1 00:00:18,518 --> 00:00:18,718 2 00:00:18,718 --> 00:00:20,353 >>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. 3 00:00:20,353 --> 00:00:25,091 TODAY'S TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 00:00:25,091 --> 00:00:26,693 12th. THIS IS A MEETING OF THE 5 00:00:26,693 --> 00:00:27,327 SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL. I AM 6 00:00:27,327 --> 00:00:28,361 CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER. 7 00:00:28,361 --> 00:00:29,662 ADAM CLAIRE, WE PLEASE CALL 8 00:00:29,662 --> 00:00:29,863 ROLE? 9 00:00:29,863 --> 00:00:33,266 >> ON SOME OF THE PEDERSON? 10 00:00:33,266 --> 00:00:34,000 >> PRESENT. 11 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,504 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT. 12 00:00:37,504 --> 00:00:40,607 >> PRESENT. 13 00:00:40,607 --> 00:00:41,608 >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 14 00:00:41,608 --> 00:00:43,543 >> HERE. 15 00:00:43,543 --> 00:00:47,480 >> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS. 16 00:00:47,480 --> 00:00:52,619 >> PRESENT. COUNCILMEMBER 17 00:00:52,619 --> 00:00:56,456 MOSQUEDA. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. 18 00:00:56,456 --> 00:00:56,589 19 00:00:56,589 --> 00:00:57,357 >> PRESENT. 20 00:00:57,357 --> 00:01:03,763 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ. 21 00:01:03,763 --> 00:01:06,633 >> HERE. THANK YOU, MADAM 22 00:01:06,633 --> 00:01:08,268 CLERK. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY 23 00:01:08,268 --> 00:01:08,968 PRESENTATIONS FOR TODAY, SO 24 00:01:08,968 --> 00:01:09,869 LET'S MOVE ON THE PUBLIC 25 00:01:09,869 --> 00:01:10,703 COMMENT. MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE 26 00:01:10,703 --> 00:01:14,974 HAVE 10 FOLKS IN CHAMBERS AND 6 27 00:01:14,974 --> 00:01:15,875 PEOPLE ONLINE, SO LET'S GO 28 00:01:15,875 --> 00:01:18,211 AHEAD WITH OUR 6 PEOPLE THAT -- 29 00:01:18,211 --> 00:01:22,515 I'M SORRY, I HAVE IT REVERSED. 30 00:01:22,515 --> 00:01:24,717 10 ONLINE, 6 IN PERSON. 31 00:01:24,717 --> 00:01:28,688 >> THAT IS CORRECT. 32 00:01:28,688 --> 00:01:30,290 >> LET'S DO THE 6 FOLKS THAT 33 00:01:30,290 --> 00:01:31,157 ARE IN CHAMBERS AND GIVE 34 00:01:31,157 --> 00:01:34,894 EVERYONE TWO MINUTES. BEFORE WE 35 00:01:34,894 --> 00:01:35,795 START WITH THE SIX PEOPLE IN 36 00:01:35,795 --> 00:01:36,896 CHAMBERS AND OF COURSE MOVED TO 37 00:01:36,896 --> 00:01:40,500 THE 10 PEOPLE ONLINE, YOU KNOW 38 00:01:40,500 --> 00:01:41,167 WHAT THE INSTRUCTIONS ARE. 39 00:01:41,167 --> 00:01:44,337 PLEASE SPEAK TO ITEMS ON THE 40 00:01:44,337 --> 00:01:45,605 AGENDA. THERE'S ONE ITEM ON 41 00:01:45,605 --> 00:01:47,006 TODAY'S AGENDA. I ASK THAT YOU 42 00:01:47,006 --> 00:01:47,907 BE RESPECTFUL. YOU WILL HEAR A 43 00:01:47,907 --> 00:01:49,809 CHIME AND THAT WILL LET YOU 44 00:01:49,809 --> 00:01:51,111 KNOW THAT YOU HAVE 10 SECONDS 45 00:01:51,111 --> 00:01:53,279 TO WRAP UP YOUR COMMENTS. 46 00:01:53,279 --> 00:01:57,283 PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THE 47 00:01:57,283 --> 00:01:58,518 CHIME. LET'S START OFF WITH OUR 48 00:01:58,518 --> 00:02:02,455 SIX REMOTE PEOPLE WITH TWO 49 00:02:02,455 --> 00:02:03,256 MINUTES EACH. 50 00:02:03,256 --> 00:02:04,390 >> OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS DR. 51 00:02:04,390 --> 00:02:05,492 RUTH, AND SHE WILL BE FOLLOWED 52 00:02:05,492 --> 00:02:09,429 BY ANDREA SUAREZ. 53 00:02:09,429 --> 00:02:12,098 >> HI. I LIVE IN DISTRICT 4, 54 00:02:12,098 --> 00:02:17,337 THE WEDGEWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD OF 55 00:02:17,337 --> 00:02:19,239 NORTHEAST SEATTLE. THANK YOU 56 00:02:19,239 --> 00:02:20,273 FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN 57 00:02:20,273 --> 00:02:21,107 WHY I THINK YOU SHOULD PASS 58 00:02:21,107 --> 00:02:21,908 RESOLUTION 32107 SUPPORTING THE 59 00:02:21,908 --> 00:02:22,842 NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE BANK, 60 00:02:22,842 --> 00:02:32,452 KNOWN IN CONGRESS IS HB 4050. 61 00:02:32,452 --> 00:02:33,453 THIS IS THE 24th CENTURY 62 00:02:33,453 --> 00:02:34,220 VERSION OF FOUR PREVIOUS 63 00:02:34,220 --> 00:02:35,188 NATIONAL BANKS, THE MOST RECENT 64 00:02:35,188 --> 00:02:36,122 ONE BEING THE RECONSTRUCTION 65 00:02:36,122 --> 00:02:36,923 FINANCE CORPORATION ESTABLISHED 66 00:02:36,923 --> 00:02:38,391 BY HERBERT HOOVER IN 1932. IT 67 00:02:38,391 --> 00:02:40,426 WAS CONTINUED BY FRANKLIN 68 00:02:40,426 --> 00:02:41,694 ROOSEVELT TO PUT AMERICANS TO 69 00:02:41,694 --> 00:02:42,962 WORK ON USEFUL INFRASTRUCTURE 70 00:02:42,962 --> 00:02:45,331 PROJECT. WE HAVE GRAND COULEE 71 00:02:45,331 --> 00:02:49,802 DAM BECAUSE OF THEIR COURAGE 72 00:02:49,802 --> 00:02:50,970 AND FORESIGHT. FAST FORWARD 73 00:02:50,970 --> 00:02:51,738 TODAY'S FIRES AND FLOODS. 74 00:02:51,738 --> 00:02:57,577 AREN'T WE GLAD? HOW CAN THE 75 00:02:57,577 --> 00:02:58,444 INFRASTRUCTURE BANK IMPROVE 76 00:02:58,444 --> 00:02:59,312 SEATTLE? FIRST OF ALL, IT'S BIG 77 00:02:59,312 --> 00:03:01,881 ENOUGH TO MEET ALL OF OUR 78 00:03:01,881 --> 00:03:02,615 NEEDS. ACCORDING TO THE CIVIL 79 00:03:02,615 --> 00:03:03,583 ENGINEER SO STUDY THIS PROBLEM 80 00:03:03,583 --> 00:03:04,450 ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND IN 81 00:03:04,450 --> 00:03:05,451 WASHINGTON'S DATE, WE NEED 82 00:03:05,451 --> 00:03:07,587 ENOUGH CREDIT -- WHICH IS WHAT 83 00:03:07,587 --> 00:03:08,988 THIS BANK WILL PROVIDE -- TO 84 00:03:08,988 --> 00:03:12,225 INVEST IN OUR CITY, WHICH 85 00:03:12,225 --> 00:03:17,163 PRIVATE BANKS JUST DON'T. LET'S 86 00:03:17,163 --> 00:03:19,132 FACE IT. WHAT I WANT TO SPEAK 87 00:03:19,132 --> 00:03:19,866 TO IS CLIMATE DISASTER 88 00:03:19,866 --> 00:03:20,700 PREPAREDNESS, IN PARTICULAR. 89 00:03:20,700 --> 00:03:21,501 THIS PAST SUMMER, WE BREATHE 90 00:03:21,501 --> 00:03:23,503 UNHEALTHY MOCHA FROM FIRES 91 00:03:23,503 --> 00:03:27,373 EASTERN WASHINGTON AND 92 00:03:27,373 --> 00:03:28,041 CALIFORNIA. WE NEED TO 93 00:03:28,041 --> 00:03:28,775 ESTABLISH THE INFRASTRUCTURE 94 00:03:28,775 --> 00:03:29,976 FOR PEOPLE TO STAY SAFE DURING 95 00:03:29,976 --> 00:03:31,711 CATASTROPHIC HEAT EVENTS TO 96 00:03:31,711 --> 00:03:34,113 PREVENT AS WELL AS FIGHT FIRES, 97 00:03:34,113 --> 00:03:38,484 SAFE AND ABUNDANT WATER FOR 98 00:03:38,484 --> 00:03:40,453 PEOPLE, ECOSYSTEMS, AND 99 00:03:40,453 --> 00:03:43,289 REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE. OUR 100 00:03:43,289 --> 00:03:45,124 FOOD SYSTEM EMPLOYED IN A 101 00:03:45,124 --> 00:03:45,792 REGENERATIVE WAY ACTUALLY 102 00:03:45,792 --> 00:03:47,994 BECOMES A CARBON SINK AND KEEPS 103 00:03:47,994 --> 00:03:49,862 THE CARBON IN THE SOIL WHERE IT 104 00:03:49,862 --> 00:03:53,766 CAN DO SOME GOOD. I SEE A 105 00:03:53,766 --> 00:03:55,335 BRIGHT FUTURE. WHAT DO YOU SEE? 106 00:03:55,335 --> 00:03:58,271 PLEASE PASS RESOLUTION 3207 IN 107 00:03:58,271 --> 00:03:59,472 SUPPORT OF THE NATIONAL 108 00:03:59,472 --> 00:04:03,176 INFRASTRUCTURE BANK. THANK YOU 109 00:04:03,176 --> 00:04:03,776 VERY MUCH. 110 00:04:03,776 --> 00:04:04,911 >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ANDREA 111 00:04:04,911 --> 00:04:07,213 SUAREZ, AND WILL BE FOLLOWED BY 112 00:04:07,213 --> 00:04:10,917 TIMOTHY EMERSON. 113 00:04:10,917 --> 00:04:11,684 >> CONTINUING MY COMMENT THIS 114 00:04:11,684 --> 00:04:15,321 MORNING ABOUT THE OPEN AIR USE 115 00:04:15,321 --> 00:04:16,856 OF DRUGS AND POSSESSION OF 116 00:04:16,856 --> 00:04:18,891 DRUGS HERE IN OUR CITY, AND I 117 00:04:18,891 --> 00:04:20,893 URGE THE COUNCIL TO PASS THE 118 00:04:20,893 --> 00:04:21,527 ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWS OUR 119 00:04:21,527 --> 00:04:22,595 POLICE OFFICERS TO HAVE AN 120 00:04:22,595 --> 00:04:27,166 ADDITIONAL TOOL THAT CAN 121 00:04:27,166 --> 00:04:27,867 COMPASSIONATELY PIVOTS PEOPLE 122 00:04:27,867 --> 00:04:30,269 OFF THE STREET AND INTO 123 00:04:30,269 --> 00:04:31,404 TREATMENT AND A VARIETY OF 124 00:04:31,404 --> 00:04:36,709 OTHER CHOICES AVAILABLE TO 125 00:04:36,709 --> 00:04:38,344 THEM. WE HAVE A DRUG RESOURCE 126 00:04:38,344 --> 00:04:39,846 GUIDE THAT WE HAVE CREATED THAT 127 00:04:39,846 --> 00:04:41,080 I URGE THE COUNCIL TO USE AND 128 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:42,015 ADOPT. THERE ARE PLACES FOR 129 00:04:42,015 --> 00:04:45,351 PEOPLE TO GO. REALIZING IT'S A 130 00:04:45,351 --> 00:04:46,386 CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECT, WE WOULD 131 00:04:46,386 --> 00:04:47,687 URGE THE COUNCIL TO ADOPT AN 132 00:04:47,687 --> 00:04:53,226 INTERVENTION FORWARD MODEL OF 133 00:04:53,226 --> 00:04:56,529 OUTREACH, WHICH EMBOLDENS OUR 134 00:04:56,529 --> 00:04:57,463 OUTREACH AGENCIES TO BRING 135 00:04:57,463 --> 00:04:59,999 TREATMENT AS A FORM OF HARM 136 00:04:59,999 --> 00:05:00,800 REDUCTION. RIGHT NOW, IT'S ALL 137 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:03,636 HARM, NO REDUCTION. IT'S MORE 138 00:05:03,636 --> 00:05:04,370 LIKE HARM ACCELERATION, GIVEN 139 00:05:04,370 --> 00:05:05,605 THE CURRENT DEATH TOLL IN THE 140 00:05:05,605 --> 00:05:11,110 NUMBER OF OVERDOSE -- OVERDOSES 141 00:05:11,110 --> 00:05:12,211 THAT ARE FIRST RESPONDERS ARE 142 00:05:12,211 --> 00:05:12,812 RESPONDING TO, INCLUDING 143 00:05:12,812 --> 00:05:18,584 OUTREACH WORKERS. THE DSA 144 00:05:18,584 --> 00:05:19,252 AMBASSADORS TALKED ABOUT THIS 145 00:05:19,252 --> 00:05:20,486 THIS MORNING. IT'S AFFECTING 146 00:05:20,486 --> 00:05:21,988 ALL OF US TO DEAL WITH A NUMBER 147 00:05:21,988 --> 00:05:23,189 OF OVERDOSES ON OUR STREET. SO 148 00:05:23,189 --> 00:05:26,459 ARREST JUST MEANS STOP. IT 149 00:05:26,459 --> 00:05:27,193 DOESN'T MEAN INCARCERATE 150 00:05:27,193 --> 00:05:27,927 FOREVER, IT DOESN'T CONVICT YOU 151 00:05:27,927 --> 00:05:31,264 FOR THE CRIME, IT JUST MEANS -- 152 00:05:31,264 --> 00:05:32,098 JUST STOP. STOP HARMING 153 00:05:32,098 --> 00:05:33,833 YOURSELF OR OTHERS. IF YOU WERE 154 00:05:33,833 --> 00:05:39,338 TO WALK BY A PERSON WEARING A 155 00:05:39,338 --> 00:05:40,239 GUN WITH RUSSIAN ROULETTE, WE 156 00:05:40,239 --> 00:05:42,975 WOULD WALK BY AND SAY, BODILY 157 00:05:42,975 --> 00:05:44,277 AUTONOMY -- YOU KNOW, MEET YOU 158 00:05:44,277 --> 00:05:46,679 WHERE YOU ARE AT. WE WOULD TAKE 159 00:05:46,679 --> 00:05:47,647 THE GUN. WE WOULD BE 160 00:05:47,647 --> 00:05:48,681 HYSTERICAL. THESE FENTANYL 161 00:05:48,681 --> 00:05:50,883 PILLS ARE JUST THAT. IT'S 162 00:05:50,883 --> 00:05:53,720 PLAYING RUSSIAN ROULETTE WITH 163 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:54,654 OUR NEIGHBORS SUFFERING FROM 164 00:05:54,654 --> 00:05:56,756 SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER, 165 00:05:56,756 --> 00:05:57,390 DISEASE, AND ANYBODY IN 166 00:05:57,390 --> 00:06:00,493 RECOVERY THAT I HAVE KNOWN THAT 167 00:06:00,493 --> 00:06:01,761 IN THREE YEARS, HUNDREDS IF NOT 168 00:06:01,761 --> 00:06:05,631 THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE'S SAID IT 169 00:06:05,631 --> 00:06:06,733 WAS ARREST, AND THEY CAN NAME 170 00:06:06,733 --> 00:06:07,734 THE OFFICER THAT SAVE THEIR 171 00:06:07,734 --> 00:06:08,000 LIFE. 172 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:09,869 >> THANK YOU, OUR NEXT BEAKER 173 00:06:09,869 --> 00:06:11,738 IS TIMOTHY EMERSON. TIMOTHY 174 00:06:11,738 --> 00:06:14,807 WILL BE FOLLOWED BY MARTIN 175 00:06:14,807 --> 00:06:17,810 TALARICO. OKAY, THANK YOU. 176 00:06:17,810 --> 00:06:19,679 MARTIN TALARICO IS NEXT, AND 177 00:06:19,679 --> 00:06:30,223 MARTIN WILL BE FOLLOWED BY --. 