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1 00:02:42,862 --> 00:02:44,297 APOLOGIES FOR NEEDING A FEW 2 00:02:44,297 --> 00:02:49,068 MINUTES THERE TO GET OUR TECH. 3 00:02:49,068 --> 00:02:52,005 ALL SET UP AND READY TO GO. 4 00:02:52,005 --> 00:02:54,307 SO HAPPY TO SEE EVERYONE 5 00:02:54,307 --> 00:02:55,508 HERE THIS EVENING. 6 00:02:55,508 --> 00:02:58,144 THE APRIL 2nd, 2026, MEETING 7 00:02:58,144 --> 00:02:59,245 OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON 8 00:02:59,245 --> 00:03:01,381 THE LIBRARY LEVY WILL COME TO 9 00:03:01,381 --> 00:03:01,848 ORDER. 10 00:03:01,848 --> 00:03:04,617 IT'S 5:35 P.M. 11 00:03:04,617 --> 00:03:06,452 I'M MARITZA RIVERA, 12 00:03:06,452 --> 00:03:06,986 CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. 13 00:03:06,986 --> 00:03:07,921 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE 14 00:03:07,921 --> 00:03:08,221 ROLL. 15 00:03:08,354 --> 00:03:10,156 >> KOUP SILL MEMBER 16 00:03:10,156 --> 00:03:11,925 LIN? 17 00:03:12,058 --> 00:03:12,292 >> HERE. 18 00:03:12,292 --> 00:03:14,027 >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 19 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:15,528 >> HERE. 20 00:03:15,662 --> 00:03:17,197 >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 21 00:03:17,330 --> 00:03:17,597 >> HERE. 22 00:03:17,730 --> 00:03:19,265 >> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 23 00:03:19,399 --> 00:03:19,666 >> HERE. 24 00:03:19,866 --> 00:03:21,301 >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 25 00:03:21,301 --> 00:03:23,536 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 26 00:03:23,670 --> 00:03:24,204 VICE-CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH. 27 00:03:24,204 --> 00:03:26,472 >> HERE. 28 00:03:26,606 --> 00:03:27,607 >> CHAIR RIVERA. 29 00:03:27,740 --> 00:03:29,008 >> PRESENT. 30 00:03:29,142 --> 00:03:30,143 >> SEVEN COUNCILMEMBERS ARE 31 00:03:30,143 --> 00:03:30,443 PRESENT. 32 00:03:30,577 --> 00:03:31,878 >> THANK YOU, CLERK. 33 00:03:31,878 --> 00:03:34,080 ALL RIGHT, WELL, I WANT TO THANK 34 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:35,348 YOU ALL FOR COMING 35 00:03:35,348 --> 00:03:38,084 TODAY. I WANT TO THANK YOU, 36 00:03:38,084 --> 00:03:39,152 COLLEAGUES, AND MEMBERS OF THE 37 00:03:39,152 --> 00:03:39,586 PUBLIC 38 00:03:39,586 --> 00:03:42,989 AND ANYONE THAT IS JOINING US 39 00:03:42,989 --> 00:03:45,291 ONLINE SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS AS 40 00:03:45,291 --> 00:03:45,792 PART OF 41 00:03:45,792 --> 00:03:47,293 THIS -- AND I WANT TO THANK 42 00:03:47,293 --> 00:03:48,228 YOU FOR SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS 43 00:03:48,228 --> 00:03:49,762 AS PART OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING. 44 00:03:49,762 --> 00:03:52,565 THESE HEARINGS ARE REALLY AN 45 00:03:52,565 --> 00:03:53,633 IMPORTANT PART OF 46 00:03:53,633 --> 00:03:54,534 OUR LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. 47 00:03:54,534 --> 00:03:57,337 I AM GRATEFUL FOR YOUR 48 00:03:57,337 --> 00:03:58,705 ENGAGEMENT AND I AM REALLY 49 00:03:58,705 --> 00:04:00,640 LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING 50 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:01,541 YOUR WORDS TODAY. 51 00:04:01,541 --> 00:04:03,076 BEFORE WE START TODAY, I 52 00:04:03,076 --> 00:04:05,745 WANTED TO QUICKLY RECAP THE 53 00:04:05,745 --> 00:04:06,646 MAYOR'S 54 00:04:06,646 --> 00:04:08,247 $410 MILLION LEVY 55 00:04:08,247 --> 00:04:08,781 RENEWAL PROPOSAL, WHICH I 56 00:04:08,781 --> 00:04:10,783 SUPPORT. 57 00:04:10,783 --> 00:04:15,154 THIS PROPOSAL IS 50% LARGER THAN 58 00:04:15,154 --> 00:04:18,024 THE 2019 LEVY. 59 00:04:18,024 --> 00:04:20,560 THAT'S ON TOP OF ACCOUNTING FOR 60 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:20,860 INFLATION. 61 00:04:20,860 --> 00:04:23,096 I HAVE RECEIVED SOME EMAILS, 62 00:04:23,096 --> 00:04:24,964 AND, COLLEAGUES, YOU MAY HAVE 63 00:04:24,964 --> 00:04:27,200 AS WELL, DESCRIBING THIS LEVY AS 64 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:27,767 STATUS QUO. 65 00:04:27,767 --> 00:04:30,436 I'M NOT ALWAYS CERTAIN WHERE 66 00:04:30,436 --> 00:04:31,037 CONSTITUENTS RECEIVE 67 00:04:31,037 --> 00:04:32,572 INFORMATION AND WHAT IS OUT 68 00:04:32,572 --> 00:04:34,140 THERE, BUT AS I 69 00:04:34,140 --> 00:04:36,676 JUST CONFIRMED, THIS LEVY IS 50% 70 00:04:36,676 --> 00:04:37,710 MORE THAN WHAT WOULD HAVE 71 00:04:37,710 --> 00:04:39,779 BEEN THE STATUS QUO. 72 00:04:39,779 --> 00:04:41,514 STATUS QUO WOULD HAVE BEEN 73 00:04:41,514 --> 00:04:45,385 A BASELINE OF $219 MILLION PLUS 74 00:04:45,385 --> 00:04:45,852 INFLATION. 75 00:04:45,852 --> 00:04:47,820 BUT BECAUSE WE CARE ABOUT OUR 76 00:04:47,820 --> 00:04:49,288 LIBRARIES, WE MADE SURE 77 00:04:49,288 --> 00:04:50,523 THAT, DESPITE THE LEVY CAP, WE 78 00:04:50,523 --> 00:04:51,624 HAD 79 00:04:51,624 --> 00:04:54,027 A PROPOSAL THAT INCLUDED NEW 80 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:55,728 FUNDING. I'M RESTATING THIS 81 00:04:55,728 --> 00:04:55,995 BECAUSE I 82 00:04:55,995 --> 00:04:58,264 WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 83 00:04:58,264 --> 00:04:59,198 CONSTITUENTS UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH 84 00:04:59,198 --> 00:05:01,668 IS ACTUALLY IN THE PACKAGE. 85 00:05:01,668 --> 00:05:03,002 I ALSO WANT TO ANSWER A QUESTION 86 00:05:03,002 --> 00:05:04,303 THAT CAME UP IN 87 00:05:04,303 --> 00:05:07,073 OUR SELECT COMMITTEE EARLIER 88 00:05:07,073 --> 00:05:09,609 THIS WEEK ABOUT FUNDING TO 89 00:05:09,609 --> 00:05:11,177 COMPLETE THE 90 00:05:11,177 --> 00:05:12,845 HVAC SYSTEMS AT THE FIVE 91 00:05:12,845 --> 00:05:13,846 BRANCHES THAT NEED COOLING. 92 00:05:13,846 --> 00:05:14,747 THERE WAS CONFUSION AS 93 00:05:14,747 --> 00:05:15,548 TO WHETHER OR NOT WE HAD A 94 00:05:15,548 --> 00:05:18,151 GRANT FROM FEMA TO DO THE WORK. 95 00:05:18,151 --> 00:05:19,919 I'M RELIEVED TO REPORT WE 96 00:05:19,919 --> 00:05:21,287 DO HAVE A LETTER, WHICH 97 00:05:21,287 --> 00:05:23,022 YOU RECEIVED TODAY, 98 00:05:23,022 --> 00:05:24,257 COLLEAGUES, CONFIRMING THE GRANT 99 00:05:24,257 --> 00:05:24,524 TO ADD 100 00:05:24,524 --> 00:05:26,626 COOLING TO THESE 101 00:05:26,626 --> 00:05:27,827 FIVE BRANCHES BY THE END OF NEXT 102 00:05:27,827 --> 00:05:28,061 YEAR. 103 00:05:28,061 --> 00:05:30,463 THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF MY 104 00:05:30,463 --> 00:05:31,931 OVERALL CONCERN WITH GOVERNMENT 105 00:05:31,931 --> 00:05:34,600 SPENDING AND MAKING DECISIONS 106 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:34,901 BASEDBASED 107 00:05:34,901 --> 00:05:37,370 SPECULATION RATHER THAN REALITY. 108 00:05:37,370 --> 00:05:40,173 THE REALITY IS WE HAVE A FEMA 109 00:05:40,173 --> 00:05:40,606 GRANT. 110 00:05:40,606 --> 00:05:41,908 AS TO ADDITIONAL FUNDING 111 00:05:41,908 --> 00:05:44,143 FOR DEFERRED AND ONGOING 112 00:05:44,143 --> 00:05:46,045 MAINTENANCE, THERE IS ALMOST 113 00:05:46,045 --> 00:05:47,680 $86 MILLION IN THIS PROPOSAL FOR 114 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:50,183 THAT PURPOSE OF WHICH ALMOST 115 00:05:50,183 --> 00:05:53,319 30 MILLION IS ACTUALLY NEW 116 00:05:53,319 --> 00:05:53,586 FUNDING. 117 00:05:53,586 --> 00:05:55,054 THE LIBRARY INDICATED THEY 118 00:05:55,054 --> 00:05:58,691 WILL HAVE TO DO MORE WORK IN 119 00:05:58,691 --> 00:05:58,958 FIVE TO 120 00:05:58,958 --> 00:06:00,526 TEN YEARS BUT WE WILL HAVE A 121 00:06:00,526 --> 00:06:02,695 LEVY RENEWAL IN SEVEN YEARS 122 00:06:02,695 --> 00:06:04,130 WE CAN ADD MORE FUNDING TO. 123 00:06:04,130 --> 00:06:06,132 AS WE DO WITH ALL LEVY 124 00:06:06,132 --> 00:06:07,700 RENEWALS, WE ADD ADDITIONAL 125 00:06:07,700 --> 00:06:07,934 FUNDING 126 00:06:07,934 --> 00:06:09,902 EACH TIME TO DO MORE WORK. 127 00:06:09,902 --> 00:06:12,805 ADDING THAT MONEY NOW 128 00:06:12,805 --> 00:06:14,874 DIMINISHES OUR ABILITY TO 129 00:06:14,874 --> 00:06:15,141 ADDRESS 130 00:06:15,141 --> 00:06:15,708 PRESSING NEEDS TODAY. 131 00:06:15,708 --> 00:06:18,277 AT THE RISK OF SOUNDING LIKE A 132 00:06:18,277 --> 00:06:20,113 BROKEN RECORD, THIS IS A 133 00:06:20,113 --> 00:06:23,249 SOLID PROPOSAL THAT NOT ONLY 134 00:06:23,249 --> 00:06:24,917 ADDS BASELINE PLUS INFLATION BUT 135 00:06:24,917 --> 00:06:25,218 50% 136 00:06:25,218 --> 00:06:26,386 MORE ON TOP OF THAT. 137 00:06:26,386 --> 00:06:29,222 WE NEED TO MAKE OUR DECISIONS 138 00:06:29,222 --> 00:06:31,257 DEFENSIBLE TO OUR RESIDENTS 139 00:06:31,257 --> 00:06:32,692 WHO ARE FOOTING THE BILL. 140 00:06:32,692 --> 00:06:36,028 WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO 141 00:06:36,162 --> 00:06:36,996 OUR PUBLIC HEARING. 142 00:06:36,996 --> 00:06:38,064 IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE 143 00:06:38,064 --> 00:06:39,599 AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. 144 00:06:39,599 --> 00:06:41,534 HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA 145 00:06:41,534 --> 00:06:42,135 IS ADOPTED. 146 00:06:42,135 --> 00:06:43,703 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ 147 00:06:43,703 --> 00:06:44,904 ITEM ONE INTO THE RECORD. 148 00:06:45,037 --> 00:06:48,307 >> AGENDA ITEM ONE, COUNCIL BILL 149 00:06:48,441 --> 00:06:49,876 121181. AN ORDINANCE RELATE TO 150 00:06:49,876 --> 00:06:51,444 GO REGULAR PROPERTY TAXES 151 00:06:51,444 --> 00:06:52,712 PROVIDING FOR THE SUBMISSION TO 152 00:06:52,712 --> 00:06:55,248 THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE 153 00:06:55,248 --> 00:06:55,448 CITY 154 00:06:55,448 --> 00:06:56,048 AT AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON 155 00:06:56,048 --> 00:06:59,919 AUGUST 4, 2026, OF A PROPOSITION 156 00:07:00,052 --> 00:07:01,254 AUTHORIZING TO LEVY 157 00:07:01,254 --> 00:07:02,422 PROPERTY TAXES UP TO SEVEN YEARS 158 00:07:02,422 --> 00:07:03,990 IN EXCESS OF THE LIMITATION 159 00:07:03,990 --> 00:07:11,197 ON LEVIES IN CHAPTER 84. 55 RCW 160 00:07:11,197 --> 00:07:11,364 FOR 161 00:07:11,364 --> 00:07:12,465 TECHNOLOGY, PROGRAMMING 162 00:07:12,465 --> 00:07:13,633 AND MAINTENANCE WHILE 163 00:07:13,633 --> 00:07:15,101 EXPANDING ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY 164 00:07:15,101 --> 00:07:16,702 THROUGH LIBRARY MATERIALS, 165 00:07:16,702 --> 00:07:17,003 TECHNOLOGY 166 00:07:17,003 --> 00:07:19,872 AND UNDERTAKING A RETROFIT 167 00:07:19,872 --> 00:07:21,808 OF ONE LIBRARY FACILITY 168 00:07:21,808 --> 00:07:23,709 AND RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING 169 00:07:23,709 --> 00:07:24,243 CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS. 170 00:07:24,377 --> 00:07:25,444 >> THANK YOU, CLERK. 171 00:07:25,444 --> 00:07:27,980 AS PRESIDING OFFICER, I'M NOW 172 00:07:27,980 --> 00:07:30,950 OPENING THE PUBLIC 173 00:07:30,950 --> 00:07:32,752 HEARING ON COUNCIL BILL 121181. 174 00:07:32,752 --> 00:07:34,921 CLERK, HOW MANY SPEAKERS 175 00:07:34,921 --> 00:07:35,621 ARE SIGNED UP TODAY? 176 00:07:35,755 --> 00:07:37,757 >> CURRENTLY WE HAVE 30 177 00:07:37,757 --> 00:07:39,192 IN- PERSON SPEAKERS AND 178 00:07:39,192 --> 00:07:40,059 FIVE REMOTE SIGNED UP. 179 00:07:40,193 --> 00:07:42,161 >> GIVEN THAT AND FOLLOWING 180 00:07:42,161 --> 00:07:44,297 OUR COUNCIL RULES, EACH SPEAKER 181 00:07:44,297 --> 00:07:45,331 WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE. 182 00:07:45,331 --> 00:07:47,400 CLERK, I WILL NOW HAND THIS OVER 183 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:48,701 TO YOU TO PRESENT 184 00:07:48,701 --> 00:07:49,769 THE INSTRUCTIONS AND THEN I 185 00:07:49,769 --> 00:07:52,138 WILL READ THE NAMES FOR IN- 186 00:07:52,138 --> 00:07:53,773 PERSON 187 00:07:53,773 --> 00:07:55,141 SPEAKERS, AND WE WILL -- I 188 00:07:55,141 --> 00:07:56,475 WILL LET YOU READ THE 189 00:07:56,475 --> 00:07:56,809 INSTRUCTIONS. 190 00:07:56,809 --> 00:07:57,476 I THINK YOU HAVE THAT. 191 00:07:57,610 --> 00:07:58,678 >> THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL 192 00:07:58,678 --> 00:07:59,745 BE MODERATED IN THE FOLLOWING 193 00:07:59,745 --> 00:08:00,313 MANNER. 194 00:08:00,313 --> 00:08:02,448 THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL CONTINUE 195 00:08:02,448 --> 00:08:03,082 UNTIL ALL REGISTERED SPEAKERS 196 00:08:03,082 --> 00:08:04,050 HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO 197 00:08:04,050 --> 00:08:04,317 SPEAK. 198 00:08:04,317 --> 00:08:05,451 SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN 199 00:08:05,451 --> 00:08:06,586 THE ORDER THEY REGISTERED. 200 00:08:06,586 --> 00:08:08,421 WE WILL START WITH TEN IN- 201 00:08:08,421 --> 00:08:10,423 PERSON SPEAKERS AND ALTERNATE TO 202 00:08:10,423 --> 00:08:10,656 REMOTE 203 00:08:10,656 --> 00:08:12,458 SPEAKERS AND CONTINUE UNTIL ALL 204 00:08:12,458 --> 00:08:14,026 REGISTERED SPEAKERS HAVE SPOKEN. 205 00:08:14,026 --> 00:08:15,595 SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME 206 00:08:15,595 --> 00:08:16,562 WHEN TEN SECONDS ARE LEFT OF 207 00:08:16,562 --> 00:08:17,029 THEIR 208 00:08:17,163 --> 00:08:18,531 TIME. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW 209 00:08:18,531 --> 00:08:20,299 OPEN. WE WILL 210 00:08:20,299 --> 00:08:20,766 BEGIN WITH THE FIRST 211 00:08:20,766 --> 00:08:21,234 SPEAKER ON THE LIST. 212 00:08:21,234 --> 00:08:25,104 >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, CLERK. 213 00:08:25,104 --> 00:08:27,440 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, ALL 214 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:28,875 THREE MICS ARE WORKING, 215 00:08:28,875 --> 00:08:30,176 AND IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT -- 216 00:08:30,176 --> 00:08:30,776 I'M GOING TO 217 00:08:30,776 --> 00:08:33,212 CALL A FEW AT A TIME, AND IF YOU 218 00:08:33,212 --> 00:08:34,247 WANT TO QUEUE UP, THAT 219 00:08:34,247 --> 00:08:36,249 MIGHT MAKE THE PROCESS RUN A 220 00:08:36,249 --> 00:08:37,016 LITTLE MORE SMOOTHLY. 221 00:08:37,016 --> 00:08:41,554 WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH KATHY 222 00:08:41,554 --> 00:08:43,356 BENSON, THEN STEVE 223 00:08:43,356 --> 00:08:45,758 DELVECCHIO, CHERYL HAMMEL AND 224 00:08:45,758 --> 00:08:48,060 BRIAN LAWRENCE 225 00:08:48,060 --> 00:08:50,763 AND KATIE -- SORRY, I CAN'T -- 226 00:08:50,897 --> 00:08:53,533 ROSIPE. 227 00:08:53,533 --> 00:08:54,433 ALL RIGHT. 228 00:08:54,433 --> 00:08:55,434 KATHY, WELCOME. 229 00:08:55,568 --> 00:08:57,937 >> MY NAME IS KATHY BENSON, 230 00:08:57,937 --> 00:09:00,239 AND I HAVE LIVED IN WEDGWOOD 231 00:09:00,239 --> 00:09:00,840 SINCE 232 00:09:00,973 --> 00:09:04,076 1990. I GO TO THE NORTHEAST 233 00:09:04,076 --> 00:09:04,310 BRANCH 234 00:09:04,310 --> 00:09:05,711 ABOUT TWO TO THREE TIMES A WEEK. 235 00:09:05,711 --> 00:09:06,746 I WALK THERE. 