>> IT IS 10:31 AND THE
NOVEMBER 20, 22 THREE MEETING
WILL COME TO ORDER. I AM
PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD. PLEASE
CALL THE ROLE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ .
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> HERE. FIVE PRESENT.
>> FOR THE RECORD,
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ IS EXCUSED
FROM TODAY'S MEETING. BEING
ONTO THE AGENDA, IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTION IT WILL BE ADOPTED.
IS ADOPTED. APPROVAL OF THE
MINUTES, IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTION THE OCTOBER 16, 2023
SEATTLE PARK DISTRICT MEETING
MINUTES WILL BE APPROVED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THOSE
MINUTES ARE SO APPROVED. PLEASE
AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THOSE
MINUTES. PUBLIC COMMENT, AT
THIS TIME WE WILL OPEN THE
HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
HOW MANY FOLKS ARE SIGNED UP?
OKAY, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR
TWO MINUTES. DO PLEASE STATE
YOUR NAME AND THE AGENDA ITEM
WHICH YOU ARE ADDRESSING.
>> IT WILL JUST TAKE HIM A
MINUTE.
>> OF COURSE, OF COURSE. SIR,
YOU MAY ADDRESS THE BOARD IF
YOU WANT TO SPEAK, YOU MAY
SPEAK. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES,
MAKE SURE YOU INTRODUCE
YOURSELF AND TALK INTO THE
MICROPHONE.
>> THE SECOND THING I WANTED TO
SAY IS HAPPY HOLIDAYS,
EVERYBODY. TO ALL THE CITY
COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR AND
GOVERNOR AND EVERYONE ELSE. THE
ONLY THING I WANT TO BRING UP
RIGHT NOW IS MINIMUM WAGE. MY
COMMENT IN MY POINT OF MINIMUM
WAGE IS TO HELP THE SITUATION,
THIS ECONOMIC SITUATION, IS WE
NEED TO RAISE MINIMUM WAGE UP
AND WE NEED TO BE A LEADER. A
LEADER IS A PERSON AND PEOPLE
THAT DO BOLD THINGS TO SET A
SITUATION THAT EVERYONE CAN
FOLLOW. IN MY OPINION I THINK
WE SHOULD DOUBLE THE MINIMUM
WAGE. HAPPY HOLIDAYS,
EVERYBODY. BE CAREFUL AND
ENJOY LIFE.
>> THANK YOU. THAT WAS OUR
ONLY SPEAKER.
>> THANK YOU, WE WILL CLOSE THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AT THIS
TIME. ITEMS OF BUSINESS. WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
WANTED TO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE,
SEATTLE PARK DISTRICT PROPOSED
2024 BUDGET.
>> ACTUALLY, ONE MOMENT. BOARD
MEMBER NELSON, DO YOU HAVE A
QUESTION OR COMMENT?
>> I WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR NOT
SAYING PRESENT, MY VOLUME WAS
OFF. PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU. LET THE RECORD
REFLECT BOARD MEMBER NELSON
HAS JOINED THE MEETING. I'M
LOOKING NOW TO SEE,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD , ARE
YOU NOW IN THE MEETING? AND
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA? LET
THE RECORD REFLECT
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA HAVE
ARRIVED.
>> THANK YOU.
>> PLEASE READ ITEM WANTED TO
THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE,
SEATTLE PARK DISTRICT PROPOSED
2024 BUDGET FOR A BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION.
>> WE HAVE, JOINING US FROM THE
PARKS DEPARTMENT, MICHELE
FINNEGAN AND A.P. DIAZ, AND
FROM OUR CENTRAL STAFF, TRACI
RATZLIFF, FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM.
I WILL HAND IT OVER TO
SUPERINTENDENT DIAZ TO GET US
STARTED. I BELIEVE THERE'S A
PRESENTATION. WHICH HAS BEEN
UPLOADED, THANK YOU.
>> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU
PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT, I
WANT TO SAY AND TAKE A MOMENT
OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE TO THANK
AND ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE COUNCIL
MEMBERS WHO HAVE WORKED SO HARD
WITH US. OUR DEPARTMENT.
THROUGHOUT THE PAST SEVERAL
YEARS TO GET TO A POINT TO HAVE
A THRIVING PARK LEVEE SYSTEM
IN PLACE FOR THE CITY OF
SEATTLE. IT'S A TESTAMENT TO
YOUR LEADERSHIP AND PRIORITIES
AND GOVERNANCE. I WOULD LIKE
TO THANK YOU. AND FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE HAD TO WORK
TOGETHER IN THIS PAST YEAR.
WITH THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO WALK
YOU THROUGH OUR 2024 PROPOSED
PARK DISTRICT BUDGET AND
LEGISLATION. ON TUESDAY,
SEPTEMBER 26, AFTER THE MAYOR
RELEASED HIS PROPOSED 23/24
MID-BIANNUAL BUDGET
ADJUSTMENTS, WHICH INCLUDES
HOW THE CITY PLANS TO UTILIZE
THE PARK DISTRICT RESOURCES TO
INVEST IN CREATING SAFE,
HEALTHY AND THRIVING COMMITTEES
IN 2024. ON OCTOBER 16, PRIOR
TO PUBLIC HEARING ON THE
PROJECT, THE DEPARTMENT OF
PARKS AND RECREATION PROVIDED
AN OVERVIEW OF HOW THE PROPOSED
2024 BUDGET ALIGNS TO THE
SEATTLE PARK DISTRICT SIX YEAR
PLAN, WE ARE NOW IN CYCLE TWO,
WHICH YOU ADOPTED THIS TIME
LAST YEAR. WE WILL BE POINTING
OUT A COUPLE OF TECHNICAL
CHANGES IN OUR PRESENTATION
TODAY. AS THE PROPOSED BUDGET
HAS NOT CHANGED SINCE THAT
TIME, WE WILL SIMPLY PROVIDE A
SHORT REFRESHER ON THE
INFORMATION WE PROVIDED TO YOU
ALL AT THE OCTOBER MEETING,
ALLOW ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR
QUESTIONS, AND PREPARE YOU FOR
YOUR VOTE ON THE 2024 BUDGET
AND RELATED LEGISLATION WHICH
IS COMING SOON TO THE CHAMBER.
