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"text": "GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.\nUM, TODAY IS APRIL 1, THIS IS A\nMEETING OF THE PARKS AND SEATTLE\nCITY LIGHT COMMITTEE, IT IS\nGOING-- I AM CALLING IT TO\nORDER, 2:03, I I AM DEBORAH\nJUAREZ, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE.\nWILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE\nROLL\nCOUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS: COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS?\nHERE: HERE.\nCOUNCIL MEMBER SAKA: COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA?\nHERE: HERE.\nCOUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA: COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA?\nPRESENT.\nVICE CHAIR KETTLE: VICE CHAIR KETTLE?\nPRESENT.\nCHAIR JUAREZ: CHAIR JUAREZ.\nTHANK YOU, OR HERE. COUNCIL\nMEMBER KETTLE, LETS CHECK YOUR\nMIC ONE MORE TIME.\nTESTING, ONE, TWO.\nCAN YOU TURN IT UP A LITTLE: CAN YOU TURN IT UP A LITTLE\nBIT? I THINK WE HAD THIS-- WE\nWERE DEALING WITH THIS WITH YOU\nYESTERDAY, OR TUESDAY. TEST IT\nNOW.\nWE CAN BARELY HEAR: WE CAN BARELY HEAR.\nI THINK YOU ARE CUTTING OUT: I THINK YOU ARE CUTTING OUT.\nOKAY. WELL, LETS SEE WHAT\nHAPPENS IF WE HAVE TO, WE WILL\nHAVE THE CLERK WATCH THE SCREEN\nWHEN WE VOTE. OKAY? THANK YOU.\nALL RIGHT. LETS GO TO\nAPPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. THERE IS\nNO OBJECK WILL OBJECTION WILL BE\nADOPTED. TWO PUBLIC COMMENT\nPERIODS TODAY, THERE WILL BE A\nREGULAR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD\nBEFORE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA THAT\nSHOULD BE RELATED TO ITEMS ON\nTHE AGENDA AND WITHIN THE\nPURVIEW OF THE COMMITTEE. THE\nSECOND IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON\nTHE SECOND AGENDA ITEM, COUNCIL\nBILL 121177, WHICH WE ARE\nREQUIRED TO HAVE FOR ITEMS THAT\nCONCERN THE TRANSFER OF CITY\nLIGHT PROPERTY. COMMENTS DURING\nTHE PUBLIC HEARING SHOULD BE\nRELATED TO THE SPECIFIC COUNCIL\nBILL. THE TWO ORDINANCES THAT\nARE ON THE AGENDA TODAY ARE THE\nFIRST IS THE SKAGIT\nHYDROELECTRIC RELICENSING AND\nCOMPREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT\nAGREEMENT, THE SECOND\nPRESENTATION ABOUT SKAGIT\nRELICENSING, THE PRESENTATION IS\nFOCUSED ON THE HISTORICAL\nCONTEXT OF THE LICENSING AND\nWHAT HAPPENS DURING THE PROCESS\nIF THE CITY PASSES THE\nLEGISLATION. THIS WOULD START\nAFTER THE CITY'S THREE-STEP\nPROCESS. FIRST, THIS COMMITTEE,\nTHEN FULL COUNCIL, AND THEN TO\nTHE MAYOR'S OFFICE. MY\nUNDERSTANDING TODAY IS FOR ITEM\nNUMBER ONE, THE PRESENTATION\nWILL BE PRESENTED, OBVIOUSLY, BY\nSEATTLE CITY LIGHT, AND WE WILL\nBE JOINED BY CRAIG SMITH, DENNIS\nMCLARYN, CHRIS TROUNZENED,\nSTEVEN, MATT LOVE, AND IS ERIC\nHERE? ERIC FROM CENTRAL STAFF.\nSECOND ORDINANCE IS LAND\nTRANSFER IN WHICH CITY LIGHT IS\nSELLING LAND TO SNOHOMISH\nCOUNTY, BUT RETAIN RIGHTS AND\nACCESS FOR AN ELECTRICAL\nEASEMENT. THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC\nHEARING FOR THIS LEGISLATION\nFOLLOWED BY A PRESENTATION. THIS\nPRESENTATION WILL BE PRESENTED\nFOR SEATTLE CITY LIGHT BY CRAIG\nSMITH, SAME FOLKS, DENNIS\nMCLERRAN, TWO NEW FOLKS, BILL\nDEVAROW, AND KATIE TASRY, AND\nERIC IN THE BACK. SO, I WANT A\nVOTE ON BOTH ITEMS, I EXPECT A\nVOTE ON BOTH ITEMS TODAY. SO,\nWITH THAT, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE\nTO PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL NOW\nOPEN THE HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT\nPERIOD, PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD BE\nRELATED TO TODAY'S ITEM, CLERK,\nHOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE HAVE\nSIGNED UP TODAY?\nCURRENTLY ZERO IN PERSON: CURRENTLY ZERO IN PERSON\nSPEAKERS SIGNED UP AND ONE\nREMOTE SPEAKER.\nOKAY. SO, LETS GO TO THE ONE\nREMOTE PERSON, YOU DON'T NEED\nTO READ ALL THE STUFF, JUST\nPUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, TWO\nMINUTES, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO\nADD TO THAT, PAUL? BESIDES THE\nTWO MINUTES? BE NICE. ANYTHING\nELSE. OKAY.\nDAVID HANES, YOU ARE OUR\nREMOTE SPEAKER, IF YOU WOULD--\nLOOKS LIKE YOU ARE NOT PRESENT.\nMR. HANES? I DON'T SEE HIM ON\nTHE-- MR. HANES, STAR 6. OKAY.\nOKAY. HE IS NO LONGER\nPRESENT. WE HAVE ZERO REMAINING\nPUBLIC SPEAKERS.\nALL RIGHT. THAT BEING SAID,\nSINCE WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE IN\nCHAMBERS, NOBODY ON LINE OR\nREMOTE, PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS\nCLOSED. ITEM NUMBER ONE, WILL\nTHE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM\nNUMBER ONE INTO THE RECORD?\nCOUNCIL BILL 12177, ORDINANCE\nRELATING TO THE CITY LIGHT\nDEPARTMENT AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR\nOR HER DEZ IGNEE TO EXECUTE A\nCOMPREHENSIVE SETMMENT\nAGREEMENT, FIVE OFF-CISEANCE\nAGREEMENTS AND RELATED\nAGREEMENTS FOR PURPOSE OF\nRELICENSING THE CITY OF\nSEATTLE'S SKAGIT RIVER\nHYDROELECTRIC PROJECT BEFORE THE\nFEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY\nCOMMISSION AND RATIFYING AND\nCONFIRMING CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS.\nWHY DON'T WE HAVE FOLKS AND\nFRIENDS FROM SEATTLE CITY LIGHT\nCOME UP TO THE TABLE AND I WILL\nINTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOUR\nTITLES AND I UNDERSTAND YOU ARE\nGOING TO WALK US THROUGH A\nFIVE-PAGE POWER POINT. THANK YOU\nFOR TWO WEEKS AGO, GREAT\nPOWERPOINT, AND THANK YOU FOR\nTAKING SOME OF MY COMMENTINIZE\nTO CONSIDERATION FOR THIS\nFIVE-POINT POWERPOINT. I THINK\nTHE MAIN QUESTIONS WE GOT ARE\nWHAT HAPPENS AFTER THIS? WHEN IT\nKICKS OVER, AND MORE COMMENT\nPERIOD, AND IF THERE ARE ANY\nOTHER OBJECTIONS, WITH THAT, WE\nWILL HAND IT OVER TO THE PANEL.\nYOU WANT TO START WITH MR. SMITH\nAND THEN MOVE DOWN?\nCRAIG SMITH, INTERIM DIRECTOR\nAND CEO SEATTLE CITY LIGHT.\nGOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS\nCHRIS TOWNSEND, DIRECTOR OF\nNATURAL RESOURCES AND HIDE\nROLICENSING AT SEATTLE CITY\nLIGHT.\nGOOD AFTERNOON, MATT LOVE\nPARTNER AT CASCADIA LAW GROUP,\nOUTSIDE THE COUNCIL FOR THE CITY\nOF SEATTLE.