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1 00:00:19,252 --> 00:00:20,053 >>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. 2 00:00:20,053 --> 00:00:22,122 UM, TODAY IS APRIL 1, THIS IS A 3 00:00:22,122 --> 00:00:25,258 MEETING OF THE PARKS AND SEATTLE 4 00:00:25,258 --> 00:00:26,393 CITY LIGHT COMMITTEE, IT IS 5 00:00:26,393 --> 00:00:29,396 GOING-- I AM CALLING IT TO 6 00:00:29,396 --> 00:00:31,097 ORDER, 2:03, I I AM DEBORAH 7 00:00:31,097 --> 00:00:33,666 JUAREZ, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. 8 00:00:33,666 --> 00:00:35,068 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE 9 00:00:35,068 --> 00:00:35,702 ROLL 10 00:00:35,702 --> 00:00:36,269 >> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS? 11 00:00:36,269 --> 00:00:36,569 >> HERE. 12 00:00:36,569 --> 00:00:37,904 >> COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA? 13 00:00:37,904 --> 00:00:38,638 >> HERE. 14 00:00:38,638 --> 00:00:40,573 >> COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA? 15 00:00:40,573 --> 00:00:43,276 >> PRESENT. 16 00:00:43,276 --> 00:00:44,711 >> VICE CHAIR KETTLE? 17 00:00:44,711 --> 00:00:45,045 >> PRESENT. 18 00:00:45,045 --> 00:00:45,845 >> CHAIR JUAREZ. 19 00:00:45,845 --> 00:00:48,648 >> THANK YOU, OR HERE. COUNCIL 20 00:00:48,648 --> 00:00:52,452 MEMBER KETTLE, LETS CHECK YOUR 21 00:00:52,452 --> 00:00:53,486 MIC ONE MORE TIME. 22 00:00:53,486 --> 00:00:54,154 >> TESTING, ONE, TWO. 23 00:00:54,154 --> 00:00:59,259 >> CAN YOU TURN IT UP A LITTLE 24 00:00:59,259 --> 00:01:03,463 BIT? I THINK WE HAD THIS-- WE 25 00:01:03,463 --> 00:01:07,066 WERE DEALING WITH THIS WITH YOU 26 00:01:07,066 --> 00:01:07,700 YESTERDAY, OR TUESDAY. TEST IT 27 00:01:07,700 --> 00:01:07,834 NOW. 28 00:01:11,337 --> 00:01:11,971 >> WE CAN BARELY HEAR. 29 00:01:11,971 --> 00:01:17,043 >> I THINK YOU ARE CUTTING OUT. 30 00:01:17,043 --> 00:01:17,744 OKAY. WELL, LETS SEE WHAT 31 00:01:17,744 --> 00:01:19,112 HAPPENS IF WE HAVE TO, WE WILL 32 00:01:19,112 --> 00:01:23,917 HAVE THE CLERK WATCH THE SCREEN 33 00:01:23,917 --> 00:01:24,851 WHEN WE VOTE. OKAY? THANK YOU. 34 00:01:24,851 --> 00:01:26,986 >> ALL RIGHT. LETS GO TO 35 00:01:26,986 --> 00:01:32,725 APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. THERE IS 36 00:01:32,725 --> 00:01:37,764 NO OBJECK WILL OBJECTION WILL BE 37 00:01:37,764 --> 00:01:38,331 ADOPTED. TWO PUBLIC COMMENT 38 00:01:38,331 --> 00:01:40,500 PERIODS TODAY, THERE WILL BE A 39 00:01:40,500 --> 00:01:41,734 REGULAR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 40 00:01:41,734 --> 00:01:43,703 BEFORE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA THAT 41 00:01:43,703 --> 00:01:45,572 SHOULD BE RELATED TO ITEMS ON 42 00:01:45,572 --> 00:01:47,607 THE AGENDA AND WITHIN THE 43 00:01:47,607 --> 00:01:48,641 PURVIEW OF THE COMMITTEE. THE 44 00:01:48,641 --> 00:01:51,377 SECOND IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON 45 00:01:51,377 --> 00:01:53,980 THE SECOND AGENDA ITEM, COUNCIL 46 00:01:53,980 --> 00:01:55,849 BILL 121177, WHICH WE ARE 47 00:01:55,849 --> 00:01:58,084 REQUIRED TO HAVE FOR ITEMS THAT 48 00:01:58,084 --> 00:01:59,953 CONCERN THE TRANSFER OF CITY 49 00:01:59,953 --> 00:02:00,854 LIGHT PROPERTY. COMMENTS DURING 50 00:02:00,854 --> 00:02:02,755 THE PUBLIC HEARING SHOULD BE 51 00:02:02,755 --> 00:02:04,357 RELATED TO THE SPECIFIC COUNCIL 52 00:02:04,357 --> 00:02:05,925 BILL. THE TWO ORDINANCES THAT 53 00:02:05,925 --> 00:02:09,496 ARE ON THE AGENDA TODAY ARE THE 54 00:02:09,496 --> 00:02:11,664 FIRST IS THE SKAGIT 55 00:02:11,664 --> 00:02:13,133 HYDROELECTRIC RELICENSING AND 56 00:02:13,133 --> 00:02:14,133 COMPREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT 57 00:02:14,133 --> 00:02:15,835 AGREEMENT, THE SECOND 58 00:02:15,835 --> 00:02:16,402 PRESENTATION ABOUT SKAGIT 59 00:02:16,402 --> 00:02:17,704 RELICENSING, THE PRESENTATION IS 60 00:02:17,704 --> 00:02:18,771 FOCUSED ON THE HISTORICAL 61 00:02:18,771 --> 00:02:21,808 CONTEXT OF THE LICENSING AND 62 00:02:21,808 --> 00:02:24,377 WHAT HAPPENS DURING THE PROCESS 63 00:02:24,377 --> 00:02:26,379 IF THE CITY PASSES THE 64 00:02:26,379 --> 00:02:29,149 LEGISLATION. THIS WOULD START 65 00:02:29,149 --> 00:02:31,518 AFTER THE CITY'S THREE-STEP 66 00:02:31,518 --> 00:02:32,151 PROCESS. FIRST, THIS COMMITTEE, 67 00:02:32,151 --> 00:02:35,221 THEN FULL COUNCIL, AND THEN TO 68 00:02:35,221 --> 00:02:36,256 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. MY 69 00:02:36,256 --> 00:02:38,024 UNDERSTANDING TODAY IS FOR ITEM 70 00:02:38,024 --> 00:02:41,127 NUMBER ONE, THE PRESENTATION 71 00:02:41,127 --> 00:02:42,462 WILL BE PRESENTED, OBVIOUSLY, BY 72 00:02:42,462 --> 00:02:44,197 SEATTLE CITY LIGHT, AND WE WILL 73 00:02:44,197 --> 00:02:48,334 BE JOINED BY CRAIG SMITH, DENNIS 74 00:02:48,334 --> 00:02:48,968 MCLARYN, CHRIS TROUNZENED, 75 00:02:48,968 --> 00:02:54,274 STEVEN, MATT LOVE, AND IS ERIC 76 00:02:54,274 --> 00:02:55,675 HERE? ERIC FROM CENTRAL STAFF. 77 00:02:55,675 --> 00:02:56,242 SECOND ORDINANCE IS LAND 78 00:02:56,242 --> 00:02:58,745 TRANSFER IN WHICH CITY LIGHT IS 79 00:02:58,745 --> 00:03:00,780 SELLING LAND TO SNOHOMISH 80 00:03:00,780 --> 00:03:03,316 COUNTY, BUT RETAIN RIGHTS AND 81 00:03:03,316 --> 00:03:04,551 ACCESS FOR AN ELECTRICAL 82 00:03:04,551 --> 00:03:06,519 EASEMENT. THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC 83 00:03:06,519 --> 00:03:09,389 HEARING FOR THIS LEGISLATION 84 00:03:09,389 --> 00:03:12,392 FOLLOWED BY A PRESENTATION. THIS 85 00:03:12,392 --> 00:03:13,293 PRESENTATION WILL BE PRESENTED 86 00:03:13,293 --> 00:03:17,463 FOR SEATTLE CITY LIGHT BY CRAIG 87 00:03:17,463 --> 00:03:19,165 SMITH, SAME FOLKS, DENNIS 88 00:03:19,165 --> 00:03:25,705 MCLERRAN, TWO NEW FOLKS, BILL 89 00:03:25,705 --> 00:03:28,541 DEVAROW, AND KATIE TASRY, AND 90 00:03:28,541 --> 00:03:30,243 ERIC IN THE BACK. SO, I WANT A 91 00:03:30,243 --> 00:03:32,312 VOTE ON BOTH ITEMS, I EXPECT A 92 00:03:32,312 --> 00:03:33,179 VOTE ON BOTH ITEMS TODAY. SO, 93 00:03:33,179 --> 00:03:35,515 WITH THAT, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE 94 00:03:35,515 --> 00:03:37,617 TO PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL NOW 95 00:03:37,617 --> 00:03:38,685 OPEN THE HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT 96 00:03:38,685 --> 00:03:40,186 PERIOD, PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD BE 97 00:03:40,186 --> 00:03:41,588 RELATED TO TODAY'S ITEM, CLERK, 98 00:03:41,588 --> 00:03:43,256 HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE HAVE 99 00:03:43,256 --> 00:03:43,756 SIGNED UP TODAY? 100 00:03:43,756 --> 00:03:45,191 >> CURRENTLY ZERO IN PERSON 101 00:03:45,191 --> 00:03:46,960 SPEAKERS SIGNED UP AND ONE 102 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:47,360 REMOTE SPEAKER. 103 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:49,562 >> OKAY. SO, LETS GO TO THE ONE 104 00:03:49,562 --> 00:03:51,197 REMOTE PERSON, YOU DON'T NEED 105 00:03:51,197 --> 00:03:53,266 TO READ ALL THE STUFF, JUST 106 00:03:53,266 --> 00:03:54,367 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, TWO 107 00:03:54,367 --> 00:03:55,835 MINUTES, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO 108 00:03:55,835 --> 00:04:02,141 ADD TO THAT, PAUL? BESIDES THE 109 00:04:02,141 --> 00:04:03,009 TWO MINUTES? BE NICE. ANYTHING 110 00:04:03,009 --> 00:04:03,309 ELSE. OKAY. 111 00:04:03,309 --> 00:04:05,545 >> DAVID HANES, YOU ARE OUR 112 00:04:05,545 --> 00:04:06,879 REMOTE SPEAKER, IF YOU WOULD-- 113 00:04:06,879 --> 00:04:11,551 LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE NOT PRESENT. 114 00:04:11,551 --> 00:04:13,653 >> MR. HANES? I DON'T SEE HIM ON 115 00:04:13,653 --> 00:04:20,360 THE-- MR. HANES, STAR 6. OKAY. 116 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:22,929 >> OKAY. HE IS NO LONGER 117 00:04:22,929 --> 00:04:23,963 PRESENT. WE HAVE ZERO REMAINING 118 00:04:23,963 --> 00:04:24,397 PUBLIC SPEAKERS. 119 00:04:24,397 --> 00:04:25,965 >> ALL RIGHT. THAT BEING SAID, 120 00:04:25,965 --> 00:04:29,302 SINCE WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE IN 121 00:04:29,302 --> 00:04:33,673 CHAMBERS, NOBODY ON LINE OR 122 00:04:33,673 --> 00:04:36,309 REMOTE, PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS 123 00:04:36,309 --> 00:04:37,577 CLOSED. ITEM NUMBER ONE, WILL 124 00:04:37,577 --> 00:04:41,247 THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 125 00:04:41,247 --> 00:04:43,416 NUMBER ONE INTO THE RECORD? 126 00:04:43,416 --> 00:04:44,851 >> COUNCIL BILL 12177, ORDINANCE 127 00:04:44,851 --> 00:04:46,619 RELATING TO THE CITY LIGHT 128 00:04:46,619 --> 00:04:47,920 DEPARTMENT AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR 129 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:52,225 OR HER DEZ IGNEE TO EXECUTE A 130 00:04:52,225 --> 00:04:52,725 COMPREHENSIVE SETMMENT 131 00:04:52,725 --> 00:04:53,393 AGREEMENT, FIVE OFF-CISEANCE 132 00:04:53,393 --> 00:04:54,293 AGREEMENTS AND RELATED 133 00:04:54,293 --> 00:04:55,962 AGREEMENTS FOR PURPOSE OF 134 00:04:55,962 --> 00:04:58,598 RELICENSING THE CITY OF 135 00:04:58,598 --> 00:04:59,766 SEATTLE'S SKAGIT RIVER 136 00:04:59,766 --> 00:05:01,768 HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT BEFORE THE 137 00:05:01,768 --> 00:05:03,002 FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY 138 00:05:03,002 --> 00:05:04,971 COMMISSION AND RATIFYING AND 139 00:05:04,971 --> 00:05:05,705 CONFIRMING CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS. 140 00:05:05,705 --> 00:05:08,174 >> WHY DON'T WE HAVE FOLKS AND 141 00:05:08,174 --> 00:05:09,042 FRIENDS FROM SEATTLE CITY LIGHT 142 00:05:09,042 --> 00:05:10,510 COME UP TO THE TABLE AND I WILL 143 00:05:10,510 --> 00:05:11,277 INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOUR 144 00:05:11,277 --> 00:05:12,979 TITLES AND I UNDERSTAND YOU ARE 145 00:05:12,979 --> 00:05:16,315 GOING TO WALK US THROUGH A 146 00:05:16,315 --> 00:05:18,084 FIVE-PAGE POWER POINT. THANK YOU 147 00:05:18,084 --> 00:05:19,652 FOR TWO WEEKS AGO, GREAT 148 00:05:19,652 --> 00:05:20,987 POWERPOINT, AND THANK YOU FOR 149 00:05:20,987 --> 00:05:22,889 TAKING SOME OF MY COMMENTINIZE 150 00:05:22,889 --> 00:05:24,490 TO CONSIDERATION FOR THIS 151 00:05:24,490 --> 00:05:25,124 FIVE-POINT POWERPOINT. I THINK 152 00:05:25,124 --> 00:05:28,394 THE MAIN QUESTIONS WE GOT ARE 153 00:05:28,394 --> 00:05:29,829 WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THIS? WHEN IT 154 00:05:29,829 --> 00:05:31,431 KICKS OVER, AND MORE COMMENT 155 00:05:31,431 --> 00:05:32,865 PERIOD, AND IF THERE ARE ANY 156 00:05:32,865 --> 00:05:33,766 OTHER OBJECTIONS, WITH THAT, WE 157 00:05:33,766 --> 00:05:38,204 WILL HAND IT OVER TO THE PANEL. 158 00:05:38,204 --> 00:05:42,775 YOU WANT TO START WITH MR. SMITH 159 00:05:42,775 --> 00:05:44,711 AND THEN MOVE DOWN? 160 00:05:44,711 --> 00:05:46,879 >> CRAIG SMITH, INTERIM DIRECTOR 161 00:05:46,879 --> 00:05:48,214 AND CEO SEATTLE CITY LIGHT. 162 00:05:48,214 --> 00:05:50,616 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS 163 00:05:50,616 --> 00:05:52,218 CHRIS TOWNSEND, DIRECTOR OF 164 00:05:52,218 --> 00:05:55,421 NATURAL RESOURCES AND HIDE 165 00:05:55,421 --> 00:05:56,789 ROLICENSING AT SEATTLE CITY 166 00:05:56,789 --> 00:05:57,023 LIGHT. 167 00:05:57,023 --> 00:05:59,592 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MATT LOVE 168 00:05:59,592 --> 00:06:00,493 PARTNER AT CASCADIA LAW GROUP, 169 00:06:00,493 --> 00:06:03,796 OUTSIDE THE COUNCIL FOR THE CITY 170 00:06:03,796 --> 00:06:04,297 OF SEATTLE. 171 00:06:04,297 --> 00:06:06,199 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, ASSISTANT 172 00:06:06,199 --> 00:06:08,301 CITY ATTORNEY WITH THE CITY 173 00:06:08,301 --> 00:06:09,001 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. 174 00:06:09,001 --> 00:06:13,306 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, I AM DENNIS 175 00:06:13,306 --> 00:06:14,474 MCLERRAN, DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER 176 00:06:14,474 --> 00:06:20,880 AT SEATTLE CITY LIGHT. 