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APOLOGIES FOR NEEDING A FEW 

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MINUTES THERE TO GET OUR TECH. 

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ALL SET UP AND READY TO GO. 

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SO HAPPY TO SEE EVERYONE 

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HERE THIS EVENING. 

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THE APRIL 2nd, 2026, MEETING 

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OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON 

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THE LIBRARY LEVY WILL COME TO 

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ORDER. 

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IT'S 5:35 P.M. 

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I'M MARITZA RIVERA, 

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CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. 

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WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE 

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ROLL. 

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>> KOUP SILL MEMBER 

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LIN? 

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>> HERE. 

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>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 

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>> HERE. 

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>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 

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>> HERE. 

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>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 

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>> HERE. 

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>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 

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COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 

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VICE-CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH. 

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>> HERE. 

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>> CHAIR RIVERA. 

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>> PRESENT. 

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>> SEVEN COUNCILMEMBERS ARE 

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PRESENT. 

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>> THANK YOU, CLERK. 

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ALL RIGHT, WELL, I WANT TO THANK

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YOU ALL FOR COMING 

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TODAY. I WANT TO THANK YOU, 

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COLLEAGUES, AND MEMBERS OF THE 

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PUBLIC 

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AND ANYONE THAT IS JOINING US 

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ONLINE SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS AS 

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PART OF 

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THIS -- AND I WANT TO THANK 

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YOU FOR SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS 

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AS PART OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING. 

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THESE HEARINGS ARE REALLY AN 

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IMPORTANT PART OF 

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OUR LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. 

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I AM GRATEFUL FOR YOUR 

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ENGAGEMENT AND I AM REALLY 

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LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING 

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YOUR WORDS TODAY. 

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BEFORE WE START TODAY, I 

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WANTED TO QUICKLY RECAP THE 

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MAYOR'S 

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$410 MILLION LEVY 

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RENEWAL PROPOSAL, WHICH I 

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SUPPORT. 

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THIS PROPOSAL IS 50% LARGER THAN

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THE 2019 LEVY. 

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THAT'S ON TOP OF ACCOUNTING FOR

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INFLATION. 

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I HAVE RECEIVED SOME EMAILS, 

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AND, COLLEAGUES, YOU MAY HAVE 

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AS WELL, DESCRIBING THIS LEVY AS

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STATUS QUO. 

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I'M NOT ALWAYS CERTAIN WHERE 

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CONSTITUENTS RECEIVE 

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INFORMATION AND WHAT IS OUT 

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THERE, BUT AS I 

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JUST CONFIRMED, THIS LEVY IS 50%

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MORE THAN WHAT WOULD HAVE 

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BEEN THE STATUS QUO. 

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STATUS QUO WOULD HAVE BEEN 

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A BASELINE OF $219 MILLION PLUS 

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INFLATION. 

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BUT BECAUSE WE CARE ABOUT OUR 

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LIBRARIES, WE MADE SURE 

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THAT, DESPITE THE LEVY CAP, WE 

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HAD 

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A PROPOSAL THAT INCLUDED NEW 

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FUNDING. I'M RESTATING THIS 

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BECAUSE I 

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WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 

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CONSTITUENTS UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH

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IS ACTUALLY IN THE PACKAGE. 

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I ALSO WANT TO ANSWER A QUESTION

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THAT CAME UP IN 

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OUR SELECT COMMITTEE EARLIER 

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THIS WEEK ABOUT FUNDING TO 

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COMPLETE THE 

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HVAC SYSTEMS AT THE FIVE 

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BRANCHES THAT NEED COOLING. 

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THERE WAS CONFUSION AS 

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TO WHETHER OR NOT WE HAD A 

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GRANT FROM FEMA TO DO THE WORK. 

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I'M RELIEVED TO REPORT WE 

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DO HAVE A LETTER, WHICH 

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YOU RECEIVED TODAY, 

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COLLEAGUES, CONFIRMING THE GRANT

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TO ADD 

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COOLING TO THESE 

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FIVE BRANCHES BY THE END OF NEXT

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YEAR. 

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OVERALL CONCERN WITH GOVERNMENT 

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SPENDING AND MAKING DECISIONS 

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BASEDBASED 

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SPECULATION RATHER THAN REALITY.

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THE REALITY IS WE HAVE A FEMA 

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GRANT. 

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AS TO ADDITIONAL FUNDING 

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FOR DEFERRED AND ONGOING 

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MAINTENANCE, THERE IS ALMOST 

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$86 MILLION IN THIS PROPOSAL FOR

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THAT PURPOSE OF WHICH ALMOST 

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30 MILLION IS ACTUALLY NEW 

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FUNDING. 

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THE LIBRARY INDICATED THEY 

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WILL HAVE TO DO MORE WORK IN 

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FIVE TO 

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TEN YEARS BUT WE WILL HAVE A 

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LEVY RENEWAL IN SEVEN YEARS 

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WE CAN ADD MORE FUNDING TO. 

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AS WE DO WITH ALL LEVY 

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RENEWALS, WE ADD ADDITIONAL 

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FUNDING 

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EACH TIME TO DO MORE WORK. 

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ADDING THAT MONEY NOW 

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DIMINISHES OUR ABILITY TO 

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ADDRESS 

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PRESSING NEEDS TODAY. 

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AT THE RISK OF SOUNDING LIKE A 

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BROKEN RECORD, THIS IS A 

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SOLID PROPOSAL THAT NOT ONLY 

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ADDS BASELINE PLUS INFLATION BUT

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50% 

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MORE ON TOP OF THAT. 

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WE NEED TO MAKE OUR DECISIONS 

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DEFENSIBLE TO OUR RESIDENTS 

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WHO ARE FOOTING THE BILL. 

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WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO

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OUR PUBLIC HEARING. 

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IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE 

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AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. 

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HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA

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IS ADOPTED. 

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WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ 

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ITEM ONE INTO THE RECORD. 

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>> AGENDA ITEM ONE, COUNCIL BILL

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121181. AN ORDINANCE RELATE TO 

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GO REGULAR PROPERTY TAXES 

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PROVIDING FOR THE SUBMISSION TO 

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THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE 

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CITY 

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AT AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON 

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AUGUST 4, 2026, OF A PROPOSITION

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AUTHORIZING TO LEVY 

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PROPERTY TAXES UP TO SEVEN YEARS

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IN EXCESS OF THE LIMITATION 

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ON LEVIES IN CHAPTER 84. 55 RCW 

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FOR 

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TECHNOLOGY, PROGRAMMING 

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AND MAINTENANCE WHILE 

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EXPANDING ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY 

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THROUGH LIBRARY MATERIALS, 

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TECHNOLOGY 

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AND UNDERTAKING A RETROFIT 

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OF ONE LIBRARY FACILITY 

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AND RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING 

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CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS. 

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>> THANK YOU, CLERK. 

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AS PRESIDING OFFICER, I'M NOW 

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OPENING THE PUBLIC 

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HEARING ON COUNCIL BILL 121181. 

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CLERK, HOW MANY SPEAKERS 

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ARE SIGNED UP TODAY? 

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>> CURRENTLY WE HAVE 30 

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IN- PERSON SPEAKERS AND 

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FIVE REMOTE SIGNED UP. 

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>> GIVEN THAT AND FOLLOWING 

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OUR COUNCIL RULES, EACH SPEAKER 

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WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE. 

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CLERK, I WILL NOW HAND THIS OVER

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TO YOU TO PRESENT 

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THE INSTRUCTIONS AND THEN I 

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WILL READ THE NAMES FOR IN- 

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PERSON 

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SPEAKERS, AND WE WILL -- I 

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WILL LET YOU READ THE 

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INSTRUCTIONS. 

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I THINK YOU HAVE THAT. 

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>> THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL 

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BE MODERATED IN THE FOLLOWING 

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MANNER. 

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THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL CONTINUE

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UNTIL ALL REGISTERED SPEAKERS 

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SPEAK. 

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SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN 

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THE ORDER THEY REGISTERED. 

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PERSON SPEAKERS AND ALTERNATE TO

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REMOTE 

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SPEAKERS AND CONTINUE UNTIL ALL 

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REGISTERED SPEAKERS HAVE SPOKEN.

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SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME 

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WHEN TEN SECONDS ARE LEFT OF 

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THEIR 

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TIME. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW 

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OPEN. WE WILL 

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BEGIN WITH THE FIRST 

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SPEAKER ON THE LIST. 

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>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, CLERK. 

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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, ALL 

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THREE MICS ARE WORKING, 

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AND IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT -- 

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I'M GOING TO 

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CALL A FEW AT A TIME, AND IF YOU

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WANT TO QUEUE UP, THAT 

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MIGHT MAKE THE PROCESS RUN A 

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LITTLE MORE SMOOTHLY. 

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WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH KATHY

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BENSON, THEN STEVE 

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DELVECCHIO, CHERYL HAMMEL AND 

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BRIAN LAWRENCE 

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AND KATIE -- SORRY, I CAN'T -- 

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ROSIPE. 

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ALL RIGHT. 

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KATHY, WELCOME. 

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>> MY NAME IS KATHY BENSON, 

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AND I HAVE LIVED IN WEDGWOOD 

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SINCE 

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1990. I GO TO THE NORTHEAST 

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BRANCH 

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ABOUT TWO TO THREE TIMES A WEEK.

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I WALK THERE. 

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I GO THERE AND EVERY TIME I 

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GO, IT BRINGS ME JOY. 

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IT'S ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO ME

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TO FUND BOOKS, PROGRAMS AND 

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BUILDINGS BECAUSE I TAKE 

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ADVANTAGE OF SO MANY OF THE 

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SERVICES OF THE LIBRARY 

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AND WATCH PEOPLE AROUND ME DOING

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THE 

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SAME THING. 

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I'M IN A BOOK CLUB. 

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SOMETIMES I HAVE TO WAIT A 

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VERY, VERY LONG TIME TO GET THE 

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BOOK FOR OUR BOOK CLUB, SO I 

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WON'T 

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MIND IF WE HAVE A FEW 

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MORE COPIES OF SOME BOOKS. 

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I DON'T HAVE A TV, SO I 

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TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE MOVIES AND

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TV SERIES THAT I CAN GET AT THE 

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LIBRARY AND TAKE ADVANTAGE 

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OF THE MEETING ROOMS. 

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I JUST FIND JOY, FOR EXAMPLE, 

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WHEN I WATCH A LITTLE KID 

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STEP UP ON THE STEP STOOL AND 

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CHECK 

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OUT HIS VERY OWN BOOKS. 

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AS A SEATTLE TAXPAYER, I WANT TO

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SEE MORE 

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-- 

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>> KATHY, I'M SORRY. 

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>> I'M ALMOST OUT OF TIME? 

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>> TIME IS UP. 

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>> MY TIME IS UP, OKAY. 

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PLEASE VOTE TO FUND ALL OF 

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THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. 

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>> THANK YOU. 

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BUT, KATHY, PLEASE LEAVE YOUR 

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REMARKS IN THE BOX, AND THEN 

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WE CAN SEE THE REST OF IT, IF 

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YOU'D LIKE. 

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ALL RIGHT. 

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STEVE DELVECCHIO, SHARON HAMMEL,

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BRIAN LAWRENCE, KATIE AND JEN 

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SOUTHWELL. 

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WELCOME. 

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>> 

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HI. MY NAME IS STEVE DELVECCHIO.

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I LIVE IN WEDGWOOD. 

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I'M STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF THE 

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AMENDMENTS PROPOSED 

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BY COUNCILMEMBERS FOSTER, 

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JUAREZ, 

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LIN, RINCK AND STRAUSS. 

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WITHOUT THEM, THIS LEVY WILL 

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NOT MEET THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE

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OF 

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SEATTLE. I'VE BEEN A LIBRARY 

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USER 

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FOR OVER 65 YEARS. 

296
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I'VE 

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ALSO BEEN A LIBRARY VOLUNTEER 

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SUPPORTER AND WORKER 

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FOR MUCH OF THAT TIME. 

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THE PUBLIC LIBRARY IS A 

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REMARKABLE, UNIQUE AND 

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ALMOST MIRACULOUS SERVICE IN A 

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SOCIETY AND CULTURE THAT IS 

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LARGELY 

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DEFINED BY GREED, POWER 

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AND PROFIT FOR THE FEW. 

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THE LIBRARY IS DEFINED BY 

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LOVE AND GENEROSITY. 

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IT IS THE ONLY PLACE IN OUR 

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CITY WHERE ANYONE CAN GO 

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WITHOUT EXPLAINING OR 

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IDENTIFYING THEMSELVES AND BE 

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WELCOMED. 

314
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IT IS A PLACE WHERE KIND, 

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CARING AND EXPERT WORKERS 

316
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WILL ENDEAVOR TO HELP YOU WITH 

317
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WHAT YOU WANT 

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OR NEED. 

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THIS WORK THAT LIBRARY WORKERS 

320
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DO IS EXTRAORDINARY. 

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IT ALSO IS DEMANDING, STRESSFUL 

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AND AT TIMES TRAUMATIZING. 

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MY PLEA IS YOU RECOGNIZE 

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THIS AND SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE 

325
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THE FUNDING FOR FRONTLINE 

326
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LIBRARY STAFF WITHOUT DEMANDING 

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AN INCREASE IN HOURS. 

328
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THANK YOU. 

329
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>> THANK YOU, STEVE. 

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SHARON HAMMEL, BRIAN, 

331
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KATIE, DAVID STRAUSS. 

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>> HI, MY NAME IS SHARON 

333
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HAMMEL, AND I LIVE IN NOW BOB 

334
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KETTLE'S 

335
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DISTRICT. 

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I VOTED FOR 

337
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EDDIE. I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE

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-- I 

339
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MOVED. I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE

340
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SUPPORT 

341
00:12:12,865 --> 00:12:14,200
ALL OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS 

342
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IN THE LIBRARY LEVY. 

343
00:12:15,067 --> 00:12:17,036
I'M ESPECIALLY SUPPORTIVE OF 

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THE AMENDMENTS FROM 

345
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COUNCILMEMBERS 

346
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FOSTER, RINCK, LIN AND 

347
00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:23,042
STRAUSS TO SUPPORT LIBRARY 

348
00:12:23,042 --> 00:12:23,342
SPACES AND 

349
00:12:23,342 --> 00:12:23,642
EQUIPMENT. 

350
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YOU KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO 

351
00:12:26,612 --> 00:12:32,885
YOUR SANITY TO BE IN A NICE 

352
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PLACE. 

353
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THE LIBRARY'S FEMA GRANT 

354
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UNDER THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION 

355
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WILL HELP INSTALL AIR 

356
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CONDITIONING 

357
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AT BRANCHES, BUT THIS IS A ONE- 

358
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TIME AWARD THAT DOES NOT PAY FOR

359
00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:42,294
THE FULL COST OF THE WORK. 

360
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WE'VE SEEN THAT IN THE LAST 

361
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LEVY. 

362
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FOR THE LIBRARY TO PROVIDE 

363
00:12:46,265 --> 00:12:47,466
ONGOING MAINTENANCE AND 

364
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UPGRADES FOR HVAC AND MAINTAIN 

365
00:12:49,268 --> 00:12:49,802
ALL OF 

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ITS PHYSICAL BUILDINGS IT 

367
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NEEDS CONSISTENT AND ONGOING 

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FUNDING. 

369
00:12:53,539 --> 00:12:55,875
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS 

370
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INCLUDE FOR A RETROFIT OF 

371
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WEST SEATTLE AND IMPROVEMENTS TO

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THE 

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CHILDREN'S AREA. 

374
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THESE ARE ESSENTIAL. 

375
00:13:03,682 --> 00:13:04,016
THANK YOU. 

376
00:13:04,150 --> 00:13:04,950
>> THANK YOU, SHARON. 

377
00:13:04,950 --> 00:13:07,887
BRIAN LAWRENCE, KATIE, JEN 

378
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SOUTHWELL, DAVID STRAUSS AND 

379
00:13:09,588 --> 00:13:11,157
GWEN. IF YOU WANT TO QUEUE UP, 

380
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THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 

381
00:13:11,757 --> 00:13:16,128
THANK YOU. 

382
00:13:16,262 --> 00:13:16,996
>> I'M BRIAN LAWRENCE. 

383
00:13:16,996 --> 00:13:18,831
MANY LEVY CONVERSATIONS 

384
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HAVE CENTERED AROUND DOLLAR 

385
00:13:19,832 --> 00:13:21,834
FIGURES AND LEVY CAPS, BUT ARE 

386
00:13:21,834 --> 00:13:22,635
WE MISSING THE POINT? 

387
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THE POINT IS THE PEOPLE. 

388
00:13:24,436 --> 00:13:26,639
THE 50 KIDS TAKING PART 

389
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IN SUMMER READING 

390
00:13:27,873 --> 00:13:29,241
CELEBRATION AT THE WEST SEATTLE 

391
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BRANCH. 

392
00:13:29,642 --> 00:13:31,610
I JOYFULLY ADVOCATE FOR 

393
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THAT BRANCH TO BE AS SAFE AS 

394
00:13:33,812 --> 00:13:34,980
POSSIBLE FOR THOSE KIDS. 

395
00:13:34,980 --> 00:13:37,149
THE PATRONS I MET FROM 

396
00:13:37,149 --> 00:13:39,285
ARGENTINA, MEXICO, CHINA 

397
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AND KOREA WHO GATHERED AT THE 

398
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BEACON HILL BRANCH FOR THEIR 

399
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ENGLISH 

400
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CONVERSATION CIRCLE, A 

401
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RETIRED TEACHER WITH LIMITED 

402
00:13:46,725 --> 00:13:46,959
INCOME, 

403
00:13:46,959 --> 00:13:52,331
THE HOURS OF ENJOYMENT SHE GETS 

404
00:13:52,331 --> 00:13:53,132
FROM LIBRARY BOOKS HELP KEEP HER

405
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SANE 

406
00:13:53,332 --> 00:13:55,668
AND AWAY FROM THE DEPRESSING TV 

407
00:13:55,668 --> 00:13:56,068
NEWS. 

408
00:13:56,068 --> 00:13:58,170
AND THE TWO ENTREPRENEURS I 

409
00:13:58,170 --> 00:14:00,706
MET WHO WERE GETTING STEP-BY- 

410
00:14:00,706 --> 00:14:01,407
STEP 

411
00:14:01,407 --> 00:14:03,275
INSTRUCTIONS FROM TOP- 

412
00:14:03,275 --> 00:14:03,676
NOTCH LIBRARIANS 

413
00:14:03,676 --> 00:14:04,210
ON HOW TO START THEIR OWN 

414
00:14:04,210 --> 00:14:06,312
NONPROFITS. 

415
00:14:06,312 --> 00:14:07,846
THE LIBRARY IS THE BEST 

416
00:14:07,846 --> 00:14:10,449
INVESTMENT WE CAN MAKE 

417
00:14:10,449 --> 00:14:11,283
IN CORE CITY SERVICES. 

418
00:14:11,283 --> 00:14:12,685
IT HAS DELIVERED VALUE FOR 

419
00:14:12,685 --> 00:14:14,186
DECADES, AND EVERY 

420
00:14:14,186 --> 00:14:15,821
NEIGHBORHOOD FOR ALL AGES, FOR 

421
00:14:15,821 --> 00:14:15,988
ALL 

422
00:14:16,121 --> 00:14:17,923
BACKGROUNDS. THE AMOUNTS WE ARE 

423
00:14:17,923 --> 00:14:18,390
DEBATING 

424
00:14:18,390 --> 00:14:19,892
OVER SEVEN YEARS WILL NOT BREAK 

425
00:14:19,892 --> 00:14:20,125
OUR 

426
00:14:20,125 --> 00:14:20,593
CITY. 

427
00:14:20,593 --> 00:14:22,194
IN FACT, THEY'LL ENRICH OUR 

428
00:14:22,194 --> 00:14:24,830
CITY AND MAKE IT STRONGER. 

429
00:14:24,830 --> 00:14:25,231
THANK YOU. 

430
00:14:25,364 --> 00:14:29,568
>> THANK YOU, BRIAN. 

431
00:14:29,568 --> 00:14:32,438
KATIE -- I'M SO SORRY I'M 

432
00:14:32,438 --> 00:14:33,305
MISPRONOUNCING YOUR NAME, 

433
00:14:33,305 --> 00:14:33,939
I CAN'T READ. 

434
00:14:34,073 --> 00:14:35,908
>> I'M SUBBING IN FOR KATIE. 