AT THIS TIME, TO DO THE
OVERVIEW, WE DO HAVE DEPUTY
SUPERINTENDENT MICHELE
FINNEGAN WHO OVERSEES OUR
POLICY AND LEGISLATIVE BUDGET
BRANCH. WITH THAT I LIKE TO
TURN OVER TO MICHELE FINNEGAN.
>> THANK YOU. JACOB, CAN YOU GO
TO THE NEXT SLIDE? THANK YOU.
AS MENTIONED, WE WILL COVER
THE OVERVIEW AND I THINK TRACI
RATZLIFF'S GOING TO WALK YOU
THROUGH THE LEGISLATION. NEXT
SLIDE. THIS IS JUST A QUICK
RECAP OF SPR PROPOSED BUDGET
FOR 2024 . WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
WHERE THE MPD SITS AT OUR
BUDGET AS SEVERAL LINES OF
BUSINESS TO HAVE MULTIPLE
FUNDING SOURCES. YOU WILL SEE
HERE ARE 2024 PROPOSED BUDGET
OF OPERATING AND CAPITAL, IS A
LITTLE OVER $320 MILLION
ACROSS ALL FUNDS, THE GENERAL
FUND AND THE MPD PROVIDE ALMOST
EQUAL AMOUNTS MAKING UP NEARLY
75% OF OUR TOTAL BUDGET. MOVING
TO THE BLUE PIE ON THE RIGHT,
OPERATING BUDGET $228 MILLION
FOR NEXT YEAR AND ABOUT 30% OF
THAT IS SUPPORTED BY THE PARK
DISTRICT WITH A GENERAL FUND
RIGHT ALONGSIDE, AND THEN OUR
PARK FUND WHICH IS WHERE WE
GENERALLY PUT OUR EARNED
REVENUES, GRANTS AND SUCH, AT
18%. AND THEN THE GREEN PIE
SHOWS YOU THE CIP WITH MPD A
LITTLE OVER HALF FOR NEXT
YEAR. AND THEN I WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT, AND I WILL SHOW THIS
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, TO
PERFECTLY MATCH THE MPD LENS OF
THE BUDGET, THAT ALSO INCLUDES
MONEY ALLOCATED FOR THE
SEATTLE CENTER WHO IS NOW
MANAGING THE WATERFRONT
OPERATIONS. JACOB, NEXT SLIDE,
COULD YOU GO TO THAT ?
>> THANK YOU. HERE'S THE MPD
ONLY VIEW OF THE 2024 BUDGET ,
THIS IS UNCHANGED FROM THE
VERSION YOU SAW IN OCTOBER. IT
ALIGNS WITH THE BUDGET YOU ALL
PAST IN THE SIX YEAR PLAN YOU
ALL PAST LAST YEAR AS WELL
WITH FOUR TECHNICAL CHANGES,
WHICH WE ALSO WALK THROUGH IN
OCTOBER, SO I WON'T GO INTO
THOSE LESS YOU WANT ME TO
EXCEPT FOR JUST TO REFERENCE
THE ITEM RELATED TO THE
WATERFRONT AS YOU WILL SEE THIS
IN YOUR LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE
SHORTLY. IN WHICH WE ARE
PROPOSING TO REALLOCATE SOME
UNSPENT FUNDS THAT WERE
PREVIOUSLY DEDICATED TO THE
WATERFRONT SO THAT THE SEATTLE
CENTER CAN PERFORM THE DUTIES
HAVE BEEN ASKED TO CARRY OUT
NEXT YEAR . THIS IS ONE THING
YOU WILL SEE MOMENTARILY.
UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS,
THESE OTHER TECHNICAL CHANGES
, OR ANYTHING ELSE, WE CAN
PASS THIS OVER TO TRACI TO WALK
YOU THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE
PACKAGE.
