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1 00:00:38,104 --> 00:00:38,505 >>> ALL 2 00:00:38,505 --> 00:00:49,015 RIGHT, GOOD MORNING. ALL SET? 3 00:01:16,342 --> 00:01:26,519 GOOD MORNING. 4 00:03:33,146 --> 00:03:43,256 TESTING. 5 00:04:24,330 --> 00:04:31,471 HELLO, TESTING. 6 00:04:31,471 --> 00:04:33,439 GREAT. 7 00:04:33,439 --> 00:04:39,445 COOL. 8 00:04:39,445 --> 00:04:40,480 WE'RE READY TO 9 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:42,448 ROLL. THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT 10 00:04:42,448 --> 00:04:44,117 AND ASSIST TAPS IN RESOLVING 11 00:04:44,117 --> 00:04:44,417 THAT. 12 00:04:44,417 --> 00:04:45,418 ALL RIGHT, GOOD MORNING, 13 00:04:45,418 --> 00:04:50,490 THE APRIL 2nd, 2026 MEETING OF 14 00:04:50,490 --> 00:04:50,657 THE 15 00:04:50,790 --> 00:04:51,391 TRANSPORTATION, WATERFRONT, AND 16 00:04:51,391 --> 00:05:00,266 SEATTLE CENTER COMMITTEE, I 17 00:05:00,266 --> 00:05:01,467 SHOULD STRAIGHTEN MY 18 00:05:01,467 --> 00:05:03,836 TIE WHEN SAYING THAT, BUT THIS 19 00:05:03,836 --> 00:05:04,070 MEETING 20 00:05:04,070 --> 00:05:05,238 WILL COME TO ORDER. 21 00:05:05,238 --> 00:05:07,607 I AM ROB SAKA, CHAIR OF THE 22 00:05:07,607 --> 00:05:08,041 COMMITTEE. 23 00:05:08,041 --> 00:05:09,309 WILL THE COMMITTEE 24 00:05:09,309 --> 00:05:12,645 CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 25 00:05:12,645 --> 00:05:22,188 [ ROLL CALL TAKEN ] 26 00:05:22,322 --> 00:05:24,290 >> CHAIR, THERE ARE FIVE 27 00:05:24,290 --> 00:05:24,624 MEMBERS 28 00:05:24,624 --> 00:05:24,891 PRESENT. 29 00:05:24,891 --> 00:05:25,491 >> ALL RIGHT, EXCELLENT. 30 00:05:25,491 --> 00:05:27,794 IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, 31 00:05:27,794 --> 00:05:29,395 THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. 32 00:05:29,395 --> 00:05:30,663 HEARING AND SEE NOTHING 33 00:05:30,663 --> 00:05:33,266 OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS HERE BY 34 00:05:33,266 --> 00:05:33,533 ADOPTED. 35 00:05:33,533 --> 00:05:34,801 GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF THE 36 00:05:34,801 --> 00:05:36,803 PUBLIC, COLLEAGUES, 37 00:05:36,803 --> 00:05:38,404 MEDIA PARTNERS AND OTHERS. 38 00:05:38,404 --> 00:05:40,106 THIS IS OUR VERY FIRST 39 00:05:40,106 --> 00:05:42,308 STEPS COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE 40 00:05:42,308 --> 00:05:43,009 SPRING. 41 00:05:43,009 --> 00:05:45,078 SPRING OBVIOUSLY SYMBOLIZING 42 00:05:45,078 --> 00:05:48,915 RENEWAL, REBIRTH, AND GROWTH. 43 00:05:48,915 --> 00:05:50,850 ACTING AS A POWERFUL 44 00:05:50,850 --> 00:05:52,685 METAPHOR FOR EMBRACING NEW 45 00:05:52,685 --> 00:05:53,386 BEGINNINGS. 46 00:05:53,519 --> 00:05:54,420 IT'S MY PERSONAL FAVORITE 47 00:05:54,420 --> 00:05:56,022 SEASON. 48 00:05:56,022 --> 00:05:58,358 I LIKE TO THINK OF SPRING AS 49 00:05:58,358 --> 00:06:00,827 AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK FORWARD. 50 00:06:00,827 --> 00:06:02,895 AND TO BE MINDFUL OF THE 51 00:06:02,895 --> 00:06:03,563 PAST, AS 52 00:06:03,563 --> 00:06:05,865 WELL. OUR AGENDA TODAY HAS 53 00:06:05,865 --> 00:06:08,201 SOME EXCITING ITEMS TO DO JUST 54 00:06:08,201 --> 00:06:08,534 THAT. 55 00:06:08,534 --> 00:06:10,970 FIRST AND FOREMOST, I'LL 56 00:06:10,970 --> 00:06:14,640 SHARE THAT I'M DISHEARTENED TO 57 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:14,874 REPORT 58 00:06:14,874 --> 00:06:17,343 THAT TRAGICALLY SEATTLE RECENTLY 59 00:06:17,343 --> 00:06:19,579 EXPERIENCED ITS SECOND TRAFFIC 60 00:06:19,579 --> 00:06:22,482 FATALITY IN 2026. 61 00:06:22,482 --> 00:06:25,785 A WOMAN OF APPROXIMATELY 62 00:06:25,785 --> 00:06:27,687 52 YEARS OF AGE TRAGICALLY LOST 63 00:06:27,687 --> 00:06:30,423 HER LIFE IN A SINGLE CAR 64 00:06:30,423 --> 00:06:32,859 COLLISION ON THE 1500 BLOCK OF 65 00:06:32,859 --> 00:06:34,527 ELLIOTT AVENUE WEST ON MARCH 18, 66 00:06:34,527 --> 00:06:34,727 JUST 67 00:06:34,727 --> 00:06:35,261 BEFORE OUR LAST COMMITTEE 68 00:06:35,261 --> 00:06:38,798 MEETING. 69 00:06:38,798 --> 00:06:41,768 BECAUSE OF SOME LATENCY IN 70 00:06:41,768 --> 00:06:42,702 DATADATA 71 00:06:42,702 --> 00:06:43,836 REPORTING, WE'RE LEARNING 72 00:06:43,836 --> 00:06:44,303 ABOUT IT NOW. 73 00:06:44,303 --> 00:06:48,374 HER NAME HAS NOT BEEN PUBLICLY 74 00:06:48,374 --> 00:06:48,674 RELEASED. 75 00:06:48,674 --> 00:06:50,543 SO THEREFORE, WE'RE NOT NAMING 76 00:06:50,543 --> 00:06:52,645 HER TO 77 00:06:52,645 --> 00:06:53,312 PROTECT AND PRESERVE HER DIGNITY 78 00:06:53,312 --> 00:06:54,380 AND PRIVACY. 79 00:06:54,380 --> 00:06:56,482 MY OFFICE HAS BEEN 80 00:06:56,482 --> 00:06:58,684 WORKING CLOSELY WITH S- DOT AND 81 00:06:58,684 --> 00:07:01,521 THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS 82 00:07:01,521 --> 00:07:02,021 TO 83 00:07:02,021 --> 00:07:05,591 HOLD A FIRST- EVER 84 00:07:05,591 --> 00:07:07,727 COMMUNITY TRAFFIC SAFETY FORUM. 85 00:07:07,727 --> 00:07:13,733 THE PLAN IS FOR THIS TO OCCUR 86 00:07:13,733 --> 00:07:16,135 SOMEWHERE, AND I APPRECIATE 87 00:07:16,135 --> 00:07:18,070 THE PARTNERSHIP AND 88 00:07:18,070 --> 00:07:18,471 COLLABORATION OF 89 00:07:18,471 --> 00:07:19,238 COUNCILMEMBER LYNN, AS WELL. 90 00:07:19,238 --> 00:07:22,041 I KNOW THIS IS AN ISSUE NEAR AND 91 00:07:22,041 --> 00:07:24,277 DEAR TO HIM AND HIS 92 00:07:24,277 --> 00:07:26,245 CONSTITUENTS, AND SO 93 00:07:26,245 --> 00:07:28,214 WE'RE WORKING WITH THE 94 00:07:28,214 --> 00:07:30,183 DEPARTMENTS RIGHT NOW TO 95 00:07:30,183 --> 00:07:30,483 FINALIZE, 96 00:07:30,483 --> 00:07:34,053 AGAIN, THE FIRST- EVER COMMUNITY 97 00:07:34,053 --> 00:07:34,287 TRAFFIC 98 00:07:34,287 --> 00:07:34,554 SAFETY 99 00:07:34,554 --> 00:07:37,690 FORUM. STAY TUNED FOR DETAILS. 100 00:07:37,690 --> 00:07:39,826 IN THE SPRING SOMETIME, IT WAS 101 00:07:39,826 --> 00:07:41,661 SUPPOSED TO BE LATE MARCH, 102 00:07:41,661 --> 00:07:42,094 EARLY 103 00:07:42,094 --> 00:07:43,029 APRIL. BUT STAY 104 00:07:43,029 --> 00:07:44,230 TUNED. I IMAGINE IT WILL BE IN 105 00:07:44,230 --> 00:07:47,099 THE SPRING AT THE LATEST. 106 00:07:47,099 --> 00:07:48,634 SO STAY TUNED. 107 00:07:48,634 --> 00:07:51,070 AND ALSO WE'LL SHARE ON 108 00:07:51,070 --> 00:07:52,972 THE TRAFFIC SAFETY FRONT THAT AT 109 00:07:52,972 --> 00:07:53,139 OUR 110 00:07:53,139 --> 00:07:54,507 VERY NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING, 111 00:07:54,507 --> 00:07:57,643 I'VE INVITED S- DOT TO COME 112 00:07:57,643 --> 00:08:00,179 SHARE A NEW DIMENSION AND REPORT 113 00:08:00,179 --> 00:08:02,682 OUT ON THE STATE OF TRAFFIC 114 00:08:02,682 --> 00:08:04,617 SAFETY IN OUR CITY. 115 00:08:04,617 --> 00:08:07,153 AND SO AT OUR VERY NEXT 116 00:08:07,153 --> 00:08:08,888 MEETING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 117 00:08:08,888 --> 00:08:09,522 THE 118 00:08:09,522 --> 00:08:11,023 CHIEF TRAFFIC SAFETY OFFICER 119 00:08:11,023 --> 00:08:15,127 FROM 120 00:08:15,127 --> 00:08:18,297 S- . DOT COME DO EXACTLY THAT. 121 00:08:18,297 --> 00:08:20,466 THIS ISSUE REMAINS A 122 00:08:20,466 --> 00:08:22,535 HIGH PRIORITY FOR ME AND THIS 123 00:08:22,668 --> 00:08:24,370 COMMITTEE. I KNOW MANY OF MY 124 00:08:24,370 --> 00:08:24,737 COLLEAGUES, AS 125 00:08:24,871 --> 00:08:27,273 WELL. SO WE'LL KEEP LASER 126 00:08:27,273 --> 00:08:27,573 FOCUSED ON 127 00:08:27,573 --> 00:08:29,275 THAT AND HOLDING OURSELVES 128 00:08:29,275 --> 00:08:30,877 ACCOUNTABLE, INCLUDING 129 00:08:30,877 --> 00:08:31,978 BY INITIATING THE EFFORTS THAT I 130 00:08:31,978 --> 00:08:35,214 MENTIONED EARLIER AND MORE. 131 00:08:35,214 --> 00:08:38,150 ON A LIGHTER NOTE, LAST WEEK 132 00:08:38,150 --> 00:08:39,685 I HAD THE PRIVILEGE 133 00:08:39,685 --> 00:08:41,954 OF ATTENDING THE MARINERS 134 00:08:41,954 --> 00:08:42,688 OPENING DAY GAME 135 00:08:42,688 --> 00:08:43,422 AGAINST THE 136 00:08:43,422 --> 00:08:44,056 CLEVELAND GUARDIANS AT T-MOBILE 137 00:08:44,056 --> 00:08:45,992 PARK. 138 00:08:45,992 --> 00:08:50,062 I TOOK A PERSONAL RECORD 139 00:08:50,062 --> 00:08:53,966 FOR SHARED MICROMOBILITY TRIPS 140 00:08:53,966 --> 00:08:54,133 IN 141 00:08:54,133 --> 00:08:55,034 ONE DAY. 142 00:08:55,034 --> 00:08:56,969 EXCITING TIMES, FROM 143 00:08:56,969 --> 00:08:58,404 THE WATERFRONT TO CITY HALL, 144 00:08:58,404 --> 00:09:00,473 CITY HALL TO THE CONVENTION 145 00:09:00,473 --> 00:09:02,975 CENTER, BACK TO CITY 146 00:09:02,975 --> 00:09:03,476 HALL, AND CITY HALL TO 147 00:09:03,476 --> 00:09:07,313 THE STADIUM, AND MORE, PROBABLY. 148 00:09:07,313 --> 00:09:10,549 BUT LOVE SHARING MICROMOBILITY. 149 00:09:10,549 --> 00:09:12,718 WE ALSO KNOW ON THE SPORTS 150 00:09:12,718 --> 00:09:15,087 FRONT, WHICH IS A PART OF 151 00:09:15,087 --> 00:09:16,656 WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY WITH THE 152 00:09:16,656 --> 00:09:19,825 LEADERSHIP OF CO- OWNERS 153 00:09:19,825 --> 00:09:21,661 SAMANTHA HOLLOWAY OF THE SEATTLE 154 00:09:21,661 --> 00:09:22,895 CRACKEN, THEY HAVE ESTABLISHED 155 00:09:22,895 --> 00:09:25,798 THEMSELVES AS A VIABLE AND 156 00:09:25,798 --> 00:09:26,098 LEADING NHL 157 00:09:26,098 --> 00:09:27,800 FRANCHISE IN MANY RESPECTS IN 158 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:28,935 JUST FIVE YEARS. 159 00:09:28,935 --> 00:09:30,670 IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO THINK 160 00:09:30,670 --> 00:09:34,073 ABOUT THE SUCCESS OF A 161 00:09:34,073 --> 00:09:36,609 PERSPECTIVE NBA FRANCHISE WE 162 00:09:36,609 --> 00:09:37,910 COULD EXPERIENCE RIGHT HERE 163 00:09:37,910 --> 00:09:40,179 IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE, GIVEN 164 00:09:40,179 --> 00:09:40,947 OUR RICH TRADITION 165 00:09:40,947 --> 00:09:41,547 AND HISTORY AS A BASKETBALL 166 00:09:41,547 --> 00:09:44,150 CITY. 167 00:09:44,150 --> 00:09:46,986 NOW, SOME SAID SEATTLE MIGHT GET 168 00:09:46,986 --> 00:09:47,553 A SHOT. 169 00:09:47,553 --> 00:09:50,156 THE TRUTH IS, WE'VE BEEN 170 00:09:50,156 --> 00:09:51,324 READY ALL ALONG. 171 00:09:51,324 --> 00:09:53,192 FOR MANY IN SEATTLE AND 172 00:09:53,192 --> 00:09:55,027 ACROSS OUR REGION, THE MERE 173 00:09:55,027 --> 00:09:55,828 PROSPECT 174 00:09:55,828 --> 00:09:57,463 OF RETURNING AN NBA FRANCHISE 175 00:09:57,463 --> 00:09:58,631 TO OUR CITY 176 00:09:58,631 --> 00:10:01,334 HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. 177 00:10:01,334 --> 00:10:04,203 SENSE THE SONICS DEPARTED IN 178 00:10:04,203 --> 00:10:05,671 2008, THERE'S BEEN A 179 00:10:05,671 --> 00:10:09,008 NOTICEABLE VOID IN SEATTLE'S 180 00:10:09,008 --> 00:10:09,275 CULTURAL 181 00:10:09,408 --> 00:10:10,876 LANDSCAPE. BUT THE EXCITING NEWS 182 00:10:10,876 --> 00:10:11,110 IS 183 00:10:11,110 --> 00:10:13,679 THAT LAST WEEK, ON MARCH 25th, 184 00:10:13,679 --> 00:10:13,946 THE 185 00:10:13,946 --> 00:10:16,482 NBA BOARD OF GOVERNORS VOTED TO 186 00:10:16,482 --> 00:10:18,951 AUTHORIZE FORMAL EXPANSION 187 00:10:18,951 --> 00:10:21,120 TALKS WITH PERSPECTIVE 188 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:22,822 OWNERSHIP GROUPS IN SEATTLE AND 189 00:10:22,822 --> 00:10:23,723 LAS VEGAS. 190 00:10:23,723 --> 00:10:26,559 BEGINNING PLAY AS SOON AS 191 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:30,162 THETHE 2028-'29 SEASON. 192 00:10:30,162 --> 00:10:33,232 SO THE QUESTION ISN'T IF 193 00:10:33,232 --> 00:10:34,400 THETHE SONICS COMING 194 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:37,403 BACK, IT'S WHEN. 195 00:10:37,403 --> 00:10:40,306 AND IN FAIRNESS, THE LEAGUE 196 00:10:40,306 --> 00:10:42,341 IS IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT AT 197 00:10:42,341 --> 00:10:42,942 THIS POINT. 198 00:10:42,942 --> 00:10:46,278 THE LEAGUE IS IN CHARGE OF THIS 199 00:10:46,278 --> 00:10:47,647 VERY IMPORTANT PROCESS, 200 00:10:47,647 --> 00:10:50,182 AND THERE ARE ALSO A LOT 201 00:10:50,182 --> 00:10:53,085 OF INTRICATE DEPENDENCIES AT 202 00:10:53,085 --> 00:10:53,719 PLAY, AS WELL. 203 00:10:53,719 --> 00:10:56,789 THAT SAID, THE CITY OF 204 00:10:56,789 --> 00:11:00,626 SEATTLE REFUSES TO BE A PASSIVE 205 00:11:00,626 --> 00:11:02,995 OBSERVER IN THE PROCESS. 206 00:11:02,995 --> 00:11:06,232 WE'RE STEPPING UP AND TAKING 207 00:11:06,232 --> 00:11:09,235 SPECIFIC, CONCRETE ACTIONS AND 208 00:11:09,235 --> 00:11:10,669 WORKING WITH LOCAL 209 00:11:10,669 --> 00:11:12,505 POLICY AND MORE TO HELP SHAPE 210 00:11:12,505 --> 00:11:12,872 AND 211 00:11:12,872 --> 00:11:14,940 INFLUENCE OUR OWN DESTINY. 212 00:11:14,940 --> 00:11:17,877 IN SPORTS SPEAK, WE'RE 213 00:11:17,877 --> 00:11:20,312 CONTROLLING OUR OWN 214 00:11:20,312 --> 00:11:20,946 CONTROLLABLES. 215 00:11:20,946 --> 00:11:22,548 RESPONSIBILITY FOR BRINGING BACK 216 00:11:22,548 --> 00:11:23,482 OUR SONICS IS 217 00:11:23,482 --> 00:11:24,884 SHARED. AND I'M PROUD TO SAY 218 00:11:24,884 --> 00:11:25,084 THAT 219 00:11:25,084 --> 00:11:26,786 OUR CITY IS STEPPING UP TO DO 220 00:11:26,786 --> 00:11:26,952 ITS 221 00:11:26,952 --> 00:11:27,820 PART, AS WELL. 222 00:11:27,820 --> 00:11:29,422 THAT'S WHY I PROUDLY 223 00:11:29,422 --> 00:11:32,525 SPONSORED AND INTRODUCED A JOINT 224 00:11:32,658 --> 00:11:35,127 MAYORAL COUNCIL RESOLUTION 225 00:11:35,127 --> 00:11:35,394 AFFIRMING 226 00:11:35,394 --> 00:11:37,029 SEATTLE'S READINESS TO 227 00:11:37,029 --> 00:11:38,464 WELCOME BACK THE SONICS. 228 00:11:38,464 --> 00:11:41,033 BUT LET IT BE KNOWN, HEAR 229 00:11:41,033 --> 00:11:43,335 YE, HEAR YE, WE'RE NOT 230 00:11:43,335 --> 00:11:45,404 AUDITIONING, WE'RE READY, AND 231 00:11:45,404 --> 00:11:45,838 WE'RE READY 232 00:11:45,838 --> 00:11:46,072 TODAY. 233 00:11:46,072 --> 00:11:49,875 YOU CAN HEAR IT IN OUR 234 00:11:49,875 --> 00:11:52,378 GYMS, FEEL IT ON OUR STREETS. 235 00:11:52,378 --> 00:11:55,915 THIS IS A BASKETBALL CITY! 236 00:11:55,915 --> 00:11:58,751 AND THIS MOMENT REFLECTS REAL 237 00:11:58,884 --> 00:12:00,953 ACTION. THIS IS ABOUT SHOWING 238 00:12:00,953 --> 00:12:01,120 THE 239 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:03,489 LEAGUE, OWNERSHIP GROUPS AND 240 00:12:03,489 --> 00:12:07,393 THE WORLD THAT SEATTLE IS 241 00:12:07,393 --> 00:12:07,893 ALIGNED, 242 00:12:07,893 --> 00:12:12,398 PREPARED, AND VERY SERIOUS. 243 00:12:12,398 --> 00:12:14,366 WE HAVE DEEP -- WE HAVE A DEEP 244 00:12:14,366 --> 00:12:16,469 BASKETBALL LEGACY, A 245 00:12:16,469 --> 00:12:21,907 STRONG, RABID AND PASSIONATE 246 00:12:21,907 --> 00:12:22,208 GLOBAL FAN 247 00:12:22,208 --> 00:12:22,575 BASE. 248 00:12:22,575 --> 00:12:26,112 THE ARENA ISN'T A PROPOSAL, 249 00:12:26,112 --> 00:12:26,512 IT'S PROOF. 250 00:12:26,512 --> 00:12:28,814 WE'VE GOT ONE OF THE 251 00:12:28,814 --> 00:12:32,751 STRONGEST MARKETS IN THE 252 00:12:32,751 --> 00:12:33,953 COUNTRY. 253 00:12:34,086 --> 00:12:36,021 UNIFIED LEADERSHIP ACROSS OUR 254 00:12:36,021 --> 00:12:36,822 REGION, CITY AND STATE. 255 00:12:36,822 --> 00:12:40,493 THIS IS BIGGER THAN BASKETBALL, 256 00:12:40,626 --> 00:12:42,294 FOLKS. IT IS ABOUT ECONOMIC 257 00:12:42,294 --> 00:12:42,528 GROWTH, 258 00:12:42,528 --> 00:12:44,196 COMMUNITY INVESTMENT AND 259 00:12:44,196 --> 00:12:47,333 RESTORING A DEFINING PART OF 260 00:12:47,333 --> 00:12:47,800 SEATTLE'S IDENTITY. 261 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:52,605 I DID A RECENT HOT TAKE VIDEO ON 262 00:12:52,605 --> 00:12:55,841 SOCIAL MEDIA. 263 00:12:55,841 --> 00:12:56,442 SEATTLE IS 264 00:12:56,442 --> 00:12:59,745 NOT WAITING, SEATTLE IS READY. 265 00:12:59,745 --> 00:13:00,946 SEATTLE READY. 266 00:13:00,946 --> 00:13:02,448 WE'RE DOING THE WORK, 267 00:13:02,448 --> 00:13:04,116 WE'RE CLOSELY COLLABORATING, 268 00:13:04,116 --> 00:13:04,316 AND 269 00:13:04,316 --> 00:13:06,719 IMPORTANTLY, WE'RE LEADING. 270 00:13:06,719 --> 00:13:09,688 WE'RE ALSO READY AND WILLING TO 271 00:13:09,688 --> 00:13:12,057 PARTNER WITH THE NATIONAL 272 00:13:12,057 --> 00:13:12,658 BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION TO 273 00:13:12,658 --> 00:13:14,627 BRING OUR SONICS BACK HOME ONCE 274 00:13:14,627 --> 00:13:15,895 AND FOR ALL. 275 00:13:15,895 --> 00:13:18,264 BUCKLE UP, BECAUSE TODAY 276 00:13:18,264 --> 00:13:20,332 YOU'LL LEARN THAT SEATTLE IS 277 00:13:20,332 --> 00:13:20,599 NOT 278 00:13:20,599 --> 00:13:23,736 MAKING A CASE, SEATTLE IS MAKING 279 00:13:23,736 --> 00:13:23,936 A 280 00:13:23,936 --> 00:13:24,270 DECLARATION. 281 00:13:24,270 --> 00:13:26,438 THE HEADLINE ABOUT OUR CITY'S 282 00:13:26,438 --> 00:13:27,973 READINESS IS CRYSTAL CLEAR. 283 00:13:27,973 --> 00:13:31,377 IF YOU'RE BUILDING A 32- TEAM 284 00:13:31,377 --> 00:13:33,045 LEAGUE, YOU DON'T SKIP THE 285 00:13:33,045 --> 00:13:35,281 CITY OF SEATTLE. 286 00:13:35,281 --> 00:13:37,149 WE'VE GOT THE FANS, THE 287 00:13:37,149 --> 00:13:38,050 ARENA, THE ECONOMY. 288 00:13:38,050 --> 00:13:42,288 THIS IS A LAYUP. 289 00:13:42,288 --> 00:13:43,355 LAYUPS IS TOO EASY. 290 00:13:43,355 --> 00:13:47,259 THIS IS ACTUALLY CHANNEL THE 291 00:13:47,259 --> 00:13:49,161 SONICS HISTORY AND LEGACY. 292 00:13:49,161 --> 00:13:54,967 THIS IS AKIN TO A GARY PAYTON 293 00:13:54,967 --> 00:14:01,440 ALLEY- OOP WITH THE VERY VICIOUS 294 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:04,410 POSTERIZATION TOMA HAWK JAM BY 295 00:14:04,410 --> 00:14:04,810 TOM KEMP. 296 00:14:04,810 --> 00:14:08,314 SO FOR TODAY'S MEETING, WE 297 00:14:08,314 --> 00:14:10,783 HAVE TWO EXCITING AGENDA ITEMS 298 00:14:10,783 --> 00:14:11,016 THAT 299 00:14:11,016 --> 00:14:13,285 ARE INTENDED TO SEND A 300 00:14:13,285 --> 00:14:15,054 CRYSTAL CLEAR MESSAGE THAT 301 00:14:15,054 --> 00:14:15,354 SEATTLE IS 302 00:14:15,354 --> 00:14:16,622 READY FOR THE RETURN OF 303 00:14:16,622 --> 00:14:19,325 A PROFESSIONAL MEN'S STABLE 304 00:14:19,325 --> 00:14:20,059 TEAM. 305 00:14:20,059 --> 00:14:23,696 FIRST, WE WILL HOST AND 306 00:14:23,696 --> 00:14:25,664 CONVENE A COMMUNITY 307 00:14:25,664 --> 00:14:26,765 ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION BETWEEN 308 00:14:26,765 --> 00:14:27,066 LEADERS 309 00:14:27,066 --> 00:14:29,068 AND REPRESENTS FROM THE MAYOR'S 310 00:14:29,068 --> 00:14:31,203 OFFICE, THE SEATTLE 311 00:14:31,203 --> 00:14:33,539 SPORTS COMMISSION, LOCAL FAN 312 00:14:33,539 --> 00:14:34,640 ADVOCACY 313 00:14:34,640 --> 00:14:37,276 GROUPS, A YOUTH ADVOCACY 314 00:14:37,276 --> 00:14:38,077 ORGANIZATION. 315 00:14:38,077 --> 00:14:40,446 WE WILL ALSO HAVE A -- WE'RE 316 00:14:40,446 --> 00:14:43,282 LUCKY TO HAVE A TEN- YEAR 317 00:14:43,282 --> 00:14:45,551 NBA VETERAN AND LOCAL LEGEND 318 00:14:45,551 --> 00:14:47,486 WHO PLAYED HIS HIGH SCHOOL AND 319 00:14:47,486 --> 00:14:48,854 COLLEGE BASKETBALL RIGHT HERE 320 00:14:48,854 --> 00:14:50,489 IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE. 321 00:14:50,489 --> 00:14:52,958 THIS IS TRULY -- THIS WILL 322 00:14:52,958 --> 00:14:55,761 TRULY BE A HISTORIC AND TIMELY 323 00:14:55,761 --> 00:14:56,295 CONVERSATION. 324 00:14:56,295 --> 00:14:59,598 NEXT, WE WILL CONSIDER A BOLD, 325 00:14:59,598 --> 00:15:02,067 TRANSFORMATIVE NEW 326 00:15:02,067 --> 00:15:03,002 LEGISLATIONLEGISLATION THAT MY 327 00:15:03,002 --> 00:15:04,370 OFFICE DEVELOPED IN 328 00:15:04,370 --> 00:15:06,171 PARTNERSHIP AND 329 00:15:06,171 --> 00:15:10,309 COLLABORATION WITH MAYOR WILSON, 330 00:15:10,309 --> 00:15:11,043 WHICH 331 00:15:11,043 --> 00:15:11,977 UP EQUIVOCALLY DECLARES 332 00:15:11,977 --> 00:15:13,779 THAT SEATTLE IS READY FOR AN NBA 333 00:15:13,913 --> 00:15:16,582 TEAM. SEATTLE READY. 334 00:15:16,582 --> 00:15:18,884 THIS TRANSFORMATIVE PIECE 335 00:15:18,884 --> 00:15:21,720 OF LEGISLATION HAS THE POTENTIAL 336 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:22,021 TO 337 00:15:22,021 --> 00:15:23,856 BE, AGAIN, IN THE SPORTS 338 00:15:23,856 --> 00:15:26,158 CONTEXT, A TOTAL GAME 339 00:15:26,158 --> 00:15:27,393 CHANGER IN TERMS OF SEALING THE 340 00:15:27,393 --> 00:15:28,360 DEAL TO 341 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:31,263 BRING OUR SONICS BACK HOME 342 00:15:31,263 --> 00:15:32,264 ONCE AND FOR 343 00:15:32,264 --> 00:15:33,966 ALL. THIS HISTORIC BILL 344 00:15:33,966 --> 00:15:34,667 LEVERAGES 345 00:15:34,667 --> 00:15:35,901 A DATABASED APPROACH TO 346 00:15:35,901 --> 00:15:38,437 HIGHLIGHT A NUMBER OF KEY 347 00:15:38,437 --> 00:15:38,837 FACTORS THAT 348 00:15:38,837 --> 00:15:41,373 REALLY DEMONSTRATE OUR CITY'S 349 00:15:41,373 --> 00:15:44,076 READINESS, RESOLVE, AND ENDURING 350 00:15:44,076 --> 00:15:46,478 COMMITMENT TO BRING HOME OUR 351 00:15:46,612 --> 00:15:48,213 SONICS. SO TODAY, WE'RE 352 00:15:48,213 --> 00:15:49,281 RALLYING 353 00:15:49,281 --> 00:15:50,516 AROUND SEATTLE READY. 354 00:15:50,516 --> 00:15:52,885 GO, SONICS! 355 00:15:52,885 --> 00:15:57,556 AND I WILL SHARE EQUALLY 356 00:15:57,556 --> 00:16:00,459 EXCITING, EQUALLY AS 357 00:16:00,459 --> 00:16:02,461 GLAMOROUS, AT LEAST IN MY MIND, 358 00:16:02,461 --> 00:16:02,661 IN MY 359 00:16:02,661 --> 00:16:04,029 HEART, OUR THIRD AND 360 00:16:04,029 --> 00:16:05,364 FINAL AGENDA ITEM WILL BE 361 00:16:05,364 --> 00:16:07,866 A PRESENTATION FROM THE 362 00:16:07,866 --> 00:16:09,401 WASHINGTON 363 00:16:09,401 --> 00:16:10,302 DEPARTMENT OF 364 00:16:10,302 --> 00:16:11,537 TRANSPORTATION ABOUT THE 1st 365 00:16:11,537 --> 00:16:11,770 AVENUE 366 00:16:11,770 --> 00:16:13,906 SOUTH BRIDGE REPAIR PROJECT. 367 00:16:13,906 --> 00:16:15,407 BRIDGES ARE GLAMOROUS. 368 00:16:15,407 --> 00:16:16,975 BRIDGES ARE IMPORTANT, AND 369 00:16:16,975 --> 00:16:19,812 WE'RE GOING TO CHECK IN ABOUT 370 00:16:19,812 --> 00:16:20,512 THIS 371 00:16:20,512 --> 00:16:22,781 IMPORTANT PROJECT THAT'S CAUSED 372 00:16:22,781 --> 00:16:24,583 SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTIONS AND 373 00:16:24,583 --> 00:16:27,920 DELAYS IN MY COUNCIL 374 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:30,189 DISTRICT BUT HAVE CITY WIDE 375 00:16:30,189 --> 00:16:30,656 IMPACT. 376 00:16:30,656 --> 00:16:32,825 IT LED TO LANE CLOSURES AND 377 00:16:32,825 --> 00:16:35,160 A FULL REPAIR RESPONSE DUE 378 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:36,161 TO SAFETY CONCERNS. 379 00:16:36,161 --> 00:16:38,030 SO REALLY APPRECIATE 380 00:16:38,030 --> 00:16:40,232 OUR PARTNERS AT WASH- DOT 381 00:16:40,232 --> 00:16:41,233 AND THEIR RESPONSE TO THIS 382 00:16:41,233 --> 00:16:42,234 EMERGENCY SITUATION SO FAR. 383 00:16:42,234 --> 00:16:44,370 LOOKING FORWARD TO 384 00:16:44,370 --> 00:16:44,703 HEARING THEIR 385 00:16:44,703 --> 00:16:47,473 UPDATE. THANK YOU. 386 00:16:47,473 --> 00:16:51,343 WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR PUBLIC 387 00:16:51,343 --> 00:16:53,045 COMMENT PERIOD. 388 00:16:53,045 --> 00:16:55,581 IT SHOULD RELATE TO ITEMS ON THE 389 00:16:55,581 --> 00:16:55,848 AGENDA. 390 00:16:55,848 --> 00:16:57,149 CLERK, HOW MANY SPEAKERS 391 00:16:57,149 --> 00:16:58,017 ARE SIGNED UP TODAY? 392 00:16:58,150 --> 00:17:01,587 >> CHAIR, WE HAVE ONE IN- 393 00:17:01,587 --> 00:17:03,655 PERSON SPEAKER SIGNED UP AND ONE 394 00:17:03,655 --> 00:17:03,889 REMOTE 395 00:17:03,889 --> 00:17:04,156 SPEAKER. 396 00:17:04,156 --> 00:17:05,557 >> THE SPEAKER WILL 397 00:17:05,557 --> 00:17:07,292 HAVE APPROXIMATELY TWO MINUTES. 398 00:17:07,292 --> 00:17:09,294 WE'LL TALK WITH IN SPEAKERS 399 00:17:09,294 --> 00:17:10,062 FIRST. 400 00:17:10,062 --> 00:17:12,131 CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE PUBLIC 401 00:17:12,131 --> 00:17:13,132 INSTRUCTION COMMENTS. 402 00:17:13,265 --> 00:17:14,767 >> PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL 403 00:17:14,767 --> 00:17:16,201 BE MODERATED IN THE FOLLOWING 404 00:17:16,201 --> 00:17:16,568 MANNER. 405 00:17:16,568 --> 00:17:18,370 SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE 406 00:17:18,370 --> 00:17:20,572 ORDER IN WHICH THEY REGISTERED. 407 00:17:20,572 --> 00:17:27,813 SPEAKERS WILL ALTERNATE. 408 00:17:27,813 --> 00:17:29,681 SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN 409 00:17:29,681 --> 00:17:33,919 TEN SECONDS ARE LEFT IN THEIR 410 00:17:33,919 --> 00:17:34,253 TIME. 411 00:17:34,253 --> 00:17:35,854 THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS 412 00:17:35,854 --> 00:17:37,389 NOW OPEN, AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH 413 00:17:37,389 --> 00:17:39,191 THE FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST, 414 00:17:39,191 --> 00:17:41,460 THAT WILL BE IN- 415 00:17:41,460 --> 00:17:51,937 PERSON SPEAKER AARON PRICE. 416 00:17:55,374 --> 00:17:56,275 >> ARE YOU READY? 417 00:17:56,408 --> 00:17:57,709 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL 418 00:17:57,709 --> 00:17:58,043 MEMBERS. 419 00:17:58,043 --> 00:18:01,547 I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE 420 00:18:01,547 --> 00:18:04,783 CORRECT NUE TO CHOICE THESE 421 00:18:04,783 --> 00:18:05,150 COMMENTS. 422 00:18:05,150 --> 00:18:07,052 BUT MY COMMUNITY HAS 423 00:18:07,052 --> 00:18:07,920 BEEN DESPERATE TO BE HEARD. 424 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:10,989 I'M AARON PRICE, A RESIDENT 425 00:18:10,989 --> 00:18:12,057 OF 14th AVENUE WEST. 426 00:18:12,057 --> 00:18:14,426 I'M HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF 427 00:18:14,426 --> 00:18:17,362 MY NEIGHBORS TO ADDRESS THE 428 00:18:17,362 --> 00:18:19,565 PROPOSAL OF REMOVAL OF PARKING 429 00:18:19,565 --> 00:18:22,401 SPOTS. 