1 00:00:10,443 --> 00:00:11,411 Council president 2 00:00:11,411 --> 00:00:14,748 Juarez and members of the Seattle City Council, thank you. 3 00:00:15,281 --> 00:00:19,352 Thank you for allowing me to join you on my first report on the state of the city. 4 00:00:20,453 --> 00:00:23,857 I entered office six weeks ago with a commitment to a new approach 5 00:00:23,857 --> 00:00:29,829 to a vision of what I've referred to as one Seattle, defined by a commitment 6 00:00:29,829 --> 00:00:33,666 to listen to and to work with one another toward a shared goals 7 00:00:34,501 --> 00:00:36,970 rooted in urgency and action. 8 00:00:36,970 --> 00:00:41,608 And I'm pleased to be joined by my by members of my executive committee 9 00:00:41,608 --> 00:00:45,245 who I know you are already working closely with every day 10 00:00:46,646 --> 00:00:47,714 from the mayor's office. 11 00:00:47,714 --> 00:00:52,452 You'll never hear me or members of my administration attack your integrity 12 00:00:53,420 --> 00:00:55,522 or your commitment to solve the problems, said 13 00:00:55,522 --> 00:00:57,657 both of our branches of government face. 14 00:00:58,525 --> 00:01:01,861 I hope you will share this approach, and I have heard loudly 15 00:01:01,861 --> 00:01:05,031 and clearly that is what the public wants. 16 00:01:06,366 --> 00:01:08,935 Our priorities do not have to contradict 17 00:01:08,935 --> 00:01:12,839 instead of looking at differing opinions as mutually exclusive. 18 00:01:14,007 --> 00:01:15,842 We can look to the politics of 19 00:01:15,842 --> 00:01:22,782 and AND, the right number of officers and the right kind of officers, more 20 00:01:22,782 --> 00:01:28,221 housing and vibrant, unique neighborhoods, climate justice and new jobs, 21 00:01:29,255 --> 00:01:30,757 diversity 22 00:01:31,324 --> 00:01:33,193 and commonality. 23 00:01:33,193 --> 00:01:35,762 All of us on this call in throughout Seattle 24 00:01:35,762 --> 00:01:38,631 have much more in common than we're often told. 25 00:01:39,365 --> 00:01:43,603 Let's build on the spirit of unity that that concept should be our baseline, 26 00:01:43,603 --> 00:01:46,306 not the proposition that we are perpetually divided. 27 00:01:47,307 --> 00:01:50,477 Now that's how we built the Space Needle, that's how we cleaned up Lake Washington. 28 00:01:50,510 --> 00:01:54,314 That's how we created libraries in parks and how Seattle became one 29 00:01:54,314 --> 00:01:57,083 of the most desirable American cities to live in. 30 00:01:59,686 --> 00:02:02,388 ONE Seattle means a renewed focus on good government 31 00:02:02,422 --> 00:02:06,626 governance and tangible progress on nuance and conversation. 32 00:02:06,626 --> 00:02:10,964 I BELIEVE THIS GROUP RIGHT 33 00:02:10,964 --> 00:02:12,599 HERE, US, WE CAN AND WILL SET A 34 00:02:12,599 --> 00:02:14,033 NEW TONE AND A NEW EXAMPLE FOR 35 00:02:14,033 --> 00:02:15,869 WHAT CAN BE ACHIEVED WHEN WE 36 00:02:15,869 --> 00:02:19,506 HIT RESET AND HAVE A SHARED 37 00:02:19,506 --> 00:02:24,377 AGENDA FOR OUR CITY TOGETHER. 38 00:02:24,377 --> 00:02:25,011 COUNCIL PRESIDENT DEBORA 39 00:02:25,011 --> 00:02:25,812 JUAREZ'S UNANIMOUS ELECTION TO 40 00:02:25,812 --> 00:02:27,413 THE COUNCIL PRESIDENCY SHOWS 41 00:02:27,413 --> 00:02:30,483 THAT YOU BELIEVE IN THE SPIRIT 42 00:02:30,483 --> 00:02:32,285 OF UNITY IN THE SAME WAY I DO, 43 00:02:32,285 --> 00:02:33,520 SHE IS THE CORRECT PERSON TO 44 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:34,354 LEAD THE COUNCIL, HER TRADEMARK 45 00:02:34,354 --> 00:02:35,555 RESPONSIVENESS AND HER 46 00:02:35,555 --> 00:02:36,356 COLLABORATIVE NATURE, EVEN HER 47 00:02:36,356 --> 00:02:37,991 SENSE OF HUMOR ARE ALREADY 48 00:02:37,991 --> 00:02:39,225 MAKING A REAL DIFFERENCE. 49 00:02:39,225 --> 00:02:42,862 IT IS MY HOPE THAT SHE DOES NOT 50 00:02:42,862 --> 00:02:46,099 ORDER THE CLERK TO HIT THE MUTE 51 00:02:46,099 --> 00:02:47,133 BUTTON BECAUSE I HAVE SOME 52 00:02:47,133 --> 00:02:50,603 PLANS I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE 53 00:02:50,603 --> 00:02:51,004 WITH YOU. 54 00:02:51,004 --> 00:02:52,272 WE NEED HER LEADERSHIP BECAUSE 55 00:02:52,272 --> 00:02:52,906 THE CHALLENGES FACING SEATTLE 56 00:02:52,906 --> 00:02:54,641 ARE DIFFICULT, SOME OF THE MOST 57 00:02:54,641 --> 00:02:56,276 DIFFICULT THE CITY HAS EVER 58 00:02:56,276 --> 00:02:56,509 FACED. 59 00:02:56,509 --> 00:02:58,311 THE TRUTH IS THAT THE STATUS 60 00:02:58,311 --> 00:03:00,146 QUO IS UNACCEPTABLE. 61 00:03:00,146 --> 00:03:02,582 THAT IS ONE AREA WHERE WE MUST 62 00:03:02,582 --> 00:03:02,982 ALL AGREE. 63 00:03:02,982 --> 00:03:09,255 IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY DAY I HEAR 64 00:03:09,255 --> 00:03:10,089 STORIES OF LONGTIME SMALL 65 00:03:10,089 --> 00:03:11,291 BUSINESSES CLOSING THEIR DOORS 66 00:03:11,291 --> 00:03:13,159 FOR GOOD OR LEAVING OUR CITY. 67 00:03:13,159 --> 00:03:16,196 FAMILIES FOREVER CHANGED 68 00:03:16,196 --> 00:03:19,866 BECAUSE OF SENSELESS TRAGEDY OR 69 00:03:19,866 --> 00:03:21,701 DRIVEN BY GUN VIOLENCE OR 70 00:03:21,701 --> 00:03:23,670 OVERDOSE, RISING RENTS AND 71 00:03:23,670 --> 00:03:29,576 INABILITY TO PAY BILLS OR FIND 72 00:03:29,576 --> 00:03:29,842 HOUSING. 73 00:03:29,842 --> 00:03:31,811 CLIMATE IMPACTS, DISSOLUTION 74 00:03:31,811 --> 00:03:33,012 YOUTH OR RESIDENTS WHO DO NOT 75 00:03:33,012 --> 00:03:35,481 FEEL SEEN OR HEARD. 76 00:03:35,481 --> 00:03:36,683 AS WE COME OUT OF COVID 77 00:03:36,683 --> 00:03:37,951 RECOVERY, SEATTLE CAN AND WILL 78 00:03:37,951 --> 00:03:38,918 BE SO MUCH MORE. 79 00:03:38,918 --> 00:03:41,888 THIS IS MY CORE BELIEF. 80 00:03:41,888 --> 00:03:43,823 WILL BE THE DRIVING PRINCIPLE 81 00:03:43,823 --> 00:03:47,260 BEHIND OUR ADMINISTRATION, THIS 82 00:03:47,260 --> 00:03:47,627 ADMINISTRATION. 83 00:03:47,627 --> 00:03:51,130 IT IS CLEAR TO ME THAT THE 84 00:03:51,130 --> 00:03:52,165 PUBLIC DESERVES TO SEE CHANGE 85 00:03:52,165 --> 00:03:53,666 AND TO KNOW THAT WE ARE ACTING 86 00:03:53,666 --> 00:03:54,601 WITH A SENSE OF URGENCY 87 00:03:54,601 --> 00:03:59,072 REQUIRED BY THIS MOMENT. 88 00:03:59,072 --> 00:04:00,273 IN MY FIRST SIX WEEKS IN 89 00:04:00,273 --> 00:04:01,541 OFFICE, YOU ARE SEEING US IN 90 00:04:01,541 --> 00:04:02,675 REAL TIME BUILD SUSTAINABLE 91 00:04:02,675 --> 00:04:03,910 SYSTEMS THAT MOVE OUR CITY 92 00:04:03,910 --> 00:04:05,712 FORWARD. 93 00:04:05,712 --> 00:04:07,747 QUITE CANDIDLY, PERHAPS BECAUSE 94 00:04:07,747 --> 00:04:09,983 OF THE PANDEMIC, I DID NOT 95 00:04:09,983 --> 00:04:13,720 INHERIT CLEAR DEPARTMENTAL 96 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:14,487 SYSTEMS TO ADEQUATELY ADDRESS 97 00:04:14,487 --> 00:04:15,688 THE CONDITIONS OF PUBLIC SAFETY 98 00:04:15,688 --> 00:04:16,089 OR HOMELESSNESS. 99 00:04:16,089 --> 00:04:19,759 I WOULD LIKE TO BE CLEAR, I 100 00:04:19,759 --> 00:04:21,995 BELIEVE IN GOING BACK TO THE 101 00:04:21,995 --> 00:04:22,228 BASICS. 102 00:04:22,228 --> 00:04:25,498 THAT IS WHERE GOOD GOVERNANCE 103 00:04:25,498 --> 00:04:26,266 BEGINS, THE BASICS INCLUDE 104 00:04:26,266 --> 00:04:28,301 EFFORTS LIKE OUR HOUSING FIRST 105 00:04:28,301 --> 00:04:28,534 POLICY. 106 00:04:28,534 --> 00:04:33,573 FIXING A POTHOLE, MAKING SURE 107 00:04:33,573 --> 00:04:34,574 OUR SIDEWALKS AND PARKS ARE 108 00:04:34,574 --> 00:04:36,009 SAFE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES 109 00:04:36,009 --> 00:04:37,243 TO USE, MAKING SURE WE ENFORCE 110 00:04:37,243 --> 00:04:38,244 OUR CRIMINAL LAWS AGAINST THOSE 111 00:04:38,244 --> 00:04:40,280 WHO ARE HARMING OTHERS. 112 00:04:40,280 --> 00:04:43,983 WE LEAVE WITH AND ACKNOWLEDGE 113 00:04:43,983 --> 00:04:44,751 THE FACT THAT AFRICAN-AMERICANS 114 00:04:44,751 --> 00:04:50,023 HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO 115 00:04:50,023 --> 00:04:50,490 INSTITUTIONAL RACISM. 116 00:04:50,490 --> 00:04:52,258 THAT THE EXPORTATION OF OUR 117 00:04:52,258 --> 00:04:53,092 INDIGENOUS PEOPLE HAS BEEN 118 00:04:53,092 --> 00:04:54,894 WOVEN INTO THE FABRIC OF THIS 119 00:04:54,894 --> 00:04:57,330 COUNTRY SINCE ITS INCEPTION. 