\nGOOD AFTERNOON, ASSISTANT\nCITY ATTORNEY WITH THE CITY\nATTORNEY'S OFFICE.\nGOOD AFTERNOON, I AM DENNIS\nMCLERRAN, DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER\nAT SEATTLE CITY LIGHT.\nI AM ERIC MCONAGHY ON CENTRAL: I AM ERIC MCONAGHY ON CENTRAL\nCITY STAFF.\nWHY DON'T WE MOVE FORWARD\nWITH THE PRESENTATION?\nTHANK YOU, COMMITTEE MEMBERS.\nWE ARE PLEASED TO RETURN TO THE\nCOMMITTEE TODAY FOR A FINAL\nREVIEW AND COUNCIL VOTE ON THE\nSKAGIT HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT\nRELICENSING OF SETTLEMENT\nAGREEMENT. THIS IS HISTORIC\nMILESTONE FOR CITY LIGHT, AND\nTHE CITY OF SEATTLE, TO SECURE\nAN AGREEMENT THAT INSURES THE\nCRITICAL HYDROPOWER RESOURCE\nWILL CONTINUE TO BE AVAILABLE\nFOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS FOR CITY\nLIGHT CUSTOMERS IN THE WESTERN\nREGION. IT ALSO REFLECTS THE\nOUTSTANDING WORK OF LICENSE\nPARTNERS, ESPECIALLY OUR TRIBAL\nPART NERS, TO SECURE A\nCOMPREHENSIVE AGREEMENT THAT\nSTRENGTHENS OUR ENVIRONMENTAL\nSTEWARDSHIP AND LONG-TERM\nMANAGEMENT OF THE SKAGIT\nWATERSHED. I WILL TURN IT OVER\nTO CHRIS, DIRECTOR OF NATURAL\nRESOURCES AND LICENSING CITY\nLIGHT, TO PROVIDE HISTORICAL\nCONTEXT FOR THE COMMITTEE AND\nDISCUSS NEXT STEPS IN THE\nRELICENSING PROCESS.\nTHANK YOU, CRAIG. LITTLE\nINTIMIDATING PROVIDING A HISTORY\nOF THE SKAGIT PROJECT IN FRONT\nOF A COUNCIL MEMBER WHO PROBABLY\nKNOWS THE HISTORY BETTER THAN I\nDO. HOWEVER, I WILL ENDEAVOR TO\nSTATE ACCURATE HISTORY AND STAND\nREADY TO BE CHALLENGED BY\nCOUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS. SO, THE\nPROJECT WAS STARTED IN 1927,\nGORGE DAM WAS THE FIRST DAM TO\nBE BUILT IN THE SYSTEM AND THE\nLAST DAM TO BE BUILT IN THE\nSYSTEM. THE FIRST GORGE DAM WAS\nWOOD CRIBBED DAM AND WAS IN\nPLACE TO HELP CONSTRUCT THE\nOTHER TWO DAMS IN THE SYSTEM,\nBEFORE BEING REPLACED BY THE\nHIGH GORGE DAM IN 1961. SO,\nCONSTRUCTION STARTED IN 1924,\nDIABLO WAS THE SECOND DAM IN THE\nSYSTEM TO BE CONSTRUCTED, AND\nROSS FOLLOWED WITH CONSTRUCTION\nSTARTING IN 1937, AND EVERYTHING\nWITH THE POWER HOUSE BEING\nCOMPLETE IN 1956. THEN WE\nREPLACED THE GORGE DAM IN 1961\nWITH THE DAM YOU SEE TODAY. I\nWANTED TO JUST MAKE A FEW POINTS\nABOUT THE STORAGE AS WELL, THE\nGORGE DAM HAS NO STORAGE. DIABLO\nHAS A FEW HOURS OF STORAGE BUT\nROSS ALSO HAS A SIGNIFICANT\nFLOOD POCKET THAT SERVES A\nREALLY IMPORTANT ROLE FOR THE\nVALLEY. REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR\nNOT IT IS PRODUCING POWER. I\nALSO WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT\nTHAT ROSS DAM IS THE HEIGHT OF\nTHE SMITH TOWER THAT YOU COULD\nJUST SEE THE TOP OF. SO IF WE\nARE SITTING NEXT TO ROSS DAM\nRIGHT NOW, IT WOULD BE THAT\nHIGH, SO, IT IS A MASSIVE\nSTRUCTURE, QUITE AN ENGINEERING\nACCOMPLISHMENT. THE ORIGINAL\nLICENSE WAS ISSUED IN 1927, A\n50-YEAR LICENSE, IT EXPIRED IN\n1977. IT TOOK 18 YEARS FOR THE\nFOLLOWING LICENSE TO BE ISSUED\nIN 1995. WE ARE HOPING THAT THIS\nLICENSE DOESN'T TAKE 18 YEARS.\nBUT THAT LICENSE THAT WAS ISSUED\nIN 1995 WAS ISSUED ON THE BASIS\nOF A COMPREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT\nAGREEMENT REACHED IN 1991. I\nBELIEVE IT WAS THE FIRST SUCH\nCOMPREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT\nAGREEMENT IN RELICENSING, THE\nCITY OF SEATTLE DID PIONEER\nAPPROACH OF USING COMPREHENSIVE\nSETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND\nRELICENSING. OUR LICENSE IS\nEXPIRED, IT EXPIRED IN APRIL OF\nLAST YEESHG ABOUT A YEAR AGO,\nAND WE WILL BE OPERATING UNDER\nANNUAL LICENSES, PRETTY MUCH PRO\nFORMA BASIS UNTIL WE HAVE THE\nNEW LICENSE. IT DOESN'T TAKE AN\nAPPLICATION TO GET AN ANNUAL\nLICENSE, THEY ARE ISSUED ON A\nYEAR-BY-YEAR BASIS AND WE EXTEND\nTHE EXISTING CONDITIONS OR THE\nCONDITIONS IN THE 1995 LICENSING\nUNTIL THE NEW LICENSE IS ISSUED.\nWE BEGAN THE PROCESS FOR THE NEW\n50-YEAR LICENSE IN 2018, AND THE\nFIRST SIGNIFICANT STEP WAS TO\nCOMPLETE A NUMBER OF STUDIES. I\nWE DID 33 STUDIES THAT COST $25\nMILLION. WE DID EXTENSIVE AMOUNT\nOF SCIENCE TO SUPPORT THE\nDECISION MAKING IN THE PROCESS\nAND WE HAVE USED THAT BODY OF\nWORK IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE\nCOMREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT\nAGREEMENT THAT WE ARE ASKING YOU\nTO APPROVE FOR MOVING FORWARD.\nWE SUBMITTED LICENSE APPLICATION\nIN APRIL OF 2023, AND WE\nCONCLUDED SETTLEMENT DISCUSSIONS\nIN DECEMBER OF 2025, WHICH WAS A\nREAL MILESTONE. ALL PARTIES THAT\nHAVE ANY REGULATORY AUTHORITY OR\nTREATY RIGHTS ASSOCIATED WITH\nTHIS HYDROELECTRIC SYSTEM SIGNED\nTHE AGREEMENT ALREADY. WE WILL\nBE THE FINAL SIGNATURE TO GO ON\nTO THE AGREEMENT. I WOULD LIKE\nTO REPORT THAT THE SKAGIT COUNTY\nDID APPROVE AND SIGN THE\nSETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, I THINK,\nTWO DAYS AGO. SO, THAT WAS A\nSIGNIFICANT WIN TO HAVE A LOCAL\nGOVERNMENT SIGN ON.\nWERE THOSE THE FOLKS THAT: WERE THOSE THE FOLKS THAT\nSENT US THE LET? THE\nCOMMISSIONERS, DATED OVER A WEEK\nAGO, THAT WERE OPPOSING IT?\nAND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE\nRESPONDED TO THE COMMISSIONERS.\nWE SAW THE RESPONSE: WE SAW THE RESPONSE.\nOKAY. GREAT.\nWE, EVEN WHEN WE, HOPEFULLY\nSIGN THE AGREEMENT AND HAVE A\nSIGNING CEREMONY AT SOME POINT\nIN MAY, EARLY MAY, WE ARE\nHOPING, WE STILL ANTICIPATE THAT\nWE WILL NOT GET A NEW LICENSE\nUNTIL 2030. THERE IS STILL A\nSIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PROCESS,\nWHICH I WILL GO THROUGH WITH YOU\nNOW. ONCE WE SUBMIT THE\nCOMPREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT\nAGREEMENT AND UPDATED LICENSE\nAPPLICATION, THEY WILL ISSUE A\nPUBLIC NOTICE AND PUBLIC COMMENT\nOPPORTUNITY WILL BEGIN RIGHT\nAWAY. THERE WILL BE A COUPLE OF\nOPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT\nDURING THAT PERIOD. THE INITIAL\nONE IS PRETTY QUICK, THE NOTICE\nIS ISSUED AND THEN THE PUBLIC\nWILL HAVE 20 DAYS TO COMMENT.