1 00:00:24,090 --> 00:00:28,061 >>> ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING, 2 00:00:28,061 --> 00:00:36,202 EVERYONE. THE MAY 13th, 2026 3 00:00:36,202 --> 00:00:37,170 MEETING OF THE LIBRARIES, 4 00:00:37,170 --> 00:00:37,837 EDUCATION, AND NEIGHBORHOODS 5 00:00:37,837 --> 00:00:39,639 COMMITTEE WILL COME TO ORDER. I 6 00:00:39,639 --> 00:00:40,740 AM MARITZA RIVERA , CHAIRMAN OF 7 00:00:40,740 --> 00:00:43,443 THE COMMITTEE. PLEASE CALL THE 8 00:00:43,443 --> 00:00:44,377 ROLL. 9 00:00:44,377 --> 00:00:49,849 >> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] THERE 10 00:00:49,849 --> 00:00:54,954 ARE FOUR COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT 11 00:00:54,954 --> 00:00:55,255 . 12 00:00:55,255 --> 00:00:56,790 >> PLEASE NOTE FOR THE RECORD, 13 00:00:56,790 --> 00:01:00,260 COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND VICE CHAIR 14 00:01:00,260 --> 00:01:02,328 HOLLINGSWORTH IS EXCUSED FROM 15 00:01:02,328 --> 00:01:05,465 TODAY'S MEETING. GOOD MORNING, 16 00:01:05,465 --> 00:01:06,533 THOSE OF YOU WATCHING ON THE 17 00:01:06,533 --> 00:01:07,667 SEATTLE CHANNEL, WE WILL HAVE 18 00:01:07,667 --> 00:01:08,968 OUR SECOND HEARING IN THE 19 00:01:08,968 --> 00:01:13,273 CONFIRMATION PROCESS , ACTING 20 00:01:13,273 --> 00:01:16,142 DIRECTOR FROM WRITTEN RESPONSES 21 00:01:16,142 --> 00:01:18,344 WERE SENT AFTER THE LAST 22 00:01:18,344 --> 00:01:19,379 COMMITTEE MEETING AND THEY WERE 23 00:01:19,379 --> 00:01:20,914 SHARED WITH YOU , I BELIEVE LAST 24 00:01:20,914 --> 00:01:25,418 -- YESTERDAY OR TODAY AND TODAY 25 00:01:25,418 --> 00:01:27,120 WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR 26 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:33,026 ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT 27 00:01:33,026 --> 00:01:34,360 YOU MIGHT HAVE. WE HAVE THE 28 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:35,195 DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS HERE 29 00:01:35,195 --> 00:01:37,096 TODAY TO PRESENT THE HISTORIC 30 00:01:37,096 --> 00:01:38,231 LANDMARK KING OF THE WOODEN 31 00:01:38,231 --> 00:01:44,804 HOUSE , BEFORE WE GET INTO 32 00:01:44,804 --> 00:01:48,374 DIRECTOR QUYNH PHAM'S 33 00:01:48,374 --> 00:01:49,509 CONFIRMATION, IF THERE IS NO 34 00:01:49,509 --> 00:01:55,381 AGENDA , THE -- OBJECTION, THE 35 00:01:55,381 --> 00:01:59,819 AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. NOW 36 00:01:59,819 --> 00:02:00,587 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, PUBLIC 37 00:02:00,587 --> 00:02:04,023 COMMENT SHOULD RELATE TO ITEMS 38 00:02:04,023 --> 00:02:05,291 ON THE AGENDA OR WITHIN THE 39 00:02:05,291 --> 00:02:06,025 PURVIEW OF THIS COMMITTEE. 40 00:02:06,025 --> 00:02:07,660 CLERK, HOW MANY SPEAKERS ARE 41 00:02:07,660 --> 00:02:07,961 SIGNED UP? 42 00:02:07,961 --> 00:02:12,398 >> FOUR IN-PERSON SPEAKERS AND 43 00:02:12,398 --> 00:02:14,033 TWO REMOTE SPEAKERS. 44 00:02:14,033 --> 00:02:17,604 >> CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ 45 00:02:17,604 --> 00:02:19,639 THE INSTRUCTIONS? 46 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:22,041 >> THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 47 00:02:22,041 --> 00:02:24,511 WILL BE MODERATED, IT IS UP TO 48 00:02:24,511 --> 00:02:30,383 60 MINUTES, EACH SPEAKER WILL 49 00:02:30,383 --> 00:02:32,852 HAVE TWO MINUTES, SPEAKERS WILL 50 00:02:32,852 --> 00:02:33,920 BE CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH 51 00:02:33,920 --> 00:02:37,357 THEY REGISTERED. SPEAKERS WILL 52 00:02:37,357 --> 00:02:39,125 HEAR A CHIME WHEN 10 SECONDS 53 00:02:39,125 --> 00:02:45,598 LEFT OF THEIR TIME, THE PUBLIC 54 00:02:45,598 --> 00:02:46,866 COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW OPEN. WE 55 00:02:46,866 --> 00:02:48,434 WILL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST 56 00:02:48,434 --> 00:02:48,902 SPEAKER ON THE LIST. 57 00:02:48,902 --> 00:02:51,838 >> ALL RIGHT, ALL THE MICS ARE 58 00:02:51,838 --> 00:02:54,240 OPERATIONAL, PLEASE FEEL FREE 59 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:55,742 WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, STEP 60 00:02:55,742 --> 00:02:59,145 UP TO ANY ONE OF THE MICS , JOHN 61 00:02:59,145 --> 00:02:59,946 BENNETT, SCOTT BOONE, SARAH 62 00:02:59,946 --> 00:03:01,314 MARTIN, AND EUGENE. WELCOME. 63 00:03:01,314 --> 00:03:04,384 WELCOME, JOHN . 64 00:03:04,384 --> 00:03:05,752 >> HELLO, MY NAME IS JOHN 65 00:03:05,752 --> 00:03:10,957 BENNETT , I SPENT THE LAST 30 66 00:03:10,957 --> 00:03:11,624 YEARS OF MY LIFE IN GEORGETOWN, 67 00:03:11,624 --> 00:03:12,559 PRESERVING AND RESTORING IT. I 68 00:03:12,559 --> 00:03:14,561 AM GOING TO BE SHORT AND SWEET. 69 00:03:14,561 --> 00:03:23,303 BUT, I WILL GIVE PART OF MY 70 00:03:23,303 --> 00:03:24,704 GEORGIA HISTORIC WALKING TOUR, 71 00:03:24,704 --> 00:03:27,840 MOST PEOPLE, WE ASKED THEM, WHO 72 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:29,275 WERE THE NON-NATIVE SETTLERS IN 73 00:03:29,275 --> 00:03:33,112 THE AREA? EVERYONE SAYS, I HAVE 74 00:03:33,112 --> 00:03:35,982 KNOWN THAT , THAT IS INCORRECT , 75 00:03:35,982 --> 00:03:39,118 THE VERY FIRST NON-NATIVE 76 00:03:39,118 --> 00:03:42,488 SETTLERS WERE THE LUTHER COLLINS 77 00:03:42,488 --> 00:03:47,961 FAMILY , THEY WERE FARMERS . 78 00:03:47,961 --> 00:03:49,896 AFTER THEY GOT THEIR DONATION, 79 00:03:49,896 --> 00:03:52,632 THEIR LAND-GRANT, THEY WENT BACK 80 00:03:52,632 --> 00:03:55,702 TOWARD OLYMPIA, PICKED UP 81 00:03:55,702 --> 00:03:58,771 EVERYONE ON THE WAY BACK AND 82 00:03:58,771 --> 00:04:02,842 EVERYONE WAS FREEZING TO DEATH. 83 00:04:02,842 --> 00:04:05,278 AS OF THE COLLINS PARTY, THEY 84 00:04:05,278 --> 00:04:07,447 WERE ABLE TO SURVIVE. THE FIRST 85 00:04:07,447 --> 00:04:11,150 SETTLEMENT IN THE SEATTLE AREA 86 00:04:11,150 --> 00:04:13,353 WAS IN GEORGETOWN , GEORGETOWN 87 00:04:13,353 --> 00:04:18,157 IS REALLY IMPORTANT, IT IS AN 88 00:04:18,157 --> 00:04:20,893 UNDERSERVED NEIGHBORHOOD, I 89 00:04:20,893 --> 00:04:23,062 THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO 90 00:04:23,062 --> 00:04:27,433 PRESERVE GEORGETOWN, IT IS THE 91 00:04:27,433 --> 00:04:29,435 MOST IMPORTANT AREA OF OUR CITY. 92 00:04:29,435 --> 00:04:34,574 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, AND JOHN AND 93 00:04:34,574 --> 00:04:41,781 SARAH MARTIN? 