236 00:09:06,746 --> 00:09:08,648 I GO THERE AND EVERY TIME I 237 00:09:08,648 --> 00:09:12,018 GO, IT BRINGS ME JOY. 238 00:09:12,018 --> 00:09:14,887 IT'S ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO ME 239 00:09:14,887 --> 00:09:18,724 TO FUND BOOKS, PROGRAMS AND 240 00:09:18,724 --> 00:09:19,759 BUILDINGS BECAUSE I TAKE 241 00:09:19,759 --> 00:09:21,527 ADVANTAGE OF SO MANY OF THE 242 00:09:21,527 --> 00:09:22,962 SERVICES OF THE LIBRARY 243 00:09:22,962 --> 00:09:25,531 AND WATCH PEOPLE AROUND ME DOING 244 00:09:25,531 --> 00:09:26,299 THE 245 00:09:26,299 --> 00:09:26,832 SAME THING. 246 00:09:26,832 --> 00:09:30,169 I'M IN A BOOK CLUB. 247 00:09:30,169 --> 00:09:31,604 SOMETIMES I HAVE TO WAIT A 248 00:09:31,604 --> 00:09:33,339 VERY, VERY LONG TIME TO GET THE 249 00:09:33,339 --> 00:09:35,708 BOOK FOR OUR BOOK CLUB, SO I 250 00:09:35,708 --> 00:09:35,942 WON'T 251 00:09:35,942 --> 00:09:37,243 MIND IF WE HAVE A FEW 252 00:09:37,243 --> 00:09:40,746 MORE COPIES OF SOME BOOKS. 253 00:09:40,746 --> 00:09:43,449 I DON'T HAVE A TV, SO I 254 00:09:43,449 --> 00:09:45,051 TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE MOVIES AND 255 00:09:45,051 --> 00:09:48,788 TV SERIES THAT I CAN GET AT THE 256 00:09:48,788 --> 00:09:49,455 LIBRARY AND TAKE ADVANTAGE 257 00:09:49,455 --> 00:09:54,560 OF THE MEETING ROOMS. 258 00:09:54,560 --> 00:09:57,163 I JUST FIND JOY, FOR EXAMPLE, 259 00:09:57,163 --> 00:09:59,365 WHEN I WATCH A LITTLE KID 260 00:09:59,365 --> 00:10:01,901 STEP UP ON THE STEP STOOL AND 261 00:10:01,901 --> 00:10:02,134 CHECK 262 00:10:02,134 --> 00:10:06,305 OUT HIS VERY OWN BOOKS. 263 00:10:06,305 --> 00:10:09,308 AS A SEATTLE TAXPAYER, I WANT TO 264 00:10:09,308 --> 00:10:09,742 SEE MORE 265 00:10:09,742 --> 00:10:10,176 -- 266 00:10:10,176 --> 00:10:11,344 >> KATHY, I'M SORRY. 267 00:10:11,477 --> 00:10:12,545 >> I'M ALMOST OUT OF TIME? 268 00:10:12,678 --> 00:10:13,546 >> TIME IS UP. 269 00:10:13,679 --> 00:10:15,081 >> MY TIME IS UP, OKAY. 270 00:10:15,081 --> 00:10:17,450 PLEASE VOTE TO FUND ALL OF 271 00:10:17,450 --> 00:10:18,284 THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. 272 00:10:18,417 --> 00:10:19,051 >> THANK YOU. 273 00:10:19,051 --> 00:10:20,586 BUT, KATHY, PLEASE LEAVE YOUR 274 00:10:20,586 --> 00:10:23,222 REMARKS IN THE BOX, AND THEN 275 00:10:23,222 --> 00:10:25,491 WE CAN SEE THE REST OF IT, IF 276 00:10:25,491 --> 00:10:25,825 YOU'D LIKE. 277 00:10:25,825 --> 00:10:26,192 ALL RIGHT. 278 00:10:26,192 --> 00:10:28,995 STEVE DELVECCHIO, SHARON HAMMEL, 279 00:10:28,995 --> 00:10:34,200 BRIAN LAWRENCE, KATIE AND JEN 280 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:35,167 SOUTHWELL. 281 00:10:35,301 --> 00:10:35,568 WELCOME. 282 00:10:35,568 --> 00:10:35,735 >> 283 00:10:35,735 --> 00:10:37,503 HI. MY NAME IS STEVE DELVECCHIO. 284 00:10:37,503 --> 00:10:39,705 I LIVE IN WEDGWOOD. 285 00:10:39,705 --> 00:10:40,339 I'M STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF THE 286 00:10:40,339 --> 00:10:42,074 AMENDMENTS PROPOSED 287 00:10:42,074 --> 00:10:43,809 BY COUNCILMEMBERS FOSTER, 288 00:10:43,809 --> 00:10:44,043 JUAREZ, 289 00:10:44,043 --> 00:10:45,444 LIN, RINCK AND STRAUSS. 290 00:10:45,444 --> 00:10:47,980 WITHOUT THEM, THIS LEVY WILL 291 00:10:47,980 --> 00:10:49,882 NOT MEET THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE 292 00:10:49,882 --> 00:10:50,049 OF 293 00:10:50,182 --> 00:10:51,584 SEATTLE. I'VE BEEN A LIBRARY 294 00:10:51,584 --> 00:10:51,784 USER 295 00:10:51,784 --> 00:10:52,918 FOR OVER 65 YEARS. 296 00:10:52,918 --> 00:10:55,121 I'VE 297 00:10:55,121 --> 00:10:56,188 ALSO BEEN A LIBRARY VOLUNTEER 298 00:10:56,188 --> 00:10:57,189 SUPPORTER AND WORKER 299 00:10:57,189 --> 00:10:57,923 FOR MUCH OF THAT TIME. 300 00:10:57,923 --> 00:11:00,059 THE PUBLIC LIBRARY IS A 301 00:11:00,059 --> 00:11:01,627 REMARKABLE, UNIQUE AND 302 00:11:01,627 --> 00:11:03,696 ALMOST MIRACULOUS SERVICE IN A 303 00:11:03,696 --> 00:11:05,164 SOCIETY AND CULTURE THAT IS 304 00:11:05,164 --> 00:11:05,431 LARGELY 305 00:11:05,431 --> 00:11:07,400 DEFINED BY GREED, POWER 306 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:08,868 AND PROFIT FOR THE FEW. 307 00:11:08,868 --> 00:11:11,537 THE LIBRARY IS DEFINED BY 308 00:11:11,537 --> 00:11:13,673 LOVE AND GENEROSITY. 309 00:11:13,673 --> 00:11:15,708 IT IS THE ONLY PLACE IN OUR 310 00:11:15,708 --> 00:11:17,743 CITY WHERE ANYONE CAN GO 311 00:11:17,743 --> 00:11:20,079 WITHOUT EXPLAINING OR 312 00:11:20,079 --> 00:11:22,915 IDENTIFYING THEMSELVES AND BE 313 00:11:22,915 --> 00:11:23,182 WELCOMED. 314 00:11:23,182 --> 00:11:27,186 IT IS A PLACE WHERE KIND, 315 00:11:27,186 --> 00:11:28,788 CARING AND EXPERT WORKERS 316 00:11:28,788 --> 00:11:29,955 WILL ENDEAVOR TO HELP YOU WITH 317 00:11:29,955 --> 00:11:32,591 WHAT YOU WANT 318 00:11:32,591 --> 00:11:33,526 OR NEED. 319 00:11:33,526 --> 00:11:35,094 THIS WORK THAT LIBRARY WORKERS 320 00:11:35,094 --> 00:11:36,529 DO IS EXTRAORDINARY. 321 00:11:36,529 --> 00:11:40,166 IT ALSO IS DEMANDING, STRESSFUL 322 00:11:40,166 --> 00:11:42,635 AND AT TIMES TRAUMATIZING. 323 00:11:42,635 --> 00:11:43,469 MY PLEA IS YOU RECOGNIZE 324 00:11:43,469 --> 00:11:44,837 THIS AND SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE 325 00:11:44,837 --> 00:11:46,772 THE FUNDING FOR FRONTLINE 326 00:11:46,772 --> 00:11:48,107 LIBRARY STAFF WITHOUT DEMANDING 327 00:11:48,107 --> 00:11:49,875 AN INCREASE IN HOURS. 328 00:11:50,009 --> 00:11:50,309 THANK YOU. 329 00:11:50,309 --> 00:11:53,813 >> THANK YOU, STEVE. 330 00:11:53,813 --> 00:11:56,682 SHARON HAMMEL, BRIAN, 331 00:11:56,682 --> 00:11:57,249 KATIE, DAVID STRAUSS. 332 00:11:57,383 --> 00:12:00,553 >> HI, MY NAME IS SHARON 333 00:12:00,553 --> 00:12:02,955 HAMMEL, AND I LIVE IN NOW BOB 334 00:12:02,955 --> 00:12:03,255 KETTLE'S 335 00:12:03,255 --> 00:12:03,522 DISTRICT. 336 00:12:03,522 --> 00:12:05,925 I VOTED FOR 337 00:12:05,925 --> 00:12:08,527 EDDIE. I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE 338 00:12:08,527 --> 00:12:09,562 -- I 339 00:12:09,695 --> 00:12:12,631 MOVED. I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE 340 00:12:12,631 --> 00:12:12,865 SUPPORT 341 00:12:12,865 --> 00:12:14,200 ALL OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS 342 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:15,067 IN THE LIBRARY LEVY. 343 00:12:15,067 --> 00:12:17,036 I'M ESPECIALLY SUPPORTIVE OF 344 00:12:17,036 --> 00:12:18,704 THE AMENDMENTS FROM 345 00:12:18,704 --> 00:12:19,071 COUNCILMEMBERS 346 00:12:19,071 --> 00:12:21,440 FOSTER, RINCK, LIN AND 347 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:23,042 STRAUSS TO SUPPORT LIBRARY 348 00:12:23,042 --> 00:12:23,342 SPACES AND 349 00:12:23,342 --> 00:12:23,642 EQUIPMENT. 350 00:12:23,642 --> 00:12:26,612 YOU KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO 351 00:12:26,612 --> 00:12:32,885 YOUR SANITY TO BE IN A NICE 352 00:12:32,885 --> 00:12:33,219 PLACE. 353 00:12:33,219 --> 00:12:35,087 THE LIBRARY'S FEMA GRANT 354 00:12:35,087 --> 00:12:36,789 UNDER THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION 355 00:12:36,789 --> 00:12:37,890 WILL HELP INSTALL AIR 356 00:12:37,890 --> 00:12:38,224 CONDITIONING 357 00:12:38,224 --> 00:12:39,959 AT BRANCHES, BUT THIS IS A ONE- 358 00:12:39,959 --> 00:12:41,160 TIME AWARD THAT DOES NOT PAY FOR 359 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:42,294 THE FULL COST OF THE WORK. 360 00:12:42,294 --> 00:12:44,263 WE'VE SEEN THAT IN THE LAST 361 00:12:44,263 --> 00:12:44,563 LEVY. 362 00:12:44,563 --> 00:12:46,265 FOR THE LIBRARY TO PROVIDE 363 00:12:46,265 --> 00:12:47,466 ONGOING MAINTENANCE AND 364 00:12:47,466 --> 00:12:49,268 UPGRADES FOR HVAC AND MAINTAIN 365 00:12:49,268 --> 00:12:49,802 ALL OF 366 00:12:49,802 --> 00:12:51,437 ITS PHYSICAL BUILDINGS IT 367 00:12:51,437 --> 00:12:53,272 NEEDS CONSISTENT AND ONGOING 368 00:12:53,272 --> 00:12:53,539 FUNDING. 369 00:12:53,539 --> 00:12:55,875 THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS 370 00:12:55,875 --> 00:12:59,311 INCLUDE FOR A RETROFIT OF 371 00:12:59,311 --> 00:12:59,945 WEST SEATTLE AND IMPROVEMENTS TO 372 00:12:59,945 --> 00:13:00,479 THE 373 00:13:00,479 --> 00:13:01,213 CHILDREN'S AREA. 374 00:13:01,213 --> 00:13:03,682 THESE ARE ESSENTIAL. 375 00:13:03,682 --> 00:13:04,016 THANK YOU. 376 00:13:04,150 --> 00:13:04,950 >> THANK YOU, SHARON. 377 00:13:04,950 --> 00:13:07,887 BRIAN LAWRENCE, KATIE, JEN 378 00:13:07,887 --> 00:13:09,455 SOUTHWELL, DAVID STRAUSS AND 379 00:13:09,588 --> 00:13:11,157 GWEN. IF YOU WANT TO QUEUE UP, 380 00:13:11,157 --> 00:13:11,757 THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 381 00:13:11,757 --> 00:13:16,128 THANK YOU. 382 00:13:16,262 --> 00:13:16,996 >> I'M BRIAN LAWRENCE. 383 00:13:16,996 --> 00:13:18,831 MANY LEVY CONVERSATIONS 384 00:13:18,831 --> 00:13:19,832 HAVE CENTERED AROUND DOLLAR 385 00:13:19,832 --> 00:13:21,834 FIGURES AND LEVY CAPS, BUT ARE 386 00:13:21,834 --> 00:13:22,635 WE MISSING THE POINT? 387 00:13:22,635 --> 00:13:24,436 THE POINT IS THE PEOPLE. 388 00:13:24,436 --> 00:13:26,639 THE 50 KIDS TAKING PART 389 00:13:26,639 --> 00:13:27,873 IN SUMMER READING 390 00:13:27,873 --> 00:13:29,241 CELEBRATION AT THE WEST SEATTLE 391 00:13:29,241 --> 00:13:29,642 BRANCH. 392 00:13:29,642 --> 00:13:31,610 I JOYFULLY ADVOCATE FOR 393 00:13:31,610 --> 00:13:33,812 THAT BRANCH TO BE AS SAFE AS 394 00:13:33,812 --> 00:13:34,980 POSSIBLE FOR THOSE KIDS. 395 00:13:34,980 --> 00:13:37,149 THE PATRONS I MET FROM 396 00:13:37,149 --> 00:13:39,285 ARGENTINA, MEXICO, CHINA 397 00:13:39,285 --> 00:13:40,386 AND KOREA WHO GATHERED AT THE 398 00:13:40,386 --> 00:13:42,955 BEACON HILL BRANCH FOR THEIR 399 00:13:42,955 --> 00:13:43,189 ENGLISH 400 00:13:43,189 --> 00:13:44,790 CONVERSATION CIRCLE, A 401 00:13:44,790 --> 00:13:46,725 RETIRED TEACHER WITH LIMITED 402 00:13:46,725 --> 00:13:46,959 INCOME, 403 00:13:46,959 --> 00:13:52,331 THE HOURS OF ENJOYMENT SHE GETS 404 00:13:52,331 --> 00:13:53,132 FROM LIBRARY BOOKS HELP KEEP HER 405 00:13:53,132 --> 00:13:53,332 SANE 406 00:13:53,332 --> 00:13:55,668 AND AWAY FROM THE DEPRESSING TV 407 00:13:55,668 --> 00:13:56,068 NEWS. 408 00:13:56,068 --> 00:13:58,170 AND THE TWO ENTREPRENEURS I 409 00:13:58,170 --> 00:14:00,706 MET WHO WERE GETTING STEP-BY- 410 00:14:00,706 --> 00:14:01,407 STEP 411 00:14:01,407 --> 00:14:03,275 INSTRUCTIONS FROM TOP- 412 00:14:03,275 --> 00:14:03,676 NOTCH LIBRARIANS 413 00:14:03,676 --> 00:14:04,210 ON HOW TO START THEIR OWN 414 00:14:04,210 --> 00:14:06,312 NONPROFITS. 415 00:14:06,312 --> 00:14:07,846 THE LIBRARY IS THE BEST 416 00:14:07,846 --> 00:14:10,449 INVESTMENT WE CAN MAKE 417 00:14:10,449 --> 00:14:11,283 IN CORE CITY SERVICES. 418 00:14:11,283 --> 00:14:12,685 IT HAS DELIVERED VALUE FOR 419 00:14:12,685 --> 00:14:14,186 DECADES, AND EVERY 420 00:14:14,186 --> 00:14:15,821 NEIGHBORHOOD FOR ALL AGES, FOR 421 00:14:15,821 --> 00:14:15,988 ALL 422 00:14:16,121 --> 00:14:17,923 BACKGROUNDS. THE AMOUNTS WE ARE 423 00:14:17,923 --> 00:14:18,390 DEBATING 424 00:14:18,390 --> 00:14:19,892 OVER SEVEN YEARS WILL NOT BREAK 425 00:14:19,892 --> 00:14:20,125 OUR 426 00:14:20,125 --> 00:14:20,593 CITY. 427 00:14:20,593 --> 00:14:22,194 IN FACT, THEY'LL ENRICH OUR 428 00:14:22,194 --> 00:14:24,830 CITY AND MAKE IT STRONGER. 429 00:14:24,830 --> 00:14:25,231 THANK YOU. 430 00:14:25,364 --> 00:14:29,568 >> THANK YOU, BRIAN. 431 00:14:29,568 --> 00:14:32,438 KATIE -- I'M SO SORRY I'M 432 00:14:32,438 --> 00:14:33,305 MISPRONOUNCING YOUR NAME, 433 00:14:33,305 --> 00:14:33,939 I CAN'T READ. 434 00:14:34,073 --> 00:14:35,908 >> I'M SUBBING IN FOR KATIE. 435 00:14:35,908 --> 00:14:37,977 KATIE TOOK MY NUMBER 22 BECAUSE 436 00:14:37,977 --> 00:14:39,778 I HAVE MY KID HERE AND SHE 437 00:14:39,778 --> 00:14:41,981 LET ME GO FIRST BECAUSE SHE 438 00:14:41,981 --> 00:14:42,181 LOVES 439 00:14:42,181 --> 00:14:43,949 THE LIBRARY AND IS NICE. 440 00:14:44,083 --> 00:14:44,984 >> SO YOU'RE SUSAN? 441 00:14:45,117 --> 00:14:45,818 >> I AM 442 00:14:45,818 --> 00:14:46,051 SUSAN. 443 00:14:46,051 --> 00:14:47,386 >> HI, SUSAN. 444 00:14:47,519 --> 00:14:47,820 WELCOME. 445 00:14:47,820 --> 00:14:51,223 >> EVERYONE, MY NAME IS SUSAN 446 00:14:51,223 --> 00:14:53,893 LU, THE INTERIM EXECUTIVE 447 00:14:53,893 --> 00:14:57,329 DIRECTOR IN THE CID AND A LOCAL 448 00:14:57,463 --> 00:14:59,298 AUTHOR. I AM IN FAVOR OF THIS 449 00:14:59,298 --> 00:14:59,565 AMENDMENT 450 00:14:59,565 --> 00:15:01,333 TO ADD TO THE LIBRARY 451 00:15:01,333 --> 00:15:02,334 LEVY, AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY. 452 00:15:02,334 --> 00:15:03,903 WHEN I WAS 11 YEARS OLD, 453 00:15:03,903 --> 00:15:07,039 MY MOTHER DIED FROM A BOTCHED 454 00:15:07,039 --> 00:15:08,540 TUMMY TUCK, AND MY FAMILY NEVER 455 00:15:08,540 --> 00:15:08,974 TALKED 456 00:15:09,108 --> 00:15:10,309 ABOUT IT. AS CHILDREN OF 457 00:15:10,309 --> 00:15:10,609 VIETNAMESE 458 00:15:10,609 --> 00:15:11,677 IMMIGRANTS, WE DID NOT HAVE 459 00:15:11,677 --> 00:15:14,079 THE TOOLS TO TALK ABOUT GRIEF OR 460 00:15:14,079 --> 00:15:15,314 OUR FEELINGS, AND I WENT TO 461 00:15:15,314 --> 00:15:17,082 THE SAFEST PLACE IN MY LIFE 462 00:15:17,082 --> 00:15:18,717 WHICH WAS THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. 463 00:15:18,717 --> 00:15:20,019 THE BOOKS THERE OPENED ME UP 464 00:15:20,019 --> 00:15:21,420 TO THE REST OF THE WORLD AND IT 465 00:15:21,420 --> 00:15:23,255 LED ME TO THE CAMPUSES OF 466 00:15:23,255 --> 00:15:25,291 HARVARD AND YALE AND EVENTUALLY 467 00:15:25,291 --> 00:15:27,893 I DOCUMENTED MY JOURNEY WITH 468 00:15:27,893 --> 00:15:32,698 INTERGENERATIONAL 469 00:15:32,698 --> 00:15:34,066 HEALING, MY MEMOIR, THE 470 00:15:34,066 --> 00:15:34,700 MARIJUANA NICURIST'S 471 00:15:34,700 --> 00:15:36,535 DAUGHTER AND I'VE MET SO MANY 472 00:15:36,535 --> 00:15:38,070 READERS, I'VE NEVER A YOUNG MAN 473 00:15:38,070 --> 00:15:40,005 WHO WAS ESTRANGED FROM HIS 474 00:15:40,139 --> 00:15:40,773 MOTHER, WHO AFTER READING THIS 475 00:15:40,773 --> 00:15:41,407 BOOK DECIDED TO CALL HER AFTER 476 00:15:41,407 --> 00:15:42,808 THREE YEARS. 477 00:15:42,808 --> 00:15:44,677 A WOMAN WHO WAS GOING TO 478 00:15:44,677 --> 00:15:46,412 GET PLASTIC SURGERY WITH FOUR 479 00:15:46,412 --> 00:15:47,980 KIDS MADE A DIFFERENT CHOICE 480 00:15:47,980 --> 00:15:49,081 BECAUSE OF THIS BOOK. 481 00:15:49,081 --> 00:15:51,350 PLEASE PROVIDE MORE RESOURCES 482 00:15:51,350 --> 00:15:53,152 FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO HEAL 483 00:15:53,152 --> 00:15:54,553 BECAUSE THAT IS HOW WE WILL 484 00:15:54,553 --> 00:15:55,387 SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. 485 00:15:55,387 --> 00:15:59,091 AND MY 6-YEAR- OLD HAS SOMETHING 486 00:15:59,091 --> 00:16:01,160 TO SAY. 487 00:16:01,293 --> 00:16:02,661 >> I LOVE LIBRARIES. 488 00:16:02,661 --> 00:16:02,895 GIVE 489 00:16:02,895 --> 00:16:03,195 THEM MONEY. 490 00:16:03,329 --> 00:16:03,762 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 491 00:16:03,762 --> 00:16:07,166 >> THANK YOU. 492 00:16:07,166 --> 00:16:07,800 THANK YOU. 493 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:09,335 THANK YOU, SUSAN. 494 00:16:09,335 --> 00:16:13,605 JEN SOUTHWELL, DAVID STRAUSS, 495 00:16:13,605 --> 00:16:15,307 GWEN, AND LAURA MILLER. 