>> ARE THERE ANY INITIAL
QUESTIONS FROM MICHELE'S
PRESENTATION? SEEING THEN, I
WILL JUST MENTION TO MICHELE, I
APPRECIATE THE DEPARTMENT
RESPONDING TO SO MANY
INQUIRIES FROM BOARD MEMBERS AT
THE OCTOBER 16 MEETING AND
DISTRIBUTED THOSE RESPONSES TO
THE ENTIRE BOARD. TO ADDRESS
SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE
RAISED THROUGHOUT SOME OF THESE
LINE ITEMS PREVIOUSLY, THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR RESPONDING
QUICKLY AND IN DETAIL TO THOSE
REQUESTS. COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR LEWIS,
FIRST I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT
BEING ON CAMERA. I AM UNDER
THE WEATHER. HAVE AN IMPORTANT
QUESTION FOR SUPERINTENDENT
DIAZ NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO
WHAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED, BUT
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. OVER THE
WEEKEND BY OFFICE HAS BEEN
CONTACTED CONCERNED ABOUT THE
SEATTLE PARKS AND RECREATION
PROPOSAL TO BUILD A PLAYGROUND
AT DENNY-BLAINE PARK WHICH IS
SEATTLE'S HISTORICALLY LGBTQ
NUDE BEACH. THE PETITION HAS
BEEN SIGNED. I WANTED TO READ
THE EXCERPT FROM ONE OF THE
EMAILS THE WE ARE RECEIVING
FROM HUNDREDS OF CONSTITUENTS
BECAUSE THEY MAKE AN
INDISPUTABLE CASE. AS I SAID,
WE ARE FOUNDATIONAL TO THE
CULTURE OF SEATTLE. THE PARK
IS AN AREA THAT IS FREQUENTLY
UTILIZED AS A NUDE BEACH BY THE
COMMUNITY HERE IN SEATTLE AND
IS NOT THE RIGHT AREA FOR A
CHILDREN'S PLAY AREA TO BE
BUILT. WE URGE PARKS AND
RECREATION TO CONSIDER PARKS
NEARBY SUCH AS LAKEVIEW PARK,
850 FEET. WILLIAM GROSS PARK,
.8 MILES AND LARKINS PARK .7
MILES. NUDE BEACHES ARE A
PLACE FOR TRANS PEOPLE TO FEEL
CONFIDENT IN THEIR BODIES AND
BE THEMSELVES IN A WORLD THAT
FREQUENTLY REPRESSES
IDENTITIES. THERE ARE NOT MANY
NUDE BEACHES IN SEATTLE BUT
PLENTY OF GREEN SPACES THAT
COULD FIT A CHILDREN'S PLAY
AREA. THIS MOVE BY SEATTLE
PARKS AND RECREATION IS NOTHING
SHORT OF GENTRIFICATION AND A
CONTINUATION OF THE MORE AND
MORE FREQUENT INSTANCES OF THE
SANITIZATION OF QUEER SPACES.
WE DO NOT HAVE OTHER SPACES TO
GO TO BUT THERE ARE OTHER
SPACES FOR A CHILDREN'S PLAY
AREA TO BE BUILT . THE
COMMUNITY WILL BE MOBILIZING TO
STAND AGAINST THIS PLAN WHEN WE
RAISE ONE OF THE GENUINE QUEER
PLACES LEFT IN SEATTLE. THAT
IS AN EXAMPLE OF AN EMAIL WE
HAVE GOTTEN. FOR MANY
CONSTITUENTS. OUR OFFICE, I
THINK THIS POINT, THIS IS
REALLY A MOVE TOWARD
GENTRIFICATION IS THE MOST
CENTRAL POINT HERE. BECAUSE AT
THE END OF THE DAY, WEALTHY
PEOPLE , EVEN WHEN THEY ARE
QUEER ENTRANCE, HAVE ACCESS TO
LOTS OF SPACES. ULTIMATELY IT
IS WORKING-CLASS AND POOR LOW
INCOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO
LACK THE FREEDOM FOR THIS KIND
OF SPACE IN THIS KIND OF PUBLIC
AREA, THAT'S WHY IT'S BEEN
HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT. AND SO,
I THINK THAT IS A CENTRAL
REASON WHY THIS IS EXTREMELY
PROBLEMATIC , AND I WANTED TO
READ A COMMENT FROM, AS I
SAID, 2000 PEOPLE SIGNED THE
PETITION, THERE ARE MANY,
COUNTLESS COMMENTS. I WILL
JUST READ TWO FROM THE
PETITION. ONE OF THEM IS,
DENNY-BLAINE WAS A HAVEN FOR
YOUNG LESBIANS , RECENTLY
ARRIVING IN SEATTLE. IT HAS
CONTINUED TO BE A SAFE AND
ACCEPTING SPACE FOR THE QUEER
UNITY IS REMARKABLE. THIS TINY
AND WHERE BEACH PROTECTED FROM
ANY ENCROACHMENT. ANOTHER
COMMENT SAYS, REALLY ONE QUEER
BEACH IN SEATTLE AND YOU WANT
TO GET RID OF IT? THESE ARE
TWO COMMENTS. THEY ALSO
ENCAPSULATE THE OTHER POINT I
WANT TO MAKE, IS UNFORTUNATE,
IT'S REALLY UNFORTUNATE BUT
IT'S NOT SURPRISING TO MY
OFFICE THAT AGAIN, THIS TYPE OF
MOVE SMACKS OF THIS DIVIDE AND
CONQUER WHERE YOU SAYING WE
NEED CHILDREN'S PARKS. WHO CAN
ARGUE WITH THAT? OF COURSE, AS
A COMMUNITY MEMBER AND
SOCIALIST MYSELF, I HAVE ALWAYS
ADVOCATED FOR MORE SPACES FOR
ESPECIALLY WORKING-CLASS AND
POOR CHILDREN, CHILDREN OF
IMMIGRANT FAMILIES, CHILDREN
OF FAMILIES THAT ARE
STRUGGLING, INCLUDING CHILDREN
FACING HOMELESSNESS. AND
FAMILIES FACING HOMELESSNESS.
BUT THE IDEA OF FITTING ONE
SAVE SPACE FOR OUR
WORKING-CLASS AND POOR QUEER
PEOPLE WITH THE NEED FOR
CHILDREN'S SPACES, IT IS JUST
NOT OKAY. AND, I JUST DON'T
UNDERSTAND HOW THIS PROPOSAL
EVEN HAPPENED. AS I SAID, I
FIND IT DIFFICULT THAT IT'S
HONESTLY ABOUT A PLAYGROUND
RATHER THAN THE LETTER I QUOTED
SAID, GENTRIFICATION AND
CONTINUATION OF THE MORE AND
MORE FREQUENT OF INSTANCES OF
SANITIZATION OF QUEER SPACES.
