1 00:00:20,787 --> 00:00:21,821 >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. THE 2 00:00:21,821 --> 00:00:23,823 MAY 27th, 2026 MEETING OF THE 3 00:00:23,823 --> 00:00:25,558 LIBRARIES, EDUCATION AND 4 00:00:25,558 --> 00:00:27,894 NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE WILL 5 00:00:27,894 --> 00:00:29,028 COME TO ORDER. IT'S 9:32 A.M. 6 00:00:29,028 --> 00:00:30,597 I'M MARITZA RIVERA, CHAIR OF 7 00:00:30,597 --> 00:00:34,567 THE COMMITTEE. WILL THE CLERK 8 00:00:34,567 --> 00:00:36,803 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? 9 00:00:36,803 --> 00:00:36,970 >> 10 00:00:36,970 --> 00:00:42,609 >> COUNSEL MEMBER LIN. 11 00:00:42,609 --> 00:00:43,243 >> HERE. 12 00:00:43,243 --> 00:00:45,779 >> COUNSEL MEMBER RINCK. 13 00:00:45,779 --> 00:00:46,446 >> PRESENT. 14 00:00:46,446 --> 00:00:48,248 >> VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH. 15 00:00:48,248 --> 00:00:48,581 >> PRESENT. 16 00:00:48,581 --> 00:00:49,883 >> CHAIR RIVERA. 17 00:00:49,883 --> 00:00:50,183 >> PRESENT. 18 00:00:50,183 --> 00:00:51,684 >> THERE ARE FOUR COUNCIL 19 00:00:51,684 --> 00:00:52,085 MEMBERS PRESENT. 20 00:00:52,085 --> 00:00:53,086 >> THANK YOU, CLERK. PLEASE NOTE 21 00:00:53,086 --> 00:00:56,022 FOR THE RECORD THAT COUNCIL 22 00:00:56,022 --> 00:00:57,424 MEMBER FOSTER IS EXCUSED FROM 23 00:00:57,424 --> 00:00:58,258 TODAY'S MEETING. COLLEAGUES, 24 00:00:58,258 --> 00:01:00,460 AND THOSE OF YOU WATCHING ON THE 25 00:01:00,460 --> 00:01:01,828 SEATTLE CHANNEL, WELCOME. TODAY 26 00:01:01,828 --> 00:01:04,798 WE'RE GOING TO BE HEARING FROM 27 00:01:04,798 --> 00:01:06,666 THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS 28 00:01:06,666 --> 00:01:07,901 ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY LIAISON 29 00:01:07,901 --> 00:01:12,806 PROGRAM. ADDITIONALLY, WE WILL 30 00:01:12,806 --> 00:01:14,774 BE VOTING TO CONFIRM SEVERAL 31 00:01:14,774 --> 00:01:16,976 APPOINTMENTS TODAY TO THE 32 00:01:16,976 --> 00:01:17,444 COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT 33 00:01:17,444 --> 00:01:18,578 COMMISSION, THE HISTORIC SEATTLE 34 00:01:18,578 --> 00:01:20,046 PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT 35 00:01:20,046 --> 00:01:22,248 AUTHORITY GOVERNING COUNCIL AND 36 00:01:22,248 --> 00:01:24,684 THE PIKE PLACE MARKET 37 00:01:24,684 --> 00:01:25,985 PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT 38 00:01:25,985 --> 00:01:26,619 AUTHORITY GOVERNING COUNCIL. ON 39 00:01:26,619 --> 00:01:28,555 TO TODAY'S AGENDA. IF THERE'S 40 00:01:28,555 --> 00:01:31,825 NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE 41 00:01:31,825 --> 00:01:33,226 ADOPTED. HEARING NONE, THE 42 00:01:33,226 --> 00:01:35,395 AGENDA IS ADOPTED. AND WE WILL 43 00:01:35,395 --> 00:01:36,663 NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HYBRID 44 00:01:36,663 --> 00:01:37,964 COMMENT PERIOD -- THE HYBRID 45 00:01:37,964 --> 00:01:39,399 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC 46 00:01:39,399 --> 00:01:40,867 COMMENTS SHOULD RELATE TO ITEMS 47 00:01:40,867 --> 00:01:42,702 ON THE AGENDA OR WITHIN THE 48 00:01:42,702 --> 00:01:43,903 PURVIEW OF THIS COMMITTEE. 49 00:01:43,903 --> 00:01:46,039 CLERK, HOW MANY SPEAKERS ARE 50 00:01:46,039 --> 00:01:48,341 SIGNED UP TODAY? 51 00:01:48,341 --> 00:01:50,343 >> CURRENTLY WE HAVE ZERO 52 00:01:50,343 --> 00:01:51,211 IN-PERSON SPEAKERS AND ZERO 53 00:01:51,211 --> 00:01:52,612 REMOTE SPEAKERS. 54 00:01:52,612 --> 00:01:55,748 >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, CLERK. 55 00:01:55,748 --> 00:01:58,051 GIVEN THAT, WE ARE THEN, WITH NO 56 00:01:58,051 --> 00:01:59,018 SPEAKERS SIGNING UP FOR PUBLIC 57 00:01:59,018 --> 00:02:00,487 COMMENT, THE PUBLIC COMMENT 58 00:02:00,487 --> 00:02:02,255 PERIOD IS NOW CLOSED. WE'LL 59 00:02:02,255 --> 00:02:04,123 PROCEED TO OUR ITEMS OF 60 00:02:04,123 --> 00:02:06,259 BUSINESS. CLERK, PLEASE READ 61 00:02:06,259 --> 00:02:07,160 ITEM 1 INTO THE RECORD. 62 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:11,464 >> AGENDA ITEM 1, DEPARTMENT OF 63 00:02:11,464 --> 00:02:14,000 NEIGHBORHOODS COMMUNITY LIAISON 64 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:14,534 PROGRAM. FOR BRIEFING AND 65 00:02:14,534 --> 00:02:14,834 DISCUSSION. 66 00:02:14,834 --> 00:02:17,504 >> THIS ITEM HAS BEEN READ INTO 67 00:02:17,504 --> 00:02:18,071 THE RECORD. COLLEAGUES, WE 68 00:02:18,071 --> 00:02:18,838 HAVEN'T ACTUALLY HEARD FROM THE 69 00:02:18,838 --> 00:02:23,776 DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS IN A 70 00:02:23,776 --> 00:02:24,544 LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR WORK. WE 71 00:02:24,544 --> 00:02:27,747 HAD THE HONOR AND PLEASURE OF 72 00:02:27,747 --> 00:02:29,415 CONFIRMING DIRECTOR FAM, BUT WE 73 00:02:29,415 --> 00:02:33,686 HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT SOME OF 74 00:02:33,686 --> 00:02:35,455 THEIR WORK. MORE WREENL, SOME 75 00:02:35,455 --> 00:02:36,556 CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE 76 00:02:36,556 --> 00:02:37,790 DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY LIAISONS 77 00:02:37,790 --> 00:02:38,424 PROGRAM HAVE COME UP RECENTLY. 78 00:02:38,424 --> 00:02:40,093 SO I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A 79 00:02:40,093 --> 00:02:42,061 GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM 80 00:02:42,061 --> 00:02:43,163 THE DEPARTMENT ABOUT THE 81 00:02:43,163 --> 00:02:45,598 LIAISON'S WORK IN COMMUNITIES 82 00:02:45,598 --> 00:02:48,301 ACROSS THE CITY. WE'RE JOINED 83 00:02:48,301 --> 00:02:48,835 TODAY BY DANIEL SIMS, THE 84 00:02:48,835 --> 00:02:50,136 COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS DIRECTOR 85 00:02:50,136 --> 00:02:51,838 AT THE DEPARTMENT OF 86 00:02:51,838 --> 00:02:54,440 NEIGHBORHOODS. AND I THINK ONE 87 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:54,974 OTHER D.O.N. STAFFER. SO, 88 00:02:54,974 --> 00:02:55,675 DANIEL, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME 89 00:02:55,675 --> 00:02:59,479 FOR THE RECORD, AND THEN WE CAN 90 00:02:59,479 --> 00:03:00,547 HEAR ABOUT THE COMMUNITY 91 00:03:00,547 --> 00:03:01,114 LIAISONS PROGRAM. WELCOME. 92 00:03:01,114 --> 00:03:01,748 >> WELCOME, COUNCIL MEMBERS. 93 00:03:01,748 --> 00:03:03,816 THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE. MY 94 00:03:03,816 --> 00:03:06,386 NAME IS DANIEL SIMS, I'M THE 95 00:03:06,386 --> 00:03:07,487 COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP'S 96 00:03:07,487 --> 00:03:10,256 DIVISION DIRECTOR FOR THE 97 00:03:10,256 --> 00:03:11,391 DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS. 98 00:03:11,391 --> 00:03:13,259 >> THANK YOU. WELCOME. IS THIS 99 00:03:13,259 --> 00:03:14,727 ON? THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS. 100 00:03:14,727 --> 00:03:16,930 I'M LORAIN GREENING, AND I'M 101 00:03:16,930 --> 00:03:19,332 THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS 102 00:03:19,332 --> 00:03:22,101 MANAGER AT THE DEPARTMENT OF 103 00:03:22,101 --> 00:03:22,936 NEIGHBORHOODS. THANK YOU. 104 00:03:22,936 --> 00:03:24,204 >> GREAT. THANK YOU. AND, 105 00:03:24,204 --> 00:03:24,804 COLLEAGUES, DIRECTOR FAM IS 106 00:03:24,804 --> 00:03:26,139 JOINING US IN THE AUDIENCE FOR A 107 00:03:26,139 --> 00:03:27,640 LITTLE BIT, BUT SHE HAS A 108 00:03:27,640 --> 00:03:29,709 MEETING. AND SO SHE WILL BE 109 00:03:29,709 --> 00:03:31,678 GOING TO HER MEETING. BUT I AM 110 00:03:31,678 --> 00:03:33,479 VERY GRATEFUL FOR HER TO BE HERE 111 00:03:33,479 --> 00:03:35,815 THIS MORNING, AND I AM VERY 112 00:03:35,815 --> 00:03:40,353 CONFIDENT THAT THE TEAM WILL DO 113 00:03:40,353 --> 00:03:44,724 A GREAT JOB THIS MORNING. GO 114 00:03:44,724 --> 00:03:44,958 AHEAD. 115 00:03:44,958 --> 00:03:47,460 >> THANK YOU. SO THE COMMUNITY 116 00:03:47,460 --> 00:03:49,295 LIAISONS PROGRAM USED EMBEDDED 117 00:03:49,295 --> 00:03:53,933 TRUSTED COMMUNITY LEADERS TO 118 00:03:53,933 --> 00:03:54,367 BRIDGE HISTORICALLY 119 00:03:54,367 --> 00:03:54,968 UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES 120 00:03:54,968 --> 00:03:55,635 WITH GOVERNMENT AND RESOURCES. 121 00:03:55,635 --> 00:03:57,303 SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF 122 00:03:57,303 --> 00:04:00,607 BACKGROUND HERE. IN THE EARLY 123 00:04:00,607 --> 00:04:02,342 2000s, THE TRUSTED ADVOCATE 124 00:04:02,342 --> 00:04:04,877 MODEL MAKING CONNECTIONS WAS 125 00:04:04,877 --> 00:04:07,146 PIONEERED BY THE WHITE CENTER 126 00:04:07,146 --> 00:04:07,614 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 127 00:04:07,614 --> 00:04:08,581 ASSOCIATION. SO SEEING THE VALUE 128 00:04:08,581 --> 00:04:10,350 IN THE MAKING CONNECTIONS 129 00:04:10,350 --> 00:04:12,852 PROGRAM, THE CITY OF SEATTLE 130 00:04:12,852 --> 00:04:15,488 ADOPTED THE MODEL IN 2009 IN 131 00:04:15,488 --> 00:04:18,091 PREPARATION FOR THE SOUND 132 00:04:18,091 --> 00:04:20,393 TRANSIT LINK RAIL IN SOUTHEAST 133 00:04:20,393 --> 00:04:22,762 SEATTLE. THE PROGRAM'S EARLIER 134 00:04:22,762 --> 00:04:23,997 ITERATION BECAME THE PUBLIC 135 00:04:23,997 --> 00:04:24,797 OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT LIAISONS 136 00:04:24,797 --> 00:04:25,732 PROGRAM WHICH WERE DIVERSE 137 00:04:25,732 --> 00:04:28,635 MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY HIRED 138 00:04:28,635 --> 00:04:30,403 TO GATHER INPUT, PROVIDE 139 00:04:30,403 --> 00:04:31,704 LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT 140 00:04:31,704 --> 00:04:33,673 THE LIGHT RAIL PROJECT EVENTS. 141 00:04:33,673 --> 00:04:35,675 THE PROGRAM LATER EVOLVED INTO 142 00:04:35,675 --> 00:04:36,643 THE COMMUNITY LIAISONS PROGRAM 143 00:04:36,643 --> 00:04:39,345 THAT WE KNOW TODAY AND PROVIDES 144 00:04:39,345 --> 00:04:41,848 ONGOING SUPPORT FOR CITYWIDE 145 00:04:41,848 --> 00:04:46,552 PROJECTS THAT NEED ON-THE-GROUND 146 00:04:46,552 --> 00:04:47,253 SUPPORT CONNECTING WITH 147 00:04:47,253 --> 00:04:49,222 COMMUNITY. THROUGH CLOSE 148 00:04:49,222 --> 00:04:50,189 COLLABORATION WITH CITY 149 00:04:50,189 --> 00:04:51,024 DEPARTMENT PROJECT MANAGERS, 150 00:04:51,024 --> 00:04:54,494 COMMUNITY LEE SAYONS SERVE AS A 151 00:04:54,494 --> 00:04:56,362 BRIDGE FOR UNDERREPRESENTED 152 00:04:56,362 --> 00:04:58,464 COMMUNITIES TO ACCESS CITY 153 00:04:58,464 --> 00:04:59,866 INFORMATION, RESOURCES AND 154 00:04:59,866 --> 00:05:01,668 DECISION-MAKING POWER IN CITY 155 00:05:01,668 --> 00:05:02,302 GOVERNMENT, THEREBY ADVANCING 156 00:05:02,302 --> 00:05:05,471 THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO RACE 157 00:05:05,471 --> 00:05:07,840 AND SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY AND 158 00:05:07,840 --> 00:05:08,408 CIVIC PARTICIPATION. THESE 159 00:05:08,408 --> 00:05:09,375 EFFORTS SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE 160 00:05:09,375 --> 00:05:12,712 THE IMPACT OF OUTREACH AND 161 00:05:12,712 --> 00:05:13,279 ENGAGEMENT ENDEAVORS FOR 162 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:14,947 CITYWIDE PROJECTS. CURRENTLY 163 00:05:14,947 --> 00:05:17,016 THERE ARE OVER 30 COMMUNITY LEE 164 00:05:17,016 --> 00:05:18,451 SAYSONS AND THIS TENDS TO 165 00:05:18,451 --> 00:05:22,655 FLUCTUATE, DEPENDING ON THE NEED 166 00:05:22,655 --> 00:05:24,457 OF THE PROJECTS OR CITYWIDE 167 00:05:24,457 --> 00:05:25,692 PROJECTS. AS PART OF OUR 168 00:05:25,692 --> 00:05:26,392 ONBOARDING PROCESS, WE REQUIRE 169 00:05:26,392 --> 00:05:29,762 THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN AN 170 00:05:29,762 --> 00:05:31,497 INITIAL AND ANNUAL ORIENTATION 171 00:05:31,497 --> 00:05:32,031 THAT COVERS CONTRACTUAL 172 00:05:32,031 --> 00:05:34,067 EXPECTATIONS AND BEST PRACTICES, 173 00:05:34,067 --> 00:05:39,772 AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE ONE 174 00:05:39,772 --> 00:05:41,174 HAPPENING CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW. 175 00:05:41,174 --> 00:05:41,674 UNDERSTANDING THAT OUR 176 00:05:41,674 --> 00:05:43,376 COMMUNITIES ARE NOT MONOLITHS, 177 00:05:43,376 --> 00:05:44,310 WE CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THE 178 00:05:44,310 --> 00:05:48,281 PROGRAM TO IMPROVE HOW WE ENGAGE 179 00:05:48,281 --> 00:05:50,850 OUR CITY'S DIVERSE COMMUNITIES. 