177 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:22,982 >> I AM ERIC MCONAGHY ON CENTRAL 178 00:06:22,982 --> 00:06:23,282 CITY STAFF. 179 00:06:23,282 --> 00:06:27,353 >> WHY DON'T WE MOVE FORWARD 180 00:06:27,353 --> 00:06:28,287 WITH THE PRESENTATION? 181 00:06:28,287 --> 00:06:29,389 >> THANK YOU, COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 182 00:06:29,389 --> 00:06:32,892 WE ARE PLEASED TO RETURN TO THE 183 00:06:32,892 --> 00:06:34,093 COMMITTEE TODAY FOR A FINAL 184 00:06:34,093 --> 00:06:38,097 REVIEW AND COUNCIL VOTE ON THE 185 00:06:38,097 --> 00:06:40,032 SKAGIT HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT 186 00:06:40,032 --> 00:06:41,067 RELICENSING OF SETTLEMENT 187 00:06:41,067 --> 00:06:42,034 AGREEMENT. THIS IS HISTORIC 188 00:06:42,034 --> 00:06:42,969 MILESTONE FOR CITY LIGHT, AND 189 00:06:42,969 --> 00:06:46,172 THE CITY OF SEATTLE, TO SECURE 190 00:06:46,172 --> 00:06:47,673 AN AGREEMENT THAT INSURES THE 191 00:06:47,673 --> 00:06:48,808 CRITICAL HYDROPOWER RESOURCE 192 00:06:48,808 --> 00:06:51,310 WILL CONTINUE TO BE AVAILABLE 193 00:06:51,310 --> 00:06:54,914 FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS FOR CITY 194 00:06:54,914 --> 00:06:56,649 LIGHT CUSTOMERS IN THE WESTERN 195 00:06:56,649 --> 00:06:58,618 REGION. IT ALSO REFLECTS THE 196 00:06:58,618 --> 00:07:00,253 OUTSTANDING WORK OF LICENSE 197 00:07:00,253 --> 00:07:01,687 PARTNERS, ESPECIALLY OUR TRIBAL 198 00:07:01,687 --> 00:07:04,690 PART NERS, TO SECURE A 199 00:07:04,690 --> 00:07:05,925 COMPREHENSIVE AGREEMENT THAT 200 00:07:05,925 --> 00:07:07,026 STRENGTHENS OUR ENVIRONMENTAL 201 00:07:07,026 --> 00:07:10,263 STEWARDSHIP AND LONG-TERM 202 00:07:10,263 --> 00:07:11,397 MANAGEMENT OF THE SKAGIT 203 00:07:11,397 --> 00:07:12,732 WATERSHED. I WILL TURN IT OVER 204 00:07:12,732 --> 00:07:15,234 TO CHRIS, DIRECTOR OF NATURAL 205 00:07:15,234 --> 00:07:17,203 RESOURCES AND LICENSING CITY 206 00:07:17,203 --> 00:07:20,506 LIGHT, TO PROVIDE HISTORICAL 207 00:07:20,506 --> 00:07:21,874 CONTEXT FOR THE COMMITTEE AND 208 00:07:21,874 --> 00:07:25,244 DISCUSS NEXT STEPS IN THE 209 00:07:25,244 --> 00:07:26,145 RELICENSING PROCESS. 210 00:07:26,145 --> 00:07:27,947 >> THANK YOU, CRAIG. LITTLE 211 00:07:27,947 --> 00:07:29,215 INTIMIDATING PROVIDING A HISTORY 212 00:07:29,215 --> 00:07:30,650 OF THE SKAGIT PROJECT IN FRONT 213 00:07:30,650 --> 00:07:32,919 OF A COUNCIL MEMBER WHO PROBABLY 214 00:07:32,919 --> 00:07:36,622 KNOWS THE HISTORY BETTER THAN I 215 00:07:36,622 --> 00:07:38,591 DO. HOWEVER, I WILL ENDEAVOR TO 216 00:07:38,591 --> 00:07:40,526 STATE ACCURATE HISTORY AND STAND 217 00:07:40,526 --> 00:07:44,397 READY TO BE CHALLENGED BY 218 00:07:44,397 --> 00:07:46,866 COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS. SO, THE 219 00:07:46,866 --> 00:07:48,601 PROJECT WAS STARTED IN 1927, 220 00:07:48,601 --> 00:07:50,303 GORGE DAM WAS THE FIRST DAM TO 221 00:07:50,303 --> 00:07:51,304 BE BUILT IN THE SYSTEM AND THE 222 00:07:51,304 --> 00:07:54,907 LAST DAM TO BE BUILT IN THE 223 00:07:54,907 --> 00:07:56,409 SYSTEM. THE FIRST GORGE DAM WAS 224 00:07:56,409 --> 00:07:57,877 WOOD CRIBBED DAM AND WAS IN 225 00:07:57,877 --> 00:08:00,413 PLACE TO HELP CONSTRUCT THE 226 00:08:00,413 --> 00:08:03,049 OTHER TWO DAMS IN THE SYSTEM, 227 00:08:03,049 --> 00:08:06,152 BEFORE BEING REPLACED BY THE 228 00:08:06,152 --> 00:08:09,121 HIGH GORGE DAM IN 1961. SO, 229 00:08:09,121 --> 00:08:10,323 CONSTRUCTION STARTED IN 1924, 230 00:08:10,323 --> 00:08:12,525 DIABLO WAS THE SECOND DAM IN THE 231 00:08:12,525 --> 00:08:15,294 SYSTEM TO BE CONSTRUCTED, AND 232 00:08:15,294 --> 00:08:18,231 ROSS FOLLOWED WITH CONSTRUCTION 233 00:08:18,231 --> 00:08:19,799 STARTING IN 1937, AND EVERYTHING 234 00:08:19,799 --> 00:08:24,203 WITH THE POWER HOUSE BEING 235 00:08:24,203 --> 00:08:26,172 COMPLETE IN 1956. THEN WE 236 00:08:26,172 --> 00:08:28,641 REPLACED THE GORGE DAM IN 1961 237 00:08:28,641 --> 00:08:30,610 WITH THE DAM YOU SEE TODAY. I 238 00:08:30,610 --> 00:08:33,045 WANTED TO JUST MAKE A FEW POINTS 239 00:08:33,045 --> 00:08:37,450 ABOUT THE STORAGE AS WELL, THE 240 00:08:37,450 --> 00:08:38,718 GORGE DAM HAS NO STORAGE. DIABLO 241 00:08:38,718 --> 00:08:41,721 HAS A FEW HOURS OF STORAGE BUT 242 00:08:41,721 --> 00:08:43,556 ROSS ALSO HAS A SIGNIFICANT 243 00:08:43,556 --> 00:08:46,626 FLOOD POCKET THAT SERVES A 244 00:08:46,626 --> 00:08:48,427 REALLY IMPORTANT ROLE FOR THE 245 00:08:48,427 --> 00:08:49,195 VALLEY. REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR 246 00:08:49,195 --> 00:08:50,796 NOT IT IS PRODUCING POWER. I 247 00:08:50,796 --> 00:08:52,298 ALSO WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT 248 00:08:52,298 --> 00:08:53,900 THAT ROSS DAM IS THE HEIGHT OF 249 00:08:53,900 --> 00:08:55,835 THE SMITH TOWER THAT YOU COULD 250 00:08:55,835 --> 00:08:57,436 JUST SEE THE TOP OF. SO IF WE 251 00:08:57,436 --> 00:08:58,838 ARE SITTING NEXT TO ROSS DAM 252 00:08:58,838 --> 00:09:01,340 RIGHT NOW, IT WOULD BE THAT 253 00:09:01,340 --> 00:09:05,811 HIGH, SO, IT IS A MASSIVE 254 00:09:05,811 --> 00:09:07,113 STRUCTURE, QUITE AN ENGINEERING 255 00:09:07,113 --> 00:09:07,947 ACCOMPLISHMENT. THE ORIGINAL 256 00:09:07,947 --> 00:09:11,450 LICENSE WAS ISSUED IN 1927, A 257 00:09:11,450 --> 00:09:14,120 50-YEAR LICENSE, IT EXPIRED IN 258 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:15,955 1977. IT TOOK 18 YEARS FOR THE 259 00:09:15,955 --> 00:09:17,790 FOLLOWING LICENSE TO BE ISSUED 260 00:09:17,790 --> 00:09:20,826 IN 1995. WE ARE HOPING THAT THIS 261 00:09:20,826 --> 00:09:22,728 LICENSE DOESN'T TAKE 18 YEARS. 262 00:09:22,728 --> 00:09:24,764 BUT THAT LICENSE THAT WAS ISSUED 263 00:09:24,764 --> 00:09:27,199 IN 1995 WAS ISSUED ON THE BASIS 264 00:09:27,199 --> 00:09:29,535 OF A COMPREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT 265 00:09:29,535 --> 00:09:31,504 AGREEMENT REACHED IN 1991. I 266 00:09:31,504 --> 00:09:34,941 BELIEVE IT WAS THE FIRST SUCH 267 00:09:34,941 --> 00:09:35,541 COMPREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT 268 00:09:35,541 --> 00:09:36,576 AGREEMENT IN RELICENSING, THE 269 00:09:36,576 --> 00:09:39,312 CITY OF SEATTLE DID PIONEER 270 00:09:39,312 --> 00:09:41,314 APPROACH OF USING COMPREHENSIVE 271 00:09:41,314 --> 00:09:42,715 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND 272 00:09:42,715 --> 00:09:43,549 RELICENSING. OUR LICENSE IS 273 00:09:43,549 --> 00:09:45,484 EXPIRED, IT EXPIRED IN APRIL OF 274 00:09:45,484 --> 00:09:47,086 LAST YEESHG ABOUT A YEAR AGO, 275 00:09:47,086 --> 00:09:49,855 AND WE WILL BE OPERATING UNDER 276 00:09:49,855 --> 00:09:50,990 ANNUAL LICENSES, PRETTY MUCH PRO 277 00:09:50,990 --> 00:09:53,192 FORMA BASIS UNTIL WE HAVE THE 278 00:09:53,192 --> 00:09:55,595 NEW LICENSE. IT DOESN'T TAKE AN 279 00:09:55,595 --> 00:09:56,762 APPLICATION TO GET AN ANNUAL 280 00:09:56,762 --> 00:09:58,998 LICENSE, THEY ARE ISSUED ON A 281 00:09:58,998 --> 00:10:01,734 YEAR-BY-YEAR BASIS AND WE EXTEND 282 00:10:01,734 --> 00:10:04,136 THE EXISTING CONDITIONS OR THE 283 00:10:04,136 --> 00:10:05,738 CONDITIONS IN THE 1995 LICENSING 284 00:10:05,738 --> 00:10:07,473 UNTIL THE NEW LICENSE IS ISSUED. 285 00:10:07,473 --> 00:10:10,810 WE BEGAN THE PROCESS FOR THE NEW 286 00:10:10,810 --> 00:10:13,079 50-YEAR LICENSE IN 2018, AND THE 287 00:10:13,079 --> 00:10:16,048 FIRST SIGNIFICANT STEP WAS TO 288 00:10:16,048 --> 00:10:18,084 COMPLETE A NUMBER OF STUDIES. I 289 00:10:18,084 --> 00:10:21,787 WE DID 33 STUDIES THAT COST $25 290 00:10:21,787 --> 00:10:23,222 MILLION. WE DID EXTENSIVE AMOUNT 291 00:10:23,222 --> 00:10:23,823 OF SCIENCE TO SUPPORT THE 292 00:10:23,823 --> 00:10:25,157 DECISION MAKING IN THE PROCESS 293 00:10:25,157 --> 00:10:26,759 AND WE HAVE USED THAT BODY OF 294 00:10:26,759 --> 00:10:28,728 WORK IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE 295 00:10:28,728 --> 00:10:29,362 COMREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT 296 00:10:29,362 --> 00:10:33,332 AGREEMENT THAT WE ARE ASKING YOU 297 00:10:33,332 --> 00:10:35,034 TO APPROVE FOR MOVING FORWARD. 298 00:10:35,034 --> 00:10:37,069 WE SUBMITTED LICENSE APPLICATION 299 00:10:37,069 --> 00:10:39,505 IN APRIL OF 2023, AND WE 300 00:10:39,505 --> 00:10:40,673 CONCLUDED SETTLEMENT DISCUSSIONS 301 00:10:40,673 --> 00:10:44,577 IN DECEMBER OF 2025, WHICH WAS A 302 00:10:44,577 --> 00:10:46,112 REAL MILESTONE. ALL PARTIES THAT 303 00:10:46,112 --> 00:10:49,348 HAVE ANY REGULATORY AUTHORITY OR 304 00:10:49,348 --> 00:10:52,084 TREATY RIGHTS ASSOCIATED WITH 305 00:10:52,084 --> 00:10:53,185 THIS HYDROELECTRIC SYSTEM SIGNED 306 00:10:53,185 --> 00:10:55,554 THE AGREEMENT ALREADY. WE WILL 307 00:10:55,554 --> 00:10:57,623 BE THE FINAL SIGNATURE TO GO ON 308 00:10:57,623 --> 00:10:59,492 TO THE AGREEMENT. I WOULD LIKE 309 00:10:59,492 --> 00:11:03,362 TO REPORT THAT THE SKAGIT COUNTY 310 00:11:03,362 --> 00:11:04,764 DID APPROVE AND SIGN THE 311 00:11:04,764 --> 00:11:07,800 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, I THINK, 312 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:08,934 TWO DAYS AGO. SO, THAT WAS A 313 00:11:08,934 --> 00:11:10,369 SIGNIFICANT WIN TO HAVE A LOCAL 314 00:11:10,369 --> 00:11:10,970 GOVERNMENT SIGN ON. 315 00:11:10,970 --> 00:11:13,939 >> WERE THOSE THE FOLKS THAT 316 00:11:13,939 --> 00:11:14,840 SENT US THE LET? THE 317 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:16,609 COMMISSIONERS, DATED OVER A WEEK 318 00:11:16,609 --> 00:11:18,344 AGO, THAT WERE OPPOSING IT? 319 00:11:18,344 --> 00:11:19,612 >> AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE 320 00:11:19,612 --> 00:11:20,679 RESPONDED TO THE COMMISSIONERS. 321 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:25,484 >> WE SAW THE RESPONSE. 322 00:11:25,484 --> 00:11:27,553 >> OKAY. GREAT. 323 00:11:27,553 --> 00:11:29,588 >> WE, EVEN WHEN WE, HOPEFULLY 324 00:11:29,588 --> 00:11:31,857 SIGN THE AGREEMENT AND HAVE A 325 00:11:31,857 --> 00:11:33,392 SIGNING CEREMONY AT SOME POINT 326 00:11:33,392 --> 00:11:35,227 IN MAY, EARLY MAY, WE ARE 327 00:11:35,227 --> 00:11:36,462 HOPING, WE STILL ANTICIPATE THAT 328 00:11:36,462 --> 00:11:38,597 WE WILL NOT GET A NEW LICENSE 329 00:11:38,597 --> 00:11:40,733 UNTIL 2030. THERE IS STILL A 330 00:11:40,733 --> 00:11:41,867 SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PROCESS, 331 00:11:41,867 --> 00:11:47,540 WHICH I WILL GO THROUGH WITH YOU 332 00:11:47,540 --> 00:11:49,375 NOW. ONCE WE SUBMIT THE 333 00:11:49,375 --> 00:11:50,876 COMPREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT 334 00:11:50,876 --> 00:11:52,144 AGREEMENT AND UPDATED LICENSE 335 00:11:52,144 --> 00:11:55,581 APPLICATION, THEY WILL ISSUE A 336 00:11:55,581 --> 00:11:56,749 PUBLIC NOTICE AND PUBLIC COMMENT 337 00:11:56,749 --> 00:11:57,883 OPPORTUNITY WILL BEGIN RIGHT 338 00:11:57,883 --> 00:12:01,020 AWAY. THERE WILL BE A COUPLE OF 339 00:12:01,020 --> 00:12:02,755 OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT 340 00:12:02,755 --> 00:12:03,856 DURING THAT PERIOD. THE INITIAL 341 00:12:03,856 --> 00:12:06,392 ONE IS PRETTY QUICK, THE NOTICE 342 00:12:06,392 --> 00:12:08,794 IS ISSUED AND THEN THE PUBLIC 343 00:12:08,794 --> 00:12:12,131 WILL HAVE 20 DAYS TO COMMENT. 