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"text": "COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE: COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE .\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK.\nCOUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.\nCOUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON.\nCOUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.\nCOUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.\nCOUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON .\nSIX PRESENT: SIX PRESENT.\nIF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE\nMINUTES OF JULY SEVEN, 2025,\nWILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING NO\nOBJECTION, THE MINUTES ARE\nADOPTED. PRESIDENTS REPORT\nTODAY. I WILL BE PROVIDING AN\nUPDATE ON THE THEY CAN SEE\nFILLING PROCESS. WE RECEIVED A\n22 APPLICATIONS WHICH WERE\nDISTRIBUTEE WILL ON FRIDAY.\nALSO PUBLISHED ON THE CLERK'S\nWEBSITE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC.\nWE ARE NOW ON DAY SEVEN OF THE\n20 DAY TIMELINE. THIS PROCESS\nWILL REPLICATE WHAT WE HAVE DONE\nFOR THE TWO OTHER VACANCY\nBILLING PROCESSES. TOMORROW\nAFTER FULL COUNSEL, THERE WILL\nBE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR US\nTO DISCUSS THE VACANCY . WEWILL\nTHEN HAVE A SPECIAL COUNCIL\nMEETING AT 9:30 THIS THURSDAY ,\nTHE 17TH, TO IDENTIFY FINALISTS.\nTHERE WERE TWO COMMITTEE GROUPS\nTHAT APPLIED TO HOST THE\nCANDIDATE FORUM WHICH IS PART OF\nTHE -- BY LAW, WE DO THAT. ONE\nPROPOSED A ZOOM MEETING AND THE\nOTHER PROPOSED A MEETING IN\nDISTRICT 5. I SELECTED THEM TO\nENSURE ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL AND\nCONSISTENCY WITH PASSED\nPRACTICE. THE CANDIDATE FORUM IS\nSCHEDULED FOR 7:00 P.M. ON\nMONDAY, JULY 21st. THAT WILL BE\nOPEN TO THE PUBLIC AT THE NORTH\nSEATTLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND OF\nCOURSE IT WILL BE BROADCAST BY\nTHE SEATTLE CHANNEL ONLINE AND\nOVER THE YEAR . AND THEN, THE\nNEXT REGULAR CITY COUNCIL\nMEETING NEXT TUESDAY, THE 22nd,\nWILL BEGIN ONE HOUR EARLIER THAN\nNORMAL AT 1:00 P.M. TO PROVIDE\nEXTRA TIME FOR US TO PUBLICLY\nINTERVIEW THE FINALISTS PRIOR TO\nTHE NORMAL COUNSEL BUSINESS .\nAND FINALLY, WE WILL HAVE THE\nVOTE TO APPOINT SOMEONE TO THE\nVACANCY IN TWO WEEKS ON MONDAY,\nJULY 28TH. AND THAT WILL BE DAY\n20, I BELIEVE. THIS WILL BE A\nSPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING INSTEAD\nOF THE COUNCIL WE THING ON THAT\nDAY . AND THEN THE RULES\nMAINTAINED THAT IF NO CANDIDATE\nIS SELECTED TO FILL THE VACANCY\nON THAT DAY, OUR APPOINTMENT\nWILL STIPULATE THAT WE MUST\nCONTINUE TO MEET EVERY DAY UNTIL\nSOMEONE IS SELECTED. THAT IS THE\nPROCESS. ARE THERE ANY\nQUESTIONS?\nYES.\nTHANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT: THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.\nYOU MENTIONED THERE WERE TWO\nGROUPS THAT APPLIED AND ONE WAS\nSELECTED.\nYES IT. WHO WAS THE GROUP\nSELECTED?\nTHE GROUP SELECTED WAS: THE GROUP SELECTED WAS\nUNIFIED OUTREACH.\nSOUNDS GOOD: SOUNDS GOOD .\nARE YOU ABLE TO SHARE WHO THE: ARE YOU ABLE TO SHARE WHO THE\nZOOM GROUP WAS?\nIT WAS A GROUP OF CITY: IT WAS A GROUP OF CITY\nCOMMISSIONS. I REMEMBER THE\nWOMEN'S COMMISSION BUT I DON'T\nREMEMBER THE OTHERS. THERE WAS A\nHANDFUL OF COMMISSIONS.\nTHANKS. I ALWAYS APPRECIATE\nAND PERSON OVER ZOOM EVERY DAY.\nINDEED: INDEED.\nTHERE ARE NO PROCLAMATIONS: THERE ARE NO PROCLAMATIONS\nFOR SIGNATURE TODAY SO WE WILL\nGO RIGHT INTO BLUE SKY. THIS\nWEEK'S ROLL CALL ROTATION\nBEGINS WITH COUNCILMEMBER\nKETTLE. PLEASE BEGIN AND THEN\nHANDED OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER\nRINCK.\nOKAY.\n[ INAUDIBLE ]\nYOUR MICROPHONE IS NOT ON: YOUR MICROPHONE IS NOT ON .\nGO AHEAD . I HAD TO DO THE\nALPHABET AND MY HEAD TO MAKE\nSURE THAT I WAS GOING IN THE\nRIGHT ORDER. GO AHEAD.\nTHANK YOU AGAIN COUNCIL: THANK YOU AGAIN COUNCIL\nPRESIDENT. AS USUAL, STARTING\nWITH PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.\nWE DO NOT HAVE A PUBLIC SAFETY\nCOMMITTEE THIS WEEK. THE SLOTIS\nTRANSPORTATION . NEXT WEEK, THE\nFOCUS WILL BE ON THE CRIMINAL\nJUSTICE SYSTEM AND DISCUSSIONS.\nAND PARTLY COMING OUT OF THE\nPUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE ARE TWO\nBILLS THAT WILL BE BEFORE FULL\nCOUNSEL MEETING TOMORROW. ONE IS\nTHE GRAFFITI BILL , GRAFFITI\nABATEMENT. AND THEN CHRONIC\nNUISANCE PROPERTIES BILL. AND\nBOTH SEEN IN COMMITTEE AND OUT\nCOMING TO FULL COUNSEL. WE DO\nHAVE SOME AMENDMENTS ON EACH\nBILL . I WILL LET MY COLLEAGUES\nSPEAK TO THOSE IF THEY LIKE. I\nDO BASICALLY HAVE ONE TECHNICAL\nFIX , PARTICULARLY WITH CHRONIC\nNUISANCE PROPERTY. AND SIMILARLY\nWITH THE GRAFFITI BILL TOO IN\nTERMS OF MAKING SURE THE WORK\nTHAT HAS BEEN DONE THUS FAR IS\nALSO CAPTURED IN THE PROCESS.\nRELATED TO GRAFFITI DOCUMENTING\nAND ACCOUNTING FOR RECENT\nGRAFFITI ACTIONS THAT HAVE\nHAPPENED. PRETTY\nSTRAIGHTFORWARD. FOR THOSE TWO.\nAND WE WILL HAVE CENTRAL STAFF\nPRESENT TO ASSIST IF NEEDED.\nTERMS OF SCHEDULES. THIS WEEK,\nTODAY, I SHOULD NOTE THAT I HAD\nAN INTERVIEW FOR THE OPA RECTOR.\nOFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.\nTHAT IS THE THIRD I HAVE MET\nWITH. THAT PROCESS IS ONGOING AS\nYOU KNOW. WE HAVE AN INTERIM\nDIRECTOR WITH MISSES GLENN . AND\nSO NOW , THE PROCESS IS\nUNFOLDING . IN TERMS OF\nAPPOINTING A FULL-TIME DIRECTOR\nOF THE OFFICE OF POLICE\nACCOUNTABILITY. TOMORROW, IT IS\nBASICALLY THE , IF YOU WILL, A\nGRAND OPENING, PRESS CONFERENCE\nFOR THE REALTIME CRIME CENTER.\nTHAT IS HAPPENING AT 11:00 . WE\nINFORMED COUNCILMEMBER CHAIR\nSAKA THAT HIS TEAM, I WOULD\nEXCUSE MYSELF FROM COMMITTEE A\nLITTLE BIT EARLY TO RUN ACROSS\nTHE STREET TO THE POLICE\nHEADQUARTERS FOR THAT PRESS\nCONFERENCE RELATED TO THE\nREALTIME CRIME CENTER. SPEAKING\nOF THE SPD, I WILL BE GOING TO\nTHE NORTH PRECINCT ON WEDNESDAY\n. AGAIN, THIS IS PART OF MY\nGOING OUT AND ABOUT TO ALL\nPRECINCTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.\nTHURSDAY, KING COUNTY BOARD OF\nHEALTH WITH MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES\nAROUND THE KING COUNTY BOARD OF\nHEALTH. FRIDAY, I THINK IT IS\nIMPORTANT , AND THIS HAS COME UP\nIN DIFFERENT WAYS. IT CAME UP IN\nA DISCUSSION REGARDING, DURING\nGOVERNANCE ACCOUNTABILITY AND\nECONOMIC ELEMENT COMMITTEE\nMEETING WORKING WITH THE KING\nCOUNTY COUNTERPART. I HAVE A\nMEETING WITH MY COUNTERPART .\nBOTH IN TERMS OF AREA OF\nCOVERAGE BUT ALSO AS MY SISTER\nCOMMITTEE AND THE KING COUNTY\nCOUNCIL. COUNCILMEMBER PERRONE\nAND TEAM WILL BE MEETING ON\nFRIDAY TO TALK THE VARIOUS\nISSUES RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY\nDIRECT AND BACK TO THE COMMUNITY\nMEETING . SOME OF THOSE PIECES\nAS IT GOES TO THE BUDGET. FOR\nNEXT WEEK, IT WILL BE CREATING A\nSAFER SEATTLE COMMUNITY FORUM ON\nMONDAY. THIS IS CHIEF BARNES.\nAND THAT WILL BE AT THE QUEEN\nANNE COMMUNITY CENTER. I WILL\nBE AT THE BIRDS CONNECT SEATTLE\nRIBBON-CUTTING. THEY HAVE A NEW\nHEADQUARTERS ON OLIVE WAY ON\nWEDNESDAY. SO BURGERS OUT\nTHERE. BIRDS CONNECT SEATTLE.\nIN THE PUGET SOUND COUNCIL\nEXECUTIVE BOARD IS THURSDAY.\nTHAT IS NEXT WEEK. SEPARATELY, I\nWANTED TO KNOW THAT I REALLY\nAPPRECIATE THE DOWNTOWN\nCOMMUNITY COUNCIL COMING . THE\nFULL GROUP COMING TO THE SAM\nSMITH TO TALK TO ISSUES RELATED\nTO DOWNTOWN. NOT BELLTOWN. NOT\nSELF TAKE -- SOUTHLAKE LENIENT\n-- NOT SOUTHLAKE UNION. NOT FIRE\nSQUARE. BUT THE AREA BETWEEN ALL\nOF THEM. THE DISTINCT DOWNTOWN.\nALSO, I HAD A MEETING WITH THE\nFIRST AVENUE TRANSIT ALLIANCE\nTALKING ABOUT BUS SERVICE AND\nTHE NEED FOR IT AND IDEAS ABOUT\nIT . AND THE GROUP HAS REACHED\nOUT TO MANY OF YOU. MY\nCOLLEAGUES. ALSO ON THE COUNTY\nSIDE. KING COUNTY METRO ENGAGING\nCOME REGARDING FIRST AVENUE BUS\nSERVICE. AND I DID HAVE IT ON MY\nLIST. SOMEBODY STUDIED IN\nFRANCE AND I WANTED TO WISH A\nHAPPY BEST DEAL DAY TO ALL OF\nOUR FRENCH CONNECTED RESIDENTS\nAND/OR FRANCOPHONES . HAPPY BEST\nDEAL DAY. THANK YOU .\nCORRECT: CORRECT.\nTHANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER\nKETTLE. COLLEAGUES, I'M BACK\nFROM CHICAGO. FOR THOSE WHO\nDIDN'T KNOW, I HAVE BEEN IN\nCHICAGO THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.