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OF THE HOUSING AND HUMAN 

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SERVICES COMMISSION. I AM MARK 

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SOLOMON, VICE CHAIR OF THE 

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COMMITTEE. BECAUSE WE DO NOT 

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HAVE QUORUM AT THIS POINT, WE 

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CANNOT PROCEED WITH THE MEETING 

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SO I AM GOING TO PUT US IN 

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RECESS UNTIL 10:00 A.M. TO SEEK 

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QUORUM SO WE CAN ACTUALLY HOLD 

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THIS MEETING . I JUST WANTED TO 

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LET YOU KNOW THAT. I WANT TO 

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THANK THE FOLKS THAT HAVE SHOWN 

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UP IN PERSON. THANK YOU FOR 

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TAKING TIME OUT OF YOUR DAY AND 

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MAKING HER WAY TO CITY HALL. WE 

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HOPE TO FIND QUORUM SO WE CAN 

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TUNE YOU TO TODAY'S BUSINESS. 

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WE WILL BE IN RECESS UNTIL 10:00

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A.M. . THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME 

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AND PATIENCE. 

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>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. IT IS

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10:00 A.M. AND THIS IS STILL THE

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HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES 

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COMMITTEE. WE STILL DO NOT HAVE 

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QUORUM FOR THE MEETING. WE WILL 

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BE AGAIN DELAYING FOR ANOTHER 

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FIVE MINUTES. AT WHICH POINT WE 

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WILL COME BACK AND LET YOU KNOW 

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HOW WE WILL PROCEED FROM HERE. 

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AGAIN, I APPRECIATE YOU BEING 

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HERE AND I APPRECIATE YOUR 

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PATIENCE. WE WILL RECONVENE AT 

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10:05 . THANK YOU. 

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>> AGAIN, THANK YOU, EVERYONE. 

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THANK YOU FOR INDULGING US IN 

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OUR DELAYS. HERE'S HOW WE WILL 

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PROCEED TODAY. WE DO NOT HAVE 

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QUORUM. AS A RESULT, WE CANNOT 

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TAKE ACTION. ALSO BECAUSE WE 

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DON'T HAVE QUORUM WE CANNOT 

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TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTARY. THAT 

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BEING SAID, I WANT TO HONOR 

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THOSE WHO TOOK TIME OUT OF THEIR

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DAY TO COME DOWN HERE AND SPEAK 

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TO US. SO WE CAN PROCEED WITH 

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HEARING IT . WE JUST CAN'T 

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VOTE. THAT DOES NOT MEAN WE 

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DON'T WANT THE INFORMATION. 

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WITH THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF 

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THERE'S ANYTHING TO READ TO THE

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RECORD OR WE JUST INVITE PEOPLE 

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UP. GO AHEAD. 

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WE ARE GOING TO DO SOMETHING 

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KIND OF UNPRECEDENTED. BECAUSE 

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WE DO NOT HAVE QUORUM WE ARE 

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GOING TO END THE MEETING. IT IS 

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10:10 . THE SPECIAL MEETING OF 

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THE HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES 

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COMMISSION IS ADJOURNED. THAT 

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BEING SAID, SINCE THAT MEETING 

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IS OVER WE STILL WANT TO HEAR 

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FROM YOU. YOU ARE HERE. YOU HAVE

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TAKEN YOUR TIME. LET'S HEAR 

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FROM YOU. 

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>> CHAIR, -- 

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>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 

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>> WE ARE GOING TO RUN THIS AS A

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COMMUNITY DISCUSSION AND NOT A 

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FORMAL MEETING SINCE WE ARE ALL 

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HERE TOGETHER. I WANT TO ECHO 

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WITH THE CHAIR SAID. THANK YOU 

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FOR TAKING THE TIME OUT OF YOUR 

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DAY TO COME DOWN. I'M 

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DISAPPOINTED WE ARE UNABLE TO 

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TAKE ACTION TODAY, LOSING QUORUM

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FIVE MINUTES BEFORE THE MEETING.

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IT FEELS SUSPECT. AS THE ONLY 

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RENTER AS PART OF THIS BODY I 

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THINK IT'S TREMENDOUSLY 

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IMPORTANT THAT RENTER 

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PERSPECTIVES ARE HURT SO WE WANT

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TO BE SURE WE HEAR FROM YOU 

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TODAY AT THE VERY LEAST. CHAIR, 

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I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO 

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TAKE A MOMENT TO INVITE THE 

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PROSPECTIVE APPOINTEES TO THE 

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TABLE ARE WE WANT TO TRY TO USE 

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THE MICROPHONES AT THE PUBLIC 

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COMMENT AREA, I WILL LET THAT BE

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YOUR DECISION BUT I WANT TO 

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VOICE AGAIN MY GRATITUDE FOR 

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EVERYONE TAKING TIME TO BE HERE 

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TODAY. WE WILL MAKE SURE 

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EVERYONE IS HEARD. THANK YOU, 

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CHAIR. 

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>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE ARE 

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JUST HAVING A COMMUNITY 

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DISCUSSION. PLEASE JOIN US AT 

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THE TABLE . WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN

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THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS, YES.

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>> [ INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] 

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>> THANK YOU, CHAIR SOLOMON AND 

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COUNCILMEMBER RINCK FOR HAVING 

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US AT THIS DISCUSSION. IF IT'S 

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OKAY WITH YOU MAYBE WE CAN START

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WITH THE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM. 

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THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT WERE 

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SUBMITTED FOR APPOINTMENTS. THEY

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WOULD BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THEIR 

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BIOS AND WHY THEY ARE INTERESTED

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SERVING ON THE COMMISSION. I 

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THINK WE ARE JOINED BY A FEW 

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PEOPLE ONLINE AS WELL. I CAN 

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READ OUT ANY OF THE REMAINING 

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BIOS . 

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>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FOR OUR 

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EDIFICATION, PLEASE INTRODUCE 

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YOURSELF . AS YOU GO AROUND, WE 

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WANT TO KNOW WHO YOU ARE. 

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>> I AM LAURA JENKINS WITH THE 

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SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF 

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NEIGHBORHOODS. 

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>> MY NAME IS LIZ. I'M A 

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RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FOUR , 

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EDGEWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD. I'M HERE

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TO GIVE A COUPLE OF INTRODUCTORY

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THOUGHTS ABOUT BEING PART OF THE

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COMMISSION . JUST SOME THINGS TO

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SAY. I AM A RENTER IN THE CITY. 

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I HAVE ENCOUNTERED A LOT OF THE 

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CHALLENGES MANY OF US FACE 

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NAVIGATING RESOURCES. TRYING TO 

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ADAPT TO RISING COSTS AND 

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SEARCHING FOR SUPPORT AND A LOT 

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OF THE OVERWHELMING SYSTEMS . 

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PROFESSIONALLY, I WORK IN 

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INFORMATION MANAGEMENT. MY DAILY

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WORK IS VERY MUCH INVOLVED IN 

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SIMPLIFYING COMPLEX INFORMATION 

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AND MAKING IT ACCESSIBLE FOR 

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EVERYONE. THIS IS SOMETHING I 

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WOULD LOVE TO FOCUS ON AS PART 

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OF THE COMMISSION, TAKING THAT 

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INFORMATION OUT THERE AND MAKING

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IT ACCESSIBLE FOR FOLKS. I'VE 

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ALSO HAD A LOT OF WORK IN 

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COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND CIVIC 

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ENGAGEMENT, MOSTLY VOTER 

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ENGAGEMENT AS WELL AS SUPPORTING

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ISSUE CAMPAIGNS WHERE I LIVED 

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PREVIOUSLY BEFORE I MOVED TO 

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SEATTLE . THAT IS SOMETHING I 

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WOULD LOVE TO DO HERE AS A 

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RESIDENT OF THE CITY. I LOVE TO 

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HELP OTHERS AND EMPOWER FOLKS. 

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AS PART OF THIS COMMISSION MUCH 

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OF IT WOULD BE MAKING SURE 

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PEOPLE HAVE THE RESOURCES THEY 

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NEED AND KNOW HOW TO USE THEM. 

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>> THANK YOU. 

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>> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR 

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HEARING US . MY NAME IS ALLAN 

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FRANCIS. I AM A RENTER. MY 

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PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND, BOARD 

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OF DIRECTORS SEATTLE HOUSING 

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RESOURCES . THE NEIGHBORS 

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EDUCATION FUND. WHY AM I HERE? A

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YEAR AGO I WAS ABLE TO SIGN THE 

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RENTAL AGREEMENT TO LIVE IN THE 

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ROOSEVELT DISTRICT. THAT IS 

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PRETTY SPECTACULAR TO ME BECAUSE

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IT HAD BEEN AT LEAST 12 YEARS 

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BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO SEE MY 

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NAME ON A RENTAL AGREEMENT SO 

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THAT WAS HUGE. A LITTLE BIT OF 

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BACKGROUND. TRAIN OF THOUGHT. 

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LIVED EXPERIENCE WITH 

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HOMELESSNESS , DISABILITY, EVERY

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DAY POVERTY . IN 2002 I HAD A 

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BRIEF RUN THROUGH WITH THE 

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND 

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MENTAL HEALTH . I AM ON 

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MEDICATION , PARTICIPATING IN 

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THERAPY. I AM ON THE OTHER SIDE 

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OF IT. WHY AM I APPLYING FOR THE

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RENTERS COMMISSION? PEOPLE WHO 

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ARE OFTEN UNHEARD FOR VARIOUS 

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REASONS BECAUSE OF THE STRUGGLES

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OR BECAUSE THEY PERCEIVE 

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THEMSELVES NOT CAPABLE BECAUSE 

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OF THE STRUGGLES. I WANT TO HAVE

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A SEAT AT THE TABLE TO HELP WITH

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RESOURCES FOR THOSE PEOPLE AND 

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MAYBE ALONG THE WAY ENCOURAGE 

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SOMEBODY TO FIND THEIR VOICE AND

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SIT AT THIS TABLE TOMORROW AND 

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BE THAT VOICE. THANK YOU VERY 

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MUCH. 

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>> THANK YOU. 