120 00:04:57,330 --> 00:05:01,334 THAT IN 2022, WE HAVE SEEN ANTI- 121 00:05:01,367 --> 00:05:04,671 ASIAN HATE AND ANTI-SEMITISM AT 122 00:05:04,671 --> 00:05:09,142 ALARMING LEVELS. 123 00:05:09,142 --> 00:05:09,809 THOSE UNDERSTANDINGS SHOULD BE 124 00:05:09,809 --> 00:05:11,177 A PART OF OUR BASICS AS WELL 125 00:05:11,177 --> 00:05:12,345 AND JUST AS IMPORTANT. 126 00:05:12,345 --> 00:05:13,379 GOING BACK TO THE BASICS MEAN 127 00:05:13,379 --> 00:05:14,414 SERVING THE PUBLIC AND THE 128 00:05:14,414 --> 00:05:16,449 ENTIRE PUBLIC, AND IT MEANS 129 00:05:16,449 --> 00:05:20,086 SERVING THEM WELL. 130 00:05:20,086 --> 00:05:21,487 THAT IS WHY YOU HEARD ME, TWO 131 00:05:21,487 --> 00:05:22,722 WEEKS AGO, TALK ABOUT MY 132 00:05:22,722 --> 00:05:24,157 COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SAFETY IN 133 00:05:24,157 --> 00:05:25,358 THE FACE OF A REPORT SHOWING 134 00:05:25,358 --> 00:05:29,028 INCREASES IN VIOLENT CRIME AND 135 00:05:29,028 --> 00:05:30,229 IN OVER 40% INCREASE IN SHOTS 136 00:05:30,229 --> 00:05:31,864 FIRED LAST YEAR. 137 00:05:31,898 --> 00:05:34,934 I SHARED RESULTS OF IMMEDIATE 138 00:05:34,934 --> 00:05:36,135 ACTION TO ADDRESS CRIME AND 139 00:05:36,135 --> 00:05:38,371 LOOK AT THE DATA TO RECOGNIZE 140 00:05:38,371 --> 00:05:39,372 WHICH NEIGHBORHOODS AND 141 00:05:39,372 --> 00:05:41,607 COMMUNITIES ARE MOST IMPACTED 142 00:05:41,607 --> 00:05:46,479 BY PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES. 143 00:05:46,479 --> 00:05:48,915 THIS IS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE. 144 00:05:48,915 --> 00:05:50,750 WHAT IS CRITICAL AND NEW, 145 00:05:50,750 --> 00:05:52,785 HOWEVER, IS WE REMAIN WHOLLY 146 00:05:52,785 --> 00:05:53,720 COMMITTED TO AVOIDING THE 147 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:56,522 MISTAKES OF THE PAST. 148 00:05:56,522 --> 00:05:57,256 MY ADMINISTRATION IS REACHING 149 00:05:57,256 --> 00:06:00,927 OUT TO MEMBERS OF THE CRIMINAL 150 00:06:00,927 --> 00:06:02,128 DEPARTMENT, MANY MY FRIENDS, TO 151 00:06:02,128 --> 00:06:05,365 LET THEM KNOW THAT, WHEN WE 152 00:06:05,365 --> 00:06:06,432 MAKE ARRESTS, WE WILL MAKE SURE 153 00:06:06,432 --> 00:06:07,200 CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS ARE 154 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:09,435 PROTECTED, THAT ALTERNATIVE 155 00:06:09,502 --> 00:06:10,870 ORMS OTHER THAN ARREST ARE 156 00:06:10,870 --> 00:06:12,705 EXPLORED, THE TREATMENT PLANTS 157 00:06:12,705 --> 00:06:15,608 ARE IN PLACE AND A MILITARIZED 158 00:06:15,608 --> 00:06:17,777 OR RACIALIZED APPROACH WILL NOT 159 00:06:17,777 --> 00:06:22,248 BE TOLERATED. 160 00:06:22,248 --> 00:06:23,449 WE PROVIDED A SPECIFIC ARREST 161 00:06:23,449 --> 00:06:24,484 NUMBERS AND THE AMOUNT OF 162 00:06:24,484 --> 00:06:25,084 STOLEN GOODS RECOVERED, AND 163 00:06:25,084 --> 00:06:27,587 DESCRIBE HOW DOZENS OF 164 00:06:27,587 --> 00:06:29,389 VULNERABLE PEOPLE CAUGHT UP IN 165 00:06:29,389 --> 00:06:33,826 A WEB OF ORGANIZED CRIMES WERE 166 00:06:33,826 --> 00:06:36,763 ORGANIZED WITHOUT 167 00:06:36,763 --> 00:06:37,130 INCARCERATION. 168 00:06:37,130 --> 00:06:38,498 THIS IS ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW WE 169 00:06:38,498 --> 00:06:40,099 DEFINE PROGRESS, NOT JUST WITH 170 00:06:40,099 --> 00:06:41,734 LAW ENFORCEMENT BUT ALSO WITH 171 00:06:41,734 --> 00:06:44,170 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, OUTREACH, 172 00:06:44,170 --> 00:06:49,876 SUPPORT, SOCIAL SERVICES, IT 173 00:06:49,876 --> 00:06:50,877 MEANS, NOT JUST ADDRESSING GUN 174 00:06:50,877 --> 00:06:51,677 VIOLENCE, BUT PREVENTING IT 175 00:06:51,677 --> 00:06:52,578 THROUGH INPUT AND SOLUTIONS 176 00:06:52,578 --> 00:06:54,147 FROM THE COMMUNITIES MOST 177 00:06:54,147 --> 00:06:56,182 IMPACTED ALONG WITH 178 00:06:56,182 --> 00:06:58,184 GROUNDBREAKING LAWS, LOCAL AND 179 00:06:58,184 --> 00:07:03,423 REGIONAL COLLABORATION, AND 180 00:07:03,423 --> 00:07:04,490 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES. WE 181 00:07:04,490 --> 00:07:05,691 HAVE ALREADY BEGUN ROLLING OUT 182 00:07:05,691 --> 00:07:06,726 ELEMENTS OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY 183 00:07:06,726 --> 00:07:07,727 PLAN AND YOU WILL SOON HEAR 184 00:07:07,727 --> 00:07:10,797 MORE DETAILS ABOUT HOW INTERVAL 185 00:07:10,797 --> 00:07:11,597 THIS HOLISTIC APPROACH TO 186 00:07:11,597 --> 00:07:13,232 PUBLIC SAFETY IS FOR EVERY 187 00:07:13,232 --> 00:07:13,699 SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOOD. 188 00:07:13,699 --> 00:07:17,437 PART OF THE PLAN REQUIRES MORE 189 00:07:17,437 --> 00:07:17,703 OFFICERS. 190 00:07:17,703 --> 00:07:18,504 THE DEPLETED STAFFING WE SEE 191 00:07:18,504 --> 00:07:19,739 TODAY DOES NOT ALLOW US TO 192 00:07:19,739 --> 00:07:27,447 REACT TO EMERGENCIES, AND CRIME 193 00:07:27,447 --> 00:07:28,047 RESPONSE TIMES OUR RESIDENTS 194 00:07:28,047 --> 00:07:29,282 DESERVE AND DOES NOT ALLOW US 195 00:07:29,282 --> 00:07:30,483 TO STOP THE SPECIALTY TEAMS WE 196 00:07:30,483 --> 00:07:31,717 NEED FOR ISSUES LIKE DOMESTIC 197 00:07:31,717 --> 00:07:35,154 VIOLENCE OR DUI, OR FOR NATURAL 198 00:07:35,154 --> 00:07:35,555 CRIMES. 199 00:07:35,555 --> 00:07:38,624 THEY TARGET OUR ELDERLY. 200 00:07:38,624 --> 00:07:40,059 IT DOES NOT ALLOW US TO CONDUCT 201 00:07:40,059 --> 00:07:41,060 A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION WE 202 00:07:41,060 --> 00:07:43,896 EXPECT TO SUSTAINABLE CHANGE. 203 00:07:43,896 --> 00:07:48,034 I RECENTLY SPOKE WITH MIKE 204 00:07:48,034 --> 00:07:48,568 ALEXANDER, THE EXECUTIVE 205 00:07:48,568 --> 00:07:50,636 DIRECTOR OF THE CRIMINAL 206 00:07:50,636 --> 00:07:51,804 JUSTICE TRAINING COMMITTEE 207 00:07:51,804 --> 00:07:53,039 ABOUT WHAT IT WILL TAKE FROM 208 00:07:53,039 --> 00:07:54,440 THE CITY OF SEATTLE TO MAKE 209 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:55,875 SURE WE HAVE A HEALTHY PIPELINE 210 00:07:55,875 --> 00:07:57,109 OF SEATTLE POLICE OFFICERS. 211 00:07:57,109 --> 00:08:01,380 IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR, 2022, WE 212 00:08:01,380 --> 00:08:02,381 WILL HAVE A SPECIAL SEATTLE 213 00:08:02,381 --> 00:08:04,817 ONLY FOCUSED CLASS AT THE 214 00:08:04,817 --> 00:08:05,651 POLICE ACADEMY WHICH WILL MEAN 215 00:08:05,651 --> 00:08:07,453 THE NEXT 36 NEW OFFICERS WE 216 00:08:07,453 --> 00:08:09,288 NEED TO HELP US REACH OUR 217 00:08:09,288 --> 00:08:10,490 PUBLIC SAFETY GOALS WILL COME 218 00:08:10,490 --> 00:08:12,959 OUT OF THE EFFORT. 219 00:08:12,959 --> 00:08:14,760 WE HAVE FUNDING TO HIRE 125 NEW 220 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:17,029 OFFICERS THIS YEAR. 221 00:08:17,029 --> 00:08:18,664 IN ADDITION TO THE SPECIAL 222 00:08:18,664 --> 00:08:19,832 TRAINING CLASS, WE ARE ROLLING 223 00:08:19,832 --> 00:08:21,701 OUT A NEW CAMPAIGN TO RECRUIT 224 00:08:21,701 --> 00:08:25,538 THE NEXT GENERATION OF SEATTLE 225 00:08:25,538 --> 00:08:25,771 POLICE. 226 00:08:25,771 --> 00:08:26,939 IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THIS WILL 227 00:08:26,939 --> 00:08:28,174 BE CONSISTENT WITH THE VALUES I 228 00:08:28,174 --> 00:08:29,709 EXPECT TO SEE IN OUR OFFICES, 229 00:08:29,709 --> 00:08:33,446 THE CULTURE OF THE DEPARTMENT, 230 00:08:33,446 --> 00:08:34,280 THE ENGAGEMENT WITH COMMUNITY 231 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:35,081 AND THE UNDERSTANDING THAT 232 00:08:35,081 --> 00:08:37,316 JUSTICE REQUIRES SERVING THE 233 00:08:37,316 --> 00:08:37,550 PEOPLE. 234 00:08:37,550 --> 00:08:39,952 EVEN IF YOU'RE WATCHING TODAY 235 00:08:39,952 --> 00:08:40,987 AND INTERESTED IN HELPING MAKE 236 00:08:40,987 --> 00:08:44,223 OUR CITY MORE SAFE AND JUST, 237 00:08:44,223 --> 00:08:45,925 PLEASE REACH OUT, WE ARE 238 00:08:45,925 --> 00:08:46,158 HIRING. 239 00:08:46,158 --> 00:08:47,493 YOU RECENTLY HEARD FROM THE 240 00:08:47,493 --> 00:08:49,695 CHIEF ABOUT REQUIRING NEW 241 00:08:49,695 --> 00:08:50,730 RECRUITS AS PART OF THEIR 242 00:08:50,796 --> 00:08:53,165 TRAINING TO DIVE INTO IT AND 243 00:08:53,165 --> 00:08:54,166 KNOW THE COMMUNITIES THEY WILL 244 00:08:54,166 --> 00:08:59,071 BE WORKING IN BEFORE THEY TAKE 245 00:08:59,071 --> 00:08:59,305 OFFICE. 