\nTHE LOCAL PROGRESS NATIONAL\nCONVENING . JUST AN INCREDIBLE\nEVENT BEING ALONGSIDE\nREPRESENTING 38 STATES ACROSS\nTHE COUNTRY . TALKING THROUGH\nTHE CHALLENGES THAT WE FEEL\nEVERY DAY . AND IT IS A GOOD\nREMINDER THAT WE ARE NOT ALONE\nIN THESE CHALLENGES . SO MANY\nCITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE\nFACING STRUCTURAL BUDGET\nDEFICITS AND DEALING WITH THE\nRAMIFICATIONS OF THE BIG\nBETRAYAL BILL AND ALL THE\nRESIDENTS AND COPING WITH THIS\nNASTY DEPORTATION AGENDA WHICH\nIS FUELING CRUELTY ACROSS OUR\nCOUNTRY. IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE\nLAST COUPLE OF DAYS MEETING AND\nCONNECTING WITH CITY LEADERS\nACROSS THE COUNTRY AND TALKING\nABOUT THESE ISSUES. ALSO A\nCAUCUS ON LEGISLATION. I HAD THE\nOPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH\nELECTED OFFICIALS FROM NINE\nOTHER CITIES WHO ALSO HAVE\nPASSED ALGORITHMIC RENT FIXING\nAND COMPARING NOTES AND VERY HOW\nCERTAIN CITIES TACKLE THAT ISSUE\nAND ATTENDING WORKSHOPS RELATED\nTO IMMIGRATION AND HOUSING AND\nDISPLACEMENT , WORLD CUP AND\nSURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY. IT WAS\nREALLY AN INCREDIBLE PASSED\nCOUPLE OF DAYS. WE GOT TO HEAR\nDIRECTLY FROM MR. CHICAGO\nHIMSELF GIVING AN INCREDIBLE\nSPEECH. EXCITED TO BRING FORWARD\nAND CHAT WITH YOU ALL ABOUT SOME\nOF THE IDEAS THAT HAVE COME OUT\nOF THIS EVENT. AND I'M HAPPY TO\nBE BACK AND CONTINUE THE WORK\nAND ALSO, I WILL CLOSE ON THIS\nNOTE BY SAYING THAT WE HAVE A\nLOT OF FRIENDS ACROSS THE\nCOUNTRY AND THE MORE WE CAN FIND\nWAYS TO WORK WITH OTHER CITIES\nAND ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CITIES\nFACING MANY OF THE SAME\nCHALLENGES WE ARE, I THINK THAT\nWOULD BE A GOOD PATH FORWARD. ON\nTHAT NOTE, GOING TO SELECT\nBUDGET COMMITTEE ON WEDNESDAY AT\nTHE UPCOMING WEDNESDAY SELECT\nBUDGET MEETING, WE WILL BE\nCONTINUING THE DISCUSSION ON THE\nSEATTLE SHIELD INITIATIVE AND\nBNO TAX REBALANCING PROPOSAL\nTHAT BEGAN AT THE JULY 2nd\nFINANCE COMMITTEE. THIS WILL BE\nA BIT OF THE REPRISE OF THAT\nSECTION WITH AN ADDED BONUS THAT\nALL MEMBERS OF THE BODY WILL BE\nABLE TO GET THIS INFORMATION\nBRIEFING AT THE SAME TIME . AS\nA REMINDER, THE PROPOSAL WOULD\nRAISE THE BNO TAX SOCIAL\nEXEMPTION FROM $100,000, TO $2\nMILLION IN GROSS RECEIPTS AND\nCREATE A NEW BNO REDUCTION OF UP\nTO $2 MILLION. ABOUT EVAN D6%\nOF CURRENT BNO TAXPAYERS AND\nSMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZE BUSINESSES\nWOULD NO LONGER OWE TEXT TO THE\nCITY AND 90% OF BUSINESSES WOULD\nOWE LESS THAN THEY DO TODAY.\nAND BNO TAX RELIEF HAS BEEN\nHIGHLIGHTED BY SMALL BUSINESS\nLEADERS TO SUPPORT THE ECONOMY\nAND MAKE THE CITY MORE\nCOMPETITIVE WITH NEIGHBORING\nJURISDICTIONS AND HELP MORE\nJURISDICTIONS THRIVE. WE CRAFTED\nTHE LEGISLATION IN PARTNERSHIP\nWITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WITH\nTHREE SIMPLE GOALS IN MIND.\nCRITICAL CITY INVESTMENTS FROM\nCUTS AND A CHALLENGING BUDGET\nENVIRONMENT, SHIELD SMALL\nBUSINESSES FROM THE IMPACT OF\nRISING COST AND SHIELD OUR\nCOMMUNITY FROM THE MASSIVE CUTS\nOF FEDERAL FUNDING THAT WE ALL\nKNOW ARE COMING. MY OFFICE HAS\nCONTINUED OUTREACH TO SMALL\nBUSINESSES AROUND SEATTLE AND\nTHE RECEPTION CONTINUES TO BE\nREALLY STRONG IN FAVOR. BOTH IN\nTERMS OF TAX RELIEF BUT FOR\nPROTECTING HUMAN SERVICES AND\nSMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT. VERY\nMUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO\nCONTINUING THE CONVERSATION AND\nENSURING THAT SEATTLE VOTERS GET\nTO WEIGH AND ON THIS.\nMOVING TO LAND USE COMMITTEE: MOVING TO LAND USE COMMITTEE.\nTWO BILLS COMING FORWARD. WANT\nTO THANK COUNCILMEMBER\nSOLOMON'S PARTNERSHIP\nCOSPONSORING THE LEGISLATION AND\nINCENTIVIZING COMMUNITY AND THE\nAFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT\nPICK LASTLY, I WILL TOUCH ON THE\nSELECT COMMITTEE FOR FEDERAL\nADMINISTRATION AND POLICY\nCHANGES ON FRIDAY. WE WILL BE\nRECEIVING A BRIEFING FROM THE\nOFFICE OF EVER --\nINTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS ON\nTRUMP'S BIG BETRAYAL BILL AND\nWHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE ON THE\nCITY OF SEATTLE AND ON\nWASHINGTON STATE. WE WILL HAVE\nA PANEL OF HUMAN SERVICES AND\nSOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS\nINCLUDING THE SEATTLE HUMAN\nSERVICES COALITION, THE\nUNIVERSITY DISTRICT FOOD BANK\nAND THE COALITION ENDING SILENCE\nWHICH WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE\nLOCAL CONTEXT AS TO WHAT FEDERAL\nMEDICAID AND SNAP CUTS COULD\nLOOK LIKE . WITH THAT, JUST IN\nTIME, TO -- MY.\nQUICK QUESTION. I'M\nINTERESTED IN THE EVENT IN\nCHICAGO. YOU MENTIONED\nSURVEILLANCE. OBVIOUSLY, WE\nHAVE VOTED MANY TIMES IN THE\nLAST 18 MONTHS WITH REALTIME\nCRIME CENTER AND CC-TV AND THE\nVARIOUS BILLS WE HAVE DONE\nKEEPING WITH THE SEATTLE VALUES\nAND THE LIKE AND AND AND\nCOMMENDATION WITH THE OTHER\nBILLS THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING IN\nTERMS OF THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK\nPLAN. I'M JUST CURIOUS, A, IF\nTHERE IS ANY INTEREST IN WHAT\nSEATTLE IS DOING. I MORE THAN\nHAPPY TO TALK TO ANY OF THEM. WE\nDO HAVE A PLAN. WE ARE PUTTING\nIT FORWARD. IT IS A DYNAMIC PLAN\n. AND IT ALSO IS NOT KEEPING\nWITH SEATTLE'S VALUES AS FAR AS\nWORKING WITH ACCOUNTABILITY\nPARTNERS . I THINK IT IS A\nMODEL FOR OTHER CITIES AROUND\nTHE COUNTRY AND IF THERE WAS ANY\nINTEREST IN CHICAGO, I'M MORE\nTHAN HAPPY TO SPEAK WITH ANY OF\nTHOSE FOLKS .\nCERTAINLY. THERE ARE A LOT OF\nCITIES THAT HAVE TAKEN UP THIS\nKIND OF TECHNOLOGY. WE DIDN'T\nCAUCUS ON THIS. WE DID HAVE\nWORKSHOP SESSIONS JUST TALKING\nABOUT SOME OF THE POTENTIAL\nVULNERABILITIES THAT CAN COME UP\nWITH THE USE OF THIS KIND OF\nTECHNOLOGY THAT I KNOW HAS BEEN\nDISCUSSED. I WILL BE SURE TO\nSHARE THOSE MATERIALS AND I\nWOULD LOVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT\nHOW WE MAY BE DEPLOYING THIS IN\nA WAY THAT SUPPORTS -- AS YOU\nARE SAYING, REALLY LIVES UP TO\nSEATTLE VALUES.\nAND THROUGH SOME GREAT: AND THROUGH SOME GREAT\nAMENDMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES.\nTHANK YOU.\nOKAY, COLLEAGUES. APOLOGIES\nFOR SHOWING UP LATE. I WAS\nMEETING WITH THE CONSTITUENT IN\nTHE DISTRICT WHO WAS A LITTLE\nBIT UPSET ABOUT MAGNUSON PARK\nAND SOME OF THE NOISE ISSUES\nTHERE. AND THIS MORNING, I DID\nSMALL BUSINESS PUBLIC SAFETY\nLOCK, THIS TIME IN THE ROOSEVELT\nNEIGHBORHOOD. HEARING ABOUT A\nLOT OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES\nTHAT THE SMALL BUSINESSES ARE\nHAVING . THEY ARE HAVING\nBREAK-INS AND A LOT OF GRAFFITI\nTHAT IS HAPPENING AND ALSO,\nTHERE ARE FOLKS EXPERIENCING\nMENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION\nISSUES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT\nARE SOMETIMES ENTERING SMALL\nBUSINESSES. OBVIOUSLY, WE NEED\nTO RESPOND TO MAKE SURE FOLKS\nARE GETTING THE SERVICES THEY\nNEED AND BE RESPONSIVE TO THE\nSMALL BUSINESSES WHO ARE JUST\nTRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET. AND I\nWOULD SAY THAT I HEARD FROM ONE\nSMALL BUSINESS OWNER WHO , WAS\nTHAT ROOSEVELT, WHO -- WHERE\nPARKING -- SDOT HAD TAKEN OUT\nSOME PARKING BECAUSE THEY ARE\nDOING SOME BIKE LANES AND OTHER\nCONSTRUCTION WORK BUT IT HAS\nTRANSLATED INTO 50% WALK IN\nBUSINESS DECREASE FOR THAT SMALL\nBUSINESS. SO JUST TALKING ABOUT\nSOME OF THE SERIOUS ISSUES SMALL\nBUSINESS COMMUNITIES ARE FACING.\nTHAT IS A BIG HIT TO THE SMALL\nBUSINESS OWNER REVENUE. AND SO\nAS PART OF THE SMALL BUSINESS\nPUBLIC SAFETY WALK, I BRING A\nLOT OF THE DEPARTMENTS TOGETHER\nTO DO THESE WALKS. 70 WAS THERE\nFROM SDOT SO THEY COULD HEAR\nFIRSTHAND AND HAVE A\nCONVERSATION WITH THE BUSINESS\nOWNER ABOUT, WHAT CAN WE DO TO\nMITIGATE FOR THE LACK OF PARKING\nAND THE IMPACT -- THE HUGE\nIMPACT TO THE BUSINESS AND THERE\nWERE SOME GOOD CONVERSATIONS HAD\nABOUT WHAT WE COULD DO TO HELP\nIN TERMS OF EVEN DELIVERY\nSERVICES THERE AND IS THERE A\nWAY THAT WE CAN DO SOME BY\nPARKING, FOOD DELIVERY SIGNS\nFOLKS ARE ORDERING OUT AND HE IS\nABLE TO DO THE FOOD DELIVERY\nPART. THAT CAN BE HELPED ALONG\nSINCE WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING\nCURRENTLY ABOUT THE PARKING.\nTHOSE ARE THE KINDS OF ISSUES\nTHAT SMALL BUSINESSES ARE\nFACING. NOT JUST OBVIOUSLY IN\nOUR DISTRICT BUT ACROSS THE\nCITY. AND THIS IS REAL. AND I\nHAD FOLKS FROM -- OBVIOUSLY,\nSPD WAS THERE AND CHIEF SCOGGINS\nWAS THERE WHICH WAS GREAT\nBECAUSE WE HAVE SOME [ INAUDIBLE\n] IN THE DISTRICT AND WHETHER\nTHEY WERE IN A CONDITION. WE\nDON'T WANT TO ATTRACT FOLKS\nTHERE. IS IT SAFEGUARDED?