344 00:12:12,131 --> 00:12:14,533 AFTER THAT PUBLIC COMMENT 345 00:12:14,533 --> 00:12:15,367 PERIOD, THEY MAY REQUEST 346 00:12:15,367 --> 00:12:18,037 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, IF THEY 347 00:12:18,037 --> 00:12:18,971 DO, THAT COULD INVOLVE, YOU 348 00:12:18,971 --> 00:12:23,109 KNOW, SEVERAL MONTHS TO A YEAR 349 00:12:23,109 --> 00:12:23,943 OF ADDITIONAL STUDIES. AFTER 350 00:12:23,943 --> 00:12:29,348 WHICH, THEY WOULD ISSUE THEIR 351 00:12:29,348 --> 00:12:30,216 READINESS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL 352 00:12:30,216 --> 00:12:32,084 ANALYSIS, AND THAT PROCESS KICKS 353 00:12:32,084 --> 00:12:33,853 OFF THE REGULATORY PROCESS FOR 354 00:12:33,853 --> 00:12:35,387 THE OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES WITH 355 00:12:35,387 --> 00:12:40,025 THE ROLE AND STATE AGENCY WITH 356 00:12:40,025 --> 00:12:41,660 401 WATER QUALITY ROLE. THOSE 357 00:12:41,660 --> 00:12:43,095 ARE ALSO LISTED HERE. AGAIN, THE 358 00:12:43,095 --> 00:12:44,864 NEW LICENSE WOULD BE ABOUT 2030 359 00:12:44,864 --> 00:12:47,767 WITH ALL THE PROCESS AND THAT IS 360 00:12:47,767 --> 00:12:50,836 MAYBE AN OPTIMISTIC TIMEFRAME, 361 00:12:50,836 --> 00:12:51,537 GIVEN THE COMPLEXITY OF THE 362 00:12:51,537 --> 00:12:54,106 PROJECT. I DID WANT TO MAKE THE 363 00:12:54,106 --> 00:12:56,642 POINT ON THE SLIDE, TOO, THAT 364 00:12:56,642 --> 00:12:59,745 THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER A 365 00:12:59,745 --> 00:13:02,047 NEW ORDINANCE IN 2030 TO ACCEPT 366 00:13:02,047 --> 00:13:03,182 THE LICENSE. SO THERE IS ONE 367 00:13:03,182 --> 00:13:04,683 MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY 368 00:13:04,683 --> 00:13:08,020 COUNCIL TO HEAR THIS AND THAT 369 00:13:08,020 --> 00:13:12,958 WILL BE WHEN FIRK ISSUED THE 370 00:13:12,958 --> 00:13:14,660 LICENSE FOR ADOPTION. AS SOON AS 371 00:13:14,660 --> 00:13:16,295 WE SIGN THE AGREEMENT, THE 372 00:13:16,295 --> 00:13:17,630 EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE 373 00:13:17,630 --> 00:13:18,931 COMPREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT 374 00:13:18,931 --> 00:13:20,499 AGREEMENT, AND THE AGREEMENT 375 00:13:20,499 --> 00:13:21,534 INCLUDES SEVERAL DIFFERENT 376 00:13:21,534 --> 00:13:22,568 ACTIVITIES THAT DEPEND ON THE 377 00:13:22,568 --> 00:13:26,572 EFFECTIVE DATE THAT WE WILL GET 378 00:13:26,572 --> 00:13:28,507 BUSY ON RIGHT AWAY. EVEN THOUGH 379 00:13:28,507 --> 00:13:30,709 IT WILL TAKE UNTIL 2030 TO ISSUE 380 00:13:30,709 --> 00:13:31,877 THE LICENSE, WE AGREED TO DO A 381 00:13:31,877 --> 00:13:32,845 NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WILL GIVE 382 00:13:32,845 --> 00:13:36,682 US A JUMP START ON A LOT OF THE 383 00:13:36,682 --> 00:13:38,250 GOOD MEASURES WE HAVE INCLUDED 384 00:13:38,250 --> 00:13:39,285 IN COMPREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT 385 00:13:39,285 --> 00:13:40,519 AGREEMENT. WE WILL SET UP THE 386 00:13:40,519 --> 00:13:41,353 GOVERNANCE PROGRAM AND YOU WILL 387 00:13:41,353 --> 00:13:44,056 KNOW FROM THE LETTER FROM THE 388 00:13:44,056 --> 00:13:46,458 COUNTY AND OTHERS THAT THERE IS 389 00:13:46,458 --> 00:13:50,496 A KEEN INTEREST IN US BEING OPEN 390 00:13:50,496 --> 00:13:52,298 AND TRANSPARENT AND GETTING A 391 00:13:52,298 --> 00:13:54,133 JUMP ON ACTIVITIES RIGHT AWAY, 392 00:13:54,133 --> 00:13:56,335 NOT DRAGGING OUR FEET. BY 393 00:13:56,335 --> 00:13:57,970 SETTING UP THE LICENSE 394 00:13:57,970 --> 00:13:59,405 IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE, AND 395 00:13:59,405 --> 00:14:00,906 THE ECO SYSTEM MONITORING 396 00:14:00,906 --> 00:14:01,640 ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, 397 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:03,342 THAT IS IMMEDIATE ACTION RIGHT 398 00:14:03,342 --> 00:14:05,578 OUT OF THE GATE, INCLUDING OUR 399 00:14:05,578 --> 00:14:07,346 PARTNERS IN IMPLEMENTATION OF 400 00:14:07,346 --> 00:14:08,614 CRITICAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 401 00:14:08,614 --> 00:14:13,252 TO KEEP THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF 402 00:14:13,252 --> 00:14:16,255 THIS GOING. WE WILL IMPLEMENT, 403 00:14:16,255 --> 00:14:16,889 COMPLETE HISTORICAL PROPERTIES 404 00:14:16,889 --> 00:14:18,791 MANAGEMENT PLAN, AND THEN WE 405 00:14:18,791 --> 00:14:19,859 WILL START THE FLOW AND HABITAT 406 00:14:19,859 --> 00:14:21,994 PLANNING. WE ARE GOING TO BE 407 00:14:21,994 --> 00:14:24,463 DOING A NUMBER OF STUDIES 408 00:14:24,463 --> 00:14:25,664 RELATED TO JUVENILE HABITAT TO 409 00:14:25,664 --> 00:14:29,068 MAKE SURE FLOW MEASURES ARE 410 00:14:29,068 --> 00:14:32,004 ACCURATE. WE WILL DO A GRAVEL 411 00:14:32,004 --> 00:14:33,239 AUGMENTATION PILOT, THE THEORY 412 00:14:33,239 --> 00:14:35,074 BEING THE DAM IS BLOCKING 413 00:14:35,074 --> 00:14:36,875 NATURAL FLOW OF SEDIMENT AND IT 414 00:14:36,875 --> 00:14:38,777 MAY BE POSSIBLE TO PUT SEDIMENT 415 00:14:38,777 --> 00:14:42,081 IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE RIVER TO 416 00:14:42,081 --> 00:14:43,749 RESTORE THE SEDIMENT FLOW. WE 417 00:14:43,749 --> 00:14:46,051 WILL DEVELOP A PROCESS FLOW 418 00:14:46,051 --> 00:14:46,652 ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT PLAN. 419 00:14:46,652 --> 00:14:49,088 PROCESS FLOWS ARE FLOWS THAT 420 00:14:49,088 --> 00:14:51,724 MIMIC STORM EVENTS AND OTHER 421 00:14:51,724 --> 00:14:54,059 UNUSUAL EVENTS THAT CAN PROVIDE 422 00:14:54,059 --> 00:14:56,929 SERVICES LIKE KEEPING SIDE 423 00:14:56,929 --> 00:14:58,364 CHANNELS OPEN. WE WILL BEGIN 424 00:14:58,364 --> 00:14:59,632 IMPORTANTLY ESTUARY HABITAT 425 00:14:59,632 --> 00:15:01,634 ENHANCEMENT PLAN. WE HAVE A 426 00:15:01,634 --> 00:15:02,534 TWO-YEAR TIMEFRAME FOR THAT. BUT 427 00:15:02,534 --> 00:15:05,304 YOU WANT TO WORK WITH SKAGIT 428 00:15:05,304 --> 00:15:06,572 COUNTY, DRAINAGE AND DIKING 429 00:15:06,572 --> 00:15:08,374 DISTANCE, TRIBES AND OTHERS TO 430 00:15:08,374 --> 00:15:11,443 IDENTIFY THE MOST IMPORTANT 431 00:15:11,443 --> 00:15:13,479 PROPERTIES TO MOVE FORWARD WITH 432 00:15:13,479 --> 00:15:16,482 RESTORATION. THAT WILL BE A 433 00:15:16,482 --> 00:15:18,050 COLLABORATIVE PROCESS THAT 434 00:15:18,050 --> 00:15:19,718 HAPPENS EARLY ON. OPERATIONS AND 435 00:15:19,718 --> 00:15:20,853 WATER QUALITY, ACTIONS THAT WILL 436 00:15:20,853 --> 00:15:24,356 BE TAKEN, WE HAVE ALREADY 437 00:15:24,356 --> 00:15:25,391 STARTED ON DESIGNING MINIMUM, 438 00:15:25,391 --> 00:15:26,425 MINISTERING FLOW STRUCTURE TO 439 00:15:26,425 --> 00:15:28,227 PUT WATER BACK INTO GORGE REACH. 440 00:15:28,227 --> 00:15:33,165 AS SOON AS WE ARE ISSUED THE 441 00:15:33,165 --> 00:15:34,800 LICENSE, WE WILL IMPLEMENT THAT. 442 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:39,138 LIKELY A LOW-FLOW GENERATOR. OF 443 00:15:39,138 --> 00:15:41,206 COURSE THE TRIBE INCLUDES 444 00:15:41,206 --> 00:15:44,843 REVENUE SHARING AGREEMENT ON 445 00:15:44,843 --> 00:15:45,778 THAT LOW-FLOW GENERATOR. WHICH 446 00:15:45,778 --> 00:15:47,279 IS APPROPRIATE BECAUSE THE GORGE 447 00:15:47,279 --> 00:15:48,547 DAM, OR THE LOW-FLOW GENERATOR, 448 00:15:48,547 --> 00:15:53,052 WILL BE BUILT, IS BUILT ON ONE 449 00:15:53,052 --> 00:15:55,087 OF THEIR SPIRITUAL HISTORICAL 450 00:15:55,087 --> 00:15:56,922 SITES. THE GORGE REGION OF THE 451 00:15:56,922 --> 00:15:59,058 RIVER. WE WILL BE RETURNING THE 452 00:15:59,058 --> 00:16:02,261 250CSF THROUGH THE MINIMUM FLOW 453 00:16:02,261 --> 00:16:04,029 GENERATOR TO THE REACH. WE WILL 454 00:16:04,029 --> 00:16:04,630 CONTINUE WITH WATER QUALITY 455 00:16:04,630 --> 00:16:06,131 TEMPERATURE MONITORING AND DO 456 00:16:06,131 --> 00:16:07,633 WORK WITH ECOLOGY. MOST 457 00:16:07,633 --> 00:16:08,934 IMPORTANTLY, WE WILL BE STARTING 458 00:16:08,934 --> 00:16:12,871 THE EARLY WORK ON THE FISH 459 00:16:12,871 --> 00:16:14,039 PASSAGE PROGRAM. THERE ARE FOUR 460 00:16:14,039 --> 00:16:15,841 KEY ITEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, 461 00:16:15,841 --> 00:16:19,044 CITY LIGHT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR 462 00:16:19,044 --> 00:16:20,412 DOING A BODY OF ADDITIONAL 463 00:16:20,412 --> 00:16:21,347 SCIENTIFIC STUDIES THAT WILL 464 00:16:21,347 --> 00:16:22,681 CONVENE RIGHT AWAY, WE ARE 465 00:16:22,681 --> 00:16:25,117 WORKING ON THE STUDY PLANS, THE 466 00:16:25,117 --> 00:16:26,318 SCOPE SCHEDULES AND BUDGETS 467 00:16:26,318 --> 00:16:27,252 RIGHT NOW-TO GET AGREEMENT ON 468 00:16:27,252 --> 00:16:28,721 THAT SO WE CAN START 469 00:16:28,721 --> 00:16:30,356 IMMEDIATELY. WE HAVE ONE YEAR TO 470 00:16:30,356 --> 00:16:31,323 CONDUCT THE ADDITIONAL STUDIES, 471 00:16:31,323 --> 00:16:33,759 AND IF WE NEED TO, WE WILL 472 00:16:33,759 --> 00:16:35,060 CONDUCT MORE WORK THAN WHAT IS 473 00:16:35,060 --> 00:16:36,762 REQUIRED IN ORDER TO MAKE GOOD 474 00:16:36,762 --> 00:16:39,798 DECISIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE 475 00:16:39,798 --> 00:16:42,501 HAVE FISH PASSAGE SYSTEM THAT 476 00:16:42,501 --> 00:16:45,504 WILL WORK AND WILL RETURN A LOT 477 00:16:45,504 --> 00:16:47,806 OF VALUE TO THE RIVER. THE 478 00:16:47,806 --> 00:16:49,408 SECOND ITEM IS THE 479 00:16:49,408 --> 00:16:50,075 RESPONSIBILITY, UPPER SKAGIT 480 00:16:50,075 --> 00:16:51,944 INDIAN TRIPE, THEY WILL BE 481 00:16:51,944 --> 00:16:54,046 WORKING WITH MCMILLAN TO DO A 482 00:16:54,046 --> 00:16:55,514 COST AND SCHEDULE REPORT FOR THE 483 00:16:55,514 --> 00:16:58,684 DOWN STREAM COLLECTOR AND OTHER 484 00:16:58,684 --> 00:17:01,019 ELEMENTS OF THE FISH PASSAGE 485 00:17:01,019 --> 00:17:02,421 PROGRAM. THAT WORK NEEDS TO 486 00:17:02,421 --> 00:17:04,390 OCCUR WITHIN THE FIRST SIX 487 00:17:04,390 --> 00:17:06,692 MONTHS, SO THAT WILL GIVE US 488 00:17:06,692 --> 00:17:08,394 INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE DOWN 489 00:17:08,394 --> 00:17:09,895 STREAM COLLECTOR WILL LOOK LIKE, 490 00:17:09,895 --> 00:17:12,765 IT IS REALLY REMOTE AREA OF THE 491 00:17:12,765 --> 00:17:13,766 ROSS RESERVOIR, GOING TO BE 492 00:17:13,766 --> 00:17:15,000 DIFFICULT TO BUILD SO WE WILL 493 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:17,169 GET A JUMP ON THE ENGINEERING 494 00:17:17,169 --> 00:17:20,839 WORK ASK HAVING THE UPPER SKAGIT 495 00:17:20,839 --> 00:17:23,509 TRIBE LEADING IT REMOVES ANY 496 00:17:23,509 --> 00:17:25,210 FEELING THAT THE CITY MIGHT BE 497 00:17:25,210 --> 00:17:27,379 KIND OF STEERING THINGS IN THE 498 00:17:27,379 --> 00:17:30,682 DIRECTION THAT WE WANT TO GO. 499 00:17:30,682 --> 00:17:32,384 LIKE A SECOND PARTY DESIGNING 500 00:17:32,384 --> 00:17:34,620 THAT IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THE 501 00:17:34,620 --> 00:17:37,156 WORK. SIMILARLY, WE HAD THE 502 00:17:37,156 --> 00:17:38,357 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE DESIGN THE 503 00:17:38,357 --> 00:17:40,959 ROSS ACCESS REPORT. ONE OF THE 504 00:17:40,959 --> 00:17:41,860 FEASIBILITY CRITERIA FOR THE 505 00:17:41,860 --> 00:17:43,729 DOWNSTREAM COLLECTOR IS WE ARE 506 00:17:43,729 --> 00:17:44,863 ABLE TO ACCESS THE RESERVOIR 507 00:17:44,863 --> 00:17:46,932 WITH THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND 508 00:17:46,932 --> 00:17:48,767 MATERIALS NEEDED TO BUILD THE 509 00:17:48,767 --> 00:17:49,334 DOWNSTREAM COLLECTOR. THE 510 00:17:49,334 --> 00:17:50,102 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE IS GOING 511 00:17:50,102 --> 00:17:52,905 TO LEAD THAT EFFORT AND THAT 512 00:17:52,905 --> 00:17:54,807 EFFORT WILL INCLUDE LOOKING AT A 513 00:17:54,807 --> 00:17:57,876 ROAD AND OTHER ALTERNATIVE MEANS 514 00:17:57,876 --> 00:18:01,079 OF ACCESS SUCH AS A SKY DRAIN. 515 00:18:01,079 --> 00:18:02,548 THEN THE FOURTH ASK IMPORTANT 516 00:18:02,548 --> 00:18:09,188 COMPONENT WILL BE ABLE TO BE 517 00:18:09,188 --> 00:18:09,855 TRANSPARENT. THE FOURTH 518 00:18:09,855 --> 00:18:12,057 COMPONENT IS STOCK SELECTION AND 519 00:18:12,057 --> 00:18:12,925 MANAGEMENT PLAN, WHICH IS 520 00:18:12,925 --> 00:18:14,526 RESPONSIBILITY OF THE FISH 521 00:18:14,526 --> 00:18:16,495 MANAGERS WHO ARE THE TRIBES, 522 00:18:16,495 --> 00:18:18,263 WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH 523 00:18:18,263 --> 00:18:19,298 AND WILDLIFE&THE NATIONAL 524 00:18:19,298 --> 00:18:20,098 FISHERY SERVICE. THAT WILL 525 00:18:20,098 --> 00:18:23,001 LIKELY BE DONE IN A SLIGHTLY 526 00:18:23,001 --> 00:18:26,205 MORE CONFIDENTIAL MANNER GIVEN 527 00:18:26,205 --> 00:18:28,106 IT IS IMPORTANT TREATY AND 528 00:18:28,106 --> 00:18:29,975 TRIBAL RIGHTS ISSUES ARE BEING 529 00:18:29,975 --> 00:18:31,443 DISCUSSED IN THOSE ROOMS. THEY 530 00:18:31,443 --> 00:18:32,544 WILL TELL US WHAT FISH, 531 00:18:32,544 --> 00:18:33,979 ULTIMATELY, THEY WOULD LIKE US 532 00:18:33,979 --> 00:18:37,583 TO PASS AND THEN WE WILL DESIGN 533 00:18:37,583 --> 00:18:39,585 AND STUDY THE SYSTEM TO 534 00:18:39,585 --> 00:18:40,285 ACCOMPLISH THOSE GOALS. I 535 00:18:40,285 --> 00:18:44,423 BELIEVE THAT IS THE END OF MY 536 00:18:44,423 --> 00:18:44,756 PRESENTATION. 