246 00:08:59,305 --> 00:09:01,474 THE RIGHT NUMBER OF POLICE 247 00:09:01,474 --> 00:09:02,909 OFFICERS IN THE RIGHT KIND OF 248 00:09:02,909 --> 00:09:03,309 POLICE OFFICERS. 249 00:09:03,309 --> 00:09:07,179 WE CAN HAVE SAFETY AND WE CAN 250 00:09:07,179 --> 00:09:07,513 HAVE PERFORM. 251 00:09:07,513 --> 00:09:09,482 THIS WILL BE THE ADMINISTRATION 252 00:09:09,482 --> 00:09:11,050 THAT STOPS THE FEDERAL CONSENT 253 00:09:11,050 --> 00:09:12,485 DECREE OVER THE SEATTLE POLICE 254 00:09:12,485 --> 00:09:16,722 DEPARTMENT. 255 00:09:16,722 --> 00:09:17,557 THE ADMINISTRATION WILL MAKE 256 00:09:17,557 --> 00:09:18,758 SURE OUR POLICE ARE MORE 257 00:09:18,758 --> 00:09:22,595 INNOVATIVE, REPRESENTATIVE, AND 258 00:09:22,595 --> 00:09:22,862 FOCUSED. 259 00:09:22,862 --> 00:09:24,030 I HAVE BEEN VERY PLEASED WITH 260 00:09:24,030 --> 00:09:26,465 THE EARLY PRIORITIES PUBLIC 261 00:09:26,465 --> 00:09:27,700 SAFETY CHAIR LISA HERBOLD AND I 262 00:09:27,700 --> 00:09:30,102 HAVE A LIE.AND I LOOK FORWARD 263 00:09:30,102 --> 00:09:31,137 TO WORKING WITH HER ON SWIFT 264 00:09:31,137 --> 00:09:32,672 AND LONG-TERM ACTION, INCLUDING 265 00:09:32,672 --> 00:09:36,842 HOW WE ASSIGN SAFETY RESOURCES 266 00:09:36,842 --> 00:09:37,843 LIKE THE NURSE NAVIGATION 911 267 00:09:37,843 --> 00:09:39,912 PROGRAM I ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK 268 00:09:39,912 --> 00:09:42,114 WITH COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD WHO 269 00:09:42,114 --> 00:09:44,951 WANTED TO MAKE POSSIBLE. 270 00:09:44,951 --> 00:09:46,385 TO ME, PUBLIC SAFETY MEANS MORE 271 00:09:46,385 --> 00:09:48,020 THAN JUST STOPPING CRIME, IT 272 00:09:48,020 --> 00:09:50,056 MEANS ENJOYING PEOPLE GET THE 273 00:09:50,056 --> 00:09:52,925 HELP THEY NEED WHEN THEY NEED 274 00:09:52,925 --> 00:09:54,093 IT, AND THAT OUR SYSTEMS WERE 275 00:09:54,093 --> 00:09:58,764 BUILT FOR THE SAFETY OF ALL 276 00:09:58,764 --> 00:09:59,165 PEOPLE. 277 00:09:59,165 --> 00:10:00,232 I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE MY 278 00:10:00,232 --> 00:10:01,200 DISCUSSIONS WITH YOU ABOUT THE 279 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:02,435 CREATION OF A THIRD KIND OF 280 00:10:02,435 --> 00:10:03,069 PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT. 281 00:10:03,069 --> 00:10:03,869 STAFFED BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS 282 00:10:03,869 --> 00:10:05,071 WHO HAVE THE TRAINING TO BE 283 00:10:05,071 --> 00:10:08,708 CULTURALLY COMPETENT MASTERS OF 284 00:10:08,708 --> 00:10:09,108 DE-ESCALATION. 285 00:10:09,108 --> 00:10:09,942 WE KNOW THAT EVERY PROBLEM 286 00:10:09,942 --> 00:10:11,577 CANNOT BE SOLVED WITH A GUN AND 287 00:10:11,577 --> 00:10:11,978 A BADGE RESPONSE. 288 00:10:11,978 --> 00:10:14,413 I AM INTRIGUED BY THE CREATION 289 00:10:14,413 --> 00:10:17,717 OF THE COMMUNITY SAFETY AND 290 00:10:17,717 --> 00:10:22,521 COMMUNICATION CENTER, THE CSCC, 291 00:10:22,521 --> 00:10:24,957 WITCH WILL GO AWAY FROM MY 292 00:10:24,957 --> 00:10:25,591 POLICE-CENTERED APPROACH TO 293 00:10:25,591 --> 00:10:26,792 PUBLIC SAFETY AND FOCUS MORE ON 294 00:10:26,792 --> 00:10:28,027 HARM REDUCTION. 295 00:10:28,027 --> 00:10:30,663 ANOTHER WAY WE WILL DO IT IS 296 00:10:30,663 --> 00:10:31,697 THROUGH THE UNIT THREE WHICH 297 00:10:31,697 --> 00:10:38,771 EXPANDS BEYOND DOWNTOWN SEATTLE 298 00:10:38,771 --> 00:10:43,476 TO -- CONNECTING ACCESS TO 299 00:10:43,476 --> 00:10:43,843 SERVICES. 300 00:10:43,843 --> 00:10:44,677 OUR WILLINGNESS TO LISTEN TO 301 00:10:44,677 --> 00:10:47,713 CRISIS INTERVENTION IDEAS FROM 302 00:10:47,713 --> 00:10:48,748 SEATTLE FIREFIGHTERS THE LOCAL 303 00:10:48,748 --> 00:10:59,158 27, TO IMPROVE AND HELP 304 00:10:59,558 --> 00:11:03,095 RESPONSES TO THESE NONEMERGENCY 305 00:11:03,095 --> 00:11:03,362 EVENTS. 306 00:11:03,362 --> 00:11:04,163 THIS DEPARTMENT WILL ALLOW FIRE 307 00:11:04,163 --> 00:11:05,197 AND POLICE TO ADDRESS 308 00:11:05,197 --> 00:11:10,670 EMERGENCIES WHERE THEY ARE MOST 309 00:11:10,670 --> 00:11:10,903 NEEDED. 310 00:11:10,903 --> 00:11:11,904 WE HAVE EMBARKED UPON 311 00:11:11,904 --> 00:11:12,505 PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS WITH 312 00:11:12,505 --> 00:11:13,506 THE SEATTLE COLLEGE IS ABOUT 313 00:11:13,506 --> 00:11:14,340 BUILDING OUT THIS KIND OF 314 00:11:14,340 --> 00:11:16,375 CURRICULUM AND HOW THEY CAN 315 00:11:16,375 --> 00:11:17,176 ENCOURAGES OUR COMMUNITIES TO 316 00:11:17,176 --> 00:11:20,680 CONSIDER A CAREER IN HELPING 317 00:11:20,680 --> 00:11:23,049 PROTECT THEIR COMMUNITIES. 318 00:11:23,049 --> 00:11:25,117 THE TIME TO BUILD THIS 319 00:11:25,117 --> 00:11:25,551 DEPARTMENT IS NOW. 320 00:11:25,551 --> 00:11:27,753 AS WE GET INTO THE BUDGET 321 00:11:27,753 --> 00:11:28,754 PROCESS, I WILL SHARE FURTHER 322 00:11:28,754 --> 00:11:31,991 STEPS IN THIS REGARD. 323 00:11:31,991 --> 00:11:33,025 WE WILL ALSO WORK CLOSELY WITH 324 00:11:33,025 --> 00:11:35,261 OUR NEW CITY ATTORNEY ON THE 325 00:11:35,261 --> 00:11:36,262 ISSUE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND 326 00:11:36,262 --> 00:11:37,329 MAKING SURE THIS NEW APPROACH 327 00:11:37,329 --> 00:11:40,132 TO PUBLIC SAFETY IS ALIGNED 328 00:11:40,132 --> 00:11:42,768 WITH HER STRATEGIES, AND I'M 329 00:11:42,768 --> 00:11:45,004 CONFIDENT THEY ARE. 330 00:11:45,004 --> 00:11:45,805 TOGETHER WE RECOGNIZE THE 331 00:11:45,805 --> 00:11:46,839 IMPORTANCE OF ENSURING WE HOLD 332 00:11:46,839 --> 00:11:50,476 THAT ACTORS ACCOUNTABLE AND 333 00:11:50,476 --> 00:11:52,111 BUILD A CRIMINAL AND LEGAL 334 00:11:52,111 --> 00:11:53,946 SYSTEM THAT LETS 335 00:11:53,946 --> 00:11:55,581 COMPREHENSIVELY IN DELIVERING 336 00:11:55,581 --> 00:11:59,218 FAIRNESS AND TRUE JUSTICE FOR 337 00:11:59,218 --> 00:11:59,518 EVERYBODY. 338 00:11:59,518 --> 00:12:01,721 THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS MUST BE 339 00:12:01,721 --> 00:12:03,089 TREATED LIKE THE CRISIS THAT IT 340 00:12:03,089 --> 00:12:03,289 IS. 341 00:12:03,289 --> 00:12:07,960 LATER THIS WEEK I WILL SHARE A 342 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:08,561 MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE 343 00:12:08,561 --> 00:12:09,795 FUTURE OF OUR EFFORTS TO BRING 344 00:12:09,795 --> 00:12:12,631 PEOPLE INSIDE WITH EXECUTIVE AT 345 00:12:12,631 --> 00:12:18,738 THE COUNTY AND THE CEO, AND 346 00:12:18,738 --> 00:12:20,673 OTHER PHILANTHROPIC BUSINESS 347 00:12:20,673 --> 00:12:22,374 AND CIVIC LEADERS TO HELP THE 348 00:12:22,374 --> 00:12:25,244 CITY COUNCIL YOU HAVE SUPPORTED 349 00:12:25,244 --> 00:12:26,278 WHO WILL STRONGLY PURSUE A 350 00:12:26,278 --> 00:12:27,079 REGIONAL SOLUTION TO 351 00:12:27,079 --> 00:12:27,413 HOMELESSNESS. 352 00:12:27,413 --> 00:12:28,914 THE REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS 353 00:12:28,914 --> 00:12:30,549 AUTHORITY IS NOW OPERATIONAL 354 00:12:30,549 --> 00:12:32,952 AND ESTIMATES THAT MORE THAN 355 00:12:32,952 --> 00:12:34,754 40,000 PEOPLE EXPERIENCING 356 00:12:34,754 --> 00:12:36,989 HOMELESSNESS ACROSS THIS REGION 357 00:12:36,989 --> 00:12:37,423 ARE HERE. 358 00:12:37,423 --> 00:12:41,861 IT IS TIME TO FINALLY IMPLEMENT 359 00:12:41,861 --> 00:12:45,698 REAL AND OVERDUE REGIONAL 360 00:12:45,698 --> 00:12:46,365 COORDINATION WITH THE URGENCY 361 00:12:46,365 --> 00:12:47,800 OF TRUE CRISIS RESPONSE TO THIS 362 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:48,801 CHALLENGE AS PART OF THE 363 00:12:48,801 --> 00:12:50,236 GOVERNING COMMITTEE I AM 364 00:12:50,236 --> 00:12:51,637 WORKING WITH THE CEO TO ENSURE 365 00:12:51,637 --> 00:12:53,672 THE RIGHT STRATEGY THAT IS IN 366 00:12:53,672 --> 00:12:56,108 PLACE TO LEAD TO SUSTAINABLE 367 00:12:56,108 --> 00:12:56,509 CHANGE. 