1 00:00:21,888 --> 00:00:22,889 8, 22026 OF THE HOUSING, ARTS, 2 00:00:22,889 --> 00:00:23,656 AND CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEE WILL 3 00:00:23,656 --> 00:00:31,064 COME TO ORDER. IT IS 2:04 PM. I 4 00:00:31,064 --> 00:00:32,298 AM CHAIR OF THE HOUSING, ARTS 5 00:00:32,298 --> 00:00:33,500 AND CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEE. 6 00:00:33,500 --> 00:00:34,234 THANK YOU. WILL COMMITTEE CLERK 7 00:00:34,234 --> 00:00:37,804 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. PRESIDENT 8 00:00:37,804 --> 00:00:38,171 HOLLINGSWORTH. 9 00:00:38,171 --> 00:00:38,938 >> PRESENT. 10 00:00:38,938 --> 00:00:41,975 >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 11 00:00:41,975 --> 00:00:42,442 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 12 00:00:42,442 --> 00:00:43,343 >> PRESENT. 13 00:00:43,343 --> 00:00:47,480 >> COUNCIL MEMBER FOSTER. 14 00:00:47,480 --> 00:00:48,615 >> HERE. 15 00:00:48,615 --> 00:00:50,683 >> THERE ARE THREE MEMBERS 16 00:00:50,683 --> 00:00:58,324 PRESENT AN EXCUSE FOR 17 00:00:58,324 --> 00:00:58,758 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 18 00:00:58,758 --> 00:00:59,893 >> I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 19 00:00:59,893 --> 00:01:01,060 WILL JOIN US SHORTLY. IF THERE 20 00:01:01,060 --> 00:01:03,063 IS NO OBJECTION THE AGENDA WILL 21 00:01:03,063 --> 00:01:13,606 BE ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION 22 00:01:22,715 --> 00:01:23,283 THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. WE WILL 23 00:01:23,283 --> 00:01:25,151 NOW OPEN THE HYBRID PUBLIC 24 00:01:25,151 --> 00:01:25,785 COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC COMMENTS 25 00:01:25,785 --> 00:01:26,352 SHOULD RELATE TO ITEMS ON 26 00:01:26,352 --> 00:01:26,953 TODAY'S AGENDA WITHIN THE 27 00:01:26,953 --> 00:01:28,021 PURVIEW OF THIS COMMITTEE. HOW 28 00:01:28,021 --> 00:01:29,189 MANY SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP? 29 00:01:29,189 --> 00:01:30,490 >> FOUR IN PERSON SPEAKERS AND 30 00:01:30,490 --> 00:01:31,291 NO REMOTE SPEAKERS. 31 00:01:31,291 --> 00:01:32,525 >> EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE TWO 32 00:01:32,525 --> 00:01:33,827 MINUTES AND WE WILL START WITH 33 00:01:33,827 --> 00:01:34,794 OUR IN PERSON SPEAKER. PLEASE 34 00:01:34,794 --> 00:01:35,695 READ THE PUBLIC COMMENT 35 00:01:35,695 --> 00:01:36,129 INSTRUCTIONS. 36 00:01:36,129 --> 00:01:37,363 >> OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 37 00:01:37,363 --> 00:01:38,631 IS UP TO 60 MINUTES. SPEAKERS 38 00:01:38,631 --> 00:01:40,166 WILL BEGIN, TO BE CALLED IN THE 39 00:01:40,166 --> 00:01:41,034 ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE 40 00:01:41,034 --> 00:01:42,402 REGISTERED AND WE WILL BEGIN 41 00:01:42,402 --> 00:01:43,069 WITH IN PERSON SPEAKERS. 42 00:01:43,069 --> 00:01:44,137 SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A TIME WHEN 43 00:01:44,137 --> 00:01:45,305 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT. MICROPHONES 44 00:01:45,305 --> 00:01:46,973 WILL BE MUTED IF THEY DO NOT AND 45 00:01:46,973 --> 00:01:48,074 THERE COMMENTS TO ALLOW US TO 46 00:01:48,074 --> 00:01:49,042 CALL THE NEXT SPEAKER. PUBLIC 47 00:01:49,042 --> 00:01:50,276 COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW OPEN. WE 48 00:01:50,276 --> 00:01:51,344 WILL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST 49 00:01:51,344 --> 00:01:52,345 SPEAKER ON THE LIST. 50 00:01:52,345 --> 00:01:53,580 >> THE FIRST PERSON IS MALCOLM 51 00:01:53,580 --> 00:01:55,348 AND THE SECOND IS HUMAN. 52 00:01:55,348 --> 00:01:56,716 >> ANY MICROPHONE, WHICHEVER 53 00:01:56,716 --> 00:01:57,851 WORKS FOR YOU. THANK YOU FOR 54 00:01:57,851 --> 00:01:58,351 BEING HERE. 55 00:01:58,351 --> 00:02:03,957 >> ON BEHALF OF THESPIAN 56 00:02:03,957 --> 00:02:05,325 PERFORMING ARTS PERSON, I'M 57 00:02:05,325 --> 00:02:08,127 HERE TO ADVOCATE AND ALSO TO THE 58 00:02:08,127 --> 00:02:09,496 NEW DIRECTOR OF ARTS AND 59 00:02:09,496 --> 00:02:11,598 CULTURE, I JUST WANT TO LET YOU 60 00:02:11,598 --> 00:02:18,371 KNOW THAT THIS CITY, BLEATS A 61 00:02:18,371 --> 00:02:19,706 NEW DAY A GASHES ATTITUDES 62 00:02:19,706 --> 00:02:22,275 WOUNDS. THE WOUNDS ARE A LACK OF 63 00:02:22,275 --> 00:02:23,409 SPACE FOR PERFORMANCE ARTISTS 64 00:02:23,409 --> 00:02:25,011 SUCH AS FILM, THEATER, 65 00:02:25,011 --> 00:02:27,113 PERFORMANCE ARTISTS. THEY DON'T 66 00:02:27,113 --> 00:02:28,381 HAVE ENOUGH REHEARSAL SPACE. 67 00:02:28,381 --> 00:02:30,817 EVEN AS AN ACTOR THERE IS NO 68 00:02:30,817 --> 00:02:32,952 PLACE FOR ME TO REHEARSE THE 69 00:02:32,952 --> 00:02:34,621 SAME WAY PEOPLE PLAY BASKETBALL 70 00:02:34,621 --> 00:02:36,489 AT GREEN LAKE IN THE GYM. THE 71 00:02:36,489 --> 00:02:40,960 EQUIVALENCY TO THAT IF YOU GET 72 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:41,694 THAT METAPHOR. IF YOU CHAMPION 73 00:02:41,694 --> 00:02:42,962 FOR THE MARGINALIZED, FOR THE 74 00:02:42,962 --> 00:02:46,900 PEOPLE THAT FIGHT FOR 75 00:02:46,900 --> 00:02:47,767 ANTIESTABLISHMENT AND FIGHT FOR 76 00:02:47,767 --> 00:02:53,606 JUSTICE THROUGH THE ARTS, 77 00:02:53,606 --> 00:02:55,008 SEATTLE IS NUMBER ONE IN SPORTS, 78 00:02:55,008 --> 00:02:56,409 THEY CAN ALSO BE NUMBER ONE IN 79 00:02:56,409 --> 00:02:57,377 ARTS AND FILM AND PERFORMANCE 80 00:02:57,377 --> 00:02:58,778 ARTS IF THEY HAVE THE SPACE TO 81 00:02:58,778 --> 00:03:01,714 HOME THAT CRAFT. SO, I DID THE 82 00:03:01,714 --> 00:03:02,682 RESEARCH AT SEATTLE LIBRARY, THE 83 00:03:02,682 --> 00:03:07,987 ONLY HAVE REHEARSAL SPACES , I 84 00:03:07,987 --> 00:03:08,488 HAVE BEEN REHEARSING ON 85 00:03:08,488 --> 00:03:09,155 BASKETBALL COURTS BECAUSE THAT 86 00:03:09,155 --> 00:03:10,990 IS THE ONLY PLACE I REHEARSE MY 87 00:03:10,990 --> 00:03:18,331 MONOLOGUES BECAUSE AS A MEMBER 88 00:03:18,331 --> 00:03:19,632 OF THEATER OF PUGET SOUND IT 89 00:03:19,632 --> 00:03:20,900 COSTS TOO MUCH TO RENT A ROOM 90 00:03:20,900 --> 00:03:22,168 THERE AND SPACE. THEY HAVE OPEN 91 00:03:22,168 --> 00:03:23,436 SPACES JUST LIKE THEIR OPEN GEMS 92 00:03:23,436 --> 00:03:24,671 FOR PEOPLE TO PLAY SPORTS HERE, 93 00:03:24,671 --> 00:03:25,738 AND THERE'S A LOT OF 94 00:03:25,738 --> 00:03:26,539 INTELLECTUAL PEOPLE HERE THAT 95 00:03:26,539 --> 00:03:27,974 ARE VERY CREATIVE AND WE HAVE A 96 00:03:27,974 --> 00:03:29,209 LOT OF CREATIVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE 97 00:03:29,209 --> 00:03:30,476 COME FROM THIS PLACE, BUT THE 98 00:03:30,476 --> 00:03:31,678 LAST TIME I CHECKED MY FRIEND 99 00:03:31,678 --> 00:03:32,946 TOLD ME THAT SEATTLE WAS LIKE 100 00:03:32,946 --> 00:03:34,380 26th IN THE ACTUAL ARTS IN 101 00:03:34,380 --> 00:03:35,181 AMERICAN CITIES COMPARED TO NEW 102 00:03:35,181 --> 00:03:36,950 YORK OR L.A. AND ALLOWED PEOPLE 103 00:03:36,950 --> 00:03:38,885 COME THERE AND ARE TENDERED BY 104 00:03:38,885 --> 00:03:41,621 THE FACT, LETTING LEADERS KNOW 105 00:03:41,621 --> 00:03:43,823 THAT WE DON'T HAVE A SPACE TO 106 00:03:43,823 --> 00:03:48,595 GO TO , WHETHER IT BE MORE 107 00:03:48,595 --> 00:03:49,229 VISUAL ARTIST, PERFORMANCE 108 00:03:49,229 --> 00:03:50,263 ARTISTS. BEING ABLE TO ADVOCATE 109 00:03:50,263 --> 00:03:51,631 FOR FILM HERE, THE MOVIE THAT 110 00:03:51,631 --> 00:03:53,199 CAME OUT WAS SHOT HERE. JUST 111 00:03:53,199 --> 00:03:55,902 WANTED TO ADVOCATE FOR THAT. 112 00:03:55,902 --> 00:03:57,904 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 113 00:03:57,904 --> 00:04:00,607 >> [ APPLAUSE ] 114 00:04:00,607 --> 00:04:04,844 >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KING 115 00:04:04,844 --> 00:04:09,082 HIGGINS FOLLOWED BY TIMOTHY. 116 00:04:09,082 --> 00:04:16,756 >> COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU 117 00:04:16,756 --> 00:04:20,593 FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I 118 00:04:20,593 --> 00:04:22,195 AM THE SENIOR DIRECTOR OF 119 00:04:22,195 --> 00:04:27,100 COMMUNITY IMPACTED PROGRAMS OF 120 00:04:27,100 --> 00:04:28,434 FRIENDS A WATERFRONT PARK. I'M 121 00:04:28,434 --> 00:04:29,535 HERE AS COCHAIR ALONG WITH 122 00:04:29,535 --> 00:04:30,637 COCHAIR MEGAN FOR THE ARTS 123 00:04:30,637 --> 00:04:39,312 COMMISSION . SO, ON BEHALF OF 124 00:04:39,312 --> 00:04:40,313 THE ARTS COMMISSION WE ARE 125 00:04:40,313 --> 00:04:41,381 PLEASED TO EXPRESS OUR STRONG 126 00:04:41,381 --> 00:04:42,715 SUPPORT FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF 127 00:04:42,715 --> 00:04:44,083 AMY AS A DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE 128 00:04:44,083 --> 00:04:45,084 OF ARTS AND CULTURE. ARE 129 00:04:45,084 --> 00:04:45,652 LONG-STANDING RELATIONSHIPS 130 00:04:45,652 --> 00:04:46,486 ACROSS OUR ARTS AND CULTURAL 131 00:04:46,486 --> 00:04:47,553 COMMITTEES ALONG WITH DEEP 132 00:04:47,553 --> 00:04:48,221 EXPERIENCE WORKING WITHIN CITY 133 00:04:48,221 --> 00:04:48,721 GOVERNMENT MAKE HER 134 00:04:48,721 --> 00:04:49,589 EXCEPTIONALLY PREPARED FOR THIS 135 00:04:49,589 --> 00:04:50,590 ROLE. JUST AS IMPORTANTLY HER 136 00:04:50,590 --> 00:04:54,694 VALUES ARE FIRMLY ALIGNED AND 137 00:04:54,694 --> 00:04:55,428 ARE BUILDING ON THE PRIORITIES 138 00:04:55,428 --> 00:04:56,896 OF THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND 139 00:04:56,896 --> 00:05:07,307 CULTURE AND OUR BROADER 140 00:05:09,175 --> 00:05:10,076 COMMUNITY OF ORGANIZED AROUND. 141 00:05:10,076 --> 00:05:10,877 WE ALSO WANT TO AFFIRM THAT ARTS 142 00:05:10,877 --> 00:05:11,944 AND CULTURE, OUR CORE SPECIFIC 143 00:05:11,944 --> 00:05:12,912 INFRASTRUCTURE, THEY ARE THE 144 00:05:12,912 --> 00:05:13,846 SYSTEMS THROUGH WHICH WE BUILD 145 00:05:13,846 --> 00:05:14,480 IDENTITY, STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY 146 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:15,882 AND SHAPE THE FUTURE AS WE WANT 147 00:05:15,882 --> 00:05:17,116 TO LIVE IN. STRONG LEADERSHIP IN 148 00:05:17,116 --> 00:05:17,950 THIS DEPARTMENT ENSURES THAT 149 00:05:17,950 --> 00:05:18,751 THIS ESSENTIAL PUBLIC GOOD 150 00:05:18,751 --> 00:05:19,552 REMAINS ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE 151 00:05:19,552 --> 00:05:20,586 IN OUR CITY. THANK YOU. 152 00:05:20,586 --> 00:05:21,587 >> THANK YOU. 153 00:05:21,587 --> 00:05:23,322 >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TIMOTHY, 154 00:05:23,322 --> 00:05:33,733 FOLLOWED BY CHRISTINA. 155 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:41,808 >> HELLO, MY NAME IS TIMOTHY, 156 00:05:41,808 --> 00:05:42,909 THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF COMMON 157 00:05:42,909 --> 00:05:43,943 AREA, A LOCAL ARTS NONPROFIT. I 158 00:05:43,943 --> 00:05:45,378 AM HERE TO SUPPORT AMY'S 159 00:05:45,378 --> 00:05:46,779 DIRECTORSHIP AND WANTED TO 160 00:05:46,779 --> 00:05:50,750 EXPRESS MY DEEP APPRECIATION FOR 161 00:05:50,750 --> 00:05:55,755 THE WORK IN SEATTLE , 162 00:05:55,755 --> 00:05:56,823 HISTORICALLY AND THE ADVOCACY 163 00:05:56,823 --> 00:05:57,957 FOR ARTS AND CULTURE. I HAVE 164 00:05:57,957 --> 00:05:58,825 SEEN FIRSTHAND AND CONTINUE TO 165 00:05:58,825 --> 00:06:00,993 SEE IT OVER THE DAYS AND WEEKS 166 00:06:00,993 --> 00:06:04,530 IS THIS POSITION HAS UNFOLDED. 