430 00:18:22,401 --> 00:18:25,204 THE IMPACT IS REAL. 431 00:18:25,204 --> 00:18:29,241 SENIORS AND RESIDENTS WITH 432 00:18:29,241 --> 00:18:32,344 DISABILITIES WHO DEPEND ON 433 00:18:32,344 --> 00:18:39,651 PARKING TO REACH THEIR HOMES. 434 00:18:39,651 --> 00:18:42,588 THIS WILL LEAD TO A 435 00:18:42,588 --> 00:18:43,889 SIGNIFICANT VALUE LOSS FOR 436 00:18:43,889 --> 00:18:44,189 HOMEOWNERS. 437 00:18:44,189 --> 00:18:46,525 WE WENT FROM ANNOUNCEMENT TO 438 00:18:46,525 --> 00:18:47,593 ENFORCEMENT WITH NO 439 00:18:47,593 --> 00:18:48,727 OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY INPUT. 440 00:18:48,727 --> 00:18:51,096 AS TAXPAYERS AND VOTERS, 441 00:18:51,096 --> 00:18:52,030 THIS IS NOT HOW THIS SHOULD 442 00:18:52,030 --> 00:18:52,231 WORK. 443 00:18:52,231 --> 00:18:53,932 TO BE CLEAR, WE 444 00:18:53,932 --> 00:18:54,666 SUPPORT EMERGENCY VEHICLE 445 00:18:54,666 --> 00:18:55,067 ACCESS. 446 00:18:55,067 --> 00:18:56,768 WE'RE NOT HERE TO OPPOSE THE 447 00:18:56,768 --> 00:18:57,336 FIRE DEPARTMENT. 448 00:18:57,336 --> 00:18:59,104 WE ARE HERE BECAUSE 449 00:18:59,104 --> 00:18:59,905 ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS EXIST. 450 00:18:59,905 --> 00:19:04,143 FOR EXAMPLE, FORMALIZING 451 00:19:04,143 --> 00:19:05,477 HOW RESIDENTS HAVE PARKED FOR 452 00:19:05,477 --> 00:19:07,079 OVER 25 YEARS COULD GUARANTEE 453 00:19:07,079 --> 00:19:09,181 ACCESS TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT 454 00:19:09,181 --> 00:19:10,516 NEEDS WITHOUT DESTROYING PARKING 455 00:19:10,516 --> 00:19:10,983 FOR 456 00:19:10,983 --> 00:19:11,517 A NEIGHBORHOOD. 457 00:19:11,517 --> 00:19:13,318 WE ARE REQUESTING A MEETING FOR 458 00:19:13,318 --> 00:19:15,254 OUR COMMUNITY, AND THE 459 00:19:15,254 --> 00:19:17,389 SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO 460 00:19:17,389 --> 00:19:17,789 DISCUSS SOLUTIONS 461 00:19:17,789 --> 00:19:18,390 BEFORE ENFORCEMENT. THANK YOU 462 00:19:18,390 --> 00:19:24,696 FOR YOUR TIME. 463 00:19:24,830 --> 00:19:26,331 >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL 464 00:19:26,331 --> 00:19:30,636 BE REMOTE SPEAKER DAVID HANES. 465 00:19:30,636 --> 00:19:37,576 PLEASE PRESS STAR 6, MR. HANES. 466 00:19:37,709 --> 00:19:38,644 >> DAVID HANES. 467 00:19:38,644 --> 00:19:41,013 IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN GET 468 00:19:41,013 --> 00:19:43,081 A LAW THAT SAYS ANY WASH- 469 00:19:43,081 --> 00:19:44,216 DOT CONTRACT HAS TO 470 00:19:44,216 --> 00:19:45,951 HAVE DOUBLE- SHIFTS ON THE JOB 471 00:19:45,951 --> 00:19:46,451 WITH A 472 00:19:46,451 --> 00:19:48,253 PROPER AMOUNT OF PAY SO 473 00:19:48,253 --> 00:19:51,356 THAT WE CAN EXPEDITE THE 474 00:19:51,356 --> 00:19:51,723 PROJECTS 475 00:19:51,723 --> 00:19:54,226 AND GET IT DONE IN A TIMELY 476 00:19:54,226 --> 00:19:55,594 FASHION? 477 00:19:55,594 --> 00:19:56,595 SECONDLY, I WOULD LIKE TO 478 00:19:56,595 --> 00:20:00,365 LODGE A PROTEST AND COMPLAINT 479 00:20:00,365 --> 00:20:01,767 ABOUT THE RESOLUTION THAT 480 00:20:01,767 --> 00:20:02,201 COUNCIL IS 481 00:20:02,201 --> 00:20:06,505 OFFERING UP AS A FAVORITE OF 482 00:20:06,505 --> 00:20:11,343 OBG, MA NOP RISING THE 483 00:20:11,343 --> 00:20:12,344 OWNERSHIP OF THE NBA. 484 00:20:12,344 --> 00:20:15,147 THE ARENA VIOLATED THE 485 00:20:15,147 --> 00:20:16,782 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING 486 00:20:16,782 --> 00:20:19,618 AND DUG 20 FEET DEEP AND CUT OFF 487 00:20:19,618 --> 00:20:21,086 EVERY FOUNDATION TO THAT 488 00:20:21,086 --> 00:20:22,654 CRACKED ROOF AND PUT THESE 489 00:20:22,654 --> 00:20:24,723 CRANES UNDERNEATH 490 00:20:24,723 --> 00:20:26,024 IT TO HOLD THE BALANCE, AND THEN 491 00:20:26,024 --> 00:20:26,291 SPACKLED 492 00:20:26,291 --> 00:20:28,927 IT AND REPAINTED IT. 493 00:20:28,927 --> 00:20:31,163 IT'S THE UGLIEST 494 00:20:31,163 --> 00:20:33,899 THING YOU'VE EVER SEEN. 495 00:20:33,899 --> 00:20:36,435 THEY WOULD PUT THESE TIE BACKS 496 00:20:36,435 --> 00:20:41,873 UNDERNEATH THE SIDEWALK TO 497 00:20:41,873 --> 00:20:44,309 HOLD UP THE UNSAFE WALLS. 498 00:20:44,309 --> 00:20:49,314 IT'S NOT FAIR THAT -- 499 00:20:49,314 --> 00:20:49,881 [ INAUDIBLE ] 500 00:20:49,881 --> 00:20:52,584 -- WITH A PEDOPHILE MAYOR THAT 501 00:20:52,584 --> 00:20:54,086 DID A DEAL WITH THE CRACKEN THAT 502 00:20:54,086 --> 00:20:57,956 ALLOWS THEM TO GET A 503 00:20:57,956 --> 00:21:00,325 $100 MILLION TAX BREAK. 504 00:21:00,325 --> 00:21:05,597 IT LOOKED LIKE A 505 00:21:05,597 --> 00:21:06,832 SLUM -- WE HAVE A BETTER 506 00:21:06,832 --> 00:21:07,866 INTERPRETATION OF POLICY. 507 00:21:07,866 --> 00:21:10,636 I CAN'T EVEN GET TO THE BUS 508 00:21:10,636 --> 00:21:12,137 STOP BETWEEN PINE ON 3rd 509 00:21:12,137 --> 00:21:14,172 AVENUE BECAUSE IT'S STILL TOO 510 00:21:14,172 --> 00:21:14,740 UNSAFE. 511 00:21:14,740 --> 00:21:16,441 THE PUBLIC BUS STOP THAT 512 00:21:16,441 --> 00:21:20,312 THEY PAID $1 MILLION TO PUT IN. 513 00:21:20,312 --> 00:21:22,180 AND WE MISS THE TRANSFER EVERY 514 00:21:22,180 --> 00:21:22,547 TIME. 515 00:21:22,547 --> 00:21:24,282 YET ALL THESE DRUG ADDICTS 516 00:21:24,282 --> 00:21:25,751 ARE OUT TO RUIN IT FOR 517 00:21:25,751 --> 00:21:26,918 EVERYBODY, AND WE STILL DON'T 518 00:21:26,918 --> 00:21:27,286 HAVE 519 00:21:27,286 --> 00:21:29,855 A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE 520 00:21:29,855 --> 00:21:31,590 BUS DRIVERS -- AND THE 521 00:21:31,590 --> 00:21:33,025 SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT TO SHUT DOWN 522 00:21:33,025 --> 00:21:33,825 THE 523 00:21:33,825 --> 00:21:35,560 EVIL PREDATORS IN AND AROUND 524 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:39,364 TRANSIT ORIENTED PUBLIC 525 00:21:39,364 --> 00:21:40,298 TRANSPORTATION AND THEY -- 526 00:21:40,298 --> 00:21:42,768 [ MUTED ] 527 00:21:42,901 --> 00:21:44,069 >> ALL RIGHT. 528 00:21:44,069 --> 00:21:45,270 CONFIRMING THERE ARE 529 00:21:45,270 --> 00:21:46,571 NO ADDITIONAL REGISTERED 530 00:21:46,571 --> 00:21:46,838 SPEAKERS. 531 00:21:46,972 --> 00:21:47,673 >> CONFIRMED. 532 00:21:47,806 --> 00:21:48,707 >> WE 533 00:21:48,707 --> 00:21:49,307 WILL PROCEED TO OUR ITEMS OF 534 00:21:49,307 --> 00:21:51,610 BUSINESS. 535 00:21:51,610 --> 00:21:53,979 SO LET US NOW MOVE ONTO 536 00:21:53,979 --> 00:21:55,647 OUR FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS. 537 00:21:55,647 --> 00:21:56,181 PLEASE 538 00:21:56,181 --> 00:21:56,782 READ ITEM NUMBER ONE INTO THE 539 00:21:56,782 --> 00:22:00,652 RECORD. 540 00:22:00,786 --> 00:22:05,557 >> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE, 541 00:22:05,557 --> 00:22:06,958 SEATTLE NBA READINESS 542 00:22:06,958 --> 00:22:07,259 ROUNDTABLE. 543 00:22:07,392 --> 00:22:10,028 >> WILL OUR PRESENTERS AND 544 00:22:10,028 --> 00:22:11,997 PANELISTS PLEASE JOIN US AT THE 545 00:22:11,997 --> 00:22:12,931 TABLE WHILE THE PRESENTERS 546 00:22:12,931 --> 00:22:16,101 COME TO THE TABLE, COLLEAGUES, 547 00:22:16,101 --> 00:22:16,335 I'LL 548 00:22:16,335 --> 00:22:19,705 EXPLAIN THE SORT OF GENERAL 549 00:22:19,705 --> 00:22:23,008 PLAN FOR TODAY'S COMMUNITY 550 00:22:23,008 --> 00:22:23,875 ROUND TABLE CONVERSATION. 551 00:22:23,875 --> 00:22:25,477 AGAIN, TO FRAME THIS 552 00:22:25,477 --> 00:22:28,280 CONVERSATION, THE NBA BOARD OF 553 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:31,416 GOVERNORS HAS 554 00:22:31,416 --> 00:22:32,684 RECENTLY AUTHORIZED EXPLORING A 555 00:22:32,684 --> 00:22:35,020 SEATTLE EXPANSION TEAM, AND 556 00:22:35,020 --> 00:22:36,555 OWNERSHIP GROUPS MAY NOW APPLY. 557 00:22:36,555 --> 00:22:38,890 THE LEAGUE WILL CONDUCT A 558 00:22:38,890 --> 00:22:40,759 STRICT APPROVAL PROCESS LED BY 559 00:22:40,759 --> 00:22:41,426 CURRENT 560 00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:43,862 OWNERS. TODAY'S ROUNDTABLE 561 00:22:43,862 --> 00:22:46,398 CONVERSATION IS INTENDED TO BE A 562 00:22:46,398 --> 00:22:46,698 FACILITATED 563 00:22:46,698 --> 00:22:48,133 DISCUSSION DESIGNED TO SHOW 564 00:22:48,133 --> 00:22:51,770 SEATTLE'S READINESS 565 00:22:51,770 --> 00:22:55,841 FOR THE RETURN OF THE SONICS. 566 00:22:55,841 --> 00:22:58,577 NOW, THERE ARE MANY FANS, 567 00:22:58,577 --> 00:23:00,445 ORGANIZATIONS, 568 00:23:00,445 --> 00:23:01,747 INDIVIDUALS, LEADERS WHO HAVE 569 00:23:01,747 --> 00:23:02,314 SUPPORTED THIS 570 00:23:02,314 --> 00:23:05,183 INITIATIVE OVER THE YEARS. 571 00:23:05,183 --> 00:23:09,721 AND IN ORGANIZING THIS PANEL 572 00:23:09,721 --> 00:23:12,491 AND CONVENING IT, WE'VE HAD TO 573 00:23:12,491 --> 00:23:15,827 MAKE SOME TOUGH DECISIONS TO 574 00:23:15,827 --> 00:23:17,496 HAND SELECT -- BUT WE WERE ABLE 575 00:23:17,496 --> 00:23:19,765 TO HAND SELECT, BUT WE WILL 576 00:23:19,765 --> 00:23:22,134 NEED TO BE SEVEN OF THE BEST 577 00:23:22,134 --> 00:23:23,435 LEADERS IN 578 00:23:23,435 --> 00:23:26,037 THIS SPACE THAT SHARES 579 00:23:26,037 --> 00:23:27,572 INVALUABLE PERSPECTIVES 580 00:23:27,572 --> 00:23:29,274 AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE BROADER 581 00:23:29,274 --> 00:23:30,409 COMMUNITY 582 00:23:30,409 --> 00:23:31,476 CONVERSATION SHOWCASING OUR 583 00:23:31,476 --> 00:23:31,877 READINESS 584 00:23:31,877 --> 00:23:33,145 TO WELCOME BACK THE SONICS. 585 00:23:33,145 --> 00:23:35,781 EACH PANELIST WILL GET 586 00:23:35,781 --> 00:23:37,282 ANAN TO SORT OF 587 00:23:37,282 --> 00:23:40,118 BRIEFLY INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND 588 00:23:40,118 --> 00:23:40,452 EXPLAIN 589 00:23:40,452 --> 00:23:44,456 YOUR AFFILIATION TO THE LOCAL 590 00:23:44,456 --> 00:23:46,558 BASKETBALL COMMUNITY. 591 00:23:46,558 --> 00:23:47,759 YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE MAX. 592 00:23:47,759 --> 00:23:49,694 AT THAT POINT, I WILL 593 00:23:49,694 --> 00:23:51,663 THEN FACILITATE A 594 00:23:51,663 --> 00:23:52,330 STRUCTURED, GUIDED CONVERSATION 595 00:23:52,330 --> 00:23:53,365 BY ASKING A SERIES 596 00:23:53,365 --> 00:23:55,934 OF QUESTIONS TO INDIVIDUAL 597 00:23:55,934 --> 00:23:56,234 PANELISTS. 598 00:23:56,234 --> 00:23:57,736 EACH PANELIST WILL GET AT LEAST 599 00:23:57,736 --> 00:24:01,006 ONE QUESTION TO ANSWER, AND IF A 600 00:24:01,006 --> 00:24:03,341 QUESTION IS ASKED OF ANOTHER 601 00:24:03,341 --> 00:24:04,576 PANELIST NOT DIRECTED AT 602 00:24:04,576 --> 00:24:07,379 YOU, BUT IT REALLY IS ON YOUR 603 00:24:07,379 --> 00:24:09,581 MIND AND HEART AND YOU FEEL 604 00:24:09,581 --> 00:24:10,215 MOVED TO 605 00:24:10,215 --> 00:24:12,451 SPEAK, FEEL FREE TO DO 606 00:24:12,451 --> 00:24:14,786 THAT. 607 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:16,188 OCCASIONALLY. AND SO WE'LL GO 608 00:24:16,188 --> 00:24:18,023 THROUGH THAT 609 00:24:18,023 --> 00:24:21,893 SORT OF PROCESS, AND AFTER 610 00:24:21,893 --> 00:24:24,229 WE FINISH THE STRUCTURED 611 00:24:24,229 --> 00:24:28,333 QUESTIONS FOR EVERYONE, I'LL 612 00:24:28,333 --> 00:24:28,967 TURN IT OVER 613 00:24:28,967 --> 00:24:31,870 TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR 614 00:24:31,870 --> 00:24:33,271 QUESTIONS AND FEEDBACK THAT THEY 615 00:24:33,271 --> 00:24:33,471 HAVE. 616 00:24:33,471 --> 00:24:36,908 BUT FIRST, LET'S BEGIN WITH 617 00:24:36,908 --> 00:24:39,778 SOME BRIEF SELF- INTROS, 618 00:24:39,778 --> 00:24:45,317 STARTING FIRST WITH OUR DEPUTY 619 00:24:45,317 --> 00:24:45,584 MAYOR AND 620 00:24:45,584 --> 00:24:49,087 THEN GO BACK THAT WAY. 621 00:24:49,087 --> 00:24:52,691 DEPUTY MAYOR, AND FOR 622 00:24:52,691 --> 00:24:54,693 EVERYONE, STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR 623 00:24:54,693 --> 00:24:58,663 BASKETBALL COMMUNITY 624 00:24:58,663 --> 00:24:59,931 AFFILIATION, AND LET'S 625 00:24:59,931 --> 00:25:01,766 GO WITH WHAT EXCITES YOU 626 00:25:01,766 --> 00:25:03,235 THE MOST ABOUT THE PROSPECT 627 00:25:03,235 --> 00:25:05,470 OF BRINGING BACK OUR SONICS. 628 00:25:05,470 --> 00:25:07,372 GO AHEAD, DEPUTY MAYOR. 629 00:25:07,506 --> 00:25:09,107 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 630 00:25:09,107 --> 00:25:11,443 AND CHAIR SAKA AND MEMBERS 631 00:25:11,443 --> 00:25:12,510 OF THE STEPS COMMUNITY. 632 00:25:12,510 --> 00:25:16,648 I'M THE DEPUTY MAYOR FOR 633 00:25:16,648 --> 00:25:17,782 THE CITY OF SEATTLE. 634 00:25:17,782 --> 00:25:22,153 MY AFFILIATION TO THIS, 635 00:25:22,153 --> 00:25:24,689 TO SONICS BASKETBALL WAS, I 636 00:25:24,689 --> 00:25:27,125 MOVED FROM OKLAHOMA TO SEATTLE 637 00:25:27,125 --> 00:25:28,260 IN 638 00:25:28,260 --> 00:25:28,527 1998. 639 00:25:28,527 --> 00:25:30,562 THIS WAS MY FIRST NBA TEAM, 640 00:25:30,695 --> 00:25:32,330 FIRST NBA EXPERIENCE, AND PROUD 641 00:25:32,330 --> 00:25:34,032 OF THAT FACT. 642 00:25:34,032 --> 00:25:35,534 SO WHAT WAS THE THIRD QUESTION? 643 00:25:35,667 --> 00:25:36,801 >> WHAT EXCITES YOU THE 644 00:25:36,801 --> 00:25:38,803 MOST ABOUT THE PROSPECT OF 645 00:25:38,803 --> 00:25:41,306 WELCOMING OUR SONICS BACK HOME? 646 00:25:41,439 --> 00:25:42,641 >> JUST HAVING BASKETBALL, 647 00:25:42,641 --> 00:25:42,874 MEN'S 648 00:25:42,874 --> 00:25:45,076 BASKETBALL HERE TO ROUND IT OUT. 649 00:25:45,076 --> 00:25:46,578 EVERYONE ELSE HAS STAYED THE 650 00:25:46,578 --> 00:25:46,945 COURSE. 651 00:25:46,945 --> 00:25:48,446 OUR WOMEN'S STABLE. 652 00:25:48,446 --> 00:25:51,149 BUT WE NEED TO BRING 653 00:25:51,149 --> 00:25:52,050 MEN'S PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL 654 00:25:52,050 --> 00:25:52,617 BACK TO 655 00:25:52,617 --> 00:25:53,885 SEATTLE. 656 00:25:54,085 --> 00:25:55,220 >> LOVE IT. THAT'S A DOPE 657 00:25:55,220 --> 00:25:55,453 SHIRT. 658 00:25:55,453 --> 00:25:58,823 CAN YOU SHOW IT OFF FOR THE 659 00:25:58,957 --> 00:25:59,157 CAMERA? 660 00:25:59,157 --> 00:26:01,526 THERE IT IS. THERE IT IS. 661 00:26:01,526 --> 00:26:05,463 SO THEY CAN SEE IT IN THE BACK. 662 00:26:05,463 --> 00:26:06,731 THANK YOU. 663 00:26:06,731 --> 00:26:08,533 MR. HAAS, WELCOME. 664 00:26:08,533 --> 00:26:11,169 YOUR NAME, 665 00:26:11,169 --> 00:26:12,270 WHAT EXCITES YOU THE MOST ABOUT 666 00:26:12,270 --> 00:26:13,905 BRINGING BACK THE 667 00:26:14,039 --> 00:26:14,306 SONIC? 668 00:26:14,306 --> 00:26:14,606 >> SONG. 669 00:26:14,606 --> 00:26:17,375 I'M SPENCER HAAS, BORN 670 00:26:17,375 --> 00:26:19,778 AND RAISED IN SEATTLE WHO 671 00:26:19,778 --> 00:26:21,246 WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH 672 00:26:21,246 --> 00:26:22,981 TO PLAY FOR A WHILE IN THE NBA. 673 00:26:22,981 --> 00:26:24,282 BUT ALWAYS A SONICS FAN 674 00:26:24,282 --> 00:26:25,884 FIRST, AND I THINK THE THING 675 00:26:25,884 --> 00:26:26,084 THAT 676 00:26:26,084 --> 00:26:28,887 I'M MOST EXCITED ABOUT IS 677 00:26:28,887 --> 00:26:29,187 GOING BACK 678 00:26:29,187 --> 00:26:31,256 TO A GAME WITH MY 679 00:26:31,256 --> 00:26:31,957 DAD. 680 00:26:31,957 --> 00:26:32,290 >> LOVE 681 00:26:32,290 --> 00:26:33,725 IT. I NOTE THAT YOU ARE A 682 00:26:33,725 --> 00:26:33,959 FORMER 683 00:26:33,959 --> 00:26:36,528 HUSKIE. GO, DOGS. 684 00:26:36,528 --> 00:26:39,698 AND ONE OF OUR LOCAL LEGENDS, AS 685 00:26:39,698 --> 00:26:40,565 WELL. 686 00:26:40,699 --> 00:26:41,666 WELCOME. 687 00:26:41,666 --> 00:26:42,367 ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD. 688 00:26:42,500 --> 00:26:43,368 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. 689 00:26:43,368 --> 00:26:46,705 I'M BRYAN ROBINSON, A SEATTLE 690 00:26:46,705 --> 00:26:48,106 NATIVE, UNIVERSITY OF 691 00:26:48,106 --> 00:26:49,607 WASHINGTON GRADUATE. 692 00:26:49,607 --> 00:26:51,009 IN JULY 2006, NEARLY 20 YEARS 693 00:26:51,009 --> 00:26:53,445 AGO, I FOUNDED SAVE OUR 694 00:26:53,445 --> 00:26:55,213 SONICS AND STORM AND FOR 20 695 00:26:55,213 --> 00:26:56,514 YEARS, I 696 00:26:56,514 --> 00:26:59,818 WITNESSED A FAN MOVEMENT SO 697 00:26:59,818 --> 00:27:01,720 LASTING THAT IT'S 698 00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:02,787 DESCRIBED AS UNPRECEDENTED IN 699 00:27:02,787 --> 00:27:03,388 THE HISTORY 700 00:27:03,388 --> 00:27:04,255 OF PROFESSIONAL SPORTS. 701 00:27:04,255 --> 00:27:06,057 I WANT TO JUST TAKE A SECOND TO 702 00:27:06,057 --> 00:27:07,292 REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WE HAVE 703 00:27:07,292 --> 00:27:09,027 AN OBLIGATION TO PROTECT THE FAN 704 00:27:09,027 --> 00:27:11,096 BASE THAT HAS BEEN THROUGH A 705 00:27:11,096 --> 00:27:12,364 LOT, AND THAT WE SHOULD NOT GET 706 00:27:12,364 --> 00:27:13,531 AHEAD OF THIS ISSUE. 707 00:27:13,531 --> 00:27:14,966 IN THIS MOMENT OF 708 00:27:14,966 --> 00:27:16,201 OPPORTUNITY, GOOD LEADERSHIP 709 00:27:16,201 --> 00:27:17,635 MEANS ENCOURAGING OUR CITY TO 710 00:27:17,635 --> 00:27:19,371 BE PREPARED WHILE MANAGING 711 00:27:19,371 --> 00:27:21,072 EXPECTATIONS AND 712 00:27:21,072 --> 00:27:22,741 COMMUNICATING CLEARLY THAT THIS 713 00:27:22,741 --> 00:27:23,041 DEAL IS NOT 714 00:27:23,041 --> 00:27:23,274 DONE. 715 00:27:23,274 --> 00:27:25,944 TO QUOTE COOPER KUPP, I'M 716 00:27:25,944 --> 00:27:27,812 NOT SMILING UNTIL THERE ARE 717 00:27:27,812 --> 00:27:28,913 THREE ZEROS ON THE CLOCK. 718 00:27:28,913 --> 00:27:30,615 THE THING THAT EXCITES ME THE 719 00:27:30,615 --> 00:27:32,217 HOST, THE HEART OF THE 720 00:27:32,217 --> 00:27:35,754 CONFLICT, THE MORE GLORIOUS THE 721 00:27:35,754 --> 00:27:36,554 TRIUMPH. 722 00:27:36,554 --> 00:27:38,023 ENDEARNESS IS THE ONLY 723 00:27:38,023 --> 00:27:39,357 THING THAT GIVES IT VALUE. 724 00:27:39,357 --> 00:27:41,526 BECAUSE OF OUR LONG JOURNEY, 725 00:27:41,526 --> 00:27:42,761 NOT IN SPITE OF IT. 726 00:27:42,761 --> 00:27:45,697 WE HAVE THE FAN BASE THAT IS 727 00:27:45,697 --> 00:27:47,966 HUNGRIER THAN ANY OTHER IN 728 00:27:47,966 --> 00:27:48,366 HISTORY. 729 00:27:48,366 --> 00:27:50,869 WE ARE RABID AND OBSESSED AND 730 00:27:51,002 --> 00:27:52,771 READY. IN ADDITION, I'M EXCITED 731 00:27:52,771 --> 00:27:54,973 ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR SONICS 732 00:27:54,973 --> 00:27:55,140 FAN 733 00:27:55,140 --> 00:27:55,440 BASE. 734 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:56,674 PEOPLE NEW TO THE CITY, 735 00:27:56,674 --> 00:27:57,976 PEOPLE WHO ARE TOO YOUNG TO 736 00:27:57,976 --> 00:28:00,345 REMEMBER THE TEAM, ARE DRAWN TO 737 00:28:00,345 --> 00:28:00,712 THIS 738 00:28:00,712 --> 00:28:01,179 ISSUE. 739 00:28:01,179 --> 00:28:01,946 THEY SENSE THE 740 00:28:01,946 --> 00:28:03,148 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TEAM AND 741 00:28:03,148 --> 00:28:03,314 THE 742 00:28:03,314 --> 00:28:05,016 CITY THAT IS DEEPLY FELT, EVEN 743 00:28:05,016 --> 00:28:06,117 IF IT 744 00:28:06,117 --> 00:28:07,685 DEFINES EXPECTATIONS. 745 00:28:07,685 --> 00:28:09,120 I'M EXCITED WHEN THIS NEW FAN 746 00:28:09,120 --> 00:28:10,922 BASE COMES TOGETHER WITH 747 00:28:10,922 --> 00:28:12,157 OUR LONG STANDING COMMUNITY OF 748 00:28:12,157 --> 00:28:14,325 FANS, WE ARE GOING TO CREATE THE 749 00:28:14,325 --> 00:28:15,760 MOST UNIFIED MOMENT IN SEATTLE 750 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:16,027 HISTORY. 751 00:28:16,161 --> 00:28:16,861 >> LOVE IT. 752 00:28:16,861 --> 00:28:18,430 THANK YOU, MR. ROBINSON. 753 00:28:18,563 --> 00:28:19,631 >> GOOD MORNING. 754 00:28:19,631 --> 00:28:21,633 MY NAME IS KRISTEN ACRES. 755 00:28:21,633 --> 00:28:23,435 IN 2012, WHILE I WAS A 756 00:28:23,435 --> 00:28:25,570 STUDENT AT UW, I WORKED WITH 757 00:28:25,570 --> 00:28:25,837 BRIAN -- 758 00:28:25,970 --> 00:28:29,708 >> CAN YOU SPEAK INTO THE 759 00:28:29,708 --> 00:28:30,041 MICROPHONE? 760 00:28:30,175 --> 00:28:32,911 >> I WORKED WITH BRIAN AS A 761 00:28:32,911 --> 00:28:35,146 VOLUNTEER AT ARENA SOLUTIONS. 762 00:28:35,146 --> 00:28:37,782 THAT INTRODUCED ME TO THE SONICS 763 00:28:37,782 --> 00:28:39,384 COMMUNITY AND SHOWED ME 764 00:28:39,384 --> 00:28:41,152 THE POWERFUL ROLE THAT SPORTS 765 00:28:41,152 --> 00:28:43,621 CAN PLAY IN COMMUNITY IDENTITY. 766 00:28:43,621 --> 00:28:45,156 TODAY, 14 YEARS LATER 767 00:28:45,156 --> 00:28:47,058 AFTER MEETING BRIAN, I'M A 768 00:28:47,058 --> 00:28:48,526 CORPORATE ATTORNEY AND PROUD TO 769 00:28:48,526 --> 00:28:48,727 STILL 770 00:28:48,727 --> 00:28:52,197 BE PART OF THE SONICS COMMUNITY. 771 00:28:52,197 --> 00:28:58,870 I SERVE IN A VOLUNTEER EDUCATION 772 00:28:58,870 --> 00:29:00,905 DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING 773 00:29:00,905 --> 00:29:03,508 THE RETURN OF BASKETBALL TO 774 00:29:03,508 --> 00:29:04,542 SEATTLE. 775 00:29:04,542 --> 00:29:06,644 WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT FANS HAVE 776 00:29:06,644 --> 00:29:09,214 A VOICE IN THE RETURN OF THE 777 00:29:09,214 --> 00:29:09,514 SONICS. 778 00:29:09,514 --> 00:29:11,649 IN MANY WAYS, THE FAN BASE 779 00:29:11,649 --> 00:29:13,785 HAS BEEN ACTIVATED FOR THE PAST 780 00:29:13,785 --> 00:29:13,952 18 781 00:29:14,085 --> 00:29:16,154 YEARS. WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW IS 782 00:29:16,154 --> 00:29:16,354 JUST 783 00:29:16,354 --> 00:29:17,989 THE ACCELERATION OF THAT. 784 00:29:17,989 --> 00:29:19,791 SPORTS UNIFY COMMUNITIES IN 785 00:29:19,791 --> 00:29:21,593 A UNIQUE WAY, WHERE EVERY 786 00:29:21,593 --> 00:29:24,129 POLITICAL PARTY, RACE AND 787 00:29:24,129 --> 00:29:25,563 GENDER IS REPRESENTED IN THE 788 00:29:25,563 --> 00:29:28,099 STANDS. SO USING THIS MOMENT IS 789 00:29:28,099 --> 00:29:28,233 A 790 00:29:28,233 --> 00:29:29,267 SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY. 791 00:29:29,267 --> 00:29:31,035 THAT'S WHAT I'M MOST EXCITED 792 00:29:31,169 --> 00:29:33,037 ABOUT. 793 00:29:33,037 --> 00:29:33,338 >> LOVE IT. 794 00:29:33,471 --> 00:29:33,905 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 795 00:29:33,905 --> 00:29:35,006 >> GOOD MORNING. 796 00:29:35,006 --> 00:29:36,775 MY NAME IS ROSE SULLIVAN. 797 00:29:36,775 --> 00:29:40,378 I SERVE ON THE ONE- ROOF 798 00:29:40,378 --> 00:29:42,247 FOUNDATION BOARD. 799 00:29:42,247 --> 00:29:44,115 I'M MOST EXCITED ABOUT 800 00:29:44,115 --> 00:29:46,785 THE RETURN OF THE SONICS OR THE 801 00:29:46,785 --> 00:29:47,986 RETURN OF NBA BASKETBALL 802 00:29:47,986 --> 00:29:49,254 FOR PROFESSIONAL REASONS, BUT 803 00:29:49,254 --> 00:29:50,054 FOR A 804 00:29:50,054 --> 00:29:51,556 PERSONAL REASON IN HOW 805 00:29:51,556 --> 00:29:54,359 WE EXPERIENCED WHAT SPORTS CAN 806 00:29:54,359 --> 00:29:54,559 DO 807 00:29:54,559 --> 00:29:55,393 TO COMMUNITY. 808 00:29:55,393 --> 00:29:57,162 IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY 809 00:29:57,162 --> 00:29:59,564 IMPACTFUL ACROSS A LARGE 810 00:29:59,564 --> 00:30:00,899 BREADTH OF OUR COMMUNITY. 811 00:30:00,899 --> 00:30:02,901 I THINK WHAT SPORTS HAS THE 812 00:30:02,901 --> 00:30:04,068 POWER TO DO IS 813 00:30:04,068 --> 00:30:05,770 UNPRECEDENTED. SO IT'S EXCITING 814 00:30:05,770 --> 00:30:06,037 TO SEE 815 00:30:06,037 --> 00:30:06,237 THEM 816 00:30:06,237 --> 00:30:06,538 COME BACK. 817 00:30:06,671 --> 00:30:09,274 >> TERRIFIC. THANK YOU. 818 00:30:09,407 --> 00:30:11,109 >> GOOD MORNING, 819 00:30:11,109 --> 00:30:13,311 COUNCILMEMBER AND CHAIR SAKA. 820 00:30:13,311 --> 00:30:15,246 I'M BETH KNOX, PRESIDENT AND 821 00:30:15,246 --> 00:30:16,948 CEO OF THE SEATTLE SPORTS 822 00:30:16,948 --> 00:30:17,415 COMMISSION. 823 00:30:17,415 --> 00:30:18,983 OUR PRIMARY PURPOSE, IN 824 00:30:18,983 --> 00:30:22,353 ADDITION TO SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL 825 00:30:22,353 --> 00:30:22,687 SPORTS SPORTS 826 00:30:22,687 --> 00:30:23,321 COMMUNITY, IS TO WORK WITH 827 00:30:23,321 --> 00:30:25,657 OUR PROFESSIONAL TEAMS AND 828 00:30:25,657 --> 00:30:28,159 OUR SPORTS VENUES TO BID ON 829 00:30:28,159 --> 00:30:29,127 FUTURE 830 00:30:29,127 --> 00:30:31,429 EVENTS, AS WELL AS FUTURE TEAMS 831 00:30:31,429 --> 00:30:32,897 TO BRING TO THIS REGION. 832 00:30:32,897 --> 00:30:36,701 SO THIS IS AN EXCITING TIME. 833 00:30:36,701 --> 00:30:39,237 ONE OF MY GREATEST 834 00:30:39,237 --> 00:30:40,838 EXCITEMENT ABOUT BRINGING BACK 835 00:30:40,838 --> 00:30:41,306 THE 836 00:30:41,306 --> 00:30:43,241 SONICS OR HAVING AN NBA TEAM 837 00:30:43,241 --> 00:30:43,508 HERE 838 00:30:43,508 --> 00:30:45,076 IS THE NATIONAL AND 839 00:30:45,076 --> 00:30:45,944 INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION THAT 840 00:30:45,944 --> 00:30:48,947 WILL BRING TO OUR 841 00:30:48,947 --> 00:30:49,514 REGION. 842 00:30:49,514 --> 00:30:51,382 WE ARE -- HAVE TREMENDOUS 843 00:30:51,382 --> 00:30:52,617 MOMENTUM RIGHT NOW WITH ALL OF 844 00:30:52,617 --> 00:30:54,152 OUR RECENT EVENTS THAT WE HAVE 845 00:30:54,152 --> 00:30:56,821 HOSTED, THE RECENT SUCCESSES, 846 00:30:56,821 --> 00:30:59,157 AND PROVING THAT WE ARE TRULY 847 00:30:59,157 --> 00:31:00,925 A WORLD CLASS SPORTS CITY. 848 00:31:00,925 --> 00:31:03,394 AND I THINK THE NBA 849 00:31:03,394 --> 00:31:03,928 TEAM WILL JUST DRIVE THAT 850 00:31:03,928 --> 00:31:05,330 MESSAGE HOME. 851 00:31:05,463 --> 00:31:06,898 >> THANK YOU, MS. KNOX. 852 00:31:06,898 --> 00:31:07,999 LOVE IT. 853 00:31:07,999 --> 00:31:08,967 LAST BUT NOT LEAST. 