368 00:12:56,509 --> 00:12:57,510 I AM ADVOCATING THE STATE AND 369 00:12:57,510 --> 00:13:03,349 FEDERAL LEVEL AND WORKING WITH 370 00:13:03,349 --> 00:13:04,650 THE GOVERNOR BEFORE I EVEN TOOK 371 00:13:04,650 --> 00:13:05,651 OFFICE TO ADVOCATE FOR HUNDREDS 372 00:13:05,651 --> 00:13:07,052 OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO GO 373 00:13:07,052 --> 00:13:07,686 TOWARDS HOUSING AND SERVICES 374 00:13:07,686 --> 00:13:08,354 AND IMPROVED RIGHT-OF-WAY 375 00:13:08,354 --> 00:13:08,687 COORDINATION. 376 00:13:08,687 --> 00:13:10,523 WITH THE HOUSING AND URBAN 377 00:13:10,523 --> 00:13:12,958 DEVELOPMENT SECRETARY TO SECURE 378 00:13:12,958 --> 00:13:13,459 FEDERAL SUPPORT. 379 00:13:13,459 --> 00:13:17,429 LET'S BE CLEAR, SEATTLE'S 380 00:13:17,429 --> 00:13:18,464 EFFORTS WILL NOT PAUSE WHILE 381 00:13:18,464 --> 00:13:19,265 REGIONAL ACTIONS RAMP UP. 382 00:13:19,265 --> 00:13:22,902 IN OUR FIRST SIX WEEKS, WE HAVE 383 00:13:22,902 --> 00:13:24,136 BEEN EVALUATING THE CITY'S 384 00:13:24,136 --> 00:13:24,937 EXISTING SYSTEMS FOR ADDRESSING 385 00:13:24,937 --> 00:13:28,374 THE IMPACTS OF HOMELESSNESS AND 386 00:13:28,374 --> 00:13:29,408 WORKING TO IMMEDIATELY CREATE 387 00:13:29,408 --> 00:13:32,278 MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE 388 00:13:32,278 --> 00:13:32,578 SOLUTIONS. 389 00:13:32,578 --> 00:13:33,679 WHEN WE ENTERED OFFICE, THE 390 00:13:33,679 --> 00:13:34,513 CITY HAS SIX DIFFERENT SYSTEMS 391 00:13:34,513 --> 00:13:37,550 IN SIX DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS 392 00:13:37,550 --> 00:13:41,187 TRACKING OUTREACH AND SERVICES 393 00:13:41,187 --> 00:13:41,620 TO HOMELESSNESS. 394 00:13:41,620 --> 00:13:42,621 SOME TRACK THE NUMBER OF 395 00:13:42,621 --> 00:13:43,422 PEOPLE. 396 00:13:43,422 --> 00:13:45,457 SOME TRACK THE NUMBER OF TENTS 397 00:13:45,457 --> 00:13:48,494 WHILE INDIVIDUAL STAFF STRIVE 398 00:13:48,494 --> 00:13:49,128 TO WORK TOGETHER, OVERALL 399 00:13:49,128 --> 00:13:52,364 SYSTEMS WERE NOT COORDINATED. 400 00:13:52,364 --> 00:13:54,600 FOR OUR ADMINISTRATION, THIS IS 401 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:55,000 NOT ACCEPTABLE. 402 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:57,436 WE HAVE SINCE COME BY THESE 403 00:13:57,436 --> 00:13:58,470 EFFORTS INTO ONE SYSTEM WITH 404 00:13:58,470 --> 00:14:00,706 CROSS DEPARTMENTAL EXPECTATIONS 405 00:14:00,706 --> 00:14:01,740 AND COORDINATION THAT WILL FORM 406 00:14:01,740 --> 00:14:08,214 THE BACKBONE OF, NOT ONLY A 407 00:14:08,214 --> 00:14:09,215 TRANSPARENT DASHBOARD TO TRACK 408 00:14:09,215 --> 00:14:10,216 PROGRESS, BUT ALSO AND MORE 409 00:14:10,216 --> 00:14:12,084 IMPORTANTLY, TO BETTER HELP 410 00:14:12,084 --> 00:14:13,285 PEOPLE OFF THE SIDEWALK AND 411 00:14:13,285 --> 00:14:14,753 INTO SHELTER AND SERVICES. 412 00:14:14,753 --> 00:14:18,157 FURTHER, IF A PERSON WANTED TO 413 00:14:18,157 --> 00:14:21,727 REPORT THEIR CONCERN ABOUT AN 414 00:14:21,727 --> 00:14:22,628 ENCAMPMENT WITH THE CITY, THE 415 00:14:22,628 --> 00:14:23,863 CITY DID NOT HAVE A CENTRALIZED 416 00:14:23,863 --> 00:14:26,065 SYSTEM TO LOCK THE REPORT AND 417 00:14:26,065 --> 00:14:27,099 ACT, NOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME, 418 00:14:27,099 --> 00:14:28,534 WE PUT THE NECESSARY PEOPLE AND 419 00:14:28,534 --> 00:14:29,335 PROCESSES IN PLACE TO ADDRESS 420 00:14:29,335 --> 00:14:30,769 THE MORE THAN 1500 REPORTS WE 421 00:14:30,769 --> 00:14:32,972 HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC 422 00:14:32,972 --> 00:14:34,406 JUST SINCE WE HAVE TAKEN 423 00:14:34,406 --> 00:14:34,640 OFFICE. 424 00:14:34,640 --> 00:14:37,710 OUR NEW SYSTEM WILL ALLOW US TO 425 00:14:37,710 --> 00:14:38,878 TAKE ACTION AND SHARE UPDATES 426 00:14:38,878 --> 00:14:39,712 AND PROVIDE A MORE COMPLETE 427 00:14:39,712 --> 00:14:43,349 PICTURE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN 428 00:14:43,349 --> 00:14:43,616 SEATTLE. 429 00:14:43,616 --> 00:14:44,550 THESE ARE THE KINDS OF SYSTEMS 430 00:14:44,550 --> 00:14:46,619 ISSUES WE MUST DO BETTER. 431 00:14:46,619 --> 00:14:49,021 ALONG WITH SYSTEMS REFORM, WE 432 00:14:49,021 --> 00:14:51,490 NEED NEW UNITS OF HOUSING. 433 00:14:51,490 --> 00:14:52,291 I AM AGGRESSIVELY PURSUING 434 00:14:52,291 --> 00:14:55,761 ALTERNATIVE SHELTER OPTIONS AND 435 00:14:55,761 --> 00:14:57,963 CONSIDERING A WIDE ARRAY OF 436 00:14:57,963 --> 00:14:58,597 OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUDING THE 437 00:14:58,597 --> 00:15:00,833 LEASING AND PURCHASING OF 438 00:15:00,833 --> 00:15:01,267 EXISTING BUILDINGS. 439 00:15:01,267 --> 00:15:02,034 BEYOND HOUSING, WE URGENTLY 440 00:15:02,034 --> 00:15:04,870 NEED MORE AND BETTER MENTAL 441 00:15:04,870 --> 00:15:08,974 HEALTH AND ADDICTION TREATMENT 442 00:15:08,974 --> 00:15:09,942 SERVICES AND STAFFING FOR THE 443 00:15:09,942 --> 00:15:10,776 PROVIDERS AND WORKERS WHO 444 00:15:10,776 --> 00:15:12,611 DELIVER THE SERVICE INCLUDING 445 00:15:12,611 --> 00:15:13,612 BETTER WAGES AND BENEFITS TO 446 00:15:13,612 --> 00:15:18,117 THE PEOPLE IN THIS DEMANDING 447 00:15:18,117 --> 00:15:18,484 PROFESSION. 448 00:15:18,484 --> 00:15:21,954 THIS IS AN AREA WHERE ANDREW 449 00:15:21,954 --> 00:15:22,755 LEWIS IS BRINGING LEADERSHIP AS 450 00:15:22,755 --> 00:15:23,756 COMMITTEE CHAIR, WITH THE 451 00:15:23,756 --> 00:15:25,391 DEDICATION TO DETAILS TO FIND 452 00:15:25,391 --> 00:15:26,425 HOUSING SOLUTIONS AND TO GET 453 00:15:26,425 --> 00:15:27,826 PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS. 454 00:15:27,826 --> 00:15:29,495 I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS 455 00:15:29,495 --> 00:15:31,697 COLLABORATIVE WORK. 456 00:15:31,697 --> 00:15:32,765 MY ADMINISTRATION'S EARLY WORK 457 00:15:32,765 --> 00:15:34,566 HAS BEEN REDUCING SILOS LOCALLY 458 00:15:34,566 --> 00:15:36,769 AND REGIONALLY AND COLLECTING 459 00:15:36,769 --> 00:15:37,636 BETTER DATA AND ENSURING 460 00:15:37,636 --> 00:15:39,605 DEPARTMENTS WORK TOGETHER. 461 00:15:39,605 --> 00:15:40,239 OUR ADMINISTRATION IS 462 00:15:40,239 --> 00:15:43,475 DEVELOPING A NEW 463 00:15:43,475 --> 00:15:44,043 INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM, THE 464 00:15:44,043 --> 00:15:50,983 UNIFIED CARE TEAM, BE UCT WILL 465 00:15:50,983 --> 00:15:52,017 COLLECT AND PROVIDE DATA TO THE 466 00:15:52,017 --> 00:15:52,818 PUBLIC AND COORDINATE ACROSS 467 00:15:52,818 --> 00:15:53,819 DEPARTMENTS WITH ONE VOICE AND 468 00:15:53,819 --> 00:15:55,087 IT SURE OUR PLAN AND PROGRESS 469 00:15:55,087 --> 00:15:56,488 ARE CLEAR FOR ALL. 470 00:15:56,488 --> 00:15:58,324 BECAUSE WE CAN HELP PEOPLE 471 00:15:58,324 --> 00:16:01,360 LIVING IN SHELTERS AND WE CAN 472 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:03,595 RESTORE PARKS AND SIDEWALKS. 473 00:16:03,595 --> 00:16:06,432 OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, 474 00:16:06,432 --> 00:16:07,633 THE CITY HAS CLOSED SOME OF THE 475 00:16:07,633 --> 00:16:08,701 LARGEST AND CAMAS SEATTLE HAS 476 00:16:08,701 --> 00:16:12,137 SEEN, LIKE GREEN LAKE OR 477 00:16:12,137 --> 00:16:12,905 BROADVIEW THOMPSON AND PROVIDED 478 00:16:12,905 --> 00:16:19,345 OVER 400 PEOPLE WITH SHELTER 479 00:16:19,345 --> 00:16:19,878 AND SUPPORT. 480 00:16:19,878 --> 00:16:20,846 HOWEVER, NO ONE WHO LOOKS 481 00:16:20,846 --> 00:16:22,081 AROUND OUR CITY TODAY WILL SAY 482 00:16:22,081 --> 00:16:23,482 OUR WORK IS ANYWHERE NEAR 483 00:16:23,482 --> 00:16:23,749 COMPLETE. 484 00:16:23,749 --> 00:16:24,950 SO WE WILL CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS 485 00:16:24,950 --> 00:16:26,118 ON TOP PRIORITIES LIKE WOODLAND 486 00:16:26,118 --> 00:16:29,722 PARK WHERE WE ARE WORKING 487 00:16:29,722 --> 00:16:32,024 DIRECTLY ALONGSIDE 488 00:16:32,024 --> 00:16:32,825 COUNCILMEMBER DAN STRAUSS AND 489 00:16:32,825 --> 00:16:33,659 COMMUNITY GROUPS TO SUPPORT 490 00:16:33,659 --> 00:16:35,060 NEIGHBORS IN CONNECTING THOSE 491 00:16:35,060 --> 00:16:36,495 LIVING WITHOUT HOUSES WITH 492 00:16:36,495 --> 00:16:37,096 APPROPRIATE SHELTER SERVICES. 493 00:16:37,096 --> 00:16:44,403 WOODLAND PARK IS A GEM IN OUR 494 00:16:44,403 --> 00:16:45,637 CITY AND TRASH AND FIRES AND 495 00:16:45,637 --> 00:16:49,141 INHUMANE CONDITIONS ARE NOT 496 00:16:49,141 --> 00:16:49,475 ACCEPTABLE. 