I WOULD APPRECIATE A RESPONSE
FROM YOU AND I MIGHT HAVE --
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU. THE PROPOSAL IS
UNDER CONSIDERATION. WE ARE
EVALUATING IT. WE ARE GLAD TO
HEAR THAT COMMUNITY WORD IS
GETTING OUT BECAUSE PART OF OUR
GOALS FOR ANY PROPOSED PROJECT
IS TO HAVE COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT. I JUST WANT TO
REITERATE THAT WE ARE AT THE
INITIAL STAGES OF THIS PROPOSED
PLAYGROUND. WHICH, IS IN A GAP
AREA WHERE THERE IS A NEED FOR
PLAYGROUNDS. ULTIMATELY, WE
WANT TO BE ABLE TO EVALUATE ALL
OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, THE
POINTS YOU MENTIONED, WE WILL
CERTAINLY REVIEW. IT IS NOT OUR
INTENTION TO MAKE THIS A
POLARIZING ISSUE OR TO AT ALL
DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ANY GROUP.
THAT IS NOT THE PARKS
DEPARTMENT. PARKS IS ALWAYS
THE BEACON OF COMMUNITY
INCLUSION IN PLACES WHERE THE
PUBLIC CAN COME TO USE PUBLIC
LAND FOR ALL USES, ACCESS TO
THE WATER, ACCESS TO OPEN
SPACE, ACCESS TO PLAY,
RECREATION. AGAIN, THIS IS A
PROJECT TO BUILD A PLAYGROUND
IN A GAP AREA. BUT, WE
CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THERE ARE
MANY VIEWPOINTS AND OPINIONS
BEING CIRCULATED ABOUT THE
PROJECT. SO, AGAIN WE ARE IN
THE INFANCY STAGES AND WE ARE
HAPPY TO GIVE YOU AND YOUR
STAFF SOME MORE BRIEFINGS IF
YOU WOULD LIKE AT A TIME
PERHAPS AWAY FROM THE BUDGET
MEETING.
>> BOARD MEMBER COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT, DID YOU HAVE A
FOLLOW-UP?
>> I DID LOWER MY HAND BUT
RAISED IT TO QUICKLY FOLLOW UP
IF YOU DON'T MIND, THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE THE RESPONSE AND I
WOULD APPRECIATE THE UPDATES
OR ANY OTHER INTRODUCTION FROM
THE DEPARTMENT WITH MY OFFICE,
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT
ABOUT MY OFFICE. JUST ONE
THING I WILL MENTION HERE
ACTUALLY TWO POINTS, JUST FOR
THE RECORD, ONE IS , YOU ARE
SAYING ALL OF THIS IS AN
INITIAL PROPOSAL AT AN INFANCY
STAGE. I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED
BECAUSE WE ARE HEARING FROM
COMMUNITY MEMBERS REPEATEDLY
THAT THERE IS A CONCRETE PLAN
AND EVEN A TIMELINE FOR
CONSTRUCTION AND THAT
SEATTLE'S LGBTQ COMMUNITY AND
SUPPORTERS NEED TO ORGANIZE TO
ADDRESS IT. WHEN YOU DO
CONTACT MY OFFICE, PLEASE GIVE
US DETAILS ABOUT WHERE THE PLAN
ACTUALLY IS SO WE CAN
RECONCILE WHAT YOU ARE SAYING
WITH WHAT WE ARE HEARING. THAT
WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED. AND
SECONDLY, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH
YOU THAT IT IS THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PARKS
DEPARTMENT AND ALL THE
DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY TO TAKE
ALL THE POINTS OF VIEW INTO
CONSIDERATION. BUT I WOULD ALSO
SAY THAT IF WE ARE TO ACTUALLY
ESTABLISH INCLUSION, AS YOU
WERE SAYING, INCLUSION OF OUR
COMMUNITY MEMBERS IS THE
GUIDING PRINCIPLE, BUT I DON'T
THINK WE CAN SAY INCLUSION IF
WE GIVE ANY PROPOSAL BEING MADE
IS SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDING THE
NEEDS OF ONE OF OUR
HISTORICALLY AND AT PRESENT ,
ONE OF OUR MOST MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITIES , SECTION OF OUR
COMMUNITY. WHICH IS THE TRANS
COMMUNITY. THAT IS SOMETHING WE
KEEP IN MIND AND WE WOULD LIKE
TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THIS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. WITH NO
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, --
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA. YOU
ARE MUTED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WANTED
TO MAKE SURE TO ADD FOR THE
RECORD THAT THERE IS A BROAD
INTEREST IN THIS. I DON'T WANT
TO BE SEEN AS JUST ONE BOARD
MEMBER. ESPECIALLY THE
REPORTING FROM KAYLEE W
POINTED OUT THE FACT THIS WOULD
CREATE DIVISION AMONG
COMMITTEE MEMBERS WERE THERE
CURRENTLY IS NONE. AND GIVEN
THE OTHER PLAY AREAS, WANTING
TO SEE THOSE IN HAND AND OF
COURSE WE NEED SPACE FOR KIDS.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO PUT THAT
IN OPPOSITION OR DISPOSITION
TO AN AREA THAT HAS
HISTORICALLY BEEN NOTABLY USED
FOR A MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE TO
UNDERSCORE THE BROADER SUPPORT
FOR THAT AND LOOK FOR TO
HEARING MORE. IF YOU COULD COPY
OUR OFFICE ON THAT AND I
APPRECIATE THAT IT WAS RAISED
HERE TODAY.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA. WE CAN NOW PROCEED
WITH THE PRESENTATION.
