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1 00:00:22,922 --> 00:00:25,392 >>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. 2 00:00:25,392 --> 00:00:27,027 THE CITY COUNCIL WILL COME TO 3 00:00:27,027 --> 00:00:27,527 ORDER. 4 00:00:27,527 --> 00:00:30,030 IT IS 9:32 A.M. 5 00:00:30,030 --> 00:00:31,097 SARA NELSON. 6 00:00:31,097 --> 00:00:33,466 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE 7 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:33,900 ROLL. 8 00:00:33,900 --> 00:00:34,401 >> COUNCIL KETTLE? 9 00:00:34,534 --> 00:00:36,636 >> HERE. 10 00:00:36,770 --> 00:00:37,537 >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? 11 00:00:37,670 --> 00:00:39,639 >> 12 00:00:39,639 --> 00:00:41,574 PRESENT. 13 00:00:41,574 --> 00:00:42,976 >> RIVERA? 14 00:00:43,109 --> 00:00:44,043 SAKA? 15 00:00:44,043 --> 00:00:44,711 >> HERE. 16 00:00:44,844 --> 00:00:48,448 >> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON? 17 00:00:48,581 --> 00:00:50,083 >> HERE. 18 00:00:50,083 --> 00:00:51,084 COUNCILMEMBER NELSON? 19 00:00:51,217 --> 00:00:51,885 >> PRESENT. 20 00:00:52,018 --> 00:00:52,819 >> SEVEN 21 00:00:52,819 --> 00:00:53,119 PRESIDENT. 22 00:00:53,119 --> 00:00:53,987 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 23 00:00:53,987 --> 00:00:55,755 IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, 24 00:00:55,755 --> 00:00:57,157 THE COUNCIL RULES WILL BE US 25 00:00:57,157 --> 00:00:58,091 IS THAT HE SAIDED TO ALLOW FOR 26 00:00:58,091 --> 00:01:00,627 PUBLIC COMMENT AT TODAY'S 27 00:01:00,627 --> 00:01:01,027 SPECIAL 28 00:01:01,027 --> 00:01:01,694 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. 29 00:01:01,694 --> 00:01:03,830 HEARING NO -- I'M NOT SEEING 30 00:01:03,830 --> 00:01:04,497 ANY OBJECTION. 31 00:01:04,497 --> 00:01:05,932 I CANNOT SEE ANY ON THE SCREEN. 32 00:01:05,932 --> 00:01:07,167 HEARING NO OBJECTION, 33 00:01:07,167 --> 00:01:08,601 THE COUNCIL RULE ARE SUSPENDED 34 00:01:08,601 --> 00:01:11,171 AND WE WILL PROCEED WITH 35 00:01:11,171 --> 00:01:11,504 PUBLICPUBLIC 36 00:01:11,504 --> 00:01:12,539 COMMENT. 37 00:01:12,539 --> 00:01:13,306 COLLEAGUES, AT THIS TIME 38 00:01:13,306 --> 00:01:14,841 WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT 39 00:01:14,841 --> 00:01:15,075 PERIOD. 40 00:01:15,075 --> 00:01:16,409 PLEASE NOTE THAT BECAUSE THIS 41 00:01:16,409 --> 00:01:18,745 IS A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY 42 00:01:18,745 --> 00:01:20,213 COUNCIL, COMMENTS MUST RELATE 43 00:01:20,213 --> 00:01:23,216 TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA. 44 00:01:23,216 --> 00:01:23,917 HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED UP 45 00:01:23,917 --> 00:01:28,955 TODAY? 46 00:01:29,088 --> 00:01:32,659 >> WE HAVE 19 IN PERSON AND FIVE 47 00:01:32,659 --> 00:01:33,026 REMOTE. 48 00:01:33,159 --> 00:01:34,060 >> OKAY. 49 00:01:34,060 --> 00:01:35,795 BECAUSE THIS IS A SPECIAL 50 00:01:35,795 --> 00:01:37,297 MEETING WITH ONLY ONE 51 00:01:37,297 --> 00:01:39,365 ITEM ON THE AGENDA, I WILL ALLOW 52 00:01:39,365 --> 00:01:40,300 FOR TWO 53 00:01:40,300 --> 00:01:41,534 MINUTES PER PERSON. 54 00:01:41,534 --> 00:01:46,339 AND LET'S START WITH 55 00:01:46,339 --> 00:01:48,608 TEN IN-PERSON AND GO TO REMOTE. 56 00:01:48,608 --> 00:01:49,142 THANK YOU VERY 57 00:01:49,142 --> 00:01:49,542 MUCH. 58 00:01:49,542 --> 00:01:50,210 >> OKAY. 59 00:01:50,210 --> 00:01:51,311 THE PUBLIC COMMENT 60 00:01:51,311 --> 00:01:53,179 PERIOD WILL BE MODERATED IN THE 61 00:01:53,179 --> 00:01:53,446 FOLLOWING 62 00:01:53,580 --> 00:01:55,114 MANNER. IT IS UP TO 20 MINUTES. 63 00:01:55,114 --> 00:01:56,216 SPEAKERS WILL BE CALL IN THE 64 00:01:56,216 --> 00:02:00,653 ORDER IN WHICH THEY REGISTER. 65 00:02:00,653 --> 00:02:02,222 SPEAKERS WILL ALTERNATE 66 00:02:02,222 --> 00:02:03,556 BETWEEN IN-PERSON AND REMOTE. 67 00:02:03,556 --> 00:02:05,458 PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. 68 00:02:05,458 --> 00:02:08,161 SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME. 69 00:02:08,161 --> 00:02:10,730 SPEAKERS' MICS WILL BE MUTED 70 00:02:10,730 --> 00:02:12,699 TO ALLOW TO CALL ON THE NEXT 71 00:02:12,832 --> 00:02:13,967 SPEAKER. WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE 72 00:02:13,967 --> 00:02:14,901 FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST. 73 00:02:15,034 --> 00:02:16,569 >> THE FIRST TWO 74 00:02:16,569 --> 00:02:18,204 SPEAKERS, YOU CAN START LINING 75 00:02:18,204 --> 00:02:20,440 UP. 76 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:21,774 ERICA CHUNG AND 77 00:02:21,774 --> 00:02:32,085 KATHERINE GIBSON. 78 00:02:33,052 --> 00:02:34,387 >> GOOD MORNING. 79 00:02:34,387 --> 00:02:36,156 I'M HERE TO 80 00:02:36,156 --> 00:02:37,323 ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORT DR. 81 00:02:37,323 --> 00:02:38,424 JULIE KING 82 00:02:38,424 --> 00:02:40,393 TO STRONGLY URGE YOUR NOMINATION 83 00:02:40,393 --> 00:02:41,628 OF JULIE FOR THE SEATTLE 84 00:02:41,628 --> 00:02:42,195 CITY COUNCIL POSITION. 85 00:02:42,195 --> 00:02:43,730 I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE 86 00:02:43,730 --> 00:02:45,632 OF KNOWING AND WORKING 87 00:02:45,632 --> 00:02:46,666 ALONGSIDE JULIE FOR OVER 20 88 00:02:46,666 --> 00:02:46,900 YEARS. 89 00:02:46,900 --> 00:02:48,168 DURING THAT TIME I'VE COME 90 00:02:48,168 --> 00:02:50,470 TO ADMIRE HER AS A 91 00:02:50,470 --> 00:02:52,305 DEDICATED, THOUGHTFUL AND 92 00:02:52,305 --> 00:02:52,972 COMMUNITY- CENTER 93 00:02:53,106 --> 00:02:55,675 LEADER. HER INTEGRITY, 94 00:02:55,675 --> 00:02:56,809 COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT AND DEEP 95 00:02:56,809 --> 00:02:58,645 ROOTS TO 96 00:02:58,645 --> 00:03:00,113 PUBLIC SERVICE MAKE HER AN 97 00:03:00,113 --> 00:03:00,947 EXCEPTIONAL CANDIDATE TO 98 00:03:00,947 --> 00:03:01,347 REPRESENT 99 00:03:01,347 --> 00:03:02,415 THE BROADER CITY OF SEATTLE. 100 00:03:02,415 --> 00:03:04,017 HER DEDICATION TO COMMUNITY 101 00:03:04,017 --> 00:03:05,652 SERVICE IS BOTH BROAD AND DEEP. 102 00:03:05,652 --> 00:03:08,421 I FIRST MET JULIE WHILE SERVING 103 00:03:08,421 --> 00:03:10,557 ON BOARD SEVERAL 104 00:03:10,557 --> 00:03:12,492 CIVIL ORGANIZATIONS WHILE WE 105 00:03:12,492 --> 00:03:14,127 ADVOCATED FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR 106 00:03:14,127 --> 00:03:14,994 IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND 107 00:03:14,994 --> 00:03:15,261 ORGANIZED 108 00:03:15,261 --> 00:03:16,829 CLEAN-UPS FOR EARTH DAY. 109 00:03:16,829 --> 00:03:18,431 WHAT TRULY SETS JULIE 110 00:03:18,431 --> 00:03:20,934 APART IS NOT JUST HER HEART FOR 111 00:03:20,934 --> 00:03:23,236 SERVICE BUT ALSO HER 112 00:03:23,236 --> 00:03:24,537 LIVED EXPERIENCES AND KNOWLEDGE. 113 00:03:24,537 --> 00:03:26,172 SHE BRINGS STRONG 114 00:03:26,172 --> 00:03:28,007 BUSINESS ACUMEN THAT ARE 115 00:03:28,007 --> 00:03:28,374 URGENTLY 116 00:03:28,374 --> 00:03:30,543 NEEDED PARTICULARLY NOW AS THE 117 00:03:30,543 --> 00:03:32,312 CITY FACES BUDGET SHORTFALLS. 118 00:03:32,312 --> 00:03:33,947 JULIE UNDERSTANDS HOW TO 119 00:03:33,947 --> 00:03:35,181 MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS 120 00:03:35,181 --> 00:03:36,749 WITH TRANSPARENCY AND FAIRNESS. 121 00:03:36,749 --> 00:03:38,418 SHE KNOWS HOW TO 122 00:03:38,418 --> 00:03:40,286 BALANCE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY 123 00:03:40,286 --> 00:03:40,486 WITH 124 00:03:40,486 --> 00:03:41,588 MAINTAINING VITAL COMMUNITY 125 00:03:41,721 --> 00:03:43,790 SERVICES. HER EXPERIENCES IN 126 00:03:43,790 --> 00:03:44,057 MANAGING 127 00:03:44,057 --> 00:03:44,857 BUDGETS, SUPPORTING 128 00:03:44,857 --> 00:03:46,960 SMALL BUSINESSES AND MAKING 129 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:48,628 DATA- INFORMED DECISIONS MAKE 130 00:03:48,628 --> 00:03:48,795 HER 131 00:03:48,795 --> 00:03:49,862 EXCEPTIONALLY WELL SUITED 132 00:03:49,862 --> 00:03:52,865 TO HELP GUIDE THE CITY THROUGH 133 00:03:52,865 --> 00:03:54,634 THESE CHALLENGING FISCAL TIMES. 134 00:03:54,634 --> 00:03:56,202 SHE IS A BRIDGE BUILDER 135 00:03:56,202 --> 00:03:58,304 WHO BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER 136 00:03:58,304 --> 00:03:58,571 ACROSS 137 00:03:58,571 --> 00:04:00,073 GENERATIONS, AND PERSPECTIVES. 138 00:04:00,073 --> 00:04:02,342 SHE'S DRIVEN 139 00:04:02,342 --> 00:04:04,944 NOT BY PERSONAL RECOGNITION BUT 140 00:04:04,944 --> 00:04:07,447 THE DESIRE TO 141 00:04:07,580 --> 00:04:10,216 UPLIFT COMMUNITIES. IT SPEAKS 142 00:04:10,216 --> 00:04:11,417 VOLUMES ABOUT THE 143 00:04:11,417 --> 00:04:14,621 KIND OF LEADER SHE IS, ONE WHO 144 00:04:14,621 --> 00:04:15,922 LIFTSLIFTS AS SHE LEADS. 145 00:04:15,922 --> 00:04:17,490 I WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT FOR 146 00:04:17,490 --> 00:04:19,192 THE RECORD THAT WE HAD 147 00:04:19,192 --> 00:04:22,295 3377 SUPPORTERS SIGNED ON TO THE 148 00:04:22,428 --> 00:04:24,364 CHANGE.ORG PETITION SUPPORTING 149 00:04:24,364 --> 00:04:25,632 JULIE KANG FOR THE POSITION. 150 00:04:25,632 --> 00:04:26,532 THANK YOU FOR THE 151 00:04:26,532 --> 00:04:30,570 OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE MY COMMENTS. 152 00:04:30,703 --> 00:04:33,439 >> WE HAVE KATHERINE GIBSON. 153 00:04:33,439 --> 00:04:35,241 FOLLOWING KATHERINE WILL BE 154 00:04:35,375 --> 00:04:36,142 SALLY. 155 00:04:36,142 --> 00:04:37,176 >> GOOD MORNING, KATHERINE 156 00:04:37,176 --> 00:04:37,443 GIBSON. 157 00:04:37,443 --> 00:04:40,313 I RISE IN SUPPORT OF DR. JULIE 158 00:04:40,313 --> 00:04:42,315 KANG'S CANDIDACY FOR THE 159 00:04:42,315 --> 00:04:43,316 DISTRICT FIVE COUNCIL SEAT. 160 00:04:43,316 --> 00:04:46,185 I'VE SEEN JULIE IN ACTION AS AN 161 00:04:46,185 --> 00:04:48,354 ACADEMIC LEADER, AS A 162 00:04:48,354 --> 00:04:49,489 COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER AT THE 163 00:04:49,489 --> 00:04:50,089 SEATTLE ROTARY 164 00:04:50,089 --> 00:04:50,556 CLUB. 165 00:04:50,556 --> 00:04:52,358 AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN OF 166 00:04:52,358 --> 00:04:52,859 SEATTLE. 167 00:04:52,859 --> 00:04:55,728 TO EVERY ENDEAVOR, JULIE BRINGS 168 00:04:55,728 --> 00:04:57,964 OPENNESS, A GENUINE LEAGUERNESS 169 00:04:57,964 --> 00:05:00,733 TO LISTEN, A COMMITMENT TO 170 00:05:00,733 --> 00:05:02,001 PRACTICAL, 171 00:05:02,001 --> 00:05:03,603 RESPONSIBLE, CONSTRUCTIVE AND 172 00:05:03,603 --> 00:05:04,170 INCLUSIVE 173 00:05:04,303 --> 00:05:05,004 SOLUTIONS. HER PROFESSIONAL 174 00:05:05,004 --> 00:05:05,305 BACKGROUND 175 00:05:05,305 --> 00:05:07,740 AND THE MIX OF HER LIVED 176 00:05:07,740 --> 00:05:08,041 EXPERIENCES 177 00:05:08,041 --> 00:05:10,543 UNIQUELY QUALIFIES HER FOR OUR, 178 00:05:10,543 --> 00:05:11,511 FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 179 00:05:11,511 --> 00:05:13,913 AS A 35- YEAR RESIDENT OF 180 00:05:13,913 --> 00:05:15,682 THE CITY OF SEATTLE, I HAVE SEEN 181 00:05:15,682 --> 00:05:17,650 THE EVOLUTION OF THIS COUNCIL. 182 00:05:17,650 --> 00:05:18,651 WHEN LOOKING AT 183 00:05:18,651 --> 00:05:19,452 THE OPPORTUNITIES AND 184 00:05:19,452 --> 00:05:21,888 CHALLENGES BEFORE THE CITY OF 185 00:05:21,888 --> 00:05:23,790 SEATTLE, I KNOW JULIE BRINGS THE 186 00:05:23,790 --> 00:05:24,057 BEST 187 00:05:24,057 --> 00:05:25,391 SKILLS, PERSPECTIVE, AND 188 00:05:25,391 --> 00:05:26,626 ENERGY TO THIS POSITION. 189 00:05:26,626 --> 00:05:28,528 I ENCOURAGE YOUR VOTE IN 190 00:05:28,528 --> 00:05:31,064 SUPPORT OF DR. JULIE KANG. 191 00:05:31,197 --> 00:05:34,133 >> WE HAVE SALLY AND AFTER SALLY 192 00:05:34,133 --> 00:05:39,739 WILL BE NICK. 193 00:05:39,872 --> 00:05:41,240 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. 194 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:42,909 I AM SALLY SORIANO. 195 00:05:42,909 --> 00:05:44,911 I'M A PRECINCT COMMITTEE 196 00:05:44,911 --> 00:05:45,144 OFFICER 197 00:05:45,144 --> 00:05:48,014 IN THE BROAD VIEW NEIGHBORHOOD 198 00:05:48,014 --> 00:05:49,882 IN DISTRICT FIVE AND WAS 199 00:05:49,882 --> 00:05:51,117 SEATTLE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER FOR 200 00:05:51,117 --> 00:05:52,785 DISTRICT ONE WHICH ENCOMPASSES 201 00:05:52,785 --> 00:05:52,985 MOST 202 00:05:52,985 --> 00:05:53,820 OF DISTRICT FIVE. 203 00:05:53,820 --> 00:05:54,987 I CURRENTLY SERVE 204 00:05:54,987 --> 00:05:57,390 WITH JULIE KANG ON THE 32nd 205 00:05:57,390 --> 00:05:57,657 DEMOCRATS 206 00:05:57,657 --> 00:05:58,524 ENDORSEMENT COMMITTEE. 207 00:05:58,524 --> 00:06:00,693 SINCE JULIE CAME ON TO THE 208 00:06:00,693 --> 00:06:01,961 COMMITTEE, I'VE ALWAYS 209 00:06:01,961 --> 00:06:04,263 BEEN TREMENDOUSLY IMPRESSED BY 210 00:06:04,263 --> 00:06:05,398 HER DEDICATION TO 211 00:06:05,398 --> 00:06:06,299 GRASSROOTS DECISION MAKING. 212 00:06:06,299 --> 00:06:09,001 IN OUR INTERVIEW PROCESS, 213 00:06:09,001 --> 00:06:10,970 JULIE POSES INSIGHTFUL QUESTIONS 214 00:06:10,970 --> 00:06:13,172 WHICH DEEPENS THE DIALOGUE 215 00:06:13,172 --> 00:06:15,541 WITH CANDIDATES AND SO CRUCIAL 216 00:06:15,541 --> 00:06:15,808 TO 217 00:06:15,808 --> 00:06:18,344 OUR COMMITTEE WORK, SHE 218 00:06:18,344 --> 00:06:18,611 EVERYBODY 219 00:06:18,611 --> 00:06:19,645 GAUGED 220 00:06:19,645 --> 00:06:20,379 KNOWLEDGEABLY COLLABORATIVELY IN 221 00:06:20,379 --> 00:06:21,147 OUR 222 00:06:21,147 --> 00:06:21,614 DECISION-MAKING 223 00:06:21,614 --> 00:06:23,683 PROCESS. IT IS CLEAR TO ME IF 224 00:06:23,683 --> 00:06:23,916 CHOSEN 225 00:06:23,916 --> 00:06:26,886 BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO FILL D- 5 226 00:06:26,886 --> 00:06:28,521 VACANCY, JULIE WOULD BRING 227 00:06:28,521 --> 00:06:30,623 HER EXTRAORDINARY DEPTH AS AN 228 00:06:30,623 --> 00:06:33,493 EDUCATOR, RESEARCHER, AND A 229 00:06:33,493 --> 00:06:35,495 CONSENSUS BUILDER, BOTH TO THE 230 00:06:35,495 --> 00:06:38,331 COUNCIL AND 231 00:06:38,331 --> 00:06:39,265 TO HER CONSTITUENTS IN OUR 232 00:06:39,265 --> 00:06:39,665 NEIGHBORHOOD. 233 00:06:39,665 --> 00:06:41,634 I URGE YOU TO SELECT JULIE 234 00:06:41,634 --> 00:06:43,035 KANG FOR D- 5 POSITION. 235 00:06:43,035 --> 00:06:45,104 SHE IS ENERGIZED, 236 00:06:45,104 --> 00:06:46,472 EXCEEDINGLY WELL INFORMED AND UP 237 00:06:46,472 --> 00:06:47,039 TO DATE 238 00:06:47,039 --> 00:06:48,608 ON COUNCIL ISSUES, AND IS READY 239 00:06:48,608 --> 00:06:48,841 TO 240 00:06:48,841 --> 00:06:54,480 START WORK TOMORROW. THANK YOU. 241 00:06:54,614 --> 00:06:55,848 >> AFTER NICK WE WILL HAVE DAVID 242 00:06:55,848 --> 00:07:01,154 WOODWARD. 243 00:07:01,287 --> 00:07:02,422 >> GOOD MORNING, 244 00:07:02,422 --> 00:07:04,791 COUNCILMEMBERS. I AM NICK RUSSO. 245 00:07:04,791 --> 00:07:06,359 I AM FROM WHERE THE SIDEWALK 246 00:07:06,359 --> 00:07:10,630 ENDS, ALSO KNOWN AS THE FIFTH 247 00:07:10,630 --> 00:07:12,298 DISTRICT. 248 00:07:12,298 --> 00:07:16,335 I HAVE ZERO INTEREST IN 249 00:07:16,335 --> 00:07:17,904 MODERN DAY POLITICS AND BEING 250 00:07:17,904 --> 00:07:20,139 SOMEBODY WHO FUNDRAISES MOST OF 251 00:07:20,139 --> 00:07:21,240 THE TIME 252 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:23,376 AND SMOOZES POWERFUL PEOPLE. 253 00:07:23,376 --> 00:07:25,745 I SAW THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO 254 00:07:25,745 --> 00:07:28,748 USE MY LIFE EXPERIENCE 255 00:07:28,748 --> 00:07:31,284 AND INTEREST IN POLITICAL ISSUES 256 00:07:31,284 --> 00:07:31,517 TO 257 00:07:31,517 --> 00:07:32,885 HELP THE COMMUNITY THAT I 258 00:07:32,885 --> 00:07:34,287 REALLY LOVE AND HAVE LIVED IN 259 00:07:34,287 --> 00:07:34,487 FOR 260 00:07:34,487 --> 00:07:34,921 YEARS. 261 00:07:34,921 --> 00:07:37,323 THE REASON I FOCUSED 262 00:07:37,323 --> 00:07:39,459 ON SIDEWALKS IS THAT THEY 263 00:07:39,459 --> 00:07:42,895 REPRESENT IN A VERY REAL SENSE A 264 00:07:42,895 --> 00:07:43,129 BROKEN 265 00:07:43,129 --> 00:07:46,265 PROMISE TO THE COMMUNITY. 266 00:07:46,265 --> 00:07:47,400 THESE COMMUNITIES IN THIS 267 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:49,569 DISTRICT HAVE VIRTUALLY NO 268 00:07:49,569 --> 00:07:50,002 SIDEWALKS. 269 00:07:50,002 --> 00:07:51,637 THEY WERE PROMISED THEM 270 00:07:51,637 --> 00:07:53,673 WHEN THEY WERE ANNEXED INTO THE 271 00:07:53,673 --> 00:07:56,275 CITY 60 TO 70 YEARS AGO, AND AT 272 00:07:56,275 --> 00:07:58,244 THE RATE WE'RE GOING, IT WILL 273 00:07:58,244 --> 00:08:00,246 BE ANOTHER 300, 400 YEARS BEFORE 274 00:08:00,246 --> 00:08:01,480 THEY GET THEM. 275 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:05,351 I THINK THERE ARE WAYS TO 276 00:08:05,351 --> 00:08:07,253 IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN QUALITY 277 00:08:07,253 --> 00:08:08,754 THAT ARE REALLY CRITICAL TO 278 00:08:08,754 --> 00:08:09,188 MAKING 279 00:08:09,188 --> 00:08:11,257 A HEALTHY COMMUNITY, THAT COULD 280 00:08:11,257 --> 00:08:16,529 BE DONE FOR LESS MONEY THAN THE 281 00:08:16,529 --> 00:08:16,963 S- 282 00:08:16,963 --> 00:08:17,530 DOT MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR PER 283 00:08:17,530 --> 00:08:23,569 BLOCK SCHEMES. 284 00:08:23,569 --> 00:08:25,404 OVER ALL, I SEE GLOBAL WARMING 285 00:08:25,404 --> 00:08:27,440 AS THE BIGGEST THREAT 286 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:29,041 HUMANS HAVE EVER FACED AND I 287 00:08:29,041 --> 00:08:30,910 THINK IT 288 00:08:30,910 --> 00:08:31,577 NEEDS TO BECOME CENTRAL TO 289 00:08:31,577 --> 00:08:33,646 EVERY DECISION THAT IS MADE IN 290 00:08:33,779 --> 00:08:34,647 GOVERNMENT. I DON'T SEE THAT 291 00:08:34,647 --> 00:08:37,283 HERE. I SEE THE CITY STILL 292 00:08:37,283 --> 00:08:37,717 FOCUSING 293 00:08:37,717 --> 00:08:40,052 ON SINGLE 294 00:08:40,052 --> 00:08:41,687 FAMILY HOUSING AND CAR CENTRIC 295 00:08:41,687 --> 00:08:41,988 COMMUNITY. 296 00:08:41,988 --> 00:08:44,690 I THINK WE NEED TO 297 00:08:44,690 --> 00:08:46,092 START STOPPING PROJECTS THAT 298 00:08:46,092 --> 00:08:47,460 HEAD IN THAT DIRECTION. 299 00:08:47,460 --> 00:08:50,830 I WOULD LOVE TO SERVE 300 00:08:50,830 --> 00:08:53,065 THIS COMMUNITY AND WALK 301 00:08:53,065 --> 00:08:53,399 AND TALK WITH 302 00:08:53,399 --> 00:09:01,674 MEMBERS. THANK YOU. 303 00:09:01,807 --> 00:09:03,843 >> AFTER DAVID -- 304 00:09:03,976 --> 00:09:05,344 >> THANK YOU, MEMBERS OF THE 305 00:09:05,344 --> 00:09:06,712 SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL FOR 306 00:09:06,712 --> 00:09:08,981 THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON 307 00:09:08,981 --> 00:09:10,483 BEHALF OF CANDIDATE JULIE KANG. 308 00:09:10,483 --> 00:09:13,352 I'M DAVID WOODWARD, 48- 309 00:09:13,352 --> 00:09:14,153 YEAR SEATTLE RESIDENT. 310 00:09:14,153 --> 00:09:16,656 ALSO ON THE 311 00:09:16,656 --> 00:09:19,025 SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL VISORY 312 00:09:19,025 --> 00:09:19,225 BOARD 313 00:09:19,225 --> 00:09:21,460 APPOINTED BY YOU AND THE 314 00:09:21,460 --> 00:09:24,096 CHAIR OF THE THEATER WHICH 315 00:09:24,096 --> 00:09:24,764 CROSSES 316 00:09:24,764 --> 00:09:26,032 OVER BETWEEN DISTRICT 6 AND 5 317 00:09:26,032 --> 00:09:32,438 AND YOU'RE MY REPRESENTATIVE. 318 00:09:32,438 --> 00:09:33,940 ALSO A BLOCK COORDINATOR. 319 00:09:33,940 --> 00:09:36,108 WE NOW CALL IT A BLOCK 320 00:09:36,108 --> 00:09:37,543 COMMUNITY RATHER THAN A BLOCK 321 00:09:37,543 --> 00:09:37,944 WATCH. 322 00:09:37,944 --> 00:09:39,412 IT'S GROWN RATHER EXTENSIVE. 323 00:09:39,412 --> 00:09:40,880 ABOUT 65 PEOPLE IN OUR BLOCK 324 00:09:41,013 --> 00:09:42,748 COMMUNITY. A VERY ACTIVE ONE. 325 00:09:42,748 --> 00:09:45,551 SO I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE 326 00:09:45,551 --> 00:09:47,420 CANDIDACY OF DR. JULIE KANG. 327 00:09:47,420 --> 00:09:48,988 I MET HER WHEN WE WERE 328 00:09:48,988 --> 00:09:53,359 BOTH WORKING IN EDUCATIONAL 329 00:09:53,359 --> 00:09:54,126 AT SEATTLE 330 00:09:54,126 --> 00:09:56,028 UNIVERSITY. I GREATLY APPRECIATE 331 00:09:56,028 --> 00:09:57,129 HER ACCOUNTABILITY AND WORK 332 00:09:57,129 --> 00:09:58,965 ETHIC AND WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH 333 00:09:58,965 --> 00:09:59,198 HER AS 334 00:09:59,198 --> 00:10:00,967 SOON AS I FIRST MET HER. 335 00:10:00,967 --> 00:10:02,601 DR. KANG IS TRULY DEDICATED 336 00:10:02,601 --> 00:10:05,137 TO HER OWN FAMILY, HER 337 00:10:05,137 --> 00:10:06,639 COLLEAGUES, AND THE PEOPLE OF 338 00:10:06,639 --> 00:10:07,073 OUR CITY. 339 00:10:07,073 --> 00:10:10,509 SHE HAVE HAS DEEP 340 00:10:10,509 --> 00:10:11,143 EXPERTISE IN MANY ARENAS 341 00:10:11,143 --> 00:10:11,777 INCLUDING 342 00:10:11,777 --> 00:10:13,145 EDUCATION, FINANCE, POLICY, 343 00:10:13,145 --> 00:10:14,246 SMALL 344 00:10:14,246 --> 00:10:14,880 BUSINESS, MULTICULTURAL 345 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:15,648 COMMUNITY 346 00:10:15,648 --> 00:10:17,316 DEVELOPMENT, AND NEIGHBORHOODS. 