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&gt;&gt; COUNCILMEMBER LYNN. 

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&gt;&gt; HERE. 

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&gt;&gt; COUNCIL MEMBER SICA. 

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COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 

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&gt;&gt; HERE . 

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&gt;&gt; COUNCIL PRESIDENT 

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HOLLINGSWORTH. SEVEN PRESENT. 

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&gt;&gt; IF THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS, 

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THE MINUTES OF APRIL 13th, 2026,

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WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING NO 

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OBJECTION, THOSE ARE ADOPTED. 

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JUMPING RIGHT INTO THE 

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PRESIDENTS REPORT, WE HAVE NO 

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EXECUTIVE SESSIONS OR 

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PRESENTATION SCHEDULED FOR 

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TODAY. WE DO HAVE TWO 

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PROCLAMATIONS FOR DISCUSSION. 

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THERE ARE FIVE ITEMS ON THE 

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INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL 

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CALENDAR AND THERE ARE 19 ITEMS 

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ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR -- BILLS

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AND MINUTES, 17 APPOINTMENTS, WE

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HAVE 11 FROM HOUSING, ARTS AND 

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CIVIL RIGHTS AND SIX FOR HUMAN 

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SERVICES, LABOR AND ECONOMIC 

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DEVELOPMENT. SO NOW WE ARE GOING

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TO BE MOVING ON TO THE 

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PROCLAMATION, SO WE GET TWO 

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PROCLAMATIONS FOR DISCUSSION. 

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COLLEAGUES WITH SIGNATURE. WE'RE

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GOING TO BEGIN WITH THE 

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PROCLAMATION FROM COUNCILMEMBER 

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FOSTER RECOGNIZING MAY 1st, 2026

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IS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY IN

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SEATTLE. COUNCILMEMBER, IS THAT 

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NOT IT? WE HAVE A DIFFERENT 

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PROCLAMATION. OKAY, AWESOME, SO 

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I TAKE THAT BACK. THAT IS NOT --

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THAT IS IN MY SCRIPT. WE ALREADY

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DID THAT ONE SO WE SIGN THAT 

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ONE. MY APOLOGIES. COUNCILMEMBER

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FOSTER. 

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&gt;&gt; SURPRISE PROCLAMATION? 

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&gt;&gt; IT SHOULDN'T BE A SURPRISE. 

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I AM BRINGING FORWARD A MADE A 

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PROCLAMATION TODAY. SO 

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COLLEAGUES, EXCITED TO BRING 

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THIS FORWARD FOR YOUR SIGNATURES

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AND WE WILL HAVE THIS IN FULL 

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COUNCIL TOMORROW. AS WE ALL 

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KNOW, MAYDAY OR INTERNATIONAL 

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WORKERS DAY IS A DAY OF 

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RECKONING FOR WORKER POWER 

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ROOTED IN ORGANIZING FOR 

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DIGNITY, SAFETY AND FAIR WAGES. 

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SO WE ARE EXCITED BECAUSE THIS 

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IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE BOTH A

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CELEBRATION AND A CALL TO 

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ACTION. WE KNOW THAT WE'VE MADE

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REAL PROGRESS IN THE FIGHT FOR 

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FAIR AND EQUITABLE WORKING 

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CONDITIONS AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT

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THAT WHITE IS NOT OVER. SO 

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TOMORROW THIS PROCLAMATION WILL 

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BE PRESENTED TO LEADERS ACROSS 

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THE LABOR MOVEMENT IN 

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WASHINGTON, INCLUDING 

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REPRESENTATIVES FROM MLK LABOR, 

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WORKING WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON 

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STATE LABOR COUNCIL AND PROTECH 

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17 WILL BE JOINING US IN 

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CHAMBERS, AND COLLEAGUES, I ASK 

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FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR 

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SIGNATURES AS WE HAVE THIS AS AN

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OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE WORKER 

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POWER AND HONOR NOT JUST LABOR 

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WINS BUT THE ONGOING EFFORT TO 

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MAKE EVERY DAY PEOPLE'S LIVES 

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BETTER. SO I WILL READ -- 

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ACTUALLY I'M NOT GOING TO READ 

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THIS. IT'S BEEN CIRCULATED TO 

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YOUR OFFICES AND I'M GOING TO 

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READ IT TOMORROW SO WE WON'T DO

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IT TWICE BUT YOU HAD THIS 

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CIRCULATED SO I ASK FOR YOUR 

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SUPPORT. 

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&gt;&gt; THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER 

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FOSTER. IS THERE ANY OTHER 

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DISCUSSION ON THE FLOOR BEFORE 

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WE ASK THE CLERK TO TAKE THE 

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ROLL FOR MAYDAY PROCLAMATION? MY

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APOLOGIES, THANK YOU 

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COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. WILL THE 

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CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR 

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US TO RECOGNIZE MADE A 

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PROCLAMATION? 

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&gt;&gt; COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 

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&gt;&gt; AYE. 

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&gt;&gt; COUNCILMEMBER LYNN. 

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&gt;&gt; YES. 

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&gt;&gt; COUNCILMEMBER RANK. 

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&gt;&gt; YES. 

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&gt;&gt; COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 

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&gt;&gt; AYE. 

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&gt;&gt; COUNCILMEMBER WARREN IS. 

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&gt;&gt; YES. 

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&gt;&gt; COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. 

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&gt;&gt; YES. 

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&gt;&gt; SEVEN SIGNATURES WILL BE 

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AFFIXED TO THE PREPARATION. WE 

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ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR 

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SECOND PROCLAMATION. 

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COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, APRIL 

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30th, NATIONAL THERAPY ANIMAL 

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DAY. IS THAT CORRECT? 

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COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, PLEASE 

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LEAD THE DISCUSSION. 

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&gt;&gt; I THINK THIS IS VERY 

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IMPORTANT. YES, WELL OKAY, 

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COUNCILMEMBER COLLEAGUES, 

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NATIONAL THERAPY ANIMAL DAY IS 

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NOT JUST ABOUT CELEBRATING 

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CURRENTLY THERAPY ANIMALS, IT'S

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AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENCOURAGE MORE

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PET OWNERS TO CONSIDER BECOMING 

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VOLUNTEERS, CREATING A HAPPIER, 

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HEALTHIER COMMUNITY THROUGH 

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GREATER ACCESS TO SAFE AND 

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MEANINGFUL ANIMAL VISITS. 

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THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF 

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CHALLENGES, MANY YEARS OF 

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CHALLENGES WITH THE PANDEMIC AND

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ECONOMIC INSTABILITY, NOT TO ADD

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POLITICAL INSTABILITY AND NEED 

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FOR THERAPY ANIMALS IN OUR 

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COMMUNITY IS GREATER THAN EVER 

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AND THIS PROCLAMATION IS TO KIND

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OF RAISE THE AWARENESS OF THIS 

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AND IS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION 

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BY MR. LEE WITH HIS PARTNERS 

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VOLUNTEER AT THE SEATTLE VA 

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HOSPITAL, THE SEATTLE 

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CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, 

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PROVIDENCE, SWEDISH, PIECES 

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WITHIN THE PROVIDER COMMUNITY, 

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ON THE STREETS, BRINGING THE 

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SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND I 

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THINK IT'S A GREAT WAY TO RAISE

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IT AS A PROUD OWNER OF TWO 

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INTERIORS THAT PROVIDE A SIMILAR

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FUNCTION AT HOME FOR THE KETTLE 

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FAMILY, I JUST WANTED TO ASK 

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THAT YOU CONNECT WITH YOUR INNER

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PET, SUPPORTING DOG, CAT LOVING 

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PERSON, AND SUPPORT THIS 

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RESOLUTION, SO THANK YOU 

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PARTNERS AND I ASK FOR YOUR 

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SUPPORT. 

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&gt;&gt; AWESOME. THANK YOU 

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COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. ARE THERE 

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ANY COMMENTS REGARDING THE 

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NATIONAL THERAPY ANIMAL DAY? 

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COUNCILMEMBER LYNN? 

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&gt;&gt; YEAH. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW 

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IT'S JUST ABOUT A WEEK AGO, 

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SOMEBODY WAS HAVING A MENTAL 

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HEALTH CRISIS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD

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AND AS NEIGHBORS WE WERE TRYING 

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TO SUPPORT HER AND JUST HAPPENED

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SOMEBODY WAS WALKING THEIR DOG 

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AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, THAT'S

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WHAT IT TOOK FOR THIS PERSON TO 

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FEEL GROUNDED AND CALM DOWN, AND

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IT'S NOT JUST CATS AND DOGS. I 

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DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT EQUINE 

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THERAPY BUT THERE'S A WHOLE 

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PRACTICE AROUND EQUINE THERAPY. 

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WE HAVE A CREW, THE BUFFALO 

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SOLDIERS, WHO HAVE SHOWN UP DOWN

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IN RAINIER BEACH LIKE TWICE A 

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MONTH AND SO, YEAH, WITH OUR 

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MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS AT AN 

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ALL-TIME HIGH, HAPPY TO SUPPORT.

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THANK YOU. 

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&gt;&gt; AWESOME. THANK YOU FOR THAT, 

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COUNCILMEMBER LYNN. ARE THERE 

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OTHER COMMENTS, NATIONAL THERAPY

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ANIMAL DAY? JUST PUT IN 

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PERSPECTIVE, THERE ARE MORE PETS

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IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE THAN 

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THERE ARE CHILDREN. PEOPLE LOVE 

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THEIR PETS, OKAY? SO I JUST 

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WANTED TO NOTE THAT FOR 

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COUNCILMEMBER WARREN IS SO WE 

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CAN GET HER A PET. LET'S TAKE 

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THE ROLL ON SIGNING THE 

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PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL 

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THERAPY ANIMAL DAY . 

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&gt;&gt; COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 

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&gt;&gt; AYE. 

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&gt;&gt; COUNCILMEMBER LYNN. 

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&gt;&gt; COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 

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&gt;&gt; YES. 

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&gt;&gt; COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 

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&gt;&gt; AYE. 

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&gt;&gt; COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ . AND 

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COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH.

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&gt;&gt; YES. 

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&gt;&gt; SEVEN SIGNATURES WILL BE 

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AFFIXED. 

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&gt;&gt; SIX IN FAVOR? SEVEN? OKAY, 

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JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. 

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AWESOME. VERY HAPPY TO SIGN 

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THAT. AND SO NOW WE ARE GOING TO

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MOVE ON FROM PROCLAMATION TIME 

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TO THE BLUE SKY. I HAD TO COME 

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UP WITH A -- I HAD TO COME UP 

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WITH A SONG FOR IT BECAUSE WE DO

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A LOT OF PROCLAMATIONS, WHICH 

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ARE IMPORTANT, SO NOW WE HAD A 

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POPULATION SONG SO I JUST WANTED

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TO THROW THAT OUT THERE. WE ARE 

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GOING TO DO PREVIEW OF CITY 

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COUNCIL ACTIONS, COUNCIL AND 

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REGIONAL COMMITTEE . WE WILL 

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START TO MY LEFT THIS TIME AND 

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WILL JUST GO AROUND THE TABLE, 

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SO COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, YOUR 

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RECOGNIZED. 

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&gt;&gt; THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT 

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AND I'M GLAD WE HAD THAT MOMENT

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OF LEVITY BEFORE THIS NEXT TOPIC

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THAT I'M ABOUT TO BRING UP. 

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COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO USE MY 

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TIME TODAY TO SHARE IN A DATE ON

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KING COUNTY REGIONAL 

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HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY. FRIDAY 

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EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS POSTEL, 

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KETTLE AND I ATTENDED THE 

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SPECIAL READING OF THE CASEY RHA

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GOVERNING BOARD AS THE SEATTLE 

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CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES TO 

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THAT BODY. IT WAS THERE WE 

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RECEIVED A MORE DETAILED 

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BRIEFING OF THE FORENSIC 

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EVALUATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 

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FROM THE FIRM CLARK HUBER. 

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YOU'VE READ THE COVERAGE. WE 

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ALL KNOW THE FINDINGS ARE 

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EGREGIOUS AND IT DEMANDS 

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IMMEDIATE ACTION AND 

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ACCOUNTABILITY. WHEN I SAY 

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IMMEDIATE, I DO NOT MEAN HASTY 

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OR HALF-BAKED. I DO NOT MEAN A 

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KNEE-JERK REACTION. WHAT I MEAN 

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IS INTENTIONAL AND DELIBERATE 

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EFFORTS TO TAKE A GOOD 

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GOVERNANCE APPROACH TO THE WORK 

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AHEAD OF US. AND AT THE FRIDAY 

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MEETING THE BOARD TOOK INITIAL 

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ACTION RECOMMENDED BY THE 

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AUDITOR. BUT WE NEED MORE. SINCE

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FRIDAY'S MEETING I'VE WORKED 

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EVERY DAY TO IDENTIFY NEXT STEPS

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WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, OUR 

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SERVICE PROVIDERS, COUNCILMEMBER

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FOSTER, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, 

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OUR KING COUNTY COUNTERPARTS ON 

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THE KCRHA BOARD, CO KINISON AND 

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OUR PARTNERS AROUND THE REGION, 

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AND IN OUR CUSTODY AS CHAIR AND 

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VICE CHAIR OF THE HUMAN 

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SERVICES, LABOR AND ECONOMIC 

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DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AND 

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SEATTLE COUNCILMEMBERS TO THE 

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KCRHA GOVERNING BOARD , 

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COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER AND I ARE 

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DRAFTING A RESOLUTION THAT 

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CODIFIES THE FINDINGS OF THE 

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AUDITS, OUTLINES THE MAY 8th AND

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MAY 23rd DELIVERABLES EXPECTED 

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OF KCRHA AND REQUESTS THE 

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EXECUTIVE TO DELIVER A REPORT 

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OUTLINING NEXT STEPS FOR OUR 

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CONTRACTS, STAFFING, CONTINUUM 

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OF CARE RESPONSIBILITIES, 

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COLLABORATION WITH PROVIDERS, 

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WORK WITH OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS,

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AND HOW WE WILL ENSURE A 

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CONTINUITY OF SERVICES, WITH OR 

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WITHOUT KCRHA. WE ARE WORKING 

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TOWARDS NARROW CONCURRENCE ON 

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THIS RESOLUTION. AS SOON AS A 

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DRAFT IS READY IN THE NEXT FEW 

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DAYS, MY OFFICE WILL BE 

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CIRCULATING IT TO ALL MEMBERS OF

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THIS BODY FOR INITIAL REVIEW, IN

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THE SPIRIT OF TRANSPARENCY, 

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COLLABORATION AND 

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ACCOUNTABILITY. AS RESPONSIBLE 

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ELECTED LEADERS, WE HAVE A 

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FUNDAMENTAL DUTY TO GET PEOPLE 

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HOUSED AND TO DO RIGHT BY 

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TAXPAYERS. IN THAT EFFORT IT IS 

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CRITICAL THAT WE ARE ALL FULLY 

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INFORMED, THAT WE MOVE WITH 

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DILIGENCE, THAT WE HAVE A PLAN, 

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AND THAT ALL OF US ARE WORKING 

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ON THAT PLAN TOGETHER, 

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DELIBERATELY, COLLABORATIVELY 

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AND TRANSPARENTLY. WITH THAT, 

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COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, 

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COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, THANK YOU 

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BOTH FOR YOUR COLLABORATION ON 

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THIS. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ADD 

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ANYTHING I MAY HAVE MISSED IN 

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THIS UPDATE AND THANK YOU 

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COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 

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&gt;&gt; THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER 

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RINCK. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS 

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REGARDING -- COUNCILMEMBER 

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JUAREZ? 

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&gt;&gt; I HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE I 

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WENT THROUGH THE REPORT AND THE 

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INFORMATION THAT THE MAYOR'S 

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OFFICE SENT DOWN IN THE QUEUE SO

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IS THE TIMING HERE? BECAUSE I 

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KNOW THERE'S TWO DEADLINES, MAY

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8th AND THE 23rd AND MAY 23rd IS

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WHEN KING COUNTY REGIONAL 

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HOMELESS HAS TO RESPOND WITH THE

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WRITTEN CORRECTIVE RESPONSE. SO 

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ARE YOU WAITING UNTIL AFTER THAT

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TO DO THAT? ARE YOU DOING IT 

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BEFORE THE 23rd? 

