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COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE: COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE . COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON . SIX PRESENT: SIX PRESENT. IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE MINUTES OF JULY SEVEN, 2025, WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE MINUTES ARE ADOPTED. PRESIDENTS REPORT TODAY. I WILL BE PROVIDING AN UPDATE ON THE THEY CAN SEE FILLING PROCESS. WE RECEIVED A 22 APPLICATIONS WHICH WERE DISTRIBUTEE WILL ON FRIDAY. ALSO PUBLISHED ON THE CLERK'S WEBSITE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC. WE ARE NOW ON DAY SEVEN OF THE 20 DAY TIMELINE. THIS PROCESS WILL REPLICATE WHAT WE HAVE DONE FOR THE TWO OTHER VACANCY BILLING PROCESSES. TOMORROW AFTER FULL COUNSEL, THERE WILL BE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR US TO DISCUSS THE VACANCY . WEWILL THEN HAVE A SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING AT 9:30 THIS THURSDAY , THE 17TH, TO IDENTIFY FINALISTS. THERE WERE TWO COMMITTEE GROUPS THAT APPLIED TO HOST THE CANDIDATE FORUM WHICH IS PART OF THE -- BY LAW, WE DO THAT. ONE PROPOSED A ZOOM MEETING AND THE OTHER PROPOSED A MEETING IN DISTRICT 5. I SELECTED THEM TO ENSURE ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL AND CONSISTENCY WITH PASSED PRACTICE. THE CANDIDATE FORUM IS SCHEDULED FOR 7:00 P.M. ON MONDAY, JULY 21st. THAT WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AT THE NORTH SEATTLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND OF COURSE IT WILL BE BROADCAST BY THE SEATTLE CHANNEL ONLINE AND OVER THE YEAR . AND THEN, THE NEXT REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING NEXT TUESDAY, THE 22nd, WILL BEGIN ONE HOUR EARLIER THAN NORMAL AT 1:00 P.M. TO PROVIDE EXTRA TIME FOR US TO PUBLICLY INTERVIEW THE FINALISTS PRIOR TO THE NORMAL COUNSEL BUSINESS . AND FINALLY, WE WILL HAVE THE VOTE TO APPOINT SOMEONE TO THE VACANCY IN TWO WEEKS ON MONDAY, JULY 28TH. AND THAT WILL BE DAY 20, I BELIEVE. THIS WILL BE A SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING INSTEAD OF THE COUNCIL WE THING ON THAT DAY . AND THEN THE RULES MAINTAINED THAT IF NO CANDIDATE IS SELECTED TO FILL THE VACANCY ON THAT DAY, OUR APPOINTMENT WILL STIPULATE THAT WE MUST CONTINUE TO MEET EVERY DAY UNTIL SOMEONE IS SELECTED. THAT IS THE PROCESS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YES. THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT: THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. YOU MENTIONED THERE WERE TWO GROUPS THAT APPLIED AND ONE WAS SELECTED. YES IT. WHO WAS THE GROUP SELECTED? THE GROUP SELECTED WAS: THE GROUP SELECTED WAS UNIFIED OUTREACH. SOUNDS GOOD: SOUNDS GOOD . ARE YOU ABLE TO SHARE WHO THE: ARE YOU ABLE TO SHARE WHO THE ZOOM GROUP WAS? IT WAS A GROUP OF CITY: IT WAS A GROUP OF CITY COMMISSIONS. I REMEMBER THE WOMEN'S COMMISSION BUT I DON'T REMEMBER THE OTHERS. THERE WAS A HANDFUL OF COMMISSIONS. THANKS. I ALWAYS APPRECIATE AND PERSON OVER ZOOM EVERY DAY. INDEED: INDEED. THERE ARE NO PROCLAMATIONS: THERE ARE NO PROCLAMATIONS FOR SIGNATURE TODAY SO WE WILL GO RIGHT INTO BLUE SKY. THIS WEEK'S ROLL CALL ROTATION BEGINS WITH COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. PLEASE BEGIN AND THEN HANDED OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. OKAY. [ INAUDIBLE ] YOUR MICROPHONE IS NOT ON: YOUR MICROPHONE IS NOT ON . GO AHEAD . I HAD TO DO THE ALPHABET AND MY HEAD TO MAKE SURE THAT I WAS GOING IN THE RIGHT ORDER. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU AGAIN COUNCIL: THANK YOU AGAIN COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AS USUAL, STARTING WITH PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. WE DO NOT HAVE A PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE THIS WEEK. THE SLOTIS TRANSPORTATION . NEXT WEEK, THE FOCUS WILL BE ON THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND DISCUSSIONS. AND PARTLY COMING OUT OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE ARE TWO BILLS THAT WILL BE BEFORE FULL COUNSEL MEETING TOMORROW. ONE IS THE GRAFFITI BILL , GRAFFITI ABATEMENT. AND THEN CHRONIC NUISANCE PROPERTIES BILL. AND BOTH SEEN IN COMMITTEE AND OUT COMING TO FULL COUNSEL. WE DO HAVE SOME AMENDMENTS ON EACH BILL . I WILL LET MY COLLEAGUES SPEAK TO THOSE IF THEY LIKE. I DO BASICALLY HAVE ONE TECHNICAL FIX , PARTICULARLY WITH CHRONIC NUISANCE PROPERTY. AND SIMILARLY WITH THE GRAFFITI BILL TOO IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE THUS FAR IS ALSO CAPTURED IN THE PROCESS. RELATED TO GRAFFITI DOCUMENTING AND ACCOUNTING FOR RECENT GRAFFITI ACTIONS THAT HAVE HAPPENED. PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. FOR THOSE TWO. AND WE WILL HAVE CENTRAL STAFF PRESENT TO ASSIST IF NEEDED. TERMS OF SCHEDULES. THIS WEEK, TODAY, I SHOULD NOTE THAT I HAD AN INTERVIEW FOR THE OPA RECTOR. OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY. THAT IS THE THIRD I HAVE MET WITH. THAT PROCESS IS ONGOING AS YOU KNOW. WE HAVE AN INTERIM DIRECTOR WITH MISSES GLENN . AND SO NOW , THE PROCESS IS UNFOLDING . IN TERMS OF APPOINTING A FULL-TIME DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY. TOMORROW, IT IS BASICALLY THE , IF YOU WILL, A GRAND OPENING, PRESS CONFERENCE FOR THE REALTIME CRIME CENTER. THAT IS HAPPENING AT 11:00 . WE INFORMED COUNCILMEMBER CHAIR SAKA THAT HIS TEAM, I WOULD EXCUSE MYSELF FROM COMMITTEE A LITTLE BIT EARLY TO RUN ACROSS THE STREET TO THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS FOR THAT PRESS CONFERENCE RELATED TO THE REALTIME CRIME CENTER. SPEAKING OF THE SPD, I WILL BE GOING TO THE NORTH PRECINCT ON WEDNESDAY . AGAIN, THIS IS PART OF MY GOING OUT AND ABOUT TO ALL PRECI [preview truncated]