347 00:10:17,316 --> 00:10:18,784 SHE'S WORKED AT THE 348 00:10:18,784 --> 00:10:20,252 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, BY THE 349 00:10:20,252 --> 00:10:20,486 WAY, 350 00:10:20,486 --> 00:10:21,821 IN SOME VERY STRATEGIC WAYS. 351 00:10:21,821 --> 00:10:24,590 DR. KANG IS GREAT TO WORK WITH 352 00:10:24,590 --> 00:10:25,691 INTERPERSONALLY AND KNOWS HOW 353 00:10:25,691 --> 00:10:28,327 TO WORK ON A LARGE SCALE TO 354 00:10:28,327 --> 00:10:28,561 DEVELOP 355 00:10:28,561 --> 00:10:30,062 AND IMPLEMENT POLICY 356 00:10:30,062 --> 00:10:31,864 WHILE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT 357 00:10:31,864 --> 00:10:32,131 DIVERSE 358 00:10:32,264 --> 00:10:33,099 PERSPECTIVES. SHE'S EXACTLY THE 359 00:10:33,099 --> 00:10:33,799 TYPE OF LEADER 360 00:10:33,799 --> 00:10:35,935 I MOST WANT TO SEE IN LOCAL 361 00:10:36,068 --> 00:10:37,169 GOVERNMENT. SOMEONE I KNOW WILL 362 00:10:37,169 --> 00:10:38,371 BE ACCOUNTABLE TO ME AS WELL AS 363 00:10:38,371 --> 00:10:40,639 THE NEEDS AND 364 00:10:40,639 --> 00:10:41,107 INTERESTS OF EVERYONE 365 00:10:41,107 --> 00:10:42,375 IN THE CITY. I'M GRATEFUL THAT 366 00:10:42,375 --> 00:10:43,209 DR. KANG 367 00:10:43,209 --> 00:10:45,611 IS WILLING TO REPRESENT US 368 00:10:45,611 --> 00:10:46,712 ALL ON THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL. 369 00:10:46,712 --> 00:10:49,649 THANK YOU 370 00:10:49,649 --> 00:10:52,151 VERY MUCH. 371 00:10:52,151 --> 00:10:52,652 >> 372 00:10:52,652 --> 00:10:53,019 . 373 00:10:53,019 --> 00:11:00,192 >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. 374 00:11:00,192 --> 00:11:03,796 IT'S TRULY A JOY TO BE HERE 375 00:11:03,796 --> 00:11:04,597 FOR JULIE KANG. 376 00:11:04,597 --> 00:11:06,499 I FIRST MET DR. KANG WHEN HE 377 00:11:06,499 --> 00:11:08,100 WAS A GRADUATE STUDENT AT 378 00:11:08,100 --> 00:11:08,367 SEATTLE 379 00:11:08,367 --> 00:11:08,801 UNIVERSITY. 380 00:11:08,801 --> 00:11:10,703 SHE BECAME MY MENTOR. 381 00:11:10,703 --> 00:11:13,506 WHAT STOOD OUT TO ME THEN AND IT 382 00:11:13,506 --> 00:11:16,409 STILL DOES IS THAT HOW SHE 383 00:11:16,409 --> 00:11:18,144 BALANCES HER 384 00:11:18,144 --> 00:11:20,713 PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES 385 00:11:20,713 --> 00:11:22,415 WITH MENTORSHIP 386 00:11:22,415 --> 00:11:24,984 AND HER VOLUNTEER WORK. 387 00:11:24,984 --> 00:11:27,286 OVER 30 YEARS DR. KANG 388 00:11:27,286 --> 00:11:31,791 HAS HELPED STUDENTS TO GROW, 389 00:11:31,791 --> 00:11:34,326 SHE REPLIES TO EVERY EMAIL FROM 390 00:11:34,326 --> 00:11:35,695 A 391 00:11:35,695 --> 00:11:37,029 STUDENT ASKING FOR GUIDANCE. 392 00:11:37,029 --> 00:11:39,865 SHE HELPS THEM TO ACHIEVE THEIR 393 00:11:39,865 --> 00:11:40,232 MILESTONES. 394 00:11:40,232 --> 00:11:42,735 THAT KIND OF IMPACT SPEAKS 395 00:11:42,735 --> 00:11:44,537 VOLUMES ABOUT HER ABILITY 396 00:11:44,537 --> 00:11:49,008 TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER ACROSS 397 00:11:49,008 --> 00:11:49,442 COMMUNITY. 398 00:11:49,442 --> 00:11:51,510 THE LEADERSHIP SHE'S SHOWN IN 399 00:11:51,510 --> 00:11:52,211 COMMUNITY BUILDING, SHE'LL 400 00:11:52,211 --> 00:11:53,412 BRING ALL OF THAT 401 00:11:53,412 --> 00:11:53,879 AND MORE TO THE CITY 402 00:11:53,879 --> 00:11:59,251 COUNCIL. THANK YOU. 403 00:11:59,385 --> 00:12:07,960 >> AFTER PATTY, WE'LL HAVE JUDY. 404 00:12:08,094 --> 00:12:09,495 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 405 00:12:09,495 --> 00:12:10,329 THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE 406 00:12:10,329 --> 00:12:10,796 OPPORTUNITY TODAY. 407 00:12:10,796 --> 00:12:12,665 MY NAME IS PATTY LEE AND 408 00:12:12,665 --> 00:12:14,867 I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT MY 409 00:12:14,867 --> 00:12:16,602 FRIEND, DR. JULIE KANG AND WHY 410 00:12:16,602 --> 00:12:17,103 SHE IS 411 00:12:17,103 --> 00:12:19,739 A GREAT CHOICE FOR THE DISTRICT 412 00:12:19,739 --> 00:12:20,740 55 COUNCIL SEAT. 413 00:12:20,740 --> 00:12:22,208 I FIRST MET JULIE ALMOST 414 00:12:22,208 --> 00:12:23,976 20 YEARS AGO WHEN SHE WAS 415 00:12:23,976 --> 00:12:25,945 LEADING KOREAN STORY TIME AT 416 00:12:25,945 --> 00:12:27,012 THE SHORELINE PUBLIC LIBRARY. 417 00:12:27,012 --> 00:12:28,247 AFTER GOING TO THE FIRST STORY 418 00:12:28,247 --> 00:12:30,349 TIME WITH 419 00:12:30,349 --> 00:12:32,084 MY DAUGHTER, I FELT A HUGE SENSE 420 00:12:32,084 --> 00:12:32,318 OF 421 00:12:32,318 --> 00:12:32,918 GRATITUDE THAT SOMEONE WOULD 422 00:12:32,918 --> 00:12:35,221 TAKE THE TIME OUT 423 00:12:35,221 --> 00:12:36,222 OF THEIR BUSY SCHEDULE TO 424 00:12:36,222 --> 00:12:37,523 ORGANIZE, IMPLEMENT AND LEAD 425 00:12:37,523 --> 00:12:38,591 A PROGRAM LIKE THIS. 426 00:12:38,591 --> 00:12:40,693 FOR THE FIRST TIME, I FELT 427 00:12:40,693 --> 00:12:43,028 THAT I WAS ACTUALLY SEEN AND 428 00:12:43,162 --> 00:12:44,296 REPRESENTED. BUT MOST 429 00:12:44,296 --> 00:12:44,663 IMPORTANTLY, I 430 00:12:44,663 --> 00:12:46,732 WAS STRUCK BY HER LOVE FOR 431 00:12:46,732 --> 00:12:46,966 SERVING 432 00:12:46,966 --> 00:12:48,567 OUR COMMUNITY AND BY HER 433 00:12:48,567 --> 00:12:49,935 ABILITY TO GET OTHERS 434 00:12:49,935 --> 00:12:50,870 INVOLVED, INCLUDING ME. 435 00:12:50,870 --> 00:12:52,538 SINCE THAT EARLY TIME, I 436 00:12:52,538 --> 00:12:54,340 HAVE SEEN HER GENUINE PASSION 437 00:12:54,340 --> 00:12:56,142 FOR SERVING THE COMMUNITY AS SHE 438 00:12:56,142 --> 00:12:58,010 CONTINUED TO BE INVOLVED 439 00:12:58,010 --> 00:13:00,846 WITH AND LED NUMEROUS COMMUNITY 440 00:13:00,846 --> 00:13:02,915 ORGANIZATIONS, WHETHER IT WAS 441 00:13:02,915 --> 00:13:04,049 HER VOLUNTEER WORK AS 442 00:13:04,049 --> 00:13:06,318 A PRINCIPAL FOR THE UNITED 443 00:13:06,318 --> 00:13:06,552 SEATTLE 444 00:13:06,552 --> 00:13:07,853 BELLEVUE KOREAN SCHOOL, 445 00:13:07,853 --> 00:13:09,421 FOUNDING AND CHAIRING THE BOARD 446 00:13:09,421 --> 00:13:09,622 OF 447 00:13:09,622 --> 00:13:11,457 LOCAL COMMUNITY BANK, HER WORK 448 00:13:11,457 --> 00:13:13,058 WITH THE KING COUNTY 449 00:13:13,058 --> 00:13:15,928 CITIZENS ELECTION OVERSIGHT 450 00:13:15,928 --> 00:13:16,228 COMMITTEE. 451 00:13:16,228 --> 00:13:18,097 MENTORING STUDENTS AND 452 00:13:18,097 --> 00:13:19,732 EDUCATORS AND ORGANIZING 453 00:13:19,732 --> 00:13:20,099 VOLUNTEERS FOR 454 00:13:20,099 --> 00:13:22,034 EARTH DAY PARK CLEAN- UP TO 455 00:13:22,034 --> 00:13:23,068 NAME A FEW. 456 00:13:23,068 --> 00:13:25,371 SHE HAS A PASSION AND 457 00:13:25,371 --> 00:13:26,705 INNATE ABILITY TO BRING PEOPLE 458 00:13:26,705 --> 00:13:26,972 TOGETHER 459 00:13:26,972 --> 00:13:29,642 TO WORK TOWARD THE COMMON 460 00:13:29,642 --> 00:13:30,676 GOOD, PERSONALLY I KNOW THAT 461 00:13:30,676 --> 00:13:30,876 JULIE 462 00:13:30,876 --> 00:13:32,912 HAS A GOOD AND CARING HEART 463 00:13:32,912 --> 00:13:34,947 FOR PEOPLE AND WITH HER 464 00:13:34,947 --> 00:13:36,182 GREAT LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND 465 00:13:36,182 --> 00:13:37,716 EXPERIENCE, SHE WOULD BE 466 00:13:37,716 --> 00:13:39,084 AN EXCELLENT ADDITION TO THE 467 00:13:39,084 --> 00:13:39,285 CITY 468 00:13:39,418 --> 00:13:40,085 COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR 469 00:13:40,085 --> 00:13:43,522 TIME. 470 00:13:43,656 --> 00:13:47,693 >> AFTER JUDY WILL BE MINDY LEE. 471 00:13:47,826 --> 00:13:50,729 >> GOOD MORNING, MADAM 472 00:13:50,863 --> 00:13:51,664 PRESIDENT, COUNCILMEMBERS. THANK 473 00:13:51,664 --> 00:13:52,231 YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO 474 00:13:52,231 --> 00:13:52,431 SPEAK 475 00:13:52,431 --> 00:13:55,067 TODAY. MY NAME IS JUDY YU. 476 00:13:55,067 --> 00:13:56,635 I LIVE IN DISTRICT 7 AND I'M 477 00:13:56,635 --> 00:13:57,803 HERE TO DISCUSS THE 478 00:13:57,803 --> 00:13:59,104 OPEN APPOINTMENT IN DISTRICT 5. 479 00:13:59,104 --> 00:13:59,772 YOU KNOW THIS. 480 00:13:59,772 --> 00:14:01,841 SEATTLE IS A BEAUTIFUL 481 00:14:01,841 --> 00:14:02,741 AND COMPLEX CITY. 482 00:14:02,741 --> 00:14:05,177 WE'RE FACING SOME HARD TRUTHS. 483 00:14:05,177 --> 00:14:07,146 FAMILIES ARE BEING PRICED OUT 484 00:14:07,146 --> 00:14:08,280 OF THEIR 485 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:08,881 NEIGHBORHOODS, HOMELESSNESS 486 00:14:08,881 --> 00:14:09,481 CONTINUES TO 487 00:14:09,481 --> 00:14:11,283 GROW, AND TOO MANY FEEL UNSAFE 488 00:14:11,283 --> 00:14:11,584 AND 489 00:14:11,584 --> 00:14:12,151 UNHEARD. 490 00:14:12,151 --> 00:14:13,519 CLIMATE CHANGE IS HITTING 491 00:14:13,519 --> 00:14:14,620 HARDER EACH YEAR AND OUR 492 00:14:14,620 --> 00:14:16,455 YOUNG PEOPLE ARE WONDERING IF 493 00:14:16,455 --> 00:14:16,889 THEIR VOICES 494 00:14:16,889 --> 00:14:17,990 EVEN MATTER. 495 00:14:17,990 --> 00:14:20,326 THESE CHALLENGES ARE 496 00:14:20,326 --> 00:14:21,560 DEEPLY CONNECTED AND THEY WON'T 497 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:23,329 BE SOLVED BY ONE PERSON, 498 00:14:23,329 --> 00:14:25,364 ONE DEPARTMENT OR EVEN ONE 499 00:14:25,364 --> 00:14:25,931 POLICY. 500 00:14:25,931 --> 00:14:28,334 THEY REQUIRE COALITION BUILDING. 501 00:14:28,334 --> 00:14:30,035 BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER THAT 502 00:14:30,035 --> 00:14:31,537 DON'T ALWAYS AGREE. 503 00:14:31,537 --> 00:14:33,072 BUT WHO CARE DEEPLY ABOUT 504 00:14:33,072 --> 00:14:34,106 THE CITY AND ARE READY TO WORK 505 00:14:34,106 --> 00:14:35,074 SIDE BY SIDE. 506 00:14:35,074 --> 00:14:37,276 SO LET'S WORK TOWARD 507 00:14:37,276 --> 00:14:38,210 REAL LASTING PROGRESS. 508 00:14:38,210 --> 00:14:40,379 DR. JULIE KANG IS EXACTLY THE 509 00:14:40,379 --> 00:14:41,714 KIND OF LEADER SEATTLE 510 00:14:41,714 --> 00:14:42,514 NEEDS AT THIS MOMENT. 511 00:14:42,514 --> 00:14:44,950 SHE SPENT HER LIFE BRIDGING 512 00:14:44,950 --> 00:14:46,485 COMMUNITIES, WHETHER IT 513 00:14:46,485 --> 00:14:48,454 IS 514 00:14:48,454 --> 00:14:49,088 ADVOCATING FOR KOREAN-AMERICAN 515 00:14:49,088 --> 00:14:50,489 VOICES, SERVING ON EQUITY 516 00:14:50,489 --> 00:14:53,259 BOARDS OR MENTORING K- 12 517 00:14:53,259 --> 00:14:53,559 EDUCATORS. 518 00:14:53,559 --> 00:14:54,460 AT SEATTLE UNIVERSITY, 519 00:14:54,460 --> 00:14:57,329 SHE'S WORKED WITH NUMEROUS 520 00:14:57,329 --> 00:14:58,597 ORGANIZATIONS TO BUILD 521 00:14:58,597 --> 00:14:59,131 CONNECTIONS. 522 00:14:59,131 --> 00:15:02,234 AT THE YMCA SHE LEADS 523 00:15:02,234 --> 00:15:03,636 OUTREACH THAT BRINGS PEOPLE IN 524 00:15:03,636 --> 00:15:04,570 FROM THE 525 00:15:04,570 --> 00:15:05,371 MARGINS. 526 00:15:05,371 --> 00:15:07,139 SHE BUILDS COALITIONS NOT 527 00:15:07,139 --> 00:15:08,440 FOR CREDIT BUT BECAUSE THAT'S 528 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:09,141 WHO SHE IS. 529 00:15:09,141 --> 00:15:11,176 SOMEONE WHO BELIEVES EVERYONE 530 00:15:11,176 --> 00:15:12,811 DESERVES TO BELONG, TO BE 531 00:15:12,811 --> 00:15:14,280 HEARD AND TO HELP SHAPE THE 532 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:15,614 FUTURE OF 533 00:15:15,614 --> 00:15:15,981 THIS CITY. 534 00:15:15,981 --> 00:15:17,516 SEATTLE NEEDS HEART, VISION, AND 535 00:15:17,516 --> 00:15:18,717 A STEADY HAND. 536 00:15:18,717 --> 00:15:19,852 PLEASE CONSIDER DR. 537 00:15:19,852 --> 00:15:21,553 JULIE KANG WHEN THINKING ABOUT 538 00:15:21,553 --> 00:15:21,887 YOUR 539 00:15:21,887 --> 00:15:22,988 NEXT APPOINTMENT TO THE CITY 540 00:15:22,988 --> 00:15:23,856 COUNCIL. 541 00:15:23,856 --> 00:15:24,590 THANK 542 00:15:24,590 --> 00:15:24,890 YOU. 543 00:15:24,890 --> 00:15:28,594 >> AFTER MINDY, WE'LL HAVE 544 00:15:28,727 --> 00:15:30,162 JULIE. AFTER JULIE WE'LL GO TO 545 00:15:30,162 --> 00:15:30,562 REMOTE 546 00:15:30,696 --> 00:15:31,063 SPEAKERS. 547 00:15:31,063 --> 00:15:31,463 >> GOOD MORNING. 548 00:15:31,463 --> 00:15:33,799 MY NAME IS MINDY AND I'M HERE 549 00:15:33,799 --> 00:15:34,566 TO 550 00:15:34,566 --> 00:15:37,069 SHARE HOW JULIE KANG HAS 551 00:15:37,069 --> 00:15:38,837 IMPACTED MY LIFE AS A MENTORING. 552 00:15:38,837 --> 00:15:41,907 I FIRST MET DR. KANG IN 553 00:15:41,907 --> 00:15:43,242 MIDDLE SCHOOL AT A KOREAN SCHOOL 554 00:15:43,242 --> 00:15:44,143 EVENT. 555 00:15:44,143 --> 00:15:46,245 SHE TRULY SAW US. 556 00:15:46,245 --> 00:15:47,446 BICULTURAL STUDENTSNA 557 00:15:47,446 --> 00:15:48,681 GAITING TWO WORLDS. 558 00:15:48,681 --> 00:15:50,616 SHE SHARED HER OWN STORIES 559 00:15:50,616 --> 00:15:53,218 OF BEING RAISED BY A SINGLE 560 00:15:53,218 --> 00:15:54,853 MOM AND AND REMINDED ME OF MY 561 00:15:54,853 --> 00:15:55,454 OWN SINGLE 562 00:15:55,454 --> 00:15:57,089 MOM, A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, 563 00:15:57,089 --> 00:15:58,724 AND SHE WAS DOING HER BEST WHICH 564 00:15:58,724 --> 00:15:59,692 MEANT EVERYTHING TO ME. 565 00:15:59,692 --> 00:16:01,427 I GOT TO KNOW HER BETTER WHEN I 566 00:16:01,427 --> 00:16:02,361 SPENT FOUR DAYS WITH 567 00:16:02,361 --> 00:16:04,163 HER AND OTHER STUDENTS AND 568 00:16:04,163 --> 00:16:05,731 ELDERS IN THE 569 00:16:05,731 --> 00:16:06,165 COMMUNITY. 570 00:16:06,165 --> 00:16:07,733 SHE WAS ALWAYS REMINDING US 571 00:16:07,733 --> 00:16:09,101 THAT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IS 572 00:16:09,101 --> 00:16:09,401 IMPORTANT. 573 00:16:09,401 --> 00:16:11,437 WE HAVE TO VOTE AND BE AT THE 574 00:16:11,570 --> 00:16:14,173 TABLE. SHE TOOK A GROUP OF 575 00:16:14,173 --> 00:16:16,608 US KOREAN- AMERICANS TO D.C. FOR 576 00:16:16,608 --> 00:16:17,710 THE KOREAN- AMERICAN 577 00:16:17,710 --> 00:16:19,244 GRASSROOTS CONVENTION TO MEET 578 00:16:19,244 --> 00:16:21,413 OUR GO ELECTED OFFICIALS AND TO 579 00:16:21,413 --> 00:16:24,516 EXPERIENCE DEMOCRACY IN ACTION. 580 00:16:24,516 --> 00:16:26,452 SHE WAS ABLE TO FUNDRAISE THAT 581 00:16:26,452 --> 00:16:27,586 TRIP SO EVERYONE 582 00:16:27,586 --> 00:16:29,188 WHO WANTED TO GO WAS ABLE TO 583 00:16:29,188 --> 00:16:30,356 PARTICIPATE WHICH WAS REALLY 584 00:16:30,356 --> 00:16:31,323 EMPOWERING TO BE 585 00:16:31,323 --> 00:16:31,957 THERE. 586 00:16:31,957 --> 00:16:33,492 UNLIKE MOST KOREAN ADULTS I 587 00:16:33,492 --> 00:16:35,461 KNEW, SHE ALWAYS CHECKED UP ON 588 00:16:35,461 --> 00:16:36,195 HER MENTAL HEALTH. 589 00:16:36,195 --> 00:16:37,563 SHE EVEN WENT BACK TO SCHOOL 590 00:16:37,563 --> 00:16:39,932 TO EARN A MASTERS IN 591 00:16:39,932 --> 00:16:40,566 CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH STUDIES 592 00:16:40,566 --> 00:16:41,233 TO BE 593 00:16:41,233 --> 00:16:44,837 ABLE TO SUPPORT US YOUTH BETTER. 594 00:16:44,837 --> 00:16:46,572 BECAUSE OF HER, I FOUND 595 00:16:46,572 --> 00:16:48,073 THE COURAGE TO RETURN TO 596 00:16:48,073 --> 00:16:49,041 SCHOOL AFTER COVID. 597 00:16:49,041 --> 00:16:52,044 I NOW LIVED IN SEATTLE, WORK 598 00:16:52,044 --> 00:16:56,115 FOR DISTRICT 4, AND I LIVE, I 599 00:16:56,115 --> 00:16:56,382 WORK 600 00:16:56,382 --> 00:16:57,149 DOWNTOWN. 601 00:16:57,149 --> 00:16:58,617 SO MOST RECENTLY, SHE INVITED ME 602 00:16:58,617 --> 00:17:01,420 TO HER ROTARY MEETING WHENNER MY 603 00:17:01,420 --> 00:17:03,255 CEO WAS SPEAKING WHICH WAS 604 00:17:03,255 --> 00:17:04,823 AMAZING BECAUSE I TYPICALLY DO 605 00:17:04,823 --> 00:17:09,361 NOT WORK IN A SPACE TO MEET 606 00:17:09,361 --> 00:17:09,628 WITH 607 00:17:09,628 --> 00:17:11,296 HIM. DR. KANG ISN'T JUST A 608 00:17:11,296 --> 00:17:11,864 MENTOR. 609 00:17:11,864 --> 00:17:15,267 SHE HELPS EMPOWER YOUTH LIKE ME 610 00:17:15,267 --> 00:17:16,468 AND REMINDS US THAT WE ARE 611 00:17:16,468 --> 00:17:17,036 THE HOPE 612 00:17:17,036 --> 00:17:22,508 FOR A BETTER FUTURE. THANK YOU. 613 00:17:22,641 --> 00:17:25,844 >> JULIE KANG AND THEN 614 00:17:25,844 --> 00:17:26,245 REMOTE SPEAKERS. 615 00:17:26,378 --> 00:17:26,945 >> GOOD MORNING. 616 00:17:26,945 --> 00:17:27,613 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 617 00:17:27,613 --> 00:17:28,447 ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. 618 00:17:28,447 --> 00:17:30,015 MY NAME IS JULIE 619 00:17:30,015 --> 00:17:31,784 KANG. I'M SEEKING YOUR 620 00:17:31,784 --> 00:17:32,151 APPOINTMENT FOR 621 00:17:32,151 --> 00:17:33,085 THE SEATTLE CITY 622 00:17:33,085 --> 00:17:34,887 COUNCIL DISTRICT 5 POSITION. 623 00:17:34,887 --> 00:17:37,189 AS A PASSIONATE PUBLIC 624 00:17:37,189 --> 00:17:39,091 SERVANT FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS, I 625 00:17:39,091 --> 00:17:39,258 AM 626 00:17:39,258 --> 00:17:41,059 PREPARED TO JOIN YOU AND TO DO 627 00:17:41,059 --> 00:17:43,529 THE HARD WORK AS A TEAM PLAYER. 628 00:17:43,529 --> 00:17:44,897 THANK YOU FOR THE HARD WORK 629 00:17:44,897 --> 00:17:46,698 YOU'VE ALREADY DONE SO FAR. 630 00:17:46,698 --> 00:17:48,534 I LOOK FORWARD TO ADDRESSING 631 00:17:48,534 --> 00:17:52,271 THE MAJOR BUDGET GAP, FINISHING 632 00:17:52,271 --> 00:17:52,471 THE 633 00:17:52,471 --> 00:17:54,740 PLAN, AND TACKLING THE ONGOING 634 00:17:54,740 --> 00:17:56,642 PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS WITH YOU. 635 00:17:56,642 --> 00:17:58,677 I WANT TO ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE 636 00:17:58,677 --> 00:18:00,779 AND THANK MY SUPPORTERS FROM 637 00:18:00,779 --> 00:18:00,979 MANY 638 00:18:00,979 --> 00:18:04,383 ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING ACRS, 639 00:18:04,383 --> 00:18:05,050 KOREAN-AMERICAN 640 00:18:05,050 --> 00:18:07,086 COALITION, IMPACT 100 SEATTLE, 641 00:18:07,086 --> 00:18:09,488 SEATTLE FOUR 642 00:18:09,488 --> 00:18:10,823 ROTARY, NORTHWEST IN DISTRICT 643 00:18:10,823 --> 00:18:14,026 5, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, 644 00:18:14,026 --> 00:18:14,259 STUDENT 645 00:18:14,393 --> 00:18:15,360 MEANTEES, NEIGHBORS IN DISTRICT 646 00:18:15,360 --> 00:18:18,096 5. 647 00:18:18,096 --> 00:18:20,432 I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE 648 00:18:20,432 --> 00:18:21,667 ALMOST 400 NEIGHBORS WHO 649 00:18:21,667 --> 00:18:21,967 COULDN'T 650 00:18:21,967 --> 00:18:24,403 JOIN US TODAY IN PERSON BUT 651 00:18:24,403 --> 00:18:27,639 SIGNEDSIGNED ACTION PLAN TO 652 00:18:27,639 --> 00:18:27,973 NOMINATE AND 653 00:18:27,973 --> 00:18:29,007 APPOINT ME FOR THE POSITION. 654 00:18:29,007 --> 00:18:30,943 WE'RE ON THIS JOURNEY TOGETHER. 655 00:18:30,943 --> 00:18:34,012 I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH 656 00:18:34,012 --> 00:18:36,882 OUR COUNCILMEMBERS AND 657 00:18:36,882 --> 00:18:38,350 SEATTLEITES TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO 658 00:18:38,350 --> 00:18:39,017 THE CHALLENGES 659 00:18:39,017 --> 00:18:39,618 WE'RE FACING IN SEATTLE. 660 00:18:39,618 --> 00:18:49,094 THANK YOU. 661 00:18:49,228 --> 00:18:51,697 >> WE NOW MOVE TO REMOTE 662 00:18:51,830 --> 00:18:53,832 COMMENTS. OUR FIRST IS BECKY 663 00:18:53,832 --> 00:18:54,199 KELLY. 664 00:18:54,199 --> 00:18:55,567 PLEASE PRESS STAR 6 WHEN 665 00:18:55,567 --> 00:18:57,769 YOU HEAR THE PROMPT THAT YOU'VE 666 00:18:57,769 --> 00:18:58,370 BEEN UNMUTED. 667 00:18:58,370 --> 00:19:00,806 AFTER 668 00:19:00,806 --> 00:19:05,110 BECKY WILL BE HILLARY LOWE. 669 00:19:05,244 --> 00:19:06,211 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 670 00:19:06,211 --> 00:19:07,679 MY NAME IS BECKY KELLY. 671 00:19:07,679 --> 00:19:09,648 I'M A DISTRICT 5 RESIDENT AND 672 00:19:09,648 --> 00:19:11,183 HAVE BEEN FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS. 673 00:19:11,183 --> 00:19:13,886 I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT 674 00:19:13,886 --> 00:19:14,086 OFOF 675 00:19:14,086 --> 00:19:15,320 DR. JULIE KANG FOR THE 676 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:15,787 DISTRICT 5 677 00:19:15,787 --> 00:19:17,723 APPOINTMENT. I HAD THE PLEASURE 678 00:19:17,723 --> 00:19:18,924 OF SERVING WITH JULIE ON THE 679 00:19:18,924 --> 00:19:19,224 BOARD 680 00:19:19,224 --> 00:19:23,328 OF DIRECTORS AND THE REGIONAL 681 00:19:23,328 --> 00:19:24,930 EQUITY COMMITTEE. 682 00:19:24,930 --> 00:19:25,931 THEY PARTICIPATED IN. 683 00:19:25,931 --> 00:19:27,132 THERE I GOT TO SEE SOME OF 684 00:19:27,132 --> 00:19:28,967 THE QUALITIES THAT WILL MAKE 685 00:19:28,967 --> 00:19:29,835 JULIE 686 00:19:29,835 --> 00:19:30,836 A GREAT COUNCILMEMBER. 687 00:19:30,836 --> 00:19:32,504 SHE WOULD BRING GREAT INSIGHTS. 688 00:19:32,504 --> 00:19:34,373 SHE WOULD ASK HARD QUESTIONS. 689 00:19:34,373 --> 00:19:37,376 AND SHE HELPED THE BOARD WORK 690 00:19:37,376 --> 00:19:38,443 ON HARD ISSUES TOGETHER 691 00:19:38,443 --> 00:19:40,846 INCLUDING AS WE WERE GOING 692 00:19:40,846 --> 00:19:41,246 THROUGH A 693 00:19:41,246 --> 00:19:42,814 PROCESS OF REALLY GRAPPLING 694 00:19:42,814 --> 00:19:45,417 WITH RACIAL EQUITY AND HOW WE 695 00:19:45,417 --> 00:19:45,617 COULD 696 00:19:45,617 --> 00:19:46,818 TRANSFORM OUR ORGANIZATION TO 697 00:19:46,818 --> 00:19:48,854 BE A MORE EQUITABLE AND 698 00:19:48,854 --> 00:19:50,422 INCLUSIVE AND WELCOMING 699 00:19:50,422 --> 00:19:50,756 ORGANIZATION. 