854 00:31:09,100 --> 00:31:11,703 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 855 00:31:11,703 --> 00:31:14,439 I'M BRAD MYERS, CO- FOUNDERS OF 856 00:31:14,439 --> 00:31:17,842 A NONPROFIT CALLED RISE ABOVE 857 00:31:17,842 --> 00:31:21,880 AND WE ALSO HAVE FORMAL 858 00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:22,213 PARTNERSHIPS 859 00:31:22,213 --> 00:31:24,749 WITH GARY PAYTON, DALE 860 00:31:24,749 --> 00:31:27,018 ELLIS, BEN BAKER, ET CETERA. 861 00:31:27,018 --> 00:31:29,520 WE USE SPORTS AS A MODALITY 862 00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:34,025 TO REACH OUR YOUTH. 863 00:31:34,025 --> 00:31:35,560 ALONG WITH EDUCATIONAL AND 864 00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:37,328 MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, WE SERVE 865 00:31:37,328 --> 00:31:38,663 ABOUT 20,000 KIDS A YEAR. 866 00:31:38,796 --> 00:31:39,797 >> TERRIFIC. 867 00:31:39,797 --> 00:31:40,198 THANK YOU. 868 00:31:40,198 --> 00:31:42,267 WHAT EXCITES YOU THE 869 00:31:42,267 --> 00:31:42,567 MOST? 870 00:31:42,567 --> 00:31:45,837 >> I THINK WHAT EXCITES ME IS, 871 00:31:45,837 --> 00:31:49,173 WELL, THERE'S TWO THINGS. 872 00:31:49,173 --> 00:31:52,143 ONE IS THE PLATFORM THAT THE 873 00:31:52,143 --> 00:31:54,379 SONIC FRANCHISE CAN GIVE US TO 874 00:31:54,379 --> 00:31:55,346 REACH MORE YOUTH. 875 00:31:55,346 --> 00:31:57,048 I'LL GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE. 876 00:31:57,048 --> 00:31:58,816 WE BROUGHT A GUY IN HERE ABOUT 877 00:31:58,816 --> 00:32:03,021 A YEAR AGO, CHRIS HARRIS, A 878 00:32:03,021 --> 00:32:03,254 FORMER 879 00:32:03,254 --> 00:32:10,194 NBA PLAYER, BEEN IN RECOVERY FOR 880 00:32:10,194 --> 00:32:13,131 13 YEARS. 881 00:32:13,131 --> 00:32:14,966 WE BROUGHT SHAWN KEMP WITH US. 882 00:32:14,966 --> 00:32:18,436 WE GOT ABOUT 1800 KIDS IN THE 883 00:32:18,436 --> 00:32:18,703 ASSEMBLY. 884 00:32:18,703 --> 00:32:22,640 WE FOCUS ON THE MENTAL 885 00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:24,108 ELEMENT, HAVING SHAWN THERE. 886 00:32:24,108 --> 00:32:28,279 AT THE END, WE HAD 70 KIDS 887 00:32:28,279 --> 00:32:30,081 COME FORWARD AND ASK FOR HELP. 888 00:32:30,081 --> 00:32:32,450 THAT'S THE BEAUTY AND MAGIC 889 00:32:32,450 --> 00:32:32,717 THATTHAT 890 00:32:32,717 --> 00:32:33,851 THE HAVE, AND THE 891 00:32:33,851 --> 00:32:35,486 GUYS WE WORK WITH UNDERSTAND 892 00:32:35,486 --> 00:32:35,753 IT'S 893 00:32:35,753 --> 00:32:37,955 NOT ABOUT AUTOGRAPHS, IT'S 894 00:32:37,955 --> 00:32:41,960 ABOUT REACHING THE YOUTH. 895 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:43,661 THAT GIVES US A 896 00:32:43,661 --> 00:32:44,896 PLATFORM TO REACH MORE KIDS. 897 00:32:44,896 --> 00:32:46,464 WE SEE THIS AS 898 00:32:46,464 --> 00:32:46,964 AN OPPORTUNITY TO REACH 899 00:32:46,964 --> 00:32:48,032 THOUSANDS OF KIDS. 900 00:32:48,166 --> 00:32:51,436 >> LOVE IT, LOVE IT. 901 00:32:51,436 --> 00:32:52,370 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 902 00:32:52,370 --> 00:32:55,039 SO I HAVE SOME 903 00:32:55,039 --> 00:32:56,908 QUESTIONS, TARGETED QUESTIONS TO 904 00:32:56,908 --> 00:32:57,108 EACH 905 00:32:57,108 --> 00:32:57,375 PANELIST. 906 00:32:57,375 --> 00:33:01,079 I WILL START WITH 907 00:33:01,079 --> 00:33:03,448 DIRECTLY FROM THE PLAYERS 908 00:33:03,448 --> 00:33:03,815 EXPERIENCE, 909 00:33:03,815 --> 00:33:04,682 PLAYERS PERSPECTIVE WITH MR. 910 00:33:04,682 --> 00:33:06,818 HAAS. 911 00:33:06,818 --> 00:33:11,522 SO MANY NBA PLAYERS PLAYED THEIR 912 00:33:11,522 --> 00:33:13,958 HIGH SCHOOL AND/OR COLLEGE BALL 913 00:33:14,092 --> 00:33:14,759 IN SEATTLE AND THE SURROUNDING 914 00:33:14,759 --> 00:33:17,228 REGION. 915 00:33:17,228 --> 00:33:20,231 CAN YOU PLEASE DISCUSS AND SHARE 916 00:33:20,231 --> 00:33:23,968 HOW THIS NETWORK 917 00:33:23,968 --> 00:33:25,770 SPECIFICALLY CONTRIBUTES TO THE 918 00:33:25,770 --> 00:33:27,271 LOCAL BASKETBALL CULTURE AND 919 00:33:27,271 --> 00:33:27,538 IDENTITY 920 00:33:27,538 --> 00:33:29,474 HERE IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE? 921 00:33:29,607 --> 00:33:32,243 >> YEAH, THAT'S A 922 00:33:32,243 --> 00:33:32,977 GREAT 923 00:33:32,977 --> 00:33:35,346 QUESTION. I THINK WE'RE SO 924 00:33:35,346 --> 00:33:35,713 UNIQUE KIND OF 925 00:33:35,713 --> 00:33:37,081 BEING TUCKED UP HERE AT THE 926 00:33:37,081 --> 00:33:39,317 EDGE OF THE COUNTRY. 927 00:33:39,317 --> 00:33:41,419 I THINK THE THING THAT STANDS 928 00:33:41,419 --> 00:33:44,122 OUT THE MOST TO ME IS 929 00:33:44,122 --> 00:33:46,057 THE CONNECTION KIND OF THROUGH 930 00:33:46,057 --> 00:33:46,224 THE 931 00:33:46,224 --> 00:33:48,026 GENERATIONS, AND 932 00:33:48,026 --> 00:33:50,028 THE ACCESSIBILITY THAT -- TO 933 00:33:50,028 --> 00:33:50,294 BRAD'S 934 00:33:50,294 --> 00:33:52,830 POINT, THE KIDS HAVE ALWAYS HAD, 935 00:33:52,830 --> 00:33:55,600 WHETHER IT BE SONICS OR LOCAL 936 00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:57,335 PROFESSIONAL GUYS LIKE MYSELF. 937 00:33:57,335 --> 00:33:59,904 I NEVER PLAYED FOR THE 938 00:33:59,904 --> 00:34:01,773 SONICS BUT PLAYED ELSEWHERE. 939 00:34:01,773 --> 00:34:02,940 AND THE WILLINGNESS FROM KIND 940 00:34:02,940 --> 00:34:04,342 OF THE OLDER GENERATION TO 941 00:34:04,342 --> 00:34:06,911 STICK OUT THEIR HANDS AND TAKE 942 00:34:06,911 --> 00:34:07,278 US 943 00:34:07,278 --> 00:34:09,514 UNDER THEIR WING, 944 00:34:09,514 --> 00:34:10,982 PROVIDE MENTORSHIP AND INSTILL 945 00:34:10,982 --> 00:34:13,151 CONFIDENCE IN THEM, AND I 946 00:34:13,151 --> 00:34:16,587 THINK IT STARTED KIND OF -- MY 947 00:34:16,587 --> 00:34:18,122 EXPERIENCE BACK IN THE EARLY 948 00:34:18,122 --> 00:34:21,225 TO MID '90s AND ROLLING 949 00:34:21,225 --> 00:34:21,592 FORWARD 950 00:34:21,592 --> 00:34:23,061 SINCE. DESPITE THE SONICS BEING 951 00:34:23,061 --> 00:34:23,294 GONE, 952 00:34:23,294 --> 00:34:25,830 I THINK WE KIND OF DOUBLED DOWN 953 00:34:25,830 --> 00:34:26,964 ON 954 00:34:26,964 --> 00:34:27,565 SHARING THAT RESPONSIBILITY. 955 00:34:27,565 --> 00:34:30,334 IF YOU LOOK AT JAMAL 956 00:34:30,334 --> 00:34:32,203 CRAWFORD AND ALL THE WORK THAT 957 00:34:32,203 --> 00:34:32,503 HE'S PUT 958 00:34:32,503 --> 00:34:33,905 INTO THAT, SUMMER AFTER 959 00:34:33,905 --> 00:34:36,474 SUMMER, YOU KNOW, CALLING IN 960 00:34:36,474 --> 00:34:36,707 FAVORS, 961 00:34:36,707 --> 00:34:37,875 GETTING GUYS TO COME OUT 962 00:34:37,875 --> 00:34:38,443 AND PARTICIPATING IN THAT. 963 00:34:38,443 --> 00:34:40,978 I THINK A LOT OF US 964 00:34:40,978 --> 00:34:41,946 VIEW THAT AS THE ONLY WAYWAY WE 965 00:34:41,946 --> 00:34:42,513 CAN PROVIDE, 966 00:34:42,513 --> 00:34:46,350 YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT AN NBA GAME, 967 00:34:46,350 --> 00:34:49,053 BUT TO SEE LeBRON JAMES COME 968 00:34:49,053 --> 00:34:52,690 OUT, CHRIS PAUL, IT GIVES KIDS 969 00:34:52,690 --> 00:34:53,024 A 970 00:34:53,024 --> 00:34:54,559 TASTE OF THAT. THERE IS A LOST 971 00:34:54,559 --> 00:34:55,293 GENERATION 972 00:34:55,293 --> 00:34:58,062 HERE THAT HAS NO EXPERIENCE WITH 973 00:34:58,062 --> 00:34:58,996 PROFESSIONAL -- 974 00:34:58,996 --> 00:35:00,064 MALE PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL IN 975 00:35:00,064 --> 00:35:00,231 THE 976 00:35:00,364 --> 00:35:02,033 CITY. AND I THINK THE COOL 977 00:35:02,033 --> 00:35:04,435 THING ABOUT THE CULTURE HERE IS 978 00:35:04,435 --> 00:35:04,702 THAT PART 979 00:35:04,702 --> 00:35:06,771 NEVER DIED, THAT 980 00:35:06,771 --> 00:35:07,438 CONNECTION NEVER DIED. 981 00:35:07,438 --> 00:35:10,174 I THINK IT MAKES IT THAT MUCH 982 00:35:10,174 --> 00:35:12,844 EASIER GOING FORWARD HAVING 983 00:35:12,844 --> 00:35:13,644 THAT COLLECTIVE IN THE 984 00:35:13,644 --> 00:35:15,313 COMMUNITY THAT'S READY TO JUMP 985 00:35:15,313 --> 00:35:16,147 BACK IN 986 00:35:16,147 --> 00:35:18,516 AND EMBRACE IT WITH OPEN ARMS. 987 00:35:18,516 --> 00:35:21,486 I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE 988 00:35:21,486 --> 00:35:23,020 BEEN A PART OF IT, AND JUST 989 00:35:23,020 --> 00:35:25,656 WANT TO HELP SEE THE NEXT 990 00:35:25,656 --> 00:35:25,990 GENERATION 991 00:35:25,990 --> 00:35:28,726 SUCCEED ON AND OFF THE COURT. 992 00:35:28,726 --> 00:35:31,362 I THINK THAT MENTORSHIP 993 00:35:31,362 --> 00:35:32,563 IS WHAT STANDS OUT IN THE 994 00:35:32,563 --> 00:35:32,864 COMMUNITY, 995 00:35:32,864 --> 00:35:34,799 AND FOR ME PERSONALLY WAS A 996 00:35:34,799 --> 00:35:36,267 HUGE PART OF MY DEVELOPMENT AS 997 00:35:36,267 --> 00:35:37,702 A PLAYER AND AS A PERSON. 998 00:35:37,835 --> 00:35:39,070 >> MAKES SENSE. 999 00:35:39,070 --> 00:35:41,105 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1000 00:35:41,105 --> 00:35:43,975 YOU MENTIONED SEATTLE LEGEND 1001 00:35:43,975 --> 00:35:44,609 JAMAL CRAWFORD. 1002 00:35:44,609 --> 00:35:46,844 I HAD THE PLEASURE RECENTLY 1003 00:35:46,844 --> 00:35:49,814 OF WATCHING HIS SON PLAY AGAINST 1004 00:35:49,947 --> 00:35:51,816 WEST SEATTLE HIGH SCHOOL THAT 1005 00:35:51,816 --> 00:35:52,283 I 1006 00:35:52,283 --> 00:35:53,284 REPRESENT. I THINK THE KID IS IN 1007 00:35:53,284 --> 00:35:53,851 THE 9th 1008 00:35:53,851 --> 00:35:55,887 GRADE, BUT HE'S A STONE COLD 1009 00:35:55,887 --> 00:35:56,954 KILLER ON THE COURT. 1010 00:35:56,954 --> 00:35:58,589 MAYBE HE WILL BE A 1011 00:35:58,589 --> 00:35:59,090 FUTURE SONIC ONE DAY. 1012 00:35:59,090 --> 00:36:02,393 BUT THANK YOU. 1013 00:36:02,393 --> 00:36:04,161 DEPUTY MAYOR, WE WOULD LOVE TO 1014 00:36:04,161 --> 00:36:06,864 HEAR FROM YOU, FROM A CITY 1015 00:36:06,864 --> 00:36:10,067 PERSPECTIVE, WHAT DOES NBA READY 1016 00:36:10,067 --> 00:36:12,370 ACTUALLY REQUIRE IN TERMS OF 1017 00:36:12,370 --> 00:36:14,739 POLICY, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND 1018 00:36:14,872 --> 00:36:15,907 ALIGNMENT? AND WHERE ARE WE 1019 00:36:15,907 --> 00:36:17,742 TODAY ON THAT 1020 00:36:17,742 --> 00:36:18,042 PATH? 1021 00:36:18,175 --> 00:36:18,809 >> THANK 1022 00:36:18,809 --> 00:36:19,410 YOU AGAIN, COUNCILMEMBER AND 1023 00:36:19,410 --> 00:36:22,179 CHAIR SAKA. 1024 00:36:22,179 --> 00:36:24,448 I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO 1025 00:36:24,448 --> 00:36:27,585 STEP BACK AND GROUND US ON WHAT 1026 00:36:27,585 --> 00:36:30,121 CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA REPRESENTS 1027 00:36:30,254 --> 00:36:33,157 AND WHY IT'S ONE OF 1028 00:36:33,157 --> 00:36:35,259 THE STRONGEST 1029 00:36:35,259 --> 00:36:36,093 PRIVATE/PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS THAT 1030 00:36:36,093 --> 00:36:36,494 THE CITY 1031 00:36:36,494 --> 00:36:37,662 HAS EVER DELIVERED. 1032 00:36:37,662 --> 00:36:40,131 A LITTLE OVER A DECADE AGO, WE 1033 00:36:40,131 --> 00:36:41,666 FACED A CLEAR CHALLENGE. 1034 00:36:41,666 --> 00:36:44,802 KEY ARENA, WHILE ICONIC, WAS NO 1035 00:36:44,802 --> 00:36:47,705 LONGER VIABLE AS A MODERN SPORTS 1036 00:36:47,705 --> 00:36:48,039 VENUE. 1037 00:36:48,039 --> 00:36:52,777 WE WERE LOSING CONCERTS, 1038 00:36:52,777 --> 00:36:53,711 EVENTS, AND WE HAD ALREADY LOST 1039 00:36:53,711 --> 00:36:53,878 THE 1040 00:36:53,878 --> 00:36:54,111 SONICS. 1041 00:36:54,111 --> 00:36:55,446 THE QUESTION BEFORE THE CITY 1042 00:36:55,446 --> 00:36:57,448 AT THAT TIME WAS 1043 00:36:57,448 --> 00:36:59,217 STRAIGHTFORWARD, HOW DO WE 1044 00:36:59,217 --> 00:37:00,351 TRANSFORM A 1045 00:37:00,351 --> 00:37:01,986 CRITICAL CIVIC ASSET WITHOUT 1046 00:37:01,986 --> 00:37:02,320 PLACING 1047 00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:04,322 NEW BURDENS ON TAXPAYERS? 1048 00:37:04,322 --> 00:37:06,891 THIS CITY COUNCIL, THIS 1049 00:37:06,891 --> 00:37:09,660 CITY, MADE A DELIBERATE POLICY 1050 00:37:09,660 --> 00:37:09,927 CHOICE. 1051 00:37:09,927 --> 00:37:12,296 WE WOULD PURSUE A 1052 00:37:12,296 --> 00:37:15,900 PRIVATELY FINANCED SOLUTION ON 1053 00:37:15,900 --> 00:37:16,834 PUBLIC OWNED LAND. 1054 00:37:16,834 --> 00:37:23,207 SO THE TIME MACHINE, 2016, 1055 00:37:23,207 --> 00:37:25,676 WE ISSUED A COMPETITIVE RFP, 1056 00:37:25,676 --> 00:37:25,876 WHICH 1057 00:37:25,876 --> 00:37:27,378 I WAS HONORED TO HAVE LED 1058 00:37:27,378 --> 00:37:29,513 WITH TWO OTHER CITY LEGENDS, BEN 1059 00:37:29,513 --> 00:37:34,719 NOBLE, WHO WE HONORED LAST 1060 00:37:34,719 --> 00:37:37,688 NIGHT, AND ROBERT NOMS. 1061 00:37:37,688 --> 00:37:41,192 THE THREE OF US ULTIMATELY 1062 00:37:41,192 --> 00:37:42,426 SELECTED A DEVELOPER THAT WOULD 1063 00:37:42,426 --> 00:37:45,129 DO WHAT OTHERS WOULD NOT 1064 00:37:45,129 --> 00:37:46,831 DO, FULLY FINANCE, DESIGN, 1065 00:37:46,831 --> 00:37:48,799 AND OPERATE A WORLD CLASS 1066 00:37:48,799 --> 00:37:50,501 ARENA WHILE PRESERVING THE 1067 00:37:50,501 --> 00:37:52,136 HISTORIC ROOF AND INTEGRATING 1068 00:37:52,136 --> 00:37:52,703 THAT 1069 00:37:52,703 --> 00:37:53,738 FACILITY INTO THE FABRIC 1070 00:37:53,738 --> 00:37:55,406 OF SEATTLE CENTER. 1071 00:37:55,406 --> 00:37:57,508 FROM THERE, THE CITY 1072 00:37:57,508 --> 00:37:59,610 COUNCIL APPROVED AN MLU AND 1073 00:37:59,610 --> 00:38:00,011 FINAL 1074 00:38:00,011 --> 00:38:01,946 TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS SETTING 1075 00:38:01,946 --> 00:38:04,081 IN MOTION MORE THAN $1 BILLION 1076 00:38:04,081 --> 00:38:05,783 OF PRIVATE INVESTMENT AND 1077 00:38:05,783 --> 00:38:06,050 DELIVERED 1078 00:38:06,050 --> 00:38:07,752 WITHOUT A SINGLE 1079 00:38:07,752 --> 00:38:10,588 CENT OF DIRECT PUBLIC CAPITAL. 1080 00:38:10,588 --> 00:38:12,690 AND THE STRUCTURE OF THIS 1081 00:38:12,690 --> 00:38:13,958 DEAL IS WHAT MATTERS THE MOST. 1082 00:38:13,958 --> 00:38:15,793 THE CITY RETAINED OWNERSHIP 1083 00:38:15,793 --> 00:38:17,895 OF THE ARENA AND THE LAND. 1084 00:38:17,895 --> 00:38:19,630 THE PRIVATE PARTNER TOOK ALL 1085 00:38:19,630 --> 00:38:21,666 THE CONSTRUCTION RISKS, 1086 00:38:21,666 --> 00:38:23,768 INCLUDING COST OVERRUNS AND 1087 00:38:23,768 --> 00:38:24,135 OPERATIONAL 1088 00:38:24,135 --> 00:38:24,502 RESPONSIBILITY. 1089 00:38:24,502 --> 00:38:27,538 THE CITY BENEFITTED FROM THE 1090 00:38:27,538 --> 00:38:29,040 RENT, TAX REVENUE, AND LONG-TERM 1091 00:38:29,040 --> 00:38:32,143 ASSET VALUE. 1092 00:38:32,276 --> 00:38:33,377 THAT WAS A RIGHT ALIGNMENT OF 1093 00:38:33,377 --> 00:38:34,912 RISK AND REWARD. 1094 00:38:34,912 --> 00:38:37,214 BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THIS 1095 00:38:37,214 --> 00:38:39,717 WAS NOT JUST A FINANCIAL 1096 00:38:39,850 --> 00:38:42,787 TRANSACTION. IT WAS A POLICY 1097 00:38:42,787 --> 00:38:43,454 DRIVENDRIVEN AGREEMENT REFLECTED 1098 00:38:43,454 --> 00:38:43,754 ALL OF OUR 1099 00:38:43,754 --> 00:38:46,023 VALUES. 1100 00:38:46,023 --> 00:38:49,694 STRONG LABOR, AND WORKFORCE 1101 00:38:49,694 --> 00:38:52,163 COMMITMENTS, INNOVATION THAT -- 1102 00:38:52,163 --> 00:38:56,033 WITH THE GOAL TO REDUCE 1103 00:38:56,033 --> 00:38:57,968 CONGESTION, GLOBAL LEADERSHIP IN 1104 00:38:57,968 --> 00:38:59,470 SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE 1105 00:38:59,470 --> 00:39:01,105 INNOVATION, AND INTENTIONAL 1106 00:39:01,105 --> 00:39:02,707 INTEGRATION WITH THE 1107 00:39:02,707 --> 00:39:05,209 SEATTLE CENTER AS A CIVIC AND 1108 00:39:05,209 --> 00:39:05,476 CULTURAL 1109 00:39:05,476 --> 00:39:05,943 CAMPUS. 1110 00:39:05,943 --> 00:39:07,011 TODAY, WE ARE SEEING THE 1111 00:39:07,011 --> 00:39:07,278 RESULTS. 1112 00:39:07,278 --> 00:39:08,813 WE HAVE THE SEATTLE CRACKEN. 1113 00:39:08,813 --> 00:39:11,015 WE HAVE THE STORM. 1114 00:39:11,015 --> 00:39:12,883 WE HAVE THE TORRENT. 1115 00:39:12,883 --> 00:39:15,519 WE HAVE RESTORED SEATTLE AS A 1116 00:39:15,519 --> 00:39:17,254 TOP- TIER GLOBAL ENTERTAINMENT 1117 00:39:17,254 --> 00:39:17,488 MARKET. 1118 00:39:17,488 --> 00:39:19,056 WE HAVE CREATED JOBS 1119 00:39:19,056 --> 00:39:19,990 AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY 1120 00:39:19,990 --> 00:39:22,393 THAT RIPPLE ACROSS THIS REGION. 1121 00:39:22,393 --> 00:39:25,463 AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THIS 1122 00:39:25,463 --> 00:39:28,132 ARENA WAS BUILT TO BE NBA READY 1123 00:39:28,265 --> 00:39:29,333 FROM DAY ONE. 1124 00:39:29,333 --> 00:39:31,736 SO 1125 00:39:31,736 --> 00:39:32,436 WE TALK ABOUT THE POSSIBLE 1126 00:39:32,436 --> 00:39:33,671 RETURN OF THE SONICS, THIS IS NO 1127 00:39:33,671 --> 00:39:35,239 LONGER A QUESTION IF THE CITY 1128 00:39:35,239 --> 00:39:36,774 IS READY, BUT IT IS A QUESTION 1129 00:39:36,774 --> 00:39:37,007 OF 1130 00:39:37,007 --> 00:39:43,180 TIMING. SEATTLE IS READY. 1131 00:39:43,180 --> 00:39:44,615 WE HAVE ONE OF THE 1132 00:39:44,615 --> 00:39:45,983 STRONGEST MEDIA MARKETS AND FAN 1133 00:39:45,983 --> 00:39:46,350 BASES 1134 00:39:46,350 --> 00:39:48,052 IN THE COUNTRY, A PROVEN 1135 00:39:48,052 --> 00:39:49,553 TRACK RECORD OF SUPPORTING 1136 00:39:49,553 --> 00:39:50,688 STABLE THROUGH THE SEATTLE 1137 00:39:50,688 --> 00:39:51,455 STORM, AND 1138 00:39:51,455 --> 00:39:52,923 A CIVIC AND BUSINESS 1139 00:39:52,923 --> 00:39:53,958 COMMUNITY ALIGNED AND BRINGING 1140 00:39:53,958 --> 00:39:54,992 BACK THE 1141 00:39:54,992 --> 00:39:55,393 SONICS. 1142 00:39:55,393 --> 00:39:59,063 AND A STRONG PARTNER IN ONE 1143 00:39:59,063 --> 00:40:00,231 ROOF SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT TO 1144 00:40:00,231 --> 00:40:02,600 BRING THIS ALL HOME. 1145 00:40:02,733 --> 00:40:03,501 JUST AS IMPORTANTLY, WE HAVE 1146 00:40:03,501 --> 00:40:04,402 SHOWN THE LEAGUE SOMETHING 1147 00:40:04,402 --> 00:40:04,668 CRITICAL. 1148 00:40:04,668 --> 00:40:06,904 WE CAN DELIVER MAJOR 1149 00:40:06,904 --> 00:40:08,038 LEAGUE INFRASTRUCTURE THE RIGHT 1150 00:40:08,038 --> 00:40:08,405 WAY. 1151 00:40:08,405 --> 00:40:11,709 ALIGN WITH OUR VALUES WITHOUT 1152 00:40:11,709 --> 00:40:13,344 PUTTING TAXPAYERS AT RISK. 1153 00:40:13,344 --> 00:40:14,278 THAT MATTERS, BECAUSE LEAGUES 1154 00:40:14,278 --> 00:40:16,680 DON'T JUST EVALUATE MARKETS, 1155 00:40:16,680 --> 00:40:19,583 THEY EVALUATE STABILITY, 1156 00:40:19,583 --> 00:40:21,452 PARTNERSHIP, AND EXECUTION. 1157 00:40:21,452 --> 00:40:23,020 AND OUR CITY 1158 00:40:23,020 --> 00:40:23,721 HAS DEMONSTRATED ALL THREE OF 1159 00:40:23,721 --> 00:40:26,891 THOSE. 1160 00:40:26,891 --> 00:40:28,893 NO DEAL IS WITHOUT TRADEOFFS. 1161 00:40:28,893 --> 00:40:31,495 WE HAVE AGREED TO A LONG- 1162 00:40:31,495 --> 00:40:34,331 TERM ARENA EXCLUSIVE CONTRACT 1163 00:40:34,331 --> 00:40:34,498 AND 1164 00:40:34,498 --> 00:40:37,101 LEASE TERMS TO SECURE THIS 1165 00:40:37,101 --> 00:40:37,401 INVESTMENT. 1166 00:40:37,401 --> 00:40:41,872 BUT IN RETURN, WE UNLOCKED THE 1167 00:40:41,872 --> 00:40:42,606 TRANSFORMATIONAL PROJECT 1168 00:40:42,606 --> 00:40:43,941 THAT CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY 1169 00:40:43,941 --> 00:40:45,843 ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT 1170 00:40:45,843 --> 00:40:46,043 HOW 1171 00:40:46,043 --> 00:40:46,811 TO DO BETTER. 1172 00:40:46,811 --> 00:40:48,946 SO AS REFLECTED ON THIS 1173 00:40:48,946 --> 00:40:52,616 PROJECT, AS LOOK AHEAD, THE 1174 00:40:52,616 --> 00:40:52,983 CONCLUSION IS 1175 00:40:52,983 --> 00:40:55,853 CLEAR -- WE PRESERVE PUBLIC 1176 00:40:55,853 --> 00:40:59,089 OWNERSHIP, WE TRANSFER RISKS, WE 1177 00:40:59,089 --> 00:41:00,891 DELIVERED A WORLD CLASS NBA 1178 00:41:00,891 --> 00:41:04,195 READY FACILITY, AND WE 1179 00:41:04,328 --> 00:41:04,862 POSITIONED SEATTLE FOR THE 1180 00:41:04,862 --> 00:41:05,663 RETURN OF THE SONICS. 1181 00:41:05,663 --> 00:41:07,765 AS YOU SAID IN YOUR OPENING 1182 00:41:07,765 --> 00:41:09,800 COMMENTS, WE ARE READY, AND 1183 00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:11,735 WE'VE BEEN PREPARING 1184 00:41:11,735 --> 00:41:12,703 OURSELVES FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. 1185 00:41:12,703 --> 00:41:13,804 THANK YOU. 1186 00:41:13,938 --> 00:41:16,373 >> THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR. 1187 00:41:16,373 --> 00:41:18,943 WELL SAID, AND I APPRECIATE YOU 1188 00:41:18,943 --> 00:41:20,044 WALKING US THROUGH THE ARC 1189 00:41:20,044 --> 00:41:22,413 OF THE JOURNEY AND VARIOUS 1190 00:41:22,413 --> 00:41:23,814 PLAYERS AND LEADERS INVOLVED IN 1191 00:41:23,814 --> 00:41:24,014 THAT 1192 00:41:24,014 --> 00:41:24,415 PROCESS. 1193 00:41:24,415 --> 00:41:25,483 YOURSELF INCLUDED. 1194 00:41:25,483 --> 00:41:26,784 I APPRECIATE YOUR 1195 00:41:26,784 --> 00:41:28,419 PRIOR INVOLVEMENT AND YOUR 1196 00:41:28,419 --> 00:41:28,652 CURRENT 1197 00:41:28,652 --> 00:41:28,986 INVOLVEMENT. 1198 00:41:28,986 --> 00:41:30,788 NOW THERE'S ALWAYS 1199 00:41:30,788 --> 00:41:32,923 NEW PARTICIPANTS AND NEW LEADERS 1200 00:41:32,923 --> 00:41:33,924 AND PEOPLE STEPPING UP TO THE 1201 00:41:33,924 --> 00:41:36,093 PLATE TO BUILD UPON THAT GREAT 1202 00:41:36,093 --> 00:41:40,164 WORK THAT IS A VERY INNOVATIVE 1203 00:41:40,164 --> 00:41:40,364 MODEL 1204 00:41:40,364 --> 00:41:42,032 THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE, AS 1205 00:41:42,032 --> 00:41:46,136 YOU DESCRIBED FOR THE 1206 00:41:46,136 --> 00:41:47,071 PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP 1207 00:41:47,071 --> 00:41:47,938 MODEL, SO LET'S GO. 1208 00:41:47,938 --> 00:41:48,906 SEATTLE READY. 1209 00:41:48,906 --> 00:41:50,808 ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING TO PASS 1210 00:41:50,808 --> 00:41:50,975 THE 1211 00:41:50,975 --> 00:41:54,812 BATON AND ASK A QUESTION OF OUR 1212 00:41:54,812 --> 00:41:57,915 PARTNERS AND FAN GROUP LEADERS. 1213 00:41:57,915 --> 00:42:00,117 CAN YOU SHARE FROM EACH OF 1214 00:42:00,117 --> 00:42:01,285 YOUR PERSPECTIVES WHAT ARE 1215 00:42:01,285 --> 00:42:03,954 THE STRONGEST INDICATORS TODAY 1216 00:42:03,954 --> 00:42:04,154 THAT 1217 00:42:04,154 --> 00:42:05,523 SEATTLE IS 1218 00:42:05,523 --> 00:42:14,398 AN UNDENIABLE NBA MARKET? 1219 00:42:14,532 --> 00:42:17,501 >> 20 YEARS AGO WHEN WE FORMED 1220 00:42:17,501 --> 00:42:20,170 SAVE OUR SONICS AND STORM, 1221 00:42:20,170 --> 00:42:22,339 WE WERE PARTIALLY SUCCESSFUL. 1222 00:42:22,339 --> 00:42:24,675 WE ARE GRATEFUL TO THE STORM 1223 00:42:24,675 --> 00:42:26,210 FOR MAINTAINING BASKETBALL 1224 00:42:26,210 --> 00:42:27,278 CULTURE IN THE CITY. 1225 00:42:27,278 --> 00:42:28,746 WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THOSE 1226 00:42:28,746 --> 00:42:30,180 WHO KEPT THE CULTURE ALIVE 1227 00:42:30,180 --> 00:42:33,017 AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR CLIMATE 1228 00:42:33,017 --> 00:42:33,484 PLEDGE 1229 00:42:33,484 --> 00:42:35,085 ARENA, ALL THE HARD WORK OF 1230 00:42:35,085 --> 00:42:36,020 THE DEPUTY MAYOR. 1231 00:42:36,020 --> 00:42:38,155 ALL OF THOSE THINGS 1232 00:42:38,155 --> 00:42:40,591 HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO SEATTLE 1233 00:42:40,591 --> 00:42:40,891 STATUS AS 1234 00:42:40,891 --> 00:42:44,528 AN UNDENIABLE MARKET. 1235 00:42:44,528 --> 00:42:48,866 GEORGE 1236 00:42:54,538 --> 00:42:56,240 >> THE SEATTLE CITY DESERVES 1237 00:42:56,240 --> 00:42:56,540 THIS TEAM. 1238 00:42:56,540 --> 00:42:58,108 THE SUCCESS OF THE STORM, 1239 00:42:58,108 --> 00:43:01,312 THE ACTIVITIES OF THE BASKETBALL 1240 00:43:01,312 --> 00:43:03,647 CULTURE, COMMERCIAL VENTURES 1241 00:43:03,647 --> 00:43:06,016 SUCH AS THE PODCAST THAT'S 1242 00:43:06,016 --> 00:43:10,921 HOSTED HUNDREDS OF PODCASTS 1243 00:43:10,921 --> 00:43:12,656 AND BROUGHT TOGETHER THOUSANDS 1244 00:43:12,656 --> 00:43:12,823 OF 1245 00:43:12,823 --> 00:43:13,090 PEOPLE. 1246 00:43:13,090 --> 00:43:15,392 THE SONICS APPAREL IS ONE OF 1247 00:43:15,392 --> 00:43:17,561 THE TOP SELLING COLLECTIONS, 1248 00:43:17,561 --> 00:43:24,368 WITH DEMAND SURGING, AND WE 1249 00:43:24,368 --> 00:43:26,270 ARE SEEING A SIGNIFICANT 1250 00:43:26,270 --> 00:43:27,471 INTEREST FROM FANS TO THE RETURN 1251 00:43:27,471 --> 00:43:28,205 OF THE 1252 00:43:28,339 --> 00:43:30,774 SONICS. SO YOU HAVE A LEVEL 1253 00:43:30,774 --> 00:43:33,177 OF COMMERCIAL INTEREST, A LEVEL 1254 00:43:33,177 --> 00:43:33,911 OF CULTURAL INTEREST. 1255 00:43:33,911 --> 00:43:35,312 YOU HAVE RESTAURANTS, NIGHT 1256 00:43:35,312 --> 00:43:38,382 LIFE, YOU HAVE MUSIC, ALL 1257 00:43:38,382 --> 00:43:39,016 DEEPLY ATTACHED TO THE SONICS 1258 00:43:39,016 --> 00:43:41,986 MOVEMENT. 1259 00:43:41,986 --> 00:43:45,022 ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE 1260 00:43:45,155 --> 00:43:47,858 INDICATORS THAT, OVER 20 YEARS, 1261 00:43:47,858 --> 00:43:48,859 THE CULTURE HAS STAYED ALIVE. 1262 00:43:48,859 --> 00:43:51,095 BUT THE THING THAT MAKES 1263 00:43:51,095 --> 00:43:53,330 SEATTLE MOST UNDENIABLE AS AN 1264 00:43:53,330 --> 00:43:53,731 NBA 1265 00:43:53,731 --> 00:43:54,932 MARKET IS OUR FUTURE AUDIENCE. 1266 00:43:54,932 --> 00:43:56,533 IT IS THE INTEREST OF THE YOUNG 1267 00:43:56,533 --> 00:43:56,767 PEOPLE. 1268 00:43:56,767 --> 00:43:58,736 IT IS ALL OF THE PEOPLE 1269 00:43:58,736 --> 00:44:00,404 THAT HAVE BEEN NURTURED BY 1270 00:44:00,404 --> 00:44:02,239 SPENCER 1271 00:44:02,239 --> 00:44:03,641 HAWES, PEOPLE THAT GREW UP 1272 00:44:03,641 --> 00:44:05,075 CHEERING FOR THE STORM, THAT 1273 00:44:05,075 --> 00:44:06,643 ARE READY FOR THE NBA'S RETURN. 