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>> GOOD MORNING. I USE HE/AND 

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PRONOUNS. I AM SUPER EXCITED TO 

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BE A POTENTIAL APPOINTEE FOR THE

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SEATTLE RENTERS COMMISSION. 

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GROWING UP I DID NOT LIVE IN A 

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STABLE HOME. I EVENTUALLY ENTER 

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THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM AND I WAS

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17 YEARS OLD. WE TALK ABOUT 

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STATISTICS WERE FOSTER YOUTH 

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FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS . FOR ME

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THANKFULLY FOSTER CARE SAVED MY 

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LIFE. PEOPLE LIKE YOU GAVE ME AN

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OPPORTUNITY TO PURSUE MY 

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STABILITY. THANK YOU. THE POLICY

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YOU PAST REALLY DOES SAVE LIVES.

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THIS WORK IS NOT SOMETHING TO BE

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TAKEN LIGHTLY. I'VE BEEN 

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BLESSED WITH AN AMAZING CAREER 

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SINCE EXITING FOSTER CARE. I 

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EXITED INTO HOMELESSNESS. WHEN I

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WAS 20 YEARS OLD, I WAS NEARING 

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THE AGE CLIFF FOR THE FOSTER 

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CARE SYSTEM WHICH IS 21 YEARS 

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OLD. I TRIED CALLING RESOURCE 

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AFTER RESOURCE FOR SUPPORT BUT 

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NOTHING CAME THROUGH. I ENTERED 

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HOMELESSNESS UNTIL I SAVED UP 

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ENOUGH MONEY TO MOVE INTO AN 

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APARTMENT. IT WAS AN AFFORDABLE 

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MICRO STUDIO . I CAN SAY WITHOUT

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A DOUBT THAT THE MICRO STUDIO 

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EVEN THOUGH IT WAS 190 SQUARE 

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FEET, SAVED MY LIFE. I AM EAGER 

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TO WORK WITH YOU ALL AND 

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IDENTIFY SOLUTIONS TO LIFT MORE 

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PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTY THROUGH 

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HOUSING. MORE PEOPLE IN SEATTLE 

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RENT THEN OWN A HOME. THERE'S A

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LOT OF OPPORTUNITY AHEAD AND WE 

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ARE REALLY THANKFUL TO THE TWO 

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OF YOU FOR BEING WILLING TO 

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COLLABORATE. WE HOPE THE OTHER 

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COUNCILMEMBERS WILL FOLLOW SUIT.

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THANK YOU FOR BEING A LEADER AND

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THANK YOU FOR STANDING UP FOR 

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RENTERS AND THANK YOU FOR 

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STANDING UP FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE 

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HOUSING INSECURE. 

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>> THANK YOU. 

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>> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS 

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JULISSA SANCHEZ. SHE/HER 

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PRONOUNS. I HAVE BEEN PART OF 

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THE SEATTLE RENTERS COMMISSION 

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FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. BEFORE 

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THAT I WORKED FOR THE TENANTS 

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UNION AS A TENANTS RIGHTS 

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EDUCATOR AND COMMUNITY 

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ORGANIZER. IT WAS DURING THE 

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FIRST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION . A 

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LOT OF MY COMMUNITY, THE 

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UNDOCUMENTED MEXICAN LATINO 

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MIXED STATUS COMMUNITY WERE 

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THREATENED BY LANDLORDS FOR 

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I.C.E. TO BE CALLED ON THEM IF 

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THEY KEPT ASKING FOR REPAIRS. A 

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LOT OF THEM RECEIVED A PAY OR 

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VACATE OR VACATE AND EVICTION 

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NOTICES BECAUSE THEY KEPT ASKING

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FOR TENANT PROTECTIONS AND 

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RIGHTS. EXCUSE ME. BECAUSE I AM 

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PERSISTING THROUGH A COLD . I AM

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HERE TO BE REINSTATED TO THE 

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SEATTLE RENTERS COMMISSION 

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BECAUSE EQUITY AND ACCESSIBILITY

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TO RENTERS WHO ENGLISH IS NOT 

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THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE OR WHO MAY 

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NOT SPEAK ENGLISH AT ALL ARE 

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OFTEN LEFT OUT OF THE TABLE OR 

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OUT OF ACCESS TO DIFFERENT 

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RESOURCES. I THANK YOU FOR 

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HOLDING THIS MEETING TODAY AND I

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AM VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT WE DID

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NOT MEET QUORUM BECAUSE WE HAVE 

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BEEN WAITING FOR TWO YEARS TO 

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EXPAND THE SEATTLE RENTERS 

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COMMISSION IT DOES SEEM VERY 

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DISRESPECTFUL. IT IS VERY 

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DISRESPECTFUL AND SEEMS QUITE 

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SUSPECT OR IT JUST ACTUALLY 

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DEMONSTRATES . I AM QUITE 

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EMOTIONAL ABOUT THAT. I AM HERE 

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BECAUSE I'M FIERCE AND I'M 

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HERE BECAUSE I'M A STRONG 

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ADVOCATE FOR RENTERS AS A SINGLE

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MOM OF A STUDENT AT GARFIELD 

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HIGH SCHOOL. I FIGHT TOOTH AND 

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NAIL TO STAY IN CAPITOL HILL SO 

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HE CAN STAY WITH HIS FRIENDS. I 

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WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ALL 

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SINGLE MOMS THAT ARE WORKING 

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REALLY HARD TO STAY IN HOUSING. 

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WE HAVE BEEN DISPLACED FROM 

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SEATTLE FROM WHEN I WAS A YOUNG 

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PERSON AS THE CENTRAL DISTRICT 

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WITH GENTRIFICATION AND NOW 

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BECAUSE THE RENT ARE TOO HIGH. I

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AM HERE TO PASS THE MIC QUITE 

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LITERALLY TO OTHER TENANTS WHO 

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MAY NOT HAVE A SEAT AT THIS 

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TABLE. 

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>> GOOD MORNING . MY NAME IS E. 

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MANDISA SUBIRA. PART OF THE 

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REASON WHY I AM SO EXCITED TO BE

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PART OF THE COMMISSION AND WAS 

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EXCITED WHEN I WAS APPOINTED A 

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YEAR AND A HALF AGO AND HAVE 

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BASICALLY HAD TO JUST SIT IN 

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MEETINGS AND NOT BE ABLE TO 

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PARTICIPATE, NOT BE ABLE TO 

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BRING MY SKILLS TO THE TABLE, 

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NOT BE ABLE TO BRING MY WISDOM 

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TO THE TABLE. AS A FILMMAKER AND

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STORYTELLER NOT BEING ABLE TO 

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TELL THE STORIES OF THE RENTERS 

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IN OUR CITY . I LOOK AT THINGS 

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AS A COMPLETE WHOLE PERSPECTIVE.

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I KNOW AND UNDERSTAND . I FIND 

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IT QUITE DISINGENUOUS THAT WE 

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HAVE A STADIUM COLD CLIMATE 

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PLEDGE ARENA BUT THERE'S NO 

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COMMITMENT TO BUILDING 

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AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH SAFE AND

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SUSTAINABLE EQUIPMENT AND 

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BUILDING MATERIALS SO THAT 

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PEOPLE DO NOT GET SICK IN THESE 

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BUILDINGS AND THEN THEY BECOME A

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BURDEN ON OUR MEDICAID SYSTEM. 

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THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS THAT 

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NEED TO BE CONSIDERED . NOT JUST

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THE RENTER, BUT LOOKING AT THEM 

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AS A HOLISTIC PERSON IN A 

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HOLISTIC ENVIRONMENT . I ALSO 

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HAVE PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE I USED 

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TO BE A PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 

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PERSON IN COMPTON, CALIFORNIA. 

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I'VE BEEN AN ACTIVIST ALL 

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AROUND THE COUNTRY. I FEEL THAT 

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ANY PLACE THAT HAS THE AUDACITY 

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TO NAME THEM -- THEMSELVES AFTER

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MARTIN KING -- MARTIN LUTHER 

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KING JR. COUNTY THEY SHOULD BE 

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FOCUSED ON VISION. THE ONLY WAY 

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YOU CAN BUILD A VISION IS WITH 

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COMMUNITY WORKING TOGETHER WITH 

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THE POLITICIANS WHO I FEEL THAT 

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WE HAVE A LOT OF TREASURES AND 

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WE HAVE A LOT OF WONDERFUL 

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COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY 

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RESOURCES WE COULD BE TAPPING 

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INTO. FOR THE POLITICIANS, NOT 

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NECESSARILY UNDERSTANDING THAT 

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WE ARE HERE TO HELP AND WE WANT 

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TO BUILD COMMUNITY AND WE WANT 

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TO BUILD A VISION THAT IS WORTHY

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OF THE REASON THAT WE BUILT THE 

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SPACE NEEDLE IN THE FIRST PLACE 

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IS TO BE A BEACON AND AN EXAMPLE

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FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. 

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>> CAN WE MOVE TO ONLINE? SALLY.

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>> I AM SALLY KINNEY . THIS WILL

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BE MY FIRST TENURE WITH THE 

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SEATTLE RENTERS COMMISSION. AS 

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BACKGROUND, I GREW UP IN 

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CALIFORNIA. QUITE A LONG YEARS 

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AGO IN AN AREA OF MONTEREY 

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COUNTY THAT WAS THE GROWING 

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CAPITOL OF THE COUNTRY. IT WAS 

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ALSO AT THAT TIME HOME TO PEOPLE

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FROM MEXICO AND FURTHER SOUTH 

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WHO LIVED IN SALINAS AND WORKED 

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THE FIELDS . I WENT TO SCHOOL 

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WITH THEIR CHILDREN . I SAW THE 

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LIVING CONDITIONS THERE. THIS 

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WAS BEFORE CESAR CHAVEZ, BEFORE 

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ANY CONCERN OF THE GREATER 

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COMMUNITY ABOUT THE LIVING 

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SITUATIONS OF PEOPLE WHO WORK TO

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HELP US GET OUR FOOD . THEY 

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LIVED IN SHACKS OUT IN THE 

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FIELDS RUN BY THE GROWERS . NO 

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ELECTRICITY, NO PLUMBING . 