94 00:04:41,781 --> 00:04:45,985 >> [ INDISCERNIBLE - MUFFLED ] 95 00:04:45,985 --> 00:04:48,488 >> SCOTT COULD YOU PLEASE SPEAK 96 00:04:48,488 --> 00:04:50,590 INTO THE MIC SO THAT WE CAN HEAR 97 00:04:50,590 --> 00:04:54,160 YOU? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PLEASE 98 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:56,329 RESTART HIS TIME . 99 00:04:56,329 --> 00:04:58,431 >> [ INDISCERNIBLE - MUFFLED ]. 100 00:04:58,431 --> 00:05:01,601 >> THANK YOU. 101 00:05:01,601 --> 00:05:02,669 >> I AM SCOTT BOONE, MY 102 00:05:02,669 --> 00:05:05,371 GRANDFATHER BUILT A HOUSE 122 103 00:05:05,371 --> 00:05:09,409 YEARS AGO. I THOUGHT I WOULD 104 00:05:09,409 --> 00:05:10,343 SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE 105 00:05:10,343 --> 00:05:11,444 BACKGROUND OF HOW THE HOUSE 106 00:05:11,444 --> 00:05:12,578 HAPPENED TO BE THERE IN THE 107 00:05:12,578 --> 00:05:14,414 FIRST PLACE. MY GRANDFATHER GREW 108 00:05:14,414 --> 00:05:17,350 UP BACK EAST, GRADUATED FROM 109 00:05:17,350 --> 00:05:21,421 MEDICAL SCHOOL IN THE 1890s , 110 00:05:21,421 --> 00:05:22,855 TOOK THE TRAIN OUTCOME I THINK 111 00:05:22,855 --> 00:05:24,891 HE HAD RELATIVES OUT HERE, GOT A 112 00:05:24,891 --> 00:05:30,663 JOB AS A SHIP DOCTOR, ON THE 113 00:05:30,663 --> 00:05:31,264 SHIPS GOING FROM SEATTLE TO 114 00:05:31,264 --> 00:05:32,699 ALASKA ON THE 1898 ALASKA GOLD 115 00:05:32,699 --> 00:05:35,968 RUSH. TWO YEARS LATER, HE 116 00:05:35,968 --> 00:05:37,670 OBTAINED A JOB AT THE KING 117 00:05:37,670 --> 00:05:41,474 COUNTY HOSPITAL AS A PHYSICIAN 118 00:05:41,474 --> 00:05:43,109 AND STAYED THERE FOR THE REST OF 119 00:05:43,109 --> 00:05:43,876 HIS CAREER UNTIL HE PASSED AWAY 120 00:05:43,876 --> 00:05:45,445 IN 1929. WELL, WHEN HE WAS A 121 00:05:45,445 --> 00:05:49,348 DOCTOR AT THE KING COUNTY 122 00:05:49,348 --> 00:05:50,750 HOSPITAL, IN THOSE DAYS, IT WAS 123 00:05:50,750 --> 00:05:51,818 LOCATED IN THE GEORGETOWN AREA, 124 00:05:51,818 --> 00:05:53,086 THERE WERE NURSES AND HE MET A 125 00:05:53,086 --> 00:05:57,090 NURSE. HE WENT AND GOT MARRIED. 126 00:05:57,090 --> 00:06:01,194 AT THIS POINT, THEY HAD TO HAVE 127 00:06:01,194 --> 00:06:03,863 A HOUSE SO THEY BUILT A RATHER 128 00:06:03,863 --> 00:06:09,736 NICE HOUSE, AND LOW AND BEHOLD, 129 00:06:09,736 --> 00:06:11,070 AFTER A LITTLE WILD, TWO BECOMES 130 00:06:11,070 --> 00:06:12,605 THREE AND THEY HAD A BABY GIRL. 131 00:06:12,605 --> 00:06:16,809 YEARS LATER, SHE PASSED AWAY IN 132 00:06:16,809 --> 00:06:22,715 1929 . SHE KEPT THE HOUSE, GOT 133 00:06:22,715 --> 00:06:26,152 MARRIED, AND I CAME ALONG [ 134 00:06:26,152 --> 00:06:32,759 LAUGHTER ] AND I AM THE THIRD 135 00:06:32,759 --> 00:06:34,060 GENERATION TO HAVE LIVED IN THE 136 00:06:34,060 --> 00:06:35,461 HOUSE, IT HAS BEEN THE POLICY OF 137 00:06:35,461 --> 00:06:36,596 MY MOTHER AND MYSELF TO MAINTAIN 138 00:06:36,596 --> 00:06:37,830 THE HOUSE AS VIGILANTLY AS 139 00:06:37,830 --> 00:06:40,633 POSSIBLE. WE STILL HAVE ANTIQUE 140 00:06:40,633 --> 00:06:43,503 MEDICAL STUFF THAT MY 141 00:06:43,503 --> 00:06:45,204 GRANDFATHER LEFT BEHIND. I WANT 142 00:06:45,204 --> 00:06:48,775 TO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND 143 00:06:48,775 --> 00:06:53,646 HAVING THE HOUSE AS A HISTORIC 144 00:06:53,646 --> 00:06:55,014 LANDMARK. [ INDISCERNIBLE - 145 00:06:55,014 --> 00:06:55,982 BACKGROUND NOISE ] 146 00:06:55,982 --> 00:06:58,584 >> THANK YOU, SCOTT. SARAH 147 00:06:58,584 --> 00:07:00,420 MARTIN, FOLLOWED BY EUGENE. 148 00:07:00,420 --> 00:07:07,193 >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS 149 00:07:07,193 --> 00:07:08,461 SARAH MARTIN, I AM A PUBLIC 150 00:07:08,461 --> 00:07:09,495 HISTORIAN, I AUTHORED THE 151 00:07:09,495 --> 00:07:16,002 LANDMARK NOMINATION , FOR THE 152 00:07:16,002 --> 00:07:16,669 WOODIN HOUSE. ANYONE WHO HAS 153 00:07:16,669 --> 00:07:18,271 TAKEN THE EXIT HAS RECOGNIZED 154 00:07:18,271 --> 00:07:21,174 THIS HOUSE, YOU COULD 155 00:07:21,174 --> 00:07:23,843 PRACTICALLY TRIP OFF OF IT, YOU 156 00:07:23,843 --> 00:07:27,146 CANNOT HELP BUT WONDER HOW IT 157 00:07:27,146 --> 00:07:32,151 HAS SURVIVED, IT IS LARGELY TO 158 00:07:32,151 --> 00:07:33,519 THE STEWARDSHIP OF THREE 159 00:07:33,519 --> 00:07:37,190 GENERATIONS OF THE SAME FAMILY, 160 00:07:37,190 --> 00:07:38,458 SCOTT, HIS MOTHER, AND HIS 161 00:07:38,458 --> 00:07:41,661 GRANDPARENTS. THE RAPID 162 00:07:41,661 --> 00:07:42,695 REDEVELOPMENT OF OUR CITY IS 163 00:07:42,695 --> 00:07:44,096 EXCITING, IT IS NECESSARY. IT IS 164 00:07:44,096 --> 00:07:46,499 IMPORTANT AMID ALL THE CHANGE 165 00:07:46,499 --> 00:07:52,638 THAT WE TAKE NOTE OF PLACES LIKE 166 00:07:52,638 --> 00:07:53,539 THIS. THEY ADD VALUE AND 167 00:07:53,539 --> 00:07:54,207 MEANING, PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES 168 00:07:54,207 --> 00:07:54,807 FOR SUSTAINABLE REDEVELOPMENT 169 00:07:54,807 --> 00:07:55,575 AND CONTINUITY WITH OUR 170 00:07:55,575 --> 00:07:58,077 COLLECTIVE PAST . I WANT TO 171 00:07:58,077 --> 00:07:59,445 THANK SCOTT BOONE, THE PROPERTY 172 00:07:59,445 --> 00:08:02,081 OWNER, IN KEEPING THIS 173 00:08:02,081 --> 00:08:05,685 DESIGNATION AND I WANT TO THANK 174 00:08:05,685 --> 00:08:06,652 ERIN DOHERTY FOR HER 175 00:08:06,652 --> 00:08:08,087 COLLABORATION. WE ARE FORTUNATE 176 00:08:08,087 --> 00:08:09,822 TO HAVE GREAT STAFF IN OUR 177 00:08:09,822 --> 00:08:11,257 LANDMARKS PROGRAM, THANK YOU. 178 00:08:11,257 --> 00:08:15,061 >> THANK YOU , SARAH. EUGENIA? 179 00:08:15,061 --> 00:08:18,998 >> I AM EUGENIA, HISTORIC 180 00:08:18,998 --> 00:08:23,769 SEATTLE. I AM HERE TO ASK THIS 181 00:08:23,769 --> 00:08:24,604 COMMITTEE TO RECOMMEND FULL 182 00:08:24,604 --> 00:08:25,938 COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THE 183 00:08:25,938 --> 00:08:29,775 DESIGNATED ORDINANCE FOR THE 184 00:08:29,775 --> 00:08:30,610 WOODIN HOUSE, IT WAS DESIGNATED 185 00:08:30,610 --> 00:08:34,380 A LANDMARK, 4 OF 6 STANDARDS, 186 00:08:34,380 --> 00:08:35,147 DEMONSTRATING STRONG SUPPORT AND 187 00:08:35,147 --> 00:08:36,215 ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE HOUSE'S 188 00:08:36,215 --> 00:08:37,216 SIGNIFICANCE IN SEATTLE HISTORY. 