>> FOR THE RECORD, TRACI
RATZLIFF, I WILL WALK THROUGH
THE LEGISLATION THAT WILL
ENACT MOST OF WHAT IS IN FRONT
OF YOU IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET
FOR 2024. MOVING TO ITEM NUMBER
TWO, SOLUTION 59, THIS WOULD
RELATE TO THE 2023 PARK
DISTRICT BUDGET AND CARRY
FORWARD THE $700,000 OF FUNDING
THAT WOULD BE ALLOCATED TO THE
SEATTLE CENTER TO CONDUCT AT
THE WATERFRONT PARK. BOARD
PRESIDENT, WERE YOU GOING TO
MOVE THESE INDIVIDUALLY FOR A
VOTE?
>> I AM, SORRY, I'M JUST
LOOKING AT THE LIST IN FRONT OF
ME. SO, I WILL MOVE -- MY
APOLOGIES. AND GETTING
DISTRACTED LOOKING AT THE
PRESENTATION AND MY SCRIPT. SO
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE LET SEE.
I MOVE WE ADOPT RESOLUTION 59.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED.
>> I WILL READ INTO THE RECORD.
>> PLEASE READ INTO THE RECORD.
RESOLUTION 59 A RESOLUTION
RELATING TO THE 2023 SEATTLE
PARK DISTRICT BUDGET, CARRYING
FORWARD NON-CAPITAL
APPROPRIATION FROM THE 2022
SEATTLE PARK DISTRICT BUDGET.
IT IS FOR BRIEFING, DISCUSSION
AND POSSIBLE VOTE. YOU HAVE
MADE A
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
MOTION AND IT HAS BEEN
SECONDED.
>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION.
>> SORRY THERE IS A QUESTION
FROM BOARD MEMBER NELSON. YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> TRACI, I THOUGHT YOU SAID IN
YOUR INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
SOMETHING ABOUT THE WATERFRONT.
THIS IS FOR THE WHOLE PARKS
DISTRICT SPENDING PLAN TO
CARRY FORWARD FROM LAST YEAR TO
NEXT YEAR, OR THIS YEAR TO NEXT
YEAR, CORRECT?
>> IT IS ACTUALLY ALLOCATING
FUNDS IN 2022 FOR THE
WATERFRONT MAINTENANCE THAT
WERE NOT NEEDED. AND THEN WITH
THE TRANSITION NOW HAPPENED
WITH SEATTLE CENTER TAKING OVER
THE MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITY,
WHAT WE ARE DOING IS
AUTHORIZING THE FUNDING TO
CARRY FORWARD IN 2023 TO BE
SPENT BY THE SEATTLE CITY
CENTER. THEY WILL BE A TRANSFER
OF FUNDS TO SEATTLE CENTER . IS
THE PART DISTRICT FUNDING OF
$700,000 ONLY THAT 5090S
DEALING WITH.
>> OKAY, I DIDN'T CATCH IN THE
TITLE OR IN THE BUDGET SUMMARY
LEVEL GRAPH IT WAS JUST FOR
WATERFRONT PARK. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
>> YOU ARE WELCOME.
>> ARE THERE ANY FURTHER
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON
RESOLUTION 59? SEEING THEN,
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF
RESOLUTION
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD. 59?
>> YES.
>>
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR AND
UNOPPOSED.
>> YES. MY APOLOGIES.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR AND THEN
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, THE MOTION
CARRIES RESOLUTION 59. PLEASE
AFFIX MY SIGNATURE ON MY
BEHALF. ITEM NUMBER THREE,
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
3 INTO THE RECORD?
>> RESOLUTION 61 A RESOLUTION
AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO THE
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND THE
SEATTLE PARK DISTRICT.
>> SORRY. COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD , DID YOU HAVE A
QUESTION?
>> THAT WAS ME, BOARD
PRESIDENT. TRACI.
>> YOU SOUNDED LIKE
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD FOR A
MOMENT. TRACI, I WILL HANDED
TO YOU FOR A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF
RESOLUTION 61.
>> THIS IS A RESOLUTION THAT
WOULD ALLOW FOR THIS ONE-TIME
CHANGE TO CALCULATE THE GENERAL
FUND APPROPRIATION FOR THE
PARKS DEPARTMENT SET AT 3% FOR
2024, BUT RETURNING TO THE
FORMULA BASED ON CPI FOR ALL
FUTURE YEARS.
>> THANK YOU, TRACI. WE SPENT
AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF TIME IN
OUR OCTOBER MEETING DISCUSSING
THIS ITEM. AND WE APPRECIATE
THE FOLLOW UP FROM THE
DEPARTMENT CLARIFYING
QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS
AND CENTRAL STAFF. OTHER ANY
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THE
RESOLUTION BEFORE WE CALL THE
ROLE? COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> THANK YOU. SINCE THIS IS
ABOUT THE PARKS DISTRICT
BUDGET AS A WHOLE, I JUST
WANTED TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS
QUICKLY .
>> THAT IS ALL RIGHT.
>> SORRY, THIS IS NOT ABOUT
BUDGET BOARD. I WILL HOLD MY
COMMENTS.
>> OKAY. NOT A PROBLEM AT ALL.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ON RESOLUTION 61?
OKAY. WITH THAT, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 61?
>> OKAY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES. I DON'T KNOW IF WE
MOVED AND SECONDED THE
RESOLUTION. DO YOU RECALL?
>> I DO NOT.