537 00:18:44,756 --> 00:18:46,825 >> GREAT. LET ME ASK A QUICK 538 00:18:46,825 --> 00:18:48,026 QUESTION, IS THIS POWERPOINT 539 00:18:48,026 --> 00:18:53,265 ONLINE FOR THE PUBLIC? LIKE YOUR 540 00:18:53,265 --> 00:18:54,233 LAST ONE WAS? IT IS? OKAY. OKAY. 541 00:18:54,233 --> 00:18:56,168 WELL, I AM A ACTUALLY OKAY, BUT 542 00:18:56,168 --> 00:18:57,936 I AM GOING TO LOOK TO MY 543 00:18:57,936 --> 00:19:00,606 COLLEAGUES AND SEE IF THERE ARE 544 00:19:00,606 --> 00:19:01,240 ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS 545 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:03,142 POWERPOINT. I KNOW IT IS A LOT. 546 00:19:03,142 --> 00:19:03,909 WE WENT THROUGH THE REAL MEAT 547 00:19:03,909 --> 00:19:06,378 AND BONES OF IT AT THE LAST ONE. 548 00:19:06,378 --> 00:19:07,446 BUT THE FOLLOW-UP ONE, THE THING 549 00:19:07,446 --> 00:19:12,518 WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON WAS WHAT 550 00:19:12,518 --> 00:19:13,852 HAPPENS POST, IF, INDEED, THIS 551 00:19:13,852 --> 00:19:15,687 PASSES, IT GOES TO FULL COUNCIL, 552 00:19:15,687 --> 00:19:16,989 THEN TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, AND 553 00:19:16,989 --> 00:19:19,358 THE COMMENT PERIOD, AND THEN IN 554 00:19:19,358 --> 00:19:20,826 THE MEANTIME, WE HAD THE LETTER 555 00:19:20,826 --> 00:19:23,228 OF OPPOSITION FROM THE SKAGIT 556 00:19:23,228 --> 00:19:25,163 FOLKS NOW THAT GOT FIXED. AND 557 00:19:25,163 --> 00:19:26,532 THEN, SO, I KIND OF ALREADY KNOW 558 00:19:26,532 --> 00:19:27,900 SOME OF THE HISTORY OBVIOUSLY, 559 00:19:27,900 --> 00:19:30,135 SO I WANTED TO ASK COLLEAGUE 560 00:19:30,135 --> 00:19:30,869 PHYSICAL THEY HAVE QUESTIONS. 561 00:19:30,869 --> 00:19:31,136 DID YOU? 562 00:19:31,136 --> 00:19:36,074 >> I WILL MAKE SOME STATEMENTS. 563 00:19:36,074 --> 00:19:36,975 >> OKAY. YOU OKAY? 564 00:19:36,975 --> 00:19:39,845 >> MY VICE CHAIR OKAY? WELL, WE 565 00:19:39,845 --> 00:19:43,182 CAN'T HEAR HIM, SO. 566 00:19:43,182 --> 00:19:45,317 >> IF I MAY, CHAIR, 567 00:19:45,317 --> 00:19:46,218 COMPLIMENTING THE REMARKS YOU 568 00:19:46,218 --> 00:19:48,787 JUST MADE ABOUT WE JUST RECEIVED 569 00:19:48,787 --> 00:19:50,222 A FIVE-PAGE POWER POINT, WENT 570 00:19:50,222 --> 00:19:55,561 PRETTY QUICKLY THROUGH IT, HAD A 571 00:19:55,561 --> 00:19:56,962 GOOD PRESENTATION TWO WEEKS AGO, 572 00:19:56,962 --> 00:19:57,729 SO ARE WE READY TO VOTE? 573 00:19:57,729 --> 00:19:59,865 >> YEP, WE ARE GOING TO VOTE. 574 00:19:59,865 --> 00:20:02,668 >> IT FEELS A LITTLE 575 00:20:02,668 --> 00:20:09,107 ANTICLIMACTIC AT THIS MOMENT, 576 00:20:09,107 --> 00:20:10,542 AND THE REASON, IN MY OPINION, 577 00:20:10,542 --> 00:20:12,678 IS SUCCESS IS NOT BY CHANCE, IT 578 00:20:12,678 --> 00:20:15,881 IS THE PRODUCT OF A LONG, LIKE A 579 00:20:15,881 --> 00:20:17,716 NUMBER OF YEARS OF REALLY HARD 580 00:20:17,716 --> 00:20:18,684 WORK AND GETTING INTO DETAILS 581 00:20:18,684 --> 00:20:22,821 WITH A PANDEMIC IN THE MIDDLE OF 582 00:20:22,821 --> 00:20:24,623 IT. RIGHT? SO WE ARE HERE TODAY, 583 00:20:24,623 --> 00:20:25,791 I HAVE ASKED FOR IN-DEPTH 584 00:20:25,791 --> 00:20:30,262 BRIEFINGS OVER THE COURSE OF A 585 00:20:30,262 --> 00:20:31,563 NUMBER OF YEARS SO I WOULD NOT 586 00:20:31,563 --> 00:20:33,565 GET INTO HAD MOMENT WITH A LOT 587 00:20:33,565 --> 00:20:34,967 OF QUESTIONS. YOU HAVE BEEN 588 00:20:34,967 --> 00:20:35,634 SUCCESSFUL. I WATCHED YOUR 589 00:20:35,634 --> 00:20:36,668 PRESENTATION FROM TWO WEEKS AGO 590 00:20:36,668 --> 00:20:41,974 AND I WAS STRUCK AND I WAS AWED 591 00:20:41,974 --> 00:20:43,842 BY HOW MUCH THIS TEAM HAS BEEN 592 00:20:43,842 --> 00:20:45,444 ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH, THE BARRIERS 593 00:20:45,444 --> 00:20:47,012 YOU HAVE OVERCOME, I JUST 594 00:20:47,012 --> 00:20:48,847 REMEMBER THAT FIRST TRIP THAT WE 595 00:20:48,847 --> 00:20:50,515 TOOK, CHRIS, UP TO THE SKAGIT. I 596 00:20:50,515 --> 00:20:51,750 WAS ASKING SOME PRESSING 597 00:20:51,750 --> 00:20:55,954 QUESTIONS AND I WAS NOT LIKING 598 00:20:55,954 --> 00:20:59,091 THE ANSWERS I WAS RECEIVING. 599 00:20:59,091 --> 00:20:59,691 VERY DIRECTLY. RIGHT? AND FOR 600 00:20:59,691 --> 00:21:00,926 EVEN ME, YOU BEING ABLE TO WORK 601 00:21:00,926 --> 00:21:07,165 THROUGH THAT, AND THEN YOU DID 602 00:21:07,165 --> 00:21:08,900 THIS, WHAT? 19 OR 26 603 00:21:08,900 --> 00:21:11,169 STAKEHOLDERS? COUNTLESS. WE WILL 604 00:21:11,169 --> 00:21:13,405 SAY COUNTLESS, FOR THE RECORD. 605 00:21:13,405 --> 00:21:15,240 >> A LOT. 606 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:17,643 >> 16. I AM VERY APPRECIATIVE, 607 00:21:17,643 --> 00:21:19,344 THE PRESENTATION TWO WEEKS AGO 608 00:21:19,344 --> 00:21:20,379 WAS REALLY GREAT. YOU BREEZED 609 00:21:20,379 --> 00:21:21,747 OVER IT ABOUT THE SKY CRANE, BUT 610 00:21:21,747 --> 00:21:23,815 YOU PAUSED IT ON IT LAST TIME 611 00:21:23,815 --> 00:21:25,183 AROUND, AND JUST FOR THE RECORD 612 00:21:25,183 --> 00:21:26,652 TO REFLECT, I HAVE BEEN UP 613 00:21:26,652 --> 00:21:28,887 THERE, I HAVE FOUND THE 614 00:21:28,887 --> 00:21:29,955 FOOTINGS, THEY STILL EXIST, ALL 615 00:21:29,955 --> 00:21:32,090 YOU NEED IS BOLTS AND STEEL AND 616 00:21:32,090 --> 00:21:34,693 WE WILL GET THAT SKY CRANE 617 00:21:34,693 --> 00:21:37,796 RUNNING RIGHT BACK LIKE IT USED 618 00:21:37,796 --> 00:21:41,400 TO. AND THERE IS ALSO SOME OTHER 619 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:42,868 FOLKS IN THE ROOM RIGHT NOW, 620 00:21:42,868 --> 00:21:44,269 NOAH, AMY, YOU HAVE BEEN VERY 621 00:21:44,269 --> 00:21:45,237 HELPFUL. I WANT TO TAKE THE 622 00:21:45,237 --> 00:21:46,104 MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE YOU SINCE 623 00:21:46,104 --> 00:21:49,174 YOU ARE NOT AT THE TABLE. AND IF 624 00:21:49,174 --> 00:21:51,476 I MAY, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I WILL 625 00:21:51,476 --> 00:21:53,712 READ THE LETTER THAT I SENT, HAD 626 00:21:53,712 --> 00:21:57,182 YOU READ LAST TIME, EVEN THOUGH 627 00:21:57,182 --> 00:21:58,417 TRIBAL LEADERS AREN'T HERE, I 628 00:21:58,417 --> 00:21:59,551 THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO SAY 629 00:21:59,551 --> 00:22:01,086 THESE WORDS ONE MORE TIME. WHEN 630 00:22:01,086 --> 00:22:04,790 I WAS WRITING THIS, I USED THE 631 00:22:04,790 --> 00:22:07,626 WORD "HISTORIC," THIS IS A 632 00:22:07,626 --> 00:22:10,262 HISTORIC MOMENT. I PAUSE BECAUSE 633 00:22:10,262 --> 00:22:11,363 I QUESTIONED, IS THAT ACCURATE? 634 00:22:11,363 --> 00:22:16,568 BECAUSE THAT IS A VERY WEIGHTY 635 00:22:16,568 --> 00:22:18,670 WORD. AND, IN REFLECTION, I 636 00:22:18,670 --> 00:22:20,138 REMAIN THAT THIS IS A HISTORIC 637 00:22:20,138 --> 00:22:24,910 MOMENT OF THE TIMELINE YOU JUST 638 00:22:24,910 --> 00:22:26,378 PRESENTED WITH THE RELICENSE IN 639 00:22:26,378 --> 00:22:28,580 THE 1970s IS AND AGAIN AND HERE 640 00:22:28,580 --> 00:22:31,616 WE ARE WITH A 50-YEAR LICENSE. I 641 00:22:31,616 --> 00:22:33,352 WILL READ THIS LETTER BECAUSE I 642 00:22:33,352 --> 00:22:36,054 THING IT REALLY GETS THE CORE OF 643 00:22:36,054 --> 00:22:37,656 THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN 644 00:22:37,656 --> 00:22:38,890 ACCOMPLISHED, THANK YOU TO OUR 645 00:22:38,890 --> 00:22:39,991 TRIBAL LEADERS, THANK YOU FOR 646 00:22:39,991 --> 00:22:41,927 LETTING US BE YOUR GUEST HERE 647 00:22:41,927 --> 00:22:49,000 TODAY IN CHAMBERS, AND IN THE 648 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:51,536 SKAGIT RIVER WATER SHED . ONE OF 649 00:22:51,536 --> 00:22:53,939 THE HEALTHIEST RIVER, BECAUSE OF 650 00:22:53,939 --> 00:22:55,674 YOUR STEWARDSHIP, CONSERVATION 651 00:22:55,674 --> 00:22:56,942 EFFORTS THE LAST CENTURY&THE 652 00:22:56,942 --> 00:22:59,044 POSITIONS YOU HAVE HELD IN THIS 653 00:22:59,044 --> 00:23:02,447 LAST DECADE OF NEGOTIATING THIS 654 00:23:02,447 --> 00:23:04,249 RELICENSE AGREEMENT. ME, MY 655 00:23:04,249 --> 00:23:04,916 FAMILY, AND FUTURE GENERATIONS, 656 00:23:04,916 --> 00:23:06,752 ARE IN DEBTED TO YOU AND WHAT 657 00:23:06,752 --> 00:23:09,755 YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED FOR ALL OF 658 00:23:09,755 --> 00:23:10,889 US. THE LAST LICENSE AGREEMENT 659 00:23:10,889 --> 00:23:12,491 CONSERVED THE LAND IN THE SKAGIT 660 00:23:12,491 --> 00:23:14,393 RIVER BASIN SO MUCH THAT IT 661 00:23:14,393 --> 00:23:17,262 EQUATES TO THE SIZE OF ROSS 662 00:23:17,262 --> 00:23:18,764 LAKE, WHICH EXTENDS SO FAR, IT 663 00:23:18,764 --> 00:23:21,133 GOES TO CANADA. THE AGREEMENT 664 00:23:21,133 --> 00:23:22,334 BEFORE US GOES EVEN FURTHER. 665 00:23:22,334 --> 00:23:23,869 YOUR WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH US 666 00:23:23,869 --> 00:23:27,072 IN AN OFF LICENSE AGREEMENT AND 667 00:23:27,072 --> 00:23:28,340 YOUR COMMITMENT TO HOLD TO 668 00:23:28,340 --> 00:23:29,674 ACCOUNT IS WHAT MAKES THIS 669 00:23:29,674 --> 00:23:32,043 MOMENT INCREDIBLY SPECIAL. IT IS 670 00:23:32,043 --> 00:23:33,812 WHAT MAKES THIS AGREEMENT 671 00:23:33,812 --> 00:23:34,813 HISTORIC. WE WILL LIVE BETTER 672 00:23:34,813 --> 00:23:36,515 LIVES, OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS 673 00:23:36,515 --> 00:23:38,283 WILL BE BETTER OFF, BECAUSE OF 674 00:23:38,283 --> 00:23:40,051 THE AGREEMENTS WE ARE IN THE 675 00:23:40,051 --> 00:23:43,422 PROCESS OF MAKING TODAY. FROM 676 00:23:43,422 --> 00:23:44,856 THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, THANK 677 00:23:44,856 --> 00:23:47,826 YOU. I GO ON TO SAY I WOULD LOVE 678 00:23:47,826 --> 00:23:50,162 TO CONTINUE MEETING WITH THE 679 00:23:50,162 --> 00:23:51,897 TRIBAL LEADERS UP IN THE SKAGIT 680 00:23:51,897 --> 00:23:53,899 RIVER BASIN. I THINK IT WILL BE 681 00:23:53,899 --> 00:23:55,667 IMPORTANT THAT WE USE THE NATIVE 682 00:23:55,667 --> 00:23:56,168 COMMUNITIES AND TRIBAL 683 00:23:56,168 --> 00:23:56,935 GOVERNMENTS TO CONTINUE THIS 684 00:23:56,935 --> 00:23:58,637 WORK TO BE ABLE TO MEET WITH 685 00:23:58,637 --> 00:24:01,106 FOLKS UP THERE, BECAUSE WHILE 686 00:24:01,106 --> 00:24:02,774 THEY WERE HERE LAST MEETING, AND 687 00:24:02,774 --> 00:24:05,977 WE GOT THROUGH A FAIR AMOUNT OF 688 00:24:05,977 --> 00:24:07,012 THE INFORMATION THEY WERE ABLE 689 00:24:07,012 --> 00:24:09,714 TO SHARE WITH US, THERE WAS SO 690 00:24:09,714 --> 00:24:13,351 MUCH LEFT ON THE TABLE FOR US TO 691 00:24:13,351 --> 00:24:14,586 DISCUSS, BECAUSE A DECADE OF 692 00:24:14,586 --> 00:24:16,021 NEGOTIATING TO GET TO AN OFF 693 00:24:16,021 --> 00:24:18,123 LICENSE AGREEMENT WHERE WE ARE 694 00:24:18,123 --> 00:24:21,827 NOT SUING IN COURT, AND WE ARE 695 00:24:21,827 --> 00:24:23,428 CONTINUING TO HAVE ELECTRICAL 696 00:24:23,428 --> 00:24:25,497 GENERATION OPERATING IN SKAGIT 697 00:24:25,497 --> 00:24:29,568 IN THE SKAGIT, IS JUST 698 00:24:29,568 --> 00:24:31,636 INCREDIBLE. SO, THE BACK PAY FOR 699 00:24:31,636 --> 00:24:35,373 OUR USE OF THE LAND, OUR 700 00:24:35,373 --> 00:24:35,974 CONSERVATION, OUR ELECTRICAL 701 00:24:35,974 --> 00:24:36,875 GENERATION, PUTTING WATER BACK 702 00:24:36,875 --> 00:24:40,612 IN THE RIVER AND STILL NOT 703 00:24:40,612 --> 00:24:42,614 LOSING GENERATION, THIS IS A 704 00:24:42,614 --> 00:24:43,348 REALLY HISTORIC MOMENT. CHRIS, 705 00:24:43,348 --> 00:24:44,649 THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY 706 00:24:44,649 --> 00:24:46,852 HEART FOR YOU WORK ON HAD BEHALF 707 00:24:46,852 --> 00:24:49,387 OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE. THANK 708 00:24:49,387 --> 00:24:49,588 YOU. 709 00:24:49,588 --> 00:24:53,725 >> THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYTHING, 710 00:24:53,725 --> 00:24:59,130 COMMENTS FROM ANYONE ELSE? WHAT 711 00:24:59,130 --> 00:25:01,233 ABOUT MR. KETTLE? 