189 00:08:37,216 --> 00:08:45,358 IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE 190 00:08:45,358 --> 00:08:46,325 OWNER AND STEWARD, SCOTT BOONE, 191 00:08:46,325 --> 00:08:46,926 VOLUNTARILY SOUGHT NOMINATION 192 00:08:46,926 --> 00:08:48,194 FOR HIS FAMILY HOME, FULL OWNER 193 00:08:48,194 --> 00:08:53,599 CONSENT. THE HOUSE , AND HOW IT 194 00:08:53,599 --> 00:08:55,368 CAME TO BE, SHOWS HOW THE 195 00:08:55,368 --> 00:08:57,336 COMMUNITY, PRESERVATION 196 00:08:57,336 --> 00:09:03,910 ADVOCATES, THE BOARD, AND CITY 197 00:09:03,910 --> 00:09:04,610 STAFF COME TOGETHER TO THE 198 00:09:04,610 --> 00:09:05,378 DESIGNATION PROCESS. CITY 199 00:09:05,378 --> 00:09:07,613 COUNCIL APPROVAL IS THE FINAL 200 00:09:07,613 --> 00:09:14,020 STEP IN THIS PROCESS AND IT IS A 201 00:09:14,020 --> 00:09:14,954 VERY IMPORTANT STEP. FOR MORE 202 00:09:14,954 --> 00:09:15,988 THAN 50 YEARS, THE PRESERVATION 203 00:09:15,988 --> 00:09:17,189 ORDINANCE HAS ENABLED PROTECTION 204 00:09:17,189 --> 00:09:26,499 FOR THE CULTURAL AND HISTORIC 205 00:09:26,499 --> 00:09:27,400 RESOURCES. IN 1973, YOUR 206 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:28,000 PREDECESSORS UNDERSTOOD WHY 207 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:28,634 HISTORIC PRESERVATION MATTERED 208 00:09:28,634 --> 00:09:29,568 WHEN THEY ADOPTED THE ORDINANCE 209 00:09:29,568 --> 00:09:30,336 AND WE APPRECIATE COUNCIL'S 210 00:09:30,336 --> 00:09:31,637 CONTINUED SUPPORT TODAY. I WOULD 211 00:09:31,637 --> 00:09:35,007 LIKE TO NOTE , SEATTLE HAS 212 00:09:35,007 --> 00:09:36,275 AROUND 500 DESIGNATED LANDMARKS 213 00:09:36,275 --> 00:09:39,845 AND THOSE ARE IN EIGHT HISTORIC 214 00:09:39,845 --> 00:09:41,213 DISTRICTS. THAT AMOUNTS TO ONE 215 00:09:41,213 --> 00:09:48,487 HALF OF 1% OF PARCELS IN THE 216 00:09:48,487 --> 00:09:49,522 CITY. THIS IS A MENISCAL AMOUNT, 217 00:09:49,522 --> 00:09:50,756 THIS MEANS THAT 99.5% OF THE 218 00:09:50,756 --> 00:09:51,991 CITY IS NOT PROTECTED BY 219 00:09:51,991 --> 00:09:54,327 ORDINANCE. LAND MARKING IS A 220 00:09:54,327 --> 00:09:55,294 POSITIVE TOOL THAT HELPS THE 221 00:09:55,294 --> 00:09:56,629 CITY MANAGE CHANGE, NOT SERVE AS 222 00:09:56,629 --> 00:09:57,964 A BARRIER, WE WOULD LIKE TO 223 00:09:57,964 --> 00:10:01,267 THANK THE PROPERTY OWNER, MR. 224 00:10:01,267 --> 00:10:02,268 BONE, THE LANDMARKS PRESERVATION 225 00:10:02,268 --> 00:10:05,304 BOARD , ERIN DOHERTY, SARAH 226 00:10:05,304 --> 00:10:06,238 MARTIN, AND JOHN BENNETT , WHO 227 00:10:06,238 --> 00:10:08,341 YOU HEARD FROM [ INDISCERNIBLE - 228 00:10:08,341 --> 00:10:10,576 BACKGROUND NOISE ] SUPPORT. WE 229 00:10:10,576 --> 00:10:14,580 ARE BIG FANS OF THE CITY'S 230 00:10:14,580 --> 00:10:15,648 HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROGRAM 231 00:10:15,648 --> 00:10:19,051 AND LASTLY, BIG SHOUT OUT TO 232 00:10:19,051 --> 00:10:23,222 QUYNH PHAM, WE SUPPORT HER 233 00:10:23,222 --> 00:10:24,056 APPOINTMENT AS DIRECTOR OF 234 00:10:24,056 --> 00:10:24,991 DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS. 235 00:10:24,991 --> 00:10:28,794 >> ONLINE COMMONERS, DR. BRECHT, 236 00:10:28,794 --> 00:10:32,531 FOLLOWED BY JACK TO A PARK. DR. 237 00:10:32,531 --> 00:10:34,133 BRECHT, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX 238 00:10:34,133 --> 00:10:44,677 AND YOU MAY BEGIN. DR. BRECHT? 239 00:10:50,483 --> 00:10:54,820 ARE YOU ABLE TO PRESS STAR SIX? 240 00:10:54,820 --> 00:10:56,689 LET'S GO TO JOSHUA, JOSHUA, 241 00:10:56,689 --> 00:10:58,090 PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX AND YOU 242 00:10:58,090 --> 00:11:06,399 MAY BEGIN. 243 00:11:06,399 --> 00:11:08,434 >> OKAY, HELLO, GOOD MORNING. 244 00:11:08,434 --> 00:11:13,139 EVERYONE HEAR ME? HELLO? HI , [ 245 00:11:13,139 --> 00:11:15,875 INDISCERNIBLE ] I AM MAKING A 246 00:11:15,875 --> 00:11:19,178 COMMENT ON BEHALF OF SEATTLE 247 00:11:19,178 --> 00:11:19,812 CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 248 00:11:19,812 --> 00:11:21,280 PRESERVATION DEVELOPMENT 249 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:26,585 AUTHORITY AND I AM HERE TO VOICE 250 00:11:26,585 --> 00:11:28,721 ORGANIZATION SUPPORT FOR QUYNH 251 00:11:28,721 --> 00:11:34,927 PHAM 'S APPOINTMENT AS DIRECTOR 252 00:11:34,927 --> 00:11:35,828 OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 253 00:11:35,828 --> 00:11:36,595 NEIGHBORHOODS. I HAD THE 254 00:11:36,595 --> 00:11:38,197 PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH QUYNH 255 00:11:38,197 --> 00:11:42,168 ON THE LITTLE SAIGON LANDMARK 256 00:11:42,168 --> 00:11:43,569 PROJECT WHICH WE HELPED BREAK 257 00:11:43,569 --> 00:11:46,605 GROUND ON. IT IS NOTHING SHORT 258 00:11:46,605 --> 00:11:53,045 OF INSPIRING, TURNING IT FROM 259 00:11:53,045 --> 00:11:54,080 CONCEPTION INTO REALITY, HER 260 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:58,217 ABILITY TO NAVIGATE THE VAST 261 00:11:58,217 --> 00:11:59,752 DIVERSITY OF STAKEHOLDERS, BOTH 262 00:11:59,752 --> 00:12:03,556 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FUNDERS , 263 00:12:03,556 --> 00:12:05,791 UNIQUELY QUALIFIED FOR THIS 264 00:12:05,791 --> 00:12:12,331 ROLE, HER ABILITY TO ELEVATE 265 00:12:12,331 --> 00:12:12,965 MARGINALIZED VOICES HAS BEEN 266 00:12:12,965 --> 00:12:14,200 IMPACTFUL FOR THE LITTLE SAIGON 267 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:18,204 NEIGHBORHOOD. IT IS VERY MUCH IN 268 00:12:18,204 --> 00:12:19,438 NEED OF PUBLIC INVESTMENT , AND 269 00:12:19,438 --> 00:12:23,542 LOVE, QUITE FRANKLY. AND DURING 270 00:12:23,542 --> 00:12:27,179 HER TIME IN LITTLE SAIGON, WE 271 00:12:27,179 --> 00:12:28,714 HAVE ALL HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF 272 00:12:28,714 --> 00:12:30,750 WATCHING QUYNH GROW THAT IDEA 273 00:12:30,750 --> 00:12:31,917 INTO A FULLY FUNCTIONAL 274 00:12:31,917 --> 00:12:37,656 ORGANIZATION , THE COUNCIL WOULD 275 00:12:37,656 --> 00:12:38,991 ALSO AGREE, SMALL BUSINESSES ARE 276 00:12:38,991 --> 00:12:40,259 ONE OF THE KEY BACKBONES OF OUR, 277 00:12:40,259 --> 00:12:43,729 OF OUR COMMUNITY AND HER 278 00:12:43,729 --> 00:12:45,164 ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT IS YET 279 00:12:45,164 --> 00:12:46,799 ANOTHER QUALITY THAT MAKES HER 280 00:12:46,799 --> 00:12:49,401 QUALIFIED TO LEAD THE 281 00:12:49,401 --> 00:12:52,171 DEPARTMENT. FINALLY , I WILL 282 00:12:52,171 --> 00:12:57,476 SAY, SHE HAS DEMONSTRATED THE 283 00:12:57,476 --> 00:12:58,978 ABILITY TO BE A STRONG AND 284 00:12:58,978 --> 00:13:00,112 SUPPORTING PARTNER. THE 285 00:13:00,112 --> 00:13:05,451 COMMUNITY NEEDS TO SEE MORE . 