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CHILDREN WERE OFTEN SICK. WHEN I

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WAS VERY YOUNG I HAD GROWN UP IN

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AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE PEOPLE'S 

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LIVING SITUATIONS WERE REALLY 

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PRETTY BAD EXCEPT FOR THOSE OF 

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US WHO DID NOT HAVE TO WORK IN 

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THE FIELDS AND HAD OFFICE JOBS 

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OR OUR PARENTS HAD OFFICE JOBS. 

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THEY WERE ALSO PEOPLE WHO HAD 

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COME, FAMILIES WHO HAD COME FROM

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ARKANSAS AND OKLAHOMA. THEY 

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LIVED IN SHACKS RIGHT ON THE 

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SALINAS RIVER AND WERE FLOODED 

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JUST ABOUT EVERY YEAR. THEN I 

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MOVED TO SACRAMENTO AND STARTED 

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WORKING FULL-TIME AFTER HIGH 

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SCHOOL . NO MONEY FOR COLLEGE 

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BECAUSE OF OUR FAMILIES DIVORCE 

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SITUATION. THEN I MOVED TO 

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SEATTLE. MY FIRST CHILD WAS 

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DIAGNOSED AS AUTISTIC AND HAD 

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OTHER MEDICAL SITUATIONS. SO I 

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HAVE BEEN HER ADVOCATE SINCE SHE

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WAS BORN AND WORRIED ABOUT 

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HOUSING FOR HER WHEN SHE GOT 

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OLDER. SHE IS LIKELY NOW IN A 

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GOOD HOUSING SITUATION. A 

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WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION . 

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HOWEVER, MANY PEOPLE IN HER 

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SITUATION ARE NOT LIVING IN A 

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GOOD SITUATION. THEY ARE STILL 

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IN THE CARE OF THEIR AGING 

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PARENTS WHO ARE WORRIED ABOUT 

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WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THEIR 

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CHILDREN WHEN THEY GO. I HAVE 

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BEEN WORKING FOR THE LAST 20 

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00:39:27,832 --> 00:39:30,201
YEARS WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT 

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ARE CONCERNED WITH HOMELESSNESS 

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BECAUSE THAT HAS BEEN MY FOCUS. 

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THAT IS THE ENDPOINT OF NOT 

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HAVING A PLACE TO LIVE IS 

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LITERALLY ON THE STREETS. I LIVE

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IN LAKE CITY IN DISTRICT 5 . I 

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00:39:46,951 --> 00:39:51,689
HAVE BEEN A FOUNDING MEMBER OF 

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THE LAKE CITY TASK FORCE ON 

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HOMELESSNESS ALMOST 20 YEARS 

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AGO. I'M A FORMER BOARD MEMBER 

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OF THE SEATTLE KING COUNTY 

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COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS AND 

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OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND I'M 

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CURRENTLY ON THE BOARD OF CAMP 

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UNITED WE STAND. AND AUTHORIZED 

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ENCAMPMENT BETWEEN SEATTLE AND 

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THE NORTH KING COUNTY AREA. WE 

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DO NOT HAVE ANY SUPPORT FROM 

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POLITICAL ENTITIES. NO GRANT 

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MONEY AND NONE OF THE 

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MUNICIPALITIES THAT WE MOVE 

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00:40:39,436 --> 00:40:46,043
AROUND TO FUND US. SO WE ARE 

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00:40:46,043 --> 00:40:48,879
BASICALLY THE ORGANIZERS AND 

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FIDUCIARIES AND EVERYTHING FOR 

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OUR CAMP. I SEE PEOPLE COME INTO

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THE CAMP FROM ALL SORTS OF 

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BACKGROUNDS WHO HAVE FALLEN INTO

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HOMELESSNESS AND ARE TRYING VERY

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00:41:05,029 --> 00:41:12,169
HARD TO GET OUT. I AM VERY 

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CONCERNED BECAUSE WE ARE NOT 

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GOING TO HAVE ANY HELP FROM THE 

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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. WE 

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ESSENTIALLY ARE IT . THE CITY 

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THE STATE AND OTHER 

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MUNICIPALITIES IN WASHINGTON 

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STATE ARE UNDER THE GUN BOTH FOR

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PROVIDING RESOURCES AT A TIME 

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WHEN THEIR BUDGETS ARE REALLY 

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STRANGE. I WANT TO WORK WITH THE

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COMMISSION TO TRY, IN SEATTLE AT

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LEAST TRY TO KEEP PEOPLE HOUSED,

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KEEP RENTERS HOUSED BECAUSE 

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00:41:58,916 --> 00:42:00,851
RENTERS ARE THE ONES WHO ARE IN 

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DANGER AND TO BRING THE CITY TO 

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RECOGNIZE THAT THAT MAY BE THE 

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MOST IMPORTANT THING WE CAN DO 

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HERE NOW IS TO KEEP PEOPLE 

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HOUSED, KEEP THEM OFF THE STREET

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AND MAKE IT EASIER FOR RENTERS 

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00:42:23,474 --> 00:42:27,678
TO CONTINUE BEING RENTERS . 

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00:42:27,678 --> 00:42:29,513
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO US 

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00:42:29,513 --> 00:42:34,385
TODAY. I AM REALLY EAGER TO WORK

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WITH THE COMMISSION ON THIS SAD 

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SITUATION. 

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00:42:42,026 --> 00:42:47,665
>> THANK YOU, SALLY. KATE. 

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00:42:47,665 --> 00:42:54,305
>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. MY 

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00:42:54,305 --> 00:42:57,875
NAME IS KATE RUBIN. I'M ONE OF 

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THE INTERIM COCHAIRS OF THE 

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SEATTLE RENTERS COMMISSION. I'M

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00:43:04,081 --> 00:43:05,950
ONE OF FIVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN

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00:43:05,950 --> 00:43:06,884
HOLDING THE COMMISSION DOWN OVER

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THE LAST 18 MONTHS. I'M ALSO 

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00:43:16,026 --> 00:43:18,929
SOMEBODY WHO WORKS WITH RENTERS 

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00:43:18,929 --> 00:43:22,132
IN MY DAILY WORK AT THE SEATTLE 

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00:43:22,132 --> 00:43:25,703
WE DO RENTER EDUCATION AND 

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00:43:25,703 --> 00:43:28,505
ORGANIZING AND EMPOWER RENTERS 

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TO GET MORE CYNICALLY INVOLVED 

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BECAUSE WE ARE BEING 

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SYSTEMICALLY SHUT OUT OF CITY 

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00:43:35,946 --> 00:43:38,916
HALL WHICH FEELS LIKE SUCH A 

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00:43:38,916 --> 00:43:42,920
PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THAT, OF HOW 

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OUR VOICES REALLY DO NOT MATTER 

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TO THOSE IN POWER . I LIVE IN 

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DISTRICT 2. I AM A VOTER AND 

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00:43:59,069 --> 00:44:04,641
ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN SEEING MY 

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00:44:04,641 --> 00:44:11,482
COUNCILMEMBER YET AGAIN , BEING 

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00:44:11,482 --> 00:44:18,389
DISRESPECTED AND SHUT OUT AND 

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00:44:18,389 --> 00:44:20,124
NOT BEING ABLE TO MOVE THE 

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00:44:20,124 --> 00:44:27,231
THINGS FORWARD IN A VERY 

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00:44:27,231 --> 00:44:28,866
INTENTIONAL WAY. I AM FEELING 

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00:44:28,866 --> 00:44:34,805
VERY -- I AM ANGRY ABOUT ALL OF 

509
00:44:34,805 --> 00:44:45,349
THIS. -- I DO FEEL AN OBLIGATION

510
00:44:52,156 --> 00:44:54,858
TO SEATTLE RENTERS TO HOLD IT 

511
00:44:54,858 --> 00:44:59,329
DOWN . I WAS SO LOOKING FORWARD 

512
00:44:59,329 --> 00:45:02,299
TO HAVING A FULLY SEATED 

513
00:45:02,299 --> 00:45:04,935
COMMISSION WHERE WE COULD TRY TO

514
00:45:04,935 --> 00:45:15,412
MOVE POLICY . THE TEAM HAD 

515
00:45:18,348 --> 00:45:19,650
SIMILAR BACKGROUNDS AND LIFE 

516
00:45:19,650 --> 00:45:25,823
EXPERIENCES . IT TAKES A DIVERSE

517
00:45:25,823 --> 00:45:26,757
GROUP OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE, 

518
00:45:26,757 --> 00:45:27,724
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, 

519
00:45:27,724 --> 00:45:29,660
DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND 

520
00:45:29,660 --> 00:45:30,994
NEIGHBORHOODS TO REALLY 

521
00:45:30,994 --> 00:45:33,731
REPRESENT THE SPECTRUM OF 

522
00:45:33,731 --> 00:45:39,470
RENTERS. LOOKS LIKE THIS IS NOT 

523
00:45:39,470 --> 00:45:40,971
GOING TO HAPPEN TODAY. MIGHT NOT

524
00:45:40,971 --> 00:45:42,539
HAPPEN IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THIS 

525
00:45:42,539 --> 00:45:49,446
IS REALLY HARD . WE ARE FUNDED 

526
00:45:49,446 --> 00:45:52,049
BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE . NOT 

527
00:45:52,049 --> 00:45:53,751
JUST FROM MY JOB BUT ACROSS THE 

528
00:45:53,751 --> 00:45:57,354
BOARD, 40%. RENTERS ARE REALLY 

529
00:45:57,354 --> 00:46:06,997
STRUGGLING . I'M DOING OKAY NOW

530
00:46:06,997 --> 00:46:09,733
BECAUSE I AM EMPLOYED BUT I HAVE

531
00:46:09,733 --> 00:46:12,136
TO LOOK AS GO LIVE WITH A 

532
00:46:12,136 --> 00:46:15,572
ROOMMATE. WE WOULD BE IN DIRE 

533
00:46:15,572 --> 00:46:17,474
STRAITS IF WE LOST OUR JOBS. MY 

534
00:46:17,474 --> 00:46:20,010
FAMILY IS GOING THROUGH A LOT OF

535
00:46:20,010 --> 00:46:30,554
TURMOIL . MY YOUNGER BROTHER HAD

536
00:46:31,722 --> 00:46:33,857
TO MOVE IN WITH MY AGING PARENTS

537
00:46:33,857 --> 00:46:37,194
AFTER A SERIES OF DISASTERS AND 

538
00:46:37,194 --> 00:46:38,762
PROBABLY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO 

539
00:46:38,762 --> 00:46:45,169
MOVE OUT ANYTIME SOON . IT IS 

540
00:46:45,169 --> 00:46:49,239
REALLY SCARY TO THINK ABOUT WHAT

541
00:46:49,239 --> 00:46:51,542
THE FUTURE HOLDS ESPECIALLY WITH

542
00:46:51,542 --> 00:46:53,343
ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE 

543
00:46:53,343 --> 00:46:57,281
HAPPENING AT A NATIONAL LEVEL. 