\nBECAUSE HE HAVE FIRE WORRIED --\nFIRE WORRIES. IT WAS GOOD TO\nHAVE CHIEF SCOGGINS THERE AND I\nAPPRECIATE HIS PARTNERSHIP AND\nCHIEF BARNES PARTNERSHIP AND WE\nHAVE THE CLEAN CITIES FOLKS\nTHERE TOO. LIKE I SAID EARLIER,\nTHERE IS A LOT OF GRAFFITI. A\nLOT OF BUSINESS OWNERS DON'T\nKNOW SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES\nHAS A TEAM WHERE IF THEY CAN\nSIGN A WAIVER, THE SPU TEAM CAN\nCOME OUT AND HELP WITH CLEANUP\nOF THE GRAFFITI. SO THINGS OF\nTHAT NATURE. JUST MORE TOUCH\nPOINTS SO SMALL BUSINESSES NO\nTHESE SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO\nTHEM IS REALLY IMPORTANT. THEY\nDON'T ALWAYS KNOW THAT. TO ME ,\nFOR THE DISTRICT, IT IS EQUALLY\nIMPORTANT. THE RESIDENTS ARE\nOBVIOUSLY CONCERNED ABOUT PUBLIC\nSAFETY ISSUES AND AM CONSTANTLY\nWORKING WITH OUR FRIENDS IN THE\nMAYOR'S OFFICE AND SPD BRINGING\nATTENTION TO AND THEN SMALL\nBUSINESSES ALSO HAVE SOME PUBLIC\nSAFETY ISSUES WE ARE BRINGING\nATTENTION TO AND SEEING WHERE WE\nCAN PROVIDE SERVICES . IT WAS A\nREALLY GREAT CONVERSATION THIS\nMORNING. GREAT CONVERSATION. NOT\nSO GREAT THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL\nWITH ALL THESE PUBLIC SAFETY\nISSUES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND\nTHE DISTRICT AND ACROSS THE\nCITY. THAT HAPPENED THIS\nMORNING. LAST WEEK, WE TOOK A\nWALK WITH RESIDENTS AT THE BRIAN\nNEIGHBORHOOD CENTER. I HAD OPDC\nJOINED ME ON THE WALK TO TALK\nABOUT THE BOUNDARIES FOR THE\nPROPOSED NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER\nTHERE. I REALLY THOUGHT IT WAS\nIMPORTANT FOR OP CD TO BE THERE.\nBECAUSE THEY HAD NOT EXPLAINED\nTO THE CONSTITUENTS THERE HOW\nTHE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER CAME TO\nBE DESIGNATED. THERE IS LIKE ONE\nGROCERY STORE THERE AND A FIRE\nSTATION. IT IS A VERY SMALL\nAREA. AND CONSTITUENTS FELT\nCONFUSED ABOUT HOW THAT\nDETERMINATION CAME TO BE. SO IT\nWAS GOOD FOR WIND SIX TO BE\nTHERE. AND YOU HEARD ME SAY IN\nTHE PAST THAT OPCD DO YOU --\nNEEDS TO DO A BETTER JOB OF\nDOING THE COMMITTEE OUTREACH AS\nTHEY ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH\nTHESE TWO. AND I WANT TO THANK\nYOU, CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH, FOR\nALL THE WORK YOU ARE DOING ON\nTHE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. IT IS A\nHEAVY LIFT. I FOR ONE AM\nGRATEFUL TO YOU AND FOR\nLISTENING TO ALL OF OUR\nCONSTITUENTS. NOT JUST THE ONES\nYOU REPRESENT IN YOUR DISTRICT.\nAND THERE IS A PHASE 2 THAT OPCD\nWILL BE IN CONCERT WITH THE\nMAYOR'S OFFICE SENDING US\nZONING LEGISLATION. I WANT TO\nMAKE SURE THEY ARE LISTENING TO\nCONSTITUENTS AS THAT IS MOVING\nFORWARD. BECAUSE I'M FEELING A\nLITTLE BIT SOMETIMES LIKE THINGS\nARE MOVING FORWARD AROUND\nCONSTITUENTS INSTEAD OF, YOU\nREALLY NEED TO MEET WITH\nCONSTITUENTS AND REALLY HEAR\nWHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY AND DO.\nNOT JUST LISTEN BUT DO. ALL OF\nTHAT IS IMPORTANT. IN TERMS OF\nCOMPROMISE, WHAT CAN BE ACHIEVED\nWORKING TOGETHER, TO LISTEN TO\nSOME OF THESE CONCERNS AND NOT\nTALK PAST CONSTITUENTS. WE ARE\nHERE TO SERVE CONSTITUENTS. NOT\nTHE OTHER WAY AROUND. SO THAT IS\nREALLY IMPORTANT TO ME AND THAT\nIS PART OF THE CONVERSATION WE\nHAD AND I WILL BE CONTINUING TO\nTALK WITH FOLKS IN THE DISTRICT.\nTODAY AFTER THE PUBLIC SAFETY\nWALK, I HAD THE MONTHLY MEETING\nWITH CHIEF BARNES. NOW HE IS\nOFFICIAL. SADLY, I WAS NOT ABLE\nTO GO TO THE SWEARING IN LAST\nWEEK. I WAS SO HAPPY TO SEE IT\nWAS INCOMING COMMUNITY . THAT\nWAS REALLY GREAT. AND TOMORROW,\nI WILL BE ALSO SEEING, LUCKILY,\nCHIEF BARNES AGAIN AND SPD\nBECAUSE THEY WILL BE HAVING A\nSERIES OF PUBLIC SAFETY\nCOMMUNITY MEETINGS ACROSS THE\nCITY AND OUR DISTRICT HAS THEIRS\nTOMORROW. I WILL BE JOINING THEM\nTHERE AT THE MAGNUSON PARK\nCOMMUNITY CENTER FROM 6:00 UNTIL\n7:30. AND HEAR FROM THE CHIEF\nABOUT HIS VIEWS ON COMMUNITY\nPOLICING. ONE THING I REALLY AM\nSUPER APPRECIATIVE OF -- AND I\nTALKED TO CHIEF BARNES ABOUT\nTHIS, IT IS HIS APPROACH TO\nCOMMUNITY POLICING. THAT REALLY\nMEANS WORKING WITH DOING THE\nOUTREACH AND WORKING WITH\nCOMMUNITY MEMBERS TO HEAR THEM\nAND TO PARTNER WITH THEM TO\nSOLVE SOME OF THESE PUBLIC\nSAFETY ISSUES THAT HAVE REALLY\nTAKEN HOLD IN THE CITY. AND I\nAPPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE WE NEED\nTO, AS I SAID A FEW MINUTES AGO,\nLISTEN TO COMMUNITIES AS WE ARE\nDOING THIS WORK AND NOT TALKING\nPAST COMMUNITY BUT WORKING\nTOGETHER. IT IS THE ONLY WAY WE\nWILL BE ABLE TO MAKE A BIG\nDIFFERENCE IN SEATTLE, BY\nWORKING TOGETHER. ALL OF US. THE\nMAYOR ALWAYS TALKS ABOUT \" ONE\nSEATTLE\" AND I AGREE ON THAT\nPART. WEARE ONE SEATTLE. WE ALL\nMAKE UP SEATTLE. THE CITY\nDEPARTMENTS ARE PART OF THAT ONE\nSEATTLE AND WE ALL NEED TO WORK\nTOGETHER TOWARD CURRENT AND\nFUTURE SEATTLE THAT WILL WORK\nFOR EVERYONE AND IT WILL BE SAFE\nFOR EVERYONE THAT IS HERE . I\nREALLY APPRECIATE HIS COMMITMENT\nTO DO THAT COMMUNITY WORK. AND I\nTHINK PART OF HIS COMING OUT NEW\nAND SPEAKING TO THAT -- THOSE\nSERIES OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS\nTHEY ARE HAVING. I'M GRATEFUL TO\nBE JOINING THEM TOMORROW. I\nDIDN'T MEAN FOR ALL OF THIS TO\nTRANSLATE INTO ALL THINGS PUBLIC\nSAFETY, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.\nBUT IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT\nTODAY AND THIS WEEK ARE ALL\nTHINGS PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE\nDISTRICT. IT IS SOMETHING I --\nIT IS STILL THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE\nFOR FOLKS AND THE DISTRICT\nFOLLOWED NOW BY THE COMP PLAN\nAND THE LAND USE ZONING ISSUES\nTHAT HAVE COME WITH THE COMP\nPLAN AND HB1110 ARE THE BIGGEST\nTHINGS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IN\nTHE DISTRICT. CERTAINLY, PUBLIC\nSAFETY IS NUMBER ONE. SO THANK\nYOU. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY\nQUESTIONS COUNSEL MUST -- NAY\nFOR.\nTHANK YOU FOR THE PUBLIC: THANK YOU FOR THE PUBLIC\nSAFETY RUN DOWN. IT IS\nIMPORTANT. THERE ARE REASONS TO\nTHE THINGS HE TALKED ABOUT. I\nMENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF\nTHE MEETING, THE TWO BILLS\nTOMORROW. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.\nAS YOU KNOW , EVERY MEETING\nBECOMES A PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING\nAT SOME POINT. I WAS GOING TO\nASK BEFORE THAT, BUT SAY THANK\nYOU FOR RAISING THE MITIGATION\nREQUIREMENT AND THE\nCOMMUNICATION RELATED TO IMPACT\nON BUSINESSES LIKE FROM SDOT\nPROJECTS. NOT JUST WIND THREE\nBUT I HAD ONE LAST WEEK AND I\nHAD OTHERS. WE HAD SD 3. WE NEED\nMITIGATION PLANNING ON STEROIDS\nWITH RESPECT TO SD3 AND\nENGAGEMENT. ALL THESE THINGS\nTHAT HAVE COME UP , THE OPCD.\nWE NEED THAT ON STEROIDS TO\nRESPECT BECAUSE IT IS BIGGER AND\nMORE IMPACTFUL. WE COULD LOSE\nMAJOR BUSINESSES IF WE DON'T\nGET IT RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR\nRAISING THIS . AND MY COLLEAGUE\nTO THE LEFT, WE ARE HAPPY TO\nWORK WITH CHAIR SAKA FROM\nTRANSPORTATION AND COUNCILMEMBER\nSTRAUSS WITH YOUR ROLE ON THE\nBOARD. IT IS SO IMPORTANT.\nPARTICULARLY AND D7, DOWNTOWN.\nALSO, WITH SOUTH LAKE UNION AND\nUPTOWN, WE HAVE TWO GOING AT THE\nSAME TIME. YOU ARE TRYING TO\nMITIGATE ONE BUT YOU MIGHT BE\nMAKING THE OTHER ONE WORSE.\nIT'S LIKE DOUBLE TROUBLE. I'M\nSTAMPING MY BUT ON THAT POINT\nRELATED TO SDOT AND SHIFTING IT\nOVER TO SD3.\nI APPRECIATE YOU RAISING: I APPRECIATE YOU RAISING\nTHAT, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. I\nCOULD NOT BE MORE WHOLEHEARTED\n-- I KEEP TALKING ABOUT OUTREACH\nAND I BROUGHT IN A MEMO THAT\nPASSED OUTREACH RELATED TO THE\nPARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WHICH --\nWAS WITH SOUND TRANSIT. I GOT A\nLOT OF FLAK FOR THAT AS SOMEHOW\nI WAS BEING AN OBSTRUCTIONIST\nWHEN IN FACT, I'M NOT. AGAIN,\nAND I HAVE SAID THIS MULTIPLE\nTIMES. I DID NOT HAVE A\nDRIVER'S LICENSE UNTIL I WAS\n30. I HATE DRIVING. I WOULD MUCH\nRATHER TAKE PUBLIC TRANSIT.\nTHAT IS WHERE I HAVE ALWAYS FELT\nMORE COMFORTABLE. OF COURSE I\nDRIVE NOW AND I'M A MOM AND\nSOMETIMES YOU CAN'T HELP WHEN\nYOU ARE SHUTTLING KIDS AROUND.\nTHAT IS REAL FOR PARENTS IN THE\nCITY. BUT IT WAS NOT TO BE AN\nOBSTRUCTION. I WHOLEHEARTEDLY\nSUPPORT . I WAS VERY\nDISAPPOINTED WHEN I FIRST MOVED\nTO THE CITY 25 YEARS AGO, THAT\nTHERE WASN'T A MORE ROBUST\nPUBLIC TRANSIT AND THERE WAS NO\nLIGHT RAIL. I HAVE BEEN VERY\nHAPPY WE HAVE THAT NOW AND I'M\nVERY LUCKY THAT THERE IS ONE IN\nTHE DISTRICTS THAT I REPRESENT\nAND ONE I CAN WALK TO FROM MY\nHOME . AND, WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE\nSURE WE ARE DOING THE PROPER\nOUTREACH. WEWANT SUPPORT FOR\nTHESE PROJECTS AND WE WANT TO\nHELP AS MESSES AND RESIDENTS\nMITIGATE WHEN WE ARE DOING THESE\nPROJECTS. WE NEED TO HELP THEM\nWITH MITIGATION EFFORTS AS\nDISPLACEMENT IS HAPPENING OR\nOTHER ISSUES. AND IT'S NOT TO\nBE OBSTRUCTIONISTS OR TO STOP\nTHE PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD .\nNO. WE NEED TO MOVE THESE\nPROJECTS FORWARD. WE NEED TO\nHAVE A ROBUST TRANSIT SYSTEM IN\nTHE CITY, IF WE ARE GOING TO BE\nTHAT WORLD-CLASS CITY THAT WE\nWANT TO BE . AND, THAT DOESN'T\nMEAN -- ONE DOES NOT PRECLUDE\nTHE OTHER. YOU NEED TO HAVE\nOUTREACH AS YOU ARE DOING THESE\nPROJECTS. AND SO IT IS\nUNFORTUNATE THAT SOMEHOW IT GOT\nPORTRAYED THAT WAY BUT IT IS NOT\nTHAT AT ALL. WE CAN DO BOTH. THE\nCONVERSATION THIS MORNING WITH\nTHE BUSINESS OWNER AND SDOT,\nTHERE ARE SOME LOADING DOCKS.\nCOULD WE PUT A SIGN THERE WHERE\nIT COULD BE TEMPORARY PARKING\nFOR THE DELIVERY CARS THAT ARE\nPICKING UP FOOD FROM THAT\nRESTAURANT. THE SMALL BUSINESSES\nOR RESTAURANTS. FROM THEIR\nRESTAURANT, TO BRING TO\nCONSTITUENTS THAT ORDERED THE\nFOOD. CAN WE WORK TOGETHER TO\nFIND THESE WORKABLE SOLUTIONS?\nIT DOESN'T MEAN WE WILL SHUT\nANYTHING DOWN . IT IS IMPORTANT.\nTHANK YOU FOR RAISING IT. DID\nYOU HAVE A QUESTION?\nWHEN YOU SAID IT DOESN'T MEAN\nWE ARE SHUTTING ANYTHING DOWN,\nIT MIGHT NOT BE THE INTENTION OF\nTHE CITY BUT DECREASED REVENUE\nOR LOST REVENUE OVER A CERTAIN\nAMOUNT OF TIME CAN SHUT THE\nBUSINESS DOWN. A SMALL BUSINESS\nDOWN. I APPRECIATE YOU BEING\nSUCH A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR SMALL\nBUSINESSES IN D4. COUNCILMEMBER\n, I NOTED YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT\nLIGHT RAIL CONSTRUCTION\nDOWNTOWN. THE FACT IS, WILL ONE\nOF THE LIMITATIONS IS WASHINGTON\nIS -- IT PROHIBITS THE GIFTING\nOF PUBLIC FUNDS. UNLIKE OTHER\nSTATES, IT IS DIFFICULT FOR US\nTO COMPENSATE FOR THE IMPACT OF\nCITY PROJECTS AND OUR\nNEIGHBORHOODS. I DO BELIEVE THAT\nSOME CITIES INTERPRET THE\nLATITUDE , TO HELP SMALL\nBUSINESSES TO BE MORE WIDE THAN\nSEATTLE DOES . AND I KNOW\nDIRECTOR MCINTYRE WAS LOOKING\nINTO THAT LAST YEAR . I DO THINK\nTHAT AS WE GO FORWARD,\nESPECIALLY WITH LIGHT RAIL BUT\nIN GENERAL, THINKING ABOUT HOW\nWE COULD MINIMIZE IMPACT ON\nSMALL BUSINESS WITH CITY\nPROJECTS AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT A\nWAY TO HELP THEM THROUGH IT. IF\nNOT FINANCIALLY, THEN WHAT MORE\nTHAN A SANDWICH BOARD SAYING\nBUSINESSES ARE OPEN ON THIS\nBLOCK. CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT\nBLOCKS ON ROOSEVELT FOR THE\nPUBLIC SAFETY WALK ?\nI WENT ON 65TH AND ROOSEVELT\n. ON ROOSEVELT AND THEN ON 65TH.\nWE WENT TO THREE BUSINESSES\nALONG THE WAY. THESE ARE VERY\nWELCOME. I WILL SAY THAT WHEN I\nSAID WE DON'T WANT TO SHUT\nTHINGS DOWN, I MET LIKE RAIL\nPROJECTS WHICH IS WHAT I WAS\nACCUSED OF DOING WHICH IS NOT\nTHE CASE AT ALL. YES. THE IMPACT\nTO BUSINESSES MEANS THAT SOME OF\nTHEM DO SHUT DOWN. AND AS WE ARE\nDOING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS OF\nANY KIND , WHETHER THEY ARE WITH\nA PARTNER ORGANIZATION OR\nWHETHER THEY ARE OUR OWN , WHAT\nCAN WE DO TO HELP MITIGATE THE\nIMPACT ? I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN.\nBUT WE NEED TO BE HONEST. WE\nNEED TO DO THE OUTREACH AND WE\nNEED TO -- WHEN SDOT IS OUT\nTHERE DOING THESE PROJECTS, THEY\nNEED TO WORK WITH THESE SMALL\nBUSINESSES AND MAKE SURE THEY\nARE AWARE OF THE FULL LANDSCAPE\nOF WHAT IS GOING ON THERE AND\nSOMETIMES -- I ALWAYS SAY\nRIGHT-HAND LEFT-HAND NEED TO BE\nWORKING IN CONCERT WORK IT\nCAN'T JUST BE THAT WE ARE DOING\nTHE ROAD PROJECT BUT WE ARE NOT\nTHINKING ABOUT THE IMPACT TO THE\nRESIDENTS AND THE SMALL\nBUSINESSES THERE. AND BOTH CAN\nBE ACHIEVED. YOU CAN DO THE\nPROJECT AND THE MITIGATION\nPIECES TO HELP THE BUSINESSES\nALONG. SO, THANK YOU .\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU .\nGO AHEAD: GO AHEAD .\nTHANK YOU MADAM, PRESIDENT.\nJUMPING RIGHT IN, THE LAND USE\nCOMMITTEE THAT WAS SCHEDULED FOR\nTHIS [ INAUDIBLE ] -- A COUPLE\nREASONS FOR THAT. LOOKING UP THE\nSUBDIVISION THING, WE HAVE BEEN\nBRIEFED ON OTHERS. NOTHING MORE\nTO SAY ABOUT IT. THE [ INAUDIBLE\n] -- THERE IS CENTRAL STAFF\nDOES THINGS THEY ARE WORKING ON\nSO THERE IS NOTHING TO UPDATE\nPEOPLE ON. SO YOUR WEDNESDAY\nAFTERNOON IS FREE. THIS PAST\nWEEK, I MET WITH THE TUBMAN\nCENTER FOR HEALTH AND FREEDOM.\nTHEY ACTUALLY PROVIDE GENDER\nAFFIRMING CARE, REPRODUCTIVE\nCARE. THEY HAVE TWO LOCATIONS IN\nD2 AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT\nPUTTING UP A THIRD ONE AT THE\nRAINIER BEACH LIGHT RAIL\nSTATION. THEY HAVESPECIFIC ASKS.\nAND HOW WE CAN SUPPORT THEM IN\nTHEIR ASKS. IT IS INTERESTING\nTHE PERSON WHO HEADS UP THE\nCLINIC, OR HEADS OF THE\nORGANIZATION IS SOMEONE I WORKED\nWITH 30 YEARS AGO ON YOUTH\nPOLICE RELATIONS ISSUES. IT IS\nINTERESTING TO SEE THINGS COME\nFULL CIRCLE. I ALSO HAD A\nMEETING WITH THE INDIAN SERVICES\nCOMMISSION. IT WAS\nREPRESENTATIVE [ INAUDIBLE ]\nATTENDANT CHIEF BARNES\nSWEARINGEN AT THE NORTHEAST SOFT\n-- SOUTH AFRICAN AMERICAN\nMUSEUM. FOLLOWING THAT, WENT TO\nELDER MASON'S 80TH BIRTHDAY\nPARTY AND FISH FRY. THAT WAS A\nGOOD TIME TO BE THERE. DIDN'T\nGET ANY FISH THOUGH. I DID MEET\nWITH SOME STUDENTS FROM THE\nOFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS YOUTH\nCIVIC ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM THIS\nPAST THURSDAY. THOSE YOUNG\nPEOPLE HAD GREAT PROPOSALS.\nGREAT IDEAS. IN TERMS OF THINGS\nTHEY WANT TO PROPOSE FOR\nCONSIDERATION . THEY DID THEIR\nRESEARCH. REALLY GOOD TO SEE.\nIT'S LIKE, I WISH EVERY BUDDY\nTHAT CAME TO TALK TO ME DID THE\nSAME THING. GREAT KIDS. ONE OF\nTHEM IS THE SEATTLE PREP\nSTUDENTS. DO YOU KNOW WHICH ONE\nI'M TALKING ABOUT? I TOLD THEM\nTO LOOK FOR YOUR PICTURE\nDOWNSTAIRS ON THE WALL. ON\nTHURSDAY, I SAID, DON'T BE SHY.\nEXCUSE ME, WHAT WALL?\nTHE WALL OF FAME: THE WALL OF FAME.\nTHEY ACTUALLY HAVE A WALL OF: THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A WALL OF\nFAME WITH OUR COLLEAGUE POSTED\nIN THE BASKETBALL GEAR. YOU\nHAVE TO CHECK IT OUT.\nOKAY.\nYOU CAN KEEP GOING: YOU CAN KEEP GOING .\nWE DID HAVE STAFF THAT: WE DID HAVE STAFF THAT\nATTENDED THE SALESFORCE\nCOMMISSION CELEBRATION OF\nSEATTLE SPORTS THURSDAY. I WAS\nATTENDING THE COMMUNITY SAFETY\nFORUM IN RAINIER BEACH WITH\nCHIEF BARNES , CHIEF SCOGGINS\nAND CHIEF BARTON. ALL OF THEM\nWERE THERE AND YESTERDAY, WE HAD\nDOES THE TEAM WAS ABLE TO --\nEXCUSE ME, THIS PAST WEEKEND,\nTHE TEAM WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE\nIN THE ONE DAY OF SERVICE. DOING\nLITTER PICKUP AT CHINATOWN\nINTERNATIONAL DISTRICT. COMING\nUP THIS WEEK, WE WILL BE DOING\nBASICALLY -- ATTENDING A\nGROUNDBREAKING AT 4001 SOUTH\nWEBSTER. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT\nI HAD A CHANCE TO DO THE REVIEW\nOF PRIOR TO THEM ACTUALLY\nCOMPLETING THE PROJECTS. ORDER\nTHE [ INAUDIBLE ] -- THE DESIGN\nOF THE PROJECT. AND THEY SHE\nREVISED WHAT IT IS THEY WOULD\nBUILD. AND SO I WOULD BE\nATTENDING NOT. THIS THURSDAY.\nTWO OF US WILL BE --\nCOUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND I WILL\nBE DOING THE COUNCIL ADDITION.\nFRIDAY, A SERIES OF MEETINGS\nWITH FIRST TEE REGARDING ISSUES\nAT THE GOLF COMPLEX. FATHERS AND\nSONS TOGETHER . WE WILL HAVE --\nI'MALSO MEETING WITH A GROUP OF\nSMALL LANDLORDS ON FRIDAY TO\nTALK ABOUT SOME OF THE HOUSING\nISSUES AND HOUSING CONCERNS AND\nWE HAVE SOME EVENTS COMING UP.\nMEETING WITH FRIENDS OF LITTLE\nSAIGON ATTENDING THE CHINATOWN\nSEAFAIR PARADE. SO KIND OF A\nPACKED WEEK. AND I WILL CLOSE BY\nSAYING THAT I DID HAVE THE HONOR\nOF BEING IN PARIS ON BASTILLE\nDAY . I WON'T SAY WHAT YEAR .\nIT WAS SO [ INAUDIBLE ]\nSOMETHING ABOUT DANCING ON THE\nBANKS ON THE STEEL DAY. STILL\nPRETTY COOL.\n[ INAUDIBLE ]\nAT THAT TIME, I WOULD NOT\nEVEN THOUGHT ABOUT IT .\nCOUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS: COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.\nTHANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER\nSOLOMON. COLLEAGUES, I HAVE A\nNUMBER OF DIFFERENT CATEGORY\nUPDATES TODAY OLD WITHIN MY\nINTERNAL COMMITTEE AND MY\nEXTERNAL COMMITTEES . I WILL\nSTART WITH THE INTERNAL\nCOMMITTEES. I WILL FOCUS ON THE\nNATIVE COMMUNITIES AND TRIBAL\nAVERMENT SECTION OF THE\nCOMMUNITY WHICH , I HAD A\nWONDERFUL MEETING LAST WEEK WITH\nTHE SNOHOMISH TRIBAL COUNCIL.