712 00:25:04,236 --> 00:25:07,205 >> FOLLOW UP, CAPTURES THE 713 00:25:07,205 --> 00:25:10,141 BIGGER PICTURE, LONGER TERM, THE 714 00:25:10,141 --> 00:25:11,543 FULLNESS OF THIS, THANKS FOR HIS 715 00:25:11,543 --> 00:25:15,614 COMMENTS AND FOR THE WORK DONE 716 00:25:15,614 --> 00:25:16,248 BY EVERYBODY, REALLY APPRECIATE 717 00:25:16,248 --> 00:25:16,348 IT. 718 00:25:26,258 --> 00:25:26,691 >> THANK YOU. 719 00:25:32,330 --> 00:25:33,732 >> BEFORE I CLOSE US OUT. 720 00:25:33,732 --> 00:25:37,135 >> SURE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 721 00:25:37,135 --> 00:25:40,005 I WANT TO CONTINUE, I SUPPOSE, 722 00:25:40,005 --> 00:25:41,640 BY THANKING OUR PARTNERS AT CITY 723 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:44,409 LIGHT FOR GETTING US TO THIS 724 00:25:44,409 --> 00:25:51,783 POINT RIGHT NOW, VERY COMPLEX, 725 00:25:51,783 --> 00:25:52,350 MULTI-YEAR, MULTI-PARTY 726 00:25:52,350 --> 00:25:53,184 ENGAGEMENT. AND MULTIPLE MILLION 727 00:25:53,184 --> 00:25:56,154 DOLLARS, OF COURSE, AS WELL, BUT 728 00:25:56,154 --> 00:25:58,323 IT IS TREMENDOUSLY IMPACTFUL AND 729 00:25:58,323 --> 00:25:59,524 HUGELY CONKWENS AND BENEFICIAL 730 00:25:59,524 --> 00:26:05,530 FOR A LOT OF COMMUNITIES ACROSS 731 00:26:05,530 --> 00:26:08,833 OUR REGION. I CAN'T SAY THAT 732 00:26:08,833 --> 00:26:10,502 WITHOUT ALSO REAFFIRMING MY 733 00:26:10,502 --> 00:26:12,404 GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION TO 734 00:26:12,404 --> 00:26:14,439 THE TRIBAL LEADERS AND ELDERS 735 00:26:14,439 --> 00:26:15,273 WHO SHARED THEIR OWN 736 00:26:15,273 --> 00:26:17,175 PERSPECTIVES WITH US AT THIS 737 00:26:17,175 --> 00:26:20,145 VERY MEETING LAST TIME, TWO 738 00:26:20,145 --> 00:26:22,881 WEEKS AGO. I AM TREMENDOUSLY 739 00:26:22,881 --> 00:26:25,417 GRATEFUL FOR THEIR TIME, SHARING 740 00:26:25,417 --> 00:26:31,456 THEIR INSIGHTS AND KNOWLEDGE AND 741 00:26:31,456 --> 00:26:33,024 GUIDANCE, AND IMPORTANTLY, 742 00:26:33,024 --> 00:26:36,661 HISTORY. ALSO, WANT TO RECOGNIZE 743 00:26:36,661 --> 00:26:39,898 THE LEADERSHIP OF THE INDIAN 744 00:26:39,898 --> 00:26:43,868 TRIBAL COMMUNITY, UPPER SKAGIT 745 00:26:43,868 --> 00:26:47,305 INDIAN TRIBE, THE INDIAN TRIBE, 746 00:26:47,305 --> 00:26:50,275 THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, THESE 747 00:26:50,275 --> 00:26:51,409 ARE SOVEREIGN TRIBAL NATIONS 748 00:26:51,409 --> 00:26:53,778 WITH DEEP, ENDURING CONNECTIONS 749 00:26:53,778 --> 00:26:55,580 TO THE SAJT RIVER. THEIR VOICES 750 00:26:55,580 --> 00:26:58,583 REMIND US THAT THIS WORK IS NOT 751 00:26:58,583 --> 00:27:02,253 ONLY TECHNICAL, IT IS CULTURAL, 752 00:27:02,253 --> 00:27:06,658 SPIRITUALLY, AND ROOTED IN 753 00:27:06,658 --> 00:27:08,393 GENERATIONS OF STEWARDSHIP. WHAT 754 00:27:08,393 --> 00:27:09,794 WE ARE CONSIDERING IN, THINK 755 00:27:09,794 --> 00:27:13,665 ABOUT TO VOTE ON, IS NOT JUST 756 00:27:13,665 --> 00:27:18,603 THE LICENSE, BUT A DECISION WITH 757 00:27:18,603 --> 00:27:19,771 GENERATIONAL IMPACTS ON CULTURE, 758 00:27:19,771 --> 00:27:23,708 ON CLIMATE, ON ECO SYSTEMS, AND 759 00:27:23,708 --> 00:27:26,177 SO MUCH MORE. THE COMMITMENTS IN 760 00:27:26,177 --> 00:27:28,313 THIS AGREEMENT REPRESENT AN 761 00:27:28,313 --> 00:27:32,517 IMPORTANT STEP TOWARD PROTECTING 762 00:27:32,517 --> 00:27:35,320 NATURAL RESOURCES, SUPPORTING 763 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:36,955 TRIBE PRIORITIES, AND 764 00:27:36,955 --> 00:27:41,660 ACKNOWLEDGING PAST WRONGS, PAST 765 00:27:41,660 --> 00:27:42,994 TRAUMAS, PAST IMPACTS. SO, WANT 766 00:27:42,994 --> 00:27:45,296 TO THANK, AGAIN, THE TEAM FROM 767 00:27:45,296 --> 00:27:48,199 SEATTLE CITY LIGHT, FOR ALL YOUR 768 00:27:48,199 --> 00:27:51,002 HARD WORK IN THIS HIGHLY 769 00:27:51,002 --> 00:27:56,141 COMPLEX, BUT HUGELY IMPACTFUL 770 00:27:56,141 --> 00:27:58,543 EFFORT OVER MANY YEARS. AND MORE 771 00:27:58,543 --> 00:28:02,080 WORK TO COME, OF COURSE, IN 772 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:03,214 TERMS OF IMPLEMENTATION. BUT 773 00:28:03,214 --> 00:28:05,717 GREAT PLACE TO BE RIGHT NOW, AND 774 00:28:05,717 --> 00:28:07,018 MADAM CHAIR, I WOULD BE REMISSED 775 00:28:07,018 --> 00:28:10,388 AS WELL IF I DIDN'T ALSO 776 00:28:10,388 --> 00:28:12,223 RECOGNIZE YOU AND YOUR 777 00:28:12,223 --> 00:28:17,796 STEWARDSHIP OF THIS PROCESS, 778 00:28:17,796 --> 00:28:18,696 YOUR TREMENDOUS LEADERSHIP. SO 779 00:28:18,696 --> 00:28:20,065 MANY DIFFERENT FACETS, I HAVE 780 00:28:20,065 --> 00:28:21,433 BEEN PRIVILEGED TO BE ABLE TO 781 00:28:21,433 --> 00:28:23,468 OBSERVE FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS 782 00:28:23,468 --> 00:28:26,738 ON THIS EFFORT, BUT I KNOW YOUR 783 00:28:26,738 --> 00:28:29,708 LEADERSHIP AND INVOLVEMENT IN 784 00:28:29,708 --> 00:28:31,142 THIS BROADER, STRATEGIC EFFORT, 785 00:28:31,142 --> 00:28:35,780 TRANSCENDS MY OWN TWO-PLUS YEAR 786 00:28:35,780 --> 00:28:38,583 PERIOD ON THE COUNCIL. SO, OUR 787 00:28:38,583 --> 00:28:39,951 CITY IS BENEFITING FROM YOUR 788 00:28:39,951 --> 00:28:40,885 WISDOM AND EXPERTISE ASK YOUR 789 00:28:40,885 --> 00:28:44,322 LEADERSHIP, AND IS GOING TO 790 00:28:44,322 --> 00:28:46,758 CONTINUE TO DO SO FOR DECADS AND 791 00:28:46,758 --> 00:28:49,327 GENERATIONS TO COME. THANK YOU. 792 00:28:49,327 --> 00:28:51,129 >> THANK YOU. YOU DONE? I AM 793 00:28:51,129 --> 00:28:54,933 GOING TO CLOSE US OUT, UNLESS 794 00:28:54,933 --> 00:28:58,670 YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY. 795 00:28:58,670 --> 00:29:00,138 >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I 796 00:29:00,138 --> 00:29:02,107 SAID A LOT LAST TIME, SO I WILL 797 00:29:02,107 --> 00:29:04,843 JUST SAY, AGAIN, THANK YOU TO 798 00:29:04,843 --> 00:29:07,345 THE CITY LIGHT TEAM, THE ENTIRE 799 00:29:07,345 --> 00:29:09,514 TEAM WHO WORKED ON THIS&THANK 800 00:29:09,514 --> 00:29:10,915 YOU TO OUR TRIBAL PARTNERS WHO 801 00:29:10,915 --> 00:29:12,617 CAME LAST TIME TO SAY THEY 802 00:29:12,617 --> 00:29:14,486 SUPPORT THIS. THERE WAS A LOT OF 803 00:29:14,486 --> 00:29:18,056 WORK DONE OVER MANY YEARS TO GET 804 00:29:18,056 --> 00:29:20,091 TO THIS POINT. I WANT TO 805 00:29:20,091 --> 00:29:20,859 RECOGNIZE THAT WORK, MADAM 806 00:29:20,859 --> 00:29:22,127 CHAIR, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE ALL 807 00:29:22,127 --> 00:29:23,828 THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE, AND 808 00:29:23,828 --> 00:29:26,498 THE TIME THAT YOU WERE HERE PAST 809 00:29:26,498 --> 00:29:28,299 AND PRESENT, TOWARD THIS EFFORT 810 00:29:28,299 --> 00:29:31,369 AND I LOOK FORWARD TO TAKING THE 811 00:29:31,369 --> 00:29:32,137 BOAT TODAY. THANK YOU. 812 00:29:32,137 --> 00:29:38,343 >> THANK YOU, MADAM. I WAS GOING 813 00:29:38,343 --> 00:29:39,811 TO SAY MADAM CHAIR. COUNCIL 814 00:29:39,811 --> 00:29:41,279 MEMBER RIVERA. I AM GOING TO BE 815 00:29:41,279 --> 00:29:42,647 STRAIGHT FORWARD HERE, I 816 00:29:42,647 --> 00:29:43,915 APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES, THANK 817 00:29:43,915 --> 00:29:46,551 YOU GUYS, BUT I COME FROM A 818 00:29:46,551 --> 00:29:48,019 GENERATION WHERE I THINK IT IS 819 00:29:48,019 --> 00:29:49,988 IMPORTANT THAT YOU LAID OUT THE 820 00:29:49,988 --> 00:29:51,656 HISTORY, STARTING IN 1924, TO 821 00:29:51,656 --> 00:29:56,427 WHERE WE ARE AT. WHAT I ALWAYS 822 00:29:56,427 --> 00:29:58,263 FIND A BIT DISINGENUOUS, THOUGH 823 00:29:58,263 --> 00:30:01,299 IS YOU NEVER PUT IN THE HISTORY 824 00:30:01,299 --> 00:30:02,033 OF TREATIES THAT GUARANTEED 825 00:30:02,033 --> 00:30:03,568 TRIBES RIGHTS TO THE FISH AND 826 00:30:03,568 --> 00:30:04,669 WHAT THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS 827 00:30:04,669 --> 00:30:08,673 DID TO OUR RIVER AND STREAM 828 00:30:08,673 --> 00:30:11,042 SYSTEMS, AND THE DEGRADATION, 829 00:30:11,042 --> 00:30:13,344 YOU NEVER TALK ABOUT, AFTER 1977 830 00:30:13,344 --> 00:30:15,847 AND 1978 WITH THE DECISION IN 831 00:30:15,847 --> 00:30:17,115 USC WASHINGTON&WHAT IT TOOK US 832 00:30:17,115 --> 00:30:20,285 HERE FOR US TO BE AT THE TABLE. 833 00:30:20,285 --> 00:30:22,220 I AM JUST CAUTIONING YOU IN THE 834 00:30:22,220 --> 00:30:25,256 FUTURE, I AM NOT GOING TO CALL 835 00:30:25,256 --> 00:30:28,526 BS, BUT THOSE OF US THAT LIVED 836 00:30:28,526 --> 00:30:29,661 THROUGH THIS, AND THE FISH WARS, 837 00:30:29,661 --> 00:30:31,729 I MEAN, THAT IS PART OF THE 838 00:30:31,729 --> 00:30:35,466 HISTORY. I KNOW YOU ALL WORK 839 00:30:35,466 --> 00:30:38,169 HARD AND I GET THAT, BUT HAVING 840 00:30:38,169 --> 00:30:40,405 ITS GENESIS TO MAKE THE STATE 841 00:30:40,405 --> 00:30:42,707 AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND ARMY 842 00:30:42,707 --> 00:30:44,209 CORPS AND ALL THESE GROUPS 843 00:30:44,209 --> 00:30:45,543 INCLUDING GROUPS LIKE THE SIERRA 844 00:30:45,543 --> 00:30:48,079 CLUB AND ALL OF THEM AS WELL, IT 845 00:30:48,079 --> 00:30:51,216 TOOK US TO HAVE TO BE IN FEDERAL 846 00:30:51,216 --> 00:30:52,417 DISTRICT COURT, THE 9th CIRCUIT, 847 00:30:52,417 --> 00:30:53,718 AND THE UNITED STATES SUPREME 848 00:30:53,718 --> 00:30:57,422 COURT TO SECURE OUR RIGHTS TO 849 00:30:57,422 --> 00:30:58,556 EVEN BE AT THE TABLE. WHILE I 850 00:30:58,556 --> 00:31:01,159 THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK, I THINK 851 00:31:01,159 --> 00:31:02,694 THE REAL, FOR ME, ANYWAY, THE 852 00:31:02,694 --> 00:31:03,394 REAL HERO IS WHAT I LOOK BACK ON 853 00:31:03,394 --> 00:31:07,365 AND I AM SURE YOU WATCHED THE 854 00:31:07,365 --> 00:31:10,168 FISH WARS, IS THAT-- WHEN WE SAY 855 00:31:10,168 --> 00:31:12,270 TRIBAL OR TRADITIONAL, WE ALSO 856 00:31:12,270 --> 00:31:14,873 HAD THE SCIENCE. I WAS LOOKING 857 00:31:14,873 --> 00:31:16,741 AT YOUR POWERPOINT AND BEING 858 00:31:16,741 --> 00:31:18,776 TRIGGERED BY REMEMBERING HAVING 859 00:31:18,776 --> 00:31:20,111 TO CROSS EXAMINE HYDROLOGISTS 860 00:31:20,111 --> 00:31:21,412 AND LEARN ABOUT THE MAIN STEM 861 00:31:21,412 --> 00:31:22,747 AND SHADE IN THE RIVERS AND 862 00:31:22,747 --> 00:31:25,216 PEOPLE TELLING US THAT IT IF YOU 863 00:31:25,216 --> 00:31:26,718 TAKE IT OUT THE FISH WON'T COME 864 00:31:26,718 --> 00:31:28,086 BACK AND THEY CAME BACK, DEALING 865 00:31:28,086 --> 00:31:30,421 WITH-- I COULD GO ON AND ON, SO 866 00:31:30,421 --> 00:31:32,757 I GUESS MY POINT IS, I THINK IT 867 00:31:32,757 --> 00:31:34,459 IS IMPORTANT WHEN YOU DO THE 868 00:31:34,459 --> 00:31:36,327 SIGNING SHS IF WE GET THIS OUT 869 00:31:36,327 --> 00:31:38,229 OF COMMITTEE TO FULL COUNCIL, I 870 00:31:38,229 --> 00:31:39,631 THINK IT IS IMPORTANT, THAT WE 871 00:31:39,631 --> 00:31:41,165 TALK ABOUT THE WHOLE HISTORY 872 00:31:41,165 --> 00:31:43,434 HERE, AND IT HAS BEEN VERY 873 00:31:43,434 --> 00:31:45,637 TRAGIC. AND WE HAVE LOST A LOT 874 00:31:45,637 --> 00:31:46,738 OF LAND&A LOT OF RESOURCES THAT 875 00:31:46,738 --> 00:31:49,040 WE ARE NOT GOING TO GET BACK, 876 00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:51,542 CALL IT WHAT IT IS. THERE IS A 877 00:31:51,542 --> 00:31:54,812 TIME WHERE THE COLOMBIA RIVER IN 878 00:31:54,812 --> 00:31:55,847 THE 1970s WHEN THE SPRING 879 00:31:55,847 --> 00:31:57,815 CHINOOK CAME BACK, I REMEMBER 880 00:31:57,815 --> 00:32:03,988 ONE YEAR THERE WERE LIKE 12, AND 881 00:32:03,988 --> 00:32:06,224 THEM LOSING THE DALLES, FISHING, 882 00:32:06,224 --> 00:32:06,858 AND TRADITIONAL FISHING SITES. 