\nAFTER THAT PUBLIC COMMENT\nPERIOD, THEY MAY REQUEST\nADDITIONAL INFORMATION, IF THEY\nDO, THAT COULD INVOLVE, YOU\nKNOW, SEVERAL MONTHS TO A YEAR\nOF ADDITIONAL STUDIES. AFTER\nWHICH, THEY WOULD ISSUE THEIR\nREADINESS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL\nANALYSIS, AND THAT PROCESS KICKS\nOFF THE REGULATORY PROCESS FOR\nTHE OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES WITH\nTHE ROLE AND STATE AGENCY WITH\n401 WATER QUALITY ROLE. THOSE\nARE ALSO LISTED HERE. AGAIN, THE\nNEW LICENSE WOULD BE ABOUT 2030\nWITH ALL THE PROCESS AND THAT IS\nMAYBE AN OPTIMISTIC TIMEFRAME,\nGIVEN THE COMPLEXITY OF THE\nPROJECT. I DID WANT TO MAKE THE\nPOINT ON THE SLIDE, TOO, THAT\nTHE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER A\nNEW ORDINANCE IN 2030 TO ACCEPT\nTHE LICENSE. SO THERE IS ONE\nMORE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY\nCOUNCIL TO HEAR THIS AND THAT\nWILL BE WHEN FIRK ISSUED THE\nLICENSE FOR ADOPTION. AS SOON AS\nWE SIGN THE AGREEMENT, THE\nEFFECTIVE DATE OF THE\nCOMPREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT\nAGREEMENT, AND THE AGREEMENT\nINCLUDES SEVERAL DIFFERENT\nACTIVITIES THAT DEPEND ON THE\nEFFECTIVE DATE THAT WE WILL GET\nBUSY ON RIGHT AWAY. EVEN THOUGH\nIT WILL TAKE UNTIL 2030 TO ISSUE\nTHE LICENSE, WE AGREED TO DO A\nNUMBER OF THINGS THAT WILL GIVE\nUS A JUMP START ON A LOT OF THE\nGOOD MEASURES WE HAVE INCLUDED\nIN COMPREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT\nAGREEMENT. WE WILL SET UP THE\nGOVERNANCE PROGRAM AND YOU WILL\nKNOW FROM THE LETTER FROM THE\nCOUNTY AND OTHERS THAT THERE IS\nA KEEN INTEREST IN US BEING OPEN\nAND TRANSPARENT AND GETTING A\nJUMP ON ACTIVITIES RIGHT AWAY,\nNOT DRAGGING OUR FEET. BY\nSETTING UP THE LICENSE\nIMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE, AND\nTHE ECO SYSTEM MONITORING\nADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM,\nTHAT IS IMMEDIATE ACTION RIGHT\nOUT OF THE GATE, INCLUDING OUR\nPARTNERS IN IMPLEMENTATION OF\nCRITICAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING\nTO KEEP THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF\nTHIS GOING. WE WILL IMPLEMENT,\nCOMPLETE HISTORICAL PROPERTIES\nMANAGEMENT PLAN, AND THEN WE\nWILL START THE FLOW AND HABITAT\nPLANNING. WE ARE GOING TO BE\nDOING A NUMBER OF STUDIES\nRELATED TO JUVENILE HABITAT TO\nMAKE SURE FLOW MEASURES ARE\nACCURATE. WE WILL DO A GRAVEL\nAUGMENTATION PILOT, THE THEORY\nBEING THE DAM IS BLOCKING\nNATURAL FLOW OF SEDIMENT AND IT\nMAY BE POSSIBLE TO PUT SEDIMENT\nIN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE RIVER TO\nRESTORE THE SEDIMENT FLOW. WE\nWILL DEVELOP A PROCESS FLOW\nADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT PLAN.\nPROCESS FLOWS ARE FLOWS THAT\nMIMIC STORM EVENTS AND OTHER\nUNUSUAL EVENTS THAT CAN PROVIDE\nSERVICES LIKE KEEPING SIDE\nCHANNELS OPEN. WE WILL BEGIN\nIMPORTANTLY ESTUARY HABITAT\nENHANCEMENT PLAN. WE HAVE A\nTWO-YEAR TIMEFRAME FOR THAT. BUT\nYOU WANT TO WORK WITH SKAGIT\nCOUNTY, DRAINAGE AND DIKING\nDISTANCE, TRIBES AND OTHERS TO\nIDENTIFY THE MOST IMPORTANT\nPROPERTIES TO MOVE FORWARD WITH\nRESTORATION. THAT WILL BE A\nCOLLABORATIVE PROCESS THAT\nHAPPENS EARLY ON. OPERATIONS AND\nWATER QUALITY, ACTIONS THAT WILL\nBE TAKEN, WE HAVE ALREADY\nSTARTED ON DESIGNING MINIMUM,\nMINISTERING FLOW STRUCTURE TO\nPUT WATER BACK INTO GORGE REACH.\nAS SOON AS WE ARE ISSUED THE\nLICENSE, WE WILL IMPLEMENT THAT.\nLIKELY A LOW-FLOW GENERATOR. OF\nCOURSE THE TRIBE INCLUDES\nREVENUE SHARING AGREEMENT ON\nTHAT LOW-FLOW GENERATOR. WHICH\nIS APPROPRIATE BECAUSE THE GORGE\nDAM, OR THE LOW-FLOW GENERATOR,\nWILL BE BUILT, IS BUILT ON ONE\nOF THEIR SPIRITUAL HISTORICAL\nSITES. THE GORGE REGION OF THE\nRIVER. WE WILL BE RETURNING THE\n250CSF THROUGH THE MINIMUM FLOW\nGENERATOR TO THE REACH. WE WILL\nCONTINUE WITH WATER QUALITY\nTEMPERATURE MONITORING AND DO\nWORK WITH ECOLOGY. MOST\nIMPORTANTLY, WE WILL BE STARTING\nTHE EARLY WORK ON THE FISH\nPASSAGE PROGRAM. THERE ARE FOUR\nKEY ITEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT,\nCITY LIGHT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR\nDOING A BODY OF ADDITIONAL\nSCIENTIFIC STUDIES THAT WILL\nCONVENE RIGHT AWAY, WE ARE\nWORKING ON THE STUDY PLANS, THE\nSCOPE SCHEDULES AND BUDGETS\nRIGHT NOW-TO GET AGREEMENT ON\nTHAT SO WE CAN START\nIMMEDIATELY. WE HAVE ONE YEAR TO\nCONDUCT THE ADDITIONAL STUDIES,\nAND IF WE NEED TO, WE WILL\nCONDUCT MORE WORK THAN WHAT IS\nREQUIRED IN ORDER TO MAKE GOOD\nDECISIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE\nHAVE FISH PASSAGE SYSTEM THAT\nWILL WORK AND WILL RETURN A LOT\nOF VALUE TO THE RIVER. THE\nSECOND ITEM IS THE\nRESPONSIBILITY, UPPER SKAGIT\nINDIAN TRIPE, THEY WILL BE\nWORKING WITH MCMILLAN TO DO A\nCOST AND SCHEDULE REPORT FOR THE\nDOWN STREAM COLLECTOR AND OTHER\nELEMENTS OF THE FISH PASSAGE\nPROGRAM. THAT WORK NEEDS TO\nOCCUR WITHIN THE FIRST SIX\nMONTHS, SO THAT WILL GIVE US\nINFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE DOWN\nSTREAM COLLECTOR WILL LOOK LIKE,\nIT IS REALLY REMOTE AREA OF THE\nROSS RESERVOIR, GOING TO BE\nDIFFICULT TO BUILD SO WE WILL\nGET A JUMP ON THE ENGINEERING\nWORK ASK HAVING THE UPPER SKAGIT\nTRIBE LEADING IT REMOVES ANY\nFEELING THAT THE CITY MIGHT BE\nKIND OF STEERING THINGS IN THE\nDIRECTION THAT WE WANT TO GO.\nLIKE A SECOND PARTY DESIGNING\nTHAT IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THE\nWORK. SIMILARLY, WE HAD THE\nNATIONAL PARK SERVICE DESIGN THE\nROSS ACCESS REPORT. ONE OF THE\nFEASIBILITY CRITERIA FOR THE\nDOWNSTREAM COLLECTOR IS WE ARE\nABLE TO ACCESS THE RESERVOIR\nWITH THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND\nMATERIALS NEEDED TO BUILD THE\nDOWNSTREAM COLLECTOR. THE\nNATIONAL PARK SERVICE IS GOING\nTO LEAD THAT EFFORT AND THAT\nEFFORT WILL INCLUDE LOOKING AT A\nROAD AND OTHER ALTERNATIVE MEANS\nOF ACCESS SUCH AS A SKY DRAIN.