180 00:05:50,850 --> 00:05:53,920 FOR EXAMPLE, TO ADDRESS MODESTY 181 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:55,955 TENANTS, WE'VE RECEIVED 182 00:05:55,955 --> 00:05:59,325 REQUESTS FOR SAME-GENDER SEALS 183 00:05:59,325 --> 00:06:00,259 WHEN ENGAGING SOME FAITH-BASED 184 00:06:00,259 --> 00:06:02,061 COMMUNITIES. AS SUCH, OUR TEAM 185 00:06:02,061 --> 00:06:03,663 ADMIN MAINTAINS A LIST OF 186 00:06:03,663 --> 00:06:05,531 POTENTIAL COMMUNITY LEADERS FOR 187 00:06:05,531 --> 00:06:06,866 FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTNER 188 00:06:06,866 --> 00:06:07,934 WITH D.O.N. AS COMMUNITY 189 00:06:07,934 --> 00:06:11,370 LIAISONS TO ADDRESS THESE GAPS 190 00:06:11,370 --> 00:06:16,442 AS THE CITY'S LANDSCAPE 191 00:06:16,442 --> 00:06:19,112 CONTINUES TO EVOLVE. WE LOOK TO 192 00:06:19,112 --> 00:06:20,747 COMMUNITY LEE ASSONS TO BE 193 00:06:20,747 --> 00:06:22,348 COMMUNITY NAVIGATORS. CITY 194 00:06:22,348 --> 00:06:23,249 RESOURCES AND SERVICES ARE 195 00:06:23,249 --> 00:06:24,484 COMPLEX SYSTEMS. THE SEALS SERVE 196 00:06:24,484 --> 00:06:25,885 AS GUIDES FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, 197 00:06:25,885 --> 00:06:28,855 AND THEY ARE THE FOLKS ON THE 198 00:06:28,855 --> 00:06:30,490 GROUND, TRULY THE MOST KNOWLEDGE 199 00:06:30,490 --> 00:06:32,425 AB, ACTING AS CONDUITS FOR 200 00:06:32,425 --> 00:06:34,360 GOVERNMENT BACK TO THE 201 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:34,861 COMMUNITY. RECOGNIZING 202 00:06:34,861 --> 00:06:37,897 REPRESENTATION AS A CRITICAL 203 00:06:37,897 --> 00:06:39,799 JUNCTURE IN MANY COMMUNITY 204 00:06:39,799 --> 00:06:40,433 MEMBERS' INTERSECTIONALITIES, 205 00:06:40,433 --> 00:06:43,369 THE COMMUNITY LIAISONS REPRESENT 206 00:06:43,369 --> 00:06:44,437 SEVERAL LANGUAGES SUCH AS 207 00:06:44,437 --> 00:06:45,371 SPANISH, CHINESE, AMHARIC TO 208 00:06:45,371 --> 00:06:50,176 NAME A FEW AND INCLUDING OUR 209 00:06:50,176 --> 00:06:50,643 NON-LANGUAGE-FOCUSED 210 00:06:50,643 --> 00:06:51,277 COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING NATIVE, 211 00:06:51,277 --> 00:06:55,047 AFRICAN AMERICAN, LGBTQ PLUS, 212 00:06:55,047 --> 00:06:57,049 PEOPLE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES, 213 00:06:57,049 --> 00:06:59,385 HOUSING INSECURE AND SENIORS. 214 00:06:59,385 --> 00:07:01,554 THEY LIVE ALL THROUGHOUT -- 215 00:07:01,554 --> 00:07:02,555 SEALS ALL LIVE THROUGHOUT 216 00:07:02,555 --> 00:07:04,157 SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY, AND 217 00:07:04,157 --> 00:07:06,092 MOST OF THEM HAVE FULL-TIME JOBS 218 00:07:06,092 --> 00:07:08,427 OUTSIDE OF THIS WORK. THEY WORK 219 00:07:08,427 --> 00:07:10,930 FOR NONPROFITS IN EDUCATION OR 220 00:07:10,930 --> 00:07:13,900 SOCIAL SERVICES. THEIR WORK AS 221 00:07:13,900 --> 00:07:17,303 SEALS INCLUDE ADVISING ON 222 00:07:17,303 --> 00:07:21,040 OUTREACH MATERIALS AND STRATEGIC 223 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:21,674 PLANS, PARTICIPATING IN AND 224 00:07:21,674 --> 00:07:22,408 CONVENIENTING FOCUS GROUPS. 225 00:07:22,408 --> 00:07:24,644 CONDUCTING DOOR TO DOOR OUTREACH 226 00:07:24,644 --> 00:07:25,945 AND SOCIAL COLLECTION. WORKING 227 00:07:25,945 --> 00:07:28,881 WITH ETHNIC MEDIA ON ADS AND 228 00:07:28,881 --> 00:07:30,516 PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS, 229 00:07:30,516 --> 00:07:32,652 PARTICIPATING IN COMMITTEES AND 230 00:07:32,652 --> 00:07:34,253 ADVISORY BODIES, TRANSLATING AND 231 00:07:34,253 --> 00:07:37,456 PROOFREADING DOCUMENTS AND 232 00:07:37,456 --> 00:07:38,458 SERVING AS INTERPRETERS DURING 233 00:07:38,458 --> 00:07:41,394 COMMUNITY EVENTS. NEXT I WILL 234 00:07:41,394 --> 00:07:45,998 SHARE TWO EXAMPLES OF THE WORK 235 00:07:45,998 --> 00:07:48,401 SCLs DO. FOR THIS PROJECT, CITY 236 00:07:48,401 --> 00:07:50,369 LIFE RECOGNIZED THE IMPORTANCE 237 00:07:50,369 --> 00:07:52,572 OF ENSURING AN INCLUSIVE 238 00:07:52,572 --> 00:07:53,506 ENGAGEMENT PLAN FOR ITS 239 00:07:53,506 --> 00:07:54,040 INVESTMENT TRANSPORTATION 240 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:55,007 ELECTRIFICATION ACROSS THE CITY. 241 00:07:55,007 --> 00:07:58,511 AND THEY ARE COMMITTED TO 242 00:07:58,511 --> 00:07:59,512 PRIORITIZING EFFORTS TO ENGAGE 243 00:07:59,512 --> 00:08:01,547 HARD-TO-REACH COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 244 00:08:01,547 --> 00:08:02,682 D.O.N. ALSO HAS AN EQUITY 245 00:08:02,682 --> 00:08:03,316 ENGAGEMENT ADVISER PARTNERING 246 00:08:03,316 --> 00:08:04,584 WITH CITY LIGHT ON THIS PROJECT, 247 00:08:04,584 --> 00:08:07,053 AND IT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW 248 00:08:07,053 --> 00:08:08,221 THE TWO PROGRAMS WORK TOGETHER 249 00:08:08,221 --> 00:08:11,757 TO ADDRESS THE SHORT AND 250 00:08:11,757 --> 00:08:14,227 LONG-TERM NEEDS OF THE 2025 251 00:08:14,227 --> 00:08:16,362 THROUGH 2030 STRATEGIC PLAN. IN 252 00:08:16,362 --> 00:08:20,199 THE LAST YEAR, CLs HAVE HELPED 253 00:08:20,199 --> 00:08:22,435 TO STAND UP MULTIPLE UNIQUE 254 00:08:22,435 --> 00:08:22,902 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 255 00:08:22,902 --> 00:08:23,502 OPPORTUNITIES TO REACH 256 00:08:23,502 --> 00:08:26,072 COMMUNITIES HISTORICALLY LEFT 257 00:08:26,072 --> 00:08:28,341 OUT OF CONVERSATIONS AND 258 00:08:28,341 --> 00:08:28,975 DECISION-MAKING SPACES AND THE 259 00:08:28,975 --> 00:08:29,609 TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION 260 00:08:29,609 --> 00:08:33,145 INDUSTRY AND THE IMPACTS OF THAT 261 00:08:33,145 --> 00:08:35,781 WAS THERE WAS THESE EVENTS 262 00:08:35,781 --> 00:08:37,884 DELIVERED 24 DISTINCT LANGUAGE 263 00:08:37,884 --> 00:08:41,153 AND CULTURAL COMMUNITY EVENTS 264 00:08:41,153 --> 00:08:42,622 AND SPOKE WITH 500SCL COMMUNITY 265 00:08:42,622 --> 00:08:49,562 OR CITY LIGHT CUSTOMERS DURING 266 00:08:49,562 --> 00:08:50,997 THE OUTREACH PROCESS. SO THIS 267 00:08:50,997 --> 00:08:52,398 PROJECT IS THE SEATTLE PUBLIC 268 00:08:52,398 --> 00:08:54,400 UTILITIES ADOPT A STREET 269 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:57,904 PROGRAM. IT IS ONE OF THE 270 00:08:57,904 --> 00:08:58,638 LONGEST-RUNNING COMMUNITY 271 00:08:58,638 --> 00:08:59,272 LIAISON COLLABORATIONS STARTING 272 00:08:59,272 --> 00:09:01,741 IN 2021. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS 273 00:09:01,741 --> 00:09:03,175 CASE STUDY MAY HAVE BEEN SHARED 274 00:09:03,175 --> 00:09:06,479 PREVIOUSLY, BUT I JUST WANTED TO 275 00:09:06,479 --> 00:09:08,514 RESHARE IT TO REAFFIRM D.O.N.'S 276 00:09:08,514 --> 00:09:09,148 LONGSTANDING PARTNERSHIP WITH 277 00:09:09,148 --> 00:09:10,750 UTILITIES AND THE POSITIVE 278 00:09:10,750 --> 00:09:13,419 IMPACT FOR COMMUNITY. THE ADOPT 279 00:09:13,419 --> 00:09:15,154 A STREET COMMUNITY-DRIVEN 280 00:09:15,154 --> 00:09:16,055 PROGRAM IS A COMMUNITY-DRIVEN 281 00:09:16,055 --> 00:09:17,790 PROGRAM THAT AIMS TO MITIGATE 282 00:09:17,790 --> 00:09:21,861 LITTER ACROSS THE CITY. SO FAR 283 00:09:21,861 --> 00:09:23,396 THIS YEAR, THE CLEANUP 284 00:09:23,396 --> 00:09:25,598 VOLUNTEERS' TOTAL IS ABOUT 285 00:09:25,598 --> 00:09:27,733 11,000, AND FOR 2025, IT WAS 286 00:09:27,733 --> 00:09:32,305 OVER 22,000. SO WE ARE A LITTLE 287 00:09:32,305 --> 00:09:35,508 BIT MORE THAN HALFWAY THROUGH 288 00:09:35,508 --> 00:09:39,245 WITHOUT HAVING ACTUALLY BEING 289 00:09:39,245 --> 00:09:39,779 HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR. 290 00:09:39,779 --> 00:09:41,681 >> SO AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS 291 00:09:41,681 --> 00:09:43,449 SLIDE, THIS IS JUST A SMALL 292 00:09:43,449 --> 00:09:45,985 SAMPLE OF THE AMOUNT OF PROGRAMS 293 00:09:45,985 --> 00:09:48,988 THAT THE COMMUNITY LIAISONS ARE 294 00:09:48,988 --> 00:09:51,324 CURRENTLY WORKING ON. THEY ARE 295 00:09:51,324 --> 00:09:53,626 CONNECTED TO ABOUT 57 PROJECTS 296 00:09:53,626 --> 00:09:54,126 CURRENTLY. THE NUMBER 297 00:09:54,126 --> 00:09:57,029 FLUCTUATES, IT GROWS, IT 298 00:09:57,029 --> 00:09:58,698 SHRINKS, JUST DEPENDING ON OTHER 299 00:09:58,698 --> 00:09:59,332 DEPARTMENTS' ENGAGEMENT. BUT 300 00:09:59,332 --> 00:10:00,700 ALSO ON THIS LIST YOU CAN SEE 301 00:10:00,700 --> 00:10:03,536 THE DIVERSITY OF PROJECTS THEY 302 00:10:03,536 --> 00:10:05,037 ENGAGE IN. IT'S OUTREACH, SURE, 303 00:10:05,037 --> 00:10:05,705 THAT'S THE CONNECTIVE PIECE, 304 00:10:05,705 --> 00:10:07,573 BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE HAVE 305 00:10:07,573 --> 00:10:10,009 RAPID J RIDE, WE HAVE A BITTER 306 00:10:10,009 --> 00:10:11,043 LAKE RESERVOIR PROJECT, WE HAVE 307 00:10:11,043 --> 00:10:13,412 FOOD EQUITY FUND WHICH IS 308 00:10:13,412 --> 00:10:14,180 INTERNAL TO D.O.N., WE HAVE 309 00:10:14,180 --> 00:10:15,348 CUSTOMER PARTICIPATION. SO WE 310 00:10:15,348 --> 00:10:18,084 TOUCH A LOT OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS 311 00:10:18,084 --> 00:10:19,619 IN THE OUTREACH THEY'RE DOING. 312 00:10:19,619 --> 00:10:21,087 WE COME TOGETHER, WE PARTNER 313 00:10:21,087 --> 00:10:23,022 WITH THEM, AND THEN WE ACTUALLY 314 00:10:23,022 --> 00:10:26,192 BRING IN AN ELEMENT TO THAT 315 00:10:26,192 --> 00:10:27,159 OUTREACH THAT THE DEPARTMENTS 316 00:10:27,159 --> 00:10:27,693 DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE 317 00:10:27,693 --> 00:10:29,795 THEMSELVES WHICH IS REACHING OUT 318 00:10:29,795 --> 00:10:31,864 TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT LORAIN 319 00:10:31,864 --> 00:10:34,233 MENTIONED AND ALSO WE'RE WERE 320 00:10:34,233 --> 00:10:35,468 ON A PREVIOUS SLIDE. SO IF WE'RE 321 00:10:35,468 --> 00:10:38,404 WORKING ON A PROJECT, AND WE 322 00:10:38,404 --> 00:10:39,872 KNOW THAT THERE'S A LARGE 323 00:10:39,872 --> 00:10:40,439 SPANISH SPEAKING POPULATION 324 00:10:40,439 --> 00:10:43,442 WITHIN THAT COMMUNITY OR WE KNOW 325 00:10:43,442 --> 00:10:45,978 THERE'S A LARGE, YOU KNOW, 326 00:10:45,978 --> 00:10:46,512 CANTONNESE OR MANDARIN 327 00:10:46,512 --> 00:10:47,013 POPULATION, OFTENTIMES 328 00:10:47,013 --> 00:10:47,713 DEPARTMENTS WILL PARTNER WITH US 329 00:10:47,713 --> 00:10:50,783 AND OUR CL PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE 330 00:10:50,783 --> 00:10:52,284 THAT WE'RE CONNECTING -- LIKE 331 00:10:52,284 --> 00:10:53,386 THE CL PROGRAM IS ACTUALLY 332 00:10:53,386 --> 00:10:54,053 BRINGING THE OUTREACH AND SOME 333 00:10:54,053 --> 00:10:56,622 OF THE PLANNING ON THAT PROJECT 334 00:10:56,622 --> 00:10:57,490 TO THE COMMUNITY. THERE'S ONE 335 00:10:57,490 --> 00:10:59,725 THING IN SEATTLE THAT I THINK WE 336 00:10:59,725 --> 00:11:01,160 ALL NOTICE IS THAT SEATTLE GETS 337 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:03,295 MORE DIVERSE, IT MIGHT BE ME 338 00:11:03,295 --> 00:11:04,997 HERE WHO IS PROFICIENT, YOU 339 00:11:04,997 --> 00:11:06,032 KNOW, I'M ENGLISH SPEAKING, 340 00:11:06,032 --> 00:11:09,335 I'M HERE IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT 341 00:11:09,335 --> 00:11:11,070 MY NEIGHBOR MIGHT NOT 342 