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&gt;&gt; AS WE MAP OUT BRINGING THIS 

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THROUGH THE HUMAN SERVICES 

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COMMITTEE, THE ULTIMATE 

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COMMITTEE VOTES ON THIS WOULD 

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HAPPEN AFTER THAT 23rd. 

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&gt;&gt; OKAY, GOOD, BECAUSE I THINK 

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WE NEED TO LET THE DUST SETTLE A

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LITTLE BIT AND I JUST HAD A 

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CHANCE TO READ THE FORENSIC 

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AUDIT THIS WEEKEND AND THE 

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MAYOR'S TALKING POINTS AND FAQS

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AND WHAT'S GOING ON AND THEN 

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ALSO LINING UP THE DATES WHEN 

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WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE CEOS AND

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WHEN DR. KINISON WAS ACTUALLY 

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HIRED. AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS 

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THE SCOPE OF THE FORENSIC AUDIT 

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WAS MAY 2021 TO JULY 2025 SO 

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IT'S A FINITE PERIOD. SO I JUST

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WANTED TO MAKE SURE AND I LIKE 

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WHAT YOU SAID, THANK YOU, 

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COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, THAT IT 

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ISN'T KNEE-JERK, IT ISN'T 

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RESPONSIVE, YOU DON'T WANT TO 

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GO OUT THERE AND HAVE CONFLICT. 

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CAN WE ALL JUST TAKE A BEETS, 

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GET ALL THE INFORMATION IN, LET 

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KING COUNTY REGIONAL HOMELESS 

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RESPOND TO US, WHAT THE 

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DEFICIENCIES ARE, WHAT THEIR 

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WRITTEN CORRECTIVE PLAN IS, AND 

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THEN LET'S HAVE A RESPONSE AS A

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COLLECTIVE BODY BACK SO THANK 

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YOU FOR THAT. 

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&gt;&gt; THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER 

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JUAREZ. COUNCILMEMBER LYNN? 

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&gt;&gt; THIS IS MORE OF A QUESTION. I

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THINK A BULK OF THE FUNDING THAT

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WE PROVIDE TO THEM GETS PASSED 

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ON TO OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND

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SO I GUESS MY PRIMARY CONCERN IS

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JUST, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE 

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CRITICALLY ESSENTIAL SERVICES 

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AND JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT,

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YOU KNOW, THAT AS WE TAKE 

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CORRECTIVE ACTION, THAT WE ARE 

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ALSO MINDFUL OF THE IMPACTS TO 

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OUR PROVIDERS, TO THE FOLKS THAT

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THEY SERVE. I THINK THAT WOULD 

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POTENTIALLY -- WE DON'T WANT TO

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MAKE A PROBLEM EVEN WORSE AND SO

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I GUESS I APPRECIATE YOU 

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BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I THINK 

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IT SPEAKS TO THAT CONCERN BUT I 

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JUST THINK, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, 

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YES WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THESE 

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AUDIT FINDINGS AND WE HAVE TO 

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MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT MAKING

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THIS INTO A BIGGER PROBLEM BY 

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DISRUPTING ALL THE ESSENTIAL 

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SERVICES THAT ARE HAPPENING AT 

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THE MOMENT. 

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&gt;&gt; THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER LYNN.

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COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? 

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&gt;&gt; THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 

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THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 

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I DID READ THE REPORT ON 

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WEDNESDAY MORNING AFTER I 

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RECEIVED IT AND THE BRIEFING ON 

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FRIDAY, HAVING READ THE REPORT, 

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WAS VERY USEFUL, VERY HELPFUL, 

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AND REALLY BROUGHT IN THE 

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DETAILS. AND IT IS DAMNING. IT 

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IS CONCERNING. BUT TO KIND OF 

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ECHO WHAT COUNCILMEMBER LYNN 

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SAID, WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL IN A

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SENSE OF LIKE OUR TEAM WAS 

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WORKING ON TWO TINY HOME 

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VILLAGES THAT JUST SHOWED UP IN 

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DISTRICT 5, THE OLYMPIC HILLS 

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AND LAKE CITY. WE HAVE TO MAKE 

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SURE THAT THE OTHER PROJECTS IN 

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THE PIPELINE DON'T GO SIDEWAYS.

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WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL 

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THESE DELIVERABLES ARE BEING 

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DELIVERED AND IT'S REALLY 

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IMPORTANT TO KNOW, AND I DID 

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THIS IN MY STATEMENT, THAT WE 

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HAVE A REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS 

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PROBLEM ON THE STREETS OF 

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SEATTLE AND WE HAVE TO HAVE A 

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REGIONAL APPROACH, AND WE HAVE 

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TO BE MINDFUL THAT WE HAVE A 

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ROLE IN OVERSIGHT ON THE 

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REGIONAL PEACE AND WE HAVE TO DO

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A GOOD JOB. TO BE BLUNT, THERE 

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IS A LOT OF FOCUS ON KCRHA BUT 

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THE COUNTY AND THE CITY HAVE A 

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LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY ON THIS 

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FRONT AND WE SHOULD BE MINDFUL 

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OF THAT, AND THINK THROUGH THAT 

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AS WELL SO -- BUT THE BOTTOM 

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LINE IS WE HAVE TO GET THE JOB 

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DONE RIGHT SO THAT WE ARE 

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BUILDING CAPACITY FOR ALL THE 

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REASONS WE NEED, FOR THE 

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INDIVIDUALS THEMSELVES, BUT ALSO

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AS BROUGHT UP RECENTLY FOR THE 

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NEIGHBORHOODS IN CRISIS AS WELL 

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AND I THINK IT'S REALLY 

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IMPORTANT TO BE QUICK BUT 

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THOROUGH AND MINDFUL OF THE 

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IMPACTS, IF THIS WAS TO GO 

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SIDEWAYS . THAT'S MY CONCERN. 

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SO WE HAVE TO DO IT RIGHT. THANK

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YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 

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&gt;&gt; THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER 

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KETTLE. ARE THERE OTHER 

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COMMENTS, LEFT AND RIGHT? 

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COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER? 

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&gt;&gt; [ INAUDIBLE ] 

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&gt;&gt; OKAY, I WILL SAY I DO WANT TO

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THANK COUNCILMEMBER RINCK FOR 

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BRINGING THIS FORWARD, AND 

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COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, I KNOW 

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COSPONSORING IT. YOU ALL SIT ON 

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A REGIONAL HOMELESS AUTHORITY SO

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REALLY, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK 

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YOU ALL HAVE BEEN DOING. 

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COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, YOU SAT ON

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THEIR LAST YEAR, RIGHT THEY'RE 

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IN ALTERNATES, OKAY, THIS YEAR, 

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AND COLLEAGUES, I KNOW THAT WE 

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ARE ALL DISAPPOINTED AND WE JUST

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WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO 

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BETTER, AND NONE OF US WANT TO 

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INTERRUPT SOME OF THE SERVICE 

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PROVIDERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY 

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DOING THIS WORK AND FIGURING OUT

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WHAT IS THE BEST PATHWAY 

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FORWARD, WHATEVER THAT IS. SO I 

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DO AGREE THAT WE NEED -- I LIKE 

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HOW THIS IS GOING TO BE MOVING 

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THROUGH COMMITTEE AND THEN 

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WAITING FOR THE RESPONSE, AS YOU

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SAID. COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, FROM

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THE KING COUNTY REGIONAL 

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HOMELESS AUTHORITY TO THE AUDIT 

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AND SOME OF THE DEADLINES THAT 

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THE COMMITTEE, THE BOARD HAS SET

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FORTH SO COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 

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&gt;&gt; I JUST WANT TO ADD THIS 

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BECAUSE JUST TO GIVE SOME 

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CONTEXT AND PARTICULARLY FOR OUR

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TWO COUNCILMEMBERS HERE WHO ARE 

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GOING TO BE WORKING ON THIS IN 

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COMMITTEE NOW. WHEN THE KING 

493
00:16:06,131 --> 00:16:06,765
COUNTY REGIONAL HOMELESS 

494
00:16:06,765 --> 00:16:07,800
AUTHORITY WAS CREATED, WHICH I 

495
00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:10,970
HAD A HAND IN AS WELL AS FORMER 

496
00:16:10,970 --> 00:16:12,271
MAYOR CAROL, IN 2019, AND WAS UP

497
00:16:12,271 --> 00:16:16,742
AND RUNNING BY 2021, I BELIEVE, 

498
00:16:16,742 --> 00:16:18,177
YOU KNOW, GOING BACK TO WHAT YOU

499
00:16:18,177 --> 00:16:21,747
SAID, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, 

500
00:16:21,747 --> 00:16:22,681
EVERYONE -- THAT'S THE WHOLE 

501
00:16:22,681 --> 00:16:23,749
SENSIBILITY OF CREATING IT WAS 

502
00:16:23,749 --> 00:16:25,150
BECAUSE EVERYONE RECOGNIZED THAT

503
00:16:25,150 --> 00:16:25,985
HOMELESSNESS WAS REGIONAL LAND 

504
00:16:25,985 --> 00:16:30,923
SEATTLE COULDN'T DO IT ON THEIR

505
00:16:30,923 --> 00:16:31,890
OWN. IN AGREEMENT WITH KING 

506
00:16:31,890 --> 00:16:33,158
COUNTY BUT WE ALSO GOT MONEY 

507
00:16:33,158 --> 00:16:35,794
FROM THE FED AND THE STATE AND 

508
00:16:35,794 --> 00:16:36,762
THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, AND 

509
00:16:36,762 --> 00:16:41,967
I STILL HAVE NOT SEEN THE AUDIT 

510
00:16:41,967 --> 00:16:43,235
THAT COMMERCE DID. I KNOW IT'S 

511
00:16:43,235 --> 00:16:44,370
REFERRED TO IN THE PLANNING, I 

512
00:16:44,370 --> 00:16:45,604
JUST HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO 

513
00:16:45,604 --> 00:16:46,972
PULL IT UP. I JUST WANT THE 

514
00:16:46,972 --> 00:16:48,207
PUBLIC TO RECOGNIZE THAT -- I 

515
00:16:48,207 --> 00:16:50,743
WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER 

516
00:16:50,743 --> 00:16:51,710
RINCK AGAIN. HAVING MEASURE FOR 

517
00:16:51,710 --> 00:16:52,544
MEASURE MOVING FORWARD, MAKING 

518
00:16:52,544 --> 00:16:54,079
SURE WE HAVE ALL THE FACTS , 

519
00:16:54,079 --> 00:16:55,147
SAYING THE SERVICES AND THE 

520
00:16:55,147 --> 00:16:56,749
CONTRACTS THAT ARE STILL PENDING

521
00:16:56,749 --> 00:17:02,988
AND IT IS PRETTY EGREGIOUS BUT 

522
00:17:02,988 --> 00:17:03,889
I'M REALLY GOING TO BE 

523
00:17:03,889 --> 00:17:04,890
INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT COMES 

524
00:17:04,890 --> 00:17:06,325
BACK TO US. BUT I THINK THE 

525
00:17:06,325 --> 00:17:09,728
MAJOR POINT IS THAT WE STILL 

526
00:17:09,728 --> 00:17:10,696
WANT TO SEE AN INSTITUTION WHERE

527
00:17:10,696 --> 00:17:11,730
WE ARE WORKING COUNTYWIDE TO 

528
00:17:11,730 --> 00:17:14,867
COMBAT HOMELESSNESS AND 

529
00:17:14,867 --> 00:17:16,101
HOPEFULLY IT ISN'T -- SOME OF 

530
00:17:16,101 --> 00:17:22,674
US HAVE BEEN THROUGH A DEFINED 

531
00:17:22,674 --> 00:17:24,176
MOVEMENT AND I CAN TELL YOU, YOU

532
00:17:24,176 --> 00:17:25,110
DON'T WANT TO TEAR SOMETHING 

533
00:17:25,110 --> 00:17:26,211
DOWN UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMETHING 

534
00:17:26,211 --> 00:17:27,312
ELSE IN ITS PLACE. SO I'M 

535
00:17:27,312 --> 00:17:33,352
HOPING THAT'S WHAT WE DO. SO 

536
00:17:33,352 --> 00:17:38,290
THANK YOU . 

537
00:17:38,290 --> 00:17:39,024
&gt;&gt; THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER 

538
00:17:39,024 --> 00:17:39,825
JUAREZ. GREAT SEGUE INTO 

539
00:17:39,825 --> 00:17:40,292
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 

540
00:17:40,292 --> 00:17:41,527
&gt;&gt; THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL 

541
00:17:41,527 --> 00:17:42,828
PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU FOR THAT

542
00:17:42,828 --> 00:17:43,262
FANTASTIC OVERVIEW, 

543
00:17:43,262 --> 00:17:44,163
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. I WILL JUST

544
00:17:44,163 --> 00:17:45,431
SAY I THINK THAT'S INCREDIBLY 

545
00:17:45,431 --> 00:17:46,131
WELL PUT, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, 

546
00:17:46,131 --> 00:17:47,599
IN TERMS OF ENSURING THAT WE ARE

547
00:17:47,599 --> 00:17:49,201
CLEAR AROUND WHAT WE NEED TO DO 

548
00:17:49,201 --> 00:17:50,436
NEXT. THE OTHER THING THAT I 

549
00:17:50,436 --> 00:17:51,470
WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, IT WAS 

550
00:17:51,470 --> 00:17:55,374
ALREADY SAID BUT IT BEARS 

551
00:17:55,374 --> 00:17:56,175
REPEATING, IS THAT THESE AUDIT 

552
00:17:56,175 --> 00:17:57,443
FINDINGS LOOK AT A TIME PERIOD 

553
00:17:57,443 --> 00:18:04,383
FROM 2021 TO 2025 AND AGAIN , 

554
00:18:04,383 --> 00:18:05,017
APPRECIATION TO COUNCILMEMBER 

555
00:18:05,017 --> 00:18:06,418
KETTLE. I KNOW THAT YOU ARE AN 

556
00:18:06,418 --> 00:18:07,586
ALTERNATE BUT I DO REALLY WANT 

557
00:18:07,586 --> 00:18:08,587
TO APPRECIATE YOU FOR JOINING 

558
00:18:08,587 --> 00:18:09,855
AND STAYING THE WHOLE TIME AT 

559
00:18:09,855 --> 00:18:11,323
THE MEETING AND I THINK IT JUST 

560
00:18:11,323 --> 00:18:12,324
SHOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS 

561
00:18:12,324 --> 00:18:13,125
ISSUE AND HOPEFULLY THE 

562
00:18:13,125 --> 00:18:17,596
COLLABORATIVE WAY THAT WE'LL BE

563
00:18:17,596 --> 00:18:18,797
ABLE TO APPROACH IT. THANK YOU 

564
00:18:18,797 --> 00:18:20,132
FOR THAT. GOING BACK TO THE 

565
00:18:20,132 --> 00:18:25,871
FINDINGS BEING FROM 2021 TO 

566
00:18:25,871 --> 00:18:28,674
2025, ONE OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS

567
00:18:28,674 --> 00:18:29,741
THAT WAS ASKED FOLLOWING THE 

568
00:18:29,741 --> 00:18:30,742
PRESENTATION OF THE AUDITS CAME 

569
00:18:30,742 --> 00:18:31,477
FROM KING COUNTY COUNCILMEMBER 

570
00:18:31,477 --> 00:18:32,544
BARONI, WHO WAS ASKING AROUND 

571
00:18:32,544 --> 00:18:33,979
WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN PROVIDE AN

572
00:18:33,979 --> 00:18:35,314
EXACT TIMELINE IN REGARDS TO THE

573
00:18:35,314 --> 00:18:36,248
$8 MILLION IN RECEIVABLES. AND 

574
00:18:36,248 --> 00:18:37,883
SO FOR FOLKS THAT MANY OF US ARE

575
00:18:37,883 --> 00:18:38,851
WATCHING OR READ IT AFTERWARDS, 

576
00:18:38,851 --> 00:18:40,052
WERE UNABLE AT THIS TIME FROM 

577
00:18:40,052 --> 00:18:42,721
THE FORENSIC AUDIT TO PINPOINT 

578
00:18:42,721 --> 00:18:43,922
THE TIMELINE OF THAT $8 MILLION 

579
00:18:43,922 --> 00:18:45,190
AND I DO THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT

580
00:18:45,190 --> 00:18:52,431
AS WE THINK ABOUT I'D ASK THIS 

581
00:18:52,431 --> 00:18:53,365
QUESTION WHEN WE GOT OUR 

582
00:18:53,365 --> 00:18:54,166
BRIEFING, COULD THIS HAVE 

583
00:18:54,166 --> 00:18:55,534
ACCUMULATED IN 2022 OR 2023 OR 

584
00:18:55,534 --> 00:18:56,835
2024 OR 2025 AND WE DON'T HAVE 

585
00:18:56,835 --> 00:19:03,675
THE ANSWER TO THAT . AND PART OF

586
00:19:03,675 --> 00:19:04,776
THE REASON WE DON'T HAVE THE 

587
00:19:04,776 --> 00:19:06,211
ANSWER TO THAT IS ONE OF THE 

588
00:19:06,211 --> 00:19:07,312
MOST CHALLENGING THINGS IN THE 

589
00:19:07,312 --> 00:19:08,547
AUDIT IS IN REGARDS TO THE 

590
00:19:08,547 --> 00:19:10,649
EXISTING, UNDERLYING FINANCIAL 

591
00:19:10,649 --> 00:19:11,817
PRACTICES AND THE ABILITY TO 

592
00:19:11,817 --> 00:19:12,784
ACTUALLY TRACK MONEY COMING IN, 

593
00:19:12,784 --> 00:19:13,952
MONEY GOING OUT, AND COLOR OF 

594
00:19:13,952 --> 00:19:15,420
MONEY ISSUES, MORE OR LESS. SO I

595
00:19:15,420 --> 00:19:16,488
THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE 

596
00:19:16,488 --> 00:19:21,193
STAY FOCUSED ON HOW TO RESOLVE 

597
00:19:21,193 --> 00:19:22,127
THOSE AND I THINK IT'S 

598
00:19:22,127 --> 00:19:23,162
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE, IN

599
00:19:23,162 --> 00:19:26,265
ANY POTENTIAL CHANGES, DO NOT 

600
00:19:26,265 --> 00:19:26,865
WANT TO RE-CREATE THE SAME 

601
00:19:26,865 --> 00:19:33,005
UNDERLYING CHALLENGES, BECAUSE 

602
00:19:33,005 --> 00:19:34,173
WE ARE STARTING A CLOCK BEFORE 

603
00:19:34,173 --> 00:19:35,674
WE KNOW WHERE WE ARE HEADED. SO 

604
00:19:35,674 --> 00:19:36,608
I REALLY APPRECIATED THOSE FINAL

605
00:19:36,608 --> 00:19:37,543
COMMENTS FROM YOU, COUNCILMEMBER

606
00:19:37,543 --> 00:19:39,711
JUAREZ, AND I WILL SAY THOSE 

607
00:19:39,711 --> 00:19:40,712
HAVE BEEN MY PRINCIPLES OF THIS.

608
00:19:40,712 --> 00:19:41,914
NO ONE IS PLEASED WITH THESE 

609
00:19:41,914 --> 00:19:44,816
AUDIT FINDINGS AND WE ALSO NEED 

610
00:19:44,816 --> 00:19:46,251
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE REALLY 

611
00:19:46,251 --> 00:19:47,219
CLEAR ABOUT WHAT OUR POLICY 

612
00:19:47,219 --> 00:19:48,887
GOALS ARE AND PUTTING THAT UP 

613
00:19:48,887 --> 00:19:50,455
FRONT SO THANK YOU AND I REALLY 

614
00:19:50,455 --> 00:19:54,893
WANT TO APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER

615
00:19:54,893 --> 00:19:56,061
RINCK PUT A LOT OF ELBOW GREASE 

616
00:19:56,061 --> 00:19:57,329
IN OVER THE WEEKEND AND I'M 

617
00:19:57,329 --> 00:19:58,330
LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH 

618
00:19:58,330 --> 00:19:59,965
YOU ON THIS , BOTH FOR KCRHA AND

619
00:19:59,965 --> 00:20:04,269
IN THE COMMITTEE. TURNING TO 

620
00:20:04,269 --> 00:20:05,504
MOVE FROM THAT INTO OTHER ITEMS,

621
00:20:05,504 --> 00:20:06,705
I'LL JUST SHARE A COUPLE OTHER 

622
00:20:06,705 --> 00:20:09,975
THINGS ON THIS SAME TOPIC, AS A 

623
00:20:09,975 --> 00:20:11,109
REMINDER. WE WILL BE DISCUSSING 

624
00:20:11,109 --> 00:20:11,843
POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO THE 

625
00:20:11,843 --> 00:20:19,651
SHELTER CENSUS LEGISLATION IN 

626
00:20:19,651 --> 00:20:20,652
THIS WEEK'S LAND USE COMMITTEE.

627
00:20:20,652 --> 00:20:21,486
I WANT TO APPRECIATE 

628
00:20:21,486 --> 00:20:22,521
COUNCILMEMBER LIN FOR PUTTING ON

629
00:20:22,521 --> 00:20:23,455
A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE 

630
00:20:23,455 --> 00:20:24,790
LAND-USE COMMITTEE, SO THAT WE 

631
00:20:24,790 --> 00:20:25,824
CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE THIS 

632
00:20:25,824 --> 00:20:26,525
LEGISLATION FORWARD. SO THANK 

633
00:20:26,525 --> 00:20:30,028
YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THAT, AND 

634
00:20:30,028 --> 00:20:31,230
I WILL JUST SHARE, COLLEAGUES, A

635
00:20:31,230 --> 00:20:32,230
COUPLE BITS OF INFORMATION THAT 

636
00:20:32,230 --> 00:20:34,299
YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN. I HAD 

637
00:20:34,299 --> 00:20:35,300
THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND PART 

638
00:20:35,300 --> 00:20:36,935
OF THE BEFORE THE BADGE TRAINING

639
00:20:36,935 --> 00:20:41,640
LAST WEEK WITH SPD. I SEE HEAD 

640
00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:42,774
NODS, FOLKS HAVE MAYBE DONE 

641
00:20:42,774 --> 00:20:43,675
THAT, GREAT IF YOU'VE ALREADY 

642
00:20:43,675 --> 00:20:45,043
DONE IT, IF YOU HAVEN'T IT'S 

643
00:20:45,043 --> 00:20:46,178
REALLY FANTASTIC. SO IT WAS A 

644
00:20:46,178 --> 00:20:51,083
GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR 

645
00:20:51,083 --> 00:20:52,150
DIRECTLY FROM SOME OF THE 

646
00:20:52,150 --> 00:20:53,318
TRAINERS AND MEET SOME OF THE 

647
00:20:53,318 --> 00:20:54,553
FOLKS WHO ARE HOPING TO SERVE 

648
00:20:54,553 --> 00:20:55,954
OUR CITY IN THE FUTURE. AND WHEN

649
00:20:55,954 --> 00:20:57,189
I THANKED THE OFFICERS AND CHIEF

650
00:20:57,189 --> 00:20:58,490
FOR SETTING THAT UP AND ALLOWING

651
00:20:58,490 --> 00:20:59,825
ME TO SORT OF SHADOW THEM THAT 

652
00:20:59,825 --> 00:21:02,127
DAY. AND YOU KNOW, COLLEAGUES, 

653
00:21:02,127 --> 00:21:03,261
WE ALSO TALKED HERE AND WE'VE 

654
00:21:03,261 --> 00:21:06,365
HAD THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND LIN 

655
00:21:06,365 --> 00:21:14,773
ON THE $4 MILLION FOR NOW. YOU 

656
00:21:14,773 --> 00:21:15,574
HEARD ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP WITH

657
00:21:15,574 --> 00:21:17,009
SEATTLE FOUNDATION SO I WAS AT A

658
00:21:17,009 --> 00:21:18,010
CONVENING LAST WEEK WITH SEATTLE

659
00:21:18,010 --> 00:21:18,844
FOUNDATION AND SEVERAL OTHER 

660
00:21:18,844 --> 00:21:19,711
REGIONAL FOUNDATIONS AND FEELING

661
00:21:19,711 --> 00:21:20,445
VERY PROMISING ABOUT THE 

662
00:21:20,445 --> 00:21:24,449
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO MORE 

663
00:21:24,449 --> 00:21:25,817
TOGETHER SO NO FINAL RESULT FROM

664
00:21:25,817 --> 00:21:31,890
THAT BUT JUST WANTED TO SHARE, I

665
00:21:31,890 --> 00:21:33,191
HEARD A LOT OF POSITIVE 

666
00:21:33,191 --> 00:21:33,792
ENGAGEMENT FROM SOME OF THE 

667
00:21:33,792 --> 00:21:34,559
REGIONAL FOUNDATIONS AROUND HOW 

668
00:21:34,559 --> 00:21:37,029
WE CAN WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO 

669
00:21:37,029 --> 00:21:38,330
MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESOURCES ON 

670
00:21:38,330 --> 00:21:39,464
IMMIGRATION RESPONSE ARE WELL 

671
00:21:39,464 --> 00:21:47,172
COORDINATED. AND LASTLY, I DID A

672
00:21:47,172 --> 00:21:48,607
VEHICLE OUTREACH RIDE ALONG 

673
00:21:48,607 --> 00:21:49,441
RECENTLY, WHICH WAS REALLY 

674
00:21:49,441 --> 00:21:50,142
HELPFUL. I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER 

675
00:21:50,142 --> 00:21:50,909
LIN AND MAYBE OTHER 

676
00:21:50,909 --> 00:21:51,943
COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE DONE THAT 

677
00:21:51,943 --> 00:21:52,744
PREVIOUSLY. WE HAD THE 

678
00:21:52,744 --> 00:21:55,647
OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE COMMONS

679
00:21:55,647 --> 00:21:56,648
FUTURE LOCATION AND SEE THAT, 

680
00:21:56,648 --> 00:21:58,684
TALK TO SOME FOLKS WHO ARE 

681
00:21:58,684 --> 00:21:59,985
LIVING IN THEIR VEHICLES AND 

682
00:21:59,985 --> 00:22:02,387
THAT'S AN INTERESTING CASE 

683
00:22:02,387 --> 00:22:08,260
BECAUSE THIS IS A CONTRACT 

684
00:22:08,260 --> 00:22:09,428
THAT'S COME ACTUALLY, USED TO 

685
00:22:09,428 --> 00:22:10,829
BE AT KCRHA AND IS ACTUALLY NOW 

686
00:22:10,829 --> 00:22:12,164
BACK AT THE CITY OF SEATTLE. SO 

687
00:22:12,164 --> 00:22:15,434
IT ACTUALLY GAVE US AN 

688
00:22:15,434 --> 00:22:16,501
OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND A 

689
00:22:16,501 --> 00:22:17,703
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT 

690
00:22:17,703 --> 00:22:18,437
CONTRACTING LOOKS LIKE WHEN 

691
00:22:18,437 --> 00:22:19,705
IT'S IN HOUSE. SO WE RECOMMEND 

692
00:22:19,705 --> 00:22:20,939
THAT FOR FOLKS AS WELL. THAT'S 

693
00:22:20,939 --> 00:22:21,940
WHAT I GOT. THANK YOU. 

694
00:22:21,940 --> 00:22:24,343
&gt;&gt; THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER 

695
00:22:24,343 --> 00:22:25,277
FOSTER. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS 

696
00:22:25,277 --> 00:22:26,111
FOR COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER BEFORE 

697
00:22:26,111 --> 00:22:29,214
I GO? I MEAN NOT I GO, BEFORE 

698
00:22:29,214 --> 00:22:34,386
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ GOES? 

699
00:22:34,386 --> 00:22:41,393
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ? 

700
00:22:41,393 --> 00:22:42,694
&gt;&gt; THANK YOU. LET'S SEE. I'LL 

701
00:22:42,694 --> 00:22:44,129
BE BRIEF. YES I WILL BE BRIEF 

702
00:22:44,129 --> 00:22:45,530
BUT FIRST OF ALL YOU GUYS KNOW 

703
00:22:45,530 --> 00:22:46,732
STORM SEASON STARTED. I HOPE YOU

704
00:22:46,732 --> 00:22:47,733
WATCHED THE PRESEASON GAME. THEY

705
00:22:47,733 --> 00:22:49,234
ONLY LOST BY TWO POINTS. YOU SAW

706
00:22:49,234 --> 00:22:50,435
THAT, DIDN'T YOU? I KNOW YOU 

707
00:22:50,435 --> 00:22:53,939
GOT THAT, GIRL. SO LET ME GO 

708
00:22:53,939 --> 00:22:55,540
THROUGH THIS. PARKS AND CITY 

709
00:22:55,540 --> 00:22:56,541
LIGHT COMMITTEE. MAY 6th MEETING

710
00:22:56,541 --> 00:22:58,176
IS CANCELED AND THE LICENSING 

711
00:22:58,176 --> 00:22:59,878
AGREEMENT IS SCHEDULED TO BE 

712
00:22:59,878 --> 00:23:02,381
SIGNED ON MAY 12th SO THAT'S 

713
00:23:02,381 --> 00:23:04,950
EXCITING. LET'S SEE, LAST 

714
00:23:04,950 --> 00:23:08,220
WEDNESDAY OUR TEAM WENT TO THE 

715
00:23:08,220 --> 00:23:09,421
CRACKING COMMUNITY ICE IN D5 

716
00:23:09,421 --> 00:23:12,657
THERE TO WATCH THE PRESCHOOLERS 

717
00:23:12,657 --> 00:23:16,128
FOR THE ICE-SKATING, LAKE CITY 

718
00:23:16,128 --> 00:23:17,062
WAY PRE-K, BEACON HILL AND 

719
00:23:17,062 --> 00:23:18,063
MARTIN LUTHER KING FOLKS, KIDS 

720
00:23:18,063 --> 00:23:24,703
THERE, ALL PRE-K. TWO PRE-K 

721
00:23:24,703 --> 00:23:25,971
SCHOOLS IN D5. THAT'S THE TONY 

722
00:23:25,971 --> 00:23:30,942
LEE AND THE NOT. HUGE THANK YOU 

723
00:23:30,942 --> 00:23:32,277
TO DR. SUSAN LEE, WHO IS THE 

724
00:23:32,277 --> 00:23:33,311
WOMAN WHO RUNS ALL THIS 

725
00:23:33,311 --> 00:23:34,279
PROGRAMMING WITH KRAKEN , ONE 

726
00:23:34,279 --> 00:23:40,218
ROOF FOUNDATION AND AVG AND A 

727
00:23:40,218 --> 00:23:41,553
BIG THANK YOU TO ANITA ZEN, 

728
00:23:41,553 --> 00:23:42,287
SENIOR OF THE FEDERALLY 

729
00:23:42,287 --> 00:23:42,921
SUPPORTED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 

730
00:23:42,921 --> 00:23:48,593
DIRECTOR. AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE 

731
00:23:48,593 --> 00:23:49,227
REFUGEE WOMEN'S ALLIANCE 

732
00:23:49,227 --> 00:23:50,095
PROVIDES REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS

733
00:23:50,095 --> 00:23:51,029
IN PUGET SOUND WITH WRAPAROUND 

734
00:23:51,029 --> 00:23:51,863
SOCIAL SERVICES. WE'VE BEEN 

735
00:23:51,863 --> 00:23:53,098
WORKING WITH THEM SINCE 2015 SO 

736
00:23:53,098 --> 00:23:54,166
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO WATCH 

737
00:23:54,166 --> 00:23:55,167
THEIR GROWTH AND THE EXPANSION 

738
00:23:55,167 --> 00:23:57,702
OF THE PRE-K CITYWIDE. LET'S 

739
00:23:57,702 --> 00:23:59,171
SEE. RIGHT NOW UP TO 140 STAFF 

740
00:23:59,171 --> 00:24:02,474
MEMBERS WHO SPEAK 37 DIFFERENT 

741
00:24:02,474 --> 00:24:03,308
LANGUAGES AND DIALECTS. WE'VE 

742
00:24:03,308 --> 00:24:05,644
BEEN VOLUNTEERING ON THIS GOING 

743
00:24:05,644 --> 00:24:06,845
UP TO THE CRACKING COMMUNITY ICE

744
00:24:06,845 --> 00:24:10,649
PLEX FOR AT LEAST THE LAST 40 

745
00:24:10,649 --> 00:24:11,950
YEARS WITH ALL THE LOCAL KIDS, 

746
00:24:11,950 --> 00:24:13,118
THESE ARE PRE-K KIDS ON ICE. 