\nTHEN THE FOURTH ASK IMPORTANT\nCOMPONENT WILL BE ABLE TO BE\nTRANSPARENT. THE FOURTH\nCOMPONENT IS STOCK SELECTION AND\nMANAGEMENT PLAN, WHICH IS\nRESPONSIBILITY OF THE FISH\nMANAGERS WHO ARE THE TRIBES,\nWASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH\nAND WILDLIFE&THE NATIONAL\nFISHERY SERVICE. THAT WILL\nLIKELY BE DONE IN A SLIGHTLY\nMORE CONFIDENTIAL MANNER GIVEN\nIT IS IMPORTANT TREATY AND\nTRIBAL RIGHTS ISSUES ARE BEING\nDISCUSSED IN THOSE ROOMS. THEY\nWILL TELL US WHAT FISH,\nULTIMATELY, THEY WOULD LIKE US\nTO PASS AND THEN WE WILL DESIGN\nAND STUDY THE SYSTEM TO\nACCOMPLISH THOSE GOALS. I\nBELIEVE THAT IS THE END OF MY\nPRESENTATION.\nGREAT. LET ME ASK A QUICK\nQUESTION, IS THIS POWERPOINT\nONLINE FOR THE PUBLIC? LIKE YOUR\nLAST ONE WAS? IT IS? OKAY. OKAY.\nWELL, I AM A ACTUALLY OKAY, BUT\nI AM GOING TO LOOK TO MY\nCOLLEAGUES AND SEE IF THERE ARE\nANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS\nPOWERPOINT. I KNOW IT IS A LOT.\nWE WENT THROUGH THE REAL MEAT\nAND BONES OF IT AT THE LAST ONE.\nBUT THE FOLLOW-UP ONE, THE THING\nWE WANTED TO FOCUS ON WAS WHAT\nHAPPENS POST, IF, INDEED, THIS\nPASSES, IT GOES TO FULL COUNCIL,\nTHEN TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, AND\nTHE COMMENT PERIOD, AND THEN IN\nTHE MEANTIME, WE HAD THE LETTER\nOF OPPOSITION FROM THE SKAGIT\nFOLKS NOW THAT GOT FIXED. AND\nTHEN, SO, I KIND OF ALREADY KNOW\nSOME OF THE HISTORY OBVIOUSLY,\nSO I WANTED TO ASK COLLEAGUE\nPHYSICAL THEY HAVE QUESTIONS.\nDID YOU?\nI WILL MAKE SOME STATEMENTS: I WILL MAKE SOME STATEMENTS.\nOKAY. YOU OKAY?\nMY VICE CHAIR OKAY? WELL, WE\nCAN'T HEAR HIM, SO.\nIF I MAY, CHAIR,\nCOMPLIMENTING THE REMARKS YOU\nJUST MADE ABOUT WE JUST RECEIVED\nA FIVE-PAGE POWER POINT, WENT\nPRETTY QUICKLY THROUGH IT, HAD A\nGOOD PRESENTATION TWO WEEKS AGO,\nSO ARE WE READY TO VOTE?\nYEP, WE ARE GOING TO VOTE.\nIT FEELS A LITTLE: IT FEELS A LITTLE\nANTICLIMACTIC AT THIS MOMENT,\nAND THE REASON, IN MY OPINION,\nIS SUCCESS IS NOT BY CHANCE, IT\nIS THE PRODUCT OF A LONG, LIKE A\nNUMBER OF YEARS OF REALLY HARD\nWORK AND GETTING INTO DETAILS\nWITH A PANDEMIC IN THE MIDDLE OF\nIT. RIGHT? SO WE ARE HERE TODAY,\nI HAVE ASKED FOR IN-DEPTH\nBRIEFINGS OVER THE COURSE OF A\nNUMBER OF YEARS SO I WOULD NOT\nGET INTO HAD MOMENT WITH A LOT\nOF QUESTIONS. YOU HAVE BEEN\nSUCCESSFUL. I WATCHED YOUR\nPRESENTATION FROM TWO WEEKS AGO\nAND I WAS STRUCK AND I WAS AWED\nBY HOW MUCH THIS TEAM HAS BEEN\nABLE TO ACCOMPLISH, THE BARRIERS\nYOU HAVE OVERCOME, I JUST\nREMEMBER THAT FIRST TRIP THAT WE\nTOOK, CHRIS, UP TO THE SKAGIT. I\nWAS ASKING SOME PRESSING\nQUESTIONS AND I WAS NOT LIKING\nTHE ANSWERS I WAS RECEIVING.\nVERY DIRECTLY. RIGHT? AND FOR\nEVEN ME, YOU BEING ABLE TO WORK\nTHROUGH THAT, AND THEN YOU DID\nTHIS, WHAT? 19 OR 26\nSTAKEHOLDERS? COUNTLESS. WE WILL\nSAY COUNTLESS, FOR THE RECORD.\nA LOT: A LOT.\n16. I AM VERY APPRECIATIVE,\nTHE PRESENTATION TWO WEEKS AGO\nWAS REALLY GREAT. YOU BREEZED\nOVER IT ABOUT THE SKY CRANE, BUT\nYOU PAUSED IT ON IT LAST TIME\nAROUND, AND JUST FOR THE RECORD\nTO REFLECT, I HAVE BEEN UP\nTHERE, I HAVE FOUND THE\nFOOTINGS, THEY STILL EXIST, ALL\nYOU NEED IS BOLTS AND STEEL AND\nWE WILL GET THAT SKY CRANE\nRUNNING RIGHT BACK LIKE IT USED\nTO. AND THERE IS ALSO SOME OTHER\nFOLKS IN THE ROOM RIGHT NOW,\nNOAH, AMY, YOU HAVE BEEN VERY\nHELPFUL. I WANT TO TAKE THE\nMOMENT TO RECOGNIZE YOU SINCE\nYOU ARE NOT AT THE TABLE. AND IF\nI MAY, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I WILL\nREAD THE LETTER THAT I SENT, HAD\nYOU READ LAST TIME, EVEN THOUGH\nTRIBAL LEADERS AREN'T HERE, I\nTHINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO SAY\nTHESE WORDS ONE MORE TIME. WHEN\nI WAS WRITING THIS, I USED THE\nWORD \"HISTORIC,\" THIS IS A\nHISTORIC MOMENT. I PAUSE BECAUSE\nI QUESTIONED, IS THAT ACCURATE?\nBECAUSE THAT IS A VERY WEIGHTY\nWORD. AND, IN REFLECTION, I\nREMAIN THAT THIS IS A HISTORIC\nMOMENT OF THE TIMELINE YOU JUST\nPRESENTED WITH THE RELICENSE IN\nTHE 1970s IS AND AGAIN AND HERE\nWE ARE WITH A 50-YEAR LICENSE. I\nWILL READ THIS LETTER BECAUSE I\nTHING IT REALLY GETS THE CORE OF\nTHE WORK THAT HAS BEEN\nACCOMPLISHED, THANK YOU TO OUR\nTRIBAL LEADERS, THANK YOU FOR\nLETTING US BE YOUR GUEST HERE\nTODAY IN CHAMBERS, AND IN THE\nSKAGIT RIVER WATER SHED . ONE OF\nTHE HEALTHIEST RIVER, BECAUSE OF\nYOUR STEWARDSHIP, CONSERVATION\nEFFORTS THE LAST CENTURY&THE\nPOSITIONS YOU HAVE HELD IN THIS\nLAST DECADE OF NEGOTIATING THIS\nRELICENSE AGREEMENT. ME, MY\nFAMILY, AND FUTURE GENERATIONS,\nARE IN DEBTED TO YOU AND WHAT\nYOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED FOR ALL OF\nUS. THE LAST LICENSE AGREEMENT\nCONSERVED THE LAND IN THE SKAGIT\nRIVER BASIN SO MUCH THAT IT\nEQUATES TO THE SIZE OF ROSS\nLAKE, WHICH EXTENDS SO FAR, IT\nGOES TO CANADA. THE AGREEMENT\nBEFORE US GOES EVEN FURTHER.\nYOUR WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH US\nIN AN OFF LICENSE AGREEMENT AND\nYOUR COMMITMENT TO HOLD TO\nACCOUNT IS WHAT MAKES THIS\nMOMENT INCREDIBLY SPECIAL. IT IS\nWHAT MAKES THIS AGREEMENT\nHISTORIC. WE WILL LIVE BETTER\nLIVES, OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS\nWILL BE BETTER OFF, BECAUSE OF\nTHE AGREEMENTS WE ARE IN THE\nPROCESS OF MAKING TODAY. FROM\nTHE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, THANK\nYOU. I GO ON TO SAY I WOULD LOVE\nTO CONTINUE MEETING WITH THE\nTRIBAL LEADERS UP IN THE SKAGIT\nRIVER BASIN. I THINK IT WILL BE\nIMPORTANT THAT WE USE THE NATIVE\nCOMMUNITIES AND TRIBAL\nGOVERNMENTS TO CONTINUE THIS\nWORK TO BE ABLE TO MEET WITH\nFOLKS UP THERE, BECAUSE WHILE\nTHEY WERE HERE LAST MEETING, AND\nWE GOT THROUGH A FAIR AMOUNT OF\nTHE INFORMATION THEY WERE ABLE\nTO SHARE WITH US, THERE WAS SO\nMUCH LEFT ON THE TABLE FOR US TO\nDISCUSS, BECAUSE A DECADE OF\nNEGOTIATING TO GET TO AN OFF\nLICENSE AGREEMENT WHERE WE ARE\nNOT SUING IN COURT, AND WE ARE\nCONTINUING TO HAVE ELECTRICAL\nGENERATION OPERATING IN SKAGIT\nIN THE SKAGIT, IS JUST\nINCREDIBLE. SO, THE BACK PAY FOR\nOUR USE OF THE LAND, OUR\nCONSERVATION, OUR ELECTRICAL\nGENERATION, PUTTING WATER BACK\nIN THE RIVER AND STILL NOT\nLOSING GENERATION, THIS IS A\nREALLY HISTORIC MOMENT. CHRIS,\nTHANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY\nHEART FOR YOU WORK ON HAD BEHALF\nOF THE CITY OF SEATTLE. THANK\nYOU.\nTHANK YOU. IS THERE ANYTHING,\nCOMMENTS FROM ANYONE ELSE? WHAT\nABOUT MR. KETTLE?