{ "city": "seattle", "canonicalVideoId": "x185662", "source": { "meeting": { "fileName": "x185662.json", "path": "data/cities/seattle/source/meetings/x185662.json", "sourceStem": "x185662", "variantCount": 1, "variantFiles": [ "x185662.json" ], "metadata": { "videoId": "x185662", "title": "Select Committee on the Library Levy 4/8/2026", "date": "2026-04-08", "duration": "1:59:24", "committee": "Select Committee on the Library Levy", "videoUrl": "https://seattlechannel.org/mayor-and-council/city-council/2026-select-committee-on-the-library-levy?videoid=x185662&Mode2=Video", "subtitleUrl": "https://www.seattlechannel.org/documents/seattlechannel/closedcaption/2026/sellib_040826_2162615.srt", "description": "Agenda: Call to Order; Approval of the Agenda; CB 121181: public hearing relating to regular property taxes and the Seattle Library Levy; Adjournment.", "thumbnailUrl": "http://seattlechannel.org/images//images/seattlechannel/videos/2026/sellib_040826_2162615web.jpg", "rawData": { "mediaUrl": "https://video.seattle.gov/media/council/sellib_040826_2162615.mp4" }, "transcriptSource": "official-subtitles" } }, "transcript": { "fileName": "2026-04-08_select-committee-on-the-library-levy_x185662.srt", "path": "data/cities/seattle/source/transcripts/2026-04-08_select-committee-on-the-library-levy_x185662.srt", "sourceStem": "2026-04-08_select-committee-on-the-library-levy_x185662", "size": 242549, "variantCount": 1, "variantFiles": [ "2026-04-08_select-committee-on-the-library-levy_x185662.srt" ], "rawHash": "22608f153447c72d1d67ebc9f71bc7e056a8088a34707c717fa30092cb839ea1", "textHash": "324d674152fe8da8daaccaeaca6d7d9876c4c054cc6e78c3fc2ec063bc3f6a01", "entryCount": 3478, "wordCount": 17314, "speakerCount": 11, "speakers": [ "CHAIR RIVERA", "COUNCIL PRESIDENT", "COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER", "COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ", "COUNCILMEMBER LIN", "COUNCILMEMBER RINCK", "COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS", "GO AHEAD", "ONE SECOND", "PLEASE NOTE COUNCILMEMBER", "VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH" ], "urls": { "srt": "/seattle/api/source/transcript/x185662.srt", "text": "/seattle/api/source/transcript/x185662.txt" }, "rawSrt": "1\r\n00:00:08,541 --> 00:00:15,682\r\n>> [ MUSIC ] \r\n\r\n2\r\n00:00:15,682 --> 00:00:26,226\r\n>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. THE \r\n\r\n3\r\n00:00:32,632 --> 00:00:33,733\r\nAPRIL 8, 22026 MEETING OF THE \r\n\r\n4\r\n00:00:33,733 --> 00:00:34,901\r\nSELECT COMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY \r\n\r\n5\r\n00:00:34,901 --> 00:00:36,970\r\nLEVY WILL COME TO ORDER. IT IS \r\n\r\n6\r\n00:00:36,970 --> 00:00:40,940\r\n9:44 AM. I AM CHAIR OF THE \r\n\r\n7\r\n00:00:40,940 --> 00:00:42,042\r\nCOMMITTEE. WITH THE CLERK PLEASE\r\n\r\n8\r\n00:00:42,042 --> 00:00:46,279\r\nCALL THE ROLL. \r\n\r\n9\r\n00:00:46,279 --> 00:00:47,447\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. \r\n\r\n10\r\n00:00:47,447 --> 00:00:52,051\r\n>> HERE. \r\n\r\n11\r\n00:00:52,051 --> 00:00:52,585\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. \r\n\r\n12\r\n00:00:52,585 --> 00:00:55,755\r\n>> HERE. \r\n\r\n13\r\n00:00:55,755 --> 00:00:56,356\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER LIN. \r\n\r\n14\r\n00:00:56,356 --> 00:00:56,956\r\n>> HERE. \r\n\r\n15\r\n00:00:56,956 --> 00:00:57,490\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. \r\n\r\n16\r\n00:00:57,490 --> 00:00:57,757\r\n>> HERE. \r\n\r\n17\r\n00:00:57,757 --> 00:00:58,258\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. \r\n\r\n18\r\n00:00:58,258 --> 00:01:00,960\r\n>> HERE. \r\n\r\n19\r\n00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:01,561\r\n>> VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH. \r\n\r\n20\r\n00:01:01,561 --> 00:01:01,828\r\n>> HERE. \r\n\r\n21\r\n00:01:01,828 --> 00:01:02,228\r\n>> CHAIR RIVERA. \r\n\r\n22\r\n00:01:02,228 --> 00:01:08,735\r\n>> HERE. SEVEN THE COUNCIL \r\n\r\n23\r\n00:01:08,735 --> 00:01:09,536\r\nMEMBERS ARE PRESENT. \r\n\r\n24\r\n00:01:09,536 --> 00:01:11,938\r\n>> PLEASE NOTE COUNCILMEMBER \r\n\r\n25\r\n00:01:11,938 --> 00:01:20,947\r\nSAKA AND COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE \r\n\r\n26\r\n00:01:20,947 --> 00:01:21,881\r\nARE EXCUSED FROM THE MEETING. IF\r\n\r\n27\r\n00:01:21,881 --> 00:01:23,249\r\nTHERE IS NO OBJECTION THE AGENDA\r\n\r\n28\r\n00:01:23,249 --> 00:01:24,484\r\nWILL BE ADOPTED. WE WILL NOW \r\n\r\n29\r\n00:01:24,484 --> 00:01:26,786\r\nHAVE OUR HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT. \r\n\r\n30\r\n00:01:26,786 --> 00:01:28,354\r\nPUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD TIE WITH \r\n\r\n31\r\n00:01:28,354 --> 00:01:29,689\r\nTHINGS ON THE AGENDA OR IN THE \r\n\r\n32\r\n00:01:29,689 --> 00:01:30,757\r\nPURVIEW OF THIS COMMITTEE. HOW \r\n\r\n33\r\n00:01:30,757 --> 00:01:32,158\r\nMANY SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP \r\n\r\n34\r\n00:01:32,158 --> 00:01:41,401\r\nTODAY? \r\n\r\n35\r\n00:01:41,401 --> 00:01:42,569\r\n>> WE CURRENTLY HAVE 10 IN \r\n\r\n36\r\n00:01:42,569 --> 00:01:43,736\r\nPERSON SPEAKERS AND SEVEN REMOTE\r\n\r\n37\r\n00:01:43,736 --> 00:01:44,370\r\nSPEAKERS ASSIGNED UP. \r\n\r\n38\r\n00:01:44,370 --> 00:01:45,939\r\n>> THAT IS 17 PEOPLE. SO, GIVEN \r\n\r\n39\r\n00:01:45,939 --> 00:01:47,040\r\nTHAT, EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE TWO\r\n\r\n40\r\n00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:47,941\r\nMINUTES. CLERK, PLEASE PLEASE \r\n\r\n41\r\n00:01:47,941 --> 00:01:48,741\r\nREAD THE INSTRUCTIONS. \r\n\r\n42\r\n00:01:48,741 --> 00:01:50,176\r\n>> IT WILL BE MODERATED IN THE \r\n\r\n43\r\n00:01:50,176 --> 00:01:51,244\r\nFOLLOWING MANNER. UP TO 60 \r\n\r\n44\r\n00:01:51,244 --> 00:01:52,846\r\nMINUTES, EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE \r\n\r\n45\r\n00:01:52,846 --> 00:01:55,181\r\nTWO MINUTES. SPEAKERS WILL BE \r\n\r\n46\r\n00:01:55,181 --> 00:01:56,483\r\nCALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH \r\n\r\n47\r\n00:01:56,483 --> 00:01:57,750\r\nTHEY REGISTERED. WE WILL START \r\n\r\n48\r\n00:01:57,750 --> 00:01:58,551\r\nWITH IN PERSON SPEAKERS FIRST \r\n\r\n49\r\n00:01:58,551 --> 00:01:59,586\r\nAND THEN REMOTE SPEAKERS UNTIL \r\n\r\n50\r\n00:01:59,586 --> 00:02:00,653\r\nTHE PERIOD HAS ENDED. SPEAKERS \r\n\r\n51\r\n00:02:00,653 --> 00:02:01,754\r\nWILL HEAR A TIME WHEN THERE'S \r\n\r\n52\r\n00:02:01,754 --> 00:02:04,924\r\n10 SECONDS LEFT. PUBLIC COMMENT \r\n\r\n53\r\n00:02:04,924 --> 00:02:06,359\r\nIS NOW OPEN AND WE WILL BEGIN \r\n\r\n54\r\n00:02:06,359 --> 00:02:07,694\r\nWITH THE FIRST SPEAKER ON THE \r\n\r\n55\r\n00:02:07,694 --> 00:02:11,297\r\nLIST. JESSICA LUCAS. \r\n\r\n56\r\n00:02:11,297 --> 00:02:11,865\r\n>> WELCOME, JESSICA. \r\n\r\n57\r\n00:02:11,865 --> 00:02:15,735\r\n>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I AM\r\n\r\n58\r\n00:02:15,735 --> 00:02:18,071\r\nJESSICA LUCAS, THE PRESIDENT OF \r\n\r\n59\r\n00:02:18,071 --> 00:02:19,906\r\nLOCAL 2083, SEATTLE PUBLIC \r\n\r\n60\r\n00:02:19,906 --> 00:02:24,043\r\nLIBRARY'S. LIBRARY EMPLOYEES \r\n\r\n61\r\n00:02:24,043 --> 00:02:25,445\r\nUNION. I'M HERE TO REPRESENT \r\n\r\n62\r\n00:02:25,445 --> 00:02:28,548\r\nOUR MEMBERS. WE WOULD LIKE TO \r\n\r\n63\r\n00:02:28,548 --> 00:02:29,682\r\nTHANK THE MAYOR AND THE CITY \r\n\r\n64\r\n00:02:29,682 --> 00:02:30,550\r\nCOUNCIL FOR WORKING SO \r\n\r\n65\r\n00:02:30,550 --> 00:02:31,784\r\nDILIGENTLY TO PUT FORTH AND \r\n\r\n66\r\n00:02:31,784 --> 00:02:34,554\r\nIMPROVE THE PROPOSED 2027 TO \r\n\r\n67\r\n00:02:34,554 --> 00:02:38,791\r\n2033 LEVY. WE KNOW THAT 30% OF \r\n\r\n68\r\n00:02:38,791 --> 00:02:42,629\r\nOUR SALARIES ARE FUNDED THROUGH \r\n\r\n69\r\n00:02:42,629 --> 00:02:43,897\r\nTHE CURRENT LEVY. AND THAT THIS \r\n\r\n70\r\n00:02:43,897 --> 00:02:48,735\r\nLEVY DOES NOT , AND IF THIS LEVY\r\n\r\n71\r\n00:02:48,735 --> 00:02:49,936\r\nDOES NOT PASS, IT WILL MEAN \r\n\r\n72\r\n00:02:49,936 --> 00:02:51,104\r\nLAYOFFS AND DEEP CUTS FOR THE \r\n\r\n73\r\n00:02:51,104 --> 00:02:55,441\r\nSERVICES WE PROVIDE. WE ARE \r\n\r\n74\r\n00:02:55,441 --> 00:02:56,709\r\nHAPPY TO SEE SO MUCH POTENTIAL \r\n\r\n75\r\n00:02:56,709 --> 00:02:57,844\r\nFOR ADDITIONAL STAFF TO SUPPORT \r\n\r\n76\r\n00:02:57,844 --> 00:02:59,045\r\nFUTURE PROGRAMS THAT ARE PART OF\r\n\r\n77\r\n00:02:59,045 --> 00:03:00,346\r\nTHIS PACKAGE. WHICH WE HOPE WILL\r\n\r\n78\r\n00:03:00,346 --> 00:03:01,881\r\nINCLUDE SUPPORT STAFF AS WELL AS\r\n\r\n79\r\n00:03:01,881 --> 00:03:11,558\r\nLIBRARIANS. AS 18 SERVICES \r\n\r\n80\r\n00:03:11,558 --> 00:03:12,859\r\nLIBRARIAN MYSELF I CAN TELL YOU \r\n\r\n81\r\n00:03:12,859 --> 00:03:13,860\r\nTHAT WE NEED ADDITIONAL LIBRARY \r\n\r\n82\r\n00:03:13,860 --> 00:03:14,661\r\nASSOCIATE STAFF WHO PROVIDE \r\n\r\n83\r\n00:03:14,661 --> 00:03:15,461\r\nPROCESSING, SHELVING, CUSTOMER \r\n\r\n84\r\n00:03:15,461 --> 00:03:15,962\r\nSERVICE AND INFORMATION \r\n\r\n85\r\n00:03:15,962 --> 00:03:17,263\r\nREFERRALS SO THAT LIBRARIANS \r\n\r\n86\r\n00:03:17,263 --> 00:03:17,997\r\nHAVE TIME TO LISTEN TO OUR \r\n\r\n87\r\n00:03:17,997 --> 00:03:18,765\r\nCOMMUNITIES AND CREATE AND \r\n\r\n88\r\n00:03:18,765 --> 00:03:24,337\r\nPROVIDE EQUITABLE PROGRAMS THAT \r\n\r\n89\r\n00:03:24,337 --> 00:03:25,672\r\nSERVE THEIR NEEDS. WE NEED MORE \r\n\r\n90\r\n00:03:25,672 --> 00:03:26,439\r\nSECURITY OFFICERS WHO ARE \r\n\r\n91\r\n00:03:26,439 --> 00:03:27,440\r\nTRAINED IN DE-ESCALATION, \r\n\r\n92\r\n00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:28,141\r\nHONESTLY MORE THAN THE THREE \r\n\r\n93\r\n00:03:28,141 --> 00:03:29,876\r\nPROPOSED. TO KEEP US IN OUR \r\n\r\n94\r\n00:03:29,876 --> 00:03:32,712\r\nPATRONS SAFE. WE NEED WORKING \r\n\r\n95\r\n00:03:32,712 --> 00:03:33,880\r\nDOOR LOCKS THAT ACTUALLY RESPOND\r\n\r\n96\r\n00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:35,348\r\nTO THE BUTTONS WE PUSH TO LOCK \r\n\r\n97\r\n00:03:35,348 --> 00:03:37,150\r\nTHEM IN AN EMERGENCY. WE NEED \r\n\r\n98\r\n00:03:37,150 --> 00:03:45,458\r\nBUILDINGS THAT WILL NOT FALL ON \r\n\r\n99\r\n00:03:45,458 --> 00:03:46,659\r\nOUR HEADS IN AN EARTHQUAKE AND \r\n\r\n100\r\n00:03:46,659 --> 00:03:47,727\r\nTHAT CAN PROVIDE REFUGE IN BOTH \r\n\r\n101\r\n00:03:47,727 --> 00:03:49,095\r\nTHE HOTTEST AND COLDEST DAYS OF \r\n\r\n102\r\n00:03:49,095 --> 00:03:50,263\r\nTHE YEAR. WE NEED ADDITIONAL \r\n\r\n103\r\n00:03:50,263 --> 00:03:51,397\r\nSUPPORT FOR OUR SOCIAL SERVICES \r\n\r\n104\r\n00:03:51,397 --> 00:03:52,165\r\nTEAM WHO PROVIDE RESOURCES TO \r\n\r\n105\r\n00:03:52,165 --> 00:03:55,235\r\nOUR MOST VULNERABLE PATRONS. \r\n\r\n106\r\n00:03:55,235 --> 00:03:56,269\r\nTHANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THESE \r\n\r\n107\r\n00:03:56,269 --> 00:03:57,370\r\nTHINGS IN THE ORIGINAL LEVY \r\n\r\n108\r\n00:03:57,370 --> 00:03:58,171\r\nPROPOSAL AND IN THESE \r\n\r\n109\r\n00:03:58,171 --> 00:03:59,606\r\nAMENDMENTS. I LOOK FORWARD TO \r\n\r\n110\r\n00:03:59,606 --> 00:04:03,242\r\nTHE LIBRARY FOR FILLING ALL OF \r\n\r\n111\r\n00:04:03,242 --> 00:04:04,310\r\nTHESE PROMISES TO STAFF AND \r\n\r\n112\r\n00:04:04,310 --> 00:04:05,645\r\nPATRONS AND TO ALL OF THE FOLKS \r\n\r\n113\r\n00:04:05,645 --> 00:04:06,846\r\nLIVING IN SEATTLE. WHETHER THEY \r\n\r\n114\r\n00:04:06,846 --> 00:04:08,548\r\nENTER OUR BUILDINGS OR NOT, THEY\r\n\r\n115\r\n00:04:08,548 --> 00:04:15,355\r\nBENEFIT -- WE PROVIDE TO THOSE \r\n\r\n116\r\n00:04:15,355 --> 00:04:16,489\r\nWHO DO. THE LIBRARY CONTRIBUTE \r\n\r\n117\r\n00:04:16,489 --> 00:04:17,156\r\nSTILL WELL-INFORMED, EDUCATED \r\n\r\n118\r\n00:04:17,156 --> 00:04:17,957\r\nAND CONNECTED SOCIETY. THANK \r\n\r\n119\r\n00:04:17,957 --> 00:04:18,658\r\nYOU. \r\n\r\n120\r\n00:04:18,658 --> 00:04:25,064\r\n>> THANK YOU, JESSICA. I SHOULD \r\n\r\n121\r\n00:04:25,064 --> 00:04:26,366\r\nSAY, CAN YOU PLEASE USE JAZZ \r\n\r\n122\r\n00:04:26,366 --> 00:04:27,734\r\nHANDS SO WE ARE ABLE TO MOVE \r\n\r\n123\r\n00:04:27,734 --> 00:04:31,904\r\nQUICKLY AND HEAR EVERYONE. ALL \r\n\r\n124\r\n00:04:31,904 --> 00:04:33,172\r\nMICROPHONES ARE ON SO WHEN I \r\n\r\n125\r\n00:04:33,172 --> 00:04:34,841\r\nCALL YOU UP YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO\r\n\r\n126\r\n00:04:34,841 --> 00:04:36,075\r\nWALK UP TO ONE OF THE \r\n\r\n127\r\n00:04:36,075 --> 00:04:37,043\r\nMICROPHONES IF YOU WOULD LIKE. \r\n\r\n128\r\n00:04:37,043 --> 00:04:38,645\r\nRYAN, LAUREN, PETER, BETSY AND \r\n\r\n129\r\n00:04:38,645 --> 00:04:43,683\r\nTHEN PIPPIN. \r\n\r\n130\r\n00:04:43,683 --> 00:04:44,651\r\n>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL \r\n\r\n131\r\n00:04:44,651 --> 00:04:45,952\r\nMEMBERS. I AM THE CEO OF THE \r\n\r\n132\r\n00:04:45,952 --> 00:04:46,653\r\nSEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY \r\n\r\n133\r\n00:04:46,653 --> 00:04:47,487\r\nFOUNDATION. I APPRECIATE THE \r\n\r\n134\r\n00:04:47,487 --> 00:04:48,454\r\nCONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE HAD \r\n\r\n135\r\n00:04:48,454 --> 00:04:56,129\r\nLEADING THROUGH THIS PROCESS. IT\r\n\r\n136\r\n00:04:56,129 --> 00:04:57,196\r\nIS WORTH STATING THAT THE \r\n\r\n137\r\n00:04:57,196 --> 00:04:57,997\r\nFOUNDATION IS A NONPROFIT \r\n\r\n138\r\n00:04:57,997 --> 00:04:59,232\r\nPARTNER OF THE LIBRARY. WE ARE \r\n\r\n139\r\n00:04:59,232 --> 00:05:00,166\r\nFUNDRAISERS AND ADVOCATES ON \r\n\r\n140\r\n00:05:00,166 --> 00:05:01,534\r\nBEHALF OF THE LIBRARY WE LOVE. \r\n\r\n141\r\n00:05:01,534 --> 00:05:02,735\r\nWHILE WE ARE PROUD OF THE \r\n\r\n142\r\n00:05:02,735 --> 00:05:03,603\r\nFUNDING WE PROVIDE TO THE \r\n\r\n143\r\n00:05:03,603 --> 00:05:04,737\r\nLIBRARY, TANKS WERE THOUSANDS OF\r\n\r\n144\r\n00:05:04,737 --> 00:05:07,540\r\nDONORS, WE ALSO KNOW PRIVATE \r\n\r\n145\r\n00:05:07,540 --> 00:05:08,341\r\nPHILANTHROPY IS ALWAYS CHANGING \r\n\r\n146\r\n00:05:08,341 --> 00:05:09,642\r\nAND CAN NEVER MATCH THE IMPACT \r\n\r\n147\r\n00:05:09,642 --> 00:05:10,677\r\nOF PUBLIC FUNDING FOR A \r\n\r\n148\r\n00:05:10,677 --> 00:05:12,045\r\nCHARTERED CITY INSTITUTION. NOR \r\n\r\n149\r\n00:05:12,045 --> 00:05:17,250\r\nSHOULD IT. THE AMENDMENT'S \r\n\r\n150\r\n00:05:17,250 --> 00:05:18,618\r\nBEFORE YOU ARE SMALL IN RELATION\r\n\r\n151\r\n00:05:18,618 --> 00:05:19,485\r\nTO THE CITY'S TOTAL BUDGET FOR \r\n\r\n152\r\n00:05:19,485 --> 00:05:20,953\r\nTHE OVERALL SHARE OF THE \r\n\r\n153\r\n00:05:20,953 --> 00:05:22,088\r\nPROPERTY TAXES DEDICATED TO THE \r\n\r\n154\r\n00:05:22,088 --> 00:05:23,556\r\nCITY'S VARIOUS LEVIES. BUT THE \r\n\r\n155\r\n00:05:23,556 --> 00:05:27,160\r\nOFFER SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS AND \r\n\r\n156\r\n00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:28,027\r\nTHEY WILL POSITION THE \r\n\r\n157\r\n00:05:28,027 --> 00:05:29,062\r\nFOUNDATION TO MAKE EVEN FURTHER \r\n\r\n158\r\n00:05:29,062 --> 00:05:30,063\r\nENHANCEMENTS FOR PRIVATE \r\n\r\n159\r\n00:05:30,063 --> 00:05:33,666\r\nSUPPORT. INC. ABOUT IT THIS WAY,\r\n\r\n160\r\n00:05:33,666 --> 00:05:34,734\r\nTHESE AMENDMENTS REPRESENT ABOUT\r\n\r\n161\r\n00:05:34,734 --> 00:05:37,336\r\n10 YEARS OF FUNDRAISING EFFORTS \r\n\r\n162\r\n00:05:37,336 --> 00:05:38,738\r\n. YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AT \r\n\r\n163\r\n00:05:38,738 --> 00:05:40,673\r\nTHIS MOMENT TO MAKE A DECADES \r\n\r\n164\r\n00:05:40,673 --> 00:05:41,741\r\nWORTH OF DIFFERENCE FOR THE \r\n\r\n165\r\n00:05:41,741 --> 00:05:47,847\r\nCOUNTLESS LIBRARY PATRONS WHO \r\n\r\n166\r\n00:05:47,847 --> 00:05:49,348\r\nRELY ON IT. THE TIME TO INVEST \r\n\r\n167\r\n00:05:49,348 --> 00:05:50,650\r\nIN THE LIBRARY IS NOW. THE \r\n\r\n168\r\n00:05:50,650 --> 00:05:56,656\r\nLIBRARY IS READY TO IMPLEMENT \r\n\r\n169\r\n00:05:56,656 --> 00:05:57,490\r\nIMPORTANT EXPANSIONS TO VITAL \r\n\r\n170\r\n00:05:57,490 --> 00:05:58,257\r\nSERVICES TO ACHIEVE ITS \r\n\r\n171\r\n00:05:58,257 --> 00:05:58,991\r\nSTRATEGIC VISION. AND THE \r\n\r\n172\r\n00:05:58,991 --> 00:06:00,226\r\nFOUNDATION IS READY TO BOOST OUR\r\n\r\n173\r\n00:06:00,226 --> 00:06:01,094\r\nFUNDRAISING TO LEVERAGE LOOK \r\n\r\n174\r\n00:06:01,094 --> 00:06:02,161\r\nSUPPORT. AND THE RESIDENTS OF \r\n\r\n175\r\n00:06:02,161 --> 00:06:05,631\r\nSEATTLE I FEEL ARE READY TO SHOW\r\n\r\n176\r\n00:06:05,631 --> 00:06:07,066\r\nTHEIR SUPPORT FOR THE DECISIONS \r\n\r\n177\r\n00:06:07,066 --> 00:06:08,801\r\nYOU MAKE. I URGE YOU TO SEIZE \r\n\r\n178\r\n00:06:08,801 --> 00:06:15,942\r\nTHIS MOMENT AND BE VISIONARY. \r\n\r\n179\r\n00:06:15,942 --> 00:06:17,176\r\nLEASE DON'T SHORTCHANGE A \r\n\r\n180\r\n00:06:17,176 --> 00:06:17,844\r\nPUBLIC INSTITUTION THE TOUCHES \r\n\r\n181\r\n00:06:17,844 --> 00:06:18,411\r\nEVERY NEIGHBORHOOD, SERVES \r\n\r\n182\r\n00:06:18,411 --> 00:06:19,479\r\nPEOPLE OF EVERY AGE, AND ALL \r\n\r\n183\r\n00:06:19,479 --> 00:06:20,279\r\nBACKGROUNDS. THANK YOU FOR \r\n\r\n184\r\n00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:22,448\r\nTAKING BOTH ACTION TO MAKE OUR \r\n\r\n185\r\n00:06:22,448 --> 00:06:24,050\r\nBELOVED LIBRARY EVEN STRONGER. \r\n\r\n186\r\n00:06:24,050 --> 00:06:25,051\r\nPLEASE PASS THE AMENDMENTS TODAY\r\n\r\n187\r\n00:06:25,051 --> 00:06:26,753\r\nAND LET'S GET TO WORK. THANK \r\n\r\n188\r\n00:06:26,753 --> 00:06:26,953\r\nYOU. \r\n\r\n189\r\n00:06:26,953 --> 00:06:29,389\r\n>> THANK YOU, BRIAN. PETER, \r\n\r\n190\r\n00:06:29,389 --> 00:06:32,191\r\nBETSY, AND PIPPIN. \r\n\r\n191\r\n00:06:32,191 --> 00:06:33,192\r\n>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL \r\n\r\n192\r\n00:06:33,192 --> 00:06:33,659\r\nMEMBERS. \r\n\r\n193\r\n00:06:33,659 --> 00:06:34,894\r\n>> GO AHEAD. \r\n\r\n194\r\n00:06:34,894 --> 00:06:38,498\r\n>> I AM HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF \r\n\r\n195\r\n00:06:38,498 --> 00:06:40,533\r\nAND A 6000 ELECTRICAL WORKER \r\n\r\n196\r\n00:06:40,533 --> 00:06:43,870\r\nMEMBERS. IN 2021 OVER 400 PEOPLE\r\n\r\n197\r\n00:06:43,870 --> 00:06:46,172\r\nDIED IN THE HEAT DOME IN OUR \r\n\r\n198\r\n00:06:46,172 --> 00:06:48,341\r\nSTATE. THAT REVEALED THE WE ARE \r\n\r\n199\r\n00:06:48,341 --> 00:06:58,885\r\nNOT READY FOR CLIMATE CHANGE. I \r\n\r\n200\r\n00:07:00,019 --> 00:07:01,254\r\nAM PROUD THAT OVER THE LAST \r\n\r\n201\r\n00:07:01,254 --> 00:07:02,355\r\nSEVERAL YEARS OUR UNION HAS \r\n\r\n202\r\n00:07:02,355 --> 00:07:03,156\r\nWORKED IN COALITION WITH GROUPS \r\n\r\n203\r\n00:07:03,156 --> 00:07:04,457\r\nLIKE 350 SEATTLE, AND THE GREEN \r\n\r\n204\r\n00:07:04,457 --> 00:07:05,458\r\nNEW DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD TO \r\n\r\n205\r\n00:07:05,458 --> 00:07:06,492\r\nADVOCATE FOR ADEQUATE COOLING IN\r\n\r\n206\r\n00:07:06,492 --> 00:07:07,727\r\nPUBLIC BUILDINGS AND TO HELP GET\r\n\r\n207\r\n00:07:07,727 --> 00:07:08,961\r\nOUR BUILDINGS HERE IN SEATTLE TO\r\n\r\n208\r\n00:07:08,961 --> 00:07:09,762\r\nSTOP EMITTING CLIMATE POLLUTION.\r\n\r\n209\r\n00:07:09,762 --> 00:07:11,230\r\nWE ARE REALLY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT\r\n\r\n210\r\n00:07:11,230 --> 00:07:12,231\r\nAMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN \r\n\r\n211\r\n00:07:12,231 --> 00:07:13,299\r\nPROPOSED FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS \r\n\r\n212\r\n00:07:13,299 --> 00:07:20,339\r\nFOSTER, COUNCILMEMBER LIN AND \r\n\r\n213\r\n00:07:20,339 --> 00:07:20,973\r\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK WHICH WE \r\n\r\n214\r\n00:07:20,973 --> 00:07:21,941\r\nBELIEVE WOULD HELP ACHIEVE THE \r\n\r\n215\r\n00:07:21,941 --> 00:07:23,242\r\nGOALS AND WE ASKED FOR THE \r\n\r\n216\r\n00:07:23,242 --> 00:07:24,043\r\nCOUNCIL SUPPORT FOR THESE \r\n\r\n217\r\n00:07:24,043 --> 00:07:24,744\r\nAMENDMENTS. \r\n\r\n218\r\n00:07:24,744 --> 00:07:26,112\r\n>> THANK YOU. BETSY, PIPPIN, \r\n\r\n219\r\n00:07:26,112 --> 00:07:28,047\r\nANN. \r\n\r\n220\r\n00:07:28,047 --> 00:07:32,084\r\n>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS. \r\n\r\n221\r\n00:07:32,084 --> 00:07:37,557\r\nMY NAME IS BETSY, I AM LIVING IN\r\n\r\n222\r\n00:07:37,557 --> 00:07:38,925\r\nDISTRICT 6. I AM ALSO A FORMER \r\n\r\n223\r\n00:07:38,925 --> 00:07:39,659\r\nCHILDREN'S STAFF FOR THE \r\n\r\n224\r\n00:07:39,659 --> 00:07:40,560\r\nSEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY. UNTIL \r\n\r\n225\r\n00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:41,794\r\nRECENTLY I DID WORK IN THE \r\n\r\n226\r\n00:07:41,794 --> 00:07:43,029\r\nCHILDREN'S AREA ON LEVEL I, THE\r\n\r\n227\r\n00:07:43,029 --> 00:07:48,401\r\nTEEN AREA ON LEVEL III. THIS IS \r\n\r\n228\r\n00:07:48,401 --> 00:07:50,203\r\nA VERY WELL USED AND WELL LOVED \r\n\r\n229\r\n00:07:50,203 --> 00:07:57,076\r\nSPACE. SPECIFICALLY IN THE \r\n\r\n230\r\n00:07:57,076 --> 00:07:57,977\r\nCHILDREN'S AREA. PARENTS IN \r\n\r\n231\r\n00:07:57,977 --> 00:07:58,711\r\nGIVERS STOP ALL DAY LONG, CHECK \r\n\r\n232\r\n00:07:58,711 --> 00:07:59,946\r\nOUT BOOKS TO ENTERTAIN KIDS AND \r\n\r\n233\r\n00:07:59,946 --> 00:08:01,347\r\nJUST HANG OUT. I WAS WORKING AT \r\n\r\n234\r\n00:08:01,347 --> 00:08:02,648\r\nTHE CENTRAL LIBRARY WHEN IT WAS \r\n\r\n235\r\n00:08:02,648 --> 00:08:04,250\r\nBUILT 22 YEARS AGO. AND I \r\n\r\n236\r\n00:08:04,250 --> 00:08:11,757\r\nWITNESSED THE ENTIRE PROCESS . \r\n\r\n237\r\n00:08:11,757 --> 00:08:12,859\r\nAT THAT POINT IT WAS THE \r\n\r\n238\r\n00:08:12,859 --> 00:08:14,093\r\nARCHITECT'S VISION OF HOW THE \r\n\r\n239\r\n00:08:14,093 --> 00:08:15,161\r\nSPACE SHOULD WORK. AND THAT WE \r\n\r\n240\r\n00:08:15,161 --> 00:08:15,962\r\nHAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR \r\n\r\n241\r\n00:08:15,962 --> 00:08:16,863\r\nFRONTLINE STAFF AND BUILDING \r\n\r\n242\r\n00:08:16,863 --> 00:08:18,164\r\nMANAGERS TO BE ABLE TO CREATE \r\n\r\n243\r\n00:08:18,164 --> 00:08:19,165\r\nTHE SPACE THAT WILL ACTUALLY \r\n\r\n244\r\n00:08:19,165 --> 00:08:25,071\r\nHELP OUR STAFF FUNCTION FOR THE \r\n\r\n245\r\n00:08:25,071 --> 00:08:26,539\r\nPEOPLE WE SERVE. I AM HERE TODAY\r\n\r\n246\r\n00:08:26,539 --> 00:08:27,640\r\nBECAUSE I SO APPRECIATE THE \r\n\r\n247\r\n00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:30,376\r\nPROPOSED AMENDMENT FOR THE \r\n\r\n248\r\n00:08:30,376 --> 00:08:31,277\r\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER TO DEDICATE\r\n\r\n249\r\n00:08:31,277 --> 00:08:32,478\r\n$10 MILLION TO THE RENOVATION OF\r\n\r\n250\r\n00:08:32,478 --> 00:08:35,081\r\nCENTRAL LIBRARY. THE AMENDMENT \r\n\r\n251\r\n00:08:35,081 --> 00:08:36,082\r\nCOULD MAKE THIS HUGE DIFFERENCE \r\n\r\n252\r\n00:08:36,082 --> 00:08:40,753\r\nFOR THE CHILDREN IN THE AREA. \r\n\r\n253\r\n00:08:40,753 --> 00:08:41,854\r\nTHE CENTRAL LIBRARY IS SHOWING \r\n\r\n254\r\n00:08:41,854 --> 00:08:45,491\r\nITS AGE. IS 22 YEARS OLD, IT IS \r\n\r\n255\r\n00:08:45,491 --> 00:08:46,325\r\nSTATE-OF-THE-ART IN 2004 IT'S \r\n\r\n256\r\n00:08:46,325 --> 00:08:47,894\r\nNOT THE SAME AS 2026. THINK \r\n\r\n257\r\n00:08:47,894 --> 00:08:49,362\r\nABOUT HOW IT WOULD REVITALIZE \r\n\r\n258\r\n00:08:49,362 --> 00:08:57,837\r\nTHIS AREA AND BENEFIT THE \r\n\r\n259\r\n00:08:57,837 --> 00:08:59,038\r\nSEATTLE FAMILIES AS A WHOLE. MY \r\n\r\n260\r\n00:08:59,038 --> 00:08:59,839\r\nFORMER COLLEAGUES COULD HOST \r\n\r\n261\r\n00:08:59,839 --> 00:09:00,907\r\nMORE PROGRAMS, OFFER MORE BOOKS,\r\n\r\n262\r\n00:09:00,907 --> 00:09:02,275\r\nHELP MORE PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE \r\n\r\n263\r\n00:09:02,275 --> 00:09:03,743\r\nBUILDING. THINK ABOUT WHAT WOULD\r\n\r\n264\r\n00:09:03,743 --> 00:09:04,877\r\nNEED TO HER DOWNTOWN CORE. WHEN \r\n\r\n265\r\n00:09:04,877 --> 00:09:06,846\r\nWE INVITE MORE KIDS AND MORE \r\n\r\n266\r\n00:09:06,846 --> 00:09:11,083\r\nTEENS INTO OUR DOWNTOWN \r\n\r\n267\r\n00:09:11,083 --> 00:09:11,951\r\nDESTINATIONS LIKE THE LIBRARY, \r\n\r\n268\r\n00:09:11,951 --> 00:09:13,386\r\nIT SHOWS PEOPLE THE CITY WE ARE \r\n\r\n269\r\n00:09:13,386 --> 00:09:14,954\r\nVIBRANT, SAFE AND A POSITIVE \r\n\r\n270\r\n00:09:14,954 --> 00:09:19,392\r\nAREA. THINK ABOUT THE GLOBAL \r\n\r\n271\r\n00:09:19,392 --> 00:09:20,159\r\nREADING CHALLENGE THE JUST \r\n\r\n272\r\n00:09:20,159 --> 00:09:21,527\r\nHAPPENED. IT WAS IN THE SEATTLE \r\n\r\n273\r\n00:09:21,527 --> 00:09:22,695\r\nTIMES ARTICLE ON APRIL 1. WE HAD\r\n\r\n274\r\n00:09:22,695 --> 00:09:24,163\r\nTHOUSANDS, HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES \r\n\r\n275\r\n00:09:24,163 --> 00:09:26,499\r\nTHAT CAME. I ALSO JUST WANT TO \r\n\r\n276\r\n00:09:26,499 --> 00:09:29,936\r\nSAY THAT WE ARE THE LAST TRULY \r\n\r\n277\r\n00:09:29,936 --> 00:09:32,672\r\nDEMOCRATIC INSTITUTION . WHERE \r\n\r\n278\r\n00:09:32,672 --> 00:09:33,739\r\nFAMILIES CAN COME, PEOPLE CAN \r\n\r\n279\r\n00:09:33,739 --> 00:09:35,141\r\nCOME, NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE, \r\n\r\n280\r\n00:09:35,141 --> 00:09:36,375\r\nWHERE THEY ARE, AND WE ARE THE \r\n\r\n281\r\n00:09:36,375 --> 00:09:38,811\r\nONLY FREE PLACE TO HANG IN THE \r\n\r\n282\r\n00:09:38,811 --> 00:09:41,047\r\nDOWNTOWN CORE. \r\n\r\n283\r\n00:09:41,047 --> 00:09:42,381\r\n>> THANK YOU, BETSY. THANK YOU \r\n\r\n284\r\n00:09:42,381 --> 00:09:42,949\r\nVERY MUCH. \r\n\r\n285\r\n00:09:42,949 --> 00:09:47,753\r\n>> I HAVE A VISUAL AID. \r\n\r\n286\r\n00:09:47,753 --> 00:09:51,757\r\n>> ALL RIGHT. YES. TRUE. THANK \r\n\r\n287\r\n00:09:51,757 --> 00:09:57,029\r\nYOU, BETSY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR \r\n\r\n288\r\n00:09:57,029 --> 00:09:58,130\r\nSERVICE IN THE LIBRARY'S. \r\n\r\n289\r\n00:09:58,130 --> 00:10:02,568\r\nPIPPIN. AND THEN SHARA. \r\n\r\n290\r\n00:10:02,568 --> 00:10:06,639\r\n>> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS \r\n\r\n291\r\n00:10:06,639 --> 00:10:13,446\r\nPIPPIN. I AM THE EXECUTIVE \r\n\r\n292\r\n00:10:13,446 --> 00:10:14,547\r\nDIRECTOR OF A NONPROFIT LITERARY\r\n\r\n293\r\n00:10:14,547 --> 00:10:15,147\r\nARTS ORGANIZATION BASED IN \r\n\r\n294\r\n00:10:15,147 --> 00:10:16,148\r\nDISTRICT 3. OVER THE YEARS I \r\n\r\n295\r\n00:10:16,148 --> 00:10:17,650\r\nHAVE ALSO MAGAZINE EXPRESSING \r\n\r\n296\r\n00:10:17,650 --> 00:10:20,653\r\nAND SUPPORT OF CITY LITERATURE. \r\n\r\n297\r\n00:10:20,653 --> 00:10:21,821\r\nWHICH MANAGES OUR CITIES \r\n\r\n298\r\n00:10:21,821 --> 00:10:23,956\r\nDESIGNATION IS A CITY OF \r\n\r\n299\r\n00:10:23,956 --> 00:10:27,793\r\nLITERATURE. I SHARE ALL THIS TO \r\n\r\n300\r\n00:10:27,793 --> 00:10:28,828\r\nSAY THAT I BELIEVE I'M \r\n\r\n301\r\n00:10:28,828 --> 00:10:30,229\r\nQUALIFIED TO SPEAK TO HOW DEEPLY\r\n\r\n302\r\n00:10:30,229 --> 00:10:31,430\r\nTHE LIBRARY IMPACTS SEATTLE'S \r\n\r\n303\r\n00:10:31,430 --> 00:10:33,666\r\nLITERARY COMMUNITY. SEATTLE IS A\r\n\r\n304\r\n00:10:33,666 --> 00:10:36,836\r\nCITY OF READERS AND WRITERS. THE\r\n\r\n305\r\n00:10:36,836 --> 00:10:37,670\r\nREGION HAS LITERARY TRADITION \r\n\r\n306\r\n00:10:37,670 --> 00:10:39,171\r\nTHAT GOES BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL \r\n\r\n307\r\n00:10:39,171 --> 00:10:40,139\r\nINHABITANTS. REGARDLESS OF \r\n\r\n308\r\n00:10:40,139 --> 00:10:43,242\r\nBACKGROUND OR BELIEF WE \r\n\r\n309\r\n00:10:43,242 --> 00:10:45,644\r\nSEATTLEITES SHARE A COMMON BOND \r\n\r\n310\r\n00:10:45,644 --> 00:10:47,246\r\nFOR STORYTELLING. OUR LIBRARY IS\r\n\r\n311\r\n00:10:47,246 --> 00:10:48,414\r\nABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL TO THIS \r\n\r\n312\r\n00:10:48,414 --> 00:10:55,054\r\nIDENTITY. TO THE BOOKS IT \r\n\r\n313\r\n00:10:55,054 --> 00:10:55,788\r\nCIRCULATES, THE WRITERS IT \r\n\r\n314\r\n00:10:55,788 --> 00:10:56,956\r\nBRINGS IN FOR PROGRAMS AND THE \r\n\r\n315\r\n00:10:56,956 --> 00:10:57,757\r\nCOMMUNITIES IT BUILDS AROUND \r\n\r\n316\r\n00:10:57,757 --> 00:10:59,058\r\nREADING AND WRITING. IT IS NO \r\n\r\n317\r\n00:10:59,058 --> 00:11:00,259\r\nEXAGGERATION TO SAY THAT IT \r\n\r\n318\r\n00:11:00,259 --> 00:11:04,764\r\nWOULD NOT BE A UNESCO CITY OF \r\n\r\n319\r\n00:11:04,764 --> 00:11:05,831\r\nLITERATURE, ONE OF ONLY TWO IN \r\n\r\n320\r\n00:11:05,831 --> 00:11:06,932\r\nTHE U.S., AND 53 WORLDWIDE, \r\n\r\n321\r\n00:11:06,932 --> 00:11:08,634\r\nWITHOUT A STRONG SEATTLE PUBLIC \r\n\r\n322\r\n00:11:08,634 --> 00:11:12,605\r\nLIBRARY. OUR TIME WITH DEMOCRACY\r\n\r\n323\r\n00:11:12,605 --> 00:11:13,572\r\nFEELS FRAGILE AND THIS \r\n\r\n324\r\n00:11:13,572 --> 00:11:14,673\r\nINFORMATION SPREADS FASTER, \r\n\r\n325\r\n00:11:14,673 --> 00:11:15,241\r\nLITERATURE MATTERS. READING \r\n\r\n326\r\n00:11:15,241 --> 00:11:19,345\r\nSLOWS US DOWN IN AN ECONOMY . \r\n\r\n327\r\n00:11:19,345 --> 00:11:20,279\r\nREADING CREATES SPACE FOR \r\n\r\n328\r\n00:11:20,279 --> 00:11:23,149\r\nREFLECTION. COMBATS ISOLATION \r\n\r\n329\r\n00:11:23,149 --> 00:11:25,951\r\nAND BUILDS APATHY BY ALLOWING \r\n\r\n330\r\n00:11:25,951 --> 00:11:27,486\r\nNOT OTHERWISE UNDERSTAND. IT IS \r\n\r\n331\r\n00:11:27,486 --> 00:11:31,557\r\nA WAY , IN A WAY IT'S NOT JUST \r\n\r\n332\r\n00:11:31,557 --> 00:11:32,958\r\nA PRIVATE ACT, IT IS A CIVIC \r\n\r\n333\r\n00:11:32,958 --> 00:11:34,060\r\nONE. SUPPORTING A LITERATE \r\n\r\n334\r\n00:11:34,060 --> 00:11:35,061\r\nCULTURE IS AN ACT OF DEMOCRACY. \r\n\r\n335\r\n00:11:35,061 --> 00:11:37,530\r\nTHAT IS WHY AM GRATEFUL TO THE \r\n\r\n336\r\n00:11:37,530 --> 00:11:39,265\r\nCOUNCIL MEMBERS FOR PRIORITIZING\r\n\r\n337\r\n00:11:39,265 --> 00:11:41,267\r\nLIBRARY COLLECTIONS IN THE LEVY.\r\n\r\n338\r\n00:11:41,267 --> 00:11:45,638\r\nWE MUST COST AND DEMANDS FOR \r\n\r\n339\r\n00:11:45,638 --> 00:11:55,247\r\nLIBRARY BOOKS. AN INVESTMENT AND\r\n\r\n340\r\n00:11:55,247 --> 00:11:55,948\r\nCURIOSITY, IMAGINATION AND \r\n\r\n341\r\n00:11:55,948 --> 00:11:56,615\r\nINFORMED AND ENGAGED PUBLIC. FOR\r\n\r\n342\r\n00:11:56,615 --> 00:11:58,250\r\nALL THESE REASONS I URGE YOU TO \r\n\r\n343\r\n00:11:58,250 --> 00:11:59,685\r\nPLEASE VOTE IT IN. THANK YOU FOR\r\n\r\n344\r\n00:11:59,685 --> 00:12:00,853\r\nYOUR ATTENTION. AND ALL THE WORK\r\n\r\n345\r\n00:12:00,853 --> 00:12:01,454\r\nYOU DO. \r\n\r\n346\r\n00:12:01,454 --> 00:12:05,157\r\n>> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SHARA \r\n\r\n347\r\n00:12:05,157 --> 00:12:05,958\r\nAND THEN LILY. \r\n\r\n348\r\n00:12:05,958 --> 00:12:09,862\r\n>> I AM ANN AND I AM A LIFELONG \r\n\r\n349\r\n00:12:09,862 --> 00:12:16,535\r\nLOVER OF LIBRARIES. I HAVE \r\n\r\n350\r\n00:12:16,535 --> 00:12:17,536\r\nSERVED ON A VARIETY OF \r\n\r\n351\r\n00:12:17,536 --> 00:12:18,437\r\nFOUNDATION BOARDS AND AM \r\n\r\n352\r\n00:12:18,437 --> 00:12:19,438\r\nCURRENTLY THE EMERITUS CHAIR FOR\r\n\r\n353\r\n00:12:19,438 --> 00:12:20,773\r\nTHE FOUNDATION BOARD SUPPORTING \r\n\r\n354\r\n00:12:20,773 --> 00:12:23,442\r\nTHE LIBRARY. I HAVE GIVEN TOURS \r\n\r\n355\r\n00:12:23,442 --> 00:12:24,577\r\nOF HER CENTRAL LIBRARY. I'VE \r\n\r\n356\r\n00:12:24,577 --> 00:12:25,478\r\nTALKED TO PEOPLE AND PROMOTED \r\n\r\n357\r\n00:12:25,478 --> 00:12:26,946\r\nTHE LIBRARY ALL OF MY TIME HERE \r\n\r\n358\r\n00:12:26,946 --> 00:12:28,581\r\nIN SEATTLE WHICH IS MY ADULT \r\n\r\n359\r\n00:12:28,581 --> 00:12:33,252\r\nLIFE. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK \r\n\r\n360\r\n00:12:33,252 --> 00:12:34,353\r\nYOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND \r\n\r\n361\r\n00:12:34,353 --> 00:12:35,855\r\nENCOURAGE YOU TO GIVE AS MUCH AS\r\n\r\n362\r\n00:12:35,855 --> 00:12:37,056\r\nPOSSIBLE TO FUND OF THE LIBRARY.\r\n\r\n363\r\n00:12:37,056 --> 00:12:38,057\r\nPARTICULARLY AROUND THE \r\n\r\n364\r\n00:12:38,057 --> 00:12:42,561\r\nCOLLECTIONS . WHEN I GO TO MY \r\n\r\n365\r\n00:12:42,561 --> 00:12:43,662\r\nLIBRARY I SEE PEOPLE WALKING OUT\r\n\r\n366\r\n00:12:43,662 --> 00:12:44,930\r\nWITH ARMLOADS OF BOOKS. SO I \r\n\r\n367\r\n00:12:44,930 --> 00:12:47,967\r\nKNOW THEY ARE REALLY UTILIZING \r\n\r\n368\r\n00:12:47,967 --> 00:12:49,435\r\nALL OF THE RESOURCES. IT MAKES A\r\n\r\n369\r\n00:12:49,435 --> 00:12:50,636\r\nBIG DIFFERENCE. IT MAKES US A \r\n\r\n370\r\n00:12:50,636 --> 00:12:51,704\r\nBETTER EDUCATED, MORE AWARE AND \r\n\r\n371\r\n00:12:51,704 --> 00:12:53,272\r\nSMARTER COMMUNITY. SO KEEP IT \r\n\r\n372\r\n00:12:53,272 --> 00:12:55,241\r\nGOING. GIVE US THE BEST MONEY \r\n\r\n373\r\n00:12:55,241 --> 00:12:56,342\r\nYOU CAN TO KEEP THE LIBRARY \r\n\r\n374\r\n00:12:56,342 --> 00:12:58,444\r\nSTRONG. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. \r\n\r\n375\r\n00:12:58,444 --> 00:12:59,712\r\n>> THANK YOU, ANN. SHARA, \r\n\r\n376\r\n00:12:59,712 --> 00:13:02,882\r\nSHEILA, EXCUSE ME, LILY AND \r\n\r\n377\r\n00:13:02,882 --> 00:13:05,751\r\nCHRISTIANA . \r\n\r\n378\r\n00:13:05,751 --> 00:13:08,788\r\n>> HI, I APPRECIATE THE SHORT \r\n\r\n379\r\n00:13:08,788 --> 00:13:16,262\r\nMICROPHONE. THANK YOU, CHAIR AND\r\n\r\n380\r\n00:13:16,262 --> 00:13:18,330\r\nCOUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS \r\n\r\n381\r\n00:13:18,330 --> 00:13:18,898\r\nSHARA, AND THE COEXECUTIVE \r\n\r\n382\r\n00:13:18,898 --> 00:13:19,498\r\nDIRECTOR AT LITERACY SOURCE. \r\n\r\n383\r\n00:13:19,498 --> 00:13:20,966\r\nBASED IN DISTRICT 5. WE ARE AN \r\n\r\n384\r\n00:13:20,966 --> 00:13:22,067\r\nADULT EDUCATION ORGANIZATION AND\r\n\r\n385\r\n00:13:22,067 --> 00:13:26,338\r\nLITERACY. I AM HERE TO THANK \r\n\r\n386\r\n00:13:26,338 --> 00:13:27,173\r\nCANCEL MEMBERS FOR THEIR \r\n\r\n387\r\n00:13:27,173 --> 00:13:28,774\r\nAMENDMENT TO EXPAND A LINGUAL \r\n\r\n388\r\n00:13:28,774 --> 00:13:34,980\r\nPROGRAMMING AT THE LIBRARY. \r\n\r\n389\r\n00:13:34,980 --> 00:13:36,348\r\nLITERACY SOURCE IS A LONGTIME \r\n\r\n390\r\n00:13:36,348 --> 00:13:37,483\r\nPARTNER OF A LIBRARY. ON \r\n\r\n391\r\n00:13:37,483 --> 00:13:38,117\r\nPROGRAMS THAT SERVE IMMIGRANTS \r\n\r\n392\r\n00:13:38,117 --> 00:13:43,455\r\nAND REFUGEES. FOR EXAMPLE, WE \r\n\r\n393\r\n00:13:43,455 --> 00:13:44,290\r\nRUN THE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE \r\n\r\n394\r\n00:13:44,290 --> 00:13:44,924\r\nCONVERSATION CLASSES AND HAVE \r\n\r\n395\r\n00:13:44,924 --> 00:13:45,925\r\nLOTS OF PEOPLE COMING IN \r\n\r\n396\r\n00:13:45,925 --> 00:13:47,059\r\nREGULARLY WHO ARE ADULTS WORKING\r\n\r\n397\r\n00:13:47,059 --> 00:13:47,993\r\nON THEIR ENGLISH. THEY CURRENTLY\r\n\r\n398\r\n00:13:47,993 --> 00:13:49,428\r\nTAKE PLACE AT THE CENTRAL \r\n\r\n399\r\n00:13:49,428 --> 00:13:54,833\r\nLIBRARY , BEACON HILL, LAKE \r\n\r\n400\r\n00:13:54,833 --> 00:13:55,734\r\nCITY, HIGH POINT, NEWHOLLY, \r\n\r\n401\r\n00:13:55,734 --> 00:13:56,569\r\nNORTHGATE AND SOUTHPARK RANCHES \r\n\r\n402\r\n00:13:56,569 --> 00:14:01,340\r\nAND ALSO VIRTUALLY. WE ARE ABLE \r\n\r\n403\r\n00:14:01,340 --> 00:14:02,441\r\nTO OFFER SO MANY OPTIONS THIS \r\n\r\n404\r\n00:14:02,441 --> 00:14:03,842\r\nYEAR BECAUSE OF THE TWO YEAR \r\n\r\n405\r\n00:14:03,842 --> 00:14:04,476\r\nGRANT FROM THE CARNEGIE \r\n\r\n406\r\n00:14:04,476 --> 00:14:05,544\r\nCORPORATION OF NEW YORK SECURED \r\n\r\n407\r\n00:14:05,544 --> 00:14:06,645\r\nBY THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY \r\n\r\n408\r\n00:14:06,645 --> 00:14:08,681\r\nFOUNDATION LAST YEAR. THE \r\n\r\n409\r\n00:14:08,681 --> 00:14:09,748\r\nFUNDING NEARLY DOUBLE THE NUMBER\r\n\r\n410\r\n00:14:09,748 --> 00:14:11,350\r\nOF FREE LIBRARY PROGRAMS THAT \r\n\r\n411\r\n00:14:11,350 --> 00:14:13,052\r\nARE SERVING LOOSELY WHICH \r\n\r\n412\r\n00:14:13,052 --> 00:14:14,453\r\nLEARNERS AND WE KNOW THERE IS A \r\n\r\n413\r\n00:14:14,453 --> 00:14:22,261\r\nHUGE NEED OUT THERE. WE EXPANDED\r\n\r\n414\r\n00:14:22,261 --> 00:14:23,462\r\nONE ON ONE ADULT EDUCATION \r\n\r\n415\r\n00:14:23,462 --> 00:14:23,996\r\nTUTORING, DIGITAL SKILLS \r\n\r\n416\r\n00:14:23,996 --> 00:14:24,864\r\nCLASSES, AND INTRODUCED LEVEL \r\n\r\n417\r\n00:14:24,864 --> 00:14:25,731\r\nENGLISH CLASSES FOR THE FIRST \r\n\r\n418\r\n00:14:25,731 --> 00:14:29,134\r\nTIME AT THE LIBRARY. THE GRANT \r\n\r\n419\r\n00:14:29,134 --> 00:14:30,536\r\nCAME AT A TIME WHEN DEMAND FOR \r\n\r\n420\r\n00:14:30,536 --> 00:14:31,270\r\nFREE AND LOW-COST ENGLISH \r\n\r\n421\r\n00:14:31,270 --> 00:14:37,443\r\nCLASSES IS VERY HIGH, AS WE KNOW\r\n\r\n422\r\n00:14:37,443 --> 00:14:39,245\r\nAS A LITERACY SOURCE BECAUSE WE \r\n\r\n423\r\n00:14:39,245 --> 00:14:40,045\r\nARE REGULARLY TURNING AWAY \r\n\r\n424\r\n00:14:40,045 --> 00:14:40,980\r\nSTUDENTS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE \r\n\r\n425\r\n00:14:40,980 --> 00:14:42,448\r\nSPACE. SO WE KNOW AT THIS TIME \r\n\r\n426\r\n00:14:42,448 --> 00:14:43,249\r\nMANY IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES \r\n\r\n427\r\n00:14:43,249 --> 00:14:44,683\r\nALSO FEEL THAT THEY ARE AT GREAT\r\n\r\n428\r\n00:14:44,683 --> 00:14:46,151\r\nRISK. AND LEARNING ENGLISH IS A \r\n\r\n429\r\n00:14:46,151 --> 00:14:47,152\r\nWONDERFUL BENEFITS AND WE WANT \r\n\r\n430\r\n00:14:47,152 --> 00:14:49,989\r\nTO HELP THEM. THE FUNDING FOR \r\n\r\n431\r\n00:14:49,989 --> 00:14:51,156\r\nTHAT GRANT EXPIRES IN JULY 2027 \r\n\r\n432\r\n00:14:51,156 --> 00:14:52,391\r\nAND THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT \r\n\r\n433\r\n00:14:52,391 --> 00:14:53,459\r\nIT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE \r\n\r\n434\r\n00:14:53,459 --> 00:14:57,229\r\nRENEWED. SO THE AMENDMENT THAT \r\n\r\n435\r\n00:14:57,229 --> 00:14:57,997\r\nCOUNCIL MEMBERS PROVIDED TO \r\n\r\n436\r\n00:14:57,997 --> 00:14:59,131\r\nCONTINUE RESOURCES TO SERVE \r\n\r\n437\r\n00:14:59,131 --> 00:15:00,299\r\nENGLISH-LANGUAGE LEARNERS -- AND\r\n\r\n438\r\n00:15:00,299 --> 00:15:03,903\r\nEXPANDING THE PLAN LEARN \r\n\r\n439\r\n00:15:03,903 --> 00:15:10,976\r\nPROGRAMS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. \r\n\r\n440\r\n00:15:10,976 --> 00:15:11,944\r\nTHANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS, FOR \r\n\r\n441\r\n00:15:11,944 --> 00:15:13,245\r\nRECOGNIZING THE VITAL ROLE OF \r\n\r\n442\r\n00:15:13,245 --> 00:15:13,979\r\nTHE LIBRARY AND SERVING OUR \r\n\r\n443\r\n00:15:13,979 --> 00:15:15,047\r\nIMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS AND I URGE \r\n\r\n444\r\n00:15:15,047 --> 00:15:16,148\r\nYOU ALL TO SUPPORT THE \r\n\r\n445\r\n00:15:16,148 --> 00:15:16,882\r\nAMENDMENT. THANK YOU. \r\n\r\n446\r\n00:15:16,882 --> 00:15:17,883\r\n>> THANK YOU. NEXT, LILY, \r\n\r\n447\r\n00:15:17,883 --> 00:15:23,856\r\nCHRISTIANA, AND MONIQUE. \r\n\r\n448\r\n00:15:23,856 --> 00:15:29,461\r\nWELCOME, LILY. \r\n\r\n449\r\n00:15:29,461 --> 00:15:30,562\r\n>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS. \r\n\r\n450\r\n00:15:30,562 --> 00:15:31,931\r\nMY NAME IS LILY, I'M A RESIDENT\r\n\r\n451\r\n00:15:31,931 --> 00:15:33,299\r\nOF DISTRICT 1. I WANT TO THANK \r\n\r\n452\r\n00:15:33,299 --> 00:15:36,168\r\nMY COUNCIL MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY \r\n\r\n453\r\n00:15:36,168 --> 00:15:38,304\r\nFOR THE AMENDMENT TO PROVIDE FOR\r\n\r\n454\r\n00:15:38,304 --> 00:15:39,672\r\nADDITIONAL RETROFIT FOR THE \r\n\r\n455\r\n00:15:39,672 --> 00:15:40,539\r\nLIBRARY PRIORITIZING OUR \r\n\r\n456\r\n00:15:40,539 --> 00:15:51,083\r\nBEAUTIFUL WEST SEATTLE BRANCH. \r\n\r\n457\r\n00:15:51,450 --> 00:15:52,584\r\nTHIS BRANCH IS EVEN MORE \r\n\r\n458\r\n00:15:52,584 --> 00:15:53,786\r\nHISTORIC THAN MANY REALIZE. IT \r\n\r\n459\r\n00:15:53,786 --> 00:15:54,953\r\nOPENED IN JULY 1910 IS THE FIRST\r\n\r\n460\r\n00:15:54,953 --> 00:15:55,754\r\nPERMANENT LIBRARY BRANCH IN \r\n\r\n461\r\n00:15:55,754 --> 00:15:57,356\r\nSEATTLE. AND IS STILL THE OLDEST\r\n\r\n462\r\n00:15:57,356 --> 00:15:57,956\r\nOPERATING LIBRARY BUILDING IN \r\n\r\n463\r\n00:15:57,956 --> 00:15:59,191\r\nTHE CITY. IT IS ON THE NATIONAL \r\n\r\n464\r\n00:15:59,191 --> 00:16:00,192\r\nREGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND \r\n\r\n465\r\n00:16:00,192 --> 00:16:03,128\r\nIS A LANDMARKED BUILDING. WHEN I\r\n\r\n466\r\n00:16:03,128 --> 00:16:04,330\r\nFIRST MOVED TO WEST SEATTLE, NO \r\n\r\n467\r\n00:16:04,330 --> 00:16:05,631\r\nJOKE, IT WAS THE FIRST PLACE \r\n\r\n468\r\n00:16:05,631 --> 00:16:07,533\r\nABOUT MY MOM. SHE IS A RETIRED \r\n\r\n469\r\n00:16:07,533 --> 00:16:09,234\r\nLIBRARIAN AND OUR LIBRARY BRANCH\r\n\r\n470\r\n00:16:09,234 --> 00:16:10,469\r\nMANAGER FROM NEW JERSEY AND I \r\n\r\n471\r\n00:16:10,469 --> 00:16:11,937\r\nWANT TO SHOW HER WHAT KIND OF \r\n\r\n472\r\n00:16:11,937 --> 00:16:12,871\r\nNEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMITTEE I \r\n\r\n473\r\n00:16:12,871 --> 00:16:17,042\r\nJUST MOVED INTO. THERE IS NO \r\n\r\n474\r\n00:16:17,042 --> 00:16:18,377\r\nBETTER PLACE TO SHOW THAT FROM \r\n\r\n475\r\n00:16:18,377 --> 00:16:19,144\r\nTHE WONDERFUL WELCOMING READING \r\n\r\n476\r\n00:16:19,144 --> 00:16:20,346\r\nAREA AND THE CHILDREN'S AREA TO\r\n\r\n477\r\n00:16:20,346 --> 00:16:21,347\r\nTHE INCREDIBLE STAFF THAT HOSTS \r\n\r\n478\r\n00:16:21,347 --> 00:16:24,850\r\nPROGRAMS FROM STORYTIME TO LOCAL\r\n\r\n479\r\n00:16:24,850 --> 00:16:25,684\r\nCLUBS CLASS CALLED MUSIC \r\n\r\n480\r\n00:16:25,684 --> 00:16:26,952\r\nCONCERTS. IT IS TRULY A HUB OF \r\n\r\n481\r\n00:16:26,952 --> 00:16:31,090\r\nTHE NEIGHBORHOOD AND BEYOND. \r\n\r\n482\r\n00:16:31,090 --> 00:16:32,358\r\nHOWEVER, IT WILL BE 124 YEARS \r\n\r\n483\r\n00:16:32,358 --> 00:16:34,193\r\nOLD BY THE END OF THIS LEVY \r\n\r\n484\r\n00:16:34,193 --> 00:16:39,398\r\nCYCLE. IT DOES NOT HAVE THE \r\n\r\n485\r\n00:16:39,398 --> 00:16:40,232\r\nREINFORCED MASONRY TO PROTECT \r\n\r\n486\r\n00:16:40,232 --> 00:16:41,300\r\nTHE BUILDING DURING AN \r\n\r\n487\r\n00:16:41,300 --> 00:16:42,067\r\nEARTHQUAKE OR THE CLIMATE AND \r\n\r\n488\r\n00:16:42,067 --> 00:16:43,001\r\nACCESSIBILITY FEATURES OF MOST \r\n\r\n489\r\n00:16:43,001 --> 00:16:43,535\r\nMODERN LIBRARIES. MY \r\n\r\n490\r\n00:16:43,535 --> 00:16:45,004\r\nGRANDMOTHER, WAS ONLY 24 YEARS \r\n\r\n491\r\n00:16:45,004 --> 00:16:46,038\r\nYOUNGER THAN THAT BUILDING, SHE \r\n\r\n492\r\n00:16:46,038 --> 00:16:47,673\r\nTURNS 101 THIS YEAR, WOULD \r\n\r\n493\r\n00:16:47,673 --> 00:16:48,874\r\nCERTAINLY BENEFIT FROM THOSE \r\n\r\n494\r\n00:16:48,874 --> 00:16:53,946\r\nADDITIONS. AS WE ALL KNOW, \r\n\r\n495\r\n00:16:53,946 --> 00:16:55,347\r\nSEATTLE IS OVERDUE FOR THE BIG \r\n\r\n496\r\n00:16:55,347 --> 00:16:56,849\r\nONE. TO PARAPHRASE COUNCILMEMBER\r\n\r\n497\r\n00:16:56,849 --> 00:16:58,250\r\nRINCK LAST WEEK, THE BEST TIME \r\n\r\n498\r\n00:16:58,250 --> 00:16:59,852\r\nFOR A SEISMIC SAFETY UPGRADE IS \r\n\r\n499\r\n00:16:59,852 --> 00:17:09,461\r\nBEFORE THE BIG ONE HITS. FUNDING\r\n\r\n500\r\n00:17:09,461 --> 00:17:10,529\r\nTHE WEST SEATTLE RETROFIT NOW \r\n\r\n501\r\n00:17:10,529 --> 00:17:11,530\r\nALSO HELP MAKE SURE OUR \r\n\r\n502\r\n00:17:11,530 --> 00:17:12,531\r\nNEIGHBORS IN QUEEN ANNE AND \r\n\r\n503\r\n00:17:12,531 --> 00:17:13,599\r\nFREMONT BENEFIT FROM SIMILAR \r\n\r\n504\r\n00:17:13,599 --> 00:17:14,666\r\nPROJECTS IN THE NEXT LEVY CYCLE.\r\n\r\n505\r\n00:17:14,666 --> 00:17:15,834\r\nWE CAN'T AFFORD TO WAIT TOO \r\n\r\n506\r\n00:17:15,834 --> 00:17:16,869\r\nLONG TO PRESERVE THESE HISTORIC \r\n\r\n507\r\n00:17:16,869 --> 00:17:18,037\r\nBUILDINGS. PLEASE VOTE YES FOR \r\n\r\n508\r\n00:17:18,037 --> 00:17:19,004\r\nTHIS AMENDMENT AND IT BENEFITS \r\n\r\n509\r\n00:17:19,004 --> 00:17:20,038\r\nEVERYONE WHO COMES THROUGH THE \r\n\r\n510\r\n00:17:20,038 --> 00:17:20,839\r\nDOORS OF OUR BRANCHES. \r\n\r\n511\r\n00:17:20,839 --> 00:17:22,307\r\n>> THANK YOU, LILY. NEXT, \r\n\r\n512\r\n00:17:22,307 --> 00:17:24,777\r\nCHRISTIANA AND THEN MONIQUE AND \r\n\r\n513\r\n00:17:24,777 --> 00:17:29,048\r\nTHEN WE GO TO OUR ONLINE. \r\n\r\n514\r\n00:17:29,048 --> 00:17:30,949\r\nWELCOME. \r\n\r\n515\r\n00:17:30,949 --> 00:17:32,851\r\n>> MY NAME IS CHRISTIANA. I LIVE\r\n\r\n516\r\n00:17:32,851 --> 00:17:35,487\r\nIN DISTRICT 6. WHEN MY KIDS WERE\r\n\r\n517\r\n00:17:35,487 --> 00:17:38,057\r\nLITTLE WE WOULD GO TO THE \r\n\r\n518\r\n00:17:38,057 --> 00:17:39,158\r\nGREENWOOD LIBRARY IN OUR \r\n\r\n519\r\n00:17:39,158 --> 00:17:39,858\r\nNEIGHBORHOOD OFTEN. WHEN WE \r\n\r\n520\r\n00:17:39,858 --> 00:17:45,130\r\nWOULD RIDE THE ELEVATOR AS IT \r\n\r\n521\r\n00:17:45,130 --> 00:17:45,898\r\nCREAKED AND CRAWLED THERE WOULD \r\n\r\n522\r\n00:17:45,898 --> 00:17:46,932\r\nBE THAT MOMENT BETWEEN MYSELF, \r\n\r\n523\r\n00:17:46,932 --> 00:17:48,333\r\nMY KIDS AND OTHER PATRONS LOOK \r\n\r\n524\r\n00:17:48,333 --> 00:17:50,202\r\nTHAT SAYS, ARE WE GOING TO GET \r\n\r\n525\r\n00:17:50,202 --> 00:17:54,440\r\nSTUCK? THOSE KIDS ARE YOUNG \r\n\r\n526\r\n00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:55,941\r\nADULTS NOW. ONE OF THEM IS HERE \r\n\r\n527\r\n00:17:55,941 --> 00:17:58,844\r\nWITH ME TODAY. AND THE ELEVATOR \r\n\r\n528\r\n00:17:58,844 --> 00:17:59,878\r\nAT THE GREENWOOD LIBRARY AND \r\n\r\n529\r\n00:17:59,878 --> 00:18:00,946\r\nOTHERS IN OUR DISTRICT CONTINUE \r\n\r\n530\r\n00:18:00,946 --> 00:18:02,147\r\nTO CREAK AND CRAWL EVER SO \r\n\r\n531\r\n00:18:02,147 --> 00:18:03,715\r\nSLOWLY UP AND DOWN BETWEEN \r\n\r\n532\r\n00:18:03,715 --> 00:18:06,051\r\nFLOORS. THE SAME HERE TO THANK \r\n\r\n533\r\n00:18:06,051 --> 00:18:06,985\r\nMY COUNCILMEMBER, FOR HIS \r\n\r\n534\r\n00:18:06,985 --> 00:18:10,456\r\nPROPOSED AMENDMENT TO FUND ADA \r\n\r\n535\r\n00:18:10,456 --> 00:18:11,156\r\nACCESSIBILITY AND MAINTENANCE \r\n\r\n536\r\n00:18:11,156 --> 00:18:14,760\r\nNEEDS AT OUR LIBRARIES. THESE \r\n\r\n537\r\n00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:15,761\r\nFUNDS ARE CRITICALLY NEEDED, \r\n\r\n538\r\n00:18:15,761 --> 00:18:16,962\r\nESPECIALLY FOR ELEVATOR AND \r\n\r\n539\r\n00:18:16,962 --> 00:18:21,967\r\nESCALATOR REPLACEMENTS. IF YOU \r\n\r\n540\r\n00:18:21,967 --> 00:18:23,735\r\nHAD BEEN ON THE STREET TO THE \r\n\r\n541\r\n00:18:23,735 --> 00:18:24,303\r\nCENTRAL LIBRARY, THIS WEEK, \r\n\r\n542\r\n00:18:24,303 --> 00:18:25,537\r\nYOU'D HAVE SEEN AN ELEVATOR AND\r\n\r\n543\r\n00:18:25,537 --> 00:18:26,638\r\nESCALATOR ARE CURRENTLY DOWN. AS\r\n\r\n544\r\n00:18:26,638 --> 00:18:27,372\r\nIS, UNFORTUNATELY, OFTEN THE \r\n\r\n545\r\n00:18:27,372 --> 00:18:29,141\r\nCASE IN THAT AMAZING AND AGING \r\n\r\n546\r\n00:18:29,141 --> 00:18:35,981\r\nBUILDING. AS OUR LIBRARIES AGE, \r\n\r\n547\r\n00:18:35,981 --> 00:18:36,849\r\nELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS ARE \r\n\r\n548\r\n00:18:36,849 --> 00:18:38,183\r\nOFTEN THE FIRST THINGS TO BREAK.\r\n\r\n549\r\n00:18:38,183 --> 00:18:39,551\r\nLEADING TO SAFETY RISKS AND \r\n\r\n550\r\n00:18:39,551 --> 00:18:40,452\r\nINACCESSIBILITY. AND AS ANYONE \r\n\r\n551\r\n00:18:40,452 --> 00:18:41,787\r\nWHO HAS LIVED OR WORKED IN A \r\n\r\n552\r\n00:18:41,787 --> 00:18:42,821\r\nHIGH-RISE BUILDING THOSE, \r\n\r\n553\r\n00:18:42,821 --> 00:18:48,994\r\nELEVATORS AREN'T CHEAP OR QUICK\r\n\r\n554\r\n00:18:48,994 --> 00:18:50,462\r\nTO REPLACE. THAT IS WHY THE TIME\r\n\r\n555\r\n00:18:50,462 --> 00:18:51,430\r\nTO FUND THESE REPLACEMENTS IS \r\n\r\n556\r\n00:18:51,430 --> 00:18:52,698\r\nRIGHT NOW WITH THE ONCE EVERY \r\n\r\n557\r\n00:18:52,698 --> 00:18:53,866\r\nSEVEN YEARS OPPORTUNITY IN FRONT\r\n\r\n558\r\n00:18:53,866 --> 00:18:55,434\r\nOF YOU BEFORE COSTS GET EVEN \r\n\r\n559\r\n00:18:55,434 --> 00:18:56,235\r\nHIGHER OR A SERIOUS ISSUE \r\n\r\n560\r\n00:18:56,235 --> 00:19:01,106\r\nOCCURS. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\r\n\r\n561\r\n00:19:01,106 --> 00:19:02,074\r\nSTRAUSS, FOR PROPOSING FUNDS TO \r\n\r\n562\r\n00:19:02,074 --> 00:19:02,708\r\nADEQUATELY ADDRESS ADA \r\n\r\n563\r\n00:19:02,708 --> 00:19:03,342\r\nACCESSIBILITY AND MAINTENANCE \r\n\r\n564\r\n00:19:03,342 --> 00:19:10,182\r\nACROSS THE LIBRARY SYSTEM. \r\n\r\n565\r\n00:19:10,182 --> 00:19:11,483\r\nWITHOUT THIS FUNDING WE WILL \r\n\r\n566\r\n00:19:11,483 --> 00:19:12,084\r\nFALL DANGEROUSLY BEHIND ON \r\n\r\n567\r\n00:19:12,084 --> 00:19:13,152\r\nMAKING SURE OUR LIBRARIES ARE \r\n\r\n568\r\n00:19:13,152 --> 00:19:13,852\r\nSAFE AND ACCESSIBLE FOR \r\n\r\n569\r\n00:19:13,852 --> 00:19:15,153\r\nEVERYONE. I ASKED THE COUNCIL TO\r\n\r\n570\r\n00:19:15,153 --> 00:19:16,154\r\nVOTE YES ON THIS AMENDMENT. \r\n\r\n571\r\n00:19:16,154 --> 00:19:17,356\r\nTHANK YOU SO MUCH. \r\n\r\n572\r\n00:19:17,356 --> 00:19:18,257\r\n>> THANK YOU, CHRISTIANA. NEXT, \r\n\r\n573\r\n00:19:18,257 --> 00:19:19,658\r\nMONIQUE, AND THEN WE WILL GO TO \r\n\r\n574\r\n00:19:19,658 --> 00:19:23,028\r\nOUR ONLINE SPEAKERS. WELCOME. \r\n\r\n575\r\n00:19:23,028 --> 00:19:25,998\r\n>> MY NAME IS MONIQUE AND I LIVE\r\n\r\n576\r\n00:19:25,998 --> 00:19:30,736\r\nIN DISTRICT 4. I FEGLI VISIT THE\r\n\r\n577\r\n00:19:30,736 --> 00:19:32,638\r\nFREMONT LIBRARY. I SERVE ON THE \r\n\r\n578\r\n00:19:32,638 --> 00:19:33,639\r\nBOARD OF THE FRIENDS OF THE \r\n\r\n579\r\n00:19:33,639 --> 00:19:36,808\r\nSEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY. \r\n\r\n580\r\n00:19:36,808 --> 00:19:37,509\r\nTHROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS YOU \r\n\r\n581\r\n00:19:37,509 --> 00:19:38,644\r\nENGAGED WITH MANY OF MY FELLOW \r\n\r\n582\r\n00:19:38,644 --> 00:19:39,878\r\nBOARD MEMBERS AS WE SEEK TO \r\n\r\n583\r\n00:19:39,878 --> 00:19:40,846\r\nFULFILL OUR MISSION LIBRARY AND \r\n\r\n584\r\n00:19:40,846 --> 00:19:42,548\r\nINSPIRE A LOVE OF READING IN OUR\r\n\r\n585\r\n00:19:42,548 --> 00:19:43,482\r\nCOMMUNITY. AND THANKS FOR \r\n\r\n586\r\n00:19:43,482 --> 00:19:44,883\r\nLISTENING AND I WANT TO \r\n\r\n587\r\n00:19:44,883 --> 00:19:51,924\r\nESPECIALLY THANK COUNCILMEMBER \r\n\r\n588\r\n00:19:51,924 --> 00:19:52,724\r\nRINCK, NOT JUST FOR YOUR \r\n\r\n589\r\n00:19:52,724 --> 00:19:53,759\r\nFANTASTIC REAL WITH MY BOARD \r\n\r\n590\r\n00:19:53,759 --> 00:19:54,860\r\nCOLLEAGUE JENNIFER, BUT ALSO FOR\r\n\r\n591\r\n00:19:54,860 --> 00:19:55,761\r\nSPONSORING THE AMENDMENT TO \r\n\r\n592\r\n00:19:55,761 --> 00:19:56,862\r\nEXPAND INTO DIGITAL BOOKS. AS \r\n\r\n593\r\n00:19:56,862 --> 00:19:58,096\r\nYOU REPEATEDLY HEARD, BOTH \r\n\r\n594\r\n00:19:58,096 --> 00:20:08,340\r\nDIGITAL BOOKS AND PEAK PICS ARE \r\n\r\n595\r\n00:20:08,340 --> 00:20:08,974\r\nEXTREMELY POPULAR AMONG SEATTLE \r\n\r\n596\r\n00:20:08,974 --> 00:20:10,242\r\nREADERS. IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE \r\n\r\n597\r\n00:20:10,242 --> 00:20:11,510\r\nTO TAKE ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR \r\n\r\n598\r\n00:20:11,510 --> 00:20:12,644\r\nTHINGS LIBRARY DOES AND COMBINE \r\n\r\n599\r\n00:20:12,644 --> 00:20:13,645\r\nIT WITH THE MOST POPULAR CURRENT\r\n\r\n600\r\n00:20:13,645 --> 00:20:15,047\r\nFORMAT REQUESTED BY THE PUBLIC. \r\n\r\n601\r\n00:20:15,047 --> 00:20:15,948\r\nTHAT THE LIBRARY OFFERS. PEAK \r\n\r\n602\r\n00:20:15,948 --> 00:20:17,149\r\nPICS OFFERS NO WAY ACCESS TO \r\n\r\n603\r\n00:20:17,149 --> 00:20:18,450\r\nMOST IN DEMAND NEW RELEASES FROM\r\n\r\n604\r\n00:20:18,450 --> 00:20:19,484\r\nWELL-KNOWN AUTHORS AND RIGHT NOW\r\n\r\n605\r\n00:20:19,484 --> 00:20:20,552\r\nFOR EXAMPLE IT FEATURES THE \r\n\r\n606\r\n00:20:20,552 --> 00:20:21,887\r\nLATEST WORKS FROM. IT ALSO \r\n\r\n607\r\n00:20:21,887 --> 00:20:23,455\r\nHIGHLIGHTS WRITERS AND NEW \r\n\r\n608\r\n00:20:23,455 --> 00:20:26,325\r\nVOICES AND CURRENT PICS INCLUDE \r\n\r\n609\r\n00:20:26,325 --> 00:20:32,364\r\nNORTHWEST TRAVEL GUIDE, A MANUAL\r\n\r\n610\r\n00:20:32,364 --> 00:20:33,231\r\nON GROWING VEGETABLES IN \r\n\r\n611\r\n00:20:33,231 --> 00:20:34,166\r\nWASHINGTON AND A MYSTERY SET ON \r\n\r\n612\r\n00:20:34,166 --> 00:20:39,338\r\nWHIDBEY ISLAND. IT PROVIDES A \r\n\r\n613\r\n00:20:39,338 --> 00:20:40,872\r\nBELOVED SERVICE FOR PATRONS AND \r\n\r\n614\r\n00:20:40,872 --> 00:20:41,506\r\nVALUABLE PLATFORM FOR EMERGING \r\n\r\n615\r\n00:20:41,506 --> 00:20:42,441\r\nAND DIVERSE WRITERS AT THE FRONT\r\n\r\n616\r\n00:20:42,441 --> 00:20:43,475\r\nOF EVERY LIBRARY AND HOPEFULLY \r\n\r\n617\r\n00:20:43,475 --> 00:20:44,876\r\nSOON ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE \r\n\r\n618\r\n00:20:44,876 --> 00:20:51,350\r\nAB. PLEASE VOTE YES TO EXPAND \r\n\r\n619\r\n00:20:51,350 --> 00:20:52,784\r\nACCESS TO PEAK PICS AND DIGITAL \r\n\r\n620\r\n00:20:52,784 --> 00:20:53,018\r\nBOOKS. \r\n\r\n621\r\n00:20:53,018 --> 00:20:54,453\r\n>> THANK YOU. WE WILL GO TO OUR \r\n\r\n622\r\n00:20:54,453 --> 00:20:55,687\r\nONLINE SPEAKERS. WE HAVE BRIAN, \r\n\r\n623\r\n00:20:55,687 --> 00:20:57,723\r\nROBERTA, AND KATHLEEN. BRIAN, \r\n\r\n624\r\n00:20:57,723 --> 00:21:03,762\r\nPRESS STAR SIX AND YOU MAY \r\n\r\n625\r\n00:21:03,762 --> 00:21:10,269\r\nBEGIN. \r\n\r\n626\r\n00:21:10,269 --> 00:21:11,837\r\n>> THIS IS BRIAN. I'M A HOST ON\r\n\r\n627\r\n00:21:11,837 --> 00:21:13,071\r\nTHE SEATTLE CHANNEL. THANK YOU \r\n\r\n628\r\n00:21:13,071 --> 00:21:13,839\r\nFOR THE OPPORTUNITY. I'VE \r\n\r\n629\r\n00:21:13,839 --> 00:21:15,340\r\nTALKED WITH ALL OF YOU AT THE \r\n\r\n630\r\n00:21:15,340 --> 00:21:16,074\r\nSEATTLE CHANNEL STUDIOS BEFORE \r\n\r\n631\r\n00:21:16,074 --> 00:21:17,242\r\nBUT THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. \r\n\r\n632\r\n00:21:17,242 --> 00:21:18,910\r\nI'M SPEAKING TO YOU IN SUPPORT \r\n\r\n633\r\n00:21:18,910 --> 00:21:22,648\r\nOF COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS'S \r\n\r\n634\r\n00:21:22,648 --> 00:21:23,815\r\nAMENDMENT TO THE LIBRARY LEVY. \r\n\r\n635\r\n00:21:23,815 --> 00:21:24,750\r\nAMENDMENT NUMBER EIGHT ON PAGE \r\n\r\n636\r\n00:21:24,750 --> 00:21:25,751\r\n16 OF YOUR AMENDMENT'S PACKET. \r\n\r\n637\r\n00:21:25,751 --> 00:21:26,852\r\nTHIS MEASURE WOULD EXPAND \r\n\r\n638\r\n00:21:26,852 --> 00:21:27,653\r\nLIBRARY PROGRAMMING ON THE \r\n\r\n639\r\n00:21:27,653 --> 00:21:28,553\r\nSEATTLE CHANNEL. A RELATIVELY \r\n\r\n640\r\n00:21:28,553 --> 00:21:32,090\r\nLOW COST OF $300,000 PER YEAR, \r\n\r\n641\r\n00:21:32,090 --> 00:21:33,258\r\n$2.1 MILLION OVER THE LIFE OF \r\n\r\n642\r\n00:21:33,258 --> 00:21:35,060\r\nTHE LEVY. THE SEATTLE CHANNEL IS\r\n\r\n643\r\n00:21:35,060 --> 00:21:41,867\r\nBROADCAST MONTHLY LIBRARY BOARD \r\n\r\n644\r\n00:21:41,867 --> 00:21:43,268\r\nMEETINGS, FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS,\r\n\r\n645\r\n00:21:43,268 --> 00:21:44,136\r\nAND THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY NOW \r\n\r\n646\r\n00:21:44,136 --> 00:21:45,470\r\nTO BUILD ON THIS PARTNERSHIP AND\r\n\r\n647\r\n00:21:45,470 --> 00:21:46,238\r\nLEVERAGE THE CHANNEL'S GROWING \r\n\r\n648\r\n00:21:46,238 --> 00:21:47,239\r\nONLINE PRESENCE WITH 5.5 MILLION\r\n\r\n649\r\n00:21:47,239 --> 00:21:48,940\r\nANNUAL VIDEO ABUSE TO PROMOTE \r\n\r\n650\r\n00:21:48,940 --> 00:21:57,049\r\nLIBRARY CONTENT. BOOK TALKS, \r\n\r\n651\r\n00:21:57,049 --> 00:21:58,250\r\nLECTURES AND OTHER LIBRARY \r\n\r\n652\r\n00:21:58,250 --> 00:21:59,251\r\nPRESENTATIONS COULD BE FEATURED \r\n\r\n653\r\n00:21:59,251 --> 00:21:59,851\r\nON SEATTLE CHANNELS MULTIPLE \r\n\r\n654\r\n00:21:59,851 --> 00:22:00,519\r\nVIDEO PLATFORMS. CONNECTING WITH\r\n\r\n655\r\n00:22:00,519 --> 00:22:01,186\r\nTHE CHANNELS 156,000 FOLLOWERS \r\n\r\n656\r\n00:22:01,186 --> 00:22:02,154\r\nON SOCIAL MEDIA INCLUDING 82,000\r\n\r\n657\r\n00:22:02,154 --> 00:22:06,358\r\nSUBSCRIBERS ON YOUTUBE ALONE. \r\n\r\n658\r\n00:22:06,358 --> 00:22:07,659\r\nTHIS AMENDMENT IS NOT A LARGE \r\n\r\n659\r\n00:22:07,659 --> 00:22:08,860\r\nINCREASE TO THE LEVY. BUT IT \r\n\r\n660\r\n00:22:08,860 --> 00:22:09,728\r\nWOULD CREATE A SIGNIFICANT \r\n\r\n661\r\n00:22:09,728 --> 00:22:10,729\r\nFUNDING SOURCE FOR THE SEATTLE \r\n\r\n662\r\n00:22:10,729 --> 00:22:17,536\r\nCHANNEL. AS MANY CANCEL MEMBERS \r\n\r\n663\r\n00:22:17,536 --> 00:22:18,437\r\nKNOW, THE CHANNEL FACE MAJOR \r\n\r\n664\r\n00:22:18,437 --> 00:22:19,371\r\nFUNDING CUTS IN 2024 THAT \r\n\r\n665\r\n00:22:19,371 --> 00:22:20,472\r\nWOULD'VE RESULTED IN THE LOSS \r\n\r\n666\r\n00:22:20,472 --> 00:22:21,740\r\nOF SHOWS LIKE THE ONES I HOST \r\n\r\n667\r\n00:22:21,740 --> 00:22:23,075\r\nWITH YOU AND OTHER GUESTS, PLUS \r\n\r\n668\r\n00:22:23,075 --> 00:22:24,042\r\nOTHER POPULAR PROGRAMS. LIKE ART\r\n\r\n669\r\n00:22:24,042 --> 00:22:31,450\r\nZONE. AND BOOK LOVE. I AM \r\n\r\n670\r\n00:22:31,450 --> 00:22:32,584\r\nTHANKFUL TO THE COUNCIL THAT \r\n\r\n671\r\n00:22:32,584 --> 00:22:34,086\r\nFUNDING FOR THE CHANNEL WAS \r\n\r\n672\r\n00:22:34,086 --> 00:22:34,720\r\nRESTORED THEN, BUT DECREASING \r\n\r\n673\r\n00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:35,554\r\nREVENUE FROM CABLE FEES REMAINS \r\n\r\n674\r\n00:22:35,554 --> 00:22:36,955\r\nA CONCERN. THAT IS WHY THIS IDEA\r\n\r\n675\r\n00:22:36,955 --> 00:22:38,256\r\nOF ADDING A LITTLE BIT OF LEVY \r\n\r\n676\r\n00:22:38,256 --> 00:22:39,558\r\nMONEY TO THE CHANNEL, CREATING A\r\n\r\n677\r\n00:22:39,558 --> 00:22:40,358\r\nBRAIDED APPROACH WITH MULTIPLE \r\n\r\n678\r\n00:22:40,358 --> 00:22:41,359\r\nFUNDING SOURCES FOR THE CHANNEL \r\n\r\n679\r\n00:22:41,359 --> 00:22:42,394\r\nPRESENTS ITSELF AS A PRACTICAL \r\n\r\n680\r\n00:22:42,394 --> 00:22:52,938\r\nAND SUSTAINABLE PATH FORWARD. AS\r\n\r\n681\r\n00:22:56,508 --> 00:22:57,375\r\nA JOURNALIST COVERING CITY HALL \r\n\r\n682\r\n00:22:57,375 --> 00:22:58,744\r\nIT IS NOT COMFORTABLE FOR ME TO \r\n\r\n683\r\n00:22:58,744 --> 00:23:00,045\r\nSPEAK OUT ABOUT THE CITY DOLLARS\r\n\r\n684\r\n00:23:00,045 --> 00:23:01,747\r\nTHAT AFFECT MY JOB, AS I WAS NOT\r\n\r\n685\r\n00:23:01,747 --> 00:23:02,647\r\nCOMFORTABLE TWO YEARS AGO. BUT \r\n\r\n686\r\n00:23:02,647 --> 00:23:04,449\r\nI'M GOING TO SAY WITH ALL THE \r\n\r\n687\r\n00:23:04,449 --> 00:23:05,650\r\nHUMIDITY I CAN, I SEE THE WORK \r\n\r\n688\r\n00:23:05,650 --> 00:23:06,852\r\nOF THE SEATTLE CHANNEL IS A \r\n\r\n689\r\n00:23:06,852 --> 00:23:08,153\r\nCRITICAL PART OF THE FABRIC OF \r\n\r\n690\r\n00:23:08,153 --> 00:23:09,454\r\nTHE CITY AND IT NEEDS TO SURVIVE\r\n\r\n691\r\n00:23:09,454 --> 00:23:10,756\r\nAND FLOURISH. THIS IS A VERY \r\n\r\n692\r\n00:23:10,756 --> 00:23:12,157\r\nSMALL INCREASE TO THE LEVY, BUT \r\n\r\n693\r\n00:23:12,157 --> 00:23:13,558\r\nI SEE IT AS A FISCALLY \r\n\r\n694\r\n00:23:13,558 --> 00:23:14,159\r\nRESPONSIBLE MOVE TO PROMOTE \r\n\r\n695\r\n00:23:14,159 --> 00:23:15,160\r\nSEATTLE LIBRARIES AND HELP THE \r\n\r\n696\r\n00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:16,261\r\nSEATTLE CHANNEL 5 INTO THE \r\n\r\n697\r\n00:23:16,261 --> 00:23:16,962\r\nFUTURE. THANK YOU. \r\n\r\n698\r\n00:23:16,962 --> 00:23:17,963\r\n>> THANK YOU, BRIAN. NEXT, \r\n\r\n699\r\n00:23:17,963 --> 00:23:19,364\r\nROBERTA. PRESS STAR SIX. YOU MAY\r\n\r\n700\r\n00:23:19,364 --> 00:23:20,132\r\nBEGIN. \r\n\r\n701\r\n00:23:20,132 --> 00:23:20,732\r\n>> \r\n\r\n702\r\n00:23:20,732 --> 00:23:21,967\r\n>> THANK YOU, CHAIR AND COUNCIL \r\n\r\n703\r\n00:23:21,967 --> 00:23:23,135\r\nMEMBERS. MY NAME IS ROBERTA AND \r\n\r\n704\r\n00:23:23,135 --> 00:23:25,437\r\nI LIVE IN DISTRICT 5. MY FIRST \r\n\r\n705\r\n00:23:25,437 --> 00:23:30,075\r\nTIME EVER CALLING IN TO MAKE \r\n\r\n706\r\n00:23:30,075 --> 00:23:31,343\r\nPUBLIC COMMENT ON AN ISSUE. I \r\n\r\n707\r\n00:23:31,343 --> 00:23:32,444\r\nHAVE BEEN A LIFELONG SUPPORTER \r\n\r\n708\r\n00:23:32,444 --> 00:23:33,345\r\nOF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, \r\n\r\n709\r\n00:23:33,345 --> 00:23:34,346\r\nFREQUENTED THE NORTHEAST \r\n\r\n710\r\n00:23:34,346 --> 00:23:37,482\r\nLIBRARY, AND AND AN AVID \r\n\r\n711\r\n00:23:37,482 --> 00:23:39,151\r\nAUDIOBOOK USER. THE LIBRARY IS A\r\n\r\n712\r\n00:23:39,151 --> 00:23:41,753\r\nPLACE THAT I AND SO MANY OTHERS \r\n\r\n713\r\n00:23:41,753 --> 00:23:43,288\r\nHAVE ALWAYS CALLED HOME. I'M \r\n\r\n714\r\n00:23:43,288 --> 00:23:47,159\r\nALSO AN ACTIVE YOU ARE OF THE \r\n\r\n715\r\n00:23:47,159 --> 00:23:47,859\r\nEMMY AWARD-WINNING SEATTLE \r\n\r\n716\r\n00:23:47,859 --> 00:23:49,461\r\nCHANNEL. SUCH A GREAT EXISTING \r\n\r\n717\r\n00:23:49,461 --> 00:23:50,962\r\nFREE RESOURCE THAT THE CITY \r\n\r\n718\r\n00:23:50,962 --> 00:23:55,834\r\nSHOULD BE PROUD OF. THIS IS WHY \r\n\r\n719\r\n00:23:55,834 --> 00:23:56,935\r\nAM SO PLEASED TO SEE THE \r\n\r\n720\r\n00:23:56,935 --> 00:23:58,136\r\nAMENDMENT FROM COUNCILMEMBER \r\n\r\n721\r\n00:23:58,136 --> 00:24:03,375\r\nSTRAUSS TO GROW THE SEATTLE \r\n\r\n722\r\n00:24:03,375 --> 00:24:04,509\r\nCHANNEL COVERAGE OF THE LIBRARY \r\n\r\n723\r\n00:24:04,509 --> 00:24:05,243\r\nPROGRAMS. WHAT A GREAT \r\n\r\n724\r\n00:24:05,243 --> 00:24:06,344\r\nCOLLABORATION THAT WILL BE. \r\n\r\n725\r\n00:24:06,344 --> 00:24:07,245\r\nLIBRARY PROGRAMS ARE SUCH A HUGE\r\n\r\n726\r\n00:24:07,245 --> 00:24:08,313\r\nWIN FOR THE CITY. EDUCATIONAL \r\n\r\n727\r\n00:24:08,313 --> 00:24:11,216\r\nAND FREE OF CHARGE. A BROAD \r\n\r\n728\r\n00:24:11,216 --> 00:24:12,150\r\nRANGE OF PROGRAMS OFFER \r\n\r\n729\r\n00:24:12,150 --> 00:24:13,652\r\nSOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. TRULY A \r\n\r\n730\r\n00:24:13,652 --> 00:24:21,026\r\nCOMMON GROUND. THESE MUST BE \r\n\r\n731\r\n00:24:21,026 --> 00:24:21,860\r\nACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE INCLUDING\r\n\r\n732\r\n00:24:21,860 --> 00:24:22,561\r\nPEOPLE FACE BARRIERS, PRESENTED \r\n\r\n733\r\n00:24:22,561 --> 00:24:23,929\r\nBY THE TRANSPORTATION, CHILDCARE\r\n\r\n734\r\n00:24:23,929 --> 00:24:27,632\r\nAND MORE. AND WHO MAY NOT BE \r\n\r\n735\r\n00:24:27,632 --> 00:24:28,467\r\nABLE TO ATTEND LIBRARY PROGRAMS \r\n\r\n736\r\n00:24:28,467 --> 00:24:30,035\r\nIN PERSON. THE SEATTLE CHANNEL \r\n\r\n737\r\n00:24:30,035 --> 00:24:32,137\r\nIS ANOTHER ESSENTIAL FREE \r\n\r\n738\r\n00:24:32,137 --> 00:24:37,642\r\nEDUCATIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE. THEY\r\n\r\n739\r\n00:24:37,642 --> 00:24:38,844\r\nDO SUCH AN AMAZING JOB OF \r\n\r\n740\r\n00:24:38,844 --> 00:24:40,045\r\nCOVERING CITY POLITICS AND SO \r\n\r\n741\r\n00:24:40,045 --> 00:24:41,413\r\nMUCH MORE. THEY ALREADY OFFER \r\n\r\n742\r\n00:24:41,413 --> 00:24:42,747\r\nAWARD-WINNING ORIGINAL CONTENT, \r\n\r\n743\r\n00:24:42,747 --> 00:24:44,082\r\nCREATIVE AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS, \r\n\r\n744\r\n00:24:44,082 --> 00:24:47,786\r\nVITAL ELECTION INFORMATION AND \r\n\r\n745\r\n00:24:47,786 --> 00:24:48,854\r\nSEATTLE HISTORY JUST TO NAME A \r\n\r\n746\r\n00:24:48,854 --> 00:24:55,627\r\nFEW. I'M EXCITED THAT \r\n\r\n747\r\n00:24:55,627 --> 00:24:56,161\r\nCOUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS'S \r\n\r\n748\r\n00:24:56,161 --> 00:24:56,828\r\nAMENDMENT WOULD PROVIDE MORE \r\n\r\n749\r\n00:24:56,828 --> 00:24:57,362\r\nOPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE \r\n\r\n750\r\n00:24:57,362 --> 00:24:58,029\r\nEXPERIENCE LIBRARY PROGRAMS \r\n\r\n751\r\n00:24:58,029 --> 00:24:59,464\r\nREMOTELY VIA THE SEATTLE \r\n\r\n752\r\n00:24:59,464 --> 00:25:00,832\r\nCHANNEL. I URGE YOU TO VOTE YES \r\n\r\n753\r\n00:25:00,832 --> 00:25:02,000\r\nON THIS AMENDMENT AND SUPPORT \r\n\r\n754\r\n00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:09,241\r\nMORE ACCESS TO TWO OF OUR \r\n\r\n755\r\n00:25:09,241 --> 00:25:10,141\r\nCENTRAL PUBLIC SERVICES. THE \r\n\r\n756\r\n00:25:10,141 --> 00:25:10,976\r\nLIBRARY AND THE SEATTLE CHANNEL.\r\n\r\n757\r\n00:25:10,976 --> 00:25:11,743\r\nTHANK YOU. \r\n\r\n758\r\n00:25:11,743 --> 00:25:12,744\r\n>> THANK YOU, ROBERTA. KATHLEEN.\r\n\r\n759\r\n00:25:12,744 --> 00:25:14,880\r\nPLEASE PRESS STAR SIX AND YOU \r\n\r\n760\r\n00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:15,847\r\nMAY BEGIN. \r\n\r\n761\r\n00:25:15,847 --> 00:25:22,254\r\n>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS. \r\n\r\n762\r\n00:25:22,254 --> 00:25:23,388\r\nMY NAME IS KATHLEEN, AND I LIVE \r\n\r\n763\r\n00:25:23,388 --> 00:25:29,027\r\nIN DISTRICT 7. I AM SPEAKING IN \r\n\r\n764\r\n00:25:29,027 --> 00:25:30,295\r\nSUPPORT OF THE LIBRARY LEVY WITH\r\n\r\n765\r\n00:25:30,295 --> 00:25:31,096\r\nAN EMPHASIS ON ADDITIONAL \r\n\r\n766\r\n00:25:31,096 --> 00:25:32,364\r\nFUNDING FOR THE COMMUNITY \r\n\r\n767\r\n00:25:32,364 --> 00:25:37,335\r\nRESOURCE SPECIALIST POSITION. \r\n\r\n768\r\n00:25:37,335 --> 00:25:38,837\r\nFOR 19 YEARS I WAS THE EXECUTIVE\r\n\r\n769\r\n00:25:38,837 --> 00:25:39,938\r\nDIRECTOR OF CRISIS CLINIC, NOW \r\n\r\n770\r\n00:25:39,938 --> 00:25:40,538\r\nCRISIS CONNECTION. WHICH \r\n\r\n771\r\n00:25:40,538 --> 00:25:41,072\r\nPROVIDES TELEPHONE-BASED \r\n\r\n772\r\n00:25:41,072 --> 00:25:43,942\r\nINFORMATION REFERRALS TO HELP \r\n\r\n773\r\n00:25:43,942 --> 00:25:45,277\r\nHEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND A \r\n\r\n774\r\n00:25:45,277 --> 00:25:46,278\r\nBROAD ARRAY OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH\r\n\r\n775\r\n00:25:46,278 --> 00:25:47,646\r\nCRISIS DIVERSION SERVICES \r\n\r\n776\r\n00:25:47,646 --> 00:25:51,249\r\nINCLUDING 988 , THE SUICIDE AND \r\n\r\n777\r\n00:25:51,249 --> 00:26:01,793\r\nCRISIS LINE. I WAS A COFOUNDER \r\n\r\n778\r\n00:26:10,802 --> 00:26:11,369\r\nOF WASHINGTON STATE 211 SERVICE,\r\n\r\n779\r\n00:26:11,369 --> 00:26:12,003\r\nA THREE DIGIT DIALING CODE THAT \r\n\r\n780\r\n00:26:12,003 --> 00:26:20,979\r\nMADE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE -- THE\r\n\r\n781\r\n00:26:20,979 --> 00:26:21,613\r\nLIBRARY'S COMMUNITY RESOURCE \r\n\r\n782\r\n00:26:21,613 --> 00:26:22,447\r\nSPECIALISTS ARE A DEDICATED \r\n\r\n783\r\n00:26:22,447 --> 00:26:25,850\r\nSTAFF WHO HAVE THE CAPACITY , \r\n\r\n784\r\n00:26:25,850 --> 00:26:26,851\r\nEXPERTISE AND EMPATHY TO WORK \r\n\r\n785\r\n00:26:26,851 --> 00:26:27,953\r\nWITH VULNERABLE LIBRARY \r\n\r\n786\r\n00:26:27,953 --> 00:26:30,655\r\nPATIENTS. EXPANDING THESE \r\n\r\n787\r\n00:26:30,655 --> 00:26:32,157\r\nPOSITIONS AND WORKING WITH THE \r\n\r\n788\r\n00:26:32,157 --> 00:26:33,692\r\nCARE TEAM TO BETTER INTEGRATE \r\n\r\n789\r\n00:26:33,692 --> 00:26:35,226\r\nSERVICE CONNECTION FROM LIBRARY \r\n\r\n790\r\n00:26:35,226 --> 00:26:40,565\r\nLOCATION WILL STRENGTHEN OUR \r\n\r\n791\r\n00:26:40,565 --> 00:26:41,733\r\nCITY SAFETY NET. THIS WILL \r\n\r\n792\r\n00:26:41,733 --> 00:26:42,634\r\nBENEFIT PATRONS AT THE CENTRAL \r\n\r\n793\r\n00:26:42,634 --> 00:26:43,935\r\nLIBRARY, BALLARD, AND CAPITOL \r\n\r\n794\r\n00:26:43,935 --> 00:26:48,740\r\nHILL. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK \r\n\r\n795\r\n00:26:48,740 --> 00:26:50,108\r\nCOUNCIL MEMBERS FOSTER, STRAUSS \r\n\r\n796\r\n00:26:50,108 --> 00:26:54,446\r\nAND HOLLINGSWORTH. THERE \r\n\r\n797\r\n00:26:54,446 --> 00:26:55,080\r\nIMPORTANT AMENDMENT WOULD \r\n\r\n798\r\n00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:56,781\r\nADDRESS THE CRISIS NEEDS OF \r\n\r\n799\r\n00:26:56,781 --> 00:26:58,750\r\nLIBRARY PATRONS. I ENCOURAGE ALL\r\n\r\n800\r\n00:26:58,750 --> 00:26:59,985\r\nCOUNCILMEMBERS TO SUPPORT THIS \r\n\r\n801\r\n00:26:59,985 --> 00:27:03,254\r\nAMENDMENT AND EXPAND THE \r\n\r\n802\r\n00:27:03,254 --> 00:27:04,055\r\nLIBRARY'S ROLE IN ADDRESSING \r\n\r\n803\r\n00:27:04,055 --> 00:27:05,256\r\nTHE NEEDS OF OUR LITTLE MEMBERS \r\n\r\n804\r\n00:27:05,256 --> 00:27:09,127\r\nOF OUR CITY. THANK YOU. \r\n\r\n805\r\n00:27:09,127 --> 00:27:10,729\r\n>> THANK YOU. COLLEEN, PLEASE \r\n\r\n806\r\n00:27:10,729 --> 00:27:12,364\r\nPRESS STAR SIX AND YOU MAY \r\n\r\n807\r\n00:27:12,364 --> 00:27:15,734\r\nBEGIN. \r\n\r\n808\r\n00:27:15,734 --> 00:27:22,974\r\n>> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL. \r\n\r\n809\r\n00:27:22,974 --> 00:27:23,942\r\nARE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 3200 \r\n\r\n810\r\n00:27:23,942 --> 00:27:25,043\r\nRESIDENTS, 100% SUPPORTS THE $10\r\n\r\n811\r\n00:27:25,043 --> 00:27:25,644\r\nMILLION VIBRATE LEVY. AS YOU \r\n\r\n812\r\n00:27:25,644 --> 00:27:27,479\r\nKNOW, IT IS WHOPPING 50% \r\n\r\n813\r\n00:27:27,479 --> 00:27:35,153\r\nINCREASE INFLATION ADJUSTMENT \r\n\r\n814\r\n00:27:35,153 --> 00:27:35,787\r\nREPLACEMENT LEVY WHICH COVERS \r\n\r\n815\r\n00:27:35,787 --> 00:27:36,388\r\nEVERYTHING FROM OPERATIONS \r\n\r\n816\r\n00:27:36,388 --> 00:27:37,155\r\nMAINTENANCE, BOOKS AND \r\n\r\n817\r\n00:27:37,155 --> 00:27:37,722\r\nMATERIALS, INFRASTRUCTURE, \r\n\r\n818\r\n00:27:37,722 --> 00:27:38,890\r\nE-BOOKS AND THE WONDERFUL \r\n\r\n819\r\n00:27:38,890 --> 00:27:42,160\r\nOUTREACH SERVICES. THERE ARE \r\n\r\n820\r\n00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:43,161\r\nSOME REAL CONCERNS AMONG \r\n\r\n821\r\n00:27:43,161 --> 00:27:43,728\r\nCONSTITUENTS THAT THE LEVY \r\n\r\n822\r\n00:27:43,728 --> 00:27:45,764\r\nREQUIRES THE CITY TO RECEIVE \r\n\r\n823\r\n00:27:45,764 --> 00:27:46,931\r\nLEVY LIMITS FROM THE STATE AND \r\n\r\n824\r\n00:27:46,931 --> 00:27:47,732\r\nTHE NEIGHBORS ESPECIALLY SENIORS\r\n\r\n825\r\n00:27:47,732 --> 00:27:48,800\r\nAND SEVERAL VETERANS ON FIXED \r\n\r\n826\r\n00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:50,235\r\nINCOMES DO NOT SUPPORT \r\n\r\n827\r\n00:27:50,235 --> 00:27:51,469\r\nADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS SEATTLE \r\n\r\n828\r\n00:27:51,469 --> 00:27:53,938\r\nEVEN AT A DANGEROUSLY HIGH \r\n\r\n829\r\n00:27:53,938 --> 00:27:56,441\r\n---THE STATE. ADDING MORE \r\n\r\n830\r\n00:27:56,441 --> 00:28:06,985\r\nMILLIONS AMENDMENTS FOR THE CITY\r\n\r\n831\r\n00:28:11,423 --> 00:28:12,524\r\nFOR REAL EMERGENCIES. YESTERDAY \r\n\r\n832\r\n00:28:12,524 --> 00:28:13,291\r\nAS WE STOOD AT THE MARKET \r\n\r\n833\r\n00:28:13,291 --> 00:28:14,392\r\nNEIGHBORS WERE CONTEMPLATING IN \r\n\r\n834\r\n00:28:14,392 --> 00:28:15,160\r\nTHE CARTS WHETHER THEY SHOULD \r\n\r\n835\r\n00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:16,161\r\nSTUFF THE CART FULL OF \r\n\r\n836\r\n00:28:16,161 --> 00:28:17,228\r\nEVERYTHING OR SHOULD SOMETHING \r\n\r\n837\r\n00:28:17,228 --> 00:28:18,229\r\nBE LEFT ON THE SHELF BROTHERS \r\n\r\n838\r\n00:28:18,229 --> 00:28:19,297\r\nFOR EMERGENCIES. THIS IS THE \r\n\r\n839\r\n00:28:19,297 --> 00:28:20,732\r\nSAME AS SAVING A SMALL OF AMOUNT\r\n\r\n840\r\n00:28:20,732 --> 00:28:21,566\r\nOF TAXING CAPACITY. OR \r\n\r\n841\r\n00:28:21,566 --> 00:28:22,867\r\nCONTINGENCY FOR THE CITY'S \r\n\r\n842\r\n00:28:22,867 --> 00:28:33,411\r\nFUTURE. ALL OF SEATTLE RESIDENTS\r\n\r\n843\r\n00:28:33,812 --> 00:28:34,446\r\nHAVE WONDERFUL AFFILIATIONS WITH\r\n\r\n844\r\n00:28:34,446 --> 00:28:35,280\r\nSEATTLE LIBRARIES AND GREAT \r\n\r\n845\r\n00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:36,114\r\nMEMORIES. BUT WE CAN'T AFFORD \r\n\r\n846\r\n00:28:36,114 --> 00:28:37,248\r\nMORE THAN THE $410 MILLION WHICH\r\n\r\n847\r\n00:28:37,248 --> 00:28:38,283\r\nIS A 50% INCREASE. LANDOWNERS \r\n\r\n848\r\n00:28:38,283 --> 00:28:39,451\r\nHAVE ALREADY BEEN TAXED HEAVILY \r\n\r\n849\r\n00:28:39,451 --> 00:28:40,585\r\nTO FUND PARKS AND REC LEVY, \r\n\r\n850\r\n00:28:40,585 --> 00:28:41,453\r\nCHILDREN, FAMILIES AND FREE \r\n\r\n851\r\n00:28:41,453 --> 00:28:42,253\r\nPRESCHOOL WHICH ALSO PROVIDES \r\n\r\n852\r\n00:28:42,253 --> 00:28:43,555\r\nMANY OF THESE RESOURCES IN SAFE \r\n\r\n853\r\n00:28:43,555 --> 00:28:44,756\r\nPLACES FOR CHILDREN TO BE AFTER \r\n\r\n854\r\n00:28:44,756 --> 00:28:45,757\r\nSCHOOL. PLEASE PASS THE $400 \r\n\r\n855\r\n00:28:45,757 --> 00:28:46,958\r\nMILLION -- $410 MILLION CB 12181\r\n\r\n856\r\n00:28:46,958 --> 00:28:48,059\r\nWITH NO AMENDMENTS. LET'S KEEP \r\n\r\n857\r\n00:28:48,059 --> 00:28:49,027\r\nSEATTLE MORE AFFORDABLE FOR \r\n\r\n858\r\n00:28:49,027 --> 00:28:55,066\r\nLANDOWNERS, RENTERS, HOMEOWNERS,\r\n\r\n859\r\n00:28:55,066 --> 00:28:56,734\r\nAND SAVE SOMETHING FOR A RAINY \r\n\r\n860\r\n00:28:56,734 --> 00:28:58,136\r\nDAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR \r\n\r\n861\r\n00:28:58,136 --> 00:28:58,937\r\nWORK ON THIS. \r\n\r\n862\r\n00:28:58,937 --> 00:28:59,938\r\n>> THANK YOU, COLLEEN. MARGARET \r\n\r\n863\r\n00:28:59,938 --> 00:29:00,972\r\nBUTLER. PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX \r\n\r\n864\r\n00:29:00,972 --> 00:29:02,674\r\nAND YOU MAY BEGIN. \r\n\r\n865\r\n00:29:02,674 --> 00:29:11,683\r\n>> HI, THANK YOU, COUNCIL \r\n\r\n866\r\n00:29:11,683 --> 00:29:12,951\r\nMEMBERS, FOR YOUR TIME. I AM \r\n\r\n867\r\n00:29:12,951 --> 00:29:14,018\r\nMARGARET BUTLER. I AM AN ARTIST,\r\n\r\n868\r\n00:29:14,018 --> 00:29:14,886\r\nGRAPHIC DESIGNER AND SMALL \r\n\r\n869\r\n00:29:14,886 --> 00:29:15,887\r\nBUSINESS OWNER IN SEATTLE AND I \r\n\r\n870\r\n00:29:15,887 --> 00:29:17,288\r\nLIVE IN VERMONT IN DISTRICT 6. I\r\n\r\n871\r\n00:29:17,288 --> 00:29:18,556\r\nALSO RENT AN ART STUDIO IN \r\n\r\n872\r\n00:29:18,556 --> 00:29:19,758\r\nBALLARD. I'M HERE TO TELL YOU \r\n\r\n873\r\n00:29:19,758 --> 00:29:21,059\r\nTHAT I SUPPORT THE LIBRARY LEVY \r\n\r\n874\r\n00:29:21,059 --> 00:29:22,060\r\nIN FULL AND SPECIFICALLY THE \r\n\r\n875\r\n00:29:22,060 --> 00:29:23,661\r\nAMENDMENT TO ADD TO OUR \r\n\r\n876\r\n00:29:23,661 --> 00:29:25,663\r\nCOLLECTION AND COUNCILMEMBER \r\n\r\n877\r\n00:29:25,663 --> 00:29:33,271\r\nRINCK'S AMENDMENT FOR PEAK \r\n\r\n878\r\n00:29:33,271 --> 00:29:34,672\r\nPICS. MY FIRST TO SETTLE ONE OF \r\n\r\n879\r\n00:29:34,672 --> 00:29:36,040\r\nTHE THINGS I DID WAS GET A \r\n\r\n880\r\n00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:37,075\r\nLIBRARY CARD. I WILL NEVER \r\n\r\n881\r\n00:29:37,075 --> 00:29:38,543\r\nFORGET THE FIRST TIME I WENT TO \r\n\r\n882\r\n00:29:38,543 --> 00:29:39,778\r\nCENTRAL LIBRARY, I WALKED IN, I \r\n\r\n883\r\n00:29:39,778 --> 00:29:41,246\r\nLOOKED UP AND WAS TAKING IN THE \r\n\r\n884\r\n00:29:41,246 --> 00:29:42,247\r\nBEAUTY WELL A CELLIST WAS \r\n\r\n885\r\n00:29:42,247 --> 00:29:43,448\r\nPLAYING AND IT BROUGHT TEARS TO \r\n\r\n886\r\n00:29:43,448 --> 00:29:45,150\r\nMY EYES BECAUSE I WAS SO EXCITED\r\n\r\n887\r\n00:29:45,150 --> 00:29:46,851\r\nAND HAPPY IT WAS MY NEW HOME. I \r\n\r\n888\r\n00:29:46,851 --> 00:29:48,653\r\nLOVE IT SEATTLE IS INVESTING IN \r\n\r\n889\r\n00:29:48,653 --> 00:29:49,954\r\nITS LIBRARY INCREASE SPACES FOR \r\n\r\n890\r\n00:29:49,954 --> 00:29:51,055\r\nCITIZENS. I USE THE LIBRARY \r\n\r\n891\r\n00:29:51,055 --> 00:29:52,790\r\nEVERY DAY READING DIGITAL BOOKS \r\n\r\n892\r\n00:29:52,790 --> 00:29:53,591\r\nAND AUDIOBOOKS , RENTING \r\n\r\n893\r\n00:29:53,591 --> 00:29:57,529\r\nPHYSICAL BOOKS AND I AM OLD \r\n\r\n894\r\n00:29:57,529 --> 00:29:59,197\r\nSCHOOL SO I LIKE TO RENT DVDS \r\n\r\n895\r\n00:29:59,197 --> 00:30:09,741\r\nFROM TIME TO TIME. THE LIBRARY \r\n\r\n896\r\n00:30:11,409 --> 00:30:12,243\r\nSUPPORTS MY SMALL BUSINESS NEEDS\r\n\r\n897\r\n00:30:12,243 --> 00:30:13,044\r\nWITH PRINTING, COMPUTER AND \r\n\r\n898\r\n00:30:13,044 --> 00:30:14,045\r\nWI-FI ACCESS, REFERENCE MATERIAL\r\n\r\n899\r\n00:30:14,045 --> 00:30:14,846\r\nFOR MY ART, PERSONAL HOTSPOTS \r\n\r\n900\r\n00:30:14,846 --> 00:30:16,447\r\nFOR MY ART STUDIO, AND EVEN GOT \r\n\r\n901\r\n00:30:16,447 --> 00:30:17,348\r\nAN AFFIDAVIT NOTARIZED AT THE \r\n\r\n902\r\n00:30:17,348 --> 00:30:18,550\r\nLIBRARY SO I COULD USE MY \r\n\r\n903\r\n00:30:18,550 --> 00:30:19,184\r\nPARTNER'S WORKPLACE HEALTH \r\n\r\n904\r\n00:30:19,184 --> 00:30:20,385\r\nINSURANCE WHICH IS HUGE FOR A \r\n\r\n905\r\n00:30:20,385 --> 00:30:21,452\r\nSMALL BUSINESS OWNER LIKE ME. \r\n\r\n906\r\n00:30:21,452 --> 00:30:22,754\r\nONE THING I'VE NOTICED IS THE \r\n\r\n907\r\n00:30:22,754 --> 00:30:23,955\r\nTIME AT THE LIBRARY ARE TOO \r\n\r\n908\r\n00:30:23,955 --> 00:30:25,957\r\nLONG. SINCE WE ARE TOP 10 IN THE\r\n\r\n909\r\n00:30:25,957 --> 00:30:29,928\r\nNATION IN SEATTLE WITH DIGITAL \r\n\r\n910\r\n00:30:29,928 --> 00:30:30,828\r\nBOOK RENTALS, I FIND MYSELF \r\n\r\n911\r\n00:30:30,828 --> 00:30:31,863\r\nWAITING SEVERAL WEEKS FOR THE \r\n\r\n912\r\n00:30:31,863 --> 00:30:33,031\r\nMATERIALS I WANT AND NEED. FOR \r\n\r\n913\r\n00:30:33,031 --> 00:30:34,465\r\nEXAMPLE I PLACED A HOLD ON A \r\n\r\n914\r\n00:30:34,465 --> 00:30:35,733\r\nPERSONAL HOTSPOTS AT THE END OF \r\n\r\n915\r\n00:30:35,733 --> 00:30:36,935\r\nLAST YEAR AND FINALLY GOT IT \r\n\r\n916\r\n00:30:36,935 --> 00:30:38,603\r\nLAST WEEK SO I COULD USE IT IN \r\n\r\n917\r\n00:30:38,603 --> 00:30:44,175\r\nMY ART STUDIO. I END UP ACTUALLY\r\n\r\n918\r\n00:30:44,175 --> 00:30:45,577\r\nPURCHASING A BOOK FOR A BOOK \r\n\r\n919\r\n00:30:45,577 --> 00:30:46,945\r\nCLUB I AM IN BECAUSE THE \r\n\r\n920\r\n00:30:46,945 --> 00:30:47,645\r\nPHYSICAL, DIGITAL AND AUDIOBOOK \r\n\r\n921\r\n00:30:47,645 --> 00:30:48,746\r\nCOPIES OF PROJECT HAIL MARY WERE\r\n\r\n922\r\n00:30:48,746 --> 00:30:50,048\r\nON HOLD UNTIL LONG AFTER OUR \r\n\r\n923\r\n00:30:50,048 --> 00:30:52,016\r\nBOOK CLUB WAS AGILE TO DISCUSS \r\n\r\n924\r\n00:30:52,016 --> 00:30:53,484\r\nTHE BOOK. IN CONCLUSION I \r\n\r\n925\r\n00:30:53,484 --> 00:30:54,552\r\nSUPPORT THE LIBRARY LEVY BECAUSE\r\n\r\n926\r\n00:30:54,552 --> 00:30:55,553\r\nIT IS AN IMPORTANT COMMUNITY \r\n\r\n927\r\n00:30:55,553 --> 00:30:56,454\r\nRESOURCE FOR SMALL BUSINESS \r\n\r\n928\r\n00:30:56,454 --> 00:30:57,188\r\nOWNERS AND READING ENTHUSIASTS \r\n\r\n929\r\n00:30:57,188 --> 00:30:58,456\r\nLIKE ME. WE NEED ACCESS TO \r\n\r\n930\r\n00:30:58,456 --> 00:31:00,091\r\nEDUCATIONAL MATERIALS -- SO \r\n\r\n931\r\n00:31:00,091 --> 00:31:01,192\r\nPLEASE SUPPORT THIS LIBRARY LEVY\r\n\r\n932\r\n00:31:01,192 --> 00:31:02,260\r\nIN FULL. THANK YOU. \r\n\r\n933\r\n00:31:02,260 --> 00:31:06,364\r\n>> THANK YOU, MARGARET. DAVID \r\n\r\n934\r\n00:31:06,364 --> 00:31:07,632\r\nHAYNES, PRESS START SIX AND YOU \r\n\r\n935\r\n00:31:07,632 --> 00:31:08,566\r\nMAY BEGIN. \r\n\r\n936\r\n00:31:08,566 --> 00:31:13,271\r\n>> IS THERE ANYWAY WE CAN \r\n\r\n937\r\n00:31:13,271 --> 00:31:17,842\r\nINCREASE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT AND \r\n\r\n938\r\n00:31:17,842 --> 00:31:19,143\r\nBUILD SOME NEW LIBRARIES? EVERY \r\n\r\n939\r\n00:31:19,143 --> 00:31:20,545\r\nTIME WE HAVE TO DO A SEISMIC \r\n\r\n940\r\n00:31:20,545 --> 00:31:22,547\r\nRETROFIT IT IS A SIGN WE HAVE A \r\n\r\n941\r\n00:31:22,547 --> 00:31:23,114\r\nBUILDING CODE VIOLATION AND \r\n\r\n942\r\n00:31:23,114 --> 00:31:24,849\r\nUNSTABLE WALLS. THE THING IS, WE\r\n\r\n943\r\n00:31:24,849 --> 00:31:31,256\r\nNEED TO IMPROVE THE SERVICES \r\n\r\n944\r\n00:31:31,256 --> 00:31:32,657\r\nTHAT HAVE TO RESPOND TO THE \r\n\r\n945\r\n00:31:32,657 --> 00:31:33,591\r\nSOCIETAL EXPLOSION WE KEEP IT \r\n\r\n946\r\n00:31:33,591 --> 00:31:34,559\r\nDEALING WITH WHEN PEOPLE THINK \r\n\r\n947\r\n00:31:34,559 --> 00:31:35,994\r\nTHAT THE LIBRARY IS A FREE PLACE\r\n\r\n948\r\n00:31:35,994 --> 00:31:37,695\r\nTO HANG OUT AND BOTHER OTHER \r\n\r\n949\r\n00:31:37,695 --> 00:31:39,364\r\nPEOPLE. AND A PERFECT EFFORT \r\n\r\n950\r\n00:31:39,364 --> 00:31:44,535\r\nWOULD BE, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTERS \r\n\r\n951\r\n00:31:44,535 --> 00:31:45,837\r\nAMENDMENT THAT IS GOING TO SPEND\r\n\r\n952\r\n00:31:45,837 --> 00:31:47,338\r\n$10 MILLION TO REMODEL THE \r\n\r\n953\r\n00:31:47,338 --> 00:31:50,842\r\nCENTRAL LIBRARY. IF YOU ALL \r\n\r\n954\r\n00:31:50,842 --> 00:31:51,943\r\nWOULD ALLOW FOR A PARTICIPATORY \r\n\r\n955\r\n00:31:51,943 --> 00:31:54,612\r\nEFFORT TO REMODEL, IT WOULD BE \r\n\r\n956\r\n00:31:54,612 --> 00:31:56,014\r\nGREAT. BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO \r\n\r\n957\r\n00:31:56,014 --> 00:31:59,784\r\nCREATE PERSONAL SPACE FOR \r\n\r\n958\r\n00:31:59,784 --> 00:32:01,352\r\nSOMEONE LIKE ME TO GO IN THERE, \r\n\r\n959\r\n00:32:01,352 --> 00:32:02,553\r\nRIGHT MY SPEECH AND NOT BE \r\n\r\n960\r\n00:32:02,553 --> 00:32:03,788\r\nBOTHERED BY OTHER PEOPLE'S \r\n\r\n961\r\n00:32:03,788 --> 00:32:04,656\r\nPROBLEMS , THE PASSIVE \r\n\r\n962\r\n00:32:04,656 --> 00:32:07,558\r\nAGGRESSIVELY BOTHER OTHER PEOPLE\r\n\r\n963\r\n00:32:07,558 --> 00:32:09,260\r\n, AT THE SAME COMPUTER TABLE, AT\r\n\r\n964\r\n00:32:09,260 --> 00:32:14,132\r\nTHE SAME READING AREA. AND IT'S\r\n\r\n965\r\n00:32:14,132 --> 00:32:14,899\r\nFRUSTRATING BECAUSE TO THE POINT\r\n\r\n966\r\n00:32:14,899 --> 00:32:16,267\r\nWHERE I HAVE PRETTY MUCH GIVEN \r\n\r\n967\r\n00:32:16,267 --> 00:32:19,037\r\nUP ON GOING THERE , KNOWING FULL\r\n\r\n968\r\n00:32:19,037 --> 00:32:20,004\r\nWELL WITHIN FIVE MINUTES I'M \r\n\r\n969\r\n00:32:20,004 --> 00:32:21,506\r\nGOING TO BE STRESSED OUT. IT'S \r\n\r\n970\r\n00:32:21,506 --> 00:32:23,341\r\nNOT FAIR. AND PART OF THE \r\n\r\n971\r\n00:32:23,341 --> 00:32:26,444\r\nPROBLEM IS , I HATE TO SAY THIS,\r\n\r\n972\r\n00:32:26,444 --> 00:32:27,945\r\nBUT THE SERVICE PROVIDERS WERE \r\n\r\n973\r\n00:32:27,945 --> 00:32:29,881\r\nSUPPOSED TO PROVIDE SHOWER AND \r\n\r\n974\r\n00:32:29,881 --> 00:32:32,550\r\nLAUNDRY, THEY DON'T SHOW UP AND\r\n\r\n975\r\n00:32:32,550 --> 00:32:35,353\r\nPICK SOMEBODY UP WHO GETS A \r\n\r\n976\r\n00:32:35,353 --> 00:32:36,688\r\nTICKET, THE GIVES THEM A \r\n\r\n977\r\n00:32:36,688 --> 00:32:37,955\r\nGUARANTEE THAT THEY GET A SHOWER\r\n\r\n978\r\n00:32:37,955 --> 00:32:39,357\r\nAND LAUNDRY RIGHT AWAY. A LOT OF\r\n\r\n979\r\n00:32:39,357 --> 00:32:42,060\r\nTIMES I'VE ASKED SOME OF THE \r\n\r\n980\r\n00:32:42,060 --> 00:32:43,628\r\nLIBRARIANS, WHAT YOU CALL THE \r\n\r\n981\r\n00:32:43,628 --> 00:32:52,070\r\nSERVICE PROVIDER ? THEY SAY WE \r\n\r\n982\r\n00:32:52,070 --> 00:32:53,271\r\nHAVE DONE THAT, WE KNOW THIS \r\n\r\n983\r\n00:32:53,271 --> 00:32:54,038\r\nPERSON, THEY'VE GOT PROBLEMS \r\n\r\n984\r\n00:32:54,038 --> 00:32:55,440\r\nAND THEY WILL BE BACK. IT'S \r\n\r\n985\r\n00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:56,674\r\nLIKE, SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO\r\n\r\n986\r\n00:32:56,674 --> 00:32:57,942\r\nCALL SO THEY CAN GO TAKE A \r\n\r\n987\r\n00:32:57,942 --> 00:32:59,544\r\nSHOWER AND LAUNDRY. THEY SAY, WE\r\n\r\n988\r\n00:32:59,544 --> 00:33:01,045\r\nARE NOT GOING TO JUDGE, WE ARE \r\n\r\n989\r\n00:33:01,045 --> 00:33:02,280\r\nALL INCLUSIVE. IT'S MOST LIKE A\r\n\r\n990\r\n00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:02,947\r\nPASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE ALLOWANCE FOR\r\n\r\n991\r\n00:33:02,947 --> 00:33:04,282\r\nA DISGRUNTLED ATTITUDE TO TAKE \r\n\r\n992\r\n00:33:04,282 --> 00:33:05,249\r\nIT OUT ON SOMEBODY ELSE. A \r\n\r\n993\r\n00:33:05,249 --> 00:33:06,584\r\nPATRON WHO CANNOT ENJOY THE \r\n\r\n994\r\n00:33:06,584 --> 00:33:09,687\r\nLIBRARY BECAUSE IT IS TOO NOISY \r\n\r\n995\r\n00:33:09,687 --> 00:33:10,688\r\nAND THERE TOO MANY BOTHERSOME \r\n\r\n996\r\n00:33:10,688 --> 00:33:11,889\r\nPEOPLE. YOU GOT TO HAVE THE \r\n\r\n997\r\n00:33:11,889 --> 00:33:12,557\r\nREMODEL -- \r\n\r\n998\r\n00:33:12,557 --> 00:33:22,667\r\n>> THANK YOU, DAVID. \r\n\r\n999\r\n00:33:22,667 --> 00:33:24,068\r\n>> THIS IS OUR LAST SPEAKER. \r\n\r\n1000\r\n00:33:24,068 --> 00:33:25,336\r\n>> THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL \r\n\r\n1001\r\n00:33:25,336 --> 00:33:26,003\r\nREGISTERED SPEAKERS. THE PUBLIC \r\n\r\n1002\r\n00:33:26,003 --> 00:33:27,005\r\nCOMMENT PERIOD IS CLOSED. WILL \r\n\r\n1003\r\n00:33:27,005 --> 00:33:28,172\r\nPROCEED TO HER ITEM OF BUSINESS.\r\n\r\n1004\r\n00:33:28,172 --> 00:33:29,540\r\nI JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE \r\n\r\n1005\r\n00:33:29,540 --> 00:33:30,775\r\nFOR COMING DOWN HERE AND GIVING \r\n\r\n1006\r\n00:33:30,775 --> 00:33:31,743\r\nYOUR TESTIMONY, THANK YOU FOR \r\n\r\n1007\r\n00:33:31,743 --> 00:33:33,511\r\nDOING JAZZ HANDS AND SNAPS. \r\n\r\n1008\r\n00:33:33,511 --> 00:33:36,047\r\nLECLERC PLEASE READ ITEM ONE \r\n\r\n1009\r\n00:33:36,047 --> 00:33:37,248\r\nINTO THE RECORD? \r\n\r\n1010\r\n00:33:37,248 --> 00:33:43,554\r\n>> AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO \r\n\r\n1011\r\n00:33:43,554 --> 00:33:44,055\r\nREGULAR PROPERTY TAXES. \r\n\r\n1012\r\n00:33:44,055 --> 00:33:44,689\r\nPROVIDING FOR THE SUBMISSION TO \r\n\r\n1013\r\n00:33:44,689 --> 00:33:45,289\r\nTHE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE \r\n\r\n1014\r\n00:33:45,289 --> 00:33:46,224\r\nCITY AT AN ELECTION TO BE HELD \r\n\r\n1015\r\n00:33:46,224 --> 00:33:47,325\r\nON AUGUST 4, 2026, OF A \r\n\r\n1016\r\n00:33:47,325 --> 00:33:48,426\r\nPROPOSITION AUTHORIZING THE CITY\r\n\r\n1017\r\n00:33:48,426 --> 00:33:49,494\r\nTO LEVY REGULAR PROPERTY TAXES \r\n\r\n1018\r\n00:33:49,494 --> 00:33:52,130\r\nFOR UP TO SEVEN YEARS IN EXCESS \r\n\r\n1019\r\n00:33:52,130 --> 00:33:53,898\r\nOF THE LIMITATION ON LEVIES IN \r\n\r\n1020\r\n00:33:53,898 --> 00:33:55,800\r\nCHAPTER 84.55 RCW FOR THE \r\n\r\n1021\r\n00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:57,001\r\nPURPOSE OF SUSTAINING \r\n\r\n1022\r\n00:33:57,001 --> 00:33:58,536\r\nINVESTMENTS IN LIBRARY OPERATING\r\n\r\n1023\r\n00:33:58,536 --> 00:34:01,072\r\nHOURS, COLLECTIONS, TECHNOLOGY, \r\n\r\n1024\r\n00:34:01,072 --> 00:34:03,174\r\nPROGRAMMING, AND MAINTENANCE \r\n\r\n1025\r\n00:34:03,174 --> 00:34:04,842\r\nWHILE EXPANDING ACCESS TO \r\n\r\n1026\r\n00:34:04,842 --> 00:34:06,344\r\nOPPORTUNITY THROUGH LIBRARY \r\n\r\n1027\r\n00:34:06,344 --> 00:34:10,047\r\nMATERIALS, TECHNOLOGY, AND \r\n\r\n1028\r\n00:34:10,047 --> 00:34:14,052\r\nUNDERTAKING A SEISMIC RETROFIT \r\n\r\n1029\r\n00:34:14,052 --> 00:34:14,652\r\nOF ONE LIBRARY FACILITY. AND \r\n\r\n1030\r\n00:34:14,652 --> 00:34:15,319\r\nRATIFYING AND CONFIRMING CERTAIN\r\n\r\n1031\r\n00:34:15,319 --> 00:34:21,192\r\nPRIOR ACTS. FOR BRIEFING, \r\n\r\n1032\r\n00:34:21,192 --> 00:34:22,260\r\nDISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE. \r\n\r\n1033\r\n00:34:22,260 --> 00:34:23,694\r\n>> THIS ITEM HAS BEEN READ INTO \r\n\r\n1034\r\n00:34:23,694 --> 00:34:25,163\r\nTHE RECORD. COLLEAGUES, WE ARE \r\n\r\n1035\r\n00:34:25,163 --> 00:34:28,566\r\nHERE. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO \r\n\r\n1036\r\n00:34:28,566 --> 00:34:29,767\r\nARE HERE IN PERSON OR WATCHING \r\n\r\n1037\r\n00:34:29,767 --> 00:34:31,769\r\nON THE SEATTLE CHANNEL, THANK \r\n\r\n1038\r\n00:34:31,769 --> 00:34:32,970\r\nYOU FOR BEING PRESENT FOR THESE \r\n\r\n1039\r\n00:34:32,970 --> 00:34:35,973\r\nREALLY IMPORTANT VOTES. AS PART \r\n\r\n1040\r\n00:34:35,973 --> 00:34:37,375\r\nOF THIS LEVY RENEWAL PROCESS, WE\r\n\r\n1041\r\n00:34:37,375 --> 00:34:39,077\r\nHAVE ALL SPOKEN ABOUT OUR LOVE \r\n\r\n1042\r\n00:34:39,077 --> 00:34:40,645\r\nFOR THE SEATTLE LIBRARIES. WE \r\n\r\n1043\r\n00:34:40,645 --> 00:34:42,580\r\nHAVE STRONG AFFECTION FOR LOCAL \r\n\r\n1044\r\n00:34:42,580 --> 00:34:45,650\r\nBRANCHES AND WE ARE ALIGNED IN A\r\n\r\n1045\r\n00:34:45,650 --> 00:34:48,352\r\nSHARED CONVICTION THAT WE HAVE \r\n\r\n1046\r\n00:34:48,352 --> 00:34:49,554\r\nONE OF THE BEST LIBRARY SYSTEMS \r\n\r\n1047\r\n00:34:49,554 --> 00:34:53,357\r\nIN THE WORLD. ONE BUILT TO SERVE\r\n\r\n1048\r\n00:34:53,357 --> 00:34:54,959\r\nA CITY OF AVID READERS AND \r\n\r\n1049\r\n00:34:54,959 --> 00:35:01,065\r\nLEARNERS. THE MAYOR SENT DOWN A \r\n\r\n1050\r\n00:35:01,065 --> 00:35:02,033\r\nGOOD PACKAGE BECAUSE SHE LOVES \r\n\r\n1051\r\n00:35:02,033 --> 00:35:03,034\r\nLIBRARIES, AND I LOVE LIBRARIES \r\n\r\n1052\r\n00:35:03,034 --> 00:35:04,435\r\nAS MUCH AS WE'LL DO. THAT IS \r\n\r\n1053\r\n00:35:04,435 --> 00:35:08,840\r\nWHY I SUPPORTED IT . IT IS 50% \r\n\r\n1054\r\n00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:10,074\r\nMORE THAN THE LAST LEVY, EVEN \r\n\r\n1055\r\n00:35:10,074 --> 00:35:11,442\r\nAFTER ACCOUNTING FOR INFLATION. \r\n\r\n1056\r\n00:35:11,442 --> 00:35:13,277\r\nIT INCREASES INVESTMENTS IN \r\n\r\n1057\r\n00:35:13,277 --> 00:35:14,011\r\nCOLLECTIONS, ACCESS AND \r\n\r\n1058\r\n00:35:14,011 --> 00:35:14,946\r\nPROGRAMMING, AND CAPITAL \r\n\r\n1059\r\n00:35:14,946 --> 00:35:18,583\r\nPROJECTS. AS WE DISCUSSED AT THE\r\n\r\n1060\r\n00:35:18,583 --> 00:35:19,951\r\nLAST MEETING, WE ARE FACING A \r\n\r\n1061\r\n00:35:19,951 --> 00:35:21,652\r\nVERY REAL LEVY CAP WITH THE \r\n\r\n1062\r\n00:35:21,652 --> 00:35:25,189\r\nPROPOSED PACKAGE WE WOULD HAVE \r\n\r\n1063\r\n00:35:25,189 --> 00:35:26,190\r\n$310 MILLION LEFT FOR FUTURE \r\n\r\n1064\r\n00:35:26,190 --> 00:35:27,859\r\nLEVIES. INCLUDING THE HOUSING , \r\n\r\n1065\r\n00:35:27,859 --> 00:35:30,194\r\nTHEFT AND TRANSPORTATION LEVIES.\r\n\r\n1066\r\n00:35:30,194 --> 00:35:31,896\r\nIF ALL THE AMENDMENTS PASSED \r\n\r\n1067\r\n00:35:31,896 --> 00:35:40,538\r\nTODAY, THEN WE WILL ONLY HAVE \r\n\r\n1068\r\n00:35:40,538 --> 00:35:41,739\r\n$230 MILLION LEFT. THE ADDITIONS\r\n\r\n1069\r\n00:35:41,739 --> 00:35:42,607\r\nFROM THE AMENDMENT TODAY, WELL \r\n\r\n1070\r\n00:35:42,607 --> 00:35:43,674\r\nWORTHY, OR INCREASING ITEMS THAT\r\n\r\n1071\r\n00:35:43,674 --> 00:35:45,042\r\nARE ALREADY IN THE MAYOR'S \r\n\r\n1072\r\n00:35:45,042 --> 00:35:46,177\r\nPACKAGE AT A TIME WHEN WE CAN'T\r\n\r\n1073\r\n00:35:46,177 --> 00:35:47,445\r\nAFFORD MORE. WE KNOW THERE ARE \r\n\r\n1074\r\n00:35:47,445 --> 00:35:50,348\r\nOTHER NEEDS THAT ARE COMING. \r\n\r\n1075\r\n00:35:50,348 --> 00:35:52,483\r\nLET'S FACE IT, WE ARE ONLY IN \r\n\r\n1076\r\n00:35:52,483 --> 00:35:55,253\r\nYEAR TWO OF THIS MADMAN IN THE \r\n\r\n1077\r\n00:35:55,253 --> 00:35:56,587\r\nPRESIDENCY, IN THE PRESIDENTS \r\n\r\n1078\r\n00:35:56,587 --> 00:35:58,923\r\nSEAT, WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE WE \r\n\r\n1079\r\n00:35:58,923 --> 00:36:05,663\r\nWILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH. AND OF \r\n\r\n1080\r\n00:36:05,663 --> 00:36:06,364\r\nCOURSE EVERYONE KEEPS TALKING \r\n\r\n1081\r\n00:36:06,364 --> 00:36:07,331\r\nABOUT AFFORDABILITY IN SEATTLE. \r\n\r\n1082\r\n00:36:07,331 --> 00:36:08,866\r\nTHESE DAYS THAT SEEMS MORE REAL \r\n\r\n1083\r\n00:36:08,866 --> 00:36:11,469\r\nTHAN EVER. IF I FELT WE COULD \r\n\r\n1084\r\n00:36:11,469 --> 00:36:12,370\r\nADD THIS LEVY WITHOUT \r\n\r\n1085\r\n00:36:12,370 --> 00:36:13,137\r\nJEOPARDIZING FUTURE LEVIES OR \r\n\r\n1086\r\n00:36:13,137 --> 00:36:14,138\r\nADDING TO OUR AFFORDABILITY \r\n\r\n1087\r\n00:36:14,138 --> 00:36:17,241\r\nCRISIS, I TOO WOULD ADD MORE. WE\r\n\r\n1088\r\n00:36:17,241 --> 00:36:18,175\r\nDON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL TO \r\n\r\n1089\r\n00:36:18,175 --> 00:36:19,877\r\nPREDICT WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE \r\n\r\n1090\r\n00:36:19,877 --> 00:36:22,446\r\nFUTURE. WE ARE OPERATING WITH \r\n\r\n1091\r\n00:36:22,446 --> 00:36:24,148\r\nOUR KNOWLEDGE WE HAVE TODAY. \r\n\r\n1092\r\n00:36:24,148 --> 00:36:27,451\r\nTHERE IS NO JUDGMENT HERE, THIS \r\n\r\n1093\r\n00:36:27,451 --> 00:36:30,655\r\nIS NOT ABOUT WHO LOVES LIBRARIES\r\n\r\n1094\r\n00:36:30,655 --> 00:36:32,023\r\nMORE. THIS IS ABOUT FISCAL \r\n\r\n1095\r\n00:36:32,023 --> 00:36:33,858\r\nRESPONSIBILITY AND OUR ABILITY \r\n\r\n1096\r\n00:36:33,858 --> 00:36:35,960\r\nTO PAY FOR ALL OF OUR NEEDS. NO \r\n\r\n1097\r\n00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:40,031\r\nMATTER WHAT IS DECIDED TODAY, WE\r\n\r\n1098\r\n00:36:40,031 --> 00:36:41,532\r\nWILL HAVE A LEVY TO SEND TO THE \r\n\r\n1099\r\n00:36:41,532 --> 00:36:44,235\r\nVOTERS IN THE VOTERS CAN DECIDE \r\n\r\n1100\r\n00:36:44,235 --> 00:36:45,469\r\n. WITH THAT, COLLEAGUES, WE ARE \r\n\r\n1101\r\n00:36:45,469 --> 00:36:47,171\r\nGOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH HER \r\n\r\n1102\r\n00:36:47,171 --> 00:36:48,706\r\nMEETING. I MOVE THAT THE \r\n\r\n1103\r\n00:36:48,706 --> 00:36:49,473\r\nCOMMITTEE COMMENCE PASSAGE OF \r\n\r\n1104\r\n00:36:49,473 --> 00:36:52,443\r\nCOUNCIL BILL 121181. IS VERY \r\n\r\n1105\r\n00:36:52,443 --> 00:36:53,044\r\nSECOND? \r\n\r\n1106\r\n00:36:53,044 --> 00:36:57,848\r\n>> SECOND. \r\n\r\n1107\r\n00:36:57,848 --> 00:36:59,250\r\n>> THANK YOU. IT IS MOVED AND \r\n\r\n1108\r\n00:36:59,250 --> 00:37:00,451\r\nSECONDED TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF\r\n\r\n1109\r\n00:37:00,451 --> 00:37:03,854\r\nTHE BILL. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE\r\n\r\n1110\r\n00:37:03,854 --> 00:37:05,756\r\nERIC McCONAGHY, OUR CENTRAL \r\n\r\n1111\r\n00:37:05,756 --> 00:37:08,326\r\nSTAFFER, COMING TO THE TABLE. \r\n\r\n1112\r\n00:37:08,326 --> 00:37:10,328\r\nTHANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. LET ME\r\n\r\n1113\r\n00:37:10,328 --> 00:37:11,128\r\nSHARE THE PROCESS FOR VOTING FOR\r\n\r\n1114\r\n00:37:11,128 --> 00:37:12,330\r\nTHE AMENDMENT. WE HAVE A NUMBER \r\n\r\n1115\r\n00:37:12,330 --> 00:37:14,498\r\nOF THEM. WHAT WE WILL DO IS \r\n\r\n1116\r\n00:37:14,498 --> 00:37:16,133\r\nTHIS. I WILL RECOGNIZE THE \r\n\r\n1117\r\n00:37:16,133 --> 00:37:17,902\r\nSPONSOR OF EACH AMENDMENT IN \r\n\r\n1118\r\n00:37:17,902 --> 00:37:25,343\r\nNUMERICAL ORDER. THE SPONSOR \r\n\r\n1119\r\n00:37:25,343 --> 00:37:26,444\r\nWILL MAKE THE MOTION TO MOVE \r\n\r\n1120\r\n00:37:26,444 --> 00:37:27,645\r\nTHERE AMENDMENT. WE WILL WAIT \r\n\r\n1121\r\n00:37:27,645 --> 00:37:29,080\r\nFOR IT TO BE SECONDED. AND THEN \r\n\r\n1122\r\n00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:30,181\r\nI WILL RECOGNIZE ERIC TO BRIEFLY\r\n\r\n1123\r\n00:37:30,181 --> 00:37:31,382\r\nPRESENT IT AND THEN I WILL \r\n\r\n1124\r\n00:37:31,382 --> 00:37:32,250\r\nRECOGNIZE THAT SPONSOR TO \r\n\r\n1125\r\n00:37:32,250 --> 00:37:33,384\r\nADDRESS THE AMENDMENT. I WILL \r\n\r\n1126\r\n00:37:33,384 --> 00:37:34,685\r\nTURN TO THE REST OF US FOR \r\n\r\n1127\r\n00:37:34,685 --> 00:37:38,055\r\nQUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AND THEN \r\n\r\n1128\r\n00:37:38,055 --> 00:37:39,290\r\nWE WILL MOVE ON THAT AMENDMENT \r\n\r\n1129\r\n00:37:39,290 --> 00:37:40,358\r\nAND REPEAT THE PROCESS FOR \r\n\r\n1130\r\n00:37:40,358 --> 00:37:40,992\r\nSUBSEQUENT AMENDMENT'S. ALL \r\n\r\n1131\r\n00:37:40,992 --> 00:37:46,697\r\nRIGHT, WITH THAT, COUNCILMEMBER \r\n\r\n1132\r\n00:37:46,697 --> 00:37:47,331\r\nFOSTER, YOUR RECOGNIZED MOVIE \r\n\r\n1133\r\n00:37:47,331 --> 00:37:49,000\r\nFIRST AMENDMENT. \r\n\r\n1134\r\n00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:50,167\r\n>> FANTASTIC, I WOULD LIKE TO \r\n\r\n1135\r\n00:37:50,167 --> 00:37:51,836\r\nMOVE AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. DO I \r\n\r\n1136\r\n00:37:51,836 --> 00:37:52,903\r\nHAVE A SECOND? \r\n\r\n1137\r\n00:37:52,903 --> 00:37:55,706\r\n>> SECOND. \r\n\r\n1138\r\n00:37:55,706 --> 00:37:57,141\r\n>> IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO \r\n\r\n1139\r\n00:37:57,141 --> 00:37:59,110\r\nAMEND COUNCIL BILL 121181 ON \r\n\r\n1140\r\n00:37:59,110 --> 00:38:05,883\r\nAMENDMENT ONE. CENTRAL STAFF, \r\n\r\n1141\r\n00:38:05,883 --> 00:38:07,852\r\nERIC, WOULD YOU PLEASE PROVIDE A\r\n\r\n1142\r\n00:38:07,852 --> 00:38:08,519\r\nBRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE AMENDMENT?\r\n\r\n1143\r\n00:38:08,519 --> 00:38:11,255\r\n>> YES, GOOD MORNING, ERIC \r\n\r\n1144\r\n00:38:11,255 --> 00:38:11,856\r\nMcCONAGHY, COUNCIL CENTRAL \r\n\r\n1145\r\n00:38:11,856 --> 00:38:12,957\r\nSTAFF. IT IS SPONSORED BY \r\n\r\n1146\r\n00:38:12,957 --> 00:38:14,959\r\nCOUNCIL FOSTER, IT WOULD INTEND \r\n\r\n1147\r\n00:38:14,959 --> 00:38:17,662\r\nA PORTION OF THE LIBRARY LEVY \r\n\r\n1148\r\n00:38:17,662 --> 00:38:18,629\r\nFUNDING AMOUNT IS TRANSMITTED BY\r\n\r\n1149\r\n00:38:18,629 --> 00:38:20,297\r\nTHE MAYOR AND INCREASED BY THIS \r\n\r\n1150\r\n00:38:20,297 --> 00:38:22,833\r\nAMENDMENT TO THE AMOUNT OF 10 \r\n\r\n1151\r\n00:38:22,833 --> 00:38:25,002\r\nNINE DOLLARS WOULD BE AUTHORIZED\r\n\r\n1152\r\n00:38:25,002 --> 00:38:29,774\r\nTO SUPPORT COMPLETING MAJOR \r\n\r\n1153\r\n00:38:29,774 --> 00:38:30,541\r\nRENOVATION AT THE CENTRAL \r\n\r\n1154\r\n00:38:30,541 --> 00:38:30,808\r\nLIBRARY. \r\n\r\n1155\r\n00:38:30,808 --> 00:38:31,876\r\n>> THANK YOU, ERIC. \r\n\r\n1156\r\n00:38:31,876 --> 00:38:38,449\r\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, AS SPONSOR\r\n\r\n1157\r\n00:38:38,449 --> 00:38:39,383\r\nYOUR RECOGNIZED. IN ORDER TO \r\n\r\n1158\r\n00:38:39,383 --> 00:38:39,950\r\nADDRESS IT. \r\n\r\n1159\r\n00:38:39,950 --> 00:38:41,452\r\n>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR AND \r\n\r\n1160\r\n00:38:41,452 --> 00:38:42,486\r\nTHANK YOU, ERIC FROM CENTRAL \r\n\r\n1161\r\n00:38:42,486 --> 00:38:43,688\r\nSTAFF AND TO THE TEAM FROM \r\n\r\n1162\r\n00:38:43,688 --> 00:38:45,056\r\nLIBRARIES. I WANT TO ALSO EXTEND\r\n\r\n1163\r\n00:38:45,056 --> 00:38:46,590\r\nMY APPRECIATION TO HER PUBLIC \r\n\r\n1164\r\n00:38:46,590 --> 00:38:49,894\r\nCOMMENTERS TODAY. AND THANK YOU \r\n\r\n1165\r\n00:38:49,894 --> 00:38:51,095\r\nFOR SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THIS \r\n\r\n1166\r\n00:38:51,095 --> 00:38:52,563\r\nAMENDMENT. I DO WANT TO SAY I \r\n\r\n1167\r\n00:38:52,563 --> 00:38:53,864\r\nWAS NOT IN CAHOOTS WITH THE \r\n\r\n1168\r\n00:38:53,864 --> 00:38:54,965\r\nESCALATOR AND ELEVATOR AT THE \r\n\r\n1169\r\n00:38:54,965 --> 00:38:55,933\r\nCENTRAL LIBRARY TO HAVE THE \r\n\r\n1170\r\n00:38:55,933 --> 00:38:57,568\r\nBREAKDOWN THIS WEEK. HOWEVER, I \r\n\r\n1171\r\n00:38:57,568 --> 00:38:58,936\r\nDO THINK IT IS EXEMPLARY OF PART\r\n\r\n1172\r\n00:38:58,936 --> 00:39:01,005\r\nOF THE REASON I AM BRINGING THIS\r\n\r\n1173\r\n00:39:01,005 --> 00:39:04,642\r\nAMENDMENT FORD. OUR CENTRAL \r\n\r\n1174\r\n00:39:04,642 --> 00:39:05,676\r\nLIBRARY IS AN INCREDIBLY SPECIAL\r\n\r\n1175\r\n00:39:05,676 --> 00:39:06,977\r\nPLACE. IS A SPECIAL PLACE FOR \r\n\r\n1176\r\n00:39:06,977 --> 00:39:08,079\r\nFAMILIES AND CHILDREN. I KNOW I \r\n\r\n1177\r\n00:39:08,079 --> 00:39:09,547\r\nSPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THE \r\n\r\n1178\r\n00:39:09,547 --> 00:39:14,085\r\nCHILDREN'S LIBRARY THERE MYSELF\r\n\r\n1179\r\n00:39:14,085 --> 00:39:15,553\r\nTAKING A BREAK FROM BUSY \r\n\r\n1180\r\n00:39:15,553 --> 00:39:16,754\r\nDOWNTOWN WHEN I WAS YOUNGER. \r\n\r\n1181\r\n00:39:16,754 --> 00:39:17,655\r\nIT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE \r\n\r\n1182\r\n00:39:17,655 --> 00:39:18,622\r\nMAINTAIN THAT BUILDING AND THAT \r\n\r\n1183\r\n00:39:18,622 --> 00:39:20,458\r\nWE INVEST IN AND NOW. AS WE KNOW\r\n\r\n1184\r\n00:39:20,458 --> 00:39:21,859\r\nAT THE END OF HIS LEVY THE \r\n\r\n1185\r\n00:39:21,859 --> 00:39:23,060\r\nBUILDING IS GOING TO BE ALMOST \r\n\r\n1186\r\n00:39:23,060 --> 00:39:24,261\r\n30 YEARS OLD. AND, WE ARE \r\n\r\n1187\r\n00:39:24,261 --> 00:39:25,629\r\nALREADY SEEING THE WEAR AND TEAR\r\n\r\n1188\r\n00:39:25,629 --> 00:39:26,831\r\nAND THE CENTRAL LIBRARY \r\n\r\n1189\r\n00:39:26,831 --> 00:39:29,433\r\nBUILDING. IN ADDITION TO THAT, \r\n\r\n1190\r\n00:39:29,433 --> 00:39:30,634\r\nAS THE FORMER LIBRARY AND SPOKE \r\n\r\n1191\r\n00:39:30,634 --> 00:39:41,178\r\nTO TODAY, WE ARE NOW , WITH 22 \r\n\r\n1192\r\n00:39:43,314 --> 00:39:44,081\r\nYEARS UNDER OUR BELT, WE \r\n\r\n1193\r\n00:39:44,081 --> 00:39:45,049\r\nUNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THE NEEDS \r\n\r\n1194\r\n00:39:45,049 --> 00:39:46,050\r\nOF THE BUILDING AND WHAT \r\n\r\n1195\r\n00:39:46,050 --> 00:39:47,118\r\nRENOVATIONS COULD DO FOR THE \r\n\r\n1196\r\n00:39:47,118 --> 00:39:48,486\r\nUSERS. WITH THAT, THIS IS AN \r\n\r\n1197\r\n00:39:48,486 --> 00:39:49,487\r\nAMENDMENT INTENDED TO ENSURE THE\r\n\r\n1198\r\n00:39:49,487 --> 00:39:50,187\r\nCENTRAL LIBRARY REMAINS SAFE, \r\n\r\n1199\r\n00:39:50,187 --> 00:39:51,188\r\nWELCOMING AND BUILT FOR HOW \r\n\r\n1200\r\n00:39:51,188 --> 00:39:52,089\r\nTODAY'S FAMILIES USE IT. \r\n\r\n1201\r\n00:39:52,089 --> 00:39:52,890\r\nCOLLEAGUES, ASK FOR YOUR \r\n\r\n1202\r\n00:39:52,890 --> 00:39:53,257\r\nSUPPORT. \r\n\r\n1203\r\n00:39:53,257 --> 00:39:54,358\r\n>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER \r\n\r\n1204\r\n00:39:54,358 --> 00:39:55,393\r\nFOSTER. ANY COMMENTS OR \r\n\r\n1205\r\n00:39:55,393 --> 00:39:56,427\r\nQUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, CLERK, \r\n\r\n1206\r\n00:39:56,427 --> 00:39:57,995\r\nWE YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON \r\n\r\n1207\r\n00:39:57,995 --> 00:40:00,664\r\nTHE ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT ONE. \r\n\r\n1208\r\n00:40:00,664 --> 00:40:01,198\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. \r\n\r\n1209\r\n00:40:01,198 --> 00:40:06,470\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n1210\r\n00:40:06,470 --> 00:40:07,138\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. \r\n\r\n1211\r\n00:40:07,138 --> 00:40:13,944\r\n>> HERE. [ ROLL CALL ] \r\n\r\n1212\r\n00:40:13,944 --> 00:40:19,850\r\n>> SIX IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED. \r\n\r\n1213\r\n00:40:19,850 --> 00:40:21,952\r\n>> THE MOTION CARRIES . \r\n\r\n1214\r\n00:40:21,952 --> 00:40:26,390\r\nAMENDMENT ONE IS ADOPTED. \r\n\r\n1215\r\n00:40:26,390 --> 00:40:26,957\r\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, YOUR \r\n\r\n1216\r\n00:40:26,957 --> 00:40:27,792\r\nRECOGNIZED FIGURE NEXT \r\n\r\n1217\r\n00:40:27,792 --> 00:40:28,659\r\nAMENDMENT. \r\n\r\n1218\r\n00:40:28,659 --> 00:40:32,062\r\n>> THANK YOU, I WOULD LIKE TO \r\n\r\n1219\r\n00:40:32,062 --> 00:40:33,230\r\nMOVE AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. \r\n\r\n1220\r\n00:40:33,230 --> 00:40:33,964\r\n>> SECOND. \r\n\r\n1221\r\n00:40:33,964 --> 00:40:38,669\r\n>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER \r\n\r\n1222\r\n00:40:38,669 --> 00:40:40,037\r\nJUAREZ. IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED\r\n\r\n1223\r\n00:40:40,037 --> 00:40:44,842\r\nTO AMEND 121181 IS PRESENTED ON \r\n\r\n1224\r\n00:40:44,842 --> 00:40:48,145\r\nAMENDMENT TWO. COUNCILMEMBER \r\n\r\n1225\r\n00:40:48,145 --> 00:40:48,946\r\nFOSTER, AS SPONSOR YOUR \r\n\r\n1226\r\n00:40:48,946 --> 00:40:49,880\r\nRECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO ADDRESS \r\n\r\n1227\r\n00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:50,648\r\nIT. \r\n\r\n1228\r\n00:40:50,648 --> 00:40:53,451\r\n>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. I \r\n\r\n1229\r\n00:40:53,451 --> 00:41:03,994\r\nWILL BE BRIEF AND, COUNCILMEMBER\r\n\r\n1230\r\n00:41:08,532 --> 00:41:09,834\r\nJUAREZ, I KNOW I SPOKE TO THIS \r\n\r\n1231\r\n00:41:09,834 --> 00:41:10,835\r\nAMENDMENT LAST WEEK. IF YOU \r\n\r\n1232\r\n00:41:10,835 --> 00:41:12,336\r\nWOULD LIKE TO SHARE ANY WORDS I \r\n\r\n1233\r\n00:41:12,336 --> 00:41:13,637\r\nWILL BE BRIEF IN CASE YOU WOULD \r\n\r\n1234\r\n00:41:13,637 --> 00:41:14,738\r\nLIKE TO SHARE ANY. THESE \r\n\r\n1235\r\n00:41:14,738 --> 00:41:15,739\r\nORNAMENTS TO ENSURE WE HAVE \r\n\r\n1236\r\n00:41:15,739 --> 00:41:16,373\r\nTARGETED INVESTMENTS TO \r\n\r\n1237\r\n00:41:16,373 --> 00:41:17,041\r\nMULTILINGUAL PROGRAMS SO \r\n\r\n1238\r\n00:41:17,041 --> 00:41:18,375\r\nFAMILIES CAN ACCESS SERVICES IN \r\n\r\n1239\r\n00:41:18,375 --> 00:41:19,243\r\nTHE LANGUAGES THAT THEY SPEAK IT\r\n\r\n1240\r\n00:41:19,243 --> 00:41:20,277\r\nHOME. IT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT\r\n\r\n1241\r\n00:41:20,277 --> 00:41:21,745\r\nFOR OUR PLAY AND LEARN PROGRAMS \r\n\r\n1242\r\n00:41:21,745 --> 00:41:22,746\r\nTHAT FAMILIES CAN ACCESS THEM \r\n\r\n1243\r\n00:41:22,746 --> 00:41:23,948\r\nAND THIS AMENDMENT WOULD ALLOW \r\n\r\n1244\r\n00:41:23,948 --> 00:41:24,949\r\nUS TO EXPAND THOSE CRITICAL \r\n\r\n1245\r\n00:41:24,949 --> 00:41:26,050\r\nPROGRAMS ACROSS THE CITY AND TO \r\n\r\n1246\r\n00:41:26,050 --> 00:41:27,084\r\nENSURE WE HAVE MORE MULTILINGUAL\r\n\r\n1247\r\n00:41:27,084 --> 00:41:28,485\r\nSERVICES IN A TIME WHERE WE SO \r\n\r\n1248\r\n00:41:28,485 --> 00:41:29,753\r\nNEED THEM. CHAIR, IF IT'S OKAY \r\n\r\n1249\r\n00:41:29,753 --> 00:41:30,888\r\nFOR GO TO COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ \r\n\r\n1250\r\n00:41:30,888 --> 00:41:32,456\r\nTO SEE IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO AT \r\n\r\n1251\r\n00:41:32,456 --> 00:41:33,257\r\nANY COMMENTS AS COSPONSOR? \r\n\r\n1252\r\n00:41:33,257 --> 00:41:34,492\r\n>> YES, YOUR RECOGNIZED TO \r\n\r\n1253\r\n00:41:34,492 --> 00:41:34,758\r\nSPEAK. \r\n\r\n1254\r\n00:41:34,758 --> 00:41:35,960\r\n>> THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU \r\n\r\n1255\r\n00:41:35,960 --> 00:41:36,727\r\nCANCEL MEMBER FOSTER FOR \r\n\r\n1256\r\n00:41:36,727 --> 00:41:38,229\r\nINVITING ME TO LOOK AT THIS AND \r\n\r\n1257\r\n00:41:38,229 --> 00:41:39,730\r\nCOSPONSORED WITH YOU. I THINK \r\n\r\n1258\r\n00:41:39,730 --> 00:41:41,365\r\nTHIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU AND I\r\n\r\n1259\r\n00:41:41,365 --> 00:41:42,466\r\nGOT TO WORK ON AMENDMENT \r\n\r\n1260\r\n00:41:42,466 --> 00:41:44,335\r\nTOGETHER. SO THANK YOU. \r\n\r\n1261\r\n00:41:44,335 --> 00:41:45,669\r\nCOLLEAGUES, I'M ASKING YOU TO \r\n\r\n1262\r\n00:41:45,669 --> 00:41:51,775\r\nSUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBER FOSTERS \r\n\r\n1263\r\n00:41:51,775 --> 00:41:52,743\r\nAMENDMENT OF WHICH I MAY \r\n\r\n1264\r\n00:41:52,743 --> 00:41:53,544\r\nCOSPONSOR, TO SUPPORT THE \r\n\r\n1265\r\n00:41:53,544 --> 00:41:54,445\r\nEXPANSION OF THE KALEIDOSCOPE \r\n\r\n1266\r\n00:41:54,445 --> 00:41:55,346\r\nPLAN LEARN PROGRAM. FIVE HAS \r\n\r\n1267\r\n00:41:55,346 --> 00:41:56,247\r\nTHREE LIBRARIES. LAKE CITY, \r\n\r\n1268\r\n00:41:56,247 --> 00:41:58,082\r\nNORTHGATE, BROADVIEW, HOWEVER, \r\n\r\n1269\r\n00:41:58,082 --> 00:42:01,685\r\nTHE KALEIDOSCOPE PROGRAM IS ONLY\r\n\r\n1270\r\n00:42:01,685 --> 00:42:02,786\r\nOFFERED AT THE LAKE CITY BRANCH \r\n\r\n1271\r\n00:42:02,786 --> 00:42:03,988\r\nAND ONLY OFFERED IN ENGLISH. LET\r\n\r\n1272\r\n00:42:03,988 --> 00:42:05,856\r\nME JUST SHARE THIS BEFORE I KIND\r\n\r\n1273\r\n00:42:05,856 --> 00:42:11,061\r\nOF PLAY OUT THE THREE LIBRARIES.\r\n\r\n1274\r\n00:42:11,061 --> 00:42:12,630\r\nCONNECTIVE TISSUE FOR ALL OF \r\n\r\n1275\r\n00:42:12,630 --> 00:42:13,864\r\nTHIS AND WHY I WAS SO INTRIGUED \r\n\r\n1276\r\n00:42:13,864 --> 00:42:15,132\r\nWITH COUNCILMEMBER FOSTERS \r\n\r\n1277\r\n00:42:15,132 --> 00:42:17,635\r\nAMENDMENT IS THAT WHEN WE LOOK \r\n\r\n1278\r\n00:42:17,635 --> 00:42:18,736\r\nAT LIBRARIES, FOR US ANYWAY, AND\r\n\r\n1279\r\n00:42:18,736 --> 00:42:19,937\r\nI THINK ACROSS THE DISTRICT, I \r\n\r\n1280\r\n00:42:19,937 --> 00:42:21,338\r\nLIKE TO LOOK AT THE PUBLIC ASSET\r\n\r\n1281\r\n00:42:21,338 --> 00:42:23,741\r\nOF THE LIBRARY IN CONJUNCTION \r\n\r\n1282\r\n00:42:23,741 --> 00:42:25,276\r\nWITH HOUSING DENSITY AND OF \r\n\r\n1283\r\n00:42:25,276 --> 00:42:26,877\r\nCOURSE ALL THE MONEY WE HAVE \r\n\r\n1284\r\n00:42:26,877 --> 00:42:30,481\r\nDONE , THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AS \r\n\r\n1285\r\n00:42:30,481 --> 00:42:32,449\r\nWELL, ON THE PRICKLY ISSUE. AND \r\n\r\n1286\r\n00:42:32,449 --> 00:42:36,654\r\nWORK THE MONEY WENT. AND HOW , \r\n\r\n1287\r\n00:42:36,654 --> 00:42:38,355\r\nMY POINT IS TO DEDICATE PUBLIC \r\n\r\n1288\r\n00:42:38,355 --> 00:42:40,925\r\nACCESS TO PUBLIC ACCESS. THIS IS\r\n\r\n1289\r\n00:42:40,925 --> 00:42:42,359\r\nA PRIME EXAMPLE OF THAT. AT THE \r\n\r\n1290\r\n00:42:42,359 --> 00:42:49,800\r\nLAKE CITY LIBRARY, NEXT DOOR, \r\n\r\n1291\r\n00:42:49,800 --> 00:42:50,668\r\nTHE SOON TO BE BUILT COMMUNITY \r\n\r\n1292\r\n00:42:50,668 --> 00:42:51,902\r\nCENTER WILL HAVE 113 UNITS OF \r\n\r\n1293\r\n00:42:51,902 --> 00:42:52,836\r\nFAMILY HOUSING WITH PRESCHOOL \r\n\r\n1294\r\n00:42:52,836 --> 00:42:54,338\r\nAND PROGRAM ON-SITE. WE ALSO \r\n\r\n1295\r\n00:42:54,338 --> 00:42:58,475\r\nHAVE THE APARTMENTS WHICH IS ONE\r\n\r\n1296\r\n00:42:58,475 --> 00:42:59,843\r\nBLOCK AWAY WITH 69 UNITS OF \r\n\r\n1297\r\n00:42:59,843 --> 00:43:03,480\r\nHOUSING AND IS YOU ARE TODAY \r\n\r\n1298\r\n00:43:03,480 --> 00:43:04,782\r\nFROM THE LITERARY SOURCE PEOPLE.\r\n\r\n1299\r\n00:43:04,782 --> 00:43:06,650\r\nPRESCHOOL THE FIRST FLOOR. THERE\r\n\r\n1300\r\n00:43:06,650 --> 00:43:07,851\r\nARE SEVEN OTHER PRESCHOOLS IN \r\n\r\n1301\r\n00:43:07,851 --> 00:43:10,154\r\nTHE AREA INCLUDING EIGHT \r\n\r\n1302\r\n00:43:10,154 --> 00:43:17,561\r\nBILINGUAL ENGLISH MENTORED \r\n\r\n1303\r\n00:43:17,561 --> 00:43:18,429\r\nPRESCHOOL DOWN THE STREET FROM \r\n\r\n1304\r\n00:43:18,429 --> 00:43:19,563\r\nMY HOUSE. AT THE NORTHGATE \r\n\r\n1305\r\n00:43:19,563 --> 00:43:20,397\r\nLIBRARY, JUST TWO BLOCKS AWAY \r\n\r\n1306\r\n00:43:20,397 --> 00:43:21,932\r\nFROM THE LIBRARY WE NOW HAVE THE\r\n\r\n1307\r\n00:43:21,932 --> 00:43:23,434\r\nNEW LOOK. AT NORTH HAVEN. IT HAS\r\n\r\n1308\r\n00:43:23,434 --> 00:43:24,501\r\n89 UNITS OF INTERGENERATIONAL \r\n\r\n1309\r\n00:43:24,501 --> 00:43:25,736\r\nLIVING WITH A PRESCHOOL THE \r\n\r\n1310\r\n00:43:25,736 --> 00:43:27,237\r\nFIRST FLOOR WHICH THE CITY, \r\n\r\n1311\r\n00:43:27,237 --> 00:43:29,039\r\nVOTERS THANK YOU, AND CITY \r\n\r\n1312\r\n00:43:29,039 --> 00:43:32,142\r\nCOUNCIL, FOR SUPPORTING IT. AND \r\n\r\n1313\r\n00:43:32,142 --> 00:43:34,144\r\nTHE PRICKLY SCHOOLS. NEXT DOOR \r\n\r\n1314\r\n00:43:34,144 --> 00:43:39,850\r\nTO THE LIBRARY WE HAVE THE EAST \r\n\r\n1315\r\n00:43:39,850 --> 00:43:40,884\r\nAFRICAN ELDERS UNITY LODGE AT \r\n\r\n1316\r\n00:43:40,884 --> 00:43:41,752\r\nTHE NORTHGATE COMMUNITY CENTER \r\n\r\n1317\r\n00:43:41,752 --> 00:43:43,354\r\nAND THAT IS WHERE IT IS HELD AND\r\n\r\n1318\r\n00:43:43,354 --> 00:43:44,355\r\nI HAVE ATTENDED THAT. THE \r\n\r\n1319\r\n00:43:44,355 --> 00:43:45,856\r\nBROADVIEW LIBRARY IS ONE BLOCK \r\n\r\n1320\r\n00:43:45,856 --> 00:43:48,359\r\nFROM BROADVIEW, K-8 WITH THERE \r\n\r\n1321\r\n00:43:48,359 --> 00:43:49,526\r\nARE 140 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE\r\n\r\n1322\r\n00:43:49,526 --> 00:43:53,530\r\nENGLISH, E LL PROGRAM AT THE \r\n\r\n1323\r\n00:43:53,530 --> 00:43:54,565\r\nSCHOOL AND OUR STUDENTS SPEAK 30\r\n\r\n1324\r\n00:43:54,565 --> 00:43:57,568\r\nDIFFERENT LANGUAGES. WE WELCOME \r\n\r\n1325\r\n00:43:57,568 --> 00:44:00,004\r\nTHE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH \r\n\r\n1326\r\n00:44:00,004 --> 00:44:01,538\r\nCITY DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS DEAL \r\n\r\n1327\r\n00:44:01,538 --> 00:44:02,740\r\nAND THE SEATTLE PRESCHOOL \r\n\r\n1328\r\n00:44:02,740 --> 00:44:04,141\r\nPROGRAM AND AS YOU HEARD, \r\n\r\n1329\r\n00:44:04,141 --> 00:44:06,643\r\nLITERACY SOURCE WHICH IS IN \r\n\r\n1330\r\n00:44:06,643 --> 00:44:10,748\r\nDISTRICT 5, AND NORTH HELPLINE, \r\n\r\n1331\r\n00:44:10,748 --> 00:44:12,349\r\nAND I THINK WHAT ENTERING TO \r\n\r\n1332\r\n00:44:12,349 --> 00:44:14,251\r\nSHARE WITH YOU TODAY IS, HAVING \r\n\r\n1333\r\n00:44:14,251 --> 00:44:21,392\r\nTHREE LIBRARIES , HAVING HOUSING\r\n\r\n1334\r\n00:44:21,392 --> 00:44:22,659\r\nDENSITY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND\r\n\r\n1335\r\n00:44:22,659 --> 00:44:23,260\r\nMORE IMPORTANTLY, HAVING THE \r\n\r\n1336\r\n00:44:23,260 --> 00:44:24,628\r\nPRE-K ASSETS THAT WE HAVE IN ALL\r\n\r\n1337\r\n00:44:24,628 --> 00:44:26,163\r\nOF HER DISTRICTS, THAT WE ALL \r\n\r\n1338\r\n00:44:26,163 --> 00:44:28,265\r\nCONTRIBUTED TO MAKE SURE THEY \r\n\r\n1339\r\n00:44:28,265 --> 00:44:30,100\r\nGET BUILT. SO KIDS HAVE A HEAD \r\n\r\n1340\r\n00:44:30,100 --> 00:44:33,404\r\nSTART BEFORE THEY GO TO PUBLIC \r\n\r\n1341\r\n00:44:33,404 --> 00:44:35,572\r\nSCHOOL, PRE-K ON-SITE CONNECTED \r\n\r\n1342\r\n00:44:35,572 --> 00:44:39,843\r\nTO CONNECTED TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES\r\n\r\n1343\r\n00:44:39,843 --> 00:44:41,045\r\nIS SO INCREDIBLE INVESTMENT IN \r\n\r\n1344\r\n00:44:41,045 --> 00:44:43,180\r\nOUR CITY. THANK YOU. \r\n\r\n1345\r\n00:44:43,180 --> 00:44:48,085\r\n>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER \r\n\r\n1346\r\n00:44:48,085 --> 00:44:48,786\r\nJUAREZ. ERIC, APOLOGIES, I \r\n\r\n1347\r\n00:44:48,786 --> 00:44:51,855\r\nDIDN'T GET TO YOU, BUT I THINK \r\n\r\n1348\r\n00:44:51,855 --> 00:44:52,956\r\nWE ARE GOOD ON THIS ONE. OKAY. I\r\n\r\n1349\r\n00:44:52,956 --> 00:44:58,662\r\nWILL MAKE SURE TO GO TO YOU IN \r\n\r\n1350\r\n00:44:58,662 --> 00:44:59,496\r\nTHE FUTURE ONES. COLLEAGUES, ANY\r\n\r\n1351\r\n00:44:59,496 --> 00:45:00,497\r\nQUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR MANY \r\n\r\n1352\r\n00:45:00,497 --> 00:45:01,999\r\nOF OUR COLLEAGUES? I, I WILL \r\n\r\n1353\r\n00:45:01,999 --> 00:45:04,168\r\nSAY, COLLEAGUES, I SUPPORT -- I \r\n\r\n1354\r\n00:45:04,168 --> 00:45:08,005\r\nSUPPORT THE INTENT BEHIND THIS \r\n\r\n1355\r\n00:45:08,005 --> 00:45:12,543\r\nAMENDMENT. THESE PROGRAMS ARE \r\n\r\n1356\r\n00:45:12,543 --> 00:45:13,710\r\nREALLY IMPORTANT. WE DO HAVE \r\n\r\n1357\r\n00:45:13,710 --> 00:45:15,679\r\nTHEM AT THE LIBRARIES. THEY \r\n\r\n1358\r\n00:45:15,679 --> 00:45:16,847\r\nSHOULD BE PRIORITIZED FOR THE \r\n\r\n1359\r\n00:45:16,847 --> 00:45:19,383\r\nNORTH END, AND I KNOW THERE ARE \r\n\r\n1360\r\n00:45:19,383 --> 00:45:20,651\r\nDOLLARS IN HERE THAT COULD GO \r\n\r\n1361\r\n00:45:20,651 --> 00:45:22,853\r\nTOWARD THAT PURPOSE ALREADY. AND\r\n\r\n1362\r\n00:45:22,853 --> 00:45:26,190\r\nSO, I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE \r\n\r\n1363\r\n00:45:26,190 --> 00:45:29,159\r\nSEEN THIS EXPANSION INTO THE \r\n\r\n1364\r\n00:45:29,159 --> 00:45:33,931\r\nNORTH END , BUT NEVERTHELESS, \r\n\r\n1365\r\n00:45:33,931 --> 00:45:35,165\r\nHERE WE ARE. LET'S TAKE A VOTE \r\n\r\n1366\r\n00:45:35,165 --> 00:45:40,037\r\nON AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. \r\n\r\n1367\r\n00:45:40,037 --> 00:45:40,604\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. \r\n\r\n1368\r\n00:45:40,604 --> 00:45:42,773\r\n>> AYE. \r\n\r\n1369\r\n00:45:42,773 --> 00:45:43,307\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. \r\n\r\n1370\r\n00:45:43,307 --> 00:45:44,641\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n1371\r\n00:45:44,641 --> 00:45:45,175\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER LIN. \r\n\r\n1372\r\n00:45:45,175 --> 00:45:46,477\r\n>> AYE. \r\n\r\n1373\r\n00:45:46,477 --> 00:45:47,144\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. \r\n\r\n1374\r\n00:45:47,144 --> 00:45:53,951\r\n>> YES. VICE CHAIR \r\n\r\n1375\r\n00:45:53,951 --> 00:45:54,751\r\nHOLLINGSWORTH. \r\n\r\n1376\r\n00:45:54,751 --> 00:45:55,252\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n1377\r\n00:45:55,252 --> 00:45:58,489\r\n>> CHAIR RIVERA. \r\n\r\n1378\r\n00:45:58,489 --> 00:46:00,657\r\n>> NO. \r\n\r\n1379\r\n00:46:00,657 --> 00:46:03,260\r\n>> AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO IS \r\n\r\n1380\r\n00:46:03,260 --> 00:46:09,266\r\nADOPTED. CONSUMER FOSTER YOUR \r\n\r\n1381\r\n00:46:09,266 --> 00:46:10,334\r\nRECOGNIZED MOVE AMENDMENT NUMBER\r\n\r\n1382\r\n00:46:10,334 --> 00:46:10,634\r\nTHREE. \r\n\r\n1383\r\n00:46:10,634 --> 00:46:11,768\r\n>> I ASKED TO MOVE AMENDMENT \r\n\r\n1384\r\n00:46:11,768 --> 00:46:16,073\r\nNUMBER THREE. TO HAVE A SECOND? \r\n\r\n1385\r\n00:46:16,073 --> 00:46:18,242\r\n>> IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO \r\n\r\n1386\r\n00:46:18,242 --> 00:46:19,176\r\nAMEND COUNCIL BUILT 121181 AS \r\n\r\n1387\r\n00:46:19,176 --> 00:46:20,410\r\nPRESENTED ON AMENDMENT NUMBER \r\n\r\n1388\r\n00:46:20,410 --> 00:46:24,081\r\nTHREE. ERIC, WOULD YOU GIVE A \r\n\r\n1389\r\n00:46:24,081 --> 00:46:25,149\r\nBRIEF DESCRIPTION AND THEN I \r\n\r\n1390\r\n00:46:25,149 --> 00:46:26,450\r\nWILL GO TO YOU, COUNCILMEMBER \r\n\r\n1391\r\n00:46:26,450 --> 00:46:26,950\r\nFOSTER AS SPONSOR. \r\n\r\n1392\r\n00:46:26,950 --> 00:46:29,686\r\n>> THIS AMENDMENT WOULD, WOULD \r\n\r\n1393\r\n00:46:29,686 --> 00:46:33,991\r\nCOMMUNICATE COUNCIL'S INTENTION\r\n\r\n1394\r\n00:46:33,991 --> 00:46:35,793\r\n-- CAN WE START ALL OVER AGAIN. \r\n\r\n1395\r\n00:46:35,793 --> 00:46:37,928\r\n>> OKAY. NO PROBLEM. THINGS ON \r\n\r\n1396\r\n00:46:37,928 --> 00:46:39,296\r\nMY MIND THAT ARE NOT ABOUT THIS.\r\n\r\n1397\r\n00:46:39,296 --> 00:46:44,468\r\nTAKE A DEEP BREATH. THROUGH THIS\r\n\r\n1398\r\n00:46:44,468 --> 00:46:45,135\r\nAMENDMENT COUNCIL WHICH \r\n\r\n1399\r\n00:46:45,135 --> 00:46:45,869\r\nINDICATED THEIR INTENTION TO \r\n\r\n1400\r\n00:46:45,869 --> 00:46:47,137\r\nSUPPORT THE LIBRARY -- TO \r\n\r\n1401\r\n00:46:47,137 --> 00:46:47,938\r\nINCREASE THE LIBRARY LIBBY \r\n\r\n1402\r\n00:46:47,938 --> 00:46:54,344\r\nFUNDING AMOUNT BY $4.06 MILLION.\r\n\r\n1403\r\n00:46:54,344 --> 00:46:55,379\r\nTHIS WOULD BE TO SUPPORT \r\n\r\n1404\r\n00:46:55,379 --> 00:46:56,547\r\nOPERATING HOURS AND ACCESS BY \r\n\r\n1405\r\n00:46:56,547 --> 00:46:59,349\r\nEXPANDING RESOURCE NAVIGATION \r\n\r\n1406\r\n00:46:59,349 --> 00:46:59,950\r\nBEFORE ADDITIONAL FULL-TIME \r\n\r\n1407\r\n00:46:59,950 --> 00:47:01,084\r\nEQUIVALENT TO DEGREASER \r\n\r\n1408\r\n00:47:01,084 --> 00:47:03,554\r\nSPECIALISTS AND UPGRADING \r\n\r\n1409\r\n00:47:03,554 --> 00:47:04,454\r\nSECURITY BADGE ACCESS OF THE \r\n\r\n1410\r\n00:47:04,454 --> 00:47:05,355\r\nCENTRAL BRANCH. GIVE YOUR \r\n\r\n1411\r\n00:47:05,355 --> 00:47:06,256\r\nINDULGENCE FOR THAT. \r\n\r\n1412\r\n00:47:06,256 --> 00:47:10,794\r\n>> NO PROBLEM AIR, THANK YOU. \r\n\r\n1413\r\n00:47:10,794 --> 00:47:11,762\r\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, AS \r\n\r\n1414\r\n00:47:11,762 --> 00:47:17,668\r\nSPONSOR, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO \r\n\r\n1415\r\n00:47:17,668 --> 00:47:19,136\r\nSPEAK TO THIS AMENDMENT. I KNOW \r\n\r\n1416\r\n00:47:19,136 --> 00:47:20,204\r\nTHERE ARE TWO OTHER COSPONSORS \r\n\r\n1417\r\n00:47:20,204 --> 00:47:21,538\r\nAND WE CAN GO TO THEM AFTER. \r\n\r\n1418\r\n00:47:21,538 --> 00:47:23,140\r\n>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU,\r\n\r\n1419\r\n00:47:23,140 --> 00:47:24,608\r\nERIC, YOU GOT THIS, YOU'RE \r\n\r\n1420\r\n00:47:24,608 --> 00:47:26,944\r\nDOING GREAT. COLLEAGUES, AM \r\n\r\n1421\r\n00:47:26,944 --> 00:47:28,045\r\nEXCITED TO BRING THIS AMENDMENT \r\n\r\n1422\r\n00:47:28,045 --> 00:47:29,379\r\nFORWARD AND I WANT TO THANK \r\n\r\n1423\r\n00:47:29,379 --> 00:47:30,547\r\nCOUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH \r\n\r\n1424\r\n00:47:30,547 --> 00:47:37,888\r\nAND COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR \r\n\r\n1425\r\n00:47:37,888 --> 00:47:38,655\r\nTHE COSPONSORSHIP. THE INTENT IS\r\n\r\n1426\r\n00:47:38,655 --> 00:47:39,590\r\nTO ENSURE OUR LIBRARIES REMAIN \r\n\r\n1427\r\n00:47:39,590 --> 00:47:40,424\r\nOPEN AND ACCESSIBLE AND \r\n\r\n1428\r\n00:47:40,424 --> 00:47:41,758\r\nAVAILABLE TO ALL RESIDENTS. AS I\r\n\r\n1429\r\n00:47:41,758 --> 00:47:42,793\r\nWAS ENGAGING WITH THE LIBRARY \r\n\r\n1430\r\n00:47:42,793 --> 00:47:52,936\r\nSTAFF, WE HEARD FROM FOLKS , WE \r\n\r\n1431\r\n00:47:52,936 --> 00:47:54,871\r\nHAVE FOLKS WHO SPENT EIGHT OR 10\r\n\r\n1432\r\n00:47:54,871 --> 00:47:55,772\r\nHOURS IN THE LIBRARIES. IT'S AN\r\n\r\n1433\r\n00:47:55,772 --> 00:47:56,974\r\nEXCELLENT POINT TO MAKE SURE WE \r\n\r\n1434\r\n00:47:56,974 --> 00:47:58,041\r\nARE ABLE TO CONNECT THEM WITH \r\n\r\n1435\r\n00:47:58,041 --> 00:47:58,942\r\nRESOURCES. WE ALSO HEARD \r\n\r\n1436\r\n00:47:58,942 --> 00:48:00,043\r\nFANTASTIC INFORMATION ABOUT HOW \r\n\r\n1437\r\n00:48:00,043 --> 00:48:00,744\r\nTHESE NAVIGATORS HAVE HELPED THE\r\n\r\n1438\r\n00:48:00,744 --> 00:48:01,845\r\nLIBRARIES TO REDUCE THE NUMBER \r\n\r\n1439\r\n00:48:01,845 --> 00:48:02,779\r\nOF BANDS HAPPENING AT OUR \r\n\r\n1440\r\n00:48:02,779 --> 00:48:04,047\r\nLIBRARIES SO THEY TRULY ARE A \r\n\r\n1441\r\n00:48:04,047 --> 00:48:05,249\r\nTHIRD PLACES AND THEY ARE PLACES\r\n\r\n1442\r\n00:48:05,249 --> 00:48:06,550\r\nWHERE WE CAN HAVE SAFETY AND \r\n\r\n1443\r\n00:48:06,550 --> 00:48:10,854\r\nACCESS FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS.\r\n\r\n1444\r\n00:48:10,854 --> 00:48:12,456\r\nAM EXCITED TO BRING THIS \r\n\r\n1445\r\n00:48:12,456 --> 00:48:13,390\r\nFORWARD. WE KNOW THE LIBRARY \r\n\r\n1446\r\n00:48:13,390 --> 00:48:14,258\r\nWILL BE PRIORITIZING DOWNTOWN, \r\n\r\n1447\r\n00:48:14,258 --> 00:48:15,259\r\nCAPITOL HILL AND BALLARD FOR \r\n\r\n1448\r\n00:48:15,259 --> 00:48:16,326\r\nTHESE NAVIGATORS. I THINK THAT \r\n\r\n1449\r\n00:48:16,326 --> 00:48:21,365\r\nIS AN IMPORTANT AND WELL DONE \r\n\r\n1450\r\n00:48:21,365 --> 00:48:22,466\r\nWAY TO SPEND THESE RESOURCES. \r\n\r\n1451\r\n00:48:22,466 --> 00:48:23,533\r\nCOLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR \r\n\r\n1452\r\n00:48:23,533 --> 00:48:23,867\r\nSUPPORT. \r\n\r\n1453\r\n00:48:23,867 --> 00:48:25,235\r\n>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER \r\n\r\n1454\r\n00:48:25,235 --> 00:48:30,073\r\nFOSTER. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, \r\n\r\n1455\r\n00:48:30,073 --> 00:48:31,174\r\nHOLLINGSWORTH, DID YOU WANT TO \r\n\r\n1456\r\n00:48:31,174 --> 00:48:32,042\r\nSPEAK TO THIS AMENDMENT? \r\n\r\n1457\r\n00:48:32,042 --> 00:48:33,176\r\n>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. \r\n\r\n1458\r\n00:48:33,176 --> 00:48:43,720\r\nAPPRECIATION FOR COUNCIL MEMBER \r\n\r\n1459\r\n00:48:44,054 --> 00:48:44,955\r\nFOSTER AND HER LEADERSHIP ON \r\n\r\n1460\r\n00:48:44,955 --> 00:48:45,589\r\nTHIS COLLABORATION. REGARDING \r\n\r\n1461\r\n00:48:45,589 --> 00:48:46,556\r\nTHE AMENDMENT, SHE SAID \r\n\r\n1462\r\n00:48:46,556 --> 00:48:47,658\r\nEVERYTHING I WOULD SAY SO I \r\n\r\n1463\r\n00:48:47,658 --> 00:48:48,925\r\nWON'T REPEAT. I KNOW WE HAVE \r\n\r\n1464\r\n00:48:48,925 --> 00:48:49,993\r\nTHE GET THROUGH A BUNCH OF \r\n\r\n1465\r\n00:48:49,993 --> 00:48:50,861\r\nAMENDMENTS. VERY GRATEFUL FOR \r\n\r\n1466\r\n00:48:50,861 --> 00:48:51,828\r\nTHAT. THANK YOU \r\n\r\n1467\r\n00:48:51,828 --> 00:48:52,863\r\n>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT \r\n\r\n1468\r\n00:48:52,863 --> 00:48:56,199\r\nHOLLINGSWORTH. COUNCILMEMBER \r\n\r\n1469\r\n00:48:56,199 --> 00:48:57,267\r\nSTRAUSS, IS THE OTHER COSPONSORS\r\n\r\n1470\r\n00:48:57,267 --> 00:48:58,435\r\nWOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS \r\n\r\n1471\r\n00:48:58,435 --> 00:48:58,735\r\nAMENDMENT? \r\n\r\n1472\r\n00:48:58,735 --> 00:48:59,936\r\n>> YES, THANK YOU TO COUNCIL \r\n\r\n1473\r\n00:48:59,936 --> 00:49:00,938\r\nMEMBER FOSTER FOR YOUR \r\n\r\n1474\r\n00:49:00,938 --> 00:49:02,139\r\nLEADERSHIP AND THANK YOU TO THE \r\n\r\n1475\r\n00:49:02,139 --> 00:49:03,373\r\nLIBRARIES FOR YOUR AGREEMENT TO \r\n\r\n1476\r\n00:49:03,373 --> 00:49:04,308\r\nPARTNER WITH OUR EXISTING \r\n\r\n1477\r\n00:49:04,308 --> 00:49:04,875\r\nSERVICE PROVIDERS IN THESE \r\n\r\n1478\r\n00:49:04,875 --> 00:49:06,143\r\nAREAS. WHAT I HAVE NOTICED IS \r\n\r\n1479\r\n00:49:06,143 --> 00:49:07,144\r\nTHAT THE CURRENT SERVICE \r\n\r\n1480\r\n00:49:07,144 --> 00:49:08,145\r\nPROVISION THAT IS OCCURRING AT \r\n\r\n1481\r\n00:49:08,145 --> 00:49:12,983\r\nLIBRARIES IS NOT INTEGRATED WITH\r\n\r\n1482\r\n00:49:12,983 --> 00:49:14,051\r\nTHE FABRIC WE HAVE CREATED IN \r\n\r\n1483\r\n00:49:14,051 --> 00:49:15,285\r\nTHE LAST SIX YEARS. I'M EXCITED\r\n\r\n1484\r\n00:49:15,285 --> 00:49:16,653\r\nTO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS \r\n\r\n1485\r\n00:49:16,653 --> 00:49:18,055\r\nAMENDMENT, TO SUPPORT YOUR WORK \r\n\r\n1486\r\n00:49:18,055 --> 00:49:20,057\r\nAND DOING A LITTLE BETTER AND \r\n\r\n1487\r\n00:49:20,057 --> 00:49:20,691\r\nMAKING SURE THAT COLLABORATION \r\n\r\n1488\r\n00:49:20,691 --> 00:49:21,958\r\nOCCURS. THANK YOU. \r\n\r\n1489\r\n00:49:21,958 --> 00:49:24,227\r\n>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER \r\n\r\n1490\r\n00:49:24,227 --> 00:49:25,329\r\nSTRAUSS. ANY QUESTIONS OR \r\n\r\n1491\r\n00:49:25,329 --> 00:49:29,433\r\nCOMMENTS? FROM OUR OTHER \r\n\r\n1492\r\n00:49:29,433 --> 00:49:30,434\r\nCOLLEAGUES? ALL RIGHT, THEN \r\n\r\n1493\r\n00:49:30,434 --> 00:49:31,668\r\nLET'S GO TORBERT VOTE. \r\n\r\n1494\r\n00:49:31,668 --> 00:49:32,235\r\n>>>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. \r\n\r\n1495\r\n00:49:32,235 --> 00:49:34,538\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n1496\r\n00:49:34,538 --> 00:49:35,105\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. \r\n\r\n1497\r\n00:49:35,105 --> 00:49:37,007\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n1498\r\n00:49:37,007 --> 00:49:37,541\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. \r\n\r\n1499\r\n00:49:37,541 --> 00:49:37,774\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n1500\r\n00:49:37,774 --> 00:49:38,275\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER LIN. \r\n\r\n1501\r\n00:49:38,275 --> 00:49:38,508\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n1502\r\n00:49:38,508 --> 00:49:39,009\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. \r\n\r\n1503\r\n00:49:39,009 --> 00:49:44,147\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n1504\r\n00:49:44,147 --> 00:49:44,748\r\n>> VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH. \r\n\r\n1505\r\n00:49:44,748 --> 00:49:47,050\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n1506\r\n00:49:47,050 --> 00:49:47,451\r\n>> CHAIR RIVERA. \r\n\r\n1507\r\n00:49:47,451 --> 00:49:50,654\r\n>> NO. \r\n\r\n1508\r\n00:49:50,654 --> 00:49:54,925\r\n>> MOTION CARRIES. COUNCILMEMBER\r\n\r\n1509\r\n00:49:54,925 --> 00:49:55,792\r\nLIN YOUR RECOGNIZED MOVE \r\n\r\n1510\r\n00:49:55,792 --> 00:49:56,793\r\nAMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR. \r\n\r\n1511\r\n00:49:56,793 --> 00:50:04,668\r\n>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I MOVED TO \r\n\r\n1512\r\n00:50:04,668 --> 00:50:05,769\r\nADOPT AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR. IS \r\n\r\n1513\r\n00:50:05,769 --> 00:50:07,337\r\nTHERE A SECOND? \r\n\r\n1514\r\n00:50:07,337 --> 00:50:09,139\r\n>> IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO \r\n\r\n1515\r\n00:50:09,139 --> 00:50:12,442\r\nAMEND CANCEL BILL 121181 AS \r\n\r\n1516\r\n00:50:12,442 --> 00:50:13,577\r\nPRESENTED ON AMENDMENT FOUR. \r\n\r\n1517\r\n00:50:13,577 --> 00:50:24,087\r\nCOUNCILMEMBER , AS SPONSOR OF \r\n\r\n1518\r\n00:50:28,625 --> 00:50:29,693\r\nTHIS AMENDMENT I WILL GO TO YOU \r\n\r\n1519\r\n00:50:29,693 --> 00:50:30,627\r\nAFTER I GO TO ERIC. \r\n\r\n1520\r\n00:50:30,627 --> 00:50:31,161\r\n>> FANTASTIC. \r\n\r\n1521\r\n00:50:31,161 --> 00:50:32,562\r\n>> ERIC, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE \r\n\r\n1522\r\n00:50:32,562 --> 00:50:33,630\r\nUS A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF \r\n\r\n1523\r\n00:50:33,630 --> 00:50:34,164\r\nAMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR? \r\n\r\n1524\r\n00:50:34,164 --> 00:50:35,232\r\n>> SURE THING. THIS AMENDMENT \r\n\r\n1525\r\n00:50:35,232 --> 00:50:36,032\r\nWOULD CAN INDICATE COUNCIL'S \r\n\r\n1526\r\n00:50:36,032 --> 00:50:37,334\r\nINTENTION THAT A PORTION OF THE \r\n\r\n1527\r\n00:50:37,334 --> 00:50:38,568\r\nLIBRARY LIBBY FUNDING AMOUNT IS \r\n\r\n1528\r\n00:50:38,568 --> 00:50:39,669\r\nTRANSMITTED TO THE MAYOR AND \r\n\r\n1529\r\n00:50:39,669 --> 00:50:40,837\r\nINCREASED BY $15 MILLION BY THE \r\n\r\n1530\r\n00:50:40,837 --> 00:50:41,938\r\nCOUNCIL SHOULD BE AUTHORIZED FOR\r\n\r\n1531\r\n00:50:41,938 --> 00:50:42,539\r\nINVESTMENTS TO SUPPORT \r\n\r\n1532\r\n00:50:42,539 --> 00:50:43,273\r\nMAINTENANCE, COMPLETING THE \r\n\r\n1533\r\n00:50:43,273 --> 00:50:44,341\r\nREPAIR, REPLACEMENT OR UPGRADES \r\n\r\n1534\r\n00:50:44,341 --> 00:50:45,575\r\nOF COOLING SYSTEMS FOR ALL \r\n\r\n1535\r\n00:50:45,575 --> 00:50:46,143\r\nLIBRARY BRANCHES AND TWO, \r\n\r\n1536\r\n00:50:46,143 --> 00:50:46,810\r\nADDRESSING DEFERRED MAINTENANCE \r\n\r\n1537\r\n00:50:46,810 --> 00:50:48,045\r\nAND BRANCH ELECT VACATION. \r\n\r\n1538\r\n00:50:48,045 --> 00:50:52,849\r\n>> THANK YOU. AS SPONSOR OF THIS\r\n\r\n1539\r\n00:50:52,849 --> 00:50:53,917\r\nAMENDMENT YOU ARE RECOGNIZED IN \r\n\r\n1540\r\n00:50:53,917 --> 00:50:54,851\r\nORDER TO ADDRESS IT. \r\n\r\n1541\r\n00:50:54,851 --> 00:50:59,189\r\n>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. THIS \r\n\r\n1542\r\n00:50:59,189 --> 00:51:00,056\r\nAMENDMENT, AS DESCRIBED, WOULD \r\n\r\n1543\r\n00:51:00,056 --> 00:51:01,358\r\nCOVER A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT \r\n\r\n1544\r\n00:51:01,358 --> 00:51:05,162\r\nMATTERS. IT WOULD INCLUDE THE \r\n\r\n1545\r\n00:51:05,162 --> 00:51:07,063\r\nHVAC SYSTEMS AT FIVE BRANCHES. \r\n\r\n1546\r\n00:51:07,063 --> 00:51:08,665\r\nTHAT MOSTLY HAS BEEN FUNDED \r\n\r\n1547\r\n00:51:08,665 --> 00:51:11,168\r\nTHROUGH THE FEMA GRANT, WHICH IS\r\n\r\n1548\r\n00:51:11,168 --> 00:51:14,438\r\nWONDERFUL. WHICH COVERS MOST OF \r\n\r\n1549\r\n00:51:14,438 --> 00:51:15,772\r\nTHAT COST. THERE ARE SOME OF THE\r\n\r\n1550\r\n00:51:15,772 --> 00:51:17,240\r\nCOSTS THAT ARE ALREADY BUDGETED \r\n\r\n1551\r\n00:51:17,240 --> 00:51:19,443\r\nFOR. BUT THIS WOULD HELP TO \r\n\r\n1552\r\n00:51:19,443 --> 00:51:23,647\r\nENSURE THAT THOSE PROJECTS CAN \r\n\r\n1553\r\n00:51:23,647 --> 00:51:24,848\r\nBE COMPLETED IN CASE THERE ANY \r\n\r\n1554\r\n00:51:24,848 --> 00:51:26,883\r\nCOST OVERRUNS. OR, ALSO FOR \r\n\r\n1555\r\n00:51:26,883 --> 00:51:29,085\r\nONGOING MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS.\r\n\r\n1556\r\n00:51:29,085 --> 00:51:35,025\r\nIT WOULD ALSO HELP TO ADDRESS \r\n\r\n1557\r\n00:51:35,025 --> 00:51:35,859\r\nDEFERRED MAINTENANCE. WE KNOW \r\n\r\n1558\r\n00:51:35,859 --> 00:51:41,031\r\nTHAT THE PROPOSAL DOES NOT FULLY\r\n\r\n1559\r\n00:51:41,031 --> 00:51:42,032\r\nFUND ALL THE DIFFERENT \r\n\r\n1560\r\n00:51:42,032 --> 00:51:42,866\r\nMAINTENANCE. AS WE HEARD, \r\n\r\n1561\r\n00:51:42,866 --> 00:51:43,867\r\nDEFERRED MAINTENANCE PUMPS UP \r\n\r\n1562\r\n00:51:43,867 --> 00:51:45,702\r\nUNEXPECTEDLY QUITE OFTEN IN OUR \r\n\r\n1563\r\n00:51:45,702 --> 00:51:49,639\r\nBRANCHES. AS WELL AS BRANCH \r\n\r\n1564\r\n00:51:49,639 --> 00:51:50,507\r\nELECTRIFICATION. WE HAVE A \r\n\r\n1565\r\n00:51:50,507 --> 00:51:52,242\r\nNUMBER OF BRANCHES THAT ARE NOT \r\n\r\n1566\r\n00:51:52,242 --> 00:51:55,412\r\nELECTRIFIED YET. AND, CURRENT \r\n\r\n1567\r\n00:51:55,412 --> 00:51:59,850\r\nEVENTS , IT IS CRYSTAL CLEAR \r\n\r\n1568\r\n00:51:59,850 --> 00:52:01,351\r\nTHAT WE NEED TO MOVE RAPIDLY TO \r\n\r\n1569\r\n00:52:01,351 --> 00:52:02,719\r\nTRANSITION AWAY FROM FOSSIL \r\n\r\n1570\r\n00:52:02,719 --> 00:52:06,289\r\nFUELS , BOTH IN TERMS OF COST \r\n\r\n1571\r\n00:52:06,289 --> 00:52:11,194\r\nAND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS , \r\n\r\n1572\r\n00:52:11,194 --> 00:52:12,596\r\nAS WELL AS WHAT WE SEE WITH \r\n\r\n1573\r\n00:52:12,596 --> 00:52:13,330\r\nTHINGS LIKE HER CURRENT \r\n\r\n1574\r\n00:52:13,330 --> 00:52:15,265\r\nSNOWPACK. WHICH ARE GREATLY \r\n\r\n1575\r\n00:52:15,265 --> 00:52:25,742\r\nBELOW AVERAGE. AND, WE ARE, \r\n\r\n1576\r\n00:52:31,414 --> 00:52:32,048\r\nUNFORTUNATELY, NOWHERE NEAR, WE \r\n\r\n1577\r\n00:52:32,048 --> 00:52:33,150\r\nARE MAKING PROGRESS, BUT NOWHERE\r\n\r\n1578\r\n00:52:33,150 --> 00:52:34,484\r\nNEAR OUR 2030 CLIMATE ACTION \r\n\r\n1579\r\n00:52:34,484 --> 00:52:35,285\r\nPLAN GOALS. TRANSPORTATION IS A \r\n\r\n1580\r\n00:52:35,285 --> 00:52:36,253\r\nNUMBER ONE EMISSION AROUND 50%. \r\n\r\n1581\r\n00:52:36,253 --> 00:52:37,354\r\nBUILDINGS IS OUR SECOND LARGEST \r\n\r\n1582\r\n00:52:37,354 --> 00:52:38,355\r\nEMISSION OF GREENHOUSE GAS AND \r\n\r\n1583\r\n00:52:38,355 --> 00:52:39,756\r\nTHAT IS AROUND 40%. AND SO, WE \r\n\r\n1584\r\n00:52:39,756 --> 00:52:41,791\r\nNEED TO BE MOVING MUCH MORE \r\n\r\n1585\r\n00:52:41,791 --> 00:52:46,429\r\nRAPIDLY , MANY OF THOSE \r\n\r\n1586\r\n00:52:46,429 --> 00:52:47,330\r\nBUILDINGS ARE PRIVATELY OWNED. \r\n\r\n1587\r\n00:52:47,330 --> 00:52:48,999\r\nBUT WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE CAN \r\n\r\n1588\r\n00:52:48,999 --> 00:52:49,900\r\nAND SHOW HER LEADERSHIP OF \r\n\r\n1589\r\n00:52:49,900 --> 00:52:50,600\r\nTRANSITIONING PUBLICLY ON \r\n\r\n1590\r\n00:52:50,600 --> 00:52:51,401\r\nBUILDINGS THROUGH \r\n\r\n1591\r\n00:52:51,401 --> 00:52:52,769\r\nELECTRIFICATION. $50 MILLION IS \r\n\r\n1592\r\n00:52:52,769 --> 00:52:54,571\r\nNOT NEARLY ENOUGH TO COVER THE \r\n\r\n1593\r\n00:52:54,571 --> 00:52:56,072\r\nENTIRE NEEDS OF DEFERRED \r\n\r\n1594\r\n00:52:56,072 --> 00:53:02,078\r\nMAINTENANCE AND ELECTRIFICATION.\r\n\r\n1595\r\n00:53:02,078 --> 00:53:03,947\r\nBUT, HOPEFULLY, IT WILL GET AS \r\n\r\n1596\r\n00:53:03,947 --> 00:53:07,984\r\nPART OF THE WAY THERE . AND \r\n\r\n1597\r\n00:53:07,984 --> 00:53:09,352\r\nCHAIR, THIS IS TO YOUR POINT OF,\r\n\r\n1598\r\n00:53:09,352 --> 00:53:10,654\r\nYOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS DIFFICULT\r\n\r\n1599\r\n00:53:10,654 --> 00:53:11,855\r\nBALANCE. WE DO HAVE THE LEVY \r\n\r\n1600\r\n00:53:11,855 --> 00:53:14,257\r\nCAP. WE HAVE A AFFORDABILITY \r\n\r\n1601\r\n00:53:14,257 --> 00:53:18,461\r\nCONCERN AND VOTERS , THIS IS NOT\r\n\r\n1602\r\n00:53:18,461 --> 00:53:23,266\r\nABOUT , AGAIN, WHO LOVES \r\n\r\n1603\r\n00:53:23,266 --> 00:53:25,001\r\nLIBRARIES MORE. I THINK WE ALL \r\n\r\n1604\r\n00:53:25,001 --> 00:53:28,271\r\nOF OUR LIBRARIES. AND, YOU KNOW,\r\n\r\n1605\r\n00:53:28,271 --> 00:53:29,639\r\nWE HAVE THIS DELICATE BALANCE OF\r\n\r\n1606\r\n00:53:29,639 --> 00:53:30,874\r\nPUTTING SOMETHING BEFORE THE \r\n\r\n1607\r\n00:53:30,874 --> 00:53:38,848\r\nVOTERS. VOTERS ONLY GET TO SAY \r\n\r\n1608\r\n00:53:38,848 --> 00:53:40,650\r\nYES OR NO TO WHAT WE PUT BEFORE \r\n\r\n1609\r\n00:53:40,650 --> 00:53:42,652\r\nTHEM. THEY DON'T GET TO SAY GO \r\n\r\n1610\r\n00:53:42,652 --> 00:53:43,320\r\nBIGGER, THEY DON'T GET TO SAY \r\n\r\n1611\r\n00:53:43,320 --> 00:53:44,688\r\nNO, THIS IS TOO BIG. THEY JUST \r\n\r\n1612\r\n00:53:44,688 --> 00:53:46,456\r\nGET TO VOTE YES UP OR DOWN ON \r\n\r\n1613\r\n00:53:46,456 --> 00:53:47,757\r\nWHAT WE PUT BEFORE THEM. SO THAT\r\n\r\n1614\r\n00:53:47,757 --> 00:53:49,192\r\nIS WHERE WE ARE, WE HAVE THIS \r\n\r\n1615\r\n00:53:49,192 --> 00:53:50,460\r\nBALANCE. SO THAT IS WHERE, EVEN \r\n\r\n1616\r\n00:53:50,460 --> 00:53:52,195\r\nTHOUGH $15 MILLION IS NOT ENOUGH\r\n\r\n1617\r\n00:53:52,195 --> 00:53:52,762\r\nTO COVER ALL THE DEFERRED \r\n\r\n1618\r\n00:53:52,762 --> 00:53:53,396\r\nMAINTENANCE AND ELECTRIFICATION \r\n\r\n1619\r\n00:53:53,396 --> 00:53:54,564\r\nNEEDS, HOPEFULLY HE GETS AS PART\r\n\r\n1620\r\n00:53:54,564 --> 00:54:01,338\r\nOF THE WAY THERE. WITH THAT, I \r\n\r\n1621\r\n00:54:01,338 --> 00:54:02,205\r\nWOULD APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT, \r\n\r\n1622\r\n00:54:02,205 --> 00:54:02,939\r\nCOLLEAGUES. \r\n\r\n1623\r\n00:54:02,939 --> 00:54:04,874\r\n>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN.\r\n\r\n1624\r\n00:54:04,874 --> 00:54:06,543\r\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK, YOUR \r\n\r\n1625\r\n00:54:06,543 --> 00:54:16,653\r\nRECOGNIZED. \r\n\r\n1626\r\n00:54:16,653 --> 00:54:17,754\r\n>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. COLLEAGUES,\r\n\r\n1627\r\n00:54:17,754 --> 00:54:19,356\r\nI WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SPEAK\r\n\r\n1628\r\n00:54:19,356 --> 00:54:20,423\r\nIN SUPPORT OF THIS AMENDMENT \r\n\r\n1629\r\n00:54:20,423 --> 00:54:21,291\r\nTODAY. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE \r\n\r\n1630\r\n00:54:21,291 --> 00:54:22,659\r\nARE THOSE WHO HAVE SUGGESTED WE \r\n\r\n1631\r\n00:54:22,659 --> 00:54:24,194\r\nDON'T NEED TO ADD FUNDING TO \r\n\r\n1632\r\n00:54:24,194 --> 00:54:31,167\r\nCOMPLETE COOLING PROJECTS IN ALL\r\n\r\n1633\r\n00:54:31,167 --> 00:54:32,535\r\nOF OUR BRANCHES BECAUSE WE WERE \r\n\r\n1634\r\n00:54:32,535 --> 00:54:33,637\r\nAWARDED FEMA GRANTS. BUT I WOULD\r\n\r\n1635\r\n00:54:33,637 --> 00:54:34,871\r\nNOTE THAT INTERESTING OUR \r\n\r\n1636\r\n00:54:34,871 --> 00:54:35,472\r\nLIBRARY'S FUTURE TO DONALD \r\n\r\n1637\r\n00:54:35,472 --> 00:54:36,172\r\nTRUMP'S FEMA IS IRRESPONSIBLE. \r\n\r\n1638\r\n00:54:36,172 --> 00:54:37,140\r\nJUST ASK SEATTLE CITY LIGHT, \r\n\r\n1639\r\n00:54:37,140 --> 00:54:37,941\r\nREIMBURSEMENTS FOR THE 2024 \r\n\r\n1640\r\n00:54:37,941 --> 00:54:38,842\r\nCYCLE. THIS AMENDMENT ADDRESSES \r\n\r\n1641\r\n00:54:38,842 --> 00:54:39,576\r\nARE LONG OVERDUE ELECTRIFICATION\r\n\r\n1642\r\n00:54:39,576 --> 00:54:40,577\r\nEFFORTS. AND TO REDIRECT THE \r\n\r\n1643\r\n00:54:40,577 --> 00:54:44,681\r\nPOINTS JUST MADE BY \r\n\r\n1644\r\n00:54:44,681 --> 00:54:45,548\r\nCOUNCILMEMBER LIN, OUR LAST \r\n\r\n1645\r\n00:54:45,548 --> 00:54:46,182\r\nGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS \r\n\r\n1646\r\n00:54:46,182 --> 00:54:46,950\r\nINVENTORY FOUND THAT BUILDINGS \r\n\r\n1647\r\n00:54:46,950 --> 00:54:47,951\r\nARE THE SECOND LARGEST \r\n\r\n1648\r\n00:54:47,951 --> 00:54:49,052\r\nCONTRIBUTOR TO GREENHOUSE GAS \r\n\r\n1649\r\n00:54:49,052 --> 00:54:50,353\r\nEMISSIONS. ACCOUNTING FOR 40% OF\r\n\r\n1650\r\n00:54:50,353 --> 00:54:51,921\r\nSEATTLE'S EMISSIONS. REALLY \r\n\r\n1651\r\n00:54:51,921 --> 00:54:57,193\r\nCONTRIBUTING TO CLIMATE \r\n\r\n1652\r\n00:54:57,193 --> 00:54:58,028\r\nPOLLUTION. AND THIS BODY \r\n\r\n1653\r\n00:54:58,028 --> 00:54:58,528\r\nCOMMITTED YEARS AGO TO \r\n\r\n1654\r\n00:54:58,528 --> 00:54:59,162\r\nDECARBONIZATION AND GETTING ALL \r\n\r\n1655\r\n00:54:59,162 --> 00:55:08,304\r\nOF OUR BUILDINGS ALIGNED WITH \r\n\r\n1656\r\n00:55:08,304 --> 00:55:08,938\r\nTHE BUILDING EMISSIONS \r\n\r\n1657\r\n00:55:08,938 --> 00:55:09,606\r\nPERFORMANCE STANDARDS, NORTHEAST\r\n\r\n1658\r\n00:55:09,606 --> 00:55:10,840\r\nBRANCHES STILL IN THE QUEUE FOR \r\n\r\n1659\r\n00:55:10,840 --> 00:55:11,641\r\nELECTRIFICATION. HOW LONG TO \r\n\r\n1660\r\n00:55:11,641 --> 00:55:12,575\r\nTHOSE FAMILIES WEIGHT AND AT \r\n\r\n1661\r\n00:55:12,575 --> 00:55:14,144\r\nWHAT COST TO THE CITY IF WE \r\n\r\n1662\r\n00:55:14,144 --> 00:55:15,245\r\nDELAY FURTHER? WHETHER WE ARE \r\n\r\n1663\r\n00:55:15,245 --> 00:55:15,845\r\nTALKING ABOUT COOLING, \r\n\r\n1664\r\n00:55:15,845 --> 00:55:16,546\r\nELECTRIFICATION OR DEFERRED \r\n\r\n1665\r\n00:55:16,546 --> 00:55:17,313\r\nMAINTENANCE, EVERY DOLLAR WE \r\n\r\n1666\r\n00:55:17,313 --> 00:55:18,748\r\nSPEND IN THIS LEVY WILL GO MUCH \r\n\r\n1667\r\n00:55:18,748 --> 00:55:19,649\r\nFARTHER THAN ANY HYPOTHETICAL \r\n\r\n1668\r\n00:55:19,649 --> 00:55:20,884\r\nDOLLAR WE CAN ALLOCATE TO THE \r\n\r\n1669\r\n00:55:20,884 --> 00:55:26,056\r\nNEXT LEVY PERIOD IN 2034 BEYOND.\r\n\r\n1670\r\n00:55:26,056 --> 00:55:29,259\r\nANY PENNIES WE PINCH NOW WILL \r\n\r\n1671\r\n00:55:29,259 --> 00:55:30,960\r\nCOST US DOLLARS SEVEN YEARS FROM\r\n\r\n1672\r\n00:55:30,960 --> 00:55:36,533\r\nNOW. AND PUTTING OUR HOPES ONTO \r\n\r\n1673\r\n00:55:36,533 --> 00:55:37,500\r\nTHE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND \r\n\r\n1674\r\n00:55:37,500 --> 00:55:38,168\r\nFOLLOWING THROUGH ON FEMA \r\n\r\n1675\r\n00:55:38,168 --> 00:55:39,135\r\nCOMMITMENTS TO SEATTLE IS NOT \r\n\r\n1676\r\n00:55:39,135 --> 00:55:40,370\r\nSOMETHING I WOULD ADVISE. FOR \r\n\r\n1677\r\n00:55:40,370 --> 00:55:44,574\r\nTHESE REASONS I WILL BE PROBABLY\r\n\r\n1678\r\n00:55:44,574 --> 00:55:45,775\r\nVOTING YES TO THIS AMENDMENT TO \r\n\r\n1679\r\n00:55:45,775 --> 00:55:46,776\r\nASSURE WE CAN RESPONSIBLY CARE \r\n\r\n1680\r\n00:55:46,776 --> 00:55:48,344\r\nFOR OUR COMMITTEE. THANK YOU AND\r\n\r\n1681\r\n00:55:48,344 --> 00:55:49,245\r\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN, \r\n\r\n1682\r\n00:55:49,245 --> 00:55:50,380\r\nFOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. \r\n\r\n1683\r\n00:55:50,380 --> 00:55:51,548\r\n>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER \r\n\r\n1684\r\n00:55:51,548 --> 00:55:55,351\r\nRINCK. ANYONE ELSE? I DON'T SEE\r\n\r\n1685\r\n00:55:55,351 --> 00:55:58,421\r\nANY HANSA. I WILL ADDRESS \r\n\r\n1686\r\n00:55:58,421 --> 00:56:02,158\r\nSOMETHING HERE, AND THAT IS, AS \r\n\r\n1687\r\n00:56:02,158 --> 00:56:03,293\r\nI SAID EARLIER, THIS ISN'T \r\n\r\n1688\r\n00:56:03,293 --> 00:56:04,160\r\nABOUT THE FACT THAT THE \r\n\r\n1689\r\n00:56:04,160 --> 00:56:08,364\r\nLIBRARIES DON'T HAVE MORE \r\n\r\n1690\r\n00:56:08,364 --> 00:56:09,666\r\nNEEDS. THE BUILDINGS ARE OLD AND\r\n\r\n1691\r\n00:56:09,666 --> 00:56:10,800\r\nTHEY ARE GOING TO HAVE NEEDS \r\n\r\n1692\r\n00:56:10,800 --> 00:56:12,736\r\nINTO THE FUTURE. IS LIBRARY LEVY\r\n\r\n1693\r\n00:56:12,736 --> 00:56:15,238\r\nIS NOT GOING TO COVER ALL THE \r\n\r\n1694\r\n00:56:15,238 --> 00:56:16,840\r\nNEEDS. AND WE WILL BE BACK HERE \r\n\r\n1695\r\n00:56:16,840 --> 00:56:20,143\r\nAGAIN . BUT WE ALSO HAVE OTHER \r\n\r\n1696\r\n00:56:20,143 --> 00:56:22,045\r\nNEEDS. AND IF WE PUT ALL OF THE \r\n\r\n1697\r\n00:56:22,045 --> 00:56:26,683\r\nMONEY INTO THIS NEED, WE WILL \r\n\r\n1698\r\n00:56:26,683 --> 00:56:28,051\r\nHAVE LESS TO COVER FUTURE NEEDS \r\n\r\n1699\r\n00:56:28,051 --> 00:56:29,252\r\nINCLUDING THE NEXT LEVY WHICH IS\r\n\r\n1700\r\n00:56:29,252 --> 00:56:32,555\r\nTHE HOUSING LEVY IN 2030. SO I \r\n\r\n1701\r\n00:56:32,555 --> 00:56:38,461\r\nWILL SAY, THAT NO ONE IS SAYING \r\n\r\n1702\r\n00:56:38,461 --> 00:56:39,996\r\nTHAT LIBRARIES DON'T HAVE MORE \r\n\r\n1703\r\n00:56:39,996 --> 00:56:40,897\r\nNEEDS. THE NEEDS ARE ACTUALLY \r\n\r\n1704\r\n00:56:40,897 --> 00:56:41,798\r\nENDLESS BECAUSE THE BUILDINGS \r\n\r\n1705\r\n00:56:41,798 --> 00:56:43,032\r\nWILL ALWAYS NEED MORE WORK. THEY\r\n\r\n1706\r\n00:56:43,032 --> 00:56:44,167\r\nARE OLD BUILDINGS. AND, WE ARE \r\n\r\n1707\r\n00:56:44,167 --> 00:56:45,468\r\nGRAPPLING WITH HOW TO PAY FOR \r\n\r\n1708\r\n00:56:45,468 --> 00:56:52,275\r\nALL OF THESE. SO, I THINK IN \r\n\r\n1709\r\n00:56:52,275 --> 00:56:53,743\r\nTERMS OF THE VOTERS AND PUTTING \r\n\r\n1710\r\n00:56:53,743 --> 00:56:55,145\r\nTHIS ON THE LEVY, YES, \r\n\r\n1711\r\n00:56:55,145 --> 00:57:00,049\r\nABSOLUTELY, THEY GET TO DECIDE \r\n\r\n1712\r\n00:57:00,049 --> 00:57:00,984\r\nWHETHER THEY ARE GOING TO VOTE \r\n\r\n1713\r\n00:57:00,984 --> 00:57:02,752\r\nFOR IT OR NOT. I WILL SAY VOTERS\r\n\r\n1714\r\n00:57:02,752 --> 00:57:03,853\r\nDON'T ALWAYS HAVE THE BENEFIT \r\n\r\n1715\r\n00:57:03,853 --> 00:57:05,155\r\nOF OUR FINANCE ADVISORS WHO TELL\r\n\r\n1716\r\n00:57:05,155 --> 00:57:07,857\r\nUS WHERE WE ARE WITH LEVY CAPS, \r\n\r\n1717\r\n00:57:07,857 --> 00:57:09,492\r\nWHAT EVEN A LEVY CAP IS AND HOW \r\n\r\n1718\r\n00:57:09,492 --> 00:57:10,827\r\nMUCH WE WOULD HAVE FOR FUTURE \r\n\r\n1719\r\n00:57:10,827 --> 00:57:15,932\r\nLEVIES. THAT IS A LEVEL OF IN \r\n\r\n1720\r\n00:57:15,932 --> 00:57:17,400\r\nTHE WEEDS I DON'T EXPECT VOTERS\r\n\r\n1721\r\n00:57:17,400 --> 00:57:18,601\r\nTO KNOW. BUT WE KNOW THAT. AND \r\n\r\n1722\r\n00:57:18,601 --> 00:57:19,803\r\nALL OF THAT GOES INTO OUR \r\n\r\n1723\r\n00:57:19,803 --> 00:57:20,837\r\nCALCULATION AND SHOULD GO INTO \r\n\r\n1724\r\n00:57:20,837 --> 00:57:21,938\r\nOUR CALCULATION. AND THAT IS \r\n\r\n1725\r\n00:57:21,938 --> 00:57:22,939\r\nIMPORTANT. BECAUSE AGAIN, WE ALL\r\n\r\n1726\r\n00:57:22,939 --> 00:57:27,944\r\nLOVE OUR LIBRARY AND WE UP HERE \r\n\r\n1727\r\n00:57:27,944 --> 00:57:29,045\r\nARE STRUGGLING WITH MORE THAN \r\n\r\n1728\r\n00:57:29,045 --> 00:57:30,380\r\nJUST THE LIBRARY. AND THAT IS A \r\n\r\n1729\r\n00:57:30,380 --> 00:57:32,949\r\nSTRUGGLE. SO I REALLY , IT'S \r\n\r\n1730\r\n00:57:32,949 --> 00:57:39,756\r\nIMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT. \r\n\r\n1731\r\n00:57:39,756 --> 00:57:40,957\r\nCOUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, I SEE YOUR\r\n\r\n1732\r\n00:57:40,957 --> 00:57:41,825\r\nHAND. GO AHEAD. \r\n\r\n1733\r\n00:57:41,825 --> 00:57:48,798\r\n>> THANK YOU. I APOLOGIZE I \r\n\r\n1734\r\n00:57:48,798 --> 00:57:49,866\r\nCOULD'VE GOT THE HAND UP \r\n\r\n1735\r\n00:57:49,866 --> 00:57:51,000\r\nQUICKER. I WILL NOT BE \r\n\r\n1736\r\n00:57:51,000 --> 00:57:52,101\r\nSUPPORTING THIS AND I WILL SHARE\r\n\r\n1737\r\n00:57:52,101 --> 00:57:53,536\r\nWHY. AND I DO AGREE WITH THE \r\n\r\n1738\r\n00:57:53,536 --> 00:57:54,504\r\nCHAIR, THOUGH I DO APPRECIATE \r\n\r\n1739\r\n00:57:54,504 --> 00:57:55,371\r\nPASSION THAT COUNCILMEMBER LIN \r\n\r\n1740\r\n00:57:55,371 --> 00:57:56,439\r\nAND COUNCILMEMBER RINCK BRING TO\r\n\r\n1741\r\n00:57:56,439 --> 00:57:57,574\r\nTHIS AMENDMENT. NOTWITHSTANDING \r\n\r\n1742\r\n00:57:57,574 --> 00:58:01,344\r\nTRUMP. THAT IS ANOTHER THING. \r\n\r\n1743\r\n00:58:01,344 --> 00:58:03,046\r\nANYWAY, I WENT BACK AND PULLED \r\n\r\n1744\r\n00:58:03,046 --> 00:58:05,281\r\nUP , AGAIN, AM TAKING IT FROM \r\n\r\n1745\r\n00:58:05,281 --> 00:58:09,452\r\nTHE PERSPECTIVE OF , THIS IS 15%\r\n\r\n1746\r\n00:58:09,452 --> 00:58:11,254\r\nMORE THAN THE LAST LEVY WHICH I \r\n\r\n1747\r\n00:58:11,254 --> 00:58:18,061\r\nWAS AROUND FOUR. CONCERNED ABOUT\r\n\r\n1748\r\n00:58:18,061 --> 00:58:18,962\r\nJEOPARDIZING FUTURE LEVIES, OUR \r\n\r\n1749\r\n00:58:18,962 --> 00:58:19,629\r\nFISCAL RESPONSIBILITY BUT ALSO \r\n\r\n1750\r\n00:58:19,629 --> 00:58:21,130\r\nTHE LEVY CAP. I WILL TELL YOU \r\n\r\n1751\r\n00:58:21,130 --> 00:58:22,665\r\nWHY I'M SAYING THIS. I'M NOT \r\n\r\n1752\r\n00:58:22,665 --> 00:58:23,867\r\nANTI--- I MEAN, IF WE COULD \r\n\r\n1753\r\n00:58:23,867 --> 00:58:26,135\r\nAFFORD ALL OF THIS, THEN I SAY \r\n\r\n1754\r\n00:58:26,135 --> 00:58:27,470\r\nWHAT THE MAYOR SENT DOWN AND \r\n\r\n1755\r\n00:58:27,470 --> 00:58:29,439\r\nWHAT WOULD BE PASSED , ALL THE \r\n\r\n1756\r\n00:58:29,439 --> 00:58:30,840\r\nAMENDMENTS, WITH THAT TOTAL \r\n\r\n1757\r\n00:58:30,840 --> 00:58:34,944\r\nWOULD BE, AND I THINK THE DELTA \r\n\r\n1758\r\n00:58:34,944 --> 00:58:36,346\r\nIS LIKE $70 MILLION IF WE ADDED \r\n\r\n1759\r\n00:58:36,346 --> 00:58:37,347\r\nEVERY AMENDMENT IN HERE. \r\n\r\n1760\r\n00:58:37,347 --> 00:58:38,748\r\n>> $79 MILLION. \r\n\r\n1761\r\n00:58:38,748 --> 00:58:40,750\r\n>> SO WHEN WE LOOK AT CITY OF \r\n\r\n1762\r\n00:58:40,750 --> 00:58:44,053\r\nSEATTLE TAX LEVY AND YOU \r\n\r\n1763\r\n00:58:44,053 --> 00:58:49,158\r\nMENTIONED THIS, MADAM CHAIR, WE \r\n\r\n1764\r\n00:58:49,158 --> 00:58:50,560\r\nHAVE THE LIBRARY LEVY THAT IS \r\n\r\n1765\r\n00:58:50,560 --> 00:58:51,761\r\nNOW. WE HAVE THE TRANSPORTATION \r\n\r\n1766\r\n00:58:51,761 --> 00:58:52,729\r\nLEVY COMING. WE HAVE THE RECENT \r\n\r\n1767\r\n00:58:52,729 --> 00:58:56,566\r\n-- WE HAVE THIS HOUSING LEVY \r\n\r\n1768\r\n00:58:56,566 --> 00:58:57,767\r\nCOMING IN 2030. WE JUST PASSED \r\n\r\n1769\r\n00:58:57,767 --> 00:59:01,037\r\nTHE LEVY IN 2025. TO THE TUNE OF\r\n\r\n1770\r\n00:59:01,037 --> 00:59:11,581\r\n$1.3 BILLION. AND IF WE LOOK AT \r\n\r\n1771\r\n00:59:40,877 --> 00:59:41,411\r\nTHE ANNUAL TAXES OF SEATTLE, \r\n\r\n1772\r\n00:59:41,411 --> 00:59:42,045\r\nALSO THE ONES THAT KEEP ROLLING \r\n\r\n1773\r\n00:59:42,045 --> 00:59:52,588\r\nOVER, THE SWEETENED BEVERAGE -- \r\n\r\n1774\r\n00:59:59,862 --> 01:00:01,297\r\nBECAUSE RIGHT NOW, AS YOU \r\n\r\n1775\r\n01:00:01,297 --> 01:00:02,432\r\nPOINTED OUT, MADAM CHAIR, WE ALL\r\n\r\n1776\r\n01:00:02,432 --> 01:00:03,633\r\nOF THE LIBRARIES BUT WE ALSO \r\n\r\n1777\r\n01:00:03,633 --> 01:00:04,467\r\nHAVE A FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. \r\n\r\n1778\r\n01:00:04,467 --> 01:00:05,935\r\nWHAT I THINK, AND WHAT I AM \r\n\r\n1779\r\n01:00:05,935 --> 01:00:07,303\r\nSEEING IN AMENDMENT FOUR AND \r\n\r\n1780\r\n01:00:07,303 --> 01:00:15,945\r\nFIVE, THOSE ARE OPERATION AND \r\n\r\n1781\r\n01:00:15,945 --> 01:00:17,146\r\nMAINTENANCE AND BRICK AND MORTAR\r\n\r\n1782\r\n01:00:17,146 --> 01:00:18,147\r\nREPAIRS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE. \r\n\r\n1783\r\n01:00:18,147 --> 01:00:19,349\r\nAND THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IF \r\n\r\n1784\r\n01:00:19,349 --> 01:00:20,350\r\nIT DOESN'T GET FUNDED HERE \r\n\r\n1785\r\n01:00:20,350 --> 01:00:21,851\r\nIT'S NOT GOING TO GET FUNDED \r\n\r\n1786\r\n01:00:21,851 --> 01:00:22,885\r\nEVER ANYWHERE ELSE. I BELIEVE IT\r\n\r\n1787\r\n01:00:22,885 --> 01:00:24,354\r\nWILL AND IT SHOULD. AND FOR THAT\r\n\r\n1788\r\n01:00:24,354 --> 01:00:25,288\r\nREASON, AND AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND \r\n\r\n1789\r\n01:00:25,288 --> 01:00:26,556\r\nTHE PASSION AND THE CONCERN, I \r\n\r\n1790\r\n01:00:26,556 --> 01:00:27,557\r\nDON'T LIKE TO MAKE DECISIONS \r\n\r\n1791\r\n01:00:27,557 --> 01:00:29,058\r\nOUT OF FEAR OR BEING REACTIVE TO\r\n\r\n1792\r\n01:00:29,058 --> 01:00:30,560\r\nWHAT I THINK IS HAPPENING \r\n\r\n1793\r\n01:00:30,560 --> 01:00:33,997\r\nPOLITICALLY , GLOBALLY, ON A \r\n\r\n1794\r\n01:00:33,997 --> 01:00:35,231\r\nNATIONAL LEVEL, AT LEAST FOR \r\n\r\n1795\r\n01:00:35,231 --> 01:00:39,635\r\nTHIS SPECIFIC MATTER. THAT IS \r\n\r\n1796\r\n01:00:39,635 --> 01:00:40,203\r\nNOT THROWING SHADED ANYONE, \r\n\r\n1797\r\n01:00:40,203 --> 01:00:42,071\r\nIT'S HOW I LOOK AT ANALYSIS AND\r\n\r\n1798\r\n01:00:42,071 --> 01:00:42,805\r\nMAKING DECISIONS. SO, WE KNOW \r\n\r\n1799\r\n01:00:42,805 --> 01:00:44,140\r\nTHAT THE ORIGINAL PACKET FROM \r\n\r\n1800\r\n01:00:44,140 --> 01:00:50,146\r\nTHE MAYOR WAS $410 MILLION. AND \r\n\r\n1801\r\n01:00:50,146 --> 01:00:51,514\r\nIF WE ADDED ALL THE AMENDMENTS \r\n\r\n1802\r\n01:00:51,514 --> 01:00:52,648\r\nTOGETHER IT WOULD COME OUT TO \r\n\r\n1803\r\n01:00:52,648 --> 01:00:53,950\r\nLIKE $480 MILLION, CORRECT ME IF\r\n\r\n1804\r\n01:00:53,950 --> 01:00:56,652\r\nI AM WRONG , A $70 MILLION DELTA\r\n\r\n1805\r\n01:00:56,652 --> 01:00:58,554\r\nDIFFERENCE THERE. SO, I'M \r\n\r\n1806\r\n01:00:58,554 --> 01:01:04,327\r\nLOOKING AT IT THAT WAY. I'M IN \r\n\r\n1807\r\n01:01:04,327 --> 01:01:05,595\r\nSUPPORT OF MANY OF THE OTHER \r\n\r\n1808\r\n01:01:05,595 --> 01:01:06,696\r\nAMENDMENTS, SOME JUST LAYING IT \r\n\r\n1809\r\n01:01:06,696 --> 01:01:08,064\r\nOUT NOW THAT I WILL NOT BE \r\n\r\n1810\r\n01:01:08,064 --> 01:01:08,731\r\nSUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT. \r\n\r\n1811\r\n01:01:08,731 --> 01:01:11,000\r\nAMENDMENT FOUR, AND I WILL NOT \r\n\r\n1812\r\n01:01:11,000 --> 01:01:13,236\r\nBE SUPPORTING AMENDMENT FIVE. \r\n\r\n1813\r\n01:01:13,236 --> 01:01:14,937\r\nFOR THE VERY SAME REASON SO I \r\n\r\n1814\r\n01:01:14,937 --> 01:01:16,072\r\nDON'T HAVE TO SPEAK AGAIN. \r\n\r\n1815\r\n01:01:16,072 --> 01:01:16,839\r\nTHANK YOU. \r\n\r\n1816\r\n01:01:16,839 --> 01:01:22,445\r\n>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. ANY\r\n\r\n1817\r\n01:01:22,445 --> 01:01:23,846\r\nOTHER COMMENTS? LET'S TAKE A \r\n\r\n1818\r\n01:01:23,846 --> 01:01:28,051\r\nVOTE ON AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR. \r\n\r\n1819\r\n01:01:28,051 --> 01:01:28,751\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. \r\n\r\n1820\r\n01:01:28,751 --> 01:01:32,455\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n1821\r\n01:01:32,455 --> 01:01:32,989\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. \r\n\r\n1822\r\n01:01:32,989 --> 01:01:34,657\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n1823\r\n01:01:34,657 --> 01:01:37,860\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. \r\n\r\n1824\r\n01:01:37,860 --> 01:01:38,594\r\n>> NO. \r\n\r\n1825\r\n01:01:38,594 --> 01:01:39,162\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n1826\r\n01:01:39,162 --> 01:01:39,829\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. \r\n\r\n1827\r\n01:01:39,829 --> 01:01:42,031\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n1828\r\n01:01:42,031 --> 01:01:42,432\r\n>> CHAIR RIVERA. \r\n\r\n1829\r\n01:01:42,432 --> 01:01:47,970\r\n>> NO. FIVE IN FAVOR, TWO \r\n\r\n1830\r\n01:01:47,970 --> 01:01:48,638\r\nOPPOSED. \r\n\r\n1831\r\n01:01:48,638 --> 01:01:50,440\r\n>> THE MOTION CARRIES IN \r\n\r\n1832\r\n01:01:50,440 --> 01:01:53,342\r\nAMENDMENT FOUR IS ADOPTED. \r\n\r\n1833\r\n01:01:53,342 --> 01:01:54,143\r\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK YOUR \r\n\r\n1834\r\n01:01:54,143 --> 01:01:55,211\r\nRECOGNIZE TO MOVE AMENDMENT OF \r\n\r\n1835\r\n01:01:55,211 --> 01:01:55,978\r\nFIVE. \r\n\r\n1836\r\n01:01:55,978 --> 01:01:57,880\r\n>> THANK YOU. I MOVED TO AMEND \r\n\r\n1837\r\n01:01:57,880 --> 01:01:59,449\r\nCOUNCIL BILL 12118 IS PRESENTED \r\n\r\n1838\r\n01:01:59,449 --> 01:02:05,855\r\nON AMENDMENT FIVE. \r\n\r\n1839\r\n01:02:05,855 --> 01:02:06,355\r\n>> SECOND. \r\n\r\n1840\r\n01:02:06,355 --> 01:02:07,857\r\n>> THANK YOU. IT IS MOVED AND \r\n\r\n1841\r\n01:02:07,857 --> 01:02:10,059\r\nSECONDED TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL \r\n\r\n1842\r\n01:02:10,059 --> 01:02:11,260\r\nCB 12181 IS PRESENTED ON \r\n\r\n1843\r\n01:02:11,260 --> 01:02:15,465\r\nAMENDMENT FIVE. TO PLEASE \r\n\r\n1844\r\n01:02:15,465 --> 01:02:16,432\r\nBRIEFLY TALK ABOUT AMENDMENT \r\n\r\n1845\r\n01:02:16,432 --> 01:02:18,401\r\nFIVE AND THEN I WILL GO TO YOU, \r\n\r\n1846\r\n01:02:18,401 --> 01:02:25,408\r\nSPONSOR , GO AHEAD, ERIC. \r\n\r\n1847\r\n01:02:25,408 --> 01:02:26,142\r\n>> AMENDMENT FIVE WOULD \r\n\r\n1848\r\n01:02:26,142 --> 01:02:26,809\r\nCOMMUNICATE COUNCIL'S INTENTION\r\n\r\n1849\r\n01:02:26,809 --> 01:02:27,944\r\nTHAT A PORTION OF THE LIBRARY \r\n\r\n1850\r\n01:02:27,944 --> 01:02:28,678\r\nLEVY FUNDING AMOUNT IS \r\n\r\n1851\r\n01:02:28,678 --> 01:02:29,579\r\nTRANSMITTED BY THE MAYOR \r\n\r\n1852\r\n01:02:29,579 --> 01:02:30,780\r\nINCREASE BY $50 MILLION BY THE \r\n\r\n1853\r\n01:02:30,780 --> 01:02:31,948\r\nCOUNCIL SHOULD BE AUTHORIZED FOR\r\n\r\n1854\r\n01:02:31,948 --> 01:02:32,548\r\nINVESTMENTS TO SUPPORT \r\n\r\n1855\r\n01:02:32,548 --> 01:02:33,282\r\nMAINTENANCE FOR RENOVATING A \r\n\r\n1856\r\n01:02:33,282 --> 01:02:37,653\r\nHISTORIC LIBRARY BRANCH TO \r\n\r\n1857\r\n01:02:37,653 --> 01:02:38,488\r\nIMPROVE SEISMIC SAFETY, REDUCE \r\n\r\n1858\r\n01:02:38,488 --> 01:02:39,689\r\nTHE USE OF FOSSIL FUELS, AND \r\n\r\n1859\r\n01:02:39,689 --> 01:02:40,790\r\nUPGRADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE \r\n\r\n1860\r\n01:02:40,790 --> 01:02:41,457\r\nSPACE. \r\n\r\n1861\r\n01:02:41,457 --> 01:02:46,329\r\n>> THANK YOU, ERIC. \r\n\r\n1862\r\n01:02:46,329 --> 01:02:47,063\r\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK YOUR \r\n\r\n1863\r\n01:02:47,063 --> 01:02:47,930\r\nRECOGNIZE TO SPEAK YOUR \r\n\r\n1864\r\n01:02:47,930 --> 01:02:48,798\r\nAMENDMENT AND ALSO I WILL \r\n\r\n1865\r\n01:02:48,798 --> 01:02:49,565\r\nRECOGNIZE YOU, COUNCILMEMBER \r\n\r\n1866\r\n01:02:49,565 --> 01:02:50,800\r\nSTRAUSS, AS COSPONSOR IF YOU \r\n\r\n1867\r\n01:02:50,800 --> 01:02:51,768\r\nWOULD LIKE. \r\n\r\n1868\r\n01:02:51,768 --> 01:02:55,138\r\n>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. COLLEAGUES,\r\n\r\n1869\r\n01:02:55,138 --> 01:02:57,039\r\nI WILL SPEAK HERE TO AMENDMENT \r\n\r\n1870\r\n01:02:57,039 --> 01:03:00,676\r\nFIVE -- \r\n\r\n1871\r\n01:03:00,676 --> 01:03:01,844\r\n>> SORRY, SPONSORS, IT IS \r\n\r\n1872\r\n01:03:01,844 --> 01:03:03,346\r\nCOUNCILMEMBER SAKA WHO IS \r\n\r\n1873\r\n01:03:03,346 --> 01:03:07,450\r\nSPONSORING THIS. \r\n\r\n1874\r\n01:03:07,450 --> 01:03:08,751\r\n>> COLLEAGUES, I WILL SPEAK HERE\r\n\r\n1875\r\n01:03:08,751 --> 01:03:09,952\r\nTO AMENDMENT FIVE AND THEN MORE \r\n\r\n1876\r\n01:03:09,952 --> 01:03:11,053\r\nBROADLY TO AMENDMENTS ONE AND \r\n\r\n1877\r\n01:03:11,053 --> 01:03:13,256\r\nFOUR AND NINE AS WELL. SINCE \r\n\r\n1878\r\n01:03:13,256 --> 01:03:14,657\r\nTHESE ARE THE FOUR AMENDMENTS \r\n\r\n1879\r\n01:03:14,657 --> 01:03:15,391\r\nTHAT REPRESENT PORTLAND \r\n\r\n1880\r\n01:03:15,391 --> 01:03:17,527\r\nINVESTMENTS IN SEATTLE PUBLIC \r\n\r\n1881\r\n01:03:17,527 --> 01:03:18,227\r\nLIBRARY INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE \r\n\r\n1882\r\n01:03:18,227 --> 01:03:25,334\r\nPEOPLE WE SERVE. WE KNOW THAT \r\n\r\n1883\r\n01:03:25,334 --> 01:03:26,235\r\nLIBRARIES ARE A CRITICAL PART OF\r\n\r\n1884\r\n01:03:26,235 --> 01:03:27,336\r\nOUR COMMUNITY'S SAFETY AND \r\n\r\n1885\r\n01:03:27,336 --> 01:03:28,237\r\nINFRASTRUCTURE. IN THE NEXT YEAR\r\n\r\n1886\r\n01:03:28,237 --> 01:03:29,472\r\nWE FACE A VERY REAL THREAT OF \r\n\r\n1887\r\n01:03:29,472 --> 01:03:30,339\r\nGLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS, CAUSED \r\n\r\n1888\r\n01:03:30,339 --> 01:03:31,541\r\nBY THE PRESIDENT'S FOOLISH \r\n\r\n1889\r\n01:03:31,541 --> 01:03:40,683\r\nTRADE POLICIES AND NOW MASSIVELY\r\n\r\n1890\r\n01:03:40,683 --> 01:03:41,450\r\nACCELERATED BY THE NATION'S \r\n\r\n1891\r\n01:03:41,450 --> 01:03:42,885\r\nRECKLESS WAR WITH IRAN. I EXPECT\r\n\r\n1892\r\n01:03:42,885 --> 01:03:43,653\r\nHARD TIMES AHEAD. WE ARE \r\n\r\n1893\r\n01:03:43,653 --> 01:03:44,453\r\nCERTAINLY ALREADY FEELING IT. \r\n\r\n1894\r\n01:03:44,453 --> 01:03:45,588\r\nHARD TIMES AHEAD FOR SEATTLE'S \r\n\r\n1895\r\n01:03:45,588 --> 01:03:46,556\r\nECONOMY. AND SO THIS LEVY \r\n\r\n1896\r\n01:03:46,556 --> 01:03:49,225\r\nPRESENTS US WITH AN OPPORTUNITY \r\n\r\n1897\r\n01:03:49,225 --> 01:03:50,459\r\n. AND TO MY MIND, A \r\n\r\n1898\r\n01:03:50,459 --> 01:03:51,260\r\nRESPONSIBILITY, TO INCREASE OUR \r\n\r\n1899\r\n01:03:51,260 --> 01:03:53,129\r\nINVESTMENTS, TO ENSURE SAFE \r\n\r\n1900\r\n01:03:53,129 --> 01:03:54,130\r\nCOMMUNITIES SPACES ARE IN EVERY \r\n\r\n1901\r\n01:03:54,130 --> 01:03:59,735\r\nNEIGHBORHOOD IN OUR CITY. AND \r\n\r\n1902\r\n01:03:59,735 --> 01:04:00,703\r\nOUR DECISIONS TODAY WILL \r\n\r\n1903\r\n01:04:00,703 --> 01:04:01,971\r\nDETERMINE HOW MANY OF OUR PUBLIC\r\n\r\n1904\r\n01:04:01,971 --> 01:04:02,638\r\nFACILITIES WILL BE STRENGTHENED \r\n\r\n1905\r\n01:04:02,638 --> 01:04:06,642\r\nAGAINST EARTHQUAKES, HAVING HVAC\r\n\r\n1906\r\n01:04:06,642 --> 01:04:08,144\r\nSYSTEMS READY FOR THE EXTREME \r\n\r\n1907\r\n01:04:08,144 --> 01:04:09,445\r\nCOLD AND HEAT BROUGHT TO US BY \r\n\r\n1908\r\n01:04:09,445 --> 01:04:10,680\r\nCLIMATE CHANGE, AND BE READY TO \r\n\r\n1909\r\n01:04:10,680 --> 01:04:11,547\r\nPROVIDE REFUGE FROM THE \r\n\r\n1910\r\n01:04:11,547 --> 01:04:12,748\r\nDANGEROUS AIR OUT THAT MAY COME \r\n\r\n1911\r\n01:04:12,748 --> 01:04:13,783\r\nWITH OUR NEXT FIRE SEASON. \r\n\r\n1912\r\n01:04:13,783 --> 01:04:24,327\r\nSEISMIC RETROFITS, HVAC UPGRADES\r\n\r\n1913\r\n01:04:28,297 --> 01:04:29,465\r\nTO ALLOW EVERY WORD BRANCH TO OF\r\n\r\n1914\r\n01:04:29,465 --> 01:04:30,867\r\nAC, AND GETTING ALL OF OUR \r\n\r\n1915\r\n01:04:30,867 --> 01:04:32,001\r\nBRANCHES TO BE ADA COMPLIANT AND\r\n\r\n1916\r\n01:04:32,001 --> 01:04:33,236\r\nTHE CAPACITY TO DO JUST REGULAR \r\n\r\n1917\r\n01:04:33,236 --> 01:04:34,237\r\nROUTINE MAINTENANCE IS A TIMELY \r\n\r\n1918\r\n01:04:34,237 --> 01:04:35,338\r\nAND COST-EFFECTIVE WAY TO ENSURE\r\n\r\n1919\r\n01:04:35,338 --> 01:04:36,539\r\nTHAT WE HAVE SAFER SPACES IN \r\n\r\n1920\r\n01:04:36,539 --> 01:04:37,340\r\nEVERY NEIGHBORHOOD. INVESTING IN\r\n\r\n1921\r\n01:04:37,340 --> 01:04:38,374\r\nCAPITAL PROJECTS MEANS WE CAN \r\n\r\n1922\r\n01:04:38,374 --> 01:04:39,442\r\nPAY FOR EXPENSIVE REPAIRS AND \r\n\r\n1923\r\n01:04:39,442 --> 01:04:40,610\r\nRETROFITS BEFORE PRICES GO \r\n\r\n1924\r\n01:04:40,610 --> 01:04:44,146\r\nHIGHER. INVESTING IN THE LOCAL \r\n\r\n1925\r\n01:04:44,146 --> 01:04:45,581\r\nUNION LABOR TO BUILD OUR CIVIC \r\n\r\n1926\r\n01:04:45,581 --> 01:04:46,048\r\nINFRASTRUCTURE MEANS \r\n\r\n1927\r\n01:04:46,048 --> 01:04:46,649\r\nRECIRCULATING OUR DOLLARS \r\n\r\n1928\r\n01:04:46,649 --> 01:04:47,783\r\nLOCALLY, MOST DOLLARS INVESTED \r\n\r\n1929\r\n01:04:47,783 --> 01:04:51,187\r\nIN OUR LOCAL TRADES WOMEN AND \r\n\r\n1930\r\n01:04:51,187 --> 01:04:52,255\r\nMEN WILL BE SPENT AND RE-SPENT \r\n\r\n1931\r\n01:04:52,255 --> 01:04:54,090\r\nLOCALLY ADDING A BENEFIT NOT \r\n\r\n1932\r\n01:04:54,090 --> 01:05:02,732\r\nJUST TO A SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY\r\n\r\n1933\r\n01:05:02,732 --> 01:05:03,532\r\nBRANCH BUT TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY \r\n\r\n1934\r\n01:05:03,532 --> 01:05:04,734\r\nAS A WHOLE. AND SO COLLEAGUES, \r\n\r\n1935\r\n01:05:04,734 --> 01:05:06,002\r\nFOR ALL OF THESE REASONS, I \r\n\r\n1936\r\n01:05:06,002 --> 01:05:07,270\r\nCONSIDER THIS AMENDMENT AND THE \r\n\r\n1937\r\n01:05:07,270 --> 01:05:07,803\r\nOTHER CAPITAL MAINTENANCE \r\n\r\n1938\r\n01:05:07,803 --> 01:05:09,105\r\nAMENDMENT'S BEFORE US TODAY AS \r\n\r\n1939\r\n01:05:09,105 --> 01:05:10,039\r\nESSENTIAL ONES. IF YOU FEEL THE \r\n\r\n1940\r\n01:05:10,039 --> 01:05:11,574\r\nSAME, I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. \r\n\r\n1941\r\n01:05:11,574 --> 01:05:11,874\r\nTHANK YOU. \r\n\r\n1942\r\n01:05:11,874 --> 01:05:12,642\r\n>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER \r\n\r\n1943\r\n01:05:12,642 --> 01:05:13,476\r\nRINCK. COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER \r\n\r\n1944\r\n01:05:13,476 --> 01:05:14,844\r\nQUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THEN, \r\n\r\n1945\r\n01:05:14,844 --> 01:05:17,847\r\nLET'S GO TO A VOTE. \r\n\r\n1946\r\n01:05:17,847 --> 01:05:18,047\r\n>> \r\n\r\n1947\r\n01:05:18,047 --> 01:05:18,581\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. \r\n\r\n1948\r\n01:05:18,581 --> 01:05:22,985\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n1949\r\n01:05:22,985 --> 01:05:23,519\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. \r\n\r\n1950\r\n01:05:23,519 --> 01:05:24,553\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n1951\r\n01:05:24,553 --> 01:05:28,958\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. \r\n\r\n1952\r\n01:05:28,958 --> 01:05:29,659\r\n>> NO. \r\n\r\n1953\r\n01:05:29,659 --> 01:05:30,359\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER LIN. \r\n\r\n1954\r\n01:05:30,359 --> 01:05:31,794\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n1955\r\n01:05:31,794 --> 01:05:32,295\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. \r\n\r\n1956\r\n01:05:32,295 --> 01:05:35,164\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n1957\r\n01:05:35,164 --> 01:05:35,598\r\n>>>> CHAIR RIVERA. \r\n\r\n1958\r\n01:05:35,598 --> 01:05:41,737\r\n>> NO. \r\n\r\n1959\r\n01:05:41,737 --> 01:05:42,838\r\n>> FOUR IN FAVOR, TWO OPPOSED, \r\n\r\n1960\r\n01:05:42,838 --> 01:05:43,940\r\nONE ABSTENTION. \r\n\r\n1961\r\n01:05:43,940 --> 01:05:46,042\r\n>> IT IS ADOPTED. LET'S GO TO \r\n\r\n1962\r\n01:05:46,042 --> 01:05:52,048\r\nAMENDMENT NUMBER SIX. \r\n\r\n1963\r\n01:05:52,048 --> 01:05:52,748\r\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK, YOUR \r\n\r\n1964\r\n01:05:52,748 --> 01:05:53,449\r\nRECOGNIZE TO MOVE AMENDMENT \r\n\r\n1965\r\n01:05:53,449 --> 01:05:53,883\r\nNUMBER SIX. \r\n\r\n1966\r\n01:05:53,883 --> 01:05:55,584\r\n>> THANK YOU, I MOVED TO AMEND \r\n\r\n1967\r\n01:05:55,584 --> 01:05:56,952\r\nCOUNCIL BILL 121181 IS PRESENTED\r\n\r\n1968\r\n01:05:56,952 --> 01:06:00,656\r\nON AMENDMENT SIX. \r\n\r\n1969\r\n01:06:00,656 --> 01:06:06,262\r\n>> SECOND. \r\n\r\n1970\r\n01:06:06,262 --> 01:06:07,596\r\n>> THANK YOU. IT IS MOVED AND \r\n\r\n1971\r\n01:06:07,596 --> 01:06:08,731\r\nSECONDED TO MOVE COUNCIL BILL \r\n\r\n1972\r\n01:06:08,731 --> 01:06:09,732\r\n121181 IS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT\r\n\r\n1973\r\n01:06:09,732 --> 01:06:11,167\r\nSIX. WOULD YOU PLEASE GIVE A \r\n\r\n1974\r\n01:06:11,167 --> 01:06:11,867\r\nBRIEF DESCRIPTION? \r\n\r\n1975\r\n01:06:11,867 --> 01:06:16,939\r\n>> THIS IS SPONSORED BY \r\n\r\n1976\r\n01:06:16,939 --> 01:06:17,640\r\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND \r\n\r\n1977\r\n01:06:17,640 --> 01:06:18,240\r\nCOSPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER \r\n\r\n1978\r\n01:06:18,240 --> 01:06:19,041\r\nSTRAUSS. THIS AMENDMENT WOULD \r\n\r\n1979\r\n01:06:19,041 --> 01:06:20,042\r\nCOMMUNICATE COUNCIL'S INTENTION\r\n\r\n1980\r\n01:06:20,042 --> 01:06:21,544\r\nTHE PORTION OF THE LIBRARY LEVY \r\n\r\n1981\r\n01:06:21,544 --> 01:06:22,978\r\nFUNDING AMOUNT IS TRANSMITTED BY\r\n\r\n1982\r\n01:06:22,978 --> 01:06:24,180\r\nTHE MAYOR INCREASE BY $8.4 \r\n\r\n1983\r\n01:06:24,180 --> 01:06:30,086\r\nMILLION BY THE COUNCIL SHOULD BE\r\n\r\n1984\r\n01:06:30,086 --> 01:06:30,953\r\nAUTHORIZED FOR INVESTMENTS TO \r\n\r\n1985\r\n01:06:30,953 --> 01:06:31,654\r\nSUPPORT COLLECTIONS BY EXPANDING\r\n\r\n1986\r\n01:06:31,654 --> 01:06:32,455\r\nTHE ELECTRONIC AND PHYSICAL \r\n\r\n1987\r\n01:06:32,455 --> 01:06:33,255\r\nMATERIALS COLLECTIONS AND \r\n\r\n1988\r\n01:06:33,255 --> 01:06:34,256\r\nINCREASING COLLECTIONS TO \r\n\r\n1989\r\n01:06:34,256 --> 01:06:34,523\r\nSTAFFING. \r\n\r\n1990\r\n01:06:34,523 --> 01:06:43,666\r\n>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER \r\n\r\n1991\r\n01:06:43,666 --> 01:06:44,700\r\nRINCK YOUR RECOGNIZE TO SPEAK \r\n\r\n1992\r\n01:06:44,700 --> 01:06:45,901\r\nAND THEN I WILL GO TO \r\n\r\n1993\r\n01:06:45,901 --> 01:06:46,535\r\nCOUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AS \r\n\r\n1994\r\n01:06:46,535 --> 01:06:46,869\r\nCOSPONSOR. \r\n\r\n1995\r\n01:06:46,869 --> 01:06:48,104\r\n>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. COLLEAGUES,\r\n\r\n1996\r\n01:06:48,104 --> 01:06:50,306\r\nWE HAVE HEARD THE PUBLIC COMMENT\r\n\r\n1997\r\n01:06:50,306 --> 01:06:51,173\r\nIN THE PUBLIC HEARINGS FROM \r\n\r\n1998\r\n01:06:51,173 --> 01:06:52,141\r\nSEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY'S \r\n\r\n1999\r\n01:06:52,141 --> 01:06:53,242\r\nFOUNDATION AND FRIENDS OF \r\n\r\n2000\r\n01:06:53,242 --> 01:06:54,310\r\nSEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY THAT WE \r\n\r\n2001\r\n01:06:54,310 --> 01:06:57,646\r\nARE A CITY OF READERS. THIS CITY\r\n\r\n2002\r\n01:06:57,646 --> 01:06:59,648\r\nLOVES BOOKS OF EVERY FLAVOR AND \r\n\r\n2003\r\n01:06:59,648 --> 01:07:02,351\r\nFORMAT. DEMAND ON OUR PHYSICAL \r\n\r\n2004\r\n01:07:02,351 --> 01:07:03,753\r\nAND DIGITAL COLLECTIONS IS HIGH.\r\n\r\n2005\r\n01:07:03,753 --> 01:07:05,654\r\nIS FOR OUTPACING OUR BELOVED \r\n\r\n2006\r\n01:07:05,654 --> 01:07:08,157\r\nLIBRARY ABILITY TO KEEP UP. THIS\r\n\r\n2007\r\n01:07:08,157 --> 01:07:09,258\r\nAMENDMENT WOULD GIVE THE LIBRARY\r\n\r\n2008\r\n01:07:09,258 --> 01:07:10,393\r\nTHE FINANCIAL AND HUMAN \r\n\r\n2009\r\n01:07:10,393 --> 01:07:17,867\r\nRESOURCES NEEDED TO KEEP OUR \r\n\r\n2010\r\n01:07:17,867 --> 01:07:18,734\r\nCOLLECTIONS UP TO MEET THIS \r\n\r\n2011\r\n01:07:18,734 --> 01:07:19,668\r\nMOMENT AND BETTER SERVE OUR \r\n\r\n2012\r\n01:07:19,668 --> 01:07:20,970\r\nREADERS ACROSS THE CITY. I ASK \r\n\r\n2013\r\n01:07:20,970 --> 01:07:22,538\r\nFOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU ALSO\r\n\r\n2014\r\n01:07:22,538 --> 01:07:25,241\r\nTO COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR \r\n\r\n2015\r\n01:07:25,241 --> 01:07:25,875\r\nSIGNING ON AS COSPONSOR FOR \r\n\r\n2016\r\n01:07:25,875 --> 01:07:26,075\r\nTHIS. \r\n\r\n2017\r\n01:07:26,075 --> 01:07:26,842\r\n>> THANK YOU. \r\n\r\n2018\r\n01:07:26,842 --> 01:07:29,612\r\n>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER \r\n\r\n2019\r\n01:07:29,612 --> 01:07:30,246\r\nSTRAUSS, YOUR RECOGNIZE. \r\n\r\n2020\r\n01:07:30,246 --> 01:07:31,847\r\n>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. THIS \r\n\r\n2021\r\n01:07:31,847 --> 01:07:32,982\r\nRECOGNIZE , I BROUGHT FOUR \r\n\r\n2022\r\n01:07:32,982 --> 01:07:33,649\r\nAMENDMENT STORE COMMITTEE \r\n\r\n2023\r\n01:07:33,649 --> 01:07:41,056\r\nMEETING LAST TIME AND I HAVE \r\n\r\n2024\r\n01:07:41,056 --> 01:07:42,291\r\nREDUCE THE TO TWO IN PART BY \r\n\r\n2025\r\n01:07:42,291 --> 01:07:43,492\r\nPARTNERING WITH COLLEAGUES. THIS\r\n\r\n2026\r\n01:07:43,492 --> 01:07:44,260\r\nHELPS US BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE\r\n\r\n2027\r\n01:07:44,260 --> 01:07:45,194\r\nAND CONTINUE TO PUSH THE \r\n\r\n2028\r\n01:07:45,194 --> 01:07:46,429\r\nENVELOPE OF THIS LIBRARY LEVY AS\r\n\r\n2029\r\n01:07:46,429 --> 01:07:47,430\r\nFAR AS IS RESPONSIBLY POSSIBLE. \r\n\r\n2030\r\n01:07:47,430 --> 01:07:50,766\r\nTHIS IS ANOTHER MOMENT OF , \r\n\r\n2031\r\n01:07:50,766 --> 01:07:52,134\r\nWITHOUT BOOKS, WITHOUT E-BOOKS, \r\n\r\n2032\r\n01:07:52,134 --> 01:07:53,469\r\nIT IS JUST A BUILDING. THANK \r\n\r\n2033\r\n01:07:53,469 --> 01:07:54,236\r\nYOU. \r\n\r\n2034\r\n01:07:54,236 --> 01:07:57,473\r\n>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER \r\n\r\n2035\r\n01:07:57,473 --> 01:08:02,244\r\nSTRAUSS. ANY COMMENTS , \r\n\r\n2036\r\n01:08:02,244 --> 01:08:03,045\r\nCOUNCILMEMBER LIN, YOUR \r\n\r\n2037\r\n01:08:03,045 --> 01:08:03,345\r\nRECOGNIZE. \r\n\r\n2038\r\n01:08:03,345 --> 01:08:04,647\r\n>> I WANT TO SPEAK IN FAVOR, AND\r\n\r\n2039\r\n01:08:04,647 --> 01:08:06,148\r\nWERE GENERALLY TALK AGAIN ABOUT \r\n\r\n2040\r\n01:08:06,148 --> 01:08:08,250\r\nTHE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF OUR \r\n\r\n2041\r\n01:08:08,250 --> 01:08:10,453\r\nLIBRARIES AND THIS TIME IS WE \r\n\r\n2042\r\n01:08:10,453 --> 01:08:12,655\r\nSEE DEMOCRACY CRUMBLING. OUR \r\n\r\n2043\r\n01:08:12,655 --> 01:08:15,925\r\nLIBRARIES ARE ESSENTIAL AGAINST \r\n\r\n2044\r\n01:08:15,925 --> 01:08:20,463\r\nTHAT. DEFENDING OUR DEMOCRACY , \r\n\r\n2045\r\n01:08:20,463 --> 01:08:21,864\r\nWHETHER IT IS OUR BUILDINGS, OUR\r\n\r\n2046\r\n01:08:21,864 --> 01:08:23,299\r\nSTAFFING, OR OUR COLLECTIONS, \r\n\r\n2047\r\n01:08:23,299 --> 01:08:26,836\r\nTHEY ARE ALL CRITICALLY \r\n\r\n2048\r\n01:08:26,836 --> 01:08:27,570\r\nESSENTIAL SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE \r\n\r\n2049\r\n01:08:27,570 --> 01:08:29,038\r\nTHAT ARE NEEDED MORE NOW THAN \r\n\r\n2050\r\n01:08:29,038 --> 01:08:33,776\r\nEVER. AND SO, I AM EXCITED TO \r\n\r\n2051\r\n01:08:33,776 --> 01:08:38,781\r\nSUPPORT THIS. THANK YOU, \r\n\r\n2052\r\n01:08:38,781 --> 01:08:39,548\r\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND \r\n\r\n2053\r\n01:08:39,548 --> 01:08:40,049\r\nCOUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. \r\n\r\n2054\r\n01:08:40,049 --> 01:08:41,050\r\n>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS\r\n\r\n2055\r\n01:08:41,050 --> 01:08:42,751\r\nOR QUESTIONS? LET'S A VOTE ON \r\n\r\n2056\r\n01:08:42,751 --> 01:08:43,986\r\nAMENDMENT NUMBER SIX. \r\n\r\n2057\r\n01:08:43,986 --> 01:08:46,055\r\n>> \r\n\r\n2058\r\n01:08:46,055 --> 01:08:46,589\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. \r\n\r\n2059\r\n01:08:46,589 --> 01:08:47,356\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n2060\r\n01:08:47,356 --> 01:08:47,890\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. \r\n\r\n2061\r\n01:08:47,890 --> 01:08:49,158\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n2062\r\n01:08:49,158 --> 01:08:49,692\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. \r\n\r\n2063\r\n01:08:49,692 --> 01:08:50,759\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n2064\r\n01:08:50,759 --> 01:08:51,260\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER LIN. \r\n\r\n2065\r\n01:08:51,260 --> 01:08:52,461\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n2066\r\n01:08:52,461 --> 01:08:52,962\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. \r\n\r\n2067\r\n01:08:52,962 --> 01:08:54,163\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n2068\r\n01:08:54,163 --> 01:08:54,763\r\n>> VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH. \r\n\r\n2069\r\n01:08:54,763 --> 01:08:56,398\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n2070\r\n01:08:56,398 --> 01:08:56,799\r\n>> CHAIR RIVERA. \r\n\r\n2071\r\n01:08:56,799 --> 01:09:01,670\r\n>> YES. SIX IN FAVOR AND ONE \r\n\r\n2072\r\n01:09:01,670 --> 01:09:02,137\r\nOPPOSED. \r\n\r\n2073\r\n01:09:02,137 --> 01:09:07,343\r\n>> THE MOTION CARRIES. \r\n\r\n2074\r\n01:09:07,343 --> 01:09:08,077\r\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK YOUR \r\n\r\n2075\r\n01:09:08,077 --> 01:09:09,011\r\nRECOGNIZE TO MOVE AMENDMENT \r\n\r\n2076\r\n01:09:09,011 --> 01:09:09,378\r\nNUMBER SEVEN. \r\n\r\n2077\r\n01:09:09,378 --> 01:09:10,679\r\n>> THANK YOU, I MOVED TO AMEND \r\n\r\n2078\r\n01:09:10,679 --> 01:09:11,881\r\nCOUNCIL BILL 121181 IS PRESENTED\r\n\r\n2079\r\n01:09:11,881 --> 01:09:14,149\r\nON AMENDMENT SEVEN. \r\n\r\n2080\r\n01:09:14,149 --> 01:09:15,651\r\n>> IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO \r\n\r\n2081\r\n01:09:15,651 --> 01:09:23,259\r\nAMEND COUNCIL BILL 121181 -- I \r\n\r\n2082\r\n01:09:23,259 --> 01:09:25,261\r\nTHOUGHT I HEARD A SECOND. IT IS \r\n\r\n2083\r\n01:09:25,261 --> 01:09:25,928\r\nMOVED AND SECONDED TO AMEND \r\n\r\n2084\r\n01:09:25,928 --> 01:09:26,962\r\nCOUNCIL BILL 121181 IS PRESENTED\r\n\r\n2085\r\n01:09:26,962 --> 01:09:28,797\r\nON AMENDMENT SEVEN. ERIC? \r\n\r\n2086\r\n01:09:28,797 --> 01:09:33,135\r\n>> THIS AMENDMENT WOULD INDICATE\r\n\r\n2087\r\n01:09:33,135 --> 01:09:34,003\r\nCOUNCIL'S INTENTION THAT A \r\n\r\n2088\r\n01:09:34,003 --> 01:09:35,004\r\nPORTION OF THE LIBRARY LEVY \r\n\r\n2089\r\n01:09:35,004 --> 01:09:36,238\r\nFUNDING AMOUNT IS TRANSMITTED BY\r\n\r\n2090\r\n01:09:36,238 --> 01:09:37,907\r\nTHE MAYOR AND INCREASED BY $2.5 \r\n\r\n2091\r\n01:09:37,907 --> 01:09:42,044\r\nMILLION BY THE COUNCIL SHOULD BE\r\n\r\n2092\r\n01:09:42,044 --> 01:09:42,845\r\nAUTHORIZED FOR INVESTMENTS TO \r\n\r\n2093\r\n01:09:42,845 --> 01:09:43,679\r\nSUPPORT COLLECTIONS BY EXPANDING\r\n\r\n2094\r\n01:09:43,679 --> 01:09:47,650\r\nTHE TITLES IN THE LIBRARY'S \r\n\r\n2095\r\n01:09:47,650 --> 01:09:48,083\r\nE-BOOK COLLECTION. \r\n\r\n2096\r\n01:09:48,083 --> 01:09:54,456\r\n>> THANK YOU, ERIC. \r\n\r\n2097\r\n01:09:54,456 --> 01:09:55,157\r\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK YOUR \r\n\r\n2098\r\n01:09:55,157 --> 01:09:56,358\r\nRECOGNIZE TO SPEAK YOUR \r\n\r\n2099\r\n01:09:56,358 --> 01:09:56,659\r\nAMENDMENT. \r\n\r\n2100\r\n01:09:56,659 --> 01:09:57,326\r\n>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. COLLEAGUES,\r\n\r\n2101\r\n01:09:57,326 --> 01:09:59,061\r\nTHIS AMENDMENT IS A SMALLER, \r\n\r\n2102\r\n01:09:59,061 --> 01:09:59,995\r\nMORE TARGETED COLLECTIONS \r\n\r\n2103\r\n01:09:59,995 --> 01:10:03,766\r\nINVESTMENT. THE TABLE IS THE \r\n\r\n2104\r\n01:10:03,766 --> 01:10:04,934\r\nFIRST THING YOU SEE WHEN YOU \r\n\r\n2105\r\n01:10:04,934 --> 01:10:06,502\r\nWALK INTO JUST ABOUT ANY LIBRARY\r\n\r\n2106\r\n01:10:06,502 --> 01:10:07,469\r\nBRANCH. CURRENTLY PEAK PICKS IS \r\n\r\n2107\r\n01:10:07,469 --> 01:10:08,938\r\nLIMITED TO PHYSICAL BOOKS. \r\n\r\n2108\r\n01:10:08,938 --> 01:10:11,473\r\nDESPITE THE FACT THAT SEATTLE \r\n\r\n2109\r\n01:10:11,473 --> 01:10:13,475\r\nPUBLIC LIBRARY IS IN THE TOP 10 \r\n\r\n2110\r\n01:10:13,475 --> 01:10:15,277\r\nWORLDWIDE IN DIGITAL BOOK \r\n\r\n2111\r\n01:10:15,277 --> 01:10:17,680\r\nCHECKOUTS. THIS AMENDMENT WOULD \r\n\r\n2112\r\n01:10:17,680 --> 01:10:19,648\r\nEXPAND THE INCREDIBLE AND \r\n\r\n2113\r\n01:10:19,648 --> 01:10:21,850\r\nRESPONSIVE PROGRAM TO E-BOOKS. I\r\n\r\n2114\r\n01:10:21,850 --> 01:10:24,853\r\nWILL NOTE I WAS AT THE LABOR \r\n\r\n2115\r\n01:10:24,853 --> 01:10:26,088\r\nBRANCH THIS WEEKEND WHEN I WAS \r\n\r\n2116\r\n01:10:26,088 --> 01:10:30,559\r\nTHERE I PICKED UP A BOOK FROM \r\n\r\n2117\r\n01:10:30,559 --> 01:10:32,027\r\nTHE PEAK PICKS SHELF. FOR THOSE \r\n\r\n2118\r\n01:10:32,027 --> 01:10:34,430\r\nWHO DON'T KNOW, VIRGINIA IS A \r\n\r\n2119\r\n01:10:34,430 --> 01:10:37,866\r\nSURVIVOR OF JEFFREY EPSTEIN AND \r\n\r\n2120\r\n01:10:37,866 --> 01:10:39,535\r\nPASSED AWAY LAST YEAR. BUT HER \r\n\r\n2121\r\n01:10:39,535 --> 01:10:41,737\r\nBOOK DOCUMENT THING HER STORY OF\r\n\r\n2122\r\n01:10:41,737 --> 01:10:43,105\r\nSURVIVORSHIP AND DAYLIGHTING THE\r\n\r\n2123\r\n01:10:43,105 --> 01:10:46,742\r\nABUSES OF THE ULTRA RICH AND \r\n\r\n2124\r\n01:10:46,742 --> 01:10:47,543\r\nPOWERFUL WAS RECENTLY PUBLISHED \r\n\r\n2125\r\n01:10:47,543 --> 01:10:53,749\r\nAND IS NOW FEATURED AS A PEAK \r\n\r\n2126\r\n01:10:53,749 --> 01:10:54,750\r\nPICKS. SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT\r\n\r\n2127\r\n01:10:54,750 --> 01:10:55,951\r\nMEANS THAT MORE PEOPLE WILL NOT \r\n\r\n2128\r\n01:10:55,951 --> 01:10:57,252\r\nFACE A FINANCIAL BARRIER TO \r\n\r\n2129\r\n01:10:57,252 --> 01:10:58,387\r\nPARTICIPATING IN A NATIONAL \r\n\r\n2130\r\n01:10:58,387 --> 01:11:00,956\r\nDIALOGUE. AND THAT MORE OF US \r\n\r\n2131\r\n01:11:00,956 --> 01:11:08,998\r\nCAN CONNECT ON IDEAS AT A TIME \r\n\r\n2132\r\n01:11:08,998 --> 01:11:10,232\r\nWHERE WE NEEDED NOW MORE THAN \r\n\r\n2133\r\n01:11:10,232 --> 01:11:11,734\r\nEVER. COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR\r\n\r\n2134\r\n01:11:11,734 --> 01:11:12,434\r\nSUPPORT. THANK YOU. \r\n\r\n2135\r\n01:11:12,434 --> 01:11:13,335\r\n>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER \r\n\r\n2136\r\n01:11:13,335 --> 01:11:14,003\r\nRINCK. ANY COMMENTS OR \r\n\r\n2137\r\n01:11:14,003 --> 01:11:14,970\r\nQUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, \r\n\r\n2138\r\n01:11:14,970 --> 01:11:15,804\r\nCOLLEAGUES, LET'S VOTE ON \r\n\r\n2139\r\n01:11:15,804 --> 01:11:17,873\r\nAMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN. \r\n\r\n2140\r\n01:11:17,873 --> 01:11:18,407\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. \r\n\r\n2141\r\n01:11:18,407 --> 01:11:19,875\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n2142\r\n01:11:19,875 --> 01:11:20,409\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. \r\n\r\n2143\r\n01:11:20,409 --> 01:11:21,677\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n2144\r\n01:11:21,677 --> 01:11:22,211\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. \r\n\r\n2145\r\n01:11:22,211 --> 01:11:23,245\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n2146\r\n01:11:23,245 --> 01:11:23,746\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER LIN. \r\n\r\n2147\r\n01:11:23,746 --> 01:11:26,248\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n2148\r\n01:11:26,248 --> 01:11:26,849\r\n>> VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH. \r\n\r\n2149\r\n01:11:26,849 --> 01:11:28,183\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n2150\r\n01:11:28,183 --> 01:11:28,584\r\n>> CHAIR RIVERA. \r\n\r\n2151\r\n01:11:28,584 --> 01:11:35,090\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n2152\r\n01:11:35,090 --> 01:11:37,159\r\n>> SIX IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED.\r\n\r\n2153\r\n01:11:37,159 --> 01:11:38,160\r\n>> AMENDMENT SEVEN IS ADOPTED. \r\n\r\n2154\r\n01:11:38,160 --> 01:11:40,429\r\nWE ARE ALMOST THERE. FOUR MORE. \r\n\r\n2155\r\n01:11:40,429 --> 01:11:46,035\r\nCOUNCILMEMBER YOUR RECOGNIZE TO \r\n\r\n2156\r\n01:11:46,035 --> 01:11:46,902\r\nMOVE AMENDMENT A BREAK. \r\n\r\n2157\r\n01:11:46,902 --> 01:11:48,170\r\n>> I MOVE AMENDMENT NUMBER EIGHT\r\n\r\n2158\r\n01:11:48,170 --> 01:11:54,643\r\nTO COUNCIL BILL 121181. \r\n\r\n2159\r\n01:11:54,643 --> 01:11:55,644\r\n>> IS HER SECOND? \r\n\r\n2160\r\n01:11:55,644 --> 01:11:57,513\r\n>> IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO \r\n\r\n2161\r\n01:11:57,513 --> 01:12:01,750\r\nAMEND COUNCIL BILL 121181 IS \r\n\r\n2162\r\n01:12:01,750 --> 01:12:02,584\r\nPRESENTED ON AMENDMENT EIGHT. \r\n\r\n2163\r\n01:12:02,584 --> 01:12:02,951\r\n>> ERIC? \r\n\r\n2164\r\n01:12:02,951 --> 01:12:04,286\r\n>> THIS AMENDMENT WOULD \r\n\r\n2165\r\n01:12:04,286 --> 01:12:05,954\r\nCOMMUNICATE THE INTENTION THAT A\r\n\r\n2166\r\n01:12:05,954 --> 01:12:07,056\r\nPORTION OF THE LIBRARY LEVY \r\n\r\n2167\r\n01:12:07,056 --> 01:12:08,057\r\nFUNDING AMOUNT IS TRANSMITTED BY\r\n\r\n2168\r\n01:12:08,057 --> 01:12:12,261\r\nTHE MAYOR AND INCREASED BY $2.1 \r\n\r\n2169\r\n01:12:12,261 --> 01:12:13,529\r\nMILLION BY THE COUNCIL SHOULD BE\r\n\r\n2170\r\n01:12:13,529 --> 01:12:14,263\r\nAUTHORIZED FOR INVESTMENTS TO \r\n\r\n2171\r\n01:12:14,263 --> 01:12:15,030\r\nSUPPORT OPERATING HOURS AND \r\n\r\n2172\r\n01:12:15,030 --> 01:12:15,864\r\nACCESS BY EXPANDING LIBRARY \r\n\r\n2173\r\n01:12:15,864 --> 01:12:18,801\r\nPROGRAMMING MADE AVAILABLE BY \r\n\r\n2174\r\n01:12:18,801 --> 01:12:20,202\r\nAND RECORDED VIA THE SEATTLE \r\n\r\n2175\r\n01:12:20,202 --> 01:12:24,340\r\nCHANNEL. \r\n\r\n2176\r\n01:12:24,340 --> 01:12:25,207\r\n>> THANK YOU, ERIC. \r\n\r\n2177\r\n01:12:25,207 --> 01:12:25,841\r\nCOUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, YOUR \r\n\r\n2178\r\n01:12:25,841 --> 01:12:26,608\r\nRECOGNIZE TO SPEAK YOUR \r\n\r\n2179\r\n01:12:26,608 --> 01:12:27,342\r\nAMENDMENT. \r\n\r\n2180\r\n01:12:27,342 --> 01:12:31,947\r\n>> YOU, CHAIR. THIS ENTIRE \r\n\r\n2181\r\n01:12:31,947 --> 01:12:32,715\r\nPACKAGE OF AMENDMENTS REALLY \r\n\r\n2182\r\n01:12:32,715 --> 01:12:33,916\r\nDOES BALANCE OUR NEEDS TO REMAIN\r\n\r\n2183\r\n01:12:33,916 --> 01:12:35,451\r\nFISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND ENSURE \r\n\r\n2184\r\n01:12:35,451 --> 01:12:37,052\r\nOUR FEAR DOES NOT DRIVE US TO \r\n\r\n2185\r\n01:12:37,052 --> 01:12:38,253\r\nFUND OUR LIBRARIES AT A LEVEL \r\n\r\n2186\r\n01:12:38,253 --> 01:12:39,822\r\nBELOW WHAT WE CAN ACTUALLY \r\n\r\n2187\r\n01:12:39,822 --> 01:12:46,362\r\nAFFORD. WHILE WE ARE IN FACT \r\n\r\n2188\r\n01:12:46,362 --> 01:12:47,763\r\nHERE ARE LEVY LID, AND WE MUST \r\n\r\n2189\r\n01:12:47,763 --> 01:12:48,664\r\nKEEP A BUFFER FOR ECONOMIC \r\n\r\n2190\r\n01:12:48,664 --> 01:12:50,065\r\nCHANGES, AS WELL AS FUTURE \r\n\r\n2191\r\n01:12:50,065 --> 01:12:53,235\r\nLEVIES, AS YOUR BUDGET CHAIR I \r\n\r\n2192\r\n01:12:53,235 --> 01:12:54,570\r\nSAY THAT IN FACT WE CAN ADOPT \r\n\r\n2193\r\n01:12:54,570 --> 01:12:56,171\r\nTHESE AMENDMENTS AND REMAINED \r\n\r\n2194\r\n01:12:56,171 --> 01:12:57,906\r\nFISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. I SAY THIS\r\n\r\n2195\r\n01:12:57,906 --> 01:12:58,640\r\nBECAUSE CHOOSING OUR FUNDING \r\n\r\n2196\r\n01:12:58,640 --> 01:13:00,743\r\nLEVELS CAN EITHER BE A ONE-WAY \r\n\r\n2197\r\n01:13:00,743 --> 01:13:05,314\r\nDOOR OR A TWO-WAY DOOR. IF YOU \r\n\r\n2198\r\n01:13:05,314 --> 01:13:11,453\r\nBET AGAINST OURSELVES AND ADOPT \r\n\r\n2199\r\n01:13:11,453 --> 01:13:13,055\r\nTHE LEVY IS TRANSMITTED, THIS IS\r\n\r\n2200\r\n01:13:13,055 --> 01:13:14,056\r\nA ONE-WAY DOOR. BECAUSE WE \r\n\r\n2201\r\n01:13:14,056 --> 01:13:15,157\r\nCANNOT, IN THE FUTURE, INCREASE \r\n\r\n2202\r\n01:13:15,157 --> 01:13:16,258\r\nLIBRARY LEVEL. IF WE ADOPT THESE\r\n\r\n2203\r\n01:13:16,258 --> 01:13:17,860\r\nAMENDMENTS AND OUR WORST FEARS \r\n\r\n2204\r\n01:13:17,860 --> 01:13:20,596\r\nBECOME REALITY, THAT THE \r\n\r\n2205\r\n01:13:20,596 --> 01:13:22,264\r\nECONOMIC FACTORS LOWER THE LEVY \r\n\r\n2206\r\n01:13:22,264 --> 01:13:23,766\r\nCAP, AGAIN, THE LEVY CAP RIGHT \r\n\r\n2207\r\n01:13:23,766 --> 01:13:27,035\r\nNOW IS BASED -- 3% GROWTH \r\n\r\n2208\r\n01:13:27,035 --> 01:13:31,740\r\nASSUMPTION. SOME OF THE ANALYSIS\r\n\r\n2209\r\n01:13:31,740 --> 01:13:33,208\r\nHAS BEEN FOR 5% GROWTH \r\n\r\n2210\r\n01:13:33,208 --> 01:13:42,484\r\nASSUMPTION. BUT, WHAT THEY \r\n\r\n2211\r\n01:13:42,484 --> 01:13:43,652\r\nDIDN'T SHOW YOU IS THE 2% \r\n\r\n2212\r\n01:13:43,652 --> 01:13:44,453\r\nGROWTH ASSUMPTION. WHICH IS \r\n\r\n2213\r\n01:13:44,453 --> 01:13:45,654\r\nSTILL US GROWING, JUST US \r\n\r\n2214\r\n01:13:45,654 --> 01:13:46,889\r\nGROWING MUCH MORE SLOWLY. IF IN \r\n\r\n2215\r\n01:13:46,889 --> 01:13:48,457\r\nFACT WE HAVE ONLY 2% OF THE AREA\r\n\r\n2216\r\n01:13:48,457 --> 01:13:49,458\r\nLAND VALUE GROWTH, WE ARE \r\n\r\n2217\r\n01:13:49,458 --> 01:13:50,793\r\nALREADY IN A PLACE WHERE WE ARE \r\n\r\n2218\r\n01:13:50,793 --> 01:13:52,027\r\nGOING TO HAVE TO START REFUNDING\r\n\r\n2219\r\n01:13:52,027 --> 01:13:53,495\r\nTHESE LEVIES. RIGHT? AND THAT IS\r\n\r\n2220\r\n01:13:53,495 --> 01:13:56,131\r\nACROSS ALL. NOT JUST THIS. \r\n\r\n2221\r\n01:13:56,131 --> 01:13:58,901\r\nAGAIN, IF WE ADOPT THESE \r\n\r\n2222\r\n01:13:58,901 --> 01:14:02,237\r\nAMENDMENTS AND OUR WORST FEARS \r\n\r\n2223\r\n01:14:02,237 --> 01:14:03,539\r\nBECOME REALITY THAT THERE'S ONLY\r\n\r\n2224\r\n01:14:03,539 --> 01:14:09,478\r\n2% GROWTH, THOSE ECONOMIC \r\n\r\n2225\r\n01:14:09,478 --> 01:14:10,179\r\nFACTORS WOULD LOWER THE LEVY \r\n\r\n2226\r\n01:14:10,179 --> 01:14:11,380\r\nCAP. WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK \r\n\r\n2227\r\n01:14:11,380 --> 01:14:12,614\r\nHOLISTICALLY AT ALL OVER LEVIES \r\n\r\n2228\r\n01:14:12,614 --> 01:14:13,849\r\nAND WHERE WE MUST REDUCE FUNDING\r\n\r\n2229\r\n01:14:13,849 --> 01:14:15,951\r\nACROSS OUR ENTIRE CITY. SO, BY \r\n\r\n2230\r\n01:14:15,951 --> 01:14:23,058\r\nADOPTING THESE AMENDMENTS THIS \r\n\r\n2231\r\n01:14:23,058 --> 01:14:24,259\r\nIS A TWO-WAY, WE CAN INCREASE \r\n\r\n2232\r\n01:14:24,259 --> 01:14:25,260\r\nTHE LIBRARY'S FUNDING TODAY AND\r\n\r\n2233\r\n01:14:25,260 --> 01:14:26,662\r\nIF OUR WORST-CASE SCENARIO \r\n\r\n2234\r\n01:14:26,662 --> 01:14:30,532\r\nOCCURS, WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE \r\n\r\n2235\r\n01:14:30,532 --> 01:14:31,400\r\nTHOSE REDUCTIONS BASED ON KNOWN \r\n\r\n2236\r\n01:14:31,400 --> 01:14:32,234\r\nINFORMATION, RATHER THAN \r\n\r\n2237\r\n01:14:32,234 --> 01:14:38,440\r\nSPECULATION. EVEN WITH A TWO-WAY\r\n\r\n2238\r\n01:14:38,440 --> 01:14:39,875\r\nDOOR WE KNOW THAT THIS LEVY WAS \r\n\r\n2239\r\n01:14:39,875 --> 01:14:41,176\r\nPLANNED TO BE LARGER TO SERVE \r\n\r\n2240\r\n01:14:41,176 --> 01:14:42,144\r\nSEATTLEITES EVEN MORE THAN WHAT \r\n\r\n2241\r\n01:14:42,144 --> 01:14:43,712\r\nIS BEFORE US TODAY. THE REALITY \r\n\r\n2242\r\n01:14:43,712 --> 01:14:45,180\r\nOF THE LEVY CAP CAME INTO THE \r\n\r\n2243\r\n01:14:45,180 --> 01:14:49,551\r\nCONVERSATION AND THAT MEANT THAT\r\n\r\n2244\r\n01:14:49,551 --> 01:14:50,652\r\nWE HAD TO RIGHT SIZE REDUCE OR \r\n\r\n2245\r\n01:14:50,652 --> 01:14:52,054\r\nMODIFY THIS LIBRARY LEVY, TO \r\n\r\n2246\r\n01:14:52,054 --> 01:14:56,358\r\nWORK. I SAY THAT BECAUSE LIKE, \r\n\r\n2247\r\n01:14:56,358 --> 01:14:58,660\r\nEVEN WITH THE ADA AMENDMENT THAT\r\n\r\n2248\r\n01:14:58,660 --> 01:15:02,698\r\nWILL COME UP , WITH THE \r\n\r\n2249\r\n01:15:02,698 --> 01:15:03,432\r\nCOLLECTIONS OR CIRCULATION, I \r\n\r\n2250\r\n01:15:03,432 --> 01:15:05,067\r\nCAN'T EVER GET THAT STRAIGHT, \r\n\r\n2251\r\n01:15:05,067 --> 01:15:06,368\r\nOR THE UNREINFORCED MASONRY, WE \r\n\r\n2252\r\n01:15:06,368 --> 01:15:08,270\r\nKNOW THAT THESE NEEDS ARE \r\n\r\n2253\r\n01:15:08,270 --> 01:15:09,771\r\nGREATER THAN WHAT IS IN THE \r\n\r\n2254\r\n01:15:09,771 --> 01:15:11,773\r\nLIBRARY AND WHAT'S GREATER THAN\r\n\r\n2255\r\n01:15:11,773 --> 01:15:13,242\r\nHE AMENDMENT. IF WE WERE TO \r\n\r\n2256\r\n01:15:13,242 --> 01:15:15,077\r\nTRULY RIGHT SIZE FOR \r\n\r\n2257\r\n01:15:15,077 --> 01:15:16,745\r\nSEATTLEITES, THIS WOULD BE A \r\n\r\n2258\r\n01:15:16,745 --> 01:15:18,447\r\nHUGE LEVY. BUT, WE DIDN'T DO \r\n\r\n2259\r\n01:15:18,447 --> 01:15:21,683\r\nTHAT. AND THAT IS WHERE WE ARE \r\n\r\n2260\r\n01:15:21,683 --> 01:15:24,820\r\nBEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. THAT\r\n\r\n2261\r\n01:15:24,820 --> 01:15:26,121\r\nIS WHY I SEE THESE AMENDMENTS \r\n\r\n2262\r\n01:15:26,121 --> 01:15:27,122\r\nBEFORE US ARE FISCALLY \r\n\r\n2263\r\n01:15:27,122 --> 01:15:28,357\r\nRESPONSIBLE BECAUSE THEY BALANCE\r\n\r\n2264\r\n01:15:28,357 --> 01:15:31,860\r\nTHE FUTURE UNKNOWNS, CHOOSES THE\r\n\r\n2265\r\n01:15:31,860 --> 01:15:33,295\r\nTWO-WAY DOOR RATHER THAN THE \r\n\r\n2266\r\n01:15:33,295 --> 01:15:34,596\r\nONE-WAY DOOR. AND CHOOSES \r\n\r\n2267\r\n01:15:34,596 --> 01:15:38,367\r\nSEATTLEITES OVER THE FEAR OF THE\r\n\r\n2268\r\n01:15:38,367 --> 01:15:39,001\r\nUNKNOWN AND UNKNOWN SPECULATION.\r\n\r\n2269\r\n01:15:39,001 --> 01:15:40,836\r\nWITH THAT, WE COME TO THE \r\n\r\n2270\r\n01:15:40,836 --> 01:15:42,504\r\nSEATTLE CHANNEL , THE AMENDMENT \r\n\r\n2271\r\n01:15:42,504 --> 01:15:47,009\r\nI HAVE BEFORE US, THE INTENT OF \r\n\r\n2272\r\n01:15:47,009 --> 01:15:48,710\r\nTHIS AMENDMENT IS TO EXTEND THE \r\n\r\n2273\r\n01:15:48,710 --> 01:15:53,048\r\nIMPACT AN AUDIENCE FOR SEATTLE \r\n\r\n2274\r\n01:15:53,048 --> 01:15:53,715\r\nPUBLIC LIBRARY PROGRAMS. SUCH AS\r\n\r\n2275\r\n01:15:53,715 --> 01:15:54,516\r\nREADING, SPEAKERS, SPECIAL \r\n\r\n2276\r\n01:15:54,516 --> 01:15:55,684\r\nEVENTS, AND WE DO THIS BY \r\n\r\n2277\r\n01:15:55,684 --> 01:15:58,520\r\nPROVIDING THE LIBRARIES LIVE AND\r\n\r\n2278\r\n01:15:58,520 --> 01:16:02,557\r\nAVAILABLE TO STREAM ON THE \r\n\r\n2279\r\n01:16:02,557 --> 01:16:03,625\r\nSEATTLE CHANNEL. WHEN I WORKED \r\n\r\n2280\r\n01:16:03,625 --> 01:16:04,993\r\nAT A LIBRARY FRONT DESK, I WAS \r\n\r\n2281\r\n01:16:04,993 --> 01:16:08,196\r\nAMAZED AT HOW MUCH ONE BOOK OR \r\n\r\n2282\r\n01:16:08,196 --> 01:16:12,334\r\nONE COMPUTER OR ONE NEWSPAPER \r\n\r\n2283\r\n01:16:12,334 --> 01:16:17,739\r\nWAS USED. THE LIBRARIES ABLE TO \r\n\r\n2284\r\n01:16:17,739 --> 01:16:21,944\r\nPROVIDE US TRUE PURE PUBLIC \r\n\r\n2285\r\n01:16:21,944 --> 01:16:23,045\r\nGOODS. THESE GOODS ARE NOT \r\n\r\n2286\r\n01:16:23,045 --> 01:16:24,313\r\nRIVALROUS. AND THEY ARE NOT \r\n\r\n2287\r\n01:16:24,313 --> 01:16:27,549\r\nEXCLUDABLE. A LIBRARY IS A VERY \r\n\r\n2288\r\n01:16:27,549 --> 01:16:31,920\r\nSPECIAL PLACE. CARNEGIE \r\n\r\n2289\r\n01:16:31,920 --> 01:16:33,121\r\nUNDERSTOOD THIS. HE SAID, I WILL\r\n\r\n2290\r\n01:16:33,121 --> 01:16:34,389\r\nBUILD YOU THE BUILDING, YOU FILL\r\n\r\n2291\r\n01:16:34,389 --> 01:16:35,824\r\nWITH BOOKS. RIGHT? AND SO, THE \r\n\r\n2292\r\n01:16:35,824 --> 01:16:46,335\r\nAMENDMENT BEFORE US TURNS THE \r\n\r\n2293\r\n01:16:48,670 --> 01:16:49,604\r\nPROGRAMMING THAT THE LIBRARY \r\n\r\n2294\r\n01:16:49,604 --> 01:16:50,305\r\nCREATES, THAT THEY ALREADY \r\n\r\n2295\r\n01:16:50,305 --> 01:16:51,473\r\nCREATE, IT'S ALREADY IN ITS \r\n\r\n2296\r\n01:16:51,473 --> 01:16:52,341\r\nBUDGET, FROM EIGHT RIVALROUS \r\n\r\n2297\r\n01:16:52,341 --> 01:16:53,508\r\nGOOD, I WILL ARGUE RIVALRY IS \r\n\r\n2298\r\n01:16:53,508 --> 01:16:54,509\r\nROOM CAPACITY, IF WE REACH \r\n\r\n2299\r\n01:16:54,509 --> 01:16:55,644\r\nCAPACITY THE NO MORE PEOPLE CAN \r\n\r\n2300\r\n01:16:55,644 --> 01:16:56,912\r\nGET INTO THE PROGRAM. SO IT \r\n\r\n2301\r\n01:16:56,912 --> 01:16:59,114\r\nTURNS THE CAPACITY INTO EIGHT \r\n\r\n2302\r\n01:16:59,114 --> 01:17:00,115\r\nNINE RIVALROUS ONE BECAUSE YOU \r\n\r\n2303\r\n01:17:00,115 --> 01:17:01,817\r\nCAN WATCH IT FROM HOME. OR MAYBE\r\n\r\n2304\r\n01:17:01,817 --> 01:17:03,118\r\nOUT IN THE LOBBY. IT TURNS IT \r\n\r\n2305\r\n01:17:03,118 --> 01:17:04,553\r\nFROM AN EXCLUDABLE GOOD, AND I \r\n\r\n2306\r\n01:17:04,553 --> 01:17:05,721\r\nWILL SAY THIS BY TIMER ACCESS, \r\n\r\n2307\r\n01:17:05,721 --> 01:17:06,722\r\nYOU AREN'T AVAILABLE AT THE \r\n\r\n2308\r\n01:17:06,722 --> 01:17:08,123\r\nTIME OF DAY YOU CAN ACCESS IT \r\n\r\n2309\r\n01:17:08,123 --> 01:17:09,725\r\nBECAUSE THE ELEVATOR IS BROKEN, \r\n\r\n2310\r\n01:17:09,725 --> 01:17:11,860\r\nI MEAN, BECAUSE IT IS NOT YOUR \r\n\r\n2311\r\n01:17:11,860 --> 01:17:20,736\r\nYOUR HOME. IT TURNS IT INTO A \r\n\r\n2312\r\n01:17:20,736 --> 01:17:21,503\r\nNON-EXCLUDABLE GOOD BY ALLOWING \r\n\r\n2313\r\n01:17:21,503 --> 01:17:23,005\r\nYOU TO VIEW AT YOUR LEISURE AND \r\n\r\n2314\r\n01:17:23,005 --> 01:17:24,039\r\nEVEN SHARING IT WITH OTHER \r\n\r\n2315\r\n01:17:24,039 --> 01:17:25,240\r\nPEOPLE IN OTHER STATES, IN OTHER\r\n\r\n2316\r\n01:17:25,240 --> 01:17:26,341\r\nPLACES, WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE \r\n\r\n2317\r\n01:17:26,341 --> 01:17:27,843\r\nACCESS TO OUR BEAUTIFUL AND \r\n\r\n2318\r\n01:17:27,843 --> 01:17:30,112\r\nWONDERFUL SEATTLE , LOOKING OUT \r\n\r\n2319\r\n01:17:30,112 --> 01:17:31,913\r\nTHE WINDOWS TODAY IS A BEAUTIFUL\r\n\r\n2320\r\n01:17:31,913 --> 01:17:34,816\r\nSEATTLE DAY. EVEN ON ITS DARKEST\r\n\r\n2321\r\n01:17:34,816 --> 01:17:36,051\r\nDAYS, THAT IS WHERE THE LIGHT \r\n\r\n2322\r\n01:17:36,051 --> 01:17:37,319\r\nSHINES BRIGHT INSIDE THE LIBRARY\r\n\r\n2323\r\n01:17:37,319 --> 01:17:38,020\r\nIN YOUR PROGRAMMING. THIS \r\n\r\n2324\r\n01:17:38,020 --> 01:17:39,955\r\nAMENDMENT ALSO BEGINS TO ADDRESS\r\n\r\n2325\r\n01:17:39,955 --> 01:17:44,526\r\nTHE UNDERLYING FUNDING ISSUES AT\r\n\r\n2326\r\n01:17:44,526 --> 01:17:45,494\r\nTHE SEATTLE CHANNEL. RIGHT NOW \r\n\r\n2327\r\n01:17:45,494 --> 01:17:46,328\r\nEVERY DEPARTMENT WHO BENEFITS \r\n\r\n2328\r\n01:17:46,328 --> 01:17:47,629\r\nFROM THE SEATTLE AWARD-WINNING \r\n\r\n2329\r\n01:17:47,629 --> 01:17:50,232\r\nSEATTLE CHANNEL DOES SO WITHOUT \r\n\r\n2330\r\n01:17:50,232 --> 01:17:53,969\r\nA FEE. THIS IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER \r\n\r\n2331\r\n01:17:53,969 --> 01:17:57,105\r\nCENTRAL SERVICE INNER-CITY. FOR \r\n\r\n2332\r\n01:17:57,105 --> 01:18:00,742\r\nEXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS, I.T., HR,\r\n\r\n2333\r\n01:18:00,742 --> 01:18:07,082\r\nFAS, THESE ARE ALL BACKBONE \r\n\r\n2334\r\n01:18:07,082 --> 01:18:08,316\r\nASPECTS OF OUR CITY CENTRAL \r\n\r\n2335\r\n01:18:08,316 --> 01:18:09,117\r\nSERVICES. AND EVERY DEPARTMENT \r\n\r\n2336\r\n01:18:09,117 --> 01:18:10,419\r\nIS CHARGED A FEE BY THE INTERNAL\r\n\r\n2337\r\n01:18:10,419 --> 01:18:12,821\r\nDEPARTMENT. SEATTLE CHANNEL IS \r\n\r\n2338\r\n01:18:12,821 --> 01:18:16,458\r\nNOT IN THAT SITUATION BECAUSE IN\r\n\r\n2339\r\n01:18:16,458 --> 01:18:21,096\r\nTHE PAST , WHEN THE DISTURBING \r\n\r\n2340\r\n01:18:21,096 --> 01:18:22,831\r\nMOVIE THE CABLE GUY CAME OUT IN \r\n\r\n2341\r\n01:18:22,831 --> 01:18:24,399\r\nTHEATERS, PEOPLE HAD CABLE AND \r\n\r\n2342\r\n01:18:24,399 --> 01:18:27,936\r\nWERE USING OUR CABLE FRAME AND \r\n\r\n2343\r\n01:18:27,936 --> 01:18:29,104\r\nWE WERE BENEFITING FROM THE \r\n\r\n2344\r\n01:18:29,104 --> 01:18:39,214\r\nCABLE FRANCHISE FEE. BEING FULLY\r\n\r\n2345\r\n01:18:39,214 --> 01:18:40,749\r\nIT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE \r\n\r\n2346\r\n01:18:40,749 --> 01:18:41,516\r\nTHAT DISTURBING MOVIE CAME OUT \r\n\r\n2347\r\n01:18:41,516 --> 01:18:42,717\r\nIN THEATERS. BUT FOLKS HAVE CUT \r\n\r\n2348\r\n01:18:42,717 --> 01:18:44,019\r\nTHEIR CABLE IN THE MEANTIME. AND\r\n\r\n2349\r\n01:18:44,019 --> 01:18:45,020\r\nSO IT IS INCUMBENT UPON \r\n\r\n2350\r\n01:18:45,020 --> 01:18:45,921\r\nDEPARTMENTS, NOT JUST THE \r\n\r\n2351\r\n01:18:45,921 --> 01:18:46,721\r\nLIBRARY, BUT ALL CITY \r\n\r\n2352\r\n01:18:46,721 --> 01:18:47,622\r\nDEPARTMENTS WHO BENEFIT FROM THE\r\n\r\n2353\r\n01:18:47,622 --> 01:18:48,557\r\nAWARD-WINNING SEATTLE CHANNEL TO\r\n\r\n2354\r\n01:18:48,557 --> 01:18:49,491\r\nSTART PAYING FOR THE SERVICES \r\n\r\n2355\r\n01:18:49,491 --> 01:18:50,525\r\nTHAT THEY RECEIVE. COLLEAGUES, I\r\n\r\n2356\r\n01:18:50,525 --> 01:18:51,760\r\nHOPE TO EARN YOUR SUPPORT IN \r\n\r\n2357\r\n01:18:51,760 --> 01:18:52,594\r\nTURNING AN EXCLUDABLE RIVALROUS \r\n\r\n2358\r\n01:18:52,594 --> 01:18:53,395\r\nGOOD INTO EIGHT NON-EXCLUDABLE \r\n\r\n2359\r\n01:18:53,395 --> 01:18:55,297\r\nNON-RIVALROUS GOOD AND HELP \r\n\r\n2360\r\n01:18:55,297 --> 01:19:00,802\r\nSTART PAYING SEATTLE CHANNEL'S \r\n\r\n2361\r\n01:19:00,802 --> 01:19:02,404\r\n, HELP PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE FOR \r\n\r\n2362\r\n01:19:02,404 --> 01:19:03,438\r\nTHESE AT SEATTLE CHANNEL. THANK \r\n\r\n2363\r\n01:19:03,438 --> 01:19:03,905\r\nYOU. \r\n\r\n2364\r\n01:19:03,905 --> 01:19:04,539\r\n>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER \r\n\r\n2365\r\n01:19:04,539 --> 01:19:06,007\r\nSTRAUSS. ANY QUESTIONS OR \r\n\r\n2366\r\n01:19:06,007 --> 01:19:09,344\r\nCOMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, THEN I HAVE\r\n\r\n2367\r\n01:19:09,344 --> 01:19:19,788\r\nA COUPLE OF COMMENTS. SO, \r\n\r\n2368\r\n01:19:22,657 --> 01:19:23,558\r\nCOUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, I THINK \r\n\r\n2369\r\n01:19:23,558 --> 01:19:24,926\r\nWE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO AGREE TO\r\n\r\n2370\r\n01:19:24,926 --> 01:19:26,261\r\nDISAGREE HERE. BUT WE GET AN \r\n\r\n2371\r\n01:19:26,261 --> 01:19:27,095\r\nECONOMIC FORECAST THREE TIMES \r\n\r\n2372\r\n01:19:27,095 --> 01:19:28,063\r\nPER YEAR. APRIL, AUGUST AND \r\n\r\n2373\r\n01:19:28,063 --> 01:19:28,930\r\nNOVEMBER. THEY ARE PROJECTIONS. \r\n\r\n2374\r\n01:19:28,930 --> 01:19:30,398\r\nFROM OUR FINANCE OFFICE. ON HOW \r\n\r\n2375\r\n01:19:30,398 --> 01:19:32,000\r\nTHE ECONOMY IS DOING AND HOW ALL\r\n\r\n2376\r\n01:19:32,000 --> 01:19:33,301\r\nOF OUR FISCAL DECISIONS ARE \r\n\r\n2377\r\n01:19:33,301 --> 01:19:34,803\r\nDOING. AND THAT IS WHERE WE GET \r\n\r\n2378\r\n01:19:34,803 --> 01:19:37,439\r\nALL OF THIS INFORMATION ABOUT \r\n\r\n2379\r\n01:19:37,439 --> 01:19:39,608\r\nTHE LEVY CAPS. SO WHEN YOU CALL \r\n\r\n2380\r\n01:19:39,608 --> 01:19:42,244\r\nIT SPECULATION, GOVERNMENTS RELY\r\n\r\n2381\r\n01:19:42,244 --> 01:19:43,512\r\nON THESE ECONOMIC FORECASTS \r\n\r\n2382\r\n01:19:43,512 --> 01:19:45,313\r\nWHICH TO MAKE BUDGET DECISIONS \r\n\r\n2383\r\n01:19:45,313 --> 01:19:50,619\r\nINCLUDING LEVY DECISIONS. SO, \r\n\r\n2384\r\n01:19:50,619 --> 01:19:56,124\r\nTHESE ARE NOT DONE WILLY-NILLY. \r\n\r\n2385\r\n01:19:56,124 --> 01:19:57,926\r\nTHEY ARE EXPERTS WHO COME UP \r\n\r\n2386\r\n01:19:57,926 --> 01:19:59,127\r\nWITH THIS ECONOMIC FORECAST THAT\r\n\r\n2387\r\n01:19:59,127 --> 01:20:02,197\r\nWE RELY ON EVERY YEAR WHEN WE DO\r\n\r\n2388\r\n01:20:02,197 --> 01:20:05,133\r\nTHE BUDGET AND ALSO WHEN WE ARE \r\n\r\n2389\r\n01:20:05,133 --> 01:20:13,508\r\nDOING CONSIDERING PUTTING LEVIES\r\n\r\n2390\r\n01:20:13,508 --> 01:20:15,343\r\nON THE BALLOT. SO I JUST WANT TO\r\n\r\n2391\r\n01:20:15,343 --> 01:20:16,545\r\nMAKE IT VERY CLEAR TO THE \r\n\r\n2392\r\n01:20:16,545 --> 01:20:17,546\r\nPUBLIC, WHO MIGHT BE HEARING \r\n\r\n2393\r\n01:20:17,546 --> 01:20:18,446\r\nTHAT THESE ARE NOT JUST \r\n\r\n2394\r\n01:20:18,446 --> 01:20:19,447\r\nSPECULATIONS OF NOWHERE, THIS IS\r\n\r\n2395\r\n01:20:19,447 --> 01:20:20,715\r\nACTUALLY AN ECONOMIC FORECAST IT\r\n\r\n2396\r\n01:20:20,715 --> 01:20:22,017\r\nWE GET THREE TIMES PER YEAR FROM\r\n\r\n2397\r\n01:20:22,017 --> 01:20:23,018\r\nOUR FINANCE OFFICE. GIVE THE \r\n\r\n2398\r\n01:20:23,018 --> 01:20:24,419\r\nTHING I WILL SAY IS THAT, WHAT \r\n\r\n2399\r\n01:20:24,419 --> 01:20:28,690\r\nWE KNOW TODAY IS THAT WE HAVE AT\r\n\r\n2400\r\n01:20:28,690 --> 01:20:30,125\r\nLEAST 150 WILLIAM MILLER BUDGET \r\n\r\n2401\r\n01:20:30,125 --> 01:20:31,927\r\nDEFICIT THAT WE ARE GOING TO \r\n\r\n2402\r\n01:20:31,927 --> 01:20:34,596\r\nHAVE TO MANAGE LATER THIS YEAR. \r\n\r\n2403\r\n01:20:34,596 --> 01:20:41,303\r\nAND I WILL SAY THAT THE 3% IS A \r\n\r\n2404\r\n01:20:41,303 --> 01:20:42,404\r\nPRUDENT FACTOR, IT IS BASED ON \r\n\r\n2405\r\n01:20:42,404 --> 01:20:43,872\r\nPAST PERFORMANCE ON HOW PROPERTY\r\n\r\n2406\r\n01:20:43,872 --> 01:20:46,074\r\nVALUES , ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY \r\n\r\n2407\r\n01:20:46,074 --> 01:20:51,980\r\nVALUES . WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF\r\n\r\n2408\r\n01:20:51,980 --> 01:20:53,315\r\nA WAR, SO IT IS VERY POSSIBLE \r\n\r\n2409\r\n01:20:53,315 --> 01:20:54,516\r\nTHAT NEXT YEAR THE ASSESSMENT \r\n\r\n2410\r\n01:20:54,516 --> 01:20:55,550\r\nWILL GO DOWN. SO WHILE I \r\n\r\n2411\r\n01:20:55,550 --> 01:20:56,818\r\nAPPRECIATE YOUR PASSION FOR THE \r\n\r\n2412\r\n01:20:56,818 --> 01:20:58,119\r\nLIBRARY AND I HAVE EQUAL \r\n\r\n2413\r\n01:20:58,119 --> 01:21:00,021\r\nPASSION, I ALSO HAVE TO RELY ON \r\n\r\n2414\r\n01:21:00,021 --> 01:21:02,090\r\nTHE EXPERT ADVICE WE ARE GETTING\r\n\r\n2415\r\n01:21:02,090 --> 01:21:11,233\r\nFROM OUR FINANCE ADVISORS AND \r\n\r\n2416\r\n01:21:11,233 --> 01:21:12,067\r\nTHESE ECONOMIC FORECASTS WHICH \r\n\r\n2417\r\n01:21:12,067 --> 01:21:13,201\r\nARE AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR I \r\n\r\n2418\r\n01:21:13,201 --> 01:21:13,902\r\nBELIEVE THEY ARE AVAILABLE \r\n\r\n2419\r\n01:21:13,902 --> 01:21:15,403\r\nONLINE FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE. ON\r\n\r\n2420\r\n01:21:15,403 --> 01:21:16,471\r\nWHAT OUR FINANCIAL PICTURE TRULY\r\n\r\n2421\r\n01:21:16,471 --> 01:21:21,610\r\nIS. AND SO, THIS LEVY CAP ISSUE \r\n\r\n2422\r\n01:21:21,610 --> 01:21:23,245\r\nIS VERY REAL. AND YOU ARE \r\n\r\n2423\r\n01:21:23,245 --> 01:21:25,113\r\nCORRECT, WE MIGHT BE IN A \r\n\r\n2424\r\n01:21:25,113 --> 01:21:29,718\r\nSITUATION WHERE WHATEVER WE PASS\r\n\r\n2425\r\n01:21:29,718 --> 01:21:31,620\r\nTODAY IN TERMS OF A LIBRARY \r\n\r\n2426\r\n01:21:31,620 --> 01:21:33,221\r\nLEVY, WE MIGHT BE BUTTING UP \r\n\r\n2427\r\n01:21:33,221 --> 01:21:34,222\r\nAGAINST THE CAP FASTER IF \r\n\r\n2428\r\n01:21:34,222 --> 01:21:41,329\r\nASSESSED VALUES GO DOWN. WHICH \r\n\r\n2429\r\n01:21:41,329 --> 01:21:42,631\r\nVERY WELL COULD BE, AGAIN, GIVEN\r\n\r\n2430\r\n01:21:42,631 --> 01:21:44,499\r\nWE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A WAR. I\r\n\r\n2431\r\n01:21:44,499 --> 01:21:46,034\r\nSAY THAT ALL TO SAY THAT AS MUCH\r\n\r\n2432\r\n01:21:46,034 --> 01:21:48,603\r\nAS WE LOVE OUR LIBRARIES , SURE,\r\n\r\n2433\r\n01:21:48,603 --> 01:21:49,304\r\nWE CAN MAKE DECISIONS TODAY AND \r\n\r\n2434\r\n01:21:49,304 --> 01:21:50,438\r\nTHAT IS PERFECTLY FINE, AND \r\n\r\n2435\r\n01:21:50,438 --> 01:21:52,140\r\nWITHIN OUR RIGHT. BUT I DO WANT \r\n\r\n2436\r\n01:21:52,140 --> 01:21:54,342\r\nTO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BEING \r\n\r\n2437\r\n01:21:54,342 --> 01:21:56,011\r\nVERY CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT WITH \r\n\r\n2438\r\n01:21:56,011 --> 01:21:57,145\r\nTHE PUBLIC. AND I DON'T WANT TO\r\n\r\n2439\r\n01:21:57,145 --> 01:22:05,053\r\nMINIMIZE THE ADVICE THAT WE GET \r\n\r\n2440\r\n01:22:05,053 --> 01:22:06,121\r\nFROM THESE ECONOMIC FORECASTS. \r\n\r\n2441\r\n01:22:06,121 --> 01:22:07,922\r\nBECAUSE WE RELY ON THEM NOT JUST\r\n\r\n2442\r\n01:22:07,922 --> 01:22:08,556\r\nFOR THIS TODAY, BEFORE OUR \r\n\r\n2443\r\n01:22:08,556 --> 01:22:09,925\r\nBUDGET IN GENERAL. I THINK THOSE\r\n\r\n2444\r\n01:22:09,925 --> 01:22:12,127\r\nOF US, NOT JUST US HERE ON THE D\r\n\r\n2445\r\n01:22:12,127 --> 01:22:13,495\r\nIS, THERE ARE MANY FOLKS WHO \r\n\r\n2446\r\n01:22:13,495 --> 01:22:14,329\r\nALSO RELY ON ECONOMIC FORECASTS \r\n\r\n2447\r\n01:22:14,329 --> 01:22:15,930\r\nWHEN THEY ARE DOING FORECASTS. \r\n\r\n2448\r\n01:22:15,930 --> 01:22:17,499\r\nALL CITIES THIS. IT'S NOT \r\n\r\n2449\r\n01:22:17,499 --> 01:22:23,638\r\nSOMETHING WE ARE JUST DOING. \r\n\r\n2450\r\n01:22:23,638 --> 01:22:25,740\r\nTHINGS ARE NOT LOOKING GOOD AND \r\n\r\n2451\r\n01:22:25,740 --> 01:22:26,408\r\nTHEY HAVEN'T BEEN LOOKING GOOD \r\n\r\n2452\r\n01:22:26,408 --> 01:22:27,342\r\nFOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE FOR \r\n\r\n2453\r\n01:22:27,342 --> 01:22:28,610\r\nQUITE SOME TIME. WE ARE IN A \r\n\r\n2454\r\n01:22:28,610 --> 01:22:34,115\r\nCONSTANT BUDGET DEFICIT. AND \r\n\r\n2455\r\n01:22:34,115 --> 01:22:35,750\r\nTHERE WILL BE NEEDS LATER ON. WE\r\n\r\n2456\r\n01:22:35,750 --> 01:22:37,319\r\nDO HAVE -- WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE \r\n\r\n2457\r\n01:22:37,319 --> 01:22:38,653\r\nOF A HOUSING CRISIS. WE WILL, IN\r\n\r\n2458\r\n01:22:38,653 --> 01:22:39,921\r\n2030, HAVE A HOUSING LEVY. WHAT \r\n\r\n2459\r\n01:22:39,921 --> 01:22:41,323\r\nWILL BE LEFT FROM THE LEVY CAP \r\n\r\n2460\r\n01:22:41,323 --> 01:22:42,924\r\nTO GIVE TOWARDS THAT? I AM \r\n\r\n2461\r\n01:22:42,924 --> 01:22:47,329\r\nLOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING HOW \r\n\r\n2462\r\n01:22:47,329 --> 01:22:48,630\r\nWE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH THE \r\n\r\n2463\r\n01:22:48,630 --> 01:22:49,664\r\nBUDGET DEFICIT IN THE FALL. \r\n\r\n2464\r\n01:22:49,664 --> 01:22:50,932\r\nBECAUSE THERE IS A DEFICIT. SO \r\n\r\n2465\r\n01:22:50,932 --> 01:22:53,335\r\nARE WE GOING TO TURN TO MORE \r\n\r\n2466\r\n01:22:53,335 --> 01:22:54,436\r\nTAXING, PROPERTY TAXES? SEATTLE \r\n\r\n2467\r\n01:22:54,436 --> 01:22:55,637\r\nIS ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE \r\n\r\n2468\r\n01:22:55,637 --> 01:22:57,172\r\nCITIES IN THE COUNTRY. AND OUR \r\n\r\n2469\r\n01:22:57,172 --> 01:22:58,974\r\nFOLKS ARE FEELING THE HEAT OF \r\n\r\n2470\r\n01:22:58,974 --> 01:23:03,712\r\nTHAT. SO, THIS IS ALL REALLY \r\n\r\n2471\r\n01:23:03,712 --> 01:23:10,518\r\nIMPORTANT, AND AGAIN, THIS IS \r\n\r\n2472\r\n01:23:10,518 --> 01:23:11,453\r\nNOT WHO LOVES THE LIBRARIES \r\n\r\n2473\r\n01:23:11,453 --> 01:23:12,921\r\nMORE. AND WILL HAVE TO MAKE HER \r\n\r\n2474\r\n01:23:12,921 --> 01:23:14,422\r\nOWN DECISIONS. BUT WE DO NEED TO\r\n\r\n2475\r\n01:23:14,422 --> 01:23:15,523\r\nBE TRANSPARENT. AND WE CANNOT \r\n\r\n2476\r\n01:23:15,523 --> 01:23:16,758\r\nPAINT A FISCAL PICTURE THAT IS \r\n\r\n2477\r\n01:23:16,758 --> 01:23:17,859\r\nBETTER THAN WHAT IT REALLY IS. \r\n\r\n2478\r\n01:23:17,859 --> 01:23:19,728\r\nWE HAVE TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS \r\n\r\n2479\r\n01:23:19,728 --> 01:23:21,563\r\nWITH EYES WIDE OPEN. IF WE \r\n\r\n2480\r\n01:23:21,563 --> 01:23:22,831\r\nDECIDE THIS IS WHERE WE WANT TO \r\n\r\n2481\r\n01:23:22,831 --> 01:23:25,133\r\nPUT OUR MONEY, THAT IS OUR \r\n\r\n2482\r\n01:23:25,133 --> 01:23:26,101\r\nDECISION. AND ULTIMATELY IT IS \r\n\r\n2483\r\n01:23:26,101 --> 01:23:29,838\r\nTHE VOTERS WHO WILL VOTE . BUT \r\n\r\n2484\r\n01:23:29,838 --> 01:23:31,006\r\nWE NEED TO BE TRANSPARENT AND \r\n\r\n2485\r\n01:23:31,006 --> 01:23:31,740\r\nHONEST ABOUT THAT FINANCIAL \r\n\r\n2486\r\n01:23:31,740 --> 01:23:35,477\r\nSITUATION THAT WE ARE IN. SO, \r\n\r\n2487\r\n01:23:35,477 --> 01:23:36,644\r\nTHANK YOU, AND UNLESS THERE ANY \r\n\r\n2488\r\n01:23:36,644 --> 01:23:38,446\r\nCOMMENTS OR QUESTIONS WE WILL GO\r\n\r\n2489\r\n01:23:38,446 --> 01:23:41,850\r\nTO ABOUT. VOTE. \r\n\r\n2490\r\n01:23:41,850 --> 01:23:42,384\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. \r\n\r\n2491\r\n01:23:42,384 --> 01:23:43,618\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n2492\r\n01:23:43,618 --> 01:23:44,152\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. \r\n\r\n2493\r\n01:23:44,152 --> 01:23:45,320\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n2494\r\n01:23:45,320 --> 01:23:45,854\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. \r\n\r\n2495\r\n01:23:45,854 --> 01:23:47,122\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n2496\r\n01:23:47,122 --> 01:23:47,622\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER LIN. \r\n\r\n2497\r\n01:23:47,622 --> 01:23:48,723\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n2498\r\n01:23:48,723 --> 01:23:49,224\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. \r\n\r\n2499\r\n01:23:49,224 --> 01:23:50,825\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n2500\r\n01:23:50,825 --> 01:23:51,426\r\n>> VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH. \r\n\r\n2501\r\n01:23:51,426 --> 01:23:52,827\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n2502\r\n01:23:52,827 --> 01:23:54,229\r\n>> CHAIR RIVERA. \r\n\r\n2503\r\n01:23:54,229 --> 01:24:01,770\r\n>> NO. \r\n\r\n2504\r\n01:24:01,770 --> 01:24:03,171\r\n>> SIX IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED.\r\n\r\n2505\r\n01:24:03,171 --> 01:24:04,506\r\n>> MOTION CARRIES. AMENDMENT \r\n\r\n2506\r\n01:24:04,506 --> 01:24:06,007\r\nEIGHT IS ADOPTED. WE GO TO \r\n\r\n2507\r\n01:24:06,007 --> 01:24:06,708\r\nAMENDMENT NINE. COUNCILMEMBER \r\n\r\n2508\r\n01:24:06,708 --> 01:24:09,544\r\nSTRAUSS, YOUR RECOGNIZED . \r\n\r\n2509\r\n01:24:09,544 --> 01:24:10,812\r\n>> THANK YOU. I MOVE AMENDMENT \r\n\r\n2510\r\n01:24:10,812 --> 01:24:16,785\r\n92 CANCEL BILL 121181. \r\n\r\n2511\r\n01:24:16,785 --> 01:24:17,252\r\n>> SECOND. \r\n\r\n2512\r\n01:24:17,252 --> 01:24:18,453\r\n>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND \r\n\r\n2513\r\n01:24:18,453 --> 01:24:24,426\r\nSECONDED TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL \r\n\r\n2514\r\n01:24:24,426 --> 01:24:25,927\r\n121181 IS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT\r\n\r\n2515\r\n01:24:25,927 --> 01:24:26,594\r\nNINE. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, THE\r\n\r\n2516\r\n01:24:26,594 --> 01:24:27,328\r\nSPONSOR OF THIS AMENDMENT, YOUR \r\n\r\n2517\r\n01:24:27,328 --> 01:24:28,930\r\nRECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO ADDRESS \r\n\r\n2518\r\n01:24:28,930 --> 01:24:29,731\r\nIT. ACTUALLY, COUNCILMEMBER \r\n\r\n2519\r\n01:24:29,731 --> 01:24:30,732\r\nSTRAUSS, ERIC, CAN YOU PLEASE \r\n\r\n2520\r\n01:24:30,732 --> 01:24:33,935\r\nBRIEF US FIRST. \r\n\r\n2521\r\n01:24:33,935 --> 01:24:35,036\r\n>> AMENDMENT I WOULD COMMUNICATE\r\n\r\n2522\r\n01:24:35,036 --> 01:24:41,142\r\nCOUNCIL'S INTENTION A PORTION \r\n\r\n2523\r\n01:24:41,142 --> 01:24:42,410\r\nOF THE LEVY FUNDING AMOUNT AS \r\n\r\n2524\r\n01:24:42,410 --> 01:24:43,545\r\nTRANSMITTED BY THE MAYOR AND \r\n\r\n2525\r\n01:24:43,545 --> 01:24:45,146\r\nINCREASE BY $8.2 MILLION THAT \r\n\r\n2526\r\n01:24:45,146 --> 01:24:45,880\r\nCOUNCIL SHOULD BE AUTHORIZED FOR\r\n\r\n2527\r\n01:24:45,880 --> 01:24:46,948\r\nINVESTMENTS TO SUPPORT \r\n\r\n2528\r\n01:24:46,948 --> 01:24:49,617\r\nMAINTENANCE, BY IMPROVING \r\n\r\n2529\r\n01:24:49,617 --> 01:24:50,351\r\nPHYSICAL ACCESSIBILITY UNDER THE\r\n\r\n2530\r\n01:24:50,351 --> 01:24:52,187\r\nAMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT \r\n\r\n2531\r\n01:24:52,187 --> 01:24:53,555\r\nAND BY REPAIRING OR REPLACING \r\n\r\n2532\r\n01:24:53,555 --> 01:24:57,125\r\nELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS. \r\n\r\n2533\r\n01:24:57,125 --> 01:24:58,426\r\n>> THANK YOU, ERIC. NOW, \r\n\r\n2534\r\n01:24:58,426 --> 01:24:59,060\r\nCOUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, SPONSOR \r\n\r\n2535\r\n01:24:59,060 --> 01:24:59,828\r\nYOUR RECOGNIZED ADDRESS YOUR \r\n\r\n2536\r\n01:24:59,828 --> 01:25:00,161\r\nAMENDMENT. \r\n\r\n2537\r\n01:25:00,161 --> 01:25:06,768\r\n>> THANK YOU. JUST TO CONTINUE \r\n\r\n2538\r\n01:25:06,768 --> 01:25:07,936\r\nTHE CONVERSATION, WE ARE IN THIS\r\n\r\n2539\r\n01:25:07,936 --> 01:25:09,104\r\nMOMENT WHERE WE ARE HAVING TO \r\n\r\n2540\r\n01:25:09,104 --> 01:25:17,412\r\nREDUCE THIS LIBRARY LEVY IS OF \r\n\r\n2541\r\n01:25:17,412 --> 01:25:18,213\r\nWASHINGTON STATE TAX CODE. \r\n\r\n2542\r\n01:25:18,213 --> 01:25:19,414\r\nUNDERSTANDING THAT WE DO HAVE A \r\n\r\n2543\r\n01:25:19,414 --> 01:25:20,315\r\nSTRUCTURAL BUDGET DEFICIT THAT \r\n\r\n2544\r\n01:25:20,315 --> 01:25:22,117\r\nTOOK 10 YEARS TO CREATE, AND WE \r\n\r\n2545\r\n01:25:22,117 --> 01:25:22,784\r\nARE TAKING A MULTIYEAR APPROACH,\r\n\r\n2546\r\n01:25:22,784 --> 01:25:24,018\r\nGRANTED THEY'RE GOING TO BE HER\r\n\r\n2547\r\n01:25:24,018 --> 01:25:25,053\r\nDECISIONS IS HERE. THAT WE \r\n\r\n2548\r\n01:25:25,053 --> 01:25:26,121\r\nCAN'T INCREASE PROPERTY TAX \r\n\r\n2549\r\n01:25:26,121 --> 01:25:29,524\r\nAGAIN BECAUSE OF THE UPSIDE ON \r\n\r\n2550\r\n01:25:29,524 --> 01:25:40,068\r\nTAX CODE OF THE STATE WHICH IS \r\n\r\n2551\r\n01:25:41,336 --> 01:25:42,303\r\nBOXING US INTO THIS ENTIRE \r\n\r\n2552\r\n01:25:42,303 --> 01:25:43,605\r\nSITUATION. AND SO, ECONOMIC \r\n\r\n2553\r\n01:25:43,605 --> 01:25:44,606\r\nFORECASTS DO INFORM OUR ANNUAL \r\n\r\n2554\r\n01:25:44,606 --> 01:25:45,106\r\nAND BIANNUAL BUDGETING \r\n\r\n2555\r\n01:25:45,106 --> 01:25:45,807\r\nPROCESSES. BUT, WE ARE WORKING \r\n\r\n2556\r\n01:25:45,807 --> 01:25:52,146\r\nON A MULTIYEAR LEVY AND THAT IS \r\n\r\n2557\r\n01:25:52,146 --> 01:25:52,981\r\nWHERE I THINK WE HAVE A \r\n\r\n2558\r\n01:25:52,981 --> 01:25:53,815\r\nDIFFERENCE OF OPINION, CHAIR, \r\n\r\n2559\r\n01:25:53,815 --> 01:25:55,049\r\nFOR ME, THAT WE ARE SPECULATING.\r\n\r\n2560\r\n01:25:55,049 --> 01:25:56,050\r\nWE ARE RECEIVING FORECASTS FOR \r\n\r\n2561\r\n01:25:56,050 --> 01:26:00,054\r\nTHIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR BUT IT \r\n\r\n2562\r\n01:26:00,054 --> 01:26:00,622\r\nIS HARD, OUR OFFICE IS NOT \r\n\r\n2563\r\n01:26:00,622 --> 01:26:01,356\r\nPROVIDING A DECADE-LONG \r\n\r\n2564\r\n01:26:01,356 --> 01:26:01,956\r\nFORECAST. THAT IS WHERE I AM \r\n\r\n2565\r\n01:26:01,956 --> 01:26:03,324\r\nSAYING WE ARE SPECULATION. BACK \r\n\r\n2566\r\n01:26:03,324 --> 01:26:08,730\r\nTO THIS AMENDMENT RIGHT HERE, \r\n\r\n2567\r\n01:26:08,730 --> 01:26:09,364\r\nCHRISTIANA, YOU TOOK MY TALKING \r\n\r\n2568\r\n01:26:09,364 --> 01:26:10,632\r\nPOINTS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU \r\n\r\n2569\r\n01:26:10,632 --> 01:26:11,266\r\nWERE READING OFF OF MY SHEET, \r\n\r\n2570\r\n01:26:11,266 --> 01:26:15,670\r\nBUT THE NUMBER OF TIMES I HAD \r\n\r\n2571\r\n01:26:15,670 --> 01:26:16,271\r\nGONE TO THE GREENWOOD PUBLIC \r\n\r\n2572\r\n01:26:16,271 --> 01:26:18,640\r\nLIBRARY AND THE ELEVATOR HAS \r\n\r\n2573\r\n01:26:18,640 --> 01:26:19,240\r\nBEEN BROKEN, I THOUGHT IT WAS \r\n\r\n2574\r\n01:26:19,240 --> 01:26:19,774\r\nBROKEN THE ENTIRE TIME IN \r\n\r\n2575\r\n01:26:19,774 --> 01:26:20,408\r\nBETWEEN MY VISITS BUT APPARENTLY\r\n\r\n2576\r\n01:26:20,408 --> 01:26:26,147\r\nIT HAS BEEN FIXED. I USE THIS \r\n\r\n2577\r\n01:26:26,147 --> 01:26:26,714\r\nEXAMPLE REALLY IMPORTANTLY \r\n\r\n2578\r\n01:26:26,714 --> 01:26:28,249\r\nBECAUSE THE GREENWOOD PUBLIC \r\n\r\n2579\r\n01:26:28,249 --> 01:26:28,850\r\nLIBRARY, THE GREENWOOD RANCH \r\n\r\n2580\r\n01:26:28,850 --> 01:26:29,484\r\nPUBLIC LIBRARY IS ON GREENWOOD \r\n\r\n2581\r\n01:26:29,484 --> 01:26:31,786\r\nAVENUE WHICH IS QUITE BUSY. AND \r\n\r\n2582\r\n01:26:31,786 --> 01:26:34,756\r\nPARKING IS NOT REALLY EASY AT \r\n\r\n2583\r\n01:26:34,756 --> 01:26:38,359\r\nTHE FRONT DOOR. AND SO, IF YOU \r\n\r\n2584\r\n01:26:38,359 --> 01:26:40,228\r\nHAVE A DIFFERENT ABILITY AND YOU\r\n\r\n2585\r\n01:26:40,228 --> 01:26:45,833\r\nNEED TO USE ASSISTANCE TO GET IN\r\n\r\n2586\r\n01:26:45,833 --> 01:26:47,001\r\nTHE DOOR, WHETHER IT IS YOU HAVE\r\n\r\n2587\r\n01:26:47,001 --> 01:26:49,604\r\nA SPRAINED ANKLE OR YOU HAVE A \r\n\r\n2588\r\n01:26:49,604 --> 01:26:56,311\r\nLIFELONG ABILITY , YOU HAVE TO \r\n\r\n2589\r\n01:26:56,311 --> 01:26:57,979\r\nUSE THE ELEVATOR. THERE IS NO \r\n\r\n2590\r\n01:26:57,979 --> 01:26:59,147\r\nOTHER WAY INTO THE BUILDING. AND\r\n\r\n2591\r\n01:26:59,147 --> 01:27:07,355\r\nIF THE ELEVATOR IS NOT WORKING, \r\n\r\n2592\r\n01:27:07,355 --> 01:27:08,656\r\nTHEN YOU CAN'T GET INSIDE. YOU \r\n\r\n2593\r\n01:27:08,656 --> 01:27:09,857\r\nCAN'T ACCESS ALL OF THE BOOKS \r\n\r\n2594\r\n01:27:09,857 --> 01:27:11,359\r\nWE ARE TALKING ABOUT. I MADE THE\r\n\r\n2595\r\n01:27:11,359 --> 01:27:12,627\r\nJOKE LAST TIME, AND IT IS \r\n\r\n2596\r\n01:27:12,627 --> 01:27:13,761\r\nSERIOUS, THAT THE ONLY WAY INTO \r\n\r\n2597\r\n01:27:13,761 --> 01:27:14,929\r\nTHE LIBRARY IS OVER THE \r\n\r\n2598\r\n01:27:14,929 --> 01:27:16,064\r\nINTERNET, AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE\r\n\r\n2599\r\n01:27:16,064 --> 01:27:18,800\r\nTHE INTERNET YOU HAVE TO GO TO \r\n\r\n2600\r\n01:27:18,800 --> 01:27:21,736\r\nTHE LIBRARY TO GET YOUR HOTSPOT.\r\n\r\n2601\r\n01:27:21,736 --> 01:27:22,804\r\nRIGHT? AND SO WITHOUT THE \r\n\r\n2602\r\n01:27:22,804 --> 01:27:24,305\r\nABILITY TO GET IN OUR DOORS, WE \r\n\r\n2603\r\n01:27:24,305 --> 01:27:31,913\r\nARE NOT PROVIDING THE SERVICE \r\n\r\n2604\r\n01:27:31,913 --> 01:27:32,914\r\nTHAT SEATTLEITES DESERVE. THIS \r\n\r\n2605\r\n01:27:32,914 --> 01:27:34,015\r\nIS ANOTHER BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT\r\n\r\n2606\r\n01:27:34,015 --> 01:27:34,616\r\nIF WE WERE TRULY RIGHTSIZING \r\n\r\n2607\r\n01:27:34,616 --> 01:27:36,217\r\nWHAT THE NEEDS ARE FOR A PUBLIC \r\n\r\n2608\r\n01:27:36,217 --> 01:27:37,018\r\nLIBRARY SYSTEM, IT WOULD BE \r\n\r\n2609\r\n01:27:37,018 --> 01:27:38,720\r\nTENFOLD WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US \r\n\r\n2610\r\n01:27:38,720 --> 01:27:42,624\r\nTODAY. I HOPE TO EARN YOUR \r\n\r\n2611\r\n01:27:42,624 --> 01:27:43,458\r\nSUPPORT, COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU. \r\n\r\n2612\r\n01:27:43,591 --> 01:27:44,325\r\n>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER \r\n\r\n2613\r\n01:27:44,325 --> 01:27:44,926\r\nSTRAUSS. COLLEAGUES, ANY \r\n\r\n2614\r\n01:27:44,926 --> 01:27:45,727\r\nQUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? LET'S \r\n\r\n2615\r\n01:27:45,727 --> 01:27:52,700\r\nTHINK ABOUT. AMENDMENT NINE. [ \r\n\r\n2616\r\n01:27:52,700 --> 01:28:01,309\r\nROLL CALL ] \r\n\r\n2617\r\n01:28:01,309 --> 01:28:02,844\r\n>> SIX IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED.\r\n\r\n2618\r\n01:28:02,844 --> 01:28:04,012\r\n>> MOTION CARRIES AN AMENDMENT \r\n\r\n2619\r\n01:28:04,012 --> 01:28:05,013\r\nNINE IS ADOPTED. COUNCILMEMBER \r\n\r\n2620\r\n01:28:05,013 --> 01:28:06,114\r\nFOSTER, ON BEHALF OF \r\n\r\n2621\r\n01:28:06,114 --> 01:28:07,882\r\nCOUNCILMEMBER SAKA, YOU WILL \r\n\r\n2622\r\n01:28:07,882 --> 01:28:13,121\r\nMOVE -- SORRY, IT'S OUT OF \r\n\r\n2623\r\n01:28:13,121 --> 01:28:14,722\r\nSEQUENCE BECAUSE SOME WERE \r\n\r\n2624\r\n01:28:14,722 --> 01:28:16,024\r\nREMOVED. WE'RE GOING TO 12. \r\n\r\n2625\r\n01:28:16,024 --> 01:28:18,459\r\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, YOU ARE --\r\n\r\n2626\r\n01:28:18,459 --> 01:28:24,866\r\nEXCUSE ME, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER,\r\n\r\n2627\r\n01:28:24,866 --> 01:28:26,034\r\nYOUR RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK ON \r\n\r\n2628\r\n01:28:26,034 --> 01:28:27,235\r\nBEHALF OF AMENDMENT 12 WHICH IS \r\n\r\n2629\r\n01:28:27,235 --> 01:28:28,302\r\nBEING BROUGHT BY COUNCILMEMBER \r\n\r\n2630\r\n01:28:28,302 --> 01:28:28,503\r\nSAKA. \r\n\r\n2631\r\n01:28:28,503 --> 01:28:36,978\r\n>> THANK YOU. I BELIEVE I NEED \r\n\r\n2632\r\n01:28:36,978 --> 01:28:38,112\r\nTO MOVE IT IN. THANK YOU. I \r\n\r\n2633\r\n01:28:38,112 --> 01:28:39,113\r\nWOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT \r\n\r\n2634\r\n01:28:39,113 --> 01:28:40,148\r\nAMENDMENT 12 INTO THE RECORD. \r\n\r\n2635\r\n01:28:40,148 --> 01:28:40,715\r\n>> SECOND. \r\n\r\n2636\r\n01:28:40,715 --> 01:28:42,016\r\n>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND \r\n\r\n2637\r\n01:28:42,016 --> 01:28:43,051\r\nSECONDED TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL \r\n\r\n2638\r\n01:28:43,051 --> 01:28:45,019\r\n121181 IS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT\r\n\r\n2639\r\n01:28:45,019 --> 01:28:47,889\r\n12. ERIC? \r\n\r\n2640\r\n01:28:47,889 --> 01:28:48,723\r\n>> AMENDMENT 12 WOULD \r\n\r\n2641\r\n01:28:48,723 --> 01:28:49,390\r\nCOMMUNICATE COUNCIL'S INTENTION\r\n\r\n2642\r\n01:28:49,390 --> 01:28:50,725\r\nTHAT A PORTION OF THE LIBRARY \r\n\r\n2643\r\n01:28:50,725 --> 01:28:51,359\r\nLEVY FUNDING AMOUNT AS \r\n\r\n2644\r\n01:28:51,359 --> 01:28:52,560\r\nTRANSMITTED BY THE MAYOR SHOULD \r\n\r\n2645\r\n01:28:52,560 --> 01:28:53,561\r\nBE AUTHORIZED FOR INVESTMENTS TO\r\n\r\n2646\r\n01:28:53,561 --> 01:28:55,029\r\nSUPPORT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES BY \r\n\r\n2647\r\n01:28:55,029 --> 01:28:55,630\r\nPROVIDING DIGITAL SCALING \r\n\r\n2648\r\n01:28:55,630 --> 01:28:58,933\r\nPROGRAMS FOR TEENS. OFFERED AT \r\n\r\n2649\r\n01:28:58,933 --> 01:29:00,468\r\nTHE SOUTHPARK AND HIGH POINT \r\n\r\n2650\r\n01:29:00,468 --> 01:29:01,202\r\nBRANCH LIBRARIES. \r\n\r\n2651\r\n01:29:01,202 --> 01:29:09,610\r\n>> THANK YOU, ERIC. \r\n\r\n2652\r\n01:29:09,610 --> 01:29:10,078\r\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. \r\n\r\n2653\r\n01:29:10,078 --> 01:29:11,179\r\n>> THANK YOU, AS THE CHAIR \r\n\r\n2654\r\n01:29:11,179 --> 01:29:12,213\r\nMENTIONED I AM SPEAKING ON \r\n\r\n2655\r\n01:29:12,213 --> 01:29:13,081\r\nBEHALF OF COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. \r\n\r\n2656\r\n01:29:13,081 --> 01:29:23,658\r\nFOR THESE TWO AMENDMENT'S. THIS\r\n\r\n2657\r\n01:29:31,866 --> 01:29:32,600\r\nFIRST AMENDMENT EXTENDS AN \r\n\r\n2658\r\n01:29:32,600 --> 01:29:33,634\r\nEXISTING SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY \r\n\r\n2659\r\n01:29:33,634 --> 01:29:34,335\r\nPROGRAM INTO TWO NEIGHBORHOODS \r\n\r\n2660\r\n01:29:34,335 --> 01:29:35,236\r\nWITH LOWER HOME INTERNET ACCESS.\r\n\r\n2661\r\n01:29:35,236 --> 01:29:36,204\r\nAND FEWER DEVICES COMPARED TO \r\n\r\n2662\r\n01:29:36,204 --> 01:29:37,105\r\nMORE AFFLUENT SEATTLE AREAS. \r\n\r\n2663\r\n01:29:37,105 --> 01:29:38,139\r\nTHESE GAPS LIMIT ACCESS TO \r\n\r\n2664\r\n01:29:38,139 --> 01:29:38,940\r\nESSENTIAL DIGITAL RESOURCES SUCH\r\n\r\n2665\r\n01:29:38,940 --> 01:29:39,807\r\nAS ONLINE LEARNING, JOB \r\n\r\n2666\r\n01:29:39,807 --> 01:29:40,341\r\nAPPLICATIONS, GOVERNMENT \r\n\r\n2667\r\n01:29:40,341 --> 01:29:40,875\r\nSERVICES AND TELEHEALTH. \r\n\r\n2668\r\n01:29:40,875 --> 01:29:41,442\r\nTHEREFORE DIGITAL SKILLS \r\n\r\n2669\r\n01:29:41,442 --> 01:29:42,443\r\nTRAINING IS NEEDED IN THESE \r\n\r\n2670\r\n01:29:42,443 --> 01:29:43,244\r\nCOMMITTEES. THE LEVY ORDINANCE \r\n\r\n2671\r\n01:29:43,244 --> 01:29:44,512\r\nSETS NO LIMITS BY OFFERING OUR \r\n\r\n2672\r\n01:29:44,512 --> 01:29:45,546\r\nCAPITAL OR SPENDING CATEGORY AND\r\n\r\n2673\r\n01:29:45,546 --> 01:29:46,414\r\nTHIS AMENDMENT SIGNALS THE \r\n\r\n2674\r\n01:29:46,414 --> 01:29:47,682\r\nCOUNCIL INTEND THAT PART OF THE \r\n\r\n2675\r\n01:29:47,682 --> 01:29:48,716\r\n$410 MILLION SUPPORT DIGITAL \r\n\r\n2676\r\n01:29:48,716 --> 01:29:49,317\r\nSCALING INITIATIVES. \r\n\r\n2677\r\n01:29:49,317 --> 01:29:50,218\r\n>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER \r\n\r\n2678\r\n01:29:50,218 --> 01:29:50,718\r\nFOSTER. COLLEAGUES, ANY \r\n\r\n2679\r\n01:29:50,718 --> 01:29:54,222\r\nQUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? JUST TO \r\n\r\n2680\r\n01:29:54,222 --> 01:30:01,829\r\nCONFIRM, -- COUNCILMEMBER \r\n\r\n2681\r\n01:30:01,829 --> 01:30:03,164\r\nJUAREZ, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? \r\n\r\n2682\r\n01:30:03,297 --> 01:30:05,867\r\n>> I APOLOGIZE, MY ZOOM JUST CUT\r\n\r\n2683\r\n01:30:05,867 --> 01:30:09,237\r\nOUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT WAS \r\n\r\n2684\r\n01:30:09,237 --> 01:30:15,009\r\nBACK ONLINE. \r\n\r\n2685\r\n01:30:15,009 --> 01:30:16,711\r\n>> WE SEE YOU. AND WE HEAR YOU. \r\n\r\n2686\r\n01:30:16,844 --> 01:30:18,312\r\n>> OKAY, GREAT, THANK YOU, MADAM\r\n\r\n2687\r\n01:30:18,312 --> 01:30:18,546\r\nCHAIR. \r\n\r\n2688\r\n01:30:18,546 --> 01:30:19,313\r\n>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER \r\n\r\n2689\r\n01:30:19,313 --> 01:30:20,214\r\nJUAREZ. ERIC, IN THIS PARTICULAR\r\n\r\n2690\r\n01:30:20,214 --> 01:30:21,215\r\nAMENDMENT AND THE SECOND ONE \r\n\r\n2691\r\n01:30:21,215 --> 01:30:26,220\r\nDON'T HAVE ACTUAL MONEY ADDS. \r\n\r\n2692\r\n01:30:26,220 --> 01:30:27,622\r\nTHEY ARE JUST AN INTENT FOR HOW \r\n\r\n2693\r\n01:30:27,622 --> 01:30:28,923\r\nTO USE THE CURRENT MONEY. EXPECT\r\n\r\n2694\r\n01:30:28,923 --> 01:30:30,057\r\nTHAT IS CORRECT. \r\n\r\n2695\r\n01:30:30,057 --> 01:30:34,629\r\n>> GREAT. AT THE END OF THE DAY \r\n\r\n2696\r\n01:30:34,629 --> 01:30:35,930\r\nI WANT TO CONFIRM THAT NO MATTER\r\n\r\n2697\r\n01:30:35,930 --> 01:30:38,099\r\nWHAT WE INTEND, IS THE LIBRARY \r\n\r\n2698\r\n01:30:38,099 --> 01:30:39,367\r\nBOARD WHO GETS TO DECIDE WHAT TO\r\n\r\n2699\r\n01:30:39,367 --> 01:30:41,269\r\nDO WITH ALL OF THIS MONEY THAT \r\n\r\n2700\r\n01:30:41,269 --> 01:30:42,703\r\nNOW HAVE ADDED VIA THESE \r\n\r\n2701\r\n01:30:42,703 --> 01:30:43,805\r\nAMENDMENTS, CORRECT? \r\n\r\n2702\r\n01:30:43,805 --> 01:30:46,607\r\n>> THAT IS ALSO CORRECT. \r\n\r\n2703\r\n01:30:46,607 --> 01:30:48,376\r\n>> OKAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU \r\n\r\n2704\r\n01:30:48,376 --> 01:30:49,744\r\nFOR CONFIRMING. UNLESS THERE ANY\r\n\r\n2705\r\n01:30:49,744 --> 01:30:53,714\r\nQUESTIONS, AND I DON'T SEE ANY \r\n\r\n2706\r\n01:30:53,714 --> 01:30:55,116\r\nHANDS RAISED. LET'S GO TO \r\n\r\n2707\r\n01:30:55,116 --> 01:31:00,721\r\nABOUT. VOTE. \r\n\r\n2708\r\n01:31:00,721 --> 01:31:01,255\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. \r\n\r\n2709\r\n01:31:01,255 --> 01:31:02,723\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n2710\r\n01:31:02,723 --> 01:31:03,257\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. \r\n\r\n2711\r\n01:31:03,257 --> 01:31:04,025\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n2712\r\n01:31:04,025 --> 01:31:04,559\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. \r\n\r\n2713\r\n01:31:04,559 --> 01:31:05,560\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n2714\r\n01:31:05,560 --> 01:31:06,060\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER LIN. \r\n\r\n2715\r\n01:31:06,060 --> 01:31:07,128\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n2716\r\n01:31:07,128 --> 01:31:07,728\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. \r\n\r\n2717\r\n01:31:07,728 --> 01:31:09,330\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n2718\r\n01:31:09,330 --> 01:31:09,931\r\n>> VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH. \r\n\r\n2719\r\n01:31:09,931 --> 01:31:10,698\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n2720\r\n01:31:10,698 --> 01:31:11,098\r\n>> CHAIR RIVERA. \r\n\r\n2721\r\n01:31:11,098 --> 01:31:15,636\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n2722\r\n01:31:15,636 --> 01:31:16,637\r\n>> THE MOTION CARRIES AN \r\n\r\n2723\r\n01:31:16,637 --> 01:31:18,306\r\nAMENDMENT 12 IS ADOPTED. NOW \r\n\r\n2724\r\n01:31:18,306 --> 01:31:20,208\r\nAMENDMENT 13. ALSO A \r\n\r\n2725\r\n01:31:20,208 --> 01:31:22,210\r\nCOUNCILMEMBER SAKA ADD. \r\n\r\n2726\r\n01:31:22,210 --> 01:31:22,810\r\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, YOUR \r\n\r\n2727\r\n01:31:22,810 --> 01:31:29,617\r\nRECOGNIZED TO MOVE COUNCILMEMBER\r\n\r\n2728\r\n01:31:29,617 --> 01:31:30,518\r\nSAKA'S AMENDMENT NUMBER 13. \r\n\r\n2729\r\n01:31:30,518 --> 01:31:31,853\r\n>> I LIKE TO MOVE AMENDMENT \r\n\r\n2730\r\n01:31:31,853 --> 01:31:33,154\r\nNUMBER 13. DO I HAVE A SECOND? \r\n\r\n2731\r\n01:31:33,154 --> 01:31:33,921\r\n>> SECOND. \r\n\r\n2732\r\n01:31:33,921 --> 01:31:35,723\r\n>> IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO \r\n\r\n2733\r\n01:31:35,723 --> 01:31:36,824\r\nAMEND COUNCIL BILL 121181 IS \r\n\r\n2734\r\n01:31:36,824 --> 01:31:47,368\r\nPRESENTED ON AMENDMENT 13. ERIC?\r\n\r\n2735\r\n01:31:47,935 --> 01:31:48,402\r\n>> AMENDMENT 13 WOULD \r\n\r\n2736\r\n01:31:48,402 --> 01:31:49,070\r\nCOMMUNICATE COUNCIL'S INTENTION\r\n\r\n2737\r\n01:31:49,070 --> 01:31:50,204\r\nTHAT A PORTION OF THE LIBRARY \r\n\r\n2738\r\n01:31:50,204 --> 01:31:51,105\r\nFUNDING AMOUNT AS TRANSMITTED BY\r\n\r\n2739\r\n01:31:51,105 --> 01:31:52,273\r\nTHE MAYOR SHOULD BE AUTHORIZED \r\n\r\n2740\r\n01:31:52,273 --> 01:31:53,474\r\nFOR INVESTMENTS TO SUPPORT HOURS\r\n\r\n2741\r\n01:31:53,474 --> 01:31:54,442\r\nAND ACCESS AND COLLECTIONS BY \r\n\r\n2742\r\n01:31:54,442 --> 01:31:55,243\r\nCONTRACTING WITH THE WASHINGTON \r\n\r\n2743\r\n01:31:55,243 --> 01:31:56,310\r\nSTATE BLACK LEGACY INSTITUTE FOR\r\n\r\n2744\r\n01:31:56,310 --> 01:32:01,315\r\nPROGRAMMING AND LOCAL HISTORY --\r\n\r\n2745\r\n01:32:01,315 --> 01:32:02,216\r\nEXCUSE ME, LOCAL HISTORY \r\n\r\n2746\r\n01:32:02,216 --> 01:32:02,917\r\nCURATION THAT CELEBRATES AND \r\n\r\n2747\r\n01:32:02,917 --> 01:32:08,823\r\nPRESERVES THE RICH HISTORY OF \r\n\r\n2748\r\n01:32:08,823 --> 01:32:09,657\r\nWASHINGTON'S BLACK COMMUNITY \r\n\r\n2749\r\n01:32:09,657 --> 01:32:10,625\r\nAND OFFERS A POWERFUL TRIBUTE TO\r\n\r\n2750\r\n01:32:10,625 --> 01:32:11,425\r\nBLACK RESILIENCE, LEADERSHIP AND\r\n\r\n2751\r\n01:32:11,425 --> 01:32:11,993\r\nCULTURAL CONTRIBUTIONS. \r\n\r\n2752\r\n01:32:11,993 --> 01:32:15,429\r\n>> THANK YOU, ERIC. \r\n\r\n2753\r\n01:32:15,429 --> 01:32:16,063\r\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, YOUR \r\n\r\n2754\r\n01:32:16,063 --> 01:32:17,265\r\nRECOGNIZED TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF\r\n\r\n2755\r\n01:32:17,265 --> 01:32:17,732\r\nCOUNCILMEMBER SAKA. \r\n\r\n2756\r\n01:32:17,732 --> 01:32:27,608\r\n>> THANK YOU. ONCE AGAIN, I AM \r\n\r\n2757\r\n01:32:27,608 --> 01:32:28,509\r\nSHARING WORDS ON BEHALF OF \r\n\r\n2758\r\n01:32:28,509 --> 01:32:29,043\r\nCOUNCILMEMBER SAKA. THIS \r\n\r\n2759\r\n01:32:29,043 --> 01:32:29,810\r\nAMENDMENT FORMALIZES COUNCIL \r\n\r\n2760\r\n01:32:29,810 --> 01:32:30,845\r\nINTEND TO USE LEVY FUNDS TO \r\n\r\n2761\r\n01:32:30,845 --> 01:32:31,746\r\nCONTRACT WITH THE WASHINGTON \r\n\r\n2762\r\n01:32:31,746 --> 01:32:32,747\r\nSTATE BLACK LEGACY INSTITUTE FOR\r\n\r\n2763\r\n01:32:32,747 --> 01:32:33,948\r\nPROGRAMMING. IT WORKS TO CURATE \r\n\r\n2764\r\n01:32:33,948 --> 01:32:35,016\r\nAND DISSEMINATE LEGACY OF BLACK \r\n\r\n2765\r\n01:32:35,016 --> 01:32:35,816\r\nWASHINGTONIANS GROUNDED IN THE \r\n\r\n2766\r\n01:32:35,816 --> 01:32:37,418\r\nBELIEF THAT HONORING THE PAST \r\n\r\n2767\r\n01:32:37,418 --> 01:32:38,252\r\nSTRENGTHENS THE FUTURE. LIKE \r\n\r\n2768\r\n01:32:38,252 --> 01:32:42,924\r\nAMENDMENT 12 IT EXPRESSES THE \r\n\r\n2769\r\n01:32:42,924 --> 01:32:44,125\r\nCOUNCIL INTENT THAT A PORTION OF\r\n\r\n2770\r\n01:32:44,125 --> 01:32:45,393\r\nTHE $410 MILLION BE USED FOR \r\n\r\n2771\r\n01:32:45,393 --> 01:32:46,060\r\nTHIS PURPOSE. \r\n\r\n2772\r\n01:32:46,060 --> 01:32:47,695\r\n>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER \r\n\r\n2773\r\n01:32:47,695 --> 01:32:48,629\r\nFOSTER. COLLEAGUES, ANY \r\n\r\n2774\r\n01:32:48,629 --> 01:32:54,402\r\nQUESTIONS , COUNCIL PRESIDENT \r\n\r\n2775\r\n01:32:54,402 --> 01:32:55,002\r\nHOLLINGSWORTH, YOU ARE \r\n\r\n2776\r\n01:32:55,002 --> 01:32:57,805\r\nRECOGNIZED TO SPEAK. \r\n\r\n2777\r\n01:32:57,805 --> 01:32:59,206\r\n>> NO, NO WORRIES. YOU ARE ALL \r\n\r\n2778\r\n01:32:59,206 --> 01:33:01,442\r\nGOOD. THANK YOU, I KNOW \r\n\r\n2779\r\n01:33:01,442 --> 01:33:03,511\r\nCOUNCILMEMBER SAKA IS NOT HERE. \r\n\r\n2780\r\n01:33:03,511 --> 01:33:05,379\r\nSO THANKING HIM FOR THIS \r\n\r\n2781\r\n01:33:05,379 --> 01:33:14,021\r\nAMENDMENT. LOOK, I AM BLACK, I \r\n\r\n2782\r\n01:33:14,021 --> 01:33:15,122\r\nSUPPORT EVERYTHING. YOU KNOW \r\n\r\n2783\r\n01:33:15,122 --> 01:33:16,157\r\nI'M COMING FROM. BUT THE ONE \r\n\r\n2784\r\n01:33:16,157 --> 01:33:17,425\r\nTHING THAT CONCERNS ME ABOUT \r\n\r\n2785\r\n01:33:17,425 --> 01:33:18,793\r\nTHIS IS CALLING OUT SPECIFICALLY\r\n\r\n2786\r\n01:33:18,793 --> 01:33:20,127\r\nTHE PROVIDER WITH OUR \r\n\r\n2787\r\n01:33:20,127 --> 01:33:24,632\r\nINTENTIONS. , AND YOU KNOW, THAT\r\n\r\n2788\r\n01:33:24,632 --> 01:33:28,603\r\nWAS MY ONLY DISCOMFORT. I WILL \r\n\r\n2789\r\n01:33:28,603 --> 01:33:31,973\r\nBE ABSTAINING FROM THIS. JUST \r\n\r\n2790\r\n01:33:31,973 --> 01:33:35,710\r\nBECAUSE ON THAT PRINCIPLE OF \r\n\r\n2791\r\n01:33:35,710 --> 01:33:38,746\r\nCALLING OUT A SPECIFIC PROVIDER \r\n\r\n2792\r\n01:33:38,746 --> 01:33:40,247\r\nOUTSIDE OF THE LIBRARY LEVY, IF \r\n\r\n2793\r\n01:33:40,247 --> 01:33:42,216\r\nIT WAS A SPECIFIC LIBRARY AND \r\n\r\n2794\r\n01:33:42,216 --> 01:33:47,221\r\nTHAT IS WHO WE WERE TARGETING, \r\n\r\n2795\r\n01:33:47,221 --> 01:33:48,622\r\nOR THAT PIECE, BUT IT'S \r\n\r\n2796\r\n01:33:48,622 --> 01:33:50,257\r\nSOMETHING OUTSIDE OF THE SYSTEM.\r\n\r\n2797\r\n01:33:50,257 --> 01:33:52,226\r\nSO THAT WAS ONE OF MY ONLY \r\n\r\n2798\r\n01:33:52,226 --> 01:33:53,594\r\nCONCERNS. WITH THIS. THANK YOU, \r\n\r\n2799\r\n01:33:53,594 --> 01:33:54,028\r\nCOLLEAGUES. \r\n\r\n2800\r\n01:33:54,028 --> 01:33:58,499\r\n>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER \r\n\r\n2801\r\n01:33:58,499 --> 01:34:04,805\r\nQUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I TOO \r\n\r\n2802\r\n01:34:04,805 --> 01:34:06,140\r\nWILL BE ABSTAINING FROM THIS \r\n\r\n2803\r\n01:34:06,140 --> 01:34:07,508\r\nJUST BECAUSE WE DON'T NORMALLY \r\n\r\n2804\r\n01:34:07,508 --> 01:34:10,144\r\nSELECT A PROVIDER. WE HAVEN'T \r\n\r\n2805\r\n01:34:10,144 --> 01:34:14,115\r\nUSUALLY , WE HAVE AN RFP PROCESS\r\n\r\n2806\r\n01:34:14,115 --> 01:34:17,351\r\nAND I AM NOT FAMILIAR WHY IT'S \r\n\r\n2807\r\n01:34:17,351 --> 01:34:19,820\r\nBEING DONE THIS WAY. BUT, I DO \r\n\r\n2808\r\n01:34:19,820 --> 01:34:21,622\r\nSUPPORT , OBVIOUSLY, THE \r\n\r\n2809\r\n01:34:21,622 --> 01:34:26,661\r\nCURATION ASPECT OF THIS. \r\n\r\n2810\r\n01:34:26,661 --> 01:34:29,230\r\nESPECIALLY FOR BLACK LEGACY. \r\n\r\n2811\r\n01:34:29,230 --> 01:34:33,234\r\nBUT, I WILL ABSTAIN JUST BASED \r\n\r\n2812\r\n01:34:33,234 --> 01:34:37,138\r\nON SIMILAR , SIMILAR POSITION AS\r\n\r\n2813\r\n01:34:37,138 --> 01:34:40,941\r\nCOUNCIL PRESIDENT. ALL RIGHT, \r\n\r\n2814\r\n01:34:40,941 --> 01:34:43,077\r\nLET'S TAKE A VOTE ON AMENDMENT \r\n\r\n2815\r\n01:34:43,077 --> 01:34:46,213\r\n13. \r\n\r\n2816\r\n01:34:46,213 --> 01:34:48,215\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. \r\n\r\n2817\r\n01:34:48,215 --> 01:34:48,749\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. \r\n\r\n2818\r\n01:34:48,749 --> 01:34:48,983\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n2819\r\n01:34:48,983 --> 01:34:49,150\r\n>> \r\n\r\n2820\r\n01:34:49,150 --> 01:34:49,684\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. \r\n\r\n2821\r\n01:34:49,684 --> 01:34:49,950\r\nABSTAIN. \r\n\r\n2822\r\n01:34:49,950 --> 01:34:50,718\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n2823\r\n01:34:50,718 --> 01:34:51,385\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER LIN. \r\n\r\n2824\r\n01:34:51,385 --> 01:34:52,620\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n2825\r\n01:34:52,620 --> 01:34:56,824\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. \r\n\r\n2826\r\n01:34:56,824 --> 01:34:57,124\r\n>> ABSTAIN. \r\n\r\n2827\r\n01:34:57,124 --> 01:35:01,362\r\n>> VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH. \r\n\r\n2828\r\n01:35:01,362 --> 01:35:02,530\r\n>> ABSTAIN. \r\n\r\n2829\r\n01:35:02,530 --> 01:35:06,567\r\n>> CHAIR RIVERA. \r\n\r\n2830\r\n01:35:06,567 --> 01:35:08,636\r\n>> ABSTAIN. \r\n\r\n2831\r\n01:35:08,636 --> 01:35:10,071\r\n>> THREE IN FAVOR, FOUR \r\n\r\n2832\r\n01:35:10,071 --> 01:35:19,013\r\nABSTENTIONS. \r\n\r\n2833\r\n01:35:19,013 --> 01:35:22,416\r\n>> THE AMENDMENT FAILS. \r\n\r\n2834\r\n01:35:22,416 --> 01:35:26,420\r\nAMENDMENT 13 IS NOT ADOPTED. \r\n\r\n2835\r\n01:35:26,420 --> 01:35:26,821\r\nSORRY. \r\n\r\n2836\r\n01:35:26,821 --> 01:35:28,222\r\n>> POINT OF INFORMATION, I \r\n\r\n2837\r\n01:35:28,222 --> 01:35:29,957\r\nBELIEVE THE TWO IN FAVOR AND THE\r\n\r\n2838\r\n01:35:29,957 --> 01:35:34,028\r\nREST ABSTENTION DOES PASS. \r\n\r\n2839\r\n01:35:34,028 --> 01:35:37,031\r\n>> DOES PASS. APOLOGIES. I WAS \r\n\r\n2840\r\n01:35:37,031 --> 01:35:42,303\r\nMISSING MY PLACE ON MY SCRIPT. \r\n\r\n2841\r\n01:35:42,303 --> 01:35:43,704\r\nOKAY, THE MOTION CARRIES ON \r\n\r\n2842\r\n01:35:43,704 --> 01:35:45,573\r\nAMENDMENT 13. IT IS ADOPTED. ALL\r\n\r\n2843\r\n01:35:45,573 --> 01:35:56,083\r\nRIGHT. ONE SECOND. ALL RIGHT. \r\n\r\n2844\r\n01:36:04,492 --> 01:36:05,426\r\nSORRY, COLLEAGUES. MY SCRIPT IS \r\n\r\n2845\r\n01:36:05,426 --> 01:36:06,527\r\nINCOMPLETE. BUT THE AMENDMENT \r\n\r\n2846\r\n01:36:06,527 --> 01:36:09,463\r\nPASSES AND THAT WAS THE LAST \r\n\r\n2847\r\n01:36:09,463 --> 01:36:14,001\r\nAMENDMENT. \r\n\r\n2848\r\n01:36:14,001 --> 01:36:18,506\r\n>> MADAM CHAIR, I'M A BIT \r\n\r\n2849\r\n01:36:18,506 --> 01:36:24,211\r\nCONFUSED FROM THE CLERK. MY \r\n\r\n2850\r\n01:36:24,211 --> 01:36:25,513\r\nCOUNT WAS DIFFERENT. WE HAD FOUR\r\n\r\n2851\r\n01:36:25,513 --> 01:36:28,616\r\nABSTENTIONS AND THREE YESES, \r\n\r\n2852\r\n01:36:28,616 --> 01:36:29,683\r\nWHAT WAS THE COUNT? \r\n\r\n2853\r\n01:36:29,683 --> 01:36:31,252\r\n>> THREE IN FAVOR AND FOUR \r\n\r\n2854\r\n01:36:31,252 --> 01:36:34,221\r\nABSTENTIONS. \r\n\r\n2855\r\n01:36:34,221 --> 01:36:35,523\r\n>> THREE IN FAVOR AND FOUR \r\n\r\n2856\r\n01:36:35,523 --> 01:36:36,023\r\nABSTENTIONS. \r\n\r\n2857\r\n01:36:36,023 --> 01:36:39,226\r\n>> SO, OKAY. I THOUGHT THAT WHEN\r\n\r\n2858\r\n01:36:39,226 --> 01:36:41,028\r\nYOU HAD -- OKAY, WELL. \r\n\r\n2859\r\n01:36:41,028 --> 01:36:46,834\r\n>> YOU KNOW WHAT, COUNCILMEMBER \r\n\r\n2860\r\n01:36:46,834 --> 01:36:48,235\r\nJUAREZ, WE'RE GOING TO DO IS \r\n\r\n2861\r\n01:36:48,235 --> 01:36:49,804\r\nCONFIRM WITH OUR CLERK TO MAKE \r\n\r\n2862\r\n01:36:49,804 --> 01:36:51,572\r\nSURE THAT WE HAVE THAT RIGHT. SO\r\n\r\n2863\r\n01:36:51,572 --> 01:36:53,007\r\nHANG TIGHT, EVERYBODY, FOR A \r\n\r\n2864\r\n01:36:53,007 --> 01:37:03,150\r\nMINUTE. \r\n\r\n2865\r\n01:37:03,717 --> 01:37:09,990\r\n>> THIS IS AMELIA SANCHEZ. JUST \r\n\r\n2866\r\n01:37:09,990 --> 01:37:10,658\r\nPROVIDING CLARIFICATION. THE \r\n\r\n2867\r\n01:37:10,658 --> 01:37:15,729\r\nVOTE WAS FOUR IN FAVOR NONE \r\n\r\n2868\r\n01:37:15,729 --> 01:37:16,764\r\nOPPOSED, SORRY, THREE IN FAVOR, \r\n\r\n2869\r\n01:37:16,764 --> 01:37:17,498\r\nNONE OPPOSED AND FOUR \r\n\r\n2870\r\n01:37:17,498 --> 01:37:18,199\r\nABSTENTIONS. THEREFORE THE \r\n\r\n2871\r\n01:37:18,199 --> 01:37:22,636\r\nMOTION DOES CARRY. THE AMENDMENT\r\n\r\n2872\r\n01:37:22,636 --> 01:37:23,737\r\nIS ADOPTED. ABSTENTIONS DO NOT \r\n\r\n2873\r\n01:37:23,737 --> 01:37:25,306\r\nCOUNT TOWARDS THE TALLY. \r\n\r\n2874\r\n01:37:25,306 --> 01:37:26,540\r\n>> GOT IT. \r\n\r\n2875\r\n01:37:26,540 --> 01:37:29,510\r\n>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I \r\n\r\n2876\r\n01:37:29,510 --> 01:37:30,845\r\nMEAN, MADAME CLERK. \r\n\r\n2877\r\n01:37:30,845 --> 01:37:34,148\r\n>> THANK YOU AMELIA AND \r\n\r\n2878\r\n01:37:34,148 --> 01:37:39,320\r\nCOUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. I HAVE \r\n\r\n2879\r\n01:37:39,320 --> 01:37:40,721\r\nALREADY SAID, THE AMENDMENT IS \r\n\r\n2880\r\n01:37:40,721 --> 01:37:43,023\r\nADOPTED. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT WAS \r\n\r\n2881\r\n01:37:43,023 --> 01:37:48,395\r\nOUR LAST AMENDMENT . THANK YOU, \r\n\r\n2882\r\n01:37:48,395 --> 01:37:49,296\r\nERIC, THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. ALL\r\n\r\n2883\r\n01:37:49,296 --> 01:37:50,931\r\nRIGHT, GIVE ME ONE SECOND TO \r\n\r\n2884\r\n01:37:50,931 --> 01:37:56,503\r\nFIND THE NEXT ONE HERE. \r\n\r\n2885\r\n01:37:56,503 --> 01:37:59,039\r\n>> MADAM CHAIR, ARE YOU GOING TO\r\n\r\n2886\r\n01:37:59,039 --> 01:38:00,708\r\nGIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY AFTER YOU\r\n\r\n2887\r\n01:38:00,708 --> 01:38:05,212\r\nSPEAK -- \r\n\r\n2888\r\n01:38:05,212 --> 01:38:05,646\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n2889\r\n01:38:05,646 --> 01:38:07,014\r\n>> OKAY, JUST CHECKING. \r\n\r\n2890\r\n01:38:07,014 --> 01:38:09,717\r\n>> ONE SECOND. \r\n\r\n2891\r\n01:38:09,717 --> 01:38:11,518\r\n>> THANK YOU, I WANT TO GET MY \r\n\r\n2892\r\n01:38:11,518 --> 01:38:21,895\r\nPAPERS STRAIGHT HERE. \r\n\r\n2893\r\n01:38:34,275 --> 01:38:35,442\r\n>> ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, WE ARE\r\n\r\n2894\r\n01:38:35,442 --> 01:38:36,610\r\nABOUT TO TAKE THE VOTE ON THE \r\n\r\n2895\r\n01:38:36,610 --> 01:38:47,121\r\nFULL BILL AS AMENDED BY THESE \r\n\r\n2896\r\n01:38:50,791 --> 01:38:51,425\r\nAMENDMENTS WE PASSED TODAY. SO, \r\n\r\n2897\r\n01:38:51,425 --> 01:38:52,826\r\nAT THIS POINT, IF ANYONE WOULD \r\n\r\n2898\r\n01:38:52,826 --> 01:38:54,094\r\nLIKE TO MAKE COMMENTS BEFORE WE \r\n\r\n2899\r\n01:38:54,094 --> 01:38:55,296\r\nTAKE THE FINAL VOTE, I WILL GIVE\r\n\r\n2900\r\n01:38:55,296 --> 01:38:56,597\r\nYOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT \r\n\r\n2901\r\n01:38:56,597 --> 01:38:57,998\r\nAND THEN WE WILL TAKE OUR FINAL \r\n\r\n2902\r\n01:38:57,998 --> 01:38:59,233\r\nVOTE ON THE FULL BILL. \r\n\r\n2903\r\n01:38:59,233 --> 01:38:59,934\r\nCOUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, YOUR \r\n\r\n2904\r\n01:38:59,934 --> 01:39:00,234\r\nRECOGNIZED. \r\n\r\n2905\r\n01:39:00,234 --> 01:39:01,869\r\n>> I WILL BE VERY BRIEF. I WANT \r\n\r\n2906\r\n01:39:01,869 --> 01:39:03,003\r\nTO THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, OR \r\n\r\n2907\r\n01:39:03,003 --> 01:39:04,238\r\nWALKING US THROUGH THIS LEVY. \r\n\r\n2908\r\n01:39:04,238 --> 01:39:05,906\r\nAND I KNOW THE YOU ALSO WALKED \r\n\r\n2909\r\n01:39:05,906 --> 01:39:10,611\r\nUS THROUGH THE LEVY AS WELL. I \r\n\r\n2910\r\n01:39:10,611 --> 01:39:11,378\r\nREALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT \r\n\r\n2911\r\n01:39:11,378 --> 01:39:12,813\r\nTHAT, YES, WE ALL OF THE \r\n\r\n2912\r\n01:39:12,813 --> 01:39:20,821\r\nLIBRARY. COUNCILMEMBER LIN, I DO\r\n\r\n2913\r\n01:39:20,821 --> 01:39:22,222\r\nAPPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND I \r\n\r\n2914\r\n01:39:22,222 --> 01:39:23,223\r\nDIDN'T NEED TO LAUGH, BUT I DO \r\n\r\n2915\r\n01:39:23,223 --> 01:39:24,158\r\nAPPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT \r\n\r\n2916\r\n01:39:24,158 --> 01:39:25,059\r\nDEMOCRACY AND LIBRARIES. AND \r\n\r\n2917\r\n01:39:25,059 --> 01:39:27,728\r\nTHEY DO APPRECIATE YOU AND -- \r\n\r\n2918\r\n01:39:27,728 --> 01:39:28,529\r\nACTUALLY, EVERYONE'S PASSION \r\n\r\n2919\r\n01:39:28,529 --> 01:39:29,797\r\nFOR WHAT WE WANT TO DO. AND \r\n\r\n2920\r\n01:39:29,797 --> 01:39:30,431\r\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER \r\n\r\n2921\r\n01:39:30,431 --> 01:39:33,500\r\nSTRAUSS, FOR RECOGNIZING THE \r\n\r\n2922\r\n01:39:33,500 --> 01:39:34,768\r\nADA, PEOPLE WHO NEED IT. SOMEONE\r\n\r\n2923\r\n01:39:34,768 --> 01:39:37,938\r\nLIKE ME, AS YOU KNOW I HAVE MS. \r\n\r\n2924\r\n01:39:37,938 --> 01:39:39,707\r\nAS YOU KNOW I'M A SUPPORTER OF \r\n\r\n2925\r\n01:39:39,707 --> 01:39:41,108\r\nTHAT. AND GOING BACK TO THE ONES\r\n\r\n2926\r\n01:39:41,108 --> 01:39:42,609\r\nI VOTED NO ON, IT DOESN'T MEAN \r\n\r\n2927\r\n01:39:42,609 --> 01:39:53,153\r\nI DON'T SUPPORT PUTTING MONEY \r\n\r\n2928\r\n01:39:57,624 --> 01:39:58,726\r\nASIDE FOR THE COOLING AND \r\n\r\n2929\r\n01:39:58,726 --> 01:39:59,360\r\nDEFERRED AND SEISMIC RETROFIT. \r\n\r\n2930\r\n01:39:59,360 --> 01:40:00,527\r\nAGAIN, I WAS JUST GOING BACK TO \r\n\r\n2931\r\n01:40:00,527 --> 01:40:01,729\r\nWHAT THE CHAIR, MADAM CHAIR WAS \r\n\r\n2932\r\n01:40:01,729 --> 01:40:02,663\r\nCAUTIONING US ABOUT ABOUT, THE \r\n\r\n2933\r\n01:40:02,663 --> 01:40:03,564\r\nCAP, OUR FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. \r\n\r\n2934\r\n01:40:03,564 --> 01:40:05,032\r\nAND I GUESS MY CONCERN ABOUT THE\r\n\r\n2935\r\n01:40:05,032 --> 01:40:06,300\r\nSIX TAXES WE ALREADY HAVE IN \r\n\r\n2936\r\n01:40:06,300 --> 01:40:07,701\r\nFRONT OF US AS A SAVE SEATTLE, \r\n\r\n2937\r\n01:40:07,701 --> 01:40:08,936\r\nTHE POTENTIAL FOR TWO MORE, AND \r\n\r\n2938\r\n01:40:08,936 --> 01:40:10,204\r\nTHE ANNUAL TAXES WE HAVE, WHICH \r\n\r\n2939\r\n01:40:10,204 --> 01:40:11,772\r\nARE SIX, THE COUNTY TAXES WE \r\n\r\n2940\r\n01:40:11,772 --> 01:40:17,611\r\nHAVE WHICH ARE SEVEN, AND \r\n\r\n2941\r\n01:40:17,611 --> 01:40:18,312\r\nANOTHER ONE POSSIBLY COMING DOWN\r\n\r\n2942\r\n01:40:18,312 --> 01:40:20,247\r\nTHE PIKE. SO I SAY THAT ONLY \r\n\r\n2943\r\n01:40:20,247 --> 01:40:23,117\r\nBECAUSE , YOU KNOW, I'M NOT \r\n\r\n2944\r\n01:40:23,117 --> 01:40:23,951\r\nAGAINST THESE THINGS. IT'S MORE\r\n\r\n2945\r\n01:40:23,951 --> 01:40:25,619\r\nTHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE\r\n\r\n2946\r\n01:40:25,619 --> 01:40:27,721\r\nFUND WHAT WE CAN BEING FISCALLY \r\n\r\n2947\r\n01:40:27,721 --> 01:40:28,555\r\nRESPONSIBLE AND BEING MINDFUL \r\n\r\n2948\r\n01:40:28,555 --> 01:40:31,625\r\nTHAT WHEN WE DO THESE , THESE \r\n\r\n2949\r\n01:40:31,625 --> 01:40:35,863\r\nARE PROPERTY TAXES. THESE ARE \r\n\r\n2950\r\n01:40:35,863 --> 01:40:37,431\r\nEXCISE TAXES. THESE ARE TAXES \r\n\r\n2951\r\n01:40:37,431 --> 01:40:42,202\r\nTHAT HAPPEN WHEN SALES TAXES. \r\n\r\n2952\r\n01:40:42,202 --> 01:40:44,405\r\nAND AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO BE \r\n\r\n2953\r\n01:40:44,405 --> 01:40:46,039\r\nRESPONSIBLE FOR , YOU KNOW, WHAT\r\n\r\n2954\r\n01:40:46,039 --> 01:40:49,376\r\nWE PUT OUT TO THE VOTERS AND \r\n\r\n2955\r\n01:40:49,376 --> 01:40:51,245\r\nWHAT WE CAN PAY FOR. AND THAT IS\r\n\r\n2956\r\n01:40:51,245 --> 01:40:52,279\r\nIT. I DON'T THINK ANYONE IS \r\n\r\n2957\r\n01:40:52,279 --> 01:40:54,515\r\nAGAINST -- I MEAN IF WE COULD , \r\n\r\n2958\r\n01:40:54,515 --> 01:40:56,050\r\nMADAM CHAIR, WE WOULD FUND \r\n\r\n2959\r\n01:40:56,050 --> 01:40:57,217\r\nEVERYTHING. BUT THE WORLD \r\n\r\n2960\r\n01:40:57,217 --> 01:41:01,121\r\nDOESN'T WORK THAT WE. I THINK, \r\n\r\n2961\r\n01:41:01,121 --> 01:41:06,627\r\nAND AGAIN, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, \r\n\r\n2962\r\n01:41:06,627 --> 01:41:08,295\r\nI DIDN'T MEAN TO BELITTLE YOUR \r\n\r\n2963\r\n01:41:08,295 --> 01:41:09,029\r\nCOMMENTS WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE\r\n\r\n2964\r\n01:41:09,029 --> 01:41:10,197\r\nTRUMP REGIME. AND I DIDN'T MEAN\r\n\r\n2965\r\n01:41:10,197 --> 01:41:12,266\r\nTO BELITTLE COUNCILMEMBER LIN'S\r\n\r\n2966\r\n01:41:12,266 --> 01:41:13,233\r\nCOMMENTS WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT \r\n\r\n2967\r\n01:41:13,233 --> 01:41:14,201\r\nDEMOCRACY AND LIBRARIES. I \r\n\r\n2968\r\n01:41:14,201 --> 01:41:14,902\r\nUNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. \r\n\r\n2969\r\n01:41:14,902 --> 01:41:16,603\r\n, ON THE GROUND IN THE REAL \r\n\r\n2970\r\n01:41:16,603 --> 01:41:17,838\r\nWORLD AND THE EVERYDAY STUFF, \r\n\r\n2971\r\n01:41:17,838 --> 01:41:20,908\r\nTHAT IS WHAT CONCERNS ME AS A \r\n\r\n2972\r\n01:41:20,908 --> 01:41:26,113\r\nLEGISLATOR, AS A LEADER ON THIS \r\n\r\n2973\r\n01:41:26,113 --> 01:41:26,914\r\nBRANCH OF GOVERNMENT. AND THEY \r\n\r\n2974\r\n01:41:26,914 --> 01:41:28,482\r\nDO APPRECIATE THE MAYOR SENDING \r\n\r\n2975\r\n01:41:28,482 --> 01:41:35,355\r\nDOWN THE PACKAGE THAT SHE DID. \r\n\r\n2976\r\n01:41:35,355 --> 01:41:37,024\r\nAND SO, THAT IS WHY YOU SAW OF \r\n\r\n2977\r\n01:41:37,024 --> 01:41:38,225\r\nTHE 13 AMENDMENTS OR 12 OR \r\n\r\n2978\r\n01:41:38,225 --> 01:41:39,526\r\nWHATEVER THEY WERE, I ONLY VOTED\r\n\r\n2979\r\n01:41:39,526 --> 01:41:40,928\r\nNO ON TWO. I DON'T THINK I'VE \r\n\r\n2980\r\n01:41:40,928 --> 01:41:42,463\r\nEVER ABSTAINED IN MY HISTORY OF \r\n\r\n2981\r\n01:41:42,463 --> 01:41:43,597\r\nBEING ON COUNCIL BECAUSE I HAVE \r\n\r\n2982\r\n01:41:43,597 --> 01:41:45,599\r\nA POSITION YOU SHOULD VOTE YES \r\n\r\n2983\r\n01:41:45,599 --> 01:41:49,103\r\nOR NO. THAT IS ME. NO SHADE TO \r\n\r\n2984\r\n01:41:49,103 --> 01:41:50,504\r\nANYONE ELSE. THAT IS JUST ME. \r\n\r\n2985\r\n01:41:50,504 --> 01:41:51,839\r\nWITH THAT I WANT TO THANK YOU, \r\n\r\n2986\r\n01:41:51,839 --> 01:41:52,873\r\nMADAM CHAIR, FOR YOUR \r\n\r\n2987\r\n01:41:52,873 --> 01:41:55,742\r\nLEADERSHIP. IT IS NOT EASY \r\n\r\n2988\r\n01:41:55,742 --> 01:41:57,110\r\nHAVING TO SAY NO, ESPECIALLY TO \r\n\r\n2989\r\n01:41:57,110 --> 01:41:58,245\r\nTHE PUBLIC WHEN PEOPLE GET ANGRY\r\n\r\n2990\r\n01:41:58,245 --> 01:41:59,313\r\nOR THINK YOU'RE NOT SUPPORTING \r\n\r\n2991\r\n01:41:59,313 --> 01:42:05,619\r\nTHEM AND THEY SOMETIMES PEOPLE \r\n\r\n2992\r\n01:42:05,619 --> 01:42:06,520\r\nTAKE IT PERSONALLY AND I DON'T \r\n\r\n2993\r\n01:42:06,520 --> 01:42:07,654\r\nTHINK THEY SHOULD. WE ARE JUST \r\n\r\n2994\r\n01:42:07,654 --> 01:42:09,656\r\nRING TO DO OUR JOB AND DO THE \r\n\r\n2995\r\n01:42:09,656 --> 01:42:10,724\r\nBEST WE CAN WITH WHAT WE HAVE. \r\n\r\n2996\r\n01:42:10,724 --> 01:42:11,992\r\nSO THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU, \r\n\r\n2997\r\n01:42:11,992 --> 01:42:13,026\r\nCOLLEAGUES, FOR LISTENING TO ME.\r\n\r\n2998\r\n01:42:13,026 --> 01:42:14,094\r\n>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER \r\n\r\n2999\r\n01:42:14,094 --> 01:42:15,128\r\nJUAREZ. COUNCILMEMBER LIN AND \r\n\r\n3000\r\n01:42:15,128 --> 01:42:15,896\r\nTHEN COUNCIL PRESIDENT \r\n\r\n3001\r\n01:42:15,896 --> 01:42:16,363\r\nHOLLINGSWORTH. \r\n\r\n3002\r\n01:42:16,363 --> 01:42:21,034\r\n>> THANK YOU, CHAIR, THANK YOU, \r\n\r\n3003\r\n01:42:21,034 --> 01:42:22,302\r\nCOUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. JUST WANT \r\n\r\n3004\r\n01:42:22,302 --> 01:42:23,804\r\nTO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO SEATTLE \r\n\r\n3005\r\n01:42:23,804 --> 01:42:27,741\r\nPUBLIC LIBRARIES , STAFF, BOARD,\r\n\r\n3006\r\n01:42:27,741 --> 01:42:28,842\r\nFRIENDS OF SEATTLE PUBLIC \r\n\r\n3007\r\n01:42:28,842 --> 01:42:30,210\r\nLIBRARIES, TO EVERYBODY WHO CAME\r\n\r\n3008\r\n01:42:30,210 --> 01:42:31,745\r\nAND SPOKE AND TESTIFIED, TO ALL \r\n\r\n3009\r\n01:42:31,745 --> 01:42:34,615\r\nTHE ADVOCACY THE DID LEAD \r\n\r\n3010\r\n01:42:34,615 --> 01:42:36,250\r\nSUPPORT MANY OF THE AMENDMENTS. \r\n\r\n3011\r\n01:42:36,250 --> 01:42:42,523\r\nDEFINITELY, COUNCILMEMBER \r\n\r\n3012\r\n01:42:42,523 --> 01:42:43,157\r\nJUAREZ, I APPRECIATE YOUR \r\n\r\n3013\r\n01:42:43,157 --> 01:42:44,224\r\nPERSPECTIVES, CHAIR, I \r\n\r\n3014\r\n01:42:44,224 --> 01:42:48,529\r\nAPPRECIATE YOUR PERSPECTIVES. I \r\n\r\n3015\r\n01:42:48,529 --> 01:42:49,796\r\nTHINK IT IS GOOD FOR US TO HAVE \r\n\r\n3016\r\n01:42:49,796 --> 01:42:51,031\r\nSOME HARD DISCUSSIONS AND \r\n\r\n3017\r\n01:42:51,031 --> 01:42:53,934\r\nDEBATE. I THINK THAT IS GOOD FOR\r\n\r\n3018\r\n01:42:53,934 --> 01:42:55,569\r\nUS. I THINK IT IS GOOD FOR THE \r\n\r\n3019\r\n01:42:55,569 --> 01:42:56,637\r\nPUBLIC. AND VARSITY. SO I \r\n\r\n3020\r\n01:42:56,637 --> 01:42:57,437\r\nAPPRECIATE YOU SHEPHERDING THIS,\r\n\r\n3021\r\n01:42:57,437 --> 01:43:04,111\r\nIT'S A LOT OF WORK. I AM \r\n\r\n3022\r\n01:43:04,111 --> 01:43:05,112\r\nEXCITED ABOUT THE PACKAGE THAT \r\n\r\n3023\r\n01:43:05,112 --> 01:43:06,413\r\nWE HAVE. AND ULTIMATELY NOW IT \r\n\r\n3024\r\n01:43:06,413 --> 01:43:08,015\r\nWILL BE UP FOR THE VOTERS TO \r\n\r\n3025\r\n01:43:08,015 --> 01:43:18,525\r\nDECIDE . WE DO HAVE SOME REAL \r\n\r\n3026\r\n01:43:20,260 --> 01:43:21,028\r\nHARD DECISIONS AROUND OUR \r\n\r\n3027\r\n01:43:21,028 --> 01:43:21,995\r\nBUDGET, AROUND TAXES, AROUND \r\n\r\n3028\r\n01:43:21,995 --> 01:43:23,096\r\nOTHER NEEDS. SO THIS IS NOT \r\n\r\n3029\r\n01:43:23,096 --> 01:43:24,731\r\nEASY. SO AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE\r\n\r\n3030\r\n01:43:24,731 --> 01:43:25,165\r\nDEBATE. THANK YOU. \r\n\r\n3031\r\n01:43:25,165 --> 01:43:26,033\r\n>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN.\r\n\r\n3032\r\n01:43:26,033 --> 01:43:26,667\r\nCOUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH.\r\n\r\n3033\r\n01:43:26,667 --> 01:43:37,044\r\n>> SORRY, I. I THINK \r\n\r\n3034\r\n01:43:48,088 --> 01:43:49,122\r\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER HAD HER \r\n\r\n3035\r\n01:43:49,122 --> 01:43:49,957\r\nHAND RAISED BEFORE ME. I'M \r\n\r\n3036\r\n01:43:49,957 --> 01:43:50,724\r\nSORRY, CHAIR. \r\n\r\n3037\r\n01:43:50,724 --> 01:43:51,391\r\n>> I DIDN'T SEE COUNCILMEMBER \r\n\r\n3038\r\n01:43:51,391 --> 01:43:52,025\r\nFOSTER'S HAND. COUNCILMEMBER \r\n\r\n3039\r\n01:43:52,025 --> 01:43:52,626\r\nFOSTER, YOUR RECOGNIZED. \r\n\r\n3040\r\n01:43:52,626 --> 01:43:53,927\r\n>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. I \r\n\r\n3041\r\n01:43:53,927 --> 01:43:55,162\r\nWILL BE BRIEF. I WANTED TO \r\n\r\n3042\r\n01:43:55,162 --> 01:43:56,163\r\nEXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO YOU, \r\n\r\n3043\r\n01:43:56,163 --> 01:43:57,364\r\nCHAIR, MANAGING A LEVY PROCESS \r\n\r\n3044\r\n01:43:57,364 --> 01:43:58,398\r\nIS NOT AN EASY THING. ESPECIALLY\r\n\r\n3045\r\n01:43:58,398 --> 01:43:59,866\r\nWITH NINE MEMBERS WHO HAVE NINE \r\n\r\n3046\r\n01:43:59,866 --> 01:44:00,701\r\nDIFFERENT OPINIONS ON A GOOD \r\n\r\n3047\r\n01:44:00,701 --> 01:44:01,935\r\nDAY. WE MIGHT HAVE 18 DIFFERENT \r\n\r\n3048\r\n01:44:01,935 --> 01:44:03,403\r\nOPINIONS ON A BAD DAY. AMONGST \r\n\r\n3049\r\n01:44:03,403 --> 01:44:04,838\r\nTHE NINE OF US. I WANT TO \r\n\r\n3050\r\n01:44:04,838 --> 01:44:06,039\r\nEXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO YOU \r\n\r\n3051\r\n01:44:06,039 --> 01:44:07,040\r\nFOR MANAGING THIS PROCESS. I \r\n\r\n3052\r\n01:44:07,040 --> 01:44:07,941\r\nALSO WANT TO EXPRESS MY \r\n\r\n3053\r\n01:44:07,941 --> 01:44:09,309\r\nAPPRECIATION, I THINK IT WAS IN \r\n\r\n3054\r\n01:44:09,309 --> 01:44:10,410\r\nONE OF HER EARLY MEETINGS WHERE \r\n\r\n3055\r\n01:44:10,410 --> 01:44:11,211\r\nYOUR INCREDIBLE HE TRANSPARENT \r\n\r\n3056\r\n01:44:11,211 --> 01:44:12,246\r\nABOUT WHAT YOUR POSITION WAS \r\n\r\n3057\r\n01:44:12,246 --> 01:44:13,614\r\nGOING TO BE AMENDMENTS. SO I \r\n\r\n3058\r\n01:44:13,614 --> 01:44:14,147\r\nAPPRECIATE THAT EARLY \r\n\r\n3059\r\n01:44:14,147 --> 01:44:15,349\r\nTRANSPARENCY FROM YOU AS WELL, \r\n\r\n3060\r\n01:44:15,349 --> 01:44:16,450\r\nCHAIR. LASTLY I WANT TO THANK \r\n\r\n3061\r\n01:44:16,450 --> 01:44:17,451\r\nERIC AND CENTRAL STAFF, WE \r\n\r\n3062\r\n01:44:17,451 --> 01:44:18,852\r\nREALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND THE \r\n\r\n3063\r\n01:44:18,852 --> 01:44:19,953\r\nWORK YOU DO TO MAKE SURE OUR \r\n\r\n3064\r\n01:44:19,953 --> 01:44:20,854\r\nAMENDMENT'S COME THROUGH AND \r\n\r\n3065\r\n01:44:20,854 --> 01:44:22,422\r\nARE WILL PUT TOGETHER AND WELL \r\n\r\n3066\r\n01:44:22,422 --> 01:44:23,957\r\nTHOUGHT OUT. AND SO OUR WORK IS \r\n\r\n3067\r\n01:44:23,957 --> 01:44:25,158\r\nNOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOU. AND \r\n\r\n3068\r\n01:44:25,158 --> 01:44:25,792\r\nEXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO \r\n\r\n3069\r\n01:44:25,792 --> 01:44:26,927\r\nMEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND THE \r\n\r\n3070\r\n01:44:26,927 --> 01:44:28,128\r\nLIBRARIES WHO HAVE BEEN HERE AND\r\n\r\n3071\r\n01:44:28,128 --> 01:44:29,429\r\nSHOWN UP AND TESTIFIED. SO THANK\r\n\r\n3072\r\n01:44:29,429 --> 01:44:30,130\r\nYOU. \r\n\r\n3073\r\n01:44:30,130 --> 01:44:31,431\r\n>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER \r\n\r\n3074\r\n01:44:31,431 --> 01:44:34,101\r\nFOSTER. COUNCIL PRESIDENT? \r\n\r\n3075\r\n01:44:34,101 --> 01:44:35,402\r\n>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I AM \r\n\r\n3076\r\n01:44:35,402 --> 01:44:36,370\r\nJUMPING ON THE APPRECIATION \r\n\r\n3077\r\n01:44:36,370 --> 01:44:37,237\r\nTRAIN. ONE-WAY TICKET. THANK \r\n\r\n3078\r\n01:44:37,237 --> 01:44:38,805\r\nYOU, CHAIR, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP \r\n\r\n3079\r\n01:44:38,805 --> 01:44:42,909\r\nON THIS. AND STEWARDSHIP. I KNOW\r\n\r\n3080\r\n01:44:42,909 --> 01:44:46,213\r\nIT IS NOT EASY TO LEAD TWO YEARS\r\n\r\n3081\r\n01:44:46,213 --> 01:44:48,115\r\nIN A ROW OF LEVIES FROM THE \r\n\r\n3082\r\n01:44:48,115 --> 01:44:49,816\r\nFAMILY AND EDUCATIONS LEVY TO \r\n\r\n3083\r\n01:44:49,816 --> 01:44:52,319\r\nTHIS LEVY AS WELL. NO MATTER \r\n\r\n3084\r\n01:44:52,319 --> 01:44:57,924\r\nWHAT POSITIONS, HOW PEOPLE VOTE.\r\n\r\n3085\r\n01:44:57,924 --> 01:44:59,660\r\nTHE REALITY IS SOMEONE STILL HAS\r\n\r\n3086\r\n01:44:59,660 --> 01:45:00,994\r\nTO DO THE WORK TO SHEPHERD THAT \r\n\r\n3087\r\n01:45:00,994 --> 01:45:02,696\r\nWORK. AND SO JUST REALLY \r\n\r\n3088\r\n01:45:02,696 --> 01:45:08,702\r\nGRATEFUL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON \r\n\r\n3089\r\n01:45:08,702 --> 01:45:09,503\r\nTHIS. AND, COLLABORATION. AND \r\n\r\n3090\r\n01:45:09,503 --> 01:45:10,804\r\nALSO, TOO, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, \r\n\r\n3091\r\n01:45:10,804 --> 01:45:11,805\r\nAND I THINK COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ\r\n\r\n3092\r\n01:45:11,805 --> 01:45:13,240\r\nSAID IT, BETTER THAN I AM \r\n\r\n3093\r\n01:45:13,240 --> 01:45:14,408\r\nPROBABLY GOING TO ARTICULATE IT,\r\n\r\n3094\r\n01:45:14,408 --> 01:45:16,810\r\nIS -- AND COUNCILMEMBER LIN \r\n\r\n3095\r\n01:45:16,810 --> 01:45:18,111\r\nMENTIONED IT, THE HARD \r\n\r\n3096\r\n01:45:18,111 --> 01:45:24,751\r\nCONVERSATIONS. THESE ARE THINGS \r\n\r\n3097\r\n01:45:24,751 --> 01:45:25,819\r\nTHAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO DISCUSS\r\n\r\n3098\r\n01:45:25,819 --> 01:45:27,120\r\nOPENLY. AND IT'S OKAY. AND NOT \r\n\r\n3099\r\n01:45:27,120 --> 01:45:28,488\r\nBE DEMONIZED FOR OUR CONCERN \r\n\r\n3100\r\n01:45:28,488 --> 01:45:31,291\r\nABOUT TAXES. AND OUR CONCERN \r\n\r\n3101\r\n01:45:31,291 --> 01:45:33,760\r\nABOUT THE COST OF LIVING FOR \r\n\r\n3102\r\n01:45:33,760 --> 01:45:42,536\r\nPEOPLE. THERE IS NOT ONE PERSON \r\n\r\n3103\r\n01:45:42,536 --> 01:45:43,704\r\nON THIS COUNCIL THE DOES NOT \r\n\r\n3104\r\n01:45:43,704 --> 01:45:44,871\r\nSUPPORT THE LIBRARIES. DOES NOT \r\n\r\n3105\r\n01:45:44,871 --> 01:45:45,739\r\nLOVE READING BOOKS. DOES NOT \r\n\r\n3106\r\n01:45:45,739 --> 01:45:47,174\r\nWANT TO FUND THE SERVICES AND \r\n\r\n3107\r\n01:45:47,174 --> 01:45:48,141\r\nTHOSE THINGS. AND SO, JUST \r\n\r\n3108\r\n01:45:48,141 --> 01:45:51,111\r\nWANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AS \r\n\r\n3109\r\n01:45:51,111 --> 01:45:52,312\r\nWELL. BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS \r\n\r\n3110\r\n01:45:52,312 --> 01:45:53,613\r\nREALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO SAY \r\n\r\n3111\r\n01:45:53,613 --> 01:45:55,415\r\nOUT LOUD. AND ALSO TOO, WANTING \r\n\r\n3112\r\n01:45:55,415 --> 01:45:59,419\r\nTO HAVE , YOU KNOW, THESE GOOD \r\n\r\n3113\r\n01:45:59,419 --> 01:46:00,921\r\nOUTCOMES AS WELL. AND GOOD \r\n\r\n3114\r\n01:46:00,921 --> 01:46:02,122\r\nSERVICES FOR PEOPLE, WORLD-CLASS\r\n\r\n3115\r\n01:46:02,122 --> 01:46:03,123\r\nCITY, WORLD-CLASS CITIZENS \r\n\r\n3116\r\n01:46:03,123 --> 01:46:05,359\r\nSERVICES. JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT\r\n\r\n3117\r\n01:46:05,359 --> 01:46:09,262\r\nTHAT. THINK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS\r\n\r\n3118\r\n01:46:09,262 --> 01:46:11,031\r\nI THOUGHT WERE REALLY GREAT FOR \r\n\r\n3119\r\n01:46:11,031 --> 01:46:16,136\r\nIN ADDITION TO THE LEVY AS WELL.\r\n\r\n3120\r\n01:46:16,136 --> 01:46:17,137\r\nAND VERY THOUGHTFUL AS WELL. \r\n\r\n3121\r\n01:46:17,137 --> 01:46:19,506\r\nJUST WANTED TO SAY THAT. THANK \r\n\r\n3122\r\n01:46:19,506 --> 01:46:20,741\r\nYOU, CHAIR, AGAIN, FOR YOUR \r\n\r\n3123\r\n01:46:20,741 --> 01:46:21,041\r\nLEADERSHIP. \r\n\r\n3124\r\n01:46:21,041 --> 01:46:25,345\r\n>> THANK YOU, ANYONE ELSE? THEN,\r\n\r\n3125\r\n01:46:25,345 --> 01:46:30,117\r\nREALLY, I WILL JUST SAY -- YOU \r\n\r\n3126\r\n01:46:30,117 --> 01:46:31,752\r\nDIDN'T HAVE YOUR HAND IT. BUT \r\n\r\n3127\r\n01:46:31,752 --> 01:46:32,619\r\nYOU CAN GO. \r\n\r\n3128\r\n01:46:32,619 --> 01:46:35,055\r\n>> SORRY. \r\n\r\n3129\r\n01:46:35,055 --> 01:46:35,922\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, YOUR \r\n\r\n3130\r\n01:46:35,922 --> 01:46:36,223\r\nRECOGNIZED. \r\n\r\n3131\r\n01:46:36,223 --> 01:46:37,424\r\n>> I'M NOT GOOD TECHNOLOGY \r\n\r\n3132\r\n01:46:37,424 --> 01:46:39,059\r\nWHICH IS WHAT I WANT TO BE ONE \r\n\r\n3133\r\n01:46:39,059 --> 01:46:45,098\r\nFOR THE PHYSICAL BOOKS. I JUST \r\n\r\n3134\r\n01:46:45,098 --> 01:46:46,700\r\nWANT TO THANK YOU FOR LEADING US\r\n\r\n3135\r\n01:46:46,700 --> 01:46:47,534\r\nTHROUGH THIS PROCESS. ALSO WANT \r\n\r\n3136\r\n01:46:47,534 --> 01:46:48,402\r\nTO JUST RECOGNIZE THAT \r\n\r\n3137\r\n01:46:48,402 --> 01:46:49,202\r\nWASHINGTON STATE'S UPSIDE DOWN \r\n\r\n3138\r\n01:46:49,202 --> 01:46:50,604\r\nTEXT CODE IS WHAT IS LIMITING US\r\n\r\n3139\r\n01:46:50,604 --> 01:46:52,706\r\nTODAY FROM ACTUALLY FUNDING THE \r\n\r\n3140\r\n01:46:52,706 --> 01:46:53,907\r\nREAL NEEDS OF THE SEATTLE \r\n\r\n3141\r\n01:46:53,907 --> 01:46:55,809\r\nLIBRARY SYSTEM. BECAUSE OF ALL \r\n\r\n3142\r\n01:46:55,809 --> 01:47:03,950\r\nOF THE COST OF LIVING CHALLENGES\r\n\r\n3143\r\n01:47:03,950 --> 01:47:05,352\r\nTHAT HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED, THAT \r\n\r\n3144\r\n01:47:05,352 --> 01:47:05,919\r\nIS COMING FROM WASHINGTON \r\n\r\n3145\r\n01:47:05,919 --> 01:47:06,920\r\nSTATE'S UPSIDE DOWN TEXT CODE. \r\n\r\n3146\r\n01:47:06,920 --> 01:47:08,522\r\nBECAUSE OF THEIR LIMIT ON OUR \r\n\r\n3147\r\n01:47:08,522 --> 01:47:12,125\r\nABILITY TO RAISE LEVIES, OR HAVE\r\n\r\n3148\r\n01:47:12,125 --> 01:47:13,059\r\nOUR PROPERTY TAX, A GENERAL \r\n\r\n3149\r\n01:47:13,059 --> 01:47:14,561\r\nPROPERTY TAX LEVY UP TO 3%, THIS\r\n\r\n3150\r\n01:47:14,561 --> 01:47:15,629\r\nIS HOW WASHINGTON STATE IS \r\n\r\n3151\r\n01:47:15,629 --> 01:47:17,230\r\nLIMITING US IN THE CITY OF \r\n\r\n3152\r\n01:47:17,230 --> 01:47:22,135\r\nSEATTLE AND WE HAVE HAD \r\n\r\n3153\r\n01:47:22,135 --> 01:47:23,403\r\nWORKAROUNDS FOR THE LAST DECADE \r\n\r\n3154\r\n01:47:23,403 --> 01:47:24,070\r\nPLUS. WE HAVE HAD WORKAROUNDS \r\n\r\n3155\r\n01:47:24,070 --> 01:47:25,238\r\nBYPASSING VOTER APPROVED LEVIES.\r\n\r\n3156\r\n01:47:25,238 --> 01:47:27,340\r\nTHIS IS THE FIRST LEVY THAT IS \r\n\r\n3157\r\n01:47:27,340 --> 01:47:30,644\r\nFACING THE CHALLENGE, THE \r\n\r\n3158\r\n01:47:30,644 --> 01:47:34,448\r\nOVERALL CHALLENGE THAT THE STATE\r\n\r\n3159\r\n01:47:34,448 --> 01:47:36,116\r\nIS PUTTING DOWN ON US. AND SO IT\r\n\r\n3160\r\n01:47:36,116 --> 01:47:39,619\r\nIS REALLY UNFORTUNATE , BECAUSE \r\n\r\n3161\r\n01:47:39,619 --> 01:47:40,520\r\nOF OUR STATE'S POLICIES, \r\n\r\n3162\r\n01:47:40,520 --> 01:47:41,221\r\nLIBRARIES AND SEATTLE FAMILIES \r\n\r\n3163\r\n01:47:41,221 --> 01:47:45,425\r\nOF THE FIRST TO LOSE OUT. IN A \r\n\r\n3164\r\n01:47:45,425 --> 01:47:46,927\r\nPOSITIVE NEWS, I AM GLAD THAT WE\r\n\r\n3165\r\n01:47:46,927 --> 01:47:48,562\r\nHAVE BEEN ABLE TO BALANCE OUR \r\n\r\n3166\r\n01:47:48,562 --> 01:47:51,832\r\nFISCAL RESPONSIBILITY WITH \r\n\r\n3167\r\n01:47:51,832 --> 01:47:53,366\r\nPUSHING AS FAR AS WE CAN TO MEET\r\n\r\n3168\r\n01:47:53,366 --> 01:47:54,601\r\nTHE NEEDS OF OUR SEATTLE LIBRARY\r\n\r\n3169\r\n01:47:54,601 --> 01:47:55,802\r\nSYSTEM AND SEATTLE FAMILIES. AND\r\n\r\n3170\r\n01:47:55,802 --> 01:47:56,903\r\nI THANK YOU CHAIR AND COLLEAGUES\r\n\r\n3171\r\n01:47:56,903 --> 01:47:58,004\r\nFOR THIS PROCESS. \r\n\r\n3172\r\n01:47:58,004 --> 01:47:59,105\r\n>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER \r\n\r\n3173\r\n01:47:59,105 --> 01:48:01,541\r\nSTRAUSS. ANYONE ELSE? GOING \r\n\r\n3174\r\n01:48:01,541 --> 01:48:04,611\r\nONCE. GOING TWICE. AND I WILL \r\n\r\n3175\r\n01:48:04,611 --> 01:48:11,318\r\nSAY , THIS WAS MY SECOND LEVY IN\r\n\r\n3176\r\n01:48:11,318 --> 01:48:13,920\r\nTWO YEARS. AND BY FAR THE \r\n\r\n3177\r\n01:48:13,920 --> 01:48:18,058\r\nHARDEST ONE BECAUSE IT IS NOT \r\n\r\n3178\r\n01:48:18,058 --> 01:48:20,994\r\nEASY FOR ME TO SAY NO TO \r\n\r\n3179\r\n01:48:20,994 --> 01:48:22,329\r\nSOMETHING I CARE SO DEEPLY \r\n\r\n3180\r\n01:48:22,329 --> 01:48:25,498\r\nABOUT. AND I WOULDN'T BE HERE \r\n\r\n3181\r\n01:48:25,498 --> 01:48:28,101\r\nTODAY WITHOUT LIBRARIES. AND, \r\n\r\n3182\r\n01:48:28,101 --> 01:48:38,645\r\nEVERYBODY KNOWS I AM VERY -- WE \r\n\r\n3183\r\n01:48:40,280 --> 01:48:41,815\r\nDIDN'T HAVE A LOT GOING UP. SO \r\n\r\n3184\r\n01:48:41,815 --> 01:48:43,216\r\nMY DAD REALLY TAUGHT US WE HAD \r\n\r\n3185\r\n01:48:43,216 --> 01:48:44,251\r\nTO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. AND \r\n\r\n3186\r\n01:48:44,251 --> 01:48:45,719\r\nTHERE WERE A LOT OF TIMES MY DAD\r\n\r\n3187\r\n01:48:45,719 --> 01:48:47,220\r\nSAID NO WHEN I KNOW HE REALLY \r\n\r\n3188\r\n01:48:47,220 --> 01:48:48,622\r\nWANTED TO SAY YES. SO, IN THE \r\n\r\n3189\r\n01:48:48,622 --> 01:48:50,123\r\nSPIRIT OF THAT, I WANT YOU TO \r\n\r\n3190\r\n01:48:50,123 --> 01:48:51,124\r\nKNOW, AND I WANT EVERYONE \r\n\r\n3191\r\n01:48:51,124 --> 01:48:52,325\r\nWATCHING, THAT I DON'T TAKE IT \r\n\r\n3192\r\n01:48:52,325 --> 01:48:53,760\r\nLIGHTLY WHEN I GO TO THE VOTERS \r\n\r\n3193\r\n01:48:53,760 --> 01:48:55,562\r\nFIRST OF ALL TO INCREASE THE \r\n\r\n3194\r\n01:48:55,562 --> 01:48:56,997\r\nPROPERTY TAXES , INCLUDING \r\n\r\n3195\r\n01:48:56,997 --> 01:48:58,164\r\nRENTERS, BECAUSE NO ONE EVER \r\n\r\n3196\r\n01:48:58,164 --> 01:48:58,999\r\nTHINKS RENTERS PAY FOR THESE \r\n\r\n3197\r\n01:48:58,999 --> 01:49:01,001\r\nTHINGS TOO. THEY DO. THESE COSTS\r\n\r\n3198\r\n01:49:01,001 --> 01:49:04,504\r\nTO GET PASSED ON TO RENTERS. AND\r\n\r\n3199\r\n01:49:04,504 --> 01:49:05,872\r\nWE ARE LIVING IN A REALLY \r\n\r\n3200\r\n01:49:05,872 --> 01:49:07,007\r\nEXPENSIVE CITY. AND I FEEL FOR \r\n\r\n3201\r\n01:49:07,007 --> 01:49:10,110\r\nTHAT BECAUSE MY FAMILY , I GREW \r\n\r\n3202\r\n01:49:10,110 --> 01:49:11,878\r\nUP, MY FAMILY WERE RENTING. THEY\r\n\r\n3203\r\n01:49:11,878 --> 01:49:15,115\r\nWERE RENTERS. SO, THAT IS \r\n\r\n3204\r\n01:49:15,115 --> 01:49:16,650\r\nMEANINGFUL TO ME. I AM NOT A \r\n\r\n3205\r\n01:49:16,650 --> 01:49:21,021\r\nRENTER TODAY. INC. FULLY. BUT I \r\n\r\n3206\r\n01:49:21,021 --> 01:49:22,522\r\nUSED TO BE. FOR MANY YEARS. EVEN\r\n\r\n3207\r\n01:49:22,522 --> 01:49:25,125\r\nON MY OWN WHEN I WAS A YOUNG \r\n\r\n3208\r\n01:49:25,125 --> 01:49:26,660\r\nPERSON. FRESHLY OUT OF COLLEGE. \r\n\r\n3209\r\n01:49:26,660 --> 01:49:28,128\r\nAS A FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE \r\n\r\n3210\r\n01:49:28,128 --> 01:49:38,672\r\nSTUDENT. AND, THESE ARE REALLY \r\n\r\n3211\r\n01:49:40,707 --> 01:49:41,808\r\nTOUGH CHOICES. SO THAT IS WHY I \r\n\r\n3212\r\n01:49:41,808 --> 01:49:42,943\r\nLEAD WITH, LOOK, -- AND THE \r\n\r\n3213\r\n01:49:42,943 --> 01:49:44,611\r\nOTHER THING IS, WE DO NEED TO BE\r\n\r\n3214\r\n01:49:44,611 --> 01:49:46,012\r\nREALISTIC AND ALSO HONEST AND \r\n\r\n3215\r\n01:49:46,012 --> 01:49:46,913\r\nTRANSPARENT WITH THE PUBLIC. YOU\r\n\r\n3216\r\n01:49:46,913 --> 01:49:48,214\r\nMAY NOT HAVE LIKE THE VOTES I \r\n\r\n3217\r\n01:49:48,214 --> 01:49:49,115\r\nTOOK TODAY, BUT I AM \r\n\r\n3218\r\n01:49:49,115 --> 01:49:50,150\r\nTRANSPARENT. WHAT I AM TELLING \r\n\r\n3219\r\n01:49:50,150 --> 01:49:56,923\r\nYOU IS TRUE. BECAUSE MY DAD \r\n\r\n3220\r\n01:49:56,923 --> 01:49:57,958\r\nTAUGHT ME, WE DON'T HAVE \r\n\r\n3221\r\n01:49:57,958 --> 01:49:59,025\r\nANYTHING, BUT WE HAVE OUR WORD. \r\n\r\n3222\r\n01:49:59,025 --> 01:50:00,427\r\nSO IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME THAT WE\r\n\r\n3223\r\n01:50:00,427 --> 01:50:01,227\r\nARE PAINTING THE PROPER \r\n\r\n3224\r\n01:50:01,227 --> 01:50:02,228\r\nFINANCIAL FISCAL PICTURE. I HAD \r\n\r\n3225\r\n01:50:02,228 --> 01:50:09,736\r\nSOMEONE QUESTION ME ABOUT THAT. \r\n\r\n3226\r\n01:50:09,736 --> 01:50:11,404\r\nAS IF SOMEHOW I WASN'T TELLING \r\n\r\n3227\r\n01:50:11,404 --> 01:50:12,706\r\nTHE TRUTH BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT\r\n\r\n3228\r\n01:50:12,706 --> 01:50:14,207\r\nTO GIVE THE LIBRARIES MORE. I \r\n\r\n3229\r\n01:50:14,207 --> 01:50:14,908\r\nHAVE NO MOTIVATION FOR NOT \r\n\r\n3230\r\n01:50:14,908 --> 01:50:16,242\r\nGIVING THE LIBRARIES MORE WHEN I\r\n\r\n3231\r\n01:50:16,242 --> 01:50:18,211\r\nLOVE THE LIBRARIES SO DEEPLY, AS\r\n\r\n3232\r\n01:50:18,211 --> 01:50:19,813\r\nWE ALL DO IN SEATTLE. I HAVE NOT\r\n\r\n3233\r\n01:50:19,813 --> 01:50:21,214\r\nMET ONE PERSON IN SEATTLE THE \r\n\r\n3234\r\n01:50:21,214 --> 01:50:22,515\r\nTRULY DOES NOT CARE OR HAS NOT \r\n\r\n3235\r\n01:50:22,515 --> 01:50:24,317\r\nUTILIZED THE LIBRARY IN SOME WAY\r\n\r\n3236\r\n01:50:24,317 --> 01:50:27,020\r\nOR ANOTHER. AND MY FAMILY \r\n\r\n3237\r\n01:50:27,020 --> 01:50:28,421\r\nCONTINUES TO UTILIZE LIBRARIES. \r\n\r\n3238\r\n01:50:28,421 --> 01:50:31,157\r\nSO THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO \r\n\r\n3239\r\n01:50:31,157 --> 01:50:34,427\r\nME. AND, IT IS HARD FOR ME. THIS\r\n\r\n3240\r\n01:50:34,427 --> 01:50:39,466\r\nONE WAS REALLY HARD. SO, I AM, \r\n\r\n3241\r\n01:50:39,466 --> 01:50:45,939\r\nHOWEVER, HAPPY THAT WE ARE TO BE\r\n\r\n3242\r\n01:50:45,939 --> 01:50:47,273\r\nPUTTING A LEVY ON THE BALLOT \r\n\r\n3243\r\n01:50:47,273 --> 01:50:48,508\r\nBEFORE THE VOTERS AND THEN THE \r\n\r\n3244\r\n01:50:48,508 --> 01:50:49,876\r\nVOTERS GET TO DECIDE. BUT AS I \r\n\r\n3245\r\n01:50:49,876 --> 01:50:52,712\r\nSAID EARLIER, VOTERS DON'T HAVE\r\n\r\n3246\r\n01:50:52,712 --> 01:50:54,414\r\nTHE BENEFITS THAT WE HAVE OF THE\r\n\r\n3247\r\n01:50:54,414 --> 01:50:55,815\r\nFISCAL PICTURE. AND SO THAT IS \r\n\r\n3248\r\n01:50:55,815 --> 01:51:04,658\r\nWHY -- IT IS INCUMBENT UPON US \r\n\r\n3249\r\n01:51:04,658 --> 01:51:06,159\r\nTO BE THE STEWARDS OF THE FUNDS.\r\n\r\n3250\r\n01:51:06,159 --> 01:51:07,827\r\nTHAT IS WHY WE SIGNED UP TO DO \r\n\r\n3251\r\n01:51:07,827 --> 01:51:08,928\r\nTHESE JOBS. AND I'M DOING THE \r\n\r\n3252\r\n01:51:08,928 --> 01:51:10,530\r\nJOB TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, \r\n\r\n3253\r\n01:51:10,530 --> 01:51:11,431\r\nAS TRANSPARENTLY AND HONESTLY AS\r\n\r\n3254\r\n01:51:11,431 --> 01:51:13,099\r\nI CAN. AND THEN AT THE END OF \r\n\r\n3255\r\n01:51:13,099 --> 01:51:14,434\r\nTHE DAY, WE PASS HERE TODAY WILL\r\n\r\n3256\r\n01:51:14,434 --> 01:51:17,003\r\nGO ON TO THE VOTERS. AND WITHOUT\r\n\r\n3257\r\n01:51:17,003 --> 01:51:18,171\r\nTHE FUNDS IN THIS LEVY, WE \r\n\r\n3258\r\n01:51:18,171 --> 01:51:19,973\r\nCANNOT CONTINUE OUR LIBRARIES, \r\n\r\n3259\r\n01:51:19,973 --> 01:51:23,109\r\nPERIOD. SO I WANT YOU ALL TO \r\n\r\n3260\r\n01:51:23,109 --> 01:51:27,547\r\nKNOW THAT. YOU HERE IN THE \r\n\r\n3261\r\n01:51:27,547 --> 01:51:28,415\r\nCHAMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE \r\n\r\n3262\r\n01:51:28,415 --> 01:51:30,350\r\nPUBLIC. BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO\r\n\r\n3263\r\n01:51:30,350 --> 01:51:31,017\r\nMALIGN EACH OTHER, THAT IS NOT \r\n\r\n3264\r\n01:51:31,017 --> 01:51:41,528\r\nWHERE WE ARE. IT IS NOT, YOU \r\n\r\n3265\r\n01:51:46,132 --> 01:51:47,434\r\nKNOW, WHO LOVES THE LIBRARIES \r\n\r\n3266\r\n01:51:47,434 --> 01:51:48,234\r\nMORE BECAUSE WHO VOTED FOR WHAT.\r\n\r\n3267\r\n01:51:48,234 --> 01:51:49,703\r\nWE ALL OF THE LIBRARIES AND WANT\r\n\r\n3268\r\n01:51:49,703 --> 01:51:51,204\r\nTHE LEVY TO GO BEFORE THE VOTERS\r\n\r\n3269\r\n01:51:51,204 --> 01:51:52,539\r\nAND WE ARE GRAPPLING WITH HOW TO\r\n\r\n3270\r\n01:51:52,539 --> 01:51:53,540\r\nPAY FOR OTHER THINGS TOO. \r\n\r\n3271\r\n01:51:53,540 --> 01:51:54,908\r\nBECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF \r\n\r\n3272\r\n01:51:54,908 --> 01:51:55,608\r\nNEEDS. LIKE HOUSING AND \r\n\r\n3273\r\n01:51:55,608 --> 01:51:56,276\r\nTRANSPORTATION, EDUCATION. THESE\r\n\r\n3274\r\n01:51:56,276 --> 01:51:57,510\r\nLEVIES CYCLE AND IN SEVEN YEARS \r\n\r\n3275\r\n01:51:57,510 --> 01:51:58,812\r\nWE'RE GOING TO BE BACK HERE \r\n\r\n3276\r\n01:51:58,812 --> 01:51:59,846\r\nAGAIN TALKING ABOUT THE NEXT \r\n\r\n3277\r\n01:51:59,846 --> 01:52:00,947\r\nLIBRARY HEAVY. TO PLEASE KNOW \r\n\r\n3278\r\n01:52:00,947 --> 01:52:02,215\r\nTHAT. NO ONE LOVES THE LIBRARIES\r\n\r\n3279\r\n01:52:02,215 --> 01:52:03,716\r\nMORE THAN I DO AND SOMETIMES I \r\n\r\n3280\r\n01:52:03,716 --> 01:52:05,518\r\nHAVE TO BE THAT PARENT, LIKE MY \r\n\r\n3281\r\n01:52:05,518 --> 01:52:08,521\r\nDAD THAT HAD TO SAY NO. BECAUSE \r\n\r\n3282\r\n01:52:08,521 --> 01:52:11,624\r\nWE JUST DON'T HAVE IT. \r\n\r\n3283\r\n01:52:11,624 --> 01:52:12,625\r\nCOUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, I SEE YOUR\r\n\r\n3284\r\n01:52:12,625 --> 01:52:13,560\r\nHAND A. \r\n\r\n3285\r\n01:52:13,560 --> 01:52:17,063\r\n>> I NORMALLY DON'T DO THIS, \r\n\r\n3286\r\n01:52:17,063 --> 01:52:18,465\r\nBUT I WANT TO DO THIS REALLY \r\n\r\n3287\r\n01:52:18,465 --> 01:52:19,566\r\nQUICKLY. MADAM CHAIR, I JUST \r\n\r\n3288\r\n01:52:19,566 --> 01:52:25,138\r\nWANT TO VOUCH AND WHAT YOU SAY \r\n\r\n3289\r\n01:52:25,138 --> 01:52:26,172\r\nIS FORMER CHAIR OF THE \r\n\r\n3290\r\n01:52:26,172 --> 01:52:27,107\r\nLIBRARIES, I UNDERSTAND. I JUST \r\n\r\n3291\r\n01:52:27,107 --> 01:52:28,508\r\nWANT TO SAY, FOR THE PUBLIC, \r\n\r\n3292\r\n01:52:28,508 --> 01:52:29,709\r\nBECAUSE SOMETIMES IN THE FOG OF \r\n\r\n3293\r\n01:52:29,709 --> 01:52:30,810\r\nPOLITICS AND VIRTUAL SIGNALING \r\n\r\n3294\r\n01:52:30,810 --> 01:52:34,013\r\nI'M GOING TO SAY THIS, I HAVE \r\n\r\n3295\r\n01:52:34,013 --> 01:52:36,015\r\nALWAYS APPRECIATED YOUR \r\n\r\n3296\r\n01:52:36,015 --> 01:52:42,722\r\nINTEGRITY, YOUR HONESTY, YOUR \r\n\r\n3297\r\n01:52:42,722 --> 01:52:43,923\r\nSTREET SHOOTING. YOU HAVE ALWAYS\r\n\r\n3298\r\n01:52:43,923 --> 01:52:45,325\r\nBEEN CLEAR. THERE ARE TIMES WE \r\n\r\n3299\r\n01:52:45,325 --> 01:52:46,226\r\nHAVE AGREED TO DISAGREE, BUT YOU\r\n\r\n3300\r\n01:52:46,226 --> 01:52:47,427\r\nHAVE BEEN KIND AND \r\n\r\n3301\r\n01:52:47,427 --> 01:52:48,828\r\nSTRAIGHTFORWARD. WHAT WE DON'T \r\n\r\n3302\r\n01:52:48,828 --> 01:52:50,597\r\nWAS AGREE ON EVERYTHING, I \r\n\r\n3303\r\n01:52:50,597 --> 01:52:52,332\r\nALWAYS APPRECIATE THAT WE ALWAYS\r\n\r\n3304\r\n01:52:52,332 --> 01:52:59,339\r\nHAVE SOMETHING , ON THINGS WE DO\r\n\r\n3305\r\n01:52:59,339 --> 01:53:00,707\r\nAGREE WITH. I THINK WE'RE GOING\r\n\r\n3306\r\n01:53:00,707 --> 01:53:02,041\r\nTO HAVE THE SAME CONVERSATIONS \r\n\r\n3307\r\n01:53:02,041 --> 01:53:02,675\r\nWHEN THE TRANSPORTATION LEVY \r\n\r\n3308\r\n01:53:02,675 --> 01:53:04,010\r\nCOMES AROUND. AND I AM HOPING, \r\n\r\n3309\r\n01:53:04,010 --> 01:53:05,478\r\nAS SOMEONE WHO WENT TO A COUPLE \r\n\r\n3310\r\n01:53:05,478 --> 01:53:06,813\r\nOTHER COUNCILS, THAT WE CAN \r\n\r\n3311\r\n01:53:06,813 --> 01:53:07,947\r\nCONTINUE THIS FEELING THAT WE \r\n\r\n3312\r\n01:53:07,947 --> 01:53:10,650\r\nARE A TEAM AND AGREE AND STILL \r\n\r\n3313\r\n01:53:10,650 --> 01:53:14,621\r\nBE A TEAM. I THINK -- I'M GOING\r\n\r\n3314\r\n01:53:14,621 --> 01:53:23,796\r\nTO DO KIND OF WHAT COUNCILMEMBER\r\n\r\n3315\r\n01:53:23,796 --> 01:53:25,532\r\nRINCK WAS DOING. WHAT WE ARE NOT\r\n\r\n3316\r\n01:53:25,532 --> 01:53:26,232\r\nSEEING NATIONALLY, AND PART OF \r\n\r\n3317\r\n01:53:26,232 --> 01:53:27,634\r\nTHE CITY COUNCIL WE ARE TRYING \r\n\r\n3318\r\n01:53:27,634 --> 01:53:28,868\r\nTO DO LOCALLY. AND THAT IS WHERE\r\n\r\n3319\r\n01:53:28,868 --> 01:53:30,103\r\nTOGETHER. WE DON'T HAVE DENIAL \r\n\r\n3320\r\n01:53:30,103 --> 01:53:31,104\r\nOF REACHING ACROSS THE AISLE, \r\n\r\n3321\r\n01:53:31,104 --> 01:53:32,572\r\nBUT JUST BEING ABLE TO TALK AND \r\n\r\n3322\r\n01:53:32,572 --> 01:53:33,606\r\nBE HONEST AND BE STRAIGHTFORWARD\r\n\r\n3323\r\n01:53:33,606 --> 01:53:34,474\r\nWITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT BEING \r\n\r\n3324\r\n01:53:34,474 --> 01:53:35,909\r\nDEMONIZED OR WHATEVER BECAUSE \r\n\r\n3325\r\n01:53:35,909 --> 01:53:46,386\r\nPEOPLE THINK THE POSTURING \r\n\r\n3326\r\n01:53:47,587 --> 01:53:48,321\r\nSOMETIMES GETS RIDICULOUS. THAT \r\n\r\n3327\r\n01:53:48,321 --> 01:53:49,255\r\nIS JUST ME SAYING THAT. WITH \r\n\r\n3328\r\n01:53:49,255 --> 01:53:51,024\r\nTHAT, I JUST WANTED TO END ON, I\r\n\r\n3329\r\n01:53:51,024 --> 01:53:51,958\r\nTHANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP \r\n\r\n3330\r\n01:53:51,958 --> 01:53:52,926\r\nBECAUSE I KNOW YOU REALLY \r\n\r\n3331\r\n01:53:52,926 --> 01:53:54,794\r\nSTRUGGLE TO DO THE RIGHT THING \r\n\r\n3332\r\n01:53:54,794 --> 01:53:55,428\r\nWITH THIS LEVY CAME DOWN FROM \r\n\r\n3333\r\n01:53:55,428 --> 01:53:56,396\r\nTHE MAYOR'S OFFICE. BEHIND THE \r\n\r\n3334\r\n01:53:56,396 --> 01:53:57,697\r\nSCENES FOLKS DON'T KNOW THAT. I\r\n\r\n3335\r\n01:53:57,697 --> 01:53:59,132\r\nTHINK THEY NEED TO KNOW WE DO \r\n\r\n3336\r\n01:53:59,132 --> 01:54:01,334\r\nTALK TO EACH OTHER AND WE DO TRY\r\n\r\n3337\r\n01:54:01,334 --> 01:54:05,605\r\nTO REPRESENT THE NEEDS OF OUR \r\n\r\n3338\r\n01:54:05,605 --> 01:54:06,606\r\nDISTRICT, HONOR THE NEEDS OF OUR\r\n\r\n3339\r\n01:54:06,606 --> 01:54:07,807\r\nDISTRICT, BUT REPRESENT THE CITY\r\n\r\n3340\r\n01:54:07,807 --> 01:54:08,942\r\nAS A WHOLE AND REPRESENTING THE \r\n\r\n3341\r\n01:54:08,942 --> 01:54:10,310\r\nCITY AS A WHOLE IS HAVING THAT \r\n\r\n3342\r\n01:54:10,310 --> 01:54:10,877\r\nRESPONSIBLE, FISCAL \r\n\r\n3343\r\n01:54:10,877 --> 01:54:11,945\r\nRESPONSIBILITY AND TAKING IT \r\n\r\n3344\r\n01:54:11,945 --> 01:54:13,246\r\nSERIOUSLY. EVEN IF PEOPLE \r\n\r\n3345\r\n01:54:13,246 --> 01:54:14,447\r\nDISAGREE WITH US OR GET ANGRY \r\n\r\n3346\r\n01:54:14,447 --> 01:54:16,216\r\nWITH US. FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON \r\n\r\n3347\r\n01:54:16,216 --> 01:54:17,550\r\nTHIS LEVY, WELL OVER $400 \r\n\r\n3348\r\n01:54:17,550 --> 01:54:22,522\r\nMILLION, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. \r\n\r\n3349\r\n01:54:22,522 --> 01:54:23,523\r\n>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER \r\n\r\n3350\r\n01:54:23,523 --> 01:54:24,858\r\nJUAREZ. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND I\r\n\r\n3351\r\n01:54:24,858 --> 01:54:26,326\r\nDO APPRECIATE HAVING -- AS \r\n\r\n3352\r\n01:54:26,326 --> 01:54:29,128\r\nCOUNCILMEMBER SAID EARLIER, AS \r\n\r\n3353\r\n01:54:29,128 --> 01:54:34,234\r\nYOU ALSO SAID, COUNCILMEMBER \r\n\r\n3354\r\n01:54:34,234 --> 01:54:35,668\r\nJUAREZ, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE \r\n\r\n3355\r\n01:54:35,668 --> 01:54:36,502\r\nTOUGH CONVERSATIONS. THAT IS \r\n\r\n3356\r\n01:54:36,502 --> 01:54:38,338\r\nPART OF THE JOB . I MEAN, ANYONE\r\n\r\n3357\r\n01:54:38,338 --> 01:54:40,540\r\nWHO WANTS TO DO THIS JOB, JUST \r\n\r\n3358\r\n01:54:40,540 --> 01:54:44,010\r\nKNOW THAT. YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE \r\n\r\n3359\r\n01:54:44,010 --> 01:54:52,619\r\nTOUGH CONVERSATIONS. BUT I SAID \r\n\r\n3360\r\n01:54:52,619 --> 01:54:53,886\r\nIT DURING THIS LEVY PROCESS, I \r\n\r\n3361\r\n01:54:53,886 --> 01:54:55,021\r\nSAID IT DURING THE THEFT, THINGS\r\n\r\n3362\r\n01:54:55,021 --> 01:54:56,389\r\nWORK BETTER WHEN WE WORK \r\n\r\n3363\r\n01:54:56,389 --> 01:54:56,956\r\nTOGETHER. WE HAVE BETTER \r\n\r\n3364\r\n01:54:56,956 --> 01:54:58,224\r\nOUTCOMES WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER. \r\n\r\n3365\r\n01:54:58,224 --> 01:54:59,092\r\nAND THAT IS ABSOLUTELY MISSING \r\n\r\n3366\r\n01:54:59,092 --> 01:55:06,499\r\nIN THIS COUNTRY . AND IN SOME \r\n\r\n3367\r\n01:55:06,499 --> 01:55:08,001\r\nPARTS OF OUR CITY EVEN. I WILL \r\n\r\n3368\r\n01:55:08,001 --> 01:55:09,369\r\nSAY IT. BUT WE WORK REALLY HARD \r\n\r\n3369\r\n01:55:09,369 --> 01:55:12,905\r\nON THIS COUNCIL TO WORK TOGETHER\r\n\r\n3370\r\n01:55:12,905 --> 01:55:14,307\r\n, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE DISAGREE. I\r\n\r\n3371\r\n01:55:14,307 --> 01:55:15,174\r\nTHINK THAT IS EVEN MORE \r\n\r\n3372\r\n01:55:15,174 --> 01:55:16,342\r\nIMPORTANT TO WORK TOGETHER WHEN \r\n\r\n3373\r\n01:55:16,342 --> 01:55:17,410\r\nWE DISAGREE. BECAUSE WE DO NEED \r\n\r\n3374\r\n01:55:17,410 --> 01:55:19,712\r\nTO GET SOMEWHERE. AND THAT IS \r\n\r\n3375\r\n01:55:19,712 --> 01:55:21,581\r\nNOT GOING TO HAPPEN IF WE DON'T\r\n\r\n3376\r\n01:55:21,581 --> 01:55:26,819\r\nTALK AND TALK OUR DIFFERENCES \r\n\r\n3377\r\n01:55:26,819 --> 01:55:27,987\r\nOUT. WE ALL REPRESENT DIFFERENT \r\n\r\n3378\r\n01:55:27,987 --> 01:55:28,621\r\nCONSTITUENCIES, DIFFERENT PARTS \r\n\r\n3379\r\n01:55:28,621 --> 01:55:33,726\r\nOF THE CITY, AND IF YOU ARE AT \r\n\r\n3380\r\n01:55:33,726 --> 01:55:34,494\r\nLARGE, YOU'RE REPRESENTING ALL \r\n\r\n3381\r\n01:55:34,494 --> 01:55:35,128\r\nOF THOSE DIFFERENT \r\n\r\n3382\r\n01:55:35,128 --> 01:55:37,664\r\nCONSTITUENCIES ACROSS THE CITY. \r\n\r\n3383\r\n01:55:37,664 --> 01:55:39,132\r\nSO, ANYWAY, THANK YOU. LET'S \r\n\r\n3384\r\n01:55:39,132 --> 01:55:40,900\r\nGET TO OUR VOTE AND GET THIS TO \r\n\r\n3385\r\n01:55:40,900 --> 01:55:42,335\r\nTHE VOTERS. ALL RIGHT, WILL THE \r\n\r\n3386\r\n01:55:42,335 --> 01:55:52,845\r\nCLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON \r\n\r\n3387\r\n01:55:56,416 --> 01:56:04,223\r\nTHE RECOMMENDATION -- \r\n\r\n3388\r\n01:56:04,223 --> 01:56:05,425\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. \r\n\r\n3389\r\n01:56:05,425 --> 01:56:06,025\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n3390\r\n01:56:06,025 --> 01:56:06,559\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. \r\n\r\n3391\r\n01:56:06,559 --> 01:56:06,926\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n3392\r\n01:56:06,926 --> 01:56:08,027\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. \r\n\r\n3393\r\n01:56:08,027 --> 01:56:09,128\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n3394\r\n01:56:09,128 --> 01:56:09,629\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER LIN. \r\n\r\n3395\r\n01:56:09,629 --> 01:56:10,897\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n3396\r\n01:56:10,897 --> 01:56:11,531\r\n>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. \r\n\r\n3397\r\n01:56:11,531 --> 01:56:13,032\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n3398\r\n01:56:13,032 --> 01:56:14,534\r\n>> VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH. \r\n\r\n3399\r\n01:56:14,534 --> 01:56:15,702\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n3400\r\n01:56:15,702 --> 01:56:16,135\r\n>> CHAIR RIVERA. \r\n\r\n3401\r\n01:56:16,135 --> 01:56:22,208\r\n>> YES. \r\n\r\n3402\r\n01:56:22,208 --> 01:56:23,309\r\n>> SEVEN IN FAVOR AND NONE \r\n\r\n3403\r\n01:56:23,309 --> 01:56:24,310\r\nOPPOSED. \r\n\r\n3404\r\n01:56:24,310 --> 01:56:26,913\r\n>> \r\n\r\n3405\r\n01:56:26,913 --> 01:56:28,848\r\n>> THE BILL PASSES. NOW YOU CAN \r\n\r\n3406\r\n01:56:28,848 --> 01:56:29,048\r\nCLAP. \r\n\r\n3407\r\n01:56:29,048 --> 01:56:34,921\r\n>> [ APPLAUSE ] \r\n\r\n3408\r\n01:56:34,921 --> 01:56:36,422\r\n>> IT IS HARD DURING PUBLIC \r\n\r\n3409\r\n01:56:36,422 --> 01:56:37,323\r\nCOMMENT BECAUSE YOU'RE TRYING \r\n\r\n3410\r\n01:56:37,323 --> 01:56:43,429\r\nTO SHEPHERD PEOPLE THROUGH. ALL \r\n\r\n3411\r\n01:56:43,429 --> 01:56:44,163\r\nRIGHT, RECOMMENDATION THAT THE \r\n\r\n3412\r\n01:56:44,163 --> 01:56:45,498\r\nBILL PASS AS AMENDED WILL BE \r\n\r\n3413\r\n01:56:45,498 --> 01:56:46,733\r\nSENT TO THE APRIL 14, 2026 CITY \r\n\r\n3414\r\n01:56:46,733 --> 01:56:47,533\r\nCOUNCIL MEETING FOR FINAL \r\n\r\n3415\r\n01:56:47,533 --> 01:56:48,234\r\nCONSIDERATION. COLLEAGUES, ANY \r\n\r\n3416\r\n01:56:48,234 --> 01:56:49,602\r\nFURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? \r\n\r\n3417\r\n01:56:49,602 --> 01:56:51,237\r\nTHEN, IF YOU'LL INDULGE ME IN \r\n\r\n3418\r\n01:56:51,237 --> 01:56:53,673\r\nTWO MORE MINUTES, I KNOW IT'S \r\n\r\n3419\r\n01:56:53,673 --> 01:56:59,912\r\n11:31 AM I WILL SAY, SINGLE \r\n\r\n3420\r\n01:56:59,912 --> 01:57:00,713\r\nFURTHER QUESTIONS THIS CONCLUDES\r\n\r\n3421\r\n01:57:00,713 --> 01:57:01,614\r\nTHE APRIL 8, 2026 SELECT \r\n\r\n3422\r\n01:57:01,614 --> 01:57:02,715\r\nCOMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY LEVY. \r\n\r\n3423\r\n01:57:02,715 --> 01:57:06,386\r\nTHIS IS OUR FINAL SELECT \r\n\r\n3424\r\n01:57:06,386 --> 01:57:07,620\r\nCOMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY LEVY. \r\n\r\n3425\r\n01:57:07,620 --> 01:57:08,421\r\nBEFORE WE ADJOURN I WANT TO \r\n\r\n3426\r\n01:57:08,421 --> 01:57:10,056\r\nTHANK THE FOLKS WHO'VE BEEN SO \r\n\r\n3427\r\n01:57:10,056 --> 01:57:12,725\r\nHELPFUL AND INSTRUMENTAL DURING \r\n\r\n3428\r\n01:57:12,725 --> 01:57:14,460\r\nTHIS PROCESS. I WANT TO THANK \r\n\r\n3429\r\n01:57:14,460 --> 01:57:22,335\r\nERIC, ARE CENTRAL SAFFER STAFFER\r\n\r\n3430\r\n01:57:22,335 --> 01:57:23,503\r\nWHO HELPED WITH THE EVIDENCE AND\r\n\r\n3431\r\n01:57:23,503 --> 01:57:26,038\r\nSHEPHERD THIS YEAR. I WANT TO \r\n\r\n3432\r\n01:57:26,038 --> 01:57:27,039\r\nTHANK OUR AMAZING DEPUTY CLERKS \r\n\r\n3433\r\n01:57:27,039 --> 01:57:28,007\r\nBUT IN PARTICULAR AMELIA AND \r\n\r\n3434\r\n01:57:28,007 --> 01:57:32,912\r\nJODY WHO WORKED ON THIS LEVY \r\n\r\n3435\r\n01:57:32,912 --> 01:57:34,213\r\nPROCESS. I WANT TO THANK THE \r\n\r\n3436\r\n01:57:34,213 --> 01:57:35,214\r\nVOLUNTEERS WHO SHOWED UP FOR \r\n\r\n3437\r\n01:57:35,214 --> 01:57:36,249\r\nPUBLIC HEARING EARLIER IN THE \r\n\r\n3438\r\n01:57:36,249 --> 01:57:42,855\r\nWEEK. CAMERON, PATTY, AND KIMMY.\r\n\r\n3439\r\n01:57:42,855 --> 01:57:44,257\r\nTHANK YOU, SUPER APPRECIATE YOU.\r\n\r\n3440\r\n01:57:44,257 --> 01:57:45,558\r\nAND OF COURSE, MY OWN STAFF, \r\n\r\n3441\r\n01:57:45,558 --> 01:57:46,826\r\nWENDY, NICK AND JACOB FOR ALL OF\r\n\r\n3442\r\n01:57:46,826 --> 01:57:51,130\r\nTHEIR HARD WORK. COUNCILMEMBER \r\n\r\n3443\r\n01:57:51,130 --> 01:57:52,165\r\nJUAREZ, YOU SAID NOBODY KNOWS \r\n\r\n3444\r\n01:57:52,165 --> 01:57:54,434\r\nWHAT GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENES ,\r\n\r\n3445\r\n01:57:54,434 --> 01:57:56,302\r\nSO MUCH WORK. AND WE RELY ON ALL\r\n\r\n3446\r\n01:57:56,302 --> 01:57:58,738\r\nOF THE PEOPLE THAT WE THANKED. I\r\n\r\n3447\r\n01:57:58,738 --> 01:58:01,941\r\nWANT TO THANK THE LIBRARIES , \r\n\r\n3448\r\n01:58:01,941 --> 01:58:03,109\r\nTHE LIBRARY TEAM, UNDER THE \r\n\r\n3449\r\n01:58:03,109 --> 01:58:09,916\r\nLEADERSHIP FOR OTHER WORK IN THE\r\n\r\n3450\r\n01:58:09,916 --> 01:58:10,716\r\nBACK-AND-FORTH, I NEED THIS \r\n\r\n3451\r\n01:58:10,716 --> 01:58:11,517\r\nINFORMATION AND THAT INFORMATION\r\n\r\n3452\r\n01:58:11,517 --> 01:58:20,126\r\nAND THESE FIGURES -- ET CETERA. \r\n\r\n3453\r\n01:58:20,126 --> 01:58:21,828\r\nI WANT TO THANK THE FOUNDATION \r\n\r\n3454\r\n01:58:21,828 --> 01:58:23,129\r\nFOR THEIR ADVOCACY. I WANT TO \r\n\r\n3455\r\n01:58:23,129 --> 01:58:24,497\r\nTHANK, MORE PORTLY, THE MEMBERS \r\n\r\n3456\r\n01:58:24,497 --> 01:58:25,198\r\nOF THE PUBLIC THE K MULTIPLE \r\n\r\n3457\r\n01:58:25,198 --> 01:58:26,265\r\nTIMES TWO CHAMBERS TO ADVOCATE \r\n\r\n3458\r\n01:58:26,265 --> 01:58:27,733\r\nON BEHALF OF THE LIBRARIES. AND \r\n\r\n3459\r\n01:58:27,733 --> 01:58:28,901\r\nANYONE WHO HAD A HAND IN THE \r\n\r\n3460\r\n01:58:28,901 --> 01:58:30,303\r\nPASSAGE OF THIS BILL -- YOU \r\n\r\n3461\r\n01:58:30,303 --> 01:58:31,404\r\nKNOW, I WANT TO THANK THE \r\n\r\n3462\r\n01:58:31,404 --> 01:58:32,805\r\nMAYOR'S OFFICE AGAIN. AND \r\n\r\n3463\r\n01:58:32,805 --> 01:58:35,241\r\nDEPUTY MAYOR AND OUR CBO \r\n\r\n3464\r\n01:58:35,241 --> 01:58:37,810\r\nDIRECTOR, EVERYONE WORKED \r\n\r\n3465\r\n01:58:37,810 --> 01:58:40,613\r\nTOGETHER TO PUT THIS PACKAGE \r\n\r\n3466\r\n01:58:40,613 --> 01:58:45,551\r\nTOGETHER. AND AGAIN, WHEN WE \r\n\r\n3467\r\n01:58:45,551 --> 01:58:46,519\r\nWORK TOGETHER, WE HAVE BETTER \r\n\r\n3468\r\n01:58:46,519 --> 01:58:48,020\r\nOUTCOMES. AND I KNOW THAT THE \r\n\r\n3469\r\n01:58:48,020 --> 01:58:54,494\r\nMAYOR VERY MUCH LOVES LIBRARIES.\r\n\r\n3470\r\n01:58:54,494 --> 01:58:55,528\r\nSHE IS A HIGH UTILIZER OF THE \r\n\r\n3471\r\n01:58:55,528 --> 01:58:56,662\r\nLIBRARY. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE \r\n\r\n3472\r\n01:58:56,662 --> 01:58:57,730\r\nTHAT TOO. WE ALL HAVE TO \r\n\r\n3473\r\n01:58:57,730 --> 01:58:58,498\r\nACKNOWLEDGE EACH OTHER HERE. \r\n\r\n3474\r\n01:58:58,498 --> 01:58:59,499\r\nTHIS ISN'T POSTURING FOR ONE \r\n\r\n3475\r\n01:58:59,499 --> 01:59:01,501\r\nPERSON OR ANOTHER TO GET THE \r\n\r\n3476\r\n01:59:01,501 --> 01:59:02,635\r\nCREDIT. THIS IS A TEAM EFFORT \r\n\r\n3477\r\n01:59:02,635 --> 01:59:04,237\r\nAND A PARTNERSHIP. AND I SUPER \r\n\r\n3478\r\n01:59:04,237 --> 01:59:05,905\r\nAPPRECIATE EVERYBODY WHO WAS \r\n\r\n3479\r\n01:59:05,905 --> 01:59:13,412\r\nINVOLVED. AND LET'S GET THIS \r\n\r\n3480\r\n01:59:13,412 --> 01:59:14,814\r\nTHING TO THE LEVY. WE HAVE ONE \r\n\r\n3481\r\n01:59:14,814 --> 01:59:16,115\r\nFINAL VOTE IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT\r\n\r\n3482\r\n01:59:16,115 --> 01:59:17,350\r\nHAPPEN. AND THAT IS ON TUESDAY. \r\n\r\n3483\r\n01:59:17,350 --> 01:59:20,153\r\nAND I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT VOTE.\r\n\r\n", "text": "[ MUSIC ]\nGOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. THE\nAPRIL 8, 22026 MEETING OF THE\nSELECT COMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY\nLEVY WILL COME TO ORDER. IT IS\n9:44 AM. I AM CHAIR OF THE\nCOMMITTEE. WITH THE CLERK PLEASE\nCALL THE ROLL.\nCOUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS: COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.\nHERE: HERE.\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER: COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.\nHERE: HERE.\nCOUNCILMEMBER LIN: COUNCILMEMBER LIN.\nHERE: HERE.\nCOUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ: COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.\nHERE: HERE.\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK: COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.\nHERE: HERE.\nVICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH: VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH.\nHERE: HERE.\nCHAIR RIVERA: CHAIR RIVERA.\nHERE. SEVEN THE COUNCIL\nMEMBERS ARE PRESENT.\nPLEASE NOTE COUNCILMEMBER: PLEASE NOTE COUNCILMEMBER\nSAKA AND COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE\nARE EXCUSED FROM THE MEETING. IF\nTHERE IS NO OBJECTION THE AGENDA\nWILL BE ADOPTED. WE WILL NOW\nHAVE OUR HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT.\nPUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD TIE WITH\nTHINGS ON THE AGENDA OR IN THE\nPURVIEW OF THIS COMMITTEE. HOW\nMANY SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP\nTODAY?\nWE CURRENTLY HAVE 10 IN\nPERSON SPEAKERS AND SEVEN REMOTE\nSPEAKERS ASSIGNED UP.\nTHAT IS 17 PEOPLE. SO, GIVEN\nTHAT, EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE TWO\nMINUTES. CLERK, PLEASE PLEASE\nREAD THE INSTRUCTIONS.\nIT WILL BE MODERATED IN THE: IT WILL BE MODERATED IN THE\nFOLLOWING MANNER. UP TO 60\nMINUTES, EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE\nTWO MINUTES. SPEAKERS WILL BE\nCALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH\nTHEY REGISTERED. WE WILL START\nWITH IN PERSON SPEAKERS FIRST\nAND THEN REMOTE SPEAKERS UNTIL\nTHE PERIOD HAS ENDED. SPEAKERS\nWILL HEAR A TIME WHEN THERE'S\n10 SECONDS LEFT. PUBLIC COMMENT\nIS NOW OPEN AND WE WILL BEGIN\nWITH THE FIRST SPEAKER ON THE\nLIST. JESSICA LUCAS.\nWELCOME, JESSICA.\nTHANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I AM\nJESSICA LUCAS, THE PRESIDENT OF\nLOCAL 2083, SEATTLE PUBLIC\nLIBRARY'S. LIBRARY EMPLOYEES\nUNION. I'M HERE TO REPRESENT\nOUR MEMBERS. WE WOULD LIKE TO\nTHANK THE MAYOR AND THE CITY\nCOUNCIL FOR WORKING SO\nDILIGENTLY TO PUT FORTH AND\nIMPROVE THE PROPOSED 2027 TO\n2033 LEVY. WE KNOW THAT 30% OF\nOUR SALARIES ARE FUNDED THROUGH\nTHE CURRENT LEVY. AND THAT THIS\nLEVY DOES NOT , AND IF THIS LEVY\nDOES NOT PASS, IT WILL MEAN\nLAYOFFS AND DEEP CUTS FOR THE\nSERVICES WE PROVIDE. WE ARE\nHAPPY TO SEE SO MUCH POTENTIAL\nFOR ADDITIONAL STAFF TO SUPPORT\nFUTURE PROGRAMS THAT ARE PART OF\nTHIS PACKAGE. WHICH WE HOPE WILL\nINCLUDE SUPPORT STAFF AS WELL AS\nLIBRARIANS. AS 18 SERVICES\nLIBRARIAN MYSELF I CAN TELL YOU\nTHAT WE NEED ADDITIONAL LIBRARY\nASSOCIATE STAFF WHO PROVIDE\nPROCESSING, SHELVING, CUSTOMER\nSERVICE AND INFORMATION\nREFERRALS SO THAT LIBRARIANS\nHAVE TIME TO LISTEN TO OUR\nCOMMUNITIES AND CREATE AND\nPROVIDE EQUITABLE PROGRAMS THAT\nSERVE THEIR NEEDS. WE NEED MORE\nSECURITY OFFICERS WHO ARE\nTRAINED IN DE-ESCALATION,\nHONESTLY MORE THAN THE THREE\nPROPOSED. TO KEEP US IN OUR\nPATRONS SAFE. WE NEED WORKING\nDOOR LOCKS THAT ACTUALLY RESPOND\nTO THE BUTTONS WE PUSH TO LOCK\nTHEM IN AN EMERGENCY. WE NEED\nBUILDINGS THAT WILL NOT FALL ON\nOUR HEADS IN AN EARTHQUAKE AND\nTHAT CAN PROVIDE REFUGE IN BOTH\nTHE HOTTEST AND COLDEST DAYS OF\nTHE YEAR. WE NEED ADDITIONAL\nSUPPORT FOR OUR SOCIAL SERVICES\nTEAM WHO PROVIDE RESOURCES TO\nOUR MOST VULNERABLE PATRONS.\nTHANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THESE\nTHINGS IN THE ORIGINAL LEVY\nPROPOSAL AND IN THESE\nAMENDMENTS. I LOOK FORWARD TO\nTHE LIBRARY FOR FILLING ALL OF\nTHESE PROMISES TO STAFF AND\nPATRONS AND TO ALL OF THE FOLKS\nLIVING IN SEATTLE. WHETHER THEY\nENTER OUR BUILDINGS OR NOT, THEY\nBENEFIT -- WE PROVIDE TO THOSE\nWHO DO. THE LIBRARY CONTRIBUTE\nSTILL WELL-INFORMED, EDUCATED\nAND CONNECTED SOCIETY. THANK\nYOU.\nTHANK YOU, JESSICA. I SHOULD\nSAY, CAN YOU PLEASE USE JAZZ\nHANDS SO WE ARE ABLE TO MOVE\nQUICKLY AND HEAR EVERYONE. ALL\nMICROPHONES ARE ON SO WHEN I\nCALL YOU UP YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO\nWALK UP TO ONE OF THE\nMICROPHONES IF YOU WOULD LIKE.\nRYAN, LAUREN, PETER, BETSY AND\nTHEN PIPPIN.\nGOOD MORNING, COUNCIL\nMEMBERS. I AM THE CEO OF THE\nSEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY\nFOUNDATION. I APPRECIATE THE\nCONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE HAD\nLEADING THROUGH THIS PROCESS. IT\nIS WORTH STATING THAT THE\nFOUNDATION IS A NONPROFIT\nPARTNER OF THE LIBRARY. WE ARE\nFUNDRAISERS AND ADVOCATES ON\nBEHALF OF THE LIBRARY WE LOVE.\nWHILE WE ARE PROUD OF THE\nFUNDING WE PROVIDE TO THE\nLIBRARY, TANKS WERE THOUSANDS OF\nDONORS, WE ALSO KNOW PRIVATE\nPHILANTHROPY IS ALWAYS CHANGING\nAND CAN NEVER MATCH THE IMPACT\nOF PUBLIC FUNDING FOR A\nCHARTERED CITY INSTITUTION. NOR\nSHOULD IT. THE AMENDMENT'S\nBEFORE YOU ARE SMALL IN RELATION\nTO THE CITY'S TOTAL BUDGET FOR\nTHE OVERALL SHARE OF THE\nPROPERTY TAXES DEDICATED TO THE\nCITY'S VARIOUS LEVIES. BUT THE\nOFFER SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS AND\nTHEY WILL POSITION THE\nFOUNDATION TO MAKE EVEN FURTHER\nENHANCEMENTS FOR PRIVATE\nSUPPORT. INC. ABOUT IT THIS WAY,\nTHESE AMENDMENTS REPRESENT ABOUT\n10 YEARS OF FUNDRAISING EFFORTS\n. YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AT\nTHIS MOMENT TO MAKE A DECADES\nWORTH OF DIFFERENCE FOR THE\nCOUNTLESS LIBRARY PATRONS WHO\nRELY ON IT. THE TIME TO INVEST\nIN THE LIBRARY IS NOW. THE\nLIBRARY IS READY TO IMPLEMENT\nIMPORTANT EXPANSIONS TO VITAL\nSERVICES TO ACHIEVE ITS\nSTRATEGIC VISION. AND THE\nFOUNDATION IS READY TO BOOST OUR\nFUNDRAISING TO LEVERAGE LOOK\nSUPPORT. AND THE RESIDENTS OF\nSEATTLE I FEEL ARE READY TO SHOW\nTHEIR SUPPORT FOR THE DECISIONS\nYOU MAKE. I URGE YOU TO SEIZE\nTHIS MOMENT AND BE VISIONARY.\nLEASE DON'T SHORTCHANGE A\nPUBLIC INSTITUTION THE TOUCHES\nEVERY NEIGHBORHOOD, SERVES\nPEOPLE OF EVERY AGE, AND ALL\nBACKGROUNDS. THANK YOU FOR\nTAKING BOTH ACTION TO MAKE OUR\nBELOVED LIBRARY EVEN STRONGER.\nPLEASE PASS THE AMENDMENTS TODAY\nAND LET'S GET TO WORK. THANK\nYOU.\nTHANK YOU, BRIAN. PETER,\nBETSY, AND PIPPIN.\nGOOD MORNING, COUNCIL\nMEMBERS.\nGO AHEAD: GO AHEAD.\nI AM HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF: I AM HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF\nAND A 6000 ELECTRICAL WORKER\nMEMBERS. IN 2021 OVER 400 PEOPLE\nDIED IN THE HEAT DOME IN OUR\nSTATE. THAT REVEALED THE WE ARE\nNOT READY FOR CLIMATE CHANGE. I\nAM PROUD THAT OVER THE LAST\nSEVERAL YEARS OUR UNION HAS\nWORKED IN COALITION WITH GROUPS\nLIKE 350 SEATTLE, AND THE GREEN\nNEW DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD TO\nADVOCATE FOR ADEQUATE COOLING IN\nPUBLIC BUILDINGS AND TO HELP GET\nOUR BUILDINGS HERE IN SEATTLE TO\nSTOP EMITTING CLIMATE POLLUTION.\nWE ARE REALLY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT\nAMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN\nPROPOSED FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS\nFOSTER, COUNCILMEMBER LIN AND\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK WHICH WE\nBELIEVE WOULD HELP ACHIEVE THE\nGOALS AND WE ASKED FOR THE\nCOUNCIL SUPPORT FOR THESE\nAMENDMENTS.\nTHANK YOU. BETSY, PIPPIN,\nANN.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS.\nMY NAME IS BETSY, I AM LIVING IN\nDISTRICT 6. I AM ALSO A FORMER\nCHILDREN'S STAFF FOR THE\nSEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY. UNTIL\nRECENTLY I DID WORK IN THE\nCHILDREN'S AREA ON LEVEL I, THE\nTEEN AREA ON LEVEL III. THIS IS\nA VERY WELL USED AND WELL LOVED\nSPACE. SPECIFICALLY IN THE\nCHILDREN'S AREA. PARENTS IN\nGIVERS STOP ALL DAY LONG, CHECK\nOUT BOOKS TO ENTERTAIN KIDS AND\nJUST HANG OUT. I WAS WORKING AT\nTHE CENTRAL LIBRARY WHEN IT WAS\nBUILT 22 YEARS AGO. AND I\nWITNESSED THE ENTIRE PROCESS .\nAT THAT POINT IT WAS THE\nARCHITECT'S VISION OF HOW THE\nSPACE SHOULD WORK. AND THAT WE\nHAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR\nFRONTLINE STAFF AND BUILDING\nMANAGERS TO BE ABLE TO CREATE\nTHE SPACE THAT WILL ACTUALLY\nHELP OUR STAFF FUNCTION FOR THE\nPEOPLE WE SERVE. I AM HERE TODAY\nBECAUSE I SO APPRECIATE THE\nPROPOSED AMENDMENT FOR THE\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER TO DEDICATE\n$10 MILLION TO THE RENOVATION OF\nCENTRAL LIBRARY. THE AMENDMENT\nCOULD MAKE THIS HUGE DIFFERENCE\nFOR THE CHILDREN IN THE AREA.\nTHE CENTRAL LIBRARY IS SHOWING\nITS AGE. IS 22 YEARS OLD, IT IS\nSTATE-OF-THE-ART IN 2004 IT'S\nNOT THE SAME AS 2026. THINK\nABOUT HOW IT WOULD REVITALIZE\nTHIS AREA AND BENEFIT THE\nSEATTLE FAMILIES AS A WHOLE. MY\nFORMER COLLEAGUES COULD HOST\nMORE PROGRAMS, OFFER MORE BOOKS,\nHELP MORE PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE\nBUILDING. THINK ABOUT WHAT WOULD\nNEED TO HER DOWNTOWN CORE. WHEN\nWE INVITE MORE KIDS AND MORE\nTEENS INTO OUR DOWNTOWN\nDESTINATIONS LIKE THE LIBRARY,\nIT SHOWS PEOPLE THE CITY WE ARE\nVIBRANT, SAFE AND A POSITIVE\nAREA. THINK ABOUT THE GLOBAL\nREADING CHALLENGE THE JUST\nHAPPENED. IT WAS IN THE SEATTLE\nTIMES ARTICLE ON APRIL 1. WE HAD\nTHOUSANDS, HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES\nTHAT CAME. I ALSO JUST WANT TO\nSAY THAT WE ARE THE LAST TRULY\nDEMOCRATIC INSTITUTION . WHERE\nFAMILIES CAN COME, PEOPLE CAN\nCOME, NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE,\nWHERE THEY ARE, AND WE ARE THE\nONLY FREE PLACE TO HANG IN THE\nDOWNTOWN CORE.\nTHANK YOU, BETSY. THANK YOU\nVERY MUCH.\nI HAVE A VISUAL AID: I HAVE A VISUAL AID.\nALL RIGHT. YES. TRUE. THANK\nYOU, BETSY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR\nSERVICE IN THE LIBRARY'S.\nPIPPIN. AND THEN SHARA.\nGOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS\nPIPPIN. I AM THE EXECUTIVE\nDIRECTOR OF A NONPROFIT LITERARY\nARTS ORGANIZATION BASED IN\nDISTRICT 3. OVER THE YEARS I\nHAVE ALSO MAGAZINE EXPRESSING\nAND SUPPORT OF CITY LITERATURE.\nWHICH MANAGES OUR CITIES\nDESIGNATION IS A CITY OF\nLITERATURE. I SHARE ALL THIS TO\nSAY THAT I BELIEVE I'M\nQUALIFIED TO SPEAK TO HOW DEEPLY\nTHE LIBRARY IMPACTS SEATTLE'S\nLITERARY COMMUNITY. SEATTLE IS A\nCITY OF READERS AND WRITERS. THE\nREGION HAS LITERARY TRADITION\nTHAT GOES BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL\nINHABITANTS. REGARDLESS OF\nBACKGROUND OR BELIEF WE\nSEATTLEITES SHARE A COMMON BOND\nFOR STORYTELLING. OUR LIBRARY IS\nABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL TO THIS\nIDENTITY. TO THE BOOKS IT\nCIRCULATES, THE WRITERS IT\nBRINGS IN FOR PROGRAMS AND THE\nCOMMUNITIES IT BUILDS AROUND\nREADING AND WRITING. IT IS NO\nEXAGGERATION TO SAY THAT IT\nWOULD NOT BE A UNESCO CITY OF\nLITERATURE, ONE OF ONLY TWO IN\nTHE U.S., AND 53 WORLDWIDE,\nWITHOUT A STRONG SEATTLE PUBLIC\nLIBRARY. OUR TIME WITH DEMOCRACY\nFEELS FRAGILE AND THIS\nINFORMATION SPREADS FASTER,\nLITERATURE MATTERS. READING\nSLOWS US DOWN IN AN ECONOMY .\nREADING CREATES SPACE FOR\nREFLECTION. COMBATS ISOLATION\nAND BUILDS APATHY BY ALLOWING\nNOT OTHERWISE UNDERSTAND. IT IS\nA WAY , IN A WAY IT'S NOT JUST\nA PRIVATE ACT, IT IS A CIVIC\nONE. SUPPORTING A LITERATE\nCULTURE IS AN ACT OF DEMOCRACY.\nTHAT IS WHY AM GRATEFUL TO THE\nCOUNCIL MEMBERS FOR PRIORITIZING\nLIBRARY COLLECTIONS IN THE LEVY.\nWE MUST COST AND DEMANDS FOR\nLIBRARY BOOKS. AN INVESTMENT AND\nCURIOSITY, IMAGINATION AND\nINFORMED AND ENGAGED PUBLIC. FOR\nALL THESE REASONS I URGE YOU TO\nPLEASE VOTE IT IN. THANK YOU FOR\nYOUR ATTENTION. AND ALL THE WORK\nYOU DO.\nTHANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SHARA\nAND THEN LILY.\nI AM ANN AND I AM A LIFELONG: I AM ANN AND I AM A LIFELONG\nLOVER OF LIBRARIES. I HAVE\nSERVED ON A VARIETY OF\nFOUNDATION BOARDS AND AM\nCURRENTLY THE EMERITUS CHAIR FOR\nTHE FOUNDATION BOARD SUPPORTING\nTHE LIBRARY. I HAVE GIVEN TOURS\nOF HER CENTRAL LIBRARY. I'VE\nTALKED TO PEOPLE AND PROMOTED\nTHE LIBRARY ALL OF MY TIME HERE\nIN SEATTLE WHICH IS MY ADULT\nLIFE. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK\nYOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND\nENCOURAGE YOU TO GIVE AS MUCH AS\nPOSSIBLE TO FUND OF THE LIBRARY.\nPARTICULARLY AROUND THE\nCOLLECTIONS . WHEN I GO TO MY\nLIBRARY I SEE PEOPLE WALKING OUT\nWITH ARMLOADS OF BOOKS. SO I\nKNOW THEY ARE REALLY UTILIZING\nALL OF THE RESOURCES. IT MAKES A\nBIG DIFFERENCE. IT MAKES US A\nBETTER EDUCATED, MORE AWARE AND\nSMARTER COMMUNITY. SO KEEP IT\nGOING. GIVE US THE BEST MONEY\nYOU CAN TO KEEP THE LIBRARY\nSTRONG. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.\nTHANK YOU, ANN. SHARA,\nSHEILA, EXCUSE ME, LILY AND\nCHRISTIANA .\nHI, I APPRECIATE THE SHORT\nMICROPHONE. THANK YOU, CHAIR AND\nCOUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS\nSHARA, AND THE COEXECUTIVE\nDIRECTOR AT LITERACY SOURCE.\nBASED IN DISTRICT 5. WE ARE AN\nADULT EDUCATION ORGANIZATION AND\nLITERACY. I AM HERE TO THANK\nCANCEL MEMBERS FOR THEIR\nAMENDMENT TO EXPAND A LINGUAL\nPROGRAMMING AT THE LIBRARY.\nLITERACY SOURCE IS A LONGTIME\nPARTNER OF A LIBRARY. ON\nPROGRAMS THAT SERVE IMMIGRANTS\nAND REFUGEES. FOR EXAMPLE, WE\nRUN THE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE\nCONVERSATION CLASSES AND HAVE\nLOTS OF PEOPLE COMING IN\nREGULARLY WHO ARE ADULTS WORKING\nON THEIR ENGLISH. THEY CURRENTLY\nTAKE PLACE AT THE CENTRAL\nLIBRARY , BEACON HILL, LAKE\nCITY, HIGH POINT, NEWHOLLY,\nNORTHGATE AND SOUTHPARK RANCHES\nAND ALSO VIRTUALLY. WE ARE ABLE\nTO OFFER SO MANY OPTIONS THIS\nYEAR BECAUSE OF THE TWO YEAR\nGRANT FROM THE CARNEGIE\nCORPORATION OF NEW YORK SECURED\nBY THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY\nFOUNDATION LAST YEAR. THE\nFUNDING NEARLY DOUBLE THE NUMBER\nOF FREE LIBRARY PROGRAMS THAT\nARE SERVING LOOSELY WHICH\nLEARNERS AND WE KNOW THERE IS A\nHUGE NEED OUT THERE. WE EXPANDED\nONE ON ONE ADULT EDUCATION\nTUTORING, DIGITAL SKILLS\nCLASSES, AND INTRODUCED LEVEL\nENGLISH CLASSES FOR THE FIRST\nTIME AT THE LIBRARY. THE GRANT\nCAME AT A TIME WHEN DEMAND FOR\nFREE AND LOW-COST ENGLISH\nCLASSES IS VERY HIGH, AS WE KNOW\nAS A LITERACY SOURCE BECAUSE WE\nARE REGULARLY TURNING AWAY\nSTUDENTS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE\nSPACE. SO WE KNOW AT THIS TIME\nMANY IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES\nALSO FEEL THAT THEY ARE AT GREAT\nRISK. AND LEARNING ENGLISH IS A\nWONDERFUL BENEFITS AND WE WANT\nTO HELP THEM. THE FUNDING FOR\nTHAT GRANT EXPIRES IN JULY 2027\nAND THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT\nIT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE\nRENEWED. SO THE AMENDMENT THAT\nCOUNCIL MEMBERS PROVIDED TO\nCONTINUE RESOURCES TO SERVE\nENGLISH-LANGUAGE LEARNERS -- AND\nEXPANDING THE PLAN LEARN\nPROGRAMS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS, FOR\nRECOGNIZING THE VITAL ROLE OF\nTHE LIBRARY AND SERVING OUR\nIMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS AND I URGE\nYOU ALL TO SUPPORT THE\nAMENDMENT. THANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU. NEXT, LILY,\nCHRISTIANA, AND MONIQUE.\nWELCOME, LILY.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS.\nMY NAME IS LILY, I'M A RESIDENT\nOF DISTRICT 1. I WANT TO THANK\nMY COUNCIL MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY\nFOR THE AMENDMENT TO PROVIDE FOR\nADDITIONAL RETROFIT FOR THE\nLIBRARY PRIORITIZING OUR\nBEAUTIFUL WEST SEATTLE BRANCH.\nTHIS BRANCH IS EVEN MORE\nHISTORIC THAN MANY REALIZE. IT\nOPENED IN JULY 1910 IS THE FIRST\nPERMANENT LIBRARY BRANCH IN\nSEATTLE. AND IS STILL THE OLDEST\nOPERATING LIBRARY BUILDING IN\nTHE CITY. IT IS ON THE NATIONAL\nREGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND\nIS A LANDMARKED BUILDING. WHEN I\nFIRST MOVED TO WEST SEATTLE, NO\nJOKE, IT WAS THE FIRST PLACE\nABOUT MY MOM. SHE IS A RETIRED\nLIBRARIAN AND OUR LIBRARY BRANCH\nMANAGER FROM NEW JERSEY AND I\nWANT TO SHOW HER WHAT KIND OF\nNEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMITTEE I\nJUST MOVED INTO. THERE IS NO\nBETTER PLACE TO SHOW THAT FROM\nTHE WONDERFUL WELCOMING READING\nAREA AND THE CHILDREN'S AREA TO\nTHE INCREDIBLE STAFF THAT HOSTS\nPROGRAMS FROM STORYTIME TO LOCAL\nCLUBS CLASS CALLED MUSIC\nCONCERTS. IT IS TRULY A HUB OF\nTHE NEIGHBORHOOD AND BEYOND.\nHOWEVER, IT WILL BE 124 YEARS\nOLD BY THE END OF THIS LEVY\nCYCLE. IT DOES NOT HAVE THE\nREINFORCED MASONRY TO PROTECT\nTHE BUILDING DURING AN\nEARTHQUAKE OR THE CLIMATE AND\nACCESSIBILITY FEATURES OF MOST\nMODERN LIBRARIES. MY\nGRANDMOTHER, WAS ONLY 24 YEARS\nYOUNGER THAN THAT BUILDING, SHE\nTURNS 101 THIS YEAR, WOULD\nCERTAINLY BENEFIT FROM THOSE\nADDITIONS. AS WE ALL KNOW,\nSEATTLE IS OVERDUE FOR THE BIG\nONE. TO PARAPHRASE COUNCILMEMBER\nRINCK LAST WEEK, THE BEST TIME\nFOR A SEISMIC SAFETY UPGRADE IS\nBEFORE THE BIG ONE HITS. FUNDING\nTHE WEST SEATTLE RETROFIT NOW\nALSO HELP MAKE SURE OUR\nNEIGHBORS IN QUEEN ANNE AND\nFREMONT BENEFIT FROM SIMILAR\nPROJECTS IN THE NEXT LEVY CYCLE.\nWE CAN'T AFFORD TO WAIT TOO\nLONG TO PRESERVE THESE HISTORIC\nBUILDINGS. PLEASE VOTE YES FOR\nTHIS AMENDMENT AND IT BENEFITS\nEVERYONE WHO COMES THROUGH THE\nDOORS OF OUR BRANCHES.\nTHANK YOU, LILY. NEXT,\nCHRISTIANA AND THEN MONIQUE AND\nTHEN WE GO TO OUR ONLINE.\nWELCOME.\nMY NAME IS CHRISTIANA. I LIVE\nIN DISTRICT 6. WHEN MY KIDS WERE\nLITTLE WE WOULD GO TO THE\nGREENWOOD LIBRARY IN OUR\nNEIGHBORHOOD OFTEN. WHEN WE\nWOULD RIDE THE ELEVATOR AS IT\nCREAKED AND CRAWLED THERE WOULD\nBE THAT MOMENT BETWEEN MYSELF,\nMY KIDS AND OTHER PATRONS LOOK\nTHAT SAYS, ARE WE GOING TO GET\nSTUCK? THOSE KIDS ARE YOUNG\nADULTS NOW. ONE OF THEM IS HERE\nWITH ME TODAY. AND THE ELEVATOR\nAT THE GREENWOOD LIBRARY AND\nOTHERS IN OUR DISTRICT CONTINUE\nTO CREAK AND CRAWL EVER SO\nSLOWLY UP AND DOWN BETWEEN\nFLOORS. THE SAME HERE TO THANK\nMY COUNCILMEMBER, FOR HIS\nPROPOSED AMENDMENT TO FUND ADA\nACCESSIBILITY AND MAINTENANCE\nNEEDS AT OUR LIBRARIES. THESE\nFUNDS ARE CRITICALLY NEEDED,\nESPECIALLY FOR ELEVATOR AND\nESCALATOR REPLACEMENTS. IF YOU\nHAD BEEN ON THE STREET TO THE\nCENTRAL LIBRARY, THIS WEEK,\nYOU'D HAVE SEEN AN ELEVATOR AND\nESCALATOR ARE CURRENTLY DOWN. AS\nIS, UNFORTUNATELY, OFTEN THE\nCASE IN THAT AMAZING AND AGING\nBUILDING. AS OUR LIBRARIES AGE,\nELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS ARE\nOFTEN THE FIRST THINGS TO BREAK.\nLEADING TO SAFETY RISKS AND\nINACCESSIBILITY. AND AS ANYONE\nWHO HAS LIVED OR WORKED IN A\nHIGH-RISE BUILDING THOSE,\nELEVATORS AREN'T CHEAP OR QUICK\nTO REPLACE. THAT IS WHY THE TIME\nTO FUND THESE REPLACEMENTS IS\nRIGHT NOW WITH THE ONCE EVERY\nSEVEN YEARS OPPORTUNITY IN FRONT\nOF YOU BEFORE COSTS GET EVEN\nHIGHER OR A SERIOUS ISSUE\nOCCURS. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\nSTRAUSS, FOR PROPOSING FUNDS TO\nADEQUATELY ADDRESS ADA\nACCESSIBILITY AND MAINTENANCE\nACROSS THE LIBRARY SYSTEM.\nWITHOUT THIS FUNDING WE WILL\nFALL DANGEROUSLY BEHIND ON\nMAKING SURE OUR LIBRARIES ARE\nSAFE AND ACCESSIBLE FOR\nEVERYONE. I ASKED THE COUNCIL TO\nVOTE YES ON THIS AMENDMENT.\nTHANK YOU SO MUCH.\nTHANK YOU, CHRISTIANA. NEXT,\nMONIQUE, AND THEN WE WILL GO TO\nOUR ONLINE SPEAKERS. WELCOME.\nMY NAME IS MONIQUE AND I LIVE: MY NAME IS MONIQUE AND I LIVE\nIN DISTRICT 4. I FEGLI VISIT THE\nFREMONT LIBRARY. I SERVE ON THE\nBOARD OF THE FRIENDS OF THE\nSEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY.\nTHROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS YOU\nENGAGED WITH MANY OF MY FELLOW\nBOARD MEMBERS AS WE SEEK TO\nFULFILL OUR MISSION LIBRARY AND\nINSPIRE A LOVE OF READING IN OUR\nCOMMUNITY. AND THANKS FOR\nLISTENING AND I WANT TO\nESPECIALLY THANK COUNCILMEMBER\nRINCK, NOT JUST FOR YOUR\nFANTASTIC REAL WITH MY BOARD\nCOLLEAGUE JENNIFER, BUT ALSO FOR\nSPONSORING THE AMENDMENT TO\nEXPAND INTO DIGITAL BOOKS. AS\nYOU REPEATEDLY HEARD, BOTH\nDIGITAL BOOKS AND PEAK PICS ARE\nEXTREMELY POPULAR AMONG SEATTLE\nREADERS. IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE\nTO TAKE ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR\nTHINGS LIBRARY DOES AND COMBINE\nIT WITH THE MOST POPULAR CURRENT\nFORMAT REQUESTED BY THE PUBLIC.\nTHAT THE LIBRARY OFFERS. PEAK\nPICS OFFERS NO WAY ACCESS TO\nMOST IN DEMAND NEW RELEASES FROM\nWELL-KNOWN AUTHORS AND RIGHT NOW\nFOR EXAMPLE IT FEATURES THE\nLATEST WORKS FROM. IT ALSO\nHIGHLIGHTS WRITERS AND NEW\nVOICES AND CURRENT PICS INCLUDE\nNORTHWEST TRAVEL GUIDE, A MANUAL\nON GROWING VEGETABLES IN\nWASHINGTON AND A MYSTERY SET ON\nWHIDBEY ISLAND. IT PROVIDES A\nBELOVED SERVICE FOR PATRONS AND\nVALUABLE PLATFORM FOR EMERGING\nAND DIVERSE WRITERS AT THE FRONT\nOF EVERY LIBRARY AND HOPEFULLY\nSOON ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE\nAB. PLEASE VOTE YES TO EXPAND\nACCESS TO PEAK PICS AND DIGITAL\nBOOKS.\nTHANK YOU. WE WILL GO TO OUR\nONLINE SPEAKERS. WE HAVE BRIAN,\nROBERTA, AND KATHLEEN. BRIAN,\nPRESS STAR SIX AND YOU MAY\nBEGIN.\nTHIS IS BRIAN. I'M A HOST ON\nTHE SEATTLE CHANNEL. THANK YOU\nFOR THE OPPORTUNITY. I'VE\nTALKED WITH ALL OF YOU AT THE\nSEATTLE CHANNEL STUDIOS BEFORE\nBUT THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.\nI'M SPEAKING TO YOU IN SUPPORT\nOF COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS'S\nAMENDMENT TO THE LIBRARY LEVY.\nAMENDMENT NUMBER EIGHT ON PAGE\n16 OF YOUR AMENDMENT'S PACKET.\nTHIS MEASURE WOULD EXPAND\nLIBRARY PROGRAMMING ON THE\nSEATTLE CHANNEL. A RELATIVELY\nLOW COST OF $300,000 PER YEAR,\n$2.1 MILLION OVER THE LIFE OF\nTHE LEVY. THE SEATTLE CHANNEL IS\nBROADCAST MONTHLY LIBRARY BOARD\nMEETINGS, FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS,\nAND THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY NOW\nTO BUILD ON THIS PARTNERSHIP AND\nLEVERAGE THE CHANNEL'S GROWING\nONLINE PRESENCE WITH 5.5 MILLION\nANNUAL VIDEO ABUSE TO PROMOTE\nLIBRARY CONTENT. BOOK TALKS,\nLECTURES AND OTHER LIBRARY\nPRESENTATIONS COULD BE FEATURED\nON SEATTLE CHANNELS MULTIPLE\nVIDEO PLATFORMS. CONNECTING WITH\nTHE CHANNELS 156,000 FOLLOWERS\nON SOCIAL MEDIA INCLUDING 82,000\nSUBSCRIBERS ON YOUTUBE ALONE.\nTHIS AMENDMENT IS NOT A LARGE\nINCREASE TO THE LEVY. BUT IT\nWOULD CREATE A SIGNIFICANT\nFUNDING SOURCE FOR THE SEATTLE\nCHANNEL. AS MANY CANCEL MEMBERS\nKNOW, THE CHANNEL FACE MAJOR\nFUNDING CUTS IN 2024 THAT\nWOULD'VE RESULTED IN THE LOSS\nOF SHOWS LIKE THE ONES I HOST\nWITH YOU AND OTHER GUESTS, PLUS\nOTHER POPULAR PROGRAMS. LIKE ART\nZONE. AND BOOK LOVE. I AM\nTHANKFUL TO THE COUNCIL THAT\nFUNDING FOR THE CHANNEL WAS\nRESTORED THEN, BUT DECREASING\nREVENUE FROM CABLE FEES REMAINS\nA CONCERN. THAT IS WHY THIS IDEA\nOF ADDING A LITTLE BIT OF LEVY\nMONEY TO THE CHANNEL, CREATING A\nBRAIDED APPROACH WITH MULTIPLE\nFUNDING SOURCES FOR THE CHANNEL\nPRESENTS ITSELF AS A PRACTICAL\nAND SUSTAINABLE PATH FORWARD. AS\nA JOURNALIST COVERING CITY HALL\nIT IS NOT COMFORTABLE FOR ME TO\nSPEAK OUT ABOUT THE CITY DOLLARS\nTHAT AFFECT MY JOB, AS I WAS NOT\nCOMFORTABLE TWO YEARS AGO. BUT\nI'M GOING TO SAY WITH ALL THE\nHUMIDITY I CAN, I SEE THE WORK\nOF THE SEATTLE CHANNEL IS A\nCRITICAL PART OF THE FABRIC OF\nTHE CITY AND IT NEEDS TO SURVIVE\nAND FLOURISH. THIS IS A VERY\nSMALL INCREASE TO THE LEVY, BUT\nI SEE IT AS A FISCALLY\nRESPONSIBLE MOVE TO PROMOTE\nSEATTLE LIBRARIES AND HELP THE\nSEATTLE CHANNEL 5 INTO THE\nFUTURE. THANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU, BRIAN. NEXT,\nROBERTA. PRESS STAR SIX. YOU MAY\nBEGIN.\nTHANK YOU, CHAIR AND COUNCIL\nMEMBERS. MY NAME IS ROBERTA AND\nI LIVE IN DISTRICT 5. MY FIRST\nTIME EVER CALLING IN TO MAKE\nPUBLIC COMMENT ON AN ISSUE. I\nHAVE BEEN A LIFELONG SUPPORTER\nOF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY,\nFREQUENTED THE NORTHEAST\nLIBRARY, AND AND AN AVID\nAUDIOBOOK USER. THE LIBRARY IS A\nPLACE THAT I AND SO MANY OTHERS\nHAVE ALWAYS CALLED HOME. I'M\nALSO AN ACTIVE YOU ARE OF THE\nEMMY AWARD-WINNING SEATTLE\nCHANNEL. SUCH A GREAT EXISTING\nFREE RESOURCE THAT THE CITY\nSHOULD BE PROUD OF. THIS IS WHY\nAM SO PLEASED TO SEE THE\nAMENDMENT FROM COUNCILMEMBER\nSTRAUSS TO GROW THE SEATTLE\nCHANNEL COVERAGE OF THE LIBRARY\nPROGRAMS. WHAT A GREAT\nCOLLABORATION THAT WILL BE.\nLIBRARY PROGRAMS ARE SUCH A HUGE\nWIN FOR THE CITY. EDUCATIONAL\nAND FREE OF CHARGE. A BROAD\nRANGE OF PROGRAMS OFFER\nSOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. TRULY A\nCOMMON GROUND. THESE MUST BE\nACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE INCLUDING\nPEOPLE FACE BARRIERS, PRESENTED\nBY THE TRANSPORTATION, CHILDCARE\nAND MORE. AND WHO MAY NOT BE\nABLE TO ATTEND LIBRARY PROGRAMS\nIN PERSON. THE SEATTLE CHANNEL\nIS ANOTHER ESSENTIAL FREE\nEDUCATIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE. THEY\nDO SUCH AN AMAZING JOB OF\nCOVERING CITY POLITICS AND SO\nMUCH MORE. THEY ALREADY OFFER\nAWARD-WINNING ORIGINAL CONTENT,\nCREATIVE AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS,\nVITAL ELECTION INFORMATION AND\nSEATTLE HISTORY JUST TO NAME A\nFEW. I'M EXCITED THAT\nCOUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS'S\nAMENDMENT WOULD PROVIDE MORE\nOPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE\nEXPERIENCE LIBRARY PROGRAMS\nREMOTELY VIA THE SEATTLE\nCHANNEL. I URGE YOU TO VOTE YES\nON THIS AMENDMENT AND SUPPORT\nMORE ACCESS TO TWO OF OUR\nCENTRAL PUBLIC SERVICES. THE\nLIBRARY AND THE SEATTLE CHANNEL.\nTHANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU, ROBERTA. KATHLEEN.\nPLEASE PRESS STAR SIX AND YOU\nMAY BEGIN.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS.\nMY NAME IS KATHLEEN, AND I LIVE\nIN DISTRICT 7. I AM SPEAKING IN\nSUPPORT OF THE LIBRARY LEVY WITH\nAN EMPHASIS ON ADDITIONAL\nFUNDING FOR THE COMMUNITY\nRESOURCE SPECIALIST POSITION.\nFOR 19 YEARS I WAS THE EXECUTIVE\nDIRECTOR OF CRISIS CLINIC, NOW\nCRISIS CONNECTION. WHICH\nPROVIDES TELEPHONE-BASED\nINFORMATION REFERRALS TO HELP\nHEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND A\nBROAD ARRAY OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH\nCRISIS DIVERSION SERVICES\nINCLUDING 988 , THE SUICIDE AND\nCRISIS LINE. I WAS A COFOUNDER\nOF WASHINGTON STATE 211 SERVICE,\nA THREE DIGIT DIALING CODE THAT\nMADE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE -- THE\nLIBRARY'S COMMUNITY RESOURCE\nSPECIALISTS ARE A DEDICATED\nSTAFF WHO HAVE THE CAPACITY ,\nEXPERTISE AND EMPATHY TO WORK\nWITH VULNERABLE LIBRARY\nPATIENTS. EXPANDING THESE\nPOSITIONS AND WORKING WITH THE\nCARE TEAM TO BETTER INTEGRATE\nSERVICE CONNECTION FROM LIBRARY\nLOCATION WILL STRENGTHEN OUR\nCITY SAFETY NET. THIS WILL\nBENEFIT PATRONS AT THE CENTRAL\nLIBRARY, BALLARD, AND CAPITOL\nHILL. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK\nCOUNCIL MEMBERS FOSTER, STRAUSS\nAND HOLLINGSWORTH. THERE\nIMPORTANT AMENDMENT WOULD\nADDRESS THE CRISIS NEEDS OF\nLIBRARY PATRONS. I ENCOURAGE ALL\nCOUNCILMEMBERS TO SUPPORT THIS\nAMENDMENT AND EXPAND THE\nLIBRARY'S ROLE IN ADDRESSING\nTHE NEEDS OF OUR LITTLE MEMBERS\nOF OUR CITY. THANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU. COLLEEN, PLEASE\nPRESS STAR SIX AND YOU MAY\nBEGIN.\nGOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.\nARE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 3200\nRESIDENTS, 100% SUPPORTS THE $10\nMILLION VIBRATE LEVY. AS YOU\nKNOW, IT IS WHOPPING 50%\nINCREASE INFLATION ADJUSTMENT\nREPLACEMENT LEVY WHICH COVERS\nEVERYTHING FROM OPERATIONS\nMAINTENANCE, BOOKS AND\nMATERIALS, INFRASTRUCTURE,\nE-BOOKS AND THE WONDERFUL\nOUTREACH SERVICES. THERE ARE\nSOME REAL CONCERNS AMONG\nCONSTITUENTS THAT THE LEVY\nREQUIRES THE CITY TO RECEIVE\nLEVY LIMITS FROM THE STATE AND\nTHE NEIGHBORS ESPECIALLY SENIORS\nAND SEVERAL VETERANS ON FIXED\nINCOMES DO NOT SUPPORT\nADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS SEATTLE\nEVEN AT A DANGEROUSLY HIGH\n---THE STATE. ADDING MORE\nMILLIONS AMENDMENTS FOR THE CITY\nFOR REAL EMERGENCIES. YESTERDAY\nAS WE STOOD AT THE MARKET\nNEIGHBORS WERE CONTEMPLATING IN\nTHE CARTS WHETHER THEY SHOULD\nSTUFF THE CART FULL OF\nEVERYTHING OR SHOULD SOMETHING\nBE LEFT ON THE SHELF BROTHERS\nFOR EMERGENCIES. THIS IS THE\nSAME AS SAVING A SMALL OF AMOUNT\nOF TAXING CAPACITY. OR\nCONTINGENCY FOR THE CITY'S\nFUTURE. ALL OF SEATTLE RESIDENTS\nHAVE WONDERFUL AFFILIATIONS WITH\nSEATTLE LIBRARIES AND GREAT\nMEMORIES. BUT WE CAN'T AFFORD\nMORE THAN THE $410 MILLION WHICH\nIS A 50% INCREASE. LANDOWNERS\nHAVE ALREADY BEEN TAXED HEAVILY\nTO FUND PARKS AND REC LEVY,\nCHILDREN, FAMILIES AND FREE\nPRESCHOOL WHICH ALSO PROVIDES\nMANY OF THESE RESOURCES IN SAFE\nPLACES FOR CHILDREN TO BE AFTER\nSCHOOL. PLEASE PASS THE $400\nMILLION -- $410 MILLION CB 12181\nWITH NO AMENDMENTS. LET'S KEEP\nSEATTLE MORE AFFORDABLE FOR\nLANDOWNERS, RENTERS, HOMEOWNERS,\nAND SAVE SOMETHING FOR A RAINY\nDAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR\nWORK ON THIS.\nTHANK YOU, COLLEEN. MARGARET\nBUTLER. PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX\nAND YOU MAY BEGIN.\nHI, THANK YOU, COUNCIL\nMEMBERS, FOR YOUR TIME. I AM\nMARGARET BUTLER. I AM AN ARTIST,\nGRAPHIC DESIGNER AND SMALL\nBUSINESS OWNER IN SEATTLE AND I\nLIVE IN VERMONT IN DISTRICT 6. I\nALSO RENT AN ART STUDIO IN\nBALLARD. I'M HERE TO TELL YOU\nTHAT I SUPPORT THE LIBRARY LEVY\nIN FULL AND SPECIFICALLY THE\nAMENDMENT TO ADD TO OUR\nCOLLECTION AND COUNCILMEMBER\nRINCK'S AMENDMENT FOR PEAK\nPICS. MY FIRST TO SETTLE ONE OF\nTHE THINGS I DID WAS GET A\nLIBRARY CARD. I WILL NEVER\nFORGET THE FIRST TIME I WENT TO\nCENTRAL LIBRARY, I WALKED IN, I\nLOOKED UP AND WAS TAKING IN THE\nBEAUTY WELL A CELLIST WAS\nPLAYING AND IT BROUGHT TEARS TO\nMY EYES BECAUSE I WAS SO EXCITED\nAND HAPPY IT WAS MY NEW HOME. I\nLOVE IT SEATTLE IS INVESTING IN\nITS LIBRARY INCREASE SPACES FOR\nCITIZENS. I USE THE LIBRARY\nEVERY DAY READING DIGITAL BOOKS\nAND AUDIOBOOKS , RENTING\nPHYSICAL BOOKS AND I AM OLD\nSCHOOL SO I LIKE TO RENT DVDS\nFROM TIME TO TIME. THE LIBRARY\nSUPPORTS MY SMALL BUSINESS NEEDS\nWITH PRINTING, COMPUTER AND\nWI-FI ACCESS, REFERENCE MATERIAL\nFOR MY ART, PERSONAL HOTSPOTS\nFOR MY ART STUDIO, AND EVEN GOT\nAN AFFIDAVIT NOTARIZED AT THE\nLIBRARY SO I COULD USE MY\nPARTNER'S WORKPLACE HEALTH\nINSURANCE WHICH IS HUGE FOR A\nSMALL BUSINESS OWNER LIKE ME.\nONE THING I'VE NOTICED IS THE\nTIME AT THE LIBRARY ARE TOO\nLONG. SINCE WE ARE TOP 10 IN THE\nNATION IN SEATTLE WITH DIGITAL\nBOOK RENTALS, I FIND MYSELF\nWAITING SEVERAL WEEKS FOR THE\nMATERIALS I WANT AND NEED. FOR\nEXAMPLE I PLACED A HOLD ON A\nPERSONAL HOTSPOTS AT THE END OF\nLAST YEAR AND FINALLY GOT IT\nLAST WEEK SO I COULD USE IT IN\nMY ART STUDIO. I END UP ACTUALLY\nPURCHASING A BOOK FOR A BOOK\nCLUB I AM IN BECAUSE THE\nPHYSICAL, DIGITAL AND AUDIOBOOK\nCOPIES OF PROJECT HAIL MARY WERE\nON HOLD UNTIL LONG AFTER OUR\nBOOK CLUB WAS AGILE TO DISCUSS\nTHE BOOK. IN CONCLUSION I\nSUPPORT THE LIBRARY LEVY BECAUSE\nIT IS AN IMPORTANT COMMUNITY\nRESOURCE FOR SMALL BUSINESS\nOWNERS AND READING ENTHUSIASTS\nLIKE ME. WE NEED ACCESS TO\nEDUCATIONAL MATERIALS -- SO\nPLEASE SUPPORT THIS LIBRARY LEVY\nIN FULL. THANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU, MARGARET. DAVID\nHAYNES, PRESS START SIX AND YOU\nMAY BEGIN.\nIS THERE ANYWAY WE CAN: IS THERE ANYWAY WE CAN\nINCREASE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT AND\nBUILD SOME NEW LIBRARIES? EVERY\nTIME WE HAVE TO DO A SEISMIC\nRETROFIT IT IS A SIGN WE HAVE A\nBUILDING CODE VIOLATION AND\nUNSTABLE WALLS. THE THING IS, WE\nNEED TO IMPROVE THE SERVICES\nTHAT HAVE TO RESPOND TO THE\nSOCIETAL EXPLOSION WE KEEP IT\nDEALING WITH WHEN PEOPLE THINK\nTHAT THE LIBRARY IS A FREE PLACE\nTO HANG OUT AND BOTHER OTHER\nPEOPLE. AND A PERFECT EFFORT\nWOULD BE, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTERS\nAMENDMENT THAT IS GOING TO SPEND\n$10 MILLION TO REMODEL THE\nCENTRAL LIBRARY. IF YOU ALL\nWOULD ALLOW FOR A PARTICIPATORY\nEFFORT TO REMODEL, IT WOULD BE\nGREAT. BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO\nCREATE PERSONAL SPACE FOR\nSOMEONE LIKE ME TO GO IN THERE,\nRIGHT MY SPEECH AND NOT BE\nBOTHERED BY OTHER PEOPLE'S\nPROBLEMS , THE PASSIVE\nAGGRESSIVELY BOTHER OTHER PEOPLE\n, AT THE SAME COMPUTER TABLE, AT\nTHE SAME READING AREA. AND IT'S\nFRUSTRATING BECAUSE TO THE POINT\nWHERE I HAVE PRETTY MUCH GIVEN\nUP ON GOING THERE , KNOWING FULL\nWELL WITHIN FIVE MINUTES I'M\nGOING TO BE STRESSED OUT. IT'S\nNOT FAIR. AND PART OF THE\nPROBLEM IS , I HATE TO SAY THIS,\nBUT THE SERVICE PROVIDERS WERE\nSUPPOSED TO PROVIDE SHOWER AND\nLAUNDRY, THEY DON'T SHOW UP AND\nPICK SOMEBODY UP WHO GETS A\nTICKET, THE GIVES THEM A\nGUARANTEE THAT THEY GET A SHOWER\nAND LAUNDRY RIGHT AWAY. A LOT OF\nTIMES I'VE ASKED SOME OF THE\nLIBRARIANS, WHAT YOU CALL THE\nSERVICE PROVIDER ? THEY SAY WE\nHAVE DONE THAT, WE KNOW THIS\nPERSON, THEY'VE GOT PROBLEMS\nAND THEY WILL BE BACK. IT'S\nLIKE, SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO\nCALL SO THEY CAN GO TAKE A\nSHOWER AND LAUNDRY. THEY SAY, WE\nARE NOT GOING TO JUDGE, WE ARE\nALL INCLUSIVE. IT'S MOST LIKE A\nPASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE ALLOWANCE FOR\nA DISGRUNTLED ATTITUDE TO TAKE\nIT OUT ON SOMEBODY ELSE. A\nPATRON WHO CANNOT ENJOY THE\nLIBRARY BECAUSE IT IS TOO NOISY\nAND THERE TOO MANY BOTHERSOME\nPEOPLE. YOU GOT TO HAVE THE\nREMODEL --\nTHANK YOU, DAVID.\nTHIS IS OUR LAST SPEAKER: THIS IS OUR LAST SPEAKER.\nTHERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL: THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL\nREGISTERED SPEAKERS. THE PUBLIC\nCOMMENT PERIOD IS CLOSED. WILL\nPROCEED TO HER ITEM OF BUSINESS.\nI JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE\nFOR COMING DOWN HERE AND GIVING\nYOUR TESTIMONY, THANK YOU FOR\nDOING JAZZ HANDS AND SNAPS.\nLECLERC PLEASE READ ITEM ONE\nINTO THE RECORD?\nAN ORDINANCE RELATING TO: AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO\nREGULAR PROPERTY TAXES.\nPROVIDING FOR THE SUBMISSION TO\nTHE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE\nCITY AT AN ELECTION TO BE HELD\nON AUGUST 4, 2026, OF A\nPROPOSITION AUTHORIZING THE CITY\nTO LEVY REGULAR PROPERTY TAXES\nFOR UP TO SEVEN YEARS IN EXCESS\nOF THE LIMITATION ON LEVIES IN\nCHAPTER 84.55 RCW FOR THE\nPURPOSE OF SUSTAINING\nINVESTMENTS IN LIBRARY OPERATING\nHOURS, COLLECTIONS, TECHNOLOGY,\nPROGRAMMING, AND MAINTENANCE\nWHILE EXPANDING ACCESS TO\nOPPORTUNITY THROUGH LIBRARY\nMATERIALS, TECHNOLOGY, AND\nUNDERTAKING A SEISMIC RETROFIT\nOF ONE LIBRARY FACILITY. AND\nRATIFYING AND CONFIRMING CERTAIN\nPRIOR ACTS. FOR BRIEFING,\nDISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE.\nTHIS ITEM HAS BEEN READ INTO: THIS ITEM HAS BEEN READ INTO\nTHE RECORD. COLLEAGUES, WE ARE\nHERE. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO\nARE HERE IN PERSON OR WATCHING\nON THE SEATTLE CHANNEL, THANK\nYOU FOR BEING PRESENT FOR THESE\nREALLY IMPORTANT VOTES. AS PART\nOF THIS LEVY RENEWAL PROCESS, WE\nHAVE ALL SPOKEN ABOUT OUR LOVE\nFOR THE SEATTLE LIBRARIES. WE\nHAVE STRONG AFFECTION FOR LOCAL\nBRANCHES AND WE ARE ALIGNED IN A\nSHARED CONVICTION THAT WE HAVE\nONE OF THE BEST LIBRARY SYSTEMS\nIN THE WORLD. ONE BUILT TO SERVE\nA CITY OF AVID READERS AND\nLEARNERS. THE MAYOR SENT DOWN A\nGOOD PACKAGE BECAUSE SHE LOVES\nLIBRARIES, AND I LOVE LIBRARIES\nAS MUCH AS WE'LL DO. THAT IS\nWHY I SUPPORTED IT . IT IS 50%\nMORE THAN THE LAST LEVY, EVEN\nAFTER ACCOUNTING FOR INFLATION.\nIT INCREASES INVESTMENTS IN\nCOLLECTIONS, ACCESS AND\nPROGRAMMING, AND CAPITAL\nPROJECTS. AS WE DISCUSSED AT THE\nLAST MEETING, WE ARE FACING A\nVERY REAL LEVY CAP WITH THE\nPROPOSED PACKAGE WE WOULD HAVE\n$310 MILLION LEFT FOR FUTURE\nLEVIES. INCLUDING THE HOUSING ,\nTHEFT AND TRANSPORTATION LEVIES.\nIF ALL THE AMENDMENTS PASSED\nTODAY, THEN WE WILL ONLY HAVE\n$230 MILLION LEFT. THE ADDITIONS\nFROM THE AMENDMENT TODAY, WELL\nWORTHY, OR INCREASING ITEMS THAT\nARE ALREADY IN THE MAYOR'S\nPACKAGE AT A TIME WHEN WE CAN'T\nAFFORD MORE. WE KNOW THERE ARE\nOTHER NEEDS THAT ARE COMING.\nLET'S FACE IT, WE ARE ONLY IN\nYEAR TWO OF THIS MADMAN IN THE\nPRESIDENCY, IN THE PRESIDENTS\nSEAT, WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE WE\nWILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH. AND OF\nCOURSE EVERYONE KEEPS TALKING\nABOUT AFFORDABILITY IN SEATTLE.\nTHESE DAYS THAT SEEMS MORE REAL\nTHAN EVER. IF I FELT WE COULD\nADD THIS LEVY WITHOUT\nJEOPARDIZING FUTURE LEVIES OR\nADDING TO OUR AFFORDABILITY\nCRISIS, I TOO WOULD ADD MORE. WE\nDON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL TO\nPREDICT WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE\nFUTURE. WE ARE OPERATING WITH\nOUR KNOWLEDGE WE HAVE TODAY.\nTHERE IS NO JUDGMENT HERE, THIS\nIS NOT ABOUT WHO LOVES LIBRARIES\nMORE. THIS IS ABOUT FISCAL\nRESPONSIBILITY AND OUR ABILITY\nTO PAY FOR ALL OF OUR NEEDS. NO\nMATTER WHAT IS DECIDED TODAY, WE\nWILL HAVE A LEVY TO SEND TO THE\nVOTERS IN THE VOTERS CAN DECIDE\n. WITH THAT, COLLEAGUES, WE ARE\nGOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH HER\nMEETING. I MOVE THAT THE\nCOMMITTEE COMMENCE PASSAGE OF\nCOUNCIL BILL 121181. IS VERY\nSECOND?\nSECOND: SECOND.\nTHANK YOU. IT IS MOVED AND\nSECONDED TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF\nTHE BILL. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE\nERIC McCONAGHY, OUR CENTRAL\nSTAFFER, COMING TO THE TABLE.\nTHANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. LET ME\nSHARE THE PROCESS FOR VOTING FOR\nTHE AMENDMENT. WE HAVE A NUMBER\nOF THEM. WHAT WE WILL DO IS\nTHIS. I WILL RECOGNIZE THE\nSPONSOR OF EACH AMENDMENT IN\nNUMERICAL ORDER. THE SPONSOR\nWILL MAKE THE MOTION TO MOVE\nTHERE AMENDMENT. WE WILL WAIT\nFOR IT TO BE SECONDED. AND THEN\nI WILL RECOGNIZE ERIC TO BRIEFLY\nPRESENT IT AND THEN I WILL\nRECOGNIZE THAT SPONSOR TO\nADDRESS THE AMENDMENT. I WILL\nTURN TO THE REST OF US FOR\nQUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AND THEN\nWE WILL MOVE ON THAT AMENDMENT\nAND REPEAT THE PROCESS FOR\nSUBSEQUENT AMENDMENT'S. ALL\nRIGHT, WITH THAT, COUNCILMEMBER\nFOSTER, YOUR RECOGNIZED MOVIE\nFIRST AMENDMENT.\nFANTASTIC, I WOULD LIKE TO\nMOVE AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. DO I\nHAVE A SECOND?\nSECOND: SECOND.\nIT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO: IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO\nAMEND COUNCIL BILL 121181 ON\nAMENDMENT ONE. CENTRAL STAFF,\nERIC, WOULD YOU PLEASE PROVIDE A\nBRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE AMENDMENT?\nYES, GOOD MORNING, ERIC\nMcCONAGHY, COUNCIL CENTRAL\nSTAFF. IT IS SPONSORED BY\nCOUNCIL FOSTER, IT WOULD INTEND\nA PORTION OF THE LIBRARY LEVY\nFUNDING AMOUNT IS TRANSMITTED BY\nTHE MAYOR AND INCREASED BY THIS\nAMENDMENT TO THE AMOUNT OF 10\nNINE DOLLARS WOULD BE AUTHORIZED\nTO SUPPORT COMPLETING MAJOR\nRENOVATION AT THE CENTRAL\nLIBRARY.\nTHANK YOU, ERIC.\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, AS SPONSOR\nYOUR RECOGNIZED. IN ORDER TO\nADDRESS IT.\nTHANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR AND\nTHANK YOU, ERIC FROM CENTRAL\nSTAFF AND TO THE TEAM FROM\nLIBRARIES. I WANT TO ALSO EXTEND\nMY APPRECIATION TO HER PUBLIC\nCOMMENTERS TODAY. AND THANK YOU\nFOR SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THIS\nAMENDMENT. I DO WANT TO SAY I\nWAS NOT IN CAHOOTS WITH THE\nESCALATOR AND ELEVATOR AT THE\nCENTRAL LIBRARY TO HAVE THE\nBREAKDOWN THIS WEEK. HOWEVER, I\nDO THINK IT IS EXEMPLARY OF PART\nOF THE REASON I AM BRINGING THIS\nAMENDMENT FORD. OUR CENTRAL\nLIBRARY IS AN INCREDIBLY SPECIAL\nPLACE. IS A SPECIAL PLACE FOR\nFAMILIES AND CHILDREN. I KNOW I\nSPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THE\nCHILDREN'S LIBRARY THERE MYSELF\nTAKING A BREAK FROM BUSY\nDOWNTOWN WHEN I WAS YOUNGER.\nIT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE\nMAINTAIN THAT BUILDING AND THAT\nWE INVEST IN AND NOW. AS WE KNOW\nAT THE END OF HIS LEVY THE\nBUILDING IS GOING TO BE ALMOST\n30 YEARS OLD. AND, WE ARE\nALREADY SEEING THE WEAR AND TEAR\nAND THE CENTRAL LIBRARY\nBUILDING. IN ADDITION TO THAT,\nAS THE FORMER LIBRARY AND SPOKE\nTO TODAY, WE ARE NOW , WITH 22\nYEARS UNDER OUR BELT, WE\nUNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THE NEEDS\nOF THE BUILDING AND WHAT\nRENOVATIONS COULD DO FOR THE\nUSERS. WITH THAT, THIS IS AN\nAMENDMENT INTENDED TO ENSURE THE\nCENTRAL LIBRARY REMAINS SAFE,\nWELCOMING AND BUILT FOR HOW\nTODAY'S FAMILIES USE IT.\nCOLLEAGUES, ASK FOR YOUR\nSUPPORT.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER\nFOSTER. ANY COMMENTS OR\nQUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, CLERK,\nWE YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON\nTHE ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT ONE.\nCOUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS: COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ: COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.\nHERE. [ ROLL CALL ]\nSIX IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED.\nTHE MOTION CARRIES: THE MOTION CARRIES .\nAMENDMENT ONE IS ADOPTED.\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, YOUR\nRECOGNIZED FIGURE NEXT\nAMENDMENT.\nTHANK YOU, I WOULD LIKE TO\nMOVE AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO.\nSECOND: SECOND.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\nJUAREZ. IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED\nTO AMEND 121181 IS PRESENTED ON\nAMENDMENT TWO. COUNCILMEMBER\nFOSTER, AS SPONSOR YOUR\nRECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO ADDRESS\nIT.\nTHANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. I\nWILL BE BRIEF AND, COUNCILMEMBER\nJUAREZ, I KNOW I SPOKE TO THIS\nAMENDMENT LAST WEEK. IF YOU\nWOULD LIKE TO SHARE ANY WORDS I\nWILL BE BRIEF IN CASE YOU WOULD\nLIKE TO SHARE ANY. THESE\nORNAMENTS TO ENSURE WE HAVE\nTARGETED INVESTMENTS TO\nMULTILINGUAL PROGRAMS SO\nFAMILIES CAN ACCESS SERVICES IN\nTHE LANGUAGES THAT THEY SPEAK IT\nHOME. IT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT\nFOR OUR PLAY AND LEARN PROGRAMS\nTHAT FAMILIES CAN ACCESS THEM\nAND THIS AMENDMENT WOULD ALLOW\nUS TO EXPAND THOSE CRITICAL\nPROGRAMS ACROSS THE CITY AND TO\nENSURE WE HAVE MORE MULTILINGUAL\nSERVICES IN A TIME WHERE WE SO\nNEED THEM. CHAIR, IF IT'S OKAY\nFOR GO TO COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ\nTO SEE IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO AT\nANY COMMENTS AS COSPONSOR?\nYES, YOUR RECOGNIZED TO\nSPEAK.\nTHANK YOU, AND THANK YOU\nCANCEL MEMBER FOSTER FOR\nINVITING ME TO LOOK AT THIS AND\nCOSPONSORED WITH YOU. I THINK\nTHIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU AND I\nGOT TO WORK ON AMENDMENT\nTOGETHER. SO THANK YOU.\nCOLLEAGUES, I'M ASKING YOU TO\nSUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBER FOSTERS\nAMENDMENT OF WHICH I MAY\nCOSPONSOR, TO SUPPORT THE\nEXPANSION OF THE KALEIDOSCOPE\nPLAN LEARN PROGRAM. FIVE HAS\nTHREE LIBRARIES. LAKE CITY,\nNORTHGATE, BROADVIEW, HOWEVER,\nTHE KALEIDOSCOPE PROGRAM IS ONLY\nOFFERED AT THE LAKE CITY BRANCH\nAND ONLY OFFERED IN ENGLISH. LET\nME JUST SHARE THIS BEFORE I KIND\nOF PLAY OUT THE THREE LIBRARIES.\nCONNECTIVE TISSUE FOR ALL OF\nTHIS AND WHY I WAS SO INTRIGUED\nWITH COUNCILMEMBER FOSTERS\nAMENDMENT IS THAT WHEN WE LOOK\nAT LIBRARIES, FOR US ANYWAY, AND\nI THINK ACROSS THE DISTRICT, I\nLIKE TO LOOK AT THE PUBLIC ASSET\nOF THE LIBRARY IN CONJUNCTION\nWITH HOUSING DENSITY AND OF\nCOURSE ALL THE MONEY WE HAVE\nDONE , THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AS\nWELL, ON THE PRICKLY ISSUE. AND\nWORK THE MONEY WENT. AND HOW ,\nMY POINT IS TO DEDICATE PUBLIC\nACCESS TO PUBLIC ACCESS. THIS IS\nA PRIME EXAMPLE OF THAT. AT THE\nLAKE CITY LIBRARY, NEXT DOOR,\nTHE SOON TO BE BUILT COMMUNITY\nCENTER WILL HAVE 113 UNITS OF\nFAMILY HOUSING WITH PRESCHOOL\nAND PROGRAM ON-SITE. WE ALSO\nHAVE THE APARTMENTS WHICH IS ONE\nBLOCK AWAY WITH 69 UNITS OF\nHOUSING AND IS YOU ARE TODAY\nFROM THE LITERARY SOURCE PEOPLE.\nPRESCHOOL THE FIRST FLOOR. THERE\nARE SEVEN OTHER PRESCHOOLS IN\nTHE AREA INCLUDING EIGHT\nBILINGUAL ENGLISH MENTORED\nPRESCHOOL DOWN THE STREET FROM\nMY HOUSE. AT THE NORTHGATE\nLIBRARY, JUST TWO BLOCKS AWAY\nFROM THE LIBRARY WE NOW HAVE THE\nNEW LOOK. AT NORTH HAVEN. IT HAS\n89 UNITS OF INTERGENERATIONAL\nLIVING WITH A PRESCHOOL THE\nFIRST FLOOR WHICH THE CITY,\nVOTERS THANK YOU, AND CITY\nCOUNCIL, FOR SUPPORTING IT. AND\nTHE PRICKLY SCHOOLS. NEXT DOOR\nTO THE LIBRARY WE HAVE THE EAST\nAFRICAN ELDERS UNITY LODGE AT\nTHE NORTHGATE COMMUNITY CENTER\nAND THAT IS WHERE IT IS HELD AND\nI HAVE ATTENDED THAT. THE\nBROADVIEW LIBRARY IS ONE BLOCK\nFROM BROADVIEW, K-8 WITH THERE\nARE 140 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE\nENGLISH, E LL PROGRAM AT THE\nSCHOOL AND OUR STUDENTS SPEAK 30\nDIFFERENT LANGUAGES. WE WELCOME\nTHE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH\nCITY DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS DEAL\nAND THE SEATTLE PRESCHOOL\nPROGRAM AND AS YOU HEARD,\nLITERACY SOURCE WHICH IS IN\nDISTRICT 5, AND NORTH HELPLINE,\nAND I THINK WHAT ENTERING TO\nSHARE WITH YOU TODAY IS, HAVING\nTHREE LIBRARIES , HAVING HOUSING\nDENSITY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND\nMORE IMPORTANTLY, HAVING THE\nPRE-K ASSETS THAT WE HAVE IN ALL\nOF HER DISTRICTS, THAT WE ALL\nCONTRIBUTED TO MAKE SURE THEY\nGET BUILT. SO KIDS HAVE A HEAD\nSTART BEFORE THEY GO TO PUBLIC\nSCHOOL, PRE-K ON-SITE CONNECTED\nTO CONNECTED TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES\nIS SO INCREDIBLE INVESTMENT IN\nOUR CITY. THANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\nJUAREZ. ERIC, APOLOGIES, I\nDIDN'T GET TO YOU, BUT I THINK\nWE ARE GOOD ON THIS ONE. OKAY. I\nWILL MAKE SURE TO GO TO YOU IN\nTHE FUTURE ONES. COLLEAGUES, ANY\nQUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR MANY\nOF OUR COLLEAGUES? I, I WILL\nSAY, COLLEAGUES, I SUPPORT -- I\nSUPPORT THE INTENT BEHIND THIS\nAMENDMENT. THESE PROGRAMS ARE\nREALLY IMPORTANT. WE DO HAVE\nTHEM AT THE LIBRARIES. THEY\nSHOULD BE PRIORITIZED FOR THE\nNORTH END, AND I KNOW THERE ARE\nDOLLARS IN HERE THAT COULD GO\nTOWARD THAT PURPOSE ALREADY. AND\nSO, I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE\nSEEN THIS EXPANSION INTO THE\nNORTH END , BUT NEVERTHELESS,\nHERE WE ARE. LET'S TAKE A VOTE\nON AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO.\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER: COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.\nAYE.\nCOUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ: COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER LIN: COUNCILMEMBER LIN.\nAYE.\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK: COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.\nYES. VICE CHAIR\nHOLLINGSWORTH.\nYES.\nCHAIR RIVERA: CHAIR RIVERA.\nNO.\nAMENDMENT NUMBER TWO IS: AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO IS\nADOPTED. CONSUMER FOSTER YOUR\nRECOGNIZED MOVE AMENDMENT NUMBER\nTHREE.\nI ASKED TO MOVE AMENDMENT: I ASKED TO MOVE AMENDMENT\nNUMBER THREE. TO HAVE A SECOND?\nIT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO: IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO\nAMEND COUNCIL BUILT 121181 AS\nPRESENTED ON AMENDMENT NUMBER\nTHREE. ERIC, WOULD YOU GIVE A\nBRIEF DESCRIPTION AND THEN I\nWILL GO TO YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\nFOSTER AS SPONSOR.\nTHIS AMENDMENT WOULD, WOULD\nCOMMUNICATE COUNCIL'S INTENTION\n-- CAN WE START ALL OVER AGAIN.\nOKAY. NO PROBLEM. THINGS ON\nMY MIND THAT ARE NOT ABOUT THIS.\nTAKE A DEEP BREATH. THROUGH THIS\nAMENDMENT COUNCIL WHICH\nINDICATED THEIR INTENTION TO\nSUPPORT THE LIBRARY -- TO\nINCREASE THE LIBRARY LIBBY\nFUNDING AMOUNT BY $4.06 MILLION.\nTHIS WOULD BE TO SUPPORT\nOPERATING HOURS AND ACCESS BY\nEXPANDING RESOURCE NAVIGATION\nBEFORE ADDITIONAL FULL-TIME\nEQUIVALENT TO DEGREASER\nSPECIALISTS AND UPGRADING\nSECURITY BADGE ACCESS OF THE\nCENTRAL BRANCH. GIVE YOUR\nINDULGENCE FOR THAT.\nNO PROBLEM AIR, THANK YOU.\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, AS\nSPONSOR, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO\nSPEAK TO THIS AMENDMENT. I KNOW\nTHERE ARE TWO OTHER COSPONSORS\nAND WE CAN GO TO THEM AFTER.\nTHANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU,\nERIC, YOU GOT THIS, YOU'RE\nDOING GREAT. COLLEAGUES, AM\nEXCITED TO BRING THIS AMENDMENT\nFORWARD AND I WANT TO THANK\nCOUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH\nAND COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR\nTHE COSPONSORSHIP. THE INTENT IS\nTO ENSURE OUR LIBRARIES REMAIN\nOPEN AND ACCESSIBLE AND\nAVAILABLE TO ALL RESIDENTS. AS I\nWAS ENGAGING WITH THE LIBRARY\nSTAFF, WE HEARD FROM FOLKS , WE\nHAVE FOLKS WHO SPENT EIGHT OR 10\nHOURS IN THE LIBRARIES. IT'S AN\nEXCELLENT POINT TO MAKE SURE WE\nARE ABLE TO CONNECT THEM WITH\nRESOURCES. WE ALSO HEARD\nFANTASTIC INFORMATION ABOUT HOW\nTHESE NAVIGATORS HAVE HELPED THE\nLIBRARIES TO REDUCE THE NUMBER\nOF BANDS HAPPENING AT OUR\nLIBRARIES SO THEY TRULY ARE A\nTHIRD PLACES AND THEY ARE PLACES\nWHERE WE CAN HAVE SAFETY AND\nACCESS FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS.\nAM EXCITED TO BRING THIS\nFORWARD. WE KNOW THE LIBRARY\nWILL BE PRIORITIZING DOWNTOWN,\nCAPITOL HILL AND BALLARD FOR\nTHESE NAVIGATORS. I THINK THAT\nIS AN IMPORTANT AND WELL DONE\nWAY TO SPEND THESE RESOURCES.\nCOLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR\nSUPPORT.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\nFOSTER. COUNCIL PRESIDENT,\nHOLLINGSWORTH, DID YOU WANT TO\nSPEAK TO THIS AMENDMENT?\nTHANK YOU, CHAIR.\nAPPRECIATION FOR COUNCIL MEMBER\nFOSTER AND HER LEADERSHIP ON\nTHIS COLLABORATION. REGARDING\nTHE AMENDMENT, SHE SAID\nEVERYTHING I WOULD SAY SO I\nWON'T REPEAT. I KNOW WE HAVE\nTHE GET THROUGH A BUNCH OF\nAMENDMENTS. VERY GRATEFUL FOR\nTHAT. THANK YOU\nCOUNCIL PRESIDENT: COUNCIL PRESIDENT\nHOLLINGSWORTH. COUNCILMEMBER\nSTRAUSS, IS THE OTHER COSPONSORS\nWOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS\nAMENDMENT?\nYES, THANK YOU TO COUNCIL\nMEMBER FOSTER FOR YOUR\nLEADERSHIP AND THANK YOU TO THE\nLIBRARIES FOR YOUR AGREEMENT TO\nPARTNER WITH OUR EXISTING\nSERVICE PROVIDERS IN THESE\nAREAS. WHAT I HAVE NOTICED IS\nTHAT THE CURRENT SERVICE\nPROVISION THAT IS OCCURRING AT\nLIBRARIES IS NOT INTEGRATED WITH\nTHE FABRIC WE HAVE CREATED IN\nTHE LAST SIX YEARS. I'M EXCITED\nTO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS\nAMENDMENT, TO SUPPORT YOUR WORK\nAND DOING A LITTLE BETTER AND\nMAKING SURE THAT COLLABORATION\nOCCURS. THANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\nSTRAUSS. ANY QUESTIONS OR\nCOMMENTS? FROM OUR OTHER\nCOLLEAGUES? ALL RIGHT, THEN\nLET'S GO TORBERT VOTE.\n> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER: COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ: COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER LIN: COUNCILMEMBER LIN.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK: COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.\nYES.\nVICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH: VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH.\nYES.\nCHAIR RIVERA: CHAIR RIVERA.\nNO.\nMOTION CARRIES. COUNCILMEMBER\nLIN YOUR RECOGNIZED MOVE\nAMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR.\nTHANK YOU, CHAIR. I MOVED TO\nADOPT AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR. IS\nTHERE A SECOND?\nIT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO: IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO\nAMEND CANCEL BILL 121181 AS\nPRESENTED ON AMENDMENT FOUR.\nCOUNCILMEMBER , AS SPONSOR OF\nTHIS AMENDMENT I WILL GO TO YOU\nAFTER I GO TO ERIC.\nFANTASTIC: FANTASTIC.\nERIC, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE\nUS A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF\nAMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR?\nSURE THING. THIS AMENDMENT\nWOULD CAN INDICATE COUNCIL'S\nINTENTION THAT A PORTION OF THE\nLIBRARY LIBBY FUNDING AMOUNT IS\nTRANSMITTED TO THE MAYOR AND\nINCREASED BY $15 MILLION BY THE\nCOUNCIL SHOULD BE AUTHORIZED FOR\nINVESTMENTS TO SUPPORT\nMAINTENANCE, COMPLETING THE\nREPAIR, REPLACEMENT OR UPGRADES\nOF COOLING SYSTEMS FOR ALL\nLIBRARY BRANCHES AND TWO,\nADDRESSING DEFERRED MAINTENANCE\nAND BRANCH ELECT VACATION.\nTHANK YOU. AS SPONSOR OF THIS\nAMENDMENT YOU ARE RECOGNIZED IN\nORDER TO ADDRESS IT.\nTHANK YOU, CHAIR. THIS\nAMENDMENT, AS DESCRIBED, WOULD\nCOVER A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT\nMATTERS. IT WOULD INCLUDE THE\nHVAC SYSTEMS AT FIVE BRANCHES.\nTHAT MOSTLY HAS BEEN FUNDED\nTHROUGH THE FEMA GRANT, WHICH IS\nWONDERFUL. WHICH COVERS MOST OF\nTHAT COST. THERE ARE SOME OF THE\nCOSTS THAT ARE ALREADY BUDGETED\nFOR. BUT THIS WOULD HELP TO\nENSURE THAT THOSE PROJECTS CAN\nBE COMPLETED IN CASE THERE ANY\nCOST OVERRUNS. OR, ALSO FOR\nONGOING MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS.\nIT WOULD ALSO HELP TO ADDRESS\nDEFERRED MAINTENANCE. WE KNOW\nTHAT THE PROPOSAL DOES NOT FULLY\nFUND ALL THE DIFFERENT\nMAINTENANCE. AS WE HEARD,\nDEFERRED MAINTENANCE PUMPS UP\nUNEXPECTEDLY QUITE OFTEN IN OUR\nBRANCHES. AS WELL AS BRANCH\nELECTRIFICATION. WE HAVE A\nNUMBER OF BRANCHES THAT ARE NOT\nELECTRIFIED YET. AND, CURRENT\nEVENTS , IT IS CRYSTAL CLEAR\nTHAT WE NEED TO MOVE RAPIDLY TO\nTRANSITION AWAY FROM FOSSIL\nFUELS , BOTH IN TERMS OF COST\nAND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ,\nAS WELL AS WHAT WE SEE WITH\nTHINGS LIKE HER CURRENT\nSNOWPACK. WHICH ARE GREATLY\nBELOW AVERAGE. AND, WE ARE,\nUNFORTUNATELY, NOWHERE NEAR, WE\nARE MAKING PROGRESS, BUT NOWHERE\nNEAR OUR 2030 CLIMATE ACTION\nPLAN GOALS. TRANSPORTATION IS A\nNUMBER ONE EMISSION AROUND 50%.\nBUILDINGS IS OUR SECOND LARGEST\nEMISSION OF GREENHOUSE GAS AND\nTHAT IS AROUND 40%. AND SO, WE\nNEED TO BE MOVING MUCH MORE\nRAPIDLY , MANY OF THOSE\nBUILDINGS ARE PRIVATELY OWNED.\nBUT WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE CAN\nAND SHOW HER LEADERSHIP OF\nTRANSITIONING PUBLICLY ON\nBUILDINGS THROUGH\nELECTRIFICATION. $50 MILLION IS\nNOT NEARLY ENOUGH TO COVER THE\nENTIRE NEEDS OF DEFERRED\nMAINTENANCE AND ELECTRIFICATION.\nBUT, HOPEFULLY, IT WILL GET AS\nPART OF THE WAY THERE . AND\nCHAIR, THIS IS TO YOUR POINT OF,\nYOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS DIFFICULT\nBALANCE. WE DO HAVE THE LEVY\nCAP. WE HAVE A AFFORDABILITY\nCONCERN AND VOTERS , THIS IS NOT\nABOUT , AGAIN, WHO LOVES\nLIBRARIES MORE. I THINK WE ALL\nOF OUR LIBRARIES. AND, YOU KNOW,\nWE HAVE THIS DELICATE BALANCE OF\nPUTTING SOMETHING BEFORE THE\nVOTERS. VOTERS ONLY GET TO SAY\nYES OR NO TO WHAT WE PUT BEFORE\nTHEM. THEY DON'T GET TO SAY GO\nBIGGER, THEY DON'T GET TO SAY\nNO, THIS IS TOO BIG. THEY JUST\nGET TO VOTE YES UP OR DOWN ON\nWHAT WE PUT BEFORE THEM. SO THAT\nIS WHERE WE ARE, WE HAVE THIS\nBALANCE. SO THAT IS WHERE, EVEN\nTHOUGH $15 MILLION IS NOT ENOUGH\nTO COVER ALL THE DEFERRED\nMAINTENANCE AND ELECTRIFICATION\nNEEDS, HOPEFULLY HE GETS AS PART\nOF THE WAY THERE. WITH THAT, I\nWOULD APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT,\nCOLLEAGUES.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN.\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK, YOUR\nRECOGNIZED.\nTHANK YOU, CHAIR. COLLEAGUES,\nI WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SPEAK\nIN SUPPORT OF THIS AMENDMENT\nTODAY. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE\nARE THOSE WHO HAVE SUGGESTED WE\nDON'T NEED TO ADD FUNDING TO\nCOMPLETE COOLING PROJECTS IN ALL\nOF OUR BRANCHES BECAUSE WE WERE\nAWARDED FEMA GRANTS. BUT I WOULD\nNOTE THAT INTERESTING OUR\nLIBRARY'S FUTURE TO DONALD\nTRUMP'S FEMA IS IRRESPONSIBLE.\nJUST ASK SEATTLE CITY LIGHT,\nREIMBURSEMENTS FOR THE 2024\nCYCLE. THIS AMENDMENT ADDRESSES\nARE LONG OVERDUE ELECTRIFICATION\nEFFORTS. AND TO REDIRECT THE\nPOINTS JUST MADE BY\nCOUNCILMEMBER LIN, OUR LAST\nGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS\nINVENTORY FOUND THAT BUILDINGS\nARE THE SECOND LARGEST\nCONTRIBUTOR TO GREENHOUSE GAS\nEMISSIONS. ACCOUNTING FOR 40% OF\nSEATTLE'S EMISSIONS. REALLY\nCONTRIBUTING TO CLIMATE\nPOLLUTION. AND THIS BODY\nCOMMITTED YEARS AGO TO\nDECARBONIZATION AND GETTING ALL\nOF OUR BUILDINGS ALIGNED WITH\nTHE BUILDING EMISSIONS\nPERFORMANCE STANDARDS, NORTHEAST\nBRANCHES STILL IN THE QUEUE FOR\nELECTRIFICATION. HOW LONG TO\nTHOSE FAMILIES WEIGHT AND AT\nWHAT COST TO THE CITY IF WE\nDELAY FURTHER? WHETHER WE ARE\nTALKING ABOUT COOLING,\nELECTRIFICATION OR DEFERRED\nMAINTENANCE, EVERY DOLLAR WE\nSPEND IN THIS LEVY WILL GO MUCH\nFARTHER THAN ANY HYPOTHETICAL\nDOLLAR WE CAN ALLOCATE TO THE\nNEXT LEVY PERIOD IN 2034 BEYOND.\nANY PENNIES WE PINCH NOW WILL\nCOST US DOLLARS SEVEN YEARS FROM\nNOW. AND PUTTING OUR HOPES ONTO\nTHE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND\nFOLLOWING THROUGH ON FEMA\nCOMMITMENTS TO SEATTLE IS NOT\nSOMETHING I WOULD ADVISE. FOR\nTHESE REASONS I WILL BE PROBABLY\nVOTING YES TO THIS AMENDMENT TO\nASSURE WE CAN RESPONSIBLY CARE\nFOR OUR COMMITTEE. THANK YOU AND\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN,\nFOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\nRINCK. ANYONE ELSE? I DON'T SEE\nANY HANSA. I WILL ADDRESS\nSOMETHING HERE, AND THAT IS, AS\nI SAID EARLIER, THIS ISN'T\nABOUT THE FACT THAT THE\nLIBRARIES DON'T HAVE MORE\nNEEDS. THE BUILDINGS ARE OLD AND\nTHEY ARE GOING TO HAVE NEEDS\nINTO THE FUTURE. IS LIBRARY LEVY\nIS NOT GOING TO COVER ALL THE\nNEEDS. AND WE WILL BE BACK HERE\nAGAIN . BUT WE ALSO HAVE OTHER\nNEEDS. AND IF WE PUT ALL OF THE\nMONEY INTO THIS NEED, WE WILL\nHAVE LESS TO COVER FUTURE NEEDS\nINCLUDING THE NEXT LEVY WHICH IS\nTHE HOUSING LEVY IN 2030. SO I\nWILL SAY, THAT NO ONE IS SAYING\nTHAT LIBRARIES DON'T HAVE MORE\nNEEDS. THE NEEDS ARE ACTUALLY\nENDLESS BECAUSE THE BUILDINGS\nWILL ALWAYS NEED MORE WORK. THEY\nARE OLD BUILDINGS. AND, WE ARE\nGRAPPLING WITH HOW TO PAY FOR\nALL OF THESE. SO, I THINK IN\nTERMS OF THE VOTERS AND PUTTING\nTHIS ON THE LEVY, YES,\nABSOLUTELY, THEY GET TO DECIDE\nWHETHER THEY ARE GOING TO VOTE\nFOR IT OR NOT. I WILL SAY VOTERS\nDON'T ALWAYS HAVE THE BENEFIT\nOF OUR FINANCE ADVISORS WHO TELL\nUS WHERE WE ARE WITH LEVY CAPS,\nWHAT EVEN A LEVY CAP IS AND HOW\nMUCH WE WOULD HAVE FOR FUTURE\nLEVIES. THAT IS A LEVEL OF IN\nTHE WEEDS I DON'T EXPECT VOTERS\nTO KNOW. BUT WE KNOW THAT. AND\nALL OF THAT GOES INTO OUR\nCALCULATION AND SHOULD GO INTO\nOUR CALCULATION. AND THAT IS\nIMPORTANT. BECAUSE AGAIN, WE ALL\nLOVE OUR LIBRARY AND WE UP HERE\nARE STRUGGLING WITH MORE THAN\nJUST THE LIBRARY. AND THAT IS A\nSTRUGGLE. SO I REALLY , IT'S\nIMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT.\nCOUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, I SEE YOUR\nHAND. GO AHEAD.\nTHANK YOU. I APOLOGIZE I\nCOULD'VE GOT THE HAND UP\nQUICKER. I WILL NOT BE\nSUPPORTING THIS AND I WILL SHARE\nWHY. AND I DO AGREE WITH THE\nCHAIR, THOUGH I DO APPRECIATE\nPASSION THAT COUNCILMEMBER LIN\nAND COUNCILMEMBER RINCK BRING TO\nTHIS AMENDMENT. NOTWITHSTANDING\nTRUMP. THAT IS ANOTHER THING.\nANYWAY, I WENT BACK AND PULLED\nUP , AGAIN, AM TAKING IT FROM\nTHE PERSPECTIVE OF , THIS IS 15%\nMORE THAN THE LAST LEVY WHICH I\nWAS AROUND FOUR. CONCERNED ABOUT\nJEOPARDIZING FUTURE LEVIES, OUR\nFISCAL RESPONSIBILITY BUT ALSO\nTHE LEVY CAP. I WILL TELL YOU\nWHY I'M SAYING THIS. I'M NOT\nANTI--- I MEAN, IF WE COULD\nAFFORD ALL OF THIS, THEN I SAY\nWHAT THE MAYOR SENT DOWN AND\nWHAT WOULD BE PASSED , ALL THE\nAMENDMENTS, WITH THAT TOTAL\nWOULD BE, AND I THINK THE DELTA\nIS LIKE $70 MILLION IF WE ADDED\nEVERY AMENDMENT IN HERE.\n$79 MILLION.\nSO WHEN WE LOOK AT CITY OF: SO WHEN WE LOOK AT CITY OF\nSEATTLE TAX LEVY AND YOU\nMENTIONED THIS, MADAM CHAIR, WE\nHAVE THE LIBRARY LEVY THAT IS\nNOW. WE HAVE THE TRANSPORTATION\nLEVY COMING. WE HAVE THE RECENT\n-- WE HAVE THIS HOUSING LEVY\nCOMING IN 2030. WE JUST PASSED\nTHE LEVY IN 2025. TO THE TUNE OF\n$1.3 BILLION. AND IF WE LOOK AT\nTHE ANNUAL TAXES OF SEATTLE,\nALSO THE ONES THAT KEEP ROLLING\nOVER, THE SWEETENED BEVERAGE --\nBECAUSE RIGHT NOW, AS YOU\nPOINTED OUT, MADAM CHAIR, WE ALL\nOF THE LIBRARIES BUT WE ALSO\nHAVE A FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.\nWHAT I THINK, AND WHAT I AM\nSEEING IN AMENDMENT FOUR AND\nFIVE, THOSE ARE OPERATION AND\nMAINTENANCE AND BRICK AND MORTAR\nREPAIRS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE.\nAND THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IF\nIT DOESN'T GET FUNDED HERE\nIT'S NOT GOING TO GET FUNDED\nEVER ANYWHERE ELSE. I BELIEVE IT\nWILL AND IT SHOULD. AND FOR THAT\nREASON, AND AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND\nTHE PASSION AND THE CONCERN, I\nDON'T LIKE TO MAKE DECISIONS\nOUT OF FEAR OR BEING REACTIVE TO\nWHAT I THINK IS HAPPENING\nPOLITICALLY , GLOBALLY, ON A\nNATIONAL LEVEL, AT LEAST FOR\nTHIS SPECIFIC MATTER. THAT IS\nNOT THROWING SHADED ANYONE,\nIT'S HOW I LOOK AT ANALYSIS AND\nMAKING DECISIONS. SO, WE KNOW\nTHAT THE ORIGINAL PACKET FROM\nTHE MAYOR WAS $410 MILLION. AND\nIF WE ADDED ALL THE AMENDMENTS\nTOGETHER IT WOULD COME OUT TO\nLIKE $480 MILLION, CORRECT ME IF\nI AM WRONG , A $70 MILLION DELTA\nDIFFERENCE THERE. SO, I'M\nLOOKING AT IT THAT WAY. I'M IN\nSUPPORT OF MANY OF THE OTHER\nAMENDMENTS, SOME JUST LAYING IT\nOUT NOW THAT I WILL NOT BE\nSUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT.\nAMENDMENT FOUR, AND I WILL NOT\nBE SUPPORTING AMENDMENT FIVE.\nFOR THE VERY SAME REASON SO I\nDON'T HAVE TO SPEAK AGAIN.\nTHANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. ANY\nOTHER COMMENTS? LET'S TAKE A\nVOTE ON AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR.\nCOUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS: COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER: COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ: COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.\nNO.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK: COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.\nYES.\nCHAIR RIVERA: CHAIR RIVERA.\nNO. FIVE IN FAVOR, TWO\nOPPOSED.\nTHE MOTION CARRIES IN: THE MOTION CARRIES IN\nAMENDMENT FOUR IS ADOPTED.\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK YOUR\nRECOGNIZE TO MOVE AMENDMENT OF\nFIVE.\nTHANK YOU. I MOVED TO AMEND\nCOUNCIL BILL 12118 IS PRESENTED\nON AMENDMENT FIVE.\nSECOND: SECOND.\nTHANK YOU. IT IS MOVED AND\nSECONDED TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL\nCB 12181 IS PRESENTED ON\nAMENDMENT FIVE. TO PLEASE\nBRIEFLY TALK ABOUT AMENDMENT\nFIVE AND THEN I WILL GO TO YOU,\nSPONSOR , GO AHEAD, ERIC.\nAMENDMENT FIVE WOULD: AMENDMENT FIVE WOULD\nCOMMUNICATE COUNCIL'S INTENTION\nTHAT A PORTION OF THE LIBRARY\nLEVY FUNDING AMOUNT IS\nTRANSMITTED BY THE MAYOR\nINCREASE BY $50 MILLION BY THE\nCOUNCIL SHOULD BE AUTHORIZED FOR\nINVESTMENTS TO SUPPORT\nMAINTENANCE FOR RENOVATING A\nHISTORIC LIBRARY BRANCH TO\nIMPROVE SEISMIC SAFETY, REDUCE\nTHE USE OF FOSSIL FUELS, AND\nUPGRADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE\nSPACE.\nTHANK YOU, ERIC.\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK YOUR\nRECOGNIZE TO SPEAK YOUR\nAMENDMENT AND ALSO I WILL\nRECOGNIZE YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\nSTRAUSS, AS COSPONSOR IF YOU\nWOULD LIKE.\nTHANK YOU, CHAIR. COLLEAGUES,\nI WILL SPEAK HERE TO AMENDMENT\nFIVE --\nSORRY, SPONSORS, IT IS\nCOUNCILMEMBER SAKA WHO IS\nSPONSORING THIS.\nCOLLEAGUES, I WILL SPEAK HERE\nTO AMENDMENT FIVE AND THEN MORE\nBROADLY TO AMENDMENTS ONE AND\nFOUR AND NINE AS WELL. SINCE\nTHESE ARE THE FOUR AMENDMENTS\nTHAT REPRESENT PORTLAND\nINVESTMENTS IN SEATTLE PUBLIC\nLIBRARY INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE\nPEOPLE WE SERVE. WE KNOW THAT\nLIBRARIES ARE A CRITICAL PART OF\nOUR COMMUNITY'S SAFETY AND\nINFRASTRUCTURE. IN THE NEXT YEAR\nWE FACE A VERY REAL THREAT OF\nGLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS, CAUSED\nBY THE PRESIDENT'S FOOLISH\nTRADE POLICIES AND NOW MASSIVELY\nACCELERATED BY THE NATION'S\nRECKLESS WAR WITH IRAN. I EXPECT\nHARD TIMES AHEAD. WE ARE\nCERTAINLY ALREADY FEELING IT.\nHARD TIMES AHEAD FOR SEATTLE'S\nECONOMY. AND SO THIS LEVY\nPRESENTS US WITH AN OPPORTUNITY\n. AND TO MY MIND, A\nRESPONSIBILITY, TO INCREASE OUR\nINVESTMENTS, TO ENSURE SAFE\nCOMMUNITIES SPACES ARE IN EVERY\nNEIGHBORHOOD IN OUR CITY. AND\nOUR DECISIONS TODAY WILL\nDETERMINE HOW MANY OF OUR PUBLIC\nFACILITIES WILL BE STRENGTHENED\nAGAINST EARTHQUAKES, HAVING HVAC\nSYSTEMS READY FOR THE EXTREME\nCOLD AND HEAT BROUGHT TO US BY\nCLIMATE CHANGE, AND BE READY TO\nPROVIDE REFUGE FROM THE\nDANGEROUS AIR OUT THAT MAY COME\nWITH OUR NEXT FIRE SEASON.\nSEISMIC RETROFITS, HVAC UPGRADES\nTO ALLOW EVERY WORD BRANCH TO OF\nAC, AND GETTING ALL OF OUR\nBRANCHES TO BE ADA COMPLIANT AND\nTHE CAPACITY TO DO JUST REGULAR\nROUTINE MAINTENANCE IS A TIMELY\nAND COST-EFFECTIVE WAY TO ENSURE\nTHAT WE HAVE SAFER SPACES IN\nEVERY NEIGHBORHOOD. INVESTING IN\nCAPITAL PROJECTS MEANS WE CAN\nPAY FOR EXPENSIVE REPAIRS AND\nRETROFITS BEFORE PRICES GO\nHIGHER. INVESTING IN THE LOCAL\nUNION LABOR TO BUILD OUR CIVIC\nINFRASTRUCTURE MEANS\nRECIRCULATING OUR DOLLARS\nLOCALLY, MOST DOLLARS INVESTED\nIN OUR LOCAL TRADES WOMEN AND\nMEN WILL BE SPENT AND RE-SPENT\nLOCALLY ADDING A BENEFIT NOT\nJUST TO A SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY\nBRANCH BUT TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY\nAS A WHOLE. AND SO COLLEAGUES,\nFOR ALL OF THESE REASONS, I\nCONSIDER THIS AMENDMENT AND THE\nOTHER CAPITAL MAINTENANCE\nAMENDMENT'S BEFORE US TODAY AS\nESSENTIAL ONES. IF YOU FEEL THE\nSAME, I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT.\nTHANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\nRINCK. COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER\nQUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THEN,\nLET'S GO TO A VOTE.\nCOUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS: COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER: COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ: COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.