496 00:16:15,307 --> 00:16:15,741 WELCOME. 497 00:16:15,874 --> 00:16:18,944 >> HOW DO YOU FOLLOW THAT? 498 00:16:18,944 --> 00:16:20,346 MY NAME IS JEN 499 00:16:20,346 --> 00:16:21,647 SOUTHWELL AND I'VE BEEN ON THE 500 00:16:21,647 --> 00:16:22,314 FOUNDATION BOARD FOR SEVEN 501 00:16:22,314 --> 00:16:22,548 YEARS. 502 00:16:22,548 --> 00:16:23,816 I JOINED RIGHT WHEN WE 503 00:16:23,816 --> 00:16:26,385 PASSED THE LAST LIBRARY LEVY AND 504 00:16:26,385 --> 00:16:28,287 I'VE SEEN IT IN ACTION AND I'M 505 00:16:28,287 --> 00:16:28,454 SO 506 00:16:28,454 --> 00:16:30,389 HAPPY TO SPEAK ABOUT THE 507 00:16:30,389 --> 00:16:30,622 LIBRARY 508 00:16:30,622 --> 00:16:32,324 TODAY. I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE 509 00:16:32,324 --> 00:16:33,592 SUPPORT ALL THE FUNDED 510 00:16:33,592 --> 00:16:33,892 AMENDMENTS 511 00:16:33,892 --> 00:16:35,160 FOR THE LIBRARY LEVY. 512 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:37,029 I'M ESPECIALLY INTERESTED 513 00:16:37,029 --> 00:16:39,531 IN COUNCILMEMBER RINCK'S 514 00:16:39,531 --> 00:16:42,101 AMENDMENT TO THE FUND THE 515 00:16:42,101 --> 00:16:42,968 SEISMIC 516 00:16:42,968 --> 00:16:43,369 RETROFIT BRANCH. 517 00:16:43,369 --> 00:16:48,507 I'M A REGULAR USER OF ALL THE 518 00:16:48,640 --> 00:16:53,445 LIBRARIES. WE MUST RETROFIT THE 519 00:16:53,445 --> 00:16:54,813 COLUMBIA BRANCH TO FULFILL THE 520 00:16:54,813 --> 00:16:55,014 NEEDS 521 00:16:55,014 --> 00:16:55,848 OF THE LAST LIBRARY. 522 00:16:55,848 --> 00:16:57,716 IT IS CRITICAL TO RETROFIT 523 00:16:57,716 --> 00:16:58,650 THE WEST SEATTLE BRANCH. 524 00:16:58,650 --> 00:17:00,953 AND TO DO THAT IT MUST FIRST BE 525 00:17:00,953 --> 00:17:01,387 FUNDED. 526 00:17:01,387 --> 00:17:03,155 SO COUNCILMEMBER 527 00:17:03,155 --> 00:17:04,957 RINCK'S AMENDMENT DOES EXACTLY 528 00:17:04,957 --> 00:17:06,959 THAT. 529 00:17:06,959 --> 00:17:07,559 AND, YOU KNOW, THE BEST TIME 530 00:17:07,559 --> 00:17:08,627 TO FUND A RETROFIT IS 531 00:17:08,627 --> 00:17:10,095 BEFORE WE HAVE THAT NEXT 532 00:17:10,095 --> 00:17:10,462 EARTHQUAKE. 533 00:17:10,462 --> 00:17:12,097 SO PLEASE VOTE YES TO FUND 534 00:17:12,097 --> 00:17:13,298 THIS CRITICAL COMMUNITY NEED 535 00:17:13,298 --> 00:17:13,899 IN WEST SEATTLE. 536 00:17:13,899 --> 00:17:14,933 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT 537 00:17:14,933 --> 00:17:15,300 TO 538 00:17:15,300 --> 00:17:15,834 OUR LIBRARY AND OUR CITY. 539 00:17:15,834 --> 00:17:19,071 >> THANK YOU. 540 00:17:19,071 --> 00:17:25,310 DAVID STRAUSS, GWEN, JANEL AND 541 00:17:25,310 --> 00:17:28,080 MAY I ASK EVERYONE TO DO JAZZ 542 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:29,715 HANDS INSTEAD OF 543 00:17:29,715 --> 00:17:30,749 CLAPPING. I WOULD APPRECIATE 544 00:17:30,749 --> 00:17:30,949 THAT. 545 00:17:30,949 --> 00:17:31,216 WELCOME. 546 00:17:31,350 --> 00:17:32,851 >> I'M DAVID STRAUSS. 547 00:17:32,851 --> 00:17:34,887 I'M A RESIDENT OF QUEEN ANNE. 548 00:17:34,887 --> 00:17:36,889 I LIVE A COUPLE BLOCKS AWAY 549 00:17:36,889 --> 00:17:39,425 FROM THE QUEEN ANNE BRANCH 550 00:17:39,425 --> 00:17:39,691 LIBRARY. 551 00:17:39,691 --> 00:17:42,461 I DO URGE YOU HUMBLY TO 552 00:17:42,461 --> 00:17:42,828 SUPPORTSUPPORT 553 00:17:42,828 --> 00:17:47,466 AMENDMENTS TO THE LEVY. 554 00:17:47,466 --> 00:17:49,334 THE IMPORTANCE OF BOOKS IN 555 00:17:49,334 --> 00:17:51,236 OUR COMMUNITY IS REAL AND THEY 556 00:17:51,236 --> 00:17:53,605 ARE AMONG THE THINGS THAT WE 557 00:17:53,605 --> 00:17:56,208 CAN TOUCH AND SHARE EVEN ACROSS 558 00:17:56,208 --> 00:17:58,744 MILES, AND SO THEY'RE 559 00:17:58,744 --> 00:18:01,113 BOTH SOCIALLY GALVANIZING AND 560 00:18:01,113 --> 00:18:03,082 CULTURALLY EXPANDING. 561 00:18:03,082 --> 00:18:05,084 BOOKS ARE SORT OF 562 00:18:05,084 --> 00:18:06,618 UNCHARACTERISTICALLY A SORT OF 563 00:18:06,618 --> 00:18:08,053 REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF EVEN 564 00:18:08,053 --> 00:18:10,255 OUR DIGITAL AGE. 565 00:18:10,255 --> 00:18:13,092 I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY WE NEED 566 00:18:13,225 --> 00:18:14,126 THESE BUILDINGS. WE NEED THESE 567 00:18:14,126 --> 00:18:14,460 BUILDINGS TO 568 00:18:14,460 --> 00:18:17,863 BE IMPROVED SIGNIFICANTLY. 569 00:18:17,863 --> 00:18:20,732 THEY'RE STILL COMMUNITY MARKERS 570 00:18:20,732 --> 00:18:23,635 AND REFUGES FOR SO MANYMANY 571 00:18:23,635 --> 00:18:23,869 PEOPLE, 572 00:18:23,869 --> 00:18:24,403 AND SO MANY 573 00:18:24,403 --> 00:18:25,003 OF US IN SEATTLE. THANKS VERY 574 00:18:25,003 --> 00:18:27,840 MUCH. 575 00:18:27,973 --> 00:18:29,808 >> THANK YOU, DAVID. 576 00:18:29,942 --> 00:18:30,609 GWEN, JANEL BLAKELY AND LAURA 577 00:18:30,609 --> 00:18:35,314 MILLER. 578 00:18:35,447 --> 00:18:37,850 >> TESTING. 579 00:18:37,850 --> 00:18:38,417 GOOD EVENING. 580 00:18:38,417 --> 00:18:40,552 MY NAME IS GWEN GERONIMO 581 00:18:40,552 --> 00:18:41,520 FROM WEST SEATTLE. 582 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:44,223 I'M HUMBLY ASKING YOU TOTO 583 00:18:44,223 --> 00:18:46,525 THE EXTRA FUNDING FOR 584 00:18:46,525 --> 00:18:47,759 BOOKS, PROGRAMS AND THE 585 00:18:47,759 --> 00:18:48,193 BUILDINGS 586 00:18:48,193 --> 00:18:49,528 OF THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY. 587 00:18:49,528 --> 00:18:53,298 IT'S A SANCTUARY FOR -- 588 00:18:53,298 --> 00:18:54,833 AGAINST THE COLD SEATTLE 589 00:18:54,833 --> 00:18:56,335 WINTERS AS WELL AS THE HOT 590 00:18:56,335 --> 00:18:56,802 SEATTLE SUMMERS, 591 00:18:56,802 --> 00:18:57,803 SOMETHING I DIDN'T EXPECT WHEN 592 00:18:57,803 --> 00:19:00,472 I CAME HERE FROM HAWAII. 593 00:19:00,472 --> 00:19:02,241 IT ALSO GAVE ME ACCESS TO BOTH 594 00:19:02,241 --> 00:19:04,243 A COMPUTER AND A PRINTER, WHICH 595 00:19:04,243 --> 00:19:06,812 ALLOWED ME TO VOLUNTEER 596 00:19:06,812 --> 00:19:07,546 FOR DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AROUND 597 00:19:07,546 --> 00:19:09,581 THE STATE AND EVENTUALLY LANDING 598 00:19:09,581 --> 00:19:15,954 A JOB WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF OWE 599 00:19:16,088 --> 00:19:17,656 OCOLOGY. 600 00:19:17,656 --> 00:19:19,458 I WAS ABLE TO GIVE BACK TO 601 00:19:19,458 --> 00:19:20,859 THE COMMUNITY I CARE FOR 602 00:19:20,859 --> 00:19:22,761 AND EVENTUALLY HELP PROTECT 603 00:19:22,761 --> 00:19:23,629 THE WATERS OF THE STATE THAT I 604 00:19:23,629 --> 00:19:23,829 LOVE. 605 00:19:23,829 --> 00:19:29,101 PLEASE -- OH, MY GOODNESS, 606 00:19:29,234 --> 00:19:31,436 SORRY. PLEASE VOTE YES FOR ALL 607 00:19:31,436 --> 00:19:31,603 THE 608 00:19:31,603 --> 00:19:32,137 FUNDED AMENDMENTS. 609 00:19:32,137 --> 00:19:33,272 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 610 00:19:33,405 --> 00:19:36,008 >> THANK YOU, GWEN. 611 00:19:36,008 --> 00:19:38,677 JANEL BLAKELY AND LAURA MILLER 612 00:19:38,677 --> 00:19:39,044 AND THEN 613 00:19:39,044 --> 00:19:39,545 WE'LL GO TO ONLINE 614 00:19:39,545 --> 00:19:42,214 SPEAKERS. WELCOME. 615 00:19:42,347 --> 00:19:42,848 >> GOOD EVENING. 616 00:19:42,848 --> 00:19:44,650 MY NAME IS JANEL BLAKELY. 617 00:19:44,650 --> 00:19:46,585 I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE 618 00:19:46,585 --> 00:19:47,686 SUPPORT ALL THE FUNDED 619 00:19:47,686 --> 00:19:48,320 AMENDMENTS TO 620 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:49,054 THE LIBRARY LEVY. 621 00:19:49,054 --> 00:19:50,822 I WANT TO PROVIDE ONE NOTE 622 00:19:50,822 --> 00:19:53,158 ON THE CITY'S LEVY CAPACITY. 623 00:19:53,158 --> 00:19:55,294 YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IT 624 00:19:55,294 --> 00:19:56,295 REPORTED, INCLUDING IN AN 625 00:19:56,295 --> 00:19:56,929 ARTICLE THIS 626 00:19:56,929 --> 00:19:59,264 MORNING, THAT A $410 627 00:19:59,264 --> 00:20:01,533 MILLION LEVY WOULD PUSH OUR 628 00:20:01,533 --> 00:20:01,800 PROPERTY 629 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:06,371 TAX NUMBER FROM $3. 02 TO $3.21. 630 00:20:06,371 --> 00:20:07,873 THIS IS INACCURATE. 631 00:20:07,873 --> 00:20:11,043 IT DOES NOT COUNT FOR THE 2019 632 00:20:11,043 --> 00:20:13,078 LIBRARY LEVY COSTS ROLLING OFF. 633 00:20:13,078 --> 00:20:14,513 IT ALSO MISSTATES THE 634 00:20:14,513 --> 00:20:16,214 STARTING PLACE OF THE CITY'S 635 00:20:16,214 --> 00:20:16,448 CURRENT 636 00:20:16,448 --> 00:20:19,952 REGULAR LEVY RATE, WHICH IS 637 00:20:20,085 --> 00:20:22,120 $2.96. IT IS MORE ACCURATE TO 638 00:20:22,120 --> 00:20:27,025 STATE THAT A $410 MILLION 639 00:20:27,025 --> 00:20:27,659 REPLACEMENT LIBRARY WOULD TAKE 640 00:20:27,659 --> 00:20:29,228 THE CITY FROM 641 00:20:29,228 --> 00:20:34,566 $2.96 TO $3. 03, AN INCREASE OF 642 00:20:34,700 --> 00:20:38,203 JUST 7 CENTS. 643 00:20:38,203 --> 00:20:39,338 ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS 644 00:20:39,338 --> 00:20:41,139 ONLY INCREASE THAT BY A FEW 645 00:20:41,139 --> 00:20:41,373 CENTS. 646 00:20:41,373 --> 00:20:42,941 PLEASE DON'T USE PAST 647 00:20:42,941 --> 00:20:45,210 LEVY DECISIONS OR AN UNCERTAIN 648 00:20:45,210 --> 00:20:47,779 FUTURE TO SHORTCHANGE THE 649 00:20:47,779 --> 00:20:48,814 LIBRARY 650 00:20:48,814 --> 00:20:50,148 IN THE PRESENT, PULLING SHOWS 651 00:20:50,148 --> 00:20:51,650 THAT OUR CITY WANTS AND EXPECTS 652 00:20:51,650 --> 00:20:56,255 TO SEE A LIBRARY LEVY. 653 00:20:56,388 --> 00:20:57,256 >> THANK YOU. 654 00:20:57,256 --> 00:20:59,825 THANK YOU, JANEL. 655 00:20:59,825 --> 00:21:05,631 WE'LL GO TO ONLINE SPEAKERS. 656 00:21:05,631 --> 00:21:09,001 JUST SO YOU KNOW WHO IS UP NEXT. 657 00:21:09,134 --> 00:21:10,302 >> HI, COUNCILMEMBERS. 658 00:21:10,302 --> 00:21:11,937 MY NAME IS LAURA MILLER. 659 00:21:11,937 --> 00:21:13,572 I LIVE ON BEACON HILL AND 660 00:21:13,572 --> 00:21:14,673 SERVE ON THE BOARD OF THE 661 00:21:14,673 --> 00:21:14,973 FRIENDS 662 00:21:14,973 --> 00:21:16,408 OF THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY. 663 00:21:16,408 --> 00:21:18,543 I'M ALSO AN EDUCATOR AND 664 00:21:18,543 --> 00:21:20,545 A DOCTORAL CANDIDATE AT SEATTLE 665 00:21:20,679 --> 00:21:22,280 UNIVERSITY. I STRONGLY SUPPORT 666 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:22,648 THE PROPOSED 667 00:21:22,648 --> 00:21:23,915 AMENDMENTS TO INCREASE THE 668 00:21:23,915 --> 00:21:25,584 LIBRARY LEVY 669 00:21:25,584 --> 00:21:26,652 ESPECIALLY COUNCILMEMBER LIN'S 670 00:21:26,652 --> 00:21:26,985 AMENDMENT TO 671 00:21:26,985 --> 00:21:29,021 MAKE SURE OUR LIBRARY BUILDINGS 672 00:21:29,021 --> 00:21:30,856 ARE PROPERLY MAINTAINED 673 00:21:30,856 --> 00:21:32,524 INCLUDING HAVING 674 00:21:32,524 --> 00:21:33,125 ADEQUATE COOLING. 675 00:21:33,125 --> 00:21:35,060 I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND HOW 676 00:21:35,060 --> 00:21:35,327 POWERFUL 677 00:21:35,327 --> 00:21:36,695 LIBRARIES ARE FOR STUDENTS. 678 00:21:36,695 --> 00:21:38,297 I'VE HAD STUDENTS CHASE A 679 00:21:38,297 --> 00:21:39,698 RESEARCH QUESTION FROM 680 00:21:39,698 --> 00:21:41,500 THE CLASSROOM TO THEIR LOCAL 681 00:21:41,500 --> 00:21:41,733 BRANCH 682 00:21:41,733 --> 00:21:42,834 ALL THE WAY TO THE LIBRARY OF 683 00:21:42,834 --> 00:21:44,569 CONGRESS WITH THE HELP 684 00:21:44,569 --> 00:21:45,871 OF AMAZING LIBRARIANS. 685 00:21:45,871 --> 00:21:46,805 BUT THAT ONLY WORKS 686 00:21:46,805 --> 00:21:47,406 IF THE SPACE ITSELF SUPPORTS 687 00:21:47,406 --> 00:21:49,875 LEARNING. 688 00:21:49,875 --> 00:21:51,343 SAFE, WELCOMING AIR- 689 00:21:51,343 --> 00:21:52,978 CONDITIONED SPACES MATTER 690 00:21:52,978 --> 00:21:53,345 ESPECIALLY IN 691 00:21:53,345 --> 00:21:54,446 NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE MINE AS HEAT 692 00:21:54,446 --> 00:21:55,781 BECOMES MORE OF AN ISSUE. 693 00:21:55,781 --> 00:21:57,716 IT'S AN INVESTMENT NOT JUST 694 00:21:57,716 --> 00:21:59,518 IN OUR BUILDINGS, IN THE 695 00:21:59,518 --> 00:21:59,785 STUDENTS 696 00:21:59,785 --> 00:22:01,053 AND COMMUNITIES WHO RELY ON 697 00:22:01,186 --> 00:22:02,988 THEM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR 698 00:22:02,988 --> 00:22:03,955 LEADERSHIP AND FOR SUPPORTING 699 00:22:03,955 --> 00:22:04,323 OUR LIBRARIES. 700 00:22:04,456 --> 00:22:06,558 >> THANK YOU, LAURA. 701 00:22:06,558 --> 00:22:07,059 ALL RIGHT. 702 00:22:07,059 --> 00:22:08,794 WE'RE GOING TO ONLINE SPEAKERS. 703 00:22:08,794 --> 00:22:11,263 I DON'T SEE JUSTIN BAIRD 704 00:22:11,263 --> 00:22:11,496 PRESENT 705 00:22:11,496 --> 00:22:13,865 SO TO COLLEEN. 706 00:22:13,865 --> 00:22:17,969 PLEASE PRESS STAR 6 AND YOU MAY 707 00:22:17,969 --> 00:22:20,138 BEGIN. 708 00:22:20,272 --> 00:22:21,540 >> GOOD EVENING, CITY 709 00:22:21,540 --> 00:22:21,907 COUNCILMEMBERS. 710 00:22:21,907 --> 00:22:25,811 MY NAME IS COLLEEN, LONG- TERM 711 00:22:25,811 --> 00:22:26,645 RESIDENT OF SEATTLE, LIVED 712 00:22:26,645 --> 00:22:28,013 IN MANY NEIGHBORHOODS, AND 713 00:22:28,013 --> 00:22:28,880 TODAY REPRESENTING OUR 714 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:30,348 NEIGHBORHOODS WITH YOUNG 715 00:22:30,348 --> 00:22:31,116 CHILDREN AND 716 00:22:31,116 --> 00:22:33,051 SENIORS WHOSE GO- TO PLACE IS 717 00:22:33,051 --> 00:22:34,186 THE PUBLIC 718 00:22:34,186 --> 00:22:34,619 LIBRARY. 719 00:22:34,619 --> 00:22:36,288 WHEN THE CITY STARTED 720 00:22:36,288 --> 00:22:38,523 ARTICLE NUMBER 12 REQUIRES A 721 00:22:38,523 --> 00:22:38,757 LIBRARY 722 00:22:38,757 --> 00:22:39,658 FUND AT ITS ORIGINS. 723 00:22:39,658 --> 00:22:41,126 THAT'S HOW IMPORTANT IT IS 724 00:22:41,126 --> 00:22:42,861 AND WAS PREVIOUSLY FUNDED BY THE 725 00:22:42,861 --> 00:22:44,262 CITY'S GENERAL FUND. 726 00:22:44,262 --> 00:22:46,631 NOW IT'S SHIFTED TO RESIDENTS 727 00:22:46,631 --> 00:22:48,633 AND PROPERTY OWNERS WHICH 728 00:22:48,633 --> 00:22:50,602 MEANS RENTERS PAY THAT IN THEIR 729 00:22:50,602 --> 00:22:53,171 RENTS AND HOMEOWNERS PAY IT AS 730 00:22:53,171 --> 00:22:53,405 WELL. 731 00:22:53,405 --> 00:22:56,108 SO AT $410 MILLION THE LIBRARY 732 00:22:56,108 --> 00:22:58,143 LEVY IS NEARLY DOUBLE FROM THE 733 00:22:58,143 --> 00:22:59,444 TAX OF THETHE ONE TO 734 00:22:59,444 --> 00:23:01,613 COVER ALL OF ITS EXPENSES. 735 00:23:01,613 --> 00:23:03,415 WE SUPPORT THIS LIBRARY LEVY BUT 736 00:23:03,415 --> 00:23:05,350 REJECT ALL OF THE NEW 737 00:23:05,350 --> 00:23:06,551 VERY EXPENSIVE AMENDMENTS 738 00:23:06,551 --> 00:23:08,553 THAT TAXPAYERS SIMPLY CANNOT 739 00:23:08,553 --> 00:23:08,787 AFFORD. 740 00:23:08,787 --> 00:23:09,387 THERE ARE 741 00:23:09,387 --> 00:23:10,589 REAL CONCERNS WITH THIS 742 00:23:10,589 --> 00:23:11,256 ADDITIONAL TAX 743 00:23:11,256 --> 00:23:12,891 LEVY REQUIRES THE CITY TO EXCEED 744 00:23:12,891 --> 00:23:18,430 ITS LEVY LIMITS IN CHAPTER 84. 745 00:23:18,430 --> 00:23:20,532 55 746 00:23:20,532 --> 00:23:22,267 RCW AND MORE PUTS SEATTLE AT 747 00:23:22,267 --> 00:23:23,402 DANGEROUSLY HIGH TAX LIMITS, 748 00:23:23,402 --> 00:23:24,736 THE HIGHEST IN THE STATE. 