435
00:14:35,908 --> 00:14:37,977
KATIE TOOK MY NUMBER 22 BECAUSE 

436
00:14:37,977 --> 00:14:39,778
I HAVE MY KID HERE AND SHE 

437
00:14:39,778 --> 00:14:41,981
LET ME GO FIRST BECAUSE SHE 

438
00:14:41,981 --> 00:14:42,181
LOVES 

439
00:14:42,181 --> 00:14:43,949
THE LIBRARY AND IS NICE. 

440
00:14:44,083 --> 00:14:44,984
>> SO YOU'RE SUSAN? 

441
00:14:45,117 --> 00:14:45,818
>> I AM 

442
00:14:45,818 --> 00:14:46,051
SUSAN. 

443
00:14:46,051 --> 00:14:47,386
>> HI, SUSAN. 

444
00:14:47,519 --> 00:14:47,820
WELCOME. 

445
00:14:47,820 --> 00:14:51,223
>> EVERYONE, MY NAME IS SUSAN 

446
00:14:51,223 --> 00:14:53,893
LU, THE INTERIM EXECUTIVE 

447
00:14:53,893 --> 00:14:57,329
DIRECTOR IN THE CID AND A LOCAL 

448
00:14:57,463 --> 00:14:59,298
AUTHOR. I AM IN FAVOR OF THIS 

449
00:14:59,298 --> 00:14:59,565
AMENDMENT 

450
00:14:59,565 --> 00:15:01,333
TO ADD TO THE LIBRARY 

451
00:15:01,333 --> 00:15:02,334
LEVY, AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY. 

452
00:15:02,334 --> 00:15:03,903
WHEN I WAS 11 YEARS OLD, 

453
00:15:03,903 --> 00:15:07,039
MY MOTHER DIED FROM A BOTCHED 

454
00:15:07,039 --> 00:15:08,540
TUMMY TUCK, AND MY FAMILY NEVER 

455
00:15:08,540 --> 00:15:08,974
TALKED 

456
00:15:09,108 --> 00:15:10,309
ABOUT IT. AS CHILDREN OF 

457
00:15:10,309 --> 00:15:10,609
VIETNAMESE 

458
00:15:10,609 --> 00:15:11,677
IMMIGRANTS, WE DID NOT HAVE 

459
00:15:11,677 --> 00:15:14,079
THE TOOLS TO TALK ABOUT GRIEF OR

460
00:15:14,079 --> 00:15:15,314
OUR FEELINGS, AND I WENT TO 

461
00:15:15,314 --> 00:15:17,082
THE SAFEST PLACE IN MY LIFE 

462
00:15:17,082 --> 00:15:18,717
WHICH WAS THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. 

463
00:15:18,717 --> 00:15:20,019
THE BOOKS THERE OPENED ME UP 

464
00:15:20,019 --> 00:15:21,420
TO THE REST OF THE WORLD AND IT 

465
00:15:21,420 --> 00:15:23,255
LED ME TO THE CAMPUSES OF 

466
00:15:23,255 --> 00:15:25,291
HARVARD AND YALE AND EVENTUALLY 

467
00:15:25,291 --> 00:15:27,893
I DOCUMENTED MY JOURNEY WITH 

468
00:15:27,893 --> 00:15:32,698
INTERGENERATIONAL 

469
00:15:32,698 --> 00:15:34,066
HEALING, MY MEMOIR, THE 

470
00:15:34,066 --> 00:15:34,700
MARIJUANA NICURIST'S 

471
00:15:34,700 --> 00:15:36,535
DAUGHTER AND I'VE MET SO MANY 

472
00:15:36,535 --> 00:15:38,070
READERS, I'VE NEVER A YOUNG MAN

473
00:15:38,070 --> 00:15:40,005
WHO WAS ESTRANGED FROM HIS 

474
00:15:40,139 --> 00:15:40,773
MOTHER, WHO AFTER READING THIS 

475
00:15:40,773 --> 00:15:41,407
BOOK DECIDED TO CALL HER AFTER 

476
00:15:41,407 --> 00:15:42,808
THREE YEARS. 

477
00:15:42,808 --> 00:15:44,677
A WOMAN WHO WAS GOING TO 

478
00:15:44,677 --> 00:15:46,412
GET PLASTIC SURGERY WITH FOUR 

479
00:15:46,412 --> 00:15:47,980
KIDS MADE A DIFFERENT CHOICE 

480
00:15:47,980 --> 00:15:49,081
BECAUSE OF THIS BOOK. 

481
00:15:49,081 --> 00:15:51,350
PLEASE PROVIDE MORE RESOURCES 

482
00:15:51,350 --> 00:15:53,152
FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO HEAL 

483
00:15:53,152 --> 00:15:54,553
BECAUSE THAT IS HOW WE WILL 

484
00:15:54,553 --> 00:15:55,387
SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. 

485
00:15:55,387 --> 00:15:59,091
AND MY 6-YEAR- OLD HAS SOMETHING

486
00:15:59,091 --> 00:16:01,160
TO SAY. 

487
00:16:01,293 --> 00:16:02,661
>> I LOVE LIBRARIES. 

488
00:16:02,661 --> 00:16:02,895
GIVE 

489
00:16:02,895 --> 00:16:03,195
THEM MONEY. 

490
00:16:03,329 --> 00:16:03,762
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 

491
00:16:03,762 --> 00:16:07,166
>> THANK YOU. 

492
00:16:07,166 --> 00:16:07,800
THANK YOU. 

493
00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:09,335
THANK YOU, SUSAN. 

494
00:16:09,335 --> 00:16:13,605
JEN SOUTHWELL, DAVID STRAUSS, 

495
00:16:13,605 --> 00:16:15,307
GWEN, AND LAURA MILLER. 

496
00:16:15,307 --> 00:16:15,741
WELCOME. 

497
00:16:15,874 --> 00:16:18,944
>> HOW DO YOU FOLLOW THAT? 

498
00:16:18,944 --> 00:16:20,346
MY NAME IS JEN 

499
00:16:20,346 --> 00:16:21,647
SOUTHWELL AND I'VE BEEN ON THE 

500
00:16:21,647 --> 00:16:22,314
FOUNDATION BOARD FOR SEVEN 

501
00:16:22,314 --> 00:16:22,548
YEARS. 

502
00:16:22,548 --> 00:16:23,816
I JOINED RIGHT WHEN WE 

503
00:16:23,816 --> 00:16:26,385
PASSED THE LAST LIBRARY LEVY AND

504
00:16:26,385 --> 00:16:28,287
I'VE SEEN IT IN ACTION AND I'M

505
00:16:28,287 --> 00:16:28,454
SO 

506
00:16:28,454 --> 00:16:30,389
HAPPY TO SPEAK ABOUT THE 

507
00:16:30,389 --> 00:16:30,622
LIBRARY 

508
00:16:30,622 --> 00:16:32,324
TODAY. I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE

509
00:16:32,324 --> 00:16:33,592
SUPPORT ALL THE FUNDED 

510
00:16:33,592 --> 00:16:33,892
AMENDMENTS 

511
00:16:33,892 --> 00:16:35,160
FOR THE LIBRARY LEVY. 

512
00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:37,029
I'M ESPECIALLY INTERESTED 

513
00:16:37,029 --> 00:16:39,531
IN COUNCILMEMBER RINCK'S 

514
00:16:39,531 --> 00:16:42,101
AMENDMENT TO THE FUND THE 

515
00:16:42,101 --> 00:16:42,968
SEISMIC 

516
00:16:42,968 --> 00:16:43,369
RETROFIT BRANCH. 

517
00:16:43,369 --> 00:16:48,507
I'M A REGULAR USER OF ALL THE 

518
00:16:48,640 --> 00:16:53,445
LIBRARIES. WE MUST RETROFIT THE 

519
00:16:53,445 --> 00:16:54,813
COLUMBIA BRANCH TO FULFILL THE 

520
00:16:54,813 --> 00:16:55,014
NEEDS 

521
00:16:55,014 --> 00:16:55,848
OF THE LAST LIBRARY. 

522
00:16:55,848 --> 00:16:57,716
IT IS CRITICAL TO RETROFIT 

523
00:16:57,716 --> 00:16:58,650
THE WEST SEATTLE BRANCH. 

524
00:16:58,650 --> 00:17:00,953
AND TO DO THAT IT MUST FIRST BE 

525
00:17:00,953 --> 00:17:01,387
FUNDED. 

526
00:17:01,387 --> 00:17:03,155
SO COUNCILMEMBER 

527
00:17:03,155 --> 00:17:04,957
RINCK'S AMENDMENT DOES EXACTLY 

528
00:17:04,957 --> 00:17:06,959
THAT. 

529
00:17:06,959 --> 00:17:07,559
AND, YOU KNOW, THE BEST TIME 

530
00:17:07,559 --> 00:17:08,627
TO FUND A RETROFIT IS 

531
00:17:08,627 --> 00:17:10,095
BEFORE WE HAVE THAT NEXT 

532
00:17:10,095 --> 00:17:10,462
EARTHQUAKE. 

533
00:17:10,462 --> 00:17:12,097
SO PLEASE VOTE YES TO FUND 

534
00:17:12,097 --> 00:17:13,298
THIS CRITICAL COMMUNITY NEED 

535
00:17:13,298 --> 00:17:13,899
IN WEST SEATTLE. 

536
00:17:13,899 --> 00:17:14,933
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT 

537
00:17:14,933 --> 00:17:15,300
TO 

538
00:17:15,300 --> 00:17:15,834
OUR LIBRARY AND OUR CITY. 

539
00:17:15,834 --> 00:17:19,071
>> THANK YOU. 

540
00:17:19,071 --> 00:17:25,310
DAVID STRAUSS, GWEN, JANEL AND 

541
00:17:25,310 --> 00:17:28,080
MAY I ASK EVERYONE TO DO JAZZ 

542
00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:29,715
HANDS INSTEAD OF 

543
00:17:29,715 --> 00:17:30,749
CLAPPING. I WOULD APPRECIATE 

544
00:17:30,749 --> 00:17:30,949
THAT. 

545
00:17:30,949 --> 00:17:31,216
WELCOME. 

546
00:17:31,350 --> 00:17:32,851
>> I'M DAVID STRAUSS. 

547
00:17:32,851 --> 00:17:34,887
I'M A RESIDENT OF QUEEN ANNE. 

548
00:17:34,887 --> 00:17:36,889
I LIVE A COUPLE BLOCKS AWAY 

549
00:17:36,889 --> 00:17:39,425
FROM THE QUEEN ANNE BRANCH 

550
00:17:39,425 --> 00:17:39,691
LIBRARY. 

551
00:17:39,691 --> 00:17:42,461
I DO URGE YOU HUMBLY TO 

552
00:17:42,461 --> 00:17:42,828
SUPPORTSUPPORT 

553
00:17:42,828 --> 00:17:47,466
AMENDMENTS TO THE LEVY. 

554
00:17:47,466 --> 00:17:49,334
THE IMPORTANCE OF BOOKS IN 

555
00:17:49,334 --> 00:17:51,236
OUR COMMUNITY IS REAL AND THEY 

556
00:17:51,236 --> 00:17:53,605
ARE AMONG THE THINGS THAT WE 

557
00:17:53,605 --> 00:17:56,208
CAN TOUCH AND SHARE EVEN ACROSS 

558
00:17:56,208 --> 00:17:58,744
MILES, AND SO THEY'RE 

559
00:17:58,744 --> 00:18:01,113
BOTH SOCIALLY GALVANIZING AND 

560
00:18:01,113 --> 00:18:03,082
CULTURALLY EXPANDING. 

561
00:18:03,082 --> 00:18:05,084
BOOKS ARE SORT OF 

562
00:18:05,084 --> 00:18:06,618
UNCHARACTERISTICALLY A SORT OF 

563
00:18:06,618 --> 00:18:08,053
REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF EVEN 

564
00:18:08,053 --> 00:18:10,255
OUR DIGITAL AGE. 

565
00:18:10,255 --> 00:18:13,092
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY WE NEED

566
00:18:13,225 --> 00:18:14,126
THESE BUILDINGS. WE NEED THESE 

567
00:18:14,126 --> 00:18:14,460
BUILDINGS TO 

568
00:18:14,460 --> 00:18:17,863
BE IMPROVED SIGNIFICANTLY. 

569
00:18:17,863 --> 00:18:20,732
THEY'RE STILL COMMUNITY MARKERS

570
00:18:20,732 --> 00:18:23,635
AND REFUGES FOR SO MANYMANY 

571
00:18:23,635 --> 00:18:23,869
PEOPLE, 

572
00:18:23,869 --> 00:18:24,403
AND SO MANY 

573
00:18:24,403 --> 00:18:25,003
OF US IN SEATTLE. THANKS VERY 

574
00:18:25,003 --> 00:18:27,840
MUCH. 

575
00:18:27,973 --> 00:18:29,808
>> THANK YOU, DAVID. 

576
00:18:29,942 --> 00:18:30,609
GWEN, JANEL BLAKELY AND LAURA 

577
00:18:30,609 --> 00:18:35,314
MILLER. 

578
00:18:35,447 --> 00:18:37,850
>> TESTING. 

579
00:18:37,850 --> 00:18:38,417
GOOD EVENING. 

580
00:18:38,417 --> 00:18:40,552
MY NAME IS GWEN GERONIMO 

581
00:18:40,552 --> 00:18:41,520
FROM WEST SEATTLE. 

582
00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:44,223
I'M HUMBLY ASKING YOU TOTO 

583
00:18:44,223 --> 00:18:46,525
THE EXTRA FUNDING FOR 

584
00:18:46,525 --> 00:18:47,759
BOOKS, PROGRAMS AND THE 

585
00:18:47,759 --> 00:18:48,193
BUILDINGS 

586
00:18:48,193 --> 00:18:49,528
OF THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY. 

587
00:18:49,528 --> 00:18:53,298
IT'S A SANCTUARY FOR -- 

588
00:18:53,298 --> 00:18:54,833
AGAINST THE COLD SEATTLE 

589
00:18:54,833 --> 00:18:56,335
WINTERS AS WELL AS THE HOT 

590
00:18:56,335 --> 00:18:56,802
SEATTLE SUMMERS, 

591
00:18:56,802 --> 00:18:57,803
SOMETHING I DIDN'T EXPECT WHEN 

592
00:18:57,803 --> 00:19:00,472
I CAME HERE FROM HAWAII. 

593
00:19:00,472 --> 00:19:02,241
IT ALSO GAVE ME ACCESS TO BOTH 

594
00:19:02,241 --> 00:19:04,243
A COMPUTER AND A PRINTER, WHICH 

595
00:19:04,243 --> 00:19:06,812
ALLOWED ME TO VOLUNTEER 

596
00:19:06,812 --> 00:19:07,546
FOR DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AROUND 

597
00:19:07,546 --> 00:19:09,581
THE STATE AND EVENTUALLY LANDING

598
00:19:09,581 --> 00:19:15,954
A JOB WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF OWE

599
00:19:16,088 --> 00:19:17,656
OCOLOGY. 

600
00:19:17,656 --> 00:19:19,458
I WAS ABLE TO GIVE BACK TO 

601
00:19:19,458 --> 00:19:20,859
THE COMMUNITY I CARE FOR 

602
00:19:20,859 --> 00:19:22,761
AND EVENTUALLY HELP PROTECT 

603
00:19:22,761 --> 00:19:23,629
THE WATERS OF THE STATE THAT I 

604
00:19:23,629 --> 00:19:23,829
LOVE. 

605
00:19:23,829 --> 00:19:29,101
PLEASE -- OH, MY GOODNESS, 

606
00:19:29,234 --> 00:19:31,436
SORRY. PLEASE VOTE YES FOR ALL 

607
00:19:31,436 --> 00:19:31,603
THE 

608
00:19:31,603 --> 00:19:32,137
FUNDED AMENDMENTS. 

609
00:19:32,137 --> 00:19:33,272
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 

610
00:19:33,405 --> 00:19:36,008
>> THANK YOU, GWEN. 

611
00:19:36,008 --> 00:19:38,677
JANEL BLAKELY AND LAURA MILLER 

612
00:19:38,677 --> 00:19:39,044
AND THEN 

613
00:19:39,044 --> 00:19:39,545
WE'LL GO TO ONLINE 

614
00:19:39,545 --> 00:19:42,214
SPEAKERS. WELCOME. 

615
00:19:42,347 --> 00:19:42,848
>> GOOD EVENING. 

616
00:19:42,848 --> 00:19:44,650
MY NAME IS JANEL BLAKELY. 

617
00:19:44,650 --> 00:19:46,585
I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE 

618
00:19:46,585 --> 00:19:47,686
SUPPORT ALL THE FUNDED 

619
00:19:47,686 --> 00:19:48,320
AMENDMENTS TO 

620
00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:49,054
THE LIBRARY LEVY. 

621
00:19:49,054 --> 00:19:50,822
I WANT TO PROVIDE ONE NOTE 

622
00:19:50,822 --> 00:19:53,158
ON THE CITY'S LEVY CAPACITY. 

623
00:19:53,158 --> 00:19:55,294
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IT 

624
00:19:55,294 --> 00:19:56,295
REPORTED, INCLUDING IN AN 

625
00:19:56,295 --> 00:19:56,929
ARTICLE THIS 

626
00:19:56,929 --> 00:19:59,264
MORNING, THAT A $410 

627
00:19:59,264 --> 00:20:01,533
MILLION LEVY WOULD PUSH OUR 

628
00:20:01,533 --> 00:20:01,800
PROPERTY 

629
00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:06,371
TAX NUMBER FROM $3. 02 TO $3.21.

630
00:20:06,371 --> 00:20:07,873
THIS IS INACCURATE. 

631
00:20:07,873 --> 00:20:11,043
IT DOES NOT COUNT FOR THE 2019 

632
00:20:11,043 --> 00:20:13,078
LIBRARY LEVY COSTS ROLLING OFF. 

633
00:20:13,078 --> 00:20:14,513
IT ALSO MISSTATES THE 

634
00:20:14,513 --> 00:20:16,214
STARTING PLACE OF THE CITY'S 

635
00:20:16,214 --> 00:20:16,448
CURRENT 

636
00:20:16,448 --> 00:20:19,952
REGULAR LEVY RATE, WHICH IS 

637
00:20:20,085 --> 00:20:22,120
$2.96. IT IS MORE ACCURATE TO 

638
00:20:22,120 --> 00:20:27,025
STATE THAT A $410 MILLION 

639
00:20:27,025 --> 00:20:27,659
REPLACEMENT LIBRARY WOULD TAKE 

640
00:20:27,659 --> 00:20:29,228
THE CITY FROM 

641
00:20:29,228 --> 00:20:34,566
$2.96 TO $3. 03, AN INCREASE OF 

642
00:20:34,700 --> 00:20:38,203
JUST 7 CENTS. 

643
00:20:38,203 --> 00:20:39,338
ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS 

644
00:20:39,338 --> 00:20:41,139
ONLY INCREASE THAT BY A FEW 

645
00:20:41,139 --> 00:20:41,373
CENTS. 

646
00:20:41,373 --> 00:20:42,941
PLEASE DON'T USE PAST 

647
00:20:42,941 --> 00:20:45,210
LEVY DECISIONS OR AN UNCERTAIN 

648
00:20:45,210 --> 00:20:47,779
FUTURE TO SHORTCHANGE THE 

649
00:20:47,779 --> 00:20:48,814
LIBRARY 

650
00:20:48,814 --> 00:20:50,148
IN THE PRESENT, PULLING SHOWS 

651
00:20:50,148 --> 00:20:51,650
THAT OUR CITY WANTS AND EXPECTS 

652
00:20:51,650 --> 00:20:56,255
TO SEE A LIBRARY LEVY. 

653
00:20:56,388 --> 00:20:57,256
>> THANK YOU. 

654
00:20:57,256 --> 00:20:59,825
THANK YOU, JANEL. 

655
00:20:59,825 --> 00:21:05,631
WE'LL GO TO ONLINE SPEAKERS. 

656
00:21:05,631 --> 00:21:09,001
JUST SO YOU KNOW WHO IS UP NEXT.

657
00:21:09,134 --> 00:21:10,302
>> HI, COUNCILMEMBERS. 

658
00:21:10,302 --> 00:21:11,937
MY NAME IS LAURA MILLER. 

659
00:21:11,937 --> 00:21:13,572
I LIVE ON BEACON HILL AND 

660
00:21:13,572 --> 00:21:14,673
SERVE ON THE BOARD OF THE 

661
00:21:14,673 --> 00:21:14,973
FRIENDS 

662
00:21:14,973 --> 00:21:16,408
OF THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY. 

