1197 00:44:53,290 --> 00:44:54,024 DOES. I WILL SUPPORT PROGRAMS 1198 00:44:54,024 --> 00:44:56,760 LIKE THAT TO HELP BIPOC 1199 00:44:56,760 --> 00:44:57,828 COMMUNITY RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO 1200 00:44:57,828 --> 00:45:02,299 FIND A HOME THAT IS AFFORDABLE. 1201 00:45:02,299 --> 00:45:04,034 ALSO, THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE. 1202 00:45:04,034 --> 00:45:05,035 ONE REASON WHY I'M STILL A 1203 00:45:05,035 --> 00:45:06,170 RENTER IS BECAUSE I CAN'T 1204 00:45:06,170 --> 00:45:06,970 AFFORD DOWN PAYMENT. ONE THING 1205 00:45:06,970 --> 00:45:09,640 HOMESITE DOES IS LOOK FOR DOWN 1206 00:45:09,640 --> 00:45:14,511 PAYMENT ASSISTANCE . YOUNGER 1207 00:45:14,511 --> 00:45:16,647 COUPLES, YOUNGER CHILDREN, IF 1208 00:45:16,647 --> 00:45:17,815 YOU'RE LOOKING TO FIND THE 1209 00:45:17,815 --> 00:45:21,318 DOWN PAYMENT FOR A HOUSE. SOME 1210 00:45:21,318 --> 00:45:22,686 OF THE HOUSES IN SEATTLE ARE SO 1211 00:45:22,686 --> 00:45:23,987 EXPENSIVE THAT THE DOWN PAYMENT 1212 00:45:23,987 --> 00:45:25,956 BECOMES A MAJOR ISSUE. THOSE 1213 00:45:25,956 --> 00:45:27,491 TYPES OF PROGRAMS WE DEVELOPED 1214 00:45:27,491 --> 00:45:30,828 THROUGH THOSE COMMUNITY-BASED 1215 00:45:30,828 --> 00:45:31,862 PROGRAMS, I THINK, ARE 1216 00:45:31,862 --> 00:45:33,697 CRITICAL. THINGS I WOULD LOOK 1217 00:45:33,697 --> 00:45:34,064 AT SUPPORTING. 1218 00:45:34,064 --> 00:45:38,735 >> THANK YOU. 1219 00:45:38,735 --> 00:45:40,070 >> I AM INTERESTED IN THINGS 1220 00:45:40,070 --> 00:45:43,607 LIKE LAND TRUST. THE BRIGHTON 1221 00:45:43,607 --> 00:45:44,875 NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP IS LOOKING 1222 00:45:44,875 --> 00:45:47,344 AT THIS , TRYING TO CROWN FUND 1223 00:45:47,344 --> 00:45:53,016 PROPERTY BY BLOCK SO EVERY 1224 00:45:53,016 --> 00:45:54,284 NEIGHBOR COULD HAVE A LITTLE 1225 00:45:54,284 --> 00:45:55,786 PIECE OF INVESTMENT WHERE THEY 1226 00:45:55,786 --> 00:45:56,420 CAN GENERATE THAT GENERATIONAL 1227 00:45:56,420 --> 00:45:57,287 WEALTH. I ALSO THINK AS A 1228 00:45:57,287 --> 00:45:59,056 FAMILY, WHEN WE ARE BUILDING 1229 00:45:59,056 --> 00:46:01,825 THE HOTEL AND IT CAUGHT ON 1230 00:46:01,825 --> 00:46:04,728 FIRE, WE HAVE THE HARDEST TIME 1231 00:46:04,728 --> 00:46:06,230 TRYING TO FIND ALONE AS A 1232 00:46:06,230 --> 00:46:07,397 FAMILY OF COLOR. WE WERE TURNED 1233 00:46:07,397 --> 00:46:08,398 DOWN EVERYWHERE. ONE SMALL 1234 00:46:08,398 --> 00:46:09,867 COMMUNITY BANK THAT HELPED US 1235 00:46:09,867 --> 00:46:12,536 OUT AND WAS ABLE TO HELP US 1236 00:46:12,536 --> 00:46:16,707 GET EGGS -- GET US GOING. A 1237 00:46:16,707 --> 00:46:21,178 LOT OF FAMILIES AND SENIORS 1238 00:46:21,178 --> 00:46:21,912 CAN'T AFFORD THEIR TAXES. TO 1239 00:46:21,912 --> 00:46:22,813 MAKE SURE THERE'S EDUCATION 1240 00:46:22,813 --> 00:46:25,816 OUT THERE HELPING THEM TO 1241 00:46:25,816 --> 00:46:26,550 NAVIGATE SYSTEMS WHERE THEY CAN 1242 00:46:26,550 --> 00:46:29,453 GET A TAX BREAK . ALSO THINGS 1243 00:46:29,453 --> 00:46:35,926 LIKE WHEN THERE'S INHERITANCE 1244 00:46:35,926 --> 00:46:36,960 TAX INVOLVED. WHEN PROPERTIES 1245 00:46:36,960 --> 00:46:38,028 PASSED DOWN FROM FAMILY TO 1246 00:46:38,028 --> 00:46:39,296 FAMILY, MAKING SURE THE 1247 00:46:39,296 --> 00:46:40,430 EDUCATION IS THERE TO SET THEM 1248 00:46:40,430 --> 00:46:42,132 UP SO THEY ARE NOT PAYING THE 1249 00:46:42,132 --> 00:46:46,537 EXORBITANT TAX SO THE PROPERTY 1250 00:46:46,537 --> 00:46:47,838 CAN REMAIN IN THEIR FAMILY. 1251 00:46:47,838 --> 00:46:49,139 >> TIME, SORRY. 1252 00:46:49,139 --> 00:46:50,140 >> OKAY. 1253 00:46:50,140 --> 00:46:53,677 >> I WILL EXTEND 10 SECONDS 1254 00:46:53,677 --> 00:46:58,916 TO THE HOMESITE INFOMERCIAL. I 1255 00:46:58,916 --> 00:47:02,085 HAVE BEEN A FAMILY OF HOMESITE. 1256 00:47:02,085 --> 00:47:05,656 I HAVE WORKED AT GETTING 1257 00:47:05,656 --> 00:47:13,997 VETERANS AND MYSELF INVOLVED 1258 00:47:13,997 --> 00:47:14,998 WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AND 1259 00:47:14,998 --> 00:47:15,833 OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. I WOULD 1260 00:47:15,833 --> 00:47:17,000 LIKE TO BRING MY EXPERIENCE AND 1261 00:47:17,000 --> 00:47:19,136 COLLABORATION NOT JUST WITH 1262 00:47:19,136 --> 00:47:21,939 NONPROFIT, NOT JUST WITH 1263 00:47:21,939 --> 00:47:24,808 RELYING ON OUR CITY TAX FOR 1264 00:47:24,808 --> 00:47:28,979 THAT. BRING TO BEAR MY 1265 00:47:28,979 --> 00:47:29,880 EXPERIENCE IN COLLABORATION 1266 00:47:29,880 --> 00:47:33,951 WITH CITY, STATE, FEDERAL TO 1267 00:47:33,951 --> 00:47:35,552 BRING ABOUT SOME OF THESE 1268 00:47:35,552 --> 00:47:37,588 INVESTMENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES. 1269 00:47:37,588 --> 00:47:40,724 VERY CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO 1270 00:47:40,724 --> 00:47:42,459 HELP SOLVE AND MITIGATE THIS 1271 00:47:42,459 --> 00:47:46,196 PROBLEM. AND WE'VE GOT TO 1272 00:47:46,196 --> 00:47:48,665 JOIN OTHER -- GET EVERYBODY TO 1273 00:47:48,665 --> 00:47:53,170 FIX THIS ONE PROBLEM. THAT'S 1274 00:47:53,170 --> 00:47:54,705 THE REGRESSIVE NATURE OF UPSIDE 1275 00:47:54,705 --> 00:48:00,110 DOWN TAX TO DATE. THANK YOU. 1276 00:48:00,110 --> 00:48:00,477 1277 00:48:00,477 --> 00:48:05,649 >> MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE 1278 00:48:05,649 --> 00:48:06,683 TO START WITH OFFICE OF HOUSING 1279 00:48:06,683 --> 00:48:07,784 AND SEE WHAT PROGRAM THEY HAVE 1280 00:48:07,784 --> 00:48:12,789 THAT CAN SUPPORT BIPOC 1281 00:48:12,789 --> 00:48:14,091 FAMILIES AND RESIDENTS TO 1282 00:48:14,091 --> 00:48:14,725 MAINTAIN OWNERSHIP OF THE HOME, 1283 00:48:14,725 --> 00:48:15,759 OR TO SEEK OWNERSHIP OF THEIR 1284 00:48:15,759 --> 00:48:17,060 HOME. IT WOULD ALSO BE WORTH 1285 00:48:17,060 --> 00:48:18,462 LOOKING AT IF THERE'S A WAY TO 1286 00:48:18,462 --> 00:48:19,363 CREATE BENEFITS OR INCENTIVES 1287 00:48:19,363 --> 00:48:25,202 TO SENIOR LIVING FACILITIES 1288 00:48:25,202 --> 00:48:26,003 AND FINDING WAYS TO SUBSIDIZE 1289 00:48:26,003 --> 00:48:27,371 HOUSING OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE WERE 1290 00:48:27,371 --> 00:48:28,305 THERE ONLY FORM OF WEALTH MAY 1291 00:48:28,305 --> 00:48:30,207 BE THAT HOME. HOW CAN WE WORK 1292 00:48:30,207 --> 00:48:31,241 THEM -- WITH THEM TO SAME 1293 00:48:31,241 --> 00:48:36,213 PLACE. THERE'S A PROGRAM 1294 00:48:36,213 --> 00:48:37,314 CALLED MINOR HOME REPAIR. IT IS 1295 00:48:37,314 --> 00:48:38,448 WHAT IT SAYS. THE MINOR HOME 1296 00:48:38,448 --> 00:48:39,383 REPAIR SERVICE THAT ALLOWS 1297 00:48:39,383 --> 00:48:41,585 PEOPLE TO HAVE IMPROVEMENTS 1298 00:48:41,585 --> 00:48:42,686 MADE TO THE HOME SO THEY CAN 1299 00:48:42,686 --> 00:48:44,388 STAY IN THEIR HOME. GRAB BARS, 1300 00:48:44,388 --> 00:48:50,227 SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WE ARE 1301 00:48:50,227 --> 00:48:51,094 ENCOURAGING AND HELPING PEOPLE 1302 00:48:51,094 --> 00:48:52,362 AND SUPPORTING THEM SO THEY CAN 1303 00:48:52,362 --> 00:48:53,864 REMAIN IN THEIR HOMES. THANK 1304 00:48:53,864 --> 00:48:58,268 YOU. 1305 00:48:58,268 --> 00:48:59,903 >> NOW, THIS WILL BE OUR LAST 1306 00:48:59,903 --> 00:49:09,880 QUESTION BEFORE OUR BREAK. I 1307 00:49:09,880 --> 00:49:11,548 AM GOING TO START WITH YOU ON 1308 00:49:11,548 --> 00:49:12,916 THIS ONE. THIS IS FROM SEATTLE 1309 00:49:12,916 --> 00:49:17,487 NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS. LAKE 1310 00:49:17,487 --> 00:49:18,889 CITY WAY, RAINIER AVENUE SOUTH, 1311 00:49:18,889 --> 00:49:21,758 AM OKAY AVENUE SOUTH AND -- 1312 00:49:21,758 --> 00:49:25,963 ARE THE FIVE TOP MOST 1313 00:49:25,963 --> 00:49:27,364 DANGEROUS STREETS IN THE CITY 1314 00:49:27,364 --> 00:49:28,732 WHERE PEOPLE ARE WALKING, 1315 00:49:28,732 --> 00:49:30,100 BIKING, DRIVING AND TAKING 1316 00:49:30,100 --> 00:49:31,802 TRANSIT. WHAT SHOULD BE DONE TO 1317 00:49:31,802 --> 00:49:38,108 FIX THIS? 1318 00:49:38,108 --> 00:49:39,443 >> THIS GOES TO PLANNING. IT 1319 00:49:39,443 --> 00:49:40,510 GOES TO NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING. 1320 00:49:40,510 --> 00:49:41,278 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING. I 1321 00:49:41,278 --> 00:49:43,480 WOULD WORK WITH OUR 1322 00:49:43,480 --> 00:49:46,650 TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND 1323 00:49:46,650 --> 00:49:49,186 COLLABORATE WITH OTHER 1324 00:49:49,186 --> 00:49:50,053 COUNCILMEMBERS. THERE'S A LOT 1325 00:49:50,053 --> 00:49:53,123 OF GOOD, SMART PEOPLE THAT CAN 1326 00:49:53,123 --> 00:49:54,791 HELP SOLVE THIS PROBLEM, FOR 1327 00:49:54,791 --> 00:49:59,196 SURE. I EXPERIENCE THIS 1328 00:49:59,196 --> 00:50:04,234 DANGEROUS STUFF WHEN I WAS 1329 00:50:04,234 --> 00:50:05,369 HAVING A SMALL BUSINESS AND 1330 00:50:05,369 --> 00:50:08,905 MOVED ON MLK. THE FACT THAT 1331 00:50:08,905 --> 00:50:10,440 TRANSIT WAS BUILT ON SURFACE, 1332 00:50:10,440 --> 00:50:11,608 AND NOT ELSEWHERE WAS A MAJOR 1333 00:50:11,608 --> 00:50:15,012 CAUSE FOR DEATH IN ACCIDENTS 1334 00:50:15,012 --> 00:50:19,116 AND INJURIES. GOES TO EQUITY. 1335 00:50:19,116 --> 00:50:24,988 THE ISSUES AROUND IMPACTING 1336 00:50:24,988 --> 00:50:25,856 COMMUNITIES OF COLORS AND 1337 00:50:25,856 --> 00:50:26,857 IMMIGRANTS THAT DON'T HAVE A 1338 00:50:26,857 --> 00:50:28,158 VOICE AND I'M NOT ABLE TO HAVE 1339 00:50:28,158 --> 00:50:31,795 THE POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT POWER 1340 00:50:31,795 --> 00:50:38,402 THEY NEED TO ADVOCATE FOR 1341 00:50:38,402 --> 00:50:39,469 THEM. I WOULD WORK WITH THE 1342 00:50:39,469 --> 00:50:40,103 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 1343 00:50:40,103 --> 00:50:41,438 AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS, AND 1344 00:50:41,438 --> 00:50:43,473 OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS, TO RAISE 1345 00:50:43,473 --> 00:50:47,177 -- TO PRIORITIZE THIS ISSUE 1346 00:50:47,177 --> 00:50:48,845 THAT IS IMPACTING PEOPLE 1347 00:50:48,845 --> 00:50:49,913 TREMENDOUSLY. 1348 00:50:49,913 --> 00:50:55,218 >> THANK YOU. 1349 00:50:55,218 --> 00:50:56,520 >> THIS IS A GREAT QUESTION, 1350 00:50:56,520 --> 00:50:57,687 BUT I ALSO DON'T THINK IT HAS 1351 00:50:57,687 --> 00:50:58,989 A ONE SIZE FITS ALL TYPE 1352 00:50:58,989 --> 00:51:00,223 RESPONSE. THE NEEDS ARE VERY 1353 00:51:00,223 --> 00:51:01,091 DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF THE 1354 00:51:01,091 --> 00:51:06,029 VOLUME OF TRANSIT WE SEE . 1355 00:51:06,029 --> 00:51:07,030 AURORA VERSUS THE PEDESTRIANS, 1356 00:51:07,030 --> 00:51:08,365 OR STUDENTS WE MAY SEE CROSSING 1357 00:51:08,365 --> 00:51:10,467 RAINIER OR AM OKAY. THE MIDDLE 1358 00:51:10,467 --> 00:51:16,006 SCHOOL FOR EXAMPLE. THE 1359 00:51:16,006 --> 00:51:21,878 QUICKER WINS WOULD BE LOOKING 1360 00:51:21,878 --> 00:51:22,979 AT LIGHTING. ALSO LOOKING AT 1361 00:51:22,979 --> 00:51:23,980 PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS AROUND 1362 00:51:23,980 --> 00:51:29,886 THE AREA. PUBLIC SAFETY IS A 1363 00:51:29,886 --> 00:51:30,987 CONCERN, YOUR FOOT TRAFFIC IS 1364 00:51:30,987 --> 00:51:31,721 GOING TO DECREASE. IF SOMEONE 1365 00:51:31,721 --> 00:51:33,256 IS GOING TO DRIVE TO AN AREA 1366 00:51:33,256 --> 00:51:34,391 BUT THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE, 1367 00:51:34,391 --> 00:51:35,192 OBVIOUSLY IS GOING TO IMPACT 1368 00:51:35,192 --> 00:51:38,929 THE FOOT TRAFFIC. IF PEOPLE 1369 00:51:38,929 --> 00:51:40,430 ARE NOT GOING TO THE AREAS WE 1370 00:51:40,430 --> 00:51:41,865 ARE TALKING ABOUT ON THESE 1371 00:51:41,865 --> 00:51:42,499 IMPACTED STREETS, EVERYTHING IS 1372 00:51:42,499 --> 00:51:44,034 A DOMINO EFFECT. WE WILL SEE 1373 00:51:44,034 --> 00:51:54,544 THAT AFFECT . IT ALSO IMPACTS 1374 00:51:55,011 --> 00:51:55,745 THE BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC 1375 00:51:55,745 --> 00:51:56,880 DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE AREAS. I 1376 00:51:56,880 --> 00:51:58,048 THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT 1377 00:51:58,048 --> 00:51:59,416 SOME OF THE TOP CONCERNS ARE 1378 00:51:59,416 --> 00:52:00,317 FROM THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO 1379 00:52:00,317 --> 00:52:01,251 ARE USING THE STREETS OR 1380 00:52:01,251 --> 00:52:02,252 VISITING THOSE AREAS, AND WHAT 1381 00:52:02,252 --> 00:52:03,286 THEIR CONCERNS ARE WHEN THEY 1382 00:52:03,286 --> 00:52:03,687 ARE TRAVELING. 1383 00:52:03,687 --> 00:52:06,723 >> THANK YOU. 1384 00:52:06,723 --> 00:52:09,526 >> IN MY JOB I HAVE WORKED AT 1385 00:52:09,526 --> 00:52:11,094 ALL PARTS OF THE CITY ALONG 1386 00:52:11,094 --> 00:52:14,831 THESE VARIOUS STREETS. MUCH OF 1387 00:52:14,831 --> 00:52:16,933 THAT HAS BEEN ON A BICYCLE IS A 1388 00:52:16,933 --> 00:52:27,477 DAILY RIDER. I CAN TELL YOU, 1389 00:52:28,011 --> 00:52:28,612 IT IS DANGEROUS. WE HAVE 1390 00:52:28,612 --> 00:52:29,880 STARTED WITH PAINT AS OUR 1391 00:52:29,880 --> 00:52:31,915 BICYCLE LANE SOLUTION. IT IS 1392 00:52:31,915 --> 00:52:34,217 TIME WE ADVANCE TO PROTECT THE 1393 00:52:34,217 --> 00:52:37,587 INFRASTRUCTURE , WITH VISION 1394 00:52:37,587 --> 00:52:39,222 ZERO. WE WANT TO GET TO ZERO 1395 00:52:39,222 --> 00:52:42,759 FATALITIES RELATED TO TRAFFIC 1396 00:52:42,759 --> 00:52:43,960 COLLISIONS. WE ARE NOT GETTING 1397 00:52:43,960 --> 00:52:45,729 THERE. WE NEED TO STEP THAT UP. 1398 00:52:45,729 --> 00:52:46,963 WE HAVE PEDESTRIANS AND 1399 00:52:46,963 --> 00:52:49,533 BICYCLISTS BEING KILLED IN OUR 1400 00:52:49,533 --> 00:52:53,203 CITY. REGULARLY. IT IS VERY 1401 00:52:53,203 --> 00:52:54,304 CONCERNING TO ME. I THINK, WITH 1402 00:52:54,304 --> 00:52:56,740 YOU BIKES AND SCOOTERS , AND 1403 00:52:56,740 --> 00:52:58,608 THE LACK OF HELMETS, AND LACK 1404 00:52:58,608 --> 00:53:01,211 OF ENFORCEMENT , THE ROADS HAVE 1405 00:53:01,211 --> 00:53:03,179 GOTTEN VERY DANGEROUS. WE NEED 1406 00:53:03,179 --> 00:53:07,284 TO FIX THAT. I WILL DO 1407 00:53:07,284 --> 00:53:08,618 EVERYTHING I CAN ON THE CITY 1408 00:53:08,618 --> 00:53:10,353 COUNCIL TO ENSURE OUR 1409 00:53:10,353 --> 00:53:11,388 TRANSPORTATION IS SAFE AND 1410 00:53:11,388 --> 00:53:14,057 EFFECTIVE FOR ALL MODES OF 1411 00:53:14,057 --> 00:53:14,457 TRANSPORTATION. 1412 00:53:14,457 --> 00:53:23,466 >> THANK YOU. 1413 00:53:23,466 --> 00:53:25,202 >> I DEFINITELY WANT TO ECHO 1414 00:53:25,202 --> 00:53:26,269 SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE 1415 00:53:26,269 --> 00:53:26,937 BEEN SET. STRUCTURE FOR OUR 1416 00:53:26,937 --> 00:53:28,638 BITE -- BIKES. INDUSTRY AND 1417 00:53:28,638 --> 00:53:31,041 SAFETY, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE 1418 00:53:31,041 --> 00:53:33,410 TRANSIT CORRIDORS. PART OF IT 1419 00:53:33,410 --> 00:53:37,714 ALSO COMES DOWN TO JUST DRIVER 1420 00:53:37,714 --> 00:53:38,615 AWARENESS, DRIVER EDUCATION. 