167 00:06:04,530 --> 00:06:05,365 AND THROUGHOUT MY COMMUNITY, 168 00:06:05,365 --> 00:06:08,000 THERE IS STRONG RESOUNDING 169 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:12,972 SUPPORT FOR THEIR WORK AND FOR 170 00:06:12,972 --> 00:06:14,907 THIS POSITION. I WOULD LIKE TO 171 00:06:14,907 --> 00:06:16,275 REPRESENT MY COMMUNITY AS MUCH 172 00:06:16,275 --> 00:06:20,046 AS I CAN IN ADVOCATING FOR THIS 173 00:06:20,046 --> 00:06:23,116 AMAZING LEADER. THANK YOU. 174 00:06:23,116 --> 00:06:23,549 >> [ APPLAUSE ] 175 00:06:23,549 --> 00:06:27,387 >> THANK YOU. 176 00:06:27,387 --> 00:06:28,788 >> OUR FINAL SPEAKER IS 177 00:06:28,788 --> 00:06:36,062 CHRISTINA. 178 00:06:36,062 --> 00:06:37,997 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL 179 00:06:37,997 --> 00:06:41,834 MEMBERS. MY NAME IS CHRISTINA, I 180 00:06:41,834 --> 00:06:43,236 WILL BE RETURNING TO THE MUSEUM 181 00:06:43,236 --> 00:06:43,970 IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. I'M 182 00:06:43,970 --> 00:06:45,605 HERE TO SHARE MY STRONG SUPPORT 183 00:06:45,605 --> 00:06:47,039 FOR AMY'S CONFIRMATION. AM 184 00:06:47,039 --> 00:06:47,874 GENERALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE 185 00:06:47,874 --> 00:06:48,674 OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ALONGSIDE 186 00:06:48,674 --> 00:06:54,213 HER IN THIS ROLE. AMY BRINGS A 187 00:06:54,213 --> 00:06:55,114 RARE COMBINATION OF CLARITY, 188 00:06:55,114 --> 00:06:55,982 CARE AND ACTION TO HER 189 00:06:55,982 --> 00:06:56,783 LEADERSHIP FROM HER EXPERIENCE 190 00:06:56,783 --> 00:06:59,886 WORKING WITH COUNCIL STAFF TO 191 00:06:59,886 --> 00:07:00,820 SDOT AND ARTS, SHE UNDERSTANDS 192 00:07:00,820 --> 00:07:01,988 HOW CITY GOVERNMENT WORKS. AND 193 00:07:01,988 --> 00:07:03,156 MORE PORTLY HOW TO WORK ACROSS 194 00:07:03,156 --> 00:07:10,296 DEPARTMENT TO GET THINGS THAN. 195 00:07:10,296 --> 00:07:11,464 JUST AS CRITICAL SHE HAS A 196 00:07:11,464 --> 00:07:12,298 GENUINE RELATIONSHIP WITH HER 197 00:07:12,298 --> 00:07:12,899 COMMUNITIES WITH INDIVIDUAL 198 00:07:12,899 --> 00:07:13,566 ARTISTS, ELDERS, COMMUNITY-BASED 199 00:07:13,566 --> 00:07:14,634 ORGANIZATIONS AND SHE HAS EARNED 200 00:07:14,634 --> 00:07:15,802 OUR TRUST TO HER COMMITMENT TO 201 00:07:15,802 --> 00:07:16,969 INVESTING IN THE CULTURAL 202 00:07:16,969 --> 00:07:17,770 PERMANENCE AND STABILITY OF 203 00:07:17,770 --> 00:07:18,371 BIPOC NEIGHBORHOODS, MOST AT 204 00:07:18,371 --> 00:07:19,772 RISK OF AND WITH THE MOST TO 205 00:07:19,772 --> 00:07:20,773 GAIN FROM VIBRANT INVESTMENT IN 206 00:07:20,773 --> 00:07:24,410 ARTS AND CULTURE. IN MY 207 00:07:24,410 --> 00:07:25,411 EXPERIENCE SHE LEADS WITH DEEP 208 00:07:25,411 --> 00:07:26,379 INTEGRITY AND COMMITMENT TO 209 00:07:26,379 --> 00:07:27,246 COMMITTEE CENTERED 210 00:07:27,246 --> 00:07:35,588 DECISION-MAKING. BUILDING TRUST 211 00:07:35,588 --> 00:07:36,522 AND BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER 212 00:07:36,522 --> 00:07:37,690 TOWARD SHARED GOALS AND MOVING 213 00:07:37,690 --> 00:07:38,458 IDEAS INTO ACTION WITH FOCUS, 214 00:07:38,458 --> 00:07:39,459 ACCOUNTABILITY AND HEART. AND AT 215 00:07:39,459 --> 00:07:40,226 A TIME WHEN THOUGHTFUL 216 00:07:40,226 --> 00:07:41,260 READERSHIP MATTERS SO MUCH, AND 217 00:07:41,260 --> 00:07:43,129 IS OUR CITY STAIRS DOWN A BIG 218 00:07:43,129 --> 00:07:48,134 DEFICIT AND AS WORKERS AND 219 00:07:48,134 --> 00:07:49,368 ARTISTS FEEL THE PAIN IN OUR 220 00:07:49,368 --> 00:07:50,570 ECONOMY, AND CONFIDENT AMY WILL 221 00:07:50,570 --> 00:07:51,337 SERVE OUR COMMUNITY WITH 222 00:07:51,337 --> 00:07:52,438 DEDICATION AND VISION, BUT MOST 223 00:07:52,438 --> 00:07:53,940 IMPORTANTLY THE SPIRIT OF AN 224 00:07:53,940 --> 00:07:55,475 ORGANIZER BECAUSE THIS GIRL 225 00:07:55,475 --> 00:07:56,576 RIGHT HERE CAN HUSTLE. AND FIND 226 00:07:56,576 --> 00:08:00,680 RESOURCES FOR COMMUNITY. I THINK 227 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:01,881 THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE REASON 228 00:08:01,881 --> 00:08:03,115 WHY I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO 229 00:08:03,115 --> 00:08:04,383 PARTNERING WITH HER THE MOST. GO 230 00:08:04,383 --> 00:08:10,223 AMY, I HOPE, YET. WE ARE GIVING 231 00:08:10,223 --> 00:08:11,691 YOU LOVE. 232 00:08:11,691 --> 00:08:16,562 >> [ APPLAUSE ] 233 00:08:16,562 --> 00:08:18,130 >> THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL 234 00:08:18,130 --> 00:08:27,440 REGISTERED SPEAKERS. 235 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:28,741 >> LIKE YOU SO MUCH, THANK YOU 236 00:08:28,741 --> 00:08:29,809 TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENTERS. FOR 237 00:08:29,809 --> 00:08:31,010 THE FOLKS WATCHING AT HOME, WE 238 00:08:31,010 --> 00:08:31,811 HAD FOUR PUBLIC COMMENTERS, 239 00:08:31,811 --> 00:08:33,012 THERE PROBABLY 50 FOLKS IN HERE 240 00:08:33,012 --> 00:08:33,880 INCLUDING FOLKS HOLDING, STICK 241 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:34,881 PEOPLE SCIENCE WITH THE INTERIM 242 00:08:34,881 --> 00:08:36,482 DIRECTOR'S FACE ON THEM. REALLY 243 00:08:36,482 --> 00:08:38,117 EXCITING ENERGY IN COUNCIL 244 00:08:38,117 --> 00:08:39,051 CHAMBERS TODAY. I DIDN'T EXPECT 245 00:08:39,051 --> 00:08:43,756 TO SEE THAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. 246 00:08:43,756 --> 00:08:45,091 IT IS A BOOST TO THE SPIRITS. 247 00:08:45,091 --> 00:08:48,494 OKAY, WITH THAT, WE WILL NOW 248 00:08:48,494 --> 00:08:50,029 MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST ITEM OF 249 00:08:50,029 --> 00:08:50,930 BUSINESS. WITH THE CLERK PLEASE 250 00:08:50,930 --> 00:08:52,331 READ ITEM ONE INTO THE RECORD. 251 00:08:52,331 --> 00:08:53,399 >> AGENDA ITEM 1, APPOINTMENT 252 00:08:53,399 --> 00:08:59,372 3471 POINT OF AMY NGUYEN IS THE 253 00:08:59,372 --> 00:09:00,406 DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, ARTS, AND 254 00:09:00,406 --> 00:09:01,073 CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEE. 255 00:09:01,073 --> 00:09:02,642 >> I LIKE TO INVITE TO THE 256 00:09:02,642 --> 00:09:03,476 COMMITTEE INTERIM DIRECTOR AMY 257 00:09:03,476 --> 00:09:06,679 NGUYEN AS WELL AS DEPUTY MAYOR 258 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:07,713 BRIAN. AS THEY ARE GETTING 259 00:09:07,713 --> 00:09:18,224 SETTLED AT THE TABLE, I WILL 260 00:09:19,759 --> 00:09:21,027 TAKE A MOMENT TO SPEAK ON THIS 261 00:09:21,027 --> 00:09:22,395 ITEM. JUST FIRST IN TERMS OF THE 262 00:09:22,395 --> 00:09:23,396 PROCESS. I'M REALLY PLEASED TO 263 00:09:23,396 --> 00:09:24,230 CONSIDER INTERIM DIRECTOR AMY 264 00:09:24,230 --> 00:09:25,498 NGUYEN FOR THIS ROLE. FOR MY 265 00:09:25,498 --> 00:09:26,165 COLLEAGUES, THE APPOINTMENT 266 00:09:26,165 --> 00:09:27,366 PACKET HAS BEEN CIRCULATED WITH 267 00:09:27,366 --> 00:09:28,267 COUNCIL MEMBERS. IS INCLUDED IN 268 00:09:28,267 --> 00:09:29,502 THE AGENDA PACKET FOR TODAY'S 269 00:09:29,502 --> 00:09:30,536 MEETING. TODAY IS AN OPPORTUNITY 270 00:09:30,536 --> 00:09:31,637 TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM INTERIM 271 00:09:31,637 --> 00:09:32,638 DIRECTOR AMY NGUYEN AND FOR 272 00:09:32,638 --> 00:09:33,472 COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO ASK 273 00:09:33,472 --> 00:09:34,874 QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. WE PLAN 274 00:09:34,874 --> 00:09:36,142 TO HOLD A VOTE ON OUR 275 00:09:36,142 --> 00:09:37,643 APPOINTMENT IN THE NEXT 276 00:09:37,643 --> 00:09:41,314 COMMITTEE MEETING APRIL 22. IN 277 00:09:41,314 --> 00:09:42,949 MY OFFICE WILL BE SENDING OUT A 278 00:09:42,949 --> 00:09:43,950 LIST OF QUESTIONS ALONG WITH A 279 00:09:43,950 --> 00:09:44,784 REQUEST FOR OTHER COUNCIL 280 00:09:44,784 --> 00:09:45,585 MEMBERS TO SHARE ADDITIONAL 281 00:09:45,585 --> 00:09:47,219 QUESTIONS FOR INTERIM DIRECTOR 282 00:09:47,219 --> 00:09:48,487 AMY NGUYEN TO RESPOND TO THOSE 283 00:09:48,487 --> 00:09:49,889 QUESTIONS IN WRITING PRIOR TO 284 00:09:49,889 --> 00:09:55,227 THE BOAT. THE INCREDIBLE FRIENDS 285 00:09:55,227 --> 00:09:56,529 KNOW WE ARE NOT VOTING TODAY, 286 00:09:56,529 --> 00:09:58,531 BUT WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE THIS 287 00:09:58,531 --> 00:10:00,433 DISCUSSION. AND JUST AS A 288 00:10:00,433 --> 00:10:01,701 REMINDER, THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND 289 00:10:01,701 --> 00:10:06,138 CULTURE MANAGES THE CITY ARTS 290 00:10:06,138 --> 00:10:06,772 PROGRAM PROVIDES GRANTS, 291 00:10:06,772 --> 00:10:07,640 OPERATES EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND 292 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:08,774 CULTURAL FACILITIES WHICH ARE 293 00:10:08,774 --> 00:10:15,815 INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT AS WE 294 00:10:15,815 --> 00:10:16,949 HEARD FROM ONE OF OUR PUBLIC 295 00:10:16,949 --> 00:10:18,084 COMMENTERS TODAY. AND STRIVES TO 296 00:10:18,084 --> 00:10:18,918 MAKE SEATTLE A PLACE WHERE 297 00:10:18,918 --> 00:10:20,052 EVERYONE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO 298 00:10:20,052 --> 00:10:21,120 ENGAGE IN DIVERSE ARTS AND 299 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:22,355 CULTURAL EXPERIENCES. I WILL 300 00:10:22,355 --> 00:10:28,160 SHARE BRIEFLY ABOUT AMY'S 301 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:29,195 BACKGROUND ALTHOUGH I KNOW WE 302 00:10:29,195 --> 00:10:30,830 WILL HEAR MORE. SHE BRINGS OVER 303 00:10:30,830 --> 00:10:31,597 A DECADE OF PUBLIC SECTOR 304 00:10:31,597 --> 00:10:32,331 LEADERSHIP WITH DEEP COMMITMENT 305 00:10:32,331 --> 00:10:33,265 AND EXPERIENCE ACROSS ARTS, 306 00:10:33,265 --> 00:10:34,400 PLANNING AND COMMUNITY 307 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:35,001 DEVELOPMENT. SHE HAS ALREADY 308 00:10:35,001 --> 00:10:36,035 SERVED THE CITY AND MULTIPLE 309 00:10:36,035 --> 00:10:36,836 LEADERSHIP ROLES INCLUDING AS 310 00:10:36,836 --> 00:10:37,837 DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE SEATTLE 311 00:10:37,837 --> 00:10:38,938 OFFICE OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY 312 00:10:38,938 --> 00:10:39,672 DEVELOPMENT. INTERIM DEPUTY 313 00:10:39,672 --> 00:10:41,140 DIRECTOR AND PUBLIC ART DIRECTOR 314 00:10:41,140 --> 00:10:50,082 AT THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND 315 00:10:50,082 --> 00:10:51,283 CULTURE. MOST RECENTLY SHE LED A 316 00:10:51,283 --> 00:10:51,817 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 317 00:10:51,817 --> 00:10:52,318 ORGANIZATION ADVANCING 318 00:10:52,318 --> 00:10:52,952 AFFORDABLE ARTIST WORKSPACE, 319 00:10:52,952 --> 00:10:53,386 HOUSING, CULTURAL 320 00:10:53,386 --> 00:10:53,886 INFRASTRUCTURE, PUTTING 321 00:10:53,886 --> 00:10:57,823 LARGE-SCALE MIXED-USE PROJECTS. 322 00:10:57,823 --> 00:10:59,692 IS MY PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU HERE 323 00:10:59,692 --> 00:11:00,659 TODAY. PRESENTERS, IF YOU COULD 324 00:11:00,659 --> 00:11:01,560 INTRODUCE YOURSELVES WHEN YOU'RE 325 00:11:01,560 --> 00:11:02,762 READY STARTING WITH THE DEPUTY 326 00:11:02,762 --> 00:11:05,631 MAYOR AND YOU WILL PROVIDE AN 327 00:11:05,631 --> 00:11:11,370 INTRO TO INTERIM NGUYEN ON 328 00:11:11,370 --> 00:11:12,371 BEHALF OF THE MAYOR. 