\nFOLLOW UP, CAPTURES THE\nBIGGER PICTURE, LONGER TERM, THE\nFULLNESS OF THIS, THANKS FOR HIS\nCOMMENTS AND FOR THE WORK DONE\nBY EVERYBODY, REALLY APPRECIATE\nIT.\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU.\nBEFORE I CLOSE US OUT: BEFORE I CLOSE US OUT.\nSURE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.\nI WANT TO CONTINUE, I SUPPOSE,\nBY THANKING OUR PARTNERS AT CITY\nLIGHT FOR GETTING US TO THIS\nPOINT RIGHT NOW, VERY COMPLEX,\nMULTI-YEAR, MULTI-PARTY\nENGAGEMENT. AND MULTIPLE MILLION\nDOLLARS, OF COURSE, AS WELL, BUT\nIT IS TREMENDOUSLY IMPACTFUL AND\nHUGELY CONKWENS AND BENEFICIAL\nFOR A LOT OF COMMUNITIES ACROSS\nOUR REGION. I CAN'T SAY THAT\nWITHOUT ALSO REAFFIRMING MY\nGRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION TO\nTHE TRIBAL LEADERS AND ELDERS\nWHO SHARED THEIR OWN\nPERSPECTIVES WITH US AT THIS\nVERY MEETING LAST TIME, TWO\nWEEKS AGO. I AM TREMENDOUSLY\nGRATEFUL FOR THEIR TIME, SHARING\nTHEIR INSIGHTS AND KNOWLEDGE AND\nGUIDANCE, AND IMPORTANTLY,\nHISTORY. ALSO, WANT TO RECOGNIZE\nTHE LEADERSHIP OF THE INDIAN\nTRIBAL COMMUNITY, UPPER SKAGIT\nINDIAN TRIBE, THE INDIAN TRIBE,\nTHROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, THESE\nARE SOVEREIGN TRIBAL NATIONS\nWITH DEEP, ENDURING CONNECTIONS\nTO THE SAJT RIVER. THEIR VOICES\nREMIND US THAT THIS WORK IS NOT\nONLY TECHNICAL, IT IS CULTURAL,\nSPIRITUALLY, AND ROOTED IN\nGENERATIONS OF STEWARDSHIP. WHAT\nWE ARE CONSIDERING IN, THINK\nABOUT TO VOTE ON, IS NOT JUST\nTHE LICENSE, BUT A DECISION WITH\nGENERATIONAL IMPACTS ON CULTURE,\nON CLIMATE, ON ECO SYSTEMS, AND\nSO MUCH MORE. THE COMMITMENTS IN\nTHIS AGREEMENT REPRESENT AN\nIMPORTANT STEP TOWARD PROTECTING\nNATURAL RESOURCES, SUPPORTING\nTRIBE PRIORITIES, AND\nACKNOWLEDGING PAST WRONGS, PAST\nTRAUMAS, PAST IMPACTS. SO, WANT\nTO THANK, AGAIN, THE TEAM FROM\nSEATTLE CITY LIGHT, FOR ALL YOUR\nHARD WORK IN THIS HIGHLY\nCOMPLEX, BUT HUGELY IMPACTFUL\nEFFORT OVER MANY YEARS. AND MORE\nWORK TO COME, OF COURSE, IN\nTERMS OF IMPLEMENTATION. BUT\nGREAT PLACE TO BE RIGHT NOW, AND\nMADAM CHAIR, I WOULD BE REMISSED\nAS WELL IF I DIDN'T ALSO\nRECOGNIZE YOU AND YOUR\nSTEWARDSHIP OF THIS PROCESS,\nYOUR TREMENDOUS LEADERSHIP. SO\nMANY DIFFERENT FACETS, I HAVE\nBEEN PRIVILEGED TO BE ABLE TO\nOBSERVE FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS\nON THIS EFFORT, BUT I KNOW YOUR\nLEADERSHIP AND INVOLVEMENT IN\nTHIS BROADER, STRATEGIC EFFORT,\nTRANSCENDS MY OWN TWO-PLUS YEAR\nPERIOD ON THE COUNCIL. SO, OUR\nCITY IS BENEFITING FROM YOUR\nWISDOM AND EXPERTISE ASK YOUR\nLEADERSHIP, AND IS GOING TO\nCONTINUE TO DO SO FOR DECADS AND\nGENERATIONS TO COME. THANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU. YOU DONE? I AM\nGOING TO CLOSE US OUT, UNLESS\nYOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY.\nTHANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I\nSAID A LOT LAST TIME, SO I WILL\nJUST SAY, AGAIN, THANK YOU TO\nTHE CITY LIGHT TEAM, THE ENTIRE\nTEAM WHO WORKED ON THIS&THANK\nYOU TO OUR TRIBAL PARTNERS WHO\nCAME LAST TIME TO SAY THEY\nSUPPORT THIS. THERE WAS A LOT OF\nWORK DONE OVER MANY YEARS TO GET\nTO THIS POINT. I WANT TO\nRECOGNIZE THAT WORK, MADAM\nCHAIR, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE ALL\nTHE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE, AND\nTHE TIME THAT YOU WERE HERE PAST\nAND PRESENT, TOWARD THIS EFFORT\nAND I LOOK FORWARD TO TAKING THE\nBOAT TODAY. THANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU, MADAM. I WAS GOING\nTO SAY MADAM CHAIR. COUNCIL\nMEMBER RIVERA. I AM GOING TO BE\nSTRAIGHT FORWARD HERE, I\nAPPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES, THANK\nYOU GUYS, BUT I COME FROM A\nGENERATION WHERE I THINK IT IS\nIMPORTANT THAT YOU LAID OUT THE\nHISTORY, STARTING IN 1924, TO\nWHERE WE ARE AT. WHAT I ALWAYS\nFIND A BIT DISINGENUOUS, THOUGH\nIS YOU NEVER PUT IN THE HISTORY\nOF TREATIES THAT GUARANTEED\nTRIBES RIGHTS TO THE FISH AND\nWHAT THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS\nDID TO OUR RIVER AND STREAM\nSYSTEMS, AND THE DEGRADATION,\nYOU NEVER TALK ABOUT, AFTER 1977\nAND 1978 WITH THE DECISION IN\nUSC WASHINGTON&WHAT IT TOOK US\nHERE FOR US TO BE AT THE TABLE.\nI AM JUST CAUTIONING YOU IN THE\nFUTURE, I AM NOT GOING TO CALL\nBS, BUT THOSE OF US THAT LIVED\nTHROUGH THIS, AND THE FISH WARS,\nI MEAN, THAT IS PART OF THE\nHISTORY. I KNOW YOU ALL WORK\nHARD AND I GET THAT, BUT HAVING\nITS GENESIS TO MAKE THE STATE\nAND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND ARMY\nCORPS AND ALL THESE GROUPS\nINCLUDING GROUPS LIKE THE SIERRA\nCLUB AND ALL OF THEM AS WELL, IT\nTOOK US TO HAVE TO BE IN FEDERAL\nDISTRICT COURT, THE 9th CIRCUIT,\nAND THE UNITED STATES SUPREME\nCOURT TO SECURE OUR RIGHTS TO\nEVEN BE AT THE TABLE. WHILE I\nTHANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK, I THINK\nTHE REAL, FOR ME, ANYWAY, THE\nREAL HERO IS WHAT I LOOK BACK ON\nAND I AM SURE YOU WATCHED THE\nFISH WARS, IS THAT-- WHEN WE SAY\nTRIBAL OR TRADITIONAL, WE ALSO\nHAD THE SCIENCE. I WAS LOOKING\nAT YOUR POWERPOINT AND BEING\nTRIGGERED BY REMEMBERING HAVING\nTO CROSS EXAMINE HYDROLOGISTS\nAND LEARN ABOUT THE MAIN STEM\nAND SHADE IN THE RIVERS AND\nPEOPLE TELLING US THAT IT IF YOU\nTAKE IT OUT THE FISH WON'T COME\nBACK AND THEY CAME BACK, DEALING\nWITH-- I COULD GO ON AND ON, SO\nI GUESS MY POINT IS, I THINK IT\nIS IMPORTANT WHEN YOU DO THE\nSIGNING SHS IF WE GET THIS OUT\nOF COMMITTEE TO FULL COUNCIL, I\nTHINK IT IS IMPORTANT, THAT WE\nTALK ABOUT THE WHOLE HISTORY\nHERE, AND IT HAS BEEN VERY\nTRAGIC. AND WE HAVE LOST A LOT\nOF LAND&A LOT OF RESOURCES THAT\nWE ARE NOT GOING TO GET BACK,\nCALL IT WHAT IT IS. THERE IS A\nTIME WHERE THE COLOMBIA RIVER IN\nTHE 1970s WHEN THE SPRING\nCHINOOK CAME BACK, I REMEMBER\nONE YEAR THERE WERE LIKE 12, AND\nTHEM LOSING THE DALLES, FISHING,\nAND TRADITIONAL FISHING SITES.