1421 00:53:38,615 --> 00:53:41,351 SOMETIMES PEDESTRIAN 1422 00:53:41,351 --> 00:53:42,152 AWARENESS, PEDESTRIAN 1423 00:53:42,152 --> 00:53:46,089 EDUCATION. IT'S AMAZING HOW 1424 00:53:46,089 --> 00:53:47,524 MANY TIMES I SEE PEOPLE WALKING 1425 00:53:47,524 --> 00:53:49,793 DOWN THE STREET INTO TRAFFIC 1426 00:53:49,793 --> 00:53:51,428 LOOKING AT THEIR PHONE. IT IS, 1427 00:53:51,428 --> 00:53:52,462 LIKE, DON'T DO THAT. THERE IS 1428 00:53:52,462 --> 00:53:55,365 A TARGET ZERO EVER MENTION 1429 00:53:55,365 --> 00:53:57,634 LOOKING TO REDUCE TRAFFIC 1430 00:53:57,634 --> 00:54:03,974 FATALITIES TO ZERO. A 1431 00:54:03,974 --> 00:54:05,175 MULTICOUNTY EFFORT. ONE THING 1432 00:54:05,175 --> 00:54:06,610 WE CAN DO IS NOT ONLY WORK WITH 1433 00:54:06,610 --> 00:54:09,312 THE DEPARTMENT OF 1434 00:54:09,312 --> 00:54:09,913 TRANSPORTATION ON TRAFFIC 1435 00:54:09,913 --> 00:54:10,947 CALMING, LET'S WORK WITH THEM 1436 00:54:10,947 --> 00:54:11,948 ON SYNCHRONIZING ALL OF OUR 1437 00:54:11,948 --> 00:54:13,550 TRAFFIC SIGNALS SO THINGS CAN 1438 00:54:13,550 --> 00:54:17,120 FLOW BETTER. THAT'S ONE OF 1439 00:54:17,120 --> 00:54:18,989 THE THINGS I WOULD FOCUS ON THE 1440 00:54:18,989 --> 00:54:19,222 MOST. 1441 00:54:19,222 --> 00:54:24,327 >> THANK YOU. 1442 00:54:24,327 --> 00:54:29,432 >> THANK YOU. IN MY 1443 00:54:29,432 --> 00:54:30,233 CONVERSATIONS OVER THE PAST 1444 00:54:30,233 --> 00:54:36,840 YEAR, I HAVE LEARNED THAT 1445 00:54:36,840 --> 00:54:40,744 THEY HAVE NEVER INTEGRATED THE 1446 00:54:40,744 --> 00:54:42,145 TRANSIT, VICKI TAYLOR BICYCLE 1447 00:54:42,145 --> 00:54:49,119 -- ONTO ONE INTEGRATED REPORT. 1448 00:54:49,119 --> 00:54:50,387 THEY ALL WORK INDIVIDUALLY. I 1449 00:54:50,387 --> 00:54:51,121 THINK THE FIRST PRIORITY WOULD 1450 00:54:51,121 --> 00:54:52,122 BE TO BRING THEM ALL TOGETHER 1451 00:54:52,122 --> 00:54:53,657 AND OVERLAY THEM SO WE CAN 1452 00:54:53,657 --> 00:54:54,658 ACTUALLY MAKE SURE THAT THERE 1453 00:54:54,658 --> 00:54:56,159 IS A MOVEMENT OF TRAFFIC. 1454 00:54:56,159 --> 00:55:02,265 WHETHER PEDESTRIAN, VEHICULAR, 1455 00:55:02,265 --> 00:55:02,799 BICYCLE, TRANSIT. MOVING 1456 00:55:02,799 --> 00:55:03,433 EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY. 1457 00:55:03,433 --> 00:55:04,367 ALSO BRINGING TOGETHER THE 1458 00:55:04,367 --> 00:55:06,369 COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS IN ALL 1459 00:55:06,369 --> 00:55:10,440 THESE AREAS. MLK , RAINIER, 1460 00:55:10,440 --> 00:55:15,745 LAKE CITY, AURORA. THOSE ARE 1461 00:55:15,745 --> 00:55:17,080 THE ONES THAT LIVE, BREATHE AND 1462 00:55:17,080 --> 00:55:18,181 SEE THE TRAFFIC FATALITIES 1463 00:55:18,181 --> 00:55:19,849 BETTER THAN ANY OF US CAN SAY 1464 00:55:19,849 --> 00:55:21,284 SITTING HERE. WORKING WITH 1465 00:55:21,284 --> 00:55:22,252 THOSE COMMUNITIES AND GETTING 1466 00:55:22,252 --> 00:55:23,186 THEIR INPUT TO ACTUALLY GET 1467 00:55:23,186 --> 00:55:24,688 SOLUTIONS THAT SERVE THEM. 1468 00:55:24,688 --> 00:55:29,326 THANK YOU. 1469 00:55:29,326 --> 00:55:30,860 >> AS A SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTOR, 1470 00:55:30,860 --> 00:55:31,828 I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE 1471 00:55:31,828 --> 00:55:34,331 CITY OF SEATTLE SCHOOL TRAFFIC 1472 00:55:34,331 --> 00:55:35,265 SAFETY COMMITTEE. I AM 1473 00:55:35,265 --> 00:55:37,634 RELATIVELY FAMILIAR WITH SOME 1474 00:55:37,634 --> 00:55:39,235 OF THE STRATEGIES THAT CAN BE 1475 00:55:39,235 --> 00:55:44,607 USED TO ADDRESS PEDESTRIAN AND 1476 00:55:44,607 --> 00:55:45,542 BIKE SAFETY. THE GOOD NEWS IS 1477 00:55:45,542 --> 00:55:46,910 THERE ARE TOOLS. WE KNOW WHAT 1478 00:55:46,910 --> 00:55:48,178 THE TOOLS ARE. WE CAN IMPROVE 1479 00:55:48,178 --> 00:55:48,745 LIGHTING IN THOSE AREAS. 1480 00:55:48,745 --> 00:55:55,285 INSTALL SPEED ZONES AND 1481 00:55:55,285 --> 00:55:56,519 CAMERAS. I THINK THE ISSUE TO 1482 00:55:56,519 --> 00:55:57,520 DATE HAS BEEN AROUND INVESTMENT 1483 00:55:57,520 --> 00:55:58,221 AND PRIORITY OF INVESTMENTS. 1484 00:55:58,221 --> 00:55:59,622 THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE ARE 1485 00:55:59,622 --> 00:56:00,990 WITNESSING PEDESTRIAN DEATHS 1486 00:56:00,990 --> 00:56:02,392 AND BIKE ACCIDENTS IN THOSE 1487 00:56:02,392 --> 00:56:08,865 NEIGHBORHOODS. I HAVE NOT BEEN 1488 00:56:08,865 --> 00:56:10,333 INVESTED IN AND PRIORITIZE TWO 1489 00:56:10,333 --> 00:56:11,034 DATES. I, AS A COUNCILMEMBER, 1490 00:56:11,034 --> 00:56:11,735 WILL WORK WITH THE 1491 00:56:11,735 --> 00:56:13,403 REPRESENTATIVE TO BE SURE WE DO 1492 00:56:13,403 --> 00:56:15,638 PRIORITIZE THAT. A LARGE 1493 00:56:15,638 --> 00:56:24,047 SOURCE OF, UNFORTUNATELY , 1494 00:56:24,047 --> 00:56:25,048 ACCIDENTS ARE UNHOUSED 1495 00:56:25,048 --> 00:56:25,915 NEIGHBORS. IF WE BEGAN SERIOUS 1496 00:56:25,915 --> 00:56:27,050 WORK ON TRYING TO ADDRESS OUR 1497 00:56:27,050 --> 00:56:28,351 PROBLEM WITH HOMELESSNESS, THAT 1498 00:56:28,351 --> 00:56:30,120 WILL BE A GOOD STRATEGY TO 1499 00:56:30,120 --> 00:56:32,422 REDUCING TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS TO 1500 00:56:32,422 --> 00:56:33,323 PEDESTRIANS AND BIKE RIDERS. 1501 00:56:33,323 --> 00:56:34,157 >> THANK YOU. 1502 00:56:34,157 --> 00:56:39,596 >> I THINK THIS IS -- AND I 1503 00:56:39,596 --> 00:56:40,830 CAN'T SPEAK FOR ALL AREAS OF 1504 00:56:40,830 --> 00:56:42,465 THE CITY, AND I WILL SPEAK FOR 1505 00:56:42,465 --> 00:56:44,267 MY OWN, THIS IS A PROBLEM OF 1506 00:56:44,267 --> 00:56:47,203 HUMAN NATURE. MAYBE GETTING 1507 00:56:47,203 --> 00:56:47,937 FIVE MORE MINUTES STARTED ON 1508 00:56:47,937 --> 00:56:49,205 THEIR DAY, OR SOME SORT OF 1509 00:56:49,205 --> 00:56:51,975 PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT 1510 00:56:51,975 --> 00:56:53,109 PEOPLE DRIVE -- NOT ALL PEOPLE, 1511 00:56:53,109 --> 00:56:54,077 BUT A PERCENTAGE DRIVE TOO 1512 00:56:54,077 --> 00:56:55,278 FAST. WE SEE THIS ON THE 1513 00:56:55,278 --> 00:56:56,513 LAKESIDE AVENUE NEIGHBORHOOD. 1514 00:56:56,513 --> 00:57:02,752 MY DAUGHTER WAS BUILT LIKE A 1515 00:57:02,752 --> 00:57:03,887 MILKSHAKE. SHE WOULD RUN IN HER 1516 00:57:03,887 --> 00:57:05,021 BODY WHICH SHE SAID SHE WAS 1517 00:57:05,021 --> 00:57:06,122 GOING DOWN THIS NARROW 1518 00:57:06,122 --> 00:57:09,159 SIDEWALK. SOMETIMES IT WOULD 1519 00:57:09,159 --> 00:57:10,727 LOOK LIKE SHE WOULD VEER INTO 1520 00:57:10,727 --> 00:57:11,828 TRAFFIC. THERE ARE CARS COMING 1521 00:57:11,828 --> 00:57:13,830 DOWN A 25 MILE-AN-HOUR ROAD 1522 00:57:13,830 --> 00:57:15,231 THAT ARE GOING 40 MILES AN 1523 00:57:15,231 --> 00:57:17,767 HOUR. I AM SITTING HERE HOPING 1524 00:57:17,767 --> 00:57:19,135 SHE DOESN'T FALL OFF BECAUSE I 1525 00:57:19,135 --> 00:57:21,371 DON'T KNOW IF -- WHAT'S 1526 00:57:21,371 --> 00:57:22,305 GOING TO HAPPEN. TRYING TO WORK 1527 00:57:22,305 --> 00:57:25,642 FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE. I SEE 1528 00:57:25,642 --> 00:57:27,343 IT DOWN SOME OF THE BUSIER 1529 00:57:27,343 --> 00:57:28,244 STREETS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 1530 00:57:28,244 --> 00:57:31,414 YOU CAN SEE THE 225 BLACK 1531 00:57:31,414 --> 00:57:32,982 LATINO MEN GOING DOWN THE 1532 00:57:32,982 --> 00:57:37,720 STREET. A GUY GOES WHIZZING BY 1533 00:57:37,720 --> 00:57:39,255 ME. ALMOST IT'S ME. THEN HE 1534 00:57:39,255 --> 00:57:40,023 LOOKED AT ME AND THEN HE TOOK 1535 00:57:40,023 --> 00:57:41,958 OFF. I JUST YELLED AT HIM. SLOW 1536 00:57:41,958 --> 00:57:44,360 DOWN. WE NEED TO LOOK FOR WAYS 1537 00:57:44,360 --> 00:57:46,229 BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE DRIVING TOO 1538 00:57:46,229 --> 00:57:51,835 FAST. 1539 00:57:51,835 --> 00:57:53,770 >> I KNOW PEOPLE CLOSEST TO THE 1540 00:57:53,770 --> 00:57:54,737 PROBLEM HAVE THE SOLUTIONS. I 1541 00:57:54,737 --> 00:57:55,705 KNOW MANY OF THESE NEIGHBORHOOD 1542 00:57:55,705 --> 00:57:56,573 GROUPS WHO ARE DEALING WITH 1543 00:57:56,573 --> 00:57:58,408 THOSE STREETS HAVE PLANS. I SAW 1544 00:57:58,408 --> 00:58:01,811 IN 2015 , MOVE LEVY, THERE WERE 1545 00:58:01,811 --> 00:58:05,014 PROJECTS THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO 1546 00:58:05,014 --> 00:58:07,083 BE FUNDING THAT PLAN THAT HAVE 1547 00:58:07,083 --> 00:58:10,787 NOT YET BEEN COMPLETED ON SOME 1548 00:58:10,787 --> 00:58:12,622 OF THE STREETS. I THINK WE NEED 1549 00:58:12,622 --> 00:58:13,556 TO BRING TOGETHER NEIGHBORHOOD 1550 00:58:13,556 --> 00:58:14,190 GROUPS, STAKEHOLDERS, SEE WHAT 1551 00:58:14,190 --> 00:58:17,560 THEY WANT, AND TO SEE IT GETS 1552 00:58:17,560 --> 00:58:19,896 FUNDED. AND THAT WE FULFILL THE 1553 00:58:19,896 --> 00:58:24,000 2015 MOVE LEVY GOING FORWARD 1554 00:58:24,000 --> 00:58:25,034 AND PRIORITIZE THAT. I KNOW 1555 00:58:25,034 --> 00:58:27,837 THAT LEVY WAS , I GUESS, VERY 1556 00:58:27,837 --> 00:58:29,205 AMBITIOUS. I THINK WE NEED TO 1557 00:58:29,205 --> 00:58:35,044 HAVE THESE AMBITIOUS PLANS. WE 1558 00:58:35,044 --> 00:58:36,045 NEED TO FULFILL THEM. 1559 00:58:36,045 --> 00:58:36,713 TRANSPORTATION LEVY IS COMING 1560 00:58:36,713 --> 00:58:37,580 UP AGAIN THIS NEXT YEAR. 1561 00:58:37,580 --> 00:58:38,581 THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. HOW DO 1562 00:58:38,581 --> 00:58:39,749 WE MAKE OUR STREETS SAFER? 1563 00:58:39,749 --> 00:58:40,950 >> THANK YOU. WITH THAT, WE ARE 1564 00:58:40,950 --> 00:58:42,385 GOING TO TAKE A 10 MINUTE BREAK 1565 00:58:42,385 --> 00:58:44,754 AND COME BACK TO OUR AUDIENCE 1566 00:58:44,754 --> 00:58:48,591 QUESTIONS. IF YOU ARE ON -- GO 1567 00:58:48,591 --> 00:58:49,659 AHEAD AND SUBMIT YOUR 1568 00:58:49,659 --> 00:58:51,261 QUESTIONS. YOU CAN UP ABOUT 1569 00:58:51,261 --> 00:58:53,563 SOME OF THOSE YOU AGREE WITH. 1570 00:58:53,563 --> 00:58:55,565 WE WILL COME BACK IN 10 MINUTES 1571 00:58:55,565 --> 00:58:56,566 AND CONTINUE. 1572 01:09:15,284 --> 01:09:15,651 1573 01:09:15,651 --> 01:09:18,654 >> WELCOME TO OUR POTENTIAL 1574 01:09:18,654 --> 01:09:25,261 VACANCY PUBLIC FORM. WE JUST 1575 01:09:25,261 --> 01:09:25,995 COMPLETED ONE ROUND OF 1576 01:09:25,995 --> 01:09:26,729 QUESTIONS FROM COMMUNITY GROUPS 1577 01:09:26,729 --> 01:09:32,735 THAT SUBMITTED EARLIER. NOW WE 1578 01:09:32,735 --> 01:09:34,103 ARE TURNING TO YOUR QUESTIONS. 1579 01:09:34,103 --> 01:09:34,904 AGAIN, THERE ARE 50 IN OUR 1580 01:09:34,904 --> 01:09:35,871 PORTAL, WHICH WE ARE EXCITED 1581 01:09:35,871 --> 01:09:36,906 ABOUT, BUT PLEASE REMEMBER, ALL 1582 01:09:36,906 --> 01:09:38,073 THE QUESTIONS WILL GO TO THE 1583 01:09:38,073 --> 01:09:39,775 CITY COUNCIL TOMORROW SO THEY 1584 01:09:39,775 --> 01:09:41,110 CAN HAVE THEM FOR THE MEETING 1585 01:09:41,110 --> 01:09:43,212 ON THE 22nd WHERE THEY MAY BE 1586 01:09:43,212 --> 01:09:45,180 ASKED THERE. DON'T BE 1587 01:09:45,180 --> 01:09:46,982 DESPONDENT IF WE DID NOT GET TO 1588 01:09:46,982 --> 01:09:48,617 IT TONIGHT. THE 1589 01:09:48,617 --> 01:09:49,518 DECISION-MAKERS WILL GET A HOLD 1590 01:09:49,518 --> 01:09:57,560 OF THOSE QUESTIONS AS WELL. DO 1591 01:09:57,560 --> 01:10:02,398 I WANT TO START WITH THIS TIME? 1592 01:10:02,398 --> 01:10:08,637 ARE YOU READY? THIS ONE 1593 01:10:08,637 --> 01:10:09,672 ACTUALLY COMES FROM THE 1594 01:10:09,672 --> 01:10:11,340 WASHINGTON YOUTH ALLIANCE. IF 1595 01:10:11,340 --> 01:10:12,741 APPOINTED, DO YOU COMMIT TO 1596 01:10:12,741 --> 01:10:14,677 INCREASING OR MAINTAINING 1597 01:10:14,677 --> 01:10:16,478 MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR 1598 01:10:16,478 --> 01:10:21,417 YOUTH THAT PASSED IN THE 2023 1599 01:10:21,417 --> 01:10:26,055 BUDGET? PLEASE START SMALL, 1600 01:10:26,055 --> 01:10:26,488 IT'S OKAY. 1601 01:10:26,488 --> 01:10:30,826 >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 1602 01:10:30,826 --> 01:10:32,361 THIS ACTUALLY HITS REALLY 1603 01:10:32,361 --> 01:10:33,729 CLOSE TO HOME, JUST IN THE WORK 1604 01:10:33,729 --> 01:10:34,997 I DO RIGHT NOW IN THE HUMAN 1605 01:10:34,997 --> 01:10:35,931 SERVICES DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE A 1606 01:10:35,931 --> 01:10:39,902 STRONG DIVISION CALLED YOUTH 1607 01:10:39,902 --> 01:10:40,936 AND FAMILY EMPOWERMENT. SOME OF 1608 01:10:40,936 --> 01:10:41,837 THE SUPPORTS WE DO PROVIDE, IN 1609 01:10:41,837 --> 01:10:43,772 THE DIVISION AND THE DIVISION I 1610 01:10:43,772 --> 01:10:49,712 AM OVER, WHICH IS -- DOES 1611 01:10:49,712 --> 01:10:50,646 CONTRIBUTE TO OVERALL MENTAL 1612 01:10:50,646 --> 01:10:51,380 HEALTH. WHEN WE ARE TALKING 1613 01:10:51,380 --> 01:10:52,548 ABOUT LARGER ISSUES OR PUBLIC 1614 01:10:52,548 --> 01:10:53,549 SAFETY, WE HAVE TO THINK SOME 1615 01:10:53,549 --> 01:10:54,416 OF THOSE CAUSES. SOMETIMES 1616 01:10:54,416 --> 01:10:56,485 IT'S RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH 1617 01:10:56,485 --> 01:10:57,920 NEEDS ARE SITUATION WHERE 1618 01:10:57,920 --> 01:10:59,521 SOMEONE COULD BENEFIT FROM 1619 01:10:59,521 --> 01:11:02,891 ADDED SUPPORT. I WOULD 1620 01:11:02,891 --> 01:11:05,761 DEFINITELY SUPPORT YOUTH 1621 01:11:05,761 --> 01:11:06,395 MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING AND 1622 01:11:06,395 --> 01:11:15,671 MAKING SURE THAT IT'S 1623 01:11:15,671 --> 01:11:16,839 ACCESSIBLE. LOOKING FOR WAYS TO 1624 01:11:16,839 --> 01:11:17,373 PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES. 1625 01:11:17,373 --> 01:11:18,540 SOMETIMES IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AT 1626 01:11:18,540 --> 01:11:19,274 SCHOOLS, SOMETIMES IT NEEDS TO 1627 01:11:19,274 --> 01:11:22,511 HAPPEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. 1628 01:11:22,511 --> 01:11:23,445 SOMETIMES DURING SCHOOL HOURS 1629 01:11:23,445 --> 01:11:24,747 EVENT. WE HAVE TO MAKE IT 1630 01:11:24,747 --> 01:11:25,481 ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYBODY WHO 1631 01:11:25,481 --> 01:11:27,116 FEELS THEY NEED THAT SERVICE. 1632 01:11:27,116 --> 01:11:29,051 THANK YOU. 1633 01:11:29,051 --> 01:11:30,919 >> I WOULD ABSOLUTELY INCREASE 1634 01:11:30,919 --> 01:11:41,096 MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IT 1635 01:11:41,096 --> 01:11:42,297 NEEDS TO BE FULLY FUNDED. WE 1636 01:11:42,297 --> 01:11:43,699 CAN LOOK AT ON THE STREETS AND 1637 01:11:43,699 --> 01:11:44,366 SEE WHAT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND 1638 01:11:44,366 --> 01:11:46,568 MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES LOOK LIKE. 1639 01:11:46,568 --> 01:11:47,970 THE SOONER WE ADDRESS THEM, 1640 01:11:47,970 --> 01:11:49,505 THE BETTER OFF WE ARE. I HAVE 1641 01:11:49,505 --> 01:11:50,606 WORKED WITH OUR DISABLED 1642 01:11:50,606 --> 01:11:53,042 VETERANS AND THEY STRUGGLE 1643 01:11:53,042 --> 01:11:54,310 WITH SOME MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, 1644 01:11:54,310 --> 01:11:59,748 JUST -- ALONG WITH ADDICTION, 1645 01:11:59,748 --> 01:12:00,683 JUST LIKE EVERY COMMUNITY IN 1646 01:12:00,683 --> 01:12:01,650 OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. FOR OUR 1647 01:12:01,650 --> 01:12:02,651 CHILDREN, I THINK, WE PULL OUT 1648 01:12:02,651 --> 01:12:06,922 ALL THE STOPS. I WOULD 1649 01:12:06,922 --> 01:12:10,492 INCREASE. THANK YOU. 1650 01:12:10,492 --> 01:12:18,567 >> YES. 1651 01:12:18,567 --> 01:12:19,902 >> YES, MENTAL HEALTH IS 1652 01:12:19,902 --> 01:12:20,569 IMPORTANT. IN PARTICULAR, 1653 01:12:20,569 --> 01:12:23,706 COMMUNITIES IN BIPOC WHERE IT 1654 01:12:23,706 --> 01:12:24,840 IS STIGMATIZED, WE NEED MENTAL 1655 01:12:24,840 --> 01:12:25,541 HEALTH SERVICES AT A YOUNGER 1656 01:12:25,541 --> 01:12:27,609 AGE TO GET THE RESOURCES 1657 01:12:27,609 --> 01:12:30,179 EVERYONE NEEDS. WORK WITH THE 1658 01:12:30,179 --> 01:12:31,080 STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE ALREADY 1659 01:12:31,080 --> 01:12:32,181 DOING THE JOB AND REACHING OUT 1660 01:12:32,181 --> 01:12:35,084 TO THE YOUTH TO ENSURE WE ARE 1661 01:12:35,084 --> 01:12:38,454 GETTING THE PROPER CHANNELS 1662 01:12:38,454 --> 01:12:47,429 OUT. YES. 1663 01:12:47,429 --> 01:12:48,664 >> THE GENESIS OF THIS 1664 01:12:48,664 --> 01:12:49,431 INVESTMENT THE COUNCIL MADE, 1665 01:12:49,431 --> 01:12:50,599 WHICH WAS A $20 MILLION ANNUAL 1666 01:12:50,599 --> 01:12:53,102 AND THEN SPENT -- ANNUAL 1667 01:12:53,102 --> 01:12:56,572 INVESTMENT WAS IN RESPONSE TO 1668 01:12:56,572 --> 01:12:58,073 A TRAGIC SHOOTING AT A HIGH 1669 01:12:58,073 --> 01:13:01,276 SCHOOL. SUBSEQUENT TO THAT 1670 01:13:01,276 --> 01:13:02,377 EVENT, THE COUNCIL AND AMERICAN 1671 01:13:02,377 --> 01:13:03,112 TOGETHER AND IDENTIFIED $4 1672 01:13:03,112 --> 01:13:12,287 MILLION OF FUNDING TO PILOT 1673 01:13:12,287 --> 01:13:13,622 AND ADDRESS THE MENTAL HEALTH 1674 01:13:13,622 --> 01:13:14,590 NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS. I THINK 1675 01:13:14,590 --> 01:13:15,357 THERE WERE PROMISING RESULTS. 