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GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. THE CITY COUNCIL WILL COME TO ORDER. IT IS 9:32 A.M. SARA NELSON. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COUNCIL KETTLE: COUNCIL KETTLE? HERE: HERE. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK: COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? PRESENT. RIVERA: RIVERA? SAKA? HERE: HERE. COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON: COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON? HERE: HERE. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON? PRESENT. SEVEN: SEVEN PRESIDENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE COUNCIL RULES WILL BE US IS THAT HE SAIDED TO ALLOW FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AT TODAY'S SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING. HEARING NO -- I'M NOT SEEING ANY OBJECTION. I CANNOT SEE ANY ON THE SCREEN. HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE COUNCIL RULE ARE SUSPENDED AND WE WILL PROCEED WITH PUBLICPUBLIC COMMENT. COLLEAGUES, AT THIS TIME WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. PLEASE NOTE THAT BECAUSE THIS IS A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, COMMENTS MUST RELATE TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED UP TODAY? WE HAVE 19 IN PERSON AND FIVE REMOTE. OKAY. BECAUSE THIS IS A SPECIAL MEETING WITH ONLY ONE ITEM ON THE AGENDA, I WILL ALLOW FOR TWO MINUTES PER PERSON. AND LET'S START WITH TEN IN-PERSON AND GO TO REMOTE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL BE MODERATED IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER. IT IS UP TO 20 MINUTES. SPEAKERS WILL BE CALL IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY REGISTER. SPEAKERS WILL ALTERNATE BETWEEN IN-PERSON AND REMOTE. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME. SPEAKERS' MICS WILL BE MUTED TO ALLOW TO CALL ON THE NEXT SPEAKER. WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST. THE FIRST TWO: THE FIRST TWO SPEAKERS, YOU CAN START LINING UP. ERICA CHUNG AND KATHERINE GIBSON. GOOD MORNING: GOOD MORNING. I'M HERE TO ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORT DR. JULIE KING TO STRONGLY URGE YOUR NOMINATION OF JULIE FOR THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL POSITION. I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF KNOWING AND WORKING ALONGSIDE JULIE FOR OVER 20 YEARS. DURING THAT TIME I'VE COME TO ADMIRE HER AS A DEDICATED, THOUGHTFUL AND COMMUNITY- CENTER LEADER. HER INTEGRITY, COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT AND DEEP ROOTS TO PUBLIC SERVICE MAKE HER AN EXCEPTIONAL CANDIDATE TO REPRESENT THE BROADER CITY OF SEATTLE. HER DEDICATION TO COMMUNITY SERVICE IS BOTH BROAD AND DEEP. I FIRST MET JULIE WHILE SERVING ON BOARD SEVERAL CIVIL ORGANIZATIONS WHILE WE ADVOCATED FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND ORGANIZED CLEAN-UPS FOR EARTH DAY. WHAT TRULY SETS JULIE APART IS NOT JUST HER HEART FOR SERVICE BUT ALSO HER LIVED EXPERIENCES AND KNOWLEDGE. SHE BRINGS STRONG BUSINESS ACUMEN THAT ARE URGENTLY NEEDED PARTICULARLY NOW AS THE CITY FACES BUDGET SHORTFALLS. JULIE UNDERSTANDS HOW TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS WITH TRANSPARENCY AND FAIRNESS. SHE KNOWS HOW TO BALANCE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY WITH MAINTAINING VITAL COMMUNITY SERVICES. HER EXPERIENCES IN MANAGING BUDGETS, SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES AND MAKING DATA- INFORMED DECISIONS MAKE HER EXCEPTIONALLY WELL SUITED TO HELP GUIDE THE CITY THROUGH THESE CHALLENGING FISCAL TIMES. SHE IS A BRIDGE BUILDER WHO BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER ACROSS GENERATIONS, AND PERSPECTIVES. SHE'S DRIVEN NOT BY PERSONAL RECOGNITION BUT THE DESIRE TO UPLIFT COMMUNITIES. IT SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT THE KIND OF LEADER SHE IS, ONE WHO LIFTSLIFTS AS SHE LEADS. I WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT FOR THE RECORD THAT WE HAD 3377 SUPPORTERS SIGNED ON TO THE CHANGE.ORG PETITION SUPPORTING JULIE KANG FOR THE POSITION. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE MY COMMENTS. WE HAVE KATHERINE GIBSON: WE HAVE KATHERINE GIBSON. FOLLOWING KATHERINE WILL BE SALLY. GOOD MORNING, KATHERINE GIBSON. I RISE IN SUPPORT OF DR. JULIE KANG'S CANDIDACY FOR THE DISTRICT FIVE COUNCIL SEAT. I'VE SEEN JULIE IN ACTION AS AN ACADEMIC LEADER, AS A COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER AT THE SEATTLE ROTARY CLUB. AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN OF SEATTLE. TO EVERY ENDEAVOR, JULIE BRINGS OPENNESS, A GENUINE LEAGUERNESS TO LISTEN, A COMMITMENT TO PRACTICAL, RESPONSIBLE, CONSTRUCTIVE AND INCLUSIVE SOLUTIONS. HER PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND AND THE MIX OF HER LIVED EXPERIENCES UNIQUELY QUALIFIES HER FOR OUR, FOR YOUR SUPPORT. AS A 35- YEAR RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE, I HAVE SEEN THE EVOLUTION OF THIS COUNCIL. WHEN LOOKING AT THE OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES BEFORE THE CITY OF SEATTLE, I KNOW JULIE BRINGS THE BEST SKILLS, PERSPECTIVE, AND ENERGY TO THIS POSITION. I ENCOURAGE YOUR VOTE IN SUPPORT OF DR. JULIE KANG. WE HAVE SALLY AND AFTER SALLY: WE HAVE SALLY AND AFTER SALLY WILL BE NICK. GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. I AM SALLY SORIANO. I'M A PRECINCT COMMITTEE OFFICER IN THE BROAD VIEW NEIGHBORHOOD IN DISTRICT FIVE AND WAS SEATTLE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER FOR DISTRICT ONE WHICH ENCOMPASSES MOST OF DISTRICT FIVE. I CURRENTLY SERVE WITH JULIE KANG ON THE 32nd DEMOCRATS ENDORSEMENT COMMITTEE. SINCE JULIE CAME ON TO THE COMMITTEE, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN TREMENDOUSLY IMPRESSED BY HER DEDICATION TO GRASSROOTS DECISION MAKING. IN OUR INTERVIEW PROCESS, JULIE POSES INSIGHTFUL QUESTIONS WHICH DEEPENS THE DIALOGUE WITH CANDIDATES AND SO CRUCIAL TO OUR COMMITTEE WORK, SHE EVERYBODY GAUGED KNOWLEDGEABLY COLLABORATIVELY IN OUR DECISION-MAKING PROCESS. IT IS CLEAR TO ME IF CHOSEN BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO FILL D- 5 VACANCY, JULIE WOULD BRING HER EXTRAORDINARY DEPTH AS AN EDUCATOR, RESEARCHER, AND A CONSENSUS BUILDER, BOTH TO THE COUNCIL AND TO HER CONSTITUENTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. I URGE YOU TO SELECT JULIE KANG FOR D- 5 POSITION. SHE IS ENERGIZED, EXCEEDINGLY WELL INFORMED AND UP TO DATE ON COUNCIL ISSUES, AND IS READY TO START WORK TOMORROW. THANK YOU. AFTER NICK WE WILL HAVE DAVID: AFTER NICK WE WILL HAVE DAVID WOODWARD. GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. I AM NICK RUSSO. I AM FROM WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS, ALSO KNOWN AS THE FIFTH DISTRICT. I HAVE ZERO INTEREST IN MODERN DAY POLITICS AND BEING SOMEBODY WHO FUNDRAISES MOST OF THE TIME AND SMOOZES POWERFUL PEOPLE. I SAW THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE MY LIFE EXPERIENCE AND INTEREST IN POLITICAL ISSUES TO HELP THE COMMUNITY THAT I REALLY LOVE AND HAVE LIVED IN FOR YEARS. THE REASON I FOCUSED ON SIDEWALKS IS THAT THEY REPRESENT IN A VERY REAL SENSE A BROKEN PROMISE TO THE COMMUNITY. THESE COMMUNITIES IN THIS DISTRICT HAVE VIRTUALLY NO SIDEWALKS. THEY WERE PROMISED THEM WHEN THEY WERE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY 60 TO 70 YEARS AGO, AND AT THE RATE WE'RE GOING, IT WILL BE ANOTHER 300, 400 YEARS BEFORE THEY GET THEM. I THINK THERE ARE WAYS TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN QUALITY THAT ARE REALLY CRITICAL TO MAKING A HEALTHY COMMUNITY, THAT COULD BE DONE FOR LESS MONEY THAN THE S- DOT MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR PER BLOCK SCHEMES. OVER ALL, I SEE GLOBAL WARMING AS THE BIGGEST THREAT HUMANS HAVE EVER FACED AND I THINK IT NEEDS TO BECOME CENTRAL TO EVERY DECISION THAT IS MADE IN GOVERNMENT. I DON'T SEE THAT HERE. I SEE THE CITY STILL FOCUSING ON SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING AND CAR CENTRIC COMMUNITY. I THINK WE NEED TO START STOPPING PROJECTS THAT HEAD IN THAT DIRECTION. I WOULD LOVE TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY AND WALK AND TALK WITH MEMBERS. THANK YOU. AFTER DAVID -- THANK YOU, MEMBERS OF THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON BEHALF OF CANDIDATE JULIE KANG. I'M DAVID WOODWARD, 48- YEAR SEATTLE RESIDENT. ALSO ON THE SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL VISORY BOARD APPOINTED BY YOU AND THE CHAIR OF THE THEATER WHICH CROSSES OVER BETWEEN DISTRICT 6 AND 5 AND YOU'RE MY REPRESENTATIVE. ALSO A BLOCK COORDINATOR. WE NOW CALL IT A BLOCK COMMUNITY RATHER THAN A BLOCK WATCH. IT'S GROWN RATHER EXTENSIVE. ABOUT 65 PEOPLE IN OUR BLOCK COMMUNITY. A VERY ACTIVE ONE. SO I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE CANDIDACY OF DR. JULIE KANG. I MET HER WHEN WE WERE BOTH WORKING IN EDUCATIONAL AT SEATTLE UNIVERSITY. I GREATLY APPRECIATE HER ACCOUNTABILITY AND WORK ETHIC AND WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH HER AS SOON AS I FIRST MET HER. DR. KANG IS TRULY DEDICATED TO HER OWN FAMILY, HER COLLEAGUES, AND THE PEOPLE OF OUR CITY. SHE HAVE HAS DEEP EXPERTISE IN MANY ARENAS INCLUDING EDUCATION, FINANCE, POLICY, SMALL BUSINESS, MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND NEIGHBORHOODS. SHE'S WORKED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, BY THE WAY, IN SOME VERY STRATEGIC WAYS. DR. KANG IS GREAT TO WORK WITH INTERPERSONALLY AND KNOWS HOW TO WORK ON A LARGE SCALE TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT POLICY WHILE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES. SHE'S EXACTLY THE TYPE OF LEADER I MOST WANT TO SEE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT. SOMEONE I KNOW WILL BE ACCOUNTABLE TO ME AS WELL AS THE NEEDS AND INTERESTS OF EVERYONE IN THE CITY. I'M GRATEFUL THAT DR. KANG IS WILLING TO REPRESENT US ALL ON THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. IT'S TRULY A JOY TO BE HERE FOR JULIE KANG. I FIRST MET DR. KANG WHEN HE WAS A GRADUATE STUDENT AT SEATTLE UNIVERSITY. SHE BECAME MY MENTOR. WHAT STOOD OUT TO ME THEN AND IT STILL DOES IS THAT HOW SHE BALANCES HER PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES WITH MENTORSHIP AND HER VOLUNTEER WORK. OVER 30 YEARS DR. KANG HAS HELPED STUDENTS TO GROW, SHE REPLIES TO EVERY EMAIL FROM STUDENT ASKING FOR GUIDANCE. SHE HELPS THEM TO ACHIEVE THEIR MILESTONES. THAT KIND OF IMPACT SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT HER ABILITY TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER ACROSS COMMUNITY. THE LEADERSHIP SHE'S SHOWN IN COMMUNITY BUILDING, SHE'LL BRING ALL OF THAT AND MORE TO THE CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU. AFTER PATTY, WE'LL HAVE JUDY. GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TODAY. MY NAME IS PATTY LEE AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT MY FRIEND, DR. JULIE KANG AND WHY SHE IS A GREAT CHOICE FOR THE DISTRICT 55 COUNCIL SEAT. I FIRST MET JULIE ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO WHEN SHE WAS LEADING KOREAN STORY TIME AT THE SHORELINE PUBLIC LIBRARY. AFTER GOING TO THE FIRST STORY TIME WITH MY DAUGHTER, I FELT A HUGE SENSE OF GRATITUDE THAT SOMEONE WOULD TAKE THE TIME OUT OF THEIR BUSY SCHEDULE TO ORGANIZE, IMPLEMENT AND LEAD A PROGRAM LIKE THIS. FOR THE FIRST TIME, I FELT THAT I WAS ACTUALLY SEEN AND REPRESENTED. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, I WAS STRUCK BY HER LOVE FOR SERVING OUR COMMUNITY AND BY HER ABILITY TO GET OTHERS INVOLVED, INCLUDING ME. SINCE THAT EARLY TIME, I HAVE SEEN HER GENUINE PASSION FOR SERVING THE COMMUNITY AS SHE CONTINUED TO BE INVOLVED WITH AND LED NUMEROUS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, WHETHER IT WAS HER VOLUNTEER WORK AS A PRINCIPAL FOR THE UNITED SEATTLE BELLEVUE KOREAN SCHOOL, FOUNDING AND CHAIRING THE BOARD OF LOCAL COMMUNITY BANK, HER WORK WITH THE KING COUNTY CITIZENS ELECTION OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. MENTORING STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS AND ORGANIZING VOLUNTEERS FOR EARTH DAY PARK CLEAN- UP TO NAME A FEW. SHE HAS A PASSION AND INNATE ABILITY TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO WORK TOWARD THE COMMON GOOD, PERSONALLY I KNOW THAT JULIE HAS A GOOD AND CARING HEART FOR PEOPLE AND WITH HER GREAT LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE, SHE WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT ADDITION TO THE CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AFTER JUDY WILL BE MINDY LEE: AFTER JUDY WILL BE MINDY LEE. GOOD MORNING, MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILMEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. MY NAME IS JUDY YU. I LIVE IN DISTRICT 7 AND I'M HERE TO DISCUSS THE OPEN APPOINTMENT IN DISTRICT 5. YOU KNOW THIS. SEATTLE IS A BEAUTIFUL AND COMPLEX CITY. WE'RE FACING SOME HARD TRUTHS. FAMILIES ARE BEING PRICED OUT OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, HOMELESSNESS CONTINUES TO GROW, AND TOO MANY FEEL UNSAFE AND UNHEARD. CLIMATE CHANGE IS HITTING HARDER EACH YEAR AND OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE WONDERING IF THEIR VOICES EVEN MATTER. THESE CHALLENGES ARE DEEPLY CONNECTED AND THEY WON'T BE SOLVED BY ONE PERSON, ONE DEPARTMENT OR EVEN ONE POLICY. THEY REQUIRE COALITION BUILDING. BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER THAT DON'T ALWAYS AGREE. BUT WHO CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THE CITY AND ARE READY TO WORK SIDE BY SIDE. SO LET'S WORK TOWARD REAL LASTING PROGRESS. DR. JULIE KANG IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF LEADER SEATTLE NEEDS AT THIS MOMENT. SHE SPENT HER LIFE BRIDGING COMMUNITIES, WHETHER IT IS ADVOCATING FOR KOREAN-AMERICAN VOICES, SERVING ON EQUITY BOARDS OR MENTORING K- 12 EDUCATORS. AT SEATTLE UNIVERSITY, SHE'S WORKED WITH NUMEROUS ORGANIZATIONS TO BUILD CONNECTIONS. AT THE YMCA SHE LEADS OUTREACH THAT BRINGS PEOPLE IN FROM THE MARGINS. SHE BUILDS COALITIONS NOT FOR CREDIT BUT BECAUSE THAT'S WHO SHE IS. SOMEONE WHO BELIEVES EVERYONE DESERVES TO BELONG, TO BE HEARD AND TO HELP SHAPE THE FUTURE OF THIS CITY. SEATTLE NEEDS HEART, VISION, AND A STEADY HAND. PLEASE CONSIDER DR. JULIE KANG WHEN THINKING ABOUT YOUR NEXT APPOINTMENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU. AFTER MINDY, WE'LL HAVE JULIE. AFTER JULIE WE'LL GO TO REMOTE SPEAKERS. GOOD MORNING: GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS MINDY AND I'M HERE TO SHARE HOW JULIE KANG HAS IMPACTED MY LIFE AS A MENTORING. I FIRST MET DR. KANG IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AT A KOREAN SCHOOL EVENT. SHE TRULY SAW US. BICULTURAL STUDENTSNA GAITING TWO WORLDS. SHE SHARED HER OWN STORIES OF BEING RAISED BY A SINGLE MOM AND AND REMINDED ME OF MY OWN SINGLE MOM, A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, AND SHE WAS DOING HER BEST WHICH MEANT EVERYTHING TO ME. I GOT TO KNOW HER BETTER WHEN I SPENT FOUR DAYS WITH HER AND OTHER STUDENTS AND ELDERS IN THE COMMUNITY. SHE WAS ALWAYS REMINDING US THAT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IS IMPORTANT. WE HAVE TO VOTE AND BE AT THE TABLE. SHE TOOK A GROUP OF US KOREAN- AMERICANS TO D.C. FOR THE KOREAN- AMERICAN GRASSROOTS CONVENTION TO MEET OUR GO ELECTED OFFICIALS AND TO EXPERIENCE DEMOCRACY IN ACTION. SHE WAS ABLE TO FUNDRAISE THAT TRIP SO EVERYONE WHO WANTED TO GO WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE WHICH WAS REALLY EMPOWERING TO BE THERE. UNLIKE MOST KOREAN ADULTS I KNEW, SHE ALWAYS CHECKED UP ON HER MENTAL HEALTH. SHE EVEN WENT BACK TO SCHOOL TO EARN A MASTERS IN CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH STUDIES TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT US YOUTH BETTER. BECAUSE OF HER, I FOUND THE COURAGE TO RETURN TO SCHOOL AFTER COVID. I NOW LIVED IN SEATTLE, WORK FOR DISTRICT 4, AND I LIVE, I WORK DOWNTOWN. SO MOST RECENTLY, SHE INVITED ME TO HER ROTARY MEETING WHENNER MY CEO WAS SPEAKING WHICH WAS AMAZING BECAUSE I TYPICALLY DO NOT WORK IN A SPACE TO MEET WITH HIM. DR. KANG ISN'T JUST A MENTOR. SHE HELPS EMPOWER YOUTH LIKE ME AND REMINDS US THAT WE ARE THE HOPE FOR A BETTER FUTURE. THANK YOU. JULIE KANG AND THEN: JULIE KANG AND THEN REMOTE SPEAKERS. GOOD MORNING: GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS JULIE KANG. I'M SEEKING YOUR APPOINTMENT FOR THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 5 POSITION. AS A PASSIONATE PUBLIC SERVANT FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS, I AM PREPARED TO JOIN YOU AND TO DO THE HARD WORK AS A TEAM PLAYER. THANK YOU FOR THE HARD WORK YOU'VE ALREADY DONE SO FAR. I LOOK FORWARD TO ADDRESSING THE MAJOR BUDGET GAP, FINISHING THE PLAN, AND TACKLING THE ONGOING PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS WITH YOU. I WANT TO ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK MY SUPPORTERS FROM MANY ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING ACRS, KOREAN-AMERICAN COALITION, IMPACT 100 SEATTLE, SEATTLE FOUR ROTARY, NORTHWEST IN DISTRICT 5, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, STUDENT MEANTEES, NEIGHBORS IN DISTRICT 5. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE ALMOST 400 NEIGHBORS WHO COULDN'T JOIN US TODAY IN PERSON BUT SIGNEDSIGNED ACTION PLAN TO NOMINATE AND APPOINT ME FOR THE POSITION. WE'RE ON THIS JOURNEY TOGETHER. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH OUR COUNCILMEMBERS AND SEATTLEITES TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO THE CHALLENGES WE'RE FACING IN SEATTLE. THANK YOU. WE NOW MOVE TO REMOTE: WE NOW MOVE TO REMOTE COMMENTS. OUR FIRST IS BECKY KELLY. PLEASE PRESS STAR 6 WHEN YOU HEAR THE PROMPT THAT YOU'VE BEEN UNMUTED. AFTER BECKY WILL BE HILLARY LOWE. GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS BECKY KELLY. I'M A DISTRICT 5 RESIDENT AND HAVE BEEN FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS. I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OFOF DR. JULIE KANG FOR THE DISTRICT 5 APPOINTMENT. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF SERVING WITH JULIE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE REGIONAL EQUITY COMMITTEE. THEY PARTICIPATED IN. THERE I GOT TO SEE SOME OF THE QUALITIES THAT WILL MAKE JULIE A GREAT COUNCILMEMBER. SHE WOULD BRING GREAT INSIGHTS. SHE WOULD ASK HARD QUESTIONS. AND SHE HELPED THE BOARD WORK ON HARD ISSUES TOGETHER INCLUDING AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH A PROCESS OF REALLY GRAPPLING WITH RACIAL EQUITY AND HOW WE COULD TRANSFORM OUR ORGANIZATION TO BE A MORE EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE AND WELCOMING ORGANIZATION. AND JULIE ALSO SHOWED UP. YOU'VE HEARD THAT FROM SO MANY SPEAKERS. I LAUGHED WHEN SHE AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS POSITION AND THAT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE LONG BEFORE SHE'S THE HARDEST WORKING COUNCILMEMBER. IT'S NOT A COMPETITION. I KNOW YOU ALL WORK INCREDIBLY HARD BUT YOU WOULD FIND YOURSELF APPRECIATING HAVING SOMEONE LIKE JULIE BE THERE EVERYEVERY TIME. JULIE, WHEN I LEARNED SHE WAS STEPPING UP TO SERVE, I WAS STRUCK BY HER COMMITMENT TO RESULTS AND ACCOUNTABILITY. SHE HAS A RIGOROUS ACADEMIC AND EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND AND SHE IS GOING TO COMMIT TO MEASURING THINGS AND MAKING SURE THAT INVESTMENTS OF TIME ARE DELIVERING THE RESULTS THAT YOU'RE SEEKING. AND SHE PRIORITIZED, AND I WROTE THIS DOWN, EQUITY AND HUMAN DIGNITY AND PROVIDING CARE. AND DOING ALL THOSE THINGS AT ONCE AS YOU KNOW BETTER THAN EVERYONE IS SO HARD. I KNOW THAT JULIE HAS THE RIGHT SKILLS AND ORIENTATION AND BACKGROUND TO DO THAT INCREDIBLE BALANCE OF WORK THAT YOU ALL DO. SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE TELLS HER STUDENTS TO STEP UP AND BE BRAVE AND SHE'S TRYING TO DO THAT NOW AND I'M SO GRATEFUL SHE'S STEPPING UP. SHE WOULD BE A FANTASTIC COUNCILMEMBER FOR DISTRICT 5. THANK YOU. THANK YOU: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS HILLARY LOWE. AFTER HER WILL BE CHRISTINE YU. GOOD MORNING, MADAM PRESIDENT AND COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS HILLARY LOWE AND II RESIDED IN SEATTLE FOR CLOSE TO 30 YEARS. I CURRENTLY LIVE IN DISTRICT 4. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. I'M CURRENTLY VISITING FAMILY OUT OF STATE. I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF KNOWING DR. JULIE KANG FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND WANT TO SHARE A COUPLE OF HER STRENGTHS. JULIE HAS BEEN A COLLEAGUE AND FRIEND AS WE ARE BOTH CAREER EDUCATORS. JULIE IS ONE OF THE HARDEST WORKING ENTREPRENEURIAL INDIVIDUALS I HAVE EVER MET. HER CAREER IN EDUCATION SPANS MULTIPLE SUCCESSFUL ROLES, TEACHING IN LEADERSHIP AND THROUGH HER WORK SHE'S DEVELOPED PROGRAMS THAT HAVE MET THE EVOLVING NEEDS OF EDUCATORS. HER BUSINESS ACUMEN HAS BEEN NURTURED THROUGH COLLABORATION WITH UNIVERSITY FACULTY AND OVER TEN YEARS OF BOARD SERVICE, FOUNDING A COMMUNITY BANK. JULIE STRIVES FOR CULTURAL COMPETENCE IN EVERYTHING SHE DOES. SHE SPEAKS IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH. SHE WILL SERVE THE COUNCIL WELL IN DISTRICT 5 WHERE CLOSE TO 3 IN TEN RESIDENTS ARE INDIGENOUS OR PEOPLE OF COLOR. SEATTLE NEEDS LEADERS LIKE DR. KANG, LEADERS WHO ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE, ACCOUNTABLE. I HOPE YOU WILL SERIOUSLY CONSIDER HER CANDIDACY AS THERE IS AN OPENING FOR THE CITY COUNCIL POSITION. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME. NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRISTINE: NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRISTINE YU FOLLOWED BY DAVID HAINES. HELLO AND GOOD MORNING: HELLO AND GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND SUPPORT DR. JULIE KANG. MY NAME IS CHRISTINE. I WAS BORN AND RAISED JUST NORTH OF SEATTLE. I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF SEATTLE PROPER FOR OVER A DECADE. I FEEL SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE CROSSED PATHS WITH DR. JULIE KANG. I AM INSPIRED BY HER GENUINE CARE ABOUT THE WELL- BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHAT I'VE LEARNED OVER THE YEARS IS THAT JULIE SHOWS UP AND SHE IS 100% PRESENT. SHE IS PRESENT. SHE LISTENS AND FOLLOWS THROUGH WITH ACTION. SHE IS ALSO ENCOURAGED ME TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. UNDOUBTEDLY, SHE INSPIRES MANY OTHERS TO ACT TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY. WHEN I WANT TO DO MORE TO HELP THE COMMUNITY, I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO START, JULIE WOULD MEET WITH ME ONE-ON- ONE, COFFEE, LUNCHES, TO PROVIDE ENCOURAGEMENT AND BE A SOUNDING BOARD TO CREATE A PATH WHILE SERVING THE COMMUNITY. THE CITY OF SEATTLE WOULD BENEFIT GREATLY FROM DR. JULIE KANG AS A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER. SHE IS CONSISTENTLY ACCOUNTABLE AND A COLLABORATIVE TEAM MEMBER AS DEMONSTRATED BY HER EXPERIENCE AS RESEARCHER AND EDUCATOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS DAVID HAINES. GO AHEAD, DAVID. HI. DISTRICT 5 HAS ONE OF THE WORST NEIGHBORHOOD LOCATIONS IN THIS COUNTRY WHEN IT COME TO THE GODFOR SAKEN AURORA AVENUE CORRIDOR AND THE BRIDGE THAT MAKES YOU WALK TOO CLOSE TO THE HIGHWAY FOR TOO LONG. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CALLED LOCATION INHALATION. IT CAUSES LEUKEMIA, CANCER. THE REPRESENTATIVES OF DISTRICT 5 AND CITY HALL HAVE COMPLETELY FAILED TO ADDRESS THIS SKOORNLG OF EVIL. PEOPLE REVOLTED ONCE THEY REALIZED THE BAD POLICIES JUSTIFY KICKING OUT DAVID JUAREZ WHO HAD A RELEVANT BAD ATTITUDE AND DISDAIN FOR COUNCIL BUSINESS, ALWAYS COMPLAINING IT TAKES TOO LONG. NOT REALLY CARING BECAUSE SHE HAD MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO LIKE ENJOY POWER, BRAGGING ABOUT HER FREE CRACKEN JERSEY AND FREE TICKETS, ALL WHILE WEAPONIZING BY CIRCUMVENTING THE INTEGRITY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING SCIENCE BY VOTING TO APPROVE UNSAFE TIEBACKS TO HOLD UP UNSAFE WALLS AT CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA WHERE EXCOUNCIL PRESIDENT BRUCE HAROLD THOUGHT IT MORE IMPORTANT TO VIOLATE THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING DENYING THE PEOPLE OF 21st CENTURY WORLD CLASS ARENA, LOOKING GO THE OTHER WAY, GOING FROM 15 FEET DOWN TO 40 FEET BELOW STREET LEVEL. ALL TO ACHIEVE A 1960 UGLY CRACKED ROOF TOP THAT RUINED THE QUALITY OF THE WHOLE PROJECT. THEN TO TOP IT OFF, COUNCIL APPROVED A $100 MILLION TAX BREAK FOR A HOLLYWOOD CORPORATION. AS IF THEY NEEDED INCENTIVES TO CO-OPT THE CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA TO HAVE A 1950s POLLUTED EYESORE WITH A FANCY COUCH. WE DON'T NEED TO REPEAT THE FAILURES OF THE PAST COUNCIL, ESPECIALLY WITH THE POLICIES THAT EXACERBATED THE HOMELESS CRISIS. THAT WAS OUR LAST REMOTE: THAT WAS OUR LAST REMOTE SPEAKER. NOW WE RETURN TO IN- PERSON COMMENTS. WE'LL START WITH BRENT AND THEN BRANDON. THANK YOU, CHAIR. AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. MY NAME IS BRENT BUTLER AND I'M ONE OF THE 22 CANDIDATES. YOU'VE RECEIVED MY RESUME AND MY COVER LETTER. I'M VERY GLAD TO BE HERE. AND I ALSO WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. WE ACKNOWLEDGE IS SO IMPORTANT FOR NOT ONLY THE SAFETY OF THOSE RESIDENTS, LIKE MYSELF OF DISTRICT 5, BUT CITYWIDE. IN MY APPLICATION, I RECOGNIZED THAT SOME OF THE CONCERNS YOU IDENTIFIED ARE IN A CRISIS LEVEL. WHEN I SAY A CRISIS LEVEL, I DID ALLUDE TO WHAT WE SEE AS CONCERNS ABOUT HEALTH. WHAT WE'VE SEEN AS CONCERNS PRIMARILY REGARDING AFFORDABILITY. AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN WITH REGARD TO THE HOMELESS EPIDEMIC. IN THE 1990s, I MOVED TO SEATTLE. THAT WAS MY FIRST EXPERIENCE. IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME, WE RECOGNIZED THE VIBRANT CITY. AS A BROOKLYNITE ORIGINALLY, I RECOGNIZED THE AFFORDABILITY THAT SEATTLE OFFERED. IT WAS UNIQUE. IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I CHERISHED. AND THAT ENABLED ME TO LIVE HERE SAFELY AND COMFORTABLY. IN RETURNING, I RECOGNIZED THAT WE HAVE A CHALLENGE AND THAT CHALLENGE IS TO ADDRESS THAT AFFORDABILITY CRISIS. I RECOGNIZE THAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT'S IN CREATION RIGHT NOW IS AN OPPORTUNITY. I RECOGNIZE THAT SOME OF THE PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY. I RECOGNIZE THAT BEING ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER TO DEVELOP SOME THINGS THAT ARE CREATED WILL ENABLE US TO ADDRESS A LOT OF COMMUNITY NEEDS. AT THAT JUNCTURE, I WANTED TO CLOSE WITH ONE STATEMENT -- I WILL WAIT IN THE GALLEY. I'M VERY EAGER TO MEET MORE OF THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT WE HAVE BRANDON: NEXT WE HAVE BRANDON. FOLLOWING BRANDON WOULD BE, I BELIEVE, IT IS ALAN BOND, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. I'M ONE OF THE CANDIDATES FOR THE DISTRICT 5 VACANCY. I WANTED TO SPEND MY TWO MINUTES GIVING YOU A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT MYSELF. I GREW UP IN A POOR WORKING CLASS FAMILY. MY FATHER WAS A LANDSCAPER. MY MOTHER IS A BARTENDER. WHEN I WAS 20 YEARS OLD, I WAS ACTUALLY HOMELESS. I LIVED ON COUCHES AND IN MY CAR. I UTILIZED PELL GRANTS AND STUDENT LOANS TO GET OUT OF THAT SITUATION. NOW I HAVE A MASTERS IN PUBLIC POLICY AND I'VE WORKED EVERY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT, CITY, COUNTY, CONGRESS. I'VE WORKED IN A FOOD NONPROFIT. WHEN I HEARD KATHY MOORE WAS RESIGNING, I ENTERED THE CAMPAIGN. I'VE HELPED TWO TOWN HALLS. I'VE TALKED TO 20 PLUS BUSINESS OWNERS. I'VE BEEN AT THE FARMERS MARKET EVERY THURSDAY. WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARING IS THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS SOMEONE WHO WILL BE IN THE COMMUNITY, ACCOUNTABLE IN THE COMMUNITY, AND CREATE POLICY IN THETHE COMMUNITY UP, NOT THE POLICY MAKER DOWN. I'VE SPENT MY ENTIRE CAREER WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES, ADVOCATING FOR COMMUNITIES, WORKING WITHIN BUREAUCRACIES TO GET THING DONE FOR PEOPLE TO GET THINGS DONE FOR WORKING CLASS FAMILIES. I WOULD LOVE TO BRING THAT PASSION AND EXPERTISE TO THIS COUNCIL, AND IF ANY OF THAT SOUNDS GOOD TO YOU, EVEN IF IT DOESN'T, I REALLY APPRECIATE IF ONE OF YOU WOULD NOMINATE SO I CAN CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR CONTRADICT DISTRICT 5. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I BELIEVE IT IS ALAN BOND: I BELIEVE IT IS ALAN BOND AND THEN AFTER THAT WILL BE MONTY ANDERSON. HELLO: HELLO. MY NAME IS ALAN BOND. I'M A UNION BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVE HERE IN SEATTLE. I REPRESENT WORKERS ACROSS THE STREET INCLUDING CITY EMPLOYEES AT SEATTLE CITY AND LANGSTON HUGHES WITH ARTS AND CULTURE. I AM A FORMER TEACHER IN SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND I HAVE TAKEN THAT EXPERIENCE AND I STOPPED THAT WHEN I BECAME A PARENT AND WAS A STAY AT HOME PARENT FOR A WHILE. I HAVE LOOKED AT THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY FROM MANY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES OVER THE YEARS. AND I HAVE IN EACH OF THOSE SPACES, SOUGHT OUT LEADERSHIP ROLES IN THE COMMUNITY. FROM BEING A CARE OF THE PRESCHOOL CO- OP IN DISTRICT 6 TO WORKING AS A BUSINESS AGENT FOR MY UNION. I HAVE REPRESENTED DIVERSEDIVERSE VIEWS. I AM A PARENT OF QUEER CHILDREN. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE PROVIDE RESOURCES TO PROTECT OUR YOUTH. RIGHT NOW, WITH MY WIFE BEING A FEDERAL EMPLOYEE, IT IS A CHALLENGING TIME IN OUR COUNTRY AND IT IS IMPORTANT FOR TO US SUPPORT ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BE THEY CITIZENS OR NOT, AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE SAFE IN OUR CITY. I THINK OVER THE NEXT YEAR WITH FIFA COMING, WE'LL HAVE AN INCREDIBLE CHALLENGE WITH TRANSPORTATION, WITH THE SIZE OF OUR CITY BASICALLY DOUBLING WITH GUESTS AND THE NUMBER OF LIVE EVENTS DOUBLING AS WELL. I HOPE TO BRING MY EXPERIENCE IN LIVE EVENTS TO HELP WITH THAT AND HELP LOOK AT THE PLANNING FOR HOW WE WILL MANAGE AND LEVERAGE THAT. IN TERMS OF DISTRICT 5, I LIVE REALLY CLOSE TO AURORA AND BITTERLAKE. THAT'S A COMMUNITY THAT IS DEAR TO MY HEART. MY TEENAGE CHILDREN TAKE THE BUS AND ALL THE GOOD AND BAD THAT THAT ENTAILS AND I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO HELP LOOK AT HOW WE CAN PROVIDE RESOURCES TO MAKE THAT AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. FOLLOWING MONTY, I BELIEVE, IT IS -- I WANT TO SAY NICK JENKS. IT IS SPEAKER NUMBER 15. GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST THANK EVERYBODY THAT I'VE SEEN HERE APPLYING FOR THIS JOB. EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW HARD IT IS TO PUT YOURSELF OUT THERE. KUDOS TO EVERYBODY WHO SIGNED UP FOR THIS. I KNOW IT IS A TOUGH PROCESS. AND ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I LIKE THE ARENA. I LIKE THE ROOF LINE. I THINK IT FALL IN LINE WITH THE SEATTLE CENTER AND I THINK IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT AND IT WAS DONE WITH A LOT OF LABOR HOURS HERE IN SEATTLE. IT HAS BROUGHT A LOT OF VALUE AND BUSINESS TO THIS COMMUNITY. BUT THE POINT AT HAND IS I'M HERE TO TALK DEBORA JUAREZ. WE HAVE A CHANCE NOW, LIKE A SPORTS ANALOGY, TO BRING BACK WE THOUGHT WITH YOU A REAL ALL-STAR. SHE UNDERSTOOD EVERYTHING. SHE UNDERSTOOD APPRENTICE SHIP FOR US. SHE UNDERSTOOD TAXES. SHE UNDERSTOOD BUSINESS. NOT JUST ARENAS BUT ROAD PROJECTS. SHE UNDERSTOOD SIDEWALKS. SHE GETS IT ALL. SHE LEFT ON HER OWN TERM. SHE WAS HIGHLY REGARDED IN HER OWN DISTRICT AND WE HAVE A CHANCE FOR HER TO COME BACK AND WORK WITH THIS AMAZING COUNCIL I THINK IS A BLESSING. ON A PERSONAL NOTE, SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN ENGAGED AFTER SHE RETIRED, TOO. YOU SEE SOME PEOPLE IN PUBLIC SERVICE. THEY LEAVE AND DO SOMETHING ELSE. EVEN AFTER SHE RETIRED, SHE WAS ALWAYS CALLING, ASKING QUESTIONS, WHAT CAN WE DO, HOW CAN I MAKE, TALKING ABOUT ROAD SAFETY AND STUFF GOING ON IN . I THINK SHE WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT ADDITION TO THIS CITY COUNCIL. SHE HAS THE ENDORSEMENT OF ALL 25,000 OF US BUILDING TRADE MEMBERS HERE IN SEATTLE. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. HAVE A GOOD ONE. I BELIEVE IT IS NILU: I BELIEVE IT IS NILU. FOLLOWING THAT WILL BE SHANE MACOMBER. I'M ASKING FOR YOUR VOTE TO REPRESENT DISTRICT 5. A DISTRICT THAT DESERVES STRONG, RESPONSIVE LEADERSHIP. DISTRICT 5 FACES REAL CHALLENGES FROM HOUSING AND TRANSIT TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMISSION. I RAN FOR THIS POSITION TWO YEARS AGO IN 2023 WITH DEEP COMMUNITY SUPPORT BECAUSE I SAW AN AFFORDABILITY CRISIS THAT WAS DRIVING MY NEIGHBORS OUT OF CITY AND I WANT THEM TO STAY. SEATTLE IS NOT DYING. IT IS GROWING ESPECIALLY DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE. WE HAVE WATER. AND IT MEANS WE NEED A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT IS NOT DELAYED, THAT EMBRACES THE REALITY THAT SEATTLE IS GROWING, NEEDS TO GROW IN A WAY THAT DOES NOT DISPLACE MY NEIGHBORS, ESPECIALLY AS DISTRICT 5 IS ONE OF THE MOST AT RISK OF DISPLACEMENT. WE MUST ALSO BUILD OUR SHELTER XAS BECAUSE HAVING PEOPLE LIVING ON THE STREETS IS UNACCEPTABLE. DISTRICT 5 IS ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE AREAS IN SEATTLE. YET NO ONE ON THIS COUNCIL HAS LIVED EXPERIENCE WITH ASIAN, REFUGEE, MUSLIM OR MIDDLE EASTERN COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITIES I COME FROM. IN FACT, WE'VE NEVER HAD A MUSLIM OR MIDDLE EASTERN PERSON REPRESENT THIS CITY. I UNDERSTAND THE SYSTEMS, FEARS, AND HOPES THAT MANY FAMILIES CARRY WHEN TRYING TO BUILD A HERE. REPRESENTATION MATTERS. NOT JUST SYMBOLICALLY BUT IN HOW POLICIES ARE SHAPED AND WHOSE NEEDS ARE PRIORITIZED. I BRING THAT PERSPECTIVE ALONG WITH YEARS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE AND ORGANIZING FROM VOLUNTEERING IN OUR SCHOOLS AND LEADING ON GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION EFFORTS TO WORKING ON ACCESS DEMOCRACY AND UPLIFTING CIVIC PARTICIPATION. I BELIEVE DEEPLY IN SERVICE AND COLLABORATION AND IN GETTING THINGS DONE. DISTRICT 5 NEEDS SOMEONE WHO SEES ITS PEOPLE, REFLECTS ITS DIVERSE THE I AND SHOWS UP FOR THE LONG HAUL. DISTRICT 5, I AM HERE FOR YOU AND I WILL FIGHT FOR YOU. I KNOW WE ARE VIBRANT AND IMPORTANT PART OF THIS CITY TO BE ABLE TO SERVE YOU IF HONOREDHONORED WITH THIS OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THEN AFTER: THEN AFTER SHANE, WE'LL HAVE -- HI, COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS SHANE MACOMBER. I'M HERE TODAY NOT TO SPECIFICALLY ADVOCATE FOR MYSELF BUT TO ADVOCATE FOR US TO NOT HAVE A CARE TAKER DURING THIS TIME. WE'RE IN AN INCREDIBLY PIVOTAL MOMENT WHERE WE HAVE TO MAKE A LOT OF CHANGES FOR THIS CITY'S FUTURE. HAVING SOMEBODY FOR 16 MONTHS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THE DISTRICT IS SO FEARFUL AND CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT CHANGE MEANS FOR THEM. WE NEED SOMEBODY THAT WILL BE PART OF MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE BROUGHT ALONG ON THIS AND ARE PART OF A CONVERSATION AND THAT MEANS LOOKING TO THE FUTURE AND A CARE TAKER WILL BE IN A PLACE WHERE THEY DON'T WANT TO LEAVE A LEGACY. THEY ARE ONLY THERE TO GET US TO THE NEXT ELECTION. WE HAVE MANY GREAT DAFLTS NILU IS GREAT, JULIE KANG IS GREAT, MANY PEOPLE ON THIS LIST THAT COULD BE A GREAT ADVOCATE FOR D-5. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE AND 16 MONTHS IS TOO LONG TO NOT HAVE THAT VOICE. SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU WHETHER OR NOT I GET THE SEAT. I'M NOT GOING AWAY ANY TIME SOON AND I DO HOPE WE HEAR MORE FROM YOU IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE COMING UP: WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE COMING UP. GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. I LIVE IN DISTRICT 5 AND I AM CURRENTLY ON THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE 46th LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT DEMOCRATS. I'M HERE TO VOICE MY STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF NILU JENKS FOR THE OPEN SEAT OF THE CITY COUNCIL. AT A TIME WHEN TRUST IN OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS BUILT ON TRANSPARENCY, REPRESENTATION AND SERVICE, NILU STANDS OUT AS SOMEBODY DEEPLY COMMITTED TO OUR COMMUNITY'S VALUES. SHE HAS CONSISTENTLY SHOWN DEDICATION NOT ONLY TO BEING PRESENT BUT TO TRULY LISTENING TO ALL VOICES, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED. AS SOMEONE WHO IS MIDDLE EASTERN DESCEND, I HAVE FELT ATTACKED BY OUR CURRENT ADMINISTRATION. WE HAVE SEEN A MUSLIM BAN THAT HAS DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED PEOPLE OF COLOR FROM THE MIDDLE EAST. PROVIDING NILU AN OPPORTUNITY ON THE CITY COUNCIL GIVES US A VOICE HERE IN OUR CITY WHERE OUR CONCERNS TO BE ADDRESSED AT A LOCAL LEVEL. WHAT REALLY MATTERS. OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE HAVE SEEN A RISE IN CONFLICTS THAT HAVE, FOR WHAT MANY CONSIDER TO BE OUR HOMELAND. THIS MAY SEEM FAR TO SOME. HOWEVER, MANY HERE IN SEATTLE, THIS AFFECTS THEM VERY CLOSE TO THE HEART. I WANT SOMEONE WHO WILL PROTECT NOT JUST MY RIGHTS BUT EVERYONE'S RIGHTS. NILU IS THAT PERSON. APPOINTING NILU IS A CHANCE TO REFLECT THE DID I HAVE TERSE I AND STRENGTH OF OUR CITY. I URGE YOU TO CONSIDER NOT ONLY HER DEDICATION FOR 16 MONTHS BUTBUT BEYOND. THIS APPOINTMENT CAN BE A VITAL MESSAGE ABOUT WHO IS SHAPING OUR FUTURE IN THIS CITY AND WHO IS REPRESENTED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. HI. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR OUR SEATTLE COMMUNITY. I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK IN STRONG SUPPORT FOR DR. JULIE KANG AND ASK TO YOU APPOINT HER TO THE CITY COUNCIL. A LITTLE ABOUT ME. I AM A PROUD DAUGHTER OF A KOREAN IMMIGRANT. MY FATHER SERVED IN THE KOREAN WAR AS A TRANSLATOR FOR THE U.S. ARMY AND THEN CAME TO THE U.S. ON SCHOLARSHIP AND BECAME A TEACHER FOR 44 YEARS. MY MOTHER WAS A PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYER IN KOREA IN THE '50s AT A TOWERING 5'5". SHE HAD TO COME TO THE UNITED STATES AND LEARN ENGLISH AND FIND A NEW PROFESSION. I WAS BORN IN A SMALL TOWN IN CONNECTICUT AND IT WAS MOSTLY IRISH AND CATHOLIC. DIVERSITY WAS WHETHER YOU WENT TO SAINT TERESA'S OR THE OTHER CHURCH. I SPENT MOST OF MY CAREER IN NEW YORK, BOSTON AND CHICAGO AND THEN RELOCATED TO SEATTLE 20 YEARS AGO WITH WASHINGTON MUTUAL TO LEAD THE MNA. THE VENTURE CAPITAL GROUP DURING CHALLENGING TIME. MY NOW HUSBAND FOLLOWED SHORTLY AND HE WORK AT THE SEATTLE P.I. SEATTLE IS THE FIRST PLACE WHERE I FELT TRUE ASIAN- AMERICAN REPRESENTATION AND IT REALLY NOT SPIRED ME TO GET INVOLVED. IT'S PRETTY INCREDIBLE THAT IT IS ALMOST 17% IN THE REPRESENTATION IN THE SEATTLE COMMUNITY. HOWEVER, I DO FIND IT TO BE A GAP IN OUR CITY COUNCIL. THROUGH A LOT OF INVOLVEMENTS IN THE ASIAN- AMERICAN COMMUNITY, THIS IS HOW I MET JULIE. SHE SEEMED TO BE EVERYWHERE I WAS AND I THOUGHT SOMETIMES I HAD AN AIR TAG ON ME AND SHE WAS TRACKING ME. I FIRST MET JULIE WHEN SHE WAS THE TEACHER AND CO- FOUNDER OF A SCHOOL TEACHING KIDS KOREAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE. I WAS LOOKING ALSO FOR HELP AT THE HOUSE. SOMEONE WHO WAS SPEAKING KOREAN AND BEHIND THE SCENES SHE WAS HELPING ME WITH THE KOREAN KSA ORGANIZATION. I BECAME VERY INVOLVED IN THE ASIAN COUNSELING SERVICE WHERE I SERVED TWO BOARD TERMS AND SHE WAS ALSO THERE BRINGING -- THANK YOU: THANK YOU. THANK YOU TODAY FOR YOUR: THANK YOU TODAY FOR YOUR SUPPORT. NEXT, SHANNON. FOLLOWING SHANNON WILL BE SHAWN. HELLO: HELLO. I'M HERE TO SAY A FEW WORDS FOR NILU JENKS. I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING CLOSELY WITH NILU OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF AS WE'VE BEEN ADVANCING VOTING IN WASHINGTON AS WELL AS OTHER DEMOCRACY REFORMS HERE IN SEATTLE. NILU IS THOUGHTFUL, KIND, ENERGETIC AND COMMITTED TO MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE. FROM SMALL ACTIONS LIKE CAREFUL PATIENT DRIVING TO LARGE- SCALE REFORM AND SOLUTIONS LIKE UPGRADING OUR ELECTIONS. IN OUR LEGISLATIVE WORK, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE HOW SHE HOLDS STRONG TO HER VALUES BUT ALSO EMBRACES LEARNING. SHE ISN'T AFRAID TO HOLD A INNANCES POSITION. SHE'S ENGAGED IN MANY OTHER ISSUES FROM CLIMATE TO HOUSING TO BRIDGING CULTURAL DIVIDES. SHE MAKES AN EFFORT. SHE GENUINELY A JOY TO HAVE AS A COLLEAGUE. SHE WORKS HARD NOT AFRAID TO PUT IN LATE NIGHTS. KNOW SHE WOULD DEDICATE HERSELF. I KNOW SHE WILL AN HUGE ASSET TO CITY COUNCIL TO THE PEOPLE OF DISTRICT 5, AND TO OUR WONDERFUL CITY OVERALL. I RECOMMEND HER STRONGLY FOR THIS POSITION. THANK YOU. AND SHAWN: AND SHAWN IS OUR LAST SPEAKER. THANK YOU: THANK YOU. I JUST RISE TODAY. I SUPPORT DEBORA JUAREZ FOR GETTING HER SEAT BACK, BASICALLY. SHE DID A LOT OF HEAVY LIFTING WHEN TIME WERE REALLY, REALLY TOUGH. I DON'T KNOW THE CIRCUMSTANCES AS TO WHY SHE LEFT BUTBUT THIS THING IS HEADED MORE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, YOU SEE THE VIBRANCY OF SEATTLE COMING BACK, IT MAKES SENSE THAT SHE WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. OKAY. WE'VE REACHED TEND OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. WE FINISHED EVERYBODY ON THE LIST AND WE WILL NOW PROCEED. IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 1 INTO THE RECORD. SELECTION OF CITY COUNCIL: SELECTION OF CITY COUNCIL VACANCY POSITION DISTRICT 5 FINALIST. OKAY. WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS TWICE BEFORE, COLLEAGUES. MOST OF US HAVE. ON TUESDAY I E- MAILED EVERY COUNCIL OFFICE THE VOTING PROCEDURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH TODAY. AND I HEARD NO DISSENT OR CONFUSION. SO I WILL NOW PROCEED TO AGREEING ON THAT PROCEDURE AND THEN MOVE FORWARD. OKAY. I MOVE TO ADOPT THE VOTING PROCEDURE TO NOMINATE CITY COUNCIL POSITION DISTRICT 5 FINALIST TO BE AS FOLLOWS. AS PRESIDENT, I WILL OPEN NOMINATIONS TO SELECT CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT DISTRICT 5 FINALISTS FROM THE LIST OF APPLICANTS. COUNCILMEMBER WILL BE CALL ON IN ORDER OF THIS WEEK'S ROLL CALL AND WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE COMMENTS AND NOMINATE ONE APPLICANT. SECONDS ARE NOT REQUIRED. AN APPLICANT WILL NEED TO BE NOMINATED BY A COUNCILMEMBER TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE COUNCIL VACANCY APPOINTMENT PROCESS. AFTER NOMINATIONS ARE CLOSED, THOSE FINALISTS WILL MOVE FORWARD IN THE VACANCY PROCESS. IS THERE A SECOND TO THE VOTING PROCEDURE. SECOND. THE VOTINGVOTING: THE VOTINGVOTING HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. TO DOCUMENT THE VOTING PROCEDURE TO SELECT FINALISTS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE VOTING PROCEDURE? COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. THANK YOU: THANK YOU. JUST CONFIRMING WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SOME REMARKS BEFORE WE GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF CHOOSING? ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU: THANK YOU. OKAY. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO ADOPT THE PROCEDURE. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF THE VOTING PROCEDURE TO NOMINATE FINALISTS FOR THE DISTRICT 5 POSITION. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE: COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? SAKAA? SOLOMON? COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH? AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON? THE MOTION CARRIES AND: THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE PROCEDURE IS ADOPTED. NOW WE'LL GO THROUGH, WELL, WE'LL PROCEED WITH THE SELECTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL POSITION FOR DISTRICT 5 FINALISTS FROM THE LIST OF APPLICANTS. THIS WEEK'S ROLL CALL STARTS WITH COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED TO PROVIDE COMMENTS AND MAKE A NOMINATION. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. TO COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS'S QUESTION, WE CAN MAKE GENERAL COMMENTS BEFORE PUTTING FORWARD A NAME AS OPPOSED TO GOING THROUGH AND MAKING GENERAL COMMENTS. RIGHT: RIGHT. THIS IS YOUR INDIVIDUAL TIME TO COMMENT AND THEN PUT FORWARD A NAME. OKAY. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS IN SYNC WITH WHAT COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS WAS SAYING. THANK YOU. I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE BEING HERE AND THE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC COMMENTS MADE, PARTICULARLY THOSE FROM THE CANDIDATES THEMSELVES. I DO RECOGNIZE THE THE STRONG SUPPORT THAT WAS HERE. I DO RECOGNIZE, TOO, THAT THERE IS SUPPORT ACROSS THE DISTRICT COMMUNITY. EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT HERE REPRESENTED EITHER IN PERSON OR REMOTE. AND THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT. I DO BELIEVE OUT OF THE 22, WE HAVE A VERY STRONG SET OF CANDIDATES. I'VE GONE THROUGH THEM. AND YOU KNOW, CLEARLY, THERE'S PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE COULD SERVE ON THE COUNCIL, AND THEN THERE IS A TOP TIER THAT I LOOK AT IN TERMS THE EDUCATION, THE EXPERIENCE, AND THE BACKGROUND. THAT WOULD BE VERY GOOD CANDIDATES FOR THE CITY COUNCIL. AND AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT NOTED, THIS IS OUR THIRD TIME -- FOR SOME OF US, THIS IS OUR THIRD TIME GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS. I DO BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE LIKE A GOOD QUORUM OF PEOPLE. I DON'T THINK WE NEED ALL EIGHT BUT A GOOD STRONG FOUR TO SIX CANDIDATES TO HAVE A GOOD ROBUST PUBLIC FORUM WHICH WILL BE COMING UP BETWEEN NOW AND FINAL SELECTION. AND THEN ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THOSE FINALISTS IN OUR OFFICES WHICH IS THE NORM. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING ALL THOSE THAT DO GET NOMINATED TODAY. I'M REALLY THANKFUL, AGAIN, LOOKING AT THIS LIST OF PEOPLE LIKE DEBORA JUAREZ, AS MR. ANDERSON NOTED, OR MR. BOUREY WHO IS HERE TODAY, AND HIS STRONG BACKGROUND. CLEARLY DR. KANG HAS A STRONG BACKGROUND AND STRONG SUPPORT. THAT'S CLEAR. I'M ALSO PARTIAL TO MR. ROBERT WILSON, GIVEN HIS STRONG BACKGROUND, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY AS WELL, MS. JENKS AMIDST ALL THE OTHERS. -- THAT ARE HERE. TESTING MY MIC STAND. AND WITH THAT, AND JUST TO TAKE THE SUSPENSE OUT OF THIS, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, MY NOMINATION WILL BE DEBORA JUAREZ. OKAY. THE NEXT ON THE -- THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WILL JUST READ THE ROLL CALL ORDER SO THE AUDIENCE KNOWS WHAT ORDER WE'RE GOING IN. WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS ALREADY ONCE THIS WEEK. IT WAS COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, NOW IT WILL BE RINCK, RIVERA, SAKA, HOLLINGSWORTH AND ME. OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AS ONE OF THE CITYWIDE REPRESENTATIVES, I'VE BEEN REFLECTING A LOT ABOUT MY TIME IN DISTRICT 5 AND THE ORGANIZATION SERVING OUR COMMUNITIES THAT WORK OUT OF DISTRICT 5. THE CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD WITH RESIDENTS AND THINKING ABOUT MY TIME ON THE GROUND WALKING ON STREETS WITHOUT SIDEWALKS, CONNECTING DIRECTLY WITH RESIDENTS, AND WANTING TO REALLY CENTER ALL THOSE VOICES AS WE'VE BEEN CONSIDERING THIS REALLY CRITICAL APPOINTMENT PROCESS. AND DISTRICT 5 HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY UNDERINVESTED IN IN SO MANY WAYS. I WOULD BE REMISS AS CHAIR, SAYING HOW DISTRICT 5 CONTINUES TO BE DISPROPORTIONATE LY HIT BY OUTAGES, EVEN NAMING THE OUTAGE FROM LAST NIGHT WHICH IMPACTED 21,000 CITY LIGHT CUSTOMERS. MANY OF WHOM IN DISTRICT 5. AND REFLECTING TO THE BOMB CYCLONE EVENT FROM EARLIER THIS YEAR WHICH OUR CITY DID NOT RECEIVE OUR FEMA REQUEST OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO BE ABLE TO FILL AND I WANT TO THANK THE CITY LIGHT CREWS WHO WORKED REALLY HARD TO RESTORE POWER. AGAIN, NOTING THAT DISTRICT 5 WAS DISPROPORTIONATELY HIT AND CONTINUES TO BE HIT BY CITY LIGHT OUTAGES AND THAT IS DUE IN LARGE PART BECAUSE OF UNDERINVESTMENT. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE REMEDIED. THAT PAIRED WITH THE TREMENDOUS NEED FOR SIDEWALKS WITHIN THE DISTRICT. AND I'VE WALKED THE STREETS MYSELF. IT'S NOT SAFE. AND WE KNOW THAT WE ARE A LONG WAY FROM REALLY ACCOMPLISHING OUR VISION. ZERO GOALS AND BEING ABLE TO ACHIEVE STREET SAFETY. I'M THINKING ABOUT THE TIME I'VE SPENT WITH THE REIMAGINED COALITION. REALLY THINKING ABOUT WHAT THAT CORRIDOR MEANS FOR OUR CITY. WE HAVE PUT A LOT OF EXPECTATIONS ON IT. THERE'S AN APPETITE TO REIMAGINE. AND I'LL CLOSE WITH TWO FINAL POINTS. WE KNOW ALL OF THESE ISSUES, PAIRED WITH JUST THE URGENCY AND THE NEW CLIMATE WE'RE IN WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAVE CHANGED THINGS FOR OUR NEIGHBORS. IT WAS VOICED DURING PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY ABOUT HOW DISTRICT 5 IS HOME TO MANY OF OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS. AND REALLY LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO WILL CHAMPION THE NEEDS OF OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. THE REALITY IS OUR NEIGHBORS ARE BEING DISAPPEARED FROM OUR STREETS RIGHT NOW AND THERE IS TREMENDOUS FEAR. SO LOOKING FOR SOMEONE IN THIS POSITION WHO CAN REALLY CHAMPION THAT COMMUNITY, AND IS NOT AFRAID TO SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER IN THAT WAY IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT. AND SOMEONE WHO WILL BE A STRONG COMMUNICATOR IN THIS ROLE TO MAKE SURE THAT INFORMATION IS GETTING OUT TO IMPACTED COMMUNITIES IN A TIMELY, REGULAR MANNER. SO FOR ALL OF THESE REASONS, I WILL BE PUTTING FORWARD NILU JENKS' NAME FOR CONSIDERATION FOR A FINALIST. I LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE ABOUT ALL THE FINALISTS AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO APPLIED FOR THIS, STEPPING UP INTO A LEADERSHIP POSITION, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW IS A GREAT THING TO DO. I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO HAS APPLIED FOR THIS ROLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU: THANK YOU. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THANK YOU TO ALL THE CANDIDATES WHO HAVE STEPPED UP TO REPRESENT THE D-5. I'M ENCOURAGED BY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO -- EXCUSE ME. I'M ENCOURAGED BY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO STEPPED UP AND FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE. AND I WANT TO THANK ALL THE FOLKS THAT CAME HERE TODAY TO EITHER SPEAK ABOUT THEY'RE PUTTING THEIR OWN NAMES INTO THE HAT OR FOR THE FOLKS WHO CAME TO SUPPORT SOMEONE WHO HAS PUT THEIR NAME FORWARD. AS THE CLOSEST PARTNER TO D- 4, THE D- 5 REPRESENTATIVE IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME. I'M LOOKING FOR SOMEONE THAT WILL REALLY LISTEN TO ALL THE VOICES NTSB D- 5 AND WORK WITH ALL OF US ON THE TOUGH WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO ON THE COUNCIL. THESE ARE REALLY TOUGH JOBS AND I REALLY WANT, I VERY MUCH RESPECT ANDED AD, WE'VE HAD MANY QUALIFIED CANDIDATES. WE CAN PICK, WE CAN ONLY PICK ONE. MY NOMINATION WILL GO TO JULIE KANG. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER: COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. HOW MANY CANDIDATES ALREADY OFF THE BOARD. FIRST AND FOREMOST, HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY. VIRTUALLY LIVE AND DIRECT FROM VANCOUVER CITY HALL. I AM AS A COUNCILMEMBER, WE ARE THE POLICY MAKER, LAWMAKER, WE ARE ADVOCATES FOR OUR COMMUNITY. OFTENTIMES, ESPECIALLY AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, WE ARE LEADER IN CHIEF OF THE VARIOUS COMMUNITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS WITHIN OUR RESPECTED COMMUNITIES. I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE THE CHEERLEADER IN LEAF OF THE TEAM. IN VANCOUVER AT THE STATE LEVEL. VANCOUVER IS HOSTING THE TOURNAMENT SO THAT'S WHY MY DAUGHTER HAPPENS TO BE PLAYING. THAT'S WHY I'M COMING TO YOU REMOTE. I APPRECIATE THE COMEDY AND THE ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON CITY'S MEMBER IN VANCOUVER FOR ALLOWING ME TO DO THIS. SO MANY GREAT FOLKS ALREADY ON THE BOARD. GREAT FOLKS REMAIN ON THE BOARD AS WELL. A NEW COLLEAGUE FOR DISTRICT 5, SOMEONE WHO HAVE WILL TRULY PRIORITIZE THE NEEDS OF DISTRICT 5 RESIDENTS, FIRST AND FOREMOST. AS EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO, THE RESIDENTS AND PEOPLE OF DISTRICT 5, TOP OF MIND. FRONT AND CENTER FOR ALL THEY DO. THAT LEADS ME TO MY SECOND POINT. SOMEONE BEST ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT IS OUR FOLKS WHO HAVE AN AWARENESS THAT WE HAVE A UNIQUE PROBLEM HERE IN THE CITY AND DISTRICT 5 IS THE WORST OFF FROM A MISSING SIDEWALK PERSPECTIVE. SO 27%, AS CHAIR OF THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, I KNOW THAT OUR CITY HAS A 27% MISSING SIDEWALK GAP ACROSS THE CITY. AND AS A PUBLIC COMMENT ER MENTIONED EARLIER, WELL, A YEAR AGO IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN OVER 500 YEARS TO CONSTRUCT. THANKS TO THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS COUNCIL INCLUDING NOW FORMER COUNCILMEMBER MOORE, WE PROVIDED A GENERATIONAL INVESTMENT THROUGH THE GENEROSITY OF VOTERS, PROVIDED A GENERATIONAL INVESTMENT IN CONSTRUCTING NEW SIDEWALKS. OF THE 27%, DISTRICT 5 HAS ABOUT 32%. THE HIGHEST PROPORTION, FOLLOWED BY MY COUNCIL DISTRICT IN DISTRICT 1, AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER SOLOMON'S DISTRICT. THERE'S A CRITICAL NEED. WE NEED TO DO MORE. I'M LOOKING FOR A GOOD CO- CHAMPION AND GOOD PARTNER AND DOING ALL WE CAN DO AS A CITY TO BETTER INVEST IF NEW SIDEWALKS AND SIDEWALKS ALONG THE WAY BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AS WELL. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT PRIORITIZING IT AS A POLICY. IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT SPEAKING TO IT. IT IS ABOUT MAKING DIFFICULT DECISIONS INCLUDING APPROPRIATE RATING RESOURCES WHICH WE'VE STARTED TO DO AND MADE GREAT STRIDES DOING THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF BUT MORE WORK CONTINUES. AS THE WORST OFF COUNCIL DISTRICT, I'M LOOKING FOR A PARTNER TO CONTINUE THAT WORK. ALSO SOMEONE VERY COLLABORATIVE WITH THE COUNCIL. COLLABORATIVE WITH THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. SAME WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, SAME WITH THE MUNICIPAL COURT BRANCH, AND FIRST AND FOREMOST, SOMEONE AGAIN WHO WILL PRIORITIZE THEIR CONSTITUENTS, AND THAT IS GOING TO DOMINATE AND UNDERLIE EVERY SINGLE THING THEY DO. EXCELLENT CANDIDATES. I APPRECIATE EVERYONE WHO HAS TAKEN THE TIME TO APPLY AND PUT YOURSELF OUT THERE LIKE THIS AND OPEN TO PRAISE AND OPEN TO SCRUTINY AS WELL. IT'S VERY CLEAR TO ME THAT YOU CARE DEEPLY ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITY. IT'S VERY CLEAR TO ME YOU CARE DEEPLY ABOUT OUR CITY. AND FOR THAT, I'M FOREVER GRATEFUL. EVERY LAST ONE OF YOU. WHETHER YOU MAKE IT TO THE NEXT STAGE OR NOT. YOU HAVE STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE AND I THANK YOU AND I KNOW THE CITY THANKS YOU AS WELL. SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE, A SHOUT OUT TO THE PEOPLE ON THE SIDEWALKS, THE FOLKS THAT SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED SIDEWALKS IN VARIOUS CONTEXTS AND THE APPLICATION MATERIALS. KATIE, MARK MEND EZ, NIC ROSSOUW, I REALLY APPRECIATED READING THEIR MATERIALS. A FEW OTHERS I LIKED, JULIE KANG, IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER, BY THE WAY, JULIE KANG, DEBORA JUAREZ, JUSTIN SIMMONS, ERIC SOUTHER. APPRECIATED THE COMMENTS FROM NILU EARLIER ABOUT THE NEED FOR VARIOUS VOICES. JUST FOR CLARITY THOUGH, THERE ARE CURRENTLY SITTING, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE FROM IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE BACKGROUNDS ON THIS COUNCIL. I FOR ONE AM A PROUD SON OF A NIGERIAN IMMIGRANT. AND IN NIGERIA, THERE IS THE RELIGIOUS BELIEFS ARE ROUGHLY SPLIT, 40 TO 40% CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIM, THE OTHER 20% ROUGHLY BEING INDIGENOUS BELIEFS. BUT MY NOW LATE GRANDFATHER WAS A MUSLIM. AND HE HAD EARNED THE HONORIFIC TITLE. BASICALLY A MALE WHO HAS TAKEN THE HOLY PILGRIMAGE, THE MECCA. I'M PROUD OF MY IMMIGRANT AND MUSLIM BACKGROUND. I'M A CHRISTIAN, NONPRACTICING THESE DAYS. THAT PERSPECTIVE IS WELL REPRESENTED NOW. WE CAN ALWAYS, OBVIOUSLY, ADD MORE. IN ANY EVENT. SO AGAIN, I APPLAUD EVERYONE WHO HAS TAKEN THE TIME TO APPLY. THIS IS A TOUGH JOB WHICH LEADS ME TO MY NEXT POINT. EARLIER, BECAUSE THIS IS MY THIRD TIME DOING THIS, THE THIRD TIME FOR MOST OF US, IN EARLIER ITERATIONS, ESPECIALLY THE LAST ONE, I HAD VERY STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT THIS NOTION OF A CARE TAKER VERSUS SOMEONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO, OR AT LEAST CONSIDER RUNNING ON A MORE PERMANENT BASIS FOR THE SEAT PERMANENTLY. THIS IS A TOUGH JOB. THAT IS STILL THE CASE NOW. BUT BECAUSE THIS PERSON WOULD BE ENROLLED FOR SIX, SEVEN PLUS MONTHS BEFORE THEY HAD TO MAKE A DECISION TO RUN IF THAT'S WHAT THEY SO CHOOSE, BEFORE I HAD STRONG FEELINGS. ESPECIALLY THE LAST GO-AROUND. I HAD VERY STRONG FEELINGS THAT I PERSONALLY DID NOT WANT SOMEONE WHO WAS GOING TO SERVE IN THE ROLE AND THEN GO AHEAD AND RUN. IT'S BEEN SETTING THE CITY UP FOR SUCCESSFUL NOT SETTING THE CONSTITUENTS UP FOR SUCCESS GIVEN THE SHORT TURN-AROUND. BECAUSE OF THE MUCH LONGER DURATION, THE PROTRACTED DURATION OF THIS APPOINTMENT, THE FINAL ELECTION, I'M LESS, STILL MAYBE SLIGHTLY PREFER IT BUT LESS RIGID, LESS STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT THAT. I'M LOOKING FOR THE BEST CANDIDATE TO DO THE JOB. AND I THINK SOME EXCELLENT NAMES HAVE ALREADY BEEN CALLED OFF THE BOARD. BUT ONE THAT HASN'T YET BEEN CALLED, AND I REALLY LIKE BECAUSE THIS PERSON HAS WORKED AND SUCCEEDED AT VERY HIGH LEVELS IN BIG TECH. THIS PERSON IS A VETERAN OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY, IN PARTICULAR, THE NAVY. THIS PERSON HAS SERVED IN TERMS OF VIEWS AND EXPERIENCES, IF THIS PERSON HAPPENS TO ENDS UP AS AN APPOINTEE ON THIS COUNCIL, THIS PERSON WOULD BE THE FOURTH VETERAN. THE THIRD ROBERT. MAYBE THAT'S AN ABUNDANCE OF ROBERTS. I NOMINATE ROBERT WILSON TO MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM PRESIDENT. AGAIN, I DO WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR EVERYONE WHO PUT THEIR NAME FORWARD. AGAIN, THIS AIN'T EASY. I KNOW. I WANT TO EXPRESS MY: I WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE, AND TO HEAR MORE ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND, YOUR PASSION, WHAT DRIVES YOU. WHY YOU WANT THIS JOB IN THE FIRST PLACE. I APPRECIATE YOU COMING FORWARD AND PUTTING YOUR NECK OUT THERE. WHEN I THINK ABOUT MY OWN JOURNEY AND GETTING HERE, WHAT I'M HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH WITH MY COLLEAGUES WHILE I'M HERE, I'M ALSO THINKING ABOUT WHO CAN WORK WITH IN D- 5 THAT WILL HELP US GET THERE. SOMEONE WHO SHARES A PASSION FOR THE COMMUNITY. SOMEONE WHO IS LOOKING TO GET SOME STUFF DONE. AND SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY KNOWS HOW TO NAVIGATE AROUNDAROUND SYSTEMS, RIGHT? FOR THOSE REASONS, I'LL BE NOMINATING KATY HAIMA FOR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER: COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. DISTRICT 6 SHARES A BORDER WITH DISTRICT 5. I SPENT A LOT OF MY LIFELIFE DISTRICT 5. IT HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART. EVEN AFTER THE REASON GERRYMANDERING, A LOT TOOK PART IN DISTRICT 6 AND I STILL SERVE THOSE RESIDENTS. WE AS DISTRICT COUNCILMEMBERS SERVE ALL SEATTLEITES. EVEN JUST LAST NIGHT, THERE WAS THE POWER OUTAGE THAT AFFECTED SO MANY RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT 5 AND IT IMPACTED DISTRICT 6 AS WELL. I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO EVIE KETTLE. WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE REAL-TIME INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THAT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. I WAS ABLE TO RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION ONLY BECAUSE YOU HAD SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED IT ALREADY. THIS IS HOW A COMMUNITY ALL WORKS TOGETHER. WHAT I SEE IN DISTRICT 5 IS A COMMUNITY OF, THAT IS ISOLATED IN MANY WAYS FROM I- 5 AND 99, HOLMAN ROAD, GREENWOOD, NORTHGATE WAY. 145, A STATE ROUTE. THAT AREA IS SO DIFFERENT. MATTHEWS BEACH, IT IS DIFFERENT THAN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE PARK IS DIFFERENT. CROWN HILL IS SO DIFFERENT THAN LAKE CITY. MAPLE LEAF, EVEN THOUGH SO CLOSE, IS DIFFERENT THAN GREENWOOD. AND EVEN NORTHGATE IS SO DIFFERENT THAN LICTON SPRINGS. AND THEY ARE CONNECTED BY ONLY A QUARTER MILE. BITTER LAKE IS DIFFERENT. THE BANKS OF LAKE WASHINGTON ARE DIFFERENT IN SUCH STARK WAYS THAN AURORA AVENUE. WE HAVE IN THESE NEXT FEW MONTHS TO DO SOME IMPORTANT PLACEMENT IN PINEHURST WITH THE NEW LIGHTRAIL STATION THAT IS NAMED PINEHURST. THAT AREA IS GOING THROUGH SIGNIFICANT CHANGE AND IS IS A PLACE-MAKING OPPORTUNITY. IT WAS A REAL PLEASURE TO SPEAK TO SO MANY FOLKS OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS. YESTERDAY I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK TO 11 PEOPLE. I LEFT TWO VOICEMAILS. SHANE, IF YOU WANT TO CHATCHAT LATER, GIVE ME A CALL BACK. SORRY WE DIDN'T GET TO CHAT. I'M SORRY, LET'S CONNECT IN THE FUTURE. WHAT I'M SEEING HERE IS THAT THERE IS SUCH ENERGY FROM ACROSS ALL OF THESE ISOLATED POCKETS OF INTENSE COMMUNITY. THE BRIDGE BUILDING ACROSS THESE PHYSICAL MANMADE BARRIERS OF ROADS AND OTHER BARRIERS NEEDS TO HAPPEN. FOUR PEOPLE I TALKED TO LIVE ALONG AURORA. ONE PERSON LIVES THERE. I'VE SEEN FOLKS WHO HAVE RUN FOR THIS OFFICE BEFORE, SPOKEN TO FOLKS AND HEARD THAT PUBLIC SAFETY IS IMPORTANT. THEIR KIDS WALKING TO SCHOOL IS IMPORTANT. SPEAKING TO NATHAN ABOUT THE ISSUES OF OPERATING A SMALL BUSINESS. BRANDON HAS ALREADY HAD TOWN HALLS FOR THIS. THERE'S SUCH ENERGY. THE DISTRICT IS BURSTING WITH ENERGY. ALAN BOND HAS THE ABILITY TO BRING SOME REALLY IMPORTANT KNOWLEDGE SET ABOUT THE FACT THAT IN THE NEXT YEAR, WE'LL HAVE 800,000 PEOPLE COME THROUGH OUR CITY IN THREE TO SIX MONTHS. OUR CITY ONLY HAS 800,000 PEOPLE. WHAT WILL THAT DO TO ALL THE LIVE EVENTS THAT NEED TO OCCUR? SPEAKING OF BRENT ABOUT AGE FRIENDLY, THE ABILITY TO AGE IN PLACE, THAT KNOWLEDGE SET HAS CHANGED HOW I APPROACH MY POLICY MAKING. AND I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS YOU'VE ALREADY MADE TO OUR CITY. JED HAS ALREADY OPERATED BUDGETS LARGER THAN THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND ANSEL IS BRINGING NEIGHBORHOODS TOGETHER TO BRIDGE DIVIDES ON IMPORTANT TOPICS. I NOTICED THERE WERE SOME THAT DIDN'T APPLY. COLLEEN COMES TO MIND. PATIENCE, BECCA COMES TO MIND. WE HAVE A COUPLE FOLKS, NILU JENKS, YOU'VE RUN BEFORE AS WELL. WE HAD A GREAT, LONG CONVERSATION AND DEBORA JUAREZ WHO HAS ALREADY SAT IN THE SEAT. FOR THIS PROCESS, I WON'T BE PUTTING FORWARD ANOTHER NAME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU: THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. I BELIEVE YOU ARE THE ONLY: I BELIEVE YOU ARE THE ONLY PERSON THAT WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL IN DISTRICT 5. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. I LIKE -- I DON'T KNOW. I THINK I'M PRETTY SURE. SO I WANT TO GIVE A HEARTFELT THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS DISTRICT 5 VACANCY. YOUR WILLINGNESS TO STEP FORWARD AND SHARE YOUR IDEAS AND PUT YOURSELF OUT THERE IS SUPER DEEPLY APPRECIATED. AND I KNOW THAT IT TAKES COURAGE AND COMMITMENT TO DO THIS. AND ALSO, YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS, WHETHER YOU'RE SPEAKING, SHOWING UP, DEMONSTRATING HOW MUCH YOU CARE ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. IT IS HARD TO PUT YOURSELF OUT THERE. AND WE ALWAYS SAY, DON'T READ THE COMMENTS. THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. BUT DISTRICT 5 IN SEATTLE HOLDS LIKE A REALLY RIGHT PLACE IN OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT IS A DISTRICT OF WORKING CLASS FAMILIES. IT IS A DISTRICT OF OUR IMMIGRANT POPULATION. IT'S VIBRANT NEIGHBORHOODS, HARD-WORKING FAMILIES, SCHOOLS, PARKS, IT HAS A DEEP RESILIENCE OF HISTORY AND PROGRESS. I TALK ABOUT THE TWO DISTRICTS THAT SIT ON THE EDGE OF OUR BOUNDARIES, DISTRICT 2 AND DISTRICT 5, WHICH HAPPEN TO BE THE MOST UNDERSERVED -- EXCUSE ME. UNDERRESOURCED NEIGHBORS, NEIGHBORHOODS. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO FILL THOSE RESOURCES FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES BUT ALSO, NOT PUSH THOSE COMMUNITIES OUT AS WELL WHICH IS IMPORTANT. AND WE'VE SEEN THAT IN DISTRICT 3 AND OTHER PLACES WHERE IT IS BECOMING MORE UNAFFORDABLE IN OUR CITY. THERE ARE OTHER PLACES IN SEATTLE THAT HAVE BECOME HOME TO FOLKS. AS WE ARE CONTINUING TO RESOURCE THEM, WE DON'T WANT THOSE FAMILIES THAT HAVE MADE THOSE PLACES SPECIAL TO BE PUSHED OUT AT ALL. AND I THINK THE DISTRICT REPRESENTS THE CITY OF SEATTLE VALUES. THAT'S WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO ME FOR THIS PROCESS, SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THE BUDGET PROCESS THAT WE WILL TAKE UP IMMEDIATELY IN THE LAST PART OF THE YEAR, SOMEONE WHO WILL JUMP RIGHT INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHERE WE'RE BUILDING ABOUT THE FUTURE AND THE GROWTH. WE HAVE A LOT OF END. YEAR LEGISLATION THAT COME OUR WAY VERY FAST-PACED. SOME OF THE ISSUES ON AURORA THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM FOLKS. WHETHER IT IS STABILIZING AND CLEANING CERTAIN STUFF UP AND THEN ALSO THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE LIKE COUNCILMEMBER RINCK SAID OF REIMAGINING WHAT AURORA COULD BE. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM CANDIDATES IS OUR FUTURE. WE TALK A LOT ABOUT OUR ISSUES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY. BUT ALSO, THE HOPE. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN OUR CITY AND PEOPLE WANT A LITTLE HOPE. THE WAY TO DO THAT IS CENTERING OUR YOUTH AND OUR KIDS AND OUR FAMILIES. BECAUSE WHEN OUR BABIES ARE SAFE, OUR FAMILIES ARE SAFE AND OUR CITIES ARE SAFE. SO SOMEONE WHO IS THINKING ABOUT OUR YOUTH, WE HAVE TO START THINKING ABOUT BEING A YOUNGER CITY FOR OUR KIDS. THAT WILL BE THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT EMPIRES, CITIES, THAT ALL WERE SUCCESSFUL, IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THEIR CITY, PARTICULARLY THE KIDS AND THE YOUTH. SO THAT'S WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO ME. I WILL SAY THAT I HAD A LIST OF FOLKS AND THOSE HAVE ALL BEEN NOMINATED. SO I'LL BE BE PUTTING FORTH A NOMINATION TODAY. I BELIEVE THE GROUP OF CANDIDATES THAT WE HAVE IS, I FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THOSE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. I'M THE LAST ONE HERE. SO DESPITE REPORTING THAT MAY HAVE INDICATED OTHERWISE THAT CAME OUT PRIOR TOTO ALL APPLICATIONS BEING MADE AVAILABLE TO US, THIS IS GOING TO BE AN OPEN AND TRANSPARENT PROCESS WHERE WE ARE KEEPING THE NEEDS OF THE CONSTITUENTS OF DISTRICT 5 FRONT AND CENTER OF OUR DECISION- MAKING PROCESS. PERSONALLY I HAVE ENDEAVORED TO MEET WITH EVERYBODY WHO HAS CONTACTED MY OFFICE WHO HAS ASKED FOR A MEETING AND WAS INTERESTED IN APPLYING. I MET WITH SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS FROM LAKE CITY WHO HAVE TALKED ABOUT THEIR NEEDS AND OF COURSE, I'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF, I'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE NEEDS IN GENERAL. BEFORE COUNCILMEMBER MOORE DPARTD, I DID GET HER READ ON WHAT THE NEEDS ARE AS WELL. SO I WAS IMPRESSED BY THE BREADTH AND THE QUALITY OF ALL THE APPLICANTS. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THEM FOR PUTTING THEMSELVES OUT THERE TO BE CONSIDERED. I WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO REACHED OUT AND COME TO SPEAK TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE CANDIDATES THEY FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT. WE OWE IT TO THE D- 5 CONSTITUENTS TO CONSIDER THEIR NEEDS AND INTERESTS AND HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE REPRESENTED. ONE THING I WAS LOOKING FOR DURING THIS PROCESS IS SOMEONE WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN RUNNING AGAIN IN 16 MONTHS. AND I HAVE SAID THIS WITH EVERY VACANCY THAT WE'VE FILLED THE PREVIOUS TWO. AND HERE'S WHY. I BELIEVE TELL DECISIONS SOMEONE MAKES WHILE FILLING A VACANCY HAVE LONG- MATERIAL CONSEQUENCES. IT IS MY BELIEF THE BEST THING IS TO APPOINT SOMEONE THE VOTERS WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HOLD ACCOUNTABLE AT THE BALLOT BOX. BUT THAT IS NOT A NECESSITY IN MY BOOK BUT IT IS A PREFERENCE THAT I'VE BROUGHT TO EACH ONE OF THESE PROCESSES AND I'M TRYING TO COMMUNITY THE THINGS I THINK ABOUT WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THESE APPLICATIONS. WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID, IN RECOGNIZING THAT MANY EXCELLENT CANDIDATES HAVE ALREADY BEEN NOMINATED AS FINALISTS, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE JIM BOUREY. HE IS AN EXCEPTIONALLY WELL QUALIFIED CANDIDATE WITH NATIONWIDE CITY AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR EXPERIENCE. HE'S SEEN HOW LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN WORK WELL IN DIFFERENT SYSTEMS. HE'S DEALT WITH MANY OF THE SIMILAR CHALLENGES WE FACE HERE IN SEATTLE TODAY. AND HE WILL BE AT THE VERY LEAST, A VALUABLE PROSPECTIVE THROUGH THE NEXT TWO WEEKS OF THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS. SO WHATEVER HAPPENS IN THE END, I ANTICIPATE THAT HAVING HIS VOICE AMONGST US IS A VALUABLEVALUABLE FOR US TO TAKE IN MIND, JUDGIST GIVEN THE BREADTH OF HIS EXPERIENCE. SO THAT IS MY RECOMMENDATION. AND IF WE'VE REACHED THE END OF OUR COMMENTS, I'M NOT SEEING ANYBODY RAISING THEIR HANDS. EACH COUNCILMEMBER WAS PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO NOMINATE A CITY COUNCIL POSITION DISTRICT 5 FINALIST. NOMINATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE FINAL LIST. NOMINATED BY COUNCILMEMBER: NOMINATED BY COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. DEBORA JUAREZ. NOMINATED BY COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. NILU JENKS. JULIE KING. NOMINATED BY COUNCILMEMBER SAIQA. ROBERT D. WILSON. NOMINATED BY COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON, KATY HAIMA, AND JAMES M. BOUREY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PURSUANT TO THE CODE, FINALISTS ARE REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FORUM AND THE JULY 22nd CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 5 POSITION. THE PUBLIC FORUM IS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, JULY 21st FROM 5:30 TO 7:30 P.M. AT THE NORTH SEATTLE COLLEGE AUDITORIUM. THE VACANCY WEBSITE HAS BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE LOCATION DETAILS. ALL RIGHT. A RECAP OF THE NEXT STEPS OF THE CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 5 VACANCY PROCESS ARE AS FOLLOWS. FINAL IS ARE REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE AS I ALREADY SAID IN THE FORUM AND TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR APPOINTMENT, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AS THE LAST COUPLE TIMES TO ASK QUESTIONS OF THE CANDIDATES OURSELVES AT A SPECIAL MEETING TO ELICIT FURTHER INFORMATION THAT DIDN'T COME OUT IN EITHER ONE-ON- ONE CONVERSATIONS OR THE FORUM. THEN ON JULY 28th, AT 9:30 A.M., THE COUNCIL WILL HOLD ANOTHER MEETING TO APPOINT ANOTHER FINALIST TO FILL THE DISTRICT 5 POSITION. IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, WE'VE REACHED THE END OF TODAY'S AGENDA. OUR NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, JULY 22nd, AT 2:00 P.M. HEARING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, IT IS 10:53 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.