00:11:11,070 --> 00:11:12,171 NECESSARILY HAVE THE SAME 343 00:11:12,171 --> 00:11:13,706 CONNECTION TO CITY GOVERNMENT OR 344 00:11:13,706 --> 00:11:14,373 THE SAME LANGUAGE SKILLS THAT 345 00:11:14,373 --> 00:11:18,244 MAYBE I HAVE AS FAR AS ENGLISH 346 00:11:18,244 --> 00:11:20,513 ARE CONCERNED. BUT I THINK THEIR 347 00:11:20,513 --> 00:11:22,114 PARTICIPATION IN THE ACTUAL 348 00:11:22,114 --> 00:11:23,716 EFFORT AND THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF 349 00:11:23,716 --> 00:11:25,351 WHAT IMPACTS THEIR COMMUNITY FOR 350 00:11:25,351 --> 00:11:26,819 BETTER OR WORSE IS STILL WITHIN 351 00:11:26,819 --> 00:11:28,487 THEM, THEY STILL KNOW THAT, THEY 352 00:11:28,487 --> 00:11:29,488 STILL HAVE A MIND ABOUT THAT. SO 353 00:11:29,488 --> 00:11:31,490 HOW IS IT THAT WE HELP BRING 354 00:11:31,490 --> 00:11:32,892 THEM INTO THE CONVERSATION? HOW 355 00:11:32,892 --> 00:11:36,195 IS IT THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT ALL 356 00:11:36,195 --> 00:11:37,697 VOICES ARE HEARD AT THE TABLE, 357 00:11:37,697 --> 00:11:40,099 AS WELL AS WE CAN? AND THROUGH 358 00:11:40,099 --> 00:11:41,133 THE CL PROGRAM THAT OFFERS US AS 359 00:11:41,133 --> 00:11:42,568 A CITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO 360 00:11:42,568 --> 00:11:45,237 THAT. AND I THINK THAT THE CL 361 00:11:45,237 --> 00:11:46,806 PROGRAM, AS FAR AS OUR PARTNERS 362 00:11:46,806 --> 00:11:48,808 HAVE BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION IS 363 00:11:48,808 --> 00:11:50,076 A PROGRAM THAT THEY VALUE AS 364 00:11:50,076 --> 00:11:53,646 WELL IN A WAY TO BRIDGE THAT AND 365 00:11:53,646 --> 00:11:54,547 CREATE MORE HOLISTIC OUTREACH 366 00:11:54,547 --> 00:11:55,748 AND ENGAGEMENT. ANOTHER 367 00:11:55,748 --> 00:11:58,250 COMPONENT OF THE CL PROGRAM THAT 368 00:11:58,250 --> 00:11:59,318 OFTENTIMES WE INSIST ON AT 369 00:11:59,318 --> 00:12:00,886 D.O.N. IS THAT THEY GET BROUGHT 370 00:12:00,886 --> 00:12:03,022 IN EARLY IN THE PROCESS. SO AS 371 00:12:03,022 --> 00:12:04,023 THE PLANNING IS HAPPENING ON HOW 372 00:12:04,023 --> 00:12:05,491 WE'RE GOING TO DO THE PROJECT 373 00:12:05,491 --> 00:12:06,325 AND HOW THE DEPARTMENT IS 374 00:12:06,325 --> 00:12:07,927 PLANNING TO ROLL IT OUT, WE ASK 375 00:12:07,927 --> 00:12:10,496 THAT CLs ARE BROUGHT IN SO THAT 376 00:12:10,496 --> 00:12:12,631 THEY CAN SPEAK TO POINTS THAT 377 00:12:12,631 --> 00:12:14,100 THEY KNOW ARE EITHER BARRIERS IN 378 00:12:14,100 --> 00:12:15,434 A SENSE OF REACHING THE 379 00:12:15,434 --> 00:12:16,802 COMMUNITY OR PIECES THAT HAVE TO 380 00:12:16,802 --> 00:12:19,271 BE NAVIGATED AND DONE WELL TO 381 00:12:19,271 --> 00:12:20,106 MAKE SURE THAT THEIR 382 00:12:20,106 --> 00:12:21,440 COMMUNITIES' VOICES ARE GOING 383 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:22,608 TO BE BROUGHT INTO THAT 384 00:12:22,608 --> 00:12:23,943 CONVERSATION. SO THAT'S ANOTHER 385 00:12:23,943 --> 00:12:26,579 THING THAT WE AT THE CL PROGRAM 386 00:12:26,579 --> 00:12:29,148 VALUE AND REALLY INSIST ON AS WE 387 00:12:29,148 --> 00:12:29,648 ARE WORKING WITH OTHER 388 00:12:29,648 --> 00:12:33,352 DEPARTMENTS. AND AT THIS POINT I 389 00:12:33,352 --> 00:12:34,553 BELIEVE WE ARE AT THE CONCLUSION 390 00:12:34,553 --> 00:12:38,190 OF OUR PRESENTATION AND ARE OPEN 391 00:12:38,190 --> 00:12:38,557 FOR QUESTIONS. 392 00:12:38,557 --> 00:12:39,925 >> THANK YOU, DANIEL. THANK YOU, 393 00:12:39,925 --> 00:12:43,095 LORAIN, FOR TALKING ABOUT THE 394 00:12:43,095 --> 00:12:44,830 COMMUNITY LIAISONS PROGRAM. 395 00:12:44,830 --> 00:12:46,999 IT'S ONE OF MANY STRATEGIES 396 00:12:46,999 --> 00:12:48,667 THAT THE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYS AS 397 00:12:48,667 --> 00:12:50,102 YOU'RE DOING THE OUTREACH IN 398 00:12:50,102 --> 00:12:51,737 COMMUNITIES. SO THIS ISN'T THE 399 00:12:51,737 --> 00:12:54,940 ONLY PROGRAM, THIS IS ONE OF 400 00:12:54,940 --> 00:12:56,509 MANY OTHER EFFORTS, AND I 401 00:12:56,509 --> 00:12:58,477 THOUGHT THIS WAS A PROGRAM THAT 402 00:12:58,477 --> 00:13:00,012 WE SHOULD HEAR ABOUT TODAY 403 00:13:00,012 --> 00:13:04,316 BECAUSE IT IS UNIQUE IN THAT 404 00:13:04,316 --> 00:13:05,784 YOU'RE WORKING WITH INDEPENDENT 405 00:13:05,784 --> 00:13:07,052 CONTRACTORS ON THE GROUND IN 406 00:13:07,052 --> 00:13:10,322 COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU 407 00:13:10,322 --> 00:13:12,291 BOTH HAVE THE LANGUAGE SKILLS, 408 00:13:12,291 --> 00:13:15,161 THE LANGUAGE ACCESS AND ALSO 409 00:13:15,161 --> 00:13:17,429 FOLKS THAT ARE IN THAT 410 00:13:17,429 --> 00:13:18,731 NEIGHBORHOOD WHO ARE WORKING 411 00:13:18,731 --> 00:13:20,566 WITH FOLKS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. 412 00:13:20,566 --> 00:13:22,368 AND SO THIS MODEL WORKS GREAT IN 413 00:13:22,368 --> 00:13:24,904 ORDER TO REACH MORE PEOPLE WHO 414 00:13:24,904 --> 00:13:27,406 MAY NOT OTHERWISE -- THERE MIGHT 415 00:13:27,406 --> 00:13:29,675 NOT BE OTHER -- THE MAINSTREAM 416 00:13:29,675 --> 00:13:32,711 WAYS OF REACHING PEOPLE DON'T 417 00:13:32,711 --> 00:13:34,547 WORK. AND SO THIS IS REALLY A 418 00:13:34,547 --> 00:13:35,414 WAY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE 419 00:13:35,414 --> 00:13:38,384 CAPTURING MORE PEOPLE THAN WE 420 00:13:38,384 --> 00:13:40,152 WOULD IN THE MAINSTREAM OUTREACH 421 00:13:40,152 --> 00:13:41,187 EFFORT. COLLEAGUES, I HAVE SOME 422 00:13:41,187 --> 00:13:45,524 OTHER COMMENTS. BUT IF YOU HAVE 423 00:13:45,524 --> 00:13:46,625 QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO HAVE 424 00:13:46,625 --> 00:13:48,360 YOU -- COUNCIL MEMBER LIN, YOU 425 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:49,528 ARE RECOGNIZED. 426 00:13:49,528 --> 00:13:51,564 >> THANKS SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR 427 00:13:51,564 --> 00:13:53,899 THE PRESENTATION. AND JUST 428 00:13:53,899 --> 00:13:54,867 WONDERING ON THAT PROJECT LIST, 429 00:13:54,867 --> 00:13:57,136 SO HOW DO -- HOW DO PROJECTS GET 430 00:13:57,136 --> 00:14:02,575 ON THAT LIST, WHAT IS THE SORT 431 00:14:02,575 --> 00:14:04,476 OF TIMING REQUIRED TO GET 432 00:14:04,476 --> 00:14:10,082 SOMETHING ON THE LIST? COULD YOU 433 00:14:10,082 --> 00:14:10,649 TALK THROUGH THAT PROCESS? 434 00:14:10,649 --> 00:14:10,816 >> 435 00:14:10,816 --> 00:14:13,085 >> SO BASICALLY THERE'S -- IF 436 00:14:13,085 --> 00:14:14,386 SOMEONE IS INTERESTED IN WANTING 437 00:14:14,386 --> 00:14:17,189 TO WORK WITH THE CLED, THEY 438 00:14:17,189 --> 00:14:20,726 WOULD CONTACT ONE OF OUR CL 439 00:14:20,726 --> 00:14:22,127 PROGRAM PROJECT MANAGERS, AND 440 00:14:22,127 --> 00:14:24,163 THEY WOULD HAVE THEM COMPLETE 441 00:14:24,163 --> 00:14:28,534 LIKE A VETTING FORM ESSENTIALLY 442 00:14:28,534 --> 00:14:32,271 ABOUT THE PROJECT, THE TIMELINE, 443 00:14:32,271 --> 00:14:33,205 THE NEEDS, AND THEN WHETHER OR 444 00:14:33,205 --> 00:14:34,840 NOT IT'S SOMEONE WE ALREADY 445 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:37,309 HAVE A CONTRACT WITH, SO WE HAVE 446 00:14:37,309 --> 00:14:38,244 CONTRACTS WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT 447 00:14:38,244 --> 00:14:39,778 -- A LOT OF THE DEPARTMENTS 448 00:14:39,778 --> 00:14:42,014 ACROSS THE CITY, AND SO IT JUST 449 00:14:42,014 --> 00:14:43,382 DEPENDS ON IF THERE'S AN 450 00:14:43,382 --> 00:14:43,949 EXISTING CONTRACT THAT WE 451 00:14:43,949 --> 00:14:47,453 ALREADY HAVE OR IF THIS WOULD BE 452 00:14:47,453 --> 00:14:51,824 A NEW CONTRACT. AND SO IT'S 453 00:14:51,824 --> 00:14:52,892 BASICALLY GOING THROUGH THAT 454 00:14:52,892 --> 00:14:53,993 VETTING PROCESS. [ INAUDIBLE ] 455 00:14:53,993 --> 00:14:55,961 OUR FAMILY WOULD THEN MEET WITH 456 00:14:55,961 --> 00:14:57,963 THEM TO WALK THEM THROUGH THE 457 00:14:57,963 --> 00:14:59,598 PROCESS OR FIND OUT A LITTLE BIT 458 00:14:59,598 --> 00:15:01,133 MORE INFORMATION, AND IF IT'S 459 00:15:01,133 --> 00:15:03,903 SOMETHING THAT THEN WE TAKE ON, 460 00:15:03,903 --> 00:15:06,338 THEN THERE'S AN AGREEMENT ON 461 00:15:06,338 --> 00:15:08,607 HOW MANY HOURS, POTENTIALLY HOW 462 00:15:08,607 --> 00:15:11,877 MANY CLs, WHAT THE DEMOGRAPHICS 463 00:15:11,877 --> 00:15:14,647 OF THE COMMUNITY OR THE PROJECT 464 00:15:14,647 --> 00:15:17,049 WOULD ENTAIL AND THEN WE HAVE [ 465 00:15:17,049 --> 00:15:25,691 INAUDIBLE ] AND WE WILL CREATE 466 00:15:25,691 --> 00:15:27,793 AN ID A. I.D.A. AND SO WE WILL 467 00:15:27,793 --> 00:15:28,727 HAVE THAT PROCESS OR THAT 468 00:15:28,727 --> 00:15:31,764 CONTRACT, AND THEN THEY'RE KIND 469 00:15:31,764 --> 00:15:33,832 OF ADDED TO THAT LIST. AND THAT 470 00:15:33,832 --> 00:15:34,833 PORTION, THIS LIST THAT WAS 471 00:15:34,833 --> 00:15:36,201 SHOWN, IS ABOUT MAYBE HALF OF 472 00:15:36,201 --> 00:15:38,337 WHAT WE ARE ACTUALLY WORKING 473 00:15:38,337 --> 00:15:40,039 WITH SO FAR THIS YEAR THERE ARE 474 00:15:40,039 --> 00:15:41,807 OVER 50 PROJECTS ON THE PROJECT 475 00:15:41,807 --> 00:15:44,777 LIST. SO THERE ARE SEVERAL MORE 476 00:15:44,777 --> 00:15:47,846 WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS. SOME OF 477 00:15:47,846 --> 00:15:48,547 THE SAME REPEATING DEPARTMENTS 478 00:15:48,547 --> 00:15:50,549 AS WELL. BUT IT'S JUST 479 00:15:50,549 --> 00:15:52,318 BASICALLY WALKING THROUGH WITH 480 00:15:52,318 --> 00:15:56,355 THEM WHAT THEY WOULD NEED AND 481 00:15:56,355 --> 00:15:58,457 GETTING THEM UNDER CONTRACT AND 482 00:15:58,457 --> 00:16:00,526 THEN COORDINATING -- 483 00:16:00,526 --> 00:16:01,327 COORDINATION OF THE CLs. 484 00:16:01,327 --> 00:16:03,228 >> THANK YOU. AND SO I'M 485 00:16:03,228 --> 00:16:05,064 ASSUMING THERE'S A RANGE OF, 486 00:16:05,064 --> 00:16:06,198 LIKE, HOW LONG THESE PROJECTS 487 00:16:06,198 --> 00:16:09,234 LAST, WHETHER IT MIGHT BE A FEW 488 00:16:09,234 --> 00:16:10,903 MONTHS, JUST DEPENDING ON THE 489 00:16:10,903 --> 00:16:12,571 SCOPE OR ARE THERE SOME THAT GO 490 00:16:12,571 --> 00:16:14,306 ON FOR YEARS OR -- 491 00:16:14,306 --> 00:16:16,308 >> THE ADOPT A STREET PROGRAM -- 492 00:16:16,308 --> 00:16:17,576 THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. THE 493 00:16:17,576 --> 00:16:19,445 ADOPT A STREET PROGRAM IS A 494 00:16:19,445 --> 00:16:22,014 PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THE PROGRAM 495 00:16:22,014 --> 00:16:23,615 THAT IS CONTINUING TO KEEP 496 00:16:23,615 --> 00:16:27,453 ROLLING OVER FROM YEAR TO YEAR. 497 00:16:27,453 --> 00:16:29,154 SO THAT ONE STARTED DURING COVID 498 00:16:29,154 --> 00:16:31,056 IN 2021, AND WE'RE STILL 499 00:16:31,056 --> 00:16:32,424 WORKING WITH THEM. BUT THERE ARE 500 00:16:32,424 --> 00:16:33,826 PROJECTS THAT SOMETIMES THEY 501 00:16:33,826 --> 00:16:38,130 ONLY NEED, SO THERE'S ONE WE'RE 502 00:16:38,130 --> 00:16:38,797 WORKING WITH DEMOCRACY VOUCHERS 503 00:16:38,797 --> 00:16:42,334 FOR DISTRICT 5. AND THAT IS A 504 00:16:42,334 --> 00:16:43,135 MUCH SHORTER TURN AROUND. 505 00:16:43,135 --> 00:16:44,536 >> WONDERFUL. AND I'D LOVE TO 506 00:16:44,536 --> 00:16:48,207 GET SORT OF THE FULL LIST OF 507 00:16:48,207 --> 00:16:49,575 PROJECTS OFFLINE LATER. THANK 508 00:16:49,575 --> 00:16:52,077 YOU SO MUCH. 509 00:16:52,077 --> 00:16:52,745 >> ABSOLUTELY. 510 00:16:52,745 --> 00:16:55,147 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER 511 00:16:55,147 --> 00:16:56,582 LIN. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, 512 00:16:56,582 --> 00:16:57,149 COLLEAGUES? COUNCIL MEMBER 513 00:16:57,149 --> 00:16:57,716 RINCK, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 514 00:16:57,716 --> 00:17:00,219 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. AND 515 00:17:00,219 --> 00:17:08,060 I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR 516 00:17:08,060 --> 00:17:09,361 WORK, PARTICULARLY ON THE 517 00:17:09,361 --> 00:17:09,995 TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION 518 00:17:09,995 --> 00:17:10,729 STRATEGIC PLAN. I REMEMBER WHEN 519 00:17:10,729 --> 00:17:12,231 WE APPROVED THAT LAST YEAR. IT 520 00:17:12,231 --> 00:17:14,800 WAS REALLY ASTOUNDING TO HAVE SO 521 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:16,335 MANY FOLKS IN COMMUNITY COME 522 00:17:16,335 --> 00:17:18,670 AROUND INTO THE CITY LIGHT 523 00:17:18,670 --> 00:17:19,905 COMMITTEE WHICH USUALLY DOESN'T 524 00:17:19,905 --> 00:17:21,373 GET A LOT OF ATTENDEES. BUT 525 00:17:21,373 --> 00:17:22,541 THERE WERE SO MANY COMMUNITY 526 00:17:22,541 --> 00:17:23,175 MEMBERS THAT CAME FORWARD FOR 527 00:17:23,175 --> 00:17:25,210 THE APPROVAL OF THAT PLAN WHICH 528 00:17:25,210 --> 00:17:27,112 REALLY REFLECTED TO ME HOW MUCH 529 00:17:27,112 --> 00:17:28,414 COMMUNITY BUY-IN THERE WAS ON 530 00:17:28,414 --> 00:17:29,214 THE STRATEGIES AND APPROACH. AND 531 00:17:29,214 --> 00:17:32,117 I THINK THAT REALLY IS BECAUSE 532 00:17:32,117 --> 00:17:33,352 OF THE WORK OF THE COMMUNITY 533 00:17:33,352 --> 00:17:36,922 LIAISONS. AND SO I JUST WANT TO 534 00:17:36,922 --> 00:17:37,790 ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND APPRECIATE 535 00:17:37,790 --> 00:17:39,458 THAT. I DO HAVE A COUPLE 536 00:17:39,458 --> 00:17:42,494 QUESTIONS FOR TODAY, ONE BEING 537 00:17:42,494 --> 00:17:46,398 JUST LOOKING ACROSS ALL OF THE 538 00:17:46,398 --> 00:17:47,833 DIFFERENT COMMUNITY LIAISONS AND 539 00:17:47,833 --> 00:17:48,600 THE DIFFERENT GROUPS 540 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:50,202 REPRESENTED, DO WE HAVE ANY 541 00:17:50,202 --> 00:17:51,737 VACANCIES AT THIS TIME OR ARE 542 00:17:51,737 --> 00:17:52,971 THERE ANY SPECIFIC GROUPS THAT 543 00:17:52,971 --> 00:17:55,107 ARE HISTORICALLY JUST 544 00:17:55,107 --> 00:17:55,774 CHALLENGING TO FILL THOSE ROLES? 545 00:17:55,774 --> 00:17:57,943 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. 546 00:17:57,943 --> 00:18:00,646 I THINK RIGHT NOW WE ARE REALLY 547 00:18:00,646 --> 00:18:02,848 TRYING TO FIGURE OUT SOME 548 00:18:02,848 --> 00:18:04,583 DIFFERENT WAYS TO RECRUIT OR 549 00:18:04,583 --> 00:18:05,918 BRING ON INDIGENOUS NATIVE 550 00:18:05,918 --> 00:18:06,985 COMMUNITIES, AND I THINK THAT'S 551 00:18:06,985 --> 00:18:10,622 JUST BEEN A GAP THAT'S HARD TO 552 00:18:10,622 --> 00:18:12,224 FILL. BUT I THINK WE'RE -- 553 00:18:12,224 --> 00:18:15,060 WE'RE KIND OF LANDING ON SOME 554 00:18:15,060 --> 00:18:17,629 NEW APPROACHES INSTEAD OF MAYBE 555 00:18:17,629 --> 00:18:19,064 THAT CONTRACTING MODEL THAT WE 556 00:18:19,064 --> 00:18:21,433 HAVE MAY NOT WORK. AND SO WE'RE 557 00:18:21,433 --> 00:18:24,703 LOOKING AT OTHER WAYS INSTEAD OF 558 00:18:24,703 --> 00:18:28,407 MAKING BRINGING ON INDIVIDUALS 559 00:18:28,407 --> 00:18:30,542 MAYBE ACTUALLY CONTRACTING WITH 560 00:18:30,542 --> 00:18:31,343 COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS 561 00:18:31,343 --> 00:18:31,610 INSTEAD. 562 00:18:31,610 --> 00:18:34,146 >> AND I DO THINK TO THE 563 00:18:34,146 --> 00:18:36,515 QUESTION, THERE ARE GAPS THAT WE 564 00:18:36,515 --> 00:18:41,587 HAVE SEEN. I KNOW WE RECEIVED 565 00:18:41,587 --> 00:18:44,123 RECENTLY A REQUEST FOR A RUSSIAN 566 00:18:44,123 --> 00:18:44,656 TRANSLATOR AND COMMUNITY 567 00:18:44,656 --> 00:18:46,191 LIAISON, AND WE DON'T HAVE ONE 568 00:18:46,191 --> 00:18:48,293 ON THE ROSTER. SO I THINK THAT 569 00:18:48,293 --> 00:18:52,297 IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'RE 570 00:18:52,297 --> 00:18:55,234 LOOKING TO FILL. WE DEFINITELY 571 00:18:55,234 --> 00:18:56,235 HAVE ROOM TO GROW THE PROGRAM, 572 00:18:56,235 --> 00:18:57,436 AND THERE'S -- WE'RE NOT AT 573 00:18:57,436 --> 00:19:02,641 THE LIMIT OR ANYTHING AT THIS 574 00:19:02,641 --> 00:19:04,176 POINT. SO IF THERE ARE PEOPLE, 575 00:19:04,176 --> 00:19:05,344 MORE FOLKS THAT PEOPLE KNOW 576 00:19:05,344 --> 00:19:06,545 WOULD BE ABLE TO ASSIST, WE 577 00:19:06,545 --> 00:19:07,713 WOULD LOVE TO BRING THEM IN. BUT 578 00:19:07,713 --> 00:19:10,048 THAT'S THE GAP THAT I KNOW JUST 579 00:19:10,048 --> 00:19:14,253 MOST RECENTLY CAME UP AND WAS 580 00:19:14,253 --> 00:19:15,053 IDENTIFIED BY OUR PROGRAM. 581 00:19:15,053 --> 00:19:15,888 >> THEASES REALLY INTERESTING 582 00:19:15,888 --> 00:19:19,057 AND GOOD TO HEAR YOU ALL ARE 583 00:19:19,057 --> 00:19:20,225 CONSTANTLY EVALUATING WHETHER 584 00:19:20,225 --> 00:19:21,493 ALL OF THESE CATEGORIES ARE 585 00:19:21,493 --> 00:19:24,163 COVERING OUR BASES IN TERMS OF 586 00:19:24,163 --> 00:19:24,796 GETTING COMMUNITIES CONNECTED. 587 00:19:24,796 --> 00:19:25,464 >> ABSOLUTELY. 588 00:19:25,464 --> 00:19:26,298 >> I'LL JUST CLOSE, ACTUALLY, 589 00:19:26,298 --> 00:19:28,233 CHAIR, IF IT'S ALL RIGHT, WITH 590 00:19:28,233 --> 00:19:29,902 JUST A QUICK STORY. ONE OF MY 591 00:19:29,902 --> 00:19:32,471 FIRST TOUCHES WITH SEATTLE CITY 592 00:19:32,471 --> 00:19:33,038 GOVERNMENT WAS THROUGH THE 593 00:19:33,038 --> 00:19:33,672 COMMUNITY LIAISONS PROGRAM. MANY 594 00:19:33,672 --> 00:19:37,175 YEARS AGO I HAD A FRIEND WHO WAS 595 00:19:37,175 --> 00:19:38,443 A COMMUNITY LIAISON FOR THE 596 00:19:38,443 --> 00:19:39,878 UNHOUSED COMMUNITY, AND THEY 597 00:19:39,878 --> 00:19:41,680 BROUGHT ME ALONGSIDE THEM TO 598 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:42,514 ENGAGE OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS, 599 00:19:42,514 --> 00:19:45,250 ACTUALLY TO BRING THEM IN TO 600 00:19:45,250 --> 00:19:47,920 CITY HALL AND SIT DOWN WITH SOME 601 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:50,589 SSTOP PLANNERS. I REMEMBER AS A 602 00:19:50,589 --> 00:19:51,323 GRAD STUDENT AT THE TIME 603 00:19:51,323 --> 00:19:53,325 THINKING, WOW, I DIDN'T KNOW WE 604 00:19:53,325 --> 00:19:54,459 COULD DO GOVERNMENT THIS WAY. 605 00:19:54,459 --> 00:19:57,563 AND I WAS ASTOUNDED BY THE 606 00:19:57,563 --> 00:19:58,463 INSIGHTS THAT OUR UNHOUSED 607 00:19:58,463 --> 00:19:59,598 NEIGHBORS HAD RELATED TO 608 00:19:59,598 --> 00:20:01,266 TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND STREET 609 00:20:01,266 --> 00:20:02,568 DESIGN, AND IT WAS REALLY 610 00:20:02,568 --> 00:20:04,069 ENCOURAGING TO SEE PLANNERS TAKE 611 00:20:04,069 --> 00:20:05,203 THAT FEEDBACK SERIOUSLY AND 612 00:20:05,203 --> 00:20:06,371 PRESENT THOSE PLANS. AND SO THAT 613 00:20:06,371 --> 00:20:08,140 WAS ONE OF THE FIRST AND EARLY 614 00:20:08,140 --> 00:20:09,808 EXAMPLES I SAW OF A LOCAL 615 00:20:09,808 --> 00:20:10,943 GOVERNMENT TRYING TO DO WORK 616 00:20:10,943 --> 00:20:12,644 DIFFERENTLY AND REALLY TRYING TO 617 00:20:12,644 --> 00:20:16,281 BRING IN VOICES WHO HAVE NOT 618 00:20:16,281 --> 00:20:17,115 BEEN INCLUDED AT DECISION-MAKING 619 00:20:17,115 --> 00:20:18,083 TABLES. SO I REALLY WANT TO 620 00:20:18,083 --> 00:20:20,786 THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK AND 621 00:20:20,786 --> 00:20:23,989 JUST WANTED TO LIFT UP MY 622 00:20:23,989 --> 00:20:27,159 APPRECIATION FOR THE PROGRAM. 623 00:20:27,159 --> 00:20:28,393 THANK YOU, CHAIR. 624 00:20:28,393 --> 00:20:29,127 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER 625 00:20:29,127 --> 00:20:35,267 RINCK. I WANTED TO SAY ABOUT THE 626 00:20:35,267 --> 00:20:37,202 PROGRAM, I MEAN, I REALLY 627 00:20:37,202 --> 00:20:39,171 APPRECIATE HOW D.O.N. WORKS WITH 628 00:20:39,171 --> 00:20:40,706 SISTER DEPARTMENTS TO ENSURE 629 00:20:40,706 --> 00:20:41,873 THAT AS THEY'RE ENGAGED IN 630 00:20:41,873 --> 00:20:42,641 PROJECTS THAT OUTREACH IS 631 00:20:42,641 --> 00:20:45,043 ROBUST, AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT 632 00:20:45,043 --> 00:20:46,745 YOU DO. YOU ARE ONE OF THE MAIN 633 00:20:46,745 --> 00:20:48,747 FUNCTIONS OF YOUR DEPARTMENT IS 634 00:20:48,747 --> 00:20:50,749 TO DO THAT OUTREACH TO 635 00:20:50,749 --> 00:20:51,583 COMMUNITY. AND I SO APPRECIATE 636 00:20:51,583 --> 00:20:53,552 THAT. AND I KNOW THAT OVER THE 637 00:20:53,552 --> 00:20:56,321 YEARS, I'M JUST SO HAPPY TO SEE 638 00:20:56,321 --> 00:20:57,789 57 PROJECTS ABOUT ABOUT BECAUSE 639 00:20:57,789 --> 00:20:59,524 I KNOW OVER THE YEARS, ONE THING 640 00:20:59,524 --> 00:21:03,495 D.O.N. HAS DONE IS REALLY BUILD 641 00:21:03,495 --> 00:21:04,296 YOUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH YOUR 642 00:21:04,296 --> 00:21:05,430 SISTER DEPARTMENTS IN ORDER TO 643 00:21:05,430 --> 00:21:09,434 PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT TO THEM, 644 00:21:09,434 --> 00:21:11,136 AND I THINK NOW THEY'VE 645 00:21:11,136 --> 00:21:14,806 EMBRACED IT, I'VE SEEN THE 646 00:21:14,806 --> 00:21:16,141 CHANGE, AND IT'S BEEN REALLY 647 00:21:16,141 --> 00:21:16,675 GREAT. OUTREACH IS REALLY 648 00:21:16,675 --> 00:21:19,544 IMPORTANT WHEN YOU DO -- THE 649 00:21:19,544 --> 00:21:20,846 CITY DOES ANY PROJECT BECAUSE 650 00:21:20,846 --> 00:21:22,047 PEOPLE OFTEN WILL SAY, WELL, I 651 00:21:22,047 --> 00:21:23,348 DIDN'T KNOW THAT PROJECT WAS 652 00:21:23,348 --> 00:21:24,716 HAPPENING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD OR 653 00:21:24,716 --> 00:21:29,988 IN THE CITY. AND WE DON'T WANT 654 00:21:29,988 --> 00:21:31,189 FOLKS TO FEEL THAT WAY. WE 655 00:21:31,189 --> 00:21:33,091 REALLY ALL HAVE WAYS TO COMMUNE 656 00:21:33,091 --> 00:21:34,693 SCEAT OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND LET 657 00:21:34,693 --> 00:21:37,996 THEM KNOW WHAT THE CITY IS DOING 658 00:21:37,996 --> 00:21:39,164 IS REALLY IMPORTANT. THAT'S WHY 659 00:21:39,164 --> 00:21:40,699 I REALLY VALUE THE PROGRAM. I 660 00:21:40,699 --> 00:21:43,969 WILL SAY A REAL-LIFE EXAMPLE 661 00:21:43,969 --> 00:21:45,637 THAT I KNOW ABOUT IS WHEN DEAL 662 00:21:45,637 --> 00:21:48,006 WAS DOING THE DEPARTMENT OF 663 00:21:48,006 --> 00:21:51,843 EDUCATION AND EARLY LEARNING, 664 00:21:51,843 --> 00:21:54,179 THE OUTREACH WORK FOR THE 665 00:21:54,179 --> 00:21:55,681 LEVIES, IMPLEMENTATION AND 666 00:21:55,681 --> 00:21:57,849 EVALUATION PLAN, THERE WERE SOME 667 00:21:57,849 --> 00:22:00,152 COMMUNITY LIAISONS THERE AT 668 00:22:00,152 --> 00:22:01,219 THOSE LISTENING SESSIONS TO 669 00:22:01,219 --> 00:22:04,690 BRING VOICES THAT THEY HAD 670 00:22:04,690 --> 00:22:05,824 SPOKEN WITH IN DIFFERENT 671 00:22:05,824 --> 00:22:06,825 NEIGHBORHOODS TO THE 672 00:22:06,825 --> 00:22:08,360 CONVERSATION THAT DEAL WAS 673 00:22:08,360 --> 00:22:11,396 HAVING IN THIS COMMUNITY 674 00:22:11,396 --> 00:22:12,097 ENGAGEMENT WAY BECAUSE THEY'RE 675 00:22:12,097 --> 00:22:13,832 ALSO BRINGING INFORMATION -- NOT 676 00:22:13,832 --> 00:22:15,600 EVERYONE CAN ATTEND THOSE 677 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:17,069 SESSIONS, SO THE COMMUNITY 678 00:22:17,069 --> 00:22:18,904 LIAISONS ARE BRINGING BACK 679 00:22:18,904 --> 00:22:20,939 INFORMATION THEY HEAR FROM FOLKS 680 00:22:20,939 --> 00:22:21,473 IN COMMUNITY IN TO THOSE 681 00:22:21,473 --> 00:22:23,809 CONVERSATIONS. SO IT'S NOT JUST 682 00:22:23,809 --> 00:22:25,010 THAT THEY'RE BRINGING 683 00:22:25,010 --> 00:22:25,944 INFORMATION TO COMMUNITY, BUT 684 00:22:25,944 --> 00:22:27,846 THEY'RE ACTUALLY BRINGING 685 00:22:27,846 --> 00:22:31,183 INFORMATION BACK TO THE CITY VIA 686 00:22:31,183 --> 00:22:33,085 THOSE CONVERSATIONS, AND THAT'S 687 00:22:33,085 --> 00:22:33,885 REALLY VALUABLE AND REALLY 688 00:22:33,885 --> 00:22:35,220 IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE NEED TO 689 00:22:35,220 --> 00:22:37,089 HEAR FROM COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S 690 00:22:37,089 --> 00:22:41,626 ANOTHER WAY THAT WE GO ABOUT 691 00:22:41,626 --> 00:22:42,761 HEARING FROM COMMUNITIES. SO 692 00:22:42,761 --> 00:22:44,696 REALLY APPRECIATE THAT COMMUNITY 693 00:22:44,696 --> 00:22:46,264 LIAISONS WERE INVOLVED IN THAT 694 00:22:46,264 --> 00:22:47,165 WORK. AND IT'S REALLY 695 00:22:47,165 --> 00:22:47,899 INTERESTING, COLLEAGUES, THEY 696 00:22:47,899 --> 00:22:49,101 POP UP IN VARIOUS PROJECTS THAT 697 00:22:49,101 --> 00:22:49,801 YOU MIGHT BE OUT THERE WORKING 698 00:22:49,801 --> 00:22:53,305 ON, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU 699 00:22:53,305 --> 00:22:54,005 HEAR SOMEONE PRESENT THEMSELVES 700 00:22:54,005 --> 00:22:55,273 AS A COMMUNITY LIAISON WITH THE 701 00:22:55,273 --> 00:22:56,441 DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS, AND 702 00:22:56,441 --> 00:22:58,310 THEN YOU KNOW THIS IS A PROGRAM 703 00:22:58,310 --> 00:22:59,678 THAT THEY'RE A PART OF. AND SO 704 00:22:59,678 --> 00:23:01,346 THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT IT WAS 705 00:23:01,346 --> 00:23:02,547 IMPORTANT TO DO THIS 706 00:23:02,547 --> 00:23:05,150 PRESENTATION TODAY BECAUSE NOT 707 00:23:05,150 --> 00:23:06,251 EVERYONE IS AWARE, AND BECAUSE 708 00:23:06,251 --> 00:23:10,021 THEY AREN'T, THERE ARE FOLKS 709 00:23:10,021 --> 00:23:10,655 THAT WE CONTRACT WITH IN 710 00:23:10,655 --> 00:23:12,391 COMMUNITY. IT'S NOT -- THEY'RE 711 00:23:12,391 --> 00:23:14,025 NOT CITY STAFF, ALTHOUGH WE DO 712 00:23:14,025 --> 00:23:18,029 HAVE CITY STAFF ALSO THAT DOES 713 00:23:18,029 --> 00:23:19,598 OUTREACH WORK. SO WE'RE TRYING 714 00:23:19,598 --> 00:23:21,767 TO GET AT THE OUTREACH WORK IN 715 00:23:21,767 --> 00:23:22,567 MULTIPLE WAYS. AND THIS IS 716 00:23:22,567 --> 00:23:25,370 REALLY ONE -- IT'S IN MY MIND A 717 00:23:25,370 --> 00:23:27,439 CREATIVE SOLUTION AND A REALLY 718 00:23:27,439 --> 00:23:28,640 GREAT SOLUTION FOR REALLY 719 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:30,308 BRINGING IN, AS WE'VE TALKED 720 00:23:30,308 --> 00:23:32,577 ABOUT TODAY, FOLKS THAT MIGHT BE 721 00:23:32,577 --> 00:23:33,879 NOT REPRESENTED OR THE 722 00:23:33,879 --> 00:23:34,913 MAINSTREAM WAY WAYS OF 723 00:23:34,913 --> 00:23:38,884 COMMUNICATING ARE NOT GOING TO 724 00:23:38,884 --> 00:23:40,252 WORK FOR CERTAIN COMMUNITIES 725 00:23:40,252 --> 00:23:42,487 MAINLY I THINK BECAUSE OF THIS 726 00:23:42,487 --> 00:23:46,291 LANGUAGE ACCESS PIECE. SO DIHAVE 727 00:23:46,291 --> 00:23:47,659 A QUESTION, DANIEL. YOU SPOKE TO 728 00:23:47,659 --> 00:23:51,163 IT. BUT IF FOLKS ARE INTERESTED 729 00:23:51,163 --> 00:23:53,365 IN BECOMING A COMMUNITY LIAISON, 730 00:23:53,365 --> 00:23:56,234 HOW DO THEY SIGN UP OR IS THERE 731 00:23:56,234 --> 00:23:58,637 LIKE SOMETHING ON YOUR WEB PAGE 732 00:23:58,637 --> 00:24:01,840 OR HOW DO FOLKS GET CONNECTED? 733 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:04,776 OR IF WE KNOW OF FOLKS, 734 00:24:04,776 --> 00:24:06,444 COLLEAGUES, SOMETIMES WE KNOW OF 735 00:24:06,444 --> 00:24:08,513 FOLKS IN COMMUNITIES THAT WOULD 736 00:24:08,513 --> 00:24:09,748 BECOME GREAT COMMUNITY LIAISONS, 737 00:24:09,748 --> 00:24:11,349 HOW DO WE REFER FOLKS? 738 00:24:11,349 --> 00:24:13,919 >> SO ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED 739 00:24:13,919 --> 00:24:14,586 IN BECOMING A COMMUNITY LIAISON, 740 00:24:14,586 --> 00:24:18,657 THEY CAN SEND IN A LETTER OF 741 00:24:18,657 --> 00:24:21,660 INTENT AND ALSO A RESUME TO THE 742 00:24:21,660 --> 00:24:24,062 WEBSITE. WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT 743 00:24:24,062 --> 00:24:24,696 THAT'S AVAILABLE TO YOU. BUT 744 00:24:24,696 --> 00:24:26,665 IT'S TO THE -- EXCUSE ME, THE 745 00:24:26,665 --> 00:24:28,733 EMAIL. AND THEN WE HAVE SOMEONE 746 00:24:28,733 --> 00:24:31,636 WHO'S MONITORING THAT, AND THEY 747 00:24:31,636 --> 00:24:33,972 ARE MAKING A LIST, AND THEY'LL 748 00:24:33,972 --> 00:24:35,774 ACKNOWLEDGE THEY RECEIVED IT. 749 00:24:35,774 --> 00:24:38,009 AND WHEN THERE ARE PARTICULAR 750 00:24:38,009 --> 00:24:41,146 OPENINGS OR NEEDS THAT COME UP 751 00:24:41,146 --> 00:24:42,914 FOR THE FIT THE CRITERIA OF THAT 752 00:24:42,914 --> 00:24:43,648 PERSON, THEN WE WILL CONTACT 753 00:24:43,648 --> 00:24:46,618 THEM AND LET THEM KNOW THIS IS 754 00:24:46,618 --> 00:24:49,621 AVAILABLE, ARE THEY INTERESTED, 755 00:24:49,621 --> 00:24:50,455 MEET WITH THEM, HAVE 756 00:24:50,455 --> 00:24:51,089 CONVERSATIONS. PRETTY INFORMAL. 757 00:24:51,089 --> 00:24:52,958 IT'S MOSTLY MAKING SURE THAT, 758 00:24:52,958 --> 00:24:55,527 YOU KNOW, THE CONNECTIONS THAT 759 00:24:55,527 --> 00:24:57,229 THEY HAVE IN COMMUNITY WOULD FIT 760 00:24:57,229 --> 00:25:01,933 THE NEEDS OF WHAT WE MIGHT HAVE 761 00:25:01,933 --> 00:25:03,602 ON VARIOUS PROJECTS. AND SO 762 00:25:03,602 --> 00:25:05,804 IT'S REALLY JUST CONTACTING US. 763 00:25:05,804 --> 00:25:08,540 IT'S NOT AS FORMAL AS APPLYING 764 00:25:08,540 --> 00:25:11,676 TO THE CITY. AND SO WE'RE 765 00:25:11,676 --> 00:25:13,078 ALWAYS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS 766 00:25:13,078 --> 00:25:15,814 AND RESUMES FROM FOLKS WHO ARE 767 00:25:15,814 --> 00:25:16,114 INTERESTED. 768 00:25:16,114 --> 00:25:17,082 >> THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU, 769 00:25:17,082 --> 00:25:20,252 LORAIN. AND ALSO I'M LOOKING AT 770 00:25:20,252 --> 00:25:21,987 THE LIST OF PROJECTS, AND THEY 771 00:25:21,987 --> 00:25:25,223 REALLY JUST SPAN THE GAMUT HERE 772 00:25:25,223 --> 00:25:26,191 IN TERMS OF ISSUE AREA, 773 00:25:26,191 --> 00:25:29,094 DEPARTMENT, OF COURSE, AND THEN, 774 00:25:29,094 --> 00:25:30,662 YOU KNOW, ANYTHING FROM FOOD 775 00:25:30,662 --> 00:25:33,498 WASTE PREVENTION TO OUR VISION 776 00:25:33,498 --> 00:25:37,903 ZERO EFFORTS TO OUR UTILITY 777 00:25:37,903 --> 00:25:39,337 ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO THE 778 00:25:39,337 --> 00:25:41,373 LIBRARIES' WORK. REALLY, IT'S 779 00:25:41,373 --> 00:25:43,775 SUCH A GREAT VALUE. AND IT IS, 780 00:25:43,775 --> 00:25:44,609 COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK, SOMETHING 781 00:25:44,609 --> 00:25:46,444 YOU MENTIONED ABOUT GETTING 782 00:25:46,444 --> 00:25:47,112 FOLKS INVOLVED IN GOVERNMENT. 783 00:25:47,112 --> 00:25:48,046 YOU KNOW, D.O.N., OF COURSE -- 784 00:25:48,046 --> 00:25:54,819 AND I KNOW YOU KNOW THIS -- RUNS 785 00:25:54,819 --> 00:25:56,454 THE PEOPLE'S EPs -- 786 00:25:56,454 --> 00:25:57,756 >> ACADEMY OF COMMUNITY 787 00:25:57,756 --> 00:25:58,056 ENGAGEMENT. 788 00:25:58,056 --> 00:25:58,757 >> ACADEMY OF COMMUNITY 789 00:25:58,757 --> 00:25:59,424 ENGAGEMENT, THAT'S RIGHT. AND 790 00:25:59,424 --> 00:26:03,461 TO ME I THINK OF IT AS A CIVIC 791 00:26:03,461 --> 00:26:05,564 101. NOT EVERYONE KNOWS HOW 792 00:26:05,564 --> 00:26:07,265 GOVERNMENT WORKS, NOT EVERYONE 793 00:26:07,265 --> 00:26:08,233 RECOGNIZES AND REALIZES WE'RE 794 00:26:08,233 --> 00:26:09,968 TWO SEPARATE BRANCHES OF 795 00:26:09,968 --> 00:26:10,635 GOVERNMENT, THE EXECUTIVE AND 796 00:26:10,635 --> 00:26:12,637 THE COUNCIL AND WHAT WE DO AND 797 00:26:12,637 --> 00:26:14,072 HOW WE CONNECT AND WORK TOGETHER 798 00:26:14,072 --> 00:26:19,511 ON BEHALF OF THE FOLKS IN THE 799 00:26:19,511 --> 00:26:20,578 CITY. NOT EVERYONE IS WELL 800 00:26:20,578 --> 00:26:22,080 VERSED. AND P.A.C.E. DOES SUCH A 801 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:23,381 GOOD JOB IN THAT. AND ALSO WE 802 00:26:23,381 --> 00:26:25,150 PUT MONEY IN THE BUDGET THIS 803 00:26:25,150 --> 00:26:27,953 PAST FALL TO CREATE 804 00:26:27,953 --> 00:26:29,120 OPPORTUNITIES FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL 805 00:26:29,120 --> 00:26:31,623 THAT WANTS TO DO SOME TYPE OF 806 00:26:31,623 --> 00:26:33,224 CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN THEIR 807 00:26:33,224 --> 00:26:34,192 NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE ABLE TO 808 00:26:34,192 --> 00:26:36,227 ACCESS A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY TO 809 00:26:36,227 --> 00:26:38,930 BE ABLE TO PUT AN EVENT TOGETHER 810 00:26:38,930 --> 00:26:43,969 FOR THEIR NEIGHBORS BECAUSE I 811 00:26:43,969 --> 00:26:45,670 THINK IN GENERAL, WHEN THE 812 00:26:45,670 --> 00:26:46,237 POPULOUS UNDERSTANDS HOW 813 00:26:46,237 --> 00:26:47,339 GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS AND WORKS, 814 00:26:47,339 --> 00:26:48,440 IT'S FOR THE BENEFIT OF 815 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:50,008 EVERYONE. AND SO WE REALLY WORK 816 00:26:50,008 --> 00:26:53,878 HARD AT THE CITY TO PROVIDE 817 00:26:53,878 --> 00:26:54,646 THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO ALL FOLKS 818 00:26:54,646 --> 00:26:58,450 ACROSS THE CITY, AND THEN, OF 819 00:26:58,450 --> 00:27:00,452 COURSE, WE DO MORE EVEN TO MAKE 820 00:27:00,452 --> 00:27:03,088 SURE THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE SO 821 00:27:03,088 --> 00:27:04,356 MANY DIFFERENT FOLKS AND SPEAK 822 00:27:04,356 --> 00:27:08,259 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES ACROSS THE 823 00:27:08,259 --> 00:27:09,594 CITY THAT EVERYONE IS 824 00:27:09,594 --> 00:27:10,261 REPRESENTED BECAUSE EVERYONE'S 825 00:27:10,261 --> 00:27:11,229 VOICE IS IMPORTANT. AND SO I 826 00:27:11,229 --> 00:27:13,064 ALWAYS SAY YOU GUYS BRING THE 827 00:27:13,064 --> 00:27:16,501 FUN, AND YOU ALSO BRING THE 828 00:27:16,501 --> 00:27:18,236 INCLUSION. SO I REALLY 829 00:27:18,236 --> 00:27:20,372 APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS. THANK 830 00:27:20,372 --> 00:27:22,841 YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING. 831 00:27:22,841 --> 00:27:24,509 AND THANK YOU TO -- I SEE OTHER 832 00:27:24,509 --> 00:27:26,311 D.O.N. FRIENDS IN THE AUDIENCE. 833 00:27:26,311 --> 00:27:29,781 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE IN 834 00:27:29,781 --> 00:27:32,183 SUPPORT OF YOUR COLLEAGUES. YOU 835 00:27:32,183 --> 00:27:33,284 THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. 836 00:27:33,284 --> 00:27:34,252 >> THANK YOU. 837 00:27:34,252 --> 00:27:35,820 >> ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES. WILL 838 00:27:35,820 --> 00:27:39,791 THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEMS 2 839 00:27:39,791 --> 00:27:42,894 AND 3 INTO THE RECORD? 840 00:27:42,894 --> 00:27:45,764 >> AGENDA ITEMS 2 AND 3, 841 00:27:45,764 --> 00:27:46,464 APPOINTMENT 3498, THE 842 00:27:46,464 --> 00:27:47,932 APPOINTMENT OF OLIVIA BARLOW AS 843 00:27:47,932 --> 00:27:48,933 MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY 844 00:27:48,933 --> 00:27:52,170 INVOLVEMENT COMMISSION FOR A 845 00:27:52,170 --> 00:27:55,974 TERM TO MAY 31st, 2027 AND 846 00:27:55,974 --> 00:27:56,474 APPOINTMENT 3499, THE 847 00:27:56,474 --> 00:27:57,942 APPOINTMENT OF NEGASH HASSEN AS 848 00:27:57,942 --> 00:27:59,310 MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY 849 00:27:59,310 --> 00:28:02,614 INVOLVEMENT COMMISSION FOR A 850 00:28:02,614 --> 00:28:04,382 TERM TO MAY 31st, 2028. FOR 851 00:28:04,382 --> 00:28:05,617 BRIEFING, DISCUSSION AND 852 00:28:05,617 --> 00:28:05,984 POSSIBLE VOTE. 853 00:28:05,984 --> 00:28:06,751 >> THANK YOU, CLERK. THESE 854 00:28:06,751 --> 00:28:10,321 APPOINTMENTS HAVE BEEN READ INTO 855 00:28:10,321 --> 00:28:12,791 THE RECORD. WE'RE JOINED BY 856 00:28:12,791 --> 00:28:14,125 ALVIN EDWARDS, THE COMMUNITY 857 00:28:14,125 --> 00:28:15,560 INVOLVEMENT COMMISSION LIAISON 858 00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:16,061 AT THE DEPARTMENT OF 859 00:28:16,061 --> 00:28:16,661 NEIGHBORHOODS. ALVIN, PLEASE 860 00:28:16,661 --> 00:28:18,430 STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, 861 00:28:18,430 --> 00:28:21,166 AND YOU CAN PRESENT THE 862 00:28:21,166 --> 00:28:21,499 APPOINTMENT. 