497 00:16:49,475 --> 00:16:49,708 PERIOD. 498 00:16:49,708 --> 00:16:52,945 I WANT TO THANK DAN STRAUSS 499 00:16:52,945 --> 00:16:53,946 FOR PROGRESS IN THIS REGARD AND 500 00:16:53,946 --> 00:16:54,980 FOR NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE CITY. 501 00:16:54,980 --> 00:16:57,616 PUBLIC SPACES ARE FOR EVERYONE 502 00:16:57,616 --> 00:17:01,487 IN OUR CITY AND MANY WORKERS 503 00:17:01,487 --> 00:17:03,689 ARE RETURNING TO THE OFFICE, SO 504 00:17:03,689 --> 00:17:06,592 OUR FOCUS MUST ALSO ENSURE 505 00:17:06,592 --> 00:17:09,194 SIDEWALKS RE ACCESSIBLE TO THE 506 00:17:09,194 --> 00:17:12,031 PUBLIC AND CLEAR OF OBSTACLES 507 00:17:12,031 --> 00:17:12,431 AND OBSTRUCTION. 508 00:17:12,431 --> 00:17:13,699 THIS IS AN ESSENTIAL OBLIGATION 509 00:17:13,699 --> 00:17:14,466 OF OUR GOVERNMENT. 510 00:17:14,466 --> 00:17:17,569 JUST LIKE CONTINUED WORK TO 511 00:17:17,569 --> 00:17:19,772 PROVIDE SHELTER, HOUSING, 512 00:17:19,772 --> 00:17:21,373 SERVICES, AND SUPPORT FOR THOSE 513 00:17:21,373 --> 00:17:22,007 EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, WE 514 00:17:22,007 --> 00:17:24,410 ARE NOT YET OUT OF THE WOODS 515 00:17:24,410 --> 00:17:28,280 FROM THE PANDEMIC. 516 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:29,314 BUT THE STEADY DECLINE IN 517 00:17:29,314 --> 00:17:33,952 POSITIVE CASES IS MUCH NEEDED 518 00:17:33,952 --> 00:17:34,586 POSITIVE NEWS, SEATTLE WILL 519 00:17:34,586 --> 00:17:35,821 KEEP UP THE BEST RESPONSE IN 520 00:17:35,821 --> 00:17:37,222 THE MISSION AS WE LEARN TO LIVE 521 00:17:37,222 --> 00:17:38,257 WITH THIS VIRUS GOING FORWARD. 522 00:17:38,257 --> 00:17:40,059 AS THE OMICRON WEIGHT BEGINS TO 523 00:17:40,059 --> 00:17:44,129 CREST AND WITH OVER 90% OF 524 00:17:44,129 --> 00:17:44,797 SEATTLE RESIDENTS RECEIVING AT 525 00:17:44,797 --> 00:17:46,832 LEAST ONE DOSE OF THE VACCINE, 526 00:17:46,832 --> 00:17:47,966 A RENEWED FOCUS ON RETURN AND 527 00:17:47,966 --> 00:17:50,202 RECOVERY WILL BE MORE 528 00:17:50,202 --> 00:17:50,636 ESSENTIAL. 529 00:17:50,636 --> 00:17:52,471 THAT INCLUDES CITY EMPLOYEES. 530 00:17:52,471 --> 00:17:55,307 OUR OWN RETURN TO THE OFFICE. 531 00:17:55,307 --> 00:17:57,543 CITY WORKERS HAVE PERSEVERED 532 00:17:57,543 --> 00:17:58,410 THEIR INCREDIBLE CHALLENGES 533 00:17:58,410 --> 00:18:00,779 DURING THE PANDEMIC. 534 00:18:00,779 --> 00:18:04,650 INCLUDING THE MORE THAN 65%. 535 00:18:04,650 --> 00:18:08,087 THAT IS OVER 7000 EMPLOYEES WHO 536 00:18:08,087 --> 00:18:09,121 HAVE CONTINUED TO BRAVELY WORK 537 00:18:09,121 --> 00:18:10,722 IN THE FIELD AND IN PERSON OVER 538 00:18:10,722 --> 00:18:12,558 THE LAST TWO YEARS. 539 00:18:12,558 --> 00:18:13,559 THIS INCLUDES OUR STAFF TO 540 00:18:13,559 --> 00:18:17,830 MAINTAIN OUR PARKS OR OUR CREWS 541 00:18:17,830 --> 00:18:23,535 WHO KEEP THE POWER ON OR PEOPLE 542 00:18:23,535 --> 00:18:24,937 WHO FIX THE ROAD OR CLEAR THEM 543 00:18:24,937 --> 00:18:26,171 WHEN IT SNOWS AND POLICE AND 544 00:18:26,171 --> 00:18:27,005 FIREFIGHTERS TO RESPOND TO 545 00:18:27,005 --> 00:18:27,606 EMERGENCY CALLS. 546 00:18:27,606 --> 00:18:28,240 SEATTLE FIRE WOULD ADMINISTER 547 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:29,208 VACCINES TO OUR MOST 548 00:18:29,208 --> 00:18:29,508 VULNERABLE. 549 00:18:29,508 --> 00:18:32,077 IN MID-MARCH WE WILL BRING BACK 550 00:18:32,077 --> 00:18:33,078 THOSE EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE BEEN 551 00:18:33,078 --> 00:18:33,712 WORKING FROM HOME. 552 00:18:33,712 --> 00:18:37,549 I WILL TELL YOU THAT IT HAS 553 00:18:37,549 --> 00:18:38,350 BEEN INVIGORATING TO WORK 554 00:18:38,350 --> 00:18:39,184 AROUND MY COLLEAGUES AND 555 00:18:39,184 --> 00:18:42,621 FRIENDS IN PERSON. 556 00:18:42,621 --> 00:18:43,555 I KNOW THAT THIS TRANSITION 557 00:18:43,555 --> 00:18:44,656 WILL NOT BE EASY FOR EVERYONE 558 00:18:44,656 --> 00:18:45,891 BUT I AM CONFIDENT THAT OUR 559 00:18:45,891 --> 00:18:48,127 DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS AND OUR 560 00:18:48,127 --> 00:18:49,161 LABOR PARTNERS WILL BE THIS 561 00:18:49,161 --> 00:18:52,364 RETURNED TO WORK EFFORT IN A 562 00:18:52,364 --> 00:18:54,266 THOUGHTFUL, SAFE, AND 563 00:18:54,266 --> 00:18:54,733 COMPASSIONATE MANNER. 564 00:18:54,733 --> 00:18:56,435 I KNOW THEY ARE ALREADY DEEP IN 565 00:18:56,435 --> 00:19:01,507 THE WORK OF ENSURING AN 566 00:19:01,507 --> 00:19:01,940 EQUITABLE RECOVERY. 567 00:19:01,940 --> 00:19:06,011 OUR COVID RECOVERY MUST FOCUS 568 00:19:06,011 --> 00:19:07,012 ON THE MOST VULNERABLE AND 569 00:19:07,012 --> 00:19:07,813 IMPACTED AND SUPPORTING SMALL 570 00:19:07,813 --> 00:19:09,648 BUSINESSES, THE ARTS, OUR 571 00:19:09,648 --> 00:19:10,849 NIGHTLIFE, CHILDCARE, YOUTH, 572 00:19:10,849 --> 00:19:15,521 MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, AND 573 00:19:15,521 --> 00:19:16,355 EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE, WE MUST 574 00:19:16,355 --> 00:19:17,356 GET FEDERAL AND STATE RESOURCES 575 00:19:17,356 --> 00:19:20,292 OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AS SOON AS 576 00:19:20,292 --> 00:19:20,959 WE CAN. 577 00:19:20,959 --> 00:19:25,898 CITY EMPLOYEES ARE UP TO THE 578 00:19:25,898 --> 00:19:26,932 TASK AS AMBASSADORS FOR SEATTLE 579 00:19:26,932 --> 00:19:28,734 AND COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE IN 580 00:19:28,734 --> 00:19:29,968 SERVICE FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS AS 581 00:19:29,968 --> 00:19:34,640 THEY INSPIRE ME EVERY DAY. 582 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:36,241 IN JUST A SHORT TIME ON THE 583 00:19:36,241 --> 00:19:37,476 JOB, I HAVE BEEN IMPRESSED BY 584 00:19:37,476 --> 00:19:38,277 THE WORK OF OUR CITIES 585 00:19:38,277 --> 00:19:39,111 DEPARTMENTS AND DIRECTORS, THE 586 00:19:39,111 --> 00:19:40,979 TEAM WE HAVE BUILT IS STRONG. 587 00:19:40,979 --> 00:19:42,347 I LOOK FORWARD TO SENDING YOU A 588 00:19:42,347 --> 00:19:45,217 STEADY STREAM OF PERMANENT 589 00:19:45,217 --> 00:19:46,218 DEPARTMENTS OVER THE NEXT FEW 590 00:19:46,218 --> 00:19:50,889 MONTHS, STARTING WITH THESE 591 00:19:50,889 --> 00:19:51,290 BUDGET DIRECTOR. 592 00:19:51,290 --> 00:19:53,325 I AM VERY PLEASED THAT THE 593 00:19:53,325 --> 00:19:57,963 LEADERS ANSWERED THE CALL FOR 594 00:19:57,963 --> 00:19:58,330 PUBLIC SERVICE. 595 00:19:58,330 --> 00:20:00,632 CRITICAL TO THE STATE OF THE 596 00:20:00,632 --> 00:20:02,267 CITY, THE STATE OF OUR BUDGET. 597 00:20:02,267 --> 00:20:05,304 I AM GRATEFUL THAT THE DIRECTOR 598 00:20:05,304 --> 00:20:07,139 HAS DONE THE HARD WORK 599 00:20:07,139 --> 00:20:08,340 NECESSARY OF ALERTING ALL OF US 600 00:20:08,340 --> 00:20:10,409 TO THE REAL AND FORESEEABLE 601 00:20:10,409 --> 00:20:16,782 ISSUES WE ARE FACING IN THE 602 00:20:16,782 --> 00:20:17,282 2023 BUDGET. 603 00:20:17,282 --> 00:20:18,483 AT THIS TIME, RELATIVE TO 2023 604 00:20:18,483 --> 00:20:19,518 SPENDING, WE WILL FACE A 605 00:20:19,518 --> 00:20:22,354 SIGNIFICANT $150 MILLION GAP 606 00:20:22,354 --> 00:20:23,589 BETWEEN OUR EXPECTED GENERAL 607 00:20:23,589 --> 00:20:24,389 FUND EXPENDITURES AND OUR 608 00:20:24,389 --> 00:20:27,025 GENERAL FUND REVENUES. 609 00:20:27,025 --> 00:20:29,728 THE RESULT OF A COMBINATION OF 610 00:20:29,728 --> 00:20:30,696 FACTORS, SOME LONG-STANDING AS 611 00:20:30,696 --> 00:20:35,000 WELL AS PANDEMIC UNCERTAINTY, 612 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:36,168 AND SOME CAUSED PERHAPS BY THE 613 00:20:36,168 --> 00:20:37,202 USE OF ONE-TIME BUDGET FUNDING 614 00:20:37,202 --> 00:20:39,037 SOURCES LIKE THE AMERICAN 615 00:20:39,037 --> 00:20:41,673 RESCUE PLAN, WHILE THE BUDGET 616 00:20:41,673 --> 00:20:44,109 PROCESS MAY SEEK MONTHS AWAY, 617 00:20:44,109 --> 00:20:45,177 WE KNOW THAT ENSURING A 618 00:20:45,177 --> 00:20:46,979 BALANCED BUDGET IS ONE OF OUR 619 00:20:46,979 --> 00:20:49,681 CORE CHARTER RESPONSIBILITIES. 