700 00:19:50,756 --> 00:19:52,157 AND JULIE ALSO SHOWED UP. 701 00:19:52,157 --> 00:19:54,760 YOU'VE HEARD THAT FROM SO MANY 702 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:55,427 SPEAKERS. 703 00:19:55,427 --> 00:19:57,329 I LAUGHED WHEN SHE AND I 704 00:19:57,329 --> 00:19:58,864 WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS POSITION 705 00:19:58,864 --> 00:19:59,064 AND 706 00:19:59,064 --> 00:20:01,266 THAT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK 707 00:20:01,266 --> 00:20:03,135 IT WOULD BE LONG BEFORE SHE'S 708 00:20:03,135 --> 00:20:03,969 THE HARDEST WORKING 709 00:20:03,969 --> 00:20:04,636 COUNCILMEMBER. 710 00:20:04,636 --> 00:20:05,837 IT'S NOT A COMPETITION. 711 00:20:05,837 --> 00:20:07,573 I KNOW YOU ALL WORK INCREDIBLY 712 00:20:07,573 --> 00:20:10,509 HARD BUT YOU WOULD FIND YOURSELF 713 00:20:10,509 --> 00:20:11,376 APPRECIATING HAVING 714 00:20:11,376 --> 00:20:13,979 SOMEONE LIKE JULIE BE THERE 715 00:20:13,979 --> 00:20:14,546 EVERYEVERY TIME. 716 00:20:14,546 --> 00:20:15,781 JULIE, WHEN I LEARNED SHE 717 00:20:15,781 --> 00:20:17,916 WAS STEPPING UP TO SERVE, I 718 00:20:17,916 --> 00:20:19,851 WAS STRUCK BY HER COMMITMENT 719 00:20:19,851 --> 00:20:20,886 TO RESULTS AND 720 00:20:20,886 --> 00:20:22,921 ACCOUNTABILITY. SHE HAS A 721 00:20:22,921 --> 00:20:24,489 RIGOROUS ACADEMIC AND 722 00:20:24,489 --> 00:20:25,824 EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND 723 00:20:25,824 --> 00:20:27,893 AND SHE IS GOING TO COMMIT TO 724 00:20:27,893 --> 00:20:28,160 MEASURING 725 00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:32,064 THINGS AND MAKING SURE 726 00:20:32,064 --> 00:20:33,932 THAT INVESTMENTS OF TIME ARE 727 00:20:33,932 --> 00:20:35,133 DELIVERING THE RESULTS 728 00:20:35,133 --> 00:20:37,836 THAT YOU'RE SEEKING. 729 00:20:37,836 --> 00:20:39,671 AND SHE PRIORITIZED, AND I 730 00:20:39,671 --> 00:20:42,174 WROTE THIS DOWN, EQUITY AND 731 00:20:42,174 --> 00:20:43,308 HUMAN DIGNITY AND PROVIDING 732 00:20:43,308 --> 00:20:43,609 CARE. 733 00:20:43,609 --> 00:20:45,444 AND DOING ALL THOSE THINGS 734 00:20:45,444 --> 00:20:47,079 AT ONCE AS YOU KNOW BETTER 735 00:20:47,079 --> 00:20:48,313 THAN EVERYONE IS SO HARD. 736 00:20:48,313 --> 00:20:50,582 I KNOW THAT JULIE HAS THE 737 00:20:50,582 --> 00:20:54,086 RIGHT SKILLS AND ORIENTATION AND 738 00:20:54,219 --> 00:20:57,389 BACKGROUND TO DO THAT 739 00:20:57,389 --> 00:20:58,423 INCREDIBLE BALANCE OF WORK THAT 740 00:20:58,423 --> 00:20:59,691 YOU ALL DO. 741 00:20:59,691 --> 00:21:01,293 SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE TELLS HER 742 00:21:01,293 --> 00:21:03,095 STUDENTS TO STEP UP AND BE BRAVE 743 00:21:03,095 --> 00:21:04,162 AND SHE'S TRYING TO DO THAT 744 00:21:04,162 --> 00:21:05,397 NOW AND I'M SO 745 00:21:05,397 --> 00:21:06,365 GRATEFUL SHE'S STEPPING UP. 746 00:21:06,365 --> 00:21:07,532 SHE WOULD BE A 747 00:21:07,532 --> 00:21:07,799 FANTASTIC 748 00:21:07,799 --> 00:21:08,400 COUNCILMEMBER FOR DISTRICT 5. 749 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:10,202 THANK YOU. 750 00:21:10,335 --> 00:21:11,136 >> THANK YOU. 751 00:21:11,136 --> 00:21:15,607 NEXT SPEAKER IS HILLARY LOWE. 752 00:21:15,607 --> 00:21:20,779 AFTER HER WILL BE CHRISTINE YU. 753 00:21:20,912 --> 00:21:23,148 >> GOOD MORNING, MADAM PRESIDENT 754 00:21:23,148 --> 00:21:24,082 AND COUNCILMEMBERS. 755 00:21:24,082 --> 00:21:26,785 MY NAME IS HILLARY LOWE AND 756 00:21:26,785 --> 00:21:28,754 II RESIDED IN SEATTLE FOR 757 00:21:28,754 --> 00:21:29,755 CLOSE TO 30 YEARS. 758 00:21:29,755 --> 00:21:31,623 I CURRENTLY LIVE IN DISTRICT 4. 759 00:21:31,623 --> 00:21:33,358 I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE 760 00:21:33,358 --> 00:21:34,393 OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. 761 00:21:34,393 --> 00:21:36,395 I'M CURRENTLY VISITING 762 00:21:36,395 --> 00:21:37,095 FAMILY OUT OF STATE. 763 00:21:37,095 --> 00:21:38,430 I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE 764 00:21:38,430 --> 00:21:40,666 OF KNOWING DR. JULIE KANG FOR 765 00:21:40,666 --> 00:21:43,869 OVER 20 YEARS AND WANT TO SHARE 766 00:21:44,002 --> 00:21:45,637 A COUPLE OF HER STRENGTHS. 767 00:21:45,637 --> 00:21:47,039 JULIE HAS BEEN A COLLEAGUE 768 00:21:47,039 --> 00:21:49,708 AND FRIEND AS WE ARE BOTH CAREER 769 00:21:49,708 --> 00:21:50,208 EDUCATORS. 770 00:21:50,208 --> 00:21:52,511 JULIE IS ONE OF THE 771 00:21:52,511 --> 00:21:54,479 HARDEST WORKING 772 00:21:54,479 --> 00:21:55,380 ENTREPRENEURIAL INDIVIDUALS I 773 00:21:55,380 --> 00:21:57,416 HAVE EVER MET. 774 00:21:57,416 --> 00:21:59,651 HER CAREER IN EDUCATION 775 00:21:59,651 --> 00:22:01,620 SPANS MULTIPLE SUCCESSFUL 776 00:22:01,620 --> 00:22:02,654 ROLES, TEACHING IN LEADERSHIP 777 00:22:02,654 --> 00:22:05,324 AND THROUGH HER WORK SHE'S 778 00:22:05,324 --> 00:22:05,590 DEVELOPED 779 00:22:05,590 --> 00:22:08,560 PROGRAMS THAT HAVE MET THE 780 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:10,896 EVOLVING NEEDS OF EDUCATORS. 781 00:22:10,896 --> 00:22:13,332 HER BUSINESS ACUMEN HAS 782 00:22:13,332 --> 00:22:16,001 BEEN NURTURED THROUGH 783 00:22:16,001 --> 00:22:16,368 COLLABORATION 784 00:22:16,368 --> 00:22:17,002 WITH UNIVERSITY FACULTY AND 785 00:22:17,002 --> 00:22:19,538 OVER TEN YEARS OF BOARD SERVICE, 786 00:22:19,538 --> 00:22:21,807 FOUNDING A COMMUNITY BANK. 787 00:22:21,807 --> 00:22:23,709 JULIE STRIVES FOR 788 00:22:23,709 --> 00:22:26,278 CULTURAL COMPETENCE IN 789 00:22:26,278 --> 00:22:28,013 EVERYTHING SHE 790 00:22:28,013 --> 00:22:29,347 DOES. 791 00:22:29,347 --> 00:22:33,452 SHE SPEAKS IN SPANISH AND 792 00:22:33,452 --> 00:22:33,819 ENGLISH. 793 00:22:33,819 --> 00:22:35,620 SHE WILL SERVE THE COUNCIL WELL 794 00:22:35,620 --> 00:22:37,823 IN DISTRICT 5 WHERE CLOSE TO 795 00:22:37,823 --> 00:22:39,958 3 IN TEN RESIDENTS ARE 796 00:22:39,958 --> 00:22:43,462 INDIGENOUS OR PEOPLE OF COLOR. 797 00:22:43,462 --> 00:22:45,330 SEATTLE NEEDS LEADERS LIKE DR. 798 00:22:45,330 --> 00:22:48,200 KANG, LEADERS WHO ARE 799 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:49,634 KNOWLEDGEABLE, ACCOUNTABLE. 800 00:22:49,634 --> 00:22:51,303 I HOPE YOU WILL 801 00:22:51,303 --> 00:22:55,540 SERIOUSLY CONSIDER HER CANDIDACY 802 00:22:55,540 --> 00:22:57,843 AS THERE IS AN OPENING FOR 803 00:22:57,843 --> 00:22:58,410 THE CITY COUNCIL 804 00:22:58,410 --> 00:22:59,678 POSITION. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR 805 00:22:59,678 --> 00:23:00,212 YOUR 806 00:23:00,212 --> 00:23:02,114 TIME. 807 00:23:02,114 --> 00:23:04,783 >> NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRISTINE 808 00:23:04,783 --> 00:23:09,387 YU FOLLOWED BY DAVID HAINES. 809 00:23:09,521 --> 00:23:11,723 >> HELLO AND GOOD MORNING. 810 00:23:11,723 --> 00:23:12,391 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 811 00:23:12,391 --> 00:23:14,793 THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND 812 00:23:14,793 --> 00:23:15,026 SUPPORT 813 00:23:15,026 --> 00:23:16,228 DR. JULIE KANG. 814 00:23:16,228 --> 00:23:20,065 MY NAME IS CHRISTINE. 815 00:23:20,065 --> 00:23:21,600 I WAS BORN AND RAISED JUST 816 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:22,467 NORTH OF SEATTLE. 817 00:23:22,467 --> 00:23:23,635 I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT 818 00:23:23,635 --> 00:23:25,904 OF SEATTLE PROPER FOR OVER A 819 00:23:25,904 --> 00:23:26,371 DECADE. 820 00:23:26,371 --> 00:23:27,973 I FEEL SO FORTUNATE TO 821 00:23:27,973 --> 00:23:30,675 HAVE CROSSED PATHS WITH DR. 822 00:23:30,675 --> 00:23:30,909 JULIE 823 00:23:30,909 --> 00:23:31,376 KANG. 824 00:23:31,376 --> 00:23:33,245 I AM INSPIRED BY HER GENUINE 825 00:23:33,245 --> 00:23:36,748 CARE ABOUT THE WELL- BEING OF 826 00:23:36,748 --> 00:23:37,282 OUR COMMUNITY. 827 00:23:37,282 --> 00:23:40,719 AND WHAT I'VE LEARNED OVER THE 828 00:23:40,719 --> 00:23:43,522 YEARS IS THAT JULIE SHOWS UP AND 829 00:23:43,522 --> 00:23:45,957 SHE IS 100% PRESENT. 830 00:23:45,957 --> 00:23:46,691 SHE IS PRESENT. 831 00:23:46,691 --> 00:23:49,528 SHE LISTENS AND FOLLOWS THROUGH 832 00:23:49,528 --> 00:23:51,696 WITH ACTION. 833 00:23:51,696 --> 00:23:53,231 SHE IS ALSO ENCOURAGED ME TO 834 00:23:53,231 --> 00:23:56,434 GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. 835 00:23:56,434 --> 00:23:58,537 UNDOUBTEDLY, SHE INSPIRES 836 00:23:58,537 --> 00:24:00,105 MANY OTHERS TO ACT TO SUPPORT 837 00:24:00,105 --> 00:24:00,472 OUR 838 00:24:00,472 --> 00:24:00,872 COMMUNITY. 839 00:24:00,872 --> 00:24:02,808 WHEN I WANT TO DO MORE TO 840 00:24:02,808 --> 00:24:04,276 HELP THE COMMUNITY, I DIDN'T 841 00:24:04,276 --> 00:24:06,378 KNOW WHERE TO START, JULIE WOULD 842 00:24:06,378 --> 00:24:06,578 MEET 843 00:24:06,578 --> 00:24:10,282 WITH ME ONE-ON- ONE, COFFEE, 844 00:24:10,282 --> 00:24:11,349 LUNCHES, TO PROVIDE 845 00:24:11,349 --> 00:24:12,784 ENCOURAGEMENT AND BE A SOUNDING 846 00:24:12,784 --> 00:24:16,755 BOARD TO CREATE A PATH 847 00:24:16,755 --> 00:24:17,889 WHILE SERVING THE COMMUNITY. 848 00:24:17,889 --> 00:24:19,958 THE CITY OF SEATTLE WOULD 849 00:24:19,958 --> 00:24:23,094 BENEFIT GREATLY FROM DR. 850 00:24:23,094 --> 00:24:24,796 JULIE KANG AS A CITY COUNCIL 851 00:24:24,796 --> 00:24:25,030 MEMBER. 852 00:24:25,030 --> 00:24:27,599 SHE IS CONSISTENTLY 853 00:24:27,599 --> 00:24:30,268 ACCOUNTABLE AND A COLLABORATIVE 854 00:24:30,268 --> 00:24:30,802 TEAM 855 00:24:30,802 --> 00:24:32,804 MEMBER AS DEMONSTRATED BY 856 00:24:32,804 --> 00:24:34,706 HER EXPERIENCE AS RESEARCHER AND 857 00:24:34,706 --> 00:24:37,209 EDUCATOR. 858 00:24:37,209 --> 00:24:38,543 THANK YOU SO 859 00:24:38,543 --> 00:24:38,944 MUCH. 860 00:24:38,944 --> 00:24:39,478 >> THANK YOU. 861 00:24:39,478 --> 00:24:41,813 NEXT SPEAKER IS DAVID HAINES. 862 00:24:41,813 --> 00:24:44,382 GO AHEAD, DAVID. 863 00:24:44,516 --> 00:24:45,283 >> HI. 864 00:24:45,283 --> 00:24:47,219 DISTRICT 5 HAS ONE OF THE 865 00:24:47,219 --> 00:24:48,119 WORST NEIGHBORHOOD LOCATIONS IN 866 00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:51,122 THIS COUNTRY WHEN IT COME TO THE 867 00:24:51,122 --> 00:24:55,227 GODFOR SAKEN AURORA AVENUE 868 00:24:55,227 --> 00:24:57,395 CORRIDOR AND THE BRIDGE 869 00:24:57,395 --> 00:25:06,471 THAT MAKES YOU WALK TOO CLOSE TO 870 00:25:06,471 --> 00:25:06,638 THE 871 00:25:06,638 --> 00:25:07,105 HIGHWAY FOR TOO LONG. 872 00:25:07,239 --> 00:25:07,772 IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CALLED 873 00:25:07,772 --> 00:25:08,240 LOCATION INHALATION. 874 00:25:08,373 --> 00:25:08,974 IT CAUSES LEUKEMIA, CANCER. THE 875 00:25:08,974 --> 00:25:09,407 REPRESENTATIVES OF 876 00:25:09,407 --> 00:25:10,342 DISTRICT 5 AND CITY HALL HAVE 877 00:25:10,342 --> 00:25:10,642 COMPLETELY 878 00:25:10,642 --> 00:25:16,047 FAILED TO ADDRESS THIS SKOORNLG 879 00:25:16,047 --> 00:25:18,683 OF 880 00:25:18,683 --> 00:25:21,219 EVIL. PEOPLE REVOLTED ONCE THEY 881 00:25:21,219 --> 00:25:22,254 REALIZED THE BAD 882 00:25:22,254 --> 00:25:24,623 POLICIES JUSTIFY KICKING OUT 883 00:25:24,623 --> 00:25:25,056 DAVID JUAREZ 884 00:25:25,056 --> 00:25:26,291 WHO HAD A RELEVANT BAD ATTITUDE 885 00:25:26,291 --> 00:25:28,193 AND DISDAIN FOR COUNCIL 886 00:25:28,193 --> 00:25:29,494 BUSINESS, ALWAYS COMPLAINING IT 887 00:25:29,494 --> 00:25:30,662 TAKES TOO LONG. 888 00:25:30,662 --> 00:25:31,997 NOT REALLY CARING BECAUSE SHE 889 00:25:31,997 --> 00:25:33,798 HAD MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO 890 00:25:33,798 --> 00:25:36,301 DO LIKE ENJOY POWER, BRAGGING 891 00:25:36,301 --> 00:25:38,970 ABOUT HER FREE CRACKEN JERSEY 892 00:25:38,970 --> 00:25:41,706 AND FREE TICKETS, ALL WHILE 893 00:25:41,706 --> 00:25:43,642 WEAPONIZING BY CIRCUMVENTING 894 00:25:43,642 --> 00:25:46,111 THE INTEGRITY OF CIVIL 895 00:25:46,111 --> 00:25:46,411 ENGINEERING 896 00:25:46,411 --> 00:25:47,779 SCIENCE BY VOTING TO 897 00:25:47,779 --> 00:25:50,215 APPROVE UNSAFE TIEBACKS TO HOLD 898 00:25:50,215 --> 00:25:52,117 UP UNSAFE WALLS AT CLIMATE 899 00:25:52,117 --> 00:25:55,220 PLEDGE ARENA WHERE EXCOUNCIL 900 00:25:55,220 --> 00:25:56,321 PRESIDENT BRUCE HAROLD THOUGHT 901 00:25:56,321 --> 00:25:56,588 IT MORE 902 00:25:56,588 --> 00:25:58,657 IMPORTANT TO VIOLATE 903 00:25:58,657 --> 00:26:00,225 THE MEMORANDUM OF 904 00:26:00,225 --> 00:26:01,860 UNDERSTANDING DENYING THE PEOPLE 905 00:26:01,860 --> 00:26:02,260 OF 906 00:26:02,260 --> 00:26:03,595 21st CENTURY WORLD CLASS 907 00:26:03,595 --> 00:26:06,631 ARENA, LOOKING GO THE OTHER WAY, 908 00:26:06,631 --> 00:26:08,733 GOING FROM 15 FEET DOWN TO 40 909 00:26:08,733 --> 00:26:10,669 FEET BELOW STREET LEVEL. 910 00:26:10,669 --> 00:26:13,104 ALL TO ACHIEVE A 1960 911 00:26:13,104 --> 00:26:14,806 UGLY CRACKED ROOF TOP THAT 912 00:26:14,806 --> 00:26:15,140 RUINED 913 00:26:15,140 --> 00:26:16,141 THE QUALITY OF THE WHOLE 914 00:26:16,141 --> 00:26:16,408 PROJECT. 915 00:26:16,408 --> 00:26:18,677 THEN TO TOP IT OFF, 916 00:26:18,677 --> 00:26:21,046 COUNCIL APPROVED A $100 MILLION 917 00:26:21,046 --> 00:26:28,386 TAX BREAK FOR A HOLLYWOOD 918 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:30,789 CORPORATION. AS IF THEY NEEDED 919 00:26:30,789 --> 00:26:32,691 INCENTIVES TO 920 00:26:32,691 --> 00:26:34,693 CO-OPT THE CLIMATE PLEDGE 921 00:26:34,693 --> 00:26:36,861 ARENA TO HAVE A 1950s POLLUTED 922 00:26:36,861 --> 00:26:39,965 EYESORE WITH A FANCY COUCH. 923 00:26:39,965 --> 00:26:42,267 WE DON'T NEED TO REPEAT 924 00:26:42,267 --> 00:26:44,736 THE FAILURES OF THE PAST 925 00:26:44,736 --> 00:26:45,003 COUNCIL, 926 00:26:45,003 --> 00:26:46,171 ESPECIALLY WITH THE POLICIES 927 00:26:46,171 --> 00:26:49,007 THAT EXACERBATED THE HOMELESS 928 00:26:49,140 --> 00:26:49,541 CRISIS. 929 00:26:49,541 --> 00:26:50,976 >> THAT WAS OUR LAST REMOTE 930 00:26:50,976 --> 00:26:51,443 SPEAKER. 931 00:26:51,443 --> 00:26:53,244 NOW WE RETURN TO IN- PERSON 932 00:26:53,378 --> 00:26:54,713 COMMENTS. 933 00:26:54,713 --> 00:26:55,313 >> WE'LL 934 00:26:55,313 --> 00:26:55,880 START WITH BRENT AND THEN 935 00:26:55,880 --> 00:27:03,054 BRANDON. 936 00:27:03,188 --> 00:27:05,890 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. 937 00:27:05,890 --> 00:27:06,858 AND MEMBERS OF 938 00:27:06,858 --> 00:27:08,660 COUNCIL. MY NAME IS BRENT BUTLER 939 00:27:08,660 --> 00:27:09,961 AND I'M 940 00:27:09,961 --> 00:27:12,964 ONE OF THE 22 CANDIDATES. 941 00:27:12,964 --> 00:27:15,433 YOU'VE RECEIVED MY RESUME AND 942 00:27:15,433 --> 00:27:16,368 MY COVER LETTER. 943 00:27:16,368 --> 00:27:17,969 I'M VERY GLAD TO BE HERE. 944 00:27:17,969 --> 00:27:20,071 AND I ALSO WANTED TO THANK 945 00:27:20,071 --> 00:27:23,875 YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE 946 00:27:23,875 --> 00:27:25,677 COMMUNITY. 947 00:27:25,677 --> 00:27:29,280 WE ACKNOWLEDGE IS SO 948 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:32,350 IMPORTANT FOR NOT ONLY THE 949 00:27:32,350 --> 00:27:33,084 SAFETY OF 950 00:27:33,084 --> 00:27:35,620 THOSE RESIDENTS, LIKE MYSELF 951 00:27:35,620 --> 00:27:38,356 OF DISTRICT 5, BUT CITYWIDE. 952 00:27:38,356 --> 00:27:42,727 IN MY APPLICATION, I RECOGNIZED 953 00:27:42,727 --> 00:27:46,097 THAT SOME OF THE CONCERNS 954 00:27:46,097 --> 00:27:47,699 YOU IDENTIFIED ARE IN A 955 00:27:47,699 --> 00:27:48,767 CRISIS LEVEL. 956 00:27:48,767 --> 00:27:51,436 WHEN I SAY A CRISIS LEVEL, I 957 00:27:51,436 --> 00:27:56,341 DID ALLUDE TO WHAT WE SEE AS 958 00:27:56,341 --> 00:27:57,509 CONCERNS ABOUT HEALTH. 959 00:27:57,509 --> 00:28:00,879 WHAT WE'VE SEEN AS CONCERNS 960 00:28:00,879 --> 00:28:03,415 PRIMARILY REGARDING 961 00:28:03,415 --> 00:28:03,815 AFFORDABILITY. 962 00:28:03,815 --> 00:28:06,584 AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN WITH REGARD 963 00:28:06,584 --> 00:28:08,820 TO THE HOMELESS EPIDEMIC. 964 00:28:08,820 --> 00:28:11,222 IN THE 1990s, I MOVED TO 965 00:28:11,222 --> 00:28:12,624 SEATTLE. 966 00:28:12,624 --> 00:28:15,427 THAT WAS MY FIRST EXPERIENCE. 967 00:28:15,427 --> 00:28:17,095 IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME, 968 00:28:17,095 --> 00:28:21,800 WE RECOGNIZED THE VIBRANT CITY. 969 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:26,371 AS A BROOKLYNITE ORIGINALLY, 970 00:28:26,371 --> 00:28:28,106 I RECOGNIZED THE 971 00:28:28,106 --> 00:28:29,174 AFFORDABILITY THAT SEATTLE 972 00:28:29,174 --> 00:28:29,441 OFFERED. 973 00:28:29,441 --> 00:28:30,675 IT WAS UNIQUE. 974 00:28:30,675 --> 00:28:32,811 IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I 975 00:28:32,944 --> 00:28:34,679 CHERISHED. AND THAT ENABLED ME 976 00:28:34,679 --> 00:28:35,480 TO LIVE 977 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:36,948 HERE SAFELY AND COMFORTABLY. 978 00:28:36,948 --> 00:28:39,317 IN RETURNING, I RECOGNIZED THAT 979 00:28:39,317 --> 00:28:40,919 WE HAVE A CHALLENGE AND 980 00:28:40,919 --> 00:28:43,154 THAT CHALLENGE IS TO ADDRESS 981 00:28:43,154 --> 00:28:44,322 THAT AFFORDABILITY CRISIS. 982 00:28:44,322 --> 00:28:47,192 I RECOGNIZE THAT THE 983 00:28:47,192 --> 00:28:47,959 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT'S IN 984 00:28:47,959 --> 00:28:49,828 CREATION RIGHT NOW IS AN 985 00:28:49,961 --> 00:28:50,929 OPPORTUNITY. I RECOGNIZE THAT 986 00:28:50,929 --> 00:28:51,496 SOME OF THE 987 00:28:51,496 --> 00:28:53,665 PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE IN 988 00:28:53,665 --> 00:28:54,999 THE COMMUNITY IS ANOTHER 989 00:28:54,999 --> 00:28:55,934 OPPORTUNITY. 990 00:28:55,934 --> 00:28:58,536 I RECOGNIZE THAT BEING ABLE TO 991 00:28:58,536 --> 00:29:01,172 WORK TOGETHER TO DEVELOP SOME 992 00:29:01,172 --> 00:29:02,907 THINGS THAT ARE CREATED 993 00:29:02,907 --> 00:29:05,477 WILL ENABLE US TO ADDRESS A LOT 994 00:29:05,477 --> 00:29:06,945 OF 995 00:29:06,945 --> 00:29:09,414 COMMUNITY NEEDS. 996 00:29:09,414 --> 00:29:11,649 AT THAT JUNCTURE, I WANTED TO 997 00:29:11,649 --> 00:29:18,690 CLOSE WITH ONE STATEMENT -- 998 00:29:18,690 --> 00:29:20,158 I WILL WAIT IN THE GALLEY. 999 00:29:20,158 --> 00:29:21,960 I'M VERY EAGER TO MEET MORE OF 1000 00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:22,393 THE 1001 00:29:22,393 --> 00:29:22,760 COMMUNITY. 1002 00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:26,631 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 1003 00:29:26,765 --> 00:29:28,500 >> NEXT WE HAVE BRANDON. 1004 00:29:28,500 --> 00:29:32,003 FOLLOWING BRANDON WOULD BE, I 1005 00:29:32,003 --> 00:29:34,372 BELIEVE, IT IS ALAN BOND, IF 1006 00:29:34,372 --> 00:29:36,307 I'M 1007 00:29:36,307 --> 00:29:39,511 NOT MISTAKEN. 1008 00:29:39,644 --> 00:29:40,945 >> I'M ONE OF THE 1009 00:29:40,945 --> 00:29:42,180 CANDIDATES FOR THE DISTRICT 5 1010 00:29:42,180 --> 00:29:42,447 VACANCY. 1011 00:29:42,447 --> 00:29:44,249 I WANTED TO SPEND MY TWO 1012 00:29:44,249 --> 00:29:44,983 MINUTES GIVING YOU A LITTLE 1013 00:29:44,983 --> 00:29:46,084 MORE INFORMATION ABOUT MYSELF. 1014 00:29:46,084 --> 00:29:48,052 I GREW UP IN A POOR 1015 00:29:48,052 --> 00:29:48,720 WORKING CLASS 1016 00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:50,321 FAMILY. MY FATHER WAS A 1017 00:29:50,321 --> 00:29:50,622 LANDSCAPER. 1018 00:29:50,622 --> 00:29:52,357 MY MOTHER IS A BARTENDER. 1019 00:29:52,357 --> 00:29:54,192 WHEN I WAS 20 YEARS OLD, I 1020 00:29:54,192 --> 00:29:55,493 WAS ACTUALLY HOMELESS. 1021 00:29:55,493 --> 00:29:57,929 I LIVED ON COUCHES AND IN MY 1022 00:29:58,062 --> 00:30:01,266 CAR. I UTILIZED PELL GRANTS 1023 00:30:01,266 --> 00:30:02,901 AND STUDENT LOANS TO GET OUT OF 1024 00:30:02,901 --> 00:30:03,401 THAT SITUATION. 1025 00:30:03,401 --> 00:30:05,003 NOW I HAVE A MASTERS IN 1026 00:30:05,003 --> 00:30:06,771 PUBLIC POLICY AND I'VE WORKED 1027 00:30:06,771 --> 00:30:11,276 EVERY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT, CITY, 1028 00:30:11,276 --> 00:30:12,110 COUNTY, CONGRESS. 1029 00:30:12,110 --> 00:30:14,546 I'VE WORKED IN A FOOD 1030 00:30:14,546 --> 00:30:14,846 NONPROFIT. 1031 00:30:14,846 --> 00:30:19,050 WHEN I HEARD KATHY MOORE WAS 1032 00:30:19,050 --> 00:30:21,553 RESIGNING, I ENTERED THE 1033 00:30:21,553 --> 00:30:21,953 CAMPAIGN. 1034 00:30:21,953 --> 00:30:23,454 I'VE HELPED TWO TOWN HALLS. 1035 00:30:23,454 --> 00:30:25,456 I'VE TALKED TO 20 PLUS BUSINESS 1036 00:30:25,590 --> 00:30:27,158 OWNERS. I'VE BEEN AT THE 1037 00:30:27,158 --> 00:30:27,392 FARMERS 1038 00:30:27,392 --> 00:30:28,193 MARKET EVERY THURSDAY. 