329 00:11:12,371 --> 00:11:13,039 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, DEPUTY MAYOR, 330 00:11:13,039 --> 00:11:14,040 CITY OF SEATTLE. 331 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:19,178 >> AMY NGUYEN, SHE/HER PRONOUNS, 332 00:11:19,178 --> 00:11:19,912 ACTING DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, 333 00:11:19,912 --> 00:11:20,780 ARTS, AND CIVIL RIGHTS 334 00:11:20,780 --> 00:11:21,080 COMMITTEE. 335 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:22,214 >> THANK YOU FOR THIS 336 00:11:22,214 --> 00:11:25,251 OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE. I AM 337 00:11:25,251 --> 00:11:29,255 MORE THAN PLEASED TO INTRODUCE 338 00:11:29,255 --> 00:11:30,256 MAYOR WILSON'S NOMINEE TO SERVE 339 00:11:30,256 --> 00:11:31,490 AS THE NEXT DIRECTOR OF THE 340 00:11:31,490 --> 00:11:33,125 CITIES OFFICE OF ARTS AND 341 00:11:33,125 --> 00:11:36,796 CULTURE , AMY NGUYEN. AS YOU CAN 342 00:11:36,796 --> 00:11:38,697 TELL BY THE CROWD HERE, THERE 343 00:11:38,697 --> 00:11:40,433 ARE A LOT OF FANS OF AMY'S. AND 344 00:11:40,433 --> 00:11:43,436 WE ARE ONE OF THEM. FOR MANY 345 00:11:43,436 --> 00:11:51,811 REASONS. AMY BRINGS A POWERFUL 346 00:11:51,811 --> 00:11:52,912 COMBINATION OF CREATIVE VISION, 347 00:11:52,912 --> 00:11:53,512 PUBLIC SECTOR LEADERSHIP, AND 348 00:11:53,512 --> 00:11:55,548 DEEP COMMUNITY CONNECTION. SHE 349 00:11:55,548 --> 00:11:56,782 HAS SPENT HER CAREER AT THE 350 00:11:56,782 --> 00:11:57,383 INTERSECTION OF ARTS, CULTURE 351 00:11:57,383 --> 00:11:58,350 AND CIVIC LIFE. WORKING TO 352 00:11:58,350 --> 00:11:59,618 ENSURE THAT CREED OF EXPRESSION 353 00:11:59,618 --> 00:12:01,420 IS NOT ONLY CELEBRATED, BUT 354 00:12:01,420 --> 00:12:04,390 SUPPORTED AS A CORE PART OF HOW 355 00:12:04,390 --> 00:12:12,031 CITIES THRIVE. SHE HAS HELPED, 356 00:12:12,031 --> 00:12:13,232 AS YOU NOTED, MANY KEY 357 00:12:13,232 --> 00:12:14,266 LEADERSHIP ROLES WITHIN THE CITY 358 00:12:14,266 --> 00:12:14,867 OF SEATTLE INCLUDING DEPUTY 359 00:12:14,867 --> 00:12:16,702 DIRECTOR OF OPCD, SHE ALSO 360 00:12:16,702 --> 00:12:18,537 SERVED AS INTERIM DEPUTY 361 00:12:18,537 --> 00:12:20,539 DIRECTOR IN PUBLIC DIRECTOR AT 362 00:12:20,539 --> 00:12:26,745 THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE. 363 00:12:26,745 --> 00:12:28,214 MOST RECENTLY SHE BRINGS STRONG 364 00:12:28,214 --> 00:12:29,148 COMMUNITY ROOTED EXPERIENCE AS 365 00:12:29,148 --> 00:12:30,349 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF WATER 366 00:12:30,349 --> 00:12:31,283 SHOULD. WORKING DIRECTLY WITH 367 00:12:31,283 --> 00:12:32,852 ARTISTS, CULTURAL SPACE AND 368 00:12:32,852 --> 00:12:36,856 CRATED PRODUCTION IN ONE OF THE 369 00:12:36,856 --> 00:12:37,857 CITY'S MOST VIBRANT INDUSTRIAL 370 00:12:37,857 --> 00:12:38,691 ARTS COMMITTEES. WHAT STANDS OUT 371 00:12:38,691 --> 00:12:39,959 MOST IS NOT JUST HER EXPERIENCE 372 00:12:39,959 --> 00:12:42,595 BUT HER VISION. WHEN WE 373 00:12:42,595 --> 00:12:46,031 ANNOUNCED HER NOMINATION, SHE 374 00:12:46,031 --> 00:12:47,600 WAS QUOTED, AND THIS REALLY 375 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:49,368 STUCK OUT TO ME, SHE SAID IN HER 376 00:12:49,368 --> 00:12:54,173 QUOTE, CREATIVITY IS HOW A CITY 377 00:12:54,173 --> 00:12:56,442 HONORS ITS PAST, FEELS IT'S 378 00:12:56,442 --> 00:13:05,317 PRESENT, AND IMAGINES A FUTURE. 379 00:13:05,317 --> 00:13:06,485 THAT BELIEF IS REFLECTED IN HER 380 00:13:06,485 --> 00:13:07,419 COMMITMENT TO ENSURE MORE PEOPLE 381 00:13:07,419 --> 00:13:08,154 HAVE THE RESOURCES, THE SPACE 382 00:13:08,154 --> 00:13:09,421 AND FREEDOM TO CREATE. AND THAT 383 00:13:09,421 --> 00:13:10,356 MEANINGFUL CULTURAL EXPERIENCE 384 00:13:10,356 --> 00:13:11,490 ARE ACCESSIBLE IN EVERY 385 00:13:11,490 --> 00:13:20,733 NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT VISION ALIGNS 386 00:13:20,733 --> 00:13:21,634 DIRECTLY WITH MAYOR WILSON'S 387 00:13:21,634 --> 00:13:23,035 PRIORITIES. WE SEE ARTS AND 388 00:13:23,035 --> 00:13:23,702 CULTURE AS CENTRAL TO SEATTLE'S 389 00:13:23,702 --> 00:13:24,603 FUTURE, SUPPORTING PORTABILITY 390 00:13:24,603 --> 00:13:26,939 AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. 391 00:13:26,939 --> 00:13:27,540 ACTIVATING OUR PUBLIC SPACES. 392 00:13:27,540 --> 00:13:28,374 STRENGTHENING THE VIBRANCY OF 393 00:13:28,374 --> 00:13:29,008 DOWNTOWN AND OR NEIGHBORHOODS. 394 00:13:29,008 --> 00:13:31,877 THE ARTS ARE NOT SEPARATE FROM 395 00:13:31,877 --> 00:13:33,112 OUR BROADER ROLES. THEY ARE KEY 396 00:13:33,112 --> 00:13:36,615 STRATEGIES TO ACHIEVING THEM. 397 00:13:36,615 --> 00:13:37,883 AMY UNDERSTANDS BOTH THE 398 00:13:37,883 --> 00:13:39,018 OPPORTUNITY AND THE URGENCY OF 399 00:13:39,018 --> 00:13:42,188 THIS MOMENT. SHE RECOGNIZES THAT 400 00:13:42,188 --> 00:13:43,022 ARTISTS AND CULTURAL 401 00:13:43,022 --> 00:13:44,056 ORGANIZATIONS ARE STILL 402 00:13:44,056 --> 00:13:46,091 NAVIGATING RECOVERY WHILE ALSO 403 00:13:46,091 --> 00:13:47,393 PLAYING AN ESSENTIAL ROLE ON 404 00:13:47,393 --> 00:13:48,460 BRINGING OUR CITY BACK TO LIFE. 405 00:13:48,460 --> 00:13:53,599 UNDER HER LEADERSHIP WE ARE MORE 406 00:13:53,599 --> 00:13:54,533 THAN CONFIDENT THAT THE OFFICE 407 00:13:54,533 --> 00:13:55,701 OF ARTS AND CULTURE WILL EXPAND 408 00:13:55,701 --> 00:14:00,706 ACCESS TO CULTURAL SPACE, 409 00:14:00,706 --> 00:14:01,340 STRENGTHEN PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN 410 00:14:01,340 --> 00:14:01,907 UNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS, 411 00:14:01,907 --> 00:14:03,409 SUPPORT COULD'VE PLACE MAKING 412 00:14:03,409 --> 00:14:04,276 THAT CONTRIBUTES TO NEIGHBORHOOD 413 00:14:04,276 --> 00:14:05,110 VITALITY. AND AND SHORT 414 00:14:05,110 --> 00:14:06,412 INVESTMENTS REFLECT FULL 415 00:14:06,412 --> 00:14:14,787 DIVERSITY OF SEATTLE. JUST AS 416 00:14:14,787 --> 00:14:15,487 IMPORTANTLY, AMY BRINGS A CLEAR 417 00:14:15,487 --> 00:14:16,622 NORTH STAR. A FUTURE WHERE 418 00:14:16,622 --> 00:14:17,823 CREATIVITY IS WITHIN REACH AND 419 00:14:17,823 --> 00:14:18,991 CLOSE TO HOME FOR EVERY 420 00:14:18,991 --> 00:14:23,863 SEATTLEITE. AMY IS A 421 00:14:23,863 --> 00:14:24,496 COLLABORATIVE LEADER, A TRUSTED 422 00:14:24,496 --> 00:14:25,497 PARTNER, AND A CHAMPION FOR 423 00:14:25,497 --> 00:14:26,165 SEATTLE'S ACCRETIVE COMMUNITY. 424 00:14:26,165 --> 00:14:27,233 I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR 425 00:14:27,233 --> 00:14:28,400 SUPPORT FOR CONFIRMATION AND 426 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:29,134 LOOK FORWARD TO THIS 427 00:14:29,134 --> 00:14:30,402 CONVERSATION AND DOING THE WORK 428 00:14:30,402 --> 00:14:34,974 WE ALL WANT TO DO. THANK YOU. 429 00:14:34,974 --> 00:14:37,710 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE 430 00:14:37,710 --> 00:14:45,618 WORDS. AND THANK YOU, CHAIR 431 00:14:45,618 --> 00:14:46,518 FOSTER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I 432 00:14:46,518 --> 00:14:47,720 ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND 433 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:48,354 THANK EVERYBODY WHO CAME TODAY 434 00:14:48,354 --> 00:14:49,488 ON A WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WORDS 435 00:14:49,488 --> 00:14:50,789 CANNOT EXPRESS HOW IT MAKES ME 436 00:14:50,789 --> 00:14:55,628 FEEL SEEN AND VALUED AND JUST, 437 00:14:55,628 --> 00:14:57,062 THANK YOU. WE ARE NOT WHO WE ARE 438 00:14:57,062 --> 00:14:58,297 THAT THE PEOPLE STAND BEHIND US. 439 00:14:58,297 --> 00:14:59,565 THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO 440 00:14:59,565 --> 00:15:01,166 CONSIDER FOR DIRECTOR OF ARTS 441 00:15:01,166 --> 00:15:08,807 AND CULTURE. AS HAS BEEN NOTED, 442 00:15:08,807 --> 00:15:10,075 I BRING OVER A DECADE OF 443 00:15:10,075 --> 00:15:10,809 EXPERIENCE LEADING COMPLEX 444 00:15:10,809 --> 00:15:12,077 PUBLIC SECTOR WORK HERE IN 445 00:15:12,077 --> 00:15:13,078 SEATTLE. I GOT MY START AT THE 446 00:15:13,078 --> 00:15:14,713 CITY ON THIS FLOOR AS A 447 00:15:14,713 --> 00:15:15,948 LEGISLATIVE AIDE. I HAVE 448 00:15:15,948 --> 00:15:17,583 INNOVATED AND INFLUENCED 449 00:15:17,583 --> 00:15:21,020 PROGRAMS FOR NEIGHBORHOODS, LEAD 450 00:15:21,020 --> 00:15:22,221 PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT FOR THE 451 00:15:22,221 --> 00:15:24,890 REGULATORY AND ARM OF SEATTLE 452 00:15:24,890 --> 00:15:27,459 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, 453 00:15:27,459 --> 00:15:28,894 AND I AM COMING BACK TO THE 454 00:15:28,894 --> 00:15:30,262 OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE FOR 455 00:15:30,262 --> 00:15:38,837 THE THIRD TIME. ACROSS THESE 456 00:15:38,837 --> 00:15:39,905 ROLES I HAVE MANAGED LARGE 457 00:15:39,905 --> 00:15:40,673 PUBLIC BUDGETS, LEAD CROSS 458 00:15:40,673 --> 00:15:41,540 DEPARTMENT INITIATIVES, AND WORK 459 00:15:41,540 --> 00:15:42,408 CLOSELY WITH COMMUNITIES TO 460 00:15:42,408 --> 00:15:43,075 DELIVER EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT 461 00:15:43,075 --> 00:15:43,676 OUTCOMES. THE APPOINTMENT 462 00:15:43,676 --> 00:15:45,511 MATERIALS BEFORE YOU ARE PART OF 463 00:15:45,511 --> 00:15:47,479 MY STORY. BUT IT DOESN'T CAPTURE 464 00:15:47,479 --> 00:15:49,348 THE WHY. AND PERHAPS MOST 465 00:15:49,348 --> 00:15:51,984 IMPORTANT, MY VISION TO ADVANCE 466 00:15:51,984 --> 00:15:54,119 THE MANDATE OF THIS OFFICE. MY 467 00:15:54,119 --> 00:16:02,594 HOME IS SEATTLE. I WAS BORN IN 468 00:16:02,594 --> 00:16:03,195 WHITE CENTER, WENT TO HIGH 469 00:16:03,195 --> 00:16:04,530 SCHOOL IN THE CENTRAL DISTRICT, 470 00:16:04,530 --> 00:16:05,831 IN FACT AM JOINED BY SOME OF MY 471 00:16:05,831 --> 00:16:06,665 HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATORS IN THE 472 00:16:06,665 --> 00:16:07,733 AUDIENCE NOW FROM NOVA. JUST 473 00:16:07,733 --> 00:16:18,277 WANTED TO SHUT THAT OUT. AND I 474 00:16:18,977 --> 00:16:20,079 CAN TELL YOU STORIES OF LOOKING 475 00:16:20,079 --> 00:16:22,815 OUT ON JACKSON STREET AS A CHILD 476 00:16:22,815 --> 00:16:23,415 FOR MY GRANDFATHERS, PLAYING 477 00:16:23,415 --> 00:16:29,755 CARDS AT THE MAGIC DRAGON THE 478 00:16:29,755 --> 00:16:30,823 23rd DURING LUNCH. WRITING THE 479 00:16:30,823 --> 00:16:31,757 SEVEN AT NIGHT AFTER SPENDING 480 00:16:31,757 --> 00:16:37,629 HOURS IN THE DARKROOM. IT 481 00:16:37,629 --> 00:16:38,697 WASN'T UNTIL I LEFT SEATTLE AND 482 00:16:38,697 --> 00:16:39,999 MOVED TO NEW YORK CITY TO PURSUE 483 00:16:39,999 --> 00:16:40,699 MY UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE 484 00:16:40,699 --> 00:16:41,800 DEGREE IN URBAN STUDIES AND 485 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:42,701 POLICY THAT I TRULY APPRECIATED 486 00:16:42,701 --> 00:16:44,403 THE CITY THAT MADE ME. IT IS TO 487 00:16:44,403 --> 00:16:47,873 LOVE PEOPLE AND PLACE. TO ASK, 488 00:16:47,873 --> 00:16:49,541 HOW DO WE MEET THE NEEDS OF THE 489 00:16:49,541 --> 00:16:50,676 GROWING CITY AND IMAGINE THE 490 00:16:50,676 --> 00:16:55,314 FUTURE OF OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT? 491 00:16:55,314 --> 00:16:57,316 AND NOT INVEST IN CULTURE AND 492 00:16:57,316 --> 00:16:58,150 HOW PEOPLE EXPERIENCE THE 493 00:16:58,150 --> 00:17:01,487 EVERYDAY. I BELIEVE ARTS AND 494 00:17:01,487 --> 00:17:02,821 CULTURE ARE ESSENTIAL FOR THE 495 00:17:02,821 --> 00:17:04,423 INFRASTRUCTURE. IT IS ARTS 496 00:17:04,423 --> 00:17:10,796 PROGRAMMING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, TO 497 00:17:10,796 --> 00:17:11,463 SUPPORT ECONOMIC VITALITY, 498 00:17:11,463 --> 00:17:12,097 STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES, AND 499 00:17:12,097 --> 00:17:12,965 HELPING PEOPLE SEE THEMSELVES 500 00:17:12,965 --> 00:17:14,633 REFLECTED IN THE CITY. IT IS 501 00:17:14,633 --> 00:17:15,734 ABOUT EMBEDDING WHY AND 502 00:17:15,734 --> 00:17:16,835 ENVISIONING A BETTER FUTURE 503 00:17:16,835 --> 00:17:18,470 TODAY AND FOR GENERATIONS TO 504 00:17:18,470 --> 00:17:21,507 COME. AND WHO BETTER TO BE AT 505 00:17:21,507 --> 00:17:23,075 THAT HELM THAT ARTISTS AND 506 00:17:23,075 --> 00:17:26,078 CREATIVE'S. AT THE SAME TIME, I 507 00:17:26,078 --> 00:17:30,949 WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT 508 00:17:30,949 --> 00:17:32,117 AFFORDABILITY AND ACCESS REMAIN 509 00:17:32,117 --> 00:17:33,318 REAL CHALLENGES FOR ARTISTS AND 510 00:17:33,318 --> 00:17:37,956 CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS. PUBLIC 511 00:17:37,956 --> 00:17:38,657 INVESTMENT FOR ARTS AND CULTURE 512 00:17:38,657 --> 00:17:39,525 IS NOT PROPORTIONAL TO ECONOMIC 513 00:17:39,525 --> 00:17:40,526 GENERATION OR ARE CIVIC VALUES. 