286 00:13:05,451 --> 00:13:08,721 AND FOR ALL THESE REASONS, WE 287 00:13:08,721 --> 00:13:11,757 SUPPORT QUYNH 'S APPOINTMENT 288 00:13:11,757 --> 00:13:16,095 AND WE VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO 289 00:13:16,095 --> 00:13:17,830 CONTINUE WORKING WITH HER IN 290 00:13:17,830 --> 00:13:19,732 THIS NEW CAPACITY. THANK YOU 291 00:13:19,732 --> 00:13:20,866 VERY MUCH. 292 00:13:20,866 --> 00:13:26,472 >> DR. BRECHT? YOU ARE NEXT , IF 293 00:13:26,472 --> 00:13:28,274 YOU ARE ONLINE, PRESS STAR SIX, 294 00:13:28,274 --> 00:13:32,478 AND YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC 295 00:13:32,478 --> 00:13:43,022 COMMENT. GO AHEAD, I THINK YOU 296 00:13:44,456 --> 00:13:54,934 ARE ON NOW. DR. BRECHT? I THINK 297 00:14:00,806 --> 00:14:04,343 YOU ARE ON, IF YOU WANT TO START 298 00:14:04,343 --> 00:14:08,981 SPEAKING. I THINK WE ARE HAVING 299 00:14:08,981 --> 00:14:11,083 TECH ISSUES . 300 00:14:11,083 --> 00:14:19,191 >> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? 301 00:14:19,191 --> 00:14:20,059 >> WE CAN. 302 00:14:20,059 --> 00:14:21,860 >> I AM ON MY PHONE, IT IS A 303 00:14:21,860 --> 00:14:23,362 SERIES OF BUTTONS, MAY I RESTART 304 00:14:23,362 --> 00:14:23,629 MY TIME? 305 00:14:23,629 --> 00:14:24,897 >> YES, OF COURSE, GO AHEAD. 306 00:14:24,897 --> 00:14:29,468 >> I AM WITH WASHINGTON 307 00:14:29,468 --> 00:14:30,236 PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL 308 00:14:30,236 --> 00:14:31,203 RESPONSIBILITY AND THE AIRSHOW 309 00:14:31,203 --> 00:14:32,538 CLIMATE ACTION COALITION 310 00:14:32,538 --> 00:14:35,507 EXPECTING YOU TO OPPOSE THE 311 00:14:35,507 --> 00:14:39,511 PERMIT FOR THE BLUE ANGELS TO 312 00:14:39,511 --> 00:14:40,346 FLY OVER GENESEE PARK 313 00:14:40,346 --> 00:14:41,180 NEIGHBORHOOD DURING SEAFARER. I 314 00:14:41,180 --> 00:14:44,750 AM A RETIRED AIR FORCE FLIGHT -- 315 00:14:44,750 --> 00:14:47,319 SOME PEOPLE CALL FIGHTER JET 316 00:14:47,319 --> 00:14:51,223 NOISE THE SOUND OF FREEDOM BUT 317 00:14:51,223 --> 00:14:54,293 THE ROAR HARMS FREEDOM , MOST OF 318 00:14:54,293 --> 00:14:57,129 THE 6000 PEOPLE IN OUR POLL DO 319 00:14:57,129 --> 00:14:58,464 NOT WANT THEM FLYING THERE, 320 00:14:58,464 --> 00:15:00,466 KIDS, REFUGEES, AND OTHERS ARE 321 00:15:00,466 --> 00:15:03,636 TERRIFIED OF THE SOUND OF DEATH 322 00:15:03,636 --> 00:15:07,172 FROM ABOVE, IS THIS , SUPER 323 00:15:07,172 --> 00:15:11,777 HORNETS ARE VERY LOUD, THEY ARE 324 00:15:11,777 --> 00:15:16,482 AT 110 DECIBELS , OSHA REQUIRES 325 00:15:16,482 --> 00:15:20,185 EARPLUGS AND EARMUFFS , PARK 326 00:15:20,185 --> 00:15:24,990 RULES REGULATE NOISE, THE BLUE 327 00:15:24,990 --> 00:15:26,926 ANGELS DEFY REASONABLE NOISE 328 00:15:26,926 --> 00:15:30,296 LIMITS EVERY YEAR, SEAFARER 329 00:15:30,296 --> 00:15:36,068 PROVIDES NO NOISE PROJECTION , 330 00:15:36,068 --> 00:15:39,571 AND JET FUEL HARMS HEART , 331 00:15:39,571 --> 00:15:43,676 LUNGS, AND BRAINS . IT IS A 332 00:15:43,676 --> 00:15:48,113 WASHINGTON HELD DISPARITY 333 00:15:48,113 --> 00:15:49,048 COMMUNITY, HIGHLY IMPACTED BY 334 00:15:49,048 --> 00:15:50,082 AIR POLLUTION. THOSE PLANES FLY 335 00:15:50,082 --> 00:15:51,784 OVER THE MEMBER YOU'RE CAUSING 336 00:15:51,784 --> 00:15:55,587 MORE DIRECT HARM, THE PEOPLE WE 337 00:15:55,587 --> 00:15:56,755 ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO PROTECT 338 00:15:56,755 --> 00:15:59,892 BUT WE DO NOT. WE REGULATE 339 00:15:59,892 --> 00:16:03,429 SMOKING, DRINKING, DRUG USE, WHY 340 00:16:03,429 --> 00:16:07,499 ALLOW HARMFUL NOISE ? CONDUCT A 341 00:16:07,499 --> 00:16:09,234 HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT AND A 342 00:16:09,234 --> 00:16:13,339 PUBLIC POLL OF BLUE ANGELS AT 343 00:16:13,339 --> 00:16:16,742 SEAFAIR, STOP THE NOISE AND 344 00:16:16,742 --> 00:16:19,078 FOSSIL FUEL POLLUTION COULD 345 00:16:19,078 --> 00:16:21,980 TRANSFORM SEAFAIR INTO A MENTAL 346 00:16:21,980 --> 00:16:26,452 AND PHYSICAL WELLNESS, SAY 347 00:16:26,452 --> 00:16:27,886 GOODBYE AND RETURN TO QUIET AND 348 00:16:27,886 --> 00:16:32,358 CLEAN OPPORTUNITIES. 349 00:16:32,358 --> 00:16:33,692 >> THANK YOU FOR THE TESTIMONY, 350 00:16:33,692 --> 00:16:39,164 OR , FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, 351 00:16:39,164 --> 00:16:40,866 RATHER. THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL 352 00:16:40,866 --> 00:16:42,901 REGISTERED SPEAKER SO THE PUBLIC 353 00:16:42,901 --> 00:16:44,636 COMMENT PERIOD IS CLOSED, WE 354 00:16:44,636 --> 00:16:46,972 WILL GET TO OUR ITEMS OF 355 00:16:46,972 --> 00:16:47,940 BUSINESS. WILL THE CLERK READ 356 00:16:47,940 --> 00:16:51,110 ITEM ONE INTO THE RECORD? 357 00:16:51,110 --> 00:16:53,512 >> AGENDA ITEM 1, APPOINTMENT OF 358 00:16:53,512 --> 00:16:58,717 QUYNH PHAM AS DIRECTOR OF THE 359 00:16:58,717 --> 00:16:59,618 DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS FOR 360 00:16:59,618 --> 00:17:00,986 THE TERM TO DECEMBER 31st, 2029. 