749 00:23:24,736 --> 00:23:27,539 WHILE EVERYBODY IS WELL MEANING 750 00:23:27,672 --> 00:23:28,507 ABOUT THE BOOKS, WE ALSO HAVE 751 00:23:28,507 --> 00:23:29,508 TO PAY THE 752 00:23:29,508 --> 00:23:31,143 BILLS. THE CITY COUNCIL MUST 753 00:23:31,143 --> 00:23:32,411 BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE NOT 754 00:23:32,411 --> 00:23:34,579 TO PROPOSE TO EXCEED THE 755 00:23:34,579 --> 00:23:36,481 $410 MILLION LEVY PROPOSALS. 756 00:23:36,481 --> 00:23:37,482 SEATTLE PROPERTY TAXES 757 00:23:37,482 --> 00:23:38,950 HAVE ALREADY PAID FOR PARKS AND 758 00:23:38,950 --> 00:23:40,585 LEVIES, CHILDREN AND FAMILY AND 759 00:23:40,585 --> 00:23:42,387 PRESCHOOLS TO PROVIDE 760 00:23:42,387 --> 00:23:43,588 RESOURCES FOR OUR CHILDREN AND 761 00:23:43,588 --> 00:23:43,889 GROWN-UPS. 762 00:23:43,889 --> 00:23:45,290 THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND 763 00:23:45,290 --> 00:23:47,325 KEEPING SEATTLE AFFORDABLE. 764 00:23:47,459 --> 00:23:48,527 >> THANK YOU, COLLEEN. 765 00:23:48,527 --> 00:23:51,196 I DON'T SEE DAVID HAYNES 766 00:23:51,196 --> 00:23:51,463 PRESENT. 767 00:23:51,463 --> 00:23:53,899 SO ANN TYSON, YOU CAN PRESS 768 00:23:53,899 --> 00:24:00,772 STAR 6, AND YOU MAY BEGIN. 769 00:24:11,616 --> 00:24:13,084 ALL RIGHT. WE'LL COME BACK TO 770 00:24:13,084 --> 00:24:15,320 YOU, ANN. 771 00:24:15,453 --> 00:24:16,121 AMY, PLEASE PRESS STAR 6 AND YOU 772 00:24:16,121 --> 00:24:22,394 MAY BEGIN. 773 00:24:22,527 --> 00:24:24,162 >> GOOD EVENING, CHAIR 774 00:24:24,162 --> 00:24:25,096 RIVERA AND OTHER 775 00:24:25,096 --> 00:24:27,899 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS AMY 776 00:24:27,899 --> 00:24:28,867 THEOBALD 777 00:24:28,867 --> 00:24:30,735 A RESIDENT OF CAPITOL HILL 778 00:24:30,735 --> 00:24:31,503 IN COUNCILMEMBER 779 00:24:31,503 --> 00:24:31,903 HOLLINGSWORTH'S 780 00:24:32,037 --> 00:24:33,538 DISTRICT. AND I WANT TO START BY 781 00:24:33,538 --> 00:24:36,041 STATING MY SUPPORT FOR THE 782 00:24:36,041 --> 00:24:36,374 LIBRARY LEVY 783 00:24:36,374 --> 00:24:37,175 AND THE AMENDMENTS. 784 00:24:37,175 --> 00:24:39,144 I ESPECIALLY APPRECIATE 785 00:24:39,144 --> 00:24:40,378 THE ADDITION TO SUPPORT 786 00:24:40,378 --> 00:24:43,748 THE EXPANSION OF EBOOKS, WHICH I 787 00:24:43,748 --> 00:24:45,517 TEND TO GRAVITATE TOWARDS 788 00:24:45,517 --> 00:24:47,719 AND THE SUPPORT FOR ESL 789 00:24:47,719 --> 00:24:47,986 PROGRAMS. 790 00:24:47,986 --> 00:24:49,888 MY MOTHER WAS A PUBLIC 791 00:24:49,888 --> 00:24:51,223 LIBRARIAN WHO INSTILLED IN ME, 792 00:24:51,223 --> 00:24:51,389 MY 793 00:24:51,389 --> 00:24:54,025 BROTHER AND MY SISTER, A DEEP 794 00:24:54,025 --> 00:24:54,326 LOVE 795 00:24:54,326 --> 00:24:55,193 FOR READING AND BOOKS. 796 00:24:55,193 --> 00:24:57,629 MY SISTER WENT ON TO EARN 797 00:24:57,629 --> 00:24:59,030 HER Ph.D. IN ENGLISH. 798 00:24:59,030 --> 00:25:01,066 FOR ME, READING AND GAINING 799 00:25:01,066 --> 00:25:02,901 KNOWLEDGE HAS ALWAYS SHAPED MY 800 00:25:02,901 --> 00:25:03,501 WORLD VIEW. 801 00:25:03,501 --> 00:25:05,403 IT HAS MADE ME A MORE 802 00:25:05,403 --> 00:25:07,572 ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN SOCIETY 803 00:25:07,572 --> 00:25:07,772 AND 804 00:25:07,772 --> 00:25:09,274 OUR DEMOCRATIC WAYS OF LIFE. 805 00:25:09,274 --> 00:25:11,443 I ESPECIALLY APPRECIATE THE 806 00:25:11,443 --> 00:25:12,410 LIBRARY'S COLLECTIONS 807 00:25:12,410 --> 00:25:16,248 AND STRONGLY SUPPORT INVESTING 808 00:25:16,248 --> 00:25:18,083 IN THE MATERIALS, THE COLLECTION 809 00:25:18,083 --> 00:25:18,250 OF 810 00:25:18,250 --> 00:25:19,317 BOOKS AND PROGRAMMING SO 811 00:25:19,317 --> 00:25:21,086 THAT WE CAN ALL 812 00:25:21,086 --> 00:25:21,753 CONTINUE TO SHARE IN THESE RICH 813 00:25:21,753 --> 00:25:24,122 RE SOURCES. 814 00:25:24,122 --> 00:25:25,557 PLEASE INVEST IN OUR LIBRARY. 815 00:25:25,557 --> 00:25:27,425 SEATTLE IS A WONDERFUL PLACE 816 00:25:27,425 --> 00:25:29,895 TO LIVE BECAUSE OF THE LIBRARY. 817 00:25:29,895 --> 00:25:33,131 THIS LEVY IS ONLY SEVEN YEARS. 818 00:25:33,265 --> 00:25:34,199 >> THANK YOU, AMY. 819 00:25:34,199 --> 00:25:37,669 IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL 820 00:25:37,669 --> 00:25:39,037 COMMENTS, PLEASE DO EMAIL THEM 821 00:25:39,037 --> 00:25:40,105 IN TO 822 00:25:40,105 --> 00:25:40,472 COUNCIL. 823 00:25:40,472 --> 00:25:40,839 ALL RIGHT. 824 00:25:40,839 --> 00:25:42,908 WE'LL GO BACK TO ANN TYSON. 825 00:25:42,908 --> 00:25:47,379 ANN, PRESS STAR 6, AND YOU MAY 826 00:25:47,512 --> 00:25:49,281 BEGIN. 827 00:25:49,281 --> 00:25:50,749 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. 828 00:25:50,749 --> 00:25:53,852 I'M A SEATTLE RESIDENT 829 00:25:53,852 --> 00:25:55,453 LIVING NEAR THE INTERSEA BRANCH 830 00:25:55,453 --> 00:25:55,854 AND MY 831 00:25:55,854 --> 00:25:58,056 FAMILY AND I AND MANY 832 00:25:58,056 --> 00:25:59,124 OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS VISIT 833 00:25:59,124 --> 00:26:01,059 UNIVERSITY, NORTHEAST BRANCH, 834 00:26:01,059 --> 00:26:01,393 DOWNTOWN 835 00:26:01,393 --> 00:26:01,726 LIBRARIES. 836 00:26:01,726 --> 00:26:03,361 WE LOVE THE STORY TIMES, 837 00:26:03,361 --> 00:26:05,130 THE SUMMER READING PROGRAMS, 838 00:26:05,130 --> 00:26:07,032 QUIET STUDY AND WORK ROOMS AND 839 00:26:07,032 --> 00:26:09,200 ALSO THE EXCELLENT RESEARCH 840 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:11,236 SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE 841 00:26:11,236 --> 00:26:11,569 LIBRARIES. 842 00:26:11,569 --> 00:26:12,270 WE'VE ALSO VOLUNTEERED WITH 843 00:26:12,270 --> 00:26:14,506 FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY OVER 844 00:26:14,506 --> 00:26:16,174 MANY YEARS, SO THIS IS A 845 00:26:16,174 --> 00:26:16,575 FANTASTIC 846 00:26:16,575 --> 00:26:20,078 RESOURCE FOR ALL SEATTLE 847 00:26:20,078 --> 00:26:22,447 CITIZENS WHETHER CHILDRENS OR 848 00:26:22,447 --> 00:26:23,949 STUDENTS AND I URGE YOU TO 849 00:26:23,949 --> 00:26:26,318 VOTE YES AND PASS THE GENEROUS 850 00:26:26,318 --> 00:26:27,752 $410 MILLION LIBRARY LEVY. 851 00:26:27,752 --> 00:26:30,155 I ALSO AGREE IT SHOULD BE 852 00:26:30,155 --> 00:26:32,691 CAPPED AT THAT AMOUNT TO 853 00:26:32,691 --> 00:26:34,159 MAINTAIN 854 00:26:34,159 --> 00:26:35,627 FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND 855 00:26:35,627 --> 00:26:37,162 THE EQUITABLE NATURE OF THIS 856 00:26:37,295 --> 00:26:37,829 SUPPORT. THANK YOU. 857 00:26:37,963 --> 00:26:42,067 >> THANK YOU, ANN. 858 00:26:42,067 --> 00:26:44,135 I DON'T SEE JUSTIN OR DAVID 859 00:26:44,135 --> 00:26:46,638 SO I'LL GO BACK TO IN- PERSON 860 00:26:46,638 --> 00:26:47,339 SPEAKERS. 861 00:26:47,339 --> 00:26:51,943 WE WILL START WITH NEAL, FAITH, 862 00:26:51,943 --> 00:26:54,179 TIFFANY, 863 00:26:54,179 --> 00:26:54,813 STEPHANIE ACTIONED ROD AND MANDY 864 00:26:54,813 --> 00:26:59,651 TOOMEY. 865 00:26:59,651 --> 00:27:00,051 HI. 866 00:27:00,185 --> 00:27:03,388 >> HI, COUNCILMEMBERS. 867 00:27:03,388 --> 00:27:06,958 MY NAME IS NELU AND 868 00:27:06,958 --> 00:27:07,959 A MEMBER OF THE JOINT ADVOCACY 869 00:27:07,959 --> 00:27:08,293 COMMITTEE AND 870 00:27:08,293 --> 00:27:09,127 A LIFELONG LIBRARY LOVER. 871 00:27:09,127 --> 00:27:10,462 WHEN I WAS IN ELEMENTARY 872 00:27:10,462 --> 00:27:11,997 SCHOOL MY FAMILY COULDN'T 873 00:27:11,997 --> 00:27:12,230 REALLY 874 00:27:12,230 --> 00:27:13,598 AFFORD BOOKS, BUT I WAS AN AVID 875 00:27:13,598 --> 00:27:13,832 READER. 876 00:27:13,832 --> 00:27:16,768 THE LIBRARY WAS A TREASURE. 877 00:27:16,768 --> 00:27:18,703 TODAY I ORGANIZE A BOOK 878 00:27:18,703 --> 00:27:19,938 CLUB THAT SPANS GENERATIONS 879 00:27:19,938 --> 00:27:22,507 FROM PEOPLE IN THEIR 20s TO A 880 00:27:22,507 --> 00:27:24,009 MEMBER OVER 85 YEARS OLD WHO 881 00:27:24,009 --> 00:27:24,643 SOMETIMES MISSES MEETINGS FOR 882 00:27:24,643 --> 00:27:24,909 HER DANCE 883 00:27:24,909 --> 00:27:27,479 COMPETITIONS. 884 00:27:27,479 --> 00:27:29,647 THAT'S THE KIND OF COMMUNITY 885 00:27:29,647 --> 00:27:31,149 THE LIBRARY MAKES POSSIBLE. 886 00:27:31,149 --> 00:27:32,250 THAT'S WHY I 887 00:27:32,250 --> 00:27:33,585 SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER RINCK'S 888 00:27:33,585 --> 00:27:33,852 AMENDMENT 889 00:27:33,852 --> 00:27:36,688 TO INCREASE ACCESS TO BOOKS. 890 00:27:36,688 --> 00:27:37,522 IT HELPS SUSTAIN 891 00:27:37,522 --> 00:27:39,024 THESE CONNECTIONS ACROSS THE 892 00:27:39,024 --> 00:27:39,290 CITY. 893 00:27:39,290 --> 00:27:41,059 WE HAD OUR MEETING JUST LAST 894 00:27:41,059 --> 00:27:42,661 NIGHT AND ONE OF OUR 895 00:27:42,661 --> 00:27:44,562 ELDER MEMBERS WANTED ME TO PASS 896 00:27:44,562 --> 00:27:45,497 ON THAT AT THIS TIME LIBRARIES 897 00:27:45,497 --> 00:27:47,065 ARE AN INCREDIBLE INSTITUTION 898 00:27:47,065 --> 00:27:49,968 THAT NEED, PROVIDES 899 00:27:49,968 --> 00:27:52,003 PUBLIC SERVICES AT FREE ACCESS, 900 00:27:52,003 --> 00:27:52,303 A PLACE 901 00:27:52,303 --> 00:27:55,006 FOR TRUTH, FOR DEMOCRACY AND 902 00:27:55,006 --> 00:27:55,540 KNOWLEDGE. 903 00:27:55,540 --> 00:27:57,742 I PLEASE ASK YOU TO SUPPORT OUR 904 00:27:57,742 --> 00:27:58,977 LIBRARY, SUPPORT 905 00:27:58,977 --> 00:27:59,544 DEMOCRACY, AND SUPPORT OUR 906 00:27:59,544 --> 00:27:59,811 READERS. 907 00:27:59,811 --> 00:28:01,813 THANK YOU. 908 00:28:01,946 --> 00:28:04,449 >> THANK YOU, NELU. 909 00:28:04,449 --> 00:28:10,255 FAITH, TIFFANY, STEPHANIE AND 910 00:28:10,255 --> 00:28:12,257 MANDY TOOMEY. 911 00:28:12,457 --> 00:28:15,093 >> GREAT. THANK YOU, 912 00:28:15,093 --> 00:28:15,660 COUNCILMEMBERS. 913 00:28:15,660 --> 00:28:16,661 MY NAME IS FAITH PETTIS AND I'M 914 00:28:16,661 --> 00:28:17,462 A TRUSTEE FOR THE SEATTLE 915 00:28:17,462 --> 00:28:18,530 PUBLIC 916 00:28:18,530 --> 00:28:19,164 LIBRARY HERE SPEAKING ON BEHALF 917 00:28:19,164 --> 00:28:20,432 OF THE 918 00:28:20,432 --> 00:28:21,232 BOARD OF TRUSTEES. IN THE RECENT 919 00:28:21,232 --> 00:28:25,970 OP- ED BY BOARD 920 00:28:25,970 --> 00:28:27,772 COLLEAGUE AND FRIENDS SAID IT 921 00:28:27,772 --> 00:28:28,173 WELL. 922 00:28:28,173 --> 00:28:29,307 YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY 923 00:28:29,307 --> 00:28:30,942 TO APPROVE A LEVY THAT MATCHES 924 00:28:30,942 --> 00:28:32,377 WHAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS FROM 925 00:28:32,377 --> 00:28:32,577 ITS 926 00:28:32,711 --> 00:28:34,779 LIBRARY. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS 927 00:28:34,779 --> 00:28:35,880 FOR 928 00:28:36,014 --> 00:28:36,748 COLLECTIONS, PROGRAMS AND 929 00:28:36,748 --> 00:28:38,683 CAPITAL PROJECTS AND MAINTENANCE 930 00:28:38,683 --> 00:28:39,651 MEET THOSE IMPORTANT GOALS. 931 00:28:39,651 --> 00:28:41,720 I ASK YOU TO APPROVE THEM 932 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:44,022 SO THAT OUR LIBRARY CAN ACHIEVE 933 00:28:44,022 --> 00:28:44,189 ITS 934 00:28:44,189 --> 00:28:45,690 STRATEGIC GOALS AND SERVE 935 00:28:45,690 --> 00:28:47,225 ALL SEATTLE RESIDENTS. 936 00:28:47,225 --> 00:28:49,527 I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE 937 00:28:49,527 --> 00:28:51,596 THAT THE BOARD TAKES VERY 938 00:28:51,596 --> 00:28:51,863 SERIOUSLY 939 00:28:51,863 --> 00:28:53,264 OUR COMMITMENT TO DELIVERING 940 00:28:53,264 --> 00:28:55,500 THE PROJECTS FUNDED IN EACH 941 00:28:55,500 --> 00:28:55,900 APPROVED LEVY. 942 00:28:55,900 --> 00:28:58,570 THE LIBRARY HAS A CLEAR 943 00:28:58,570 --> 00:29:00,371 TRACK RECORD OF DELIVERING WHAT 944 00:29:00,371 --> 00:29:01,339 WE PROMISED AND I AM 945 00:29:01,339 --> 00:29:02,807 CONFIDENT WE WILL DO THIS GOING 946 00:29:02,807 --> 00:29:03,174 FORWARD. 947 00:29:03,174 --> 00:29:04,042 THANK YOU FOR 948 00:29:04,042 --> 00:29:04,442 ALL YOUR WORK ON 949 00:29:04,442 --> 00:29:04,909 THESE AMENDMENTS AND 950 00:29:04,909 --> 00:29:06,945 COLLABORATION. 951 00:29:07,078 --> 00:29:10,248 >> THANK YOU, FAITH. 952 00:29:10,248 --> 00:29:12,650 TIFFANY, STEPHANIE AXELROD, 953 00:29:12,650 --> 00:29:14,419 MANDY TOOMEY, MATT HILLMAN. 954 00:29:14,419 --> 00:29:15,720 GO AHEAD, 955 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:16,020 TIFFANY. 956 00:29:16,020 --> 00:29:17,522 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS. 957 00:29:17,522 --> 00:29:19,424 MY NAME IS TIFFANY. 958 00:29:19,424 --> 00:29:21,359 I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT TWO. 959 00:29:21,359 --> 00:29:25,363 I LIVE IN RAINIER BEACH WHERE 960 00:29:25,363 --> 00:29:26,564 SAFETY IS A PARAMOUNT CONCERN 961 00:29:26,564 --> 00:29:28,366 AND, FOR ME, LIBRARIES ARE 962 00:29:28,366 --> 00:29:29,634 AN IMPORTANT PART OF SAFETY. 963 00:29:29,634 --> 00:29:33,304 WHEN I GO TO THE RAINIER BEACH 964 00:29:33,304 --> 00:29:34,806 BRANCH, I SEE YOUTH 965 00:29:34,806 --> 00:29:36,141 GETTING TUTORING AND HAVING 966 00:29:36,141 --> 00:29:38,810 ACTIVITIES LIKE A LEGO CLUB AND 967 00:29:38,810 --> 00:29:39,477 DIFFERENT STORY TIMES. 968 00:29:39,477 --> 00:29:42,380 AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE 969 00:29:42,380 --> 00:29:42,814 THOSE THIRD SPACES. 970 00:29:42,814 --> 00:29:44,082 NOT ONLY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY 971 00:29:44,082 --> 00:29:46,317 BUT ALSO FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCE. 972 00:29:46,317 --> 00:29:49,320 HAVING THIRD SPACES AND 973 00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:51,656 CLIMATE- CONTROLLED SPACES 974 00:29:51,656 --> 00:29:52,857 IN PARTICULAR IS REALLY 975 00:29:52,857 --> 00:29:53,224 IMPORTANT. 976 00:29:53,224 --> 00:29:56,161 NEIGHBORS WHO KNOW EACH OTHER 977 00:29:56,161 --> 00:29:57,495 CAN CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER. 978 00:29:57,495 --> 00:29:59,564 COMMUNITY COHESION 979 00:29:59,564 --> 00:30:01,599 BOOSTS RESILIENCE TO EMERGENCIES 980 00:30:01,599 --> 00:30:03,968 AND SO I AM VERY 981 00:30:03,968 --> 00:30:07,105 MUCH IN SUPPORT OF MY 982 00:30:07,105 --> 00:30:09,641 COUNCILMEMBER LIN'S 983 00:30:09,641 --> 00:30:10,408 AMENDMENT REGARDING DEFERRED 984 00:30:10,408 --> 00:30:10,742 MAINTENANCE. 985 00:30:10,742 --> 00:30:11,543 THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR 986 00:30:11,543 --> 00:30:13,578 COMMITMENT TO LIBRARIES AND 987 00:30:13,578 --> 00:30:14,078 OUR CITY. 988 00:30:14,212 --> 00:30:15,647 >> THANK YOU, TIFFANY. 989 00:30:15,647 --> 00:30:17,549 STEPHANIE AXELROD, MANDY 990 00:30:17,549 --> 00:30:19,317 TOOMEY, MATT HILLMAN, AMY 991 00:30:19,317 --> 00:30:19,584 SOLOMON. 992 00:30:19,584 --> 00:30:19,784 AND 993 00:30:19,784 --> 00:30:20,485 YOU CAN PLEASE STEP UP IF YOU 994 00:30:20,485 --> 00:30:23,188 WANT TO TO ONE OF THE 995 00:30:23,188 --> 00:30:23,821 MICS IF YOU'RE NEXT. 996 00:30:23,955 --> 00:30:24,823 >> HELLO. 997 00:30:24,956 --> 00:30:26,224 >> STEPHANIE, GO AHEAD. 998 00:30:26,357 --> 00:30:26,558 SORRY. 999 00:30:26,558 --> 00:30:27,458 >> NO, I'M SORRY. 1000 00:30:27,458 --> 00:30:29,527 I'M STEPHANIE AXELROD. 1001 00:30:29,527 --> 00:30:32,497 THANK YOU, CHAIR RIVERA, AND 1002 00:30:32,630 --> 00:30:34,199 COUNCILMEMBERS. I'M A PROPERTY 1003 00:30:34,199 --> 00:30:34,599 OWNER 1004 00:30:34,599 --> 00:30:36,501 IN HAWTHORNE HILLS IN DISTRICT 1005 00:30:36,634 --> 00:30:38,469 FOUR. I'VE RAISED A FAMILY OF 1006 00:30:38,469 --> 00:30:38,736 READERS. 