514 00:17:40,526 --> 00:17:42,294 YOU CAN LOOK AT DATA FROM THE 515 00:17:42,294 --> 00:17:45,831 ARTS FUND LIVABILITY IMPACT 516 00:17:45,831 --> 00:17:47,099 STUDY FOR THE ARTS. THAT PLACE 517 00:17:47,099 --> 00:17:48,700 IS WASHINGTON STATE, FISCAL YEAR 518 00:17:48,700 --> 00:17:52,504 2025, AT INVESTING JUST $.87 PER 519 00:17:52,504 --> 00:17:53,705 CAPITA IN THE ARTS COMPARED TO A 520 00:17:53,705 --> 00:17:57,810 2.99 NATIONAL AVERAGE. WHILE WE 521 00:17:57,810 --> 00:17:59,478 HAVE A RELATIVELY STRONG LOCAL 522 00:17:59,478 --> 00:18:01,113 FUNDING SYSTEM, THE NEEDS 523 00:18:01,113 --> 00:18:04,349 CONTINUE TO GROW AS ARTISTS , 524 00:18:04,349 --> 00:18:05,284 CULTURAL WORKERS, SMALL, MEDIUM 525 00:18:05,284 --> 00:18:07,419 AND LARGE ARTS CULTURAL 526 00:18:07,419 --> 00:18:08,120 ORGANIZATIONS ARE PINCHED 527 00:18:08,120 --> 00:18:15,828 FURTHER AND FURTHER. IF 528 00:18:15,828 --> 00:18:17,129 CONFIRMED, I WILL FOCUS ON 529 00:18:17,129 --> 00:18:17,763 STRONG STEWARDSHIP OF PUBLIC 530 00:18:17,763 --> 00:18:18,330 RESOURCES. TRANSPARENT AND 531 00:18:18,330 --> 00:18:19,097 EQUITABLE PROGRAM DELIVERY, AND 532 00:18:19,097 --> 00:18:21,033 ENSURE THE OFFICES WORK WREATHS 533 00:18:21,033 --> 00:18:27,372 REACHES ARTISTS IN EVERY 534 00:18:27,372 --> 00:18:28,273 NEIGHBORHOOD. WAS THE PORTLY 535 00:18:28,273 --> 00:18:29,208 IT'S FIGHTING FOR ARTS AND 536 00:18:29,208 --> 00:18:30,442 CULTURE AND THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE 537 00:18:30,442 --> 00:18:33,712 THE CITY COLORFUL. I AM EXCITED 538 00:18:33,712 --> 00:18:34,780 TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD 539 00:18:34,780 --> 00:18:35,848 THE DEPARTMENT AND TO PARTNER 540 00:18:35,848 --> 00:18:37,516 WITH COUNCIL IN ADVANCING THIS 541 00:18:37,516 --> 00:18:38,584 WORK. THANK YOU AND I LOOK 542 00:18:38,584 --> 00:18:39,952 FORWARD TO YOUR QUESTIONS. 543 00:18:39,952 --> 00:18:43,489 >> I WANTED TO CLAP. I'M NOT 544 00:18:43,489 --> 00:18:44,756 GOING TO LIE. 545 00:18:44,756 --> 00:18:55,033 >> [ APPLAUSE ] 546 00:18:58,437 --> 00:18:59,671 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DEPUTY 547 00:18:59,671 --> 00:19:00,873 MAYOR AND THANK YOU SO MUCH 548 00:19:00,873 --> 00:19:01,673 INTERIM DIRECTOR. I REALLY 549 00:19:01,673 --> 00:19:02,608 APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TODAY 550 00:19:02,608 --> 00:19:04,209 AND I AM SO EXCITED TO HAVE THIS 551 00:19:04,209 --> 00:19:05,010 DISCUSSION WITH COLLEAGUES. I'M 552 00:19:05,010 --> 00:19:06,078 GOING TO SHARE REALLY BRIEFLY, 553 00:19:06,078 --> 00:19:07,346 YOU KNOW, THE REASON I'M SO 554 00:19:07,346 --> 00:19:08,814 EXCITED TO HAVE YOU IN FRONT OF 555 00:19:08,814 --> 00:19:11,416 US AS A POTENTIAL APPOINTEE. YOU 556 00:19:11,416 --> 00:19:12,484 KNOW, THERE ARE THREE THINGS 557 00:19:12,484 --> 00:19:13,952 THAT REALLY STRUCK ME. MAYBE 558 00:19:13,952 --> 00:19:15,787 FOUR. ONE WAS THE FIRST TIME WE 559 00:19:15,787 --> 00:19:17,256 CONNECTED YOUR ZOOM BACKGROUND, 560 00:19:17,256 --> 00:19:20,159 INCREDIBLE. SOME FOLKS HERE 561 00:19:20,159 --> 00:19:24,029 KNOW. AND, AS WE ARE DOING CITY 562 00:19:24,029 --> 00:19:24,796 BUSINESS AND TALKING ABOUT 563 00:19:24,796 --> 00:19:26,064 IMPORTANT ARTS AND CULTURAL 564 00:19:26,064 --> 00:19:35,641 WORK, YOU CAME THROUGH AS WELL 565 00:19:35,641 --> 00:19:37,109 AS A HUMAN BEING. AND I FEEL 566 00:19:37,109 --> 00:19:38,710 THAT TODAY. I WILL SAY I WAS SO 567 00:19:38,710 --> 00:19:39,545 IMMEDIATELY IMPRESSED BY THE 568 00:19:39,545 --> 00:19:41,180 FACT THAT YOU ARE SOMEBODY WHO 569 00:19:41,180 --> 00:19:42,381 HAS BOTH A LOT OF HEART WHICH WE 570 00:19:42,381 --> 00:19:43,649 CAN FEEL, BUT YOU ARE ALSO 571 00:19:43,649 --> 00:19:45,217 COMING IN WITH THE DATA, THE 572 00:19:45,217 --> 00:19:46,885 FACTS, I KNOW IN SOME OF HER 573 00:19:46,885 --> 00:19:47,753 EARLIEST CONVERSATIONS I HAD 574 00:19:47,753 --> 00:19:48,887 QUESTIONS FOR YOU AROUND 575 00:19:48,887 --> 00:19:49,421 INVESTMENT NEEDS AND OUR 576 00:19:49,421 --> 00:19:50,022 CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS AND 577 00:19:50,022 --> 00:19:51,089 READINESS TO ENGAGE IN THOSE 578 00:19:51,089 --> 00:19:52,357 CONVERSATIONS. IN A WAY THAT WAS 579 00:19:52,357 --> 00:19:53,692 THOUGHTFUL, CENTER THE PEOPLE 580 00:19:53,692 --> 00:19:54,927 AND ALSO HAD INFORMATION IT WAS 581 00:19:54,927 --> 00:19:58,530 IMMEDIATELY IMPRESSIVE. AND I 582 00:19:58,530 --> 00:19:59,831 ALSO FEEL THE GRIT AND 583 00:19:59,831 --> 00:20:02,301 DETERMINATION , EVEN WHEN WE MET 584 00:20:02,301 --> 00:20:05,938 ON ZOOM. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 585 00:20:05,938 --> 00:20:07,105 BEING HERE TODAY. AM REALLY 586 00:20:07,105 --> 00:20:07,839 EXCITED FOR YOU. STEPPING 587 00:20:07,839 --> 00:20:09,041 FORWARD, AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO 588 00:20:09,041 --> 00:20:10,709 SERVE. THESE JOBS ARE ABOUT 589 00:20:10,709 --> 00:20:12,244 PUBLIC SERVICE AND I CAN TELL 590 00:20:12,244 --> 00:20:16,648 THAT IN YOUR HEART. ALL RIGHT, 591 00:20:16,648 --> 00:20:17,816 YOU GOT ME OFF MY TALKING 592 00:20:17,816 --> 00:20:20,786 POINTS. WITH THAT, COLLEAGUES, I 593 00:20:20,786 --> 00:20:22,654 WANT TO TURN TO YOU TO SEE IF 594 00:20:22,654 --> 00:20:23,388 YOU HAVE QUESTIONS YOU WOULD 595 00:20:23,388 --> 00:20:26,525 LIKE TO BRING FOR INTERIM 596 00:20:26,525 --> 00:20:27,392 NGUYEN. SPENDING TIME ANSWERING 597 00:20:27,392 --> 00:20:35,500 QUESTIONS WE MAY HAVE TODAY. 598 00:20:35,500 --> 00:20:36,868 COLLEAGUES, I WILL TURN TO YOU 599 00:20:36,868 --> 00:20:38,136 FIRST. I HAVE SOME PREPARED 600 00:20:38,136 --> 00:20:39,204 QUESTIONS TO GO THROUGH BUT I 601 00:20:39,204 --> 00:20:40,639 WILL FIRST GIVE FOLKS THE 602 00:20:40,639 --> 00:20:41,139 OPPORTUNITY TO POSE ANY 603 00:20:41,139 --> 00:20:42,174 QUESTIONS FOR INTERIM NGUYEN. 604 00:20:42,174 --> 00:20:44,676 ALL RIGHT. FIRST TWO 605 00:20:44,676 --> 00:20:45,611 COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH AND 606 00:20:45,611 --> 00:20:49,214 THEN COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 607 00:20:49,214 --> 00:20:50,849 >> I WISH I GOT A PRICE FOR 608 00:20:50,849 --> 00:20:53,352 PUTTING MY HAND UP FIRST. IT'S 609 00:20:53,352 --> 00:20:54,653 ALWAYS -- YOU NEVER KNOW. I 610 00:20:54,653 --> 00:20:55,320 REALLY APPRECIATE THE 611 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:59,324 OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE MET WITH 612 00:20:59,324 --> 00:21:05,097 INTERIM NGUYEN. JUST TO KIND OF 613 00:21:05,097 --> 00:21:05,731 GO OVER SHARED PRIORITIES, GET 614 00:21:05,731 --> 00:21:08,433 TO KNOW EACH OTHER BETTER. I 615 00:21:08,433 --> 00:21:08,934 REALLY APPRECIATE THAT 616 00:21:08,934 --> 00:21:09,868 OPPORTUNITY. ONE OF THE 617 00:21:09,868 --> 00:21:17,643 QUESTIONS I ASKED , AND WOULD 618 00:21:17,643 --> 00:21:18,810 LOVE FOR YOU TO TALK ABOUT TODAY 619 00:21:18,810 --> 00:21:20,612 IS, SHE TOLD ME TO ASK THE HARD 620 00:21:20,612 --> 00:21:21,880 QUESTIONS. OKAY? I DON'T THINK 621 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:23,181 THIS ONE IS HARD, BUT I TALK 622 00:21:23,181 --> 00:21:24,182 ABOUT THE 3C'S OF SEATTLE, 623 00:21:24,182 --> 00:21:25,017 COMMUNITY, CULTURE AND COMMERCE. 624 00:21:25,017 --> 00:21:26,418 AND WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO EXPAND 625 00:21:26,418 --> 00:21:27,786 ABOUT THE CREATIVE ECONOMY AND 626 00:21:27,786 --> 00:21:32,057 ARTS AND WHAT YOU ENVISION AND 627 00:21:32,057 --> 00:21:33,558 SEE THAT PLAYING INTO SEATTLE 628 00:21:33,558 --> 00:21:39,865 INTERWOVEN INTO THE COMMERCE 629 00:21:39,865 --> 00:21:41,033 PIECE. WE KNOW IT IS CULTURE, 630 00:21:41,033 --> 00:21:42,267 BUT JUST THAT PIECE, THAT SOCIAL 631 00:21:42,267 --> 00:21:51,309 ENTERPRISE, THAT IS MUCH NEEDED. 632 00:21:51,309 --> 00:21:52,978 >> ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO 633 00:21:52,978 --> 00:21:54,112 MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER, FOR THE 634 00:21:54,112 --> 00:21:55,280 QUESTION. I ASKED YOU TO BRING 635 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:56,448 THE HARD ONES. I AM READY FOR 636 00:21:56,448 --> 00:22:00,519 IT. BEFORE I JUMP INTO MY ANSWER 637 00:22:00,519 --> 00:22:01,920 TO THIS, I JUST WANT TO THANK 638 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:03,121 YOU, CHAIR, FOR NOW MY ZOOM 639 00:22:03,121 --> 00:22:04,323 BACKGROUND. I WOULD BE REMISS IF 640 00:22:04,323 --> 00:22:05,757 I DID NOT, FOR THE PUBLIC KNOW 641 00:22:05,757 --> 00:22:06,992 THAT THAT BACKGROUND IS PART OF 642 00:22:06,992 --> 00:22:08,026 OUR CIVIC COLLECTION FUNDED BY 643 00:22:08,026 --> 00:22:09,761 THE 1% FOR THE ARTS. WE HAVE A 644 00:22:09,761 --> 00:22:10,996 FANTASTIC REGISTRAR THAT MANAGES 645 00:22:10,996 --> 00:22:13,098 THE COLLECTION. YOU TOO CAN LOOK 646 00:22:13,098 --> 00:22:15,667 AT THE MUSEUM AND CHOOSE A 647 00:22:15,667 --> 00:22:17,202 SELECTION OF YOUR OWN TO MAKE 648 00:22:17,202 --> 00:22:22,674 YOUR BACKGROUND. WITH THAT, 649 00:22:22,674 --> 00:22:24,076 COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH, IT 650 00:22:24,076 --> 00:22:24,710 IS SUCH AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. 