361 00:17:00,986 --> 00:17:02,020 BRIEFING, DISCUSSION , AND 362 00:17:02,020 --> 00:17:05,257 POSSIBLE VOTE. 363 00:17:05,257 --> 00:17:07,426 >> THIS ITEM HAS BEEN READ INTO 364 00:17:07,426 --> 00:17:12,798 THE RECORD, AND HERE AT THE 365 00:17:12,798 --> 00:17:14,767 TABLE, PLEASE INTRODUCE, WELL, 366 00:17:14,767 --> 00:17:20,873 LET ME SAY SOMETHING FIRST, 367 00:17:20,873 --> 00:17:21,940 ACTING DIRECTOR QUYNH PHAM WAS 368 00:17:21,940 --> 00:17:25,344 THE ACTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE 369 00:17:25,344 --> 00:17:26,979 FRIENDS OF LITTLE SAIGON. SHE 370 00:17:26,979 --> 00:17:28,080 RAISED AWARENESS ABOUT HER 371 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:29,882 COMMUNITY'S RICH CULTURAL 372 00:17:29,882 --> 00:17:33,185 HISTORY AND CHALLENGES. I HAVE 373 00:17:33,185 --> 00:17:34,453 GOTTEN TO KNOW DIRECTOR QUYNH 374 00:17:34,453 --> 00:17:37,656 PHAM'S AND SHE WAS APPOINTED 375 00:17:37,656 --> 00:17:38,991 AND I APPRECIATE THE THOUGHTFUL 376 00:17:38,991 --> 00:17:40,759 WAYS THAT SHE APPROACHES HER 377 00:17:40,759 --> 00:17:41,794 WORK. THE DEPARTMENT OF 378 00:17:41,794 --> 00:17:48,100 NEIGHBORHOODS , I LOOK FORWARD 379 00:17:48,100 --> 00:17:49,067 TO SEEING HOW THE ACTING 380 00:17:49,067 --> 00:17:50,502 DIRECTOR WILL USE HER EXPERIENCE 381 00:17:50,502 --> 00:17:52,171 AS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER TO 382 00:17:52,171 --> 00:17:59,144 IMPROVE THE WAY THEY CONDUCT 383 00:17:59,144 --> 00:18:00,245 OUTREACH TO NEIGHBORHOOD AND 384 00:18:00,245 --> 00:18:00,779 COMMUNITY GROUPS. IT IS 385 00:18:00,779 --> 00:18:02,047 IMPORTANT THAT GROUPS ACROSS THE 386 00:18:02,047 --> 00:18:03,015 CITY ARE AWARE OF AND CAN 387 00:18:03,015 --> 00:18:04,216 PARTICIPATE IN ALL OF THE 388 00:18:04,216 --> 00:18:06,418 CITY'S PROGRAMS, AND I KNOW 389 00:18:06,418 --> 00:18:07,786 THAT YOU CARE VERY MUCH ABOUT 390 00:18:07,786 --> 00:18:08,620 THAT, DIRECTOR PHAM, I 391 00:18:08,620 --> 00:18:10,155 APPRECIATE YOUR GOAL TO CONDUCT 392 00:18:10,155 --> 00:18:14,993 COMMUNITY ARRANGEMENT THAT IS 393 00:18:14,993 --> 00:18:16,261 LONG-TERM AND ONGOING, RATHER 394 00:18:16,261 --> 00:18:17,996 THAN PIECEMEAL, I LOOK FORWARD 395 00:18:17,996 --> 00:18:19,064 TO HEARING TODAY ABOUT THE WAY 396 00:18:19,064 --> 00:18:23,001 THEY ARE LOOKING TO IMPROVE . 397 00:18:23,001 --> 00:18:28,240 ACTING DIRECTOR PHAM AND DEPUTY 398 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:29,208 DIRECTOR MARK ELLERBROOK, PLEASE 399 00:18:29,208 --> 00:18:30,042 STATE YOUR NAMES FOR THE RECORD. 400 00:18:30,175 --> 00:18:33,045 >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS 401 00:18:33,045 --> 00:18:36,315 QUYNH PHAM, SHE/HER . 402 00:18:36,315 --> 00:18:38,951 >> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS MARK 403 00:18:38,951 --> 00:18:40,619 ELLERBROOK, DEPUTY DIRECTOR 404 00:18:40,619 --> 00:18:45,457 MAYOR'S OFFICE, I WILL TURN IT 405 00:18:45,457 --> 00:18:49,294 OVER TO ACTING DIRECTOR PHAM I 406 00:18:49,294 --> 00:18:50,629 AM EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY. WE 407 00:18:50,629 --> 00:18:52,431 DO NOT HAVE THE NUMBER OF SIGNS 408 00:18:52,431 --> 00:18:54,867 THE LAST TIME WE DID THIS . BUT 409 00:18:54,867 --> 00:18:56,635 ONE OF THE EXCITING PARTS OF MY 410 00:18:56,635 --> 00:19:01,573 JOB IS TO GET TO KNOW THE PEOPLE 411 00:19:01,573 --> 00:19:02,975 WHO THE MAYOR NOMINATES TO BE 412 00:19:02,975 --> 00:19:05,777 THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENTS, 413 00:19:05,777 --> 00:19:08,380 IT HAS BEEN IMPORTANT TO GET TO 414 00:19:08,380 --> 00:19:09,047 KNOW ACTING DIRECTOR PHAM, I 415 00:19:09,047 --> 00:19:10,949 HAVE NO RESERVATIONS AT ALL 416 00:19:10,949 --> 00:19:14,153 ABOUT THEM ASKING TO CONFIRM 417 00:19:14,153 --> 00:19:15,153 BURGER TO BE THE NEXT DIRECTOR 418 00:19:15,153 --> 00:19:16,588 OF NEIGHBORHOODS, SHE IS A 419 00:19:16,588 --> 00:19:17,623 DELIGHT, AS YOU HAVE HEARD 420 00:19:17,623 --> 00:19:18,991 MULTIPLE TIMES, I THINK. SHE IS 421 00:19:18,991 --> 00:19:23,061 A FORCE FOR GOOD IN THE 422 00:19:23,061 --> 00:19:24,129 COMMUNITY AND WE ARE EXCITED TO 423 00:19:24,129 --> 00:19:25,430 HAVE HER EXPAND THAT RANGE 424 00:19:25,430 --> 00:19:27,432 THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF SEATTLE. 425 00:19:27,432 --> 00:19:31,637 WITH THAT INTRODUCTION , I WILL 426 00:19:31,637 --> 00:19:33,739 TURN IT OVER TO QUYNH PHAM. 427 00:19:33,739 --> 00:19:36,108 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD 428 00:19:36,108 --> 00:19:42,748 MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS, AND FOR 429 00:19:42,748 --> 00:19:43,582 THE REINTRODUCTION TO THE 430 00:19:43,582 --> 00:19:44,383 COMMITTEE, GOOD TO SEE 431 00:19:44,383 --> 00:19:49,421 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND FOSTER. 432 00:19:49,421 --> 00:19:53,058 I WANT TO REITERATE THE 433 00:19:53,058 --> 00:19:57,763 QUESTIONS I DID, TO TALK ABOUT 434 00:19:57,763 --> 00:20:01,567 SOME OF MY KEY ROLES COMING INTO 435 00:20:01,567 --> 00:20:02,568 THIS DEPARTMENT, WHICH REALLY 436 00:20:02,568 --> 00:20:06,672 FOCUS ON ADVANCING THE CURRENT 437 00:20:06,672 --> 00:20:12,377 NATION AND IT IS REALLY TO 438 00:20:12,377 --> 00:20:13,011 DEEPEN RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS OUR 439 00:20:13,011 --> 00:20:14,680 DEPARTMENT, MAKING ALIGNMENT OF 440 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:18,984 OUR RESOURCES AND ALIGNING OUR 441 00:20:18,984 --> 00:20:21,019 GOALS, I BELIEVE WE ARE ALL 442 00:20:21,019 --> 00:20:22,287 TRYING TO ACHIEVE THE SAME 443 00:20:22,287 --> 00:20:25,624 THING. LASTLY, I AM BRINGING A 444 00:20:25,624 --> 00:20:29,294 CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OF OUR 445 00:20:29,294 --> 00:20:30,262 IMPACT OF THIS WORK AND 446 00:20:30,262 --> 00:20:31,830 SOMETIMES THAT IS REALLY HARD TO 447 00:20:31,830 --> 00:20:35,233 DEMONSTRATE BECAUSE IT IS SO 448 00:20:35,233 --> 00:20:36,768 RELATIONAL, I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO 449 00:20:36,768 --> 00:20:40,239 DO THAT FOR OUR DEPARTMENT AND 450 00:20:40,239 --> 00:20:41,907 FOR ALL OF YOU, GOING FORWARD. 451 00:20:41,907 --> 00:20:43,875 SHOULD I JUST READ THE 452 00:20:43,875 --> 00:20:44,910 QUESTIONS? 