863 00:28:21,499 --> 00:28:22,734 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL CHAIR. MY 864 00:28:22,734 --> 00:28:27,505 NAME IS ALVIN, I AM THE STAFF 865 00:28:27,505 --> 00:28:28,573 LIAISON FOR THE COMMUNITY 866 00:28:28,573 --> 00:28:32,610 INVOLVEMENT COMMISSION. SHALL I 867 00:28:32,610 --> 00:28:32,877 PROCEED? 868 00:28:32,877 --> 00:28:34,112 >> GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. THIS 869 00:28:34,112 --> 00:28:35,647 MORNING I WILL BE PRESENTING THE 870 00:28:35,647 --> 00:28:39,584 COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 871 00:28:39,584 --> 00:28:40,318 TWO APPOINTMENTS TO THE 872 00:28:40,318 --> 00:28:40,819 COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT 873 00:28:40,819 --> 00:28:41,619 COMMISSION. THESE APPOINTMENTS 874 00:28:41,619 --> 00:28:42,454 CORRESPOND TO THE COMMISSION'S 875 00:28:42,454 --> 00:28:45,390 SELECTED SEATS 15 AND 16 AND ARE 876 00:28:45,390 --> 00:28:48,093 BEING PUT FORTH BY OUR 877 00:28:48,093 --> 00:28:48,827 COMMISSION CHAIR, HEIDI 878 00:28:48,827 --> 00:28:49,394 MORRISET. THE COMMUNITY 879 00:28:49,394 --> 00:28:50,528 INVOLVEMENT COMMISSION IS MADE 880 00:28:50,528 --> 00:28:51,262 UP OF 16 MEMBERS WHO ADVISE 881 00:28:51,262 --> 00:28:54,466 MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND THE 882 00:28:54,466 --> 00:28:55,767 DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS ON 883 00:28:55,767 --> 00:28:59,003 EQUITABLE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT 884 00:28:59,003 --> 00:29:01,473 STRATEGIES WITH A FOCUS ON 885 00:29:01,473 --> 00:29:02,006 REACHING UNDERREPRESENTED 886 00:29:02,006 --> 00:29:02,974 COMMUNITIES. SO UP FIRST, WE 887 00:29:02,974 --> 00:29:06,511 ACTUALLY DO HAVE ONE OF OUR 888 00:29:06,511 --> 00:29:07,312 COMMISSIONERS UP FOR APPOINTMENT 889 00:29:07,312 --> 00:29:08,980 TODAY, OLIVIA BARLOW. IN CASE 890 00:29:08,980 --> 00:29:10,815 YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HER. 891 00:29:10,815 --> 00:29:13,351 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, 892 00:29:13,351 --> 00:29:16,788 OLIVIA. WITH YOUR PERMISSION, 893 00:29:16,788 --> 00:29:19,691 I'LL PROCEED WITH THE BIOS. SO 894 00:29:19,691 --> 00:29:21,292 OLIVIA'S BIO, OLIVIA MOVED TO 895 00:29:21,292 --> 00:29:22,827 WASHINGTON STATE IN 2024 896 00:29:22,827 --> 00:29:23,895 FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF HER 897 00:29:23,895 --> 00:29:27,932 B.S. IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AT THE 898 00:29:27,932 --> 00:29:30,034 UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS. 899 00:29:30,034 --> 00:29:30,969 SHE PREVIOUSLY SPENT TWO 900 00:29:30,969 --> 00:29:32,403 THREE-MONTH INTERNSHIPS IN 901 00:29:32,403 --> 00:29:34,372 SEATTLE BEFORE ACCEPTING A 902 00:29:34,372 --> 00:29:36,040 FULL-TIME POSITION AT AMAZON. 903 00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:37,742 OLIVIA IS AN ACTIVE VOLUNTEER 904 00:29:37,742 --> 00:29:41,146 ACROSS SEATTLE AND BELLEVUE, 905 00:29:41,146 --> 00:29:42,614 BEGINNING AT THE BARBECUE 906 00:29:42,614 --> 00:29:44,482 BOTANICAL GARDEN IN -- BELLEVUE 907 00:29:44,482 --> 00:29:46,217 BOTANICAL GARDEN IN 2022. SHE 908 00:29:46,217 --> 00:29:49,354 HAS BEEN AN EDUCATOR FOR ALL 909 00:29:49,354 --> 00:29:51,756 AGES BUT SHINES AT TEACHING 910 00:29:51,756 --> 00:29:53,691 ENGLISH/KOREAN LANGUAGE SKILLS 911 00:29:53,691 --> 00:29:54,559 AND METHODS FOR PRACTICING 912 00:29:54,559 --> 00:29:55,860 CRAFTING. OLIVIA DRAWS FROM 913 00:29:55,860 --> 00:29:57,428 PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AS A GIRL 914 00:29:57,428 --> 00:30:00,498 SCOUT IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS, A 915 00:30:00,498 --> 00:30:03,134 MUSICIAN IN DALLAS, TEXAS, AN 916 00:30:03,134 --> 00:30:06,104 EXCHANGE STUDENT IN SUWAN, SOUTH 917 00:30:06,104 --> 00:30:07,505 KOREA, AND NOW AN ATELIER 918 00:30:07,505 --> 00:30:08,807 STUDENT AT GAIJ ACADEMY OF ART. 919 00:30:08,807 --> 00:30:11,910 SHE LOVES TO TELL STORY FROM HER 920 00:30:11,910 --> 00:30:13,044 ADVENTURES AND PASSIONATE ABOUT 921 00:30:13,044 --> 00:30:14,479 CREATING SPACES FOR PEOPLE OF 922 00:30:14,479 --> 00:30:19,851 ALL WALKS OF LIFE TO EXCHANGE 923 00:30:19,851 --> 00:30:21,886 MEMORIES AND NEW IDEAS. SO THAT 924 00:30:21,886 --> 00:30:26,191 IS OLIVIA. SHALL I PROCEED WITH 925 00:30:26,191 --> 00:30:28,193 THE SECOND? SO THE SECOND 926 00:30:28,193 --> 00:30:32,330 COMMISSIONER UP FOR POSITION 16 927 00:30:32,330 --> 00:30:34,365 IS NEGASH HASSEN. NEGASH IS A 928 00:30:34,365 --> 00:30:35,700 COMMITTEE ENGAGEMENT OUTREACH 929 00:30:35,700 --> 00:30:36,968 PROFESSIONAL WITH EXTENSIVE 930 00:30:36,968 --> 00:30:39,704 EXPERIENCE SERVING IMMIGRANT, 931 00:30:39,704 --> 00:30:40,605 REFUGEE AND MULTI-CULTURAL 932 00:30:40,605 --> 00:30:41,472 COMMUNITIES IN SEATTLE. HE 933 00:30:41,472 --> 00:30:44,108 CURRENTLY WORKS AT NEIGHBORHOOD 934 00:30:44,108 --> 00:30:47,345 HOUSE AS AN EMPLOYMENT CASE 935 00:30:47,345 --> 00:30:50,782 MANAGER AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH 936 00:30:50,782 --> 00:30:52,817 SPECIALIST PROVIDING EMPLOYMENT, 937 00:30:52,817 --> 00:30:53,852 COACHING, DIGITAL LITERACY, 938 00:30:53,852 --> 00:30:56,621 SUPPORT, INDIVIDUALIZED GUIDANCE 939 00:30:56,621 --> 00:30:58,556 AND OUTREACH TO CONNECT 940 00:30:58,556 --> 00:30:59,157 UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES 941 00:30:59,157 --> 00:30:59,757 WITH VITAL RESOURCES. SINCE 942 00:30:59,757 --> 00:31:01,726 JANUARY 2026, HE HAS ALSO WORKED 943 00:31:01,726 --> 00:31:04,295 WITH SEATTLE PARKS AND 944 00:31:04,295 --> 00:31:06,831 RECREATION AS A COMMUNITY 945 00:31:06,831 --> 00:31:08,132 ENGAGEMENT AMBASSADOR SUPPORTING 946 00:31:08,132 --> 00:31:10,201 COMMUNITY OUTREACH, ENGAGEMENT 947 00:31:10,201 --> 00:31:11,936 AND CONNECTION TO RECREATIONAL 948 00:31:11,936 --> 00:31:12,604 AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES. 949 00:31:12,604 --> 00:31:14,839 PREVIOUSLY HE SERVED AS A 950 00:31:14,839 --> 00:31:16,975 COMMUNITY CONNECTOR WITH THE 951 00:31:16,975 --> 00:31:18,610 SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY, 952 00:31:18,610 --> 00:31:19,110 STRENGTHENING RESIDENT 953 00:31:19,110 --> 00:31:20,178 PARTICIPATION IN POLICY AND 954 00:31:20,178 --> 00:31:20,945 PLANNING EFFORTS. HE ALSO 955 00:31:20,945 --> 00:31:25,149 SUPPORTS THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS 956 00:31:25,149 --> 00:31:29,988 A COMMUNITY LIAISON AND SECOND 957 00:31:29,988 --> 00:31:34,459 LANGUAGE COMMUNITY SAFETY 958 00:31:34,459 --> 00:31:35,260 AMBASSADOR PROVIDING 959 00:31:35,260 --> 00:31:40,131 MULTI-LINGUAL OUTREACH 960 00:31:40,131 --> 00:31:40,732 INTERPRETATION AND EMERGENCY 961 00:31:40,732 --> 00:31:41,366 PREPAREDNESS EDUCATION IN 962 00:31:41,366 --> 00:31:44,469 ARHAMIC. HE EARNED A DEGREE IN 963 00:31:44,469 --> 00:31:46,571 OSLO AND A BACHELOR'S DEGREE 964 00:31:46,571 --> 00:31:50,041 FROM UNIVERSITY. HE IS DEEPLY 965 00:31:50,041 --> 00:31:51,576 COMMITTED TO EQUITY, LANGUAGE 966 00:31:51,576 --> 00:31:52,911 ACCESS AND COMMUNITY 967 00:31:52,911 --> 00:31:54,345 EMPOWERMENT. JUST ANOTHER WORD 968 00:31:54,345 --> 00:31:56,547 HERE, BOTH MEMBERS HAVE BEEN 969 00:31:56,547 --> 00:31:57,682 VERY VALUABLE CONTRIBUTING THEIR 970 00:31:57,682 --> 00:32:00,752 TIME AND THEIR IDEAS TO THE 971 00:32:00,752 --> 00:32:03,855 COMMISSION. AND I BELIEVE BOTH 972 00:32:03,855 --> 00:32:06,858 APPLICANTS WILL BRING VALUABLE 973 00:32:06,858 --> 00:32:08,593 PERSPECTIVES AND STRONG 974 00:32:08,593 --> 00:32:10,762 COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE TO THE 975 00:32:10,762 --> 00:32:12,263 COMMISSION. I, STAFF LIAISON, 976 00:32:12,263 --> 00:32:13,798 AND THE COMMISSION RESPECTFULLY 977 00:32:13,798 --> 00:32:14,299 ASKS THE COMMITTEE'S 978 00:32:14,299 --> 00:32:15,300 CONFIRMATION OF THESE 979 00:32:15,300 --> 00:32:16,634 APPOINTMENTS, AND I'D BE HAPPY 980 00:32:16,634 --> 00:32:18,136 TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 981 00:32:18,136 --> 00:32:19,837 >> THANK YOU, ALVIN. OLIVIA, 982 00:32:19,837 --> 00:32:23,308 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. 983 00:32:23,308 --> 00:32:24,208 AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THANK YOU 984 00:32:24,208 --> 00:32:27,779 FOR YOUR SERVICE WANTING TO SIT 985 00:32:27,779 --> 00:32:28,746 ON THIS COMMISSION. AND NEGASH 986 00:32:28,746 --> 00:32:30,515 WAS NOT ABLE TO BE WITH US 987 00:32:30,515 --> 00:32:32,283 TODAY, BUT WE REALLY APPRECIATE 988 00:32:32,283 --> 00:32:34,285 HIS WANTING TO SERVE ON THIS 989 00:32:34,285 --> 00:32:35,453 COMMISSION AS WELL. COLLEAGUES, 990 00:32:35,453 --> 00:32:37,755 DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE 991 00:32:37,755 --> 00:32:40,124 WE TAKE A VOTE? ALL RIGHT. 992 00:32:40,124 --> 00:32:45,029 LET'S DO THIS. I MOVE THAT THE 993 00:32:45,029 --> 00:32:45,730 COMMITTEE RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION 994 00:32:45,730 --> 00:32:46,731 OF APPOINTMENTS 3498 AND 3499. 995 00:32:46,731 --> 00:32:47,699 IS THERE A SECOND? 996 00:32:47,699 --> 00:32:47,999 >> SECOND. 997 00:32:47,999 --> 00:32:50,969 >> THANK YOU. IT IS MOVED AND 998 00:32:50,969 --> 00:32:51,469 SECONDED TO RECOMMEND 999 00:32:51,469 --> 00:32:51,936 CONVERSATION OF THE 1000 00:32:51,936 --> 00:32:53,137 APPOINTMENTS. WILL THE CLERK 1001 00:32:53,137 --> 00:32:59,277 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE 1002 00:32:59,277 --> 00:32:59,877 CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENTS 1003 00:32:59,877 --> 00:33:01,212 3498 AND 3499? 1004 00:33:01,212 --> 00:33:01,846 >> COUNCIL MEMBER LIN. 1005 00:33:01,846 --> 00:33:02,714 >> YES. 1006 00:33:02,714 --> 00:33:05,583 >> COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK. 1007 00:33:05,583 --> 00:33:05,850 >> YES. 1008 00:33:05,850 --> 00:33:07,318 >> VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH. 1009 00:33:07,318 --> 00:33:09,354 >> 1010 00:33:09,354 --> 00:33:12,924 >> THERE ARE FOUR VOTES IN 1011 00:33:12,924 --> 00:33:13,157 FAVOR. 1012 00:33:13,157 --> 00:33:14,158 >> THANK YOU. THE MOTION 1013 00:33:14,158 --> 00:33:15,727 CARRIES, AND THE RECOMMENDATION 1014 00:33:15,727 --> 00:33:19,864 TO CONFIRM THE APPOINTMENTS OF 1015 00:33:19,864 --> 00:33:20,999 OLIVIA BARLOW AND NEGASH HASSEN 1016 00:33:20,999 --> 00:33:23,768 WILL BE SENT TO THE JUNE 2nd 1017 00:33:23,768 --> 00:33:25,370 CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR FINAL 1018 00:33:25,370 --> 00:33:26,003 CONSIDERATION. CONGRATULATIONS 1019 00:33:26,003 --> 00:33:27,472 TO OLIVIA AND NEGASH ON YOUR 1020 00:33:27,472 --> 00:33:30,341 APPOINTMENTS. THANK YOU AGAIN 1021 00:33:30,341 --> 00:33:33,711 FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU. NOW 1022 00:33:33,711 --> 00:33:36,247 WE SAY, COLLEAGUES, I SEEP 1023 00:33:36,247 --> 00:33:38,983 APPRECIATE FOLKS' WILLINGNESS 1024 00:33:38,983 --> 00:33:40,752 TO SERVE ON THESE VOLUNTARY 1025 00:33:40,752 --> 00:33:41,586 POSITIONS UNPAID, BUT THEY CARE 1026 00:33:41,586 --> 00:33:43,287 SO DEEPLY ABOUT OUR CITY THAT 1027 00:33:43,287 --> 00:33:45,356 THEY WANT TO GET INVOLVED, AND I 1028 00:33:45,356 --> 00:33:47,258 SO APPRECIATE THAT. SO THANK 1029 00:33:47,258 --> 00:33:48,426 YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON 1030 00:33:48,426 --> 00:33:49,360 TO MORE APPOINTMENTS AND MORE 1031 00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:54,065 FOLKS THAT WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT 1032 00:33:54,065 --> 00:33:54,899 THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE. CLERK, 1033 00:33:54,899 --> 00:33:57,235 PLEASE READ ITEMS 4 AND 5 INTO 1034 00:33:57,235 --> 00:33:58,269 THE RECORD. 