>> I DON'T THINK WE DID. I
THINK I GOT TURNED OFF BY
TRACI STARTING HER REMARKS
RIGHT AFTER YOU READ INTO THE
RECORD. WE DO NEED TO MOVE , WE
NEED TO DO THE RESOLUTION
AGAIN. I MOVE RESOLUTION 61. IS
THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED,
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
PLEASE CALL
>> YES. THE ROLL ON THE
ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 61.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES. EIGHT IN FAVOR AND
THEN OPPOSED.
>> THE RESOLUTION PASSES. WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE RESOLUTION ON
MY BEHALF? ITEM NUMBER FOUR,
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
FOR INTO THE RECORD.
>> RESOLUTION 62 A RESOLUTION
ADOPTING THE 2024 SEATTLE PARK
DISTRICT BUDGET. BRIEFING,
DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE VOTE .
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM
CLERK. BOARD MEMBER , I THINK
THIS WOULD BE THE PLACE FOR
YOUR REMARKS AFTER WE MOVE THE
RESOLUTION. I MOVE RESOLUTION
62. IS VERY SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED. IT IS IN
FRONT OF THE BOARD. ARE THERE
ANY COMMENTS OR REMARKS OR
QUESTIONS REGARDING RESOLUTION
62? COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU . AS I MENTIONED
THIS MORNING, I AM VOTING NO
ON THE BUDGET AS A WHOLE
BECAUSE IT FALLS FAR SHORT OF
SEATTLE'S WORKING PEOPLE. THE
SERVICES, THEY ARE UNABLE TO
PROVIDE BECAUSE OF THE MASSIVE
UNDERSTAFFING AND THE
UNDERFUNDED POSITIONS. AS I
SAID THIS MORNING, I WOULD
RESERVE MY COMMENTS FOR THE
BUDGET AS A WHOLE FOR THE FULL
CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU, OTHER ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR
REMARKS ON THE RESOLUTION?
SEEING THEN, I'M SORRY, BOARD
MEMBER NELSON.
>> IN THE LINE OF THESE ITEMS,
I SUPPOSE THIS IS THE BEST
PLACE TO ASK THIS, THIS FOLLOWS
ON RESOLUTION 59 WHICH I
UNDERSTAND HAD A $700,000
CARRYOVER. OF UNSPENT MONEY. I
THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD
BECAUSE THIS IS A PRETTY BIG
BUDGET. THAT IS A VERY SMALL
AMOUNT THAT WAS NOT SPENT
ACCORDING TO THE SPENDING PLAN.
SO, BUT THEN WE HEARD THAT THAT
WAS FOR A VERY SPECIFIC BODY OF
WORK. I'M LOOKING AT THIS
RESOLUTION, THE ATTACHMENT A
AND I'M NOT SEEING IF THERE
UNDER SPENDS IN OTHER
CATEGORIES OR BUDGET CONTROL
LEVELS. HOW ARE WE DOING AND
GETTING ALL THE MONEY OUT THE
DOOR IS MY BASIC POINT.
>> TRACI, DO YOU WANT TO FEEL
THAT QUESTION?
>> I CAN. IF I RECOLLECT
CORRECTLY, WE HAVE HEARD FROM
THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, AND I
THINK IT WAS COVERED AT THE
OCTOBER 16 MEETING, THE
EXPECTATION IS THAT THERE WILL
BE UNDER SPENDING 2023 GOING
INTO 2024. THAT WAS CALCULATED
TO BE THE SOURCE OF FUNDS. I
THINK IT'S AROUND $3 MILLION
THAT IS GOING TO BE USED TO DO
THE PURCHASE OF VEHICLES THAT
ARE REQUIRED TO ACTUALLY
IMPLEMENT THE ACTIVITIES OF THE
PARK DISTRICT. MICHELE OR
A.P., PLEASE CORRECT ME ABOUT
THE FIGURE WITH THE USE OF THE
PLANNED FUNDS ARE FOR. I
BELIEVE THAT IS WITH THE INTENT
IS. THE TALKED ABOUT THAT AT
THE OCTOBER 16 MEETING.
>> THAT IS RIGHT, TRACI. WE
WILL HAVE UNDER SPENT ON THE
OPERATING SIDE AND WE WILL
BRING THAT BACK PROBABLY AT
YOUR JUNE MEETING TO HAVE YOU
CARRY THAT FORWARD. WE HAVE
ACCEPT -- NOVEMBER NOW, WE
DON'T HAVE THE URINE FIGURES
YET.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT
INFORMATION. THAT IS GREAT. I
DON'T REMEMBER THE SPECIFICS OF
THAT OCTOBER MEETING, BECAUSE
WE HAD ONE RESOLUTION MENTIONED
WITH $700,000 I JUST WANTED TO
KNOW, OTHER OTHER CATEGORIES.
OFF-LINE I WILL UNDERSTAND
BETTER FOR FUTURE VOTES IN THE
UPCOMING YEARS WHY WE SINGLE
OUT ONE AREA WHERE THERE IS
UNDER SPENDING CARRYFORWARD AND
NOT OTHERS. THAT IS TO BE
CONTINUED. THANK YOU.
>> JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT,
THE CARRYFORWARD WAS TALKED
ABOUT AND ANTICIPATED FOR 2023
IS EXACTLY WHAT MICHELE JUST
SAID, THEY DON'T KNOW YET, WE
HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THE END OF
2023 BUILT WE WILL HAVE THE
CONVERSATION IN THE JUNE
MEETING WHEN THE PARK DISTRICT
NEEDS TO AUTHORIZE
CARRYFORWARD AND YOU'LL HEAR
THEM, JUST LIKE FOR THE
RESOLUTION 59, HOW THEY ARE
PROPOSING TO USE THAT UNDER
SPENT. IT'S HARD TO DO THAT
NOW WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO YOUR
AND TO FIND OUT WHAT IS THE
TOTAL AMOUNT AND HOW MUCH WOULD
BE USED FOR VEHICLES OR IF
THERE OTHER RESOURCES THAT ARE
UNDER SPENT.