1274 00:44:06,777 --> 00:44:07,745 >> LOVE IT. 1275 00:44:07,745 --> 00:44:08,879 AND VERY WELL SAID. 1276 00:44:08,879 --> 00:44:11,015 MS. ACRES, FEEL FREE TO 1277 00:44:11,015 --> 00:44:13,183 BUILD UPON THAT IF YOU WANT, BUT 1278 00:44:13,183 --> 00:44:13,384 I'M 1279 00:44:13,384 --> 00:44:14,518 GOING TO TEE UP A 1280 00:44:14,518 --> 00:44:17,054 NEW QUESTION FOR YOU, IF YOU 1281 00:44:17,054 --> 00:44:17,588 DON'T MIND AS 1282 00:44:17,588 --> 00:44:17,921 WELL. 1283 00:44:17,921 --> 00:44:19,490 SO SPEAK TO WHICH EVER IS 1284 00:44:19,490 --> 00:44:20,724 ON YOUR HEART THE MOST. 1285 00:44:20,724 --> 00:44:23,827 WHERE DO GRASSROOTS EFFORTS LIKE 1286 00:44:23,827 --> 00:44:26,296 SEATTLE NBA FANS HAVE THE MOST 1287 00:44:26,296 --> 00:44:28,699 INFLUENCE AND IMPACT FROM YOUR 1288 00:44:28,699 --> 00:44:29,066 PERSPECTIVE? 1289 00:44:29,199 --> 00:44:31,835 >> TO BUILD ON WHAT BRIAN SAID, 1290 00:44:31,835 --> 00:44:33,404 I THINK WE ALSO HAVE ONE OF 1291 00:44:33,404 --> 00:44:35,239 THE STRONGEST CORPORATE 1292 00:44:35,239 --> 00:44:35,539 ECOSYSTEMS 1293 00:44:35,539 --> 00:44:37,508 TO SUPPORT NBA EXPANSION. 1294 00:44:37,508 --> 00:44:39,910 WE HAVE A GROWING TECH FORWARD 1295 00:44:39,910 --> 00:44:42,012 YOUNGER AUDIENCE THAT PERFECTLY 1296 00:44:42,012 --> 00:44:44,248 ALIGNS WITH THE NBA'S FUTURE. 1297 00:44:44,248 --> 00:44:46,316 SEATTLE ISN'T A MARKET 1298 00:44:46,316 --> 00:44:48,285 WAITING TO PROVE ITSELF, IT'S A 1299 00:44:48,285 --> 00:44:48,519 PROVEN 1300 00:44:48,519 --> 00:44:50,087 MARKET THAT'S MISING A TEAM. 1301 00:44:50,087 --> 00:44:52,589 AND I THINK PARTICIPATING 1302 00:44:52,589 --> 00:44:54,391 IN DISCUSSIONS LIKE THIS ONE 1303 00:44:54,391 --> 00:44:54,625 STARTS 1304 00:44:54,625 --> 00:44:56,160 WITH ENSURING FANS HAVE A 1305 00:44:56,160 --> 00:44:58,395 VOICE AND A SPOT AT THE TABLE. 1306 00:44:58,395 --> 00:45:00,764 WE DEMONSTRATE THAT 1307 00:45:00,764 --> 00:45:03,367 THE INTEREST IS ACTIVE AND 1308 00:45:03,367 --> 00:45:03,834 GROWING. 1309 00:45:03,834 --> 00:45:07,504 THE SONICS BRAND IS IN HIGH 1310 00:45:07,504 --> 00:45:09,406 DEMAND, AND VERY FEW TEAMS 1311 00:45:09,406 --> 00:45:10,941 HAVE GONE THIS LONG AND STILL 1312 00:45:10,941 --> 00:45:13,610 CARRY THIS LEVEL OF RECOGNITION 1313 00:45:13,610 --> 00:45:13,877 AND 1314 00:45:13,877 --> 00:45:15,479 EMOTIONAL CONNECTION. 1315 00:45:15,479 --> 00:45:20,150 THERE CAN BE A DECENT AMOUNT 1316 00:45:20,150 --> 00:45:21,418 OF FAIRNESS WITH THE FANS HOW WE 1317 00:45:21,418 --> 00:45:22,619 LOST THE TEAM IN 2008. 1318 00:45:22,619 --> 00:45:24,421 SO WE HAVE DEDICATED OURSELVES 1319 00:45:24,421 --> 00:45:26,190 TO BEING FORWARD LOOKING AND 1320 00:45:26,190 --> 00:45:28,258 POSITIVE, AND TO SET THE 1321 00:45:28,258 --> 00:45:30,060 TONE, ESPECIALLY FOR A NEW 1322 00:45:30,060 --> 00:45:31,395 GENERATION THAT ARE JUST HAPPY 1323 00:45:31,395 --> 00:45:31,662 TO HAVE A 1324 00:45:31,662 --> 00:45:32,463 TEAM IN THEIR CITY. 1325 00:45:32,596 --> 00:45:36,667 >> LOVE, LOVE, LOVE ALL OF THAT. 1326 00:45:36,667 --> 00:45:38,936 COUNCILMEMBER, CAN I ADD -- 1327 00:45:39,069 --> 00:45:40,137 >> PLEASE. 1328 00:45:40,270 --> 00:45:41,638 >> OVER THE YEARS, WE 1329 00:45:41,638 --> 00:45:43,507 LOOKED BACK TO SEE WHY THE 1330 00:45:43,507 --> 00:45:43,874 SONICS HAVE 1331 00:45:43,874 --> 00:45:46,110 THE STAYING POWER THAT THEY DO. 1332 00:45:46,110 --> 00:45:47,277 WHAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM PEOPLE 1333 00:45:47,277 --> 00:45:50,114 IS THAT THE SONICS 1334 00:45:50,114 --> 00:45:50,481 EXISTEDEXISTED 1335 00:45:50,481 --> 00:45:51,949 THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE 1336 00:45:51,949 --> 00:45:52,783 OUR COMMUNITIES LIVE AND WORK. 1337 00:45:52,783 --> 00:45:55,152 THEY WERE CLOSE TO WORKING 1338 00:45:55,152 --> 00:45:55,486 CLASS PEOPLE. 1339 00:45:55,486 --> 00:45:58,222 THEY HAD AN ACTIVE PRESENCE IN 1340 00:45:58,222 --> 00:45:58,755 PIONEER SQUARE. 1341 00:45:58,755 --> 00:46:02,493 AND THE FUTURE OF THE SONICS 1342 00:46:02,493 --> 00:46:03,927 IMPACTING THE FAN BASE WILL 1343 00:46:03,927 --> 00:46:07,164 LIE IN THOSE TRADITIONAL 1344 00:46:07,164 --> 00:46:07,764 NEIGHBORHOODS, NEIGHBORHOODS 1345 00:46:07,764 --> 00:46:09,967 OF COLOR THAT HAVE DEEP TIES 1346 00:46:09,967 --> 00:46:12,002 AND MEMORIES OF GARY PAYTON 1347 00:46:12,002 --> 00:46:13,704 AND SPENCER HAWES. 1348 00:46:13,704 --> 00:46:15,539 BUT THE PRESENCE OF THE 1349 00:46:15,539 --> 00:46:17,374 SONICS IN THOSE COMMUNITIES 1350 00:46:17,374 --> 00:46:19,042 ORIGINALLY IS WORTH NOTING AND 1351 00:46:19,042 --> 00:46:19,910 RECOGNIZING. 1352 00:46:20,043 --> 00:46:21,211 >> MAKES SENSE. THANK YOU. 1353 00:46:21,211 --> 00:46:29,653 I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR 1354 00:46:29,786 --> 00:46:31,922 CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA LEADER. 1355 00:46:31,922 --> 00:46:34,391 HOW IS CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA 1356 00:46:34,391 --> 00:46:35,592 UNIQUELY POSITIONED 1357 00:46:35,592 --> 00:46:37,728 AND SPECIFICALLY READY TO HOUSE 1358 00:46:37,728 --> 00:46:40,264 THE SONICS FOR A NEW NBA 1359 00:46:40,264 --> 00:46:40,597 FRANCHISE? 1360 00:46:40,597 --> 00:46:42,900 AND ARE THERE PLANS FOR ANNUAL 1361 00:46:42,900 --> 00:46:44,401 UPGRADES TO THE FACILITY? 1362 00:46:44,535 --> 00:46:45,969 >> SURE, THANK YOU, 1363 00:46:45,969 --> 00:46:46,770 COUNCILMEMBER. 1364 00:46:46,770 --> 00:46:50,407 SO WE'RE FORTUNATE THAT WE 1365 00:46:50,407 --> 00:46:54,778 POSTED OVER 90 STORM GAMES, 1366 00:46:54,778 --> 00:46:55,546 WITH FIVE SUCCESSFUL SEASONS. 1367 00:46:55,546 --> 00:46:57,815 SO WE'VE BEEN HOSTING 1368 00:46:57,815 --> 00:46:58,115 BASKETBALL 1369 00:46:58,115 --> 00:47:00,918 SINCE WE OPENED FIVE YEARS 1370 00:47:00,918 --> 00:47:05,789 AGO WITH THE L.A. CLIPPERS, 1371 00:47:05,789 --> 00:47:07,591 WE'VE ALSO HOSTED TWO NCAA 1372 00:47:07,591 --> 00:47:09,726 MARCH MADNESS EVENTS WITH THE 1373 00:47:09,726 --> 00:47:12,029 WOMEN'S SUPER REGIONAL IN 2023, 1374 00:47:12,029 --> 00:47:12,429 AND THE 1375 00:47:12,429 --> 00:47:14,031 MEN'S FIRST AND SECOND ROUNDS 1376 00:47:14,031 --> 00:47:15,532 IN '25, WHICH WE WILL AGAIN 1377 00:47:15,532 --> 00:47:16,066 HOST 1378 00:47:16,066 --> 00:47:16,433 IN 1379 00:47:16,433 --> 00:47:19,636 '28. SO THIS BUILDING, AS THE 1380 00:47:19,636 --> 00:47:22,072 DEPUTY MAYOR ALLUDED TO, WAS 1381 00:47:22,072 --> 00:47:22,272 BUILT 1382 00:47:22,272 --> 00:47:23,240 INTENTIONALLY WITH BASKETBALL 1383 00:47:23,240 --> 00:47:25,609 IN MIND, WITH HOCKEY IN MIND 1384 00:47:25,609 --> 00:47:27,177 OBVIOUSLY, AND WITH CONCERTS 1385 00:47:27,177 --> 00:47:29,980 AND OTHER EVENTS, PRODUCING 1386 00:47:29,980 --> 00:47:32,282 NEARLY 1,000 EVENTS SINCE WE 1387 00:47:32,282 --> 00:47:32,616 OPENED. 1388 00:47:32,616 --> 00:47:34,184 IT'S SOMETHING OUR STAFF AND 1389 00:47:34,184 --> 00:47:37,354 OUR TEAM ARE UNIQUELY CAPABLE 1390 00:47:37,354 --> 00:47:39,223 OF DOING THAT TYPE OF VOLUME. 1391 00:47:39,223 --> 00:47:41,992 SO THAT'S ONE WAY I WOULD SAY 1392 00:47:41,992 --> 00:47:43,293 THAT WE'RE READY TO HAVE 1393 00:47:43,293 --> 00:47:44,962 THE SONICS PART OF OUR 1394 00:47:44,962 --> 00:47:47,231 LEASE THAT WAS NEGOTIATED AS AN 1395 00:47:47,231 --> 00:47:47,464 ANNUAL 1396 00:47:47,464 --> 00:47:47,864 IMPROVEMENT PLAN. 1397 00:47:47,864 --> 00:47:49,800 WE DO HAVE TO PUT MONEY 1398 00:47:49,800 --> 00:47:51,068 BACK INTO THIS BUILDING TO MAKE 1399 00:47:51,068 --> 00:47:51,268 SURE 1400 00:47:51,268 --> 00:47:53,103 IT'S STATE OF THE ART 1401 00:47:53,103 --> 00:47:53,971 FOR LONG-TERM. 1402 00:47:53,971 --> 00:47:56,406 AND I THINK SPECIFICALLY TO AN 1403 00:47:56,406 --> 00:47:58,242 NBA FRANCHISE, I THINK MANY OF 1404 00:47:58,242 --> 00:48:00,577 YOU HAVE SEEN THE NBA 1405 00:48:00,577 --> 00:48:02,880 LOCKER ROOM SPACE THAT IS ON THE 1406 00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:03,080 EVENT 1407 00:48:03,080 --> 00:48:04,781 LEVEL, SITTING THERE READY TO BE 1408 00:48:04,781 --> 00:48:05,449 BUILT OUT. 1409 00:48:05,449 --> 00:48:07,851 THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST 1410 00:48:07,851 --> 00:48:10,420 THINGS THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE 1411 00:48:10,420 --> 00:48:12,122 CONTEMPLATED, BUT WE ARE 1412 00:48:12,122 --> 00:48:13,056 READY FOR NBA BASKETBALL TODAY, 1413 00:48:13,056 --> 00:48:13,257 AND 1414 00:48:13,257 --> 00:48:14,658 ARE COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH 1415 00:48:14,658 --> 00:48:15,492 THE LEAGUE SHOULD ANY OTHER 1416 00:48:15,492 --> 00:48:18,295 REQUIREMENTS BE NECESSARY. 1417 00:48:18,428 --> 00:48:20,764 >> YES, THANK YOU FOR THAT. 1418 00:48:20,764 --> 00:48:22,866 AND THANK YOU FOR 1419 00:48:22,866 --> 00:48:24,134 SPECIFICALLY CALLING OUT AND 1420 00:48:24,134 --> 00:48:25,435 MENTIONING OUR 1421 00:48:25,435 --> 00:48:27,638 FOUR- TIME CHAMPION SEATTLE 1422 00:48:27,771 --> 00:48:30,073 STORM. LOVE TAKING MY FAMILY TO 1423 00:48:30,073 --> 00:48:33,477 THE STORM GAMES AND WATCHING 1424 00:48:33,477 --> 00:48:33,677 THOSE 1425 00:48:33,677 --> 00:48:34,878 TERRIFIC WOMEN DO GREAT 1426 00:48:34,878 --> 00:48:36,380 THINGS ON AND OFF THE COURT AND 1427 00:48:36,380 --> 00:48:40,017 IN OUR 1428 00:48:40,017 --> 00:48:41,318 COMMUNITY. 1429 00:48:41,318 --> 00:48:45,722 THIS ISN'T ABOUT ONE OR THE 1430 00:48:45,722 --> 00:48:46,189 OTHER. 1431 00:48:46,189 --> 00:48:48,325 MANY THINGS CAN CO- EXIST 1432 00:48:48,325 --> 00:48:49,359 AT THE SAME TIME. 1433 00:48:49,359 --> 00:48:51,228 THIS ISN'T EVEN 1434 00:48:51,228 --> 00:48:52,629 ABOUT PROFESSIONAL VERSUS SEMI 1435 00:48:52,629 --> 00:48:52,829 PRO. 1436 00:48:52,829 --> 00:48:53,563 WE ARE A SPORTS CITY AND WE ARE 1437 00:48:53,563 --> 00:48:55,732 A BASKETBALL CITY. 1438 00:48:55,732 --> 00:48:57,467 SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 1439 00:48:57,467 --> 00:49:00,470 I'M GOING TO ASK A QUICK 1440 00:49:00,470 --> 00:49:02,439 FOLLOWUP QUESTION FOR YOU 1441 00:49:02,439 --> 00:49:03,907 BEFORE RETURNING TO MS. KNOX. 1442 00:49:03,907 --> 00:49:06,510 HOW WOULD ADDING AN NBA 1443 00:49:06,510 --> 00:49:10,647 FRANCHISE CHANGE THE 1444 00:49:10,647 --> 00:49:12,249 ARENA'S EVENTS AND ECONOMICS, 1445 00:49:12,249 --> 00:49:12,683 AND 1446 00:49:12,683 --> 00:49:14,885 WHAT DOES A SUCCESSFUL LONG- 1447 00:49:14,885 --> 00:49:16,920 TERM PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE 1448 00:49:16,920 --> 00:49:19,256 ARENA AND A TEAM LOOK LIKE? 1449 00:49:19,389 --> 00:49:21,291 >> YES. 1450 00:49:21,291 --> 00:49:24,328 I THINK I'LL GO BACK TO WHEN WE 1451 00:49:24,328 --> 00:49:25,796 DEVELOPED OUR OPERATING PLANS 1452 00:49:25,796 --> 00:49:27,197 FOR THIS ARENA. 1453 00:49:27,197 --> 00:49:28,932 IT IS TO BE BUSY EVERY DAY 1454 00:49:28,932 --> 00:49:31,835 OF THE YEAR, IF POSSIBLE. 1455 00:49:31,835 --> 00:49:34,237 WE DO ABOUT 220 PUBLIC 1456 00:49:34,237 --> 00:49:36,673 EVENTS EVERY YEAR, ADDING 40 1457 00:49:36,673 --> 00:49:37,307 PLUS 1458 00:49:37,307 --> 00:49:39,876 MORE GUARANTEED DATES IS THE 1459 00:49:39,876 --> 00:49:40,577 GOAL. 1460 00:49:40,577 --> 00:49:41,812 AND SO THAT'S ABSOLUTELY 1461 00:49:41,812 --> 00:49:43,180 SOMETHING THAT WE 1462 00:49:43,180 --> 00:49:44,247 HAVE CONTEMPLATED SINCE OPENING 1463 00:49:44,247 --> 00:49:46,283 IS HOW DO WE FIT AS MANY DATES 1464 00:49:46,283 --> 00:49:47,751 INTO THE BUILDING AS POSSIBLE. 1465 00:49:47,751 --> 00:49:49,019 WE HAVE AN AMAZING 1466 00:49:49,019 --> 00:49:51,588 PROGRAMMING TEAM THAT MANAGES A 1467 00:49:51,588 --> 00:49:52,622 REALLY COMPLICATED 1468 00:49:52,622 --> 00:49:53,623 CALENDAR. THEY HAVE GOTTEN 1469 00:49:53,623 --> 00:49:54,224 REALLY GOOD 1470 00:49:54,224 --> 00:49:55,025 AT WORKING WITH THE LEAGUE 1471 00:49:55,025 --> 00:49:56,026 AND GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS. 1472 00:49:56,026 --> 00:50:00,030 SO ADDING 40 PLUS MORE DATES 1473 00:50:00,030 --> 00:50:02,132 FOR US IS THE GOAL EVERY YEAR. 1474 00:50:02,132 --> 00:50:04,601 SO SOMETHING WE'RE ABSOLUTELY 1475 00:50:04,601 --> 00:50:05,168 PLANNING ON. 1476 00:50:05,168 --> 00:50:07,204 I THINK IN REGARDS TO 1477 00:50:07,204 --> 00:50:09,172 A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN A TEAM AND 1478 00:50:09,172 --> 00:50:10,540 ARENA, WE LOOK 1479 00:50:10,540 --> 00:50:11,942 AT WHAT WE HAVE DONE WITH THE 1480 00:50:11,942 --> 00:50:12,909 CRACKEN, 1481 00:50:12,909 --> 00:50:13,543 HOW WE HAVE INTEGRATED INTO 1482 00:50:13,543 --> 00:50:16,213 THE COMMUNITY AND SEATTLE CENTER 1483 00:50:16,213 --> 00:50:17,047 AND 1484 00:50:17,047 --> 00:50:19,850 DRIVEN ECONOMIC IMPACT INTO THE 1485 00:50:19,850 --> 00:50:20,617 AREA. 1486 00:50:20,617 --> 00:50:23,453 THAT'S A GOAL WITH ANOTHER 1487 00:50:23,587 --> 00:50:24,187 FRANCHISE, THE EXPANSION TEAM 1488 00:50:24,187 --> 00:50:27,324 WITH THE PWHL, WE HAVE 1489 00:50:27,324 --> 00:50:28,959 SEEN ACTIVITY WITH THAT TEAM 1490 00:50:28,959 --> 00:50:30,293 COMING THROUGH AND INTEGRATING 1491 00:50:30,293 --> 00:50:31,061 THEMSELVES INTO OUR CITY. 1492 00:50:31,061 --> 00:50:33,030 SO THAT WOULD BE WHAT OUR GOAL 1493 00:50:33,030 --> 00:50:33,663 IS WITH A NEW TEAM. 1494 00:50:33,797 --> 00:50:37,701 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1495 00:50:37,701 --> 00:50:40,570 MOVING ON TO OUR PARTNER AT THE 1496 00:50:40,570 --> 00:50:43,874 SEATTLE SPORTS COMMISSION, MS. 1497 00:50:43,874 --> 00:50:44,141 KNOX. 1498 00:50:44,141 --> 00:50:46,643 THERE ARE CURRENTLY FIVE 1499 00:50:46,643 --> 00:50:50,714 CITIES, FIVE THAT HAVE ALL SIX 1500 00:50:50,714 --> 00:50:51,948 MAJOR PROFESSIONAL SPORTS 1501 00:50:51,948 --> 00:50:52,282 LEAGUES. 1502 00:50:52,282 --> 00:50:56,486 THE MLB, NFL, NBA, WNBA, 1503 00:50:56,486 --> 00:50:58,355 NHL, AND MLS. 1504 00:50:58,355 --> 00:51:01,224 THESE CITIES ARE NEW YORK, L.A. 1505 00:51:01,224 --> 00:51:01,358 , 1506 00:51:01,358 --> 00:51:02,492 CHICAGO, DALLAS, 1507 00:51:02,492 --> 00:51:02,859 AND WASHINGTON, 1508 00:51:02,859 --> 00:51:04,761 D.C. THE OTHER WASHINGTON. 1509 00:51:04,761 --> 00:51:07,898 WHAT MAKES SEATTLE UNIQUELY 1510 00:51:07,898 --> 00:51:09,733 PREPARED AND POSITIONED 1511 00:51:09,733 --> 00:51:12,469 TO BECOME THE SIXTH CITY TO HAVE 1512 00:51:12,469 --> 00:51:12,602 A 1513 00:51:12,602 --> 00:51:15,639 TEAM FROM ALL SIX LEAGUES? 1514 00:51:15,772 --> 00:51:19,376 >> WELL, FIRST OF 1515 00:51:19,376 --> 00:51:21,011 ALL, WE HAVE ALREADY HOSTED THIS 1516 00:51:21,011 --> 00:51:21,311 TEAM. 1517 00:51:21,311 --> 00:51:23,547 WE'VE ALREADY HAD THIS TEAM 1518 00:51:23,680 --> 00:51:26,116 HERE. SO THAT FOUNDATION AND 1519 00:51:26,116 --> 00:51:26,349 GROUND 1520 00:51:26,349 --> 00:51:27,417 WORK HAS ALREADY BEEN LAID. 1521 00:51:27,417 --> 00:51:29,319 I THINK THAT IT'S 1522 00:51:29,319 --> 00:51:31,955 ALSO INTERESTING THAT, TO YOUR 1523 00:51:31,955 --> 00:51:33,557 POINT, WE ACTUALLY ALSO HAVE A 1524 00:51:33,557 --> 00:51:35,559 NUMBER OF OTHER PROFESSIONAL 1525 00:51:35,559 --> 00:51:35,759 TEAMS 1526 00:51:35,759 --> 00:51:37,627 IN ADDITION TO THE FIVE YOU 1527 00:51:37,627 --> 00:51:37,928 MENTIONED. 1528 00:51:37,928 --> 00:51:40,397 AND WE HAVE ALSO 1529 00:51:40,397 --> 00:51:42,599 RECENTLY LAUNCHED A NEW 1530 00:51:42,599 --> 00:51:43,266 PROFESSIONAL TEAM 1531 00:51:43,266 --> 00:51:46,103 HERE IN SEATTLE WITH THE PWHL, 1532 00:51:46,103 --> 00:51:48,939 JUST OVER A YEAR AGO. 1533 00:51:48,939 --> 00:51:51,608 SO WE ARE UNIQUELY QUALIFIED 1534 00:51:51,608 --> 00:51:52,976 FROM THAT STAND POINT. 1535 00:51:52,976 --> 00:51:55,946 BUT WE HAVE -- WE'LL -- WE 1536 00:51:55,946 --> 00:51:57,647 ARE SUCCESSFUL IN BRINGING THE 1537 00:51:57,647 --> 00:51:57,848 NBA 1538 00:51:57,848 --> 00:52:00,650 BACK, SEATTLE WILL BE THE 1539 00:52:00,650 --> 00:52:02,686 ONLY CITY IN THE UNITED STATES 1540 00:52:02,686 --> 00:52:05,255 TO HAVE NINE PROFESSIONAL TEAMS 1541 00:52:05,255 --> 00:52:06,890 HERE. 1542 00:52:06,890 --> 00:52:11,795 SO YOU'VE GOT THE MWSL, THE 1543 00:52:11,795 --> 00:52:14,731 PHSP, MAJOR 1544 00:52:14,731 --> 00:52:16,533 LEAGUE RUGBY. THIS IS AN 1545 00:52:16,533 --> 00:52:16,867 ECOSYSTEM 1546 00:52:16,867 --> 00:52:18,101 OF SPORTS HERE IN STAT THAT WILL 1547 00:52:18,101 --> 00:52:18,268 IS 1548 00:52:18,268 --> 00:52:21,104 UNIQUE AND VERY SPECIAL. 1549 00:52:21,104 --> 00:52:22,105 WE HAVE CROSS SUPPORT FROM ALL 1550 00:52:22,105 --> 00:52:24,508 OF OUR PROFESSIONAL TEAMS. 1551 00:52:24,508 --> 00:52:26,977 WE HAVE SEEN IT WHEN 1552 00:52:26,977 --> 00:52:29,212 PLAYERS ATTEND THE GAMES OF 1553 00:52:29,212 --> 00:52:30,080 OTHER TEAMS, 1554 00:52:30,080 --> 00:52:33,416 AND THE SUPPORT FROM THE FRONT 1555 00:52:33,416 --> 00:52:35,485 OFFICE ORGANIZATIONS 1556 00:52:35,485 --> 00:52:36,953 IN PROMOTING WHAT THE TEAMS ARE 1557 00:52:36,953 --> 00:52:38,822 DOING, CHEERING EACH OTHER ON. 1558 00:52:38,822 --> 00:52:40,624 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS 1559 00:52:40,624 --> 00:52:42,993 UNIQUE TO SEATTLE, AND I CAN 1560 00:52:42,993 --> 00:52:44,761 ASSURE YOU FROM TALKING WITH MY 1561 00:52:44,761 --> 00:52:46,463 COUNTERPARTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY 1562 00:52:46,463 --> 00:52:50,200 THAT IT IS UNIQUE, THAT THAT 1563 00:52:50,200 --> 00:52:51,735 COLLABORATION AND 1564 00:52:51,735 --> 00:52:53,770 REALLY INCLUSIVE SUPPORT FOR 1565 00:52:53,770 --> 00:52:54,304 EACH OTHER 1566 00:52:54,304 --> 00:52:55,672 IS SOMETHING SPECIAL THAT WE 1567 00:52:55,672 --> 00:52:56,706 HAVE. 1568 00:52:56,706 --> 00:53:00,076 AND THAT IS, I THINK WHAT 1569 00:53:00,076 --> 00:53:01,678 IS REALLY AN ELEMENT 1570 00:53:01,678 --> 00:53:02,879 THAT PROVIDES A LOT OF 1571 00:53:02,879 --> 00:53:05,482 CONFIDENCE IN OUR 1572 00:53:05,482 --> 00:53:06,383 ABILITY TO BRING ON A TEAM 1573 00:53:06,383 --> 00:53:07,050 LIKE THE NBA AND KNOW IT WILL BE 1574 00:53:07,050 --> 00:53:09,186 SUCCESSFUL. 1575 00:53:09,319 --> 00:53:11,621 >> WELL SAID, MS. KNOX. 1576 00:53:11,621 --> 00:53:13,323 I SAY AGAIN THAT WAS VERY 1577 00:53:13,323 --> 00:53:13,723 IMPORTANT. 1578 00:53:13,723 --> 00:53:15,959 I'M GOING TO ECHO WHAT I JUST 1579 00:53:16,092 --> 00:53:19,062 HEARD. THE SONICS COME BACK, 1580 00:53:19,062 --> 00:53:19,362 SEATTLE 1581 00:53:19,362 --> 00:53:22,566 WOULD BE THE ONLY CITY TO HAVE 1582 00:53:22,566 --> 00:53:24,968 NINE PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAMS. 1583 00:53:24,968 --> 00:53:28,939 THE ONLY CITY, AND THAT IS A 1584 00:53:28,939 --> 00:53:31,808 REFLECTION OF OUR CITY, OUR 1585 00:53:31,808 --> 00:53:36,580 ECONOMY, THE LOCAL MARKET, 1586 00:53:36,580 --> 00:53:38,982 THE CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA 1587 00:53:38,982 --> 00:53:40,450 READINESS, SO MANY FACTORS. 1588 00:53:40,450 --> 00:53:41,818 WE HAVE A LOYAL FAN 1589 00:53:41,818 --> 00:53:43,153 BASE, COMMUNITY GROUPS AND 1590 00:53:43,153 --> 00:53:45,488 ORGANIZATIONS AND SO MUCH MORE. 1591 00:53:45,488 --> 00:53:48,959 THE LEAGUE WOULD BE LUCKY TO 1592 00:53:48,959 --> 00:53:51,094 REENTER THE SEATTLE 1593 00:53:51,094 --> 00:53:53,663 MARKET WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MEN'S 1594 00:53:53,663 --> 00:53:53,997 PROFESSIONAL 1595 00:53:54,130 --> 00:53:56,633 BASKETBALL. AND IF GIVEN THE 1596 00:53:56,633 --> 00:53:57,934 OPPORTUNITY, OUR CITY AND OUR 1597 00:53:57,934 --> 00:53:58,301 FAN BASE WOULD 1598 00:53:58,301 --> 00:54:03,373 BE LUCKY TO HAVE THEM, AS WELL. 1599 00:54:03,373 --> 00:54:06,076 MOVING ON TO MR. MYERS, LAST BUT 1600 00:54:06,076 --> 00:54:07,377 NOT LEAST, OF COURSE. 1601 00:54:07,377 --> 00:54:12,015 WHAT WILL AN NBA TEAM ADD TO 1602 00:54:12,015 --> 00:54:14,251 THE YOUTH EXPERIENCE IN THE 1603 00:54:14,251 --> 00:54:16,152 SEATTLE AREA THAT IS UNIQUE 1604 00:54:16,152 --> 00:54:16,786 FROM WHAT OTHER LOCAL TEAMS 1605 00:54:16,786 --> 00:54:20,223 CONTRIBUTE? 1606 00:54:20,357 --> 00:54:22,325 >> WELL, I THINK THERE'S A FEW 1607 00:54:22,325 --> 00:54:22,692 THINGS. 1608 00:54:22,692 --> 00:54:24,794 FIRST OF ALL, I THINK 1609 00:54:24,794 --> 00:54:25,895 BASKETBALL HAS BEEN A CENTRAL 1610 00:54:25,895 --> 00:54:26,429 PART OF 1611 00:54:26,429 --> 00:54:28,031 THIS COMMUNITY FOR A LONG TIME, 1612 00:54:28,031 --> 00:54:28,398 AND I 1613 00:54:28,398 --> 00:54:29,899 BROUGHT A PHOTO TODAY I WANT 1614 00:54:29,899 --> 00:54:31,268 TO SHARE WITH YOU RIGHT NOW. 1615 00:54:31,268 --> 00:54:33,903 IT'S MY BROTHER AND I IN 1616 00:54:33,903 --> 00:54:37,907 1968 WEARING OUR SEATTLE SONIC 1617 00:54:38,041 --> 00:54:39,943 T-SHIRTS. I WENT TO THE FIRST 1618 00:54:39,943 --> 00:54:40,343 GAME HERE. 1619 00:54:40,343 --> 00:54:43,079 BOB RULE WAS THE FIRST SUPERSTAR 1620 00:54:43,079 --> 00:54:45,115 FOR THE SONICS IN '68. 1621 00:54:45,115 --> 00:54:47,484 SO BASKETBALL IS ENTRENCHED IN 1622 00:54:47,484 --> 00:54:48,051 THIS COMMUNITY. 1623 00:54:48,051 --> 00:54:50,286 WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH 1624 00:54:50,286 --> 00:54:51,988 THE PRO FRANCHISES, BUT I WANT 1625 00:54:51,988 --> 00:54:52,155 TO 1626 00:54:52,155 --> 00:54:53,556 HIGHLIGHT, ONE IS THE 1627 00:54:53,556 --> 00:54:54,257 SEATTLE STORM RELATIONSHIP WE 1628 00:54:54,257 --> 00:54:54,691 HAVE. 1629 00:54:54,691 --> 00:54:56,059 IT'S VERY INTENTIONAL. 1630 00:54:56,059 --> 00:54:57,260 IT'S MENTAL HEALTH RELATED. 1631 00:54:57,260 --> 00:54:59,429 WE'RE ABLE TO SERVE THOUSANDS 1632 00:54:59,429 --> 00:55:01,464 OF KIDS EVERY YEAR, SO IT 1633 00:55:01,464 --> 00:55:02,799 GIVES US A PLATFORM TO REACH 1634 00:55:02,799 --> 00:55:02,999 KIDS. 1635 00:55:02,999 --> 00:55:05,669 THE SECOND GROUP I WANT TO 1636 00:55:05,669 --> 00:55:07,470 ACKNOWLEDGE, JACKIE WAS 1637 00:55:07,470 --> 00:55:09,139 BLESSED ENOUGH TO RECEIVE A 1638 00:55:09,139 --> 00:55:09,406 NATIONAL 1639 00:55:09,406 --> 00:55:12,108 AWARD AROUND HEALTH AND WELLNESS 1640 00:55:12,108 --> 00:55:13,677 BY JOE BIDEN AND ABLE TO GO 1641 00:55:13,677 --> 00:55:14,944 BACK TO THE WHITE HOUSE A COUPLE 1642 00:55:14,944 --> 00:55:16,146 YEARS AGO AND PRESENT THE 1643 00:55:16,146 --> 00:55:19,149 WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, AND 1644 00:55:19,149 --> 00:55:20,717 MORE IMPORTANTLY PRESENT 1645 00:55:20,717 --> 00:55:22,018 WHY PARTNERSHIPS ARE IMPORTANT. 1646 00:55:22,018 --> 00:55:24,454 WHAT ONE GROUP HAS DONE IS 1647 00:55:24,454 --> 00:55:25,989 GIVEN US A PLATFORM TO REACH 1648 00:55:25,989 --> 00:55:30,593 THOUSANDS OF KIDS BECAUSE 1649 00:55:30,593 --> 00:55:31,861 THEY'RE SPENGSAL.SPENGS 1650 00:55:31,995 --> 00:55:33,129 -- INTENTIONAL. 1651 00:55:33,129 --> 00:55:36,232 BETH AND HER PLATFORM HAS 1652 00:55:36,232 --> 00:55:38,368 GIVEN 1653 00:55:38,368 --> 00:55:39,002 US TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITIES TO 1654 00:55:39,002 --> 00:55:39,302 REACH KIDS. 1655 00:55:39,302 --> 00:55:40,837 THERE ARE 1656 00:55:40,837 --> 00:55:41,971 AMAZING ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO 1657 00:55:41,971 --> 00:55:42,906 GIVE BACK TO OUR 1658 00:55:42,906 --> 00:55:46,376 YOUTH. WE ARE PART OF THE WNBA, 1659 00:55:46,376 --> 00:55:46,576 NBA, 1660 00:55:46,576 --> 00:55:48,211 NFL, MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, 1661 00:55:48,211 --> 00:55:51,247 AND THEY'RE ALL ON A PUSH NOW 1662 00:55:51,247 --> 00:55:51,481 FORFOR 1663 00:55:51,481 --> 00:55:51,848 MENTAL HEALTH, 1664 00:55:51,848 --> 00:55:52,582 SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE YOUTH. 1665 00:55:52,582 --> 00:55:54,884 SO WE HAVE ALIGNED 1666 00:55:54,884 --> 00:55:57,454 OURSELVES WITH THE FRANCHISES 1667 00:55:57,454 --> 00:55:57,721 LOCALLY, 1668 00:55:57,721 --> 00:56:01,725 BUT I WILL SAY THIS, AND JACKIE 1669 00:56:01,725 --> 00:56:02,459 USED THAT TESTIMONY BACK WITH 1670 00:56:02,459 --> 00:56:02,625 JOE 1671 00:56:02,625 --> 00:56:04,094 BIDEN TO SAY HERE'S WHAT CAN BE 1672 00:56:04,094 --> 00:56:06,996 IMPACTED WHEN A FRANCHISE IS 1673 00:56:06,996 --> 00:56:08,631 BACK IN THE COMMUNITY. 1674 00:56:08,631 --> 00:56:10,734 IT'S NOT ALWAYS ABOUT 1675 00:56:10,734 --> 00:56:12,135 DOLLARS, IT'S ABOUT ACCESS. 1676 00:56:12,135 --> 00:56:13,670 WE'RE BLESSED IN SEATTLE TO 1677 00:56:13,670 --> 00:56:14,704 HAVE THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE 1678 00:56:14,704 --> 00:56:14,971 HAVE. 1679 00:56:15,105 --> 00:56:17,173 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. 1680 00:56:17,173 --> 00:56:18,808 I'M GOING TO CLOSE OUT 1681 00:56:18,808 --> 00:56:21,344 SOME QUESTIONS AND OPEN IT UP TO 1682 00:56:21,344 --> 00:56:21,945 MY 1683 00:56:22,078 --> 00:56:24,981 COLLEAGUES. AT THE END OF THE 1684 00:56:24,981 --> 00:56:25,448 DAY, THIS 1685 00:56:25,448 --> 00:56:31,988 IS ABOUT CREATING A VIBRANT, 1686 00:56:31,988 --> 00:56:32,188 RICH, 1687 00:56:32,188 --> 00:56:38,161 FUN, SAFE EXPERIENCE FOR OUR 1688 00:56:38,161 --> 00:56:45,535 FANS, AND EAT ENVIRONMENT. 1689 00:56:45,535 --> 00:56:49,506 SO FINAL TWO 1690 00:56:49,506 --> 00:56:51,207 QUESTIONS FOR OUR GROUP. 1691 00:56:51,207 --> 00:56:56,012 MR. HAWES, FIRST OFF, 1692 00:56:56,012 --> 00:56:59,416 IF YOU COULD JUST BRIEFLY -- 1693 00:56:59,416 --> 00:57:00,150 I'M A 1694 00:57:00,150 --> 00:57:02,252 FIRM BELIEVER IN THE POWER OF 1695 00:57:02,252 --> 00:57:02,986 STORY 1696 00:57:03,119 --> 00:57:04,587 TELLING. I THINK YOU ALL ARE, AS 1697 00:57:04,587 --> 00:57:05,455 WELL. 1698 00:57:05,455 --> 00:57:08,558 WHAT STORY ABOUT 1699 00:57:08,558 --> 00:57:11,761 SEATTLE BASKETBALL IS RESONATING 1700 00:57:11,761 --> 00:57:12,762 MOSTMOST RIGHT NOW FROM YOUR 1701 00:57:12,762 --> 00:57:14,864 PERSPECTIVE? 