1039 00:30:28,193 --> 00:30:30,028 WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARING IS THAT 1040 00:30:30,028 --> 00:30:32,330 THE COMMUNITY WANTS SOMEONE 1041 00:30:32,330 --> 00:30:34,566 WHO WILL BE IN THE 1042 00:30:34,566 --> 00:30:35,800 COMMUNITY, ACCOUNTABLE IN THE 1043 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:38,369 COMMUNITY, AND CREATE POLICY IN 1044 00:30:38,369 --> 00:30:40,038 THETHE COMMUNITY UP, NOT THE 1045 00:30:40,038 --> 00:30:41,673 POLICY MAKER DOWN. 1046 00:30:41,673 --> 00:30:43,441 I'VE SPENT MY ENTIRE 1047 00:30:43,441 --> 00:30:45,176 CAREER WORKING WITH 1048 00:30:45,176 --> 00:30:46,544 COMMUNITIES, ADVOCATING FOR 1049 00:30:46,544 --> 00:30:48,913 COMMUNITIES, WORKING WITHIN 1050 00:30:48,913 --> 00:30:49,247 BUREAUCRACIES 1051 00:30:49,247 --> 00:30:50,915 TO GET THING DONE FOR PEOPLE TO 1052 00:30:50,915 --> 00:30:51,082 GET 1053 00:30:51,082 --> 00:30:52,550 THINGS DONE FOR WORKING CLASS 1054 00:30:52,550 --> 00:30:52,984 FAMILIES. 1055 00:30:52,984 --> 00:30:54,652 I WOULD LOVE TO BRING THAT 1056 00:30:54,652 --> 00:30:57,789 PASSION AND EXPERTISE TO THIS 1057 00:30:57,789 --> 00:30:59,524 COUNCIL, AND IF ANY OF 1058 00:30:59,524 --> 00:31:01,593 THAT SOUNDS GOOD TO YOU, EVEN IF 1059 00:31:01,593 --> 00:31:01,960 IT 1060 00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:03,995 DOESN'T, I 1061 00:31:03,995 --> 00:31:04,829 REALLY APPRECIATE IF ONE OF YOU 1062 00:31:04,829 --> 00:31:05,930 WOULD NOMINATE 1063 00:31:05,930 --> 00:31:08,366 SO I CAN CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE 1064 00:31:08,366 --> 00:31:09,400 FOR 1065 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:09,734 CONTRADICT 1066 00:31:09,867 --> 00:31:10,501 DISTRICT 5. THANK YOU FOR YOUR 1067 00:31:10,501 --> 00:31:16,341 TIME. 1068 00:31:16,474 --> 00:31:18,776 >> I BELIEVE IT IS ALAN BOND 1069 00:31:18,776 --> 00:31:20,144 AND THEN AFTER 1070 00:31:20,144 --> 00:31:22,614 THAT WILL BE MONTY ANDERSON. 1071 00:31:22,747 --> 00:31:23,882 >> HELLO. 1072 00:31:23,882 --> 00:31:25,817 MY NAME IS ALAN BOND. 1073 00:31:25,817 --> 00:31:28,086 I'M A UNION 1074 00:31:28,086 --> 00:31:29,187 BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVE HERE IN 1075 00:31:29,187 --> 00:31:29,454 SEATTLE. 1076 00:31:29,454 --> 00:31:30,755 I REPRESENT WORKERS ACROSS 1077 00:31:30,755 --> 00:31:33,224 THE STREET INCLUDING CITY 1078 00:31:33,224 --> 00:31:35,627 EMPLOYEES AT SEATTLE CITY AND 1079 00:31:35,627 --> 00:31:35,894 LANGSTON 1080 00:31:35,894 --> 00:31:38,196 HUGHES WITH ARTS AND CULTURE. 1081 00:31:38,196 --> 00:31:40,932 I AM A FORMER TEACHER IN SEATTLE 1082 00:31:40,932 --> 00:31:43,768 PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND I HAVE TAKEN 1083 00:31:43,768 --> 00:31:44,903 THAT EXPERIENCE AND 1084 00:31:44,903 --> 00:31:46,537 I STOPPED THAT WHEN I BECAME A 1085 00:31:46,537 --> 00:31:46,771 PARENT 1086 00:31:46,771 --> 00:31:48,673 AND WAS A STAY AT HOME PARENT 1087 00:31:48,673 --> 00:31:49,307 FOR A 1088 00:31:49,307 --> 00:31:49,807 WHILE. 1089 00:31:49,807 --> 00:31:51,809 I HAVE LOOKED AT THE NEEDS 1090 00:31:51,809 --> 00:31:53,111 OF OUR COMMUNITY FROM 1091 00:31:53,111 --> 00:31:54,679 MANY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES OVER 1092 00:31:54,679 --> 00:31:54,879 THE 1093 00:31:54,879 --> 00:31:55,280 YEARS. 1094 00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:58,182 AND I HAVE IN EACH OF THOSE 1095 00:31:58,182 --> 00:32:00,618 SPACES, SOUGHT OUT LEADERSHIP 1096 00:32:00,618 --> 00:32:02,186 ROLES IN THE COMMUNITY. 1097 00:32:02,186 --> 00:32:05,690 FROM BEING A CARE OF 1098 00:32:05,690 --> 00:32:09,627 THE PRESCHOOL CO- OP IN DISTRICT 1099 00:32:09,627 --> 00:32:09,994 6 TO 1100 00:32:09,994 --> 00:32:11,763 WORKING AS A BUSINESS AGENT FOR 1101 00:32:11,763 --> 00:32:14,499 MY UNION. 1102 00:32:14,499 --> 00:32:17,235 I HAVE REPRESENTED 1103 00:32:17,235 --> 00:32:17,602 DIVERSEDIVERSE 1104 00:32:17,602 --> 00:32:18,036 VIEWS. 1105 00:32:18,036 --> 00:32:20,905 I AM A PARENT OF QUEER CHILDREN. 1106 00:32:20,905 --> 00:32:22,941 I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT 1107 00:32:22,941 --> 00:32:25,677 WE PROVIDE RESOURCES TO PROTECT 1108 00:32:25,677 --> 00:32:25,910 OUR 1109 00:32:26,044 --> 00:32:27,912 YOUTH. RIGHT NOW, WITH MY WIFE 1110 00:32:27,912 --> 00:32:28,146 BEING 1111 00:32:28,146 --> 00:32:30,448 A FEDERAL EMPLOYEE, IT IS 1112 00:32:30,448 --> 00:32:32,350 A CHALLENGING TIME IN OUR 1113 00:32:32,350 --> 00:32:34,285 COUNTRY AND IT IS IMPORTANT FOR 1114 00:32:34,285 --> 00:32:34,485 TO 1115 00:32:34,485 --> 00:32:37,422 US SUPPORT ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY 1116 00:32:37,422 --> 00:32:38,456 MEMBERS, BE THEY CITIZENS OR 1117 00:32:38,456 --> 00:32:40,158 NOT, AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE 1118 00:32:40,158 --> 00:32:41,659 SAFE IN OUR CITY. 1119 00:32:41,659 --> 00:32:44,395 I THINK OVER THE NEXT YEAR WITH 1120 00:32:44,395 --> 00:32:46,531 FIFA COMING, WE'LL HAVE 1121 00:32:46,531 --> 00:32:47,865 AN INCREDIBLE CHALLENGE WITH 1122 00:32:47,865 --> 00:32:49,200 TRANSPORTATION, WITH THE SIZE 1123 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:51,102 OF OUR CITY BASICALLY DOUBLING 1124 00:32:51,102 --> 00:32:52,937 WITH GUESTS AND THE NUMBER OF 1125 00:32:52,937 --> 00:32:53,137 LIVE 1126 00:32:53,137 --> 00:32:54,806 EVENTS DOUBLING AS WELL. 1127 00:32:54,806 --> 00:32:57,342 I HOPE TO BRING MY EXPERIENCE IN 1128 00:32:57,342 --> 00:33:00,144 LIVE EVENTS TO HELP WITH 1129 00:33:00,144 --> 00:33:02,280 THAT AND HELP LOOK AT THE 1130 00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:04,115 PLANNING FOR HOW WE WILL MANAGE 1131 00:33:04,115 --> 00:33:05,183 AND LEVERAGE THAT. 1132 00:33:05,183 --> 00:33:06,751 IN TERMS OF DISTRICT 5, I LIVE 1133 00:33:06,751 --> 00:33:09,053 REALLY CLOSE TO AURORA AND 1134 00:33:09,053 --> 00:33:09,487 BITTERLAKE. 1135 00:33:09,487 --> 00:33:11,622 THAT'S A COMMUNITY THAT IS 1136 00:33:11,622 --> 00:33:13,024 DEAR TO MY HEART. 1137 00:33:13,024 --> 00:33:16,561 MY TEENAGE CHILDREN TAKE THE 1138 00:33:16,561 --> 00:33:18,363 BUS AND ALL THE GOOD AND BAD 1139 00:33:18,363 --> 00:33:19,964 THAT THAT ENTAILS AND I WOULD 1140 00:33:19,964 --> 00:33:22,166 LOVE TO BE ABLE TO HELP LOOK AT 1141 00:33:22,166 --> 00:33:24,535 HOW WE CAN PROVIDE RESOURCES TO 1142 00:33:24,535 --> 00:33:26,471 MAKE THAT AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE. 1143 00:33:26,471 --> 00:33:27,438 THANK 1144 00:33:27,438 --> 00:33:28,239 YOU. 1145 00:33:28,239 --> 00:33:30,975 >> FOLLOWING MONTY, I BELIEVE, 1146 00:33:30,975 --> 00:33:37,048 IT IS -- I WANT TO SAY NICK 1147 00:33:37,048 --> 00:33:37,548 JENKS. 1148 00:33:37,548 --> 00:33:39,017 IT IS SPEAKER NUMBER 15. 1149 00:33:39,150 --> 00:33:40,685 >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. 1150 00:33:40,685 --> 00:33:41,619 GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 1151 00:33:41,619 --> 00:33:42,754 I WOULD LIKE TO 1152 00:33:42,754 --> 00:33:45,523 FIRST THANK EVERYBODY THAT I'VE 1153 00:33:45,656 --> 00:33:46,924 SEEN HERE APPLYING FOR THIS JOB. 1154 00:33:46,924 --> 00:33:48,126 EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW HARD IT 1155 00:33:48,126 --> 00:33:49,761 IS TO PUT YOURSELF OUT THERE. 1156 00:33:49,761 --> 00:33:51,462 KUDOS TO EVERYBODY WHO SIGNED 1157 00:33:51,462 --> 00:33:51,729 UP 1158 00:33:51,729 --> 00:33:53,464 FOR THIS. I KNOW IT IS A 1159 00:33:53,464 --> 00:33:54,766 TOUGH PROCESS. AND ALSO, I WOULD 1160 00:33:54,766 --> 00:33:55,166 LIKE TO SAY 1161 00:33:55,166 --> 00:33:57,001 THAT I LIKE THE ARENA. 1162 00:33:57,001 --> 00:33:59,070 I LIKE THE ROOF LINE. 1163 00:33:59,070 --> 00:34:00,872 I THINK IT FALL IN LINE WITH 1164 00:34:00,872 --> 00:34:01,806 THE SEATTLE CENTER AND I 1165 00:34:01,806 --> 00:34:03,141 THINK IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT 1166 00:34:03,141 --> 00:34:04,842 AND IT WAS DONE WITH A LOT OF 1167 00:34:04,842 --> 00:34:05,042 LABOR 1168 00:34:05,042 --> 00:34:05,943 HOURS HERE IN SEATTLE. 1169 00:34:05,943 --> 00:34:07,612 IT HAS BROUGHT A LOT OF 1170 00:34:07,612 --> 00:34:09,814 VALUE AND BUSINESS TO THIS 1171 00:34:09,814 --> 00:34:10,114 COMMUNITY. 1172 00:34:10,114 --> 00:34:12,483 BUT THE POINT AT HAND 1173 00:34:12,483 --> 00:34:19,991 IS I'M HERE TO TALK DEBORA 1174 00:34:19,991 --> 00:34:20,224 JUAREZ. 1175 00:34:20,224 --> 00:34:23,027 WE HAVE A CHANCE NOW, 1176 00:34:23,027 --> 00:34:23,895 LIKE A SPORTS ANALOGY, TO BRING 1177 00:34:23,895 --> 00:34:24,962 BACK WE THOUGHT WITH 1178 00:34:24,962 --> 00:34:26,664 YOU A REAL ALL-STAR. 1179 00:34:26,664 --> 00:34:27,999 SHE UNDERSTOOD EVERYTHING. 1180 00:34:27,999 --> 00:34:30,134 SHE UNDERSTOOD APPRENTICE 1181 00:34:30,134 --> 00:34:31,836 SHIP FOR US. 1182 00:34:31,836 --> 00:34:35,440 SHE UNDERSTOOD TAXES. 1183 00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:39,010 SHE UNDERSTOOD BUSINESS. 1184 00:34:39,010 --> 00:34:43,381 NOT JUST ARENAS BUT ROAD 1185 00:34:43,581 --> 00:34:45,783 PROJECTS. SHE UNDERSTOOD 1186 00:34:45,783 --> 00:34:46,083 SIDEWALKS. 1187 00:34:46,083 --> 00:34:47,085 SHE GETS IT ALL. 1188 00:34:47,085 --> 00:34:49,153 SHE LEFT ON HER OWN TERM. 1189 00:34:49,153 --> 00:34:51,088 SHE WAS HIGHLY REGARDED IN 1190 00:34:51,088 --> 00:34:52,290 HER OWN DISTRICT AND WE HAVE 1191 00:34:52,290 --> 00:34:53,825 A CHANCE FOR HER TO COME BACK 1192 00:34:53,825 --> 00:34:53,991 AND 1193 00:34:53,991 --> 00:34:55,827 WORK WITH THIS AMAZING 1194 00:34:55,827 --> 00:34:57,061 COUNCIL I THINK IS A BLESSING. 1195 00:34:57,061 --> 00:34:59,697 ON A PERSONAL NOTE, SHE 1196 00:34:59,697 --> 00:35:01,499 HAS ALWAYS BEEN ENGAGED AFTER 1197 00:35:01,499 --> 00:35:01,732 SHE 1198 00:35:01,732 --> 00:35:02,467 RETIRED, TOO. 1199 00:35:02,467 --> 00:35:04,702 YOU SEE SOME PEOPLE IN 1200 00:35:04,702 --> 00:35:05,036 PUBLIC 1201 00:35:05,036 --> 00:35:06,370 SERVICE. THEY LEAVE AND DO 1202 00:35:06,370 --> 00:35:06,637 SOMETHING 1203 00:35:06,637 --> 00:35:06,938 ELSE. 1204 00:35:06,938 --> 00:35:09,173 EVEN AFTER SHE RETIRED, SHE 1205 00:35:09,173 --> 00:35:10,408 WAS ALWAYS CALLING, ASKING 1206 00:35:10,408 --> 00:35:12,276 QUESTIONS, WHAT CAN WE DO, 1207 00:35:12,276 --> 00:35:14,011 HOW CAN I MAKE, TALKING ABOUT 1208 00:35:14,011 --> 00:35:22,053 ROAD SAFETY AND STUFF GOING ON 1209 00:35:22,053 --> 00:35:23,254 IN 1210 00:35:23,387 --> 00:35:25,423 . I THINK SHE WOULD BE AN 1211 00:35:25,423 --> 00:35:26,757 EXCELLENT ADDITION TO 1212 00:35:26,757 --> 00:35:27,191 THIS CITY COUNCIL. 1213 00:35:27,191 --> 00:35:29,594 SHE HAS THE ENDORSEMENT OF ALL 1214 00:35:29,594 --> 00:35:30,962 25,000 OF US BUILDING 1215 00:35:30,962 --> 00:35:32,330 TRADE MEMBERS HERE IN SEATTLE. 1216 00:35:32,330 --> 00:35:32,997 SO THANK YOU 1217 00:35:32,997 --> 00:35:43,107 FOR YOUR TIME. HAVE A GOOD ONE. 1218 00:35:43,241 --> 00:35:46,878 >> I BELIEVE IT IS NILU. 1219 00:35:46,878 --> 00:35:48,679 FOLLOWING THAT WILL BE SHANE 1220 00:35:48,813 --> 00:35:49,280 MACOMBER. 1221 00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:50,781 >> I'M ASKING FOR YOUR VOTE 1222 00:35:50,781 --> 00:35:51,315 TO REPRESENT DISTRICT 5. 1223 00:35:51,315 --> 00:35:54,418 A DISTRICT THAT DESERVES 1224 00:35:54,418 --> 00:35:55,520 STRONG, RESPONSIVE LEADERSHIP. 1225 00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:56,754 DISTRICT 5 FACES 1226 00:35:56,754 --> 00:35:59,257 REAL CHALLENGES FROM HOUSING AND 1227 00:35:59,257 --> 00:36:00,191 TRANSIT 1228 00:36:00,191 --> 00:36:01,425 TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMISSION. 1229 00:36:01,425 --> 00:36:02,460 I RAN FOR THIS POSITION 1230 00:36:02,460 --> 00:36:05,029 TWO YEARS AGO IN 2023 WITH DEEP 1231 00:36:05,029 --> 00:36:06,797 COMMUNITY SUPPORT BECAUSE I SAW 1232 00:36:06,797 --> 00:36:08,733 AN AFFORDABILITY CRISIS THAT 1233 00:36:08,733 --> 00:36:10,001 WAS DRIVING MY NEIGHBORS OUT OF 1234 00:36:10,001 --> 00:36:12,570 CITY AND I WANT THEM TO STAY. 1235 00:36:12,570 --> 00:36:14,038 SEATTLE IS NOT DYING. 1236 00:36:14,038 --> 00:36:15,706 IT IS GROWING ESPECIALLY DUE TO 1237 00:36:15,706 --> 00:36:16,407 CLIMATE CHANGE. 1238 00:36:16,407 --> 00:36:17,041 WE HAVE WATER. 1239 00:36:17,041 --> 00:36:19,143 AND IT MEANS WE NEED 1240 00:36:19,143 --> 00:36:20,678 A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT IS NOT 1241 00:36:20,678 --> 00:36:22,113 DELAYED, THAT EMBRACES 1242 00:36:22,113 --> 00:36:23,381 THE REALITY THAT SEATTLE IS 1243 00:36:23,381 --> 00:36:24,715 GROWING, NEEDS TO GROW IN A WAY 1244 00:36:24,715 --> 00:36:25,016 THAT DOES 1245 00:36:25,016 --> 00:36:26,851 NOT DISPLACE MY NEIGHBORS, 1246 00:36:26,851 --> 00:36:28,386 ESPECIALLY AS DISTRICT 5 IS ONE 1247 00:36:28,386 --> 00:36:30,354 OF THE MOST AT RISK OF 1248 00:36:30,354 --> 00:36:30,788 DISPLACEMENT. 1249 00:36:30,788 --> 00:36:33,024 WE MUST ALSO BUILD OUR 1250 00:36:33,024 --> 00:36:34,492 SHELTER XAS BECAUSE HAVING 1251 00:36:34,492 --> 00:36:34,725 PEOPLE 1252 00:36:34,725 --> 00:36:36,294 LIVING ON THE STREETS IS 1253 00:36:36,294 --> 00:36:36,627 UNACCEPTABLE. 1254 00:36:36,627 --> 00:36:38,362 DISTRICT 5 IS ONE OF THE MOST 1255 00:36:38,362 --> 00:36:39,564 DIVERSE AREAS IN SEATTLE. 1256 00:36:39,564 --> 00:36:42,567 YET NO ONE ON THIS COUNCIL HAS 1257 00:36:42,567 --> 00:36:44,669 LIVED EXPERIENCE WITH ASIAN, 1258 00:36:44,669 --> 00:36:45,903 REFUGEE, MUSLIM OR 1259 00:36:45,903 --> 00:36:46,804 MIDDLE EASTERN COMMUNITIES, 1260 00:36:46,804 --> 00:36:47,772 COMMUNITIES I COME FROM. 1261 00:36:47,772 --> 00:36:49,607 IN FACT, WE'VE NEVER HAD 1262 00:36:49,607 --> 00:36:51,108 A MUSLIM OR MIDDLE EASTERN 1263 00:36:51,108 --> 00:36:52,877 PERSON REPRESENT THIS CITY. 1264 00:36:52,877 --> 00:36:54,512 I UNDERSTAND THE SYSTEMS, FEARS, 1265 00:36:54,512 --> 00:36:56,280 AND HOPES THAT MANY FAMILIES 1266 00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:57,882 CARRY WHEN TRYING TO BUILD A 1267 00:36:57,882 --> 00:36:58,316 HERE. 1268 00:36:58,316 --> 00:36:59,584 REPRESENTATION MATTERS. 1269 00:36:59,584 --> 00:37:02,320 NOT JUST SYMBOLICALLY BUT IN HOW 1270 00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:03,387 POLICIES ARE SHAPED AND 1271 00:37:03,387 --> 00:37:05,022 WHOSE NEEDS ARE PRIORITIZED. 1272 00:37:05,022 --> 00:37:06,257 I BRING THAT PERSPECTIVE 1273 00:37:06,257 --> 00:37:08,259 ALONG WITH YEARS OF COMMUNITY 1274 00:37:08,259 --> 00:37:09,460 SERVICE AND ORGANIZING FROM 1275 00:37:09,460 --> 00:37:10,761 VOLUNTEERING IN OUR SCHOOLS AND 1276 00:37:10,761 --> 00:37:11,228 LEADING 1277 00:37:11,228 --> 00:37:13,297 ON GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION 1278 00:37:13,297 --> 00:37:15,399 EFFORTS TO WORKING ON ACCESS 1279 00:37:15,399 --> 00:37:18,402 DEMOCRACY AND UPLIFTING CIVIC 1280 00:37:18,536 --> 00:37:20,638 PARTICIPATION. I BELIEVE DEEPLY 1281 00:37:20,638 --> 00:37:21,439 IN SERVICE AND 1282 00:37:21,439 --> 00:37:22,974 COLLABORATION AND IN 1283 00:37:22,974 --> 00:37:24,308 GETTING THINGS DONE. 1284 00:37:24,308 --> 00:37:26,043 DISTRICT 5 NEEDS SOMEONE 1285 00:37:26,043 --> 00:37:28,112 WHO SEES ITS PEOPLE, REFLECTS 1286 00:37:28,112 --> 00:37:28,279 ITS 1287 00:37:28,279 --> 00:37:30,581 DIVERSE THE I AND SHOWS 1288 00:37:30,581 --> 00:37:31,816 UP FOR THE LONG HAUL. 1289 00:37:31,816 --> 00:37:33,117 DISTRICT 5, I AM HERE FOR 1290 00:37:33,117 --> 00:37:35,052 YOU AND I WILL FIGHT FOR YOU. 1291 00:37:35,052 --> 00:37:36,887 I KNOW WE ARE VIBRANT 1292 00:37:36,887 --> 00:37:39,023 AND IMPORTANT PART OF THIS 1293 00:37:39,023 --> 00:37:41,659 CITY TO BE ABLE TO SERVE YOU IF 1294 00:37:41,659 --> 00:37:42,426 HONOREDHONORED WITH THIS 1295 00:37:42,426 --> 00:37:42,760 OPPORTUNITY. 1296 00:37:42,893 --> 00:37:43,294 THANK YOU FOR YOUR 1297 00:37:43,294 --> 00:37:45,696 CONSIDERATION. 1298 00:37:45,830 --> 00:37:49,100 >> THEN AFTER 1299 00:37:49,100 --> 00:37:49,800 SHANE, WE'LL HAVE -- 1300 00:37:53,604 --> 00:37:54,939 >> HI, COUNCILMEMBERS. 1301 00:37:54,939 --> 00:37:59,710 MY NAME IS SHANE MACOMBER. 1302 00:37:59,710 --> 00:38:01,312 I'M HERE TODAY NOT 1303 00:38:01,312 --> 00:38:02,680 TO SPECIFICALLY ADVOCATE FOR 1304 00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:04,849 MYSELF BUT TO ADVOCATE FOR US TO 1305 00:38:04,849 --> 00:38:06,484 NOT HAVE A CARE TAKER DURING 1306 00:38:06,484 --> 00:38:06,684 THIS 1307 00:38:06,817 --> 00:38:09,587 TIME. WE'RE IN AN INCREDIBLY 1308 00:38:09,587 --> 00:38:10,821 PIVOTAL MOMENT WHERE WE HAVE TO 1309 00:38:10,821 --> 00:38:11,055 MAKE 1310 00:38:11,055 --> 00:38:13,324 A LOT OF CHANGES FOR THIS 1311 00:38:13,324 --> 00:38:13,591 CITY'S 1312 00:38:13,591 --> 00:38:14,025 FUTURE. 1313 00:38:14,025 --> 00:38:16,927 HAVING SOMEBODY FOR 16 MONTHS 1314 00:38:16,927 --> 00:38:21,399 WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT A FEDERAL 1315 00:38:21,399 --> 00:38:22,066 GOVERNMENT. 1316 00:38:22,066 --> 00:38:23,200 THE DISTRICT IS SO FEARFUL 1317 00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:24,368 AND CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT 1318 00:38:24,368 --> 00:38:25,136 CHANGE MEANS FOR THEM. 1319 00:38:25,136 --> 00:38:26,537 WE NEED SOMEBODY THAT WILL 1320 00:38:26,537 --> 00:38:28,439 BE PART OF MAKING SURE THAT 1321 00:38:28,439 --> 00:38:28,673 PEOPLE 1322 00:38:28,673 --> 00:38:29,674 ARE BROUGHT ALONG ON THIS 1323 00:38:29,674 --> 00:38:31,242 AND ARE PART OF A CONVERSATION 1324 00:38:31,242 --> 00:38:32,476 AND THAT MEANS LOOKING TO THE 1325 00:38:32,476 --> 00:38:34,412 FUTURE AND A CARE TAKER WILL BE 1326 00:38:34,412 --> 00:38:34,812 IN A 1327 00:38:34,812 --> 00:38:35,980 PLACE WHERE THEY DON'T WANT TO 1328 00:38:35,980 --> 00:38:37,081 LEAVE A LEGACY. 1329 00:38:37,081 --> 00:38:38,983 THEY ARE ONLY THERE TO GET US TO 1330 00:38:38,983 --> 00:38:40,484 THE NEXT ELECTION. 1331 00:38:40,484 --> 00:38:44,488 WE HAVE MANY GREAT DAFLTS NILU 1332 00:38:44,488 --> 00:38:46,157 IS GREAT, JULIE KANG IS 1333 00:38:46,157 --> 00:38:48,025 GREAT, MANY PEOPLE ON THIS LIST 1334 00:38:48,025 --> 00:38:49,794 THAT COULD BE A GREAT ADVOCATE 1335 00:38:49,794 --> 00:38:49,994 FOR 1336 00:38:50,127 --> 00:38:52,296 D-5. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 1337 00:38:52,296 --> 00:38:53,230 WE'RE BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE 1338 00:38:53,230 --> 00:38:53,531 AND 1339 00:38:53,531 --> 00:38:55,633 16 MONTHS IS TOO LONG TO NOT 1340 00:38:55,633 --> 00:38:56,300 HAVE THAT VOICE. 1341 00:38:56,300 --> 00:38:57,368 SO THANK YOU FOR 1342 00:38:57,368 --> 00:38:58,335 EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING. 1343 00:38:58,335 --> 00:38:59,570 I LOOK FORWARD 1344 00:38:59,570 --> 00:39:00,204 TO WORKING WITH YOU WHETHER OR 1345 00:39:00,204 --> 00:39:00,871 NOT I GET THE 1346 00:39:01,005 --> 00:39:02,473 SEAT. I'M NOT GOING AWAY ANY 1347 00:39:02,473 --> 00:39:02,840 TIME 1348 00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:05,042 SOON AND I DO HOPE WE HEAR MORE 1349 00:39:05,042 --> 00:39:05,342 FROM 1350 00:39:05,342 --> 00:39:08,312 YOU IN THE FUTURE. 1351 00:39:08,312 --> 00:39:14,452 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 1352 00:39:14,585 --> 00:39:16,687 >> WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE COMING UP. 1353 00:39:16,821 --> 00:39:18,456 >> GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF 1354 00:39:18,456 --> 00:39:18,723 CITY 1355 00:39:18,723 --> 00:39:19,290 COUNCIL. THANK 1356 00:39:19,290 --> 00:39:19,957 YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK 1357 00:39:19,957 --> 00:39:21,425 TODAY. 1358 00:39:21,425 --> 00:39:23,494 I LIVE IN DISTRICT 5 AND I 1359 00:39:23,494 --> 00:39:25,362 AM CURRENTLY ON THE EXECUTIVE 1360 00:39:25,362 --> 00:39:27,565 BOARD OF THE 46th LEGISLATIVE 1361 00:39:27,565 --> 00:39:28,099 DISTRICT DEMOCRATS. 1362 00:39:28,099 --> 00:39:29,633 I'M HERE TO VOICE MY 1363 00:39:29,633 --> 00:39:31,802 STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE 1364 00:39:31,802 --> 00:39:32,703 APPOINTMENT OF 1365 00:39:32,703 --> 00:39:35,373 NILU JENKS FOR THE OPEN SEAT 1366 00:39:35,373 --> 00:39:36,273 OF THE CITY COUNCIL. 1367 00:39:36,273 --> 00:39:37,742 AT A TIME WHEN TRUST IN 1368 00:39:37,742 --> 00:39:39,243 OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS BUILT ON 1369 00:39:39,243 --> 00:39:40,911 TRANSPARENCY, REPRESENTATION 1370 00:39:40,911 --> 00:39:43,047 AND SERVICE, NILU STANDS OUT 1371 00:39:43,047 --> 00:39:44,915 AS SOMEBODY DEEPLY COMMITTED TO 1372 00:39:44,915 --> 00:39:45,116 OUR 1373 00:39:45,116 --> 00:39:45,750 COMMUNITY'S VALUES. 1374 00:39:45,750 --> 00:39:47,785 SHE HAS CONSISTENTLY 1375 00:39:47,785 --> 00:39:49,320 SHOWN DEDICATION NOT ONLY TO 1376 00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:50,554 BEING PRESENT BUT TO 1377 00:39:50,554 --> 00:39:51,856 TRULY LISTENING TO ALL VOICES, 1378 00:39:51,856 --> 00:39:52,189 ESPECIALLY 1379 00:39:52,189 --> 00:39:54,725 THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN 1380 00:39:54,725 --> 00:39:55,826 HISTORICALLY 1381 00:39:55,960 --> 00:40:00,164 UNDERREPRESENTED. AS SOMEONE WHO 1382 00:40:00,164 --> 00:40:01,398 IS MIDDLE EASTERN 1383 00:40:01,532 --> 00:40:02,867 DESCEND, I HAVE FELT ATTACKED 1384 00:40:02,867 --> 00:40:03,701 BY OUR CURRENT ADMINISTRATION. 