178 00:06:30,857 --> 00:06:31,391 179 00:06:31,391 --> 00:06:32,492 >> THANK YOU. I'M FROM WEST 180 00:06:32,492 --> 00:06:33,993 SEATTLE, AND I'M HERE TO ASK 181 00:06:33,993 --> 00:06:39,232 THAT YOU PASS RESOLUTION 31027 182 00:06:39,232 --> 00:06:42,101 IN SUPPORT OF HR 4052, THE 183 00:06:42,101 --> 00:06:44,270 NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE BANK. 184 00:06:44,270 --> 00:06:45,705 SOME SAY THAT THE $5 TRILLION 185 00:06:45,705 --> 00:06:48,941 BUYS OF THIS BANK IS QUITE 186 00:06:48,941 --> 00:06:49,642 LARGE, AND I BELIEVE THE 187 00:06:49,642 --> 00:06:55,415 CHALLENGES WE FACE ARE EVEN 188 00:06:55,415 --> 00:06:55,982 LARGER. THE NATIONAL 189 00:06:55,982 --> 00:06:56,649 INFRASTRUCTURE BANK IS LEARNED 190 00:06:56,649 --> 00:07:00,420 ENOUGH TO NOT ONLY PROVIDE 191 00:07:00,420 --> 00:07:01,187 LONG-TERM LOW-INTEREST LOANS TO 192 00:07:01,187 --> 00:07:02,121 COMMUNITY THAT CAN AFFORD THEM, 193 00:07:02,121 --> 00:07:04,490 BUT ALSO LARGE ENOUGH TO ISSUE 194 00:07:04,490 --> 00:07:05,591 GRANTS TO THE MANY COMMUNITIES 195 00:07:05,591 --> 00:07:06,592 ACROSS OUR STATE AND NATION 196 00:07:06,592 --> 00:07:08,828 THAT CAN'T EVEN AFFORD THAT. 197 00:07:08,828 --> 00:07:10,329 THE NIB WILL ALSO BE LARGE 198 00:07:10,329 --> 00:07:11,063 ENOUGH TO FIGHT HIGH-SPEED RAIL 199 00:07:11,063 --> 00:07:13,399 THROUGHOUT THE HIGHEST THE 200 00:07:13,399 --> 00:07:15,067 CASCADIA HIGH-SPEED RAIL LINE 201 00:07:15,067 --> 00:07:17,637 IS PLANNED AND PRACTICALLY 202 00:07:17,637 --> 00:07:18,504 SHUTTLE READY FROM EUGENE 203 00:07:18,504 --> 00:07:20,439 OREGON TO VANCOUVER, BC THE, 204 00:07:20,439 --> 00:07:25,845 AND THEY WILL GET PEOPLE OUT OF 205 00:07:25,845 --> 00:07:26,979 THEIR CARS AND TRUCKS, HELPING 206 00:07:26,979 --> 00:07:28,447 CLEAN OUR AIR. WE WILL ALSO BE 207 00:07:28,447 --> 00:07:32,185 BIG ENOUGH TO PROVIDE 25 208 00:07:32,185 --> 00:07:33,386 MILLION UNION WAGE, EARN AS YOU 209 00:07:33,386 --> 00:07:34,754 GO JOBS AND JUMPSTART OUR 210 00:07:34,754 --> 00:07:35,588 ECONOMY. PREVIOUS NATIONAL 211 00:07:35,588 --> 00:07:38,257 BANKS HAVE DONE THIS FOUR TIMES 212 00:07:38,257 --> 00:07:41,727 WITHOUT ADDING TO DEBT FOR 213 00:07:41,727 --> 00:07:42,895 INCREASING TAXES. AND AGAIN, 214 00:07:42,895 --> 00:07:44,063 IT'S BEEN DONE FOUR OTHER TIMES 215 00:07:44,063 --> 00:07:45,932 IN OUR NATIONS HISTORY. AND 216 00:07:45,932 --> 00:07:47,533 EACH TIME, IT HAS ADDED TO THE 217 00:07:47,533 --> 00:07:48,434 NATIONAL TREASURY AND INCREASED 218 00:07:48,434 --> 00:07:50,069 OUR GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT. 219 00:07:50,069 --> 00:07:52,872 PLEASE VOTE YES ON RESOLUTION 220 00:07:52,872 --> 00:07:56,576 3210. THANK YOU. 221 00:07:56,576 --> 00:07:59,712 >> OUR NEXT BEAKER IS -- AND 222 00:07:59,712 --> 00:08:04,150 SHE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY 223 00:08:04,150 --> 00:08:04,784 KATHLEEN BROUGH. 224 00:08:04,784 --> 00:08:08,688 >> IN AFTERNOON. CAN YOU HEAR 225 00:08:08,688 --> 00:08:10,189 ME? I AM HERE TO SPEAK TODAY ON 226 00:08:10,189 --> 00:08:11,224 THE LEGISLATION AS FAR AS 227 00:08:11,224 --> 00:08:14,894 MAKING DRUGS ILLEGAL. THE RISE 228 00:08:14,894 --> 00:08:16,195 IN DRUGS ON THE STREETS HAS 229 00:08:16,195 --> 00:08:16,996 DIRECTLY IMPACTED THE PUBLIC 230 00:08:16,996 --> 00:08:18,564 SAFETY IN SEATTLE. CRIME, DRUG 231 00:08:18,564 --> 00:08:20,700 USE, AS WELL AS HOMELESS 232 00:08:20,700 --> 00:08:23,502 DISTANCE SEATTLE IS AT AN 233 00:08:23,502 --> 00:08:24,504 ALL-TIME HIGH. SEATTLE HAS 234 00:08:24,504 --> 00:08:25,938 PASSED A GRAND MILESTONE -- 57 235 00:08:25,938 --> 00:08:30,276 HOMICIDES SO FAR THIS YEAR IN 236 00:08:30,276 --> 00:08:31,711 2023. IT IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL 237 00:08:31,711 --> 00:08:32,845 OF HOMICIDE THAT THE CITY HAS 238 00:08:32,845 --> 00:08:34,647 BEEN IN NEARLY THREE DECADES. 239 00:08:34,647 --> 00:08:41,420 IN MARCH OF 2002 -- I'M SORRY, 240 00:08:41,420 --> 00:08:42,321 2022, WASHINGTON REPORTED 2351 241 00:08:42,321 --> 00:08:46,092 DRUG OVERDOSE THAT'S. IN MARCH 242 00:08:46,092 --> 00:08:47,193 OF 2023, WASHINGTON REPORTED 243 00:08:47,193 --> 00:08:55,134 2200 -- I'M SORRY, 2948 DEATHS. 244 00:08:55,134 --> 00:08:57,236 I DON'T THINK THAT I NEED TO 245 00:08:57,236 --> 00:08:58,538 POINT OUT THE OBVIOUS, BUT BE 246 00:08:58,538 --> 00:08:59,238 FULLY FEEL THE OBVIOUS IS 247 00:08:59,238 --> 00:09:00,306 GREATLY IGNORED FOR CLIMATE 248 00:09:00,306 --> 00:09:01,641 CHANGE, I WILL SAY THIS. THIS 249 00:09:01,641 --> 00:09:02,642 COUNCIL IS COMPLETELY MISSED 250 00:09:02,642 --> 00:09:03,576 THE MARK WITH ADDRESSING THE 251 00:09:03,576 --> 00:09:05,244 DRUGS AND PUBLIC SAFETY. IF 252 00:09:05,244 --> 00:09:06,245 THIS CURRENT COUNCIL IS NOT 253 00:09:06,245 --> 00:09:07,580 ABLE TO ADDRESS THE REAL ISSUE 254 00:09:07,580 --> 00:09:08,681 OF THE CITY WITH REAL 255 00:09:08,681 --> 00:09:09,482 LEGISLATION, WITH REAL TEETH 256 00:09:09,482 --> 00:09:12,118 THAT IT MATTERS, YOU WILL NEED 257 00:09:12,118 --> 00:09:13,085 TO BE REPLACED WITH SOMEONE WHO 258 00:09:13,085 --> 00:09:14,487 WILL AND WORSE THE CURRENT 259 00:09:14,487 --> 00:09:17,323 STATE LATE BILL AND PROTECTS 260 00:09:17,323 --> 00:09:18,658 THE PEOPLE OF SEATTLE AND MAKE 261 00:09:18,658 --> 00:09:21,260 DRUGS ILLEGAL. YOU ARE TYING 262 00:09:21,260 --> 00:09:22,828 OUR HANDS. YOU ARE MAKING IT 263 00:09:22,828 --> 00:09:25,264 DIFFICULT FOR US AS WOMEN. WE 264 00:09:25,264 --> 00:09:26,198 ARE NOT SAFE. WE ARE BEING 265 00:09:26,198 --> 00:09:27,633 ATTACKED ON THE STREETS. WE 266 00:09:27,633 --> 00:09:28,334 JUST HAD SOMEONE LAST MONTH 267 00:09:28,334 --> 00:09:34,840 HAVE 18 TIMES ON THE LIGHT 268 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:36,676 RAIL. IF WE DO NOT ADDRESS THE 269 00:09:36,676 --> 00:09:38,077 REAL, TRUE ISSUES OF FENTANYL 270 00:09:38,077 --> 00:09:39,779 ON OUR STREETS, JUGS ON OUR 271 00:09:39,779 --> 00:09:40,746 STREETS, THE CRIME IN OUR 272 00:09:40,746 --> 00:09:44,517 STREETS, THE RECKLESSNESS OF 273 00:09:44,517 --> 00:09:47,887 EVERYONE AND ANYONE IN OUR 274 00:09:47,887 --> 00:09:48,754 CURRENT ECONOMY, WE WILL 275 00:09:48,754 --> 00:09:49,789 CONTINUE TO HAVE THE ONGOING 276 00:09:49,789 --> 00:09:51,557 PROBLEM THAT IS NOT RESOLVING 277 00:09:51,557 --> 00:09:53,326 IT SO. I HATE TO BE THE BEARER 278 00:09:53,326 --> 00:09:54,493 OF BAD NEWS, BUT IGNORING IT 279 00:09:54,493 --> 00:09:57,730 DOESN'T MAKE IT GO AWAY. THANK 280 00:09:57,730 --> 00:09:57,964 YOU. 281 00:09:57,964 --> 00:10:00,833 >> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT BEAKER 282 00:10:00,833 --> 00:10:02,301 IS KATHLEEN. KATHLEEN WILL BE 283 00:10:02,301 --> 00:10:06,172 FOLLOWED BY --, AND THAT IS OUR 284 00:10:06,172 --> 00:10:08,541 LAST IN PERSON SPEAKER. 285 00:10:08,541 --> 00:10:10,343 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM A 286 00:10:10,343 --> 00:10:12,011 LIFELONG RESIDENT OF SEATTLE, 287 00:10:12,011 --> 00:10:13,646 AND CURRENTLY LIVE IN DISTRICTS 288 00:10:13,646 --> 00:10:15,414 SIX, BUT I CARE ABOUT MY 289 00:10:15,414 --> 00:10:21,887 ENTIRE'S DITTY. REGARDING 290 00:10:21,887 --> 00:10:22,855 ARRESTING THE OPEN DRUG USERS 291 00:10:22,855 --> 00:10:24,323 IN PUBLIC PLACES IN SEATTLE, I 292 00:10:24,323 --> 00:10:26,726 SUPPORT THE BLAKE LAW. I 293 00:10:26,726 --> 00:10:27,560 LISTENED TO YOUR MEETING THIS 294 00:10:27,560 --> 00:10:29,028 MORNING. I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND 295 00:10:29,028 --> 00:10:30,096 IN PERSON, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE 296 00:10:30,096 --> 00:10:31,397 YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE THE VOTE 297 00:10:31,397 --> 00:10:34,834 ON SEPTEMBER 20 SIX. LET ME 298 00:10:34,834 --> 00:10:35,868 KNOW IF I MISUNDERSTOOD THAT. 299 00:10:35,868 --> 00:10:37,403 AND THERE WERE A LOT OF CHANGES 300 00:10:37,403 --> 00:10:41,073 TALKING ABOUT THE AMENDMENT, 301 00:10:41,073 --> 00:10:42,608 AND I'M JUST NOT SURE WHAT THE 302 00:10:42,608 --> 00:10:45,444 FINAL WARNING IS GOING TO BE OF 303 00:10:45,444 --> 00:10:49,548 THAT DECISION. ONCE YOU VOTE ON 304 00:10:49,548 --> 00:10:51,150 IT. ANYHOW, I REALLY WANT YOU 305 00:10:51,150 --> 00:10:53,853 TO SUPPORT THE BLAKE LAW. THE 306 00:10:53,853 --> 00:10:54,420 SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT THAT 307 00:10:54,420 --> 00:10:55,354 COUNCILMEMBERS HERBOLD AND 308 00:10:55,354 --> 00:10:58,858 LEWIS PROPOSED DOES NOT HAVE 309 00:10:58,858 --> 00:11:00,292 ENOUGH TEETH. WE NEED TO SAVE 310 00:11:00,292 --> 00:11:01,060 DOWNTOWN SEATTLE AND OTHER 311 00:11:01,060 --> 00:11:04,163 AFFECTED NEIGHBORHOODS AND MAKE 312 00:11:04,163 --> 00:11:05,564 THEM PLACES TO LIVE, SHOP, AND 313 00:11:05,564 --> 00:11:07,166 FREQUENT ENTERTAINMENT 314 00:11:07,166 --> 00:11:07,800 ESTABLISHMENTS. IT IS 315 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:09,969 IMPERATIVE THAT WE ALLOW THE 316 00:11:09,969 --> 00:11:11,270 SPV OR SOME OTHER ENTITY TO 317 00:11:11,270 --> 00:11:13,139 REMOVE DRUG ADDICT AND THE 318 00:11:13,139 --> 00:11:15,541 MENTALLY ILL FROM OUR STREET 319 00:11:15,541 --> 00:11:17,009 AND PLACED THEM IN CARING 320 00:11:17,009 --> 00:11:17,777 TREATMENT FACILITIES. WHETHER 321 00:11:17,777 --> 00:11:20,179 THE BEHAVIOR OF THE ATTIC AND 322 00:11:20,179 --> 00:11:21,013 THE MENTALLY ILL ARE 323 00:11:21,013 --> 00:11:25,818 THREATENING OTHER PEOPLE, OR 324 00:11:25,818 --> 00:11:27,386 THEY ARE JUST LYING ON THE 325 00:11:27,386 --> 00:11:28,154 STREET BENCHES, PARKING STRIPS, 326 00:11:28,154 --> 00:11:29,755 PARKS, AT R, SOME ENTITY NEEDS 327 00:11:29,755 --> 00:11:32,358 TO PICK THESE PEOPLE UP AND 328 00:11:32,358 --> 00:11:34,660 TAKE THEM TO A CARING TREATMENT 329 00:11:34,660 --> 00:11:40,332 FACILITY, OR SOME FORM OF 330 00:11:40,332 --> 00:11:42,334 INCARCERATION. I WOULD RATHER 331 00:11:42,334 --> 00:11:43,869 NOT BE JAIL, BUT WE HAVE TO GO 332 00:11:43,869 --> 00:11:45,104 SOMEWHERE TO KEEP THE REST OF 333 00:11:45,104 --> 00:11:46,205 THE PUBLIC SAFE. ALLOWING A 334 00:11:46,205 --> 00:11:48,340 TYRANNICAL MINORITY OF ATTIC, 335 00:11:48,340 --> 00:11:50,076 OFTEN INVOLVED IN CRIMINAL 336 00:11:50,076 --> 00:11:53,379 ACTIVITIES -- NOT ALWAYS, BUT 337 00:11:53,379 --> 00:11:54,547 OFTEN, TO AFFECT PUBLIC POLICY 338 00:11:54,547 --> 00:11:55,981 FOR THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IS 339 00:11:55,981 --> 00:11:57,083 NEGLIGENT. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE 340 00:11:57,083 --> 00:12:01,954 SOME OF YOU CARE MORE ABOUT 341 00:12:01,954 --> 00:12:02,721 PROTECTING DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR 342 00:12:02,721 --> 00:12:03,522 THAN PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF 343 00:12:03,522 --> 00:12:06,959 THEIR BUT THEM'S. PLEASE ADOPT 344 00:12:06,959 --> 00:12:08,427 THE BLAKE LAW IN THE CITY OF 345 00:12:08,427 --> 00:12:09,762 SEATTLE. THINK YOU. 346 00:12:09,762 --> 00:12:12,264 >> ARE LAST IN PERSON PUBLIC 347 00:12:12,264 --> 00:12:18,070 COMMENTOR IS --. 