453 00:20:44,910 --> 00:20:48,914 >> COLLEAGUES, IF THERE IS 454 00:20:48,914 --> 00:20:52,317 SOMETHING YOU WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, 455 00:20:52,317 --> 00:20:54,319 I WILL ASK COLLEAGUES IF THEY 456 00:20:54,319 --> 00:20:59,024 HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, 457 00:20:59,024 --> 00:21:00,792 THEN WE WILL GO TO THE VOTE. 458 00:21:00,792 --> 00:21:05,897 >> I THINK , AS SOMEONE WHO HAS 459 00:21:05,897 --> 00:21:06,765 WORKED IN THE COMMUNITY FOR A 460 00:21:06,765 --> 00:21:08,333 LONG TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO 461 00:21:08,333 --> 00:21:09,001 HIGHLIGHT THAT GOVERNMENT PLAYS 462 00:21:09,001 --> 00:21:09,901 A BIG ROLE. ESPECIALLY, OUR 463 00:21:09,901 --> 00:21:11,536 DEPARTMENT PLAYS A BIG ROLE IN 464 00:21:11,536 --> 00:21:14,339 BRINGING THEM CLOSER TO 465 00:21:14,339 --> 00:21:17,175 GOVERNMENT AND INTO 466 00:21:17,175 --> 00:21:18,243 DECISION-MAKING. WE HAVE TO 467 00:21:18,243 --> 00:21:19,311 ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE A 468 00:21:19,311 --> 00:21:22,414 GOVERNMENT ENTITY. IT IS THROUGH 469 00:21:22,414 --> 00:21:23,348 OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER 470 00:21:23,348 --> 00:21:25,217 ENTITIES THAT WE CAN FULFILL OUR 471 00:21:25,217 --> 00:21:28,720 WORK AND BUILD THAT SENSE OF 472 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:32,658 BELONGING. AND THE CONFIDENCE IN 473 00:21:32,658 --> 00:21:36,495 GOVERNMENT. I WILL JUST LEAVE IT 474 00:21:36,495 --> 00:21:39,264 AT THAT. 475 00:21:39,264 --> 00:21:41,299 >> LIKE I SAID EARLIER, I 476 00:21:41,299 --> 00:21:44,569 APPRECIATED AND ENJOYED GETTING 477 00:21:44,569 --> 00:21:45,904 TO KNOW YOU AND TALKING ABOUT 478 00:21:45,904 --> 00:21:48,407 THE WORK , WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH 479 00:21:48,407 --> 00:21:52,210 DON'S WORKING , ACROSS THE CITY 480 00:21:52,210 --> 00:21:56,248 IN ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS , I 481 00:21:56,248 --> 00:22:00,652 JUST VERY MUCH ENJOY THAT YOU 482 00:22:00,652 --> 00:22:06,258 HAVE SO MUCH EXPERIENCE IN 483 00:22:06,258 --> 00:22:08,193 COMMUNITIES, AND I THINK YOU 484 00:22:08,193 --> 00:22:12,097 HAVE SO MUCH TO OFFER. 485 00:22:12,097 --> 00:22:13,231 COLLEAGUES, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY 486 00:22:13,231 --> 00:22:14,566 QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GO TO TO OUR 487 00:22:14,566 --> 00:22:18,003 VOTE? ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR 488 00:22:18,003 --> 00:22:20,972 ACTING DIRECTOR PHAM? I DON'T 489 00:22:20,972 --> 00:22:23,241 SEE ANY HANDS RAISED . I 490 00:22:23,241 --> 00:22:25,877 RECOMMEND THE COMMITTEE APPROVED 491 00:22:25,877 --> 00:22:32,117 CONFIRMATION OF 3492, MOVED IN 492 00:22:32,117 --> 00:22:34,186 SECOND TO RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION 493 00:22:34,186 --> 00:22:36,488 OF ACTING DIRECTOR PHAM AS 494 00:22:36,488 --> 00:22:38,757 DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 495 00:22:38,757 --> 00:22:40,258 NEIGHBORHOODS. ARE THERE ANY 496 00:22:40,258 --> 00:22:45,130 FINAL COMMENTS? WILL THE CLERK 497 00:22:45,130 --> 00:22:46,565 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE 498 00:22:46,565 --> 00:22:48,066 APPOINTMENT OF 3942 499 00:22:48,066 --> 00:22:54,473 >> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] THERE 500 00:22:54,473 --> 00:22:58,143 ARE FOUR IN FAVOR AND ZERO 501 00:22:58,143 --> 00:23:01,346 OPPOSED. 502 00:23:01,346 --> 00:23:03,081 >> THE MOTION CARRIED, THE 503 00:23:03,081 --> 00:23:03,682 RECOMMENDATION TO CONFIRM THE 504 00:23:03,682 --> 00:23:06,151 APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR PHAM 505 00:23:06,151 --> 00:23:12,657 WILL BE SENT TO THE MAY 19th 506 00:23:12,657 --> 00:23:13,892 CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR FINAL 507 00:23:13,892 --> 00:23:14,526 CONFIRMATION. CONGRATULATIONS, 508 00:23:14,526 --> 00:23:15,494 DIRECTOR PHAM, ON YOUR 509 00:23:15,494 --> 00:23:18,563 APPOINTMENT. 510 00:23:18,563 --> 00:23:20,832 >> COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU FOR 511 00:23:20,832 --> 00:23:21,133 BEING HERE. 512 00:23:21,133 --> 00:23:24,302 >> YOU HAVE ANYTHING FINAL YOU 513 00:23:24,302 --> 00:23:25,504 WOULD LIKE TO SAY? 514 00:23:25,504 --> 00:23:31,176 >> THE STAFF CONTINUES TO SHOW 515 00:23:31,176 --> 00:23:33,612 UP AND BE PRESENT TO SUPPORT ME 516 00:23:33,612 --> 00:23:35,647 AND ALSO THE ONGOING PARTNERSHIP 517 00:23:35,647 --> 00:23:39,317 WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT. 518 00:23:39,317 --> 00:23:42,888 >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. I SEE A 519 00:23:42,888 --> 00:23:47,926 NUMBER OF DON'S FOLKS HERE, 520 00:23:47,926 --> 00:23:49,995 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND I 521 00:23:49,995 --> 00:23:51,363 VERY MUCH APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR 522 00:23:51,363 --> 00:23:54,933 WORK AT THE CITY ON BEHALF OF 523 00:23:54,933 --> 00:23:56,001 ALL OUR CONSTITUENTS. WE WILL 524 00:23:56,001 --> 00:23:58,737 SEE YOU ON THE 19th. [ APPLAUSE 525 00:23:58,737 --> 00:24:08,046 ] THANK YOU , MR. MARK 526 00:24:08,046 --> 00:24:09,548 ELLERBROOK, FOR BEING HERE FOR 527 00:24:09,548 --> 00:24:11,149 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE THIS 528 00:24:11,149 --> 00:24:13,084 MORNING. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 529 00:24:13,084 --> 00:24:14,352 READ ITEM 2 INTO THE RECORD. 530 00:24:14,352 --> 00:24:20,258 >> AGENDA ITEM TWO, COUNCIL BILL 531 00:24:20,258 --> 00:24:22,627 121197, ENGINE ORDINANCE 532 00:24:22,627 --> 00:24:24,162 RELATING TO THE HISTORIC 533 00:24:24,162 --> 00:24:24,796 PRESERVATION, IMPOSING CONTROLS 534 00:24:24,796 --> 00:24:28,633 UPON THE WOODIN HOUSE, A 535 00:24:28,633 --> 00:24:29,801 LANDMARK DESIGNATED BY THE 536 00:24:29,801 --> 00:24:33,138 LANDMARKS PRESERVATION BOARD 537 00:24:33,138 --> 00:24:34,806 UNDER CHAPTER 25.12 OF THE 538 00:24:34,806 --> 00:24:36,608 SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE, AND 539 00:24:36,608 --> 00:24:37,909 ADDING IT TO THE TABLE OF 540 00:24:37,909 --> 00:24:39,110 HISTORICAL LANDMARKS CONTAINED 541 00:24:39,110 --> 00:24:44,349 IN CHAPTER 25 .32 OF THE SEATTLE 542 00:24:44,349 --> 00:24:45,483 MUNICIPAL CODE FOR BRIEFING, 543 00:24:45,483 --> 00:24:47,385 DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE VOTE. 544 00:24:47,385 --> 00:24:54,326 >> PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR 545 00:24:54,326 --> 00:24:55,560 THE RECORD, ERIN DOHERTY, AND 546 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:56,461 YOU CAN RESUME YOUR 547 00:24:56,461 --> 00:25:02,400 PRESENTATION. OH , OKAY, NO. 548 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:06,438 >> ERIN DOHERTY, DEPARTMENT OF 549 00:25:06,438 --> 00:25:16,715 NEIGHBORHOODS . 550 00:25:22,954 --> 00:25:33,131 >> ALL RIGHT. 