\nTHE ENTIRE TRIBAL COUNCIL WAS\nTHERE. OBOES ABLE TO DISCUSS\nGOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT\nRELATIONS. A NUMBER OF LOCAL\nISSUES AND COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE,\nI BROUGHT UP THE EMERGENCY\nACCESS IN MAGNOLIA THAT WE ARE\nLOOKING TO CREATE BETWEEN MARINA\nAND 32. WHILE THEY COULDN'T GET\nAPPROVAL IN THAT MEETING, IT WAS\nA VERY FRUITFUL CONVERSATION AND\nIT PROVED THAT WHEN WE SPEAK\nWITH THE TRIBES FIRST ,\nEVERYTHING IS EASIER BECAUSE\nTHEY ARE A SEPARATE GOVERNMENT\nTHAT WE HAVE TO CONSULT WITH .\nAND WHAT I FOUND HIS TIME AND\nTIME AGAIN, WHEN FOLKS DON'T\nCONSULT WITH THEM UPFRONT, IT\nCREATES MORE PROBLEMS ON THE\nBACK END. ARE TAKING THE RIGHT\nFIRST STEP RIGHT AWAY. IN\nSEPTEMBER, THERE WILL BE THE\nSECOND EVER TRIBAL SUMMIT .\nANDCOMMITTEE, WE PLANNED TO HAVE\nIT IN COMMITTEE THIS MONTH. WE\nWILL HAVE IT IN AUGUST DUE TO\nTHE UPDATES COMING NEXT. AN\nUPDATE ABOUT THE PROGRESS SINCE\nTHE LAST TRIBAL SUMMIT. THAT IS\nVERY EXCITING . AGAIN,THE LAST\nTRIBAL SUMMIT WAS THE FIRST OF\nITS KIND EVER TO HAVE EVER MET\nTO GOVERNMENT MEETINGS HERE AT\nCITY HALL BETWEEN TRIBAL ELECTED\nLEADERS AND ELECTED LEADERS\nWITHIN THE CITY OF GOVERNMENT.\nMOVING ON TO THE FINANCE SIDE OF\nTHE HOUSE , UTILIZING THE SELECT\nBUDGET COMMITTEE IN THE NEXT FEW\nWEEKS TO ENSURE EVERYONE HAS\nEQUAL ACCESS TO VOTING AND BRING\nAMENDMENTS FORWARD. ANYONE AND\nEVERYONE IS WELCOME AT ANY ONE\nOF THE FINANCE MEETINGS. WITHIN\nTHE BODY OF WORK, WE'D HAVE TO\nPASS THE SUPPLEMENTAL AND CARRY\nIT FORWARD THE FIFA\nAPPRECIATIONS AND THE [\nINAUDIBLE ] LOAN AND CONSIDER\nTHE SHIELD PROTECTION LAW. THIS\nALL HAS TO BE DONE BEFORE\nRECESS. THERE WILL BE A LOT OF\nWORK THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. WE WILL\nSTART WITH [ INAUDIBLE ] THE\nUPDATE. THANK YOU. WE HAVE BEEN\nABLE TO WORK WITH BOTH\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK'S OFFICE\nAND PROVIDING AS MUCH TIME WITH\nTHE LEGISLATION BEFORE THE\nDEADLINE TO PASS IT AT FULL\nCOUNSEL WHICH IS AUGUST 4th. TO\nBE ABLE TO SEND IT TO THE\nNOVEMBER BALLOT AS REQUESTED. SO\nHERE'S WHERE WE STAND. THIS\nWEDNESDAY, JULY 16TH, AND SELECT\nBUDGET, WE WILL HAVE THE SECOND\nBRIEFING ON THE LEGISLATION. IF\nYOU HAVE ANY EARLY THOUGHTS,\nESPECIALLY ON WHAT YOU ARE\nCONSIDERING FOR AMENDMENTS, I\nENCOURAGE EARLY DISCUSSION OF\nTHESE IDEAS AT THIS MEETING. WE\nHAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A BRIEFING\nON THE UNDERLYING LEGISLATION .\nWE WILL HAVE THE BRIEFING AGAIN\n. YOUCAN HAVE THE PIECES OF\nPAPER IN FRONT OF YOU. THE\nCORRECTED VERSION HAS BEEN\nATTACHED TO THE AGENDA , ET\nCETERA. OTHER THAN HAVING A\nBRIEFING ON THE UNDERLINING\nREGISTRATION WHICH WE HAVE\nALREADY HAD, THERE IS SNOW NEW\nINFORMATION UNLESS YOU HAVE\nAMENDMENTS TO DISCUSS. WE WILL\nHAVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW AND THEN\nREQUESTING THAT IF YOU DO HAVE\nAMENDMENTS, WE WILL HAVE -- WE\nWILL TALK ABOUT THEM. AMENDMENT\nCONCEPTS WILL BE DUE TO THE\nCENTRAL STAFF THE FOLLOWING WEEK\nON JULY 22nd. SO THIS IS LIKE\nEVERY OTHER PROCESS WE USE. I\nTHINK WE ARE IN THE PROCESS WITH\nTHE COMP PLAN CURRENTLY. THERE\nCONCEPTS IN THE FINAL .\nCONCEPTS ARE DUE TO THE CENTRAL\nSTAFF BY JULY 22nd AND FINAL MEN\nMENTALLY PUBLISH WITH THE AGENDA\nBUDGET -- BY JULY 28TH . THEN\nTHE LONG SCHEDULE JULY 30TH\nSELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE WHICH\nHAD A MUCH DIFFERENT PURPOSE\nTHAN WHEN WE SCHEDULED IT MONTHS\nAGO, WE WILL VOTE ON AMENDMENTS\nAND THE UNDERLYING LEGISLATION.\nWE DISCUSSED ABOUT MOVING THIS\nUP A WEEK TO EITHER JULY 25TH OR\nTHE 23rdTH. COUNCILMEMBER\nSOLOMON IS HOSTING THE HOUSING\nMEETING ON THE 23rd WHICH DOES\nNOT ALLOW US TO MEET AT THAT\nTIME. AND AT THIS TIME, WE\nSOLICITED FEEDBACK FROM\nCOLLEAGUES . WE CAN HAVE THE\nMEETING ON THE 25th BUT I FOUND\nTWO THINGS TO BE TRUE. ONE, MORE\nTIME WITH THE BILLS SO EVERYBODY\nCAN COME UP WITH BETTER SPEED SO\nWE CAN REDUCE OR REMOVE THE NEED\nTO BRING AMENDMENTS TO FULL\nCOUNSEL. SO YOU NEED MORE TIME\nAND COMMITTEE TO HAVE THOSE\nVOTES THERE. SO MORE TIME FOR\nYOU AND THEN MAKING SURE\nEVERYBODY HAD A SEAT AT THE\nTABLE THAT DOES PUT US UP\nAGAINST THE AUGUST 4th MEETING,\nWHICH IS THE LAST DAY TO SEND IT\nTO KING COUNTY FOR THE NOVEMBER\n4th BALLOT WHICH HAS BEEN\nREQUESTED WE WORKED WITH COUNCIL\nPRESIDENT AND COUNCILMEMBER\nRINCK ON THE SCHEDULE TO GIVE US\nTHE MOST TIME POSSIBLE TO\nCONSIDER THE LEGISLATION AND TO\nACCOMMODATE THE EXTRA TIME AS I\nHAVE JUST DESCRIBED. IF THERE IS\nA SPLIT VOTE ON THE JULY 30TH\nSELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING,\nWILL HAVE TO PASS LEGISLATION TO\nBE DEFERRED TO AUGUST 4th FOR\nTHE FULL COUNCIL MEETING. UNDER\nTHE COUNCIL RULES, WE ARE ABLE\nTO DEFER TO THE COUNCIL MEETING\nWITH A VOTE FROM THAT COUNCIL\nPRESIDENT. AN ANNOYING SEEN AN\nE-MAIL FROM YOUR STAFF\nINDICATING WE ARE MOVING FORWARD\nON JULY 4th. I JUST WANT TO\nDOUBLE CHECK.\nABSOLUTELY. I HAVE NO\nINTEREST -- I DON'T WANT TO\nCREATE ANY PRESSURE TO ADD MORE\nTIME TO THE SCHEDULE FOR A\nDIVIDED REPORT. I'M ALL THERE.\nANDTHE LAST DAY OF ACTION, THE\nDEADLINE IS THE FIFTH. BUT WE\nDON'T WANT TO LEAVE IT TO THE\nDEADLINE.\nYES. IT IS DO IT JUST BY\n4:30. MANY DON'T WORK FROM THE\nOFFICE. IT IS HARDER. IT IS\nIMPORTANT FOR US TO MEET THAT\nMONDAY DEADLINE. THANK YOU\nCOUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR BEING\nTHERE. MY GOAL HERE, AS YOU WILL\nSEE FROM THE FULL BUDGET PROCESS\nTHIS YEAR, MY GOAL IS TO REDUCE\nLAST-MINUTE AMENDMENTS AND GIVE\nFOLKS TIME. JULY 22nd IS THE\nCONCEPT DEADLINE. I WILL MOVE\nON TO THE OTHER ITEMS WITHIN THE\nSELECT BUDGET OR FINANCE SPACE.\nWE HAVE THE SUPPLEMENTAL . THE\nCARRYFORWARD. WE RECEIVED A NEW\nDRAFT OF THE CARRYFORWARD AFTER\nLAST WEEK'S CONFUSION. THANK\nYOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR YOUR\nASSISTANCE. WE HAVE THE FIFA\nWORLD CUP INITIAL\nAPPROPRIATIONS. WE ALREADY SET\nTHE MONEY ASIDE AND LAST YEAR'S\nBUDGET. NOW IT IS TO\nAPPROPRIATED ON THE SPECIFIC\nLINE ITEMS WHICH IS PUBLIC\nSPACES . WE WILL BE TAKING THAT\nUP AND WE HAVEN'T INTERFUND\nREVOLVING LOAN SEALING CHANGE.\nWE CAN GET INTO THAT . IT IS\nVERY STRAIGHTFORWARD. IT MAKES\nGOOD SENSE. JUST WANT TO NOTE\nTHAT THOSE ARE FOUR PRETTY MEATY\nITEMS. AND SO, AFTER JENNA\nSELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE, WILL\nHAVE THE BNO LEGISLATION WE\nDISCUSSED. BECAUSE THE\nCARRYFORWARD HAS JUST BEEN SENT\nDOWN TO US LATE LAST WEEK, I\nBELIEVE , IT IS NOT READY TO BE\nPOSTED TO THIS WEEK'S\nCOMMITTEE. WEWILL HAVE IT\nDISCUSSED AS PART OF THE\nSUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET. FOR ME, IT\nIS IMPORTANT THESE TWO THINGS GO\nTOGETHER. THE MONEY WE ARE\nCARRYING FORWARD FROM LAST YEAR\nAND WHAT ADDITIONAL\nAPPROPRIATIONS WE ARE PUTTING\nINTO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. THOSE\nCONVERSATIONS ARE NEEDED FROM\nME. AND SO THEN WE WILL FROM\nTHERE, DISCUSS THE FIFI WORLD\nCUP APPROPRIATIONS AND THEN\nFINALLY, THE INTERFUND LOAN\nREGARDING THE HUMAN CAPITAL [\nINAUDIBLE ] SYSTEM. I WILL PAUSE\nTHERE BEFORE GET TO THE FULL\nCOUNSEL SOUND TRANSIT IN\nDISTRICT SIX. SEEING NO\nQUESTIONS, I WILL KEEP TAKING.\nIN FULL COUNSEL, THE COMMITTEE\nHAS NO BILLS. WHY DO I STILL\nHAVE BULLET POINTS ON THE PAGE?\nBECAUSE I DO HAVE AN AMENDMENT ,\nCOUNCILMEMBER KETTLE'S CHRONIC\nNUISANCE BILL. I HAVE DISCUSSED\nTHIS. IT IS VERY\nSTRAIGHTFORWARD. THE BILL WOULD\nALLOW SOME PROPERTY NUISANCE\nACTIVITY TO COUNT TOWARD\nDETERMINING IF THE PROPERTY IS A\nCHRONIC NUISANCE. COLLEAGUES,\nAS STAFF , AT COUNCIL, I WAS\nEXCITED TO PUT FORWARD THE\nCONDEMNATION LEGISLATION FOR\nCHRONIC NUISANCE PROPERTY. I'M\nNOT AFRAID OF THIS . I HAVE\nUSED IT AS A TOOL TO MOTIVATE\nGOOD CHANGE. MY AMENDMENT THIS\nWEEK WOULD EXEMPT NONPROFIT\nSOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS FROM\nNEW PROVISIONS AND PROPERTY\nORDINANCE RELATED TO THOSE\nOUTSIDE ACTIVITIES. CONCERN ARE\nPLACES LIKE FOOD BANKS. I KNOW\nIN OUR DISTRICT, THE BALLARD\nFOOD BANK IN PARTICULAR, THERE\nARE A LOT OF ISSUES GOING ON IN\nTHE COMMUNITY THAT ARE NOT THEIR\nFAULT. AND REALLY ARE THE CITY\nOF SEATTLE GOVERNMENT'S JOB TO\nDEAL WITH. WHILE WE ARE WORKING,\nWE DID A PUBLIC SAFETY WALK WITH\nTHE CHIEF'S OFFICE AND CAPTAIN\nDAVISON 'S TEAM AND OTHER\nMEMBERS OF THE SEATTLE POLICE\nDEPARTMENT AND NATALIE WALTON\nANDERSON. THOSE ARE NOT THE\nRESPONSIBLE TO THE FOOD BANK AND\nTHEY ARE NOT CAUSED BY THE FOOD\nBANK. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE\nNOT CONFUSING OR ADDING A LAYER\nOF GRACE BASED ON THAT OR FOR\nNEIGHBORS TO THINK THESE ISSUES\nARE CAUSED BY THE FOOD BANK. THE\nAMENDMENT WOULD ENSURE THIS\nDOESN'T HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE\nAND AS AN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENT\nOF THE BILL AND IT WOULD GIVE\nPROVIDERS LIKE FOOD BANKS THE\nCONFIDENCE THEY NEED. IF WE WANT\nTO STOP THERE AND MAKE SURE\nTHERE ARE NO QUESTIONS ON THE\nMEMO . GOOD NEWS FROM SOUND\nTRANSIT. LAST WEEK, THE FEDERAL\nWEIGH STATION WAS NOTED TO BE\nOPENING SOONER. WE ACTUALLY WILL\n-- THE FEDERAL WEIGH STATION\nWILL OPEN BEFORE WE GET ACROSS .\nTHE TRAINS GETTING ACROSS ARE\nENTERING IN SOME OF THE FINAL\nSEGMENTS OF TESTING. THE TESTING\nTAKES MANY MONTHS. BUT THEY ARE\nGOOD THRESHOLDS TO MEET. IT IS\nEXCITING THAT WE ARE ABLE TO GET\nTO FEDERAL WAY SOONER THEN\nANTICIPATED AND NOT HAVE IMPACT\nCROSSING THE LAKE. SOUND TRANSIT\nIS IN THE PROCESS OF PURCHASING\nPROPERTIES IN WEST SEATTLE FOR\nLIGHT RAIL EXTENSION. I WAS\nHOPING COUNCILMEMBER SAKA WAS\nHERE. I HAVE BEEN CARRYING HIS\nPASSION OVER THERE TO MAKE SURE\nANY PROPERTY SOUND TRANSIT\nPURCHASES IS MAINTAINED WELL AND\nNOT LEFT VACANT OR DERELICT IN\nASSOCIATION WITH WASHINGTON\nCITIES, I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE\nAPPOINTED TO THE EXECUTIVE\nCOMMITTEE AS A LARGE CITY. FOR\nREFERENCE, THE CITY OF SEATTLE\nSET ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE\nON THIS ROLE IN 2019 . THAT IS A\nNICE STEP FORWARD FOR THE CITY.\nMOVING ON TO DISTRICT SIX, LAST\nWEEK, LAST WEEK I DID NOT HAVE\nOFFICE HOURS. I SPENT THE ENTIRE\nTIME WORKING WITH NEIGHBORS AND\nDRAWING LINES ON MAPS REGARDING\nNEIGHBORHOOD CENTER BOUNDARIES.\nWE DID AN OUTREACH. HALF AN HOUR\nTO AN HOUR AND A HALF DEPENDING\nON THE GROUP PUTTING THE PEN TO\nPAPER AND WORKING WITH\nNEIGHBORS. THANK YOU FOR THE\nTIME BACK, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA\nTHIS TUESDAY BECAUSE I HAVE TO\nRETURN BACK AND TALK MORE BEFORE\nHE PUT FORWARD THE AMENDMENTS.\nI WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE\nONE SEATTLE DAY. I HAD 2-1\nSEATTLE DAY S. I DON'T KNOW IF\nTHAT IS TWO SEATTLES. WE\nVOLUNTEERED AS PART OF ONE\nSEATTLE DAY AT THE BALLARD\nSEAFOOD FEST I WAS SERVING\nSALMON FOR BOTH SATURDAY AND\nSUNDAY AND I JUDGED THE EATING\nCONTEST SUNDAY. YES, I LEARNED\nMY LESSON AND SMART ENOUGH NOT\nTO EAT IT MYSELF . BUTWE DID\nHAVE A NEW CHAMPION FOR THAT\nEATING CONTEST. WITH THAT,\nCOLLEAGUES, THAT IS MY REPORT. I\nWILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.\nCOUNCILMEMBER KETTLE: COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE .\nI WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR: I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR\nREFERENCING. I HAD TO WALK WITH\nTHE SAME GROUP ON THE D-7 PART\nOF MAGNOLIA. VERY IMPORTANT TO\nDO SO. AND VERY HELPFUL IN TERMS\nOF MOVING FORWARD WITH\nPOSSIBILITIES AND COMPREHENSIVE\nPLAN. I FORGOT TO MENTION MY\nWALK WITH MAGNOLIA COMMUNITY\nCOUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR THE\nREMINDER.\nCOUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, THEY\nEXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT THE\nBOUNDARIES. BUT REALLY, IT IS ON\nYOUR SIDE OF FREMONT. I'M HOPING\nTHAT SOMEONE CONNECTED WITH YOU\nAND IF NOT, WE CAN CONNECT YOU\nWITH THE PERSON AT FEMA THAT\nREACHED OUT. I THINK YOU WALKED\nIN THEY WERE PART OF THE WALK\nYOU DID. A PLAY THAT IS ALL\nSQUARED AND THEY ARE -- THOSE\nWERE THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE\nBOUNDARIES. WE CAN FOLLOW UP\nAFTER .\nHAPPY TO FOLLOW-UP. WE HAVE\nBOUNDARIES OF THE FREMONT URBAN\nCENTER AND THE UPPER FREMONT\nNEIGHBORHOOD CENTER. AND THEN\nTANGLED TOWN IS UP AGAINST THE [\nINAUDIBLE ] CENTER. WE HAVE A\nLOT OF SHARED BOUNDARIES .\nYES. I HEARD FROM BOTH\nGROUPS. THEY ARE RELATED TO THE\nNEIGHBORHOOD CENTER BOTH IN\nFREMONT AND [ INAUDIBLE ]\nWONDERFUL. JUST LET US KNOW\nTHE NAME . ITSOUNDS LIKE THEY\nWERE ON THE WALK ALREADY . WE\nWERE NOT ABLE TO BRING EVERYONE\nFROM THE WALKS TO THE CONFERENCE\nTABLE MEETING BECAUSE WHAT I\nFOUND IS THAT, IF YOU HAVE MORE\nTHAN 4-5 PEOPLE, THAT MEANS NOT\nEVERYBODY'S VOICE GETS HURT IN\nTHESE COMMUNITIES AND PEOPLE\nFEEL LIKE THEY HAVE COME TO THE\nMEETING WITHOUT HAVING THEIR\nVOICE EXPRESSED AND THAT IS A\nCHALLENGING EXPECTATION TO\nMANAGE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?\nOVER TO COUNCILMEMBER: OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER\nHOLLINGSWORTH. HALL OF FAMER .\nTHANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER\nSTRAUSS. I HAVE NO RESPONSE\nBESIDES, THANK YOU. THE PARKS\nUTILITY TECHNOLOGY MEETING WILL\nBE WEDNESDAY, JULY 23rd AT 2:00\nP.M. THE AGENDA IS BEING\nFORMULATED RIGHT NOW.\nCOLLEAGUES, I DON'T HAVE\nUPDATES ABOUT THAT MEETING BUT I\nAPPRECIATE YOUR ENGAGEMENT.\nPEOPLE THAT SIT ON THE COMMITTEE\nAND ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR PARKS,\nUTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY\nCOMMITTEE. THANK YOU ALL FOR\nTHAT . WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF\nLEGISLATION THAT HAVE COME\nTHROUGH THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS\n. WEAPPRECIATE YOU ALL ENGAGING\nIN THAT PROCESS. THANK YOU.\nUPCOMING MEETINGS, WE HAVE THE\nSELECT COMMITTEE COPPERHEADS OF\nPLAN. THAT WILL BE AUGUST --\nMONDAY, AUGUST 4th AT 9:30 A.M.\nWE CANCELED THE JULY 11TH\nMEETING. NUMBER ONE, IT WAS A\nFRIDAY AFTERNOON BUT NUMBER TWO,\nWE FELT LIKE COUNCILMEMBERS\nNEEDED MORE TIME TO BE ABLE TO\nCONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH THE\nCOMMUNITY AND THEIR PROCESS ON\nTHE COPPERHEADS A PLAN TO\nFORMULATE YOUR AMENDMENTS AND\nALSO GET FEEDBACK FROM FOLKS.\nANDTHAT HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST\nTHING. MAKING SURE WE ARE\nGETTING ALL THE FEEDBACK FROM\nPEOPLE AND REALLY APPRECIATE\nYOUR ENGAGEMENT FROM\nNEIGHBORHOOD WALKS TO ONE-ON-ONE\nMEETINGS TO COMMUNITY MEETINGS\nTO THE DRAWING ON THE MAP\nEXERCISE . COUNCILMEMBER\nSTRAUSS OR ENGAGEMENT ON SOCIAL\nMEDIA. WHATEVER WAY PEOPLE ARE\nACCESSING I THINK IS INCREDIBLY\nIMPORTANT THAT WE ARE TAKING\nTHESE CHANNELS AND GETTING THE\nINFORMATION WE HAVE BEEN IN\nCLOSE CONTACT WITH CENTRAL STAFF\nABOUT THE CONCEPTS AND PEOPLE\nWORKING ON . OR THAT WE ARE\nWORKING ON. OBVIOUSLY, THOSE ARE\nNOT SHARED . REALLY APPRECIATE\nTHE ENGAGEMENT THAT YOU ALL HAVE\nWITH THE PROCESS AND HOW\nIMPORTANT THIS IS TO THE CITY .\nI THINK WE HAVE BEEN HYPERFOCUS\nTO THE LAST -- I DON'T KNOW HOW\nMANY YEARS, ON BUILDING A CITY\nAND NOW WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY\nTO REALLY BUILD A HOME FOR\nEVERYONE AND THAT IS WHAT IS\nIMPORTANT. ALSO, WHERE ARE WE\nAT? I CANNOT READ MY OWN\nHANDWRITING. APOLOGIZE. THE\nBOARD OF HEALTH MEETING WE HAD\nTHIS LAST WEEK, JULY 17TH --\nCOUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AND COUNCIL\nPRESIDENT NELSON. LOOKING\nFORWARD TO THAT. I KNOW THAT WE\nGET THOSE AGENDA ITEMS SENT\nOVER. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO\nCONTINUING WORK ON THE BOARD OF\nHEALTH AND WHAT WE ARE PUSHING\nFOR. THE WHOLE BODY OF WORK.\nTHAT IS A BIG CHUNK . I DON'T\nHAVE ANY OTHER REGIONAL\nCOMMITTEES. I GUESS WE WANT TO\nHIGHLIGHT -- I DO HAVE AN\nAMENDMENT LIT -- WITHTHE\nGRAFFITI ORDINANCE I WILL BE\nBRINGING TO FULL COUNCIL\nTOMORROW. AND LET ME BACK UP. I\nFIRST ONE TO SAY THAT I KNOW\nTHAT WE HAVE TRIED TO\nDISTINGUISH WHAT IS THE [\nINAUDIBLE ] VERSUS TAGGING OR\nGRAFFITI. WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT\nSINCE LAST YEAR, I HAVE BEEN\nTALKING ABOUT THE CAPITOL HILL\nBEING THE WYNWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD\nOF THE WEST COAST . COLLEAGUES\nIN MIAMI. WYNWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD\nIS A BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD FULL\nOF MURALS. AND I WANT TO THANK\nTHE BUDGET CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER\nSTRAUSS ADDED INTO HIS PACKAGE,\nMONEY FOR MURALS ON CAPITOL\nHILL. THOSE ARE IN THE PROCESS\nWITH THE ARTS DEPARTMENT OF\nBEING FORMULATED JUST LIKE WE\nHAVE IN BELLTOWN THAT WAS A BIG\nTHING FOR US TO IDENTIFY\nCOMMUNITY GROUPS IN THE PROCESS\nTO HAPPEN. REALLY HAPPY ABOUT\nTHAT BUT WE ALSO HAD IN THE\nCHAIRS PACKAGE, SO THANK YOU\nCOUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, MONEY\nTHAT WENT TO PAINT THE BATHROOM\nAT CAL ANDERSON. THAT PROCESS\nWILL CONTINUE . WE -- WE HAVE\nBEEN WORKING WITH PARKS TO\nFIGURE OUT THE NEXT STEPS TO\nENSURE WE HAVE A VIBRANT CAPITOL\nHILL AND WE HAVE BEEN TALKING TO\nOUR EXECUTIVE AND DOES THE\nEXECUTIVE AND PARKS DEPARTMENT\nSO WE CAN CONTINUE TO SAVE , HOT\nRAT SUMMER. A LOT OF PEOPLE LOVE\nTHE HOT RAT SUMMER AND THE\nMOSAIC IS GORGEOUS AND BEAUTIFUL\nAT CAL ANDERSON ON THE LINCOLN\nRESERVOIR , VIA THE GATE -- AND\nTHE HISTORICAL LANDMARK ON THE\nSOUTH END OF CAL ANDERSON ON THE\nRESERVOIR. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE,\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK LOVES HOT\nRAT SUMMER. WE WANT TO SAY THAT.\nAND PARTICULARLY, THE MURALS\nTHAT ARE ON CAPITOL HILL THAT\nCREATE THE VIBRANCY AND COLOR\nAND ARTWORK , IT IS IMPORTANT\nFOR US TO DISTINGUISH THAT FROM\nSOME OF THE TAGGING HAPPENING. I\nDO BELIEVE THERE IS A\nDIFFERENCE. A DELICATE BALANCE.\nAND WE HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR\nTHAT . AND I WANT TO THANK ONE\nOF OUR PUBLIC COMMENTERS FOR\nADVOCATING FOR THAT WHO HAS COME\nTO THE PARKS MEETING AND HAS\nBEEN ADVOCATING FOR THAT ON\nCAPITOL HILL. AND IT HAS BECOME\nA RITUAL THAT PEOPLE HAVE LEFT\nCANDLES AND FLOWERS AND ALL\nDIFFERENT THINGS BECAUSE THEY\nWANT TO SAVE HOT RAT SUMMER .\nHOT RAT. I DON'T KNOW. IT IS A\nRAT. IT IS A RAT. THAT IS ALL IT\nIS. AND IT IS FLUID AND WE LOVE\nIT.\nWE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH: WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH\nTHE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THE\nPARKS DEPARTMENT ON THAT . THANK\nYOU TO THE COMMUNITY WHO BROUGHT\nTHAT TO OUR ATTENTION. LAST BUT\nNOT LEAST, I WANT TO BRING UP --\nI SENT REGARDS . I WAS GOING\nINTO YOUR DISTRICT,\nCOUNCILMEMBER CLERK. HAD THE\nOPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE SOFT\nOPENING OF PCC DOWNTOWN. JUST\nWANTED TO THANK PCC FOR COMING\nBACK DOWNTOWN. IT IS A NEW\nMODEL. PCC CORNER MARKETS. IT IS\nA NEW CONCEPT IN SOMETHING THEY\nWOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND\nBECAUSE EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD MIGHT\nNOT NEED A FULL-SERVICE GROCERY\nSTORE. THEY MIGHT NEED OTHER\nTYPES OF GROCERY STORES AND\nMODELS I THINK THIS ONE COULD BE\nINCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL. SO WE HAD\nTHE CHANCE TO CONNECT WITH THE\nCEO AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WE HAVE\nBEEN TALKING TO FOR A LONG TIME.\nI KNOW COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE IS A\nCHAMPION OF GROCERY STORES. FROM\nTHE SAFEWAY IN THE TRADER JOE'S.\nI COULD NAME ALL THE GROCERY\nSTORES IN THE DISTRICT. I DO\nWANT TO HIGHLIGHT, AND I WILL\nBRING THIS UP. I CONTINUE TO BE\nCONCERNED ABOUT THE TWO QFC'S ON\nBROADWAY. I BROUGHT THAT UP\nNUMEROUS TIMES ON SOCIAL MEDIA\nAND IN MEETINGS. I DO CONTINUE\nTO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE TWO\nGROCERY STORES AND THE IMPACT OF\nWHAT THEY MEAN TO THE COMMUNITY\nIF WE, THE CITY, DOES NOT\nCONTINUE TO IMPROVE SOME OF THE\nSERVICES WE NEED WITH ENGAGEMENT\nFOR THOSE GROCERY STORES. DURING\nMY TENURE, WE LOST TWO GROCERY\nSTORES IN MY DISTRICT .\nCOLLEAGUES, I DON'T WANT TO\nLOSE ANOTHER ONE. I TAKE IT\nREALLY SERIOUSLY WHEN WE DON'T\nHAVE A FOOD ACCESS POINT. IT'S\nNOT JUST THE CONSUMERS. THING\nABOUT ALL THE MEAL PROGRAMS THAT\nEXTEND THE LIFE OF THE FOOD --\nFROM THE FOOD ACCESS POINT TO\nPUT BACK INTO COMMUNITY. AND\nTHAT IS WHAT IT REALLY MEANS TO\nA LOT OF PEOPLE. ANOTHER DROP\nOFF POINT OR PICKUP POINT THAT\nTHEY DON'T HAVE, TO RECEIVE\nFOOD. THAT IS WHAT IT MEANS TO\nTHE COMMUNITY. I WILL END ON --\nIS NOT A SOUR NOTE BUT HOT RAT\nSUMMER. IT'S A GOOD NOTE .\nI HAVE A QUESTION: I HAVE A QUESTION.\nI WILL GO AHEAD: I WILL GO AHEAD .\nI WAS SORRY TO MISS THE: I WAS SORRY TO MISS THE\nOPENING OF THE PCC. I LOOK\nFORWARD TO GOING THERE. THANK\nYOU FOR REPRESENTING. AND I\nAPPRECIATE THAT YOU REPRESENTED.\nMY QUESTION IS, HAS QFC TOLD YOU\nWHAT THEY WANT? HAVE THEY PUT\nANY ASKS FORWARD THAT HAD A\nLEGISLATIVE FIX?\nA LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH: A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH\nPUBLIC SAFETY. ANDWE KNOW THAT.\nI'M LOOKING AT COUNCILMEMBER\nKETTLE. I SENT OUR WHOLE REGARDS\nTO THE GROCERY STORE DOWNTOWN.\nIT IS A LOT WITH THE PUBLIC\nSAFETY . IT IS ALSO THE\nSECURITY PIECE. IT IS THE\nLIGHTING. ITIS THE\nENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN. IT IS A\nLOT OF THINGS YOU CAN INVEST IN\nIS A CITY THAT WILL MAKE THAT\nEXPERIENCE BE BETTER FOR SOME OF\nTHE GROCERY STORES. AND IT IS\nALSO THEM HAVING A DIRECT LINE\nTO FOLKS I CAN ADDRESS SOME OF\nTHE ISSUES IMMEDIATELY OR JUST\nSAY, WE ARE LISTENING, OR THE\nCOMMUNICATION BACK AND FORTH\nFROM THE DEPARTMENTS. PUMP --\nSOME PEOPLE SAID, WHAT IS\nLEGISLATIVE STUFF YOU ARE\nTALKING ABOUT? IT IS NOT\nNECESSARILY LEGISLATIVE THINGS.\nIT IS BETTER COMMUNICATION FROM\nCITY DEPARTMENTS TO GROCERY\nSTORES AND IDENTIFYING ISSUES SO\nTHEY FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE THE\nSUPPORT. JUST LIKE SMALL\nBUSINESSES. THEY FEEL LIKE THEY\nHAVE THE SUPPORT TO NAVIGATE THE\nISSUES WE SEE ON THE STREETS .\nI WANT TO THANK YOU FOR: I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR\nRAISING IT. WE LOST A COUPLE\nGROCERY STORES IN THE D4 AS\nWELL. THIS IS HAPPENING ACROSS\nTHE CITY AND IT IS A REAL ISSUE\nFOR FOLKS. AND PARTICULARLY, WE\nLOST A SAFEWAY. IT WAS THE ONE\nCLOSEST TO FOLKS THAT LIVE AT\nMAGNUSON PARK. IT IS A HUGE\nDEAL. THANK YOU FOR RAISING\nTHAT. THIS IS VERY MUCH OF AN\nIMPORTANT PIECE. AND I AGREE ,\nCOUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH,\nTHAT THERE NEEDS TO BE BETTER\nCOMMUNICATION SO FOLKS\nUNDERSTAND, INCLUDING THE\nGROCERY STORES AND WHAT THE\nIMPACT IS TO COMMUNITY WHEN THEY\nDO CLOSE. AND HOW TO BE BETTER\nSUPPORT THEM SO THEY DON'T AND\nFOLKS HAVE ACCESS TO FOOD. SAME\nWITH DRUGSTORES THAT IS ANOTHER\nISSUE. A LOT OF THE GROCERY\nSTORES DO HAVE DRUGSTORES IN\nTHEM AND SO THAT IS REALLY\nHAVING AN IMPACT ON FOLKS\nGETTING THEIR MEDICATION. AND SO\nTHE IMPACT IS BIG .\nIT IS THE PHARMACY PIECE AND: IT IS THE PHARMACY PIECE AND\nTHOSE GROCERY STORES AND -- I\nALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT EVERY --\nRESTORER IS DIFFERENT. SOME\nEXCEPT SNAP. SOME EXCEPT FRESH.\nIT IS DIFFERENT. I KNOW PEOPLE\nARE LIKE, THERE'LL SO THESE\nGROCERY STORES. I KNOW THE\nSAFEWAY YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.\nTHERE MIGHT BE QFC AND THESE\nOTHER ONES. THERE IS A DIFFERENT\nAUDIENCE. DIFFERENT GROCERY\nSTORES SERVE. ESPECIALLY WHEN\nYOU ARE LOOKING AT SNAP AND FOOD\nACCESS AND THOSE TYPES OF\nTHINGS. THANK YOU.\nABSOLUTELY: ABSOLUTELY .\nCOUNCILMEMBER RINCK: COUNCILMEMBER RINCK .\nCOUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH: COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.\nTHANK YOU FOR SAVING HOT RAT: THANK YOU FOR SAVING HOT RAT\nSUMMER.\nI SAID PLEASE DON'T PAINT\nOVER IT. LET'S HAVE MORE OF HOT\nRAT SUMMER.\nTHANK YOU COLLEAGUES. I WOULD\nENCOURAGE YOU TO MAKE THE\nPILGRIMAGE OUT TO VISIT IT. IT\nMIGHT SEEM SILLY TO TALK ABOUT\nTHE MOSAIC OF A RAT WHICH IS\nBEAUTIFULLY DONE BY THE WAY.\nTHESE ARE THE PLACE MAKING\nTHINGS. THE LITTLE THINGS THAT\nKIND OF BRING CHARACTER TO THE\nCITY. HOW WE MAY BE TALKING\nABOUT HOT RAT SUMMER RIGHT NOW.\nMAYBE THE ORIGINS OF THE GUM\nWALL OR SOME OTHER KEY\nDESTINATIONS. THE LINEN STATUE\nOR THE TROLL. THIS IS HOW\nDESTINATIONS ARE MADE AND WHAT\nMAKES THE CITY REALLY ALIVE. I\nENCOURAGE YOU TO VISIT HOT RAT\nSUMMER AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR\nLEADERSHIP ON THIS,\nCOUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. I\nGOT A LOT OF OUTREACH AS WELL.\nTHANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER\nRINCK.\nI HAVE TO ASK. IS THIS AN\nINTENTIONAL OR UNINTENTIONAL NOD\nTO FRANK ZAPPA ?\nUNINTENTIONAL.SORRY. SHOWING MY\nAGE .\nWHO: WHO?\nYOU ARE SHOWING YOUR AGE BUT: YOU ARE SHOWING YOUR AGE BUT\nYET I'M OLDER THAN YOU\nCOUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.\nYES. I THINK ART IS\nINCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. THE\nWYNWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD IN MIAMI IS\nONE OF THE MOST GORGEOUS\nNEIGHBORHOODS IN THE COUNTRY OR\nPEOPLE GO THERE TO SEE THE\nBEAUTIFUL MURALS THAT ARE\nPAINTED ALL ACROSS. IT HAS BEEN\nA MULTIPLE TIMES. THAT IS WHAT\nCAPITOL HILL SHOULD BE AND WILL\nBE.\nIT IS A GENTRIFIED: IT IS A GENTRIFIED\nNEIGHBORHOOD. SO THEY PUT A LOT\nINTO UPLIFTING THAT NEIGHBORHOOD\nAND THE MURALS WERE A HUGE DRAW\nTO IT. SO I HAVE BEEN THERE.\nGORGEOUS.\nTHAT IS ALL I HAVE, COUNCIL\nPRESIDENT. OFF TO YOU.