>> GOT IT. AND CONGRATULATIONS
TO THE ADMINISTRATORS OF ALL
OF THESE FUNDS FOR APPARENTLY
DOING A GREAT JOB SPENDING THE
PROPERTY TAX COLLECTED IN A
WAY THAT MEETS THE OBJECTIVES
OF HER SPENDING PLAN. THAT IS
ALSO WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT
WHEN I WAS HEARING THE VOTE
FOR THIS LAST YEAR, I WAS
THINKING I HOPE WE ARE USING
THE MONEY WE ARE COLLECTING
BECAUSE IF NOT, IS THERE A
POSSIBILITY OF CHANGING THE
BUDGET IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR,
THE RATE, ET CETERA. I'M VERY
GLAD TO KNOW THAT THINGS ARE
RUNNING APPARENTLY VERY
SMOOTHLY AND I AWAIT FUTURE
MEETINGS. THANKS.
>> THANK YOU. AND JUST TO GIVE
A COUPLE OF REMARKS IN CLOSING
IN THE SAME VEIN, I WOULD JUST
SAY I DON'T THINK WE HAVE SEEN
STARKER IMPROVEMENT IN ANY
CITY SERVICE THAT WE HAVE SEEN
IN PARKS OVER THE PAST TWO
YEARS AND THAT IS DUE IN NO
SMALL PART TO THE WORK THIS
TEAM AT PARKS HAS BEEN DOING
WITH THE MAINTENANCE SURGE,
WITH GETTING THINGS BACK ON
TRACK, AND WE ARE REALLY
GRATEFUL FOR THE LEADERSHIP OF
OUR PARKS FOLKS HERE AND BE
SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS, WHO IS
NOT ON THE PANEL TODAY, BUT I
KNOW HAS BEEN A VERY GOOD PART
OF THESE EFFORTS OF REALLY
TURNING PARKS AROUND FROM SOME
OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WERE
ENDEMIC IN OUR PARKS EARLY IN
THE PANDEMIC. SO, A LOT OF
GRATITUDE TO THE PARKS
DEPARTMENT FOR THIS HARD WORK.
WITH THAT, MADAM CLERK,
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON THE
ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION?
>>
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR AND THEN
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. THE
MOTION CARRIES. THE PARK BOARD
ADOPTS THE RESOLUTION. PLEASE
AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE
RESOLUTION. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE READ ITEM 5 INTO THE
RECORD?
>> RESOLUTION 63 A RESOLUTION
AUTHORIZING THE LEVY OF REGULAR
PROPERTY TAXES BY THE SEATTLE
PARK DISTRICT FOR COLLECTION IN
2024, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE
ABOVE --
>> I'M SORRY, I MEANT TO VOTE
NO.
>> DULY NOTED. SEVEN IN FAVOR
FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR,
RESOLUTION 62. CORRECT?
>> YES, MADAM CLERK.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT DID MAKE
VERY CLEAR REMARKS PRIOR TO
THE VOTE INDICATING A DESIRED
VOTE NO. BOARD MEMBER , IT
DOES DULY REFLECT YOUR NO VOTE.
>> I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> DID YOU JUST READ ITEM
NUMBER FIVE INTO THE RECORD?
>> AN EPIC I FINISHED IT.
>> RESOLUTION 63 A RESOLUTION
AUTHORIZING THE LEVY OF REGULAR
PROPERTY TAXES BY THE SEATTLE
PARK DISTRICT FOR COLLECTION IN
2024, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE
ABOVE THE REGULAR PROPERTY
TAXES LEVIED FOR COLLECTION IN
2023. BRIEFING, DISCUSSION, AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. I
MOVE RESOLUTION 63. IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED. TRACI,
ANY REMARKS ON RESOLUTION 63?
>> THIS IS JUST THE REQUIRED
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE
INCREASE THAT REFLECTS THE 3.4
PERCENT INCREASE OF $118
MILLION GOING UP TO $122
MILLION IN 2024.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT REMINDER.
OTHER ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS
OR REMARKS FROM BOARD MEMBERS?
SEEING THEN, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON
RESOLUTION 63?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU. THE RESOLUTION
PASSES. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE
RESOLUTION? WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE READ AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
SIX INTO THE RECORD?
>> RESOLUTION 64, A RESOLUTION
RELATING TO THE LEVY OF
PROPERTY TAXES, FIXING THE
RATES AND/OR AMOUNTS OF TAXES
TO BE LEVIED, AND LEVYING THE
SAME UPON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY,
BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL, IN THE
SEATTLE PARK DISTRICT, TO
FINANCE THE ACTIVITIES OF THE
DISTRICT FOR THE YEAR BEGINNING
JANUARY 1, 2024. FOR BRIEFING,
DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM
CLERK. I MOVE RESOLUTION 64. IS
A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> TRACI, DO YOU HAVE ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON
RESOLUTION 64?
>> THIS IS THE ONE THAT
AUTHORIZE THE COLLECTION OF
$122 MILLION FOR APPROXIMATELY
$0.41 OR ABOUT $345 PER YEAR
FOR THE MEDIAN HOMEOWNER.
>> ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ,
REMARKS FROM BOARD MEMBERS?