\nYES, WE HAVE DONE THAT FOR\nENERGY AND THAT IS WHAT POWERS\nTHE CITY. SO, WHEN I LOOK-- YOU\nKNOW, I PLOT IT OUT, I GO BACK\nAND LOOK FOR MY DAYS OF\nLITIGATING, SO, I, YOU KNOW,\nKNOW HOW HARD IT WAS ON THESE\nCOMMUNITIES AND I WAS THERE IN\n1991 AT EVERGREEN LEGAL SERVICES\nIN THE NATIVE AMERICAN PROJECT\nWITH THE LIKES OF DOREEN MALONEY\nAND LORRAINE AND ALL OF THOSE\nFOLKS. AND SO I REMEMBER HOW\nCONTENTIOUS IT WAS, IT WASN'T\nLIKE IT IS RIGHT NOW. I SAY\nTHIS, NOT AS QUITE ELDER YET,\nJUST MAKES ME LAUGH, BUT HAVING\nTHAT HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE\nABOUT HOW WE GOT HERE, EVEN THE\nFIVE OFF LICENSE AGREEMENTS FOR\n$350 MILLION. IF WE-- NO ONE\nWANTS TO DO THIS&I THINK THAT IS\nWHAT PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND,\nTRIBES NEVER WANT TO BE IN A\nPOSITION WHERE THEY HAVE TO SUE\nBECAUSE WE DON'T ALWAYS GET\nWHAT ALL WE WANT EITHER. THAT IS\nWHY WE ARE HERE TODAY. THIS IS\nHISTORIC, $4 BILLION, AS YOU\nKNOW, PACKAGE. I DON'T HAVE TO\nGO INTO IT, YOU KNOW HOW LONG\nTHIS HAS BEEN GOING ON, AS\nCOUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS POINTED\nOUT, 15, 16 PARTIES, IT IS NOT\nEASY Y. AM NOT GOING TO TAKE\nTHAT AWAY FROM YOU. I KNOW IT IS\nHARD. WITH THE COMPETING\nINTERESTS AND NOT JUST WITH THE\nFEDS AND THE STATE AND THE CITY,\nBUT THE RECREATIONAL GROUPS AND\nENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS, AND\nEVERYBODY'S POSITION ABOUT DAMS\nIN GENERAL. SO, I LOOK FORWARD\nTO THIS GETTING TO THE MAYOR'S\nOFFICE AND THIS GETTING OVER AND\nSEEING HOW THE PROCESS WORKS,\nAND STEPPING BACK AND SEE IF THE\nFISH PASSAGES WORK CAN AND THE\nSCIENCE WORK, I THINK IT MAY BE\nTHE FIRST OF ITS KIND, CORRECT\nME IF I AM WRONG, IN THE\nCOUNTRY, WHERE THE TRIBES HAVE\nDONE THIS WITH YOU AND THIS TYPE\nOF AGREEMENT, IF IT IS GOING TO\nBE YOUR LICENSE FOR 50 YEARSISM\nWE KNOW WHEN THE LICENSES\nSTARTED IN THE LATE 20s AND I\nSAID THIS LAST TIME Y WILL SAY\nIT BRIEFLY AGAIN, THEY USED\nEMINENT DOMAIN TO TAKE AWAY\nMILLIONS OF ACRES OF TRIBAL\nLAND, NOT JUST IN WASHINGTON\nSTATE. WHEN YOU GO TO\nCALIFORNIA, YOU SEE NORTHERN\nCALIFORNIA AND OREGON, AND YOU\nSEE WHAT THE DAMS HAVE DONE TO\nTHE FISH RUNS, IT IS OBSCENE.\nTHAT IS WHERE WE ARE AT IN THE\nWORLD. I DO WANT TO THANK YOU\nFOR WORKING WITH THE THREE\nTRIBES AND AGREEMENTS TAKING\nINTO ACCOUNT. YOU HAVE YOUR WORK\nCUT OUT FOR YOU WHEN CULTURAL\nSTUFF COMES IN, YOU LOT OF WORK.\nBUT THE GOOD THING IS, THE LAW\nDOES ACCOUNT FOR THAT NOW, IT\nDOES ACCOUNT FOR STEWARDSHIP AND\nTRIBAL LEADERSHIP. IT DOES\nACCOUNT FOR GOVERNMENT TO\nGOVERNMENT, TRIBAL CONSULTATION,\nAND I HAVE TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT\nTHE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE\nFEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS NOT BASED\nON RACE T IS BASED ON POLITICAL\nRELATIONSHIP BASED ON THE OUN\n860 TREATIES, THE SUPREME LAW OF\nTHE LAND. THAT BEING SAID, I AM\nHAPPY TO GET THIS OUT OF HERE. I\nAM TIRED OF LOOKING AT IT SINCE\n2018, AND I AM SURE THE MAYOR'S\nOFFICE WILL BE AS WELL. I WILL\nNOT BE HERE IN 2030, I WILL TELL\nYOU THAT. HOPEFULLY THIS WILL\nALL GO SMOOTHLY, AND YOU WILL\nGET YOUR LICENSE AND YOU WILL\nCONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE\nTRIBES, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY,\nJUST SHOWING, NOT JUST THE CITY\nOF SEATTLE, BUT OTHER CITIES,\nTHAT THIS CAN BE DONE, THAT YOU\nCAN HAVE THESE TYPE OF\nAGREEMENTS, AND YOU CAN WORK\nWITH THE TRIBES AND OTHER GROUPS\nBECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY,\nAS YOU HEARD ME SAY LAST TIME,\nWE DON'T WANT TO BE FIGHTING\nOVER THE LAST SALMON. WE HAVE A\nLOT OF STUFF COMING, LOT OF\nTHINGS TO WORK ON WHEN IT COMES\nTO ENERGY, HYDRO, DAMS, AND, OF\nCOURSE SHS REPLENISHING THOSE\nSPECIES THAT WE HAVE LOST. THAT\nIS JUST MORE OF A PERSONAL POINT\nOF WHERE I AM AT. OKAY. WITH\nTHAT, ALL RIGHT. IS THERE\nANYTHING YOU WANT A SAY BEFORE\nWE GO TO A VOTE? ARE YOU OKAY?\nANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD? YOU\nGOT ANYTHING FOR US, ERIC? NOT A\nDANG THING.\nIF THIS GETS VOTED ON TODAY: IF THIS GETS VOTED ON TODAY\nIT COULD GO TO COUNCIL AS SOON\nAS APRIL 7, NEXT WEEK.\nI WAS GOING TO MAKE AN APRIL: I WAS GOING TO MAKE AN APRIL\nFOOL'S JOKE BUT I THOUGHT IT\nWOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE. NOT\nGOING TO VOTE TODAY.\nNOT TOO LATE: NOT TOO LATE.\nSTILL GOT TIME. WITH THAT, NO\nMORE QUESTIONS, I DID MY CLOSING\nREMARKS, YOU ARE OKAY. LET ME DO\nTHIS NOW. BACK ON THE SCRIPT\nHERE, GOT TO FOLLOW ROBERT'S\nRULES OF ORDERS. I MOVE THAT THE\nCOMMITTEE RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF\nCOUNCIL BILL 121177, IS THERE A\nSECOND?\nSECOND: SECOND.\nTHANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN MOVED\nAND SECONDED, THREE SECONDS, TO\nRECOMMEND PASSAGE OF THE BILL. I\nKNOW WE HAVE NO FURTHER\nCOMMENTS, WITH THAT, CLERK, WILL\nYOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?\nCOUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS: COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS?\nAYE.\nCOUNCIL MEMBER SAKA: COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA?\nAYE.\nCOUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA: COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA?\nAYE.\nVICE CHAIR KETTLE: VICE CHAIR KETTLE?\nAYE.\nCHAIR JUAREZ: CHAIR JUAREZ.\nAYE.\nFIVE VOTES IN FAVOR, ZERO\nOPPOSED.\nTHE MOTION CARRIES, COUNCIL\nBILL 12177 WILL BE SENT TO THE\nFULL CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT\n2:00, TUESDAY. ALL RIGHT.\nSO WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO\nOUR NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS, WHICH\nHAS A PUBLIC HEARING. WILL YOU\nPLEASE READ INTO THE RECORD?\nAGENDA 2, 121183, ORDINANCE\nRELATING TO THE CITY LIGHT\nDEPARTMENT DECLARING CERTAIN\nREAL PROPERTY SURPLUS TO THE\nNEEDS OF CITY LIGHT DEPARTMENT\nAUTHORIZING THE SALE OF A\nPORTION OF CITY LIGHT DEPARTMENT\nREAL PROPERTY FOR ROAD PURPOSES\nTO SNOHOMISH COUNTY, RESERVING\nAN EASEMENT FOR ELECTRIC\nTRANSMISSION LINE PURPOSES AND\nACCEPTING THE PAYMENT OF FAIR\nMARKET VALUE FOR THE PROPERTY\nSOLD, AND DEPOSIT OF THE PAYMENT\nINTO THE LIGHT FUND.