1007 00:30:38,736 --> 00:30:39,537 MY HUSBAND IS HERE. 1008 00:30:39,537 --> 00:30:40,705 HE'S A READER. 1009 00:30:40,705 --> 00:30:43,408 WE PASSED THAT ON TO OUR 1010 00:30:43,408 --> 00:30:44,142 SONS, ISAAC AND JERROD. 1011 00:30:44,142 --> 00:30:46,144 I KNOW THAT MANY 1012 00:30:46,144 --> 00:30:49,280 PEOPLE, HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS 1013 00:30:49,280 --> 00:30:50,248 ALIKE, ARE CONCERNED ABOUT 1014 00:30:50,248 --> 00:30:51,182 RISING 1015 00:30:51,182 --> 00:30:53,518 THE GOOD NEWS IS THE LIBRARY 1016 00:30:53,518 --> 00:30:55,186 REPRESENTS A TINY PORTION OF 1017 00:30:55,186 --> 00:30:57,622 THE OVERALL PROPERTY TAXES AND 1018 00:30:57,622 --> 00:30:59,490 PAYS OFF OUR COMMUNITY MANY 1019 00:30:59,490 --> 00:30:59,691 TIMES 1020 00:30:59,691 --> 00:30:59,891 OVER. 1021 00:30:59,891 --> 00:31:01,492 LIBRARY PROGRAMS HELP 1022 00:31:01,492 --> 00:31:03,828 EMPOWER MANY IMMIGRANTS, 1023 00:31:03,828 --> 00:31:05,630 REFUGEES, ASPIRING BUSINESS 1024 00:31:05,630 --> 00:31:05,930 OWNERS, AND 1025 00:31:05,930 --> 00:31:07,832 THEY SUCCEED IN THE WORK PLACE. 1026 00:31:07,832 --> 00:31:10,835 DOING SO BENEFITS NOT JUST 1027 00:31:10,835 --> 00:31:12,036 THOSE INDIVIDUALS BUT OUR 1028 00:31:12,036 --> 00:31:12,270 ECONOMY 1029 00:31:12,403 --> 00:31:14,305 OVERALL. EVEN IF YOU DON'T USE 1030 00:31:14,305 --> 00:31:15,640 THOSE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS, WHEN 1031 00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:17,709 YOU SUPPORT THEM THROUGH THE 1032 00:31:17,709 --> 00:31:17,942 LIBRARY 1033 00:31:17,942 --> 00:31:19,510 LEVY, YOU CONTRIBUTE TO 1034 00:31:19,510 --> 00:31:20,712 BOTH PERSONAL SUCCESS OF 1035 00:31:20,712 --> 00:31:20,979 NEIGHBORS 1036 00:31:20,979 --> 00:31:22,146 IN THE COMMUNITY OVERALL. 1037 00:31:22,146 --> 00:31:24,115 THANK YOU FOR THE FUNDING 1038 00:31:24,115 --> 00:31:26,150 AMENDMENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE 1039 00:31:26,150 --> 00:31:28,820 THAT ARE PROPOSING FOR EXPANDED 1040 00:31:28,820 --> 00:31:30,088 MULTILINGUAL PROGRAMMING, AND I 1041 00:31:30,088 --> 00:31:32,991 CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER USE OF 1042 00:31:33,124 --> 00:31:33,524 TAXPAYER DOLLARS. 1043 00:31:33,524 --> 00:31:33,858 THANK YOU. 1044 00:31:33,992 --> 00:31:35,093 >> THANK YOU, STEPHANIE. 1045 00:31:35,093 --> 00:31:37,095 MANDY TOOMEY, MATT 1046 00:31:37,095 --> 00:31:37,629 HILLMAN, AMY SOLOMON AND 1047 00:31:37,629 --> 00:31:42,433 FLORENCE LARSON. 1048 00:31:42,433 --> 00:31:43,134 MANDY, GO AHEAD. 1049 00:31:43,268 --> 00:31:46,070 >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 1050 00:31:46,070 --> 00:31:47,438 COUNCILMEMBER 1051 00:31:47,438 --> 00:31:50,842 HOLLINGSWORTH, YOU ARE MY 1052 00:31:50,842 --> 00:31:51,209 COUNCILMEMBER. 1053 00:31:51,209 --> 00:31:52,911 THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY, TO 1054 00:31:52,911 --> 00:31:56,147 ME, REPRESENTS THE BEST OF 1055 00:31:56,147 --> 00:31:56,781 SOCIETY. 1056 00:31:56,781 --> 00:31:57,949 IT REPRESENTS 1057 00:31:57,949 --> 00:31:59,317 INFORMATION SHARING AND 1058 00:31:59,317 --> 00:31:59,584 COMMUNITY 1059 00:31:59,584 --> 00:32:02,020 BUILDING AND NOT CONSUMERISM. 1060 00:32:02,020 --> 00:32:03,655 PEOPLE AT THE LIBRARY ARE 1061 00:32:03,655 --> 00:32:05,957 TREATED WITH DIGNITY REGARDLESS 1062 00:32:05,957 --> 00:32:09,661 OF WHERE THEY'RE FROM AND WHERE 1063 00:32:09,661 --> 00:32:10,161 THEY'RE LIVING. 1064 00:32:10,161 --> 00:32:12,797 I WAS LISTENING TO MAYOR WILSON 1065 00:32:12,797 --> 00:32:14,065 SPEAK EARLIER THIS WEEK 1066 00:32:14,065 --> 00:32:15,933 ABOUT THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS, 1067 00:32:15,933 --> 00:32:16,134 WHICH 1068 00:32:16,134 --> 00:32:18,336 WE DEFINITELY SEE ON THE STREETS 1069 00:32:18,336 --> 00:32:20,071 OF CAPITOL HILL, AND I FEEL THAT 1070 00:32:20,071 --> 00:32:21,572 INVESTING IN LIBRARIES IS PART 1071 00:32:21,572 --> 00:32:23,374 OF THAT SOLUTION. 1072 00:32:23,374 --> 00:32:26,377 THAT'S WHY I'M IN FAVOR OF THE 1073 00:32:26,377 --> 00:32:27,412 PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO ADD 1074 00:32:27,412 --> 00:32:29,981 MORE FUNDS TO THE LIBRARY LEVY. 1075 00:32:29,981 --> 00:32:32,650 I ALSO HAVE TO SAY AS A 1076 00:32:32,650 --> 00:32:34,919 FORMERFORMER I LOVE 1077 00:32:34,919 --> 00:32:36,387 VOLUNTEERING WITH THE HOMEWORK 1078 00:32:36,387 --> 00:32:36,587 HELP 1079 00:32:36,587 --> 00:32:38,489 PROGRAM WHERE I CAN SIT SIDE-BY- 1080 00:32:38,489 --> 00:32:40,758 SIDE WITH IMMIGRANT STUDENTS 1081 00:32:40,758 --> 00:32:40,992 WORKING 1082 00:32:40,992 --> 00:32:44,762 MOSTLY ON THEIR MATH, WHICH IS A 1083 00:32:44,896 --> 00:32:45,296 CHALLENGE FOR ME. 1084 00:32:45,296 --> 00:32:47,098 THE LIBRARY IS MORE THAN BOOKS. 1085 00:32:47,098 --> 00:32:48,666 IT'S KNOWLEDGE. 1086 00:32:48,666 --> 00:32:50,568 IT'S COMMUNITY. 1087 00:32:50,568 --> 00:32:51,402 IT'S DIGNITY. 1088 00:32:51,402 --> 00:32:52,704 IT'S IMPORTANT TO INVEST IN THE 1089 00:32:52,704 --> 00:32:56,007 THINGS THAT WE LOVE, THINGS 1090 00:32:56,007 --> 00:32:58,242 THAT BUILD OUR SOCIETY. 1091 00:32:58,242 --> 00:33:00,478 THANK 1092 00:33:00,478 --> 00:33:00,945 YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS. 1093 00:33:00,945 --> 00:33:01,980 >> THANK YOU, MANDY, 1094 00:33:01,980 --> 00:33:04,649 AND THANK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING. 1095 00:33:04,649 --> 00:33:11,856 MATT, AMY, AND JOHN. 1096 00:33:11,990 --> 00:33:12,790 MATT? 1097 00:33:12,790 --> 00:33:15,026 >> HELLO, CHAIR RIVERA AND 1098 00:33:15,159 --> 00:33:16,828 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS MATT 1099 00:33:16,828 --> 00:33:17,528 HILLMAN, A 1100 00:33:17,528 --> 00:33:19,664 LONGTIME RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 1101 00:33:19,797 --> 00:33:22,266 THREE. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE 1102 00:33:22,266 --> 00:33:22,433 -- 1103 00:33:22,433 --> 00:33:23,768 BOARD PRESIDENT OF THE 1104 00:33:23,768 --> 00:33:24,836 SEATTLE LIBRARY FOUNDATION AND 1105 00:33:24,836 --> 00:33:25,536 CO- AUTHOR 1106 00:33:25,536 --> 00:33:27,338 OF THE EDITORIAL ENCOURAGING 1107 00:33:27,338 --> 00:33:28,172 A STRONGER LIBRARY 1108 00:33:28,172 --> 00:33:29,640 LEVY. I'M PLEASED TO SEE THE 1109 00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:31,075 AMENDMENTS TO THE LEVY 1110 00:33:31,075 --> 00:33:32,210 DEEPENING THE SUPPORT FOR 1111 00:33:32,210 --> 00:33:32,443 LIBRARY 1112 00:33:32,443 --> 00:33:33,911 FACILITIES, COLLECTIONS AND 1113 00:33:34,045 --> 00:33:35,113 PROGRAMS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 1114 00:33:35,113 --> 00:33:35,313 YOUR 1115 00:33:35,313 --> 00:33:36,314 THOUGHTFUL ATTENTION TO 1116 00:33:36,314 --> 00:33:38,449 CREATING A LIBRARY LEVY THAT 1117 00:33:38,449 --> 00:33:38,649 GIVES 1118 00:33:38,649 --> 00:33:40,518 OUR COMMUNITY THE LIBRARY IT 1119 00:33:40,518 --> 00:33:41,285 URGENTLY WANTS AND NEEDS. 1120 00:33:41,285 --> 00:33:43,020 I WANT TO CALL SPECIAL 1121 00:33:43,020 --> 00:33:45,289 ATTENTION TO COUNCILMEMBER 1122 00:33:45,289 --> 00:33:47,759 RINCK'S AMENDMENT TO EXPAND 1123 00:33:47,759 --> 00:33:47,992 EBOOKS. 1124 00:33:47,992 --> 00:33:50,094 A FEW DAYS AGO I WENT INTO 1125 00:33:50,094 --> 00:33:50,895 MY NEIGHBORHOOD BOOKSTORE 1126 00:33:50,895 --> 00:33:54,232 AND BOUGHT A COPY OF A NEW BOOK 1127 00:33:54,232 --> 00:33:55,233 "THE KEEPER" AS SOON AS IT WAS 1128 00:33:55,233 --> 00:33:55,500 RELEASED. 1129 00:33:55,500 --> 00:33:57,168 I CAN AFFORD TO TAKE TIME IN 1130 00:33:57,168 --> 00:33:58,336 THE MIDDLE OF MY DAY ANDAND 1131 00:33:58,336 --> 00:33:58,803 SHELL 1132 00:33:58,803 --> 00:34:01,339 $35 FOR A NEW HARD COVER. 1133 00:34:01,339 --> 00:34:02,407 WHY SHOULD ONLY PEOPLE LIKE 1134 00:34:02,407 --> 00:34:04,509 ME BE ABLE TO READ NEW RELEASES 1135 00:34:04,509 --> 00:34:06,044 THE DAY THEY COME OUT AND BE 1136 00:34:06,044 --> 00:34:06,244 ABLE 1137 00:34:06,244 --> 00:34:07,412 TO TAKE PART IN THE 1138 00:34:07,412 --> 00:34:08,513 NATIONAL CONVERSATION ABOUT THE 1139 00:34:08,513 --> 00:34:13,284 LATEST GREAT STORY OR IMPORTANT 1140 00:34:13,284 --> 00:34:13,818 ISSUE? 1141 00:34:13,818 --> 00:34:15,052 IT ALLOWS EVERYONE TO 1142 00:34:15,186 --> 00:34:15,620 PARTICIPATE IN THESE 1143 00:34:15,620 --> 00:34:17,221 CONVERSATIONS. THANK YOU. 1144 00:34:17,355 --> 00:34:18,790 >> THANK YOU, MATT. 1145 00:34:18,790 --> 00:34:23,961 AMY SOLOMON, FLORENCE LARSON, 1146 00:34:23,961 --> 00:34:25,797 AMY -- I'M SO SORRY IF I'M 1147 00:34:25,797 --> 00:34:27,965 BUTCHERING YOUR NAME -- JOHN. 1148 00:34:27,965 --> 00:34:28,533 AMY SOLOMON. 1149 00:34:28,666 --> 00:34:31,536 >> YES, I'M AMY SOLOMON, A 1150 00:34:31,536 --> 00:34:33,004 LONG TIME RESIDENT OF CAPITOL 1151 00:34:33,004 --> 00:34:33,304 HILL 1152 00:34:33,304 --> 00:34:33,871 IN DISTRICT THREE. 1153 00:34:33,871 --> 00:34:36,340 I SERVE ON THE 1154 00:34:36,340 --> 00:34:37,074 LIBRARY FOUNDATION BOARD. 1155 00:34:37,074 --> 00:34:38,843 PLEASE ADOPT THE PROPOSED 1156 00:34:38,843 --> 00:34:40,611 AMENDMENTS TO THE 1157 00:34:40,611 --> 00:34:42,346 LIBRARY LEVY AND APPROVE THEM 1158 00:34:42,346 --> 00:34:42,647 FOR 1159 00:34:42,647 --> 00:34:45,149 INCLUSION ON THE AUGUST BALLOT. 1160 00:34:45,149 --> 00:34:48,252 A RECENT EXAMPLE OF PROGRAMMING 1161 00:34:48,252 --> 00:34:51,789 IS THE GLOBAL READING CHALLENGE. 1162 00:34:51,789 --> 00:34:53,758 FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADERS HAD 1163 00:34:53,758 --> 00:34:56,461 A WINNING TEAM OF SIX FOURTH 1164 00:34:56,461 --> 00:34:58,329 GRADERS FROM JOHN STANFORD 1165 00:34:58,329 --> 00:34:58,663 SCHOOL. 1166 00:34:58,663 --> 00:35:00,598 IT TIES READING 1167 00:35:00,598 --> 00:35:01,766 COMPREHENSION, TEAM BUILDING, 1168 00:35:01,766 --> 00:35:03,601 LIFE SKILLS TO 1169 00:35:03,734 --> 00:35:05,136 BOOKS. THEN THE ISSUE OF 1170 00:35:05,136 --> 00:35:05,403 DEFERRED 1171 00:35:05,403 --> 00:35:07,004 MAINTENANCE, TOTALLY DIFFERENT. 1172 00:35:07,004 --> 00:35:09,774 HUGELY RELEVANT TO THE BRICK 1173 00:35:09,774 --> 00:35:11,375 AND MORTAR AND DIJ GITAL NEEDS 1174 00:35:11,375 --> 00:35:11,542 OF 1175 00:35:11,542 --> 00:35:12,510 THE LIE BEAR SYSTEM. 1176 00:35:12,510 --> 00:35:16,481 COSTS ESCALATE AND ACCESS IS 1177 00:35:16,481 --> 00:35:17,081 DISRUPTIVE IF WE IGNORE 1178 00:35:17,081 --> 00:35:19,817 THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. 1179 00:35:19,817 --> 00:35:20,485 AT THE COMMITTEE 1180 00:35:20,485 --> 00:35:21,853 MEETING SOME OF YOU RELATED YOUR 1181 00:35:21,853 --> 00:35:22,487 OWN 1182 00:35:22,487 --> 00:35:23,855 EXPERIENCES OF THE TANGIBLE 1183 00:35:23,855 --> 00:35:24,522 VALUE OF THE 1184 00:35:24,522 --> 00:35:24,889 LIBRARY. 1185 00:35:24,889 --> 00:35:26,424 WHEN PEOPLE SHARE THESE 1186 00:35:26,424 --> 00:35:27,525 MOVING STORIES TO DESCRIBE 1187 00:35:27,525 --> 00:35:28,559 SOMETHING MEANINGFUL IN THEIR 1188 00:35:28,559 --> 00:35:28,759 LIVES 1189 00:35:28,759 --> 00:35:30,561 WITH SOMEONE ELSE, IT CREATES A 1190 00:35:30,561 --> 00:35:33,130 SPACE AND A STARTING POINT FOR 1191 00:35:33,130 --> 00:35:34,365 MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND 1192 00:35:34,365 --> 00:35:34,632 RESPECT. 1193 00:35:34,632 --> 00:35:35,533 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1194 00:35:35,666 --> 00:35:37,401 >> THANK YOU, AMY. 1195 00:35:37,401 --> 00:35:39,637 I JUST WANT TO SAY, COLLEAGUES, 1196 00:35:39,637 --> 00:35:41,506 FOR THE RECORD COUNCILMEMBER 1197 00:35:41,506 --> 00:35:44,208 KETTLE HAS JOINED US, AND JOINED 1198 00:35:44,208 --> 00:35:46,077 US A LITTLE BIT AGO. 1199 00:35:46,077 --> 00:35:47,778 SO THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 1200 00:35:47,912 --> 00:35:53,150 KETTLE. WE HAVE FLORENCE LARSON, 1201 00:35:53,150 --> 00:35:53,551 AMY, 1202 00:35:53,551 --> 00:35:58,789 JOHN, JEFF AND THEN KATIE. 1203 00:35:58,789 --> 00:36:00,024 ALL RIGHT. 1204 00:36:00,024 --> 00:36:00,525 FLORENCE. 1205 00:36:00,658 --> 00:36:00,925 >> HELLO. 1206 00:36:00,925 --> 00:36:03,194 MY NAME IS FLORENCE LARSON, 1207 00:36:03,194 --> 00:36:05,563 AND I LIVE IN CAPITOL HILL, 1208 00:36:05,563 --> 00:36:06,264 SO DISTRICT THREE. 1209 00:36:06,264 --> 00:36:08,432 AND I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE 1210 00:36:08,432 --> 00:36:09,700 SUPPORT ALL THE FUNDED 1211 00:36:09,700 --> 00:36:12,036 AMENDMENTS TO THE LIBRARY LEVY. 1212 00:36:12,036 --> 00:36:14,805 I WANT TO ESPECIALLY NOTE HOW 1213 00:36:14,805 --> 00:36:16,874 PROPOSED LEVY AND AMENDMENTS 1214 00:36:16,874 --> 00:36:18,209 WOULD SUPPORT OUR 1215 00:36:18,209 --> 00:36:20,878 AMAZING LIBRARY STAFF, AND I 1216 00:36:20,878 --> 00:36:21,546 KNOW A FEW 1217 00:36:21,546 --> 00:36:22,046 OF YOU HAVE A FAVORITE 1218 00:36:22,046 --> 00:36:24,315 LIBRARIAN, AND I CERTAINLY DO, 1219 00:36:24,315 --> 00:36:24,649 TOO. 1220 00:36:24,649 --> 00:36:27,518 THE PROPOSAL WOULD EXPAND STAFF 1221 00:36:27,518 --> 00:36:29,420 CAPACITY FOR PROGRAMMING AND 1222 00:36:29,420 --> 00:36:31,289 OUTREACH ADDING MORE 1223 00:36:31,289 --> 00:36:33,624 EMPLOYEES TO DO THIS ESSENTIAL 1224 00:36:33,624 --> 00:36:34,025 WORK AND 1225 00:36:34,025 --> 00:36:35,726 FREEING UP ESSENTIAL STAFF TO 1226 00:36:35,726 --> 00:36:37,995 DO WHAT THEY DO BEST. 1227 00:36:37,995 --> 00:36:41,132 I THINK COUNCILMEMBER RINCK -- 1228 00:36:41,132 --> 00:36:43,267 I THANK COUNCILMEMBER RINCK 1229 00:36:43,267 --> 00:36:45,703 FOR RECOGNIZING THAT EXPANDING 1230 00:36:45,703 --> 00:36:47,872 THE COLLECTION WILL REQUIRE 1231 00:36:47,872 --> 00:36:51,375 THOSE DEDICATED STAFF TO 1232 00:36:51,375 --> 00:36:53,110 SUPPORT PURCHASING INVENTORY AND 1233 00:36:53,110 --> 00:36:53,778 MORE 1234 00:36:53,778 --> 00:36:54,845 TO PROVIDE PEOPLE THE BOOKS THEY 1235 00:36:54,845 --> 00:36:55,279 WANT. 1236 00:36:55,279 --> 00:36:58,549 PLEASE VOTE YES TO SUPPORT 1237 00:36:58,549 --> 00:36:59,217 LIBRARIES. 1238 00:36:59,217 --> 00:36:59,650 THANK YOU. 1239 00:36:59,784 --> 00:37:03,221 >> THANK YOU, FLORENCE. 1240 00:37:03,221 --> 00:37:04,922 AMY -- HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE 1241 00:37:04,922 --> 00:37:08,392 YOUR LAST NAME? 1242 00:37:08,392 --> 00:37:09,327 THANK YOU. 1243 00:37:09,327 --> 00:37:10,127 AMY, GO AHEAD. 1244 00:37:10,261 --> 00:37:14,465 >> MY NAME IS AMY AND I LIVE IN 1245 00:37:14,465 --> 00:37:16,834 LOWER QUEEN ANNE AND I AM URGING 1246 00:37:16,834 --> 00:37:19,704 THE CITY COUNCIL TO EXPAND THE 1247 00:37:19,704 --> 00:37:20,404 LEVY. 1248 00:37:20,404 --> 00:37:22,340 I GREW UP IN LOW- 1249 00:37:22,340 --> 00:37:24,008 INCOME HOUSEHOLD WITH MY PARENTS 1250 00:37:24,008 --> 00:37:26,644 BEING FROM A REFUGEE AND 1251 00:37:26,644 --> 00:37:26,911 IMMIGRANT 1252 00:37:26,911 --> 00:37:29,046 BACKGROUND AND WE RELIED ON 1253 00:37:29,046 --> 00:37:31,983 THE LIBRARY TO ACCESS COMMUNITY 1254 00:37:31,983 --> 00:37:33,217 RESOURCES AND IT'S WHERE I 1255 00:37:33,217 --> 00:37:36,153 FOSTERED MY LOVE OF LEARNING AND 1256 00:37:36,287 --> 00:37:38,489 LITERACY. AS AN EXPECTING 1257 00:37:38,489 --> 00:37:38,723 PARENT, 1258 00:37:38,723 --> 00:37:39,523 I THINK IT'S MORE IMPORTANT 1259 00:37:39,523 --> 00:37:39,724 THAN 1260 00:37:39,724 --> 00:37:40,725 EVER FOR THE COMING GENERATION 1261 00:37:40,725 --> 00:37:42,960 TO HAVE ACCESS TO THESE 1262 00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:44,262 CRITICAL COMMUNITY SPACES. 