620 00:20:49,681 --> 00:20:53,719 YESTERDAY, WE RECEIVED SOME 621 00:20:53,719 --> 00:20:54,052 GOOD NEWS. 622 00:20:54,052 --> 00:20:55,254 WE LEARNED THAT REVENUE FROM 623 00:20:55,254 --> 00:20:55,988 THE JUMPSTART PAYROLL EXPENSE 624 00:20:55,988 --> 00:20:59,958 TAX HAS COME IN $31 MILLION 625 00:20:59,958 --> 00:21:00,559 HIGHER THAN EXPECTED. 626 00:21:00,559 --> 00:21:03,195 THAT ADDITIONAL REVENUE MUST GO 627 00:21:03,195 --> 00:21:04,029 TOWARDS ALLEVIATING THE BUDGET 628 00:21:04,029 --> 00:21:07,266 ISSES WE EXPECT IN 2023. 629 00:21:07,266 --> 00:21:08,867 SO, WE WILL NEED TO LOOK AT ALL 630 00:21:08,867 --> 00:21:10,702 OF OUR OPTIONS AND ASSIGNING 631 00:21:10,702 --> 00:21:11,903 BETWEEN ONE TIME AND ONGOING 632 00:21:11,903 --> 00:21:14,640 COMMITMENTS, ADJUSTING 633 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:15,173 EXPENDITURES, REVISITING 634 00:21:15,173 --> 00:21:17,609 EXISTING FUNDING SOURCES, AND 635 00:21:17,609 --> 00:21:18,844 LOOKING AT OPTIONS FOR 636 00:21:18,844 --> 00:21:19,311 DECREASING REVENUES. 637 00:21:19,311 --> 00:21:22,914 THIS WILL BE HARD WORK. 638 00:21:22,914 --> 00:21:24,116 WE MUST BEGIN NOW, WHICH IS WHY 639 00:21:24,116 --> 00:21:24,716 HIRE ASKED DEPARTMENTS 640 00:21:24,716 --> 00:21:26,952 IMMEDIATELY TO LOOK AT 641 00:21:26,952 --> 00:21:28,987 OPPORTUNITIES TO SAVE. 642 00:21:28,987 --> 00:21:31,623 WHILE THIS IS NOT AS DRASTIC AS 643 00:21:31,623 --> 00:21:32,658 THE GREAT RECESSION WHEN I WAS 644 00:21:32,658 --> 00:21:37,296 ON THE COUNCIL IN 2008-2009, 645 00:21:37,296 --> 00:21:38,930 BUT WE CAN DO THIS, WE HAVE 646 00:21:38,930 --> 00:21:39,364 DONE THIS. 647 00:21:39,364 --> 00:21:42,634 IT STARTS WITH TRANSPARENCY. 648 00:21:42,634 --> 00:21:44,636 IT COMPLETES WITH A COMMITMENT 649 00:21:44,636 --> 00:21:46,038 TO THE BASICS LIKE PUBLIC 650 00:21:46,038 --> 00:21:52,544 SAFETY AND CORE SERVICES. AS 651 00:21:52,544 --> 00:21:53,545 COUNCIL PLEDGED DURING THE 652 00:21:53,545 --> 00:21:54,579 BUDGET PROCESS LAST YEAR, I 653 00:21:54,579 --> 00:21:55,380 COMMIT TO ADDRESSING THE 654 00:21:55,380 --> 00:21:56,415 CHALLENGE TOGETHER . I KNOW 655 00:21:56,415 --> 00:21:57,049 WORKING ALONGSIDE THE STRONG 656 00:21:57,049 --> 00:21:57,816 LEADERSHIP OF BUDGET CHAIR 657 00:21:57,816 --> 00:22:00,052 TERESA MOSQUEDA , WE WILL GET 658 00:22:00,052 --> 00:22:01,720 TO A BUDGET THAT IS FINANCIALLY 659 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:05,357 SOUND AND SUPPORTS OUR VALUES. 660 00:22:05,357 --> 00:22:09,227 ANOTHER TOP PRIORITY I KNOW THE 661 00:22:09,227 --> 00:22:10,429 COUNCILMEMBERS ARE FOLLOWING 662 00:22:10,429 --> 00:22:14,966 CLOSE IS WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE. 663 00:22:14,966 --> 00:22:17,703 THE BRIDGE REMAINS ONE OF THE 664 00:22:17,703 --> 00:22:18,570 CITY'S MOST DEPRESSING 665 00:22:18,570 --> 00:22:19,371 PRIORITIES, EVEN AS I ANNOUNCED 666 00:22:19,371 --> 00:22:20,372 LAST WEEK THAT THE REOPENING 667 00:22:20,372 --> 00:22:21,606 SCHEDULE IS THREATENED BY THE 668 00:22:21,606 --> 00:22:23,642 ONGOING CONGRESS WORK STOPPAGE. 669 00:22:23,642 --> 00:22:27,279 YOU MAY RECALL SO MANY OF OUR 670 00:22:27,279 --> 00:22:29,348 PROJECTS WITH CONCRETE FROM THE 671 00:22:29,348 --> 00:22:32,751 WATERFRONT, TO OUR SHIP CANAL, 672 00:22:32,751 --> 00:22:35,821 WATER QUALITY, CONTROL 673 00:22:35,821 --> 00:22:36,488 PROJECTS, ABOUT EVERY MAJOR 674 00:22:36,488 --> 00:22:40,692 PRIORITY, INCLUDING THE MADISON 675 00:22:40,692 --> 00:22:42,127 RAPID BYLINE AND THE SIDEWALK 676 00:22:42,127 --> 00:22:42,694 INSTALLATION IMPROVEMENTS. 677 00:22:42,694 --> 00:22:45,097 I HAVE BEEN CLEAR THAT THE 678 00:22:45,097 --> 00:22:48,400 BUSINESS AND LABOR, THEY MUST 679 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:49,234 RETURN TO THE BARGAINING TABLE 680 00:22:49,234 --> 00:22:50,268 AND REACH A FAIR AGREEMENT. 681 00:22:50,268 --> 00:22:52,471 THIS CONFLICT CONTINUES TO 682 00:22:52,471 --> 00:22:53,271 DANGEROUSLY ESCALATE IN A WAY 683 00:22:53,271 --> 00:22:57,743 THAT HELPS NO ONE AND HURTS 684 00:22:57,743 --> 00:22:58,143 EVERYONE. 685 00:22:58,143 --> 00:23:00,612 TO MY COMMITMENT TO A JUST 686 00:23:00,612 --> 00:23:01,413 RESOLUTION CLEAR, I OFFER THIS 687 00:23:01,413 --> 00:23:03,048 ROOM TO THE WORKERS AND 688 00:23:03,048 --> 00:23:04,649 BUSINESSES ANYTIME AS A PLACE 689 00:23:04,649 --> 00:23:06,284 TO COME TOGETHER AND RESOLVE 690 00:23:06,284 --> 00:23:06,752 THEIR DISAGREEMENTS. 691 00:23:06,752 --> 00:23:08,120 WE CAN DO THIS WORK. 692 00:23:08,120 --> 00:23:14,860 I WANT TO THANK ALEX PEDERSEN 693 00:23:14,860 --> 00:23:16,061 FOR HIS CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE 694 00:23:16,061 --> 00:23:16,828 WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE PROJECT AND 695 00:23:16,828 --> 00:23:18,063 SO MANY OTHER CRITICAL 696 00:23:18,063 --> 00:23:19,698 INFRASTRUCTURE BRIDGE AND 697 00:23:19,698 --> 00:23:20,232 TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. 698 00:23:20,232 --> 00:23:21,533 HE HAS AN EYE FOR DETAIL AND 699 00:23:21,533 --> 00:23:23,769 COMMITMENT TO EFFECTIVE 700 00:23:23,769 --> 00:23:26,371 TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS, THEY 701 00:23:26,371 --> 00:23:26,772 ARE OUTSTANDING. 702 00:23:26,772 --> 00:23:27,672 WITHIN OUR TRANSPORTATION 703 00:23:27,672 --> 00:23:30,075 PLANNING WE MUST ADVANCE URGENT 704 00:23:30,075 --> 00:23:33,812 NEEDED VISION ZERO ENHANCEMENTS 705 00:23:33,812 --> 00:23:34,312 AND IMPROVEMENTS. 706 00:23:34,312 --> 00:23:36,148 WORKING TO PREVENT DEATH AND 707 00:23:36,148 --> 00:23:36,748 SERIOUS INJURIES ON STREETS 708 00:23:36,748 --> 00:23:38,784 THAT PRIORITIZE PEOPLE. 709 00:23:38,784 --> 00:23:42,654 PUBLIC SAFETY INCLUDES SAFE 710 00:23:42,654 --> 00:23:43,054 STREETS. 711 00:23:43,054 --> 00:23:44,689 I WANT TO ALSO HIGHLIGHT THE 712 00:23:44,689 --> 00:23:47,726 IMPORTANCE OF NEW 713 00:23:47,726 --> 00:23:48,226 GROUNDBREAKING FOR OUR 714 00:23:48,226 --> 00:23:49,161 WATERFRONT PROGRAM AS PART OF 715 00:23:49,161 --> 00:23:49,828 THE TRANSFORMATIVE INVESTMENTS 716 00:23:49,828 --> 00:23:55,634 TO CREATE OVER 20 ACRES OF 717 00:23:55,634 --> 00:23:56,701 PUBLIC SAFETY -- PUBLIC SPACE 718 00:23:56,701 --> 00:23:57,869 THAT ALL OF THE PUBLIC CAN 719 00:23:57,869 --> 00:23:58,470 ENJOY. 720 00:23:58,470 --> 00:24:00,939 ACCESS TO TRANSIT, SAFE 721 00:24:00,939 --> 00:24:03,375 STREETS, PARKS, SPORTS, 722 00:24:03,375 --> 00:24:04,176 MENTORSHIP, THOSE MADE A 723 00:24:04,176 --> 00:24:07,412 DIFFERENCE IN MY LIFE. 724 00:24:07,412 --> 00:24:08,447 THEY MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE 725 00:24:08,447 --> 00:24:10,048 LIVES OF SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE'S 726 00:24:10,048 --> 00:24:10,882 AND THESE OTHER PROGRAMS AND 727 00:24:10,882 --> 00:24:13,752 INFRASTRUCTURES THAT HELP MAKE 728 00:24:13,752 --> 00:24:14,753 OUR CITY WELCOMING AND TO 729 00:24:14,753 --> 00:24:16,555 FAMILIES WITH KIDS, AND 730 00:24:16,555 --> 00:24:19,424 CONNECTING OUR COMMUNITIES TO 731 00:24:19,424 --> 00:24:20,025 OUR SCHOOLS. 732 00:24:20,025 --> 00:24:20,826 WE ARE FORGING A NEW 733 00:24:20,826 --> 00:24:21,660 RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR SEATTLE 734 00:24:21,660 --> 00:24:22,461 PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND SUPPORTING 735 00:24:22,461 --> 00:24:26,298 PUBLIC EDUCATION AND THE 56,000 736 00:24:26,298 --> 00:24:27,199 CHILDREN ENROLLED IN OUR 737 00:24:27,199 --> 00:24:28,166 SEATTLE SCHOOLS HAS NEVER BEEN 738 00:24:28,166 --> 00:24:29,968 MORE IMPORTANT. 739 00:24:29,968 --> 00:24:31,670 WORKING WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT 740 00:24:31,670 --> 00:24:34,840 AND THE SCHOOL BOARD, WE ARE 741 00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:35,874 GOING TO MAKE SURE SEATTLE 742 00:24:35,874 --> 00:24:37,075 STUDENTS RECEIVED THE SUPPORT 743 00:24:37,075 --> 00:24:39,744 THEY NEED OUT OF THIS PANDEMIC. 744 00:24:39,744 --> 00:24:41,947 AND THE EDUCATIONAL TOOLS THEY 745 00:24:41,947 --> 00:24:43,982 NEED TO THRIVE IN A CHANGING 746 00:24:43,982 --> 00:24:44,249 ECONOMY. 