1702 00:57:14,998 --> 00:57:18,635 >> I THINK WE'RE STICKING 1703 00:57:18,635 --> 00:57:22,572 TO SEATTLE IS READY AND SEATTLE 1704 00:57:22,572 --> 00:57:22,739 IS 1705 00:57:22,739 --> 00:57:23,773 A BASKETBALL CITY AND ALWAYS 1706 00:57:23,773 --> 00:57:24,040 HAS BEEN. 1707 00:57:24,040 --> 00:57:25,875 SEATTLE NEVER TURNED ITS BACK ON 1708 00:57:25,875 --> 00:57:28,545 THE SONICS AND NOW THAT STORY IS 1709 00:57:28,545 --> 00:57:31,014 EVOLVING INTO SOMETHING BIGGER. 1710 00:57:31,014 --> 00:57:32,782 IT'S INCREASINGLY VIEWED AS 1711 00:57:32,782 --> 00:57:34,851 THE MOST OBVIOUS EXPANSION AND 1712 00:57:34,851 --> 00:57:36,386 RELOCATION DECISION IN SPORTS. 1713 00:57:36,386 --> 00:57:38,054 WE'RE SEEING A SHIFT 1714 00:57:38,054 --> 00:57:39,722 FROM NOSTALGIA TO READINESS, AND 1715 00:57:39,722 --> 00:57:43,159 THERE'S A NATIONAL CONSENSUS 1716 00:57:43,159 --> 00:57:44,294 THAT SEATTLE IS THE RIGHT 1717 00:57:44,294 --> 00:57:44,661 CHOICE. 1718 00:57:44,661 --> 00:57:49,065 THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WE WISH 1719 00:57:49,065 --> 00:57:51,034 WERE STILL HERE TO SEE 1720 00:57:51,034 --> 00:57:53,503 THIS. IF AND WHEN WE HAVE A 1721 00:57:53,503 --> 00:57:54,270 TEAM, I'M 1722 00:57:54,270 --> 00:57:56,840 EXCITED TO SEE THOSE STORIES BE 1723 00:57:56,973 --> 00:57:58,274 CELEBRATED. I SEE COMMENTS 1724 00:57:58,274 --> 00:57:59,108 ONLINE THAT SAY 1725 00:57:59,108 --> 00:58:01,110 THINGS LIKE I LIVE IN 1726 00:58:01,110 --> 00:58:03,279 DENVER, BUT I HOPE SEATTLE GETS 1727 00:58:03,279 --> 00:58:03,813 ITS TEAM 1728 00:58:03,947 --> 00:58:05,815 BACK. IT JUST FEELS LIKE THE 1729 00:58:05,815 --> 00:58:07,317 ENTIRE COUNTRY IS ROOTING FOR US 1730 00:58:07,317 --> 00:58:07,517 RIGHT 1731 00:58:07,517 --> 00:58:07,784 NOW. 1732 00:58:07,917 --> 00:58:10,553 >> YES, INDEED. 1733 00:58:10,553 --> 00:58:13,456 MR. ROBINSON, I'M GOING TO 1734 00:58:13,456 --> 00:58:14,257 SHIFTSHIFT UP HERE JUST A LITTLE 1735 00:58:14,257 --> 00:58:17,360 BIT. 1736 00:58:17,360 --> 00:58:20,864 WHAT DOES AN ACTIVATED 1737 00:58:20,864 --> 00:58:22,365 SONICS FAN BASE LOOK LIKE IN 1738 00:58:22,365 --> 00:58:24,734 2026? 1739 00:58:24,868 --> 00:58:28,338 >> IN 2026, AN ACTIVATED SONICS 1740 00:58:28,338 --> 00:58:30,373 FAN BASE STOPS ASKING IF 1741 00:58:30,373 --> 00:58:32,075 SEATTLE IS READY AND STARTS 1742 00:58:32,075 --> 00:58:33,476 ASKING WHAT IS SEATTLE READY 1743 00:58:33,476 --> 00:58:33,843 FOR? 1744 00:58:33,843 --> 00:58:35,612 BASED ON ASKING WHAT IS THE 1745 00:58:35,612 --> 00:58:38,181 BEST CASE SCENARIO IF THE SONICS 1746 00:58:38,181 --> 00:58:38,448 RETURN. 1747 00:58:38,448 --> 00:58:40,617 THEY START IMAGINING 1748 00:58:40,617 --> 00:58:41,851 TREMENDOUS, POSITIVE COMMUNITY 1749 00:58:41,851 --> 00:58:42,085 IMPACT. 1750 00:58:42,085 --> 00:58:44,454 THEY START STRIVING FOR 1751 00:58:44,454 --> 00:58:46,656 DEEPLY ROOTED FRANCHISE THAT IS 1752 00:58:46,656 --> 00:58:47,357 TIED TO 1753 00:58:47,357 --> 00:58:50,527 HISTORY, BUT ALSO FOCUSED ON THE 1754 00:58:50,660 --> 00:58:52,328 FUTURE. WE HAVE SEEN 1755 00:58:52,328 --> 00:58:52,962 TREMENDOUS PARTICIPATION FROM 1756 00:58:52,962 --> 00:58:53,930 KIND OF 1757 00:58:53,930 --> 00:58:56,065 THE HOLY TRINITY OF GATHERING 1758 00:58:56,065 --> 00:58:58,601 SPACES, FOOD, MUSIC, SPORTS, ALL 1759 00:58:58,601 --> 00:59:00,169 COMING TOGETHER AROUND THIS 1760 00:59:00,169 --> 00:59:02,338 ISSUE. 1761 00:59:02,338 --> 00:59:04,274 WE HAVE SEEN YOU NG PEOPLE 1762 00:59:04,274 --> 00:59:05,775 AND NEW PEOPLE COMING AROUND 1763 00:59:05,775 --> 00:59:05,975 THIS 1764 00:59:05,975 --> 00:59:06,509 ISSUE. 1765 00:59:06,509 --> 00:59:08,578 SO GOING FORWARD, OUR FAN 1766 00:59:08,578 --> 00:59:10,880 BASE NEEDS TO NOT SETTLE AND NOT 1767 00:59:10,880 --> 00:59:11,080 HAVE 1768 00:59:11,080 --> 00:59:14,050 LOW EXPECTATIONS, AND AN 1769 00:59:14,050 --> 00:59:16,152 ACTIVATED SONICS BASE LOOKS AT 1770 00:59:16,152 --> 00:59:18,922 THE JOURNEY, LOOKS AT THE HUNGER 1771 00:59:18,922 --> 00:59:20,456 WE HAVE AND SAYS WHAT CAN WE 1772 00:59:20,456 --> 00:59:21,691 ACCOMPLISH FROM HERE. 1773 00:59:21,824 --> 00:59:23,293 >> YES. 1774 00:59:23,293 --> 00:59:27,297 FINALLY, MR. HAWES, HOW 1775 00:59:27,297 --> 00:59:29,565 HAVE PLAYER EXPECTATIONS AROUND 1776 00:59:29,565 --> 00:59:31,935 ARENAS AND FACILITIES CHANGED 1777 00:59:31,935 --> 00:59:33,970 SINCE YOUR ERA, YOUR TEN- 1778 00:59:33,970 --> 00:59:36,706 YEAR NBA ERA, AND HOW IMPORTANT 1779 00:59:36,706 --> 00:59:37,273 IS 1780 00:59:37,273 --> 00:59:39,842 A VENUE LIKE CLIMATE PLEDGE 1781 00:59:39,842 --> 00:59:40,043 ARENA 1782 00:59:40,043 --> 00:59:41,544 TO LONG- TERM 1783 00:59:41,544 --> 00:59:45,114 SUCCESS AND VIABILITY? 1784 00:59:45,248 --> 00:59:48,217 >> IT'S BEEN A MONUMENTAL SHIFT 1785 00:59:48,217 --> 00:59:50,119 FROM WHEN I CAME IN THE LEAGUE. 1786 00:59:50,119 --> 00:59:51,988 I REMEMBER MY FIRST PRESS 1787 00:59:51,988 --> 00:59:53,690 CONFERENCE DOWN IN 1788 00:59:53,690 --> 00:59:55,024 SACRAMENTO, THEY ASKED ME IF I 1789 00:59:55,024 --> 00:59:55,458 WANTED TO DO 1790 00:59:55,458 --> 00:59:57,594 A TOUR OF THE OLD ARENA. 1791 00:59:57,594 --> 00:59:58,761 I WAS VERY EXCITED. 1792 00:59:58,761 --> 01:00:01,564 ABOUT TWO MINUTES INTO 1793 01:00:01,564 --> 01:00:02,966 THE TOUR, I'M LOOKING AROUND 1794 01:00:02,966 --> 01:00:03,232 AND 1795 01:00:03,232 --> 01:00:05,735 THINKING WE'RE LOSING THE 1796 01:00:05,735 --> 01:00:07,136 SONICS 1797 01:00:07,136 --> 01:00:10,740 BECAUSE KEY RENA IS NOT 1798 01:00:10,740 --> 01:00:11,007 SUITABLE. 1799 01:00:11,007 --> 01:00:13,142 ARCO WAS IN A STATE OF 1800 01:00:13,142 --> 01:00:14,277 DISREPAIR BEYOND THAT. 1801 01:00:14,277 --> 01:00:16,346 SO THE LEAGUE HAS COME A LONG 1802 01:00:16,479 --> 01:00:19,349 WAY. PLAYER EXPECTATIONS, GUYS 1803 01:00:19,349 --> 01:00:19,682 ARE 1804 01:00:19,682 --> 01:00:21,084 A LITTLE SPOILED 1805 01:00:21,084 --> 01:00:22,518 NOW BECAUSE OF THE CONSISTENCY 1806 01:00:22,518 --> 01:00:23,486 OF THE LEVEL 1807 01:00:23,486 --> 01:00:26,656 OF VENUES ACROSS 1808 01:00:26,656 --> 01:00:27,156 THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL 1809 01:00:27,156 --> 01:00:27,490 ASSOCIATION. 1810 01:00:27,490 --> 01:00:28,858 BUT YOU NOTICE IT. 1811 01:00:28,858 --> 01:00:31,160 FS EASIER WHEN I WAS PLAYING, 1812 01:00:31,160 --> 01:00:32,128 BECAUSE THERE WAS MORE OF 1813 01:00:32,128 --> 01:00:33,763 A DELTA BETWEEN THE WORLD CLASS 1814 01:00:33,763 --> 01:00:35,264 VENUES AND THEN THE ONES 1815 01:00:35,264 --> 01:00:37,133 THAT WERE JUST KIND OF 1816 01:00:37,133 --> 01:00:37,767 SUFFICIENT. 1817 01:00:37,767 --> 01:00:41,304 I THINK THAT TIDE HAS 1818 01:00:41,304 --> 01:00:42,338 RISEN SIGNIFICANTLY, 1819 01:00:42,338 --> 01:00:43,706 LIKE I SAID. BUT IT'S SOMETHING 1820 01:00:43,706 --> 01:00:44,273 AS A 1821 01:00:44,273 --> 01:00:46,476 PLAYER, WHETHER IT'S YOUR HOME 1822 01:00:46,476 --> 01:00:47,910 ARENA, HAVING PRIDE IN THAT 1823 01:00:47,910 --> 01:00:48,344 BUILDING. 1824 01:00:48,344 --> 01:00:50,313 IF YOU'RE COMING IN AS A 1825 01:00:50,313 --> 01:00:53,983 VISITOR, YOU NOTICE, WOW, THE 1826 01:00:53,983 --> 01:00:55,051 AMENITIES, THE CROWD, IT'S 1827 01:00:55,051 --> 01:00:56,319 SOMETHING YOU TAKE NOTE OF. 1828 01:00:56,319 --> 01:00:59,422 FOR FREE AGENTS, YOU KNOW, IF 1829 01:00:59,422 --> 01:01:02,225 IT'S EQUAL ON THE CONTRACT 1830 01:01:02,225 --> 01:01:04,060 OFFERS, THINGS LIKE NOT ONLY 1831 01:01:04,060 --> 01:01:06,129 THE ARENA, BUT THE PRACTICE 1832 01:01:06,129 --> 01:01:07,997 FACILITY AND EVERYTHING ALONG 1833 01:01:07,997 --> 01:01:08,631 THE LINE. 1834 01:01:08,631 --> 01:01:09,732 THOSE CAN SWING DECISIONS. 1835 01:01:09,732 --> 01:01:13,369 SO I THINK IT'S VERY 1836 01:01:13,369 --> 01:01:14,037 IMPORTANT, AND I'VE BEEN TO A 1837 01:01:14,037 --> 01:01:14,270 LOT OF 1838 01:01:14,270 --> 01:01:16,773 THE NEW ONES, AND I CAN'T SAY 1839 01:01:16,773 --> 01:01:19,609 I'VE BEEN TO ONE THAT'S MORE 1840 01:01:19,609 --> 01:01:21,511 IMPRESSIVE THAN CLIMATE PLEDGE. 1841 01:01:21,511 --> 01:01:24,847 OBVIOUSLY LIKE EVERYONE SAID, 1842 01:01:24,847 --> 01:01:26,816 BUILD UP A LOCKER ROOM AND 1843 01:01:26,816 --> 01:01:27,850 WE'RE READY TO GO. 1844 01:01:27,984 --> 01:01:29,619 >> BUILD UP THAT LOCKER ROOM 1845 01:01:29,619 --> 01:01:31,954 AND WE'RE READY TO GO. 1846 01:01:31,954 --> 01:01:32,955 I'M SO FIRED UP, I'M GOING 1847 01:01:32,955 --> 01:01:35,525 TO THROW ON MY SONIC HAT HERE. 1848 01:01:35,525 --> 01:01:36,793 COLLEAGUES, I'M GOING TO 1849 01:01:36,793 --> 01:01:40,596 TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO YOU FOR 1850 01:01:40,596 --> 01:01:41,030 ANY 1851 01:01:41,030 --> 01:01:42,465 QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, FEEDBACK. 1852 01:01:42,465 --> 01:01:43,933 I KNOW THAT 1853 01:01:43,933 --> 01:01:45,635 COUNCILMEMBERS KETTLE AND FOSTER 1854 01:01:45,635 --> 01:01:45,835 HAVE 1855 01:01:45,835 --> 01:01:46,335 THEIR HAND UP. 1856 01:01:46,335 --> 01:01:49,906 BUT I'M GOING TO GIVE IT TO THE 1857 01:01:49,906 --> 01:01:51,240 VICE CHAIR FOR 1858 01:01:51,240 --> 01:01:51,941 ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENT IT IS 1859 01:01:51,941 --> 01:02:02,185 YOU HAVE ANY. 1860 01:02:10,259 --> 01:02:12,795 KEEP THING MOVING ALONG. 1861 01:02:12,795 --> 01:02:14,797 NEXT UP WAS COUNCILMEMBER 1862 01:02:14,797 --> 01:02:15,631 KETTLE. 1863 01:02:15,765 --> 01:02:17,266 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR SAKA. 1864 01:02:17,266 --> 01:02:27,810 I REALLY WANT TO THANK EVERYONE 1865 01:02:28,911 --> 01:02:31,748 WHO, IN ADDITION TO 1866 01:02:31,748 --> 01:02:34,617 SEATTLESEATTLE 1867 01:02:34,617 --> 01:02:38,221 U DUB, I ALSO WANT TO CLAIM ST. 1868 01:02:38,354 --> 01:02:41,190 ANNE'S, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE 1869 01:02:41,190 --> 01:02:42,091 SPENCER 1870 01:02:42,091 --> 01:02:42,725 HAWES AND EVERYONE BEING HERE 1871 01:02:42,725 --> 01:02:44,827 TODAY. 1872 01:02:44,827 --> 01:02:46,863 YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY THAT 1873 01:02:46,863 --> 01:02:48,798 SEATTLE CENTER HAS BEEN ADDED TO 1874 01:02:48,798 --> 01:02:49,065 THIS 1875 01:02:49,065 --> 01:02:50,399 COMMITTEE, BECAUSE IT OFFERS 1876 01:02:50,399 --> 01:02:52,168 US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE 1877 01:02:52,168 --> 01:02:54,137 THIS FORUM AND TALK ABOUT WHERE 1878 01:02:54,137 --> 01:02:54,704 WE'RE GOING AS A CITY. 1879 01:02:54,704 --> 01:02:57,006 I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC. 1880 01:02:57,006 --> 01:02:58,574 I'VE BEEN ENGAGED FROM 1881 01:02:58,574 --> 01:03:00,676 THE BEGINNING IN TERMS 1882 01:03:00,676 --> 01:03:02,211 OF COMING FROM COMMUNITY. 1883 01:03:02,211 --> 01:03:04,313 STARTING WITH CPA, CLIMATE 1884 01:03:04,313 --> 01:03:05,081 PLEDGE ARENA. 1885 01:03:05,081 --> 01:03:07,016 THIS IS NOT JUST AN ARENA, 1886 01:03:07,016 --> 01:03:10,253 THIS IS PART OF THE CENTER OF 1887 01:03:10,253 --> 01:03:10,720 SEATTLE 1888 01:03:10,720 --> 01:03:12,155 CENTER. IT IS PART OF THE 1889 01:03:12,155 --> 01:03:13,489 COMMUNITY CENTER. 1890 01:03:13,489 --> 01:03:16,793 IT IS PART OF UPTOWN, QUEEN 1891 01:03:16,793 --> 01:03:18,227 ANN, SOUTHLAKE UNION. 1892 01:03:18,227 --> 01:03:20,663 IT IS A COMMUNITY ASSET, 1893 01:03:20,663 --> 01:03:22,565 IN ADDITION TO BEING A SEATTLE 1894 01:03:22,565 --> 01:03:23,032 ASSET. 1895 01:03:23,032 --> 01:03:24,400 IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN 1896 01:03:24,400 --> 01:03:25,468 EMBRACED AND SOMETHING 1897 01:03:25,468 --> 01:03:26,969 THAT'S BEEN REALLY UNDERSTOOD 1898 01:03:26,969 --> 01:03:27,336 TO 1899 01:03:27,336 --> 01:03:30,907 BE, YOU KNOW, THAT NEXT LEVEL. 1900 01:03:30,907 --> 01:03:32,942 THIS GOES TO -- COMING BACK TO 1901 01:03:32,942 --> 01:03:34,310 TRANSPORTATION, INNOVATIVE. 1902 01:03:34,310 --> 01:03:36,312 YOU KNOW, NEW LIFE INTO 1903 01:03:36,312 --> 01:03:36,979 THE MOANO RAIL. 1904 01:03:36,979 --> 01:03:39,515 JUST THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'VE 1905 01:03:39,515 --> 01:03:39,782 DONE 1906 01:03:39,782 --> 01:03:42,051 IN TERMS OF THE ENTIRE 1907 01:03:42,051 --> 01:03:43,753 ECOSYSTEM, IN TERMS OF THE 1908 01:03:43,753 --> 01:03:44,720 BUSINESSES, THE TRANSPORTATION 1909 01:03:44,720 --> 01:03:45,922 SYSTEMS, AND WHAT WE'RE 1910 01:03:45,922 --> 01:03:47,290 GOING TO BE DOING IN THE FUTURE. 1911 01:03:47,290 --> 01:03:49,258 A LOT OF THIS CENTERS ON 1912 01:03:49,258 --> 01:03:51,460 WHAT WE HAVE DONE WITH THE 1913 01:03:51,460 --> 01:03:53,062 ARENA. AND I WATCHED THE 1914 01:03:53,062 --> 01:03:53,396 CONSTRUCTION, 1915 01:03:53,396 --> 01:03:54,597 YOU KNOW, FROM THE VERY 1916 01:03:54,597 --> 01:03:55,765 BEGINNING. 1917 01:03:55,765 --> 01:03:58,167 I WATCHED THE ROOF, WHICH WAS 1918 01:03:58,167 --> 01:03:59,602 AN ENGINEERING MARVEL TO SEE 1919 01:03:59,602 --> 01:04:00,903 THE ROOF AND NOTHING UNDERNEATH 1920 01:04:00,903 --> 01:04:01,504 IT. 1921 01:04:01,504 --> 01:04:03,105 IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE. 1922 01:04:03,105 --> 01:04:04,874 I WILL SAY LATER, I'VE 1923 01:04:04,874 --> 01:04:07,210 BEEN THROUGH EVERY INCH OF 1924 01:04:07,210 --> 01:04:09,045 THAT ARENA, AND IT IS FANTASTIC. 1925 01:04:09,045 --> 01:04:11,647 IT'S BEEN A GREAT HOME TO THE 1926 01:04:11,647 --> 01:04:12,081 STORM. 1927 01:04:12,081 --> 01:04:13,649 THE ADVANTAGE OF BEING A 1928 01:04:13,649 --> 01:04:14,951 DISTRICT SEVEN REPRESENTATIVE 1929 01:04:14,951 --> 01:04:16,686 IS TO GET TO KNOW THE STORM. 1930 01:04:16,686 --> 01:04:18,521 IT ALSO HELPS HAVING A 1931 01:04:18,521 --> 01:04:21,023 SO-YEAR- OLD DAUGHTER AND 1932 01:04:21,023 --> 01:04:22,992 MY WIFE AND MYSELF ARE GREAT 1933 01:04:22,992 --> 01:04:23,426 FANS. 1934 01:04:23,426 --> 01:04:26,062 WITH THE OWNERSHIP GROUP OF THE 1935 01:04:26,062 --> 01:04:27,330 STORM, BUT TO BE THERE 1936 01:04:27,330 --> 01:04:28,030 FOR COLLEGE BASKETBALL. 1937 01:04:28,030 --> 01:04:30,766 WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF MARCH 1938 01:04:30,766 --> 01:04:31,601 MADNESS, RIGHT? 1939 01:04:31,601 --> 01:04:35,004 WITH UCONN TAKING OUT 1940 01:04:35,004 --> 01:04:35,204 DUKE, 1941 01:04:35,204 --> 01:04:36,672 INCREDIBLE. BUT I WAS THERE WITH 1942 01:04:36,672 --> 01:04:37,406 MY 1943 01:04:37,406 --> 01:04:39,041 FAMILY SEEING CAITLIN CLARK AT 1944 01:04:39,041 --> 01:04:39,775 THE 1945 01:04:39,775 --> 01:04:41,277 '23 MARCH MADNESS AT THE 1946 01:04:41,277 --> 01:04:41,677 WOMEN'S 1947 01:04:41,811 --> 01:04:43,512 TOURNAMENT. THIS IS WHAT THIS 1948 01:04:43,512 --> 01:04:43,779 ARENA 1949 01:04:43,779 --> 01:04:45,514 OFFERS US AS A CITY TO BRING 1950 01:04:45,514 --> 01:04:46,449 THIS HERE. 1951 01:04:46,449 --> 01:04:49,919 THE CRACKEN, SO MANY MEMORIES 1952 01:04:49,919 --> 01:04:51,887 THERE, BEING 1953 01:04:51,887 --> 01:04:52,989 THERE AND WATCHING A GOALGOAL 1954 01:04:52,989 --> 01:04:53,956 AROUND AND 1955 01:04:53,956 --> 01:04:55,591 HIGH FIVING SOME INCREDIBLE 1956 01:04:55,591 --> 01:04:58,060 PEOPLE THERE AT THE ARENA AND 1957 01:04:58,060 --> 01:04:58,294 THE 1958 01:04:58,294 --> 01:05:00,329 EXCITEMENT 1959 01:05:00,329 --> 01:05:01,764 OF THE GAME. IT WAS FANTASTIC. 1960 01:05:01,764 --> 01:05:04,267 BUT EVEN RECENTLY, AGAIN, 1961 01:05:04,267 --> 01:05:06,202 WITH MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER, BEING 1962 01:05:06,202 --> 01:05:06,369 AT 1963 01:05:06,369 --> 01:05:10,907 THE OPENING GAME OF THE TORRENT. 1964 01:05:10,907 --> 01:05:12,608 I MEAN, THIS IS UNIQUE. 1965 01:05:12,608 --> 01:05:14,744 YOU DON'T SEE THIS AROUND THE 1966 01:05:14,877 --> 01:05:16,412 COUNTRY. THAT WAS UNBELIEVABLY 1967 01:05:16,412 --> 01:05:16,679 BEAUTIFUL 1968 01:05:16,679 --> 01:05:19,849 TO SEE THAT, AND THE GAME WAS 1969 01:05:19,849 --> 01:05:20,182 INCREDIBLE. 1970 01:05:20,182 --> 01:05:21,417 AGAIN, MAXED 1971 01:05:21,417 --> 01:05:24,186 OUT. AT THE TIME, THE BIGGEST 1972 01:05:24,186 --> 01:05:26,389 ATTENDANCE OF ANY WOMEN'S 1973 01:05:26,389 --> 01:05:27,523 PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY EVER. 1974 01:05:27,523 --> 01:05:30,026 THIS IS WHAT THE ARENA HAS DONE. 1975 01:05:30,026 --> 01:05:34,764 BUT I ALSO WANTED TO GIVE 1976 01:05:34,764 --> 01:05:36,165 CREDIT TO ONE GROUP SPORTS 1977 01:05:36,165 --> 01:05:37,967 AND ENTERTAINMENT AND ALSO THE 1978 01:05:37,967 --> 01:05:38,301 FOUNDATION. 1979 01:05:38,301 --> 01:05:41,070 I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT 1980 01:05:41,070 --> 01:05:42,305 PIECE THAT GOES TO MY 1981 01:05:42,305 --> 01:05:43,839 INITIAL POINT ABOUT THE 1982 01:05:43,839 --> 01:05:44,106 COMMUNITY 1983 01:05:44,106 --> 01:05:45,975 AND ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY. 1984 01:05:45,975 --> 01:05:47,977 WHAT THE ONE ROOF FOUNDATION 1985 01:05:47,977 --> 01:05:49,412 DID WITH RESPECT TO MEMORIAL 1986 01:05:49,412 --> 01:05:51,113 STADIUM AND MEMORIAL WALL, WHICH 1987 01:05:51,113 --> 01:05:51,580 IS DEAR 1988 01:05:51,580 --> 01:05:52,348 TO MY 1989 01:05:52,348 --> 01:05:54,583 HEART. YOU KNOW, I WAS THERE AT 1990 01:05:54,583 --> 01:05:58,854 AN EVENT CLOSING OUT, AND ONE 1991 01:05:58,854 --> 01:06:01,557 ROOF FOUNDATION WAS SO KEY 1992 01:06:01,557 --> 01:06:01,991 PROVIDING 1993 01:06:01,991 --> 01:06:05,861 THAT LAST PIECE OF 1994 01:06:05,861 --> 01:06:06,896 FUNDING AND AT THE EVENT, I 1995 01:06:06,896 --> 01:06:07,596 THANK AMAZON FOR 1996 01:06:07,596 --> 01:06:09,432 THEIR SUPPORT BECAUSE THEY GAVE 1997 01:06:09,432 --> 01:06:11,033 THAT LAST $2 MILLION TO 1998 01:06:11,033 --> 01:06:11,767 GET OVER THE 1999 01:06:11,767 --> 01:06:13,436 GOAL. IT WAS INCREDIBLE, 2000 01:06:13,436 --> 01:06:14,637 BECAUSE IT IS NOW TRANSFORMING 2001 01:06:14,637 --> 01:06:15,972 THAT SIDE 2002 01:06:15,972 --> 01:06:20,009 OF SEATTLE CENTER, AND THE 2003 01:06:20,009 --> 01:06:21,610 LINKAGES IN TERMS OF WHAT WE 2004 01:06:21,610 --> 01:06:24,680 CAN DO BETWEEN VARIOUS PARTS OF 2005 01:06:24,680 --> 01:06:25,548 SEATTLESEATTLE CENTER IS 2006 01:06:25,548 --> 01:06:25,848 INCREDIBLE. 2007 01:06:25,848 --> 01:06:26,916 THAT'S A TESTIMONY TO 2008 01:06:26,916 --> 01:06:27,650 COMMITMENT AND COMMUNITY. 2009 01:06:27,650 --> 01:06:29,885 SO I WANT TO THANK ONE 2010 01:06:29,885 --> 01:06:31,787 ROOF SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT IN 2011 01:06:31,787 --> 01:06:33,456 ADDITION TO THE FOUNDATION, AS 2012 01:06:33,589 --> 01:06:35,791 WELL. IT'S LED BY SAM HOLLOWAY. 2013 01:06:35,791 --> 01:06:38,160 TALK ABOUT BEING ENGAGED IN 2014 01:06:38,160 --> 01:06:38,928 COMMUNITY. 2015 01:06:38,928 --> 01:06:39,628 I'VE SEEN HER. 2016 01:06:39,628 --> 01:06:41,664 SHE'S BEEN TO MY OFFICE. 2017 01:06:41,664 --> 01:06:43,299 I'VE SEEN HER IN COMMUNITY, AT 2018 01:06:43,299 --> 01:06:44,400 THE ARENA. 2019 01:06:44,400 --> 01:06:46,869 EVEN AT A GIRL'S SUMMER 2020 01:06:46,869 --> 01:06:48,871 SOCCER CAMP DROPOFF, WHICH 2021 01:06:48,871 --> 01:06:49,472 REALLY SHOWS 2022 01:06:49,472 --> 01:06:52,608 THAT SHE IS HERE IN SEATTLE. 2023 01:06:52,608 --> 01:06:54,410 YOU KNOW, AND 2024 01:06:54,410 --> 01:06:57,313 ENGAGED. I THINK THAT'S SUPER 2025 01:06:57,313 --> 01:06:57,613 IMPORTANT. 2026 01:06:57,613 --> 01:06:59,615 I THANK HER FOR ALL HER SUPPORT 2027 01:06:59,615 --> 01:07:01,550 THAT SHE'S DONE IN TERMS 2028 01:07:01,550 --> 01:07:02,752 OF GETTING US TO WHERE WE ARE 2029 01:07:02,752 --> 01:07:03,252 TODAY. 2030 01:07:03,252 --> 01:07:04,987 I THINK IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT. 2031 01:07:04,987 --> 01:07:07,323 BUT JUST TO CLOSE, CHAIR, 2032 01:07:07,323 --> 01:07:09,492 AGAIN, I NOTED EARLIER, I'VE 2033 01:07:09,492 --> 01:07:11,794 BEEN THROUGH EVERY INCH OF 2034 01:07:11,794 --> 01:07:12,128 THAT 2035 01:07:12,128 --> 01:07:13,763 ARENA. THE COOL LITTLE PIECES, 2036 01:07:13,763 --> 01:07:15,030 THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL. 2037 01:07:15,030 --> 01:07:16,999 ALL THESE DIFFERENT PIECES ARE 2038 01:07:16,999 --> 01:07:17,900 INCREDIBLE. 2039 01:07:17,900 --> 01:07:19,802 AGAIN, WATCHING IT BEING BUILT, 2040 01:07:19,802 --> 01:07:21,103 THAT WAS FASCINATING. 2041 01:07:21,103 --> 01:07:22,638 WATCHING THEM ENGAGING WITH 2042 01:07:22,638 --> 01:07:23,272 COMMUNITY. 2043 01:07:23,272 --> 01:07:25,941 THE LITTLE THINGS, LIKE 2044 01:07:25,941 --> 01:07:27,143 THE TUNNEL UNDERNEATH THAT 2045 01:07:27,143 --> 01:07:33,182 COMES BACK ON THE OTHER SIDE. 2046 01:07:33,315 --> 01:07:37,353 YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN CONCERTS 2047 01:07:37,353 --> 01:07:41,190 THERE, INCREDIBLE TO SEE PETER 2048 01:07:41,323 --> 01:07:46,862 GABRIEL. IT WAS 2049 01:07:46,862 --> 01:07:47,463 UNBELIEVABLE. JUST DIFFERENT 2050 01:07:47,463 --> 01:07:47,696 THINGS. 2051 01:07:47,696 --> 01:07:52,234 BUT WHAT'S KEY ABOUT THIS 2052 01:07:52,234 --> 01:07:52,468 ARENA, 2053 01:07:52,468 --> 01:07:54,603 IT IS NBA READY. 2054 01:07:54,603 --> 01:07:59,241 AND IT SHOWS THAT THE 2055 01:07:59,241 --> 01:08:02,311 ARENA, THE ENTIRE AREA, THE CITY 2056 01:08:02,311 --> 01:08:02,711 THAT WE 2057 01:08:02,711 --> 01:08:05,347 ARE, CAN I SAY IT, SONICS 2058 01:08:05,347 --> 01:08:05,815 READY, CHAIR. 2059 01:08:05,815 --> 01:08:06,882 SO THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR 2060 01:08:06,882 --> 01:08:07,316 COMING. 2061 01:08:07,316 --> 01:08:08,851 I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY 2062 01:08:08,851 --> 01:08:10,252 QUESTIONS, BECAUSE I CAN'T 2063 01:08:10,252 --> 01:08:12,455 OUTMATCH MY CHAIR, BUT 2064 01:08:12,455 --> 01:08:13,889 I WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE FOR 2065 01:08:13,889 --> 01:08:14,523 COMING 2066 01:08:14,523 --> 01:08:15,858 AND PARTICIPATING IN THIS 2067 01:08:15,858 --> 01:08:16,659 COMMITTEE MEETING THIS MORNING. 2068 01:08:16,659 --> 01:08:17,226 THANK YOU. 2069 01:08:17,359 --> 01:08:19,295 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2070 01:08:19,295 --> 01:08:19,829 KETTLE. 2071 01:08:19,829 --> 01:08:23,899 SHOUTOUT TO SAM HOLLOWAY. 2072 01:08:23,899 --> 01:08:26,635 A TRUE LEADER IN THIS SPACE. 2073 01:08:26,635 --> 01:08:28,704 AND DONE A LOT OF GREAT WORK TO 2074 01:08:28,704 --> 01:08:30,739 BETTER POSITION OUR CITY AND 2075 01:08:30,739 --> 01:08:32,908 OUR ARENA FOR THE SONICS RETURN. 2076 01:08:32,908 --> 01:08:34,310 AND ALSO SHOUTOUT TO 2077 01:08:34,310 --> 01:08:36,078 ANOTHER GOVERNING PARTNER, AND 2078 01:08:36,078 --> 01:08:36,512 FRIEND 2079 01:08:36,512 --> 01:08:38,180 OF THE CITY AND FRIEND OF MY 2080 01:08:38,180 --> 01:08:42,084 OFFICE, CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE, 2081 01:08:42,084 --> 01:08:42,785 AMAZON WHO HAS 2082 01:08:42,785 --> 01:08:43,419 DONE GREAT JOB IN OUR COMMUNITY, 2083 01:08:43,419 --> 01:08:51,260 AS WELL. 2084 01:08:51,260 --> 01:08:52,761 EVERYONE HAD THEIR HAND UP. 2085 01:08:52,761 --> 01:08:55,531 WE HAD SOME MINOR TECHNICAL 2086 01:08:55,531 --> 01:08:56,966 ISSUES WITH THE VICE CHAIR 2087 01:08:56,966 --> 01:08:57,366 EARLIER. 2088 01:08:57,366 --> 01:08:58,934 WE'RE GOING TO RETURN TO HER 2089 01:08:58,934 --> 01:09:01,237 AND SEE IF THAT HAS BEEN 2090 01:09:01,237 --> 01:09:01,871 RESOLVED. 2091 01:09:01,871 --> 01:09:02,838 VICE CHAIR, THE FLOOR IS 2092 01:09:02,838 --> 01:09:12,515 YOURS, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO -- 2093 01:09:12,515 --> 01:09:14,216 CANNOT HEAR YOU, SO 2094 01:09:14,216 --> 01:09:16,485 WE'LL TRY YOU AFTER THE OTHER 2095 01:09:16,485 --> 01:09:18,087 TWO COLLEAGUES HAVE SPOKEN, 2096 01:09:18,087 --> 01:09:19,989 STARTING WITH COUNCILMEMBER 2097 01:09:19,989 --> 01:09:20,222 FOSTER. 2098 01:09:20,222 --> 01:09:21,223 FLOOR IS 2099 01:09:21,223 --> 01:09:21,590 YOURS. 2100 01:09:21,590 --> 01:09:22,224 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. 2101 01:09:22,224 --> 01:09:23,826 CAN YOU HEAR ME? 2102 01:09:23,826 --> 01:09:25,127 THANK YOU SO MUCH TO 2103 01:09:25,127 --> 01:09:25,294 OUR 2104 01:09:25,294 --> 01:09:25,861 PRESENTERS. THIS WAS REALLY 2105 01:09:25,861 --> 01:09:27,596 EXCITING. 2106 01:09:27,596 --> 01:09:29,031 I ALSO DON'T HAVE A 2107 01:09:29,031 --> 01:09:30,432 QUESTION, BUT I CAN'T RESIST 2108 01:09:30,432 --> 01:09:32,234 THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE 2109 01:09:32,234 --> 01:09:34,203 A COMMENT AND JUST SAY THIS 2110 01:09:34,203 --> 01:09:35,404 IS TREMENDOUSLY EXCITING. 2111 01:09:35,404 --> 01:09:37,439 SEATTLE IS MANY, MANY 2112 01:09:37,439 --> 01:09:39,208 THINGS, BUT WE ARE ABSOLUTELY A 2113 01:09:39,208 --> 01:09:40,042 SPORTS 2114 01:09:40,042 --> 01:09:40,309 TOWN. 2115 01:09:40,309 --> 01:09:44,113 I MYSELF AM A SEASON 2116 01:09:44,246 --> 01:09:46,582 TICKETHOLDER TO THE STORM AND I 2117 01:09:46,582 --> 01:09:48,017 GOT TO BE THERE WHEN WE HUNG 2118 01:09:48,017 --> 01:09:50,119 UP SUE BIRD'S JERSEY IN THE 2119 01:09:50,119 --> 01:09:50,419 RAFTERS. 2120 01:09:50,419 --> 01:09:56,926 IT WAS JUST INCREDIBLE. 