663
00:21:16,408 --> 00:21:18,543
I'M ALSO AN EDUCATOR AND 

664
00:21:18,543 --> 00:21:20,545
A DOCTORAL CANDIDATE AT SEATTLE 

665
00:21:20,679 --> 00:21:22,280
UNIVERSITY. I STRONGLY SUPPORT 

666
00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:22,648
THE PROPOSED 

667
00:21:22,648 --> 00:21:23,915
AMENDMENTS TO INCREASE THE 

668
00:21:23,915 --> 00:21:25,584
LIBRARY LEVY 

669
00:21:25,584 --> 00:21:26,652
ESPECIALLY COUNCILMEMBER LIN'S 

670
00:21:26,652 --> 00:21:26,985
AMENDMENT TO 

671
00:21:26,985 --> 00:21:29,021
MAKE SURE OUR LIBRARY BUILDINGS 

672
00:21:29,021 --> 00:21:30,856
ARE PROPERLY MAINTAINED 

673
00:21:30,856 --> 00:21:32,524
INCLUDING HAVING 

674
00:21:32,524 --> 00:21:33,125
ADEQUATE COOLING. 

675
00:21:33,125 --> 00:21:35,060
I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND HOW 

676
00:21:35,060 --> 00:21:35,327
POWERFUL 

677
00:21:35,327 --> 00:21:36,695
LIBRARIES ARE FOR STUDENTS. 

678
00:21:36,695 --> 00:21:38,297
I'VE HAD STUDENTS CHASE A 

679
00:21:38,297 --> 00:21:39,698
RESEARCH QUESTION FROM 

680
00:21:39,698 --> 00:21:41,500
THE CLASSROOM TO THEIR LOCAL 

681
00:21:41,500 --> 00:21:41,733
BRANCH 

682
00:21:41,733 --> 00:21:42,834
ALL THE WAY TO THE LIBRARY OF 

683
00:21:42,834 --> 00:21:44,569
CONGRESS WITH THE HELP 

684
00:21:44,569 --> 00:21:45,871
OF AMAZING LIBRARIANS. 

685
00:21:45,871 --> 00:21:46,805
BUT THAT ONLY WORKS 

686
00:21:46,805 --> 00:21:47,406
IF THE SPACE ITSELF SUPPORTS 

687
00:21:47,406 --> 00:21:49,875
LEARNING. 

688
00:21:49,875 --> 00:21:51,343
SAFE, WELCOMING AIR- 

689
00:21:51,343 --> 00:21:52,978
CONDITIONED SPACES MATTER 

690
00:21:52,978 --> 00:21:53,345
ESPECIALLY IN 

691
00:21:53,345 --> 00:21:54,446
NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE MINE AS HEAT 

692
00:21:54,446 --> 00:21:55,781
BECOMES MORE OF AN ISSUE. 

693
00:21:55,781 --> 00:21:57,716
IT'S AN INVESTMENT NOT JUST 

694
00:21:57,716 --> 00:21:59,518
IN OUR BUILDINGS, IN THE 

695
00:21:59,518 --> 00:21:59,785
STUDENTS 

696
00:21:59,785 --> 00:22:01,053
AND COMMUNITIES WHO RELY ON 

697
00:22:01,186 --> 00:22:02,988
THEM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR 

698
00:22:02,988 --> 00:22:03,955
LEADERSHIP AND FOR SUPPORTING 

699
00:22:03,955 --> 00:22:04,323
OUR LIBRARIES. 

700
00:22:04,456 --> 00:22:06,558
>> THANK YOU, LAURA. 

701
00:22:06,558 --> 00:22:07,059
ALL RIGHT. 

702
00:22:07,059 --> 00:22:08,794
WE'RE GOING TO ONLINE SPEAKERS.

703
00:22:08,794 --> 00:22:11,263
I DON'T SEE JUSTIN BAIRD 

704
00:22:11,263 --> 00:22:11,496
PRESENT 

705
00:22:11,496 --> 00:22:13,865
SO TO COLLEEN. 

706
00:22:13,865 --> 00:22:17,969
PLEASE PRESS STAR 6 AND YOU MAY 

707
00:22:17,969 --> 00:22:20,138
BEGIN. 

708
00:22:20,272 --> 00:22:21,540
>> GOOD EVENING, CITY 

709
00:22:21,540 --> 00:22:21,907
COUNCILMEMBERS. 

710
00:22:21,907 --> 00:22:25,811
MY NAME IS COLLEEN, LONG- TERM 

711
00:22:25,811 --> 00:22:26,645
RESIDENT OF SEATTLE, LIVED 

712
00:22:26,645 --> 00:22:28,013
IN MANY NEIGHBORHOODS, AND 

713
00:22:28,013 --> 00:22:28,880
TODAY REPRESENTING OUR 

714
00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:30,348
NEIGHBORHOODS WITH YOUNG 

715
00:22:30,348 --> 00:22:31,116
CHILDREN AND 

716
00:22:31,116 --> 00:22:33,051
SENIORS WHOSE GO- TO PLACE IS 

717
00:22:33,051 --> 00:22:34,186
THE PUBLIC 

718
00:22:34,186 --> 00:22:34,619
LIBRARY. 

719
00:22:34,619 --> 00:22:36,288
WHEN THE CITY STARTED 

720
00:22:36,288 --> 00:22:38,523
ARTICLE NUMBER 12 REQUIRES A 

721
00:22:38,523 --> 00:22:38,757
LIBRARY 

722
00:22:38,757 --> 00:22:39,658
FUND AT ITS ORIGINS. 

723
00:22:39,658 --> 00:22:41,126
THAT'S HOW IMPORTANT IT IS 

724
00:22:41,126 --> 00:22:42,861
AND WAS PREVIOUSLY FUNDED BY THE

725
00:22:42,861 --> 00:22:44,262
CITY'S GENERAL FUND. 

726
00:22:44,262 --> 00:22:46,631
NOW IT'S SHIFTED TO RESIDENTS 

727
00:22:46,631 --> 00:22:48,633
AND PROPERTY OWNERS WHICH 

728
00:22:48,633 --> 00:22:50,602
MEANS RENTERS PAY THAT IN THEIR 

729
00:22:50,602 --> 00:22:53,171
RENTS AND HOMEOWNERS PAY IT AS 

730
00:22:53,171 --> 00:22:53,405
WELL. 

731
00:22:53,405 --> 00:22:56,108
SO AT $410 MILLION THE LIBRARY 

732
00:22:56,108 --> 00:22:58,143
LEVY IS NEARLY DOUBLE FROM THE 

733
00:22:58,143 --> 00:22:59,444
TAX OF THETHE ONE TO 

734
00:22:59,444 --> 00:23:01,613
COVER ALL OF ITS EXPENSES. 

735
00:23:01,613 --> 00:23:03,415
WE SUPPORT THIS LIBRARY LEVY BUT

736
00:23:03,415 --> 00:23:05,350
REJECT ALL OF THE NEW 

737
00:23:05,350 --> 00:23:06,551
VERY EXPENSIVE AMENDMENTS 

738
00:23:06,551 --> 00:23:08,553
THAT TAXPAYERS SIMPLY CANNOT 

739
00:23:08,553 --> 00:23:08,787
AFFORD. 

740
00:23:08,787 --> 00:23:09,387
THERE ARE 

741
00:23:09,387 --> 00:23:10,589
REAL CONCERNS WITH THIS 

742
00:23:10,589 --> 00:23:11,256
ADDITIONAL TAX 

743
00:23:11,256 --> 00:23:12,891
LEVY REQUIRES THE CITY TO EXCEED

744
00:23:12,891 --> 00:23:18,430
ITS LEVY LIMITS IN CHAPTER 84. 

745
00:23:18,430 --> 00:23:20,532
55 

746
00:23:20,532 --> 00:23:22,267
RCW AND MORE PUTS SEATTLE AT 

747
00:23:22,267 --> 00:23:23,402
DANGEROUSLY HIGH TAX LIMITS, 

748
00:23:23,402 --> 00:23:24,736
THE HIGHEST IN THE STATE. 

749
00:23:24,736 --> 00:23:27,539
WHILE EVERYBODY IS WELL MEANING 

750
00:23:27,672 --> 00:23:28,507
ABOUT THE BOOKS, WE ALSO HAVE 

751
00:23:28,507 --> 00:23:29,508
TO PAY THE 

752
00:23:29,508 --> 00:23:31,143
BILLS. THE CITY COUNCIL MUST 

753
00:23:31,143 --> 00:23:32,411
BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE NOT 

754
00:23:32,411 --> 00:23:34,579
TO PROPOSE TO EXCEED THE 

755
00:23:34,579 --> 00:23:36,481
$410 MILLION LEVY PROPOSALS. 

756
00:23:36,481 --> 00:23:37,482
SEATTLE PROPERTY TAXES 

757
00:23:37,482 --> 00:23:38,950
HAVE ALREADY PAID FOR PARKS AND 

758
00:23:38,950 --> 00:23:40,585
LEVIES, CHILDREN AND FAMILY AND 

759
00:23:40,585 --> 00:23:42,387
PRESCHOOLS TO PROVIDE 

760
00:23:42,387 --> 00:23:43,588
RESOURCES FOR OUR CHILDREN AND 

761
00:23:43,588 --> 00:23:43,889
GROWN-UPS. 

762
00:23:43,889 --> 00:23:45,290
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND 

763
00:23:45,290 --> 00:23:47,325
KEEPING SEATTLE AFFORDABLE. 

764
00:23:47,459 --> 00:23:48,527
>> THANK YOU, COLLEEN. 

765
00:23:48,527 --> 00:23:51,196
I DON'T SEE DAVID HAYNES 

766
00:23:51,196 --> 00:23:51,463
PRESENT. 

767
00:23:51,463 --> 00:23:53,899
SO ANN TYSON, YOU CAN PRESS 

768
00:23:53,899 --> 00:24:00,772
STAR 6, AND YOU MAY BEGIN. 

769
00:24:11,616 --> 00:24:13,084
ALL RIGHT. WE'LL COME BACK TO 

770
00:24:13,084 --> 00:24:15,320
YOU, ANN. 

771
00:24:15,453 --> 00:24:16,121
AMY, PLEASE PRESS STAR 6 AND YOU

772
00:24:16,121 --> 00:24:22,394
MAY BEGIN. 

773
00:24:22,527 --> 00:24:24,162
>> GOOD EVENING, CHAIR 

774
00:24:24,162 --> 00:24:25,096
RIVERA AND OTHER 

775
00:24:25,096 --> 00:24:27,899
COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS AMY 

776
00:24:27,899 --> 00:24:28,867
THEOBALD 

777
00:24:28,867 --> 00:24:30,735
A RESIDENT OF CAPITOL HILL 

778
00:24:30,735 --> 00:24:31,503
IN COUNCILMEMBER 

779
00:24:31,503 --> 00:24:31,903
HOLLINGSWORTH'S 

780
00:24:32,037 --> 00:24:33,538
DISTRICT. AND I WANT TO START BY

781
00:24:33,538 --> 00:24:36,041
STATING MY SUPPORT FOR THE 

782
00:24:36,041 --> 00:24:36,374
LIBRARY LEVY 

783
00:24:36,374 --> 00:24:37,175
AND THE AMENDMENTS. 

784
00:24:37,175 --> 00:24:39,144
I ESPECIALLY APPRECIATE 

785
00:24:39,144 --> 00:24:40,378
THE ADDITION TO SUPPORT 

786
00:24:40,378 --> 00:24:43,748
THE EXPANSION OF EBOOKS, WHICH I

787
00:24:43,748 --> 00:24:45,517
TEND TO GRAVITATE TOWARDS 

788
00:24:45,517 --> 00:24:47,719
AND THE SUPPORT FOR ESL 

789
00:24:47,719 --> 00:24:47,986
PROGRAMS. 

790
00:24:47,986 --> 00:24:49,888
MY MOTHER WAS A PUBLIC 

791
00:24:49,888 --> 00:24:51,223
LIBRARIAN WHO INSTILLED IN ME, 

792
00:24:51,223 --> 00:24:51,389
MY 

793
00:24:51,389 --> 00:24:54,025
BROTHER AND MY SISTER, A DEEP 

794
00:24:54,025 --> 00:24:54,326
LOVE 

795
00:24:54,326 --> 00:24:55,193
FOR READING AND BOOKS. 

796
00:24:55,193 --> 00:24:57,629
MY SISTER WENT ON TO EARN 

797
00:24:57,629 --> 00:24:59,030
HER Ph.D. IN ENGLISH. 

798
00:24:59,030 --> 00:25:01,066
FOR ME, READING AND GAINING 

799
00:25:01,066 --> 00:25:02,901
KNOWLEDGE HAS ALWAYS SHAPED MY 

800
00:25:02,901 --> 00:25:03,501
WORLD VIEW. 

801
00:25:03,501 --> 00:25:05,403
IT HAS MADE ME A MORE 

802
00:25:05,403 --> 00:25:07,572
ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN SOCIETY 

803
00:25:07,572 --> 00:25:07,772
AND 

804
00:25:07,772 --> 00:25:09,274
OUR DEMOCRATIC WAYS OF LIFE. 

805
00:25:09,274 --> 00:25:11,443
I ESPECIALLY APPRECIATE THE 

806
00:25:11,443 --> 00:25:12,410
LIBRARY'S COLLECTIONS 

807
00:25:12,410 --> 00:25:16,248
AND STRONGLY SUPPORT INVESTING 

808
00:25:16,248 --> 00:25:18,083
IN THE MATERIALS, THE COLLECTION

809
00:25:18,083 --> 00:25:18,250
OF 

810
00:25:18,250 --> 00:25:19,317
BOOKS AND PROGRAMMING SO 

811
00:25:19,317 --> 00:25:21,086
THAT WE CAN ALL 

812
00:25:21,086 --> 00:25:21,753
CONTINUE TO SHARE IN THESE RICH 

813
00:25:21,753 --> 00:25:24,122
RE SOURCES. 

814
00:25:24,122 --> 00:25:25,557
PLEASE INVEST IN OUR LIBRARY. 

815
00:25:25,557 --> 00:25:27,425
SEATTLE IS A WONDERFUL PLACE 

816
00:25:27,425 --> 00:25:29,895
TO LIVE BECAUSE OF THE LIBRARY. 

817
00:25:29,895 --> 00:25:33,131
THIS LEVY IS ONLY SEVEN YEARS. 

818
00:25:33,265 --> 00:25:34,199
>> THANK YOU, AMY. 

819
00:25:34,199 --> 00:25:37,669
IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL 

820
00:25:37,669 --> 00:25:39,037
COMMENTS, PLEASE DO EMAIL THEM 

821
00:25:39,037 --> 00:25:40,105
IN TO 

822
00:25:40,105 --> 00:25:40,472
COUNCIL. 

823
00:25:40,472 --> 00:25:40,839
ALL RIGHT. 

824
00:25:40,839 --> 00:25:42,908
WE'LL GO BACK TO ANN TYSON. 

825
00:25:42,908 --> 00:25:47,379
ANN, PRESS STAR 6, AND YOU MAY 

826
00:25:47,512 --> 00:25:49,281
BEGIN. 

827
00:25:49,281 --> 00:25:50,749
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. 

828
00:25:50,749 --> 00:25:53,852
I'M A SEATTLE RESIDENT 

829
00:25:53,852 --> 00:25:55,453
LIVING NEAR THE INTERSEA BRANCH 

830
00:25:55,453 --> 00:25:55,854
AND MY 

831
00:25:55,854 --> 00:25:58,056
FAMILY AND I AND MANY 

832
00:25:58,056 --> 00:25:59,124
OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS VISIT 

833
00:25:59,124 --> 00:26:01,059
UNIVERSITY, NORTHEAST BRANCH, 

834
00:26:01,059 --> 00:26:01,393
DOWNTOWN 

835
00:26:01,393 --> 00:26:01,726
LIBRARIES. 

836
00:26:01,726 --> 00:26:03,361
WE LOVE THE STORY TIMES, 

837
00:26:03,361 --> 00:26:05,130
THE SUMMER READING PROGRAMS, 

838
00:26:05,130 --> 00:26:07,032
QUIET STUDY AND WORK ROOMS AND 

839
00:26:07,032 --> 00:26:09,200
ALSO THE EXCELLENT RESEARCH 

840
00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:11,236
SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE 

841
00:26:11,236 --> 00:26:11,569
LIBRARIES. 

842
00:26:11,569 --> 00:26:12,270
WE'VE ALSO VOLUNTEERED WITH 

843
00:26:12,270 --> 00:26:14,506
FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY OVER 

844
00:26:14,506 --> 00:26:16,174
MANY YEARS, SO THIS IS A 

845
00:26:16,174 --> 00:26:16,575
FANTASTIC 

846
00:26:16,575 --> 00:26:20,078
RESOURCE FOR ALL SEATTLE 

847
00:26:20,078 --> 00:26:22,447
CITIZENS WHETHER CHILDRENS OR 

848
00:26:22,447 --> 00:26:23,949
STUDENTS AND I URGE YOU TO 

849
00:26:23,949 --> 00:26:26,318
VOTE YES AND PASS THE GENEROUS 

850
00:26:26,318 --> 00:26:27,752
$410 MILLION LIBRARY LEVY. 

851
00:26:27,752 --> 00:26:30,155
I ALSO AGREE IT SHOULD BE 

852
00:26:30,155 --> 00:26:32,691
CAPPED AT THAT AMOUNT TO 

853
00:26:32,691 --> 00:26:34,159
MAINTAIN 

854
00:26:34,159 --> 00:26:35,627
FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND 

855
00:26:35,627 --> 00:26:37,162
THE EQUITABLE NATURE OF THIS 

856
00:26:37,295 --> 00:26:37,829
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. 

857
00:26:37,963 --> 00:26:42,067
>> THANK YOU, ANN. 

858
00:26:42,067 --> 00:26:44,135
I DON'T SEE JUSTIN OR DAVID 

859
00:26:44,135 --> 00:26:46,638
SO I'LL GO BACK TO IN- PERSON 

860
00:26:46,638 --> 00:26:47,339
SPEAKERS. 

861
00:26:47,339 --> 00:26:51,943
WE WILL START WITH NEAL, FAITH, 

862
00:26:51,943 --> 00:26:54,179
TIFFANY, 

863
00:26:54,179 --> 00:26:54,813
STEPHANIE ACTIONED ROD AND MANDY

864
00:26:54,813 --> 00:26:59,651
TOOMEY. 

865
00:26:59,651 --> 00:27:00,051
HI. 

866
00:27:00,185 --> 00:27:03,388
>> HI, COUNCILMEMBERS. 

867
00:27:03,388 --> 00:27:06,958
MY NAME IS NELU AND 

868
00:27:06,958 --> 00:27:07,959
A MEMBER OF THE JOINT ADVOCACY 

869
00:27:07,959 --> 00:27:08,293
COMMITTEE AND 

870
00:27:08,293 --> 00:27:09,127
A LIFELONG LIBRARY LOVER. 

871
00:27:09,127 --> 00:27:10,462
WHEN I WAS IN ELEMENTARY 

872
00:27:10,462 --> 00:27:11,997
SCHOOL MY FAMILY COULDN'T 

873
00:27:11,997 --> 00:27:12,230
REALLY 

874
00:27:12,230 --> 00:27:13,598
AFFORD BOOKS, BUT I WAS AN AVID 

875
00:27:13,598 --> 00:27:13,832
READER. 

876
00:27:13,832 --> 00:27:16,768
THE LIBRARY WAS A TREASURE. 

877
00:27:16,768 --> 00:27:18,703
TODAY I ORGANIZE A BOOK 

878
00:27:18,703 --> 00:27:19,938
CLUB THAT SPANS GENERATIONS 

879
00:27:19,938 --> 00:27:22,507
FROM PEOPLE IN THEIR 20s TO A 

880
00:27:22,507 --> 00:27:24,009
MEMBER OVER 85 YEARS OLD WHO 

881
00:27:24,009 --> 00:27:24,643
SOMETIMES MISSES MEETINGS FOR 

882
00:27:24,643 --> 00:27:24,909
HER DANCE 

883
00:27:24,909 --> 00:27:27,479
COMPETITIONS. 

884
00:27:27,479 --> 00:27:29,647
THAT'S THE KIND OF COMMUNITY 

885
00:27:29,647 --> 00:27:31,149
THE LIBRARY MAKES POSSIBLE. 

886
00:27:31,149 --> 00:27:32,250
THAT'S WHY I 

887
00:27:32,250 --> 00:27:33,585
SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER RINCK'S 

888
00:27:33,585 --> 00:27:33,852
AMENDMENT 

889
00:27:33,852 --> 00:27:36,688
TO INCREASE ACCESS TO BOOKS. 

890
00:27:36,688 --> 00:27:37,522
IT HELPS SUSTAIN 

891
00:27:37,522 --> 00:27:39,024
THESE CONNECTIONS ACROSS THE 

892
00:27:39,024 --> 00:27:39,290
CITY. 