747
00:24:13,118 --> 00:24:16,755
IT'S SO CUTE WATCHING THEM 

748
00:24:16,755 --> 00:24:17,789
SKATE. ON THURSDAY A HUGE SHOUT 

749
00:24:17,789 --> 00:24:19,291
OUT TO MY STAFF. I'M GOING TO 

750
00:24:19,291 --> 00:24:20,492
SAY THAT, THEY'RE GOING TO BE 

751
00:24:20,492 --> 00:24:26,398
EMBARRASSED BUT KELLY , KIMMY 

752
00:24:26,398 --> 00:24:27,699
AND PAUL, I DID THIS WITH 

753
00:24:27,699 --> 00:24:28,200
COUNCILMEMBER BRADSHAW, 

754
00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:29,267
VOLUNTEERED ALL DAY FROM NINE A 

755
00:24:29,267 --> 00:24:30,535
CLOCK IN THE MORNING UNTIL 6:00 

756
00:24:30,535 --> 00:24:36,842
AT NIGHT IN THE SEATTLE KING 

757
00:24:36,842 --> 00:24:37,809
COUNTY CLINIC AT THE SEATTLE 

758
00:24:37,809 --> 00:24:38,810
CENTER, HOSTED BY THE SEATTLE 

759
00:24:38,810 --> 00:24:39,878
CENTER AND THE SEATTLE CENTER 

760
00:24:39,878 --> 00:24:40,846
FOUNDATION. IF YOU HAVE NEVER 

761
00:24:40,846 --> 00:24:42,113
DONE IT, DO IT. IT'S WONDERFUL.

762
00:24:42,113 --> 00:24:43,548
I DID IT A COUPLE TIMES WITH 

763
00:24:43,548 --> 00:24:44,416
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW AND THEY 

764
00:24:44,416 --> 00:24:45,584
WERE ABLE TO SERVE OVER 850 

765
00:24:45,584 --> 00:24:46,818
PATIENTS THAT DAY. IT WAS FOUR 

766
00:24:46,818 --> 00:24:53,191
DAYS, APRIL 23rd TO THE 26th AND

767
00:24:53,191 --> 00:24:54,192
THE SEATTLE KING COUNTY CLINIC 

768
00:24:54,192 --> 00:24:54,860
BRINGS TOGETHER HEALTHCARE 

769
00:24:54,860 --> 00:24:55,493
ORGANIZATIONS, CIVIC AGENCIES, 

770
00:24:55,493 --> 00:24:56,094
NONPROFITS, BUSINESSES AND 

771
00:24:56,094 --> 00:24:56,995
VOLUNTEERS TO PRODUCE THE 

772
00:24:56,995 --> 00:24:57,729
LARGEST COMMUNITY DRIVEN HEALTH 

773
00:24:57,729 --> 00:25:02,934
FINNIC OF ITS KIND IN THE UNITED

774
00:25:02,934 --> 00:25:03,835
STATES, WHICH I'M VERY PROUD 

775
00:25:03,835 --> 00:25:08,039
OF. THE HELP OF THOUSANDS OF 

776
00:25:08,039 --> 00:25:08,974
VOLUNTEERS, THIS FOUR DAY CLINIC

777
00:25:08,974 --> 00:25:09,908
PROVIDES FREE DENTAL, VISION, 

778
00:25:09,908 --> 00:25:10,809
MEDICAL, SOCIAL SERVICES TO MORE

779
00:25:10,809 --> 00:25:12,010
THAN 3000 PEOPLE WHO STRUGGLE TO

780
00:25:12,010 --> 00:25:18,316
ACCESS AND/OR AFFORD CARE EACH 

781
00:25:18,316 --> 00:25:19,784
YEAR. IF THAT IS NOT A TESTAMENT

782
00:25:19,784 --> 00:25:20,986
FOR MEDICARE FOR ALL, I DON'T 

783
00:25:20,986 --> 00:25:22,220
KNOW WHAT IS. SO MOVING ON, 

784
00:25:22,220 --> 00:25:25,991
ANYWAY, IF YOU HAVE NOT SIGNED 

785
00:25:25,991 --> 00:25:27,359
UP NEXT YEAR, I WILL BE HERE, 

786
00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:28,793
MAYBE I WILL, I DON'T KNOW, WHO

787
00:25:28,793 --> 00:25:30,795
KNOWS? YOU LIKE THAT, DON'T 

788
00:25:30,795 --> 00:25:33,899
YOU? SO LET'S SEE AND FRIDAY 

789
00:25:33,899 --> 00:25:39,538
WAS A BIG DEAL. I COULDN'T MAKE

790
00:25:39,538 --> 00:25:40,472
IT. I LITERALLY LOVE LITERACY 

791
00:25:40,472 --> 00:25:43,541
SOURCE. CITYWIDE BUT THERE ALSO 

792
00:25:43,541 --> 00:25:44,676
IN D5. I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH 

793
00:25:44,676 --> 00:25:45,810
THEM SINCE 20 SOMETHING. KELLY 

794
00:25:45,810 --> 00:25:47,145
OUR CHIEF OF STAFF GOT TO ATTEND

795
00:25:47,145 --> 00:25:47,946
THEIR ANNUAL LUNCHEON. THERE 

796
00:25:47,946 --> 00:25:54,219
LOCATED ON LAKE CITY WAY . 

797
00:25:54,219 --> 00:25:54,753
ACCESSIBLE, HIGH-QUALITY, 

798
00:25:54,753 --> 00:25:55,320
FOUNDATIONAL EDUCATION FOR 

799
00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:55,987
ADULTS TO CREATE LASTING 

800
00:25:55,987 --> 00:25:56,688
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEMSELVES AND

801
00:25:56,688 --> 00:26:00,458
THEIR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. 

802
00:26:00,458 --> 00:26:01,226
RESOURCES RUN BY COEXECUTIVE 

803
00:26:01,226 --> 00:26:04,262
DIRECTOR SHIRA WHO IS AMAZING, 

804
00:26:04,262 --> 00:26:05,463
ROSEN AND KAT HOWE. THEY HAVE 

805
00:26:05,463 --> 00:26:06,765
148 VOLUNTEERS THAT HELP RIGHT 

806
00:26:06,765 --> 00:26:11,069
OVER 46,000 HOURS OF SMALL GROUP

807
00:26:11,069 --> 00:26:11,703
AND INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION 

808
00:26:11,703 --> 00:26:18,443
FOR 882 ADULT LEARNERS . OVER 50

809
00:26:18,443 --> 00:26:19,277
NATIONS ARE REPRESENTED, 

810
00:26:19,277 --> 00:26:19,945
SPEAKING 75 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.

811
00:26:19,945 --> 00:26:21,313
I ALONG WITH THEN COUNCILMEMBER 

812
00:26:21,313 --> 00:26:23,448
GONZALES ATTENDED AT LEAST THREE

813
00:26:23,448 --> 00:26:27,485
OF THEIR GRADUATIONS AND THESE 

814
00:26:27,485 --> 00:26:28,353
ARE PEOPLE COMING FROM DIFFERENT

815
00:26:28,353 --> 00:26:29,254
COUNTRIES THAT WERE DOCTORS, 

816
00:26:29,254 --> 00:26:32,090
LAWYERS, YOU NAME IT, WHATEVER, 

817
00:26:32,090 --> 00:26:32,991
BUT ENGLISH ISN'T THEIR FIRST 

818
00:26:32,991 --> 00:26:33,892
LANGUAGE AND THEY'RE COMING 

819
00:26:33,892 --> 00:26:35,093
HERE TO LEARN ENGLISH, GIVING 

820
00:26:35,093 --> 00:26:39,664
THEM THE COMPUTER AND THE 

821
00:26:39,664 --> 00:26:42,901
BUDGET. THESE KIND OF NONPROFIT,

822
00:26:42,901 --> 00:26:43,535
REALLY HEARTFELT ORGANIZATIONS 

823
00:26:43,535 --> 00:26:44,903
THAT ARE TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT 

824
00:26:44,903 --> 00:26:46,004
THING, FOR THE RIGHT REASONS, 

825
00:26:46,004 --> 00:26:46,972
FOR THE RIGHT PEOPLE, WITHOUT 

826
00:26:46,972 --> 00:26:53,111
GOING INTO MOTORIZED 

827
00:26:53,111 --> 00:26:53,645
MARGINALIZED, VULNERABLE 

828
00:26:53,645 --> 00:26:54,512
LANGUAGE, THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT 

829
00:26:54,512 --> 00:26:55,747
WANT TO CONTRIBUTE AND WORK IN 

830
00:26:55,747 --> 00:26:57,615
THIS COUNTRY AND THE RIGHT AND 

831
00:26:57,615 --> 00:26:58,783
SO TO HAVE THESE KIND OF 

832
00:26:58,783 --> 00:26:59,851
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE THERE AND

833
00:26:59,851 --> 00:27:00,986
TO WATCH THESE GRADUATIONS AND 

834
00:27:00,986 --> 00:27:02,220
HAVE PEOPLE MOVE FORWARD, IF YOU

835
00:27:02,220 --> 00:27:03,922
HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO GO OUT 

836
00:27:03,922 --> 00:27:05,357
TO LITERACY SOURCE OR GO TO ONE 

837
00:27:05,357 --> 00:27:06,558
OF THEIR GRADUATIONS, I REALLY 

838
00:27:06,558 --> 00:27:10,528
ENCOURAGE IT AND THAT IT. THANK 

839
00:27:10,528 --> 00:27:11,363
YOU. 

840
00:27:11,363 --> 00:27:13,732
&gt;&gt; AWESOME. ARE THERE ANY 

841
00:27:13,732 --> 00:27:18,670
QUESTIONS FROM COUNCILMEMBER 

842
00:27:18,670 --> 00:27:18,903
JUAREZ? 

843
00:27:18,903 --> 00:27:19,237
&gt;&gt; KNOW. 

844
00:27:19,237 --> 00:27:24,709
&gt;&gt; AWESOME. COUNCILMEMBER LIN . 

845
00:27:24,843 --> 00:27:28,947
&gt;&gt; SO COMING UP THIS WEEK IN 

846
00:27:28,947 --> 00:27:29,914
LAND-USE COMMITTEE, WE DO HAVE 

847
00:27:29,914 --> 00:27:31,483
THE SHELTER LEGISLATION 

848
00:27:31,483 --> 00:27:32,150
INCLUDING SOME POTENTIAL 

849
00:27:32,150 --> 00:27:36,821
AMENDMENTS FOR BRIEFING. WE ALSO

850
00:27:36,821 --> 00:27:37,555
HAVE THE OFFICE OF 

851
00:27:37,555 --> 00:27:40,358
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT, 

852
00:27:40,358 --> 00:27:44,062
POTENTIAL APPOINTMENT AS WELL AS

853
00:27:44,062 --> 00:27:45,063
JUST A BRIEFING FROM THAT OFFICE

854
00:27:45,063 --> 00:27:47,532
ABOUT THEIR WORK INCLUDING THIS 

855
00:27:47,532 --> 00:27:51,836
YEAR, WILL THERE BE AN AID TO 

856
00:27:51,836 --> 00:27:52,804
OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN? SO 

857
00:27:52,804 --> 00:27:55,173
EXCITED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT 

858
00:27:55,173 --> 00:27:56,307
THAT. AND THEN JUST IN GENERAL 

859
00:27:56,307 --> 00:27:57,542
I'VE BEEN HAVING A LOT OF 

860
00:27:57,542 --> 00:27:59,811
READINGS AND PUBLIC SAFETY HAS 

861
00:27:59,811 --> 00:28:03,448
JUST BEEN A CRITICAL ISSUE FOR 

862
00:28:03,448 --> 00:28:07,986
OUR DISTRICT, AS IT HAS BEEN FOR

863
00:28:07,986 --> 00:28:10,155
A WHILE, BUT WE HAD A COMMUNITY 

864
00:28:10,155 --> 00:28:10,755
MEETING IN NORTH BEACON HILL. 

865
00:28:10,755 --> 00:28:12,524
VERY WELL ATTENDED. A LOT OF 

866
00:28:12,524 --> 00:28:15,293
PASSION AROUND ISSUES IN THAT 

867
00:28:15,293 --> 00:28:15,994
NEIGHBORHOOD. UNFORTUNATELY WE 

868
00:28:15,994 --> 00:28:20,465
ALSO KEEP HEARING, THERE'S BEEN

869
00:28:20,465 --> 00:28:21,700
A NUMBER OF ONGOING GUN VIOLENCE

870
00:28:21,700 --> 00:28:24,302
ISSUES DOWNING THE RAINIER BEACH

871
00:28:24,302 --> 00:28:28,173
NEIGHBORHOOD AND SO ALSO LOTS OF

872
00:28:28,173 --> 00:28:29,307
CONCERNS FROM NEIGHBORS IN THAT 

873
00:28:29,307 --> 00:28:31,309
AREA. WE CONTINUE TO MEET WEEKLY

874
00:28:31,309 --> 00:28:35,580
WITH SEPALS IN THAT AREA, WITH 

875
00:28:35,580 --> 00:28:38,183
SPD, COMMUNITY PASSAGEWAYS, 

876
00:28:38,183 --> 00:28:39,084
OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND 

877
00:28:39,084 --> 00:28:41,386
HOPEFULLY WE CAN SHARE MORE IN 

878
00:28:41,386 --> 00:28:43,922
THE NEAR FUTURE. AND YEAH, 

879
00:28:43,922 --> 00:28:48,593
THAT'S WHAT I HAVE. 

880
00:28:48,593 --> 00:28:49,794
&gt;&gt; AWESOME, THANK YOU. IS THERE 

881
00:28:49,794 --> 00:28:50,729
ANY QUESTIONS FOR COUNCILMEMBER 

882
00:28:50,729 --> 00:28:55,433
LIN ? AWESOME. COUNCILMEMBER 

883
00:28:55,433 --> 00:28:55,633
SAKA. 

884
00:28:55,633 --> 00:28:56,601
&gt;&gt; THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT 

885
00:28:56,601 --> 00:28:57,535
AND COLLEAGUES, GOOD AFTERNOON. 