2121 01:09:56,926 --> 01:09:58,360 JUST WATCHING THE YOUNG 2122 01:09:58,360 --> 01:10:00,262 KID'S FACES LIGHT UP AROUND 2123 01:10:00,262 --> 01:10:00,496 THAT 2124 01:10:00,496 --> 01:10:02,631 ENGAGEMENT, AND SEE THE IMPACT 2125 01:10:02,631 --> 01:10:03,866 THAT IT HAS FOR 2126 01:10:03,866 --> 01:10:04,934 BOTH BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER 2127 01:10:04,934 --> 01:10:05,701 AND GIVING 2128 01:10:05,701 --> 01:10:07,736 OUR YOUNG PEOPLE SOMETHING TO 2129 01:10:07,736 --> 01:10:08,971 LIKE JUST DREAM ABOUT 2130 01:10:08,971 --> 01:10:09,538 AND PARTICIPATE IN AND FEEL 2131 01:10:09,538 --> 01:10:11,774 CONNECTED TO. 2132 01:10:11,774 --> 01:10:13,108 I ALSO HAD THE 2133 01:10:13,108 --> 01:10:15,611 OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AT AN EVENT 2134 01:10:15,611 --> 01:10:15,911 BEFORE 2135 01:10:15,911 --> 01:10:20,082 A SEAHAWKS PLAYER, AND I'VE 2136 01:10:20,082 --> 01:10:21,917 NEVER BEEN MORE -- PEOPLE ARE 2137 01:10:21,917 --> 01:10:23,419 LIKE, WE'RE READY, WE'RE 2138 01:10:23,419 --> 01:10:25,754 READY. SO I THINK 2139 01:10:25,754 --> 01:10:27,056 ABOUT THOSE EXPERIENCES AND I'M 2140 01:10:27,056 --> 01:10:28,057 LIKE, I 2141 01:10:28,057 --> 01:10:29,658 WANT TO HAVE THOSE WITH OUR 2142 01:10:29,658 --> 01:10:30,593 MEN'S PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL 2143 01:10:30,593 --> 01:10:30,793 TEAM, 2144 01:10:30,793 --> 01:10:30,960 AS 2145 01:10:30,960 --> 01:10:33,829 WELL. I WANT TO THANK THE FOLKS 2146 01:10:33,829 --> 01:10:34,029 FOLKS 2147 01:10:34,029 --> 01:10:34,463 CLIMATE FLEDGE. 2148 01:10:34,463 --> 01:10:36,832 I GOT TO DO A TOUR OF 2149 01:10:36,832 --> 01:10:38,601 THE FACILITY AND SEE THE LOCKER 2150 01:10:38,601 --> 01:10:39,902 ROOM THAT'S WAITING THERE FOR 2151 01:10:39,902 --> 01:10:40,102 OUR 2152 01:10:40,102 --> 01:10:41,870 MEN'S TEAM TO COME BACK. 2153 01:10:41,870 --> 01:10:43,806 AND I THINK THERE'S JUST 2154 01:10:43,806 --> 01:10:44,640 NO GREATER 2155 01:10:44,640 --> 01:10:45,307 TESTAMENT TO HOW READY WE ARE AS 2156 01:10:45,307 --> 01:10:51,347 A CITY. 2157 01:10:51,347 --> 01:10:52,648 THE OTHER BENEFIT WE HAVE FROM 2158 01:10:52,648 --> 01:10:56,452 OUR SPORTS TEAMS IS THE 2159 01:10:56,452 --> 01:10:58,587 PRACTICE FACILITIES AND THE 2160 01:10:58,587 --> 01:10:58,821 CRACKEN 2161 01:10:58,821 --> 01:11:00,990 PRACTICE FACILITY AT NORTH 2162 01:11:00,990 --> 01:11:02,558 GATE HAS BEEN THIS FANTASTIC 2163 01:11:02,558 --> 01:11:03,392 PART OF 2164 01:11:03,525 --> 01:11:05,794 REVITALIZATION AND INVESTMENT. 2165 01:11:05,794 --> 01:11:07,496 WE HAVE HAD THE SEAHAWKS, THE 2166 01:11:07,496 --> 01:11:08,964 STORM ARE A LITTLE FURTHER UP 2167 01:11:08,964 --> 01:11:09,231 NORTH. 2168 01:11:09,231 --> 01:11:12,301 BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING 2169 01:11:12,301 --> 01:11:13,869 THAT IF/WHEN WE GET TO WELCOME 2170 01:11:13,869 --> 01:11:14,303 BACK A 2171 01:11:14,303 --> 01:11:15,738 TEAM, WE WOULD BE BUILDING 2172 01:11:15,738 --> 01:11:18,907 A PRACTICE FACILITY RIGHT HERE 2173 01:11:18,907 --> 01:11:19,408 IN 2174 01:11:19,408 --> 01:11:21,377 SEATTLE, IS THAT 2175 01:11:21,377 --> 01:11:21,944 RIGHT? 2176 01:11:21,944 --> 01:11:22,411 >> THAT'S CORRECT. 2177 01:11:22,411 --> 01:11:23,345 THAT'S PART OF THE LEASE TERMS 2178 01:11:23,479 --> 01:11:24,079 WE NEGOTIATED WITH THE FACILITY, 2179 01:11:24,079 --> 01:11:25,481 YES. 2180 01:11:25,614 --> 01:11:27,216 >> I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT 2181 01:11:27,216 --> 01:11:28,384 WILL BE SO EXCITING. 2182 01:11:28,384 --> 01:11:29,818 I CAN IMAGINE HOW ACTIVE 2183 01:11:29,818 --> 01:11:32,821 THAT WILL BE AND WHAT A LOCATION 2184 01:11:32,821 --> 01:11:33,689 THAT WOULD BE NOT JUST FOR THE 2185 01:11:33,689 --> 01:11:36,792 TEAM BUT A COMMUNITY. 2186 01:11:36,925 --> 01:11:38,961 >> JUST TO ADD ON TO THAT, I 2187 01:11:38,961 --> 01:11:39,962 THINK YOU'RE 2188 01:11:39,962 --> 01:11:42,131 RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, 2189 01:11:42,131 --> 01:11:42,498 THAT -- 2190 01:11:42,498 --> 01:11:44,500 AND SPENCER TALKED ABOUT IT 2191 01:11:44,500 --> 01:11:46,168 AS FROM A PLAYERS STAND POINT, 2192 01:11:46,168 --> 01:11:48,070 AS PART OF THEIR RECRUITMENT, 2193 01:11:48,070 --> 01:11:49,538 THAT LEVEL OF INFRASTRUCTURE, 2194 01:11:49,538 --> 01:11:51,907 BUT ALSO I THINK TEAMS HAVE 2195 01:11:51,907 --> 01:11:52,741 BECOME MORE SOPHISTICATED. 2196 01:11:52,741 --> 01:11:54,410 I THINK THE CRACKEN HAVE LED THE 2197 01:11:54,410 --> 01:11:56,812 WAY IN SAYING THESE ARE NOT 2198 01:11:56,812 --> 01:11:58,380 JUST PRACTICE FACILITIES 2199 01:11:58,380 --> 01:12:00,616 BUT COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACES. 2200 01:12:00,616 --> 01:12:04,953 SO THAT IS CRITICALITY. 2201 01:12:04,953 --> 01:12:09,925 IN A TIME WHERE WE WANT TO BE 2202 01:12:09,925 --> 01:12:12,461 WITH COMMUNITY, IT IS -- WE'RE 2203 01:12:12,461 --> 01:12:12,961 ALL FOR IT. 2204 01:12:13,095 --> 01:12:15,230 >> THANK YOU. 2205 01:12:15,364 --> 01:12:16,932 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2206 01:12:17,066 --> 01:12:21,537 FOSTER. AND I'LL JUST NOTE AS 2207 01:12:21,537 --> 01:12:21,937 THE 2208 01:12:21,937 --> 01:12:22,705 COUNCILMEMBER WHO CHAIRS 2209 01:12:22,705 --> 01:12:24,006 THE COMMITTEE THAT OVERSEES 2210 01:12:24,006 --> 01:12:28,877 THE SEATTLE CENTER, AND A 2211 01:12:28,877 --> 01:12:29,878 COUNCILMEMBER WHO 2212 01:12:29,878 --> 01:12:31,914 REPRESENTS FIVE NEIGHBORHOODS IN 2213 01:12:31,914 --> 01:12:33,549 THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF 2214 01:12:33,549 --> 01:12:34,983 SEATTLE, INCLUDING SOTO, THE 2215 01:12:34,983 --> 01:12:36,485 STADIUM DISTRICTS AND ALL THE 2216 01:12:36,485 --> 01:12:41,857 SPORTS TEAMS DOWN THERE, AND AS 2217 01:12:41,857 --> 01:12:41,990 A 2218 01:12:41,990 --> 01:12:43,325 SEATTLE SPORTS FAN AND DAD OF 2219 01:12:43,325 --> 01:12:46,562 THREE, ALL OF MY KIDS ARE INTO 2220 01:12:46,562 --> 01:12:47,730 SPORTS. 2221 01:12:47,730 --> 01:12:51,066 I'LL JUST SHARE I AM STRONGLY 2222 01:12:51,066 --> 01:12:53,869 ADVOCATING, IT IS TRUE, DEPUTY 2223 01:12:53,869 --> 01:12:55,804 MAYOR, THAT WE WILL HAVE, 2224 01:12:55,804 --> 01:12:57,639 UNDER THE TERMS OF THE 2225 01:12:57,639 --> 01:12:58,307 AGREEMENT, 2226 01:12:58,307 --> 01:12:59,808 A PRACTICE FACILITY SOMEWHERE 2227 01:12:59,808 --> 01:13:01,176 IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE. 2228 01:13:01,176 --> 01:13:02,678 I'M GOING TO SHARE RIGHT 2229 01:13:02,678 --> 01:13:04,646 NOW, I'M ADVOCATING AND 2230 01:13:04,646 --> 01:13:04,913 FIGHTING 2231 01:13:04,913 --> 01:13:07,149 FOR THAT NEW FACILITY TO BE 2232 01:13:07,149 --> 01:13:07,750 BUILT IN 2233 01:13:07,750 --> 01:13:09,284 WEST SEATTLE. 2234 01:13:09,284 --> 01:13:11,386 SEATTLE'S LARGEST 2235 01:13:11,386 --> 01:13:15,891 NEIGHBORHOOD BY GEOGRAPHY, AND 2236 01:13:15,891 --> 01:13:20,796 POPULATION. SO WHY NOT US? 2237 01:13:20,796 --> 01:13:24,032 IN ANY EVENT, THANK YOU. 2238 01:13:24,032 --> 01:13:25,100 COUNCILMEMBER, THE FLOOR IS 2239 01:13:25,100 --> 01:13:25,601 YOURS. 2240 01:13:25,734 --> 01:13:26,702 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. 2241 01:13:26,702 --> 01:13:27,936 WHAT A FUN MORNING. 2242 01:13:27,936 --> 01:13:30,038 THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY ON 2243 01:13:30,038 --> 01:13:34,109 THE PANEL AND TO REALLY ALL THE 2244 01:13:34,109 --> 01:13:35,644 FANS, EVERYONE WHO HAS 2245 01:13:35,644 --> 01:13:41,216 BEEN WORKING SO HARD TO, YOU 2246 01:13:41,216 --> 01:13:43,185 KNOW, HOPEFULLY BRING BACK THE 2247 01:13:43,185 --> 01:13:43,418 SONICS. 2248 01:13:43,418 --> 01:13:46,488 JUST A LITTLE BIT OF MY PERSONAL 2249 01:13:46,488 --> 01:13:47,523 RELATIONSHIP STORY. 2250 01:13:47,523 --> 01:13:51,560 I GREW UP IN DURHAM, NORTH 2251 01:13:51,560 --> 01:13:54,630 CAROLINA, ONE OF THE STRONGEST 2252 01:13:54,630 --> 01:13:58,700 AREAS OF BASKETBALL HISTORY WITH 2253 01:13:58,700 --> 01:14:00,636 DUKE AND UNC WITH 2254 01:14:00,636 --> 01:14:03,572 SOME INCREDIBLE COACHES AND 2255 01:14:03,572 --> 01:14:03,839 PLAYERS, 2256 01:14:03,839 --> 01:14:07,476 INCLUDING MICHAEL JORDAN. 2257 01:14:07,476 --> 01:14:12,915 AND ALSO MY FAMILY, MY 2258 01:14:12,915 --> 01:14:14,516 GRANDMAGRANDMA FROM OUTSIDE OF 2259 01:14:14,516 --> 01:14:14,883 SPRINGFIELD, 2260 01:14:14,883 --> 01:14:16,285 MASS, THE BIRTH OF BASKETBALL. 2261 01:14:16,285 --> 01:14:18,487 SHE WORKED AT 2262 01:14:18,487 --> 01:14:21,156 SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE WHERE, 2263 01:14:21,156 --> 01:14:23,025 AGAIN, STABLE 2264 01:14:23,025 --> 01:14:27,362 WAS STARTED AS A WAY TO, YOU 2265 01:14:27,362 --> 01:14:27,629 KNOW, 2266 01:14:27,629 --> 01:14:28,831 SPRINGFIELD MASS HAS 2267 01:14:28,831 --> 01:14:30,666 COLD WINTERS LIKE WE DO HERE, 2268 01:14:30,666 --> 01:14:35,370 AND WANTED TO -- THERE WAS A 2269 01:14:35,370 --> 01:14:36,038 PE TEACHER THAT WANTED TO 2270 01:14:36,038 --> 01:14:36,271 DEVELOP 2271 01:14:36,271 --> 01:14:38,173 AN ACTIVITY FOR YOUTH DURING THE 2272 01:14:38,173 --> 01:14:39,808 WINTER, WHICH IS UNDERSTANDABLE. 2273 01:14:39,808 --> 01:14:44,980 WE HAVE SEEN JUST THE 2274 01:14:44,980 --> 01:14:47,583 INCREDIBLE GROWTH OF BASKETBALL 2275 01:14:47,583 --> 01:14:48,317 BECOME 2276 01:14:48,317 --> 01:14:49,051 A WORLDWIDE PHENOMENON. 2277 01:14:49,051 --> 01:14:52,020 YOU KNOW, I THINK JUST A FEW 2278 01:14:52,020 --> 01:14:55,991 COMMENTS HERE, NO QUESTIONS, 2279 01:14:55,991 --> 01:14:59,228 BUT IT'S CLEAR WE ARE SO READY 2280 01:14:59,228 --> 01:14:59,895 AND 2281 01:14:59,895 --> 01:15:01,396 POISED. 2282 01:15:01,396 --> 01:15:03,632 OBVIOUSLY, CLIMATE PLEDGE, 2283 01:15:03,632 --> 01:15:05,901 JUST A SHOUTOUT TO ALL THE HARD 2284 01:15:05,901 --> 01:15:07,569 WORK THAT MADE THAT SUCH 2285 01:15:07,569 --> 01:15:11,773 AN INCREDIBLE FACILITY FOR 2286 01:15:11,773 --> 01:15:14,276 SPORTS, FOR OTHER ARTS. 2287 01:15:14,276 --> 01:15:16,411 ANYBODY THAT HAS BEEN THERE 2288 01:15:16,411 --> 01:15:17,212 UNDERSTANDS WHAT 2289 01:15:17,212 --> 01:15:21,250 AN INCREDIBLE FACILITY THAT IS. 2290 01:15:21,250 --> 01:15:24,653 AND, YOU KNOW, WELL NAMED FOR 2291 01:15:24,653 --> 01:15:27,089 THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, BEING 2292 01:15:27,089 --> 01:15:30,926 SUCH A GREAT FACILITY, LEADING 2293 01:15:30,926 --> 01:15:31,660 THE WAY THERE. 2294 01:15:31,660 --> 01:15:36,298 OBVIOUSLY IT'S SO IMPORTANT. 2295 01:15:36,298 --> 01:15:39,201 ALSO, IT IS CRYSTAL CLEAR 2296 01:15:39,201 --> 01:15:44,439 THAT OUR FAN BASE, OUR 2297 01:15:44,439 --> 01:15:45,707 SPORTS IS SECOND TO NONE. 2298 01:15:45,707 --> 01:15:47,175 I WOULD PUT UP OUR FAN BASE 2299 01:15:47,175 --> 01:15:48,844 HERE TO ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE 2300 01:15:48,844 --> 01:15:49,077 COUNTRY 2301 01:15:49,077 --> 01:15:49,678 REALLY, ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE 2302 01:15:49,678 --> 01:15:51,280 WORLD. 2303 01:15:51,280 --> 01:15:54,716 AND I THINK IT'S CLEAR HOW 2304 01:15:54,716 --> 01:15:56,184 COMPLEMENTARY THAT 2305 01:15:56,184 --> 01:15:58,220 ECOSYSTEM THAT WE WERE HEARING 2306 01:15:58,220 --> 01:15:59,254 ABOUT, 2307 01:15:59,254 --> 01:16:00,489 HOW COMPLEMENTARY IT IS BETWEEN 2308 01:16:00,489 --> 01:16:02,991 MEN AND WOMEN'S SPORTS, BETWEEN 2309 01:16:02,991 --> 01:16:04,626 ALL THESE DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, 2310 01:16:04,626 --> 01:16:04,793 YOU 2311 01:16:04,793 --> 01:16:06,295 THINK THAT THESE SPORTS 2312 01:16:06,295 --> 01:16:07,629 MIGHT COMPETE WITH EACH OTHER, 2313 01:16:07,629 --> 01:16:08,630 BUT THAT'S NOT TRUE. 2314 01:16:08,630 --> 01:16:10,365 THEY COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER. 2315 01:16:10,365 --> 01:16:12,701 YOU KNOW, I THINK BOTH WITH 2316 01:16:12,701 --> 01:16:16,705 THE FANS, BUT ALSO WITH THE 2317 01:16:16,705 --> 01:16:19,541 ATHLETES, WHERE PEOPLE, 2318 01:16:19,541 --> 01:16:21,543 THE CIVIC PRIDE, AND IT'S NOT 2319 01:16:21,543 --> 01:16:21,810 JUST 2320 01:16:21,810 --> 01:16:26,181 SEATTLE, IT'S REGION WIDE, IT 2321 01:16:26,181 --> 01:16:26,348 IS 2322 01:16:26,348 --> 01:16:30,185 STATEWIDE THAT THE CIVIC PRIDE 2323 01:16:30,185 --> 01:16:32,187 BUILDS AND COMPLEMENTS EACH 2324 01:16:32,187 --> 01:16:35,290 OTHER. 2325 01:16:35,290 --> 01:16:37,526 I ALSO JUST WANT TO POINT OUT 2326 01:16:37,526 --> 01:16:41,930 THAT I THINK SEATTLE IS 2327 01:16:41,930 --> 01:16:45,267 SUPER WELL POSITIONED -- AGAIN, 2328 01:16:45,267 --> 01:16:46,702 WE SEE 2329 01:16:46,702 --> 01:16:47,369 BASKETBALL AS A WORLDWIDE 2330 01:16:47,369 --> 01:16:47,669 PHENOMENON. 2331 01:16:47,669 --> 01:16:49,438 I HAD THE PLEASURE TO STUDY 2332 01:16:49,438 --> 01:16:52,608 ABROAD IN CHINA IN 2000, AND TO 2333 01:16:52,608 --> 01:16:56,111 SEE THE LOVE FOR BASKETBALL ININ 2334 01:16:56,111 --> 01:16:56,378 CHINA. 2335 01:16:56,378 --> 01:16:57,512 WE KNOW THE LOVE FOR 2336 01:16:57,512 --> 01:17:00,015 BASKETBALL IN THE PHILIPPINES IS 2337 01:17:00,015 --> 01:17:00,315 INCREDIBLY 2338 01:17:00,315 --> 01:17:00,549 STRONG. 2339 01:17:00,549 --> 01:17:02,985 AND SEATTLE, ONE, WE 2340 01:17:02,985 --> 01:17:08,523 OBVIOUSLY HAVE A VERYVERY 2341 01:17:08,523 --> 01:17:08,790 COMMUNITY 2342 01:17:08,790 --> 01:17:12,361 HERE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A 2343 01:17:12,361 --> 01:17:14,262 GATEWAY FROM THE PACIFIC 2344 01:17:14,262 --> 01:17:14,529 NORTHWEST 2345 01:17:14,529 --> 01:17:16,131 TO ASIA AND HAVE THESE STRONG 2346 01:17:16,131 --> 01:17:16,465 CONNECTIONS. 2347 01:17:16,465 --> 01:17:19,701 SO IT IS JUST ANOTHER REASON WHY 2348 01:17:19,701 --> 01:17:24,373 I THINK WE ARE SO WELL SUITED. 2349 01:17:24,373 --> 01:17:28,777 FINALLY, JUST, YOU KNOW, 2350 01:17:28,777 --> 01:17:29,544 THE YOUTH BASKETBALL. 2351 01:17:29,544 --> 01:17:31,213 THE LOVE FOR 2352 01:17:31,213 --> 01:17:32,914 BASKETBALL CONTINUES TO BE 2353 01:17:32,914 --> 01:17:33,982 STRONG WITH OUR 2354 01:17:34,116 --> 01:17:36,084 YOUTH. I'M SUPER HONORED TO 2355 01:17:36,084 --> 01:17:37,786 REPRESENT SOUTHEAST SEATTLE, 2356 01:17:37,786 --> 01:17:37,986 WHICH 2357 01:17:37,986 --> 01:17:43,792 HAS SOME VERY STORIED, YOU KNOW, 2358 01:17:43,925 --> 01:17:45,894 STABLE BASKETBALL LEGENDS WITHIN 2359 01:17:45,894 --> 01:17:46,061 OUR 2360 01:17:46,061 --> 01:17:49,664 HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS. 2361 01:17:49,664 --> 01:17:52,534 THEY HAVE HAD AN INCREDIBLE RUN, 2362 01:17:52,534 --> 01:17:56,038 AND JUST WANT TO SPEAK TO 2363 01:17:56,038 --> 01:17:57,539 THE POSSIBILITY THAT IT WOULD 2364 01:17:57,539 --> 01:18:00,175 BE INCREDIBLE TO SEE SOME OF OUR 2365 01:18:00,175 --> 01:18:02,778 SEATTLE YOUTH WEARING THE 2366 01:18:02,778 --> 01:18:03,812 SONICS JERSEYS IN THE NEAR 2367 01:18:03,812 --> 01:18:05,447 FUTURE. 2368 01:18:05,447 --> 01:18:08,583 SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL, TO 2369 01:18:08,583 --> 01:18:10,285 EVERYONE WHO HAS PUT IN 2370 01:18:10,285 --> 01:18:10,919 COUNTLESS HOURS. 2371 01:18:10,919 --> 01:18:12,487 THE LOVE IS REAL. 2372 01:18:12,487 --> 01:18:14,923 THE PRIDE IS REAL, AND LET'S 2373 01:18:15,057 --> 01:18:17,292 MAKE IT HAPPEN. THANK YOU. 2374 01:18:17,426 --> 01:18:18,126 >> THANK 2375 01:18:18,126 --> 01:18:18,727 YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN. WELL 2376 01:18:18,727 --> 01:18:22,364 SAID. 2377 01:18:22,364 --> 01:18:26,001 AND I WAS CONNECTING WITH 2378 01:18:26,001 --> 01:18:27,936 COUNCILMEMBER -- OR VICE CHAIR 2379 01:18:27,936 --> 01:18:30,272 OFFLINE, AND WE SHARED -- WE'RE 2380 01:18:30,272 --> 01:18:31,606 WORKING WITH OUR I.T. TEAM, 2381 01:18:31,606 --> 01:18:33,442 HOPEFULLY WE RESOLVE THE 2382 01:18:33,442 --> 01:18:34,309 AUDIO ISSUES SOON. 2383 01:18:34,309 --> 01:18:35,711 BUT SHE INDICATED SHE 2384 01:18:35,711 --> 01:18:37,579 DIDN'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR 2385 01:18:37,579 --> 01:18:40,582 COMMENTS, BUT JUST EXPRESSING 2386 01:18:40,582 --> 01:18:40,749 HER 2387 01:18:40,749 --> 01:18:41,716 GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION 2388 01:18:41,716 --> 01:18:44,419 FOR YOU ALL BEING HERE TODAY. 2389 01:18:44,419 --> 01:18:45,487 SO THANK YOU. 2390 01:18:45,487 --> 01:18:47,956 I'M GOING TO CLOSE OUT WITH 2391 01:18:47,956 --> 01:18:48,790 SOME 2392 01:18:48,790 --> 01:18:51,193 QUICK, FUN, HOPEFULLY PLAYFUL 2393 01:18:51,193 --> 01:18:52,627 RAPID FIRE QUESTIONS. 2394 01:18:52,627 --> 01:18:53,695 VERY SHORT ANSWERS. 2395 01:18:53,695 --> 01:18:54,930 VERY SHORT. 2396 01:18:54,930 --> 01:18:59,634 EMPHASIS ON SHORT. 2397 01:18:59,634 --> 01:19:02,170 QUICK, RAPID FIRE RESPONSE. 2398 01:19:02,170 --> 01:19:03,405 FIRST QUESTION, EVERYONE, 2399 01:19:03,405 --> 01:19:05,006 JUST GOING TO GO DOWN THE LINE. 2400 01:19:05,006 --> 01:19:07,876 IF THE LEAGUE ENDS UP 2401 01:19:07,876 --> 01:19:10,612 APPROVING A NEW NBA EXPANSION 2402 01:19:10,612 --> 01:19:13,515 FRANCHISE 2403 01:19:13,515 --> 01:19:14,850 IN SEATTLE, MY UNDERSTANDING IS 2404 01:19:14,850 --> 01:19:15,016 THE 2405 01:19:15,016 --> 01:19:16,051 FINAL DECISION WHETHER TO 2406 01:19:16,051 --> 01:19:19,588 EVEN USE THE SONICS NAME, LOGO, 2407 01:19:19,588 --> 01:19:21,323 BRAND, COLORS WOULD 2408 01:19:21,323 --> 01:19:26,194 ESSENTIALLY BE FOR THE NEW 2409 01:19:26,194 --> 01:19:30,365 OWNERSHIP GROUP. 2410 01:19:30,365 --> 01:19:33,468 ALL THAT ASIDE, JUST FROM YOUR 2411 01:19:33,468 --> 01:19:35,370 PERSPECTIVE, WHAT IS 2412 01:19:35,370 --> 01:19:37,439 YOUR PREFERRED COLOR FOR A NEW 2413 01:19:37,439 --> 01:19:38,874 NBA FRANCHISE IN SEATTLE? 2414 01:19:38,874 --> 01:19:40,742 DEPUTY MAYOR? 2415 01:19:40,876 --> 01:19:43,545 >> COLOR OR COLORS? 2416 01:19:43,545 --> 01:19:45,213 WHY MESS WITH THE 2417 01:19:45,213 --> 01:19:46,381 BRILLIANCE THAT WE HAVE RIGHT 2418 01:19:46,381 --> 01:19:46,615 NOW? 2419 01:19:46,615 --> 01:19:47,816 DON'T CHANGE. 2420 01:19:47,816 --> 01:19:49,384 NOT A DAMN THING. 2421 01:19:49,518 --> 01:19:51,353 >> LOVE IT. 2422 01:19:51,353 --> 01:19:53,421 GREEN, GOLD, BABY. 2423 01:19:53,555 --> 01:19:53,989 >> GREEN GOLD. 2424 01:19:54,122 --> 01:19:55,624 >> GREEN AND GOLD. 2425 01:19:55,757 --> 01:19:58,093 >> GREEN AND GOLD. 2426 01:19:58,226 --> 01:19:58,693 >> GREEN AND GOLD. 2427 01:19:58,827 --> 01:20:02,197 >> I DEFER TO THE FANS. 2428 01:20:02,197 --> 01:20:03,965 I AM OBVIOUSLY PARTIAL TO 2429 01:20:03,965 --> 01:20:06,234 GREEN 2430 01:20:06,234 --> 01:20:10,071 AND GOLD. BUT THE UNOFFICIAL 2431 01:20:10,071 --> 01:20:10,539 COLORS 2432 01:20:10,539 --> 01:20:11,940 OF OUR CITY ARE GREEN AND BLUE. 2433 01:20:11,940 --> 01:20:15,610 SO IF WE RESTORE THE 2434 01:20:15,610 --> 01:20:17,512 BRANDING, MY HOPE PERSONALLY 2435 01:20:17,512 --> 01:20:17,712 WOULD 2436 01:20:17,712 --> 01:20:19,681 BE AT LEAST THERE'S AN 2437 01:20:19,681 --> 01:20:21,449 ALTERNATIVE UNIFORM THAT 2438 01:20:21,449 --> 01:20:21,783 REFLECTS THAT 2439 01:20:21,783 --> 01:20:23,852 GREEN AND BRILLIANT BLUE 2440 01:20:23,852 --> 01:20:24,119 IDENTITY 2441 01:20:24,119 --> 01:20:25,921 OF OUR CITY AND OUR SPORTS KIND 2442 01:20:25,921 --> 01:20:26,087 OF 2443 01:20:26,087 --> 01:20:29,758 HERITAGE HERE. 2444 01:20:29,758 --> 01:20:33,428 NEXT QUESTION, WHAT WILL THE 2445 01:20:33,428 --> 01:20:34,663 HEADLINE READ THE DAY 2446 01:20:34,663 --> 01:20:37,599 THE SONICS FINALLY DO RETURN? 2447 01:20:37,599 --> 01:20:40,602 WHAT WILL THE HEADLINE READ THE 2448 01:20:40,735 --> 01:20:41,703 DAY THE SONICS FINALLY DO 2449 01:20:41,703 --> 01:20:47,809 RETURN? 2450 01:20:47,943 --> 01:20:48,977 >> ABOUT TIME. 2451 01:20:49,110 --> 01:20:50,645 >> YES. 2452 01:20:50,645 --> 01:20:51,112 MS. 2453 01:20:51,112 --> 01:20:51,346 KNOX? 2454 01:20:51,346 --> 01:20:54,983 >> LEGACY RESTORED. 2455 01:20:55,116 --> 01:20:58,086 >> WE'RE BACK. 2456 01:20:58,220 --> 01:20:58,553 >> WE DID IT. 2457 01:20:58,687 --> 01:21:00,555 >> JOY. 2458 01:21:00,689 --> 01:21:07,429 >> HOME. 2459 01:21:07,429 --> 01:21:12,300 >> FINALLY, LET'S MAKE THIS 2460 01:21:12,300 --> 01:21:16,338 REAL FOR JUST A MOMENT. 2461 01:21:16,338 --> 01:21:18,406 PANELISTS, COLLEAGUES 2462 01:21:18,406 --> 01:21:20,842 ACTUALLY, ANYONE IN THE 2463 01:21:20,842 --> 01:21:21,109 AUDIENCE. 2464 01:21:21,109 --> 01:21:23,912 WHO IS READY, MY SHOW OF HANDS, 2465 01:21:23,912 --> 01:21:28,516 WHO IS READY TO TO BACK OUR 2466 01:21:28,516 --> 01:21:28,817 SONICS? 2467 01:21:28,817 --> 01:21:33,421 SHOW OF HANDS IN THE AUDIENCE. 2468 01:21:33,421 --> 01:21:34,623 EVERYONE -- OUR CLERK IS 2469 01:21:34,623 --> 01:21:35,957 NOT READY APPARENTLY. 2470 01:21:35,957 --> 01:21:40,629 OKAY, OKAY. 2471 01:21:40,629 --> 01:21:41,863 EVERYONE. 2472 01:21:41,997 --> 01:21:43,798 UNANIMITY. RARE IN 2473 01:21:43,798 --> 01:21:47,969 SEATTLE POLITICS. EVEN JOEL. 2474 01:21:47,969 --> 01:21:50,405 LET'S GO, LET'S BRING OUR 2475 01:21:50,405 --> 01:21:50,772 SONICS 2476 01:21:50,772 --> 01:21:51,172 BACK. 2477 01:21:51,172 --> 01:21:52,040 THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK 2478 01:21:52,040 --> 01:21:52,874 YOU, EVERYONE, FOR BEING HERE 2479 01:21:52,874 --> 01:21:55,076 TODAY. 2480 01:21:55,076 --> 01:21:57,012 WE'RE GOING TO NOW MOVE ON 2481 01:21:57,012 --> 01:21:58,446 TO OUR SECOND ITEM OF 2482 01:21:58,446 --> 01:22:00,482 BUSINESS, WHICH GOOD NEWS IS, I 2483 01:22:00,482 --> 01:22:00,715 DON'T 2484 01:22:00,715 --> 01:22:03,418 EXPECT TO GO NEARLY AS LONG. 2485 01:22:03,418 --> 01:22:04,786 SO I THINK WE CAN KEEP 2486 01:22:04,786 --> 01:22:06,755 THIS MOVING IN FAIRLY SHORT 2487 01:22:06,755 --> 01:22:07,088 ORDER. 2488 01:22:07,088 --> 01:22:09,090 THANK YOU AGAIN. 2489 01:22:09,090 --> 01:22:10,325 BUT WE WILL MOVE ON. 2490 01:22:10,325 --> 01:22:11,693 WILL THE CLERK 2491 01:22:11,693 --> 01:22:12,327 PLEASE READ ITEM TWO INTO THE 2492 01:22:12,327 --> 01:22:13,962 RECORD. 2493 01:22:14,095 --> 01:22:15,897 >> AGENDA ITEM TWO. 2494 01:22:15,897 --> 01:22:17,532 A RESOLUTION AFFIRMING THE CITY 2495 01:22:17,532 --> 01:22:20,669 OF SEATTLE'S READINESS FOR 2496 01:22:20,669 --> 01:22:21,169 AA NATIONAL BASKETBALL 2497 01:22:21,169 --> 01:22:23,872 TEAM, DECLARING THE ARENA IS 2498 01:22:23,872 --> 01:22:25,307 READY FOR AN NBA TEAM 2499 01:22:25,307 --> 01:22:26,608 AND AFFIRMING SEATTLE IS 2500 01:22:26,608 --> 01:22:27,275 A BASKETBALL CITY. 2501 01:22:27,409 --> 01:22:28,176 >> ALL RIGHT. 2502 01:22:28,176 --> 01:22:29,311 THANK YOU. 2503 01:22:29,311 --> 01:22:33,948 WILL OUR NEWEST -- WE HAVE 2504 01:22:33,948 --> 01:22:35,884 A RETURNING 2505 01:22:35,884 --> 01:22:38,219 PRESENTER. JOIN US AT THE TABLE. 2506 01:22:38,219 --> 01:22:40,422 ONCE READY 2507 01:22:40,422 --> 01:22:42,057 REINTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND BEGIN 2508 01:22:42,057 --> 01:22:42,424 YOUR 2509 01:22:42,424 --> 01:22:44,893 PRESENTATION. 2510 01:22:45,026 --> 01:22:55,270 >> GOOD MORNING. 2511 01:23:15,156 --> 01:23:16,424 >> WE ARE READY FOR THE RETURN 2512 01:23:16,424 --> 01:23:17,926 OF THE NBA AND READY TO 2513 01:23:17,926 --> 01:23:19,227 WELCOME THE SONICS HOME. 2514 01:23:19,227 --> 01:23:21,096 THIS RESOLUTION IS GROUNDED 2515 01:23:21,096 --> 01:23:23,598 IN BOTH HISTORY AND REPARATION. 2516 01:23:23,598 --> 01:23:24,899 SEATTLE HAS ALWAYS BEEN 2517 01:23:24,899 --> 01:23:26,001 A BASKETBALL CITY FROM THE 2518 01:23:26,001 --> 01:23:27,469 LEGACY OF THE SONICS TO THE 2519 01:23:27,469 --> 01:23:27,736 STRENGTH 2520 01:23:27,736 --> 01:23:30,171 OF OUR YOUTH AND 2521 01:23:30,171 --> 01:23:31,973 GRASSROOTS PROGRAMS AND TO THE 2522 01:23:31,973 --> 01:23:32,240 CONTINUED 2523 01:23:32,240 --> 01:23:33,174 SUCCESS OF THE SEATTLE 2524 01:23:33,174 --> 01:23:34,576 STORM, WHICH HAS KEPT THIS CITY 2525 01:23:34,576 --> 01:23:35,410 ON THE 2526 01:23:35,410 --> 01:23:36,611 FOREFRONT OF PROFESSIONAL 2527 01:23:36,611 --> 01:23:36,911 BASKETBALL. 2528 01:23:36,911 --> 01:23:38,446 THIS IS ALSO ABOUT READINESS. 2529 01:23:38,446 --> 01:23:40,448 THROUGH A COMPETITIVE 2530 01:23:40,448 --> 01:23:43,018 PROCESS, WE DEVELOPED THE ARENA 2531 01:23:43,018 --> 01:23:43,518 INTO 2532 01:23:43,518 --> 01:23:45,353 A WORLD CLASS VENUE DESIGNED 2533 01:23:45,353 --> 01:23:46,221 FOR NBA PLAY. 2534 01:23:46,221 --> 01:23:48,656 IT'S OPERATIONALLY 2535 01:23:48,656 --> 01:23:50,825 PROVEN, SUPPORTED BY UNION 2536 01:23:50,825 --> 01:23:51,226 WORKFORCE 2537 01:23:51,226 --> 01:23:52,994 AND BACKED BY LEASE TERMS 2538 01:23:52,994 --> 01:23:54,462 THAT ANTICIPATE AN NBA TEAM. 2539 01:23:54,462 --> 01:23:56,698 AT A MOMENT WHEN 2540 01:23:56,698 --> 01:23:57,232 THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL 2541 01:23:57,232 --> 01:23:58,033 ASSOCIATION BOARD 2542 01:23:58,033 --> 01:24:00,502 OF GOVERNORS IS CONSIDERING 2543 01:24:00,502 --> 01:24:02,170 EXPANSION, THIS JOINT MAYOR 2544 01:24:02,170 --> 01:24:04,005 AND COUNCIL RESOLUTION SENDS A 2545 01:24:04,005 --> 01:24:05,940 CLEAR AND UNIFIED MESSAGE. 2546 01:24:05,940 --> 01:24:07,609 SEATTLE IS PREPARED. 2547 01:24:07,609 --> 01:24:09,077 SEATTLE IS ALIGNED, AND 2548 01:24:09,077 --> 01:24:10,412 SEATTLE IS READY. 2549 01:24:10,412 --> 01:24:11,746 I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR 2550 01:24:11,746 --> 01:24:12,914 CONSIDERATION AND 2551 01:24:12,914 --> 01:24:13,882 PARTNERSHIP, 2552 01:24:13,882 --> 01:24:14,482 AND ADVANCING THIS CHAIR AND 2553 01:24:14,482 --> 01:24:17,485 EFFORT. THANK YOU. 2554 01:24:17,619 --> 01:24:20,255 >> WELL SAID, DEPUTY MAYOR. 