893
00:27:39,290 --> 00:27:41,059
WE HAD OUR MEETING JUST LAST 

894
00:27:41,059 --> 00:27:42,661
NIGHT AND ONE OF OUR 

895
00:27:42,661 --> 00:27:44,562
ELDER MEMBERS WANTED ME TO PASS 

896
00:27:44,562 --> 00:27:45,497
ON THAT AT THIS TIME LIBRARIES 

897
00:27:45,497 --> 00:27:47,065
ARE AN INCREDIBLE INSTITUTION 

898
00:27:47,065 --> 00:27:49,968
THAT NEED, PROVIDES 

899
00:27:49,968 --> 00:27:52,003
PUBLIC SERVICES AT FREE ACCESS, 

900
00:27:52,003 --> 00:27:52,303
A PLACE 

901
00:27:52,303 --> 00:27:55,006
FOR TRUTH, FOR DEMOCRACY AND 

902
00:27:55,006 --> 00:27:55,540
KNOWLEDGE. 

903
00:27:55,540 --> 00:27:57,742
I PLEASE ASK YOU TO SUPPORT OUR 

904
00:27:57,742 --> 00:27:58,977
LIBRARY, SUPPORT 

905
00:27:58,977 --> 00:27:59,544
DEMOCRACY, AND SUPPORT OUR 

906
00:27:59,544 --> 00:27:59,811
READERS. 

907
00:27:59,811 --> 00:28:01,813
THANK YOU. 

908
00:28:01,946 --> 00:28:04,449
>> THANK YOU, NELU. 

909
00:28:04,449 --> 00:28:10,255
FAITH, TIFFANY, STEPHANIE AND 

910
00:28:10,255 --> 00:28:12,257
MANDY TOOMEY. 

911
00:28:12,457 --> 00:28:15,093
>> GREAT. THANK YOU, 

912
00:28:15,093 --> 00:28:15,660
COUNCILMEMBERS. 

913
00:28:15,660 --> 00:28:16,661
MY NAME IS FAITH PETTIS AND I'M

914
00:28:16,661 --> 00:28:17,462
A TRUSTEE FOR THE SEATTLE 

915
00:28:17,462 --> 00:28:18,530
PUBLIC 

916
00:28:18,530 --> 00:28:19,164
LIBRARY HERE SPEAKING ON BEHALF 

917
00:28:19,164 --> 00:28:20,432
OF THE 

918
00:28:20,432 --> 00:28:21,232
BOARD OF TRUSTEES. IN THE RECENT

919
00:28:21,232 --> 00:28:25,970
OP- ED BY BOARD 

920
00:28:25,970 --> 00:28:27,772
COLLEAGUE AND FRIENDS SAID IT 

921
00:28:27,772 --> 00:28:28,173
WELL. 

922
00:28:28,173 --> 00:28:29,307
YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY 

923
00:28:29,307 --> 00:28:30,942
TO APPROVE A LEVY THAT MATCHES 

924
00:28:30,942 --> 00:28:32,377
WHAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS FROM 

925
00:28:32,377 --> 00:28:32,577
ITS 

926
00:28:32,711 --> 00:28:34,779
LIBRARY. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS

927
00:28:34,779 --> 00:28:35,880
FOR 

928
00:28:36,014 --> 00:28:36,748
COLLECTIONS, PROGRAMS AND 

929
00:28:36,748 --> 00:28:38,683
CAPITAL PROJECTS AND MAINTENANCE

930
00:28:38,683 --> 00:28:39,651
MEET THOSE IMPORTANT GOALS. 

931
00:28:39,651 --> 00:28:41,720
I ASK YOU TO APPROVE THEM 

932
00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:44,022
SO THAT OUR LIBRARY CAN ACHIEVE 

933
00:28:44,022 --> 00:28:44,189
ITS 

934
00:28:44,189 --> 00:28:45,690
STRATEGIC GOALS AND SERVE 

935
00:28:45,690 --> 00:28:47,225
ALL SEATTLE RESIDENTS. 

936
00:28:47,225 --> 00:28:49,527
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE 

937
00:28:49,527 --> 00:28:51,596
THAT THE BOARD TAKES VERY 

938
00:28:51,596 --> 00:28:51,863
SERIOUSLY 

939
00:28:51,863 --> 00:28:53,264
OUR COMMITMENT TO DELIVERING 

940
00:28:53,264 --> 00:28:55,500
THE PROJECTS FUNDED IN EACH 

941
00:28:55,500 --> 00:28:55,900
APPROVED LEVY. 

942
00:28:55,900 --> 00:28:58,570
THE LIBRARY HAS A CLEAR 

943
00:28:58,570 --> 00:29:00,371
TRACK RECORD OF DELIVERING WHAT 

944
00:29:00,371 --> 00:29:01,339
WE PROMISED AND I AM 

945
00:29:01,339 --> 00:29:02,807
CONFIDENT WE WILL DO THIS GOING 

946
00:29:02,807 --> 00:29:03,174
FORWARD. 

947
00:29:03,174 --> 00:29:04,042
THANK YOU FOR 

948
00:29:04,042 --> 00:29:04,442
ALL YOUR WORK ON 

949
00:29:04,442 --> 00:29:04,909
THESE AMENDMENTS AND 

950
00:29:04,909 --> 00:29:06,945
COLLABORATION. 

951
00:29:07,078 --> 00:29:10,248
>> THANK YOU, FAITH. 

952
00:29:10,248 --> 00:29:12,650
TIFFANY, STEPHANIE AXELROD, 

953
00:29:12,650 --> 00:29:14,419
MANDY TOOMEY, MATT HILLMAN. 

954
00:29:14,419 --> 00:29:15,720
GO AHEAD, 

955
00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:16,020
TIFFANY. 

956
00:29:16,020 --> 00:29:17,522
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS. 

957
00:29:17,522 --> 00:29:19,424
MY NAME IS TIFFANY. 

958
00:29:19,424 --> 00:29:21,359
I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT TWO.

959
00:29:21,359 --> 00:29:25,363
I LIVE IN RAINIER BEACH WHERE 

960
00:29:25,363 --> 00:29:26,564
SAFETY IS A PARAMOUNT CONCERN 

961
00:29:26,564 --> 00:29:28,366
AND, FOR ME, LIBRARIES ARE 

962
00:29:28,366 --> 00:29:29,634
AN IMPORTANT PART OF SAFETY. 

963
00:29:29,634 --> 00:29:33,304
WHEN I GO TO THE RAINIER BEACH 

964
00:29:33,304 --> 00:29:34,806
BRANCH, I SEE YOUTH 

965
00:29:34,806 --> 00:29:36,141
GETTING TUTORING AND HAVING 

966
00:29:36,141 --> 00:29:38,810
ACTIVITIES LIKE A LEGO CLUB AND 

967
00:29:38,810 --> 00:29:39,477
DIFFERENT STORY TIMES. 

968
00:29:39,477 --> 00:29:42,380
AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE

969
00:29:42,380 --> 00:29:42,814
THOSE THIRD SPACES. 

970
00:29:42,814 --> 00:29:44,082
NOT ONLY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY 

971
00:29:44,082 --> 00:29:46,317
BUT ALSO FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCE.

972
00:29:46,317 --> 00:29:49,320
HAVING THIRD SPACES AND 

973
00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:51,656
CLIMATE- CONTROLLED SPACES 

974
00:29:51,656 --> 00:29:52,857
IN PARTICULAR IS REALLY 

975
00:29:52,857 --> 00:29:53,224
IMPORTANT. 

976
00:29:53,224 --> 00:29:56,161
NEIGHBORS WHO KNOW EACH OTHER 

977
00:29:56,161 --> 00:29:57,495
CAN CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER. 

978
00:29:57,495 --> 00:29:59,564
COMMUNITY COHESION 

979
00:29:59,564 --> 00:30:01,599
BOOSTS RESILIENCE TO EMERGENCIES

980
00:30:01,599 --> 00:30:03,968
AND SO I AM VERY 

981
00:30:03,968 --> 00:30:07,105
MUCH IN SUPPORT OF MY 

982
00:30:07,105 --> 00:30:09,641
COUNCILMEMBER LIN'S 

983
00:30:09,641 --> 00:30:10,408
AMENDMENT REGARDING DEFERRED 

984
00:30:10,408 --> 00:30:10,742
MAINTENANCE. 

985
00:30:10,742 --> 00:30:11,543
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR 

986
00:30:11,543 --> 00:30:13,578
COMMITMENT TO LIBRARIES AND 

987
00:30:13,578 --> 00:30:14,078
OUR CITY. 

988
00:30:14,212 --> 00:30:15,647
>> THANK YOU, TIFFANY. 

989
00:30:15,647 --> 00:30:17,549
STEPHANIE AXELROD, MANDY 

990
00:30:17,549 --> 00:30:19,317
TOOMEY, MATT HILLMAN, AMY 

991
00:30:19,317 --> 00:30:19,584
SOLOMON. 

992
00:30:19,584 --> 00:30:19,784
AND 

993
00:30:19,784 --> 00:30:20,485
YOU CAN PLEASE STEP UP IF YOU 

994
00:30:20,485 --> 00:30:23,188
WANT TO TO ONE OF THE 

995
00:30:23,188 --> 00:30:23,821
MICS IF YOU'RE NEXT. 

996
00:30:23,955 --> 00:30:24,823
>> HELLO. 

997
00:30:24,956 --> 00:30:26,224
>> STEPHANIE, GO AHEAD. 

998
00:30:26,357 --> 00:30:26,558
SORRY. 

999
00:30:26,558 --> 00:30:27,458
>> NO, I'M SORRY. 

1000
00:30:27,458 --> 00:30:29,527
I'M STEPHANIE AXELROD. 

1001
00:30:29,527 --> 00:30:32,497
THANK YOU, CHAIR RIVERA, AND 

1002
00:30:32,630 --> 00:30:34,199
COUNCILMEMBERS. I'M A PROPERTY 

1003
00:30:34,199 --> 00:30:34,599
OWNER 

1004
00:30:34,599 --> 00:30:36,501
IN HAWTHORNE HILLS IN DISTRICT 

1005
00:30:36,634 --> 00:30:38,469
FOUR. I'VE RAISED A FAMILY OF 

1006
00:30:38,469 --> 00:30:38,736
READERS. 

1007
00:30:38,736 --> 00:30:39,537
MY HUSBAND IS HERE. 

1008
00:30:39,537 --> 00:30:40,705
HE'S A READER. 

1009
00:30:40,705 --> 00:30:43,408
WE PASSED THAT ON TO OUR 

1010
00:30:43,408 --> 00:30:44,142
SONS, ISAAC AND JERROD. 

1011
00:30:44,142 --> 00:30:46,144
I KNOW THAT MANY 

1012
00:30:46,144 --> 00:30:49,280
PEOPLE, HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS 

1013
00:30:49,280 --> 00:30:50,248
ALIKE, ARE CONCERNED ABOUT 

1014
00:30:50,248 --> 00:30:51,182
RISING 

1015
00:30:51,182 --> 00:30:53,518
THE GOOD NEWS IS THE LIBRARY 

1016
00:30:53,518 --> 00:30:55,186
REPRESENTS A TINY PORTION OF 

1017
00:30:55,186 --> 00:30:57,622
THE OVERALL PROPERTY TAXES AND 

1018
00:30:57,622 --> 00:30:59,490
PAYS OFF OUR COMMUNITY MANY 

1019
00:30:59,490 --> 00:30:59,691
TIMES 

1020
00:30:59,691 --> 00:30:59,891
OVER. 

1021
00:30:59,891 --> 00:31:01,492
LIBRARY PROGRAMS HELP 

1022
00:31:01,492 --> 00:31:03,828
EMPOWER MANY IMMIGRANTS, 

1023
00:31:03,828 --> 00:31:05,630
REFUGEES, ASPIRING BUSINESS 

1024
00:31:05,630 --> 00:31:05,930
OWNERS, AND 

1025
00:31:05,930 --> 00:31:07,832
THEY SUCCEED IN THE WORK PLACE. 

1026
00:31:07,832 --> 00:31:10,835
DOING SO BENEFITS NOT JUST 

1027
00:31:10,835 --> 00:31:12,036
THOSE INDIVIDUALS BUT OUR 

1028
00:31:12,036 --> 00:31:12,270
ECONOMY 

1029
00:31:12,403 --> 00:31:14,305
OVERALL. EVEN IF YOU DON'T USE 

1030
00:31:14,305 --> 00:31:15,640
THOSE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS, WHEN 

1031
00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:17,709
YOU SUPPORT THEM THROUGH THE 

1032
00:31:17,709 --> 00:31:17,942
LIBRARY 

1033
00:31:17,942 --> 00:31:19,510
LEVY, YOU CONTRIBUTE TO 

1034
00:31:19,510 --> 00:31:20,712
BOTH PERSONAL SUCCESS OF 

1035
00:31:20,712 --> 00:31:20,979
NEIGHBORS 

1036
00:31:20,979 --> 00:31:22,146
IN THE COMMUNITY OVERALL. 

1037
00:31:22,146 --> 00:31:24,115
THANK YOU FOR THE FUNDING 

1038
00:31:24,115 --> 00:31:26,150
AMENDMENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE 

1039
00:31:26,150 --> 00:31:28,820
THAT ARE PROPOSING FOR EXPANDED 

1040
00:31:28,820 --> 00:31:30,088
MULTILINGUAL PROGRAMMING, AND I 

1041
00:31:30,088 --> 00:31:32,991
CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER USE OF 

1042
00:31:33,124 --> 00:31:33,524
TAXPAYER DOLLARS. 

1043
00:31:33,524 --> 00:31:33,858
THANK YOU. 

1044
00:31:33,992 --> 00:31:35,093
>> THANK YOU, STEPHANIE. 

1045
00:31:35,093 --> 00:31:37,095
MANDY TOOMEY, MATT 

1046
00:31:37,095 --> 00:31:37,629
HILLMAN, AMY SOLOMON AND 

1047
00:31:37,629 --> 00:31:42,433
FLORENCE LARSON. 

1048
00:31:42,433 --> 00:31:43,134
MANDY, GO AHEAD. 

1049
00:31:43,268 --> 00:31:46,070
>> GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS.

1050
00:31:46,070 --> 00:31:47,438
COUNCILMEMBER 

1051
00:31:47,438 --> 00:31:50,842
HOLLINGSWORTH, YOU ARE MY 

1052
00:31:50,842 --> 00:31:51,209
COUNCILMEMBER. 

1053
00:31:51,209 --> 00:31:52,911
THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY, TO 

1054
00:31:52,911 --> 00:31:56,147
ME, REPRESENTS THE BEST OF 

1055
00:31:56,147 --> 00:31:56,781
SOCIETY. 

1056
00:31:56,781 --> 00:31:57,949
IT REPRESENTS 

1057
00:31:57,949 --> 00:31:59,317
INFORMATION SHARING AND 

1058
00:31:59,317 --> 00:31:59,584
COMMUNITY 

1059
00:31:59,584 --> 00:32:02,020
BUILDING AND NOT CONSUMERISM. 

1060
00:32:02,020 --> 00:32:03,655
PEOPLE AT THE LIBRARY ARE 

1061
00:32:03,655 --> 00:32:05,957
TREATED WITH DIGNITY REGARDLESS 

1062
00:32:05,957 --> 00:32:09,661
OF WHERE THEY'RE FROM AND WHERE

1063
00:32:09,661 --> 00:32:10,161
THEY'RE LIVING. 

1064
00:32:10,161 --> 00:32:12,797
I WAS LISTENING TO MAYOR WILSON 

1065
00:32:12,797 --> 00:32:14,065
SPEAK EARLIER THIS WEEK 

1066
00:32:14,065 --> 00:32:15,933
ABOUT THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS, 

1067
00:32:15,933 --> 00:32:16,134
WHICH 

1068
00:32:16,134 --> 00:32:18,336
WE DEFINITELY SEE ON THE STREETS

1069
00:32:18,336 --> 00:32:20,071
OF CAPITOL HILL, AND I FEEL THAT

1070
00:32:20,071 --> 00:32:21,572
INVESTING IN LIBRARIES IS PART 

1071
00:32:21,572 --> 00:32:23,374
OF THAT SOLUTION. 

1072
00:32:23,374 --> 00:32:26,377
THAT'S WHY I'M IN FAVOR OF THE

1073
00:32:26,377 --> 00:32:27,412
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO ADD 

1074
00:32:27,412 --> 00:32:29,981
MORE FUNDS TO THE LIBRARY LEVY. 

1075
00:32:29,981 --> 00:32:32,650
I ALSO HAVE TO SAY AS A 

1076
00:32:32,650 --> 00:32:34,919
FORMERFORMER I LOVE 

1077
00:32:34,919 --> 00:32:36,387
VOLUNTEERING WITH THE HOMEWORK 

1078
00:32:36,387 --> 00:32:36,587
HELP 

1079
00:32:36,587 --> 00:32:38,489
PROGRAM WHERE I CAN SIT SIDE-BY-

1080
00:32:38,489 --> 00:32:40,758
SIDE WITH IMMIGRANT STUDENTS 

1081
00:32:40,758 --> 00:32:40,992
WORKING 

1082
00:32:40,992 --> 00:32:44,762
MOSTLY ON THEIR MATH, WHICH IS A

1083
00:32:44,896 --> 00:32:45,296
CHALLENGE FOR ME. 

1084
00:32:45,296 --> 00:32:47,098
THE LIBRARY IS MORE THAN BOOKS. 

1085
00:32:47,098 --> 00:32:48,666
IT'S KNOWLEDGE. 

1086
00:32:48,666 --> 00:32:50,568
IT'S COMMUNITY. 

1087
00:32:50,568 --> 00:32:51,402
IT'S DIGNITY. 

1088
00:32:51,402 --> 00:32:52,704
IT'S IMPORTANT TO INVEST IN THE

1089
00:32:52,704 --> 00:32:56,007
THINGS THAT WE LOVE, THINGS 

1090
00:32:56,007 --> 00:32:58,242
THAT BUILD OUR SOCIETY. 

1091
00:32:58,242 --> 00:33:00,478
THANK 

1092
00:33:00,478 --> 00:33:00,945
YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS. 

1093
00:33:00,945 --> 00:33:01,980
>> THANK YOU, MANDY, 

1094
00:33:01,980 --> 00:33:04,649
AND THANK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING. 

1095
00:33:04,649 --> 00:33:11,856
MATT, AMY, AND JOHN. 

1096
00:33:11,990 --> 00:33:12,790
MATT? 

1097
00:33:12,790 --> 00:33:15,026
>> HELLO, CHAIR RIVERA AND 

1098
00:33:15,159 --> 00:33:16,828
COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS MATT 

1099
00:33:16,828 --> 00:33:17,528
HILLMAN, A 

1100
00:33:17,528 --> 00:33:19,664
LONGTIME RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 

1101
00:33:19,797 --> 00:33:22,266
THREE. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE

1102
00:33:22,266 --> 00:33:22,433
-- 

1103
00:33:22,433 --> 00:33:23,768
BOARD PRESIDENT OF THE 

1104
00:33:23,768 --> 00:33:24,836
SEATTLE LIBRARY FOUNDATION AND 

1105
00:33:24,836 --> 00:33:25,536
CO- AUTHOR 

1106
00:33:25,536 --> 00:33:27,338
OF THE EDITORIAL ENCOURAGING 

1107
00:33:27,338 --> 00:33:28,172
A STRONGER LIBRARY 

1108
00:33:28,172 --> 00:33:29,640
LEVY. I'M PLEASED TO SEE THE 

1109
00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:31,075
AMENDMENTS TO THE LEVY 

1110
00:33:31,075 --> 00:33:32,210
DEEPENING THE SUPPORT FOR 

1111
00:33:32,210 --> 00:33:32,443
LIBRARY 

1112
00:33:32,443 --> 00:33:33,911
FACILITIES, COLLECTIONS AND 

1113
00:33:34,045 --> 00:33:35,113
PROGRAMS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 

1114
00:33:35,113 --> 00:33:35,313
YOUR 

1115
00:33:35,313 --> 00:33:36,314
THOUGHTFUL ATTENTION TO 

1116
00:33:36,314 --> 00:33:38,449
CREATING A LIBRARY LEVY THAT 

1117
00:33:38,449 --> 00:33:38,649
GIVES 

1118
00:33:38,649 --> 00:33:40,518
OUR COMMUNITY THE LIBRARY IT 

1119
00:33:40,518 --> 00:33:41,285
URGENTLY WANTS AND NEEDS. 