886
00:28:57,535 --> 00:28:59,437
OUR NEXT STEPS MEETING WILL BE 

887
00:28:59,437 --> 00:29:01,673
NEXT THURSDAY, MAY 7th, 9:30 

888
00:29:01,673 --> 00:29:02,907
A.M. ON THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE 

889
00:29:02,907 --> 00:29:06,945
FRONT, I WILL SHARE THAT LAST 

890
00:29:06,945 --> 00:29:08,179
WEEK I HAD THE PLEASURE OF 

891
00:29:08,179 --> 00:29:15,587
ATTENDING A JOINT RTC MEETING 

892
00:29:15,587 --> 00:29:16,988
LAST TUESDAY. IT WAS A JOINT 

893
00:29:16,988 --> 00:29:17,655
MEETING, MORE SPECIFICALLY A 

894
00:29:17,655 --> 00:29:18,456
JOINT MEETING OF THE 

895
00:29:18,456 --> 00:29:19,090
TRANSPORTATION, ECONOMY AND 

896
00:29:19,090 --> 00:29:19,891
ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE WITH THE 

897
00:29:19,891 --> 00:29:23,695
REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL 

898
00:29:23,695 --> 00:29:26,531
AND THE DISCUSSION FOCUSED ON 

899
00:29:26,531 --> 00:29:32,604
PREPARING FOR FIFA WORLD CUP. WE

900
00:29:32,604 --> 00:29:33,404
EXPLORED STRATEGIES TO ENSURE 

901
00:29:33,404 --> 00:29:34,472
OUR CITY, OUR REGION IS 

902
00:29:34,472 --> 00:29:37,475
PREPARED, READY FOR THESE -- 

903
00:29:37,475 --> 00:29:43,481
THESE EXCITING TIMES , FROM 

904
00:29:43,481 --> 00:29:44,015
IMPROVING TRANSPORTATION 

905
00:29:44,015 --> 00:29:44,649
PLANNING AND COORDINATION TO 

906
00:29:44,649 --> 00:29:46,851
MAXIMIZING PUBLIC TRANSIT DURING

907
00:29:46,851 --> 00:29:51,556
PEAK DEMAND TIMES. EQUALLY 

908
00:29:51,556 --> 00:29:52,457
IMPORTANT, WE EMPHASIZED THE 

909
00:29:52,457 --> 00:29:53,625
NEED FOR A SYSTEM THAT IS 

910
00:29:53,625 --> 00:29:54,425
ACCESSIBLE, SAFE AND WELCOMING 

911
00:29:54,425 --> 00:29:55,627
FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED. SO IT WAS

912
00:29:55,627 --> 00:30:00,798
A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO GO

913
00:30:00,798 --> 00:30:02,066
TO THIS MEETING IN PERSON. IT 

914
00:30:02,066 --> 00:30:03,301
WAS JUST ACROSS THE STREET AT 

915
00:30:03,301 --> 00:30:06,971
KING COUNTY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. 

916
00:30:06,971 --> 00:30:08,139
GREAT MEETING. ALSO LAST WEEK ON

917
00:30:08,139 --> 00:30:09,073
THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION OR 

918
00:30:09,073 --> 00:30:09,807
REGIONAL COMMITTEE FRONT, I 

919
00:30:09,807 --> 00:30:13,077
ATTENDED PS RC'S EXECUTIVE 

920
00:30:13,077 --> 00:30:16,848
MEETING WHERE LAST THURSDAY, 

921
00:30:16,848 --> 00:30:20,585
WHERE AMONG OTHER THINGS WE 

922
00:30:20,585 --> 00:30:22,687
APPROVED A REGIONAL 

923
00:30:22,687 --> 00:30:23,788
TRANSPORTATION PLAN. IT WAS A 

924
00:30:23,788 --> 00:30:27,125
MULTITIER EFFORT THAT STARTED AT

925
00:30:27,125 --> 00:30:29,327
THE COMMITTEE LEVEL AND 

926
00:30:29,327 --> 00:30:31,629
TRANSPORTATION POLICY BOARD AND 

927
00:30:31,629 --> 00:30:33,231
KIND OF WORK ITS WAY THROUGH. 

928
00:30:33,231 --> 00:30:41,339
GREAT TO SEE THAT ONE END TO END

929
00:30:41,339 --> 00:30:43,074
FROM START TO FINISH. GLAD WE 

930
00:30:43,074 --> 00:30:44,075
ARE ABLE TO APPROVE THAT 

931
00:30:44,075 --> 00:30:45,143
EXCITING PLAN FOR OUR REGION. 

932
00:30:45,143 --> 00:30:46,177
AMONG OTHER THINGS, WE ALSO 

933
00:30:46,177 --> 00:30:46,778
CERTIFIED THE COMPREHENSIVE 

934
00:30:46,778 --> 00:30:48,980
PLANS FOR BONNEY LAKE, PACIFIC 

935
00:30:48,980 --> 00:30:53,918
AND SEATTLE SO ALL THE WORK THAT

936
00:30:53,918 --> 00:30:58,323
WE DO HERE IN COUNCIL, IT 

937
00:30:58,323 --> 00:30:59,857
MATTERS, AND IT MATTERS TO OUR 

938
00:30:59,857 --> 00:31:04,629
REGIONAL PARTNERS AS WELL. IN 

939
00:31:04,629 --> 00:31:05,997
THE COMMUNITY I'LL SHARE A FEW 

940
00:31:05,997 --> 00:31:06,898
SELECT EVENTS. FIRST OFF, REALLY

941
00:31:06,898 --> 00:31:07,932
EXCITING FOR ME. LAST THURSDAY, 

942
00:31:07,932 --> 00:31:08,800
COLLEAGUES, WAS NATIONAL TAKE 

943
00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:12,070
YOUR KIDS TO WORK DAY AND THAT 

944
00:31:12,070 --> 00:31:13,371
WAS -- THAT'S THE LATEST SORT 

945
00:31:13,371 --> 00:31:15,406
OF ITERATION OF WHAT USED TO BE 

946
00:31:15,406 --> 00:31:18,543
NATIONAL TAKE YOUR DAUGHTERS TO 

947
00:31:18,543 --> 00:31:19,744
WORK DAY. THEY HAVE SINCE MADE 

948
00:31:19,744 --> 00:31:22,013
IT GENDER-NEUTRAL AND SO I TOOK 

949
00:31:22,013 --> 00:31:24,949
ALL THREE OF MY KIDS IN THE 

950
00:31:24,949 --> 00:31:26,851
AFTERNOON HERE TO CITY HALL AND 

951
00:31:26,851 --> 00:31:29,454
AMONG OTHER THINGS IT WAS REALLY

952
00:31:29,454 --> 00:31:32,056
EXCITING TO SEE THEM RUN AROUND 

953
00:31:32,056 --> 00:31:35,793
THIS VERY CHAMBER WITH SO MUCH 

954
00:31:35,793 --> 00:31:39,864
JOY AND EXCITEMENT AND ENERGY 

955
00:31:39,864 --> 00:31:40,898
RUNNING FROM SEAT TO SEAT, 

956
00:31:40,898 --> 00:31:44,168
RUNNING BACK TO THE COUNCIL DEUS

957
00:31:44,168 --> 00:31:46,471
HERE. YEAH, I'VE NEVER SEEN SO 

958
00:31:46,471 --> 00:31:47,739
MANY PEOPLE SO EAGER TO BEGIN 

959
00:31:47,739 --> 00:31:50,008
SEATTLE CITY HALL CHAMBER BUT IT

960
00:31:50,008 --> 00:31:53,544
WAS GREAT. ALSO SAME DAY 

961
00:31:53,544 --> 00:31:55,046
PARTICIPATED ALONGSIDE OUR 

962
00:31:55,046 --> 00:31:57,515
COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMEMBER LIN , 

963
00:31:57,515 --> 00:32:00,051
WITH THE COUNCIL IN ADDITION AND

964
00:32:00,051 --> 00:32:04,422
WITH BRIAN CALLAHAN, GREAT, 

965
00:32:04,422 --> 00:32:07,959
GREAT SESSION. MY KIDS GOT A 

966
00:32:07,959 --> 00:32:09,060
TOUR OF THE SEATTLE CHANNEL 

967
00:32:09,060 --> 00:32:15,433
DOWNSTAIRS, AS WELL, AND SO , 

968
00:32:15,433 --> 00:32:16,301
APPRECIATE THE ENTIRE TEAM AT 

969
00:32:16,301 --> 00:32:17,368
THE SEATTLE CHANNEL FOR MAKING 

970
00:32:17,368 --> 00:32:18,603
THAT SUCH A FUN AND MEMORABLE 

971
00:32:18,603 --> 00:32:23,508
EXPERIENCE FOR MY KIDS. SADLY I 

972
00:32:23,508 --> 00:32:24,676
ASKED THEM HOW IT WENT FROM 

973
00:32:24,676 --> 00:32:25,877
THEIR PERSPECTIVE OR AT LEAST 

974
00:32:25,877 --> 00:32:27,178
BECAUSE THEY GOT TO SEE AND 

975
00:32:27,178 --> 00:32:28,179
WATCH MY INTERVIEW PORTION AND 

976
00:32:28,179 --> 00:32:31,015
THEY SAID, DAD, YOU WERE BORING,

977
00:32:31,015 --> 00:32:33,451
SO I APPRECIATE FEEDBACK FROM 

978
00:32:33,451 --> 00:32:35,787
ALL OF OUR CONSTITUENTS, 

979
00:32:35,787 --> 00:32:39,023
ESPECIALLY MY CONSTITUENTS, 

980
00:32:39,023 --> 00:32:43,961
NUMBER ONE. BUT IT WAS FUN TIMES

981
00:32:43,961 --> 00:32:44,962
NONETHELESS. ALSO LAST WEEK A 

982
00:32:44,962 --> 00:32:46,097
FEW OTHER SELECT KIND OF 

983
00:32:46,097 --> 00:32:46,998
COMMUNITY EVENTS. HAD THE HONOR 

984
00:32:46,998 --> 00:32:50,969
OF PARTICIPATING IN A SOUTHWEST 

985
00:32:50,969 --> 00:32:52,770
YOUTH ALLIANCE PANEL. IT WAS A 

986
00:32:52,770 --> 00:32:55,473
DISCUSSION THAT WAS ORGANIZED BY

987
00:32:55,473 --> 00:32:58,009
THE SOUTHWEST YOUTH AND FAMILY 

988
00:32:58,009 --> 00:33:00,778
SERVICES ON THE IMPORTANT TOPIC 

989
00:33:00,778 --> 00:33:01,813
OF PUBLIC SAFETY, HEALTH AND 

990
00:33:01,813 --> 00:33:04,382
ADDICTION WITH OUR YOUTH, AND IT

991
00:33:04,382 --> 00:33:05,216
WAS AT DENNY INTERNATIONAL 

992
00:33:05,216 --> 00:33:08,453
MIDDLE SCHOOL IN WEST SEATTLE. 

993
00:33:08,453 --> 00:33:09,253
QUESTIONS PERTAINED TO RESOURCES

994
00:33:09,253 --> 00:33:10,355
AVAILABLE FOR FAMILIES IN NEED 

995
00:33:10,355 --> 00:33:15,593
OF EDUCATION AROUND THINGS LIKE 

996
00:33:15,593 --> 00:33:16,427
ADDICTION, VAPING AND ALCOHOL, 

997
00:33:16,427 --> 00:33:18,062
HOW TO PROTECT YOU FROM ACCESS 

998
00:33:18,062 --> 00:33:20,298
TO DRUGS, PUBLIC SAFETY, ALL OF 

999
00:33:20,298 --> 00:33:24,202
THESE THINGS IN PROXIMITY TO OUR

1000
00:33:24,202 --> 00:33:25,069
SCHOOLS, AND CONCERNS AROUND 

1001
00:33:25,069 --> 00:33:31,309
FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AND I.C.E.. 

1002
00:33:31,309 --> 00:33:33,811
SO HONORED TO JOIN THAT 

1003
00:33:33,811 --> 00:33:35,046
CONVERSATION. I LEARNED A TON AS

1004
00:33:35,046 --> 00:33:36,381
WELL. THERE ARE A LOT OF EXPERTS

1005
00:33:36,381 --> 00:33:38,249
AS WELL AND SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO

1006
00:33:38,249 --> 00:33:41,152
DENNY MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL 

1007
00:33:41,152 --> 00:33:43,988
MARY INGRAM, WHO WAS ALSO AT THE

1008
00:33:43,988 --> 00:33:45,022
EVENT AND SHE'S ALWAYS A 

1009
00:33:45,022 --> 00:33:48,292
PLEASURE TO BE AROUND. LAST 

1010
00:33:48,292 --> 00:33:52,964
FRIDAY I ALSO SPENT THE DAY IN 

1011
00:33:52,964 --> 00:33:55,666
SOUTH PARK AND REALLY EXCITED 

1012
00:33:55,666 --> 00:33:57,301
TO, ANY TIME I GET A CHANCE TO 

1013
00:33:57,301 --> 00:33:58,736
GO AND CHECK IN WITH THAT PART 

1014
00:33:58,736 --> 00:34:01,572
OF MY DISTRICT, BUT I MET WITH 

1015
00:34:01,572 --> 00:34:05,343
COMMUNITY LEADERS AT THE 

1016
00:34:05,343 --> 00:34:07,612
DUWAMISH RIVER COMMUNITY 

1017
00:34:07,612 --> 00:34:10,381
COALITION ALONG WITH COMMUNITY 

1018
00:34:10,381 --> 00:34:11,282
LEADERS FROM VIA COMMUNITY 

1019
00:34:11,282 --> 00:34:14,018
AUDIO, ONLY HIMSELF PARK AS 

1020
00:34:14,018 --> 00:34:20,758
WELL, ALSO OFFICE HOURS IN THE 

1021
00:34:20,758 --> 00:34:21,993
SOUTH PARK BRANCH OF THE SEATTLE

1022
00:34:21,993 --> 00:34:23,027
PUBLIC LIBRARY, AND IT'S GREAT 

1023
00:34:23,027 --> 00:34:26,164
TO CONNECT WITH JUST EVERY DAY 

1024
00:34:26,164 --> 00:34:26,831
CONSTITUENTS SHARING THEIR 

1025
00:34:26,831 --> 00:34:27,932
CONCERNS AND FEEDBACK. VERY 

1026
00:34:27,932 --> 00:34:29,567
ENLIGHTENING AND EMPOWERING FOR 

1027
00:34:29,567 --> 00:34:31,636
ME PERSONALLY. AMONG OTHER 

1028
00:34:31,636 --> 00:34:32,537
THINGS, REALLY LOOKING FORWARD 

1029
00:34:32,537 --> 00:34:35,840
TO SOME COOL SOUTH PARK EVENTS 

1030
00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:36,874
COMING THIS SUMMER INCLUDING THE

1031
00:34:36,874 --> 00:34:40,311
RETURN OF THE DUWAMISH RIVER 

1032
00:34:40,311 --> 00:34:47,218
FESTIVAL AND SO TO AS WELL. 

1033
00:34:47,218 --> 00:34:48,152
EXCITING TIMES. AND FINALLY I'LL

1034
00:34:48,152 --> 00:34:49,720
SHARE THAT ON SATURDAY I HAD THE

1035
00:34:49,720 --> 00:34:54,292
PLEASURE JOINING S.ORGANIZED I 

1036
00:34:54,292 --> 00:34:55,726
THINK IT WAS A SECOND OR THIRD 

1037
00:34:55,726 --> 00:34:57,228
EVER -- DON'T QUOTE ME BUT IT 

1038
00:34:57,228 --> 00:34:59,263
WAS A YOUTH TRANSPORTATION 

1039
00:34:59,263 --> 00:35:00,498
SUMMIT SO SATURDAY MORNING I HAD

1040
00:35:00,498 --> 00:35:03,267
THE HONOR OF SPEAKING AT THAT 

1041
00:35:03,267 --> 00:35:04,469
AND INTERACT AND MEET WITH SOME 

1042
00:35:04,469 --> 00:35:08,072
OF OUR YOUTH, AND I'LL JUST 

1043
00:35:08,072 --> 00:35:11,242
SHARE, AT LEAST FROM MY 

1044
00:35:11,242 --> 00:35:11,976
PERSPECTIVE, THE FUTURE OF 

1045
00:35:11,976 --> 00:35:12,944
TRANSPORTATION POLICY IN OUR 

1046
00:35:12,944 --> 00:35:15,079
CITY IS BRIGHT, HAVING HAD THE 

1047
00:35:15,079 --> 00:35:16,114
OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH SOME

1048
00:35:16,114 --> 00:35:18,816
OF OUR YOUTH, SO DEEPLY 

1049
00:35:18,816 --> 00:35:21,886
INTERESTED AND EVEN CONCERNED 

1050
00:35:21,886 --> 00:35:22,587
ABOUT THESE REALLY IMPORTANT 

1051
00:35:22,587 --> 00:35:26,791
TRANSPORTATION ISSUES FACING US 

1052
00:35:26,791 --> 00:35:27,992
ALL. THAT IS IT FROM MY 

1053
00:35:27,992 --> 00:35:28,893
PERSPECTIVE. I WELCOME ANY 

1054
00:35:28,893 --> 00:35:32,063
COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, FEEDBACK, 

1055
00:35:32,063 --> 00:35:33,498
FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER, IF 

1056
00:35:33,498 --> 00:35:36,901
NONE, I WILL PASS THE BATON TO 

1057
00:35:36,901 --> 00:35:37,668
COUNCILMEMBER CANCEL. 