2555 01:24:20,255 --> 01:24:21,222 THANK YOU. 2556 01:24:21,222 --> 01:24:22,924 MR. WHITSON, GO AHEAD. 2557 01:24:23,057 --> 01:24:25,527 >> SO THIS IS A RESOLUTION THAT 2558 01:24:25,527 --> 01:24:28,163 DECLARES THE CITY'S 2559 01:24:28,163 --> 01:24:32,467 INTERESTS AND READINESS TO 2560 01:24:32,467 --> 01:24:32,700 PARTNER 2561 01:24:32,700 --> 01:24:35,236 WITH THE NBA AND REGIONAL AND 2562 01:24:35,236 --> 01:24:37,539 LOCAL 2563 01:24:37,539 --> 01:24:39,007 PARTNERS TO BRING 2564 01:24:39,007 --> 01:24:39,374 A PROFESSIONAL 2565 01:24:39,374 --> 01:24:40,008 BASKETBALL TEAM BACK TO THE 2566 01:24:40,008 --> 01:24:40,542 CITY. 2567 01:24:40,675 --> 01:24:43,611 >> THANK YOU. 2568 01:24:43,611 --> 01:24:49,250 AND I THINK THE LEGISLATION 2569 01:24:49,250 --> 01:24:51,286 CONTENT IS STRAIGHTFORWARD, 2570 01:24:51,286 --> 01:24:53,588 BUT I'LL JUST CHIME IN AS THE 2571 01:24:53,588 --> 01:24:53,788 PRIME 2572 01:24:53,788 --> 01:24:58,526 SPONSOR OF THIS, AND 2573 01:24:58,526 --> 01:25:03,765 SEATTLE IS READY. 2574 01:25:03,765 --> 01:25:05,266 PAST TIME. 2575 01:25:05,266 --> 01:25:08,970 NO ONE OR NOTHING IS OWED 2576 01:25:09,104 --> 01:25:09,704 ANYTHING IN LIFE. BUT WE ARE 2577 01:25:09,704 --> 01:25:13,842 READY. 2578 01:25:13,842 --> 01:25:16,277 AND WE ARE A BASKETBALL CITY. 2579 01:25:16,277 --> 01:25:18,847 WE ARE A GLOBAL CITY, AND 2580 01:25:18,847 --> 01:25:22,750 A LEADING CITY IN SO MANY 2581 01:25:22,750 --> 01:25:23,251 RESPECTS. 2582 01:25:23,251 --> 01:25:24,953 THAT'S WHAT THIS 2583 01:25:24,953 --> 01:25:25,753 RESOLUTION MAKES CLEAR. 2584 01:25:25,753 --> 01:25:29,157 SO I APPRECIATE THE 2585 01:25:29,157 --> 01:25:32,760 PARTNERSHIP OF MAYOR WILSON, 2586 01:25:32,760 --> 01:25:32,994 DEPUTY 2587 01:25:32,994 --> 01:25:34,762 MAYOR AND HER OFFICE, SURRAT, 2588 01:25:34,762 --> 01:25:35,029 AND 2589 01:25:35,029 --> 01:25:39,434 SO MANY OTHERS, TO -- IN 2590 01:25:39,434 --> 01:25:40,568 THEIR COLLABORATION AND 2591 01:25:40,568 --> 01:25:43,204 PARTNERSHIP, AS THE DEPUTY MAYOR 2592 01:25:43,204 --> 01:25:45,740 NOTED, WE ARE TRULY UNIFIED IN 2593 01:25:45,740 --> 01:25:45,907 OUR 2594 01:25:46,040 --> 01:25:50,044 APPROACH. THIS IS PART OF AN 2595 01:25:50,044 --> 01:25:52,981 INTENTIONAL, PRINCIPLED APPROACH 2596 01:25:52,981 --> 01:25:54,782 AND NIFIED 2597 01:25:54,782 --> 01:25:56,317 STRATEGY TO BRING THE SONICS 2598 01:25:56,317 --> 01:25:57,485 BACK, AND THERE'S MORE 2599 01:25:57,485 --> 01:25:58,686 TO COME BY THE WAY. 2600 01:25:58,686 --> 01:26:02,490 BUT WE ARE DEMONSTRATING THROUGH 2601 01:26:02,490 --> 01:26:05,560 POLICY THAT SEATTLE IS READY. 2602 01:26:05,560 --> 01:26:07,428 SO AT THIS MOMENT, I 2603 01:26:07,428 --> 01:26:09,230 WILL WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS, 2604 01:26:09,230 --> 01:26:09,497 COMMENTS 2605 01:26:09,497 --> 01:26:11,666 FROM MY COLLEAGUES, IF 2606 01:26:11,666 --> 01:26:14,202 ANY, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO A 2607 01:26:14,202 --> 01:26:16,504 VOTE, STARTING FIRST, TO THE 2608 01:26:16,504 --> 01:26:16,738 EXTENT 2609 01:26:16,738 --> 01:26:18,840 THE TECHNICAL ISSUES 2610 01:26:18,840 --> 01:26:19,474 HAVE BEEN RESOLVED WITH THE VICE 2611 01:26:19,474 --> 01:26:29,617 CHAIR. 2612 01:26:31,586 --> 01:26:33,755 LET'S GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER LIN. 2613 01:26:33,888 --> 01:26:35,089 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. 2614 01:26:35,089 --> 01:26:36,591 AGAIN, JUST WHAT A FUN MORNING. 2615 01:26:36,591 --> 01:26:38,059 I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO 2616 01:26:38,059 --> 01:26:41,029 THE NBA BOARD OF GOVERNORS 2617 01:26:41,029 --> 01:26:43,264 FORFOR UNANIMOUSLY TO 2618 01:26:43,264 --> 01:26:44,866 EXPLORE EXPANSION AND JUST WANT 2619 01:26:44,866 --> 01:26:47,001 TO PROVIDE OUR ASSURANCES THAT, 2620 01:26:47,001 --> 01:26:49,304 YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO 2621 01:26:49,304 --> 01:26:51,005 DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE 2622 01:26:51,005 --> 01:26:51,773 THIS 2623 01:26:51,773 --> 01:26:52,874 HAPPEN. 2624 01:26:53,007 --> 01:26:55,410 SO THANK YOU. 2625 01:26:55,410 --> 01:26:55,843 >> EXCELLENT POINT. 2626 01:26:55,843 --> 01:26:57,245 WELL SAID. 2627 01:26:57,245 --> 01:26:57,712 WE ARE IN A FRIENDLY 2628 01:26:57,712 --> 01:27:00,515 AMENDMENT TO THAT, WE ARE -- 2629 01:27:00,515 --> 01:27:02,016 WE WILL DO EVERYTHING IN OUR 2630 01:27:02,016 --> 01:27:02,283 POWER, 2631 01:27:02,283 --> 01:27:04,953 AND WE ARE DOING THAT. 2632 01:27:04,953 --> 01:27:06,854 THIS IS ONE METHOD OF THAT. 2633 01:27:06,854 --> 01:27:07,655 ANY OTHER COMMENTS, 2634 01:27:07,655 --> 01:27:09,991 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? 2635 01:27:10,124 --> 01:27:10,558 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. 2636 01:27:10,558 --> 01:27:11,593 I JUST 2637 01:27:11,593 --> 01:27:12,660 WANTED TO SECOND COUNCILMEMBER 2638 01:27:12,660 --> 01:27:13,294 LIN'S POINT 2639 01:27:13,294 --> 01:27:14,996 ABOUT THANKING THE NBA BOARD OF 2640 01:27:14,996 --> 01:27:16,431 GOVERNORS, THE NBA COMMUNITY 2641 01:27:16,431 --> 01:27:16,731 OVERALL. 2642 01:27:16,731 --> 01:27:18,967 SIT A COMMUNITY, AND 2643 01:27:18,967 --> 01:27:21,769 I APPRECIATE THEIR ENGAGEMENT 2644 01:27:21,769 --> 01:27:23,638 WITH SEATTLE IN ALL ITS 2645 01:27:23,638 --> 01:27:23,905 DIFFERENT 2646 01:27:23,905 --> 01:27:24,138 FORMS. 2647 01:27:24,138 --> 01:27:25,139 SO YES, LET'S WORK TOGETHER. 2648 01:27:25,273 --> 01:27:29,143 >> YES. 2649 01:27:29,143 --> 01:27:33,081 AND WE'RE EXCITED FOR 2650 01:27:33,081 --> 01:27:34,082 AND GRATEFUL FOR THE VOTE FROM 2651 01:27:34,082 --> 01:27:34,282 THE 2652 01:27:34,282 --> 01:27:41,389 NBA BOARD OF GOVERNORS, AND 2653 01:27:41,389 --> 01:27:43,591 THE IMPLICIT AND EXPLICIT VOTE 2654 01:27:43,591 --> 01:27:43,825 OF 2655 01:27:43,825 --> 01:27:44,225 CONFIDENCE IN THE 2656 01:27:44,225 --> 01:27:44,859 SEATTLE MARKET IN RETURNING A 2657 01:27:44,859 --> 01:27:46,794 TEAM BACK. 2658 01:27:46,794 --> 01:27:49,330 IT WOULD BE MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL. 2659 01:27:49,330 --> 01:27:51,132 I THINK THEY WOULD 2660 01:27:51,132 --> 01:27:51,432 BE LUCKY TO 2661 01:27:51,432 --> 01:27:52,033 HAVE US, AND LUCKY TO WELCOME 2662 01:27:52,033 --> 01:27:54,602 THEM BACK. 2663 01:27:54,602 --> 01:27:56,571 SO AWESOME. 2664 01:27:56,571 --> 01:28:03,544 THERE'S NO -- OH, VIR CE CHAIR, 2665 01:28:03,544 --> 01:28:03,878 GO AHEAD. 2666 01:28:03,878 --> 01:28:06,481 PLEASE, AUDIO, WORK THIS TIME. 2667 01:28:06,481 --> 01:28:07,015 [ NO AUDIO ] 2668 01:28:07,148 --> 01:28:17,225 >> NO! 2669 01:28:17,792 --> 01:28:18,559 I SEE YOU TRYING THROUGH YOUR 2670 01:28:18,559 --> 01:28:23,931 MOBILE DEVICE. 2671 01:28:23,931 --> 01:28:34,342 PRESS STAR 6 TO UNMUTE. 2672 01:29:50,952 --> 01:29:53,488 STILL CAN'T HEAR HER. 2673 01:29:53,488 --> 01:29:56,390 SO APOLOGIES, VICE CHAIR. 2674 01:29:56,390 --> 01:29:58,459 WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE 2675 01:29:58,459 --> 01:30:00,194 WORKING HARD ON THIS, AND I WANT 2676 01:30:00,194 --> 01:30:00,428 YOU TO 2677 01:30:00,428 --> 01:30:04,399 KNOW THAT. 2678 01:30:04,399 --> 01:30:06,400 CAN WE AT LEAST GET A THUMBS 2679 01:30:06,400 --> 01:30:08,035 UP THAT YOU 2680 01:30:08,035 --> 01:30:08,603 ARE PREPARED TO VOTE? OKAY, 2681 01:30:08,603 --> 01:30:12,273 THANK YOU. 2682 01:30:12,273 --> 01:30:15,109 ALL RIGHT. 2683 01:30:15,109 --> 01:30:16,444 WELL, HEAR NOTHING 2684 01:30:16,444 --> 01:30:17,578 FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS 2685 01:30:17,578 --> 01:30:18,713 FROM MY 2686 01:30:18,713 --> 01:30:20,515 COLLEAGUES, I MOVE THAT 2687 01:30:20,515 --> 01:30:22,550 THE COMMITTEE 2688 01:30:22,550 --> 01:30:25,853 RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF SOLUTION 2689 01:30:25,853 --> 01:30:26,087 32198. 2690 01:30:26,087 --> 01:30:27,054 IS THERE A SECOND? 2691 01:30:27,188 --> 01:30:27,588 >> SECOND. 2692 01:30:27,588 --> 01:30:32,360 I IMAGINE IFIF HAD AUDIO 2693 01:30:32,360 --> 01:30:35,129 WORKING FROM VICE CHAIR, 2694 01:30:35,129 --> 01:30:37,565 SHE WOULD HAVE CHIMED IN 2695 01:30:37,565 --> 01:30:38,966 WITH A SECOND, AS WELL. 2696 01:30:38,966 --> 01:30:41,536 IT'S MOVED AND SECONDED 2697 01:30:41,536 --> 01:30:47,108 TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF SOLUTION 2698 01:30:47,108 --> 01:30:47,508 32198. 2699 01:30:47,508 --> 01:30:48,242 ANY FINAL COMMENTS? 2700 01:30:48,242 --> 01:30:50,411 HEARING AND SEEING NONE, 2701 01:30:50,411 --> 01:30:53,514 I WILL -- WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 2702 01:30:53,514 --> 01:30:54,849 CALL THE ROLL ON 2703 01:30:54,849 --> 01:30:56,184 THE RECOMMENDATION TO 2704 01:30:56,184 --> 01:30:58,920 PASS RESOLUTION 32198? 2705 01:30:58,920 --> 01:31:09,263 [ ROLL CALL TAKEN ] 2706 01:31:12,099 --> 01:31:13,467 >> CHAIR, THERE ARE FIVE VOTES 2707 01:31:13,467 --> 01:31:16,470 IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED. 2708 01:31:16,604 --> 01:31:19,006 >> I KNOW THERE WAS A 2709 01:31:19,006 --> 01:31:19,273 VISUALLY 2710 01:31:19,273 --> 01:31:19,907 ENTHUSIASTIC TWO THUMBS UP FROM 2711 01:31:19,907 --> 01:31:22,977 VICE CHAIR. 2712 01:31:22,977 --> 01:31:24,078 SIGNIFYING HER STRONG 2713 01:31:24,078 --> 01:31:24,545 SUPPORT FOR THIS. 2714 01:31:24,545 --> 01:31:25,079 THANK YOU. 2715 01:31:25,079 --> 01:31:26,948 THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE 2716 01:31:26,948 --> 01:31:28,783 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION 2717 01:31:28,783 --> 01:31:30,818 THAT THE COUNCIL PASS 2718 01:31:30,818 --> 01:31:31,886 THE RESOLUTION WILL BE SENT TO 2719 01:31:31,886 --> 01:31:33,788 THE APRIL 7, 2720 01:31:33,788 --> 01:31:35,957 2026 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. 2721 01:31:35,957 --> 01:31:37,592 THANK YOU, FOLKS. 2722 01:31:37,592 --> 01:31:40,294 TODAY, WE ALIGNED, WE ACTED, 2723 01:31:40,294 --> 01:31:42,363 AND NOW WE ADVANCE. 2724 01:31:42,363 --> 01:31:44,899 BUT I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR AGAIN 2725 01:31:44,899 --> 01:31:47,568 THAT TODAY'S SEATTLE 2726 01:31:47,568 --> 01:31:49,503 READINESS ROUND TABLE AND OUR 2727 01:31:49,503 --> 01:31:49,737 SEATTLE 2728 01:31:49,737 --> 01:31:52,740 READY LEGISLATION ARE NOT 2729 01:31:52,740 --> 01:31:57,378 ONE- OFF EVENTS OR INITIATIVES. 2730 01:31:57,378 --> 01:31:58,746 THEY'RE PART OF A BROADER 2731 01:31:58,746 --> 01:31:59,914 AND COORDINATED STRATEGY TO 2732 01:31:59,914 --> 01:32:01,048 BRING BACK OUR SONICS. 2733 01:32:01,048 --> 01:32:04,952 LET'S GO! 2734 01:32:04,952 --> 01:32:06,454 THANK YOU AGAIN FOR 2735 01:32:06,454 --> 01:32:06,921 YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND 2736 01:32:06,921 --> 01:32:08,990 COLLABORATION. 2737 01:32:08,990 --> 01:32:11,826 WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR 2738 01:32:11,826 --> 01:32:12,727 THIRDTHIRD ITEM OF 2739 01:32:12,727 --> 01:32:13,394 BUSINESS. WILL 2740 01:32:13,394 --> 01:32:14,061 THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM THREE 2741 01:32:14,061 --> 01:32:16,063 INTO THE RECORD. 2742 01:32:16,197 --> 01:32:19,033 >> AGENDA ITEM THREE. 2743 01:32:19,166 --> 01:32:19,767 UPDATE ON FIRST SOUTH BRIDGE 2744 01:32:19,767 --> 01:32:21,802 REPAIRS. 2745 01:32:21,936 --> 01:32:22,570 >> THANK YOU. 2746 01:32:22,570 --> 01:32:23,938 WILL OUR PRESENTERS PLEASE 2747 01:32:23,938 --> 01:32:26,340 JOIN US AT THE TABLE. 2748 01:32:26,340 --> 01:32:27,675 BEFORE WE GET STARTED WITH 2749 01:32:27,675 --> 01:32:29,377 OUR FINAL ITEM, I WOULD LIKE TO 2750 01:32:29,377 --> 01:32:32,847 TAKE A MOMENT TO NOTE THAT 2751 01:32:32,847 --> 01:32:34,515 BRIDGES AND REMIND EVERYONE, 2752 01:32:34,515 --> 01:32:34,782 BRIDGES 2753 01:32:34,782 --> 01:32:35,917 ARE A CRITICALLY IMPORTANT 2754 01:32:35,917 --> 01:32:37,852 ELEMENT OF OUR LOCAL 2755 01:32:37,852 --> 01:32:38,419 INFRASTRUCTURE. 2756 01:32:38,419 --> 01:32:42,023 BRIDGES FACILITATE TRAVEL, 2757 01:32:42,023 --> 01:32:44,725 COMMERCE, AND EMERGENCY 2758 01:32:44,725 --> 01:32:45,726 RESPONSE. 2759 01:32:45,726 --> 01:32:49,063 BRIDGES ARE MUCH MORE THAN 2760 01:32:49,063 --> 01:32:49,597 STRUCTURES. 2761 01:32:49,597 --> 01:32:53,668 THEY ARE ECONOMIC LIFELINES, 2762 01:32:53,668 --> 01:32:56,003 AS THE COUNCILMEMBER 2763 01:32:56,003 --> 01:33:00,374 REPRESENTING WEST SEATTLE, I 2764 01:33:00,374 --> 01:33:02,410 REMEMBER FIRSTHAND QUITE VIVIDLY 2765 01:33:02,410 --> 01:33:02,643 THE DAY 2766 01:33:02,643 --> 01:33:04,445 THE WEST SEATTLE 2767 01:33:04,445 --> 01:33:05,546 BRIDGE CLOSED IN 2020. 2768 01:33:05,546 --> 01:33:07,682 IT'S CAUSED MASSIVE, 2769 01:33:07,682 --> 01:33:09,884 SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTIONS TO DAILY 2770 01:33:09,884 --> 01:33:10,318 LIFE 2771 01:33:10,318 --> 01:33:12,920 FOR THE WEST SEATTLE COMMUNITY 2772 01:33:12,920 --> 01:33:13,154 ANDAND 2773 01:33:13,154 --> 01:33:13,955 BEYOND. 2774 01:33:13,955 --> 01:33:16,691 THE EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANTLY 2775 01:33:16,691 --> 01:33:18,793 LONGER COMMUTES, INCREASED 2776 01:33:18,793 --> 01:33:22,396 TRAFFIC ON ALTERNATIVE ROUTES, 2777 01:33:22,396 --> 01:33:24,231 NEIGHBORHOODS STILL 2778 01:33:24,231 --> 01:33:26,901 UNPACKING THE DAMAGE OF WHAT 2779 01:33:26,901 --> 01:33:27,635 HAPPENS 2780 01:33:27,635 --> 01:33:32,773 WHEN THE SINGLE INGRES/EGRESS 2781 01:33:32,773 --> 01:33:35,710 POINT, OR AT LEAST THE PRIMARY 2782 01:33:35,710 --> 01:33:37,545 ONE, THAT HOLDS THAT VOLUME OF 2783 01:33:37,545 --> 01:33:39,547 TRAFFIC, WHEN TRAFFIC 2784 01:33:39,547 --> 01:33:42,450 IS DEFERRED AND REROUTED THROUGH 2785 01:33:42,450 --> 01:33:44,852 OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND 2786 01:33:44,852 --> 01:33:45,486 NONARTERIALS THAT 2787 01:33:45,486 --> 01:33:48,022 WEREN'T SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED 2788 01:33:48,022 --> 01:33:52,994 FOR THAT KIND OF TRAFFIC LOAD. 2789 01:33:52,994 --> 01:33:55,596 SO AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, BRIDGES 2790 01:33:55,596 --> 01:33:56,364 ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AND MY 2791 01:33:56,364 --> 01:33:58,566 OFFICE. 2792 01:33:58,566 --> 01:33:59,900 AND ALTHOUGH THEY DON'T 2793 01:33:59,900 --> 01:34:03,838 HAVE QUITE THE APPEAL AS THE 2794 01:34:03,838 --> 01:34:04,138 SONICS, 2795 01:34:04,138 --> 01:34:06,974 AGAIN, IN MY VIEW, THEY 2796 01:34:06,974 --> 01:34:09,443 ARE EQUALLY GLAMOROUS, SUPER 2797 01:34:09,443 --> 01:34:10,411 IMPORTANT. 2798 01:34:10,411 --> 01:34:13,180 WHEN THE 1st AVENUE 2799 01:34:13,180 --> 01:34:13,914 BRIDGE CLOSED FEBRUARY 18, WE 2800 01:34:13,914 --> 01:34:14,148 STARTED 2801 01:34:14,148 --> 01:34:15,549 RECEIVING CALLS, MY OFFICE 2802 01:34:15,549 --> 01:34:17,585 DID, AND EMAILS FROM MEMBERS OF 2803 01:34:17,585 --> 01:34:17,752 THE 2804 01:34:17,752 --> 01:34:22,456 COMMUNITY AND OTHERS WHO 2805 01:34:22,456 --> 01:34:26,160 RELY HEF LIE AVILY ON THAT 2806 01:34:26,160 --> 01:34:26,427 BRIDGE. 2807 01:34:26,427 --> 01:34:28,562 SO I KNOW OUR PARTNERS HAVE 2808 01:34:28,562 --> 01:34:30,097 BEEN HARD AT WORK DEVELOPING A 2809 01:34:30,097 --> 01:34:32,867 PLAN AND IMPLEMENTATION 2810 01:34:32,867 --> 01:34:33,401 APPROACHAPPROACH 2811 01:34:33,401 --> 01:34:36,003 MAKE THIS RIGHT AS QUICKLY AS 2812 01:34:36,003 --> 01:34:39,940 POSSIBLE, WHICH I REALLY 2813 01:34:40,074 --> 01:34:41,142 APPRECIATE. WORKING CLOSELY WITH 2814 01:34:41,142 --> 01:34:45,379 OUR PARTNERS AT S- DOT, WASH- 2815 01:34:45,379 --> 01:34:45,546 DOT 2816 01:34:45,546 --> 01:34:47,448 OWNED AND MANAGED ASSET 2817 01:34:47,448 --> 01:34:50,017 WITHIN SEATTLE THAT CONNECTS TO 2818 01:34:50,017 --> 01:34:50,317 OUR 2819 01:34:50,317 --> 01:34:52,153 CITY TRANSPORTATION NETWORK. 2820 01:34:52,153 --> 01:34:54,822 HENCE, THE S- DOT TIE- IN AS 2821 01:34:54,822 --> 01:34:55,656 WELL. 2822 01:34:55,656 --> 01:34:58,592 THAT'S WHY I REQUESTED THIS 2823 01:34:58,592 --> 01:34:58,993 PRESENTATION. 2824 01:34:58,993 --> 01:35:01,028 I'M EAGER TO HEAR WHAT YOU 2825 01:35:01,028 --> 01:35:02,196 HAVE 2826 01:35:02,196 --> 01:35:03,831 TO SHARE TODAY. SO PANELISTS, 2827 01:35:03,831 --> 01:35:04,265 PLEASE 2828 01:35:04,265 --> 01:35:06,867 INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND WHEN 2829 01:35:06,867 --> 01:35:08,369 YOU'RE 2830 01:35:08,369 --> 01:35:09,703 READ READY, BEGIN YOUR 2831 01:35:09,703 --> 01:35:10,037 PRESENTATION. 2832 01:35:10,171 --> 01:35:11,806 >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR SAKA 2833 01:35:11,806 --> 01:35:13,040 AND FELLOW COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 2834 01:35:13,040 --> 01:35:17,311 I AM BRIAN GILLSON, REGIONAL 2835 01:35:17,311 --> 01:35:21,348 ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE NORTHWEST 2836 01:35:21,482 --> 01:35:23,617 REGION. THANK YOU FOR TIN I HE 2837 01:35:23,617 --> 01:35:24,618 INVITATION TO 2838 01:35:24,618 --> 01:35:27,188 SPEAK WITH YOU ABOUT 2839 01:35:27,188 --> 01:35:29,623 THE EMERGENCY REPAIR WORK ON THE 2840 01:35:29,757 --> 01:35:30,091 BRIDGE. 2841 01:35:30,091 --> 01:35:31,358 >> I'M BILL 2842 01:35:31,358 --> 01:35:33,661 PARK, REPRESENTING 2843 01:35:33,661 --> 01:35:34,195 THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF 2844 01:35:34,195 --> 01:35:44,472 TRANSPORTATION. 2845 01:36:36,257 --> 01:36:39,160 >> OKAY, MY APOLOGIES. 2846 01:36:39,293 --> 01:36:44,498 >> NO APOLOGIES NEEDED. 2847 01:36:44,498 --> 01:36:45,800 SO THANK YOU FOR THE 2848 01:36:45,800 --> 01:36:47,668 OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE SOME 2849 01:36:47,668 --> 01:36:50,137 INFORMATION ABOUT THE REPAIR 2850 01:36:50,137 --> 01:36:52,673 WORK. 2851 01:36:52,673 --> 01:36:55,209 I'M GOING TO START 2852 01:36:55,209 --> 01:36:56,177 THE PRESENTATION WITH THE 2853 01:36:56,177 --> 01:36:58,746 HISTORY ABOUT THE NORTH BOUND 2854 01:36:58,746 --> 01:36:58,979 SPAN. 2855 01:36:58,979 --> 01:37:00,781 WE'LL DISCUSS OUR EFFORTS 2856 01:37:00,781 --> 01:37:02,082 TO MAINTAIN AND PRESERVE THIS 2857 01:37:02,082 --> 01:37:03,651 BRIDGE OVER THE LAST 30 2858 01:37:03,651 --> 01:37:05,252 YEARS AND EXPLAIN BOTH THE 2859 01:37:05,252 --> 01:37:06,820 EMERGENCY WORK THAT WAS 2860 01:37:06,820 --> 01:37:07,087 COMPLETED 2861 01:37:07,087 --> 01:37:09,290 LAST MONTH AND THE BRIDGE DECK 2862 01:37:09,290 --> 01:37:11,625 REPAIRS WE WILL START LATER 2863 01:37:11,625 --> 01:37:12,059 THIS WEEK. 2864 01:37:12,059 --> 01:37:13,260 I'LL ALSO TALK 2865 01:37:13,260 --> 01:37:14,862 SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE 2866 01:37:14,862 --> 01:37:15,229 COMMUNICATIONS 2867 01:37:15,229 --> 01:37:16,130 OUTREACH EFFORTS WE PLAN 2868 01:37:16,130 --> 01:37:21,635 AHEAD OF THIS UPCOMING REPAIR. 2869 01:37:21,635 --> 01:37:24,672 THE STATE ROUTE 509 AND 2870 01:37:24,672 --> 01:37:26,073 99 CORRIDOR CONNECT CITIES IN 2871 01:37:26,073 --> 01:37:26,240 THE 2872 01:37:26,240 --> 01:37:27,875 SOUTHERN KING COUNTY, THE 2873 01:37:27,875 --> 01:37:29,810 SEATTLE AND POINTS NORTH AS 2874 01:37:29,810 --> 01:37:31,645 A PRIMARY ALTERNATE TO 2875 01:37:31,645 --> 01:37:31,946 INTERSTATE 2876 01:37:31,946 --> 01:37:32,246 5. 2877 01:37:32,246 --> 01:37:34,148 IT'S A BUSY ROUTE, AND THE 2878 01:37:34,148 --> 01:37:35,749 FREIGHT CORRIDOR FOR VEHICLES 2879 01:37:35,749 --> 01:37:37,084 BOUND FOR THE PORT OF 2880 01:37:37,084 --> 01:37:37,885 SEATTLE AND BEYOND. 2881 01:37:37,885 --> 01:37:41,021 THIS IS A DOUBLE LEAF BRIDGE 2882 01:37:41,021 --> 01:37:43,524 THAT OPENS TO ALL MARITIME 2883 01:37:43,524 --> 01:37:46,927 TRAFFIC TO PASS ALONG THE RIVER 2884 01:37:46,927 --> 01:37:48,829 AND DOUBLE LEAF BRIDGE IS A 2885 01:37:48,829 --> 01:37:51,532 TERM MAYBE NOT ALL ARE FAMILIAR 2886 01:37:51,532 --> 01:37:51,732 WITH. 2887 01:37:51,732 --> 01:37:53,234 SIMPLY, THE BRIDGE IS -- 2888 01:37:53,234 --> 01:37:55,369 THE MAIN SPAN IS BROKEN INTO TWO 2889 01:37:55,369 --> 01:37:55,636 LEAVES. 2890 01:37:55,636 --> 01:37:59,173 THOSE LEAVES ARE FOUNDED ON 2891 01:37:59,173 --> 01:38:01,642 THE SHORES WITH A HINGE, AND 2892 01:38:01,642 --> 01:38:01,842 THEY 2893 01:38:01,842 --> 01:38:02,610 CONNECT IN THE MIDDLE. 2894 01:38:02,610 --> 01:38:04,812 SO WHEN A BOAT NEEDS TO 2895 01:38:04,812 --> 01:38:07,548 PASS THROUGH THE SPAN, THE 2896 01:38:07,548 --> 01:38:09,316 BRIDGE -- THE LEAVES OPEN 2897 01:38:09,316 --> 01:38:09,617 TOWARDS 2898 01:38:09,617 --> 01:38:10,317 SHORE AND OPEN UP THAT MAIN 2899 01:38:10,317 --> 01:38:13,287 CHANNEL. 2900 01:38:13,287 --> 01:38:18,559 THE BRIDGE ALSO IS A BICYCLE AND 2901 01:38:18,559 --> 01:38:22,096 PEDESTRIAN LINK BETWEEN 2902 01:38:22,096 --> 01:38:24,932 GEORGETOWN AND THE OTHER 2903 01:38:25,065 --> 01:38:26,533 NEIGHBORHOODS. THIS IS A HEAVILY 2904 01:38:26,533 --> 01:38:26,800 TRAVELED 2905 01:38:26,800 --> 01:38:28,569 BRIDGE, AND IT'S SHOWING ITS 2906 01:38:28,569 --> 01:38:29,003 AGE. 2907 01:38:29,003 --> 01:38:30,738 DESPITE CONSISTENT 2908 01:38:30,738 --> 01:38:32,039 MAINTENANCE OVER THE YEARS TO 2909 01:38:32,039 --> 01:38:32,840 KEEP IT 2910 01:38:32,840 --> 01:38:34,308 OPERATIONAL, WE LAST 2911 01:38:34,308 --> 01:38:36,610 REPLACED THIS BRIDGE DECK IN 2912 01:38:36,610 --> 01:38:38,379 1999, 2913 01:38:38,379 --> 01:38:39,613 WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT THE 2914 01:38:39,613 --> 01:38:41,482 STEEL GRID PANELS WOULD LAST 20 2915 01:38:41,482 --> 01:38:42,016 TO 25 2916 01:38:42,016 --> 01:38:42,483 YEARS. 2917 01:38:42,483 --> 01:38:43,684 WE ARE NOW PAST 2918 01:38:43,684 --> 01:38:44,318 THAT EXPECTED LIFE SPAN FOR THE 2919 01:38:44,318 --> 01:38:47,187 DECK. 2920 01:38:47,187 --> 01:38:48,689 EMERGENCY WORK THIS 2921 01:38:48,689 --> 01:38:50,991 SPRING SHOULD ALLOW US TO 2922 01:38:50,991 --> 01:38:53,527 SAFELY OPERATE THE BRIDGE AT 2923 01:38:53,527 --> 01:38:54,995 FULL 2924 01:38:54,995 --> 01:38:57,531 CAPACITY UNTIL 2027, WHEN 2925 01:38:57,531 --> 01:38:59,800 WE WILL REPLACE THE ENTIRE 2926 01:38:59,800 --> 01:39:00,634 BRIDGE DECK ON THE NORTH BOUND 2927 01:39:00,634 --> 01:39:02,569 BRIDGE. 2928 01:39:02,569 --> 01:39:04,271 WE WILL, OF COURSE, SHARE 2929 01:39:04,271 --> 01:39:10,277 DETAILS ON THAT PROJECT AS WE 2930 01:39:10,277 --> 01:39:14,248 A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE REPAIRS. 2931 01:39:14,248 --> 01:39:16,250 IN LATE FEBRUARY, WASH- DOT 2932 01:39:16,250 --> 01:39:19,119 BRIDGE INSPECTORS IDENTIFIED 2933 01:39:19,119 --> 01:39:20,954 FAILURES ON THE STEEL GRATES 2934 01:39:20,954 --> 01:39:22,456 ON THE NORTH BOUND BRIDGE. 2935 01:39:22,456 --> 01:39:24,491 WE CLOSED TWO LANES ACROSS 2936 01:39:24,491 --> 01:39:26,093 THE BRIDGE AND DEVELOPED A 2937 01:39:26,093 --> 01:39:29,797 THREE- PHASE REPAIR STRATEGY. 2938 01:39:29,797 --> 01:39:31,398 PHASE ONE REPAIRS WERE 2939 01:39:31,398 --> 01:39:33,767 COMPLETED DURING A FIVE- DAY 2940 01:39:33,767 --> 01:39:35,869 NORTH BOUND 2941 01:39:35,869 --> 01:39:37,871 BRIDGE CLOESHER SURE. 2942 01:39:37,871 --> 01:39:40,674 CREWS INSTALLED STEEL PLATES 2943 01:39:40,674 --> 01:39:42,476 ACROSS FIELD DECK SECTIONS 2944 01:39:42,476 --> 01:39:44,578 AND WELDED MORE THAN 100 CRACKED 2945 01:39:44,578 --> 01:39:46,680 GRID NUMBERS, ALLOWING ALL 2946 01:39:46,680 --> 01:39:48,882 LANES TO SAFELY REOPEN TO 2947 01:39:48,882 --> 01:39:49,283 TRAFFIC, ALBEIT 2948 01:39:49,283 --> 01:39:51,719 WITH A REDUCED SPEED LIMIT. 2949 01:39:51,719 --> 01:39:54,621 PHASE TWO REPAIRS ARE 2950 01:39:54,621 --> 01:39:56,090 SCHEDULED TO BEGIN LATER THIS 2951 01:39:56,090 --> 01:39:56,323 MONTH. 2952 01:39:56,323 --> 01:39:58,959 THIS PHASE, WE'LL REMOVE AND 2953 01:39:58,959 --> 01:40:00,694 REPLACE TEN DECK PANELS THAT 2954 01:40:00,828 --> 01:40:01,528 WERE TEMPORARILY REPAIRED IN 2955 01:40:01,528 --> 01:40:03,597 MARCH. 2956 01:40:03,597 --> 01:40:06,567 AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, 2957 01:40:06,567 --> 01:40:08,469 WE'RE PLANNING FOR A FULL 2958 01:40:08,469 --> 01:40:09,970 REPLACEMENT OF THE BRIDGE DECK 2959 01:40:09,970 --> 01:40:10,404 THAT 2960 01:40:10,404 --> 01:40:11,205 WE EXPECT TO BEGIN AS SOON AS 2961 01:40:11,205 --> 01:40:11,405 NEXT 2962 01:40:11,405 --> 01:40:17,611 YEAR. 2963 01:40:17,611 --> 01:40:19,680 THIS HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THE 2964 01:40:19,680 --> 01:40:21,081 STRUCTURAL FAILURES 2965 01:40:21,081 --> 01:40:22,483 WE IDENTIFIED IN FEBRUARY AND 2966 01:40:22,483 --> 01:40:24,318 THE TEMPORARY FIXES OUR CREWS 2967 01:40:24,318 --> 01:40:25,953 MADE DURING THE EMERGENCY 2968 01:40:25,953 --> 01:40:26,553 REPAIRS LAST MONTH. 2969 01:40:26,553 --> 01:40:29,189 EACH OF THE FRACTURED PANELS 2970 01:40:29,189 --> 01:40:31,291 THAT ARE NOW COVERED WITH 2971 01:40:31,291 --> 01:40:33,127 STEEL PLATE ALSO BE REPLACED AS 2972 01:40:33,127 --> 01:40:34,728 PART OF THE EMERGENCY 2973 01:40:34,728 --> 01:40:43,771 WORK STARTING LATER THIS MONTH. 