1120
00:33:41,285 --> 00:33:43,020
I WANT TO CALL SPECIAL 

1121
00:33:43,020 --> 00:33:45,289
ATTENTION TO COUNCILMEMBER 

1122
00:33:45,289 --> 00:33:47,759
RINCK'S AMENDMENT TO EXPAND 

1123
00:33:47,759 --> 00:33:47,992
EBOOKS. 

1124
00:33:47,992 --> 00:33:50,094
A FEW DAYS AGO I WENT INTO 

1125
00:33:50,094 --> 00:33:50,895
MY NEIGHBORHOOD BOOKSTORE 

1126
00:33:50,895 --> 00:33:54,232
AND BOUGHT A COPY OF A NEW BOOK 

1127
00:33:54,232 --> 00:33:55,233
"THE KEEPER" AS SOON AS IT WAS 

1128
00:33:55,233 --> 00:33:55,500
RELEASED. 

1129
00:33:55,500 --> 00:33:57,168
I CAN AFFORD TO TAKE TIME IN 

1130
00:33:57,168 --> 00:33:58,336
THE MIDDLE OF MY DAY ANDAND 

1131
00:33:58,336 --> 00:33:58,803
SHELL 

1132
00:33:58,803 --> 00:34:01,339
$35 FOR A NEW HARD COVER. 

1133
00:34:01,339 --> 00:34:02,407
WHY SHOULD ONLY PEOPLE LIKE 

1134
00:34:02,407 --> 00:34:04,509
ME BE ABLE TO READ NEW RELEASES 

1135
00:34:04,509 --> 00:34:06,044
THE DAY THEY COME OUT AND BE 

1136
00:34:06,044 --> 00:34:06,244
ABLE 

1137
00:34:06,244 --> 00:34:07,412
TO TAKE PART IN THE 

1138
00:34:07,412 --> 00:34:08,513
NATIONAL CONVERSATION ABOUT THE 

1139
00:34:08,513 --> 00:34:13,284
LATEST GREAT STORY OR IMPORTANT 

1140
00:34:13,284 --> 00:34:13,818
ISSUE? 

1141
00:34:13,818 --> 00:34:15,052
IT ALLOWS EVERYONE TO 

1142
00:34:15,186 --> 00:34:15,620
PARTICIPATE IN THESE 

1143
00:34:15,620 --> 00:34:17,221
CONVERSATIONS. THANK YOU. 

1144
00:34:17,355 --> 00:34:18,790
>> THANK YOU, MATT. 

1145
00:34:18,790 --> 00:34:23,961
AMY SOLOMON, FLORENCE LARSON, 

1146
00:34:23,961 --> 00:34:25,797
AMY -- I'M SO SORRY IF I'M 

1147
00:34:25,797 --> 00:34:27,965
BUTCHERING YOUR NAME -- JOHN. 

1148
00:34:27,965 --> 00:34:28,533
AMY SOLOMON. 

1149
00:34:28,666 --> 00:34:31,536
>> YES, I'M AMY SOLOMON, A 

1150
00:34:31,536 --> 00:34:33,004
LONG TIME RESIDENT OF CAPITOL 

1151
00:34:33,004 --> 00:34:33,304
HILL 

1152
00:34:33,304 --> 00:34:33,871
IN DISTRICT THREE. 

1153
00:34:33,871 --> 00:34:36,340
I SERVE ON THE 

1154
00:34:36,340 --> 00:34:37,074
LIBRARY FOUNDATION BOARD. 

1155
00:34:37,074 --> 00:34:38,843
PLEASE ADOPT THE PROPOSED 

1156
00:34:38,843 --> 00:34:40,611
AMENDMENTS TO THE 

1157
00:34:40,611 --> 00:34:42,346
LIBRARY LEVY AND APPROVE THEM 

1158
00:34:42,346 --> 00:34:42,647
FOR 

1159
00:34:42,647 --> 00:34:45,149
INCLUSION ON THE AUGUST BALLOT. 

1160
00:34:45,149 --> 00:34:48,252
A RECENT EXAMPLE OF PROGRAMMING 

1161
00:34:48,252 --> 00:34:51,789
IS THE GLOBAL READING CHALLENGE.

1162
00:34:51,789 --> 00:34:53,758
FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADERS HAD 

1163
00:34:53,758 --> 00:34:56,461
A WINNING TEAM OF SIX FOURTH 

1164
00:34:56,461 --> 00:34:58,329
GRADERS FROM JOHN STANFORD 

1165
00:34:58,329 --> 00:34:58,663
SCHOOL. 

1166
00:34:58,663 --> 00:35:00,598
IT TIES READING 

1167
00:35:00,598 --> 00:35:01,766
COMPREHENSION, TEAM BUILDING, 

1168
00:35:01,766 --> 00:35:03,601
LIFE SKILLS TO 

1169
00:35:03,734 --> 00:35:05,136
BOOKS. THEN THE ISSUE OF 

1170
00:35:05,136 --> 00:35:05,403
DEFERRED 

1171
00:35:05,403 --> 00:35:07,004
MAINTENANCE, TOTALLY DIFFERENT. 

1172
00:35:07,004 --> 00:35:09,774
HUGELY RELEVANT TO THE BRICK 

1173
00:35:09,774 --> 00:35:11,375
AND MORTAR AND DIJ GITAL NEEDS 

1174
00:35:11,375 --> 00:35:11,542
OF 

1175
00:35:11,542 --> 00:35:12,510
THE LIE BEAR SYSTEM. 

1176
00:35:12,510 --> 00:35:16,481
COSTS ESCALATE AND ACCESS IS 

1177
00:35:16,481 --> 00:35:17,081
DISRUPTIVE IF WE IGNORE 

1178
00:35:17,081 --> 00:35:19,817
THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. 

1179
00:35:19,817 --> 00:35:20,485
AT THE COMMITTEE 

1180
00:35:20,485 --> 00:35:21,853
MEETING SOME OF YOU RELATED YOUR

1181
00:35:21,853 --> 00:35:22,487
OWN 

1182
00:35:22,487 --> 00:35:23,855
EXPERIENCES OF THE TANGIBLE 

1183
00:35:23,855 --> 00:35:24,522
VALUE OF THE 

1184
00:35:24,522 --> 00:35:24,889
LIBRARY. 

1185
00:35:24,889 --> 00:35:26,424
WHEN PEOPLE SHARE THESE 

1186
00:35:26,424 --> 00:35:27,525
MOVING STORIES TO DESCRIBE 

1187
00:35:27,525 --> 00:35:28,559
SOMETHING MEANINGFUL IN THEIR 

1188
00:35:28,559 --> 00:35:28,759
LIVES 

1189
00:35:28,759 --> 00:35:30,561
WITH SOMEONE ELSE, IT CREATES A 

1190
00:35:30,561 --> 00:35:33,130
SPACE AND A STARTING POINT FOR 

1191
00:35:33,130 --> 00:35:34,365
MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND 

1192
00:35:34,365 --> 00:35:34,632
RESPECT. 

1193
00:35:34,632 --> 00:35:35,533
THANK YOU SO MUCH. 

1194
00:35:35,666 --> 00:35:37,401
>> THANK YOU, AMY. 

1195
00:35:37,401 --> 00:35:39,637
I JUST WANT TO SAY, COLLEAGUES, 

1196
00:35:39,637 --> 00:35:41,506
FOR THE RECORD COUNCILMEMBER 

1197
00:35:41,506 --> 00:35:44,208
KETTLE HAS JOINED US, AND JOINED

1198
00:35:44,208 --> 00:35:46,077
US A LITTLE BIT AGO. 

1199
00:35:46,077 --> 00:35:47,778
SO THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 

1200
00:35:47,912 --> 00:35:53,150
KETTLE. WE HAVE FLORENCE LARSON,

1201
00:35:53,150 --> 00:35:53,551
AMY, 

1202
00:35:53,551 --> 00:35:58,789
JOHN, JEFF AND THEN KATIE. 

1203
00:35:58,789 --> 00:36:00,024
ALL RIGHT. 

1204
00:36:00,024 --> 00:36:00,525
FLORENCE. 

1205
00:36:00,658 --> 00:36:00,925
>> HELLO. 

1206
00:36:00,925 --> 00:36:03,194
MY NAME IS FLORENCE LARSON, 

1207
00:36:03,194 --> 00:36:05,563
AND I LIVE IN CAPITOL HILL, 

1208
00:36:05,563 --> 00:36:06,264
SO DISTRICT THREE. 

1209
00:36:06,264 --> 00:36:08,432
AND I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE 

1210
00:36:08,432 --> 00:36:09,700
SUPPORT ALL THE FUNDED 

1211
00:36:09,700 --> 00:36:12,036
AMENDMENTS TO THE LIBRARY LEVY. 

1212
00:36:12,036 --> 00:36:14,805
I WANT TO ESPECIALLY NOTE HOW 

1213
00:36:14,805 --> 00:36:16,874
PROPOSED LEVY AND AMENDMENTS 

1214
00:36:16,874 --> 00:36:18,209
WOULD SUPPORT OUR 

1215
00:36:18,209 --> 00:36:20,878
AMAZING LIBRARY STAFF, AND I 

1216
00:36:20,878 --> 00:36:21,546
KNOW A FEW 

1217
00:36:21,546 --> 00:36:22,046
OF YOU HAVE A FAVORITE 

1218
00:36:22,046 --> 00:36:24,315
LIBRARIAN, AND I CERTAINLY DO, 

1219
00:36:24,315 --> 00:36:24,649
TOO. 

1220
00:36:24,649 --> 00:36:27,518
THE PROPOSAL WOULD EXPAND STAFF 

1221
00:36:27,518 --> 00:36:29,420
CAPACITY FOR PROGRAMMING AND 

1222
00:36:29,420 --> 00:36:31,289
OUTREACH ADDING MORE 

1223
00:36:31,289 --> 00:36:33,624
EMPLOYEES TO DO THIS ESSENTIAL 

1224
00:36:33,624 --> 00:36:34,025
WORK AND 

1225
00:36:34,025 --> 00:36:35,726
FREEING UP ESSENTIAL STAFF TO 

1226
00:36:35,726 --> 00:36:37,995
DO WHAT THEY DO BEST. 

1227
00:36:37,995 --> 00:36:41,132
I THINK COUNCILMEMBER RINCK -- 

1228
00:36:41,132 --> 00:36:43,267
I THANK COUNCILMEMBER RINCK 

1229
00:36:43,267 --> 00:36:45,703
FOR RECOGNIZING THAT EXPANDING 

1230
00:36:45,703 --> 00:36:47,872
THE COLLECTION WILL REQUIRE 

1231
00:36:47,872 --> 00:36:51,375
THOSE DEDICATED STAFF TO 

1232
00:36:51,375 --> 00:36:53,110
SUPPORT PURCHASING INVENTORY AND

1233
00:36:53,110 --> 00:36:53,778
MORE 

1234
00:36:53,778 --> 00:36:54,845
TO PROVIDE PEOPLE THE BOOKS THEY

1235
00:36:54,845 --> 00:36:55,279
WANT. 

1236
00:36:55,279 --> 00:36:58,549
PLEASE VOTE YES TO SUPPORT 

1237
00:36:58,549 --> 00:36:59,217
LIBRARIES. 

1238
00:36:59,217 --> 00:36:59,650
THANK YOU. 

1239
00:36:59,784 --> 00:37:03,221
>> THANK YOU, FLORENCE. 

1240
00:37:03,221 --> 00:37:04,922
AMY -- HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE 

1241
00:37:04,922 --> 00:37:08,392
YOUR LAST NAME? 

1242
00:37:08,392 --> 00:37:09,327
THANK YOU. 

1243
00:37:09,327 --> 00:37:10,127
AMY, GO AHEAD. 

1244
00:37:10,261 --> 00:37:14,465
>> MY NAME IS AMY AND I LIVE IN 

1245
00:37:14,465 --> 00:37:16,834
LOWER QUEEN ANNE AND I AM URGING

1246
00:37:16,834 --> 00:37:19,704
THE CITY COUNCIL TO EXPAND THE 

1247
00:37:19,704 --> 00:37:20,404
LEVY. 

1248
00:37:20,404 --> 00:37:22,340
I GREW UP IN LOW- 

1249
00:37:22,340 --> 00:37:24,008
INCOME HOUSEHOLD WITH MY PARENTS

1250
00:37:24,008 --> 00:37:26,644
BEING FROM A REFUGEE AND 

1251
00:37:26,644 --> 00:37:26,911
IMMIGRANT 

1252
00:37:26,911 --> 00:37:29,046
BACKGROUND AND WE RELIED ON 

1253
00:37:29,046 --> 00:37:31,983
THE LIBRARY TO ACCESS COMMUNITY 

1254
00:37:31,983 --> 00:37:33,217
RESOURCES AND IT'S WHERE I 

1255
00:37:33,217 --> 00:37:36,153
FOSTERED MY LOVE OF LEARNING AND

1256
00:37:36,287 --> 00:37:38,489
LITERACY. AS AN EXPECTING 

1257
00:37:38,489 --> 00:37:38,723
PARENT, 

1258
00:37:38,723 --> 00:37:39,523
I THINK IT'S MORE IMPORTANT 

1259
00:37:39,523 --> 00:37:39,724
THAN 

1260
00:37:39,724 --> 00:37:40,725
EVER FOR THE COMING GENERATION 

1261
00:37:40,725 --> 00:37:42,960
TO HAVE ACCESS TO THESE 

1262
00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:44,262
CRITICAL COMMUNITY SPACES. 

1263
00:37:44,262 --> 00:37:46,063
I'M ESPECIALLY APPRECIATE 

1264
00:37:46,063 --> 00:37:48,065
TETCH OF THE AMENDMENTS CO- 

1265
00:37:48,065 --> 00:37:52,770
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER 

1266
00:37:52,770 --> 00:37:53,070
FOSTER AND 

1267
00:37:53,070 --> 00:37:53,704
JUAREZ FOR PROGRAMS THAT 

1268
00:37:53,704 --> 00:37:56,007
ARE GOING TO SUPPORT 

1269
00:37:56,007 --> 00:37:56,340
MULTILINGUAL 

1270
00:37:56,340 --> 00:37:58,242
ENGLISH LEARNERS AND 

1271
00:37:58,242 --> 00:38:00,444
REALLY REFLECT THE DEVERSETY OF 

1272
00:38:00,444 --> 00:38:02,313
THE COMMUNITY IN SEATTLE 

1273
00:38:02,313 --> 00:38:02,613
ESPECIALLY 

1274
00:38:02,613 --> 00:38:05,516
NOW DURING THIS TIME OF 

1275
00:38:05,516 --> 00:38:07,652
HEIGHTENED 

1276
00:38:07,652 --> 00:38:08,386
MISINFORMATION, CENSORSHIP AND 

1277
00:38:08,386 --> 00:38:08,953
WEALTH 

1278
00:38:09,086 --> 00:38:10,288
INEQUALITY. WE NEED THE 

1279
00:38:10,288 --> 00:38:10,755
INVESTMENT 

1280
00:38:10,755 --> 00:38:11,455
IN EQUITABLE SPACES. 

1281
00:38:11,455 --> 00:38:11,922
THANK YOU. 

1282
00:38:12,056 --> 00:38:15,893
>> THANK YOU, AMY. 

1283
00:38:15,893 --> 00:38:19,864
JOHN, JEFF AND KATIE. 

1284
00:38:19,864 --> 00:38:22,199
I'M SORRY ABOUT THE NAME. 

1285
00:38:22,333 --> 00:38:22,500
JOHN. 

1286
00:38:22,500 --> 00:38:22,900
>> GOOD EVENING. 

1287
00:38:23,034 --> 00:38:23,768
>> GOOD EVENING. 

1288
00:38:23,901 --> 00:38:27,638
>> I'M JOHN MEDEROS, 

1289
00:38:27,638 --> 00:38:29,273
A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT SEVEN AND

1290
00:38:29,273 --> 00:38:31,275
I'M A REGULAR USER OF THE 

1291
00:38:31,275 --> 00:38:32,009
MAGNOLIA BRANCH LIBRARY. 

1292
00:38:32,009 --> 00:38:33,577
I'M NOT HERE TO ADVOCATE 

1293
00:38:33,577 --> 00:38:35,379
FOR FUNDING SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR

1294
00:38:35,379 --> 00:38:35,880
BRANCH. 

1295
00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:37,448
RATHER, I BELIEVE THE LIBRARY IS

1296
00:38:37,448 --> 00:38:39,917
A CORNERSTONE OF EFFORTS TO TO 

1297
00:38:39,917 --> 00:38:40,951
PROMOTE LITERACY AND LOVE 

1298
00:38:40,951 --> 00:38:42,353
OF LEARNING THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

1299
00:38:42,353 --> 00:38:43,988
WE NEED TO REGARD THE 

1300
00:38:43,988 --> 00:38:47,358
LIBRARY LEVY AS AN INVESTMENT 

1301
00:38:47,358 --> 00:38:47,625
PROGRAM. 

1302
00:38:47,625 --> 00:38:48,392
INVESTMENT IN OUR YOUNGER 

1303
00:38:48,392 --> 00:38:49,894
GENERATIONS AND IN THE FUTURE OF

1304
00:38:49,894 --> 00:38:50,928
OUR SOCIETY. 

1305
00:38:50,928 --> 00:38:52,863
AT A TIME WHEN OUR 

1306
00:38:52,863 --> 00:38:54,999
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT IS SO SADLY 

1307
00:38:54,999 --> 00:38:55,833
GOING IN 

1308
00:38:55,833 --> 00:38:59,704
PRECISELY THE WRONG DIRECTION, 

1309
00:38:59,704 --> 00:39:01,038
CUTTING INVESTMENTS IN HEALTH, 

1310
00:39:01,038 --> 00:39:03,741
EDUCATION, SCIENCE, WE MUST ACT 

1311
00:39:03,741 --> 00:39:07,244
LOCALLY TO ENSURE SEATTLE HAS A 

1312
00:39:07,244 --> 00:39:08,913
DIVERSE, LITERATE AND WELL 

1313
00:39:08,913 --> 00:39:10,181
INFORMED POPULATION. 

1314
00:39:10,181 --> 00:39:14,218
OUR DEMOCRACY NEEDS STRONG 

1315
00:39:14,351 --> 00:39:14,919
LIBRARIES. FOR THAT REASON I 

1316
00:39:14,919 --> 00:39:15,286
HOPE 

1317
00:39:15,286 --> 00:39:16,554
THE COUNCIL WILL ENDORSE 

1318
00:39:16,554 --> 00:39:18,356
IN PARTICULAR THE AMENDMENTS BY 

1319
00:39:18,356 --> 00:39:20,458
COUNCILMEMBERS FOSTER AND JUAREZ

1320
00:39:20,458 --> 00:39:22,259
THAT WILL INCREASE THE CITYWIDE 

1321
00:39:22,259 --> 00:39:24,829
IMPACT OF THE LIBRARY'S 

1322
00:39:24,829 --> 00:39:25,196
PROGRAMS. 

1323
00:39:25,196 --> 00:39:26,330
I THANK THE COUNCILMEMBERS 

1324
00:39:26,330 --> 00:39:28,733
FOR YOUR ATTENTION. 

1325
00:39:28,866 --> 00:39:30,067
>> THANK YOU. 

1326
00:39:30,067 --> 00:39:34,605
JEFF AND THEN KATIE AND 

1327
00:39:34,605 --> 00:39:36,640
THEN LAUREN AND JENNIFER. 

1328
00:39:36,774 --> 00:39:37,441
>> GOOD EVENING. 

1329
00:39:37,441 --> 00:39:39,043
MY NAME IS JEFF AND I AM 

1330
00:39:39,043 --> 00:39:40,277
A RESIDENT OF WEST SEATTLE. 

1331
00:39:40,277 --> 00:39:41,846
I READ A BOOK IN THE THIRD 

1332
00:39:41,846 --> 00:39:42,146
GREAT. 

1333
00:39:42,146 --> 00:39:44,181
IT WAS TITLED "MY LIFE AS 

1334
00:39:44,181 --> 00:39:45,583
A POTATO AND HOW IT ENDED. 

1335
00:39:45,583 --> 00:39:47,184
"I WAS INCREDIBLY PROUD 

1336
00:39:47,184 --> 00:39:49,186
WHEN THAT BOOK WON A CLASS 

1337
00:39:49,186 --> 00:39:51,188
COMPETITION, WAS GIVEN ITS OWN 

1338
00:39:51,188 --> 00:39:52,423
DEWY DECIMAL NUMBER AND PUT 

1339
00:39:52,423 --> 00:39:53,657
IN THE LIBRARY. 

1340
00:39:53,657 --> 00:39:55,960
SINCE THEN I'VE BEEN 

1341
00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:56,894
A PASSIONATE LIFELONG READER. 