348 00:12:25,511 --> 00:12:25,578 349 00:12:25,578 --> 00:12:27,746 >> A DAY, EVERYONE. I AM HERE 350 00:12:27,746 --> 00:12:32,418 TODAY TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT. 351 00:12:32,418 --> 00:12:33,953 IT'S NOT LIKE I DON'T HAVE 352 00:12:33,953 --> 00:12:34,620 SOMETHING ELSE TO ADDRESS, BUT 353 00:12:34,620 --> 00:12:37,590 I AM LIVING WITNESS TO WHATEVER 354 00:12:37,590 --> 00:12:38,791 THEY TESTIFY. I WAS WALKING 355 00:12:38,791 --> 00:12:40,759 DOWN JACKSON OVER THERE BY 356 00:12:40,759 --> 00:12:45,197 SOUND TRANSIT, AND ICE A WHITE 357 00:12:45,197 --> 00:12:51,504 PERSON -- THEY CALL THEM 358 00:12:51,504 --> 00:12:55,474 CAUCASOID'S, AND OTHER FOLK, 359 00:12:55,474 --> 00:12:56,375 MONGOLOID'S. HE WAS SCRATCHING 360 00:12:56,375 --> 00:12:57,743 HIS FACE ON THE GROUND, 361 00:12:57,743 --> 00:13:01,647 CRAWLING WITH HIS FACE ON THE 362 00:13:01,647 --> 00:13:03,249 GROUND. ALL I COULD DO WAS JUST 363 00:13:03,249 --> 00:13:04,583 STAND THERE AND PRAY FOR HIM, 364 00:13:04,583 --> 00:13:07,419 BECAUSE I COULDN'T TELL HIM TO 365 00:13:07,419 --> 00:13:09,054 GET UP, BECAUSE HE WAS OUT OF 366 00:13:09,054 --> 00:13:10,489 HIS MIND, OBVIOUSLY. I JUST 367 00:13:10,489 --> 00:13:17,296 CAME FROM ACROSS THE STREET 368 00:13:17,296 --> 00:13:17,963 ADDRESSING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. 369 00:13:17,963 --> 00:13:19,632 HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO IT WHEN 370 00:13:19,632 --> 00:13:20,566 THE PERSON'S MIND MAY HAVE 371 00:13:20,566 --> 00:13:21,333 ALREADY BEEN TROUBLED BY 372 00:13:21,333 --> 00:13:22,368 SOMETHING YOU PEOPLE HAVE DONE, 373 00:13:22,368 --> 00:13:24,870 LIKE YOU'VE DONE TO ME. HE DID 374 00:13:24,870 --> 00:13:25,971 THE SAME THING THAT RUDY 375 00:13:25,971 --> 00:13:27,540 GIULIANI DID TO THOSE TWO 376 00:13:27,540 --> 00:13:31,410 WOMEN, THAT THE JUDGE SAID -- 377 00:13:31,410 --> 00:13:32,778 NO, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO CAULK 378 00:13:32,778 --> 00:13:35,581 NO LIGHTS UP LIKE THIS WITHOUT 379 00:13:35,581 --> 00:13:36,949 ME NOT HOLDING YOU RESPONSIBLE 380 00:13:36,949 --> 00:13:40,052 FOR IT. AND IT'S THE SAME THING 381 00:13:40,052 --> 00:13:41,287 HERE, AND YOU WANT TO TALK 382 00:13:41,287 --> 00:13:43,155 ABOUT SOMEBODY'S BEHAVIOR. GET 383 00:13:43,155 --> 00:13:48,127 OUT OF HERE. THAT IS WHY -- I 384 00:13:48,127 --> 00:13:49,428 DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE'S AT, BUT 385 00:13:49,428 --> 00:13:50,596 I DON'T BLAME HER FOR WANTING 386 00:13:50,596 --> 00:13:52,131 TO TAKE CARE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD 387 00:13:52,131 --> 00:13:54,166 WHERE MY UNCLE HAD HIS OWN 388 00:13:54,166 --> 00:13:57,803 RECORD STORE ON JACKSON STREET. 389 00:13:57,803 --> 00:14:02,107 WE DIDN'T SEE THAT BACK IN THE 390 00:14:02,107 --> 00:14:03,309 60s. HE BROUGHT JAZZ TO 391 00:14:03,309 --> 00:14:04,643 SEATTLE, AND NOW I HAVE TO'S 392 00:14:04,643 --> 00:14:11,650 SEE THIS CESSPOOL OF PEOPLE 393 00:14:11,650 --> 00:14:12,918 DISORDERLY BECAUSE -- YOU ARE 394 00:14:12,918 --> 00:14:14,587 GOING TO HELP ME IF YOU SEE ME 395 00:14:14,587 --> 00:14:15,855 DRAGGING MY FACE ON THE GROUND 396 00:14:15,855 --> 00:14:17,289 OUT THERE? MARK DON'T LIE. NO, 397 00:14:17,289 --> 00:14:21,694 YOU ARE NOT. OH, I HEARD THE 398 00:14:21,694 --> 00:14:25,698 BELL. BUT I'M STILL TICKING, 399 00:14:25,698 --> 00:14:27,132 OKAY? I TOOK A LICKING, MS. 400 00:14:27,132 --> 00:14:28,500 NELSON, BUT I'M GOING TO KEEP 401 00:14:28,500 --> 00:14:28,834 ON TAKING. 402 00:14:28,834 --> 00:14:33,906 >> THANK YOU. OUR FIRST -- 403 00:14:33,906 --> 00:14:34,740 THANK YOU, OUR FIRST REMOTE 404 00:14:34,740 --> 00:14:36,008 SPEAKER IS INGRID CLAIRE, AND 405 00:14:36,008 --> 00:14:38,978 INGRID WILL BE FOLLOWED BY -- 406 00:14:40,946 --> 00:14:42,147 DON'T FORGET, YOU MAY NEED TO 407 00:14:42,147 --> 00:14:44,450 PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOUR 408 00:14:44,450 --> 00:14:46,218 PHONE. THANK YOU, INGRID. 409 00:14:46,218 --> 00:14:51,190 >> THANK YOU. IT'S MY TURN? 410 00:14:51,190 --> 00:14:54,860 >> YES, GO AHEAD. 411 00:14:54,860 --> 00:14:56,528 >> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS INGRID 412 00:14:56,528 --> 00:14:57,997 CLAIRE. I LIVE IN SEATTLE. YOU 413 00:14:57,997 --> 00:15:01,767 FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART 414 00:15:01,767 --> 00:15:03,102 OF RESOLUTION 32107. THE 415 00:15:03,102 --> 00:15:04,803 NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE BANK 416 00:15:04,803 --> 00:15:05,871 AND BENEFITS SEATTLE BY 417 00:15:05,871 --> 00:15:08,440 BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR 418 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:11,176 THE CITY'S 35,000 HOMELESS 419 00:15:11,176 --> 00:15:12,912 RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS A 22% OF 420 00:15:12,912 --> 00:15:15,381 WASHINGTON STATE EXTREMELY LOW 421 00:15:15,381 --> 00:15:17,049 INCOME RESIDENTS WHO CANNOT 422 00:15:17,049 --> 00:15:21,120 AFFORD HOUSING AT TODAY'S RENT. 423 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:26,425 THEY SUPPORT SEATTLE HOUSING 424 00:15:26,425 --> 00:15:27,426 TRUST, AND IMPLEMENT 425 00:15:27,426 --> 00:15:28,394 AFFORDABILITY PROGRAMS TO BUILD 426 00:15:28,394 --> 00:15:28,994 AND PROVIDE PERMANENTLY 427 00:15:28,994 --> 00:15:30,062 AFFORDABLE HOMES FOR THE 428 00:15:30,062 --> 00:15:36,268 CITIZENS LESS FORTUNATE. IN 429 00:15:36,268 --> 00:15:38,704 SEATTLE, THE NIV CAN FUND AND 430 00:15:38,704 --> 00:15:39,705 UPDATE NEW PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 431 00:15:39,705 --> 00:15:42,374 PROVIDING TOP TECHNOLOGY. THEY 432 00:15:42,374 --> 00:15:43,242 CAN FUND AIRPORTS AND SUPPLY 433 00:15:43,242 --> 00:15:45,411 CHAIN ISSUES, AND NEED TO BE 434 00:15:45,411 --> 00:15:48,080 COMPETITIVE WITH EUROPE AND 435 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:48,847 CHINA. THOSE COUNTRIES HAVE 436 00:15:48,847 --> 00:15:50,282 USED THESE TYPES OF BANKS TO 437 00:15:50,282 --> 00:15:54,553 CREATE HUGE INFRASTRUCTURE 438 00:15:54,553 --> 00:15:55,621 PROJECT. THESE PROJECTS, WHICH 439 00:15:55,621 --> 00:15:56,755 WILL CREATE OVER 100,000 JOBS 440 00:15:56,755 --> 00:15:59,391 HERE, WILL ALSO BRING IN 441 00:15:59,391 --> 00:16:00,125 RESIDENCE TO THE CITY OF 442 00:16:00,125 --> 00:16:02,661 SEATTLE AND WASHINGTON CITY. 443 00:16:02,661 --> 00:16:05,998 SPINOFF BUSINESSES AND OTHERS 444 00:16:05,998 --> 00:16:07,232 WILL GROW. CONSUMERS WILL HAVE 445 00:16:07,232 --> 00:16:08,767 THE MEANS TO MAKE THE PURCHASES 446 00:16:08,767 --> 00:16:09,802 THEY NEED. HIGHER WAGES FOR 447 00:16:09,802 --> 00:16:12,338 PEOPLE WHO NEED THE INCREASE. 448 00:16:12,338 --> 00:16:13,572 RIGHT NOW, WE ARE SERIOUSLY 449 00:16:13,572 --> 00:16:17,776 BEHIND AND NEED TO -- NEED 450 00:16:17,776 --> 00:16:19,778 SUPPORT TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. 451 00:16:19,778 --> 00:16:22,247 THIS HAS BEEN PROVEN 452 00:16:22,247 --> 00:16:22,881 SUCCESSFULLY FOUR OTHER TIMES 453 00:16:22,881 --> 00:16:26,318 IN THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTRY. 454 00:16:26,318 --> 00:16:27,519 HAMILTON CREATED IT, LINCOLN 455 00:16:27,519 --> 00:16:28,687 PAY FOR THE CIVIL WAR, 456 00:16:28,687 --> 00:16:30,155 ROOSEVELT PAY FOR THE 457 00:16:30,155 --> 00:16:34,026 DEPRESSION, AND WORLD WAR II. 458 00:16:34,026 --> 00:16:36,261 WE NEED TO CATCH UP AND GO 459 00:16:36,261 --> 00:16:38,130 BEYOND. THE SUPPORT RESOLUTION 460 00:16:38,130 --> 00:16:42,368 32107. LET'S BE PART OF -- 461 00:16:42,368 --> 00:16:42,901 THANK YOU. 462 00:16:42,901 --> 00:16:45,738 >> THANK YOU, OUR NEXT SPEAKER 463 00:16:45,738 --> 00:16:47,306 IS -- AND LINDA WILL BE 464 00:16:47,306 --> 00:16:54,213 FOLLOWED BY MARILYN CHASE. AND 465 00:16:54,213 --> 00:17:00,085 LINDA, YOU MAY NEED TO PRESS 466 00:17:00,085 --> 00:17:00,686 STAR SIX. 467 00:17:00,686 --> 00:17:03,722 >> LINDA? I DON'T SEE HER. OH, 468 00:17:03,722 --> 00:17:07,826 I CAN NOW. GO AHEAD. 469 00:17:07,826 --> 00:17:08,660 >> I'M A LEGISLATIVE COCOA 470 00:17:08,660 --> 00:17:15,300 WAITER FOR THE WASHINGTON STATE 471 00:17:15,300 --> 00:17:18,337 DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND 472 00:17:18,337 --> 00:17:23,675 FAMILY SERVICES, INCLUDING --. 473 00:17:23,675 --> 00:17:24,743 I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR 474 00:17:24,743 --> 00:17:26,278 ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY. I'M 475 00:17:26,278 --> 00:17:31,617 HERE TO ASK YOU TO PASS 476 00:17:31,617 --> 00:17:32,785 RESOLUTION 32107 IN SUPPORT OF 477 00:17:32,785 --> 00:17:34,153 THE NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE 478 00:17:34,153 --> 00:17:37,256 BANK. MUCH OF OUR COUNTRIES 479 00:17:37,256 --> 00:17:42,928 INFRASTRUCTURE HAS FALLEN INTO 480 00:17:42,928 --> 00:17:45,397 DISREPAIR. AND FOOD PRODUCTION 481 00:17:45,397 --> 00:17:46,598 NETWORKS. FOR EXAMPLE, MANY LOW 482 00:17:46,598 --> 00:17:49,501 INCOME WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES 483 00:17:49,501 --> 00:17:52,237 STRUGGLE TO FIND TRANSPORTATION 484 00:17:52,237 --> 00:17:53,505 AND IT CAN AFFECT THEIR HEALTH, 485 00:17:53,505 --> 00:17:55,374 RESULTING IN MISSED OF 486 00:17:55,374 --> 00:17:57,943 OINTMENT, POOR ILLNESS 487 00:17:57,943 --> 00:17:59,945 MANAGEMENT, AS WELL AS ACCESS 488 00:17:59,945 --> 00:18:03,115 TO RESOURCES. WE ARE LOSING 489 00:18:03,115 --> 00:18:06,418 CRITICAL WORKERS AND TEACHERS 490 00:18:06,418 --> 00:18:07,219 AND FIREFIGHTERS. INFLATION IS 491 00:18:07,219 --> 00:18:11,523 HITTING ALL OF US IN THE 492 00:18:11,523 --> 00:18:12,090 POCKETBOOKS. INDIVIDUALS, 493 00:18:12,090 --> 00:18:12,691 FAMILIES, SMALL BUSINESS, AND 494 00:18:12,691 --> 00:18:15,627 GOVERNMENT. A NEW BANK WITH 495 00:18:15,627 --> 00:18:17,996 CREATE TENS OF MILLIONS OF 496 00:18:17,996 --> 00:18:19,131 HIGH-PAYING JOBS AND LET'S MANY 497 00:18:19,131 --> 00:18:23,302 OF OUR DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE OUT 498 00:18:23,302 --> 00:18:24,736 OF POVERTY AND HELPING THE 499 00:18:24,736 --> 00:18:27,272 ENVIRONMENT. ADDITIONAL JOBS 500 00:18:27,272 --> 00:18:28,273 BRING MORE TAX REVENUE FOR 501 00:18:28,273 --> 00:18:31,810 CITIES, COUNTIES, AND DATE, AND 502 00:18:31,810 --> 00:18:32,377 THE NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE 503 00:18:32,377 --> 00:18:35,981 BANK IS A WIN WIN FOR OUR STATE 504 00:18:35,981 --> 00:18:36,815 AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES, 505 00:18:36,815 --> 00:18:40,452 PROVIDING REDUCED COST FOR 506 00:18:40,452 --> 00:18:42,154 LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT 507 00:18:42,154 --> 00:18:43,122 INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT. AND A 508 00:18:43,122 --> 00:18:46,191 BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL 509 00:18:46,191 --> 00:18:49,528 RESIDENTS, INCLUDING WOMEN AND 510 00:18:49,528 --> 00:18:50,395 CHILDREN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR 511 00:18:50,395 --> 00:18:51,830 TIME, AND I ENCOURAGE YOU AGAIN 512 00:18:51,830 --> 00:18:54,500 TO PASS RESOLUTION 3207 513 00:18:54,500 --> 00:18:55,534 SUPPORTING THE U.S. HOUSE 514 00:18:55,534 --> 00:19:00,138 RESOLUTION ON THE NATIONAL 515 00:19:00,138 --> 00:19:00,772 INFRASTRUCTURE BANK. 516 00:19:00,772 --> 00:19:02,107 >> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER 517 00:19:02,107 --> 00:19:04,309 IS MARILYN CHASE, AND MARILYN 518 00:19:04,309 --> 00:19:10,315 WILL BE FOLLOWED BY DIANE 519 00:19:10,315 --> 00:19:12,017 FOSTER. 520 00:19:12,017 --> 00:19:13,519 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD 521 00:19:13,519 --> 00:19:14,887 AFTERNOON, AND THANK YOU FOR 522 00:19:14,887 --> 00:19:17,322 PRESENTING RESOLUTION 32107 FOR 523 00:19:17,322 --> 00:19:18,223 CONSIDERATION. MY NAME IS 524 00:19:18,223 --> 00:19:20,192 MARILYN CHASE, AND I'M A FORMER 525 00:19:20,192 --> 00:19:21,059 STATE SENATOR REPRESENTING THE 526 00:19:21,059 --> 00:19:25,564 CITY OF SEATTLE. I AM HERE 527 00:19:25,564 --> 00:19:26,431 TODAY TO SUPPORT THE ADOPTION 528 00:19:26,431 --> 00:19:30,335 OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE 529 00:19:30,335 --> 00:19:31,370 RESOLUTION 32107. AND BY THIS 530 00:19:31,370 --> 00:19:35,040 RESOLUTION, WE ARE AGAIN 531 00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:40,112 REQUESTING THE U.S. CONGRESS TO 532 00:19:40,112 --> 00:19:44,683 PASS AND SIGN THE LEGISLATION 533 00:19:44,683 --> 00:19:47,119 CREATING THE NATIONAL 534 00:19:47,119 --> 00:19:47,920 INFRASTRUCTURE BANK. OUR 535 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:50,255 EXPERIENCE IN THE LAST CENTURY 536 00:19:50,255 --> 00:19:51,657 IS THAT AS A FINANCIAL 537 00:19:51,657 --> 00:19:55,861 STRATEGY, IT WILL PROVIDE THE 538 00:19:55,861 --> 00:19:58,463 FINANCING CAPABILITY TO 539 00:19:58,463 --> 00:19:59,531 ADEQUATELY INVEST IN THE 540 00:19:59,531 --> 00:20:00,766 INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS REQUIRED 541 00:20:00,766 --> 00:20:04,870 FOR HUMAN SURVIVAL. THERE IS A 542 00:20:04,870 --> 00:20:06,338 POINT CALLED THE TIPPING POINT 543 00:20:06,338 --> 00:20:09,107 AT WHICH THERE IS SUCH A HIGH 544 00:20:09,107 --> 00:20:11,443 CONCENTRATION OF GREENHOUSE GAS 545 00:20:11,443 --> 00:20:14,813 THAT THE TEMPERATURE CONSTANTLY 546 00:20:14,813 --> 00:20:18,684 RISES. BEFORE THE TIPPING 547 00:20:18,684 --> 00:20:19,585 POINT, THE SITUATION CAN NO 548 00:20:19,585 --> 00:20:22,221 LONGER BE CORRECTED. WE ARE 549 00:20:22,221 --> 00:20:23,121 DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO THAT 550 00:20:23,121 --> 00:20:24,690 CONCENTRATION OF IN-HOUSE GAS 551 00:20:24,690 --> 00:20:30,028 IN THE ATMOSPHERE. IF WE DO NOT 552 00:20:30,028 --> 00:20:30,996 RESPOND, OUR CHILDREN AND OUR 553 00:20:30,996 --> 00:20:32,998 GRANDCHILDREN WILL RACE THIS 554 00:20:32,998 --> 00:20:36,501 THREAT AGAIN. WE HAVE LESS THAN 555 00:20:36,501 --> 00:20:37,869 10 YEARS TO CUT GREENHOUSE GAS 556 00:20:37,869 --> 00:20:40,872 EMISSIONS BY 50% TO AVOID 557 00:20:40,872 --> 00:20:43,575 PASSING THE POINT OF NO RETURN. 558 00:20:43,575 --> 00:20:44,943 AFTER WHICH, THERE IS NO 559 00:20:44,943 --> 00:20:45,744 RECOVERY FROM THE LONG ASKED 560 00:20:45,744 --> 00:20:47,980 YOU SEATING TRIP DOWN A ROAD TO 561 00:20:47,980 --> 00:20:50,482 AN UNINHABITABLE EARTH. 562 00:20:50,482 --> 00:20:56,255 RESOLUTION 32 107 HALTS THE 563 00:20:56,255 --> 00:20:57,322 SUSTAINABLE PUBLIC POLICY IN 564 00:20:57,322 --> 00:20:57,990 WHICH THE GOVERNANCE DECISIONS 565 00:20:57,990 --> 00:20:59,625 WE MAKE TODAY DO NOT DENY 566 00:20:59,625 --> 00:21:02,394 FUTURE GENERATIONS THE 567 00:21:02,394 --> 00:21:03,795 RESOURCES THEY NEED TO MEET 568 00:21:03,795 --> 00:21:05,664 THEIR NEEDS. YOU MUST INVEST 569 00:21:05,664 --> 00:21:06,765 NOW. THANK YOU FOR YOUR 570 00:21:06,765 --> 00:21:09,334 ATTENTION AND FOR YOUR SERVICE 571 00:21:09,334 --> 00:21:12,304 TO OUR COMMUNITY. 572 00:21:12,304 --> 00:21:13,872 >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DIANE 573 00:21:13,872 --> 00:21:14,673 FOSTER, AND SHE WILL BE 574 00:21:14,673 --> 00:21:18,176 FOLLOWED BY --. 575 00:21:18,176 --> 00:21:22,447 >> HELLO, THANK YOU. I WOULD 576 00:21:22,447 --> 00:21:26,551 JUST LIKE TO PIGGYBACK ON ALL 577 00:21:26,551 --> 00:21:27,786 OF WHAT THE SPEAKER SAID IN 578 00:21:27,786 --> 00:21:29,588 FAVOR OF RESOLUTION 32107. THE 579 00:21:29,588 --> 00:21:33,392 NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE BANK. 580 00:21:33,392 --> 00:21:35,060 WE ARE AT A TIPPING POINT, AND 581 00:21:35,060 --> 00:21:36,428 I DON'T NEED TO REPEAT WHAT ALL 582 00:21:36,428 --> 00:21:37,162 THE PREVIOUS BEAKERS HAVE SAID, 583 00:21:37,162 --> 00:21:39,531 BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY, 584 00:21:39,531 --> 00:21:41,933 DITTO TO ALL OF THEM. AND THEN 585 00:21:41,933 --> 00:21:43,268 I WILL YIELD MY TIMES OF THE 586 00:21:43,268 --> 00:21:44,870 NEXT PERSON. THANK YOU. 587 00:21:44,870 --> 00:21:49,608 >> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER 588 00:21:49,608 --> 00:21:51,543 IS --, AND SHE WILL BE FOLLOWED 589 00:21:51,543 --> 00:21:54,813 BY READY GRIME. 590 00:21:54,813 --> 00:21:58,717 >> THIS IS --. I AM WITH THE 591 00:21:58,717 --> 00:22:00,585 COALITION FOR NATIONAL 592 00:22:00,585 --> 00:22:01,720 INFRASTRUCTURE BANK. I MAY 593 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:04,022 MacROECONOMISTS, AND I WOULD 594 00:22:04,022 --> 00:22:07,059 LIKE TO IN FAVOR OF YOUR CITY 595 00:22:07,059 --> 00:22:08,093 RESOLUTION 32107, WHICH 596 00:22:08,093 --> 00:22:12,297 SUPPORTS MEMBERS OF CONGRESS 597 00:22:12,297 --> 00:22:12,998 AND CALLS UPON MEMBERSOF 598 00:22:12,998 --> 00:22:16,101 CONGRESS TO PASS LEGISLATION, 599 00:22:16,101 --> 00:22:18,336 ENACTING A $5 TRILLION NATIONAL 600 00:22:18,336 --> 00:22:19,738 INFRASTRUCTURE BANK. WE NEED 601 00:22:19,738 --> 00:22:22,874 ONE OF THOSE BECAUSE WE SIMPLY 602 00:22:22,874 --> 00:22:23,775 CANNOT FINANCE INFRASTRUCTURE 603 00:22:23,775 --> 00:22:24,976 TO THE BUDGET. THE QUESTION HAS 604 00:22:24,976 --> 00:22:25,911 BEEN ASKED ABOUT THIS BILL IN 605 00:22:25,911 --> 00:22:28,080 CONGRESS. HOW DOES IT ENSURE 606 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:29,414 THAT WE GET INFRASTRUCTURE INTO 607 00:22:29,414 --> 00:22:33,485 THE CITY OF BATTLE, BUILD 608 00:22:33,485 --> 00:22:34,453 AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PUT 609 00:22:34,453 --> 00:22:35,687 TREATMENT CENTERS AND DAY CARE 610 00:22:35,687 --> 00:22:38,990 CENTERS IN THEM AND IN CLOSE 611 00:22:38,990 --> 00:22:41,326 PROXIMITY TO TRANSPORTATION, 612 00:22:41,326 --> 00:22:42,494 ENSURE THAT ALL THE BRIDGES ARE 613 00:22:42,494 --> 00:22:44,496 REBUILT. THE CITY NEEDS 6 614 00:22:44,496 --> 00:22:50,235 BILLION JUST FOR THAT. ALL OF 615 00:22:50,235 --> 00:22:51,269 THESE PROJECTS -- THERE IS 616 00:22:51,269 --> 00:22:52,204 ENOUGH MONEY IN THE NATIONAL 617 00:22:52,204 --> 00:22:52,971 INFRASTRUCTURE BANK TO COVER 618 00:22:52,971 --> 00:22:53,705 THEM, BECAUSE THAT 619 00:22:53,705 --> 00:22:54,272 INFRASTRUCTURE HAS BEEN 620 00:22:54,272 --> 00:22:54,906 MONITORED BY THE AMERICAN 621 00:22:54,906 --> 00:22:57,142 SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. 622 00:22:57,142 --> 00:22:58,410 THEY COME UP WITH AN ESTIMATE 623 00:22:58,410 --> 00:22:59,978 OF HOW MUCH MONEY IS NEEDED. 624 00:22:59,978 --> 00:23:03,248 AND THEN THE BANK LENDS 625 00:23:03,248 --> 00:23:06,384 DIRECTLY TO THE OWNER OF THE 626 00:23:06,384 --> 00:23:07,252 INFRASTRUCTURE -- THE CITY 627 00:23:07,252 --> 00:23:08,754 WHERE THE COUNTY -- FOR ITS 628 00:23:08,754 --> 00:23:12,958 ROAD OR BRIDGE OR SCHOOL, AND 629 00:23:12,958 --> 00:23:13,992 IN THAT WAY, INFRASTRUCTURE 630 00:23:13,992 --> 00:23:14,860 IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE TAILORED TO 631 00:23:14,860 --> 00:23:18,263 THE EXACT EXPECTATIONS THAT YOU 632 00:23:18,263 --> 00:23:19,765 NEED. SO OVERALL, WE WILL BE 633 00:23:19,765 --> 00:23:20,398 REBUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE AND 634 00:23:20,398 --> 00:23:22,234 REBUILDING THE ECONOMY AND 635 00:23:22,234 --> 00:23:24,870 GIVING YOUR WORKFORCE INTO 636 00:23:24,870 --> 00:23:27,606 BETTER PAYING JOBS. I HIGHLY 637 00:23:27,606 --> 00:23:32,511 ASK YOU TO PASS THE RESOLUTION 638 00:23:32,511 --> 00:23:35,313 32107, CALLING ON MEMBERS OF 639 00:23:35,313 --> 00:23:36,448 CONGRESS TO ESTABLISH A 640 00:23:36,448 --> 00:23:37,349 NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE BANK. 641 00:23:37,349 --> 00:23:40,318 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 642 00:23:40,318 --> 00:23:43,054 >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS READY 643 00:23:43,054 --> 00:23:45,690 GRIME, AND OUR NEXT SPEAKER 644 00:23:45,690 --> 00:23:51,296 WILL BE --. GO AHEAD, RANDY. 645 00:23:51,296 --> 00:23:57,302 YOU MAY NEED TO PRESS STAR 6. 646 00:23:57,302 --> 00:24:00,138 >> I DON'T SEE HIS TILE UP 647 00:24:00,138 --> 00:24:00,405 THERE. 648 00:24:00,405 --> 00:24:02,207 >> I SEE HIS TILE, BUT IT SHOWS 649 00:24:02,207 --> 00:24:03,408 HIM IS MUTED. 650 00:24:03,408 --> 00:24:05,944 >> OH, I SEE IT. 651 00:24:05,944 --> 00:24:13,451 >> WE CAN COME BACK TO HIM. IS 652 00:24:13,451 --> 00:24:14,786 -- AVAILABLE? AND YOU MAY NEED 653 00:24:14,786 --> 00:24:17,055 TO PRESS -- THERE YOU GO. 654 00:24:17,055 --> 00:24:17,589 THINK. 655 00:24:17,589 --> 00:24:20,525 >> IN AFTERNOON, 656 00:24:20,525 --> 00:24:21,760 COUNCILMEMBERS. I'M CALLING TO 657 00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:26,298 ENCOURAGE YOU TO VOTE SUPPORT 658 00:24:26,298 --> 00:24:27,098 RESOLUTION 32107 TWO 659 00:24:27,098 --> 00:24:27,632 ESTABLISHING NATIONAL 660 00:24:27,632 --> 00:24:28,834 INFRASTRUCTURE BANK. I'M THE 661 00:24:28,834 --> 00:24:32,270 PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF 662 00:24:32,270 --> 00:24:33,705 WASHINGTONIANS BANKING, AND WE 663 00:24:33,705 --> 00:24:40,679 HAVE ALSO ENDORSED AN I.V. 664 00:24:40,679 --> 00:24:41,513 PRIORITIZING THE NEEDS OF 665 00:24:41,513 --> 00:24:43,181 PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES FIRST 666 00:24:43,181 --> 00:24:45,884 THE MAXIMIZING PROFITS FOR 667 00:24:45,884 --> 00:24:46,551 SHAREHOLDERS. MULTIPLE EVENTS 668 00:24:46,551 --> 00:24:51,256 IN 2023 ALONE HAVE DEMONSTRATED 669 00:24:51,256 --> 00:24:55,060 HOW PEOPLE PRIORITIZE PROFITS 670 00:24:55,060 --> 00:25:00,298 OVER PEOPLE. IN PART DUE TO 671 00:25:00,298 --> 00:25:01,500 RISK-TAKING BEHAVIORS. THIS 672 00:25:01,500 --> 00:25:02,200 LEFT US UNCERTAIN FOR SEVERAL 673 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:06,671 DAYS WHERE WOULD BE PAYCHECK TO 674 00:25:06,671 --> 00:25:07,873 PAYCHECK. BANK OF AMERICA WAS 675 00:25:07,873 --> 00:25:09,508 FINED $250 MILLION FOR CREATING 676 00:25:09,508 --> 00:25:10,642 MODULE ACCOUNTS AND ILLEGALLY 677 00:25:10,642 --> 00:25:12,878 CHARGING PEOPLE FEES. THE NIB 678 00:25:12,878 --> 00:25:16,314 WOULD FUND MANY NEEDED 679 00:25:16,314 --> 00:25:20,218 PROJECTS AT LOW INTEREST RATES. 680 00:25:20,218 --> 00:25:22,954 WE WISH TO PUSH THIS SUCCESSFUL 681 00:25:22,954 --> 00:25:24,756 IMPLEMENTATION OF SOCIAL 682 00:25:24,756 --> 00:25:25,490 HOUSING AND I'M DELIGHTED TO 683 00:25:25,490 --> 00:25:28,260 SEE THEY WILL FUND PUBLIC 684 00:25:28,260 --> 00:25:29,528 HOUSING AND ENERGY EFFICIENT 685 00:25:29,528 --> 00:25:32,631 BUILDING. PLEASE JOIN THE MANY 686 00:25:32,631 --> 00:25:35,400 ENDORSED THIS RESOLUTION TO 687 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:36,434 CREATE ONE MORE TOOL THAT WE 688 00:25:36,434 --> 00:25:38,336 HAVE TO SIT TOWARD THE PEOPLE 689 00:25:38,336 --> 00:25:39,938 OF OUR CITY. THANK YOU. 690 00:25:39,938 --> 00:25:44,509 >> THANK YOU. I NOW SEE RANDY. 691 00:25:44,509 --> 00:25:47,279 AND FOLLOWING RANDY WILL BE 692 00:25:47,279 --> 00:25:49,047 DAVID HINES, WHO IS OUR LAST 693 00:25:49,047 --> 00:25:53,685 REGISTERED SPEAKER. GO AHEAD, 694 00:25:53,685 --> 00:25:54,152 RANDY. 695 00:25:54,152 --> 00:25:54,920 >> I APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE 696 00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:59,691 WITH MY CELL PHONE. I AM A 697 00:25:59,691 --> 00:26:00,892 BELLE VIEW RESIDENCE, BUT I'VE 698 00:26:00,892 --> 00:26:03,795 LIVED IN BATTLE FOR 10 YEARS. 699 00:26:03,795 --> 00:26:05,363 I'VE GOT TO SAY, JUST A COUPLE 700 00:26:05,363 --> 00:26:07,165 OF THINGS -- ALTHOUGH IT IS TO 701 00:26:07,165 --> 00:26:12,871 TOUGH TO FOLLOW. THIS IS NOT 702 00:26:12,871 --> 00:26:16,341 POLITICS. I'VE TALKED WITH OUR 703 00:26:16,341 --> 00:26:17,509 REPUBLICAN FRIENDS, AND THEY 704 00:26:17,509 --> 00:26:18,176 SHOWN CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM ABOUT 705 00:26:18,176 --> 00:26:20,979 THIS WHEN THEY ARE NOT IN FRONT 706 00:26:20,979 --> 00:26:23,548 OF A CROWD. WE NEED TO GET THIS 707 00:26:23,548 --> 00:26:29,220 GOING. WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT 708 00:26:29,220 --> 00:26:29,988 THIS, ALEXANDER HAMILTON 709 00:26:29,988 --> 00:26:35,360 CREATED THIS CONCEPT AND 710 00:26:35,360 --> 00:26:38,630 WORLDWIDE, THIS CREATES NO NEW 711 00:26:38,630 --> 00:26:43,868 TAXES, AND WILL PROVIDE MONEY 712 00:26:43,868 --> 00:26:45,570 THAT WILL ENHANCE US EVERY TIME 713 00:26:45,570 --> 00:26:46,237 WE'VE USED IT, A VAST INCREASE 714 00:26:46,237 --> 00:26:48,006 IN THE ECONOMY, AND BENEFITS 715 00:26:48,006 --> 00:26:49,474 FOR EVERYONE WHO IS PART OF 716 00:26:49,474 --> 00:26:52,077 THAT ECONOMY. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD 717 00:26:52,077 --> 00:26:53,612 THAT IT'S GOING TO SUPPORT 718 00:26:53,612 --> 00:27:02,454 BROADBAND, HIGH-SPEED RAIL, 719 00:27:02,454 --> 00:27:03,321 AFFORDABLE HOUSING. REALLY 720 00:27:03,321 --> 00:27:04,389 NICE JOBS AND TRAINING FOR 721 00:27:04,389 --> 00:27:06,091 THOSE PERMANENT JOBS. WHAT WE 722 00:27:06,091 --> 00:27:07,759 HAVEN'T BEEN TOLD IS THAT THIS 723 00:27:07,759 --> 00:27:11,162 IS A PERMANENT PLAN. THIS TIME, 724 00:27:11,162 --> 00:27:13,064 IT WILL NOT SUNSET IN 20 YEARS, 725 00:27:13,064 --> 00:27:14,265 AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE 726 00:27:14,265 --> 00:27:17,635 THOSE AND IF IT FOR EVER. THIS 727 00:27:17,635 --> 00:27:20,305 IS AS AMERICAN AS IT GETS, AND 728 00:27:20,305 --> 00:27:24,576 WHILE THIS IS DULL ECONOMICS, 729 00:27:24,576 --> 00:27:29,147 THIS IS IMPORTANT IN THE CITY 730 00:27:29,147 --> 00:27:30,348 OF SEATTLE SHOULD GET BEHIND 731 00:27:30,348 --> 00:27:34,252 IT. AND I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING 732 00:27:34,252 --> 00:27:35,687 MORE. VOTE FOR THIS RESOLUTION 733 00:27:35,687 --> 00:27:38,590 SO THAT WE CAN GET OUR CONGRESS 734 00:27:38,590 --> 00:27:44,396 PEOPLE TO SIGN ON AND PASS. 735 00:27:44,396 --> 00:27:48,867 >> THANK YOU. OUR LAST SPEAKER 736 00:27:48,867 --> 00:27:50,602 IS -- DID YOU NEED TO SAY 737 00:27:50,602 --> 00:27:53,204 SOMETHING, COUNCIL PRESIDENT? 738 00:27:53,204 --> 00:27:55,340 >> NO. YES, MR. HAYNES, GO 739 00:27:55,340 --> 00:27:55,573 AHEAD. 740 00:27:55,573 --> 00:28:01,680 >> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS DAVID 741 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:02,614 HAYNES AND I'M TALKING ABOUT 742 00:28:02,614 --> 00:28:03,815 THE PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS. YOU 743 00:28:03,815 --> 00:28:04,716 HAVE TO HAVE A LAW THAT 744 00:28:04,716 --> 00:28:05,850 TRESPASSES DRUG ADDICTS WHO 745 00:28:05,850 --> 00:28:09,521 HAVE TAKEN OVER THE BUS STOP 746 00:28:09,521 --> 00:28:10,522 THAT THE BUS DRIVERS NEVER CALL 747 00:28:10,522 --> 00:28:11,923 METRO POLICE ABOUT. AND WHEN 748 00:28:11,923 --> 00:28:13,892 YOU TRESPASS THEM WITH TRAINED 749 00:28:13,892 --> 00:28:15,226 COPS, YOU HAVE TO STRATEGICALLY 750 00:28:15,226 --> 00:28:19,764 ROOT QUESTION THEM TO FIND OUT 751 00:28:19,764 --> 00:28:21,299 WHERE THEY GOT THE DRUGS AND GO 752 00:28:21,299 --> 00:28:22,701 SHUT IT DOWN. AND AT THE SAME 753 00:28:22,701 --> 00:28:26,604 TIME, YOU HAVE TO LEAD THESE 754 00:28:26,604 --> 00:28:27,739 PEOPLE TOWARD A LOW SECURITY 755 00:28:27,739 --> 00:28:28,940 CONSCRIPTION FOR THEIR 756 00:28:28,940 --> 00:28:29,674 ADDICTION TREATMENT. YOU CAN'T 757 00:28:29,674 --> 00:28:31,676 VOLUNTARILY LET THEM RUN AROUND 758 00:28:31,676 --> 00:28:32,711 DECIDING WHEN THEY ARE GOING TO 759 00:28:32,711 --> 00:28:35,680 STOP DOING DRUGS WHILE THE 760 00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:36,648 WHOLE TIME, THEY ARE STILL 761 00:28:36,648 --> 00:28:38,750 CONNECTED TO THE DRUG PUSHERS. 762 00:28:38,750 --> 00:28:40,452 I HATE TO SAY THIS. THE MAYOR 763 00:28:40,452 --> 00:28:41,720 HAS BRAGGED THAT HE HAS 764 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:44,055 CRIMINAL UNDERWORLD FRIENDS, 765 00:28:44,055 --> 00:28:45,123 AND THE POLICE CHIEF IS ON 766 00:28:45,123 --> 00:28:47,859 RECORD AS SAYING, HE IS MAKING 767 00:28:47,859 --> 00:28:49,360 IT UP TO THE BLACK AND BROWN 768 00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:51,362 COMMUNITY FOR PAST WRONGS. THE 769 00:28:51,362 --> 00:28:52,097 RESULT IS, THEY'RE RUNNING 770 00:28:52,097 --> 00:28:54,666 INTERFERENCE -- ALONG WITH 771 00:28:54,666 --> 00:28:57,902 PEOPLE FROM GEORGE SOROS IS 772 00:28:57,902 --> 00:29:00,071 JUDICIAL SYSTEM, FOR LOW-LEVEL 773 00:29:00,071 --> 00:29:01,072 DRUG PUSHERS. THEY ARE JUST 774 00:29:01,072 --> 00:29:05,577 UNDER 3.5 GRAMS OF CRACK, METH, 775 00:29:05,577 --> 00:29:07,145 HEROIN, FENTANYL, THAT THE COPS 776 00:29:07,145 --> 00:29:07,846 ARE REFUSING TO TRAIN TO GO 777 00:29:07,846 --> 00:29:11,116 AFTER. THEY ARE TRYING TO 778 00:29:11,116 --> 00:29:12,484 PROPAGANDIZE BY BLAMING THE 779 00:29:12,484 --> 00:29:14,919 HOMELESS WHILE THEY GET 780 00:29:14,919 --> 00:29:15,820 OVERTIME AT LAW-ABIDING EVENTS, 781 00:29:15,820 --> 00:29:17,155 BUT THEY NEVER PAY OVERTIME TO 782 00:29:17,155 --> 00:29:19,624 SWEEP THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO GRAB 783 00:29:19,624 --> 00:29:20,425 20 JUNKIE THIEVES AND TRESPASS 784 00:29:20,425 --> 00:29:23,561 THEM AND QUESTION THEM TO FIND 785 00:29:23,561 --> 00:29:25,997 OUT THEIR SUPPLIER AND SHUT IT 786 00:29:25,997 --> 00:29:27,265 DOWN. THESE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO 787 00:29:27,265 --> 00:29:28,466 SEE THE WAR ON DRUGS FAILED 788 00:29:28,466 --> 00:29:30,201 NEVER ACKNOWLEDGED THAT WE ONLY 789 00:29:30,201 --> 00:29:32,604 LEGALIZED PROPER GROWN 790 00:29:32,604 --> 00:29:36,274 MARIJUANA. PROPER GROWN, NOT 791 00:29:36,274 --> 00:29:39,444 ANY WEED. YET, THEY STAB LET 792 00:29:39,444 --> 00:29:40,645 SABOTAGED WITH THE BUDGET 793 00:29:40,645 --> 00:29:42,380 REDIRECTION THE INTEGRITY OF 794 00:29:42,380 --> 00:29:43,581 PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE SAFETY 795 00:29:43,581 --> 00:29:46,284 EFFECTIVENESS OF IT. AND NOW, 796 00:29:46,284 --> 00:29:47,786 YOU ARE ALLOWING A WAR ON THE 797 00:29:47,786 --> 00:29:49,554 HOMELESS WITH NO CAPACITY, AND 798 00:29:49,554 --> 00:29:51,956 YOU DESPERATELY NEED THE 799 00:29:51,956 --> 00:29:53,391 NATIONAL GUARD TO STEP UP AND 800 00:29:53,391 --> 00:29:54,425 CREATE AUTHORIZING ENCAMPMENTS 801 00:29:54,425 --> 00:29:57,462 FOR ALL THE LEVELS OF MENTAL 802 00:29:57,462 --> 00:29:59,798 ADDICTION CONSTRICTION AND 803 00:29:59,798 --> 00:30:01,699 TRAUMA AND IN-SERVICE OUTREACH 804 00:30:01,699 --> 00:30:07,172 SHOW UP INSTEAD OF WORKING 805 00:30:07,172 --> 00:30:07,705 BANKERS HOURS. 806 00:30:07,705 --> 00:30:08,506 >> OKAY, THANK YOU. THAT 807 00:30:08,506 --> 00:30:13,344 CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENTERS 808 00:30:13,344 --> 00:30:13,745 TODAY. 809 00:30:13,745 --> 00:30:15,079 >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. AND 810 00:30:15,079 --> 00:30:16,214 THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO HAVE 811 00:30:16,214 --> 00:30:17,816 SHOWED UP IN CHAMBERS. AND THE 812 00:30:17,816 --> 00:30:18,383 PUBLIC COMMENT THAT YOU 813 00:30:18,383 --> 00:30:21,553 PROVIDED FOR US TODAY. SO 814 00:30:21,553 --> 00:30:22,754 PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED. 815 00:30:22,754 --> 00:30:25,223 LET'S MOVE ON ON OUR CALENDAR. 816 00:30:25,223 --> 00:30:26,391 WE WILL GO ON TO ADOPTION OF 817 00:30:26,391 --> 00:30:29,060 THE INTRODUCTION REFERRAL 818 00:30:29,060 --> 00:30:30,228 CALENDAR. IF THERE IS NO 819 00:30:30,228 --> 00:30:30,962 OBJECTION, THE INTRODUCTION 820 00:30:30,962 --> 00:30:33,064 REFERRAL CALENDAR WILL BE 821 00:30:33,064 --> 00:30:34,265 ADOPTED. NOT SEEING OR HEARING 822 00:30:34,265 --> 00:30:37,035 OBJECTION, IT IS ADOPTED. LET'S 823 00:30:37,035 --> 00:30:38,436 MOVE ON TO THE ADOPTION OF 824 00:30:38,436 --> 00:30:40,438 TODAY'S AGENDA. IF THERE IS NO 825 00:30:40,438 --> 00:30:45,944 OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE 826 00:30:45,944 --> 00:30:47,445 ADOPTED. I DON'T HEAR OR SEE 827 00:30:47,445 --> 00:30:48,580 ANY OBJECTION. IT IS ADOPTED. 828 00:30:48,580 --> 00:30:50,081 LET'S MOVE ON TO ADOPTION OF 829 00:30:50,081 --> 00:30:54,752 THE CAN AND CALENDAR. THE ITEMS 830 00:30:54,752 --> 00:30:55,787 ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR INCLUDE 831 00:30:55,787 --> 00:31:00,291 THE MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 5th. 832 00:31:00,291 --> 00:31:01,359 COUNCIL BILL, PAYROLL BILL, 833 00:31:01,359 --> 00:31:04,662 COUNCIL BILL 12651. IS THERE 834 00:31:04,662 --> 00:31:06,097 ANY ITEMS THAT A COUNCILMEMBER 835 00:31:06,097 --> 00:31:10,702 WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TODAY? NOT 836 00:31:10,702 --> 00:31:11,502 SEEING ANY, I MOVED TO ADOPT 837 00:31:11,502 --> 00:31:12,370 THE CONSENT CALENDAR. IS THERE 838 00:31:12,370 --> 00:31:14,706 A SECOND? THANK YOU. IT HAS 839 00:31:14,706 --> 00:31:17,909 BEEN SECONDED TO ADOPT THE 840 00:31:17,909 --> 00:31:19,110 CONSENT CALENDAR. WILL THE 841 00:31:19,110 --> 00:31:20,245 CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE OF 842 00:31:20,245 --> 00:31:20,878 THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT 843 00:31:20,878 --> 00:31:21,179 CALENDAR? 844 00:31:21,179 --> 00:31:23,748 >> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON. 845 00:31:23,748 --> 00:31:24,415 >> YES. 846 00:31:24,415 --> 00:31:26,618 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT. 847 00:31:26,618 --> 00:31:30,722 >> YES. 848 00:31:30,722 --> 00:31:31,656 >> COUNCILMEMBER'S STRAUSS? 849 00:31:31,656 --> 00:31:37,395 >> YES. COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD? 850 00:31:37,395 --> 00:31:37,528 851 00:31:37,528 --> 00:31:38,496 >> YES. 852 00:31:38,496 --> 00:31:39,230 >> COUNCIL MEMBER LOUIS? 853 00:31:39,230 --> 00:31:39,597 >> YES. 854 00:31:39,597 --> 00:31:41,266 >> COUNCILMEMBER MORALEZ? THE 855 00:31:41,266 --> 00:31:42,133 MAC YES. 856 00:31:42,133 --> 00:31:45,136 >> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA? 857 00:31:45,136 --> 00:31:45,637 >> YES. 858 00:31:45,637 --> 00:31:48,473 >> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON? THE 859 00:31:48,473 --> 00:31:48,740 MAC YES. 860 00:31:48,740 --> 00:31:50,742 >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ? 861 00:31:50,742 --> 00:31:52,977 >> YES. 862 00:31:52,977 --> 00:31:56,481 >> ALL IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. 863 00:31:56,481 --> 00:31:56,614 864 00:31:56,614 --> 00:32:01,119 >> THE CONSENT CALENDAR IS 865 00:32:01,119 --> 00:32:02,020 ADOPTED. PLEASE FIX MY 866 00:32:02,020 --> 00:32:02,854 SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON 867 00:32:02,854 --> 00:32:04,389 THE CONSENT CALENDAR ON MY 868 00:32:04,389 --> 00:32:05,490 BEHALF. MOVING ONTO COMMITTEE 869 00:32:05,490 --> 00:32:07,825 REPORTS, WE HAVE ONE COMMITTEE 870 00:32:07,825 --> 00:32:08,526 REPORT TODAY WITH RESOLUTION 871 00:32:08,526 --> 00:32:10,929 FROM COUNSELOR MOSQUEDA, SO 872 00:32:10,929 --> 00:32:11,930 LET'S BEGIN. MADAM CLERK, WILL 873 00:32:11,930 --> 00:32:18,303 YOU PLEASE READ ITEM WHAT IN 874 00:32:18,303 --> 00:32:18,636 THE RECORD. 875 00:32:18,636 --> 00:32:19,270 >> RESOLUTION 32107, A 876 00:32:19,270 --> 00:32:20,271 RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE 877 00:32:20,271 --> 00:32:21,973 UNITED STATES CONGRESS AND THE 878 00:32:21,973 --> 00:32:23,074 PRESIDENT PASS ENZYME 879 00:32:23,074 --> 00:32:26,911 LEGISLATION CREATING A NATIONAL 880 00:32:26,911 --> 00:32:27,545 INFRASTRUCTURE BANK. 881 00:32:27,545 --> 00:32:30,348 >> THANK YOU. I MOVED TO ADOPT 882 00:32:30,348 --> 00:32:31,516 RESOLUTION 32107. IS THERE A 883 00:32:31,516 --> 00:32:34,952 SECOND? 884 00:32:34,952 --> 00:32:35,386 >> SECOND. 885 00:32:35,386 --> 00:32:36,621 >> THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN MOVED 886 00:32:36,621 --> 00:32:38,089 AND SECONDED TO ADOPT THE 887 00:32:38,089 --> 00:32:38,856 RESOLUTION. COUNSELOR MOSQUEDA, 888 00:32:38,856 --> 00:32:45,530 THE FLOOR IS YOURS. 889 00:32:45,530 --> 00:32:47,398 >> I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE 890 00:32:47,398 --> 00:32:48,466 PEOPLE WHO DIALED IN AND ALSO 891 00:32:48,466 --> 00:32:49,500 PROVIDED PUBLIC COMMENT IN 892 00:32:49,500 --> 00:32:50,535 PERSON TODAY. THIS IS A REALLY 893 00:32:50,535 --> 00:32:51,369 EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO 894 00:32:51,369 --> 00:32:52,537 CONTINUE THE MOMENTUM THAT WAS 895 00:32:52,537 --> 00:32:53,204 CREATED BY THE NATIONAL 896 00:32:53,204 --> 00:32:54,172 INFRASTRUCTURE BANK COALITION. 897 00:32:54,172 --> 00:32:55,039 AND HERE LOCALLY FROM THE 898 00:32:55,039 --> 00:32:56,274 WASHINGTONIANS FOR PUBLIC 899 00:32:56,274 --> 00:32:57,342 BANKING BEEN ADVOCATING FOR 900 00:32:57,342 --> 00:33:01,312 THIS RESOLUTION TO PASS AT ALL 901 00:33:01,312 --> 00:33:02,447 LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, AND THEY 902 00:33:02,447 --> 00:33:04,615 HAVE ASKED US TO SUPPORT THIS 903 00:33:04,615 --> 00:33:05,683 RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT THE 904 00:33:05,683 --> 00:33:06,751 GREATER PUSH FOR APPROVAL AT 905 00:33:06,751 --> 00:33:07,618 THE FEDERAL LEVEL FOR THE 906 00:33:07,618 --> 00:33:08,886 NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE BANK. I 907 00:33:08,886 --> 00:33:12,357 AM VERY HONORED TO HAVE BEEN 908 00:33:12,357 --> 00:33:13,424 FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF 909 00:33:13,424 --> 00:33:16,694 SENATOR BOB HASEGAWA, WHO EVERY 910 00:33:16,694 --> 00:33:17,962 YEAR THAT I HAVE KNOWN HIM HAS 911 00:33:17,962 --> 00:33:19,063 BEEN WORKING ON A's STATE OR 912 00:33:19,063 --> 00:33:23,134 NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE BANK 913 00:33:23,134 --> 00:33:24,035 CONCEPT. IT IS MY HONOR THAT HE 914 00:33:24,035 --> 00:33:24,902 HAS SUPPORTED THIS RESOLUTION 915 00:33:24,902 --> 00:33:28,306 WITH A LETTER THAT HE SENT TO 916 00:33:28,306 --> 00:33:28,940 COUNCIL THAT WE CIRCULATED FOR 917 00:33:28,940 --> 00:33:30,575 OUR COLLEAGUES CONSIDERATION 918 00:33:30,575 --> 00:33:32,143 YESTERDAY. I ALSO WANT TO THANK 919 00:33:32,143 --> 00:33:34,879 SENATOR MARILYN CHASE WHO 920 00:33:34,879 --> 00:33:35,980 DIALED IN TODAY TO EXPRESS HER 921 00:33:35,980 --> 00:33:36,781 SUPPORT AND HER LONGTIME 922 00:33:36,781 --> 00:33:38,082 ADVOCATE AS WELL FROM BOTH THE 923 00:33:38,082 --> 00:33:40,218 STATE AND A NATIONAL BANK. IN 924 00:33:40,218 --> 00:33:45,790 PART, SENATOR HASEGAWA'S LETTER 925 00:33:45,790 --> 00:33:47,058 STATES THE NATIONAL 926 00:33:47,058 --> 00:33:47,725 INFRASTRUCTURE BANK WILL CREATE 927 00:33:47,725 --> 00:33:48,993 $5 TRILLION IN LENDING CAPACITY 928 00:33:48,993 --> 00:33:49,794 TO MAINTAIN AGING 929 00:33:49,794 --> 00:33:50,762 INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUILD NEW 930 00:33:50,762 --> 00:33:51,396 CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT 931 00:33:51,396 --> 00:33:54,031 WILL CREATE 25 MILLION GOOD 932 00:33:54,031 --> 00:33:55,433 FAMILY JOBS AND WILL DO THIS 933 00:33:55,433 --> 00:33:56,367 ALL WITHOUT RAISING THE FEDERAL 934 00:33:56,367 --> 00:34:00,304 DEBT OR NEW TAXES. IT'S 935 00:34:00,304 --> 00:34:01,239 IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE 936 00:34:01,239 --> 00:34:01,873 NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE BANK 937 00:34:01,873 --> 00:34:04,809 HAS EQUITY REQUIREMENTS IN IT 938 00:34:04,809 --> 00:34:06,310 TO ENSURE THAT IT CONTINUES 939 00:34:06,310 --> 00:34:06,911 ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR 940 00:34:06,911 --> 00:34:08,379 MARGINALIZED AND UNDERSERVED 941 00:34:08,379 --> 00:34:09,680 COMMUNITIES. JOB-TRAINING 942 00:34:09,680 --> 00:34:12,917 SKILLS AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE 943 00:34:12,917 --> 00:34:16,354 DAVIS-BACON REQUIREMENTS ON ALL 944 00:34:16,354 --> 00:34:17,288 PROJECT. THIS IS WHERE THE 945 00:34:17,288 --> 00:34:17,955 NATIONAL ASIAN-PACIFIC CAUCUS 946 00:34:17,955 --> 00:34:22,460 OF STATE LEGISLATORS, AS WELL 947 00:34:22,460 --> 00:34:23,461 AS THE NATIONAL STATE BLACK 948 00:34:23,461 --> 00:34:24,395 CAUCUS OF LEGISLATORS AND THE 949 00:34:24,395 --> 00:34:25,496 NATIONAL HISPANIC CAUCUS OF 950 00:34:25,496 --> 00:34:28,633 STATE LEGISLATORS, LABOR 951 00:34:28,633 --> 00:34:29,667 ORGANIZATIONS, AND SO MANY 952 00:34:29,667 --> 00:34:30,301 COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS 953 00:34:30,301 --> 00:34:32,070 HAVE ENDORSED THE NATIONAL 954 00:34:32,070 --> 00:34:33,070 INFRASTRUCTURE BANK. I 955 00:34:33,070 --> 00:34:33,938 APPRECIATE THAT HE SENT THAT 956 00:34:33,938 --> 00:34:35,306 LETTER AND CONTINUES TO LEAD 957 00:34:35,306 --> 00:34:37,141 THE STATE AND CALLING FOR BOTH 958 00:34:37,141 --> 00:34:38,342 STATE AND NATIONAL 959 00:34:38,342 --> 00:34:39,243 INFRASTRUCTURE BANK. WE ARE 960 00:34:39,243 --> 00:34:40,478 CURRENTLY IN AN UNTENABLE 961 00:34:40,478 --> 00:34:43,748 SITUATION, AND SENATOR HASEGAWA 962 00:34:43,748 --> 00:34:44,682 KNOWS. OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS 963 00:34:44,682 --> 00:34:45,683 CRUMBLING, AND WE HAVE NO WAY 964 00:34:45,683 --> 00:34:48,920 TO FINANCE MAINTENANCE WITHOUT 965 00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:49,487 RESORTING TO REGRESSIVE 966 00:34:49,487 --> 00:34:50,388 SCHEMES, LET ALONE FUNDING NEW 967 00:34:50,388 --> 00:34:53,090 PROJECT TO PREPARE FOR THE 968 00:34:53,090 --> 00:34:54,725 FUTURE. WE ARE IN THIS POSITION 969 00:34:54,725 --> 00:34:56,627 BECAUSE IT WAS INTENTIONALLY 970 00:34:56,627 --> 00:34:58,329 DESIGNED TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE 971 00:34:58,329 --> 00:35:00,932 PAID MORE FOR ROUTINE NEEDS. 972 00:35:00,932 --> 00:35:02,166 THAT IS WHY WE NEED ADDITIONAL 973 00:35:02,166 --> 00:35:03,434 SUPPORT, TO HELP OURSELVES BE 974 00:35:03,434 --> 00:35:05,403 ABLE TO INVEST IN THE 975 00:35:05,403 --> 00:35:05,937 INFRASTRUCTURE OF OUR 976 00:35:05,937 --> 00:35:06,871 COMMUNITY, OUR BUSINESS, AND 977 00:35:06,871 --> 00:35:10,174 OUR FAMILIES SO DESPERATELY 978 00:35:10,174 --> 00:35:10,942 NEED. THE NATIONAL 979 00:35:10,942 --> 00:35:11,809 INFRASTRUCTURE BANK WORKS IN 980 00:35:11,809 --> 00:35:15,246 THE FOLLOWING WAYS. IT LENDS $5 981 00:35:15,246 --> 00:35:16,180 TRILLION TO A PUBLIC BANK FOR 982 00:35:16,180 --> 00:35:19,217 INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT ONLY. IT 983 00:35:19,217 --> 00:35:19,951 COVERS 16 PROJECT CATEGORIES 984 00:35:19,951 --> 00:35:22,753 MONITORED BY THE AMERICAN 985 00:35:22,753 --> 00:35:23,988 SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. IT 986 00:35:23,988 --> 00:35:24,989 COVERS ADDITIONAL CATEGORIES 987 00:35:24,989 --> 00:35:26,424 SUCH AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AS 988 00:35:26,424 --> 00:35:29,594 YOU HEARD IN COMMENT TODAY. 989 00:35:29,594 --> 00:35:31,596 HIGH-SPEED RAIL, WATER PROJECT, 990 00:35:31,596 --> 00:35:34,465 AND CREATES 25 MILLION NEW JOBS 991 00:35:34,465 --> 00:35:36,767 IN ADDITION TO SUPPORTING BY 992 00:35:36,767 --> 00:35:37,535 AMERICA REQUIREMENTS. IT 993 00:35:37,535 --> 00:35:38,936 SUPPORTS MINORITY AND 994 00:35:38,936 --> 00:35:42,607 DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS 995 00:35:42,607 --> 00:35:43,207 ENTERPRISE AND SIGNIFICANT 996 00:35:43,207 --> 00:35:45,610 INVESTMENTS IN LOW INCOME AND 997 00:35:45,610 --> 00:35:47,011 RULE COMMUNITIES. IT LENDS JUST 998 00:35:47,011 --> 00:35:50,815 LIKE A COMMERCIAL BANK, 999 00:35:50,815 --> 00:35:51,716 DIVIDING LOW INTEREST LOANS AT 1000 00:35:51,716 --> 00:35:55,520 TREASURY BOND RATES, FLEXIBLE 1001 00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:56,687 TURNS, LOAN MATURITY OVER THE 1002 00:35:56,687 --> 00:35:57,955 LIFE OF THE PROJECT AND ENSURES 1003 00:35:57,955 --> 00:35:59,323 THAT WE CONTINUE TO INVEST IN 1004 00:35:59,323 --> 00:35:59,757 OUR COMMUNITY AND 1005 00:35:59,757 --> 00:36:00,491 INFRASTRUCTURE. IT PROVIDES A 1006 00:36:00,491 --> 00:36:04,862 TRUST FUND THAT PROVIDES GRANTS 1007 00:36:04,862 --> 00:36:05,930 FOR POORLY RESOURCED 1008 00:36:05,930 --> 00:36:06,564 COMMUNITIES. AND FINALLY, WHAT 1009 00:36:06,564 --> 00:36:09,700 ARE THE BENEFITS TO SEATTLE ? 1010 00:36:09,700 --> 00:36:10,801 WE ARE VOTING ON RESOLUTIONS 1011 00:36:10,801 --> 00:36:12,069 THAT EITHER HAVE NATIONAL OR 1012 00:36:12,069 --> 00:36:12,837 INTERNATIONAL IMPACT THAT WE 1013 00:36:12,837 --> 00:36:14,105 LIFT UP WHAT THE IMPACT IS IN 1014 00:36:14,105 --> 00:36:17,775 OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY. THE 1015 00:36:17,775 --> 00:36:18,910 COALITION POINTS TO THE FACT 1016 00:36:18,910 --> 00:36:19,544 THAT THE NATIONAL 1017 00:36:19,544 --> 00:36:21,312 INFRASTRUCTURE BANK PROVIDES 1018 00:36:21,312 --> 00:36:22,780 DIRECT BENEFITS TO THE CITY OF 1019 00:36:22,780 --> 00:36:23,247 SEATTLE, SUCH AS THE 1020 00:36:23,247 --> 00:36:24,282 OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD AFFORDABLE 1021 00:36:24,282 --> 00:36:26,517 HOUSING FOR THE CITY'S 35,000 1022 00:36:26,517 --> 00:36:27,718 HOMELESS RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS 1023 00:36:27,718 --> 00:36:28,786 THE 22% OF WASHINGTON'S DATES 1024 00:36:28,786 --> 00:36:31,956 EXTREMELY WELCOME RESIDENCE 1025 00:36:31,956 --> 00:36:35,726 NEED ASSISTANCE WITH ATTAINING 1026 00:36:35,726 --> 00:36:36,494 AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IT REPLACES 1027 00:36:36,494 --> 00:36:37,161 SEATTLE'S AGING BRIDGES, 1028 00:36:37,161 --> 00:36:39,163 INCLUDING THE SECOND AVENUE 1029 00:36:39,163 --> 00:36:42,934 TENSION BRIDGE BUILT IN 1928. 1030 00:36:42,934 --> 00:36:44,602 AND THEN MAGNOLIA BRIDGE, BUILT 1031 00:36:44,602 --> 00:36:45,570 IN 1929. AT THE UNIVERSITY 1032 00:36:45,570 --> 00:36:52,577 BRIDGE, 19 30, ALL RATED IN 1033 00:36:52,577 --> 00:36:54,178 POOR CONDITION. I WILL NOTE IN 1034 00:36:54,178 --> 00:36:54,812 CONJUNCTION WITH COUNCILMEMBER 1035 00:36:54,812 --> 00:36:55,780 PEDERSON, I'M SURE, THAT THE 1036 00:36:55,780 --> 00:36:57,048 CALL FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING 1037 00:36:57,048 --> 00:36:58,916 FOR THESE IS NOT IN LIEU OF US 1038 00:36:58,916 --> 00:36:59,517 DOING SOMETHING LOCALLY OR 1039 00:36:59,517 --> 00:37:01,652 WITHIN OUR OWN DATE, THIS IS IN 1040 00:37:01,652 --> 00:37:03,054 ADDITION TO THAT IS A CALL FOR 1041 00:37:03,054 --> 00:37:03,888 FEDERAL ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT 1042 00:37:03,888 --> 00:37:05,222 THESE LOCAL AND STATE OF 1043 00:37:05,222 --> 00:37:06,857 INVESTMENTS IN OUR 1044 00:37:06,857 --> 00:37:07,625 INFRASTRUCTURE. FINALLY, IT 1045 00:37:07,625 --> 00:37:12,763 REPAIR SEATTLE'S POTHOLE ROADS. 