1676 01:13:15,357 --> 01:13:16,558 THAT'S WHY THEY MADE A 1677 01:13:16,558 --> 01:13:17,726 COMMITMENT OF $20 MILLION GOING 1678 01:13:17,726 --> 01:13:18,527 FORWARD. WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO 1679 01:13:18,527 --> 01:13:19,695 UNDERSTAND IS THAT THE STATE 1680 01:13:19,695 --> 01:13:20,763 LEGISLATOR CURRENTLY ONLY FUNDS 1681 01:13:20,763 --> 01:13:22,564 ONE COUNSELOR FOR EVERY 1500 1682 01:13:22,564 --> 01:13:25,134 STUDENTS. THIS IS DRIVEN BY A 1683 01:13:25,134 --> 01:13:26,568 STUDENT GROUP THAT WAS TRYING 1684 01:13:26,568 --> 01:13:28,470 TO DRIVE THAT RATIO CLOSE TO 1685 01:13:28,470 --> 01:13:35,377 ONE FOR EVERY 250 STUDENTS. I 1686 01:13:35,377 --> 01:13:36,779 THINK IT'S BEST PRACTICE. THE 1687 01:13:36,779 --> 01:13:39,581 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF 1688 01:13:39,581 --> 01:13:40,315 COLLEGES. I'M VERY EXCITED THE 1689 01:13:40,315 --> 01:13:41,750 CITY COUNCIL RECOGNIZES THE 1690 01:13:41,750 --> 01:13:43,819 TREMENDOUS NEED IN OUR 1691 01:13:43,819 --> 01:13:44,920 COMMUNITY AND IT'S COMING 1692 01:13:44,920 --> 01:13:46,155 DIRECTLY FROM OUR STUDENTS. I 1693 01:13:46,155 --> 01:13:47,823 THINK OUR STUDENTS SHOULD TAKE 1694 01:13:47,823 --> 01:13:49,158 TREMENDOUS PRIDE AND TAKE 1695 01:13:49,158 --> 01:13:50,159 EVERY EFFORT TO PROTECT IT. 1696 01:13:50,159 --> 01:13:54,196 >> THANK YOU. 1697 01:13:54,196 --> 01:13:55,831 >> MY WIFE, SARA, IS A MENTAL 1698 01:13:55,831 --> 01:14:02,204 HEALTH SARA -- THERAPIST. I 1699 01:14:02,204 --> 01:14:03,739 SAT ON THE BOARD FOR FIVE 1700 01:14:03,739 --> 01:14:04,873 YEARS. THIS IS A PERSONAL AND 1701 01:14:04,873 --> 01:14:06,375 PROFESSIONAL COMMITMENT TO ME, 1702 01:14:06,375 --> 01:14:12,848 100% YES. 1703 01:14:12,848 --> 01:14:14,082 >> COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC, 1704 01:14:14,082 --> 01:14:15,417 OUR YOUNG PEOPLE NEED MORE 1705 01:14:15,417 --> 01:14:16,051 SUPPORT THAN EVER KNOW. I 1706 01:14:16,051 --> 01:14:17,219 BELIEVE WE CAN DO MORE. IT'S 1707 01:14:17,219 --> 01:14:18,854 NOT JUST MENTAL HEALTH, BUT 1708 01:14:18,854 --> 01:14:22,291 THIS VACANCY , THE ARTS AND 1709 01:14:22,291 --> 01:14:26,061 CULTURE COMMITTEE, CITY 1710 01:14:26,061 --> 01:14:27,262 LIGHTS, WE ALL HAVE 1711 01:14:27,262 --> 01:14:27,729 RESPONSIBILITY. EVERY 1712 01:14:27,729 --> 01:14:35,871 DEPARTMENT HAS IT IN HOW WE 1713 01:14:35,871 --> 01:14:36,972 RAISE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. THAT'S 1714 01:14:36,972 --> 01:14:37,673 AN AMAZING START, BUT WE 1715 01:14:37,673 --> 01:14:38,774 DEFINITELY COULD DO MORE IN 1716 01:14:38,774 --> 01:14:39,708 FUNDING IN TERMS OF MENTAL 1717 01:14:39,708 --> 01:14:41,443 HEALTH AND OTHER AREAS AS WELL. 1718 01:14:41,443 --> 01:14:41,710 1719 01:14:41,710 --> 01:14:42,644 >> MENTAL HEALTH IS PERSONAL TO 1720 01:14:42,644 --> 01:14:44,246 ME. IF YOU LOOKED AT ME AND 1721 01:14:44,246 --> 01:14:45,714 TALK TO ME, KNOW ME ALL YOUR 1722 01:14:45,714 --> 01:14:47,082 LIFE, YOU WOULD NOT KNOW THAT I 1723 01:14:47,082 --> 01:14:53,956 HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGE. 1724 01:14:53,956 --> 01:14:55,591 I OWN MOUNT. I AM A 1725 01:14:55,591 --> 01:14:56,658 BENEFICIARY OF THAT. I STRUGGLE 1726 01:14:56,658 --> 01:14:59,228 WITH MENTAL HEALTH. MOST OF MY 1727 01:14:59,228 --> 01:15:02,331 TIMES AFTER LEAVING THE 1728 01:15:02,331 --> 01:15:08,437 SERVICE. THAT'S A STRUGGLE. 1729 01:15:08,437 --> 01:15:09,771 I DON'T THINK MENTAL HEALTH 1730 01:15:09,771 --> 01:15:11,073 ISSUES ARE UNIQUELY CHALLENGING 1731 01:15:11,073 --> 01:15:16,311 TO YOUTH. BUT I WHOLEHEARTEDLY 1732 01:15:16,311 --> 01:15:17,880 , YOU KNOW, JUST FROM AN 1733 01:15:17,880 --> 01:15:21,884 EMPATHY , JUST FROM DIRECT 1734 01:15:21,884 --> 01:15:22,918 PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, OF COURSE, 1735 01:15:22,918 --> 01:15:31,326 WE SHOULD MAINTAIN IT FOR OUR 1736 01:15:31,326 --> 01:15:32,327 YOUNG PEOPLE. I WOULD EXPAND 1737 01:15:32,327 --> 01:15:33,228 AND CHALLENGE THE MAYOR AND THE 1738 01:15:33,228 --> 01:15:35,397 REST OF THE COMMUNITY. YOU CAN 1739 01:15:35,397 --> 01:15:37,900 DO SOMETHING. YOU DON'T NEED 1740 01:15:37,900 --> 01:15:42,337 MONEY TO BE KIND . YOU DON'T 1741 01:15:42,337 --> 01:15:44,373 NEED MONEY TO CARE. YOU DON'T 1742 01:15:44,373 --> 01:15:46,642 NEED MONEY TO REACH OUT AND 1743 01:15:46,642 --> 01:15:52,514 SAY , I SEE YOU. I HEAR YOU. I 1744 01:15:52,514 --> 01:15:56,852 WANT TO BE WITH YOU. 1745 01:15:56,852 --> 01:15:57,452 >> TIME. 1746 01:15:57,452 --> 01:15:57,853 >> THANK YOU. 1747 01:15:57,853 --> 01:16:00,188 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR 1748 01:16:00,188 --> 01:16:03,825 THAT ANSWER. I APOLOGIZE IF I 1749 01:16:03,825 --> 01:16:09,665 PUT YOUR NAME. THANK YOU. I 1750 01:16:09,665 --> 01:16:10,799 HAVEN'T PICKED ON YOU, SO NOW 1751 01:16:10,799 --> 01:16:16,872 IT'S TIME. THIS QUESTION IS , 1752 01:16:16,872 --> 01:16:17,573 THERE ARE MANY DEMANDS OF A 1753 01:16:17,573 --> 01:16:18,573 COUNCILMEMBER, INCLUDING 1754 01:16:18,573 --> 01:16:22,411 REGULAR VOTING. DO YOU HAVE A 1755 01:16:22,411 --> 01:16:23,245 CONSISTENT HISTORY ON VOTING ON 1756 01:16:23,245 --> 01:16:24,947 LOCAL MATTERS AS A PRIVATE 1757 01:16:24,947 --> 01:16:25,213 CITIZEN? 1758 01:16:25,213 --> 01:16:28,583 >> THANK YOU. I TURNED 18 FOR 1759 01:16:28,583 --> 01:16:33,889 THE GORE AND BUSH ELECTION. I 1760 01:16:33,889 --> 01:16:35,958 VOTED AT MY FORMER ELEMENTARY 1761 01:16:35,958 --> 01:16:40,562 SCHOOL AND WOULD DRIVE BACK 1762 01:16:40,562 --> 01:16:41,763 THERE EVERY ELECTION. AS I WAS 1763 01:16:41,763 --> 01:16:48,203 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 1764 01:16:48,203 --> 01:16:49,371 , TOO. UNTIL I CHANGED MY 1765 01:16:49,371 --> 01:16:50,872 REGISTRATION TO SEATTLE. I 1766 01:16:50,872 --> 01:16:52,507 ACTIVELY VOTED SINCE I WAS 18, 1767 01:16:52,507 --> 01:16:59,114 EXCEPT FOR A FEW WHEN I LIVED 1768 01:16:59,114 --> 01:17:00,182 ON THE EAST COAST, BECAUSE I 1769 01:17:00,182 --> 01:17:01,516 DID NOT GET MY BALLOT IN TIME, 1770 01:17:01,516 --> 01:17:02,951 OR A COUPLE OF TRIPS DURING THE 1771 01:17:02,951 --> 01:17:04,119 PRIMARY I MISSED MY BALLOT. I 1772 01:17:04,119 --> 01:17:05,253 HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY VOTING SINCE 1773 01:17:05,253 --> 01:17:06,054 I WAS 18, YES. 1774 01:17:06,054 --> 01:17:11,893 >> THANK YOU. 1775 01:17:11,893 --> 01:17:13,795 >> WHEN I WAS A SENIOR IN HIGH 1776 01:17:13,795 --> 01:17:14,229 SCHOOL, I HELPED MY 1777 01:17:14,229 --> 01:17:15,530 GRANDFATHER, WHO WAS A REFUGEE, 1778 01:17:15,530 --> 01:17:16,999 STUDY FOR HIS U.S. EDITION OF 1779 01:17:16,999 --> 01:17:23,872 -- U.S. CITIZEN EXAM. MY 1780 01:17:23,872 --> 01:17:30,912 VOTING RECORD IS NEARLY PERFECT 1781 01:17:30,912 --> 01:17:32,014 . IN WASHINGTON STATED IS 1782 01:17:32,014 --> 01:17:33,148 PERFECT. WE ARE VERY LUCKY TO 1783 01:17:33,148 --> 01:17:34,316 HAVE THE EASE AND CONVENIENCE 1784 01:17:34,316 --> 01:17:37,219 OF MAIL IN VOTING. 1785 01:17:37,219 --> 01:17:39,388 >> I REMEMBER VIVIDLY MY FIRST 1786 01:17:39,388 --> 01:17:44,326 TIME VOTING IN THE 1984 1787 01:17:44,326 --> 01:17:45,494 ELECTIONS. I REMEMBER THE NEWS 1788 01:17:45,494 --> 01:17:48,330 COMING ON THAT RONALD REAGAN 1789 01:17:48,330 --> 01:17:56,705 DEFEATED WALTER. I WALKED UP 1790 01:17:56,705 --> 01:17:57,706 TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND I 1791 01:17:57,706 --> 01:17:59,474 CAST MY VOTE. I VOTED SINCE I 1792 01:17:59,474 --> 01:18:00,676 WAS 18 YEARS OLD. I HAVE VOTED 1793 01:18:00,676 --> 01:18:01,810 AND ALL LOCAL ELECTIONS. WHEN I 1794 01:18:01,810 --> 01:18:03,345 WAS IN THE STATE OF OREGON. 1795 01:18:03,345 --> 01:18:05,180 WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE I VOTED 1796 01:18:05,180 --> 01:18:06,381 THERE. WHEN I WAS IN GEORGIA I 1797 01:18:06,381 --> 01:18:07,549 VOTED THERE AS WELL. I HAVE 1798 01:18:07,549 --> 01:18:08,717 BEEN A LIFELONG VOTER. I THINK 1799 01:18:08,717 --> 01:18:13,789 IT'S PART OF OUR POLITICAL 1800 01:18:13,789 --> 01:18:14,689 PROCESS. THE MOST IMPORTANT 1801 01:18:14,689 --> 01:18:15,924 PART OF OUR POLITICAL PROCESS. 1802 01:18:15,924 --> 01:18:17,559 I HAVE VOTED IN ALL OF THOSE 1803 01:18:17,559 --> 01:18:21,329 ELECTIONS. 1804 01:18:21,329 --> 01:18:22,297 >> MY VOTING RECORD HAS NOT 1805 01:18:22,297 --> 01:18:23,732 BEEN GOOD, AND I ON THAT. I 1806 01:18:23,732 --> 01:18:26,468 KNOW IT'S A MISTAKE . IF I 1807 01:18:26,468 --> 01:18:28,103 COULD GO BACK IN TIME I WOULD 1808 01:18:28,103 --> 01:18:29,137 CHANGE IT. I COME FROM A 1809 01:18:29,137 --> 01:18:30,405 COMMUNITY THAT DOES NOT VOTE. 1810 01:18:30,405 --> 01:18:31,873 WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT 1811 01:18:31,873 --> 01:18:32,941 POLITICS, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 1812 01:18:32,941 --> 01:18:35,544 SURVIVAL. I DON'T WANT TO 1813 01:18:35,544 --> 01:18:41,316 MAKE THAT AN EXCUSE, BUT THE 1814 01:18:41,316 --> 01:18:42,284 PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, I HAVE 1815 01:18:42,284 --> 01:18:43,385 BEEN ACTIVELY OUT THERE TRYING 1816 01:18:43,385 --> 01:18:44,720 TO REGISTER PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO 1817 01:18:44,720 --> 01:18:46,254 LIPS IS NEVER VOTED BEFORE. 1818 01:18:46,254 --> 01:18:48,290 PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THEIR 80s, 1819 01:18:48,290 --> 01:18:50,459 90s, REFUGEES WHO VOTED FOR 1820 01:18:50,459 --> 01:18:51,927 THE VERY FIRST TIME THIS PAST 1821 01:18:51,927 --> 01:18:52,527 ELECTION. A VERY IMPORTANT 1822 01:18:52,527 --> 01:18:54,229 QUESTION TO ASK IS HOW WE 1823 01:18:54,229 --> 01:18:55,230 ENGAGE PEOPLE WHO ARE FARTHEST 1824 01:18:55,230 --> 01:18:56,998 AWAY FROM GOVERNMENTS. WHO DO 1825 01:18:56,998 --> 01:19:04,706 NOT SEE THE VISIBLE 1826 01:19:04,706 --> 01:19:05,874 IMPROVEMENTS WHEN IT COMES TO 1827 01:19:05,874 --> 01:19:06,875 GOVERNMENT. HOW DO WE ENGAGE 1828 01:19:06,875 --> 01:19:07,642 THOSE VOTERS? YOU GO INTO THE 1829 01:19:07,642 --> 01:19:08,176 CHINATOWN-INTERNATIONAL 1830 01:19:08,176 --> 01:19:08,910 DISTRICT'S AND YOU SEE THE 1831 01:19:08,910 --> 01:19:10,112 GRAFFITI AND THE DISINVESTMENT. 1832 01:19:10,112 --> 01:19:11,880 THAT IS A WHOLE GROUP OF PEOPLE 1833 01:19:11,880 --> 01:19:13,949 WHO ARE NOT KNOWN TO BE 1834 01:19:13,949 --> 01:19:15,550 VOTERS. HOW DO WE ENGAGE THE 1835 01:19:15,550 --> 01:19:18,320 GROUP? I SEE IT AS GOING 1836 01:19:18,320 --> 01:19:22,491 FORWARD . AN OPPORTUNITY AND A 1837 01:19:22,491 --> 01:19:23,892 RESPONSIBILITY TO LEARN FROM MY 1838 01:19:23,892 --> 01:19:28,363 MISTAKES . IN THE FUTURE BE 1839 01:19:28,363 --> 01:19:29,564 ABLE TO ENGAGE VOTERS AND TRY 1840 01:19:29,564 --> 01:19:30,365 TO GET THEM REGISTERED AND 1841 01:19:30,365 --> 01:19:31,733 INVOLVED IN THE GOVERNMENT 1842 01:19:31,733 --> 01:19:32,000 PROCESS. 1843 01:19:32,000 --> 01:19:32,300 >> TIME. 1844 01:19:32,300 --> 01:19:34,402 >> THANK YOU. 1845 01:19:34,402 --> 01:19:42,210 >> I LOVE VOTING. I LOVE 1846 01:19:42,210 --> 01:19:43,912 VOTING SO MUCH THAT I JOINED 1847 01:19:43,912 --> 01:19:46,381 THE SERVICE TO DEFEND AND LAY 1848 01:19:46,381 --> 01:19:50,018 MY LIFE DOWN TO DEFEND VOTING. 1849 01:19:50,018 --> 01:19:51,686 I LOVE VOTING SO MUCH THAT 1850 01:19:51,686 --> 01:19:52,854 SINCE I LEFT THE SERVICE I 1851 01:19:52,854 --> 01:20:03,131 EVENTUALLY GOT NOMINATED AND 1852 01:20:03,131 --> 01:20:04,132 -- UNANIMOUS VOTES BY KING 1853 01:20:04,132 --> 01:20:05,033 COUNTY COUNCIL TO LET ME COME 1854 01:20:05,033 --> 01:20:06,668 AND PLAY AS A MEDICINE -- 1855 01:20:06,668 --> 01:20:13,041 MEMBER OF THE OVERSIGHT OF THE 1856 01:20:13,041 --> 01:20:13,875 ELECTIONS. PART OF IT IS ABOUT 1857 01:20:13,875 --> 01:20:14,976 LEARNING AND ENGAGING WITH ALL 1858 01:20:14,976 --> 01:20:16,211 GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO HELP THOSE 1859 01:20:16,211 --> 01:20:16,945 WHO ARE DISENFRANCHISED THROUGH 1860 01:20:16,945 --> 01:20:18,246 THE VOTING PROCESS. THE NUMBER 1861 01:20:18,246 --> 01:20:22,184 ONE THING LOOKS CAN GET 1862 01:20:22,184 --> 01:20:23,351 INVOLVED IN IS THROUGH LANGUAGE 1863 01:20:23,351 --> 01:20:24,486 ACCESS. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST 1864 01:20:24,486 --> 01:20:25,687 DIVERSE CITIES IN THE REGION, 1865 01:20:25,687 --> 01:20:27,355 THE STATE. THERE ARE SO MANY 1866 01:20:27,355 --> 01:20:34,496 PEOPLE -- YOU SPEAK ENGLISH 1867 01:20:34,496 --> 01:20:36,064 BETTER THAN ME. TRUST ME. I AM 1868 01:20:36,064 --> 01:20:36,998 A FIRST GENERATION IMMIGRANT. 1869 01:20:36,998 --> 01:20:41,136 ONE OF THE REFUGEES FROM 1870 01:20:41,136 --> 01:20:42,370 VIETNAM. LANGUAGE ACCESS IS SO 1871 01:20:42,370 --> 01:20:46,908 IMPORTANT. THANK YOU. 1872 01:20:46,908 --> 01:20:48,043 >> I DEFINITELY REMEMBER GOING 1873 01:20:48,043 --> 01:20:49,477 WITH MY MOM TO VOTE BECAUSE IT 1874 01:20:49,477 --> 01:20:52,147 WAS SO FUN TO PUNCH THROUGH 1875 01:20:52,147 --> 01:20:53,215 THE LITTLE BALLOT. PULLING THE 1876 01:20:53,215 --> 01:20:54,950 CURTAIN TO MAKE SURE IT WAS A 1877 01:20:54,950 --> 01:20:59,554 PRIVATE EXPERIENCE. WHEN I 1878 01:20:59,554 --> 01:21:00,755 TURNED 18 I GOT MY LICENSE, 1879 01:21:00,755 --> 01:21:02,123 ALBEIT IT WAS LIKE HIM I HAD TO 1880 01:21:02,123 --> 01:21:03,758 GET MY LICENSE I COULD DRIVE IN 1881 01:21:03,758 --> 01:21:05,994 A CARPOOL TO UW. I WAS ABLE TO 1882 01:21:05,994 --> 01:21:08,463 REGISTER TO VOTE IN ONE FELL 1883 01:21:08,463 --> 01:21:09,631 SWOOP. I HAVE VOTED SINCE THEN. 1884 01:21:09,631 --> 01:21:10,899 WHEN WE THINK ABOUT MAKING 1885 01:21:10,899 --> 01:21:11,433 VOTER REGISTRATION EASY, 1886 01:21:11,433 --> 01:21:12,100 COMBINING IT WITH SOMETHING 1887 01:21:12,100 --> 01:21:18,273 LIKE THE LICENSING PROCESS 1888 01:21:18,273 --> 01:21:20,041 MADE IT EASY FOR ME AS AN 1889 01:21:20,041 --> 01:21:20,942 18-YEAR-OLD. IF YOU CAN THINK 1890 01:21:20,942 --> 01:21:22,177 ABOUT ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO MAKE 1891 01:21:22,177 --> 01:21:22,777 SURE THAT EXPERIENCE REACHES 1892 01:21:22,777 --> 01:21:23,712 EVERYBODY, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 1893 01:21:23,712 --> 01:21:26,314 >> THANK YOU. 1894 01:21:26,314 --> 01:21:27,949 >> YEAH, I REGISTERED TO VOTE 1895 01:21:27,949 --> 01:21:29,517 WHEN I WAS 18. I VOTED IN EVERY 1896 01:21:29,517 --> 01:21:30,952 ELECTION SINCE THEN. EVEN 1897 01:21:30,952 --> 01:21:32,153 WHILE DEPLOYED OVERSEAS, I MADE 1898 01:21:32,153 --> 01:21:33,622 SURE I HAD MY BALLOT AND I 1899 01:21:33,622 --> 01:21:35,991 SUBMITTED MY VOTE. MY WIFE IS 1900 01:21:35,991 --> 01:21:41,496 AN IMMIGRANT TO THIS COUNTRY , 1901 01:21:41,496 --> 01:21:42,564 AND SHE IS NOW A NATURALIZED 1902 01:21:42,564 --> 01:21:43,565 CITIZEN. IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR 1903 01:21:43,565 --> 01:21:45,300 HER TO DO THAT SO SHE COULD 1904 01:21:45,300 --> 01:21:46,968 ALSO TAKE PART IN OUR 1905 01:21:46,968 --> 01:21:48,303 ELECTIONS. I HAVE THREE TEENAGE 1906 01:21:48,303 --> 01:21:51,206 CHILDREN , AND I AM HAPPY TO 1907 01:21:51,206 --> 01:21:54,576 SAY THAT THE WASHINGTON STATE 1908 01:21:54,576 --> 01:21:55,443 DRIVERS LICENSE MAKES IT 1909 01:21:55,443 --> 01:21:56,745 INCREDIBLY EASY TO REGISTER TO 1910 01:21:56,745 --> 01:22:00,048 VOTE. SO MY DAUGHTER VOTED 1911 01:22:00,048 --> 01:22:01,216 THIS LAST YEAR. THIS YEAR, MY 1912 01:22:01,216 --> 01:22:03,618 SON WILL TURN 18 . BOTH KIDS 1913 01:22:03,618 --> 01:22:07,989 AND BOTH PARENTS WILL VOTE. I 1914 01:22:07,989 --> 01:22:08,990 AM HAPPY THAT I STRESSED ABOUT. 