544
00:46:57,281 --> 00:47:00,317
THEY ARE ATTACKING OUR TRANS 

545
00:47:00,317 --> 00:47:03,287
NEIGHBORS AND IMMIGRANT AND 

546
00:47:03,287 --> 00:47:07,791
REFUGEE NEIGHBORS. ANYONE WHO 

547
00:47:07,791 --> 00:47:10,827
MIGHT BE DIFFERENT OR MIGHT BE 

548
00:47:10,827 --> 00:47:13,664
AN EASY TARGET. THANK YOU FOR 

549
00:47:13,664 --> 00:47:16,200
INVITING ME TO THIS TABLE TODAY.

550
00:47:16,200 --> 00:47:18,502
I WISH IT WERE UNDER BETTER 

551
00:47:18,502 --> 00:47:21,738
CIRCUMSTANCES. 

552
00:47:21,738 --> 00:47:26,410
>> LYDIA. AFTER LYDIA, LAUREN 

553
00:47:26,410 --> 00:47:27,978
YOU SAID WE HAVE SOME FOLKS THAT

554
00:47:27,978 --> 00:47:29,847
ARE NOT ABLE TO JOIN US THAT YOU

555
00:47:29,847 --> 00:47:31,715
WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT. IN THE 

556
00:47:31,715 --> 00:47:33,684
INTEREST OF TIME I KNOW THAT WE 

557
00:47:33,684 --> 00:47:36,019
HAVE SOMEONE WHO HAS SOMETHING 

558
00:47:36,019 --> 00:47:38,889
TO PRESENT WHO DOES HAVE A HARD 

559
00:47:38,889 --> 00:47:41,191
STOP. WE WANT TO BE SURE WE GET 

560
00:47:41,191 --> 00:47:45,896
TO THAT . IF WE COULD JUST TAKE 

561
00:47:45,896 --> 00:47:47,364
A COUPLE MOMENTS TO TELL US 

562
00:47:47,364 --> 00:47:48,932
ABOUT YOU AND YOUR INTEREST IN 

563
00:47:48,932 --> 00:47:50,033
BEING ON THE COMMISSION. THEN WE

564
00:47:50,033 --> 00:47:51,501
WILL MOVE ON TO THE INFORMATION 

565
00:47:51,501 --> 00:47:53,370
ABOUT THOSE WHO ARE NOT HERE. 

566
00:47:53,370 --> 00:47:57,674
>> I AM LYDIA FELTY. I USE 

567
00:47:57,674 --> 00:47:59,776
SHE/HER PRONOUNS . I'M THE 

568
00:47:59,776 --> 00:48:02,112
CURRENT COCHAIR. I LIVE IN 

569
00:48:02,112 --> 00:48:03,847
DISTRICT 3 AND A LIFELONG 

570
00:48:03,847 --> 00:48:08,485
RENTER. I WORK IN THE NONPROFIT 

571
00:48:08,485 --> 00:48:09,920
SECTOR. BEFORE THAT I WAS A 

572
00:48:09,920 --> 00:48:11,321
TEACHER. WORKING WITH FOLKS FROM

573
00:48:11,321 --> 00:48:13,090
DIFFERENT PLACES AND AGE GROUPS 

574
00:48:13,090 --> 00:48:14,591
AND CIRCUMSTANCES. I'VE BEEN ON

575
00:48:14,591 --> 00:48:16,226
THE RENTERS COMMISSION FOR ABOUT

576
00:48:16,226 --> 00:48:19,696
TWO YEARS. I AM A STANDARD 

577
00:48:19,696 --> 00:48:24,501
MAYORAL EMPLOYED T -- APPOINTEE.

578
00:48:24,501 --> 00:48:26,136
ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO 

579
00:48:26,136 --> 00:48:28,805
MENTION TODAY IS KATE AND I HAVE

580
00:48:28,805 --> 00:48:30,340
BEEN INTERIM COCHAIRS FOR A YEAR

581
00:48:30,340 --> 00:48:32,409
NOW. WHEN THE PAST COCHAIRS, 

582
00:48:32,409 --> 00:48:35,512
WHEN THEIR TENURE ENDED, WE WERE

583
00:48:35,512 --> 00:48:40,450
DECIDING ON NEW COCHAIRS BUT 

584
00:48:40,450 --> 00:48:42,085
THERE WERE ONLY FIVE OF US AND 

585
00:48:42,085 --> 00:48:43,553
SEVERAL PENDING SO IT DID NOT 

586
00:48:43,553 --> 00:48:46,223
FEEL RIGHT FOR US TO ELECT OUT 

587
00:48:46,223 --> 00:48:47,858
OF SUCH A SMALL GROUP WHO WOULD 

588
00:48:47,858 --> 00:48:49,793
BE THE COCHAIRS BEFORE THESE 

589
00:48:49,793 --> 00:48:51,295
PENDING COMMISSIONERS WERE ABLE 

590
00:48:51,295 --> 00:48:53,597
TO FILL IN THOSE ROLES. SO WE 

591
00:48:53,597 --> 00:48:56,600
JUST ABOUT A MONTH AGO 

592
00:48:56,600 --> 00:48:58,802
CELEBRATED OUR ONE YEAR 

593
00:48:58,802 --> 00:49:02,139
ANNIVERSARY OF BEING COCHAIRS 

594
00:49:02,139 --> 00:49:03,640
WITH THE SAME FIVE COMMISSIONERS

595
00:49:03,640 --> 00:49:06,410
ON BOARD AND THE NOTE THAT ONE 

596
00:49:06,410 --> 00:49:07,678
IS MOVING FOR GRAD SCHOOL SOON 

597
00:49:07,678 --> 00:49:09,780
SO WE ARE ABOUT TO BE DOWN TO 

598
00:49:09,780 --> 00:49:17,054
FOUR. WE HAVE HAD -- I CHECKED 

599
00:49:17,054 --> 00:49:22,526
THE RECORD. WE RECOMMENDED IFOR 

600
00:49:22,526 --> 00:49:23,760
APPOINTMENT IN NOVEMBER 2023. MY

601
00:49:23,760 --> 00:49:26,563
COLLEAGUES AND HOPEFUL 

602
00:49:26,563 --> 00:49:28,131
COLLEAGUES HAVE SHARED SO MANY 

603
00:49:28,131 --> 00:49:32,135
SALIENT POINTS. I ECHO EVERY BIT

604
00:49:32,135 --> 00:49:33,303
OF ANGER AND FRUSTRATION AND 

605
00:49:33,303 --> 00:49:36,239
PASSION. I KNOW THAT WE ARE 

606
00:49:36,239 --> 00:49:42,279
SHORT ON TIME BUT AS WE COME UP 

607
00:49:42,279 --> 00:49:43,013
ON THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY TWO 

608
00:49:43,013 --> 00:49:44,581
LETTERS THAT WERE SENT TO CITY 

609
00:49:44,581 --> 00:49:45,916
COUNCIL, I WANTED TO READ A 

610
00:49:45,916 --> 00:49:47,284
COUPLE NOTES FROM IT. THIS WAS 

611
00:49:47,284 --> 00:49:49,152
SENT AUGUST 4, 2024. WE ARE 

612
00:49:49,152 --> 00:49:53,824
WRITING TO DEMAND IMMEDIATE 

613
00:49:53,824 --> 00:49:54,524
ACTION REGARDING THE 

614
00:49:54,524 --> 00:49:55,525
LONG-OVERDUE APPOINTMENTS TO THE

615
00:49:55,525 --> 00:49:56,593
SEATTLE RENTERS COMMISSION. 

616
00:49:56,593 --> 00:49:58,095
DESPITE OUR REQUEST SINCE THE 

617
00:49:58,095 --> 00:49:59,696
BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, THE 

618
00:49:59,696 --> 00:50:01,398
COMMITTEE CHAIR HAS YET TO 

619
00:50:01,398 --> 00:50:02,566
REVIEW COMMISSIONER APPOINTMENTS

620
00:50:02,566 --> 00:50:09,272
AND ADD IT TO AGENDAS. THIS IS 

621
00:50:09,272 --> 00:50:10,140
UNACCEPTABLE AND UNDERMINES THE 

622
00:50:10,140 --> 00:50:11,308
REPRESENTATION OF MORE THAN HALF

623
00:50:11,308 --> 00:50:16,012
THE SEATTLE POPULATION. WE HAVE 

624
00:50:16,012 --> 00:50:17,180
ONLY SIX COMMISSIONERS OF THE 

625
00:50:17,180 --> 00:50:21,351
MANDATED 16. THE LACK OF BLACK 

626
00:50:21,351 --> 00:50:23,086
COMMISSIONERS IS ESPECIALLY 

627
00:50:23,086 --> 00:50:25,155
CONCERNING GIVING SEATTLE'S 

628
00:50:25,155 --> 00:50:27,557
HISTORY OF GENTRIFICATION. THE 

629
00:50:27,557 --> 00:50:30,160
CURRENT COMPOSITION FAILS TO 

630
00:50:30,160 --> 00:50:32,329
REFLECT THE DIVERSITY OF OUR 

631
00:50:32,329 --> 00:50:35,732
CITY . I WILL EDITORIALIZE FOR A

632
00:50:35,732 --> 00:50:38,702
MOMENT TO ADD THE CURRENT 

633
00:50:38,702 --> 00:50:41,938
CLIMATE STATE AND TRULY NATIONAL

634
00:50:41,938 --> 00:50:43,707
STATE OF EMERGENCY WE ARE IN AND

635
00:50:43,707 --> 00:50:45,642
HOW MUCH MORE IMPORTANT ALL OF 

636
00:50:45,642 --> 00:50:50,580
THESE THINGS , OUR WORK IS AND 

637
00:50:50,580 --> 00:50:53,350
PUTTING POLICIES IN PLACE 

638
00:50:53,350 --> 00:50:58,688
BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE 

639
00:50:58,688 --> 00:51:01,224
MORE RENTERS COMING. OUR ROLE 

640
00:51:01,224 --> 00:51:04,494
INCLUDES ISSUES ON POLICIES FOR 

641
00:51:04,494 --> 00:51:06,630
RENTERS SUCH AS HOUSING 

642
00:51:06,630 --> 00:51:11,201
AFFORDABILITY , ECONOMIC 

643
00:51:11,201 --> 00:51:12,135
DEVELOPMENT. THE COUNCIL OF 

644
00:51:12,135 --> 00:51:13,570
BLACK ENGAGEMENT SHOWS A 

645
00:51:13,570 --> 00:51:15,705
MISGUIDED VIEW THAT IT CAN BE 

646
00:51:15,705 --> 00:51:18,208
IGNORED RATHER THAN A VALUABLE 

647
00:51:18,208 --> 00:51:20,143
COLLABORATOR FOR THE COMMUNITY. 