651 00:22:24,710 --> 00:22:30,582 THIS IS ONE OF THE PLACES I AM 652 00:22:30,582 --> 00:22:31,149 MOST EAGER IN THE NEXT 3.5 653 00:22:31,149 --> 00:22:34,186 YEARS, IF I AM LUCKY ENOUGH TO 654 00:22:34,186 --> 00:22:34,820 HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO LEAVE THIS 655 00:22:34,820 --> 00:22:36,254 OFFICE, I HAVE HEARD THIS AGAIN 656 00:22:36,254 --> 00:22:38,356 AND AGAIN AND AGAIN FROM 657 00:22:38,356 --> 00:22:39,024 INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS TO ARTIST 658 00:22:39,024 --> 00:22:40,292 ORGANIZATIONS, TOO OFTEN ARTS 659 00:22:40,292 --> 00:22:43,562 AND CULTURE AND ECONOMIC 660 00:22:43,562 --> 00:22:44,730 DEVELOPMENT ARE TREATED AS 661 00:22:44,730 --> 00:22:45,897 SEPARATE. AND WE HEAR FROM 662 00:22:45,897 --> 00:22:46,965 INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS THAT THEY ARE 663 00:22:46,965 --> 00:22:47,999 SMALL BUSINESSES AND WE HEAR 664 00:22:47,999 --> 00:22:48,867 FROM SMALL BUSINESSES THAT 665 00:22:48,867 --> 00:22:51,169 CULTURE'S COMPETITIVE EDGE. IT 666 00:22:51,169 --> 00:22:54,206 IS ABOUT A CONTINUOUSLY 667 00:22:54,206 --> 00:22:55,607 COMPETITIVE MARKET AND ARTS AND 668 00:22:55,607 --> 00:23:00,011 CULTURE IS HOW YOU GET PEOPLE TO 669 00:23:00,011 --> 00:23:00,779 COME AND FREQUENT YOUR 670 00:23:00,779 --> 00:23:04,616 BUSINESSES. IT IS ALSO ABOUT -- 671 00:23:04,616 --> 00:23:05,851 THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT 672 00:23:05,851 --> 00:23:12,691 APPLICATIONS FOR IT. WHEN I 673 00:23:12,691 --> 00:23:13,759 THINK ABOUT WHAT IS POSSIBLE, I 674 00:23:13,759 --> 00:23:14,960 HAVE A LOT OF DREAMS ON THE 675 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:16,695 MACRO BUT I THINK ABOUT WHAT IS 676 00:23:16,695 --> 00:23:17,629 POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR TO 677 00:23:17,629 --> 00:23:19,030 THREE YEARS AND THIS OFFICE HAS 678 00:23:19,030 --> 00:23:27,639 A LOT OF REALLY, TRULY FANTASTIC 679 00:23:27,639 --> 00:23:28,640 PROGRAMS WITHIN IT. AND IT IS 680 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:30,175 TIME TO TURN UP THAT DIAL AND 681 00:23:30,175 --> 00:23:31,109 PART OF THAT IS REALLY 682 00:23:31,109 --> 00:23:31,777 PARTNERING STRATEGICALLY WITH 683 00:23:31,777 --> 00:23:32,711 OUR SISTER DEPARTMENTS. AM VERY 684 00:23:32,711 --> 00:23:33,712 EXCITED TO WORK MORE CLOSELY 685 00:23:33,712 --> 00:23:34,746 WITH OUR SEATTLE OFFICE OF 686 00:23:34,746 --> 00:23:36,581 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO BRING 687 00:23:36,581 --> 00:23:37,849 AND MARY THAT NEED FOR CREATIVE 688 00:23:37,849 --> 00:23:39,217 ECONOMY TO LIVE AT THE 689 00:23:39,217 --> 00:23:45,991 INTERSECTION OF MULTIPLE 690 00:23:45,991 --> 00:23:47,092 DEPARTMENTS. AND OUR SECTOR 691 00:23:47,092 --> 00:23:48,193 DESERVES THAT. I WANT TO GET 692 00:23:48,193 --> 00:23:49,227 MORE GRANULAR AND ALSO PLANT 693 00:23:49,227 --> 00:23:50,295 SOME SEEDS. WE ARE EXCITED TO 694 00:23:50,295 --> 00:23:51,463 GET TO COMING FORWARD TO THIS 695 00:23:51,463 --> 00:23:52,631 COMMITTEE AND THE NEXT MONTH, 696 00:23:52,631 --> 00:23:53,165 WITH CULTURAL DISTRICT 697 00:23:53,165 --> 00:23:56,368 LEGISLATION. CULTURAL DISTRICTS 698 00:23:56,368 --> 00:23:58,436 IS A PROGRAM OF THE CITY THAT IS 699 00:23:58,436 --> 00:24:00,105 ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE OFFICE 700 00:24:00,105 --> 00:24:01,373 OF ARTS AND CULTURE THAT WAS 701 00:24:01,373 --> 00:24:02,841 FIRST PASSED IN 2014. IT HASN'T 702 00:24:02,841 --> 00:24:06,778 HAD THAT INVESTMENT IN, FRANKLY, 703 00:24:06,778 --> 00:24:09,948 INNOVATION, BUT IT CREATES A 704 00:24:09,948 --> 00:24:14,686 FANTASTIC ROADMAP FOR US TO LEAD 705 00:24:14,686 --> 00:24:15,720 INTO CREATIVE PLACE MAKING, BUT 706 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:16,621 MORE IMPORTANT, HOW WE CAN 707 00:24:16,621 --> 00:24:18,056 CREATE MORE INTEGRATION TO YOUR 708 00:24:18,056 --> 00:24:19,491 LITERACIES, COMMERCE. IT MAY 709 00:24:19,491 --> 00:24:27,232 SEEM SMALL, BUT I HEAR IT AGAIN 710 00:24:27,232 --> 00:24:28,533 AND AGAIN, TIME IS MONEY. HOW 711 00:24:28,533 --> 00:24:29,668 CAN WE HAVE MORE EFFICIENCY 712 00:24:29,668 --> 00:24:30,802 AROUND CULTURAL BAND-AIDS? I 713 00:24:30,802 --> 00:24:31,803 ALSO WANT TO ASK, LET'S EXAMINE 714 00:24:31,803 --> 00:24:36,541 OUR FUNDING MECHANISMS. WE KNOW 715 00:24:36,541 --> 00:24:37,142 SO OFTEN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD 716 00:24:37,142 --> 00:24:38,009 BUSINESS DISTRICTS, CULTURAL 717 00:24:38,009 --> 00:24:40,545 DISTRICTS , IT IS UNEQUAL. YOU 718 00:24:40,545 --> 00:24:51,089 HAVE SOME THAT ARE DOING BETTER 719 00:24:52,424 --> 00:24:53,992 AND SOME THAT ARE NOT. THIS IS A 720 00:24:53,992 --> 00:24:55,093 PLACE WHERE THE PUBLIC SECTOR 721 00:24:55,093 --> 00:24:56,061 DOES NEED TO INTERVENE. WE HAVE 722 00:24:56,061 --> 00:24:56,795 THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LINK 723 00:24:56,795 --> 00:24:57,462 PLANNING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 724 00:24:57,462 --> 00:24:58,497 AND ARTS AND CULTURE. I'M 725 00:24:58,497 --> 00:24:59,564 EXCITED TO WORK WITH DIFFERENT 726 00:24:59,564 --> 00:25:00,198 COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS 727 00:25:00,198 --> 00:25:01,199 AND ASK THAT QUESTION AROUND, 728 00:25:01,199 --> 00:25:02,801 CAN WE ACTUALLY CREATE MORE 729 00:25:02,801 --> 00:25:06,671 BESPOKE ECONOMIC AND CREATIVE 730 00:25:06,671 --> 00:25:07,706 STRATEGIES TO ENVISIONING THAT 731 00:25:07,706 --> 00:25:09,241 FUTURE? WHAT IS IT THAT WE ARE 732 00:25:09,241 --> 00:25:10,742 MISSING FROM THE DANCE BETWEEN 733 00:25:10,742 --> 00:25:13,178 LIMITED PUBLIC INVESTMENT AND 734 00:25:13,178 --> 00:25:17,182 WHERE CAN WE ACTUALLY BE MORE 735 00:25:17,182 --> 00:25:18,250 STRATEGIC ABOUT THAT SUBSIDY AND 736 00:25:18,250 --> 00:25:19,484 ALSO REMOVE REGULATORY BARRIERS 737 00:25:19,484 --> 00:25:22,754 -- SORRY, THAT WENT ON A BIT OF 738 00:25:22,754 --> 00:25:28,059 ATTENTION. BUT, COUNCIL MEMBER 739 00:25:28,059 --> 00:25:28,860 HOLLINGSWORTH, AND VERY EXCITED 740 00:25:28,860 --> 00:25:30,295 FOR WHAT WE HAVE TEED UP FOR 741 00:25:30,295 --> 00:25:31,496 THIS COUNCIL IN THE COMING YEAR 742 00:25:31,496 --> 00:25:33,164 . AND I WOULD SAY THAT OUR NEWLY 743 00:25:33,164 --> 00:25:34,232 FORMED CREATIVE PEACEMAKING 744 00:25:34,232 --> 00:25:35,600 DIVISION IS STEPPING IN THAT 745 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:39,137 DIRECTION OF MEETING 746 00:25:39,137 --> 00:25:39,738 COMMUNITIES, CREATING THE 747 00:25:39,738 --> 00:25:48,213 ACTIVATION AND THIRD SPACE . IT 748 00:25:48,213 --> 00:25:49,214 CAN'T HAPPEN IN A VACUUM. IT 749 00:25:49,214 --> 00:25:50,382 NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN COORDINATION 750 00:25:50,382 --> 00:25:51,116 WITH ALSO THE SMALL BUSINESSES 751 00:25:51,116 --> 00:25:53,351 THAT MAKE OUR SEATTLE VIBRANT. 752 00:25:53,351 --> 00:25:54,553 >> AWESOME. CHAIR, IF I MAY 753 00:25:54,553 --> 00:25:54,953 FOLLOW-UP. 754 00:25:54,953 --> 00:25:55,687 >> ABSOLUTELY. 755 00:25:55,687 --> 00:25:56,821 >> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATED THAT 756 00:25:56,821 --> 00:25:59,291 ANSWER THAT YOU GAVE YESTERDAY. 757 00:25:59,291 --> 00:26:04,262 AS WELL. THAT WAS THE ONE THING 758 00:26:04,262 --> 00:26:06,097 I KIND OF REALLY HONED ON 759 00:26:06,097 --> 00:26:08,533 BECAUSE , YOU KNOW, NOT EVERY 760 00:26:08,533 --> 00:26:09,834 COMMUNITY HAS A BUSINESS 761 00:26:09,834 --> 00:26:11,603 DISTRICT OR , YOU KNOW, A 762 00:26:11,603 --> 00:26:13,004 FORMALIZED BUT EVERY 763 00:26:13,004 --> 00:26:14,839 NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A CULTURAL 764 00:26:14,839 --> 00:26:17,409 CENTER. AND HAS ALL OF THIS 765 00:26:17,409 --> 00:26:20,979 VIBRANCY. I REALLY APPRECIATED 766 00:26:20,979 --> 00:26:25,216 THAT. AND THEN, ANOTHER THING, 767 00:26:25,216 --> 00:26:26,051 THIS ISN'T NECESSARILY A 768 00:26:26,051 --> 00:26:27,385 QUESTION, BUT IS MORE OF A 769 00:26:27,385 --> 00:26:34,092 COMMENT AND OBSERVATION TO WHEN 770 00:26:34,092 --> 00:26:35,694 I AM LOOKING AT OTHER CITIES AND 771 00:26:35,694 --> 00:26:36,328 TAKING BEST PRACTICES IN WHAT 772 00:26:36,328 --> 00:26:38,129 THEY ARE DOING, AND ONE OF THE 773 00:26:38,129 --> 00:26:38,797 CITIES I'VE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED 774 00:26:38,797 --> 00:26:39,898 WITH IS DETROIT. IN THE SENSE 775 00:26:39,898 --> 00:26:44,302 THAT, OBVIOUSLY WE THINK OF 776 00:26:44,302 --> 00:26:45,303 DETROIT AS THIS MUSIC HUB, 777 00:26:45,303 --> 00:26:46,571 CULTURAL EPICENTER IT HAS THIS 778 00:26:46,571 --> 00:26:53,078 HISTORICAL -- WITH MOTOWN AND 779 00:26:53,078 --> 00:26:54,145 ALL THESE HISTORICAL FIGURES 780 00:26:54,145 --> 00:26:56,214 THAT HAVE COME OUT OF DETROIT. 781 00:26:56,214 --> 00:27:01,987 BUT, WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IN 782 00:27:01,987 --> 00:27:02,587 THEIR DEVELOPMENT, JUST MOST 783 00:27:02,587 --> 00:27:03,488 RECENTLY, HAS BEEN INVESTING IN 784 00:27:03,488 --> 00:27:04,623 ARTISTS. LOCAL ARTIST DOING 785 00:27:04,623 --> 00:27:07,726 MURALS, DOING PAINTINGS AND 786 00:27:07,726 --> 00:27:08,293 ACTIVITIES AND ACTIVATION. 787 00:27:08,293 --> 00:27:09,160 EVERYWHERE YOU TURN IN DIFFERENT 788 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:10,295 NEIGHBORHOODS, IT IS THIS 789 00:27:10,295 --> 00:27:11,830 ACTIVATION OF ART. JUST WANTED 790 00:27:11,830 --> 00:27:16,968 -- IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE. 791 00:27:16,968 --> 00:27:18,870 IT'S LIKE, HEY, THEY ARE JUST 792 00:27:18,870 --> 00:27:22,007 INVESTING. AND REALLY, PUTTING A 793 00:27:22,007 --> 00:27:23,642 LOT OF TIME AND ATTENTION. 794 00:27:23,642 --> 00:27:24,876 BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY WANT TO 795 00:27:24,876 --> 00:27:28,680 ACTIVATE SPACES AND MAKE THEM 796 00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:31,883 ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE AND -- 797 00:27:31,883 --> 00:27:33,385 ANYWAY, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT 798 00:27:33,385 --> 00:27:36,421 THAT. I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF 799 00:27:36,421 --> 00:27:45,930 COMPLEXITIES THAT GO ON WITH 800 00:27:45,930 --> 00:27:46,998 IMPLEMENTATION, BUT IT'S JUST A 801 00:27:46,998 --> 00:27:47,899 SIMPLE INVESTMENT. SO THANK YOU, 802 00:27:47,899 --> 00:27:49,000 DIRECTOR, I KNOW I HAVE MORE 803 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:50,035 QUESTIONS BUT I APPRECIATE YOU 804 00:27:50,035 --> 00:27:51,236 ANSWERING THOSE. THANK YOU. 805 00:27:51,236 --> 00:27:52,604 >> THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE 806 00:27:52,604 --> 00:27:54,839 THAT. THE QUESTION AND THE 807 00:27:54,839 --> 00:27:55,440 REFERENCE, I THINK IT'S 808 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:56,241 INCREDIBLE IMPORTANT. I'M GLAD 809 00:27:56,241 --> 00:27:57,709 YOU SHARED THAT WITH US. I AM 810 00:27:57,709 --> 00:27:59,577 HEADING OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER 811 00:27:59,577 --> 00:27:59,811 RINCK. 