\nTHANK YOU. YOU MENTIONED\nGROCERY STORES. YOU ANSWERED MY\nQUESTION ABOUT GROCERY STORES.\nWHILE THEY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT\nFEATURES . PHARMACIES, NOT\nPHARMACIES. CATERING TO\nDIFFERENT CLIENTELE. FOR THE\nMOST PART, ACROSS THE BOARD.\nTHEY ARE ALL FAIRLY LOW MARGIN.\nTHIN MARGIN FOR WHAT THEY -- FOR\nTHE AMOUNT OF LOSS THEY CAN TAKE\nIF SOME OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY\nCOLUMNS KEEP PERSISTING. THEY DO\nHAVE THAT IN COMMON. AND\nANYWAY, THAT LEADS A LITTLE BIT\nINTO MY TOPIC. LAST WEEK AT THE\nGOVERNANCE ACCOUNTABILITY AND\nECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE\nMEETING, WE HAD THE FIRST\nBRIEFING AND DISCUSSION OF\nRESOLUTION 32174 , WHICH I'M\nCALLING A PROGRESSIVE PUBLIC\nSAFETY INITIATIVE WHICH WOULD\nDISH AND CALLING IT PUBLIC\nSAFETY BECAUSE IT WOULD USE A\nPORTION OF THE PUBLIC -- OF THE\nPUBLIC SAFETY SALES TAX THAT WE\nANTICIPATE WILL BE COMING\nFORWARD LATER ON THIS YEAR FROM\nTHE EXECUTIVE AND ALLOCATED TO A\nSUITE OF PROMISING NEW TREATMENT\nSERVICES AS WELL AS SHORING UP\nEXISTING TREATMENT SERVICES THAT\nWAS AN INTERESTING DISCUSSION.\nENCOURAGE FOLKS TO LISTEN IN. WE\nWERE JOINED BY DANIEL MALONE OF\nDESC AND LEE SAID DOUG GERD AND\nBRANDY MCNEIL OF PDA AND BRANDY\nFLED FROM EVERGREEN TREATMENT\nSERVICES REACH, WHICH ALL OF\nWHOM ARE WANT A% SUPPORT PARTLY\nBECAUSE THEY HELP CRAFT THE LIST\nOF THE INVESTMENTS THAT SERVE AS\nEXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT COULD BE\nUSED TO -- THAT COULD BE FUNDED\nTHROUGH THIS REVENUE SOURCE\nWHICH PROBABLY WOULDN'T\nGENERATE MORE THAN ABOUT $10\nMILLION A YEAR. NOT TO GET AHEAD\nOF OURSELVES, THAT WAS THE FIRST\nDISCUSSION OF THAT AND WE WILL\nHAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION AND\nPOSSIBLE VOTE AT COMMITTEE JULY\n24TH. WE ALSO COME AND\nCOMMITTEE LAST THURSDAY, HAD A\nPRESENTATION TO THE CITY AUDITOR\nON A -- ON IMPLEMENTING\nRECOMMENDATIONS. I DID FIND IT\nIMPRESSIVE THAT SENSE 2007, 72%\nOF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM\nTHEIR OFFICE HAVE BEEN\nIMPLEMENTED. THAT IS A PRETTY\nGOOD AMOUNT . FROMTHE AUDIT IN\n2024, ONLY 21, 123 TRACK\nREGULATIONS HAVE BEEN\nIMPLEMENTING. IT KIND OF\nDEPENDS ON HOW YOU LOOK AT IT.\nTHE BIGGEST GROUP OF OUTSTANDING\nREGULATIONS ARE FROM A SERIES OF\nTHREE REPORTS RELATED TO CRIME\nAND PUBLIC SAFETY. AND SO THERE\nWILL BE AS MENTIONED, -- DR.\nCLAUDIA SHADE -- IN ADDITION,\n-- WITH THE SMALL GROUP OF\nAUDITS AT THE NEXT MEETING. WE\nCOULD NOT FIT THEM ALL INTO THE\nCONVERSATION BECAUSE WE HAD\nTHREE THINGS ON THE AGENDA.\nTHOSE SPECIFIC AUDITS WILL BE\nPRESENTED IN MORE DETAIL ON JULY\n24TH. FINALLY, WE HAD THE FIRST\nPRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF\nTHE PROPOSED 15 CHANGES TO THE\nCOUNCIL RULES. IT SOUNDS LIKE A\nLOT BUT IT IS PRETTY MUCH\nSTANDARD PRACTICE . THESE\nCHANGES COME FROM A LONG LIST OF\nSUGGESTIONS PROVIDED BY THE CITY\nCLERK, CENTRAL STAFF AND CITY\nATTORNEY'S OFFICE WHICH WE\nNARROWED DOWN WITH YOUR\nFEEDBACK. ALL OF YOU, WHEN THIS\nWAS DISTRIBUTED A COUPLE MONTHS\nAGO , A DRAFT. AND THEN ANOTHER\nBRIEFING AND DISCUSSION AND A\nPOSSIBLE VOTE ON THE 24TH AS\nWELL. I OPENED -- I INVITED\nFOLKS TO JOIN LAST WEEKEND . OF\nCOURSE, YOU'RE WELCOME AGAIN\nNEXT THURSDAY. A WEEK FROM THIS\nTHURSDAY. MOVING RIGHT ALONG, I\nWILL BE JOINING COUNCILMEMBER\nKENDALL AT THE REALTIME CRIMES\nCENTER OPENING TOMORROW. THAT IS\nEXCITING. THE SEATTLE --\nSEATTLE IS A TEXT TOWN AND IT IS\nGREAT THAT SEATTLE WILL JOIN\nOTHER LARGE PROGRESSIVE CITIES\nACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT DO TAKE\nADVANTAGE OF TECHNOLOGICAL\nADVANCES TO HELP ENSURE PUBLIC\nSAFETY FOR CONSTITUENTS. AND I\nLOOK FORWARD TO THAT . IT HAS\nBEEN A LONG TIME COMING. AND I\nTHINK I WILL STOP THERE. WE DO\nHAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. YOU\nDON'T NEED TO HEAR FROM THE. GO\nAHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.\nTHANK YOU. I WANTED TO NOTE\n-- AND AS THE COURSE OF THE\nMEETING WENT ALONG, IT GOT TO\nTHE POINT WHERE ONE TO SAY,\nPROBABLY ALL OF US READ AN\nARTICLE IN THE SEATTLE TIMES\nTHIS WEEKEND. EXTREMELY\nFRUSTRATING TO READ IT . YOU\nCOULD JUST LISTEN TO THIS\nMEETING. WALK A MILE IN OUR\nCHOOSE NOT JUST THE DISTRICT\nREPRESENTATIVES BUT THE CITY IN\nTERMS OF PUBLIC SAFETY\nCHALLENGES WE ARE FACING. THE\nEXPECTATION MANAGEMENT, WE HAVE\nA LOT OF PUBLIC SAFETY\nCHALLENGES. WE ARE WORKING THEM\nAND THEIR IS MORE TO DO . HERE\nIS THE OTHER THING. WE HAVE A\nSTRATEGY. WE HAVE A PLAN. WE ARE\nEXECUTING IT. WE ARE UP TO 20\nPLUS OR MINUS BILLS RIGHT NOW IF\nYOU INCLUDE CONFIRMATION OVER\n20. IT IS ABOUT PUTTING THE\nBILLS OUT THERE AND 25 IS ABOUT\nAND LAMENTING AND OPERATION OF\nTHE BILLS. THIS IS WHAT IS\nMAKING A DIFFERENCE ON PUBLIC\nSAFETY. WE ARE IN A BRIDGING\nFUNCTION RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF\nGETTING TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE\nON PUBLIC SAFETY. TO BE BLUNT,\nWHEN I READ THE ARTICLE IN THE\nSEATTLE TIMES, I SCRATCH MY HEAD\nAND SAY, WHAT IN THE WORLD !\nWALK A MILE IN OUR CHOOSE. WE\nDEAL WITH THIS DAY IN AND DAY\nOUT. THERE YOU GO.\nAND HIRING IS AT: AND HIRING IS AT\nUNPRECEDENTED LEVELS THANKS\nLARGELY TO SOME OF THOSE 20\nBILLS YOUR REFERENCE SEEING.'S\nI APPRECIATE THE COMMENT . GO\nAHEAD .\nAS I TALKED THIS MORNING,\nCOUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, WITH SMALL\nBUSINESS OWNERS, WE ARE FINALLY\nAT THE POINT WHERE WE ARE NOT\nLOSING MORE OFFICERS THEN WE ARE\nHIRING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE\nLAST HOWEVER MANY YEARS.\nSINCE 2019 .\n2019, WHICH IS A HUGE\nPROGRESS POINT THAT WE -- SENSES\nCOUNSEL HAS BEEN HERE. SO THANK\nYOU FOR SAYING THAT AND WE ARE\nMAKING GOOD PROGRESS HERE EVEN\nTHOUGH I ACKNOWLEDGE -- AND LIKE\nI SAID, I STARTED MY REPORT WITH\nHAVING HAD A CONVERSATION WITH\nTHE CONSTITUENT. THERE WAS A LOT\nOF FRUSTRATION. WE ARE PRESSING\nTO USE YOUR WORK, COUNCILMEMBER.\nWE CONTINUE TO PRESS ON PUBLIC\nSAFETY ISSUES. AS I SAID\nEARLIER, THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE IN\nTHE DISTRICT I REPRESENT AND I\nWOULD SAY ACROSS THE CITY . WE\nARE CONTINUING TO KEEP OUR EYE\nON THE PRIZE ON THE AND WORKING\nWITH SPD AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE\nON THESE PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES.\nTHINGS DON'T CHANGE OVERNIGHT.\nWE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF PROGRESS\nIN THIS SHORT YEAR AND A HALF I\nHAVE BEEN HERE. I HAVE SEEN A\nLOT OF PROGRESS. THAT IS NOT TO\nPAT OURSELVES ON THE BACK AT\nALL. THAT IS TO SAY, WE ARE\nPRESSING ON IT AND WE ARE\nGETTING RESULTS AND WE WILL KEEP\nPRESSING ON IT BECAUSE THIS IS\nTHE MOST IMPORTANT. HAVING A\nSAFE CITY FOR EVERYBODY THAT\nLIVES HERE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT\nPIECE. AS A KID WHO GREW UP ON\nSAFE, IN THE INNER CITY, I CAN\nTELL YOU THAT THAT IS THE MOST\nIMPORTANT PIECE , FOR OUR KIDS\nTO GROW UP IN A SAFE CITY AND\nGROWN-UPS AS WELL AND SENIORS ,\nIT IS CRITICAL. IT IS MISSION\nCRITICAL. SO, THANK YOU .\nI WILL NOTE THAT -- THERE IS\n-- THERE IS THE LINK BETWEEN\nPUBLIC SAFETY AND SMALL\nBUSINESSES. SMALL BUSINESSES\nHAVE BEEN TALKED A LOT ABOUT\nTODAY TOO. IF NOT A DRIVER, A\nVERY STRONG CORRELATION BETWEEN\nPEOPLE -- THE TERRIBLE TOLL THAT\nADDICTION TAKES ON A COMMUNITY\nAND THEN THE IMPACT ON\nCOMMUNITIES. I APPRECIATE YOUR\nCOMMENTS. IT LOOKS LIKE YOUR\nGETTING READY TO GO,\nCOUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. SO I WILL\nHUSTLE UP HERE. SEEING NO\nFURTHER IS THIS, FOR THE COUNCIL\n, WE WILL NOW GO INTO AN\nEXECUTIVE SESSION . AS PRESIDING\nOFFICER, I ANNOUNCE THE SEATTLE\nCITY COUNCIL WILL CONVENE INTO\nAN EXECUTIVE SESSION, THE\nPURPOSE OF WHICH IS TO DISCUSS\nPENDING, POTENTIAL OR ACTUAL\nLITIGATION. AND IS AN\nOPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TALK ABOUT\nCONFIDENTIAL LEGAL MATTERS WITH\nTHE CITY ATTORNEY AND WE ARE\nWATCHED OVER BY A MONITOR WHO\nMAKES SURE WE ARE NOT GETTING\nINTO POLICY . LET'S SEE. NOW I\nHAVE TO ADD. 75 MINUTES TO THE\nTIME. AND SO IT IS 3:15. LET'S\nSAY ABOUT 4:30 .\nTHANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER\nRINCK. I EXPECT THE EXECUTIVE\nSESSION TO END BY 4:30. IF IT\nGOES LONGER, I WILL SAY THAT IT\nWILL GO LONGER. IF IT ENDS\nEARLIER, THE MEETING WILL\nADJOURN AUTOMATICALLY. THANK\nYOU EVERYBODY. .\n[ COUNCIL IN EXECUTIVE\nSESSION ]."
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