747 00:24:44,249 --> 00:24:46,117 THIS SUPPORT MUST START EARLY. 748 00:24:46,117 --> 00:24:48,687 THAT IS WHY I AM SO EXCITED 749 00:24:48,687 --> 00:24:49,554 ABOUT OUR NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED 750 00:24:49,554 --> 00:24:50,889 SEATTLE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM THAT 751 00:24:50,889 --> 00:24:56,995 WILL PROVIDE MORE THAN 2100 752 00:24:56,995 --> 00:24:58,029 SATS FOR OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS 753 00:24:58,029 --> 00:24:59,231 THIS YEAR AND INCREASE OVER 125 754 00:24:59,231 --> 00:25:01,666 FROM LAST YEAR. 755 00:25:01,666 --> 00:25:02,667 MOST SEATTLE FAMILIES QUALIFY 756 00:25:02,667 --> 00:25:04,503 FOR FREE TUITION AND OVER THREE 757 00:25:04,503 --> 00:25:06,137 QUARTERS OF PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS 758 00:25:06,137 --> 00:25:07,973 ARE STUDENTS OF COLOR. 759 00:25:07,973 --> 00:25:09,441 I LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING 760 00:25:09,441 --> 00:25:11,843 WITH THE EDUCATION CHAIR TAMMY 761 00:25:11,843 --> 00:25:14,045 MORALES ON HOW WE CAN DO MORE 762 00:25:14,045 --> 00:25:16,681 FOR SEATTLE KIDS AND STUDENTS, 763 00:25:16,681 --> 00:25:19,384 INCLUDING INCREASING ACCESS TO 764 00:25:19,384 --> 00:25:20,986 HIGH-QUALITY, AFFORDABLE 765 00:25:20,986 --> 00:25:24,823 PRESCHOOL AND TO POST SECONDARY 766 00:25:24,823 --> 00:25:28,860 EDUCATION PROGRAMS THROUGH THE 767 00:25:28,860 --> 00:25:29,294 SEATTLE PROMISE. 768 00:25:29,294 --> 00:25:30,095 HER PASSION AND HER COMMITMENT 769 00:25:30,095 --> 00:25:31,129 TO DRIVE EQUITY THROUGH 770 00:25:31,129 --> 00:25:33,698 EDUCATION IS A SHARED PRINCIPLE 771 00:25:33,698 --> 00:25:35,800 OF HOURS. 772 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:37,402 COUNCILMEMBER MORALES TO 773 00:25:37,402 --> 00:25:40,672 DISTRICT 2, WHICH IS THE MOST 774 00:25:40,672 --> 00:25:41,473 IMPORTANT DISTRICT OF THE SEVEN 775 00:25:41,473 --> 00:25:43,308 DISTRICTS OF THE CITY, WAIT, I 776 00:25:43,308 --> 00:25:46,945 THOUGHT THAT WAS DELETED FROM 777 00:25:46,945 --> 00:25:48,013 THE SPEECH, SORRY, WHAT I MEANT 778 00:25:48,013 --> 00:25:50,815 TO SAY WAS, HER COMMITMENT TO 779 00:25:50,815 --> 00:25:54,886 ALL DISTRICTS, IN EDUCATION, 780 00:25:54,886 --> 00:25:55,687 WILL BE EVIDENCED BY WORKING 781 00:25:55,687 --> 00:25:57,722 TOGETHER IN 2022. 782 00:25:57,722 --> 00:25:58,957 I WANT SMALL AND LOCAL 783 00:25:58,957 --> 00:26:00,759 BUSINESSES TO KNOW THAT I HEAR 784 00:26:00,759 --> 00:26:01,993 THEM AND I'M WORKING TO ADDRESS 785 00:26:01,993 --> 00:26:05,463 THEIR VERY REAL CONCERNS. 786 00:26:05,463 --> 00:26:06,665 I AM OPEN TO YOUR IDEAS AND 787 00:26:06,665 --> 00:26:10,502 LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH 788 00:26:10,502 --> 00:26:11,002 TANGIBLE IMPROVEMENTS. 789 00:26:11,002 --> 00:26:13,772 THAT IS WHY ONE OF THE FIRST 790 00:26:13,772 --> 00:26:15,807 BILLS I SUBMITTED TO COUNCIL 791 00:26:15,807 --> 00:26:17,208 WOULD FUND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES 792 00:26:17,208 --> 00:26:18,243 FOR TOURISM WITH A SMALL 793 00:26:18,243 --> 00:26:20,078 INCREASE IN THE LODGING FEE, AN 794 00:26:20,078 --> 00:26:24,115 EFFORT SUPPORTED BY THE 795 00:26:24,115 --> 00:26:29,654 DOWNTOWN HOT HOTELS AND 796 00:26:29,654 --> 00:26:29,988 HOSPITALITY. 797 00:26:29,988 --> 00:26:30,655 COUNCILMEMBER SARA NELSON HELPS 798 00:26:30,655 --> 00:26:32,657 MY PASSION IN HELPING SMALL 799 00:26:32,657 --> 00:26:33,491 BUSINESSES AND SHE IS ALREADY 800 00:26:33,491 --> 00:26:35,293 BRINGING HER DYNAMIC EXPERIENCE 801 00:26:35,293 --> 00:26:37,362 IN THIS ARENA TO SUPPORT HER 802 00:26:37,362 --> 00:26:38,964 NEW IDEAS, HER BACKGROUND AS A 803 00:26:38,964 --> 00:26:39,764 SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AND HER 804 00:26:39,764 --> 00:26:40,599 PLATFORM HIGHLIGHTING THE 805 00:26:40,599 --> 00:26:42,200 IMPORTANT THAT SMALL BUSINESSES 806 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:43,835 BRING TO ALL COMMUNITIES AND 807 00:26:43,835 --> 00:26:46,104 COMMUNITIES OF COLOR WILL BE 808 00:26:46,104 --> 00:26:48,707 INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING SURE OUR 809 00:26:48,707 --> 00:26:50,542 COVID RECOVERY PLANS ARE 810 00:26:50,542 --> 00:26:53,778 SUCCESSFUL . SUPPORTING SMALL 811 00:26:53,778 --> 00:26:55,013 BUSINESSES IS A MEANS TO 812 00:26:55,013 --> 00:26:56,214 READING EQUITY IN OUR CITY, OUR 813 00:26:56,214 --> 00:26:58,450 WORK TOGETHER MUST SUPPORT 814 00:26:58,450 --> 00:27:01,720 BUSINESSES OWNED AND OPERATED 815 00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:05,557 BY WOMEN, VETERANS, LGBTQ PLUS 816 00:27:05,557 --> 00:27:07,392 FOLKS, AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR 817 00:27:07,392 --> 00:27:08,827 BY IMPROVING CONTRACTING AND 818 00:27:08,827 --> 00:27:12,464 ACCESS TO CAPITAL, CUTTING RED 819 00:27:12,464 --> 00:27:17,335 TAPE, AND SIMPLIFIED 820 00:27:17,335 --> 00:27:17,902 CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. 821 00:27:17,902 --> 00:27:18,770 $.20 OUT OF EVERY DOLLAR SPENT 822 00:27:18,770 --> 00:27:20,405 BY THE CITY WITH TWO WOMEN AND 823 00:27:20,405 --> 00:27:20,972 MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES 824 00:27:20,972 --> 00:27:21,206 FIRST. 825 00:27:21,206 --> 00:27:22,440 I AM COMMITTING THE CITY TO 826 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:23,508 INCREASE THE NUMBER AND BE HELD 827 00:27:23,508 --> 00:27:24,876 ACCOUNTABLE FOR IT. 828 00:27:24,876 --> 00:27:28,113 WE CAN ALSO DO MORE TO SUPPORT 829 00:27:28,113 --> 00:27:29,114 WORKING PEOPLE, GIVING THEM THE 830 00:27:29,114 --> 00:27:31,349 RESOURCES THEY NEED. 831 00:27:31,349 --> 00:27:31,816 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 832 00:27:31,816 --> 00:27:33,251 OPPORTUNITIES AND LIVING WAGES. 833 00:27:33,251 --> 00:27:36,454 PUSHING INNOVATIVE AND NATION 834 00:27:36,454 --> 00:27:37,022 LEADING PROTECTIONS. 835 00:27:37,022 --> 00:27:42,527 MANY OF YOU HEARD ME MENTION 836 00:27:42,527 --> 00:27:43,962 THE FORMATION OF A SEATTLE JOB 837 00:27:43,962 --> 00:27:44,763 CENTER CONNECTING WORKERS AND 838 00:27:44,763 --> 00:27:45,463 EMPLOYERS TO NEW OPPORTUNIIES. 839 00:27:45,463 --> 00:27:45,997 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND 840 00:27:45,997 --> 00:27:49,467 APPRENTICESHIPS AS SEATTLE CITY 841 00:27:49,467 --> 00:27:51,269 LEADS ELECTRIFICATION IN GRID 842 00:27:51,269 --> 00:27:53,104 MODERNIZATION EFFORTS TO 843 00:27:53,104 --> 00:27:54,139 IMPROVE CLIMATE EFFECTS, I WANT 844 00:27:54,139 --> 00:27:55,340 TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE IN SEATTLE 845 00:27:55,340 --> 00:27:57,175 BENEFIT FROM CLEAN ENERGY JOBS. 846 00:27:57,175 --> 00:27:59,811 AS WE APPROACH THE BUDGET 847 00:27:59,811 --> 00:28:01,212 CYCLE, I WILL PREPARE FOR THE 848 00:28:01,212 --> 00:28:03,481 COUNCIL A WHITE PAPER ON WHAT 849 00:28:03,481 --> 00:28:07,118 WOULD WE LIKE TO BUILD IN OUR 850 00:28:07,118 --> 00:28:07,552 JOB CENTERS. 851 00:28:07,552 --> 00:28:09,554 HOW CAN WE MAKE FOR THE SUPPORT 852 00:28:09,554 --> 00:28:11,156 -- HOW CAN WE SUPPORT THE 853 00:28:11,156 --> 00:28:14,459 WORKER PROTECTIONS WE HAVE BEEN 854 00:28:14,459 --> 00:28:15,226 KNOWN FOR AND IMPROVE LABOR 855 00:28:15,226 --> 00:28:15,527 STANDARDS? 856 00:28:15,527 --> 00:28:17,062 WE CAN PLOT A COURSE TO NOT 857 00:28:17,062 --> 00:28:18,296 ONLY PROTECT WORKERS RIGHTS TO 858 00:28:18,296 --> 00:28:19,497 HELP THEM FIND NEW JOBS AND 859 00:28:19,497 --> 00:28:25,403 CAREERS SHOULD THEY SO CHOOSE. 860 00:28:25,403 --> 00:28:26,004 COUNCILMEMBER KSHAMA SAWANT 861 00:28:26,004 --> 00:28:26,871 CARES DEEPLY ABOUT ADDRESSING 862 00:28:26,871 --> 00:28:29,441 INEQUALITY AND IN ALL OF OUR 863 00:28:29,441 --> 00:28:30,475 YEARS WORKING TOGETHER, I HAVE 864 00:28:30,475 --> 00:28:31,476 NEVER ONCE DOUBTED HER 865 00:28:31,476 --> 00:28:34,345 COMMITMENT TO THAT END AND THE 866 00:28:34,345 --> 00:28:35,346 COMMITMENT OF THOSE WHO BELIEVE 867 00:28:35,346 --> 00:28:37,582 IN HER MISSION. 