812 00:27:59,811 --> 00:28:03,948 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. INTERIM 813 00:28:03,948 --> 00:28:06,985 NGUYEN, MY STAFF HAS INFORMED ME 814 00:28:06,985 --> 00:28:08,053 THAT YOU ARE ACTUALLY THE 815 00:28:08,053 --> 00:28:12,023 COOLEST . IN MY MATERIALS FOR 816 00:28:12,023 --> 00:28:13,458 TODAY. I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT 817 00:28:13,458 --> 00:28:16,161 ON THE RECORD. AND NOTING YOUR 818 00:28:16,161 --> 00:28:21,800 APPOINTED PACKET AS WELL, 819 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:23,201 ATTENDING OF A HIGH SCHOOL, 820 00:28:23,201 --> 00:28:23,835 LIVING AND WORKING IN NEW 821 00:28:23,835 --> 00:28:25,570 ORLEANS, NEW YORK, AND SERVING 822 00:28:25,570 --> 00:28:26,104 ON LEADERSHIP ROLES FROM 823 00:28:26,104 --> 00:28:26,771 WATERSHED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, 824 00:28:26,771 --> 00:28:33,044 ARTS, OPCD, SDOT, DEPARTMENT OF 825 00:28:33,044 --> 00:28:33,745 NEIGHBORHOODS, AND AS A 826 00:28:33,745 --> 00:28:34,879 LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT FOR THIS 827 00:28:34,879 --> 00:28:35,480 BODY, APPARENTLY HAVE ALWAYS 828 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:36,815 BEEN COOL. SO REALLY AGAIN, 829 00:28:36,815 --> 00:28:38,850 EXCITED TO BE DISCUSSING YOUR 830 00:28:38,850 --> 00:28:41,086 APPOINTMENT. I AM WONDERING IF 831 00:28:41,086 --> 00:28:43,922 YOU CAN SPEAK TO HOW OUR 832 00:28:43,922 --> 00:28:45,623 CULTURAL ECOSYSTEM SHAPED YOU 833 00:28:45,623 --> 00:28:49,394 GROWING UP AND THE ROLE YOU HOPE 834 00:28:49,394 --> 00:28:50,829 THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE 835 00:28:50,829 --> 00:28:52,797 CAN PLAY IN ENSURING THAT THE 836 00:28:52,797 --> 00:29:00,538 NEXT GENERATION OF AMY NGUYEN'S 837 00:29:00,538 --> 00:29:01,606 CAN MAKE IT HERE. 838 00:29:01,606 --> 00:29:02,207 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, 839 00:29:02,207 --> 00:29:03,108 COUNCILMEMBER FOR THE QUESTION. 840 00:29:03,108 --> 00:29:05,176 GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO 841 00:29:05,176 --> 00:29:06,311 UPLIFT AND SHOWCASE SO MANY OF 842 00:29:06,311 --> 00:29:07,512 THE PEOPLE, PROGRAMS AND 843 00:29:07,512 --> 00:29:10,181 INSTITUTIONS THAT MAKE ME WHO I 844 00:29:10,181 --> 00:29:14,352 AM. I DID THAT PLUG VERY BRIEFLY 845 00:29:14,352 --> 00:29:21,459 TO MARK PERRY, MY FIRST U.S. 846 00:29:21,459 --> 00:29:22,060 HISTORY TEACHER, BUT ALSO 847 00:29:22,060 --> 00:29:24,429 MELISSA PARK IN THE AUDIENCE, 848 00:29:24,429 --> 00:29:27,065 AND I THINK ABOUT THIS SO MUCH 849 00:29:27,065 --> 00:29:30,201 CURRENTLY IN THIS TIME WHEN WE 850 00:29:30,201 --> 00:29:37,542 HAVE SO MUCH HEIGHTENED , REAL 851 00:29:37,542 --> 00:29:39,744 HEIGHTENED DANGER. AND I THINK 852 00:29:39,744 --> 00:29:42,347 ABOUT IT FROM ALSO THE VANTAGE 853 00:29:42,347 --> 00:29:44,916 POINT OF ARTS AND CULTURE IN 854 00:29:44,916 --> 00:29:47,118 THAT I WOULDN'T BE WHO I AM 855 00:29:47,118 --> 00:29:51,256 TODAY WITHOUT YOUTH ARTS 856 00:29:51,256 --> 00:29:51,956 PROGRAMMING. I WOULDN'T BE WHO 857 00:29:51,956 --> 00:29:55,093 I AM TODAY WITHOUT EDUCATORS AND 858 00:29:55,093 --> 00:30:00,632 MENTORS WHO INVESTED IN ME. AND 859 00:30:00,632 --> 00:30:03,001 THEY DIDN'T INVEST IN ME IN THE 860 00:30:03,001 --> 00:30:03,968 TRADITIONAL WAY, IT WAS, HAVING 861 00:30:03,968 --> 00:30:05,470 THAT TIME TO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO 862 00:30:05,470 --> 00:30:08,940 WOULD TALK TO ME. WHO WOULD 863 00:30:08,940 --> 00:30:10,542 EXPOSE ME TO LITERATURE AND ART 864 00:30:10,542 --> 00:30:19,350 , AND NOT TELL ME, THIS IS THE 865 00:30:19,350 --> 00:30:20,385 MUSIC YOU SHOULD LISTEN TOO. 866 00:30:20,385 --> 00:30:21,319 THIS IS THE MEDIUMS YOU SHOULD 867 00:30:21,319 --> 00:30:22,654 DO. BUT EXPOSE ME AND THEN PUT 868 00:30:22,654 --> 00:30:24,556 ME ON THE SPOT TO REACT. AND I 869 00:30:24,556 --> 00:30:25,356 THINK ABOUT THAT. THAT IS 870 00:30:25,356 --> 00:30:25,990 DEVELOPING CRITICAL THINKING 871 00:30:25,990 --> 00:30:28,393 SKILLS. AND I FEEL THE PRIDE OF 872 00:30:28,393 --> 00:30:30,228 THE TWO MONTHS OF COMING BACK TO 873 00:30:30,228 --> 00:30:31,829 THIS OFFICE AND I THINK ABOUT 874 00:30:31,829 --> 00:30:34,599 PROGRAMS THE CREATIVE ADVANTAGE 875 00:30:34,599 --> 00:30:36,134 AND A PARTNERSHIP WITH SEATTLE 876 00:30:36,134 --> 00:30:40,405 PUBLIC SCHOOLS . I REALLY 877 00:30:40,405 --> 00:30:42,040 BELIEVE THAT IS THE BEST OF US. 878 00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:43,141 THAT IS THE BEST OF US IN THIS 879 00:30:43,141 --> 00:30:46,244 CITY. I THINK ABOUT OUR MENTAL 880 00:30:46,244 --> 00:30:49,247 HEALTH CRISIS. I THINK ABOUT 881 00:30:49,247 --> 00:30:55,486 WHAT -- I THINK REGARDLESS BEING 882 00:30:55,486 --> 00:30:57,055 A YOUNG PERSON IS TERRIBLE, IT . 883 00:30:57,055 --> 00:30:59,057 BUT HOW MUCH MORE DIFFICULT THAT 884 00:30:59,057 --> 00:31:00,291 IS NOW. AND, THE FEAR THAT WE 885 00:31:00,291 --> 00:31:07,198 HAVE OF TECHNOLOGY AND A.I., 886 00:31:07,198 --> 00:31:08,733 REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU KIND OF 887 00:31:08,733 --> 00:31:10,134 STAND ON THAT, BUT THE NEED FOR 888 00:31:10,134 --> 00:31:14,405 MORE COLLECTIVE SOCIALIZATION. 889 00:31:14,405 --> 00:31:17,909 AND THAT IS SO MUCH OF WHAT OUR 890 00:31:17,909 --> 00:31:18,543 PRACTICE AND INVESTMENT IN 891 00:31:18,543 --> 00:31:23,748 CULTURE CAN DO. YEAH, I COULD GO 892 00:31:23,748 --> 00:31:26,251 ON AND ON, LIKE I SAID, I LOVE 893 00:31:26,251 --> 00:31:29,120 PEOPLE. AND PLACE. AND I THINK 894 00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:32,857 ABOUT SO MUCH THE STORIES THAT 895 00:31:32,857 --> 00:31:35,093 MAKE US WHO WE ARE. IT IS THOSE 896 00:31:35,093 --> 00:31:38,696 QUIET EVERY DAY RANDOM 897 00:31:38,696 --> 00:31:39,664 WEDNESDAYS WHEN YOU'RE WALKING 898 00:31:39,664 --> 00:31:42,767 DOWN CHERRY STREET IN THE SUN 899 00:31:42,767 --> 00:31:44,903 HITS THAT BRANCH AND YOU SIT 900 00:31:44,903 --> 00:31:51,009 DOWN AND YOUR WITH YOUR FRIENDS, 901 00:31:51,009 --> 00:31:52,443 LIKE THAT WAS MY HIGH SCHOOL 902 00:31:52,443 --> 00:31:53,378 EXPERIENCE. AND IT WAS ALSO A 903 00:31:53,378 --> 00:31:54,312 PERIOD WHEN THE CENTRAL DISTRICT 904 00:31:54,312 --> 00:31:59,984 WAS FACING -- IT STILL DOES, WE 905 00:31:59,984 --> 00:32:00,818 SHOULD'VE MADE THE INVESTMENTS 906 00:32:00,818 --> 00:32:02,153 IN THE 2000S TO ENSURE THAT THE 907 00:32:02,153 --> 00:32:03,121 BLACK COMMITTEE WAS NOT 908 00:32:03,121 --> 00:32:03,821 DISPLACED IN THE CENTRAL 909 00:32:03,821 --> 00:32:06,491 DISTRICT. AND I ASK MYSELF, WHAT 910 00:32:06,491 --> 00:32:07,158 IS NOT GOING TO BE HERE TOMORROW 911 00:32:07,158 --> 00:32:08,326 IF WE DON'T MAKE THE 912 00:32:08,326 --> 00:32:18,836 INVESTMENTS INTO CULTURE NOW? 913 00:32:18,836 --> 00:32:20,405 SPOKE BEAUTIFULLY PUT, THANK YOU 914 00:32:20,405 --> 00:32:21,272 FOR THAT. AND, BUILDING ON THIS 915 00:32:21,272 --> 00:32:23,074 POINT, UNDERSTANDING THOUGH, THE 916 00:32:23,074 --> 00:32:23,675 WORK OF THE CULTURAL ACTION 917 00:32:23,675 --> 00:32:24,309 PLAN, I AM WONDERING HOW THAT 918 00:32:24,309 --> 00:32:26,044 PLANNING WORK CAN INFORM AND 919 00:32:26,044 --> 00:32:28,780 STRENGTHEN OTHER DEPARTMENTS. IN 920 00:32:28,780 --> 00:32:30,415 SO MANY WAYS ARTS SHOULD NOT BE 921 00:32:30,415 --> 00:32:32,684 A SEPARATE -- IT TRULY NEEDS TO 922 00:32:32,684 --> 00:32:38,990 BE INTEGRAL IN THE WORK OF MANY 923 00:32:38,990 --> 00:32:40,558 IF NOT ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS. I 924 00:32:40,558 --> 00:32:41,960 AM WONDERING IF YOU CAN SPEAK TO 925 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:44,562 HOW THE WORK YOU ARE INTENDING 926 00:32:44,562 --> 00:32:45,663 TO DO UNDER THE CULTURAL ACTION 927 00:32:45,663 --> 00:32:47,198 PLAN CAN AGAIN INFORM OR 928 00:32:47,198 --> 00:32:48,099 STRENGTHEN THE WORK OF OTHER 929 00:32:48,099 --> 00:32:48,433 DEPARTMENTS. 930 00:32:48,433 --> 00:32:49,200 >> ABSOLUTELY. I LOVE THIS 931 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:53,538 QUESTION, THANK YOU. I'M NOT 932 00:32:53,538 --> 00:32:55,073 SAYING ANYTHING THAT I THINK IS 933 00:32:55,073 --> 00:32:58,509 CONTROVERSIAL. WE HAVE WONDERFUL 934 00:32:58,509 --> 00:32:59,844 LEGACY OF PRODUCING A LOT OF 935 00:32:59,844 --> 00:33:03,348 REPORTS. I HAD THE HONOR OF 936 00:33:03,348 --> 00:33:04,682 SERVING ON THE MAYOR'S ARTS 937 00:33:04,682 --> 00:33:06,617 CULTURE AND CREATIVE ECONOMY 938 00:33:06,617 --> 00:33:08,586 TRANSITION COMMITTEE. THE 939 00:33:08,586 --> 00:33:12,423 CONSISTENT AT EVERY SINGLE TOUCH 940 00:33:12,423 --> 00:33:18,496 POINT WE HAD, I WOULD SAY, ONE 941 00:33:18,496 --> 00:33:19,597 TO FIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WOULD 942 00:33:19,597 --> 00:33:20,698 SAY, CAN YOU JUST ACTUALLY DO 943 00:33:20,698 --> 00:33:22,500 WHAT YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO 944 00:33:22,500 --> 00:33:25,203 DO IN THAT 2019 REPORT? COULD 945 00:33:25,203 --> 00:33:26,871 YOU DO WHAT YOU DID IN THE 2022, 946 00:33:26,871 --> 00:33:29,374 2023 REPORT? SO, A PART OF THIS 947 00:33:29,374 --> 00:33:39,917 COMMITMENT TO REALLY A CULTURAL 948 00:33:42,620 --> 00:33:43,187 ACTION PLAN IS TO ACKNOWLEDGE 949 00:33:43,187 --> 00:33:44,188 THAT WE CAN'T KEEP ASKING 950 00:33:44,188 --> 00:33:45,690 COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO TELL US THE 951 00:33:45,690 --> 00:33:46,591 SAME THING. WE NEED TO SHIFT 952 00:33:46,591 --> 00:33:47,992 INTO ACTION. WE NEED TO SHOW -- 953 00:33:47,992 --> 00:33:49,260 WELL, WE NEED TO MAKE IT 954 00:33:49,260 --> 00:33:50,094 OPERATIONAL AND LAMENTABLE AND 955 00:33:50,094 --> 00:33:54,198 IT HAS BEEN TOO MANY YEARS OF 956 00:33:54,198 --> 00:33:54,899 FRANKLY, STUDYING, I LOVE 957 00:33:54,899 --> 00:33:57,502 STUDYING, WHERE WE ARE GOING TO 958 00:33:57,502 --> 00:34:01,606 SHIFT OUR FOCUS , THERE WILL BE 959 00:34:01,606 --> 00:34:02,907 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EMBEDDED 960 00:34:02,907 --> 00:34:03,775 INTO THIS. TAKING WHAT WE HAVE 961 00:34:03,775 --> 00:34:10,982 HEARD OVER THE YEARS AND PUTTING 962 00:34:10,982 --> 00:34:12,050 THAT INTO, WHAT IS THE 963 00:34:12,050 --> 00:34:12,750 STEP-BY-STEP THAT THIS OFFICE 964 00:34:12,750 --> 00:34:14,218 NEEDS AND WHAT SISTER 965 00:34:14,218 --> 00:34:15,219 DEPARTMENTS NEED TO BE IN 966 00:34:15,219 --> 00:34:25,730 ALIGNMENT TO ACHIEVE WHAT WE 967 00:34:26,697 --> 00:34:28,433 HAVE BEEN HEARING CONSISTENTLY. 968 00:34:28,433 --> 00:34:29,167 AND I DO BELIEVE, JUST TO GIVE 969 00:34:29,167 --> 00:34:30,735 YOU A TASTE OF SOME OF THAT 970 00:34:30,735 --> 00:34:31,335 EXCITEMENT, WHAT THAT REALLY 971 00:34:31,335 --> 00:34:32,070 TRANSLATES TO, IT'S LIKE, 972 00:34:32,070 --> 00:34:32,937 GREAT, ANOTHER PLAN, WE NEED 973 00:34:32,937 --> 00:34:33,938 THAT RIGOR TO HOLD US 974 00:34:33,938 --> 00:34:34,739 ACCOUNTABLE. WHEN I SAY 975 00:34:34,739 --> 00:34:38,476 OPERATIONALIZE AND IMPLEMENT, 976 00:34:38,476 --> 00:34:39,477 WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT 977 00:34:39,477 --> 00:34:40,478 AT LENGTH, CULTURAL SPACE, THE 978 00:34:40,478 --> 00:34:42,046 NEED FOR CULTURAL SPACE. WE 979 00:34:42,046 --> 00:34:44,849 HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO 980 00:34:44,849 --> 00:34:46,717 DIVE INTO SO MANY OF THE 981 00:34:46,717 --> 00:34:49,687 EXISTING PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT 982 00:34:49,687 --> 00:34:53,624 AUTHORITIES OR PROGRAMS THAT 983 00:34:53,624 --> 00:34:54,725 INVEST IN CULTURAL SPACE ACROSS 984 00:34:54,725 --> 00:35:00,031 THE CITY AND UNITE IT WITH A 985 00:35:00,031 --> 00:35:00,832 CORD NEEDED STRATEGIC APPROACH. 