648
00:51:20,143 --> 00:51:25,849
THIS IS DETRIMENTAL TO THE 

649
00:51:25,849 --> 00:51:27,017
GOVERNMENT OF OUR CITY. THE 

650
00:51:27,017 --> 00:51:27,818
HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES 

651
00:51:27,818 --> 00:51:28,819
COMMITTEE MUST PRIORITIZE THE 

652
00:51:28,819 --> 00:51:30,821
COMMITMENT OF NEW COMMISSIONERS 

653
00:51:30,821 --> 00:51:34,057
IMMEDIATELY. THE ONGOING NEGLECT

654
00:51:34,057 --> 00:51:36,259
NOT ONLY HAMPERS OUR WORK BUT 

655
00:51:36,259 --> 00:51:38,495
ALSO INSULTS THE COMMUNITIES WE 

656
00:51:38,495 --> 00:51:40,163
AIM TO SERVE. I WILL JUST CLOSE 

657
00:51:40,163 --> 00:51:44,334
WITH A THANK YOU FOR THE 

658
00:51:44,334 --> 00:51:45,802
GRATITUDE THAT WE ARE ALL HERE. 

659
00:51:45,802 --> 00:51:47,971
WE WERE FINALLY PUT ON THE 

660
00:51:47,971 --> 00:51:50,540
AGENDA. I THINK THAT IS 

661
00:51:50,540 --> 00:51:54,244
NOTEWORTHY . JUST AGAIN ECHOING 

662
00:51:54,244 --> 00:51:58,515
THE DISAPPOINTMENT, ANGER, 

663
00:51:58,515 --> 00:51:59,416
FRUSTRATION AND PARTICULARLY FOR

664
00:51:59,416 --> 00:52:01,518
ME THINKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO 

665
00:52:01,518 --> 00:52:04,521
I'M SURE TOOK TIME OFF WORK AND

666
00:52:04,521 --> 00:52:08,758
ARE PHYSICALLY AT CITY HALL IN 

667
00:52:08,758 --> 00:52:11,695
PERSON ON WEDNESDAY MORNING ONLY

668
00:52:11,695 --> 00:52:15,031
TO HAVE THE MEETING DELAYED, 

669
00:52:15,031 --> 00:52:19,803
DELAYED, AND CANCELED AND NOW 

670
00:52:19,803 --> 00:52:21,371
BACK INTO THIS LIMBO OF NOT 

671
00:52:21,371 --> 00:52:23,206
KNOWING WHEN OR WHETHER 

672
00:52:23,206 --> 00:52:24,841
APPOINTMENTS WILL BE MADE. THANK

673
00:52:24,841 --> 00:52:25,075
YOU. 

674
00:52:25,075 --> 00:52:29,513
>> THANK YOU. 

675
00:52:29,513 --> 00:52:30,146
>> LAURA. 

676
00:52:30,146 --> 00:52:31,882
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU 

677
00:52:31,882 --> 00:52:33,750
TO ALL OF THE POTENTIAL 

678
00:52:33,750 --> 00:52:35,185
APPOINTEES THAT ARE HERE IN 

679
00:52:35,185 --> 00:52:38,889
PERSON, ONLINE. THANK YOU FOR 

680
00:52:38,889 --> 00:52:40,457
SHARING YOUR STORIES AND BEING 

681
00:52:40,457 --> 00:52:46,062
HERE. I WILL JUST READ THROUGH. 

682
00:52:46,062 --> 00:52:47,130
THERE ARE SIX REMAINING 

683
00:52:47,130 --> 00:52:54,938
APPOINTEES. I WILL JUST READ OUT

684
00:52:54,938 --> 00:52:56,439
THEIR BIOS AND NAME THEM. JUST 

685
00:52:56,439 --> 00:52:59,543
LET ME KNOW AT ANY POINT IF YOU 

686
00:52:59,543 --> 00:53:05,649
NEED TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT 

687
00:53:05,649 --> 00:53:07,217
PORTION. I AM LAURA JENKINS THE 

688
00:53:07,217 --> 00:53:08,718
STAFF LIAISON FOR THE RENTERS 

689
00:53:08,718 --> 00:53:09,920
COMMISSION. I WORK IN THE 

690
00:53:09,920 --> 00:53:10,720
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS. 

691
00:53:10,720 --> 00:53:12,122
FIRST, WE HAVE ADORA BLUE. A 

692
00:53:12,122 --> 00:53:15,559
RENTER LIVING IN PINEHURST. 

693
00:53:15,559 --> 00:53:16,760
RAISED IN A WEALTHY NEIGHBORHOOD

694
00:53:16,760 --> 00:53:19,996
AND SO, AND MOVED TO SEATTLE 

695
00:53:19,996 --> 00:53:21,431
WHERE SHE EXPERIENCED RENTING IN

696
00:53:21,431 --> 00:53:25,635
A LARGE VARIETY OF AREAS AND 

697
00:53:25,635 --> 00:53:26,469
ARRANGEMENTS. SHE BECAME 

698
00:53:26,469 --> 00:53:27,938
INVOLVED IN HOUSING ACTIVISM IN 

699
00:53:27,938 --> 00:53:32,676
2020 AND INSPIRED THE COVID-19 

700
00:53:32,676 --> 00:53:35,745
MUTUAL AID EFFORTS. EVENTUALLY 

701
00:53:35,745 --> 00:53:37,881
JOINED THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT

702
00:53:37,881 --> 00:53:40,951
B SEATTLE A LOCAL NONPROFIT. 

703
00:53:40,951 --> 00:53:42,452
MORE RECENTLY SHE STARTED 

704
00:53:42,452 --> 00:53:45,589
MULTIPLE RENT -- EFFORTS TO HELP

705
00:53:45,589 --> 00:53:46,923
TRANS PEOPLE FLEEING FROM 

706
00:53:46,923 --> 00:53:51,027
PERSECUTION IN OTHER STATES WHEN

707
00:53:51,027 --> 00:53:52,729
THEY MOVED TO WASHINGTON AND 

708
00:53:52,729 --> 00:53:54,998
SPECIFICALLY SEATTLE. LEADING TO

709
00:53:54,998 --> 00:53:56,733
CREATING A CATCH NETWORK FOR 

710
00:53:56,733 --> 00:53:59,703
TEMPORARY HOUSING TO RELOCATE 

711
00:53:59,703 --> 00:54:00,804
TRANS-FOLKS WHO OFTEN WOULD 

712
00:54:00,804 --> 00:54:02,105
OTHERWISE END UP UNANNOUNCED. 

713
00:54:02,105 --> 00:54:05,609
TRANS PEOPLE ARE AND ESPECIALLY 

714
00:54:05,609 --> 00:54:07,110
HOUSING INSECURE POPULATION DUE 

715
00:54:07,110 --> 00:54:09,646
TO THE PREVALENCE OF LOSING 

716
00:54:09,646 --> 00:54:11,114
ACCESS TO FAMILY HOMES AND THE 

717
00:54:11,114 --> 00:54:13,550
FAMILY SUPPORT THAT WOULD ALLOW 

718
00:54:13,550 --> 00:54:14,951
FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT. IT'S 

719
00:54:14,951 --> 00:54:16,486
ALSO THE BIGGEST OBSTACLE THAT 

720
00:54:16,486 --> 00:54:18,955
MAKES SEATTLE A HARD PLACE TO 

721
00:54:18,955 --> 00:54:20,357
MOVE TO FOR DISADVANTAGED 

722
00:54:20,357 --> 00:54:23,026
PEOPLE. SHE WANTS TO REDUCE 

723
00:54:23,026 --> 00:54:24,327
BARRIERS AND MAKE SEATTLE NOT 

724
00:54:24,327 --> 00:54:25,262
JUST SAFE BUT ALSO ACCESSIBLE 

725
00:54:25,262 --> 00:54:30,900
FOR TRANS PEOPLE, DISABLED 

726
00:54:30,900 --> 00:54:32,235
PEOPLE AND PEOPLE BEING FORCED 

727
00:54:32,235 --> 00:54:33,470
TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES DUE TO 

728
00:54:33,470 --> 00:54:34,437
REGRESSIVE GOVERNMENT. NEXT UP 

729
00:54:34,437 --> 00:54:39,676
IS KASEY BURTON. CASEY IS AN 

730
00:54:39,676 --> 00:54:40,644
EXPERIENCED LANDLORD-TENANT LAW 

731
00:54:40,644 --> 00:54:43,947
ATTORNEY WOULD LIKE TO 

732
00:54:43,947 --> 00:54:45,248
CONTRIBUTE LEGAL SKILLS AND 

733
00:54:45,248 --> 00:54:48,084
SHAPE POLICIES TO ASSURE TENANTS

734
00:54:48,084 --> 00:54:49,486
RIGHTS AND ENSURE FAIR 

735
00:54:49,486 --> 00:54:52,322
PRACTICES. SHE CAN ADVOCATE FOR 

736
00:54:52,322 --> 00:54:54,691
STRONGER LEGAL PROTECTIONS, HELP

737
00:54:54,691 --> 00:54:56,326
IDENTIFY GAPS IN CURRENT LAWS 

738
00:54:56,326 --> 00:54:58,395
AND OFFER EXPERT LEGAL INSIGHT 

739
00:54:58,395 --> 00:55:00,363
ON ISSUES LIKE EVICTION 

740
00:55:00,363 --> 00:55:05,669
PREVENTION AND OTHER STANDARDS. 