868 00:28:37,582 --> 00:28:39,250 I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH 869 00:28:39,250 --> 00:28:40,819 HER OFFICE, INCLUDING 870 00:28:40,819 --> 00:28:42,721 INVESTMENTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL 871 00:28:42,721 --> 00:28:45,090 JUSTICE AND GRANTS TO THE 872 00:28:45,090 --> 00:28:47,325 COMMUNITY, ADVANCING JUSTICE 873 00:28:47,325 --> 00:28:48,960 PRIORITIES AND CRITICAL CLIMATE 874 00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:50,161 ACTION INITIATIVES. 875 00:28:50,161 --> 00:28:52,197 HER OFFICE AND OUR OFFICE WILL 876 00:28:52,197 --> 00:28:58,703 BE COMMITTED TO OPERATIONALLY 877 00:28:58,703 --> 00:28:59,537 EQUITY FOR TRAINING AND 878 00:28:59,537 --> 00:29:00,605 EDUCATION WITHIN OUR RIGHTS IS 879 00:29:00,605 --> 00:29:01,940 IMPORTANT, I AM ASKING YOU TO 880 00:29:01,940 --> 00:29:03,174 PROMISE TO GO OUT IN THE FIELD 881 00:29:03,174 --> 00:29:04,209 AND ASK, HOW DOES OUR 882 00:29:04,209 --> 00:29:05,009 COMMITMENT TO EQUITY AND 883 00:29:05,009 --> 00:29:05,844 FIGHTIN INEQUALITY EQUATE TO 884 00:29:05,844 --> 00:29:09,080 THOSE OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL? 885 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:09,681 UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES 886 00:29:09,681 --> 00:29:11,916 SHOULD NOT HAVE TO FIGHT TO BE 887 00:29:11,916 --> 00:29:12,150 HEARD. 888 00:29:12,150 --> 00:29:13,718 ARE WE VISITING THEIR 889 00:29:13,718 --> 00:29:15,153 COMMUNITIES, THEIR CHURCHES, 890 00:29:15,153 --> 00:29:18,656 THEIR MOSQUES, THEIR MEETING 891 00:29:18,656 --> 00:29:22,694 PLACES? 892 00:29:22,694 --> 00:29:24,129 WHEN WE -- WHAT HAVE WE LISTEN 893 00:29:24,129 --> 00:29:25,130 TO COMMUNITIES OUTSIDE OF THE 894 00:29:25,130 --> 00:29:25,930 WALLS OF CITY HALL? 895 00:29:25,930 --> 00:29:27,966 THAT IS GOOD GOVERNMENT. 896 00:29:27,966 --> 00:29:28,767 WE ARE BEGINNING OUR 897 00:29:28,767 --> 00:29:31,402 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE WITH 898 00:29:31,402 --> 00:29:34,472 THAT VERY PRINCIPLE IN MIND AND 899 00:29:34,472 --> 00:29:35,874 SHARING THAT WE ARE ONE SEATTLE 900 00:29:35,874 --> 00:29:36,508 BY GIVING ALL COMMUNITIES, 901 00:29:36,508 --> 00:29:38,943 ESPECIALLY COMMUNITIES OF 902 00:29:38,943 --> 00:29:40,145 COLOR, A VOICE IN SHAPING THE 903 00:29:40,145 --> 00:29:40,979 FUTURE OF OUR CITY. 904 00:29:40,979 --> 00:29:44,215 AS WE WORK TO BUILD A WALKABLE 905 00:29:44,215 --> 00:29:47,886 TRANSIT ORIENTED NEIGHBORHOOD 906 00:29:47,886 --> 00:29:49,087 WITH THE HOUSING SUPPLY THAT 907 00:29:49,087 --> 00:29:50,121 MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE FUTURE, 908 00:29:50,121 --> 00:29:51,923 THIS WILL BE OUR APPROACH. 909 00:29:51,923 --> 00:29:55,393 SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT AND 910 00:29:55,393 --> 00:29:56,995 WORKERS PROTECTIONS. 911 00:29:56,995 --> 00:29:57,996 HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND 912 00:29:57,996 --> 00:29:59,030 DISPLACEMENT PROTECTION. 913 00:29:59,030 --> 00:30:03,301 MORE HOUSING AND EXPANDED TREE 914 00:30:03,301 --> 00:30:05,136 CANOPY, IMPROVING EQUITY CAN 915 00:30:05,136 --> 00:30:06,604 TAKE MANY FORMS, THAT IS WHY WE 916 00:30:06,604 --> 00:30:07,372 ARE ALSO IN THE BEGINNING 917 00:30:07,372 --> 00:30:11,209 STAGES OF A CONFERENCE OF 918 00:30:11,209 --> 00:30:12,043 SEARCH FOR A TRANSPORTATION OF 919 00:30:12,043 --> 00:30:12,844 PARKS DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR WHO 920 00:30:12,844 --> 00:30:15,079 WILL SHARE AND UNDERSTAND MY 921 00:30:15,079 --> 00:30:16,714 VISION FOR HOW THESE TWO MAJOR 922 00:30:16,714 --> 00:30:18,750 DEPARTMENTS CAN BE DRIVERS OF 923 00:30:18,750 --> 00:30:21,252 EQUITY AND OPPORTUNITY IN OUR 924 00:30:21,252 --> 00:30:21,452 CITY. 925 00:30:21,452 --> 00:30:24,622 AMONG THE MAJOR INEQUITY 926 00:30:24,622 --> 00:30:27,659 EFFORTS, I AM EXCITED TO SHARE 927 00:30:27,659 --> 00:30:28,693 MORE DETAILS IN MY HEALTHY 928 00:30:28,693 --> 00:30:29,494 SEATTLE PROGRAM IN THE FIRST 929 00:30:29,494 --> 00:30:30,929 QUARTER OF THIS YEAR SO THAT 930 00:30:30,929 --> 00:30:31,930 HEALTH EQUITY IS AT THE CENTER 931 00:30:31,930 --> 00:30:33,765 OF OUR WORK. 932 00:30:33,765 --> 00:30:35,400 SIMILARLY, LET'S SUPPORT 933 00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:40,872 HEALTHY COMMUNITIES BY GROWING 934 00:30:40,872 --> 00:30:41,506 SEATTLE'S PROGRAM HELPING 935 00:30:41,506 --> 00:30:42,574 10,000 RESIDENTS GET ACCESS TO 936 00:30:42,574 --> 00:30:44,142 HEALTHY AND LOCAL FOODS. 937 00:30:44,142 --> 00:30:46,811 FINALLY, WHILE WE MUST TAKE -- 938 00:30:46,811 --> 00:30:49,714 MUST MAKE ACCESSING OUR 939 00:30:49,714 --> 00:30:50,915 RESOURCES MORE ACCESSIBLE, THAT 940 00:30:50,915 --> 00:30:52,250 IS WHY I AM EXCITED ABOUT THE 941 00:30:52,250 --> 00:30:54,886 NEW CITY FORM TOOL DEVELOPED 942 00:30:54,886 --> 00:30:58,790 WITH SUPPORT FROM GOOGLE AND 943 00:30:58,790 --> 00:31:00,191 CODESIGNED WITH RESIDENTS AND 944 00:31:00,191 --> 00:31:00,792 COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS 945 00:31:00,792 --> 00:31:04,629 AND CITY STAFF, THIS TOOL IS 946 00:31:04,629 --> 00:31:05,697 DESIGNED TO REDUCE THE TIME AND 947 00:31:05,697 --> 00:31:06,698 EFFORT NEEDED FOR OUR RESIDENTS 948 00:31:06,698 --> 00:31:08,299 TO SEEK AND APPLY FOR CITY 949 00:31:08,299 --> 00:31:08,900 AFFORDABILITY SERVICES. 950 00:31:08,900 --> 00:31:10,335 BACK TO THE BASICS. 951 00:31:10,335 --> 00:31:12,637 IMPROVING EQUITY WORK AND NEW 952 00:31:12,637 --> 00:31:16,207 TECHNOLOGY CAN ALL GO TOGETHER. 953 00:31:16,207 --> 00:31:17,242 TRUTHFULLY, IT IS THE LIVED 954 00:31:17,242 --> 00:31:20,278 EXPERIENCE WE HAVE THAT INFORMS 955 00:31:20,278 --> 00:31:22,113 HOW WE SEE THE WORLD AND HOW WE 956 00:31:22,113 --> 00:31:23,948 APPROACH THE CHALLENGES WE 957 00:31:23,948 --> 00:31:24,148 FACE. 958 00:31:24,148 --> 00:31:25,550 THAT IS WHY I AM VERY PROUD OF 959 00:31:25,550 --> 00:31:26,818 THE EXECUTIVE TEAM I HAVE 960 00:31:26,818 --> 00:31:27,051 BUILT. 961 00:31:27,051 --> 00:31:29,654 WHY I SOUGHT TO BUILD A DIVERSE 962 00:31:29,654 --> 00:31:30,655 AND COMPETENT AND ENGAGED GROUP 963 00:31:30,655 --> 00:31:33,091 OF CIVIC LEADERS. 964 00:31:33,091 --> 00:31:36,327 THEY ARE SHOWING EARLY ON WHAT 965 00:31:36,327 --> 00:31:38,363 WE CAN ACCOMPLISH WHEN WE BUILT 966 00:31:38,363 --> 00:31:41,199 A REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT. 967 00:31:41,199 --> 00:31:43,234 CLEARLY THE CHALLENGES FACING 968 00:31:43,234 --> 00:31:46,504 SEATTLE ARE BIG, THE PATH 969 00:31:46,504 --> 00:31:48,740 REQUIRES EMPOWERING EACH OTHER, 970 00:31:48,740 --> 00:31:50,742 THE EXECUTIVE TEAM, OUR 971 00:31:50,742 --> 00:31:53,711 DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS, AND YOU, 972 00:31:53,711 --> 00:31:55,613 THE CITY COUNCIL, IT MEANS 973 00:31:55,613 --> 00:31:57,048 ENGAGING OUR GREATEST 974 00:31:57,048 --> 00:32:00,285 RESOURCES, PEOPLE IN OUR CITY. 975 00:32:00,285 --> 00:32:01,319 ENGAGING THEM IN THE SOLUTIONS 976 00:32:01,319 --> 00:32:03,354 WE WANT TO SEE. 977 00:32:03,354 --> 00:32:04,789 NEXT YEAR I HOPE TO BE ABLE 978 00:32:04,789 --> 00:32:06,190 TOGETHER IN PERSON WITH YOU TO 979 00:32:06,190 --> 00:32:08,026 DELIVER A SPEECH TO YOU AT OUR 980 00:32:08,026 --> 00:32:09,727 RESIDENCE TO CELEBRATE ONE YEAR 981 00:32:09,727 --> 00:32:11,496 OF WORK TOGETHER IN MEANINGFUL 982 00:32:11,496 --> 00:32:15,333 MILESTONES ON THE ISSUES I HAVE 983 00:32:15,333 --> 00:32:15,600 LAID OUT. 984 00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:16,768 TOGETHER WE CAN CHANGE THE 985 00:32:16,768 --> 00:32:17,969 NARRATIVE IN OUR CITY AND MAKE 986 00:32:17,969 --> 00:32:20,405 SEATTLE A BETTER PLACE FOR THE 987 00:32:20,405 --> 00:32:24,475 PEOPLE WHO CALL IT HOME. 988 00:32:24,475 --> 00:32:27,712 I WILL NEED YOUR HELP, NOT 989 00:32:27,712 --> 00:32:28,112 TOMORROW, TODAY. 990 00:32:28,112 --> 00:32:29,347 LET'S GO TO WORK. 991 00:32:29,347 --> 00:32:31,749 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 992 00:32:31,749 --> 00:32:33,318 ONE SEATTLE.