1263 00:37:44,262 --> 00:37:46,063 I'M ESPECIALLY APPRECIATE 1264 00:37:46,063 --> 00:37:48,065 TETCH OF THE AMENDMENTS CO- 1265 00:37:48,065 --> 00:37:52,770 SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER 1266 00:37:52,770 --> 00:37:53,070 FOSTER AND 1267 00:37:53,070 --> 00:37:53,704 JUAREZ FOR PROGRAMS THAT 1268 00:37:53,704 --> 00:37:56,007 ARE GOING TO SUPPORT 1269 00:37:56,007 --> 00:37:56,340 MULTILINGUAL 1270 00:37:56,340 --> 00:37:58,242 ENGLISH LEARNERS AND 1271 00:37:58,242 --> 00:38:00,444 REALLY REFLECT THE DEVERSETY OF 1272 00:38:00,444 --> 00:38:02,313 THE COMMUNITY IN SEATTLE 1273 00:38:02,313 --> 00:38:02,613 ESPECIALLY 1274 00:38:02,613 --> 00:38:05,516 NOW DURING THIS TIME OF 1275 00:38:05,516 --> 00:38:07,652 HEIGHTENED 1276 00:38:07,652 --> 00:38:08,386 MISINFORMATION, CENSORSHIP AND 1277 00:38:08,386 --> 00:38:08,953 WEALTH 1278 00:38:09,086 --> 00:38:10,288 INEQUALITY. WE NEED THE 1279 00:38:10,288 --> 00:38:10,755 INVESTMENT 1280 00:38:10,755 --> 00:38:11,455 IN EQUITABLE SPACES. 1281 00:38:11,455 --> 00:38:11,922 THANK YOU. 1282 00:38:12,056 --> 00:38:15,893 >> THANK YOU, AMY. 1283 00:38:15,893 --> 00:38:19,864 JOHN, JEFF AND KATIE. 1284 00:38:19,864 --> 00:38:22,199 I'M SORRY ABOUT THE NAME. 1285 00:38:22,333 --> 00:38:22,500 JOHN. 1286 00:38:22,500 --> 00:38:22,900 >> GOOD EVENING. 1287 00:38:23,034 --> 00:38:23,768 >> GOOD EVENING. 1288 00:38:23,901 --> 00:38:27,638 >> I'M JOHN MEDEROS, 1289 00:38:27,638 --> 00:38:29,273 A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT SEVEN AND 1290 00:38:29,273 --> 00:38:31,275 I'M A REGULAR USER OF THE 1291 00:38:31,275 --> 00:38:32,009 MAGNOLIA BRANCH LIBRARY. 1292 00:38:32,009 --> 00:38:33,577 I'M NOT HERE TO ADVOCATE 1293 00:38:33,577 --> 00:38:35,379 FOR FUNDING SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR 1294 00:38:35,379 --> 00:38:35,880 BRANCH. 1295 00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:37,448 RATHER, I BELIEVE THE LIBRARY IS 1296 00:38:37,448 --> 00:38:39,917 A CORNERSTONE OF EFFORTS TO TO 1297 00:38:39,917 --> 00:38:40,951 PROMOTE LITERACY AND LOVE 1298 00:38:40,951 --> 00:38:42,353 OF LEARNING THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 1299 00:38:42,353 --> 00:38:43,988 WE NEED TO REGARD THE 1300 00:38:43,988 --> 00:38:47,358 LIBRARY LEVY AS AN INVESTMENT 1301 00:38:47,358 --> 00:38:47,625 PROGRAM. 1302 00:38:47,625 --> 00:38:48,392 INVESTMENT IN OUR YOUNGER 1303 00:38:48,392 --> 00:38:49,894 GENERATIONS AND IN THE FUTURE OF 1304 00:38:49,894 --> 00:38:50,928 OUR SOCIETY. 1305 00:38:50,928 --> 00:38:52,863 AT A TIME WHEN OUR 1306 00:38:52,863 --> 00:38:54,999 NATIONAL GOVERNMENT IS SO SADLY 1307 00:38:54,999 --> 00:38:55,833 GOING IN 1308 00:38:55,833 --> 00:38:59,704 PRECISELY THE WRONG DIRECTION, 1309 00:38:59,704 --> 00:39:01,038 CUTTING INVESTMENTS IN HEALTH, 1310 00:39:01,038 --> 00:39:03,741 EDUCATION, SCIENCE, WE MUST ACT 1311 00:39:03,741 --> 00:39:07,244 LOCALLY TO ENSURE SEATTLE HAS A 1312 00:39:07,244 --> 00:39:08,913 DIVERSE, LITERATE AND WELL 1313 00:39:08,913 --> 00:39:10,181 INFORMED POPULATION. 1314 00:39:10,181 --> 00:39:14,218 OUR DEMOCRACY NEEDS STRONG 1315 00:39:14,351 --> 00:39:14,919 LIBRARIES. FOR THAT REASON I 1316 00:39:14,919 --> 00:39:15,286 HOPE 1317 00:39:15,286 --> 00:39:16,554 THE COUNCIL WILL ENDORSE 1318 00:39:16,554 --> 00:39:18,356 IN PARTICULAR THE AMENDMENTS BY 1319 00:39:18,356 --> 00:39:20,458 COUNCILMEMBERS FOSTER AND JUAREZ 1320 00:39:20,458 --> 00:39:22,259 THAT WILL INCREASE THE CITYWIDE 1321 00:39:22,259 --> 00:39:24,829 IMPACT OF THE LIBRARY'S 1322 00:39:24,829 --> 00:39:25,196 PROGRAMS. 1323 00:39:25,196 --> 00:39:26,330 I THANK THE COUNCILMEMBERS 1324 00:39:26,330 --> 00:39:28,733 FOR YOUR ATTENTION. 1325 00:39:28,866 --> 00:39:30,067 >> THANK YOU. 1326 00:39:30,067 --> 00:39:34,605 JEFF AND THEN KATIE AND 1327 00:39:34,605 --> 00:39:36,640 THEN LAUREN AND JENNIFER. 1328 00:39:36,774 --> 00:39:37,441 >> GOOD EVENING. 1329 00:39:37,441 --> 00:39:39,043 MY NAME IS JEFF AND I AM 1330 00:39:39,043 --> 00:39:40,277 A RESIDENT OF WEST SEATTLE. 1331 00:39:40,277 --> 00:39:41,846 I READ A BOOK IN THE THIRD 1332 00:39:41,846 --> 00:39:42,146 GREAT. 1333 00:39:42,146 --> 00:39:44,181 IT WAS TITLED "MY LIFE AS 1334 00:39:44,181 --> 00:39:45,583 A POTATO AND HOW IT ENDED. 1335 00:39:45,583 --> 00:39:47,184 "I WAS INCREDIBLY PROUD 1336 00:39:47,184 --> 00:39:49,186 WHEN THAT BOOK WON A CLASS 1337 00:39:49,186 --> 00:39:51,188 COMPETITION, WAS GIVEN ITS OWN 1338 00:39:51,188 --> 00:39:52,423 DEWY DECIMAL NUMBER AND PUT 1339 00:39:52,423 --> 00:39:53,657 IN THE LIBRARY. 1340 00:39:53,657 --> 00:39:55,960 SINCE THEN I'VE BEEN 1341 00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:56,894 A PASSIONATE LIFELONG READER. 1342 00:39:56,894 --> 00:39:58,896 THE CONVENIENCE I GET FROM THE 1343 00:39:58,896 --> 00:40:00,164 SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY IS FIRST 1344 00:40:00,164 --> 00:40:01,899 CLASS, BUT EVEN IF TOO OFTEN 1345 00:40:01,899 --> 00:40:03,400 I'M WAITING FOR SOME OF THE 1346 00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:03,601 BOOKS 1347 00:40:03,601 --> 00:40:05,569 I PUT ON HOLD FOR FAR TOO LONG. 1348 00:40:05,569 --> 00:40:07,104 I DON'T MIND PAYING TAXES FOR 1349 00:40:07,104 --> 00:40:08,372 THE THINGS THAT BRING ME JOY 1350 00:40:08,372 --> 00:40:09,740 AND THE THINGS THAT BUILD 1351 00:40:09,740 --> 00:40:10,007 COMMUNITY 1352 00:40:10,007 --> 00:40:11,409 HERE IN OUR CITY AND THE 1353 00:40:11,409 --> 00:40:12,910 LIBRARY DOES BOTH OF THOSE 1354 00:40:12,910 --> 00:40:13,177 THINGS. 1355 00:40:13,177 --> 00:40:15,212 I'M ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL FOR 1356 00:40:15,212 --> 00:40:16,747 AMENDMENTS TO INCREASE THE 1357 00:40:16,747 --> 00:40:20,184 COLLECTIONS BOTH DIGITAL AND 1358 00:40:20,184 --> 00:40:21,652 PEAK PICKS AND TO UPDATE OUR 1359 00:40:21,652 --> 00:40:22,653 BRANCH IN WEST SEATTLE. 1360 00:40:22,653 --> 00:40:24,355 I ENCOURAGE YOU TO PASS THE 1361 00:40:24,355 --> 00:40:26,423 LIBRARY AND ITS ASSOCIATED 1362 00:40:26,423 --> 00:40:26,724 AMENDMENTS. 1363 00:40:26,724 --> 00:40:28,726 MY LIFE AS A POTATO ENDED WITH 1364 00:40:28,726 --> 00:40:30,227 ME BEING FRENCH FRIED. 1365 00:40:30,227 --> 00:40:33,063 HOW ELSE WOULD IT HAVE 1366 00:40:33,063 --> 00:40:33,697 HAPPENED FOR A SLIGHTLY CHUBBY 1367 00:40:33,697 --> 00:40:33,898 THIRD 1368 00:40:33,898 --> 00:40:35,866 GRADER? 1369 00:40:35,866 --> 00:40:37,701 THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND 1370 00:40:37,701 --> 00:40:39,203 ESPECIALLY SAKA, FOSTER AND 1371 00:40:39,203 --> 00:40:41,105 RINCK WHO REPRESENT ME IN WEST 1372 00:40:41,238 --> 00:40:41,505 SEATTLE. 1373 00:40:41,505 --> 00:40:42,473 >> THANK YOU, JEFF. 1374 00:40:42,473 --> 00:40:49,747 ALL RIGHT, KATIE AND THEN 1375 00:40:49,747 --> 00:40:50,815 LAUREN AND JENNIFER. 1376 00:40:50,815 --> 00:40:51,549 KATIE? 1377 00:40:51,682 --> 00:40:52,817 >> MY NAME IS KATIE. 1378 00:40:52,817 --> 00:40:54,785 I'M A 15- YEAR RESIDENT OF WEST 1379 00:40:54,785 --> 00:40:55,986 SEATTLE AND I'M ASKING TO 1380 00:40:55,986 --> 00:40:57,054 YOU PLEASE SUPPORT ALL THE 1381 00:40:57,054 --> 00:40:57,288 FUNDED 1382 00:40:57,288 --> 00:40:58,722 AMENDMENTS TO THE LIBRARY LEVY. 1383 00:40:58,722 --> 00:41:00,758 IT'S ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO 1384 00:41:00,758 --> 00:41:01,625 ME PERSONALLY BECAUSE THE 1385 00:41:01,625 --> 00:41:01,926 LIBRARY 1386 00:41:01,926 --> 00:41:03,327 HAS A HUGE, POSITIVE IMPACT 1387 00:41:03,327 --> 00:41:04,094 ON MY LIFE. 1388 00:41:04,094 --> 00:41:05,596 AS A SINGLE PARENT OF 1389 00:41:05,596 --> 00:41:07,064 A VORACIOUS READER I CAN FIND 1390 00:41:07,064 --> 00:41:08,265 UNLIMITED BOOKS AND KNOWLEDGE TO 1391 00:41:08,265 --> 00:41:08,866 MY 9-YEAR-OLD. 1392 00:41:08,866 --> 00:41:10,301 I CALCULATED HOW MUCH I WOULD 1393 00:41:10,301 --> 00:41:11,635 HAVE SPENT ON BOOKS IF I 1394 00:41:11,635 --> 00:41:12,770 HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO CHECK THEM 1395 00:41:12,770 --> 00:41:12,937 OUT 1396 00:41:12,937 --> 00:41:14,004 AND I COULDN'T HAVE AFFORDED 1397 00:41:14,004 --> 00:41:14,171 IT. 1398 00:41:14,171 --> 00:41:15,739 WE ALSO VISIT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD 1399 00:41:15,739 --> 00:41:16,440 BRANCH FOR PROGRAMS. 1400 00:41:16,440 --> 00:41:18,375 I JUST TOOK MY KID LAST WEEK 1401 00:41:18,375 --> 00:41:21,111 TO THEIR FIRST TWEEN PROGRAM AND 1402 00:41:21,111 --> 00:41:23,013 A LEGITIMATE TEENAGER, 13, 1403 00:41:23,013 --> 00:41:24,448 WAS SAD THEY WERE TOO OLD TO 1404 00:41:24,448 --> 00:41:24,715 ATTEND. 1405 00:41:24,715 --> 00:41:26,817 THE LIBRARIAN SAID, OF COURSE 1406 00:41:26,817 --> 00:41:27,084 YOU CAN. 1407 00:41:27,084 --> 00:41:29,386 COME ON IN. 1408 00:41:29,386 --> 00:41:30,087 AND THAT'S WHAT IT COMES DOWN 1409 00:41:30,087 --> 00:41:30,254 TO. 1410 00:41:30,254 --> 00:41:31,722 THE LIBRARY IS A WELCOMING SPACE 1411 00:41:31,722 --> 00:41:32,756 FOR EVERYONE AND WE NEED TO TO 1412 00:41:32,756 --> 00:41:33,357 FULLY FUND IT. 1413 00:41:33,357 --> 00:41:36,060 THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS, 1414 00:41:36,060 --> 00:41:36,227 FOR 1415 00:41:36,227 --> 00:41:36,861 YOUR COMMITMENT TO OUR LIBRARY 1416 00:41:36,861 --> 00:41:37,194 AND OUR CITY. 1417 00:41:37,328 --> 00:41:40,231 >> THANK YOU, KATIE. 1418 00:41:40,231 --> 00:41:46,136 LAUREN, JENNIFER AND MASON. 1419 00:41:46,136 --> 00:41:47,505 JENNIFER GO AHEAD -- 1420 00:41:47,638 --> 00:41:48,505 >> LAUREN. 1421 00:41:48,639 --> 00:41:49,406 I'M LAUREN. AM I NEXT? 1422 00:41:49,540 --> 00:41:51,775 >> OH, SORRY, LAUREN. 1423 00:41:51,775 --> 00:41:52,109 APOLOGIES. 1424 00:41:52,109 --> 00:41:53,077 LAUREN, GO AHEAD. 1425 00:41:53,210 --> 00:41:54,612 >> MY NAME IS LAUREN AND I LIVE 1426 00:41:54,612 --> 00:41:56,013 IN DISTRICT ONE AND I'M A 1427 00:41:56,013 --> 00:41:57,815 REGULAR USER OF THE WEST SEATTLE 1428 00:41:57,815 --> 00:41:58,082 BRANCH. 1429 00:41:58,082 --> 00:42:00,417 I'M ALSO ON THE BOARD OF THE 1430 00:42:00,417 --> 00:42:01,452 FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY. 1431 00:42:01,452 --> 00:42:03,621 MY MOM GAVE ME A SPECIAL GIFT. 1432 00:42:03,621 --> 00:42:06,457 IT'S A LIBRARY BOOK THAT I 1433 00:42:06,457 --> 00:42:09,360 FORGOT TO RETURN AS A CHILD. 1434 00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:11,595 WHILE I ENJOYED THIS RELIC OF 1435 00:42:11,595 --> 00:42:12,630 ITS TIME, I BROUGHT IT 1436 00:42:12,630 --> 00:42:14,632 HERE TODAY AS A REMINDER THAT 1437 00:42:14,632 --> 00:42:16,000 LIBRARIES NEED MORE FUNDING FOR 1438 00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:16,400 COLLECTIONS. 1439 00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:18,102 LIBRARY BOOKS GO MISSING, THEY 1440 00:42:18,102 --> 00:42:19,970 BREAK DOWN FROM USE, AND IN THE 1441 00:42:19,970 --> 00:42:21,839 CASE OF E BOOKS AND AUDIO 1442 00:42:21,839 --> 00:42:23,807 BOOKS, WHICH I USE CONSTANTLY, 1443 00:42:23,807 --> 00:42:24,008 THEY 1444 00:42:24,008 --> 00:42:24,341 EXPIRE. 1445 00:42:24,341 --> 00:42:25,843 AS A SEATTLE TAXPAYER 1446 00:42:25,843 --> 00:42:27,411 AND HOMEOWNER I'M ASKING YOU 1447 00:42:27,411 --> 00:42:28,312 TO PLEASE SUPPORT ALL THE 1448 00:42:28,312 --> 00:42:30,581 AMENDMENTS TO THE LIBRARY LEVY 1449 00:42:30,581 --> 00:42:32,016 ESPECIALLY THE AMENDMENT 1450 00:42:32,016 --> 00:42:33,317 FOR PROVIDING MORE FUNDING FOR 1451 00:42:33,450 --> 00:42:35,886 COLLECTIONS. THANK YOU TO ALL OF 1452 00:42:35,886 --> 00:42:36,053 OUR 1453 00:42:36,053 --> 00:42:38,522 COUNCILMEMBERS TO THE LIBRARY 1454 00:42:38,656 --> 00:42:38,956 AND OUR CITY. 1455 00:42:38,956 --> 00:42:40,224 >> THANK YOU, LAUREN. 1456 00:42:40,224 --> 00:42:44,528 JENNIFER, MASON AND PAUL TYLER. 1457 00:42:44,662 --> 00:42:46,597 >> HI, I'M JENNIFER AND I 1458 00:42:46,597 --> 00:42:47,665 SERVE AS THE CURRENT BOARD 1459 00:42:47,665 --> 00:42:50,000 PRESIDENT FOR THE FRIENDS OF THE 1460 00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:50,234 SEATTLE 1461 00:42:50,234 --> 00:42:51,302 PUBLIC LIBRARY AND I LIVE 1462 00:42:51,302 --> 00:42:51,869 IN DISTRICT THREE. 1463 00:42:51,869 --> 00:42:53,270 I URGE THE COUNCIL TO 1464 00:42:53,270 --> 00:42:54,805 SUPPORT ALL FUNDED AMENDMENTS TO 1465 00:42:54,805 --> 00:42:56,106 THE LIBRARY LEVY SPECIFICALLY 1466 00:42:56,106 --> 00:42:57,641 I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR 1467 00:42:57,641 --> 00:42:59,076 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK'S 1468 00:42:59,076 --> 00:43:01,412 AMENDMENTS TO EXPAND FUNDING FOR 1469 00:43:01,412 --> 00:43:01,645 DIGITAL 1470 00:43:01,779 --> 00:43:03,581 BOOKS. WHILE THE INITIAL LETCHY 1471 00:43:03,581 --> 00:43:04,515 PROPOSAL IS A START IT DOES 1472 00:43:04,515 --> 00:43:05,883 NOT DO ENOUGH TO ADDRESS THE 1473 00:43:05,883 --> 00:43:07,785 REALITY OF SKYROCKETING DEMAND 1474 00:43:07,785 --> 00:43:08,986 AND THE 1475 00:43:08,986 --> 00:43:10,054 FRUSTRATINGLY LONG WAIT 1476 00:43:10,054 --> 00:43:11,155 TIMES FOR EBOOKS. 1477 00:43:11,155 --> 00:43:13,090 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK'S 1478 00:43:13,090 --> 00:43:14,491 PROPOSAL BRIDGES THAT GAP 1479 00:43:14,491 --> 00:43:14,825 ENSURING 1480 00:43:14,825 --> 00:43:16,660 OUR DIGITAL COLLECTIONS 1481 00:43:16,660 --> 00:43:18,395 REMAINS ACCESSIBLE RATHER THAN 1482 00:43:18,395 --> 00:43:18,629 JUST 1483 00:43:18,629 --> 00:43:18,996 ASPIRATIONAL. 1484 00:43:18,996 --> 00:43:20,397 FURTHERMORE, INTRODUCING 1485 00:43:20,397 --> 00:43:21,599 A DIGITAL VERSION OF PEAK PICKS 1486 00:43:21,599 --> 00:43:23,000 WOULD BE A TRANSFORMATIVE 1487 00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:24,368 UPGRADE TO ONE OF THE 1488 00:43:24,368 --> 00:43:25,803 LIBRARY'S MOST BELOVED 1489 00:43:25,803 --> 00:43:26,070 SERVICES. 1490 00:43:26,070 --> 00:43:29,306 WHILE THESE AMENDMENTS REPRESENT 1491 00:43:29,306 --> 00:43:29,940 RELATIVELY SMALL DOLLAR AMOUNTS, 1492 00:43:29,940 --> 00:43:30,975 THEY OFFER HIGH 1493 00:43:30,975 --> 00:43:32,476 VISIBLE RETURN FOR THE PUBLIC. 1494 00:43:32,476 --> 00:43:33,277 RESIDENTS IN EVERY 1495 00:43:33,277 --> 00:43:34,812 NEIGHBORHOOD WILL NOTICE AND 1496 00:43:34,812 --> 00:43:35,145 BENEFIT DAILY 1497 00:43:35,145 --> 00:43:36,380 FROM THIS AMENDMENT. 1498 00:43:36,380 --> 00:43:38,582 PLEASE VOTE YES TO ENSURE OUR 1499 00:43:38,582 --> 00:43:40,451 LIBRARY SYSTEM KEEPS PACE 1500 00:43:40,451 --> 00:43:41,185 WITH OUR COMMUNITY -- 1501 00:43:41,185 --> 00:43:41,418 HOW OUR 1502 00:43:41,418 --> 00:43:42,052 COMMUNITY ACTUALLY READS TODAY. 