\nNO.\nCOUNCILMEMBER LIN: COUNCILMEMBER LIN.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK: COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.\nYES.\n> CHAIR RIVERA.\nNO.\nFOUR IN FAVOR, TWO OPPOSED,\nONE ABSTENTION.\nIT IS ADOPTED. LET'S GO TO\nAMENDMENT NUMBER SIX.\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK, YOUR\nRECOGNIZE TO MOVE AMENDMENT\nNUMBER SIX.\nTHANK YOU, I MOVED TO AMEND\nCOUNCIL BILL 121181 IS PRESENTED\nON AMENDMENT SIX.\nSECOND: SECOND.\nTHANK YOU. IT IS MOVED AND\nSECONDED TO MOVE COUNCIL BILL\n121181 IS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT\nSIX. WOULD YOU PLEASE GIVE A\nBRIEF DESCRIPTION?\nTHIS IS SPONSORED BY: THIS IS SPONSORED BY\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND\nCOSPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER\nSTRAUSS. THIS AMENDMENT WOULD\nCOMMUNICATE COUNCIL'S INTENTION\nTHE PORTION OF THE LIBRARY LEVY\nFUNDING AMOUNT IS TRANSMITTED BY\nTHE MAYOR INCREASE BY $8.4\nMILLION BY THE COUNCIL SHOULD BE\nAUTHORIZED FOR INVESTMENTS TO\nSUPPORT COLLECTIONS BY EXPANDING\nTHE ELECTRONIC AND PHYSICAL\nMATERIALS COLLECTIONS AND\nINCREASING COLLECTIONS TO\nSTAFFING.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\nRINCK YOUR RECOGNIZE TO SPEAK\nAND THEN I WILL GO TO\nCOUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AS\nCOSPONSOR.\nTHANK YOU, CHAIR. COLLEAGUES,\nWE HAVE HEARD THE PUBLIC COMMENT\nIN THE PUBLIC HEARINGS FROM\nSEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY'S\nFOUNDATION AND FRIENDS OF\nSEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY THAT WE\nARE A CITY OF READERS. THIS CITY\nLOVES BOOKS OF EVERY FLAVOR AND\nFORMAT. DEMAND ON OUR PHYSICAL\nAND DIGITAL COLLECTIONS IS HIGH.\nIS FOR OUTPACING OUR BELOVED\nLIBRARY ABILITY TO KEEP UP. THIS\nAMENDMENT WOULD GIVE THE LIBRARY\nTHE FINANCIAL AND HUMAN\nRESOURCES NEEDED TO KEEP OUR\nCOLLECTIONS UP TO MEET THIS\nMOMENT AND BETTER SERVE OUR\nREADERS ACROSS THE CITY. I ASK\nFOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU ALSO\nTO COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR\nSIGNING ON AS COSPONSOR FOR\nTHIS.\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\nSTRAUSS, YOUR RECOGNIZE.\nTHANK YOU, CHAIR. THIS\nRECOGNIZE , I BROUGHT FOUR\nAMENDMENT STORE COMMITTEE\nMEETING LAST TIME AND I HAVE\nREDUCE THE TO TWO IN PART BY\nPARTNERING WITH COLLEAGUES. THIS\nHELPS US BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE\nAND CONTINUE TO PUSH THE\nENVELOPE OF THIS LIBRARY LEVY AS\nFAR AS IS RESPONSIBLY POSSIBLE.\nTHIS IS ANOTHER MOMENT OF ,\nWITHOUT BOOKS, WITHOUT E-BOOKS,\nIT IS JUST A BUILDING. THANK\nYOU.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\nSTRAUSS. ANY COMMENTS ,\nCOUNCILMEMBER LIN, YOUR\nRECOGNIZE.\nI WANT TO SPEAK IN FAVOR, AND\nWERE GENERALLY TALK AGAIN ABOUT\nTHE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF OUR\nLIBRARIES AND THIS TIME IS WE\nSEE DEMOCRACY CRUMBLING. OUR\nLIBRARIES ARE ESSENTIAL AGAINST\nTHAT. DEFENDING OUR DEMOCRACY ,\nWHETHER IT IS OUR BUILDINGS, OUR\nSTAFFING, OR OUR COLLECTIONS,\nTHEY ARE ALL CRITICALLY\nESSENTIAL SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE\nTHAT ARE NEEDED MORE NOW THAN\nEVER. AND SO, I AM EXCITED TO\nSUPPORT THIS. THANK YOU,\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND\nCOUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.\nTHANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS\nOR QUESTIONS? LET'S A VOTE ON\nAMENDMENT NUMBER SIX.\nCOUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS: COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER: COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ: COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER LIN: COUNCILMEMBER LIN.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK: COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.\nYES.\nVICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH: VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH.\nYES.\nCHAIR RIVERA: CHAIR RIVERA.\nYES. SIX IN FAVOR AND ONE\nOPPOSED.\nTHE MOTION CARRIES: THE MOTION CARRIES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK YOUR\nRECOGNIZE TO MOVE AMENDMENT\nNUMBER SEVEN.\nTHANK YOU, I MOVED TO AMEND\nCOUNCIL BILL 121181 IS PRESENTED\nON AMENDMENT SEVEN.\nIT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO: IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO\nAMEND COUNCIL BILL 121181 -- I\nTHOUGHT I HEARD A SECOND. IT IS\nMOVED AND SECONDED TO AMEND\nCOUNCIL BILL 121181 IS PRESENTED\nON AMENDMENT SEVEN. ERIC?\nTHIS AMENDMENT WOULD INDICATE: THIS AMENDMENT WOULD INDICATE\nCOUNCIL'S INTENTION THAT A\nPORTION OF THE LIBRARY LEVY\nFUNDING AMOUNT IS TRANSMITTED BY\nTHE MAYOR AND INCREASED BY $2.5\nMILLION BY THE COUNCIL SHOULD BE\nAUTHORIZED FOR INVESTMENTS TO\nSUPPORT COLLECTIONS BY EXPANDING\nTHE TITLES IN THE LIBRARY'S\nE-BOOK COLLECTION.\nTHANK YOU, ERIC.\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK YOUR\nRECOGNIZE TO SPEAK YOUR\nAMENDMENT.\nTHANK YOU, CHAIR. COLLEAGUES,\nTHIS AMENDMENT IS A SMALLER,\nMORE TARGETED COLLECTIONS\nINVESTMENT. THE TABLE IS THE\nFIRST THING YOU SEE WHEN YOU\nWALK INTO JUST ABOUT ANY LIBRARY\nBRANCH. CURRENTLY PEAK PICKS IS\nLIMITED TO PHYSICAL BOOKS.\nDESPITE THE FACT THAT SEATTLE\nPUBLIC LIBRARY IS IN THE TOP 10\nWORLDWIDE IN DIGITAL BOOK\nCHECKOUTS. THIS AMENDMENT WOULD\nEXPAND THE INCREDIBLE AND\nRESPONSIVE PROGRAM TO E-BOOKS. I\nWILL NOTE I WAS AT THE LABOR\nBRANCH THIS WEEKEND WHEN I WAS\nTHERE I PICKED UP A BOOK FROM\nTHE PEAK PICKS SHELF. FOR THOSE\nWHO DON'T KNOW, VIRGINIA IS A\nSURVIVOR OF JEFFREY EPSTEIN AND\nPASSED AWAY LAST YEAR. BUT HER\nBOOK DOCUMENT THING HER STORY OF\nSURVIVORSHIP AND DAYLIGHTING THE\nABUSES OF THE ULTRA RICH AND\nPOWERFUL WAS RECENTLY PUBLISHED\nAND IS NOW FEATURED AS A PEAK\nPICKS. SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT\nMEANS THAT MORE PEOPLE WILL NOT\nFACE A FINANCIAL BARRIER TO\nPARTICIPATING IN A NATIONAL\nDIALOGUE. AND THAT MORE OF US\nCAN CONNECT ON IDEAS AT A TIME\nWHERE WE NEEDED NOW MORE THAN\nEVER. COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR\nSUPPORT. THANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\nRINCK. ANY COMMENTS OR\nQUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT,\nCOLLEAGUES, LET'S VOTE ON\nAMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN.\nCOUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS: COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER: COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ: COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER LIN: COUNCILMEMBER LIN.\nYES.\nVICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH: VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH.\nYES.\nCHAIR RIVERA: CHAIR RIVERA.\nYES.\nSIX IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED: SIX IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED.\nAMENDMENT SEVEN IS ADOPTED: AMENDMENT SEVEN IS ADOPTED.\nWE ARE ALMOST THERE. FOUR MORE.\nCOUNCILMEMBER YOUR RECOGNIZE TO\nMOVE AMENDMENT A BREAK.\nI MOVE AMENDMENT NUMBER EIGHT: I MOVE AMENDMENT NUMBER EIGHT\nTO COUNCIL BILL 121181.\nIS HER SECOND: IS HER SECOND?\nIT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO: IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO\nAMEND COUNCIL BILL 121181 IS\nPRESENTED ON AMENDMENT EIGHT.\nERIC: ERIC?\nTHIS AMENDMENT WOULD: THIS AMENDMENT WOULD\nCOMMUNICATE THE INTENTION THAT A\nPORTION OF THE LIBRARY LEVY\nFUNDING AMOUNT IS TRANSMITTED BY\nTHE MAYOR AND INCREASED BY $2.1\nMILLION BY THE COUNCIL SHOULD BE\nAUTHORIZED FOR INVESTMENTS TO\nSUPPORT OPERATING HOURS AND\nACCESS BY EXPANDING LIBRARY\nPROGRAMMING MADE AVAILABLE BY\nAND RECORDED VIA THE SEATTLE\nCHANNEL.\nTHANK YOU, ERIC.\nCOUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, YOUR\nRECOGNIZE TO SPEAK YOUR\nAMENDMENT.\nYOU, CHAIR. THIS ENTIRE\nPACKAGE OF AMENDMENTS REALLY\nDOES BALANCE OUR NEEDS TO REMAIN\nFISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND ENSURE\nOUR FEAR DOES NOT DRIVE US TO\nFUND OUR LIBRARIES AT A LEVEL\nBELOW WHAT WE CAN ACTUALLY\nAFFORD. WHILE WE ARE IN FACT\nHERE ARE LEVY LID, AND WE MUST\nKEEP A BUFFER FOR ECONOMIC\nCHANGES, AS WELL AS FUTURE\nLEVIES, AS YOUR BUDGET CHAIR I\nSAY THAT IN FACT WE CAN ADOPT\nTHESE AMENDMENTS AND REMAINED\nFISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. I SAY THIS\nBECAUSE CHOOSING OUR FUNDING\nLEVELS CAN EITHER BE A ONE-WAY\nDOOR OR A TWO-WAY DOOR. IF YOU\nBET AGAINST OURSELVES AND ADOPT\nTHE LEVY IS TRANSMITTED, THIS IS\nA ONE-WAY DOOR. BECAUSE WE\nCANNOT, IN THE FUTURE, INCREASE\nLIBRARY LEVEL. IF WE ADOPT THESE\nAMENDMENTS AND OUR WORST FEARS\nBECOME REALITY, THAT THE\nECONOMIC FACTORS LOWER THE LEVY\nCAP, AGAIN, THE LEVY CAP RIGHT\nNOW IS BASED -- 3% GROWTH\nASSUMPTION. SOME OF THE ANALYSIS\nHAS BEEN FOR 5% GROWTH\nASSUMPTION. BUT, WHAT THEY\nDIDN'T SHOW YOU IS THE 2%\nGROWTH ASSUMPTION. WHICH IS\nSTILL US GROWING, JUST US\nGROWING MUCH MORE SLOWLY. IF IN\nFACT WE HAVE ONLY 2% OF THE AREA\nLAND VALUE GROWTH, WE ARE\nALREADY IN A PLACE WHERE WE ARE\nGOING TO HAVE TO START REFUNDING\nTHESE LEVIES. RIGHT? AND THAT IS\nACROSS ALL. NOT JUST THIS.\nAGAIN, IF WE ADOPT THESE\nAMENDMENTS AND OUR WORST FEARS\nBECOME REALITY THAT THERE'S ONLY\n2% GROWTH, THOSE ECONOMIC\nFACTORS WOULD LOWER THE LEVY\nCAP. WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK\nHOLISTICALLY AT ALL OVER LEVIES\nAND WHERE WE MUST REDUCE FUNDING\nACROSS OUR ENTIRE CITY. SO, BY\nADOPTING THESE AMENDMENTS THIS\nIS A TWO-WAY, WE CAN INCREASE\nTHE LIBRARY'S FUNDING TODAY AND\nIF OUR WORST-CASE SCENARIO\nOCCURS, WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE\nTHOSE REDUCTIONS BASED ON KNOWN\nINFORMATION, RATHER THAN\nSPECULATION. EVEN WITH A TWO-WAY\nDOOR WE KNOW THAT THIS LEVY WAS\nPLANNED TO BE LARGER TO SERVE\nSEATTLEITES EVEN MORE THAN WHAT\nIS BEFORE US TODAY. THE REALITY\nOF THE LEVY CAP CAME INTO THE\nCONVERSATION AND THAT MEANT THAT\nWE HAD TO RIGHT SIZE REDUCE OR\nMODIFY THIS LIBRARY LEVY, TO\nWORK. I SAY THAT BECAUSE LIKE,\nEVEN WITH THE ADA AMENDMENT THAT\nWILL COME UP , WITH THE\nCOLLECTIONS OR CIRCULATION, I\nCAN'T EVER GET THAT STRAIGHT,\nOR THE UNREINFORCED MASONRY, WE\nKNOW THAT THESE NEEDS ARE\nGREATER THAN WHAT IS IN THE\nLIBRARY AND WHAT'S GREATER THAN\nHE AMENDMENT. IF WE WERE TO\nTRULY RIGHT SIZE FOR\nSEATTLEITES, THIS WOULD BE A\nHUGE LEVY. BUT, WE DIDN'T DO\nTHAT. AND THAT IS WHERE WE ARE\nBEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. THAT\nIS WHY I SEE THESE AMENDMENTS\nBEFORE US ARE FISCALLY\nRESPONSIBLE BECAUSE THEY BALANCE\nTHE FUTURE UNKNOWNS, CHOOSES THE\nTWO-WAY DOOR RATHER THAN THE\nONE-WAY DOOR. AND CHOOSES\nSEATTLEITES OVER THE FEAR OF THE\nUNKNOWN AND UNKNOWN SPECULATION.\nWITH THAT, WE COME TO THE\nSEATTLE CHANNEL , THE AMENDMENT\nI HAVE BEFORE US, THE INTENT OF\nTHIS AMENDMENT IS TO EXTEND THE\nIMPACT AN AUDIENCE FOR SEATTLE\nPUBLIC LIBRARY PROGRAMS. SUCH AS\nREADING, SPEAKERS, SPECIAL\nEVENTS, AND WE DO THIS BY\nPROVIDING THE LIBRARIES LIVE AND\nAVAILABLE TO STREAM ON THE\nSEATTLE CHANNEL. WHEN I WORKED\nAT A LIBRARY FRONT DESK, I WAS\nAMAZED AT HOW MUCH ONE BOOK OR\nONE COMPUTER OR ONE NEWSPAPER\nWAS USED. THE LIBRARIES ABLE TO\nPROVIDE US TRUE PURE PUBLIC\nGOODS. THESE GOODS ARE NOT\nRIVALROUS. AND THEY ARE NOT\nEXCLUDABLE. A LIBRARY IS A VERY\nSPECIAL PLACE. CARNEGIE\nUNDERSTOOD THIS. HE SAID, I WILL\nBUILD YOU THE BUILDING, YOU FILL\nWITH BOOKS. RIGHT? AND SO, THE\nAMENDMENT BEFORE US TURNS THE\nPROGRAMMING THAT THE LIBRARY\nCREATES, THAT THEY ALREADY\nCREATE, IT'S ALREADY IN ITS\nBUDGET, FROM EIGHT RIVALROUS\nGOOD, I WILL ARGUE RIVALRY IS\nROOM CAPACITY, IF WE REACH\nCAPACITY THE NO MORE PEOPLE CAN\nGET INTO THE PROGRAM. SO IT\nTURNS THE CAPACITY INTO EIGHT\nNINE RIVALROUS ONE BECAUSE YOU\nCAN WATCH IT FROM HOME. OR MAYBE\nOUT IN THE LOBBY. IT TURNS IT\nFROM AN EXCLUDABLE GOOD, AND I\nWILL SAY THIS BY TIMER ACCESS,\nYOU AREN'T AVAILABLE AT THE\nTIME OF DAY YOU CAN ACCESS IT\nBECAUSE THE ELEVATOR IS BROKEN,\nI MEAN, BECAUSE IT IS NOT YOUR\nYOUR HOME. IT TURNS IT INTO A\nNON-EXCLUDABLE GOOD BY ALLOWING\nYOU TO VIEW AT YOUR LEISURE AND\nEVEN SHARING IT WITH OTHER\nPEOPLE IN OTHER STATES, IN OTHER\nPLACES, WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE\nACCESS TO OUR BEAUTIFUL AND\nWONDERFUL SEATTLE , LOOKING OUT\nTHE WINDOWS TODAY IS A BEAUTIFUL\nSEATTLE DAY. EVEN ON ITS DARKEST\nDAYS, THAT IS WHERE THE LIGHT\nSHINES BRIGHT INSIDE THE LIBRARY\nIN YOUR PROGRAMMING. THIS\nAMENDMENT ALSO BEGINS TO ADDRESS\nTHE UNDERLYING FUNDING ISSUES AT\nTHE SEATTLE CHANNEL. RIGHT NOW\nEVERY DEPARTMENT WHO BENEFITS\nFROM THE SEATTLE AWARD-WINNING\nSEATTLE CHANNEL DOES SO WITHOUT\nA FEE. THIS IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER\nCENTRAL SERVICE INNER-CITY. FOR\nEXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS, I.T., HR,\nFAS, THESE ARE ALL BACKBONE\nASPECTS OF OUR CITY CENTRAL\nSERVICES. AND EVERY DEPARTMENT\nIS CHARGED A FEE BY THE INTERNAL\nDEPARTMENT. SEATTLE CHANNEL IS\nNOT IN THAT SITUATION BECAUSE IN\nTHE PAST , WHEN THE DISTURBING\nMOVIE THE CABLE GUY CAME OUT IN\nTHEATERS, PEOPLE HAD CABLE AND\nWERE USING OUR CABLE FRAME AND\nWE WERE BENEFITING FROM THE\nCABLE FRANCHISE FEE. BEING FULLY\nIT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE\nTHAT DISTURBING MOVIE CAME OUT\nIN THEATERS. BUT FOLKS HAVE CUT\nTHEIR CABLE IN THE MEANTIME. AND\nSO IT IS INCUMBENT UPON\nDEPARTMENTS, NOT JUST THE\nLIBRARY, BUT ALL CITY\nDEPARTMENTS WHO BENEFIT FROM THE\nAWARD-WINNING SEATTLE CHANNEL TO\nSTART PAYING FOR THE SERVICES\nTHAT THEY RECEIVE. COLLEAGUES, I\nHOPE TO EARN YOUR SUPPORT IN\nTURNING AN EXCLUDABLE RIVALROUS\nGOOD INTO EIGHT NON-EXCLUDABLE\nNON-RIVALROUS GOOD AND HELP\nSTART PAYING SEATTLE CHANNEL'S\n, HELP PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE FOR\nTHESE AT SEATTLE CHANNEL. THANK\nYOU.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\nSTRAUSS. ANY QUESTIONS OR\nCOMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, THEN I HAVE\nA COUPLE OF COMMENTS. SO,\nCOUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, I THINK\nWE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO AGREE TO\nDISAGREE HERE. BUT WE GET AN\nECONOMIC FORECAST THREE TIMES\nPER YEAR. APRIL, AUGUST AND\nNOVEMBER. THEY ARE PROJECTIONS.\nFROM OUR FINANCE OFFICE. ON HOW\nTHE ECONOMY IS DOING AND HOW ALL\nOF OUR FISCAL DECISIONS ARE\nDOING. AND THAT IS WHERE WE GET\nALL OF THIS INFORMATION ABOUT\nTHE LEVY CAPS. SO WHEN YOU CALL\nIT SPECULATION, GOVERNMENTS RELY\nON THESE ECONOMIC FORECASTS\nWHICH TO MAKE BUDGET DECISIONS\nINCLUDING LEVY DECISIONS. SO,\nTHESE ARE NOT DONE WILLY-NILLY.\nTHEY ARE EXPERTS WHO COME UP\nWITH THIS ECONOMIC FORECAST THAT\nWE RELY ON EVERY YEAR WHEN WE DO\nTHE BUDGET AND ALSO WHEN WE ARE\nDOING CONSIDERING PUTTING LEVIES\nON THE BALLOT. SO I JUST WANT TO\nMAKE IT VERY CLEAR TO THE\nPUBLIC, WHO MIGHT BE HEARING\nTHAT THESE ARE NOT JUST\nSPECULATIONS OF NOWHERE, THIS IS\nACTUALLY AN ECONOMIC FORECAST IT\nWE GET THREE TIMES PER YEAR FROM\nOUR FINANCE OFFICE. GIVE THE\nTHING I WILL SAY IS THAT, WHAT\nWE KNOW TODAY IS THAT WE HAVE AT\nLEAST 150 WILLIAM MILLER BUDGET\nDEFICIT THAT WE ARE GOING TO\nHAVE TO MANAGE LATER THIS YEAR.\nAND I WILL SAY THAT THE 3% IS A\nPRUDENT FACTOR, IT IS BASED ON\nPAST PERFORMANCE ON HOW PROPERTY\nVALUES , ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY\nVALUES . WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF\nA WAR, SO IT IS VERY POSSIBLE\nTHAT NEXT YEAR THE ASSESSMENT\nWILL GO DOWN. SO WHILE I\nAPPRECIATE YOUR PASSION FOR THE\nLIBRARY AND I HAVE EQUAL\nPASSION, I ALSO HAVE TO RELY ON\nTHE EXPERT ADVICE WE ARE GETTING\nFROM OUR FINANCE ADVISORS AND\nTHESE ECONOMIC FORECASTS WHICH\nARE AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR I\nBELIEVE THEY ARE AVAILABLE\nONLINE FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE. ON\nWHAT OUR FINANCIAL PICTURE TRULY\nIS. AND SO, THIS LEVY CAP ISSUE\nIS VERY REAL. AND YOU ARE\nCORRECT, WE MIGHT BE IN A\nSITUATION WHERE WHATEVER WE PASS\nTODAY IN TERMS OF A LIBRARY\nLEVY, WE MIGHT BE BUTTING UP\nAGAINST THE CAP FASTER IF\nASSESSED VALUES GO DOWN. WHICH\nVERY WELL COULD BE, AGAIN, GIVEN\nWE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A WAR. I\nSAY THAT ALL TO SAY THAT AS MUCH\nAS WE LOVE OUR LIBRARIES , SURE,\nWE CAN MAKE DECISIONS TODAY AND\nTHAT IS PERFECTLY FINE, AND\nWITHIN OUR RIGHT. BUT I DO WANT\nTO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BEING\nVERY CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT WITH\nTHE PUBLIC. AND I DON'T WANT TO\nMINIMIZE THE ADVICE THAT WE GET\nFROM THESE ECONOMIC FORECASTS.\nBECAUSE WE RELY ON THEM NOT JUST\nFOR THIS TODAY, BEFORE OUR\nBUDGET IN GENERAL. I THINK THOSE\nOF US, NOT JUST US HERE ON THE D\nIS, THERE ARE MANY FOLKS WHO\nALSO RELY ON ECONOMIC FORECASTS\nWHEN THEY ARE DOING FORECASTS.\nALL CITIES THIS. IT'S NOT\nSOMETHING WE ARE JUST DOING.\nTHINGS ARE NOT LOOKING GOOD AND\nTHEY HAVEN'T BEEN LOOKING GOOD\nFOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE FOR\nQUITE SOME TIME. WE ARE IN A\nCONSTANT BUDGET DEFICIT. AND\nTHERE WILL BE NEEDS LATER ON. WE\nDO HAVE -- WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE\nOF A HOUSING CRISIS. WE WILL, IN\n2030, HAVE A HOUSING LEVY. WHAT\nWILL BE LEFT FROM THE LEVY CAP\nTO GIVE TOWARDS THAT? I AM\nLOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING HOW\nWE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH THE\nBUDGET DEFICIT IN THE FALL.\nBECAUSE THERE IS A DEFICIT. SO\nARE WE GOING TO TURN TO MORE\nTAXING, PROPERTY TAXES? SEATTLE\nIS ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE\nCITIES IN THE COUNTRY. AND OUR\nFOLKS ARE FEELING THE HEAT OF\nTHAT. SO, THIS IS ALL REALLY\nIMPORTANT, AND AGAIN, THIS IS\nNOT WHO LOVES THE LIBRARIES\nMORE. AND WILL HAVE TO MAKE HER\nOWN DECISIONS. BUT WE DO NEED TO\nBE TRANSPARENT. AND WE CANNOT\nPAINT A FISCAL PICTURE THAT IS\nBETTER THAN WHAT IT REALLY IS.\nWE HAVE TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS\nWITH EYES WIDE OPEN. IF WE\nDECIDE THIS IS WHERE WE WANT TO\nPUT OUR MONEY, THAT IS OUR\nDECISION. AND ULTIMATELY IT IS\nTHE VOTERS WHO WILL VOTE . BUT\nWE NEED TO BE TRANSPARENT AND\nHONEST ABOUT THAT FINANCIAL\nSITUATION THAT WE ARE IN. SO,\nTHANK YOU, AND UNLESS THERE ANY\nCOMMENTS OR QUESTIONS WE WILL GO\nTO ABOUT. VOTE.\nCOUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS: COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER: COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ: COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER LIN: COUNCILMEMBER LIN.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK: COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.\nYES.\nVICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH: VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH.\nYES.\nCHAIR RIVERA: CHAIR RIVERA.\nNO.\nSIX IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED: SIX IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED.\nMOTION CARRIES. AMENDMENT\nEIGHT IS ADOPTED. WE GO TO\nAMENDMENT NINE. COUNCILMEMBER\nSTRAUSS, YOUR RECOGNIZED .\nTHANK YOU. I MOVE AMENDMENT\n92 CANCEL BILL 121181.\nSECOND: SECOND.\nIT HAS BEEN MOVED AND: IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND\nSECONDED TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL\n121181 IS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT\nNINE. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, THE\nSPONSOR OF THIS AMENDMENT, YOUR\nRECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO ADDRESS\nIT. ACTUALLY, COUNCILMEMBER\nSTRAUSS, ERIC, CAN YOU PLEASE\nBRIEF US FIRST.\nAMENDMENT I WOULD COMMUNICATE: AMENDMENT I WOULD COMMUNICATE\nCOUNCIL'S INTENTION A PORTION\nOF THE LEVY FUNDING AMOUNT AS\nTRANSMITTED BY THE MAYOR AND\nINCREASE BY $8.2 MILLION THAT\nCOUNCIL SHOULD BE AUTHORIZED FOR\nINVESTMENTS TO SUPPORT\nMAINTENANCE, BY IMPROVING\nPHYSICAL ACCESSIBILITY UNDER THE\nAMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT\nAND BY REPAIRING OR REPLACING\nELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS.\nTHANK YOU, ERIC. NOW,\nCOUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, SPONSOR\nYOUR RECOGNIZED ADDRESS YOUR\nAMENDMENT.\nTHANK YOU. JUST TO CONTINUE\nTHE CONVERSATION, WE ARE IN THIS\nMOMENT WHERE WE ARE HAVING TO\nREDUCE THIS LIBRARY LEVY IS OF\nWASHINGTON STATE TAX CODE.\nUNDERSTANDING THAT WE DO HAVE A\nSTRUCTURAL BUDGET DEFICIT THAT\nTOOK 10 YEARS TO CREATE, AND WE\nARE TAKING A MULTIYEAR APPROACH,\nGRANTED THEY'RE GOING TO BE HER\nDECISIONS IS HERE. THAT WE\nCAN'T INCREASE PROPERTY TAX\nAGAIN BECAUSE OF THE UPSIDE ON\nTAX CODE OF THE STATE WHICH IS\nBOXING US INTO THIS ENTIRE\nSITUATION. AND SO, ECONOMIC\nFORECASTS DO INFORM OUR ANNUAL\nAND BIANNUAL BUDGETING\nPROCESSES. BUT, WE ARE WORKING\nON A MULTIYEAR LEVY AND THAT IS\nWHERE I THINK WE HAVE A\nDIFFERENCE OF OPINION, CHAIR,\nFOR ME, THAT WE ARE SPECULATING.\nWE ARE RECEIVING FORECASTS FOR\nTHIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR BUT IT\nIS HARD, OUR OFFICE IS NOT\nPROVIDING A DECADE-LONG\nFORECAST. THAT IS WHERE I AM\nSAYING WE ARE SPECULATION. BACK\nTO THIS AMENDMENT RIGHT HERE,\nCHRISTIANA, YOU TOOK MY TALKING\nPOINTS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU\nWERE READING OFF OF MY SHEET,\nBUT THE NUMBER OF TIMES I HAD\nGONE TO THE GREENWOOD PUBLIC\nLIBRARY AND THE ELEVATOR HAS\nBEEN BROKEN, I THOUGHT IT WAS\nBROKEN THE ENTIRE TIME IN\nBETWEEN MY VISITS BUT APPARENTLY\nIT HAS BEEN FIXED. I USE THIS\nEXAMPLE REALLY IMPORTANTLY\nBECAUSE THE GREENWOOD PUBLIC\nLIBRARY, THE GREENWOOD RANCH\nPUBLIC LIBRARY IS ON GREENWOOD\nAVENUE WHICH IS QUITE BUSY. AND\nPARKING IS NOT REALLY EASY AT\nTHE FRONT DOOR. AND SO, IF YOU\nHAVE A DIFFERENT ABILITY AND YOU\nNEED TO USE ASSISTANCE TO GET IN\nTHE DOOR, WHETHER IT IS YOU HAVE\nA SPRAINED ANKLE OR YOU HAVE A\nLIFELONG ABILITY , YOU HAVE TO\nUSE THE ELEVATOR. THERE IS NO\nOTHER WAY INTO THE BUILDING. AND\nIF THE ELEVATOR IS NOT WORKING,\nTHEN YOU CAN'T GET INSIDE. YOU\nCAN'T ACCESS ALL OF THE BOOKS\nWE ARE TALKING ABOUT. I MADE THE\nJOKE LAST TIME, AND IT IS\nSERIOUS, THAT THE ONLY WAY INTO\nTHE LIBRARY IS OVER THE\nINTERNET, AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE\nTHE INTERNET YOU HAVE TO GO TO\nTHE LIBRARY TO GET YOUR HOTSPOT.\nRIGHT? AND SO WITHOUT THE\nABILITY TO GET IN OUR DOORS, WE\nARE NOT PROVIDING THE SERVICE\nTHAT SEATTLEITES DESERVE. THIS\nIS ANOTHER BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT\nIF WE WERE TRULY RIGHTSIZING\nWHAT THE NEEDS ARE FOR A PUBLIC\nLIBRARY SYSTEM, IT WOULD BE\nTENFOLD WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US\nTODAY. I HOPE TO EARN YOUR\nSUPPORT, COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\nSTRAUSS. COLLEAGUES, ANY\nQUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? LET'S\nTHINK ABOUT. AMENDMENT NINE. [\nROLL CALL ]\nSIX IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED: SIX IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED.\nMOTION CARRIES AN AMENDMENT: MOTION CARRIES AN AMENDMENT\nNINE IS ADOPTED. COUNCILMEMBER\nFOSTER, ON BEHALF OF\nCOUNCILMEMBER SAKA, YOU WILL\nMOVE -- SORRY, IT'S OUT OF\nSEQUENCE BECAUSE SOME WERE\nREMOVED. WE'RE GOING TO 12.\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, YOU ARE --\nEXCUSE ME, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER,\nYOUR RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK ON\nBEHALF OF AMENDMENT 12 WHICH IS\nBEING BROUGHT BY COUNCILMEMBER\nSAKA.\nTHANK YOU. I BELIEVE I NEED\nTO MOVE IT IN. THANK YOU. I\nWOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT\nAMENDMENT 12 INTO THE RECORD.\nSECOND: SECOND.\nIT HAS BEEN MOVED AND: IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND\nSECONDED TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL\n121181 IS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT\n12. ERIC?\nAMENDMENT 12 WOULD\nCOMMUNICATE COUNCIL'S INTENTION\nTHAT A PORTION OF THE LIBRARY\nLEVY FUNDING AMOUNT AS\nTRANSMITTED BY THE MAYOR SHOULD\nBE AUTHORIZED FOR INVESTMENTS TO\nSUPPORT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES BY\nPROVIDING DIGITAL SCALING\nPROGRAMS FOR TEENS. OFFERED AT\nTHE SOUTHPARK AND HIGH POINT\nBRANCH LIBRARIES.\nTHANK YOU, ERIC.\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.\nTHANK YOU, AS THE CHAIR\nMENTIONED I AM SPEAKING ON\nBEHALF OF COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.\nFOR THESE TWO AMENDMENT'S. THIS\nFIRST AMENDMENT EXTENDS AN\nEXISTING SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY\nPROGRAM INTO TWO NEIGHBORHOODS\nWITH LOWER HOME INTERNET ACCESS.\nAND FEWER DEVICES COMPARED TO\nMORE AFFLUENT SEATTLE AREAS.\nTHESE GAPS LIMIT ACCESS TO\nESSENTIAL DIGITAL RESOURCES SUCH\nAS ONLINE LEARNING, JOB\nAPPLICATIONS, GOVERNMENT\nSERVICES AND TELEHEALTH.\nTHEREFORE DIGITAL SKILLS\nTRAINING IS NEEDED IN THESE\nCOMMITTEES. THE LEVY ORDINANCE\nSETS NO LIMITS BY OFFERING OUR\nCAPITAL OR SPENDING CATEGORY AND\nTHIS AMENDMENT SIGNALS THE\nCOUNCIL INTEND THAT PART OF THE\n$410 MILLION SUPPORT DIGITAL\nSCALING INITIATIVES.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\nFOSTER. COLLEAGUES, ANY\nQUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? JUST TO\nCONFIRM, -- COUNCILMEMBER\nJUAREZ, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION?\nI APOLOGIZE, MY ZOOM JUST CUT\nOUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT WAS\nBACK ONLINE.\nWE SEE YOU. AND WE HEAR YOU.\nOKAY, GREAT, THANK YOU, MADAM\nCHAIR.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\nJUAREZ. ERIC, IN THIS PARTICULAR\nAMENDMENT AND THE SECOND ONE\nDON'T HAVE ACTUAL MONEY ADDS.\nTHEY ARE JUST AN INTENT FOR HOW\nTO USE THE CURRENT MONEY. EXPECT\nTHAT IS CORRECT.\nGREAT. AT THE END OF THE DAY\nI WANT TO CONFIRM THAT NO MATTER\nWHAT WE INTEND, IS THE LIBRARY\nBOARD WHO GETS TO DECIDE WHAT TO\nDO WITH ALL OF THIS MONEY THAT\nNOW HAVE ADDED VIA THESE\nAMENDMENTS, CORRECT?\nTHAT IS ALSO CORRECT: THAT IS ALSO CORRECT.\nOKAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU\nFOR CONFIRMING. UNLESS THERE ANY\nQUESTIONS, AND I DON'T SEE ANY\nHANDS RAISED. LET'S GO TO\nABOUT. VOTE.\nCOUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS: COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER: COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ: COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER LIN: COUNCILMEMBER LIN.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK: COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.\nYES.\nVICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH: VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH.\nYES.\nCHAIR RIVERA: CHAIR RIVERA.\nYES.\nTHE MOTION CARRIES AN: THE MOTION CARRIES AN\nAMENDMENT 12 IS ADOPTED. NOW\nAMENDMENT 13. ALSO A\nCOUNCILMEMBER SAKA ADD.\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, YOUR\nRECOGNIZED TO MOVE COUNCILMEMBER\nSAKA'S AMENDMENT NUMBER 13.\nI LIKE TO MOVE AMENDMENT: I LIKE TO MOVE AMENDMENT\nNUMBER 13. DO I HAVE A SECOND?\nSECOND: SECOND.\nIT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO: IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO\nAMEND COUNCIL BILL 121181 IS\nPRESENTED ON AMENDMENT 13. ERIC?\nAMENDMENT 13 WOULD\nCOMMUNICATE COUNCIL'S INTENTION\nTHAT A PORTION OF THE LIBRARY\nFUNDING AMOUNT AS TRANSMITTED BY\nTHE MAYOR SHOULD BE AUTHORIZED\nFOR INVESTMENTS TO SUPPORT HOURS\nAND ACCESS AND COLLECTIONS BY\nCONTRACTING WITH THE WASHINGTON\nSTATE BLACK LEGACY INSTITUTE FOR\nPROGRAMMING AND LOCAL HISTORY --\nEXCUSE ME, LOCAL HISTORY\nCURATION THAT CELEBRATES AND\nPRESERVES THE RICH HISTORY OF\nWASHINGTON'S BLACK COMMUNITY\nAND OFFERS A POWERFUL TRIBUTE TO\nBLACK RESILIENCE, LEADERSHIP AND\nCULTURAL CONTRIBUTIONS.\nTHANK YOU, ERIC.\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, YOUR\nRECOGNIZED TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF\nCOUNCILMEMBER SAKA.\nTHANK YOU. ONCE AGAIN, I AM\nSHARING WORDS ON BEHALF OF\nCOUNCILMEMBER SAKA. THIS\nAMENDMENT FORMALIZES COUNCIL\nINTEND TO USE LEVY FUNDS TO\nCONTRACT WITH THE WASHINGTON\nSTATE BLACK LEGACY INSTITUTE FOR\nPROGRAMMING. IT WORKS TO CURATE\nAND DISSEMINATE LEGACY OF BLACK\nWASHINGTONIANS GROUNDED IN THE\nBELIEF THAT HONORING THE PAST\nSTRENGTHENS THE FUTURE. LIKE\nAMENDMENT 12 IT EXPRESSES THE\nCOUNCIL INTENT THAT A PORTION OF\nTHE $410 MILLION BE USED FOR\nTHIS PURPOSE.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\nFOSTER. COLLEAGUES, ANY\nQUESTIONS , COUNCIL PRESIDENT\nHOLLINGSWORTH, YOU ARE\nRECOGNIZED TO SPEAK.\nNO, NO WORRIES. YOU ARE ALL\nGOOD. THANK YOU, I KNOW\nCOUNCILMEMBER SAKA IS NOT HERE.\nSO THANKING HIM FOR THIS\nAMENDMENT. LOOK, I AM BLACK, I\nSUPPORT EVERYTHING. YOU KNOW\nI'M COMING FROM. BUT THE ONE\nTHING THAT CONCERNS ME ABOUT\nTHIS IS CALLING OUT SPECIFICALLY\nTHE PROVIDER WITH OUR\nINTENTIONS. , AND YOU KNOW, THAT\nWAS MY ONLY DISCOMFORT. I WILL\nBE ABSTAINING FROM THIS. JUST\nBECAUSE ON THAT PRINCIPLE OF\nCALLING OUT A SPECIFIC PROVIDER\nOUTSIDE OF THE LIBRARY LEVY, IF\nIT WAS A SPECIFIC LIBRARY AND\nTHAT IS WHO WE WERE TARGETING,\nOR THAT PIECE, BUT IT'S\nSOMETHING OUTSIDE OF THE SYSTEM.\nSO THAT WAS ONE OF MY ONLY\nCONCERNS. WITH THIS. THANK YOU,\nCOLLEAGUES.\nTHANK YOU. ANY OTHER\nQUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I TOO\nWILL BE ABSTAINING FROM THIS\nJUST BECAUSE WE DON'T NORMALLY\nSELECT A PROVIDER. WE HAVEN'T\nUSUALLY , WE HAVE AN RFP PROCESS\nAND I AM NOT FAMILIAR WHY IT'S\nBEING DONE THIS WAY. BUT, I DO\nSUPPORT , OBVIOUSLY, THE\nCURATION ASPECT OF THIS.\nESPECIALLY FOR BLACK LEGACY.\nBUT, I WILL ABSTAIN JUST BASED\nON SIMILAR , SIMILAR POSITION AS\nCOUNCIL PRESIDENT. ALL RIGHT,\nLET'S TAKE A VOTE ON AMENDMENT\n13.\nCOUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS: COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER: COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ: COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.\nABSTAIN.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER LIN: COUNCILMEMBER LIN.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK: COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.\nABSTAIN: ABSTAIN.\nVICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH: VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH.\nABSTAIN: ABSTAIN.\nCHAIR RIVERA: CHAIR RIVERA.\nABSTAIN: ABSTAIN.\nTHREE IN FAVOR, FOUR\nABSTENTIONS.\nTHE AMENDMENT FAILS: THE AMENDMENT FAILS.\nAMENDMENT 13 IS NOT ADOPTED.\nSORRY.\nPOINT OF INFORMATION, I\nBELIEVE THE TWO IN FAVOR AND THE\nREST ABSTENTION DOES PASS.\nDOES PASS. APOLOGIES. I WAS\nMISSING MY PLACE ON MY SCRIPT.\nOKAY, THE MOTION CARRIES ON\nAMENDMENT 13. IT IS ADOPTED. ALL\nRIGHT. ONE SECOND. ALL RIGHT.\nSORRY, COLLEAGUES. MY SCRIPT IS\nINCOMPLETE. BUT THE AMENDMENT\nPASSES AND THAT WAS THE LAST\nAMENDMENT.\nMADAM CHAIR, I'M A BIT\nCONFUSED FROM THE CLERK. MY\nCOUNT WAS DIFFERENT. WE HAD FOUR\nABSTENTIONS AND THREE YESES,\nWHAT WAS THE COUNT?\nTHREE IN FAVOR AND FOUR: THREE IN FAVOR AND FOUR\nABSTENTIONS.\nTHREE IN FAVOR AND FOUR: THREE IN FAVOR AND FOUR\nABSTENTIONS.\nSO, OKAY. I THOUGHT THAT WHEN\nYOU HAD -- OKAY, WELL.\nYOU KNOW WHAT, COUNCILMEMBER\nJUAREZ, WE'RE GOING TO DO IS\nCONFIRM WITH OUR CLERK TO MAKE\nSURE THAT WE HAVE THAT RIGHT. SO\nHANG TIGHT, EVERYBODY, FOR A\nMINUTE.\nTHIS IS AMELIA SANCHEZ. JUST\nPROVIDING CLARIFICATION. THE\nVOTE WAS FOUR IN FAVOR NONE\nOPPOSED, SORRY, THREE IN FAVOR,\nNONE OPPOSED AND FOUR\nABSTENTIONS. THEREFORE THE\nMOTION DOES CARRY. THE AMENDMENT\nIS ADOPTED. ABSTENTIONS DO NOT\nCOUNT TOWARDS THE TALLY.\nGOT IT: GOT IT.\nTHANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I\nMEAN, MADAME CLERK.\nTHANK YOU AMELIA AND: THANK YOU AMELIA AND\nCOUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. I HAVE\nALREADY SAID, THE AMENDMENT IS\nADOPTED. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT WAS\nOUR LAST AMENDMENT . THANK YOU,\nERIC, THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. ALL\nRIGHT, GIVE ME ONE SECOND TO\nFIND THE NEXT ONE HERE.\nMADAM CHAIR, ARE YOU GOING TO\nGIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY AFTER YOU\nSPEAK --\nYES.\nOKAY, JUST CHECKING.\nONE SECOND: ONE SECOND.\nTHANK YOU, I WANT TO GET MY\nPAPERS STRAIGHT HERE.\nALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, WE ARE\nABOUT TO TAKE THE VOTE ON THE\nFULL BILL AS AMENDED BY THESE\nAMENDMENTS WE PASSED TODAY. SO,\nAT THIS POINT, IF ANYONE WOULD\nLIKE TO MAKE COMMENTS BEFORE WE\nTAKE THE FINAL VOTE, I WILL GIVE\nYOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT\nAND THEN WE WILL TAKE OUR FINAL\nVOTE ON THE FULL BILL.\nCOUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, YOUR\nRECOGNIZED.\nI WILL BE VERY BRIEF. I WANT\nTO THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, OR\nWALKING US THROUGH THIS LEVY.\nAND I KNOW THE YOU ALSO WALKED\nUS THROUGH THE LEVY AS WELL. I\nREALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT\nTHAT, YES, WE ALL OF THE\nLIBRARY. COUNCILMEMBER LIN, I DO\nAPPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND I\nDIDN'T NEED TO LAUGH, BUT I DO\nAPPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT\nDEMOCRACY AND LIBRARIES. AND\nTHEY DO APPRECIATE YOU AND --\nACTUALLY, EVERYONE'S PASSION\nFOR WHAT WE WANT TO DO. AND\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\nSTRAUSS, FOR RECOGNIZING THE\nADA, PEOPLE WHO NEED IT. SOMEONE\nLIKE ME, AS YOU KNOW I HAVE MS.\nAS YOU KNOW I'M A SUPPORTER OF\nTHAT. AND GOING BACK TO THE ONES\nI VOTED NO ON, IT DOESN'T MEAN\nI DON'T SUPPORT PUTTING MONEY\nASIDE FOR THE COOLING AND\nDEFERRED AND SEISMIC RETROFIT.\nAGAIN, I WAS JUST GOING BACK TO\nWHAT THE CHAIR, MADAM CHAIR WAS\nCAUTIONING US ABOUT ABOUT, THE\nCAP, OUR FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.\nAND I GUESS MY CONCERN ABOUT THE\nSIX TAXES WE ALREADY HAVE IN\nFRONT OF US AS A SAVE SEATTLE,\nTHE POTENTIAL FOR TWO MORE, AND\nTHE ANNUAL TAXES WE HAVE, WHICH\nARE SIX, THE COUNTY TAXES WE\nHAVE WHICH ARE SEVEN, AND\nANOTHER ONE POSSIBLY COMING DOWN\nTHE PIKE. SO I SAY THAT ONLY\nBECAUSE , YOU KNOW, I'M NOT\nAGAINST THESE THINGS. IT'S MORE\nTHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE\nFUND WHAT WE CAN BEING FISCALLY\nRESPONSIBLE AND BEING MINDFUL\nTHAT WHEN WE DO THESE , THESE\nARE PROPERTY TAXES. THESE ARE\nEXCISE TAXES. THESE ARE TAXES\nTHAT HAPPEN WHEN SALES TAXES.\nAND AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO BE\nRESPONSIBLE FOR , YOU KNOW, WHAT\nWE PUT OUT TO THE VOTERS AND\nWHAT WE CAN PAY FOR. AND THAT IS\nIT. I DON'T THINK ANYONE IS\nAGAINST -- I MEAN IF WE COULD ,\nMADAM CHAIR, WE WOULD FUND\nEVERYTHING. BUT THE WORLD\nDOESN'T WORK THAT WE. I THINK,\nAND AGAIN, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK,\nI DIDN'T MEAN TO BELITTLE YOUR\nCOMMENTS WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE\nTRUMP REGIME. AND I DIDN'T MEAN\nTO BELITTLE COUNCILMEMBER LIN'S\nCOMMENTS WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT\nDEMOCRACY AND LIBRARIES. I\nUNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.\n, ON THE GROUND IN THE REAL\nWORLD AND THE EVERYDAY STUFF,\nTHAT IS WHAT CONCERNS ME AS A\nLEGISLATOR, AS A LEADER ON THIS\nBRANCH OF GOVERNMENT. AND THEY\nDO APPRECIATE THE MAYOR SENDING\nDOWN THE PACKAGE THAT SHE DID.\nAND SO, THAT IS WHY YOU SAW OF\nTHE 13 AMENDMENTS OR 12 OR\nWHATEVER THEY WERE, I ONLY VOTED\nNO ON TWO. I DON'T THINK I'VE\nEVER ABSTAINED IN MY HISTORY OF\nBEING ON COUNCIL BECAUSE I HAVE\nA POSITION YOU SHOULD VOTE YES\nOR NO. THAT IS ME. NO SHADE TO\nANYONE ELSE. THAT IS JUST ME.\nWITH THAT I WANT TO THANK YOU,\nMADAM CHAIR, FOR YOUR\nLEADERSHIP. IT IS NOT EASY\nHAVING TO SAY NO, ESPECIALLY TO\nTHE PUBLIC WHEN PEOPLE GET ANGRY\nOR THINK YOU'RE NOT SUPPORTING\nTHEM AND THEY SOMETIMES PEOPLE\nTAKE IT PERSONALLY AND I DON'T\nTHINK THEY SHOULD. WE ARE JUST\nRING TO DO OUR JOB AND DO THE\nBEST WE CAN WITH WHAT WE HAVE.\nSO THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU,\nCOLLEAGUES, FOR LISTENING TO ME.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\nJUAREZ. COUNCILMEMBER LIN AND\nTHEN COUNCIL PRESIDENT\nHOLLINGSWORTH.\nTHANK YOU, CHAIR, THANK YOU,\nCOUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. JUST WANT\nTO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO SEATTLE\nPUBLIC LIBRARIES , STAFF, BOARD,\nFRIENDS OF SEATTLE PUBLIC\nLIBRARIES, TO EVERYBODY WHO CAME\nAND SPOKE AND TESTIFIED, TO ALL\nTHE ADVOCACY THE DID LEAD\nSUPPORT MANY OF THE AMENDMENTS.\nDEFINITELY, COUNCILMEMBER\nJUAREZ, I APPRECIATE YOUR\nPERSPECTIVES, CHAIR, I\nAPPRECIATE YOUR PERSPECTIVES. I\nTHINK IT IS GOOD FOR US TO HAVE\nSOME HARD DISCUSSIONS AND\nDEBATE. I THINK THAT IS GOOD FOR\nUS. I THINK IT IS GOOD FOR THE\nPUBLIC. AND VARSITY. SO I\nAPPRECIATE YOU SHEPHERDING THIS,\nIT'S A LOT OF WORK. I AM\nEXCITED ABOUT THE PACKAGE THAT\nWE HAVE. AND ULTIMATELY NOW IT\nWILL BE UP FOR THE VOTERS TO\nDECIDE . WE DO HAVE SOME REAL\nHARD DECISIONS AROUND OUR\nBUDGET, AROUND TAXES, AROUND\nOTHER NEEDS. SO THIS IS NOT\nEASY. SO AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE\nDEBATE. THANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN.\nCOUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH.\nSORRY, I. I THINK\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER HAD HER\nHAND RAISED BEFORE ME. I'M\nSORRY, CHAIR.\nI DIDN'T SEE COUNCILMEMBER\nFOSTER'S HAND. COUNCILMEMBER\nFOSTER, YOUR RECOGNIZED.\nTHANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. I\nWILL BE BRIEF. I WANTED TO\nEXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO YOU,\nCHAIR, MANAGING A LEVY PROCESS\nIS NOT AN EASY THING. ESPECIALLY\nWITH NINE MEMBERS WHO HAVE NINE\nDIFFERENT OPINIONS ON A GOOD\nDAY. WE MIGHT HAVE 18 DIFFERENT\nOPINIONS ON A BAD DAY. AMONGST\nTHE NINE OF US. I WANT TO\nEXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO YOU\nFOR MANAGING THIS PROCESS. I\nALSO WANT TO EXPRESS MY\nAPPRECIATION, I THINK IT WAS IN\nONE OF HER EARLY MEETINGS WHERE\nYOUR INCREDIBLE HE TRANSPARENT\nABOUT WHAT YOUR POSITION WAS\nGOING TO BE AMENDMENTS. SO I\nAPPRECIATE THAT EARLY\nTRANSPARENCY FROM YOU AS WELL,\nCHAIR. LASTLY I WANT TO THANK\nERIC AND CENTRAL STAFF, WE\nREALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND THE\nWORK YOU DO TO MAKE SURE OUR\nAMENDMENT'S COME THROUGH AND\nARE WILL PUT TOGETHER AND WELL\nTHOUGHT OUT. AND SO OUR WORK IS\nNOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOU. AND\nEXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO\nMEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND THE\nLIBRARIES WHO HAVE BEEN HERE AND\nSHOWN UP AND TESTIFIED. SO THANK\nYOU.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\nFOSTER. COUNCIL PRESIDENT?\nTHANK YOU, CHAIR. I AM\nJUMPING ON THE APPRECIATION\nTRAIN. ONE-WAY TICKET. THANK\nYOU, CHAIR, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP\nON THIS. AND STEWARDSHIP. I KNOW\nIT IS NOT EASY TO LEAD TWO YEARS\nIN A ROW OF LEVIES FROM THE\nFAMILY AND EDUCATIONS LEVY TO\nTHIS LEVY AS WELL. NO MATTER\nWHAT POSITIONS, HOW PEOPLE VOTE.\nTHE REALITY IS SOMEONE STILL HAS\nTO DO THE WORK TO SHEPHERD THAT\nWORK. AND SO JUST REALLY\nGRATEFUL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON\nTHIS. AND, COLLABORATION. AND\nALSO, TOO, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT,\nAND I THINK COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ\nSAID IT, BETTER THAN I AM\nPROBABLY GOING TO ARTICULATE IT,\nIS -- AND COUNCILMEMBER LIN\nMENTIONED IT, THE HARD\nCONVERSATIONS. THESE ARE THINGS\nTHAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO DISCUSS\nOPENLY. AND IT'S OKAY. AND NOT\nBE DEMONIZED FOR OUR CONCERN\nABOUT TAXES. AND OUR CONCERN\nABOUT THE COST OF LIVING FOR\nPEOPLE. THERE IS NOT ONE PERSON\nON THIS COUNCIL THE DOES NOT\nSUPPORT THE LIBRARIES. DOES NOT\nLOVE READING BOOKS. DOES NOT\nWANT TO FUND THE SERVICES AND\nTHOSE THINGS. AND SO, JUST\nWANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AS\nWELL. BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS\nREALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO SAY\nOUT LOUD. AND ALSO TOO, WANTING\nTO HAVE , YOU KNOW, THESE GOOD\nOUTCOMES AS WELL. AND GOOD\nSERVICES FOR PEOPLE, WORLD-CLASS\nCITY, WORLD-CLASS CITIZENS\nSERVICES. JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT\nTHAT. THINK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS\nI THOUGHT WERE REALLY GREAT FOR\nIN ADDITION TO THE LEVY AS WELL.\nAND VERY THOUGHTFUL AS WELL.\nJUST WANTED TO SAY THAT. THANK\nYOU, CHAIR, AGAIN, FOR YOUR\nLEADERSHIP.\nTHANK YOU, ANYONE ELSE? THEN,\nREALLY, I WILL JUST SAY -- YOU\nDIDN'T HAVE YOUR HAND IT. BUT\nYOU CAN GO.\nSORRY: SORRY.\nCOUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, YOUR\nRECOGNIZED.\nI'M NOT GOOD TECHNOLOGY\nWHICH IS WHAT I WANT TO BE ONE\nFOR THE PHYSICAL BOOKS. I JUST\nWANT TO THANK YOU FOR LEADING US\nTHROUGH THIS PROCESS. ALSO WANT\nTO JUST RECOGNIZE THAT\nWASHINGTON STATE'S UPSIDE DOWN\nTEXT CODE IS WHAT IS LIMITING US\nTODAY FROM ACTUALLY FUNDING THE\nREAL NEEDS OF THE SEATTLE\nLIBRARY SYSTEM. BECAUSE OF ALL\nOF THE COST OF LIVING CHALLENGES\nTHAT HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED, THAT\nIS COMING FROM WASHINGTON\nSTATE'S UPSIDE DOWN TEXT CODE.\nBECAUSE OF THEIR LIMIT ON OUR\nABILITY TO RAISE LEVIES, OR HAVE\nOUR PROPERTY TAX, A GENERAL\nPROPERTY TAX LEVY UP TO 3%, THIS\nIS HOW WASHINGTON STATE IS\nLIMITING US IN THE CITY OF\nSEATTLE AND WE HAVE HAD\nWORKAROUNDS FOR THE LAST DECADE\nPLUS. WE HAVE HAD WORKAROUNDS\nBYPASSING VOTER APPROVED LEVIES.\nTHIS IS THE FIRST LEVY THAT IS\nFACING THE CHALLENGE, THE\nOVERALL CHALLENGE THAT THE STATE\nIS PUTTING DOWN ON US. AND SO IT\nIS REALLY UNFORTUNATE , BECAUSE\nOF OUR STATE'S POLICIES,\nLIBRARIES AND SEATTLE FAMILIES\nOF THE FIRST TO LOSE OUT. IN A\nPOSITIVE NEWS, I AM GLAD THAT WE\nHAVE BEEN ABLE TO BALANCE OUR\nFISCAL RESPONSIBILITY WITH\nPUSHING AS FAR AS WE CAN TO MEET\nTHE NEEDS OF OUR SEATTLE LIBRARY\nSYSTEM AND SEATTLE FAMILIES. AND\nI THANK YOU CHAIR AND COLLEAGUES\nFOR THIS PROCESS.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\nSTRAUSS. ANYONE ELSE? GOING\nONCE. GOING TWICE. AND I WILL\nSAY , THIS WAS MY SECOND LEVY IN\nTWO YEARS. AND BY FAR THE\nHARDEST ONE BECAUSE IT IS NOT\nEASY FOR ME TO SAY NO TO\nSOMETHING I CARE SO DEEPLY\nABOUT. AND I WOULDN'T BE HERE\nTODAY WITHOUT LIBRARIES. AND,\nEVERYBODY KNOWS I AM VERY -- WE\nDIDN'T HAVE A LOT GOING UP. SO\nMY DAD REALLY TAUGHT US WE HAD\nTO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. AND\nTHERE WERE A LOT OF TIMES MY DAD\nSAID NO WHEN I KNOW HE REALLY\nWANTED TO SAY YES. SO, IN THE\nSPIRIT OF THAT, I WANT YOU TO\nKNOW, AND I WANT EVERYONE\nWATCHING, THAT I DON'T TAKE IT\nLIGHTLY WHEN I GO TO THE VOTERS\nFIRST OF ALL TO INCREASE THE\nPROPERTY TAXES , INCLUDING\nRENTERS, BECAUSE NO ONE EVER\nTHINKS RENTERS PAY FOR THESE\nTHINGS TOO. THEY DO. THESE COSTS\nTO GET PASSED ON TO RENTERS. AND\nWE ARE LIVING IN A REALLY\nEXPENSIVE CITY. AND I FEEL FOR\nTHAT BECAUSE MY FAMILY , I GREW\nUP, MY FAMILY WERE RENTING. THEY\nWERE RENTERS. SO, THAT IS\nMEANINGFUL TO ME. I AM NOT A\nRENTER TODAY. INC. FULLY. BUT I\nUSED TO BE. FOR MANY YEARS. EVEN\nON MY OWN WHEN I WAS A YOUNG\nPERSON. FRESHLY OUT OF COLLEGE.\nAS A FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE\nSTUDENT. AND, THESE ARE REALLY\nTOUGH CHOICES. SO THAT IS WHY I\nLEAD WITH, LOOK, -- AND THE\nOTHER THING IS, WE DO NEED TO BE\nREALISTIC AND ALSO HONEST AND\nTRANSPARENT WITH THE PUBLIC. YOU\nMAY NOT HAVE LIKE THE VOTES I\nTOOK TODAY, BUT I AM\nTRANSPARENT. WHAT I AM TELLING\nYOU IS TRUE. BECAUSE MY DAD\nTAUGHT ME, WE DON'T HAVE\nANYTHING, BUT WE HAVE OUR WORD.\nSO IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME THAT WE\nARE PAINTING THE PROPER\nFINANCIAL FISCAL PICTURE. I HAD\nSOMEONE QUESTION ME ABOUT THAT.\nAS IF SOMEHOW I WASN'T TELLING\nTHE TRUTH BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT\nTO GIVE THE LIBRARIES MORE. I\nHAVE NO MOTIVATION FOR NOT\nGIVING THE LIBRARIES MORE WHEN I\nLOVE THE LIBRARIES SO DEEPLY, AS\nWE ALL DO IN SEATTLE. I HAVE NOT\nMET ONE PERSON IN SEATTLE THE\nTRULY DOES NOT CARE OR HAS NOT\nUTILIZED THE LIBRARY IN SOME WAY\nOR ANOTHER. AND MY FAMILY\nCONTINUES TO UTILIZE LIBRARIES.\nSO THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO\nME. AND, IT IS HARD FOR ME. THIS\nONE WAS REALLY HARD. SO, I AM,\nHOWEVER, HAPPY THAT WE ARE TO BE\nPUTTING A LEVY ON THE BALLOT\nBEFORE THE VOTERS AND THEN THE\nVOTERS GET TO DECIDE. BUT AS I\nSAID EARLIER, VOTERS DON'T HAVE\nTHE BENEFITS THAT WE HAVE OF THE\nFISCAL PICTURE. AND SO THAT IS\nWHY -- IT IS INCUMBENT UPON US\nTO BE THE STEWARDS OF THE FUNDS.\nTHAT IS WHY WE SIGNED UP TO DO\nTHESE JOBS. AND I'M DOING THE\nJOB TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY,\nAS TRANSPARENTLY AND HONESTLY AS\nI CAN. AND THEN AT THE END OF\nTHE DAY, WE PASS HERE TODAY WILL\nGO ON TO THE VOTERS. AND WITHOUT\nTHE FUNDS IN THIS LEVY, WE\nCANNOT CONTINUE OUR LIBRARIES,\nPERIOD. SO I WANT YOU ALL TO\nKNOW THAT. YOU HERE IN THE\nCHAMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE\nPUBLIC. BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO\nMALIGN EACH OTHER, THAT IS NOT\nWHERE WE ARE. IT IS NOT, YOU\nKNOW, WHO LOVES THE LIBRARIES\nMORE BECAUSE WHO VOTED FOR WHAT.\nWE ALL OF THE LIBRARIES AND WANT\nTHE LEVY TO GO BEFORE THE VOTERS\nAND WE ARE GRAPPLING WITH HOW TO\nPAY FOR OTHER THINGS TOO.\nBECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF\nNEEDS. LIKE HOUSING AND\nTRANSPORTATION, EDUCATION. THESE\nLEVIES CYCLE AND IN SEVEN YEARS\nWE'RE GOING TO BE BACK HERE\nAGAIN TALKING ABOUT THE NEXT\nLIBRARY HEAVY. TO PLEASE KNOW\nTHAT. NO ONE LOVES THE LIBRARIES\nMORE THAN I DO AND SOMETIMES I\nHAVE TO BE THAT PARENT, LIKE MY\nDAD THAT HAD TO SAY NO. BECAUSE\nWE JUST DON'T HAVE IT.\nCOUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, I SEE YOUR\nHAND A.\nI NORMALLY DON'T DO THIS,\nBUT I WANT TO DO THIS REALLY\nQUICKLY. MADAM CHAIR, I JUST\nWANT TO VOUCH AND WHAT YOU SAY\nIS FORMER CHAIR OF THE\nLIBRARIES, I UNDERSTAND. I JUST\nWANT TO SAY, FOR THE PUBLIC,\nBECAUSE SOMETIMES IN THE FOG OF\nPOLITICS AND VIRTUAL SIGNALING\nI'M GOING TO SAY THIS, I HAVE\nALWAYS APPRECIATED YOUR\nINTEGRITY, YOUR HONESTY, YOUR\nSTREET SHOOTING. YOU HAVE ALWAYS\nBEEN CLEAR. THERE ARE TIMES WE\nHAVE AGREED TO DISAGREE, BUT YOU\nHAVE BEEN KIND AND\nSTRAIGHTFORWARD. WHAT WE DON'T\nWAS AGREE ON EVERYTHING, I\nALWAYS APPRECIATE THAT WE ALWAYS\nHAVE SOMETHING , ON THINGS WE DO\nAGREE WITH. I THINK WE'RE GOING\nTO HAVE THE SAME CONVERSATIONS\nWHEN THE TRANSPORTATION LEVY\nCOMES AROUND. AND I AM HOPING,\nAS SOMEONE WHO WENT TO A COUPLE\nOTHER COUNCILS, THAT WE CAN\nCONTINUE THIS FEELING THAT WE\nARE A TEAM AND AGREE AND STILL\nBE A TEAM. I THINK -- I'M GOING\nTO DO KIND OF WHAT COUNCILMEMBER\nRINCK WAS DOING. WHAT WE ARE NOT\nSEEING NATIONALLY, AND PART OF\nTHE CITY COUNCIL WE ARE TRYING\nTO DO LOCALLY. AND THAT IS WHERE\nTOGETHER. WE DON'T HAVE DENIAL\nOF REACHING ACROSS THE AISLE,\nBUT JUST BEING ABLE TO TALK AND\nBE HONEST AND BE STRAIGHTFORWARD\nWITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT BEING\nDEMONIZED OR WHATEVER BECAUSE\nPEOPLE THINK THE POSTURING\nSOMETIMES GETS RIDICULOUS. THAT\nIS JUST ME SAYING THAT. WITH\nTHAT, I JUST WANTED TO END ON, I\nTHANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP\nBECAUSE I KNOW YOU REALLY\nSTRUGGLE TO DO THE RIGHT THING\nWITH THIS LEVY CAME DOWN FROM\nTHE MAYOR'S OFFICE. BEHIND THE\nSCENES FOLKS DON'T KNOW THAT. I\nTHINK THEY NEED TO KNOW WE DO\nTALK TO EACH OTHER AND WE DO TRY\nTO REPRESENT THE NEEDS OF OUR\nDISTRICT, HONOR THE NEEDS OF OUR\nDISTRICT, BUT REPRESENT THE CITY\nAS A WHOLE AND REPRESENTING THE\nCITY AS A WHOLE IS HAVING THAT\nRESPONSIBLE, FISCAL\nRESPONSIBILITY AND TAKING IT\nSERIOUSLY. EVEN IF PEOPLE\nDISAGREE WITH US OR GET ANGRY\nWITH US. FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON\nTHIS LEVY, WELL OVER $400\nMILLION, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\nJUAREZ. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND I\nDO APPRECIATE HAVING -- AS\nCOUNCILMEMBER SAID EARLIER, AS\nYOU ALSO SAID, COUNCILMEMBER\nJUAREZ, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE\nTOUGH CONVERSATIONS. THAT IS\nPART OF THE JOB . I MEAN, ANYONE\nWHO WANTS TO DO THIS JOB, JUST\nKNOW THAT. YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE\nTOUGH CONVERSATIONS. BUT I SAID\nIT DURING THIS LEVY PROCESS, I\nSAID IT DURING THE THEFT, THINGS\nWORK BETTER WHEN WE WORK\nTOGETHER. WE HAVE BETTER\nOUTCOMES WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER.\nAND THAT IS ABSOLUTELY MISSING\nIN THIS COUNTRY . AND IN SOME\nPARTS OF OUR CITY EVEN. I WILL\nSAY IT. BUT WE WORK REALLY HARD\nON THIS COUNCIL TO WORK TOGETHER\n, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE DISAGREE. I\nTHINK THAT IS EVEN MORE\nIMPORTANT TO WORK TOGETHER WHEN\nWE DISAGREE. BECAUSE WE DO NEED\nTO GET SOMEWHERE. AND THAT IS\nNOT GOING TO HAPPEN IF WE DON'T\nTALK AND TALK OUR DIFFERENCES\nOUT. WE ALL REPRESENT DIFFERENT\nCONSTITUENCIES, DIFFERENT PARTS\nOF THE CITY, AND IF YOU ARE AT\nLARGE, YOU'RE REPRESENTING ALL\nOF THOSE DIFFERENT\nCONSTITUENCIES ACROSS THE CITY.\nSO, ANYWAY, THANK YOU. LET'S\nGET TO OUR VOTE AND GET THIS TO\nTHE VOTERS. ALL RIGHT, WILL THE\nCLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON\nTHE RECOMMENDATION --\nCOUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS: COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER: COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ: COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER LIN: COUNCILMEMBER LIN.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK: COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.\nYES.\nVICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH: VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH.\nYES.\nCHAIR RIVERA: CHAIR RIVERA.\nYES.\nSEVEN IN FAVOR AND NONE: SEVEN IN FAVOR AND NONE\nOPPOSED.\nTHE BILL PASSES. NOW YOU CAN\nCLAP.\n[ APPLAUSE ]\nIT IS HARD DURING PUBLIC: IT IS HARD DURING PUBLIC\nCOMMENT BECAUSE YOU'RE TRYING\nTO SHEPHERD PEOPLE THROUGH. ALL\nRIGHT, RECOMMENDATION THAT THE\nBILL PASS AS AMENDED WILL BE\nSENT TO THE APRIL 14, 2026 CITY\nCOUNCIL MEETING FOR FINAL\nCONSIDERATION. COLLEAGUES, ANY\nFURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?\nTHEN, IF YOU'LL INDULGE ME IN\nTWO MORE MINUTES, I KNOW IT'S\n11:31 AM I WILL SAY, SINGLE\nFURTHER QUESTIONS THIS CONCLUDES\nTHE APRIL 8, 2026 SELECT\nCOMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY LEVY.\nTHIS IS OUR FINAL SELECT\nCOMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY LEVY.\nBEFORE WE ADJOURN I WANT TO\nTHANK THE FOLKS WHO'VE BEEN SO\nHELPFUL AND INSTRUMENTAL DURING\nTHIS PROCESS. I WANT TO THANK\nERIC, ARE CENTRAL SAFFER STAFFER\nWHO HELPED WITH THE EVIDENCE AND\nSHEPHERD THIS YEAR. I WANT TO\nTHANK OUR AMAZING DEPUTY CLERKS\nBUT IN PARTICULAR AMELIA AND\nJODY WHO WORKED ON THIS LEVY\nPROCESS. I WANT TO THANK THE\nVOLUNTEERS WHO SHOWED UP FOR\nPUBLIC HEARING EARLIER IN THE\nWEEK. CAMERON, PATTY, AND KIMMY.\nTHANK YOU, SUPER APPRECIATE YOU.\nAND OF COURSE, MY OWN STAFF,\nWENDY, NICK AND JACOB FOR ALL OF\nTHEIR HARD WORK. COUNCILMEMBER\nJUAREZ, YOU SAID NOBODY KNOWS\nWHAT GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENES ,\nSO MUCH WORK. AND WE RELY ON ALL\nOF THE PEOPLE THAT WE THANKED. I\nWANT TO THANK THE LIBRARIES ,\nTHE LIBRARY TEAM, UNDER THE\nLEADERSHIP FOR OTHER WORK IN THE\nBACK-AND-FORTH, I NEED THIS\nINFORMATION AND THAT INFORMATION\nAND THESE FIGURES -- ET CETERA.\nI WANT TO THANK THE FOUNDATION\nFOR THEIR ADVOCACY. I WANT TO\nTHANK, MORE PORTLY, THE MEMBERS\nOF THE PUBLIC THE K MULTIPLE\nTIMES TWO CHAMBERS TO ADVOCATE\nON BEHALF OF THE LIBRARIES. AND\nANYONE WHO HAD A HAND IN THE\nPASSAGE OF THIS BILL -- YOU\nKNOW, I WANT TO THANK THE\nMAYOR'S OFFICE AGAIN. AND\nDEPUTY MAYOR AND OUR CBO\nDIRECTOR, EVERYONE WORKED\nTOGETHER TO PUT THIS PACKAGE\nTOGETHER. AND AGAIN, WHEN WE\nWORK TOGETHER, WE HAVE BETTER\nOUTCOMES. AND I KNOW THAT THE\nMAYOR VERY MUCH LOVES LIBRARIES.\nSHE IS A HIGH UTILIZER OF THE\nLIBRARY. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE\nTHAT TOO. WE ALL HAVE TO\nACKNOWLEDGE EACH OTHER HERE.\nTHIS ISN'T POSTURING FOR ONE\nPERSON OR ANOTHER TO GET THE\nCREDIT. THIS IS A TEAM EFFORT\nAND A PARTNERSHIP. AND I SUPER\nAPPRECIATE EVERYBODY WHO WAS\nINVOLVED. AND LET'S GET THIS\nTHING TO THE LEVY. WE HAVE ONE\nFINAL VOTE IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT\nHAPPEN. AND THAT IS ON TUESDAY.\nAND I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT VOTE.", "entries": [ { "index": 1, "text": "[ MUSIC ]", "startTime": "00:00:08,541", "endTime": "00:00:15,682" }, { "index": 2, "text": "GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. THE", "startTime": "00:00:15,682", "endTime": "00:00:26,226" }, { "index": 3, "text": "APRIL 8, 22026 MEETING OF THE", "startTime": "00:00:32,632", "endTime": "00:00:33,733" }, { "index": 4, "text": "SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY", "startTime": "00:00:33,733", "endTime": "00:00:34,901" }, { "index": 5, "text": "LEVY WILL COME TO ORDER. IT IS", "startTime": "00:00:34,901", "endTime": "00:00:36,970" }, { "index": 6, "text": "9:44 AM. I AM CHAIR OF THE", "startTime": "00:00:36,970", "endTime": "00:00:40,940" }, { "index": 7, "text": "COMMITTEE. WITH THE CLERK PLEASE", "startTime": "00:00:40,940", "endTime": "00:00:42,042" }, { "index": 8, "text": "CALL THE ROLL.", "startTime": "00:00:42,042", "endTime": "00:00:46,279" }, { "index": 9, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS", "startTime": "00:00:46,279", "endTime": "00:00:47,447" }, { "index": 10, "text": "HERE.", "speaker": "HERE", "startTime": "00:00:47,447", "endTime": "00:00:52,051" }, { "index": 11, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER", "startTime": "00:00:52,051", "endTime": "00:00:52,585" }, { "index": 12, "text": "HERE.", "speaker": "HERE", "startTime": "00:00:52,585", "endTime": "00:00:55,755" }, { "index": 13, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER LIN.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER LIN", "startTime": "00:00:55,755", "endTime": "00:00:56,356" }, { "index": 14, "text": "HERE.", "speaker": "HERE", "startTime": "00:00:56,356", "endTime": "00:00:56,956" }, { "index": 15, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ", "startTime": "00:00:56,956", "endTime": "00:00:57,490" }, { "index": 16, "text": "HERE.", "speaker": "HERE", "startTime": "00:00:57,490", "endTime": "00:00:57,757" }, { "index": 17, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER RINCK", "startTime": "00:00:57,757", "endTime": "00:00:58,258" }, { "index": 18, "text": "HERE.", "speaker": "HERE", "startTime": "00:00:58,258", "endTime": "00:01:00,960" }, { "index": 19, "text": "VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH.", "speaker": "VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH", "startTime": "00:01:00,960", "endTime": "00:01:01,561" }, { "index": 20, "text": "HERE.", "speaker": "HERE", "startTime": "00:01:01,561", "endTime": "00:01:01,828" }, { "index": 21, "text": "CHAIR RIVERA.", "speaker": "CHAIR RIVERA", "startTime": "00:01:01,828", "endTime": "00:01:02,228" }, { "index": 22, "text": "HERE. SEVEN THE COUNCIL", "startTime": "00:01:02,228", "endTime": "00:01:08,735" }, { "index": 23, "text": "MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.", "startTime": "00:01:08,735", "endTime": "00:01:09,536" }, { "index": 24, "text": "PLEASE NOTE COUNCILMEMBER", "speaker": "PLEASE NOTE COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "00:01:09,536", "endTime": "00:01:11,938" }, { "index": 25, "text": "SAKA AND COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE", "startTime": "00:01:11,938", "endTime": "00:01:20,947" }, { "index": 26, "text": "ARE EXCUSED FROM THE MEETING. IF", "startTime": "00:01:20,947", "endTime": "00:01:21,881" }, { "index": 27, "text": "THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE AGENDA", "startTime": "00:01:21,881", "endTime": "00:01:23,249" }, { "index": 28, "text": "WILL BE ADOPTED. WE WILL NOW", "startTime": "00:01:23,249", "endTime": "00:01:24,484" }, { "index": 29, "text": "HAVE OUR HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT.", "startTime": "00:01:24,484", "endTime": "00:01:26,786" }, { "index": 30, "text": "PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD TIE WITH", "startTime": "00:01:26,786", "endTime": "00:01:28,354" }, { "index": 31, "text": "THINGS ON THE AGENDA OR IN THE", "startTime": "00:01:28,354", "endTime": "00:01:29,689" }, { "index": 32, "text": "PURVIEW OF THIS COMMITTEE. HOW", "startTime": "00:01:29,689", "endTime": "00:01:30,757" }, { "index": 33, "text": "MANY SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP", "startTime": "00:01:30,757", "endTime": "00:01:32,158" }, { "index": 34, "text": "TODAY?", "startTime": "00:01:32,158", "endTime": "00:01:41,401" }, { "index": 35, "text": "WE CURRENTLY HAVE 10 IN", "startTime": "00:01:41,401", "endTime": "00:01:42,569" }, { "index": 36, "text": "PERSON SPEAKERS AND SEVEN REMOTE", "startTime": "00:01:42,569", "endTime": "00:01:43,736" }, { "index": 37, "text": "SPEAKERS ASSIGNED UP.", "startTime": "00:01:43,736", "endTime": "00:01:44,370" }, { "index": 38, "text": "THAT IS 17 PEOPLE. SO, GIVEN", "startTime": "00:01:44,370", "endTime": "00:01:45,939" }, { "index": 39, "text": "THAT, EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE TWO", "startTime": "00:01:45,939", "endTime": "00:01:47,040" }, { "index": 40, "text": "MINUTES. CLERK, PLEASE PLEASE", "startTime": "00:01:47,040", "endTime": "00:01:47,941" }, { "index": 41, "text": "READ THE INSTRUCTIONS.", "startTime": "00:01:47,941", "endTime": "00:01:48,741" }, { "index": 42, "text": "IT WILL BE MODERATED IN THE", "speaker": "IT WILL BE MODERATED IN THE", "startTime": "00:01:48,741", "endTime": "00:01:50,176" }, { "index": 43, "text": "FOLLOWING MANNER. UP TO 60", "startTime": "00:01:50,176", "endTime": "00:01:51,244" }, { "index": 44, "text": "MINUTES, EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE", "startTime": "00:01:51,244", "endTime": "00:01:52,846" }, { "index": 45, "text": "TWO MINUTES. SPEAKERS WILL BE", "startTime": "00:01:52,846", "endTime": "00:01:55,181" }, { "index": 46, "text": "CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH", "startTime": "00:01:55,181", "endTime": "00:01:56,483" }, { "index": 47, "text": "THEY REGISTERED. WE WILL START", "startTime": "00:01:56,483", "endTime": "00:01:57,750" }, { "index": 48, "text": "WITH IN PERSON SPEAKERS FIRST", "startTime": "00:01:57,750", "endTime": "00:01:58,551" }, { "index": 49, "text": "AND THEN REMOTE SPEAKERS UNTIL", "startTime": "00:01:58,551", "endTime": "00:01:59,586" }, { "index": 50, "text": "THE PERIOD HAS ENDED. SPEAKERS", "startTime": "00:01:59,586", "endTime": "00:02:00,653" }, { "index": 51, "text": "WILL HEAR A TIME WHEN THERE'S", "startTime": "00:02:00,653", "endTime": "00:02:01,754" }, { "index": 52, "text": "10 SECONDS LEFT. PUBLIC COMMENT", "startTime": "00:02:01,754", "endTime": "00:02:04,924" }, { "index": 53, "text": "IS NOW OPEN AND WE WILL BEGIN", "startTime": "00:02:04,924", "endTime": "00:02:06,359" }, { "index": 54, "text": "WITH THE FIRST SPEAKER ON THE", "startTime": "00:02:06,359", "endTime": "00:02:07,694" }, { "index": 55, "text": "LIST. JESSICA LUCAS.", "startTime": "00:02:07,694", "endTime": "00:02:11,297" }, { "index": 56, "text": "WELCOME, JESSICA.", "startTime": "00:02:11,297", "endTime": "00:02:11,865" }, { "index": 57, "text": "THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I AM", "startTime": "00:02:11,865", "endTime": "00:02:15,735" }, { "index": 58, "text": "JESSICA LUCAS, THE PRESIDENT OF", "startTime": "00:02:15,735", "endTime": "00:02:18,071" }, { "index": 59, "text": "LOCAL 2083, SEATTLE PUBLIC", "startTime": "00:02:18,071", "endTime": "00:02:19,906" }, { "index": 60, "text": "LIBRARY'S. LIBRARY EMPLOYEES", "startTime": "00:02:19,906", "endTime": "00:02:24,043" }, { "index": 61, "text": "UNION. I'M HERE TO REPRESENT", "startTime": "00:02:24,043", "endTime": "00:02:25,445" }, { "index": 62, "text": "OUR MEMBERS. WE WOULD LIKE TO", "startTime": "00:02:25,445", "endTime": "00:02:28,548" }, { "index": 63, "text": "THANK THE MAYOR AND THE CITY", "startTime": "00:02:28,548", "endTime": "00:02:29,682" }, { "index": 64, "text": "COUNCIL FOR WORKING SO", "startTime": "00:02:29,682", "endTime": "00:02:30,550" }, { "index": 65, "text": "DILIGENTLY TO PUT FORTH AND", "startTime": "00:02:30,550", "endTime": "00:02:31,784" }, { "index": 66, "text": "IMPROVE THE PROPOSED 2027 TO", "startTime": "00:02:31,784", "endTime": "00:02:34,554" }, { "index": 67, "text": "2033 LEVY. WE KNOW THAT 30% OF", "startTime": "00:02:34,554", "endTime": "00:02:38,791" }, { "index": 68, "text": "OUR SALARIES ARE FUNDED THROUGH", "startTime": "00:02:38,791", "endTime": "00:02:42,629" }, { "index": 69, "text": "THE CURRENT LEVY. AND THAT THIS", "startTime": "00:02:42,629", "endTime": "00:02:43,897" }, { "index": 70, "text": "LEVY DOES NOT , AND IF THIS LEVY", "startTime": "00:02:43,897", "endTime": "00:02:48,735" }, { "index": 71, "text": "DOES NOT PASS, IT WILL MEAN", "startTime": "00:02:48,735", "endTime": "00:02:49,936" }, { "index": 72, "text": "LAYOFFS AND DEEP CUTS FOR THE", "startTime": "00:02:49,936", "endTime": "00:02:51,104" }, { "index": 73, "text": "SERVICES WE PROVIDE. WE ARE", "startTime": "00:02:51,104", "endTime": "00:02:55,441" }, { "index": 74, "text": "HAPPY TO SEE SO MUCH POTENTIAL", "startTime": "00:02:55,441", "endTime": "00:02:56,709" }, { "index": 75, "text": "FOR ADDITIONAL STAFF TO SUPPORT", "startTime": "00:02:56,709", "endTime": "00:02:57,844" }, { "index": 76, "text": "FUTURE PROGRAMS THAT ARE PART OF", "startTime": "00:02:57,844", "endTime": "00:02:59,045" }, { "index": 77, "text": "THIS PACKAGE. WHICH WE HOPE WILL", "startTime": "00:02:59,045", "endTime": "00:03:00,346" }, { "index": 78, "text": "INCLUDE SUPPORT STAFF AS WELL AS", "startTime": "00:03:00,346", "endTime": "00:03:01,881" }, { "index": 79, "text": "LIBRARIANS. AS 18 SERVICES", "startTime": "00:03:01,881", "endTime": "00:03:11,558" }, { "index": 80, "text": "LIBRARIAN MYSELF I CAN TELL YOU", "startTime": "00:03:11,558", "endTime": "00:03:12,859" }, { "index": 81, "text": "THAT WE NEED ADDITIONAL LIBRARY", "startTime": "00:03:12,859", "endTime": "00:03:13,860" }, { "index": 82, "text": "ASSOCIATE STAFF WHO PROVIDE", "startTime": "00:03:13,860", "endTime": "00:03:14,661" }, { "index": 83, "text": "PROCESSING, SHELVING, CUSTOMER", "startTime": "00:03:14,661", "endTime": "00:03:15,461" }, { "index": 84, "text": "SERVICE AND INFORMATION", "startTime": "00:03:15,461", "endTime": "00:03:15,962" }, { "index": 85, "text": "REFERRALS SO THAT LIBRARIANS", "startTime": "00:03:15,962", "endTime": "00:03:17,263" }, { "index": 86, "text": "HAVE TIME TO LISTEN TO OUR", "startTime": "00:03:17,263", "endTime": "00:03:17,997" }, { "index": 87, "text": "COMMUNITIES AND CREATE AND", "startTime": "00:03:17,997", "endTime": "00:03:18,765" }, { "index": 88, "text": "PROVIDE EQUITABLE PROGRAMS THAT", "startTime": "00:03:18,765", "endTime": "00:03:24,337" }, { "index": 89, "text": "SERVE THEIR NEEDS. WE NEED MORE", "startTime": "00:03:24,337", "endTime": "00:03:25,672" }, { "index": 90, "text": "SECURITY OFFICERS WHO ARE", "startTime": "00:03:25,672", "endTime": "00:03:26,439" }, { "index": 91, "text": "TRAINED IN DE-ESCALATION,", "startTime": "00:03:26,439", "endTime": "00:03:27,440" }, { "index": 92, "text": "HONESTLY MORE THAN THE THREE", "startTime": "00:03:27,440", "endTime": "00:03:28,141" }, { "index": 93, "text": "PROPOSED. TO KEEP US IN OUR", "startTime": "00:03:28,141", "endTime": "00:03:29,876" }, { "index": 94, "text": "PATRONS SAFE. WE NEED WORKING", "startTime": "00:03:29,876", "endTime": "00:03:32,712" }, { "index": 95, "text": "DOOR LOCKS THAT ACTUALLY RESPOND", "startTime": "00:03:32,712", "endTime": "00:03:33,880" }, { "index": 96, "text": "TO THE BUTTONS WE PUSH TO LOCK", "startTime": "00:03:33,880", "endTime": "00:03:35,348" }, { "index": 97, "text": "THEM IN AN EMERGENCY. WE NEED", "startTime": "00:03:35,348", "endTime": "00:03:37,150" }, { "index": 98, "text": "BUILDINGS THAT WILL NOT FALL ON", "startTime": "00:03:37,150", "endTime": "00:03:45,458" }, { "index": 99, "text": "OUR HEADS IN AN EARTHQUAKE AND", "startTime": "00:03:45,458", "endTime": "00:03:46,659" }, { "index": 100, "text": "THAT CAN PROVIDE REFUGE IN BOTH", "startTime": "00:03:46,659", "endTime": "00:03:47,727" }, { "index": 101, "text": "THE HOTTEST AND COLDEST DAYS OF", "startTime": "00:03:47,727", "endTime": "00:03:49,095" }, { "index": 102, "text": "THE YEAR. WE NEED ADDITIONAL", "startTime": "00:03:49,095", "endTime": "00:03:50,263" }, { "index": 103, "text": "SUPPORT FOR OUR SOCIAL SERVICES", "startTime": "00:03:50,263", "endTime": "00:03:51,397" }, { "index": 104, "text": "TEAM WHO PROVIDE RESOURCES TO", "startTime": "00:03:51,397", "endTime": "00:03:52,165" }, { "index": 105, "text": "OUR MOST VULNERABLE PATRONS.", "startTime": "00:03:52,165", "endTime": "00:03:55,235" }, { "index": 106, "text": "THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THESE", "startTime": "00:03:55,235", "endTime": "00:03:56,269" }, { "index": 107, "text": "THINGS IN THE ORIGINAL LEVY", "startTime": "00:03:56,269", "endTime": "00:03:57,370" }, { "index": 108, "text": "PROPOSAL AND IN THESE", "startTime": "00:03:57,370", "endTime": "00:03:58,171" }, { "index": 109, "text": "AMENDMENTS. I LOOK FORWARD TO", "startTime": "00:03:58,171", "endTime": "00:03:59,606" }, { "index": 110, "text": "THE LIBRARY FOR FILLING ALL OF", "startTime": "00:03:59,606", "endTime": "00:04:03,242" }, { "index": 111, "text": "THESE PROMISES TO STAFF AND", "startTime": "00:04:03,242", "endTime": "00:04:04,310" }, { "index": 112, "text": "PATRONS AND TO ALL OF THE FOLKS", "startTime": "00:04:04,310", "endTime": "00:04:05,645" }, { "index": 113, "text": "LIVING IN SEATTLE. WHETHER THEY", "startTime": "00:04:05,645", "endTime": "00:04:06,846" }, { "index": 114, "text": "ENTER OUR BUILDINGS OR NOT, THEY", "startTime": "00:04:06,846", "endTime": "00:04:08,548" }, { "index": 115, "text": "BENEFIT -- WE PROVIDE TO THOSE", "startTime": "00:04:08,548", "endTime": "00:04:15,355" }, { "index": 116, "text": "WHO DO. THE LIBRARY CONTRIBUTE", "startTime": "00:04:15,355", "endTime": "00:04:16,489" }, { "index": 117, "text": "STILL WELL-INFORMED, EDUCATED", "startTime": "00:04:16,489", "endTime": "00:04:17,156" }, { "index": 118, "text": "AND CONNECTED SOCIETY. THANK", "startTime": "00:04:17,156", "endTime": "00:04:17,957" }, { "index": 119, "text": "YOU.", "startTime": "00:04:17,957", "endTime": "00:04:18,658" }, { "index": 120, "text": "THANK YOU, JESSICA. I SHOULD", "startTime": "00:04:18,658", "endTime": "00:04:25,064" }, { "index": 121, "text": "SAY, CAN YOU PLEASE USE JAZZ", "startTime": "00:04:25,064", "endTime": "00:04:26,366" }, { "index": 122, "text": "HANDS SO WE ARE ABLE TO MOVE", "startTime": "00:04:26,366", "endTime": "00:04:27,734" }, { "index": 123, "text": "QUICKLY AND HEAR EVERYONE. ALL", "startTime": "00:04:27,734", "endTime": "00:04:31,904" }, { "index": 124, "text": "MICROPHONES ARE ON SO WHEN I", "startTime": "00:04:31,904", "endTime": "00:04:33,172" }, { "index": 125, "text": "CALL YOU UP YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO", "startTime": "00:04:33,172", "endTime": "00:04:34,841" }, { "index": 126, "text": "WALK UP TO ONE OF THE", "startTime": "00:04:34,841", "endTime": "00:04:36,075" }, { "index": 127, "text": "MICROPHONES IF YOU WOULD LIKE.", "startTime": "00:04:36,075", "endTime": "00:04:37,043" }, { "index": 128, "text": "RYAN, LAUREN, PETER, BETSY AND", "startTime": "00:04:37,043", "endTime": "00:04:38,645" }, { "index": 129, "text": "THEN PIPPIN.", "startTime": "00:04:38,645", "endTime": "00:04:43,683" }, { "index": 130, "text": "GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL", "startTime": "00:04:43,683", "endTime": "00:04:44,651" }, { "index": 131, "text": "MEMBERS. I AM THE CEO OF THE", "startTime": "00:04:44,651", "endTime": "00:04:45,952" }, { "index": 132, "text": "SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY", "startTime": "00:04:45,952", "endTime": "00:04:46,653" }, { "index": 133, "text": "FOUNDATION. I APPRECIATE THE", "startTime": "00:04:46,653", "endTime": "00:04:47,487" }, { "index": 134, "text": "CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE HAD", "startTime": "00:04:47,487", "endTime": "00:04:48,454" }, { "index": 135, "text": "LEADING THROUGH THIS PROCESS. IT", "startTime": "00:04:48,454", "endTime": "00:04:56,129" }, { "index": 136, "text": "IS WORTH STATING THAT THE", "startTime": "00:04:56,129", "endTime": "00:04:57,196" }, { "index": 137, "text": "FOUNDATION IS A NONPROFIT", "startTime": "00:04:57,196", "endTime": "00:04:57,997" }, { "index": 138, "text": "PARTNER OF THE LIBRARY. WE ARE", "startTime": "00:04:57,997", "endTime": "00:04:59,232" }, { "index": 139, "text": "FUNDRAISERS AND ADVOCATES ON", "startTime": "00:04:59,232", "endTime": "00:05:00,166" }, { "index": 140, "text": "BEHALF OF THE LIBRARY WE LOVE.", "startTime": "00:05:00,166", "endTime": "00:05:01,534" }, { "index": 141, "text": "WHILE WE ARE PROUD OF THE", "startTime": "00:05:01,534", "endTime": "00:05:02,735" }, { "index": 142, "text": "FUNDING WE PROVIDE TO THE", "startTime": "00:05:02,735", "endTime": "00:05:03,603" }, { "index": 143, "text": "LIBRARY, TANKS WERE THOUSANDS OF", "startTime": "00:05:03,603", "endTime": "00:05:04,737" }, { "index": 144, "text": "DONORS, WE ALSO KNOW PRIVATE", "startTime": "00:05:04,737", "endTime": "00:05:07,540" }, { "index": 145, "text": "PHILANTHROPY IS ALWAYS CHANGING", "startTime": "00:05:07,540", "endTime": "00:05:08,341" }, { "index": 146, "text": "AND CAN NEVER MATCH THE IMPACT", "startTime": "00:05:08,341", "endTime": "00:05:09,642" }, { "index": 147, "text": "OF PUBLIC FUNDING FOR A", "startTime": "00:05:09,642", "endTime": "00:05:10,677" }, { "index": 148, "text": "CHARTERED CITY INSTITUTION. NOR", "startTime": "00:05:10,677", "endTime": "00:05:12,045" }, { "index": 149, "text": "SHOULD IT. THE AMENDMENT'S", "startTime": "00:05:12,045", "endTime": "00:05:17,250" }, { "index": 150, "text": "BEFORE YOU ARE SMALL IN RELATION", "startTime": "00:05:17,250", "endTime": "00:05:18,618" }, { "index": 151, "text": "TO THE CITY'S TOTAL BUDGET FOR", "startTime": "00:05:18,618", "endTime": "00:05:19,485" }, { "index": 152, "text": "THE OVERALL SHARE OF THE", "startTime": "00:05:19,485", "endTime": "00:05:20,953" }, { "index": 153, "text": "PROPERTY TAXES DEDICATED TO THE", "startTime": "00:05:20,953", "endTime": "00:05:22,088" }, { "index": 154, "text": "CITY'S VARIOUS LEVIES. BUT THE", "startTime": "00:05:22,088", "endTime": "00:05:23,556" }, { "index": 155, "text": "OFFER SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS AND", "startTime": "00:05:23,556", "endTime": "00:05:27,160" }, { "index": 156, "text": "THEY WILL POSITION THE", "startTime": "00:05:27,160", "endTime": "00:05:28,027" }, { "index": 157, "text": "FOUNDATION TO MAKE EVEN FURTHER", "startTime": "00:05:28,027", "endTime": "00:05:29,062" }, { "index": 158, "text": "ENHANCEMENTS FOR PRIVATE", "startTime": "00:05:29,062", "endTime": "00:05:30,063" }, { "index": 159, "text": "SUPPORT. INC. ABOUT IT THIS WAY,", "startTime": "00:05:30,063", "endTime": "00:05:33,666" }, { "index": 160, "text": "THESE AMENDMENTS REPRESENT ABOUT", "startTime": "00:05:33,666", "endTime": "00:05:34,734" }, { "index": 161, "text": "10 YEARS OF FUNDRAISING EFFORTS", "startTime": "00:05:34,734", "endTime": "00:05:37,336" }, { "index": 162, "text": ". YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AT", "startTime": "00:05:37,336", "endTime": "00:05:38,738" }, { "index": 163, "text": "THIS MOMENT TO MAKE A DECADES", "startTime": "00:05:38,738", "endTime": "00:05:40,673" }, { "index": 164, "text": "WORTH OF DIFFERENCE FOR THE", "startTime": "00:05:40,673", "endTime": "00:05:41,741" }, { "index": 165, "text": "COUNTLESS LIBRARY PATRONS WHO", "startTime": "00:05:41,741", "endTime": "00:05:47,847" }, { "index": 166, "text": "RELY ON IT. THE TIME TO INVEST", "startTime": "00:05:47,847", "endTime": "00:05:49,348" }, { "index": 167, "text": "IN THE LIBRARY IS NOW. THE", "startTime": "00:05:49,348", "endTime": "00:05:50,650" }, { "index": 168, "text": "LIBRARY IS READY TO IMPLEMENT", "startTime": "00:05:50,650", "endTime": "00:05:56,656" }, { "index": 169, "text": "IMPORTANT EXPANSIONS TO VITAL", "startTime": "00:05:56,656", "endTime": "00:05:57,490" }, { "index": 170, "text": "SERVICES TO ACHIEVE ITS", "startTime": "00:05:57,490", "endTime": "00:05:58,257" }, { "index": 171, "text": "STRATEGIC VISION. AND THE", "startTime": "00:05:58,257", "endTime": "00:05:58,991" }, { "index": 172, "text": "FOUNDATION IS READY TO BOOST OUR", "startTime": "00:05:58,991", "endTime": "00:06:00,226" }, { "index": 173, "text": "FUNDRAISING TO LEVERAGE LOOK", "startTime": "00:06:00,226", "endTime": "00:06:01,094" }, { "index": 174, "text": "SUPPORT. AND THE RESIDENTS OF", "startTime": "00:06:01,094", "endTime": "00:06:02,161" }, { "index": 175, "text": "SEATTLE I FEEL ARE READY TO SHOW", "startTime": "00:06:02,161", "endTime": "00:06:05,631" }, { "index": 176, "text": "THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE DECISIONS", "startTime": "00:06:05,631", "endTime": "00:06:07,066" }, { "index": 177, "text": "YOU MAKE. I URGE YOU TO SEIZE", "startTime": "00:06:07,066", "endTime": "00:06:08,801" }, { "index": 178, "text": "THIS MOMENT AND BE VISIONARY.", "startTime": "00:06:08,801", "endTime": "00:06:15,942" }, { "index": 179, "text": "LEASE DON'T SHORTCHANGE A", "startTime": "00:06:15,942", "endTime": "00:06:17,176" }, { "index": 180, "text": "PUBLIC INSTITUTION THE TOUCHES", "startTime": "00:06:17,176", "endTime": "00:06:17,844" }, { "index": 181, "text": "EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD, SERVES", "startTime": "00:06:17,844", "endTime": "00:06:18,411" }, { "index": 182, "text": "PEOPLE OF EVERY AGE, AND ALL", "startTime": "00:06:18,411", "endTime": "00:06:19,479" }, { "index": 183, "text": "BACKGROUNDS. THANK YOU FOR", "startTime": "00:06:19,479", "endTime": "00:06:20,279" }, { "index": 184, "text": "TAKING BOTH ACTION TO MAKE OUR", "startTime": "00:06:20,279", "endTime": "00:06:22,448" }, { "index": 185, "text": "BELOVED LIBRARY EVEN STRONGER.", "startTime": "00:06:22,448", "endTime": "00:06:24,050" }, { "index": 186, "text": "PLEASE PASS THE AMENDMENTS TODAY", "startTime": "00:06:24,050", "endTime": "00:06:25,051" }, { "index": 187, "text": "AND LET'S GET TO WORK. THANK", "startTime": "00:06:25,051", "endTime": "00:06:26,753" }, { "index": 188, "text": "YOU.", "startTime": "00:06:26,753", "endTime": "00:06:26,953" }, { "index": 189, "text": "THANK YOU, BRIAN. PETER,", "startTime": "00:06:26,953", "endTime": "00:06:29,389" }, { "index": 190, "text": "BETSY, AND PIPPIN.", "startTime": "00:06:29,389", "endTime": "00:06:32,191" }, { "index": 191, "text": "GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL", "startTime": "00:06:32,191", "endTime": "00:06:33,192" }, { "index": 192, "text": "MEMBERS.", "startTime": "00:06:33,192", "endTime": "00:06:33,659" }, { "index": 193, "text": "GO AHEAD.", "speaker": "GO AHEAD", "startTime": "00:06:33,659", "endTime": "00:06:34,894" }, { "index": 194, "text": "I AM HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF", "speaker": "I AM HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF", "startTime": "00:06:34,894", "endTime": "00:06:38,498" }, { "index": 195, "text": "AND A 6000 ELECTRICAL WORKER", "startTime": "00:06:38,498", "endTime": "00:06:40,533" }, { "index": 196, "text": "MEMBERS. IN 2021 OVER 400 PEOPLE", "startTime": "00:06:40,533", "endTime": "00:06:43,870" }, { "index": 197, "text": "DIED IN THE HEAT DOME IN OUR", "startTime": "00:06:43,870", "endTime": "00:06:46,172" }, { "index": 198, "text": "STATE. THAT REVEALED THE WE ARE", "startTime": "00:06:46,172", "endTime": "00:06:48,341" }, { "index": 199, "text": "NOT READY FOR CLIMATE CHANGE. I", "startTime": "00:06:48,341", "endTime": "00:06:58,885" }, { "index": 200, "text": "AM PROUD THAT OVER THE LAST", "startTime": "00:07:00,019", "endTime": "00:07:01,254" }, { "index": 201, "text": "SEVERAL YEARS OUR UNION HAS", "startTime": "00:07:01,254", "endTime": "00:07:02,355" }, { "index": 202, "text": "WORKED IN COALITION WITH GROUPS", "startTime": "00:07:02,355", "endTime": "00:07:03,156" }, { "index": 203, "text": "LIKE 350 SEATTLE, AND THE GREEN", "startTime": "00:07:03,156", "endTime": "00:07:04,457" }, { "index": 204, "text": "NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD TO", "startTime": "00:07:04,457", "endTime": "00:07:05,458" }, { "index": 205, "text": "ADVOCATE FOR ADEQUATE COOLING IN", "startTime": "00:07:05,458", "endTime": "00:07:06,492" }, { "index": 206, "text": "PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND TO HELP GET", "startTime": "00:07:06,492", "endTime": "00:07:07,727" }, { "index": 207, "text": "OUR BUILDINGS HERE IN SEATTLE TO", "startTime": "00:07:07,727", "endTime": "00:07:08,961" }, { "index": 208, "text": "STOP EMITTING CLIMATE POLLUTION.", "startTime": "00:07:08,961", "endTime": "00:07:09,762" }, { "index": 209, "text": "WE ARE REALLY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT", "startTime": "00:07:09,762", "endTime": "00:07:11,230" }, { "index": 210, "text": "AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN", "startTime": "00:07:11,230", "endTime": "00:07:12,231" }, { "index": 211, "text": "PROPOSED FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS", "startTime": "00:07:12,231", "endTime": "00:07:13,299" }, { "index": 212, "text": "FOSTER, COUNCILMEMBER LIN AND", "startTime": "00:07:13,299", "endTime": "00:07:20,339" }, { "index": 213, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER RINCK WHICH WE", "startTime": "00:07:20,339", "endTime": "00:07:20,973" }, { "index": 214, "text": "BELIEVE WOULD HELP ACHIEVE THE", "startTime": "00:07:20,973", "endTime": "00:07:21,941" }, { "index": 215, "text": "GOALS AND WE ASKED FOR THE", "startTime": "00:07:21,941", "endTime": "00:07:23,242" }, { "index": 216, "text": "COUNCIL SUPPORT FOR THESE", "startTime": "00:07:23,242", "endTime": "00:07:24,043" }, { "index": 217, "text": "AMENDMENTS.", "startTime": "00:07:24,043", "endTime": "00:07:24,744" }, { "index": 218, "text": "THANK YOU. BETSY, PIPPIN,", "startTime": "00:07:24,744", "endTime": "00:07:26,112" }, { "index": 219, "text": "ANN.", "startTime": "00:07:26,112", "endTime": "00:07:28,047" }, { "index": 220, "text": "THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS.", "startTime": "00:07:28,047", "endTime": "00:07:32,084" }, { "index": 221, "text": "MY NAME IS BETSY, I AM LIVING IN", "startTime": "00:07:32,084", "endTime": "00:07:37,557" }, { "index": 222, "text": "DISTRICT 6. I AM ALSO A FORMER", "startTime": "00:07:37,557", "endTime": "00:07:38,925" }, { "index": 223, "text": "CHILDREN'S STAFF FOR THE", "startTime": "00:07:38,925", "endTime": "00:07:39,659" }, { "index": 224, "text": "SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY. UNTIL", "startTime": "00:07:39,659", "endTime": "00:07:40,560" }, { "index": 225, "text": "RECENTLY I DID WORK IN THE", "startTime": "00:07:40,560", "endTime": "00:07:41,794" }, { "index": 226, "text": "CHILDREN'S AREA ON LEVEL I, THE", "startTime": "00:07:41,794", "endTime": "00:07:43,029" }, { "index": 227, "text": "TEEN AREA ON LEVEL III. THIS IS", "startTime": "00:07:43,029", "endTime": "00:07:48,401" }, { "index": 228, "text": "A VERY WELL USED AND WELL LOVED", "startTime": "00:07:48,401", "endTime": "00:07:50,203" }, { "index": 229, "text": "SPACE. SPECIFICALLY IN THE", "startTime": "00:07:50,203", "endTime": "00:07:57,076" }, { "index": 230, "text": "CHILDREN'S AREA. PARENTS IN", "startTime": "00:07:57,076", "endTime": "00:07:57,977" }, { "index": 231, "text": "GIVERS STOP ALL DAY LONG, CHECK", "startTime": "00:07:57,977", "endTime": "00:07:58,711" }, { "index": 232, "text": "OUT BOOKS TO ENTERTAIN KIDS AND", "startTime": "00:07:58,711", "endTime": "00:07:59,946" }, { "index": 233, "text": "JUST HANG OUT. I WAS WORKING AT", "startTime": "00:07:59,946", "endTime": "00:08:01,347" }, { "index": 234, "text": "THE CENTRAL LIBRARY WHEN IT WAS", "startTime": "00:08:01,347", "endTime": "00:08:02,648" }, { "index": 235, "text": "BUILT 22 YEARS AGO. AND I", "startTime": "00:08:02,648", "endTime": "00:08:04,250" }, { "index": 236, "text": "WITNESSED THE ENTIRE PROCESS .", "startTime": "00:08:04,250", "endTime": "00:08:11,757" }, { "index": 237, "text": "AT THAT POINT IT WAS THE", "startTime": "00:08:11,757", "endTime": "00:08:12,859" }, { "index": 238, "text": "ARCHITECT'S VISION OF HOW THE", "startTime": "00:08:12,859", "endTime": "00:08:14,093" }, { "index": 239, "text": "SPACE SHOULD WORK. AND THAT WE", "startTime": "00:08:14,093", "endTime": "00:08:15,161" }, { "index": 240, "text": "HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR", "startTime": "00:08:15,161", "endTime": "00:08:15,962" }, { "index": 241, "text": "FRONTLINE STAFF AND BUILDING", "startTime": "00:08:15,962", "endTime": "00:08:16,863" }, { "index": 242, "text": "MANAGERS TO BE ABLE TO CREATE", "startTime": "00:08:16,863", "endTime": "00:08:18,164" }, { "index": 243, "text": "THE SPACE THAT WILL ACTUALLY", "startTime": "00:08:18,164", "endTime": "00:08:19,165" }, { "index": 244, "text": "HELP OUR STAFF FUNCTION FOR THE", "startTime": "00:08:19,165", "endTime": "00:08:25,071" }, { "index": 245, "text": "PEOPLE WE SERVE. I AM HERE TODAY", "startTime": "00:08:25,071", "endTime": "00:08:26,539" }, { "index": 246, "text": "BECAUSE I SO APPRECIATE THE", "startTime": "00:08:26,539", "endTime": "00:08:27,640" }, { "index": 247, "text": "PROPOSED AMENDMENT FOR THE", "startTime": "00:08:27,640", "endTime": "00:08:30,376" }, { "index": 248, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER TO DEDICATE", "startTime": "00:08:30,376", "endTime": "00:08:31,277" }, { "index": 249, "text": "$10 MILLION TO THE RENOVATION OF", "startTime": "00:08:31,277", "endTime": "00:08:32,478" }, { "index": 250, "text": "CENTRAL LIBRARY. THE AMENDMENT", "startTime": "00:08:32,478", "endTime": "00:08:35,081" }, { "index": 251, "text": "COULD MAKE THIS HUGE DIFFERENCE", "startTime": "00:08:35,081", "endTime": "00:08:36,082" }, { "index": 252, "text": "FOR THE CHILDREN IN THE AREA.", "startTime": "00:08:36,082", "endTime": "00:08:40,753" }, { "index": 253, "text": "THE CENTRAL LIBRARY IS SHOWING", "startTime": "00:08:40,753", "endTime": "00:08:41,854" }, { "index": 254, "text": "ITS AGE. IS 22 YEARS OLD, IT IS", "startTime": "00:08:41,854", "endTime": "00:08:45,491" }, { "index": 255, "text": "STATE-OF-THE-ART IN 2004 IT'S", "startTime": "00:08:45,491", "endTime": "00:08:46,325" }, { "index": 256, "text": "NOT THE SAME AS 2026. THINK", "startTime": "00:08:46,325", "endTime": "00:08:47,894" }, { "index": 257, "text": "ABOUT HOW IT WOULD REVITALIZE", "startTime": "00:08:47,894", "endTime": "00:08:49,362" }, { "index": 258, "text": "THIS AREA AND BENEFIT THE", "startTime": "00:08:49,362", "endTime": "00:08:57,837" }, { "index": 259, "text": "SEATTLE FAMILIES AS A WHOLE. MY", "startTime": "00:08:57,837", "endTime": "00:08:59,038" }, { "index": 260, "text": "FORMER COLLEAGUES COULD HOST", "startTime": "00:08:59,038", "endTime": "00:08:59,839" }, { "index": 261, "text": "MORE PROGRAMS, OFFER MORE BOOKS,", "startTime": "00:08:59,839", "endTime": "00:09:00,907" }, { "index": 262, "text": "HELP MORE PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE", "startTime": "00:09:00,907", "endTime": "00:09:02,275" }, { "index": 263, "text": "BUILDING. THINK ABOUT WHAT WOULD", "startTime": "00:09:02,275", "endTime": "00:09:03,743" }, { "index": 264, "text": "NEED TO HER DOWNTOWN CORE. WHEN", "startTime": "00:09:03,743", "endTime": "00:09:04,877" }, { "index": 265, "text": "WE INVITE MORE KIDS AND MORE", "startTime": "00:09:04,877", "endTime": "00:09:06,846" }, { "index": 266, "text": "TEENS INTO OUR DOWNTOWN", "startTime": "00:09:06,846", "endTime": "00:09:11,083" }, { "index": 267, "text": "DESTINATIONS LIKE THE LIBRARY,", "startTime": "00:09:11,083", "endTime": "00:09:11,951" }, { "index": 268, "text": "IT SHOWS PEOPLE THE CITY WE ARE", "startTime": "00:09:11,951", "endTime": "00:09:13,386" }, { "index": 269, "text": "VIBRANT, SAFE AND A POSITIVE", "startTime": "00:09:13,386", "endTime": "00:09:14,954" }, { "index": 270, "text": "AREA. THINK ABOUT THE GLOBAL", "startTime": "00:09:14,954", "endTime": "00:09:19,392" }, { "index": 271, "text": "READING CHALLENGE THE JUST", "startTime": "00:09:19,392", "endTime": "00:09:20,159" }, { "index": 272, "text": "HAPPENED. IT WAS IN THE SEATTLE", "startTime": "00:09:20,159", "endTime": "00:09:21,527" }, { "index": 273, "text": "TIMES ARTICLE ON APRIL 1. WE HAD", "startTime": "00:09:21,527", "endTime": "00:09:22,695" }, { "index": 274, "text": "THOUSANDS, HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES", "startTime": "00:09:22,695", "endTime": "00:09:24,163" }, { "index": 275, "text": "THAT CAME. I ALSO JUST WANT TO", "startTime": "00:09:24,163", "endTime": "00:09:26,499" }, { "index": 276, "text": "SAY THAT WE ARE THE LAST TRULY", "startTime": "00:09:26,499", "endTime": "00:09:29,936" }, { "index": 277, "text": "DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTION . WHERE", "startTime": "00:09:29,936", "endTime": "00:09:32,672" }, { "index": 278, "text": "FAMILIES CAN COME, PEOPLE CAN", "startTime": "00:09:32,672", "endTime": "00:09:33,739" }, { "index": 279, "text": "COME, NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE,", "startTime": "00:09:33,739", "endTime": "00:09:35,141" }, { "index": 280, "text": "WHERE THEY ARE, AND WE ARE THE", "startTime": "00:09:35,141", "endTime": "00:09:36,375" }, { "index": 281, "text": "ONLY FREE PLACE TO HANG IN THE", "startTime": "00:09:36,375", "endTime": "00:09:38,811" }, { "index": 282, "text": "DOWNTOWN CORE.", "startTime": "00:09:38,811", "endTime": "00:09:41,047" }, { "index": 283, "text": "THANK YOU, BETSY. THANK YOU", "startTime": "00:09:41,047", "endTime": "00:09:42,381" }, { "index": 284, "text": "VERY MUCH.", "startTime": "00:09:42,381", "endTime": "00:09:42,949" }, { "index": 285, "text": "I HAVE A VISUAL AID.", "speaker": "I HAVE A VISUAL AID", "startTime": "00:09:42,949", "endTime": "00:09:47,753" }, { "index": 286, "text": "ALL RIGHT. YES. TRUE. THANK", "startTime": "00:09:47,753", "endTime": "00:09:51,757" }, { "index": 287, "text": "YOU, BETSY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR", "startTime": "00:09:51,757", "endTime": "00:09:57,029" }, { "index": 288, "text": "SERVICE IN THE LIBRARY'S.", "startTime": "00:09:57,029", "endTime": "00:09:58,130" }, { "index": 289, "text": "PIPPIN. AND THEN SHARA.", "startTime": "00:09:58,130", "endTime": "00:10:02,568" }, { "index": 290, "text": "GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS", "startTime": "00:10:02,568", "endTime": "00:10:06,639" }, { "index": 291, "text": "PIPPIN. I AM THE EXECUTIVE", "startTime": "00:10:06,639", "endTime": "00:10:13,446" }, { "index": 292, "text": "DIRECTOR OF A NONPROFIT LITERARY", "startTime": "00:10:13,446", "endTime": "00:10:14,547" }, { "index": 293, "text": "ARTS ORGANIZATION BASED IN", "startTime": "00:10:14,547", "endTime": "00:10:15,147" }, { "index": 294, "text": "DISTRICT 3. OVER THE YEARS I", "startTime": "00:10:15,147", "endTime": "00:10:16,148" }, { "index": 295, "text": "HAVE ALSO MAGAZINE EXPRESSING", "startTime": "00:10:16,148", "endTime": "00:10:17,650" }, { "index": 296, "text": "AND SUPPORT OF CITY LITERATURE.", "startTime": "00:10:17,650", "endTime": "00:10:20,653" }, { "index": 297, "text": "WHICH MANAGES OUR CITIES", "startTime": "00:10:20,653", "endTime": "00:10:21,821" }, { "index": 298, "text": "DESIGNATION IS A CITY OF", "startTime": "00:10:21,821", "endTime": "00:10:23,956" }, { "index": 299, "text": "LITERATURE. I SHARE ALL THIS TO", "startTime": "00:10:23,956", "endTime": "00:10:27,793" }, { "index": 300, "text": "SAY THAT I BELIEVE I'M", "startTime": "00:10:27,793", "endTime": "00:10:28,828" }, { "index": 301, "text": "QUALIFIED TO SPEAK TO HOW DEEPLY", "startTime": "00:10:28,828", "endTime": "00:10:30,229" }, { "index": 302, "text": "THE LIBRARY IMPACTS SEATTLE'S", "startTime": "00:10:30,229", "endTime": "00:10:31,430" }, { "index": 303, "text": "LITERARY COMMUNITY. SEATTLE IS A", "startTime": "00:10:31,430", "endTime": "00:10:33,666" }, { "index": 304, "text": "CITY OF READERS AND WRITERS. THE", "startTime": "00:10:33,666", "endTime": "00:10:36,836" }, { "index": 305, "text": "REGION HAS LITERARY TRADITION", "startTime": "00:10:36,836", "endTime": "00:10:37,670" }, { "index": 306, "text": "THAT GOES BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL", "startTime": "00:10:37,670", "endTime": "00:10:39,171" }, { "index": 307, "text": "INHABITANTS. REGARDLESS OF", "startTime": "00:10:39,171", "endTime": "00:10:40,139" }, { "index": 308, "text": "BACKGROUND OR BELIEF WE", "startTime": "00:10:40,139", "endTime": "00:10:43,242" }, { "index": 309, "text": "SEATTLEITES SHARE A COMMON BOND", "startTime": "00:10:43,242", "endTime": "00:10:45,644" }, { "index": 310, "text": "FOR STORYTELLING. OUR LIBRARY IS", "startTime": "00:10:45,644", "endTime": "00:10:47,246" }, { "index": 311, "text": "ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL TO THIS", "startTime": "00:10:47,246", "endTime": "00:10:48,414" }, { "index": 312, "text": "IDENTITY. TO THE BOOKS IT", "startTime": "00:10:48,414", "endTime": "00:10:55,054" }, { "index": 313, "text": "CIRCULATES, THE WRITERS IT", "startTime": "00:10:55,054", "endTime": "00:10:55,788" }, { "index": 314, "text": "BRINGS IN FOR PROGRAMS AND THE", "startTime": "00:10:55,788", "endTime": "00:10:56,956" }, { "index": 315, "text": "COMMUNITIES IT BUILDS AROUND", "startTime": "00:10:56,956", "endTime": "00:10:57,757" }, { "index": 316, "text": "READING AND WRITING. IT IS NO", "startTime": "00:10:57,757", "endTime": "00:10:59,058" }, { "index": 317, "text": "EXAGGERATION TO SAY THAT IT", "startTime": "00:10:59,058", "endTime": "00:11:00,259" }, { "index": 318, "text": "WOULD NOT BE A UNESCO CITY OF", "startTime": "00:11:00,259", "endTime": "00:11:04,764" }, { "index": 319, "text": "LITERATURE, ONE OF ONLY TWO IN", "startTime": "00:11:04,764", "endTime": "00:11:05,831" }, { "index": 320, "text": "THE U.S., AND 53 WORLDWIDE,", "startTime": "00:11:05,831", "endTime": "00:11:06,932" }, { "index": 321, "text": "WITHOUT A STRONG SEATTLE PUBLIC", "startTime": "00:11:06,932", "endTime": "00:11:08,634" }, { "index": 322, "text": "LIBRARY. OUR TIME WITH DEMOCRACY", "startTime": "00:11:08,634", "endTime": "00:11:12,605" }, { "index": 323, "text": "FEELS FRAGILE AND THIS", "startTime": "00:11:12,605", "endTime": "00:11:13,572" }, { "index": 324, "text": "INFORMATION SPREADS FASTER,", "startTime": "00:11:13,572", "endTime": "00:11:14,673" }, { "index": 325, "text": "LITERATURE MATTERS. READING", "startTime": "00:11:14,673", "endTime": "00:11:15,241" }, { "index": 326, "text": "SLOWS US DOWN IN AN ECONOMY .", "startTime": "00:11:15,241", "endTime": "00:11:19,345" }, { "index": 327, "text": "READING CREATES SPACE FOR", "startTime": "00:11:19,345", "endTime": "00:11:20,279" }, { "index": 328, "text": "REFLECTION. COMBATS ISOLATION", "startTime": "00:11:20,279", "endTime": "00:11:23,149" }, { "index": 329, "text": "AND BUILDS APATHY BY ALLOWING", "startTime": "00:11:23,149", "endTime": "00:11:25,951" }, { "index": 330, "text": "NOT OTHERWISE UNDERSTAND. IT IS", "startTime": "00:11:25,951", "endTime": "00:11:27,486" }, { "index": 331, "text": "A WAY , IN A WAY IT'S NOT JUST", "startTime": "00:11:27,486", "endTime": "00:11:31,557" }, { "index": 332, "text": "A PRIVATE ACT, IT IS A CIVIC", "startTime": "00:11:31,557", "endTime": "00:11:32,958" }, { "index": 333, "text": "ONE. SUPPORTING A LITERATE", "startTime": "00:11:32,958", "endTime": "00:11:34,060" }, { "index": 334, "text": "CULTURE IS AN ACT OF DEMOCRACY.", "startTime": "00:11:34,060", "endTime": "00:11:35,061" }, { "index": 335, "text": "THAT IS WHY AM GRATEFUL TO THE", "startTime": "00:11:35,061", "endTime": "00:11:37,530" }, { "index": 336, "text": "COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR PRIORITIZING", "startTime": "00:11:37,530", "endTime": "00:11:39,265" }, { "index": 337, "text": "LIBRARY COLLECTIONS IN THE LEVY.", "startTime": "00:11:39,265", "endTime": "00:11:41,267" }, { "index": 338, "text": "WE MUST COST AND DEMANDS FOR", "startTime": "00:11:41,267", "endTime": "00:11:45,638" }, { "index": 339, "text": "LIBRARY BOOKS. AN INVESTMENT AND", "startTime": "00:11:45,638", "endTime": "00:11:55,247" }, { "index": 340, "text": "CURIOSITY, IMAGINATION AND", "startTime": "00:11:55,247", "endTime": "00:11:55,948" }, { "index": 341, "text": "INFORMED AND ENGAGED PUBLIC. FOR", "startTime": "00:11:55,948", "endTime": "00:11:56,615" }, { "index": 342, "text": "ALL THESE REASONS I URGE YOU TO", "startTime": "00:11:56,615", "endTime": "00:11:58,250" }, { "index": 343, "text": "PLEASE VOTE IT IN. THANK YOU FOR", "startTime": "00:11:58,250", "endTime": "00:11:59,685" }, { "index": 344, "text": "YOUR ATTENTION. AND ALL THE WORK", "startTime": "00:11:59,685", "endTime": "00:12:00,853" }, { "index": 345, "text": "YOU DO.", "startTime": "00:12:00,853", "endTime": "00:12:01,454" }, { "index": 346, "text": "THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SHARA", "startTime": "00:12:01,454", "endTime": "00:12:05,157" }, { "index": 347, "text": "AND THEN LILY.", "startTime": "00:12:05,157", "endTime": "00:12:05,958" }, { "index": 348, "text": "I AM ANN AND I AM A LIFELONG", "speaker": "I AM ANN AND I AM A LIFELONG", "startTime": "00:12:05,958", "endTime": "00:12:09,862" }, { "index": 349, "text": "LOVER OF LIBRARIES. I HAVE", "startTime": "00:12:09,862", "endTime": "00:12:16,535" }, { "index": 350, "text": "SERVED ON A VARIETY OF", "startTime": "00:12:16,535", "endTime": "00:12:17,536" }, { "index": 351, "text": "FOUNDATION BOARDS AND AM", "startTime": "00:12:17,536", "endTime": "00:12:18,437" }, { "index": 352, "text": "CURRENTLY THE EMERITUS CHAIR FOR", "startTime": "00:12:18,437", "endTime": "00:12:19,438" }, { "index": 353, "text": "THE FOUNDATION BOARD SUPPORTING", "startTime": "00:12:19,438", "endTime": "00:12:20,773" }, { "index": 354, "text": "THE LIBRARY. I HAVE GIVEN TOURS", "startTime": "00:12:20,773", "endTime": "00:12:23,442" }, { "index": 355, "text": "OF HER CENTRAL LIBRARY. I'VE", "startTime": "00:12:23,442", "endTime": "00:12:24,577" }, { "index": 356, "text": "TALKED TO PEOPLE AND PROMOTED", "startTime": "00:12:24,577", "endTime": "00:12:25,478" }, { "index": 357, "text": "THE LIBRARY ALL OF MY TIME HERE", "startTime": "00:12:25,478", "endTime": "00:12:26,946" }, { "index": 358, "text": "IN SEATTLE WHICH IS MY ADULT", "startTime": "00:12:26,946", "endTime": "00:12:28,581" }, { "index": 359, "text": "LIFE. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK", "startTime": "00:12:28,581", "endTime": "00:12:33,252" }, { "index": 360, "text": "YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND", "startTime": "00:12:33,252", "endTime": "00:12:34,353" }, { "index": 361, "text": "ENCOURAGE YOU TO GIVE AS MUCH AS", "startTime": "00:12:34,353", "endTime": "00:12:35,855" }, { "index": 362, "text": "POSSIBLE TO FUND OF THE LIBRARY.", "startTime": "00:12:35,855", "endTime": "00:12:37,056" }, { "index": 363, "text": "PARTICULARLY AROUND THE", "startTime": "00:12:37,056", "endTime": "00:12:38,057" }, { "index": 364, "text": "COLLECTIONS . WHEN I GO TO MY", "startTime": "00:12:38,057", "endTime": "00:12:42,561" }, { "index": 365, "text": "LIBRARY I SEE PEOPLE WALKING OUT", "startTime": "00:12:42,561", "endTime": "00:12:43,662" }, { "index": 366, "text": "WITH ARMLOADS OF BOOKS. SO I", "startTime": "00:12:43,662", "endTime": "00:12:44,930" }, { "index": 367, "text": "KNOW THEY ARE REALLY UTILIZING", "startTime": "00:12:44,930", "endTime": "00:12:47,967" }, { "index": 368, "text": "ALL OF THE RESOURCES. IT MAKES A", "startTime": "00:12:47,967", "endTime": "00:12:49,435" }, { "index": 369, "text": "BIG DIFFERENCE. IT MAKES US A", "startTime": "00:12:49,435", "endTime": "00:12:50,636" }, { "index": 370, "text": "BETTER EDUCATED, MORE AWARE AND", "startTime": "00:12:50,636", "endTime": "00:12:51,704" }, { "index": 371, "text": "SMARTER COMMUNITY. SO KEEP IT", "startTime": "00:12:51,704", "endTime": "00:12:53,272" }, { "index": 372, "text": "GOING. GIVE US THE BEST MONEY", "startTime": "00:12:53,272", "endTime": "00:12:55,241" }, { "index": 373, "text": "YOU CAN TO KEEP THE LIBRARY", "startTime": "00:12:55,241", "endTime": "00:12:56,342" }, { "index": 374, "text": "STRONG. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.", "startTime": "00:12:56,342", "endTime": "00:12:58,444" }, { "index": 375, "text": "THANK YOU, ANN. SHARA,", "startTime": "00:12:58,444", "endTime": "00:12:59,712" }, { "index": 376, "text": "SHEILA, EXCUSE ME, LILY AND", "startTime": "00:12:59,712", "endTime": "00:13:02,882" }, { "index": 377, "text": "CHRISTIANA .", "startTime": "00:13:02,882", "endTime": "00:13:05,751" }, { "index": 378, "text": "HI, I APPRECIATE THE SHORT", "startTime": "00:13:05,751", "endTime": "00:13:08,788" }, { "index": 379, "text": "MICROPHONE. THANK YOU, CHAIR AND", "startTime": "00:13:08,788", "endTime": "00:13:16,262" }, { "index": 380, "text": "COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS", "startTime": "00:13:16,262", "endTime": "00:13:18,330" }, { "index": 381, "text": "SHARA, AND THE COEXECUTIVE", "startTime": "00:13:18,330", "endTime": "00:13:18,898" }, { "index": 382, "text": "DIRECTOR AT LITERACY SOURCE.", "startTime": "00:13:18,898", "endTime": "00:13:19,498" }, { "index": 383, "text": "BASED IN DISTRICT 5. WE ARE AN", "startTime": "00:13:19,498", "endTime": "00:13:20,966" }, { "index": 384, "text": "ADULT EDUCATION ORGANIZATION AND", "startTime": "00:13:20,966", "endTime": "00:13:22,067" }, { "index": 385, "text": "LITERACY. I AM HERE TO THANK", "startTime": "00:13:22,067", "endTime": "00:13:26,338" }, { "index": 386, "text": "CANCEL MEMBERS FOR THEIR", "startTime": "00:13:26,338", "endTime": "00:13:27,173" }, { "index": 387, "text": "AMENDMENT TO EXPAND A LINGUAL", "startTime": "00:13:27,173", "endTime": "00:13:28,774" }, { "index": 388, "text": "PROGRAMMING AT THE LIBRARY.", "startTime": "00:13:28,774", "endTime": "00:13:34,980" }, { "index": 389, "text": "LITERACY SOURCE IS A LONGTIME", "startTime": "00:13:34,980", "endTime": "00:13:36,348" }, { "index": 390, "text": "PARTNER OF A LIBRARY. ON", "startTime": "00:13:36,348", "endTime": "00:13:37,483" }, { "index": 391, "text": "PROGRAMS THAT SERVE IMMIGRANTS", "startTime": "00:13:37,483", "endTime": "00:13:38,117" }, { "index": 392, "text": "AND REFUGEES. FOR EXAMPLE, WE", "startTime": "00:13:38,117", "endTime": "00:13:43,455" }, { "index": 393, "text": "RUN THE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE", "startTime": "00:13:43,455", "endTime": "00:13:44,290" }, { "index": 394, "text": "CONVERSATION CLASSES AND HAVE", "startTime": "00:13:44,290", "endTime": "00:13:44,924" }, { "index": 395, "text": "LOTS OF PEOPLE COMING IN", "startTime": "00:13:44,924", "endTime": "00:13:45,925" }, { "index": 396, "text": "REGULARLY WHO ARE ADULTS WORKING", "startTime": "00:13:45,925", "endTime": "00:13:47,059" }, { "index": 397, "text": "ON THEIR ENGLISH. THEY CURRENTLY", "startTime": "00:13:47,059", "endTime": "00:13:47,993" }, { "index": 398, "text": "TAKE PLACE AT THE CENTRAL", "startTime": "00:13:47,993", "endTime": "00:13:49,428" }, { "index": 399, "text": "LIBRARY , BEACON HILL, LAKE", "startTime": "00:13:49,428", "endTime": "00:13:54,833" }, { "index": 400, "text": "CITY, HIGH POINT, NEWHOLLY,", "startTime": "00:13:54,833", "endTime": "00:13:55,734" }, { "index": 401, "text": "NORTHGATE AND SOUTHPARK RANCHES", "startTime": "00:13:55,734", "endTime": "00:13:56,569" }, { "index": 402, "text": "AND ALSO VIRTUALLY. WE ARE ABLE", "startTime": "00:13:56,569", "endTime": "00:14:01,340" }, { "index": 403, "text": "TO OFFER SO MANY OPTIONS THIS", "startTime": "00:14:01,340", "endTime": "00:14:02,441" }, { "index": 404, "text": "YEAR BECAUSE OF THE TWO YEAR", "startTime": "00:14:02,441", "endTime": "00:14:03,842" }, { "index": 405, "text": "GRANT FROM THE CARNEGIE", "startTime": "00:14:03,842", "endTime": "00:14:04,476" }, { "index": 406, "text": "CORPORATION OF NEW YORK SECURED", "startTime": "00:14:04,476", "endTime": "00:14:05,544" }, { "index": 407, "text": "BY THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY", "startTime": "00:14:05,544", "endTime": "00:14:06,645" }, { "index": 408, "text": "FOUNDATION LAST YEAR. THE", "startTime": "00:14:06,645", "endTime": "00:14:08,681" }, { "index": 409, "text": "FUNDING NEARLY DOUBLE THE NUMBER", "startTime": "00:14:08,681", "endTime": "00:14:09,748" }, { "index": 410, "text": "OF FREE LIBRARY PROGRAMS THAT", "startTime": "00:14:09,748", "endTime": "00:14:11,350" }, { "index": 411, "text": "ARE SERVING LOOSELY WHICH", "startTime": "00:14:11,350", "endTime": "00:14:13,052" }, { "index": 412, "text": "LEARNERS AND WE KNOW THERE IS A", "startTime": "00:14:13,052", "endTime": "00:14:14,453" }, { "index": 413, "text": "HUGE NEED OUT THERE. WE EXPANDED", "startTime": "00:14:14,453", "endTime": "00:14:22,261" }, { "index": 414, "text": "ONE ON ONE ADULT EDUCATION", "startTime": "00:14:22,261", "endTime": "00:14:23,462" }, { "index": 415, "text": "TUTORING, DIGITAL SKILLS", "startTime": "00:14:23,462", "endTime": "00:14:23,996" }, { "index": 416, "text": "CLASSES, AND INTRODUCED LEVEL", "startTime": "00:14:23,996", "endTime": "00:14:24,864" }, { "index": 417, "text": "ENGLISH CLASSES FOR THE FIRST", "startTime": "00:14:24,864", "endTime": "00:14:25,731" }, { "index": 418, "text": "TIME AT THE LIBRARY. THE GRANT", "startTime": "00:14:25,731", "endTime": "00:14:29,134" }, { "index": 419, "text": "CAME AT A TIME WHEN DEMAND FOR", "startTime": "00:14:29,134", "endTime": "00:14:30,536" }, { "index": 420, "text": "FREE AND LOW-COST ENGLISH", "startTime": "00:14:30,536", "endTime": "00:14:31,270" }, { "index": 421, "text": "CLASSES IS VERY HIGH, AS WE KNOW", "startTime": "00:14:31,270", "endTime": "00:14:37,443" }, { "index": 422, "text": "AS A LITERACY SOURCE BECAUSE WE", "startTime": "00:14:37,443", "endTime": "00:14:39,245" }, { "index": 423, "text": "ARE REGULARLY TURNING AWAY", "startTime": "00:14:39,245", "endTime": "00:14:40,045" }, { "index": 424, "text": "STUDENTS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE", "startTime": "00:14:40,045", "endTime": "00:14:40,980" }, { "index": 425, "text": "SPACE. SO WE KNOW AT THIS TIME", "startTime": "00:14:40,980", "endTime": "00:14:42,448" }, { "index": 426, "text": "MANY IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES", "startTime": "00:14:42,448", "endTime": "00:14:43,249" }, { "index": 427, "text": "ALSO FEEL THAT THEY ARE AT GREAT", "startTime": "00:14:43,249", "endTime": "00:14:44,683" }, { "index": 428, "text": "RISK. AND LEARNING ENGLISH IS A", "startTime": "00:14:44,683", "endTime": "00:14:46,151" }, { "index": 429, "text": "WONDERFUL BENEFITS AND WE WANT", "startTime": "00:14:46,151", "endTime": "00:14:47,152" }, { "index": 430, "text": "TO HELP THEM. THE FUNDING FOR", "startTime": "00:14:47,152", "endTime": "00:14:49,989" }, { "index": 431, "text": "THAT GRANT EXPIRES IN JULY 2027", "startTime": "00:14:49,989", "endTime": "00:14:51,156" }, { "index": 432, "text": "AND THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT", "startTime": "00:14:51,156", "endTime": "00:14:52,391" }, { "index": 433, "text": "IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE", "startTime": "00:14:52,391", "endTime": "00:14:53,459" }, { "index": 434, "text": "RENEWED. SO THE AMENDMENT THAT", "startTime": "00:14:53,459", "endTime": "00:14:57,229" }, { "index": 435, "text": "COUNCIL MEMBERS PROVIDED TO", "startTime": "00:14:57,229", "endTime": "00:14:57,997" }, { "index": 436, "text": "CONTINUE RESOURCES TO SERVE", "startTime": "00:14:57,997", "endTime": "00:14:59,131" }, { "index": 437, "text": "ENGLISH-LANGUAGE LEARNERS -- AND", "startTime": "00:14:59,131", "endTime": "00:15:00,299" }, { "index": 438, "text": "EXPANDING THE PLAN LEARN", "startTime": "00:15:00,299", "endTime": "00:15:03,903" }, { "index": 439, "text": "PROGRAMS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.", "startTime": "00:15:03,903", "endTime": "00:15:10,976" }, { "index": 440, "text": "THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS, FOR", "startTime": "00:15:10,976", "endTime": "00:15:11,944" }, { "index": 441, "text": "RECOGNIZING THE VITAL ROLE OF", "startTime": "00:15:11,944", "endTime": "00:15:13,245" }, { "index": 442, "text": "THE LIBRARY AND SERVING OUR", "startTime": "00:15:13,245", "endTime": "00:15:13,979" }, { "index": 443, "text": "IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS AND I URGE", "startTime": "00:15:13,979", "endTime": "00:15:15,047" }, { "index": 444, "text": "YOU ALL TO SUPPORT THE", "startTime": "00:15:15,047", "endTime": "00:15:16,148" }, { "index": 445, "text": "AMENDMENT. THANK YOU.", "startTime": "00:15:16,148", "endTime": "00:15:16,882" }, { "index": 446, "text": "THANK YOU. NEXT, LILY,", "startTime": "00:15:16,882", "endTime": "00:15:17,883" }, { "index": 447, "text": "CHRISTIANA, AND MONIQUE.", "startTime": "00:15:17,883", "endTime": "00:15:23,856" }, { "index": 448, "text": "WELCOME, LILY.", "startTime": "00:15:23,856", "endTime": "00:15:29,461" }, { "index": 449, "text": "THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS.", "startTime": "00:15:29,461", "endTime": "00:15:30,562" }, { "index": 450, "text": "MY NAME IS LILY, I'M A RESIDENT", "startTime": "00:15:30,562", "endTime": "00:15:31,931" }, { "index": 451, "text": "OF DISTRICT 1. I WANT TO THANK", "startTime": "00:15:31,931", "endTime": "00:15:33,299" }, { "index": 452, "text": "MY COUNCIL MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY", "startTime": "00:15:33,299", "endTime": "00:15:36,168" }, { "index": 453, "text": "FOR THE AMENDMENT TO PROVIDE FOR", "startTime": "00:15:36,168", "endTime": "00:15:38,304" }, { "index": 454, "text": "ADDITIONAL RETROFIT FOR THE", "startTime": "00:15:38,304", "endTime": "00:15:39,672" }, { "index": 455, "text": "LIBRARY PRIORITIZING OUR", "startTime": "00:15:39,672", "endTime": "00:15:40,539" }, { "index": 456, "text": "BEAUTIFUL WEST SEATTLE BRANCH.", "startTime": "00:15:40,539", "endTime": "00:15:51,083" }, { "index": 457, "text": "THIS BRANCH IS EVEN MORE", "startTime": "00:15:51,450", "endTime": "00:15:52,584" }, { "index": 458, "text": "HISTORIC THAN MANY REALIZE. IT", "startTime": "00:15:52,584", "endTime": "00:15:53,786" }, { "index": 459, "text": "OPENED IN JULY 1910 IS THE FIRST", "startTime": "00:15:53,786", "endTime": "00:15:54,953" }, { "index": 460, "text": "PERMANENT LIBRARY BRANCH IN", "startTime": "00:15:54,953", "endTime": "00:15:55,754" }, { "index": 461, "text": "SEATTLE. AND IS STILL THE OLDEST", "startTime": "00:15:55,754", "endTime": "00:15:57,356" }, { "index": 462, "text": "OPERATING LIBRARY BUILDING IN", "startTime": "00:15:57,356", "endTime": "00:15:57,956" }, { "index": 463, "text": "THE CITY. IT IS ON THE NATIONAL", "startTime": "00:15:57,956", "endTime": "00:15:59,191" }, { "index": 464, "text": "REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND", "startTime": "00:15:59,191", "endTime": "00:16:00,192" }, { "index": 465, "text": "IS A LANDMARKED BUILDING. WHEN I", "startTime": "00:16:00,192", "endTime": "00:16:03,128" }, { "index": 466, "text": "FIRST MOVED TO WEST SEATTLE, NO", "startTime": "00:16:03,128", "endTime": "00:16:04,330" }, { "index": 467, "text": "JOKE, IT WAS THE FIRST PLACE", "startTime": "00:16:04,330", "endTime": "00:16:05,631" }, { "index": 468, "text": "ABOUT MY MOM. SHE IS A RETIRED", "startTime": "00:16:05,631", "endTime": "00:16:07,533" }, { "index": 469, "text": "LIBRARIAN AND OUR LIBRARY BRANCH", "startTime": "00:16:07,533", "endTime": "00:16:09,234" }, { "index": 470, "text": "MANAGER FROM NEW JERSEY AND I", "startTime": "00:16:09,234", "endTime": "00:16:10,469" }, { "index": 471, "text": "WANT TO SHOW HER WHAT KIND OF", "startTime": "00:16:10,469", "endTime": "00:16:11,937" }, { "index": 472, "text": "NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMITTEE I", "startTime": "00:16:11,937", "endTime": "00:16:12,871" }, { "index": 473, "text": "JUST MOVED INTO. THERE IS NO", "startTime": "00:16:12,871", "endTime": "00:16:17,042" }, { "index": 474, "text": "BETTER PLACE TO SHOW THAT FROM", "startTime": "00:16:17,042", "endTime": "00:16:18,377" }, { "index": 475, "text": "THE WONDERFUL WELCOMING READING", "startTime": "00:16:18,377", "endTime": "00:16:19,144" }, { "index": 476, "text": "AREA AND THE CHILDREN'S AREA TO", "startTime": "00:16:19,144", "endTime": "00:16:20,346" }, { "index": 477, "text": "THE INCREDIBLE STAFF THAT HOSTS", "startTime": "00:16:20,346", "endTime": "00:16:21,347" }, { "index": 478, "text": "PROGRAMS FROM STORYTIME TO LOCAL", "startTime": "00:16:21,347", "endTime": "00:16:24,850" }, { "index": 479, "text": "CLUBS CLASS CALLED MUSIC", "startTime": "00:16:24,850", "endTime": "00:16:25,684" }, { "index": 480, "text": "CONCERTS. IT IS TRULY A HUB OF", "startTime": "00:16:25,684", "endTime": "00:16:26,952" }, { "index": 481, "text": "THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND BEYOND.", "startTime": "00:16:26,952", "endTime": "00:16:31,090" }, { "index": 482, "text": "HOWEVER, IT WILL BE 124 YEARS", "startTime": "00:16:31,090", "endTime": "00:16:32,358" }, { "index": 483, "text": "OLD BY THE END OF THIS LEVY", "startTime": "00:16:32,358", "endTime": "00:16:34,193" }, { "index": 484, "text": "CYCLE. IT DOES NOT HAVE THE", "startTime": "00:16:34,193", "endTime": "00:16:39,398" }, { "index": 485, "text": "REINFORCED MASONRY TO PROTECT", "startTime": "00:16:39,398", "endTime": "00:16:40,232" }, { "index": 486, "text": "THE BUILDING DURING AN", "startTime": "00:16:40,232", "endTime": "00:16:41,300" }, { "index": 487, "text": "EARTHQUAKE OR THE CLIMATE AND", "startTime": "00:16:41,300", "endTime": "00:16:42,067" }, { "index": 488, "text": "ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES OF MOST", "startTime": "00:16:42,067", "endTime": "00:16:43,001" }, { "index": 489, "text": "MODERN LIBRARIES. MY", "startTime": "00:16:43,001", "endTime": "00:16:43,535" }, { "index": 490, "text": "GRANDMOTHER, WAS ONLY 24 YEARS", "startTime": "00:16:43,535", "endTime": "00:16:45,004" }, { "index": 491, "text": "YOUNGER THAN THAT BUILDING, SHE", "startTime": "00:16:45,004", "endTime": "00:16:46,038" }, { "index": 492, "text": "TURNS 101 THIS YEAR, WOULD", "startTime": "00:16:46,038", "endTime": "00:16:47,673" }, { "index": 493, "text": "CERTAINLY BENEFIT FROM THOSE", "startTime": "00:16:47,673", "endTime": "00:16:48,874" }, { "index": 494, "text": "ADDITIONS. AS WE ALL KNOW,", "startTime": "00:16:48,874", "endTime": "00:16:53,946" }, { "index": 495, "text": "SEATTLE IS OVERDUE FOR THE BIG", "startTime": "00:16:53,946", "endTime": "00:16:55,347" }, { "index": 496, "text": "ONE. TO PARAPHRASE COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "00:16:55,347", "endTime": "00:16:56,849" }, { "index": 497, "text": "RINCK LAST WEEK, THE BEST TIME", "startTime": "00:16:56,849", "endTime": "00:16:58,250" }, { "index": 498, "text": "FOR A SEISMIC SAFETY UPGRADE IS", "startTime": "00:16:58,250", "endTime": "00:16:59,852" }, { "index": 499, "text": "BEFORE THE BIG ONE HITS. FUNDING", "startTime": "00:16:59,852", "endTime": "00:17:09,461" }, { "index": 500, "text": "THE WEST SEATTLE RETROFIT NOW", "startTime": "00:17:09,461", "endTime": "00:17:10,529" }, { "index": 501, "text": "ALSO HELP MAKE SURE OUR", "startTime": "00:17:10,529", "endTime": "00:17:11,530" }, { "index": 502, "text": "NEIGHBORS IN QUEEN ANNE AND", "startTime": "00:17:11,530", "endTime": "00:17:12,531" }, { "index": 503, "text": "FREMONT BENEFIT FROM SIMILAR", "startTime": "00:17:12,531", "endTime": "00:17:13,599" }, { "index": 504, "text": "PROJECTS IN THE NEXT LEVY CYCLE.", "startTime": "00:17:13,599", "endTime": "00:17:14,666" }, { "index": 505, "text": "WE CAN'T AFFORD TO WAIT TOO", "startTime": "00:17:14,666", "endTime": "00:17:15,834" }, { "index": 506, "text": "LONG TO PRESERVE THESE HISTORIC", "startTime": "00:17:15,834", "endTime": "00:17:16,869" }, { "index": 507, "text": "BUILDINGS. PLEASE VOTE YES FOR", "startTime": "00:17:16,869", "endTime": "00:17:18,037" }, { "index": 508, "text": "THIS AMENDMENT AND IT BENEFITS", "startTime": "00:17:18,037", "endTime": "00:17:19,004" }, { "index": 509, "text": "EVERYONE WHO COMES THROUGH THE", "startTime": "00:17:19,004", "endTime": "00:17:20,038" }, { "index": 510, "text": "DOORS OF OUR BRANCHES.", "startTime": "00:17:20,038", "endTime": "00:17:20,839" }, { "index": 511, "text": "THANK YOU, LILY. NEXT,", "startTime": "00:17:20,839", "endTime": "00:17:22,307" }, { "index": 512, "text": "CHRISTIANA AND THEN MONIQUE AND", "startTime": "00:17:22,307", "endTime": "00:17:24,777" }, { "index": 513, "text": "THEN WE GO TO OUR ONLINE.", "startTime": "00:17:24,777", "endTime": "00:17:29,048" }, { "index": 514, "text": "WELCOME.", "startTime": "00:17:29,048", "endTime": "00:17:30,949" }, { "index": 515, "text": "MY NAME IS CHRISTIANA. I LIVE", "startTime": "00:17:30,949", "endTime": "00:17:32,851" }, { "index": 516, "text": "IN DISTRICT 6. WHEN MY KIDS WERE", "startTime": "00:17:32,851", "endTime": "00:17:35,487" }, { "index": 517, "text": "LITTLE WE WOULD GO TO THE", "startTime": "00:17:35,487", "endTime": "00:17:38,057" }, { "index": 518, "text": "GREENWOOD LIBRARY IN OUR", "startTime": "00:17:38,057", "endTime": "00:17:39,158" }, { "index": 519, "text": "NEIGHBORHOOD OFTEN. WHEN WE", "startTime": "00:17:39,158", "endTime": "00:17:39,858" }, { "index": 520, "text": "WOULD RIDE THE ELEVATOR AS IT", "startTime": "00:17:39,858", "endTime": "00:17:45,130" }, { "index": 521, "text": "CREAKED AND CRAWLED THERE WOULD", "startTime": "00:17:45,130", "endTime": "00:17:45,898" }, { "index": 522, "text": "BE THAT MOMENT BETWEEN MYSELF,", "startTime": "00:17:45,898", "endTime": "00:17:46,932" }, { "index": 523, "text": "MY KIDS AND OTHER PATRONS LOOK", "startTime": "00:17:46,932", "endTime": "00:17:48,333" }, { "index": 524, "text": "THAT SAYS, ARE WE GOING TO GET", "startTime": "00:17:48,333", "endTime": "00:17:50,202" }, { "index": 525, "text": "STUCK? THOSE KIDS ARE YOUNG", "startTime": "00:17:50,202", "endTime": "00:17:54,440" }, { "index": 526, "text": "ADULTS NOW. ONE OF THEM IS HERE", "startTime": "00:17:54,440", "endTime": "00:17:55,941" }, { "index": 527, "text": "WITH ME TODAY. AND THE ELEVATOR", "startTime": "00:17:55,941", "endTime": "00:17:58,844" }, { "index": 528, "text": "AT THE GREENWOOD LIBRARY AND", "startTime": "00:17:58,844", "endTime": "00:17:59,878" }, { "index": 529, "text": "OTHERS IN OUR DISTRICT CONTINUE", "startTime": "00:17:59,878", "endTime": "00:18:00,946" }, { "index": 530, "text": "TO CREAK AND CRAWL EVER SO", "startTime": "00:18:00,946", "endTime": "00:18:02,147" }, { "index": 531, "text": "SLOWLY UP AND DOWN BETWEEN", "startTime": "00:18:02,147", "endTime": "00:18:03,715" }, { "index": 532, "text": "FLOORS. THE SAME HERE TO THANK", "startTime": "00:18:03,715", "endTime": "00:18:06,051" }, { "index": 533, "text": "MY COUNCILMEMBER, FOR HIS", "startTime": "00:18:06,051", "endTime": "00:18:06,985" }, { "index": 534, "text": "PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO FUND ADA", "startTime": "00:18:06,985", "endTime": "00:18:10,456" }, { "index": 535, "text": "ACCESSIBILITY AND MAINTENANCE", "startTime": "00:18:10,456", "endTime": "00:18:11,156" }, { "index": 536, "text": "NEEDS AT OUR LIBRARIES. THESE", "startTime": "00:18:11,156", "endTime": "00:18:14,760" }, { "index": 537, "text": "FUNDS ARE CRITICALLY NEEDED,", "startTime": "00:18:14,760", "endTime": "00:18:15,761" }, { "index": 538, "text": "ESPECIALLY FOR ELEVATOR AND", "startTime": "00:18:15,761", "endTime": "00:18:16,962" }, { "index": 539, "text": "ESCALATOR REPLACEMENTS. IF YOU", "startTime": "00:18:16,962", "endTime": "00:18:21,967" }, { "index": 540, "text": "HAD BEEN ON THE STREET TO THE", "startTime": "00:18:21,967", "endTime": "00:18:23,735" }, { "index": 541, "text": "CENTRAL LIBRARY, THIS WEEK,", "startTime": "00:18:23,735", "endTime": "00:18:24,303" }, { "index": 542, "text": "YOU'D HAVE SEEN AN ELEVATOR AND", "startTime": "00:18:24,303", "endTime": "00:18:25,537" }, { "index": 543, "text": "ESCALATOR ARE CURRENTLY DOWN. AS", "startTime": "00:18:25,537", "endTime": "00:18:26,638" }, { "index": 544, "text": "IS, UNFORTUNATELY, OFTEN THE", "startTime": "00:18:26,638", "endTime": "00:18:27,372" }, { "index": 545, "text": "CASE IN THAT AMAZING AND AGING", "startTime": "00:18:27,372", "endTime": "00:18:29,141" }, { "index": 546, "text": "BUILDING. AS OUR LIBRARIES AGE,", "startTime": "00:18:29,141", "endTime": "00:18:35,981" }, { "index": 547, "text": "ELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS ARE", "startTime": "00:18:35,981", "endTime": "00:18:36,849" }, { "index": 548, "text": "OFTEN THE FIRST THINGS TO BREAK.", "startTime": "00:18:36,849", "endTime": "00:18:38,183" }, { "index": 549, "text": "LEADING TO SAFETY RISKS AND", "startTime": "00:18:38,183", "endTime": "00:18:39,551" }, { "index": 550, "text": "INACCESSIBILITY. AND AS ANYONE", "startTime": "00:18:39,551", "endTime": "00:18:40,452" }, { "index": 551, "text": "WHO HAS LIVED OR WORKED IN A", "startTime": "00:18:40,452", "endTime": "00:18:41,787" }, { "index": 552, "text": "HIGH-RISE BUILDING THOSE,", "startTime": "00:18:41,787", "endTime": "00:18:42,821" }, { "index": 553, "text": "ELEVATORS AREN'T CHEAP OR QUICK", "startTime": "00:18:42,821", "endTime": "00:18:48,994" }, { "index": 554, "text": "TO REPLACE. THAT IS WHY THE TIME", "startTime": "00:18:48,994", "endTime": "00:18:50,462" }, { "index": 555, "text": "TO FUND THESE REPLACEMENTS IS", "startTime": "00:18:50,462", "endTime": "00:18:51,430" }, { "index": 556, "text": "RIGHT NOW WITH THE ONCE EVERY", "startTime": "00:18:51,430", "endTime": "00:18:52,698" }, { "index": 557, "text": "SEVEN YEARS OPPORTUNITY IN FRONT", "startTime": "00:18:52,698", "endTime": "00:18:53,866" }, { "index": 558, "text": "OF YOU BEFORE COSTS GET EVEN", "startTime": "00:18:53,866", "endTime": "00:18:55,434" }, { "index": 559, "text": "HIGHER OR A SERIOUS ISSUE", "startTime": "00:18:55,434", "endTime": "00:18:56,235" }, { "index": 560, "text": "OCCURS. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "00:18:56,235", "endTime": "00:19:01,106" }, { "index": 561, "text": "STRAUSS, FOR PROPOSING FUNDS TO", "startTime": "00:19:01,106", "endTime": "00:19:02,074" }, { "index": 562, "text": "ADEQUATELY ADDRESS ADA", "startTime": "00:19:02,074", "endTime": "00:19:02,708" }, { "index": 563, "text": "ACCESSIBILITY AND MAINTENANCE", "startTime": "00:19:02,708", "endTime": "00:19:03,342" }, { "index": 564, "text": "ACROSS THE LIBRARY SYSTEM.", "startTime": "00:19:03,342", "endTime": "00:19:10,182" }, { "index": 565, "text": "WITHOUT THIS FUNDING WE WILL", "startTime": "00:19:10,182", "endTime": "00:19:11,483" }, { "index": 566, "text": "FALL DANGEROUSLY BEHIND ON", "startTime": "00:19:11,483", "endTime": "00:19:12,084" }, { "index": 567, "text": "MAKING SURE OUR LIBRARIES ARE", "startTime": "00:19:12,084", "endTime": "00:19:13,152" }, { "index": 568, "text": "SAFE AND ACCESSIBLE FOR", "startTime": "00:19:13,152", "endTime": "00:19:13,852" }, { "index": 569, "text": "EVERYONE. I ASKED THE COUNCIL TO", "startTime": "00:19:13,852", "endTime": "00:19:15,153" }, { "index": 570, "text": "VOTE YES ON THIS AMENDMENT.", "startTime": "00:19:15,153", "endTime": "00:19:16,154" }, { "index": 571, "text": "THANK YOU SO MUCH.", "startTime": "00:19:16,154", "endTime": "00:19:17,356" }, { "index": 572, "text": "THANK YOU, CHRISTIANA. NEXT,", "startTime": "00:19:17,356", "endTime": "00:19:18,257" }, { "index": 573, "text": "MONIQUE, AND THEN WE WILL GO TO", "startTime": "00:19:18,257", "endTime": "00:19:19,658" }, { "index": 574, "text": "OUR ONLINE SPEAKERS. WELCOME.", "startTime": "00:19:19,658", "endTime": "00:19:23,028" }, { "index": 575, "text": "MY NAME IS MONIQUE AND I LIVE", "speaker": "MY NAME IS MONIQUE AND I LIVE", "startTime": "00:19:23,028", "endTime": "00:19:25,998" }, { "index": 576, "text": "IN DISTRICT 4. I FEGLI VISIT THE", "startTime": "00:19:25,998", "endTime": "00:19:30,736" }, { "index": 577, "text": "FREMONT LIBRARY. I SERVE ON THE", "startTime": "00:19:30,736", "endTime": "00:19:32,638" }, { "index": 578, "text": "BOARD OF THE FRIENDS OF THE", "startTime": "00:19:32,638", "endTime": "00:19:33,639" }, { "index": 579, "text": "SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY.", "startTime": "00:19:33,639", "endTime": "00:19:36,808" }, { "index": 580, "text": "THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS YOU", "startTime": "00:19:36,808", "endTime": "00:19:37,509" }, { "index": 581, "text": "ENGAGED WITH MANY OF MY FELLOW", "startTime": "00:19:37,509", "endTime": "00:19:38,644" }, { "index": 582, "text": "BOARD MEMBERS AS WE SEEK TO", "startTime": "00:19:38,644", "endTime": "00:19:39,878" }, { "index": 583, "text": "FULFILL OUR MISSION LIBRARY AND", "startTime": "00:19:39,878", "endTime": "00:19:40,846" }, { "index": 584, "text": "INSPIRE A LOVE OF READING IN OUR", "startTime": "00:19:40,846", "endTime": "00:19:42,548" }, { "index": 585, "text": "COMMUNITY. AND THANKS FOR", "startTime": "00:19:42,548", "endTime": "00:19:43,482" }, { "index": 586, "text": "LISTENING AND I WANT TO", "startTime": "00:19:43,482", "endTime": "00:19:44,883" }, { "index": 587, "text": "ESPECIALLY THANK COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "00:19:44,883", "endTime": "00:19:51,924" }, { "index": 588, "text": "RINCK, NOT JUST FOR YOUR", "startTime": "00:19:51,924", "endTime": "00:19:52,724" }, { "index": 589, "text": "FANTASTIC REAL WITH MY BOARD", "startTime": "00:19:52,724", "endTime": "00:19:53,759" }, { "index": 590, "text": "COLLEAGUE JENNIFER, BUT ALSO FOR", "startTime": "00:19:53,759", "endTime": "00:19:54,860" }, { "index": 591, "text": "SPONSORING THE AMENDMENT TO", "startTime": "00:19:54,860", "endTime": "00:19:55,761" }, { "index": 592, "text": "EXPAND INTO DIGITAL BOOKS. AS", "startTime": "00:19:55,761", "endTime": "00:19:56,862" }, { "index": 593, "text": "YOU REPEATEDLY HEARD, BOTH", "startTime": "00:19:56,862", "endTime": "00:19:58,096" }, { "index": 594, "text": "DIGITAL BOOKS AND PEAK PICS ARE", "startTime": "00:19:58,096", "endTime": "00:20:08,340" }, { "index": 595, "text": "EXTREMELY POPULAR AMONG SEATTLE", "startTime": "00:20:08,340", "endTime": "00:20:08,974" }, { "index": 596, "text": "READERS. IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE", "startTime": "00:20:08,974", "endTime": "00:20:10,242" }, { "index": 597, "text": "TO TAKE ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR", "startTime": "00:20:10,242", "endTime": "00:20:11,510" }, { "index": 598, "text": "THINGS LIBRARY DOES AND COMBINE", "startTime": "00:20:11,510", "endTime": "00:20:12,644" }, { "index": 599, "text": "IT WITH THE MOST POPULAR CURRENT", "startTime": "00:20:12,644", "endTime": "00:20:13,645" }, { "index": 600, "text": "FORMAT REQUESTED BY THE PUBLIC.", "startTime": "00:20:13,645", "endTime": "00:20:15,047" }, { "index": 601, "text": "THAT THE LIBRARY OFFERS. PEAK", "startTime": "00:20:15,047", "endTime": "00:20:15,948" }, { "index": 602, "text": "PICS OFFERS NO WAY ACCESS TO", "startTime": "00:20:15,948", "endTime": "00:20:17,149" }, { "index": 603, "text": "MOST IN DEMAND NEW RELEASES FROM", "startTime": "00:20:17,149", "endTime": "00:20:18,450" }, { "index": 604, "text": "WELL-KNOWN AUTHORS AND RIGHT NOW", "startTime": "00:20:18,450", "endTime": "00:20:19,484" }, { "index": 605, "text": "FOR EXAMPLE IT FEATURES THE", "startTime": "00:20:19,484", "endTime": "00:20:20,552" }, { "index": 606, "text": "LATEST WORKS FROM. IT ALSO", "startTime": "00:20:20,552", "endTime": "00:20:21,887" }, { "index": 607, "text": "HIGHLIGHTS WRITERS AND NEW", "startTime": "00:20:21,887", "endTime": "00:20:23,455" }, { "index": 608, "text": "VOICES AND CURRENT PICS INCLUDE", "startTime": "00:20:23,455", "endTime": "00:20:26,325" }, { "index": 609, "text": "NORTHWEST TRAVEL GUIDE, A MANUAL", "startTime": "00:20:26,325", "endTime": "00:20:32,364" }, { "index": 610, "text": "ON GROWING VEGETABLES IN", "startTime": "00:20:32,364", "endTime": "00:20:33,231" }, { "index": 611, "text": "WASHINGTON AND A MYSTERY SET ON", "startTime": "00:20:33,231", "endTime": "00:20:34,166" }, { "index": 612, "text": "WHIDBEY ISLAND. IT PROVIDES A", "startTime": "00:20:34,166", "endTime": "00:20:39,338" }, { "index": 613, "text": "BELOVED SERVICE FOR PATRONS AND", "startTime": "00:20:39,338", "endTime": "00:20:40,872" }, { "index": 614, "text": "VALUABLE PLATFORM FOR EMERGING", "startTime": "00:20:40,872", "endTime": "00:20:41,506" }, { "index": 615, "text": "AND DIVERSE WRITERS AT THE FRONT", "startTime": "00:20:41,506", "endTime": "00:20:42,441" }, { "index": 616, "text": "OF EVERY LIBRARY AND HOPEFULLY", "startTime": "00:20:42,441", "endTime": "00:20:43,475" }, { "index": 617, "text": "SOON ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE", "startTime": "00:20:43,475", "endTime": "00:20:44,876" }, { "index": 618, "text": "AB. PLEASE VOTE YES TO EXPAND", "startTime": "00:20:44,876", "endTime": "00:20:51,350" }, { "index": 619, "text": "ACCESS TO PEAK PICS AND DIGITAL", "startTime": "00:20:51,350", "endTime": "00:20:52,784" }, { "index": 620, "text": "BOOKS.", "startTime": "00:20:52,784", "endTime": "00:20:53,018" }, { "index": 621, "text": "THANK YOU. WE WILL GO TO OUR", "startTime": "00:20:53,018", "endTime": "00:20:54,453" }, { "index": 622, "text": "ONLINE SPEAKERS. WE HAVE BRIAN,", "startTime": "00:20:54,453", "endTime": "00:20:55,687" }, { "index": 623, "text": "ROBERTA, AND KATHLEEN. BRIAN,", "startTime": "00:20:55,687", "endTime": "00:20:57,723" }, { "index": 624, "text": "PRESS STAR SIX AND YOU MAY", "startTime": "00:20:57,723", "endTime": "00:21:03,762" }, { "index": 625, "text": "BEGIN.", "startTime": "00:21:03,762", "endTime": "00:21:10,269" }, { "index": 626, "text": "THIS IS BRIAN. I'M A HOST ON", "startTime": "00:21:10,269", "endTime": "00:21:11,837" }, { "index": 627, "text": "THE SEATTLE CHANNEL. THANK YOU", "startTime": "00:21:11,837", "endTime": "00:21:13,071" }, { "index": 628, "text": "FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. I'VE", "startTime": "00:21:13,071", "endTime": "00:21:13,839" }, { "index": 629, "text": "TALKED WITH ALL OF YOU AT THE", "startTime": "00:21:13,839", "endTime": "00:21:15,340" }, { "index": 630, "text": "SEATTLE CHANNEL STUDIOS BEFORE", "startTime": "00:21:15,340", "endTime": "00:21:16,074" }, { "index": 631, "text": "BUT THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.", "startTime": "00:21:16,074", "endTime": "00:21:17,242" }, { "index": 632, "text": "I'M SPEAKING TO YOU IN SUPPORT", "startTime": "00:21:17,242", "endTime": "00:21:18,910" }, { "index": 633, "text": "OF COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS'S", "startTime": "00:21:18,910", "endTime": "00:21:22,648" }, { "index": 634, "text": "AMENDMENT TO THE LIBRARY LEVY.", "startTime": "00:21:22,648", "endTime": "00:21:23,815" }, { "index": 635, "text": "AMENDMENT NUMBER EIGHT ON PAGE", "startTime": "00:21:23,815", "endTime": "00:21:24,750" }, { "index": 636, "text": "16 OF YOUR AMENDMENT'S PACKET.", "startTime": "00:21:24,750", "endTime": "00:21:25,751" }, { "index": 637, "text": "THIS MEASURE WOULD EXPAND", "startTime": "00:21:25,751", "endTime": "00:21:26,852" }, { "index": 638, "text": "LIBRARY PROGRAMMING ON THE", "startTime": "00:21:26,852", "endTime": "00:21:27,653" }, { "index": 639, "text": "SEATTLE CHANNEL. A RELATIVELY", "startTime": "00:21:27,653", "endTime": "00:21:28,553" }, { "index": 640, "text": "LOW COST OF $300,000 PER YEAR,", "startTime": "00:21:28,553", "endTime": "00:21:32,090" }, { "index": 641, "text": "$2.1 MILLION OVER THE LIFE OF", "startTime": "00:21:32,090", "endTime": "00:21:33,258" }, { "index": 642, "text": "THE LEVY. THE SEATTLE CHANNEL IS", "startTime": "00:21:33,258", "endTime": "00:21:35,060" }, { "index": 643, "text": "BROADCAST MONTHLY LIBRARY BOARD", "startTime": "00:21:35,060", "endTime": "00:21:41,867" }, { "index": 644, "text": "MEETINGS, FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS,", "startTime": "00:21:41,867", "endTime": "00:21:43,268" }, { "index": 645, "text": "AND THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY NOW", "startTime": "00:21:43,268", "endTime": "00:21:44,136" }, { "index": 646, "text": "TO BUILD ON THIS PARTNERSHIP AND", "startTime": "00:21:44,136", "endTime": "00:21:45,470" }, { "index": 647, "text": "LEVERAGE THE CHANNEL'S GROWING", "startTime": "00:21:45,470", "endTime": "00:21:46,238" }, { "index": 648, "text": "ONLINE PRESENCE WITH 5.5 MILLION", "startTime": "00:21:46,238", "endTime": "00:21:47,239" }, { "index": 649, "text": "ANNUAL VIDEO ABUSE TO PROMOTE", "startTime": "00:21:47,239", "endTime": "00:21:48,940" }, { "index": 650, "text": "LIBRARY CONTENT. BOOK TALKS,", "startTime": "00:21:48,940", "endTime": "00:21:57,049" }, { "index": 651, "text": "LECTURES AND OTHER LIBRARY", "startTime": "00:21:57,049", "endTime": "00:21:58,250" }, { "index": 652, "text": "PRESENTATIONS COULD BE FEATURED", "startTime": "00:21:58,250", "endTime": "00:21:59,251" }, { "index": 653, "text": "ON SEATTLE CHANNELS MULTIPLE", "startTime": "00:21:59,251", "endTime": "00:21:59,851" }, { "index": 654, "text": "VIDEO PLATFORMS. CONNECTING WITH", "startTime": "00:21:59,851", "endTime": "00:22:00,519" }, { "index": 655, "text": "THE CHANNELS 156,000 FOLLOWERS", "startTime": "00:22:00,519", "endTime": "00:22:01,186" }, { "index": 656, "text": "ON SOCIAL MEDIA INCLUDING 82,000", "startTime": "00:22:01,186", "endTime": "00:22:02,154" }, { "index": 657, "text": "SUBSCRIBERS ON YOUTUBE ALONE.", "startTime": "00:22:02,154", "endTime": "00:22:06,358" }, { "index": 658, "text": "THIS AMENDMENT IS NOT A LARGE", "startTime": "00:22:06,358", "endTime": "00:22:07,659" }, { "index": 659, "text": "INCREASE TO THE LEVY. BUT IT", "startTime": "00:22:07,659", "endTime": "00:22:08,860" }, { "index": 660, "text": "WOULD CREATE A SIGNIFICANT", "startTime": "00:22:08,860", "endTime": "00:22:09,728" }, { "index": 661, "text": "FUNDING SOURCE FOR THE SEATTLE", "startTime": "00:22:09,728", "endTime": "00:22:10,729" }, { "index": 662, "text": "CHANNEL. AS MANY CANCEL MEMBERS", "startTime": "00:22:10,729", "endTime": "00:22:17,536" }, { "index": 663, "text": "KNOW, THE CHANNEL FACE MAJOR", "startTime": "00:22:17,536", "endTime": "00:22:18,437" }, { "index": 664, "text": "FUNDING CUTS IN 2024 THAT", "startTime": "00:22:18,437", "endTime": "00:22:19,371" }, { "index": 665, "text": "WOULD'VE RESULTED IN THE LOSS", "startTime": "00:22:19,371", "endTime": "00:22:20,472" }, { "index": 666, "text": "OF SHOWS LIKE THE ONES I HOST", "startTime": "00:22:20,472", "endTime": "00:22:21,740" }, { "index": 667, "text": "WITH YOU AND OTHER GUESTS, PLUS", "startTime": "00:22:21,740", "endTime": "00:22:23,075" }, { "index": 668, "text": "OTHER POPULAR PROGRAMS. LIKE ART", "startTime": "00:22:23,075", "endTime": "00:22:24,042" }, { "index": 669, "text": "ZONE. AND BOOK LOVE. I AM", "startTime": "00:22:24,042", "endTime": "00:22:31,450" }, { "index": 670, "text": "THANKFUL TO THE COUNCIL THAT", "startTime": "00:22:31,450", "endTime": "00:22:32,584" }, { "index": 671, "text": "FUNDING FOR THE CHANNEL WAS", "startTime": "00:22:32,584", "endTime": "00:22:34,086" }, { "index": 672, "text": "RESTORED THEN, BUT DECREASING", "startTime": "00:22:34,086", "endTime": "00:22:34,720" }, { "index": 673, "text": "REVENUE FROM CABLE FEES REMAINS", "startTime": "00:22:34,720", "endTime": "00:22:35,554" }, { "index": 674, "text": "A CONCERN. THAT IS WHY THIS IDEA", "startTime": "00:22:35,554", "endTime": "00:22:36,955" }, { "index": 675, "text": "OF ADDING A LITTLE BIT OF LEVY", "startTime": "00:22:36,955", "endTime": "00:22:38,256" }, { "index": 676, "text": "MONEY TO THE CHANNEL, CREATING A", "startTime": "00:22:38,256", "endTime": "00:22:39,558" }, { "index": 677, "text": "BRAIDED APPROACH WITH MULTIPLE", "startTime": "00:22:39,558", "endTime": "00:22:40,358" }, { "index": 678, "text": "FUNDING SOURCES FOR THE CHANNEL", "startTime": "00:22:40,358", "endTime": "00:22:41,359" }, { "index": 679, "text": "PRESENTS ITSELF AS A PRACTICAL", "startTime": "00:22:41,359", "endTime": "00:22:42,394" }, { "index": 680, "text": "AND SUSTAINABLE PATH FORWARD. AS", "startTime": "00:22:42,394", "endTime": "00:22:52,938" }, { "index": 681, "text": "A JOURNALIST COVERING CITY HALL", "startTime": "00:22:56,508", "endTime": "00:22:57,375" }, { "index": 682, "text": "IT IS NOT COMFORTABLE FOR ME TO", "startTime": "00:22:57,375", "endTime": "00:22:58,744" }, { "index": 683, "text": "SPEAK OUT ABOUT THE CITY DOLLARS", "startTime": "00:22:58,744", "endTime": "00:23:00,045" }, { "index": 684, "text": "THAT AFFECT MY JOB, AS I WAS NOT", "startTime": "00:23:00,045", "endTime": "00:23:01,747" }, { "index": 685, "text": "COMFORTABLE TWO YEARS AGO. BUT", "startTime": "00:23:01,747", "endTime": "00:23:02,647" }, { "index": 686, "text": "I'M GOING TO SAY WITH ALL THE", "startTime": "00:23:02,647", "endTime": "00:23:04,449" }, { "index": 687, "text": "HUMIDITY I CAN, I SEE THE WORK", "startTime": "00:23:04,449", "endTime": "00:23:05,650" }, { "index": 688, "text": "OF THE SEATTLE CHANNEL IS A", "startTime": "00:23:05,650", "endTime": "00:23:06,852" }, { "index": 689, "text": "CRITICAL PART OF THE FABRIC OF", "startTime": "00:23:06,852", "endTime": "00:23:08,153" }, { "index": 690, "text": "THE CITY AND IT NEEDS TO SURVIVE", "startTime": "00:23:08,153", "endTime": "00:23:09,454" }, { "index": 691, "text": "AND FLOURISH. THIS IS A VERY", "startTime": "00:23:09,454", "endTime": "00:23:10,756" }, { "index": 692, "text": "SMALL INCREASE TO THE LEVY, BUT", "startTime": "00:23:10,756", "endTime": "00:23:12,157" }, { "index": 693, "text": "I SEE IT AS A FISCALLY", "startTime": "00:23:12,157", "endTime": "00:23:13,558" }, { "index": 694, "text": "RESPONSIBLE MOVE TO PROMOTE", "startTime": "00:23:13,558", "endTime": "00:23:14,159" }, { "index": 695, "text": "SEATTLE LIBRARIES AND HELP THE", "startTime": "00:23:14,159", "endTime": "00:23:15,160" }, { "index": 696, "text": "SEATTLE CHANNEL 5 INTO THE", "startTime": "00:23:15,160", "endTime": "00:23:16,261" }, { "index": 697, "text": "FUTURE. THANK YOU.", "startTime": "00:23:16,261", "endTime": "00:23:16,962" }, { "index": 698, "text": "THANK YOU, BRIAN. NEXT,", "startTime": "00:23:16,962", "endTime": "00:23:17,963" }, { "index": 699, "text": "ROBERTA. PRESS STAR SIX. YOU MAY", "startTime": "00:23:17,963", "endTime": "00:23:19,364" }, { "index": 700, "text": "BEGIN.", "startTime": "00:23:19,364", "endTime": "00:23:20,132" }, { "index": 702, "text": "THANK YOU, CHAIR AND COUNCIL", "startTime": "00:23:20,732", "endTime": "00:23:21,967" }, { "index": 703, "text": "MEMBERS. MY NAME IS ROBERTA AND", "startTime": "00:23:21,967", "endTime": "00:23:23,135" }, { "index": 704, "text": "I LIVE IN DISTRICT 5. MY FIRST", "startTime": "00:23:23,135", "endTime": "00:23:25,437" }, { "index": 705, "text": "TIME EVER CALLING IN TO MAKE", "startTime": "00:23:25,437", "endTime": "00:23:30,075" }, { "index": 706, "text": "PUBLIC COMMENT ON AN ISSUE. I", "startTime": "00:23:30,075", "endTime": "00:23:31,343" }, { "index": 707, "text": "HAVE BEEN A LIFELONG SUPPORTER", "startTime": "00:23:31,343", "endTime": "00:23:32,444" }, { "index": 708, "text": "OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY,", "startTime": "00:23:32,444", "endTime": "00:23:33,345" }, { "index": 709, "text": "FREQUENTED THE NORTHEAST", "startTime": "00:23:33,345", "endTime": "00:23:34,346" }, { "index": 710, "text": "LIBRARY, AND AND AN AVID", "startTime": "00:23:34,346", "endTime": "00:23:37,482" }, { "index": 711, "text": "AUDIOBOOK USER. THE LIBRARY IS A", "startTime": "00:23:37,482", "endTime": "00:23:39,151" }, { "index": 712, "text": "PLACE THAT I AND SO MANY OTHERS", "startTime": "00:23:39,151", "endTime": "00:23:41,753" }, { "index": 713, "text": "HAVE ALWAYS CALLED HOME. I'M", "startTime": "00:23:41,753", "endTime": "00:23:43,288" }, { "index": 714, "text": "ALSO AN ACTIVE YOU ARE OF THE", "startTime": "00:23:43,288", "endTime": "00:23:47,159" }, { "index": 715, "text": "EMMY AWARD-WINNING SEATTLE", "startTime": "00:23:47,159", "endTime": "00:23:47,859" }, { "index": 716, "text": "CHANNEL. SUCH A GREAT EXISTING", "startTime": "00:23:47,859", "endTime": "00:23:49,461" }, { "index": 717, "text": "FREE RESOURCE THAT THE CITY", "startTime": "00:23:49,461", "endTime": "00:23:50,962" }, { "index": 718, "text": "SHOULD BE PROUD OF. THIS IS WHY", "startTime": "00:23:50,962", "endTime": "00:23:55,834" }, { "index": 719, "text": "AM SO PLEASED TO SEE THE", "startTime": "00:23:55,834", "endTime": "00:23:56,935" }, { "index": 720, "text": "AMENDMENT FROM COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "00:23:56,935", "endTime": "00:23:58,136" }, { "index": 721, "text": "STRAUSS TO GROW THE SEATTLE", "startTime": "00:23:58,136", "endTime": "00:24:03,375" }, { "index": 722, "text": "CHANNEL COVERAGE OF THE LIBRARY", "startTime": "00:24:03,375", "endTime": "00:24:04,509" }, { "index": 723, "text": "PROGRAMS. WHAT A GREAT", "startTime": "00:24:04,509", "endTime": "00:24:05,243" }, { "index": 724, "text": "COLLABORATION THAT WILL BE.", "startTime": "00:24:05,243", "endTime": "00:24:06,344" }, { "index": 725, "text": "LIBRARY PROGRAMS ARE SUCH A HUGE", "startTime": "00:24:06,344", "endTime": "00:24:07,245" }, { "index": 726, "text": "WIN FOR THE CITY. EDUCATIONAL", "startTime": "00:24:07,245", "endTime": "00:24:08,313" }, { "index": 727, "text": "AND FREE OF CHARGE. A BROAD", "startTime": "00:24:08,313", "endTime": "00:24:11,216" }, { "index": 728, "text": "RANGE OF PROGRAMS OFFER", "startTime": "00:24:11,216", "endTime": "00:24:12,150" }, { "index": 729, "text": "SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. TRULY A", "startTime": "00:24:12,150", "endTime": "00:24:13,652" }, { "index": 730, "text": "COMMON GROUND. THESE MUST BE", "startTime": "00:24:13,652", "endTime": "00:24:21,026" }, { "index": 731, "text": "ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE INCLUDING", "startTime": "00:24:21,026", "endTime": "00:24:21,860" }, { "index": 732, "text": "PEOPLE FACE BARRIERS, PRESENTED", "startTime": "00:24:21,860", "endTime": "00:24:22,561" }, { "index": 733, "text": "BY THE TRANSPORTATION, CHILDCARE", "startTime": "00:24:22,561", "endTime": "00:24:23,929" }, { "index": 734, "text": "AND MORE. AND WHO MAY NOT BE", "startTime": "00:24:23,929", "endTime": "00:24:27,632" }, { "index": 735, "text": "ABLE TO ATTEND LIBRARY PROGRAMS", "startTime": "00:24:27,632", "endTime": "00:24:28,467" }, { "index": 736, "text": "IN PERSON. THE SEATTLE CHANNEL", "startTime": "00:24:28,467", "endTime": "00:24:30,035" }, { "index": 737, "text": "IS ANOTHER ESSENTIAL FREE", "startTime": "00:24:30,035", "endTime": "00:24:32,137" }, { "index": 738, "text": "EDUCATIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE. THEY", "startTime": "00:24:32,137", "endTime": "00:24:37,642" }, { "index": 739, "text": "DO SUCH AN AMAZING JOB OF", "startTime": "00:24:37,642", "endTime": "00:24:38,844" }, { "index": 740, "text": "COVERING CITY POLITICS AND SO", "startTime": "00:24:38,844", "endTime": "00:24:40,045" }, { "index": 741, "text": "MUCH MORE. THEY ALREADY OFFER", "startTime": "00:24:40,045", "endTime": "00:24:41,413" }, { "index": 742, "text": "AWARD-WINNING ORIGINAL CONTENT,", "startTime": "00:24:41,413", "endTime": "00:24:42,747" }, { "index": 743, "text": "CREATIVE AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS,", "startTime": "00:24:42,747", "endTime": "00:24:44,082" }, { "index": 744, "text": "VITAL ELECTION INFORMATION AND", "startTime": "00:24:44,082", "endTime": "00:24:47,786" }, { "index": 745, "text": "SEATTLE HISTORY JUST TO NAME A", "startTime": "00:24:47,786", "endTime": "00:24:48,854" }, { "index": 746, "text": "FEW. I'M EXCITED THAT", "startTime": "00:24:48,854", "endTime": "00:24:55,627" }, { "index": 747, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS'S", "startTime": "00:24:55,627", "endTime": "00:24:56,161" }, { "index": 748, "text": "AMENDMENT WOULD PROVIDE MORE", "startTime": "00:24:56,161", "endTime": "00:24:56,828" }, { "index": 749, "text": "OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE", "startTime": "00:24:56,828", "endTime": "00:24:57,362" }, { "index": 750, "text": "EXPERIENCE LIBRARY PROGRAMS", "startTime": "00:24:57,362", "endTime": "00:24:58,029" }, { "index": 751, "text": "REMOTELY VIA THE SEATTLE", "startTime": "00:24:58,029", "endTime": "00:24:59,464" }, { "index": 752, "text": "CHANNEL. I URGE YOU TO VOTE YES", "startTime": "00:24:59,464", "endTime": "00:25:00,832" }, { "index": 753, "text": "ON THIS AMENDMENT AND SUPPORT", "startTime": "00:25:00,832", "endTime": "00:25:02,000" }, { "index": 754, "text": "MORE ACCESS TO TWO OF OUR", "startTime": "00:25:02,000", "endTime": "00:25:09,241" }, { "index": 755, "text": "CENTRAL PUBLIC SERVICES. THE", "startTime": "00:25:09,241", "endTime": "00:25:10,141" }, { "index": 756, "text": "LIBRARY AND THE SEATTLE CHANNEL.", "startTime": "00:25:10,141", "endTime": "00:25:10,976" }, { "index": 757, "text": "THANK YOU.", "startTime": "00:25:10,976", "endTime": "00:25:11,743" }, { "index": 758, "text": "THANK YOU, ROBERTA. KATHLEEN.", "startTime": "00:25:11,743", "endTime": "00:25:12,744" }, { "index": 759, "text": "PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX AND YOU", "startTime": "00:25:12,744", "endTime": "00:25:14,880" }, { "index": 760, "text": "MAY BEGIN.", "startTime": "00:25:14,880", "endTime": "00:25:15,847" }, { "index": 761, "text": "THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS.", "startTime": "00:25:15,847", "endTime": "00:25:22,254" }, { "index": 762, "text": "MY NAME IS KATHLEEN, AND I LIVE", "startTime": "00:25:22,254", "endTime": "00:25:23,388" }, { "index": 763, "text": "IN DISTRICT 7. I AM SPEAKING IN", "startTime": "00:25:23,388", "endTime": "00:25:29,027" }, { "index": 764, "text": "SUPPORT OF THE LIBRARY LEVY WITH", "startTime": "00:25:29,027", "endTime": "00:25:30,295" }, { "index": 765, "text": "AN EMPHASIS ON ADDITIONAL", "startTime": "00:25:30,295", "endTime": "00:25:31,096" }, { "index": 766, "text": "FUNDING FOR THE COMMUNITY", "startTime": "00:25:31,096", "endTime": "00:25:32,364" }, { "index": 767, "text": "RESOURCE SPECIALIST POSITION.", "startTime": "00:25:32,364", "endTime": "00:25:37,335" }, { "index": 768, "text": "FOR 19 YEARS I WAS THE EXECUTIVE", "startTime": "00:25:37,335", "endTime": "00:25:38,837" }, { "index": 769, "text": "DIRECTOR OF CRISIS CLINIC, NOW", "startTime": "00:25:38,837", "endTime": "00:25:39,938" }, { "index": 770, "text": "CRISIS CONNECTION. WHICH", "startTime": "00:25:39,938", "endTime": "00:25:40,538" }, { "index": 771, "text": "PROVIDES TELEPHONE-BASED", "startTime": "00:25:40,538", "endTime": "00:25:41,072" }, { "index": 772, "text": "INFORMATION REFERRALS TO HELP", "startTime": "00:25:41,072", "endTime": "00:25:43,942" }, { "index": 773, "text": "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND A", "startTime": "00:25:43,942", "endTime": "00:25:45,277" }, { "index": 774, "text": "BROAD ARRAY OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH", "startTime": "00:25:45,277", "endTime": "00:25:46,278" }, { "index": 775, "text": "CRISIS DIVERSION SERVICES", "startTime": "00:25:46,278", "endTime": "00:25:47,646" }, { "index": 776, "text": "INCLUDING 988 , THE SUICIDE AND", "startTime": "00:25:47,646", "endTime": "00:25:51,249" }, { "index": 777, "text": "CRISIS LINE. I WAS A COFOUNDER", "startTime": "00:25:51,249", "endTime": "00:26:01,793" }, { "index": 778, "text": "OF WASHINGTON STATE 211 SERVICE,", "startTime": "00:26:10,802", "endTime": "00:26:11,369" }, { "index": 779, "text": "A THREE DIGIT DIALING CODE THAT", "startTime": "00:26:11,369", "endTime": "00:26:12,003" }, { "index": 780, "text": "MADE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE -- THE", "startTime": "00:26:12,003", "endTime": "00:26:20,979" }, { "index": 781, "text": "LIBRARY'S COMMUNITY RESOURCE", "startTime": "00:26:20,979", "endTime": "00:26:21,613" }, { "index": 782, "text": "SPECIALISTS ARE A DEDICATED", "startTime": "00:26:21,613", "endTime": "00:26:22,447" }, { "index": 783, "text": "STAFF WHO HAVE THE CAPACITY ,", "startTime": "00:26:22,447", "endTime": "00:26:25,850" }, { "index": 784, "text": "EXPERTISE AND EMPATHY TO WORK", "startTime": "00:26:25,850", "endTime": "00:26:26,851" }, { "index": 785, "text": "WITH VULNERABLE LIBRARY", "startTime": "00:26:26,851", "endTime": "00:26:27,953" }, { "index": 786, "text": "PATIENTS. EXPANDING THESE", "startTime": "00:26:27,953", "endTime": "00:26:30,655" }, { "index": 787, "text": "POSITIONS AND WORKING WITH THE", "startTime": "00:26:30,655", "endTime": "00:26:32,157" }, { "index": 788, "text": "CARE TEAM TO BETTER INTEGRATE", "startTime": "00:26:32,157", "endTime": "00:26:33,692" }, { "index": 789, "text": "SERVICE CONNECTION FROM LIBRARY", "startTime": "00:26:33,692", "endTime": "00:26:35,226" }, { "index": 790, "text": "LOCATION WILL STRENGTHEN OUR", "startTime": "00:26:35,226", "endTime": "00:26:40,565" }, { "index": 791, "text": "CITY SAFETY NET. THIS WILL", "startTime": "00:26:40,565", "endTime": "00:26:41,733" }, { "index": 792, "text": "BENEFIT PATRONS AT THE CENTRAL", "startTime": "00:26:41,733", "endTime": "00:26:42,634" }, { "index": 793, "text": "LIBRARY, BALLARD, AND CAPITOL", "startTime": "00:26:42,634", "endTime": "00:26:43,935" }, { "index": 794, "text": "HILL. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK", "startTime": "00:26:43,935", "endTime": "00:26:48,740" }, { "index": 795, "text": "COUNCIL MEMBERS FOSTER, STRAUSS", "startTime": "00:26:48,740", "endTime": "00:26:50,108" }, { "index": 796, "text": "AND HOLLINGSWORTH. THERE", "startTime": "00:26:50,108", "endTime": "00:26:54,446" }, { "index": 797, "text": "IMPORTANT AMENDMENT WOULD", "startTime": "00:26:54,446", "endTime": "00:26:55,080" }, { "index": 798, "text": "ADDRESS THE CRISIS NEEDS OF", "startTime": "00:26:55,080", "endTime": "00:26:56,781" }, { "index": 799, "text": "LIBRARY PATRONS. I ENCOURAGE ALL", "startTime": "00:26:56,781", "endTime": "00:26:58,750" }, { "index": 800, "text": "COUNCILMEMBERS TO SUPPORT THIS", "startTime": "00:26:58,750", "endTime": "00:26:59,985" }, { "index": 801, "text": "AMENDMENT AND EXPAND THE", "startTime": "00:26:59,985", "endTime": "00:27:03,254" }, { "index": 802, "text": "LIBRARY'S ROLE IN ADDRESSING", "startTime": "00:27:03,254", "endTime": "00:27:04,055" }, { "index": 803, "text": "THE NEEDS OF OUR LITTLE MEMBERS", "startTime": "00:27:04,055", "endTime": "00:27:05,256" }, { "index": 804, "text": "OF OUR CITY. THANK YOU.", "startTime": "00:27:05,256", "endTime": "00:27:09,127" }, { "index": 805, "text": "THANK YOU. COLLEEN, PLEASE", "startTime": "00:27:09,127", "endTime": "00:27:10,729" }, { "index": 806, "text": "PRESS STAR SIX AND YOU MAY", "startTime": "00:27:10,729", "endTime": "00:27:12,364" }, { "index": 807, "text": "BEGIN.", "startTime": "00:27:12,364", "endTime": "00:27:15,734" }, { "index": 808, "text": "GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.", "startTime": "00:27:15,734", "endTime": "00:27:22,974" }, { "index": 809, "text": "ARE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 3200", "startTime": "00:27:22,974", "endTime": "00:27:23,942" }, { "index": 810, "text": "RESIDENTS, 100% SUPPORTS THE $10", "startTime": "00:27:23,942", "endTime": "00:27:25,043" }, { "index": 811, "text": "MILLION VIBRATE LEVY. AS YOU", "startTime": "00:27:25,043", "endTime": "00:27:25,644" }, { "index": 812, "text": "KNOW, IT IS WHOPPING 50%", "startTime": "00:27:25,644", "endTime": "00:27:27,479" }, { "index": 813, "text": "INCREASE INFLATION ADJUSTMENT", "startTime": "00:27:27,479", "endTime": "00:27:35,153" }, { "index": 814, "text": "REPLACEMENT LEVY WHICH COVERS", "startTime": "00:27:35,153", "endTime": "00:27:35,787" }, { "index": 815, "text": "EVERYTHING FROM OPERATIONS", "startTime": "00:27:35,787", "endTime": "00:27:36,388" }, { "index": 816, "text": "MAINTENANCE, BOOKS AND", "startTime": "00:27:36,388", "endTime": "00:27:37,155" }, { "index": 817, "text": "MATERIALS, INFRASTRUCTURE,", "startTime": "00:27:37,155", "endTime": "00:27:37,722" }, { "index": 818, "text": "E-BOOKS AND THE WONDERFUL", "startTime": "00:27:37,722", "endTime": "00:27:38,890" }, { "index": 819, "text": "OUTREACH SERVICES. THERE ARE", "startTime": "00:27:38,890", "endTime": "00:27:42,160" }, { "index": 820, "text": "SOME REAL CONCERNS AMONG", "startTime": "00:27:42,160", "endTime": "00:27:43,161" }, { "index": 821, "text": "CONSTITUENTS THAT THE LEVY", "startTime": "00:27:43,161", "endTime": "00:27:43,728" }, { "index": 822, "text": "REQUIRES THE CITY TO RECEIVE", "startTime": "00:27:43,728", "endTime": "00:27:45,764" }, { "index": 823, "text": "LEVY LIMITS FROM THE STATE AND", "startTime": "00:27:45,764", "endTime": "00:27:46,931" }, { "index": 824, "text": "THE NEIGHBORS ESPECIALLY SENIORS", "startTime": "00:27:46,931", "endTime": "00:27:47,732" }, { "index": 825, "text": "AND SEVERAL VETERANS ON FIXED", "startTime": "00:27:47,732", "endTime": "00:27:48,800" }, { "index": 826, "text": "INCOMES DO NOT SUPPORT", "startTime": "00:27:48,800", "endTime": "00:27:50,235" }, { "index": 827, "text": "ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS SEATTLE", "startTime": "00:27:50,235", "endTime": "00:27:51,469" }, { "index": 828, "text": "EVEN AT A DANGEROUSLY HIGH", "startTime": "00:27:51,469", "endTime": "00:27:53,938" }, { "index": 829, "text": "---THE STATE. ADDING MORE", "startTime": "00:27:53,938", "endTime": "00:27:56,441" }, { "index": 830, "text": "MILLIONS AMENDMENTS FOR THE CITY", "startTime": "00:27:56,441", "endTime": "00:28:06,985" }, { "index": 831, "text": "FOR REAL EMERGENCIES. YESTERDAY", "startTime": "00:28:11,423", "endTime": "00:28:12,524" }, { "index": 832, "text": "AS WE STOOD AT THE MARKET", "startTime": "00:28:12,524", "endTime": "00:28:13,291" }, { "index": 833, "text": "NEIGHBORS WERE CONTEMPLATING IN", "startTime": "00:28:13,291", "endTime": "00:28:14,392" }, { "index": 834, "text": "THE CARTS WHETHER THEY SHOULD", "startTime": "00:28:14,392", "endTime": "00:28:15,160" }, { "index": 835, "text": "STUFF THE CART FULL OF", "startTime": "00:28:15,160", "endTime": "00:28:16,161" }, { "index": 836, "text": "EVERYTHING OR SHOULD SOMETHING", "startTime": "00:28:16,161", "endTime": "00:28:17,228" }, { "index": 837, "text": "BE LEFT ON THE SHELF BROTHERS", "startTime": "00:28:17,228", "endTime": "00:28:18,229" }, { "index": 838, "text": "FOR EMERGENCIES. THIS IS THE", "startTime": "00:28:18,229", "endTime": "00:28:19,297" }, { "index": 839, "text": "SAME AS SAVING A SMALL OF AMOUNT", "startTime": "00:28:19,297", "endTime": "00:28:20,732" }, { "index": 840, "text": "OF TAXING CAPACITY. OR", "startTime": "00:28:20,732", "endTime": "00:28:21,566" }, { "index": 841, "text": "CONTINGENCY FOR THE CITY'S", "startTime": "00:28:21,566", "endTime": "00:28:22,867" }, { "index": 842, "text": "FUTURE. ALL OF SEATTLE RESIDENTS", "startTime": "00:28:22,867", "endTime": "00:28:33,411" }, { "index": 843, "text": "HAVE WONDERFUL AFFILIATIONS WITH", "startTime": "00:28:33,812", "endTime": "00:28:34,446" }, { "index": 844, "text": "SEATTLE LIBRARIES AND GREAT", "startTime": "00:28:34,446", "endTime": "00:28:35,280" }, { "index": 845, "text": "MEMORIES. BUT WE CAN'T AFFORD", "startTime": "00:28:35,280", "endTime": "00:28:36,114" }, { "index": 846, "text": "MORE THAN THE $410 MILLION WHICH", "startTime": "00:28:36,114", "endTime": "00:28:37,248" }, { "index": 847, "text": "IS A 50% INCREASE. LANDOWNERS", "startTime": "00:28:37,248", "endTime": "00:28:38,283" }, { "index": 848, "text": "HAVE ALREADY BEEN TAXED HEAVILY", "startTime": "00:28:38,283", "endTime": "00:28:39,451" }, { "index": 849, "text": "TO FUND PARKS AND REC LEVY,", "startTime": "00:28:39,451", "endTime": "00:28:40,585" }, { "index": 850, "text": "CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND FREE", "startTime": "00:28:40,585", "endTime": "00:28:41,453" }, { "index": 851, "text": "PRESCHOOL WHICH ALSO PROVIDES", "startTime": "00:28:41,453", "endTime": "00:28:42,253" }, { "index": 852, "text": "MANY OF THESE RESOURCES IN SAFE", "startTime": "00:28:42,253", "endTime": "00:28:43,555" }, { "index": 853, "text": "PLACES FOR CHILDREN TO BE AFTER", "startTime": "00:28:43,555", "endTime": "00:28:44,756" }, { "index": 854, "text": "SCHOOL. PLEASE PASS THE $400", "startTime": "00:28:44,756", "endTime": "00:28:45,757" }, { "index": 855, "text": "MILLION -- $410 MILLION CB 12181", "startTime": "00:28:45,757", "endTime": "00:28:46,958" }, { "index": 856, "text": "WITH NO AMENDMENTS. LET'S KEEP", "startTime": "00:28:46,958", "endTime": "00:28:48,059" }, { "index": 857, "text": "SEATTLE MORE AFFORDABLE FOR", "startTime": "00:28:48,059", "endTime": "00:28:49,027" }, { "index": 858, "text": "LANDOWNERS, RENTERS, HOMEOWNERS,", "startTime": "00:28:49,027", "endTime": "00:28:55,066" }, { "index": 859, "text": "AND SAVE SOMETHING FOR A RAINY", "startTime": "00:28:55,066", "endTime": "00:28:56,734" }, { "index": 860, "text": "DAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR", "startTime": "00:28:56,734", "endTime": "00:28:58,136" }, { "index": 861, "text": "WORK ON THIS.", "startTime": "00:28:58,136", "endTime": "00:28:58,937" }, { "index": 862, "text": "THANK YOU, COLLEEN. MARGARET", "startTime": "00:28:58,937", "endTime": "00:28:59,938" }, { "index": 863, "text": "BUTLER. PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX", "startTime": "00:28:59,938", "endTime": "00:29:00,972" }, { "index": 864, "text": "AND YOU MAY BEGIN.", "startTime": "00:29:00,972", "endTime": "00:29:02,674" }, { "index": 865, "text": "HI, THANK YOU, COUNCIL", "startTime": "00:29:02,674", "endTime": "00:29:11,683" }, { "index": 866, "text": "MEMBERS, FOR YOUR TIME. I AM", "startTime": "00:29:11,683", "endTime": "00:29:12,951" }, { "index": 867, "text": "MARGARET BUTLER. I AM AN ARTIST,", "startTime": "00:29:12,951", "endTime": "00:29:14,018" }, { "index": 868, "text": "GRAPHIC DESIGNER AND SMALL", "startTime": "00:29:14,018", "endTime": "00:29:14,886" }, { "index": 869, "text": "BUSINESS OWNER IN SEATTLE AND I", "startTime": "00:29:14,886", "endTime": "00:29:15,887" }, { "index": 870, "text": "LIVE IN VERMONT IN DISTRICT 6. I", "startTime": "00:29:15,887", "endTime": "00:29:17,288" }, { "index": 871, "text": "ALSO RENT AN ART STUDIO IN", "startTime": "00:29:17,288", "endTime": "00:29:18,556" }, { "index": 872, "text": "BALLARD. I'M HERE TO TELL YOU", "startTime": "00:29:18,556", "endTime": "00:29:19,758" }, { "index": 873, "text": "THAT I SUPPORT THE LIBRARY LEVY", "startTime": "00:29:19,758", "endTime": "00:29:21,059" }, { "index": 874, "text": "IN FULL AND SPECIFICALLY THE", "startTime": "00:29:21,059", "endTime": "00:29:22,060" }, { "index": 875, "text": "AMENDMENT TO ADD TO OUR", "startTime": "00:29:22,060", "endTime": "00:29:23,661" }, { "index": 876, "text": "COLLECTION AND COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "00:29:23,661", "endTime": "00:29:25,663" }, { "index": 877, "text": "RINCK'S AMENDMENT FOR PEAK", "startTime": "00:29:25,663", "endTime": "00:29:33,271" }, { "index": 878, "text": "PICS. MY FIRST TO SETTLE ONE OF", "startTime": "00:29:33,271", "endTime": "00:29:34,672" }, { "index": 879, "text": "THE THINGS I DID WAS GET A", "startTime": "00:29:34,672", "endTime": "00:29:36,040" }, { "index": 880, "text": "LIBRARY CARD. I WILL NEVER", "startTime": "00:29:36,040", "endTime": "00:29:37,075" }, { "index": 881, "text": "FORGET THE FIRST TIME I WENT TO", "startTime": "00:29:37,075", "endTime": "00:29:38,543" }, { "index": 882, "text": "CENTRAL LIBRARY, I WALKED IN, I", "startTime": "00:29:38,543", "endTime": "00:29:39,778" }, { "index": 883, "text": "LOOKED UP AND WAS TAKING IN THE", "startTime": "00:29:39,778", "endTime": "00:29:41,246" }, { "index": 884, "text": "BEAUTY WELL A CELLIST WAS", "startTime": "00:29:41,246", "endTime": "00:29:42,247" }, { "index": 885, "text": "PLAYING AND IT BROUGHT TEARS TO", "startTime": "00:29:42,247", "endTime": "00:29:43,448" }, { "index": 886, "text": "MY EYES BECAUSE I WAS SO EXCITED", "startTime": "00:29:43,448", "endTime": "00:29:45,150" }, { "index": 887, "text": "AND HAPPY IT WAS MY NEW HOME. I", "startTime": "00:29:45,150", "endTime": "00:29:46,851" }, { "index": 888, "text": "LOVE IT SEATTLE IS INVESTING IN", "startTime": "00:29:46,851", "endTime": "00:29:48,653" }, { "index": 889, "text": "ITS LIBRARY INCREASE SPACES FOR", "startTime": "00:29:48,653", "endTime": "00:29:49,954" }, { "index": 890, "text": "CITIZENS. I USE THE LIBRARY", "startTime": "00:29:49,954", "endTime": "00:29:51,055" }, { "index": 891, "text": "EVERY DAY READING DIGITAL BOOKS", "startTime": "00:29:51,055", "endTime": "00:29:52,790" }, { "index": 892, "text": "AND AUDIOBOOKS , RENTING", "startTime": "00:29:52,790", "endTime": "00:29:53,591" }, { "index": 893, "text": "PHYSICAL BOOKS AND I AM OLD", "startTime": "00:29:53,591", "endTime": "00:29:57,529" }, { "index": 894, "text": "SCHOOL SO I LIKE TO RENT DVDS", "startTime": "00:29:57,529", "endTime": "00:29:59,197" }, { "index": 895, "text": "FROM TIME TO TIME. THE LIBRARY", "startTime": "00:29:59,197", "endTime": "00:30:09,741" }, { "index": 896, "text": "SUPPORTS MY SMALL BUSINESS NEEDS", "startTime": "00:30:11,409", "endTime": "00:30:12,243" }, { "index": 897, "text": "WITH PRINTING, COMPUTER AND", "startTime": "00:30:12,243", "endTime": "00:30:13,044" }, { "index": 898, "text": "WI-FI ACCESS, REFERENCE MATERIAL", "startTime": "00:30:13,044", "endTime": "00:30:14,045" }, { "index": 899, "text": "FOR MY ART, PERSONAL HOTSPOTS", "startTime": "00:30:14,045", "endTime": "00:30:14,846" }, { "index": 900, "text": "FOR MY ART STUDIO, AND EVEN GOT", "startTime": "00:30:14,846", "endTime": "00:30:16,447" }, { "index": 901, "text": "AN AFFIDAVIT NOTARIZED AT THE", "startTime": "00:30:16,447", "endTime": "00:30:17,348" }, { "index": 902, "text": "LIBRARY SO I COULD USE MY", "startTime": "00:30:17,348", "endTime": "00:30:18,550" }, { "index": 903, "text": "PARTNER'S WORKPLACE HEALTH", "startTime": "00:30:18,550", "endTime": "00:30:19,184" }, { "index": 904, "text": "INSURANCE WHICH IS HUGE FOR A", "startTime": "00:30:19,184", "endTime": "00:30:20,385" }, { "index": 905, "text": "SMALL BUSINESS OWNER LIKE ME.", "startTime": "00:30:20,385", "endTime": "00:30:21,452" }, { "index": 906, "text": "ONE THING I'VE NOTICED IS THE", "startTime": "00:30:21,452", "endTime": "00:30:22,754" }, { "index": 907, "text": "TIME AT THE LIBRARY ARE TOO", "startTime": "00:30:22,754", "endTime": "00:30:23,955" }, { "index": 908, "text": "LONG. SINCE WE ARE TOP 10 IN THE", "startTime": "00:30:23,955", "endTime": "00:30:25,957" }, { "index": 909, "text": "NATION IN SEATTLE WITH DIGITAL", "startTime": "00:30:25,957", "endTime": "00:30:29,928" }, { "index": 910, "text": "BOOK RENTALS, I FIND MYSELF", "startTime": "00:30:29,928", "endTime": "00:30:30,828" }, { "index": 911, "text": "WAITING SEVERAL WEEKS FOR THE", "startTime": "00:30:30,828", "endTime": "00:30:31,863" }, { "index": 912, "text": "MATERIALS I WANT AND NEED. FOR", "startTime": "00:30:31,863", "endTime": "00:30:33,031" }, { "index": 913, "text": "EXAMPLE I PLACED A HOLD ON A", "startTime": "00:30:33,031", "endTime": "00:30:34,465" }, { "index": 914, "text": "PERSONAL HOTSPOTS AT THE END OF", "startTime": "00:30:34,465", "endTime": "00:30:35,733" }, { "index": 915, "text": "LAST YEAR AND FINALLY GOT IT", "startTime": "00:30:35,733", "endTime": "00:30:36,935" }, { "index": 916, "text": "LAST WEEK SO I COULD USE IT IN", "startTime": "00:30:36,935", "endTime": "00:30:38,603" }, { "index": 917, "text": "MY ART STUDIO. I END UP ACTUALLY", "startTime": "00:30:38,603", "endTime": "00:30:44,175" }, { "index": 918, "text": "PURCHASING A BOOK FOR A BOOK", "startTime": "00:30:44,175", "endTime": "00:30:45,577" }, { "index": 919, "text": "CLUB I AM IN BECAUSE THE", "startTime": "00:30:45,577", "endTime": "00:30:46,945" }, { "index": 920, "text": "PHYSICAL, DIGITAL AND AUDIOBOOK", "startTime": "00:30:46,945", "endTime": "00:30:47,645" }, { "index": 921, "text": "COPIES OF PROJECT HAIL MARY WERE", "startTime": "00:30:47,645", "endTime": "00:30:48,746" }, { "index": 922, "text": "ON HOLD UNTIL LONG AFTER OUR", "startTime": "00:30:48,746", "endTime": "00:30:50,048" }, { "index": 923, "text": "BOOK CLUB WAS AGILE TO DISCUSS", "startTime": "00:30:50,048", "endTime": "00:30:52,016" }, { "index": 924, "text": "THE BOOK. IN CONCLUSION I", "startTime": "00:30:52,016", "endTime": "00:30:53,484" }, { "index": 925, "text": "SUPPORT THE LIBRARY LEVY BECAUSE", "startTime": "00:30:53,484", "endTime": "00:30:54,552" }, { "index": 926, "text": "IT IS AN IMPORTANT COMMUNITY", "startTime": "00:30:54,552", "endTime": "00:30:55,553" }, { "index": 927, "text": "RESOURCE FOR SMALL BUSINESS", "startTime": "00:30:55,553", "endTime": "00:30:56,454" }, { "index": 928, "text": "OWNERS AND READING ENTHUSIASTS", "startTime": "00:30:56,454", "endTime": "00:30:57,188" }, { "index": 929, "text": "LIKE ME. WE NEED ACCESS TO", "startTime": "00:30:57,188", "endTime": "00:30:58,456" }, { "index": 930, "text": "EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS -- SO", "startTime": "00:30:58,456", "endTime": "00:31:00,091" }, { "index": 931, "text": "PLEASE SUPPORT THIS LIBRARY LEVY", "startTime": "00:31:00,091", "endTime": "00:31:01,192" }, { "index": 932, "text": "IN FULL. THANK YOU.", "startTime": "00:31:01,192", "endTime": "00:31:02,260" }, { "index": 933, "text": "THANK YOU, MARGARET. DAVID", "startTime": "00:31:02,260", "endTime": "00:31:06,364" }, { "index": 934, "text": "HAYNES, PRESS START SIX AND YOU", "startTime": "00:31:06,364", "endTime": "00:31:07,632" }, { "index": 935, "text": "MAY BEGIN.", "startTime": "00:31:07,632", "endTime": "00:31:08,566" }, { "index": 936, "text": "IS THERE ANYWAY WE CAN", "speaker": "IS THERE ANYWAY WE CAN", "startTime": "00:31:08,566", "endTime": "00:31:13,271" }, { "index": 937, "text": "INCREASE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT AND", "startTime": "00:31:13,271", "endTime": "00:31:17,842" }, { "index": 938, "text": "BUILD SOME NEW LIBRARIES? EVERY", "startTime": "00:31:17,842", "endTime": "00:31:19,143" }, { "index": 939, "text": "TIME WE HAVE TO DO A SEISMIC", "startTime": "00:31:19,143", "endTime": "00:31:20,545" }, { "index": 940, "text": "RETROFIT IT IS A SIGN WE HAVE A", "startTime": "00:31:20,545", "endTime": "00:31:22,547" }, { "index": 941, "text": "BUILDING CODE VIOLATION AND", "startTime": "00:31:22,547", "endTime": "00:31:23,114" }, { "index": 942, "text": "UNSTABLE WALLS. THE THING IS, WE", "startTime": "00:31:23,114", "endTime": "00:31:24,849" }, { "index": 943, "text": "NEED TO IMPROVE THE SERVICES", "startTime": "00:31:24,849", "endTime": "00:31:31,256" }, { "index": 944, "text": "THAT HAVE TO RESPOND TO THE", "startTime": "00:31:31,256", "endTime": "00:31:32,657" }, { "index": 945, "text": "SOCIETAL EXPLOSION WE KEEP IT", "startTime": "00:31:32,657", "endTime": "00:31:33,591" }, { "index": 946, "text": "DEALING WITH WHEN PEOPLE THINK", "startTime": "00:31:33,591", "endTime": "00:31:34,559" }, { "index": 947, "text": "THAT THE LIBRARY IS A FREE PLACE", "startTime": "00:31:34,559", "endTime": "00:31:35,994" }, { "index": 948, "text": "TO HANG OUT AND BOTHER OTHER", "startTime": "00:31:35,994", "endTime": "00:31:37,695" }, { "index": 949, "text": "PEOPLE. AND A PERFECT EFFORT", "startTime": "00:31:37,695", "endTime": "00:31:39,364" }, { "index": 950, "text": "WOULD BE, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTERS", "startTime": "00:31:39,364", "endTime": "00:31:44,535" }, { "index": 951, "text": "AMENDMENT THAT IS GOING TO SPEND", "startTime": "00:31:44,535", "endTime": "00:31:45,837" }, { "index": 952, "text": "$10 MILLION TO REMODEL THE", "startTime": "00:31:45,837", "endTime": "00:31:47,338" }, { "index": 953, "text": "CENTRAL LIBRARY. IF YOU ALL", "startTime": "00:31:47,338", "endTime": "00:31:50,842" }, { "index": 954, "text": "WOULD ALLOW FOR A PARTICIPATORY", "startTime": "00:31:50,842", "endTime": "00:31:51,943" }, { "index": 955, "text": "EFFORT TO REMODEL, IT WOULD BE", "startTime": "00:31:51,943", "endTime": "00:31:54,612" }, { "index": 956, "text": "GREAT. BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO", "startTime": "00:31:54,612", "endTime": "00:31:56,014" }, { "index": 957, "text": "CREATE PERSONAL SPACE FOR", "startTime": "00:31:56,014", "endTime": "00:31:59,784" }, { "index": 958, "text": "SOMEONE LIKE ME TO GO IN THERE,", "startTime": "00:31:59,784", "endTime": "00:32:01,352" }, { "index": 959, "text": "RIGHT MY SPEECH AND NOT BE", "startTime": "00:32:01,352", "endTime": "00:32:02,553" }, { "index": 960, "text": "BOTHERED BY OTHER PEOPLE'S", "startTime": "00:32:02,553", "endTime": "00:32:03,788" }, { "index": 961, "text": "PROBLEMS , THE PASSIVE", "startTime": "00:32:03,788", "endTime": "00:32:04,656" }, { "index": 962, "text": "AGGRESSIVELY BOTHER OTHER PEOPLE", "startTime": "00:32:04,656", "endTime": "00:32:07,558" }, { "index": 963, "text": ", AT THE SAME COMPUTER TABLE, AT", "startTime": "00:32:07,558", "endTime": "00:32:09,260" }, { "index": 964, "text": "THE SAME READING AREA. AND IT'S", "startTime": "00:32:09,260", "endTime": "00:32:14,132" }, { "index": 965, "text": "FRUSTRATING BECAUSE TO THE POINT", "startTime": "00:32:14,132", "endTime": "00:32:14,899" }, { "index": 966, "text": "WHERE I HAVE PRETTY MUCH GIVEN", "startTime": "00:32:14,899", "endTime": "00:32:16,267" }, { "index": 967, "text": "UP ON GOING THERE , KNOWING FULL", "startTime": "00:32:16,267", "endTime": "00:32:19,037" }, { "index": 968, "text": "WELL WITHIN FIVE MINUTES I'M", "startTime": "00:32:19,037", "endTime": "00:32:20,004" }, { "index": 969, "text": "GOING TO BE STRESSED OUT. IT'S", "startTime": "00:32:20,004", "endTime": "00:32:21,506" }, { "index": 970, "text": "NOT FAIR. AND PART OF THE", "startTime": "00:32:21,506", "endTime": "00:32:23,341" }, { "index": 971, "text": "PROBLEM IS , I HATE TO SAY THIS,", "startTime": "00:32:23,341", "endTime": "00:32:26,444" }, { "index": 972, "text": "BUT THE SERVICE PROVIDERS WERE", "startTime": "00:32:26,444", "endTime": "00:32:27,945" }, { "index": 973, "text": "SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE SHOWER AND", "startTime": "00:32:27,945", "endTime": "00:32:29,881" }, { "index": 974, "text": "LAUNDRY, THEY DON'T SHOW UP AND", "startTime": "00:32:29,881", "endTime": "00:32:32,550" }, { "index": 975, "text": "PICK SOMEBODY UP WHO GETS A", "startTime": "00:32:32,550", "endTime": "00:32:35,353" }, { "index": 976, "text": "TICKET, THE GIVES THEM A", "startTime": "00:32:35,353", "endTime": "00:32:36,688" }, { "index": 977, "text": "GUARANTEE THAT THEY GET A SHOWER", "startTime": "00:32:36,688", "endTime": "00:32:37,955" }, { "index": 978, "text": "AND LAUNDRY RIGHT AWAY. A LOT OF", "startTime": "00:32:37,955", "endTime": "00:32:39,357" }, { "index": 979, "text": "TIMES I'VE ASKED SOME OF THE", "startTime": "00:32:39,357", "endTime": "00:32:42,060" }, { "index": 980, "text": "LIBRARIANS, WHAT YOU CALL THE", "startTime": "00:32:42,060", "endTime": "00:32:43,628" }, { "index": 981, "text": "SERVICE PROVIDER ? THEY SAY WE", "startTime": "00:32:43,628", "endTime": "00:32:52,070" }, { "index": 982, "text": "HAVE DONE THAT, WE KNOW THIS", "startTime": "00:32:52,070", "endTime": "00:32:53,271" }, { "index": 983, "text": "PERSON, THEY'VE GOT PROBLEMS", "startTime": "00:32:53,271", "endTime": "00:32:54,038" }, { "index": 984, "text": "AND THEY WILL BE BACK. IT'S", "startTime": "00:32:54,038", "endTime": "00:32:55,440" }, { "index": 985, "text": "LIKE, SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO", "startTime": "00:32:55,440", "endTime": "00:32:56,674" }, { "index": 986, "text": "CALL SO THEY CAN GO TAKE A", "startTime": "00:32:56,674", "endTime": "00:32:57,942" }, { "index": 987, "text": "SHOWER AND LAUNDRY. THEY SAY, WE", "startTime": "00:32:57,942", "endTime": "00:32:59,544" }, { "index": 988, "text": "ARE NOT GOING TO JUDGE, WE ARE", "startTime": "00:32:59,544", "endTime": "00:33:01,045" }, { "index": 989, "text": "ALL INCLUSIVE. IT'S MOST LIKE A", "startTime": "00:33:01,045", "endTime": "00:33:02,280" }, { "index": 990, "text": "PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE ALLOWANCE FOR", "startTime": "00:33:02,280", "endTime": "00:33:02,947" }, { "index": 991, "text": "A DISGRUNTLED ATTITUDE TO TAKE", "startTime": "00:33:02,947", "endTime": "00:33:04,282" }, { "index": 992, "text": "IT OUT ON SOMEBODY ELSE. A", "startTime": "00:33:04,282", "endTime": "00:33:05,249" }, { "index": 993, "text": "PATRON WHO CANNOT ENJOY THE", "startTime": "00:33:05,249", "endTime": "00:33:06,584" }, { "index": 994, "text": "LIBRARY BECAUSE IT IS TOO NOISY", "startTime": "00:33:06,584", "endTime": "00:33:09,687" }, { "index": 995, "text": "AND THERE TOO MANY BOTHERSOME", "startTime": "00:33:09,687", "endTime": "00:33:10,688" }, { "index": 996, "text": "PEOPLE. YOU GOT TO HAVE THE", "startTime": "00:33:10,688", "endTime": "00:33:11,889" }, { "index": 997, "text": "REMODEL --", "startTime": "00:33:11,889", "endTime": "00:33:12,557" }, { "index": 998, "text": "THANK YOU, DAVID.", "startTime": "00:33:12,557", "endTime": "00:33:22,667" }, { "index": 999, "text": "THIS IS OUR LAST SPEAKER.", "speaker": "THIS IS OUR LAST SPEAKER", "startTime": "00:33:22,667", "endTime": "00:33:24,068" }, { "index": 1000, "text": "THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL", "speaker": "THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL", "startTime": "00:33:24,068", "endTime": "00:33:25,336" }, { "index": 1001, "text": "REGISTERED SPEAKERS. THE PUBLIC", "startTime": "00:33:25,336", "endTime": "00:33:26,003" }, { "index": 1002, "text": "COMMENT PERIOD IS CLOSED. WILL", "startTime": "00:33:26,003", "endTime": "00:33:27,005" }, { "index": 1003, "text": "PROCEED TO HER ITEM OF BUSINESS.", "startTime": "00:33:27,005", "endTime": "00:33:28,172" }, { "index": 1004, "text": "I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE", "startTime": "00:33:28,172", "endTime": "00:33:29,540" }, { "index": 1005, "text": "FOR COMING DOWN HERE AND GIVING", "startTime": "00:33:29,540", "endTime": "00:33:30,775" }, { "index": 1006, "text": "YOUR TESTIMONY, THANK YOU FOR", "startTime": "00:33:30,775", "endTime": "00:33:31,743" }, { "index": 1007, "text": "DOING JAZZ HANDS AND SNAPS.", "startTime": "00:33:31,743", "endTime": "00:33:33,511" }, { "index": 1008, "text": "LECLERC PLEASE READ ITEM ONE", "startTime": "00:33:33,511", "endTime": "00:33:36,047" }, { "index": 1009, "text": "INTO THE RECORD?", "startTime": "00:33:36,047", "endTime": "00:33:37,248" }, { "index": 1010, "text": "AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO", "speaker": "AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO", "startTime": "00:33:37,248", "endTime": "00:33:43,554" }, { "index": 1011, "text": "REGULAR PROPERTY TAXES.", "startTime": "00:33:43,554", "endTime": "00:33:44,055" }, { "index": 1012, "text": "PROVIDING FOR THE SUBMISSION TO", "startTime": "00:33:44,055", "endTime": "00:33:44,689" }, { "index": 1013, "text": "THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE", "startTime": "00:33:44,689", "endTime": "00:33:45,289" }, { "index": 1014, "text": "CITY AT AN ELECTION TO BE HELD", "startTime": "00:33:45,289", "endTime": "00:33:46,224" }, { "index": 1015, "text": "ON AUGUST 4, 2026, OF A", "startTime": "00:33:46,224", "endTime": "00:33:47,325" }, { "index": 1016, "text": "PROPOSITION AUTHORIZING THE CITY", "startTime": "00:33:47,325", "endTime": "00:33:48,426" }, { "index": 1017, "text": "TO LEVY REGULAR PROPERTY TAXES", "startTime": "00:33:48,426", "endTime": "00:33:49,494" }, { "index": 1018, "text": "FOR UP TO SEVEN YEARS IN EXCESS", "startTime": "00:33:49,494", "endTime": "00:33:52,130" }, { "index": 1019, "text": "OF THE LIMITATION ON LEVIES IN", "startTime": "00:33:52,130", "endTime": "00:33:53,898" }, { "index": 1020, "text": "CHAPTER 84.55 RCW FOR THE", "startTime": "00:33:53,898", "endTime": "00:33:55,800" }, { "index": 1021, "text": "PURPOSE OF SUSTAINING", "startTime": "00:33:55,800", "endTime": "00:33:57,001" }, { "index": 1022, "text": "INVESTMENTS IN LIBRARY OPERATING", "startTime": "00:33:57,001", "endTime": "00:33:58,536" }, { "index": 1023, "text": "HOURS, COLLECTIONS, TECHNOLOGY,", "startTime": "00:33:58,536", "endTime": "00:34:01,072" }, { "index": 1024, "text": "PROGRAMMING, AND MAINTENANCE", "startTime": "00:34:01,072", "endTime": "00:34:03,174" }, { "index": 1025, "text": "WHILE EXPANDING ACCESS TO", "startTime": "00:34:03,174", "endTime": "00:34:04,842" }, { "index": 1026, "text": "OPPORTUNITY THROUGH LIBRARY", "startTime": "00:34:04,842", "endTime": "00:34:06,344" }, { "index": 1027, "text": "MATERIALS, TECHNOLOGY, AND", "startTime": "00:34:06,344", "endTime": "00:34:10,047" }, { "index": 1028, "text": "UNDERTAKING A SEISMIC RETROFIT", "startTime": "00:34:10,047", "endTime": "00:34:14,052" }, { "index": 1029, "text": "OF ONE LIBRARY FACILITY. AND", "startTime": "00:34:14,052", "endTime": "00:34:14,652" }, { "index": 1030, "text": "RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING CERTAIN", "startTime": "00:34:14,652", "endTime": "00:34:15,319" }, { "index": 1031, "text": "PRIOR ACTS. FOR BRIEFING,", "startTime": "00:34:15,319", "endTime": "00:34:21,192" }, { "index": 1032, "text": "DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE.", "startTime": "00:34:21,192", "endTime": "00:34:22,260" }, { "index": 1033, "text": "THIS ITEM HAS BEEN READ INTO", "speaker": "THIS ITEM HAS BEEN READ INTO", "startTime": "00:34:22,260", "endTime": "00:34:23,694" }, { "index": 1034, "text": "THE RECORD. COLLEAGUES, WE ARE", "startTime": "00:34:23,694", "endTime": "00:34:25,163" }, { "index": 1035, "text": "HERE. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO", "startTime": "00:34:25,163", "endTime": "00:34:28,566" }, { "index": 1036, "text": "ARE HERE IN PERSON OR WATCHING", "startTime": "00:34:28,566", "endTime": "00:34:29,767" }, { "index": 1037, "text": "ON THE SEATTLE CHANNEL, THANK", "startTime": "00:34:29,767", "endTime": "00:34:31,769" }, { "index": 1038, "text": "YOU FOR BEING PRESENT FOR THESE", "startTime": "00:34:31,769", "endTime": "00:34:32,970" }, { "index": 1039, "text": "REALLY IMPORTANT VOTES. AS PART", "startTime": "00:34:32,970", "endTime": "00:34:35,973" }, { "index": 1040, "text": "OF THIS LEVY RENEWAL PROCESS, WE", "startTime": "00:34:35,973", "endTime": "00:34:37,375" }, { "index": 1041, "text": "HAVE ALL SPOKEN ABOUT OUR LOVE", "startTime": "00:34:37,375", "endTime": "00:34:39,077" }, { "index": 1042, "text": "FOR THE SEATTLE LIBRARIES. WE", "startTime": "00:34:39,077", "endTime": "00:34:40,645" }, { "index": 1043, "text": "HAVE STRONG AFFECTION FOR LOCAL", "startTime": "00:34:40,645", "endTime": "00:34:42,580" }, { "index": 1044, "text": "BRANCHES AND WE ARE ALIGNED IN A", "startTime": "00:34:42,580", "endTime": "00:34:45,650" }, { "index": 1045, "text": "SHARED CONVICTION THAT WE HAVE", "startTime": "00:34:45,650", "endTime": "00:34:48,352" }, { "index": 1046, "text": "ONE OF THE BEST LIBRARY SYSTEMS", "startTime": "00:34:48,352", "endTime": "00:34:49,554" }, { "index": 1047, "text": "IN THE WORLD. ONE BUILT TO SERVE", "startTime": "00:34:49,554", "endTime": "00:34:53,357" }, { "index": 1048, "text": "A CITY OF AVID READERS AND", "startTime": "00:34:53,357", "endTime": "00:34:54,959" }, { "index": 1049, "text": "LEARNERS. THE MAYOR SENT DOWN A", "startTime": "00:34:54,959", "endTime": "00:35:01,065" }, { "index": 1050, "text": "GOOD PACKAGE BECAUSE SHE LOVES", "startTime": "00:35:01,065", "endTime": "00:35:02,033" }, { "index": 1051, "text": "LIBRARIES, AND I LOVE LIBRARIES", "startTime": "00:35:02,033", "endTime": "00:35:03,034" }, { "index": 1052, "text": "AS MUCH AS WE'LL DO. THAT IS", "startTime": "00:35:03,034", "endTime": "00:35:04,435" }, { "index": 1053, "text": "WHY I SUPPORTED IT . IT IS 50%", "startTime": "00:35:04,435", "endTime": "00:35:08,840" }, { "index": 1054, "text": "MORE THAN THE LAST LEVY, EVEN", "startTime": "00:35:08,840", "endTime": "00:35:10,074" }, { "index": 1055, "text": "AFTER ACCOUNTING FOR INFLATION.", "startTime": "00:35:10,074", "endTime": "00:35:11,442" }, { "index": 1056, "text": "IT INCREASES INVESTMENTS IN", "startTime": "00:35:11,442", "endTime": "00:35:13,277" }, { "index": 1057, "text": "COLLECTIONS, ACCESS AND", "startTime": "00:35:13,277", "endTime": "00:35:14,011" }, { "index": 1058, "text": "PROGRAMMING, AND CAPITAL", "startTime": "00:35:14,011", "endTime": "00:35:14,946" }, { "index": 1059, "text": "PROJECTS. AS WE DISCUSSED AT THE", "startTime": "00:35:14,946", "endTime": "00:35:18,583" }, { "index": 1060, "text": "LAST MEETING, WE ARE FACING A", "startTime": "00:35:18,583", "endTime": "00:35:19,951" }, { "index": 1061, "text": "VERY REAL LEVY CAP WITH THE", "startTime": "00:35:19,951", "endTime": "00:35:21,652" }, { "index": 1062, "text": "PROPOSED PACKAGE WE WOULD HAVE", "startTime": "00:35:21,652", "endTime": "00:35:25,189" }, { "index": 1063, "text": "$310 MILLION LEFT FOR FUTURE", "startTime": "00:35:25,189", "endTime": "00:35:26,190" }, { "index": 1064, "text": "LEVIES. INCLUDING THE HOUSING ,", "startTime": "00:35:26,190", "endTime": "00:35:27,859" }, { "index": 1065, "text": "THEFT AND TRANSPORTATION LEVIES.", "startTime": "00:35:27,859", "endTime": "00:35:30,194" }, { "index": 1066, "text": "IF ALL THE AMENDMENTS PASSED", "startTime": "00:35:30,194", "endTime": "00:35:31,896" }, { "index": 1067, "text": "TODAY, THEN WE WILL ONLY HAVE", "startTime": "00:35:31,896", "endTime": "00:35:40,538" }, { "index": 1068, "text": "$230 MILLION LEFT. THE ADDITIONS", "startTime": "00:35:40,538", "endTime": "00:35:41,739" }, { "index": 1069, "text": "FROM THE AMENDMENT TODAY, WELL", "startTime": "00:35:41,739", "endTime": "00:35:42,607" }, { "index": 1070, "text": "WORTHY, OR INCREASING ITEMS THAT", "startTime": "00:35:42,607", "endTime": "00:35:43,674" }, { "index": 1071, "text": "ARE ALREADY IN THE MAYOR'S", "startTime": "00:35:43,674", "endTime": "00:35:45,042" }, { "index": 1072, "text": "PACKAGE AT A TIME WHEN WE CAN'T", "startTime": "00:35:45,042", "endTime": "00:35:46,177" }, { "index": 1073, "text": "AFFORD MORE. WE KNOW THERE ARE", "startTime": "00:35:46,177", "endTime": "00:35:47,445" }, { "index": 1074, "text": "OTHER NEEDS THAT ARE COMING.", "startTime": "00:35:47,445", "endTime": "00:35:50,348" }, { "index": 1075, "text": "LET'S FACE IT, WE ARE ONLY IN", "startTime": "00:35:50,348", "endTime": "00:35:52,483" }, { "index": 1076, "text": "YEAR TWO OF THIS MADMAN IN THE", "startTime": "00:35:52,483", "endTime": "00:35:55,253" }, { "index": 1077, "text": "PRESIDENCY, IN THE PRESIDENTS", "startTime": "00:35:55,253", "endTime": "00:35:56,587" }, { "index": 1078, "text": "SEAT, WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE WE", "startTime": "00:35:56,587", "endTime": "00:35:58,923" }, { "index": 1079, "text": "WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH. AND OF", "startTime": "00:35:58,923", "endTime": "00:36:05,663" }, { "index": 1080, "text": "COURSE EVERYONE KEEPS TALKING", "startTime": "00:36:05,663", "endTime": "00:36:06,364" }, { "index": 1081, "text": "ABOUT AFFORDABILITY IN SEATTLE.", "startTime": "00:36:06,364", "endTime": "00:36:07,331" }, { "index": 1082, "text": "THESE DAYS THAT SEEMS MORE REAL", "startTime": "00:36:07,331", "endTime": "00:36:08,866" }, { "index": 1083, "text": "THAN EVER. IF I FELT WE COULD", "startTime": "00:36:08,866", "endTime": "00:36:11,469" }, { "index": 1084, "text": "ADD THIS LEVY WITHOUT", "startTime": "00:36:11,469", "endTime": "00:36:12,370" }, { "index": 1085, "text": "JEOPARDIZING FUTURE LEVIES OR", "startTime": "00:36:12,370", "endTime": "00:36:13,137" }, { "index": 1086, "text": "ADDING TO OUR AFFORDABILITY", "startTime": "00:36:13,137", "endTime": "00:36:14,138" }, { "index": 1087, "text": "CRISIS, I TOO WOULD ADD MORE. WE", "startTime": "00:36:14,138", "endTime": "00:36:17,241" }, { "index": 1088, "text": "DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL TO", "startTime": "00:36:17,241", "endTime": "00:36:18,175" }, { "index": 1089, "text": "PREDICT WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE", "startTime": "00:36:18,175", "endTime": "00:36:19,877" }, { "index": 1090, "text": "FUTURE. WE ARE OPERATING WITH", "startTime": "00:36:19,877", "endTime": "00:36:22,446" }, { "index": 1091, "text": "OUR KNOWLEDGE WE HAVE TODAY.", "startTime": "00:36:22,446", "endTime": "00:36:24,148" }, { "index": 1092, "text": "THERE IS NO JUDGMENT HERE, THIS", "startTime": "00:36:24,148", "endTime": "00:36:27,451" }, { "index": 1093, "text": "IS NOT ABOUT WHO LOVES LIBRARIES", "startTime": "00:36:27,451", "endTime": "00:36:30,655" }, { "index": 1094, "text": "MORE. THIS IS ABOUT FISCAL", "startTime": "00:36:30,655", "endTime": "00:36:32,023" }, { "index": 1095, "text": "RESPONSIBILITY AND OUR ABILITY", "startTime": "00:36:32,023", "endTime": "00:36:33,858" }, { "index": 1096, "text": "TO PAY FOR ALL OF OUR NEEDS. NO", "startTime": "00:36:33,858", "endTime": "00:36:35,960" }, { "index": 1097, "text": "MATTER WHAT IS DECIDED TODAY, WE", "startTime": "00:36:35,960", "endTime": "00:36:40,031" }, { "index": 1098, "text": "WILL HAVE A LEVY TO SEND TO THE", "startTime": "00:36:40,031", "endTime": "00:36:41,532" }, { "index": 1099, "text": "VOTERS IN THE VOTERS CAN DECIDE", "startTime": "00:36:41,532", "endTime": "00:36:44,235" }, { "index": 1100, "text": ". WITH THAT, COLLEAGUES, WE ARE", "startTime": "00:36:44,235", "endTime": "00:36:45,469" }, { "index": 1101, "text": "GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH HER", "startTime": "00:36:45,469", "endTime": "00:36:47,171" }, { "index": 1102, "text": "MEETING. I MOVE THAT THE", "startTime": "00:36:47,171", "endTime": "00:36:48,706" }, { "index": 1103, "text": "COMMITTEE COMMENCE PASSAGE OF", "startTime": "00:36:48,706", "endTime": "00:36:49,473" }, { "index": 1104, "text": "COUNCIL BILL 121181. IS VERY", "startTime": "00:36:49,473", "endTime": "00:36:52,443" }, { "index": 1105, "text": "SECOND?", "startTime": "00:36:52,443", "endTime": "00:36:53,044" }, { "index": 1106, "text": "SECOND.", "speaker": "SECOND", "startTime": "00:36:53,044", "endTime": "00:36:57,848" }, { "index": 1107, "text": "THANK YOU. IT IS MOVED AND", "startTime": "00:36:57,848", "endTime": "00:36:59,250" }, { "index": 1108, "text": "SECONDED TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF", "startTime": "00:36:59,250", "endTime": "00:37:00,451" }, { "index": 1109, "text": "THE BILL. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE", "startTime": "00:37:00,451", "endTime": "00:37:03,854" }, { "index": 1110, "text": "ERIC McCONAGHY, OUR CENTRAL", "startTime": "00:37:03,854", "endTime": "00:37:05,756" }, { "index": 1111, "text": "STAFFER, COMING TO THE TABLE.", "startTime": "00:37:05,756", "endTime": "00:37:08,326" }, { "index": 1112, "text": "THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. LET ME", "startTime": "00:37:08,326", "endTime": "00:37:10,328" }, { "index": 1113, "text": "SHARE THE PROCESS FOR VOTING FOR", "startTime": "00:37:10,328", "endTime": "00:37:11,128" }, { "index": 1114, "text": "THE AMENDMENT. WE HAVE A NUMBER", "startTime": "00:37:11,128", "endTime": "00:37:12,330" }, { "index": 1115, "text": "OF THEM. WHAT WE WILL DO IS", "startTime": "00:37:12,330", "endTime": "00:37:14,498" }, { "index": 1116, "text": "THIS. I WILL RECOGNIZE THE", "startTime": "00:37:14,498", "endTime": "00:37:16,133" }, { "index": 1117, "text": "SPONSOR OF EACH AMENDMENT IN", "startTime": "00:37:16,133", "endTime": "00:37:17,902" }, { "index": 1118, "text": "NUMERICAL ORDER. THE SPONSOR", "startTime": "00:37:17,902", "endTime": "00:37:25,343" }, { "index": 1119, "text": "WILL MAKE THE MOTION TO MOVE", "startTime": "00:37:25,343", "endTime": "00:37:26,444" }, { "index": 1120, "text": "THERE AMENDMENT. WE WILL WAIT", "startTime": "00:37:26,444", "endTime": "00:37:27,645" }, { "index": 1121, "text": "FOR IT TO BE SECONDED. AND THEN", "startTime": "00:37:27,645", "endTime": "00:37:29,080" }, { "index": 1122, "text": "I WILL RECOGNIZE ERIC TO BRIEFLY", "startTime": "00:37:29,080", "endTime": "00:37:30,181" }, { "index": 1123, "text": "PRESENT IT AND THEN I WILL", "startTime": "00:37:30,181", "endTime": "00:37:31,382" }, { "index": 1124, "text": "RECOGNIZE THAT SPONSOR TO", "startTime": "00:37:31,382", "endTime": "00:37:32,250" }, { "index": 1125, "text": "ADDRESS THE AMENDMENT. I WILL", "startTime": "00:37:32,250", "endTime": "00:37:33,384" }, { "index": 1126, "text": "TURN TO THE REST OF US FOR", "startTime": "00:37:33,384", "endTime": "00:37:34,685" }, { "index": 1127, "text": "QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AND THEN", "startTime": "00:37:34,685", "endTime": "00:37:38,055" }, { "index": 1128, "text": "WE WILL MOVE ON THAT AMENDMENT", "startTime": "00:37:38,055", "endTime": "00:37:39,290" }, { "index": 1129, "text": "AND REPEAT THE PROCESS FOR", "startTime": "00:37:39,290", "endTime": "00:37:40,358" }, { "index": 1130, "text": "SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENT'S. ALL", "startTime": "00:37:40,358", "endTime": "00:37:40,992" }, { "index": 1131, "text": "RIGHT, WITH THAT, COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "00:37:40,992", "endTime": "00:37:46,697" }, { "index": 1132, "text": "FOSTER, YOUR RECOGNIZED MOVIE", "startTime": "00:37:46,697", "endTime": "00:37:47,331" }, { "index": 1133, "text": "FIRST AMENDMENT.", "startTime": "00:37:47,331", "endTime": "00:37:49,000" }, { "index": 1134, "text": "FANTASTIC, I WOULD LIKE TO", "startTime": "00:37:49,000", "endTime": "00:37:50,167" }, { "index": 1135, "text": "MOVE AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. DO I", "startTime": "00:37:50,167", "endTime": "00:37:51,836" }, { "index": 1136, "text": "HAVE A SECOND?", "startTime": "00:37:51,836", "endTime": "00:37:52,903" }, { "index": 1137, "text": "SECOND.", "speaker": "SECOND", "startTime": "00:37:52,903", "endTime": "00:37:55,706" }, { "index": 1138, "text": "IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO", "speaker": "IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO", "startTime": "00:37:55,706", "endTime": "00:37:57,141" }, { "index": 1139, "text": "AMEND COUNCIL BILL 121181 ON", "startTime": "00:37:57,141", "endTime": "00:37:59,110" }, { "index": 1140, "text": "AMENDMENT ONE. CENTRAL STAFF,", "startTime": "00:37:59,110", "endTime": "00:38:05,883" }, { "index": 1141, "text": "ERIC, WOULD YOU PLEASE PROVIDE A", "startTime": "00:38:05,883", "endTime": "00:38:07,852" }, { "index": 1142, "text": "BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE AMENDMENT?", "startTime": "00:38:07,852", "endTime": "00:38:08,519" }, { "index": 1143, "text": "YES, GOOD MORNING, ERIC", "startTime": "00:38:08,519", "endTime": "00:38:11,255" }, { "index": 1144, "text": "McCONAGHY, COUNCIL CENTRAL", "startTime": "00:38:11,255", "endTime": "00:38:11,856" }, { "index": 1145, "text": "STAFF. IT IS SPONSORED BY", "startTime": "00:38:11,856", "endTime": "00:38:12,957" }, { "index": 1146, "text": "COUNCIL FOSTER, IT WOULD INTEND", "startTime": "00:38:12,957", "endTime": "00:38:14,959" }, { "index": 1147, "text": "A PORTION OF THE LIBRARY LEVY", "startTime": "00:38:14,959", "endTime": "00:38:17,662" }, { "index": 1148, "text": "FUNDING AMOUNT IS TRANSMITTED BY", "startTime": "00:38:17,662", "endTime": "00:38:18,629" }, { "index": 1149, "text": "THE MAYOR AND INCREASED BY THIS", "startTime": "00:38:18,629", "endTime": "00:38:20,297" }, { "index": 1150, "text": "AMENDMENT TO THE AMOUNT OF 10", "startTime": "00:38:20,297", "endTime": "00:38:22,833" }, { "index": 1151, "text": "NINE DOLLARS WOULD BE AUTHORIZED", "startTime": "00:38:22,833", "endTime": "00:38:25,002" }, { "index": 1152, "text": "TO SUPPORT COMPLETING MAJOR", "startTime": "00:38:25,002", "endTime": "00:38:29,774" }, { "index": 1153, "text": "RENOVATION AT THE CENTRAL", "startTime": "00:38:29,774", "endTime": "00:38:30,541" }, { "index": 1154, "text": "LIBRARY.", "startTime": "00:38:30,541", "endTime": "00:38:30,808" }, { "index": 1155, "text": "THANK YOU, ERIC.", "startTime": "00:38:30,808", "endTime": "00:38:31,876" }, { "index": 1156, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, AS SPONSOR", "startTime": "00:38:31,876", "endTime": "00:38:38,449" }, { "index": 1157, "text": "YOUR RECOGNIZED. IN ORDER TO", "startTime": "00:38:38,449", "endTime": "00:38:39,383" }, { "index": 1158, "text": "ADDRESS IT.", "startTime": "00:38:39,383", "endTime": "00:38:39,950" }, { "index": 1159, "text": "THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR AND", "startTime": "00:38:39,950", "endTime": "00:38:41,452" }, { "index": 1160, "text": "THANK YOU, ERIC FROM CENTRAL", "startTime": "00:38:41,452", "endTime": "00:38:42,486" }, { "index": 1161, "text": "STAFF AND TO THE TEAM FROM", "startTime": "00:38:42,486", "endTime": "00:38:43,688" }, { "index": 1162, "text": "LIBRARIES. I WANT TO ALSO EXTEND", "startTime": "00:38:43,688", "endTime": "00:38:45,056" }, { "index": 1163, "text": "MY APPRECIATION TO HER PUBLIC", "startTime": "00:38:45,056", "endTime": "00:38:46,590" }, { "index": 1164, "text": "COMMENTERS TODAY. AND THANK YOU", "startTime": "00:38:46,590", "endTime": "00:38:49,894" }, { "index": 1165, "text": "FOR SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THIS", "startTime": "00:38:49,894", "endTime": "00:38:51,095" }, { "index": 1166, "text": "AMENDMENT. I DO WANT TO SAY I", "startTime": "00:38:51,095", "endTime": "00:38:52,563" }, { "index": 1167, "text": "WAS NOT IN CAHOOTS WITH THE", "startTime": "00:38:52,563", "endTime": "00:38:53,864" }, { "index": 1168, "text": "ESCALATOR AND ELEVATOR AT THE", "startTime": "00:38:53,864", "endTime": "00:38:54,965" }, { "index": 1169, "text": "CENTRAL LIBRARY TO HAVE THE", "startTime": "00:38:54,965", "endTime": "00:38:55,933" }, { "index": 1170, "text": "BREAKDOWN THIS WEEK. HOWEVER, I", "startTime": "00:38:55,933", "endTime": "00:38:57,568" }, { "index": 1171, "text": "DO THINK IT IS EXEMPLARY OF PART", "startTime": "00:38:57,568", "endTime": "00:38:58,936" }, { "index": 1172, "text": "OF THE REASON I AM BRINGING THIS", "startTime": "00:38:58,936", "endTime": "00:39:01,005" }, { "index": 1173, "text": "AMENDMENT FORD. OUR CENTRAL", "startTime": "00:39:01,005", "endTime": "00:39:04,642" }, { "index": 1174, "text": "LIBRARY IS AN INCREDIBLY SPECIAL", "startTime": "00:39:04,642", "endTime": "00:39:05,676" }, { "index": 1175, "text": "PLACE. IS A SPECIAL PLACE FOR", "startTime": "00:39:05,676", "endTime": "00:39:06,977" }, { "index": 1176, "text": "FAMILIES AND CHILDREN. I KNOW I", "startTime": "00:39:06,977", "endTime": "00:39:08,079" }, { "index": 1177, "text": "SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THE", "startTime": "00:39:08,079", "endTime": "00:39:09,547" }, { "index": 1178, "text": "CHILDREN'S LIBRARY THERE MYSELF", "startTime": "00:39:09,547", "endTime": "00:39:14,085" }, { "index": 1179, "text": "TAKING A BREAK FROM BUSY", "startTime": "00:39:14,085", "endTime": "00:39:15,553" }, { "index": 1180, "text": "DOWNTOWN WHEN I WAS YOUNGER.", "startTime": "00:39:15,553", "endTime": "00:39:16,754" }, { "index": 1181, "text": "IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE", "startTime": "00:39:16,754", "endTime": "00:39:17,655" }, { "index": 1182, "text": "MAINTAIN THAT BUILDING AND THAT", "startTime": "00:39:17,655", "endTime": "00:39:18,622" }, { "index": 1183, "text": "WE INVEST IN AND NOW. AS WE KNOW", "startTime": "00:39:18,622", "endTime": "00:39:20,458" }, { "index": 1184, "text": "AT THE END OF HIS LEVY THE", "startTime": "00:39:20,458", "endTime": "00:39:21,859" }, { "index": 1185, "text": "BUILDING IS GOING TO BE ALMOST", "startTime": "00:39:21,859", "endTime": "00:39:23,060" }, { "index": 1186, "text": "30 YEARS OLD. AND, WE ARE", "startTime": "00:39:23,060", "endTime": "00:39:24,261" }, { "index": 1187, "text": "ALREADY SEEING THE WEAR AND TEAR", "startTime": "00:39:24,261", "endTime": "00:39:25,629" }, { "index": 1188, "text": "AND THE CENTRAL LIBRARY", "startTime": "00:39:25,629", "endTime": "00:39:26,831" }, { "index": 1189, "text": "BUILDING. IN ADDITION TO THAT,", "startTime": "00:39:26,831", "endTime": "00:39:29,433" }, { "index": 1190, "text": "AS THE FORMER LIBRARY AND SPOKE", "startTime": "00:39:29,433", "endTime": "00:39:30,634" }, { "index": 1191, "text": "TO TODAY, WE ARE NOW , WITH 22", "startTime": "00:39:30,634", "endTime": "00:39:41,178" }, { "index": 1192, "text": "YEARS UNDER OUR BELT, WE", "startTime": "00:39:43,314", "endTime": "00:39:44,081" }, { "index": 1193, "text": "UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THE NEEDS", "startTime": "00:39:44,081", "endTime": "00:39:45,049" }, { "index": 1194, "text": "OF THE BUILDING AND WHAT", "startTime": "00:39:45,049", "endTime": "00:39:46,050" }, { "index": 1195, "text": "RENOVATIONS COULD DO FOR THE", "startTime": "00:39:46,050", "endTime": "00:39:47,118" }, { "index": 1196, "text": "USERS. WITH THAT, THIS IS AN", "startTime": "00:39:47,118", "endTime": "00:39:48,486" }, { "index": 1197, "text": "AMENDMENT INTENDED TO ENSURE THE", "startTime": "00:39:48,486", "endTime": "00:39:49,487" }, { "index": 1198, "text": "CENTRAL LIBRARY REMAINS SAFE,", "startTime": "00:39:49,487", "endTime": "00:39:50,187" }, { "index": 1199, "text": "WELCOMING AND BUILT FOR HOW", "startTime": "00:39:50,187", "endTime": "00:39:51,188" }, { "index": 1200, "text": "TODAY'S FAMILIES USE IT.", "startTime": "00:39:51,188", "endTime": "00:39:52,089" }, { "index": 1201, "text": "COLLEAGUES, ASK FOR YOUR", "startTime": "00:39:52,089", "endTime": "00:39:52,890" }, { "index": 1202, "text": "SUPPORT.", "startTime": "00:39:52,890", "endTime": "00:39:53,257" }, { "index": 1203, "text": "THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER", "startTime": "00:39:53,257", "endTime": "00:39:54,358" }, { "index": 1204, "text": "FOSTER. ANY COMMENTS OR", "startTime": "00:39:54,358", "endTime": "00:39:55,393" }, { "index": 1205, "text": "QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, CLERK,", "startTime": "00:39:55,393", "endTime": "00:39:56,427" }, { "index": 1206, "text": "WE YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON", "startTime": "00:39:56,427", "endTime": "00:39:57,995" }, { "index": 1207, "text": "THE ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT ONE.", "startTime": "00:39:57,995", "endTime": "00:40:00,664" }, { "index": 1208, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS", "startTime": "00:40:00,664", "endTime": "00:40:01,198" }, { "index": 1209, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "00:40:01,198", "endTime": "00:40:06,470" }, { "index": 1210, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ", "startTime": "00:40:06,470", "endTime": "00:40:07,138" }, { "index": 1211, "text": "HERE. [ ROLL CALL ]", "startTime": "00:40:07,138", "endTime": "00:40:13,944" }, { "index": 1212, "text": "SIX IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED.", "startTime": "00:40:13,944", "endTime": "00:40:19,850" }, { "index": 1213, "text": "THE MOTION CARRIES .", "speaker": "THE MOTION CARRIES", "startTime": "00:40:19,850", "endTime": "00:40:21,952" }, { "index": 1214, "text": "AMENDMENT ONE IS ADOPTED.", "startTime": "00:40:21,952", "endTime": "00:40:26,390" }, { "index": 1215, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, YOUR", "startTime": "00:40:26,390", "endTime": "00:40:26,957" }, { "index": 1216, "text": "RECOGNIZED FIGURE NEXT", "startTime": "00:40:26,957", "endTime": "00:40:27,792" }, { "index": 1217, "text": "AMENDMENT.", "startTime": "00:40:27,792", "endTime": "00:40:28,659" }, { "index": 1218, "text": "THANK YOU, I WOULD LIKE TO", "startTime": "00:40:28,659", "endTime": "00:40:32,062" }, { "index": 1219, "text": "MOVE AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO.", "startTime": "00:40:32,062", "endTime": "00:40:33,230" }, { "index": 1220, "text": "SECOND.", "speaker": "SECOND", "startTime": "00:40:33,230", "endTime": "00:40:33,964" }, { "index": 1221, "text": "THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "00:40:33,964", "endTime": "00:40:38,669" }, { "index": 1222, "text": "JUAREZ. IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED", "startTime": "00:40:38,669", "endTime": "00:40:40,037" }, { "index": 1223, "text": "TO AMEND 121181 IS PRESENTED ON", "startTime": "00:40:40,037", "endTime": "00:40:44,842" }, { "index": 1224, "text": "AMENDMENT TWO. COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "00:40:44,842", "endTime": "00:40:48,145" }, { "index": 1225, "text": "FOSTER, AS SPONSOR YOUR", "startTime": "00:40:48,145", "endTime": "00:40:48,946" }, { "index": 1226, "text": "RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO ADDRESS", "startTime": "00:40:48,946", "endTime": "00:40:49,880" }, { "index": 1227, "text": "IT.", "startTime": "00:40:49,880", "endTime": "00:40:50,648" }, { "index": 1228, "text": "THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. I", "startTime": "00:40:50,648", "endTime": "00:40:53,451" }, { "index": 1229, "text": "WILL BE BRIEF AND, COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "00:40:53,451", "endTime": "00:41:03,994" }, { "index": 1230, "text": "JUAREZ, I KNOW I SPOKE TO THIS", "startTime": "00:41:08,532", "endTime": "00:41:09,834" }, { "index": 1231, "text": "AMENDMENT LAST WEEK. IF YOU", "startTime": "00:41:09,834", "endTime": "00:41:10,835" }, { "index": 1232, "text": "WOULD LIKE TO SHARE ANY WORDS I", "startTime": "00:41:10,835", "endTime": "00:41:12,336" }, { "index": 1233, "text": "WILL BE BRIEF IN CASE YOU WOULD", "startTime": "00:41:12,336", "endTime": "00:41:13,637" }, { "index": 1234, "text": "LIKE TO SHARE ANY. THESE", "startTime": "00:41:13,637", "endTime": "00:41:14,738" }, { "index": 1235, "text": "ORNAMENTS TO ENSURE WE HAVE", "startTime": "00:41:14,738", "endTime": "00:41:15,739" }, { "index": 1236, "text": "TARGETED INVESTMENTS TO", "startTime": "00:41:15,739", "endTime": "00:41:16,373" }, { "index": 1237, "text": "MULTILINGUAL PROGRAMS SO", "startTime": "00:41:16,373", "endTime": "00:41:17,041" }, { "index": 1238, "text": "FAMILIES CAN ACCESS SERVICES IN", "startTime": "00:41:17,041", "endTime": "00:41:18,375" }, { "index": 1239, "text": "THE LANGUAGES THAT THEY SPEAK IT", "startTime": "00:41:18,375", "endTime": "00:41:19,243" }, { "index": 1240, "text": "HOME. IT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT", "startTime": "00:41:19,243", "endTime": "00:41:20,277" }, { "index": 1241, "text": "FOR OUR PLAY AND LEARN PROGRAMS", "startTime": "00:41:20,277", "endTime": "00:41:21,745" }, { "index": 1242, "text": "THAT FAMILIES CAN ACCESS THEM", "startTime": "00:41:21,745", "endTime": "00:41:22,746" }, { "index": 1243, "text": "AND THIS AMENDMENT WOULD ALLOW", "startTime": "00:41:22,746", "endTime": "00:41:23,948" }, { "index": 1244, "text": "US TO EXPAND THOSE CRITICAL", "startTime": "00:41:23,948", "endTime": "00:41:24,949" }, { "index": 1245, "text": "PROGRAMS ACROSS THE CITY AND TO", "startTime": "00:41:24,949", "endTime": "00:41:26,050" }, { "index": 1246, "text": "ENSURE WE HAVE MORE MULTILINGUAL", "startTime": "00:41:26,050", "endTime": "00:41:27,084" }, { "index": 1247, "text": "SERVICES IN A TIME WHERE WE SO", "startTime": "00:41:27,084", "endTime": "00:41:28,485" }, { "index": 1248, "text": "NEED THEM. CHAIR, IF IT'S OKAY", "startTime": "00:41:28,485", "endTime": "00:41:29,753" }, { "index": 1249, "text": "FOR GO TO COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ", "startTime": "00:41:29,753", "endTime": "00:41:30,888" }, { "index": 1250, "text": "TO SEE IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO AT", "startTime": "00:41:30,888", "endTime": "00:41:32,456" }, { "index": 1251, "text": "ANY COMMENTS AS COSPONSOR?", "startTime": "00:41:32,456", "endTime": "00:41:33,257" }, { "index": 1252, "text": "YES, YOUR RECOGNIZED TO", "startTime": "00:41:33,257", "endTime": "00:41:34,492" }, { "index": 1253, "text": "SPEAK.", "startTime": "00:41:34,492", "endTime": "00:41:34,758" }, { "index": 1254, "text": "THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU", "startTime": "00:41:34,758", "endTime": "00:41:35,960" }, { "index": 1255, "text": "CANCEL MEMBER FOSTER FOR", "startTime": "00:41:35,960", "endTime": "00:41:36,727" }, { "index": 1256, "text": "INVITING ME TO LOOK AT THIS AND", "startTime": "00:41:36,727", "endTime": "00:41:38,229" }, { "index": 1257, "text": "COSPONSORED WITH YOU. I THINK", "startTime": "00:41:38,229", "endTime": "00:41:39,730" }, { "index": 1258, "text": "THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU AND I", "startTime": "00:41:39,730", "endTime": "00:41:41,365" }, { "index": 1259, "text": "GOT TO WORK ON AMENDMENT", "startTime": "00:41:41,365", "endTime": "00:41:42,466" }, { "index": 1260, "text": "TOGETHER. SO THANK YOU.", "startTime": "00:41:42,466", "endTime": "00:41:44,335" }, { "index": 1261, "text": "COLLEAGUES, I'M ASKING YOU TO", "startTime": "00:41:44,335", "endTime": "00:41:45,669" }, { "index": 1262, "text": "SUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBER FOSTERS", "startTime": "00:41:45,669", "endTime": "00:41:51,775" }, { "index": 1263, "text": "AMENDMENT OF WHICH I MAY", "startTime": "00:41:51,775", "endTime": "00:41:52,743" }, { "index": 1264, "text": "COSPONSOR, TO SUPPORT THE", "startTime": "00:41:52,743", "endTime": "00:41:53,544" }, { "index": 1265, "text": "EXPANSION OF THE KALEIDOSCOPE", "startTime": "00:41:53,544", "endTime": "00:41:54,445" }, { "index": 1266, "text": "PLAN LEARN PROGRAM. FIVE HAS", "startTime": "00:41:54,445", "endTime": "00:41:55,346" }, { "index": 1267, "text": "THREE LIBRARIES. LAKE CITY,", "startTime": "00:41:55,346", "endTime": "00:41:56,247" }, { "index": 1268, "text": "NORTHGATE, BROADVIEW, HOWEVER,", "startTime": "00:41:56,247", "endTime": "00:41:58,082" }, { "index": 1269, "text": "THE KALEIDOSCOPE PROGRAM IS ONLY", "startTime": "00:41:58,082", "endTime": "00:42:01,685" }, { "index": 1270, "text": "OFFERED AT THE LAKE CITY BRANCH", "startTime": "00:42:01,685", "endTime": "00:42:02,786" }, { "index": 1271, "text": "AND ONLY OFFERED IN ENGLISH. LET", "startTime": "00:42:02,786", "endTime": "00:42:03,988" }, { "index": 1272, "text": "ME JUST SHARE THIS BEFORE I KIND", "startTime": "00:42:03,988", "endTime": "00:42:05,856" }, { "index": 1273, "text": "OF PLAY OUT THE THREE LIBRARIES.", "startTime": "00:42:05,856", "endTime": "00:42:11,061" }, { "index": 1274, "text": "CONNECTIVE TISSUE FOR ALL OF", "startTime": "00:42:11,061", "endTime": "00:42:12,630" }, { "index": 1275, "text": "THIS AND WHY I WAS SO INTRIGUED", "startTime": "00:42:12,630", "endTime": "00:42:13,864" }, { "index": 1276, "text": "WITH COUNCILMEMBER FOSTERS", "startTime": "00:42:13,864", "endTime": "00:42:15,132" }, { "index": 1277, "text": "AMENDMENT IS THAT WHEN WE LOOK", "startTime": "00:42:15,132", "endTime": "00:42:17,635" }, { "index": 1278, "text": "AT LIBRARIES, FOR US ANYWAY, AND", "startTime": "00:42:17,635", "endTime": "00:42:18,736" }, { "index": 1279, "text": "I THINK ACROSS THE DISTRICT, I", "startTime": "00:42:18,736", "endTime": "00:42:19,937" }, { "index": 1280, "text": "LIKE TO LOOK AT THE PUBLIC ASSET", "startTime": "00:42:19,937", "endTime": "00:42:21,338" }, { "index": 1281, "text": "OF THE LIBRARY IN CONJUNCTION", "startTime": "00:42:21,338", "endTime": "00:42:23,741" }, { "index": 1282, "text": "WITH HOUSING DENSITY AND OF", "startTime": "00:42:23,741", "endTime": "00:42:25,276" }, { "index": 1283, "text": "COURSE ALL THE MONEY WE HAVE", "startTime": "00:42:25,276", "endTime": "00:42:26,877" }, { "index": 1284, "text": "DONE , THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AS", "startTime": "00:42:26,877", "endTime": "00:42:30,481" }, { "index": 1285, "text": "WELL, ON THE PRICKLY ISSUE. AND", "startTime": "00:42:30,481", "endTime": "00:42:32,449" }, { "index": 1286, "text": "WORK THE MONEY WENT. AND HOW ,", "startTime": "00:42:32,449", "endTime": "00:42:36,654" }, { "index": 1287, "text": "MY POINT IS TO DEDICATE PUBLIC", "startTime": "00:42:36,654", "endTime": "00:42:38,355" }, { "index": 1288, "text": "ACCESS TO PUBLIC ACCESS. THIS IS", "startTime": "00:42:38,355", "endTime": "00:42:40,925" }, { "index": 1289, "text": "A PRIME EXAMPLE OF THAT. AT THE", "startTime": "00:42:40,925", "endTime": "00:42:42,359" }, { "index": 1290, "text": "LAKE CITY LIBRARY, NEXT DOOR,", "startTime": "00:42:42,359", "endTime": "00:42:49,800" }, { "index": 1291, "text": "THE SOON TO BE BUILT COMMUNITY", "startTime": "00:42:49,800", "endTime": "00:42:50,668" }, { "index": 1292, "text": "CENTER WILL HAVE 113 UNITS OF", "startTime": "00:42:50,668", "endTime": "00:42:51,902" }, { "index": 1293, "text": "FAMILY HOUSING WITH PRESCHOOL", "startTime": "00:42:51,902", "endTime": "00:42:52,836" }, { "index": 1294, "text": "AND PROGRAM ON-SITE. WE ALSO", "startTime": "00:42:52,836", "endTime": "00:42:54,338" }, { "index": 1295, "text": "HAVE THE APARTMENTS WHICH IS ONE", "startTime": "00:42:54,338", "endTime": "00:42:58,475" }, { "index": 1296, "text": "BLOCK AWAY WITH 69 UNITS OF", "startTime": "00:42:58,475", "endTime": "00:42:59,843" }, { "index": 1297, "text": "HOUSING AND IS YOU ARE TODAY", "startTime": "00:42:59,843", "endTime": "00:43:03,480" }, { "index": 1298, "text": "FROM THE LITERARY SOURCE PEOPLE.", "startTime": "00:43:03,480", "endTime": "00:43:04,782" }, { "index": 1299, "text": "PRESCHOOL THE FIRST FLOOR. THERE", "startTime": "00:43:04,782", "endTime": "00:43:06,650" }, { "index": 1300, "text": "ARE SEVEN OTHER PRESCHOOLS IN", "startTime": "00:43:06,650", "endTime": "00:43:07,851" }, { "index": 1301, "text": "THE AREA INCLUDING EIGHT", "startTime": "00:43:07,851", "endTime": "00:43:10,154" }, { "index": 1302, "text": "BILINGUAL ENGLISH MENTORED", "startTime": "00:43:10,154", "endTime": "00:43:17,561" }, { "index": 1303, "text": "PRESCHOOL DOWN THE STREET FROM", "startTime": "00:43:17,561", "endTime": "00:43:18,429" }, { "index": 1304, "text": "MY HOUSE. AT THE NORTHGATE", "startTime": "00:43:18,429", "endTime": "00:43:19,563" }, { "index": 1305, "text": "LIBRARY, JUST TWO BLOCKS AWAY", "startTime": "00:43:19,563", "endTime": "00:43:20,397" }, { "index": 1306, "text": "FROM THE LIBRARY WE NOW HAVE THE", "startTime": "00:43:20,397", "endTime": "00:43:21,932" }, { "index": 1307, "text": "NEW LOOK. AT NORTH HAVEN. IT HAS", "startTime": "00:43:21,932", "endTime": "00:43:23,434" }, { "index": 1308, "text": "89 UNITS OF INTERGENERATIONAL", "startTime": "00:43:23,434", "endTime": "00:43:24,501" }, { "index": 1309, "text": "LIVING WITH A PRESCHOOL THE", "startTime": "00:43:24,501", "endTime": "00:43:25,736" }, { "index": 1310, "text": "FIRST FLOOR WHICH THE CITY,", "startTime": "00:43:25,736", "endTime": "00:43:27,237" }, { "index": 1311, "text": "VOTERS THANK YOU, AND CITY", "startTime": "00:43:27,237", "endTime": "00:43:29,039" }, { "index": 1312, "text": "COUNCIL, FOR SUPPORTING IT. AND", "startTime": "00:43:29,039", "endTime": "00:43:32,142" }, { "index": 1313, "text": "THE PRICKLY SCHOOLS. NEXT DOOR", "startTime": "00:43:32,142", "endTime": "00:43:34,144" }, { "index": 1314, "text": "TO THE LIBRARY WE HAVE THE EAST", "startTime": "00:43:34,144", "endTime": "00:43:39,850" }, { "index": 1315, "text": "AFRICAN ELDERS UNITY LODGE AT", "startTime": "00:43:39,850", "endTime": "00:43:40,884" }, { "index": 1316, "text": "THE NORTHGATE COMMUNITY CENTER", "startTime": "00:43:40,884", "endTime": "00:43:41,752" }, { "index": 1317, "text": "AND THAT IS WHERE IT IS HELD AND", "startTime": "00:43:41,752", "endTime": "00:43:43,354" }, { "index": 1318, "text": "I HAVE ATTENDED THAT. THE", "startTime": "00:43:43,354", "endTime": "00:43:44,355" }, { "index": 1319, "text": "BROADVIEW LIBRARY IS ONE BLOCK", "startTime": "00:43:44,355", "endTime": "00:43:45,856" }, { "index": 1320, "text": "FROM BROADVIEW, K-8 WITH THERE", "startTime": "00:43:45,856", "endTime": "00:43:48,359" }, { "index": 1321, "text": "ARE 140 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE", "startTime": "00:43:48,359", "endTime": "00:43:49,526" }, { "index": 1322, "text": "ENGLISH, E LL PROGRAM AT THE", "startTime": "00:43:49,526", "endTime": "00:43:53,530" }, { "index": 1323, "text": "SCHOOL AND OUR STUDENTS SPEAK 30", "startTime": "00:43:53,530", "endTime": "00:43:54,565" }, { "index": 1324, "text": "DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. WE WELCOME", "startTime": "00:43:54,565", "endTime": "00:43:57,568" }, { "index": 1325, "text": "THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH", "startTime": "00:43:57,568", "endTime": "00:44:00,004" }, { "index": 1326, "text": "CITY DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS DEAL", "startTime": "00:44:00,004", "endTime": "00:44:01,538" }, { "index": 1327, "text": "AND THE SEATTLE PRESCHOOL", "startTime": "00:44:01,538", "endTime": "00:44:02,740" }, { "index": 1328, "text": "PROGRAM AND AS YOU HEARD,", "startTime": "00:44:02,740", "endTime": "00:44:04,141" }, { "index": 1329, "text": "LITERACY SOURCE WHICH IS IN", "startTime": "00:44:04,141", "endTime": "00:44:06,643" }, { "index": 1330, "text": "DISTRICT 5, AND NORTH HELPLINE,", "startTime": "00:44:06,643", "endTime": "00:44:10,748" }, { "index": 1331, "text": "AND I THINK WHAT ENTERING TO", "startTime": "00:44:10,748", "endTime": "00:44:12,349" }, { "index": 1332, "text": "SHARE WITH YOU TODAY IS, HAVING", "startTime": "00:44:12,349", "endTime": "00:44:14,251" }, { "index": 1333, "text": "THREE LIBRARIES , HAVING HOUSING", "startTime": "00:44:14,251", "endTime": "00:44:21,392" }, { "index": 1334, "text": "DENSITY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND", "startTime": "00:44:21,392", "endTime": "00:44:22,659" }, { "index": 1335, "text": "MORE IMPORTANTLY, HAVING THE", "startTime": "00:44:22,659", "endTime": "00:44:23,260" }, { "index": 1336, "text": "PRE-K ASSETS THAT WE HAVE IN ALL", "startTime": "00:44:23,260", "endTime": "00:44:24,628" }, { "index": 1337, "text": "OF HER DISTRICTS, THAT WE ALL", "startTime": "00:44:24,628", "endTime": "00:44:26,163" }, { "index": 1338, "text": "CONTRIBUTED TO MAKE SURE THEY", "startTime": "00:44:26,163", "endTime": "00:44:28,265" }, { "index": 1339, "text": "GET BUILT. SO KIDS HAVE A HEAD", "startTime": "00:44:28,265", "endTime": "00:44:30,100" }, { "index": 1340, "text": "START BEFORE THEY GO TO PUBLIC", "startTime": "00:44:30,100", "endTime": "00:44:33,404" }, { "index": 1341, "text": "SCHOOL, PRE-K ON-SITE CONNECTED", "startTime": "00:44:33,404", "endTime": "00:44:35,572" }, { "index": 1342, "text": "TO CONNECTED TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES", "startTime": "00:44:35,572", "endTime": "00:44:39,843" }, { "index": 1343, "text": "IS SO INCREDIBLE INVESTMENT IN", "startTime": "00:44:39,843", "endTime": "00:44:41,045" }, { "index": 1344, "text": "OUR CITY. THANK YOU.", "startTime": "00:44:41,045", "endTime": "00:44:43,180" }, { "index": 1345, "text": "THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "00:44:43,180", "endTime": "00:44:48,085" }, { "index": 1346, "text": "JUAREZ. ERIC, APOLOGIES, I", "startTime": "00:44:48,085", "endTime": "00:44:48,786" }, { "index": 1347, "text": "DIDN'T GET TO YOU, BUT I THINK", "startTime": "00:44:48,786", "endTime": "00:44:51,855" }, { "index": 1348, "text": "WE ARE GOOD ON THIS ONE. OKAY. I", "startTime": "00:44:51,855", "endTime": "00:44:52,956" }, { "index": 1349, "text": "WILL MAKE SURE TO GO TO YOU IN", "startTime": "00:44:52,956", "endTime": "00:44:58,662" }, { "index": 1350, "text": "THE FUTURE ONES. COLLEAGUES, ANY", "startTime": "00:44:58,662", "endTime": "00:44:59,496" }, { "index": 1351, "text": "QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR MANY", "startTime": "00:44:59,496", "endTime": "00:45:00,497" }, { "index": 1352, "text": "OF OUR COLLEAGUES? I, I WILL", "startTime": "00:45:00,497", "endTime": "00:45:01,999" }, { "index": 1353, "text": "SAY, COLLEAGUES, I SUPPORT -- I", "startTime": "00:45:01,999", "endTime": "00:45:04,168" }, { "index": 1354, "text": "SUPPORT THE INTENT BEHIND THIS", "startTime": "00:45:04,168", "endTime": "00:45:08,005" }, { "index": 1355, "text": "AMENDMENT. THESE PROGRAMS ARE", "startTime": "00:45:08,005", "endTime": "00:45:12,543" }, { "index": 1356, "text": "REALLY IMPORTANT. WE DO HAVE", "startTime": "00:45:12,543", "endTime": "00:45:13,710" }, { "index": 1357, "text": "THEM AT THE LIBRARIES. THEY", "startTime": "00:45:13,710", "endTime": "00:45:15,679" }, { "index": 1358, "text": "SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED FOR THE", "startTime": "00:45:15,679", "endTime": "00:45:16,847" }, { "index": 1359, "text": "NORTH END, AND I KNOW THERE ARE", "startTime": "00:45:16,847", "endTime": "00:45:19,383" }, { "index": 1360, "text": "DOLLARS IN HERE THAT COULD GO", "startTime": "00:45:19,383", "endTime": "00:45:20,651" }, { "index": 1361, "text": "TOWARD THAT PURPOSE ALREADY. AND", "startTime": "00:45:20,651", "endTime": "00:45:22,853" }, { "index": 1362, "text": "SO, I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE", "startTime": "00:45:22,853", "endTime": "00:45:26,190" }, { "index": 1363, "text": "SEEN THIS EXPANSION INTO THE", "startTime": "00:45:26,190", "endTime": "00:45:29,159" }, { "index": 1364, "text": "NORTH END , BUT NEVERTHELESS,", "startTime": "00:45:29,159", "endTime": "00:45:33,931" }, { "index": 1365, "text": "HERE WE ARE. LET'S TAKE A VOTE", "startTime": "00:45:33,931", "endTime": "00:45:35,165" }, { "index": 1366, "text": "ON AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO.", "startTime": "00:45:35,165", "endTime": "00:45:40,037" }, { "index": 1367, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER", "startTime": "00:45:40,037", "endTime": "00:45:40,604" }, { "index": 1368, "text": "AYE.", "startTime": "00:45:40,604", "endTime": "00:45:42,773" }, { "index": 1369, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ", "startTime": "00:45:42,773", "endTime": "00:45:43,307" }, { "index": 1370, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "00:45:43,307", "endTime": "00:45:44,641" }, { "index": 1371, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER LIN.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER LIN", "startTime": "00:45:44,641", "endTime": "00:45:45,175" }, { "index": 1372, "text": "AYE.", "startTime": "00:45:45,175", "endTime": "00:45:46,477" }, { "index": 1373, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER RINCK", "startTime": "00:45:46,477", "endTime": "00:45:47,144" }, { "index": 1374, "text": "YES. VICE CHAIR", "startTime": "00:45:47,144", "endTime": "00:45:53,951" }, { "index": 1375, "text": "HOLLINGSWORTH.", "startTime": "00:45:53,951", "endTime": "00:45:54,751" }, { "index": 1376, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "00:45:54,751", "endTime": "00:45:55,252" }, { "index": 1377, "text": "CHAIR RIVERA.", "speaker": "CHAIR RIVERA", "startTime": "00:45:55,252", "endTime": "00:45:58,489" }, { "index": 1378, "text": "NO.", "startTime": "00:45:58,489", "endTime": "00:46:00,657" }, { "index": 1379, "text": "AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO IS", "speaker": "AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO IS", "startTime": "00:46:00,657", "endTime": "00:46:03,260" }, { "index": 1380, "text": "ADOPTED. CONSUMER FOSTER YOUR", "startTime": "00:46:03,260", "endTime": "00:46:09,266" }, { "index": 1381, "text": "RECOGNIZED MOVE AMENDMENT NUMBER", "startTime": "00:46:09,266", "endTime": "00:46:10,334" }, { "index": 1382, "text": "THREE.", "startTime": "00:46:10,334", "endTime": "00:46:10,634" }, { "index": 1383, "text": "I ASKED TO MOVE AMENDMENT", "speaker": "I ASKED TO MOVE AMENDMENT", "startTime": "00:46:10,634", "endTime": "00:46:11,768" }, { "index": 1384, "text": "NUMBER THREE. TO HAVE A SECOND?", "startTime": "00:46:11,768", "endTime": "00:46:16,073" }, { "index": 1385, "text": "IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO", "speaker": "IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO", "startTime": "00:46:16,073", "endTime": "00:46:18,242" }, { "index": 1386, "text": "AMEND COUNCIL BUILT 121181 AS", "startTime": "00:46:18,242", "endTime": "00:46:19,176" }, { "index": 1387, "text": "PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT NUMBER", "startTime": "00:46:19,176", "endTime": "00:46:20,410" }, { "index": 1388, "text": "THREE. ERIC, WOULD YOU GIVE A", "startTime": "00:46:20,410", "endTime": "00:46:24,081" }, { "index": 1389, "text": "BRIEF DESCRIPTION AND THEN I", "startTime": "00:46:24,081", "endTime": "00:46:25,149" }, { "index": 1390, "text": "WILL GO TO YOU, COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "00:46:25,149", "endTime": "00:46:26,450" }, { "index": 1391, "text": "FOSTER AS SPONSOR.", "startTime": "00:46:26,450", "endTime": "00:46:26,950" }, { "index": 1392, "text": "THIS AMENDMENT WOULD, WOULD", "startTime": "00:46:26,950", "endTime": "00:46:29,686" }, { "index": 1393, "text": "COMMUNICATE COUNCIL'S INTENTION", "startTime": "00:46:29,686", "endTime": "00:46:33,991" }, { "index": 1394, "text": "-- CAN WE START ALL OVER AGAIN.", "startTime": "00:46:33,991", "endTime": "00:46:35,793" }, { "index": 1395, "text": "OKAY. NO PROBLEM. THINGS ON", "startTime": "00:46:35,793", "endTime": "00:46:37,928" }, { "index": 1396, "text": "MY MIND THAT ARE NOT ABOUT THIS.", "startTime": "00:46:37,928", "endTime": "00:46:39,296" }, { "index": 1397, "text": "TAKE A DEEP BREATH. THROUGH THIS", "startTime": "00:46:39,296", "endTime": "00:46:44,468" }, { "index": 1398, "text": "AMENDMENT COUNCIL WHICH", "startTime": "00:46:44,468", "endTime": "00:46:45,135" }, { "index": 1399, "text": "INDICATED THEIR INTENTION TO", "startTime": "00:46:45,135", "endTime": "00:46:45,869" }, { "index": 1400, "text": "SUPPORT THE LIBRARY -- TO", "startTime": "00:46:45,869", "endTime": "00:46:47,137" }, { "index": 1401, "text": "INCREASE THE LIBRARY LIBBY", "startTime": "00:46:47,137", "endTime": "00:46:47,938" }, { "index": 1402, "text": "FUNDING AMOUNT BY $4.06 MILLION.", "startTime": "00:46:47,938", "endTime": "00:46:54,344" }, { "index": 1403, "text": "THIS WOULD BE TO SUPPORT", "startTime": "00:46:54,344", "endTime": "00:46:55,379" }, { "index": 1404, "text": "OPERATING HOURS AND ACCESS BY", "startTime": "00:46:55,379", "endTime": "00:46:56,547" }, { "index": 1405, "text": "EXPANDING RESOURCE NAVIGATION", "startTime": "00:46:56,547", "endTime": "00:46:59,349" }, { "index": 1406, "text": "BEFORE ADDITIONAL FULL-TIME", "startTime": "00:46:59,349", "endTime": "00:46:59,950" }, { "index": 1407, "text": "EQUIVALENT TO DEGREASER", "startTime": "00:46:59,950", "endTime": "00:47:01,084" }, { "index": 1408, "text": "SPECIALISTS AND UPGRADING", "startTime": "00:47:01,084", "endTime": "00:47:03,554" }, { "index": 1409, "text": "SECURITY BADGE ACCESS OF THE", "startTime": "00:47:03,554", "endTime": "00:47:04,454" }, { "index": 1410, "text": "CENTRAL BRANCH. GIVE YOUR", "startTime": "00:47:04,454", "endTime": "00:47:05,355" }, { "index": 1411, "text": "INDULGENCE FOR THAT.", "startTime": "00:47:05,355", "endTime": "00:47:06,256" }, { "index": 1412, "text": "NO PROBLEM AIR, THANK YOU.", "startTime": "00:47:06,256", "endTime": "00:47:10,794" }, { "index": 1413, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, AS", "startTime": "00:47:10,794", "endTime": "00:47:11,762" }, { "index": 1414, "text": "SPONSOR, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO", "startTime": "00:47:11,762", "endTime": "00:47:17,668" }, { "index": 1415, "text": "SPEAK TO THIS AMENDMENT. I KNOW", "startTime": "00:47:17,668", "endTime": "00:47:19,136" }, { "index": 1416, "text": "THERE ARE TWO OTHER COSPONSORS", "startTime": "00:47:19,136", "endTime": "00:47:20,204" }, { "index": 1417, "text": "AND WE CAN GO TO THEM AFTER.", "startTime": "00:47:20,204", "endTime": "00:47:21,538" }, { "index": 1418, "text": "THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU,", "startTime": "00:47:21,538", "endTime": "00:47:23,140" }, { "index": 1419, "text": "ERIC, YOU GOT THIS, YOU'RE", "startTime": "00:47:23,140", "endTime": "00:47:24,608" }, { "index": 1420, "text": "DOING GREAT. COLLEAGUES, AM", "startTime": "00:47:24,608", "endTime": "00:47:26,944" }, { "index": 1421, "text": "EXCITED TO BRING THIS AMENDMENT", "startTime": "00:47:26,944", "endTime": "00:47:28,045" }, { "index": 1422, "text": "FORWARD AND I WANT TO THANK", "startTime": "00:47:28,045", "endTime": "00:47:29,379" }, { "index": 1423, "text": "COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH", "startTime": "00:47:29,379", "endTime": "00:47:30,547" }, { "index": 1424, "text": "AND COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR", "startTime": "00:47:30,547", "endTime": "00:47:37,888" }, { "index": 1425, "text": "THE COSPONSORSHIP. THE INTENT IS", "startTime": "00:47:37,888", "endTime": "00:47:38,655" }, { "index": 1426, "text": "TO ENSURE OUR LIBRARIES REMAIN", "startTime": "00:47:38,655", "endTime": "00:47:39,590" }, { "index": 1427, "text": "OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE AND", "startTime": "00:47:39,590", "endTime": "00:47:40,424" }, { "index": 1428, "text": "AVAILABLE TO ALL RESIDENTS. AS I", "startTime": "00:47:40,424", "endTime": "00:47:41,758" }, { "index": 1429, "text": "WAS ENGAGING WITH THE LIBRARY", "startTime": "00:47:41,758", "endTime": "00:47:42,793" }, { "index": 1430, "text": "STAFF, WE HEARD FROM FOLKS , WE", "startTime": "00:47:42,793", "endTime": "00:47:52,936" }, { "index": 1431, "text": "HAVE FOLKS WHO SPENT EIGHT OR 10", "startTime": "00:47:52,936", "endTime": "00:47:54,871" }, { "index": 1432, "text": "HOURS IN THE LIBRARIES. IT'S AN", "startTime": "00:47:54,871", "endTime": "00:47:55,772" }, { "index": 1433, "text": "EXCELLENT POINT TO MAKE SURE WE", "startTime": "00:47:55,772", "endTime": "00:47:56,974" }, { "index": 1434, "text": "ARE ABLE TO CONNECT THEM WITH", "startTime": "00:47:56,974", "endTime": "00:47:58,041" }, { "index": 1435, "text": "RESOURCES. WE ALSO HEARD", "startTime": "00:47:58,041", "endTime": "00:47:58,942" }, { "index": 1436, "text": "FANTASTIC INFORMATION ABOUT HOW", "startTime": "00:47:58,942", "endTime": "00:48:00,043" }, { "index": 1437, "text": "THESE NAVIGATORS HAVE HELPED THE", "startTime": "00:48:00,043", "endTime": "00:48:00,744" }, { "index": 1438, "text": "LIBRARIES TO REDUCE THE NUMBER", "startTime": "00:48:00,744", "endTime": "00:48:01,845" }, { "index": 1439, "text": "OF BANDS HAPPENING AT OUR", "startTime": "00:48:01,845", "endTime": "00:48:02,779" }, { "index": 1440, "text": "LIBRARIES SO THEY TRULY ARE A", "startTime": "00:48:02,779", "endTime": "00:48:04,047" }, { "index": 1441, "text": "THIRD PLACES AND THEY ARE PLACES", "startTime": "00:48:04,047", "endTime": "00:48:05,249" }, { "index": 1442, "text": "WHERE WE CAN HAVE SAFETY AND", "startTime": "00:48:05,249", "endTime": "00:48:06,550" }, { "index": 1443, "text": "ACCESS FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS.", "startTime": "00:48:06,550", "endTime": "00:48:10,854" }, { "index": 1444, "text": "AM EXCITED TO BRING THIS", "startTime": "00:48:10,854", "endTime": "00:48:12,456" }, { "index": 1445, "text": "FORWARD. WE KNOW THE LIBRARY", "startTime": "00:48:12,456", "endTime": "00:48:13,390" }, { "index": 1446, "text": "WILL BE PRIORITIZING DOWNTOWN,", "startTime": "00:48:13,390", "endTime": "00:48:14,258" }, { "index": 1447, "text": "CAPITOL HILL AND BALLARD FOR", "startTime": "00:48:14,258", "endTime": "00:48:15,259" }, { "index": 1448, "text": "THESE NAVIGATORS. I THINK THAT", "startTime": "00:48:15,259", "endTime": "00:48:16,326" }, { "index": 1449, "text": "IS AN IMPORTANT AND WELL DONE", "startTime": "00:48:16,326", "endTime": "00:48:21,365" }, { "index": 1450, "text": "WAY TO SPEND THESE RESOURCES.", "startTime": "00:48:21,365", "endTime": "00:48:22,466" }, { "index": 1451, "text": "COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR", "startTime": "00:48:22,466", "endTime": "00:48:23,533" }, { "index": 1452, "text": "SUPPORT.", "startTime": "00:48:23,533", "endTime": "00:48:23,867" }, { "index": 1453, "text": "THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "00:48:23,867", "endTime": "00:48:25,235" }, { "index": 1454, "text": "FOSTER. COUNCIL PRESIDENT,", "startTime": "00:48:25,235", "endTime": "00:48:30,073" }, { "index": 1455, "text": "HOLLINGSWORTH, DID YOU WANT TO", "startTime": "00:48:30,073", "endTime": "00:48:31,174" }, { "index": 1456, "text": "SPEAK TO THIS AMENDMENT?", "startTime": "00:48:31,174", "endTime": "00:48:32,042" }, { "index": 1457, "text": "THANK YOU, CHAIR.", "startTime": "00:48:32,042", "endTime": "00:48:33,176" }, { "index": 1458, "text": "APPRECIATION FOR COUNCIL MEMBER", "startTime": "00:48:33,176", "endTime": "00:48:43,720" }, { "index": 1459, "text": "FOSTER AND HER LEADERSHIP ON", "startTime": "00:48:44,054", "endTime": "00:48:44,955" }, { "index": 1460, "text": "THIS COLLABORATION. REGARDING", "startTime": "00:48:44,955", "endTime": "00:48:45,589" }, { "index": 1461, "text": "THE AMENDMENT, SHE SAID", "startTime": "00:48:45,589", "endTime": "00:48:46,556" }, { "index": 1462, "text": "EVERYTHING I WOULD SAY SO I", "startTime": "00:48:46,556", "endTime": "00:48:47,658" }, { "index": 1463, "text": "WON'T REPEAT. I KNOW WE HAVE", "startTime": "00:48:47,658", "endTime": "00:48:48,925" }, { "index": 1464, "text": "THE GET THROUGH A BUNCH OF", "startTime": "00:48:48,925", "endTime": "00:48:49,993" }, { "index": 1465, "text": "AMENDMENTS. VERY GRATEFUL FOR", "startTime": "00:48:49,993", "endTime": "00:48:50,861" }, { "index": 1466, "text": "THAT. THANK YOU", "startTime": "00:48:50,861", "endTime": "00:48:51,828" }, { "index": 1467, "text": "COUNCIL PRESIDENT", "speaker": "COUNCIL PRESIDENT", "startTime": "00:48:51,828", "endTime": "00:48:52,863" }, { "index": 1468, "text": "HOLLINGSWORTH. COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "00:48:52,863", "endTime": "00:48:56,199" }, { "index": 1469, "text": "STRAUSS, IS THE OTHER COSPONSORS", "startTime": "00:48:56,199", "endTime": "00:48:57,267" }, { "index": 1470, "text": "WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS", "startTime": "00:48:57,267", "endTime": "00:48:58,435" }, { "index": 1471, "text": "AMENDMENT?", "startTime": "00:48:58,435", "endTime": "00:48:58,735" }, { "index": 1472, "text": "YES, THANK YOU TO COUNCIL", "startTime": "00:48:58,735", "endTime": "00:48:59,936" }, { "index": 1473, "text": "MEMBER FOSTER FOR YOUR", "startTime": "00:48:59,936", "endTime": "00:49:00,938" }, { "index": 1474, "text": "LEADERSHIP AND THANK YOU TO THE", "startTime": "00:49:00,938", "endTime": "00:49:02,139" }, { "index": 1475, "text": "LIBRARIES FOR YOUR AGREEMENT TO", "startTime": "00:49:02,139", "endTime": "00:49:03,373" }, { "index": 1476, "text": "PARTNER WITH OUR EXISTING", "startTime": "00:49:03,373", "endTime": "00:49:04,308" }, { "index": 1477, "text": "SERVICE PROVIDERS IN THESE", "startTime": "00:49:04,308", "endTime": "00:49:04,875" }, { "index": 1478, "text": "AREAS. WHAT I HAVE NOTICED IS", "startTime": "00:49:04,875", "endTime": "00:49:06,143" }, { "index": 1479, "text": "THAT THE CURRENT SERVICE", "startTime": "00:49:06,143", "endTime": "00:49:07,144" }, { "index": 1480, "text": "PROVISION THAT IS OCCURRING AT", "startTime": "00:49:07,144", "endTime": "00:49:08,145" }, { "index": 1481, "text": "LIBRARIES IS NOT INTEGRATED WITH", "startTime": "00:49:08,145", "endTime": "00:49:12,983" }, { "index": 1482, "text": "THE FABRIC WE HAVE CREATED IN", "startTime": "00:49:12,983", "endTime": "00:49:14,051" }, { "index": 1483, "text": "THE LAST SIX YEARS. I'M EXCITED", "startTime": "00:49:14,051", "endTime": "00:49:15,285" }, { "index": 1484, "text": "TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS", "startTime": "00:49:15,285", "endTime": "00:49:16,653" }, { "index": 1485, "text": "AMENDMENT, TO SUPPORT YOUR WORK", "startTime": "00:49:16,653", "endTime": "00:49:18,055" }, { "index": 1486, "text": "AND DOING A LITTLE BETTER AND", "startTime": "00:49:18,055", "endTime": "00:49:20,057" }, { "index": 1487, "text": "MAKING SURE THAT COLLABORATION", "startTime": "00:49:20,057", "endTime": "00:49:20,691" }, { "index": 1488, "text": "OCCURS. THANK YOU.", "startTime": "00:49:20,691", "endTime": "00:49:21,958" }, { "index": 1489, "text": "THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "00:49:21,958", "endTime": "00:49:24,227" }, { "index": 1490, "text": "STRAUSS. ANY QUESTIONS OR", "startTime": "00:49:24,227", "endTime": "00:49:25,329" }, { "index": 1491, "text": "COMMENTS? FROM OUR OTHER", "startTime": "00:49:25,329", "endTime": "00:49:29,433" }, { "index": 1492, "text": "COLLEAGUES? ALL RIGHT, THEN", "startTime": "00:49:29,433", "endTime": "00:49:30,434" }, { "index": 1493, "text": "LET'S GO TORBERT VOTE.", "startTime": "00:49:30,434", "endTime": "00:49:31,668" }, { "index": 1494, "text": "> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.", "startTime": "00:49:31,668", "endTime": "00:49:32,235" }, { "index": 1495, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "00:49:32,235", "endTime": "00:49:34,538" }, { "index": 1496, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER", "startTime": "00:49:34,538", "endTime": "00:49:35,105" }, { "index": 1497, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "00:49:35,105", "endTime": "00:49:37,007" }, { "index": 1498, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ", "startTime": "00:49:37,007", "endTime": "00:49:37,541" }, { "index": 1499, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "00:49:37,541", "endTime": "00:49:37,774" }, { "index": 1500, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER LIN.