1385 00:40:03,701 --> 00:40:05,269 WE HAVE SEEN A MUSLIM BAN 1386 00:40:05,269 --> 00:40:07,138 THAT HAS DISPROPORTIONATELY 1387 00:40:07,138 --> 00:40:07,405 AFFECTED 1388 00:40:07,405 --> 00:40:08,906 PEOPLE OF COLOR FROM THE MIDDLE 1389 00:40:08,906 --> 00:40:09,673 EAST. 1390 00:40:09,673 --> 00:40:11,575 PROVIDING NILU AN 1391 00:40:11,575 --> 00:40:12,443 OPPORTUNITY ON THE CITY COUNCIL 1392 00:40:12,443 --> 00:40:12,910 GIVES US 1393 00:40:12,910 --> 00:40:15,813 A VOICE HERE IN OUR CITY WHERE 1394 00:40:15,813 --> 00:40:15,980 OUR 1395 00:40:15,980 --> 00:40:17,314 CONCERNS TO BE ADDRESSED AT A 1396 00:40:17,314 --> 00:40:18,182 LOCAL LEVEL. 1397 00:40:18,182 --> 00:40:19,717 WHAT REALLY MATTERS. 1398 00:40:19,717 --> 00:40:21,886 OVER THE 1399 00:40:21,886 --> 00:40:24,321 LAST FEW YEARS, WE HAVE SEEN A 1400 00:40:24,321 --> 00:40:25,523 RISE IN CONFLICTS THAT 1401 00:40:25,523 --> 00:40:28,292 HAVE, FOR WHAT MANY CONSIDER 1402 00:40:28,292 --> 00:40:29,427 TO BE OUR 1403 00:40:29,427 --> 00:40:31,662 HOMELAND. THIS MAY SEEM FAR TO 1404 00:40:31,662 --> 00:40:31,929 SOME. 1405 00:40:31,929 --> 00:40:33,464 HOWEVER, MANY HERE IN 1406 00:40:33,464 --> 00:40:36,200 SEATTLE, THIS AFFECTS THEM VERY 1407 00:40:36,200 --> 00:40:36,400 CLOSE 1408 00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:37,168 TO THE HEART. 1409 00:40:37,168 --> 00:40:38,502 I WANT SOMEONE WHO WILL 1410 00:40:38,502 --> 00:40:40,104 PROTECT NOT JUST MY RIGHTS BUT 1411 00:40:40,104 --> 00:40:41,305 EVERYONE'S RIGHTS. 1412 00:40:41,305 --> 00:40:42,740 NILU IS THAT PERSON. 1413 00:40:42,740 --> 00:40:44,408 APPOINTING NILU IS A CHANCE 1414 00:40:44,408 --> 00:40:45,543 TO REFLECT THE DID I HAVE TERSE 1415 00:40:45,543 --> 00:40:47,878 I AND STRENGTH OF OUR CITY. 1416 00:40:47,878 --> 00:40:50,447 I URGE YOU TO CONSIDER NOT 1417 00:40:50,447 --> 00:40:52,917 ONLY HER DEDICATION FOR 16 1418 00:40:52,917 --> 00:40:53,150 MONTHS 1419 00:40:53,150 --> 00:40:53,851 BUTBUT BEYOND. 1420 00:40:53,851 --> 00:40:54,952 THIS APPOINTMENT CAN BE A 1421 00:40:54,952 --> 00:40:56,220 VITAL MESSAGE ABOUT WHO IS 1422 00:40:56,220 --> 00:40:56,520 SHAPING OUR 1423 00:40:56,520 --> 00:40:58,355 FUTURE IN THIS CITY AND WHO IS 1424 00:40:58,355 --> 00:41:03,994 REPRESENTED. 1425 00:41:03,994 --> 00:41:05,396 THANK YOU SO 1426 00:41:05,396 --> 00:41:07,865 MUCH. 1427 00:41:07,865 --> 00:41:08,399 >> 1428 00:41:08,399 --> 00:41:11,602 HI. GOOD MORNING. 1429 00:41:11,602 --> 00:41:12,736 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE 1430 00:41:12,736 --> 00:41:14,805 AND EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR OUR 1431 00:41:14,939 --> 00:41:17,074 SEATTLE COMMUNITY. I'M HERE 1432 00:41:17,074 --> 00:41:17,441 TODAY TO SPEAK 1433 00:41:17,441 --> 00:41:20,311 IN STRONG SUPPORT FOR DR. 1434 00:41:20,311 --> 00:41:22,279 JULIE KANG AND ASK TO YOU 1435 00:41:22,279 --> 00:41:22,546 APPOINT 1436 00:41:22,546 --> 00:41:22,813 HER 1437 00:41:22,813 --> 00:41:23,581 TO THE CITY COUNCIL. A LITTLE 1438 00:41:23,581 --> 00:41:24,014 ABOUT ME. 1439 00:41:24,014 --> 00:41:26,217 I AM A PROUD DAUGHTER OF 1440 00:41:26,217 --> 00:41:27,251 A KOREAN IMMIGRANT. 1441 00:41:27,251 --> 00:41:28,419 MY FATHER SERVED IN THE 1442 00:41:28,419 --> 00:41:30,287 KOREAN WAR AS A TRANSLATOR FOR 1443 00:41:30,287 --> 00:41:30,554 THE U.S. 1444 00:41:30,554 --> 00:41:32,189 ARMY AND THEN CAME TO THE U.S. 1445 00:41:32,189 --> 00:41:33,991 ON SCHOLARSHIP AND BECAME 1446 00:41:33,991 --> 00:41:35,092 A TEACHER FOR 44 YEARS. 1447 00:41:35,092 --> 00:41:37,595 MY MOTHER WAS A 1448 00:41:37,595 --> 00:41:39,897 PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYER 1449 00:41:39,897 --> 00:41:40,498 IN KOREA 1450 00:41:40,498 --> 00:41:43,300 IN THE '50s AT A TOWERING 5'5". 1451 00:41:43,300 --> 00:41:45,169 SHE HAD TO COME TO 1452 00:41:45,169 --> 00:41:45,936 THE UNITED STATES AND LEARN 1453 00:41:45,936 --> 00:41:46,170 ENGLISH 1454 00:41:46,170 --> 00:41:47,304 AND FIND A NEW PROFESSION. 1455 00:41:47,304 --> 00:41:49,206 I WAS BORN IN A SMALL TOWN 1456 00:41:49,206 --> 00:41:52,343 IN CONNECTICUT AND IT WAS MOSTLY 1457 00:41:52,343 --> 00:41:54,311 IRISH AND CATHOLIC. 1458 00:41:54,311 --> 00:41:56,213 DIVERSITY WAS WHETHER YOU 1459 00:41:56,213 --> 00:41:59,283 WENT TO SAINT TERESA'S OR THE 1460 00:41:59,283 --> 00:41:59,617 OTHER 1461 00:41:59,617 --> 00:42:00,017 CHURCH. 1462 00:42:00,017 --> 00:42:01,619 I SPENT MOST OF MY CAREER IN 1463 00:42:01,619 --> 00:42:03,120 NEW YORK, BOSTON AND CHICAGO 1464 00:42:03,120 --> 00:42:04,622 AND THEN RELOCATED TO SEATTLE 20 1465 00:42:04,622 --> 00:42:06,257 YEARS AGO WITH WASHINGTON 1466 00:42:06,257 --> 00:42:09,860 MUTUAL TO LEAD THE MNA. 1467 00:42:09,860 --> 00:42:12,162 THE VENTURE CAPITAL GROUP DURING 1468 00:42:12,162 --> 00:42:12,963 CHALLENGING TIME. 1469 00:42:12,963 --> 00:42:14,698 MY NOW HUSBAND FOLLOWED 1470 00:42:14,698 --> 00:42:16,166 SHORTLY AND HE WORK AT THE 1471 00:42:16,166 --> 00:42:17,234 SEATTLE P.I. 1472 00:42:17,234 --> 00:42:18,969 SEATTLE IS THE FIRST PLACE 1473 00:42:18,969 --> 00:42:22,139 WHERE I FELT TRUE ASIAN- 1474 00:42:22,139 --> 00:42:23,040 AMERICAN REPRESENTATION AND IT 1475 00:42:23,040 --> 00:42:23,340 REALLY NOT 1476 00:42:23,340 --> 00:42:25,309 SPIRED ME TO GET INVOLVED. 1477 00:42:25,309 --> 00:42:26,710 IT'S PRETTY INCREDIBLE 1478 00:42:26,710 --> 00:42:29,280 THAT IT IS ALMOST 17% IN 1479 00:42:29,280 --> 00:42:31,181 THE REPRESENTATION IN THE 1480 00:42:31,181 --> 00:42:31,482 SEATTLE 1481 00:42:31,615 --> 00:42:32,883 COMMUNITY. HOWEVER, I DO FIND IT 1482 00:42:32,883 --> 00:42:33,717 TO BE 1483 00:42:33,717 --> 00:42:35,753 A GAP IN OUR CITY COUNCIL. 1484 00:42:35,753 --> 00:42:38,255 THROUGH A LOT OF INVOLVEMENTS IN 1485 00:42:38,255 --> 00:42:39,123 THE ASIAN- AMERICAN 1486 00:42:39,123 --> 00:42:40,557 COMMUNITY, THIS IS HOW I MET 1487 00:42:40,557 --> 00:42:40,791 JULIE. 1488 00:42:40,791 --> 00:42:43,561 SHE SEEMED TO BE EVERYWHERE 1489 00:42:43,561 --> 00:42:45,062 I WAS AND I THOUGHT 1490 00:42:45,062 --> 00:42:46,964 SOMETIMES I HAD AN AIR TAG ON ME 1491 00:42:46,964 --> 00:42:47,831 AND SHE WAS 1492 00:42:47,831 --> 00:42:48,699 TRACKING ME. 1493 00:42:48,699 --> 00:42:50,200 I FIRST MET JULIE 1494 00:42:50,200 --> 00:42:53,003 WHEN SHE WAS THE TEACHER AND CO- 1495 00:42:53,003 --> 00:42:53,904 FOUNDER OF 1496 00:42:53,904 --> 00:42:55,072 A SCHOOL TEACHING KIDS 1497 00:42:55,072 --> 00:42:57,174 KOREAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE. 1498 00:42:57,174 --> 00:42:59,510 I WAS LOOKING ALSO FOR 1499 00:42:59,510 --> 00:43:00,344 HELP AT THE HOUSE. 1500 00:43:00,344 --> 00:43:02,212 SOMEONE WHO WAS SPEAKING 1501 00:43:02,212 --> 00:43:05,149 KOREAN AND BEHIND THE SCENES SHE 1502 00:43:05,149 --> 00:43:05,316 WAS 1503 00:43:05,316 --> 00:43:07,651 HELPING ME WITH THE KOREAN KSA 1504 00:43:07,651 --> 00:43:08,085 ORGANIZATION. 1505 00:43:08,085 --> 00:43:11,055 I BECAME VERY INVOLVED 1506 00:43:11,055 --> 00:43:12,022 IN THE ASIAN COUNSELING SERVICE 1507 00:43:12,022 --> 00:43:12,656 WHERE 1508 00:43:12,656 --> 00:43:14,224 I SERVED TWO BOARD TERMS AND SHE 1509 00:43:14,224 --> 00:43:17,962 WAS ALSO THERE BRINGING -- 1510 00:43:18,095 --> 00:43:18,729 >> THANK YOU. 1511 00:43:18,862 --> 00:43:22,499 >> THANK YOU TODAY FOR YOUR 1512 00:43:22,633 --> 00:43:22,967 SUPPORT. 1513 00:43:22,967 --> 00:43:24,368 >> NEXT, SHANNON. 1514 00:43:24,368 --> 00:43:28,772 FOLLOWING SHANNON WILL BE 1515 00:43:28,772 --> 00:43:30,574 SHAWN. 1516 00:43:30,574 --> 00:43:31,108 >> HELLO. 1517 00:43:31,108 --> 00:43:35,946 I'M HERE TO SAY A FEW WORDS FOR 1518 00:43:35,946 --> 00:43:36,614 NILU JENKS. 1519 00:43:36,614 --> 00:43:37,948 I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF 1520 00:43:37,948 --> 00:43:39,650 WORKING CLOSELY WITH NILU OVER 1521 00:43:39,650 --> 00:43:39,950 THE 1522 00:43:39,950 --> 00:43:41,418 PAST YEAR AND A HALF AS WE'VE 1523 00:43:41,418 --> 00:43:44,054 BEEN ADVANCING VOTING IN 1524 00:43:44,054 --> 00:43:45,289 WASHINGTON AS WELL AS OTHER 1525 00:43:45,289 --> 00:43:46,490 DEMOCRACY REFORMS HERE IN 1526 00:43:46,490 --> 00:43:46,857 SEATTLE. 1527 00:43:46,857 --> 00:43:48,859 NILU IS THOUGHTFUL, 1528 00:43:48,859 --> 00:43:50,327 KIND, ENERGETIC AND COMMITTED 1529 00:43:50,327 --> 00:43:51,795 TO MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER 1530 00:43:51,795 --> 00:43:52,029 PLACE. 1531 00:43:52,029 --> 00:43:53,464 FROM SMALL ACTIONS LIKE 1532 00:43:53,464 --> 00:43:54,798 CAREFUL PATIENT DRIVING TO 1533 00:43:54,798 --> 00:43:55,232 LARGE- 1534 00:43:55,232 --> 00:43:56,967 SCALE REFORM AND SOLUTIONS LIKE 1535 00:43:56,967 --> 00:43:58,435 UPGRADING OUR ELECTIONS. 1536 00:43:58,435 --> 00:44:00,471 IN OUR LEGISLATIVE WORK, 1537 00:44:00,471 --> 00:44:02,539 I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE HOW SHE 1538 00:44:02,539 --> 00:44:05,175 HOLDS STRONG TO HER VALUES BUT 1539 00:44:05,175 --> 00:44:06,377 ALSO 1540 00:44:06,377 --> 00:44:07,244 EMBRACES LEARNING. 1541 00:44:07,244 --> 00:44:10,714 SHE ISN'T AFRAID TO HOLD 1542 00:44:10,714 --> 00:44:13,317 A INNANCES POSITION. 1543 00:44:13,317 --> 00:44:15,452 SHE'S ENGAGED IN MANY 1544 00:44:15,452 --> 00:44:16,854 OTHER ISSUES FROM CLIMATE TO 1545 00:44:16,854 --> 00:44:20,024 HOUSING TO BRIDGING CULTURAL 1546 00:44:20,024 --> 00:44:20,290 DIVIDES. 1547 00:44:20,290 --> 00:44:22,826 SHE MAKES AN EFFORT. 1548 00:44:22,826 --> 00:44:25,763 SHE GENUINELY A JOY TO HAVE AS A 1549 00:44:25,896 --> 00:44:27,431 COLLEAGUE. SHE WORKS HARD NOT 1550 00:44:27,431 --> 00:44:28,932 AFRAID TO 1551 00:44:28,932 --> 00:44:30,000 PUT IN LATE NIGHTS. 1552 00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:34,805 KNOW SHE WOULD DEDICATE HERSELF. 1553 00:44:34,805 --> 00:44:36,507 I KNOW SHE WILL AN HUGE ASSET 1554 00:44:36,507 --> 00:44:37,408 TO CITY COUNCIL TO THE 1555 00:44:37,408 --> 00:44:39,376 PEOPLE OF DISTRICT 5, AND TO OUR 1556 00:44:39,376 --> 00:44:40,444 WONDERFUL CITY OVERALL. 1557 00:44:40,444 --> 00:44:41,779 I RECOMMEND HER 1558 00:44:41,779 --> 00:44:44,882 STRONGLY FOR THIS POSITION. 1559 00:44:44,882 --> 00:44:46,050 THANK 1560 00:44:46,050 --> 00:44:46,350 YOU. 1561 00:44:46,350 --> 00:44:48,919 >> AND SHAWN 1562 00:44:48,919 --> 00:44:52,056 IS OUR LAST SPEAKER. 1563 00:44:52,189 --> 00:44:53,257 >> THANK YOU. 1564 00:44:53,257 --> 00:44:54,625 I JUST RISE TODAY. 1565 00:44:54,625 --> 00:44:57,394 I SUPPORT DEBORA JUAREZ FOR 1566 00:44:57,394 --> 00:44:58,695 GETTING HER SEAT BACK, 1567 00:44:58,695 --> 00:44:59,096 BASICALLY. 1568 00:44:59,096 --> 00:45:00,864 SHE DID A LOT OF HEAVY 1569 00:45:00,864 --> 00:45:01,932 LIFTING WHEN TIME WERE REALLY, 1570 00:45:01,932 --> 00:45:02,166 REALLY 1571 00:45:02,166 --> 00:45:02,599 TOUGH. 1572 00:45:02,599 --> 00:45:03,100 I DON'T KNOW THE 1573 00:45:03,100 --> 00:45:05,836 CIRCUMSTANCES AS TO WHY SHE LEFT 1574 00:45:05,836 --> 00:45:06,070 BUTBUT 1575 00:45:06,070 --> 00:45:07,371 THIS THING IS HEADED 1576 00:45:07,371 --> 00:45:08,605 MORE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, YOU 1577 00:45:08,605 --> 00:45:09,406 SEE 1578 00:45:09,406 --> 00:45:10,674 THE VIBRANCY OF SEATTLE COMING 1579 00:45:10,674 --> 00:45:12,509 BACK, IT MAKES SENSE THAT SHE 1580 00:45:12,509 --> 00:45:12,743 WOULD 1581 00:45:12,743 --> 00:45:13,510 BE INCLUDED IN THIS. 1582 00:45:13,510 --> 00:45:14,878 THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. 1583 00:45:14,878 --> 00:45:15,612 THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE 1584 00:45:15,612 --> 00:45:23,587 OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. 1585 00:45:29,326 --> 00:45:30,027 >> OKAY. 1586 00:45:30,027 --> 00:45:31,728 WE'VE REACHED TEND OF OUR 1587 00:45:31,728 --> 00:45:31,962 PUBLIC 1588 00:45:31,962 --> 00:45:32,396 COMMENT PERIOD. 1589 00:45:32,396 --> 00:45:33,464 WE FINISHED EVERYBODY ON 1590 00:45:33,464 --> 00:45:34,932 THE LIST AND WE WILL NOW 1591 00:45:34,932 --> 00:45:35,265 PROCEED. 1592 00:45:35,265 --> 00:45:37,601 IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, 1593 00:45:37,601 --> 00:45:39,336 THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. 1594 00:45:39,336 --> 00:45:41,672 HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE 1595 00:45:41,672 --> 00:45:42,673 AGENDA IS ADOPTED. 1596 00:45:42,673 --> 00:45:44,575 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ 1597 00:45:44,575 --> 00:45:46,443 ITEM 1 INTO THE RECORD. 1598 00:45:46,577 --> 00:45:48,479 >> SELECTION OF CITY COUNCIL 1599 00:45:48,479 --> 00:45:52,082 VACANCY POSITION DISTRICT 5 1600 00:45:52,216 --> 00:45:52,649 FINALIST. 1601 00:45:52,649 --> 00:45:53,117 >> OKAY. 1602 00:45:53,117 --> 00:45:54,785 WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS TWICE 1603 00:45:54,785 --> 00:45:55,452 BEFORE, COLLEAGUES. 1604 00:45:55,452 --> 00:45:56,820 MOST OF US HAVE. 1605 00:45:56,820 --> 00:45:58,622 ON TUESDAY I E- MAILED 1606 00:45:58,622 --> 00:46:00,057 EVERY COUNCIL OFFICE THE VOTING 1607 00:46:00,057 --> 00:46:01,125 PROCEDURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO 1608 00:46:01,125 --> 00:46:01,692 GO THROUGH TODAY. 1609 00:46:01,692 --> 00:46:05,229 AND I HEARD NO DISSENT OR 1610 00:46:05,229 --> 00:46:05,662 CONFUSION. 1611 00:46:05,662 --> 00:46:08,932 SO I WILL NOW 1612 00:46:08,932 --> 00:46:09,833 PROCEED TO AGREEING ON THAT 1613 00:46:09,833 --> 00:46:10,100 PROCEDURE 1614 00:46:10,100 --> 00:46:11,101 AND THEN MOVE FORWARD. 1615 00:46:11,101 --> 00:46:11,635 OKAY. 1616 00:46:11,635 --> 00:46:13,170 I MOVE TO ADOPT THE 1617 00:46:13,170 --> 00:46:14,838 VOTING PROCEDURE TO NOMINATE 1618 00:46:14,838 --> 00:46:17,107 CITY COUNCIL POSITION DISTRICT 1619 00:46:17,107 --> 00:46:19,209 5 FINALIST TO BE AS FOLLOWS. 1620 00:46:19,209 --> 00:46:21,278 AS PRESIDENT, I WILL 1621 00:46:21,278 --> 00:46:22,546 OPEN NOMINATIONS TO SELECT 1622 00:46:22,546 --> 00:46:24,114 CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT DISTRICT 1623 00:46:24,114 --> 00:46:26,984 5 FINALISTS FROM THE LIST OF 1624 00:46:27,117 --> 00:46:27,818 APPLICANTS. COUNCILMEMBER WILL 1625 00:46:27,818 --> 00:46:28,218 BE CALL ON 1626 00:46:28,218 --> 00:46:31,021 IN ORDER OF THIS WEEK'S ROLL 1627 00:46:31,021 --> 00:46:33,457 CALL AND WILL HAVE THE 1628 00:46:33,457 --> 00:46:33,824 OPPORTUNITY TO 1629 00:46:33,824 --> 00:46:34,958 PROVIDE COMMENTS AND 1630 00:46:34,958 --> 00:46:36,360 NOMINATE ONE APPLICANT. 1631 00:46:36,360 --> 00:46:37,661 SECONDS ARE NOT REQUIRED. 1632 00:46:37,661 --> 00:46:39,463 AN APPLICANT WILL NEED TO 1633 00:46:39,463 --> 00:46:41,331 BE NOMINATED BY A COUNCILMEMBER 1634 00:46:41,331 --> 00:46:43,600 TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE 1635 00:46:43,600 --> 00:46:44,802 COUNCIL VACANCY APPOINTMENT 1636 00:46:44,802 --> 00:46:45,102 PROCESS. 1637 00:46:45,102 --> 00:46:47,171 AFTER NOMINATIONS ARE 1638 00:46:47,171 --> 00:46:49,606 CLOSED, THOSE FINALISTS WILL 1639 00:46:49,606 --> 00:46:51,175 MOVE FORWARD IN THE VACANCY 1640 00:46:51,175 --> 00:46:51,441 PROCESS. 1641 00:46:51,441 --> 00:46:53,310 IS THERE A SECOND TO THE VOTING 1642 00:46:53,310 --> 00:46:53,777 PROCEDURE. 1643 00:46:53,911 --> 00:46:56,113 >> 1644 00:46:56,113 --> 00:46:56,380 SECOND. 1645 00:46:56,380 --> 00:47:00,317 >> THE VOTINGVOTING 1646 00:47:00,317 --> 00:47:02,252 HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. 1647 00:47:02,252 --> 00:47:03,987 TO DOCUMENT THE VOTING 1648 00:47:03,987 --> 00:47:05,422 PROCEDURE TO SELECT FINALISTS. 1649 00:47:05,422 --> 00:47:09,326 ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE 1650 00:47:09,326 --> 00:47:14,164 VOTING PROCEDURE? 1651 00:47:14,164 --> 00:47:14,831 COUNCILMEMBER 1652 00:47:14,831 --> 00:47:15,165 STRAUSS. 1653 00:47:15,165 --> 00:47:15,699 >> THANK YOU. 1654 00:47:15,699 --> 00:47:17,234 JUST CONFIRMING WE'LL HAVE 1655 00:47:17,234 --> 00:47:18,936 AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SOME 1656 00:47:18,936 --> 00:47:20,304 REMARKS BEFORE WE GO THROUGH THE 1657 00:47:20,304 --> 00:47:21,338 PRESENTATION OF CHOOSING? 1658 00:47:21,471 --> 00:47:24,675 >> 1659 00:47:24,675 --> 00:47:25,008 ABSOLUTELY. 1660 00:47:25,008 --> 00:47:27,911 >> THANK YOU. 1661 00:47:28,045 --> 00:47:28,712 >> OKAY. 1662 00:47:28,712 --> 00:47:30,614 IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED 1663 00:47:30,614 --> 00:47:31,415 TO ADOPT THE PROCEDURE. 1664 00:47:31,415 --> 00:47:33,217 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL 1665 00:47:33,217 --> 00:47:34,151 THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF 1666 00:47:34,151 --> 00:47:36,553 THE VOTING PROCEDURE TO NOMINATE 1667 00:47:36,553 --> 00:47:39,890 FINALISTS FOR THE DISTRICT 5 1668 00:47:40,023 --> 00:47:41,558 POSITION. 1669 00:47:41,558 --> 00:47:44,695 >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? 1670 00:47:44,695 --> 00:47:47,497 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? 1671 00:47:47,497 --> 00:47:49,867 SAKAA? 1672 00:47:49,867 --> 00:47:50,400 SOLOMON? 1673 00:47:50,400 --> 00:47:53,303 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 1674 00:47:53,303 --> 00:47:55,639 COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH? 1675 00:47:55,639 --> 00:47:57,574 AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON? 1676 00:47:57,708 --> 00:47:59,810 >> THE MOTION CARRIES AND 1677 00:47:59,810 --> 00:48:00,811 THE PROCEDURE IS ADOPTED. 1678 00:48:00,811 --> 00:48:02,346 NOW WE'LL GO THROUGH, 1679 00:48:02,346 --> 00:48:03,947 WELL, WE'LL PROCEED WITH THE 1680 00:48:03,947 --> 00:48:07,251 SELECTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL 1681 00:48:07,251 --> 00:48:07,517 POSITION 1682 00:48:07,517 --> 00:48:09,486 FOR DISTRICT 5 FINALISTS FROM 1683 00:48:09,486 --> 00:48:11,455 THE LIST OF APPLICANTS. 1684 00:48:11,455 --> 00:48:13,557 THIS WEEK'S ROLL CALL 1685 00:48:13,557 --> 00:48:14,791 STARTS WITH COUNCILMEMBER 1686 00:48:14,791 --> 00:48:15,025 KETTLE. 1687 00:48:15,025 --> 00:48:15,792 YOU'RE RECOGNIZED TO 1688 00:48:15,792 --> 00:48:17,461 PROVIDE COMMENTS AND MAKE A 1689 00:48:17,461 --> 00:48:18,061 NOMINATION. 1690 00:48:18,195 --> 00:48:21,131 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 1691 00:48:21,131 --> 00:48:23,000 TO COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS'S 1692 00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:25,269 QUESTION, WE CAN MAKE 1693 00:48:25,269 --> 00:48:26,470 GENERAL COMMENTS BEFORE PUTTING 1694 00:48:26,470 --> 00:48:28,105 FORWARD A NAME AS OPPOSED TO 1695 00:48:28,105 --> 00:48:28,305 GOING 1696 00:48:28,305 --> 00:48:29,573 THROUGH AND MAKING 1697 00:48:29,573 --> 00:48:30,140 GENERAL COMMENTS. 1698 00:48:30,274 --> 00:48:31,041 >> RIGHT. 1699 00:48:31,041 --> 00:48:32,342 THIS IS YOUR INDIVIDUAL TIME TO 1700 00:48:32,342 --> 00:48:34,177 COMMENT AND THEN PUT FORWARD A 1701 00:48:34,311 --> 00:48:34,911 NAME. 1702 00:48:34,911 --> 00:48:35,379 >> OKAY. 1703 00:48:35,379 --> 00:48:37,080 I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS 1704 00:48:37,080 --> 00:48:38,382 IN SYNC WITH WHAT 1705 00:48:38,382 --> 00:48:39,616 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS WAS 1706 00:48:39,616 --> 00:48:39,850 SAYING. 1707 00:48:39,850 --> 00:48:41,685 THANK YOU. 1708 00:48:41,685 --> 00:48:42,886 I REALLY APPRECIATE 1709 00:48:42,886 --> 00:48:44,821 EVERYONE BEING HERE AND THE 1710 00:48:44,821 --> 00:48:45,088 COMMENTS 1711 00:48:45,088 --> 00:48:46,890 FROM THE PUBLIC COMMENTS 1712 00:48:46,890 --> 00:48:49,559 MADE, PARTICULARLY THOSE FROM 1713 00:48:49,559 --> 00:48:49,860 THE 1714 00:48:49,860 --> 00:48:51,194 CANDIDATES THEMSELVES. 1715 00:48:51,194 --> 00:48:54,298 I DO RECOGNIZE THE THE 1716 00:48:54,298 --> 00:48:55,766 STRONG SUPPORT THAT WAS HERE. 1717 00:48:55,766 --> 00:48:58,702 I DO RECOGNIZE, TOO, 1718 00:48:58,702 --> 00:49:01,438 THAT THERE IS SUPPORT ACROSS THE 1719 00:49:01,438 --> 00:49:02,039 DISTRICT 1720 00:49:02,039 --> 00:49:02,372 5 1721 00:49:02,372 --> 00:49:04,107 COMMUNITY. EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT 1722 00:49:04,107 --> 00:49:06,276 HERE REPRESENTED EITHER IN 1723 00:49:06,276 --> 00:49:06,777 PERSON OR 1724 00:49:06,910 --> 00:49:08,645 REMOTE. AND THAT IS VERY 1725 00:49:08,645 --> 00:49:08,979 IMPORTANT. 1726 00:49:08,979 --> 00:49:10,814 I DO BELIEVE OUT OF THE 1727 00:49:10,814 --> 00:49:13,317 22, WE HAVE A VERY STRONG SET OF 1728 00:49:13,317 --> 00:49:13,850 CANDIDATES. 