1342
00:39:56,894 --> 00:39:58,896
THE CONVENIENCE I GET FROM THE 

1343
00:39:58,896 --> 00:40:00,164
SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY IS FIRST 

1344
00:40:00,164 --> 00:40:01,899
CLASS, BUT EVEN IF TOO OFTEN 

1345
00:40:01,899 --> 00:40:03,400
I'M WAITING FOR SOME OF THE 

1346
00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:03,601
BOOKS 

1347
00:40:03,601 --> 00:40:05,569
I PUT ON HOLD FOR FAR TOO LONG. 

1348
00:40:05,569 --> 00:40:07,104
I DON'T MIND PAYING TAXES FOR 

1349
00:40:07,104 --> 00:40:08,372
THE THINGS THAT BRING ME JOY 

1350
00:40:08,372 --> 00:40:09,740
AND THE THINGS THAT BUILD 

1351
00:40:09,740 --> 00:40:10,007
COMMUNITY 

1352
00:40:10,007 --> 00:40:11,409
HERE IN OUR CITY AND THE 

1353
00:40:11,409 --> 00:40:12,910
LIBRARY DOES BOTH OF THOSE 

1354
00:40:12,910 --> 00:40:13,177
THINGS. 

1355
00:40:13,177 --> 00:40:15,212
I'M ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL FOR 

1356
00:40:15,212 --> 00:40:16,747
AMENDMENTS TO INCREASE THE 

1357
00:40:16,747 --> 00:40:20,184
COLLECTIONS BOTH DIGITAL AND 

1358
00:40:20,184 --> 00:40:21,652
PEAK PICKS AND TO UPDATE OUR 

1359
00:40:21,652 --> 00:40:22,653
BRANCH IN WEST SEATTLE. 

1360
00:40:22,653 --> 00:40:24,355
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO PASS THE 

1361
00:40:24,355 --> 00:40:26,423
LIBRARY AND ITS ASSOCIATED 

1362
00:40:26,423 --> 00:40:26,724
AMENDMENTS. 

1363
00:40:26,724 --> 00:40:28,726
MY LIFE AS A POTATO ENDED WITH 

1364
00:40:28,726 --> 00:40:30,227
ME BEING FRENCH FRIED. 

1365
00:40:30,227 --> 00:40:33,063
HOW ELSE WOULD IT HAVE 

1366
00:40:33,063 --> 00:40:33,697
HAPPENED FOR A SLIGHTLY CHUBBY 

1367
00:40:33,697 --> 00:40:33,898
THIRD 

1368
00:40:33,898 --> 00:40:35,866
GRADER? 

1369
00:40:35,866 --> 00:40:37,701
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND 

1370
00:40:37,701 --> 00:40:39,203
ESPECIALLY SAKA, FOSTER AND 

1371
00:40:39,203 --> 00:40:41,105
RINCK WHO REPRESENT ME IN WEST 

1372
00:40:41,238 --> 00:40:41,505
SEATTLE. 

1373
00:40:41,505 --> 00:40:42,473
>> THANK YOU, JEFF. 

1374
00:40:42,473 --> 00:40:49,747
ALL RIGHT, KATIE AND THEN 

1375
00:40:49,747 --> 00:40:50,815
LAUREN AND JENNIFER. 

1376
00:40:50,815 --> 00:40:51,549
KATIE? 

1377
00:40:51,682 --> 00:40:52,817
>> MY NAME IS KATIE. 

1378
00:40:52,817 --> 00:40:54,785
I'M A 15- YEAR RESIDENT OF WEST

1379
00:40:54,785 --> 00:40:55,986
SEATTLE AND I'M ASKING TO 

1380
00:40:55,986 --> 00:40:57,054
YOU PLEASE SUPPORT ALL THE 

1381
00:40:57,054 --> 00:40:57,288
FUNDED 

1382
00:40:57,288 --> 00:40:58,722
AMENDMENTS TO THE LIBRARY LEVY. 

1383
00:40:58,722 --> 00:41:00,758
IT'S ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO 

1384
00:41:00,758 --> 00:41:01,625
ME PERSONALLY BECAUSE THE 

1385
00:41:01,625 --> 00:41:01,926
LIBRARY 

1386
00:41:01,926 --> 00:41:03,327
HAS A HUGE, POSITIVE IMPACT 

1387
00:41:03,327 --> 00:41:04,094
ON MY LIFE. 

1388
00:41:04,094 --> 00:41:05,596
AS A SINGLE PARENT OF 

1389
00:41:05,596 --> 00:41:07,064
A VORACIOUS READER I CAN FIND 

1390
00:41:07,064 --> 00:41:08,265
UNLIMITED BOOKS AND KNOWLEDGE TO

1391
00:41:08,265 --> 00:41:08,866
MY 9-YEAR-OLD. 

1392
00:41:08,866 --> 00:41:10,301
I CALCULATED HOW MUCH I WOULD 

1393
00:41:10,301 --> 00:41:11,635
HAVE SPENT ON BOOKS IF I 

1394
00:41:11,635 --> 00:41:12,770
HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO CHECK THEM 

1395
00:41:12,770 --> 00:41:12,937
OUT 

1396
00:41:12,937 --> 00:41:14,004
AND I COULDN'T HAVE AFFORDED 

1397
00:41:14,004 --> 00:41:14,171
IT. 

1398
00:41:14,171 --> 00:41:15,739
WE ALSO VISIT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD 

1399
00:41:15,739 --> 00:41:16,440
BRANCH FOR PROGRAMS. 

1400
00:41:16,440 --> 00:41:18,375
I JUST TOOK MY KID LAST WEEK 

1401
00:41:18,375 --> 00:41:21,111
TO THEIR FIRST TWEEN PROGRAM AND

1402
00:41:21,111 --> 00:41:23,013
A LEGITIMATE TEENAGER, 13, 

1403
00:41:23,013 --> 00:41:24,448
WAS SAD THEY WERE TOO OLD TO 

1404
00:41:24,448 --> 00:41:24,715
ATTEND. 

1405
00:41:24,715 --> 00:41:26,817
THE LIBRARIAN SAID, OF COURSE 

1406
00:41:26,817 --> 00:41:27,084
YOU CAN. 

1407
00:41:27,084 --> 00:41:29,386
COME ON IN. 

1408
00:41:29,386 --> 00:41:30,087
AND THAT'S WHAT IT COMES DOWN 

1409
00:41:30,087 --> 00:41:30,254
TO. 

1410
00:41:30,254 --> 00:41:31,722
THE LIBRARY IS A WELCOMING SPACE

1411
00:41:31,722 --> 00:41:32,756
FOR EVERYONE AND WE NEED TO TO 

1412
00:41:32,756 --> 00:41:33,357
FULLY FUND IT. 

1413
00:41:33,357 --> 00:41:36,060
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS, 

1414
00:41:36,060 --> 00:41:36,227
FOR 

1415
00:41:36,227 --> 00:41:36,861
YOUR COMMITMENT TO OUR LIBRARY 

1416
00:41:36,861 --> 00:41:37,194
AND OUR CITY. 

1417
00:41:37,328 --> 00:41:40,231
>> THANK YOU, KATIE. 

1418
00:41:40,231 --> 00:41:46,136
LAUREN, JENNIFER AND MASON. 

1419
00:41:46,136 --> 00:41:47,505
JENNIFER GO AHEAD -- 

1420
00:41:47,638 --> 00:41:48,505
>> LAUREN. 

1421
00:41:48,639 --> 00:41:49,406
I'M LAUREN. AM I NEXT? 

1422
00:41:49,540 --> 00:41:51,775
>> OH, SORRY, LAUREN. 

1423
00:41:51,775 --> 00:41:52,109
APOLOGIES. 

1424
00:41:52,109 --> 00:41:53,077
LAUREN, GO AHEAD. 

1425
00:41:53,210 --> 00:41:54,612
>> MY NAME IS LAUREN AND I LIVE 

1426
00:41:54,612 --> 00:41:56,013
IN DISTRICT ONE AND I'M A 

1427
00:41:56,013 --> 00:41:57,815
REGULAR USER OF THE WEST SEATTLE

1428
00:41:57,815 --> 00:41:58,082
BRANCH. 

1429
00:41:58,082 --> 00:42:00,417
I'M ALSO ON THE BOARD OF THE 

1430
00:42:00,417 --> 00:42:01,452
FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY. 

1431
00:42:01,452 --> 00:42:03,621
MY MOM GAVE ME A SPECIAL GIFT. 

1432
00:42:03,621 --> 00:42:06,457
IT'S A LIBRARY BOOK THAT I 

1433
00:42:06,457 --> 00:42:09,360
FORGOT TO RETURN AS A CHILD. 

1434
00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:11,595
WHILE I ENJOYED THIS RELIC OF 

1435
00:42:11,595 --> 00:42:12,630
ITS TIME, I BROUGHT IT 

1436
00:42:12,630 --> 00:42:14,632
HERE TODAY AS A REMINDER THAT 

1437
00:42:14,632 --> 00:42:16,000
LIBRARIES NEED MORE FUNDING FOR 

1438
00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:16,400
COLLECTIONS. 

1439
00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:18,102
LIBRARY BOOKS GO MISSING, THEY 

1440
00:42:18,102 --> 00:42:19,970
BREAK DOWN FROM USE, AND IN THE 

1441
00:42:19,970 --> 00:42:21,839
CASE OF E BOOKS AND AUDIO 

1442
00:42:21,839 --> 00:42:23,807
BOOKS, WHICH I USE CONSTANTLY, 

1443
00:42:23,807 --> 00:42:24,008
THEY 

1444
00:42:24,008 --> 00:42:24,341
EXPIRE. 

1445
00:42:24,341 --> 00:42:25,843
AS A SEATTLE TAXPAYER 

1446
00:42:25,843 --> 00:42:27,411
AND HOMEOWNER I'M ASKING YOU 

1447
00:42:27,411 --> 00:42:28,312
TO PLEASE SUPPORT ALL THE 

1448
00:42:28,312 --> 00:42:30,581
AMENDMENTS TO THE LIBRARY LEVY 

1449
00:42:30,581 --> 00:42:32,016
ESPECIALLY THE AMENDMENT 

1450
00:42:32,016 --> 00:42:33,317
FOR PROVIDING MORE FUNDING FOR 

1451
00:42:33,450 --> 00:42:35,886
COLLECTIONS. THANK YOU TO ALL OF

1452
00:42:35,886 --> 00:42:36,053
OUR 

1453
00:42:36,053 --> 00:42:38,522
COUNCILMEMBERS TO THE LIBRARY 

1454
00:42:38,656 --> 00:42:38,956
AND OUR CITY. 

1455
00:42:38,956 --> 00:42:40,224
>> THANK YOU, LAUREN. 

1456
00:42:40,224 --> 00:42:44,528
JENNIFER, MASON AND PAUL TYLER. 

1457
00:42:44,662 --> 00:42:46,597
>> HI, I'M JENNIFER AND I 

1458
00:42:46,597 --> 00:42:47,665
SERVE AS THE CURRENT BOARD 

1459
00:42:47,665 --> 00:42:50,000
PRESIDENT FOR THE FRIENDS OF THE

1460
00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:50,234
SEATTLE 

1461
00:42:50,234 --> 00:42:51,302
PUBLIC LIBRARY AND I LIVE 

1462
00:42:51,302 --> 00:42:51,869
IN DISTRICT THREE. 

1463
00:42:51,869 --> 00:42:53,270
I URGE THE COUNCIL TO 

1464
00:42:53,270 --> 00:42:54,805
SUPPORT ALL FUNDED AMENDMENTS TO

1465
00:42:54,805 --> 00:42:56,106
THE LIBRARY LEVY SPECIFICALLY 

1466
00:42:56,106 --> 00:42:57,641
I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR 

1467
00:42:57,641 --> 00:42:59,076
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK'S 

1468
00:42:59,076 --> 00:43:01,412
AMENDMENTS TO EXPAND FUNDING FOR

1469
00:43:01,412 --> 00:43:01,645
DIGITAL 

1470
00:43:01,779 --> 00:43:03,581
BOOKS. WHILE THE INITIAL LETCHY 

1471
00:43:03,581 --> 00:43:04,515
PROPOSAL IS A START IT DOES 

1472
00:43:04,515 --> 00:43:05,883
NOT DO ENOUGH TO ADDRESS THE 

1473
00:43:05,883 --> 00:43:07,785
REALITY OF SKYROCKETING DEMAND 

1474
00:43:07,785 --> 00:43:08,986
AND THE 

1475
00:43:08,986 --> 00:43:10,054
FRUSTRATINGLY LONG WAIT 

1476
00:43:10,054 --> 00:43:11,155
TIMES FOR EBOOKS. 

1477
00:43:11,155 --> 00:43:13,090
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK'S 

1478
00:43:13,090 --> 00:43:14,491
PROPOSAL BRIDGES THAT GAP 

1479
00:43:14,491 --> 00:43:14,825
ENSURING 

1480
00:43:14,825 --> 00:43:16,660
OUR DIGITAL COLLECTIONS 

1481
00:43:16,660 --> 00:43:18,395
REMAINS ACCESSIBLE RATHER THAN 

1482
00:43:18,395 --> 00:43:18,629
JUST 

1483
00:43:18,629 --> 00:43:18,996
ASPIRATIONAL. 

1484
00:43:18,996 --> 00:43:20,397
FURTHERMORE, INTRODUCING 

1485
00:43:20,397 --> 00:43:21,599
A DIGITAL VERSION OF PEAK PICKS 

1486
00:43:21,599 --> 00:43:23,000
WOULD BE A TRANSFORMATIVE 

1487
00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:24,368
UPGRADE TO ONE OF THE 

1488
00:43:24,368 --> 00:43:25,803
LIBRARY'S MOST BELOVED 

1489
00:43:25,803 --> 00:43:26,070
SERVICES. 

1490
00:43:26,070 --> 00:43:29,306
WHILE THESE AMENDMENTS REPRESENT

1491
00:43:29,306 --> 00:43:29,940
RELATIVELY SMALL DOLLAR AMOUNTS,

1492
00:43:29,940 --> 00:43:30,975
THEY OFFER HIGH 

1493
00:43:30,975 --> 00:43:32,476
VISIBLE RETURN FOR THE PUBLIC. 

1494
00:43:32,476 --> 00:43:33,277
RESIDENTS IN EVERY 

1495
00:43:33,277 --> 00:43:34,812
NEIGHBORHOOD WILL NOTICE AND 

1496
00:43:34,812 --> 00:43:35,145
BENEFIT DAILY 

1497
00:43:35,145 --> 00:43:36,380
FROM THIS AMENDMENT. 

1498
00:43:36,380 --> 00:43:38,582
PLEASE VOTE YES TO ENSURE OUR 

1499
00:43:38,582 --> 00:43:40,451
LIBRARY SYSTEM KEEPS PACE 

1500
00:43:40,451 --> 00:43:41,185
WITH OUR COMMUNITY -- 

1501
00:43:41,185 --> 00:43:41,418
HOW OUR 

1502
00:43:41,418 --> 00:43:42,052
COMMUNITY ACTUALLY READS TODAY. 

1503
00:43:42,052 --> 00:43:43,454
THANK YOU. 

1504
00:43:43,587 --> 00:43:47,891
>> THANK YOU, JENNIFER. 

1505
00:43:47,891 --> 00:43:54,398
MASON, PAUL TYLER, ANGEL AND 

1506
00:43:54,398 --> 00:43:54,765
COCORU. 

1507
00:43:54,765 --> 00:43:55,799
MASON, GO AHEAD. 

1508
00:43:55,933 --> 00:43:57,134
>> GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS.

1509
00:43:57,134 --> 00:43:58,869
MY NAME IS MASON AND I'M A 

1510
00:43:58,869 --> 00:44:00,404
WEST SEATTLE RESIDENT IN 

1511
00:44:00,404 --> 00:44:00,671
DISTRICT 

1512
00:44:00,804 --> 00:44:02,706
ONE. I'M IN FAVOR OF THE 

1513
00:44:02,706 --> 00:44:02,973
PROPOSED 

1514
00:44:02,973 --> 00:44:04,541
AMENDMENTS TO THE LIBRARY LEVY. 

1515
00:44:04,541 --> 00:44:06,677
AS ONE OF THE LAST GREAT 

1516
00:44:06,677 --> 00:44:08,545
THIRD SPACES WE NEED TO INVEST 

1517
00:44:08,545 --> 00:44:10,314
IN LIBRARIES STRENGTHENING THEIR

1518
00:44:10,314 --> 00:44:12,650
FOUNDATIONS BOTH PHYSICAL AND 

1519
00:44:12,650 --> 00:44:15,285
FISCAL WITHIN OUR 

1520
00:44:15,285 --> 00:44:16,286
COMMUNITIES. SEISMIC RETROFITS 

1521
00:44:16,286 --> 00:44:16,620
LIKE THE ONE 

1522
00:44:16,620 --> 00:44:18,922
FOR THE WEST LIBRARY BRANCH BY 

1523
00:44:18,922 --> 00:44:20,290
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK ARE 

1524
00:44:20,290 --> 00:44:22,493
CRITICAL TO ENSURING SAFE AND 

1525
00:44:22,493 --> 00:44:23,260
ENDURING COMMUNITY SPACES. 

1526
00:44:23,260 --> 00:44:26,764
ALL LIBRARIES, INCLUDING MY WEST

1527
00:44:26,764 --> 00:44:29,500
BRANCH OFFER WEST SEATTLE A MENU

1528
00:44:29,500 --> 00:44:31,201
OF RESOURCES THAT SERVE EVERY 

1529
00:44:31,201 --> 00:44:31,869
COMMUNITY MEMBER FROM 

1530
00:44:31,869 --> 00:44:33,337
FAMILY READING TIME AND 

1531
00:44:33,337 --> 00:44:35,272
HOMEWORK HELP TO TAX AND 

1532
00:44:35,272 --> 00:44:35,639
ENTREPRENEURIAL 

1533
00:44:35,639 --> 00:44:38,976
TO JUST BEING A FREE PLACE TO 

1534
00:44:38,976 --> 00:44:39,476
BE. 

1535
00:44:39,476 --> 00:44:41,145
OFTEN DESCRIBED LIBRARIES AS 

1536
00:44:41,145 --> 00:44:42,579
A MODERN MIRACLE THAT GIVES 

1537
00:44:42,579 --> 00:44:43,981
AND GIVES AND ASKS LITTLE IN 

1538
00:44:43,981 --> 00:44:44,248
RETURN. 

1539
00:44:44,248 --> 00:44:45,849
THAT IMPORTANT WORK WILL BE 

1540
00:44:45,849 --> 00:44:49,019
ABLE TO CONTINUE SAFELY AND 

1541
00:44:49,019 --> 00:44:49,286
ASSUREDLY 

1542
00:44:49,286 --> 00:44:50,521
IF ALL COUNCILMEMBERS COMPLETE 

1543
00:44:50,521 --> 00:44:52,523
THE PROJECT IDENTIFIED IN 

1544
00:44:52,523 --> 00:44:53,223
RINCK'S AMENDMENT. 

1545
00:44:53,223 --> 00:44:54,091
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT 

1546
00:44:54,091 --> 00:44:56,026
TO THE LIBRARY AND 

1547
00:44:56,026 --> 00:44:57,461
OUR COMMITMENT TO OUR BEAUTIFUL 

1548
00:44:57,461 --> 00:44:57,661
CITY. 

1549
00:44:57,795 --> 00:45:00,197
>> THANK YOU, MASON. 

1550
00:45:00,197 --> 00:45:03,967
PAUL TYLER, ANGEL SOLS AND 

1551
00:45:03,967 --> 00:45:04,435
COCORU. 

1552
00:45:04,435 --> 00:45:08,405
GOSH, I'M SAYINGSAYING RIGHT, I

1553
00:45:08,539 --> 00:45:08,806
HOPE. PAUL. 

1554
00:45:08,939 --> 00:45:10,140
>> COUNCIL CHAIR AND 

1555
00:45:10,140 --> 00:45:12,476
COUNCILMEMBERS, MY NAME IS PAUL 

1556
00:45:12,476 --> 00:45:13,911
TYLER, FRIENDS OF SEATTLE 

1557
00:45:13,911 --> 00:45:15,646
PUBLIC LIBRARY AND I RESIDE IN 

1558
00:45:15,646 --> 00:45:16,046
QUEEN 

1559
00:45:16,046 --> 00:45:17,881
ANNE, DISTRICT SEVEN. 

1560
00:45:17,881 --> 00:45:19,616
I REQUEST THAT THE 

1561
00:45:19,616 --> 00:45:20,684
AMENDMENTS BE INCLUDED IN THE 

1562
00:45:20,684 --> 00:45:20,884
LEVY. 