1058
00:35:37,668 --> 00:35:42,673
&gt;&gt; OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON, 

1059
00:35:42,673 --> 00:35:43,541
COLLEAGUES. STARTING OFF PUBLIC 

1060
00:35:43,541 --> 00:35:44,308
SAFETY COMMITTEE, OUR NEXT 

1061
00:35:44,308 --> 00:35:49,080
COMMITTEE MEETING IS TOMORROW 

1062
00:35:49,080 --> 00:35:50,314
AND OUR AGENDA IS PUBLIC DRUG 

1063
00:35:50,314 --> 00:35:51,349
USE AND POSSESSION. I'VE HAD 

1064
00:35:51,349 --> 00:35:52,517
SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH COMMUNITY 

1065
00:35:52,517 --> 00:35:56,020
MEMBERS ON THIS. THE FOCUS HERE 

1066
00:35:56,020 --> 00:35:57,054
IS BASICALLY ALIGNING FOR SPD 

1067
00:35:57,054 --> 00:36:00,157
BUT ALSO LOOKING ON RESPONSE. WE

1068
00:36:00,157 --> 00:36:01,259
DIDN'T HAVE THAT WHEN THE 

1069
00:36:01,259 --> 00:36:02,260
LEGISLATION WAS WRITTEN UP IN 

1070
00:36:02,260 --> 00:36:03,528
'23 AND SO I THINK THERE'S 

1071
00:36:03,528 --> 00:36:09,267
WAYS TO GET ALIGNMENT AND THIS 

1072
00:36:09,267 --> 00:36:10,067
SHOULD ALSO BE SEEN IN 

1073
00:36:10,067 --> 00:36:11,002
PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR EFFORTS IN 

1074
00:36:11,002 --> 00:36:12,670
ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE MORE 

1075
00:36:12,670 --> 00:36:13,304
GENERALLY. SPECIFICALLY LOOKING 

1076
00:36:13,304 --> 00:36:14,205
AT THE CARE ENABLING ORDINANCE, 

1077
00:36:14,205 --> 00:36:15,873
BECAUSE WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE 

1078
00:36:15,873 --> 00:36:17,575
ISSUES AS COUNCILMEMBER LIN WAS 

1079
00:36:17,575 --> 00:36:22,813
TALKING ABOUT IN D2. IN FACT, I 

1080
00:36:22,813 --> 00:36:23,848
WAS IN LITTLE SAIGON THIS 

1081
00:36:23,848 --> 00:36:24,882
MORNING ENJOYING A NICE COFFEE 

1082
00:36:24,882 --> 00:36:28,119
AT HELLO M, BY THE WAY, SO I 

1083
00:36:28,119 --> 00:36:33,925
JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, 

1084
00:36:33,925 --> 00:36:35,226
HIGHLIGHT THE FOCUS OF WHAT WE 

1085
00:36:35,226 --> 00:36:36,127
ARE DOING IN PUBLIC SAFETY 

1086
00:36:36,127 --> 00:36:38,029
COMMITTEE. SO AGAIN, TOMORROW'S

1087
00:36:38,029 --> 00:36:39,297
WILL BE PUBLIC DRUG USE AND 

1088
00:36:39,297 --> 00:36:40,731
POSSESSION IN TERMS OF UPDATING.

1089
00:36:40,731 --> 00:36:43,734
SEPARATELY, ALONG PUBLIC SAFETY 

1090
00:36:43,734 --> 00:36:44,535
COMMITTEE, I THINK IT'S 

1091
00:36:44,535 --> 00:36:46,204
IMPORTANT TO PUT OUT THERE, TOO 

1092
00:36:46,204 --> 00:36:47,705
THE NEXT MEETING IS GOING TO BE 

1093
00:36:47,705 --> 00:36:50,575
ON MAY 12th AND THERE'S GOING 

1094
00:36:50,575 --> 00:36:55,980
TO BE TWO AGENDA ITEMS ON THAT. 

1095
00:36:55,980 --> 00:36:57,215
FIRST IS THE CALENDAR OF SOME 

1096
00:36:57,215 --> 00:36:58,015
PROTEST HERE, THE SENTINEL 

1097
00:36:58,015 --> 00:36:59,550
REVIEW WILL BE WITH OIG AND SPD 

1098
00:36:59,550 --> 00:37:00,751
AND THEN THAT WILL BREAK AND 

1099
00:37:00,751 --> 00:37:02,153
THEN OIG FOR THE SECOND AGENDA 

1100
00:37:02,153 --> 00:37:08,526
ITEM WILL BE JOINED BY OPA AND 

1101
00:37:08,526 --> 00:37:10,194
CPC FOR THE KIND OF THE ANNUAL 

1102
00:37:10,194 --> 00:37:11,095
ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS TO TALK 

1103
00:37:11,095 --> 00:37:12,196
ABOUT WHERE WE ARE WITH THE 

1104
00:37:12,196 --> 00:37:13,531
ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS AND THE 

1105
00:37:13,531 --> 00:37:17,768
ISSUES THAT ARE FACING THEM AND 

1106
00:37:17,768 --> 00:37:18,536
HOW THEY'RE WORKING TOGETHER. 

1107
00:37:18,536 --> 00:37:19,870
THE OTHER TWO MAY ALSO SPEAK TO 

1108
00:37:19,870 --> 00:37:23,674
THE PROTESTS HERE BUT THAT'S 

1109
00:37:23,674 --> 00:37:25,176
THE SET UP AND I THINK IT'S 

1110
00:37:25,176 --> 00:37:28,079
IMPORTANT THAT BASED ON THE 

1111
00:37:28,079 --> 00:37:30,381
IMPORTANCE OF DOING THE 

1112
00:37:30,381 --> 00:37:34,652
OVERSIGHT, HAVING THESE THINGS 

1113
00:37:34,652 --> 00:37:36,120
COME UP AND HAVING THE CHANCE TO

1114
00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:42,260
SPEAK TO IT, SO THAT'S THE NEXT

1115
00:37:42,260 --> 00:37:43,527
TWO MEETINGS. I DON'T USUALLY 

1116
00:37:43,527 --> 00:37:45,162
DO THE TWO BUT GIVEN THE MAY 

1117
00:37:45,162 --> 00:37:46,163
12th, I'LL GIVE YOU THE NEXT 

1118
00:37:46,163 --> 00:37:47,598
ONE IN MAY WILL BE OEM AND 

1119
00:37:47,598 --> 00:37:48,633
OTHERS REGARDING, ARE WE READY 

1120
00:37:48,633 --> 00:37:49,700
FOR THE WORLD CUP, EMERGENCY 

1121
00:37:49,700 --> 00:37:50,368
PREPAREDNESS, PUBLIC SAFETY 

1122
00:37:50,368 --> 00:37:53,804
PERSPECTIVE. ALL RIGHT. THIS 

1123
00:37:53,804 --> 00:37:54,872
WEEK I ALREADY MENTIONED I WAS 

1124
00:37:54,872 --> 00:37:55,906
IN LITTLE SAIGON THIS MORNING. 

1125
00:37:55,906 --> 00:37:57,842
TOMORROW OPA, WEDNESDAY LAKE 

1126
00:37:57,842 --> 00:38:00,678
UNION DRY DOCK, VERY IMPORTANT, 

1127
00:38:00,678 --> 00:38:03,080
AND THEN MEETING WITH PCD 

1128
00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:05,149
RELATED TO THE DOWNTOWN REGIONAL

1129
00:38:05,149 --> 00:38:07,652
PLAN. THINGS ARE WORKING ON 

1130
00:38:07,652 --> 00:38:09,487
THOSE FRONTS, TOO. MAY NOT BE AS

1131
00:38:09,487 --> 00:38:14,125
VISIBLE BUT DOING THAT AND THE 

1132
00:38:14,125 --> 00:38:17,795
MSC CRUISES, BASED ON MY 

1133
00:38:17,795 --> 00:38:19,196
DISTRICT, I MEET WITH A LOT OF 

1134
00:38:19,196 --> 00:38:20,998
CRUISE LINES AND BETWEEN 66 AND 

1135
00:38:20,998 --> 00:38:22,300
91 TEARS AND ALL THAT AND WHAT 

1136
00:38:22,300 --> 00:38:26,871
WE HAVE GOING ON AND IT'S A 

1137
00:38:26,871 --> 00:38:27,672
GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND 

1138
00:38:27,672 --> 00:38:29,407
WHAT'S HAPPENING. BY THE WAY, 

1139
00:38:29,407 --> 00:38:30,775
IF YOU NOT BEEN DOWN THERE WHEN 

1140
00:38:30,775 --> 00:38:31,642
THEY'RE OFF LOADING AND 

1141
00:38:31,642 --> 00:38:37,615
UNLOADING A CRUISE SHIP, IT'S A

1142
00:38:37,615 --> 00:38:38,783
LOGISTICAL MARBLE. I'VE SEEN A 

1143
00:38:38,783 --> 00:38:39,583
LOT OF UNLOADS AND OFFLOADS, 

1144
00:38:39,583 --> 00:38:41,285
USUALLY AIRCRAFT CARRIERS, BUT 

1145
00:38:41,285 --> 00:38:44,789
THE CASE WITH A CRUISE SHIP IS 

1146
00:38:44,789 --> 00:38:45,856
JUST INCREDIBLE. THE SEAPORT AND

1147
00:38:45,856 --> 00:38:46,957
THE AIRPORT IS ALSO INCREDIBLE. 

1148
00:38:46,957 --> 00:38:49,060
THIS COMES A TWEEN THAT AND 

1149
00:38:49,060 --> 00:38:50,795
ELECT LOCATION OF THE PEERS BUT 

1150
00:38:50,795 --> 00:38:59,170
THE IDEA THAT YOU CHECK YOUR 

1151
00:38:59,170 --> 00:39:00,638
BAGS AT THE PIER AND THEY END UP

1152
00:39:00,638 --> 00:39:02,106
WHERE YOU NEED TO BE WHEN YOU 

1153
00:39:02,106 --> 00:39:03,174
LAND IS INCREDIBLE. BUT THESE 

1154
00:39:03,174 --> 00:39:04,475
PIECES ARE SO IMPORTANT TO OUR 

1155
00:39:04,475 --> 00:39:05,409
CITY AND GETTING THESE UPDATES 

1156
00:39:05,409 --> 00:39:06,477
AND GETTING THIS INSIGHT IS 

1157
00:39:06,477 --> 00:39:07,078
REALLY IMPORTANT. THURSDAY 

1158
00:39:07,078 --> 00:39:08,713
EVERGREEN GOOD WILL FOLLOWED BY 

1159
00:39:08,713 --> 00:39:09,580
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S AWARD 

1160
00:39:09,580 --> 00:39:13,351
CEREMONY LUNCHEON AND THEN I'LL

1161
00:39:13,351 --> 00:39:15,219
BE GOING INTO MAGNOLIA, 

1162
00:39:15,219 --> 00:39:19,990
TECHNICALLY IN D6 BUT CATHERINE 

1163
00:39:19,990 --> 00:39:21,125
BLAINE, BUT SOME OF THOSE 

1164
00:39:21,125 --> 00:39:22,560
STUDENTS ARE IN THE D7 PART OF 

1165
00:39:22,560 --> 00:39:23,561
MAGNOLIA. SPEAKING TO THE CIVICS

1166
00:39:23,561 --> 00:39:29,734
AND THE ISSUES FOR -- THAT'S A 

1167
00:39:29,734 --> 00:39:31,035
K-8 SCHOOL THERE IN MAGNOLIA AND

1168
00:39:31,035 --> 00:39:34,338
THEN UNION ARTS CENTER LATER ON 

1169
00:39:34,338 --> 00:39:35,339
THURSDAY. FRIDAY, KIND OF HINTED

1170
00:39:35,339 --> 00:39:37,908
AT, I'VE BEEN SPENDING A LOT OF

1171
00:39:37,908 --> 00:39:40,945
QUALITY TIME IN D2 AT THIS TIME 

1172
00:39:40,945 --> 00:39:44,749
WILL BE A RAINIER BEACH PUBLIC 

1173
00:39:44,749 --> 00:39:45,549
SAFETY WALK. THANK YOU 

1174
00:39:45,549 --> 00:39:46,384
COUNCILMEMBER LIN. I'LL FOLLOW 

1175
00:39:46,384 --> 00:39:51,889
THAT UP WITH JEWISH COMMUNITY 

1176
00:39:51,889 --> 00:39:53,023
SERVICES AND THEIR FAMILY OF 

1177
00:39:53,023 --> 00:39:54,125
CARING LUNCHEON. JSS DOES A LOT 

1178
00:39:54,125 --> 00:39:56,160
OF GREAT WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY.

1179
00:39:56,160 --> 00:39:57,628
NEXT WEEK, FIFA WORLD CUP 26, I 

1180
00:39:57,628 --> 00:40:00,297
HAVE A MEETING ON THAT, 

1181
00:40:00,297 --> 00:40:01,065
IMPORTANT MEETING WITH THE 

1182
00:40:01,065 --> 00:40:06,537
INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS,

1183
00:40:06,537 --> 00:40:08,205
SPR, MEETING WITH THE SOUTHERN 

1184
00:40:08,205 --> 00:40:09,407
FORD, DIFFERENT PIECES, THE HOPE

1185
00:40:09,407 --> 00:40:11,976
FACTORY ON THURSDAY, THE 

1186
00:40:11,976 --> 00:40:13,010
DISTRICT 7 NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL 

1187
00:40:13,010 --> 00:40:15,813
WILL BE ON FRIDAY OF NEXT WEEK 

1188
00:40:15,813 --> 00:40:16,914
IN ADDITION TO SOME ADDITIONAL 

1189
00:40:16,914 --> 00:40:20,184
MEETINGS WITH COMMUNITY COUNCIL.

1190
00:40:20,184 --> 00:40:21,418
ANYWAYS, LOTS GOING ON IN 

1191
00:40:21,418 --> 00:40:22,653
COMMUNITY AND THE ONE THING I 

1192
00:40:22,653 --> 00:40:26,023
JUST WANTED TO NOTE IN TERMS OF 

1193
00:40:26,023 --> 00:40:27,057
LAST WEEK, I ATTENDED THE 

1194
00:40:27,057 --> 00:40:28,025
MAGNOLIA COMMUNITY COUNCIL LAST 

1195
00:40:28,025 --> 00:40:29,260
TUESDAY WHERE THEY HAD THE WEST 

1196
00:40:29,260 --> 00:40:31,662
PRECINCT CAPTAIN THERE ALONG 

1197
00:40:31,662 --> 00:40:32,496
WITH CRIME PREVENTION OFFICER 

1198
00:40:32,496 --> 00:40:33,831
AND IT WAS A GREAT CONVERSATION 

1199
00:40:33,831 --> 00:40:37,802
IN TERMS OF THE ISSUES THAT 

1200
00:40:37,802 --> 00:40:39,069
MAGNOLIA IS FACING AND ALSO WHAT

1201
00:40:39,069 --> 00:40:40,504
THEY CAN DO AS A COMMUNITY, BOTH

1202
00:40:40,504 --> 00:40:41,505
IN TERMS OF LIKE RESIDENTIAL 

1203
00:40:41,505 --> 00:40:42,706
BLOCK WATCH BUT AS A COMMUNITY, 

1204
00:40:42,706 --> 00:40:44,241
WHAT THE VILLAGE CAN DO AND MAKE

1205
00:40:44,241 --> 00:40:45,209
CONNECTIONS AND THE PIECES THAT 

1206
00:40:45,209 --> 00:40:46,944
THEY CAN DO. I THINK IT'S 

1207
00:40:46,944 --> 00:40:47,878
IMPORTANT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS 

1208
00:40:47,878 --> 00:40:49,113
TO REALIZE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE

1209
00:40:49,113 --> 00:40:51,282
TO BE PASSIVE. THEY CAN BE 

1210
00:40:51,282 --> 00:40:52,349
ENGAGING AND THERE'S GREAT WAYS

1211
00:40:52,349 --> 00:40:54,819
TO DO SO, AND I'M LOOKING TO 

1212
00:40:54,819 --> 00:40:55,686
PROMOTE THAT WITHIN DISTRICT 7, 

1213
00:40:55,686 --> 00:41:00,124
AND OBVIOUSLY IN MANY WAYS. TO 

1214
00:41:00,124 --> 00:41:04,728
CLOSE, I WANT TO GO INTO THE 

1215
00:41:04,728 --> 00:41:05,596
SPORTS PIECE, PIGGYBACKING OFF 

1216
00:41:05,596 --> 00:41:08,966
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. YES, THE 

1217
00:41:08,966 --> 00:41:18,142
STORM AND [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH

1218
00:41:18,142 --> 00:41:23,481
] FOR THOSE THAT GO TO THE STORM

1219
00:41:23,481 --> 00:41:24,682
GAMES YOU OFTEN SEE THE SHIRTS. 