\nTHANK YOU, I AM NOW OPENING\nTHE PUBLIC HEARING ON COUNCIL\nBILL 121183. HOW MANY SPEAKERS\nDO WE HAVE SIGNED UP?\nNO SPEAKERS SIGNED UP TODAY: NO SPEAKERS SIGNED UP TODAY.\nZERO. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE NO\nSPEAKERS SIGNED UP IN CHAMBERS,\nOR ONLINE. WITH THAT, I AM GOING\nTO OFFICIALLY CLOSE THE PUBLIC\nHEARING REGARDING COUNCIL BILL\n121183. NOW THAT THE HEARING IS\nCLOSED, I KNOW WE HAVE NEW FOLKS\nAT THE TABLE, SO IF WE CAN\nINTRODUCE YOURSELVES AGAIN WITH\nYOUR TITLES STARTING WITH YOU,\nMR. SMITH, THEN WE WILL GET\nGOING.\nCRAIG SMITH, GENERAL MANAGER\nAND CEO.\nGOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL,\nBRIDGET MALINA, COUNCIL\nLEGISLATION COORDINATOR FOR\nSEATTLE CITY LIGHT.\nHELLO, KATY TASSERY, REAL\nESTATE MANAGER FOR SEATTLE CITY\nLIGHT.\nBILL DEV ROW, DIRECTOR OF\nENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND\nREAL ESTATE FOR SEATTLE CITY\nLIGHT.\nI SEE BRIDGET IS NEW HERE,\nSHE WASN'T ON OUR-- YOU ARE\nJUST MANNING THE POWERPOINT\nPOINT.\nYES.\nYOU ARE WORKING THE: YOU ARE WORKING THE\nPOWERPOINT, GOOD GOD, I WILL USE\nTHE WRONG WORD AND GET IN\nTROUBLE. YOU ARE USING THE\nPOWERPOINT. THANK YOU. WITH\nTHAT, YOU GUYS CAN GO AHEAD AND\nSTART YOUR PRESENTATION, WE HAVE\nYOUR POWERPOINT IN FRONT OF US\nON THE PROPERTY TRANSFER TO\nSNOHOMISH COUNTY. WITH THAT Y\nWILL HAND IT OVER TO YOU.\nCOUNCIL MEMBERS, THE\nORDINANCE BEFORE THE COMMITTEE\nTODAY AUTHORIZES CITY LIGHT TO\nTRANSFER A PORTION OF PROPERTY\nRIGHTS AND TRANSMISSION PORTAL\nTO SNOHOMISH COUNTY GOVERNMENT.\nTHE ACTION SUPPORTS SNOHOMISH\nCOUNTY'S IMPROVEMENT PROJECT\nALONG 43rd AVENUE SUNSET\nCORRIDOR, SUNSET ROAD CORRIDOR,\nSAFETY, MOBILITY, CONNECTIVITY\nFOR THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.\nCITY LIGHT RETAINS THE RIGHTS\nNECESSARY TO INSURE THE\nCONTINUED SAFE AND RELIABILITY\nOPERATION OF OUR TRANSMISSION\nSYSTEM. SNOHOMISH COUNTY WILL\nPROVIDE FAIR MARKET VALUE\nCOMPENSATION THROUGH ONE-TIME\nBILL, AND ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY.\nACTION REFLECTS STRONG\nINTERGOVERNMENTAL PARTNERSHIP\nWHILE PROTECTING CORE UTILITY\nFUNCTIONS AND PUBLIC\nINFRASTRUCTURE. I WILL NOW HAND\nIT OVER TO KATY TO SHARE THE\nPRESENTATION AND ANSWER\nQUESTIONS.\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU.\nYOU CAN MOVE IT UP: YOU CAN MOVE IT UP.\nWE ARE HERE BECAUSE ANY TIME: WE ARE HERE BECAUSE ANY TIME\nCITY LIGHT IS BUYING OR SELLING\nREAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, WE NEED\nCOUNCIL AUTHORITY TO DO SO, THIS\nFIRST SLIDE SPEAKS TO THAT. WE\nACTUALLY BEGAN NEGOTIATIONS WITH\nSNOHOMISH COUNTY OVER FIVE YEARS\nAGO ON THIS PROJECT, AND WE WILL\nGET INTO WHERE, YOU CAN MOVE THE\nSLIDE. THE LOCATION OF THE\nPROPERTY THAT CITY LIGHT OWNS\nAND THE ROADWAY PROJECT THAT\nSNOHOMISH COUNTY IS EMBARKING ON\nIS 43rd AVENUE SOUTHEAST HERE,\nSOUTH OF MILL CREEK, AND\nSOMETIMES SIGNS SAY NORTH CREEK\nIS SORT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD\nAREA. AND IT IS UNINCORPORATED\nAND IT IS PRETTY RURAL AREA, BUT\nLOTS AND LOTS OF NEW DEVELOPMENT\nOUT THERE. NEXT SLIDE. SO\nSNOHOMISH COUNTY IS PART OF\nTHEIR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, PER\nGROWTH MANAGEMENT ACT, IS DOING\nTHIS ROADWAY PROJECT TO IMPROVE\n1.7 MILES ON THE 43rd AVENUE\nCORRIDOR, THERE HAVE BEEN\nSTUDIES THIS IS THE BEST\nLOCATION. IT RUNS JUST ADJACENT\nTO CITY LIGHTS TRANSMISSION\nCORRIDOR, AND IT IS TO CREATE A\nNEW ROADWAY TO MOVE CARS NORTH\nAND SOUTH BETWEEN SOME OF THE\nMAJOR ARTERIALS OUT THERE.\nI HAVE TO SAY THIS, THIS IS\nMY FAVORITE PICTURE. I DIDN'T\nKNOW WHAT A BIO SWELL WAS. I HAD\nTO ASK.\nLOOKS NICE: LOOKS NICE.\nIT DOES: IT DOES.\nCITY LIGHT HAS TRANSMISSION: CITY LIGHT HAS TRANSMISSION\nCORRIDOR THAT GOS JUST ALONG ON\nTHE WEST SIDE OF THAT ROADWAY.\nSOME OF THE ROADWAY ALREADY\nEXISTS, WIDENED,ER AND SOME\nNEEDS TO BE CONNECTED TO OTHER\nSTREETS ALONG THE CORRIDOR. CITY\nLIGHTS, TRANSMISSION LINE, IS\nPART OF THE LARGER EASTSIDE LINE\nAND IT IS A A LONG, SKINNY\nSTRIP, 155 FEET WIDE THAT JUST\nALLOWS THE CORRIDOR TO BRING\nELECTRICITY FROM UP NORTH TO\nDOWN SOUTH. AND THE ROADWAY IS\nJUST ON THE EAST SIDE OF THAT,\nEXISTING ROADWAY. SO THE PORTION\nTHAT SNOHOMISH COUNTY IS\nACQUIRING IS REALLY JUST THIS\nLITTLE SLIVER BETWEEN THE HIGH\nTRANSMISSION LINES, WHICH\nPREVENT AND RESTRICT ANY SORT OF\nDEVELOPMENT, AND THEN THE\nEXISTING ROADWAY.\nIS THAT A LITTLE LAKE, THE\nBLUE THING ON THE CORNER? OR IS\nTHAT A BUILDING BLUE BLOB .\nYEAH, LOOKS LIKE IT--\nI WAS WONDERING WHAT THAT: I WAS WONDERING WHAT THAT\nWAS.\nWE CAN FOLLOW UP: WE CAN FOLLOW UP.\nI DON'T NEED TO KNOW. JUST\nWONDERING. IT IS OKAY. YOU\nDON'T HAVE TO GET BACK TO ME.\nIN ADDITION, THERE IS SOME\nTREES AND THINGS THAT ARE IN\nTHIS NARROW STRIP THAT SNOHOMISH\nCOUNTY PUD WOULD BE ACQUIRING,\nAND WE HEARD FROM OUR OPERATIONS\nFOLKS THAT THOSE TREES ARE A\nRISK TO THE TRANSMISSION LINE\nANYWAY, AND SOMETHING CITY LIGHT\nWOULD HAVE HAD TO ADDRESS WITH\nBUT THE PROJECT RESOLVES THAT\nISSUE AND CITY LIGHT NO LONGER\nHAS TO REMOVE THOSE TREES.\nSO, IN THE TRANSFER, THERE IS A\nPORTION OF PROPERTY THAT WOULD\nBE TRANSFERRED, A LONG, SKINNY\nSTRIP, AS I SAID, CITY LIGHT\nWOULD RETAIN ALL OF OUR EASEMENT\nRIGHTS TO KEEP THE CORRIDOR IN\nTACT, AND WE WOULD RECEIVE A\nONE-TIME PAYMENT OF $452,216,\nWHICH IS THE FAIR MARKET VALUE\nFOR THE PROPERTY RIGHTS.\nTHE REASON WE ARE SMILING AND: THE REASON WE ARE SMILING AND\nLAUGHING IS BECAUSE YOU ARE\nPROTECTING TREES. PEOPLE REALLY\nCARE ABOUT TREES. SOME OF US,\nMORE THAN OTHERS. BUT, THANK YOU\nFOR THAT.\nNEXT SLIDE. THAT IS IT. ARE\nTHERE--\nTHAT IS IT? OKAY. WELL,\nANYTHING FROM MY COLLEAGUES?\nCOUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA, ARE YOU\nHAPPY WITH THE TREES? THE WHOLE\nTHING?\nYES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR\nPRESERVING TREES. WE LAUGH, BUT\nIT IS AN IMPORTANT THING,\nPARTICULARLY JUST GIVEN CLIMATE\nCHANGE, YOU ALL KNOW, PROTECTING\nOF OUR CANOPY IS REALLY\nIMPORTANT, HOWEVER WE CAN DO IT\nAS OFTEN AS WE CAN DO IT. SO I\nREALLY APPRECIATE.