986 00:35:00,832 --> 00:35:02,200 I HAVE HEARD THIS DURING MY TIME 987 00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:08,039 WITH OPCD OVER THE EQUITABLE 988 00:35:08,039 --> 00:35:08,706 ELEMENT INITIATIVE. IT'S LIKE, 989 00:35:08,706 --> 00:35:09,841 GREAT, YOU GAVE US RESOURCES BUT 990 00:35:09,841 --> 00:35:14,612 CAN YOU TALK TO SDOT AND BECAUSE 991 00:35:14,612 --> 00:35:15,847 I'M STILL WAITING TWO YEARS FOR 992 00:35:15,847 --> 00:35:17,014 THE PERMANENT. THERE'S SO MUCH 993 00:35:17,014 --> 00:35:18,182 WE CAN DO TO CREATE EFFICIENCIES 994 00:35:18,182 --> 00:35:19,584 AND THAT IS ABOUT PUBLIC 995 00:35:19,584 --> 00:35:20,818 SERVANTS ADDING UP AND TALKING 996 00:35:20,818 --> 00:35:22,186 TO THE PUBLIC SERVANTS. THAT IS 997 00:35:22,186 --> 00:35:31,629 WHAT I'M EXCITED TO DO. 998 00:35:31,629 --> 00:35:32,430 >> REALLY APPRECIATE THAT 999 00:35:32,430 --> 00:35:33,664 RESPONSE. CHAIR, IF I MAY, I 1000 00:35:33,664 --> 00:35:34,799 HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION FOR 1001 00:35:34,799 --> 00:35:36,000 TODAY. IT KIND OF REFLECTS THE 1002 00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:36,968 PUBLIC COMMENT WE HEARD TODAY, 1003 00:35:36,968 --> 00:35:38,302 JUST HEARING DIRECTLY FROM 1004 00:35:38,302 --> 00:35:39,570 WORKING ARTISTS. I KNOW, IN MY 1005 00:35:39,570 --> 00:35:41,272 WORK, ONCE UPON A TIME I WAS A 1006 00:35:41,272 --> 00:35:42,073 KID'S ARTS TEACHER, CERAMICS 1007 00:35:42,073 --> 00:35:43,074 AND SCULPTURE. MINIMUM WAGE BUT 1008 00:35:43,074 --> 00:35:44,876 ONE OF THE COOLEST JOBS I EVER 1009 00:35:44,876 --> 00:35:46,511 HAD. I KNOW THE ARTS FOR ME 1010 00:35:46,511 --> 00:35:49,647 GROWING UP WAS MY SAFE SPACE. 1011 00:35:49,647 --> 00:35:50,715 BUT, IT CAN BE TREMENDOUSLY HARD 1012 00:35:50,715 --> 00:35:59,857 TO MAKE IT AS A WORKING ARTIST 1013 00:35:59,857 --> 00:36:01,259 IN THIS CITY OR SOMEONE WORKING 1014 00:36:01,259 --> 00:36:01,893 WITHIN THE CREATIVE ECONOMY. I 1015 00:36:01,893 --> 00:36:03,027 AM WONDERING, AS A FINAL NOTE, 1016 00:36:03,027 --> 00:36:04,295 WHAT MESSAGE DO YOU HAVE FOR 1017 00:36:04,295 --> 00:36:05,363 WORKING ARTISTS THAT ARE TRAINED 1018 00:36:05,363 --> 00:36:07,365 TO MAKE IT IN THIS CITY THAT IS 1019 00:36:07,365 --> 00:36:08,332 FACING SO MANY OF PORTABILITY 1020 00:36:08,332 --> 00:36:08,699 CHALLENGES? 1021 00:36:08,699 --> 00:36:09,700 >> I WOULD START BY SAYING 1022 00:36:09,700 --> 00:36:11,168 YOU'RE NOT ALONE. I THINK A BIG 1023 00:36:11,168 --> 00:36:12,370 CHALLENGE WITH AMERICAN CULTURE 1024 00:36:12,370 --> 00:36:16,040 IS , THIS IS THE SUBSET OF 1025 00:36:16,040 --> 00:36:17,642 INDIVIDUALS THAT IF YOU DO NOT 1026 00:36:17,642 --> 00:36:20,378 SUCCEED IT IS YOUR OWN FAULT. 1027 00:36:20,378 --> 00:36:21,846 BUT INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS THAT ARE 1028 00:36:21,846 --> 00:36:22,780 STRUGGLING AND WORKING, YOU SAID 1029 00:36:22,780 --> 00:36:30,454 IT, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, 1030 00:36:30,454 --> 00:36:31,355 AFFORDABILITY IS MACRO. IT'S 1031 00:36:31,355 --> 00:36:32,823 THE ROLE OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR TO 1032 00:36:32,823 --> 00:36:33,824 DO BETTER, TO SERVE ITS PEOPLE. 1033 00:36:33,824 --> 00:36:35,359 I BELIEVE WE CAN DO THAT. I 1034 00:36:35,359 --> 00:36:38,563 THINK ABOUT HOW OFTEN ARTISTS, 1035 00:36:38,563 --> 00:36:39,830 ARTS AND CULTURE, TO YOUR POINT, 1036 00:36:39,830 --> 00:36:41,032 ARE SEGMENTED AS AN ISLAND. BUT 1037 00:36:41,032 --> 00:36:42,066 ARTISTS ARE ALSO, THEY ARE 1038 00:36:42,066 --> 00:36:43,634 TAXPAYERS. FROM DEBBIE NINE AND 1039 00:36:43,634 --> 00:36:45,570 1099 PERSPECTIVES. BUT THEY ARE 1040 00:36:45,570 --> 00:36:48,105 PARENTS. MOTHERS, CHILDREN, THEY 1041 00:36:48,105 --> 00:36:49,173 FIT SO MANY DIFFERENT 1042 00:36:49,173 --> 00:36:51,142 CROSS-SECTIONS OF WHO WE SERVE. 1043 00:36:51,142 --> 00:36:55,313 AND, I ALSO HEAR THIS QUITE 1044 00:36:55,313 --> 00:37:00,618 OFTEN. WHEN YOU WORK WITHIN THE 1045 00:37:00,618 --> 00:37:01,886 CREATIVE ECONOMY YOU ARE AN 1046 00:37:01,886 --> 00:37:02,753 ARTIST AND CULTURAL WORKER, YOU 1047 00:37:02,753 --> 00:37:08,859 TAKE WHICH CAN GET. AND I WANT 1048 00:37:08,859 --> 00:37:10,061 TO PUSH AND SAY, ASK, DEMAND 1049 00:37:10,061 --> 00:37:11,829 MORE OF ME IN THIS POSITION IF 1050 00:37:11,829 --> 00:37:12,697 I'M SO LUCKY, DEMAND MORE OF 1051 00:37:12,697 --> 00:37:13,698 YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. YOU ARE 1052 00:37:13,698 --> 00:37:15,266 ENTITLED TO THAT SERVICE. YOU'RE 1053 00:37:15,266 --> 00:37:18,536 ENTITLED TO MATTER. JUST AS WE 1054 00:37:18,536 --> 00:37:20,571 SAY HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT, 1055 00:37:20,571 --> 00:37:23,474 ARTS AND CULTURE IS THE WHY, WHY 1056 00:37:23,474 --> 00:37:25,142 DO WE BUILD BUILDINGS IF WE ARE 1057 00:37:25,142 --> 00:37:26,677 NOT THINKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE 1058 00:37:26,677 --> 00:37:28,312 WHO LIVE IN THEM? 1059 00:37:28,312 --> 00:37:38,856 >> BEAUTIFULLY PUT. PUTTING THE 1060 00:37:38,990 --> 00:37:39,890 SERVANT AND PUBLIC SERVANT OUT. 1061 00:37:39,890 --> 00:37:41,392 I THANK YOU FOR THOSE ANSWERS TO 1062 00:37:41,392 --> 00:37:42,526 MY QUESTIONS. I'M EXCITED TO 1063 00:37:42,526 --> 00:37:43,394 ADVANCE THIS APPOINTMENT. THANK 1064 00:37:43,394 --> 00:37:44,362 YOU, CHAIR. 1065 00:37:44,362 --> 00:37:44,962 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 1066 00:37:44,962 --> 00:37:46,063 RINCK, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, 1067 00:37:46,063 --> 00:37:47,565 INTERIM NGUYEN. I GET TO ASK A 1068 00:37:47,565 --> 00:37:49,000 FEW MY OWN QUESTIONS. IT IS A 1069 00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:50,067 PLEASURE, IT'S GENERALLY A 1070 00:37:50,067 --> 00:37:51,302 PLEASURE TO GET YOU HERE TO 1071 00:37:51,302 --> 00:37:52,503 REFLECT AND THINK ABOUT THE WAY 1072 00:37:52,503 --> 00:37:54,138 THAT OUR CITY IS CONNECTED . 1073 00:37:54,138 --> 00:37:58,275 THAT ARTISTS ARE JUST ARTISTS , 1074 00:37:58,275 --> 00:37:59,176 THEIR PARENTS AND TEACHERS AND 1075 00:37:59,176 --> 00:38:03,080 THEY RIDE THE BUS, ET CETERA. AS 1076 00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:04,015 WELL AS THE CONNECTION TO 1077 00:38:04,015 --> 00:38:05,016 COMMITTEE. I WANT TO TURN A 1078 00:38:05,016 --> 00:38:06,684 LITTLE MORE INTO DISPLACEMENT. I 1079 00:38:06,684 --> 00:38:08,486 WOULD LOVE IF YOU CAN SHARE WITH 1080 00:38:08,486 --> 00:38:10,788 US STRATEGIES YOU THINK ARE 1081 00:38:10,788 --> 00:38:13,858 IMPORTANT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT 1082 00:38:13,858 --> 00:38:14,759 PREVENTING DISPLACEMENT OF 1083 00:38:14,759 --> 00:38:16,060 ARTISTS AND CULTURAL 1084 00:38:16,060 --> 00:38:17,028 ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS MOMENT AS 1085 00:38:17,028 --> 00:38:18,129 A CITY. 1086 00:38:18,129 --> 00:38:24,735 >> ABSOLUTELY. I AM GOING TO TRY 1087 00:38:24,735 --> 00:38:26,170 TO -- THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF 1088 00:38:26,170 --> 00:38:27,338 THE THINGS I GET MOST PASSIONATE 1089 00:38:27,338 --> 00:38:28,539 ABOUT. JEFF FOSTER, I WILL TRY 1090 00:38:28,539 --> 00:38:32,543 TO KEEP IT MORE CONCISE. ARTS 1091 00:38:32,543 --> 00:38:34,211 AND CULTURE, ARTISTS HAVE BEEN 1092 00:38:34,211 --> 00:38:36,947 LEFT OFF OF THE REAL ESTATE 1093 00:38:36,947 --> 00:38:38,582 PRE-DEVELOPMENT CONVERSATIONS. 1094 00:38:38,582 --> 00:38:40,017 IT IS OFTEN ARTISTS ARE BROUGHT 1095 00:38:40,017 --> 00:38:42,553 IN AT THE END. BUT IF WE WERE TO 1096 00:38:42,553 --> 00:38:45,256 ADDRESS , TAKE HOUSING 1097 00:38:45,256 --> 00:38:47,992 PORTABILITY , AND CENTER WHAT IT 1098 00:38:47,992 --> 00:38:50,494 IS FOR ARTISTS AND ARTIST 1099 00:38:50,494 --> 00:38:54,532 COMMUNITIES TO LIVE THERE, THE 1100 00:38:54,532 --> 00:38:55,099 ENTIRE PIPELINE WILL LOOK 1101 00:38:55,099 --> 00:38:57,668 DIFFERENT. NOT ONLY, I WOULD 1102 00:38:57,668 --> 00:38:58,903 TAKE THE ARGUMENT OF EVEN THE 1103 00:38:58,903 --> 00:39:00,171 CAPITAL STAFF LOOK DIFFERENTLY 1104 00:39:00,171 --> 00:39:04,575 INTO THE FINAL PRODUCT OF, 1105 00:39:04,575 --> 00:39:06,210 ANYWAY, SORRY, I'M GOING TO'S 1106 00:39:06,210 --> 00:39:08,813 THE CONTRACT. I GET VERY 1107 00:39:08,813 --> 00:39:13,317 PASSIONATE. WHEN I THINK ABOUT 1108 00:39:13,317 --> 00:39:14,852 WHAT THE PUBLIC SECTOR NEEDS TO 1109 00:39:14,852 --> 00:39:18,856 DO ON ANTI-DISPLACEMENT, WE HAVE 1110 00:39:18,856 --> 00:39:26,030 TO ACT NOW , WE ARE LATE, WE ARE 1111 00:39:26,030 --> 00:39:27,064 BEHIND. WE WILL LOSE THE ARTISTS 1112 00:39:27,064 --> 00:39:28,966 WE HAVE NOW IF WE DON'T INVEST 1113 00:39:28,966 --> 00:39:30,367 IN THE PIPELINE FOR FUTURE 1114 00:39:30,367 --> 00:39:31,736 ARTISTS. BUT ALSO, RECOGNIZING 1115 00:39:31,736 --> 00:39:34,705 THAT WE HAVEN'T EVEN BUILT THE 1116 00:39:34,705 --> 00:39:36,107 ECOSYSTEM FOR ARTISTS TO HAVE 1117 00:39:36,107 --> 00:39:39,643 FAMILIES AND THAT COMES DOWN TO 1118 00:39:39,643 --> 00:39:44,081 HOW MUCH WE HAVE DELIVERED ON 1119 00:39:44,081 --> 00:39:45,483 ONE BEDROOMS AND TWO BEDROOMS 1120 00:39:45,483 --> 00:39:46,851 AND THEN WE THINK ABOUT WHAT IT 1121 00:39:46,851 --> 00:39:47,918 IS TO CREATE SPACE. HOW LITTLE 1122 00:39:47,918 --> 00:39:49,186 AFFORDABLE STUDIO SPACE THERE 1123 00:39:49,186 --> 00:39:51,956 IS. AND THAT IS BEST REFLECTED 1124 00:39:51,956 --> 00:39:57,361 IN WATERSHED COMMUNITY 1125 00:39:57,361 --> 00:39:57,995 DEVELOPMENT, EQUINOX STUDIOS, 1126 00:39:57,995 --> 00:40:02,466 THAT FLUCTUATES BETWEEN 1% TO 3% 1127 00:40:02,466 --> 00:40:03,400 VACANCY ON COMMERCIAL STUDIO 1128 00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:04,969 SPACE. THAT IS AMAZING TO HAVE 1129 00:40:04,969 --> 00:40:06,837 THAT. I LISTEN TO THAT AND I GO, 1130 00:40:06,837 --> 00:40:09,173 WE NEED MORE. THAT LEVEL OF 1131 00:40:09,173 --> 00:40:12,209 VACANCY, ESPECIALLY AT THAT 1132 00:40:12,209 --> 00:40:14,078 RATE, THAT IS A KEY INDICATOR OF 1133 00:40:14,078 --> 00:40:16,514 DEMAND. SORRY, WHAT IS THE FULL 1134 00:40:16,514 --> 00:40:22,987 QUESTION? I WANT TO MAKE SURE -- 1135 00:40:22,987 --> 00:40:24,221 YOU ASKED FOR SOLUTIONS. WHAT WE 1136 00:40:24,221 --> 00:40:25,356 CAN DO MORE OF. 1137 00:40:25,356 --> 00:40:27,191 >> I WAS TEEING YOU UP TO GO 1138 00:40:27,191 --> 00:40:35,132 OFF. LET ME BRING IT BACK. I 1139 00:40:35,132 --> 00:40:36,467 THINK THE REASON I WANTED TO 1140 00:40:36,467 --> 00:40:37,535 BRING THIS QUESTION, WE'VE HAD 1141 00:40:37,535 --> 00:40:38,068 INTERESTING CONVERSATION 1142 00:40:38,068 --> 00:40:38,803 ONE-ON-ONE ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT 1143 00:40:38,803 --> 00:40:40,271 IT IS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE 1144 00:40:40,271 --> 00:40:41,071 PROTECTING AND PAYING ATTENTION 1145 00:40:41,071 --> 00:40:51,615 TO THE NEED IN OUR ART COMMUNITY 1146 00:40:53,217 --> 00:40:54,251 AND IN PARTICULARLY TO MAKE SURE 1147 00:40:54,251 --> 00:40:55,152 OUR CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS HAVE 1148 00:40:55,152 --> 00:40:56,554 STABILITY. THAT IS PART OF WHAT 1149 00:40:56,554 --> 00:40:58,155 I HAD IN MIND WAS ASKING THAT 1150 00:40:58,155 --> 00:40:58,923 QUESTION. OFTEN WE ARE THINKING 1151 00:40:58,923 --> 00:40:59,824 ABOUT DISPLACEMENT AND WE ARE 1152 00:40:59,824 --> 00:41:00,658 THINKING ABOUT INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE 1153 00:41:00,658 --> 00:41:02,092 AS WE SHOULD AND IS WE WILL 1154 00:41:02,092 --> 00:41:03,327 CONTINUE TOO. IT IS ALSO, I 1155 00:41:03,327 --> 00:41:04,328 BELIEVE, IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE 1156 00:41:04,328 --> 00:41:05,396 WE ARE INVESTING IN PRESERVING 1157 00:41:05,396 --> 00:41:06,463 OUR INSTITUTIONS. I WAS TRYING 1158 00:41:06,463 --> 00:41:07,898 TO TO YOU UP FOR COMMENTS AROUND 1159 00:41:07,898 --> 00:41:08,732 OUR ARTS AND CULTURAL 1160 00:41:08,732 --> 00:41:09,400 INSTITUTIONS AND THE 1161 00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:09,733 PRESERVATION. 