1220
00:41:24,682 --> 00:41:25,416
EVERYONE WATCHES WOMEN'S 

1221
00:41:25,416 --> 00:41:32,456
SPORTS. I DO LIKE FRENCH BUT 

1222
00:41:32,456 --> 00:41:33,524
ALSO GO MARINERS. FOUR STRAIGHT 

1223
00:41:33,524 --> 00:41:34,959
WINS. ONLY A GAME AND A HALF 

1224
00:41:34,959 --> 00:41:40,931
OUT. OBVIOUSLY ON THE HOCKEY 

1225
00:41:40,931 --> 00:41:43,868
SIDE THE KRAKEN AND TORRENTS A 

1226
00:41:43,868 --> 00:41:44,568
LITTLE DIFFERENT. BUT WE HAVE 

1227
00:41:44,568 --> 00:41:45,836
THE SOUNDERS. I JUST HAD TO 

1228
00:41:45,836 --> 00:41:46,670
NOTIFY MANCHESTER UNITED WON 

1229
00:41:46,670 --> 00:41:47,638
TODAY, QUICK ON THE SOCCER 

1230
00:41:47,638 --> 00:41:48,906
FOOTBALL FRONT, BUT I'M JUST 

1231
00:41:48,906 --> 00:41:50,708
DOING THIS ON MY OWN. I'VE NOT 

1232
00:41:50,708 --> 00:41:51,876
TALKED TO ANYBODY ON THE SEVENTH

1233
00:41:51,876 --> 00:41:55,212
FLOOR, LIKE THE MAYOR, BUT I 

1234
00:41:55,212 --> 00:41:57,014
HAVE ROGER TO RUN OFF AND SAID I

1235
00:41:57,014 --> 00:42:00,551
WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE ELECTED 

1236
00:42:00,551 --> 00:42:01,585
SOCCER FOOTBALL MATCH. SO I'M 

1237
00:42:01,585 --> 00:42:02,786
WONDERING IF I'M GOING TO BE 

1238
00:42:02,786 --> 00:42:05,923
ALONE FROM THE CITY COUNCIL. SO 

1239
00:42:05,923 --> 00:42:07,157
ANYWAYS, I'M NOT SURE IF THE 

1240
00:42:07,157 --> 00:42:08,492
SEVENTH FLOOR HAS BEEN TOLD YET 

1241
00:42:08,492 --> 00:42:11,929
BUT I SAID YES. BUT HERE YOU GO.

1242
00:42:11,929 --> 00:42:18,502
FOR THOSE WATCHING UPSTAIRS. AND

1243
00:42:18,502 --> 00:42:20,371
A CHALLENGE -- YOU LOOK LIKE -- 

1244
00:42:20,504 --> 00:42:21,572
&gt;&gt; I'M IN. 

1245
00:42:21,572 --> 00:42:23,874
&gt;&gt; COUNCILMEMBER LIN IS IN . 

1246
00:42:23,874 --> 00:42:27,177
SECOND, TOO? 

1247
00:42:27,177 --> 00:42:28,245
&gt;&gt; I PLAN TO PARTICIPATE, 

1248
00:42:28,245 --> 00:42:33,984
SUBJECT TO THE SCHEDULE OF 

1249
00:42:33,984 --> 00:42:38,255
COURSE , AS WELL, BUT I HAD A 

1250
00:42:38,255 --> 00:42:39,189
QUICK COMMENT ON SOMETHING ELSE,

1251
00:42:39,189 --> 00:42:40,324
IF I MAY. THANK YOU 

1252
00:42:40,324 --> 00:42:40,991
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE FOR CALLING

1253
00:42:40,991 --> 00:42:42,293
OUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CRUISE

1254
00:42:42,293 --> 00:42:43,527
INDUSTRY TO OUR CITY AND OUR 

1255
00:42:43,527 --> 00:42:45,429
LOCAL ECONOMY. I KNOW THOSE 

1256
00:42:45,429 --> 00:42:46,297
OPERATIONS DEFINITELY SIT WITHIN

1257
00:42:46,297 --> 00:42:49,600
YOUR DISTRICT BUT MY DISTRICT 

1258
00:42:49,600 --> 00:42:54,171
BORDERS ARE MARITIME, ARE 

1259
00:42:54,171 --> 00:42:55,005
CRITICAL MARITIME AND INDUSTRIAL

1260
00:42:55,005 --> 00:42:57,908
LANDS AS WELL AND A LOT OF OUR 

1261
00:42:57,908 --> 00:43:00,511
LONGSHOREMEN ACTUALLY LIVE IN MY

1262
00:43:00,511 --> 00:43:03,647
DISTRICT AND THOSE -- THE CRUISE

1263
00:43:03,647 --> 00:43:06,784
SHIP INDUSTRY HELPS SUPPORT 

1264
00:43:06,784 --> 00:43:08,218
LOCAL UNION JOBS. THE 

1265
00:43:08,218 --> 00:43:09,720
LONGSHOREMEN DO A LOT OF THAT 

1266
00:43:09,720 --> 00:43:11,388
WORK, IN TERMS OF SUPPLYING THE 

1267
00:43:11,388 --> 00:43:17,761
CRUISE SHIPS AS WELL SO THANK 

1268
00:43:17,761 --> 00:43:18,696
YOU FOR CALLING OUT THE 

1269
00:43:18,696 --> 00:43:19,930
IMPORTANCE OF OUR CRUISE 

1270
00:43:19,930 --> 00:43:20,197
INDUSTRY. 

1271
00:43:20,197 --> 00:43:22,266
&gt;&gt; COUNCIL PRESIDENT, JUST TO 

1272
00:43:22,266 --> 00:43:29,173
HIGHLIGHT THAT -- THE TWO 

1273
00:43:29,173 --> 00:43:30,341
POINTS, THE UNION, IT'S 

1274
00:43:30,341 --> 00:43:31,542
INCREDIBLE AGAIN. YOU HAD TO GO 

1275
00:43:31,542 --> 00:43:37,414
DOWN THERE AND WATCH IT. IT'S 

1276
00:43:37,414 --> 00:43:42,786
INCREDIBLE BUT THE FACT THAT WE 

1277
00:43:42,786 --> 00:43:43,787
ARE A HOME PORT, BECAUSE 

1278
00:43:43,787 --> 00:43:44,955
OFTENTIMES CRUISE SHIPS WILL GO 

1279
00:43:44,955 --> 00:43:45,923
TO DIFFERENT PORTS AROUND THE 

1280
00:43:45,923 --> 00:43:47,391
WORLD, UP AND DOWN THE COAST AND

1281
00:43:47,391 --> 00:43:48,559
SO FORTH, AND THEY'RE STOPPING 

1282
00:43:48,559 --> 00:43:49,727
IN, BUT BECAUSE WE ARE A 

1283
00:43:49,727 --> 00:43:50,327
HOMEPORT, THE LOGISTICAL, 

1284
00:43:50,327 --> 00:43:51,161
BRINGING ON THE PROVISIONS, 

1285
00:43:51,161 --> 00:43:52,429
EXCELLENTLY DONE AND THAT IS A 

1286
00:43:52,429 --> 00:43:55,699
HUGE ECONOMIC BENEFIT TO OUR 

1287
00:43:55,699 --> 00:43:57,234
CITY. SO WE ARE IN A DIFFERENT 

1288
00:43:57,234 --> 00:43:58,602
TIER WHEN IT COMES TO THIS AND 

1289
00:43:58,602 --> 00:43:59,603
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD 

1290
00:43:59,603 --> 00:44:00,871
BE MINDFUL OF, AND PROTECT AND 

1291
00:44:00,871 --> 00:44:02,072
PROMOTE, AND ONE REASON WHY I 

1292
00:44:02,072 --> 00:44:03,073
BRING IT UP. THANK YOU 

1293
00:44:03,073 --> 00:44:03,941
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FOR JUMPING 

1294
00:44:03,941 --> 00:44:05,175
IN BECAUSE THE MARITIME PIECE IS

1295
00:44:05,175 --> 00:44:06,210
OBVIOUSLY THROUGHOUT THE 

1296
00:44:06,210 --> 00:44:07,211
DISTRICT 1, SIX AND SEVEN. 

1297
00:44:07,211 --> 00:44:08,445
&gt;&gt; THANK YOU. FINAL THING I'LL 

1298
00:44:08,445 --> 00:44:09,646
SAY IS WHEN YOU STARTED SPEAKING

1299
00:44:09,646 --> 00:44:11,081
FRENCH, OR SOME REASON I GOT TO 

1300
00:44:11,081 --> 00:44:12,282
THINKING OF THAT FAMOUS KEY AND 

1301
00:44:12,282 --> 00:44:15,252
DEAL SKETCH WHERE THERE IS A 

1302
00:44:15,252 --> 00:44:16,353
FRENCH -- CHECK IT OUT, IT'S 

1303
00:44:16,353 --> 00:44:17,788
HILARIOUS. I WANT TRY TO SPEAK 

1304
00:44:17,788 --> 00:44:21,058
FRENCH EVER. 

1305
00:44:21,058 --> 00:44:31,602
&gt;&gt; THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.

1306
00:44:32,403 --> 00:44:32,936
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 

1307
00:44:32,936 --> 00:44:34,071
&gt;&gt; THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATES, 

1308
00:44:34,071 --> 00:44:34,772
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. I JUST 

1309
00:44:34,772 --> 00:44:36,206
WANTED TO TAKE A BRIEF MOMENT TO

1310
00:44:36,206 --> 00:44:37,474
SAY I'M VERY PLEASED TO HEAR 

1311
00:44:37,474 --> 00:44:38,642
THAT THE SENTINEL REVIEW WILL BE

1312
00:44:38,642 --> 00:44:40,511
HEARD IN NOW. I KNOW THERE IS A 

1313
00:44:40,511 --> 00:44:41,512
LOT OF COMMUNITY CURIOSITY ABOUT

1314
00:44:41,512 --> 00:44:43,013
THAT REPORT SO I JUST WANT TO 

1315
00:44:43,013 --> 00:44:44,181
VOICE MY APPRECIATION TO YOU AS 

1316
00:44:44,181 --> 00:44:45,249
CHAIR FOR MAKING TIME COMMITTEE 

1317
00:44:45,249 --> 00:44:46,417
TO GET THAT LATER TIME IN 

1318
00:44:46,417 --> 00:44:49,887
MEETINGS SO THANK YOU. 

1319
00:44:49,887 --> 00:44:50,454
&gt;&gt; YES. 

1320
00:44:50,454 --> 00:44:51,622
&gt;&gt; OFTEN. ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES.

1321
00:44:51,622 --> 00:44:52,790
I'LL WRAP IT UP. I'LL BE SUPER

1322
00:44:52,790 --> 00:44:53,590
QUICK. THE GOVERNANCE UTILITIES 

1323
00:44:53,590 --> 00:44:54,992
COMMITTEE WILL MEET ON MAY 14th 

1324
00:44:54,992 --> 00:44:58,796
AT 9:30 A.M.. THIS IS JUST A 

1325
00:44:58,796 --> 00:44:59,930
REMINDER, WE MEET ONCE A MONTH, 

1326
00:44:59,930 --> 00:45:00,931
EVERY SECOND THURSDAY OF EVERY 

1327
00:45:00,931 --> 00:45:03,000
MONTH, AND WE GET A LOT OF WORK 

1328
00:45:03,000 --> 00:45:04,201
DONE IN COMMITTEE. WE ARE GOING 

1329
00:45:04,201 --> 00:45:07,704
TO HAVE THE STORM WATER CODE. IT

1330
00:45:07,704 --> 00:45:08,505
WILL HAVE A POSSIBLE VOTE SO 

1331
00:45:08,505 --> 00:45:11,575
PLEASE GET YOUR BREATHING ON 

1332
00:45:11,575 --> 00:45:12,476
THAT, COLLEAGUES, BECAUSE WE'RE

1333
00:45:12,476 --> 00:45:13,644
GOING TO BE MOVING THROUGH THAT 

1334
00:45:13,644 --> 00:45:15,079
AND THEN WE ARE WORKING ON MORE 

1335
00:45:15,079 --> 00:45:16,280
AGENDA ITEMS AS WELL SO IT'S 

1336
00:45:16,280 --> 00:45:18,315
GOING TO FILL UP FAIRLY QUICKLY.

1337
00:45:18,315 --> 00:45:19,583
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, REGIONAL GAS

1338
00:45:19,583 --> 00:45:22,219
-WISE, LAST WEEK HAD THE KING 

1339
00:45:22,219 --> 00:45:27,825
COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT 

1340
00:45:27,825 --> 00:45:28,959
MEETING SO WE ALL SIT ON 

1341
00:45:28,959 --> 00:45:29,560
DIFFERENT REGIONAL COMMITTEE 

1342
00:45:29,560 --> 00:45:30,160
MEETINGS FROM THE REGIONAL 

1343
00:45:30,160 --> 00:45:31,061
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE TO THE 

1344
00:45:31,061 --> 00:45:32,029
KING COUNTY REGIONAL HOMELESS TO

1345
00:45:32,029 --> 00:45:35,099
BOARD OF HEALTH TO REGIONAL 

1346
00:45:35,099 --> 00:45:37,367
WATER QUALITY COMMITTEE, TO THE 

1347
00:45:37,367 --> 00:45:43,107
FLOODPLAIN, JUST IT GOES ON AND 

1348
00:45:43,107 --> 00:45:44,341
ON. THERE'S A LOT OF REGIONAL 

1349
00:45:44,341 --> 00:45:45,509
COMMITTEES THAT WE SIT ON, IN 

1350
00:45:45,509 --> 00:45:46,543
ADDITION TO THE COMMITTEES THAT 

1351
00:45:46,543 --> 00:45:47,578
WE HAVE HERE IN COUNCIL. 

1352
00:45:47,578 --> 00:45:52,683
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER? 

1353
00:45:52,683 --> 00:45:53,717
&gt;&gt; THANK YOU SO MUCH. 

1354
00:45:53,717 --> 00:45:54,518
&gt;&gt; THERE YOU GO. 

1355
00:45:54,518 --> 00:45:55,753
&gt;&gt; THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL 

1356
00:45:55,753 --> 00:45:56,587
PRESIDENT. JUST TWO QUICK 

1357
00:45:56,587 --> 00:46:00,257
COMMENTS. ONE, COUNCILMEMBER 

1358
00:46:00,257 --> 00:46:01,358
JUAREZ, MY OFFICE IS EMAILING 

1359
00:46:01,358 --> 00:46:02,760
YOU A LINK TO THOSE AUDITS SO 

1360
00:46:02,760 --> 00:46:07,197
YOU WILL HAVE THE ONES FROM THE 

1361
00:46:07,197 --> 00:46:08,198
STATE AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT, YOU

1362
00:46:08,198 --> 00:46:09,199
MENTIONED IN COMMITTEE A FEW 

1363
00:46:09,199 --> 00:46:12,736
WEEKS AGO, YOU GAVE US A QUICK 

1364
00:46:12,736 --> 00:46:14,071
UPDATE. I BELIEVE IT WAS ON THE 

1365
00:46:14,071 --> 00:46:14,905
REGIONAL WATER QUALITY COMMITTEE

1366
00:46:14,905 --> 00:46:16,140
ABOUT SOME CONCERNS THAT YOU HAD

1367
00:46:16,140 --> 00:46:19,076
REGARDING POTENTIAL RATE 

1368
00:46:19,076 --> 00:46:20,477
INCREASES. HATE TO PUT YOU ON 

1369
00:46:20,477 --> 00:46:21,478
THE SPOT BUT ANY UPDATES ON 

1370
00:46:21,478 --> 00:46:21,678
THAT? 