SEEING THEN, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON THE
ADOPTION OF COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD. RESOLUTION 64?
>>>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU. THE MOTION
CARRIES, THE PARK DISTRICT
BOARD ADOPTS RESOLUTION 64.
PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO
THE RESOLUTION ON MY BEHALF.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 7 INTO
THE RECORD?
>> RESOLUTION 65. A RESOLUTION
SETTING THE SEATTLE PARK
DISTRICT BOARD MEETING DATES IN
2024. FOR BRIEFING, DISCUSSION,
AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY
REMARKS ON THIS ITEM?
>> DID YOU WANT TO MOVE AND GET
A SECOND?
>> LET'S MAKE SURE WE DO THAT
FIRST.
>> THAT MIGHT MESS IT UP.
>> I MOVE RESOLUTION 65.
>> SECOND.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED. TRACI DO
YOU HAVE ANY REMARKS ON
RESOLUTION 65?
>> JUST TO NOTE THIS
ESTABLISHED THE PARK BOARD
MEETINGS FOR 2024. JUST A WORD
ABOUT HOW WE HAVE CHANGED THE
TIMING OF THIS LAST MEETING.
MOST OF YOU REMEMBER WE USED TO
HOLD THIS MEETING AFTER THE
BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING, ON
THE SECOND DAY JUST BEFORE
APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET. IT
BECAME CLEAR TO US WE ACTUALLY
COULD DO IT RIGHT AFTER THE
BUDGET COMMITTEE FINISHES THE
WORK, THE DAY BEFORE. SO WE
MOVED THE MEETING TO COINCIDE
WITH THAT VERSUS US HAVING TO
WAIT UNTIL THE FULL COUNCIL
ADOPTED THE BUDGET. BECAUSE
THE WORK IS ESSENTIALLY DONE
AND APPROVED. THAT IS THE
REASON FOR THAT MEETING GETTING
MOVED. WE WILL CARRY OUT THAT
PATTERN AND FORWARD. SO,
APPRECIATE YOUR HELP ON THAT.
>> THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY
QUESTIONS, REMARKS FROM BOARD
MEMBERS? SEEING THEN, WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE
ON THE RESOLUTION?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH,
MADAM CLERK. THE RESOLUTION
PASSES. WILL YOU PLEASE AFFIX
MY SIGNATURE TO THE RESOLUTION?
BOARD MEMBERS, THIS IS THE
CONCLUSION OF OUR FINAL PARK
DISTRICT BOARD MEETING FOR THE
YEAR. THIS IS A GREAT BODY OF
FINAL LEGISLATION TO TIE OFF A
LOT OF LONG PLANNED AND LONG
ORGANIZED INVESTMENTS. JUST A
POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, IT
IS BEEN A GREAT HONOR TO HAVE
THE TRUST AND CONFIDENCE OF MY
COLLEAGUES TO SERVE AS
PRESIDENT OF THE PARK BOARD
DURING A REALLY, REALLY
DYNAMIC TIME IN THIS
INSTITUTION FOR CREATING A
NEW INVESTMENT CYCLE, FOR
WORKING WITH STAKEHOLDERS,
COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND
RESPECTIVE BOARD MEMBERS ON
PROJECTS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
REALLY, REALLY EXCITED TO
HAVE ENGAGED IN THIS BODY OF
WORK DURING THE TIME THAT I
HAVE BEEN HERE ON THE COUNCIL
DAIS. AND REALLY WILL REFLECT
BACK ON THIS IS ONE OF THE
GREATEST OPPORTUNITIES I HAVE
HAD TO SERVE IN PUBLIC LIFE. SO
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYBODY
HERE WHO HAS SUPPORTED ME IN
THIS WORK. WHO HAS WORKED TO
PUT TOGETHER THE SIX YEAR
INVESTMENT PLAN, TO IMPLEMENT
IT, TO OUR TEAM AT PARKS THAT
HAS DONE SUCH A GREAT JOB IN
DILIGENTLY PICKING UP THE
MANTLE OF THIS REALLY BIG
MANDATE FROM THE PARK DISTRICT
BOARD. A FUNDED MANDATE, A
MANDATE ABOUT THE TYPES OF OPEN
SPACE AND RECREATION
OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE WANT TO
ASPIRE TO ANY TEAM THAT IS
COMING TOGETHER TO DELIVER IT
AND MAKE SURE IT HAPPENS. I
REALLY COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD
OF THAT WORK. I LOOK HERE AT
A.P. DIAZ, CHRISTOPHER WHO IS
NOT HERE BUT WAS AN
INSTRUMENTAL PART OF PUTTING
THIS TOGETHER LAST YEAR WITH
US, MICHELE, AND OF COURSE
PAULA WHO HAS WORKED SO CLOSELY
WITH US HERE AT THE COUNCIL. I
ALSO WANT TO THANK MY CHIEF OF
STAFF WHO HAS BEEN THE CLERK TO
THIS PROCESS. AND REALLY,
HELPED DO A LOT OF LEGWORK OF
STITCHING TOGETHER THAT
INVESTMENT PLAN LAST YEAR. I
REALLY LOOK FORWARD NEXT YEAR
TO THE COUNCIL CONTINUING THIS
WORK . THE NEXT SCHEDULED
MEETING WILL BE JUNE 24, 2024.
PARK DISTRICT BOARD. IF THERE
IS ANYTHING FOR THE GOOD OF THE
ORDER, AND HAPPY TO OPEN THAT
UP NOW. BUT SEEING THEN, WE
ARE ADJOURNED UNTIL JUNE,
2024. THANK YOU SO MUCH.