1563
00:45:20,884 --> 00:45:22,519
LIBRARY IS A FABRIC OF SEATTLE. 

1564
00:45:22,519 --> 00:45:23,787
OUR LIBRARIES REPRESENT 

1565
00:45:23,787 --> 00:45:25,222
THE VALUE OF PUBLIC SPACES, 

1566
00:45:25,222 --> 00:45:26,924
SPACES THAT BIND US TOGETHER FOR

1567
00:45:26,924 --> 00:45:28,492
A COMMON CAUSE AS ACTIVE 

1568
00:45:28,492 --> 00:45:29,460
CITIZENS IN A COMMUNITY. 

1569
00:45:29,460 --> 00:45:31,795
A LIBRARY PROVIDES SAFE -- 

1570
00:45:31,795 --> 00:45:34,031
FREE AND SAFE SPACES TO GROW AND

1571
00:45:34,164 --> 00:45:35,733
EXPLORE IDEAS. THE KEY ASPECT OF

1572
00:45:35,733 --> 00:45:36,266
OUR DEMOCRACY. 

1573
00:45:36,266 --> 00:45:37,267
LIBRARIES HAVE THE ABILITY 

1574
00:45:37,267 --> 00:45:38,502
TO DEVELOP PASSION FOR READING 

1575
00:45:38,502 --> 00:45:40,504
AND HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON

1576
00:45:40,637 --> 00:45:44,074
LITERACY. THESE SPACES ALLOW FOR

1577
00:45:44,074 --> 00:45:44,341
INQUIRY, 

1578
00:45:44,341 --> 00:45:45,375
EXPLORATION AND DEEP LEARNING. 

1579
00:45:45,375 --> 00:45:47,077
AS A RETIRED EDUCATOR 

1580
00:45:47,077 --> 00:45:48,779
I'VE ALWAYS VALUED AND 

1581
00:45:48,779 --> 00:45:49,379
PROMOTED LIFELONG LEARNING. 

1582
00:45:49,379 --> 00:45:50,481
PLEASE SUPPORT THE 

1583
00:45:50,481 --> 00:45:51,915
ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO HAVE 

1584
00:45:51,915 --> 00:45:52,349
LIBRARY SYSTEMS 

1585
00:45:52,349 --> 00:45:55,853
REACH ITS FULL CAPACITY ASAS 

1586
00:45:55,853 --> 00:45:56,987
HUB OF THE SEATTLE COMMUNITY. 

1587
00:45:56,987 --> 00:45:59,656
IT PROVIDES CULTURAL EXCHANGES 

1588
00:45:59,656 --> 00:46:00,591
WHICH STRENGTHENS OUR COMMUNITY 

1589
00:46:00,724 --> 00:46:01,925
TIES. IN CLOSING, I BELIEVE 

1590
00:46:01,925 --> 00:46:02,760
THE AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN 

1591
00:46:02,760 --> 00:46:04,428
PRESENTED IN A THOUGHTFUL AND 

1592
00:46:04,428 --> 00:46:04,661
FISCAL 

1593
00:46:04,661 --> 00:46:05,562
RESPONSE AND I THANK YOU 

1594
00:46:05,562 --> 00:46:06,396
FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. 

1595
00:46:06,396 --> 00:46:07,764
IT'S MORE NEEDED TODAY 

1596
00:46:07,764 --> 00:46:09,066
THAN EVER BEFORE AND I ASK THAT 

1597
00:46:09,066 --> 00:46:09,233
YOU 

1598
00:46:09,233 --> 00:46:09,967
SUPPORT THE AMENDMENTS. 

1599
00:46:09,967 --> 00:46:10,400
THANK YOU. 

1600
00:46:10,534 --> 00:46:12,903
>> THANK YOU, PAUL. 

1601
00:46:12,903 --> 00:46:17,941
ANGEL, COCORU AND THEN WE'LL GO

1602
00:46:18,142 --> 00:46:19,877
TO ONLINE. I SEE OUR ONLINE 

1603
00:46:19,877 --> 00:46:20,477
SPEAKERS ON. 

1604
00:46:20,477 --> 00:46:21,011
ANGEL. 

1605
00:46:21,145 --> 00:46:22,079
>> HI. 

1606
00:46:22,079 --> 00:46:23,180
COUNCILMEMBERS, GOOD TO SEE YOU 

1607
00:46:23,180 --> 00:46:23,547
AGAIN. 

1608
00:46:23,547 --> 00:46:26,049
I KNOW WE KEEP MEETING LIKE 

1609
00:46:26,183 --> 00:46:26,350
THIS. 

1610
00:46:26,350 --> 00:46:27,518
THANK YOU. MY NAME IS ANGEL 

1611
00:46:27,518 --> 00:46:27,985
SOLS, A 

1612
00:46:27,985 --> 00:46:29,286
PROUD MEMBER OF THE FRIENDS OF 

1613
00:46:29,286 --> 00:46:30,220
SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY. 

1614
00:46:30,220 --> 00:46:32,256
YOU'VE SEEN QUITE A FEW OF US 

1615
00:46:32,256 --> 00:46:32,523
HERE. 

1616
00:46:32,523 --> 00:46:33,791
WE HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING 

1617
00:46:33,791 --> 00:46:35,926
THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARIES 

1618
00:46:35,926 --> 00:46:36,760
SINCE 

1619
00:46:36,894 --> 00:46:38,962
1941. OUR MISSION IS TO ELEVATE 

1620
00:46:38,962 --> 00:46:40,430
THE LIBRARY AND INSPIRE THE LOVE

1621
00:46:40,430 --> 00:46:42,699
OF READING IN OUR COMMUNITIES. 

1622
00:46:42,699 --> 00:46:45,035
I CARE ABOUT LIBRARIES BECAUSE 

1623
00:46:45,035 --> 00:46:49,039
THEY ARE A PILLAR OF 

1624
00:46:49,039 --> 00:46:50,974
OUR COMMUNITY WHICH 

1625
00:46:50,974 --> 00:46:53,410
CREATES, CULTIVATES AND ENSURES 

1626
00:46:53,410 --> 00:46:55,779
EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL AND 

1627
00:46:55,779 --> 00:46:57,314
PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY, DISCOVERY 

1628
00:46:57,314 --> 00:46:57,915
AND WONDER. 

1629
00:46:57,915 --> 00:47:00,350
I AM IN FAVOR OF ALL OF 

1630
00:47:00,350 --> 00:47:03,220
THE OPPOSED -- ALL OF THE 

1631
00:47:03,220 --> 00:47:03,787
PROPOSED 

1632
00:47:03,787 --> 00:47:04,154
AMENDMENTS. 

1633
00:47:04,154 --> 00:47:08,525
I DO WANT TO TOUCH ON THAT THE 

1634
00:47:08,525 --> 00:47:11,562
PROPOSED LEVY LARGELY MAINTAINS 

1635
00:47:11,695 --> 00:47:14,398
THE STATUS -- HOLD ON -- GLASSES

1636
00:47:14,398 --> 00:47:15,065
ARE GOING TO BE NEEDED. 

1637
00:47:15,065 --> 00:47:16,466
I WAS GOING TO TRY TO NOT USE 

1638
00:47:16,600 --> 00:47:17,201
THEM. HERE WE GO. 

1639
00:47:17,201 --> 00:47:19,136
THE PROPOSED LEVY 

1640
00:47:19,136 --> 00:47:21,171
LARGELY MAINTAINS THE STATUS QUO

1641
00:47:21,171 --> 00:47:21,638
AND IS 

1642
00:47:21,638 --> 00:47:22,773
INSUFFICIENT AND IT IS 

1643
00:47:22,773 --> 00:47:25,142
UNACCEPTABLE FOR PROGRESSIVE, 

1644
00:47:25,142 --> 00:47:27,611
WELL- READ, DIVERSE CITY OF 

1645
00:47:27,611 --> 00:47:28,145
SEATTLE. 

1646
00:47:28,145 --> 00:47:29,980
I WOULD LIKE ALSO TO SAY THAT 

1647
00:47:29,980 --> 00:47:36,887
BECAUSE THE 2019 LEVY WAS $219 

1648
00:47:36,887 --> 00:47:38,856
MILLION SOME NEWS 

1649
00:47:38,856 --> 00:47:39,923
OUTLETS DESCRIBED THE $410 

1650
00:47:39,923 --> 00:47:40,157
MILLION 

1651
00:47:40,157 --> 00:47:40,424
PROPOSAL 

1652
00:47:40,424 --> 00:47:41,058
AS AN INCREASE OF 50% AND THAT 

1653
00:47:41,058 --> 00:47:43,227
WAS INCORRECT. 

1654
00:47:43,227 --> 00:47:46,129
SO WHAT I WOULD ASK YOU TO DO IS

1655
00:47:46,129 --> 00:47:47,931
PLEASE SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER 

1656
00:47:47,931 --> 00:47:49,233
RINCK'S AMENDMENTS REGARDING 

1657
00:47:49,233 --> 00:47:50,968
BOOKS, PLEASE 

1658
00:47:50,968 --> 00:47:53,136
SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, 

1659
00:47:53,136 --> 00:47:53,437
JUAREZ 

1660
00:47:53,437 --> 00:47:55,038
AMENDMENTS REGARDING PROGRAMS. 

1661
00:47:55,038 --> 00:47:57,407
PLEASE SUPPORT AMENDMENTS FOR --

1662
00:47:57,407 --> 00:47:59,476
FROM COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, 

1663
00:47:59,476 --> 00:48:01,144
FOSTER, LIN AND STRAUSS. 

1664
00:48:01,144 --> 00:48:03,714
LAST BUT NOT LEAST DON'T LET AN

1665
00:48:03,714 --> 00:48:06,116
INCLINATION TO FOCUS ON 

1666
00:48:06,116 --> 00:48:07,784
THE FUTURE STEAL OUR PRESENT. 

1667
00:48:07,784 --> 00:48:08,919
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS FOR 

1668
00:48:08,919 --> 00:48:10,687
ALL THAT YOU DO ESPECIALLY FOR 

1669
00:48:10,687 --> 00:48:11,521
OUR LIBRARIES AND OUR CITY. 

1670
00:48:11,521 --> 00:48:12,723
AND NOW I CAN SEE. 

1671
00:48:12,856 --> 00:48:14,891
>> THANK YOU, ANGEL. 

1672
00:48:14,891 --> 00:48:18,161
COCORU 

1673
00:48:18,161 --> 00:48:18,795
ARONKU AND THEN WE'LL GO TO 

1674
00:48:18,795 --> 00:48:27,170
ONLINE. 

1675
00:48:27,304 --> 00:48:28,305
>> HI. 

1676
00:48:28,305 --> 00:48:31,608
MY NAME IS COCORU ARONKU. 

1677
00:48:31,742 --> 00:48:33,977
GOOD EVENING ALL. I STAND HERE 

1678
00:48:33,977 --> 00:48:35,379
TODAY IN STRONG 

1679
00:48:35,379 --> 00:48:38,448
SUPPORT OF INCREASING THE 

1680
00:48:38,448 --> 00:48:42,552
LIBRARY LEVY ESPECIALLY IN A 

1681
00:48:42,552 --> 00:48:44,154
WORLD WHERE EVERYTHING IS BASED 

1682
00:48:44,154 --> 00:48:46,790
ON WHAT IT PRODUCES FOR THE 

1683
00:48:46,790 --> 00:48:49,593
RICHEST PEOPLE, NOT FOR 

1684
00:48:49,593 --> 00:48:50,060
COMMUNITY. 

1685
00:48:50,060 --> 00:48:52,696
TO ME, A LIBRARY IS NOT JUST 

1686
00:48:52,696 --> 00:48:58,502
A BUILDING FILLED WITH BOOKS, 

1687
00:48:58,502 --> 00:49:00,270
IT'S A PLACE WHERE 

1688
00:49:00,270 --> 00:49:01,171
EVERYBODY'S IMAGINATION IS 

1689
00:49:01,171 --> 00:49:01,471
DISCOVERED. 

1690
00:49:01,471 --> 00:49:04,174
IT IS A PLACE WHERE STUDENTS 

1691
00:49:04,174 --> 00:49:05,676
FIND RESOURCES. 

1692
00:49:05,676 --> 00:49:08,078
IT IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WHO 

1693
00:49:08,078 --> 00:49:12,849
ARE LOOKING FOR JOBS GO TO 

1694
00:49:12,849 --> 00:49:13,750
GET SUPPORT, AND IT'S ALSO A 

1695
00:49:13,750 --> 00:49:16,019
PLACE WHERE COMMUNITIES COME 

1696
00:49:16,019 --> 00:49:17,921
TOGETHER FREELY TO TO 

1697
00:49:17,921 --> 00:49:18,488
SHARE, TO CONNECT ON EQUAL 

1698
00:49:18,488 --> 00:49:22,192
FOOTING. 

1699
00:49:22,192 --> 00:49:23,760
IT'S IN A CITY LIKE SEATTLE 

1700
00:49:23,760 --> 00:49:26,430
THAT'S KNOWN FOR INNOVATION AND

1701
00:49:26,430 --> 00:49:26,697
PROGRESS. 

1702
00:49:26,697 --> 00:49:29,232
WE MUST ENSURE THAT ACCESS 

1703
00:49:29,232 --> 00:49:29,466
TO 

1704
00:49:29,466 --> 00:49:30,100
KNOWLEDGE IS NOT A PRIVILEGE BUT

1705
00:49:30,100 --> 00:49:32,336
A RIGHT. 

1706
00:49:32,336 --> 00:49:35,639
AN INCREASED LEVY MEANS LONGER 

1707
00:49:35,639 --> 00:49:38,508
HOURS, STRONGER PROGRAMS AND 

1708
00:49:38,508 --> 00:49:42,245
UPDATED RESOURCES AND A 

1709
00:49:42,245 --> 00:49:44,414
TRUE MEASURE OF THE CITY LIKE 

1710
00:49:44,414 --> 00:49:45,415
SEATTLE IS NOT JUST THE CITY 

1711
00:49:45,415 --> 00:49:45,949
LINE OR 

1712
00:49:45,949 --> 00:49:47,851
THE SKYLINE OR THE BEAUTIFUL 

1713
00:49:47,851 --> 00:49:48,085
NATURE. 

1714
00:49:48,218 --> 00:49:48,552
>> THANK YOU. 

1715
00:49:48,685 --> 00:49:50,153
>> IT'S HOW WELL WE SUPPORT 

1716
00:49:50,153 --> 00:49:50,320
OUR 

1717
00:49:50,320 --> 00:49:50,887
PEOPLE BY INVESTING IN OUR 

1718
00:49:50,887 --> 00:49:58,295
LIBRARIES. 

1719
00:49:58,428 --> 00:49:58,929
>> THANK YOU. 

1720
00:49:58,929 --> 00:50:01,198
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 

1721
00:50:01,198 --> 00:50:02,766
ALL RIGHT. 

1722
00:50:02,766 --> 00:50:07,571
WE'LL GO TO ONLINE SPEAKERS 

1723
00:50:07,571 --> 00:50:09,606
NOW, SO WE'LL GO TO THAT 

1724
00:50:09,606 --> 00:50:16,480
PERSON, DAVID HAYNES AND THEN 

1725
00:50:16,480 --> 00:50:17,881
BRITTANY AND AN LIFIA. 

1726
00:50:17,881 --> 00:50:19,383
DAVID HAYNES, ARE YOU HERE IN 

1727
00:50:19,516 --> 00:50:19,750
PERSON? 

1728
00:50:19,750 --> 00:50:21,885
>> HI, THANK YOU, DAVID HAYNES. 

1729
00:50:21,885 --> 00:50:22,419
THAT'S ALL RIGHT. 

1730
00:50:22,419 --> 00:50:23,720
I'LL JUST GO FROM THE PHONE. 

1731
00:50:23,720 --> 00:50:26,289
I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT 

1732
00:50:26,289 --> 00:50:28,458
THERE'S LIKE $195 

1733
00:50:28,458 --> 00:50:29,493
MILLION INCREASE IN THE DEMANDS 

1734
00:50:29,493 --> 00:50:30,027
OF THE 

1735
00:50:30,027 --> 00:50:32,262
LEVY, AND SO THERE HAS TO BE 

1736
00:50:32,262 --> 00:50:33,697
A CAVEAT THAT AT LEAST ONE OR 

1737
00:50:33,697 --> 00:50:35,065
TWO DAYS A WEEK YOU HAVE TO 

1738
00:50:35,065 --> 00:50:40,670
PROVIDE A 21st CENTURY TIME OF 

1739
00:50:40,670 --> 00:50:41,938
BEING OPEN LIKE 9:00 A.M. TO 

1740
00:50:41,938 --> 00:50:42,372
9:00 P.M. 

1741
00:50:42,372 --> 00:50:44,408
AND IN ORDER TO MAKE IT TRULY 

1742
00:50:44,408 --> 00:50:46,643
ENJOYABLE, YOU HAVE TO ALLOW 

1743
00:50:46,643 --> 00:50:50,547
FOR THE SERVICE PROVIDERS TO BE 

1744
00:50:50,680 --> 00:50:53,016
FULLY SUPPORTIVE TO DEAL WITH 

1745
00:50:53,016 --> 00:50:54,184
ALL THE TROUBLED SOULS 

1746
00:50:54,184 --> 00:50:55,652
BOTHERING PEOPLE AT THE LIBRARY.

1747
00:50:55,652 --> 00:50:56,853
IT'S BECOME IMPOSSIBLE TO 

1748
00:50:56,853 --> 00:50:59,423
SIT DOWN FOR EVEN 20 MINUTES IN 

1749
00:50:59,423 --> 00:51:00,524
THE 

1750
00:51:00,524 --> 00:51:02,092
COMPUTER SECTION BECAUSE 

1751
00:51:02,092 --> 00:51:03,126
THERE'S BEHAVIORAL CRISIS 

1752
00:51:03,126 --> 00:51:03,460
PEOPLE 

1753
00:51:03,460 --> 00:51:05,128
THAT PASSIVE AGGRESSIVELY WANT 

1754
00:51:05,128 --> 00:51:05,295
TO 

1755
00:51:05,295 --> 00:51:05,962
BULLY AND BOTHER YOU. 

1756
00:51:05,962 --> 00:51:11,835
YOU TRY TO SIT DOWN TO READ THE 

1757
00:51:11,835 --> 00:51:12,869
NEWSPAPER, THEY ARE SO CLOSE 

1758
00:51:12,869 --> 00:51:18,375
YOU END UP HITTING AND THE 

1759
00:51:18,375 --> 00:51:20,610
PEOPLE CRINKLING THE STEEL 

1760
00:51:20,610 --> 00:51:20,844
PLATES. 

1761
00:51:20,844 --> 00:51:23,380
WE DON'T NEED ANY CHILD PORNO 

1762
00:51:23,513 --> 00:51:24,014
ACCOMMODATION. GET THE 

1763
00:51:24,014 --> 00:51:24,548
KID AWAY FROM THE GROUND 

1764
00:51:24,548 --> 00:51:24,781
FLOOR. 

1765
00:51:24,781 --> 00:51:29,719
>> THANK YOU. 

1766
00:51:29,719 --> 00:51:33,890
BRITTANY, ALIFIA, AND 

1767
00:51:33,890 --> 00:51:34,558
THEN UNA MARTIN AND SARAH 

1768
00:51:34,558 --> 00:51:38,995
STANLEY. 

1769
00:51:39,129 --> 00:51:43,834
BRITTANY. 29, YES. 

1770
00:51:43,834 --> 00:51:45,669
NO, NO WORRIES. 

1771
00:51:45,669 --> 00:51:45,936
BRITTANY. 

1772
00:51:46,069 --> 00:51:46,403
GREAT, WELCOME. 

1773
00:51:46,403 --> 00:51:48,705
>> HI. 

1774
00:51:48,705 --> 00:51:51,274
I'M BRITTANY AND I'M A RENTER 

1775
00:51:51,274 --> 00:51:53,110
IN 

1776
00:51:53,110 --> 00:51:53,443
BALLARD. 

1777
00:51:53,443 --> 00:51:54,711
I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE 

1778
00:51:54,711 --> 00:51:56,146
SUPPORT ALL THE FUNDED 

1779
00:51:56,146 --> 00:51:56,746
AMENDMENTS TO 

1780
00:51:56,746 --> 00:51:59,282
THE LIBRARY LEVY BECAUSE THEY 

1781
00:51:59,282 --> 00:51:59,449
ARE 

1782
00:51:59,449 --> 00:52:01,952
ESSENTIAL INVESTMENTS IN 

1783
00:52:02,085 --> 00:52:03,119
AFFORDABILITY. A VIBRANT LIBRARY

1784
00:52:03,119 --> 00:52:03,487
SYSTEM IS THE 

1785
00:52:03,487 --> 00:52:05,455
FOUNDATION OF AN AFFORDABLE 

1786
00:52:05,455 --> 00:52:05,822
CITY. 