1035 00:33:58,269 --> 00:34:03,241 >> AGENDA ITEMS 4 AND 5, 1036 00:34:03,241 --> 00:34:04,842 APPOINTMENTS 3500 AND 3501, 1037 00:34:04,842 --> 00:34:06,644 APPOINTMENTS OF NATE LESSLER AND 1038 00:34:06,644 --> 00:34:10,314 BRYCE SEIDL AS MEMBERS TO THE 1039 00:34:10,314 --> 00:34:10,948 HISTORIC SEATTLE PRESERVATION 1040 00:34:10,948 --> 00:34:11,482 AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 1041 00:34:11,482 --> 00:34:15,653 GOVERNING COUNCIL FOR A TERM TO 1042 00:34:15,653 --> 00:34:16,754 NOVEMBER 30th, 2028, FOR 1043 00:34:16,754 --> 00:34:17,955 BRIEFING, DISCUSSION AND 1044 00:34:17,955 --> 00:34:18,322 POSSIBLE VOTE. 1045 00:34:18,322 --> 00:34:19,357 >> THANK YOU, CLERK. THESE 1046 00:34:19,357 --> 00:34:22,026 APPOINTMENTS HAVE BEEN READ INTO 1047 00:34:22,026 --> 00:34:25,596 THE RECORD. WE'RE JOINED BY MY 1048 00:34:25,596 --> 00:34:26,097 FRIEND, PATTY CAMACHO, 1049 00:34:26,097 --> 00:34:27,098 GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AND 1050 00:34:27,098 --> 00:34:29,100 PROTOCOL COORDINATOR AT THE 1051 00:34:29,100 --> 00:34:29,700 OFFICE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL 1052 00:34:29,700 --> 00:34:30,334 RELATIONS. PATTY, PLEASE STATE 1053 00:34:30,334 --> 00:34:32,804 YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, AND 1054 00:34:32,804 --> 00:34:33,805 YOU CAN PRESENT THE APPOINTMENT. 1055 00:34:33,805 --> 00:34:35,573 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. MY 1056 00:34:35,573 --> 00:34:37,675 NAME IS PATTY CAMACHO. I AM THE 1057 00:34:37,675 --> 00:34:41,312 PDA COORDINATOR FOR THE CITY OF 1058 00:34:41,312 --> 00:34:42,313 SEATTLE THROUGH THE OFFICE OF 1059 00:34:42,313 --> 00:34:42,947 INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS. I 1060 00:34:42,947 --> 00:34:44,715 AM HERE TO PRESENT FIVE 1061 00:34:44,715 --> 00:34:47,051 APPOINTMENTS TODAY FOR YOU FOR 1062 00:34:47,051 --> 00:34:49,120 TWO DIFFERENT PDAs. WE WILL 1063 00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:50,054 START WITH THE HISTORIC SEATTLE 1064 00:34:50,054 --> 00:34:52,056 PDA. I WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE 1065 00:34:52,056 --> 00:34:55,893 OVERVIEW OF THE PDA ITSELF 1066 00:34:55,893 --> 00:34:58,029 BEFORE GOING INTO THE 1067 00:34:58,029 --> 00:34:59,997 APPOINTMENTS. THE HISTORIC 1068 00:34:59,997 --> 00:35:00,665 SEATTLE PRESERVATION DEVELOPMENT 1069 00:35:00,665 --> 00:35:01,966 AUTHORITY WAS CHARTERED IN 1973 1070 00:35:01,966 --> 00:35:03,901 WITH THE GENERAL PURPOSE OF 1071 00:35:03,901 --> 00:35:04,502 BEING THE PRESERVATION AND 1072 00:35:04,502 --> 00:35:05,736 ENHANCEMENT OF THE HISTORIC 1073 00:35:05,736 --> 00:35:09,106 HERITAGE OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE 1074 00:35:09,106 --> 00:35:09,974 FOR THE MUTUAL PRIDE AND 1075 00:35:09,974 --> 00:35:11,976 ENJOYMENT FOR ALL CITIZENS AND A 1076 00:35:11,976 --> 00:35:13,144 CREATION OF A MORE LIVEABLE 1077 00:35:13,144 --> 00:35:15,980 ENVIRONMENT WITHIN THE HISTORIC 1078 00:35:15,980 --> 00:35:18,182 AREAS OF THE CITY. THE MISSION 1079 00:35:18,182 --> 00:35:22,386 OF THE PDA IS TO SAVE MEANINGFUL 1080 00:35:22,386 --> 00:35:23,821 PLACES TO FOSTER LIVELY 1081 00:35:23,821 --> 00:35:24,789 COMMUNITIES. THE COUNCIL ITSELF 1082 00:35:24,789 --> 00:35:27,191 FOR THE PDA IS COMPOSED OF 18 1083 00:35:27,191 --> 00:35:32,530 MEMBERS, TWO OF WHICH ARE UP 1084 00:35:32,530 --> 00:35:34,132 TODAY FOR APPOINTMENTS. THE 1085 00:35:34,132 --> 00:35:35,600 FIRST APPOINTMENT IS NATE 1086 00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:37,168 LESSLER. HE IS A DOCUMENTARY 1087 00:35:37,168 --> 00:35:40,705 PRODUCER AND VIDEO EDITOR WITH 1088 00:35:40,705 --> 00:35:42,473 OVER A DECADE OF EXPERIENCE 1089 00:35:42,473 --> 00:35:43,508 CRAFTING NON-FICTION STORIES FOR 1090 00:35:43,508 --> 00:35:45,176 FILM AND DIGITAL PLATFORMS. 1091 00:35:45,176 --> 00:35:47,678 HE'S THE DIRECTOR OF THE 1092 00:35:47,678 --> 00:35:48,479 SEATTLE EARTHQUAKE PROJECT, 1093 00:35:48,479 --> 00:35:50,715 ENVIRONMENT -- I'M SORRY, AN 1094 00:35:50,715 --> 00:35:52,350 IN-PERSON FUTURE DOCUMENTARY 1095 00:35:52,350 --> 00:35:53,217 EXAMINING HOW SEISMIC RISK, 1096 00:35:53,217 --> 00:35:55,720 HISTORY AND THE BUILT 1097 00:35:55,720 --> 00:35:58,322 ENVIRONMENT SHAPE LIFE IN THE 1098 00:35:58,322 --> 00:35:59,757 PACIFIC NORTHWEST. EXPERIENCE AN 1099 00:35:59,757 --> 00:36:00,458 ARCHIVAL RESEARCH POST 1100 00:36:00,458 --> 00:36:02,059 PRODUCTION IN COLLABORATION WITH 1101 00:36:02,059 --> 00:36:02,827 CIVIC SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL 1102 00:36:02,827 --> 00:36:03,761 ORGANIZATIONS. HE COULD NOT BE 1103 00:36:03,761 --> 00:36:07,632 HERE TODAY, BUT I KNOW HE IS 1104 00:36:07,632 --> 00:36:08,733 WATCHING ONLINE THIS MORNING. 1105 00:36:08,733 --> 00:36:09,767 OUR SECOND APPOINTMENT ALSO 1106 00:36:09,767 --> 00:36:12,637 COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY, IS 1107 00:36:12,637 --> 00:36:15,339 BRYCE SEIDL. HE IS A GRADUATE OF 1108 00:36:15,339 --> 00:36:17,208 THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 1109 00:36:17,208 --> 00:36:18,309 BERKELEY WITH A DEGREE IN 1110 00:36:18,309 --> 00:36:20,878 ECOLOGY. HE COMPLETED HIS MBA AT 1111 00:36:20,878 --> 00:36:24,081 THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN IN 1112 00:36:24,081 --> 00:36:25,383 ANN ARBOR WITH AN EMPHASIS ON 1113 00:36:25,383 --> 00:36:27,251 MARKETING. HE JOINED THE SIMPSON 1114 00:36:27,251 --> 00:36:28,519 COMPANIES OF SEATTLE AND HELD A 1115 00:36:28,519 --> 00:36:32,223 WIDE VARIETY OF JOBS IN HIS 25 1116 00:36:32,223 --> 00:36:33,591 YEARS THERE. MR. SEIDL THEN 1117 00:36:33,591 --> 00:36:35,293 JOINED FISHER MILLS IN 1998 AS 1118 00:36:35,293 --> 00:36:36,727 EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF 1119 00:36:36,727 --> 00:36:38,129 OPERATING OFFICER AND WAS 1120 00:36:38,129 --> 00:36:42,066 ELECTED A DIRECTOR PRESIDENT AND 1121 00:36:42,066 --> 00:36:44,302 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER LATER 1122 00:36:44,302 --> 00:36:45,369 THAT YEAR. THEN IN JULY 2003, 1123 00:36:45,369 --> 00:36:47,138 BRYCE SEIDL BECAME THE SIXTH 1124 00:36:47,138 --> 00:36:48,372 PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE PACIFIC 1125 00:36:48,372 --> 00:36:52,009 SCIENCE CENTER WHICH I BELIEVE 1126 00:36:52,009 --> 00:36:53,277 YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH, 1127 00:36:53,277 --> 00:36:55,413 ASSUMING RESPONSIBILITY FOR ONE 1128 00:36:55,413 --> 00:36:57,215 OF THE NATION'S LARGEST 1129 00:36:57,215 --> 00:37:00,217 MUSEUMS. AFTER RETIRING IN 2014, 1130 00:37:00,217 --> 00:37:02,853 HE ESTABLISHED AN INDEPENDENT 1131 00:37:02,853 --> 00:37:04,188 CONSULTING SERVICES COMPANY, 1132 00:37:04,188 --> 00:37:06,891 BRYCE SEIDL LLC AND HAS SPENT 1133 00:37:06,891 --> 00:37:08,926 THAT TIME CONSULTING WITH 1134 00:37:08,926 --> 00:37:09,961 INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS. 1135 00:37:09,961 --> 00:37:12,897 HE ALSO SPENT 10 YEARS IN 1136 00:37:12,897 --> 00:37:16,500 ELECTED OFFICE AS BOTH CITY 1137 00:37:16,500 --> 00:37:17,468 COUNCILMAN AND MAYOR OF 1138 00:37:17,468 --> 00:37:18,202 VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON. OUR 1139 00:37:18,202 --> 00:37:20,805 SECOND -- OH, THOSE ARE THE TWO 1140 00:37:20,805 --> 00:37:23,608 APPOINTMENTS FOR THAT PDA. 1141 00:37:23,608 --> 00:37:24,408 >> GREAT. THANK YOU, PATTY. NATE 1142 00:37:24,408 --> 00:37:27,878 AND BRYCE, I WANT TO THANK YOU, 1143 00:37:27,878 --> 00:37:29,280 IF YOU'RE LISTENING, FOR YOUR 1144 00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:30,548 WANTING TO SERVE. COLLEAGUES, DO 1145 00:37:30,548 --> 00:37:32,984 YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE 1146 00:37:32,984 --> 00:37:34,218 TAKE A VOTE? ALL RIGHT. LET'S 1147 00:37:34,218 --> 00:37:39,223 DO IT. I MOVE THAT THE COMMITTEE 1148 00:37:39,223 --> 00:37:39,824 RECOMMENDS CONFIRMATION OF 1149 00:37:39,824 --> 00:37:41,225 APPOINTMENTS 3500 AND 3501. IS 1150 00:37:41,225 --> 00:37:42,059 THERE A SECOND? 1151 00:37:42,059 --> 00:37:42,460 >> SECOND. 1152 00:37:42,460 --> 00:37:44,528 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER 1153 00:37:44,528 --> 00:37:46,530 RINCK. IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED 1154 00:37:46,530 --> 00:37:47,365 TO RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION OF THE 1155 00:37:47,365 --> 00:37:49,166 APPOINTMENTS. WILL THE CLERK 1156 00:37:49,166 --> 00:37:53,771 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE 1157 00:37:53,771 --> 00:37:55,840 APPOINTMENTS 3500 AND 3501? 1158 00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:56,841 >> COUNCIL MEMBER LIN. 1159 00:37:56,841 --> 00:37:58,309 >> YES. 1160 00:37:58,309 --> 00:38:04,815 >> COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK. 1161 00:38:04,815 --> 00:38:05,049 >> YES. 1162 00:38:05,049 --> 00:38:06,984 >> VICE CHAIR HOLLING 1163 00:38:06,984 --> 00:38:10,221 >> THERE ARE THREE IN FAVOR. 1164 00:38:10,221 --> 00:38:14,058 >> THANK YOU. THE MOTION 1165 00:38:14,058 --> 00:38:15,026 CARRIES, AND THE COMMITTEE 1166 00:38:15,026 --> 00:38:16,127 RECOMMENDATION TO CONFIRM NATE 1167 00:38:16,127 --> 00:38:18,496 LESSLER AND BRYCE SEIDL WILL BE 1168 00:38:18,496 --> 00:38:23,567 SENT TO THE JUNE 2nd CITY 1169 00:38:23,567 --> 00:38:24,135 COUNCIL MEETING FOR FINAL 1170 00:38:24,135 --> 00:38:26,237 CONFIRMATION. THANK YOU TO NATE 1171 00:38:26,237 --> 00:38:27,271 AND BRYCE ON THEIR APPOINTMENTS. 1172 00:38:27,271 --> 00:38:28,572 PATTY, BEFORE YOU DO THAT, WILL 1173 00:38:28,572 --> 00:38:30,174 THE CLERK READ ITEMS 6 THROUGH 8 1174 00:38:30,174 --> 00:38:32,176 INTO THE RECORD, AND THEN WE'LL 1175 00:38:32,176 --> 00:38:33,177 GET TO PATTY. 1176 00:38:33,177 --> 00:38:36,380 >> AGENDA ITEMS 6 THROUGH 8, 1177 00:38:36,380 --> 00:38:37,581 APPOINTMENT 3502, APPOINT OF 1178 00:38:37,581 --> 00:38:39,450 CHRISTOPHER SCOTT AS MEMBER OF 1179 00:38:39,450 --> 00:38:41,152 THE PIKE PLACE MARKET 1180 00:38:41,152 --> 00:38:41,952 PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT 1181 00:38:41,952 --> 00:38:44,488 AUTHORITY GOVERNING COUNCIL FOR 1182 00:38:44,488 --> 00:38:51,228 A TERM TO JUNE 30th, 2026, AND 1183 00:38:51,228 --> 00:38:52,596 APPOINTMENT 3503 AND 3504, 1184 00:38:52,596 --> 00:38:53,331 REAPPOINTMENTS OF DEVIN McCOMB 1185 00:38:53,331 --> 00:38:56,133 AND PAUL NEAL AS MEMBERS OF THE 1186 00:38:56,133 --> 00:38:57,401 PIKE PLACE MARKET PRESERVATION 1187 00:38:57,401 --> 00:38:57,935 AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 1188 00:38:57,935 --> 00:39:01,539 GOVERNING COUNCIL FOR A TERM TO 1189 00:39:01,539 --> 00:39:02,707 JUNE 30th, 2029, FOR BRIEFING, 1190 00:39:02,707 --> 00:39:03,941 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE. 1191 00:39:03,941 --> 00:39:05,142 >> THANK YOU, CLERK. THESE 1192 00:39:05,142 --> 00:39:08,846 APPOINTMENTS HAVE BEEN READ INTO 1193 00:39:08,846 --> 00:39:10,481 THE RECORD. PATTYWILL BE 1194 00:39:10,481 --> 00:39:11,215 PRESENTING THE TWO 1195 00:39:11,215 --> 00:39:12,516 REAPPOINTMENTS AND THE NEW 1196 00:39:12,516 --> 00:39:14,185 APPOINTMENT TO THE PIKE PLACE 1197 00:39:14,185 --> 00:39:15,653 PDA GOVERNING COUNCIL. GO AHEAD, 1198 00:39:15,653 --> 00:39:17,188 PATTY. THANK YOU. 1199 00:39:17,188 --> 00:39:18,856 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. 