1915 01:22:08,990 --> 01:22:09,991 I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE 1916 01:22:09,991 --> 01:22:12,027 LOW TURNOUT OUR CITY HAS. I 1917 01:22:12,027 --> 01:22:15,864 THINK OUR FELLOW -- I THINK 1918 01:22:15,864 --> 01:22:19,134 OUR FELLOW COUNCILMEMBERS . 1919 01:22:19,134 --> 01:22:21,736 THANK YOU. 1920 01:22:21,736 --> 01:22:28,710 >> I, TOO, REGISTERED TO VOTE 1921 01:22:28,710 --> 01:22:29,978 WHEN I TURNED 18. WHILE I WAS 1922 01:22:29,978 --> 01:22:31,913 OVERSEAS WITH THE MILITARY, I 1923 01:22:31,913 --> 01:22:33,248 STILL SUBMITTED MY BALLOT IN AN 1924 01:22:33,248 --> 01:22:36,451 ABSENTEE FASHION FOR THE CITY 1925 01:22:36,451 --> 01:22:37,485 OF SEATTLE IN THE STATE OF 1926 01:22:37,485 --> 01:22:39,454 WASHINGTON. JUST TO ECHO WHAT 1927 01:22:39,454 --> 01:22:45,493 HAS BEEN SAID , VOTER TURNOUT. 1928 01:22:45,493 --> 01:22:46,328 DEFINITELY NEED TO INCREASE IT. 1929 01:22:46,328 --> 01:22:47,862 DEFINITELY NEED TO ENCOURAGE 1930 01:22:47,862 --> 01:22:48,930 PEOPLE TO TURN OUT, BUT ALSO 1931 01:22:48,930 --> 01:22:51,299 GIVE THEM A REASON TO TURN OUT. 1932 01:22:51,299 --> 01:22:52,701 AS PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID, 1933 01:22:52,701 --> 01:23:00,342 DON'T GET MAD, VOTE. THAT'S 1934 01:23:00,342 --> 01:23:01,910 WHAT I THINK WE SHOULD ALL BE 1935 01:23:01,910 --> 01:23:03,211 ENCOURAGING EACH OTHER TO DO. 1936 01:23:03,211 --> 01:23:05,814 LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD. VOTE. 1937 01:23:05,814 --> 01:23:06,181 1938 01:23:06,181 --> 01:23:08,149 >> WE ARE GOING TO STAY ON THAT 1939 01:23:08,149 --> 01:23:10,051 LINE OF THINKING. ONE, I WILL 1940 01:23:10,051 --> 01:23:11,219 STAY WITH YOU AND COME BACK 1941 01:23:11,219 --> 01:23:13,321 THIS WAY. THIS IS MY QUESTION. 1942 01:23:13,321 --> 01:23:15,757 HOW WOULD YOU GET MORE PEOPLE, 1943 01:23:15,757 --> 01:23:21,296 MORE RESIDENTS, MORE YOUTH 1944 01:23:21,296 --> 01:23:22,030 TYPICALLY ENGAGED. AS YOU 1945 01:23:22,030 --> 01:23:23,298 MENTIONED DURING THE LAST 1946 01:23:23,298 --> 01:23:27,002 QUESTION ABOUT LOW VOTER 1947 01:23:27,002 --> 01:23:28,036 TURNOUT. HOW WOULD YOU, AS AN 1948 01:23:28,036 --> 01:23:38,380 ELECTED VOTER -- GET CITIZENS 1949 01:23:38,380 --> 01:23:38,646 INVOLVED? 1950 01:23:38,646 --> 01:23:39,514 >> I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT 1951 01:23:39,514 --> 01:23:40,682 QUESTION ON SO MANY DIFFERENT 1952 01:23:40,682 --> 01:23:41,783 LEVELS. I AM CURRENTLY WORKING 1953 01:23:41,783 --> 01:23:43,284 ON A BILL RIGHT NOW TO ENGAGE 1954 01:23:43,284 --> 01:23:44,019 CURRICULUM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO 1955 01:23:44,019 --> 01:23:45,086 START LEARNING ABOUT BLOOD 1956 01:23:45,086 --> 01:23:47,589 DONATION. RIGHT NOW, WE ARE AT 1957 01:23:47,589 --> 01:23:49,991 ONE OF THE LOWEST POINTS IN 1958 01:23:49,991 --> 01:23:52,427 AMERICAN HISTORY . THERE'S 1959 01:23:52,427 --> 01:23:53,895 MANY REASONS FOR THAT. WE THINK 1960 01:23:53,895 --> 01:23:55,597 THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF 1961 01:23:55,597 --> 01:23:58,700 THE EQUATION. MAKING SURE THEY 1962 01:23:58,700 --> 01:23:59,434 ARE LEARNING ABOUT IT IN 1963 01:23:59,434 --> 01:24:00,568 SCHOOLS. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT 1964 01:24:00,568 --> 01:24:01,970 TO REMAIN ACTIVE YOURSELF. 1965 01:24:01,970 --> 01:24:02,904 THAT'S WHY I SERVE ON BOARDS 1966 01:24:02,904 --> 01:24:03,972 AND COMMISSIONS AND GET OUT 1967 01:24:03,972 --> 01:24:07,675 THERE AND DO THIS. CIVIC 1968 01:24:07,675 --> 01:24:08,376 ENGAGEMENT ALSO INCLUDES 1969 01:24:08,376 --> 01:24:09,611 PARTICIPATION IN NOT ONLY 1970 01:24:09,611 --> 01:24:13,381 ATHLETICS, WHICH IS A PASSION 1971 01:24:13,381 --> 01:24:15,016 OF MINE, BUT MY KIDS WERE 1972 01:24:15,016 --> 01:24:15,750 INVOLVED IN DANCING AND PLAYING 1973 01:24:15,750 --> 01:24:16,651 INSTRUMENTS AND HELPING THEM 1974 01:24:16,651 --> 01:24:17,719 DEVELOP AND FIND DIFFERENT WAYS 1975 01:24:17,719 --> 01:24:19,487 THEY CAN FIND THEIR TRUE 1976 01:24:19,487 --> 01:24:24,926 PASSION. THROUGH ARTS, 1977 01:24:24,926 --> 01:24:25,860 LEISURE, CULTURE AND A VARIETY 1978 01:24:25,860 --> 01:24:27,162 OF WAYS. WE HAVE TO MOTIVATE 1979 01:24:27,162 --> 01:24:28,129 ADULTS TO DO THAT AS WELL. 1980 01:24:28,129 --> 01:24:29,464 ANOTHER EXPERIENCE I HAD AS A 1981 01:24:29,464 --> 01:24:31,199 JUROR TWO YEARS AGO. THAT'S 1982 01:24:31,199 --> 01:24:37,072 ANOTHER THING. SO MANY PEOPLE 1983 01:24:37,072 --> 01:24:38,606 OF COLOR ARE NOT PARTICIPATING 1984 01:24:38,606 --> 01:24:40,041 IN JURIES. THAT'S AN IMPORTANT 1985 01:24:40,041 --> 01:24:42,944 PROCESS OF IT IS WILL. 1986 01:24:42,944 --> 01:24:43,678 >> THANK YOU. 1987 01:24:43,678 --> 01:24:47,115 >> THANK YOU. 1988 01:24:47,115 --> 01:24:49,317 >> I COME FROM A COMMUNITY OF 1989 01:24:49,317 --> 01:24:52,120 REFUGEES, IMMIGRANTS , MOSTLY 1990 01:24:52,120 --> 01:24:53,021 NON-ENGLISH SPEAKERS. I THINK 1991 01:24:53,021 --> 01:24:54,255 IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE 1992 01:24:54,255 --> 01:25:02,530 LANGUAGE ACCESS. NOT ONLY THAT 1993 01:25:02,530 --> 01:25:03,932 , BUT LETTING COMMUNITIES KNOW 1994 01:25:03,932 --> 01:25:05,133 THAT IF THEY WANT TO BE HEARD, 1995 01:25:05,133 --> 01:25:06,868 THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT. HOW DO 1996 01:25:06,868 --> 01:25:07,602 WE ENGAGE COMMUNITIES INTO CITY 1997 01:25:07,602 --> 01:25:08,636 HALL, COUNTY HALL? THAT STARTS 1998 01:25:08,636 --> 01:25:10,405 WITH EVERYONE OF US AT THE 1999 01:25:10,405 --> 01:25:15,643 GRASSROOTS LEVEL. HOW DO WE -- 2000 01:25:15,643 --> 01:25:17,011 HOW ARE WE ABLE TO LET PEOPLE 2001 01:25:17,011 --> 01:25:17,912 KNOW YOUR VOICE MATTERS. I 2002 01:25:17,912 --> 01:25:19,614 THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DO BECOME 2003 01:25:19,614 --> 01:25:20,315 DISENFRANCHISED. IN TERMS OF 2004 01:25:20,315 --> 01:25:25,420 YOUNG PEOPLE, I THINK SETTING 2005 01:25:25,420 --> 01:25:26,121 THE EXAMPLE, IN FAMILIES, 2006 01:25:26,121 --> 01:25:27,055 SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY CENTERS, 2007 01:25:27,055 --> 01:25:28,323 ARTS AND CULTURE PROGRAMS, THIS 2008 01:25:28,323 --> 01:25:34,896 IS HOW YOU CAN ENACT CHANGE. 2009 01:25:34,896 --> 01:25:36,231 IF YOU SEE SOMETHING IN YOUR 2010 01:25:36,231 --> 01:25:37,031 COMMUNITY YOU FEEL STRONGLY 2011 01:25:37,031 --> 01:25:38,333 ABOUT, THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT. 2012 01:25:38,333 --> 01:25:39,667 HAVE TO GET ENGAGED WITH THE 2013 01:25:39,667 --> 01:25:41,469 PROCESS IF YOU WANT TO MAKE 2014 01:25:41,469 --> 01:25:42,370 THINGS BETTER. 2015 01:25:42,370 --> 01:25:46,341 >> I DO HAVE DIRECT EXPERIENCE 2016 01:25:46,341 --> 01:25:48,676 IN TERMS OF ENGAGING YOUNG 2017 01:25:48,676 --> 01:25:50,211 PEOPLE TO BE MORE CYNICALLY 2018 01:25:50,211 --> 01:25:52,013 ENGAGED. I ASK SOME OF THE 2019 01:25:52,013 --> 01:25:55,950 YOUTH I MENTOR, I ASKED THEM 2020 01:25:55,950 --> 01:25:57,452 TO DESIGN THEIR OWN IMAGES AND 2021 01:25:57,452 --> 01:26:01,022 STUFF SO THEY CAN -- AS A PART 2022 01:26:01,022 --> 01:26:03,758 OF VOTING ENGAGEMENT WITH KING 2023 01:26:03,758 --> 01:26:06,594 COUNTY ELECTIONS. I HAVE A 2024 01:26:06,594 --> 01:26:08,363 RECORD OF DOING THAT. I ALSO 2025 01:26:08,363 --> 01:26:12,767 THINK WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT 2026 01:26:12,767 --> 01:26:14,235 CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, IT'S NOT JUST 2027 01:26:14,235 --> 01:26:15,336 ABOUT VOTING. AT SO MANY 2028 01:26:15,336 --> 01:26:16,104 THINGS. IT BEGINS WITH LETTING 2029 01:26:16,104 --> 01:26:17,605 YOUNG PEOPLE KNOW THEY OWN THE 2030 01:26:17,605 --> 01:26:25,880 STUFF. THEY OWN THE GOVERNMENT. 2031 01:26:25,880 --> 01:26:27,849 HEY, IF PARENTS CAN BE FORCED 2032 01:26:27,849 --> 01:26:32,053 TO BUY TOYS FOR KIDS, KIDS CAN 2033 01:26:32,053 --> 01:26:33,354 FORCE PARENTS TO VOTE. YOU NEED 2034 01:26:33,354 --> 01:26:39,027 TO LET THEM BE A PART OF THAT 2035 01:26:39,027 --> 01:26:40,295 OWNERSHIP AND DECISION-MAKING 2036 01:26:40,295 --> 01:26:40,962 PROCESS ABOUT HOW TO ENGAGE IN 2037 01:26:40,962 --> 01:26:43,565 LEARNING ON THEIR GOVERNMENT. 2038 01:26:43,565 --> 01:26:45,033 I TOOK MY DAUGHTER UP TO THE 2039 01:26:45,033 --> 01:26:46,401 MAYOR'S OFFICE TO SAY HI AND 2040 01:26:46,401 --> 01:26:47,569 DEMAND THAT SHE BE SEATED AT 2041 01:26:47,569 --> 01:26:50,138 THE MAYOR'S CHAIR. THAT BEGINS 2042 01:26:50,138 --> 01:26:52,240 WITH A LOT OF THAT. YOU ALL 2043 01:26:52,240 --> 01:26:53,441 HAVE YOU WITH US EACH ONE OF US 2044 01:26:53,441 --> 01:26:56,578 HAS A DUTY TO BE MORE 2045 01:26:56,578 --> 01:27:02,717 CYNICALLY ENGAGED. THANK YOU. 2046 01:27:02,717 --> 01:27:02,850 2047 01:27:02,850 --> 01:27:04,319 >> WE DO HAVE YOUTH PROGRAMMING 2048 01:27:04,319 --> 01:27:11,392 THAT ENCOURAGES CIVIC 2049 01:27:11,392 --> 01:27:11,993 ENGAGEMENT AND GETTING YOUTH 2050 01:27:11,993 --> 01:27:12,860 INVOLVED IN THE LEGISLATIVE 2051 01:27:12,860 --> 01:27:13,561 PROCESS, WHATEVER THAT MAY BE. 2052 01:27:13,561 --> 01:27:14,629 LIKE PEOPLE SAID, IT DOES GO 2053 01:27:14,629 --> 01:27:16,097 BEYOND VOTING. ALL KIDS IN 2054 01:27:16,097 --> 01:27:16,764 SCHOOLS KNOW THAT IF THE 2055 01:27:16,764 --> 01:27:18,466 TEACHER ASKS THEM TO VOTE ON 2056 01:27:18,466 --> 01:27:23,705 SOMETHING TO DO, THEY KNOW 2057 01:27:23,705 --> 01:27:25,006 WHAT IT MEANS. THE RESULT ON 2058 01:27:25,006 --> 01:27:26,074 THE VOTE. IF WE CAN DRAW 2059 01:27:26,074 --> 01:27:27,075 CORRELATIONS TO THE LARGER 2060 01:27:27,075 --> 01:27:27,709 GOVERNMENT, OR LARGER 2061 01:27:27,709 --> 01:27:28,343 LEGISLATION THAT CAN IMPACT 2062 01:27:28,343 --> 01:27:29,544 THEM, OR IMPACT THEM AS ADULTS, 2063 01:27:29,544 --> 01:27:31,212 THAT'S HOW YOU GET THEM 2064 01:27:31,212 --> 01:27:33,715 INVOLVED. YOU DRAW THE 2065 01:27:33,715 --> 01:27:34,382 CORRELATIONS TO ELEMENTARY 2066 01:27:34,382 --> 01:27:35,250 SCHOOL. WHEN I VOTE, THIS IS 2067 01:27:35,250 --> 01:27:36,684 WHAT IT MEANS AND IS GREAT. 2068 01:27:36,684 --> 01:27:37,919 WHEN I AM 18 I CAN HAVE GREATER 2069 01:27:37,919 --> 01:27:39,320 IMPACT. THE COALITION HAS A 2070 01:27:39,320 --> 01:27:41,990 PROGRAM WHERE ONE OF THEIR 2071 01:27:41,990 --> 01:27:44,292 GOALS IS TO HAVE CIVIC 2072 01:27:44,292 --> 01:27:48,796 ENGAGEMENT. I THINK IF WE HAVE 2073 01:27:48,796 --> 01:27:51,633 OTHER ALTERNATIVES TO 2074 01:27:51,633 --> 01:27:56,337 PROGRAMS THAT HELP THEM SEE 2075 01:27:56,337 --> 01:28:00,074 THEIR VOTE IMPACTS DIRECTLY. 2076 01:28:00,074 --> 01:28:04,112 >> THANK YOU. 2077 01:28:04,112 --> 01:28:05,780 >> I AGREE. THE IMPORTANCE OF 2078 01:28:05,780 --> 01:28:07,615 CIVIC ENGAGEMENT , I THINK, IT 2079 01:28:07,615 --> 01:28:10,618 ALSO STARTS AT HOME. I VISITED 2080 01:28:10,618 --> 01:28:12,287 THE CAPITOL WITH EACH OF MY 2081 01:28:12,287 --> 01:28:14,789 CHILDREN TO STRESS THE 2082 01:28:14,789 --> 01:28:17,058 IMPORTANCE OF OUR GOVERNMENT . 2083 01:28:17,058 --> 01:28:18,559 I WAS PROUD I ANSWER THE 2084 01:28:18,559 --> 01:28:22,730 QUESTION CORRECTLY . THERE ARE 2085 01:28:22,730 --> 01:28:24,298 42 STEPS ON OUR CAPITOL. WE ARE 2086 01:28:24,298 --> 01:28:28,870 THE 42nd STATE ADMITTED TO THE 2087 01:28:28,870 --> 01:28:29,904 UNION. I KNOW THAT WAS 2088 01:28:29,904 --> 01:28:32,040 SOMETHING I HAD FROM THE 2089 01:28:32,040 --> 01:28:32,740 SOLDIERS I SERVED IN THE 2090 01:28:32,740 --> 01:28:35,476 WASHINGTON NATIONAL GUARD. THE 2091 01:28:35,476 --> 01:28:37,912 U.S. FLAG HAS 42 STARS ON IT. 2092 01:28:37,912 --> 01:28:40,648 ALSO, I THINK, WE NEED TO 2093 01:28:40,648 --> 01:28:41,883 ADDRESS INSTITUTIONAL RESELLERS 2094 01:28:41,883 --> 01:28:48,556 -- RACISM. WE HAVE -- IF THIS 2095 01:28:48,556 --> 01:28:49,857 STARTS A HOME AND THEY DON'T 2096 01:28:49,857 --> 01:28:51,526 HAVE A HOME LIFE, WE NEED TO 2097 01:28:51,526 --> 01:28:52,894 REACH OUT TO THEM AND ENGAGE IN 2098 01:28:52,894 --> 01:28:55,730 THAT . LIKE I SAID, THE DRIVERS 2099 01:28:55,730 --> 01:28:56,564 LICENSE NOW, IT'S EASY TO 2100 01:28:56,564 --> 01:28:58,366 REGISTER WHEN YOU GET YOUR 2101 01:28:58,366 --> 01:28:59,801 DRIVERS LICENSE. WE ALSO HAVE A 2102 01:28:59,801 --> 01:29:04,572 LARGE NUMBER OF USED -- YOUTHS 2103 01:29:04,572 --> 01:29:05,873 THAT ARE NOT INTERESTED IN 2104 01:29:05,873 --> 01:29:06,908 DRIVING. THERE'S A LOT OF WORK 2105 01:29:06,908 --> 01:29:07,608 TO DO. 2106 01:29:07,608 --> 01:29:09,143 >> TIME. HELLO. 2107 01:29:09,143 --> 01:29:15,149 >> I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT -- 2108 01:29:15,149 --> 01:29:15,283 2109 01:29:15,283 --> 01:29:17,185 >> I DIDN'T TOUCH ANYTHING. 2110 01:29:17,185 --> 01:29:19,153 >> I WOULD LIKE TO RECLAIM MY 2111 01:29:19,153 --> 01:29:24,292 TIME. 2112 01:29:24,292 --> 01:29:25,693 >> YOU WERE OVERTIME WHEN IT 2113 01:29:25,693 --> 01:29:25,993 WENT DARK. 2114 01:29:25,993 --> 01:29:27,061 >> I JUST WANT TO CLOSE WITH 2115 01:29:27,061 --> 01:29:28,596 THIS, WHAT JFK SAID. IT'S BY 2116 01:29:28,596 --> 01:29:29,530 ACTIONS AND NOT BY WORDS. IT'S 2117 01:29:29,530 --> 01:29:31,132 GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US TO 2118 01:29:31,132 --> 01:29:31,966 CHANGE THIS. THANKS. 2119 01:29:31,966 --> 01:29:36,637 >> THANK YOU. 2120 01:29:36,637 --> 01:29:38,206 >> SHOULD I GO OR PAUSE? 2121 01:29:38,206 --> 01:29:38,973 >> GO. 2122 01:29:38,973 --> 01:29:41,409 >> OKAY. IF WE WANT OUR YOUNG 2123 01:29:41,409 --> 01:29:45,113 PEOPLE TO BE ENGAGED AND 2124 01:29:45,113 --> 01:29:46,514 INVOLVED, WE HAVE TO BE SIMPLY 2125 01:29:46,514 --> 01:29:48,850 ENGAGED AND INVOLVED. WE ARE 2126 01:29:48,850 --> 01:29:50,051 GOING TO BE SETTING THE EXAMPLE 2127 01:29:50,051 --> 01:29:54,021 FOR IT. WHEN I THINK ABOUT 2128 01:29:54,021 --> 01:29:55,556 PAST ELECTIONS, WHEN I LOOK AT 2129 01:29:55,556 --> 01:29:59,794 TURNOUT, VOTER TURNOUT . 