1162 00:41:09,733 --> 00:41:10,601 >> THANK YOU. I REALLY 1163 00:41:10,601 --> 00:41:12,036 APPRECIATE THAT. I WENT OFF THE 1164 00:41:12,036 --> 00:41:17,541 RAILS. I REALIZE THAT. ONE OF 1165 00:41:17,541 --> 00:41:19,944 THE -- I AM GOING TO GO INTO ONE 1166 00:41:19,944 --> 00:41:23,781 OF THE VERY MANY FANTASTIC 1167 00:41:23,781 --> 00:41:24,949 PROGRAMS THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND 1168 00:41:24,949 --> 00:41:26,083 CULTURE HAS. BUT MORE TO 1169 00:41:26,083 --> 00:41:31,355 DEMONSTRATE THE NEEDS COMPONENT. 1170 00:41:31,355 --> 00:41:32,923 WE IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM CALLED 1171 00:41:32,923 --> 00:41:33,791 THE CULTURAL FACILITIES FUND. 1172 00:41:33,791 --> 00:41:39,630 AND THIS PROGRAM HAS, IN THE 1173 00:41:39,630 --> 00:41:40,564 PREVIOUS CYCLE, WE WERE ABLE TO 1174 00:41:40,564 --> 00:41:48,038 GRANT $400,000, THAT IS NOTHING 1175 00:41:48,038 --> 00:41:49,240 , WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NUMBERS 1176 00:41:49,240 --> 00:41:50,608 AND ACTUALLY WE ARE ABLE TO 1177 00:41:50,608 --> 00:41:51,642 CALCULATE WHAT THE CAPITAL NEEDS 1178 00:41:51,642 --> 00:41:53,010 WERE FOR IT, IT WAS UPWARDS OF 1179 00:41:53,010 --> 00:41:56,046 $90 MILLION. $400,000 TO THE $90 1180 00:41:56,046 --> 00:42:00,084 MILLION NEEDS OF IT, WE NEED TO 1181 00:42:00,084 --> 00:42:01,385 DO MORE. WE NEED TO INVEST MORE. 1182 00:42:01,385 --> 00:42:06,323 THE RECOGNITION THAT WE HAVE 1183 00:42:06,323 --> 00:42:07,458 LIMITED PUBLIC DOLLARS PUSHES ME 1184 00:42:07,458 --> 00:42:08,592 TO THINK ABOUT WHAT IS WITHIN 1185 00:42:08,592 --> 00:42:13,163 OUR EXISTING TOOLKIT THAT WE CAN 1186 00:42:13,163 --> 00:42:14,298 LEVERAGE AND HAVE BETTER 1187 00:42:14,298 --> 00:42:16,133 INTEGRATION WITH? AND, ALSO 1188 00:42:16,133 --> 00:42:18,836 THINKING ABOUT WHAT IS THE 1189 00:42:18,836 --> 00:42:20,538 MARRIAGE BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND 1190 00:42:20,538 --> 00:42:26,944 PRIVATE WITHIN OUR CONTROL? ONE 1191 00:42:26,944 --> 00:42:29,380 OF THE THINGS I'M INTERESTED IN 1192 00:42:29,380 --> 00:42:30,414 BUILDING STRONGER RELATIONSHIPS 1193 00:42:30,414 --> 00:42:32,016 IS SEEING HOW WE CAN HAVE ARTS 1194 00:42:32,016 --> 00:42:35,219 AND CULTURE BE POSITIONED TO BE 1195 00:42:35,219 --> 00:42:35,986 BETTER PARTNERS WITHIN EXISTING 1196 00:42:35,986 --> 00:42:39,924 CAPITAL DEPARTMENTS. THAT MEANS 1197 00:42:39,924 --> 00:42:41,926 WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE SEATTLE 1198 00:42:41,926 --> 00:42:43,494 TRANSPORTATION LEVY, THERE IS SO 1199 00:42:43,494 --> 00:42:47,998 MUCH EXCITEMENT THAT WAS 1200 00:42:47,998 --> 00:42:48,866 EMBEDDED WITHIN SEATTLE 1201 00:42:48,866 --> 00:42:49,433 TRANSPORTATION PLAN AROUND 1202 00:42:49,433 --> 00:42:50,701 PEOPLE STREETS. AROUND WAYS OF 1203 00:42:50,701 --> 00:42:53,003 ACTIVATION THAT IS A PERFECT 1204 00:42:53,003 --> 00:42:55,005 MARRIAGE FOR US IN THE OFFICE OF 1205 00:42:55,005 --> 00:42:56,440 ARTS AND CULTURE TO BE 1206 00:42:56,440 --> 00:42:58,142 DELIVERING FOR CULTURAL 1207 00:42:58,142 --> 00:42:58,976 INSTITUTIONS AND ADVOCATING FOR 1208 00:42:58,976 --> 00:43:00,444 THEM TO GET THE INVESTMENTS THEY 1209 00:43:00,444 --> 00:43:09,553 NEED IN CAPITAL OUTSIDE OF THE 1210 00:43:09,553 --> 00:43:11,121 FACILITIES. WE HAVE A FIGHT IN 1211 00:43:11,121 --> 00:43:12,222 FRONT OF US TO ENSURE THAT THE 1212 00:43:12,222 --> 00:43:13,424 PUBLIC SECTOR IS PLAYING ITS 1213 00:43:13,424 --> 00:43:14,491 ROLE AND ALSO STABILIZING THE 1214 00:43:14,491 --> 00:43:15,292 ENVIRONMENT FOR ARTS AND 1215 00:43:15,292 --> 00:43:15,793 CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS. 1216 00:43:15,793 --> 00:43:17,528 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. MY FINAL 1217 00:43:17,528 --> 00:43:21,999 QUESTION, I AM OBVIOUSLY PART OF 1218 00:43:21,999 --> 00:43:23,200 THE ROLE FOR THE ARTS AND 1219 00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:24,635 CULTURE DIRECTOR IS TO HAVE A 1220 00:43:24,635 --> 00:43:26,036 VISION, IS TO BE ABLE TO 1221 00:43:26,036 --> 00:43:27,738 COLLABORATE AND WORK ACROSS 1222 00:43:27,738 --> 00:43:38,215 DEPARTMENTS . IT HAS BEEN A 1223 00:43:38,816 --> 00:43:39,617 PLEASURE TO HEAR YOU SPEAK ABOUT 1224 00:43:39,617 --> 00:43:42,319 THAT TODAY. I WANT TO ASK YOU TO 1225 00:43:42,319 --> 00:43:43,420 CLOSE UP BY SPEAKING ABOUT YOUR 1226 00:43:43,420 --> 00:43:43,988 ROLE AS LEADER OF THE STAFF 1227 00:43:43,988 --> 00:43:45,589 TEAM. WE KNOW THE CITY IS MADE 1228 00:43:45,589 --> 00:43:46,390 UP OF INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE WHO ARE 1229 00:43:46,390 --> 00:43:47,057 WORKING REALLY HARD, WHETHER 1230 00:43:47,057 --> 00:43:48,292 THAT IS ARE GRANTS MANAGERS, OUR 1231 00:43:48,292 --> 00:43:48,926 FACILITIES FOLKS, KINGSTREE, 1232 00:43:48,926 --> 00:43:50,361 WHETHER THAT IS ANY OF THE OTHER 1233 00:43:50,361 --> 00:43:51,595 FABULOUS FOLKS IN THE OFFICE OF 1234 00:43:51,595 --> 00:43:52,896 ARTS AND CULTURE. AND I WOULD 1235 00:43:52,896 --> 00:43:54,264 LIKE TO ASK YOU TO SPEAK BRIEFLY 1236 00:43:54,264 --> 00:43:55,666 TO HOW YOU THINK ABOUT ENSURING 1237 00:43:55,666 --> 00:43:56,767 SUCCESS OF YOUR TEAM FROM A 1238 00:43:56,767 --> 00:43:57,668 MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE. 1239 00:43:57,668 --> 00:43:59,603 >> ABSOLUTELY. I THINK ABOUT -- 1240 00:43:59,603 --> 00:44:03,107 THIS WILL BE MY FIRST TIME IN A 1241 00:44:03,107 --> 00:44:07,344 QUOTE" NUMBER ONE ROLE. AND I AM 1242 00:44:07,344 --> 00:44:09,613 PROUD TO HAVE STARTED AND 1243 00:44:09,613 --> 00:44:11,115 PROGRESSIVELY BEEN ABLE TO MOVE 1244 00:44:11,115 --> 00:44:18,088 UP IN THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE 1245 00:44:18,088 --> 00:44:19,823 ROLE IN FOR TO BE. I SAY THAT TO 1246 00:44:19,823 --> 00:44:21,592 PUT INTO PERSPECTIVE THAT WE ARE 1247 00:44:21,592 --> 00:44:24,695 NOTHING WITHOUT OUR STAFF. OUR 1248 00:44:24,695 --> 00:44:26,063 STAFF ARE THE ONES THAT ARE 1249 00:44:26,063 --> 00:44:27,998 GETTING THE WORK DONE. IT IS THE 1250 00:44:27,998 --> 00:44:30,034 STAFF THAT ARE THE HEART OF OUR 1251 00:44:30,034 --> 00:44:33,203 CITY. PUBLIC SERVANTS ARE NOT 1252 00:44:33,203 --> 00:44:38,742 JUST PUBLIC SERVANTS. THEY ARE 1253 00:44:38,742 --> 00:44:40,310 THE ONES THAT, I AM PROUD OF 1254 00:44:40,310 --> 00:44:41,812 THIS OFFICE BECAUSE SO MANY OF 1255 00:44:41,812 --> 00:44:42,446 OUR STAFF ARE ARTISTS 1256 00:44:42,446 --> 00:44:44,081 THEMSELVES. AND A BIG PART OF MY 1257 00:44:44,081 --> 00:44:45,149 LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES COME FROM 1258 00:44:45,149 --> 00:44:54,158 A PLACE OF KNOWING THAT , AND 1259 00:44:54,158 --> 00:44:55,392 THIS GOES BACK TO MY FEELINGS ON 1260 00:44:55,392 --> 00:44:56,060 AMERICAN INDIVIDUALISM, I 1261 00:44:56,060 --> 00:44:57,127 BELIEVE IN THE COLLECTIVE AND I 1262 00:44:57,127 --> 00:44:57,861 BELIEVE IN INCREASING THE 1263 00:44:57,861 --> 00:44:59,830 KNOWLEDGE OF OUR STAFF TO MOVE 1264 00:44:59,830 --> 00:45:01,899 THIS FORWARD . TO MOVE THIS WORK 1265 00:45:01,899 --> 00:45:03,167 FORWARD, BECAUSE OUR SECTOR 1266 00:45:03,167 --> 00:45:07,704 NEEDS IT. AND HOW DOES THAT SHOW 1267 00:45:07,704 --> 00:45:08,772 UP IN PRACTICE? THIS OFFICE HAS 1268 00:45:08,772 --> 00:45:11,008 GONE THROUGH SO MUCH INNOVATION 1269 00:45:11,008 --> 00:45:12,142 AND CHANGE. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE 1270 00:45:12,142 --> 00:45:16,447 THE PREVIOUS DIRECTOR AND THE 1271 00:45:16,447 --> 00:45:17,681 STAFF FOR THE AMOUNT OF TIME, 1272 00:45:17,681 --> 00:45:20,417 ENERGY THEY PUT INTO DEVELOPING 1273 00:45:20,417 --> 00:45:22,419 A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT FOCUSED 1274 00:45:22,419 --> 00:45:24,221 REALLY INTERNALLY AND IS ALSO 1275 00:45:24,221 --> 00:45:25,456 AVAILABLE ONLINE IF YOU WANT TO 1276 00:45:25,456 --> 00:45:30,728 READ IT, -- AND FOR ME COMING IN 1277 00:45:30,728 --> 00:45:32,463 AS A LEADER HERE IT'S IMPORTANT 1278 00:45:32,463 --> 00:45:35,032 FOR ME TO NOT BE AN AGENT OF 1279 00:45:35,032 --> 00:45:39,737 CHAOS. WE NEED TO CREATE MORE 1280 00:45:39,737 --> 00:45:45,409 STABILITY, RESILIENCY, SO THAT 1281 00:45:45,409 --> 00:45:46,710 IS MY PRIORITY WITHIN THIS YEAR. 1282 00:45:46,710 --> 00:45:47,244 STABILITY AND RESILIENCY. 1283 00:45:47,244 --> 00:45:50,247 TRUSTING MY STAFF. BECAUSE THEY 1284 00:45:50,247 --> 00:45:51,348 KNOW BETTER FROM PUBLIC ART TO 1285 00:45:51,348 --> 00:45:51,949 CREATIVE PLACE MAKING, 1286 00:45:51,949 --> 00:45:55,786 PARTNERSHIPS AND GRANTS. AND 1287 00:45:55,786 --> 00:45:56,887 ALSO BEING STRATEGIC ABOUT WHERE 1288 00:45:56,887 --> 00:45:59,089 MY TIME IS INVESTED. I SEE MY 1289 00:45:59,089 --> 00:46:02,526 MANDATE AS , I NEED TO OPEN THE 1290 00:46:02,526 --> 00:46:05,162 DOORS SO THAT WE ARE AT THE 1291 00:46:05,162 --> 00:46:06,497 TABLES WE HAVE BEEN MISSING 1292 00:46:06,497 --> 00:46:08,065 BEFORE. 1293 00:46:08,065 --> 00:46:10,234 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU 1294 00:46:10,234 --> 00:46:13,704 FOR BEING HERE WITH US TODAY. 1295 00:46:13,704 --> 00:46:14,938 I'M JUST GOING TO CHECK THAT 1296 00:46:14,938 --> 00:46:16,540 THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS 1297 00:46:16,540 --> 00:46:18,709 FROM COLLEAGUES. AND, SEEING 1298 00:46:18,709 --> 00:46:23,881 NONE, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU 1299 00:46:23,881 --> 00:46:25,115 FOR THE TIME AND THANK YOU FOR 1300 00:46:25,115 --> 00:46:26,617 YOUR COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC 1301 00:46:26,617 --> 00:46:30,420 SERVICE. MY OFFICE, JUST TO 1302 00:46:30,420 --> 00:46:31,088 REDIRECT, WE WILL HANDLE A 1303 00:46:31,088 --> 00:46:32,189 REQUEST TO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO 1304 00:46:32,189 --> 00:46:32,990 SUBMIT QUESTIONS TO INTERIM 1305 00:46:32,990 --> 00:46:36,059 NGUYEN AND WE PLAN TO HOLD AT 1306 00:46:36,059 --> 00:46:37,127 OUR NEXT COMMITTEE HEARING. WITH 1307 00:46:37,127 --> 00:46:38,662 THAT, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US 1308 00:46:38,662 --> 00:46:40,497 TODAY. COLLEAGUES, IS THERE ANY 1309 00:46:40,497 --> 00:46:42,166 FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE 1310 00:46:42,166 --> 00:46:46,036 THE COMMITTEE? ALL RIGHT. SEEING 1311 00:46:46,036 --> 00:46:47,371 NONE, THIS CONCLUDES THE APRIL 1312 00:46:47,371 --> 00:46:52,176 8, 22026 OF THE HOUSING, ARTS, 1313 00:46:52,176 --> 00:46:53,143 AND CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEE. OUR 1314 00:46:53,143 --> 00:46:54,244 NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING IS APRIL 1315 00:46:54,244 --> 00:46:55,479 22. THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING. 1316 00:46:55,479 --> 00:46:58,815 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR.