1 00:00:16,916 --> 00:00:17,016 2 00:00:17,016 --> 00:00:20,420 >>> OMANA, EVERYONE. THE 3 00:00:20,420 --> 00:00:23,390 DECEMBER 8th , 2023 MEETING OF 4 00:00:23,390 --> 00:00:25,125 THE NEIGHBORHOODS, EDUCATION, 5 00:00:25,125 --> 00:00:26,292 CIVIL RIGHTS AND CULTURE 6 00:00:26,292 --> 00:00:27,427 COMMITTEE. WILL THE CLERK 7 00:00:27,427 --> 00:00:29,429 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 8 00:00:29,429 --> 00:00:39,973 >> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] THREE 9 00:00:42,108 --> 00:00:42,308 PRESENT. 10 00:00:42,308 --> 00:00:46,112 >> THANK YOU. OKAY. IF THERE'S 11 00:00:46,112 --> 00:00:46,980 NO OBJECTION TO THIS AGENDA, IT 12 00:00:46,980 --> 00:00:49,816 WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING NO 13 00:00:49,816 --> 00:00:53,153 OBJECTION , TODAY'S AGENDA IS 14 00:00:53,153 --> 00:00:54,721 ADOPTED. ON THE AGENDA -- ON 15 00:00:54,721 --> 00:00:57,624 THE AGENDA TODAY WE HAVE -- MY 16 00:00:57,624 --> 00:01:00,727 MIKE IS REALLY LOUD. WE CAN 17 00:01:00,727 --> 00:01:02,462 TURN THAT DOWN JUST A NOTCH, 18 00:01:02,462 --> 00:01:08,668 THANKS. WE HAVE SEVERAL 19 00:01:08,668 --> 00:01:11,938 APPOINTMENTS WE WILL HAVE ON 20 00:01:11,938 --> 00:01:18,678 THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR BOARDS 21 00:01:18,678 --> 00:01:19,946 AND COMMISSIONS. WE HAVE TWO 22 00:01:19,946 --> 00:01:20,847 APPOINTMENTS FOR EXECUTIVE 23 00:01:20,847 --> 00:01:25,819 POSITIONS . THE DEPARTMENT OF 24 00:01:25,819 --> 00:01:32,358 NEIGHBORHOODS. THE OFFICE OF 25 00:01:32,358 --> 00:01:33,760 ARTS AND CULTURE. WE HAVE ONE 26 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:37,831 AT -- ADDITIONAL AGENDA ITEM. 27 00:01:37,831 --> 00:01:39,833 WE WILL BEGIN WITH PUBLIC 28 00:01:39,833 --> 00:01:42,669 COMMENTS. I SEE ONE PERSON 29 00:01:42,669 --> 00:01:48,875 ONLINE. I AM NOT GOING TO READ 30 00:01:48,875 --> 00:01:49,642 THROUGH THE ENTIRE PUBLIC 31 00:01:49,642 --> 00:01:51,277 COMMENT PERIOD. FOLKS WILL HAVE 32 00:01:51,277 --> 00:01:53,780 TWO MINUTES , AND I WILL CALL 33 00:01:53,780 --> 00:01:58,485 YOUR NAME . WE WILL START WITH 34 00:01:58,485 --> 00:01:59,152 THE PERSON ONLINE. YOU WILL 35 00:01:59,152 --> 00:02:00,286 HAVE TWO MINUTES, YOU WILL HEAR 36 00:02:00,286 --> 00:02:01,521 A CHIME WHEN YOU HAVE 10 37 00:02:01,521 --> 00:02:02,589 SECONDS LEFT. PLEASE BEGIN TO 38 00:02:02,589 --> 00:02:05,492 WRAP UP YOUR COMMENTS SO WE 39 00:02:05,492 --> 00:02:06,359 CAN MOVE ONTO THE NEXT PERSON. 40 00:02:06,359 --> 00:02:07,694 THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS 41 00:02:07,694 --> 00:02:09,796 NOW OPEN. WE WILL START ONLINE 42 00:02:09,796 --> 00:02:17,036 WITH KATIE. KATIE, PLEASE 43 00:02:17,036 --> 00:02:26,346 PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE. 44 00:02:26,346 --> 00:02:28,014 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMAN IS 45 00:02:28,014 --> 00:02:33,186 -- CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? 46 00:02:33,186 --> 00:02:34,754 AWESOME. I AM KATIE. I FIRST 47 00:02:34,754 --> 00:02:39,459 MET JENIFER CHAO AS PART OF 48 00:02:39,459 --> 00:02:43,630 THE -- I SUBSEQUENTLY GOT TO 49 00:02:43,630 --> 00:02:45,999 WORK WITH HER WHEN SHE WAS 50 00:02:45,999 --> 00:02:48,535 LEADING THE RACIAL EQUITY 51 00:02:48,535 --> 00:02:53,873 TOOLKIT FOR THE DISTRICT THE 52 00:02:53,873 --> 00:02:55,175 CITY WAS LEADING. I'M SORRY I 53 00:02:55,175 --> 00:02:56,509 CANNOT BE THERE IN PERSON. I 54 00:02:56,509 --> 00:02:58,511 WANTED TO SAY THAT SPEAKING 55 00:02:58,511 --> 00:02:59,812 FOR MYSELF, AND I THINK OTHER 56 00:02:59,812 --> 00:03:08,488 PEOPLE, WE ARE AMAZED AND 57 00:03:08,488 --> 00:03:09,222 DELIGHTED THAT JENNIFER IS 58 00:03:09,222 --> 00:03:11,324 GOING TO BE THE DIRECTOR OF 59 00:03:11,324 --> 00:03:12,358 THE DEPARTMENT OF 60 00:03:12,358 --> 00:03:13,359 NEIGHBORHOODS. SHE IS FABULOUS. 61 00:03:13,359 --> 00:03:14,861 AND WILL BE A GREAT BENEFIT TO 62 00:03:14,861 --> 00:03:18,331 OUR COMMUNITIES WE SERVE . 63 00:03:18,331 --> 00:03:19,599 THANK YOU. 64 00:03:19,599 --> 00:03:21,467 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE 65 00:03:21,467 --> 00:03:26,873 FIRST IN SPEAKER -- IN PERSON 66 00:03:26,873 --> 00:03:28,374 SPEAKER IS ALAN BRUCE, FOLLOWED 67 00:03:28,374 --> 00:03:38,885 BY KATHLEEN BARRY-JOHNSON. 68 00:03:39,519 --> 00:03:47,160 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FULL 69 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:47,961 DISCLOSURE, I AM A CITY 70 00:03:47,961 --> 00:03:49,028 EMPLOYEE AT WORK IN THE 71 00:03:49,028 --> 00:03:49,662 DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS. 72 00:03:49,662 --> 00:03:50,763 TODAY IS MY DAY OFF, SO YOU 73 00:03:50,763 --> 00:03:56,703 CAN'T HOLD IT AGAINST ME. I 74 00:03:56,703 --> 00:03:58,004 FIRST MET JENNIFER A FEW YEARS 75 00:03:58,004 --> 00:03:59,372 AGO WHEN SHE CAME TO WORK WITH 76 00:03:59,372 --> 00:04:01,074 THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS 77 00:04:01,074 --> 00:04:01,908 PROGRESS ALWAYS GOOD TO GET TO 78 00:04:01,908 --> 00:04:02,742 KNOW PEOPLE BEFORE THEY GET TO 79 00:04:02,742 --> 00:04:04,110 THE NEXT STAGE. SHE STARTED US 80 00:04:04,110 --> 00:04:11,351 ON A PATH OF DISCUSSING RACIAL 81 00:04:11,351 --> 00:04:12,485 EQUITY, RACIAL JUSTICE. I THINK 82 00:04:12,485 --> 00:04:13,786 IT'S A GOOD TIME FOR HER TO 83 00:04:13,786 --> 00:04:15,388 COME BACK AND CONTINUE THAT 84 00:04:15,388 --> 00:04:16,623 WORK. I WOULD SAY, THIS IS YOUR 85 00:04:16,623 --> 00:04:18,558 VILLAGE. IT IS INTERESTING FOR 86 00:04:18,558 --> 00:04:20,326 ME TO BE IN THE SPACE BECAUSE I 87 00:04:20,326 --> 00:04:21,361 HAD A MOMENT LIKE THIS WHEN MY 88 00:04:21,361 --> 00:04:22,462 MOTHER COULD SAY, THAT'S MY 89 00:04:22,462 --> 00:04:24,230 BABY. WHEN I CAME TO WORK AT 90 00:04:24,230 --> 00:04:25,465 THE CITY COUNCIL, BLACK PEOPLE 91 00:04:25,465 --> 00:04:26,466 DIDN'T WORK AT THE CITY 92 00:04:26,466 --> 00:04:27,667 COUNCIL. THEY WEREN'T 93 00:04:27,667 --> 00:04:29,802 LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANCE. NO 94 00:04:29,802 --> 00:04:32,739 MATTER HOW I SCREWED UP, MY 95 00:04:32,739 --> 00:04:36,876 MOTHER SAID, THAT'S MY BABY . 96 00:04:36,876 --> 00:04:38,111 WHEN I MESSED UP MY FIRST 97 00:04:38,111 --> 00:04:39,145 BUDGET, SHE SAID, THAT'S MY 98 00:04:39,145 --> 00:04:41,781 BABY. WHEN THINGS WENT WELL, I 99 00:04:41,781 --> 00:04:43,783 WAS STILL HER BABY. BEFORE I 100 00:04:43,783 --> 00:04:46,653 WENT HOME EVERY DAY I VISITED 101 00:04:46,653 --> 00:04:49,122 MY MOM. HAD TO TELL HER WHAT I 102 00:04:49,122 --> 00:04:50,590 DID EVERY DAY. I HAD TO SHOW 103 00:04:50,590 --> 00:04:51,724 HER MY PERFORMANCE EVALUATION. 104 00:04:51,724 --> 00:04:56,596 IT MATTERED TO HER HOW I DID 105 00:04:56,596 --> 00:04:58,197 MY WORK. NOT HOW WELL I DID IT 106 00:04:58,197 --> 00:04:59,766 BUT THE EFFORT I PUT INTO IT. I 107 00:04:59,766 --> 00:05:01,401 REALIZED IN MY 49 YEARS OF 108 00:05:01,401 --> 00:05:04,871 SERVICE I NEVER STRAYED VERY 109 00:05:04,871 --> 00:05:05,938 FAR THE VALUES OF THE PEOPLE 110 00:05:05,938 --> 00:05:13,880 WHO RAISED ME. I SAY TO YOU, 111 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:15,281 STAY WITH YOUR VILLAGE. THIS IS 112 00:05:15,281 --> 00:05:16,315 A MOMENT FOR YOUR MOTHER. FOR 113 00:05:16,315 --> 00:05:17,950 YOUR MOTHER, NOT FOR YOU. THIS 114 00:05:17,950 --> 00:05:19,485 IS HER MOMENT, TOO. AS A MOTHER 115 00:05:19,485 --> 00:05:21,120 AND HER GRANDMOTHER, IT'S 116 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:22,755 ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOUR 117 00:05:22,755 --> 00:05:25,158 CHILDREN ADVANCE AND PUT INTO 118 00:05:25,158 --> 00:05:32,465 THE WORLD THE THINGS YOU PUT 119 00:05:32,465 --> 00:05:33,232 INTO THEM. CONGRATULATIONS, 120 00:05:33,232 --> 00:05:34,133 JENNIFER. I WILL TELL YOU THE 121 00:05:34,133 --> 00:05:35,435 ONE THING MY MOTHER ALWAYS TOLD 122 00:05:35,435 --> 00:05:36,936 ME. ANYONE WHO WON'T TELL YOU 123 00:05:36,936 --> 00:05:38,204 WHEN YOU'RE WRONG, YOU'RE 124 00:05:38,204 --> 00:05:41,007 RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS. 125 00:05:41,007 --> 00:05:44,644 >> THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER 126 00:05:44,644 --> 00:05:49,148 IS KATHLEEN BARRY-JOHNSON, 127 00:05:49,148 --> 00:05:53,486 FOLLOWED BY -- MITCHELL. 128 00:05:53,486 --> 00:05:55,221 >> A MORNING, I'M THE EXECUTIVE 129 00:05:55,221 --> 00:05:59,358 DIRECTOR OF HISTORIC SOUTH 130 00:05:59,358 --> 00:06:00,493 DOWNTOWN. IT'S A STATE CREATED 131 00:06:00,493 --> 00:06:01,127 ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS IN 132 00:06:01,127 --> 00:06:01,994 CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL 133 00:06:01,994 --> 00:06:05,031 DISTRICT AND PIONEER SQUARE. I 134 00:06:05,031 --> 00:06:05,932 FIRST MET JENNIFER IN THE 135 00:06:05,932 --> 00:06:07,433 COURSE OF THAT WORK AROUND 2018 136 00:06:07,433 --> 00:06:10,370 WITH THE GRACE AND SOCIAL 137 00:06:10,370 --> 00:06:13,172 JUSTICE INITIATIVES. WHEN I 138 00:06:13,172 --> 00:06:15,007 FOUND HER SHE WAS GOING TO BE 139 00:06:15,007 --> 00:06:20,613 NOMINATED FOR THE HEAD OF 140 00:06:20,613 --> 00:06:21,280 DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS I 141 00:06:21,280 --> 00:06:22,081 WAS THRILLED. I WAS THRILLED 142 00:06:22,081 --> 00:06:23,349 FOR YOU, BUT I WAS ALSO 143 00:06:23,349 --> 00:06:24,517 THRILLED FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE 144 00:06:24,517 --> 00:06:25,885 CITY. THIS IS A CITY OF 145 00:06:25,885 --> 00:06:26,886 NEIGHBORHOODS. I CANNOT THINK 146 00:06:26,886 --> 00:06:27,787 OF A BETTER CANDIDATE FOR YOUR 147 00:06:27,787 --> 00:06:29,222 POSITION. THE WORK SHE HAS BEEN 148 00:06:29,222 --> 00:06:30,523 DOING SINCE SHE WAS APPOINTED 149 00:06:30,523 --> 00:06:31,524 ABSOLUTELY BEARS THIS OUT. 150 00:06:31,524 --> 00:06:32,725 JENNIFER POSSESSES SUPERHUMAN 151 00:06:32,725 --> 00:06:36,529 QUALITIES. LET'S BE HONEST, 152 00:06:36,529 --> 00:06:37,730 HER ENERGY LEVEL IS SOMETHING 153 00:06:37,730 --> 00:06:39,632 I'VE NEVER SEEN. IT DOES NOT 154 00:06:39,632 --> 00:06:42,301 SEEM TO FLAG. THAT'S AMAZING. 155 00:06:42,301 --> 00:06:43,970 SHE PRESENTS HER AUTHENTIC 156 00:06:43,970 --> 00:06:48,408 SELF EVERY TIME. SHE HAS 157 00:06:48,408 --> 00:06:49,375 ENORMOUS CAPACITY FOR EMPATHY. 158 00:06:49,375 --> 00:06:50,610 SHE SEES WHERE PEOPLE ARE. SHE 159 00:06:50,610 --> 00:06:53,446 SEEKS TO UNDERSTAND THEIR STORY 160 00:06:53,446 --> 00:06:55,515 SO SHE CAN UNDERSTAND THEIR 161 00:06:55,515 --> 00:06:58,151 CONTEXT AND HELP TO HELP THEM 162 00:06:58,151 --> 00:07:01,854 SEE THEIR POTENTIAL THROUGH. 163 00:07:01,854 --> 00:07:02,955 THESE ARE GIFTS THAT NOT 164 00:07:02,955 --> 00:07:04,157 EVERYBODY POSSESSES. YOU 165 00:07:04,157 --> 00:07:06,125 POSSESS THEM IN ABUNDANCE. THE 166 00:07:06,125 --> 00:07:07,193 ACTION THE COUNCIL WILL TAKE 167 00:07:07,193 --> 00:07:12,265 TODAY TO CONFIRM JENIFER CHAO 168 00:07:12,265 --> 00:07:13,065 WILL COME FROM THE SUPERHUMAN 169 00:07:13,065 --> 00:07:13,866 EFFORTS FOR THE PEOPLE OF 170 00:07:13,866 --> 00:07:15,234 SEATTLE. I'M HONORED TO SPEAK 171 00:07:15,234 --> 00:07:16,102 TODAY IN FERVENT SUPPORT OF 172 00:07:16,102 --> 00:07:19,972 YOUR CONFIRMATION OF JENNIFER. 173 00:07:19,972 --> 00:07:21,574 I KNOW YOU WILL DO EVERYTHING 174 00:07:21,574 --> 00:07:23,075 YOU CAN TO SUPPORT YOUR PEOPLE 175 00:07:23,075 --> 00:07:25,478 OF THE CITY. I AM SO PROUD TO 176 00:07:25,478 --> 00:07:26,112 KNOW YOU. 177 00:07:26,112 --> 00:07:31,918 >> THANK YOU. NEXT IS MARY 178 00:07:31,918 --> 00:07:33,352 MITCHELL, FOLLOWED BY TESSA 179 00:07:33,352 --> 00:07:34,654 HALL. 180 00:07:34,654 --> 00:07:40,126 >> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS 181 00:07:40,126 --> 00:07:41,327 MARY MITCHELL. I AM A 31 YEAR 182 00:07:41,327 --> 00:07:42,461 EMPLOYEE WITH THE CITY OF 183 00:07:42,461 --> 00:07:52,538 SEATTLE. TODAY I AM HERE AS A 184 00:07:52,538 --> 00:07:54,006 -- I SAID I WASN'T GOING TO 185 00:07:54,006 --> 00:07:55,041 CRY, BUT I'M PROBABLY GOING TO 186 00:07:55,041 --> 00:07:56,442 CRY. AS A BORN SEATTLEITE, I AM 187 00:07:56,442 --> 00:07:58,411 HERE TO SHARE WITH YOU MY 188 00:07:58,411 --> 00:08:04,250 SUPPORT FOR JENNIFER AS THE 189 00:08:04,250 --> 00:08:04,884 DIRECTOR OF DEPARTMENT OF 190 00:08:04,884 --> 00:08:06,052 NEIGHBORHOODS. OUR WORK 191 00:08:06,052 --> 00:08:06,519 RELATIONSHIP, NOW OUR 192 00:08:06,519 --> 00:08:07,186 SISTERHOOD WAS FORMED THROUGH 193 00:08:07,186 --> 00:08:10,323 TRANSITIONS. IN MID-2019, 194 00:08:10,323 --> 00:08:12,425 JENNIFER JOINED FAS AS A 195 00:08:12,425 --> 00:08:16,329 DEPUTY DIRECTOR OVER POLICY . I 196 00:08:16,329 --> 00:08:17,497 TRANSITIONED ON A FOUR MONTH 197 00:08:17,497 --> 00:08:21,634 HIATUS. DURING THIS TIME, 198 00:08:21,634 --> 00:08:22,468 JENNIFER STEPPED RIGHT INTO THE 199 00:08:22,468 --> 00:08:24,770 RACIAL EQUITY TOOLKIT , AND 200 00:08:24,770 --> 00:08:25,538 WORKED WITH THE TEAM AND 201 00:08:25,538 --> 00:08:26,873 BROUGHT HER WISDOM AND 202 00:08:26,873 --> 00:08:35,748 EXPERIENCE AND COMMUNITY 203 00:08:35,748 --> 00:08:37,016 ENGAGEMENT. SHE HELPED THE TEAM 204 00:08:37,016 --> 00:08:38,251 TO ENGAGE IN THE COMMUNITY 205 00:08:38,251 --> 00:08:38,985 AROUND CANNABIS EQUITY. 206 00:08:38,985 --> 00:08:39,585 SPECIFICALLY THE LACK OF 207 00:08:39,585 --> 00:08:40,219 BUSINESS OWNERSHIP FOR BLACK 208 00:08:40,219 --> 00:08:41,587 MEMBERS WHO WERE OVER 209 00:08:41,587 --> 00:08:43,256 INCARCERATED DURING THE WAR ON 210 00:08:43,256 --> 00:08:49,095 DRUGS. SOME OF THAT WORK IS 211 00:08:49,095 --> 00:08:56,035 NOW IN THE ORDINANCE. THE 212 00:08:56,035 --> 00:08:57,136 NEXT TRANSITION IS ALSO THE 213 00:08:57,136 --> 00:08:57,904 MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD. 214 00:08:57,904 --> 00:08:59,171 JENNIFER STEPPED UP AS A LEADER 215 00:08:59,171 --> 00:09:00,106 TO SUPPORT LIKE PEOPLE 216 00:09:00,106 --> 00:09:01,574 EXPERIENCING TRAUMA, AND USE 217 00:09:01,574 --> 00:09:03,976 HER VOICE TO BRING TOGETHER 218 00:09:03,976 --> 00:09:08,247 AND UNITE US AROUND WHAT 219 00:09:08,247 --> 00:09:10,716 UNDERSTANDING WHAT RACIAL 220 00:09:10,716 --> 00:09:13,352 OPPRESSION IS. JENNIFER ALSO 221 00:09:13,352 --> 00:09:18,190 WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN FORMING 222 00:09:18,190 --> 00:09:21,861 LEARNING TEAMS IN THE CONSUMER 223 00:09:21,861 --> 00:09:22,762 PROTECTION DIVISION THAT IS 224 00:09:22,762 --> 00:09:23,562 STILL GOING ON TODAY TO HELP 225 00:09:23,562 --> 00:09:28,234 THE TEAM UNITE AROUND LEADING 226 00:09:28,234 --> 00:09:29,235 WITH GRACE AND HAVING A DEEPER 227 00:09:29,235 --> 00:09:30,670 UNDERSTANDING. IT'S MY HONOR 228 00:09:30,670 --> 00:09:33,472 TODAY TO KNOW THE DEPARTMENT 229 00:09:33,472 --> 00:09:37,576 OF NEIGHBORHOODS WILL HAVE A 230 00:09:37,576 --> 00:09:38,978 COMPASSIONATE PERSON TO LEAD 231 00:09:38,978 --> 00:09:40,580 THROUGH DIFFICULT TRANSITIONS. 232 00:09:40,580 --> 00:09:42,281 THANK YOU. 233 00:09:42,281 --> 00:09:44,317 >> THANK YOU. NEXT IS TESSA 234 00:09:44,317 --> 00:09:51,190 HALL, FOLLOWED BY AMY. 235 00:09:51,190 --> 00:09:52,325 >> HI, EVERYONE, GOOD MORNING. 236 00:09:52,325 --> 00:09:57,296 MY NAME IS TESSA. I AM WITH A 237 00:09:57,296 --> 00:09:58,764 SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT AND 238 00:09:58,764 --> 00:10:02,134 COMMUNITY BUILDING -- I JUST 239 00:10:02,134 --> 00:10:05,037 WANTED TO -- WE ARE SO PROUD 240 00:10:05,037 --> 00:10:09,008 OF YOU. JENNIFER HAS BEEN , IN 241 00:10:09,008 --> 00:10:10,910 HER TIME HERE, SHE SPENDS A LOT 242 00:10:10,910 --> 00:10:16,449 OF TIME IN LAKE CITY. THAT'S 243 00:10:16,449 --> 00:10:17,416 NOT SOMETHING WE'VE HAD BEFORE. 244 00:10:17,416 --> 00:10:18,618 I APPRECIATE YOU AND THANK YOU 245 00:10:18,618 --> 00:10:19,785 FOR THIS. WE HAD AN EVENT LAST 246 00:10:19,785 --> 00:10:21,754 WEEK THAT SHE BROUGHT HER 247 00:10:21,754 --> 00:10:23,522 FAMILY TO. YOU CAN TELL SHE 248 00:10:23,522 --> 00:10:25,925 HAS HER WHOLE HEART INTO THIS. 249 00:10:25,925 --> 00:10:27,360 WE LOOK FORWARD TO MORE 250 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:28,427 COORDINATED EFFORTS UP IN THE 251 00:10:28,427 --> 00:10:29,562 NORTH AND AND REALLY APPRECIATE 252 00:10:29,562 --> 00:10:31,430 YOU AND JUST WANT TO WISH YOU 253 00:10:31,430 --> 00:10:37,703 THE BEST OF LUCK. THANK YOU. 254 00:10:37,703 --> 00:10:42,808 >> AMY FOLLOWED BY TOM. 255 00:10:42,808 --> 00:10:45,745 >> GOOD MORNING COUNCIL 256 00:10:45,745 --> 00:10:47,546 MEMBERS, MY NAME IS AMY. I WAS 257 00:10:47,546 --> 00:10:56,355 INTRODUCED TO JENNIFER EARLIER 258 00:10:56,355 --> 00:11:03,696 THIS YEAR. WHEN HER NAME COMES 259 00:11:03,696 --> 00:11:05,064 UP, PEOPLE ONLY SPEAK WELL OF 260 00:11:05,064 --> 00:11:06,298 HER. ACROSS VARIOUS 261 00:11:06,298 --> 00:11:09,368 ORGANIZATIONS , TO HER COLLEGE 262 00:11:09,368 --> 00:11:10,870 PROFESSORS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU 263 00:11:10,870 --> 00:11:12,371 KNOW THIS, THIS IS AN EXTREMELY 264 00:11:12,371 --> 00:11:14,206 RARE QUALITY. IN FOUR SEPARATE 265 00:11:14,206 --> 00:11:16,909 MEETINGS THIS YEAR , WITH 266 00:11:16,909 --> 00:11:17,410 COMPLETELY UNRELATED 267 00:11:17,410 --> 00:11:20,413 ORGANIZATIONS, WHEN ASKED WHO 268 00:11:20,413 --> 00:11:22,548 IS THE BEST PERSON IN THE CITY, 269 00:11:22,548 --> 00:11:27,653 WHO DOES OUR COMMUNITY TRUST? 270 00:11:27,653 --> 00:11:28,788 IT IS ALWAYS JENIFER CHAO. SHE 271 00:11:28,788 --> 00:11:30,022 IS A CREDIT TO HER DEPARTMENT 272 00:11:30,022 --> 00:11:32,058 AND HER FAMILY. AS AN ACTIVE 273 00:11:32,058 --> 00:11:35,294 MEMBER OF THE CHINATOWN 274 00:11:35,294 --> 00:11:36,162 DISTRICT AND ORGANIZER, I 275 00:11:36,162 --> 00:11:37,329 WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT HER 276 00:11:37,329 --> 00:11:38,731 EMPLOYMENT AS EXECUTIVE 277 00:11:38,731 --> 00:11:41,734 DIRECTOR TO THE DEPARTMENT OF 278 00:11:41,734 --> 00:11:42,134 NEIGHBORHOODS. 279 00:11:42,134 --> 00:11:49,642 >> THANK YOU. 280 00:11:56,649 --> 00:11:56,882 281 00:11:56,882 --> 00:11:59,719 >> DEAR ESTEEMED COUNCIL 282 00:11:59,719 --> 00:12:01,387 MEMBERS. I'M A SOCIAL PROFESSOR 283 00:12:01,387 --> 00:12:05,791 , AND THE BOARD PRESIDENT OF 284 00:12:05,791 --> 00:12:09,795 LITTLE SAIGON. SOMEONE WHO 285 00:12:09,795 --> 00:12:12,031 VOLUNTEERS FOR TIME IN THE 286 00:12:12,031 --> 00:12:16,035 NEIGHBORHOOD, WHO HAS A FAMILY 287 00:12:16,035 --> 00:12:17,970 FREQUENTING THE BOAT , MANY 288 00:12:17,970 --> 00:12:19,472 RESTAURANTS, CAFES AND IN THE 289 00:12:19,472 --> 00:12:21,507 INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT ON THE 290 00:12:21,507 --> 00:12:26,846 REGULAR BASIS. IN REGARDS TO 291 00:12:26,846 --> 00:12:27,847 THE APPOINTMENT AND 292 00:12:27,847 --> 00:12:30,583 CONFIRMATION OF JENIFER , AS A 293 00:12:30,583 --> 00:12:31,217 DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS 294 00:12:31,217 --> 00:12:32,051 DIRECTOR, I WOULD LIKE TO 295 00:12:32,051 --> 00:12:33,119 SUBMIT THE COMMUNITIES LETTER 296 00:12:33,119 --> 00:12:39,792 OF SUPPORT TO THE RECORD. I 297 00:12:39,792 --> 00:12:41,327 WOULD LIKE TO USE MY TIME HERE 298 00:12:41,327 --> 00:12:42,561 TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO THE 299 00:12:42,561 --> 00:12:43,529 MAYOR, HIS STAFF, AND SELECTION 300 00:12:43,529 --> 00:12:44,697 COMMITTEE FOR TAKING THE 301 00:12:44,697 --> 00:12:46,232 COMMUNITIES LETTERS OF SUPPORT 302 00:12:46,232 --> 00:12:48,734 INTO SERIOUS CONSIDERATION. 303 00:12:48,734 --> 00:12:59,245 WE'VE TO LONG HAVE HAD -- 304 00:13:01,247 --> 00:13:01,914 AUTHENTIC COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. 305 00:13:01,914 --> 00:13:02,815 SOMEONE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE 306 00:13:02,815 --> 00:13:03,916 AND STRONG TIES TO THE 307 00:13:03,916 --> 00:13:05,451 NEIGHBORHOOD. WE LOOK FORWARD 308 00:13:05,451 --> 00:13:06,051 TO THE COUNCIL'S CONTINUAL 309 00:13:06,051 --> 00:13:07,019 SUPPORT OF LITTLE SAIGON. WE 310 00:13:07,019 --> 00:13:11,757 ASK THAT YOU URGENTLY INVEST 311 00:13:11,757 --> 00:13:12,858 IN OUR COMMUNITY, ADDRESS OUR 312 00:13:12,858 --> 00:13:15,027 PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS, AND 313 00:13:15,027 --> 00:13:16,695 ADVANCE THE WORK WE ARE DOING 314 00:13:16,695 --> 00:13:17,429 TO REVITALIZE THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 315 00:13:17,429 --> 00:13:19,598 WE ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO 316 00:13:19,598 --> 00:13:20,332 CONFIRM LEADERS THAT REFLECT 317 00:13:20,332 --> 00:13:22,968 IDENTITY, VALUES AND HISTORY 318 00:13:22,968 --> 00:13:29,475 OF THE COMMUNITY. LEADERS LIKE 319 00:13:29,475 --> 00:13:30,376 JENIFER CHAO. THANK YOU FOR 320 00:13:30,376 --> 00:13:31,577 YOUR SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO 321 00:13:31,577 --> 00:13:39,552 THE LITTLE SAIGON NEIGHBORHOOD. 322 00:13:39,552 --> 00:13:40,686 323 00:13:40,686 --> 00:13:51,030 >> MARIE FOLLOWED BY MATT. 324 00:13:51,030 --> 00:13:52,698 >> THE MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS 325 00:13:52,698 --> 00:13:53,332 AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. I HAD 326 00:13:53,332 --> 00:13:54,200 THE PLEASURE OF MEETING JENIFER 327 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:55,467 AT A MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 328 00:13:55,467 --> 00:13:56,769 ALL-STAR LEAGUE. THE ROOM WAS 329 00:13:56,769 --> 00:14:00,139 PACKED. COMMUNITY LEADERS, 330 00:14:00,139 --> 00:14:01,207 CITY OFFICIALS. THERE WERE NO 331 00:14:01,207 --> 00:14:03,409 MERCIES OF THE TABLE. JENIFER 332 00:14:03,409 --> 00:14:04,677 ACTUALLY TOOK TIME TO MOVE OUT 333 00:14:04,677 --> 00:14:06,679 OF THE WAY SO MYSELF AND MY 334 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:15,487 COLLEAGUES COULD BE INCLUDED 335 00:14:15,487 --> 00:14:16,889 AND HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE. I 336 00:14:16,889 --> 00:14:18,490 KNOW AT THAT MOMENT I MET 337 00:14:18,490 --> 00:14:20,059 SOMEONE SPECIAL. AS A FELLOW 338 00:14:20,059 --> 00:14:20,993 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LEADER, A 339 00:14:20,993 --> 00:14:24,663 FIRST GENERATION SEATTLEITE, A 340 00:14:24,663 --> 00:14:25,664 CHILD OF THE CENTRAL DIADVISER 341 00:14:25,664 --> 00:14:29,702 OF WATERFRONT SEATTLE, IT'S 342 00:14:29,702 --> 00:14:31,237 BEEN AN HONOR TO MEET YOU TOO 343 00:14:31,237 --> 00:14:35,574 DATE TO KNOW YOU BETTER. I 344 00:14:35,574 --> 00:14:36,842 LOOK FORWARD TO OUR FRIENDSHIP 345 00:14:36,842 --> 00:14:38,377 AND WHAT WE BUILD IN THE 346 00:14:38,377 --> 00:14:46,118 FUTURE. CONGRATULATIONS. WE 347 00:14:46,118 --> 00:14:53,325 HAVE MATT FOLLOWED BY -- 348 00:14:53,325 --> 00:14:59,765 >> THE MORNING. MATT WITH 349 00:14:59,765 --> 00:15:00,666 HEADWATER PEOPLE., PRINCIPAL 350 00:15:00,666 --> 00:15:01,367 CONSULTANT THERE. I WANTED TO 351 00:15:01,367 --> 00:15:03,402 SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF JENIFER. 352 00:15:03,402 --> 00:15:04,837 SOME OF THE WORK WE HAVE BEEN 353 00:15:04,837 --> 00:15:07,673 DOING WITH THE CITY INVOLVES 354 00:15:07,673 --> 00:15:09,441 A GENERATIONAL WEALTH BUILDING 355 00:15:09,441 --> 00:15:12,912 INITIATIVE THAT STARTED . NOW 356 00:15:12,912 --> 00:15:14,380 IT IS TRANSITIONING ACROSS THE 357 00:15:14,380 --> 00:15:19,518 CITY. IT IS A SPECIAL THING 358 00:15:19,518 --> 00:15:21,120 WHEN A PROJECT LIKE THAT THAT 359 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:25,557 HAS BEEN ROOTED AND LED FROM 360 00:15:25,557 --> 00:15:26,525 BLACK AND BROWN LEADERS IN THE 361 00:15:26,525 --> 00:15:31,163 COMMUNITY WITH INCREDIBLE STAFF 362 00:15:31,163 --> 00:15:33,232 . HOW DO YOU HELP NAVIGATE THE 363 00:15:33,232 --> 00:15:37,202 CITY'S WATERS? IN TRANSITIONS 364 00:15:37,202 --> 00:15:40,739 LIKE TO THINK IT'S BEEN , AS A 365 00:15:40,739 --> 00:15:43,609 NEUTRAL OBSERVER, IT'S BEEN 366 00:15:43,609 --> 00:15:44,209 EXEMPLARY. THE LEADERSHIP 367 00:15:44,209 --> 00:15:49,281 JENIFER AND HER TEAM , WHO I 368 00:15:49,281 --> 00:15:52,384 THINK IS HERE, IS SUPER AND 369 00:15:52,384 --> 00:15:54,853 APPRECIATIVE AMONG THE 370 00:15:54,853 --> 00:15:58,824 COMMITTEE. WE'VE HAD A REALLY, 371 00:15:58,824 --> 00:15:59,792 REALLY STRIKING SENSE OF 372 00:15:59,792 --> 00:16:02,695 LEADERSHIP THAT IS GROUNDED 373 00:16:02,695 --> 00:16:06,298 NOT IN THE INSTITUTIONS 374 00:16:06,298 --> 00:16:07,633 INTEREST, BUT THE COMMUNITY'S 375 00:16:07,633 --> 00:16:08,934 INTEREST. WHEN THOSE THINGS 376 00:16:08,934 --> 00:16:13,839 MAY BE CONFUSING. I WANT TO 377 00:16:13,839 --> 00:16:15,140 RISE UP AND SAY, I REALLY 378 00:16:15,140 --> 00:16:16,709 APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. 379 00:16:16,709 --> 00:16:25,684 >> THANK YOU. 380 00:16:25,684 --> 00:16:31,457 >> A MORNING. I AM THE 381 00:16:31,457 --> 00:16:32,358 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR SEATTLE 382 00:16:32,358 --> 00:16:35,694 NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP. A NONPROFIT 383 00:16:35,694 --> 00:16:37,096 FOCUSED ON CRIME PREVENTION 384 00:16:37,096 --> 00:16:37,930 AND COMMUNITY SAFETY. I'M HER 385 00:16:37,930 --> 00:16:41,200 TO SUPPORT THE NOMINATION OF 386 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:42,334 JENIFER CHAO FOR THE DEPARTMENT 387 00:16:42,334 --> 00:16:43,435 OF NEIGHBORHOODS. WE MET HER A 388 00:16:43,435 --> 00:16:44,770 FEW MONTHS AGO. RIGHT AWAY SHE 389 00:16:44,770 --> 00:16:47,773 JUMPED IN , GETTING TO KNOW OUR 390 00:16:47,773 --> 00:16:48,774 TEAM AND THE PEOPLE WE SERVE. 391 00:16:48,774 --> 00:16:49,908 SHE SHOWED UP TO OUR EVENTS. 392 00:16:49,908 --> 00:16:53,612 EVERYTHING WE MIGHT DO , SHE 393 00:16:53,612 --> 00:16:54,513 CAN. HER PASSION, ENTHUSIASM, 394 00:16:54,513 --> 00:16:56,215 AND COMMITMENT FOR THIS WORK IS 395 00:16:56,215 --> 00:16:59,018 PALPABLE. WE ENTHUSIASTICALLY 396 00:16:59,018 --> 00:16:59,618 SUPPORT HER NOMINATION FOR 397 00:16:59,618 --> 00:17:00,853 DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 398 00:17:00,853 --> 00:17:02,855 NEIGHBORHOODS. THANK YOU. 399 00:17:02,855 --> 00:17:05,157 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LOOKS 400 00:17:05,157 --> 00:17:11,230 LIKE WE HAVE ONE MORE PERSON 401 00:17:11,230 --> 00:17:12,731 THAT JUST SIGNED UP. AND I DO 402 00:17:12,731 --> 00:17:14,166 HAVE ONE MORE PERSON ONLINE. I 403 00:17:14,166 --> 00:17:15,801 WILL START WITH LIZ WALTERS. 404 00:17:15,801 --> 00:17:17,736 LIZ, IF YOU WILL PRESS STAR SIX 405 00:17:17,736 --> 00:17:23,709 TO UNMUTE. OH, YOU JUST 406 00:17:23,709 --> 00:17:31,350 SIGNED UP HERE. COME ON UP. 407 00:17:31,350 --> 00:17:32,885 >> THIS IS MY FIRST TIME, 408 00:17:32,885 --> 00:17:33,152 SORRY. 409 00:17:33,152 --> 00:17:43,629 >> THAT'S OKAY. I AM LIZ 410 00:17:43,929 --> 00:17:51,537 WALTERS. I JUST WANTED TO SAY 411 00:17:51,537 --> 00:17:52,604 MY PIECE REALLY FAST. A HIGHLY 412 00:17:52,604 --> 00:17:53,472 UNEXPECTED FINDING FROM THE 413 00:17:53,472 --> 00:17:54,573 COVID LOCKDOWNS IS THAT WE DO 414 00:17:54,573 --> 00:17:55,774 NOT NEED A FOSTER CARE SYSTEM 415 00:17:55,774 --> 00:17:56,875 WHEN CHILDREN WERE SUPPOSEDLY 416 00:17:56,875 --> 00:17:57,576 GOING TO EXPERIENCE 417 00:17:57,576 --> 00:17:58,277 UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS OF ABUSE 418 00:17:58,277 --> 00:17:59,645 AND WE WERE WERE FLOODED WITH 419 00:17:59,645 --> 00:18:04,950 REPORTS WHEN SCHOOLS WERE 420 00:18:04,950 --> 00:18:06,085 OPEN. CPS WAS FORCED TO STEP 421 00:18:06,085 --> 00:18:07,119 OUT OF HOMES DUE TO 422 00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:09,087 RESTRICTIONS. SINCE LAST 423 00:18:09,087 --> 00:18:10,322 REPORTS WERE BEING MADE SOCIAL 424 00:18:10,322 --> 00:18:10,989 WORKERS ACTUALLY HAD 425 00:18:10,989 --> 00:18:13,192 AVAILABILITY TO INVESTIGATE 426 00:18:13,192 --> 00:18:14,893 CASES OF SEVERE ABUSE WHICH LED 427 00:18:14,893 --> 00:18:16,361 TO A DECREASE IN FATALITIES. 428 00:18:16,361 --> 00:18:18,597 THIS PROVES WE DO NOT NEED TO 429 00:18:18,597 --> 00:18:21,200 RELY ON TEACHERS , TYPICALLY 430 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:25,437 MIDDLE-CLASS WOMEN . WE CAN AND 431 00:18:25,437 --> 00:18:26,872 MANDATED REPORTING WHICH ONLY 432 00:18:26,872 --> 00:18:28,006 KEEPS PARENTS FROM SEEKING THE 433 00:18:28,006 --> 00:18:33,345 REPORTS THEY NEED. REGULAR 434 00:18:33,345 --> 00:18:35,981 ASSISTANCE LIKE THAT COULD 435 00:18:35,981 --> 00:18:39,151 REALLY PARENTAL STRESS AND 436 00:18:39,151 --> 00:18:40,018 IMPROVING OVERALL HEALTH, 437 00:18:40,018 --> 00:18:42,154 ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE EYE ON . 438 00:18:42,154 --> 00:18:43,489 CASH ASSISTANCE ALLOWS PARENTS 439 00:18:43,489 --> 00:18:46,792 A CHOICE TO SPEND CARING FOR 440 00:18:46,792 --> 00:18:52,197 THEIR CHILD, ALLOWS -- WE 441 00:18:52,197 --> 00:18:53,232 NEED TO ESTABLISH MINIMUM 442 00:18:53,232 --> 00:19:00,205 BENEFITS . PUT AN END TO WORK 443 00:19:00,205 --> 00:19:01,140 REQUIREMENTS. TIME LIMITS ON 444 00:19:01,140 --> 00:19:05,077 RECEIVING BENEFITS . 445 00:19:05,077 --> 00:19:05,944 CONSIDERING OVER 75% ARE FOR 446 00:19:05,944 --> 00:19:06,912 NEGLECT, WHICH IS OFTEN JUST 447 00:19:06,912 --> 00:19:07,913 THE EFFECTS OF POVERTY, WHICH 448 00:19:07,913 --> 00:19:09,815 COULD EFFECTIVELY NEED -- AND 449 00:19:09,815 --> 00:19:14,286 THE NEED FOR FOSTER SYSTEM. IT 450 00:19:14,286 --> 00:19:14,920 CAN UNDO GENERATIONS OF THE 451 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:16,188 SYSTEM IN THE WELFARE SYSTEM. 452 00:19:16,188 --> 00:19:18,156 THERE WAS ALSO A HUGE 453 00:19:18,156 --> 00:19:19,124 RESURGENCE OF A PEER 454 00:19:19,124 --> 00:19:21,927 COMMUNITIES WERE HELPING WITH 455 00:19:21,927 --> 00:19:23,262 THINGS LIKE CHILDCARE. THIS 456 00:19:23,262 --> 00:19:29,468 REMOVES STRUGGLING FAMILIES 457 00:19:29,468 --> 00:19:30,335 OF NONPROFITS AND CHARITIES. WE 458 00:19:30,335 --> 00:19:31,170 KNOW FAMILIES THRIVE WITHIN 459 00:19:31,170 --> 00:19:32,538 COMMUNITIES. WE NEED TO DO VEST 460 00:19:32,538 --> 00:19:33,372 FROM THE POLICING SYSTEM. 461 00:19:33,372 --> 00:19:36,275 IMAGINE A WORLD WHERE WE ARE 462 00:19:36,275 --> 00:19:37,543 -- APPARENTLY COME TO THE 463 00:19:37,543 --> 00:19:42,214 SCHOOL AND HAVE RESOURCES LIKE 464 00:19:42,214 --> 00:19:43,415 CASH, FOOD, ASSISTANCE AND 465 00:19:43,415 --> 00:19:45,150 CHILDCARE ASSISTANCE. THANK 466 00:19:45,150 --> 00:19:46,451 YOU. I WANTED TO SAY, LASTLY, 467 00:19:46,451 --> 00:19:48,420 WE CANNOT SPEAK ABOUT KEEPING 468 00:19:48,420 --> 00:19:50,422 AMERICAN CHILDREN SAFE WITHOUT 469 00:19:50,422 --> 00:19:52,257 ACKNOWLEDGING NEARLY 10,000 470 00:19:52,257 --> 00:19:54,726 PALESTINIAN CHILDREN MURDERED 471 00:19:54,726 --> 00:19:59,031 AND THE COUNTLESS MORE LEFT 472 00:19:59,031 --> 00:20:00,265 AT THE HANDS OF THE ISRAELI 473 00:20:00,265 --> 00:20:01,667 GOVERNMENT FUNDED BY OUR TAX 474 00:20:01,667 --> 00:20:07,205 DOLLARS. WE CALL FOR AN 475 00:20:07,205 --> 00:20:08,040 IMMEDIATE AND PERMANENT 476 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:10,809 CEASE-FIRE. THANK YOU. 477 00:20:10,809 --> 00:20:11,944 >> OKAY. THANK YOU. I DON'T SEE 478 00:20:11,944 --> 00:20:17,849 ANYONE ELSE SIGNED UP. I WILL 479 00:20:17,849 --> 00:20:18,850 CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL 480 00:20:18,850 --> 00:20:20,485 MOVE TO OUR FIRST LEGISLATIVE 481 00:20:20,485 --> 00:20:25,490 AGENDA ITEM. WE WILL START 482 00:20:25,490 --> 00:20:27,559 WITH THE COMMITTEE'S CONSENT 483 00:20:27,559 --> 00:20:29,127 AGENDA. WHICH CONSISTS OF A 484 00:20:29,127 --> 00:20:38,036 POINT -- APPOINTMENTS . 485 00:20:38,036 --> 00:20:39,104 COLLEAGUES CAN PULL ITEMS FOR 486 00:20:39,104 --> 00:20:40,105 INDIVIDUAL DISCUSSION IF THEY 487 00:20:40,105 --> 00:20:40,973 CHOOSE, OTHERWISE ITEMS ARE 488 00:20:40,973 --> 00:20:44,977 VOTED ON AS A PACKAGE. WILL 489 00:20:44,977 --> 00:20:46,311 YOU PLEASE READ ITEMS ONE 490 00:20:46,311 --> 00:20:48,280 THROUGH 21 INTO THE RECORD? 491 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:51,383 >> ONE THROUGH 21. 492 00:20:51,383 --> 00:20:54,186 APPOINTMENTS TO THE HISTORIC 493 00:20:54,186 --> 00:20:55,153 SEATTLE PRESERVATION 494 00:20:55,153 --> 00:20:58,557 DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, HUMAN 495 00:20:58,557 --> 00:21:00,892 RIGHTS COMMISSION, SEATTLE 496 00:21:00,892 --> 00:21:03,295 HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, 497 00:21:03,295 --> 00:21:05,130 COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT 498 00:21:05,130 --> 00:21:09,601 COMMISSION. PIKE PLACE. 499 00:21:09,601 --> 00:21:16,541 SEATTLE WOMEN'S COMMISSION FOR 500 00:21:16,541 --> 00:21:18,076 BRIEFING ON POSSIBLE VOTES. 501 00:21:18,076 --> 00:21:18,710 >> COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY 502 00:21:18,710 --> 00:21:19,378 INDIVIDUAL ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE 503 00:21:19,378 --> 00:21:20,979 TO HAVE PULLED FOR DISCUSSION? 504 00:21:20,979 --> 00:21:25,751 I AM NOT SEEING ANY. 505 00:21:25,751 --> 00:21:26,685 COLLEAGUES, I MOVE THE 506 00:21:26,685 --> 00:21:30,022 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE 507 00:21:30,022 --> 00:21:31,490 APPOINTMENTS. IS THERE A 508 00:21:31,490 --> 00:21:37,929 SECOND? CAN I HAVE A SECOND 509 00:21:37,929 --> 00:21:45,504 PLEASE? 510 00:21:45,504 --> 00:21:46,505 >> YES, SORRY, CHAIR, SECOND. 511 00:21:46,505 --> 00:21:47,539 >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND 512 00:21:47,539 --> 00:21:48,573 SECONDED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL 513 00:21:48,573 --> 00:21:49,241 OF THESE APPOINTMENTS. YOU 514 00:21:49,241 --> 00:21:50,075 PLEASE CALL THE RULE? 515 00:21:50,075 --> 00:22:00,619 >> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] THREE 516 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:02,387 IN FAVOR. 517 00:22:02,387 --> 00:22:03,889 >> THANK YOU. THE MOTION 518 00:22:03,889 --> 00:22:04,890 CARRIES. THE COMMITTEE 519 00:22:04,890 --> 00:22:06,325 RECOMMENDATION THAT THE COUNCIL 520 00:22:06,325 --> 00:22:07,993 APPROVED THESE APPOINTMENTS 521 00:22:07,993 --> 00:22:09,695 WILL BE SENT TO THE DECEMBER 522 00:22:09,695 --> 00:22:11,263 12th SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL 523 00:22:11,263 --> 00:22:13,899 MEETING. YOU PLEASE READ ITEM 524 00:22:13,899 --> 00:22:15,901 22 INTO THE RECORD. 525 00:22:15,901 --> 00:22:17,235 >> AGENDA ITEM 22. APPOINTMENT 526 00:22:17,235 --> 00:22:20,972 02734. APPOINTMENT OF JENIFER 527 00:22:20,972 --> 00:22:21,473 CHAO AS DIRECTOR OF THE 528 00:22:21,473 --> 00:22:22,074 DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS, 529 00:22:22,074 --> 00:22:22,641 FOR A TERM TO DECEMBER 31, 530 00:22:22,641 --> 00:22:26,778 2025. FOR BRIEFING, 531 00:22:26,778 --> 00:22:29,014 DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE VOTES. 532 00:22:29,014 --> 00:22:29,247 533 00:22:29,247 --> 00:22:33,585 >> THANK YOU. I BELIEVE DEPUTY 534 00:22:33,585 --> 00:22:34,920 WONG IS HERE, ALONG WITH 535 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:43,929 JENIFER. GOOD MORNING. WHILE 536 00:22:43,929 --> 00:22:46,131 YOU ARE SETTLING IN, I WILL 537 00:22:46,131 --> 00:22:48,700 JUST SAY I AM PLEASED TO 538 00:22:48,700 --> 00:22:50,402 PRESENT THE APPOINTMENT FOR 539 00:22:50,402 --> 00:22:59,978 CONSIDERATION. IN THE SEVERAL 540 00:22:59,978 --> 00:23:01,179 MONTHS I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH 541 00:23:01,179 --> 00:23:02,547 JENIFER, SHE HAS PROVEN TO HAVE 542 00:23:02,547 --> 00:23:03,749 A KEEN UNDERSTANDING OF THE 543 00:23:03,749 --> 00:23:04,383 IMPORTANT RULE THAT COMMUNITY 544 00:23:04,383 --> 00:23:05,183 ENGAGEMENT PLAYS IN SUPPORTING 545 00:23:05,183 --> 00:23:06,518 THE EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE OUR 546 00:23:06,518 --> 00:23:07,686 RACIAL EQUITY GOALS. I SEE YOU 547 00:23:07,686 --> 00:23:09,554 AT COMMUNITY EVENTS , ALL OVER 548 00:23:09,554 --> 00:23:10,555 THE CITY AND THE COUNTY. I 549 00:23:10,555 --> 00:23:11,390 UNDERSTAND HER DEEP COMMITMENT 550 00:23:11,390 --> 00:23:16,294 TO ENSURING OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE 551 00:23:16,294 --> 00:23:17,696 AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE RULE OF 552 00:23:17,696 --> 00:23:18,463 LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AND TO 553 00:23:18,463 --> 00:23:19,664 FINDING WAYS FOR THEM TO BE 554 00:23:19,664 --> 00:23:25,337 PART OF OUR PROCESSES. I KNOW 555 00:23:25,337 --> 00:23:26,471 MY COLLEAGUES HAVE HAD A CHANCE 556 00:23:26,471 --> 00:23:27,739 TO READ HER ANSWERS TO OUR 557 00:23:27,739 --> 00:23:28,573 QUESTIONS. I'M LOOKING FORWARD 558 00:23:28,573 --> 00:23:29,508 TO HEARING FROM YOU, JENIFER, 559 00:23:29,508 --> 00:23:30,942 AND DEPUTY MAYOR WONG. I WILL 560 00:23:30,942 --> 00:23:32,210 HAND IT OVER TO YOU BOTH. 561 00:23:32,210 --> 00:23:33,378 >> FIGURE. GOOD MORNING. THANK 562 00:23:33,378 --> 00:23:34,746 YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY. 563 00:23:34,746 --> 00:23:35,847 IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE TO 564 00:23:35,847 --> 00:23:36,948 INTRODUCE MAYOR HAROLD'S 565 00:23:36,948 --> 00:23:38,550 NOMINEE FOR THE DIRECTOR OF 566 00:23:38,550 --> 00:23:42,154 DEPARTMENT OF NOMINEE. WHETHER 567 00:23:42,154 --> 00:23:43,121 IT'S BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER 568 00:23:43,121 --> 00:23:50,061 TO THE IDEAS, DIVERSIFYING , 569 00:23:50,061 --> 00:23:51,596 PRESERVING OUR DISTRICTS, OUR 570 00:23:51,596 --> 00:23:54,132 OPENING OPPORTUNITY , THE MAYOR 571 00:23:54,132 --> 00:23:55,934 IS PROWLED TO NOMINATE THIS 572 00:23:55,934 --> 00:23:57,702 MORE THAN CAPABLE LEADER TO 573 00:23:57,702 --> 00:24:02,007 CHAMPION THESE AND MORE. 574 00:24:02,007 --> 00:24:08,213 MAYOR HARRELL SELECTED , AFTER 575 00:24:08,213 --> 00:24:09,481 CONDUCTING A PROCESS, AND HE 576 00:24:09,481 --> 00:24:10,682 WAS PARTICULARLY IMPRESSED IN 577 00:24:10,682 --> 00:24:17,489 HER COMMUNITY. SHE IS A SMALL 578 00:24:17,489 --> 00:24:18,423 BUSINESS OWNER. EXPERIENCE IN 579 00:24:18,423 --> 00:24:19,458 THE NONPROFIT SECTOR, AND HAS 580 00:24:19,458 --> 00:24:20,625 LONG WORKED IN THE PUBLIC 581 00:24:20,625 --> 00:24:21,726 SECTOR FOR THE PEOPLE OF 582 00:24:21,726 --> 00:24:22,994 SEATTLE. IT IS FITTING, 583 00:24:22,994 --> 00:24:24,029 ACTUALLY, THAT THE DEPARTMENT 584 00:24:24,029 --> 00:24:24,696 OF NEIGHBORHOODS NOMINEES OF 585 00:24:24,696 --> 00:24:29,100 PEOPLE AT THE SEATTLE 586 00:24:29,100 --> 00:24:29,734 NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE. HELPING 587 00:24:29,734 --> 00:24:30,635 THEM ACHIEVE LONG-TERM 588 00:24:30,635 --> 00:24:31,269 EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT GOALS. 589 00:24:31,269 --> 00:24:37,175 AS A LONGTIME PUBLIC SERVANT, 590 00:24:37,175 --> 00:24:38,510 SHE HAS WORKED IN OUR OFFICE OF 591 00:24:38,510 --> 00:24:40,445 CIVIL RIGHTS, ON THE DEPARTMENT 592 00:24:40,445 --> 00:24:41,079 OF NEIGHBORHOODS OUTREACH AND 593 00:24:41,079 --> 00:24:41,746 ENGAGEMENT TEAM, AND AS DEPUTY 594 00:24:41,746 --> 00:24:42,414 DIRECTOR OF STRATEGY IN THE 595 00:24:42,414 --> 00:24:43,448 FINANCE AND SERVICES 596 00:24:43,448 --> 00:24:45,483 DEPARTMENT. BUILDING AND 597 00:24:45,483 --> 00:24:46,618 SUPPORTING COMMUNITY HAS ALWAYS 598 00:24:46,618 --> 00:24:47,786 BEEN A VITAL AND INTEGRAL 599 00:24:47,786 --> 00:24:50,288 APPOINTMENT AND WHO JENIFER 600 00:24:50,288 --> 00:24:51,823 IS. SHE WORKS TIRELESSLY TO 601 00:24:51,823 --> 00:24:53,225 LIFT THE VOICES OF OUR 602 00:24:53,225 --> 00:24:56,628 RESIDENTS. ARTICULATE DIVERSE 603 00:24:56,628 --> 00:24:57,195 COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE BEEN 604 00:24:57,195 --> 00:24:58,396 HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED. AS A 605 00:24:58,396 --> 00:25:02,267 FORMER INTERIM DIRECTOR OF THE 606 00:25:02,267 --> 00:25:03,168 DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS, 607 00:25:03,168 --> 00:25:05,971 MYSELF, AS MOST FOLKS KNOW, I 608 00:25:05,971 --> 00:25:08,006 WOULD LIKE TO THINK I HAVE A 609 00:25:08,006 --> 00:25:09,274 LITTLE INSIGHT INTO WHAT IT 610 00:25:09,274 --> 00:25:14,579 TAKES TO BE SUCCESSFUL. I WILL 611 00:25:14,579 --> 00:25:16,147 SAY THAT, AS YOU HEARD IN THE 612 00:25:16,147 --> 00:25:17,015 PUBLIC TESTIMONY TODAY, THERE 613 00:25:17,015 --> 00:25:19,551 IS WIDESPREAD SUPPORT FOR 614 00:25:19,551 --> 00:25:27,425 JENIFER. SHE HAS BEEN OUR 615 00:25:27,425 --> 00:25:28,627 INTERIM FOR ONLY NINE MONTHS. 616 00:25:28,627 --> 00:25:29,928 SHE'S ALREADY GONE OUT TO 65 617 00:25:29,928 --> 00:25:34,232 DIFFERENT COMMUNITY GATHERINGS 618 00:25:34,232 --> 00:25:35,700 THROUGHOUT ALL OF SEATTLE. 619 00:25:35,700 --> 00:25:36,535 FROM THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH 620 00:25:36,535 --> 00:25:41,606 END. SHE GOES TO COMMUNITY, 621 00:25:41,606 --> 00:25:42,474 SHE LIVES COMMUNITY, SHE 622 00:25:42,474 --> 00:25:43,208 BELIEVES IN COMMUNITY. THAT'S 623 00:25:43,208 --> 00:25:44,376 THE MOST VALUABLE OPPONENT WE 624 00:25:44,376 --> 00:25:46,111 LOOK FOR FOR OUR DEPARTMENT OF 625 00:25:46,111 --> 00:25:46,912 NEIGHBORHOODS DIRECTOR. SHE 626 00:25:46,912 --> 00:25:51,716 HAS DONE THIS ALL OF HER LIFE , 627 00:25:51,716 --> 00:25:52,751 AS DEMONSTRATED BY THE PUBLIC 628 00:25:52,751 --> 00:25:54,352 COMMENT. IT'S A UNIQUE AND 629 00:25:54,352 --> 00:25:57,188 SPECIAL TRAITS. I'M CONFIDENT 630 00:25:57,188 --> 00:25:58,189 SHE WILL STRENGTHEN THE CITY'S 631 00:25:58,189 --> 00:25:58,823 RELATIONSHIP WITH COMMUNITY 632 00:25:58,823 --> 00:25:59,891 MEMBERS, AND HELP US DRIVE 633 00:25:59,891 --> 00:26:02,861 TOWARD MAYOR HARRELL'S VISION 634 00:26:02,861 --> 00:26:03,929 OF AN INCLUSIVE SEATTLE. WITH 635 00:26:03,929 --> 00:26:06,364 THAT, I WILL TURN THINGS OVER 636 00:26:06,364 --> 00:26:10,101 TO JENIFER TO OFFER HER 637 00:26:10,101 --> 00:26:10,936 OPENING REMARKS BEFORE TAKING 638 00:26:10,936 --> 00:26:13,305 YOUR QUESTIONS TODAY. 639 00:26:13,305 --> 00:26:14,739 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DEPUTY 640 00:26:14,739 --> 00:26:19,577 MAYOR WONG. THEY GET SO MUCH 641 00:26:19,577 --> 00:26:20,278 COUNCIL CHAIR MORALES. THANK 642 00:26:20,278 --> 00:26:21,479 YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS, FOR THE 643 00:26:21,479 --> 00:26:22,547 OPPORTUNITY TO BE CONSIDERED 644 00:26:22,547 --> 00:26:27,986 TO SERVE AS THE DIRECTOR OF 645 00:26:27,986 --> 00:26:29,120 DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS. MY 646 00:26:29,120 --> 00:26:30,255 LIFE'S WORK HAS LED ME TO THIS 647 00:26:30,255 --> 00:26:30,989 POSITION. I'M HUMBLED AND 648 00:26:30,989 --> 00:26:32,257 HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY. WHEN 649 00:26:32,257 --> 00:26:35,327 I STARTED THIS JOURNEY AS 650 00:26:35,327 --> 00:26:36,261 INTERIM DIRECTOR IN MARCH, I 651 00:26:36,261 --> 00:26:37,329 COMMITTED TO VISITING ALL THE 652 00:26:37,329 --> 00:26:38,496 NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE CITY OF 653 00:26:38,496 --> 00:26:39,831 SEATTLE BY THE END OF THE YEAR, 654 00:26:39,831 --> 00:26:41,099 TO BUILD AND STRENGTHEN 655 00:26:41,099 --> 00:26:51,643 RELATIONSHIPS. AS DEPUTY MAYOR 656 00:26:53,011 --> 00:26:54,012 WONG MENTIONED, SO FAR, I HAVE 657 00:26:54,012 --> 00:26:54,546 ATTENDED 65 COMMUNITY 658 00:26:54,546 --> 00:26:55,246 GATHERINGS ACROSS ALL 659 00:26:55,246 --> 00:26:56,314 NEIGHBORHOODS IN EACH OF THE 660 00:26:56,314 --> 00:26:57,315 SEVEN COUNCIL DISTRICTS. I'VE 661 00:26:57,315 --> 00:26:58,083 RUN INTO A FEW COUNCIL MEMBERS 662 00:26:58,083 --> 00:26:59,351 AND COMMUNITY ALONG THE WAY. TO 663 00:26:59,351 --> 00:27:00,352 NAME A FEW, I JOINED 664 00:27:00,352 --> 00:27:00,986 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS , 665 00:27:00,986 --> 00:27:01,786 CELEBRATED THE FIRST CULTURAL 666 00:27:01,786 --> 00:27:02,387 FESTIVAL WAS COUNCILMEMBER 667 00:27:02,387 --> 00:27:04,356 MORALES. HONORED THE 668 00:27:04,356 --> 00:27:06,591 ANNIVERSARY WITH COUNCILMEMBER 669 00:27:06,591 --> 00:27:14,265 PEDERSEN . BEING IN COMMUNITY 670 00:27:14,265 --> 00:27:15,266 IS THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY JOB. 671 00:27:15,266 --> 00:27:17,035 IT'S WHAT BRINGS ME JOY IN THIS 672 00:27:17,035 --> 00:27:19,204 RULE. DURING MY COMMUNITY 673 00:27:19,204 --> 00:27:20,138 VISITS I'VE LISTENED TO EACH 674 00:27:20,138 --> 00:27:21,239 COMMUNITY AS THEY SHARE THEIR 675 00:27:21,239 --> 00:27:22,207 NUANCES AND UNIQUE NEEDS THAT 676 00:27:22,207 --> 00:27:23,541 WILL ALLOW THEIR COMMUNITIES TO 677 00:27:23,541 --> 00:27:28,346 THRIVE THERE ARE DIFFERENT 678 00:27:28,346 --> 00:27:29,347 APPROACHES BASED ON THE NEEDS 679 00:27:29,347 --> 00:27:30,382 OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT 680 00:27:30,382 --> 00:27:31,049 THEY'LL WANT TO CREATE 681 00:27:31,049 --> 00:27:31,783 BELONGING, VISIBILITY AND 682 00:27:31,783 --> 00:27:32,684 ACTIVATION. I KNOW THERE'S 683 00:27:32,684 --> 00:27:34,052 STILL MUCH WORK TO DO TO 684 00:27:34,052 --> 00:27:36,855 CONNECT IMMUNITIES TO EACH 685 00:27:36,855 --> 00:27:37,722 OTHER IN GOVERNMENT. I LOOK 686 00:27:37,722 --> 00:27:39,057 FORWARD TO WORKING WITH MY 687 00:27:39,057 --> 00:27:45,330 COLLEAGUES AND ACROSS CITY 688 00:27:45,330 --> 00:27:46,664 DEPARTMENTS TO GROW OUR CIVIC 689 00:27:46,664 --> 00:27:47,432 ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM, TO BRING 690 00:27:47,432 --> 00:27:47,932 COMMUNITY TOGETHER IN 691 00:27:47,932 --> 00:27:48,767 CELEBRATION OF THEIR DIVERSITY 692 00:27:48,767 --> 00:27:49,367 AND SHARED HUMANITY. 693 00:27:49,367 --> 00:27:51,703 COMMUNITIES HAVE TO THRIVE . 694 00:27:51,703 --> 00:27:52,937 WHEN COMMUNITIES CAN SEE EACH 695 00:27:52,937 --> 00:27:53,638 OTHER AS NEIGHBORS, IT'S 696 00:27:53,638 --> 00:27:54,606 POSSIBLE TO BRIDGE ACROSS 697 00:27:54,606 --> 00:27:55,707 CULTURAL DIFFERENCES AND MEET 698 00:27:55,707 --> 00:28:01,780 THE NEEDS OF EACH COMMUNITY. I 699 00:28:01,780 --> 00:28:02,681 WANT TO THANK MY AMAZING 700 00:28:02,681 --> 00:28:03,581 LEADERSHIP TEAM AND THE STAFF 701 00:28:03,581 --> 00:28:06,651 FOR THEIR CONSTANT LOVE , THEIR 702 00:28:06,651 --> 00:28:07,619 BRILLIANCE, AND COMMITMENT TO 703 00:28:07,619 --> 00:28:08,620 MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR 704 00:28:08,620 --> 00:28:12,157 COMMUNITY. THEIR SUPPORT IS 705 00:28:12,157 --> 00:28:12,924 INVALUABLE. I'M TOUCHED TO SEE 706 00:28:12,924 --> 00:28:14,559 THEM HERE TODAY TO SHARE MY 707 00:28:14,559 --> 00:28:16,628 JOURNEY. I'M ALSO GRATEFUL FOR 708 00:28:16,628 --> 00:28:17,529 THE COLLABORATION WITH COUNCIL, 709 00:28:17,529 --> 00:28:19,264 AS WE WORK TOWARDS ONE SEATTLE, 710 00:28:19,264 --> 00:28:20,899 WHERE EVERYONE IS INCLUDED AND 711 00:28:20,899 --> 00:28:24,669 CAN THRIVE. I WOULD NOT BE 712 00:28:24,669 --> 00:28:25,437 HERE WITHOUT THE SUPPORT AND 713 00:28:25,437 --> 00:28:26,471 TRUST FROM THE COMMUNITY. I 714 00:28:26,471 --> 00:28:28,673 TAKE MY RULE SERIOUSLY. THIS 715 00:28:28,673 --> 00:28:30,742 WORK IS CLOSE TO MY HEART. AS A 716 00:28:30,742 --> 00:28:36,448 WOMAN OF COLOR , FROM SOUTHEAST 717 00:28:36,448 --> 00:28:37,382 ASIA, WHO CALL SEATTLE HOME. I 718 00:28:37,382 --> 00:28:38,383 UNDERSTAND HOW CRITICAL IT IS 719 00:28:38,383 --> 00:28:43,755 TO CULTIVATE THIS , BELONGING 720 00:28:43,755 --> 00:28:44,989 AND ACCESS. I WILL BE PERFECT, 721 00:28:44,989 --> 00:28:46,424 BUT I'M COMMITTED TO PROGRESS A 722 00:28:46,424 --> 00:28:48,126 MOMENT SO WE CAN DO BETTER FOR 723 00:28:48,126 --> 00:28:49,928 COMMUNITY. IN CLOSING, THE 724 00:28:49,928 --> 00:28:50,562 DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD 725 00:28:50,562 --> 00:28:51,229 ACHIEVES ITS VISION OF 726 00:28:51,229 --> 00:28:52,430 COMMITTEE AND POWER MEANT BY 727 00:28:52,430 --> 00:28:53,865 CENTRALLY RACIAL EQUITY AND 728 00:28:53,865 --> 00:29:01,673 INVESTED IN COMMUNITIES. BY 729 00:29:01,673 --> 00:29:02,907 LEADING WITH OUR CORE VALUES OF 730 00:29:02,907 --> 00:29:03,541 RELATIONSHIPS, INVESTMENTS AND 731 00:29:03,541 --> 00:29:04,209 CAPACITY BUILDING, WE CAN 732 00:29:04,209 --> 00:29:05,276 CREATE A HEALTHY AND WHOLE 733 00:29:05,276 --> 00:29:07,612 EQUAL CYST -- ECOSYSTEM . THANK 734 00:29:07,612 --> 00:29:08,446 YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO 735 00:29:08,446 --> 00:29:09,681 SHARE. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY 736 00:29:09,681 --> 00:29:10,715 QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. 737 00:29:10,715 --> 00:29:12,150 >> GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO 738 00:29:12,150 --> 00:29:15,620 BOTH OF YOU. COLLEAGUES , I 739 00:29:15,620 --> 00:29:17,122 DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS, BUT I DID 740 00:29:17,122 --> 00:29:24,062 WANT TO START WITH THREADING 741 00:29:24,062 --> 00:29:25,196 SOME OF THE THINGS WE TALKED 742 00:29:25,196 --> 00:29:26,197 ABOUT, PARTICULARLY WITH THE 743 00:29:26,197 --> 00:29:27,132 DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS. I 744 00:29:27,132 --> 00:29:27,732 REALLY APPRECIATE THE ANSWERS 745 00:29:27,732 --> 00:29:28,833 TO OUR QUESTIONS. WE DID SUBMIT 746 00:29:28,833 --> 00:29:30,769 A DOZEN OR SO QUESTIONS TO 747 00:29:30,769 --> 00:29:33,338 DIRECTOR CHOW . ONE OF THE 748 00:29:33,338 --> 00:29:36,841 THINGS YOU TALKED ABOUT WAS 749 00:29:36,841 --> 00:29:38,777 THAT WE HAVE A RACIAL AND 750 00:29:38,777 --> 00:29:42,747 SOCIAL INJUSTICE INITIATIVE. 751 00:29:42,747 --> 00:29:43,481 YOU SAID THERE'S A MISSING 752 00:29:43,481 --> 00:29:50,155 ELEMENT AND HOW TO EMBED 753 00:29:50,155 --> 00:29:50,822 RACIAL EQUITY ASSESSMENTS AS 754 00:29:50,822 --> 00:29:51,990 PART OF THE CITY'S PRACTICE 755 00:29:51,990 --> 00:29:52,757 WHEN DEVELOPING OUR PROCESSES 756 00:29:52,757 --> 00:29:55,493 AND PROCEDURES. I WILL SAY, I 757 00:29:55,493 --> 00:29:56,928 SIT ON THE BOARD OF THE 758 00:29:56,928 --> 00:29:57,529 ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON 759 00:29:57,529 --> 00:29:58,863 CITIES, WHICH IS DOING A LOT OF 760 00:29:58,863 --> 00:30:00,098 WORK TO TRY TO HELP OUR 761 00:30:00,098 --> 00:30:00,999 COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE 762 00:30:00,999 --> 00:30:07,305 UNDERSTAND WHY DIVERSITY AND 763 00:30:07,305 --> 00:30:08,239 RACIAL EQUITY IS SO IMPORTANT. 764 00:30:08,239 --> 00:30:09,240 IN SOME COMMUNITIES THAT'S A 765 00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:09,941 HARD CONVERSATION TO HAVE. 766 00:30:09,941 --> 00:30:14,813 HARDER THAN OTHERS. ONE OF THE 767 00:30:14,813 --> 00:30:16,347 THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE 768 00:30:16,347 --> 00:30:16,981 MEETING YESTERDAY WAS, EVEN 769 00:30:16,981 --> 00:30:17,782 WITH THE TOOLS, AND SEATTLE'S 770 00:30:17,782 --> 00:30:18,883 AHEAD OF SO MANY COMMUNITIES. 771 00:30:18,883 --> 00:30:20,218 EVEN DESPITE THAT, IT'S HARD 772 00:30:20,218 --> 00:30:21,853 FOR US TO MEASURE THE IMPACT OF 773 00:30:21,853 --> 00:30:25,623 THAT WORK. I THINK IT WAS 774 00:30:25,623 --> 00:30:26,591 REALLY IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO 775 00:30:26,591 --> 00:30:27,659 RAISE THAT ISSUE, AND TALK 776 00:30:27,659 --> 00:30:29,561 ABOUT HOW WE ARE LAYING THE 777 00:30:29,561 --> 00:30:40,038 FOUNDATION FOR US TO MOVE 778 00:30:41,839 --> 00:30:43,007 FORWARD IN THE WAY OF THE CITY. 779 00:30:43,007 --> 00:30:44,709 WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO, 780 00:30:44,709 --> 00:30:45,810 STILL, TO BE ABLE TO MEASURE 781 00:30:45,810 --> 00:30:46,578 THE IMPACT OUR PROCESSES ARE 782 00:30:46,578 --> 00:30:47,846 HAVING SO WE CAN INCREASE 783 00:30:47,846 --> 00:30:48,947 EQUITY ACROSS THE CITY. I THINK 784 00:30:48,947 --> 00:30:49,847 THE RULE THE DEPARTMENT OF 785 00:30:49,847 --> 00:30:50,715 NEIGHBORHOODS PLAYS IS 786 00:30:50,715 --> 00:30:51,716 CRITICAL TO THIS MISSION. WHAT 787 00:30:51,716 --> 00:30:53,117 YOU DO IS HELP ALL OF OUR 788 00:30:53,117 --> 00:30:53,952 NEIGHBORS UNDERSTAND WHAT THESE 789 00:30:53,952 --> 00:30:54,752 LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROCESSES ARE. 790 00:30:54,752 --> 00:30:55,787 THAT ENGAGEMENT IS A CRITICAL 791 00:30:55,787 --> 00:30:57,822 PIECE OF HELPING US AS A CITY 792 00:30:57,822 --> 00:31:00,592 MOVE FORWARD. I APPRECIATE 793 00:31:00,592 --> 00:31:01,526 HAVING ALL THESE FOLKS HERE 794 00:31:01,526 --> 00:31:02,193 THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND 795 00:31:02,193 --> 00:31:03,862 DEPARTMENT TO SUPPORT YOU IN 796 00:31:03,862 --> 00:31:07,665 YOUR WORK . IT'S A TESTAMENT TO 797 00:31:07,665 --> 00:31:08,299 YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW 798 00:31:08,299 --> 00:31:09,534 CRITICAL THE WORK IS, AND HOW 799 00:31:09,534 --> 00:31:12,971 THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS 800 00:31:12,971 --> 00:31:14,405 PLAYS AN IMPORTANT RULE IN 801 00:31:14,405 --> 00:31:15,440 ACHIEVING OUR GOALS. THANK YOU. 802 00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:17,008 THANKS TO ALL OF YOU. 803 00:31:17,008 --> 00:31:17,942 COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY 804 00:31:17,942 --> 00:31:27,085 QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR CHOW? 805 00:31:27,085 --> 00:31:27,218 806 00:31:27,218 --> 00:31:28,486 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. NOT AT 807 00:31:28,486 --> 00:31:29,520 THIS TIME. I'M VERY EXCITED AND 808 00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:32,590 PROUD OF JENIFER FOR BECOMING 809 00:31:32,590 --> 00:31:33,958 THE NEXT DIRECTOR OF DEPARTMENT 810 00:31:33,958 --> 00:31:34,659 OF NEIGHBORHOODS. 811 00:31:34,659 --> 00:31:36,661 >> GREAT. OKAY. IF THAT IS 812 00:31:36,661 --> 00:31:44,669 ALL, THEN I WILL GET BACK TO 813 00:31:44,669 --> 00:31:46,104 MY SCRIPT. I WILL MOVE THAT THE 814 00:31:46,104 --> 00:31:46,938 COMMITTEE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF 815 00:31:46,938 --> 00:31:47,939 THE APPOINTMENT. IS THERE A 816 00:31:47,939 --> 00:31:48,206 SECOND? 817 00:31:48,206 --> 00:31:48,673 >> SECOND. 818 00:31:48,673 --> 00:31:49,941 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WILL 819 00:31:49,941 --> 00:31:51,075 YOU PLEASE CALL THE RULE? 820 00:31:51,075 --> 00:32:01,619 >> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] THREE 821 00:32:05,823 --> 00:32:06,124 IN FAVOR. 822 00:32:06,124 --> 00:32:07,191 >> THE MOTION CARRIES. THE 823 00:32:07,191 --> 00:32:07,825 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THAT 824 00:32:07,825 --> 00:32:08,493 COUNCIL APPROVED THE 825 00:32:08,493 --> 00:32:09,861 APPOINTMENT WILL BE SENT TO THE 826 00:32:09,861 --> 00:32:15,867 DECEMBER 12th FULL COUNCIL 827 00:32:15,867 --> 00:32:17,402 MEETING. YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE 828 00:32:17,402 --> 00:32:18,603 THERE, BUT YOU ARE WELCOME TO 829 00:32:18,603 --> 00:32:19,570 ATTEND. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 830 00:32:19,570 --> 00:32:20,004 CONGRATULATIONS. 831 00:32:20,004 --> 00:32:30,548 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. WILL YOU 832 00:32:41,392 --> 00:32:43,094 PLEASE READ ITEM 23 INTO THE 833 00:32:43,094 --> 00:32:43,328 RECORD? 834 00:32:43,328 --> 00:32:46,297 >> AGENDA ITEM 23. APPOINTMENT 835 00:32:46,297 --> 00:32:49,567 2693. APPOINTMENT OF GULGUN 836 00:32:49,567 --> 00:32:50,735 KAYIM AS DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE 837 00:32:50,735 --> 00:32:55,807 OF ARTS & CULTURE. FOR 838 00:32:55,807 --> 00:32:56,874 BRIEFING, DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE 839 00:32:56,874 --> 00:33:00,011 VOTE. 840 00:33:00,011 --> 00:33:01,512 >> THANK YOU. WE ARE JOINED 841 00:33:01,512 --> 00:33:02,647 AGAIN BY DEPUTY MAYOR WONG. I 842 00:33:02,647 --> 00:33:11,089 AM EXCITED ABOUT THE 843 00:33:11,089 --> 00:33:12,390 APPOINTMENT OF THE DIRECTOR OF 844 00:33:12,390 --> 00:33:13,524 ARTS AND CULTURE. I WAS PART OF 845 00:33:13,524 --> 00:33:15,159 THE SELECTION TEAM THAT 846 00:33:15,159 --> 00:33:17,061 INTERVIEWED HER. WE 847 00:33:17,061 --> 00:33:17,795 INTERVIEWED CANDIDATES FROM 848 00:33:17,795 --> 00:33:19,397 NEAR AND FAR TO FIND THE RIGHT 849 00:33:19,397 --> 00:33:20,398 PERSON WHO COULD SUPPORT THE 850 00:33:20,398 --> 00:33:22,533 ARTS COMMUNITY, EXPAND OUR 851 00:33:22,533 --> 00:33:23,401 CREATIVE SECTOR, AND REALLY 852 00:33:23,401 --> 00:33:24,802 FIND NEW WAYS TO ACKNOWLEDGE 853 00:33:24,802 --> 00:33:25,636 THE CRITICAL RULE THAT 854 00:33:25,636 --> 00:33:30,675 CREATIVE'S PLAY IN OUR 855 00:33:30,675 --> 00:33:32,076 COMMUNITY AND THE FABRIC OF OUR 856 00:33:32,076 --> 00:33:33,611 ECONOMY. I AM EXCITED TO HAVE 857 00:33:33,611 --> 00:33:35,813 YOU HERE . WE WILL HAND IT OFF 858 00:33:35,813 --> 00:33:37,982 TO BOTH OF YOU. 859 00:33:37,982 --> 00:33:42,587 >> THANK YOU AND GOOD MORNING. 860 00:33:42,587 --> 00:33:48,359 I'M REALLY HONORED THAT TWO 861 00:33:48,359 --> 00:33:49,660 ARE BEFORE YOU TODAY. WE HAVE 862 00:33:49,660 --> 00:33:51,062 TWO INCREDIBLY QUALIFIED 863 00:33:51,062 --> 00:33:54,465 CANDIDATES HERE. THE PANDEMIC 864 00:33:54,465 --> 00:33:57,935 PEAK BROUGHT US COUNTLESS 865 00:33:57,935 --> 00:34:00,805 CHALLENGES. WE ARE REALLY 866 00:34:00,805 --> 00:34:02,407 STILL FEELING THE IMPACTS OF 867 00:34:02,407 --> 00:34:06,411 THAT. WE KNOW THAT KING COUNTY 868 00:34:06,411 --> 00:34:07,645 JUST ADOPTED A FINANCIAL 869 00:34:07,645 --> 00:34:11,249 INVESTMENT THAT WILL BRING 870 00:34:11,249 --> 00:34:11,916 COUNTLESS OPPORTUNITIES. IT'S 871 00:34:11,916 --> 00:34:13,618 IN THIS PERIOD OF A NOTABLE 872 00:34:13,618 --> 00:34:15,019 TRANSITION , AND REALIGNMENT, 873 00:34:15,019 --> 00:34:15,820 THAT OUR ARTS COMMUNITY 874 00:34:15,820 --> 00:34:20,358 DESERVES A LEADER , WITH A 875 00:34:20,358 --> 00:34:21,526 PROVEN TRACK RECORD TO GUIDE 876 00:34:21,526 --> 00:34:22,827 OUR OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE 877 00:34:22,827 --> 00:34:23,628 INTO THE FUTURE. MAYOR HARRELL 878 00:34:23,628 --> 00:34:27,598 HAS IDENTIFIED THAT IN GULGUN 879 00:34:27,598 --> 00:34:29,567 KAYIM, AND IT'S MY PLEASURE TO 880 00:34:29,567 --> 00:34:36,507 INTRODUCE HER TODAY. SHE 881 00:34:36,507 --> 00:34:37,408 JOINS THE SEATTLE FAMILY FROM 882 00:34:37,408 --> 00:34:38,409 THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, WHERE 883 00:34:38,409 --> 00:34:40,311 SHE WAS FOUNDING DIRECTOR OF 884 00:34:40,311 --> 00:34:42,180 THE OFFICE OF ARTS, CULTURE AND 885 00:34:42,180 --> 00:34:44,182 CREATIVE ECONOMY. 886 00:34:44,182 --> 00:34:44,749 MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST 887 00:34:44,749 --> 00:34:48,519 HERSELF. SHE ASSISTS ARTIST TO 888 00:34:48,519 --> 00:34:50,188 CREATE AND GROW AND EVOLVE 889 00:34:50,188 --> 00:34:51,022 THEIR CAREER PATHS WITH THE 890 00:34:51,022 --> 00:34:52,190 HELP OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT. THE 891 00:34:52,190 --> 00:34:53,558 MAYOR CONDUCTED A RIGOROUS 892 00:34:53,558 --> 00:34:57,595 NATIONAL SEARCH , LED BY OUR 893 00:34:57,595 --> 00:34:58,663 DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES. 894 00:34:58,663 --> 00:35:01,933 SHE WAS THE CLEAR CHOICE. 895 00:35:01,933 --> 00:35:02,867 COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, YOU WERE 896 00:35:02,867 --> 00:35:07,572 A MEMBER AND THANK YOU FOR 897 00:35:07,572 --> 00:35:08,840 BEING PART OF THAT. I TRUST YOU 898 00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:10,942 RECOGNIZE WHAT THE MAYOR DID. 899 00:35:10,942 --> 00:35:11,542 GULGUN CENTERS STRATEGIC 900 00:35:11,542 --> 00:35:12,810 PLANNING AND KNOWS THE 901 00:35:12,810 --> 00:35:16,948 LONG-TERM SUCCESS IS ROOTED IN 902 00:35:16,948 --> 00:35:17,915 THOUGHTFUL INVESTMENT AND 903 00:35:17,915 --> 00:35:19,117 CAPACITY BUILDING. IT ALL 904 00:35:19,117 --> 00:35:22,954 COMES DOWN TO PLANNING. 905 00:35:22,954 --> 00:35:29,460 INTERIM DIRECTOR HAS TAKEN A 906 00:35:29,460 --> 00:35:38,069 GRID APPROACH. SHE WILL HELP 907 00:35:38,069 --> 00:35:38,703 FOSTER RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN 908 00:35:38,703 --> 00:35:39,270 ARTISTS, PARTICULARLY IN 909 00:35:39,270 --> 00:35:40,037 UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, TO 910 00:35:40,037 --> 00:35:41,038 GROW ARTISTICALLY WELL 911 00:35:41,038 --> 00:35:45,610 SIMULTANEOUSLY ADDING TO OUR 912 00:35:45,610 --> 00:35:46,444 THROUGHOUT OUR ENTIRE CITY. HER 913 00:35:46,444 --> 00:35:47,011 EXPERIENCE, PASSION, AND 914 00:35:47,011 --> 00:35:48,679 CREATIVITY MAKE HER THE IDEAL 915 00:35:48,679 --> 00:35:54,152 CHOICE. THE MAYOR THINKS YOU 916 00:35:54,152 --> 00:35:55,086 FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF HIS 917 00:35:55,086 --> 00:35:56,521 NOMINEE TODAY. WITH THAT I WILL 918 00:35:56,521 --> 00:35:58,256 TURN THINGS OVER TO OFFER HER 919 00:35:58,256 --> 00:35:59,891 REMARKS AND FOR TAKING YOUR 920 00:35:59,891 --> 00:36:00,925 QUESTIONS TODAY. 921 00:36:00,925 --> 00:36:04,529 >> THANK YOU , DEPUTY MAYOR 922 00:36:04,529 --> 00:36:06,297 WONG. IT'S A DELIGHT TO BE 923 00:36:06,297 --> 00:36:12,603 HERE, CHAIR MORALES AND 924 00:36:12,603 --> 00:36:13,704 COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M HONORED TO 925 00:36:13,704 --> 00:36:14,539 BE BEFORE YOU. I AM OVERWHELMED 926 00:36:14,539 --> 00:36:16,140 BY THE RECEPTION AREA , AS 927 00:36:16,140 --> 00:36:21,812 WELL. I WANT TO SAY I AM A 928 00:36:21,812 --> 00:36:23,347 NEWCOMER TO SEATTLE. I ARRIVED 929 00:36:23,347 --> 00:36:27,018 IN SEPTEMBER. I HAVE 930 00:36:27,018 --> 00:36:27,785 APPRECIATED THE WARM WELCOME I 931 00:36:27,785 --> 00:36:28,619 HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE 932 00:36:28,619 --> 00:36:34,392 COMMUNITY, FROM THE CITY, FROM 933 00:36:34,392 --> 00:36:35,660 COLLEAGUES, FROM STAFF. IT HAS 934 00:36:35,660 --> 00:36:37,595 MEANT A GREAT DEAL TO ME TO GET 935 00:36:37,595 --> 00:36:44,168 TO KNOW THE COMMUNITY , TO 936 00:36:44,168 --> 00:36:44,969 BUILD RELATIONSHIPS. THE 937 00:36:44,969 --> 00:36:46,304 FOUNDATION OF THE WORK I DO IS 938 00:36:46,304 --> 00:36:47,338 CENTERED ON RELATIONSHIPS. IT 939 00:36:47,338 --> 00:36:48,139 IS REALLY CRITICAL THAT I GET 940 00:36:48,139 --> 00:36:49,473 OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND MEET 941 00:36:49,473 --> 00:36:50,408 EVERYBODY. SINCE I ARRIVED, I 942 00:36:50,408 --> 00:36:51,242 HAVE BEEN RESPONSIVE TO 943 00:36:51,242 --> 00:36:52,443 INVITATIONS, SEEKING OUT 944 00:36:52,443 --> 00:36:57,415 RELATIONSHIPS , GETTING TO MEET 945 00:36:57,415 --> 00:36:58,749 THE PEOPLE WE TYPICALLY WORK 946 00:36:58,749 --> 00:36:59,650 WITH IN THE OFFICE. GETTING TO 947 00:36:59,650 --> 00:37:02,453 KNOW OUR WORK, AND GETTING TO , 948 00:37:02,453 --> 00:37:03,521 FRANKLY, NO MY JOB. I'VE MET 949 00:37:03,521 --> 00:37:04,989 WITH ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS 950 00:37:04,989 --> 00:37:09,060 LANGSTON, THE MUSEUM, CULTURAL 951 00:37:09,060 --> 00:37:10,995 SPACE AND SAY, FRIENDS OF THE 952 00:37:10,995 --> 00:37:11,562 WATERFRONT, THE SEATTLE ART 953 00:37:11,562 --> 00:37:14,065 MUSEUM, THE NORDIC MUSEUM. I 954 00:37:14,065 --> 00:37:17,401 HAVE ATTENDED SEATTLE 955 00:37:17,401 --> 00:37:22,940 INTERNATIONAL FILM EVENTS. THE 956 00:37:22,940 --> 00:37:23,641 SYMPHONY. I'VE HAD 957 00:37:23,641 --> 00:37:24,375 CONVERSATIONS WITH THEIR BOARD, 958 00:37:24,375 --> 00:37:25,276 AS WELL AS THEIR LEADERSHIP. 959 00:37:25,276 --> 00:37:31,015 FIFTH AVENUE THEATER. 960 00:37:31,015 --> 00:37:31,816 PARAMOUNT THEATER. INSPIRE 961 00:37:31,816 --> 00:37:32,683 WASHINGTON, AND MANY MORE. I'VE 962 00:37:32,683 --> 00:37:35,753 SPOKEN TO GALLERY OWNERS IN 963 00:37:35,753 --> 00:37:36,387 PIONEER SQUARE. STATION SPACE. 964 00:37:36,387 --> 00:37:40,191 ORGANIZATIONS WE ARE IN 965 00:37:40,191 --> 00:37:41,158 RELATIONSHIP WITH. READ EAGLE 966 00:37:41,158 --> 00:37:45,863 SOARING IN THE CITY PROJECT, 967 00:37:45,863 --> 00:37:46,964 JUST TO NAME A FEW. IT'S BEEN 968 00:37:46,964 --> 00:37:48,266 QUITE OVERWHELMING FOR ME TO 969 00:37:48,266 --> 00:37:49,867 SEE THE REACH AND IMPACT OF THE 970 00:37:49,867 --> 00:37:52,903 WORK THE OFFICE OF ARTS HAS 971 00:37:52,903 --> 00:37:53,771 ALREADY BEEN DOING. IT'S AN 972 00:37:53,771 --> 00:37:55,273 HONOR FOR ME TO BE CONSIDERED 973 00:37:55,273 --> 00:37:57,074 AS THE NEW DIRECTOR. THE OTHER 974 00:37:57,074 --> 00:37:59,510 RELATIONSHIPS I'VE HAD MADE 975 00:37:59,510 --> 00:38:00,911 OUR CONNECTING WITH COLLEAGUES 976 00:38:00,911 --> 00:38:06,417 FOR STRATEGIC REASONS IN THE 977 00:38:06,417 --> 00:38:07,018 CULTURAL FUNDING COMMUNITY, 978 00:38:07,018 --> 00:38:07,818 SUCH AS FOR CULTURE AND ARTS 979 00:38:07,818 --> 00:38:08,819 FUND, AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, 980 00:38:08,819 --> 00:38:14,125 SUCH AS THE SEATTLE 981 00:38:14,125 --> 00:38:14,925 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS. AT THE 982 00:38:14,925 --> 00:38:16,060 STATE AND COUNTY LEVEL. IT'S 983 00:38:16,060 --> 00:38:17,094 CRITICAL FOR THE CITY TO 984 00:38:17,094 --> 00:38:17,762 CONSIDER THESE PARTNERSHIPS AS 985 00:38:17,762 --> 00:38:21,265 THE GREAT TRANSFORMATIONS 986 00:38:21,265 --> 00:38:22,433 HAPPEN. NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE 987 00:38:22,433 --> 00:38:25,936 CHALLENGES THAT ARE FACED 988 00:38:25,936 --> 00:38:26,637 POST-PANDEMIC, BUT ALSO BECAUSE 989 00:38:26,637 --> 00:38:28,139 THERE'S NEW LEGISLATION JUST 990 00:38:28,139 --> 00:38:30,141 PASSED. WE NEED TO CONSIDER, 991 00:38:30,141 --> 00:38:34,011 AS DEPUTY MADE COMMENTS 992 00:38:34,011 --> 00:38:37,815 AROUND IT, WE NEED TO MAKE 993 00:38:37,815 --> 00:38:38,549 POLICIES AS THE BIG 994 00:38:38,549 --> 00:38:42,119 TRANSFORMATION IS HAPPENING. 995 00:38:42,119 --> 00:38:43,688 WHAT'S THE RULE OF THE ARTS AND 996 00:38:43,688 --> 00:38:44,922 CULTURE AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO 997 00:38:44,922 --> 00:38:45,990 THE NEW INVESTMENT? WHAT ARE 998 00:38:45,990 --> 00:38:50,261 THE GAPS IN INVESTMENT THAT WE 999 00:38:50,261 --> 00:38:51,462 CAN BE WORKING ON OURSELVES? 1000 00:38:51,462 --> 00:38:52,596 THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS I HAVE. 1001 00:38:52,596 --> 00:38:56,834 I KNOW MY STAFF IS THERE TO 1002 00:38:56,834 --> 00:38:57,468 SUPPORT THOSE QUESTIONS. WE 1003 00:38:57,468 --> 00:39:00,237 WILL BE GOING OUT INTO THE 1004 00:39:00,237 --> 00:39:01,572 COMMUNITY AND SEEKING TO ANSWER 1005 00:39:01,572 --> 00:39:05,042 THEM. FINALLY, AS NOTED, I 1006 00:39:05,042 --> 00:39:06,844 COME TO YOU WITH A BACKGROUND 1007 00:39:06,844 --> 00:39:10,314 IN CREATIVE ECONOMY RESEARCH, 1008 00:39:10,314 --> 00:39:11,415 SPACE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, 1009 00:39:11,415 --> 00:39:13,451 SUPPORTING ASSETS TOWARD 1010 00:39:13,451 --> 00:39:17,021 SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC GROWTH. I 1011 00:39:17,021 --> 00:39:18,155 AM EXCITED TO APPLY MY SKILLS 1012 00:39:18,155 --> 00:39:21,659 AND KNOWLEDGE AND SERVICE IN 1013 00:39:21,659 --> 00:39:22,760 THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU VERY 1014 00:39:22,760 --> 00:39:23,828 MUCH. I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR 1015 00:39:23,828 --> 00:39:24,161 QUESTIONS. 1016 00:39:24,161 --> 00:39:27,364 >> THANK YOU. THANKS SO MUCH. 1017 00:39:27,364 --> 00:39:29,333 I WILL SAY, I AM A LITTLE 1018 00:39:29,333 --> 00:39:30,468 BIASED, BECAUSE INTERIM 1019 00:39:30,468 --> 00:39:33,904 DIRECTOR AND I HAVE HAD 1020 00:39:33,904 --> 00:39:34,905 SEVERAL FANTASTIC CONVERSATIONS 1021 00:39:34,905 --> 00:39:36,107 ABOUT THE INTERSECTION OF ARTS 1022 00:39:36,107 --> 00:39:38,609 AND LAND-USE. AS A 1023 00:39:38,609 --> 00:39:39,710 NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNER MYSELF. 1024 00:39:39,710 --> 00:39:42,546 REALLY, THE IMPORTANT WAYS ART 1025 00:39:42,546 --> 00:39:46,917 CONTRIBUTES TO THE PUBLIC REALM 1026 00:39:46,917 --> 00:39:48,886 AND WHAT WE CAN DO IN THAT 1027 00:39:48,886 --> 00:39:49,587 REGARD. I'M REALLY LOOKING 1028 00:39:49,587 --> 00:39:50,855 FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK 1029 00:39:50,855 --> 00:39:52,590 WITH YOU. YOU BOTH REFERENCE 1030 00:39:52,590 --> 00:39:53,657 THE COUNTIES DOORS OPEN 1031 00:39:53,657 --> 00:39:57,595 LEGISLATION THAT JUST ASKED. I 1032 00:39:57,595 --> 00:39:58,796 WONDER IF YOU CAN ADDRESS THAT 1033 00:39:58,796 --> 00:40:00,231 SINCE IT HAPPENED THIS WEEK. 1034 00:40:00,231 --> 00:40:01,799 AND HOW IT WILL IMPACT OUR 1035 00:40:01,799 --> 00:40:05,536 ABILITY OR RELATIONSHIP WITH 1036 00:40:05,536 --> 00:40:06,470 FUNDING ORGANIZATIONS. 1037 00:40:06,470 --> 00:40:09,540 >> IT'S RESOURCES INTO THE 1038 00:40:09,540 --> 00:40:10,608 COMMUNITY THAT IS MUCH NEEDED. 1039 00:40:10,608 --> 00:40:13,210 IT RINGS SEATTLE UP ALMOST TO 1040 00:40:13,210 --> 00:40:14,612 THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OF 1041 00:40:14,612 --> 00:40:16,714 INVESTMENT. BEFORE THE 1042 00:40:16,714 --> 00:40:20,084 LEGISLATION WAS INVESTING $.68 1043 00:40:20,084 --> 00:40:23,020 PER CAPITA . THE NATIONAL 1044 00:40:23,020 --> 00:40:24,188 AVERAGE IS TWO DOLLARS. IT WILL 1045 00:40:24,188 --> 00:40:31,162 BRING US UP TO $1.50 PER 1046 00:40:31,162 --> 00:40:32,563 CAPITA, WHICH IS A GOOD FIRST 1047 00:40:32,563 --> 00:40:33,998 STEP. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE, IT'S 1048 00:40:33,998 --> 00:40:34,865 AN IMPORTANT FUSION OF 1049 00:40:34,865 --> 00:40:35,533 RESOURCES, THOSE RESOURCES DO 1050 00:40:35,533 --> 00:40:37,468 NOT COME ONLINE. IT'S ROUGHLY 1051 00:40:37,468 --> 00:40:39,470 $100 MILLION UNTIL THE MIDDLE 1052 00:40:39,470 --> 00:40:42,239 OF NEXT YEAR. AND THEN THE 1053 00:40:42,239 --> 00:40:46,343 CULTURE THAT WILL BE 1054 00:40:46,343 --> 00:40:46,977 DISPERSING THOSE RESOURCES, 1055 00:40:46,977 --> 00:40:48,045 THEY WILL SPEND YOUR THINKING 1056 00:40:48,045 --> 00:40:49,613 ABOUT HOW TO INVEST. IN THE 1057 00:40:49,613 --> 00:40:53,417 MEANTIME, ELECTED OFFICIALS 1058 00:40:53,417 --> 00:40:54,518 WILL BE MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT 1059 00:40:54,518 --> 00:40:56,487 DISPERSING THOSE RESOURCES. 1060 00:40:56,487 --> 00:40:58,088 WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO US? I 1061 00:40:58,088 --> 00:40:59,623 THINK THAT'S THE QUESTION WE 1062 00:40:59,623 --> 00:41:00,891 ARE ASKING. WE ARE GOING TO 1063 00:41:00,891 --> 00:41:02,526 LOOK CLOSELY AT HOW IT'S 1064 00:41:02,526 --> 00:41:05,830 INVESTING, WORKING WITH THEM 1065 00:41:05,830 --> 00:41:06,664 TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY'RE 1066 00:41:06,664 --> 00:41:07,665 PUTTING THE STRATEGIC 1067 00:41:07,665 --> 00:41:08,199 INVESTMENTS IN. GENERAL 1068 00:41:08,199 --> 00:41:09,133 OPERATING SUPPORT, PROGRAM 1069 00:41:09,133 --> 00:41:15,906 DEVELOPMENT. WE WILL SEEK TO 1070 00:41:15,906 --> 00:41:16,407 EITHER COLLABORATE AND 1071 00:41:16,407 --> 00:41:17,474 REINFORCE WHAT THEY ARE DOING, 1072 00:41:17,474 --> 00:41:18,843 OR BE IN PLACES AND AREAS THEY 1073 00:41:18,843 --> 00:41:20,878 ARE NOT. I'M GOING TO NOT TRY 1074 00:41:20,878 --> 00:41:29,286 TO GUESS , BECAUSE THAT WORK IS 1075 00:41:29,286 --> 00:41:30,454 STILL TO COME. I'M VERY EXCITED 1076 00:41:30,454 --> 00:41:31,489 ABOUT THE INVESTMENT. I THINK 1077 00:41:31,489 --> 00:41:32,790 IT'S A GAME CHANGER FOR KING 1078 00:41:32,790 --> 00:41:33,991 COUNTY. I THINK IT'S REALLY 1079 00:41:33,991 --> 00:41:34,692 IMPORTANT THAT WE CELEBRATE, 1080 00:41:34,692 --> 00:41:36,060 BUT NOT THE -- TO THINK THAT 1081 00:41:36,060 --> 00:41:37,828 SOLVES ALL OF OUR PROBLEMS. 1082 00:41:37,828 --> 00:41:39,730 >> SURE. TO THAT POINT, I KNOW 1083 00:41:39,730 --> 00:41:41,131 ONE OF THE THINGS YOU DID IN 1084 00:41:41,131 --> 00:41:42,366 MINNEAPOLIS WAS TO HIS DO A 1085 00:41:42,366 --> 00:41:45,870 STUDY OF THE SECTOR TO HELP 1086 00:41:45,870 --> 00:41:46,670 UNDERSTAND WHAT GAPS THERE ARE. 1087 00:41:46,670 --> 00:41:48,772 CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 1088 00:41:48,772 --> 00:41:49,707 THE PROCESS? 1089 00:41:49,707 --> 00:41:51,942 >> TAKING RACIAL EQUITY LENSES 1090 00:41:51,942 --> 00:41:54,512 TO LOOK AT DATA, WE WERE THE 1091 00:41:54,512 --> 00:41:56,113 FIRST CITY IN THE UNITED STATES 1092 00:41:56,113 --> 00:41:58,749 TO ASK FOR DISAGGREGATED DATA 1093 00:41:58,749 --> 00:42:03,254 IN OUR LOOK AT JOBS. IN THE 1094 00:42:03,254 --> 00:42:05,556 COUNTY AS WELL AS THE CITY. BY 1095 00:42:05,556 --> 00:42:08,492 DOING THAT WE LEARNED MORE 1096 00:42:08,492 --> 00:42:11,228 ABOUT EMPLOYMENT AND PAY FOR 1097 00:42:11,228 --> 00:42:14,031 CREATIVE'S OF COLOR AND WOMEN , 1098 00:42:14,031 --> 00:42:16,467 AND LOOKING ACROSS DIFFERENT 1099 00:42:16,467 --> 00:42:19,737 DISCIPLINES , TO SEE WHO HAS 1100 00:42:19,737 --> 00:42:25,743 IMPLIED , AS MUCH AS THE PAY 1101 00:42:25,743 --> 00:42:26,543 SCALES. THERE WAS A BIG 1102 00:42:26,543 --> 00:42:31,582 DISPARITY IN EMPLOYMENT AND 1103 00:42:31,582 --> 00:42:33,250 PAY. WE DID NOT MEET THE 1104 00:42:33,250 --> 00:42:38,055 NATIONAL AVERAGE. THE 1105 00:42:38,055 --> 00:42:38,756 EMPHASIZE WHERE GOVERNMENT 1106 00:42:38,756 --> 00:42:39,857 SHOULD GO. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A 1107 00:42:39,857 --> 00:42:40,758 BELIEVER THAT GOVERNMENT SHOULD 1108 00:42:40,758 --> 00:42:42,293 BE WHERE THE PRIVATE SECTOR HAS 1109 00:42:42,293 --> 00:42:43,127 FAILED. THAT'S WHEN THE WORK OF 1110 00:42:43,127 --> 00:42:49,867 MY OFFICE SHIFTED . THAT'S ONE 1111 00:42:49,867 --> 00:42:52,770 EXAMPLE OF LONG-TERM USE OF 1112 00:42:52,770 --> 00:42:58,809 DATA , IN ORDER TO INFORM 1113 00:42:58,809 --> 00:42:59,777 DECISION-MAKING AND POLICIES. 1114 00:42:59,777 --> 00:43:03,647 >> RATES. IS THAT SOMETHING 1115 00:43:03,647 --> 00:43:04,315 YOU ANTICIPATE DOING HERE, OR 1116 00:43:04,315 --> 00:43:04,782 SOMETHING SIMILAR? 1117 00:43:04,782 --> 00:43:06,951 >> THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS I'M 1118 00:43:06,951 --> 00:43:10,888 ASKING AS WE SPEAK. 1119 00:43:10,888 --> 00:43:16,393 >> THAT IS DISAGGREGATED DATA , 1120 00:43:16,393 --> 00:43:17,494 THE KEY TO LEARNING. 1121 00:43:17,494 --> 00:43:18,162 >> THANK YOU. 1122 00:43:18,162 --> 00:43:19,129 >> COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER 1123 00:43:19,129 --> 00:43:25,636 QUESTIONS? 1124 00:43:25,636 --> 00:43:26,937 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR, NO, NOT AT 1125 00:43:26,937 --> 00:43:28,138 THIS TIME. SHE SAID, IT WAS 1126 00:43:28,138 --> 00:43:29,807 VERY NICE TO TOUR THE MUSEUM 1127 00:43:29,807 --> 00:43:37,548 WITH HER. I AM LOOKING FORWARD 1128 00:43:37,548 --> 00:43:38,315 TO TAKING MANY MORE TOURS 1129 00:43:38,315 --> 00:43:41,518 AROUND OUR CITIES, AND ARTS 1130 00:43:41,518 --> 00:43:45,389 AND INSTITUTIONAL BUILDINGS 1131 00:43:45,389 --> 00:43:45,990 WITH YOU. 1132 00:43:45,990 --> 00:43:47,191 >> I APPRECIATED. 1133 00:43:47,191 --> 00:43:51,929 >> OKAY. SEEING NO MORE 1134 00:43:51,929 --> 00:43:53,297 QUESTIONS, I MOVE THE COMMITTEE 1135 00:43:53,297 --> 00:43:53,897 RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE 1136 00:43:53,897 --> 00:43:54,965 APPOINTMENT. IS THERE A SECOND? 1137 00:43:54,965 --> 00:43:57,067 >> SECOND PERIOD 1138 00:43:57,067 --> 00:43:58,102 >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND 1139 00:43:58,102 --> 00:43:59,236 SECONDED. WILL YOU PLEASE CALL 1140 00:43:59,236 --> 00:43:59,903 THE RULE ? 1141 00:43:59,903 --> 00:44:10,447 >> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] THREE 1142 00:44:11,648 --> 00:44:11,882 IN FAVOR. 1143 00:44:11,882 --> 00:44:14,618 >> TERRIFIC. MOTION CARRIES. 1144 00:44:14,618 --> 00:44:15,719 THE APPROVAL OF THE APPOINTMENT 1145 00:44:15,719 --> 00:44:17,888 WILL BE SENT TO THE DECEMBER 1146 00:44:17,888 --> 00:44:19,556 12th MEETING. THANK YOU VERY 1147 00:44:19,556 --> 00:44:30,000 MUCH. LOTS OF CLAPPING 1148 00:44:31,769 --> 00:44:34,071 HAPPENING IN CHAMBERS. GREAT. 1149 00:44:34,071 --> 00:44:41,278 THANK YOU VERY MUCH . OKAY. 1150 00:44:41,278 --> 00:44:47,451 CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF YOU. 1151 00:44:47,451 --> 00:44:49,486 WE WILL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 1152 00:44:49,486 --> 00:44:50,554 NUMBER 24. WILL YOU PLEASE READ 1153 00:44:50,554 --> 00:44:51,822 THAT INTO THE RECORD? 1154 00:44:51,822 --> 00:45:02,299 >> COUNCIL BILL 120729. AN 1155 00:45:09,006 --> 00:45:09,573 ORDINANCE RELATING TO HISTORIC 1156 00:45:09,573 --> 00:45:10,207 PRESERVATION, IMPOSING CONTROLS 1157 00:45:10,207 --> 00:45:10,774 UPON THE ELEPHANT CAR WASH 1158 00:45:10,774 --> 00:45:11,408 SIGN, A LANDMARK DESIGNATED BY 1159 00:45:11,408 --> 00:45:11,975 THE LANDMARKS PRESERVATION 1160 00:45:11,975 --> 00:45:16,346 BOARD. FOR BRIEFING, 1161 00:45:16,346 --> 00:45:17,114 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTES. 1162 00:45:17,114 --> 00:45:17,247 1163 00:45:17,247 --> 00:45:20,451 >> THANK YOU. SARA, ARE YOU 1164 00:45:20,451 --> 00:45:21,118 PRESENTING? 1165 00:45:21,118 --> 00:45:23,353 >> I AM. 1166 00:45:23,353 --> 00:45:25,022 >> GREAT, PLEASE GO AHEAD. 1167 00:45:25,022 --> 00:45:34,865 >> GOOD MORNING CHAIR FOR SIX 1168 00:45:34,865 --> 00:45:36,433 AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. WOULD YOU 1169 00:45:36,433 --> 00:45:37,267 LIKE ME TO SHARE MY 1170 00:45:37,267 --> 00:45:37,701 PRESENTATION NOW? 1171 00:45:37,701 --> 00:45:39,069 >> SORRY, IT'S A LITTLE LOUD IN 1172 00:45:39,069 --> 00:45:41,038 HERE. I CANNOT HEAR YOU YET. 1173 00:45:41,038 --> 00:45:42,005 >> OKAY. OH, SURE THE SCREEN, 1174 00:45:42,005 --> 00:45:50,147 YES, PLEASE, GO AHEAD. HERE WE 1175 00:45:50,147 --> 00:45:53,484 GO. 1176 00:45:53,484 --> 00:46:01,225 >> ALL RIGHT. ARE YOU ABLE TO 1177 00:46:01,225 --> 00:46:01,692 SEE IT OKAY? 1178 00:46:01,692 --> 00:46:09,600 >> WE CAN SEE IT, YES. 1179 00:46:09,600 --> 00:46:11,235 >> THIS ORDINANCE IS TO CODIFY 1180 00:46:11,235 --> 00:46:11,869 THE CONTROLS AN AGREEMENT THAT 1181 00:46:11,869 --> 00:46:13,337 WAS SIGNED BY THE PROPERTY 1182 00:46:13,337 --> 00:46:15,639 OWNER . JUSTIN IS HERE WITH ME 1183 00:46:15,639 --> 00:46:21,078 TODAY ONLINE. THE NOMINATION 1184 00:46:21,078 --> 00:46:26,517 WAS MADE BY THE OWNER . THIS IS 1185 00:46:26,517 --> 00:46:32,256 FOR THE ELEPHANT CAR WASH SIGN. 1186 00:46:32,256 --> 00:46:34,691 I WILL QUICKLY READ OVER THE 1187 00:46:34,691 --> 00:46:35,559 DESIGNATION STANDARDS FOR 1188 00:46:35,559 --> 00:46:40,097 FOLKS, JUST AS A REMINDER. IN 1189 00:46:40,097 --> 00:46:44,034 ORDER TO BE DESIGNATED, THE 1190 00:46:44,034 --> 00:46:46,870 RESOURCE MOST MEET AT LEAST 1191 00:46:46,870 --> 00:46:50,941 ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA. 1192 00:46:50,941 --> 00:46:52,543 LOCATION OF OR ASSOCIATED IN 1193 00:46:52,543 --> 00:46:56,213 AND SIGNIFICANT WAY WITH A 1194 00:46:56,213 --> 00:46:57,281 HISTORIC EVENT, WITH A 1195 00:46:57,281 --> 00:47:00,818 SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON THE 1196 00:47:00,818 --> 00:47:02,019 COMMUNITY, STATE, CITY, OR 1197 00:47:02,019 --> 00:47:04,588 NATION. IT'S ASSOCIATED IN A 1198 00:47:04,588 --> 00:47:05,689 SIGNIFICANT WAY WITH A LIFE OF 1199 00:47:05,689 --> 00:47:10,661 PERSON IN IMPORTANCE. IT IS 1200 00:47:10,661 --> 00:47:15,065 ASSOCIATED IN A SIGNIFICANT WAY 1201 00:47:15,065 --> 00:47:17,034 WITH THE CULTURAL, POLITICAL, 1202 00:47:17,034 --> 00:47:20,237 ECONOMIC HERITAGE. IT EMBODIES 1203 00:47:20,237 --> 00:47:21,238 THE DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERS OF 1204 00:47:21,238 --> 00:47:27,344 THEM ARCHITECTURAL STYLE OR 1205 00:47:27,344 --> 00:47:28,579 METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION. IT'S AN 1206 00:47:28,579 --> 00:47:29,713 OUTSTANDING WORK OF DESIGNER OR 1207 00:47:29,713 --> 00:47:31,415 BUILDER. BECAUSE OF ITS 1208 00:47:31,415 --> 00:47:34,518 PROMINENT SPATIAL LOCATION, 1209 00:47:34,518 --> 00:47:40,290 CONTRACT AGE OR SCALE, IT'S 1210 00:47:40,290 --> 00:47:43,060 EASILY IDENTIFIABLE. AND 1211 00:47:43,060 --> 00:47:44,595 CONTRIBUTES TO THE DISTINCTIVE 1212 00:47:44,595 --> 00:47:49,633 QUALITY OR IDENTITY. FOR THE 1213 00:47:49,633 --> 00:47:53,871 ELEPHANT CAR WASH SIGN, IT WAS 1214 00:47:53,871 --> 00:47:57,608 DESIGNATED IN AUGUST OF 2022 1215 00:47:57,608 --> 00:48:06,950 UNDER STANDARD C, D, E. IT IS 1216 00:48:06,950 --> 00:48:12,956 AS DEFINED. ANY MAINTENANCE 1217 00:48:12,956 --> 00:48:14,224 THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE TO THE 1218 00:48:14,224 --> 00:48:15,492 SIGN DOES NOT REQUIRE A 1219 00:48:15,492 --> 00:48:20,297 CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL. THERE 1220 00:48:20,297 --> 00:48:20,831 IS ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW 1221 00:48:20,831 --> 00:48:21,632 AVAILABLE IF THERE'S ANY CHANGE 1222 00:48:21,632 --> 00:48:23,066 THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE TO THE 1223 00:48:23,066 --> 00:48:24,234 INTERNAL MECHANISM OF THE SIGN, 1224 00:48:24,234 --> 00:48:28,138 OR IF THE PROPERTY OWNER 1225 00:48:28,138 --> 00:48:29,873 WISHES TO MOVE THE SIGN TO 1226 00:48:29,873 --> 00:48:34,444 ANOTHER LOCATION THAT IS 1227 00:48:34,444 --> 00:48:35,646 VISIBLE FROM THE PUBLIC RIGHT 1228 00:48:35,646 --> 00:48:36,780 AWAY. AND ISN'T TOO FAR OUT OF 1229 00:48:36,780 --> 00:48:41,785 THE CURRENT CONTEXT. THE SIGN 1230 00:48:41,785 --> 00:48:43,920 WAS DESIGNED AND BUILT IN 1956. 1231 00:48:43,920 --> 00:48:47,257 IT WAS DESIGNED BY BEATRICE , 1232 00:48:47,257 --> 00:48:49,993 ONE OF THE CITIES WORLD 1233 00:48:49,993 --> 00:48:54,798 PREEMINENT DESIGNERS. CALLED 1234 00:48:54,798 --> 00:49:04,675 THE QUEEN OF NEON. THE SIGN IS 1235 00:49:04,675 --> 00:49:05,342 ASSOCIATED WITH THE ELEPHANT 1236 00:49:05,342 --> 00:49:06,276 CAR WASH BUSINESS OPENED BY THE 1237 00:49:06,276 --> 00:49:07,844 ANDERSON FAMILY IN THE EARLY 1238 00:49:07,844 --> 00:49:08,578 1950s. THE CONCEPT OF THE 1239 00:49:08,578 --> 00:49:10,347 ELEPHANT IS ATTRIBUTED TO -- 1240 00:49:10,347 --> 00:49:14,484 BUT THE DESIGN WAS REALLY 1241 00:49:14,484 --> 00:49:16,086 DESIGNED BY BEATRICE, AND THEN 1242 00:49:16,086 --> 00:49:23,627 WAS FABRICATED IN 1956. HER 1243 00:49:23,627 --> 00:49:29,132 EARLY WORK INCLUDES 1244 00:49:29,132 --> 00:49:33,770 WATERFRONT CAFE, PIER 54. THE 1245 00:49:33,770 --> 00:49:35,639 CHUBBY AND TUBBY STORE SIGN ON 1246 00:49:35,639 --> 00:49:42,546 RAINIER AVENUE SOUTH. THE 1247 00:49:42,546 --> 00:49:45,382 OVERLOOKED SOUTH SEATTLE. SHE 1248 00:49:45,382 --> 00:49:47,384 IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE 1249 00:49:47,384 --> 00:49:50,287 NEON SIGN HATS AND BOOTS. IN 1250 00:49:50,287 --> 00:49:52,956 THE ORIGINAL SIGN AT 1251 00:49:52,956 --> 00:49:53,790 PARAMOUNT, AND SHE ALSO 1252 00:49:53,790 --> 00:49:54,992 DESIGNED THE SIGN FOR THE 1253 00:49:54,992 --> 00:50:00,931 SUMMER -- AND AROMA THEATER 1254 00:50:00,931 --> 00:50:01,998 AND MANY OTHERS. THIS IS 1255 00:50:01,998 --> 00:50:03,333 IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE I DON'T 1256 00:50:03,333 --> 00:50:04,434 THINK MANY PEOPLE KNOW SHE HAS 1257 00:50:04,434 --> 00:50:06,036 SUCH A IMPACT ON SIGNAGE DESIGN 1258 00:50:06,036 --> 00:50:09,673 THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THE SIGN 1259 00:50:09,673 --> 00:50:15,579 WE ARE LOOKING AT TODAY WAS 1260 00:50:15,579 --> 00:50:23,153 ORIGINALLY LOCATED AT SIXTH 1261 00:50:23,153 --> 00:50:24,955 AND -- BUT IT HAS BEEN 1262 00:50:24,955 --> 00:50:26,289 REPAIRED AND RESTORED BY 1263 00:50:26,289 --> 00:50:29,693 WESTERN NEON , AND THE SIGN HAS 1264 00:50:29,693 --> 00:50:30,494 NOW BEEN INSTALLED WITH 1265 00:50:30,494 --> 00:50:32,429 APPROVAL FROM THE LANDMARK 1266 00:50:32,429 --> 00:50:34,598 PRESERVATION BOARD IN THE OPEN 1267 00:50:34,598 --> 00:50:35,866 PLAZA AT SEVENTH AND 1268 00:50:35,866 --> 00:50:39,569 BLANCHARD. APPROXIMATELY TWO 1269 00:50:39,569 --> 00:50:41,271 BLOCKS TO THE SOUTH OF THE 1270 00:50:41,271 --> 00:50:43,473 ORIGINAL LOCATION. IT'S 1271 00:50:43,473 --> 00:50:45,342 ESSENTIALLY NOW STANDING WITH 1272 00:50:45,342 --> 00:50:47,911 A PIECE OF PRIVATELY OWNED 1273 00:50:47,911 --> 00:50:51,915 PUBLIC ART. YOU CAN SEE BY THE 1274 00:50:51,915 --> 00:50:54,551 PHOTOS I PROVIDED , I TOOK THE 1275 00:50:54,551 --> 00:50:57,054 CONTEMPORARY PHOTO . I REALLY 1276 00:50:57,054 --> 00:50:59,356 WANTED TO SHOW THE CONTEXT HAS 1277 00:50:59,356 --> 00:51:01,024 NOT CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY OVER 1278 00:51:01,024 --> 00:51:05,929 TIME . YOU CAN STILL SEE THE 1279 00:51:05,929 --> 00:51:08,565 SPACE NEEDLE IN THE BACKGROUND. 1280 00:51:08,565 --> 00:51:11,535 THAT IS MY PRESENTATION. 1281 00:51:11,535 --> 00:51:14,571 >> GREAT, THANK YOU. THIS 1282 00:51:14,571 --> 00:51:20,444 CONTEMPORARY PHOTO IS AT THE 1283 00:51:20,444 --> 00:51:21,077 SEVENTH AND BLANCHARD LOCATION? 1284 00:51:21,077 --> 00:51:21,211 1285 00:51:21,211 --> 00:51:21,812 >> THAT'S CORRECT. 1286 00:51:21,812 --> 00:51:23,480 >> DID YOU SEE THE OWNER IS 1287 00:51:23,480 --> 00:51:27,751 HERE? 1288 00:51:27,751 --> 00:51:29,553 >> YES, JUSTIN. HE HAS JOINED 1289 00:51:29,553 --> 00:51:30,854 ONLINE. 1290 00:51:30,854 --> 00:51:31,855 >> JUSTIN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO 1291 00:51:31,855 --> 00:51:42,199 MAKE ANY REMARKS? 1292 00:51:42,899 --> 00:51:43,867 >> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE 1293 00:51:43,867 --> 00:51:45,168 COUNCIL AND EVERYONE TAKING THE 1294 00:51:45,168 --> 00:51:46,470 TIME TO VOTE ON THIS. I 1295 00:51:46,470 --> 00:51:47,137 APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S EFFORTS 1296 00:51:47,137 --> 00:51:48,004 ON THIS. OTHERWISE I AM EXCITED 1297 00:51:48,004 --> 00:51:49,206 TO GET THIS GOING. AND HAVE 1298 00:51:49,206 --> 00:51:50,807 THIS WRAPPED UP FOR EVERYBODY. 1299 00:51:50,807 --> 00:51:50,941 1300 00:51:50,941 --> 00:51:53,810 >> RATES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 1301 00:51:53,810 --> 00:51:54,544 THANK YOU, SARA. COLLEAGUES, 1302 00:51:54,544 --> 00:51:56,179 ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT 1303 00:51:56,179 --> 00:51:57,347 THIS DESIGNATION, OR THE 1304 00:51:57,347 --> 00:52:04,321 CONTROLS? 1305 00:52:04,321 --> 00:52:05,655 >> CHAIR, THANK YOU, NOT AT 1306 00:52:05,655 --> 00:52:06,723 THIS TIME. I'M VERY EXCITED 1307 00:52:06,723 --> 00:52:07,924 THAT THIS ICONIC SIGN I'VE GONE 1308 00:52:07,924 --> 00:52:09,292 TO LOOK AT MY ENTIRE LIFE, AS I 1309 00:52:09,292 --> 00:52:14,831 GOT OFF OF AURORA AVENUE IS 1310 00:52:14,831 --> 00:52:15,832 STILL IN SOUTH LAKE UNION. 1311 00:52:15,832 --> 00:52:17,267 ALTHOUGH, IF I TRY TO GIVE 1312 00:52:17,267 --> 00:52:18,335 DIRECTIONS IS DONNA, I'M GOING 1313 00:52:18,335 --> 00:52:19,536 TO GET SOMEBODY LOST. 1314 00:52:19,536 --> 00:52:21,805 >> I DO APPRECIATE A LITTLE 1315 00:52:21,805 --> 00:52:32,349 BIT OF THE HISTORY. ALL OF THE 1316 00:52:32,949 --> 00:52:34,050 SIGNS YOU MENTIONED, SARA, ARE 1317 00:52:34,050 --> 00:52:35,352 QUITE ICONIC IN THE CITY. I HAD 1318 00:52:35,352 --> 00:52:36,786 NO IDEA IT WAS ONE PERSON WHO 1319 00:52:36,786 --> 00:52:38,088 DESIGNED THEM ALL. THANK YOU 1320 00:52:38,088 --> 00:52:39,189 FOR THE HISTORY LESSON. OKAY, 1321 00:52:39,189 --> 00:52:40,023 COLLEAGUES. IF THERE ARE NO 1322 00:52:40,023 --> 00:52:43,260 FURTHER QUESTIONS OR REMARKS , 1323 00:52:43,260 --> 00:52:44,294 I MOVE THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS 1324 00:52:44,294 --> 00:52:45,328 PASSAGE OF THE LEGISLATION. IS 1325 00:52:45,328 --> 00:52:46,997 THERE A SECOND. 1326 00:52:46,997 --> 00:52:47,397 >> SECOND. 1327 00:52:47,397 --> 00:52:49,065 >> THANK YOU, IT'S BEEN MOVED 1328 00:52:49,065 --> 00:52:50,734 AND SECONDED. NO FINAL COMMENTS 1329 00:52:50,734 --> 00:52:55,172 . ANYTHING ELSE , SARA? OKAY. 1330 00:52:55,172 --> 00:52:57,040 WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE RULE? 1331 00:52:57,040 --> 00:52:57,474 1332 00:52:57,474 --> 00:53:03,013 >> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS? 1333 00:53:03,013 --> 00:53:03,446 >> YES. 1334 00:53:03,446 --> 00:53:04,281 >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 1335 00:53:04,281 --> 00:53:05,215 >> YES. 1336 00:53:05,215 --> 00:53:15,492 >> CHAIR MORALES ? 1337 00:53:15,492 --> 00:53:15,825 >> YES. 1338 00:53:15,825 --> 00:53:16,793 >> THREE IN FAVOR. 1339 00:53:16,793 --> 00:53:17,761 >> RATES. THE MOTION CARRIES. 1340 00:53:17,761 --> 00:53:18,695 THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION 1341 00:53:18,695 --> 00:53:19,829 WILL BE SENT TO THE DECEMBER 1342 00:53:19,829 --> 00:53:20,864 12th CITY COUNCIL MEETING. 1343 00:53:20,864 --> 00:53:24,100 THANK YOU VERY MUCH , SARA. I 1344 00:53:24,100 --> 00:53:24,501 APPRECIATE IT. 1345 00:53:24,501 --> 00:53:25,569 >> THANK YOU. 1346 00:53:25,569 --> 00:53:28,505 >> OKAY. IF THERE ARE NO 1347 00:53:28,505 --> 00:53:31,708 FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS , 1348 00:53:31,708 --> 00:53:36,479 THAT CONCLUDES OUR AGENDA . 1349 00:53:36,479 --> 00:53:38,415 THE MEETING OF THE DECEMBER 8th 1350 00:53:38,415 --> 00:53:47,624 NEIGHBORHOOD EDUCATION , CIVIL 1351 00:53:47,624 --> 00:53:48,658 RIGHTS, AND CULTURE COMMITTEE 1352 00:53:48,658 --> 00:53:49,593 IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU VERY 1353 00:53:49,593 --> 00:53:50,460 MUCH, COLLEAGUES. I WANT TO 1354 00:53:50,460 --> 00:53:51,228 THANK MY COMMITTEE MEMBERS, 1355 00:53:51,228 --> 00:53:52,596 THIS IS THE LAST COMMITTEE OF 1356 00:53:52,596 --> 00:53:53,496 THE YEAR. THE COMMITTEE MEETING 1357 00:53:53,496 --> 00:53:57,634 OF THE YEAR. I WANT TO THANK 1358 00:53:57,634 --> 00:53:59,169 COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE 1359 00:53:59,169 --> 00:54:00,103 ATTENDED, PRESENTED, AND 1360 00:54:00,103 --> 00:54:01,504 DEPARTMENT COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE 1361 00:54:01,504 --> 00:54:06,042 JOINED US . IT IS 10:24, AND WE 1362 00:54:06,042 --> 00:54:07,611 ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU VERY 1363 00:54:07,611 --> 00:54:10,080 MUCH.