741
00:55:05,669 --> 00:55:06,636
JOINING THE COMMISSION ALSO 

742
00:55:06,636 --> 00:55:10,740
PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY TO 

743
00:55:10,740 --> 00:55:11,508
COLLABORATE WITH COMMUNITY 

744
00:55:11,508 --> 00:55:12,375
LEADERS, STAKEHOLDERS AND OTHER 

745
00:55:12,375 --> 00:55:13,243
PROFESSIONALS TO CREATE MORE 

746
00:55:13,243 --> 00:55:14,210
EQUITABLE HOUSING ENVIRONMENT 

747
00:55:14,210 --> 00:55:18,214
FOR RENTERS. NEXT IS ANGELA 

748
00:55:18,214 --> 00:55:21,885
O'BRIEN. RAISED IN SEATTLE AND 

749
00:55:21,885 --> 00:55:22,786
PASSIONATE ABOUT SOCIAL JUSTICE 

750
00:55:22,786 --> 00:55:27,524
DRIVEN BY A DEEP BELIEF IN 

751
00:55:27,524 --> 00:55:28,858
FAIRNESS AND EQUALITY. WITH A 

752
00:55:28,858 --> 00:55:29,659
BACKGROUND IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING

753
00:55:29,659 --> 00:55:33,196
AND GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING SHE 

754
00:55:33,196 --> 00:55:34,364
BRINGS THE UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE TO

755
00:55:34,364 --> 00:55:35,832
SOCIAL JUSTICE BY ADVOCATING AND

756
00:55:35,832 --> 00:55:37,133
EDUCATING. HER COMMITMENT TO 

757
00:55:37,133 --> 00:55:38,468
POSITIVE CHANGES DEMONSTRATED 

758
00:55:38,468 --> 00:55:39,769
THROUGH ORGANIZING COMMUNITY 

759
00:55:39,769 --> 00:55:41,871
OUTREACH PROGRAMS AND 

760
00:55:41,871 --> 00:55:45,975
INFLUENCING POLICY CHANGE. AS A 

761
00:55:45,975 --> 00:55:46,910
CASE MANAGER FOR GOODWILL 

762
00:55:46,910 --> 00:55:48,478
DEDICATED TO FUTURE GOALS, 

763
00:55:48,478 --> 00:55:49,579
CREATING A MORE JUST AND 

764
00:55:49,579 --> 00:55:51,114
EQUITABLE WORLD FOR ALL. KAREN 

765
00:55:51,114 --> 00:55:56,653
TAYLOR IS A DISABLED RENTER IN 

766
00:55:56,653 --> 00:55:58,088
THE BEACON HILL AREA. LIVING ON 

767
00:55:58,088 --> 00:56:02,926
A FIXED INCOME FROM SSDI AND HER

768
00:56:02,926 --> 00:56:04,394
20 YEARS AS A RENTER HAS DEALT 

769
00:56:04,394 --> 00:56:06,129
WITH VARIOUS ISSUES SUCH AS LACK

770
00:56:06,129 --> 00:56:08,698
OF ACCESSIBLE UNITS, HAVING TO 

771
00:56:08,698 --> 00:56:10,300
SPEND 70% OF INCOME ON RENT AND 

772
00:56:10,300 --> 00:56:12,602
THE CONSTANT NEED TO FIND NEW 

773
00:56:12,602 --> 00:56:14,337
ROOMMATES TO AFFORD A PLACE TO 

774
00:56:14,337 --> 00:56:16,806
LIVE. SHE RENTS FROM A SMALL 

775
00:56:16,806 --> 00:56:18,007
LANDLORD AND IS PASSIONATE ABOUT

776
00:56:18,007 --> 00:56:19,376
RENTER PROTECTIONS INCLUDING 

777
00:56:19,376 --> 00:56:23,446
RENTERS RENT FROM LANDLORD TO 

778
00:56:23,446 --> 00:56:24,914
MANAGE ONLY A SMALL NUMBER OF 

779
00:56:24,914 --> 00:56:27,450
PROPERTIES AND EXTENDING TO SUB 

780
00:56:27,450 --> 00:56:28,818
LETTERS. AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE

781
00:56:28,818 --> 00:56:34,424
TRANSIT WRITERS UNION . SHE 

782
00:56:34,424 --> 00:56:35,658
IMAGINES A WORLD WHERE EVERYONE 

783
00:56:35,658 --> 00:56:39,262
WHO NEEDS THEM HAS ACCESSIBLE 

784
00:56:39,262 --> 00:56:41,264
UNITS AND CAN LIVE ON THEIR OWN 

785
00:56:41,264 --> 00:56:43,199
IF THEY SO CHOOSE. SAMUEL 

786
00:56:43,199 --> 00:56:45,068
WOLFSON HAS LIVED IN SEATTLE HIS

787
00:56:45,068 --> 00:56:46,436
ENTIRE LIFE AND SAW FIRSTHAND 

788
00:56:46,436 --> 00:56:47,604
THE EXPLOSION OF GROWTH THAT 

789
00:56:47,604 --> 00:56:50,206
CAME WITH THE NEWFOUND POSITION 

790
00:56:50,206 --> 00:56:54,911
AS A HUB FOR TECHNOLOGY. AS 

791
00:56:54,911 --> 00:56:56,079
SOMEONE WHO LOVES SEATTLE AND 

792
00:56:56,079 --> 00:56:57,680
WANTS TO SEE IT THRIVE HE 

793
00:56:57,680 --> 00:56:58,615
UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF 

794
00:56:58,615 --> 00:56:59,182
MAKING HOUSING AFFORDABLE, 

795
00:56:59,182 --> 00:57:03,186
WELCOMING AND PLENTIFUL FOR THE 

796
00:57:03,186 --> 00:57:04,120
INCREASINGLY LARGE NUMBER OF 

797
00:57:04,120 --> 00:57:05,488
PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LIVE HERE. 

798
00:57:05,488 --> 00:57:10,693
LAST UP WE HAVE ANDREW , A 

799
00:57:10,693 --> 00:57:12,328
DEDICATED ADVOCATE FOR EQUITY, 

800
00:57:12,328 --> 00:57:15,665
PUBLIC HEALTH, AND HOUSING 

801
00:57:15,665 --> 00:57:17,467
JUSTICE WITH DEEP ROOTS IN 

802
00:57:17,467 --> 00:57:19,302
SEATTLE'S COMMUNITY, ORGANIZING

803
00:57:19,302 --> 00:57:20,537
AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. AS A 

804
00:57:20,537 --> 00:57:22,405
RENTER AND LONGTIME LEADER IN 

805
00:57:22,405 --> 00:57:27,544
LGBTQ PLUS ADVOCACY, THEY HAVE 

806
00:57:27,544 --> 00:57:28,578
CONSISTENTLY WORKED TO ELEVATE 

807
00:57:28,578 --> 00:57:29,379
THE VOICES OF MARGINALIZED 

808
00:57:29,379 --> 00:57:30,413
VOICES ACROSS THE COMMUNITY. 

809
00:57:30,413 --> 00:57:32,148
FROM SERVING ON THE COMMISSION 

810
00:57:32,148 --> 00:57:33,683
TO LEADING STATEWIDE EFFORTS 

811
00:57:33,683 --> 00:57:35,051
THROUGH THE WASHINGTON STONEWALL

812
00:57:35,051 --> 00:57:38,788
DEMOCRATS, ANDREW HAS CHAMPIONED

813
00:57:38,788 --> 00:57:40,256
POLICIES THAT ADDRESS HOUSING, 

814
00:57:40,256 --> 00:57:43,860
HEALTHCARE AND RACIAL JUSTICE. 

815
00:57:43,860 --> 00:57:45,061
THEIR PASSION FOR HOUSING IT 

816
00:57:45,061 --> 00:57:45,962
STEMS FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE 

817
00:57:45,962 --> 00:57:47,263
AND PROFESSIONAL WORK SUPPORTING

818
00:57:47,263 --> 00:57:48,331
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. ANDREW 

819
00:57:48,331 --> 00:57:53,236
BELIEVES HOUSING IS HUMAN RIGHT 

820
00:57:53,236 --> 00:57:54,370
AND THEY ARE COMMITTED TO 

821
00:57:54,370 --> 00:57:56,039
ADVANCING POLICIES TO PRINT -- 

822
00:57:56,039 --> 00:57:57,173
PREVENT DISPLACEMENT AND PROTECT

823
00:57:57,173 --> 00:58:01,077
AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR ALL. THEY

824
00:58:01,077 --> 00:58:02,345
SEEK TO SERVE ON THE RENTERS 

825
00:58:02,345 --> 00:58:03,279
COMMISSION TO BRING LIVED 

826
00:58:03,279 --> 00:58:04,714
EXPERIENCE, POLICY AND SITE AN 

827
00:58:04,714 --> 00:58:06,549
UNWAVERING ADVOCACY TO THE TABLE

828
00:58:06,549 --> 00:58:08,551
ENSURING RENTERS ARE NOT ONLY 

829
00:58:08,551 --> 00:58:10,887
HEARD BUT EMPOWERED IN SHAPING 

830
00:58:10,887 --> 00:58:12,922
THE FUTURE OF THE CITY. THOSE 

831
00:58:12,922 --> 00:58:16,025
ARE ALL OF THE REMAINING 

832
00:58:16,025 --> 00:58:17,961
APPOINTEES WHO WERE NOT ABLE TO 

833
00:58:17,961 --> 00:58:22,498
MAKE IT. ANDREW WAS HERE AT CITY

834
00:58:22,498 --> 00:58:23,766
HALL BUT ENDED UP LEAVING AFTER 

835
00:58:23,766 --> 00:58:27,237
SOME OF THE DELAYS. HE DID 

836
00:58:27,237 --> 00:58:31,040
ATTEMPT TO BE HERE AS WELL. 