551 00:26:08,700 --> 00:26:10,835 >> OKAY, THANK YOU, VERY MUCH. 552 00:26:10,835 --> 00:26:18,576 OKAY. I WILL GET STARTED. SO , 553 00:26:18,576 --> 00:26:23,915 JUST AS A REMINDER, WE BROUGHT 554 00:26:23,915 --> 00:26:31,056 WITH US THIS IMAGE THAT WE START 555 00:26:31,056 --> 00:26:32,857 EACH PRESENTATION. THE HISTORIC 556 00:26:32,857 --> 00:26:33,458 PRESERVATION PROGRAM FROM THE 557 00:26:33,458 --> 00:26:34,025 DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS 558 00:26:34,025 --> 00:26:34,593 WORKS IN COLLABORATION WITH 559 00:26:34,593 --> 00:26:37,495 COMMUNITIES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED 560 00:26:37,495 --> 00:26:38,363 AS IMPORTANT, KEEPING A TANGIBLE 561 00:26:38,363 --> 00:26:39,497 CONNECTION WITH THE PAST HELPS 562 00:26:39,497 --> 00:26:40,598 FOSTER COMMUNITY, BOTH PRESENT 563 00:26:40,598 --> 00:26:45,704 AND IN THE FUTURE. WE ALWAYS 564 00:26:45,704 --> 00:26:47,405 BRING WITH US FOR REFERENCE THE 565 00:26:47,405 --> 00:26:49,841 DESIGNATION STAN MERTZ -- 566 00:26:49,841 --> 00:26:54,479 STANDARDS . MANY TIMES THEY 567 00:26:54,479 --> 00:26:56,881 CHOOSE MORE THAN ONE, THESE ARE 568 00:26:56,881 --> 00:27:01,753 HERE FOR US TO COME BACK TO HIM 569 00:27:01,753 --> 00:27:02,954 IF WE WOULD LIKE, STANDARDS, IN 570 00:27:02,954 --> 00:27:04,122 ADDITION TO CHOOSING ONE, THEY 571 00:27:04,122 --> 00:27:05,457 MUST ALSO DECIDE THAT THE 572 00:27:05,457 --> 00:27:06,524 OBJECT, SITE, OR IMPROVEMENT 573 00:27:06,524 --> 00:27:10,095 SUGGESTS INTEGRITY OR THE 574 00:27:10,095 --> 00:27:11,329 ABILITY TO CONVEY SIGNIFICANCE. 575 00:27:11,329 --> 00:27:16,134 TODAY , WE ARE GOING TO TALK 576 00:27:16,134 --> 00:27:18,269 ABOUT AN ORDINANCE TO CODIFY THE 577 00:27:18,269 --> 00:27:19,571 AGREEMENT SIGNED BY THE PROPERTY 578 00:27:19,571 --> 00:27:21,306 OWNER AND THE CITY HISTORIC 579 00:27:21,306 --> 00:27:23,475 PRESERVATION OFFICER. OWNER 580 00:27:23,475 --> 00:27:24,576 SCOTT BOONE NOMINATED THE 581 00:27:24,576 --> 00:27:27,312 PROPERTY AND THE APPLICATION WAS 582 00:27:27,312 --> 00:27:28,880 AUTHORED BY LOCAL , SARAH 583 00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:33,485 MARTIN, YOU HEARD FROM BOTH OF 584 00:27:33,485 --> 00:27:34,919 THEM DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS 585 00:27:34,919 --> 00:27:38,690 IS THE WOODIN HOUSE AT 5801 586 00:27:38,690 --> 00:27:39,958 CARSON AVENUE SOUTH IN THE 587 00:27:39,958 --> 00:27:43,328 GEORGETOWN NEIGHBORHOOD, IT IS 588 00:27:43,328 --> 00:27:44,629 INDICATED BY A RED BOX ON THE 589 00:27:44,629 --> 00:27:51,302 SCREEN. THIS PROPERTY WAS 590 00:27:51,302 --> 00:27:52,170 DESIGNATED BY THE LANDMARKS 591 00:27:52,170 --> 00:27:54,072 BOARD ON NOVEMBER 6th, 2024, 592 00:27:54,072 --> 00:27:58,977 UNDER STANDARDS B, C , D , AND 593 00:27:58,977 --> 00:28:02,414 CAPITAL F. THE CONTROLLED 594 00:28:02,414 --> 00:28:09,087 FEATURES INCLUDE THE SITE , THE 595 00:28:09,087 --> 00:28:10,255 EXTERIOR OF THE HOUSE, THE FIRST 596 00:28:10,255 --> 00:28:11,489 FLOOR, MOST OF THE FIRST FLOOR, 597 00:28:11,489 --> 00:28:12,891 AND A PORTION OF THE SECOND 598 00:28:12,891 --> 00:28:13,758 FLOOR, AND THOSE SPACES WERE 599 00:28:13,758 --> 00:28:15,260 DONE IN COLLABORATION WITH MR. 600 00:28:15,260 --> 00:28:17,295 BOONE, IN IDENTIFYING THEM. THE 601 00:28:17,295 --> 00:28:23,001 HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1904, 1905, 602 00:28:23,001 --> 00:28:24,502 AND THE ARCHITECT IS UNKNOWN. 603 00:28:24,502 --> 00:28:31,342 MR. BOONE, IN ATTENDANCE TODAY 604 00:28:31,342 --> 00:28:32,744 IS THE GRANDSON OF THE ORIGINAL 605 00:28:32,744 --> 00:28:34,279 OWNER OF THE HOUSE, DR. SCOTT 606 00:28:34,279 --> 00:28:35,447 AND MR. IMAGING WOODEN. SHE 607 00:28:35,447 --> 00:28:36,981 PURCHASED THE PROPERTY PRIOR TO 608 00:28:36,981 --> 00:28:38,183 HER MARRIAGE AND THEY BEGAN 609 00:28:38,183 --> 00:28:40,318 CONSTRUCTING THE HOME BEFORE 610 00:28:40,318 --> 00:28:46,124 MARRYING , IN 1904, THEY MET AT 611 00:28:46,124 --> 00:28:47,692 THE NEARBY KING COUNTY HOSPITAL 612 00:28:47,692 --> 00:28:49,294 WHERE THEY BOTH WORKED, AND 613 00:28:49,294 --> 00:28:51,229 FOLLOWING HER CAREER AS A NURSE, 614 00:28:51,229 --> 00:28:53,798 MS. WOODEN WAS A LONG TIME 615 00:28:53,798 --> 00:28:55,934 COMMUNITY BOOSTER AND CREATED 616 00:28:55,934 --> 00:29:03,374 THE PLAYFIELD LOCATED NORTH OF 617 00:29:03,374 --> 00:29:05,143 THEIR HOME, INDICATED BY A GREEN 618 00:29:05,143 --> 00:29:08,747 AREA, AND ALSO LABELED . IN 619 00:29:08,747 --> 00:29:09,848 ADDITION TO WORKING AT THE 620 00:29:09,848 --> 00:29:10,982 HOSPITAL, DR. WOODIN HAD A 621 00:29:10,982 --> 00:29:11,883 MEDICAL PRACTICE IN THE HOME 622 00:29:11,883 --> 00:29:14,252 OFFICE, HE WAS THE CITY OF 623 00:29:14,252 --> 00:29:17,455 GEORGETOWN'S FIRST COMMUNITY 624 00:29:17,455 --> 00:29:19,124 HEALTH ADVOCATE AND AN ADVOCATE 625 00:29:19,124 --> 00:29:23,094 TO PREVENT DISEASES . THIS 626 00:29:23,094 --> 00:29:24,562 CLASSICAL FOURSQUARE HOUSE, WAS 627 00:29:24,562 --> 00:29:31,202 BILLED IN 1904. THIS WAS THE 628 00:29:31,202 --> 00:29:32,403 SAME YEAR THAT GEORGETOWN WAS 629 00:29:32,403 --> 00:29:33,004 FIRST INCORPORATED. THE 630 00:29:33,004 --> 00:29:33,938 NEIGHBORHOOD IS DRAMATICALLY 631 00:29:33,938 --> 00:29:37,342 DIFFERENT THAN IT IS DONATED AT 632 00:29:37,342 --> 00:29:38,543 THE TIME, IT WAS A BUSTLING 633 00:29:38,543 --> 00:29:41,779 LITTLE CITY WITH A BOOMING BEER 634 00:29:41,779 --> 00:29:42,714 BREWING INDUSTRY. THE AREA WAS 635 00:29:42,714 --> 00:29:46,851 ANNEXED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE 636 00:29:46,851 --> 00:29:49,320 IN 1910, AND IN 1913, THE CITY 637 00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:50,622 BEGAN RE-CHANNELING THE RIVER . 