883 00:32:06,858 --> 00:32:07,859 YES, WE HAVE DONE THAT FOR 884 00:32:07,859 --> 00:32:10,795 ENERGY AND THAT IS WHAT POWERS 885 00:32:10,795 --> 00:32:12,297 THE CITY. SO, WHEN I LOOK-- YOU 886 00:32:12,297 --> 00:32:14,198 KNOW, I PLOT IT OUT, I GO BACK 887 00:32:14,198 --> 00:32:17,669 AND LOOK FOR MY DAYS OF 888 00:32:17,669 --> 00:32:19,137 LITIGATING, SO, I, YOU KNOW, 889 00:32:19,137 --> 00:32:22,206 KNOW HOW HARD IT WAS ON THESE 890 00:32:22,206 --> 00:32:24,342 COMMUNITIES AND I WAS THERE IN 891 00:32:24,342 --> 00:32:26,844 1991 AT EVERGREEN LEGAL SERVICES 892 00:32:26,844 --> 00:32:28,613 IN THE NATIVE AMERICAN PROJECT 893 00:32:28,613 --> 00:32:29,781 WITH THE LIKES OF DOREEN MALONEY 894 00:32:29,781 --> 00:32:34,285 AND LORRAINE AND ALL OF THOSE 895 00:32:34,285 --> 00:32:35,653 FOLKS. AND SO I REMEMBER HOW 896 00:32:35,653 --> 00:32:36,587 CONTENTIOUS IT WAS, IT WASN'T 897 00:32:36,587 --> 00:32:39,824 LIKE IT IS RIGHT NOW. I SAY 898 00:32:39,824 --> 00:32:42,026 THIS, NOT AS QUITE ELDER YET, 899 00:32:42,026 --> 00:32:44,729 JUST MAKES ME LAUGH, BUT HAVING 900 00:32:44,729 --> 00:32:46,631 THAT HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE 901 00:32:46,631 --> 00:32:50,735 ABOUT HOW WE GOT HERE, EVEN THE 902 00:32:50,735 --> 00:32:52,704 FIVE OFF LICENSE AGREEMENTS FOR 903 00:32:52,704 --> 00:32:56,240 $350 MILLION. IF WE-- NO ONE 904 00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:57,809 WANTS TO DO THIS&I THINK THAT IS 905 00:32:57,809 --> 00:32:58,643 WHAT PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND, 906 00:32:58,643 --> 00:33:01,079 TRIBES NEVER WANT TO BE IN A 907 00:33:01,079 --> 00:33:04,248 POSITION WHERE THEY HAVE TO SUE 908 00:33:04,248 --> 00:33:05,383 BECAUSE WE DON'T ALWAYS GET 909 00:33:05,383 --> 00:33:06,751 WHAT ALL WE WANT EITHER. THAT IS 910 00:33:06,751 --> 00:33:08,753 WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY. THIS IS 911 00:33:08,753 --> 00:33:09,887 HISTORIC, $4 BILLION, AS YOU 912 00:33:09,887 --> 00:33:11,289 KNOW, PACKAGE. I DON'T HAVE TO 913 00:33:11,289 --> 00:33:13,424 GO INTO IT, YOU KNOW HOW LONG 914 00:33:13,424 --> 00:33:16,427 THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON, AS 915 00:33:16,427 --> 00:33:17,695 COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS POINTED 916 00:33:17,695 --> 00:33:19,163 OUT, 15, 16 PARTIES, IT IS NOT 917 00:33:19,163 --> 00:33:20,732 EASY Y. AM NOT GOING TO TAKE 918 00:33:20,732 --> 00:33:23,901 THAT AWAY FROM YOU. I KNOW IT IS 919 00:33:23,901 --> 00:33:24,435 HARD. WITH THE COMPETING 920 00:33:24,435 --> 00:33:25,970 INTERESTS AND NOT JUST WITH THE 921 00:33:25,970 --> 00:33:28,673 FEDS AND THE STATE AND THE CITY, 922 00:33:28,673 --> 00:33:32,610 BUT THE RECREATIONAL GROUPS AND 923 00:33:32,610 --> 00:33:34,412 ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS, AND 924 00:33:34,412 --> 00:33:36,147 EVERYBODY'S POSITION ABOUT DAMS 925 00:33:36,147 --> 00:33:37,982 IN GENERAL. SO, I LOOK FORWARD 926 00:33:37,982 --> 00:33:39,784 TO THIS GETTING TO THE MAYOR'S 927 00:33:39,784 --> 00:33:42,387 OFFICE AND THIS GETTING OVER AND 928 00:33:42,387 --> 00:33:44,155 SEEING HOW THE PROCESS WORKS, 929 00:33:44,155 --> 00:33:47,258 AND STEPPING BACK AND SEE IF THE 930 00:33:47,258 --> 00:33:48,326 FISH PASSAGES WORK CAN AND THE 931 00:33:48,326 --> 00:33:49,727 SCIENCE WORK, I THINK IT MAY BE 932 00:33:49,727 --> 00:33:50,995 THE FIRST OF ITS KIND, CORRECT 933 00:33:50,995 --> 00:33:52,630 ME IF I AM WRONG, IN THE 934 00:33:52,630 --> 00:33:53,765 COUNTRY, WHERE THE TRIBES HAVE 935 00:33:53,765 --> 00:33:55,433 DONE THIS WITH YOU AND THIS TYPE 936 00:33:55,433 --> 00:33:59,437 OF AGREEMENT, IF IT IS GOING TO 937 00:33:59,437 --> 00:34:00,838 BE YOUR LICENSE FOR 50 YEARSISM 938 00:34:00,838 --> 00:34:02,440 WE KNOW WHEN THE LICENSES 939 00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:03,841 STARTED IN THE LATE 20s AND I 940 00:34:03,841 --> 00:34:07,178 SAID THIS LAST TIME Y WILL SAY 941 00:34:07,178 --> 00:34:10,848 IT BRIEFLY AGAIN, THEY USED 942 00:34:10,848 --> 00:34:12,617 EMINENT DOMAIN TO TAKE AWAY 943 00:34:12,617 --> 00:34:14,218 MILLIONS OF ACRES OF TRIBAL 944 00:34:14,218 --> 00:34:16,387 LAND, NOT JUST IN WASHINGTON 945 00:34:16,387 --> 00:34:17,855 STATE. WHEN YOU GO TO 946 00:34:17,855 --> 00:34:19,490 CALIFORNIA, YOU SEE NORTHERN 947 00:34:19,490 --> 00:34:20,224 CALIFORNIA AND OREGON, AND YOU 948 00:34:20,224 --> 00:34:22,994 SEE WHAT THE DAMS HAVE DONE TO 949 00:34:22,994 --> 00:34:24,529 THE FISH RUNS, IT IS OBSCENE. 950 00:34:24,529 --> 00:34:29,367 THAT IS WHERE WE ARE AT IN THE 951 00:34:29,367 --> 00:34:31,135 WORLD. I DO WANT TO THANK YOU 952 00:34:31,135 --> 00:34:34,138 FOR WORKING WITH THE THREE 953 00:34:34,138 --> 00:34:35,273 TRIBES AND AGREEMENTS TAKING 954 00:34:35,273 --> 00:34:36,507 INTO ACCOUNT. YOU HAVE YOUR WORK 955 00:34:36,507 --> 00:34:38,576 CUT OUT FOR YOU WHEN CULTURAL 956 00:34:38,576 --> 00:34:41,279 STUFF COMES IN, YOU LOT OF WORK. 957 00:34:41,279 --> 00:34:44,348 BUT THE GOOD THING IS, THE LAW 958 00:34:44,348 --> 00:34:45,883 DOES ACCOUNT FOR THAT NOW, IT 959 00:34:45,883 --> 00:34:48,352 DOES ACCOUNT FOR STEWARDSHIP AND 960 00:34:48,352 --> 00:34:50,421 TRIBAL LEADERSHIP. IT DOES 961 00:34:50,421 --> 00:34:51,789 ACCOUNT FOR GOVERNMENT TO 962 00:34:51,789 --> 00:34:52,723 GOVERNMENT, TRIBAL CONSULTATION, 963 00:34:52,723 --> 00:34:54,926 AND I HAVE TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT 964 00:34:54,926 --> 00:34:55,793 THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE 965 00:34:55,793 --> 00:34:57,161 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS NOT BASED 966 00:34:57,161 --> 00:35:01,132 ON RACE T IS BASED ON POLITICAL 967 00:35:01,132 --> 00:35:01,966 RELATIONSHIP BASED ON THE OUN 968 00:35:01,966 --> 00:35:05,203 860 TREATIES, THE SUPREME LAW OF 969 00:35:05,203 --> 00:35:06,404 THE LAND. THAT BEING SAID, I AM 970 00:35:06,404 --> 00:35:08,639 HAPPY TO GET THIS OUT OF HERE. I 971 00:35:08,639 --> 00:35:11,108 AM TIRED OF LOOKING AT IT SINCE 972 00:35:11,108 --> 00:35:15,813 2018, AND I AM SURE THE MAYOR'S 973 00:35:15,813 --> 00:35:17,014 OFFICE WILL BE AS WELL. I WILL 974 00:35:17,014 --> 00:35:18,916 NOT BE HERE IN 2030, I WILL TELL 975 00:35:18,916 --> 00:35:19,984 YOU THAT. HOPEFULLY THIS WILL 976 00:35:19,984 --> 00:35:21,319 ALL GO SMOOTHLY, AND YOU WILL 977 00:35:21,319 --> 00:35:22,520 GET YOUR LICENSE AND YOU WILL 978 00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:26,791 CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE 979 00:35:26,791 --> 00:35:27,458 TRIBES, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, 980 00:35:27,458 --> 00:35:29,327 JUST SHOWING, NOT JUST THE CITY 981 00:35:29,327 --> 00:35:30,461 OF SEATTLE, BUT OTHER CITIES, 982 00:35:30,461 --> 00:35:32,930 THAT THIS CAN BE DONE, THAT YOU 983 00:35:32,930 --> 00:35:36,367 CAN HAVE THESE TYPE OF 984 00:35:36,367 --> 00:35:38,636 AGREEMENTS, AND YOU CAN WORK 985 00:35:38,636 --> 00:35:39,337 WITH THE TRIBES AND OTHER GROUPS 986 00:35:39,337 --> 00:35:40,805 BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, 987 00:35:40,805 --> 00:35:42,673 AS YOU HEARD ME SAY LAST TIME, 988 00:35:42,673 --> 00:35:46,577 WE DON'T WANT TO BE FIGHTING 989 00:35:46,577 --> 00:35:50,348 OVER THE LAST SALMON. WE HAVE A 990 00:35:50,348 --> 00:35:51,616 LOT OF STUFF COMING, LOT OF 991 00:35:51,616 --> 00:35:56,754 THINGS TO WORK ON WHEN IT COMES 992 00:35:56,754 --> 00:35:59,457 TO ENERGY, HYDRO, DAMS, AND, OF 993 00:35:59,457 --> 00:36:00,725 COURSE SHS REPLENISHING THOSE 994 00:36:00,725 --> 00:36:01,893 SPECIES THAT WE HAVE LOST. THAT 995 00:36:01,893 --> 00:36:04,996 IS JUST MORE OF A PERSONAL POINT 996 00:36:04,996 --> 00:36:06,631 OF WHERE I AM AT. OKAY. WITH 997 00:36:06,631 --> 00:36:07,298 THAT, ALL RIGHT. IS THERE 998 00:36:07,298 --> 00:36:08,566 ANYTHING YOU WANT A SAY BEFORE 999 00:36:08,566 --> 00:36:10,868 WE GO TO A VOTE? ARE YOU OKAY? 1000 00:36:10,868 --> 00:36:12,837 ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD? YOU 1001 00:36:12,837 --> 00:36:18,576 GOT ANYTHING FOR US, ERIC? NOT A 1002 00:36:18,576 --> 00:36:18,910 DANG THING. 1003 00:36:18,910 --> 00:36:20,978 >> IF THIS GETS VOTED ON TODAY 1004 00:36:20,978 --> 00:36:22,413 IT COULD GO TO COUNCIL AS SOON 1005 00:36:22,413 --> 00:36:23,414 AS APRIL 7, NEXT WEEK. 1006 00:36:23,414 --> 00:36:26,417 >> I WAS GOING TO MAKE AN APRIL 1007 00:36:26,417 --> 00:36:29,754 FOOL'S JOKE BUT I THOUGHT IT 1008 00:36:29,754 --> 00:36:31,556 WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE. NOT 1009 00:36:31,556 --> 00:36:32,757 GOING TO VOTE TODAY. 1010 00:36:32,757 --> 00:36:34,058 >> NOT TOO LATE. 1011 00:36:34,058 --> 00:36:35,226 >> STILL GOT TIME. WITH THAT, NO 1012 00:36:35,226 --> 00:36:36,861 MORE QUESTIONS, I DID MY CLOSING 1013 00:36:36,861 --> 00:36:38,763 REMARKS, YOU ARE OKAY. LET ME DO 1014 00:36:38,763 --> 00:36:40,731 THIS NOW. BACK ON THE SCRIPT 1015 00:36:40,731 --> 00:36:42,366 HERE, GOT TO FOLLOW ROBERT'S 1016 00:36:42,366 --> 00:36:44,335 RULES OF ORDERS. I MOVE THAT THE 1017 00:36:44,335 --> 00:36:46,637 COMMITTEE RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF 1018 00:36:46,637 --> 00:36:49,206 COUNCIL BILL 121177, IS THERE A 1019 00:36:49,206 --> 00:36:49,440 SECOND? 1020 00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:49,807 >> SECOND. 1021 00:36:49,807 --> 00:36:52,510 >> THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN MOVED 1022 00:36:52,510 --> 00:36:54,278 AND SECONDED, THREE SECONDS, TO 1023 00:36:54,278 --> 00:36:55,846 RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF THE BILL. I 1024 00:36:55,846 --> 00:36:57,248 KNOW WE HAVE NO FURTHER 1025 00:36:57,248 --> 00:36:59,183 COMMENTS, WITH THAT, CLERK, WILL 1026 00:36:59,183 --> 00:36:59,884 YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? 1027 00:36:59,884 --> 00:37:00,952 >> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS? 1028 00:37:00,952 --> 00:37:01,586 >> AYE. 1029 00:37:01,586 --> 00:37:03,087 >> COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA? 1030 00:37:03,087 --> 00:37:03,621 >> AYE. 1031 00:37:03,621 --> 00:37:05,756 >> COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA? 1032 00:37:05,756 --> 00:37:06,424 >> AYE. 1033 00:37:06,424 --> 00:37:09,427 >> VICE CHAIR KETTLE? 1034 00:37:09,427 --> 00:37:10,194 >> AYE. 1035 00:37:10,194 --> 00:37:10,695 >> CHAIR JUAREZ. 1036 00:37:10,695 --> 00:37:11,362 >> AYE. 1037 00:37:11,362 --> 00:37:15,566 >> FIVE VOTES IN FAVOR, ZERO 1038 00:37:15,566 --> 00:37:15,833 OPPOSED. 1039 00:37:15,833 --> 00:37:17,668 >> THE MOTION CARRIES, COUNCIL 1040 00:37:17,668 --> 00:37:21,072 BILL 12177 WILL BE SENT TO THE 1041 00:37:21,072 --> 00:37:23,040 FULL CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT 1042 00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:23,608 2:00, TUESDAY. ALL RIGHT. 1043 00:37:23,608 --> 00:37:27,545 >>> SO WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO 1044 00:37:27,545 --> 00:37:30,548 OUR NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS, WHICH 1045 00:37:30,548 --> 00:37:31,649 HAS A PUBLIC HEARING. WILL YOU 1046 00:37:31,649 --> 00:37:37,388 PLEASE READ INTO THE RECORD? 1047 00:37:37,388 --> 00:37:39,557 >> AGENDA 2, 121183, ORDINANCE 1048 00:37:39,557 --> 00:37:41,459 RELATING TO THE CITY LIGHT 1049 00:37:41,459 --> 00:37:42,293 DEPARTMENT DECLARING CERTAIN 1050 00:37:42,293 --> 00:37:44,662 REAL PROPERTY SURPLUS TO THE 1051 00:37:44,662 --> 00:37:45,463 NEEDS OF CITY LIGHT DEPARTMENT 1052 00:37:45,463 --> 00:37:47,098 AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF A 1053 00:37:47,098 --> 00:37:48,566 PORTION OF CITY LIGHT DEPARTMENT 1054 00:37:48,566 --> 00:37:50,635 REAL PROPERTY FOR ROAD PURPOSES 1055 00:37:50,635 --> 00:37:52,637 TO SNOHOMISH COUNTY, RESERVING 1056 00:37:52,637 --> 00:37:54,238 AN EASEMENT FOR ELECTRIC 1057 00:37:54,238 --> 00:37:54,939 TRANSMISSION LINE PURPOSES AND 1058 00:37:54,939 --> 00:37:56,440 ACCEPTING THE PAYMENT OF FAIR 1059 00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:57,575 MARKET VALUE FOR THE PROPERTY 1060 00:37:57,575 --> 00:38:01,779 SOLD, AND DEPOSIT OF THE PAYMENT 1061 00:38:01,779 --> 00:38:02,780 INTO THE LIGHT FUND. 1062 00:38:02,780 --> 00:38:05,683 >> THANK YOU, I AM NOW OPENING 1063 00:38:05,683 --> 00:38:08,185 THE PUBLIC HEARING ON COUNCIL 1064 00:38:08,185 --> 00:38:09,286 BILL 121183. HOW MANY SPEAKERS 1065 00:38:09,286 --> 00:38:10,488 DO WE HAVE SIGNED UP? 1066 00:38:10,488 --> 00:38:14,225 >> NO SPEAKERS SIGNED UP TODAY. 