1371
00:46:21,678 --> 00:46:22,880
&gt;&gt; GREAT QUESTION. NOT YET. A 

1372
00:46:22,880 --> 00:46:27,451
LETTER WAS SENT FROM BOARD 

1373
00:46:27,451 --> 00:46:28,786
MEMBERS TO KING COUNTY OR TO THE

1374
00:46:28,786 --> 00:46:29,820
EXECUTIVE, EXCUSE ME, TO THE 

1375
00:46:29,820 --> 00:46:31,054
EXECUTIVE OF KING COUNTY, 

1376
00:46:31,054 --> 00:46:34,224
COUNCILMEMBER IS A HIGHLIGHT 

1377
00:46:34,224 --> 00:46:35,359
ASKING THEM, SAYING HEY, WE NEED

1378
00:46:35,359 --> 00:46:38,295
A DIFFERENT PLAN TO MOVE 

1379
00:46:38,295 --> 00:46:38,996
FORWARD. WHAT ARE SOME OTHER 

1380
00:46:38,996 --> 00:46:41,665
OPTIONS THAT YOU ALL ARE 

1381
00:46:41,665 --> 00:46:42,499
CONSIDERING? LOOK AT ALL 

1382
00:46:42,499 --> 00:46:43,367
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES. BUT ALSO

1383
00:46:43,367 --> 00:46:45,102
TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT 

1384
00:46:45,102 --> 00:46:47,571
INCREASING THE 12.9% FOR THE 

1385
00:46:47,571 --> 00:46:49,806
NEXT FIVE BACK TO 6 YEARS WAS 

1386
00:46:49,806 --> 00:46:54,811
JUST VERY HARD FOR US -- A HARD 

1387
00:46:54,811 --> 00:46:55,712
PILL TO SWALLOW AND JUST THE 

1388
00:46:55,712 --> 00:46:57,447
IMPACT THAT WOULD HAVE ON, 

1389
00:46:57,447 --> 00:46:58,982
UNFORTUNATELY, ON THE RATE 

1390
00:46:58,982 --> 00:47:02,052
PAYERS OF SEATTLE AND KING 

1391
00:47:02,052 --> 00:47:03,921
COUNTY AS WELL. SO EVERYONE'S 

1392
00:47:03,921 --> 00:47:05,956
CONCERNED ABOUT IT. I MEAN 

1393
00:47:05,956 --> 00:47:11,695
EVERYONE IS CONCERNED, RIGHT, 

1394
00:47:11,695 --> 00:47:12,563
WITH THESE RATE INCREASES AND 

1395
00:47:12,563 --> 00:47:13,630
WANTING TO FIND A BETTER 

1396
00:47:13,630 --> 00:47:14,565
SOLUTION FORWARD. SO WE DON'T 

1397
00:47:14,565 --> 00:47:16,033
HAVE ANY UP DATES YET BUT IT'S 

1398
00:47:16,033 --> 00:47:17,034
SOMETHING THAT WE ARE MONITORING

1399
00:47:17,034 --> 00:47:19,236
CLOSELY AND I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER

1400
00:47:19,236 --> 00:47:20,504
LIN AND I SAT ON THAT COMMITTEE.

1401
00:47:20,504 --> 00:47:21,939
LAST YEAR WE HAD COUNCIL MEMBER 

1402
00:47:21,939 --> 00:47:24,174
KETTLE BUT HE HAD A CONFLICT SO 

1403
00:47:24,174 --> 00:47:25,008
COUNCILMEMBER LIN RAISED HIS 

1404
00:47:25,008 --> 00:47:26,677
HAND AND SAID HE WOULD LOVE TO 

1405
00:47:26,677 --> 00:47:30,547
BE ON THE COMMITTEE SO THANK YOU

1406
00:47:30,547 --> 00:47:31,582
FOR THAT, COUNCILMEMBER LIN. SO 

1407
00:47:31,582 --> 00:47:32,816
I DON'T HAVE ANY UPDATES BUT 

1408
00:47:32,816 --> 00:47:35,452
TRUST ME, I'M GOING TO BE 

1409
00:47:35,452 --> 00:47:36,520
BRINGING THE UPDATES ABOUT IT 

1410
00:47:36,520 --> 00:47:38,789
BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT, FOR 

1411
00:47:38,789 --> 00:47:39,957
SURE. BECAUSE IT IMPACTS 20% OF 

1412
00:47:39,957 --> 00:47:43,393
YOUR WATER BILL. IF YOU'RE AT 

1413
00:47:43,393 --> 00:47:44,728
HOME 20% OF YOUR WATER BILL IS 

1414
00:47:44,728 --> 00:47:45,796
FROM KING COUNTY. PEOPLE DON'T 

1415
00:47:45,796 --> 00:47:46,663
KNOW THAT BECAUSE SOMETIMES 

1416
00:47:46,663 --> 00:47:48,232
IT'S NOT HARSH AND OUT BUT IT 

1417
00:47:48,232 --> 00:47:49,633
IS PART OF YOUR BILL. SEATTLE 

1418
00:47:49,633 --> 00:47:50,467
PUBLIC UTILITIES HAS WASTEWATER.

1419
00:47:50,467 --> 00:47:54,805
WE DO SEWER, GARBAGE, ALL THAT, 

1420
00:47:54,805 --> 00:47:58,942
AND THE WASTEWATER WE PAY IN 

1421
00:47:58,942 --> 00:48:00,377
COUNTY TO BE ABLE TO DO OUR 

1422
00:48:00,377 --> 00:48:02,679
WASTEWATER AND TREAT IT BEFORE 

1423
00:48:02,679 --> 00:48:04,081
IT GOES OUT INTO THE SOUND OR 

1424
00:48:04,081 --> 00:48:05,449
WHEREVER IT GOES AND A PART OF 

1425
00:48:05,449 --> 00:48:07,117
THIS IS THE RATE INCREASED TO 

1426
00:48:07,117 --> 00:48:08,185
THAT WHICH IMPACTS YOUR SEATTLE 

1427
00:48:08,185 --> 00:48:14,691
PUBLIC UTILITIES BILL . ON A 

1428
00:48:14,691 --> 00:48:15,959
SIDE NOTE, BEFORE I END, BECAUSE

1429
00:48:15,959 --> 00:48:16,960
I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT 

1430
00:48:16,960 --> 00:48:18,528
EVERYTHING THAT WE DO BUT I WILL

1431
00:48:18,528 --> 00:48:19,396
SAY THIS INTERESTING FACT, WHICH

1432
00:48:19,396 --> 00:48:21,064
IS KIND OF COOL, I HAD A CHANCE 

1433
00:48:21,064 --> 00:48:22,266
TO GO TO THE SOUTH TRANSFER 

1434
00:48:22,266 --> 00:48:23,100
STATION FOR SEATTLE PUBLIC 

1435
00:48:23,100 --> 00:48:24,101
UTILITIES. I THINK IT'S AN 

1436
00:48:24,101 --> 00:48:24,902
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA'S DISTRICT, 

1437
00:48:24,902 --> 00:48:26,903
EVERY DAY FROM OUR NORTH 

1438
00:48:26,903 --> 00:48:28,972
TRANSFER STATION AND OUR SOUTH 

1439
00:48:28,972 --> 00:48:32,509
TRANSFER STATION, THE CITY 

1440
00:48:32,509 --> 00:48:39,082
REMOVES 55 40 FOOT SHIPPING 

1441
00:48:39,082 --> 00:48:40,083
CONTAINERS OF GARBAGE EVERY DAY.

1442
00:48:40,083 --> 00:48:41,218
THAT'S ABOUT A MILE LONG EVERY 

1443
00:48:41,218 --> 00:48:42,619
DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, AND WE 

1444
00:48:42,619 --> 00:48:44,254
SEND IT TO OREGON, AND THEY TAKE

1445
00:48:44,254 --> 00:48:48,158
OUR TRASH EVERY SINGLE DAY. 

1446
00:48:48,158 --> 00:48:48,959
EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT. ANYWAYS, 

1447
00:48:48,959 --> 00:48:52,829
IT GOES ON A TRAIN, IT GOES IN 

1448
00:48:52,829 --> 00:48:53,730
THESE 40 FOOT SHIPPING 

1449
00:48:53,730 --> 00:48:56,366
CONTAINERS. THEY TAKE IT DOWN TO

1450
00:48:56,366 --> 00:48:57,301
THE RAIL. CONSTANTLY IT'S LIKE 

1451
00:48:57,301 --> 00:48:58,335
CONSTANT CLOCKWORK AND THAT IS 

1452
00:48:58,335 --> 00:48:59,536
SHIPPED OFF TO OREGON. SO I 

1453
00:48:59,536 --> 00:49:00,604
THOUGHT IT WAS SOMETHING, THE 

1454
00:49:00,604 --> 00:49:01,972
AMOUNT OF WASTE THAT WE HAVE BUT

1455
00:49:01,972 --> 00:49:09,146
CHECK THIS OUT, WE HAVE LESS 

1456
00:49:09,146 --> 00:49:10,580
WASTE, 2026, THEN WE DID LIKE IN

1457
00:49:10,580 --> 00:49:11,882
THE 50s, JUST BECAUSE OF HOW 

1458
00:49:11,882 --> 00:49:19,556
MORE PEOPLE RECYCLE. WE DON'T 

1459
00:49:19,556 --> 00:49:20,691
JUST DUMP IT. WE HAVE LANDFILLS,

1460
00:49:20,691 --> 00:49:21,625
LIKE RAINIER BEACH, PICTURE 

1461
00:49:21,625 --> 00:49:22,526
BEACH WAS A LANDFILL, JENKINS 

1462
00:49:22,526 --> 00:49:23,727
PARK, THERE WAS A LOT OF 

1463
00:49:23,727 --> 00:49:24,561
LANDFILLS THAT WERE ALL 

1464
00:49:24,561 --> 00:49:25,529
THROUGHOUT SEATTLE AND NOW WE 

1465
00:49:25,529 --> 00:49:27,164
JUST HAD A BETTER PROCESS SO 

1466
00:49:27,164 --> 00:49:28,432
THINK ABOUT THAT. IT SEEMS LIKE 

1467
00:49:28,432 --> 00:49:29,866
A LOT OF WASTE. CAN YOU IMAGINE 

1468
00:49:29,866 --> 00:49:31,702
THERE WAS MORE IN THE 50s AND 

1469
00:49:31,702 --> 00:49:32,769
60s? INTERESTING. I'LL END WITH

1470
00:49:32,769 --> 00:49:33,603
THAT. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AND 

1471
00:49:33,603 --> 00:49:34,071
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 

1472
00:49:34,071 --> 00:49:35,405
&gt;&gt; IF I HEAR ABOUT THE SELF 

1473
00:49:35,405 --> 00:49:41,345
TRANSFER STATION I HAVE TO THINK

1474
00:49:41,345 --> 00:49:42,379
ABOUT PROFESSOR GAIL AT THE 

1475
00:49:42,379 --> 00:49:43,580
EVANS SCHOOL AT UW BECAUSE SHE 

1476
00:49:43,580 --> 00:49:44,514
WAS INSTRUMENTAL CREATING THAT 

1477
00:49:44,514 --> 00:49:45,682
AND THERE WAS BASICALLY A CASE 

1478
00:49:45,682 --> 00:49:47,250
STUDY, WE WENT TO THE SCHOOL AND

1479
00:49:47,250 --> 00:49:48,752
SO I HAD TO GET A LITTLE SHOUT 

1480
00:49:48,752 --> 00:49:50,387
OUT TO HER ON THAT FOR HER WORK 

1481
00:49:50,387 --> 00:49:51,555
AND WHOEVER DID THE NORTH, TOO 

1482
00:49:51,555 --> 00:49:53,190
BUT THE SOUTH WAS MAINLY HER 

1483
00:49:53,190 --> 00:49:54,558
WORK SO -- 

1484
00:49:54,558 --> 00:50:00,163
&gt;&gt; SOUTH, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA'S 

1485
00:50:00,163 --> 00:50:01,531
DISTRICT TAKES TWO THIRDS OF ALL

1486
00:50:01,531 --> 00:50:02,933
THE CITY'S GARBAGE, BY THE WAY.

1487
00:50:02,933 --> 00:50:08,205
RANDOM FACTS, COUNCILMEMBER 

1488
00:50:08,205 --> 00:50:09,139
FOSTER. 

1489
00:50:09,139 --> 00:50:10,173
&gt;&gt; LET IT BE KNOWN, COUNCIL 

1490
00:50:10,173 --> 00:50:17,748
PRESIDENT, NO NOTES THERE. I'M 

1491
00:50:17,748 --> 00:50:18,982
JUST HEARING ALL THE FACTS. I 

1492
00:50:18,982 --> 00:50:20,250
JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY SAY, JUST

1493
00:50:20,250 --> 00:50:21,451
AS A PIGGYBACK, WE RECEIVED THE 

1494
00:50:21,451 --> 00:50:22,853
SPU CLEAN CITIES REPORT TODAY SO

1495
00:50:22,853 --> 00:50:24,388
IF WE HAVEN'T -- I KNOW WE'RE 

1496
00:50:24,388 --> 00:50:25,122
TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S GOING 

1497
00:50:25,122 --> 00:50:26,523
THROUGH OUR EXISTING TRANSFER 

1498
00:50:26,523 --> 00:50:27,791
STATIONS BUT THAT REPORT, I HAD 

1499
00:50:27,791 --> 00:50:29,426
A CHANCE TO SKIM IT RECENTLY BUT

1500
00:50:29,426 --> 00:50:33,563
JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT ON 

1501
00:50:33,563 --> 00:50:34,398
THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE IT 

1502
00:50:34,398 --> 00:50:35,399
TALKS TO US ABOUT ILLEGAL 

1503
00:50:35,399 --> 00:50:36,800
DUMPING AND I DON'T SIT ON THAT

1504
00:50:36,800 --> 00:50:38,001
COMMITTEE, HOWEVER, IT'S 

1505
00:50:38,001 --> 00:50:42,406
SOMETHING THAT I HAVE AN 

1506
00:50:42,406 --> 00:50:43,840
INTEREST IN. I THINK MANY OF US 

1507
00:50:43,840 --> 00:50:45,175
DO AS WE ARE WORKING TO MAKE 

1508
00:50:45,175 --> 00:50:46,376
SURE WE HAVE A CITY THAT'S 

1509
00:50:46,376 --> 00:50:47,611
CLEAN AND FUNCTIONAL FOR ALL OUR

1510
00:50:47,611 --> 00:50:48,278
RESIDENT. HIGHLIGHTED READING, 

1511
00:50:48,278 --> 00:50:52,182
ALL RIGHT? THANK YOU. THAT'S 

1512
00:50:52,182 --> 00:50:52,816
WHAT I GOT. 

1513
00:50:52,816 --> 00:50:54,151
&gt;&gt; AWESOME, THANK YOU. IS THERE 

1514
00:50:54,151 --> 00:50:55,018
ANY MORE INFORMATION OR ANY 

1515
00:50:55,018 --> 00:50:55,852
OTHER COMMENTS? AWESOME. WELL 

1516
00:50:55,852 --> 00:51:00,190
GUESS WHAT, Y'ALL. IT IS 12:55,

1517
00:51:00,190 --> 00:51:03,226
UNDER AN HOUR, COUNCILMEMBER 

1518
00:51:03,226 --> 00:51:04,561
JUAREZ, YOU WANT ME TO KEEP 

1519
00:51:04,561 --> 00:51:05,462
TALKING FOR FIVE MINUTES? I'M 

1520
00:51:05,462 --> 00:51:08,698
JUST PLAYING, THANK YOU. WE ARE 

1521
00:51:08,698 --> 00:51:10,100
DONE. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

1522
00:51:10,100 --> 00:51:10,801
THANK YOU. 