1503 00:43:42,052 --> 00:43:43,454 THANK YOU. 1504 00:43:43,587 --> 00:43:47,891 >> THANK YOU, JENNIFER. 1505 00:43:47,891 --> 00:43:54,398 MASON, PAUL TYLER, ANGEL AND 1506 00:43:54,398 --> 00:43:54,765 COCORU. 1507 00:43:54,765 --> 00:43:55,799 MASON, GO AHEAD. 1508 00:43:55,933 --> 00:43:57,134 >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 1509 00:43:57,134 --> 00:43:58,869 MY NAME IS MASON AND I'M A 1510 00:43:58,869 --> 00:44:00,404 WEST SEATTLE RESIDENT IN 1511 00:44:00,404 --> 00:44:00,671 DISTRICT 1512 00:44:00,804 --> 00:44:02,706 ONE. I'M IN FAVOR OF THE 1513 00:44:02,706 --> 00:44:02,973 PROPOSED 1514 00:44:02,973 --> 00:44:04,541 AMENDMENTS TO THE LIBRARY LEVY. 1515 00:44:04,541 --> 00:44:06,677 AS ONE OF THE LAST GREAT 1516 00:44:06,677 --> 00:44:08,545 THIRD SPACES WE NEED TO INVEST 1517 00:44:08,545 --> 00:44:10,314 IN LIBRARIES STRENGTHENING THEIR 1518 00:44:10,314 --> 00:44:12,650 FOUNDATIONS BOTH PHYSICAL AND 1519 00:44:12,650 --> 00:44:15,285 FISCAL WITHIN OUR 1520 00:44:15,285 --> 00:44:16,286 COMMUNITIES. SEISMIC RETROFITS 1521 00:44:16,286 --> 00:44:16,620 LIKE THE ONE 1522 00:44:16,620 --> 00:44:18,922 FOR THE WEST LIBRARY BRANCH BY 1523 00:44:18,922 --> 00:44:20,290 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK ARE 1524 00:44:20,290 --> 00:44:22,493 CRITICAL TO ENSURING SAFE AND 1525 00:44:22,493 --> 00:44:23,260 ENDURING COMMUNITY SPACES. 1526 00:44:23,260 --> 00:44:26,764 ALL LIBRARIES, INCLUDING MY WEST 1527 00:44:26,764 --> 00:44:29,500 BRANCH OFFER WEST SEATTLE A MENU 1528 00:44:29,500 --> 00:44:31,201 OF RESOURCES THAT SERVE EVERY 1529 00:44:31,201 --> 00:44:31,869 COMMUNITY MEMBER FROM 1530 00:44:31,869 --> 00:44:33,337 FAMILY READING TIME AND 1531 00:44:33,337 --> 00:44:35,272 HOMEWORK HELP TO TAX AND 1532 00:44:35,272 --> 00:44:35,639 ENTREPRENEURIAL 1533 00:44:35,639 --> 00:44:38,976 TO JUST BEING A FREE PLACE TO 1534 00:44:38,976 --> 00:44:39,476 BE. 1535 00:44:39,476 --> 00:44:41,145 OFTEN DESCRIBED LIBRARIES AS 1536 00:44:41,145 --> 00:44:42,579 A MODERN MIRACLE THAT GIVES 1537 00:44:42,579 --> 00:44:43,981 AND GIVES AND ASKS LITTLE IN 1538 00:44:43,981 --> 00:44:44,248 RETURN. 1539 00:44:44,248 --> 00:44:45,849 THAT IMPORTANT WORK WILL BE 1540 00:44:45,849 --> 00:44:49,019 ABLE TO CONTINUE SAFELY AND 1541 00:44:49,019 --> 00:44:49,286 ASSUREDLY 1542 00:44:49,286 --> 00:44:50,521 IF ALL COUNCILMEMBERS COMPLETE 1543 00:44:50,521 --> 00:44:52,523 THE PROJECT IDENTIFIED IN 1544 00:44:52,523 --> 00:44:53,223 RINCK'S AMENDMENT. 1545 00:44:53,223 --> 00:44:54,091 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT 1546 00:44:54,091 --> 00:44:56,026 TO THE LIBRARY AND 1547 00:44:56,026 --> 00:44:57,461 OUR COMMITMENT TO OUR BEAUTIFUL 1548 00:44:57,461 --> 00:44:57,661 CITY. 1549 00:44:57,795 --> 00:45:00,197 >> THANK YOU, MASON. 1550 00:45:00,197 --> 00:45:03,967 PAUL TYLER, ANGEL SOLS AND 1551 00:45:03,967 --> 00:45:04,435 COCORU. 1552 00:45:04,435 --> 00:45:08,405 GOSH, I'M SAYINGSAYING RIGHT, I 1553 00:45:08,539 --> 00:45:08,806 HOPE. PAUL. 1554 00:45:08,939 --> 00:45:10,140 >> COUNCIL CHAIR AND 1555 00:45:10,140 --> 00:45:12,476 COUNCILMEMBERS, MY NAME IS PAUL 1556 00:45:12,476 --> 00:45:13,911 TYLER, FRIENDS OF SEATTLE 1557 00:45:13,911 --> 00:45:15,646 PUBLIC LIBRARY AND I RESIDE IN 1558 00:45:15,646 --> 00:45:16,046 QUEEN 1559 00:45:16,046 --> 00:45:17,881 ANNE, DISTRICT SEVEN. 1560 00:45:17,881 --> 00:45:19,616 I REQUEST THAT THE 1561 00:45:19,616 --> 00:45:20,684 AMENDMENTS BE INCLUDED IN THE 1562 00:45:20,684 --> 00:45:20,884 LEVY. 1563 00:45:20,884 --> 00:45:22,519 LIBRARY IS A FABRIC OF SEATTLE. 1564 00:45:22,519 --> 00:45:23,787 OUR LIBRARIES REPRESENT 1565 00:45:23,787 --> 00:45:25,222 THE VALUE OF PUBLIC SPACES, 1566 00:45:25,222 --> 00:45:26,924 SPACES THAT BIND US TOGETHER FOR 1567 00:45:26,924 --> 00:45:28,492 A COMMON CAUSE AS ACTIVE 1568 00:45:28,492 --> 00:45:29,460 CITIZENS IN A COMMUNITY. 1569 00:45:29,460 --> 00:45:31,795 A LIBRARY PROVIDES SAFE -- 1570 00:45:31,795 --> 00:45:34,031 FREE AND SAFE SPACES TO GROW AND 1571 00:45:34,164 --> 00:45:35,733 EXPLORE IDEAS. THE KEY ASPECT OF 1572 00:45:35,733 --> 00:45:36,266 OUR DEMOCRACY. 1573 00:45:36,266 --> 00:45:37,267 LIBRARIES HAVE THE ABILITY 1574 00:45:37,267 --> 00:45:38,502 TO DEVELOP PASSION FOR READING 1575 00:45:38,502 --> 00:45:40,504 AND HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON 1576 00:45:40,637 --> 00:45:44,074 LITERACY. THESE SPACES ALLOW FOR 1577 00:45:44,074 --> 00:45:44,341 INQUIRY, 1578 00:45:44,341 --> 00:45:45,375 EXPLORATION AND DEEP LEARNING. 1579 00:45:45,375 --> 00:45:47,077 AS A RETIRED EDUCATOR 1580 00:45:47,077 --> 00:45:48,779 I'VE ALWAYS VALUED AND 1581 00:45:48,779 --> 00:45:49,379 PROMOTED LIFELONG LEARNING. 1582 00:45:49,379 --> 00:45:50,481 PLEASE SUPPORT THE 1583 00:45:50,481 --> 00:45:51,915 ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO HAVE 1584 00:45:51,915 --> 00:45:52,349 LIBRARY SYSTEMS 1585 00:45:52,349 --> 00:45:55,853 REACH ITS FULL CAPACITY ASAS 1586 00:45:55,853 --> 00:45:56,987 HUB OF THE SEATTLE COMMUNITY. 1587 00:45:56,987 --> 00:45:59,656 IT PROVIDES CULTURAL EXCHANGES 1588 00:45:59,656 --> 00:46:00,591 WHICH STRENGTHENS OUR COMMUNITY 1589 00:46:00,724 --> 00:46:01,925 TIES. IN CLOSING, I BELIEVE 1590 00:46:01,925 --> 00:46:02,760 THE AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN 1591 00:46:02,760 --> 00:46:04,428 PRESENTED IN A THOUGHTFUL AND 1592 00:46:04,428 --> 00:46:04,661 FISCAL 1593 00:46:04,661 --> 00:46:05,562 RESPONSE AND I THANK YOU 1594 00:46:05,562 --> 00:46:06,396 FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. 1595 00:46:06,396 --> 00:46:07,764 IT'S MORE NEEDED TODAY 1596 00:46:07,764 --> 00:46:09,066 THAN EVER BEFORE AND I ASK THAT 1597 00:46:09,066 --> 00:46:09,233 YOU 1598 00:46:09,233 --> 00:46:09,967 SUPPORT THE AMENDMENTS. 1599 00:46:09,967 --> 00:46:10,400 THANK YOU. 1600 00:46:10,534 --> 00:46:12,903 >> THANK YOU, PAUL. 1601 00:46:12,903 --> 00:46:17,941 ANGEL, COCORU AND THEN WE'LL GO 1602 00:46:18,142 --> 00:46:19,877 TO ONLINE. I SEE OUR ONLINE 1603 00:46:19,877 --> 00:46:20,477 SPEAKERS ON. 1604 00:46:20,477 --> 00:46:21,011 ANGEL. 1605 00:46:21,145 --> 00:46:22,079 >> HI. 1606 00:46:22,079 --> 00:46:23,180 COUNCILMEMBERS, GOOD TO SEE YOU 1607 00:46:23,180 --> 00:46:23,547 AGAIN. 1608 00:46:23,547 --> 00:46:26,049 I KNOW WE KEEP MEETING LIKE 1609 00:46:26,183 --> 00:46:26,350 THIS. 1610 00:46:26,350 --> 00:46:27,518 THANK YOU. MY NAME IS ANGEL 1611 00:46:27,518 --> 00:46:27,985 SOLS, A 1612 00:46:27,985 --> 00:46:29,286 PROUD MEMBER OF THE FRIENDS OF 1613 00:46:29,286 --> 00:46:30,220 SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY. 1614 00:46:30,220 --> 00:46:32,256 YOU'VE SEEN QUITE A FEW OF US 1615 00:46:32,256 --> 00:46:32,523 HERE. 1616 00:46:32,523 --> 00:46:33,791 WE HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING 1617 00:46:33,791 --> 00:46:35,926 THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARIES 1618 00:46:35,926 --> 00:46:36,760 SINCE 1619 00:46:36,894 --> 00:46:38,962 1941. OUR MISSION IS TO ELEVATE 1620 00:46:38,962 --> 00:46:40,430 THE LIBRARY AND INSPIRE THE LOVE 1621 00:46:40,430 --> 00:46:42,699 OF READING IN OUR COMMUNITIES. 1622 00:46:42,699 --> 00:46:45,035 I CARE ABOUT LIBRARIES BECAUSE 1623 00:46:45,035 --> 00:46:49,039 THEY ARE A PILLAR OF 1624 00:46:49,039 --> 00:46:50,974 OUR COMMUNITY WHICH 1625 00:46:50,974 --> 00:46:53,410 CREATES, CULTIVATES AND ENSURES 1626 00:46:53,410 --> 00:46:55,779 EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL AND 1627 00:46:55,779 --> 00:46:57,314 PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY, DISCOVERY 1628 00:46:57,314 --> 00:46:57,915 AND WONDER. 1629 00:46:57,915 --> 00:47:00,350 I AM IN FAVOR OF ALL OF 1630 00:47:00,350 --> 00:47:03,220 THE OPPOSED -- ALL OF THE 1631 00:47:03,220 --> 00:47:03,787 PROPOSED 1632 00:47:03,787 --> 00:47:04,154 AMENDMENTS. 1633 00:47:04,154 --> 00:47:08,525 I DO WANT TO TOUCH ON THAT THE 1634 00:47:08,525 --> 00:47:11,562 PROPOSED LEVY LARGELY MAINTAINS 1635 00:47:11,695 --> 00:47:14,398 THE STATUS -- HOLD ON -- GLASSES 1636 00:47:14,398 --> 00:47:15,065 ARE GOING TO BE NEEDED. 1637 00:47:15,065 --> 00:47:16,466 I WAS GOING TO TRY TO NOT USE 1638 00:47:16,600 --> 00:47:17,201 THEM. HERE WE GO. 1639 00:47:17,201 --> 00:47:19,136 THE PROPOSED LEVY 1640 00:47:19,136 --> 00:47:21,171 LARGELY MAINTAINS THE STATUS QUO 1641 00:47:21,171 --> 00:47:21,638 AND IS 1642 00:47:21,638 --> 00:47:22,773 INSUFFICIENT AND IT IS 1643 00:47:22,773 --> 00:47:25,142 UNACCEPTABLE FOR PROGRESSIVE, 1644 00:47:25,142 --> 00:47:27,611 WELL- READ, DIVERSE CITY OF 1645 00:47:27,611 --> 00:47:28,145 SEATTLE. 1646 00:47:28,145 --> 00:47:29,980 I WOULD LIKE ALSO TO SAY THAT 1647 00:47:29,980 --> 00:47:36,887 BECAUSE THE 2019 LEVY WAS $219 1648 00:47:36,887 --> 00:47:38,856 MILLION SOME NEWS 1649 00:47:38,856 --> 00:47:39,923 OUTLETS DESCRIBED THE $410 1650 00:47:39,923 --> 00:47:40,157 MILLION 1651 00:47:40,157 --> 00:47:40,424 PROPOSAL 1652 00:47:40,424 --> 00:47:41,058 AS AN INCREASE OF 50% AND THAT 1653 00:47:41,058 --> 00:47:43,227 WAS INCORRECT. 1654 00:47:43,227 --> 00:47:46,129 SO WHAT I WOULD ASK YOU TO DO IS 1655 00:47:46,129 --> 00:47:47,931 PLEASE SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER 1656 00:47:47,931 --> 00:47:49,233 RINCK'S AMENDMENTS REGARDING 1657 00:47:49,233 --> 00:47:50,968 BOOKS, PLEASE 1658 00:47:50,968 --> 00:47:53,136 SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, 1659 00:47:53,136 --> 00:47:53,437 JUAREZ 1660 00:47:53,437 --> 00:47:55,038 AMENDMENTS REGARDING PROGRAMS. 1661 00:47:55,038 --> 00:47:57,407 PLEASE SUPPORT AMENDMENTS FOR -- 1662 00:47:57,407 --> 00:47:59,476 FROM COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, 1663 00:47:59,476 --> 00:48:01,144 FOSTER, LIN AND STRAUSS. 1664 00:48:01,144 --> 00:48:03,714 LAST BUT NOT LEAST DON'T LET AN 1665 00:48:03,714 --> 00:48:06,116 INCLINATION TO FOCUS ON 1666 00:48:06,116 --> 00:48:07,784 THE FUTURE STEAL OUR PRESENT. 1667 00:48:07,784 --> 00:48:08,919 THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS FOR 1668 00:48:08,919 --> 00:48:10,687 ALL THAT YOU DO ESPECIALLY FOR 1669 00:48:10,687 --> 00:48:11,521 OUR LIBRARIES AND OUR CITY. 1670 00:48:11,521 --> 00:48:12,723 AND NOW I CAN SEE. 1671 00:48:12,856 --> 00:48:14,891 >> THANK YOU, ANGEL. 1672 00:48:14,891 --> 00:48:18,161 COCORU 1673 00:48:18,161 --> 00:48:18,795 ARONKU AND THEN WE'LL GO TO 1674 00:48:18,795 --> 00:48:27,170 ONLINE. 1675 00:48:27,304 --> 00:48:28,305 >> HI. 1676 00:48:28,305 --> 00:48:31,608 MY NAME IS COCORU ARONKU. 1677 00:48:31,742 --> 00:48:33,977 GOOD EVENING ALL. I STAND HERE 1678 00:48:33,977 --> 00:48:35,379 TODAY IN STRONG 1679 00:48:35,379 --> 00:48:38,448 SUPPORT OF INCREASING THE 1680 00:48:38,448 --> 00:48:42,552 LIBRARY LEVY ESPECIALLY IN A 1681 00:48:42,552 --> 00:48:44,154 WORLD WHERE EVERYTHING IS BASED 1682 00:48:44,154 --> 00:48:46,790 ON WHAT IT PRODUCES FOR THE 1683 00:48:46,790 --> 00:48:49,593 RICHEST PEOPLE, NOT FOR 1684 00:48:49,593 --> 00:48:50,060 COMMUNITY. 1685 00:48:50,060 --> 00:48:52,696 TO ME, A LIBRARY IS NOT JUST 1686 00:48:52,696 --> 00:48:58,502 A BUILDING FILLED WITH BOOKS, 1687 00:48:58,502 --> 00:49:00,270 IT'S A PLACE WHERE 1688 00:49:00,270 --> 00:49:01,171 EVERYBODY'S IMAGINATION IS 1689 00:49:01,171 --> 00:49:01,471 DISCOVERED. 1690 00:49:01,471 --> 00:49:04,174 IT IS A PLACE WHERE STUDENTS 1691 00:49:04,174 --> 00:49:05,676 FIND RESOURCES. 1692 00:49:05,676 --> 00:49:08,078 IT IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WHO 1693 00:49:08,078 --> 00:49:12,849 ARE LOOKING FOR JOBS GO TO 1694 00:49:12,849 --> 00:49:13,750 GET SUPPORT, AND IT'S ALSO A 1695 00:49:13,750 --> 00:49:16,019 PLACE WHERE COMMUNITIES COME 1696 00:49:16,019 --> 00:49:17,921 TOGETHER FREELY TO TO 1697 00:49:17,921 --> 00:49:18,488 SHARE, TO CONNECT ON EQUAL 1698 00:49:18,488 --> 00:49:22,192 FOOTING. 1699 00:49:22,192 --> 00:49:23,760 IT'S IN A CITY LIKE SEATTLE 1700 00:49:23,760 --> 00:49:26,430 THAT'S KNOWN FOR INNOVATION AND 1701 00:49:26,430 --> 00:49:26,697 PROGRESS. 1702 00:49:26,697 --> 00:49:29,232 WE MUST ENSURE THAT ACCESS 1703 00:49:29,232 --> 00:49:29,466 TO 1704 00:49:29,466 --> 00:49:30,100 KNOWLEDGE IS NOT A PRIVILEGE BUT 1705 00:49:30,100 --> 00:49:32,336 A RIGHT. 1706 00:49:32,336 --> 00:49:35,639 AN INCREASED LEVY MEANS LONGER 1707 00:49:35,639 --> 00:49:38,508 HOURS, STRONGER PROGRAMS AND 1708 00:49:38,508 --> 00:49:42,245 UPDATED RESOURCES AND A 1709 00:49:42,245 --> 00:49:44,414 TRUE MEASURE OF THE CITY LIKE 1710 00:49:44,414 --> 00:49:45,415 SEATTLE IS NOT JUST THE CITY 1711 00:49:45,415 --> 00:49:45,949 LINE OR 1712 00:49:45,949 --> 00:49:47,851 THE SKYLINE OR THE BEAUTIFUL 1713 00:49:47,851 --> 00:49:48,085 NATURE. 1714 00:49:48,218 --> 00:49:48,552 >> THANK YOU. 1715 00:49:48,685 --> 00:49:50,153 >> IT'S HOW WELL WE SUPPORT 1716 00:49:50,153 --> 00:49:50,320 OUR 1717 00:49:50,320 --> 00:49:50,887 PEOPLE BY INVESTING IN OUR 1718 00:49:50,887 --> 00:49:58,295 LIBRARIES. 1719 00:49:58,428 --> 00:49:58,929 >> THANK YOU. 1720 00:49:58,929 --> 00:50:01,198 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 1721 00:50:01,198 --> 00:50:02,766 ALL RIGHT. 1722 00:50:02,766 --> 00:50:07,571 WE'LL GO TO ONLINE SPEAKERS 1723 00:50:07,571 --> 00:50:09,606 NOW, SO WE'LL GO TO THAT 1724 00:50:09,606 --> 00:50:16,480 PERSON, DAVID HAYNES AND THEN 1725 00:50:16,480 --> 00:50:17,881 BRITTANY AND AN LIFIA. 1726 00:50:17,881 --> 00:50:19,383 DAVID HAYNES, ARE YOU HERE IN 1727 00:50:19,516 --> 00:50:19,750 PERSON? 1728 00:50:19,750 --> 00:50:21,885 >> HI, THANK YOU, DAVID HAYNES. 1729 00:50:21,885 --> 00:50:22,419 THAT'S ALL RIGHT. 1730 00:50:22,419 --> 00:50:23,720 I'LL JUST GO FROM THE PHONE. 1731 00:50:23,720 --> 00:50:26,289 I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT 1732 00:50:26,289 --> 00:50:28,458 THERE'S LIKE $195 1733 00:50:28,458 --> 00:50:29,493 MILLION INCREASE IN THE DEMANDS 1734 00:50:29,493 --> 00:50:30,027 OF THE 1735 00:50:30,027 --> 00:50:32,262 LEVY, AND SO THERE HAS TO BE 1736 00:50:32,262 --> 00:50:33,697 A CAVEAT THAT AT LEAST ONE OR 1737 00:50:33,697 --> 00:50:35,065 TWO DAYS A WEEK YOU HAVE TO 1738 00:50:35,065 --> 00:50:40,670 PROVIDE A 21st CENTURY TIME OF 1739 00:50:40,670 --> 00:50:41,938 BEING OPEN LIKE 9:00 A.M. TO 1740 00:50:41,938 --> 00:50:42,372 9:00 P.M. 1741 00:50:42,372 --> 00:50:44,408 AND IN ORDER TO MAKE IT TRULY 1742 00:50:44,408 --> 00:50:46,643 ENJOYABLE, YOU HAVE TO ALLOW 1743 00:50:46,643 --> 00:50:50,547 FOR THE SERVICE PROVIDERS TO BE 1744 00:50:50,680 --> 00:50:53,016 FULLY SUPPORTIVE TO DEAL WITH 1745 00:50:53,016 --> 00:50:54,184 ALL THE TROUBLED SOULS 1746 00:50:54,184 --> 00:50:55,652 BOTHERING PEOPLE AT THE LIBRARY. 