1729 00:49:13,850 --> 00:49:16,553 I'VE GONE THROUGH THEM. 1730 00:49:16,553 --> 00:49:20,023 AND YOU KNOW, CLEARLY, 1731 00:49:20,023 --> 00:49:21,525 THERE'S PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE 1732 00:49:21,525 --> 00:49:21,725 COULD 1733 00:49:21,725 --> 00:49:23,527 SERVE ON THE COUNCIL, AND 1734 00:49:23,527 --> 00:49:26,029 THEN THERE IS A TOP TIER THAT I 1735 00:49:26,029 --> 00:49:26,263 LOOK AT 1736 00:49:26,263 --> 00:49:28,865 IN TERMS THE EDUCATION, THE 1737 00:49:28,865 --> 00:49:31,735 EXPERIENCE, AND THE BACKGROUND. 1738 00:49:31,735 --> 00:49:33,737 THAT WOULD BE VERY 1739 00:49:33,737 --> 00:49:35,205 GOOD CANDIDATES FOR THE CITY 1740 00:49:35,205 --> 00:49:35,772 COUNCIL. 1741 00:49:35,772 --> 00:49:37,541 AND AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT 1742 00:49:37,541 --> 00:49:39,042 NOTED, THIS IS OUR THIRD TIME -- 1743 00:49:39,176 --> 00:49:42,079 FOR SOME OF US, THIS IS OUR 1744 00:49:42,079 --> 00:49:42,279 THIRD 1745 00:49:42,279 --> 00:49:45,549 TIME GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS. 1746 00:49:45,549 --> 00:49:49,152 I DO BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE 1747 00:49:49,152 --> 00:49:52,022 LIKE A GOOD QUORUM OF PEOPLE. 1748 00:49:52,022 --> 00:49:53,490 I DON'T THINK WE NEED ALL EIGHT 1749 00:49:53,490 --> 00:49:55,492 BUT A GOOD STRONG FOUR TO 1750 00:49:55,492 --> 00:49:58,028 SIX CANDIDATES TO HAVE A GOOD 1751 00:49:58,028 --> 00:49:59,863 ROBUST PUBLIC FORUM WHICH WILL 1752 00:49:59,863 --> 00:50:00,030 BE 1753 00:50:00,030 --> 00:50:01,598 COMING UP BETWEEN NOW AND FINAL 1754 00:50:01,732 --> 00:50:03,767 SELECTION. AND THEN ALSO THE 1755 00:50:03,767 --> 00:50:04,134 OPPORTUNITY TO 1756 00:50:04,134 --> 00:50:07,804 MEET THOSE FINALISTS IN 1757 00:50:07,804 --> 00:50:09,106 OUR OFFICES WHICH IS THE NORM. 1758 00:50:09,106 --> 00:50:11,208 SO I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING ALL 1759 00:50:11,208 --> 00:50:15,712 THOSE THAT DO GET NOMINATED 1760 00:50:15,712 --> 00:50:16,079 TODAY. 1761 00:50:16,079 --> 00:50:17,514 I'M REALLY THANKFUL, 1762 00:50:17,514 --> 00:50:19,649 AGAIN, LOOKING AT THIS LIST OF 1763 00:50:19,649 --> 00:50:22,319 PEOPLE LIKE DEBORA JUAREZ, AS 1764 00:50:22,319 --> 00:50:24,187 MR. 1765 00:50:24,187 --> 00:50:26,223 ANDERSON NOTED, OR MR. BOUREY 1766 00:50:26,223 --> 00:50:28,125 WHO IS HERE TODAY, AND 1767 00:50:28,125 --> 00:50:29,459 HIS STRONG BACKGROUND. 1768 00:50:29,459 --> 00:50:31,695 CLEARLY DR. KANG HAS A 1769 00:50:31,695 --> 00:50:35,465 STRONG BACKGROUND AND STRONG 1770 00:50:35,465 --> 00:50:35,732 SUPPORT. 1771 00:50:35,732 --> 00:50:36,600 THAT'S CLEAR. 1772 00:50:36,600 --> 00:50:40,470 I'M ALSO PARTIAL TO MR. ROBERT 1773 00:50:40,470 --> 00:50:42,072 WILSON, GIVEN HIS STRONG 1774 00:50:42,072 --> 00:50:43,273 BACKGROUND, AND THEN 1775 00:50:43,273 --> 00:50:50,480 OBVIOUSLY AS WELL, MS. JENKS 1776 00:50:50,480 --> 00:50:52,749 AMIDST ALL THE OTHERS. 1777 00:50:52,749 --> 00:50:53,550 -- THAT 1778 00:50:53,550 --> 00:50:56,186 ARE HERE. TESTING MY MIC STAND. 1779 00:50:56,186 --> 00:50:58,288 AND WITH THAT, AND JUST TO 1780 00:50:58,288 --> 00:51:01,091 TAKE THE SUSPENSE OUT OF 1781 00:51:01,091 --> 00:51:03,527 THIS, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, MY 1782 00:51:03,527 --> 00:51:04,094 NOMINATION WILL BE DEBORA 1783 00:51:04,094 --> 00:51:08,832 JUAREZ. 1784 00:51:08,965 --> 00:51:09,900 >> OKAY. 1785 00:51:09,900 --> 00:51:11,802 THE NEXT ON THE -- THANK 1786 00:51:11,802 --> 00:51:12,302 YOU VERY 1787 00:51:12,302 --> 00:51:14,438 MUCH. I WILL JUST READ THE ROLL 1788 00:51:14,438 --> 00:51:15,839 CALL ORDER SO THE AUDIENCE KNOWS 1789 00:51:15,839 --> 00:51:16,940 WHAT ORDER WE'RE GOING IN. 1790 00:51:16,940 --> 00:51:18,508 WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS 1791 00:51:18,508 --> 00:51:20,977 ALREADY ONCE THIS WEEK. 1792 00:51:20,977 --> 00:51:23,079 IT WAS COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, 1793 00:51:23,079 --> 00:51:29,219 NOW IT WILL BE RINCK, RIVERA, 1794 00:51:29,219 --> 00:51:32,956 SAKA, HOLLINGSWORTH AND ME. 1795 00:51:32,956 --> 00:51:33,757 OKAY. 1796 00:51:33,890 --> 00:51:35,025 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL 1797 00:51:35,025 --> 00:51:37,794 PRESIDENT. AS ONE OF THE 1798 00:51:37,794 --> 00:51:38,128 CITYWIDE 1799 00:51:38,128 --> 00:51:38,962 REPRESENTATIVES, I'VE 1800 00:51:38,962 --> 00:51:41,097 BEEN REFLECTING A LOT ABOUT MY 1801 00:51:41,097 --> 00:51:43,500 TIME IN DISTRICT 5 AND 1802 00:51:43,500 --> 00:51:44,101 THE ORGANIZATION SERVING 1803 00:51:44,101 --> 00:51:45,268 OUR COMMUNITIES THAT WORK OUT OF 1804 00:51:45,268 --> 00:51:47,304 DISTRICT 1805 00:51:47,304 --> 00:51:48,338 5. THE CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD 1806 00:51:48,338 --> 00:51:48,538 WITH 1807 00:51:48,538 --> 00:51:50,340 RESIDENTS AND THINKING ABOUT 1808 00:51:50,340 --> 00:51:52,209 MY TIME ON THE GROUND WALKING 1809 00:51:52,209 --> 00:51:53,610 ON STREETS WITHOUT 1810 00:51:53,610 --> 00:51:54,778 SIDEWALKS, CONNECTING DIRECTLY 1811 00:51:54,778 --> 00:51:56,413 WITH 1812 00:51:56,413 --> 00:51:58,348 RESIDENTS, AND WANTING TO REALLY 1813 00:51:58,348 --> 00:51:59,916 CENTER ALL THOSE VOICES AS 1814 00:51:59,916 --> 00:52:01,284 WE'VE BEEN CONSIDERING THIS 1815 00:52:01,284 --> 00:52:02,519 REALLY CRITICAL APPOINTMENT 1816 00:52:02,519 --> 00:52:02,919 PROCESS. 1817 00:52:02,919 --> 00:52:05,689 AND DISTRICT 5 HAS BEEN 1818 00:52:05,689 --> 00:52:07,324 HISTORICALLY UNDERINVESTED IN 1819 00:52:07,324 --> 00:52:07,891 IN SO MANY WAYS. 1820 00:52:07,891 --> 00:52:11,962 I WOULD BE REMISS AS 1821 00:52:11,962 --> 00:52:13,463 CHAIR, SAYING HOW DISTRICT 5 1822 00:52:13,463 --> 00:52:15,599 CONTINUES TO BE DISPROPORTIONATE 1823 00:52:15,599 --> 00:52:16,666 LY HIT BY 1824 00:52:16,666 --> 00:52:18,001 OUTAGES, EVEN NAMING THE 1825 00:52:18,001 --> 00:52:20,403 OUTAGE FROM LAST NIGHT WHICH 1826 00:52:20,403 --> 00:52:20,804 IMPACTED 1827 00:52:20,804 --> 00:52:22,405 21,000 CITY LIGHT CUSTOMERS. 1828 00:52:22,405 --> 00:52:24,107 MANY OF WHOM IN DISTRICT 5. 1829 00:52:24,107 --> 00:52:27,010 AND REFLECTING TO THE BOMB 1830 00:52:27,010 --> 00:52:29,412 CYCLONE EVENT FROM EARLIER 1831 00:52:29,412 --> 00:52:32,816 THIS YEAR WHICH OUR CITY DID 1832 00:52:32,816 --> 00:52:34,684 NOT RECEIVE OUR FEMA REQUEST 1833 00:52:34,684 --> 00:52:37,020 OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO BE 1834 00:52:37,020 --> 00:52:39,556 ABLE TO FILL AND I WANT TO THANK 1835 00:52:39,556 --> 00:52:39,723 THE 1836 00:52:39,723 --> 00:52:40,857 CITY LIGHT CREWS WHO 1837 00:52:40,857 --> 00:52:42,392 WORKED REALLY HARD TO RESTORE 1838 00:52:42,392 --> 00:52:42,759 POWER. 1839 00:52:42,759 --> 00:52:44,161 AGAIN, NOTING THAT DISTRICT 1840 00:52:44,161 --> 00:52:46,296 5 WAS DISPROPORTIONATELY HIT 1841 00:52:46,296 --> 00:52:48,098 AND CONTINUES TO BE HIT BY 1842 00:52:48,098 --> 00:52:49,866 CITY LIGHT OUTAGES AND THAT IS 1843 00:52:49,866 --> 00:52:50,066 DUE 1844 00:52:50,066 --> 00:52:51,768 IN LARGE PART BECAUSE OF 1845 00:52:51,768 --> 00:52:52,269 UNDERINVESTMENT. 1846 00:52:52,269 --> 00:52:53,303 THAT IS SOMETHING THAT 1847 00:52:53,303 --> 00:52:54,004 NEEDS TO BE 1848 00:52:54,004 --> 00:52:55,505 REMEDIED. THAT PAIRED WITH THE 1849 00:52:55,505 --> 00:52:56,506 TREMENDOUS NEED FOR SIDEWALKS 1850 00:52:56,506 --> 00:52:57,173 WITHIN THE 1851 00:52:57,173 --> 00:52:57,474 DISTRICT. 1852 00:52:57,474 --> 00:52:59,309 AND I'VE WALKED THE STREETS 1853 00:52:59,442 --> 00:53:01,244 MYSELF. IT'S NOT SAFE. 1854 00:53:01,244 --> 00:53:03,680 AND WE KNOW THAT WE ARE A 1855 00:53:03,680 --> 00:53:05,315 LONG WAY FROM REALLY 1856 00:53:05,315 --> 00:53:06,116 ACCOMPLISHING OUR VISION. 1857 00:53:06,116 --> 00:53:08,852 ZERO GOALS AND BEING ABLE TO 1858 00:53:08,852 --> 00:53:11,521 ACHIEVE STREET SAFETY. 1859 00:53:11,521 --> 00:53:14,324 I'M THINKING ABOUT THE TIME 1860 00:53:14,324 --> 00:53:15,458 I'VE 1861 00:53:15,458 --> 00:53:17,294 SPENT WITH THE REIMAGINED 1862 00:53:17,427 --> 00:53:20,030 COALITION. REALLY THINKING ABOUT 1863 00:53:20,030 --> 00:53:20,230 WHAT 1864 00:53:20,230 --> 00:53:21,665 THAT CORRIDOR MEANS FOR OUR 1865 00:53:21,665 --> 00:53:22,032 CITY. 1866 00:53:22,032 --> 00:53:24,034 WE HAVE PUT A LOT OF 1867 00:53:24,034 --> 00:53:24,801 EXPECTATIONS ON IT. 1868 00:53:24,801 --> 00:53:26,236 THERE'S AN APPETITE TO 1869 00:53:26,236 --> 00:53:26,670 REIMAGINE. 1870 00:53:26,670 --> 00:53:28,939 AND I'LL CLOSE WITH TWO FINAL 1871 00:53:29,072 --> 00:53:30,540 POINTS. WE KNOW ALL OF THESE 1872 00:53:30,540 --> 00:53:32,275 ISSUES, PAIRED WITH JUST THE 1873 00:53:32,275 --> 00:53:32,509 URGENCY 1874 00:53:32,509 --> 00:53:33,743 AND THE NEW CLIMATE WE'RE IN 1875 00:53:33,743 --> 00:53:35,045 WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 1876 00:53:35,045 --> 00:53:36,680 HAVE CHANGED THINGS FOR OUR 1877 00:53:36,813 --> 00:53:38,381 NEIGHBORS. IT WAS VOICED DURING 1878 00:53:38,381 --> 00:53:39,649 PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY ABOUT HOW 1879 00:53:39,649 --> 00:53:43,720 DISTRICT 5 IS HOME TO MANY OF 1880 00:53:43,720 --> 00:53:44,921 OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS. 1881 00:53:44,921 --> 00:53:46,623 AND REALLY LOOKING FOR 1882 00:53:46,623 --> 00:53:48,158 SOMEONE WHO WILL CHAMPION THE 1883 00:53:48,158 --> 00:53:48,592 NEEDS OF 1884 00:53:48,592 --> 00:53:49,259 OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. 1885 00:53:49,259 --> 00:53:51,228 THE REALITY IS OUR NEIGHBORS 1886 00:53:51,228 --> 00:53:52,429 ARE BEING DISAPPEARED FROM 1887 00:53:52,429 --> 00:53:54,965 OUR STREETS RIGHT NOW AND THERE 1888 00:53:54,965 --> 00:53:55,832 IS TREMENDOUS FEAR. 1889 00:53:55,832 --> 00:53:58,101 SO LOOKING FOR SOMEONE IN 1890 00:53:58,101 --> 00:54:00,403 THIS POSITION WHO CAN REALLY 1891 00:54:00,403 --> 00:54:00,670 CHAMPION 1892 00:54:00,670 --> 00:54:02,138 THAT COMMUNITY, AND IS 1893 00:54:02,138 --> 00:54:03,707 NOT AFRAID TO SPEAK TRUTH TO 1894 00:54:03,707 --> 00:54:03,974 POWER 1895 00:54:03,974 --> 00:54:05,842 IN THAT WAY IS REALLY, REALLY 1896 00:54:05,842 --> 00:54:07,110 IMPORTANT. 1897 00:54:07,110 --> 00:54:10,347 AND SOMEONE WHO WILL BE A 1898 00:54:10,347 --> 00:54:11,414 STRONG COMMUNICATOR IN THIS ROLE 1899 00:54:11,414 --> 00:54:13,149 TO MAKE SURE THAT INFORMATION IS 1900 00:54:13,149 --> 00:54:14,651 GETTING OUT TO IMPACTED 1901 00:54:14,651 --> 00:54:16,586 COMMUNITIES IN A TIMELY, 1902 00:54:16,586 --> 00:54:16,820 REGULAR 1903 00:54:16,820 --> 00:54:20,056 MANNER. SO FOR ALL OF THESE 1904 00:54:20,056 --> 00:54:22,225 REASONS, I WILL BE PUTTING 1905 00:54:22,225 --> 00:54:23,260 FORWARD NILU 1906 00:54:23,260 --> 00:54:24,327 JENKS' NAME FOR 1907 00:54:24,327 --> 00:54:25,528 CONSIDERATION FOR A FINALIST. 1908 00:54:25,528 --> 00:54:27,230 I LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING 1909 00:54:27,230 --> 00:54:28,865 MORE ABOUT ALL THE FINALISTS AS 1910 00:54:28,865 --> 00:54:29,065 WE 1911 00:54:29,065 --> 00:54:30,500 GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND I 1912 00:54:30,500 --> 00:54:32,002 WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO 1913 00:54:32,002 --> 00:54:32,469 APPLIED 1914 00:54:32,469 --> 00:54:33,637 FOR THIS, STEPPING UP INTO 1915 00:54:33,637 --> 00:54:35,605 A LEADERSHIP POSITION, 1916 00:54:35,605 --> 00:54:37,407 ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW IS A GREAT 1917 00:54:37,407 --> 00:54:37,674 THING TO 1918 00:54:37,674 --> 00:54:38,208 DO. 1919 00:54:38,208 --> 00:54:40,310 I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO 1920 00:54:40,310 --> 00:54:42,178 HAS APPLIED FOR THIS ROLE. 1921 00:54:42,178 --> 00:54:42,879 THANK 1922 00:54:42,879 --> 00:54:43,280 YOU. 1923 00:54:43,280 --> 00:54:45,015 >> THANK YOU. 1924 00:54:45,015 --> 00:54:45,448 OKAY. 1925 00:54:45,448 --> 00:54:46,683 COUNCILMEMBER 1926 00:54:46,683 --> 00:54:47,050 RIVERA. 1927 00:54:47,050 --> 00:54:50,153 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 1928 00:54:50,153 --> 00:54:50,687 THANK YOU TO ALL THE 1929 00:54:50,687 --> 00:54:51,921 CANDIDATES WHO HAVE STEPPED UP 1930 00:54:51,921 --> 00:54:52,322 TO REPRESENT 1931 00:54:52,322 --> 00:54:53,156 THE D-5. 1932 00:54:53,156 --> 00:54:56,159 I'M ENCOURAGED BY THE NUMBER 1933 00:54:56,159 --> 00:54:57,694 OF PEOPLE WHO -- EXCUSE ME. 1934 00:54:57,694 --> 00:54:59,062 I'M ENCOURAGED BY THE NUMBER OF 1935 00:54:59,062 --> 00:55:00,730 PEOPLE WHO STEPPED UP AND 1936 00:55:00,730 --> 00:55:03,033 FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE. 1937 00:55:03,033 --> 00:55:05,769 AND I WANT TO THANK ALL 1938 00:55:05,769 --> 00:55:10,373 THE FOLKS THAT CAME HERE TODAY 1939 00:55:10,373 --> 00:55:10,607 TO 1940 00:55:10,607 --> 00:55:13,176 EITHER SPEAK ABOUT THEY'RE 1941 00:55:13,176 --> 00:55:14,978 PUTTING THEIR OWN NAMES INTO 1942 00:55:14,978 --> 00:55:18,415 THE HAT OR FOR THE FOLKS WHO 1943 00:55:18,415 --> 00:55:18,882 CAME TO 1944 00:55:18,882 --> 00:55:20,950 SUPPORT SOMEONE WHO HAS 1945 00:55:20,950 --> 00:55:22,552 PUT THEIR NAME FORWARD. 1946 00:55:22,552 --> 00:55:25,522 AS THE CLOSEST PARTNER TO D- 1947 00:55:25,522 --> 00:55:27,190 4, THE D- 5 REPRESENTATIVE IS 1948 00:55:27,190 --> 00:55:27,424 REALLY 1949 00:55:27,424 --> 00:55:28,658 IMPORTANT TO ME. 1950 00:55:28,658 --> 00:55:30,627 I'M LOOKING FOR SOMEONE THAT 1951 00:55:30,627 --> 00:55:32,762 WILL REALLY LISTEN TO ALL 1952 00:55:32,762 --> 00:55:35,198 THE VOICES NTSB D- 5 AND WORK 1953 00:55:35,198 --> 00:55:37,100 WITH ALL OF US ON THE TOUGH WORK 1954 00:55:37,100 --> 00:55:38,501 THAT WE NEED TO DO ON THE 1955 00:55:38,501 --> 00:55:38,768 COUNCIL. 1956 00:55:38,768 --> 00:55:42,072 THESE ARE REALLY TOUGH JOBS AND 1957 00:55:42,072 --> 00:55:43,506 I REALLY WANT, 1958 00:55:43,506 --> 00:55:50,113 I VERY MUCH RESPECT ANDED AD, 1959 00:55:50,113 --> 00:55:50,613 WE'VE HAD 1960 00:55:50,613 --> 00:55:51,414 MANY QUALIFIED CANDIDATES. 1961 00:55:51,414 --> 00:55:55,752 WE CAN PICK, WE CAN ONLY PICK 1962 00:55:55,752 --> 00:55:59,889 ONE. 1963 00:55:59,889 --> 00:56:00,457 MY 1964 00:56:00,457 --> 00:56:01,024 NOMINATION WILL GO TO JULIE 1965 00:56:01,024 --> 00:56:06,362 KANG. THANK YOU. 1966 00:56:06,496 --> 00:56:07,497 >> COUNCILMEMBER 1967 00:56:07,497 --> 00:56:07,864 SAKA. 1968 00:56:07,864 --> 00:56:11,735 >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 1969 00:56:11,735 --> 00:56:12,635 HOW MANY CANDIDATES ALREADY OFF 1970 00:56:12,635 --> 00:56:13,103 THE BOARD. 1971 00:56:13,103 --> 00:56:16,439 FIRST AND FOREMOST, HONORED TO 1972 00:56:16,439 --> 00:56:17,607 BE HERE TODAY. 1973 00:56:17,607 --> 00:56:19,409 VIRTUALLY LIVE AND DIRECT 1974 00:56:19,409 --> 00:56:22,612 FROM VANCOUVER CITY HALL. 1975 00:56:22,612 --> 00:56:24,881 I AM AS A COUNCILMEMBER, WE ARE 1976 00:56:24,881 --> 00:56:28,318 THE POLICY MAKER, 1977 00:56:28,318 --> 00:56:29,886 LAWMAKER, WE ARE ADVOCATES FOR 1978 00:56:29,886 --> 00:56:30,854 OUR COMMUNITY. 1979 00:56:30,854 --> 00:56:32,322 OFTENTIMES, ESPECIALLY AT 1980 00:56:32,322 --> 00:56:34,924 THE DISTRICT LEVEL, WE ARE 1981 00:56:34,924 --> 00:56:35,158 LEADER 1982 00:56:35,158 --> 00:56:36,993 IN CHIEF OF THE VARIOUS 1983 00:56:36,993 --> 00:56:37,894 COMMUNITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS 1984 00:56:37,894 --> 00:56:41,831 AND INDIVIDUALS WITHIN OUR 1985 00:56:41,831 --> 00:56:45,135 RESPECTED COMMUNITIES. 1986 00:56:45,135 --> 00:56:46,302 I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO 1987 00:56:46,302 --> 00:56:51,341 BE THE CHEERLEADER IN LEAF OF 1988 00:56:51,341 --> 00:56:51,608 THE 1989 00:56:51,608 --> 00:56:52,041 TEAM. 1990 00:56:52,041 --> 00:56:54,577 IN VANCOUVER AT THE STATE LEVEL. 1991 00:56:54,577 --> 00:56:56,045 VANCOUVER IS 1992 00:56:56,045 --> 00:56:57,480 HOSTING THE TOURNAMENT SO 1993 00:56:57,480 --> 00:56:58,381 THAT'S WHY 1994 00:56:58,381 --> 00:57:02,585 MY DAUGHTER HAPPENS TO BE 1995 00:57:02,585 --> 00:57:03,319 PLAYING. 1996 00:57:03,319 --> 00:57:05,422 THAT'S WHY I'M COMING TO YOU 1997 00:57:05,422 --> 00:57:06,089 REMOTE. 1998 00:57:06,089 --> 00:57:09,225 I APPRECIATE THE COMEDY AND 1999 00:57:09,225 --> 00:57:10,560 THE ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON 2000 00:57:10,560 --> 00:57:10,827 CITY'S 2001 00:57:10,827 --> 00:57:14,998 MEMBER IN VANCOUVER FOR 2002 00:57:14,998 --> 00:57:17,901 ALLOWING ME TO DO THIS. 2003 00:57:17,901 --> 00:57:19,302 SO MANY GREAT FOLKS 2004 00:57:19,302 --> 00:57:20,436 ALREADY ON THE BOARD. 2005 00:57:20,436 --> 00:57:24,340 GREAT FOLKS REMAIN ON THE BOARD 2006 00:57:24,474 --> 00:57:26,843 AS WELL. 2007 00:57:26,843 --> 00:57:29,312 A NEW COLLEAGUE FOR DISTRICT 2008 00:57:29,312 --> 00:57:30,513 5, SOMEONE WHO HAVE WILL 2009 00:57:30,513 --> 00:57:33,082 TRULY PRIORITIZE THE NEEDS OF 2010 00:57:33,082 --> 00:57:36,152 DISTRICT 5 RESIDENTS, FIRST AND 2011 00:57:36,152 --> 00:57:36,419 FOREMOST. 2012 00:57:36,419 --> 00:57:38,755 AS EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO, 2013 00:57:38,755 --> 00:57:41,491 THE RESIDENTS AND PEOPLE OF 2014 00:57:41,491 --> 00:57:45,395 DISTRICT 5, TOP OF MIND. 2015 00:57:45,395 --> 00:57:47,964 FRONT AND CENTER FOR ALL THEY 2016 00:57:48,097 --> 00:57:50,366 DO. THAT LEADS ME TO MY SECOND 2017 00:57:50,500 --> 00:57:54,537 POINT. SOMEONE BEST ABLE TO 2018 00:57:54,537 --> 00:57:56,906 DEMONSTRATE THAT IS OUR FOLKS 2019 00:57:56,906 --> 00:57:58,608 WHO HAVE 2020 00:57:58,608 --> 00:57:59,876 AN AWARENESS THAT WE HAVE A 2021 00:57:59,876 --> 00:58:02,579 UNIQUE PROBLEM HERE IN THE CITY 2022 00:58:02,712 --> 00:58:04,781 AND DISTRICT 5 IS THE WORST OFF 2023 00:58:04,781 --> 00:58:08,985 FROM A MISSING SIDEWALK 2024 00:58:08,985 --> 00:58:09,686 PERSPECTIVE. 2025 00:58:09,686 --> 00:58:12,789 SO 27%, AS CHAIR OF 2026 00:58:12,789 --> 00:58:13,590 THE TRANSPORTATION 2027 00:58:13,590 --> 00:58:15,091 COMMITTEE, I KNOW THAT OUR CITY 2028 00:58:15,091 --> 00:58:16,426 HAS A 27% 2029 00:58:16,426 --> 00:58:18,728 MISSING SIDEWALK GAP ACROSS THE 2030 00:58:18,728 --> 00:58:19,162 CITY. 2031 00:58:19,162 --> 00:58:26,436 AND AS A PUBLIC COMMENT 2032 00:58:26,436 --> 00:58:29,339 ER MENTIONED EARLIER, WELL, A 2033 00:58:29,339 --> 00:58:29,539 YEAR 2034 00:58:29,539 --> 00:58:31,608 AGO IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN OVER 2035 00:58:31,608 --> 00:58:33,176 500 YEARS TO CONSTRUCT. 2036 00:58:33,176 --> 00:58:34,811 THANKS TO THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS 2037 00:58:34,811 --> 00:58:36,512 COUNCIL INCLUDING NOW 2038 00:58:36,512 --> 00:58:38,181 FORMER COUNCILMEMBER MOORE, WE 2039 00:58:38,181 --> 00:58:38,448 PROVIDED 2040 00:58:38,448 --> 00:58:39,716 A GENERATIONAL 2041 00:58:39,716 --> 00:58:41,050 INVESTMENT THROUGH THE 2042 00:58:41,050 --> 00:58:41,918 GENEROSITY OF 2043 00:58:41,918 --> 00:58:44,554 VOTERS, PROVIDED A GENERATIONAL 2044 00:58:44,554 --> 00:58:47,090 INVESTMENT IN CONSTRUCTING NEW 2045 00:58:47,223 --> 00:58:49,092 SIDEWALKS. OF THE 27%, DISTRICT 2046 00:58:49,092 --> 00:58:49,659 5 HAS 2047 00:58:49,659 --> 00:58:49,993 ABOUT 2048 00:58:49,993 --> 00:58:51,895 32%. THE HIGHEST PROPORTION, 2049 00:58:51,895 --> 00:58:52,161 FOLLOWED 2050 00:58:52,161 --> 00:58:53,263 BY MY COUNCIL DISTRICT 2051 00:58:53,263 --> 00:58:58,268 IN DISTRICT 1, AND THEN 2052 00:58:58,268 --> 00:59:00,036 COUNCIL MEMBER SOLOMON'S 2053 00:59:00,036 --> 00:59:00,303 DISTRICT. 2054 00:59:00,303 --> 00:59:01,871 THERE'S A CRITICAL NEED. 2055 00:59:01,871 --> 00:59:03,439 WE NEED TO DO MORE. 2056 00:59:03,439 --> 00:59:06,676 I'M LOOKING FOR A GOOD 2057 00:59:06,676 --> 00:59:09,045 CO- CHAMPION AND GOOD PARTNER 2058 00:59:09,045 --> 00:59:13,182 AND DOING ALL WE CAN DO AS A 2059 00:59:13,182 --> 00:59:14,517 CITY 2060 00:59:14,517 --> 00:59:16,319 TO BETTER INVEST IF 2061 00:59:16,319 --> 00:59:17,153 NEW SIDEWALKS AND SIDEWALKS 2062 00:59:17,153 --> 00:59:17,687 ALONG THE 2063 00:59:17,687 --> 00:59:20,423 WAY BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY 2064 00:59:20,423 --> 00:59:20,890 IMPORTANT 2065 00:59:20,890 --> 00:59:23,526 AS WELL. 2066 00:59:23,526 --> 00:59:25,094 IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT 2067 00:59:25,094 --> 00:59:25,428 PRIORITIZING 2068 00:59:25,428 --> 00:59:26,195 IT AS A POLICY. 2069 00:59:26,195 --> 00:59:27,664 IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT SPEAKING TO 2070 00:59:27,797 --> 00:59:30,233 IT. IT IS ABOUT MAKING 2071 00:59:30,233 --> 00:59:31,501 DIFFICULT DECISIONS INCLUDING 2072 00:59:31,501 --> 00:59:31,801 APPROPRIATE 2073 00:59:31,801 --> 00:59:33,236 RATING RESOURCES 2074 00:59:33,236 --> 00:59:35,338 WHICH WE'VE STARTED TO DO AND 2075 00:59:35,338 --> 00:59:36,506 MADE GREAT STRIDES DOING THE 2076 00:59:36,506 --> 00:59:37,140 LAST 2077 00:59:37,140 --> 00:59:38,708 YEAR AND A HALF BUT MORE WORK 2078 00:59:38,708 --> 00:59:39,008 CONTINUES. 2079 00:59:39,008 --> 00:59:44,180 AS THE WORST OFF COUNCIL 2080 00:59:44,180 --> 00:59:45,481 DISTRICT, I'M LOOKING FOR 2081 00:59:45,481 --> 00:59:51,554 A PARTNER TO CONTINUE THAT WORK. 2082 00:59:51,554 --> 00:59:53,590 ALSO SOMEONE VERY 2083 00:59:53,590 --> 00:59:54,958 COLLABORATIVE WITH THE COUNCIL. 2084 00:59:55,091 --> 00:59:55,792 COLLABORATIVE WITH THE EXECUTIVE 2085 00:59:55,792 --> 00:59:59,696 DEPARTMENT. 2086 00:59:59,696 --> 01:00:01,264 SAME WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S 2087 01:00:01,264 --> 01:00:03,099 OFFICE, SAME WITH 2088 01:00:03,099 --> 01:00:04,901 THE MUNICIPAL COURT BRANCH, AND 2089 01:00:04,901 --> 01:00:05,268 FIRST AND 2090 01:00:05,268 --> 01:00:08,605 FOREMOST, SOMEONE AGAIN WHO WILL 2091 01:00:08,605 --> 01:00:09,606 PRIORITIZE THEIR 2092 01:00:09,606 --> 01:00:11,975 CONSTITUENTS, AND THAT IS GOING 2093 01:00:11,975 --> 01:00:12,408 TO DOMINATE 2094 01:00:12,408 --> 01:00:16,279 AND UNDERLIE EVERY SINGLE THING 2095 01:00:16,279 --> 01:00:21,317 THEY DO. 2096 01:00:21,317 --> 01:00:22,318 EXCELLENT CANDIDATES. 2097 01:00:22,318 --> 01:00:23,519 I APPRECIATE EVERYONE WHO HAS 2098 01:00:23,519 --> 01:00:25,455 TAKEN THE TIME TO APPLY AND 2099 01:00:25,455 --> 01:00:29,025 PUT YOURSELF OUT THERE LIKE THIS 2100 01:00:29,158 --> 01:00:32,395 AND OPEN TO PRAISE AND OPEN TO 2101 01:00:32,395 --> 01:00:33,496 SCRUTINY AS WELL. 2102 01:00:33,496 --> 01:00:35,231 IT'S VERY CLEAR TO ME THAT 2103 01:00:35,231 --> 01:00:37,433 YOU CARE DEEPLY ABOUT YOUR 2104 01:00:37,567 --> 01:00:39,402 COMMUNITY. IT'S VERY CLEAR TO 2105 01:00:39,402 --> 01:00:40,103 ME YOU 2106 01:00:40,103 --> 01:00:41,704 CARE DEEPLY ABOUT OUR CITY. 2107 01:00:41,704 --> 01:00:43,873 AND FOR THAT, I'M FOREVER 2108 01:00:44,007 --> 01:00:45,508 GRATEFUL. EVERY LAST ONE OF YOU. 2109 01:00:45,508 --> 01:00:49,679 WHETHER YOU MAKE IT TO THE 2110 01:00:49,679 --> 01:00:50,713 NEXT STAGE OR NOT. 2111 01:00:50,713 --> 01:00:52,115 YOU HAVE STEPPED UP TO THE 2112 01:00:52,115 --> 01:00:53,616 PLATE AND I THANK YOU AND I KNOW 2113 01:00:53,616 --> 01:00:57,353 THE CITY THANKS YOU AS WELL. 2114 01:00:57,353 --> 01:00:59,856 SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE, A 2115 01:00:59,856 --> 01:01:01,791 SHOUT OUT TO THE PEOPLE ON THE 2116 01:01:01,791 --> 01:01:03,326 SIDEWALKS, THE FOLKS 2117 01:01:03,326 --> 01:01:04,560 THAT SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED 2118 01:01:04,560 --> 01:01:06,562 SIDEWALKS IN VARIOUS CONTEXTS 2119 01:01:06,562 --> 01:01:07,030 AND 2120 01:01:07,030 --> 01:01:11,000 THE APPLICATION MATERIALS. 2121 01:01:11,000 --> 01:01:17,940 KATIE, MARK MEND EZ, NIC 2122 01:01:17,940 --> 01:01:20,376 ROSSOUW, I REALLY APPRECIATED 2123 01:01:20,376 --> 01:01:21,611 READING THEIR MATERIALS. 2124 01:01:21,611 --> 01:01:25,681 A FEW OTHERS I LIKED, JULIE 2125 01:01:25,681 --> 01:01:27,183 KANG, IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER, 2126 01:01:27,183 --> 01:01:31,387 BY THE WAY, JULIE KANG, DEBORA 2127 01:01:31,387 --> 01:01:37,760 JUAREZ, JUSTIN SIMMONS, ERIC 2128 01:01:37,760 --> 01:01:38,294 SOUTHER. 2129 01:01:38,294 --> 01:01:40,063 APPRECIATED THE COMMENTS 2130 01:01:40,063 --> 01:01:45,334 FROM NILU EARLIER ABOUT THE NEED 2131 01:01:45,334 --> 01:01:46,102 FOR VARIOUS VOICES. 2132 01:01:46,102 --> 01:01:48,604 JUST FOR CLARITY 2133 01:01:48,604 --> 01:01:51,374 THOUGH, THERE ARE CURRENTLY 2134 01:01:51,374 --> 01:01:52,008 SITTING, YOU 2135 01:01:52,008 --> 01:01:53,443 KNOW, PEOPLE FROM IMMIGRANT 2136 01:01:53,443 --> 01:01:55,611 AND REFUGEE BACKGROUNDS ON THIS 2137 01:01:55,745 --> 01:01:58,014 COUNCIL. I FOR ONE AM A PROUD 2138 01:01:58,014 --> 01:01:59,982 SON OF 2139 01:01:59,982 --> 01:02:01,184 A NIGERIAN IMMIGRANT. 2140 01:02:01,184 --> 01:02:04,954 AND IN NIGERIA, THERE IS THE 2141 01:02:04,954 --> 01:02:07,990 RELIGIOUS BELIEFS ARE ROUGHLY 2142 01:02:07,990 --> 01:02:12,095 SPLIT, 40 TO 40% CHRISTIAN AND 2143 01:02:12,095 --> 01:02:14,330 MUSLIM, THE OTHER 20% 2144 01:02:14,330 --> 01:02:16,232 ROUGHLY BEING INDIGENOUS 2145 01:02:16,232 --> 01:02:16,599 BELIEFS. 2146 01:02:16,599 --> 01:02:21,838 BUT MY NOW LATE GRANDFATHER WAS 2147 01:02:21,838 --> 01:02:22,972 A MUSLIM. 2148 01:02:22,972 --> 01:02:27,143 AND HE HAD EARNED THE HONORIFIC 2149 01:02:27,143 --> 01:02:27,777 TITLE. 2150 01:02:27,777 --> 01:02:29,612 BASICALLY A MALE WHO HAS TAKEN 2151 01:02:29,612 --> 01:02:32,348 THE HOLY PILGRIMAGE, THE MECCA. 2152 01:02:32,348 --> 01:02:35,151 I'M PROUD OF MY IMMIGRANT 2153 01:02:35,151 --> 01:02:37,286 AND MUSLIM BACKGROUND. 2154 01:02:37,286 --> 01:02:39,822 I'M A CHRISTIAN, 2155 01:02:39,822 --> 01:02:41,891 NONPRACTICING THESE DAYS. 2156 01:02:41,891 --> 01:02:44,060 THAT PERSPECTIVE IS WELL 2157 01:02:44,060 --> 01:02:45,228 REPRESENTED NOW. 2158 01:02:45,228 --> 01:02:48,231 WE CAN ALWAYS, OBVIOUSLY, ADD 2159 01:02:48,231 --> 01:02:49,098 MORE. 2160 01:02:49,098 --> 01:02:50,967 IN ANY EVENT. 2161 01:02:50,967 --> 01:02:54,670 SO AGAIN, I APPLAUD EVERYONE 2162 01:02:54,670 --> 01:02:58,674 WHO HAS TAKEN THE TIME TO APPLY. 2163 01:02:58,674 --> 01:03:01,177 THIS IS A TOUGH JOB WHICH 2164 01:03:01,177 --> 01:03:03,212 LEADS ME TO MY NEXT POINT. 2165 01:03:03,212 --> 01:03:04,981 EARLIER, BECAUSE THIS IS MY 2166 01:03:04,981 --> 01:03:06,883 THIRD TIME DOING THIS, THE THIRD 2167 01:03:06,883 --> 01:03:10,453 TIME FOR MOST OF US, IN EARLIER 2168 01:03:10,453 --> 01:03:12,255 ITERATIONS, ESPECIALLY THE LAST 2169 01:03:12,255 --> 01:03:13,689 ONE, I HAD VERY 2170 01:03:13,689 --> 01:03:14,690 STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT THIS 2171 01:03:14,690 --> 01:03:16,659 NOTION OF A CARE 2172 01:03:16,659 --> 01:03:17,827 TAKER VERSUS SOMEONE WHO 2173 01:03:17,827 --> 01:03:20,196 WOULD LIKE TO, OR AT LEAST 2174 01:03:20,196 --> 01:03:22,732 CONSIDER RUNNING ON A MORE 2175 01:03:22,732 --> 01:03:23,833 PERMANENT BASIS FOR THE SEAT 2176 01:03:23,833 --> 01:03:24,200 PERMANENTLY. 2177 01:03:24,200 --> 01:03:25,668 THIS IS A TOUGH JOB. 2178 01:03:25,668 --> 01:03:29,806 THAT IS STILL THE CASE 2179 01:03:29,806 --> 01:03:32,575 NOW. BUT BECAUSE THIS PERSON 2180 01:03:32,575 --> 01:03:33,009 WOULD BE 2181 01:03:33,009 --> 01:03:35,478 ENROLLED FOR SIX, SEVEN 2182 01:03:35,478 --> 01:03:37,046 PLUS MONTHS BEFORE THEY HAD TO 2183 01:03:37,046 --> 01:03:37,246 MAKE 2184 01:03:37,246 --> 01:03:39,182 A DECISION TO RUN IF THAT'S 2185 01:03:39,182 --> 01:03:42,652 WHAT THEY SO CHOOSE, BEFORE I 2186 01:03:42,652 --> 01:03:42,919 HAD 2187 01:03:42,919 --> 01:03:43,519 STRONG FEELINGS. 2188 01:03:43,519 --> 01:03:45,521 ESPECIALLY THE LAST GO-AROUND. 2189 01:03:45,521 --> 01:03:46,789 I HAD VERY STRONG FEELINGS THAT 2190 01:03:46,789 --> 01:03:48,391 I PERSONALLY DID NOT WANT 2191 01:03:48,391 --> 01:03:49,926 SOMEONE WHO WAS GOING TO 2192 01:03:49,926 --> 01:03:51,394 SERVE IN THE ROLE AND THEN GO 2193 01:03:51,394 --> 01:03:51,594 AHEAD 2194 01:03:51,594 --> 01:03:52,295 AND RUN. 2195 01:03:52,295 --> 01:03:53,529 IT'S BEEN SETTING THE CITY 2196 01:03:53,529 --> 01:03:56,065 UP FOR SUCCESSFUL NOT SETTING 2197 01:03:56,065 --> 01:03:56,999 THE 2198 01:03:56,999 --> 01:03:58,768 CONSTITUENTS UP 2199 01:03:58,768 --> 01:04:00,937 FOR SUCCESS GIVEN THE SHORT 2200 01:04:00,937 --> 01:04:01,270 TURN-AROUND. 2201 01:04:01,270 --> 01:04:04,073 BECAUSE OF THE MUCH LONGER 2202 01:04:04,073 --> 01:04:06,042 DURATION, THE 2203 01:04:06,042 --> 01:04:08,110 PROTRACTED DURATION OF THIS 2204 01:04:08,110 --> 01:04:10,346 APPOINTMENT, THE FINAL ELECTION, 2205 01:04:10,346 --> 01:04:10,880 I'M 2206 01:04:10,880 --> 01:04:12,715 LESS, STILL MAYBE SLIGHTLY 2207 01:04:12,715 --> 01:04:12,982 PREFER 2208 01:04:12,982 --> 01:04:15,718 IT BUT LESS RIGID, LESS 2209 01:04:15,718 --> 01:04:17,720 STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT THAT. 2210 01:04:17,720 --> 01:04:19,121 I'M LOOKING FOR THE 2211 01:04:19,121 --> 01:04:20,623 BEST CANDIDATE TO DO THE JOB. 2212 01:04:20,623 --> 01:04:23,459 AND I THINK SOME EXCELLENT NAMES 2213 01:04:23,459 --> 01:04:27,029 HAVE ALREADY BEEN CALLED OFF 2214 01:04:27,029 --> 01:04:27,597 THE BOARD. 2215 01:04:27,597 --> 01:04:29,532 BUT ONE THAT HASN'T YET BEEN 2216 01:04:29,532 --> 01:04:33,636 CALLED, AND I REALLY 2217 01:04:33,636 --> 01:04:36,305 LIKE BECAUSE THIS PERSON HAS 2218 01:04:36,305 --> 01:04:36,539 WORKED 2219 01:04:36,539 --> 01:04:38,808 AND SUCCEEDED AT VERY HIGH 2220 01:04:38,808 --> 01:04:40,276 LEVELS IN BIG TECH. 2221 01:04:40,276 --> 01:04:43,512 THIS PERSON IS A VETERAN OF 2222 01:04:43,512 --> 01:04:46,549 THE UNITED STATES MILITARY, IN 2223 01:04:46,549 --> 01:04:51,354 PARTICULAR, THE NAVY. 2224 01:04:51,354 --> 01:04:53,222 THIS PERSON HAS SERVED IN TERMS 2225 01:04:53,222 --> 01:04:54,924 OF VIEWS AND EXPERIENCES, 2226 01:04:54,924 --> 01:04:57,526 IF THIS PERSON HAPPENS TO ENDS 2227 01:04:57,526 --> 01:04:57,693 UP 2228 01:04:57,693 --> 01:04:59,996 AS AN APPOINTEE ON THIS 2229 01:04:59,996 --> 01:05:03,599 COUNCIL, THIS PERSON WOULD BE 2230 01:05:03,599 --> 01:05:06,535 THE FOURTH 2231 01:05:06,535 --> 01:05:07,236 VETERAN. 2232 01:05:07,236 --> 01:05:09,272 THE THIRD ROBERT. 2233 01:05:09,272 --> 01:05:11,240 MAYBE THAT'S AN ABUNDANCE OF 2234 01:05:11,240 --> 01:05:11,607 ROBERTS. 2235 01:05:11,607 --> 01:05:15,611 I NOMINATE ROBERT WILSON TO MOVE 2236 01:05:15,611 --> 01:05:16,112 FORWARD. 2237 01:05:16,112 --> 01:05:16,612 THANK 2238 01:05:16,612 --> 01:05:17,046 YOU. 2239 01:05:17,046 --> 01:05:20,049 >> THANK YOU 2240 01:05:20,049 --> 01:05:21,284 VERY MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER 2241 01:05:21,284 --> 01:05:21,617 SOLOMON. 2242 01:05:21,617 --> 01:05:23,152 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM 2243 01:05:23,152 --> 01:05:23,686 CHAIR. 2244 01:05:23,686 --> 01:05:24,687 MADAM PRESIDENT. 2245 01:05:24,687 --> 01:05:27,390 AGAIN, I DO WANT TO EXPRESS MY 2246 01:05:27,390 --> 01:05:28,991 GRATITUDE FOR EVERYONE WHO 2247 01:05:28,991 --> 01:05:31,093 PUT THEIR NAME FORWARD. 2248 01:05:31,093 --> 01:05:34,997 AGAIN, THIS AIN'T EASY. 2249 01:05:34,997 --> 01:05:39,035 I KNOW. 2250 01:05:39,168 --> 01:05:44,807 >> I WANT TO EXPRESS MY 2251 01:05:44,807 --> 01:05:46,542 GRATITUDE, AND TO HEAR MORE 2252 01:05:46,542 --> 01:05:47,476 ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND, YOUR 2253 01:05:47,476 --> 01:05:48,344 PASSION, WHAT DRIVES YOU. 2254 01:05:48,344 --> 01:05:52,114 WHY YOU WANT THIS JOB IN THE 2255 01:05:52,114 --> 01:05:57,586 FIRST PLACE. 2256 01:05:57,586 --> 01:05:58,788 I APPRECIATE YOU COMING FORWARD 2257 01:05:58,788 --> 01:06:00,056 AND PUTTING YOUR NECK OUT THERE. 2258 01:06:00,056 --> 01:06:01,657 WHEN I THINK ABOUT MY 2259 01:06:01,657 --> 01:06:03,225 OWN JOURNEY AND GETTING HERE, 2260 01:06:03,225 --> 01:06:05,294 WHAT I'M HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH 2261 01:06:05,294 --> 01:06:07,530 WITH MY 2262 01:06:07,530 --> 01:06:09,332 COLLEAGUES WHILE I'M HERE, 2263 01:06:09,332 --> 01:06:11,967 I'M ALSO THINKING ABOUT WHO CAN 2264 01:06:11,967 --> 01:06:12,368 I 2265 01:06:12,368 --> 01:06:14,770 WORK WITH IN D- 5 THAT WILL HELP 2266 01:06:14,770 --> 01:06:18,341 US GET THERE. 2267 01:06:18,341 --> 01:06:22,712 SOMEONE WHO SHARES A PASSION FOR 2268 01:06:22,712 --> 01:06:24,046 THE COMMUNITY. 2269 01:06:24,046 --> 01:06:26,549 SOMEONE WHO IS LOOKING TO GET 2270 01:06:26,549 --> 01:06:27,783 SOME STUFF DONE. 2271 01:06:27,783 --> 01:06:29,552 AND SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY 2272 01:06:29,552 --> 01:06:32,355 KNOWS HOW TO NAVIGATE 2273 01:06:32,355 --> 01:06:33,389 AROUNDAROUND 2274 01:06:33,389 --> 01:06:34,490 SYSTEMS, RIGHT? 2275 01:06:34,490 --> 01:06:39,228 FOR THOSE REASONS, I'LL BE 2276 01:06:39,228 --> 01:06:42,298 NOMINATING KATY 2277 01:06:42,298 --> 01:06:42,631 HAIMA FOR 2278 01:06:42,631 --> 01:06:44,934 CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. 2279 01:06:45,067 --> 01:06:47,636 >> THANK YOU VERY 2280 01:06:47,636 --> 01:06:48,003 MUCH. 2281 01:06:48,003 --> 01:06:48,871 >> COUNCILMEMBER 2282 01:06:48,871 --> 01:06:49,171 STRAUSS. 2283 01:06:49,171 --> 01:06:53,509 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 2284 01:06:53,509 --> 01:06:55,611 DISTRICT 6 SHARES A BORDER 2285 01:06:55,611 --> 01:06:56,078 WITH DISTRICT 2286 01:06:56,078 --> 01:06:59,081 5. I SPENT A LOT OF MY LIFELIFE 2287 01:06:59,081 --> 01:06:59,582 DISTRICT 5. 2288 01:06:59,582 --> 01:07:01,117 IT HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY 2289 01:07:01,117 --> 01:07:01,550 HEART. 2290 01:07:01,550 --> 01:07:06,355 EVEN AFTER THE REASON 2291 01:07:06,355 --> 01:07:07,656 GERRYMANDERING, A LOT TOOK PART 2292 01:07:07,656 --> 01:07:09,759 IN DISTRICT 6 AND I STILL 2293 01:07:09,759 --> 01:07:10,659 SERVE THOSE 2294 01:07:10,659 --> 01:07:12,595 RESIDENTS. WE AS DISTRICT 2295 01:07:12,595 --> 01:07:14,163 COUNCILMEMBERS SERVE ALL 2296 01:07:14,163 --> 01:07:14,530 SEATTLEITES. 2297 01:07:14,530 --> 01:07:16,599 EVEN JUST LAST NIGHT, THERE 2298 01:07:16,599 --> 01:07:20,469 WAS THE POWER OUTAGE THAT 2299 01:07:20,469 --> 01:07:22,104 AFFECTED SO MANY RESIDENTS IN 2300 01:07:22,104 --> 01:07:22,638 DISTRICT 5 2301 01:07:22,638 --> 01:07:24,206 AND IT IMPACTED DISTRICT 6 AS 2302 01:07:24,206 --> 01:07:24,707 WELL. 2303 01:07:24,707 --> 01:07:29,512 I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A 2304 01:07:29,512 --> 01:07:34,150 SPECIAL THANK YOU TO EVIE 2305 01:07:34,150 --> 01:07:34,417 KETTLE. 2306 01:07:34,417 --> 01:07:36,719 WE WERE ABLE TO GET 2307 01:07:36,719 --> 01:07:37,486 THE REAL-TIME INFORMATION 2308 01:07:37,486 --> 01:07:40,089 ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH 2309 01:07:40,089 --> 01:07:40,823 THAT. 2310 01:07:40,823 --> 01:07:41,957 THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 2311 01:07:41,957 --> 01:07:43,392 I WAS ABLE TO RECEIVE 2312 01:07:43,392 --> 01:07:44,427 THAT INFORMATION ONLY BECAUSE 2313 01:07:44,427 --> 01:07:44,593 YOU 2314 01:07:44,593 --> 01:07:47,063 HAD SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED IT 2315 01:07:47,196 --> 01:07:48,998 ALREADY. THIS IS HOW A COMMUNITY 2316 01:07:48,998 --> 01:07:49,432 ALL WORKS 2317 01:07:49,432 --> 01:07:51,434 TOGETHER. WHAT I SEE IN DISTRICT 2318 01:07:51,434 --> 01:07:52,368 5 IS 2319 01:07:52,368 --> 01:07:54,437 A COMMUNITY OF, THAT IS 2320 01:07:54,437 --> 01:07:58,841 ISOLATED IN MANY WAYS FROM I- 5 2321 01:07:58,841 --> 01:08:00,242 AND 2322 01:08:00,242 --> 01:08:02,678 99, HOLMAN ROAD, GREENWOOD, 2323 01:08:02,678 --> 01:08:05,081 NORTHGATE WAY. 2324 01:08:05,081 --> 01:08:10,986 145, A STATE ROUTE. 2325 01:08:10,986 --> 01:08:16,492 THAT AREA IS SO 2326 01:08:16,492 --> 01:08:17,893 DIFFERENT. MATTHEWS BEACH, IT IS 2327 01:08:17,893 --> 01:08:18,160 DIFFERENT 2328 01:08:18,160 --> 01:08:18,427 THAN THE 2329 01:08:18,427 --> 01:08:20,629 NEIGHBORHOOD. THE PARK IS 2330 01:08:20,629 --> 01:08:20,930 DIFFERENT. 2331 01:08:20,930 --> 01:08:22,431 CROWN HILL IS SO DIFFERENT 2332 01:08:22,431 --> 01:08:23,432 THAN LAKE CITY. 2333 01:08:23,432 --> 01:08:26,936 MAPLE LEAF, EVEN THOUGH SO 2334 01:08:26,936 --> 01:08:28,237 CLOSE, IS DIFFERENT THAN 2335 01:08:28,237 --> 01:08:28,637 GREENWOOD. 2336 01:08:28,637 --> 01:08:31,106 AND EVEN NORTHGATE IS 2337 01:08:31,106 --> 01:08:34,510 SO DIFFERENT THAN LICTON 2338 01:08:34,510 --> 01:08:34,777 SPRINGS. 2339 01:08:34,777 --> 01:08:36,278 AND THEY ARE CONNECTED BY ONLY A 2340 01:08:36,278 --> 01:08:38,214 QUARTER MILE. 2341 01:08:38,214 --> 01:08:39,482 BITTER LAKE IS DIFFERENT. 2342 01:08:39,482 --> 01:08:41,951 THE BANKS OF LAKE WASHINGTON ARE 2343 01:08:41,951 --> 01:08:43,886 DIFFERENT IN SUCH STARK 2344 01:08:43,886 --> 01:08:48,691 WAYS THAN AURORA AVENUE. 2345 01:08:48,691 --> 01:08:50,459 WE HAVE IN THESE NEXT FEW 2346 01:08:50,459 --> 01:08:51,660 MONTHS TO DO SOME IMPORTANT 2347 01:08:51,660 --> 01:08:53,829 PLACEMENT IN PINEHURST WITH THE 2348 01:08:53,829 --> 01:08:56,131 NEW LIGHTRAIL STATION THAT IS 2349 01:08:56,131 --> 01:08:56,499 NAMED 2350 01:08:56,499 --> 01:08:56,932 PINEHURST. 2351 01:08:56,932 --> 01:09:00,569 THAT AREA IS GOING THROUGH 2352 01:09:00,569 --> 01:09:02,838 SIGNIFICANT CHANGE AND IS IS 2353 01:09:02,838 --> 01:09:03,739 A PLACE-MAKING OPPORTUNITY. 2354 01:09:03,739 --> 01:09:05,040 IT WAS A REAL PLEASURE TO 2355 01:09:05,040 --> 01:09:06,575 SPEAK TO SO MANY FOLKS OVER THE 2356 01:09:06,575 --> 01:09:07,243 LAST FEW WEEKS. 2357 01:09:07,243 --> 01:09:08,978 YESTERDAY I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK TO 2358 01:09:08,978 --> 01:09:09,645 11 PEOPLE. 2359 01:09:09,645 --> 01:09:12,114 I LEFT TWO VOICEMAILS. 2360 01:09:12,114 --> 01:09:14,950 SHANE, IF YOU WANT TO CHATCHAT 2361 01:09:14,950 --> 01:09:16,652 LATER, GIVE ME A CALL BACK. 2362 01:09:16,652 --> 01:09:21,690 SORRY WE DIDN'T GET TO CHAT. 2363 01:09:21,690 --> 01:09:23,125 I'M SORRY, LET'S CONNECT IN 2364 01:09:23,125 --> 01:09:23,359 THE 2365 01:09:23,359 --> 01:09:23,792 FUTURE. 2366 01:09:23,792 --> 01:09:27,630 WHAT I'M SEEING HERE IS 2367 01:09:27,630 --> 01:09:29,265 THAT THERE IS SUCH ENERGY FROM 2368 01:09:29,265 --> 01:09:31,734 ACROSS ALL OF THESE ISOLATED 2369 01:09:31,734 --> 01:09:32,167 POCKETS OF 2370 01:09:32,167 --> 01:09:33,502 INTENSE COMMUNITY. 2371 01:09:33,502 --> 01:09:35,304 THE BRIDGE BUILDING ACROSS 2372 01:09:35,304 --> 01:09:37,573 THESE PHYSICAL MANMADE BARRIERS 2373 01:09:37,573 --> 01:09:40,075 OF ROADS AND OTHER BARRIERS 2374 01:09:40,075 --> 01:09:41,710 NEEDS 2375 01:09:41,710 --> 01:09:44,613 TO HAPPEN. 2376 01:09:44,613 --> 01:09:46,448 FOUR PEOPLE I TALKED 2377 01:09:46,448 --> 01:09:49,718 TO LIVE ALONG AURORA. 2378 01:09:49,718 --> 01:09:53,155 ONE PERSON LIVES THERE. 2379 01:09:53,155 --> 01:09:54,823 I'VE SEEN FOLKS WHO HAVE RUN 2380 01:09:54,823 --> 01:09:55,024 FOR 2381 01:09:55,157 --> 01:09:57,359 THIS OFFICE BEFORE, SPOKEN TO 2382 01:09:57,359 --> 01:09:58,360 FOLKS AND HEARD THAT 2383 01:09:58,360 --> 01:10:00,262 PUBLIC SAFETY IS IMPORTANT. 2384 01:10:00,262 --> 01:10:02,064 THEIR KIDS WALKING TO SCHOOL IS 2385 01:10:02,064 --> 01:10:02,565 IMPORTANT. 2386 01:10:02,565 --> 01:10:04,733 SPEAKING TO NATHAN ABOUT 2387 01:10:04,733 --> 01:10:06,802 THE ISSUES OF OPERATING A SMALL 2388 01:10:06,802 --> 01:10:08,170 BUSINESS. 2389 01:10:08,170 --> 01:10:12,408 BRANDON HAS ALREADY HAD 2390 01:10:12,408 --> 01:10:13,375 TOWN HALLS FOR THIS. 2391 01:10:13,375 --> 01:10:14,977 THERE'S SUCH ENERGY. 2392 01:10:14,977 --> 01:10:16,812 THE DISTRICT IS BURSTING WITH 2393 01:10:16,812 --> 01:10:17,413 ENERGY. 2394 01:10:17,413 --> 01:10:18,881 ALAN BOND HAS THE ABILITY TO 2395 01:10:18,881 --> 01:10:20,082 BRING SOME REALLY 2396 01:10:20,082 --> 01:10:21,283 IMPORTANT KNOWLEDGE SET ABOUT 2397 01:10:21,283 --> 01:10:21,617 THE 2398 01:10:21,617 --> 01:10:23,586 FACT THAT IN THE NEXT YEAR, 2399 01:10:23,586 --> 01:10:26,722 WE'LL HAVE 800,000 PEOPLE COME 2400 01:10:26,722 --> 01:10:29,225 THROUGH OUR CITY IN THREE TO SIX 2401 01:10:29,225 --> 01:10:29,525 MONTHS. 2402 01:10:29,525 --> 01:10:32,194 OUR CITY ONLY HAS 800,000 2403 01:10:32,328 --> 01:10:34,730 PEOPLE. WHAT WILL THAT DO TO ALL 2404 01:10:34,730 --> 01:10:34,897 THE 2405 01:10:34,897 --> 01:10:40,669 LIVE EVENTS THAT NEED TO OCCUR? 2406 01:10:40,669 --> 01:10:42,738 SPEAKING OF BRENT ABOUT AGE 2407 01:10:42,738 --> 01:10:44,306 FRIENDLY, THE ABILITY TO AGE IN 2408 01:10:44,306 --> 01:10:45,674 PLACE, THAT KNOWLEDGE SET 2409 01:10:45,674 --> 01:10:48,177 HAS CHANGED HOW I APPROACH MY 2410 01:10:48,177 --> 01:10:48,444 POLICY 2411 01:10:48,577 --> 01:10:50,112 MAKING. AND I CAN'T THANK YOU 2412 01:10:50,112 --> 01:10:50,346 ENOUGH 2413 01:10:50,346 --> 01:10:51,347 FOR ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS 2414 01:10:51,347 --> 01:10:52,481 YOU'VE ALREADY MADE TO OUR 2415 01:10:52,481 --> 01:10:53,382 CITY. 2416 01:10:53,382 --> 01:10:55,050 JED HAS ALREADY OPERATED 2417 01:10:55,050 --> 01:10:56,752 BUDGETS LARGER THAN THE CITY OF 2418 01:10:56,752 --> 01:10:58,654 SEATTLE AND ANSEL IS 2419 01:10:58,654 --> 01:11:01,123 BRINGING NEIGHBORHOODS TOGETHER 2420 01:11:01,123 --> 01:11:01,557 TO 2421 01:11:01,557 --> 01:11:03,859 BRIDGE DIVIDES ON IMPORTANT 2422 01:11:03,859 --> 01:11:04,093 TOPICS. 2423 01:11:04,093 --> 01:11:05,261 I NOTICED THERE WERE SOME 2424 01:11:05,261 --> 01:11:06,562 THAT DIDN'T APPLY. 