1067 00:38:14,225 --> 00:38:16,661 >> ZERO. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE NO 1068 00:38:16,661 --> 00:38:18,195 SPEAKERS SIGNED UP IN CHAMBERS, 1069 00:38:18,195 --> 00:38:21,399 OR ONLINE. WITH THAT, I AM GOING 1070 00:38:21,399 --> 00:38:25,102 TO OFFICIALLY CLOSE THE PUBLIC 1071 00:38:25,102 --> 00:38:26,404 HEARING REGARDING COUNCIL BILL 1072 00:38:26,404 --> 00:38:27,238 121183. NOW THAT THE HEARING IS 1073 00:38:27,238 --> 00:38:28,606 CLOSED, I KNOW WE HAVE NEW FOLKS 1074 00:38:28,606 --> 00:38:30,641 AT THE TABLE, SO IF WE CAN 1075 00:38:30,641 --> 00:38:31,976 INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AGAIN WITH 1076 00:38:31,976 --> 00:38:33,277 YOUR TITLES STARTING WITH YOU, 1077 00:38:33,277 --> 00:38:35,079 MR. SMITH, THEN WE WILL GET 1078 00:38:35,079 --> 00:38:35,313 GOING. 1079 00:38:35,313 --> 00:38:41,585 >> CRAIG SMITH, GENERAL MANAGER 1080 00:38:41,585 --> 00:38:42,486 AND CEO. 1081 00:38:42,486 --> 00:38:44,555 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL, 1082 00:38:44,555 --> 00:38:46,023 BRIDGET MALINA, COUNCIL 1083 00:38:46,023 --> 00:38:48,326 LEGISLATION COORDINATOR FOR 1084 00:38:48,326 --> 00:38:50,761 SEATTLE CITY LIGHT. 1085 00:38:50,761 --> 00:38:53,698 >> HELLO, KATY TASSERY, REAL 1086 00:38:53,698 --> 00:38:55,333 ESTATE MANAGER FOR SEATTLE CITY 1087 00:38:55,333 --> 00:38:55,566 LIGHT. 1088 00:38:55,566 --> 00:38:57,735 >> BILL DEV ROW, DIRECTOR OF 1089 00:38:57,735 --> 00:38:58,636 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND 1090 00:38:58,636 --> 00:38:59,737 REAL ESTATE FOR SEATTLE CITY 1091 00:38:59,737 --> 00:38:59,970 LIGHT. 1092 00:38:59,970 --> 00:39:02,106 >> I SEE BRIDGET IS NEW HERE, 1093 00:39:02,106 --> 00:39:04,308 SHE WASN'T ON OUR-- YOU ARE 1094 00:39:04,308 --> 00:39:05,776 JUST MANNING THE POWERPOINT 1095 00:39:05,776 --> 00:39:06,010 POINT. 1096 00:39:06,010 --> 00:39:06,277 >> YES. 1097 00:39:06,277 --> 00:39:08,145 >> YOU ARE WORKING THE 1098 00:39:08,145 --> 00:39:09,213 POWERPOINT, GOOD GOD, I WILL USE 1099 00:39:09,213 --> 00:39:11,682 THE WRONG WORD AND GET IN 1100 00:39:11,682 --> 00:39:13,551 TROUBLE. YOU ARE USING THE 1101 00:39:13,551 --> 00:39:14,118 POWERPOINT. THANK YOU. WITH 1102 00:39:14,118 --> 00:39:15,619 THAT, YOU GUYS CAN GO AHEAD AND 1103 00:39:15,619 --> 00:39:17,621 START YOUR PRESENTATION, WE HAVE 1104 00:39:17,621 --> 00:39:19,023 YOUR POWERPOINT IN FRONT OF US 1105 00:39:19,023 --> 00:39:20,458 ON THE PROPERTY TRANSFER TO 1106 00:39:20,458 --> 00:39:23,928 SNOHOMISH COUNTY. WITH THAT Y 1107 00:39:23,928 --> 00:39:25,296 WILL HAND IT OVER TO YOU. 1108 00:39:25,296 --> 00:39:27,298 >> COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE 1109 00:39:27,298 --> 00:39:28,432 ORDINANCE BEFORE THE COMMITTEE 1110 00:39:28,432 --> 00:39:31,035 TODAY AUTHORIZES CITY LIGHT TO 1111 00:39:31,035 --> 00:39:32,937 TRANSFER A PORTION OF PROPERTY 1112 00:39:32,937 --> 00:39:35,840 RIGHTS AND TRANSMISSION PORTAL 1113 00:39:35,840 --> 00:39:38,242 TO SNOHOMISH COUNTY GOVERNMENT. 1114 00:39:38,242 --> 00:39:40,678 THE ACTION SUPPORTS SNOHOMISH 1115 00:39:40,678 --> 00:39:43,414 COUNTY'S IMPROVEMENT PROJECT 1116 00:39:43,414 --> 00:39:45,649 ALONG 43rd AVENUE SUNSET 1117 00:39:45,649 --> 00:39:50,488 CORRIDOR, SUNSET ROAD CORRIDOR, 1118 00:39:50,488 --> 00:39:51,789 SAFETY, MOBILITY, CONNECTIVITY 1119 00:39:51,789 --> 00:39:53,657 FOR THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. 1120 00:39:53,657 --> 00:39:55,426 CITY LIGHT RETAINS THE RIGHTS 1121 00:39:55,426 --> 00:39:56,794 NECESSARY TO INSURE THE 1122 00:39:56,794 --> 00:40:00,197 CONTINUED SAFE AND RELIABILITY 1123 00:40:00,197 --> 00:40:01,699 OPERATION OF OUR TRANSMISSION 1124 00:40:01,699 --> 00:40:03,934 SYSTEM. SNOHOMISH COUNTY WILL 1125 00:40:03,934 --> 00:40:07,138 PROVIDE FAIR MARKET VALUE 1126 00:40:07,138 --> 00:40:11,409 COMPENSATION THROUGH ONE-TIME 1127 00:40:11,409 --> 00:40:12,977 BILL, AND ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY. 1128 00:40:12,977 --> 00:40:14,678 ACTION REFLECTS STRONG 1129 00:40:14,678 --> 00:40:16,313 INTERGOVERNMENTAL PARTNERSHIP 1130 00:40:16,313 --> 00:40:17,848 WHILE PROTECTING CORE UTILITY 1131 00:40:17,848 --> 00:40:19,183 FUNCTIONS AND PUBLIC 1132 00:40:19,183 --> 00:40:20,384 INFRASTRUCTURE. I WILL NOW HAND 1133 00:40:20,384 --> 00:40:23,387 IT OVER TO KATY TO SHARE THE 1134 00:40:23,387 --> 00:40:23,888 PRESENTATION AND ANSWER 1135 00:40:23,888 --> 00:40:24,121 QUESTIONS. 1136 00:40:28,626 --> 00:40:29,126 >> THANK YOU. 1137 00:40:29,126 --> 00:40:30,361 >> YOU CAN MOVE IT UP. 1138 00:40:30,361 --> 00:40:32,530 >> WE ARE HERE BECAUSE ANY TIME 1139 00:40:32,530 --> 00:40:34,165 CITY LIGHT IS BUYING OR SELLING 1140 00:40:34,165 --> 00:40:36,834 REAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, WE NEED 1141 00:40:36,834 --> 00:40:39,336 COUNCIL AUTHORITY TO DO SO, THIS 1142 00:40:39,336 --> 00:40:41,906 FIRST SLIDE SPEAKS TO THAT. WE 1143 00:40:41,906 --> 00:40:43,307 ACTUALLY BEGAN NEGOTIATIONS WITH 1144 00:40:43,307 --> 00:40:45,309 SNOHOMISH COUNTY OVER FIVE YEARS 1145 00:40:45,309 --> 00:40:47,711 AGO ON THIS PROJECT, AND WE WILL 1146 00:40:47,711 --> 00:40:53,050 GET INTO WHERE, YOU CAN MOVE THE 1147 00:40:53,050 --> 00:40:53,884 SLIDE. THE LOCATION OF THE 1148 00:40:53,884 --> 00:40:55,853 PROPERTY THAT CITY LIGHT OWNS 1149 00:40:55,853 --> 00:40:58,923 AND THE ROADWAY PROJECT THAT 1150 00:40:58,923 --> 00:41:00,791 SNOHOMISH COUNTY IS EMBARKING ON 1151 00:41:00,791 --> 00:41:04,562 IS 43rd AVENUE SOUTHEAST HERE, 1152 00:41:04,562 --> 00:41:05,796 SOUTH OF MILL CREEK, AND 1153 00:41:05,796 --> 00:41:08,899 SOMETIMES SIGNS SAY NORTH CREEK 1154 00:41:08,899 --> 00:41:11,502 IS SORT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD 1155 00:41:11,502 --> 00:41:13,037 AREA. AND IT IS UNINCORPORATED 1156 00:41:13,037 --> 00:41:15,573 AND IT IS PRETTY RURAL AREA, BUT 1157 00:41:15,573 --> 00:41:18,642 LOTS AND LOTS OF NEW DEVELOPMENT 1158 00:41:18,642 --> 00:41:20,444 OUT THERE. NEXT SLIDE. SO 1159 00:41:20,444 --> 00:41:22,746 SNOHOMISH COUNTY IS PART OF 1160 00:41:22,746 --> 00:41:24,081 THEIR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, PER 1161 00:41:24,081 --> 00:41:27,585 GROWTH MANAGEMENT ACT, IS DOING 1162 00:41:27,585 --> 00:41:30,421 THIS ROADWAY PROJECT TO IMPROVE 1163 00:41:30,421 --> 00:41:32,256 1.7 MILES ON THE 43rd AVENUE 1164 00:41:32,256 --> 00:41:32,990 CORRIDOR, THERE HAVE BEEN 1165 00:41:32,990 --> 00:41:34,658 STUDIES THIS IS THE BEST 1166 00:41:34,658 --> 00:41:36,527 LOCATION. IT RUNS JUST ADJACENT 1167 00:41:36,527 --> 00:41:37,728 TO CITY LIGHTS TRANSMISSION 1168 00:41:37,728 --> 00:41:40,631 CORRIDOR, AND IT IS TO CREATE A 1169 00:41:40,631 --> 00:41:43,100 NEW ROADWAY TO MOVE CARS NORTH 1170 00:41:43,100 --> 00:41:46,237 AND SOUTH BETWEEN SOME OF THE 1171 00:41:46,237 --> 00:41:46,837 MAJOR ARTERIALS OUT THERE. 1172 00:41:46,837 --> 00:41:52,076 >> I HAVE TO SAY THIS, THIS IS 1173 00:41:52,076 --> 00:41:53,177 MY FAVORITE PICTURE. I DIDN'T 1174 00:41:53,177 --> 00:41:58,983 KNOW WHAT A BIO SWELL WAS. I HAD 1175 00:41:58,983 --> 00:42:01,151 TO ASK. 1176 00:42:01,151 --> 00:42:01,518 >> LOOKS NICE. 1177 00:42:01,518 --> 00:42:02,386 >> IT DOES. 1178 00:42:02,386 --> 00:42:04,255 >> CITY LIGHT HAS TRANSMISSION 1179 00:42:04,255 --> 00:42:05,322 CORRIDOR THAT GOS JUST ALONG ON 1180 00:42:05,322 --> 00:42:08,259 THE WEST SIDE OF THAT ROADWAY. 1181 00:42:08,259 --> 00:42:09,560 SOME OF THE ROADWAY ALREADY 1182 00:42:09,560 --> 00:42:10,461 EXISTS, WIDENED,ER AND SOME 1183 00:42:10,461 --> 00:42:14,665 NEEDS TO BE CONNECTED TO OTHER 1184 00:42:14,665 --> 00:42:15,666 STREETS ALONG THE CORRIDOR. CITY 1185 00:42:15,666 --> 00:42:17,301 LIGHTS, TRANSMISSION LINE, IS 1186 00:42:17,301 --> 00:42:19,103 PART OF THE LARGER EASTSIDE LINE 1187 00:42:19,103 --> 00:42:21,572 AND IT IS A A LONG, SKINNY 1188 00:42:21,572 --> 00:42:23,908 STRIP, 155 FEET WIDE THAT JUST 1189 00:42:23,908 --> 00:42:25,843 ALLOWS THE CORRIDOR TO BRING 1190 00:42:25,843 --> 00:42:28,245 ELECTRICITY FROM UP NORTH TO 1191 00:42:28,245 --> 00:42:29,914 DOWN SOUTH. AND THE ROADWAY IS 1192 00:42:29,914 --> 00:42:32,683 JUST ON THE EAST SIDE OF THAT, 1193 00:42:32,683 --> 00:42:34,685 EXISTING ROADWAY. SO THE PORTION 1194 00:42:34,685 --> 00:42:35,619 THAT SNOHOMISH COUNTY IS 1195 00:42:35,619 --> 00:42:37,254 ACQUIRING IS REALLY JUST THIS 1196 00:42:37,254 --> 00:42:39,323 LITTLE SLIVER BETWEEN THE HIGH 1197 00:42:39,323 --> 00:42:40,424 TRANSMISSION LINES, WHICH 1198 00:42:40,424 --> 00:42:42,326 PREVENT AND RESTRICT ANY SORT OF 1199 00:42:42,326 --> 00:42:43,460 DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN THE 1200 00:42:43,460 --> 00:42:43,894 EXISTING ROADWAY. 1201 00:42:43,894 --> 00:42:46,764 >> IS THAT A LITTLE LAKE, THE 1202 00:42:46,764 --> 00:42:48,966 BLUE THING ON THE CORNER? OR IS 1203 00:42:48,966 --> 00:42:50,034 THAT A BUILDING BLUE BLOB . 1204 00:42:50,034 --> 00:42:51,335 >> YEAH, LOOKS LIKE IT-- 1205 00:42:51,335 --> 00:42:52,770 >> I WAS WONDERING WHAT THAT 1206 00:42:52,770 --> 00:42:52,970 WAS. 1207 00:42:52,970 --> 00:42:53,737 >> WE CAN FOLLOW UP. 1208 00:42:53,737 --> 00:42:56,840 >> I DON'T NEED TO KNOW. JUST 1209 00:42:56,840 --> 00:42:57,408 WONDERING. IT IS OKAY. YOU 1210 00:42:57,408 --> 00:42:59,143 DON'T HAVE TO GET BACK TO ME. 1211 00:42:59,143 --> 00:43:00,311 >> IN ADDITION, THERE IS SOME 1212 00:43:00,311 --> 00:43:02,379 TREES AND THINGS THAT ARE IN 1213 00:43:02,379 --> 00:43:03,948 THIS NARROW STRIP THAT SNOHOMISH 1214 00:43:03,948 --> 00:43:05,249 COUNTY PUD WOULD BE ACQUIRING, 1215 00:43:05,249 --> 00:43:07,251 AND WE HEARD FROM OUR OPERATIONS 1216 00:43:07,251 --> 00:43:09,753 FOLKS THAT THOSE TREES ARE A 1217 00:43:09,753 --> 00:43:11,021 RISK TO THE TRANSMISSION LINE 1218 00:43:11,021 --> 00:43:12,590 ANYWAY, AND SOMETHING CITY LIGHT 1219 00:43:12,590 --> 00:43:14,658 WOULD HAVE HAD TO ADDRESS WITH 1220 00:43:14,658 --> 00:43:16,126 BUT THE PROJECT RESOLVES THAT 1221 00:43:16,126 --> 00:43:19,430 ISSUE AND CITY LIGHT NO LONGER 1222 00:43:19,430 --> 00:43:19,930 HAS TO REMOVE THOSE TREES. 1223 00:43:23,233 --> 00:43:24,535 SO, IN THE TRANSFER, THERE IS A 1224 00:43:24,535 --> 00:43:26,837 PORTION OF PROPERTY THAT WOULD 1225 00:43:26,837 --> 00:43:28,405 BE TRANSFERRED, A LONG, SKINNY 1226 00:43:28,405 --> 00:43:29,473 STRIP, AS I SAID, CITY LIGHT 1227 00:43:29,473 --> 00:43:31,675 WOULD RETAIN ALL OF OUR EASEMENT 1228 00:43:31,675 --> 00:43:33,077 RIGHTS TO KEEP THE CORRIDOR IN 1229 00:43:33,077 --> 00:43:42,319 TACT, AND WE WOULD RECEIVE A 1230 00:43:42,319 --> 00:43:43,387 ONE-TIME PAYMENT OF $452,216, 1231 00:43:43,387 --> 00:43:44,021 WHICH IS THE FAIR MARKET VALUE 1232 00:43:44,021 --> 00:43:44,555 FOR THE PROPERTY RIGHTS. 1233 00:43:44,555 --> 00:43:45,489 >> THE REASON WE ARE SMILING AND 1234 00:43:45,489 --> 00:43:46,957 LAUGHING IS BECAUSE YOU ARE 1235 00:43:46,957 --> 00:43:47,992 PROTECTING TREES. PEOPLE REALLY 1236 00:43:47,992 --> 00:43:50,861 CARE ABOUT TREES. SOME OF US, 1237 00:43:50,861 --> 00:43:53,030 MORE THAN OTHERS. BUT, THANK YOU 1238 00:43:53,030 --> 00:43:53,297 FOR THAT. 1239 00:43:56,500 --> 00:44:00,437 >> NEXT SLIDE. THAT IS IT. ARE 1240 00:44:00,437 --> 00:44:01,038 THERE-- 1241 00:44:01,038 --> 00:44:02,573 >> THAT IS IT? OKAY. WELL, 1242 00:44:02,573 --> 00:44:03,607 ANYTHING FROM MY COLLEAGUES? 1243 00:44:03,607 --> 00:44:04,975 COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA, ARE YOU 1244 00:44:04,975 --> 00:44:06,477 HAPPY WITH THE TREES? THE WHOLE 1245 00:44:06,477 --> 00:44:06,710 THING? 1246 00:44:06,710 --> 00:44:08,946 >> YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR 1247 00:44:08,946 --> 00:44:12,816 PRESERVING TREES. WE LAUGH, BUT 1248 00:44:12,816 --> 00:44:14,284 IT IS AN IMPORTANT THING, 1249 00:44:14,284 --> 00:44:16,153 PARTICULARLY JUST GIVEN CLIMATE 1250 00:44:16,153 --> 00:44:17,921 CHANGE, YOU ALL KNOW, PROTECTING 1251 00:44:17,921 --> 00:44:19,623 OF OUR CANOPY IS REALLY 1252 00:44:19,623 --> 00:44:20,290 IMPORTANT, HOWEVER WE CAN DO IT 1253 00:44:20,290 --> 00:44:23,794 AS OFTEN AS WE CAN DO IT. SO I 1254 00:44:23,794 --> 00:44:24,361 REALLY APPRECIATE. 