1787
00:52:05,822 --> 00:52:07,724
IT'S HOW WE GUARANTEE THAT 

1788
00:52:07,724 --> 00:52:09,459
BOOKS AND KNOWLEDGE BELONG TO 

1789
00:52:09,459 --> 00:52:09,860
EVERYONE. 

1790
00:52:09,860 --> 00:52:11,094
THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD WILL 

1791
00:52:11,094 --> 00:52:14,531
PAY NO MORE THAN $15 A MONTH FOR

1792
00:52:14,531 --> 00:52:15,098
THE 

1793
00:52:15,098 --> 00:52:17,067
LIBRARY LEVY EVEN IF THE FUNDED 

1794
00:52:17,067 --> 00:52:18,668
AMENDMENTS ARE INCLUDED, AS I 

1795
00:52:18,668 --> 00:52:19,736
VERY MUCH HOPE THEY ARE. 

1796
00:52:19,736 --> 00:52:22,239
THAT $15 A MONTH PROVIDES 

1797
00:52:22,239 --> 00:52:23,173
SEATTLE FAMILIES ACCESS TO 

1798
00:52:23,173 --> 00:52:25,876
A COLLECTION OF OVER 3 MILLION 

1799
00:52:25,876 --> 00:52:26,576
ITEMS. 

1800
00:52:26,576 --> 00:52:27,944
5,800 YEARLY PROGRAMS AND 

1801
00:52:27,944 --> 00:52:29,179
CLASSES AND FREE ACCESS 

1802
00:52:29,179 --> 00:52:29,713
TO MEETING 

1803
00:52:29,713 --> 00:52:30,280
ROOMS, COMPUTERS AND WI-FI 

1804
00:52:30,280 --> 00:52:32,883
ACROSS THE CITY. 

1805
00:52:32,883 --> 00:52:35,018
THE PROPOSED FUNDED 

1806
00:52:35,018 --> 00:52:36,052
AMENDMENTS SUPPORT THE PUBLIC 

1807
00:52:36,052 --> 00:52:38,588
GOOD BY 

1808
00:52:38,588 --> 00:52:40,390
INCREASING SUPPORT FOR 

1809
00:52:40,390 --> 00:52:42,025
COLLECTIONS, PROGRAMMING AND 

1810
00:52:42,025 --> 00:52:42,425
INFRASTRUCTURE. 

1811
00:52:42,425 --> 00:52:45,362
THE LIBRARY IS ONE OF THE FEW 

1812
00:52:45,362 --> 00:52:45,929
SEATTLE WHERE A 

1813
00:52:45,929 --> 00:52:47,230
PERSON CAN SPEND THEIR TIME 

1814
00:52:47,230 --> 00:52:49,399
WITHOUT NEEDING TO SPEND ANY 

1815
00:52:49,399 --> 00:52:49,633
MONEY. 

1816
00:52:49,633 --> 00:52:51,034
WHAT'S MORE AFFORDABLE 

1817
00:52:51,034 --> 00:52:51,334
THAN THAT? 

1818
00:52:51,468 --> 00:52:55,105
>> THANK YOU, BRITTANY. 

1819
00:52:55,105 --> 00:52:56,072
ALIFIA AND THEN 

1820
00:52:56,072 --> 00:52:56,640
UNA MARTIN AND THEN SARAH 

1821
00:52:56,640 --> 00:52:58,041
STANLEY. 

1822
00:52:58,041 --> 00:53:02,445
WELCOME. 

1823
00:53:02,579 --> 00:53:03,280
>> THANK YOU. 

1824
00:53:03,280 --> 00:53:03,680
HELLO. 

1825
00:53:03,680 --> 00:53:06,349
MY NAME IS ALIFIA. 

1826
00:53:06,349 --> 00:53:08,818
I LIVE IN CAPITOL HILL. 

1827
00:53:08,818 --> 00:53:14,524
I LOVE USING THE LIBRARY AND 

1828
00:53:14,524 --> 00:53:15,192
CHECKING OUT 

1829
00:53:15,192 --> 00:53:17,460
BOOKS. I'M PART OF A CLIMATE 

1830
00:53:17,460 --> 00:53:19,529
CRISIS GROUP THAT MEETS AT THE 

1831
00:53:19,529 --> 00:53:20,497
SEATTLE PUBLIC 

1832
00:53:20,497 --> 00:53:22,699
LIBRARIES. I'M ASKING YOU TO 

1833
00:53:22,699 --> 00:53:23,066
PLEASE SUPPORT 

1834
00:53:23,066 --> 00:53:25,001
ALL THE FUNDED AMENDMENTS TO 

1835
00:53:25,001 --> 00:53:26,536
THE LIBRARY LEVY. 

1836
00:53:26,536 --> 00:53:28,071
IT'S ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO 

1837
00:53:28,071 --> 00:53:32,442
ME TO FUND THE EXPANSION OF BOTH

1838
00:53:32,642 --> 00:53:34,711
PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL BOOKS. 

1839
00:53:34,711 --> 00:53:37,480
THEIR VALUE IS BRYCELESS AND 

1840
00:53:37,480 --> 00:53:38,648
LIBRARIES ARE MAGICAL SPACES 

1841
00:53:38,648 --> 00:53:41,384
THAT WE ALL HAVE CORE MEMORIES 

1842
00:53:41,384 --> 00:53:41,885
AT. 

1843
00:53:41,885 --> 00:53:43,386
AS A SEATTLE TAXPAYER I WANT 

1844
00:53:43,386 --> 00:53:45,555
TO SEE MORE RESOURCES FOR 

1845
00:53:45,555 --> 00:53:49,259
THE LIBRARY VIA THE LEVY BECAUSE

1846
00:53:49,259 --> 00:53:50,327
NOW IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN 

1847
00:53:50,327 --> 00:53:52,429
EVER TO SUPPORT THE EXPANSION 

1848
00:53:52,429 --> 00:53:54,030
IN EDUCATION OF OUR MINDS. 

1849
00:53:54,030 --> 00:53:56,032
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS, 

1850
00:53:56,032 --> 00:53:57,167
FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE 

1851
00:53:57,167 --> 00:53:59,369
LIBRARY AND OUROUR CITY. 

1852
00:53:59,369 --> 00:54:02,038
PLEASE VOTE YES TO THE FUNDED 

1853
00:54:02,038 --> 00:54:03,340
AMENDMENTS. 

1854
00:54:03,473 --> 00:54:04,307
>> THANK YOU. 

1855
00:54:04,307 --> 00:54:06,676
UNA MARTIN, SARAH STANLEY AND 

1856
00:54:06,676 --> 00:54:11,114
MIA DAVISON. 

1857
00:54:11,248 --> 00:54:12,082
>> HELLO. 

1858
00:54:12,082 --> 00:54:13,817
GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 

1859
00:54:13,817 --> 00:54:16,786
MY NAME IS UNA MARTIN AND 

1860
00:54:16,786 --> 00:54:17,687
I'M COMING FROM CAPITOL HILL. 

1861
00:54:17,687 --> 00:54:19,489
I'M HERE TODAY TO SUPPORT 

1862
00:54:19,489 --> 00:54:20,824
THE LEVY AND I AM ESPECIALLY 

1863
00:54:20,824 --> 00:54:23,126
IN FAVOR OF COUNCILMEMBER 

1864
00:54:23,126 --> 00:54:24,894
FOSTER AND JUAREZ AMENDMENTS 

1865
00:54:24,894 --> 00:54:28,698
TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR 

1866
00:54:28,698 --> 00:54:30,433
MULTILINGUAL SPEAKERS 

1867
00:54:30,433 --> 00:54:31,534
OF LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH.

1868
00:54:31,534 --> 00:54:33,370
AS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO GREW UP 

1869
00:54:33,370 --> 00:54:35,238
IN A SINGLE- PARENT IMMIGRANT 

1870
00:54:35,238 --> 00:54:36,473
HOUSEHOLD, THE LIBRARY 

1871
00:54:36,473 --> 00:54:38,208
WASN'T ONLY A SAFE THIRD SPACE 

1872
00:54:38,208 --> 00:54:38,441
FOR US 

1873
00:54:38,441 --> 00:54:40,277
BUT ALSO A VITAL RESOURCE 

1874
00:54:40,277 --> 00:54:42,245
OF SURVIVAL FOR MY FAMILY. 

1875
00:54:42,245 --> 00:54:44,047
MY MOTHER OFTEN USED THE 

1876
00:54:44,047 --> 00:54:45,582
LIBRARY AS A RESOURCE TO 

1877
00:54:45,582 --> 00:54:46,249
CONTINUE 

1878
00:54:46,249 --> 00:54:49,586
HER ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION, 

1879
00:54:49,586 --> 00:54:49,753
AND 

1880
00:54:49,753 --> 00:54:50,520
I BELIEVE THAT WITHOUT 

1881
00:54:50,520 --> 00:54:51,554
ACCESSIBLE PROGRAMS LIKE THESE 

1882
00:54:51,554 --> 00:54:53,156
WE WILL BE DOING FAMILIES 

1883
00:54:53,156 --> 00:54:56,059
LIKELIKE AND MANY OTHERS A HUGE 

1884
00:54:56,192 --> 00:54:57,460
DISSERVICE. CONTINUING TO INVEST

1885
00:54:57,460 --> 00:54:58,094
IN 

1886
00:54:58,094 --> 00:55:00,096
THE LIBRARY IS PLANNING FOR THE 

1887
00:55:00,096 --> 00:55:00,330
FUTURE. 

1888
00:55:00,330 --> 00:55:01,564
SO PLEASE VOTE TO CONTINUE TO 

1889
00:55:01,564 --> 00:55:04,601
INVEST IN OUR FAMILIES 

1890
00:55:04,601 --> 00:55:05,535
AND COMMUNITIES WITH THESE 

1891
00:55:05,535 --> 00:55:05,835
AMENDMENTS. 

1892
00:55:05,835 --> 00:55:06,569
THANK YOU SO MUCH. 

1893
00:55:06,703 --> 00:55:08,371
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 

1894
00:55:08,371 --> 00:55:08,972
SARAH 

1895
00:55:08,972 --> 00:55:15,078
STANLEY AND THEN MIA DAVISON. 

1896
00:55:18,615 --> 00:55:19,449
>> 

1897
00:55:19,449 --> 00:55:21,384
HI. I'M SARAH STANLEY FROM 

1898
00:55:21,384 --> 00:55:22,919
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE'S 

1899
00:55:22,919 --> 00:55:23,186
DISTRICT. 

1900
00:55:23,186 --> 00:55:25,021
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU 

1901
00:55:25,021 --> 00:55:26,256
TO COUNCILMEMBERS JUAREZ, 

1902
00:55:26,256 --> 00:55:26,523
STRAUSS, 

1903
00:55:26,523 --> 00:55:28,124
FOSTER, RINCK AND LIN 

1904
00:55:28,124 --> 00:55:29,159
FOR RECOGNIZING THAT THE 

1905
00:55:29,159 --> 00:55:31,561
LIBRARY NEEDS A LEVY THAT IS 

1906
00:55:31,561 --> 00:55:32,362
MORE ROBUST 

1907
00:55:32,362 --> 00:55:33,596
AND SUPPORTIVE TO COVER THE 

1908
00:55:33,596 --> 00:55:34,164
NEXT SEVEN YEARS. 

1909
00:55:34,164 --> 00:55:36,166
I AGREE 100% WITH YOUR 

1910
00:55:36,299 --> 00:55:38,735
AMENDMENTS. WHEN I TOLD MY UBER 

1911
00:55:38,735 --> 00:55:39,002
DRIVER, 

1912
00:55:39,002 --> 00:55:40,036
WHO IMMIGRATED TO THE UNITED 

1913
00:55:40,036 --> 00:55:41,237
STATES TEN YEARS AGO, THAT I 

1914
00:55:41,237 --> 00:55:42,338
WAS SPEAKING HERE TONIGHT, HE 

1915
00:55:42,338 --> 00:55:43,440
WAS 

1916
00:55:43,440 --> 00:55:44,908
SO EXCITED, HE ASKED IF I 

1917
00:55:44,908 --> 00:55:45,375
COULD SPEAK FOR HIM. 

1918
00:55:45,375 --> 00:55:47,010
HE TOLD ME THAT THE 

1919
00:55:47,010 --> 00:55:49,546
LIBRARY MAKES LIVING IN SEATTLE 

1920
00:55:49,546 --> 00:55:49,779
MORE 

1921
00:55:49,779 --> 00:55:51,147
AFFORDABLE FOR HIM AND HIS 

1922
00:55:51,147 --> 00:55:51,448
COMMUNITY. 

1923
00:55:51,448 --> 00:55:53,450
THE FREE WI- FI, THE 

1924
00:55:53,450 --> 00:55:55,518
PREBOOKS, THE CHILDREN'S BOOKS 

1925
00:55:55,518 --> 00:55:56,586
FOR KIDS IN 

1926
00:55:56,586 --> 00:55:57,754
ENGLISH AND HIS LANGUAGE AS 

1927
00:55:57,754 --> 00:55:58,855
WELL, THE JOB TRAINING 

1928
00:55:58,855 --> 00:56:00,523
HELP HE WAS ABLE TO GET, THE AIR

1929
00:56:00,523 --> 00:56:01,558
CONDITIONING WHEN IT GOT TOO 

1930
00:56:01,558 --> 00:56:03,793
HOT, AND THE ENGLISH CLASSES. 

1931
00:56:03,793 --> 00:56:05,729
IN HIS WORDS, THE SEATTLE 

1932
00:56:05,729 --> 00:56:07,197
LIBRARY IS A MIRACLE. 

1933
00:56:07,197 --> 00:56:09,632
WE MUST GIVE IT THE MONEY IT 

1934
00:56:09,632 --> 00:56:09,966
NEEDS. 

1935
00:56:09,966 --> 00:56:13,403
SO LET'S PUT TOGETHER A ROBUST,

1936
00:56:13,403 --> 00:56:14,471
WELL-FUNDED LEVY AND GIVEN IT 

1937
00:56:14,471 --> 00:56:16,873
TO THE CITIZENS OF SEATTLE TO 

1938
00:56:16,873 --> 00:56:20,276
SUPPORT, AND WE KNOW THEY WANT 

1939
00:56:20,410 --> 00:56:21,378
TO PASS. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT 

1940
00:56:21,378 --> 00:56:21,778
YOU DO. 

1941
00:56:21,978 --> 00:56:22,545
>> THANK YOU, SARAH. MIA 

1942
00:56:22,545 --> 00:56:28,418
DAVISON. 

1943
00:56:31,287 --> 00:56:31,855
>> HELLO. 

1944
00:56:31,855 --> 00:56:36,126
I'M MIA AND I'M REPRESENTING 

1945
00:56:36,126 --> 00:56:37,260
THE DISTRICT AND ASKING YOU 

1946
00:56:37,260 --> 00:56:38,928
TO SUPPORT ALL FUNDED AMENDMENTS

1947
00:56:38,928 --> 00:56:40,830
TO THE LIBRARY LEVY. 

1948
00:56:40,830 --> 00:56:45,602
I'M ON A QUEST TO FIND 

1949
00:56:45,602 --> 00:56:46,970
AND WALKABLE THIRD PLACES IN 

1950
00:56:46,970 --> 00:56:47,203
SEATTLE 

1951
00:56:47,203 --> 00:56:48,638
AND THESE ARE ONE OF THEM. 

1952
00:56:48,638 --> 00:56:50,373
AS YOU MAY KNOW THE 

1953
00:56:50,373 --> 00:56:52,275
DISTRICT BRANCH IS CLOSED FOR 

1954
00:56:52,275 --> 00:56:54,978
RENOVATIONS, AND I MISS ITS 

1955
00:56:54,978 --> 00:57:00,183
BOOKS, MAGAZINES, 

1956
00:57:00,183 --> 00:57:01,351
SUBSCRIPTIONS, SHOWS, MOVIES, 

1957
00:57:01,351 --> 00:57:01,985
THE SERVICES THAT 

1958
00:57:01,985 --> 00:57:04,053
IT OFFERS TO THE PUBLIC EVEN AS 

1959
00:57:04,053 --> 00:57:08,491
IT EXPANDS INTO A TECHNICAL 

1960
00:57:08,491 --> 00:57:11,327
SPACES AS PUBLIC NEEDS CHANGE. 

1961
00:57:11,327 --> 00:57:13,563
AND ITS RESOURCES AND 

1962
00:57:13,563 --> 00:57:15,965
PUBLIC SPACES FOR PEOPLE TO USE 

1963
00:57:15,965 --> 00:57:18,668
AND CONGREGATE AS AFFORDABILITY 

1964
00:57:18,668 --> 00:57:19,002
IS 

1965
00:57:19,002 --> 00:57:21,938
AN INCREASING CONCERN. 

1966
00:57:21,938 --> 00:57:23,673
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR 

1967
00:57:23,673 --> 00:57:24,374
SERVICE AND 

1968
00:57:24,374 --> 00:57:24,941
PLEASE VOTE YES FOR LIBRARY 

1969
00:57:24,941 --> 00:57:29,312
LEVY. 

1970
00:57:29,512 --> 00:57:30,547
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MIA. ALL

1971
00:57:30,547 --> 00:57:32,282
RIGHT. 

1972
00:57:32,282 --> 00:57:34,384
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN CHAMBERS

1973
00:57:34,384 --> 00:57:35,919
THAT DIDN'T SIGN UP BUT 

1974
00:57:35,919 --> 00:57:39,923
WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? 

1975
00:57:39,923 --> 00:57:40,490
ALL RIGHT. 

1976
00:57:40,490 --> 00:57:42,659
WELL, COLLEAGUES, THAT WAS -- 

1977
00:57:42,659 --> 00:57:44,794
MIA WAS OUR LAST 

1978
00:57:44,794 --> 00:57:45,762
REGISTERED SPEAKER PRESENT TO 

1979
00:57:45,762 --> 00:57:46,029
SPEAK AT 

1980
00:57:46,029 --> 00:57:46,529
THIS PUBLIC HEARING. 

1981
00:57:46,529 --> 00:57:48,565
THE PUBLIC HEARING ON 

1982
00:57:48,565 --> 00:57:50,433
COUNCIL BILL 121181 IS NOW 

1983
00:57:50,433 --> 00:57:53,770
CLOSED. 

1984
00:57:53,770 --> 00:57:56,005
THIS CONCLUDES THE APRIL 

1985
00:57:56,005 --> 00:57:57,540
2nd MEETING OF THE SELECT 

1986
00:57:57,540 --> 00:57:57,807
COMMITTEE 

1987
00:57:57,807 --> 00:58:01,144
ON THE LIBRARY LEVY. 

1988
00:58:01,144 --> 00:58:01,578
ALL RIGHT. 

1989
00:58:01,578 --> 00:58:02,779
IF THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS,

1990
00:58:02,779 --> 00:58:06,282
THIS MEETING WILL ADJOURN. 

1991
00:58:06,282 --> 00:58:07,417
AGAIN, EVERYONE, THANK YOU 

1992
00:58:07,417 --> 00:58:09,652
SO MUCH FOR COMING DOWN HERE TO 

1993
00:58:09,652 --> 00:58:13,790
TALK TO US AND TELL USUS -- GIVE

1994
00:58:13,790 --> 00:58:15,325
US YOUR FEEDBACK ON THE LIBRARY 

1995
00:58:15,325 --> 00:58:15,959
LEVY. 

1996
00:58:15,959 --> 00:58:16,526
IT IS CLEAR WE ALL VERY 

1997
00:58:16,526 --> 00:58:18,728
MUCH LOVE OUR LIBRARIESLIBRARIES

1998
00:58:18,728 --> 00:58:18,895
IN 

1999
00:58:18,895 --> 00:58:20,663
SEATTLE, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE

2000
00:58:20,663 --> 00:58:21,397
YOU TAKING TIME ON THIS EVENING 

2001
00:58:21,397 --> 00:58:23,500
TO COME DOWN HERE. 

2002
00:58:23,500 --> 00:58:24,300
ALL RIGHT. 

2003
00:58:24,300 --> 00:58:27,170
HEARING NO FURTHER 

2004
00:58:27,170 --> 00:58:27,437
BUSINESS, 

2005
00:58:27,437 --> 00:58:28,104
IT'S 6:30 P.M. AND THIS MEETING

2006
00:58:28,104 --> 00:58:29,505
IS ADJOURNED.