\nJUST TO CLARIFY, THEY WOULD\nBE CUTTING THOSE TREES DOWN.\nI THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU WERE: I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU WERE\nPRESERVING THOSE TREES.\nI THOUGHT SO TOO: I THOUGHT SO TOO.\nI HEARD YOU SAY JUST NOW YOU: I HEARD YOU SAY JUST NOW YOU\nDIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT.\nCITY LIGHT DOES NOT HAVE TO: CITY LIGHT DOES NOT HAVE TO\nBUT SNOHOMISH COUNTY WOULD BE TO\nPUT THE ROADWAY THROUGH.\nWELL THEN I TAKE IT BACK,\nBOO.\nWE TAKE IT BACK: WE TAKE IT BACK.\nWE THOUGHT YOU SAID, WE ARE\nNOT DOING IT, THOUGH. WELL THEN,\nYEA.\nWE ARE NOT DOING IT, THEY ARE\nTHE BAD GUYS.\nBLAME THEM: BLAME THEM.\nNOT THAT WE DON'T CARE ABOUT\nSNOHOMISH COUNTY.\nHUNDRED PERCENT: HUNDRED PERCENT.\nWE CARE A LOT: WE CARE A LOT.\nI MEAN, I GUESS I WILL SAY,\nCHAIR, THAT-- I AM DISAPPOINTED\nTO HEAR WE HAVE TO CUT DOWN\nTREES, AND I AM NOT GOING TO\nTHROW OUR COLLEAGUES IN\nSNOHOMISH COUNTY UNDER THE BUS,\nI DO, IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, YOU\nKNOW, ANY TIME WE CUT DOWN\nTREEATIZE IS A BIG DEAL. AND THE\nRESIDENTS THAT I REPRESENT IN\nTHE DISTRICT, BUT ALSO ACROSS\nTHE CITY, WE KNOW WE HAVE BROAD\nSUPPORT FOR PRESERVATION OF\nTREES, SO WE DON'T TAKE IT\nLIGHTLY WHEN THOSE HAVE TO BE\nREMOVED AND THAT IS TRUE FOR\nCITY LIGHT, AND IT IS\nDISAPPOINTING IN THIS INSTANCE\nAND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE TO,\nIS PART OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE\nTO DO. THIS IS WHY, IN OTHER\nAREAS WE DON'T HAVE TO, WE\nSHOULD BE REALLY WORKING TO\nPRESERVE TREE CANOPY, IN OUR\nCITY AND ACROSS OUR STATE: THAT\nIS WHY WE ARETHE EVERGREEN STATE\nAND WE WANT TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.\nIT ALSO GOES TO THE ECO SYSTEMS,\nCHAIR, AND HAS A NEXUS TO SALMON\nAND WATERWAYS. ALL OF THAT IS\nTRUE. REALLY, TRULY, TREES HELP\nKEEP OUR WATERWAYS CLEAN.\nI KNOW, YOU JUST DID THE\nWHOLE CIRCLE OF LIFE RIGHT\nTHERE.\nCIRCLE OF LIFE: CIRCLE OF LIFE.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER,\nRIVERA.\nTHANK YOU: THANK YOU.\nALL KIDDING ASIDE, SORRY, IT\nHAS BEEN-- IT IS ONLY WEDNESDAY\nAND WE ARE TIRED. IS THERE\nANYTHING FROM COUNCIL MEMBER\nSTRAUSS?\nYEAH, MAY I?\nYES, YOU MAY.\nTHANK YOU, CHAIR. YOU MAY\nKNOW COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ HAS\nTASKED ME WITH THE LEGACY SHE\nHAS CREATED AS PART OF THIS, I\nTHINK EVERYBODY HAS BEEN HEARING\nTHE SONG I HAVE BEEN SINGING, WE\nNAMED IT, AS OF TODAY, WE WILL\nBE RUNNING BEYOND THE LAND\nACKNOWLEDGMENT RESOLUTION.\nLAND BACK. IT IS CALLED LAND\nBACK.\nYOU CAN ADD THAT PART AS AN: YOU CAN ADD THAT PART AS AN\nAMENDMENT. WOULD BE A LITTLE\nAWKWARD FOR ME TO START OFF\nTHERE. BUT WE ARE GOING WITH\nTHIS, IT IS A CONVERSATION WE\nHAVE HAD WITH SPU, I REALLY\nAPPRECIATE THE CONVERSATIONS WE\nHAD IN BRIEFING FOR THIS\nMEETING, WE HAVE SPOKEN TO FAS\nAND STILL IT IS NOT OFFICIAL\nPOLICY OR RESOLUTION OF THE CITY\nOF SEATTLE YET. I HAVE BEEN\nWORKING ON MY SENATOR MCCOY'S\nTWO YEAR EDUCATION BEFORE\nWRITING A POLICY, I THINK WE ARE\nGETTING CLOSER TO HAVING A\nFORMAL POLICY SO THERE IS LESS\nCONFUSION. IN THIS SITUATION, I\nREALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT\nYOU DONE BECAUSE, AGAIN, SUCCESS\nIS NOT BY ACCIDENT, IN THIS\nCASE, MANY YEARS IN THE WORKS,\nAND THE NEXUS OF TRANSFERRING\nTHE LAND TO ANOTHER UTILITY FOR\nA UTILITY PURPOSE IS REALLY\nCENTER FOR ME, THE AMOUNT OF\nLAND THAT WE ARE TRANSFERRING\nAND THE PURPOSE IT IS BEING USED\nFOR WHERE IT HAS BEEN USED AND\nWILL BE IN THE FUTURE, GIVES ME\nNO PAUSE IN SUPPORTING THIS LAND\nTRANSFER TODAY Y. REALLY\nAPPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S KEEN\nATTENTION TO ENGAGING IN A\nGOVERNMENT-TO-GOVERNMENT\nCONSULTATION WITH FEDERALLY\nRECOGNIZED TRIBES WHEN WE ARE\nDISPOSSESSING OR TRANSFERRING OF\nLAND Y. KNOW WITH SPU THEY\nTALKED TO A SCHOOL DISTRICT WHEN\nTHEY WERE TRANSFERRING THE LAND.\nIF WE ARE TALKING TO SCHOOL--\nTHIS IS NOT A SHADE AT ANYONE,\nACNN, BUT BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, IF\nWE ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONWISE\nANOTHER GOVERNMENT THAT IS A\nSCHOOL DISTRICT, WE DARN WELL\nSHOULD BE HAVING CONSULTATION\nWITH OUR SOVEREIGN NEIGHBORS WHO\nARE FEDERALLY-RECOGNIZED TRIBE.\nALL OF THAT SAY TOO SAY, JOB\nREALLY WELL DONE. THANK YOU.\nTHANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER\nSTRAUSS. ARE THERE QUESTIONS\nBEFORE I GO TO A VOTE? ALL\nRIGHT. I AM NOT SEEING ANY. VICE\nCHAIR? NOPE. THINK WE ARE GOOD.\nALL RIGHT. OKAY. SO, LET ME DO\nTHIS. I MOVE THAT THE COMMITTEE\nRECOMMEND PASSAGE OF COUNCIL\nBILL 121177. IS THERE A SECOND?\nSECOND: SECOND.\nTHANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN MOVED\nAND SECONDED TO RECOMMEND\nPASSAGE OF THE BILL, ANY FURTHER\nCOMMENTS? NOT SEEING ANY. WILL\nTHE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?\nCOUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS: COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS?\nAYE.\nCOUNCIL MEMBER SAKA: COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA?\nAYE.\nCOUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA: COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA?\nAYE.\nVICE CHAIR KETTLE: VICE CHAIR KETTLE?\nAYE.\nCHAIR JUAREZ: CHAIR JUAREZ?\nAYE.\nI DON'T KNOW WHY I WAS DOING\nTHUMBS UP, TOO, WATCHING COUNCIL\nMEMBER KETTLE. YES. YES. SO,\nWHAT IS THAT?\nFIVE VOTES IN FAVOR, ZERO\nOPPOSED.\nGREAT. THE MOTION CARRIES,\nCOUNCIL BILL 121183 WILL BE SENT\nTO APRIL 7th FULL CITY COUNCIL\nMEETING. THAT IS TUESDAY, APRIL\n7th AT 2:00 ALONG WITH COUNCIL\nBILL 12177, SKAGIT RIVER\nHYDROELECTRIC PROJECT\nCOMPREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT\nAGREEMENT.\nALL RIGHT. WE HAVE REACHED\nTHE END OF TODAY'S MEETING\nAGENDA. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE\nFROM MY COLLEAGUES? NOT SEEING\nANY, ANY OTHER FURTHER BUSINESS\nTO COME"
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