2425 01:11:06,562 --> 01:11:11,066 COLLEEN COMES TO MIND. 2426 01:11:11,066 --> 01:11:14,603 PATIENCE, BECCA COMES TO MIND. 2427 01:11:14,603 --> 01:11:18,307 WE HAVE A COUPLE FOLKS, NILU 2428 01:11:18,307 --> 01:11:19,908 JENKS, YOU'VE RUN BEFORE AS 2429 01:11:19,908 --> 01:11:20,376 WELL. 2430 01:11:20,376 --> 01:11:22,011 WE HAD A GREAT, LONG 2431 01:11:22,011 --> 01:11:23,479 CONVERSATION AND DEBORA 2432 01:11:23,479 --> 01:11:25,014 JUAREZ WHO HAS ALREADY SAT IN 2433 01:11:25,014 --> 01:11:25,514 THE SEAT. 2434 01:11:25,514 --> 01:11:27,316 FOR THIS PROCESS, I WON'T 2435 01:11:27,316 --> 01:11:27,549 BE 2436 01:11:27,549 --> 01:11:28,150 PUTTING FORWARD ANOTHER NAME. 2437 01:11:28,150 --> 01:11:36,625 THANK YOU. 2438 01:11:36,759 --> 01:11:37,960 >> THANK YOU. 2439 01:11:37,960 --> 01:11:40,796 MOVING ON TO COUNCILMEMBER 2440 01:11:40,929 --> 01:11:41,397 HOLLINGSWORTH. 2441 01:11:41,397 --> 01:11:42,031 >> I BELIEVE YOU ARE THE ONLY 2442 01:11:42,031 --> 01:11:43,198 PERSON THAT WENT TO HIGH 2443 01:11:43,198 --> 01:11:44,466 SCHOOL IN DISTRICT 5. 2444 01:11:44,466 --> 01:11:45,234 IS THAT CORRECT? 2445 01:11:45,367 --> 01:11:45,868 >> YES. 2446 01:11:45,868 --> 01:11:47,870 I LIKE -- I DON'T KNOW. 2447 01:11:47,870 --> 01:11:49,538 I THINK I'M PRETTY SURE. 2448 01:11:49,538 --> 01:11:53,375 SO I WANT TO GIVE A 2449 01:11:53,375 --> 01:11:55,444 HEARTFELT THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO 2450 01:11:55,444 --> 01:11:58,013 PARTICIPATED IN THIS DISTRICT 5 2451 01:11:58,213 --> 01:12:00,783 VACANCY. YOUR 2452 01:12:00,783 --> 01:12:01,417 WILLINGNESS TO STEP FORWARD AND 2453 01:12:01,417 --> 01:12:02,418 SHARE YOUR IDEAS AND PUT 2454 01:12:02,418 --> 01:12:04,753 YOURSELF OUT THERE IS 2455 01:12:04,753 --> 01:12:06,021 SUPER DEEPLY APPRECIATED. 2456 01:12:06,021 --> 01:12:08,824 AND I KNOW THAT IT TAKES COURAGE 2457 01:12:08,824 --> 01:12:10,626 AND COMMITMENT TO DO THIS. 2458 01:12:10,626 --> 01:12:13,896 AND ALSO, YOUR 2459 01:12:13,896 --> 01:12:16,231 CONTRIBUTIONS, WHETHER YOU'RE 2460 01:12:16,231 --> 01:12:16,665 SPEAKING, 2461 01:12:16,665 --> 01:12:18,300 SHOWING UP, DEMONSTRATING HOW 2462 01:12:18,300 --> 01:12:18,567 MUCH YOU 2463 01:12:18,567 --> 01:12:20,436 CARE ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY 2464 01:12:20,436 --> 01:12:21,770 IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. 2465 01:12:21,770 --> 01:12:23,505 IT IS HARD TO PUT YOURSELF OUT 2466 01:12:23,639 --> 01:12:25,708 THERE. AND WE ALWAYS SAY, DON'T 2467 01:12:25,708 --> 01:12:27,342 READ THE COMMENTS. 2468 01:12:27,342 --> 01:12:29,144 THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. 2469 01:12:29,144 --> 01:12:32,414 BUT DISTRICT 5 IN SEATTLE 2470 01:12:32,414 --> 01:12:36,285 HOLDS LIKE A REALLY RIGHT PLACE 2471 01:12:36,285 --> 01:12:36,618 IN 2472 01:12:36,618 --> 01:12:37,720 OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT IS 2473 01:12:37,720 --> 01:12:40,322 A DISTRICT OF WORKING CLASS 2474 01:12:40,456 --> 01:12:42,324 FAMILIES. IT IS A DISTRICT OF 2475 01:12:42,324 --> 01:12:42,591 OUR 2476 01:12:42,591 --> 01:12:44,393 IMMIGRANT POPULATION. 2477 01:12:44,393 --> 01:12:48,430 IT'S VIBRANT NEIGHBORHOODS, 2478 01:12:48,430 --> 01:12:50,132 HARD-WORKING FAMILIES, SCHOOLS, 2479 01:12:50,132 --> 01:12:52,034 PARKS, IT HAS A DEEP 2480 01:12:52,034 --> 01:12:53,268 RESILIENCE OF HISTORY AND 2481 01:12:53,268 --> 01:12:53,535 PROGRESS. 2482 01:12:53,535 --> 01:12:55,471 I TALK ABOUT THE TWO 2483 01:12:55,471 --> 01:12:58,674 DISTRICTS THAT SIT ON THE EDGE 2484 01:12:58,674 --> 01:12:59,742 OF OUR 2485 01:12:59,742 --> 01:13:00,743 BOUNDARIES, DISTRICT 2486 01:13:00,743 --> 01:13:02,144 2 AND DISTRICT 5, WHICH HAPPEN 2487 01:13:02,144 --> 01:13:02,511 TO 2488 01:13:02,511 --> 01:13:04,780 BE THE MOST UNDERSERVED -- 2489 01:13:04,780 --> 01:13:05,047 EXCUSE 2490 01:13:05,047 --> 01:13:07,850 ME. 2491 01:13:07,850 --> 01:13:11,353 UNDERRESOURCED NEIGHBORS, 2492 01:13:11,353 --> 01:13:13,021 NEIGHBORHOODS. 2493 01:13:13,021 --> 01:13:14,022 WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY 2494 01:13:14,022 --> 01:13:16,125 TO CONTINUE TO FILL THOSE 2495 01:13:16,125 --> 01:13:17,192 RESOURCES FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES 2496 01:13:17,192 --> 01:13:17,826 BUT 2497 01:13:17,826 --> 01:13:19,395 ALSO, NOT PUSH THOSE COMMUNITIES 2498 01:13:19,395 --> 01:13:19,561 OUT 2499 01:13:19,561 --> 01:13:24,967 AS WELL WHICH IS IMPORTANT. 2500 01:13:24,967 --> 01:13:26,602 AND WE'VE SEEN THAT IN 2501 01:13:26,602 --> 01:13:27,970 DISTRICT 3 AND OTHER PLACES 2502 01:13:27,970 --> 01:13:29,404 WHERE IT IS 2503 01:13:29,404 --> 01:13:30,806 BECOMING MORE UNAFFORDABLE 2504 01:13:30,806 --> 01:13:31,340 IN 2505 01:13:31,340 --> 01:13:32,274 OUR CITY. THERE ARE OTHER PLACES 2506 01:13:32,274 --> 01:13:34,576 IN SEATTLE THAT HAVE BECOME HOME 2507 01:13:34,576 --> 01:13:35,144 TO 2508 01:13:35,144 --> 01:13:36,812 FOLKS. AS WE ARE CONTINUING TO 2509 01:13:36,812 --> 01:13:38,213 RESOURCE THEM, WE DON'T WANT 2510 01:13:38,213 --> 01:13:39,848 THOSE FAMILIES THAT HAVE MADE 2511 01:13:39,848 --> 01:13:41,183 THOSE PLACES SPECIAL TO BE 2512 01:13:41,183 --> 01:13:43,752 PUSHED OUT 2513 01:13:43,752 --> 01:13:48,791 AT ALL. 2514 01:13:48,791 --> 01:13:50,859 AND I THINK THE 2515 01:13:50,859 --> 01:13:53,028 DISTRICT REPRESENTS THE CITY OF 2516 01:13:53,028 --> 01:13:53,495 SEATTLE VALUES. 2517 01:13:53,495 --> 01:13:55,531 THAT'S WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO 2518 01:13:55,531 --> 01:13:55,697 ME 2519 01:13:55,697 --> 01:13:58,167 FOR THIS PROCESS, SOMEONE 2520 01:13:58,167 --> 01:13:59,034 WHO UNDERSTANDS THE BUDGET 2521 01:13:59,034 --> 01:14:01,804 PROCESS THAT WE WILL TAKE UP 2522 01:14:01,804 --> 01:14:03,439 IMMEDIATELY IN THE LAST PART OF 2523 01:14:03,439 --> 01:14:04,373 THE YEAR, 2524 01:14:04,373 --> 01:14:06,041 SOMEONE WHO WILL JUMP RIGHT 2525 01:14:06,041 --> 01:14:08,243 INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2526 01:14:08,243 --> 01:14:09,444 WHERE WE'RE BUILDING ABOUT THE 2527 01:14:09,444 --> 01:14:10,445 FUTURE AND 2528 01:14:10,445 --> 01:14:12,014 THE GROWTH. WE HAVE A LOT OF 2529 01:14:12,014 --> 01:14:12,214 END. 2530 01:14:12,214 --> 01:14:14,049 YEAR LEGISLATION THAT COME OUR 2531 01:14:14,049 --> 01:14:16,652 WAY VERY FAST-PACED. 2532 01:14:16,652 --> 01:14:17,820 SOME OF THE ISSUES ON 2533 01:14:17,820 --> 01:14:19,721 AURORA THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM 2534 01:14:19,721 --> 01:14:19,988 FOLKS. 2535 01:14:19,988 --> 01:14:22,291 WHETHER IT IS STABILIZING 2536 01:14:22,291 --> 01:14:23,859 AND CLEANING CERTAIN STUFF UP 2537 01:14:23,859 --> 01:14:26,128 AND THEN ALSO THINKING ABOUT 2538 01:14:26,128 --> 01:14:27,496 THE FUTURE LIKE COUNCILMEMBER 2539 01:14:27,496 --> 01:14:29,598 RINCK SAID OF REIMAGINING WHAT 2540 01:14:29,598 --> 01:14:29,998 AURORA COULD BE. 2541 01:14:29,998 --> 01:14:31,834 AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHAT I 2542 01:14:31,834 --> 01:14:32,868 WOULD LIKE TO HEAR 2543 01:14:32,868 --> 01:14:34,269 FROM CANDIDATES IS OUR FUTURE. 2544 01:14:34,269 --> 01:14:35,938 WE TALK A LOT ABOUT OUR 2545 01:14:35,938 --> 01:14:38,106 ISSUES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY. 2546 01:14:38,106 --> 01:14:39,875 BUT ALSO, THE HOPE. 2547 01:14:39,875 --> 01:14:41,543 THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS 2548 01:14:41,543 --> 01:14:43,412 TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN OUR CITY 2549 01:14:43,412 --> 01:14:44,646 AND PEOPLE WANT A 2550 01:14:44,646 --> 01:14:46,348 LITTLE HOPE. THE WAY TO DO THAT 2551 01:14:46,348 --> 01:14:46,548 IS 2552 01:14:46,548 --> 01:14:49,618 CENTERING OUR YOUTH AND OUR KIDS 2553 01:14:49,618 --> 01:14:50,118 AND OUR 2554 01:14:50,118 --> 01:14:50,519 FAMILIES. 2555 01:14:50,519 --> 01:14:52,020 BECAUSE WHEN OUR BABIES ARE 2556 01:14:52,020 --> 01:14:53,856 SAFE, OUR FAMILIES ARE SAFE 2557 01:14:53,856 --> 01:14:55,057 AND OUR CITIES ARE SAFE. 2558 01:14:55,057 --> 01:14:56,725 SO SOMEONE WHO IS THINKING ABOUT 2559 01:14:56,725 --> 01:15:00,229 OUR YOUTH, WE HAVE TO START 2560 01:15:00,229 --> 01:15:01,763 THINKING ABOUT BEING A 2561 01:15:01,763 --> 01:15:02,764 YOUNGER CITY FOR OUR KIDS. 2562 01:15:02,764 --> 01:15:04,299 THAT WILL BE THE FUTURE OF 2563 01:15:04,299 --> 01:15:06,835 OUR CITY AND WHEN YOU THINK 2564 01:15:06,835 --> 01:15:08,070 ABOUT 2565 01:15:08,070 --> 01:15:10,138 EMPIRES, CITIES, THAT ALL WERE 2566 01:15:10,138 --> 01:15:11,940 SUCCESSFUL, IT WAS BECAUSE OF 2567 01:15:11,940 --> 01:15:13,609 THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THEIR CITY, 2568 01:15:13,609 --> 01:15:15,544 PARTICULARLY THE KIDS AND THE 2569 01:15:15,677 --> 01:15:17,179 YOUTH. SO THAT'S WHAT IS 2570 01:15:17,179 --> 01:15:17,679 IMPORTANT TO 2571 01:15:17,679 --> 01:15:19,147 ME. 2572 01:15:19,147 --> 01:15:21,950 I WILL SAY THAT I HAD A LIST OF 2573 01:15:22,084 --> 01:15:24,386 FOLKS AND THOSE HAVE ALL BEEN 2574 01:15:24,520 --> 01:15:27,122 NOMINATED. SO I'LL BE BE 2575 01:15:27,122 --> 01:15:28,690 PUTTING FORTH A 2576 01:15:28,690 --> 01:15:29,157 NOMINATION 2577 01:15:29,157 --> 01:15:30,225 TODAY. I BELIEVE THE GROUP 2578 01:15:30,225 --> 01:15:32,895 OF CANDIDATES THAT WE HAVE IS, I 2579 01:15:33,028 --> 01:15:33,762 FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THOSE. SO 2580 01:15:33,762 --> 01:15:39,268 THANK YOU. 2581 01:15:39,401 --> 01:15:40,302 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 2582 01:15:40,302 --> 01:15:40,802 OKAY. 2583 01:15:40,802 --> 01:15:41,904 I'M THE LAST ONE HERE. 2584 01:15:41,904 --> 01:15:44,139 SO DESPITE REPORTING 2585 01:15:44,139 --> 01:15:45,274 THAT MAY HAVE INDICATED 2586 01:15:45,274 --> 01:15:45,874 OTHERWISE THAT 2587 01:15:45,874 --> 01:15:48,777 CAME OUT PRIOR TOTO ALL 2588 01:15:48,777 --> 01:15:49,578 APPLICATIONS BEING 2589 01:15:49,578 --> 01:15:51,914 MADE AVAILABLE TO US, THIS IS 2590 01:15:51,914 --> 01:15:54,383 GOING TO BE AN OPEN AND 2591 01:15:54,383 --> 01:15:56,952 TRANSPARENT PROCESS WHERE WE ARE 2592 01:15:56,952 --> 01:15:57,986 KEEPING THE 2593 01:15:57,986 --> 01:15:59,388 NEEDS OF THE CONSTITUENTS 2594 01:15:59,388 --> 01:16:01,456 OF DISTRICT 5 FRONT AND CENTER 2595 01:16:01,456 --> 01:16:01,623 OF 2596 01:16:01,623 --> 01:16:04,960 OUR DECISION- MAKING PROCESS. 2597 01:16:04,960 --> 01:16:06,862 PERSONALLY I HAVE ENDEAVORED 2598 01:16:06,862 --> 01:16:08,263 TO MEET WITH EVERYBODY WHO 2599 01:16:08,263 --> 01:16:10,032 HAS CONTACTED MY OFFICE WHO 2600 01:16:10,032 --> 01:16:15,237 HAS ASKED FOR A 2601 01:16:15,237 --> 01:16:15,871 MEETING AND WAS INTERESTED IN 2602 01:16:15,871 --> 01:16:16,138 APPLYING. 2603 01:16:16,138 --> 01:16:18,106 I MET WITH SMALL BUSINESS 2604 01:16:18,106 --> 01:16:20,876 OWNERS FROM LAKE CITY WHO HAVE 2605 01:16:20,876 --> 01:16:21,109 TALKED 2606 01:16:21,109 --> 01:16:21,777 ABOUT THEIR NEEDS AND OF COURSE, 2607 01:16:21,777 --> 01:16:30,252 I'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF, I'VE 2608 01:16:30,385 --> 01:16:33,121 HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT 2609 01:16:33,121 --> 01:16:36,291 THE NEEDS IN GENERAL. 2610 01:16:36,291 --> 01:16:37,693 BEFORE COUNCILMEMBER MOORE 2611 01:16:37,693 --> 01:16:40,162 DPARTD, I DID GET HER READ 2612 01:16:40,162 --> 01:16:41,830 ON WHAT THE NEEDS ARE AS WELL. 2613 01:16:41,830 --> 01:16:44,466 SO I WAS IMPRESSED BY 2614 01:16:44,466 --> 01:16:47,836 THE BREADTH AND THE QUALITY OF 2615 01:16:47,836 --> 01:16:48,070 ALL 2616 01:16:48,070 --> 01:16:49,438 THE APPLICANTS. I WANT TO THANK 2617 01:16:49,438 --> 01:16:49,671 ALL OF 2618 01:16:49,671 --> 01:16:50,706 THEM FOR PUTTING THEMSELVES OUT 2619 01:16:50,706 --> 01:16:50,973 THERE TO 2620 01:16:50,973 --> 01:16:51,406 BE CONSIDERED. 2621 01:16:51,406 --> 01:16:53,075 I WANT TO THANK THE 2622 01:16:53,075 --> 01:16:54,343 COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO REACHED 2623 01:16:54,343 --> 01:16:55,077 OUT AND 2624 01:16:55,077 --> 01:16:56,712 COME TO SPEAK TODAY ON BEHALF OF 2625 01:16:56,712 --> 01:16:58,513 THE CANDIDATES THEY FEEL 2626 01:16:58,513 --> 01:16:58,780 STRONGLY 2627 01:16:58,780 --> 01:16:59,147 ABOUT. 2628 01:16:59,147 --> 01:17:01,183 WE OWE IT TO THE D- 2629 01:17:01,183 --> 01:17:02,651 5 CONSTITUENTS TO CONSIDER 2630 01:17:02,651 --> 01:17:04,119 THEIR NEEDS AND INTERESTS AND 2631 01:17:04,119 --> 01:17:04,486 HOW 2632 01:17:04,486 --> 01:17:06,221 THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE 2633 01:17:06,221 --> 01:17:06,555 REPRESENTED. 2634 01:17:06,555 --> 01:17:07,823 ONE THING I WAS LOOKING FOR 2635 01:17:07,823 --> 01:17:09,524 DURING THIS PROCESS IS SOMEONE 2636 01:17:09,524 --> 01:17:11,493 WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED 2637 01:17:11,493 --> 01:17:13,862 IN RUNNING AGAIN IN 16 MONTHS. 2638 01:17:13,862 --> 01:17:18,934 AND I HAVE SAID THIS WITH 2639 01:17:18,934 --> 01:17:20,235 EVERY VACANCY THAT WE'VE FILLED 2640 01:17:20,235 --> 01:17:21,103 THE PREVIOUS TWO. 2641 01:17:21,103 --> 01:17:27,509 AND HERE'S WHY. 2642 01:17:27,509 --> 01:17:29,311 I BELIEVE TELL DECISIONS 2643 01:17:29,311 --> 01:17:31,646 SOMEONE MAKES WHILE FILLING A 2644 01:17:31,646 --> 01:17:33,682 VACANCY HAVE LONG- MATERIAL 2645 01:17:33,682 --> 01:17:34,016 CONSEQUENCES. 2646 01:17:34,016 --> 01:17:35,283 IT IS MY BELIEF THE BEST 2647 01:17:35,283 --> 01:17:37,019 THING IS TO APPOINT SOMEONE THE 2648 01:17:37,019 --> 01:17:37,319 VOTERS 2649 01:17:37,319 --> 01:17:38,286 WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO 2650 01:17:38,286 --> 01:17:40,022 HOLD ACCOUNTABLE AT THE BALLOT 2651 01:17:40,022 --> 01:17:41,123 BOX. 2652 01:17:41,123 --> 01:17:43,025 BUT THAT IS NOT A NECESSITY IN 2653 01:17:43,025 --> 01:17:44,292 MY BOOK BUT IT IS A 2654 01:17:44,292 --> 01:17:45,761 PREFERENCE THAT I'VE BROUGHT TO 2655 01:17:45,761 --> 01:17:46,294 EACH ONE 2656 01:17:46,294 --> 01:17:48,430 OF THESE PROCESSES AND I'M 2657 01:17:48,430 --> 01:17:49,731 TRYING TO COMMUNITY THE THINGS I 2658 01:17:49,731 --> 01:17:51,900 THINK ABOUT WHEN I'M LOOKING AT 2659 01:17:51,900 --> 01:17:52,334 THESE APPLICATIONS. 2660 01:17:52,334 --> 01:17:54,703 WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID, 2661 01:17:54,703 --> 01:17:56,505 IN RECOGNIZING THAT MANY 2662 01:17:56,505 --> 01:17:57,506 EXCELLENT CANDIDATES HAVE 2663 01:17:57,506 --> 01:17:58,073 ALREADY 2664 01:17:58,073 --> 01:18:01,309 BEEN NOMINATED AS 2665 01:18:01,309 --> 01:18:03,045 FINALISTS, I WOULD LIKE TO 2666 01:18:03,045 --> 01:18:03,879 NOMINATE JIM BOUREY. 2667 01:18:03,879 --> 01:18:05,547 HE IS AN EXCEPTIONALLY 2668 01:18:05,547 --> 01:18:06,948 WELL QUALIFIED CANDIDATE WITH 2669 01:18:06,948 --> 01:18:09,217 NATIONWIDE CITY AND 2670 01:18:09,217 --> 01:18:10,052 COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR EXPERIENCE. 2671 01:18:10,052 --> 01:18:11,253 HE'S SEEN HOW 2672 01:18:11,253 --> 01:18:12,587 LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN WORK WELL 2673 01:18:12,587 --> 01:18:13,021 IN DIFFERENT 2674 01:18:13,021 --> 01:18:13,422 SYSTEMS. 2675 01:18:13,422 --> 01:18:15,023 HE'S DEALT WITH MANY OF 2676 01:18:15,023 --> 01:18:16,425 THE SIMILAR CHALLENGES WE FACE 2677 01:18:16,425 --> 01:18:18,060 HERE IN SEATTLE TODAY. 2678 01:18:18,060 --> 01:18:20,295 AND HE WILL BE AT THE VERY 2679 01:18:20,295 --> 01:18:23,832 LEAST, A VALUABLE PROSPECTIVE 2680 01:18:23,832 --> 01:18:25,834 THROUGH THE NEXT TWO WEEKS OF 2681 01:18:25,834 --> 01:18:27,569 THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS. 2682 01:18:27,569 --> 01:18:29,938 SO WHATEVER HAPPENS IN THE 2683 01:18:29,938 --> 01:18:33,075 END, I ANTICIPATE THAT HAVING 2684 01:18:33,075 --> 01:18:35,644 HIS VOICE AMONGST US IS A 2685 01:18:35,644 --> 01:18:37,245 VALUABLEVALUABLE FOR US TO TAKE 2686 01:18:37,245 --> 01:18:38,547 IN 2687 01:18:38,547 --> 01:18:40,982 MIND, JUDGIST GIVEN THE BREADTH 2688 01:18:40,982 --> 01:18:42,250 OF HIS 2689 01:18:42,250 --> 01:18:42,617 EXPERIENCE. 2690 01:18:42,617 --> 01:18:48,390 SO THAT IS MY RECOMMENDATION. 2691 01:18:48,390 --> 01:18:50,158 AND IF WE'VE REACHED THE END 2692 01:18:50,158 --> 01:18:51,693 OF OUR COMMENTS, I'M NOT SEEING 2693 01:18:51,693 --> 01:18:54,062 ANYBODY RAISING THEIR HANDS. 2694 01:18:54,062 --> 01:18:55,297 EACH COUNCILMEMBER 2695 01:18:55,297 --> 01:18:57,833 WAS PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO 2696 01:18:57,833 --> 01:18:59,568 NOMINATE A 2697 01:18:59,568 --> 01:19:01,570 CITY COUNCIL POSITION DISTRICT 2698 01:19:01,570 --> 01:19:02,270 5 FINALIST. 2699 01:19:02,270 --> 01:19:03,672 NOMINATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED. 2700 01:19:03,672 --> 01:19:06,842 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE 2701 01:19:06,842 --> 01:19:07,843 FINAL 2702 01:19:07,843 --> 01:19:08,743 LIST. 2703 01:19:08,743 --> 01:19:10,078 >> NOMINATED BY COUNCILMEMBER 2704 01:19:10,078 --> 01:19:11,346 KETTLE. 2705 01:19:11,346 --> 01:19:13,215 DEBORA JUAREZ. 2706 01:19:13,215 --> 01:19:15,550 NOMINATED BY COUNCILMEMBER 2707 01:19:15,550 --> 01:19:16,351 RINCK. 2708 01:19:16,351 --> 01:19:17,319 NILU JENKS. 2709 01:19:17,319 --> 01:19:18,487 JULIE KING. 2710 01:19:18,487 --> 01:19:20,122 NOMINATED BY COUNCILMEMBER 2711 01:19:20,122 --> 01:19:20,555 SAIQA. 2712 01:19:20,555 --> 01:19:21,957 ROBERT D. WILSON. 2713 01:19:21,957 --> 01:19:24,326 NOMINATED BY COUNCILMEMBER 2714 01:19:24,326 --> 01:19:30,966 SOLOMON, KATY HAIMA, AND JAMES 2715 01:19:30,966 --> 01:19:31,833 M. 2716 01:19:31,833 --> 01:19:32,234 BOUREY. 2717 01:19:32,234 --> 01:19:34,503 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 2718 01:19:34,503 --> 01:19:37,339 PURSUANT TO THE CODE, 2719 01:19:37,339 --> 01:19:38,840 FINALISTS ARE REQUIRED TO 2720 01:19:38,840 --> 01:19:41,076 PARTICIPATE IN THE FORUM AND THE 2721 01:19:41,076 --> 01:19:41,910 JULY 22nd 2722 01:19:41,910 --> 01:19:43,712 CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE 2723 01:19:43,712 --> 01:19:44,546 ELIGIBLE FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE 2724 01:19:44,546 --> 01:19:45,747 CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 5 2725 01:19:45,747 --> 01:19:46,014 POSITION. 2726 01:19:46,014 --> 01:19:47,382 THE PUBLIC FORUM IS 2727 01:19:47,382 --> 01:19:50,252 SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, JULY 21st 2728 01:19:50,252 --> 01:19:50,986 FROM 2729 01:19:50,986 --> 01:19:53,889 5:30 TO 7:30 P.M. AT THE 2730 01:19:53,889 --> 01:19:54,990 NORTH SEATTLE COLLEGE 2731 01:19:54,990 --> 01:19:55,290 AUDITORIUM. 2732 01:19:55,290 --> 01:19:57,726 THE VACANCY WEBSITE HAS 2733 01:19:57,726 --> 01:20:00,095 BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE 2734 01:20:00,095 --> 01:20:00,462 LOCATION 2735 01:20:00,595 --> 01:20:01,196 DETAILS. ALL RIGHT. 2736 01:20:01,196 --> 01:20:03,832 A RECAP OF THE NEXT STEPS OF 2737 01:20:03,832 --> 01:20:05,901 THE CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 5 2738 01:20:05,901 --> 01:20:06,134 VACANCY 2739 01:20:06,134 --> 01:20:07,202 PROCESS ARE AS FOLLOWS. 2740 01:20:07,202 --> 01:20:10,438 FINAL IS ARE 2741 01:20:10,438 --> 01:20:11,373 REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE AS I 2742 01:20:11,373 --> 01:20:12,307 ALREADY SAID IN 2743 01:20:12,307 --> 01:20:16,511 THE FORUM AND TO BE ELIGIBLE 2744 01:20:16,511 --> 01:20:17,813 FOR APPOINTMENT, AND THEN WE 2745 01:20:17,813 --> 01:20:18,013 WILL 2746 01:20:18,013 --> 01:20:20,782 HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AS THE LAST 2747 01:20:20,782 --> 01:20:24,553 COUPLE TIMES TO ASK 2748 01:20:24,553 --> 01:20:27,122 QUESTIONS OF THE CANDIDATES 2749 01:20:27,122 --> 01:20:28,957 OURSELVES AT A SPECIAL MEETING 2750 01:20:28,957 --> 01:20:29,224 TO 2751 01:20:29,224 --> 01:20:30,458 ELICIT FURTHER INFORMATION THAT 2752 01:20:30,458 --> 01:20:30,725 DIDN'T 2753 01:20:30,725 --> 01:20:32,761 COME OUT IN EITHER ONE-ON- 2754 01:20:32,761 --> 01:20:34,296 ONE CONVERSATIONS OR THE FORUM. 2755 01:20:34,296 --> 01:20:38,033 THEN ON JULY 28th, AT 9:30 2756 01:20:38,033 --> 01:20:40,368 A.M., THE COUNCIL WILL HOLD 2757 01:20:40,368 --> 01:20:41,469 ANOTHER MEETING TO APPOINT 2758 01:20:41,469 --> 01:20:44,039 ANOTHER FINALIST TO FILL THE 2759 01:20:44,039 --> 01:20:44,739 DISTRICT 5 2760 01:20:44,739 --> 01:20:45,240 POSITION. 2761 01:20:45,240 --> 01:20:47,309 IS THERE ANY FURTHER 2762 01:20:47,309 --> 01:20:52,647 BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE COUNCIL? 2763 01:20:52,647 --> 01:20:53,048 ALL RIGHT. 2764 01:20:53,048 --> 01:20:54,216 SEEING NONE, WE'VE REACHED 2765 01:20:54,216 --> 01:20:55,317 THE END OF TODAY'S AGENDA. 2766 01:20:55,317 --> 01:20:57,452 OUR NEXT REGULARLY 2767 01:20:57,452 --> 01:20:58,119 SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING 2768 01:20:58,119 --> 01:20:58,320 WILL 2769 01:20:58,320 --> 01:21:00,322 BE HELD ON TUESDAY, JULY 22nd, 2770 01:21:00,322 --> 01:21:00,488 AT 2771 01:21:00,488 --> 01:21:01,189 2:00 P.M. 2772 01:21:01,189 --> 01:21:02,591 HEARING NO FURTHER 2773 01:21:02,591 --> 01:21:03,491 BUSINESS, IT IS 10:53 AND WE ARE 2774 01:21:03,491 --> 01:21:04,859 ADJOURNED.