1200 00:39:18,856 --> 00:39:21,125 THE PIKE PLACE MARKET IS 1201 00:39:21,125 --> 00:39:25,429 OPERATED BY THE PIKE PLACE 1202 00:39:25,429 --> 00:39:26,197 MARKET PRESERVATION AND 1203 00:39:26,197 --> 00:39:26,731 DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, A 1204 00:39:26,731 --> 00:39:27,398 NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION THAT 1205 00:39:27,398 --> 00:39:29,367 WAS CHARTERED AS A RESULT OF 1206 00:39:29,367 --> 00:39:32,103 VOTING IN 1971. THE PIKE PLACE 1207 00:39:32,103 --> 00:39:33,771 MARKET PDA WHICH BEGAN IN 1973 1208 00:39:33,771 --> 00:39:36,173 OWNS AND OPERATES THE MAJORITY 1209 00:39:36,173 --> 00:39:38,342 OF THE BUILDINGS AND OPEN SPACES 1210 00:39:38,342 --> 00:39:41,345 IN THE MARKET AND MANAGES THE 1211 00:39:41,345 --> 00:39:41,879 DAY-TO-DAY ACTIVITIES. IN 1212 00:39:41,879 --> 00:39:45,216 ADDITION TO COMMERCIAL HOLDINGS, 1213 00:39:45,216 --> 00:39:49,687 THE PDA ALSO OWNS RESIDENTIAL 1214 00:39:49,687 --> 00:39:51,122 BUILDINGS LASOL, LELAND, 1215 00:39:51,122 --> 00:39:52,156 LIVINGSTON BAKER, MARKETHOUSE, 1216 00:39:52,156 --> 00:39:54,058 SANITARY MARKET, STEWART HOUSE, 1217 00:39:54,058 --> 00:39:57,728 SENIOR HOUSING AND HERITAGE 1218 00:39:57,728 --> 00:39:59,096 HOUSE. TODAY WE HAVE THREE 1219 00:39:59,096 --> 00:40:00,030 APPOINTMENTS, ONE NEW TO -- 1220 00:40:00,030 --> 00:40:02,266 THREE APPOINTMENTS. I WOULD LIKE 1221 00:40:02,266 --> 00:40:03,567 TO POINT OUT OUR TWO 1222 00:40:03,567 --> 00:40:05,102 APPOINTMENTS ARE HERE IN THE 1223 00:40:05,102 --> 00:40:06,804 AUDIENCE BEHIND ME. THANK YOU 1224 00:40:06,804 --> 00:40:09,507 FOR BEING HERE. THAT IS DEVIN 1225 00:40:09,507 --> 00:40:10,808 McCOMB AND PAUL NEAL. DEVIN 1226 00:40:10,808 --> 00:40:14,311 McCOMB IS A TRANSACTION REAL 1227 00:40:14,311 --> 00:40:16,981 ESTATE ATTORNEY IN THE SEATTLE 1228 00:40:16,981 --> 00:40:18,449 OFFICE OF PERKINS COIE. HE 1229 00:40:18,449 --> 00:40:20,217 BRINGS EXPERTISE IN LAW TO THE 1230 00:40:20,217 --> 00:40:21,919 PDA COUNCIL. SINCE TWEUN, HE HAS 1231 00:40:21,919 --> 00:40:24,288 SERVED AS CHAIR AND GUIDES THE 1232 00:40:24,288 --> 00:40:26,257 COUNCIL WITH AN UNDERSTANDING OF 1233 00:40:26,257 --> 00:40:26,924 ITS CULTURAL LEGACY AND MISSION. 1234 00:40:26,924 --> 00:40:29,026 AN AMERICAN FELLOW OF THE 1235 00:40:29,026 --> 00:40:31,028 COLLEGE OF REAL ESTATE LAWYERS, 1236 00:40:31,028 --> 00:40:32,463 HE PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS 1237 00:40:32,463 --> 00:40:33,764 WASHINGTON STATE BAR ASSOCIATION 1238 00:40:33,764 --> 00:40:34,498 REAL PROPERTY, PROBATE AND TRUST 1239 00:40:34,498 --> 00:40:36,100 SECTION. IN HIS PERSONAL LIFE, 1240 00:40:36,100 --> 00:40:38,302 HE IS ACTIVE IN HIS LOCAL 1241 00:40:38,302 --> 00:40:39,236 COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT'S LEADING 1242 00:40:39,236 --> 00:40:41,238 A CUB SCOUT MEETING OR A SOCCER 1243 00:40:41,238 --> 00:40:43,174 PRACTICE AND SPENDS HIS BEST 1244 00:40:43,174 --> 00:40:46,644 TIMES WITH HIS WIFE AND TWO 1245 00:40:46,644 --> 00:40:48,646 SONS. OUR NEXT APPOINTMENTEE, 1246 00:40:48,646 --> 00:40:50,748 REAPPOINTEE IS PAUL NEAL. PAUL 1247 00:40:50,748 --> 00:40:52,616 IS A PRINCIPAL OF 6H CONSULTING, 1248 00:40:52,616 --> 00:40:54,585 A MARKET AND BRAND CONSULTANCY 1249 00:40:54,585 --> 00:40:57,922 HE CREATED IN 2001. THE FIRM 1250 00:40:57,922 --> 00:40:59,690 HELPS ORGANIZATIONS OF ALL TYPES 1251 00:40:59,690 --> 00:41:00,791 AND SIZES BUILD RICHER, STRONGER 1252 00:41:00,791 --> 00:41:02,092 RELATIONSHIPS WITH CUSTOMERS IN 1253 00:41:02,092 --> 00:41:05,696 LINE WITH THEIR OVERALL BUSINESS 1254 00:41:05,696 --> 00:41:07,598 GOALS. ITS WORK INCLUDES TEEJIC 1255 00:41:07,598 --> 00:41:08,632 PLANNING, BRAND DEVELOPMENT AND 1256 00:41:08,632 --> 00:41:09,567 COMMUNICATIONS PLANNING. HE HAS 1257 00:41:09,567 --> 00:41:10,534 LECTURED ON BRANDING AND 1258 00:41:10,534 --> 00:41:13,404 MARKETING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF 1259 00:41:13,404 --> 00:41:15,206 ARKANSAS, THE UNIVERSITY OF 1260 00:41:15,206 --> 00:41:16,707 WASHINGTON AND SEATTLE 1261 00:41:16,707 --> 00:41:17,975 UNIVERSITY. ADVANCING THE WORK 1262 00:41:17,975 --> 00:41:22,446 OF COMMUNITY BUILDING AND SOCIAL 1263 00:41:22,446 --> 00:41:23,614 JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS, HE HAS 1264 00:41:23,614 --> 00:41:25,416 ALSO BEEN A SIGNIFICANT 1265 00:41:25,416 --> 00:41:26,717 PROFESSIONAL OF PERSONAL FOCUS. 1266 00:41:26,717 --> 00:41:28,385 SINCE FORMING 6H, PAUL HAS 1267 00:41:28,385 --> 00:41:32,723 CONSULTED WITH THE BILL AND 1268 00:41:32,723 --> 00:41:33,324 MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION, 1269 00:41:33,324 --> 00:41:34,391 PIVOTAL VENTURES, SEATTLE PARKS 1270 00:41:34,391 --> 00:41:35,626 FOUNDATION AND MUSEUM OF THE 1271 00:41:35,626 --> 00:41:36,694 ASIAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. HE IS 1272 00:41:36,694 --> 00:41:37,828 A GRADUATE OF LEADERSHIP 1273 00:41:37,828 --> 00:41:39,797 TOMORROW AND A PAST BOARD 1274 00:41:39,797 --> 00:41:41,966 PRESIDENT OF THE NORTHWEST AIDS 1275 00:41:41,966 --> 00:41:43,234 FOUNDATION AND PHOTO CENTER 1276 00:41:43,234 --> 00:41:44,635 NORTHWEST. OUR LAST APPOINTMENT 1277 00:41:44,635 --> 00:41:45,769 TODAY IS CHRISTOPHER SCOTT. HE 1278 00:41:45,769 --> 00:41:48,672 HAS BEEN A PIKE PLACE MARKET 1279 00:41:48,672 --> 00:41:50,107 RESIDENT AND ACTIVE MEMBER OF 1280 00:41:50,107 --> 00:41:52,142 THE CONTINGENCY FOR 15 YEARS. SE 1281 00:41:52,142 --> 00:41:53,944 A STRONG ACTIVIST WITH AN 1282 00:41:53,944 --> 00:41:56,747 INTEREST IN SUPPORTING THE 1283 00:41:56,747 --> 00:41:57,815 VIBRANT MARKET COMMUNITY. HIS 1284 00:41:57,815 --> 00:41:58,916 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE INCLUDES 1285 00:41:58,916 --> 00:42:01,619 WORK IN RETAIL WHICH HELPS HIM 1286 00:42:01,619 --> 00:42:03,287 UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF MARKET 1287 00:42:03,287 --> 00:42:04,021 WORKERS AND BUSINESSES. HE HAS 1288 00:42:04,021 --> 00:42:05,856 ALSO SERVED IN A VARIETY OF 1289 00:42:05,856 --> 00:42:06,757 OFFICES WITH A CONTINGENCY OVER 1290 00:42:06,757 --> 00:42:09,593 HIS 50 YEARS AS A MEMBER. 1291 00:42:09,593 --> 00:42:11,395 ADDITIONALLY, HE SERVED ON THE 1292 00:42:11,395 --> 00:42:12,296 PIKE PLACE MARKET FOUNDATION'S 1293 00:42:12,296 --> 00:42:12,930 PUBLIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO 1294 00:42:12,930 --> 00:42:15,165 EXPLORE THE FUTURE USES OF THE 1295 00:42:15,165 --> 00:42:17,034 MARKET COMMON BEFORE IT OPENED 1296 00:42:17,034 --> 00:42:19,670 IN 2017. HE'S ALSO BEEN 1297 00:42:19,670 --> 00:42:21,539 ACTIVELY ENGAGED WITH THE PIKE 1298 00:42:21,539 --> 00:42:22,339 PLACE MARKET PRESERVATION 1299 00:42:22,339 --> 00:42:22,973 DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY THROUGHOUT 1300 00:42:22,973 --> 00:42:24,241 THE MASTER PLAN PROCESS. 1301 00:42:24,241 --> 00:42:25,543 >> THANK YOU, PATTY. IS CHRIS 1302 00:42:25,543 --> 00:42:26,310 HERE TODAY AS WELL? 1303 00:42:26,310 --> 00:42:28,579 >> NO, HE COULD NOT BE HERE 1304 00:42:28,579 --> 00:42:28,812 TODAY. 1305 00:42:28,812 --> 00:42:30,614 >> THANK YOU. WELL, I WANT TO 1306 00:42:30,614 --> 00:42:32,516 THANK CHRIS, DEVIN AND PAUL FOR 1307 00:42:32,516 --> 00:42:33,717 WANTING TO SERVE, AND IN 1308 00:42:33,717 --> 00:42:34,985 PARTICULAR DEVIN AND PAUL, I 1309 00:42:34,985 --> 00:42:36,620 WANT TO CALL OUT, THIS IS A 1310 00:42:36,620 --> 00:42:37,521 REAPPOINTMENT. SO YOU LOVED IT 1311 00:42:37,521 --> 00:42:40,591 SO MUCH YOU WANT TO DO IT AGAIN. 1312 00:42:40,591 --> 00:42:41,725 I SUPER APPRECIATE YOU FOR THAT. 1313 00:42:41,725 --> 00:42:42,359 COLLEAGUES, DO YOU HAVE ANY 1314 00:42:42,359 --> 00:42:46,397 QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO 1315 00:42:46,397 --> 00:42:47,798 THE APPOINTMENTS? ALL RIGHT. I 1316 00:42:47,798 --> 00:42:50,434 MOVE THAT THE COMMITTEE 1317 00:42:50,434 --> 00:42:51,201 RECOMMENDS CONFIRMATION OF 1318 00:42:51,201 --> 00:42:52,536 APPOINTMENTS 3502 THROUGH 3504. 1319 00:42:52,536 --> 00:42:53,604 IS THERE A SECOND? 1320 00:42:53,604 --> 00:42:54,204 >> SECOND. 1321 00:42:54,204 --> 00:42:58,609 >> THANK YOU. IT IS MOVED AND 1322 00:42:58,609 --> 00:42:59,977 SECONDED TO RECOMMEND 1323 00:42:59,977 --> 00:43:00,911 CONFIRMATION OF THE 1324 00:43:00,911 --> 00:43:01,545 APPOINTMENTS, BOTH THE 1325 00:43:01,545 --> 00:43:02,813 RECONFIRMATIONS AND THE NEW 1326 00:43:02,813 --> 00:43:05,683 CONFIRMATION -- I MEAN, BOTH THE 1327 00:43:05,683 --> 00:43:07,384 REAPPOINTMENTS AND THE 1328 00:43:07,384 --> 00:43:09,420 APPOINTMENT. WILL THE CLERK 1329 00:43:09,420 --> 00:43:13,023 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 1330 00:43:13,023 --> 00:43:13,624 CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENTS 1331 00:43:13,624 --> 00:43:15,392 3502 THROUGH 3504? 1332 00:43:15,392 --> 00:43:16,393 >> COUNCIL MEMBER LIN. 1333 00:43:16,393 --> 00:43:17,227 >> YES. 1334 00:43:17,227 --> 00:43:19,096 >> COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK. 1335 00:43:19,096 --> 00:43:20,197 >> YES. 1336 00:43:20,197 --> 00:43:21,365 >> VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH. 1337 00:43:21,365 --> 00:43:23,133 >> 1338 00:43:23,133 --> 00:43:25,069 >> THERE ARE FOUR IN FAVOR. 1339 00:43:25,069 --> 00:43:27,204 >> THANK YOU, CLERK. THE MOTION 1340 00:43:27,204 --> 00:43:28,439 CARRIES, AND THE COMMITTEE 1341 00:43:28,439 --> 00:43:30,174 RECOMMENDATION TO CONFIRM THE 1342 00:43:30,174 --> 00:43:31,442 APPOINTMENT OF CHRISTOPHER SCOTT 1343 00:43:31,442 --> 00:43:32,009 AND REAPPOINTMENTS OF DEVIN 1344 00:43:32,009 --> 00:43:34,044 McCOMB AND PAUL NEAL WILL BE 1345 00:43:34,044 --> 00:43:37,948 SENT TO THE JUNE 2nd CITY 1346 00:43:37,948 --> 00:43:38,949 COUNCIL MEETING FOR FINAL 1347 00:43:38,949 --> 00:43:39,583 CONSIDERATION. CONGRATULATIONS, 1348 00:43:39,583 --> 00:43:40,985 CHRIS, ON YOUR APPOINTMENT, AND 1349 00:43:40,985 --> 00:43:42,419 DEVIN AND PAUL ON YOUR 1350 00:43:42,419 --> 00:43:47,825 REAPPOINTMENTS, AND THANK YOU 1351 00:43:47,825 --> 00:43:51,829 FOR BEING HERE. ALL RIGHT. THANK 1352 00:43:51,829 --> 00:43:52,696 YOU, PATTY. OKAY, COLLEAGUES, 1353 00:43:52,696 --> 00:43:56,166 WE'VE COME TO THE END OF OUR 1354 00:43:56,166 --> 00:43:58,135 MEETING. ARE THERE ANY 1355 00:43:58,135 --> 00:43:59,203 QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO 1356 00:43:59,203 --> 00:43:59,970 FURTHER QUESTIONS, THIS 1357 00:43:59,970 --> 00:44:03,440 CONCLUDES THE MAY 27th MEETING 1358 00:44:03,440 --> 00:44:04,975 OF THE LIBRARIES, EDUCATION AND 1359 00:44:04,975 --> 00:44:05,576 NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE. OUR 1360 00:44:05,576 --> 00:44:06,677 NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING IS 1361 00:44:06,677 --> 00:44:08,479 SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 10th AT 9:30 1362 00:44:08,479 --> 00:44:11,281 A.M. IF THERE IS NO FURTHER 1363 00:44:11,281 --> 00:44:13,384 BUSINESS, THIS MEETING WILL 1364 00:44:13,384 --> 00:44:14,118 ADJOURN. HEARING NO FURTHER 1365 00:44:14,118 --> 00:44:16,186 BUSINESS, IT'S 10:15 A.M., AND 1366 00:44:16,186 --> 00:44:16,920 THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK 1367 00:44:16,920 --> 00:44:17,321 YOU, COLLEAGUES. 1368 00:44:17,321 --> 00:44:17,688 >> THANK YOU. 1369 00:44:17,688 --> 00:44:19,156 >> THANK YOU FOR FOLKS IN THE 1370 00:44:19,156 --> 00:44:22,092 AUDIENCE FOR BEING WITH US AND 1371 00:44:22,092 --> 00:44:27,464 FOR ALL THE FOLKS THAT WANTED TO