1046 00:37:12,763 --> 00:37:13,798 WASHINGTON STATES ARE RATED 1047 00:37:13,798 --> 00:37:14,498 AMONGST THE WORST IN THE 1048 00:37:14,498 --> 00:37:15,733 NATION, AND IT HELPS TO BUILD 1049 00:37:15,733 --> 00:37:16,801 HIGH-SPEED RAIL AND EXTEND MASS 1050 00:37:16,801 --> 00:37:22,907 TRANSIT THROUGHOUT OUR CITY AND 1051 00:37:22,907 --> 00:37:25,242 IMPROVEMENT. INCLUDING 1052 00:37:25,242 --> 00:37:26,310 DRINKING WATER, WASTEWATER, AND 1053 00:37:26,310 --> 00:37:30,081 STORMWATER, AND LET SERVICE 1054 00:37:30,081 --> 00:37:31,649 LINES. IT ADDRESSES THE ENTIRE 1055 00:37:31,649 --> 00:37:33,651 BACKLOG OF PROJECT IN THE CITY 1056 00:37:33,651 --> 00:37:34,785 TO BRING THE INFRASTRUCTURE UP 1057 00:37:34,785 --> 00:37:38,723 TO SCALE AND IN GOOD REPAIR. IT 1058 00:37:38,723 --> 00:37:39,690 BUNDLES THESE PROJECTS TO SAVE 1059 00:37:39,690 --> 00:37:41,525 ON CONSTRUCTION COSTS. I WILL 1060 00:37:41,525 --> 00:37:44,195 SAVE ON MY COMMENTS OF NOTING 1061 00:37:44,195 --> 00:37:48,966 OTHER JURISDICTIONS AND STATES 1062 00:37:48,966 --> 00:37:49,634 AT THE INFRASTRUCTURE BANK FOR 1063 00:37:49,634 --> 00:37:51,002 ANY CLOSING COMMENTS THAT I AM 1064 00:37:51,002 --> 00:37:52,269 ALLOWED TO MAKE, AND I JUST 1065 00:37:52,269 --> 00:37:53,304 WANT TO SAY HOW EXCITING IT IS 1066 00:37:53,304 --> 00:37:55,139 THAT THIS HAS BEEN SO FULLY 1067 00:37:55,139 --> 00:37:56,507 DETAILED AND FLESHED OUT THAT 1068 00:37:56,507 --> 00:37:59,010 WE HAVE CIVIC PROJECT THAT WE 1069 00:37:59,010 --> 00:38:03,414 CAN .2 WITHIN THE CITY OF 1070 00:38:03,414 --> 00:38:04,615 SEATTLE WERE IN THE RECREATION 1071 00:38:04,615 --> 00:38:05,583 OF A NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE 1072 00:38:05,583 --> 00:38:06,851 BILL COULD HAVE SOME IMMEDIATE 1073 00:38:06,851 --> 00:38:07,485 INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES. WE 1074 00:38:07,485 --> 00:38:08,886 ADD OUR NAME HOPEFULLY WITH THE 1075 00:38:08,886 --> 00:38:11,756 PASSING OF THIS RESOLUTION TO A 1076 00:38:11,756 --> 00:38:12,490 NATIONAL CALL FOR A NATIONAL 1077 00:38:12,490 --> 00:38:13,190 INFRASTRUCTURE BANK TO PASS 1078 00:38:13,190 --> 00:38:17,094 CONGRESS. THANK YOU. 1079 00:38:17,094 --> 00:38:17,962 >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 1080 00:38:17,962 --> 00:38:21,699 MOSQUEDA. WE THANK YOU FOR THE 1081 00:38:21,699 --> 00:38:22,733 INFORMATION. I'M GOING TO OPEN 1082 00:38:22,733 --> 00:38:23,934 THE FLOOR, AND I SEE 1083 00:38:23,934 --> 00:38:25,336 COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD HAS HER 1084 00:38:25,336 --> 00:38:25,870 HAND UP. 1085 00:38:25,870 --> 00:38:27,872 >> I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'M 1086 00:38:27,872 --> 00:38:28,739 VERY HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS 1087 00:38:28,739 --> 00:38:29,740 RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE 1088 00:38:29,740 --> 00:38:31,942 NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE BANK. I 1089 00:38:31,942 --> 00:38:34,445 THINK THE COUNCIL HAS A LONG 1090 00:38:34,445 --> 00:38:37,815 HISTORY OF WORKING TO PROMOTE A 1091 00:38:37,815 --> 00:38:43,187 STATE OWNED BANK. IN 2017, MANY 1092 00:38:43,187 --> 00:38:43,821 COUNCILMEMBERS SUPPORTED A 1093 00:38:43,821 --> 00:38:48,626 COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION TO STUDY 1094 00:38:48,626 --> 00:38:49,794 THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING 1095 00:38:49,794 --> 00:38:52,396 A CITY-OWNED PUBLIC BANK. I 1096 00:38:52,396 --> 00:38:53,531 STAFF AND I HAD MET SEVERAL 1097 00:38:53,531 --> 00:38:58,402 TIMES GOING BACK TO EARLY 2021 1098 00:38:58,402 --> 00:38:59,336 WITH DISTRICT ONE CONSTITUENTS 1099 00:38:59,336 --> 00:39:02,340 AND ADVOCATES FOR THE NATIONAL 1100 00:39:02,340 --> 00:39:03,374 INFRASTRUCTURE BANK. I ADVISED 1101 00:39:03,374 --> 00:39:05,810 THE GROUP ON THE IMPORTANCE OF 1102 00:39:05,810 --> 00:39:09,280 GAINING SUPPORT FROM OUR 1103 00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:10,381 FEDERAL DELEGATION, FOR A 1104 00:39:10,381 --> 00:39:12,550 COUNCIL RESOLUTION BEFORE 1105 00:39:12,550 --> 00:39:13,718 MOVING AHEAD. OUR OFFICE BUT 1106 00:39:13,718 --> 00:39:17,121 ADVOCATES IN TOUCH WITH THE 1107 00:39:17,121 --> 00:39:17,755 REPRESENTATIVE'S OFFICE LAST 1108 00:39:17,755 --> 00:39:19,623 DECEMBER. I ALSO HELP 1109 00:39:19,623 --> 00:39:22,893 FACILITATE AND PARTICIPATE IN 1110 00:39:22,893 --> 00:39:23,594 MEETINGS WITH COUNCILMEMBER 1111 00:39:23,594 --> 00:39:27,231 MOSQUEDA'S OFFICE EARLIER THIS 1112 00:39:27,231 --> 00:39:27,965 YEAR, GIVEN THAT COUNCILMEMBER 1113 00:39:27,965 --> 00:39:30,568 MOSQUEDA IS OUR BUDGET CHAIR. 1114 00:39:30,568 --> 00:39:31,302 REALLY DEEPLY APPRECIATE HER 1115 00:39:31,302 --> 00:39:32,503 WILLINGNESS TO MEET WITH THE 1116 00:39:32,503 --> 00:39:35,573 GROUP, ENGAGE WITH THE CONCEPT, 1117 00:39:35,573 --> 00:39:38,576 AND SPONSOR THIS RESOLUTION. 1118 00:39:38,576 --> 00:39:39,076 THANK YOU. 1119 00:39:39,076 --> 00:39:39,877 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 1120 00:39:39,877 --> 00:39:43,314 HERBOLD. COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS. 1121 00:39:43,314 --> 00:39:44,648 >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 1122 00:39:44,648 --> 00:39:47,852 VERY EXCITING TO BE EXCITING 1123 00:39:47,852 --> 00:39:48,953 SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION 1124 00:39:48,953 --> 00:39:50,821 TODAY. I APPRECIATE THE SPONSOR 1125 00:39:50,821 --> 00:39:51,922 SPECIFICALLY CALLING OUT THE 1126 00:39:51,922 --> 00:39:55,659 MAGNOLIA BRIDGE AND DISTRICT 1127 00:39:55,659 --> 00:39:56,827 SEVEN AS A PROJECT THAT COULD 1128 00:39:56,827 --> 00:39:57,595 ULTIMATELY BEEN A BENEFICIARY 1129 00:39:57,595 --> 00:39:59,029 OF THE RESOURCE AND PARTNERSHIP 1130 00:39:59,029 --> 00:40:00,364 THAT IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH A 1131 00:40:00,364 --> 00:40:03,400 NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE BANK. 1132 00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:06,537 AND PROJECTS ALL OVER THE CITY 1133 00:40:06,537 --> 00:40:07,838 OF SEATTLE, WERE INCREASINGLY 1134 00:40:07,838 --> 00:40:08,739 WE ARE LOOKING FOR MORE 1135 00:40:08,739 --> 00:40:09,740 OPPORTUNITIES FOR CAPITAL FOR 1136 00:40:09,740 --> 00:40:13,344 OWNERSHIP AND FOR KEEPING UP ON 1137 00:40:13,344 --> 00:40:18,349 OUR OBLIGATIONS TO NOT JUST 1138 00:40:18,349 --> 00:40:19,049 BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT 1139 00:40:19,049 --> 00:40:21,652 PRIORITIZE THE LIFETIME 1140 00:40:21,652 --> 00:40:23,788 REPLACEMENT OF THAT 1141 00:40:23,788 --> 00:40:25,723 INFRASTRUCTURE WHEN IT IS 1142 00:40:25,723 --> 00:40:28,192 WARRANTED. SO THIS IS A REALLY 1143 00:40:28,192 --> 00:40:32,596 CRITICAL TOOL. LIKE A LOT OF 1144 00:40:32,596 --> 00:40:33,898 THINGS, IT IS SORT OF AN 1145 00:40:33,898 --> 00:40:35,199 EXERCISE IN GOING BACK TO THE 1146 00:40:35,199 --> 00:40:36,400 FUTURE TO WHEN THIS COUNTRY DID 1147 00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:38,569 EMPHASIZE A GOVERNMENT POLICY 1148 00:40:38,569 --> 00:40:40,037 OF BUILDING THINGS FOR THE 1149 00:40:40,037 --> 00:40:43,073 PEOPLE, BE IT THROUGH NATIONAL 1150 00:40:43,073 --> 00:40:46,210 PARKS, PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, 1151 00:40:46,210 --> 00:40:51,582 OR RAILWAY SYSTEMS. SO REALLY, 1152 00:40:51,582 --> 00:40:52,550 I WOULD SUPPORT THIS AND HOPE 1153 00:40:52,550 --> 00:40:53,617 THAT WE ARE SUCCESSFUL IN 1154 00:40:53,617 --> 00:40:55,352 GETTING THIS LEGISLATION PASSED 1155 00:40:55,352 --> 00:40:58,722 AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, AND 1156 00:40:58,722 --> 00:41:00,491 PARTNERING TO ADVANCE A LOT OF 1157 00:41:00,491 --> 00:41:05,729 OUR LONG, DIFFERENT CAPITAL 1158 00:41:05,729 --> 00:41:06,330 PROJECT. 1159 00:41:06,330 --> 00:41:07,431 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 1160 00:41:07,431 --> 00:41:09,600 LEWIS. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE 1161 00:41:09,600 --> 00:41:12,436 BEFORE I HAND BACK TO 1162 00:41:12,436 --> 00:41:16,373 COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA TO CLOSE 1163 00:41:16,373 --> 00:41:17,741 US OUT? COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, 1164 00:41:17,741 --> 00:41:18,642 THANK YOU NOT ONLY FOR THE 1165 00:41:18,642 --> 00:41:19,343 ORDINANCE, BUT THE LOVELY 1166 00:41:19,343 --> 00:41:20,544 FLOWCHART AND THE FISCAL NOTE. 1167 00:41:20,544 --> 00:41:23,414 I KEEP HOLDING UP THE 1168 00:41:23,414 --> 00:41:29,687 FLOWCHART. APPRECIATE THAT. AND 1169 00:41:29,687 --> 00:41:30,287 I'M GLAD THAT SENATOR CHASE 1170 00:41:30,287 --> 00:41:31,589 CALLED IN, TOO. I THINK IT WAS 1171 00:41:31,589 --> 00:41:32,790 IMPORTANT TO HEAR FROM HER AS 1172 00:41:32,790 --> 00:41:34,758 WELL. YOU WANT TO CLOSE US OUT 1173 00:41:34,758 --> 00:41:36,594 ON THIS BEFORE WE GO TO A VOTE? 1174 00:41:36,594 --> 00:41:38,062 >> THANK YOU FOR HOLDING UP THE 1175 00:41:38,062 --> 00:41:39,263 FLOWCHART. THANKS AGAIN FOR THE 1176 00:41:39,263 --> 00:41:40,231 COALITION, WHO HAS BEEN SO 1177 00:41:40,231 --> 00:41:42,800 HELPFUL WITH PROVIDING DATA AND 1178 00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:43,767 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, THE 1179 00:41:43,767 --> 00:41:46,170 FOLLOW-UP CONCERT IS 1180 00:41:46,170 --> 00:41:48,105 CONVERSATIONS WITH HER 1181 00:41:48,105 --> 00:41:48,806 CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO 1182 00:41:48,806 --> 00:41:49,440 ENSURE THERE WAS CONTINUITY 1183 00:41:49,440 --> 00:41:52,843 BETWEEN HOURS OF WORK AND ARE 1184 00:41:52,843 --> 00:41:54,144 STATE DELEGATIONS, AS WELL, AS 1185 00:41:54,144 --> 00:41:55,446 WE CALL ON THEM TO SUPPORT THIS 1186 00:41:55,446 --> 00:41:59,516 NATIONAL EFFORT TO HAVE AN 1187 00:41:59,516 --> 00:42:00,818 INFRASTRUCTURE BANK. WE WOULD 1188 00:42:00,818 --> 00:42:01,919 NOT HAVE ALL OF THIS IN FRONT 1189 00:42:01,919 --> 00:42:05,289 OF US, INCLUDING THE FISCAL 1190 00:42:05,289 --> 00:42:06,490 NOTE, SO THANK YOU FOR HELPING 1191 00:42:06,490 --> 00:42:07,825 TO FACILITATE GETTING THIS IN 1192 00:42:07,825 --> 00:42:13,097 FRONT OF US. I REALLY WANT TO 1193 00:42:13,097 --> 00:42:13,864 LIFT UP WITH THE COUNCIL 1194 00:42:13,864 --> 00:42:14,865 PRESIDENT NOTED YESTERDAY. 1195 00:42:14,865 --> 00:42:15,966 THERE ARE A NUMBER OF JURORS 1196 00:42:15,966 --> 00:42:17,334 ACTIONS IN STATE THAT HAS 1197 00:42:17,334 --> 00:42:17,902 SUPPORTED THE CALL FOR A 1198 00:42:17,902 --> 00:42:18,736 NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE BANK, 1199 00:42:18,736 --> 00:42:19,904 WASHINGTON STATE BEING ONE OF 1200 00:42:19,904 --> 00:42:20,971 THE MORE RECENT ONES, SIMILAR 1201 00:42:20,971 --> 00:42:23,440 TO THE COALITION AND LEADERSHIP 1202 00:42:23,440 --> 00:42:25,209 FROM SENATOR HASEGAWA. WE ARE 1203 00:42:25,209 --> 00:42:28,045 NOW AMONGST 24 STATES THAT HAVE 1204 00:42:28,045 --> 00:42:29,713 CALLED FOR THE NATIONAL 1205 00:42:29,713 --> 00:42:30,414 INFRASTRUCTURE BANK LEGISLATION 1206 00:42:30,414 --> 00:42:33,984 TO PASS THROUGH CONGRESS. 