2974 01:40:43,771 --> 01:40:45,806 TURNING TOWARD THESE 2975 01:40:45,806 --> 01:40:47,908 FAILURES, WE DO NOT HAVE A 2976 01:40:47,908 --> 01:40:49,309 DETAILED CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE 2977 01:40:49,309 --> 01:40:50,377 TO SHARE. 2978 01:40:50,377 --> 01:40:51,779 FACTORING IN THE PROCUREMENT 2979 01:40:51,779 --> 01:40:54,515 TIME FOR THE REPLACEMENT 2980 01:40:54,515 --> 01:40:56,016 PANELS AND NORMAL MOBILIZATION 2981 01:40:56,016 --> 01:40:56,216 TIME 2982 01:40:56,216 --> 01:40:58,352 FOR OUR CONTRACTOR, WE 2983 01:40:58,352 --> 01:41:01,021 EXPECT CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN AS 2984 01:41:01,021 --> 01:41:01,321 SOON 2985 01:41:01,321 --> 01:41:03,023 AS A MONTH AND LAST ABOUT A 2986 01:41:03,023 --> 01:41:03,357 MONTH. 2987 01:41:03,357 --> 01:41:05,426 WE ARE PLANNING ON 2988 01:41:05,426 --> 01:41:06,460 MULTIPLE NORTHBOUND LANE 2989 01:41:06,460 --> 01:41:08,429 CLOSURES 2990 01:41:08,429 --> 01:41:09,563 ACROSS THE BRIDGE AT LEAST A 2991 01:41:09,563 --> 01:41:11,498 WEEK BEFORE AND THE WEEK 2992 01:41:11,498 --> 01:41:12,366 FOLLOWING CONSTRUCTION TO SET 2993 01:41:12,366 --> 01:41:15,969 UP AND REMOVE SCAFFOLDING. 2994 01:41:15,969 --> 01:41:17,971 ONCE CONSTRUCTIONAL BEGINS, 2995 01:41:17,971 --> 01:41:21,708 WE EXPECT TO USE A COMBINATION 2996 01:41:21,708 --> 01:41:23,710 OF WEEKEND AND WEEKNIGHT 2997 01:41:23,710 --> 01:41:25,712 CLOSURES ON THE NORTH BOUND 2998 01:41:25,712 --> 01:41:25,946 BRIDGE 2999 01:41:25,946 --> 01:41:26,580 TO COMPLETE THE 3000 01:41:26,580 --> 01:41:28,549 WORK. OUR HOPE IS THAT THE PHASE 3001 01:41:28,549 --> 01:41:28,715 TWO 3002 01:41:28,715 --> 01:41:30,551 REPAIR CAN BE COMPLETED 3003 01:41:30,551 --> 01:41:34,021 OVER WEEKENDS IN LATE APRIL AND 3004 01:41:34,021 --> 01:41:34,655 MAY WITH WEEKNIGHT CLOSURES IN 3005 01:41:34,655 --> 01:41:42,796 BETWEEN. 3006 01:41:42,796 --> 01:41:43,831 THERE ARE MANY 3007 01:41:43,831 --> 01:41:44,798 FACTORS INFLUENCING THE SCHEDULE 3008 01:41:44,798 --> 01:41:47,034 FOR THESE PHASE TWO REPAIRS, 3009 01:41:47,034 --> 01:41:48,669 END COLLUDING WORLD CUP 3010 01:41:48,669 --> 01:41:49,570 MATCHES STARTING IN MID JUNE. 3011 01:41:49,570 --> 01:41:51,839 WE AIM TO BEGIN 3012 01:41:51,839 --> 01:41:54,174 CONSTRUCTION AS SOON AS THE 3013 01:41:54,174 --> 01:41:55,042 BRIDGE PANELS 3014 01:41:55,042 --> 01:41:57,344 ARRIVE, TO ENSURE WE CAN 3015 01:41:57,344 --> 01:41:58,545 FINISH WELL BEFORE THE FIRST 3016 01:41:58,545 --> 01:42:00,314 MATCH, WHICH IS JUNE 15th. 3017 01:42:00,314 --> 01:42:03,150 WE NEED OUR HIGHWAY NETWORK 3018 01:42:03,150 --> 01:42:05,619 IN FULL CAPACITY ONCE THE WORLD 3019 01:42:05,619 --> 01:42:07,821 CUP ARRIVES, AS WE ARE GOING TO 3020 01:42:07,821 --> 01:42:08,922 BE ACCOMMODATING HUNDREDS 3021 01:42:08,922 --> 01:42:09,756 OF THOUSANDS 3022 01:42:09,756 --> 01:42:13,293 OF VISITORS TO THE SEATTLE AREA. 3023 01:42:13,293 --> 01:42:15,162 WE'RE PLANNING WEEKEND 3024 01:42:15,162 --> 01:42:16,497 AND OVERNIGHT CLOSURES 3025 01:42:16,497 --> 01:42:19,766 AFTER LISTENING TO THE CONCERNS 3026 01:42:19,900 --> 01:42:22,903 ABOUT TRAFFIC ALONG THE 3027 01:42:22,903 --> 01:42:25,339 DETOURED ROUTES IN PHASE ONE. 3028 01:42:25,339 --> 01:42:27,040 STRUCTURING THESE REPAIRS 3029 01:42:27,040 --> 01:42:29,276 OUTSIDE OF HEAVY HOURS 3030 01:42:29,276 --> 01:42:31,311 SHOULD REDUCE THE NUMBER OF 3031 01:42:31,311 --> 01:42:32,613 VEHICLES USING THE DETOUR ROUTE. 3032 01:42:32,613 --> 01:42:34,448 WEEKEND CLOSURES GIVE CREWS 3033 01:42:34,448 --> 01:42:36,283 MORE TIME DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS 3034 01:42:36,283 --> 01:42:38,218 AND REDUCES THE NUMBER OF 3035 01:42:38,218 --> 01:42:40,420 EXPECTED BRIDGE OPENINGS NEEDED 3036 01:42:40,420 --> 01:42:41,822 FOR MARITIME TRAFFIC, WHICH 3037 01:42:41,822 --> 01:42:43,724 HAPPENS MORE FREQUENTLY ON 3038 01:42:43,724 --> 01:42:43,991 WEEKDAYS. 3039 01:42:43,991 --> 01:42:44,858 I WANT TO 3040 01:42:44,858 --> 01:42:45,559 BE CLEAR WHERE WE ARE IN THE 3041 01:42:45,559 --> 01:42:48,428 PLANNING PROCESS. 3042 01:42:48,428 --> 01:42:49,997 WE HAVEN'T HIRED A CONTRACTOR 3043 01:42:49,997 --> 01:42:50,464 YET. 3044 01:42:50,464 --> 01:42:51,865 WE'RE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH A 3045 01:42:51,865 --> 01:42:55,235 COUPLE OF CONTRACTORS WORKING 3046 01:42:55,235 --> 01:42:58,372 TO DETERMINE WHO IS BEST 3047 01:42:58,372 --> 01:43:01,308 RESOURCED TO PERFORM THIS WORK 3048 01:43:01,308 --> 01:43:01,542 ONCE 3049 01:43:01,542 --> 01:43:02,976 WE SELECT CONTRACT, A 3050 01:43:02,976 --> 01:43:05,145 CONTRACTOR, WE WILL AWARD THE 3051 01:43:05,145 --> 01:43:05,412 CONTRACT. 3052 01:43:05,412 --> 01:43:09,082 AND THEN WE WILL GO INTO VERY 3053 01:43:09,082 --> 01:43:10,784 DELIBERATE SCENARIO 3054 01:43:10,784 --> 01:43:11,919 PLANNING WITH THE CONTRACTOR. 3055 01:43:11,919 --> 01:43:13,220 YOU KNOW, THERE'S 3056 01:43:13,220 --> 01:43:15,189 THREE DIFFERENT WAYS TO APPROVE 3057 01:43:15,189 --> 01:43:17,190 THIS THAT WE WANT TO WORK 3058 01:43:17,190 --> 01:43:17,724 THROUGH. 3059 01:43:17,724 --> 01:43:19,860 THERE'S DOING THE PANEL 3060 01:43:19,860 --> 01:43:21,595 REPLACEMENTS WITH OVERNIGHT 3061 01:43:21,595 --> 01:43:23,764 CLOSURES, DOING THE 3062 01:43:23,764 --> 01:43:25,399 REPLACEMENT WITH OUR TYPICAL 3063 01:43:25,399 --> 01:43:25,632 WEEKEND 3064 01:43:25,632 --> 01:43:27,367 CLOSURES, WE CALL THEM 55 3065 01:43:27,501 --> 01:43:28,602 WEEKEND. THEY START FRIDAY NIGHT 3066 01:43:28,602 --> 01:43:31,204 AFTER THE COMMUTE HOURS AND OPEN 3067 01:43:31,204 --> 01:43:32,306 BY 3068 01:43:32,306 --> 01:43:32,806 MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. 3069 01:43:32,806 --> 01:43:36,643 WE ALSO WILL EXPLORE WITH 3070 01:43:36,643 --> 01:43:38,779 THE CONTRACTOR EXTENDED WEEKEND 3071 01:43:38,779 --> 01:43:39,313 CLOSURES. 3072 01:43:39,313 --> 01:43:42,516 SO STARTING THURSDAY NIGHT AND 3073 01:43:42,516 --> 01:43:43,550 GOING THROUGH MONDAY. 3074 01:43:43,550 --> 01:43:47,187 OUR GOAL IS TO IDENTIFY 3075 01:43:47,187 --> 01:43:50,057 A STRATEGY THAT REALLY BALANCES 3076 01:43:50,057 --> 01:43:51,959 THE SPEED OF CONSTRUCTION 3077 01:43:51,959 --> 01:43:52,893 WITH THE IMPACTS OF THE 3078 01:43:52,893 --> 01:43:53,226 COMMUNITY AND 3079 01:43:53,226 --> 01:43:56,496 COMMUTERS. 3080 01:43:56,496 --> 01:43:58,365 AGAIN, WE WANT TO GET THE 3081 01:43:58,365 --> 01:43:59,766 CONTRACTOR ON BOARD SO 3082 01:43:59,766 --> 01:44:01,268 THAT WE CAN TALK SPECIFICALLY 3083 01:44:01,268 --> 01:44:01,602 ABOUT, YOU 3084 01:44:01,602 --> 01:44:03,303 KNOW, THE RESOURCES THEY 3085 01:44:03,303 --> 01:44:05,305 HAVE AVAILABLE AND HOW THEY CAN 3086 01:44:05,305 --> 01:44:06,907 MOST EFFICIENTLY DELIVER THE 3087 01:44:06,907 --> 01:44:07,107 WORK 3088 01:44:07,107 --> 01:44:07,941 SO WE MINIMIZE 3089 01:44:07,941 --> 01:44:12,246 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CLOSURES. 3090 01:44:12,246 --> 01:44:15,182 NEXT SLIDE. 3091 01:44:15,182 --> 01:44:17,217 THIS MAP SHOWS THE DETOUR ROUTE 3092 01:44:17,217 --> 01:44:18,585 THAT WILL BE USED FOR THE 3093 01:44:18,585 --> 01:44:20,487 PHASE TWO REPAIRS STARTING LATER 3094 01:44:20,487 --> 01:44:21,088 THIS MONTH. 3095 01:44:21,088 --> 01:44:23,757 AGAIN, THIS IS THE SAME 3096 01:44:23,757 --> 01:44:25,192 DETOUR THAT WAS IN PLACE FOR 3097 01:44:25,192 --> 01:44:26,927 THE PHASE ONE REPAIRS IN MARCH. 3098 01:44:26,927 --> 01:44:29,162 THE BIG DIFFERENCE IS WE DON'T 3099 01:44:29,162 --> 01:44:31,531 PLAN TO DO THE CLOSURES DURING 3100 01:44:31,531 --> 01:44:34,134 THOSE BUSIEST WEEKDAYS 3101 01:44:34,134 --> 01:44:35,836 TUESDAY, WEDNESDAYS AND 3102 01:44:35,836 --> 01:44:36,103 THURSDAYS 3103 01:44:36,103 --> 01:44:36,703 SPECIFICALLY AND PERHAPS NOT 3104 01:44:36,703 --> 01:44:40,140 WEEKDAYS AT ALL. 3105 01:44:40,140 --> 01:44:42,075 THIS MAP IS SOMETHING 3106 01:44:42,075 --> 01:44:44,411 WE'LL SHARE DIRECTLY WITH OUR 3107 01:44:44,411 --> 01:44:44,611 MEDIA 3108 01:44:44,611 --> 01:44:45,979 PARTNERS, FIRST RESPONDERS, 3109 01:44:45,979 --> 01:44:47,047 FREIGHT COMMUNITY 3110 01:44:47,047 --> 01:44:48,181 AND NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS. 3111 01:44:48,181 --> 01:44:50,183 WE WILL ALSO POST WIDELY ON OUR 3112 01:44:50,183 --> 01:44:51,485 SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS TO 3113 01:44:51,485 --> 01:44:52,386 BUILD PUBLIC AWARENESS. 3114 01:44:52,386 --> 01:44:54,521 WHEN THE PUBLIC IS AWARE OF 3115 01:44:54,521 --> 01:44:56,323 A MAJOR CLOSURE LIKE THIS ONE, 3116 01:44:56,323 --> 01:44:58,191 IT WILL FREQUENTLY RESPOND 3117 01:44:58,191 --> 01:44:59,326 BY TAKING ALTERNATE 3118 01:44:59,326 --> 01:45:05,899 ROUTES AND AVOID THE DETOURS. 3119 01:45:05,899 --> 01:45:07,334 COMMUNICATION IS ALWAYS A 3120 01:45:07,334 --> 01:45:09,202 CHALLENGE WITH EMERGENCY 3121 01:45:09,202 --> 01:45:11,204 WORK BECAUSE BY ITS NATURE, 3122 01:45:11,204 --> 01:45:11,505 IT'S NOT 3123 01:45:11,505 --> 01:45:12,606 SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE PLANNED 3124 01:45:12,606 --> 01:45:13,106 FOR. 3125 01:45:13,106 --> 01:45:15,375 PHASE TWO EMERGENCY BRIDGE 3126 01:45:15,375 --> 01:45:16,476 REPAIRS ARE SOMETHING OF AN 3127 01:45:16,476 --> 01:45:18,845 EXCEPTION IN THIS CASE, THOUGH. 3128 01:45:18,845 --> 01:45:21,281 WE ARE PLANNING AN 3129 01:45:21,281 --> 01:45:22,916 INTENSIVE CAMPAIGN TO INFORM 3130 01:45:22,916 --> 01:45:23,216 COMMUTERS, 3131 01:45:23,216 --> 01:45:26,319 FREIGHT HAULERS, PORT PARTNERS, 3132 01:45:26,319 --> 01:45:28,855 MARINERS, TRANSIT OPERATORS AND 3133 01:45:28,855 --> 01:45:30,490 THE SOUTH PARK RESIDENTS 3134 01:45:30,490 --> 01:45:31,491 ABOUT THIS EMERGENCY 3135 01:45:31,491 --> 01:45:31,825 CONSTRUCTION. 3136 01:45:31,825 --> 01:45:33,727 WE WILL FOCUS ON SHARING 3137 01:45:33,727 --> 01:45:35,262 WHAT PEOPLE WHO LIVE, WORK, 3138 01:45:35,262 --> 01:45:36,997 AND COMMUTE IN THIS AREA CAN 3139 01:45:36,997 --> 01:45:37,230 EXPECT 3140 01:45:37,230 --> 01:45:38,131 BEFORE, DURING, 3141 01:45:38,131 --> 01:45:40,467 AND AFTER CONSTRUCTION. 3142 01:45:40,467 --> 01:45:43,870 WE KNOW THIS TYPE OF WORK IS 3143 01:45:43,870 --> 01:45:44,838 DISRUPTIVE, PARTICULARLY 3144 01:45:44,838 --> 01:45:46,740 FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEARBY. 3145 01:45:46,740 --> 01:45:48,542 BUT THESE ARE NECESSARY REPAIRS 3146 01:45:48,542 --> 01:45:49,843 THAT HAVE RIPPLE 3147 01:45:49,843 --> 01:45:51,111 EFFECTS 3148 01:45:51,111 --> 01:45:51,712 THROUGHOUT OUR REGION HIGHWAY 3149 01:45:51,712 --> 01:45:54,948 NETWORK. 3150 01:45:54,948 --> 01:45:56,750 OUR GOAL FOR THIS PROJECT AND 3151 01:45:56,750 --> 01:45:58,919 ALL OF OUR PROJECTS IS TO 3152 01:45:58,919 --> 01:46:00,687 COMPLETE THIS WORK AS QUICKLY, 3153 01:46:00,687 --> 01:46:02,789 SAFELY, AND EFFICIENTLY AS 3154 01:46:02,789 --> 01:46:03,857 POSSIBLE, AND TO 3155 01:46:03,857 --> 01:46:05,492 KEEP COMMUNITIES AND PARTNERS 3156 01:46:05,492 --> 01:46:07,694 INFORMED AT EVERY STAGE OF THE 3157 01:46:07,828 --> 01:46:10,530 PROCESS. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT 3158 01:46:10,530 --> 01:46:12,499 AGAIN, IN THIS CASE, EFFICIENCY 3159 01:46:12,499 --> 01:46:13,734 REALLY MEANS THAT BALANCE 3160 01:46:13,734 --> 01:46:14,901 BETWEEN 3161 01:46:14,901 --> 01:46:17,003 SPEED OF CONSTRUCTION AGAINST 3162 01:46:17,003 --> 01:46:17,170 AND 3163 01:46:17,170 --> 01:46:19,406 WITH THE IMPACTS TO THE 3164 01:46:19,406 --> 01:46:20,741 LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND COMMUTERS. 3165 01:46:20,741 --> 01:46:22,576 SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO CHOOSE 3166 01:46:22,576 --> 01:46:22,743 THE 3167 01:46:22,743 --> 01:46:24,411 MOST IMPACTFUL 3168 01:46:24,411 --> 01:46:25,846 APPROACH, WE'RE NOT GOING TO 3169 01:46:25,846 --> 01:46:26,913 CHOOSE THE FASTEST 3170 01:46:26,913 --> 01:46:27,214 APPROACH. 3171 01:46:27,214 --> 01:46:29,316 WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE 3172 01:46:29,316 --> 01:46:30,083 BALANCE THAT 3173 01:46:30,083 --> 01:46:30,717 STRIKES FAIRNESS AND EQUITY IN 3174 01:46:30,717 --> 01:46:34,054 THAT. 3175 01:46:34,054 --> 01:46:35,789 THERE ARE 3176 01:46:35,789 --> 01:46:38,725 JUST A FEW -- NEXT SLIDE. 3177 01:46:38,725 --> 01:46:40,560 THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE 3178 01:46:40,560 --> 01:46:42,863 WAYS WE KEEP THE PUBLIC INFORMED 3179 01:46:42,863 --> 01:46:44,798 FROM OUR SOCIAL MEDIA TO 3180 01:46:44,798 --> 01:46:47,100 SMARTPHONE APPS TO EMAIL 3181 01:46:47,100 --> 01:46:47,467 NEWSLETTERS. 3182 01:46:47,467 --> 01:46:48,568 WE HOPE YOU ARE FAMILIAR 3183 01:46:48,568 --> 01:46:50,170 WITH AT LEAST SOME OF THESE 3184 01:46:50,170 --> 01:46:50,771 TOOLS, 3185 01:46:50,771 --> 01:46:52,506 BUT IF NOT, THIS 3186 01:46:52,506 --> 01:46:53,140 SLIDE SHOWS HOW YOU CAN ACCESS 3187 01:46:53,140 --> 01:46:58,111 EACH OF THEM. 3188 01:46:58,111 --> 01:47:03,717 AND FINALLY, 3189 01:47:03,717 --> 01:47:05,051 CONTACT INFORMATION FOR MYSELF 3190 01:47:05,051 --> 01:47:06,319 AND OUR COMMUNICATION 3191 01:47:06,319 --> 01:47:07,654 LEADS, SUPPORTING THE PHASE 3192 01:47:07,654 --> 01:47:10,357 TWO EMERGENCY REPAIRS ON THE 3193 01:47:10,357 --> 01:47:10,557 FIRST 3194 01:47:10,557 --> 01:47:11,591 AVENUE SOUTH BRIDGE. 3195 01:47:11,591 --> 01:47:13,460 FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT ANY 3196 01:47:13,460 --> 01:47:15,262 TIME, AND THANK YOU AGAIN, CHAIR 3197 01:47:15,262 --> 01:47:16,863 SAKA AND COUNCILMEMBERS, FOR 3198 01:47:16,863 --> 01:47:17,998 THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE 3199 01:47:17,998 --> 01:47:18,165 YOU 3200 01:47:18,165 --> 01:47:18,598 TODAY. 3201 01:47:18,598 --> 01:47:20,100 WITH THAT, I WILL TURN 3202 01:47:20,100 --> 01:47:20,700 THE FLOOR OVER TO YOU FOR ANY 3203 01:47:20,700 --> 01:47:22,636 QUESTIONS. 3204 01:47:22,769 --> 01:47:25,272 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. 3205 01:47:25,272 --> 01:47:26,306 NEILSON, FOR YOUR 3206 01:47:26,306 --> 01:47:27,574 PRESENTATION AND THE UPDATE ON 3207 01:47:27,574 --> 01:47:28,275 THE STATUS 3208 01:47:28,275 --> 01:47:28,842 OF THE 3209 01:47:28,842 --> 01:47:29,376 WORK AND THESE IMPORTANT 3210 01:47:29,376 --> 01:47:35,148 EFFORTS. 3211 01:47:35,148 --> 01:47:41,922 WE HAVE -- WE HAVE A HARD 3212 01:47:41,922 --> 01:47:43,657 STOP BY 1:30, BUT AT THIS 3213 01:47:43,657 --> 01:47:45,559 MOMENT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO 3214 01:47:45,559 --> 01:47:47,160 MY COLLEAGUES FOR ANY QUESTIONS 3215 01:47:47,160 --> 01:47:48,628 OR COMMENTS FROM YOUR 3216 01:47:48,628 --> 01:47:50,130 PERSPECTIVE. 3217 01:47:50,130 --> 01:47:54,234 WE'LL TRY AGAIN WITH THE 3218 01:47:54,234 --> 01:47:56,903 VICE CHAIR, IF YOU HAVE ANY. 3219 01:47:56,903 --> 01:48:02,509 NONE, THANK YOU. 3220 01:48:02,509 --> 01:48:06,613 MOVING ON TO ANOTHER 3221 01:48:06,613 --> 01:48:07,614 UNAPOLOGETIC CHAMPION 3222 01:48:07,614 --> 01:48:09,349 AND SUPPORTER OF OUR BRIDGES 3223 01:48:09,349 --> 01:48:11,852 AND BRIDGE NETWORK, 3224 01:48:11,852 --> 01:48:12,586 COUNCILMEMBER 3225 01:48:12,586 --> 01:48:14,221 KETTLE. THE FLOOR IS YOURS. 3226 01:48:14,354 --> 01:48:16,890 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR SAKA. 3227 01:48:16,890 --> 01:48:18,692 THANK YOU, MR. NEILSON, TO GET 3228 01:48:18,692 --> 01:48:19,559 THIS UPDATE. 3229 01:48:19,559 --> 01:48:23,964 AND ALSOALSO THANK TO S- DOT FOR 3230 01:48:23,964 --> 01:48:25,265 BEING HERE, AS WELL. 3231 01:48:25,265 --> 01:48:27,701 THIS IS -- YOU KNOW, 3232 01:48:27,701 --> 01:48:29,469 ANOTHER LESSON WHERE WE HAVE 3233 01:48:29,469 --> 01:48:31,505 MAINTENANCE IS SO IMPORTANT. 3234 01:48:31,505 --> 01:48:33,106 WE HAVE THE TIMELINES AND IT'S 3235 01:48:33,106 --> 01:48:35,642 NEVER A GOOD TIME PUSHING IT 3236 01:48:35,642 --> 01:48:37,944 DOWN, YOU KNOW, THE PANDEMIC 3237 01:48:37,944 --> 01:48:40,080 AND WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE, 3238 01:48:40,080 --> 01:48:40,347 THERE'S 3239 01:48:40,347 --> 01:48:42,115 DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE IN 3240 01:48:42,115 --> 01:48:44,484 PLAY HERE, BUT I SUPPORT THIS 3241 01:48:44,484 --> 01:48:46,853 EFFORT, AS PAINFUL AS IT MAY BE. 3242 01:48:46,853 --> 01:48:50,924 BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE DONE. 3243 01:48:50,924 --> 01:48:52,692 OBVIOUSLY, KIND OF LIKE THE SHIP 3244 01:48:52,692 --> 01:48:55,529 CANAL BRIDGE PROJECT, VERY 3245 01:48:55,662 --> 01:48:56,329 SIMILAR. YOU KNOW, IT HAS TO BE 3246 01:48:56,329 --> 01:48:56,529 DONE. 3247 01:48:56,529 --> 01:48:58,665 EVEN THOUGH IT'S PAINFUL. 3248 01:48:58,665 --> 01:49:00,667 I APPRECIATE CARVING OUT A 3249 01:49:00,667 --> 01:49:04,137 SPACE JUST LIKE THE SHIP CANAL 3250 01:49:04,137 --> 01:49:05,171 PROJECT OR FIFA WORLD CUP TIME 3251 01:49:05,171 --> 01:49:05,538 PERIOD, 3252 01:49:05,538 --> 01:49:06,172 BECAUSE THAT'S A VERY UNIQUE 3253 01:49:06,172 --> 01:49:10,410 CIRCUMSTANCE. 3254 01:49:10,410 --> 01:49:12,479 SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, AND 3255 01:49:12,479 --> 01:49:12,646 I 3256 01:49:12,646 --> 01:49:14,981 THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO SO. 3257 01:49:14,981 --> 01:49:16,917 I WOULD NOTE, CHAIR TOO, 3258 01:49:16,917 --> 01:49:19,986 IT'S NOT JUST LOCAL 3259 01:49:19,986 --> 01:49:20,287 COMMUNITIES 3260 01:49:20,287 --> 01:49:23,857 ANYMORE. AND GIVEN 99 IS A WASH- 3261 01:49:23,857 --> 01:49:24,024 DOT 3262 01:49:24,024 --> 01:49:26,059 RESPONSIBILITY FROM DISTRICT 3263 01:49:26,059 --> 01:49:30,363 SEVEN, MY CONSTITUENTS JUMP ON 3264 01:49:30,363 --> 01:49:32,532 99 RIGHT THERE AT THE 3265 01:49:32,532 --> 01:49:34,167 AURORA BRIDGE AND JUMP THROUGH 3266 01:49:34,167 --> 01:49:34,467 THE 3267 01:49:34,467 --> 01:49:34,701 TUNNEL. 3268 01:49:34,701 --> 01:49:36,236 NEXT THING YOU KNOW, THEY'RE 3269 01:49:36,236 --> 01:49:38,838 AT THAT BRIDGE ON THEIR WAY TO 3270 01:49:38,838 --> 01:49:39,005 THE 3271 01:49:39,005 --> 01:49:40,840 AIRPORT OR ON THEIR WAY TO 3272 01:49:40,840 --> 01:49:42,909 A SOCCER GAME OR, YOU KNOW, 3273 01:49:42,909 --> 01:49:43,310 ALL THESE 3274 01:49:43,310 --> 01:49:43,944 DIFFERENT SPORTS THAT WE HAVE 3275 01:49:43,944 --> 01:49:45,979 TALKED ABOUT, CHAIR. 3276 01:49:45,979 --> 01:49:48,381 AND SO THE COMMUNITY A LOT 3277 01:49:48,381 --> 01:49:49,616 OF TIMES IS MUCH BROADER THAN 3278 01:49:49,616 --> 01:49:49,883 ONE 3279 01:49:49,883 --> 01:49:50,183 THING. 3280 01:49:50,183 --> 01:49:52,285 I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. 3281 01:49:52,285 --> 01:49:53,486 THAT'S BASICALLY A 3282 01:49:53,486 --> 01:49:55,088 CONSEQUENCE OF THE TUNNEL, WHICH 3283 01:49:55,088 --> 01:49:55,588 HAS BEEN 3284 01:49:55,588 --> 01:49:57,290 FANTASTIC, BUT IT CHANGED 3285 01:49:57,290 --> 01:49:58,758 PATTERNS, WHICH IS ONE OF 3286 01:49:58,758 --> 01:50:01,294 THE REASONS WHY WHAT WE'RE 3287 01:50:01,294 --> 01:50:03,063 DOING WITH OUR DISTRICT FUNDS, 3288 01:50:03,063 --> 01:50:04,998 WE'RE MAKING THESE 3289 01:50:04,998 --> 01:50:07,367 ADJUSTMENTS BECAUSE TRAVEL 3290 01:50:07,367 --> 01:50:08,601 PATTERNS CHANGE. 3291 01:50:08,601 --> 01:50:10,103 THE TUNNEL HAS BEEN SO 3292 01:50:10,103 --> 01:50:12,472 GREAT, THAT REALLY FACILITATES 3293 01:50:12,472 --> 01:50:12,672 THIS 3294 01:50:12,806 --> 01:50:15,508 MOVEMENT. SO I JUST WANTED TO 3295 01:50:15,508 --> 01:50:15,775 HIGHLIGHT 3296 01:50:15,775 --> 01:50:18,211 THAT IN TERMS OF THE 3297 01:50:18,211 --> 01:50:19,479 IMPACT, RECOGNIZING IT'S MORE 3298 01:50:19,479 --> 01:50:19,980 SO FOR 3299 01:50:19,980 --> 01:50:20,680 THE LOCAL 3300 01:50:20,680 --> 01:50:23,850 COMMUNITY. BUT THIS IS A BROADER 3301 01:50:23,850 --> 01:50:25,885 IMPACT, AND I WANTED TO 3302 01:50:25,885 --> 01:50:27,621 HIGHLIGHT THAT. 3303 01:50:27,621 --> 01:50:28,855 SO NO QUESTIONS. 3304 01:50:28,855 --> 01:50:30,156 AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 3305 01:50:30,290 --> 01:50:32,692 >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR THE 3306 01:50:32,692 --> 01:50:33,093 COMMENTS. 3307 01:50:33,226 --> 01:50:35,795 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 3308 01:50:35,795 --> 01:50:36,162 KETTLE. 3309 01:50:36,162 --> 01:50:38,698 ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM 3310 01:50:38,698 --> 01:50:39,199 COLLEAGUES? 3311 01:50:39,199 --> 01:50:40,800 HEARING AND SEEING NONE, 3312 01:50:40,800 --> 01:50:44,838 I'LL JUST CLOSE OUT BY BY 3313 01:50:44,838 --> 01:50:45,438 SAYING 3314 01:50:45,438 --> 01:50:47,073 MY GRATITUDE AND SINCERE 3315 01:50:47,073 --> 01:50:51,011 APPRECIATION FOR YOU, AGAIN, MR. 3316 01:50:51,011 --> 01:50:53,279 NEILSON, FOR BEING HERE TODAY, 3317 01:50:53,413 --> 01:50:53,980 SHARING THIS VERY IMPORTANT 3318 01:50:53,980 --> 01:50:56,783 UPDATE. 3319 01:50:56,783 --> 01:51:01,254 AND I ALSO APPRECIATE 3320 01:51:01,254 --> 01:51:04,090 THE COMMITMENT TO DEVELOPING AND 3321 01:51:04,224 --> 01:51:07,927 IMPLEMENTING A THOUGHTFUL, 3322 01:51:07,927 --> 01:51:09,162 DELIBERATIVE, 3323 01:51:09,162 --> 01:51:09,829 METHODICAL APPROACH TO DO THIS 3324 01:51:09,829 --> 01:51:13,166 WORK RIGHT. 3325 01:51:13,166 --> 01:51:14,868 ALSO DOING IT AND 3326 01:51:14,868 --> 01:51:16,436 ALSO APPRECIATE HEARING WASH- 3327 01:51:16,436 --> 01:51:16,670 DOT'S 3328 01:51:16,670 --> 01:51:18,405 COMMITMENT TO DO IT 3329 01:51:18,405 --> 01:51:23,243 QUICKLY, SAFELY AND EFFICIENTLY. 3330 01:51:23,243 --> 01:51:26,680 AND I HEARD EQUITY MENTIONED 3331 01:51:26,680 --> 01:51:28,248 AND SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT AS 3332 01:51:28,248 --> 01:51:28,982 AN IMPORTANT FACTOR. 3333 01:51:28,982 --> 01:51:30,817 SO TO THE EXTENT WHICH MAKES 3334 01:51:30,817 --> 01:51:35,388 A LOT OF SENSE IN OUR OWN S- 3335 01:51:35,388 --> 01:51:35,588 DOT, 3336 01:51:35,588 --> 01:51:37,290 UNDER OUR PLAN WE APPROVED A 3337 01:51:37,290 --> 01:51:39,292 COUPLE YEARS AGO, EQUITY IS 3338 01:51:39,292 --> 01:51:40,627 A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR THAT 3339 01:51:40,627 --> 01:51:41,995 GUIDES OUR WORK AT ALL TIMES. 3340 01:51:41,995 --> 01:51:44,998 SO EQUITY IS A FACTOR, YOU 3341 01:51:44,998 --> 01:51:48,835 KNOW, IN YOUR ANALYSIS, I WOULD 3342 01:51:48,835 --> 01:51:49,035 JUST 3343 01:51:49,035 --> 01:51:54,040 REMIND THAT THERE ARE 3344 01:51:54,040 --> 01:51:57,877 SCANT BETTER NEIGHBORHOODS MORE 3345 01:51:58,078 --> 01:52:01,247 DESERVING CANDIDATES FROM A 3346 01:52:01,247 --> 01:52:02,182 NEIGHBORHOOD PERSPECTIVE ACROSS 3347 01:52:02,182 --> 01:52:05,985 THE CITY OF SEATTLE THAN 3348 01:52:05,985 --> 01:52:08,154 THE COMMUNITY WHERE 3349 01:52:08,154 --> 01:52:09,155 THIS RUNS THROUGH AND 3350 01:52:09,155 --> 01:52:09,789 SERVES EVERY DAY, AND PEOPLE ARE 3351 01:52:09,789 --> 01:52:13,560 IMPACTED. 3352 01:52:13,560 --> 01:52:16,229 SO I KNOW -- I'M SURE WASH- 3353 01:52:16,229 --> 01:52:19,032 DOT IS SIMILAR TO OUR VERY OWN 3354 01:52:19,032 --> 01:52:19,566 S- 3355 01:52:19,566 --> 01:52:21,668 DOT IN ADOPTING A VERY 3356 01:52:21,668 --> 01:52:23,036 DATABASED APPROACH TO GUIDE 3357 01:52:23,036 --> 01:52:25,772 YOUR DECISION MAKING. 3358 01:52:25,772 --> 01:52:28,408 SO LET'S GO GET THIS -- 3359 01:52:28,408 --> 01:52:30,009 WE'LL STAY TUNED. 3360 01:52:30,009 --> 01:52:31,544 HOPEFUL THAT 3361 01:52:31,544 --> 01:52:32,746 WE WILL BE ABLE TO STICK TO THAT 3362 01:52:32,746 --> 01:52:34,747 EARLY JUNE 3363 01:52:34,747 --> 01:52:35,482 2026 TENTATIVE PROJECT 3364 01:52:35,482 --> 01:52:35,782 COMPLETION. 3365 01:52:35,782 --> 01:52:38,418 IF IT HAPPENS TO SLIP MATERIALLY 3366 01:52:38,418 --> 01:52:40,920 LATER THAN THAT, WE'LL 3367 01:52:40,920 --> 01:52:41,921 PROBABLY INVITE YOU BACK LATER 3368 01:52:41,921 --> 01:52:45,425 THIS SUMMER TO CHECK 3369 01:52:45,425 --> 01:52:48,495 IN, JUST BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH AN 3370 01:52:48,495 --> 01:52:48,828 IMPORTANT 3371 01:52:48,828 --> 01:52:51,564 AND CONSEQUENCE SHALL 3372 01:52:51,564 --> 01:52:55,268 PROJECTPROJECT MY 3373 01:52:55,268 --> 01:52:56,603 DISTRICT. 3374 01:52:56,736 --> 01:52:57,570 FREIGHT AND CARGO MOBILITY 3375 01:52:57,570 --> 01:52:58,204 ACROSS OUR REGION AND CONNECTING 3376 01:52:58,204 --> 01:52:58,805 PEOPLE WITH OPPORTUNITIES. 3377 01:52:58,805 --> 01:53:00,073 SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR 3378 01:53:00,073 --> 01:53:02,075 YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND WORK AND 3379 01:53:02,075 --> 01:53:02,609 GET THING DONE. 3380 01:53:02,609 --> 01:53:07,113 HUGE SHOUTOUT TO OUR BRIDGES. 3381 01:53:07,113 --> 01:53:07,614 ALL RIGHT. 3382 01:53:07,614 --> 01:53:08,982 THANK YOU. 3383 01:53:08,982 --> 01:53:10,950 WE HAVE REACHED THE END 3384 01:53:10,950 --> 01:53:11,484 OF TODAY'S MEETING. 3385 01:53:11,484 --> 01:53:14,287 OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD ON 3386 01:53:14,287 --> 01:53:17,824 APRIL 16, 2026 AT 9:30 A.M. 3387 01:53:17,824 --> 01:53:19,425 IS THERE ANY FINAL BUSINESS 3388 01:53:19,425 --> 01:53:21,661 TO COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE 3389 01:53:21,661 --> 01:53:24,130 BEFORE WE 3390 01:53:24,130 --> 01:53:25,598 ADJOURN? HEARING AND SEEING NO 3391 01:53:25,598 --> 01:53:25,832 FURTHER 3392 01:53:25,832 --> 01:53:27,033 BUSINESS, WE ARE ADJOURNED. 3393 01:53:27,033 --> 01:53:27,333 IT 3394 01:53:27,333 --> 01:53:30,203 IS 11:26 A.M. THANK YOU.