19% OF 2130 01:29:59,794 --> 01:30:01,796 THE PRECINCT, IT'S HOW MANY 2131 01:30:01,796 --> 01:30:04,732 PEOPLE TURNED OUT. WHY ARE 2132 01:30:04,732 --> 01:30:10,838 FOLKS STAYING HOME? AGAIN, IS 2133 01:30:10,838 --> 01:30:12,206 IT THAT THEY DON'T FEEL THEIR 2134 01:30:12,206 --> 01:30:13,007 VOICE IS GOING TO COUNT, OR 2135 01:30:13,007 --> 01:30:14,242 THEY DON'T FEEL THERE'S A 2136 01:30:14,242 --> 01:30:15,843 REASON FOR THEM TO ENGAGE? 2137 01:30:15,843 --> 01:30:20,882 THANK YOU. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT 2138 01:30:20,882 --> 01:30:25,620 THAT AS WELL. AGAIN, IT DOES 2139 01:30:25,620 --> 01:30:27,021 BEGIN WITH THE ADULTS IN THE 2140 01:30:27,021 --> 01:30:30,425 ROOM. IF WE WANT YOUNG PEOPLE 2141 01:30:30,425 --> 01:30:31,359 TO BE INVOLVED, WE HAVE TO BE 2142 01:30:31,359 --> 01:30:31,659 INVOLVED. 2143 01:30:31,659 --> 01:30:33,194 >> THANK YOU. 2144 01:30:33,194 --> 01:30:34,862 >> THANK YOU FOR THIS QUESTION. 2145 01:30:34,862 --> 01:30:37,899 WE'VE HAD OUR NANNY FOR 3 1/2 2146 01:30:37,899 --> 01:30:40,568 YEARS NOW . WHEN SHE FIRST 2147 01:30:40,568 --> 01:30:42,570 JOINED US, SHE WAS APPLYING 2148 01:30:42,570 --> 01:30:44,372 FOR CITIZENSHIP. SHE HAD OUR 2149 01:30:44,372 --> 01:30:53,147 ENTER -- INTERVIEW SCHEDULED 2150 01:30:53,147 --> 01:30:54,382 IN OCTOBER. EVERY MORNING WE 2151 01:30:54,382 --> 01:30:55,283 WOULD GO OVER THE 100 QUESTIONS 2152 01:30:55,283 --> 01:30:56,217 AND OSCAR THREE QUESTIONS. MY 2153 01:30:56,217 --> 01:30:57,618 SON WHO WAS FOUR AT THE TIME 2154 01:30:57,618 --> 01:30:58,853 CANNOT READ. SO HE COULD ASK 2155 01:30:58,853 --> 01:31:00,288 OUR NANNY OPERAS -- BREAKFAST. 2156 01:31:00,288 --> 01:31:03,658 HE KNEW MOST OF THE ANSWERS 2157 01:31:03,658 --> 01:31:04,892 BEFORE SHE TOOK HER EXAM. THE 2158 01:31:04,892 --> 01:31:06,994 FUNNY THING IS HE WOULD GO TO 2159 01:31:06,994 --> 01:31:07,995 SCHOOL AND ASK THE SAME 2160 01:31:07,995 --> 01:31:09,330 QUESTIONS AGAIN TO HIS FRIENDS 2161 01:31:09,330 --> 01:31:10,298 IN THE CLASS. THE TEACHER 2162 01:31:10,298 --> 01:31:12,600 EMAILED ME TO ASK ME, WHAT IS 2163 01:31:12,600 --> 01:31:15,470 GOING ON. ONE STORY SHORT, 2164 01:31:15,470 --> 01:31:16,504 CIVIC ENGAGEMENT START THAT 2165 01:31:16,504 --> 01:31:19,173 YOUTH. SHOWING THEM THEY CAN 2166 01:31:19,173 --> 01:31:19,774 BE EMPOWERED. ANOTHER THING 2167 01:31:19,774 --> 01:31:23,177 HE'S ASKED FOR IS A BALLAD. I 2168 01:31:23,177 --> 01:31:24,212 THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE 2169 01:31:24,212 --> 01:31:26,414 SOME SORT OF YOUTH BALLAD WE 2170 01:31:26,414 --> 01:31:27,782 PHOTOCOPIED OUR SO HE CAN BE 2171 01:31:27,782 --> 01:31:29,183 PART OF THE PROCESS. A WAY FOR 2172 01:31:29,183 --> 01:31:35,256 THEM TO FEEL THEIR VOICES 2173 01:31:35,256 --> 01:31:36,557 BEING HEARD IN A PROACTIVE WAY. 2174 01:31:36,557 --> 01:31:37,925 ALSO TEACH THEM. WE DON'T HOW 2175 01:31:37,925 --> 01:31:39,227 TO VOTE, IT'S DAUNTING AND 2176 01:31:39,227 --> 01:31:39,861 INTIMIDATING. I HAVE TO LOOK AT 2177 01:31:39,861 --> 01:31:40,995 THE VOTERS GUIDE WHEN I AM 2178 01:31:40,995 --> 01:31:42,196 VOTING, SO I CANNOT IMAGINE 2179 01:31:42,196 --> 01:31:44,632 BEING 18 WITH NO GUIDE IS -- NO 2180 01:31:44,632 --> 01:31:52,473 GUIDANCE. 2181 01:31:52,473 --> 01:31:58,412 >> WE AS A LECTOR -- AS 2182 01:31:58,412 --> 01:31:59,280 ELECTORS NEED TO DEMONSTRATE 2183 01:31:59,280 --> 01:32:00,681 WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GET 2184 01:32:00,681 --> 01:32:02,183 INVOLVED. AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE 2185 01:32:02,183 --> 01:32:03,518 WHEN YOUTH GETS INVOLVED. THIS 2186 01:32:03,518 --> 01:32:06,554 CITY COUNCIL REACTED TO IT AND 2187 01:32:06,554 --> 01:32:10,157 STARTED WITH IT. THE 2188 01:32:10,157 --> 01:32:11,726 FOLLOWING YEAR BECAME $20 2189 01:32:11,726 --> 01:32:13,895 MILLION. THAT WAS INITIATED BY 2190 01:32:13,895 --> 01:32:17,665 AN ORGANIZATION CALLED SEATTLE 2191 01:32:17,665 --> 01:32:18,599 STUDENT UNION. THAT STUDENT 2192 01:32:18,599 --> 01:32:19,634 UNION IS GROWING THEIR 2193 01:32:19,634 --> 01:32:24,105 MEMBERSHIP , AND HAS BECOME THE 2194 01:32:24,105 --> 01:32:25,106 WASHINGTON YOUTH ALLIANCE. I 2195 01:32:25,106 --> 01:32:25,940 THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT 2196 01:32:25,940 --> 01:32:26,974 THAT ELECTED LEADERS GIVE YOUNG 2197 01:32:26,974 --> 01:32:31,445 PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENACT 2198 01:32:31,445 --> 01:32:32,647 A CHANGE IN THEIR OWN 2199 01:32:32,647 --> 01:32:33,915 COMMUNITIES AND MAKE GOOD ON 2200 01:32:33,915 --> 01:32:37,218 THEM. WE SHOULD CONSIDER 2201 01:32:37,218 --> 01:32:38,252 ALLOWING YOUNG PEOPLE TO SERVE 2202 01:32:38,252 --> 01:32:39,720 ON OUR COMMISSIONS. I KNOW 2203 01:32:39,720 --> 01:32:42,523 COUNCIL PRESIDENT THINKS THE 2204 01:32:42,523 --> 01:32:43,758 APPLICANTS AND ENCOURAGED THEM 2205 01:32:43,758 --> 01:32:44,926 TO JOIN COMMISSIONS. I INVITE 2206 01:32:44,926 --> 01:32:46,227 OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO JOIN AS 2207 01:32:46,227 --> 01:32:49,263 WELL AND GET INVOLVED IN OUR 2208 01:32:49,263 --> 01:32:49,964 CITY THAT WE. 2209 01:32:49,964 --> 01:32:50,398 >> THANK YOU. 2210 01:32:50,398 --> 01:32:53,968 >> WHAT I HEARD WAS THAT IF 2211 01:32:53,968 --> 01:32:55,569 CITY CLUB WAS TO START YOUTH 2212 01:32:55,569 --> 01:32:58,439 INITIATIVE, YOU ARE ALL GOING 2213 01:32:58,439 --> 01:33:00,508 TO HELP OUT. THAT'S WHAT I 2214 01:33:00,508 --> 01:33:10,685 HEARD. 2215 01:33:11,886 --> 01:33:13,487 >> OKAY, WE ARE GOING BACK TO 2216 01:33:13,487 --> 01:33:14,588 BUDGET NOW. I'M GOING TO SAY, 2217 01:33:14,588 --> 01:33:17,892 LET'S START WITH STEVE AGAIN. 2218 01:33:17,892 --> 01:33:19,794 THERE IS A LARGE BUDGET 2219 01:33:19,794 --> 01:33:22,763 SHORTFALL AS WITH MOST 2220 01:33:22,763 --> 01:33:25,099 ORGANIZATIONS. DEEPER -- 2221 01:33:25,099 --> 01:33:31,038 SUPPORT THE REVENUE OPTIONS 2222 01:33:31,038 --> 01:33:31,839 PRESENTED BY COUNCILMEMBER 2223 01:33:31,839 --> 01:33:36,143 MOSQUEDA, OR CUTS TO SERVICE? 2224 01:33:36,143 --> 01:33:36,277 2225 01:33:36,277 --> 01:33:46,821 >> THANK YOU. WHEN IT COMES TO 2226 01:33:49,123 --> 01:33:50,257 BUDGET, I THINK WE NEED TO 2227 01:33:50,257 --> 01:33:51,158 AUDIT THE BUDGET, AS I SAID 2228 01:33:51,158 --> 01:33:52,727 EARLIER, AND LOOK AT WHERE WE 2229 01:33:52,727 --> 01:33:53,761 CAN CUT BEFORE WE LOOK AT ANY 2230 01:33:53,761 --> 01:33:54,762 INCREASES IN OUR FUNDING, ANY 2231 01:33:54,762 --> 01:33:56,030 TAXATION. I DO BELIEVE THAT WE 2232 01:33:56,030 --> 01:33:57,131 SHOULD HAVE A PROGRESSIVE TAX 2233 01:33:57,131 --> 01:34:01,435 NOT A REGRESSIVE TAX. THAT IS 2234 01:34:01,435 --> 01:34:03,170 SOMETHING I SUPPORT. I AM NOT 2235 01:34:03,170 --> 01:34:04,138 COMFORTABLE RAISING TAXES UNTIL 2236 01:34:04,138 --> 01:34:09,577 WE KNOW WE ARE -- ONE THING I 2237 01:34:09,577 --> 01:34:11,512 WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS OUR 2238 01:34:11,512 --> 01:34:16,917 POLICE DEPARTMENT . I AM A 2239 01:34:16,917 --> 01:34:18,419 SUPPORTER OF A SEATTLE POLICE 2240 01:34:18,419 --> 01:34:24,025 DEPARTMENT. THEY HAVE BEEN 2241 01:34:24,025 --> 01:34:25,126 WITHOUT A RAISE FOR A WHILE. 2242 01:34:25,126 --> 01:34:25,993 IT'S ALSO ALTERNATIVES TO 2243 01:34:25,993 --> 01:34:27,094 POLICING WHERE WE CAN SAVE 2244 01:34:27,094 --> 01:34:28,396 MONEY. IT IS CHEAPER FOR OTHER 2245 01:34:28,396 --> 01:34:33,434 PEOPLE TO RESPOND TO SOMEONE 2246 01:34:33,434 --> 01:34:34,568 SLEEPING IN THE DOORWAY THAN IT 2247 01:34:34,568 --> 01:34:35,936 IS TO HAVE A FIRE TRUCK OR 2248 01:34:35,936 --> 01:34:37,705 POLICE CAR SHOW UP TO THOSE LOW 2249 01:34:37,705 --> 01:34:40,841 CALLS. I THINK WE CAN SAVE 2250 01:34:40,841 --> 01:34:41,308 MONEY THERE. 2251 01:34:41,308 --> 01:34:47,948 >> THANK YOU. 2252 01:34:47,948 --> 01:34:49,784 >> THE QUESTION IS, WHETHER, TO 2253 01:34:49,784 --> 01:34:51,919 SUPPORT FORMER COUNCILMEMBER 2254 01:34:51,919 --> 01:35:00,494 MOSQUEDA IDEAS , IT'S NOT 2255 01:35:00,494 --> 01:35:01,162 EITHER/OR. I THINK IT'S BOTH. 2256 01:35:01,162 --> 01:35:04,198 WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT -- AS I 2257 01:35:04,198 --> 01:35:05,933 MENTIONED BEFORE, WHAT ARE WE 2258 01:35:05,933 --> 01:35:13,407 SPENDING? WHAT ARE WE SPENDING 2259 01:35:13,407 --> 01:35:14,442 IT ON? WHAT'S OUR RETURN ON 2260 01:35:14,442 --> 01:35:15,676 INVESTMENT. IF WE ARE SPENDING 2261 01:35:15,676 --> 01:35:16,577 MONEY ON STUFF THAT DOESN'T 2262 01:35:16,577 --> 01:35:17,478 WORK, LET'S STOP DOING THAT 2263 01:35:17,478 --> 01:35:18,546 AND RECOUP THOSE FUNDS TO PUT 2264 01:35:18,546 --> 01:35:19,814 IT TOWARDS THINGS THAT ARE MORE 2265 01:35:19,814 --> 01:35:21,415 NECESSARY AND NEEDED. AT THE 2266 01:35:21,415 --> 01:35:23,684 SAME TIME, YEAH, LET'S LOOK 2267 01:35:23,684 --> 01:35:24,552 AT DIFFERENT TYPES OF 2268 01:35:24,552 --> 01:35:25,286 INVESTMENTS. LET'S LOOK AT, 2269 01:35:25,286 --> 01:35:26,787 FOR EXAMPLE, A PUBLIC BANK. 2270 01:35:26,787 --> 01:35:27,822 WHERE THE CITY CAN BORROW 2271 01:35:27,822 --> 01:35:30,357 AGAINST ITS OWN ASSETS TO FUND 2272 01:35:30,357 --> 01:35:31,859 INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, 2273 01:35:31,859 --> 01:35:34,729 HOUSING AND OTHER SERVICES. 2274 01:35:34,729 --> 01:35:38,265 NORTH DAKOTA DESERTS. THERE IS 2275 01:35:38,265 --> 01:35:39,900 NO REASON WHY WE CAN'T LOOK AT 2276 01:35:39,900 --> 01:35:42,470 THAT AS A POTENTIAL OPTION FOR 2277 01:35:42,470 --> 01:35:43,104 OURSELVES AS WELL. 2278 01:35:43,104 --> 01:35:46,574 >> THANK YOU. 2279 01:35:46,574 --> 01:35:49,477 >> I THINK WE BOTH -- OH WENT 2280 01:35:49,477 --> 01:35:51,746 TO SEATTLE LIGHTS . AUDIT, 2281 01:35:51,746 --> 01:35:54,748 REVIEW, THE BUDGET. I DON'T 2282 01:35:54,748 --> 01:36:00,921 THINK THE REVIEW OF THE BUDGET 2283 01:36:00,921 --> 01:36:02,756 HAS DONE IT MANY YEARS. WE 2284 01:36:02,756 --> 01:36:04,191 NEED TO TRIM WHERE WE CAN. I 2285 01:36:04,191 --> 01:36:07,828 DON'T THINK WE ARE GOING TO 2286 01:36:07,828 --> 01:36:09,096 FIND $250 MILLION IN SAVINGS TO 2287 01:36:09,096 --> 01:36:10,631 THE AUDIT, BUT WE WILL FIND 2288 01:36:10,631 --> 01:36:11,799 SOMEBODY. AND ALSO LOOK AT OUR 2289 01:36:11,799 --> 01:36:12,900 RESTRICTED FUNDS AND SEE IF WE 2290 01:36:12,900 --> 01:36:13,901 CAN USE THEM, MAYBE A PORTION 2291 01:36:13,901 --> 01:36:15,903 OF THEM, TO HELP PLUG THE HOLE. 2292 01:36:15,903 --> 01:36:18,072 IF WE ARE UNABLE TO DO THAT, 2293 01:36:18,072 --> 01:36:19,306 WE CAN GO IN AND ASK 2294 01:36:19,306 --> 01:36:22,576 SEATTLEITES FOR TAX RATES. 2295 01:36:22,576 --> 01:36:23,511 THEY ARE NOT OPPOSED TO IT, 2296 01:36:23,511 --> 01:36:25,779 THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE 2297 01:36:25,779 --> 01:36:28,983 SPENDING -- WE ARE SPENDING 2298 01:36:28,983 --> 01:36:30,351 THE MONEY IN A PROPER AND 2299 01:36:30,351 --> 01:36:31,986 ACCOUNTABLE WAY. I WOULD MAKE 2300 01:36:31,986 --> 01:36:34,555 SURE WE DO THAT BEFORE WE COME 2301 01:36:34,555 --> 01:36:35,856 TO THE TABLE TO SAY, PLEASE 2302 01:36:35,856 --> 01:36:37,124 GIVE US MORE MONEY. THANK YOU. 2303 01:36:37,124 --> 01:36:37,892 >> THANK YOU. 2304 01:36:37,892 --> 01:36:45,266 >> MY EXPERIENCE AND TRYING TO 2305 01:36:45,266 --> 01:36:46,400 CLOSE A $100 MILLION BUDGET 2306 01:36:46,400 --> 01:36:48,936 DEFICIT, I THINK IT'S 2307 01:36:48,936 --> 01:36:50,437 IMPORTANT TO START WITH CLEAR 2308 01:36:50,437 --> 01:36:51,138 OBJECTIVES OF WHAT YOU ARE 2309 01:36:51,138 --> 01:36:54,508 TRYING TO ACHIEVE. WORKING 2310 01:36:54,508 --> 01:37:00,014 WITH DEPARTMENT HEADS, MAKING 2311 01:37:00,014 --> 01:37:01,148 SURE THAT THE WORK OF THEIR 2312 01:37:01,148 --> 01:37:01,849 ORGANIZATION IS DRIVING THOSE 2313 01:37:01,849 --> 01:37:02,783 OBJECTIVES. IT'S MEASURABLE. 2314 01:37:02,783 --> 01:37:04,618 WE CAN DEMONSTRATE RESULTS. I 2315 01:37:04,618 --> 01:37:07,521 DO THINK IT WOULD BE 2316 01:37:07,521 --> 01:37:08,455 CHALLENGING TO IDENTIFY $250 2317 01:37:08,455 --> 01:37:13,294 MILLION OF CUT WITH THIS 2318 01:37:13,294 --> 01:37:14,495 BUDGET IN A VERY SHORT AMOUNT 2319 01:37:14,495 --> 01:37:15,563 OF TIME. IT'S IMPORTANT TO 2320 01:37:15,563 --> 01:37:16,864 LOOK AT ALL THE OPTIONS AND 2321 01:37:16,864 --> 01:37:18,098 MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS ON THE 2322 01:37:18,098 --> 01:37:19,767 TABLE. THE IMPORTANT POINT FOR 2323 01:37:19,767 --> 01:37:21,235 TAXATION IS THAT THERE NEEDS TO 2324 01:37:21,235 --> 01:37:25,906 BE A CLEAR PURPOSE FOR IT. 2325 01:37:25,906 --> 01:37:31,145 AGAIN, THAT GOES BACK TO THE 2326 01:37:31,145 --> 01:37:32,346 NECESSITY OF HAVING CLEAR 2327 01:37:32,346 --> 01:37:32,947 OBJECTIVES FOR WHAT WE ARE 2328 01:37:32,947 --> 01:37:34,014 TRYING TO ACHIEVE IS A CITY. 2329 01:37:34,014 --> 01:37:36,483 >> THANK YOU. 2330 01:37:36,483 --> 01:37:37,051 >> ANOTHER QUESTION SO 2331 01:37:37,051 --> 01:37:41,722 DIFFICULT TO ANSWER IN THE 2332 01:37:41,722 --> 01:37:42,856 ABSTRACT AND GIVEN A 32nd 2333 01:37:42,856 --> 01:37:48,429 TIMEFRAME AND TRYING TO ANSWER 2334 01:37:48,429 --> 01:37:50,164 IN A SHORT TIMEFRAME. THE 2335 01:37:50,164 --> 01:37:51,165 BOTTOM LINE ISSUE IS THIS, WE 2336 01:37:51,165 --> 01:37:52,199 AS A COMMUNITY JUST ELECTED AN 2337 01:37:52,199 --> 01:37:52,967 INNOVATIVE AND COLLABORATIVE 2338 01:37:52,967 --> 01:37:54,134 CITY COUNCIL THE NEW COUNCIL 2339 01:37:54,134 --> 01:37:57,972 MEMBERS. I KNOW THERE ARE 2340 01:37:57,972 --> 01:37:58,606 EXISTING COUNCILMEMBERS AND 2341 01:37:58,606 --> 01:37:59,707 FOLKS WHO HAVE IDEAS. I AM OPEN 2342 01:37:59,707 --> 01:38:01,709 TO ALL IDEAS. I WANT TO MAKE 2343 01:38:01,709 --> 01:38:06,580 SURE THAT IN THIS NEW ERA OF 2344 01:38:06,580 --> 01:38:07,381 COLLABORATION, EVEN IF THERE 2345 01:38:07,381 --> 01:38:08,382 ARE PEOPLE WHO PHILOSOPHICALLY 2346 01:38:08,382 --> 01:38:09,183 HAVE DIFFERENCES THAN ME, WE 2347 01:38:09,183 --> 01:38:10,217 ALL WANT THE SAME THING. I 2348 01:38:10,217 --> 01:38:11,352 THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT I 2349 01:38:11,352 --> 01:38:12,353 LISTEN TO THE OTHER 2350 01:38:12,353 --> 01:38:13,587 COUNCILMEMBERS, WE WORK IN A 2351 01:38:13,587 --> 01:38:14,355 COLLABORATIVE ENGAGED 2352 01:38:14,355 --> 01:38:15,890 ENVIRONMENT TO LOOK AT THE 2353 01:38:15,890 --> 01:38:20,728 ISSUES. THEY HAVE IMPACT ON SO 2354 01:38:20,728 --> 01:38:21,629 MANY DIFFERENT AREAS AND 2355 01:38:21,629 --> 01:38:22,663 ULTIMATELY, PEOPLE. I THINK WE 2356 01:38:22,663 --> 01:38:24,164 HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT 2357 01:38:24,164 --> 01:38:30,838 AS WELL. I WOULD SAY I'D BE 2358 01:38:30,838 --> 01:38:31,472 WORKING WITH THIS INNOVATION 2359 01:38:31,472 --> 01:38:32,439 AND COLLABORATION THAT HAS BEEN 2360 01:38:32,439 --> 01:38:34,241 EXPRESSED. I WILL LISTEN TO ALL 2361 01:38:34,241 --> 01:38:34,508 AVENUES. 2362 01:38:34,508 --> 01:38:35,609 >> THANK YOU. 2363 01:38:35,609 --> 01:38:40,681 >> BUDGETS ARE TIGHT FOR 2364 01:38:40,681 --> 01:38:41,582 EVERYBODY. WE HAVE PEOPLE ALL 2365 01:38:41,582 --> 01:38:42,650 ACROSS THE CITY WHO ARE JUST 2366 01:38:42,650 --> 01:38:43,717 TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET. I 2367 01:38:43,717 --> 01:38:45,419 WOULD APPROACH THIS FROM A 2368 01:38:45,419 --> 01:38:49,323 SMALL BUDGET PERSPECTIVE. WE 2369 01:38:49,323 --> 01:38:50,824 HAVE A BUDGET AND WE HAVE TO 2370 01:38:50,824 --> 01:38:52,192 MAKE IT WORK. AS I SAID 2371 01:38:52,192 --> 01:38:53,227 EARLIER, WE HAVE TO HAVE 2372 01:38:53,227 --> 01:38:54,295 METRICS FOR SUCCESS, FOR 2373 01:38:54,295 --> 01:38:55,663 RESULTS, FOR EVERY SINGLE 2374 01:38:55,663 --> 01:38:57,998 DEPARTMENT, AGENCY . WE NEED TO 2375 01:38:57,998 --> 01:38:59,233 KNOW THAT THEY ARE MEETING 2376 01:38:59,233 --> 01:39:04,605 THESE RESULTS. WHICH INCLUDES 2377 01:39:04,605 --> 01:39:06,674 AN AUDIT OF ALL CAN BE ABLE TO 2378 01:39:06,674 --> 01:39:08,475 LOOK AT THE INFORMATION BEFORE 2379 01:39:08,475 --> 01:39:11,779 WE GO TO LAST RESORTS. I KNOW 2380 01:39:11,779 --> 01:39:13,414 THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED A COUPLE 2381 01:39:13,414 --> 01:39:18,953 OF THINGS AND WENT THROUGH AN 2382 01:39:18,953 --> 01:39:19,687 EXERCISE OF LEGALITY BEFORE 2383 01:39:19,687 --> 01:39:20,587 THEY WERE IMPLEMENTED. WE 2384 01:39:20,587 --> 01:39:21,822 DEFINITELY NEED TO LOOK AT 2385 01:39:21,822 --> 01:39:27,962 IDEAS AS WELL AS FIGHT FOR A 2386 01:39:27,962 --> 01:39:31,966 LESS AGGRESSIVE TAX SYSTEM 2387 01:39:31,966 --> 01:39:32,599 THAN THE STATE LEGISLATOR. 2388 01:39:32,599 --> 01:39:33,300 >> THANK YOU. 2389 01:39:33,300 --> 01:39:36,403 >> YEAH, I THINK I AM IN 2390 01:39:36,403 --> 01:39:42,176 AGREEMENT WITH MANY OF MY -- 2391 01:39:42,176 --> 01:39:43,877 CAN I CALL YOU COLLEAGUES YET? 2392 01:39:43,877 --> 01:39:44,478 2393 01:39:44,478 --> 01:39:45,179 >> SURE. 2394 01:39:45,179 --> 01:39:52,419 >> YEAH. THANK YOU. AROUND THE 2395 01:39:52,419 --> 01:39:53,654 EFFICACY AND SINCERITY AROUND 2396 01:39:53,654 --> 01:39:55,155 THE AUDIT. WE NEED TO 2397 01:39:55,155 --> 01:40:01,095 UNDERSTAND WHAT WE HAVE. WHAT 2398 01:40:01,095 --> 01:40:02,096 WE ARE SPENDING ON. WHAT WE 2399 01:40:02,096 --> 01:40:03,764 HAVE BEEN SPENDING ON. HAVE WE 2400 01:40:03,764 --> 01:40:05,833 GOT A GOOD RETURN OF 2401 01:40:05,833 --> 01:40:07,368 INVESTMENT FOR THE THINGS WE 2402 01:40:07,368 --> 01:40:16,176 SPENT? AGAIN, NOT ALL SPENDING 2403 01:40:16,176 --> 01:40:17,077 IS BAD SPENDING. SOMETIMES WE 2404 01:40:17,077 --> 01:40:18,479 NEED TO SPEND MORE. MY GOSH, I 2405 01:40:18,479 --> 01:40:19,279 WORKED FOR A MEMBER OF 2406 01:40:19,279 --> 01:40:21,115 CONGRESS. TRYING THE FEDERAL 2407 01:40:21,115 --> 01:40:23,817 BUDGET. WE HAVE TO WORK ON IT. 2408 01:40:23,817 --> 01:40:28,756 I AM ALL IN FAVOR OF THE 2409 01:40:28,756 --> 01:40:29,356 SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION. WE 2410 01:40:29,356 --> 01:40:30,991 HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER AND 2411 01:40:30,991 --> 01:40:32,059 IDENTIFY WHERE WE CAN SAVE, 2412 01:40:32,059 --> 01:40:33,160 WHERE WE SHOULD INVEST TOGETHER 2413 01:40:33,160 --> 01:40:34,795 AND COME UP WITH COLLABORATIVE 2414 01:40:34,795 --> 01:40:37,798 AND GREATER SOLUTIONS EVEN ON 2415 01:40:37,798 --> 01:40:41,802 THIS CHALLENGE. THANK YOU. 2416 01:40:41,802 --> 01:40:47,641 >> I WOULD ECHO WHAT MARK SAID. 2417 01:40:47,641 --> 01:40:49,376 IF YOU TELL SOMEONE YOU WILL 2418 01:40:49,376 --> 01:40:50,477 RAISE TAXES YOU WILL GET AN 2419 01:40:50,477 --> 01:40:51,512 IMMEDIATE RESPONSE OR ACTION. 2420 01:40:51,512 --> 01:40:52,880 IF YOU SAY WE ARE MAKING 2421 01:40:52,880 --> 01:40:56,083 PROGRAM CHANGES YOU WILL GET A 2422 01:40:56,083 --> 01:40:56,950 SIMILAR REACTION. I THINK 2423 01:40:56,950 --> 01:40:59,453 SOMETHING WE NEED TO CONSIDER 2424 01:40:59,453 --> 01:41:07,294 IS WHAT CAN THIS IMPACT ON US 2425 01:41:07,294 --> 01:41:08,462 AS EMPLOYEES AND HOW CAN THIS 2426 01:41:08,462 --> 01:41:09,463 IMPACT SOME OF THE COMMUNITY 2427 01:41:09,463 --> 01:41:10,764 ORGANIZATIONS WE ARE FUNDING IN 2428 01:41:10,764 --> 01:41:11,632 THOSE PROGRAMS? SOMETHING I 2429 01:41:11,632 --> 01:41:16,170 THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT TO 2430 01:41:16,170 --> 01:41:16,703 THINK ABOUT, WHEN WE ARE 2431 01:41:16,703 --> 01:41:17,905 TALKING ABOUT BUDGET OR PROGRAM 2432 01:41:17,905 --> 01:41:19,139 CUTS, THINK ABOUT THE STAFF YOU 2433 01:41:19,139 --> 01:41:20,207 ARE IMPACTING THROUGH THOSE 2434 01:41:20,207 --> 01:41:21,842 CUTS. A LOT OF TIMES IT'S THE 2435 01:41:21,842 --> 01:41:22,876 LOW STAFF, MAKING THE LOWEST 2436 01:41:22,876 --> 01:41:25,913 AMOUNT OF WORK HE -- WORKERS. 2437 01:41:25,913 --> 01:41:27,514 IF WE LOOK AT MAKING CUTS TO 2438 01:41:27,514 --> 01:41:28,816 STAFF, WHAT IMPACT ARE WE 2439 01:41:28,816 --> 01:41:30,184 HAVING? IT'S A RIPPLE EFFECT. 2440 01:41:30,184 --> 01:41:31,952 IF SOMEONE LOSES THEIR JOB AND 2441 01:41:31,952 --> 01:41:33,654 ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO AFFORD 2442 01:41:33,654 --> 01:41:35,789 THE HOUSING. WE CREATED THAT 2443 01:41:35,789 --> 01:41:39,726 HOUSING INSTABILITY FOR THEM. 2444 01:41:39,726 --> 01:41:40,761 NOW THEY ARE SEEKING HOUSING 2445 01:41:40,761 --> 01:41:43,230 ELSEWHERE. ONCE AGAIN, I THINK 2446 01:41:43,230 --> 01:41:47,000 IT'S BOTH. WE HAVE TO TAKE 2447 01:41:47,000 --> 01:41:47,968 GUIDANCE FROM DEPARTMENTS TO 2448 01:41:47,968 --> 01:41:57,277 KNOW THERE ARE SUBJECT MATTER 2449 01:41:57,277 --> 01:41:58,812 EXPERTS ON THEIR BUDGETS. 2450 01:41:58,812 --> 01:41:59,780 >> THIS WILL BE OUR LAST 2451 01:41:59,780 --> 01:42:00,714 AUDIENCE QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GO 2452 01:42:00,714 --> 01:42:02,216 INTO THE LIGHTNING ROUND OUT 2453 01:42:02,216 --> 01:42:03,016 YOUR CLOSING COMMENTS. I'M 2454 01:42:03,016 --> 01:42:04,151 GOING TO GIVE YOU AN EASY ONE. 2455 01:42:04,151 --> 01:42:05,352 OF COURSE, MY SCREEN MOVES AS 2456 01:42:05,352 --> 01:42:07,020 SOON AS I FIND IT. IN 2023 -- 2457 01:42:07,020 --> 01:42:11,091 AND WE WILL START WITH YOU ON 2458 01:42:11,091 --> 01:42:12,960 THIS ONE. IN 2023, ENCAMPMENT 2459 01:42:12,960 --> 01:42:13,827 REMOVALS COST ABOUT $30 2460 01:42:13,827 --> 01:42:18,232 MILLION. DATA SHOWS THAT MOST 2461 01:42:18,232 --> 01:42:19,333 PEOPLE DO NOT TAKE OFFERS OF 2462 01:42:19,333 --> 01:42:22,169 SHELTER. WHAT SHOULD -- SHOULD 2463 01:42:22,169 --> 01:42:23,604 THE CITY SLOW DOWN THE 2464 01:42:23,604 --> 01:42:25,172 REMOVALS, OR WHAT WOULD YOU 2465 01:42:25,172 --> 01:42:30,477 PROPOSE INSTEAD? 2466 01:42:30,477 --> 01:42:34,548 >> I ALSO COME BACK WITH I 2467 01:42:34,548 --> 01:42:37,618 DON'T KNOW. IT IS A HUGE 2468 01:42:37,618 --> 01:42:41,722 CHALLENGE. IT'S A HUMAN COST. 2469 01:42:41,722 --> 01:42:52,299 IT'S DISHEARTENING . I'VE 2470 01:42:56,170 --> 01:42:57,204 DISCLOSED WITH YOU THAT I HAVE 2471 01:42:57,204 --> 01:42:58,138 MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES. I 2472 01:42:58,138 --> 01:42:59,239 ALSO NEED TO BE TRANSPARENT 2473 01:42:59,239 --> 01:43:00,841 THAT I HAVE EXPERIENCED 2474 01:43:00,841 --> 01:43:02,976 HOMELESSNESS BEFORE MY LIFE. 2475 01:43:02,976 --> 01:43:06,046 AS SOMEONE WHO HAS EXPERIENCED 2476 01:43:06,046 --> 01:43:11,785 HOMELESSNESS, I DON'T THINK 2477 01:43:11,785 --> 01:43:13,954 ABOUT WHETHER I WILL BE FORCED 2478 01:43:13,954 --> 01:43:17,558 TO MOVE . ALL MY STUFF HAS BEEN 2479 01:43:17,558 --> 01:43:21,261 THROWN AWAY, OR -- I DO NOT 2480 01:43:21,261 --> 01:43:23,096 THINK ABOUT IT. I STRIVE TO 2481 01:43:23,096 --> 01:43:24,765 SURVIVE. IF SOMEONE WANTED ME 2482 01:43:24,765 --> 01:43:26,667 TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE I WILL GO 2483 01:43:26,667 --> 01:43:29,069 SOMEWHERE ELSE. WE HAVE TO 2484 01:43:29,069 --> 01:43:30,203 THINK ABOUT THESE HUMAN 2485 01:43:30,203 --> 01:43:36,443 DIMENSIONS. I CAN'T GIVE THE 2486 01:43:36,443 --> 01:43:36,677 ANSWER. 2487 01:43:36,677 --> 01:43:41,882 >> THANK YOU. 2488 01:43:41,882 --> 01:43:43,216 >> WHEN WE THINK ABOUT 2489 01:43:43,216 --> 01:43:45,285 ENCAMPMENTS, I THINK WE NEED TO 2490 01:43:45,285 --> 01:43:47,054 THINK ABOUT WHAT WRAPAROUND 2491 01:43:47,054 --> 01:43:48,021 SERVICES WE ARE OFFERING 2492 01:43:48,021 --> 01:43:50,691 PEOPLE. THE OUTREACH TO THESE 2493 01:43:50,691 --> 01:43:52,426 AREAS OR ENCAMPMENTS MAY NOT BE 2494 01:43:52,426 --> 01:43:53,827 SOMETHING PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED 2495 01:43:53,827 --> 01:43:57,397 IN . IF THE SHELTER IS ALLOWING 2496 01:43:57,397 --> 01:43:59,366 MEN OR WOMEN AND YOU ARE NOT 2497 01:43:59,366 --> 01:44:01,368 ABLE TO LIVE WITH HER PARTNER, 2498 01:44:01,368 --> 01:44:03,837 THAT TEND LOOKS A LITTLE 2499 01:44:03,837 --> 01:44:04,771 BETTER BECAUSE YOU ARE ABLE TO 2500 01:44:04,771 --> 01:44:05,839 STAY WITH YOUR FAMILY. 2501 01:44:05,839 --> 01:44:07,074 SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T TAKE YOUR 2502 01:44:07,074 --> 01:44:07,941 PETS. THERE ARE PLENTY OF 2503 01:44:07,941 --> 01:44:11,378 PEOPLE THAT FEED THEIR PETS 2504 01:44:11,378 --> 01:44:12,779 BETTER THAN WE EAT AS HUMANS. 2505 01:44:12,779 --> 01:44:14,181 THE BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS AND 2506 01:44:14,181 --> 01:44:22,256 COMPARABILITY IS , IF YOUR 2507 01:44:22,256 --> 01:44:23,256 HOUSE LIST, YOU DO NOT HAVE 2508 01:44:23,256 --> 01:44:24,358 THAT SAME FLEXIBILITY TO MOVE 2509 01:44:24,358 --> 01:44:25,626 AROUND. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 2510 01:44:25,626 --> 01:44:28,895 WRAPAROUND SERVICES, IT'S NOT 2511 01:44:28,895 --> 01:44:30,330 THE ONLY THING. WE HAVE TO LOOK 2512 01:44:30,330 --> 01:44:31,431 AT SOME OF THE ROOT CAUSES. 2513 01:44:31,431 --> 01:44:32,199 MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE. 2514 01:44:32,199 --> 01:44:33,200 OTHER THINGS THAT ARE IMPACTING 2515 01:44:33,200 --> 01:44:34,568 THEM AND PROHIBIT THEM FROM 2516 01:44:34,568 --> 01:44:37,037 BEING ABLE TO MAINTAIN A SAFE 2517 01:44:37,037 --> 01:44:38,972 HOME OR LIVE ELSEWHERE THEN AN 2518 01:44:38,972 --> 01:44:42,743 ENCAMPMENT. AT THE ROOT OF IT, 2519 01:44:42,743 --> 01:44:44,077 TOO, WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT 2520 01:44:44,077 --> 01:44:47,247 THE OUTREACH LOOKS LIKE. WE 2521 01:44:47,247 --> 01:44:48,115 KNOW THAT FROM DIFFERENT 2522 01:44:48,115 --> 01:44:48,949 COMMUNITIES, SOMETIMES YOU FEEL 2523 01:44:48,949 --> 01:44:49,916 MORE COMFORTABLE WITH PEOPLE 2524 01:44:49,916 --> 01:44:53,420 YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH. PEOPLE 2525 01:44:53,420 --> 01:44:54,955 WHO LOOK LIKE YOU AND SPEAK THE 2526 01:44:54,955 --> 01:44:55,789 LANGUAGE YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH. 2527 01:44:55,789 --> 01:44:56,289 THANK YOU. 2528 01:44:56,289 --> 01:44:58,158 >> I WANT TO BE CLEAR WHEN 2529 01:44:58,158 --> 01:44:59,559 TALKING ABOUT OUR UNHOUSED 2530 01:44:59,559 --> 01:45:00,560 NEIGHBORS. THAT IS NOT ILLEGAL, 2531 01:45:00,560 --> 01:45:03,397 AND THEY ARE NOT CRIMINALS. I 2532 01:45:03,397 --> 01:45:04,398 THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WHEN WE 2533 01:45:04,398 --> 01:45:05,666 TALK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AND 2534 01:45:05,666 --> 01:45:08,969 HOMELESSNESS. WE ARE NOT 2535 01:45:08,969 --> 01:45:09,736 COMBINING THOSE TWO ISSUES. 2536 01:45:09,736 --> 01:45:12,806 THEY'RE VERY SEPARATE. THERE 2537 01:45:12,806 --> 01:45:13,907 ARE PEOPLE THAT OUR UNHOUSED 2538 01:45:13,907 --> 01:45:15,509 THAT ARE GOING THROUGH MENTAL 2539 01:45:15,509 --> 01:45:16,777 HEALTH ISSUES THAT HAVE DRUG 2540 01:45:16,777 --> 01:45:18,912 ADDICTION ISSUES THAT NEED 2541 01:45:18,912 --> 01:45:24,685 HELP. SERIOUS HELP. WE ARE 2542 01:45:24,685 --> 01:45:26,053 SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY, AND IT 2543 01:45:26,053 --> 01:45:27,154 IS NOT GETTING BETTER. WE NEED 2544 01:45:27,154 --> 01:45:29,156 TO LOOK AT WHY THAT IS. I AGREE 2545 01:45:29,156 --> 01:45:33,794 THAT THESE ENCAMPMENT SWEEPS 2546 01:45:33,794 --> 01:45:34,695 AND SPENDING $30 MILLION TO DO 2547 01:45:34,695 --> 01:45:36,263 IT AGAIN TWO BLOCKS OVER IS NOT 2548 01:45:36,263 --> 01:45:37,264 EFFECTIVE. WE NEED MORE 2549 01:45:37,264 --> 01:45:38,699 PERMANENT SOLUTIONS. I THINK 2550 01:45:38,699 --> 01:45:42,536 THE CITY EXPECTED KING COUNTY 2551 01:45:42,536 --> 01:45:49,176 REGIONAL HOMELESS -- TO FIND 2552 01:45:49,176 --> 01:45:54,948 THE ORIGINAL SOLUTIONS FOR OUR 2553 01:45:54,948 --> 01:45:56,350 REGION. I DON'T THINK THAT IS 2554 01:45:56,350 --> 01:45:57,117 BEEN EFFECTIVE. WE NEED TO LOOK 2555 01:45:57,117 --> 01:45:57,984 AT WHETHER WE CONTINUE WITH 2556 01:45:57,984 --> 01:46:02,289 THAT OR NOT. AND HOW WE DO GET 2557 01:46:02,289 --> 01:46:03,123 PEOPLE INDOORS, BECAUSE WE 2558 01:46:03,123 --> 01:46:04,291 CAN'T LEAVE THEM ON THE 2559 01:46:04,291 --> 01:46:05,792 STREET. THANK YOU. 2560 01:46:05,792 --> 01:46:09,563 >> I WILL TRY TO BURY -- PS 2561 01:46:09,563 --> 01:46:09,796 BRIEF. 2562 01:46:09,796 --> 01:46:17,003 >> A LOT OF FOLKS I GET FROM 2563 01:46:17,003 --> 01:46:18,472 -- CAUSE I GET FROM FOLKS ARE 2564 01:46:18,472 --> 01:46:20,140 ABOUT HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS. I 2565 01:46:20,140 --> 01:46:22,642 EMPATHIZE WITH THEM BEING 2566 01:46:22,642 --> 01:46:26,546 HOMELESSNESS -- HOMELESS IS 2567 01:46:26,546 --> 01:46:27,447 NOT ILLEGAL. JUST BECAUSE 2568 01:46:27,447 --> 01:46:32,552 SOMEONE IS HOMELESS DOES NOT 2569 01:46:32,552 --> 01:46:33,320 MEAN THERE ARE CRITICAL. WE 2570 01:46:33,320 --> 01:46:34,621 HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH 2571 01:46:34,621 --> 01:46:41,928 ADDRESSES IS -- WITH ADDRESSES 2572 01:46:41,928 --> 01:46:43,130 COMMITTING CRIMES. WE NEED TO 2573 01:46:43,130 --> 01:46:43,964 PROVIDE ADDRESSES FOR THOSE ON 2574 01:46:43,964 --> 01:46:45,198 THE STREET. WANT TO SOLVE THE 2575 01:46:45,198 --> 01:46:45,866 ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS, LET'S 2576 01:46:45,866 --> 01:46:47,334 BUILD HOUSING. WITH THE PEOPLE 2577 01:46:47,334 --> 01:46:49,536 INSIDE. LET'S PROVIDE THE 2578 01:46:49,536 --> 01:46:50,337 WRAPAROUND CASE SO THEY CAN 2579 01:46:50,337 --> 01:46:55,642 STAY IN THEIR HOUSING. LET'S 2580 01:46:55,642 --> 01:46:56,243 NOT DO CONGREGATE SHELTERS 2581 01:46:56,243 --> 01:46:57,611 BECAUSE NO ONE WANTS TO GO 2582 01:46:57,611 --> 01:47:02,315 THERE. LET'S PROVIDE HOUSING 2583 01:47:02,315 --> 01:47:03,450 SO SOMEONE CAN TAKE THEIR PETS, 2584 01:47:03,450 --> 01:47:04,317 TAKE THEIR PARTNER, THAT 2585 01:47:04,317 --> 01:47:05,552 DOESN'T REQUIRE THEM TO BE 2586 01:47:05,552 --> 01:47:08,455 SOBER. THERE'S A MODEL THAT 2587 01:47:08,455 --> 01:47:09,923 ALLOWS PEOPLE TO DRINK. VERY 2588 01:47:09,923 --> 01:47:13,827 FEW . 2589 01:47:13,827 --> 01:47:15,429 >> THANK YOU. 2590 01:47:15,429 --> 01:47:25,038 >> THANK YOU. 2591 01:47:25,038 --> 01:47:26,306 >> UNFORTUNATELY, THE CITY, WE 2592 01:47:26,306 --> 01:47:27,507 ALL KNOW WE ARE FACING THE 2593 01:47:27,507 --> 01:47:28,175 HOMELESSNESS CRISIS. I DO 2594 01:47:28,175 --> 01:47:30,177 BELIEVE ALL OF THESE TOPICS ARE 2595 01:47:30,177 --> 01:47:30,977 INTERTWINED. HOMELESSNESS, 2596 01:47:30,977 --> 01:47:31,645 PUBLIC SAFETY AND 2597 01:47:31,645 --> 01:47:32,445 AFFORDABILITY. WE NEED MORE 2598 01:47:32,445 --> 01:47:33,613 HOUSING SO WE CAN GET PEOPLE 2599 01:47:33,613 --> 01:47:35,048 OFF THE STREETS INTO A BED WITH 2600 01:47:35,048 --> 01:47:38,084 AN ADDRESS TO ALLOW THEM 2601 01:47:38,084 --> 01:47:38,985 CONSISTENT SERVICES AND PEOPLE 2602 01:47:38,985 --> 01:47:42,422 TO VISIT THEM. WE ALSO NEED TO 2603 01:47:42,422 --> 01:47:43,390 GET HOUSING ENCAMPMENTS OUT OF 2604 01:47:43,390 --> 01:47:45,792 THE RIGHT AWAY AND MAKE SURE 2605 01:47:45,792 --> 01:47:48,929 IT'S SAFE FOR EVERYONE. WE 2606 01:47:48,929 --> 01:47:57,571 NEED TO DO IT WITH COMPASSION. 2607 01:47:57,571 --> 01:47:59,539 THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO BE THERE 2608 01:47:59,539 --> 01:48:01,208 AND THEY ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING 2609 01:48:01,208 --> 01:48:03,443 ILLEGAL. WE ALSO NEED TO 2610 01:48:03,443 --> 01:48:04,544 ADDRESS ALL OF THESE ISSUES 2611 01:48:04,544 --> 01:48:07,013 HEAD ON TO MAKE A DENT IN OUR 2612 01:48:07,013 --> 01:48:07,814 HOMELESSNESS POPULATION . 2613 01:48:07,814 --> 01:48:12,085 >> THANK YOU. 2614 01:48:12,085 --> 01:48:13,320 >> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO 2615 01:48:13,320 --> 01:48:18,225 STUDY AND UNDERSTAND WHY 2616 01:48:18,225 --> 01:48:19,125 THEY'RE NOT BEING ACCEPTED AND 2617 01:48:19,125 --> 01:48:20,961 WHY IT'S NOT AN ATTRACTIVE 2618 01:48:20,961 --> 01:48:23,063 OPTION. MY UNDERSTANDING IS 2619 01:48:23,063 --> 01:48:25,131 THAT FOR A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE, 2620 01:48:25,131 --> 01:48:27,167 THEY HAVE BUILT COMMUNITIES IN 2621 01:48:27,167 --> 01:48:30,103 THEIR TENT ENCAMPMENTS AND 2622 01:48:30,103 --> 01:48:33,807 THEIR POSSESSIONS ARE THERE. 2623 01:48:33,807 --> 01:48:35,108 THE CITY SHOULD BE PRODUCING 2624 01:48:35,108 --> 01:48:36,309 STRATEGIES THAT ARE MORE 2625 01:48:36,309 --> 01:48:38,078 IMMEDIATE SOLUTIONS AND ARE 2626 01:48:38,078 --> 01:48:45,185 MORE A BRIDGE TO PERMANENT 2627 01:48:45,185 --> 01:48:45,952 HOUSING. TINY HOUSE VILLAGES 2628 01:48:45,952 --> 01:48:46,920 ARE AN EXCELLENT SOLUTION. I 2629 01:48:46,920 --> 01:48:48,321 WAS TALKING TO SHARON LEE, AT 2630 01:48:48,321 --> 01:48:49,189 LOW INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTE, 2631 01:48:49,189 --> 01:48:50,524 AND I THINK IT'S QUITE 2632 01:48:50,524 --> 01:48:56,897 EFFICIENT TO BUILD TINY HOUSE 2633 01:48:56,897 --> 01:48:58,398 VILLAGES. ONE TINY HOUSE COSTS 2634 01:48:58,398 --> 01:49:00,033 $4000. YOU CAN DO ABOUT 50 TINY 2635 01:49:00,033 --> 01:49:06,006 HOUSES, AND THE COST LESS THAN 2636 01:49:06,006 --> 01:49:06,973 $1 MILLION TO OPEN ONE. GOING 2637 01:49:06,973 --> 01:49:08,408 FORWARD, THE OPERATING COST IS 2638 01:49:08,408 --> 01:49:09,542 $100,000 A YEAR. TO THINK THIS 2639 01:49:09,542 --> 01:49:11,111 IS A VERY IMMEDIATE TERM 2640 01:49:11,111 --> 01:49:14,314 SOLUTION WE SHOULD BE PURSUING 2641 01:49:14,314 --> 01:49:15,682 , IT DEFINITELY WOULD ADDRESS 2642 01:49:15,682 --> 01:49:16,883 SOME OF THE REASON WHY IT'S NOT 2643 01:49:16,883 --> 01:49:17,484 AN ATTRACTIVE OPTION. 2644 01:49:17,484 --> 01:49:22,322 >> THANK YOU. 2645 01:49:22,322 --> 01:49:23,823 >> I BELIEVE IT WAS 10 YEARS 2646 01:49:23,823 --> 01:49:25,492 AGO, AND I COULD BE OFF BY A 2647 01:49:25,492 --> 01:49:27,127 YEAR, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER 2648 01:49:27,127 --> 01:49:29,896 WHICH MAYOR, BUT THERE WAS A 2649 01:49:29,896 --> 01:49:31,264 REPORT IN THE SEATTLE TIMES I 2650 01:49:31,264 --> 01:49:32,499 SAW THAT HAD DATA. I AM A 2651 01:49:32,499 --> 01:49:34,000 BELIEVER IN A DATA DRIVEN 2652 01:49:34,000 --> 01:49:35,635 APPROACH AS WE LOOK AT THIS 2653 01:49:35,635 --> 01:49:42,509 ISSUE. SOMETIMES WE TALK ABOUT 2654 01:49:42,509 --> 01:49:44,444 THE HOMELESS IN THE ABSTRACT. 2655 01:49:44,444 --> 01:49:45,779 WHO IS OUT THERE AND WHY THEY 2656 01:49:45,779 --> 01:49:47,147 ARE OUT THERE. I REMEMBER IN 2657 01:49:47,147 --> 01:49:47,747 THE INFORMATION THE DATA AT 2658 01:49:47,747 --> 01:49:49,182 THAT TIME HAD, THERE WAS A 2659 01:49:49,182 --> 01:49:51,484 PERCENTAGE OF AROUND 18% THAT 2660 01:49:51,484 --> 01:49:52,852 WAS TRANSITIONING FROM FOSTER 2661 01:49:52,852 --> 01:49:56,122 CARE PROGRAMS. AROUND 12% 2662 01:49:56,122 --> 01:49:57,624 WORKING PART-TIME JOBS AND THEY 2663 01:49:57,624 --> 01:49:59,926 WERE HOMELESS. FROM THE 2664 01:49:59,926 --> 01:50:00,860 DISPROPORTIONATE COMMUNITIES, 2665 01:50:00,860 --> 01:50:05,031 WE HAD -- THAT HAD SERVED IN 2666 01:50:05,031 --> 01:50:08,735 THE MILITARY. THEY WERE 2667 01:50:08,735 --> 01:50:12,539 SUFFERING WITH PTSD. WE NEED 2668 01:50:12,539 --> 01:50:14,174 TO HAVE DATA SO WE CAN FIND OUT 2669 01:50:14,174 --> 01:50:15,775 SOME OF THE SPECIFIC ROOT 2670 01:50:15,775 --> 01:50:17,644 CAUSES, AND THAT WILL HELP US 2671 01:50:17,644 --> 01:50:18,712 FIND THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES IN 2672 01:50:18,712 --> 01:50:26,086 THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE -- OUR 2673 01:50:26,086 --> 01:50:26,720 HOMELESS POPULATION NEEDS. 2674 01:50:26,720 --> 01:50:27,253 >> THANK YOU. 2675 01:50:27,253 --> 01:50:28,922 >> SOME OF THE WORK I'VE BEEN 2676 01:50:28,922 --> 01:50:33,293 DOING ON THE COMMUNITY WATCHES 2677 01:50:33,293 --> 01:50:34,728 , WE GO INTO THE INK AILMENTS 2678 01:50:34,728 --> 01:50:36,096 AND BUILD TRUST. WE FIND OUT 2679 01:50:36,096 --> 01:50:37,097 THERE BACK STORY, ROOT CAUSE, 2680 01:50:37,097 --> 01:50:38,331 WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR, WHAT 2681 01:50:38,331 --> 01:50:39,299 THEY WANT. COMMUNITY ASPECT IS 2682 01:50:39,299 --> 01:50:40,567 VERY IMPORTANT. BUILDING THOSE 2683 01:50:40,567 --> 01:50:41,201 RELATIONSHIPS, IT'S ESPECIALLY 2684 01:50:41,201 --> 01:50:45,305 IMPORTANT. I KNOW WE CAN'T 2685 01:50:45,305 --> 01:50:46,806 ALL AGREE THEY ARE TERRIBLE. WE 2686 01:50:46,806 --> 01:50:51,411 HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE 2687 01:50:51,411 --> 01:50:52,445 WRAPAROUND SERVICES ARE 2688 01:50:52,445 --> 01:50:55,482 AVAILABLE. MENTAL HEALTH 2689 01:50:55,482 --> 01:50:56,483 SERVICES. ADDICTION TREATMENT 2690 01:50:56,483 --> 01:51:06,926 SERVICES. BEEN ABLE TO BUILD 2691 01:51:06,926 --> 01:51:07,494 COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS AND 2692 01:51:07,494 --> 01:51:08,161 TRUST IS VERY IMPORTANT TRYING 2693 01:51:08,161 --> 01:51:09,229 TO GET PEOPLE INSIDE AND TRYING 2694 01:51:09,229 --> 01:51:10,563 TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY ARE 2695 01:51:10,563 --> 01:51:11,498 LOOKING FOR, WHAT THE ROOT 2696 01:51:11,498 --> 01:51:12,599 CAUSES, AND BEING ABLE TO 2697 01:51:12,599 --> 01:51:13,333 HOLISTICALLY HELP PEOPLE. WE 2698 01:51:13,333 --> 01:51:14,667 TRIED TO FIND LONG-TERM 2699 01:51:14,667 --> 01:51:17,804 SOLUTIONS . MANY PEOPLE WHO 2700 01:51:17,804 --> 01:51:19,039 HAVE FOUND SHELTER COME BACK TO 2701 01:51:19,039 --> 01:51:20,006 ENCAMPMENTS. THAT'S WHERE 2702 01:51:20,006 --> 01:51:20,807 THEIR FRIENDS ARE. WE REALLY 2703 01:51:20,807 --> 01:51:23,643 HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW , GOING 2704 01:51:23,643 --> 01:51:24,811 FORWARD, EVERY INDIVIDUAL 2705 01:51:24,811 --> 01:51:28,948 PERSON -- AND WE CAN'T JUST 2706 01:51:28,948 --> 01:51:29,949 MAKE ASSUMPTIONS -- BUT THROUGH 2707 01:51:29,949 --> 01:51:36,156 MY COMMUNITY WATCH WE SEE HOW 2708 01:51:36,156 --> 01:51:37,090 -- YES, THANK YOU. 2709 01:51:37,090 --> 01:51:38,124 >> YOU ALL GET TO COLLECTIVELY 2710 01:51:38,124 --> 01:51:40,126 REST YOUR VOICES FOR SECOND 2711 01:51:40,126 --> 01:51:44,931 AND USURER PADDLES. WE HAVE 2712 01:51:44,931 --> 01:51:45,565 LIGHTNING ROUND QUESTIONS. ONCE 2713 01:51:45,565 --> 01:51:46,933 WE ARE DONE WITH EACH ONE, YOU 2714 01:51:46,933 --> 01:51:49,102 WILL JUST RAISE YOUR PADDLE , 2715 01:51:49,102 --> 01:51:50,303 THUMBS UP IF YOU LIKE IT, 2716 01:51:50,303 --> 01:51:51,604 THUMBS DOWN IF YOU DON'T. 2717 01:51:51,604 --> 01:51:58,945 READY? I'M SORRY? YES. LET 2718 01:51:58,945 --> 01:51:59,746 THE AUDIENCE SEE IT. OKAY. 2719 01:51:59,746 --> 01:52:00,847 FIRST ONE IS, DO YOU SUPPORT 2720 01:52:00,847 --> 01:52:01,915 PASSING NEW PROGRESSIVE TAXES, 2721 01:52:01,915 --> 01:52:06,453 SUCH AS A CEO PAY RATIO TAX , 2722 01:52:06,453 --> 01:52:07,587 CITY LEVEL CAPITOL GAINS TAX, 2723 01:52:07,587 --> 01:52:09,422 AND OR INCREASING JUMPSTART TO 2724 01:52:09,422 --> 01:52:10,457 RAISE FUNDS TO HELP BUILD THE 2725 01:52:10,457 --> 01:52:20,967 BUDGET GAP? OKAY. PLANNERS 2726 01:52:21,835 --> 01:52:22,669 TELIS YOU CAN'T MANAGE WHAT 2727 01:52:22,669 --> 01:52:23,770 YOU DON'T COUNT. WOULD YOU 2728 01:52:23,770 --> 01:52:24,804 SUPPORT REQUIRING THE CITY TO 2729 01:52:24,804 --> 01:52:26,573 PRODUCE AN INVENTORY OF ALL 2730 01:52:26,573 --> 01:52:28,141 RENTAL HOUSING TO INCLUDE LOW 2731 01:52:28,141 --> 01:52:34,681 INCOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING? 2732 01:52:34,681 --> 01:52:41,020 WILL YOU SUPPORT REVIEWING AND 2733 01:52:41,020 --> 01:52:41,654 FIXING PROBLEMS THIS YEAR BY 2734 01:52:41,654 --> 01:52:43,223 AMENDING THE 2022 TREE 2735 01:52:43,223 --> 01:52:44,757 PROTECTION ORDINANCE PASSED BY 2736 01:52:44,757 --> 01:52:51,197 THE CITY COUNCIL? WILL YOU 2737 01:52:51,197 --> 01:52:52,699 SUPPORT REVIEWING AND FIXING 2738 01:52:52,699 --> 01:52:55,668 PROBLEMS BY AMENDING THE 2022 2739 01:52:55,668 --> 01:53:05,044 TREE PROTECTION ORDINANCE? 2740 01:53:05,044 --> 01:53:09,482 WOULD YOU SUPPORT A AMENDMENT 2741 01:53:09,482 --> 01:53:13,820 TO THE CURRENT ORDINANCE TO 2742 01:53:13,820 --> 01:53:15,021 ADD 8000 LARGE AND HEALTHY 2743 01:53:15,021 --> 01:53:16,122 TREES ON THE PERIMETERS OF LOTS 2744 01:53:16,122 --> 01:53:18,658 TO THAT LIST OF TREES 2745 01:53:18,658 --> 01:53:23,163 PROTECTED DURING DEVELOPMENT? 2746 01:53:23,163 --> 01:53:27,433 THE AMENDMENT. YEAH. THAT 2747 01:53:27,433 --> 01:53:28,501 WOULD BE A GOOD FOLLOW-UP FOR 2748 01:53:28,501 --> 01:53:34,140 NEXT TIME. TWO MORE. THE 2749 01:53:34,140 --> 01:53:35,141 SEATTLE COMMUNITY SAFETY 2750 01:53:35,141 --> 01:53:36,342 PROGRAM HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE IN 2751 01:53:36,342 --> 01:53:37,243 SUPPORTING REGIONAL AND ONGOING 2752 01:53:37,243 --> 01:53:41,247 GUN VIOLENCE PRODUCTION -- 2753 01:53:41,247 --> 01:53:45,185 PROTECTION. BUT ONLY FEW WILL 2754 01:53:45,185 --> 01:53:46,920 YOU SUPPORT EXPANDING THIS 2755 01:53:46,920 --> 01:53:55,562 CITYWIDE. LAST, BUT NOT LEAST 2756 01:53:55,562 --> 01:53:56,729 , WILL YOU SUPPORT CREATING AN 2757 01:53:56,729 --> 01:53:57,730 INDEPENDENT DEPARTMENT OF 2758 01:53:57,730 --> 01:53:59,666 CLIMATE , AND THE ENVIRONMENT 2759 01:53:59,666 --> 01:54:02,001 WITH AN URBAN FORESTRY 2760 01:54:02,001 --> 01:54:04,337 DIVISION TO CONSIDER -- TO 2761 01:54:04,337 --> 01:54:06,673 CONSOLIDATE THESE ISSUES IN 2762 01:54:06,673 --> 01:54:08,041 ONE DEPARTMENT FOR BETTER 2763 01:54:08,041 --> 01:54:17,450 OVERSIGHT? ALL RIGHT. NOW IT 2764 01:54:17,450 --> 01:54:18,318 IS TIME FOR CLOSING COMMENTS. 2765 01:54:18,318 --> 01:54:19,519 EACH PERSON WILL HAVE 60 2766 01:54:19,519 --> 01:54:21,054 SECONDS. SINCE I STARTED WITH 2767 01:54:21,054 --> 01:54:23,723 VIVIAN IN THE BEGINNING, WE 2768 01:54:23,723 --> 01:54:25,024 WILL START WITH JUAN AND COME 2769 01:54:25,024 --> 01:54:26,326 BACK THIS WAY. 2770 01:54:26,326 --> 01:54:28,294 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, ALISHA. 2771 01:54:28,294 --> 01:54:32,565 THANK YOU TO THE CITY CLUB. 2772 01:54:32,565 --> 01:54:33,766 THINGS TO MY COLLEAGUES. THANKS 2773 01:54:33,766 --> 01:54:35,235 FOR EVERYONE SHOWING UP THIS 2774 01:54:35,235 --> 01:54:39,606 EVENING. THREE THINGS I WANT 2775 01:54:39,606 --> 01:54:40,940 YOU TO WALK AWAY. NUMBER ONE, I 2776 01:54:40,940 --> 01:54:46,145 CAN WIN CITYWIDE. I CAN BUILD 2777 01:54:46,145 --> 01:54:46,779 SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGNS IN 2778 01:54:46,779 --> 01:54:47,847 CONSECUTIVE YEARS. I HAVE 2779 01:54:47,847 --> 01:54:48,581 EXPERIENCED THAT. WE DID THAT 2780 01:54:48,581 --> 01:54:50,283 BACK IN 1996. I UNDERSTAND THE 2781 01:54:50,283 --> 01:54:54,220 IMPORTANCE. ALSO, WORKING TO 2782 01:54:54,220 --> 01:55:04,697 MAKE SURE WE BUILD A VERY 2783 01:55:09,102 --> 01:55:10,136 STRONG CAMPAIGN. I CAN RAISE 2784 01:55:10,136 --> 01:55:11,204 THE MONEY. I AM REALLY EXCITED 2785 01:55:11,204 --> 01:55:12,272 ABOUT THAT ASPECT OF IT. I HAVE 2786 01:55:12,272 --> 01:55:13,039 AN UNBELIEVABLE NETWORK. I'M 2787 01:55:13,039 --> 01:55:14,440 GOING TO THINK SO MANY OF MY 2788 01:55:14,440 --> 01:55:15,508 FOLKS LISTENING AND WATCHING 2789 01:55:15,508 --> 01:55:16,175 TONIGHT. IT'S BEEN REMARKABLE 2790 01:55:16,175 --> 01:55:17,243 THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS. ALL THE 2791 01:55:17,243 --> 01:55:18,177 TEXT I RECEIVED HAVE BEEN 2792 01:55:18,177 --> 01:55:19,145 REMARKABLE. COMBINED WITH 2793 01:55:19,145 --> 01:55:19,779 POLICY EXPERIENCE, COMBINED 2794 01:55:19,779 --> 01:55:21,014 WITH THE POLITICAL EXPERIENCE, 2795 01:55:21,014 --> 01:55:23,416 I THINK I CAN BE A VERY 2796 01:55:23,416 --> 01:55:24,550 EFFECTIVE CANDIDATE. ONCE 2797 01:55:24,550 --> 01:55:32,158 AGAIN, INNOVATIVE AND 2798 01:55:32,158 --> 01:55:33,259 COLLABORATION HAS BEEN MY 2799 01:55:33,259 --> 01:55:34,227 REPUTATION. I AM LOOKING 2800 01:55:34,227 --> 01:55:35,094 FORWARD TO WORK WITH THE CITY 2801 01:55:35,094 --> 01:55:36,329 COUNCIL. I WANT TO LEAVE YOU 2802 01:55:36,329 --> 01:55:37,230 WITH ONE MORE THOUGHT. 2803 01:55:37,230 --> 01:55:37,664 >> QUICKLY. 2804 01:55:37,664 --> 01:55:39,399 >> IF WE COULD ALL BE HEROES -- 2805 01:55:39,399 --> 01:55:40,566 WE COULD ALL BE HEROES IF YOU 2806 01:55:40,566 --> 01:55:41,100 DONATE BLOOD. 2807 01:55:41,100 --> 01:55:45,438 >> THANK YOU. 2808 01:55:45,438 --> 01:55:47,040 >> I CONSIDER MYSELF A DAUGHTER 2809 01:55:47,040 --> 01:55:47,907 OF SEATTLE. I LIVED HERE MY 2810 01:55:47,907 --> 01:55:49,409 ENTIRE LIFE. I LOVE MY CITY. I 2811 01:55:49,409 --> 01:55:51,644 HAVE BOOTS ON THE GROUND. I 2812 01:55:51,644 --> 01:55:53,179 HAVE BEEN OUT THERE DOING THIS 2813 01:55:53,179 --> 01:55:56,949 WORK. PUBLIC SAFETY . I AM OUT 2814 01:55:56,949 --> 01:56:03,122 IN ENCAMPMENTS . I'M OUT ON 2815 01:56:03,122 --> 01:56:04,157 THE STREETS. I'VE BEEN DOING 2816 01:56:04,157 --> 01:56:05,658 IT FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. I 2817 01:56:05,658 --> 01:56:07,026 ALSO HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE 2818 01:56:07,026 --> 01:56:07,760 IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I SERVED 2819 01:56:07,760 --> 01:56:08,861 ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. 2820 01:56:08,861 --> 01:56:10,663 ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO 2821 01:56:10,663 --> 01:56:17,570 HISTORIC RESERVATION. I ALSO 2822 01:56:17,570 --> 01:56:19,005 HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WHEN 2823 01:56:19,005 --> 01:56:20,173 IT COMES TO LIFTING AND 2824 01:56:20,173 --> 01:56:20,807 AMPLIFYING VOICES AND BRINGING 2825 01:56:20,807 --> 01:56:21,708 PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER ENGAGED 2826 01:56:21,708 --> 01:56:22,875 IN CITY HALL FOR INTUIT'S 2827 01:56:22,875 --> 01:56:26,913 CHAMBERS. I'VE DONE THIS FOR 2828 01:56:26,913 --> 01:56:28,448 YEARS. I PLAN TO DO IT AT A 2829 01:56:28,448 --> 01:56:29,949 HIGHER LEVEL. I THINK A LOT OF 2830 01:56:29,949 --> 01:56:31,651 ISSUES WE ARE SEEING IN SOUTH 2831 01:56:31,651 --> 01:56:32,919 SEATTLE, WE SEE IN THE 2832 01:56:32,919 --> 01:56:34,354 ENTIRETY OF SEATTLE. I'VE HAD 2833 01:56:34,354 --> 01:56:34,921 THESE EXPERIENCES TACKLING 2834 01:56:34,921 --> 01:56:36,456 THESE ISSUES. BOOTS IN THE 2835 01:56:36,456 --> 01:56:46,833 GROUND FROM A GREAT THROUGH 2836 01:56:46,833 --> 01:56:48,201 -- FROM A GRASSROOTS LEVEL. IT 2837 01:56:48,201 --> 01:56:49,102 WOULD BE AMAZING TO HELP UPLIFT 2838 01:56:49,102 --> 01:56:50,303 VOICES, GET PEOPLE ENGAGED ON A 2839 01:56:50,303 --> 01:56:51,637 HIGHER LEVEL. TOGETHER WE CAN 2840 01:56:51,637 --> 01:56:52,305 MAKE SEATTLE BETTER. THANKS. 2841 01:56:52,305 --> 01:56:55,942 >> THANK YOU. 2842 01:56:55,942 --> 01:56:57,510 >> I ALMOST FORGOT TO BRING THE 2843 01:56:57,510 --> 01:57:00,313 MIC TO MYSELF. THANK YOU, 2844 01:57:00,313 --> 01:57:03,649 EVERYONE. THANK YOU TO THE 72 2845 01:57:03,649 --> 01:57:04,984 APPLICANTS WHO PUT THEIR NAMES 2846 01:57:04,984 --> 01:57:08,354 AND. I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU 2847 01:57:08,354 --> 01:57:11,157 WERE SEEN AND HEARD . THE OTHER 2848 01:57:11,157 --> 01:57:13,092 60 SOMETHING. THAT YOU ARE 2849 01:57:13,092 --> 01:57:18,030 IMPORTANT , EVEN THOUGH YOU 2850 01:57:18,030 --> 01:57:18,765 ARE NOT HERE. YOU'RE AN 2851 01:57:18,765 --> 01:57:19,932 IMPORTANT ANSWER TO THE 2852 01:57:19,932 --> 01:57:21,734 CHALLENGES AND YOU CAN PROVIDE 2853 01:57:21,734 --> 01:57:22,802 SOLUTIONS MOVING FORWARD. FOR 2854 01:57:22,802 --> 01:57:28,508 ME, I HAVE A RESUME THAT CAN 2855 01:57:28,508 --> 01:57:36,249 RIVAL AND COMPARE . I'M 2856 01:57:36,249 --> 01:57:37,717 PROUD OF MY RECORD WITH WHAT I 2857 01:57:37,717 --> 01:57:39,952 HAVE DONE WITH ANY OF THE 2858 01:57:39,952 --> 01:57:41,387 PEOPLE HERE. WHAT I WANT TO 2859 01:57:41,387 --> 01:57:46,993 IMPART UPON YOU IS THAT I HAVE 2860 01:57:46,993 --> 01:57:48,561 , IN MY LIVED EXPERIENCE, MY 2861 01:57:48,561 --> 01:57:49,128 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, 2862 01:57:49,128 --> 01:57:50,396 CONSCIOUSNESS OF CULTURAL 2863 01:57:50,396 --> 01:57:52,865 SENSITIVITY . I AM ABLE TO 2864 01:57:52,865 --> 01:57:54,467 CONNECT. I HAVE A DEEP ANTHONY 2865 01:57:54,467 --> 01:57:59,872 -- EMPATHY I CONNECT WITH 2866 01:57:59,872 --> 01:58:00,706 MANY PEOPLE ACROSS SECTORS. 2867 01:58:00,706 --> 01:58:08,214 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 2868 01:58:08,214 --> 01:58:09,749 >> THANK YOU, EVERYONE WHO HAS 2869 01:58:09,749 --> 01:58:10,616 ATTENDED TONIGHT. I COME FROM A 2870 01:58:10,616 --> 01:58:11,684 LEGACY OF ACTIVISM. THAT HAS 2871 01:58:11,684 --> 01:58:12,585 CREATED MY CORE FOUNDATIONAL 2872 01:58:12,585 --> 01:58:14,520 BELIEFS AND MY COMMITMENT TO 2873 01:58:14,520 --> 01:58:15,688 SEATTLE AS A SERVANT. I WENT TO 2874 01:58:15,688 --> 01:58:17,423 DO MY BEST TO SERVE OUR 2875 01:58:17,423 --> 01:58:19,659 COMMUNITIES. I FEEL MY STRONG 2876 01:58:19,659 --> 01:58:21,594 EXPERIENCE IN -- MY 2877 01:58:21,594 --> 01:58:22,862 FAMILIARITY WITH DIFFERENT 2878 01:58:22,862 --> 01:58:24,063 DEPARTMENTS AND BUDGET 2879 01:58:24,063 --> 01:58:34,607 PROCESSES WILL BE OF VALUE TO 2880 01:58:34,974 --> 01:58:36,075 CITY COUNCIL AS WE START TO 2881 01:58:36,075 --> 01:58:37,343 TACKLE SOME OF THE ISSUES WE 2882 01:58:37,343 --> 01:58:38,244 ARE ALREADY BEHIND ON, TO BE 2883 01:58:38,244 --> 01:58:39,412 HONEST. I FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD 2884 01:58:39,412 --> 01:58:40,746 BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ME 2885 01:58:40,746 --> 01:58:41,781 TO LEND MY EXPERIENCE AND 2886 01:58:41,781 --> 01:58:43,182 EXPERTISE FROM THE CITY SIDE TO 2887 01:58:43,182 --> 01:58:44,450 A COUNCIL THAT IS VERY NEW AND 2888 01:58:44,450 --> 01:58:45,551 HISTORICALLY WE WILL HAVE SIX 2889 01:58:45,551 --> 01:58:47,019 NEW PEOPLE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE 2890 01:58:47,019 --> 01:58:48,154 WE BUILD TRUST IN THE 2891 01:58:48,154 --> 01:58:49,155 COMMUNITY. THAT'S VERY 2892 01:58:49,155 --> 01:58:54,127 IMPORTANT AT CITY COUNCIL 2893 01:58:54,127 --> 01:58:54,660 LEVEL, BUT WITHIN THE 2894 01:58:54,660 --> 01:58:55,595 GOVERNMENT AS A WHOLE. BOTTOM 2895 01:58:55,595 --> 01:58:56,629 LINE, WANT TO MAKE SURE SEATTLE 2896 01:58:56,629 --> 01:58:58,064 WILL BE A GREAT CITY FOR MY 2897 01:58:58,064 --> 01:58:58,998 CHILDREN AND GENERATIONS TO 2898 01:58:58,998 --> 01:59:02,068 COME. THANK YOU. 2899 01:59:02,068 --> 01:59:03,569 >> I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY 2900 01:59:03,569 --> 01:59:04,537 HERE AND ONLINE FOR BEING 2901 01:59:04,537 --> 01:59:07,840 ENGAGED. THE APPOINTMENT TO 2902 01:59:07,840 --> 01:59:08,641 THE CITYWIDE COUNCIL SEAT 2903 01:59:08,641 --> 01:59:10,309 SHOULD BE ABOUT MORE THAN ONE 2904 01:59:10,309 --> 01:59:12,378 DISTRICT OR ONE TOPIC. I THINK 2905 01:59:12,378 --> 01:59:13,312 MY ANSWERS HAVE SHOWN THAT I 2906 01:59:13,312 --> 01:59:19,886 KNOW THE CITY. I KNOW A 2907 01:59:19,886 --> 01:59:20,820 VARIETY OF TOPICS AND CAN SPEAK 2908 01:59:20,820 --> 01:59:21,687 INTELLIGENTLY ABOUT THEM. I 2909 01:59:21,687 --> 01:59:25,925 KNOW THE CITY. I KNOW THE 2910 01:59:25,925 --> 01:59:27,360 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RANIER AND 2911 01:59:27,360 --> 01:59:29,829 MATTHEWS BEACH. I KNOW WHAT 2912 01:59:29,829 --> 01:59:30,897 CONCERNS EACH OF THOSE 2913 01:59:30,897 --> 01:59:33,666 NEIGHBORHOODS. I AM FAMILIAR 2914 01:59:33,666 --> 01:59:34,367 WITH GOLDEN GARDENS, KUBOTA 2915 01:59:34,367 --> 01:59:37,703 GARDENS AND -- I WORK DIRECTLY 2916 01:59:37,703 --> 01:59:42,975 WITH TWO -- WITH SOUTH PARK , 2917 01:59:42,975 --> 01:59:44,010 LINCOLN PARK AND EXPERIENCE THE 2918 01:59:44,010 --> 01:59:47,747 PROBLEMS IN EACH. IT INCLUDES 2919 01:59:47,747 --> 01:59:49,181 FIXING A BUDGET SHORTFALL, 2920 01:59:49,181 --> 01:59:51,184 UPDATING THE COMPREHENSIVE 2921 01:59:51,184 --> 01:59:52,685 PLAN, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, 2922 01:59:52,685 --> 01:59:56,455 PUBLIC SAFETY. MY BACKGROUND 2923 01:59:56,455 --> 01:59:57,156 EXPERIENCE WILL BE AN ASSET TO 2924 01:59:57,156 --> 01:59:58,925 THE WORK BEING DONE BY THE CITY 2925 01:59:58,925 --> 01:59:59,892 COUNCIL. I THANK YOU FOR THIS 2926 01:59:59,892 --> 02:00:00,259 OPPORTUNITY. 2927 02:00:00,259 --> 02:00:05,798 >> THANK YOU. 2928 02:00:05,798 --> 02:00:07,033 >> I ALSO WANT TO THANK 2929 02:00:07,033 --> 02:00:10,203 EVERYONE WHO IS HERE TONIGHT. 2930 02:00:10,203 --> 02:00:10,803 WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY, 2931 02:00:10,803 --> 02:00:14,073 WONDERFUL PANEL. I WANT TO ECHO 2932 02:00:14,073 --> 02:00:15,775 OR BUILD UPON SOME OF THE 2933 02:00:15,775 --> 02:00:17,210 THINGS THAT WERE SAID. THIS 2934 02:00:17,210 --> 02:00:22,848 APPOINTMENT IS ABOUT BEING AN 2935 02:00:22,848 --> 02:00:23,883 APPLICANT FOR THE ENTIRE CITY. 2936 02:00:23,883 --> 02:00:25,117 NOT ONE DISTRICT, NOT ONE 2937 02:00:25,117 --> 02:00:25,585 NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT ONE 2938 02:00:25,585 --> 02:00:28,554 DEMOGRAPHIC ALL OF US. ONE OF 2939 02:00:28,554 --> 02:00:29,989 THE THINGS I BRING TO THE TABLE 2940 02:00:29,989 --> 02:00:31,424 THAT SETS ME APART IS THE 2941 02:00:31,424 --> 02:00:32,158 HISTORY OF COALITION BUILDING. 2942 02:00:32,158 --> 02:00:35,995 WORKING WITH NEIGHBORS , 2943 02:00:35,995 --> 02:00:36,996 BUSINESS COMMUNITIES, 2944 02:00:36,996 --> 02:00:40,800 GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO SOLVE 2945 02:00:40,800 --> 02:00:42,068 PROBLEMS FOR FOLKS IN OUR 2946 02:00:42,068 --> 02:00:44,237 COMMUNITIES. I HAVE BEEN 2947 02:00:44,237 --> 02:00:45,638 FOCUSED, IN THE PAST 32 YEARS 2948 02:00:45,638 --> 02:00:49,342 OF SERVING THE CITY IN GETTING 2949 02:00:49,342 --> 02:00:53,212 THINGS DONE. WHAT I BRING TO 2950 02:00:53,212 --> 02:00:53,746 THE TABLE IS A HISTORY OF 2951 02:00:53,746 --> 02:01:03,122 GETTING THINGS DONE. THAT'S 2952 02:01:03,122 --> 02:01:04,857 WHAT I INTEND TO BRING TO THE 2953 02:01:04,857 --> 02:01:05,558 SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL. I THANK 2954 02:01:05,558 --> 02:01:06,792 YOU FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR 2955 02:01:06,792 --> 02:01:07,393 ATTENTION, I THANK YOU FOR 2956 02:01:07,393 --> 02:01:08,661 BEING HERE, AND I ASK FOR YOUR 2957 02:01:08,661 --> 02:01:09,228 SUPPORT. THANK YOU. 2958 02:01:09,228 --> 02:01:09,895 >> THANK YOU. 2959 02:01:09,895 --> 02:01:11,030 >> THANK YOU, SEATTLE CITY CLUB 2960 02:01:11,030 --> 02:01:12,131 FOR HOSTING THIS FORM. THANK 2961 02:01:12,131 --> 02:01:13,766 YOU FOR EVERYONE THAT ATTENDED 2962 02:01:13,766 --> 02:01:17,370 AND ASKED QUESTIONS. SUBMITTED 2963 02:01:17,370 --> 02:01:18,771 THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED 2964 02:01:18,771 --> 02:01:19,305 THIS EVENING. FROM MY 2965 02:01:19,305 --> 02:01:19,939 CONVERSATIONS OVER THE LAST 2966 02:01:19,939 --> 02:01:21,507 YEAR, I BELIEVE ALL OF US WANT 2967 02:01:21,507 --> 02:01:23,309 TO LIVE IN A CITY THAT IS AND 2968 02:01:23,309 --> 02:01:24,610 FEEL SAFE. THAT PROVIDES 2969 02:01:24,610 --> 02:01:25,645 RESOURCES FOR THOSE THAT NEED 2970 02:01:25,645 --> 02:01:26,879 THEM, AND WE CAN AFFORD NOT 2971 02:01:26,879 --> 02:01:28,414 ONLY TO LIVE IN THE CITY NOW, 2972 02:01:28,414 --> 02:01:31,484 BUT GROW OLD HERE. IF I AM 2973 02:01:31,484 --> 02:01:32,752 APPOINTED TO THE SEATS, I WILL 2974 02:01:32,752 --> 02:01:34,220 DO ALL I CAN AS A 2975 02:01:34,220 --> 02:01:34,820 REPRESENTATIVE TO MAKE SURE 2976 02:01:34,820 --> 02:01:36,055 THIS IS A REALITY, AND WE ARE 2977 02:01:36,055 --> 02:01:37,490 ABLE TO WALK AROUND IN THE 2978 02:01:37,490 --> 02:01:39,558 NEIGHBORHOOD AND FEEL SAFE FOR 2979 02:01:39,558 --> 02:01:40,226 FUTURE GENERATIONS. IT WILL 2980 02:01:40,226 --> 02:01:41,427 TAKE US WORKING TOGETHER 2981 02:01:41,427 --> 02:01:47,667 COLLECTIVELY WITH HOUSING 2982 02:01:47,667 --> 02:01:48,567 ADVOCATES, DEVELOPERS, FIRST 2983 02:01:48,567 --> 02:01:49,268 RESPONDERS, SOCIAL WORKERS, 2984 02:01:49,268 --> 02:01:49,802 RESIDENTS, EMPLOYEES AND 2985 02:01:49,802 --> 02:01:50,403 ENGAGING EVERYONE AT THE 2986 02:01:50,403 --> 02:01:52,571 PRIVATE, PUBLIC, NONPROFIT 2987 02:01:52,571 --> 02:01:53,973 SECTOR TO COME TOGETHER AND 2988 02:01:53,973 --> 02:01:55,007 ENSURE WE ARE A CITY THAT IS 2989 02:01:55,007 --> 02:01:57,510 SAFE AND COMPASSIONATE AND 2990 02:01:57,510 --> 02:01:58,944 AFFORDABLE. NOT ONLY FOR THOSE 2991 02:01:58,944 --> 02:02:00,346 OF US WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO MAKE 2992 02:02:00,346 --> 02:02:01,614 SEATTLE HOME, BUT IT'S ALSO 2993 02:02:01,614 --> 02:02:06,252 INCLUSIVE TO THOSE WHO WANT TO 2994 02:02:06,252 --> 02:02:07,253 COME HERE. THANK YOU FOR THIS 2995 02:02:07,253 --> 02:02:08,487 OPPORTUNITY, AND I HOPE TO BE 2996 02:02:08,487 --> 02:02:09,455 OLD TO SERVE ALONGSIDE CURRENT 2997 02:02:09,455 --> 02:02:10,990 CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE THIS A 2998 02:02:10,990 --> 02:02:11,357 REALITY. 2999 02:02:11,357 --> 02:02:11,724 >> THANK YOU. 3000 02:02:11,724 --> 02:02:12,825 >> TONIGHT WE HAVE DISCUSSED 3001 02:02:12,825 --> 02:02:15,294 SOME OF THE CITY'S 3002 02:02:15,294 --> 02:02:17,129 CHALLENGES. I BELIEVE WE CAN 3003 02:02:17,129 --> 02:02:23,235 MAKE PROGRESS ON SAFETY, 3004 02:02:23,235 --> 02:02:23,969 HOMELESSNESS AND VITALITY. WE 3005 02:02:23,969 --> 02:02:25,671 NEED TO SCALE OUR POLICE FORCE 3006 02:02:25,671 --> 02:02:27,273 TO THE GROWING NEEDS OF OUR 3007 02:02:27,273 --> 02:02:28,908 CITY AND INVEST IN THINGS LIKE 3008 02:02:28,908 --> 02:02:38,017 THE NEW CARE DEPARTMENT. PLAN 3009 02:02:38,017 --> 02:02:39,251 FOR THE FUTURE TO END 3010 02:02:39,251 --> 02:02:39,752 HOMELESSNESS AND HAVE 3011 02:02:39,752 --> 02:02:40,853 AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE NEED TO 3012 02:02:40,853 --> 02:02:41,520 DRIVE ECONOMIC GROWTH. THAT'S 3013 02:02:41,520 --> 02:02:42,722 THE ENGINE THAT DRIVES ALL THE 3014 02:02:42,722 --> 02:02:44,190 THINGS WE WANT TO ACHIEVE FOR 3015 02:02:44,190 --> 02:02:45,591 OUR CITY. I AM READY TO GET TO 3016 02:02:45,591 --> 02:02:46,992 WORK. I'M ALSO READY TO GET TO 3017 02:02:46,992 --> 02:02:48,461 WORK AS CHAIR OF CITY LIGHTS OF 3018 02:02:48,461 --> 02:02:49,395 SUSTAINABILITY IN ARTS AND 3019 02:02:49,395 --> 02:02:50,930 TACKLE CHALLENGES SUCH AS THE 3020 02:02:50,930 --> 02:02:54,734 IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND 3021 02:02:54,734 --> 02:02:55,768 SNOWPACKED AND THEREFORE OUR 3022 02:02:55,768 --> 02:02:56,402 POWER RESOURCE. INVESTING IN 3023 02:02:56,402 --> 02:02:58,738 THE ELECTRICAL GRID . I AM 3024 02:02:58,738 --> 02:03:00,072 READY TO WORK WITH REGIONAL 3025 02:03:00,072 --> 02:03:01,307 STAKEHOLDERS TO FIND SOLUTIONS 3026 02:03:01,307 --> 02:03:05,611 TO HONOR THE RIGHTS OF OUR 3027 02:03:05,611 --> 02:03:06,312 INDIGENOUS NATIONS. MY SERVICE 3028 02:03:06,312 --> 02:03:07,179 AS A SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTOR 3029 02:03:07,179 --> 02:03:08,948 PREPARES ME WELL FOR SERVICE ON 3030 02:03:08,948 --> 02:03:14,720 THE LIBRARIES EDUCATION 3031 02:03:14,720 --> 02:03:16,188 COMMITTEE AS VICE CHAIR AS 3032 02:03:16,188 --> 02:03:16,856 WELL. CRITICALLY, I'M READY TO 3033 02:03:16,856 --> 02:03:18,190 TACKLE OUR $250 MILLION BUDGET 3034 02:03:18,190 --> 02:03:23,129 DEFICIT, RING IN MY 3035 02:03:23,129 --> 02:03:23,763 PROFESSIONAL FINANCIAL SKILLS 3036 02:03:23,763 --> 02:03:24,396 IN THE PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE OF 3037 02:03:24,396 --> 02:03:25,131 OVERSEEING A $1.2 BILLION 3038 02:03:25,131 --> 02:03:25,898 OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE SCHOOL 3039 02:03:25,898 --> 02:03:26,232 DISTRICT. 3040 02:03:26,232 --> 02:03:28,367 >> THAT'S TIME. 3041 02:03:28,367 --> 02:03:29,335 >> THANK YOU. 3042 02:03:29,335 --> 02:03:30,569 >> THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR 3043 02:03:30,569 --> 02:03:40,513 BEING HERE. THIS WAS WAY MORE 3044 02:03:40,513 --> 02:03:41,947 FUN THAN I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING 3045 02:03:41,947 --> 02:03:45,518 TO BE. THANK YOU. AGAIN, I 3046 02:03:45,518 --> 02:03:46,485 WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE 3047 02:03:46,485 --> 02:03:54,160 WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE FORUM 3048 02:03:54,160 --> 02:03:55,194 TONIGHT, IN PERSON AND ONLINE. 3049 02:03:55,194 --> 02:03:56,328 THANK YOU TO THE CANDIDATES FOR 3050 02:03:56,328 --> 02:03:57,830 YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SEEK A SPOT 3051 02:03:57,830 --> 02:03:58,931 ON THE COUNCIL. THANK YOU TO 3052 02:03:58,931 --> 02:03:59,732 THE CITY STAFF AND SEATTLE 3053 02:03:59,732 --> 02:04:00,666 CHANNEL FOR WORKING QUICKLY TO 3054 02:04:00,666 --> 02:04:01,734 HELP US PULL THIS TOGETHER. 3055 02:04:01,734 --> 02:04:04,103 ALSO, MY STAFF AND 3056 02:04:04,103 --> 02:04:05,471 VOLUNTEERING BOARD. WE WANT TO 3057 02:04:05,471 --> 02:04:07,973 LEARN MORE ABOUT CITY CLUB. 3058 02:04:07,973 --> 02:04:09,275 PLEASE FIND US ONLINE. 3059 02:04:09,275 --> 02:04:13,979 OTHERWISE, PLEASE HAVE A SAFE 3060 02:04:13,979 --> 02:04:18,284 EVENING. IT WILL BE UP FOR THE 3061 02:04:18,284 --> 02:04:22,955 REST OF THIS , WHERE YOU 3062 02:04:22,955 --> 02:04:26,325 SUBMITTED YOUR QUESTIONS. WE 3063 02:04:26,325 --> 02:04:27,259 WILL PUBLISH THE RESULTS 3064 02:04:27,259 --> 02:04:37,636 TOMORROW. THANK YOU.