638 00:29:50,622 --> 00:29:54,225 REZONING OF RESIDENTIAL AREAS 639 00:29:54,225 --> 00:29:58,496 FOR INDUSTRIAL GROWTH IN THE 640 00:29:58,496 --> 00:29:59,531 1950s FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE THE 641 00:29:59,531 --> 00:30:01,766 TRAJECTORY OF THIS COMMUNITY. IN 642 00:30:01,766 --> 00:30:03,535 THE 1960s, CONSTRUCTION OF THE 643 00:30:03,535 --> 00:30:06,604 INTERSTATE FIVE AND THE CORSON 644 00:30:06,604 --> 00:30:08,573 SOUTH OFFRAMP LANDED RIGHT IN 645 00:30:08,573 --> 00:30:12,577 FRONT , AND YOU CAN SEE THE 646 00:30:12,577 --> 00:30:21,319 CORSON RAMP COMING DOWN PAST THE 647 00:30:21,319 --> 00:30:22,654 SIDE, DUE TO THE RELATIONSHIP OF 648 00:30:22,654 --> 00:30:23,955 THE NEW INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE 649 00:30:23,955 --> 00:30:24,923 EXISTING HOME, THEY HAD TO PICK 650 00:30:24,923 --> 00:30:26,457 THE HOUSE UP AND MOVE IT 20 FEET 651 00:30:26,457 --> 00:30:28,226 TO THE WEST AND PUT IN A NEW 652 00:30:28,226 --> 00:30:28,993 FOUNDATION, THIS IS AMONG THE 653 00:30:28,993 --> 00:30:29,894 OLDEST REMAINING IN THE 654 00:30:29,894 --> 00:30:31,229 NEIGHBORHOOD. AND IT HAS BECOME 655 00:30:31,229 --> 00:30:34,165 A VISUAL LANDMARK FOR MANY, FOR 656 00:30:34,165 --> 00:30:35,200 DRIVERS DESCENDING INTO 657 00:30:35,200 --> 00:30:39,037 GEORGETOWN, THE HOUSE IS 658 00:30:39,037 --> 00:30:40,205 IMMEDIATELY ON THE RIGHT WITH A 659 00:30:40,205 --> 00:30:44,275 RECOGNIZABLE GREEN AND YELLOW 660 00:30:44,275 --> 00:30:45,543 PAINT, THIS IS THE SIXTH THE 661 00:30:45,543 --> 00:30:46,444 DESIGNATED LANDMARK IN 662 00:30:46,444 --> 00:30:50,448 GEORGETOWN, JOINING [ 663 00:30:50,448 --> 00:30:51,416 INDISCERNIBLE ], THE SEATTLE 664 00:30:51,416 --> 00:30:52,450 BREWING AND MALTING COMPANY, THE 665 00:30:52,450 --> 00:30:53,184 GEORGETOWN STEAM PLANT, THE 666 00:30:53,184 --> 00:30:54,819 STEAM PLANT PUMPHOUSE, AND THE 667 00:30:54,819 --> 00:30:59,624 OLD GEORGETOWN CITY HALL. 668 00:30:59,624 --> 00:31:01,025 >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, FOR 669 00:31:01,025 --> 00:31:02,360 THAT DESCRIPTION, COLLEAGUES? DO 670 00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:05,630 YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ? I AM 671 00:31:05,630 --> 00:31:08,233 GOING TO LOOK AT COUNCILMEMBER 672 00:31:08,233 --> 00:31:09,334 FOSTER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 673 00:31:09,334 --> 00:31:13,705 >> NO QUESTIONS, ACTUALLY. I 674 00:31:13,705 --> 00:31:15,373 JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AND 675 00:31:15,373 --> 00:31:20,778 EXPRESS HOW MUCH I APPRECIATED 676 00:31:20,778 --> 00:31:21,613 GETTING TO HEAR FROM THE 677 00:31:21,613 --> 00:31:22,680 HOMEOWNERS TODAY IN THE PROPERTY 678 00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:23,514 STEWARDS ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL 679 00:31:23,514 --> 00:31:24,816 FAMILY HISTORY IN CONNECTION TO 680 00:31:24,816 --> 00:31:27,185 THE SITE , THANK YOU FOR THAT 681 00:31:27,185 --> 00:31:28,319 AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR MENTION 682 00:31:28,319 --> 00:31:29,754 OF PATENT BOOTS, ONE OF MY 683 00:31:29,754 --> 00:31:34,659 FAVORITE PLACES IN THE CITY AS 684 00:31:34,659 --> 00:31:35,260 AN HISTORICAL LANDMARK. 685 00:31:35,260 --> 00:31:36,327 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 686 00:31:36,327 --> 00:31:38,296 FOSTER. LET ME MAKE SURE, I DO 687 00:31:38,296 --> 00:31:45,036 NOT SEE ANY OTHERS. I WILL JUST 688 00:31:45,036 --> 00:31:46,037 SAY THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY 689 00:31:46,037 --> 00:31:48,406 TO PRESENT YOUR HOME. REALLY 690 00:31:48,406 --> 00:31:49,674 APPRECIATE HEARING FROM THE 691 00:31:49,674 --> 00:31:50,642 ORIGINAL OWNER. YOUR GRANDMOTHER 692 00:31:50,642 --> 00:31:53,478 STARTED WHAT WAS NAMED AFTER 693 00:31:53,478 --> 00:31:56,814 HER, SHE HELPED START THAT, THAT 694 00:31:56,814 --> 00:31:59,651 IS REALLY GREAT , WE REALLY 695 00:31:59,651 --> 00:32:00,818 APPRECIATE HEARING ABOUT THAT, 696 00:32:00,818 --> 00:32:07,225 AND JUST THE CONTEXT AND THE 697 00:32:07,225 --> 00:32:08,960 HISTORY OF THIS HOME, SO THANK 698 00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:12,363 YOU FOR BEING HERE, SEEING NO 699 00:32:12,363 --> 00:32:13,197 FURTHER QUESTIONS, I MOVE THAT 700 00:32:13,197 --> 00:32:14,299 THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED 701 00:32:14,299 --> 00:32:17,635 PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL 121197, 702 00:32:17,635 --> 00:32:21,139 IS THERE A SECOND? 703 00:32:21,139 --> 00:32:21,439 >> SECOND. 704 00:32:21,439 --> 00:32:23,141 >> MOVED AND SECONDED, ARE THERE 705 00:32:23,141 --> 00:32:26,244 FINAL COMMENTS WE WILL THE CLERK 706 00:32:26,244 --> 00:32:28,379 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE 707 00:32:28,379 --> 00:32:29,981 ADOPTION OF COUNCIL BILL 121197? 708 00:32:29,981 --> 00:32:32,884 >> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER? 709 00:32:32,884 --> 00:32:35,987 COUNCILMEMBER BETA58 ? 710 00:32:35,987 --> 00:32:38,723 COUNCILMEMBER BETA56 ? THERE ARE 711 00:32:38,723 --> 00:32:42,827 FOUR IN FAVOR, AND ZERO OPPOSED. 712 00:32:42,827 --> 00:32:44,996 >> THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION 713 00:32:44,996 --> 00:32:49,634 WILL BE SENT, EXCUSE ME , FOR 714 00:32:49,634 --> 00:32:53,237 FINAL CONSIDERATION, THANK YOU. 715 00:32:53,237 --> 00:32:55,440 >> THANK YOU TO THE COMMITTEE 716 00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:57,241 MEMBERS, I DO APPRECIATE IT. 717 00:32:57,241 --> 00:32:59,978 >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, 718 00:32:59,978 --> 00:33:04,148 COLLEAGUES, WE ARE AT THE END OF 719 00:33:04,148 --> 00:33:08,853 OUR MEETING, ARE THERE ANY FINAL 720 00:33:08,853 --> 00:33:13,291 QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS , FOR THE 721 00:33:13,291 --> 00:33:18,629 GOOD OF THE ORDER? SEEING NONE, 722 00:33:18,629 --> 00:33:19,530 THIS CONCLUDES THE MAY 13th 723 00:33:19,530 --> 00:33:23,735 MEETING , OUR NEXT COMMITTEE 724 00:33:23,735 --> 00:33:24,502 MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR MAY 725 00:33:24,502 --> 00:33:30,441 27th, AT 9:30 A.M., IF THERE IS 726 00:33:30,441 --> 00:33:30,975 NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THIS 727 00:33:30,975 --> 00:33:35,413 MEETING WILL ADJOURN. HEARING NO 728 00:33:35,413 --> 00:33:36,114 FURTHER BUSINESS, IT IS 10:04 729 00:33:36,114 --> 00:33:37,281 A.M. AND THIS MEETING IS 730 00:33:37,281 --> 00:33:40,018 ADJOURNED. THANK YOU ALL FOR 731 00:33:40,018 --> 00:33:41,152 BEING HERE, AND FOR EVERYONE IN 732 00:33:41,152 --> 00:33:45,022 THE AUDIENCE. YES, YES. YES.