1255 00:44:24,361 --> 00:44:26,730 >> JUST TO CLARIFY, THEY WOULD 1256 00:44:26,730 --> 00:44:27,898 BE CUTTING THOSE TREES DOWN. 1257 00:44:27,898 --> 00:44:30,134 >> I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU WERE 1258 00:44:30,134 --> 00:44:31,435 PRESERVING THOSE TREES. 1259 00:44:31,435 --> 00:44:32,970 >> I THOUGHT SO TOO. 1260 00:44:32,970 --> 00:44:34,972 >> I HEARD YOU SAY JUST NOW YOU 1261 00:44:34,972 --> 00:44:36,073 DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT. 1262 00:44:36,073 --> 00:44:38,042 >> CITY LIGHT DOES NOT HAVE TO 1263 00:44:38,042 --> 00:44:40,244 BUT SNOHOMISH COUNTY WOULD BE TO 1264 00:44:40,244 --> 00:44:40,844 PUT THE ROADWAY THROUGH. 1265 00:44:40,844 --> 00:44:43,113 >> WELL THEN I TAKE IT BACK, 1266 00:44:43,113 --> 00:44:43,313 BOO. 1267 00:44:43,313 --> 00:44:43,981 >> WE TAKE IT BACK. 1268 00:44:43,981 --> 00:44:46,417 >> WE THOUGHT YOU SAID, WE ARE 1269 00:44:46,417 --> 00:44:47,885 NOT DOING IT, THOUGH. WELL THEN, 1270 00:44:47,885 --> 00:44:48,085 YEA. 1271 00:44:48,085 --> 00:44:51,088 >> WE ARE NOT DOING IT, THEY ARE 1272 00:44:51,088 --> 00:44:51,422 THE BAD GUYS. 1273 00:44:51,422 --> 00:44:52,089 >> BLAME THEM. 1274 00:44:52,089 --> 00:44:55,859 >> NOT THAT WE DON'T CARE ABOUT 1275 00:44:55,859 --> 00:44:56,260 SNOHOMISH COUNTY. 1276 00:44:56,260 --> 00:44:58,062 >> HUNDRED PERCENT. 1277 00:44:58,062 --> 00:44:58,462 >> WE CARE A LOT. 1278 00:45:01,699 --> 00:45:04,301 >> I MEAN, I GUESS I WILL SAY, 1279 00:45:04,301 --> 00:45:05,235 CHAIR, THAT-- I AM DISAPPOINTED 1280 00:45:05,235 --> 00:45:07,938 TO HEAR WE HAVE TO CUT DOWN 1281 00:45:07,938 --> 00:45:11,508 TREES, AND I AM NOT GOING TO 1282 00:45:11,508 --> 00:45:14,478 THROW OUR COLLEAGUES IN 1283 00:45:14,478 --> 00:45:16,313 SNOHOMISH COUNTY UNDER THE BUS, 1284 00:45:16,313 --> 00:45:17,715 I DO, IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, YOU 1285 00:45:17,715 --> 00:45:22,152 KNOW, ANY TIME WE CUT DOWN 1286 00:45:22,152 --> 00:45:24,288 TREEATIZE IS A BIG DEAL. AND THE 1287 00:45:24,288 --> 00:45:25,456 RESIDENTS THAT I REPRESENT IN 1288 00:45:25,456 --> 00:45:27,758 THE DISTRICT, BUT ALSO ACROSS 1289 00:45:27,758 --> 00:45:30,360 THE CITY, WE KNOW WE HAVE BROAD 1290 00:45:30,360 --> 00:45:31,528 SUPPORT FOR PRESERVATION OF 1291 00:45:31,528 --> 00:45:32,830 TREES, SO WE DON'T TAKE IT 1292 00:45:32,830 --> 00:45:39,303 LIGHTLY WHEN THOSE HAVE TO BE 1293 00:45:39,303 --> 00:45:39,903 REMOVED AND THAT IS TRUE FOR 1294 00:45:39,903 --> 00:45:42,539 CITY LIGHT, AND IT IS 1295 00:45:42,539 --> 00:45:43,173 DISAPPOINTING IN THIS INSTANCE 1296 00:45:43,173 --> 00:45:43,807 AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE TO, 1297 00:45:43,807 --> 00:45:47,211 IS PART OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE 1298 00:45:47,211 --> 00:45:48,545 TO DO. THIS IS WHY, IN OTHER 1299 00:45:48,545 --> 00:45:52,683 AREAS WE DON'T HAVE TO, WE 1300 00:45:52,683 --> 00:45:53,784 SHOULD BE REALLY WORKING TO 1301 00:45:53,784 --> 00:45:55,219 PRESERVE TREE CANOPY, IN OUR 1302 00:45:55,219 --> 00:45:56,420 CITY AND ACROSS OUR STATE: THAT 1303 00:45:56,420 --> 00:45:58,088 IS WHY WE ARETHE EVERGREEN STATE 1304 00:45:58,088 --> 00:46:00,757 AND WE WANT TO KEEP IT THAT WAY. 1305 00:46:00,757 --> 00:46:07,798 IT ALSO GOES TO THE ECO SYSTEMS, 1306 00:46:07,798 --> 00:46:11,535 CHAIR, AND HAS A NEXUS TO SALMON 1307 00:46:11,535 --> 00:46:15,305 AND WATERWAYS. ALL OF THAT IS 1308 00:46:15,305 --> 00:46:18,275 TRUE. REALLY, TRULY, TREES HELP 1309 00:46:18,275 --> 00:46:19,243 KEEP OUR WATERWAYS CLEAN. 1310 00:46:19,243 --> 00:46:21,044 >> I KNOW, YOU JUST DID THE 1311 00:46:21,044 --> 00:46:21,678 WHOLE CIRCLE OF LIFE RIGHT 1312 00:46:21,678 --> 00:46:21,912 THERE. 1313 00:46:21,912 --> 00:46:22,913 >> CIRCLE OF LIFE. 1314 00:46:22,913 --> 00:46:25,782 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, 1315 00:46:25,782 --> 00:46:26,016 RIVERA. 1316 00:46:26,016 --> 00:46:27,017 >> THANK YOU. 1317 00:46:27,017 --> 00:46:28,886 >> ALL KIDDING ASIDE, SORRY, IT 1318 00:46:28,886 --> 00:46:31,121 HAS BEEN-- IT IS ONLY WEDNESDAY 1319 00:46:31,121 --> 00:46:32,089 AND WE ARE TIRED. IS THERE 1320 00:46:32,089 --> 00:46:32,856 ANYTHING FROM COUNCIL MEMBER 1321 00:46:32,856 --> 00:46:33,123 STRAUSS? 1322 00:46:33,123 --> 00:46:33,757 >> YEAH, MAY I? 1323 00:46:33,757 --> 00:46:36,326 >> YES, YOU MAY. 1324 00:46:36,326 --> 00:46:41,665 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. YOU MAY 1325 00:46:41,665 --> 00:46:43,600 KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ HAS 1326 00:46:43,600 --> 00:46:48,772 TASKED ME WITH THE LEGACY SHE 1327 00:46:48,772 --> 00:46:50,107 HAS CREATED AS PART OF THIS, I 1328 00:46:50,107 --> 00:46:51,208 THINK EVERYBODY HAS BEEN HEARING 1329 00:46:51,208 --> 00:46:53,143 THE SONG I HAVE BEEN SINGING, WE 1330 00:46:53,143 --> 00:46:57,114 NAMED IT, AS OF TODAY, WE WILL 1331 00:46:57,114 --> 00:46:58,549 BE RUNNING BEYOND THE LAND 1332 00:46:58,549 --> 00:46:59,116 ACKNOWLEDGMENT RESOLUTION. 1333 00:46:59,116 --> 00:47:00,684 >> LAND BACK. IT IS CALLED LAND 1334 00:47:00,684 --> 00:47:00,884 BACK. 1335 00:47:00,884 --> 00:47:03,420 >> YOU CAN ADD THAT PART AS AN 1336 00:47:03,420 --> 00:47:04,555 AMENDMENT. WOULD BE A LITTLE 1337 00:47:04,555 --> 00:47:06,423 AWKWARD FOR ME TO START OFF 1338 00:47:06,423 --> 00:47:07,591 THERE. BUT WE ARE GOING WITH 1339 00:47:07,591 --> 00:47:10,494 THIS, IT IS A CONVERSATION WE 1340 00:47:10,494 --> 00:47:12,429 HAVE HAD WITH SPU, I REALLY 1341 00:47:12,429 --> 00:47:13,397 APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATIONS WE 1342 00:47:13,397 --> 00:47:15,699 HAD IN BRIEFING FOR THIS 1343 00:47:15,699 --> 00:47:17,601 MEETING, WE HAVE SPOKEN TO FAS 1344 00:47:17,601 --> 00:47:19,169 AND STILL IT IS NOT OFFICIAL 1345 00:47:19,169 --> 00:47:21,338 POLICY OR RESOLUTION OF THE CITY 1346 00:47:21,338 --> 00:47:24,441 OF SEATTLE YET. I HAVE BEEN 1347 00:47:24,441 --> 00:47:25,542 WORKING ON MY SENATOR MCCOY'S 1348 00:47:25,542 --> 00:47:26,109 TWO YEAR EDUCATION BEFORE 1349 00:47:26,109 --> 00:47:28,312 WRITING A POLICY, I THINK WE ARE 1350 00:47:28,312 --> 00:47:29,513 GETTING CLOSER TO HAVING A 1351 00:47:29,513 --> 00:47:32,049 FORMAL POLICY SO THERE IS LESS 1352 00:47:32,049 --> 00:47:33,417 CONFUSION. IN THIS SITUATION, I 1353 00:47:33,417 --> 00:47:34,985 REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT 1354 00:47:34,985 --> 00:47:36,353 YOU DONE BECAUSE, AGAIN, SUCCESS 1355 00:47:36,353 --> 00:47:38,622 IS NOT BY ACCIDENT, IN THIS 1356 00:47:38,622 --> 00:47:41,325 CASE, MANY YEARS IN THE WORKS, 1357 00:47:41,325 --> 00:47:42,593 AND THE NEXUS OF TRANSFERRING 1358 00:47:42,593 --> 00:47:46,096 THE LAND TO ANOTHER UTILITY FOR 1359 00:47:46,096 --> 00:47:47,231 A UTILITY PURPOSE IS REALLY 1360 00:47:47,231 --> 00:47:51,468 CENTER FOR ME, THE AMOUNT OF 1361 00:47:51,468 --> 00:47:53,070 LAND THAT WE ARE TRANSFERRING 1362 00:47:53,070 --> 00:47:54,438 AND THE PURPOSE IT IS BEING USED 1363 00:47:54,438 --> 00:47:56,039 FOR WHERE IT HAS BEEN USED AND 1364 00:47:56,039 --> 00:47:59,243 WILL BE IN THE FUTURE, GIVES ME 1365 00:47:59,243 --> 00:48:02,045 NO PAUSE IN SUPPORTING THIS LAND 1366 00:48:02,045 --> 00:48:05,282 TRANSFER TODAY Y. REALLY 1367 00:48:05,282 --> 00:48:08,285 APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S KEEN 1368 00:48:08,285 --> 00:48:12,022 ATTENTION TO ENGAGING IN A 1369 00:48:12,022 --> 00:48:12,556 GOVERNMENT-TO-GOVERNMENT 1370 00:48:12,556 --> 00:48:14,024 CONSULTATION WITH FEDERALLY 1371 00:48:14,024 --> 00:48:15,292 RECOGNIZED TRIBES WHEN WE ARE 1372 00:48:15,292 --> 00:48:17,561 DISPOSSESSING OR TRANSFERRING OF 1373 00:48:17,561 --> 00:48:18,762 LAND Y. KNOW WITH SPU THEY 1374 00:48:18,762 --> 00:48:20,430 TALKED TO A SCHOOL DISTRICT WHEN 1375 00:48:20,430 --> 00:48:21,932 THEY WERE TRANSFERRING THE LAND. 1376 00:48:21,932 --> 00:48:24,134 IF WE ARE TALKING TO SCHOOL-- 1377 00:48:24,134 --> 00:48:26,370 THIS IS NOT A SHADE AT ANYONE, 1378 00:48:26,370 --> 00:48:28,472 ACNN, BUT BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, IF 1379 00:48:28,472 --> 00:48:29,439 WE ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONWISE 1380 00:48:29,439 --> 00:48:31,308 ANOTHER GOVERNMENT THAT IS A 1381 00:48:31,308 --> 00:48:36,413 SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE DARN WELL 1382 00:48:36,413 --> 00:48:37,381 SHOULD BE HAVING CONSULTATION 1383 00:48:37,381 --> 00:48:39,383 WITH OUR SOVEREIGN NEIGHBORS WHO 1384 00:48:39,383 --> 00:48:40,250 ARE FEDERALLY-RECOGNIZED TRIBE. 1385 00:48:40,250 --> 00:48:42,286 ALL OF THAT SAY TOO SAY, JOB 1386 00:48:42,286 --> 00:48:42,920 REALLY WELL DONE. THANK YOU. 1387 00:48:42,920 --> 00:48:44,521 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER 1388 00:48:44,521 --> 00:48:45,522 STRAUSS. ARE THERE QUESTIONS 1389 00:48:45,522 --> 00:48:48,292 BEFORE I GO TO A VOTE? ALL 1390 00:48:48,292 --> 00:48:53,563 RIGHT. I AM NOT SEEING ANY. VICE 1391 00:48:53,563 --> 00:48:54,331 CHAIR? NOPE. THINK WE ARE GOOD. 1392 00:48:54,331 --> 00:48:56,900 ALL RIGHT. OKAY. SO, LET ME DO 1393 00:48:56,900 --> 00:49:00,237 THIS. I MOVE THAT THE COMMITTEE 1394 00:49:00,237 --> 00:49:01,271 RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF COUNCIL 1395 00:49:01,271 --> 00:49:03,140 BILL 121177. IS THERE A SECOND? 1396 00:49:03,140 --> 00:49:03,440 >> SECOND. 1397 00:49:03,440 --> 00:49:05,008 >> THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN MOVED 1398 00:49:05,008 --> 00:49:06,343 AND SECONDED TO RECOMMEND 1399 00:49:06,343 --> 00:49:09,012 PASSAGE OF THE BILL, ANY FURTHER 1400 00:49:09,012 --> 00:49:10,681 COMMENTS? NOT SEEING ANY. WILL 1401 00:49:10,681 --> 00:49:11,415 THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? 1402 00:49:11,415 --> 00:49:12,549 >> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS? 1403 00:49:12,549 --> 00:49:13,150 >> AYE. 1404 00:49:13,150 --> 00:49:14,751 >> COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA? 1405 00:49:14,751 --> 00:49:15,218 >> AYE. 1406 00:49:15,218 --> 00:49:17,020 >> COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA? 1407 00:49:17,020 --> 00:49:17,554 >> AYE. 1408 00:49:17,554 --> 00:49:20,824 >> VICE CHAIR KETTLE? 1409 00:49:20,824 --> 00:49:21,358 >> AYE. 1410 00:49:21,358 --> 00:49:21,925 >> CHAIR JUAREZ? 1411 00:49:21,925 --> 00:49:22,392 >> AYE. 1412 00:49:22,392 --> 00:49:25,128 >> I DON'T KNOW WHY I WAS DOING 1413 00:49:25,128 --> 00:49:28,332 THUMBS UP, TOO, WATCHING COUNCIL 1414 00:49:28,332 --> 00:49:28,965 MEMBER KETTLE. YES. YES. SO, 1415 00:49:28,965 --> 00:49:29,499 WHAT IS THAT? 1416 00:49:29,499 --> 00:49:32,703 >> FIVE VOTES IN FAVOR, ZERO 1417 00:49:32,703 --> 00:49:32,969 OPPOSED. 1418 00:49:32,969 --> 00:49:34,705 >> GREAT. THE MOTION CARRIES, 1419 00:49:34,705 --> 00:49:36,506 COUNCIL BILL 121183 WILL BE SENT 1420 00:49:36,506 --> 00:49:39,843 TO APRIL 7th FULL CITY COUNCIL 1421 00:49:39,843 --> 00:49:41,478 MEETING. THAT IS TUESDAY, APRIL 1422 00:49:41,478 --> 00:49:45,782 7th AT 2:00 ALONG WITH COUNCIL 1423 00:49:45,782 --> 00:49:47,117 BILL 12177, SKAGIT RIVER 1424 00:49:47,117 --> 00:49:47,584 HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT 1425 00:49:47,584 --> 00:49:48,118 COMPREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT 1426 00:49:48,118 --> 00:49:48,418 AGREEMENT. 1427 00:49:48,418 --> 00:49:51,788 >>> ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE REACHED 1428 00:49:51,788 --> 00:49:53,690 THE END OF TODAY'S MEETING 1429 00:49:53,690 --> 00:49:55,792 AGENDA. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE 1430 00:49:55,792 --> 00:49:58,028 FROM MY COLLEAGUES? NOT SEEING 1431 00:49:58,028 --> 00:50:00,063 ANY, ANY OTHER FURTHER BUSINESS 1432 00:50:00,063 --> 00:50:03,000 TO COME