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER LIN", "startTime": "00:49:37,774", "endTime": "00:49:38,275" }, { "index": 1501, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "00:49:38,275", "endTime": "00:49:38,508" }, { "index": 1502, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER RINCK", "startTime": "00:49:38,508", "endTime": "00:49:39,009" }, { "index": 1503, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "00:49:39,009", "endTime": "00:49:44,147" }, { "index": 1504, "text": "VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH.", "speaker": "VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH", "startTime": "00:49:44,147", "endTime": "00:49:44,748" }, { "index": 1505, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "00:49:44,748", "endTime": "00:49:47,050" }, { "index": 1506, "text": "CHAIR RIVERA.", "speaker": "CHAIR RIVERA", "startTime": "00:49:47,050", "endTime": "00:49:47,451" }, { "index": 1507, "text": "NO.", "startTime": "00:49:47,451", "endTime": "00:49:50,654" }, { "index": 1508, "text": "MOTION CARRIES. COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "00:49:50,654", "endTime": "00:49:54,925" }, { "index": 1509, "text": "LIN YOUR RECOGNIZED MOVE", "startTime": "00:49:54,925", "endTime": "00:49:55,792" }, { "index": 1510, "text": "AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR.", "startTime": "00:49:55,792", "endTime": "00:49:56,793" }, { "index": 1511, "text": "THANK YOU, CHAIR. I MOVED TO", "startTime": "00:49:56,793", "endTime": "00:50:04,668" }, { "index": 1512, "text": "ADOPT AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR. IS", "startTime": "00:50:04,668", "endTime": "00:50:05,769" }, { "index": 1513, "text": "THERE A SECOND?", "startTime": "00:50:05,769", "endTime": "00:50:07,337" }, { "index": 1514, "text": "IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO", "speaker": "IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO", "startTime": "00:50:07,337", "endTime": "00:50:09,139" }, { "index": 1515, "text": "AMEND CANCEL BILL 121181 AS", "startTime": "00:50:09,139", "endTime": "00:50:12,442" }, { "index": 1516, "text": "PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT FOUR.", "startTime": "00:50:12,442", "endTime": "00:50:13,577" }, { "index": 1517, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER , AS SPONSOR OF", "startTime": "00:50:13,577", "endTime": "00:50:24,087" }, { "index": 1518, "text": "THIS AMENDMENT I WILL GO TO YOU", "startTime": "00:50:28,625", "endTime": "00:50:29,693" }, { "index": 1519, "text": "AFTER I GO TO ERIC.", "startTime": "00:50:29,693", "endTime": "00:50:30,627" }, { "index": 1520, "text": "FANTASTIC.", "speaker": "FANTASTIC", "startTime": "00:50:30,627", "endTime": "00:50:31,161" }, { "index": 1521, "text": "ERIC, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE", "startTime": "00:50:31,161", "endTime": "00:50:32,562" }, { "index": 1522, "text": "US A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF", "startTime": "00:50:32,562", "endTime": "00:50:33,630" }, { "index": 1523, "text": "AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR?", "startTime": "00:50:33,630", "endTime": "00:50:34,164" }, { "index": 1524, "text": "SURE THING. THIS AMENDMENT", "startTime": "00:50:34,164", "endTime": "00:50:35,232" }, { "index": 1525, "text": "WOULD CAN INDICATE COUNCIL'S", "startTime": "00:50:35,232", "endTime": "00:50:36,032" }, { "index": 1526, "text": "INTENTION THAT A PORTION OF THE", "startTime": "00:50:36,032", "endTime": "00:50:37,334" }, { "index": 1527, "text": "LIBRARY LIBBY FUNDING AMOUNT IS", "startTime": "00:50:37,334", "endTime": "00:50:38,568" }, { "index": 1528, "text": "TRANSMITTED TO THE MAYOR AND", "startTime": "00:50:38,568", "endTime": "00:50:39,669" }, { "index": 1529, "text": "INCREASED BY $15 MILLION BY THE", "startTime": "00:50:39,669", "endTime": "00:50:40,837" }, { "index": 1530, "text": "COUNCIL SHOULD BE AUTHORIZED FOR", "startTime": "00:50:40,837", "endTime": "00:50:41,938" }, { "index": 1531, "text": "INVESTMENTS TO SUPPORT", "startTime": "00:50:41,938", "endTime": "00:50:42,539" }, { "index": 1532, "text": "MAINTENANCE, COMPLETING THE", "startTime": "00:50:42,539", "endTime": "00:50:43,273" }, { "index": 1533, "text": "REPAIR, REPLACEMENT OR UPGRADES", "startTime": "00:50:43,273", "endTime": "00:50:44,341" }, { "index": 1534, "text": "OF COOLING SYSTEMS FOR ALL", "startTime": "00:50:44,341", "endTime": "00:50:45,575" }, { "index": 1535, "text": "LIBRARY BRANCHES AND TWO,", "startTime": "00:50:45,575", "endTime": "00:50:46,143" }, { "index": 1536, "text": "ADDRESSING DEFERRED MAINTENANCE", "startTime": "00:50:46,143", "endTime": "00:50:46,810" }, { "index": 1537, "text": "AND BRANCH ELECT VACATION.", "startTime": "00:50:46,810", "endTime": "00:50:48,045" }, { "index": 1538, "text": "THANK YOU. AS SPONSOR OF THIS", "startTime": "00:50:48,045", "endTime": "00:50:52,849" }, { "index": 1539, "text": "AMENDMENT YOU ARE RECOGNIZED IN", "startTime": "00:50:52,849", "endTime": "00:50:53,917" }, { "index": 1540, "text": "ORDER TO ADDRESS IT.", "startTime": "00:50:53,917", "endTime": "00:50:54,851" }, { "index": 1541, "text": "THANK YOU, CHAIR. THIS", "startTime": "00:50:54,851", "endTime": "00:50:59,189" }, { "index": 1542, "text": "AMENDMENT, AS DESCRIBED, WOULD", "startTime": "00:50:59,189", "endTime": "00:51:00,056" }, { "index": 1543, "text": "COVER A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT", "startTime": "00:51:00,056", "endTime": "00:51:01,358" }, { "index": 1544, "text": "MATTERS. IT WOULD INCLUDE THE", "startTime": "00:51:01,358", "endTime": "00:51:05,162" }, { "index": 1545, "text": "HVAC SYSTEMS AT FIVE BRANCHES.", "startTime": "00:51:05,162", "endTime": "00:51:07,063" }, { "index": 1546, "text": "THAT MOSTLY HAS BEEN FUNDED", "startTime": "00:51:07,063", "endTime": "00:51:08,665" }, { "index": 1547, "text": "THROUGH THE FEMA GRANT, WHICH IS", "startTime": "00:51:08,665", "endTime": "00:51:11,168" }, { "index": 1548, "text": "WONDERFUL. WHICH COVERS MOST OF", "startTime": "00:51:11,168", "endTime": "00:51:14,438" }, { "index": 1549, "text": "THAT COST. THERE ARE SOME OF THE", "startTime": "00:51:14,438", "endTime": "00:51:15,772" }, { "index": 1550, "text": "COSTS THAT ARE ALREADY BUDGETED", "startTime": "00:51:15,772", "endTime": "00:51:17,240" }, { "index": 1551, "text": "FOR. BUT THIS WOULD HELP TO", "startTime": "00:51:17,240", "endTime": "00:51:19,443" }, { "index": 1552, "text": "ENSURE THAT THOSE PROJECTS CAN", "startTime": "00:51:19,443", "endTime": "00:51:23,647" }, { "index": 1553, "text": "BE COMPLETED IN CASE THERE ANY", "startTime": "00:51:23,647", "endTime": "00:51:24,848" }, { "index": 1554, "text": "COST OVERRUNS. OR, ALSO FOR", "startTime": "00:51:24,848", "endTime": "00:51:26,883" }, { "index": 1555, "text": "ONGOING MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS.", "startTime": "00:51:26,883", "endTime": "00:51:29,085" }, { "index": 1556, "text": "IT WOULD ALSO HELP TO ADDRESS", "startTime": "00:51:29,085", "endTime": "00:51:35,025" }, { "index": 1557, "text": "DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. WE KNOW", "startTime": "00:51:35,025", "endTime": "00:51:35,859" }, { "index": 1558, "text": "THAT THE PROPOSAL DOES NOT FULLY", "startTime": "00:51:35,859", "endTime": "00:51:41,031" }, { "index": 1559, "text": "FUND ALL THE DIFFERENT", "startTime": "00:51:41,031", "endTime": "00:51:42,032" }, { "index": 1560, "text": "MAINTENANCE. AS WE HEARD,", "startTime": "00:51:42,032", "endTime": "00:51:42,866" }, { "index": 1561, "text": "DEFERRED MAINTENANCE PUMPS UP", "startTime": "00:51:42,866", "endTime": "00:51:43,867" }, { "index": 1562, "text": "UNEXPECTEDLY QUITE OFTEN IN OUR", "startTime": "00:51:43,867", "endTime": "00:51:45,702" }, { "index": 1563, "text": "BRANCHES. AS WELL AS BRANCH", "startTime": "00:51:45,702", "endTime": "00:51:49,639" }, { "index": 1564, "text": "ELECTRIFICATION. WE HAVE A", "startTime": "00:51:49,639", "endTime": "00:51:50,507" }, { "index": 1565, "text": "NUMBER OF BRANCHES THAT ARE NOT", "startTime": "00:51:50,507", "endTime": "00:51:52,242" }, { "index": 1566, "text": "ELECTRIFIED YET. AND, CURRENT", "startTime": "00:51:52,242", "endTime": "00:51:55,412" }, { "index": 1567, "text": "EVENTS , IT IS CRYSTAL CLEAR", "startTime": "00:51:55,412", "endTime": "00:51:59,850" }, { "index": 1568, "text": "THAT WE NEED TO MOVE RAPIDLY TO", "startTime": "00:51:59,850", "endTime": "00:52:01,351" }, { "index": 1569, "text": "TRANSITION AWAY FROM FOSSIL", "startTime": "00:52:01,351", "endTime": "00:52:02,719" }, { "index": 1570, "text": "FUELS , BOTH IN TERMS OF COST", "startTime": "00:52:02,719", "endTime": "00:52:06,289" }, { "index": 1571, "text": "AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ,", "startTime": "00:52:06,289", "endTime": "00:52:11,194" }, { "index": 1572, "text": "AS WELL AS WHAT WE SEE WITH", "startTime": "00:52:11,194", "endTime": "00:52:12,596" }, { "index": 1573, "text": "THINGS LIKE HER CURRENT", "startTime": "00:52:12,596", "endTime": "00:52:13,330" }, { "index": 1574, "text": "SNOWPACK. WHICH ARE GREATLY", "startTime": "00:52:13,330", "endTime": "00:52:15,265" }, { "index": 1575, "text": "BELOW AVERAGE. AND, WE ARE,", "startTime": "00:52:15,265", "endTime": "00:52:25,742" }, { "index": 1576, "text": "UNFORTUNATELY, NOWHERE NEAR, WE", "startTime": "00:52:31,414", "endTime": "00:52:32,048" }, { "index": 1577, "text": "ARE MAKING PROGRESS, BUT NOWHERE", "startTime": "00:52:32,048", "endTime": "00:52:33,150" }, { "index": 1578, "text": "NEAR OUR 2030 CLIMATE ACTION", "startTime": "00:52:33,150", "endTime": "00:52:34,484" }, { "index": 1579, "text": "PLAN GOALS. TRANSPORTATION IS A", "startTime": "00:52:34,484", "endTime": "00:52:35,285" }, { "index": 1580, "text": "NUMBER ONE EMISSION AROUND 50%.", "startTime": "00:52:35,285", "endTime": "00:52:36,253" }, { "index": 1581, "text": "BUILDINGS IS OUR SECOND LARGEST", "startTime": "00:52:36,253", "endTime": "00:52:37,354" }, { "index": 1582, "text": "EMISSION OF GREENHOUSE GAS AND", "startTime": "00:52:37,354", "endTime": "00:52:38,355" }, { "index": 1583, "text": "THAT IS AROUND 40%. AND SO, WE", "startTime": "00:52:38,355", "endTime": "00:52:39,756" }, { "index": 1584, "text": "NEED TO BE MOVING MUCH MORE", "startTime": "00:52:39,756", "endTime": "00:52:41,791" }, { "index": 1585, "text": "RAPIDLY , MANY OF THOSE", "startTime": "00:52:41,791", "endTime": "00:52:46,429" }, { "index": 1586, "text": "BUILDINGS ARE PRIVATELY OWNED.", "startTime": "00:52:46,429", "endTime": "00:52:47,330" }, { "index": 1587, "text": "BUT WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE CAN", "startTime": "00:52:47,330", "endTime": "00:52:48,999" }, { "index": 1588, "text": "AND SHOW HER LEADERSHIP OF", "startTime": "00:52:48,999", "endTime": "00:52:49,900" }, { "index": 1589, "text": "TRANSITIONING PUBLICLY ON", "startTime": "00:52:49,900", "endTime": "00:52:50,600" }, { "index": 1590, "text": "BUILDINGS THROUGH", "startTime": "00:52:50,600", "endTime": "00:52:51,401" }, { "index": 1591, "text": "ELECTRIFICATION. $50 MILLION IS", "startTime": "00:52:51,401", "endTime": "00:52:52,769" }, { "index": 1592, "text": "NOT NEARLY ENOUGH TO COVER THE", "startTime": "00:52:52,769", "endTime": "00:52:54,571" }, { "index": 1593, "text": "ENTIRE NEEDS OF DEFERRED", "startTime": "00:52:54,571", "endTime": "00:52:56,072" }, { "index": 1594, "text": "MAINTENANCE AND ELECTRIFICATION.", "startTime": "00:52:56,072", "endTime": "00:53:02,078" }, { "index": 1595, "text": "BUT, HOPEFULLY, IT WILL GET AS", "startTime": "00:53:02,078", "endTime": "00:53:03,947" }, { "index": 1596, "text": "PART OF THE WAY THERE . AND", "startTime": "00:53:03,947", "endTime": "00:53:07,984" }, { "index": 1597, "text": "CHAIR, THIS IS TO YOUR POINT OF,", "startTime": "00:53:07,984", "endTime": "00:53:09,352" }, { "index": 1598, "text": "YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS DIFFICULT", "startTime": "00:53:09,352", "endTime": "00:53:10,654" }, { "index": 1599, "text": "BALANCE. WE DO HAVE THE LEVY", "startTime": "00:53:10,654", "endTime": "00:53:11,855" }, { "index": 1600, "text": "CAP. WE HAVE A AFFORDABILITY", "startTime": "00:53:11,855", "endTime": "00:53:14,257" }, { "index": 1601, "text": "CONCERN AND VOTERS , THIS IS NOT", "startTime": "00:53:14,257", "endTime": "00:53:18,461" }, { "index": 1602, "text": "ABOUT , AGAIN, WHO LOVES", "startTime": "00:53:18,461", "endTime": "00:53:23,266" }, { "index": 1603, "text": "LIBRARIES MORE. I THINK WE ALL", "startTime": "00:53:23,266", "endTime": "00:53:25,001" }, { "index": 1604, "text": "OF OUR LIBRARIES. AND, YOU KNOW,", "startTime": "00:53:25,001", "endTime": "00:53:28,271" }, { "index": 1605, "text": "WE HAVE THIS DELICATE BALANCE OF", "startTime": "00:53:28,271", "endTime": "00:53:29,639" }, { "index": 1606, "text": "PUTTING SOMETHING BEFORE THE", "startTime": "00:53:29,639", "endTime": "00:53:30,874" }, { "index": 1607, "text": "VOTERS. VOTERS ONLY GET TO SAY", "startTime": "00:53:30,874", "endTime": "00:53:38,848" }, { "index": 1608, "text": "YES OR NO TO WHAT WE PUT BEFORE", "startTime": "00:53:38,848", "endTime": "00:53:40,650" }, { "index": 1609, "text": "THEM. THEY DON'T GET TO SAY GO", "startTime": "00:53:40,650", "endTime": "00:53:42,652" }, { "index": 1610, "text": "BIGGER, THEY DON'T GET TO SAY", "startTime": "00:53:42,652", "endTime": "00:53:43,320" }, { "index": 1611, "text": "NO, THIS IS TOO BIG. THEY JUST", "startTime": "00:53:43,320", "endTime": "00:53:44,688" }, { "index": 1612, "text": "GET TO VOTE YES UP OR DOWN ON", "startTime": "00:53:44,688", "endTime": "00:53:46,456" }, { "index": 1613, "text": "WHAT WE PUT BEFORE THEM. SO THAT", "startTime": "00:53:46,456", "endTime": "00:53:47,757" }, { "index": 1614, "text": "IS WHERE WE ARE, WE HAVE THIS", "startTime": "00:53:47,757", "endTime": "00:53:49,192" }, { "index": 1615, "text": "BALANCE. SO THAT IS WHERE, EVEN", "startTime": "00:53:49,192", "endTime": "00:53:50,460" }, { "index": 1616, "text": "THOUGH $15 MILLION IS NOT ENOUGH", "startTime": "00:53:50,460", "endTime": "00:53:52,195" }, { "index": 1617, "text": "TO COVER ALL THE DEFERRED", "startTime": "00:53:52,195", "endTime": "00:53:52,762" }, { "index": 1618, "text": "MAINTENANCE AND ELECTRIFICATION", "startTime": "00:53:52,762", "endTime": "00:53:53,396" }, { "index": 1619, "text": "NEEDS, HOPEFULLY HE GETS AS PART", "startTime": "00:53:53,396", "endTime": "00:53:54,564" }, { "index": 1620, "text": "OF THE WAY THERE. WITH THAT, I", "startTime": "00:53:54,564", "endTime": "00:54:01,338" }, { "index": 1621, "text": "WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT,", "startTime": "00:54:01,338", "endTime": "00:54:02,205" }, { "index": 1622, "text": "COLLEAGUES.", "startTime": "00:54:02,205", "endTime": "00:54:02,939" }, { "index": 1623, "text": "THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN.", "startTime": "00:54:02,939", "endTime": "00:54:04,874" }, { "index": 1624, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, YOUR", "startTime": "00:54:04,874", "endTime": "00:54:06,543" }, { "index": 1625, "text": "RECOGNIZED.", "startTime": "00:54:06,543", "endTime": "00:54:16,653" }, { "index": 1626, "text": "THANK YOU, CHAIR. COLLEAGUES,", "startTime": "00:54:16,653", "endTime": "00:54:17,754" }, { "index": 1627, "text": "I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SPEAK", "startTime": "00:54:17,754", "endTime": "00:54:19,356" }, { "index": 1628, "text": "IN SUPPORT OF THIS AMENDMENT", "startTime": "00:54:19,356", "endTime": "00:54:20,423" }, { "index": 1629, "text": "TODAY. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE", "startTime": "00:54:20,423", "endTime": "00:54:21,291" }, { "index": 1630, "text": "ARE THOSE WHO HAVE SUGGESTED WE", "startTime": "00:54:21,291", "endTime": "00:54:22,659" }, { "index": 1631, "text": "DON'T NEED TO ADD FUNDING TO", "startTime": "00:54:22,659", "endTime": "00:54:24,194" }, { "index": 1632, "text": "COMPLETE COOLING PROJECTS IN ALL", "startTime": "00:54:24,194", "endTime": "00:54:31,167" }, { "index": 1633, "text": "OF OUR BRANCHES BECAUSE WE WERE", "startTime": "00:54:31,167", "endTime": "00:54:32,535" }, { "index": 1634, "text": "AWARDED FEMA GRANTS. BUT I WOULD", "startTime": "00:54:32,535", "endTime": "00:54:33,637" }, { "index": 1635, "text": "NOTE THAT INTERESTING OUR", "startTime": "00:54:33,637", "endTime": "00:54:34,871" }, { "index": 1636, "text": "LIBRARY'S FUTURE TO DONALD", "startTime": "00:54:34,871", "endTime": "00:54:35,472" }, { "index": 1637, "text": "TRUMP'S FEMA IS IRRESPONSIBLE.", "startTime": "00:54:35,472", "endTime": "00:54:36,172" }, { "index": 1638, "text": "JUST ASK SEATTLE CITY LIGHT,", "startTime": "00:54:36,172", "endTime": "00:54:37,140" }, { "index": 1639, "text": "REIMBURSEMENTS FOR THE 2024", "startTime": "00:54:37,140", "endTime": "00:54:37,941" }, { "index": 1640, "text": "CYCLE. THIS AMENDMENT ADDRESSES", "startTime": "00:54:37,941", "endTime": "00:54:38,842" }, { "index": 1641, "text": "ARE LONG OVERDUE ELECTRIFICATION", "startTime": "00:54:38,842", "endTime": "00:54:39,576" }, { "index": 1642, "text": "EFFORTS. AND TO REDIRECT THE", "startTime": "00:54:39,576", "endTime": "00:54:40,577" }, { "index": 1643, "text": "POINTS JUST MADE BY", "startTime": "00:54:40,577", "endTime": "00:54:44,681" }, { "index": 1644, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER LIN, OUR LAST", "startTime": "00:54:44,681", "endTime": "00:54:45,548" }, { "index": 1645, "text": "GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS", "startTime": "00:54:45,548", "endTime": "00:54:46,182" }, { "index": 1646, "text": "INVENTORY FOUND THAT BUILDINGS", "startTime": "00:54:46,182", "endTime": "00:54:46,950" }, { "index": 1647, "text": "ARE THE SECOND LARGEST", "startTime": "00:54:46,950", "endTime": "00:54:47,951" }, { "index": 1648, "text": "CONTRIBUTOR TO GREENHOUSE GAS", "startTime": "00:54:47,951", "endTime": "00:54:49,052" }, { "index": 1649, "text": "EMISSIONS. ACCOUNTING FOR 40% OF", "startTime": "00:54:49,052", "endTime": "00:54:50,353" }, { "index": 1650, "text": "SEATTLE'S EMISSIONS. REALLY", "startTime": "00:54:50,353", "endTime": "00:54:51,921" }, { "index": 1651, "text": "CONTRIBUTING TO CLIMATE", "startTime": "00:54:51,921", "endTime": "00:54:57,193" }, { "index": 1652, "text": "POLLUTION. AND THIS BODY", "startTime": "00:54:57,193", "endTime": "00:54:58,028" }, { "index": 1653, "text": "COMMITTED YEARS AGO TO", "startTime": "00:54:58,028", "endTime": "00:54:58,528" }, { "index": 1654, "text": "DECARBONIZATION AND GETTING ALL", "startTime": "00:54:58,528", "endTime": "00:54:59,162" }, { "index": 1655, "text": "OF OUR BUILDINGS ALIGNED WITH", "startTime": "00:54:59,162", "endTime": "00:55:08,304" }, { "index": 1656, "text": "THE BUILDING EMISSIONS", "startTime": "00:55:08,304", "endTime": "00:55:08,938" }, { "index": 1657, "text": "PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, NORTHEAST", "startTime": "00:55:08,938", "endTime": "00:55:09,606" }, { "index": 1658, "text": "BRANCHES STILL IN THE QUEUE FOR", "startTime": "00:55:09,606", "endTime": "00:55:10,840" }, { "index": 1659, "text": "ELECTRIFICATION. HOW LONG TO", "startTime": "00:55:10,840", "endTime": "00:55:11,641" }, { "index": 1660, "text": "THOSE FAMILIES WEIGHT AND AT", "startTime": "00:55:11,641", "endTime": "00:55:12,575" }, { "index": 1661, "text": "WHAT COST TO THE CITY IF WE", "startTime": "00:55:12,575", "endTime": "00:55:14,144" }, { "index": 1662, "text": "DELAY FURTHER? WHETHER WE ARE", "startTime": "00:55:14,144", "endTime": "00:55:15,245" }, { "index": 1663, "text": "TALKING ABOUT COOLING,", "startTime": "00:55:15,245", "endTime": "00:55:15,845" }, { "index": 1664, "text": "ELECTRIFICATION OR DEFERRED", "startTime": "00:55:15,845", "endTime": "00:55:16,546" }, { "index": 1665, "text": "MAINTENANCE, EVERY DOLLAR WE", "startTime": "00:55:16,546", "endTime": "00:55:17,313" }, { "index": 1666, "text": "SPEND IN THIS LEVY WILL GO MUCH", "startTime": "00:55:17,313", "endTime": "00:55:18,748" }, { "index": 1667, "text": "FARTHER THAN ANY HYPOTHETICAL", "startTime": "00:55:18,748", "endTime": "00:55:19,649" }, { "index": 1668, "text": "DOLLAR WE CAN ALLOCATE TO THE", "startTime": "00:55:19,649", "endTime": "00:55:20,884" }, { "index": 1669, "text": "NEXT LEVY PERIOD IN 2034 BEYOND.", "startTime": "00:55:20,884", "endTime": "00:55:26,056" }, { "index": 1670, "text": "ANY PENNIES WE PINCH NOW WILL", "startTime": "00:55:26,056", "endTime": "00:55:29,259" }, { "index": 1671, "text": "COST US DOLLARS SEVEN YEARS FROM", "startTime": "00:55:29,259", "endTime": "00:55:30,960" }, { "index": 1672, "text": "NOW. AND PUTTING OUR HOPES ONTO", "startTime": "00:55:30,960", "endTime": "00:55:36,533" }, { "index": 1673, "text": "THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND", "startTime": "00:55:36,533", "endTime": "00:55:37,500" }, { "index": 1674, "text": "FOLLOWING THROUGH ON FEMA", "startTime": "00:55:37,500", "endTime": "00:55:38,168" }, { "index": 1675, "text": "COMMITMENTS TO SEATTLE IS NOT", "startTime": "00:55:38,168", "endTime": "00:55:39,135" }, { "index": 1676, "text": "SOMETHING I WOULD ADVISE. FOR", "startTime": "00:55:39,135", "endTime": "00:55:40,370" }, { "index": 1677, "text": "THESE REASONS I WILL BE PROBABLY", "startTime": "00:55:40,370", "endTime": "00:55:44,574" }, { "index": 1678, "text": "VOTING YES TO THIS AMENDMENT TO", "startTime": "00:55:44,574", "endTime": "00:55:45,775" }, { "index": 1679, "text": "ASSURE WE CAN RESPONSIBLY CARE", "startTime": "00:55:45,775", "endTime": "00:55:46,776" }, { "index": 1680, "text": "FOR OUR COMMITTEE. THANK YOU AND", "startTime": "00:55:46,776", "endTime": "00:55:48,344" }, { "index": 1681, "text": "THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN,", "startTime": "00:55:48,344", "endTime": "00:55:49,245" }, { "index": 1682, "text": "FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.", "startTime": "00:55:49,245", "endTime": "00:55:50,380" }, { "index": 1683, "text": "THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "00:55:50,380", "endTime": "00:55:51,548" }, { "index": 1684, "text": "RINCK. ANYONE ELSE? I DON'T SEE", "startTime": "00:55:51,548", "endTime": "00:55:55,351" }, { "index": 1685, "text": "ANY HANSA. I WILL ADDRESS", "startTime": "00:55:55,351", "endTime": "00:55:58,421" }, { "index": 1686, "text": "SOMETHING HERE, AND THAT IS, AS", "startTime": "00:55:58,421", "endTime": "00:56:02,158" }, { "index": 1687, "text": "I SAID EARLIER, THIS ISN'T", "startTime": "00:56:02,158", "endTime": "00:56:03,293" }, { "index": 1688, "text": "ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE", "startTime": "00:56:03,293", "endTime": "00:56:04,160" }, { "index": 1689, "text": "LIBRARIES DON'T HAVE MORE", "startTime": "00:56:04,160", "endTime": "00:56:08,364" }, { "index": 1690, "text": "NEEDS. THE BUILDINGS ARE OLD AND", "startTime": "00:56:08,364", "endTime": "00:56:09,666" }, { "index": 1691, "text": "THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE NEEDS", "startTime": "00:56:09,666", "endTime": "00:56:10,800" }, { "index": 1692, "text": "INTO THE FUTURE. IS LIBRARY LEVY", "startTime": "00:56:10,800", "endTime": "00:56:12,736" }, { "index": 1693, "text": "IS NOT GOING TO COVER ALL THE", "startTime": "00:56:12,736", "endTime": "00:56:15,238" }, { "index": 1694, "text": "NEEDS. AND WE WILL BE BACK HERE", "startTime": "00:56:15,238", "endTime": "00:56:16,840" }, { "index": 1695, "text": "AGAIN . BUT WE ALSO HAVE OTHER", "startTime": "00:56:16,840", "endTime": "00:56:20,143" }, { "index": 1696, "text": "NEEDS. AND IF WE PUT ALL OF THE", "startTime": "00:56:20,143", "endTime": "00:56:22,045" }, { "index": 1697, "text": "MONEY INTO THIS NEED, WE WILL", "startTime": "00:56:22,045", "endTime": "00:56:26,683" }, { "index": 1698, "text": "HAVE LESS TO COVER FUTURE NEEDS", "startTime": "00:56:26,683", "endTime": "00:56:28,051" }, { "index": 1699, "text": "INCLUDING THE NEXT LEVY WHICH IS", "startTime": "00:56:28,051", "endTime": "00:56:29,252" }, { "index": 1700, "text": "THE HOUSING LEVY IN 2030. SO I", "startTime": "00:56:29,252", "endTime": "00:56:32,555" }, { "index": 1701, "text": "WILL SAY, THAT NO ONE IS SAYING", "startTime": "00:56:32,555", "endTime": "00:56:38,461" }, { "index": 1702, "text": "THAT LIBRARIES DON'T HAVE MORE", "startTime": "00:56:38,461", "endTime": "00:56:39,996" }, { "index": 1703, "text": "NEEDS. THE NEEDS ARE ACTUALLY", "startTime": "00:56:39,996", "endTime": "00:56:40,897" }, { "index": 1704, "text": "ENDLESS BECAUSE THE BUILDINGS", "startTime": "00:56:40,897", "endTime": "00:56:41,798" }, { "index": 1705, "text": "WILL ALWAYS NEED MORE WORK. THEY", "startTime": "00:56:41,798", "endTime": "00:56:43,032" }, { "index": 1706, "text": "ARE OLD BUILDINGS. AND, WE ARE", "startTime": "00:56:43,032", "endTime": "00:56:44,167" }, { "index": 1707, "text": "GRAPPLING WITH HOW TO PAY FOR", "startTime": "00:56:44,167", "endTime": "00:56:45,468" }, { "index": 1708, "text": "ALL OF THESE. SO, I THINK IN", "startTime": "00:56:45,468", "endTime": "00:56:52,275" }, { "index": 1709, "text": "TERMS OF THE VOTERS AND PUTTING", "startTime": "00:56:52,275", "endTime": "00:56:53,743" }, { "index": 1710, "text": "THIS ON THE LEVY, YES,", "startTime": "00:56:53,743", "endTime": "00:56:55,145" }, { "index": 1711, "text": "ABSOLUTELY, THEY GET TO DECIDE", "startTime": "00:56:55,145", "endTime": "00:57:00,049" }, { "index": 1712, "text": "WHETHER THEY ARE GOING TO VOTE", "startTime": "00:57:00,049", "endTime": "00:57:00,984" }, { "index": 1713, "text": "FOR IT OR NOT. I WILL SAY VOTERS", "startTime": "00:57:00,984", "endTime": "00:57:02,752" }, { "index": 1714, "text": "DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THE BENEFIT", "startTime": "00:57:02,752", "endTime": "00:57:03,853" }, { "index": 1715, "text": "OF OUR FINANCE ADVISORS WHO TELL", "startTime": "00:57:03,853", "endTime": "00:57:05,155" }, { "index": 1716, "text": "US WHERE WE ARE WITH LEVY CAPS,", "startTime": "00:57:05,155", "endTime": "00:57:07,857" }, { "index": 1717, "text": "WHAT EVEN A LEVY CAP IS AND HOW", "startTime": "00:57:07,857", "endTime": "00:57:09,492" }, { "index": 1718, "text": "MUCH WE WOULD HAVE FOR FUTURE", "startTime": "00:57:09,492", "endTime": "00:57:10,827" }, { "index": 1719, "text": "LEVIES. THAT IS A LEVEL OF IN", "startTime": "00:57:10,827", "endTime": "00:57:15,932" }, { "index": 1720, "text": "THE WEEDS I DON'T EXPECT VOTERS", "startTime": "00:57:15,932", "endTime": "00:57:17,400" }, { "index": 1721, "text": "TO KNOW. BUT WE KNOW THAT. AND", "startTime": "00:57:17,400", "endTime": "00:57:18,601" }, { "index": 1722, "text": "ALL OF THAT GOES INTO OUR", "startTime": "00:57:18,601", "endTime": "00:57:19,803" }, { "index": 1723, "text": "CALCULATION AND SHOULD GO INTO", "startTime": "00:57:19,803", "endTime": "00:57:20,837" }, { "index": 1724, "text": "OUR CALCULATION. AND THAT IS", "startTime": "00:57:20,837", "endTime": "00:57:21,938" }, { "index": 1725, "text": "IMPORTANT. BECAUSE AGAIN, WE ALL", "startTime": "00:57:21,938", "endTime": "00:57:22,939" }, { "index": 1726, "text": "LOVE OUR LIBRARY AND WE UP HERE", "startTime": "00:57:22,939", "endTime": "00:57:27,944" }, { "index": 1727, "text": "ARE STRUGGLING WITH MORE THAN", "startTime": "00:57:27,944", "endTime": "00:57:29,045" }, { "index": 1728, "text": "JUST THE LIBRARY. AND THAT IS A", "startTime": "00:57:29,045", "endTime": "00:57:30,380" }, { "index": 1729, "text": "STRUGGLE. SO I REALLY , IT'S", "startTime": "00:57:30,380", "endTime": "00:57:32,949" }, { "index": 1730, "text": "IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT.", "startTime": "00:57:32,949", "endTime": "00:57:39,756" }, { "index": 1731, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, I SEE YOUR", "startTime": "00:57:39,756", "endTime": "00:57:40,957" }, { "index": 1732, "text": "HAND. GO AHEAD.", "startTime": "00:57:40,957", "endTime": "00:57:41,825" }, { "index": 1733, "text": "THANK YOU. I APOLOGIZE I", "startTime": "00:57:41,825", "endTime": "00:57:48,798" }, { "index": 1734, "text": "COULD'VE GOT THE HAND UP", "startTime": "00:57:48,798", "endTime": "00:57:49,866" }, { "index": 1735, "text": "QUICKER. I WILL NOT BE", "startTime": "00:57:49,866", "endTime": "00:57:51,000" }, { "index": 1736, "text": "SUPPORTING THIS AND I WILL SHARE", "startTime": "00:57:51,000", "endTime": "00:57:52,101" }, { "index": 1737, "text": "WHY. AND I DO AGREE WITH THE", "startTime": "00:57:52,101", "endTime": "00:57:53,536" }, { "index": 1738, "text": "CHAIR, THOUGH I DO APPRECIATE", "startTime": "00:57:53,536", "endTime": "00:57:54,504" }, { "index": 1739, "text": "PASSION THAT COUNCILMEMBER LIN", "startTime": "00:57:54,504", "endTime": "00:57:55,371" }, { "index": 1740, "text": "AND COUNCILMEMBER RINCK BRING TO", "startTime": "00:57:55,371", "endTime": "00:57:56,439" }, { "index": 1741, "text": "THIS AMENDMENT. NOTWITHSTANDING", "startTime": "00:57:56,439", "endTime": "00:57:57,574" }, { "index": 1742, "text": "TRUMP. THAT IS ANOTHER THING.", "startTime": "00:57:57,574", "endTime": "00:58:01,344" }, { "index": 1743, "text": "ANYWAY, I WENT BACK AND PULLED", "startTime": "00:58:01,344", "endTime": "00:58:03,046" }, { "index": 1744, "text": "UP , AGAIN, AM TAKING IT FROM", "startTime": "00:58:03,046", "endTime": "00:58:05,281" }, { "index": 1745, "text": "THE PERSPECTIVE OF , THIS IS 15%", "startTime": "00:58:05,281", "endTime": "00:58:09,452" }, { "index": 1746, "text": "MORE THAN THE LAST LEVY WHICH I", "startTime": "00:58:09,452", "endTime": "00:58:11,254" }, { "index": 1747, "text": "WAS AROUND FOUR. CONCERNED ABOUT", "startTime": "00:58:11,254", "endTime": "00:58:18,061" }, { "index": 1748, "text": "JEOPARDIZING FUTURE LEVIES, OUR", "startTime": "00:58:18,061", "endTime": "00:58:18,962" }, { "index": 1749, "text": "FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY BUT ALSO", "startTime": "00:58:18,962", "endTime": "00:58:19,629" }, { "index": 1750, "text": "THE LEVY CAP. I WILL TELL YOU", "startTime": "00:58:19,629", "endTime": "00:58:21,130" }, { "index": 1751, "text": "WHY I'M SAYING THIS. I'M NOT", "startTime": "00:58:21,130", "endTime": "00:58:22,665" }, { "index": 1752, "text": "ANTI--- I MEAN, IF WE COULD", "startTime": "00:58:22,665", "endTime": "00:58:23,867" }, { "index": 1753, "text": "AFFORD ALL OF THIS, THEN I SAY", "startTime": "00:58:23,867", "endTime": "00:58:26,135" }, { "index": 1754, "text": "WHAT THE MAYOR SENT DOWN AND", "startTime": "00:58:26,135", "endTime": "00:58:27,470" }, { "index": 1755, "text": "WHAT WOULD BE PASSED , ALL THE", "startTime": "00:58:27,470", "endTime": "00:58:29,439" }, { "index": 1756, "text": "AMENDMENTS, WITH THAT TOTAL", "startTime": "00:58:29,439", "endTime": "00:58:30,840" }, { "index": 1757, "text": "WOULD BE, AND I THINK THE DELTA", "startTime": "00:58:30,840", "endTime": "00:58:34,944" }, { "index": 1758, "text": "IS LIKE $70 MILLION IF WE ADDED", "startTime": "00:58:34,944", "endTime": "00:58:36,346" }, { "index": 1759, "text": "EVERY AMENDMENT IN HERE.", "startTime": "00:58:36,346", "endTime": "00:58:37,347" }, { "index": 1760, "text": "$79 MILLION.", "startTime": "00:58:37,347", "endTime": "00:58:38,748" }, { "index": 1761, "text": "SO WHEN WE LOOK AT CITY OF", "speaker": "SO WHEN WE LOOK AT CITY OF", "startTime": "00:58:38,748", "endTime": "00:58:40,750" }, { "index": 1762, "text": "SEATTLE TAX LEVY AND YOU", "startTime": "00:58:40,750", "endTime": "00:58:44,053" }, { "index": 1763, "text": "MENTIONED THIS, MADAM CHAIR, WE", "startTime": "00:58:44,053", "endTime": "00:58:49,158" }, { "index": 1764, "text": "HAVE THE LIBRARY LEVY THAT IS", "startTime": "00:58:49,158", "endTime": "00:58:50,560" }, { "index": 1765, "text": "NOW. WE HAVE THE TRANSPORTATION", "startTime": "00:58:50,560", "endTime": "00:58:51,761" }, { "index": 1766, "text": "LEVY COMING. WE HAVE THE RECENT", "startTime": "00:58:51,761", "endTime": "00:58:52,729" }, { "index": 1767, "text": "-- WE HAVE THIS HOUSING LEVY", "startTime": "00:58:52,729", "endTime": "00:58:56,566" }, { "index": 1768, "text": "COMING IN 2030. WE JUST PASSED", "startTime": "00:58:56,566", "endTime": "00:58:57,767" }, { "index": 1769, "text": "THE LEVY IN 2025. TO THE TUNE OF", "startTime": "00:58:57,767", "endTime": "00:59:01,037" }, { "index": 1770, "text": "$1.3 BILLION. AND IF WE LOOK AT", "startTime": "00:59:01,037", "endTime": "00:59:11,581" }, { "index": 1771, "text": "THE ANNUAL TAXES OF SEATTLE,", "startTime": "00:59:40,877", "endTime": "00:59:41,411" }, { "index": 1772, "text": "ALSO THE ONES THAT KEEP ROLLING", "startTime": "00:59:41,411", "endTime": "00:59:42,045" }, { "index": 1773, "text": "OVER, THE SWEETENED BEVERAGE --", "startTime": "00:59:42,045", "endTime": "00:59:52,588" }, { "index": 1774, "text": "BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, AS YOU", "startTime": "00:59:59,862", "endTime": "01:00:01,297" }, { "index": 1775, "text": "POINTED OUT, MADAM CHAIR, WE ALL", "startTime": "01:00:01,297", "endTime": "01:00:02,432" }, { "index": 1776, "text": "OF THE LIBRARIES BUT WE ALSO", "startTime": "01:00:02,432", "endTime": "01:00:03,633" }, { "index": 1777, "text": "HAVE A FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.", "startTime": "01:00:03,633", "endTime": "01:00:04,467" }, { "index": 1778, "text": "WHAT I THINK, AND WHAT I AM", "startTime": "01:00:04,467", "endTime": "01:00:05,935" }, { "index": 1779, "text": "SEEING IN AMENDMENT FOUR AND", "startTime": "01:00:05,935", "endTime": "01:00:07,303" }, { "index": 1780, "text": "FIVE, THOSE ARE OPERATION AND", "startTime": "01:00:07,303", "endTime": "01:00:15,945" }, { "index": 1781, "text": "MAINTENANCE AND BRICK AND MORTAR", "startTime": "01:00:15,945", "endTime": "01:00:17,146" }, { "index": 1782, "text": "REPAIRS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE.", "startTime": "01:00:17,146", "endTime": "01:00:18,147" }, { "index": 1783, "text": "AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IF", "startTime": "01:00:18,147", "endTime": "01:00:19,349" }, { "index": 1784, "text": "IT DOESN'T GET FUNDED HERE", "startTime": "01:00:19,349", "endTime": "01:00:20,350" }, { "index": 1785, "text": "IT'S NOT GOING TO GET FUNDED", "startTime": "01:00:20,350", "endTime": "01:00:21,851" }, { "index": 1786, "text": "EVER ANYWHERE ELSE. I BELIEVE IT", "startTime": "01:00:21,851", "endTime": "01:00:22,885" }, { "index": 1787, "text": "WILL AND IT SHOULD. AND FOR THAT", "startTime": "01:00:22,885", "endTime": "01:00:24,354" }, { "index": 1788, "text": "REASON, AND AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND", "startTime": "01:00:24,354", "endTime": "01:00:25,288" }, { "index": 1789, "text": "THE PASSION AND THE CONCERN, I", "startTime": "01:00:25,288", "endTime": "01:00:26,556" }, { "index": 1790, "text": "DON'T LIKE TO MAKE DECISIONS", "startTime": "01:00:26,556", "endTime": "01:00:27,557" }, { "index": 1791, "text": "OUT OF FEAR OR BEING REACTIVE TO", "startTime": "01:00:27,557", "endTime": "01:00:29,058" }, { "index": 1792, "text": "WHAT I THINK IS HAPPENING", "startTime": "01:00:29,058", "endTime": "01:00:30,560" }, { "index": 1793, "text": "POLITICALLY , GLOBALLY, ON A", "startTime": "01:00:30,560", "endTime": "01:00:33,997" }, { "index": 1794, "text": "NATIONAL LEVEL, AT LEAST FOR", "startTime": "01:00:33,997", "endTime": "01:00:35,231" }, { "index": 1795, "text": "THIS SPECIFIC MATTER. THAT IS", "startTime": "01:00:35,231", "endTime": "01:00:39,635" }, { "index": 1796, "text": "NOT THROWING SHADED ANYONE,", "startTime": "01:00:39,635", "endTime": "01:00:40,203" }, { "index": 1797, "text": "IT'S HOW I LOOK AT ANALYSIS AND", "startTime": "01:00:40,203", "endTime": "01:00:42,071" }, { "index": 1798, "text": "MAKING DECISIONS. SO, WE KNOW", "startTime": "01:00:42,071", "endTime": "01:00:42,805" }, { "index": 1799, "text": "THAT THE ORIGINAL PACKET FROM", "startTime": "01:00:42,805", "endTime": "01:00:44,140" }, { "index": 1800, "text": "THE MAYOR WAS $410 MILLION. AND", "startTime": "01:00:44,140", "endTime": "01:00:50,146" }, { "index": 1801, "text": "IF WE ADDED ALL THE AMENDMENTS", "startTime": "01:00:50,146", "endTime": "01:00:51,514" }, { "index": 1802, "text": "TOGETHER IT WOULD COME OUT TO", "startTime": "01:00:51,514", "endTime": "01:00:52,648" }, { "index": 1803, "text": "LIKE $480 MILLION, CORRECT ME IF", "startTime": "01:00:52,648", "endTime": "01:00:53,950" }, { "index": 1804, "text": "I AM WRONG , A $70 MILLION DELTA", "startTime": "01:00:53,950", "endTime": "01:00:56,652" }, { "index": 1805, "text": "DIFFERENCE THERE. SO, I'M", "startTime": "01:00:56,652", "endTime": "01:00:58,554" }, { "index": 1806, "text": "LOOKING AT IT THAT WAY. I'M IN", "startTime": "01:00:58,554", "endTime": "01:01:04,327" }, { "index": 1807, "text": "SUPPORT OF MANY OF THE OTHER", "startTime": "01:01:04,327", "endTime": "01:01:05,595" }, { "index": 1808, "text": "AMENDMENTS, SOME JUST LAYING IT", "startTime": "01:01:05,595", "endTime": "01:01:06,696" }, { "index": 1809, "text": "OUT NOW THAT I WILL NOT BE", "startTime": "01:01:06,696", "endTime": "01:01:08,064" }, { "index": 1810, "text": "SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT.", "startTime": "01:01:08,064", "endTime": "01:01:08,731" }, { "index": 1811, "text": "AMENDMENT FOUR, AND I WILL NOT", "startTime": "01:01:08,731", "endTime": "01:01:11,000" }, { "index": 1812, "text": "BE SUPPORTING AMENDMENT FIVE.", "startTime": "01:01:11,000", "endTime": "01:01:13,236" }, { "index": 1813, "text": "FOR THE VERY SAME REASON SO I", "startTime": "01:01:13,236", "endTime": "01:01:14,937" }, { "index": 1814, "text": "DON'T HAVE TO SPEAK AGAIN.", "startTime": "01:01:14,937", "endTime": "01:01:16,072" }, { "index": 1815, "text": "THANK YOU.", "startTime": "01:01:16,072", "endTime": "01:01:16,839" }, { "index": 1816, "text": "THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. ANY", "startTime": "01:01:16,839", "endTime": "01:01:22,445" }, { "index": 1817, "text": "OTHER COMMENTS? LET'S TAKE A", "startTime": "01:01:22,445", "endTime": "01:01:23,846" }, { "index": 1818, "text": "VOTE ON AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR.", "startTime": "01:01:23,846", "endTime": "01:01:28,051" }, { "index": 1819, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS", "startTime": "01:01:28,051", "endTime": "01:01:28,751" }, { "index": 1820, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "01:01:28,751", "endTime": "01:01:32,455" }, { "index": 1821, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER", "startTime": "01:01:32,455", "endTime": "01:01:32,989" }, { "index": 1822, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "01:01:32,989", "endTime": "01:01:34,657" }, { "index": 1823, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ", "startTime": "01:01:34,657", "endTime": "01:01:37,860" }, { "index": 1824, "text": "NO.", "startTime": "01:01:37,860", "endTime": "01:01:38,594" }, { "index": 1825, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "01:01:38,594", "endTime": "01:01:39,162" }, { "index": 1826, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER RINCK", "startTime": "01:01:39,162", "endTime": "01:01:39,829" }, { "index": 1827, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "01:01:39,829", "endTime": "01:01:42,031" }, { "index": 1828, "text": "CHAIR RIVERA.", "speaker": "CHAIR RIVERA", "startTime": "01:01:42,031", "endTime": "01:01:42,432" }, { "index": 1829, "text": "NO. FIVE IN FAVOR, TWO", "startTime": "01:01:42,432", "endTime": "01:01:47,970" }, { "index": 1830, "text": "OPPOSED.", "startTime": "01:01:47,970", "endTime": "01:01:48,638" }, { "index": 1831, "text": "THE MOTION CARRIES IN", "speaker": "THE MOTION CARRIES IN", "startTime": "01:01:48,638", "endTime": "01:01:50,440" }, { "index": 1832, "text": "AMENDMENT FOUR IS ADOPTED.", "startTime": "01:01:50,440", "endTime": "01:01:53,342" }, { "index": 1833, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER RINCK YOUR", "startTime": "01:01:53,342", "endTime": "01:01:54,143" }, { "index": 1834, "text": "RECOGNIZE TO MOVE AMENDMENT OF", "startTime": "01:01:54,143", "endTime": "01:01:55,211" }, { "index": 1835, "text": "FIVE.", "startTime": "01:01:55,211", "endTime": "01:01:55,978" }, { "index": 1836, "text": "THANK YOU. I MOVED TO AMEND", "startTime": "01:01:55,978", "endTime": "01:01:57,880" }, { "index": 1837, "text": "COUNCIL BILL 12118 IS PRESENTED", "startTime": "01:01:57,880", "endTime": "01:01:59,449" }, { "index": 1838, "text": "ON AMENDMENT FIVE.", "startTime": "01:01:59,449", "endTime": "01:02:05,855" }, { "index": 1839, "text": "SECOND.", "speaker": "SECOND", "startTime": "01:02:05,855", "endTime": "01:02:06,355" }, { "index": 1840, "text": "THANK YOU. IT IS MOVED AND", "startTime": "01:02:06,355", "endTime": "01:02:07,857" }, { "index": 1841, "text": "SECONDED TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL", "startTime": "01:02:07,857", "endTime": "01:02:10,059" }, { "index": 1842, "text": "CB 12181 IS PRESENTED ON", "startTime": "01:02:10,059", "endTime": "01:02:11,260" }, { "index": 1843, "text": "AMENDMENT FIVE. TO PLEASE", "startTime": "01:02:11,260", "endTime": "01:02:15,465" }, { "index": 1844, "text": "BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT AMENDMENT", "startTime": "01:02:15,465", "endTime": "01:02:16,432" }, { "index": 1845, "text": "FIVE AND THEN I WILL GO TO YOU,", "startTime": "01:02:16,432", "endTime": "01:02:18,401" }, { "index": 1846, "text": "SPONSOR , GO AHEAD, ERIC.", "startTime": "01:02:18,401", "endTime": "01:02:25,408" }, { "index": 1847, "text": "AMENDMENT FIVE WOULD", "speaker": "AMENDMENT FIVE WOULD", "startTime": "01:02:25,408", "endTime": "01:02:26,142" }, { "index": 1848, "text": "COMMUNICATE COUNCIL'S INTENTION", "startTime": "01:02:26,142", "endTime": "01:02:26,809" }, { "index": 1849, "text": "THAT A PORTION OF THE LIBRARY", "startTime": "01:02:26,809", "endTime": "01:02:27,944" }, { "index": 1850, "text": "LEVY FUNDING AMOUNT IS", "startTime": "01:02:27,944", "endTime": "01:02:28,678" }, { "index": 1851, "text": "TRANSMITTED BY THE MAYOR", "startTime": "01:02:28,678", "endTime": "01:02:29,579" }, { "index": 1852, "text": "INCREASE BY $50 MILLION BY THE", "startTime": "01:02:29,579", "endTime": "01:02:30,780" }, { "index": 1853, "text": "COUNCIL SHOULD BE AUTHORIZED FOR", "startTime": "01:02:30,780", "endTime": "01:02:31,948" }, { "index": 1854, "text": "INVESTMENTS TO SUPPORT", "startTime": "01:02:31,948", "endTime": "01:02:32,548" }, { "index": 1855, "text": "MAINTENANCE FOR RENOVATING A", "startTime": "01:02:32,548", "endTime": "01:02:33,282" }, { "index": 1856, "text": "HISTORIC LIBRARY BRANCH TO", "startTime": "01:02:33,282", "endTime": "01:02:37,653" }, { "index": 1857, "text": "IMPROVE SEISMIC SAFETY, REDUCE", "startTime": "01:02:37,653", "endTime": "01:02:38,488" }, { "index": 1858, "text": "THE USE OF FOSSIL FUELS, AND", "startTime": "01:02:38,488", "endTime": "01:02:39,689" }, { "index": 1859, "text": "UPGRADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE", "startTime": "01:02:39,689", "endTime": "01:02:40,790" }, { "index": 1860, "text": "SPACE.", "startTime": "01:02:40,790", "endTime": "01:02:41,457" }, { "index": 1861, "text": "THANK YOU, ERIC.", "startTime": "01:02:41,457", "endTime": "01:02:46,329" }, { "index": 1862, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER RINCK YOUR", "startTime": "01:02:46,329", "endTime": "01:02:47,063" }, { "index": 1863, "text": "RECOGNIZE TO SPEAK YOUR", "startTime": "01:02:47,063", "endTime": "01:02:47,930" }, { "index": 1864, "text": "AMENDMENT AND ALSO I WILL", "startTime": "01:02:47,930", "endTime": "01:02:48,798" }, { "index": 1865, "text": "RECOGNIZE YOU, COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "01:02:48,798", "endTime": "01:02:49,565" }, { "index": 1866, "text": "STRAUSS, AS COSPONSOR IF YOU", "startTime": "01:02:49,565", "endTime": "01:02:50,800" }, { "index": 1867, "text": "WOULD LIKE.", "startTime": "01:02:50,800", "endTime": "01:02:51,768" }, { "index": 1868, "text": "THANK YOU, CHAIR. COLLEAGUES,", "startTime": "01:02:51,768", "endTime": "01:02:55,138" }, { "index": 1869, "text": "I WILL SPEAK HERE TO AMENDMENT", "startTime": "01:02:55,138", "endTime": "01:02:57,039" }, { "index": 1870, "text": "FIVE --", "startTime": "01:02:57,039", "endTime": "01:03:00,676" }, { "index": 1871, "text": "SORRY, SPONSORS, IT IS", "startTime": "01:03:00,676", "endTime": "01:03:01,844" }, { "index": 1872, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER SAKA WHO IS", "startTime": "01:03:01,844", "endTime": "01:03:03,346" }, { "index": 1873, "text": "SPONSORING THIS.", "startTime": "01:03:03,346", "endTime": "01:03:07,450" }, { "index": 1874, "text": "COLLEAGUES, I WILL SPEAK HERE", "startTime": "01:03:07,450", "endTime": "01:03:08,751" }, { "index": 1875, "text": "TO AMENDMENT FIVE AND THEN MORE", "startTime": "01:03:08,751", "endTime": "01:03:09,952" }, { "index": 1876, "text": "BROADLY TO AMENDMENTS ONE AND", "startTime": "01:03:09,952", "endTime": "01:03:11,053" }, { "index": 1877, "text": "FOUR AND NINE AS WELL. SINCE", "startTime": "01:03:11,053", "endTime": "01:03:13,256" }, { "index": 1878, "text": "THESE ARE THE FOUR AMENDMENTS", "startTime": "01:03:13,256", "endTime": "01:03:14,657" }, { "index": 1879, "text": "THAT REPRESENT PORTLAND", "startTime": "01:03:14,657", "endTime": "01:03:15,391" }, { "index": 1880, "text": "INVESTMENTS IN SEATTLE PUBLIC", "startTime": "01:03:15,391", "endTime": "01:03:17,527" }, { "index": 1881, "text": "LIBRARY INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE", "startTime": "01:03:17,527", "endTime": "01:03:18,227" }, { "index": 1882, "text": "PEOPLE WE SERVE. WE KNOW THAT", "startTime": "01:03:18,227", "endTime": "01:03:25,334" }, { "index": 1883, "text": "LIBRARIES ARE A CRITICAL PART OF", "startTime": "01:03:25,334", "endTime": "01:03:26,235" }, { "index": 1884, "text": "OUR COMMUNITY'S SAFETY AND", "startTime": "01:03:26,235", "endTime": "01:03:27,336" }, { "index": 1885, "text": "INFRASTRUCTURE. IN THE NEXT YEAR", "startTime": "01:03:27,336", "endTime": "01:03:28,237" }, { "index": 1886, "text": "WE FACE A VERY REAL THREAT OF", "startTime": "01:03:28,237", "endTime": "01:03:29,472" }, { "index": 1887, "text": "GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS, CAUSED", "startTime": "01:03:29,472", "endTime": "01:03:30,339" }, { "index": 1888, "text": "BY THE PRESIDENT'S FOOLISH", "startTime": "01:03:30,339", "endTime": "01:03:31,541" }, { "index": 1889, "text": "TRADE POLICIES AND NOW MASSIVELY", "startTime": "01:03:31,541", "endTime": "01:03:40,683" }, { "index": 1890, "text": "ACCELERATED BY THE NATION'S", "startTime": "01:03:40,683", "endTime": "01:03:41,450" }, { "index": 1891, "text": "RECKLESS WAR WITH IRAN. I EXPECT", "startTime": "01:03:41,450", "endTime": "01:03:42,885" }, { "index": 1892, "text": "HARD TIMES AHEAD. WE ARE", "startTime": "01:03:42,885", "endTime": "01:03:43,653" }, { "index": 1893, "text": "CERTAINLY ALREADY FEELING IT.", "startTime": "01:03:43,653", "endTime": "01:03:44,453" }, { "index": 1894, "text": "HARD TIMES AHEAD FOR SEATTLE'S", "startTime": "01:03:44,453", "endTime": "01:03:45,588" }, { "index": 1895, "text": "ECONOMY. AND SO THIS LEVY", "startTime": "01:03:45,588", "endTime": "01:03:46,556" }, { "index": 1896, "text": "PRESENTS US WITH AN OPPORTUNITY", "startTime": "01:03:46,556", "endTime": "01:03:49,225" }, { "index": 1897, "text": ". AND TO MY MIND, A", "startTime": "01:03:49,225", "endTime": "01:03:50,459" }, { "index": 1898, "text": "RESPONSIBILITY, TO INCREASE OUR", "startTime": "01:03:50,459", "endTime": "01:03:51,260" }, { "index": 1899, "text": "INVESTMENTS, TO ENSURE SAFE", "startTime": "01:03:51,260", "endTime": "01:03:53,129" }, { "index": 1900, "text": "COMMUNITIES SPACES ARE IN EVERY", "startTime": "01:03:53,129", "endTime": "01:03:54,130" }, { "index": 1901, "text": "NEIGHBORHOOD IN OUR CITY. AND", "startTime": "01:03:54,130", "endTime": "01:03:59,735" }, { "index": 1902, "text": "OUR DECISIONS TODAY WILL", "startTime": "01:03:59,735", "endTime": "01:04:00,703" }, { "index": 1903, "text": "DETERMINE HOW MANY OF OUR PUBLIC", "startTime": "01:04:00,703", "endTime": "01:04:01,971" }, { "index": 1904, "text": "FACILITIES WILL BE STRENGTHENED", "startTime": "01:04:01,971", "endTime": "01:04:02,638" }, { "index": 1905, "text": "AGAINST EARTHQUAKES, HAVING HVAC", "startTime": "01:04:02,638", "endTime": "01:04:06,642" }, { "index": 1906, "text": "SYSTEMS READY FOR THE EXTREME", "startTime": "01:04:06,642", "endTime": "01:04:08,144" }, { "index": 1907, "text": "COLD AND HEAT BROUGHT TO US BY", "startTime": "01:04:08,144", "endTime": "01:04:09,445" }, { "index": 1908, "text": "CLIMATE CHANGE, AND BE READY TO", "startTime": "01:04:09,445", "endTime": "01:04:10,680" }, { "index": 1909, "text": "PROVIDE REFUGE FROM THE", "startTime": "01:04:10,680", "endTime": "01:04:11,547" }, { "index": 1910, "text": "DANGEROUS AIR OUT THAT MAY COME", "startTime": "01:04:11,547", "endTime": "01:04:12,748" }, { "index": 1911, "text": "WITH OUR NEXT FIRE SEASON.", "startTime": "01:04:12,748", "endTime": "01:04:13,783" }, { "index": 1912, "text": "SEISMIC RETROFITS, HVAC UPGRADES", "startTime": "01:04:13,783", "endTime": "01:04:24,327" }, { "index": 1913, "text": "TO ALLOW EVERY WORD BRANCH TO OF", "startTime": "01:04:28,297", "endTime": "01:04:29,465" }, { "index": 1914, "text": "AC, AND GETTING ALL OF OUR", "startTime": "01:04:29,465", "endTime": "01:04:30,867" }, { "index": 1915, "text": "BRANCHES TO BE ADA COMPLIANT AND", "startTime": "01:04:30,867", "endTime": "01:04:32,001" }, { "index": 1916, "text": "THE CAPACITY TO DO JUST REGULAR", "startTime": "01:04:32,001", "endTime": "01:04:33,236" }, { "index": 1917, "text": "ROUTINE MAINTENANCE IS A TIMELY", "startTime": "01:04:33,236", "endTime": "01:04:34,237" }, { "index": 1918, "text": "AND COST-EFFECTIVE WAY TO ENSURE", "startTime": "01:04:34,237", "endTime": "01:04:35,338" }, { "index": 1919, "text": "THAT WE HAVE SAFER SPACES IN", "startTime": "01:04:35,338", "endTime": "01:04:36,539" }, { "index": 1920, "text": "EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD. INVESTING IN", "startTime": "01:04:36,539", "endTime": "01:04:37,340" }, { "index": 1921, "text": "CAPITAL PROJECTS MEANS WE CAN", "startTime": "01:04:37,340", "endTime": "01:04:38,374" }, { "index": 1922, "text": "PAY FOR EXPENSIVE REPAIRS AND", "startTime": "01:04:38,374", "endTime": "01:04:39,442" }, { "index": 1923, "text": "RETROFITS BEFORE PRICES GO", "startTime": "01:04:39,442", "endTime": "01:04:40,610" }, { "index": 1924, "text": "HIGHER. INVESTING IN THE LOCAL", "startTime": "01:04:40,610", "endTime": "01:04:44,146" }, { "index": 1925, "text": "UNION LABOR TO BUILD OUR CIVIC", "startTime": "01:04:44,146", "endTime": "01:04:45,581" }, { "index": 1926, "text": "INFRASTRUCTURE MEANS", "startTime": "01:04:45,581", "endTime": "01:04:46,048" }, { "index": 1927, "text": "RECIRCULATING OUR DOLLARS", "startTime": "01:04:46,048", "endTime": "01:04:46,649" }, { "index": 1928, "text": "LOCALLY, MOST DOLLARS INVESTED", "startTime": "01:04:46,649", "endTime": "01:04:47,783" }, { "index": 1929, "text": "IN OUR LOCAL TRADES WOMEN AND", "startTime": "01:04:47,783", "endTime": "01:04:51,187" }, { "index": 1930, "text": "MEN WILL BE SPENT AND RE-SPENT", "startTime": "01:04:51,187", "endTime": "01:04:52,255" }, { "index": 1931, "text": "LOCALLY ADDING A BENEFIT NOT", "startTime": "01:04:52,255", "endTime": "01:04:54,090" }, { "index": 1932, "text": "JUST TO A SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY", "startTime": "01:04:54,090", "endTime": "01:05:02,732" }, { "index": 1933, "text": "BRANCH BUT TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY", "startTime": "01:05:02,732", "endTime": "01:05:03,532" }, { "index": 1934, "text": "AS A WHOLE. AND SO COLLEAGUES,", "startTime": "01:05:03,532", "endTime": "01:05:04,734" }, { "index": 1935, "text": "FOR ALL OF THESE REASONS, I", "startTime": "01:05:04,734", "endTime": "01:05:06,002" }, { "index": 1936, "text": "CONSIDER THIS AMENDMENT AND THE", "startTime": "01:05:06,002", "endTime": "01:05:07,270" }, { "index": 1937, "text": "OTHER CAPITAL MAINTENANCE", "startTime": "01:05:07,270", "endTime": "01:05:07,803" }, { "index": 1938, "text": "AMENDMENT'S BEFORE US TODAY AS", "startTime": "01:05:07,803", "endTime": "01:05:09,105" }, { "index": 1939, "text": "ESSENTIAL ONES. IF YOU FEEL THE", "startTime": "01:05:09,105", "endTime": "01:05:10,039" }, { "index": 1940, "text": "SAME, I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT.", "startTime": "01:05:10,039", "endTime": "01:05:11,574" }, { "index": 1941, "text": "THANK YOU.", "startTime": "01:05:11,574", "endTime": "01:05:11,874" }, { "index": 1942, "text": "THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "01:05:11,874", "endTime": "01:05:12,642" }, { "index": 1943, "text": "RINCK. COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER", "startTime": "01:05:12,642", "endTime": "01:05:13,476" }, { "index": 1944, "text": "QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THEN,", "startTime": "01:05:13,476", "endTime": "01:05:14,844" }, { "index": 1945, "text": "LET'S GO TO A VOTE.", "startTime": "01:05:14,844", "endTime": "01:05:17,847" }, { "index": 1947, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS", "startTime": "01:05:18,047", "endTime": "01:05:18,581" }, { "index": 1948, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "01:05:18,581", "endTime": "01:05:22,985" }, { "index": 1949, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER", "startTime": "01:05:22,985", "endTime": "01:05:23,519" }, { "index": 1950, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "01:05:23,519", "endTime": "01:05:24,553" }, { "index": 1951, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ", "startTime": "01:05:24,553", "endTime": "01:05:28,958" }, { "index": 1952, "text": "NO.", "startTime": "01:05:28,958", "endTime": "01:05:29,659" }, { "index": 1953, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER LIN.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER LIN", "startTime": "01:05:29,659", "endTime": "01:05:30,359" }, { "index": 1954, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "01:05:30,359", "endTime": "01:05:31,794" }, { "index": 1955, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER RINCK", "startTime": "01:05:31,794", "endTime": "01:05:32,295" }, { "index": 1956, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "01:05:32,295", "endTime": "01:05:35,164" }, { "index": 1957, "text": "> CHAIR RIVERA.", "startTime": "01:05:35,164", "endTime": "01:05:35,598" }, { "index": 1958, "text": "NO.", "startTime": "01:05:35,598", "endTime": "01:05:41,737" }, { "index": 1959, "text": "FOUR IN FAVOR, TWO OPPOSED,", "startTime": "01:05:41,737", "endTime": "01:05:42,838" }, { "index": 1960, "text": "ONE ABSTENTION.", "startTime": "01:05:42,838", "endTime": "01:05:43,940" }, { "index": 1961, "text": "IT IS ADOPTED. LET'S GO TO", "startTime": "01:05:43,940", "endTime": "01:05:46,042" }, { "index": 1962, "text": "AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX.", "startTime": "01:05:46,042", "endTime": "01:05:52,048" }, { "index": 1963, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, YOUR", "startTime": "01:05:52,048", "endTime": "01:05:52,748" }, { "index": 1964, "text": "RECOGNIZE TO MOVE AMENDMENT", "startTime": "01:05:52,748", "endTime": "01:05:53,449" }, { "index": 1965, "text": "NUMBER SIX.", "startTime": "01:05:53,449", "endTime": "01:05:53,883" }, { "index": 1966, "text": "THANK YOU, I MOVED TO AMEND", "startTime": "01:05:53,883", "endTime": "01:05:55,584" }, { "index": 1967, "text": "COUNCIL BILL 121181 IS PRESENTED", "startTime": "01:05:55,584", "endTime": "01:05:56,952" }, { "index": 1968, "text": "ON AMENDMENT SIX.", "startTime": "01:05:56,952", "endTime": "01:06:00,656" }, { "index": 1969, "text": "SECOND.", "speaker": "SECOND", "startTime": "01:06:00,656", "endTime": "01:06:06,262" }, { "index": 1970, "text": "THANK YOU. IT IS MOVED AND", "startTime": "01:06:06,262", "endTime": "01:06:07,596" }, { "index": 1971, "text": "SECONDED TO MOVE COUNCIL BILL", "startTime": "01:06:07,596", "endTime": "01:06:08,731" }, { "index": 1972, "text": "121181 IS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT", "startTime": "01:06:08,731", "endTime": "01:06:09,732" }, { "index": 1973, "text": "SIX. WOULD YOU PLEASE GIVE A", "startTime": "01:06:09,732", "endTime": "01:06:11,167" }, { "index": 1974, "text": "BRIEF DESCRIPTION?", "startTime": "01:06:11,167", "endTime": "01:06:11,867" }, { "index": 1975, "text": "THIS IS SPONSORED BY", "speaker": "THIS IS SPONSORED BY", "startTime": "01:06:11,867", "endTime": "01:06:16,939" }, { "index": 1976, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND", "startTime": "01:06:16,939", "endTime": "01:06:17,640" }, { "index": 1977, "text": "COSPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "01:06:17,640", "endTime": "01:06:18,240" }, { "index": 1978, "text": "STRAUSS. THIS AMENDMENT WOULD", "startTime": "01:06:18,240", "endTime": "01:06:19,041" }, { "index": 1979, "text": "COMMUNICATE COUNCIL'S INTENTION", "startTime": "01:06:19,041", "endTime": "01:06:20,042" }, { "index": 1980, "text": "THE PORTION OF THE LIBRARY LEVY", "startTime": "01:06:20,042", "endTime": "01:06:21,544" }, { "index": 1981, "text": "FUNDING AMOUNT IS TRANSMITTED BY", "startTime": "01:06:21,544", "endTime": "01:06:22,978" }, { "index": 1982, "text": "THE MAYOR INCREASE BY $8.4", "startTime": "01:06:22,978", "endTime": "01:06:24,180" }, { "index": 1983, "text": "MILLION BY THE COUNCIL SHOULD BE", "startTime": "01:06:24,180", "endTime": "01:06:30,086" }, { "index": 1984, "text": "AUTHORIZED FOR INVESTMENTS TO", "startTime": "01:06:30,086", "endTime": "01:06:30,953" }, { "index": 1985, "text": "SUPPORT COLLECTIONS BY EXPANDING", "startTime": "01:06:30,953", "endTime": "01:06:31,654" }, { "index": 1986, "text": "THE ELECTRONIC AND PHYSICAL", "startTime": "01:06:31,654", "endTime": "01:06:32,455" }, { "index": 1987, "text": "MATERIALS COLLECTIONS AND", "startTime": "01:06:32,455", "endTime": "01:06:33,255" }, { "index": 1988, "text": "INCREASING COLLECTIONS TO", "startTime": "01:06:33,255", "endTime": "01:06:34,256" }, { "index": 1989, "text": "STAFFING.", "startTime": "01:06:34,256", "endTime": "01:06:34,523" }, { "index": 1990, "text": "THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "01:06:34,523", "endTime": "01:06:43,666" }, { "index": 1991, "text": "RINCK YOUR RECOGNIZE TO SPEAK", "startTime": "01:06:43,666", "endTime": "01:06:44,700" }, { "index": 1992, "text": "AND THEN I WILL GO TO", "startTime": "01:06:44,700", "endTime": "01:06:45,901" }, { "index": 1993, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AS", "startTime": "01:06:45,901", "endTime": "01:06:46,535" }, { "index": 1994, "text": "COSPONSOR.", "startTime": "01:06:46,535", "endTime": "01:06:46,869" }, { "index": 1995, "text": "THANK YOU, CHAIR. COLLEAGUES,", "startTime": "01:06:46,869", "endTime": "01:06:48,104" }, { "index": 1996, "text": "WE HAVE HEARD THE PUBLIC COMMENT", "startTime": "01:06:48,104", "endTime": "01:06:50,306" }, { "index": 1997, "text": "IN THE PUBLIC HEARINGS FROM", "startTime": "01:06:50,306", "endTime": "01:06:51,173" }, { "index": 1998, "text": "SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY'S", "startTime": "01:06:51,173", "endTime": "01:06:52,141" }, { "index": 1999, "text": "FOUNDATION AND FRIENDS OF", "startTime": "01:06:52,141", "endTime": "01:06:53,242" }, { "index": 2000, "text": "SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY THAT WE", "startTime": "01:06:53,242", "endTime": "01:06:54,310" }, { "index": 2001, "text": "ARE A CITY OF READERS. THIS CITY", "startTime": "01:06:54,310", "endTime": "01:06:57,646" }, { "index": 2002, "text": "LOVES BOOKS OF EVERY FLAVOR AND", "startTime": "01:06:57,646", "endTime": "01:06:59,648" }, { "index": 2003, "text": "FORMAT. DEMAND ON OUR PHYSICAL", "startTime": "01:06:59,648", "endTime": "01:07:02,351" }, { "index": 2004, "text": "AND DIGITAL COLLECTIONS IS HIGH.", "startTime": "01:07:02,351", "endTime": "01:07:03,753" }, { "index": 2005, "text": "IS FOR OUTPACING OUR BELOVED", "startTime": "01:07:03,753", "endTime": "01:07:05,654" }, { "index": 2006, "text": "LIBRARY ABILITY TO KEEP UP. THIS", "startTime": "01:07:05,654", "endTime": "01:07:08,157" }, { "index": 2007, "text": "AMENDMENT WOULD GIVE THE LIBRARY", "startTime": "01:07:08,157", "endTime": "01:07:09,258" }, { "index": 2008, "text": "THE FINANCIAL AND HUMAN", "startTime": "01:07:09,258", "endTime": "01:07:10,393" }, { "index": 2009, "text": "RESOURCES NEEDED TO KEEP OUR", "startTime": "01:07:10,393", "endTime": "01:07:17,867" }, { "index": 2010, "text": "COLLECTIONS UP TO MEET THIS", "startTime": "01:07:17,867", "endTime": "01:07:18,734" }, { "index": 2011, "text": "MOMENT AND BETTER SERVE OUR", "startTime": "01:07:18,734", "endTime": "01:07:19,668" }, { "index": 2012, "text": "READERS ACROSS THE CITY. I ASK", "startTime": "01:07:19,668", "endTime": "01:07:20,970" }, { "index": 2013, "text": "FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU ALSO", "startTime": "01:07:20,970", "endTime": "01:07:22,538" }, { "index": 2014, "text": "TO COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR", "startTime": "01:07:22,538", "endTime": "01:07:25,241" }, { "index": 2015, "text": "SIGNING ON AS COSPONSOR FOR", "startTime": "01:07:25,241", "endTime": "01:07:25,875" }, { "index": 2016, "text": "THIS.", "startTime": "01:07:25,875", "endTime": "01:07:26,075" }, { "index": 2017, "text": "THANK YOU.", "speaker": "THANK YOU", "startTime": "01:07:26,075", "endTime": "01:07:26,842" }, { "index": 2018, "text": "THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "01:07:26,842", "endTime": "01:07:29,612" }, { "index": 2019, "text": "STRAUSS, YOUR RECOGNIZE.", "startTime": "01:07:29,612", "endTime": "01:07:30,246" }, { "index": 2020, "text": "THANK YOU, CHAIR. THIS", "startTime": "01:07:30,246", "endTime": "01:07:31,847" }, { "index": 2021, "text": "RECOGNIZE , I BROUGHT FOUR", "startTime": "01:07:31,847", "endTime": "01:07:32,982" }, { "index": 2022, "text": "AMENDMENT STORE COMMITTEE", "startTime": "01:07:32,982", "endTime": "01:07:33,649" }, { "index": 2023, "text": "MEETING LAST TIME AND I HAVE", "startTime": "01:07:33,649", "endTime": "01:07:41,056" }, { "index": 2024, "text": "REDUCE THE TO TWO IN PART BY", "startTime": "01:07:41,056", "endTime": "01:07:42,291" }, { "index": 2025, "text": "PARTNERING WITH COLLEAGUES. THIS", "startTime": "01:07:42,291", "endTime": "01:07:43,492" }, { "index": 2026, "text": "HELPS US BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE", "startTime": "01:07:43,492", "endTime": "01:07:44,260" }, { "index": 2027, "text": "AND CONTINUE TO PUSH THE", "startTime": "01:07:44,260", "endTime": "01:07:45,194" }, { "index": 2028, "text": "ENVELOPE OF THIS LIBRARY LEVY AS", "startTime": "01:07:45,194", "endTime": "01:07:46,429" }, { "index": 2029, "text": "FAR AS IS RESPONSIBLY POSSIBLE.", "startTime": "01:07:46,429", "endTime": "01:07:47,430" }, { "index": 2030, "text": "THIS IS ANOTHER MOMENT OF ,", "startTime": "01:07:47,430", "endTime": "01:07:50,766" }, { "index": 2031, "text": "WITHOUT BOOKS, WITHOUT E-BOOKS,", "startTime": "01:07:50,766", "endTime": "01:07:52,134" }, { "index": 2032, "text": "IT IS JUST A BUILDING. THANK", "startTime": "01:07:52,134", "endTime": "01:07:53,469" }, { "index": 2033, "text": "YOU.", "startTime": "01:07:53,469", "endTime": "01:07:54,236" }, { "index": 2034, "text": "THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "01:07:54,236", "endTime": "01:07:57,473" }, { "index": 2035, "text": "STRAUSS. ANY COMMENTS ,", "startTime": "01:07:57,473", "endTime": "01:08:02,244" }, { "index": 2036, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER LIN, YOUR", "startTime": "01:08:02,244", "endTime": "01:08:03,045" }, { "index": 2037, "text": "RECOGNIZE.", "startTime": "01:08:03,045", "endTime": "01:08:03,345" }, { "index": 2038, "text": "I WANT TO SPEAK IN FAVOR, AND", "startTime": "01:08:03,345", "endTime": "01:08:04,647" }, { "index": 2039, "text": "WERE GENERALLY TALK AGAIN ABOUT", "startTime": "01:08:04,647", "endTime": "01:08:06,148" }, { "index": 2040, "text": "THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF OUR", "startTime": "01:08:06,148", "endTime": "01:08:08,250" }, { "index": 2041, "text": "LIBRARIES AND THIS TIME IS WE", "startTime": "01:08:08,250", "endTime": "01:08:10,453" }, { "index": 2042, "text": "SEE DEMOCRACY CRUMBLING. OUR", "startTime": "01:08:10,453", "endTime": "01:08:12,655" }, { "index": 2043, "text": "LIBRARIES ARE ESSENTIAL AGAINST", "startTime": "01:08:12,655", "endTime": "01:08:15,925" }, { "index": 2044, "text": "THAT. DEFENDING OUR DEMOCRACY ,", "startTime": "01:08:15,925", "endTime": "01:08:20,463" }, { "index": 2045, "text": "WHETHER IT IS OUR BUILDINGS, OUR", "startTime": "01:08:20,463", "endTime": "01:08:21,864" }, { "index": 2046, "text": "STAFFING, OR OUR COLLECTIONS,", "startTime": "01:08:21,864", "endTime": "01:08:23,299" }, { "index": 2047, "text": "THEY ARE ALL CRITICALLY", "startTime": "01:08:23,299", "endTime": "01:08:26,836" }, { "index": 2048, "text": "ESSENTIAL SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE", "startTime": "01:08:26,836", "endTime": "01:08:27,570" }, { "index": 2049, "text": "THAT ARE NEEDED MORE NOW THAN", "startTime": "01:08:27,570", "endTime": "01:08:29,038" }, { "index": 2050, "text": "EVER. AND SO, I AM EXCITED TO", "startTime": "01:08:29,038", "endTime": "01:08:33,776" }, { "index": 2051, "text": "SUPPORT THIS. THANK YOU,", "startTime": "01:08:33,776", "endTime": "01:08:38,781" }, { "index": 2052, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND", "startTime": "01:08:38,781", "endTime": "01:08:39,548" }, { "index": 2053, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.", "startTime": "01:08:39,548", "endTime": "01:08:40,049" }, { "index": 2054, "text": "THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS", "startTime": "01:08:40,049", "endTime": "01:08:41,050" }, { "index": 2055, "text": "OR QUESTIONS? LET'S A VOTE ON", "startTime": "01:08:41,050", "endTime": "01:08:42,751" }, { "index": 2056, "text": "AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX.", "startTime": "01:08:42,751", "endTime": "01:08:43,986" }, { "index": 2058, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS", "startTime": "01:08:46,055", "endTime": "01:08:46,589" }, { "index": 2059, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "01:08:46,589", "endTime": "01:08:47,356" }, { "index": 2060, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER", "startTime": "01:08:47,356", "endTime": "01:08:47,890" }, { "index": 2061, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "01:08:47,890", "endTime": "01:08:49,158" }, { "index": 2062, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ", "startTime": "01:08:49,158", "endTime": "01:08:49,692" }, { "index": 2063, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "01:08:49,692", "endTime": "01:08:50,759" }, { "index": 2064, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER LIN.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER LIN", "startTime": "01:08:50,759", "endTime": "01:08:51,260" }, { "index": 2065, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "01:08:51,260", "endTime": "01:08:52,461" }, { "index": 2066, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER RINCK", "startTime": "01:08:52,461", "endTime": "01:08:52,962" }, { "index": 2067, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "01:08:52,962", "endTime": "01:08:54,163" }, { "index": 2068, "text": "VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH.", "speaker": "VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH", "startTime": "01:08:54,163", "endTime": "01:08:54,763" }, { "index": 2069, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "01:08:54,763", "endTime": "01:08:56,398" }, { "index": 2070, "text": "CHAIR RIVERA.", "speaker": "CHAIR RIVERA", "startTime": "01:08:56,398", "endTime": "01:08:56,799" }, { "index": 2071, "text": "YES. SIX IN FAVOR AND ONE", "startTime": "01:08:56,799", "endTime": "01:09:01,670" }, { "index": 2072, "text": "OPPOSED.", "startTime": "01:09:01,670", "endTime": "01:09:02,137" }, { "index": 2073, "text": "THE MOTION CARRIES.", "speaker": "THE MOTION CARRIES", "startTime": "01:09:02,137", "endTime": "01:09:07,343" }, { "index": 2074, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER RINCK YOUR", "startTime": "01:09:07,343", "endTime": "01:09:08,077" }, { "index": 2075, "text": "RECOGNIZE TO MOVE AMENDMENT", "startTime": "01:09:08,077", "endTime": "01:09:09,011" }, { "index": 2076, "text": "NUMBER SEVEN.", "startTime": "01:09:09,011", "endTime": "01:09:09,378" }, { "index": 2077, "text": "THANK YOU, I MOVED TO AMEND", "startTime": "01:09:09,378", "endTime": "01:09:10,679" }, { "index": 2078, "text": "COUNCIL BILL 121181 IS PRESENTED", "startTime": "01:09:10,679", "endTime": "01:09:11,881" }, { "index": 2079, "text": "ON AMENDMENT SEVEN.", "startTime": "01:09:11,881", "endTime": "01:09:14,149" }, { "index": 2080, "text": "IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO", "speaker": "IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO", "startTime": "01:09:14,149", "endTime": "01:09:15,651" }, { "index": 2081, "text": "AMEND COUNCIL BILL 121181 -- I", "startTime": "01:09:15,651", "endTime": "01:09:23,259" }, { "index": 2082, "text": "THOUGHT I HEARD A SECOND. IT IS", "startTime": "01:09:23,259", "endTime": "01:09:25,261" }, { "index": 2083, "text": "MOVED AND SECONDED TO AMEND", "startTime": "01:09:25,261", "endTime": "01:09:25,928" }, { "index": 2084, "text": "COUNCIL BILL 121181 IS PRESENTED", "startTime": "01:09:25,928", "endTime": "01:09:26,962" }, { "index": 2085, "text": "ON AMENDMENT SEVEN. ERIC?", "startTime": "01:09:26,962", "endTime": "01:09:28,797" }, { "index": 2086, "text": "THIS AMENDMENT WOULD INDICATE", "speaker": "THIS AMENDMENT WOULD INDICATE", "startTime": "01:09:28,797", "endTime": "01:09:33,135" }, { "index": 2087, "text": "COUNCIL'S INTENTION THAT A", "startTime": "01:09:33,135", "endTime": "01:09:34,003" }, { "index": 2088, "text": "PORTION OF THE LIBRARY LEVY", "startTime": "01:09:34,003", "endTime": "01:09:35,004" }, { "index": 2089, "text": "FUNDING AMOUNT IS TRANSMITTED BY", "startTime": "01:09:35,004", "endTime": "01:09:36,238" }, { "index": 2090, "text": "THE MAYOR AND INCREASED BY $2.5", "startTime": "01:09:36,238", "endTime": "01:09:37,907" }, { "index": 2091, "text": "MILLION BY THE COUNCIL SHOULD BE", "startTime": "01:09:37,907", "endTime": "01:09:42,044" }, { "index": 2092, "text": "AUTHORIZED FOR INVESTMENTS TO", "startTime": "01:09:42,044", "endTime": "01:09:42,845" }, { "index": 2093, "text": "SUPPORT COLLECTIONS BY EXPANDING", "startTime": "01:09:42,845", "endTime": "01:09:43,679" }, { "index": 2094, "text": "THE TITLES IN THE LIBRARY'S", "startTime": "01:09:43,679", "endTime": "01:09:47,650" }, { "index": 2095, "text": "E-BOOK COLLECTION.", "startTime": "01:09:47,650", "endTime": "01:09:48,083" }, { "index": 2096, "text": "THANK YOU, ERIC.", "startTime": "01:09:48,083", "endTime": "01:09:54,456" }, { "index": 2097, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER RINCK YOUR", "startTime": "01:09:54,456", "endTime": "01:09:55,157" }, { "index": 2098, "text": "RECOGNIZE TO SPEAK YOUR", "startTime": "01:09:55,157", "endTime": "01:09:56,358" }, { "index": 2099, "text": "AMENDMENT.", "startTime": "01:09:56,358", "endTime": "01:09:56,659" }, { "index": 2100, "text": "THANK YOU, CHAIR. COLLEAGUES,", "startTime": "01:09:56,659", "endTime": "01:09:57,326" }, { "index": 2101, "text": "THIS AMENDMENT IS A SMALLER,", "startTime": "01:09:57,326", "endTime": "01:09:59,061" }, { "index": 2102, "text": "MORE TARGETED COLLECTIONS", "startTime": "01:09:59,061", "endTime": "01:09:59,995" }, { "index": 2103, "text": "INVESTMENT. THE TABLE IS THE", "startTime": "01:09:59,995", "endTime": "01:10:03,766" }, { "index": 2104, "text": "FIRST THING YOU SEE WHEN YOU", "startTime": "01:10:03,766", "endTime": "01:10:04,934" }, { "index": 2105, "text": "WALK INTO JUST ABOUT ANY LIBRARY", "startTime": "01:10:04,934", "endTime": "01:10:06,502" }, { "index": 2106, "text": "BRANCH. CURRENTLY PEAK PICKS IS", "startTime": "01:10:06,502", "endTime": "01:10:07,469" }, { "index": 2107, "text": "LIMITED TO PHYSICAL BOOKS.", "startTime": "01:10:07,469", "endTime": "01:10:08,938" }, { "index": 2108, "text": "DESPITE THE FACT THAT SEATTLE", "startTime": "01:10:08,938", "endTime": "01:10:11,473" }, { "index": 2109, "text": "PUBLIC LIBRARY IS IN THE TOP 10", "startTime": "01:10:11,473", "endTime": "01:10:13,475" }, { "index": 2110, "text": "WORLDWIDE IN DIGITAL BOOK", "startTime": "01:10:13,475", "endTime": "01:10:15,277" }, { "index": 2111, "text": "CHECKOUTS. THIS AMENDMENT WOULD", "startTime": "01:10:15,277", "endTime": "01:10:17,680" }, { "index": 2112, "text": "EXPAND THE INCREDIBLE AND", "startTime": "01:10:17,680", "endTime": "01:10:19,648" }, { "index": 2113, "text": "RESPONSIVE PROGRAM TO E-BOOKS. I", "startTime": "01:10:19,648", "endTime": "01:10:21,850" }, { "index": 2114, "text": "WILL NOTE I WAS AT THE LABOR", "startTime": "01:10:21,850", "endTime": "01:10:24,853" }, { "index": 2115, "text": "BRANCH THIS WEEKEND WHEN I WAS", "startTime": "01:10:24,853", "endTime": "01:10:26,088" }, { "index": 2116, "text": "THERE I PICKED UP A BOOK FROM", "startTime": "01:10:26,088", "endTime": "01:10:30,559" }, { "index": 2117, "text": "THE PEAK PICKS SHELF. FOR THOSE", "startTime": "01:10:30,559", "endTime": "01:10:32,027" }, { "index": 2118, "text": "WHO DON'T KNOW, VIRGINIA IS A", "startTime": "01:10:32,027", "endTime": "01:10:34,430" }, { "index": 2119, "text": "SURVIVOR OF JEFFREY EPSTEIN AND", "startTime": "01:10:34,430", "endTime": "01:10:37,866" }, { "index": 2120, "text": "PASSED AWAY LAST YEAR. BUT HER", "startTime": "01:10:37,866", "endTime": "01:10:39,535" }, { "index": 2121, "text": "BOOK DOCUMENT THING HER STORY OF", "startTime": "01:10:39,535", "endTime": "01:10:41,737" }, { "index": 2122, "text": "SURVIVORSHIP AND DAYLIGHTING THE", "startTime": "01:10:41,737", "endTime": "01:10:43,105" }, { "index": 2123, "text": "ABUSES OF THE ULTRA RICH AND", "startTime": "01:10:43,105", "endTime": "01:10:46,742" }, { "index": 2124, "text": "POWERFUL WAS RECENTLY PUBLISHED", "startTime": "01:10:46,742", "endTime": "01:10:47,543" }, { "index": 2125, "text": "AND IS NOW FEATURED AS A PEAK", "startTime": "01:10:47,543", "endTime": "01:10:53,749" }, { "index": 2126, "text": "PICKS. SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT", "startTime": "01:10:53,749", "endTime": "01:10:54,750" }, { "index": 2127, "text": "MEANS THAT MORE PEOPLE WILL NOT", "startTime": "01:10:54,750", "endTime": "01:10:55,951" }, { "index": 2128, "text": "FACE A FINANCIAL BARRIER TO", "startTime": "01:10:55,951", "endTime": "01:10:57,252" }, { "index": 2129, "text": "PARTICIPATING IN A NATIONAL", "startTime": "01:10:57,252", "endTime": "01:10:58,387" }, { "index": 2130, "text": "DIALOGUE. AND THAT MORE OF US", "startTime": "01:10:58,387", "endTime": "01:11:00,956" }, { "index": 2131, "text": "CAN CONNECT ON IDEAS AT A TIME", "startTime": "01:11:00,956", "endTime": "01:11:08,998" }, { "index": 2132, "text": "WHERE WE NEEDED NOW MORE THAN", "startTime": "01:11:08,998", "endTime": "01:11:10,232" }, { "index": 2133, "text": "EVER. COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR", "startTime": "01:11:10,232", "endTime": "01:11:11,734" }, { "index": 2134, "text": "SUPPORT. THANK YOU.", "startTime": "01:11:11,734", "endTime": "01:11:12,434" }, { "index": 2135, "text": "THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "01:11:12,434", "endTime": "01:11:13,335" }, { "index": 2136, "text": "RINCK. ANY COMMENTS OR", "startTime": "01:11:13,335", "endTime": "01:11:14,003" }, { "index": 2137, "text": "QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT,", "startTime": "01:11:14,003", "endTime": "01:11:14,970" }, { "index": 2138, "text": "COLLEAGUES, LET'S VOTE ON", "startTime": "01:11:14,970", "endTime": "01:11:15,804" }, { "index": 2139, "text": "AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN.", "startTime": "01:11:15,804", "endTime": "01:11:17,873" }, { "index": 2140, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS", "startTime": "01:11:17,873", "endTime": "01:11:18,407" }, { "index": 2141, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "01:11:18,407", "endTime": "01:11:19,875" }, { "index": 2142, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER", "startTime": "01:11:19,875", "endTime": "01:11:20,409" }, { "index": 2143, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "01:11:20,409", "endTime": "01:11:21,677" }, { "index": 2144, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ", "startTime": "01:11:21,677", "endTime": "01:11:22,211" }, { "index": 2145, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "01:11:22,211", "endTime": "01:11:23,245" }, { "index": 2146, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER LIN.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER LIN", "startTime": "01:11:23,245", "endTime": "01:11:23,746" }, { "index": 2147, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "01:11:23,746", "endTime": "01:11:26,248" }, { "index": 2148, "text": "VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH.", "speaker": "VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH", "startTime": "01:11:26,248", "endTime": "01:11:26,849" }, { "index": 2149, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "01:11:26,849", "endTime": "01:11:28,183" }, { "index": 2150, "text": "CHAIR RIVERA.", "speaker": "CHAIR RIVERA", "startTime": "01:11:28,183", "endTime": "01:11:28,584" }, { "index": 2151, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "01:11:28,584", "endTime": "01:11:35,090" }, { "index": 2152, "text": "SIX IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED.", "speaker": "SIX IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED", "startTime": "01:11:35,090", "endTime": "01:11:37,159" }, { "index": 2153, "text": "AMENDMENT SEVEN IS ADOPTED.", "speaker": "AMENDMENT SEVEN IS ADOPTED", "startTime": "01:11:37,159", "endTime": "01:11:38,160" }, { "index": 2154, "text": "WE ARE ALMOST THERE. FOUR MORE.", "startTime": "01:11:38,160", "endTime": "01:11:40,429" }, { "index": 2155, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER YOUR RECOGNIZE TO", "startTime": "01:11:40,429", "endTime": "01:11:46,035" }, { "index": 2156, "text": "MOVE AMENDMENT A BREAK.", "startTime": "01:11:46,035", "endTime": "01:11:46,902" }, { "index": 2157, "text": "I MOVE AMENDMENT NUMBER EIGHT", "speaker": "I MOVE AMENDMENT NUMBER EIGHT", "startTime": "01:11:46,902", "endTime": "01:11:48,170" }, { "index": 2158, "text": "TO COUNCIL BILL 121181.", "startTime": "01:11:48,170", "endTime": "01:11:54,643" }, { "index": 2159, "text": "IS HER SECOND?", "speaker": "IS HER SECOND", "startTime": "01:11:54,643", "endTime": "01:11:55,644" }, { "index": 2160, "text": "IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO", "speaker": "IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO", "startTime": "01:11:55,644", "endTime": "01:11:57,513" }, { "index": 2161, "text": "AMEND COUNCIL BILL 121181 IS", "startTime": "01:11:57,513", "endTime": "01:12:01,750" }, { "index": 2162, "text": "PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT EIGHT.", "startTime": "01:12:01,750", "endTime": "01:12:02,584" }, { "index": 2163, "text": "ERIC?", "speaker": "ERIC", "startTime": "01:12:02,584", "endTime": "01:12:02,951" }, { "index": 2164, "text": "THIS AMENDMENT WOULD", "speaker": "THIS AMENDMENT WOULD", "startTime": "01:12:02,951", "endTime": "01:12:04,286" }, { "index": 2165, "text": "COMMUNICATE THE INTENTION THAT A", "startTime": "01:12:04,286", "endTime": "01:12:05,954" }, { "index": 2166, "text": "PORTION OF THE LIBRARY LEVY", "startTime": "01:12:05,954", "endTime": "01:12:07,056" }, { "index": 2167, "text": "FUNDING AMOUNT IS TRANSMITTED BY", "startTime": "01:12:07,056", "endTime": "01:12:08,057" }, { "index": 2168, "text": "THE MAYOR AND INCREASED BY $2.1", "startTime": "01:12:08,057", "endTime": "01:12:12,261" }, { "index": 2169, "text": "MILLION BY THE COUNCIL SHOULD BE", "startTime": "01:12:12,261", "endTime": "01:12:13,529" }, { "index": 2170, "text": "AUTHORIZED FOR INVESTMENTS TO", "startTime": "01:12:13,529", "endTime": "01:12:14,263" }, { "index": 2171, "text": "SUPPORT OPERATING HOURS AND", "startTime": "01:12:14,263", "endTime": "01:12:15,030" }, { "index": 2172, "text": "ACCESS BY EXPANDING LIBRARY", "startTime": "01:12:15,030", "endTime": "01:12:15,864" }, { "index": 2173, "text": "PROGRAMMING MADE AVAILABLE BY", "startTime": "01:12:15,864", "endTime": "01:12:18,801" }, { "index": 2174, "text": "AND RECORDED VIA THE SEATTLE", "startTime": "01:12:18,801", "endTime": "01:12:20,202" }, { "index": 2175, "text": "CHANNEL.", "startTime": "01:12:20,202", "endTime": "01:12:24,340" }, { "index": 2176, "text": "THANK YOU, ERIC.", "startTime": "01:12:24,340", "endTime": "01:12:25,207" }, { "index": 2177, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, YOUR", "startTime": "01:12:25,207", "endTime": "01:12:25,841" }, { "index": 2178, "text": "RECOGNIZE TO SPEAK YOUR", "startTime": "01:12:25,841", "endTime": "01:12:26,608" }, { "index": 2179, "text": "AMENDMENT.", "startTime": "01:12:26,608", "endTime": "01:12:27,342" }, { "index": 2180, "text": "YOU, CHAIR. THIS ENTIRE", "startTime": "01:12:27,342", "endTime": "01:12:31,947" }, { "index": 2181, "text": "PACKAGE OF AMENDMENTS REALLY", "startTime": "01:12:31,947", "endTime": "01:12:32,715" }, { "index": 2182, "text": "DOES BALANCE OUR NEEDS TO REMAIN", "startTime": "01:12:32,715", "endTime": "01:12:33,916" }, { "index": 2183, "text": "FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND ENSURE", "startTime": "01:12:33,916", "endTime": "01:12:35,451" }, { "index": 2184, "text": "OUR FEAR DOES NOT DRIVE US TO", "startTime": "01:12:35,451", "endTime": "01:12:37,052" }, { "index": 2185, "text": "FUND OUR LIBRARIES AT A LEVEL", "startTime": "01:12:37,052", "endTime": "01:12:38,253" }, { "index": 2186, "text": "BELOW WHAT WE CAN ACTUALLY", "startTime": "01:12:38,253", "endTime": "01:12:39,822" }, { "index": 2187, "text": "AFFORD. WHILE WE ARE IN FACT", "startTime": "01:12:39,822", "endTime": "01:12:46,362" }, { "index": 2188, "text": "HERE ARE LEVY LID, AND WE MUST", "startTime": "01:12:46,362", "endTime": "01:12:47,763" }, { "index": 2189, "text": "KEEP A BUFFER FOR ECONOMIC", "startTime": "01:12:47,763", "endTime": "01:12:48,664" }, { "index": 2190, "text": "CHANGES, AS WELL AS FUTURE", "startTime": "01:12:48,664", "endTime": "01:12:50,065" }, { "index": 2191, "text": "LEVIES, AS YOUR BUDGET CHAIR I", "startTime": "01:12:50,065", "endTime": "01:12:53,235" }, { "index": 2192, "text": "SAY THAT IN FACT WE CAN ADOPT", "startTime": "01:12:53,235", "endTime": "01:12:54,570" }, { "index": 2193, "text": "THESE AMENDMENTS AND REMAINED", "startTime": "01:12:54,570", "endTime": "01:12:56,171" }, { "index": 2194, "text": "FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. I SAY THIS", "startTime": "01:12:56,171", "endTime": "01:12:57,906" }, { "index": 2195, "text": "BECAUSE CHOOSING OUR FUNDING", "startTime": "01:12:57,906", "endTime": "01:12:58,640" }, { "index": 2196, "text": "LEVELS CAN EITHER BE A ONE-WAY", "startTime": "01:12:58,640", "endTime": "01:13:00,743" }, { "index": 2197, "text": "DOOR OR A TWO-WAY DOOR. IF YOU", "startTime": "01:13:00,743", "endTime": "01:13:05,314" }, { "index": 2198, "text": "BET AGAINST OURSELVES AND ADOPT", "startTime": "01:13:05,314", "endTime": "01:13:11,453" }, { "index": 2199, "text": "THE LEVY IS TRANSMITTED, THIS IS", "startTime": "01:13:11,453", "endTime": "01:13:13,055" }, { "index": 2200, "text": "A ONE-WAY DOOR. BECAUSE WE", "startTime": "01:13:13,055", "endTime": "01:13:14,056" }, { "index": 2201, "text": "CANNOT, IN THE FUTURE, INCREASE", "startTime": "01:13:14,056", "endTime": "01:13:15,157" }, { "index": 2202, "text": "LIBRARY LEVEL. IF WE ADOPT THESE", "startTime": "01:13:15,157", "endTime": "01:13:16,258" }, { "index": 2203, "text": "AMENDMENTS AND OUR WORST FEARS", "startTime": "01:13:16,258", "endTime": "01:13:17,860" }, { "index": 2204, "text": "BECOME REALITY, THAT THE", "startTime": "01:13:17,860", "endTime": "01:13:20,596" }, { "index": 2205, "text": "ECONOMIC FACTORS LOWER THE LEVY", "startTime": "01:13:20,596", "endTime": "01:13:22,264" }, { "index": 2206, "text": "CAP, AGAIN, THE LEVY CAP RIGHT", "startTime": "01:13:22,264", "endTime": "01:13:23,766" }, { "index": 2207, "text": "NOW IS BASED -- 3% GROWTH", "startTime": "01:13:23,766", "endTime": "01:13:27,035" }, { "index": 2208, "text": "ASSUMPTION. SOME OF THE ANALYSIS", "startTime": "01:13:27,035", "endTime": "01:13:31,740" }, { "index": 2209, "text": "HAS BEEN FOR 5% GROWTH", "startTime": "01:13:31,740", "endTime": "01:13:33,208" }, { "index": 2210, "text": "ASSUMPTION. BUT, WHAT THEY", "startTime": "01:13:33,208", "endTime": "01:13:42,484" }, { "index": 2211, "text": "DIDN'T SHOW YOU IS THE 2%", "startTime": "01:13:42,484", "endTime": "01:13:43,652" }, { "index": 2212, "text": "GROWTH ASSUMPTION. WHICH IS", "startTime": "01:13:43,652", "endTime": "01:13:44,453" }, { "index": 2213, "text": "STILL US GROWING, JUST US", "startTime": "01:13:44,453", "endTime": "01:13:45,654" }, { "index": 2214, "text": "GROWING MUCH MORE SLOWLY. IF IN", "startTime": "01:13:45,654", "endTime": "01:13:46,889" }, { "index": 2215, "text": "FACT WE HAVE ONLY 2% OF THE AREA", "startTime": "01:13:46,889", "endTime": "01:13:48,457" }, { "index": 2216, "text": "LAND VALUE GROWTH, WE ARE", "startTime": "01:13:48,457", "endTime": "01:13:49,458" }, { "index": 2217, "text": "ALREADY IN A PLACE WHERE WE ARE", "startTime": "01:13:49,458", "endTime": "01:13:50,793" }, { "index": 2218, "text": "GOING TO HAVE TO START REFUNDING", "startTime": "01:13:50,793", "endTime": "01:13:52,027" }, { "index": 2219, "text": "THESE LEVIES. RIGHT? AND THAT IS", "startTime": "01:13:52,027", "endTime": "01:13:53,495" }, { "index": 2220, "text": "ACROSS ALL. NOT JUST THIS.", "startTime": "01:13:53,495", "endTime": "01:13:56,131" }, { "index": 2221, "text": "AGAIN, IF WE ADOPT THESE", "startTime": "01:13:56,131", "endTime": "01:13:58,901" }, { "index": 2222, "text": "AMENDMENTS AND OUR WORST FEARS", "startTime": "01:13:58,901", "endTime": "01:14:02,237" }, { "index": 2223, "text": "BECOME REALITY THAT THERE'S ONLY", "startTime": "01:14:02,237", "endTime": "01:14:03,539" }, { "index": 2224, "text": "2% GROWTH, THOSE ECONOMIC", "startTime": "01:14:03,539", "endTime": "01:14:09,478" }, { "index": 2225, "text": "FACTORS WOULD LOWER THE LEVY", "startTime": "01:14:09,478", "endTime": "01:14:10,179" }, { "index": 2226, "text": "CAP. WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK", "startTime": "01:14:10,179", "endTime": "01:14:11,380" }, { "index": 2227, "text": "HOLISTICALLY AT ALL OVER LEVIES", "startTime": "01:14:11,380", "endTime": "01:14:12,614" }, { "index": 2228, "text": "AND WHERE WE MUST REDUCE FUNDING", "startTime": "01:14:12,614", "endTime": "01:14:13,849" }, { "index": 2229, "text": "ACROSS OUR ENTIRE CITY. SO, BY", "startTime": "01:14:13,849", "endTime": "01:14:15,951" }, { "index": 2230, "text": "ADOPTING THESE AMENDMENTS THIS", "startTime": "01:14:15,951", "endTime": "01:14:23,058" }, { "index": 2231, "text": "IS A TWO-WAY, WE CAN INCREASE", "startTime": "01:14:23,058", "endTime": "01:14:24,259" }, { "index": 2232, "text": "THE LIBRARY'S FUNDING TODAY AND", "startTime": "01:14:24,259", "endTime": "01:14:25,260" }, { "index": 2233, "text": "IF OUR WORST-CASE SCENARIO", "startTime": "01:14:25,260", "endTime": "01:14:26,662" }, { "index": 2234, "text": "OCCURS, WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE", "startTime": "01:14:26,662", "endTime": "01:14:30,532" }, { "index": 2235, "text": "THOSE REDUCTIONS BASED ON KNOWN", "startTime": "01:14:30,532", "endTime": "01:14:31,400" }, { "index": 2236, "text": "INFORMATION, RATHER THAN", "startTime": "01:14:31,400", "endTime": "01:14:32,234" }, { "index": 2237, "text": "SPECULATION. EVEN WITH A TWO-WAY", "startTime": "01:14:32,234", "endTime": "01:14:38,440" }, { "index": 2238, "text": "DOOR WE KNOW THAT THIS LEVY WAS", "startTime": "01:14:38,440", "endTime": "01:14:39,875" }, { "index": 2239, "text": "PLANNED TO BE LARGER TO SERVE", "startTime": "01:14:39,875", "endTime": "01:14:41,176" }, { "index": 2240, "text": "SEATTLEITES EVEN MORE THAN WHAT", "startTime": "01:14:41,176", "endTime": "01:14:42,144" }, { "index": 2241, "text": "IS BEFORE US TODAY. THE REALITY", "startTime": "01:14:42,144", "endTime": "01:14:43,712" }, { "index": 2242, "text": "OF THE LEVY CAP CAME INTO THE", "startTime": "01:14:43,712", "endTime": "01:14:45,180" }, { "index": 2243, "text": "CONVERSATION AND THAT MEANT THAT", "startTime": "01:14:45,180", "endTime": "01:14:49,551" }, { "index": 2244, "text": "WE HAD TO RIGHT SIZE REDUCE OR", "startTime": "01:14:49,551", "endTime": "01:14:50,652" }, { "index": 2245, "text": "MODIFY THIS LIBRARY LEVY, TO", "startTime": "01:14:50,652", "endTime": "01:14:52,054" }, { "index": 2246, "text": "WORK. I SAY THAT BECAUSE LIKE,", "startTime": "01:14:52,054", "endTime": "01:14:56,358" }, { "index": 2247, "text": "EVEN WITH THE ADA AMENDMENT THAT", "startTime": "01:14:56,358", "endTime": "01:14:58,660" }, { "index": 2248, "text": "WILL COME UP , WITH THE", "startTime": "01:14:58,660", "endTime": "01:15:02,698" }, { "index": 2249, "text": "COLLECTIONS OR CIRCULATION, I", "startTime": "01:15:02,698", "endTime": "01:15:03,432" }, { "index": 2250, "text": "CAN'T EVER GET THAT STRAIGHT,", "startTime": "01:15:03,432", "endTime": "01:15:05,067" }, { "index": 2251, "text": "OR THE UNREINFORCED MASONRY, WE", "startTime": "01:15:05,067", "endTime": "01:15:06,368" }, { "index": 2252, "text": "KNOW THAT THESE NEEDS ARE", "startTime": "01:15:06,368", "endTime": "01:15:08,270" }, { "index": 2253, "text": "GREATER THAN WHAT IS IN THE", "startTime": "01:15:08,270", "endTime": "01:15:09,771" }, { "index": 2254, "text": "LIBRARY AND WHAT'S GREATER THAN", "startTime": "01:15:09,771", "endTime": "01:15:11,773" }, { "index": 2255, "text": "HE AMENDMENT. IF WE WERE TO", "startTime": "01:15:11,773", "endTime": "01:15:13,242" }, { "index": 2256, "text": "TRULY RIGHT SIZE FOR", "startTime": "01:15:13,242", "endTime": "01:15:15,077" }, { "index": 2257, "text": "SEATTLEITES, THIS WOULD BE A", "startTime": "01:15:15,077", "endTime": "01:15:16,745" }, { "index": 2258, "text": "HUGE LEVY. BUT, WE DIDN'T DO", "startTime": "01:15:16,745", "endTime": "01:15:18,447" }, { "index": 2259, "text": "THAT. AND THAT IS WHERE WE ARE", "startTime": "01:15:18,447", "endTime": "01:15:21,683" }, { "index": 2260, "text": "BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. THAT", "startTime": "01:15:21,683", "endTime": "01:15:24,820" }, { "index": 2261, "text": "IS WHY I SEE THESE AMENDMENTS", "startTime": "01:15:24,820", "endTime": "01:15:26,121" }, { "index": 2262, "text": "BEFORE US ARE FISCALLY", "startTime": "01:15:26,121", "endTime": "01:15:27,122" }, { "index": 2263, "text": "RESPONSIBLE BECAUSE THEY BALANCE", "startTime": "01:15:27,122", "endTime": "01:15:28,357" }, { "index": 2264, "text": "THE FUTURE UNKNOWNS, CHOOSES THE", "startTime": "01:15:28,357", "endTime": "01:15:31,860" }, { "index": 2265, "text": "TWO-WAY DOOR RATHER THAN THE", "startTime": "01:15:31,860", "endTime": "01:15:33,295" }, { "index": 2266, "text": "ONE-WAY DOOR. AND CHOOSES", "startTime": "01:15:33,295", "endTime": "01:15:34,596" }, { "index": 2267, "text": "SEATTLEITES OVER THE FEAR OF THE", "startTime": "01:15:34,596", "endTime": "01:15:38,367" }, { "index": 2268, "text": "UNKNOWN AND UNKNOWN SPECULATION.", "startTime": "01:15:38,367", "endTime": "01:15:39,001" }, { "index": 2269, "text": "WITH THAT, WE COME TO THE", "startTime": "01:15:39,001", "endTime": "01:15:40,836" }, { "index": 2270, "text": "SEATTLE CHANNEL , THE AMENDMENT", "startTime": "01:15:40,836", "endTime": "01:15:42,504" }, { "index": 2271, "text": "I HAVE BEFORE US, THE INTENT OF", "startTime": "01:15:42,504", "endTime": "01:15:47,009" }, { "index": 2272, "text": "THIS AMENDMENT IS TO EXTEND THE", "startTime": "01:15:47,009", "endTime": "01:15:48,710" }, { "index": 2273, "text": "IMPACT AN AUDIENCE FOR SEATTLE", "startTime": "01:15:48,710", "endTime": "01:15:53,048" }, { "index": 2274, "text": "PUBLIC LIBRARY PROGRAMS. SUCH AS", "startTime": "01:15:53,048", "endTime": "01:15:53,715" }, { "index": 2275, "text": "READING, SPEAKERS, SPECIAL", "startTime": "01:15:53,715", "endTime": "01:15:54,516" }, { "index": 2276, "text": "EVENTS, AND WE DO THIS BY", "startTime": "01:15:54,516", "endTime": "01:15:55,684" }, { "index": 2277, "text": "PROVIDING THE LIBRARIES LIVE AND", "startTime": "01:15:55,684", "endTime": "01:15:58,520" }, { "index": 2278, "text": "AVAILABLE TO STREAM ON THE", "startTime": "01:15:58,520", "endTime": "01:16:02,557" }, { "index": 2279, "text": "SEATTLE CHANNEL. WHEN I WORKED", "startTime": "01:16:02,557", "endTime": "01:16:03,625" }, { "index": 2280, "text": "AT A LIBRARY FRONT DESK, I WAS", "startTime": "01:16:03,625", "endTime": "01:16:04,993" }, { "index": 2281, "text": "AMAZED AT HOW MUCH ONE BOOK OR", "startTime": "01:16:04,993", "endTime": "01:16:08,196" }, { "index": 2282, "text": "ONE COMPUTER OR ONE NEWSPAPER", "startTime": "01:16:08,196", "endTime": "01:16:12,334" }, { "index": 2283, "text": "WAS USED. THE LIBRARIES ABLE TO", "startTime": "01:16:12,334", "endTime": "01:16:17,739" }, { "index": 2284, "text": "PROVIDE US TRUE PURE PUBLIC", "startTime": "01:16:17,739", "endTime": "01:16:21,944" }, { "index": 2285, "text": "GOODS. THESE GOODS ARE NOT", "startTime": "01:16:21,944", "endTime": "01:16:23,045" }, { "index": 2286, "text": "RIVALROUS. AND THEY ARE NOT", "startTime": "01:16:23,045", "endTime": "01:16:24,313" }, { "index": 2287, "text": "EXCLUDABLE. A LIBRARY IS A VERY", "startTime": "01:16:24,313", "endTime": "01:16:27,549" }, { "index": 2288, "text": "SPECIAL PLACE. CARNEGIE", "startTime": "01:16:27,549", "endTime": "01:16:31,920" }, { "index": 2289, "text": "UNDERSTOOD THIS. HE SAID, I WILL", "startTime": "01:16:31,920", "endTime": "01:16:33,121" }, { "index": 2290, "text": "BUILD YOU THE BUILDING, YOU FILL", "startTime": "01:16:33,121", "endTime": "01:16:34,389" }, { "index": 2291, "text": "WITH BOOKS. RIGHT? AND SO, THE", "startTime": "01:16:34,389", "endTime": "01:16:35,824" }, { "index": 2292, "text": "AMENDMENT BEFORE US TURNS THE", "startTime": "01:16:35,824", "endTime": "01:16:46,335" }, { "index": 2293, "text": "PROGRAMMING THAT THE LIBRARY", "startTime": "01:16:48,670", "endTime": "01:16:49,604" }, { "index": 2294, "text": "CREATES, THAT THEY ALREADY", "startTime": "01:16:49,604", "endTime": "01:16:50,305" }, { "index": 2295, "text": "CREATE, IT'S ALREADY IN ITS", "startTime": "01:16:50,305", "endTime": "01:16:51,473" }, { "index": 2296, "text": "BUDGET, FROM EIGHT RIVALROUS", "startTime": "01:16:51,473", "endTime": "01:16:52,341" }, { "index": 2297, "text": "GOOD, I WILL ARGUE RIVALRY IS", "startTime": "01:16:52,341", "endTime": "01:16:53,508" }, { "index": 2298, "text": "ROOM CAPACITY, IF WE REACH", "startTime": "01:16:53,508", "endTime": "01:16:54,509" }, { "index": 2299, "text": "CAPACITY THE NO MORE PEOPLE CAN", "startTime": "01:16:54,509", "endTime": "01:16:55,644" }, { "index": 2300, "text": "GET INTO THE PROGRAM. SO IT", "startTime": "01:16:55,644", "endTime": "01:16:56,912" }, { "index": 2301, "text": "TURNS THE CAPACITY INTO EIGHT", "startTime": "01:16:56,912", "endTime": "01:16:59,114" }, { "index": 2302, "text": "NINE RIVALROUS ONE BECAUSE YOU", "startTime": "01:16:59,114", "endTime": "01:17:00,115" }, { "index": 2303, "text": "CAN WATCH IT FROM HOME. OR MAYBE", "startTime": "01:17:00,115", "endTime": "01:17:01,817" }, { "index": 2304, "text": "OUT IN THE LOBBY. IT TURNS IT", "startTime": "01:17:01,817", "endTime": "01:17:03,118" }, { "index": 2305, "text": "FROM AN EXCLUDABLE GOOD, AND I", "startTime": "01:17:03,118", "endTime": "01:17:04,553" }, { "index": 2306, "text": "WILL SAY THIS BY TIMER ACCESS,", "startTime": "01:17:04,553", "endTime": "01:17:05,721" }, { "index": 2307, "text": "YOU AREN'T AVAILABLE AT THE", "startTime": "01:17:05,721", "endTime": "01:17:06,722" }, { "index": 2308, "text": "TIME OF DAY YOU CAN ACCESS IT", "startTime": "01:17:06,722", "endTime": "01:17:08,123" }, { "index": 2309, "text": "BECAUSE THE ELEVATOR IS BROKEN,", "startTime": "01:17:08,123", "endTime": "01:17:09,725" }, { "index": 2310, "text": "I MEAN, BECAUSE IT IS NOT YOUR", "startTime": "01:17:09,725", "endTime": "01:17:11,860" }, { "index": 2311, "text": "YOUR HOME. IT TURNS IT INTO A", "startTime": "01:17:11,860", "endTime": "01:17:20,736" }, { "index": 2312, "text": "NON-EXCLUDABLE GOOD BY ALLOWING", "startTime": "01:17:20,736", "endTime": "01:17:21,503" }, { "index": 2313, "text": "YOU TO VIEW AT YOUR LEISURE AND", "startTime": "01:17:21,503", "endTime": "01:17:23,005" }, { "index": 2314, "text": "EVEN SHARING IT WITH OTHER", "startTime": "01:17:23,005", "endTime": "01:17:24,039" }, { "index": 2315, "text": "PEOPLE IN OTHER STATES, IN OTHER", "startTime": "01:17:24,039", "endTime": "01:17:25,240" }, { "index": 2316, "text": "PLACES, WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE", "startTime": "01:17:25,240", "endTime": "01:17:26,341" }, { "index": 2317, "text": "ACCESS TO OUR BEAUTIFUL AND", "startTime": "01:17:26,341", "endTime": "01:17:27,843" }, { "index": 2318, "text": "WONDERFUL SEATTLE , LOOKING OUT", "startTime": "01:17:27,843", "endTime": "01:17:30,112" }, { "index": 2319, "text": "THE WINDOWS TODAY IS A BEAUTIFUL", "startTime": "01:17:30,112", "endTime": "01:17:31,913" }, { "index": 2320, "text": "SEATTLE DAY. EVEN ON ITS DARKEST", "startTime": "01:17:31,913", "endTime": "01:17:34,816" }, { "index": 2321, "text": "DAYS, THAT IS WHERE THE LIGHT", "startTime": "01:17:34,816", "endTime": "01:17:36,051" }, { "index": 2322, "text": "SHINES BRIGHT INSIDE THE LIBRARY", "startTime": "01:17:36,051", "endTime": "01:17:37,319" }, { "index": 2323, "text": "IN YOUR PROGRAMMING. THIS", "startTime": "01:17:37,319", "endTime": "01:17:38,020" }, { "index": 2324, "text": "AMENDMENT ALSO BEGINS TO ADDRESS", "startTime": "01:17:38,020", "endTime": "01:17:39,955" }, { "index": 2325, "text": "THE UNDERLYING FUNDING ISSUES AT", "startTime": "01:17:39,955", "endTime": "01:17:44,526" }, { "index": 2326, "text": "THE SEATTLE CHANNEL. RIGHT NOW", "startTime": "01:17:44,526", "endTime": "01:17:45,494" }, { "index": 2327, "text": "EVERY DEPARTMENT WHO BENEFITS", "startTime": "01:17:45,494", "endTime": "01:17:46,328" }, { "index": 2328, "text": "FROM THE SEATTLE AWARD-WINNING", "startTime": "01:17:46,328", "endTime": "01:17:47,629" }, { "index": 2329, "text": "SEATTLE CHANNEL DOES SO WITHOUT", "startTime": "01:17:47,629", "endTime": "01:17:50,232" }, { "index": 2330, "text": "A FEE. THIS IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER", "startTime": "01:17:50,232", "endTime": "01:17:53,969" }, { "index": 2331, "text": "CENTRAL SERVICE INNER-CITY. FOR", "startTime": "01:17:53,969", "endTime": "01:17:57,105" }, { "index": 2332, "text": "EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS, I.T., HR,", "startTime": "01:17:57,105", "endTime": "01:18:00,742" }, { "index": 2333, "text": "FAS, THESE ARE ALL BACKBONE", "startTime": "01:18:00,742", "endTime": "01:18:07,082" }, { "index": 2334, "text": "ASPECTS OF OUR CITY CENTRAL", "startTime": "01:18:07,082", "endTime": "01:18:08,316" }, { "index": 2335, "text": "SERVICES. AND EVERY DEPARTMENT", "startTime": "01:18:08,316", "endTime": "01:18:09,117" }, { "index": 2336, "text": "IS CHARGED A FEE BY THE INTERNAL", "startTime": "01:18:09,117", "endTime": "01:18:10,419" }, { "index": 2337, "text": "DEPARTMENT. SEATTLE CHANNEL IS", "startTime": "01:18:10,419", "endTime": "01:18:12,821" }, { "index": 2338, "text": "NOT IN THAT SITUATION BECAUSE IN", "startTime": "01:18:12,821", "endTime": "01:18:16,458" }, { "index": 2339, "text": "THE PAST , WHEN THE DISTURBING", "startTime": "01:18:16,458", "endTime": "01:18:21,096" }, { "index": 2340, "text": "MOVIE THE CABLE GUY CAME OUT IN", "startTime": "01:18:21,096", "endTime": "01:18:22,831" }, { "index": 2341, "text": "THEATERS, PEOPLE HAD CABLE AND", "startTime": "01:18:22,831", "endTime": "01:18:24,399" }, { "index": 2342, "text": "WERE USING OUR CABLE FRAME AND", "startTime": "01:18:24,399", "endTime": "01:18:27,936" }, { "index": 2343, "text": "WE WERE BENEFITING FROM THE", "startTime": "01:18:27,936", "endTime": "01:18:29,104" }, { "index": 2344, "text": "CABLE FRANCHISE FEE. BEING FULLY", "startTime": "01:18:29,104", "endTime": "01:18:39,214" }, { "index": 2345, "text": "IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE", "startTime": "01:18:39,214", "endTime": "01:18:40,749" }, { "index": 2346, "text": "THAT DISTURBING MOVIE CAME OUT", "startTime": "01:18:40,749", "endTime": "01:18:41,516" }, { "index": 2347, "text": "IN THEATERS. BUT FOLKS HAVE CUT", "startTime": "01:18:41,516", "endTime": "01:18:42,717" }, { "index": 2348, "text": "THEIR CABLE IN THE MEANTIME. AND", "startTime": "01:18:42,717", "endTime": "01:18:44,019" }, { "index": 2349, "text": "SO IT IS INCUMBENT UPON", "startTime": "01:18:44,019", "endTime": "01:18:45,020" }, { "index": 2350, "text": "DEPARTMENTS, NOT JUST THE", "startTime": "01:18:45,020", "endTime": "01:18:45,921" }, { "index": 2351, "text": "LIBRARY, BUT ALL CITY", "startTime": "01:18:45,921", "endTime": "01:18:46,721" }, { "index": 2352, "text": "DEPARTMENTS WHO BENEFIT FROM THE", "startTime": "01:18:46,721", "endTime": "01:18:47,622" }, { "index": 2353, "text": "AWARD-WINNING SEATTLE CHANNEL TO", "startTime": "01:18:47,622", "endTime": "01:18:48,557" }, { "index": 2354, "text": "START PAYING FOR THE SERVICES", "startTime": "01:18:48,557", "endTime": "01:18:49,491" }, { "index": 2355, "text": "THAT THEY RECEIVE. COLLEAGUES, I", "startTime": "01:18:49,491", "endTime": "01:18:50,525" }, { "index": 2356, "text": "HOPE TO EARN YOUR SUPPORT IN", "startTime": "01:18:50,525", "endTime": "01:18:51,760" }, { "index": 2357, "text": "TURNING AN EXCLUDABLE RIVALROUS", "startTime": "01:18:51,760", "endTime": "01:18:52,594" }, { "index": 2358, "text": "GOOD INTO EIGHT NON-EXCLUDABLE", "startTime": "01:18:52,594", "endTime": "01:18:53,395" }, { "index": 2359, "text": "NON-RIVALROUS GOOD AND HELP", "startTime": "01:18:53,395", "endTime": "01:18:55,297" }, { "index": 2360, "text": "START PAYING SEATTLE CHANNEL'S", "startTime": "01:18:55,297", "endTime": "01:19:00,802" }, { "index": 2361, "text": ", HELP PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE FOR", "startTime": "01:19:00,802", "endTime": "01:19:02,404" }, { "index": 2362, "text": "THESE AT SEATTLE CHANNEL. THANK", "startTime": "01:19:02,404", "endTime": "01:19:03,438" }, { "index": 2363, "text": "YOU.", "startTime": "01:19:03,438", "endTime": "01:19:03,905" }, { "index": 2364, "text": "THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "01:19:03,905", "endTime": "01:19:04,539" }, { "index": 2365, "text": "STRAUSS. ANY QUESTIONS OR", "startTime": "01:19:04,539", "endTime": "01:19:06,007" }, { "index": 2366, "text": "COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, THEN I HAVE", "startTime": "01:19:06,007", "endTime": "01:19:09,344" }, { "index": 2367, "text": "A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. SO,", "startTime": "01:19:09,344", "endTime": "01:19:19,788" }, { "index": 2368, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, I THINK", "startTime": "01:19:22,657", "endTime": "01:19:23,558" }, { "index": 2369, "text": "WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO AGREE TO", "startTime": "01:19:23,558", "endTime": "01:19:24,926" }, { "index": 2370, "text": "DISAGREE HERE. BUT WE GET AN", "startTime": "01:19:24,926", "endTime": "01:19:26,261" }, { "index": 2371, "text": "ECONOMIC FORECAST THREE TIMES", "startTime": "01:19:26,261", "endTime": "01:19:27,095" }, { "index": 2372, "text": "PER YEAR. APRIL, AUGUST AND", "startTime": "01:19:27,095", "endTime": "01:19:28,063" }, { "index": 2373, "text": "NOVEMBER. THEY ARE PROJECTIONS.", "startTime": "01:19:28,063", "endTime": "01:19:28,930" }, { "index": 2374, "text": "FROM OUR FINANCE OFFICE. ON HOW", "startTime": "01:19:28,930", "endTime": "01:19:30,398" }, { "index": 2375, "text": "THE ECONOMY IS DOING AND HOW ALL", "startTime": "01:19:30,398", "endTime": "01:19:32,000" }, { "index": 2376, "text": "OF OUR FISCAL DECISIONS ARE", "startTime": "01:19:32,000", "endTime": "01:19:33,301" }, { "index": 2377, "text": "DOING. AND THAT IS WHERE WE GET", "startTime": "01:19:33,301", "endTime": "01:19:34,803" }, { "index": 2378, "text": "ALL OF THIS INFORMATION ABOUT", "startTime": "01:19:34,803", "endTime": "01:19:37,439" }, { "index": 2379, "text": "THE LEVY CAPS. SO WHEN YOU CALL", "startTime": "01:19:37,439", "endTime": "01:19:39,608" }, { "index": 2380, "text": "IT SPECULATION, GOVERNMENTS RELY", "startTime": "01:19:39,608", "endTime": "01:19:42,244" }, { "index": 2381, "text": "ON THESE ECONOMIC FORECASTS", "startTime": "01:19:42,244", "endTime": "01:19:43,512" }, { "index": 2382, "text": "WHICH TO MAKE BUDGET DECISIONS", "startTime": "01:19:43,512", "endTime": "01:19:45,313" }, { "index": 2383, "text": "INCLUDING LEVY DECISIONS. SO,", "startTime": "01:19:45,313", "endTime": "01:19:50,619" }, { "index": 2384, "text": "THESE ARE NOT DONE WILLY-NILLY.", "startTime": "01:19:50,619", "endTime": "01:19:56,124" }, { "index": 2385, "text": "THEY ARE EXPERTS WHO COME UP", "startTime": "01:19:56,124", "endTime": "01:19:57,926" }, { "index": 2386, "text": "WITH THIS ECONOMIC FORECAST THAT", "startTime": "01:19:57,926", "endTime": "01:19:59,127" }, { "index": 2387, "text": "WE RELY ON EVERY YEAR WHEN WE DO", "startTime": "01:19:59,127", "endTime": "01:20:02,197" }, { "index": 2388, "text": "THE BUDGET AND ALSO WHEN WE ARE", "startTime": "01:20:02,197", "endTime": "01:20:05,133" }, { "index": 2389, "text": "DOING CONSIDERING PUTTING LEVIES", "startTime": "01:20:05,133", "endTime": "01:20:13,508" }, { "index": 2390, "text": "ON THE BALLOT. SO I JUST WANT TO", "startTime": "01:20:13,508", "endTime": "01:20:15,343" }, { "index": 2391, "text": "MAKE IT VERY CLEAR TO THE", "startTime": "01:20:15,343", "endTime": "01:20:16,545" }, { "index": 2392, "text": "PUBLIC, WHO MIGHT BE HEARING", "startTime": "01:20:16,545", "endTime": "01:20:17,546" }, { "index": 2393, "text": "THAT THESE ARE NOT JUST", "startTime": "01:20:17,546", "endTime": "01:20:18,446" }, { "index": 2394, "text": "SPECULATIONS OF NOWHERE, THIS IS", "startTime": "01:20:18,446", "endTime": "01:20:19,447" }, { "index": 2395, "text": "ACTUALLY AN ECONOMIC FORECAST IT", "startTime": "01:20:19,447", "endTime": "01:20:20,715" }, { "index": 2396, "text": "WE GET THREE TIMES PER YEAR FROM", "startTime": "01:20:20,715", "endTime": "01:20:22,017" }, { "index": 2397, "text": "OUR FINANCE OFFICE. GIVE THE", "startTime": "01:20:22,017", "endTime": "01:20:23,018" }, { "index": 2398, "text": "THING I WILL SAY IS THAT, WHAT", "startTime": "01:20:23,018", "endTime": "01:20:24,419" }, { "index": 2399, "text": "WE KNOW TODAY IS THAT WE HAVE AT", "startTime": "01:20:24,419", "endTime": "01:20:28,690" }, { "index": 2400, "text": "LEAST 150 WILLIAM MILLER BUDGET", "startTime": "01:20:28,690", "endTime": "01:20:30,125" }, { "index": 2401, "text": "DEFICIT THAT WE ARE GOING TO", "startTime": "01:20:30,125", "endTime": "01:20:31,927" }, { "index": 2402, "text": "HAVE TO MANAGE LATER THIS YEAR.", "startTime": "01:20:31,927", "endTime": "01:20:34,596" }, { "index": 2403, "text": "AND I WILL SAY THAT THE 3% IS A", "startTime": "01:20:34,596", "endTime": "01:20:41,303" }, { "index": 2404, "text": "PRUDENT FACTOR, IT IS BASED ON", "startTime": "01:20:41,303", "endTime": "01:20:42,404" }, { "index": 2405, "text": "PAST PERFORMANCE ON HOW PROPERTY", "startTime": "01:20:42,404", "endTime": "01:20:43,872" }, { "index": 2406, "text": "VALUES , ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY", "startTime": "01:20:43,872", "endTime": "01:20:46,074" }, { "index": 2407, "text": "VALUES . WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF", "startTime": "01:20:46,074", "endTime": "01:20:51,980" }, { "index": 2408, "text": "A WAR, SO IT IS VERY POSSIBLE", "startTime": "01:20:51,980", "endTime": "01:20:53,315" }, { "index": 2409, "text": "THAT NEXT YEAR THE ASSESSMENT", "startTime": "01:20:53,315", "endTime": "01:20:54,516" }, { "index": 2410, "text": "WILL GO DOWN. SO WHILE I", "startTime": "01:20:54,516", "endTime": "01:20:55,550" }, { "index": 2411, "text": "APPRECIATE YOUR PASSION FOR THE", "startTime": "01:20:55,550", "endTime": "01:20:56,818" }, { "index": 2412, "text": "LIBRARY AND I HAVE EQUAL", "startTime": "01:20:56,818", "endTime": "01:20:58,119" }, { "index": 2413, "text": "PASSION, I ALSO HAVE TO RELY ON", "startTime": "01:20:58,119", "endTime": "01:21:00,021" }, { "index": 2414, "text": "THE EXPERT ADVICE WE ARE GETTING", "startTime": "01:21:00,021", "endTime": "01:21:02,090" }, { "index": 2415, "text": "FROM OUR FINANCE ADVISORS AND", "startTime": "01:21:02,090", "endTime": "01:21:11,233" }, { "index": 2416, "text": "THESE ECONOMIC FORECASTS WHICH", "startTime": "01:21:11,233", "endTime": "01:21:12,067" }, { "index": 2417, "text": "ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR I", "startTime": "01:21:12,067", "endTime": "01:21:13,201" }, { "index": 2418, "text": "BELIEVE THEY ARE AVAILABLE", "startTime": "01:21:13,201", "endTime": "01:21:13,902" }, { "index": 2419, "text": "ONLINE FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE. ON", "startTime": "01:21:13,902", "endTime": "01:21:15,403" }, { "index": 2420, "text": "WHAT OUR FINANCIAL PICTURE TRULY", "startTime": "01:21:15,403", "endTime": "01:21:16,471" }, { "index": 2421, "text": "IS. AND SO, THIS LEVY CAP ISSUE", "startTime": "01:21:16,471", "endTime": "01:21:21,610" }, { "index": 2422, "text": "IS VERY REAL. AND YOU ARE", "startTime": "01:21:21,610", "endTime": "01:21:23,245" }, { "index": 2423, "text": "CORRECT, WE MIGHT BE IN A", "startTime": "01:21:23,245", "endTime": "01:21:25,113" }, { "index": 2424, "text": "SITUATION WHERE WHATEVER WE PASS", "startTime": "01:21:25,113", "endTime": "01:21:29,718" }, { "index": 2425, "text": "TODAY IN TERMS OF A LIBRARY", "startTime": "01:21:29,718", "endTime": "01:21:31,620" }, { "index": 2426, "text": "LEVY, WE MIGHT BE BUTTING UP", "startTime": "01:21:31,620", "endTime": "01:21:33,221" }, { "index": 2427, "text": "AGAINST THE CAP FASTER IF", "startTime": "01:21:33,221", "endTime": "01:21:34,222" }, { "index": 2428, "text": "ASSESSED VALUES GO DOWN. WHICH", "startTime": "01:21:34,222", "endTime": "01:21:41,329" }, { "index": 2429, "text": "VERY WELL COULD BE, AGAIN, GIVEN", "startTime": "01:21:41,329", "endTime": "01:21:42,631" }, { "index": 2430, "text": "WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A WAR. I", "startTime": "01:21:42,631", "endTime": "01:21:44,499" }, { "index": 2431, "text": "SAY THAT ALL TO SAY THAT AS MUCH", "startTime": "01:21:44,499", "endTime": "01:21:46,034" }, { "index": 2432, "text": "AS WE LOVE OUR LIBRARIES , SURE,", "startTime": "01:21:46,034", "endTime": "01:21:48,603" }, { "index": 2433, "text": "WE CAN MAKE DECISIONS TODAY AND", "startTime": "01:21:48,603", "endTime": "01:21:49,304" }, { "index": 2434, "text": "THAT IS PERFECTLY FINE, AND", "startTime": "01:21:49,304", "endTime": "01:21:50,438" }, { "index": 2435, "text": "WITHIN OUR RIGHT. BUT I DO WANT", "startTime": "01:21:50,438", "endTime": "01:21:52,140" }, { "index": 2436, "text": "TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BEING", "startTime": "01:21:52,140", "endTime": "01:21:54,342" }, { "index": 2437, "text": "VERY CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT WITH", "startTime": "01:21:54,342", "endTime": "01:21:56,011" }, { "index": 2438, "text": "THE PUBLIC. AND I DON'T WANT TO", "startTime": "01:21:56,011", "endTime": "01:21:57,145" }, { "index": 2439, "text": "MINIMIZE THE ADVICE THAT WE GET", "startTime": "01:21:57,145", "endTime": "01:22:05,053" }, { "index": 2440, "text": "FROM THESE ECONOMIC FORECASTS.", "startTime": "01:22:05,053", "endTime": "01:22:06,121" }, { "index": 2441, "text": "BECAUSE WE RELY ON THEM NOT JUST", "startTime": "01:22:06,121", "endTime": "01:22:07,922" }, { "index": 2442, "text": "FOR THIS TODAY, BEFORE OUR", "startTime": "01:22:07,922", "endTime": "01:22:08,556" }, { "index": 2443, "text": "BUDGET IN GENERAL. I THINK THOSE", "startTime": "01:22:08,556", "endTime": "01:22:09,925" }, { "index": 2444, "text": "OF US, NOT JUST US HERE ON THE D", "startTime": "01:22:09,925", "endTime": "01:22:12,127" }, { "index": 2445, "text": "IS, THERE ARE MANY FOLKS WHO", "startTime": "01:22:12,127", "endTime": "01:22:13,495" }, { "index": 2446, "text": "ALSO RELY ON ECONOMIC FORECASTS", "startTime": "01:22:13,495", "endTime": "01:22:14,329" }, { "index": 2447, "text": "WHEN THEY ARE DOING FORECASTS.", "startTime": "01:22:14,329", "endTime": "01:22:15,930" }, { "index": 2448, "text": "ALL CITIES THIS. IT'S NOT", "startTime": "01:22:15,930", "endTime": "01:22:17,499" }, { "index": 2449, "text": "SOMETHING WE ARE JUST DOING.", "startTime": "01:22:17,499", "endTime": "01:22:23,638" }, { "index": 2450, "text": "THINGS ARE NOT LOOKING GOOD AND", "startTime": "01:22:23,638", "endTime": "01:22:25,740" }, { "index": 2451, "text": "THEY HAVEN'T BEEN LOOKING GOOD", "startTime": "01:22:25,740", "endTime": "01:22:26,408" }, { "index": 2452, "text": "FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE FOR", "startTime": "01:22:26,408", "endTime": "01:22:27,342" }, { "index": 2453, "text": "QUITE SOME TIME. WE ARE IN A", "startTime": "01:22:27,342", "endTime": "01:22:28,610" }, { "index": 2454, "text": "CONSTANT BUDGET DEFICIT. AND", "startTime": "01:22:28,610", "endTime": "01:22:34,115" }, { "index": 2455, "text": "THERE WILL BE NEEDS LATER ON. WE", "startTime": "01:22:34,115", "endTime": "01:22:35,750" }, { "index": 2456, "text": "DO HAVE -- WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE", "startTime": "01:22:35,750", "endTime": "01:22:37,319" }, { "index": 2457, "text": "OF A HOUSING CRISIS. WE WILL, IN", "startTime": "01:22:37,319", "endTime": "01:22:38,653" }, { "index": 2458, "text": "2030, HAVE A HOUSING LEVY. WHAT", "startTime": "01:22:38,653", "endTime": "01:22:39,921" }, { "index": 2459, "text": "WILL BE LEFT FROM THE LEVY CAP", "startTime": "01:22:39,921", "endTime": "01:22:41,323" }, { "index": 2460, "text": "TO GIVE TOWARDS THAT? I AM", "startTime": "01:22:41,323", "endTime": "01:22:42,924" }, { "index": 2461, "text": "LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING HOW", "startTime": "01:22:42,924", "endTime": "01:22:47,329" }, { "index": 2462, "text": "WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH THE", "startTime": "01:22:47,329", "endTime": "01:22:48,630" }, { "index": 2463, "text": "BUDGET DEFICIT IN THE FALL.", "startTime": "01:22:48,630", "endTime": "01:22:49,664" }, { "index": 2464, "text": "BECAUSE THERE IS A DEFICIT. SO", "startTime": "01:22:49,664", "endTime": "01:22:50,932" }, { "index": 2465, "text": "ARE WE GOING TO TURN TO MORE", "startTime": "01:22:50,932", "endTime": "01:22:53,335" }, { "index": 2466, "text": "TAXING, PROPERTY TAXES? SEATTLE", "startTime": "01:22:53,335", "endTime": "01:22:54,436" }, { "index": 2467, "text": "IS ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE", "startTime": "01:22:54,436", "endTime": "01:22:55,637" }, { "index": 2468, "text": "CITIES IN THE COUNTRY. AND OUR", "startTime": "01:22:55,637", "endTime": "01:22:57,172" }, { "index": 2469, "text": "FOLKS ARE FEELING THE HEAT OF", "startTime": "01:22:57,172", "endTime": "01:22:58,974" }, { "index": 2470, "text": "THAT. SO, THIS IS ALL REALLY", "startTime": "01:22:58,974", "endTime": "01:23:03,712" }, { "index": 2471, "text": "IMPORTANT, AND AGAIN, THIS IS", "startTime": "01:23:03,712", "endTime": "01:23:10,518" }, { "index": 2472, "text": "NOT WHO LOVES THE LIBRARIES", "startTime": "01:23:10,518", "endTime": "01:23:11,453" }, { "index": 2473, "text": "MORE. AND WILL HAVE TO MAKE HER", "startTime": "01:23:11,453", "endTime": "01:23:12,921" }, { "index": 2474, "text": "OWN DECISIONS. BUT WE DO NEED TO", "startTime": "01:23:12,921", "endTime": "01:23:14,422" }, { "index": 2475, "text": "BE TRANSPARENT. AND WE CANNOT", "startTime": "01:23:14,422", "endTime": "01:23:15,523" }, { "index": 2476, "text": "PAINT A FISCAL PICTURE THAT IS", "startTime": "01:23:15,523", "endTime": "01:23:16,758" }, { "index": 2477, "text": "BETTER THAN WHAT IT REALLY IS.", "startTime": "01:23:16,758", "endTime": "01:23:17,859" }, { "index": 2478, "text": "WE HAVE TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS", "startTime": "01:23:17,859", "endTime": "01:23:19,728" }, { "index": 2479, "text": "WITH EYES WIDE OPEN. IF WE", "startTime": "01:23:19,728", "endTime": "01:23:21,563" }, { "index": 2480, "text": "DECIDE THIS IS WHERE WE WANT TO", "startTime": "01:23:21,563", "endTime": "01:23:22,831" }, { "index": 2481, "text": "PUT OUR MONEY, THAT IS OUR", "startTime": "01:23:22,831", "endTime": "01:23:25,133" }, { "index": 2482, "text": "DECISION. AND ULTIMATELY IT IS", "startTime": "01:23:25,133", "endTime": "01:23:26,101" }, { "index": 2483, "text": "THE VOTERS WHO WILL VOTE . BUT", "startTime": "01:23:26,101", "endTime": "01:23:29,838" }, { "index": 2484, "text": "WE NEED TO BE TRANSPARENT AND", "startTime": "01:23:29,838", "endTime": "01:23:31,006" }, { "index": 2485, "text": "HONEST ABOUT THAT FINANCIAL", "startTime": "01:23:31,006", "endTime": "01:23:31,740" }, { "index": 2486, "text": "SITUATION THAT WE ARE IN. SO,", "startTime": "01:23:31,740", "endTime": "01:23:35,477" }, { "index": 2487, "text": "THANK YOU, AND UNLESS THERE ANY", "startTime": "01:23:35,477", "endTime": "01:23:36,644" }, { "index": 2488, "text": "COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS WE WILL GO", "startTime": "01:23:36,644", "endTime": "01:23:38,446" }, { "index": 2489, "text": "TO ABOUT. VOTE.", "startTime": "01:23:38,446", "endTime": "01:23:41,850" }, { "index": 2490, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS", "startTime": "01:23:41,850", "endTime": "01:23:42,384" }, { "index": 2491, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "01:23:42,384", "endTime": "01:23:43,618" }, { "index": 2492, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER", "startTime": "01:23:43,618", "endTime": "01:23:44,152" }, { "index": 2493, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "01:23:44,152", "endTime": "01:23:45,320" }, { "index": 2494, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ", "startTime": "01:23:45,320", "endTime": "01:23:45,854" }, { "index": 2495, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "01:23:45,854", "endTime": "01:23:47,122" }, { "index": 2496, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER LIN.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER LIN", "startTime": "01:23:47,122", "endTime": "01:23:47,622" }, { "index": 2497, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "01:23:47,622", "endTime": "01:23:48,723" }, { "index": 2498, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER RINCK", "startTime": "01:23:48,723", "endTime": "01:23:49,224" }, { "index": 2499, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "01:23:49,224", "endTime": "01:23:50,825" }, { "index": 2500, "text": "VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH.", "speaker": "VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH", "startTime": "01:23:50,825", "endTime": "01:23:51,426" }, { "index": 2501, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "01:23:51,426", "endTime": "01:23:52,827" }, { "index": 2502, "text": "CHAIR RIVERA.", "speaker": "CHAIR RIVERA", "startTime": "01:23:52,827", "endTime": "01:23:54,229" }, { "index": 2503, "text": "NO.", "startTime": "01:23:54,229", "endTime": "01:24:01,770" }, { "index": 2504, "text": "SIX IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED.", "speaker": "SIX IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED", "startTime": "01:24:01,770", "endTime": "01:24:03,171" }, { "index": 2505, "text": "MOTION CARRIES. AMENDMENT", "startTime": "01:24:03,171", "endTime": "01:24:04,506" }, { "index": 2506, "text": "EIGHT IS ADOPTED. WE GO TO", "startTime": "01:24:04,506", "endTime": "01:24:06,007" }, { "index": 2507, "text": "AMENDMENT NINE. COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "01:24:06,007", "endTime": "01:24:06,708" }, { "index": 2508, "text": "STRAUSS, YOUR RECOGNIZED .", "startTime": "01:24:06,708", "endTime": "01:24:09,544" }, { "index": 2509, "text": "THANK YOU. I MOVE AMENDMENT", "startTime": "01:24:09,544", "endTime": "01:24:10,812" }, { "index": 2510, "text": "92 CANCEL BILL 121181.", "startTime": "01:24:10,812", "endTime": "01:24:16,785" }, { "index": 2511, "text": "SECOND.", "speaker": "SECOND", "startTime": "01:24:16,785", "endTime": "01:24:17,252" }, { "index": 2512, "text": "IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND", "speaker": "IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND", "startTime": "01:24:17,252", "endTime": "01:24:18,453" }, { "index": 2513, "text": "SECONDED TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL", "startTime": "01:24:18,453", "endTime": "01:24:24,426" }, { "index": 2514, "text": "121181 IS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT", "startTime": "01:24:24,426", "endTime": "01:24:25,927" }, { "index": 2515, "text": "NINE. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, THE", "startTime": "01:24:25,927", "endTime": "01:24:26,594" }, { "index": 2516, "text": "SPONSOR OF THIS AMENDMENT, YOUR", "startTime": "01:24:26,594", "endTime": "01:24:27,328" }, { "index": 2517, "text": "RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO ADDRESS", "startTime": "01:24:27,328", "endTime": "01:24:28,930" }, { "index": 2518, "text": "IT. ACTUALLY, COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "01:24:28,930", "endTime": "01:24:29,731" }, { "index": 2519, "text": "STRAUSS, ERIC, CAN YOU PLEASE", "startTime": "01:24:29,731", "endTime": "01:24:30,732" }, { "index": 2520, "text": "BRIEF US FIRST.", "startTime": "01:24:30,732", "endTime": "01:24:33,935" }, { "index": 2521, "text": "AMENDMENT I WOULD COMMUNICATE", "speaker": "AMENDMENT I WOULD COMMUNICATE", "startTime": "01:24:33,935", "endTime": "01:24:35,036" }, { "index": 2522, "text": "COUNCIL'S INTENTION A PORTION", "startTime": "01:24:35,036", "endTime": "01:24:41,142" }, { "index": 2523, "text": "OF THE LEVY FUNDING AMOUNT AS", "startTime": "01:24:41,142", "endTime": "01:24:42,410" }, { "index": 2524, "text": "TRANSMITTED BY THE MAYOR AND", "startTime": "01:24:42,410", "endTime": "01:24:43,545" }, { "index": 2525, "text": "INCREASE BY $8.2 MILLION THAT", "startTime": "01:24:43,545", "endTime": "01:24:45,146" }, { "index": 2526, "text": "COUNCIL SHOULD BE AUTHORIZED FOR", "startTime": "01:24:45,146", "endTime": "01:24:45,880" }, { "index": 2527, "text": "INVESTMENTS TO SUPPORT", "startTime": "01:24:45,880", "endTime": "01:24:46,948" }, { "index": 2528, "text": "MAINTENANCE, BY IMPROVING", "startTime": "01:24:46,948", "endTime": "01:24:49,617" }, { "index": 2529, "text": "PHYSICAL ACCESSIBILITY UNDER THE", "startTime": "01:24:49,617", "endTime": "01:24:50,351" }, { "index": 2530, "text": "AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT", "startTime": "01:24:50,351", "endTime": "01:24:52,187" }, { "index": 2531, "text": "AND BY REPAIRING OR REPLACING", "startTime": "01:24:52,187", "endTime": "01:24:53,555" }, { "index": 2532, "text": "ELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS.", "startTime": "01:24:53,555", "endTime": "01:24:57,125" }, { "index": 2533, "text": "THANK YOU, ERIC. NOW,", "startTime": "01:24:57,125", "endTime": "01:24:58,426" }, { "index": 2534, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, SPONSOR", "startTime": "01:24:58,426", "endTime": "01:24:59,060" }, { "index": 2535, "text": "YOUR RECOGNIZED ADDRESS YOUR", "startTime": "01:24:59,060", "endTime": "01:24:59,828" }, { "index": 2536, "text": "AMENDMENT.", "startTime": "01:24:59,828", "endTime": "01:25:00,161" }, { "index": 2537, "text": "THANK YOU. JUST TO CONTINUE", "startTime": "01:25:00,161", "endTime": "01:25:06,768" }, { "index": 2538, "text": "THE CONVERSATION, WE ARE IN THIS", "startTime": "01:25:06,768", "endTime": "01:25:07,936" }, { "index": 2539, "text": "MOMENT WHERE WE ARE HAVING TO", "startTime": "01:25:07,936", "endTime": "01:25:09,104" }, { "index": 2540, "text": "REDUCE THIS LIBRARY LEVY IS OF", "startTime": "01:25:09,104", "endTime": "01:25:17,412" }, { "index": 2541, "text": "WASHINGTON STATE TAX CODE.", "startTime": "01:25:17,412", "endTime": "01:25:18,213" }, { "index": 2542, "text": "UNDERSTANDING THAT WE DO HAVE A", "startTime": "01:25:18,213", "endTime": "01:25:19,414" }, { "index": 2543, "text": "STRUCTURAL BUDGET DEFICIT THAT", "startTime": "01:25:19,414", "endTime": "01:25:20,315" }, { "index": 2544, "text": "TOOK 10 YEARS TO CREATE, AND WE", "startTime": "01:25:20,315", "endTime": "01:25:22,117" }, { "index": 2545, "text": "ARE TAKING A MULTIYEAR APPROACH,", "startTime": "01:25:22,117", "endTime": "01:25:22,784" }, { "index": 2546, "text": "GRANTED THEY'RE GOING TO BE HER", "startTime": "01:25:22,784", "endTime": "01:25:24,018" }, { "index": 2547, "text": "DECISIONS IS HERE. THAT WE", "startTime": "01:25:24,018", "endTime": "01:25:25,053" }, { "index": 2548, "text": "CAN'T INCREASE PROPERTY TAX", "startTime": "01:25:25,053", "endTime": "01:25:26,121" }, { "index": 2549, "text": "AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE UPSIDE ON", "startTime": "01:25:26,121", "endTime": "01:25:29,524" }, { "index": 2550, "text": "TAX CODE OF THE STATE WHICH IS", "startTime": "01:25:29,524", "endTime": "01:25:40,068" }, { "index": 2551, "text": "BOXING US INTO THIS ENTIRE", "startTime": "01:25:41,336", "endTime": "01:25:42,303" }, { "index": 2552, "text": "SITUATION. AND SO, ECONOMIC", "startTime": "01:25:42,303", "endTime": "01:25:43,605" }, { "index": 2553, "text": "FORECASTS DO INFORM OUR ANNUAL", "startTime": "01:25:43,605", "endTime": "01:25:44,606" }, { "index": 2554, "text": "AND BIANNUAL BUDGETING", "startTime": "01:25:44,606", "endTime": "01:25:45,106" }, { "index": 2555, "text": "PROCESSES. BUT, WE ARE WORKING", "startTime": "01:25:45,106", "endTime": "01:25:45,807" }, { "index": 2556, "text": "ON A MULTIYEAR LEVY AND THAT IS", "startTime": "01:25:45,807", "endTime": "01:25:52,146" }, { "index": 2557, "text": "WHERE I THINK WE HAVE A", "startTime": "01:25:52,146", "endTime": "01:25:52,981" }, { "index": 2558, "text": "DIFFERENCE OF OPINION, CHAIR,", "startTime": "01:25:52,981", "endTime": "01:25:53,815" }, { "index": 2559, "text": "FOR ME, THAT WE ARE SPECULATING.", "startTime": "01:25:53,815", "endTime": "01:25:55,049" }, { "index": 2560, "text": "WE ARE RECEIVING FORECASTS FOR", "startTime": "01:25:55,049", "endTime": "01:25:56,050" }, { "index": 2561, "text": "THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR BUT IT", "startTime": "01:25:56,050", "endTime": "01:26:00,054" }, { "index": 2562, "text": "IS HARD, OUR OFFICE IS NOT", "startTime": "01:26:00,054", "endTime": "01:26:00,622" }, { "index": 2563, "text": "PROVIDING A DECADE-LONG", "startTime": "01:26:00,622", "endTime": "01:26:01,356" }, { "index": 2564, "text": "FORECAST. THAT IS WHERE I AM", "startTime": "01:26:01,356", "endTime": "01:26:01,956" }, { "index": 2565, "text": "SAYING WE ARE SPECULATION. BACK", "startTime": "01:26:01,956", "endTime": "01:26:03,324" }, { "index": 2566, "text": "TO THIS AMENDMENT RIGHT HERE,", "startTime": "01:26:03,324", "endTime": "01:26:08,730" }, { "index": 2567, "text": "CHRISTIANA, YOU TOOK MY TALKING", "startTime": "01:26:08,730", "endTime": "01:26:09,364" }, { "index": 2568, "text": "POINTS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU", "startTime": "01:26:09,364", "endTime": "01:26:10,632" }, { "index": 2569, "text": "WERE READING OFF OF MY SHEET,", "startTime": "01:26:10,632", "endTime": "01:26:11,266" }, { "index": 2570, "text": "BUT THE NUMBER OF TIMES I HAD", "startTime": "01:26:11,266", "endTime": "01:26:15,670" }, { "index": 2571, "text": "GONE TO THE GREENWOOD PUBLIC", "startTime": "01:26:15,670", "endTime": "01:26:16,271" }, { "index": 2572, "text": "LIBRARY AND THE ELEVATOR HAS", "startTime": "01:26:16,271", "endTime": "01:26:18,640" }, { "index": 2573, "text": "BEEN BROKEN, I THOUGHT IT WAS", "startTime": "01:26:18,640", "endTime": "01:26:19,240" }, { "index": 2574, "text": "BROKEN THE ENTIRE TIME IN", "startTime": "01:26:19,240", "endTime": "01:26:19,774" }, { "index": 2575, "text": "BETWEEN MY VISITS BUT APPARENTLY", "startTime": "01:26:19,774", "endTime": "01:26:20,408" }, { "index": 2576, "text": "IT HAS BEEN FIXED. I USE THIS", "startTime": "01:26:20,408", "endTime": "01:26:26,147" }, { "index": 2577, "text": "EXAMPLE REALLY IMPORTANTLY", "startTime": "01:26:26,147", "endTime": "01:26:26,714" }, { "index": 2578, "text": "BECAUSE THE GREENWOOD PUBLIC", "startTime": "01:26:26,714", "endTime": "01:26:28,249" }, { "index": 2579, "text": "LIBRARY, THE GREENWOOD RANCH", "startTime": "01:26:28,249", "endTime": "01:26:28,850" }, { "index": 2580, "text": "PUBLIC LIBRARY IS ON GREENWOOD", "startTime": "01:26:28,850", "endTime": "01:26:29,484" }, { "index": 2581, "text": "AVENUE WHICH IS QUITE BUSY. AND", "startTime": "01:26:29,484", "endTime": "01:26:31,786" }, { "index": 2582, "text": "PARKING IS NOT REALLY EASY AT", "startTime": "01:26:31,786", "endTime": "01:26:34,756" }, { "index": 2583, "text": "THE FRONT DOOR. AND SO, IF YOU", "startTime": "01:26:34,756", "endTime": "01:26:38,359" }, { "index": 2584, "text": "HAVE A DIFFERENT ABILITY AND YOU", "startTime": "01:26:38,359", "endTime": "01:26:40,228" }, { "index": 2585, "text": "NEED TO USE ASSISTANCE TO GET IN", "startTime": "01:26:40,228", "endTime": "01:26:45,833" }, { "index": 2586, "text": "THE DOOR, WHETHER IT IS YOU HAVE", "startTime": "01:26:45,833", "endTime": "01:26:47,001" }, { "index": 2587, "text": "A SPRAINED ANKLE OR YOU HAVE A", "startTime": "01:26:47,001", "endTime": "01:26:49,604" }, { "index": 2588, "text": "LIFELONG ABILITY , YOU HAVE TO", "startTime": "01:26:49,604", "endTime": "01:26:56,311" }, { "index": 2589, "text": "USE THE ELEVATOR. THERE IS NO", "startTime": "01:26:56,311", "endTime": "01:26:57,979" }, { "index": 2590, "text": "OTHER WAY INTO THE BUILDING. AND", "startTime": "01:26:57,979", "endTime": "01:26:59,147" }, { "index": 2591, "text": "IF THE ELEVATOR IS NOT WORKING,", "startTime": "01:26:59,147", "endTime": "01:27:07,355" }, { "index": 2592, "text": "THEN YOU CAN'T GET INSIDE. YOU", "startTime": "01:27:07,355", "endTime": "01:27:08,656" }, { "index": 2593, "text": "CAN'T ACCESS ALL OF THE BOOKS", "startTime": "01:27:08,656", "endTime": "01:27:09,857" }, { "index": 2594, "text": "WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. I MADE THE", "startTime": "01:27:09,857", "endTime": "01:27:11,359" }, { "index": 2595, "text": "JOKE LAST TIME, AND IT IS", "startTime": "01:27:11,359", "endTime": "01:27:12,627" }, { "index": 2596, "text": "SERIOUS, THAT THE ONLY WAY INTO", "startTime": "01:27:12,627", "endTime": "01:27:13,761" }, { "index": 2597, "text": "THE LIBRARY IS OVER THE", "startTime": "01:27:13,761", "endTime": "01:27:14,929" }, { "index": 2598, "text": "INTERNET, AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE", "startTime": "01:27:14,929", "endTime": "01:27:16,064" }, { "index": 2599, "text": "THE INTERNET YOU HAVE TO GO TO", "startTime": "01:27:16,064", "endTime": "01:27:18,800" }, { "index": 2600, "text": "THE LIBRARY TO GET YOUR HOTSPOT.", "startTime": "01:27:18,800", "endTime": "01:27:21,736" }, { "index": 2601, "text": "RIGHT? AND SO WITHOUT THE", "startTime": "01:27:21,736", "endTime": "01:27:22,804" }, { "index": 2602, "text": "ABILITY TO GET IN OUR DOORS, WE", "startTime": "01:27:22,804", "endTime": "01:27:24,305" }, { "index": 2603, "text": "ARE NOT PROVIDING THE SERVICE", "startTime": "01:27:24,305", "endTime": "01:27:31,913" }, { "index": 2604, "text": "THAT SEATTLEITES DESERVE. THIS", "startTime": "01:27:31,913", "endTime": "01:27:32,914" }, { "index": 2605, "text": "IS ANOTHER BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT", "startTime": "01:27:32,914", "endTime": "01:27:34,015" }, { "index": 2606, "text": "IF WE WERE TRULY RIGHTSIZING", "startTime": "01:27:34,015", "endTime": "01:27:34,616" }, { "index": 2607, "text": "WHAT THE NEEDS ARE FOR A PUBLIC", "startTime": "01:27:34,616", "endTime": "01:27:36,217" }, { "index": 2608, "text": "LIBRARY SYSTEM, IT WOULD BE", "startTime": "01:27:36,217", "endTime": "01:27:37,018" }, { "index": 2609, "text": "TENFOLD WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US", "startTime": "01:27:37,018", "endTime": "01:27:38,720" }, { "index": 2610, "text": "TODAY. I HOPE TO EARN YOUR", "startTime": "01:27:38,720", "endTime": "01:27:42,624" }, { "index": 2611, "text": "SUPPORT, COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU.", "startTime": "01:27:42,624", "endTime": "01:27:43,458" }, { "index": 2612, "text": "THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "01:27:43,591", "endTime": "01:27:44,325" }, { "index": 2613, "text": "STRAUSS. COLLEAGUES, ANY", "startTime": "01:27:44,325", "endTime": "01:27:44,926" }, { "index": 2614, "text": "QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? LET'S", "startTime": "01:27:44,926", "endTime": "01:27:45,727" }, { "index": 2615, "text": "THINK ABOUT. AMENDMENT NINE. [", "startTime": "01:27:45,727", "endTime": "01:27:52,700" }, { "index": 2616, "text": "ROLL CALL ]", "startTime": "01:27:52,700", "endTime": "01:28:01,309" }, { "index": 2617, "text": "SIX IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED.", "speaker": "SIX IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED", "startTime": "01:28:01,309", "endTime": "01:28:02,844" }, { "index": 2618, "text": "MOTION CARRIES AN AMENDMENT", "speaker": "MOTION CARRIES AN AMENDMENT", "startTime": "01:28:02,844", "endTime": "01:28:04,012" }, { "index": 2619, "text": "NINE IS ADOPTED. COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "01:28:04,012", "endTime": "01:28:05,013" }, { "index": 2620, "text": "FOSTER, ON BEHALF OF", "startTime": "01:28:05,013", "endTime": "01:28:06,114" }, { "index": 2621, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, YOU WILL", "startTime": "01:28:06,114", "endTime": "01:28:07,882" }, { "index": 2622, "text": "MOVE -- SORRY, IT'S OUT OF", "startTime": "01:28:07,882", "endTime": "01:28:13,121" }, { "index": 2623, "text": "SEQUENCE BECAUSE SOME WERE", "startTime": "01:28:13,121", "endTime": "01:28:14,722" }, { "index": 2624, "text": "REMOVED. WE'RE GOING TO 12.", "startTime": "01:28:14,722", "endTime": "01:28:16,024" }, { "index": 2625, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, YOU ARE --", "startTime": "01:28:16,024", "endTime": "01:28:18,459" }, { "index": 2626, "text": "EXCUSE ME, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER,", "startTime": "01:28:18,459", "endTime": "01:28:24,866" }, { "index": 2627, "text": "YOUR RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK ON", "startTime": "01:28:24,866", "endTime": "01:28:26,034" }, { "index": 2628, "text": "BEHALF OF AMENDMENT 12 WHICH IS", "startTime": "01:28:26,034", "endTime": "01:28:27,235" }, { "index": 2629, "text": "BEING BROUGHT BY COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "01:28:27,235", "endTime": "01:28:28,302" }, { "index": 2630, "text": "SAKA.", "startTime": "01:28:28,302", "endTime": "01:28:28,503" }, { "index": 2631, "text": "THANK YOU. I BELIEVE I NEED", "startTime": "01:28:28,503", "endTime": "01:28:36,978" }, { "index": 2632, "text": "TO MOVE IT IN. THANK YOU. I", "startTime": "01:28:36,978", "endTime": "01:28:38,112" }, { "index": 2633, "text": "WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT", "startTime": "01:28:38,112", "endTime": "01:28:39,113" }, { "index": 2634, "text": "AMENDMENT 12 INTO THE RECORD.", "startTime": "01:28:39,113", "endTime": "01:28:40,148" }, { "index": 2635, "text": "SECOND.", "speaker": "SECOND", "startTime": "01:28:40,148", "endTime": "01:28:40,715" }, { "index": 2636, "text": "IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND", "speaker": "IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND", "startTime": "01:28:40,715", "endTime": "01:28:42,016" }, { "index": 2637, "text": "SECONDED TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL", "startTime": "01:28:42,016", "endTime": "01:28:43,051" }, { "index": 2638, "text": "121181 IS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT", "startTime": "01:28:43,051", "endTime": "01:28:45,019" }, { "index": 2639, "text": "12. ERIC?", "startTime": "01:28:45,019", "endTime": "01:28:47,889" }, { "index": 2640, "text": "AMENDMENT 12 WOULD", "startTime": "01:28:47,889", "endTime": "01:28:48,723" }, { "index": 2641, "text": "COMMUNICATE COUNCIL'S INTENTION", "startTime": "01:28:48,723", "endTime": "01:28:49,390" }, { "index": 2642, "text": "THAT A PORTION OF THE LIBRARY", "startTime": "01:28:49,390", "endTime": "01:28:50,725" }, { "index": 2643, "text": "LEVY FUNDING AMOUNT AS", "startTime": "01:28:50,725", "endTime": "01:28:51,359" }, { "index": 2644, "text": "TRANSMITTED BY THE MAYOR SHOULD", "startTime": "01:28:51,359", "endTime": "01:28:52,560" }, { "index": 2645, "text": "BE AUTHORIZED FOR INVESTMENTS TO", "startTime": "01:28:52,560", "endTime": "01:28:53,561" }, { "index": 2646, "text": "SUPPORT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES BY", "startTime": "01:28:53,561", "endTime": "01:28:55,029" }, { "index": 2647, "text": "PROVIDING DIGITAL SCALING", "startTime": "01:28:55,029", "endTime": "01:28:55,630" }, { "index": 2648, "text": "PROGRAMS FOR TEENS. OFFERED AT", "startTime": "01:28:55,630", "endTime": "01:28:58,933" }, { "index": 2649, "text": "THE SOUTHPARK AND HIGH POINT", "startTime": "01:28:58,933", "endTime": "01:29:00,468" }, { "index": 2650, "text": "BRANCH LIBRARIES.", "startTime": "01:29:00,468", "endTime": "01:29:01,202" }, { "index": 2651, "text": "THANK YOU, ERIC.", "startTime": "01:29:01,202", "endTime": "01:29:09,610" }, { "index": 2652, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.", "startTime": "01:29:09,610", "endTime": "01:29:10,078" }, { "index": 2653, "text": "THANK YOU, AS THE CHAIR", "startTime": "01:29:10,078", "endTime": "01:29:11,179" }, { "index": 2654, "text": "MENTIONED I AM SPEAKING ON", "startTime": "01:29:11,179", "endTime": "01:29:12,213" }, { "index": 2655, "text": "BEHALF OF COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.", "startTime": "01:29:12,213", "endTime": "01:29:13,081" }, { "index": 2656, "text": "FOR THESE TWO AMENDMENT'S. THIS", "startTime": "01:29:13,081", "endTime": "01:29:23,658" }, { "index": 2657, "text": "FIRST AMENDMENT EXTENDS AN", "startTime": "01:29:31,866", "endTime": "01:29:32,600" }, { "index": 2658, "text": "EXISTING SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY", "startTime": "01:29:32,600", "endTime": "01:29:33,634" }, { "index": 2659, "text": "PROGRAM INTO TWO NEIGHBORHOODS", "startTime": "01:29:33,634", "endTime": "01:29:34,335" }, { "index": 2660, "text": "WITH LOWER HOME INTERNET ACCESS.", "startTime": "01:29:34,335", "endTime": "01:29:35,236" }, { "index": 2661, "text": "AND FEWER DEVICES COMPARED TO", "startTime": "01:29:35,236", "endTime": "01:29:36,204" }, { "index": 2662, "text": "MORE AFFLUENT SEATTLE AREAS.", "startTime": "01:29:36,204", "endTime": "01:29:37,105" }, { "index": 2663, "text": "THESE GAPS LIMIT ACCESS TO", "startTime": "01:29:37,105", "endTime": "01:29:38,139" }, { "index": 2664, "text": "ESSENTIAL DIGITAL RESOURCES SUCH", "startTime": "01:29:38,139", "endTime": "01:29:38,940" }, { "index": 2665, "text": "AS ONLINE LEARNING, JOB", "startTime": "01:29:38,940", "endTime": "01:29:39,807" }, { "index": 2666, "text": "APPLICATIONS, GOVERNMENT", "startTime": "01:29:39,807", "endTime": "01:29:40,341" }, { "index": 2667, "text": "SERVICES AND TELEHEALTH.", "startTime": "01:29:40,341", "endTime": "01:29:40,875" }, { "index": 2668, "text": "THEREFORE DIGITAL SKILLS", "startTime": "01:29:40,875", "endTime": "01:29:41,442" }, { "index": 2669, "text": "TRAINING IS NEEDED IN THESE", "startTime": "01:29:41,442", "endTime": "01:29:42,443" }, { "index": 2670, "text": "COMMITTEES. THE LEVY ORDINANCE", "startTime": "01:29:42,443", "endTime": "01:29:43,244" }, { "index": 2671, "text": "SETS NO LIMITS BY OFFERING OUR", "startTime": "01:29:43,244", "endTime": "01:29:44,512" }, { "index": 2672, "text": "CAPITAL OR SPENDING CATEGORY AND", "startTime": "01:29:44,512", "endTime": "01:29:45,546" }, { "index": 2673, "text": "THIS AMENDMENT SIGNALS THE", "startTime": "01:29:45,546", "endTime": "01:29:46,414" }, { "index": 2674, "text": "COUNCIL INTEND THAT PART OF THE", "startTime": "01:29:46,414", "endTime": "01:29:47,682" }, { "index": 2675, "text": "$410 MILLION SUPPORT DIGITAL", "startTime": "01:29:47,682", "endTime": "01:29:48,716" }, { "index": 2676, "text": "SCALING INITIATIVES.", "startTime": "01:29:48,716", "endTime": "01:29:49,317" }, { "index": 2677, "text": "THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "01:29:49,317", "endTime": "01:29:50,218" }, { "index": 2678, "text": "FOSTER. COLLEAGUES, ANY", "startTime": "01:29:50,218", "endTime": "01:29:50,718" }, { "index": 2679, "text": "QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? JUST TO", "startTime": "01:29:50,718", "endTime": "01:29:54,222" }, { "index": 2680, "text": "CONFIRM, -- COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "01:29:54,222", "endTime": "01:30:01,829" }, { "index": 2681, "text": "JUAREZ, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION?", "startTime": "01:30:01,829", "endTime": "01:30:03,164" }, { "index": 2682, "text": "I APOLOGIZE, MY ZOOM JUST CUT", "startTime": "01:30:03,297", "endTime": "01:30:05,867" }, { "index": 2683, "text": "OUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT WAS", "startTime": "01:30:05,867", "endTime": "01:30:09,237" }, { "index": 2684, "text": "BACK ONLINE.", "startTime": "01:30:09,237", "endTime": "01:30:15,009" }, { "index": 2685, "text": "WE SEE YOU. AND WE HEAR YOU.", "startTime": "01:30:15,009", "endTime": "01:30:16,711" }, { "index": 2686, "text": "OKAY, GREAT, THANK YOU, MADAM", "startTime": "01:30:16,844", "endTime": "01:30:18,312" }, { "index": 2687, "text": "CHAIR.", "startTime": "01:30:18,312", "endTime": "01:30:18,546" }, { "index": 2688, "text": "THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "01:30:18,546", "endTime": "01:30:19,313" }, { "index": 2689, "text": "JUAREZ. ERIC, IN THIS PARTICULAR", "startTime": "01:30:19,313", "endTime": "01:30:20,214" }, { "index": 2690, "text": "AMENDMENT AND THE SECOND ONE", "startTime": "01:30:20,214", "endTime": "01:30:21,215" }, { "index": 2691, "text": "DON'T HAVE ACTUAL MONEY ADDS.", "startTime": "01:30:21,215", "endTime": "01:30:26,220" }, { "index": 2692, "text": "THEY ARE JUST AN INTENT FOR HOW", "startTime": "01:30:26,220", "endTime": "01:30:27,622" }, { "index": 2693, "text": "TO USE THE CURRENT MONEY. EXPECT", "startTime": "01:30:27,622", "endTime": "01:30:28,923" }, { "index": 2694, "text": "THAT IS CORRECT.", "startTime": "01:30:28,923", "endTime": "01:30:30,057" }, { "index": 2695, "text": "GREAT. AT THE END OF THE DAY", "startTime": "01:30:30,057", "endTime": "01:30:34,629" }, { "index": 2696, "text": "I WANT TO CONFIRM THAT NO MATTER", "startTime": "01:30:34,629", "endTime": "01:30:35,930" }, { "index": 2697, "text": "WHAT WE INTEND, IS THE LIBRARY", "startTime": "01:30:35,930", "endTime": "01:30:38,099" }, { "index": 2698, "text": "BOARD WHO GETS TO DECIDE WHAT TO", "startTime": "01:30:38,099", "endTime": "01:30:39,367" }, { "index": 2699, "text": "DO WITH ALL OF THIS MONEY THAT", "startTime": "01:30:39,367", "endTime": "01:30:41,269" }, { "index": 2700, "text": "NOW HAVE ADDED VIA THESE", "startTime": "01:30:41,269", "endTime": "01:30:42,703" }, { "index": 2701, "text": "AMENDMENTS, CORRECT?", "startTime": "01:30:42,703", "endTime": "01:30:43,805" }, { "index": 2702, "text": "THAT IS ALSO CORRECT.", "speaker": "THAT IS ALSO CORRECT", "startTime": "01:30:43,805", "endTime": "01:30:46,607" }, { "index": 2703, "text": "OKAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU", "startTime": "01:30:46,607", "endTime": "01:30:48,376" }, { "index": 2704, "text": "FOR CONFIRMING. UNLESS THERE ANY", "startTime": "01:30:48,376", "endTime": "01:30:49,744" }, { "index": 2705, "text": "QUESTIONS, AND I DON'T SEE ANY", "startTime": "01:30:49,744", "endTime": "01:30:53,714" }, { "index": 2706, "text": "HANDS RAISED. LET'S GO TO", "startTime": "01:30:53,714", "endTime": "01:30:55,116" }, { "index": 2707, "text": "ABOUT. VOTE.", "startTime": "01:30:55,116", "endTime": "01:31:00,721" }, { "index": 2708, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS", "startTime": "01:31:00,721", "endTime": "01:31:01,255" }, { "index": 2709, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "01:31:01,255", "endTime": "01:31:02,723" }, { "index": 2710, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER", "startTime": "01:31:02,723", "endTime": "01:31:03,257" }, { "index": 2711, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "01:31:03,257", "endTime": "01:31:04,025" }, { "index": 2712, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ", "startTime": "01:31:04,025", "endTime": "01:31:04,559" }, { "index": 2713, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "01:31:04,559", "endTime": "01:31:05,560" }, { "index": 2714, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER LIN.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER LIN", "startTime": "01:31:05,560", "endTime": "01:31:06,060" }, { "index": 2715, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "01:31:06,060", "endTime": "01:31:07,128" }, { "index": 2716, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER RINCK", "startTime": "01:31:07,128", "endTime": "01:31:07,728" }, { "index": 2717, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "01:31:07,728", "endTime": "01:31:09,330" }, { "index": 2718, "text": "VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH.", "speaker": "VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH", "startTime": "01:31:09,330", "endTime": "01:31:09,931" }, { "index": 2719, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "01:31:09,931", "endTime": "01:31:10,698" }, { "index": 2720, "text": "CHAIR RIVERA.", "speaker": "CHAIR RIVERA", "startTime": "01:31:10,698", "endTime": "01:31:11,098" }, { "index": 2721, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "01:31:11,098", "endTime": "01:31:15,636" }, { "index": 2722, "text": "THE MOTION CARRIES AN", "speaker": "THE MOTION CARRIES AN", "startTime": "01:31:15,636", "endTime": "01:31:16,637" }, { "index": 2723, "text": "AMENDMENT 12 IS ADOPTED. NOW", "startTime": "01:31:16,637", "endTime": "01:31:18,306" }, { "index": 2724, "text": "AMENDMENT 13. ALSO A", "startTime": "01:31:18,306", "endTime": "01:31:20,208" }, { "index": 2725, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER SAKA ADD.", "startTime": "01:31:20,208", "endTime": "01:31:22,210" }, { "index": 2726, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, YOUR", "startTime": "01:31:22,210", "endTime": "01:31:22,810" }, { "index": 2727, "text": "RECOGNIZED TO MOVE COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "01:31:22,810", "endTime": "01:31:29,617" }, { "index": 2728, "text": "SAKA'S AMENDMENT NUMBER 13.", "startTime": "01:31:29,617", "endTime": "01:31:30,518" }, { "index": 2729, "text": "I LIKE TO MOVE AMENDMENT", "speaker": "I LIKE TO MOVE AMENDMENT", "startTime": "01:31:30,518", "endTime": "01:31:31,853" }, { "index": 2730, "text": "NUMBER 13. DO I HAVE A SECOND?", "startTime": "01:31:31,853", "endTime": "01:31:33,154" }, { "index": 2731, "text": "SECOND.", "speaker": "SECOND", "startTime": "01:31:33,154", "endTime": "01:31:33,921" }, { "index": 2732, "text": "IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO", "speaker": "IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO", "startTime": "01:31:33,921", "endTime": "01:31:35,723" }, { "index": 2733, "text": "AMEND COUNCIL BILL 121181 IS", "startTime": "01:31:35,723", "endTime": "01:31:36,824" }, { "index": 2734, "text": "PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT 13. ERIC?", "startTime": "01:31:36,824", "endTime": "01:31:47,368" }, { "index": 2735, "text": "AMENDMENT 13 WOULD", "startTime": "01:31:47,935", "endTime": "01:31:48,402" }, { "index": 2736, "text": "COMMUNICATE COUNCIL'S INTENTION", "startTime": "01:31:48,402", "endTime": "01:31:49,070" }, { "index": 2737, "text": "THAT A PORTION OF THE LIBRARY", "startTime": "01:31:49,070", "endTime": "01:31:50,204" }, { "index": 2738, "text": "FUNDING AMOUNT AS TRANSMITTED BY", "startTime": "01:31:50,204", "endTime": "01:31:51,105" }, { "index": 2739, "text": "THE MAYOR SHOULD BE AUTHORIZED", "startTime": "01:31:51,105", "endTime": "01:31:52,273" }, { "index": 2740, "text": "FOR INVESTMENTS TO SUPPORT HOURS", "startTime": "01:31:52,273", "endTime": "01:31:53,474" }, { "index": 2741, "text": "AND ACCESS AND COLLECTIONS BY", "startTime": "01:31:53,474", "endTime": "01:31:54,442" }, { "index": 2742, "text": "CONTRACTING WITH THE WASHINGTON", "startTime": "01:31:54,442", "endTime": "01:31:55,243" }, { "index": 2743, "text": "STATE BLACK LEGACY INSTITUTE FOR", "startTime": "01:31:55,243", "endTime": "01:31:56,310" }, { "index": 2744, "text": "PROGRAMMING AND LOCAL HISTORY --", "startTime": "01:31:56,310", "endTime": "01:32:01,315" }, { "index": 2745, "text": "EXCUSE ME, LOCAL HISTORY", "startTime": "01:32:01,315", "endTime": "01:32:02,216" }, { "index": 2746, "text": "CURATION THAT CELEBRATES AND", "startTime": "01:32:02,216", "endTime": "01:32:02,917" }, { "index": 2747, "text": "PRESERVES THE RICH HISTORY OF", "startTime": "01:32:02,917", "endTime": "01:32:08,823" }, { "index": 2748, "text": "WASHINGTON'S BLACK COMMUNITY", "startTime": "01:32:08,823", "endTime": "01:32:09,657" }, { "index": 2749, "text": "AND OFFERS A POWERFUL TRIBUTE TO", "startTime": "01:32:09,657", "endTime": "01:32:10,625" }, { "index": 2750, "text": "BLACK RESILIENCE, LEADERSHIP AND", "startTime": "01:32:10,625", "endTime": "01:32:11,425" }, { "index": 2751, "text": "CULTURAL CONTRIBUTIONS.", "startTime": "01:32:11,425", "endTime": "01:32:11,993" }, { "index": 2752, "text": "THANK YOU, ERIC.", "startTime": "01:32:11,993", "endTime": "01:32:15,429" }, { "index": 2753, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, YOUR", "startTime": "01:32:15,429", "endTime": "01:32:16,063" }, { "index": 2754, "text": "RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF", "startTime": "01:32:16,063", "endTime": "01:32:17,265" }, { "index": 2755, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.", "startTime": "01:32:17,265", "endTime": "01:32:17,732" }, { "index": 2756, "text": "THANK YOU. ONCE AGAIN, I AM", "startTime": "01:32:17,732", "endTime": "01:32:27,608" }, { "index": 2757, "text": "SHARING WORDS ON BEHALF OF", "startTime": "01:32:27,608", "endTime": "01:32:28,509" }, { "index": 2758, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. THIS", "startTime": "01:32:28,509", "endTime": "01:32:29,043" }, { "index": 2759, "text": "AMENDMENT FORMALIZES COUNCIL", "startTime": "01:32:29,043", "endTime": "01:32:29,810" }, { "index": 2760, "text": "INTEND TO USE LEVY FUNDS TO", "startTime": "01:32:29,810", "endTime": "01:32:30,845" }, { "index": 2761, "text": "CONTRACT WITH THE WASHINGTON", "startTime": "01:32:30,845", "endTime": "01:32:31,746" }, { "index": 2762, "text": "STATE BLACK LEGACY INSTITUTE FOR", "startTime": "01:32:31,746", "endTime": "01:32:32,747" }, { "index": 2763, "text": "PROGRAMMING. IT WORKS TO CURATE", "startTime": "01:32:32,747", "endTime": "01:32:33,948" }, { "index": 2764, "text": "AND DISSEMINATE LEGACY OF BLACK", "startTime": "01:32:33,948", "endTime": "01:32:35,016" }, { "index": 2765, "text": "WASHINGTONIANS GROUNDED IN THE", "startTime": "01:32:35,016", "endTime": "01:32:35,816" }, { "index": 2766, "text": "BELIEF THAT HONORING THE PAST", "startTime": "01:32:35,816", "endTime": "01:32:37,418" }, { "index": 2767, "text": "STRENGTHENS THE FUTURE. LIKE", "startTime": "01:32:37,418", "endTime": "01:32:38,252" }, { "index": 2768, "text": "AMENDMENT 12 IT EXPRESSES THE", "startTime": "01:32:38,252", "endTime": "01:32:42,924" }, { "index": 2769, "text": "COUNCIL INTENT THAT A PORTION OF", "startTime": "01:32:42,924", "endTime": "01:32:44,125" }, { "index": 2770, "text": "THE $410 MILLION BE USED FOR", "startTime": "01:32:44,125", "endTime": "01:32:45,393" }, { "index": 2771, "text": "THIS PURPOSE.", "startTime": "01:32:45,393", "endTime": "01:32:46,060" }, { "index": 2772, "text": "THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "01:32:46,060", "endTime": "01:32:47,695" }, { "index": 2773, "text": "FOSTER. COLLEAGUES, ANY", "startTime": "01:32:47,695", "endTime": "01:32:48,629" }, { "index": 2774, "text": "QUESTIONS , COUNCIL PRESIDENT", "startTime": "01:32:48,629", "endTime": "01:32:54,402" }, { "index": 2775, "text": "HOLLINGSWORTH, YOU ARE", "startTime": "01:32:54,402", "endTime": "01:32:55,002" }, { "index": 2776, "text": "RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK.", "startTime": "01:32:55,002", "endTime": "01:32:57,805" }, { "index": 2777, "text": "NO, NO WORRIES. YOU ARE ALL", "startTime": "01:32:57,805", "endTime": "01:32:59,206" }, { "index": 2778, "text": "GOOD. THANK YOU, I KNOW", "startTime": "01:32:59,206", "endTime": "01:33:01,442" }, { "index": 2779, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER SAKA IS NOT HERE.", "startTime": "01:33:01,442", "endTime": "01:33:03,511" }, { "index": 2780, "text": "SO THANKING HIM FOR THIS", "startTime": "01:33:03,511", "endTime": "01:33:05,379" }, { "index": 2781, "text": "AMENDMENT. LOOK, I AM BLACK, I", "startTime": "01:33:05,379", "endTime": "01:33:14,021" }, { "index": 2782, "text": "SUPPORT EVERYTHING. YOU KNOW", "startTime": "01:33:14,021", "endTime": "01:33:15,122" }, { "index": 2783, "text": "I'M COMING FROM. BUT THE ONE", "startTime": "01:33:15,122", "endTime": "01:33:16,157" }, { "index": 2784, "text": "THING THAT CONCERNS ME ABOUT", "startTime": "01:33:16,157", "endTime": "01:33:17,425" }, { "index": 2785, "text": "THIS IS CALLING OUT SPECIFICALLY", "startTime": "01:33:17,425", "endTime": "01:33:18,793" }, { "index": 2786, "text": "THE PROVIDER WITH OUR", "startTime": "01:33:18,793", "endTime": "01:33:20,127" }, { "index": 2787, "text": "INTENTIONS. , AND YOU KNOW, THAT", "startTime": "01:33:20,127", "endTime": "01:33:24,632" }, { "index": 2788, "text": "WAS MY ONLY DISCOMFORT. I WILL", "startTime": "01:33:24,632", "endTime": "01:33:28,603" }, { "index": 2789, "text": "BE ABSTAINING FROM THIS. JUST", "startTime": "01:33:28,603", "endTime": "01:33:31,973" }, { "index": 2790, "text": "BECAUSE ON THAT PRINCIPLE OF", "startTime": "01:33:31,973", "endTime": "01:33:35,710" }, { "index": 2791, "text": "CALLING OUT A SPECIFIC PROVIDER", "startTime": "01:33:35,710", "endTime": "01:33:38,746" }, { "index": 2792, "text": "OUTSIDE OF THE LIBRARY LEVY, IF", "startTime": "01:33:38,746", "endTime": "01:33:40,247" }, { "index": 2793, "text": "IT WAS A SPECIFIC LIBRARY AND", "startTime": "01:33:40,247", "endTime": "01:33:42,216" }, { "index": 2794, "text": "THAT IS WHO WE WERE TARGETING,", "startTime": "01:33:42,216", "endTime": "01:33:47,221" }, { "index": 2795, "text": "OR THAT PIECE, BUT IT'S", "startTime": "01:33:47,221", "endTime": "01:33:48,622" }, { "index": 2796, "text": "SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF THE SYSTEM.", "startTime": "01:33:48,622", "endTime": "01:33:50,257" }, { "index": 2797, "text": "SO THAT WAS ONE OF MY ONLY", "startTime": "01:33:50,257", "endTime": "01:33:52,226" }, { "index": 2798, "text": "CONCERNS. WITH THIS. THANK YOU,", "startTime": "01:33:52,226", "endTime": "01:33:53,594" }, { "index": 2799, "text": "COLLEAGUES.", "startTime": "01:33:53,594", "endTime": "01:33:54,028" }, { "index": 2800, "text": "THANK YOU. ANY OTHER", "startTime": "01:33:54,028", "endTime": "01:33:58,499" }, { "index": 2801, "text": "QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I TOO", "startTime": "01:33:58,499", "endTime": "01:34:04,805" }, { "index": 2802, "text": "WILL BE ABSTAINING FROM THIS", "startTime": "01:34:04,805", "endTime": "01:34:06,140" }, { "index": 2803, "text": "JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T NORMALLY", "startTime": "01:34:06,140", "endTime": "01:34:07,508" }, { "index": 2804, "text": "SELECT A PROVIDER. WE HAVEN'T", "startTime": "01:34:07,508", "endTime": "01:34:10,144" }, { "index": 2805, "text": "USUALLY , WE HAVE AN RFP PROCESS", "startTime": "01:34:10,144", "endTime": "01:34:14,115" }, { "index": 2806, "text": "AND I AM NOT FAMILIAR WHY IT'S", "startTime": "01:34:14,115", "endTime": "01:34:17,351" }, { "index": 2807, "text": "BEING DONE THIS WAY. BUT, I DO", "startTime": "01:34:17,351", "endTime": "01:34:19,820" }, { "index": 2808, "text": "SUPPORT , OBVIOUSLY, THE", "startTime": "01:34:19,820", "endTime": "01:34:21,622" }, { "index": 2809, "text": "CURATION ASPECT OF THIS.", "startTime": "01:34:21,622", "endTime": "01:34:26,661" }, { "index": 2810, "text": "ESPECIALLY FOR BLACK LEGACY.", "startTime": "01:34:26,661", "endTime": "01:34:29,230" }, { "index": 2811, "text": "BUT, I WILL ABSTAIN JUST BASED", "startTime": "01:34:29,230", "endTime": "01:34:33,234" }, { "index": 2812, "text": "ON SIMILAR , SIMILAR POSITION AS", "startTime": "01:34:33,234", "endTime": "01:34:37,138" }, { "index": 2813, "text": "COUNCIL PRESIDENT. ALL RIGHT,", "startTime": "01:34:37,138", "endTime": "01:34:40,941" }, { "index": 2814, "text": "LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON AMENDMENT", "startTime": "01:34:40,941", "endTime": "01:34:43,077" }, { "index": 2815, "text": "13.", "startTime": "01:34:43,077", "endTime": "01:34:46,213" }, { "index": 2816, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS", "startTime": "01:34:46,213", "endTime": "01:34:48,215" }, { "index": 2817, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER", "startTime": "01:34:48,215", "endTime": "01:34:48,749" }, { "index": 2818, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "01:34:48,749", "endTime": "01:34:48,983" }, { "index": 2820, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ", "startTime": "01:34:49,150", "endTime": "01:34:49,684" }, { "index": 2821, "text": "ABSTAIN.", "startTime": "01:34:49,684", "endTime": "01:34:49,950" }, { "index": 2822, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "01:34:49,950", "endTime": "01:34:50,718" }, { "index": 2823, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER LIN.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER LIN", "startTime": "01:34:50,718", "endTime": "01:34:51,385" }, { "index": 2824, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "01:34:51,385", "endTime": "01:34:52,620" }, { "index": 2825, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER RINCK", "startTime": "01:34:52,620", "endTime": "01:34:56,824" }, { "index": 2826, "text": "ABSTAIN.", "speaker": "ABSTAIN", "startTime": "01:34:56,824", "endTime": "01:34:57,124" }, { "index": 2827, "text": "VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH.", "speaker": "VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH", "startTime": "01:34:57,124", "endTime": "01:35:01,362" }, { "index": 2828, "text": "ABSTAIN.", "speaker": "ABSTAIN", "startTime": "01:35:01,362", "endTime": "01:35:02,530" }, { "index": 2829, "text": "CHAIR RIVERA.", "speaker": "CHAIR RIVERA", "startTime": "01:35:02,530", "endTime": "01:35:06,567" }, { "index": 2830, "text": "ABSTAIN.", "speaker": "ABSTAIN", "startTime": "01:35:06,567", "endTime": "01:35:08,636" }, { "index": 2831, "text": "THREE IN FAVOR, FOUR", "startTime": "01:35:08,636", "endTime": "01:35:10,071" }, { "index": 2832, "text": "ABSTENTIONS.", "startTime": "01:35:10,071", "endTime": "01:35:19,013" }, { "index": 2833, "text": "THE AMENDMENT FAILS.", "speaker": "THE AMENDMENT FAILS", "startTime": "01:35:19,013", "endTime": "01:35:22,416" }, { "index": 2834, "text": "AMENDMENT 13 IS NOT ADOPTED.", "startTime": "01:35:22,416", "endTime": "01:35:26,420" }, { "index": 2835, "text": "SORRY.", "startTime": "01:35:26,420", "endTime": "01:35:26,821" }, { "index": 2836, "text": "POINT OF INFORMATION, I", "startTime": "01:35:26,821", "endTime": "01:35:28,222" }, { "index": 2837, "text": "BELIEVE THE TWO IN FAVOR AND THE", "startTime": "01:35:28,222", "endTime": "01:35:29,957" }, { "index": 2838, "text": "REST ABSTENTION DOES PASS.", "startTime": "01:35:29,957", "endTime": "01:35:34,028" }, { "index": 2839, "text": "DOES PASS. APOLOGIES. I WAS", "startTime": "01:35:34,028", "endTime": "01:35:37,031" }, { "index": 2840, "text": "MISSING MY PLACE ON MY SCRIPT.", "startTime": "01:35:37,031", "endTime": "01:35:42,303" }, { "index": 2841, "text": "OKAY, THE MOTION CARRIES ON", "startTime": "01:35:42,303", "endTime": "01:35:43,704" }, { "index": 2842, "text": "AMENDMENT 13. IT IS ADOPTED. ALL", "startTime": "01:35:43,704", "endTime": "01:35:45,573" }, { "index": 2843, "text": "RIGHT. ONE SECOND. ALL RIGHT.", "startTime": "01:35:45,573", "endTime": "01:35:56,083" }, { "index": 2844, "text": "SORRY, COLLEAGUES. MY SCRIPT IS", "startTime": "01:36:04,492", "endTime": "01:36:05,426" }, { "index": 2845, "text": "INCOMPLETE. BUT THE AMENDMENT", "startTime": "01:36:05,426", "endTime": "01:36:06,527" }, { "index": 2846, "text": "PASSES AND THAT WAS THE LAST", "startTime": "01:36:06,527", "endTime": "01:36:09,463" }, { "index": 2847, "text": "AMENDMENT.", "startTime": "01:36:09,463", "endTime": "01:36:14,001" }, { "index": 2848, "text": "MADAM CHAIR, I'M A BIT", "startTime": "01:36:14,001", "endTime": "01:36:18,506" }, { "index": 2849, "text": "CONFUSED FROM THE CLERK. MY", "startTime": "01:36:18,506", "endTime": "01:36:24,211" }, { "index": 2850, "text": "COUNT WAS DIFFERENT. WE HAD FOUR", "startTime": "01:36:24,211", "endTime": "01:36:25,513" }, { "index": 2851, "text": "ABSTENTIONS AND THREE YESES,", "startTime": "01:36:25,513", "endTime": "01:36:28,616" }, { "index": 2852, "text": "WHAT WAS THE COUNT?", "startTime": "01:36:28,616", "endTime": "01:36:29,683" }, { "index": 2853, "text": "THREE IN FAVOR AND FOUR", "speaker": "THREE IN FAVOR AND FOUR", "startTime": "01:36:29,683", "endTime": "01:36:31,252" }, { "index": 2854, "text": "ABSTENTIONS.", "startTime": "01:36:31,252", "endTime": "01:36:34,221" }, { "index": 2855, "text": "THREE IN FAVOR AND FOUR", "speaker": "THREE IN FAVOR AND FOUR", "startTime": "01:36:34,221", "endTime": "01:36:35,523" }, { "index": 2856, "text": "ABSTENTIONS.", "startTime": "01:36:35,523", "endTime": "01:36:36,023" }, { "index": 2857, "text": "SO, OKAY. I THOUGHT THAT WHEN", "startTime": "01:36:36,023", "endTime": "01:36:39,226" }, { "index": 2858, "text": "YOU HAD -- OKAY, WELL.", "startTime": "01:36:39,226", "endTime": "01:36:41,028" }, { "index": 2859, "text": "YOU KNOW WHAT, COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "01:36:41,028", "endTime": "01:36:46,834" }, { "index": 2860, "text": "JUAREZ, WE'RE GOING TO DO IS", "startTime": "01:36:46,834", "endTime": "01:36:48,235" }, { "index": 2861, "text": "CONFIRM WITH OUR CLERK TO MAKE", "startTime": "01:36:48,235", "endTime": "01:36:49,804" }, { "index": 2862, "text": "SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT RIGHT. SO", "startTime": "01:36:49,804", "endTime": "01:36:51,572" }, { "index": 2863, "text": "HANG TIGHT, EVERYBODY, FOR A", "startTime": "01:36:51,572", "endTime": "01:36:53,007" }, { "index": 2864, "text": "MINUTE.", "startTime": "01:36:53,007", "endTime": "01:37:03,150" }, { "index": 2865, "text": "THIS IS AMELIA SANCHEZ. JUST", "startTime": "01:37:03,717", "endTime": "01:37:09,990" }, { "index": 2866, "text": "PROVIDING CLARIFICATION. THE", "startTime": "01:37:09,990", "endTime": "01:37:10,658" }, { "index": 2867, "text": "VOTE WAS FOUR IN FAVOR NONE", "startTime": "01:37:10,658", "endTime": "01:37:15,729" }, { "index": 2868, "text": "OPPOSED, SORRY, THREE IN FAVOR,", "startTime": "01:37:15,729", "endTime": "01:37:16,764" }, { "index": 2869, "text": "NONE OPPOSED AND FOUR", "startTime": "01:37:16,764", "endTime": "01:37:17,498" }, { "index": 2870, "text": "ABSTENTIONS. THEREFORE THE", "startTime": "01:37:17,498", "endTime": "01:37:18,199" }, { "index": 2871, "text": "MOTION DOES CARRY. THE AMENDMENT", "startTime": "01:37:18,199", "endTime": "01:37:22,636" }, { "index": 2872, "text": "IS ADOPTED. ABSTENTIONS DO NOT", "startTime": "01:37:22,636", "endTime": "01:37:23,737" }, { "index": 2873, "text": "COUNT TOWARDS THE TALLY.", "startTime": "01:37:23,737", "endTime": "01:37:25,306" }, { "index": 2874, "text": "GOT IT.", "speaker": "GOT IT", "startTime": "01:37:25,306", "endTime": "01:37:26,540" }, { "index": 2875, "text": "THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I", "startTime": "01:37:26,540", "endTime": "01:37:29,510" }, { "index": 2876, "text": "MEAN, MADAME CLERK.", "startTime": "01:37:29,510", "endTime": "01:37:30,845" }, { "index": 2877, "text": "THANK YOU AMELIA AND", "speaker": "THANK YOU AMELIA AND", "startTime": "01:37:30,845", "endTime": "01:37:34,148" }, { "index": 2878, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. I HAVE", "startTime": "01:37:34,148", "endTime": "01:37:39,320" }, { "index": 2879, "text": "ALREADY SAID, THE AMENDMENT IS", "startTime": "01:37:39,320", "endTime": "01:37:40,721" }, { "index": 2880, "text": "ADOPTED. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT WAS", "startTime": "01:37:40,721", "endTime": "01:37:43,023" }, { "index": 2881, "text": "OUR LAST AMENDMENT . THANK YOU,", "startTime": "01:37:43,023", "endTime": "01:37:48,395" }, { "index": 2882, "text": "ERIC, THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. ALL", "startTime": "01:37:48,395", "endTime": "01:37:49,296" }, { "index": 2883, "text": "RIGHT, GIVE ME ONE SECOND TO", "startTime": "01:37:49,296", "endTime": "01:37:50,931" }, { "index": 2884, "text": "FIND THE NEXT ONE HERE.", "startTime": "01:37:50,931", "endTime": "01:37:56,503" }, { "index": 2885, "text": "MADAM CHAIR, ARE YOU GOING TO", "startTime": "01:37:56,503", "endTime": "01:37:59,039" }, { "index": 2886, "text": "GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY AFTER YOU", "startTime": "01:37:59,039", "endTime": "01:38:00,708" }, { "index": 2887, "text": "SPEAK --", "startTime": "01:38:00,708", "endTime": "01:38:05,212" }, { "index": 2888, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "01:38:05,212", "endTime": "01:38:05,646" }, { "index": 2889, "text": "OKAY, JUST CHECKING.", "startTime": "01:38:05,646", "endTime": "01:38:07,014" }, { "index": 2890, "text": "ONE SECOND.", "speaker": "ONE SECOND", "startTime": "01:38:07,014", "endTime": "01:38:09,717" }, { "index": 2891, "text": "THANK YOU, I WANT TO GET MY", "startTime": "01:38:09,717", "endTime": "01:38:11,518" }, { "index": 2892, "text": "PAPERS STRAIGHT HERE.", "startTime": "01:38:11,518", "endTime": "01:38:21,895" }, { "index": 2893, "text": "ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, WE ARE", "startTime": "01:38:34,275", "endTime": "01:38:35,442" }, { "index": 2894, "text": "ABOUT TO TAKE THE VOTE ON THE", "startTime": "01:38:35,442", "endTime": "01:38:36,610" }, { "index": 2895, "text": "FULL BILL AS AMENDED BY THESE", "startTime": "01:38:36,610", "endTime": "01:38:47,121" }, { "index": 2896, "text": "AMENDMENTS WE PASSED TODAY. SO,", "startTime": "01:38:50,791", "endTime": "01:38:51,425" }, { "index": 2897, "text": "AT THIS POINT, IF ANYONE WOULD", "startTime": "01:38:51,425", "endTime": "01:38:52,826" }, { "index": 2898, "text": "LIKE TO MAKE COMMENTS BEFORE WE", "startTime": "01:38:52,826", "endTime": "01:38:54,094" }, { "index": 2899, "text": "TAKE THE FINAL VOTE, I WILL GIVE", "startTime": "01:38:54,094", "endTime": "01:38:55,296" }, { "index": 2900, "text": "YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT", "startTime": "01:38:55,296", "endTime": "01:38:56,597" }, { "index": 2901, "text": "AND THEN WE WILL TAKE OUR FINAL", "startTime": "01:38:56,597", "endTime": "01:38:57,998" }, { "index": 2902, "text": "VOTE ON THE FULL BILL.", "startTime": "01:38:57,998", "endTime": "01:38:59,233" }, { "index": 2903, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, YOUR", "startTime": "01:38:59,233", "endTime": "01:38:59,934" }, { "index": 2904, "text": "RECOGNIZED.", "startTime": "01:38:59,934", "endTime": "01:39:00,234" }, { "index": 2905, "text": "I WILL BE VERY BRIEF. I WANT", "startTime": "01:39:00,234", "endTime": "01:39:01,869" }, { "index": 2906, "text": "TO THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, OR", "startTime": "01:39:01,869", "endTime": "01:39:03,003" }, { "index": 2907, "text": "WALKING US THROUGH THIS LEVY.", "startTime": "01:39:03,003", "endTime": "01:39:04,238" }, { "index": 2908, "text": "AND I KNOW THE YOU ALSO WALKED", "startTime": "01:39:04,238", "endTime": "01:39:05,906" }, { "index": 2909, "text": "US THROUGH THE LEVY AS WELL. I", "startTime": "01:39:05,906", "endTime": "01:39:10,611" }, { "index": 2910, "text": "REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT", "startTime": "01:39:10,611", "endTime": "01:39:11,378" }, { "index": 2911, "text": "THAT, YES, WE ALL OF THE", "startTime": "01:39:11,378", "endTime": "01:39:12,813" }, { "index": 2912, "text": "LIBRARY. COUNCILMEMBER LIN, I DO", "startTime": "01:39:12,813", "endTime": "01:39:20,821" }, { "index": 2913, "text": "APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND I", "startTime": "01:39:20,821", "endTime": "01:39:22,222" }, { "index": 2914, "text": "DIDN'T NEED TO LAUGH, BUT I DO", "startTime": "01:39:22,222", "endTime": "01:39:23,223" }, { "index": 2915, "text": "APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT", "startTime": "01:39:23,223", "endTime": "01:39:24,158" }, { "index": 2916, "text": "DEMOCRACY AND LIBRARIES. AND", "startTime": "01:39:24,158", "endTime": "01:39:25,059" }, { "index": 2917, "text": "THEY DO APPRECIATE YOU AND --", "startTime": "01:39:25,059", "endTime": "01:39:27,728" }, { "index": 2918, "text": "ACTUALLY, EVERYONE'S PASSION", "startTime": "01:39:27,728", "endTime": "01:39:28,529" }, { "index": 2919, "text": "FOR WHAT WE WANT TO DO. AND", "startTime": "01:39:28,529", "endTime": "01:39:29,797" }, { "index": 2920, "text": "THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "01:39:29,797", "endTime": "01:39:30,431" }, { "index": 2921, "text": "STRAUSS, FOR RECOGNIZING THE", "startTime": "01:39:30,431", "endTime": "01:39:33,500" }, { "index": 2922, "text": "ADA, PEOPLE WHO NEED IT. SOMEONE", "startTime": "01:39:33,500", "endTime": "01:39:34,768" }, { "index": 2923, "text": "LIKE ME, AS YOU KNOW I HAVE MS.", "startTime": "01:39:34,768", "endTime": "01:39:37,938" }, { "index": 2924, "text": "AS YOU KNOW I'M A SUPPORTER OF", "startTime": "01:39:37,938", "endTime": "01:39:39,707" }, { "index": 2925, "text": "THAT. AND GOING BACK TO THE ONES", "startTime": "01:39:39,707", "endTime": "01:39:41,108" }, { "index": 2926, "text": "I VOTED NO ON, IT DOESN'T MEAN", "startTime": "01:39:41,108", "endTime": "01:39:42,609" }, { "index": 2927, "text": "I DON'T SUPPORT PUTTING MONEY", "startTime": "01:39:42,609", "endTime": "01:39:53,153" }, { "index": 2928, "text": "ASIDE FOR THE COOLING AND", "startTime": "01:39:57,624", "endTime": "01:39:58,726" }, { "index": 2929, "text": "DEFERRED AND SEISMIC RETROFIT.", "startTime": "01:39:58,726", "endTime": "01:39:59,360" }, { "index": 2930, "text": "AGAIN, I WAS JUST GOING BACK TO", "startTime": "01:39:59,360", "endTime": "01:40:00,527" }, { "index": 2931, "text": "WHAT THE CHAIR, MADAM CHAIR WAS", "startTime": "01:40:00,527", "endTime": "01:40:01,729" }, { "index": 2932, "text": "CAUTIONING US ABOUT ABOUT, THE", "startTime": "01:40:01,729", "endTime": "01:40:02,663" }, { "index": 2933, "text": "CAP, OUR FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.", "startTime": "01:40:02,663", "endTime": "01:40:03,564" }, { "index": 2934, "text": "AND I GUESS MY CONCERN ABOUT THE", "startTime": "01:40:03,564", "endTime": "01:40:05,032" }, { "index": 2935, "text": "SIX TAXES WE ALREADY HAVE IN", "startTime": "01:40:05,032", "endTime": "01:40:06,300" }, { "index": 2936, "text": "FRONT OF US AS A SAVE SEATTLE,", "startTime": "01:40:06,300", "endTime": "01:40:07,701" }, { "index": 2937, "text": "THE POTENTIAL FOR TWO MORE, AND", "startTime": "01:40:07,701", "endTime": "01:40:08,936" }, { "index": 2938, "text": "THE ANNUAL TAXES WE HAVE, WHICH", "startTime": "01:40:08,936", "endTime": "01:40:10,204" }, { "index": 2939, "text": "ARE SIX, THE COUNTY TAXES WE", "startTime": "01:40:10,204", "endTime": "01:40:11,772" }, { "index": 2940, "text": "HAVE WHICH ARE SEVEN, AND", "startTime": "01:40:11,772", "endTime": "01:40:17,611" }, { "index": 2941, "text": "ANOTHER ONE POSSIBLY COMING DOWN", "startTime": "01:40:17,611", "endTime": "01:40:18,312" }, { "index": 2942, "text": "THE PIKE. SO I SAY THAT ONLY", "startTime": "01:40:18,312", "endTime": "01:40:20,247" }, { "index": 2943, "text": "BECAUSE , YOU KNOW, I'M NOT", "startTime": "01:40:20,247", "endTime": "01:40:23,117" }, { "index": 2944, "text": "AGAINST THESE THINGS. IT'S MORE", "startTime": "01:40:23,117", "endTime": "01:40:23,951" }, { "index": 2945, "text": "THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE", "startTime": "01:40:23,951", "endTime": "01:40:25,619" }, { "index": 2946, "text": "FUND WHAT WE CAN BEING FISCALLY", "startTime": "01:40:25,619", "endTime": "01:40:27,721" }, { "index": 2947, "text": "RESPONSIBLE AND BEING MINDFUL", "startTime": "01:40:27,721", "endTime": "01:40:28,555" }, { "index": 2948, "text": "THAT WHEN WE DO THESE , THESE", "startTime": "01:40:28,555", "endTime": "01:40:31,625" }, { "index": 2949, "text": "ARE PROPERTY TAXES. THESE ARE", "startTime": "01:40:31,625", "endTime": "01:40:35,863" }, { "index": 2950, "text": "EXCISE TAXES. THESE ARE TAXES", "startTime": "01:40:35,863", "endTime": "01:40:37,431" }, { "index": 2951, "text": "THAT HAPPEN WHEN SALES TAXES.", "startTime": "01:40:37,431", "endTime": "01:40:42,202" }, { "index": 2952, "text": "AND AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO BE", "startTime": "01:40:42,202", "endTime": "01:40:44,405" }, { "index": 2953, "text": "RESPONSIBLE FOR , YOU KNOW, WHAT", "startTime": "01:40:44,405", "endTime": "01:40:46,039" }, { "index": 2954, "text": "WE PUT OUT TO THE VOTERS AND", "startTime": "01:40:46,039", "endTime": "01:40:49,376" }, { "index": 2955, "text": "WHAT WE CAN PAY FOR. AND THAT IS", "startTime": "01:40:49,376", "endTime": "01:40:51,245" }, { "index": 2956, "text": "IT. I DON'T THINK ANYONE IS", "startTime": "01:40:51,245", "endTime": "01:40:52,279" }, { "index": 2957, "text": "AGAINST -- I MEAN IF WE COULD ,", "startTime": "01:40:52,279", "endTime": "01:40:54,515" }, { "index": 2958, "text": "MADAM CHAIR, WE WOULD FUND", "startTime": "01:40:54,515", "endTime": "01:40:56,050" }, { "index": 2959, "text": "EVERYTHING. BUT THE WORLD", "startTime": "01:40:56,050", "endTime": "01:40:57,217" }, { "index": 2960, "text": "DOESN'T WORK THAT WE. I THINK,", "startTime": "01:40:57,217", "endTime": "01:41:01,121" }, { "index": 2961, "text": "AND AGAIN, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK,", "startTime": "01:41:01,121", "endTime": "01:41:06,627" }, { "index": 2962, "text": "I DIDN'T MEAN TO BELITTLE YOUR", "startTime": "01:41:06,627", "endTime": "01:41:08,295" }, { "index": 2963, "text": "COMMENTS WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE", "startTime": "01:41:08,295", "endTime": "01:41:09,029" }, { "index": 2964, "text": "TRUMP REGIME. AND I DIDN'T MEAN", "startTime": "01:41:09,029", "endTime": "01:41:10,197" }, { "index": 2965, "text": "TO BELITTLE COUNCILMEMBER LIN'S", "startTime": "01:41:10,197", "endTime": "01:41:12,266" }, { "index": 2966, "text": "COMMENTS WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT", "startTime": "01:41:12,266", "endTime": "01:41:13,233" }, { "index": 2967, "text": "DEMOCRACY AND LIBRARIES. I", "startTime": "01:41:13,233", "endTime": "01:41:14,201" }, { "index": 2968, "text": "UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.", "startTime": "01:41:14,201", "endTime": "01:41:14,902" }, { "index": 2969, "text": ", ON THE GROUND IN THE REAL", "startTime": "01:41:14,902", "endTime": "01:41:16,603" }, { "index": 2970, "text": "WORLD AND THE EVERYDAY STUFF,", "startTime": "01:41:16,603", "endTime": "01:41:17,838" }, { "index": 2971, "text": "THAT IS WHAT CONCERNS ME AS A", "startTime": "01:41:17,838", "endTime": "01:41:20,908" }, { "index": 2972, "text": "LEGISLATOR, AS A LEADER ON THIS", "startTime": "01:41:20,908", "endTime": "01:41:26,113" }, { "index": 2973, "text": "BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT. AND THEY", "startTime": "01:41:26,113", "endTime": "01:41:26,914" }, { "index": 2974, "text": "DO APPRECIATE THE MAYOR SENDING", "startTime": "01:41:26,914", "endTime": "01:41:28,482" }, { "index": 2975, "text": "DOWN THE PACKAGE THAT SHE DID.", "startTime": "01:41:28,482", "endTime": "01:41:35,355" }, { "index": 2976, "text": "AND SO, THAT IS WHY YOU SAW OF", "startTime": "01:41:35,355", "endTime": "01:41:37,024" }, { "index": 2977, "text": "THE 13 AMENDMENTS OR 12 OR", "startTime": "01:41:37,024", "endTime": "01:41:38,225" }, { "index": 2978, "text": "WHATEVER THEY WERE, I ONLY VOTED", "startTime": "01:41:38,225", "endTime": "01:41:39,526" }, { "index": 2979, "text": "NO ON TWO. I DON'T THINK I'VE", "startTime": "01:41:39,526", "endTime": "01:41:40,928" }, { "index": 2980, "text": "EVER ABSTAINED IN MY HISTORY OF", "startTime": "01:41:40,928", "endTime": "01:41:42,463" }, { "index": 2981, "text": "BEING ON COUNCIL BECAUSE I HAVE", "startTime": "01:41:42,463", "endTime": "01:41:43,597" }, { "index": 2982, "text": "A POSITION YOU SHOULD VOTE YES", "startTime": "01:41:43,597", "endTime": "01:41:45,599" }, { "index": 2983, "text": "OR NO. THAT IS ME. NO SHADE TO", "startTime": "01:41:45,599", "endTime": "01:41:49,103" }, { "index": 2984, "text": "ANYONE ELSE. THAT IS JUST ME.", "startTime": "01:41:49,103", "endTime": "01:41:50,504" }, { "index": 2985, "text": "WITH THAT I WANT TO THANK YOU,", "startTime": "01:41:50,504", "endTime": "01:41:51,839" }, { "index": 2986, "text": "MADAM CHAIR, FOR YOUR", "startTime": "01:41:51,839", "endTime": "01:41:52,873" }, { "index": 2987, "text": "LEADERSHIP. IT IS NOT EASY", "startTime": "01:41:52,873", "endTime": "01:41:55,742" }, { "index": 2988, "text": "HAVING TO SAY NO, ESPECIALLY TO", "startTime": "01:41:55,742", "endTime": "01:41:57,110" }, { "index": 2989, "text": "THE PUBLIC WHEN PEOPLE GET ANGRY", "startTime": "01:41:57,110", "endTime": "01:41:58,245" }, { "index": 2990, "text": "OR THINK YOU'RE NOT SUPPORTING", "startTime": "01:41:58,245", "endTime": "01:41:59,313" }, { "index": 2991, "text": "THEM AND THEY SOMETIMES PEOPLE", "startTime": "01:41:59,313", "endTime": "01:42:05,619" }, { "index": 2992, "text": "TAKE IT PERSONALLY AND I DON'T", "startTime": "01:42:05,619", "endTime": "01:42:06,520" }, { "index": 2993, "text": "THINK THEY SHOULD. WE ARE JUST", "startTime": "01:42:06,520", "endTime": "01:42:07,654" }, { "index": 2994, "text": "RING TO DO OUR JOB AND DO THE", "startTime": "01:42:07,654", "endTime": "01:42:09,656" }, { "index": 2995, "text": "BEST WE CAN WITH WHAT WE HAVE.", "startTime": "01:42:09,656", "endTime": "01:42:10,724" }, { "index": 2996, "text": "SO THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU,", "startTime": "01:42:10,724", "endTime": "01:42:11,992" }, { "index": 2997, "text": "COLLEAGUES, FOR LISTENING TO ME.", "startTime": "01:42:11,992", "endTime": "01:42:13,026" }, { "index": 2998, "text": "THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "01:42:13,026", "endTime": "01:42:14,094" }, { "index": 2999, "text": "JUAREZ. COUNCILMEMBER LIN AND", "startTime": "01:42:14,094", "endTime": "01:42:15,128" }, { "index": 3000, "text": "THEN COUNCIL PRESIDENT", "startTime": "01:42:15,128", "endTime": "01:42:15,896" }, { "index": 3001, "text": "HOLLINGSWORTH.", "startTime": "01:42:15,896", "endTime": "01:42:16,363" }, { "index": 3002, "text": "THANK YOU, CHAIR, THANK YOU,", "startTime": "01:42:16,363", "endTime": "01:42:21,034" }, { "index": 3003, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. JUST WANT", "startTime": "01:42:21,034", "endTime": "01:42:22,302" }, { "index": 3004, "text": "TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO SEATTLE", "startTime": "01:42:22,302", "endTime": "01:42:23,804" }, { "index": 3005, "text": "PUBLIC LIBRARIES , STAFF, BOARD,", "startTime": "01:42:23,804", "endTime": "01:42:27,741" }, { "index": 3006, "text": "FRIENDS OF SEATTLE PUBLIC", "startTime": "01:42:27,741", "endTime": "01:42:28,842" }, { "index": 3007, "text": "LIBRARIES, TO EVERYBODY WHO CAME", "startTime": "01:42:28,842", "endTime": "01:42:30,210" }, { "index": 3008, "text": "AND SPOKE AND TESTIFIED, TO ALL", "startTime": "01:42:30,210", "endTime": "01:42:31,745" }, { "index": 3009, "text": "THE ADVOCACY THE DID LEAD", "startTime": "01:42:31,745", "endTime": "01:42:34,615" }, { "index": 3010, "text": "SUPPORT MANY OF THE AMENDMENTS.", "startTime": "01:42:34,615", "endTime": "01:42:36,250" }, { "index": 3011, "text": "DEFINITELY, COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "01:42:36,250", "endTime": "01:42:42,523" }, { "index": 3012, "text": "JUAREZ, I APPRECIATE YOUR", "startTime": "01:42:42,523", "endTime": "01:42:43,157" }, { "index": 3013, "text": "PERSPECTIVES, CHAIR, I", "startTime": "01:42:43,157", "endTime": "01:42:44,224" }, { "index": 3014, "text": "APPRECIATE YOUR PERSPECTIVES. I", "startTime": "01:42:44,224", "endTime": "01:42:48,529" }, { "index": 3015, "text": "THINK IT IS GOOD FOR US TO HAVE", "startTime": "01:42:48,529", "endTime": "01:42:49,796" }, { "index": 3016, "text": "SOME HARD DISCUSSIONS AND", "startTime": "01:42:49,796", "endTime": "01:42:51,031" }, { "index": 3017, "text": "DEBATE. I THINK THAT IS GOOD FOR", "startTime": "01:42:51,031", "endTime": "01:42:53,934" }, { "index": 3018, "text": "US. I THINK IT IS GOOD FOR THE", "startTime": "01:42:53,934", "endTime": "01:42:55,569" }, { "index": 3019, "text": "PUBLIC. AND VARSITY. SO I", "startTime": "01:42:55,569", "endTime": "01:42:56,637" }, { "index": 3020, "text": "APPRECIATE YOU SHEPHERDING THIS,", "startTime": "01:42:56,637", "endTime": "01:42:57,437" }, { "index": 3021, "text": "IT'S A LOT OF WORK. I AM", "startTime": "01:42:57,437", "endTime": "01:43:04,111" }, { "index": 3022, "text": "EXCITED ABOUT THE PACKAGE THAT", "startTime": "01:43:04,111", "endTime": "01:43:05,112" }, { "index": 3023, "text": "WE HAVE. AND ULTIMATELY NOW IT", "startTime": "01:43:05,112", "endTime": "01:43:06,413" }, { "index": 3024, "text": "WILL BE UP FOR THE VOTERS TO", "startTime": "01:43:06,413", "endTime": "01:43:08,015" }, { "index": 3025, "text": "DECIDE . WE DO HAVE SOME REAL", "startTime": "01:43:08,015", "endTime": "01:43:18,525" }, { "index": 3026, "text": "HARD DECISIONS AROUND OUR", "startTime": "01:43:20,260", "endTime": "01:43:21,028" }, { "index": 3027, "text": "BUDGET, AROUND TAXES, AROUND", "startTime": "01:43:21,028", "endTime": "01:43:21,995" }, { "index": 3028, "text": "OTHER NEEDS. SO THIS IS NOT", "startTime": "01:43:21,995", "endTime": "01:43:23,096" }, { "index": 3029, "text": "EASY. SO AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE", "startTime": "01:43:23,096", "endTime": "01:43:24,731" }, { "index": 3030, "text": "DEBATE. THANK YOU.", "startTime": "01:43:24,731", "endTime": "01:43:25,165" }, { "index": 3031, "text": "THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN.", "startTime": "01:43:25,165", "endTime": "01:43:26,033" }, { "index": 3032, "text": "COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH.", "startTime": "01:43:26,033", "endTime": "01:43:26,667" }, { "index": 3033, "text": "SORRY, I. I THINK", "startTime": "01:43:26,667", "endTime": "01:43:37,044" }, { "index": 3034, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER HAD HER", "startTime": "01:43:48,088", "endTime": "01:43:49,122" }, { "index": 3035, "text": "HAND RAISED BEFORE ME. I'M", "startTime": "01:43:49,122", "endTime": "01:43:49,957" }, { "index": 3036, "text": "SORRY, CHAIR.", "startTime": "01:43:49,957", "endTime": "01:43:50,724" }, { "index": 3037, "text": "I DIDN'T SEE COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "01:43:50,724", "endTime": "01:43:51,391" }, { "index": 3038, "text": "FOSTER'S HAND. COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "01:43:51,391", "endTime": "01:43:52,025" }, { "index": 3039, "text": "FOSTER, YOUR RECOGNIZED.", "startTime": "01:43:52,025", "endTime": "01:43:52,626" }, { "index": 3040, "text": "THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. I", "startTime": "01:43:52,626", "endTime": "01:43:53,927" }, { "index": 3041, "text": "WILL BE BRIEF. I WANTED TO", "startTime": "01:43:53,927", "endTime": "01:43:55,162" }, { "index": 3042, "text": "EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO YOU,", "startTime": "01:43:55,162", "endTime": "01:43:56,163" }, { "index": 3043, "text": "CHAIR, MANAGING A LEVY PROCESS", "startTime": "01:43:56,163", "endTime": "01:43:57,364" }, { "index": 3044, "text": "IS NOT AN EASY THING. ESPECIALLY", "startTime": "01:43:57,364", "endTime": "01:43:58,398" }, { "index": 3045, "text": "WITH NINE MEMBERS WHO HAVE NINE", "startTime": "01:43:58,398", "endTime": "01:43:59,866" }, { "index": 3046, "text": "DIFFERENT OPINIONS ON A GOOD", "startTime": "01:43:59,866", "endTime": "01:44:00,701" }, { "index": 3047, "text": "DAY. WE MIGHT HAVE 18 DIFFERENT", "startTime": "01:44:00,701", "endTime": "01:44:01,935" }, { "index": 3048, "text": "OPINIONS ON A BAD DAY. AMONGST", "startTime": "01:44:01,935", "endTime": "01:44:03,403" }, { "index": 3049, "text": "THE NINE OF US. I WANT TO", "startTime": "01:44:03,403", "endTime": "01:44:04,838" }, { "index": 3050, "text": "EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO YOU", "startTime": "01:44:04,838", "endTime": "01:44:06,039" }, { "index": 3051, "text": "FOR MANAGING THIS PROCESS. I", "startTime": "01:44:06,039", "endTime": "01:44:07,040" }, { "index": 3052, "text": "ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS MY", "startTime": "01:44:07,040", "endTime": "01:44:07,941" }, { "index": 3053, "text": "APPRECIATION, I THINK IT WAS IN", "startTime": "01:44:07,941", "endTime": "01:44:09,309" }, { "index": 3054, "text": "ONE OF HER EARLY MEETINGS WHERE", "startTime": "01:44:09,309", "endTime": "01:44:10,410" }, { "index": 3055, "text": "YOUR INCREDIBLE HE TRANSPARENT", "startTime": "01:44:10,410", "endTime": "01:44:11,211" }, { "index": 3056, "text": "ABOUT WHAT YOUR POSITION WAS", "startTime": "01:44:11,211", "endTime": "01:44:12,246" }, { "index": 3057, "text": "GOING TO BE AMENDMENTS. SO I", "startTime": "01:44:12,246", "endTime": "01:44:13,614" }, { "index": 3058, "text": "APPRECIATE THAT EARLY", "startTime": "01:44:13,614", "endTime": "01:44:14,147" }, { "index": 3059, "text": "TRANSPARENCY FROM YOU AS WELL,", "startTime": "01:44:14,147", "endTime": "01:44:15,349" }, { "index": 3060, "text": "CHAIR. LASTLY I WANT TO THANK", "startTime": "01:44:15,349", "endTime": "01:44:16,450" }, { "index": 3061, "text": "ERIC AND CENTRAL STAFF, WE", "startTime": "01:44:16,450", "endTime": "01:44:17,451" }, { "index": 3062, "text": "REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND THE", "startTime": "01:44:17,451", "endTime": "01:44:18,852" }, { "index": 3063, "text": "WORK YOU DO TO MAKE SURE OUR", "startTime": "01:44:18,852", "endTime": "01:44:19,953" }, { "index": 3064, "text": "AMENDMENT'S COME THROUGH AND", "startTime": "01:44:19,953", "endTime": "01:44:20,854" }, { "index": 3065, "text": "ARE WILL PUT TOGETHER AND WELL", "startTime": "01:44:20,854", "endTime": "01:44:22,422" }, { "index": 3066, "text": "THOUGHT OUT. AND SO OUR WORK IS", "startTime": "01:44:22,422", "endTime": "01:44:23,957" }, { "index": 3067, "text": "NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOU. AND", "startTime": "01:44:23,957", "endTime": "01:44:25,158" }, { "index": 3068, "text": "EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO", "startTime": "01:44:25,158", "endTime": "01:44:25,792" }, { "index": 3069, "text": "MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND THE", "startTime": "01:44:25,792", "endTime": "01:44:26,927" }, { "index": 3070, "text": "LIBRARIES WHO HAVE BEEN HERE AND", "startTime": "01:44:26,927", "endTime": "01:44:28,128" }, { "index": 3071, "text": "SHOWN UP AND TESTIFIED. SO THANK", "startTime": "01:44:28,128", "endTime": "01:44:29,429" }, { "index": 3072, "text": "YOU.", "startTime": "01:44:29,429", "endTime": "01:44:30,130" }, { "index": 3073, "text": "THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "01:44:30,130", "endTime": "01:44:31,431" }, { "index": 3074, "text": "FOSTER. COUNCIL PRESIDENT?", "startTime": "01:44:31,431", "endTime": "01:44:34,101" }, { "index": 3075, "text": "THANK YOU, CHAIR. I AM", "startTime": "01:44:34,101", "endTime": "01:44:35,402" }, { "index": 3076, "text": "JUMPING ON THE APPRECIATION", "startTime": "01:44:35,402", "endTime": "01:44:36,370" }, { "index": 3077, "text": "TRAIN. ONE-WAY TICKET. THANK", "startTime": "01:44:36,370", "endTime": "01:44:37,237" }, { "index": 3078, "text": "YOU, CHAIR, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP", "startTime": "01:44:37,237", "endTime": "01:44:38,805" }, { "index": 3079, "text": "ON THIS. AND STEWARDSHIP. I KNOW", "startTime": "01:44:38,805", "endTime": "01:44:42,909" }, { "index": 3080, "text": "IT IS NOT EASY TO LEAD TWO YEARS", "startTime": "01:44:42,909", "endTime": "01:44:46,213" }, { "index": 3081, "text": "IN A ROW OF LEVIES FROM THE", "startTime": "01:44:46,213", "endTime": "01:44:48,115" }, { "index": 3082, "text": "FAMILY AND EDUCATIONS LEVY TO", "startTime": "01:44:48,115", "endTime": "01:44:49,816" }, { "index": 3083, "text": "THIS LEVY AS WELL. NO MATTER", "startTime": "01:44:49,816", "endTime": "01:44:52,319" }, { "index": 3084, "text": "WHAT POSITIONS, HOW PEOPLE VOTE.", "startTime": "01:44:52,319", "endTime": "01:44:57,924" }, { "index": 3085, "text": "THE REALITY IS SOMEONE STILL HAS", "startTime": "01:44:57,924", "endTime": "01:44:59,660" }, { "index": 3086, "text": "TO DO THE WORK TO SHEPHERD THAT", "startTime": "01:44:59,660", "endTime": "01:45:00,994" }, { "index": 3087, "text": "WORK. AND SO JUST REALLY", "startTime": "01:45:00,994", "endTime": "01:45:02,696" }, { "index": 3088, "text": "GRATEFUL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON", "startTime": "01:45:02,696", "endTime": "01:45:08,702" }, { "index": 3089, "text": "THIS. AND, COLLABORATION. AND", "startTime": "01:45:08,702", "endTime": "01:45:09,503" }, { "index": 3090, "text": "ALSO, TOO, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT,", "startTime": "01:45:09,503", "endTime": "01:45:10,804" }, { "index": 3091, "text": "AND I THINK COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ", "startTime": "01:45:10,804", "endTime": "01:45:11,805" }, { "index": 3092, "text": "SAID IT, BETTER THAN I AM", "startTime": "01:45:11,805", "endTime": "01:45:13,240" }, { "index": 3093, "text": "PROBABLY GOING TO ARTICULATE IT,", "startTime": "01:45:13,240", "endTime": "01:45:14,408" }, { "index": 3094, "text": "IS -- AND COUNCILMEMBER LIN", "startTime": "01:45:14,408", "endTime": "01:45:16,810" }, { "index": 3095, "text": "MENTIONED IT, THE HARD", "startTime": "01:45:16,810", "endTime": "01:45:18,111" }, { "index": 3096, "text": "CONVERSATIONS. THESE ARE THINGS", "startTime": "01:45:18,111", "endTime": "01:45:24,751" }, { "index": 3097, "text": "THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO DISCUSS", "startTime": "01:45:24,751", "endTime": "01:45:25,819" }, { "index": 3098, "text": "OPENLY. AND IT'S OKAY. AND NOT", "startTime": "01:45:25,819", "endTime": "01:45:27,120" }, { "index": 3099, "text": "BE DEMONIZED FOR OUR CONCERN", "startTime": "01:45:27,120", "endTime": "01:45:28,488" }, { "index": 3100, "text": "ABOUT TAXES. AND OUR CONCERN", "startTime": "01:45:28,488", "endTime": "01:45:31,291" }, { "index": 3101, "text": "ABOUT THE COST OF LIVING FOR", "startTime": "01:45:31,291", "endTime": "01:45:33,760" }, { "index": 3102, "text": "PEOPLE. THERE IS NOT ONE PERSON", "startTime": "01:45:33,760", "endTime": "01:45:42,536" }, { "index": 3103, "text": "ON THIS COUNCIL THE DOES NOT", "startTime": "01:45:42,536", "endTime": "01:45:43,704" }, { "index": 3104, "text": "SUPPORT THE LIBRARIES. DOES NOT", "startTime": "01:45:43,704", "endTime": "01:45:44,871" }, { "index": 3105, "text": "LOVE READING BOOKS. DOES NOT", "startTime": "01:45:44,871", "endTime": "01:45:45,739" }, { "index": 3106, "text": "WANT TO FUND THE SERVICES AND", "startTime": "01:45:45,739", "endTime": "01:45:47,174" }, { "index": 3107, "text": "THOSE THINGS. AND SO, JUST", "startTime": "01:45:47,174", "endTime": "01:45:48,141" }, { "index": 3108, "text": "WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AS", "startTime": "01:45:48,141", "endTime": "01:45:51,111" }, { "index": 3109, "text": "WELL. BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS", "startTime": "01:45:51,111", "endTime": "01:45:52,312" }, { "index": 3110, "text": "REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO SAY", "startTime": "01:45:52,312", "endTime": "01:45:53,613" }, { "index": 3111, "text": "OUT LOUD. AND ALSO TOO, WANTING", "startTime": "01:45:53,613", "endTime": "01:45:55,415" }, { "index": 3112, "text": "TO HAVE , YOU KNOW, THESE GOOD", "startTime": "01:45:55,415", "endTime": "01:45:59,419" }, { "index": 3113, "text": "OUTCOMES AS WELL. AND GOOD", "startTime": "01:45:59,419", "endTime": "01:46:00,921" }, { "index": 3114, "text": "SERVICES FOR PEOPLE, WORLD-CLASS", "startTime": "01:46:00,921", "endTime": "01:46:02,122" }, { "index": 3115, "text": "CITY, WORLD-CLASS CITIZENS", "startTime": "01:46:02,122", "endTime": "01:46:03,123" }, { "index": 3116, "text": "SERVICES. JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT", "startTime": "01:46:03,123", "endTime": "01:46:05,359" }, { "index": 3117, "text": "THAT. THINK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS", "startTime": "01:46:05,359", "endTime": "01:46:09,262" }, { "index": 3118, "text": "I THOUGHT WERE REALLY GREAT FOR", "startTime": "01:46:09,262", "endTime": "01:46:11,031" }, { "index": 3119, "text": "IN ADDITION TO THE LEVY AS WELL.", "startTime": "01:46:11,031", "endTime": "01:46:16,136" }, { "index": 3120, "text": "AND VERY THOUGHTFUL AS WELL.", "startTime": "01:46:16,136", "endTime": "01:46:17,137" }, { "index": 3121, "text": "JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT. THANK", "startTime": "01:46:17,137", "endTime": "01:46:19,506" }, { "index": 3122, "text": "YOU, CHAIR, AGAIN, FOR YOUR", "startTime": "01:46:19,506", "endTime": "01:46:20,741" }, { "index": 3123, "text": "LEADERSHIP.", "startTime": "01:46:20,741", "endTime": "01:46:21,041" }, { "index": 3124, "text": "THANK YOU, ANYONE ELSE? THEN,", "startTime": "01:46:21,041", "endTime": "01:46:25,345" }, { "index": 3125, "text": "REALLY, I WILL JUST SAY -- YOU", "startTime": "01:46:25,345", "endTime": "01:46:30,117" }, { "index": 3126, "text": "DIDN'T HAVE YOUR HAND IT. BUT", "startTime": "01:46:30,117", "endTime": "01:46:31,752" }, { "index": 3127, "text": "YOU CAN GO.", "startTime": "01:46:31,752", "endTime": "01:46:32,619" }, { "index": 3128, "text": "SORRY.", "speaker": "SORRY", "startTime": "01:46:32,619", "endTime": "01:46:35,055" }, { "index": 3129, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, YOUR", "startTime": "01:46:35,055", "endTime": "01:46:35,922" }, { "index": 3130, "text": "RECOGNIZED.", "startTime": "01:46:35,922", "endTime": "01:46:36,223" }, { "index": 3131, "text": "I'M NOT GOOD TECHNOLOGY", "startTime": "01:46:36,223", "endTime": "01:46:37,424" }, { "index": 3132, "text": "WHICH IS WHAT I WANT TO BE ONE", "startTime": "01:46:37,424", "endTime": "01:46:39,059" }, { "index": 3133, "text": "FOR THE PHYSICAL BOOKS. I JUST", "startTime": "01:46:39,059", "endTime": "01:46:45,098" }, { "index": 3134, "text": "WANT TO THANK YOU FOR LEADING US", "startTime": "01:46:45,098", "endTime": "01:46:46,700" }, { "index": 3135, "text": "THROUGH THIS PROCESS. ALSO WANT", "startTime": "01:46:46,700", "endTime": "01:46:47,534" }, { "index": 3136, "text": "TO JUST RECOGNIZE THAT", "startTime": "01:46:47,534", "endTime": "01:46:48,402" }, { "index": 3137, "text": "WASHINGTON STATE'S UPSIDE DOWN", "startTime": "01:46:48,402", "endTime": "01:46:49,202" }, { "index": 3138, "text": "TEXT CODE IS WHAT IS LIMITING US", "startTime": "01:46:49,202", "endTime": "01:46:50,604" }, { "index": 3139, "text": "TODAY FROM ACTUALLY FUNDING THE", "startTime": "01:46:50,604", "endTime": "01:46:52,706" }, { "index": 3140, "text": "REAL NEEDS OF THE SEATTLE", "startTime": "01:46:52,706", "endTime": "01:46:53,907" }, { "index": 3141, "text": "LIBRARY SYSTEM. BECAUSE OF ALL", "startTime": "01:46:53,907", "endTime": "01:46:55,809" }, { "index": 3142, "text": "OF THE COST OF LIVING CHALLENGES", "startTime": "01:46:55,809", "endTime": "01:47:03,950" }, { "index": 3143, "text": "THAT HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED, THAT", "startTime": "01:47:03,950", "endTime": "01:47:05,352" }, { "index": 3144, "text": "IS COMING FROM WASHINGTON", "startTime": "01:47:05,352", "endTime": "01:47:05,919" }, { "index": 3145, "text": "STATE'S UPSIDE DOWN TEXT CODE.", "startTime": "01:47:05,919", "endTime": "01:47:06,920" }, { "index": 3146, "text": "BECAUSE OF THEIR LIMIT ON OUR", "startTime": "01:47:06,920", "endTime": "01:47:08,522" }, { "index": 3147, "text": "ABILITY TO RAISE LEVIES, OR HAVE", "startTime": "01:47:08,522", "endTime": "01:47:12,125" }, { "index": 3148, "text": "OUR PROPERTY TAX, A GENERAL", "startTime": "01:47:12,125", "endTime": "01:47:13,059" }, { "index": 3149, "text": "PROPERTY TAX LEVY UP TO 3%, THIS", "startTime": "01:47:13,059", "endTime": "01:47:14,561" }, { "index": 3150, "text": "IS HOW WASHINGTON STATE IS", "startTime": "01:47:14,561", "endTime": "01:47:15,629" }, { "index": 3151, "text": "LIMITING US IN THE CITY OF", "startTime": "01:47:15,629", "endTime": "01:47:17,230" }, { "index": 3152, "text": "SEATTLE AND WE HAVE HAD", "startTime": "01:47:17,230", "endTime": "01:47:22,135" }, { "index": 3153, "text": "WORKAROUNDS FOR THE LAST DECADE", "startTime": "01:47:22,135", "endTime": "01:47:23,403" }, { "index": 3154, "text": "PLUS. WE HAVE HAD WORKAROUNDS", "startTime": "01:47:23,403", "endTime": "01:47:24,070" }, { "index": 3155, "text": "BYPASSING VOTER APPROVED LEVIES.", "startTime": "01:47:24,070", "endTime": "01:47:25,238" }, { "index": 3156, "text": "THIS IS THE FIRST LEVY THAT IS", "startTime": "01:47:25,238", "endTime": "01:47:27,340" }, { "index": 3157, "text": "FACING THE CHALLENGE, THE", "startTime": "01:47:27,340", "endTime": "01:47:30,644" }, { "index": 3158, "text": "OVERALL CHALLENGE THAT THE STATE", "startTime": "01:47:30,644", "endTime": "01:47:34,448" }, { "index": 3159, "text": "IS PUTTING DOWN ON US. AND SO IT", "startTime": "01:47:34,448", "endTime": "01:47:36,116" }, { "index": 3160, "text": "IS REALLY UNFORTUNATE , BECAUSE", "startTime": "01:47:36,116", "endTime": "01:47:39,619" }, { "index": 3161, "text": "OF OUR STATE'S POLICIES,", "startTime": "01:47:39,619", "endTime": "01:47:40,520" }, { "index": 3162, "text": "LIBRARIES AND SEATTLE FAMILIES", "startTime": "01:47:40,520", "endTime": "01:47:41,221" }, { "index": 3163, "text": "OF THE FIRST TO LOSE OUT. IN A", "startTime": "01:47:41,221", "endTime": "01:47:45,425" }, { "index": 3164, "text": "POSITIVE NEWS, I AM GLAD THAT WE", "startTime": "01:47:45,425", "endTime": "01:47:46,927" }, { "index": 3165, "text": "HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BALANCE OUR", "startTime": "01:47:46,927", "endTime": "01:47:48,562" }, { "index": 3166, "text": "FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY WITH", "startTime": "01:47:48,562", "endTime": "01:47:51,832" }, { "index": 3167, "text": "PUSHING AS FAR AS WE CAN TO MEET", "startTime": "01:47:51,832", "endTime": "01:47:53,366" }, { "index": 3168, "text": "THE NEEDS OF OUR SEATTLE LIBRARY", "startTime": "01:47:53,366", "endTime": "01:47:54,601" }, { "index": 3169, "text": "SYSTEM AND SEATTLE FAMILIES. AND", "startTime": "01:47:54,601", "endTime": "01:47:55,802" }, { "index": 3170, "text": "I THANK YOU CHAIR AND COLLEAGUES", "startTime": "01:47:55,802", "endTime": "01:47:56,903" }, { "index": 3171, "text": "FOR THIS PROCESS.", "startTime": "01:47:56,903", "endTime": "01:47:58,004" }, { "index": 3172, "text": "THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "01:47:58,004", "endTime": "01:47:59,105" }, { "index": 3173, "text": "STRAUSS. ANYONE ELSE? GOING", "startTime": "01:47:59,105", "endTime": "01:48:01,541" }, { "index": 3174, "text": "ONCE. GOING TWICE. AND I WILL", "startTime": "01:48:01,541", "endTime": "01:48:04,611" }, { "index": 3175, "text": "SAY , THIS WAS MY SECOND LEVY IN", "startTime": "01:48:04,611", "endTime": "01:48:11,318" }, { "index": 3176, "text": "TWO YEARS. AND BY FAR THE", "startTime": "01:48:11,318", "endTime": "01:48:13,920" }, { "index": 3177, "text": "HARDEST ONE BECAUSE IT IS NOT", "startTime": "01:48:13,920", "endTime": "01:48:18,058" }, { "index": 3178, "text": "EASY FOR ME TO SAY NO TO", "startTime": "01:48:18,058", "endTime": "01:48:20,994" }, { "index": 3179, "text": "SOMETHING I CARE SO DEEPLY", "startTime": "01:48:20,994", "endTime": "01:48:22,329" }, { "index": 3180, "text": "ABOUT. AND I WOULDN'T BE HERE", "startTime": "01:48:22,329", "endTime": "01:48:25,498" }, { "index": 3181, "text": "TODAY WITHOUT LIBRARIES. AND,", "startTime": "01:48:25,498", "endTime": "01:48:28,101" }, { "index": 3182, "text": "EVERYBODY KNOWS I AM VERY -- WE", "startTime": "01:48:28,101", "endTime": "01:48:38,645" }, { "index": 3183, "text": "DIDN'T HAVE A LOT GOING UP. SO", "startTime": "01:48:40,280", "endTime": "01:48:41,815" }, { "index": 3184, "text": "MY DAD REALLY TAUGHT US WE HAD", "startTime": "01:48:41,815", "endTime": "01:48:43,216" }, { "index": 3185, "text": "TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. AND", "startTime": "01:48:43,216", "endTime": "01:48:44,251" }, { "index": 3186, "text": "THERE WERE A LOT OF TIMES MY DAD", "startTime": "01:48:44,251", "endTime": "01:48:45,719" }, { "index": 3187, "text": "SAID NO WHEN I KNOW HE REALLY", "startTime": "01:48:45,719", "endTime": "01:48:47,220" }, { "index": 3188, "text": "WANTED TO SAY YES. SO, IN THE", "startTime": "01:48:47,220", "endTime": "01:48:48,622" }, { "index": 3189, "text": "SPIRIT OF THAT, I WANT YOU TO", "startTime": "01:48:48,622", "endTime": "01:48:50,123" }, { "index": 3190, "text": "KNOW, AND I WANT EVERYONE", "startTime": "01:48:50,123", "endTime": "01:48:51,124" }, { "index": 3191, "text": "WATCHING, THAT I DON'T TAKE IT", "startTime": "01:48:51,124", "endTime": "01:48:52,325" }, { "index": 3192, "text": "LIGHTLY WHEN I GO TO THE VOTERS", "startTime": "01:48:52,325", "endTime": "01:48:53,760" }, { "index": 3193, "text": "FIRST OF ALL TO INCREASE THE", "startTime": "01:48:53,760", "endTime": "01:48:55,562" }, { "index": 3194, "text": "PROPERTY TAXES , INCLUDING", "startTime": "01:48:55,562", "endTime": "01:48:56,997" }, { "index": 3195, "text": "RENTERS, BECAUSE NO ONE EVER", "startTime": "01:48:56,997", "endTime": "01:48:58,164" }, { "index": 3196, "text": "THINKS RENTERS PAY FOR THESE", "startTime": "01:48:58,164", "endTime": "01:48:58,999" }, { "index": 3197, "text": "THINGS TOO. THEY DO. THESE COSTS", "startTime": "01:48:58,999", "endTime": "01:49:01,001" }, { "index": 3198, "text": "TO GET PASSED ON TO RENTERS. AND", "startTime": "01:49:01,001", "endTime": "01:49:04,504" }, { "index": 3199, "text": "WE ARE LIVING IN A REALLY", "startTime": "01:49:04,504", "endTime": "01:49:05,872" }, { "index": 3200, "text": "EXPENSIVE CITY. AND I FEEL FOR", "startTime": "01:49:05,872", "endTime": "01:49:07,007" }, { "index": 3201, "text": "THAT BECAUSE MY FAMILY , I GREW", "startTime": "01:49:07,007", "endTime": "01:49:10,110" }, { "index": 3202, "text": "UP, MY FAMILY WERE RENTING. THEY", "startTime": "01:49:10,110", "endTime": "01:49:11,878" }, { "index": 3203, "text": "WERE RENTERS. SO, THAT IS", "startTime": "01:49:11,878", "endTime": "01:49:15,115" }, { "index": 3204, "text": "MEANINGFUL TO ME. I AM NOT A", "startTime": "01:49:15,115", "endTime": "01:49:16,650" }, { "index": 3205, "text": "RENTER TODAY. INC. FULLY. BUT I", "startTime": "01:49:16,650", "endTime": "01:49:21,021" }, { "index": 3206, "text": "USED TO BE. FOR MANY YEARS. EVEN", "startTime": "01:49:21,021", "endTime": "01:49:22,522" }, { "index": 3207, "text": "ON MY OWN WHEN I WAS A YOUNG", "startTime": "01:49:22,522", "endTime": "01:49:25,125" }, { "index": 3208, "text": "PERSON. FRESHLY OUT OF COLLEGE.", "startTime": "01:49:25,125", "endTime": "01:49:26,660" }, { "index": 3209, "text": "AS A FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE", "startTime": "01:49:26,660", "endTime": "01:49:28,128" }, { "index": 3210, "text": "STUDENT. AND, THESE ARE REALLY", "startTime": "01:49:28,128", "endTime": "01:49:38,672" }, { "index": 3211, "text": "TOUGH CHOICES. SO THAT IS WHY I", "startTime": "01:49:40,707", "endTime": "01:49:41,808" }, { "index": 3212, "text": "LEAD WITH, LOOK, -- AND THE", "startTime": "01:49:41,808", "endTime": "01:49:42,943" }, { "index": 3213, "text": "OTHER THING IS, WE DO NEED TO BE", "startTime": "01:49:42,943", "endTime": "01:49:44,611" }, { "index": 3214, "text": "REALISTIC AND ALSO HONEST AND", "startTime": "01:49:44,611", "endTime": "01:49:46,012" }, { "index": 3215, "text": "TRANSPARENT WITH THE PUBLIC. YOU", "startTime": "01:49:46,012", "endTime": "01:49:46,913" }, { "index": 3216, "text": "MAY NOT HAVE LIKE THE VOTES I", "startTime": "01:49:46,913", "endTime": "01:49:48,214" }, { "index": 3217, "text": "TOOK TODAY, BUT I AM", "startTime": "01:49:48,214", "endTime": "01:49:49,115" }, { "index": 3218, "text": "TRANSPARENT. WHAT I AM TELLING", "startTime": "01:49:49,115", "endTime": "01:49:50,150" }, { "index": 3219, "text": "YOU IS TRUE. BECAUSE MY DAD", "startTime": "01:49:50,150", "endTime": "01:49:56,923" }, { "index": 3220, "text": "TAUGHT ME, WE DON'T HAVE", "startTime": "01:49:56,923", "endTime": "01:49:57,958" }, { "index": 3221, "text": "ANYTHING, BUT WE HAVE OUR WORD.", "startTime": "01:49:57,958", "endTime": "01:49:59,025" }, { "index": 3222, "text": "SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME THAT WE", "startTime": "01:49:59,025", "endTime": "01:50:00,427" }, { "index": 3223, "text": "ARE PAINTING THE PROPER", "startTime": "01:50:00,427", "endTime": "01:50:01,227" }, { "index": 3224, "text": "FINANCIAL FISCAL PICTURE. I HAD", "startTime": "01:50:01,227", "endTime": "01:50:02,228" }, { "index": 3225, "text": "SOMEONE QUESTION ME ABOUT THAT.", "startTime": "01:50:02,228", "endTime": "01:50:09,736" }, { "index": 3226, "text": "AS IF SOMEHOW I WASN'T TELLING", "startTime": "01:50:09,736", "endTime": "01:50:11,404" }, { "index": 3227, "text": "THE TRUTH BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT", "startTime": "01:50:11,404", "endTime": "01:50:12,706" }, { "index": 3228, "text": "TO GIVE THE LIBRARIES MORE. I", "startTime": "01:50:12,706", "endTime": "01:50:14,207" }, { "index": 3229, "text": "HAVE NO MOTIVATION FOR NOT", "startTime": "01:50:14,207", "endTime": "01:50:14,908" }, { "index": 3230, "text": "GIVING THE LIBRARIES MORE WHEN I", "startTime": "01:50:14,908", "endTime": "01:50:16,242" }, { "index": 3231, "text": "LOVE THE LIBRARIES SO DEEPLY, AS", "startTime": "01:50:16,242", "endTime": "01:50:18,211" }, { "index": 3232, "text": "WE ALL DO IN SEATTLE. I HAVE NOT", "startTime": "01:50:18,211", "endTime": "01:50:19,813" }, { "index": 3233, "text": "MET ONE PERSON IN SEATTLE THE", "startTime": "01:50:19,813", "endTime": "01:50:21,214" }, { "index": 3234, "text": "TRULY DOES NOT CARE OR HAS NOT", "startTime": "01:50:21,214", "endTime": "01:50:22,515" }, { "index": 3235, "text": "UTILIZED THE LIBRARY IN SOME WAY", "startTime": "01:50:22,515", "endTime": "01:50:24,317" }, { "index": 3236, "text": "OR ANOTHER. AND MY FAMILY", "startTime": "01:50:24,317", "endTime": "01:50:27,020" }, { "index": 3237, "text": "CONTINUES TO UTILIZE LIBRARIES.", "startTime": "01:50:27,020", "endTime": "01:50:28,421" }, { "index": 3238, "text": "SO THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO", "startTime": "01:50:28,421", "endTime": "01:50:31,157" }, { "index": 3239, "text": "ME. AND, IT IS HARD FOR ME. THIS", "startTime": "01:50:31,157", "endTime": "01:50:34,427" }, { "index": 3240, "text": "ONE WAS REALLY HARD. SO, I AM,", "startTime": "01:50:34,427", "endTime": "01:50:39,466" }, { "index": 3241, "text": "HOWEVER, HAPPY THAT WE ARE TO BE", "startTime": "01:50:39,466", "endTime": "01:50:45,939" }, { "index": 3242, "text": "PUTTING A LEVY ON THE BALLOT", "startTime": "01:50:45,939", "endTime": "01:50:47,273" }, { "index": 3243, "text": "BEFORE THE VOTERS AND THEN THE", "startTime": "01:50:47,273", "endTime": "01:50:48,508" }, { "index": 3244, "text": "VOTERS GET TO DECIDE. BUT AS I", "startTime": "01:50:48,508", "endTime": "01:50:49,876" }, { "index": 3245, "text": "SAID EARLIER, VOTERS DON'T HAVE", "startTime": "01:50:49,876", "endTime": "01:50:52,712" }, { "index": 3246, "text": "THE BENEFITS THAT WE HAVE OF THE", "startTime": "01:50:52,712", "endTime": "01:50:54,414" }, { "index": 3247, "text": "FISCAL PICTURE. AND SO THAT IS", "startTime": "01:50:54,414", "endTime": "01:50:55,815" }, { "index": 3248, "text": "WHY -- IT IS INCUMBENT UPON US", "startTime": "01:50:55,815", "endTime": "01:51:04,658" }, { "index": 3249, "text": "TO BE THE STEWARDS OF THE FUNDS.", "startTime": "01:51:04,658", "endTime": "01:51:06,159" }, { "index": 3250, "text": "THAT IS WHY WE SIGNED UP TO DO", "startTime": "01:51:06,159", "endTime": "01:51:07,827" }, { "index": 3251, "text": "THESE JOBS. AND I'M DOING THE", "startTime": "01:51:07,827", "endTime": "01:51:08,928" }, { "index": 3252, "text": "JOB TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY,", "startTime": "01:51:08,928", "endTime": "01:51:10,530" }, { "index": 3253, "text": "AS TRANSPARENTLY AND HONESTLY AS", "startTime": "01:51:10,530", "endTime": "01:51:11,431" }, { "index": 3254, "text": "I CAN. AND THEN AT THE END OF", "startTime": "01:51:11,431", "endTime": "01:51:13,099" }, { "index": 3255, "text": "THE DAY, WE PASS HERE TODAY WILL", "startTime": "01:51:13,099", "endTime": "01:51:14,434" }, { "index": 3256, "text": "GO ON TO THE VOTERS. AND WITHOUT", "startTime": "01:51:14,434", "endTime": "01:51:17,003" }, { "index": 3257, "text": "THE FUNDS IN THIS LEVY, WE", "startTime": "01:51:17,003", "endTime": "01:51:18,171" }, { "index": 3258, "text": "CANNOT CONTINUE OUR LIBRARIES,", "startTime": "01:51:18,171", "endTime": "01:51:19,973" }, { "index": 3259, "text": "PERIOD. SO I WANT YOU ALL TO", "startTime": "01:51:19,973", "endTime": "01:51:23,109" }, { "index": 3260, "text": "KNOW THAT. YOU HERE IN THE", "startTime": "01:51:23,109", "endTime": "01:51:27,547" }, { "index": 3261, "text": "CHAMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE", "startTime": "01:51:27,547", "endTime": "01:51:28,415" }, { "index": 3262, "text": "PUBLIC. BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO", "startTime": "01:51:28,415", "endTime": "01:51:30,350" }, { "index": 3263, "text": "MALIGN EACH OTHER, THAT IS NOT", "startTime": "01:51:30,350", "endTime": "01:51:31,017" }, { "index": 3264, "text": "WHERE WE ARE. IT IS NOT, YOU", "startTime": "01:51:31,017", "endTime": "01:51:41,528" }, { "index": 3265, "text": "KNOW, WHO LOVES THE LIBRARIES", "startTime": "01:51:46,132", "endTime": "01:51:47,434" }, { "index": 3266, "text": "MORE BECAUSE WHO VOTED FOR WHAT.", "startTime": "01:51:47,434", "endTime": "01:51:48,234" }, { "index": 3267, "text": "WE ALL OF THE LIBRARIES AND WANT", "startTime": "01:51:48,234", "endTime": "01:51:49,703" }, { "index": 3268, "text": "THE LEVY TO GO BEFORE THE VOTERS", "startTime": "01:51:49,703", "endTime": "01:51:51,204" }, { "index": 3269, "text": "AND WE ARE GRAPPLING WITH HOW TO", "startTime": "01:51:51,204", "endTime": "01:51:52,539" }, { "index": 3270, "text": "PAY FOR OTHER THINGS TOO.", "startTime": "01:51:52,539", "endTime": "01:51:53,540" }, { "index": 3271, "text": "BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF", "startTime": "01:51:53,540", "endTime": "01:51:54,908" }, { "index": 3272, "text": "NEEDS. LIKE HOUSING AND", "startTime": "01:51:54,908", "endTime": "01:51:55,608" }, { "index": 3273, "text": "TRANSPORTATION, EDUCATION. THESE", "startTime": "01:51:55,608", "endTime": "01:51:56,276" }, { "index": 3274, "text": "LEVIES CYCLE AND IN SEVEN YEARS", "startTime": "01:51:56,276", "endTime": "01:51:57,510" }, { "index": 3275, "text": "WE'RE GOING TO BE BACK HERE", "startTime": "01:51:57,510", "endTime": "01:51:58,812" }, { "index": 3276, "text": "AGAIN TALKING ABOUT THE NEXT", "startTime": "01:51:58,812", "endTime": "01:51:59,846" }, { "index": 3277, "text": "LIBRARY HEAVY. TO PLEASE KNOW", "startTime": "01:51:59,846", "endTime": "01:52:00,947" }, { "index": 3278, "text": "THAT. NO ONE LOVES THE LIBRARIES", "startTime": "01:52:00,947", "endTime": "01:52:02,215" }, { "index": 3279, "text": "MORE THAN I DO AND SOMETIMES I", "startTime": "01:52:02,215", "endTime": "01:52:03,716" }, { "index": 3280, "text": "HAVE TO BE THAT PARENT, LIKE MY", "startTime": "01:52:03,716", "endTime": "01:52:05,518" }, { "index": 3281, "text": "DAD THAT HAD TO SAY NO. BECAUSE", "startTime": "01:52:05,518", "endTime": "01:52:08,521" }, { "index": 3282, "text": "WE JUST DON'T HAVE IT.", "startTime": "01:52:08,521", "endTime": "01:52:11,624" }, { "index": 3283, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, I SEE YOUR", "startTime": "01:52:11,624", "endTime": "01:52:12,625" }, { "index": 3284, "text": "HAND A.", "startTime": "01:52:12,625", "endTime": "01:52:13,560" }, { "index": 3285, "text": "I NORMALLY DON'T DO THIS,", "startTime": "01:52:13,560", "endTime": "01:52:17,063" }, { "index": 3286, "text": "BUT I WANT TO DO THIS REALLY", "startTime": "01:52:17,063", "endTime": "01:52:18,465" }, { "index": 3287, "text": "QUICKLY. MADAM CHAIR, I JUST", "startTime": "01:52:18,465", "endTime": "01:52:19,566" }, { "index": 3288, "text": "WANT TO VOUCH AND WHAT YOU SAY", "startTime": "01:52:19,566", "endTime": "01:52:25,138" }, { "index": 3289, "text": "IS FORMER CHAIR OF THE", "startTime": "01:52:25,138", "endTime": "01:52:26,172" }, { "index": 3290, "text": "LIBRARIES, I UNDERSTAND. I JUST", "startTime": "01:52:26,172", "endTime": "01:52:27,107" }, { "index": 3291, "text": "WANT TO SAY, FOR THE PUBLIC,", "startTime": "01:52:27,107", "endTime": "01:52:28,508" }, { "index": 3292, "text": "BECAUSE SOMETIMES IN THE FOG OF", "startTime": "01:52:28,508", "endTime": "01:52:29,709" }, { "index": 3293, "text": "POLITICS AND VIRTUAL SIGNALING", "startTime": "01:52:29,709", "endTime": "01:52:30,810" }, { "index": 3294, "text": "I'M GOING TO SAY THIS, I HAVE", "startTime": "01:52:30,810", "endTime": "01:52:34,013" }, { "index": 3295, "text": "ALWAYS APPRECIATED YOUR", "startTime": "01:52:34,013", "endTime": "01:52:36,015" }, { "index": 3296, "text": "INTEGRITY, YOUR HONESTY, YOUR", "startTime": "01:52:36,015", "endTime": "01:52:42,722" }, { "index": 3297, "text": "STREET SHOOTING. YOU HAVE ALWAYS", "startTime": "01:52:42,722", "endTime": "01:52:43,923" }, { "index": 3298, "text": "BEEN CLEAR. THERE ARE TIMES WE", "startTime": "01:52:43,923", "endTime": "01:52:45,325" }, { "index": 3299, "text": "HAVE AGREED TO DISAGREE, BUT YOU", "startTime": "01:52:45,325", "endTime": "01:52:46,226" }, { "index": 3300, "text": "HAVE BEEN KIND AND", "startTime": "01:52:46,226", "endTime": "01:52:47,427" }, { "index": 3301, "text": "STRAIGHTFORWARD. WHAT WE DON'T", "startTime": "01:52:47,427", "endTime": "01:52:48,828" }, { "index": 3302, "text": "WAS AGREE ON EVERYTHING, I", "startTime": "01:52:48,828", "endTime": "01:52:50,597" }, { "index": 3303, "text": "ALWAYS APPRECIATE THAT WE ALWAYS", "startTime": "01:52:50,597", "endTime": "01:52:52,332" }, { "index": 3304, "text": "HAVE SOMETHING , ON THINGS WE DO", "startTime": "01:52:52,332", "endTime": "01:52:59,339" }, { "index": 3305, "text": "AGREE WITH. I THINK WE'RE GOING", "startTime": "01:52:59,339", "endTime": "01:53:00,707" }, { "index": 3306, "text": "TO HAVE THE SAME CONVERSATIONS", "startTime": "01:53:00,707", "endTime": "01:53:02,041" }, { "index": 3307, "text": "WHEN THE TRANSPORTATION LEVY", "startTime": "01:53:02,041", "endTime": "01:53:02,675" }, { "index": 3308, "text": "COMES AROUND. AND I AM HOPING,", "startTime": "01:53:02,675", "endTime": "01:53:04,010" }, { "index": 3309, "text": "AS SOMEONE WHO WENT TO A COUPLE", "startTime": "01:53:04,010", "endTime": "01:53:05,478" }, { "index": 3310, "text": "OTHER COUNCILS, THAT WE CAN", "startTime": "01:53:05,478", "endTime": "01:53:06,813" }, { "index": 3311, "text": "CONTINUE THIS FEELING THAT WE", "startTime": "01:53:06,813", "endTime": "01:53:07,947" }, { "index": 3312, "text": "ARE A TEAM AND AGREE AND STILL", "startTime": "01:53:07,947", "endTime": "01:53:10,650" }, { "index": 3313, "text": "BE A TEAM. I THINK -- I'M GOING", "startTime": "01:53:10,650", "endTime": "01:53:14,621" }, { "index": 3314, "text": "TO DO KIND OF WHAT COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "01:53:14,621", "endTime": "01:53:23,796" }, { "index": 3315, "text": "RINCK WAS DOING. WHAT WE ARE NOT", "startTime": "01:53:23,796", "endTime": "01:53:25,532" }, { "index": 3316, "text": "SEEING NATIONALLY, AND PART OF", "startTime": "01:53:25,532", "endTime": "01:53:26,232" }, { "index": 3317, "text": "THE CITY COUNCIL WE ARE TRYING", "startTime": "01:53:26,232", "endTime": "01:53:27,634" }, { "index": 3318, "text": "TO DO LOCALLY. AND THAT IS WHERE", "startTime": "01:53:27,634", "endTime": "01:53:28,868" }, { "index": 3319, "text": "TOGETHER. WE DON'T HAVE DENIAL", "startTime": "01:53:28,868", "endTime": "01:53:30,103" }, { "index": 3320, "text": "OF REACHING ACROSS THE AISLE,", "startTime": "01:53:30,103", "endTime": "01:53:31,104" }, { "index": 3321, "text": "BUT JUST BEING ABLE TO TALK AND", "startTime": "01:53:31,104", "endTime": "01:53:32,572" }, { "index": 3322, "text": "BE HONEST AND BE STRAIGHTFORWARD", "startTime": "01:53:32,572", "endTime": "01:53:33,606" }, { "index": 3323, "text": "WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT BEING", "startTime": "01:53:33,606", "endTime": "01:53:34,474" }, { "index": 3324, "text": "DEMONIZED OR WHATEVER BECAUSE", "startTime": "01:53:34,474", "endTime": "01:53:35,909" }, { "index": 3325, "text": "PEOPLE THINK THE POSTURING", "startTime": "01:53:35,909", "endTime": "01:53:46,386" }, { "index": 3326, "text": "SOMETIMES GETS RIDICULOUS. THAT", "startTime": "01:53:47,587", "endTime": "01:53:48,321" }, { "index": 3327, "text": "IS JUST ME SAYING THAT. WITH", "startTime": "01:53:48,321", "endTime": "01:53:49,255" }, { "index": 3328, "text": "THAT, I JUST WANTED TO END ON, I", "startTime": "01:53:49,255", "endTime": "01:53:51,024" }, { "index": 3329, "text": "THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP", "startTime": "01:53:51,024", "endTime": "01:53:51,958" }, { "index": 3330, "text": "BECAUSE I KNOW YOU REALLY", "startTime": "01:53:51,958", "endTime": "01:53:52,926" }, { "index": 3331, "text": "STRUGGLE TO DO THE RIGHT THING", "startTime": "01:53:52,926", "endTime": "01:53:54,794" }, { "index": 3332, "text": "WITH THIS LEVY CAME DOWN FROM", "startTime": "01:53:54,794", "endTime": "01:53:55,428" }, { "index": 3333, "text": "THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. BEHIND THE", "startTime": "01:53:55,428", "endTime": "01:53:56,396" }, { "index": 3334, "text": "SCENES FOLKS DON'T KNOW THAT. I", "startTime": "01:53:56,396", "endTime": "01:53:57,697" }, { "index": 3335, "text": "THINK THEY NEED TO KNOW WE DO", "startTime": "01:53:57,697", "endTime": "01:53:59,132" }, { "index": 3336, "text": "TALK TO EACH OTHER AND WE DO TRY", "startTime": "01:53:59,132", "endTime": "01:54:01,334" }, { "index": 3337, "text": "TO REPRESENT THE NEEDS OF OUR", "startTime": "01:54:01,334", "endTime": "01:54:05,605" }, { "index": 3338, "text": "DISTRICT, HONOR THE NEEDS OF OUR", "startTime": "01:54:05,605", "endTime": "01:54:06,606" }, { "index": 3339, "text": "DISTRICT, BUT REPRESENT THE CITY", "startTime": "01:54:06,606", "endTime": "01:54:07,807" }, { "index": 3340, "text": "AS A WHOLE AND REPRESENTING THE", "startTime": "01:54:07,807", "endTime": "01:54:08,942" }, { "index": 3341, "text": "CITY AS A WHOLE IS HAVING THAT", "startTime": "01:54:08,942", "endTime": "01:54:10,310" }, { "index": 3342, "text": "RESPONSIBLE, FISCAL", "startTime": "01:54:10,310", "endTime": "01:54:10,877" }, { "index": 3343, "text": "RESPONSIBILITY AND TAKING IT", "startTime": "01:54:10,877", "endTime": "01:54:11,945" }, { "index": 3344, "text": "SERIOUSLY. EVEN IF PEOPLE", "startTime": "01:54:11,945", "endTime": "01:54:13,246" }, { "index": 3345, "text": "DISAGREE WITH US OR GET ANGRY", "startTime": "01:54:13,246", "endTime": "01:54:14,447" }, { "index": 3346, "text": "WITH US. FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON", "startTime": "01:54:14,447", "endTime": "01:54:16,216" }, { "index": 3347, "text": "THIS LEVY, WELL OVER $400", "startTime": "01:54:16,216", "endTime": "01:54:17,550" }, { "index": 3348, "text": "MILLION, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.", "startTime": "01:54:17,550", "endTime": "01:54:22,522" }, { "index": 3349, "text": "THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "01:54:22,522", "endTime": "01:54:23,523" }, { "index": 3350, "text": "JUAREZ. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND I", "startTime": "01:54:23,523", "endTime": "01:54:24,858" }, { "index": 3351, "text": "DO APPRECIATE HAVING -- AS", "startTime": "01:54:24,858", "endTime": "01:54:26,326" }, { "index": 3352, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER SAID EARLIER, AS", "startTime": "01:54:26,326", "endTime": "01:54:29,128" }, { "index": 3353, "text": "YOU ALSO SAID, COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "01:54:29,128", "endTime": "01:54:34,234" }, { "index": 3354, "text": "JUAREZ, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE", "startTime": "01:54:34,234", "endTime": "01:54:35,668" }, { "index": 3355, "text": "TOUGH CONVERSATIONS. THAT IS", "startTime": "01:54:35,668", "endTime": "01:54:36,502" }, { "index": 3356, "text": "PART OF THE JOB . I MEAN, ANYONE", "startTime": "01:54:36,502", "endTime": "01:54:38,338" }, { "index": 3357, "text": "WHO WANTS TO DO THIS JOB, JUST", "startTime": "01:54:38,338", "endTime": "01:54:40,540" }, { "index": 3358, "text": "KNOW THAT. YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE", "startTime": "01:54:40,540", "endTime": "01:54:44,010" }, { "index": 3359, "text": "TOUGH CONVERSATIONS. BUT I SAID", "startTime": "01:54:44,010", "endTime": "01:54:52,619" }, { "index": 3360, "text": "IT DURING THIS LEVY PROCESS, I", "startTime": "01:54:52,619", "endTime": "01:54:53,886" }, { "index": 3361, "text": "SAID IT DURING THE THEFT, THINGS", "startTime": "01:54:53,886", "endTime": "01:54:55,021" }, { "index": 3362, "text": "WORK BETTER WHEN WE WORK", "startTime": "01:54:55,021", "endTime": "01:54:56,389" }, { "index": 3363, "text": "TOGETHER. WE HAVE BETTER", "startTime": "01:54:56,389", "endTime": "01:54:56,956" }, { "index": 3364, "text": "OUTCOMES WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER.", "startTime": "01:54:56,956", "endTime": "01:54:58,224" }, { "index": 3365, "text": "AND THAT IS ABSOLUTELY MISSING", "startTime": "01:54:58,224", "endTime": "01:54:59,092" }, { "index": 3366, "text": "IN THIS COUNTRY . AND IN SOME", "startTime": "01:54:59,092", "endTime": "01:55:06,499" }, { "index": 3367, "text": "PARTS OF OUR CITY EVEN. I WILL", "startTime": "01:55:06,499", "endTime": "01:55:08,001" }, { "index": 3368, "text": "SAY IT. BUT WE WORK REALLY HARD", "startTime": "01:55:08,001", "endTime": "01:55:09,369" }, { "index": 3369, "text": "ON THIS COUNCIL TO WORK TOGETHER", "startTime": "01:55:09,369", "endTime": "01:55:12,905" }, { "index": 3370, "text": ", ESPECIALLY WHEN WE DISAGREE. I", "startTime": "01:55:12,905", "endTime": "01:55:14,307" }, { "index": 3371, "text": "THINK THAT IS EVEN MORE", "startTime": "01:55:14,307", "endTime": "01:55:15,174" }, { "index": 3372, "text": "IMPORTANT TO WORK TOGETHER WHEN", "startTime": "01:55:15,174", "endTime": "01:55:16,342" }, { "index": 3373, "text": "WE DISAGREE. BECAUSE WE DO NEED", "startTime": "01:55:16,342", "endTime": "01:55:17,410" }, { "index": 3374, "text": "TO GET SOMEWHERE. AND THAT IS", "startTime": "01:55:17,410", "endTime": "01:55:19,712" }, { "index": 3375, "text": "NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IF WE DON'T", "startTime": "01:55:19,712", "endTime": "01:55:21,581" }, { "index": 3376, "text": "TALK AND TALK OUR DIFFERENCES", "startTime": "01:55:21,581", "endTime": "01:55:26,819" }, { "index": 3377, "text": "OUT. WE ALL REPRESENT DIFFERENT", "startTime": "01:55:26,819", "endTime": "01:55:27,987" }, { "index": 3378, "text": "CONSTITUENCIES, DIFFERENT PARTS", "startTime": "01:55:27,987", "endTime": "01:55:28,621" }, { "index": 3379, "text": "OF THE CITY, AND IF YOU ARE AT", "startTime": "01:55:28,621", "endTime": "01:55:33,726" }, { "index": 3380, "text": "LARGE, YOU'RE REPRESENTING ALL", "startTime": "01:55:33,726", "endTime": "01:55:34,494" }, { "index": 3381, "text": "OF THOSE DIFFERENT", "startTime": "01:55:34,494", "endTime": "01:55:35,128" }, { "index": 3382, "text": "CONSTITUENCIES ACROSS THE CITY.", "startTime": "01:55:35,128", "endTime": "01:55:37,664" }, { "index": 3383, "text": "SO, ANYWAY, THANK YOU. LET'S", "startTime": "01:55:37,664", "endTime": "01:55:39,132" }, { "index": 3384, "text": "GET TO OUR VOTE AND GET THIS TO", "startTime": "01:55:39,132", "endTime": "01:55:40,900" }, { "index": 3385, "text": "THE VOTERS. ALL RIGHT, WILL THE", "startTime": "01:55:40,900", "endTime": "01:55:42,335" }, { "index": 3386, "text": "CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON", "startTime": "01:55:42,335", "endTime": "01:55:52,845" }, { "index": 3387, "text": "THE RECOMMENDATION --", "startTime": "01:55:56,416", "endTime": "01:56:04,223" }, { "index": 3388, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS", "startTime": "01:56:04,223", "endTime": "01:56:05,425" }, { "index": 3389, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "01:56:05,425", "endTime": "01:56:06,025" }, { "index": 3390, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER", "startTime": "01:56:06,025", "endTime": "01:56:06,559" }, { "index": 3391, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "01:56:06,559", "endTime": "01:56:06,926" }, { "index": 3392, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ", "startTime": "01:56:06,926", "endTime": "01:56:08,027" }, { "index": 3393, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "01:56:08,027", "endTime": "01:56:09,128" }, { "index": 3394, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER LIN.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER LIN", "startTime": "01:56:09,128", "endTime": "01:56:09,629" }, { "index": 3395, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "01:56:09,629", "endTime": "01:56:10,897" }, { "index": 3396, "text": "COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.", "speaker": "COUNCILMEMBER RINCK", "startTime": "01:56:10,897", "endTime": "01:56:11,531" }, { "index": 3397, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "01:56:11,531", "endTime": "01:56:13,032" }, { "index": 3398, "text": "VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH.", "speaker": "VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH", "startTime": "01:56:13,032", "endTime": "01:56:14,534" }, { "index": 3399, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "01:56:14,534", "endTime": "01:56:15,702" }, { "index": 3400, "text": "CHAIR RIVERA.", "speaker": "CHAIR RIVERA", "startTime": "01:56:15,702", "endTime": "01:56:16,135" }, { "index": 3401, "text": "YES.", "startTime": "01:56:16,135", "endTime": "01:56:22,208" }, { "index": 3402, "text": "SEVEN IN FAVOR AND NONE", "speaker": "SEVEN IN FAVOR AND NONE", "startTime": "01:56:22,208", "endTime": "01:56:23,309" }, { "index": 3403, "text": "OPPOSED.", "startTime": "01:56:23,309", "endTime": "01:56:24,310" }, { "index": 3405, "text": "THE BILL PASSES. NOW YOU CAN", "startTime": "01:56:26,913", "endTime": "01:56:28,848" }, { "index": 3406, "text": "CLAP.", "startTime": "01:56:28,848", "endTime": "01:56:29,048" }, { "index": 3407, "text": "[ APPLAUSE ]", "startTime": "01:56:29,048", "endTime": "01:56:34,921" }, { "index": 3408, "text": "IT IS HARD DURING PUBLIC", "speaker": "IT IS HARD DURING PUBLIC", "startTime": "01:56:34,921", "endTime": "01:56:36,422" }, { "index": 3409, "text": "COMMENT BECAUSE YOU'RE TRYING", "startTime": "01:56:36,422", "endTime": "01:56:37,323" }, { "index": 3410, "text": "TO SHEPHERD PEOPLE THROUGH. ALL", "startTime": "01:56:37,323", "endTime": "01:56:43,429" }, { "index": 3411, "text": "RIGHT, RECOMMENDATION THAT THE", "startTime": "01:56:43,429", "endTime": "01:56:44,163" }, { "index": 3412, "text": "BILL PASS AS AMENDED WILL BE", "startTime": "01:56:44,163", "endTime": "01:56:45,498" }, { "index": 3413, "text": "SENT TO THE APRIL 14, 2026 CITY", "startTime": "01:56:45,498", "endTime": "01:56:46,733" }, { "index": 3414, "text": "COUNCIL MEETING FOR FINAL", "startTime": "01:56:46,733", "endTime": "01:56:47,533" }, { "index": 3415, "text": "CONSIDERATION. COLLEAGUES, ANY", "startTime": "01:56:47,533", "endTime": "01:56:48,234" }, { "index": 3416, "text": "FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?", "startTime": "01:56:48,234", "endTime": "01:56:49,602" }, { "index": 3417, "text": "THEN, IF YOU'LL INDULGE ME IN", "startTime": "01:56:49,602", "endTime": "01:56:51,237" }, { "index": 3418, "text": "TWO MORE MINUTES, I KNOW IT'S", "startTime": "01:56:51,237", "endTime": "01:56:53,673" }, { "index": 3419, "text": "11:31 AM I WILL SAY, SINGLE", "startTime": "01:56:53,673", "endTime": "01:56:59,912" }, { "index": 3420, "text": "FURTHER QUESTIONS THIS CONCLUDES", "startTime": "01:56:59,912", "endTime": "01:57:00,713" }, { "index": 3421, "text": "THE APRIL 8, 2026 SELECT", "startTime": "01:57:00,713", "endTime": "01:57:01,614" }, { "index": 3422, "text": "COMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY LEVY.", "startTime": "01:57:01,614", "endTime": "01:57:02,715" }, { "index": 3423, "text": "THIS IS OUR FINAL SELECT", "startTime": "01:57:02,715", "endTime": "01:57:06,386" }, { "index": 3424, "text": "COMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY LEVY.", "startTime": "01:57:06,386", "endTime": "01:57:07,620" }, { "index": 3425, "text": "BEFORE WE ADJOURN I WANT TO", "startTime": "01:57:07,620", "endTime": "01:57:08,421" }, { "index": 3426, "text": "THANK THE FOLKS WHO'VE BEEN SO", "startTime": "01:57:08,421", "endTime": "01:57:10,056" }, { "index": 3427, "text": "HELPFUL AND INSTRUMENTAL DURING", "startTime": "01:57:10,056", "endTime": "01:57:12,725" }, { "index": 3428, "text": "THIS PROCESS. I WANT TO THANK", "startTime": "01:57:12,725", "endTime": "01:57:14,460" }, { "index": 3429, "text": "ERIC, ARE CENTRAL SAFFER STAFFER", "startTime": "01:57:14,460", "endTime": "01:57:22,335" }, { "index": 3430, "text": "WHO HELPED WITH THE EVIDENCE AND", "startTime": "01:57:22,335", "endTime": "01:57:23,503" }, { "index": 3431, "text": "SHEPHERD THIS YEAR. I WANT TO", "startTime": "01:57:23,503", "endTime": "01:57:26,038" }, { "index": 3432, "text": "THANK OUR AMAZING DEPUTY CLERKS", "startTime": "01:57:26,038", "endTime": "01:57:27,039" }, { "index": 3433, "text": "BUT IN PARTICULAR AMELIA AND", "startTime": "01:57:27,039", "endTime": "01:57:28,007" }, { "index": 3434, "text": "JODY WHO WORKED ON THIS LEVY", "startTime": "01:57:28,007", "endTime": "01:57:32,912" }, { "index": 3435, "text": "PROCESS. I WANT TO THANK THE", "startTime": "01:57:32,912", "endTime": "01:57:34,213" }, { "index": 3436, "text": "VOLUNTEERS WHO SHOWED UP FOR", "startTime": "01:57:34,213", "endTime": "01:57:35,214" }, { "index": 3437, "text": "PUBLIC HEARING EARLIER IN THE", "startTime": "01:57:35,214", "endTime": "01:57:36,249" }, { "index": 3438, "text": "WEEK. CAMERON, PATTY, AND KIMMY.", "startTime": "01:57:36,249", "endTime": "01:57:42,855" }, { "index": 3439, "text": "THANK YOU, SUPER APPRECIATE YOU.", "startTime": "01:57:42,855", "endTime": "01:57:44,257" }, { "index": 3440, "text": "AND OF COURSE, MY OWN STAFF,", "startTime": "01:57:44,257", "endTime": "01:57:45,558" }, { "index": 3441, "text": "WENDY, NICK AND JACOB FOR ALL OF", "startTime": "01:57:45,558", "endTime": "01:57:46,826" }, { "index": 3442, "text": "THEIR HARD WORK. COUNCILMEMBER", "startTime": "01:57:46,826", "endTime": "01:57:51,130" }, { "index": 3443, "text": "JUAREZ, YOU SAID NOBODY KNOWS", "startTime": "01:57:51,130", "endTime": "01:57:52,165" }, { "index": 3444, "text": "WHAT GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENES ,", "startTime": "01:57:52,165", "endTime": "01:57:54,434" }, { "index": 3445, "text": "SO MUCH WORK. AND WE RELY ON ALL", "startTime": "01:57:54,434", "endTime": "01:57:56,302" }, { "index": 3446, "text": "OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE THANKED. I", "startTime": "01:57:56,302", "endTime": "01:57:58,738" }, { "index": 3447, "text": "WANT TO THANK THE LIBRARIES ,", "startTime": "01:57:58,738", "endTime": "01:58:01,941" }, { "index": 3448, "text": "THE LIBRARY TEAM, UNDER THE", "startTime": "01:58:01,941", "endTime": "01:58:03,109" }, { "index": 3449, "text": "LEADERSHIP FOR OTHER WORK IN THE", "startTime": "01:58:03,109", "endTime": "01:58:09,916" }, { "index": 3450, "text": "BACK-AND-FORTH, I NEED THIS", "startTime": "01:58:09,916", "endTime": "01:58:10,716" }, { "index": 3451, "text": "INFORMATION AND THAT INFORMATION", "startTime": "01:58:10,716", "endTime": "01:58:11,517" }, { "index": 3452, "text": "AND THESE FIGURES -- ET CETERA.", "startTime": "01:58:11,517", "endTime": "01:58:20,126" }, { "index": 3453, "text": "I WANT TO THANK THE FOUNDATION", "startTime": "01:58:20,126", "endTime": "01:58:21,828" }, { "index": 3454, "text": "FOR THEIR ADVOCACY. I WANT TO", "startTime": "01:58:21,828", "endTime": "01:58:23,129" }, { "index": 3455, "text": "THANK, MORE PORTLY, THE MEMBERS", "startTime": "01:58:23,129", "endTime": "01:58:24,497" }, { "index": 3456, "text": "OF THE PUBLIC THE K MULTIPLE", "startTime": "01:58:24,497", "endTime": "01:58:25,198" }, { "index": 3457, "text": "TIMES TWO CHAMBERS TO ADVOCATE", "startTime": "01:58:25,198", "endTime": "01:58:26,265" }, { "index": 3458, "text": "ON BEHALF OF THE LIBRARIES. AND", "startTime": "01:58:26,265", "endTime": "01:58:27,733" }, { "index": 3459, "text": "ANYONE WHO HAD A HAND IN THE", "startTime": "01:58:27,733", "endTime": "01:58:28,901" }, { "index": 3460, "text": "PASSAGE OF THIS BILL -- YOU", "startTime": "01:58:28,901", "endTime": "01:58:30,303" }, { "index": 3461, "text": "KNOW, I WANT TO THANK THE", "startTime": "01:58:30,303", "endTime": "01:58:31,404" }, { "index": 3462, "text": "MAYOR'S OFFICE AGAIN. AND", "startTime": "01:58:31,404", "endTime": "01:58:32,805" }, { "index": 3463, "text": "DEPUTY MAYOR AND OUR CBO", "startTime": "01:58:32,805", "endTime": "01:58:35,241" }, { "index": 3464, "text": "DIRECTOR, EVERYONE WORKED", "startTime": "01:58:35,241", "endTime": "01:58:37,810" }, { "index": 3465, "text": "TOGETHER TO PUT THIS PACKAGE", "startTime": "01:58:37,810", "endTime": "01:58:40,613" }, { "index": 3466, "text": "TOGETHER. AND AGAIN, WHEN WE", "startTime": "01:58:40,613", "endTime": "01:58:45,551" }, { "index": 3467, "text": "WORK TOGETHER, WE HAVE BETTER", "startTime": "01:58:45,551", "endTime": "01:58:46,519" }, { "index": 3468, "text": "OUTCOMES. AND I KNOW THAT THE", "startTime": "01:58:46,519", "endTime": "01:58:48,020" }, { "index": 3469, "text": "MAYOR VERY MUCH LOVES LIBRARIES.", "startTime": "01:58:48,020", "endTime": "01:58:54,494" }, { "index": 3470, "text": "SHE IS A HIGH UTILIZER OF THE", "startTime": "01:58:54,494", "endTime": "01:58:55,528" }, { "index": 3471, "text": "LIBRARY. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE", "startTime": "01:58:55,528", "endTime": "01:58:56,662" }, { "index": 3472, "text": "THAT TOO. WE ALL HAVE TO", "startTime": "01:58:56,662", "endTime": "01:58:57,730" }, { "index": 3473, "text": "ACKNOWLEDGE EACH OTHER HERE.", "startTime": "01:58:57,730", "endTime": "01:58:58,498" }, { "index": 3474, "text": "THIS ISN'T POSTURING FOR ONE", "startTime": "01:58:58,498", "endTime": "01:58:59,499" }, { "index": 3475, "text": "PERSON OR ANOTHER TO GET THE", "startTime": "01:58:59,499", "endTime": "01:59:01,501" }, { "index": 3476, "text": "CREDIT. THIS IS A TEAM EFFORT", "startTime": "01:59:01,501", "endTime": "01:59:02,635" }, { "index": 3477, "text": "AND A PARTNERSHIP. AND I SUPER", "startTime": "01:59:02,635", "endTime": "01:59:04,237" }, { "index": 3478, "text": "APPRECIATE EVERYBODY WHO WAS", "startTime": "01:59:04,237", "endTime": "01:59:05,905" }, { "index": 3479, "text": "INVOLVED. AND LET'S GET THIS", "startTime": "01:59:05,905", "endTime": "01:59:13,412" }, { "index": 3480, "text": "THING TO THE LEVY. WE HAVE ONE", "startTime": "01:59:13,412", "endTime": "01:59:14,814" }, { "index": 3481, "text": "FINAL VOTE IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT", "startTime": "01:59:14,814", "endTime": "01:59:16,115" }, { "index": 3482, "text": "HAPPEN. AND THAT IS ON TUESDAY.", "startTime": "01:59:16,115", "endTime": "01:59:17,350" }, { "index": 3483, "text": "AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT VOTE.", "startTime": "01:59:17,350", "endTime": "01:59:20,153" } ] } }, "parsed": { "persistedAt": "2026-04-14T03:49:53.005Z", "canonicalVideoId": "x185662", "meeting": { "title": "Select Committee on the Library Levy 4/8/2026", "date": "2026-04-08", "committee": "Select Committee on the Library Levy", "videoUrl": "https://seattlechannel.org/mayor-and-council/city-council/2026-select-committee-on-the-library-levy?videoid=x185662&Mode2=Video", "sourceVideoId": "x185662", "sourceFileName": "x185662.json", "metadataVariantCount": 1, "metadataVariantIds": [ "x185662" ] }, "transcript": { "sourceFileName": "2026-04-08_select-committee-on-the-library-levy_x185662.srt", "sourcePath": "/Users/thedjpetersen/code/seacc/data/cities/seattle/source/transcripts/2026-04-08_select-committee-on-the-library-levy_x185662.srt", "variantCount": 1, "variantFiles": [ "2026-04-08_select-committee-on-the-library-levy_x185662.srt" ], "entryCount": 3478, "wordCount": 17314, "speakerCount": 11, "speakers": [ "CHAIR RIVERA", "COUNCIL PRESIDENT", "COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER", "COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ", "COUNCILMEMBER LIN", "COUNCILMEMBER RINCK", "COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS", "GO AHEAD", "ONE SECOND", "PLEASE NOTE COUNCILMEMBER", "VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH" ], "hash": "324d674152fe8da8daaccaeaca6d7d9876c4c054cc6e78c3fc2ec063bc3f6a01" }, "tags": [ "city:seattle", "org:seattle-city-council", "meeting:x185662", "committee:select-committee-on-the-library-levy", "year:2026", "month:2026-04", "date:2026-04-08" ], "text": "[ MUSIC ]\nGOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. THE\nAPRIL 8, 22026 MEETING OF THE\nSELECT COMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY\nLEVY WILL COME TO ORDER. IT IS\n9:44 AM. I AM CHAIR OF THE\nCOMMITTEE. WITH THE CLERK PLEASE\nCALL THE ROLL.\nCOUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS: COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.\nHERE.\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER: COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.\nHERE.\nCOUNCILMEMBER LIN: COUNCILMEMBER LIN.\nHERE.\nCOUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ: COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.\nHERE.\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK: COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.\nHERE.\nVICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH: VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH.\nHERE.\nCHAIR RIVERA: CHAIR RIVERA.\nHERE. SEVEN THE COUNCIL\nMEMBERS ARE PRESENT.\nPLEASE NOTE COUNCILMEMBER: PLEASE NOTE COUNCILMEMBER\nSAKA AND COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE\nARE EXCUSED FROM THE MEETING. IF\nTHERE IS NO OBJECTION THE AGENDA\nWILL BE ADOPTED. WE WILL NOW\nHAVE OUR HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT.\nPUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD TIE WITH\nTHINGS ON THE AGENDA OR IN THE\nPURVIEW OF THIS COMMITTEE. HOW\nMANY SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP\nTODAY?\nWE CURRENTLY HAVE 10 IN\nPERSON SPEAKERS AND SEVEN REMOTE\nSPEAKERS ASSIGNED UP.\nTHAT IS 17 PEOPLE. SO, GIVEN\nTHAT, EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE TWO\nMINUTES. CLERK, PLEASE PLEASE\nREAD THE INSTRUCTIONS.\nIT WILL BE MODERATED IN THE\nFOLLOWING MANNER. UP TO 60\nMINUTES, EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE\nTWO MINUTES. SPEAKERS WILL BE\nCALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH\nTHEY REGISTERED. WE WILL START\nWITH IN PERSON SPEAKERS FIRST\nAND THEN REMOTE SPEAKERS UNTIL\nTHE PERIOD HAS ENDED. SPEAKERS\nWILL HEAR A TIME WHEN THERE'S\n10 SECONDS LEFT. PUBLIC COMMENT\nIS NOW OPEN AND WE WILL BEGIN\nWITH THE FIRST SPEAKER ON THE\nLIST. JESSICA LUCAS.\nWELCOME, JESSICA.\nTHANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I AM\nJESSICA LUCAS, THE PRESIDENT OF\nLOCAL 2083, SEATTLE PUBLIC\nLIBRARY'S. LIBRARY EMPLOYEES\nUNION. I'M HERE TO REPRESENT\nOUR MEMBERS. WE WOULD LIKE TO\nTHANK THE MAYOR AND THE CITY\nCOUNCIL FOR WORKING SO\nDILIGENTLY TO PUT FORTH AND\nIMPROVE THE PROPOSED 2027 TO\n2033 LEVY. WE KNOW THAT 30% OF\nOUR SALARIES ARE FUNDED THROUGH\nTHE CURRENT LEVY. AND THAT THIS\nLEVY DOES NOT , AND IF THIS LEVY\nDOES NOT PASS, IT WILL MEAN\nLAYOFFS AND DEEP CUTS FOR THE\nSERVICES WE PROVIDE. WE ARE\nHAPPY TO SEE SO MUCH POTENTIAL\nFOR ADDITIONAL STAFF TO SUPPORT\nFUTURE PROGRAMS THAT ARE PART OF\nTHIS PACKAGE. WHICH WE HOPE WILL\nINCLUDE SUPPORT STAFF AS WELL AS\nLIBRARIANS. AS 18 SERVICES\nLIBRARIAN MYSELF I CAN TELL YOU\nTHAT WE NEED ADDITIONAL LIBRARY\nASSOCIATE STAFF WHO PROVIDE\nPROCESSING, SHELVING, CUSTOMER\nSERVICE AND INFORMATION\nREFERRALS SO THAT LIBRARIANS\nHAVE TIME TO LISTEN TO OUR\nCOMMUNITIES AND CREATE AND\nPROVIDE EQUITABLE PROGRAMS THAT\nSERVE THEIR NEEDS. WE NEED MORE\nSECURITY OFFICERS WHO ARE\nTRAINED IN DE-ESCALATION,\nHONESTLY MORE THAN THE THREE\nPROPOSED. TO KEEP US IN OUR\nPATRONS SAFE. WE NEED WORKING\nDOOR LOCKS THAT ACTUALLY RESPOND\nTO THE BUTTONS WE PUSH TO LOCK\nTHEM IN AN EMERGENCY. WE NEED\nBUILDINGS THAT WILL NOT FALL ON\nOUR HEADS IN AN EARTHQUAKE AND\nTHAT CAN PROVIDE REFUGE IN BOTH\nTHE HOTTEST AND COLDEST DAYS OF\nTHE YEAR. WE NEED ADDITIONAL\nSUPPORT FOR OUR SOCIAL SERVICES\nTEAM WHO PROVIDE RESOURCES TO\nOUR MOST VULNERABLE PATRONS.\nTHANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THESE\nTHINGS IN THE ORIGINAL LEVY\nPROPOSAL AND IN THESE\nAMENDMENTS. I LOOK FORWARD TO\nTHE LIBRARY FOR FILLING ALL OF\nTHESE PROMISES TO STAFF AND\nPATRONS AND TO ALL OF THE FOLKS\nLIVING IN SEATTLE. WHETHER THEY\nENTER OUR BUILDINGS OR NOT, THEY\nBENEFIT -- WE PROVIDE TO THOSE\nWHO DO. THE LIBRARY CONTRIBUTE\nSTILL WELL-INFORMED, EDUCATED\nAND CONNECTED SOCIETY. THANK\nYOU.\nTHANK YOU, JESSICA. I SHOULD\nSAY, CAN YOU PLEASE USE JAZZ\nHANDS SO WE ARE ABLE TO MOVE\nQUICKLY AND HEAR EVERYONE. ALL\nMICROPHONES ARE ON SO WHEN I\nCALL YOU UP YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO\nWALK UP TO ONE OF THE\nMICROPHONES IF YOU WOULD LIKE.\nRYAN, LAUREN, PETER, BETSY AND\nTHEN PIPPIN.\nGOOD MORNING, COUNCIL\nMEMBERS. I AM THE CEO OF THE\nSEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY\nFOUNDATION. I APPRECIATE THE\nCONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE HAD\nLEADING THROUGH THIS PROCESS. IT\nIS WORTH STATING THAT THE\nFOUNDATION IS A NONPROFIT\nPARTNER OF THE LIBRARY. WE ARE\nFUNDRAISERS AND ADVOCATES ON\nBEHALF OF THE LIBRARY WE LOVE.\nWHILE WE ARE PROUD OF THE\nFUNDING WE PROVIDE TO THE\nLIBRARY, TANKS WERE THOUSANDS OF\nDONORS, WE ALSO KNOW PRIVATE\nPHILANTHROPY IS ALWAYS CHANGING\nAND CAN NEVER MATCH THE IMPACT\nOF PUBLIC FUNDING FOR A\nCHARTERED CITY INSTITUTION. NOR\nSHOULD IT. THE AMENDMENT'S\nBEFORE YOU ARE SMALL IN RELATION\nTO THE CITY'S TOTAL BUDGET FOR\nTHE OVERALL SHARE OF THE\nPROPERTY TAXES DEDICATED TO THE\nCITY'S VARIOUS LEVIES. BUT THE\nOFFER SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS AND\nTHEY WILL POSITION THE\nFOUNDATION TO MAKE EVEN FURTHER\nENHANCEMENTS FOR PRIVATE\nSUPPORT. INC. ABOUT IT THIS WAY,\nTHESE AMENDMENTS REPRESENT ABOUT\n10 YEARS OF FUNDRAISING EFFORTS\n. YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AT\nTHIS MOMENT TO MAKE A DECADES\nWORTH OF DIFFERENCE FOR THE\nCOUNTLESS LIBRARY PATRONS WHO\nRELY ON IT. THE TIME TO INVEST\nIN THE LIBRARY IS NOW. THE\nLIBRARY IS READY TO IMPLEMENT\nIMPORTANT EXPANSIONS TO VITAL\nSERVICES TO ACHIEVE ITS\nSTRATEGIC VISION. AND THE\nFOUNDATION IS READY TO BOOST OUR\nFUNDRAISING TO LEVERAGE LOOK\nSUPPORT. AND THE RESIDENTS OF\nSEATTLE I FEEL ARE READY TO SHOW\nTHEIR SUPPORT FOR THE DECISIONS\nYOU MAKE. I URGE YOU TO SEIZE\nTHIS MOMENT AND BE VISIONARY.\nLEASE DON'T SHORTCHANGE A\nPUBLIC INSTITUTION THE TOUCHES\nEVERY NEIGHBORHOOD, SERVES\nPEOPLE OF EVERY AGE, AND ALL\nBACKGROUNDS. THANK YOU FOR\nTAKING BOTH ACTION TO MAKE OUR\nBELOVED LIBRARY EVEN STRONGER.\nPLEASE PASS THE AMENDMENTS TODAY\nAND LET'S GET TO WORK. THANK\nYOU.\nTHANK YOU, BRIAN. PETER,\nBETSY, AND PIPPIN.\nGOOD MORNING, COUNCIL\nMEMBERS.\nGO AHEAD: GO AHEAD.\nI AM HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF\nAND A 6000 ELECTRICAL WORKER\nMEMBERS. IN 2021 OVER 400 PEOPLE\nDIED IN THE HEAT DOME IN OUR\nSTATE. THAT REVEALED THE WE ARE\nNOT READY FOR CLIMATE CHANGE. I\nAM PROUD THAT OVER THE LAST\nSEVERAL YEARS OUR UNION HAS\nWORKED IN COALITION WITH GROUPS\nLIKE 350 SEATTLE, AND THE GREEN\nNEW DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD TO\nADVOCATE FOR ADEQUATE COOLING IN\nPUBLIC BUILDINGS AND TO HELP GET\nOUR BUILDINGS HERE IN SEATTLE TO\nSTOP EMITTING CLIMATE POLLUTION.\nWE ARE REALLY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT\nAMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN\nPROPOSED FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS\nFOSTER, COUNCILMEMBER LIN AND\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK WHICH WE\nBELIEVE WOULD HELP ACHIEVE THE\nGOALS AND WE ASKED FOR THE\nCOUNCIL SUPPORT FOR THESE\nAMENDMENTS.\nTHANK YOU. BETSY, PIPPIN,\nANN.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS.\nMY NAME IS BETSY, I AM LIVING IN\nDISTRICT 6. I AM ALSO A FORMER\nCHILDREN'S STAFF FOR THE\nSEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY. UNTIL\nRECENTLY I DID WORK IN THE\nCHILDREN'S AREA ON LEVEL I, THE\nTEEN AREA ON LEVEL III. THIS IS\nA VERY WELL USED AND WELL LOVED\nSPACE. SPECIFICALLY IN THE\nCHILDREN'S AREA. PARENTS IN\nGIVERS STOP ALL DAY LONG, CHECK\nOUT BOOKS TO ENTERTAIN KIDS AND\nJUST HANG OUT. I WAS WORKING AT\nTHE CENTRAL LIBRARY WHEN IT WAS\nBUILT 22 YEARS AGO. AND I\nWITNESSED THE ENTIRE PROCESS .\nAT THAT POINT IT WAS THE\nARCHITECT'S VISION OF HOW THE\nSPACE SHOULD WORK. AND THAT WE\nHAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR\nFRONTLINE STAFF AND BUILDING\nMANAGERS TO BE ABLE TO CREATE\nTHE SPACE THAT WILL ACTUALLY\nHELP OUR STAFF FUNCTION FOR THE\nPEOPLE WE SERVE. I AM HERE TODAY\nBECAUSE I SO APPRECIATE THE\nPROPOSED AMENDMENT FOR THE\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER TO DEDICATE\n$10 MILLION TO THE RENOVATION OF\nCENTRAL LIBRARY. THE AMENDMENT\nCOULD MAKE THIS HUGE DIFFERENCE\nFOR THE CHILDREN IN THE AREA.\nTHE CENTRAL LIBRARY IS SHOWING\nITS AGE. IS 22 YEARS OLD, IT IS\nSTATE-OF-THE-ART IN 2004 IT'S\nNOT THE SAME AS 2026. THINK\nABOUT HOW IT WOULD REVITALIZE\nTHIS AREA AND BENEFIT THE\nSEATTLE FAMILIES AS A WHOLE. MY\nFORMER COLLEAGUES COULD HOST\nMORE PROGRAMS, OFFER MORE BOOKS,\nHELP MORE PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE\nBUILDING. THINK ABOUT WHAT WOULD\nNEED TO HER DOWNTOWN CORE. WHEN\nWE INVITE MORE KIDS AND MORE\nTEENS INTO OUR DOWNTOWN\nDESTINATIONS LIKE THE LIBRARY,\nIT SHOWS PEOPLE THE CITY WE ARE\nVIBRANT, SAFE AND A POSITIVE\nAREA. THINK ABOUT THE GLOBAL\nREADING CHALLENGE THE JUST\nHAPPENED. IT WAS IN THE SEATTLE\nTIMES ARTICLE ON APRIL 1. WE HAD\nTHOUSANDS, HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES\nTHAT CAME. I ALSO JUST WANT TO\nSAY THAT WE ARE THE LAST TRULY\nDEMOCRATIC INSTITUTION . WHERE\nFAMILIES CAN COME, PEOPLE CAN\nCOME, NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE,\nWHERE THEY ARE, AND WE ARE THE\nONLY FREE PLACE TO HANG IN THE\nDOWNTOWN CORE.\nTHANK YOU, BETSY. THANK YOU\nVERY MUCH.\nI HAVE A VISUAL AID.\nALL RIGHT. YES. TRUE. THANK\nYOU, BETSY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR\nSERVICE IN THE LIBRARY'S.\nPIPPIN. AND THEN SHARA.\nGOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS\nPIPPIN. I AM THE EXECUTIVE\nDIRECTOR OF A NONPROFIT LITERARY\nARTS ORGANIZATION BASED IN\nDISTRICT 3. OVER THE YEARS I\nHAVE ALSO MAGAZINE EXPRESSING\nAND SUPPORT OF CITY LITERATURE.\nWHICH MANAGES OUR CITIES\nDESIGNATION IS A CITY OF\nLITERATURE. I SHARE ALL THIS TO\nSAY THAT I BELIEVE I'M\nQUALIFIED TO SPEAK TO HOW DEEPLY\nTHE LIBRARY IMPACTS SEATTLE'S\nLITERARY COMMUNITY. SEATTLE IS A\nCITY OF READERS AND WRITERS. THE\nREGION HAS LITERARY TRADITION\nTHAT GOES BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL\nINHABITANTS. REGARDLESS OF\nBACKGROUND OR BELIEF WE\nSEATTLEITES SHARE A COMMON BOND\nFOR STORYTELLING. OUR LIBRARY IS\nABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL TO THIS\nIDENTITY. TO THE BOOKS IT\nCIRCULATES, THE WRITERS IT\nBRINGS IN FOR PROGRAMS AND THE\nCOMMUNITIES IT BUILDS AROUND\nREADING AND WRITING. IT IS NO\nEXAGGERATION TO SAY THAT IT\nWOULD NOT BE A UNESCO CITY OF\nLITERATURE, ONE OF ONLY TWO IN\nTHE U.S., AND 53 WORLDWIDE,\nWITHOUT A STRONG SEATTLE PUBLIC\nLIBRARY. OUR TIME WITH DEMOCRACY\nFEELS FRAGILE AND THIS\nINFORMATION SPREADS FASTER,\nLITERATURE MATTERS. READING\nSLOWS US DOWN IN AN ECONOMY .\nREADING CREATES SPACE FOR\nREFLECTION. COMBATS ISOLATION\nAND BUILDS APATHY BY ALLOWING\nNOT OTHERWISE UNDERSTAND. IT IS\nA WAY , IN A WAY IT'S NOT JUST\nA PRIVATE ACT, IT IS A CIVIC\nONE. SUPPORTING A LITERATE\nCULTURE IS AN ACT OF DEMOCRACY.\nTHAT IS WHY AM GRATEFUL TO THE\nCOUNCIL MEMBERS FOR PRIORITIZING\nLIBRARY COLLECTIONS IN THE LEVY.\nWE MUST COST AND DEMANDS FOR\nLIBRARY BOOKS. AN INVESTMENT AND\nCURIOSITY, IMAGINATION AND\nINFORMED AND ENGAGED PUBLIC. FOR\nALL THESE REASONS I URGE YOU TO\nPLEASE VOTE IT IN. THANK YOU FOR\nYOUR ATTENTION. AND ALL THE WORK\nYOU DO.\nTHANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SHARA\nAND THEN LILY.\nI AM ANN AND I AM A LIFELONG\nLOVER OF LIBRARIES. I HAVE\nSERVED ON A VARIETY OF\nFOUNDATION BOARDS AND AM\nCURRENTLY THE EMERITUS CHAIR FOR\nTHE FOUNDATION BOARD SUPPORTING\nTHE LIBRARY. I HAVE GIVEN TOURS\nOF HER CENTRAL LIBRARY. I'VE\nTALKED TO PEOPLE AND PROMOTED\nTHE LIBRARY ALL OF MY TIME HERE\nIN SEATTLE WHICH IS MY ADULT\nLIFE. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK\nYOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND\nENCOURAGE YOU TO GIVE AS MUCH AS\nPOSSIBLE TO FUND OF THE LIBRARY.\nPARTICULARLY AROUND THE\nCOLLECTIONS . WHEN I GO TO MY\nLIBRARY I SEE PEOPLE WALKING OUT\nWITH ARMLOADS OF BOOKS. SO I\nKNOW THEY ARE REALLY UTILIZING\nALL OF THE RESOURCES. IT MAKES A\nBIG DIFFERENCE. IT MAKES US A\nBETTER EDUCATED, MORE AWARE AND\nSMARTER COMMUNITY. SO KEEP IT\nGOING. GIVE US THE BEST MONEY\nYOU CAN TO KEEP THE LIBRARY\nSTRONG. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.\nTHANK YOU, ANN. SHARA,\nSHEILA, EXCUSE ME, LILY AND\nCHRISTIANA .\nHI, I APPRECIATE THE SHORT\nMICROPHONE. THANK YOU, CHAIR AND\nCOUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS\nSHARA, AND THE COEXECUTIVE\nDIRECTOR AT LITERACY SOURCE.\nBASED IN DISTRICT 5. WE ARE AN\nADULT EDUCATION ORGANIZATION AND\nLITERACY. I AM HERE TO THANK\nCANCEL MEMBERS FOR THEIR\nAMENDMENT TO EXPAND A LINGUAL\nPROGRAMMING AT THE LIBRARY.\nLITERACY SOURCE IS A LONGTIME\nPARTNER OF A LIBRARY. ON\nPROGRAMS THAT SERVE IMMIGRANTS\nAND REFUGEES. FOR EXAMPLE, WE\nRUN THE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE\nCONVERSATION CLASSES AND HAVE\nLOTS OF PEOPLE COMING IN\nREGULARLY WHO ARE ADULTS WORKING\nON THEIR ENGLISH. THEY CURRENTLY\nTAKE PLACE AT THE CENTRAL\nLIBRARY , BEACON HILL, LAKE\nCITY, HIGH POINT, NEWHOLLY,\nNORTHGATE AND SOUTHPARK RANCHES\nAND ALSO VIRTUALLY. WE ARE ABLE\nTO OFFER SO MANY OPTIONS THIS\nYEAR BECAUSE OF THE TWO YEAR\nGRANT FROM THE CARNEGIE\nCORPORATION OF NEW YORK SECURED\nBY THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY\nFOUNDATION LAST YEAR. THE\nFUNDING NEARLY DOUBLE THE NUMBER\nOF FREE LIBRARY PROGRAMS THAT\nARE SERVING LOOSELY WHICH\nLEARNERS AND WE KNOW THERE IS A\nHUGE NEED OUT THERE. WE EXPANDED\nONE ON ONE ADULT EDUCATION\nTUTORING, DIGITAL SKILLS\nCLASSES, AND INTRODUCED LEVEL\nENGLISH CLASSES FOR THE FIRST\nTIME AT THE LIBRARY. THE GRANT\nCAME AT A TIME WHEN DEMAND FOR\nFREE AND LOW-COST ENGLISH\nCLASSES IS VERY HIGH, AS WE KNOW\nAS A LITERACY SOURCE BECAUSE WE\nARE REGULARLY TURNING AWAY\nSTUDENTS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE\nSPACE. SO WE KNOW AT THIS TIME\nMANY IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES\nALSO FEEL THAT THEY ARE AT GREAT\nRISK. AND LEARNING ENGLISH IS A\nWONDERFUL BENEFITS AND WE WANT\nTO HELP THEM. THE FUNDING FOR\nTHAT GRANT EXPIRES IN JULY 2027\nAND THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT\nIT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE\nRENEWED. SO THE AMENDMENT THAT\nCOUNCIL MEMBERS PROVIDED TO\nCONTINUE RESOURCES TO SERVE\nENGLISH-LANGUAGE LEARNERS -- AND\nEXPANDING THE PLAN LEARN\nPROGRAMS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS, FOR\nRECOGNIZING THE VITAL ROLE OF\nTHE LIBRARY AND SERVING OUR\nIMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS AND I URGE\nYOU ALL TO SUPPORT THE\nAMENDMENT. THANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU. NEXT, LILY,\nCHRISTIANA, AND MONIQUE.\nWELCOME, LILY.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS.\nMY NAME IS LILY, I'M A RESIDENT\nOF DISTRICT 1. I WANT TO THANK\nMY COUNCIL MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY\nFOR THE AMENDMENT TO PROVIDE FOR\nADDITIONAL RETROFIT FOR THE\nLIBRARY PRIORITIZING OUR\nBEAUTIFUL WEST SEATTLE BRANCH.\nTHIS BRANCH IS EVEN MORE\nHISTORIC THAN MANY REALIZE. IT\nOPENED IN JULY 1910 IS THE FIRST\nPERMANENT LIBRARY BRANCH IN\nSEATTLE. AND IS STILL THE OLDEST\nOPERATING LIBRARY BUILDING IN\nTHE CITY. IT IS ON THE NATIONAL\nREGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND\nIS A LANDMARKED BUILDING. WHEN I\nFIRST MOVED TO WEST SEATTLE, NO\nJOKE, IT WAS THE FIRST PLACE\nABOUT MY MOM. SHE IS A RETIRED\nLIBRARIAN AND OUR LIBRARY BRANCH\nMANAGER FROM NEW JERSEY AND I\nWANT TO SHOW HER WHAT KIND OF\nNEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMITTEE I\nJUST MOVED INTO. THERE IS NO\nBETTER PLACE TO SHOW THAT FROM\nTHE WONDERFUL WELCOMING READING\nAREA AND THE CHILDREN'S AREA TO\nTHE INCREDIBLE STAFF THAT HOSTS\nPROGRAMS FROM STORYTIME TO LOCAL\nCLUBS CLASS CALLED MUSIC\nCONCERTS. IT IS TRULY A HUB OF\nTHE NEIGHBORHOOD AND BEYOND.\nHOWEVER, IT WILL BE 124 YEARS\nOLD BY THE END OF THIS LEVY\nCYCLE. IT DOES NOT HAVE THE\nREINFORCED MASONRY TO PROTECT\nTHE BUILDING DURING AN\nEARTHQUAKE OR THE CLIMATE AND\nACCESSIBILITY FEATURES OF MOST\nMODERN LIBRARIES. MY\nGRANDMOTHER, WAS ONLY 24 YEARS\nYOUNGER THAN THAT BUILDING, SHE\nTURNS 101 THIS YEAR, WOULD\nCERTAINLY BENEFIT FROM THOSE\nADDITIONS. AS WE ALL KNOW,\nSEATTLE IS OVERDUE FOR THE BIG\nONE. TO PARAPHRASE COUNCILMEMBER\nRINCK LAST WEEK, THE BEST TIME\nFOR A SEISMIC SAFETY UPGRADE IS\nBEFORE THE BIG ONE HITS. FUNDING\nTHE WEST SEATTLE RETROFIT NOW\nALSO HELP MAKE SURE OUR\nNEIGHBORS IN QUEEN ANNE AND\nFREMONT BENEFIT FROM SIMILAR\nPROJECTS IN THE NEXT LEVY CYCLE.\nWE CAN'T AFFORD TO WAIT TOO\nLONG TO PRESERVE THESE HISTORIC\nBUILDINGS. PLEASE VOTE YES FOR\nTHIS AMENDMENT AND IT BENEFITS\nEVERYONE WHO COMES THROUGH THE\nDOORS OF OUR BRANCHES.\nTHANK YOU, LILY. NEXT,\nCHRISTIANA AND THEN MONIQUE AND\nTHEN WE GO TO OUR ONLINE.\nWELCOME.\nMY NAME IS CHRISTIANA. I LIVE\nIN DISTRICT 6. WHEN MY KIDS WERE\nLITTLE WE WOULD GO TO THE\nGREENWOOD LIBRARY IN OUR\nNEIGHBORHOOD OFTEN. WHEN WE\nWOULD RIDE THE ELEVATOR AS IT\nCREAKED AND CRAWLED THERE WOULD\nBE THAT MOMENT BETWEEN MYSELF,\nMY KIDS AND OTHER PATRONS LOOK\nTHAT SAYS, ARE WE GOING TO GET\nSTUCK? THOSE KIDS ARE YOUNG\nADULTS NOW. ONE OF THEM IS HERE\nWITH ME TODAY. AND THE ELEVATOR\nAT THE GREENWOOD LIBRARY AND\nOTHERS IN OUR DISTRICT CONTINUE\nTO CREAK AND CRAWL EVER SO\nSLOWLY UP AND DOWN BETWEEN\nFLOORS. THE SAME HERE TO THANK\nMY COUNCILMEMBER, FOR HIS\nPROPOSED AMENDMENT TO FUND ADA\nACCESSIBILITY AND MAINTENANCE\nNEEDS AT OUR LIBRARIES. THESE\nFUNDS ARE CRITICALLY NEEDED,\nESPECIALLY FOR ELEVATOR AND\nESCALATOR REPLACEMENTS. IF YOU\nHAD BEEN ON THE STREET TO THE\nCENTRAL LIBRARY, THIS WEEK,\nYOU'D HAVE SEEN AN ELEVATOR AND\nESCALATOR ARE CURRENTLY DOWN. AS\nIS, UNFORTUNATELY, OFTEN THE\nCASE IN THAT AMAZING AND AGING\nBUILDING. AS OUR LIBRARIES AGE,\nELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS ARE\nOFTEN THE FIRST THINGS TO BREAK.\nLEADING TO SAFETY RISKS AND\nINACCESSIBILITY. AND AS ANYONE\nWHO HAS LIVED OR WORKED IN A\nHIGH-RISE BUILDING THOSE,\nELEVATORS AREN'T CHEAP OR QUICK\nTO REPLACE. THAT IS WHY THE TIME\nTO FUND THESE REPLACEMENTS IS\nRIGHT NOW WITH THE ONCE EVERY\nSEVEN YEARS OPPORTUNITY IN FRONT\nOF YOU BEFORE COSTS GET EVEN\nHIGHER OR A SERIOUS ISSUE\nOCCURS. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\nSTRAUSS, FOR PROPOSING FUNDS TO\nADEQUATELY ADDRESS ADA\nACCESSIBILITY AND MAINTENANCE\nACROSS THE LIBRARY SYSTEM.\nWITHOUT THIS FUNDING WE WILL\nFALL DANGEROUSLY BEHIND ON\nMAKING SURE OUR LIBRARIES ARE\nSAFE AND ACCESSIBLE FOR\nEVERYONE. I ASKED THE COUNCIL TO\nVOTE YES ON THIS AMENDMENT.\nTHANK YOU SO MUCH.\nTHANK YOU, CHRISTIANA. NEXT,\nMONIQUE, AND THEN WE WILL GO TO\nOUR ONLINE SPEAKERS. WELCOME.\nMY NAME IS MONIQUE AND I LIVE\nIN DISTRICT 4. I FEGLI VISIT THE\nFREMONT LIBRARY. I SERVE ON THE\nBOARD OF THE FRIENDS OF THE\nSEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY.\nTHROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS YOU\nENGAGED WITH MANY OF MY FELLOW\nBOARD MEMBERS AS WE SEEK TO\nFULFILL OUR MISSION LIBRARY AND\nINSPIRE A LOVE OF READING IN OUR\nCOMMUNITY. AND THANKS FOR\nLISTENING AND I WANT TO\nESPECIALLY THANK COUNCILMEMBER\nRINCK, NOT JUST FOR YOUR\nFANTASTIC REAL WITH MY BOARD\nCOLLEAGUE JENNIFER, BUT ALSO FOR\nSPONSORING THE AMENDMENT TO\nEXPAND INTO DIGITAL BOOKS. AS\nYOU REPEATEDLY HEARD, BOTH\nDIGITAL BOOKS AND PEAK PICS ARE\nEXTREMELY POPULAR AMONG SEATTLE\nREADERS. IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE\nTO TAKE ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR\nTHINGS LIBRARY DOES AND COMBINE\nIT WITH THE MOST POPULAR CURRENT\nFORMAT REQUESTED BY THE PUBLIC.\nTHAT THE LIBRARY OFFERS. PEAK\nPICS OFFERS NO WAY ACCESS TO\nMOST IN DEMAND NEW RELEASES FROM\nWELL-KNOWN AUTHORS AND RIGHT NOW\nFOR EXAMPLE IT FEATURES THE\nLATEST WORKS FROM. IT ALSO\nHIGHLIGHTS WRITERS AND NEW\nVOICES AND CURRENT PICS INCLUDE\nNORTHWEST TRAVEL GUIDE, A MANUAL\nON GROWING VEGETABLES IN\nWASHINGTON AND A MYSTERY SET ON\nWHIDBEY ISLAND. IT PROVIDES A\nBELOVED SERVICE FOR PATRONS AND\nVALUABLE PLATFORM FOR EMERGING\nAND DIVERSE WRITERS AT THE FRONT\nOF EVERY LIBRARY AND HOPEFULLY\nSOON ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE\nAB. PLEASE VOTE YES TO EXPAND\nACCESS TO PEAK PICS AND DIGITAL\nBOOKS.\nTHANK YOU. WE WILL GO TO OUR\nONLINE SPEAKERS. WE HAVE BRIAN,\nROBERTA, AND KATHLEEN. BRIAN,\nPRESS STAR SIX AND YOU MAY\nBEGIN.\nTHIS IS BRIAN. I'M A HOST ON\nTHE SEATTLE CHANNEL. THANK YOU\nFOR THE OPPORTUNITY. I'VE\nTALKED WITH ALL OF YOU AT THE\nSEATTLE CHANNEL STUDIOS BEFORE\nBUT THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.\nI'M SPEAKING TO YOU IN SUPPORT\nOF COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS'S\nAMENDMENT TO THE LIBRARY LEVY.\nAMENDMENT NUMBER EIGHT ON PAGE\n16 OF YOUR AMENDMENT'S PACKET.\nTHIS MEASURE WOULD EXPAND\nLIBRARY PROGRAMMING ON THE\nSEATTLE CHANNEL. A RELATIVELY\nLOW COST OF $300,000 PER YEAR,\n$2.1 MILLION OVER THE LIFE OF\nTHE LEVY. THE SEATTLE CHANNEL IS\nBROADCAST MONTHLY LIBRARY BOARD\nMEETINGS, FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS,\nAND THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY NOW\nTO BUILD ON THIS PARTNERSHIP AND\nLEVERAGE THE CHANNEL'S GROWING\nONLINE PRESENCE WITH 5.5 MILLION\nANNUAL VIDEO ABUSE TO PROMOTE\nLIBRARY CONTENT. BOOK TALKS,\nLECTURES AND OTHER LIBRARY\nPRESENTATIONS COULD BE FEATURED\nON SEATTLE CHANNELS MULTIPLE\nVIDEO PLATFORMS. CONNECTING WITH\nTHE CHANNELS 156,000 FOLLOWERS\nON SOCIAL MEDIA INCLUDING 82,000\nSUBSCRIBERS ON YOUTUBE ALONE.\nTHIS AMENDMENT IS NOT A LARGE\nINCREASE TO THE LEVY. BUT IT\nWOULD CREATE A SIGNIFICANT\nFUNDING SOURCE FOR THE SEATTLE\nCHANNEL. AS MANY CANCEL MEMBERS\nKNOW, THE CHANNEL FACE MAJOR\nFUNDING CUTS IN 2024 THAT\nWOULD'VE RESULTED IN THE LOSS\nOF SHOWS LIKE THE ONES I HOST\nWITH YOU AND OTHER GUESTS, PLUS\nOTHER POPULAR PROGRAMS. LIKE ART\nZONE. AND BOOK LOVE. I AM\nTHANKFUL TO THE COUNCIL THAT\nFUNDING FOR THE CHANNEL WAS\nRESTORED THEN, BUT DECREASING\nREVENUE FROM CABLE FEES REMAINS\nA CONCERN. THAT IS WHY THIS IDEA\nOF ADDING A LITTLE BIT OF LEVY\nMONEY TO THE CHANNEL, CREATING A\nBRAIDED APPROACH WITH MULTIPLE\nFUNDING SOURCES FOR THE CHANNEL\nPRESENTS ITSELF AS A PRACTICAL\nAND SUSTAINABLE PATH FORWARD. AS\nA JOURNALIST COVERING CITY HALL\nIT IS NOT COMFORTABLE FOR ME TO\nSPEAK OUT ABOUT THE CITY DOLLARS\nTHAT AFFECT MY JOB, AS I WAS NOT\nCOMFORTABLE TWO YEARS AGO. BUT\nI'M GOING TO SAY WITH ALL THE\nHUMIDITY I CAN, I SEE THE WORK\nOF THE SEATTLE CHANNEL IS A\nCRITICAL PART OF THE FABRIC OF\nTHE CITY AND IT NEEDS TO SURVIVE\nAND FLOURISH. THIS IS A VERY\nSMALL INCREASE TO THE LEVY, BUT\nI SEE IT AS A FISCALLY\nRESPONSIBLE MOVE TO PROMOTE\nSEATTLE LIBRARIES AND HELP THE\nSEATTLE CHANNEL 5 INTO THE\nFUTURE. THANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU, BRIAN. NEXT,\nROBERTA. PRESS STAR SIX. YOU MAY\nBEGIN.\nTHANK YOU, CHAIR AND COUNCIL\nMEMBERS. MY NAME IS ROBERTA AND\nI LIVE IN DISTRICT 5. MY FIRST\nTIME EVER CALLING IN TO MAKE\nPUBLIC COMMENT ON AN ISSUE. I\nHAVE BEEN A LIFELONG SUPPORTER\nOF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY,\nFREQUENTED THE NORTHEAST\nLIBRARY, AND AND AN AVID\nAUDIOBOOK USER. THE LIBRARY IS A\nPLACE THAT I AND SO MANY OTHERS\nHAVE ALWAYS CALLED HOME. I'M\nALSO AN ACTIVE YOU ARE OF THE\nEMMY AWARD-WINNING SEATTLE\nCHANNEL. SUCH A GREAT EXISTING\nFREE RESOURCE THAT THE CITY\nSHOULD BE PROUD OF. THIS IS WHY\nAM SO PLEASED TO SEE THE\nAMENDMENT FROM COUNCILMEMBER\nSTRAUSS TO GROW THE SEATTLE\nCHANNEL COVERAGE OF THE LIBRARY\nPROGRAMS. WHAT A GREAT\nCOLLABORATION THAT WILL BE.\nLIBRARY PROGRAMS ARE SUCH A HUGE\nWIN FOR THE CITY. EDUCATIONAL\nAND FREE OF CHARGE. A BROAD\nRANGE OF PROGRAMS OFFER\nSOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. TRULY A\nCOMMON GROUND. THESE MUST BE\nACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE INCLUDING\nPEOPLE FACE BARRIERS, PRESENTED\nBY THE TRANSPORTATION, CHILDCARE\nAND MORE. AND WHO MAY NOT BE\nABLE TO ATTEND LIBRARY PROGRAMS\nIN PERSON. THE SEATTLE CHANNEL\nIS ANOTHER ESSENTIAL FREE\nEDUCATIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE. THEY\nDO SUCH AN AMAZING JOB OF\nCOVERING CITY POLITICS AND SO\nMUCH MORE. THEY ALREADY OFFER\nAWARD-WINNING ORIGINAL CONTENT,\nCREATIVE AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS,\nVITAL ELECTION INFORMATION AND\nSEATTLE HISTORY JUST TO NAME A\nFEW. I'M EXCITED THAT\nCOUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS'S\nAMENDMENT WOULD PROVIDE MORE\nOPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE\nEXPERIENCE LIBRARY PROGRAMS\nREMOTELY VIA THE SEATTLE\nCHANNEL. I URGE YOU TO VOTE YES\nON THIS AMENDMENT AND SUPPORT\nMORE ACCESS TO TWO OF OUR\nCENTRAL PUBLIC SERVICES. THE\nLIBRARY AND THE SEATTLE CHANNEL.\nTHANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU, ROBERTA. KATHLEEN.\nPLEASE PRESS STAR SIX AND YOU\nMAY BEGIN.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS.\nMY NAME IS KATHLEEN, AND I LIVE\nIN DISTRICT 7. I AM SPEAKING IN\nSUPPORT OF THE LIBRARY LEVY WITH\nAN EMPHASIS ON ADDITIONAL\nFUNDING FOR THE COMMUNITY\nRESOURCE SPECIALIST POSITION.\nFOR 19 YEARS I WAS THE EXECUTIVE\nDIRECTOR OF CRISIS CLINIC, NOW\nCRISIS CONNECTION. WHICH\nPROVIDES TELEPHONE-BASED\nINFORMATION REFERRALS TO HELP\nHEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND A\nBROAD ARRAY OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH\nCRISIS DIVERSION SERVICES\nINCLUDING 988 , THE SUICIDE AND\nCRISIS LINE. I WAS A COFOUNDER\nOF WASHINGTON STATE 211 SERVICE,\nA THREE DIGIT DIALING CODE THAT\nMADE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE -- THE\nLIBRARY'S COMMUNITY RESOURCE\nSPECIALISTS ARE A DEDICATED\nSTAFF WHO HAVE THE CAPACITY ,\nEXPERTISE AND EMPATHY TO WORK\nWITH VULNERABLE LIBRARY\nPATIENTS. EXPANDING THESE\nPOSITIONS AND WORKING WITH THE\nCARE TEAM TO BETTER INTEGRATE\nSERVICE CONNECTION FROM LIBRARY\nLOCATION WILL STRENGTHEN OUR\nCITY SAFETY NET. THIS WILL\nBENEFIT PATRONS AT THE CENTRAL\nLIBRARY, BALLARD, AND CAPITOL\nHILL. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK\nCOUNCIL MEMBERS FOSTER, STRAUSS\nAND HOLLINGSWORTH. THERE\nIMPORTANT AMENDMENT WOULD\nADDRESS THE CRISIS NEEDS OF\nLIBRARY PATRONS. I ENCOURAGE ALL\nCOUNCILMEMBERS TO SUPPORT THIS\nAMENDMENT AND EXPAND THE\nLIBRARY'S ROLE IN ADDRESSING\nTHE NEEDS OF OUR LITTLE MEMBERS\nOF OUR CITY. THANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU. COLLEEN, PLEASE\nPRESS STAR SIX AND YOU MAY\nBEGIN.\nGOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.\nARE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 3200\nRESIDENTS, 100% SUPPORTS THE $10\nMILLION VIBRATE LEVY. AS YOU\nKNOW, IT IS WHOPPING 50%\nINCREASE INFLATION ADJUSTMENT\nREPLACEMENT LEVY WHICH COVERS\nEVERYTHING FROM OPERATIONS\nMAINTENANCE, BOOKS AND\nMATERIALS, INFRASTRUCTURE,\nE-BOOKS AND THE WONDERFUL\nOUTREACH SERVICES. THERE ARE\nSOME REAL CONCERNS AMONG\nCONSTITUENTS THAT THE LEVY\nREQUIRES THE CITY TO RECEIVE\nLEVY LIMITS FROM THE STATE AND\nTHE NEIGHBORS ESPECIALLY SENIORS\nAND SEVERAL VETERANS ON FIXED\nINCOMES DO NOT SUPPORT\nADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS SEATTLE\nEVEN AT A DANGEROUSLY HIGH\n---THE STATE. ADDING MORE\nMILLIONS AMENDMENTS FOR THE CITY\nFOR REAL EMERGENCIES. YESTERDAY\nAS WE STOOD AT THE MARKET\nNEIGHBORS WERE CONTEMPLATING IN\nTHE CARTS WHETHER THEY SHOULD\nSTUFF THE CART FULL OF\nEVERYTHING OR SHOULD SOMETHING\nBE LEFT ON THE SHELF BROTHERS\nFOR EMERGENCIES. THIS IS THE\nSAME AS SAVING A SMALL OF AMOUNT\nOF TAXING CAPACITY. OR\nCONTINGENCY FOR THE CITY'S\nFUTURE. ALL OF SEATTLE RESIDENTS\nHAVE WONDERFUL AFFILIATIONS WITH\nSEATTLE LIBRARIES AND GREAT\nMEMORIES. BUT WE CAN'T AFFORD\nMORE THAN THE $410 MILLION WHICH\nIS A 50% INCREASE. LANDOWNERS\nHAVE ALREADY BEEN TAXED HEAVILY\nTO FUND PARKS AND REC LEVY,\nCHILDREN, FAMILIES AND FREE\nPRESCHOOL WHICH ALSO PROVIDES\nMANY OF THESE RESOURCES IN SAFE\nPLACES FOR CHILDREN TO BE AFTER\nSCHOOL. PLEASE PASS THE $400\nMILLION -- $410 MILLION CB 12181\nWITH NO AMENDMENTS. LET'S KEEP\nSEATTLE MORE AFFORDABLE FOR\nLANDOWNERS, RENTERS, HOMEOWNERS,\nAND SAVE SOMETHING FOR A RAINY\nDAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR\nWORK ON THIS.\nTHANK YOU, COLLEEN. MARGARET\nBUTLER. PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX\nAND YOU MAY BEGIN.\nHI, THANK YOU, COUNCIL\nMEMBERS, FOR YOUR TIME. I AM\nMARGARET BUTLER. I AM AN ARTIST,\nGRAPHIC DESIGNER AND SMALL\nBUSINESS OWNER IN SEATTLE AND I\nLIVE IN VERMONT IN DISTRICT 6. I\nALSO RENT AN ART STUDIO IN\nBALLARD. I'M HERE TO TELL YOU\nTHAT I SUPPORT THE LIBRARY LEVY\nIN FULL AND SPECIFICALLY THE\nAMENDMENT TO ADD TO OUR\nCOLLECTION AND COUNCILMEMBER\nRINCK'S AMENDMENT FOR PEAK\nPICS. MY FIRST TO SETTLE ONE OF\nTHE THINGS I DID WAS GET A\nLIBRARY CARD. I WILL NEVER\nFORGET THE FIRST TIME I WENT TO\nCENTRAL LIBRARY, I WALKED IN, I\nLOOKED UP AND WAS TAKING IN THE\nBEAUTY WELL A CELLIST WAS\nPLAYING AND IT BROUGHT TEARS TO\nMY EYES BECAUSE I WAS SO EXCITED\nAND HAPPY IT WAS MY NEW HOME. I\nLOVE IT SEATTLE IS INVESTING IN\nITS LIBRARY INCREASE SPACES FOR\nCITIZENS. I USE THE LIBRARY\nEVERY DAY READING DIGITAL BOOKS\nAND AUDIOBOOKS , RENTING\nPHYSICAL BOOKS AND I AM OLD\nSCHOOL SO I LIKE TO RENT DVDS\nFROM TIME TO TIME. THE LIBRARY\nSUPPORTS MY SMALL BUSINESS NEEDS\nWITH PRINTING, COMPUTER AND\nWI-FI ACCESS, REFERENCE MATERIAL\nFOR MY ART, PERSONAL HOTSPOTS\nFOR MY ART STUDIO, AND EVEN GOT\nAN AFFIDAVIT NOTARIZED AT THE\nLIBRARY SO I COULD USE MY\nPARTNER'S WORKPLACE HEALTH\nINSURANCE WHICH IS HUGE FOR A\nSMALL BUSINESS OWNER LIKE ME.\nONE THING I'VE NOTICED IS THE\nTIME AT THE LIBRARY ARE TOO\nLONG. SINCE WE ARE TOP 10 IN THE\nNATION IN SEATTLE WITH DIGITAL\nBOOK RENTALS, I FIND MYSELF\nWAITING SEVERAL WEEKS FOR THE\nMATERIALS I WANT AND NEED. FOR\nEXAMPLE I PLACED A HOLD ON A\nPERSONAL HOTSPOTS AT THE END OF\nLAST YEAR AND FINALLY GOT IT\nLAST WEEK SO I COULD USE IT IN\nMY ART STUDIO. I END UP ACTUALLY\nPURCHASING A BOOK FOR A BOOK\nCLUB I AM IN BECAUSE THE\nPHYSICAL, DIGITAL AND AUDIOBOOK\nCOPIES OF PROJECT HAIL MARY WERE\nON HOLD UNTIL LONG AFTER OUR\nBOOK CLUB WAS AGILE TO DISCUSS\nTHE BOOK. IN CONCLUSION I\nSUPPORT THE LIBRARY LEVY BECAUSE\nIT IS AN IMPORTANT COMMUNITY\nRESOURCE FOR SMALL BUSINESS\nOWNERS AND READING ENTHUSIASTS\nLIKE ME. WE NEED ACCESS TO\nEDUCATIONAL MATERIALS -- SO\nPLEASE SUPPORT THIS LIBRARY LEVY\nIN FULL. THANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU, MARGARET. DAVID\nHAYNES, PRESS START SIX AND YOU\nMAY BEGIN.\nIS THERE ANYWAY WE CAN\nINCREASE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT AND\nBUILD SOME NEW LIBRARIES? EVERY\nTIME WE HAVE TO DO A SEISMIC\nRETROFIT IT IS A SIGN WE HAVE A\nBUILDING CODE VIOLATION AND\nUNSTABLE WALLS. THE THING IS, WE\nNEED TO IMPROVE THE SERVICES\nTHAT HAVE TO RESPOND TO THE\nSOCIETAL EXPLOSION WE KEEP IT\nDEALING WITH WHEN PEOPLE THINK\nTHAT THE LIBRARY IS A FREE PLACE\nTO HANG OUT AND BOTHER OTHER\nPEOPLE. AND A PERFECT EFFORT\nWOULD BE, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTERS\nAMENDMENT THAT IS GOING TO SPEND\n$10 MILLION TO REMODEL THE\nCENTRAL LIBRARY. IF YOU ALL\nWOULD ALLOW FOR A PARTICIPATORY\nEFFORT TO REMODEL, IT WOULD BE\nGREAT. BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO\nCREATE PERSONAL SPACE FOR\nSOMEONE LIKE ME TO GO IN THERE,\nRIGHT MY SPEECH AND NOT BE\nBOTHERED BY OTHER PEOPLE'S\nPROBLEMS , THE PASSIVE\nAGGRESSIVELY BOTHER OTHER PEOPLE\n, AT THE SAME COMPUTER TABLE, AT\nTHE SAME READING AREA. AND IT'S\nFRUSTRATING BECAUSE TO THE POINT\nWHERE I HAVE PRETTY MUCH GIVEN\nUP ON GOING THERE , KNOWING FULL\nWELL WITHIN FIVE MINUTES I'M\nGOING TO BE STRESSED OUT. IT'S\nNOT FAIR. AND PART OF THE\nPROBLEM IS , I HATE TO SAY THIS,\nBUT THE SERVICE PROVIDERS WERE\nSUPPOSED TO PROVIDE SHOWER AND\nLAUNDRY, THEY DON'T SHOW UP AND\nPICK SOMEBODY UP WHO GETS A\nTICKET, THE GIVES THEM A\nGUARANTEE THAT THEY GET A SHOWER\nAND LAUNDRY RIGHT AWAY. A LOT OF\nTIMES I'VE ASKED SOME OF THE\nLIBRARIANS, WHAT YOU CALL THE\nSERVICE PROVIDER ? THEY SAY WE\nHAVE DONE THAT, WE KNOW THIS\nPERSON, THEY'VE GOT PROBLEMS\nAND THEY WILL BE BACK. IT'S\nLIKE, SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO\nCALL SO THEY CAN GO TAKE A\nSHOWER AND LAUNDRY. THEY SAY, WE\nARE NOT GOING TO JUDGE, WE ARE\nALL INCLUSIVE. IT'S MOST LIKE A\nPASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE ALLOWANCE FOR\nA DISGRUNTLED ATTITUDE TO TAKE\nIT OUT ON SOMEBODY ELSE. A\nPATRON WHO CANNOT ENJOY THE\nLIBRARY BECAUSE IT IS TOO NOISY\nAND THERE TOO MANY BOTHERSOME\nPEOPLE. YOU GOT TO HAVE THE\nREMODEL --\nTHANK YOU, DAVID.\nTHIS IS OUR LAST SPEAKER.\nTHERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL\nREGISTERED SPEAKERS. THE PUBLIC\nCOMMENT PERIOD IS CLOSED. WILL\nPROCEED TO HER ITEM OF BUSINESS.\nI JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE\nFOR COMING DOWN HERE AND GIVING\nYOUR TESTIMONY, THANK YOU FOR\nDOING JAZZ HANDS AND SNAPS.\nLECLERC PLEASE READ ITEM ONE\nINTO THE RECORD?\nAN ORDINANCE RELATING TO\nREGULAR PROPERTY TAXES.\nPROVIDING FOR THE SUBMISSION TO\nTHE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE\nCITY AT AN ELECTION TO BE HELD\nON AUGUST 4, 2026, OF A\nPROPOSITION AUTHORIZING THE CITY\nTO LEVY REGULAR PROPERTY TAXES\nFOR UP TO SEVEN YEARS IN EXCESS\nOF THE LIMITATION ON LEVIES IN\nCHAPTER 84.55 RCW FOR THE\nPURPOSE OF SUSTAINING\nINVESTMENTS IN LIBRARY OPERATING\nHOURS, COLLECTIONS, TECHNOLOGY,\nPROGRAMMING, AND MAINTENANCE\nWHILE EXPANDING ACCESS TO\nOPPORTUNITY THROUGH LIBRARY\nMATERIALS, TECHNOLOGY, AND\nUNDERTAKING A SEISMIC RETROFIT\nOF ONE LIBRARY FACILITY. AND\nRATIFYING AND CONFIRMING CERTAIN\nPRIOR ACTS. FOR BRIEFING,\nDISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE.\nTHIS ITEM HAS BEEN READ INTO\nTHE RECORD. COLLEAGUES, WE ARE\nHERE. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO\nARE HERE IN PERSON OR WATCHING\nON THE SEATTLE CHANNEL, THANK\nYOU FOR BEING PRESENT FOR THESE\nREALLY IMPORTANT VOTES. AS PART\nOF THIS LEVY RENEWAL PROCESS, WE\nHAVE ALL SPOKEN ABOUT OUR LOVE\nFOR THE SEATTLE LIBRARIES. WE\nHAVE STRONG AFFECTION FOR LOCAL\nBRANCHES AND WE ARE ALIGNED IN A\nSHARED CONVICTION THAT WE HAVE\nONE OF THE BEST LIBRARY SYSTEMS\nIN THE WORLD. ONE BUILT TO SERVE\nA CITY OF AVID READERS AND\nLEARNERS. THE MAYOR SENT DOWN A\nGOOD PACKAGE BECAUSE SHE LOVES\nLIBRARIES, AND I LOVE LIBRARIES\nAS MUCH AS WE'LL DO. THAT IS\nWHY I SUPPORTED IT . IT IS 50%\nMORE THAN THE LAST LEVY, EVEN\nAFTER ACCOUNTING FOR INFLATION.\nIT INCREASES INVESTMENTS IN\nCOLLECTIONS, ACCESS AND\nPROGRAMMING, AND CAPITAL\nPROJECTS. AS WE DISCUSSED AT THE\nLAST MEETING, WE ARE FACING A\nVERY REAL LEVY CAP WITH THE\nPROPOSED PACKAGE WE WOULD HAVE\n$310 MILLION LEFT FOR FUTURE\nLEVIES. INCLUDING THE HOUSING ,\nTHEFT AND TRANSPORTATION LEVIES.\nIF ALL THE AMENDMENTS PASSED\nTODAY, THEN WE WILL ONLY HAVE\n$230 MILLION LEFT. THE ADDITIONS\nFROM THE AMENDMENT TODAY, WELL\nWORTHY, OR INCREASING ITEMS THAT\nARE ALREADY IN THE MAYOR'S\nPACKAGE AT A TIME WHEN WE CAN'T\nAFFORD MORE. WE KNOW THERE ARE\nOTHER NEEDS THAT ARE COMING.\nLET'S FACE IT, WE ARE ONLY IN\nYEAR TWO OF THIS MADMAN IN THE\nPRESIDENCY, IN THE PRESIDENTS\nSEAT, WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE WE\nWILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH. AND OF\nCOURSE EVERYONE KEEPS TALKING\nABOUT AFFORDABILITY IN SEATTLE.\nTHESE DAYS THAT SEEMS MORE REAL\nTHAN EVER. IF I FELT WE COULD\nADD THIS LEVY WITHOUT\nJEOPARDIZING FUTURE LEVIES OR\nADDING TO OUR AFFORDABILITY\nCRISIS, I TOO WOULD ADD MORE. WE\nDON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL TO\nPREDICT WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE\nFUTURE. WE ARE OPERATING WITH\nOUR KNOWLEDGE WE HAVE TODAY.\nTHERE IS NO JUDGMENT HERE, THIS\nIS NOT ABOUT WHO LOVES LIBRARIES\nMORE. THIS IS ABOUT FISCAL\nRESPONSIBILITY AND OUR ABILITY\nTO PAY FOR ALL OF OUR NEEDS. NO\nMATTER WHAT IS DECIDED TODAY, WE\nWILL HAVE A LEVY TO SEND TO THE\nVOTERS IN THE VOTERS CAN DECIDE\n. WITH THAT, COLLEAGUES, WE ARE\nGOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH HER\nMEETING. I MOVE THAT THE\nCOMMITTEE COMMENCE PASSAGE OF\nCOUNCIL BILL 121181. IS VERY\nSECOND?\nSECOND.\nTHANK YOU. IT IS MOVED AND\nSECONDED TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF\nTHE BILL. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE\nERIC McCONAGHY, OUR CENTRAL\nSTAFFER, COMING TO THE TABLE.\nTHANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. LET ME\nSHARE THE PROCESS FOR VOTING FOR\nTHE AMENDMENT. WE HAVE A NUMBER\nOF THEM. WHAT WE WILL DO IS\nTHIS. I WILL RECOGNIZE THE\nSPONSOR OF EACH AMENDMENT IN\nNUMERICAL ORDER. THE SPONSOR\nWILL MAKE THE MOTION TO MOVE\nTHERE AMENDMENT. WE WILL WAIT\nFOR IT TO BE SECONDED. AND THEN\nI WILL RECOGNIZE ERIC TO BRIEFLY\nPRESENT IT AND THEN I WILL\nRECOGNIZE THAT SPONSOR TO\nADDRESS THE AMENDMENT. I WILL\nTURN TO THE REST OF US FOR\nQUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AND THEN\nWE WILL MOVE ON THAT AMENDMENT\nAND REPEAT THE PROCESS FOR\nSUBSEQUENT AMENDMENT'S. ALL\nRIGHT, WITH THAT, COUNCILMEMBER\nFOSTER, YOUR RECOGNIZED MOVIE\nFIRST AMENDMENT.\nFANTASTIC, I WOULD LIKE TO\nMOVE AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. DO I\nHAVE A SECOND?\nSECOND.\nIT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO\nAMEND COUNCIL BILL 121181 ON\nAMENDMENT ONE. CENTRAL STAFF,\nERIC, WOULD YOU PLEASE PROVIDE A\nBRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE AMENDMENT?\nYES, GOOD MORNING, ERIC\nMcCONAGHY, COUNCIL CENTRAL\nSTAFF. IT IS SPONSORED BY\nCOUNCIL FOSTER, IT WOULD INTEND\nA PORTION OF THE LIBRARY LEVY\nFUNDING AMOUNT IS TRANSMITTED BY\nTHE MAYOR AND INCREASED BY THIS\nAMENDMENT TO THE AMOUNT OF 10\nNINE DOLLARS WOULD BE AUTHORIZED\nTO SUPPORT COMPLETING MAJOR\nRENOVATION AT THE CENTRAL\nLIBRARY.\nTHANK YOU, ERIC.\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, AS SPONSOR\nYOUR RECOGNIZED. IN ORDER TO\nADDRESS IT.\nTHANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR AND\nTHANK YOU, ERIC FROM CENTRAL\nSTAFF AND TO THE TEAM FROM\nLIBRARIES. I WANT TO ALSO EXTEND\nMY APPRECIATION TO HER PUBLIC\nCOMMENTERS TODAY. AND THANK YOU\nFOR SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THIS\nAMENDMENT. I DO WANT TO SAY I\nWAS NOT IN CAHOOTS WITH THE\nESCALATOR AND ELEVATOR AT THE\nCENTRAL LIBRARY TO HAVE THE\nBREAKDOWN THIS WEEK. HOWEVER, I\nDO THINK IT IS EXEMPLARY OF PART\nOF THE REASON I AM BRINGING THIS\nAMENDMENT FORD. OUR CENTRAL\nLIBRARY IS AN INCREDIBLY SPECIAL\nPLACE. IS A SPECIAL PLACE FOR\nFAMILIES AND CHILDREN. I KNOW I\nSPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THE\nCHILDREN'S LIBRARY THERE MYSELF\nTAKING A BREAK FROM BUSY\nDOWNTOWN WHEN I WAS YOUNGER.\nIT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE\nMAINTAIN THAT BUILDING AND THAT\nWE INVEST IN AND NOW. AS WE KNOW\nAT THE END OF HIS LEVY THE\nBUILDING IS GOING TO BE ALMOST\n30 YEARS OLD. AND, WE ARE\nALREADY SEEING THE WEAR AND TEAR\nAND THE CENTRAL LIBRARY\nBUILDING. IN ADDITION TO THAT,\nAS THE FORMER LIBRARY AND SPOKE\nTO TODAY, WE ARE NOW , WITH 22\nYEARS UNDER OUR BELT, WE\nUNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THE NEEDS\nOF THE BUILDING AND WHAT\nRENOVATIONS COULD DO FOR THE\nUSERS. WITH THAT, THIS IS AN\nAMENDMENT INTENDED TO ENSURE THE\nCENTRAL LIBRARY REMAINS SAFE,\nWELCOMING AND BUILT FOR HOW\nTODAY'S FAMILIES USE IT.\nCOLLEAGUES, ASK FOR YOUR\nSUPPORT.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER\nFOSTER. ANY COMMENTS OR\nQUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, CLERK,\nWE YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON\nTHE ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT ONE.\nCOUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS: COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ: COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.\nHERE. [ ROLL CALL ]\nSIX IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED.\nTHE MOTION CARRIES .\nAMENDMENT ONE IS ADOPTED.\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, YOUR\nRECOGNIZED FIGURE NEXT\nAMENDMENT.\nTHANK YOU, I WOULD LIKE TO\nMOVE AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO.\nSECOND.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\nJUAREZ. IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED\nTO AMEND 121181 IS PRESENTED ON\nAMENDMENT TWO. COUNCILMEMBER\nFOSTER, AS SPONSOR YOUR\nRECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO ADDRESS\nIT.\nTHANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. I\nWILL BE BRIEF AND, COUNCILMEMBER\nJUAREZ, I KNOW I SPOKE TO THIS\nAMENDMENT LAST WEEK. IF YOU\nWOULD LIKE TO SHARE ANY WORDS I\nWILL BE BRIEF IN CASE YOU WOULD\nLIKE TO SHARE ANY. THESE\nORNAMENTS TO ENSURE WE HAVE\nTARGETED INVESTMENTS TO\nMULTILINGUAL PROGRAMS SO\nFAMILIES CAN ACCESS SERVICES IN\nTHE LANGUAGES THAT THEY SPEAK IT\nHOME. IT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT\nFOR OUR PLAY AND LEARN PROGRAMS\nTHAT FAMILIES CAN ACCESS THEM\nAND THIS AMENDMENT WOULD ALLOW\nUS TO EXPAND THOSE CRITICAL\nPROGRAMS ACROSS THE CITY AND TO\nENSURE WE HAVE MORE MULTILINGUAL\nSERVICES IN A TIME WHERE WE SO\nNEED THEM. CHAIR, IF IT'S OKAY\nFOR GO TO COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ\nTO SEE IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO AT\nANY COMMENTS AS COSPONSOR?\nYES, YOUR RECOGNIZED TO\nSPEAK.\nTHANK YOU, AND THANK YOU\nCANCEL MEMBER FOSTER FOR\nINVITING ME TO LOOK AT THIS AND\nCOSPONSORED WITH YOU. I THINK\nTHIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU AND I\nGOT TO WORK ON AMENDMENT\nTOGETHER. SO THANK YOU.\nCOLLEAGUES, I'M ASKING YOU TO\nSUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBER FOSTERS\nAMENDMENT OF WHICH I MAY\nCOSPONSOR, TO SUPPORT THE\nEXPANSION OF THE KALEIDOSCOPE\nPLAN LEARN PROGRAM. FIVE HAS\nTHREE LIBRARIES. LAKE CITY,\nNORTHGATE, BROADVIEW, HOWEVER,\nTHE KALEIDOSCOPE PROGRAM IS ONLY\nOFFERED AT THE LAKE CITY BRANCH\nAND ONLY OFFERED IN ENGLISH. LET\nME JUST SHARE THIS BEFORE I KIND\nOF PLAY OUT THE THREE LIBRARIES.\nCONNECTIVE TISSUE FOR ALL OF\nTHIS AND WHY I WAS SO INTRIGUED\nWITH COUNCILMEMBER FOSTERS\nAMENDMENT IS THAT WHEN WE LOOK\nAT LIBRARIES, FOR US ANYWAY, AND\nI THINK ACROSS THE DISTRICT, I\nLIKE TO LOOK AT THE PUBLIC ASSET\nOF THE LIBRARY IN CONJUNCTION\nWITH HOUSING DENSITY AND OF\nCOURSE ALL THE MONEY WE HAVE\nDONE , THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AS\nWELL, ON THE PRICKLY ISSUE. AND\nWORK THE MONEY WENT. AND HOW ,\nMY POINT IS TO DEDICATE PUBLIC\nACCESS TO PUBLIC ACCESS. THIS IS\nA PRIME EXAMPLE OF THAT. AT THE\nLAKE CITY LIBRARY, NEXT DOOR,\nTHE SOON TO BE BUILT COMMUNITY\nCENTER WILL HAVE 113 UNITS OF\nFAMILY HOUSING WITH PRESCHOOL\nAND PROGRAM ON-SITE. WE ALSO\nHAVE THE APARTMENTS WHICH IS ONE\nBLOCK AWAY WITH 69 UNITS OF\nHOUSING AND IS YOU ARE TODAY\nFROM THE LITERARY SOURCE PEOPLE.\nPRESCHOOL THE FIRST FLOOR. THERE\nARE SEVEN OTHER PRESCHOOLS IN\nTHE AREA INCLUDING EIGHT\nBILINGUAL ENGLISH MENTORED\nPRESCHOOL DOWN THE STREET FROM\nMY HOUSE. AT THE NORTHGATE\nLIBRARY, JUST TWO BLOCKS AWAY\nFROM THE LIBRARY WE NOW HAVE THE\nNEW LOOK. AT NORTH HAVEN. IT HAS\n89 UNITS OF INTERGENERATIONAL\nLIVING WITH A PRESCHOOL THE\nFIRST FLOOR WHICH THE CITY,\nVOTERS THANK YOU, AND CITY\nCOUNCIL, FOR SUPPORTING IT. AND\nTHE PRICKLY SCHOOLS. NEXT DOOR\nTO THE LIBRARY WE HAVE THE EAST\nAFRICAN ELDERS UNITY LODGE AT\nTHE NORTHGATE COMMUNITY CENTER\nAND THAT IS WHERE IT IS HELD AND\nI HAVE ATTENDED THAT. THE\nBROADVIEW LIBRARY IS ONE BLOCK\nFROM BROADVIEW, K-8 WITH THERE\nARE 140 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE\nENGLISH, E LL PROGRAM AT THE\nSCHOOL AND OUR STUDENTS SPEAK 30\nDIFFERENT LANGUAGES. WE WELCOME\nTHE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH\nCITY DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS DEAL\nAND THE SEATTLE PRESCHOOL\nPROGRAM AND AS YOU HEARD,\nLITERACY SOURCE WHICH IS IN\nDISTRICT 5, AND NORTH HELPLINE,\nAND I THINK WHAT ENTERING TO\nSHARE WITH YOU TODAY IS, HAVING\nTHREE LIBRARIES , HAVING HOUSING\nDENSITY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND\nMORE IMPORTANTLY, HAVING THE\nPRE-K ASSETS THAT WE HAVE IN ALL\nOF HER DISTRICTS, THAT WE ALL\nCONTRIBUTED TO MAKE SURE THEY\nGET BUILT. SO KIDS HAVE A HEAD\nSTART BEFORE THEY GO TO PUBLIC\nSCHOOL, PRE-K ON-SITE CONNECTED\nTO CONNECTED TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES\nIS SO INCREDIBLE INVESTMENT IN\nOUR CITY. THANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\nJUAREZ. ERIC, APOLOGIES, I\nDIDN'T GET TO YOU, BUT I THINK\nWE ARE GOOD ON THIS ONE. OKAY. I\nWILL MAKE SURE TO GO TO YOU IN\nTHE FUTURE ONES. COLLEAGUES, ANY\nQUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR MANY\nOF OUR COLLEAGUES? I, I WILL\nSAY, COLLEAGUES, I SUPPORT -- I\nSUPPORT THE INTENT BEHIND THIS\nAMENDMENT. THESE PROGRAMS ARE\nREALLY IMPORTANT. WE DO HAVE\nTHEM AT THE LIBRARIES. THEY\nSHOULD BE PRIORITIZED FOR THE\nNORTH END, AND I KNOW THERE ARE\nDOLLARS IN HERE THAT COULD GO\nTOWARD THAT PURPOSE ALREADY. AND\nSO, I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE\nSEEN THIS EXPANSION INTO THE\nNORTH END , BUT NEVERTHELESS,\nHERE WE ARE. LET'S TAKE A VOTE\nON AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO.\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER: COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.\nAYE.\nCOUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ: COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER LIN: COUNCILMEMBER LIN.\nAYE.\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK: COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.\nYES. VICE CHAIR\nHOLLINGSWORTH.\nYES.\nCHAIR RIVERA: CHAIR RIVERA.\nNO.\nAMENDMENT NUMBER TWO IS\nADOPTED. CONSUMER FOSTER YOUR\nRECOGNIZED MOVE AMENDMENT NUMBER\nTHREE.\nI ASKED TO MOVE AMENDMENT\nNUMBER THREE. TO HAVE A SECOND?\nIT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO\nAMEND COUNCIL BUILT 121181 AS\nPRESENTED ON AMENDMENT NUMBER\nTHREE. ERIC, WOULD YOU GIVE A\nBRIEF DESCRIPTION AND THEN I\nWILL GO TO YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\nFOSTER AS SPONSOR.\nTHIS AMENDMENT WOULD, WOULD\nCOMMUNICATE COUNCIL'S INTENTION\n-- CAN WE START ALL OVER AGAIN.\nOKAY. NO PROBLEM. THINGS ON\nMY MIND THAT ARE NOT ABOUT THIS.\nTAKE A DEEP BREATH. THROUGH THIS\nAMENDMENT COUNCIL WHICH\nINDICATED THEIR INTENTION TO\nSUPPORT THE LIBRARY -- TO\nINCREASE THE LIBRARY LIBBY\nFUNDING AMOUNT BY $4.06 MILLION.\nTHIS WOULD BE TO SUPPORT\nOPERATING HOURS AND ACCESS BY\nEXPANDING RESOURCE NAVIGATION\nBEFORE ADDITIONAL FULL-TIME\nEQUIVALENT TO DEGREASER\nSPECIALISTS AND UPGRADING\nSECURITY BADGE ACCESS OF THE\nCENTRAL BRANCH. GIVE YOUR\nINDULGENCE FOR THAT.\nNO PROBLEM AIR, THANK YOU.\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, AS\nSPONSOR, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO\nSPEAK TO THIS AMENDMENT. I KNOW\nTHERE ARE TWO OTHER COSPONSORS\nAND WE CAN GO TO THEM AFTER.\nTHANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU,\nERIC, YOU GOT THIS, YOU'RE\nDOING GREAT. COLLEAGUES, AM\nEXCITED TO BRING THIS AMENDMENT\nFORWARD AND I WANT TO THANK\nCOUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH\nAND COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR\nTHE COSPONSORSHIP. THE INTENT IS\nTO ENSURE OUR LIBRARIES REMAIN\nOPEN AND ACCESSIBLE AND\nAVAILABLE TO ALL RESIDENTS. AS I\nWAS ENGAGING WITH THE LIBRARY\nSTAFF, WE HEARD FROM FOLKS , WE\nHAVE FOLKS WHO SPENT EIGHT OR 10\nHOURS IN THE LIBRARIES. IT'S AN\nEXCELLENT POINT TO MAKE SURE WE\nARE ABLE TO CONNECT THEM WITH\nRESOURCES. WE ALSO HEARD\nFANTASTIC INFORMATION ABOUT HOW\nTHESE NAVIGATORS HAVE HELPED THE\nLIBRARIES TO REDUCE THE NUMBER\nOF BANDS HAPPENING AT OUR\nLIBRARIES SO THEY TRULY ARE A\nTHIRD PLACES AND THEY ARE PLACES\nWHERE WE CAN HAVE SAFETY AND\nACCESS FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS.\nAM EXCITED TO BRING THIS\nFORWARD. WE KNOW THE LIBRARY\nWILL BE PRIORITIZING DOWNTOWN,\nCAPITOL HILL AND BALLARD FOR\nTHESE NAVIGATORS. I THINK THAT\nIS AN IMPORTANT AND WELL DONE\nWAY TO SPEND THESE RESOURCES.\nCOLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR\nSUPPORT.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\nFOSTER. COUNCIL PRESIDENT,\nHOLLINGSWORTH, DID YOU WANT TO\nSPEAK TO THIS AMENDMENT?\nTHANK YOU, CHAIR.\nAPPRECIATION FOR COUNCIL MEMBER\nFOSTER AND HER LEADERSHIP ON\nTHIS COLLABORATION. REGARDING\nTHE AMENDMENT, SHE SAID\nEVERYTHING I WOULD SAY SO I\nWON'T REPEAT. I KNOW WE HAVE\nTHE GET THROUGH A BUNCH OF\nAMENDMENTS. VERY GRATEFUL FOR\nTHAT. THANK YOU\nCOUNCIL PRESIDENT: COUNCIL PRESIDENT\nHOLLINGSWORTH. COUNCILMEMBER\nSTRAUSS, IS THE OTHER COSPONSORS\nWOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS\nAMENDMENT?\nYES, THANK YOU TO COUNCIL\nMEMBER FOSTER FOR YOUR\nLEADERSHIP AND THANK YOU TO THE\nLIBRARIES FOR YOUR AGREEMENT TO\nPARTNER WITH OUR EXISTING\nSERVICE PROVIDERS IN THESE\nAREAS. WHAT I HAVE NOTICED IS\nTHAT THE CURRENT SERVICE\nPROVISION THAT IS OCCURRING AT\nLIBRARIES IS NOT INTEGRATED WITH\nTHE FABRIC WE HAVE CREATED IN\nTHE LAST SIX YEARS. I'M EXCITED\nTO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS\nAMENDMENT, TO SUPPORT YOUR WORK\nAND DOING A LITTLE BETTER AND\nMAKING SURE THAT COLLABORATION\nOCCURS. THANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\nSTRAUSS. ANY QUESTIONS OR\nCOMMENTS? FROM OUR OTHER\nCOLLEAGUES? ALL RIGHT, THEN\nLET'S GO TORBERT VOTE.\n> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER: COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ: COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER LIN: COUNCILMEMBER LIN.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK: COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.\nYES.\nVICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH: VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH.\nYES.\nCHAIR RIVERA: CHAIR RIVERA.\nNO.\nMOTION CARRIES. COUNCILMEMBER\nLIN YOUR RECOGNIZED MOVE\nAMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR.\nTHANK YOU, CHAIR. I MOVED TO\nADOPT AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR. IS\nTHERE A SECOND?\nIT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO\nAMEND CANCEL BILL 121181 AS\nPRESENTED ON AMENDMENT FOUR.\nCOUNCILMEMBER , AS SPONSOR OF\nTHIS AMENDMENT I WILL GO TO YOU\nAFTER I GO TO ERIC.\nFANTASTIC.\nERIC, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE\nUS A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF\nAMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR?\nSURE THING. THIS AMENDMENT\nWOULD CAN INDICATE COUNCIL'S\nINTENTION THAT A PORTION OF THE\nLIBRARY LIBBY FUNDING AMOUNT IS\nTRANSMITTED TO THE MAYOR AND\nINCREASED BY $15 MILLION BY THE\nCOUNCIL SHOULD BE AUTHORIZED FOR\nINVESTMENTS TO SUPPORT\nMAINTENANCE, COMPLETING THE\nREPAIR, REPLACEMENT OR UPGRADES\nOF COOLING SYSTEMS FOR ALL\nLIBRARY BRANCHES AND TWO,\nADDRESSING DEFERRED MAINTENANCE\nAND BRANCH ELECT VACATION.\nTHANK YOU. AS SPONSOR OF THIS\nAMENDMENT YOU ARE RECOGNIZED IN\nORDER TO ADDRESS IT.\nTHANK YOU, CHAIR. THIS\nAMENDMENT, AS DESCRIBED, WOULD\nCOVER A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT\nMATTERS. IT WOULD INCLUDE THE\nHVAC SYSTEMS AT FIVE BRANCHES.\nTHAT MOSTLY HAS BEEN FUNDED\nTHROUGH THE FEMA GRANT, WHICH IS\nWONDERFUL. WHICH COVERS MOST OF\nTHAT COST. THERE ARE SOME OF THE\nCOSTS THAT ARE ALREADY BUDGETED\nFOR. BUT THIS WOULD HELP TO\nENSURE THAT THOSE PROJECTS CAN\nBE COMPLETED IN CASE THERE ANY\nCOST OVERRUNS. OR, ALSO FOR\nONGOING MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS.\nIT WOULD ALSO HELP TO ADDRESS\nDEFERRED MAINTENANCE. WE KNOW\nTHAT THE PROPOSAL DOES NOT FULLY\nFUND ALL THE DIFFERENT\nMAINTENANCE. AS WE HEARD,\nDEFERRED MAINTENANCE PUMPS UP\nUNEXPECTEDLY QUITE OFTEN IN OUR\nBRANCHES. AS WELL AS BRANCH\nELECTRIFICATION. WE HAVE A\nNUMBER OF BRANCHES THAT ARE NOT\nELECTRIFIED YET. AND, CURRENT\nEVENTS , IT IS CRYSTAL CLEAR\nTHAT WE NEED TO MOVE RAPIDLY TO\nTRANSITION AWAY FROM FOSSIL\nFUELS , BOTH IN TERMS OF COST\nAND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ,\nAS WELL AS WHAT WE SEE WITH\nTHINGS LIKE HER CURRENT\nSNOWPACK. WHICH ARE GREATLY\nBELOW AVERAGE. AND, WE ARE,\nUNFORTUNATELY, NOWHERE NEAR, WE\nARE MAKING PROGRESS, BUT NOWHERE\nNEAR OUR 2030 CLIMATE ACTION\nPLAN GOALS. TRANSPORTATION IS A\nNUMBER ONE EMISSION AROUND 50%.\nBUILDINGS IS OUR SECOND LARGEST\nEMISSION OF GREENHOUSE GAS AND\nTHAT IS AROUND 40%. AND SO, WE\nNEED TO BE MOVING MUCH MORE\nRAPIDLY , MANY OF THOSE\nBUILDINGS ARE PRIVATELY OWNED.\nBUT WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE CAN\nAND SHOW HER LEADERSHIP OF\nTRANSITIONING PUBLICLY ON\nBUILDINGS THROUGH\nELECTRIFICATION. $50 MILLION IS\nNOT NEARLY ENOUGH TO COVER THE\nENTIRE NEEDS OF DEFERRED\nMAINTENANCE AND ELECTRIFICATION.\nBUT, HOPEFULLY, IT WILL GET AS\nPART OF THE WAY THERE . AND\nCHAIR, THIS IS TO YOUR POINT OF,\nYOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS DIFFICULT\nBALANCE. WE DO HAVE THE LEVY\nCAP. WE HAVE A AFFORDABILITY\nCONCERN AND VOTERS , THIS IS NOT\nABOUT , AGAIN, WHO LOVES\nLIBRARIES MORE. I THINK WE ALL\nOF OUR LIBRARIES. AND, YOU KNOW,\nWE HAVE THIS DELICATE BALANCE OF\nPUTTING SOMETHING BEFORE THE\nVOTERS. VOTERS ONLY GET TO SAY\nYES OR NO TO WHAT WE PUT BEFORE\nTHEM. THEY DON'T GET TO SAY GO\nBIGGER, THEY DON'T GET TO SAY\nNO, THIS IS TOO BIG. THEY JUST\nGET TO VOTE YES UP OR DOWN ON\nWHAT WE PUT BEFORE THEM. SO THAT\nIS WHERE WE ARE, WE HAVE THIS\nBALANCE. SO THAT IS WHERE, EVEN\nTHOUGH $15 MILLION IS NOT ENOUGH\nTO COVER ALL THE DEFERRED\nMAINTENANCE AND ELECTRIFICATION\nNEEDS, HOPEFULLY HE GETS AS PART\nOF THE WAY THERE. WITH THAT, I\nWOULD APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT,\nCOLLEAGUES.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN.\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK, YOUR\nRECOGNIZED.\nTHANK YOU, CHAIR. COLLEAGUES,\nI WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SPEAK\nIN SUPPORT OF THIS AMENDMENT\nTODAY. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE\nARE THOSE WHO HAVE SUGGESTED WE\nDON'T NEED TO ADD FUNDING TO\nCOMPLETE COOLING PROJECTS IN ALL\nOF OUR BRANCHES BECAUSE WE WERE\nAWARDED FEMA GRANTS. BUT I WOULD\nNOTE THAT INTERESTING OUR\nLIBRARY'S FUTURE TO DONALD\nTRUMP'S FEMA IS IRRESPONSIBLE.\nJUST ASK SEATTLE CITY LIGHT,\nREIMBURSEMENTS FOR THE 2024\nCYCLE. THIS AMENDMENT ADDRESSES\nARE LONG OVERDUE ELECTRIFICATION\nEFFORTS. AND TO REDIRECT THE\nPOINTS JUST MADE BY\nCOUNCILMEMBER LIN, OUR LAST\nGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS\nINVENTORY FOUND THAT BUILDINGS\nARE THE SECOND LARGEST\nCONTRIBUTOR TO GREENHOUSE GAS\nEMISSIONS. ACCOUNTING FOR 40% OF\nSEATTLE'S EMISSIONS. REALLY\nCONTRIBUTING TO CLIMATE\nPOLLUTION. AND THIS BODY\nCOMMITTED YEARS AGO TO\nDECARBONIZATION AND GETTING ALL\nOF OUR BUILDINGS ALIGNED WITH\nTHE BUILDING EMISSIONS\nPERFORMANCE STANDARDS, NORTHEAST\nBRANCHES STILL IN THE QUEUE FOR\nELECTRIFICATION. HOW LONG TO\nTHOSE FAMILIES WEIGHT AND AT\nWHAT COST TO THE CITY IF WE\nDELAY FURTHER? WHETHER WE ARE\nTALKING ABOUT COOLING,\nELECTRIFICATION OR DEFERRED\nMAINTENANCE, EVERY DOLLAR WE\nSPEND IN THIS LEVY WILL GO MUCH\nFARTHER THAN ANY HYPOTHETICAL\nDOLLAR WE CAN ALLOCATE TO THE\nNEXT LEVY PERIOD IN 2034 BEYOND.\nANY PENNIES WE PINCH NOW WILL\nCOST US DOLLARS SEVEN YEARS FROM\nNOW. AND PUTTING OUR HOPES ONTO\nTHE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND\nFOLLOWING THROUGH ON FEMA\nCOMMITMENTS TO SEATTLE IS NOT\nSOMETHING I WOULD ADVISE. FOR\nTHESE REASONS I WILL BE PROBABLY\nVOTING YES TO THIS AMENDMENT TO\nASSURE WE CAN RESPONSIBLY CARE\nFOR OUR COMMITTEE. THANK YOU AND\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN,\nFOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\nRINCK. ANYONE ELSE? I DON'T SEE\nANY HANSA. I WILL ADDRESS\nSOMETHING HERE, AND THAT IS, AS\nI SAID EARLIER, THIS ISN'T\nABOUT THE FACT THAT THE\nLIBRARIES DON'T HAVE MORE\nNEEDS. THE BUILDINGS ARE OLD AND\nTHEY ARE GOING TO HAVE NEEDS\nINTO THE FUTURE. IS LIBRARY LEVY\nIS NOT GOING TO COVER ALL THE\nNEEDS. AND WE WILL BE BACK HERE\nAGAIN . BUT WE ALSO HAVE OTHER\nNEEDS. AND IF WE PUT ALL OF THE\nMONEY INTO THIS NEED, WE WILL\nHAVE LESS TO COVER FUTURE NEEDS\nINCLUDING THE NEXT LEVY WHICH IS\nTHE HOUSING LEVY IN 2030. SO I\nWILL SAY, THAT NO ONE IS SAYING\nTHAT LIBRARIES DON'T HAVE MORE\nNEEDS. THE NEEDS ARE ACTUALLY\nENDLESS BECAUSE THE BUILDINGS\nWILL ALWAYS NEED MORE WORK. THEY\nARE OLD BUILDINGS. AND, WE ARE\nGRAPPLING WITH HOW TO PAY FOR\nALL OF THESE. SO, I THINK IN\nTERMS OF THE VOTERS AND PUTTING\nTHIS ON THE LEVY, YES,\nABSOLUTELY, THEY GET TO DECIDE\nWHETHER THEY ARE GOING TO VOTE\nFOR IT OR NOT. I WILL SAY VOTERS\nDON'T ALWAYS HAVE THE BENEFIT\nOF OUR FINANCE ADVISORS WHO TELL\nUS WHERE WE ARE WITH LEVY CAPS,\nWHAT EVEN A LEVY CAP IS AND HOW\nMUCH WE WOULD HAVE FOR FUTURE\nLEVIES. THAT IS A LEVEL OF IN\nTHE WEEDS I DON'T EXPECT VOTERS\nTO KNOW. BUT WE KNOW THAT. AND\nALL OF THAT GOES INTO OUR\nCALCULATION AND SHOULD GO INTO\nOUR CALCULATION. AND THAT IS\nIMPORTANT. BECAUSE AGAIN, WE ALL\nLOVE OUR LIBRARY AND WE UP HERE\nARE STRUGGLING WITH MORE THAN\nJUST THE LIBRARY. AND THAT IS A\nSTRUGGLE. SO I REALLY , IT'S\nIMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT.\nCOUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, I SEE YOUR\nHAND. GO AHEAD.\nTHANK YOU. I APOLOGIZE I\nCOULD'VE GOT THE HAND UP\nQUICKER. I WILL NOT BE\nSUPPORTING THIS AND I WILL SHARE\nWHY. AND I DO AGREE WITH THE\nCHAIR, THOUGH I DO APPRECIATE\nPASSION THAT COUNCILMEMBER LIN\nAND COUNCILMEMBER RINCK BRING TO\nTHIS AMENDMENT. NOTWITHSTANDING\nTRUMP. THAT IS ANOTHER THING.\nANYWAY, I WENT BACK AND PULLED\nUP , AGAIN, AM TAKING IT FROM\nTHE PERSPECTIVE OF , THIS IS 15%\nMORE THAN THE LAST LEVY WHICH I\nWAS AROUND FOUR. CONCERNED ABOUT\nJEOPARDIZING FUTURE LEVIES, OUR\nFISCAL RESPONSIBILITY BUT ALSO\nTHE LEVY CAP. I WILL TELL YOU\nWHY I'M SAYING THIS. I'M NOT\nANTI--- I MEAN, IF WE COULD\nAFFORD ALL OF THIS, THEN I SAY\nWHAT THE MAYOR SENT DOWN AND\nWHAT WOULD BE PASSED , ALL THE\nAMENDMENTS, WITH THAT TOTAL\nWOULD BE, AND I THINK THE DELTA\nIS LIKE $70 MILLION IF WE ADDED\nEVERY AMENDMENT IN HERE.\n$79 MILLION.\nSO WHEN WE LOOK AT CITY OF\nSEATTLE TAX LEVY AND YOU\nMENTIONED THIS, MADAM CHAIR, WE\nHAVE THE LIBRARY LEVY THAT IS\nNOW. WE HAVE THE TRANSPORTATION\nLEVY COMING. WE HAVE THE RECENT\n-- WE HAVE THIS HOUSING LEVY\nCOMING IN 2030. WE JUST PASSED\nTHE LEVY IN 2025. TO THE TUNE OF\n$1.3 BILLION. AND IF WE LOOK AT\nTHE ANNUAL TAXES OF SEATTLE,\nALSO THE ONES THAT KEEP ROLLING\nOVER, THE SWEETENED BEVERAGE --\nBECAUSE RIGHT NOW, AS YOU\nPOINTED OUT, MADAM CHAIR, WE ALL\nOF THE LIBRARIES BUT WE ALSO\nHAVE A FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.\nWHAT I THINK, AND WHAT I AM\nSEEING IN AMENDMENT FOUR AND\nFIVE, THOSE ARE OPERATION AND\nMAINTENANCE AND BRICK AND MORTAR\nREPAIRS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE.\nAND THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IF\nIT DOESN'T GET FUNDED HERE\nIT'S NOT GOING TO GET FUNDED\nEVER ANYWHERE ELSE. I BELIEVE IT\nWILL AND IT SHOULD. AND FOR THAT\nREASON, AND AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND\nTHE PASSION AND THE CONCERN, I\nDON'T LIKE TO MAKE DECISIONS\nOUT OF FEAR OR BEING REACTIVE TO\nWHAT I THINK IS HAPPENING\nPOLITICALLY , GLOBALLY, ON A\nNATIONAL LEVEL, AT LEAST FOR\nTHIS SPECIFIC MATTER. THAT IS\nNOT THROWING SHADED ANYONE,\nIT'S HOW I LOOK AT ANALYSIS AND\nMAKING DECISIONS. SO, WE KNOW\nTHAT THE ORIGINAL PACKET FROM\nTHE MAYOR WAS $410 MILLION. AND\nIF WE ADDED ALL THE AMENDMENTS\nTOGETHER IT WOULD COME OUT TO\nLIKE $480 MILLION, CORRECT ME IF\nI AM WRONG , A $70 MILLION DELTA\nDIFFERENCE THERE. SO, I'M\nLOOKING AT IT THAT WAY. I'M IN\nSUPPORT OF MANY OF THE OTHER\nAMENDMENTS, SOME JUST LAYING IT\nOUT NOW THAT I WILL NOT BE\nSUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT.\nAMENDMENT FOUR, AND I WILL NOT\nBE SUPPORTING AMENDMENT FIVE.\nFOR THE VERY SAME REASON SO I\nDON'T HAVE TO SPEAK AGAIN.\nTHANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. ANY\nOTHER COMMENTS? LET'S TAKE A\nVOTE ON AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR.\nCOUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS: COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER: COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ: COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.\nNO.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK: COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.\nYES.\nCHAIR RIVERA: CHAIR RIVERA.\nNO. FIVE IN FAVOR, TWO\nOPPOSED.\nTHE MOTION CARRIES IN\nAMENDMENT FOUR IS ADOPTED.\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK YOUR\nRECOGNIZE TO MOVE AMENDMENT OF\nFIVE.\nTHANK YOU. I MOVED TO AMEND\nCOUNCIL BILL 12118 IS PRESENTED\nON AMENDMENT FIVE.\nSECOND.\nTHANK YOU. IT IS MOVED AND\nSECONDED TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL\nCB 12181 IS PRESENTED ON\nAMENDMENT FIVE. TO PLEASE\nBRIEFLY TALK ABOUT AMENDMENT\nFIVE AND THEN I WILL GO TO YOU,\nSPONSOR , GO AHEAD, ERIC.\nAMENDMENT FIVE WOULD\nCOMMUNICATE COUNCIL'S INTENTION\nTHAT A PORTION OF THE LIBRARY\nLEVY FUNDING AMOUNT IS\nTRANSMITTED BY THE MAYOR\nINCREASE BY $50 MILLION BY THE\nCOUNCIL SHOULD BE AUTHORIZED FOR\nINVESTMENTS TO SUPPORT\nMAINTENANCE FOR RENOVATING A\nHISTORIC LIBRARY BRANCH TO\nIMPROVE SEISMIC SAFETY, REDUCE\nTHE USE OF FOSSIL FUELS, AND\nUPGRADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE\nSPACE.\nTHANK YOU, ERIC.\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK YOUR\nRECOGNIZE TO SPEAK YOUR\nAMENDMENT AND ALSO I WILL\nRECOGNIZE YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\nSTRAUSS, AS COSPONSOR IF YOU\nWOULD LIKE.\nTHANK YOU, CHAIR. COLLEAGUES,\nI WILL SPEAK HERE TO AMENDMENT\nFIVE --\nSORRY, SPONSORS, IT IS\nCOUNCILMEMBER SAKA WHO IS\nSPONSORING THIS.\nCOLLEAGUES, I WILL SPEAK HERE\nTO AMENDMENT FIVE AND THEN MORE\nBROADLY TO AMENDMENTS ONE AND\nFOUR AND NINE AS WELL. SINCE\nTHESE ARE THE FOUR AMENDMENTS\nTHAT REPRESENT PORTLAND\nINVESTMENTS IN SEATTLE PUBLIC\nLIBRARY INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE\nPEOPLE WE SERVE. WE KNOW THAT\nLIBRARIES ARE A CRITICAL PART OF\nOUR COMMUNITY'S SAFETY AND\nINFRASTRUCTURE. IN THE NEXT YEAR\nWE FACE A VERY REAL THREAT OF\nGLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS, CAUSED\nBY THE PRESIDENT'S FOOLISH\nTRADE POLICIES AND NOW MASSIVELY\nACCELERATED BY THE NATION'S\nRECKLESS WAR WITH IRAN. I EXPECT\nHARD TIMES AHEAD. WE ARE\nCERTAINLY ALREADY FEELING IT.\nHARD TIMES AHEAD FOR SEATTLE'S\nECONOMY. AND SO THIS LEVY\nPRESENTS US WITH AN OPPORTUNITY\n. AND TO MY MIND, A\nRESPONSIBILITY, TO INCREASE OUR\nINVESTMENTS, TO ENSURE SAFE\nCOMMUNITIES SPACES ARE IN EVERY\nNEIGHBORHOOD IN OUR CITY. AND\nOUR DECISIONS TODAY WILL\nDETERMINE HOW MANY OF OUR PUBLIC\nFACILITIES WILL BE STRENGTHENED\nAGAINST EARTHQUAKES, HAVING HVAC\nSYSTEMS READY FOR THE EXTREME\nCOLD AND HEAT BROUGHT TO US BY\nCLIMATE CHANGE, AND BE READY TO\nPROVIDE REFUGE FROM THE\nDANGEROUS AIR OUT THAT MAY COME\nWITH OUR NEXT FIRE SEASON.\nSEISMIC RETROFITS, HVAC UPGRADES\nTO ALLOW EVERY WORD BRANCH TO OF\nAC, AND GETTING ALL OF OUR\nBRANCHES TO BE ADA COMPLIANT AND\nTHE CAPACITY TO DO JUST REGULAR\nROUTINE MAINTENANCE IS A TIMELY\nAND COST-EFFECTIVE WAY TO ENSURE\nTHAT WE HAVE SAFER SPACES IN\nEVERY NEIGHBORHOOD. INVESTING IN\nCAPITAL PROJECTS MEANS WE CAN\nPAY FOR EXPENSIVE REPAIRS AND\nRETROFITS BEFORE PRICES GO\nHIGHER. INVESTING IN THE LOCAL\nUNION LABOR TO BUILD OUR CIVIC\nINFRASTRUCTURE MEANS\nRECIRCULATING OUR DOLLARS\nLOCALLY, MOST DOLLARS INVESTED\nIN OUR LOCAL TRADES WOMEN AND\nMEN WILL BE SPENT AND RE-SPENT\nLOCALLY ADDING A BENEFIT NOT\nJUST TO A SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY\nBRANCH BUT TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY\nAS A WHOLE. AND SO COLLEAGUES,\nFOR ALL OF THESE REASONS, I\nCONSIDER THIS AMENDMENT AND THE\nOTHER CAPITAL MAINTENANCE\nAMENDMENT'S BEFORE US TODAY AS\nESSENTIAL ONES. IF YOU FEEL THE\nSAME, I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT.\nTHANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\nRINCK. COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER\nQUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THEN,\nLET'S GO TO A VOTE.\nCOUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS: COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER: COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ: COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.\nNO.\nCOUNCILMEMBER LIN: COUNCILMEMBER LIN.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK: COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.\nYES.\n> CHAIR RIVERA.\nNO.\nFOUR IN FAVOR, TWO OPPOSED,\nONE ABSTENTION.\nIT IS ADOPTED. LET'S GO TO\nAMENDMENT NUMBER SIX.\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK, YOUR\nRECOGNIZE TO MOVE AMENDMENT\nNUMBER SIX.\nTHANK YOU, I MOVED TO AMEND\nCOUNCIL BILL 121181 IS PRESENTED\nON AMENDMENT SIX.\nSECOND.\nTHANK YOU. IT IS MOVED AND\nSECONDED TO MOVE COUNCIL BILL\n121181 IS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT\nSIX. WOULD YOU PLEASE GIVE A\nBRIEF DESCRIPTION?\nTHIS IS SPONSORED BY\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND\nCOSPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER\nSTRAUSS. THIS AMENDMENT WOULD\nCOMMUNICATE COUNCIL'S INTENTION\nTHE PORTION OF THE LIBRARY LEVY\nFUNDING AMOUNT IS TRANSMITTED BY\nTHE MAYOR INCREASE BY $8.4\nMILLION BY THE COUNCIL SHOULD BE\nAUTHORIZED FOR INVESTMENTS TO\nSUPPORT COLLECTIONS BY EXPANDING\nTHE ELECTRONIC AND PHYSICAL\nMATERIALS COLLECTIONS AND\nINCREASING COLLECTIONS TO\nSTAFFING.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\nRINCK YOUR RECOGNIZE TO SPEAK\nAND THEN I WILL GO TO\nCOUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AS\nCOSPONSOR.\nTHANK YOU, CHAIR. COLLEAGUES,\nWE HAVE HEARD THE PUBLIC COMMENT\nIN THE PUBLIC HEARINGS FROM\nSEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY'S\nFOUNDATION AND FRIENDS OF\nSEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY THAT WE\nARE A CITY OF READERS. THIS CITY\nLOVES BOOKS OF EVERY FLAVOR AND\nFORMAT. DEMAND ON OUR PHYSICAL\nAND DIGITAL COLLECTIONS IS HIGH.\nIS FOR OUTPACING OUR BELOVED\nLIBRARY ABILITY TO KEEP UP. THIS\nAMENDMENT WOULD GIVE THE LIBRARY\nTHE FINANCIAL AND HUMAN\nRESOURCES NEEDED TO KEEP OUR\nCOLLECTIONS UP TO MEET THIS\nMOMENT AND BETTER SERVE OUR\nREADERS ACROSS THE CITY. I ASK\nFOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU ALSO\nTO COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR\nSIGNING ON AS COSPONSOR FOR\nTHIS.\nTHANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\nSTRAUSS, YOUR RECOGNIZE.\nTHANK YOU, CHAIR. THIS\nRECOGNIZE , I BROUGHT FOUR\nAMENDMENT STORE COMMITTEE\nMEETING LAST TIME AND I HAVE\nREDUCE THE TO TWO IN PART BY\nPARTNERING WITH COLLEAGUES. THIS\nHELPS US BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE\nAND CONTINUE TO PUSH THE\nENVELOPE OF THIS LIBRARY LEVY AS\nFAR AS IS RESPONSIBLY POSSIBLE.\nTHIS IS ANOTHER MOMENT OF ,\nWITHOUT BOOKS, WITHOUT E-BOOKS,\nIT IS JUST A BUILDING. THANK\nYOU.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\nSTRAUSS. ANY COMMENTS ,\nCOUNCILMEMBER LIN, YOUR\nRECOGNIZE.\nI WANT TO SPEAK IN FAVOR, AND\nWERE GENERALLY TALK AGAIN ABOUT\nTHE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF OUR\nLIBRARIES AND THIS TIME IS WE\nSEE DEMOCRACY CRUMBLING. OUR\nLIBRARIES ARE ESSENTIAL AGAINST\nTHAT. DEFENDING OUR DEMOCRACY ,\nWHETHER IT IS OUR BUILDINGS, OUR\nSTAFFING, OR OUR COLLECTIONS,\nTHEY ARE ALL CRITICALLY\nESSENTIAL SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE\nTHAT ARE NEEDED MORE NOW THAN\nEVER. AND SO, I AM EXCITED TO\nSUPPORT THIS. THANK YOU,\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND\nCOUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.\nTHANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS\nOR QUESTIONS? LET'S A VOTE ON\nAMENDMENT NUMBER SIX.\nCOUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS: COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER: COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ: COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER LIN: COUNCILMEMBER LIN.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK: COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.\nYES.\nVICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH: VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH.\nYES.\nCHAIR RIVERA: CHAIR RIVERA.\nYES. SIX IN FAVOR AND ONE\nOPPOSED.\nTHE MOTION CARRIES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK YOUR\nRECOGNIZE TO MOVE AMENDMENT\nNUMBER SEVEN.\nTHANK YOU, I MOVED TO AMEND\nCOUNCIL BILL 121181 IS PRESENTED\nON AMENDMENT SEVEN.\nIT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO\nAMEND COUNCIL BILL 121181 -- I\nTHOUGHT I HEARD A SECOND. IT IS\nMOVED AND SECONDED TO AMEND\nCOUNCIL BILL 121181 IS PRESENTED\nON AMENDMENT SEVEN. ERIC?\nTHIS AMENDMENT WOULD INDICATE\nCOUNCIL'S INTENTION THAT A\nPORTION OF THE LIBRARY LEVY\nFUNDING AMOUNT IS TRANSMITTED BY\nTHE MAYOR AND INCREASED BY $2.5\nMILLION BY THE COUNCIL SHOULD BE\nAUTHORIZED FOR INVESTMENTS TO\nSUPPORT COLLECTIONS BY EXPANDING\nTHE TITLES IN THE LIBRARY'S\nE-BOOK COLLECTION.\nTHANK YOU, ERIC.\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK YOUR\nRECOGNIZE TO SPEAK YOUR\nAMENDMENT.\nTHANK YOU, CHAIR. COLLEAGUES,\nTHIS AMENDMENT IS A SMALLER,\nMORE TARGETED COLLECTIONS\nINVESTMENT. THE TABLE IS THE\nFIRST THING YOU SEE WHEN YOU\nWALK INTO JUST ABOUT ANY LIBRARY\nBRANCH. CURRENTLY PEAK PICKS IS\nLIMITED TO PHYSICAL BOOKS.\nDESPITE THE FACT THAT SEATTLE\nPUBLIC LIBRARY IS IN THE TOP 10\nWORLDWIDE IN DIGITAL BOOK\nCHECKOUTS. THIS AMENDMENT WOULD\nEXPAND THE INCREDIBLE AND\nRESPONSIVE PROGRAM TO E-BOOKS. I\nWILL NOTE I WAS AT THE LABOR\nBRANCH THIS WEEKEND WHEN I WAS\nTHERE I PICKED UP A BOOK FROM\nTHE PEAK PICKS SHELF. FOR THOSE\nWHO DON'T KNOW, VIRGINIA IS A\nSURVIVOR OF JEFFREY EPSTEIN AND\nPASSED AWAY LAST YEAR. BUT HER\nBOOK DOCUMENT THING HER STORY OF\nSURVIVORSHIP AND DAYLIGHTING THE\nABUSES OF THE ULTRA RICH AND\nPOWERFUL WAS RECENTLY PUBLISHED\nAND IS NOW FEATURED AS A PEAK\nPICKS. SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT\nMEANS THAT MORE PEOPLE WILL NOT\nFACE A FINANCIAL BARRIER TO\nPARTICIPATING IN A NATIONAL\nDIALOGUE. AND THAT MORE OF US\nCAN CONNECT ON IDEAS AT A TIME\nWHERE WE NEEDED NOW MORE THAN\nEVER. COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR\nSUPPORT. THANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\nRINCK. ANY COMMENTS OR\nQUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT,\nCOLLEAGUES, LET'S VOTE ON\nAMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN.\nCOUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS: COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER: COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ: COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER LIN: COUNCILMEMBER LIN.\nYES.\nVICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH: VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH.\nYES.\nCHAIR RIVERA: CHAIR RIVERA.\nYES.\nSIX IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED.\nAMENDMENT SEVEN IS ADOPTED.\nWE ARE ALMOST THERE. FOUR MORE.\nCOUNCILMEMBER YOUR RECOGNIZE TO\nMOVE AMENDMENT A BREAK.\nI MOVE AMENDMENT NUMBER EIGHT\nTO COUNCIL BILL 121181.\nIS HER SECOND?\nIT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO\nAMEND COUNCIL BILL 121181 IS\nPRESENTED ON AMENDMENT EIGHT.\nERIC?\nTHIS AMENDMENT WOULD\nCOMMUNICATE THE INTENTION THAT A\nPORTION OF THE LIBRARY LEVY\nFUNDING AMOUNT IS TRANSMITTED BY\nTHE MAYOR AND INCREASED BY $2.1\nMILLION BY THE COUNCIL SHOULD BE\nAUTHORIZED FOR INVESTMENTS TO\nSUPPORT OPERATING HOURS AND\nACCESS BY EXPANDING LIBRARY\nPROGRAMMING MADE AVAILABLE BY\nAND RECORDED VIA THE SEATTLE\nCHANNEL.\nTHANK YOU, ERIC.\nCOUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, YOUR\nRECOGNIZE TO SPEAK YOUR\nAMENDMENT.\nYOU, CHAIR. THIS ENTIRE\nPACKAGE OF AMENDMENTS REALLY\nDOES BALANCE OUR NEEDS TO REMAIN\nFISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND ENSURE\nOUR FEAR DOES NOT DRIVE US TO\nFUND OUR LIBRARIES AT A LEVEL\nBELOW WHAT WE CAN ACTUALLY\nAFFORD. WHILE WE ARE IN FACT\nHERE ARE LEVY LID, AND WE MUST\nKEEP A BUFFER FOR ECONOMIC\nCHANGES, AS WELL AS FUTURE\nLEVIES, AS YOUR BUDGET CHAIR I\nSAY THAT IN FACT WE CAN ADOPT\nTHESE AMENDMENTS AND REMAINED\nFISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. I SAY THIS\nBECAUSE CHOOSING OUR FUNDING\nLEVELS CAN EITHER BE A ONE-WAY\nDOOR OR A TWO-WAY DOOR. IF YOU\nBET AGAINST OURSELVES AND ADOPT\nTHE LEVY IS TRANSMITTED, THIS IS\nA ONE-WAY DOOR. BECAUSE WE\nCANNOT, IN THE FUTURE, INCREASE\nLIBRARY LEVEL. IF WE ADOPT THESE\nAMENDMENTS AND OUR WORST FEARS\nBECOME REALITY, THAT THE\nECONOMIC FACTORS LOWER THE LEVY\nCAP, AGAIN, THE LEVY CAP RIGHT\nNOW IS BASED -- 3% GROWTH\nASSUMPTION. SOME OF THE ANALYSIS\nHAS BEEN FOR 5% GROWTH\nASSUMPTION. BUT, WHAT THEY\nDIDN'T SHOW YOU IS THE 2%\nGROWTH ASSUMPTION. WHICH IS\nSTILL US GROWING, JUST US\nGROWING MUCH MORE SLOWLY. IF IN\nFACT WE HAVE ONLY 2% OF THE AREA\nLAND VALUE GROWTH, WE ARE\nALREADY IN A PLACE WHERE WE ARE\nGOING TO HAVE TO START REFUNDING\nTHESE LEVIES. RIGHT? AND THAT IS\nACROSS ALL. NOT JUST THIS.\nAGAIN, IF WE ADOPT THESE\nAMENDMENTS AND OUR WORST FEARS\nBECOME REALITY THAT THERE'S ONLY\n2% GROWTH, THOSE ECONOMIC\nFACTORS WOULD LOWER THE LEVY\nCAP. WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK\nHOLISTICALLY AT ALL OVER LEVIES\nAND WHERE WE MUST REDUCE FUNDING\nACROSS OUR ENTIRE CITY. SO, BY\nADOPTING THESE AMENDMENTS THIS\nIS A TWO-WAY, WE CAN INCREASE\nTHE LIBRARY'S FUNDING TODAY AND\nIF OUR WORST-CASE SCENARIO\nOCCURS, WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE\nTHOSE REDUCTIONS BASED ON KNOWN\nINFORMATION, RATHER THAN\nSPECULATION. EVEN WITH A TWO-WAY\nDOOR WE KNOW THAT THIS LEVY WAS\nPLANNED TO BE LARGER TO SERVE\nSEATTLEITES EVEN MORE THAN WHAT\nIS BEFORE US TODAY. THE REALITY\nOF THE LEVY CAP CAME INTO THE\nCONVERSATION AND THAT MEANT THAT\nWE HAD TO RIGHT SIZE REDUCE OR\nMODIFY THIS LIBRARY LEVY, TO\nWORK. I SAY THAT BECAUSE LIKE,\nEVEN WITH THE ADA AMENDMENT THAT\nWILL COME UP , WITH THE\nCOLLECTIONS OR CIRCULATION, I\nCAN'T EVER GET THAT STRAIGHT,\nOR THE UNREINFORCED MASONRY, WE\nKNOW THAT THESE NEEDS ARE\nGREATER THAN WHAT IS IN THE\nLIBRARY AND WHAT'S GREATER THAN\nHE AMENDMENT. IF WE WERE TO\nTRULY RIGHT SIZE FOR\nSEATTLEITES, THIS WOULD BE A\nHUGE LEVY. BUT, WE DIDN'T DO\nTHAT. AND THAT IS WHERE WE ARE\nBEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. THAT\nIS WHY I SEE THESE AMENDMENTS\nBEFORE US ARE FISCALLY\nRESPONSIBLE BECAUSE THEY BALANCE\nTHE FUTURE UNKNOWNS, CHOOSES THE\nTWO-WAY DOOR RATHER THAN THE\nONE-WAY DOOR. AND CHOOSES\nSEATTLEITES OVER THE FEAR OF THE\nUNKNOWN AND UNKNOWN SPECULATION.\nWITH THAT, WE COME TO THE\nSEATTLE CHANNEL , THE AMENDMENT\nI HAVE BEFORE US, THE INTENT OF\nTHIS AMENDMENT IS TO EXTEND THE\nIMPACT AN AUDIENCE FOR SEATTLE\nPUBLIC LIBRARY PROGRAMS. SUCH AS\nREADING, SPEAKERS, SPECIAL\nEVENTS, AND WE DO THIS BY\nPROVIDING THE LIBRARIES LIVE AND\nAVAILABLE TO STREAM ON THE\nSEATTLE CHANNEL. WHEN I WORKED\nAT A LIBRARY FRONT DESK, I WAS\nAMAZED AT HOW MUCH ONE BOOK OR\nONE COMPUTER OR ONE NEWSPAPER\nWAS USED. THE LIBRARIES ABLE TO\nPROVIDE US TRUE PURE PUBLIC\nGOODS. THESE GOODS ARE NOT\nRIVALROUS. AND THEY ARE NOT\nEXCLUDABLE. A LIBRARY IS A VERY\nSPECIAL PLACE. CARNEGIE\nUNDERSTOOD THIS. HE SAID, I WILL\nBUILD YOU THE BUILDING, YOU FILL\nWITH BOOKS. RIGHT? AND SO, THE\nAMENDMENT BEFORE US TURNS THE\nPROGRAMMING THAT THE LIBRARY\nCREATES, THAT THEY ALREADY\nCREATE, IT'S ALREADY IN ITS\nBUDGET, FROM EIGHT RIVALROUS\nGOOD, I WILL ARGUE RIVALRY IS\nROOM CAPACITY, IF WE REACH\nCAPACITY THE NO MORE PEOPLE CAN\nGET INTO THE PROGRAM. SO IT\nTURNS THE CAPACITY INTO EIGHT\nNINE RIVALROUS ONE BECAUSE YOU\nCAN WATCH IT FROM HOME. OR MAYBE\nOUT IN THE LOBBY. IT TURNS IT\nFROM AN EXCLUDABLE GOOD, AND I\nWILL SAY THIS BY TIMER ACCESS,\nYOU AREN'T AVAILABLE AT THE\nTIME OF DAY YOU CAN ACCESS IT\nBECAUSE THE ELEVATOR IS BROKEN,\nI MEAN, BECAUSE IT IS NOT YOUR\nYOUR HOME. IT TURNS IT INTO A\nNON-EXCLUDABLE GOOD BY ALLOWING\nYOU TO VIEW AT YOUR LEISURE AND\nEVEN SHARING IT WITH OTHER\nPEOPLE IN OTHER STATES, IN OTHER\nPLACES, WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE\nACCESS TO OUR BEAUTIFUL AND\nWONDERFUL SEATTLE , LOOKING OUT\nTHE WINDOWS TODAY IS A BEAUTIFUL\nSEATTLE DAY. EVEN ON ITS DARKEST\nDAYS, THAT IS WHERE THE LIGHT\nSHINES BRIGHT INSIDE THE LIBRARY\nIN YOUR PROGRAMMING. THIS\nAMENDMENT ALSO BEGINS TO ADDRESS\nTHE UNDERLYING FUNDING ISSUES AT\nTHE SEATTLE CHANNEL. RIGHT NOW\nEVERY DEPARTMENT WHO BENEFITS\nFROM THE SEATTLE AWARD-WINNING\nSEATTLE CHANNEL DOES SO WITHOUT\nA FEE. THIS IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER\nCENTRAL SERVICE INNER-CITY. FOR\nEXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS, I.T., HR,\nFAS, THESE ARE ALL BACKBONE\nASPECTS OF OUR CITY CENTRAL\nSERVICES. AND EVERY DEPARTMENT\nIS CHARGED A FEE BY THE INTERNAL\nDEPARTMENT. SEATTLE CHANNEL IS\nNOT IN THAT SITUATION BECAUSE IN\nTHE PAST , WHEN THE DISTURBING\nMOVIE THE CABLE GUY CAME OUT IN\nTHEATERS, PEOPLE HAD CABLE AND\nWERE USING OUR CABLE FRAME AND\nWE WERE BENEFITING FROM THE\nCABLE FRANCHISE FEE. BEING FULLY\nIT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE\nTHAT DISTURBING MOVIE CAME OUT\nIN THEATERS. BUT FOLKS HAVE CUT\nTHEIR CABLE IN THE MEANTIME. AND\nSO IT IS INCUMBENT UPON\nDEPARTMENTS, NOT JUST THE\nLIBRARY, BUT ALL CITY\nDEPARTMENTS WHO BENEFIT FROM THE\nAWARD-WINNING SEATTLE CHANNEL TO\nSTART PAYING FOR THE SERVICES\nTHAT THEY RECEIVE. COLLEAGUES, I\nHOPE TO EARN YOUR SUPPORT IN\nTURNING AN EXCLUDABLE RIVALROUS\nGOOD INTO EIGHT NON-EXCLUDABLE\nNON-RIVALROUS GOOD AND HELP\nSTART PAYING SEATTLE CHANNEL'S\n, HELP PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE FOR\nTHESE AT SEATTLE CHANNEL. THANK\nYOU.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\nSTRAUSS. ANY QUESTIONS OR\nCOMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, THEN I HAVE\nA COUPLE OF COMMENTS. SO,\nCOUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, I THINK\nWE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO AGREE TO\nDISAGREE HERE. BUT WE GET AN\nECONOMIC FORECAST THREE TIMES\nPER YEAR. APRIL, AUGUST AND\nNOVEMBER. THEY ARE PROJECTIONS.\nFROM OUR FINANCE OFFICE. ON HOW\nTHE ECONOMY IS DOING AND HOW ALL\nOF OUR FISCAL DECISIONS ARE\nDOING. AND THAT IS WHERE WE GET\nALL OF THIS INFORMATION ABOUT\nTHE LEVY CAPS. SO WHEN YOU CALL\nIT SPECULATION, GOVERNMENTS RELY\nON THESE ECONOMIC FORECASTS\nWHICH TO MAKE BUDGET DECISIONS\nINCLUDING LEVY DECISIONS. SO,\nTHESE ARE NOT DONE WILLY-NILLY.\nTHEY ARE EXPERTS WHO COME UP\nWITH THIS ECONOMIC FORECAST THAT\nWE RELY ON EVERY YEAR WHEN WE DO\nTHE BUDGET AND ALSO WHEN WE ARE\nDOING CONSIDERING PUTTING LEVIES\nON THE BALLOT. SO I JUST WANT TO\nMAKE IT VERY CLEAR TO THE\nPUBLIC, WHO MIGHT BE HEARING\nTHAT THESE ARE NOT JUST\nSPECULATIONS OF NOWHERE, THIS IS\nACTUALLY AN ECONOMIC FORECAST IT\nWE GET THREE TIMES PER YEAR FROM\nOUR FINANCE OFFICE. GIVE THE\nTHING I WILL SAY IS THAT, WHAT\nWE KNOW TODAY IS THAT WE HAVE AT\nLEAST 150 WILLIAM MILLER BUDGET\nDEFICIT THAT WE ARE GOING TO\nHAVE TO MANAGE LATER THIS YEAR.\nAND I WILL SAY THAT THE 3% IS A\nPRUDENT FACTOR, IT IS BASED ON\nPAST PERFORMANCE ON HOW PROPERTY\nVALUES , ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY\nVALUES . WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF\nA WAR, SO IT IS VERY POSSIBLE\nTHAT NEXT YEAR THE ASSESSMENT\nWILL GO DOWN. SO WHILE I\nAPPRECIATE YOUR PASSION FOR THE\nLIBRARY AND I HAVE EQUAL\nPASSION, I ALSO HAVE TO RELY ON\nTHE EXPERT ADVICE WE ARE GETTING\nFROM OUR FINANCE ADVISORS AND\nTHESE ECONOMIC FORECASTS WHICH\nARE AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR I\nBELIEVE THEY ARE AVAILABLE\nONLINE FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE. ON\nWHAT OUR FINANCIAL PICTURE TRULY\nIS. AND SO, THIS LEVY CAP ISSUE\nIS VERY REAL. AND YOU ARE\nCORRECT, WE MIGHT BE IN A\nSITUATION WHERE WHATEVER WE PASS\nTODAY IN TERMS OF A LIBRARY\nLEVY, WE MIGHT BE BUTTING UP\nAGAINST THE CAP FASTER IF\nASSESSED VALUES GO DOWN. WHICH\nVERY WELL COULD BE, AGAIN, GIVEN\nWE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A WAR. I\nSAY THAT ALL TO SAY THAT AS MUCH\nAS WE LOVE OUR LIBRARIES , SURE,\nWE CAN MAKE DECISIONS TODAY AND\nTHAT IS PERFECTLY FINE, AND\nWITHIN OUR RIGHT. BUT I DO WANT\nTO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BEING\nVERY CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT WITH\nTHE PUBLIC. AND I DON'T WANT TO\nMINIMIZE THE ADVICE THAT WE GET\nFROM THESE ECONOMIC FORECASTS.\nBECAUSE WE RELY ON THEM NOT JUST\nFOR THIS TODAY, BEFORE OUR\nBUDGET IN GENERAL. I THINK THOSE\nOF US, NOT JUST US HERE ON THE D\nIS, THERE ARE MANY FOLKS WHO\nALSO RELY ON ECONOMIC FORECASTS\nWHEN THEY ARE DOING FORECASTS.\nALL CITIES THIS. IT'S NOT\nSOMETHING WE ARE JUST DOING.\nTHINGS ARE NOT LOOKING GOOD AND\nTHEY HAVEN'T BEEN LOOKING GOOD\nFOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE FOR\nQUITE SOME TIME. WE ARE IN A\nCONSTANT BUDGET DEFICIT. AND\nTHERE WILL BE NEEDS LATER ON. WE\nDO HAVE -- WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE\nOF A HOUSING CRISIS. WE WILL, IN\n2030, HAVE A HOUSING LEVY. WHAT\nWILL BE LEFT FROM THE LEVY CAP\nTO GIVE TOWARDS THAT? I AM\nLOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING HOW\nWE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH THE\nBUDGET DEFICIT IN THE FALL.\nBECAUSE THERE IS A DEFICIT. SO\nARE WE GOING TO TURN TO MORE\nTAXING, PROPERTY TAXES? SEATTLE\nIS ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE\nCITIES IN THE COUNTRY. AND OUR\nFOLKS ARE FEELING THE HEAT OF\nTHAT. SO, THIS IS ALL REALLY\nIMPORTANT, AND AGAIN, THIS IS\nNOT WHO LOVES THE LIBRARIES\nMORE. AND WILL HAVE TO MAKE HER\nOWN DECISIONS. BUT WE DO NEED TO\nBE TRANSPARENT. AND WE CANNOT\nPAINT A FISCAL PICTURE THAT IS\nBETTER THAN WHAT IT REALLY IS.\nWE HAVE TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS\nWITH EYES WIDE OPEN. IF WE\nDECIDE THIS IS WHERE WE WANT TO\nPUT OUR MONEY, THAT IS OUR\nDECISION. AND ULTIMATELY IT IS\nTHE VOTERS WHO WILL VOTE . BUT\nWE NEED TO BE TRANSPARENT AND\nHONEST ABOUT THAT FINANCIAL\nSITUATION THAT WE ARE IN. SO,\nTHANK YOU, AND UNLESS THERE ANY\nCOMMENTS OR QUESTIONS WE WILL GO\nTO ABOUT. VOTE.\nCOUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS: COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER: COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ: COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER LIN: COUNCILMEMBER LIN.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK: COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.\nYES.\nVICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH: VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH.\nYES.\nCHAIR RIVERA: CHAIR RIVERA.\nNO.\nSIX IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED.\nMOTION CARRIES. AMENDMENT\nEIGHT IS ADOPTED. WE GO TO\nAMENDMENT NINE. COUNCILMEMBER\nSTRAUSS, YOUR RECOGNIZED .\nTHANK YOU. I MOVE AMENDMENT\n92 CANCEL BILL 121181.\nSECOND.\nIT HAS BEEN MOVED AND\nSECONDED TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL\n121181 IS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT\nNINE. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, THE\nSPONSOR OF THIS AMENDMENT, YOUR\nRECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO ADDRESS\nIT. ACTUALLY, COUNCILMEMBER\nSTRAUSS, ERIC, CAN YOU PLEASE\nBRIEF US FIRST.\nAMENDMENT I WOULD COMMUNICATE\nCOUNCIL'S INTENTION A PORTION\nOF THE LEVY FUNDING AMOUNT AS\nTRANSMITTED BY THE MAYOR AND\nINCREASE BY $8.2 MILLION THAT\nCOUNCIL SHOULD BE AUTHORIZED FOR\nINVESTMENTS TO SUPPORT\nMAINTENANCE, BY IMPROVING\nPHYSICAL ACCESSIBILITY UNDER THE\nAMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT\nAND BY REPAIRING OR REPLACING\nELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS.\nTHANK YOU, ERIC. NOW,\nCOUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, SPONSOR\nYOUR RECOGNIZED ADDRESS YOUR\nAMENDMENT.\nTHANK YOU. JUST TO CONTINUE\nTHE CONVERSATION, WE ARE IN THIS\nMOMENT WHERE WE ARE HAVING TO\nREDUCE THIS LIBRARY LEVY IS OF\nWASHINGTON STATE TAX CODE.\nUNDERSTANDING THAT WE DO HAVE A\nSTRUCTURAL BUDGET DEFICIT THAT\nTOOK 10 YEARS TO CREATE, AND WE\nARE TAKING A MULTIYEAR APPROACH,\nGRANTED THEY'RE GOING TO BE HER\nDECISIONS IS HERE. THAT WE\nCAN'T INCREASE PROPERTY TAX\nAGAIN BECAUSE OF THE UPSIDE ON\nTAX CODE OF THE STATE WHICH IS\nBOXING US INTO THIS ENTIRE\nSITUATION. AND SO, ECONOMIC\nFORECASTS DO INFORM OUR ANNUAL\nAND BIANNUAL BUDGETING\nPROCESSES. BUT, WE ARE WORKING\nON A MULTIYEAR LEVY AND THAT IS\nWHERE I THINK WE HAVE A\nDIFFERENCE OF OPINION, CHAIR,\nFOR ME, THAT WE ARE SPECULATING.\nWE ARE RECEIVING FORECASTS FOR\nTHIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR BUT IT\nIS HARD, OUR OFFICE IS NOT\nPROVIDING A DECADE-LONG\nFORECAST. THAT IS WHERE I AM\nSAYING WE ARE SPECULATION. BACK\nTO THIS AMENDMENT RIGHT HERE,\nCHRISTIANA, YOU TOOK MY TALKING\nPOINTS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU\nWERE READING OFF OF MY SHEET,\nBUT THE NUMBER OF TIMES I HAD\nGONE TO THE GREENWOOD PUBLIC\nLIBRARY AND THE ELEVATOR HAS\nBEEN BROKEN, I THOUGHT IT WAS\nBROKEN THE ENTIRE TIME IN\nBETWEEN MY VISITS BUT APPARENTLY\nIT HAS BEEN FIXED. I USE THIS\nEXAMPLE REALLY IMPORTANTLY\nBECAUSE THE GREENWOOD PUBLIC\nLIBRARY, THE GREENWOOD RANCH\nPUBLIC LIBRARY IS ON GREENWOOD\nAVENUE WHICH IS QUITE BUSY. AND\nPARKING IS NOT REALLY EASY AT\nTHE FRONT DOOR. AND SO, IF YOU\nHAVE A DIFFERENT ABILITY AND YOU\nNEED TO USE ASSISTANCE TO GET IN\nTHE DOOR, WHETHER IT IS YOU HAVE\nA SPRAINED ANKLE OR YOU HAVE A\nLIFELONG ABILITY , YOU HAVE TO\nUSE THE ELEVATOR. THERE IS NO\nOTHER WAY INTO THE BUILDING. AND\nIF THE ELEVATOR IS NOT WORKING,\nTHEN YOU CAN'T GET INSIDE. YOU\nCAN'T ACCESS ALL OF THE BOOKS\nWE ARE TALKING ABOUT. I MADE THE\nJOKE LAST TIME, AND IT IS\nSERIOUS, THAT THE ONLY WAY INTO\nTHE LIBRARY IS OVER THE\nINTERNET, AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE\nTHE INTERNET YOU HAVE TO GO TO\nTHE LIBRARY TO GET YOUR HOTSPOT.\nRIGHT? AND SO WITHOUT THE\nABILITY TO GET IN OUR DOORS, WE\nARE NOT PROVIDING THE SERVICE\nTHAT SEATTLEITES DESERVE. THIS\nIS ANOTHER BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT\nIF WE WERE TRULY RIGHTSIZING\nWHAT THE NEEDS ARE FOR A PUBLIC\nLIBRARY SYSTEM, IT WOULD BE\nTENFOLD WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US\nTODAY. I HOPE TO EARN YOUR\nSUPPORT, COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\nSTRAUSS. COLLEAGUES, ANY\nQUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? LET'S\nTHINK ABOUT. AMENDMENT NINE. [\nROLL CALL ]\nSIX IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED.\nMOTION CARRIES AN AMENDMENT\nNINE IS ADOPTED. COUNCILMEMBER\nFOSTER, ON BEHALF OF\nCOUNCILMEMBER SAKA, YOU WILL\nMOVE -- SORRY, IT'S OUT OF\nSEQUENCE BECAUSE SOME WERE\nREMOVED. WE'RE GOING TO 12.\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, YOU ARE --\nEXCUSE ME, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER,\nYOUR RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK ON\nBEHALF OF AMENDMENT 12 WHICH IS\nBEING BROUGHT BY COUNCILMEMBER\nSAKA.\nTHANK YOU. I BELIEVE I NEED\nTO MOVE IT IN. THANK YOU. I\nWOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT\nAMENDMENT 12 INTO THE RECORD.\nSECOND.\nIT HAS BEEN MOVED AND\nSECONDED TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL\n121181 IS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT\n12. ERIC?\nAMENDMENT 12 WOULD\nCOMMUNICATE COUNCIL'S INTENTION\nTHAT A PORTION OF THE LIBRARY\nLEVY FUNDING AMOUNT AS\nTRANSMITTED BY THE MAYOR SHOULD\nBE AUTHORIZED FOR INVESTMENTS TO\nSUPPORT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES BY\nPROVIDING DIGITAL SCALING\nPROGRAMS FOR TEENS. OFFERED AT\nTHE SOUTHPARK AND HIGH POINT\nBRANCH LIBRARIES.\nTHANK YOU, ERIC.\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.\nTHANK YOU, AS THE CHAIR\nMENTIONED I AM SPEAKING ON\nBEHALF OF COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.\nFOR THESE TWO AMENDMENT'S. THIS\nFIRST AMENDMENT EXTENDS AN\nEXISTING SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY\nPROGRAM INTO TWO NEIGHBORHOODS\nWITH LOWER HOME INTERNET ACCESS.\nAND FEWER DEVICES COMPARED TO\nMORE AFFLUENT SEATTLE AREAS.\nTHESE GAPS LIMIT ACCESS TO\nESSENTIAL DIGITAL RESOURCES SUCH\nAS ONLINE LEARNING, JOB\nAPPLICATIONS, GOVERNMENT\nSERVICES AND TELEHEALTH.\nTHEREFORE DIGITAL SKILLS\nTRAINING IS NEEDED IN THESE\nCOMMITTEES. THE LEVY ORDINANCE\nSETS NO LIMITS BY OFFERING OUR\nCAPITAL OR SPENDING CATEGORY AND\nTHIS AMENDMENT SIGNALS THE\nCOUNCIL INTEND THAT PART OF THE\n$410 MILLION SUPPORT DIGITAL\nSCALING INITIATIVES.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\nFOSTER. COLLEAGUES, ANY\nQUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? JUST TO\nCONFIRM, -- COUNCILMEMBER\nJUAREZ, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION?\nI APOLOGIZE, MY ZOOM JUST CUT\nOUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT WAS\nBACK ONLINE.\nWE SEE YOU. AND WE HEAR YOU.\nOKAY, GREAT, THANK YOU, MADAM\nCHAIR.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\nJUAREZ. ERIC, IN THIS PARTICULAR\nAMENDMENT AND THE SECOND ONE\nDON'T HAVE ACTUAL MONEY ADDS.\nTHEY ARE JUST AN INTENT FOR HOW\nTO USE THE CURRENT MONEY. EXPECT\nTHAT IS CORRECT.\nGREAT. AT THE END OF THE DAY\nI WANT TO CONFIRM THAT NO MATTER\nWHAT WE INTEND, IS THE LIBRARY\nBOARD WHO GETS TO DECIDE WHAT TO\nDO WITH ALL OF THIS MONEY THAT\nNOW HAVE ADDED VIA THESE\nAMENDMENTS, CORRECT?\nTHAT IS ALSO CORRECT.\nOKAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU\nFOR CONFIRMING. UNLESS THERE ANY\nQUESTIONS, AND I DON'T SEE ANY\nHANDS RAISED. LET'S GO TO\nABOUT. VOTE.\nCOUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS: COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER: COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ: COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER LIN: COUNCILMEMBER LIN.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK: COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.\nYES.\nVICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH: VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH.\nYES.\nCHAIR RIVERA: CHAIR RIVERA.\nYES.\nTHE MOTION CARRIES AN\nAMENDMENT 12 IS ADOPTED. NOW\nAMENDMENT 13. ALSO A\nCOUNCILMEMBER SAKA ADD.\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, YOUR\nRECOGNIZED TO MOVE COUNCILMEMBER\nSAKA'S AMENDMENT NUMBER 13.\nI LIKE TO MOVE AMENDMENT\nNUMBER 13. DO I HAVE A SECOND?\nSECOND.\nIT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO\nAMEND COUNCIL BILL 121181 IS\nPRESENTED ON AMENDMENT 13. ERIC?\nAMENDMENT 13 WOULD\nCOMMUNICATE COUNCIL'S INTENTION\nTHAT A PORTION OF THE LIBRARY\nFUNDING AMOUNT AS TRANSMITTED BY\nTHE MAYOR SHOULD BE AUTHORIZED\nFOR INVESTMENTS TO SUPPORT HOURS\nAND ACCESS AND COLLECTIONS BY\nCONTRACTING WITH THE WASHINGTON\nSTATE BLACK LEGACY INSTITUTE FOR\nPROGRAMMING AND LOCAL HISTORY --\nEXCUSE ME, LOCAL HISTORY\nCURATION THAT CELEBRATES AND\nPRESERVES THE RICH HISTORY OF\nWASHINGTON'S BLACK COMMUNITY\nAND OFFERS A POWERFUL TRIBUTE TO\nBLACK RESILIENCE, LEADERSHIP AND\nCULTURAL CONTRIBUTIONS.\nTHANK YOU, ERIC.\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, YOUR\nRECOGNIZED TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF\nCOUNCILMEMBER SAKA.\nTHANK YOU. ONCE AGAIN, I AM\nSHARING WORDS ON BEHALF OF\nCOUNCILMEMBER SAKA. THIS\nAMENDMENT FORMALIZES COUNCIL\nINTEND TO USE LEVY FUNDS TO\nCONTRACT WITH THE WASHINGTON\nSTATE BLACK LEGACY INSTITUTE FOR\nPROGRAMMING. IT WORKS TO CURATE\nAND DISSEMINATE LEGACY OF BLACK\nWASHINGTONIANS GROUNDED IN THE\nBELIEF THAT HONORING THE PAST\nSTRENGTHENS THE FUTURE. LIKE\nAMENDMENT 12 IT EXPRESSES THE\nCOUNCIL INTENT THAT A PORTION OF\nTHE $410 MILLION BE USED FOR\nTHIS PURPOSE.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\nFOSTER. COLLEAGUES, ANY\nQUESTIONS , COUNCIL PRESIDENT\nHOLLINGSWORTH, YOU ARE\nRECOGNIZED TO SPEAK.\nNO, NO WORRIES. YOU ARE ALL\nGOOD. THANK YOU, I KNOW\nCOUNCILMEMBER SAKA IS NOT HERE.\nSO THANKING HIM FOR THIS\nAMENDMENT. LOOK, I AM BLACK, I\nSUPPORT EVERYTHING. YOU KNOW\nI'M COMING FROM. BUT THE ONE\nTHING THAT CONCERNS ME ABOUT\nTHIS IS CALLING OUT SPECIFICALLY\nTHE PROVIDER WITH OUR\nINTENTIONS. , AND YOU KNOW, THAT\nWAS MY ONLY DISCOMFORT. I WILL\nBE ABSTAINING FROM THIS. JUST\nBECAUSE ON THAT PRINCIPLE OF\nCALLING OUT A SPECIFIC PROVIDER\nOUTSIDE OF THE LIBRARY LEVY, IF\nIT WAS A SPECIFIC LIBRARY AND\nTHAT IS WHO WE WERE TARGETING,\nOR THAT PIECE, BUT IT'S\nSOMETHING OUTSIDE OF THE SYSTEM.\nSO THAT WAS ONE OF MY ONLY\nCONCERNS. WITH THIS. THANK YOU,\nCOLLEAGUES.\nTHANK YOU. ANY OTHER\nQUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I TOO\nWILL BE ABSTAINING FROM THIS\nJUST BECAUSE WE DON'T NORMALLY\nSELECT A PROVIDER. WE HAVEN'T\nUSUALLY , WE HAVE AN RFP PROCESS\nAND I AM NOT FAMILIAR WHY IT'S\nBEING DONE THIS WAY. BUT, I DO\nSUPPORT , OBVIOUSLY, THE\nCURATION ASPECT OF THIS.\nESPECIALLY FOR BLACK LEGACY.\nBUT, I WILL ABSTAIN JUST BASED\nON SIMILAR , SIMILAR POSITION AS\nCOUNCIL PRESIDENT. ALL RIGHT,\nLET'S TAKE A VOTE ON AMENDMENT\n13.\nCOUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS: COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER: COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ: COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.\nABSTAIN.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER LIN: COUNCILMEMBER LIN.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK: COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.\nABSTAIN.\nVICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH: VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH.\nABSTAIN.\nCHAIR RIVERA: CHAIR RIVERA.\nABSTAIN.\nTHREE IN FAVOR, FOUR\nABSTENTIONS.\nTHE AMENDMENT FAILS.\nAMENDMENT 13 IS NOT ADOPTED.\nSORRY.\nPOINT OF INFORMATION, I\nBELIEVE THE TWO IN FAVOR AND THE\nREST ABSTENTION DOES PASS.\nDOES PASS. APOLOGIES. I WAS\nMISSING MY PLACE ON MY SCRIPT.\nOKAY, THE MOTION CARRIES ON\nAMENDMENT 13. IT IS ADOPTED. ALL\nRIGHT. ONE SECOND. ALL RIGHT.\nSORRY, COLLEAGUES. MY SCRIPT IS\nINCOMPLETE. BUT THE AMENDMENT\nPASSES AND THAT WAS THE LAST\nAMENDMENT.\nMADAM CHAIR, I'M A BIT\nCONFUSED FROM THE CLERK. MY\nCOUNT WAS DIFFERENT. WE HAD FOUR\nABSTENTIONS AND THREE YESES,\nWHAT WAS THE COUNT?\nTHREE IN FAVOR AND FOUR\nABSTENTIONS.\nTHREE IN FAVOR AND FOUR\nABSTENTIONS.\nSO, OKAY. I THOUGHT THAT WHEN\nYOU HAD -- OKAY, WELL.\nYOU KNOW WHAT, COUNCILMEMBER\nJUAREZ, WE'RE GOING TO DO IS\nCONFIRM WITH OUR CLERK TO MAKE\nSURE THAT WE HAVE THAT RIGHT. SO\nHANG TIGHT, EVERYBODY, FOR A\nMINUTE.\nTHIS IS AMELIA SANCHEZ. JUST\nPROVIDING CLARIFICATION. THE\nVOTE WAS FOUR IN FAVOR NONE\nOPPOSED, SORRY, THREE IN FAVOR,\nNONE OPPOSED AND FOUR\nABSTENTIONS. THEREFORE THE\nMOTION DOES CARRY. THE AMENDMENT\nIS ADOPTED. ABSTENTIONS DO NOT\nCOUNT TOWARDS THE TALLY.\nGOT IT.\nTHANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I\nMEAN, MADAME CLERK.\nTHANK YOU AMELIA AND\nCOUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. I HAVE\nALREADY SAID, THE AMENDMENT IS\nADOPTED. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT WAS\nOUR LAST AMENDMENT . THANK YOU,\nERIC, THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. ALL\nRIGHT, GIVE ME ONE SECOND TO\nFIND THE NEXT ONE HERE.\nMADAM CHAIR, ARE YOU GOING TO\nGIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY AFTER YOU\nSPEAK --\nYES.\nOKAY, JUST CHECKING.\nONE SECOND: ONE SECOND.\nTHANK YOU, I WANT TO GET MY\nPAPERS STRAIGHT HERE.\nALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, WE ARE\nABOUT TO TAKE THE VOTE ON THE\nFULL BILL AS AMENDED BY THESE\nAMENDMENTS WE PASSED TODAY. SO,\nAT THIS POINT, IF ANYONE WOULD\nLIKE TO MAKE COMMENTS BEFORE WE\nTAKE THE FINAL VOTE, I WILL GIVE\nYOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT\nAND THEN WE WILL TAKE OUR FINAL\nVOTE ON THE FULL BILL.\nCOUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, YOUR\nRECOGNIZED.\nI WILL BE VERY BRIEF. I WANT\nTO THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, OR\nWALKING US THROUGH THIS LEVY.\nAND I KNOW THE YOU ALSO WALKED\nUS THROUGH THE LEVY AS WELL. I\nREALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT\nTHAT, YES, WE ALL OF THE\nLIBRARY. COUNCILMEMBER LIN, I DO\nAPPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND I\nDIDN'T NEED TO LAUGH, BUT I DO\nAPPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT\nDEMOCRACY AND LIBRARIES. AND\nTHEY DO APPRECIATE YOU AND --\nACTUALLY, EVERYONE'S PASSION\nFOR WHAT WE WANT TO DO. AND\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\nSTRAUSS, FOR RECOGNIZING THE\nADA, PEOPLE WHO NEED IT. SOMEONE\nLIKE ME, AS YOU KNOW I HAVE MS.\nAS YOU KNOW I'M A SUPPORTER OF\nTHAT. AND GOING BACK TO THE ONES\nI VOTED NO ON, IT DOESN'T MEAN\nI DON'T SUPPORT PUTTING MONEY\nASIDE FOR THE COOLING AND\nDEFERRED AND SEISMIC RETROFIT.\nAGAIN, I WAS JUST GOING BACK TO\nWHAT THE CHAIR, MADAM CHAIR WAS\nCAUTIONING US ABOUT ABOUT, THE\nCAP, OUR FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.\nAND I GUESS MY CONCERN ABOUT THE\nSIX TAXES WE ALREADY HAVE IN\nFRONT OF US AS A SAVE SEATTLE,\nTHE POTENTIAL FOR TWO MORE, AND\nTHE ANNUAL TAXES WE HAVE, WHICH\nARE SIX, THE COUNTY TAXES WE\nHAVE WHICH ARE SEVEN, AND\nANOTHER ONE POSSIBLY COMING DOWN\nTHE PIKE. SO I SAY THAT ONLY\nBECAUSE , YOU KNOW, I'M NOT\nAGAINST THESE THINGS. IT'S MORE\nTHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE\nFUND WHAT WE CAN BEING FISCALLY\nRESPONSIBLE AND BEING MINDFUL\nTHAT WHEN WE DO THESE , THESE\nARE PROPERTY TAXES. THESE ARE\nEXCISE TAXES. THESE ARE TAXES\nTHAT HAPPEN WHEN SALES TAXES.\nAND AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO BE\nRESPONSIBLE FOR , YOU KNOW, WHAT\nWE PUT OUT TO THE VOTERS AND\nWHAT WE CAN PAY FOR. AND THAT IS\nIT. I DON'T THINK ANYONE IS\nAGAINST -- I MEAN IF WE COULD ,\nMADAM CHAIR, WE WOULD FUND\nEVERYTHING. BUT THE WORLD\nDOESN'T WORK THAT WE. I THINK,\nAND AGAIN, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK,\nI DIDN'T MEAN TO BELITTLE YOUR\nCOMMENTS WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE\nTRUMP REGIME. AND I DIDN'T MEAN\nTO BELITTLE COUNCILMEMBER LIN'S\nCOMMENTS WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT\nDEMOCRACY AND LIBRARIES. I\nUNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.\n, ON THE GROUND IN THE REAL\nWORLD AND THE EVERYDAY STUFF,\nTHAT IS WHAT CONCERNS ME AS A\nLEGISLATOR, AS A LEADER ON THIS\nBRANCH OF GOVERNMENT. AND THEY\nDO APPRECIATE THE MAYOR SENDING\nDOWN THE PACKAGE THAT SHE DID.\nAND SO, THAT IS WHY YOU SAW OF\nTHE 13 AMENDMENTS OR 12 OR\nWHATEVER THEY WERE, I ONLY VOTED\nNO ON TWO. I DON'T THINK I'VE\nEVER ABSTAINED IN MY HISTORY OF\nBEING ON COUNCIL BECAUSE I HAVE\nA POSITION YOU SHOULD VOTE YES\nOR NO. THAT IS ME. NO SHADE TO\nANYONE ELSE. THAT IS JUST ME.\nWITH THAT I WANT TO THANK YOU,\nMADAM CHAIR, FOR YOUR\nLEADERSHIP. IT IS NOT EASY\nHAVING TO SAY NO, ESPECIALLY TO\nTHE PUBLIC WHEN PEOPLE GET ANGRY\nOR THINK YOU'RE NOT SUPPORTING\nTHEM AND THEY SOMETIMES PEOPLE\nTAKE IT PERSONALLY AND I DON'T\nTHINK THEY SHOULD. WE ARE JUST\nRING TO DO OUR JOB AND DO THE\nBEST WE CAN WITH WHAT WE HAVE.\nSO THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU,\nCOLLEAGUES, FOR LISTENING TO ME.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\nJUAREZ. COUNCILMEMBER LIN AND\nTHEN COUNCIL PRESIDENT\nHOLLINGSWORTH.\nTHANK YOU, CHAIR, THANK YOU,\nCOUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. JUST WANT\nTO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO SEATTLE\nPUBLIC LIBRARIES , STAFF, BOARD,\nFRIENDS OF SEATTLE PUBLIC\nLIBRARIES, TO EVERYBODY WHO CAME\nAND SPOKE AND TESTIFIED, TO ALL\nTHE ADVOCACY THE DID LEAD\nSUPPORT MANY OF THE AMENDMENTS.\nDEFINITELY, COUNCILMEMBER\nJUAREZ, I APPRECIATE YOUR\nPERSPECTIVES, CHAIR, I\nAPPRECIATE YOUR PERSPECTIVES. I\nTHINK IT IS GOOD FOR US TO HAVE\nSOME HARD DISCUSSIONS AND\nDEBATE. I THINK THAT IS GOOD FOR\nUS. I THINK IT IS GOOD FOR THE\nPUBLIC. AND VARSITY. SO I\nAPPRECIATE YOU SHEPHERDING THIS,\nIT'S A LOT OF WORK. I AM\nEXCITED ABOUT THE PACKAGE THAT\nWE HAVE. AND ULTIMATELY NOW IT\nWILL BE UP FOR THE VOTERS TO\nDECIDE . WE DO HAVE SOME REAL\nHARD DECISIONS AROUND OUR\nBUDGET, AROUND TAXES, AROUND\nOTHER NEEDS. SO THIS IS NOT\nEASY. SO AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE\nDEBATE. THANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN.\nCOUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH.\nSORRY, I. I THINK\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER HAD HER\nHAND RAISED BEFORE ME. I'M\nSORRY, CHAIR.\nI DIDN'T SEE COUNCILMEMBER\nFOSTER'S HAND. COUNCILMEMBER\nFOSTER, YOUR RECOGNIZED.\nTHANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. I\nWILL BE BRIEF. I WANTED TO\nEXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO YOU,\nCHAIR, MANAGING A LEVY PROCESS\nIS NOT AN EASY THING. ESPECIALLY\nWITH NINE MEMBERS WHO HAVE NINE\nDIFFERENT OPINIONS ON A GOOD\nDAY. WE MIGHT HAVE 18 DIFFERENT\nOPINIONS ON A BAD DAY. AMONGST\nTHE NINE OF US. I WANT TO\nEXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO YOU\nFOR MANAGING THIS PROCESS. I\nALSO WANT TO EXPRESS MY\nAPPRECIATION, I THINK IT WAS IN\nONE OF HER EARLY MEETINGS WHERE\nYOUR INCREDIBLE HE TRANSPARENT\nABOUT WHAT YOUR POSITION WAS\nGOING TO BE AMENDMENTS. SO I\nAPPRECIATE THAT EARLY\nTRANSPARENCY FROM YOU AS WELL,\nCHAIR. LASTLY I WANT TO THANK\nERIC AND CENTRAL STAFF, WE\nREALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND THE\nWORK YOU DO TO MAKE SURE OUR\nAMENDMENT'S COME THROUGH AND\nARE WILL PUT TOGETHER AND WELL\nTHOUGHT OUT. AND SO OUR WORK IS\nNOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOU. AND\nEXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO\nMEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND THE\nLIBRARIES WHO HAVE BEEN HERE AND\nSHOWN UP AND TESTIFIED. SO THANK\nYOU.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\nFOSTER. COUNCIL PRESIDENT?\nTHANK YOU, CHAIR. I AM\nJUMPING ON THE APPRECIATION\nTRAIN. ONE-WAY TICKET. THANK\nYOU, CHAIR, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP\nON THIS. AND STEWARDSHIP. I KNOW\nIT IS NOT EASY TO LEAD TWO YEARS\nIN A ROW OF LEVIES FROM THE\nFAMILY AND EDUCATIONS LEVY TO\nTHIS LEVY AS WELL. NO MATTER\nWHAT POSITIONS, HOW PEOPLE VOTE.\nTHE REALITY IS SOMEONE STILL HAS\nTO DO THE WORK TO SHEPHERD THAT\nWORK. AND SO JUST REALLY\nGRATEFUL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON\nTHIS. AND, COLLABORATION. AND\nALSO, TOO, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT,\nAND I THINK COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ\nSAID IT, BETTER THAN I AM\nPROBABLY GOING TO ARTICULATE IT,\nIS -- AND COUNCILMEMBER LIN\nMENTIONED IT, THE HARD\nCONVERSATIONS. THESE ARE THINGS\nTHAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO DISCUSS\nOPENLY. AND IT'S OKAY. AND NOT\nBE DEMONIZED FOR OUR CONCERN\nABOUT TAXES. AND OUR CONCERN\nABOUT THE COST OF LIVING FOR\nPEOPLE. THERE IS NOT ONE PERSON\nON THIS COUNCIL THE DOES NOT\nSUPPORT THE LIBRARIES. DOES NOT\nLOVE READING BOOKS. DOES NOT\nWANT TO FUND THE SERVICES AND\nTHOSE THINGS. AND SO, JUST\nWANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AS\nWELL. BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS\nREALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO SAY\nOUT LOUD. AND ALSO TOO, WANTING\nTO HAVE , YOU KNOW, THESE GOOD\nOUTCOMES AS WELL. AND GOOD\nSERVICES FOR PEOPLE, WORLD-CLASS\nCITY, WORLD-CLASS CITIZENS\nSERVICES. JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT\nTHAT. THINK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS\nI THOUGHT WERE REALLY GREAT FOR\nIN ADDITION TO THE LEVY AS WELL.\nAND VERY THOUGHTFUL AS WELL.\nJUST WANTED TO SAY THAT. THANK\nYOU, CHAIR, AGAIN, FOR YOUR\nLEADERSHIP.\nTHANK YOU, ANYONE ELSE? THEN,\nREALLY, I WILL JUST SAY -- YOU\nDIDN'T HAVE YOUR HAND IT. BUT\nYOU CAN GO.\nSORRY.\nCOUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, YOUR\nRECOGNIZED.\nI'M NOT GOOD TECHNOLOGY\nWHICH IS WHAT I WANT TO BE ONE\nFOR THE PHYSICAL BOOKS. I JUST\nWANT TO THANK YOU FOR LEADING US\nTHROUGH THIS PROCESS. ALSO WANT\nTO JUST RECOGNIZE THAT\nWASHINGTON STATE'S UPSIDE DOWN\nTEXT CODE IS WHAT IS LIMITING US\nTODAY FROM ACTUALLY FUNDING THE\nREAL NEEDS OF THE SEATTLE\nLIBRARY SYSTEM. BECAUSE OF ALL\nOF THE COST OF LIVING CHALLENGES\nTHAT HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED, THAT\nIS COMING FROM WASHINGTON\nSTATE'S UPSIDE DOWN TEXT CODE.\nBECAUSE OF THEIR LIMIT ON OUR\nABILITY TO RAISE LEVIES, OR HAVE\nOUR PROPERTY TAX, A GENERAL\nPROPERTY TAX LEVY UP TO 3%, THIS\nIS HOW WASHINGTON STATE IS\nLIMITING US IN THE CITY OF\nSEATTLE AND WE HAVE HAD\nWORKAROUNDS FOR THE LAST DECADE\nPLUS. WE HAVE HAD WORKAROUNDS\nBYPASSING VOTER APPROVED LEVIES.\nTHIS IS THE FIRST LEVY THAT IS\nFACING THE CHALLENGE, THE\nOVERALL CHALLENGE THAT THE STATE\nIS PUTTING DOWN ON US. AND SO IT\nIS REALLY UNFORTUNATE , BECAUSE\nOF OUR STATE'S POLICIES,\nLIBRARIES AND SEATTLE FAMILIES\nOF THE FIRST TO LOSE OUT. IN A\nPOSITIVE NEWS, I AM GLAD THAT WE\nHAVE BEEN ABLE TO BALANCE OUR\nFISCAL RESPONSIBILITY WITH\nPUSHING AS FAR AS WE CAN TO MEET\nTHE NEEDS OF OUR SEATTLE LIBRARY\nSYSTEM AND SEATTLE FAMILIES. AND\nI THANK YOU CHAIR AND COLLEAGUES\nFOR THIS PROCESS.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\nSTRAUSS. ANYONE ELSE? GOING\nONCE. GOING TWICE. AND I WILL\nSAY , THIS WAS MY SECOND LEVY IN\nTWO YEARS. AND BY FAR THE\nHARDEST ONE BECAUSE IT IS NOT\nEASY FOR ME TO SAY NO TO\nSOMETHING I CARE SO DEEPLY\nABOUT. AND I WOULDN'T BE HERE\nTODAY WITHOUT LIBRARIES. AND,\nEVERYBODY KNOWS I AM VERY -- WE\nDIDN'T HAVE A LOT GOING UP. SO\nMY DAD REALLY TAUGHT US WE HAD\nTO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. AND\nTHERE WERE A LOT OF TIMES MY DAD\nSAID NO WHEN I KNOW HE REALLY\nWANTED TO SAY YES. SO, IN THE\nSPIRIT OF THAT, I WANT YOU TO\nKNOW, AND I WANT EVERYONE\nWATCHING, THAT I DON'T TAKE IT\nLIGHTLY WHEN I GO TO THE VOTERS\nFIRST OF ALL TO INCREASE THE\nPROPERTY TAXES , INCLUDING\nRENTERS, BECAUSE NO ONE EVER\nTHINKS RENTERS PAY FOR THESE\nTHINGS TOO. THEY DO. THESE COSTS\nTO GET PASSED ON TO RENTERS. AND\nWE ARE LIVING IN A REALLY\nEXPENSIVE CITY. AND I FEEL FOR\nTHAT BECAUSE MY FAMILY , I GREW\nUP, MY FAMILY WERE RENTING. THEY\nWERE RENTERS. SO, THAT IS\nMEANINGFUL TO ME. I AM NOT A\nRENTER TODAY. INC. FULLY. BUT I\nUSED TO BE. FOR MANY YEARS. EVEN\nON MY OWN WHEN I WAS A YOUNG\nPERSON. FRESHLY OUT OF COLLEGE.\nAS A FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE\nSTUDENT. AND, THESE ARE REALLY\nTOUGH CHOICES. SO THAT IS WHY I\nLEAD WITH, LOOK, -- AND THE\nOTHER THING IS, WE DO NEED TO BE\nREALISTIC AND ALSO HONEST AND\nTRANSPARENT WITH THE PUBLIC. YOU\nMAY NOT HAVE LIKE THE VOTES I\nTOOK TODAY, BUT I AM\nTRANSPARENT. WHAT I AM TELLING\nYOU IS TRUE. BECAUSE MY DAD\nTAUGHT ME, WE DON'T HAVE\nANYTHING, BUT WE HAVE OUR WORD.\nSO IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME THAT WE\nARE PAINTING THE PROPER\nFINANCIAL FISCAL PICTURE. I HAD\nSOMEONE QUESTION ME ABOUT THAT.\nAS IF SOMEHOW I WASN'T TELLING\nTHE TRUTH BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT\nTO GIVE THE LIBRARIES MORE. I\nHAVE NO MOTIVATION FOR NOT\nGIVING THE LIBRARIES MORE WHEN I\nLOVE THE LIBRARIES SO DEEPLY, AS\nWE ALL DO IN SEATTLE. I HAVE NOT\nMET ONE PERSON IN SEATTLE THE\nTRULY DOES NOT CARE OR HAS NOT\nUTILIZED THE LIBRARY IN SOME WAY\nOR ANOTHER. AND MY FAMILY\nCONTINUES TO UTILIZE LIBRARIES.\nSO THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO\nME. AND, IT IS HARD FOR ME. THIS\nONE WAS REALLY HARD. SO, I AM,\nHOWEVER, HAPPY THAT WE ARE TO BE\nPUTTING A LEVY ON THE BALLOT\nBEFORE THE VOTERS AND THEN THE\nVOTERS GET TO DECIDE. BUT AS I\nSAID EARLIER, VOTERS DON'T HAVE\nTHE BENEFITS THAT WE HAVE OF THE\nFISCAL PICTURE. AND SO THAT IS\nWHY -- IT IS INCUMBENT UPON US\nTO BE THE STEWARDS OF THE FUNDS.\nTHAT IS WHY WE SIGNED UP TO DO\nTHESE JOBS. AND I'M DOING THE\nJOB TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY,\nAS TRANSPARENTLY AND HONESTLY AS\nI CAN. AND THEN AT THE END OF\nTHE DAY, WE PASS HERE TODAY WILL\nGO ON TO THE VOTERS. AND WITHOUT\nTHE FUNDS IN THIS LEVY, WE\nCANNOT CONTINUE OUR LIBRARIES,\nPERIOD. SO I WANT YOU ALL TO\nKNOW THAT. YOU HERE IN THE\nCHAMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE\nPUBLIC. BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO\nMALIGN EACH OTHER, THAT IS NOT\nWHERE WE ARE. IT IS NOT, YOU\nKNOW, WHO LOVES THE LIBRARIES\nMORE BECAUSE WHO VOTED FOR WHAT.\nWE ALL OF THE LIBRARIES AND WANT\nTHE LEVY TO GO BEFORE THE VOTERS\nAND WE ARE GRAPPLING WITH HOW TO\nPAY FOR OTHER THINGS TOO.\nBECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF\nNEEDS. LIKE HOUSING AND\nTRANSPORTATION, EDUCATION. THESE\nLEVIES CYCLE AND IN SEVEN YEARS\nWE'RE GOING TO BE BACK HERE\nAGAIN TALKING ABOUT THE NEXT\nLIBRARY HEAVY. TO PLEASE KNOW\nTHAT. NO ONE LOVES THE LIBRARIES\nMORE THAN I DO AND SOMETIMES I\nHAVE TO BE THAT PARENT, LIKE MY\nDAD THAT HAD TO SAY NO. BECAUSE\nWE JUST DON'T HAVE IT.\nCOUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, I SEE YOUR\nHAND A.\nI NORMALLY DON'T DO THIS,\nBUT I WANT TO DO THIS REALLY\nQUICKLY. MADAM CHAIR, I JUST\nWANT TO VOUCH AND WHAT YOU SAY\nIS FORMER CHAIR OF THE\nLIBRARIES, I UNDERSTAND. I JUST\nWANT TO SAY, FOR THE PUBLIC,\nBECAUSE SOMETIMES IN THE FOG OF\nPOLITICS AND VIRTUAL SIGNALING\nI'M GOING TO SAY THIS, I HAVE\nALWAYS APPRECIATED YOUR\nINTEGRITY, YOUR HONESTY, YOUR\nSTREET SHOOTING. YOU HAVE ALWAYS\nBEEN CLEAR. THERE ARE TIMES WE\nHAVE AGREED TO DISAGREE, BUT YOU\nHAVE BEEN KIND AND\nSTRAIGHTFORWARD. WHAT WE DON'T\nWAS AGREE ON EVERYTHING, I\nALWAYS APPRECIATE THAT WE ALWAYS\nHAVE SOMETHING , ON THINGS WE DO\nAGREE WITH. I THINK WE'RE GOING\nTO HAVE THE SAME CONVERSATIONS\nWHEN THE TRANSPORTATION LEVY\nCOMES AROUND. AND I AM HOPING,\nAS SOMEONE WHO WENT TO A COUPLE\nOTHER COUNCILS, THAT WE CAN\nCONTINUE THIS FEELING THAT WE\nARE A TEAM AND AGREE AND STILL\nBE A TEAM. I THINK -- I'M GOING\nTO DO KIND OF WHAT COUNCILMEMBER\nRINCK WAS DOING. WHAT WE ARE NOT\nSEEING NATIONALLY, AND PART OF\nTHE CITY COUNCIL WE ARE TRYING\nTO DO LOCALLY. AND THAT IS WHERE\nTOGETHER. WE DON'T HAVE DENIAL\nOF REACHING ACROSS THE AISLE,\nBUT JUST BEING ABLE TO TALK AND\nBE HONEST AND BE STRAIGHTFORWARD\nWITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT BEING\nDEMONIZED OR WHATEVER BECAUSE\nPEOPLE THINK THE POSTURING\nSOMETIMES GETS RIDICULOUS. THAT\nIS JUST ME SAYING THAT. WITH\nTHAT, I JUST WANTED TO END ON, I\nTHANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP\nBECAUSE I KNOW YOU REALLY\nSTRUGGLE TO DO THE RIGHT THING\nWITH THIS LEVY CAME DOWN FROM\nTHE MAYOR'S OFFICE. BEHIND THE\nSCENES FOLKS DON'T KNOW THAT. I\nTHINK THEY NEED TO KNOW WE DO\nTALK TO EACH OTHER AND WE DO TRY\nTO REPRESENT THE NEEDS OF OUR\nDISTRICT, HONOR THE NEEDS OF OUR\nDISTRICT, BUT REPRESENT THE CITY\nAS A WHOLE AND REPRESENTING THE\nCITY AS A WHOLE IS HAVING THAT\nRESPONSIBLE, FISCAL\nRESPONSIBILITY AND TAKING IT\nSERIOUSLY. EVEN IF PEOPLE\nDISAGREE WITH US OR GET ANGRY\nWITH US. FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON\nTHIS LEVY, WELL OVER $400\nMILLION, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER\nJUAREZ. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND I\nDO APPRECIATE HAVING -- AS\nCOUNCILMEMBER SAID EARLIER, AS\nYOU ALSO SAID, COUNCILMEMBER\nJUAREZ, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE\nTOUGH CONVERSATIONS. THAT IS\nPART OF THE JOB . I MEAN, ANYONE\nWHO WANTS TO DO THIS JOB, JUST\nKNOW THAT. YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE\nTOUGH CONVERSATIONS. BUT I SAID\nIT DURING THIS LEVY PROCESS, I\nSAID IT DURING THE THEFT, THINGS\nWORK BETTER WHEN WE WORK\nTOGETHER. WE HAVE BETTER\nOUTCOMES WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER.\nAND THAT IS ABSOLUTELY MISSING\nIN THIS COUNTRY . AND IN SOME\nPARTS OF OUR CITY EVEN. I WILL\nSAY IT. BUT WE WORK REALLY HARD\nON THIS COUNCIL TO WORK TOGETHER\n, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE DISAGREE. I\nTHINK THAT IS EVEN MORE\nIMPORTANT TO WORK TOGETHER WHEN\nWE DISAGREE. BECAUSE WE DO NEED\nTO GET SOMEWHERE. AND THAT IS\nNOT GOING TO HAPPEN IF WE DON'T\nTALK AND TALK OUR DIFFERENCES\nOUT. WE ALL REPRESENT DIFFERENT\nCONSTITUENCIES, DIFFERENT PARTS\nOF THE CITY, AND IF YOU ARE AT\nLARGE, YOU'RE REPRESENTING ALL\nOF THOSE DIFFERENT\nCONSTITUENCIES ACROSS THE CITY.\nSO, ANYWAY, THANK YOU. LET'S\nGET TO OUR VOTE AND GET THIS TO\nTHE VOTERS. ALL RIGHT, WILL THE\nCLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON\nTHE RECOMMENDATION --\nCOUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS: COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER FOSTER: COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ: COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER LIN: COUNCILMEMBER LIN.\nYES.\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK: COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.\nYES.\nVICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH: VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH.\nYES.\nCHAIR RIVERA: CHAIR RIVERA.\nYES.\nSEVEN IN FAVOR AND NONE\nOPPOSED.\nTHE BILL PASSES. NOW YOU CAN\nCLAP.\n[ APPLAUSE ]\nIT IS HARD DURING PUBLIC\nCOMMENT BECAUSE YOU'RE TRYING\nTO SHEPHERD PEOPLE THROUGH. ALL\nRIGHT, RECOMMENDATION THAT THE\nBILL PASS AS AMENDED WILL BE\nSENT TO THE APRIL 14, 2026 CITY\nCOUNCIL MEETING FOR FINAL\nCONSIDERATION. COLLEAGUES, ANY\nFURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?\nTHEN, IF YOU'LL INDULGE ME IN\nTWO MORE MINUTES, I KNOW IT'S\n11:31 AM I WILL SAY, SINGLE\nFURTHER QUESTIONS THIS CONCLUDES\nTHE APRIL 8, 2026 SELECT\nCOMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY LEVY.\nTHIS IS OUR FINAL SELECT\nCOMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY LEVY.\nBEFORE WE ADJOURN I WANT TO\nTHANK THE FOLKS WHO'VE BEEN SO\nHELPFUL AND INSTRUMENTAL DURING\nTHIS PROCESS. I WANT TO THANK\nERIC, ARE CENTRAL SAFFER STAFFER\nWHO HELPED WITH THE EVIDENCE AND\nSHEPHERD THIS YEAR. I WANT TO\nTHANK OUR AMAZING DEPUTY CLERKS\nBUT IN PARTICULAR AMELIA AND\nJODY WHO WORKED ON THIS LEVY\nPROCESS. I WANT TO THANK THE\nVOLUNTEERS WHO SHOWED UP FOR\nPUBLIC HEARING EARLIER IN THE\nWEEK. CAMERON, PATTY, AND KIMMY.\nTHANK YOU, SUPER APPRECIATE YOU.\nAND OF COURSE, MY OWN STAFF,\nWENDY, NICK AND JACOB FOR ALL OF\nTHEIR HARD WORK. COUNCILMEMBER\nJUAREZ, YOU SAID NOBODY KNOWS\nWHAT GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENES ,\nSO MUCH WORK. AND WE RELY ON ALL\nOF THE PEOPLE THAT WE THANKED. I\nWANT TO THANK THE LIBRARIES ,\nTHE LIBRARY TEAM, UNDER THE\nLEADERSHIP FOR OTHER WORK IN THE\nBACK-AND-FORTH, I NEED THIS\nINFORMATION AND THAT INFORMATION\nAND THESE FIGURES -- ET CETERA.\nI WANT TO THANK THE FOUNDATION\nFOR THEIR ADVOCACY. I WANT TO\nTHANK, MORE PORTLY, THE MEMBERS\nOF THE PUBLIC THE K MULTIPLE\nTIMES TWO CHAMBERS TO ADVOCATE\nON BEHALF OF THE LIBRARIES. AND\nANYONE WHO HAD A HAND IN THE\nPASSAGE OF THIS BILL -- YOU\nKNOW, I WANT TO THANK THE\nMAYOR'S OFFICE AGAIN. AND\nDEPUTY MAYOR AND OUR CBO\nDIRECTOR, EVERYONE WORKED\nTOGETHER TO PUT THIS PACKAGE\nTOGETHER. AND AGAIN, WHEN WE\nWORK TOGETHER, WE HAVE BETTER\nOUTCOMES. AND I KNOW THAT THE\nMAYOR VERY MUCH LOVES LIBRARIES.\nSHE IS A HIGH UTILIZER OF THE\nLIBRARY. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE\nTHAT TOO. WE ALL HAVE TO\nACKNOWLEDGE EACH OTHER HERE.\nTHIS ISN'T POSTURING FOR ONE\nPERSON OR ANOTHER TO GET THE\nCREDIT. THIS IS A TEAM EFFORT\nAND A PARTNERSHIP. AND I SUPER\nAPPRECIATE EVERYBODY WHO WAS\nINVOLVED. AND LET'S GET THIS\nTHING TO THE LEVY. WE HAVE ONE\nFINAL VOTE IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT\nHAPPEN. AND THAT IS ON TUESDAY.\nAND I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT VOTE." }, "summary": null, "hindsight": null, "urls": { "meeting": "/seattle/meeting/x185662", "raw": "/seattle/api/meeting/x185662/raw.json", "sourceMeeting": "/seattle/api/source/meeting/x185662.json" } }