1207 00:42:33,984 --> 00:42:34,585 WASHINGTON STATE, AGAIN, 1208 00:42:34,585 --> 00:42:36,053 JOINING HALF OF THE OTHERS 1209 00:42:36,053 --> 00:42:36,754 DATES WERE ASKING FOR A 1210 00:42:36,754 --> 00:42:38,689 NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE BANK, 1211 00:42:38,689 --> 00:42:42,559 HOPING THAT WE CONTINUE TO TIP 1212 00:42:42,559 --> 00:42:43,794 THE SCALE AND HAVE ACTION ON 1213 00:42:43,794 --> 00:42:44,728 THE CALL FOR NATIONAL 1214 00:42:44,728 --> 00:42:45,362 INFRASTRUCTURE BANK. LOCALLY, 1215 00:42:45,362 --> 00:42:49,733 GROUPS OF THE PAST WERE 1216 00:42:49,733 --> 00:42:51,669 ENDORSEMENTS INCLUDE THE 34th 1217 00:42:51,669 --> 00:42:55,472 DISTRICT DEMOCRATS, SEATTLE 1218 00:42:55,472 --> 00:42:56,106 INDIVISIBLE, BUT KING COUNTY 1219 00:42:56,106 --> 00:42:58,475 DEMOCRATS, FIRST DISTRICT 1220 00:42:58,475 --> 00:42:59,343 DEMOCRATS, THE CHAPTER OF THE 1221 00:42:59,343 --> 00:43:02,012 WASHINGTON SAFE ITERATION FOR 1222 00:43:02,012 --> 00:43:03,147 THE PROTECTION OF WOMEN, THE 1223 00:43:03,147 --> 00:43:04,715 45th LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 1224 00:43:04,715 --> 00:43:08,519 DEMOCRATS, AND THE 49th. IT WAS 1225 00:43:08,519 --> 00:43:09,153 ALSO NOTED THAT THERE'S A 1226 00:43:09,153 --> 00:43:12,156 NUMBER OF COUNTIES AND CITIES 1227 00:43:12,156 --> 00:43:16,694 THAT HAVE PASSED SIMILAR 1228 00:43:16,694 --> 00:43:20,097 RESOLUTIONS. I COUNT 38 AMONG 1229 00:43:20,097 --> 00:43:21,231 THOSE, AND I WILL JUST READ THE 1230 00:43:21,231 --> 00:43:22,466 TOP FIVE. NEW YORK, LOS 1231 00:43:22,466 --> 00:43:25,536 ANGELES, PITTS, CLEVELAND. ALSO 1232 00:43:25,536 --> 00:43:26,737 NOTING THAT THIS IS NOT JUST 1233 00:43:26,737 --> 00:43:28,305 BLUE STATES OR BLUE CITIES, IT 1234 00:43:28,305 --> 00:43:29,740 IS RED STATES AND RED CITIES AS 1235 00:43:29,740 --> 00:43:32,109 WELL. I THINK THAT SOMEBODY 1236 00:43:32,109 --> 00:43:33,877 SPOKE TO THAT IN A PUBLIC 1237 00:43:33,877 --> 00:43:35,179 COMMENTS. THIS IS A BIPARTISAN 1238 00:43:35,179 --> 00:43:36,347 EFFORT TO TRY TO REALLY CREATE 1239 00:43:36,347 --> 00:43:39,016 A PORT FOR OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, 1240 00:43:39,016 --> 00:43:40,184 WHICH SHOULD BE A BIPARTISAN 1241 00:43:40,184 --> 00:43:45,255 INVESTMENT. NATIONAL 1242 00:43:45,255 --> 00:43:45,789 ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDE THE 1243 00:43:45,789 --> 00:43:46,623 ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES, LaTINA 1244 00:43:46,623 --> 00:43:49,460 FARMERS AND RANCHERS TRADE 1245 00:43:49,460 --> 00:43:50,094 ASSOCIATION, NATIONAL CONGRESS 1246 00:43:50,094 --> 00:43:50,928 OF BLACK WOMEN, ASSOCIATION OF 1247 00:43:50,928 --> 00:43:56,200 MINORITY CONTRACTORS. U.S. 1248 00:43:56,200 --> 00:43:56,967 HIGH-SPEED WHALE, AMERICAN 1249 00:43:56,967 --> 00:43:57,635 SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS COALITION, 1250 00:43:57,635 --> 00:44:03,540 AND THE LIST GOES ON. IN 1251 00:44:03,540 --> 00:44:04,375 ADDITION TO THAT, THERE IS AT 1252 00:44:04,375 --> 00:44:05,209 LEAST 20 LABOR UNION 1253 00:44:05,209 --> 00:44:05,776 ASSOCIATIONS THAT HAVE 1254 00:44:05,776 --> 00:44:06,910 SUPPORTED THIS, ESPECIALLY 1255 00:44:06,910 --> 00:44:08,412 BECAUSE THIS IS A WAY TO NOT 1256 00:44:08,412 --> 00:44:10,848 ONLY INVEST IN THE 1257 00:44:10,848 --> 00:44:11,515 INFRASTRUCTURE OF OUR COUNTRY, 1258 00:44:11,515 --> 00:44:12,783 BUT TO INVEST IN THE WORKERS OF 1259 00:44:12,783 --> 00:44:14,051 OUR COUNTRY. THIS COULD BE OUR 1260 00:44:14,051 --> 00:44:16,954 NEW DEAL -LIKE INVESTMENT IF WE 1261 00:44:16,954 --> 00:44:18,622 CREATED A NATIONAL 1262 00:44:18,622 --> 00:44:19,556 INFRASTRUCTURE BANK. AND GIVEN 1263 00:44:19,556 --> 00:44:23,460 THE CALL FOR A GREEN NEW DEAL 1264 00:44:23,460 --> 00:44:24,561 TO GIVE FOLKS THE OPPORTUNITY 1265 00:44:24,561 --> 00:44:28,332 TO WORK ON INFRASTRUCTURE WILL 1266 00:44:28,332 --> 00:44:28,999 HELP US ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE. 1267 00:44:28,999 --> 00:44:29,967 IT'S A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY 1268 00:44:29,967 --> 00:44:31,368 FOR US TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN 1269 00:44:31,368 --> 00:44:34,638 TRANSITION TO GOOD UNION GREEN 1270 00:44:34,638 --> 00:44:35,639 INFRASTRUCTURE JOBS. SO THANKS 1271 00:44:35,639 --> 00:44:36,707 TO THE SUPPORT FROM THE 1272 00:44:36,707 --> 00:44:38,876 FEDERATION OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES 1273 00:44:38,876 --> 00:44:42,246 FOR THEIR ASSOCIATION. THE 1274 00:44:42,246 --> 00:44:46,417 PLUMBERS FROM OHIO, THE AFL-CIO 1275 00:44:46,417 --> 00:44:53,690 CENTRAL LABOR BODY, AND IN -- 1276 00:44:53,690 --> 00:44:55,426 IN GEORGIA AND IN WESTCHESTER, 1277 00:44:55,426 --> 00:45:02,900 THERE IS -- THERE ARE SO MANY. 1278 00:45:02,900 --> 00:45:03,901 I JUST WANT TO UNDERSCORE HOW 1279 00:45:03,901 --> 00:45:05,135 BROAD THE SUPPORT IS HERE FROM 1280 00:45:05,135 --> 00:45:06,303 VIRGINIA AND OHIO TO CALIFORNIA 1281 00:45:06,303 --> 00:45:09,473 AND NEW YORK AND NEW MEXICO, 1282 00:45:09,473 --> 00:45:10,441 WASHINGTON DATE. IT IS UNION 1283 00:45:10,441 --> 00:45:11,308 MEMBERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, 1284 00:45:11,308 --> 00:45:13,110 BROUGHT SOME WORD FROM 1285 00:45:13,110 --> 00:45:13,844 COMMUNITY CALLING FOR A 1286 00:45:13,844 --> 00:45:16,847 NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE BANK. 1287 00:45:16,847 --> 00:45:18,215 TRY TO HAVE OUR CITY ADDED TO 1288 00:45:18,215 --> 00:45:19,750 THE LONG LIST OF FOLKS WERE 1289 00:45:19,750 --> 00:45:20,284 CALLING HER A NATIONAL 1290 00:45:20,284 --> 00:45:21,952 INFRASTRUCTURE BANK. THANKS FOR 1291 00:45:21,952 --> 00:45:26,156 YOUR CONSIDERATION TODAY. I 1292 00:45:26,156 --> 00:45:27,357 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TENACITY AND 1293 00:45:27,357 --> 00:45:28,192 CONTINUING TO PUSH THE 1294 00:45:28,192 --> 00:45:30,961 DISCUSSION IN WASHINGTON, D.C. 1295 00:45:30,961 --> 00:45:32,396 THANK YOU. 1296 00:45:32,396 --> 00:45:35,099 >> THAT'S IT? 1297 00:45:35,099 --> 00:45:38,335 >> I COULD READ THEM ALL. 1298 00:45:38,335 --> 00:45:40,804 >> I BELIEVE YOU. IS THERE 1299 00:45:40,804 --> 00:45:42,172 ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE GO TO A 1300 00:45:42,172 --> 00:45:42,439 VOTE? 1301 00:45:42,439 --> 00:45:47,811 >> I AM NOT SEEING ANYONE ELSE. 1302 00:45:47,811 --> 00:45:47,945 1303 00:45:47,945 --> 00:45:48,912 >> WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE 1304 00:45:48,912 --> 00:45:49,980 ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF 1305 00:45:49,980 --> 00:45:50,714 RESOLUTION 32107? 1306 00:45:50,714 --> 00:45:54,184 >> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON? 1307 00:45:54,184 --> 00:45:54,818 >> ABSTAIN. 1308 00:45:54,818 --> 00:45:58,589 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT. 1309 00:45:58,589 --> 00:45:59,323 >> YES. 1310 00:45:59,323 --> 00:46:01,925 >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 1311 00:46:01,925 --> 00:46:02,426 >> YES. 1312 00:46:02,426 --> 00:46:05,462 >> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD. 1313 00:46:05,462 --> 00:46:06,196 >> YES. 1314 00:46:06,196 --> 00:46:09,433 >> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS. 1315 00:46:09,433 --> 00:46:10,167 >> YES. 1316 00:46:10,167 --> 00:46:13,403 >> COUNCILMEMBER MORALEZ. 1317 00:46:13,403 --> 00:46:14,138 >> YES. 1318 00:46:14,138 --> 00:46:19,076 >> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA. 1319 00:46:19,076 --> 00:46:19,476 >> YES. 1320 00:46:19,476 --> 00:46:22,479 >> COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON? BE 1321 00:46:22,479 --> 00:46:23,013 MET ABSTAIN. 1322 00:46:23,013 --> 00:46:25,149 >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 1323 00:46:25,149 --> 00:46:30,053 >> AYE. 1324 00:46:30,053 --> 00:46:31,588 >> SEVEN IN FAVOR, NO OPPOSED, 1325 00:46:31,588 --> 00:46:34,291 AND TWO ABSTENTIONS. 1326 00:46:34,291 --> 00:46:35,893 >> THANK YOU. THE RESOLUTION IS 1327 00:46:35,893 --> 00:46:37,361 ADOPTED. MADAM CLERK, YOU 1328 00:46:37,361 --> 00:46:40,898 PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO 1329 00:46:40,898 --> 00:46:41,965 THE LEGISLATION. LET'S MOVE ON 1330 00:46:41,965 --> 00:46:43,834 TO ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE 1331 00:46:43,834 --> 00:46:44,902 CONSENT CALENDAR. WERE NO ITEMS 1332 00:46:44,902 --> 00:46:48,572 REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT 1333 00:46:48,572 --> 00:46:49,773 CALENDAR. SECOND IS ADOPTION OF 1334 00:46:49,773 --> 00:46:50,574 OTHER RESOLUTIONS. THERE ARE NO 1335 00:46:50,574 --> 00:46:51,608 OTHER RESOLUTIONS FOR THE 1336 00:46:51,608 --> 00:46:56,847 INTRODUCTION AND ADOPTION 1337 00:46:56,847 --> 00:46:59,316 TODAY. MOVING ON IN OUR AGENDA 1338 00:46:59,316 --> 00:47:00,417 TO OTHER BUSINESS. THERE ARE 1339 00:47:00,417 --> 00:47:01,385 TWO ITEMS, THEY ARE BOTH MINE, 1340 00:47:01,385 --> 00:47:02,853 SO I WILL JUST GO AHEAD AND 1341 00:47:02,853 --> 00:47:04,788 START. IF THERE IS NO 1342 00:47:04,788 --> 00:47:05,956 OBJECTION, THE TO ALLOW THE 1343 00:47:05,956 --> 00:47:07,391 COUNCIL PRESIDENT TO APPOINT A 1344 00:47:07,391 --> 00:47:08,292 NEW MEMBER TO THE SELECT LABOR 1345 00:47:08,292 --> 00:47:10,360 COMMITTEE. IS THERE ANY 1346 00:47:10,360 --> 00:47:11,195 OBJECTION? NOT HEARING 1347 00:47:11,195 --> 00:47:14,831 OBJECTION, THE RULES ARE SIS 1348 00:47:14,831 --> 00:47:15,966 ENDED, AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT 1349 00:47:15,966 --> 00:47:17,267 WILL ISSUE A MEMO ESTABLISHING 1350 00:47:17,267 --> 00:47:18,502 THE UPDATED SELECT LABOR 1351 00:47:18,502 --> 00:47:20,270 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP. ALL 1352 00:47:20,270 --> 00:47:24,641 RIGHT. ENQUEUE FOR THAT. SECOND 1353 00:47:24,641 --> 00:47:25,642 ITEM, THIS HAS TO DO WITH 1354 00:47:25,642 --> 00:47:29,947 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. IN 1355 00:47:29,947 --> 00:47:30,581 AUGUST, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 1356 00:47:30,581 --> 00:47:31,715 IS EXCUSED ON THE SEPTEMBER 5th 1357 00:47:31,715 --> 00:47:32,749 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. COUNCIL 1358 00:47:32,749 --> 00:47:33,951 MEMBER STRAUSS DID ATTEND THE 1359 00:47:33,951 --> 00:47:35,052 SEPTEMBER CITY COUNCIL MEETING, 1360 00:47:35,052 --> 00:47:37,621 THEREFORE WE WILL RESEND HIS 1361 00:47:37,621 --> 00:47:38,922 EXCUSE WILL FROM THAT MEETING. 1362 00:47:38,922 --> 00:47:40,891 IS THERE ANY OBJECTION? 1363 00:47:40,891 --> 00:47:45,829 >> THANK YOU. 1364 00:47:45,829 --> 00:47:47,197 >> I'M GOING TO OBJECT. I'M 1365 00:47:47,197 --> 00:47:50,567 JUST KIDDING. COUNCILMEMBER 1366 00:47:50,567 --> 00:47:52,336 STRAUSS, EXCUSED ABSENCE FROM 1367 00:47:52,336 --> 00:47:53,270 SEPTEMBER 5th CITY COUNCIL 1368 00:47:53,270 --> 00:47:56,306 MEETING WILL BE RESCINDED. AND 1369 00:47:56,306 --> 00:47:59,309 HEARING NO OBJECTION, IT IS 1370 00:47:59,309 --> 00:48:03,547 RESCINDED. WE RESCINDED YOUR 1371 00:48:03,547 --> 00:48:06,783 RECUSAL EXCUSABLE FOR SEPTEMBER 1372 00:48:06,783 --> 00:48:09,219 5th. OKAY. ARE YOU GOOD, 1373 00:48:09,219 --> 00:48:09,820 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 1374 00:48:09,820 --> 00:48:12,322 >> YES, MADAM PRESIDENT. 1375 00:48:12,322 --> 00:48:16,793 >> OKAY, THANK YOU. LET'S SEE. 1376 00:48:16,793 --> 00:48:17,928 IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE I 1377 00:48:17,928 --> 00:48:19,196 MOVED TO ADJOURN FOR MY 1378 00:48:19,196 --> 00:48:22,065 COLLEAGUES ? ALL RIGHT. NOT 1379 00:48:22,065 --> 00:48:24,701 SEEING ANY. THIS DOES CONCLUDE 1380 00:48:24,701 --> 00:48:27,804 OUR ITEMS OF BUSINESS, 1381 00:48:27,804 --> 00:48:29,072 COLLEAGUES. OUR NEXT MEETING IS 1382 00:48:29,072 --> 00:48:30,874 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19th. THANK 1383 00:48:30,874 --> 00:48:37,180 YOU ALL, AND WE ARE ADJOURNED. 1384 00:48:37,180 --> 00:48:38,248