1747 00:50:55,652 --> 00:50:56,853 IT'S BECOME IMPOSSIBLE TO 1748 00:50:56,853 --> 00:50:59,423 SIT DOWN FOR EVEN 20 MINUTES IN 1749 00:50:59,423 --> 00:51:00,524 THE 1750 00:51:00,524 --> 00:51:02,092 COMPUTER SECTION BECAUSE 1751 00:51:02,092 --> 00:51:03,126 THERE'S BEHAVIORAL CRISIS 1752 00:51:03,126 --> 00:51:03,460 PEOPLE 1753 00:51:03,460 --> 00:51:05,128 THAT PASSIVE AGGRESSIVELY WANT 1754 00:51:05,128 --> 00:51:05,295 TO 1755 00:51:05,295 --> 00:51:05,962 BULLY AND BOTHER YOU. 1756 00:51:05,962 --> 00:51:11,835 YOU TRY TO SIT DOWN TO READ THE 1757 00:51:11,835 --> 00:51:12,869 NEWSPAPER, THEY ARE SO CLOSE 1758 00:51:12,869 --> 00:51:18,375 YOU END UP HITTING AND THE 1759 00:51:18,375 --> 00:51:20,610 PEOPLE CRINKLING THE STEEL 1760 00:51:20,610 --> 00:51:20,844 PLATES. 1761 00:51:20,844 --> 00:51:23,380 WE DON'T NEED ANY CHILD PORNO 1762 00:51:23,513 --> 00:51:24,014 ACCOMMODATION. GET THE 1763 00:51:24,014 --> 00:51:24,548 KID AWAY FROM THE GROUND 1764 00:51:24,548 --> 00:51:24,781 FLOOR. 1765 00:51:24,781 --> 00:51:29,719 >> THANK YOU. 1766 00:51:29,719 --> 00:51:33,890 BRITTANY, ALIFIA, AND 1767 00:51:33,890 --> 00:51:34,558 THEN UNA MARTIN AND SARAH 1768 00:51:34,558 --> 00:51:38,995 STANLEY. 1769 00:51:39,129 --> 00:51:43,834 BRITTANY. 29, YES. 1770 00:51:43,834 --> 00:51:45,669 NO, NO WORRIES. 1771 00:51:45,669 --> 00:51:45,936 BRITTANY. 1772 00:51:46,069 --> 00:51:46,403 GREAT, WELCOME. 1773 00:51:46,403 --> 00:51:48,705 >> HI. 1774 00:51:48,705 --> 00:51:51,274 I'M BRITTANY AND I'M A RENTER 1775 00:51:51,274 --> 00:51:53,110 IN 1776 00:51:53,110 --> 00:51:53,443 BALLARD. 1777 00:51:53,443 --> 00:51:54,711 I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE 1778 00:51:54,711 --> 00:51:56,146 SUPPORT ALL THE FUNDED 1779 00:51:56,146 --> 00:51:56,746 AMENDMENTS TO 1780 00:51:56,746 --> 00:51:59,282 THE LIBRARY LEVY BECAUSE THEY 1781 00:51:59,282 --> 00:51:59,449 ARE 1782 00:51:59,449 --> 00:52:01,952 ESSENTIAL INVESTMENTS IN 1783 00:52:02,085 --> 00:52:03,119 AFFORDABILITY. A VIBRANT LIBRARY 1784 00:52:03,119 --> 00:52:03,487 SYSTEM IS THE 1785 00:52:03,487 --> 00:52:05,455 FOUNDATION OF AN AFFORDABLE 1786 00:52:05,455 --> 00:52:05,822 CITY. 1787 00:52:05,822 --> 00:52:07,724 IT'S HOW WE GUARANTEE THAT 1788 00:52:07,724 --> 00:52:09,459 BOOKS AND KNOWLEDGE BELONG TO 1789 00:52:09,459 --> 00:52:09,860 EVERYONE. 1790 00:52:09,860 --> 00:52:11,094 THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD WILL 1791 00:52:11,094 --> 00:52:14,531 PAY NO MORE THAN $15 A MONTH FOR 1792 00:52:14,531 --> 00:52:15,098 THE 1793 00:52:15,098 --> 00:52:17,067 LIBRARY LEVY EVEN IF THE FUNDED 1794 00:52:17,067 --> 00:52:18,668 AMENDMENTS ARE INCLUDED, AS I 1795 00:52:18,668 --> 00:52:19,736 VERY MUCH HOPE THEY ARE. 1796 00:52:19,736 --> 00:52:22,239 THAT $15 A MONTH PROVIDES 1797 00:52:22,239 --> 00:52:23,173 SEATTLE FAMILIES ACCESS TO 1798 00:52:23,173 --> 00:52:25,876 A COLLECTION OF OVER 3 MILLION 1799 00:52:25,876 --> 00:52:26,576 ITEMS. 1800 00:52:26,576 --> 00:52:27,944 5,800 YEARLY PROGRAMS AND 1801 00:52:27,944 --> 00:52:29,179 CLASSES AND FREE ACCESS 1802 00:52:29,179 --> 00:52:29,713 TO MEETING 1803 00:52:29,713 --> 00:52:30,280 ROOMS, COMPUTERS AND WI-FI 1804 00:52:30,280 --> 00:52:32,883 ACROSS THE CITY. 1805 00:52:32,883 --> 00:52:35,018 THE PROPOSED FUNDED 1806 00:52:35,018 --> 00:52:36,052 AMENDMENTS SUPPORT THE PUBLIC 1807 00:52:36,052 --> 00:52:38,588 GOOD BY 1808 00:52:38,588 --> 00:52:40,390 INCREASING SUPPORT FOR 1809 00:52:40,390 --> 00:52:42,025 COLLECTIONS, PROGRAMMING AND 1810 00:52:42,025 --> 00:52:42,425 INFRASTRUCTURE. 1811 00:52:42,425 --> 00:52:45,362 THE LIBRARY IS ONE OF THE FEW 1812 00:52:45,362 --> 00:52:45,929 SEATTLE WHERE A 1813 00:52:45,929 --> 00:52:47,230 PERSON CAN SPEND THEIR TIME 1814 00:52:47,230 --> 00:52:49,399 WITHOUT NEEDING TO SPEND ANY 1815 00:52:49,399 --> 00:52:49,633 MONEY. 1816 00:52:49,633 --> 00:52:51,034 WHAT'S MORE AFFORDABLE 1817 00:52:51,034 --> 00:52:51,334 THAN THAT? 1818 00:52:51,468 --> 00:52:55,105 >> THANK YOU, BRITTANY. 1819 00:52:55,105 --> 00:52:56,072 ALIFIA AND THEN 1820 00:52:56,072 --> 00:52:56,640 UNA MARTIN AND THEN SARAH 1821 00:52:56,640 --> 00:52:58,041 STANLEY. 1822 00:52:58,041 --> 00:53:02,445 WELCOME. 1823 00:53:02,579 --> 00:53:03,280 >> THANK YOU. 1824 00:53:03,280 --> 00:53:03,680 HELLO. 1825 00:53:03,680 --> 00:53:06,349 MY NAME IS ALIFIA. 1826 00:53:06,349 --> 00:53:08,818 I LIVE IN CAPITOL HILL. 1827 00:53:08,818 --> 00:53:14,524 I LOVE USING THE LIBRARY AND 1828 00:53:14,524 --> 00:53:15,192 CHECKING OUT 1829 00:53:15,192 --> 00:53:17,460 BOOKS. I'M PART OF A CLIMATE 1830 00:53:17,460 --> 00:53:19,529 CRISIS GROUP THAT MEETS AT THE 1831 00:53:19,529 --> 00:53:20,497 SEATTLE PUBLIC 1832 00:53:20,497 --> 00:53:22,699 LIBRARIES. I'M ASKING YOU TO 1833 00:53:22,699 --> 00:53:23,066 PLEASE SUPPORT 1834 00:53:23,066 --> 00:53:25,001 ALL THE FUNDED AMENDMENTS TO 1835 00:53:25,001 --> 00:53:26,536 THE LIBRARY LEVY. 1836 00:53:26,536 --> 00:53:28,071 IT'S ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO 1837 00:53:28,071 --> 00:53:32,442 ME TO FUND THE EXPANSION OF BOTH 1838 00:53:32,642 --> 00:53:34,711 PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL BOOKS. 1839 00:53:34,711 --> 00:53:37,480 THEIR VALUE IS BRYCELESS AND 1840 00:53:37,480 --> 00:53:38,648 LIBRARIES ARE MAGICAL SPACES 1841 00:53:38,648 --> 00:53:41,384 THAT WE ALL HAVE CORE MEMORIES 1842 00:53:41,384 --> 00:53:41,885 AT. 1843 00:53:41,885 --> 00:53:43,386 AS A SEATTLE TAXPAYER I WANT 1844 00:53:43,386 --> 00:53:45,555 TO SEE MORE RESOURCES FOR 1845 00:53:45,555 --> 00:53:49,259 THE LIBRARY VIA THE LEVY BECAUSE 1846 00:53:49,259 --> 00:53:50,327 NOW IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN 1847 00:53:50,327 --> 00:53:52,429 EVER TO SUPPORT THE EXPANSION 1848 00:53:52,429 --> 00:53:54,030 IN EDUCATION OF OUR MINDS. 1849 00:53:54,030 --> 00:53:56,032 THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS, 1850 00:53:56,032 --> 00:53:57,167 FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE 1851 00:53:57,167 --> 00:53:59,369 LIBRARY AND OUROUR CITY. 1852 00:53:59,369 --> 00:54:02,038 PLEASE VOTE YES TO THE FUNDED 1853 00:54:02,038 --> 00:54:03,340 AMENDMENTS. 1854 00:54:03,473 --> 00:54:04,307 >> THANK YOU. 1855 00:54:04,307 --> 00:54:06,676 UNA MARTIN, SARAH STANLEY AND 1856 00:54:06,676 --> 00:54:11,114 MIA DAVISON. 1857 00:54:11,248 --> 00:54:12,082 >> HELLO. 1858 00:54:12,082 --> 00:54:13,817 GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 1859 00:54:13,817 --> 00:54:16,786 MY NAME IS UNA MARTIN AND 1860 00:54:16,786 --> 00:54:17,687 I'M COMING FROM CAPITOL HILL. 1861 00:54:17,687 --> 00:54:19,489 I'M HERE TODAY TO SUPPORT 1862 00:54:19,489 --> 00:54:20,824 THE LEVY AND I AM ESPECIALLY 1863 00:54:20,824 --> 00:54:23,126 IN FAVOR OF COUNCILMEMBER 1864 00:54:23,126 --> 00:54:24,894 FOSTER AND JUAREZ AMENDMENTS 1865 00:54:24,894 --> 00:54:28,698 TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR 1866 00:54:28,698 --> 00:54:30,433 MULTILINGUAL SPEAKERS 1867 00:54:30,433 --> 00:54:31,534 OF LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH. 1868 00:54:31,534 --> 00:54:33,370 AS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO GREW UP 1869 00:54:33,370 --> 00:54:35,238 IN A SINGLE- PARENT IMMIGRANT 1870 00:54:35,238 --> 00:54:36,473 HOUSEHOLD, THE LIBRARY 1871 00:54:36,473 --> 00:54:38,208 WASN'T ONLY A SAFE THIRD SPACE 1872 00:54:38,208 --> 00:54:38,441 FOR US 1873 00:54:38,441 --> 00:54:40,277 BUT ALSO A VITAL RESOURCE 1874 00:54:40,277 --> 00:54:42,245 OF SURVIVAL FOR MY FAMILY. 1875 00:54:42,245 --> 00:54:44,047 MY MOTHER OFTEN USED THE 1876 00:54:44,047 --> 00:54:45,582 LIBRARY AS A RESOURCE TO 1877 00:54:45,582 --> 00:54:46,249 CONTINUE 1878 00:54:46,249 --> 00:54:49,586 HER ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION, 1879 00:54:49,586 --> 00:54:49,753 AND 1880 00:54:49,753 --> 00:54:50,520 I BELIEVE THAT WITHOUT 1881 00:54:50,520 --> 00:54:51,554 ACCESSIBLE PROGRAMS LIKE THESE 1882 00:54:51,554 --> 00:54:53,156 WE WILL BE DOING FAMILIES 1883 00:54:53,156 --> 00:54:56,059 LIKELIKE AND MANY OTHERS A HUGE 1884 00:54:56,192 --> 00:54:57,460 DISSERVICE. CONTINUING TO INVEST 1885 00:54:57,460 --> 00:54:58,094 IN 1886 00:54:58,094 --> 00:55:00,096 THE LIBRARY IS PLANNING FOR THE 1887 00:55:00,096 --> 00:55:00,330 FUTURE. 1888 00:55:00,330 --> 00:55:01,564 SO PLEASE VOTE TO CONTINUE TO 1889 00:55:01,564 --> 00:55:04,601 INVEST IN OUR FAMILIES 1890 00:55:04,601 --> 00:55:05,535 AND COMMUNITIES WITH THESE 1891 00:55:05,535 --> 00:55:05,835 AMENDMENTS. 1892 00:55:05,835 --> 00:55:06,569 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1893 00:55:06,703 --> 00:55:08,371 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1894 00:55:08,371 --> 00:55:08,972 SARAH 1895 00:55:08,972 --> 00:55:15,078 STANLEY AND THEN MIA DAVISON. 1896 00:55:18,615 --> 00:55:19,449 >> 1897 00:55:19,449 --> 00:55:21,384 HI. I'M SARAH STANLEY FROM 1898 00:55:21,384 --> 00:55:22,919 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE'S 1899 00:55:22,919 --> 00:55:23,186 DISTRICT. 1900 00:55:23,186 --> 00:55:25,021 I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU 1901 00:55:25,021 --> 00:55:26,256 TO COUNCILMEMBERS JUAREZ, 1902 00:55:26,256 --> 00:55:26,523 STRAUSS, 1903 00:55:26,523 --> 00:55:28,124 FOSTER, RINCK AND LIN 1904 00:55:28,124 --> 00:55:29,159 FOR RECOGNIZING THAT THE 1905 00:55:29,159 --> 00:55:31,561 LIBRARY NEEDS A LEVY THAT IS 1906 00:55:31,561 --> 00:55:32,362 MORE ROBUST 1907 00:55:32,362 --> 00:55:33,596 AND SUPPORTIVE TO COVER THE 1908 00:55:33,596 --> 00:55:34,164 NEXT SEVEN YEARS. 1909 00:55:34,164 --> 00:55:36,166 I AGREE 100% WITH YOUR 1910 00:55:36,299 --> 00:55:38,735 AMENDMENTS. WHEN I TOLD MY UBER 1911 00:55:38,735 --> 00:55:39,002 DRIVER, 1912 00:55:39,002 --> 00:55:40,036 WHO IMMIGRATED TO THE UNITED 1913 00:55:40,036 --> 00:55:41,237 STATES TEN YEARS AGO, THAT I 1914 00:55:41,237 --> 00:55:42,338 WAS SPEAKING HERE TONIGHT, HE 1915 00:55:42,338 --> 00:55:43,440 WAS 1916 00:55:43,440 --> 00:55:44,908 SO EXCITED, HE ASKED IF I 1917 00:55:44,908 --> 00:55:45,375 COULD SPEAK FOR HIM. 1918 00:55:45,375 --> 00:55:47,010 HE TOLD ME THAT THE 1919 00:55:47,010 --> 00:55:49,546 LIBRARY MAKES LIVING IN SEATTLE 1920 00:55:49,546 --> 00:55:49,779 MORE 1921 00:55:49,779 --> 00:55:51,147 AFFORDABLE FOR HIM AND HIS 1922 00:55:51,147 --> 00:55:51,448 COMMUNITY. 1923 00:55:51,448 --> 00:55:53,450 THE FREE WI- FI, THE 1924 00:55:53,450 --> 00:55:55,518 PREBOOKS, THE CHILDREN'S BOOKS 1925 00:55:55,518 --> 00:55:56,586 FOR KIDS IN 1926 00:55:56,586 --> 00:55:57,754 ENGLISH AND HIS LANGUAGE AS 1927 00:55:57,754 --> 00:55:58,855 WELL, THE JOB TRAINING 1928 00:55:58,855 --> 00:56:00,523 HELP HE WAS ABLE TO GET, THE AIR 1929 00:56:00,523 --> 00:56:01,558 CONDITIONING WHEN IT GOT TOO 1930 00:56:01,558 --> 00:56:03,793 HOT, AND THE ENGLISH CLASSES. 1931 00:56:03,793 --> 00:56:05,729 IN HIS WORDS, THE SEATTLE 1932 00:56:05,729 --> 00:56:07,197 LIBRARY IS A MIRACLE. 1933 00:56:07,197 --> 00:56:09,632 WE MUST GIVE IT THE MONEY IT 1934 00:56:09,632 --> 00:56:09,966 NEEDS. 1935 00:56:09,966 --> 00:56:13,403 SO LET'S PUT TOGETHER A ROBUST, 1936 00:56:13,403 --> 00:56:14,471 WELL-FUNDED LEVY AND GIVEN IT 1937 00:56:14,471 --> 00:56:16,873 TO THE CITIZENS OF SEATTLE TO 1938 00:56:16,873 --> 00:56:20,276 SUPPORT, AND WE KNOW THEY WANT 1939 00:56:20,410 --> 00:56:21,378 TO PASS. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT 1940 00:56:21,378 --> 00:56:21,778 YOU DO. 1941 00:56:21,978 --> 00:56:22,545 >> THANK YOU, SARAH. MIA 1942 00:56:22,545 --> 00:56:28,418 DAVISON. 1943 00:56:31,287 --> 00:56:31,855 >> HELLO. 1944 00:56:31,855 --> 00:56:36,126 I'M MIA AND I'M REPRESENTING 1945 00:56:36,126 --> 00:56:37,260 THE DISTRICT AND ASKING YOU 1946 00:56:37,260 --> 00:56:38,928 TO SUPPORT ALL FUNDED AMENDMENTS 1947 00:56:38,928 --> 00:56:40,830 TO THE LIBRARY LEVY. 1948 00:56:40,830 --> 00:56:45,602 I'M ON A QUEST TO FIND 1949 00:56:45,602 --> 00:56:46,970 AND WALKABLE THIRD PLACES IN 1950 00:56:46,970 --> 00:56:47,203 SEATTLE 1951 00:56:47,203 --> 00:56:48,638 AND THESE ARE ONE OF THEM. 1952 00:56:48,638 --> 00:56:50,373 AS YOU MAY KNOW THE 1953 00:56:50,373 --> 00:56:52,275 DISTRICT BRANCH IS CLOSED FOR 1954 00:56:52,275 --> 00:56:54,978 RENOVATIONS, AND I MISS ITS 1955 00:56:54,978 --> 00:57:00,183 BOOKS, MAGAZINES, 1956 00:57:00,183 --> 00:57:01,351 SUBSCRIPTIONS, SHOWS, MOVIES, 1957 00:57:01,351 --> 00:57:01,985 THE SERVICES THAT 1958 00:57:01,985 --> 00:57:04,053 IT OFFERS TO THE PUBLIC EVEN AS 1959 00:57:04,053 --> 00:57:08,491 IT EXPANDS INTO A TECHNICAL 1960 00:57:08,491 --> 00:57:11,327 SPACES AS PUBLIC NEEDS CHANGE. 1961 00:57:11,327 --> 00:57:13,563 AND ITS RESOURCES AND 1962 00:57:13,563 --> 00:57:15,965 PUBLIC SPACES FOR PEOPLE TO USE 1963 00:57:15,965 --> 00:57:18,668 AND CONGREGATE AS AFFORDABILITY 1964 00:57:18,668 --> 00:57:19,002 IS 1965 00:57:19,002 --> 00:57:21,938 AN INCREASING CONCERN. 1966 00:57:21,938 --> 00:57:23,673 AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR 1967 00:57:23,673 --> 00:57:24,374 SERVICE AND 1968 00:57:24,374 --> 00:57:24,941 PLEASE VOTE YES FOR LIBRARY 1969 00:57:24,941 --> 00:57:29,312 LEVY. 1970 00:57:29,512 --> 00:57:30,547 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MIA. ALL 1971 00:57:30,547 --> 00:57:32,282 RIGHT. 1972 00:57:32,282 --> 00:57:34,384 IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN CHAMBERS 1973 00:57:34,384 --> 00:57:35,919 THAT DIDN'T SIGN UP BUT 1974 00:57:35,919 --> 00:57:39,923 WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? 1975 00:57:39,923 --> 00:57:40,490 ALL RIGHT. 1976 00:57:40,490 --> 00:57:42,659 WELL, COLLEAGUES, THAT WAS -- 1977 00:57:42,659 --> 00:57:44,794 MIA WAS OUR LAST 1978 00:57:44,794 --> 00:57:45,762 REGISTERED SPEAKER PRESENT TO 1979 00:57:45,762 --> 00:57:46,029 SPEAK AT 1980 00:57:46,029 --> 00:57:46,529 THIS PUBLIC HEARING. 1981 00:57:46,529 --> 00:57:48,565 THE PUBLIC HEARING ON 1982 00:57:48,565 --> 00:57:50,433 COUNCIL BILL 121181 IS NOW 1983 00:57:50,433 --> 00:57:53,770 CLOSED. 1984 00:57:53,770 --> 00:57:56,005 THIS CONCLUDES THE APRIL 1985 00:57:56,005 --> 00:57:57,540 2nd MEETING OF THE SELECT 1986 00:57:57,540 --> 00:57:57,807 COMMITTEE 1987 00:57:57,807 --> 00:58:01,144 ON THE LIBRARY LEVY. 1988 00:58:01,144 --> 00:58:01,578 ALL RIGHT. 1989 00:58:01,578 --> 00:58:02,779 IF THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS, 1990 00:58:02,779 --> 00:58:06,282 THIS MEETING WILL ADJOURN. 1991 00:58:06,282 --> 00:58:07,417 AGAIN, EVERYONE, THANK YOU 1992 00:58:07,417 --> 00:58:09,652 SO MUCH FOR COMING DOWN HERE TO 1993 00:58:09,652 --> 00:58:13,790 TALK TO US AND TELL USUS -- GIVE 1994 00:58:13,790 --> 00:58:15,325 US YOUR FEEDBACK ON THE LIBRARY 1995 00:58:15,325 --> 00:58:15,959 LEVY. 1996 00:58:15,959 --> 00:58:16,526 IT IS CLEAR WE ALL VERY 1997 00:58:16,526 --> 00:58:18,728 MUCH LOVE OUR LIBRARIESLIBRARIES 1998 00:58:18,728 --> 00:58:18,895 IN 1999 00:58:18,895 --> 00:58:20,663 SEATTLE, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE 2000 00:58:20,663 --> 00:58:21,397 YOU TAKING TIME ON THIS EVENING 2001 00:58:21,397 --> 00:58:23,500 TO COME DOWN HERE. 2002 00:58:23,500 --> 00:58:24,300 ALL RIGHT. 2003 00:58:24,300 --> 00:58:27,170 HEARING NO FURTHER 2004 00:58:27,170 --> 00:58:27,437 BUSINESS, 2005 00:58:27,437 --> 00:58:28,104 IT'S 6:30 P.M. AND THIS MEETING 2006 00:58:28,104 --> 00:58:29,505 IS ADJOURNED.