837
00:58:31,040 --> 00:58:32,175
>> AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR 

838
00:58:32,175 --> 00:58:33,309
PRESENTING ON THOSE FOLKS. 

839
00:58:33,309 --> 00:58:36,512
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, DO YOU HAVE

840
00:58:36,512 --> 00:58:40,683
ANY COMMENTS? 

841
00:58:40,683 --> 00:58:42,986
>> THANK YOU. AS WAS MENTIONED, 

842
00:58:42,986 --> 00:58:44,921
THE RENTERS COMMISSION HAS NOT 

843
00:58:44,921 --> 00:58:49,092
HAD APPOINTMENTS IN ABOUT A YEAR

844
00:58:49,092 --> 00:58:50,727
AND A HALF. IT'S MY WORKING 

845
00:58:50,727 --> 00:58:51,794
UNDERSTANDING THAT NO OTHER 

846
00:58:51,794 --> 00:58:55,865
COMMISSION HAS EXPERIENCED THIS 

847
00:58:55,865 --> 00:58:57,467
PROFOUND OF A CHALLENGE WHEN IT 

848
00:58:57,467 --> 00:58:58,835
COMES TO APPOINTMENTS BY THIS 

849
00:58:58,835 --> 00:59:00,603
BODY. I WANT TO SAY ON BEHALF OF

850
00:59:00,603 --> 00:59:04,307
THIS BODY I WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO

851
00:59:04,307 --> 00:59:05,842
EACH OF YOU. FOR EVERYONE WHO 

852
00:59:05,842 --> 00:59:08,478
HAS COME IN PERSON AND ALSO 

853
00:59:08,478 --> 00:59:09,479
THOSE ONLINE. I WANT TO 

854
00:59:09,479 --> 00:59:11,381
APOLOGIZE TO EACH OF YOU FOR NOT

855
00:59:11,381 --> 00:59:12,548
BEING ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD 

856
00:59:12,548 --> 00:59:15,885
TODAY. THIS IS SO DISRESPECTFUL 

857
00:59:15,885 --> 00:59:18,454
. IT IS HARD FOR ME TO READ THIS

858
00:59:18,454 --> 00:59:21,658
AS ANYTHING OTHER THAN 

859
00:59:21,658 --> 00:59:23,226
INTENTIONAL SUPPRESSION OF 

860
00:59:23,226 --> 00:59:26,763
REPRESENTATION. SEATTLE IS A 

861
00:59:26,763 --> 00:59:31,267
MAJORITY RENTER CITY. I AM THE 

862
00:59:31,267 --> 00:59:33,436
ONLY MEMBER OF THIS BODY THAT IS

863
00:59:33,436 --> 00:59:43,947
A RENTER. WE ARE THE MAJORITY 

864
00:59:44,414 --> 00:59:45,715
AND RENTERS ARE MUCH MORE LIKELY

865
00:59:45,715 --> 00:59:46,916
TO BE DISPLACED AND EXPERIENCE 

866
00:59:46,916 --> 00:59:47,917
HOMELESSNESS. WORKING PEOPLE ARE

867
00:59:47,917 --> 00:59:49,485
BEING DISPLACED FROM THIS CITY 

868
00:59:49,485 --> 00:59:53,156
EVERY DAY AS WE FAIL TO ADDRESS 

869
00:59:53,156 --> 00:59:54,891
THE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS. WE 

870
00:59:54,891 --> 00:59:58,361
HAVE BEEN IN A STATE OF 

871
00:59:58,361 --> 00:59:59,596
EMERGENCY ON HOMELESSNESS FOR 

872
00:59:59,596 --> 01:00:03,032
YEARS. WE ARE LOSING FEDERAL 

873
01:00:03,032 --> 01:00:04,634
RESOURCES FOR HOUSING AND HUMAN 

874
01:00:04,634 --> 01:00:07,070
SERVICES. I KNOW THAT WE WILL 

875
01:00:07,070 --> 01:00:08,304
HEAR A PRESENTATION TODAY ON 

876
01:00:08,304 --> 01:00:09,505
SOME OF THE FEDERAL RESOURCES 

877
01:00:09,505 --> 01:00:13,476
BUT THAT IS CRITICAL ACTION WE 

878
01:00:13,476 --> 01:00:14,877
CANNOT TAKE. THAT IS $30 MILLION

879
01:00:14,877 --> 01:00:17,246
WE HAVE NOT LOST YET . MEMBERS 

880
01:00:17,246 --> 01:00:18,815
OF THIS BODY CONTINUED TO STATE 

881
01:00:18,815 --> 01:00:20,450
THEY ARE SO CONCERNED ABOUT 

882
01:00:20,450 --> 01:00:21,918
LOSING FEDERAL FUNDING AND WE 

883
01:00:21,918 --> 01:00:23,853
ARE THE ONES THROWING THIS INTO 

884
01:00:23,853 --> 01:00:26,389
JEOPARDY. I WANT TO REMIND FOLKS

885
01:00:26,389 --> 01:00:29,058
THAT FOR ANYONE WHO IS TUNED IN 

886
01:00:29,058 --> 01:00:31,127
RIGHT NOW, THIS IS NOT A 

887
01:00:31,127 --> 01:00:32,996
COMMITTEE MEETING . IT'S JUST A

888
01:00:32,996 --> 01:00:38,234
COMMUNITY MEETING. IT IS THE 

889
01:00:38,234 --> 01:00:38,968
COUNCIL MEMBERS CHARTERED 

890
01:00:38,968 --> 01:00:40,536
RESPONSIBILITY TO BE AT THESE 

891
01:00:40,536 --> 01:00:42,405
MEETINGS. THIS IS LITERALLY OUR 

892
01:00:42,405 --> 01:00:43,906
JOB. I FIND IT DEEPLY 

893
01:00:43,906 --> 01:00:45,575
FRUSTRATING THAT PEOPLE TOOK 

894
01:00:45,575 --> 01:00:49,612
TIME TO LEAVE THEIR JOBS IN THE 

895
01:00:49,612 --> 01:00:53,349
MIDDLE OF THE DAY AND YET NOT 

896
01:00:53,349 --> 01:00:54,717
EVERY MEMBER OF THIS COMMITTEE 

897
01:00:54,717 --> 01:01:01,391
COULD SHOW UP TO DO THERE'S. I 

898
01:01:01,391 --> 01:01:03,159
KNOW WE ARE ON A TIME CRUNCH. WE

899
01:01:03,159 --> 01:01:06,362
MISSED CRITICAL TIME AND I'M 

900
01:01:06,362 --> 01:01:07,630
MINDFUL THAT WE HAVE TIME 

901
01:01:07,630 --> 01:01:09,098
CONSTRAINTS. I WANT TO CONTINUE 

902
01:01:09,098 --> 01:01:10,233
THE CONVERSATION WITH EACH OF 

903
01:01:10,233 --> 01:01:13,169
YOU TO BE SURE WE ARE FULLY 

904
01:01:13,169 --> 01:01:13,870
UNDERSTANDING THE CHALLENGES 

905
01:01:13,870 --> 01:01:16,572
THAT RENTERS EXPERIENCE AT THIS 

906
01:01:16,572 --> 01:01:17,707
TIME. YOU HAVE MY COMMITMENT 

907
01:01:17,707 --> 01:01:21,744
THAT WE WILL MAKE SURE WE SEE 

908
01:01:21,744 --> 01:01:22,745
THROUGH THESE APPOINTMENTS AND 

909
01:01:22,745 --> 01:01:26,916
THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL DELAY . 

910
01:01:26,916 --> 01:01:32,288
WITH THAT SAID, I HAVE TO CLOSE 

911
01:01:32,288 --> 01:01:35,291
BY EXPRESSING MY DEEP 

912
01:01:35,291 --> 01:01:38,494
FRUSTRATION WITH THE SITUATION 

913
01:01:38,494 --> 01:01:40,596
WE FIND OURSELVES IN TODAY AND I

914
01:01:40,596 --> 01:01:42,965
CALL ON OUR COLLEAGUES TO DO 

915
01:01:42,965 --> 01:01:44,333
BETTER. 

916
01:01:44,333 --> 01:01:46,736
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I ALSO 

917
01:01:46,736 --> 01:01:50,406
WANT TO APOLOGIZE THAT WE ARE 

918
01:01:50,406 --> 01:01:52,108
NOT ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD ON 

919
01:01:52,108 --> 01:01:54,077
ADVANCING YOUR NAMES AT THIS 

920
01:01:54,077 --> 01:01:59,549
TIME . I APOLOGIZE FOR YOU 

921
01:01:59,549 --> 01:02:03,386
TAKING THE TIME OUT OF YOUR DAY 

922
01:02:03,386 --> 01:02:05,221
TO COME DOWN HERE AND BE 

923
01:02:05,221 --> 01:02:08,524
FRUSTRATED. I WANT TO ECHO THAT 

924
01:02:08,524 --> 01:02:13,429
WE NEED TO DO BETTER . I WANT TO

925
01:02:13,429 --> 01:02:16,032
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, THANK 

926
01:02:16,032 --> 01:02:17,667
YOU FOR BEING WILLING TO GIVE OF

927
01:02:17,667 --> 01:02:22,505
YOUR TIME TO DO THIS WORK 

928
01:02:22,505 --> 01:02:29,512
VOLUNTARILY. IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT

929
01:02:29,512 --> 01:02:30,613
YOUR CHARACTER THAT YOU ARE 

930
01:02:30,613 --> 01:02:32,648
WILLING TO GIVE YOUR TIME, YOUR 

931
01:02:32,648 --> 01:02:35,351
ENERGY, YOUR EFFORT TO ADVOCATE 

932
01:02:35,351 --> 01:02:37,753
FOR FOLKS AND NOT GET PAID FOR 

933
01:02:37,753 --> 01:02:42,358
IT . THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK 

934
01:02:42,358 --> 01:02:44,127
YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR 

935
01:02:44,127 --> 01:02:45,928
SACRIFICE. THANK YOU FOR BEING 

936
01:02:45,928 --> 01:02:49,232
HERE TODAY. AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE 

937
01:02:49,232 --> 01:02:50,867
WE ARE NOT ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD 

938
01:02:50,867 --> 01:02:54,203
AT THIS TIME. WITH THAT, I HOPE 

939
01:02:54,203 --> 01:02:56,973
THAT YOU ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR 

940
01:02:56,973 --> 01:03:01,244
DAY . THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 

941
01:03:01,244 --> 01:03:01,744
BEING HERE. 

942
01:03:01,744 --> 01:03:04,147
>> I HAVE ONE MORE QUICK NOTE. 

943
01:03:04,147 --> 01:03:08,417
>> I JUST WANTED TO ADD A QUICK 

944
01:03:08,417 --> 01:03:10,286
NOTE OF THANKS TO THE END OF THE

945
01:03:10,286 --> 01:03:12,488
LIST JUST CALLING OUT LORI 

946
01:03:12,488 --> 01:03:16,359
JENKINS OUR CITY LIAISON. IT IS 

947
01:03:16,359 --> 01:03:19,262
DUE TO LAURA ESPECIALLY AT A 

948
01:03:19,262 --> 01:03:21,164
CAPACITY OF FIVE COMMISSIONERS 

949
01:03:21,164 --> 01:03:22,565
THE RENTERS COMMISSION IS ABLE 

950
01:03:22,565 --> 01:03:25,902
TO STILL GET THINGS DONE. I JUST

951
01:03:25,902 --> 01:03:28,104
WANTED TO GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT 

952
01:03:28,104 --> 01:03:32,341
TO HER FOR BEING HERE, ALL OF 

953
01:03:32,341 --> 01:03:33,543
HER HARD WORK AND REPRESENTING 

954
01:03:33,543 --> 01:03:34,477
THE PENDING COMMISSIONERS WHO 

955
01:03:34,477 --> 01:03:36,679
WERE NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY. 

956
01:03:36,679 --> 01:03:36,979
[APPLAUSE]. 

957
01:03:36,979 --> 01:03:38,915
>> LAURA DESERVES THAT APPLAUSE.

958
01:03:38,915 --> 01:03:43,052
THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR NEXT 

959
01:03:43,052 --> 01:03:48,024
PERSON , IF WE CAN HAVE YOU COME

960
01:03:48,024 --> 01:03:58,568
UP PLEASE. THE OTHER -- CAN THE 

961
01:04:06,576 --> 01:04:07,777
OTHER PROSPECTIVE APPOINTEE COME

962
01:04:07,777 --> 01:04:18,054
FORWARD PLEASE? 

963
01:04:25,895 --> 01:04:35,271
>> GOOD MORNING . MY NAME IS 

964
01:04:35,271 --> 01:04:36,372
JANET STAFFORD. I'M WITH THE 

965
01:04:36,372 --> 01:04:37,740
SEATTLE OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS.

966
01:04:37,740 --> 01:04:43,379
IN OUR OFFICE WE HAS 

967
01:04:43,379 --> 01:04:44,180
COMMISSIONS, SPECIFICALLY THE 

968
01:04:44,180 --> 01:04:45,748
SEATTLE DISABILITY COMMISSION 

969
01:04:45,748 --> 01:04:48,351
WHO HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN THE 

970
01:04:48,351 --> 01:04:52,255
LAST 15 YEARS, ADVOCATING FOR 

971
01:04:52,255 --> 01:04:53,089
DISABILITY JUSTICE. TODAY WE 

972
01:04:53,089 --> 01:04:54,924
HAVE WITH US A RECOMMENDED 

973
01:04:54,924 --> 01:04:57,126
COMMISSIONER, SCOT NELSON THAT 

974
01:04:57,126 --> 01:04:59,896
HAS BEEN AN ACTIVE MEMBER FOR 

975
01:04:59,896 --> 01:05:01,497
THE LAST FEW MONTHS. I WOULD 

976
01:05:01,497 --> 01:05:04,800
LIKE TO PASS IT ON TO HIM TO 

977
01:05:04,800 --> 01:05:06,702
SHARE SOME WORDS. 

978
01:05:06,702 --> 01:05:07,837
>> THANK YOU. 

979
01:05:07,837 --> 01:05:12,375
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FIRST 

980
01:05:12,375 --> 01:05:16,112
OFF I WOULD LIKE TO SAY INFINITE

981
01:05:16,112 --> 01:05:17,580
SOLIDARITY WITH THE RENTERS 

982
01:05:17,580 --> 01:05:20,449
COMMISSION FOLKS. THERE'S A 

983
01:05:20,449 --> 01:05:21,550
REASON WHY HOUSING AND HUMAN 

984
01:05:21,550 --> 01:05:23,119
SERVICES ARE PAIRED TOGETHER. 

985
01:05:23,119 --> 01:05:24,387
DISABILITY, HOMELESSNESS, 

986
01:05:24,387 --> 01:05:27,056
QUESTIONS OF HOW WE HELP PEOPLE 

987
01:05:27,056 --> 01:05:30,192
IN HARD TIMES ARE INTRINSICALLY 

988
01:05:30,192 --> 01:05:31,894
LINKED. I WANT TO RESPECT THAT. 

989
01:05:31,894 --> 01:05:37,333
MY NAME IS SCOT NELSON, NO 

990
01:05:37,333 --> 01:05:38,467
RELATION. I USE HE/HIM PRONOUNS 

991
01:05:38,467 --> 01:05:39,902
AND WORK FOR THE CITY OF 

992
01:05:39,902 --> 01:05:41,971
SEATTLE. I AM NOT THE NELSON 

993
01:05:41,971 --> 01:05:43,572
WITH TUTEES IN THE FIRE 

994
01:05:43,572 --> 01:05:50,980
DEPARTMENT . I WORK FOR THE 

995
01:05:50,980 --> 01:05:52,148
DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION. AT THE

996
01:05:52,148 --> 01:05:54,216
COMMUNITY CENTER. I GREW UP IN 

997
01:05:54,216 --> 01:05:55,651
SOUTH TACOMA. FOR THE LAST FIVE 

998
01:05:55,651 --> 01:05:57,520
YEARS I HAVE LIVED IN DISTRICT 2

999
01:05:57,520 --> 01:06:01,290
IN THE CID AS A CARLESS RENTER. 

1000
01:06:01,290 --> 01:06:03,592
I'M ALSO SOMEONE WHO LIVES WITH

1001
01:06:03,592 --> 01:06:05,795
AND HAS MANY LOVED ONES WITH 

1002
01:06:05,795 --> 01:06:09,699
DISABILITIES. I HAVE BEEN 

1003
01:06:09,699 --> 01:06:10,666
NOMINATED TO THE DISABILITY 

1004
01:06:10,666 --> 01:06:11,667
COMMISSION WHICH IS AN 

1005
01:06:11,667 --> 01:06:13,436
INCREDIBLE HONOR. I SEEK TO BE 

1006
01:06:13,436 --> 01:06:16,572
CONCERNED -- CONFIRMED SO I CAN 

1007
01:06:16,572 --> 01:06:18,240
LEVERAGE MY DATA SCIENCE AND 

1008
01:06:18,240 --> 01:06:20,543
COMMUNITY BACKGROUND AND MY 

1009
01:06:20,543 --> 01:06:21,944
UNIQUE POSITION AS A CITY OF 

1010
01:06:21,944 --> 01:06:23,145
SEATTLE EMPLOYEE TO ASSIST THE 

1011
01:06:23,145 --> 01:06:24,680
COMMISSION TO AMPLIFY EFFORTS IN

1012
01:06:24,680 --> 01:06:27,183
ADVOCACY, TRANSPORTATION AND 

1013
01:06:27,183 --> 01:06:29,552
EMPLOYMENT. I BELIEVE HOW WE 

1014
01:06:29,552 --> 01:06:31,253
CREATE AXIS POINTS AND PROVIDE 

1015
01:06:31,253 --> 01:06:35,558
RIGHTS TO DISABLED FAMILY AND 

1016
01:06:35,558 --> 01:06:36,792
NEIGHBORS IS A KEY INDICATOR FOR

1017
01:06:36,792 --> 01:06:38,561
HOW SOCIETY IS GOING AS A WHOLE.

1018
01:06:38,561 --> 01:06:39,895
AS A YOUNG PERSON IT IS 

1019
01:06:39,895 --> 01:06:42,465
SOMETIMES HARD NOT TO BE CYNICAL

1020
01:06:42,465 --> 01:06:44,433
I THINK THAT WE ARE COOKED. 

1021
01:06:44,433 --> 01:06:47,436
MYSELF AND MANY OTHER YOUNG 

1022
01:06:47,436 --> 01:06:48,804
FOLKS WHO I ENCOURAGE TO APPLY 

1023
01:06:48,804 --> 01:06:50,172
TO THE DISABILITY COMMISSION 

1024
01:06:50,172 --> 01:06:52,541
CANNOT STOP FIGHTING ANYWAYS. 

1025
01:06:52,541 --> 01:06:54,443
THAT IS WHY I WOULD LIKE TO BE 

1026
01:06:54,443 --> 01:06:56,178
PART OF THIS FANTASTIC 

1027
01:06:56,178 --> 01:06:57,546
COMMISSION WITH INCREDIBLE 

1028
01:06:57,546 --> 01:07:00,883
MEMBERS SUPPORTED BY SUCH A 

1029
01:07:00,883 --> 01:07:04,387
WONDERFUL PERSON AS JADEN 

1030
01:07:04,387 --> 01:07:06,389
STAFFORD. 

1031
01:07:06,389 --> 01:07:12,828
>> THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR 

1032
01:07:12,828 --> 01:07:15,264
OUR POTENTIAL COMMISSIONER? 

1033
01:07:15,264 --> 01:07:20,169
COMMENTS? 

1034
01:07:20,169 --> 01:07:22,304
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I 

1035
01:07:22,304 --> 01:07:26,409
AM SORRY . I APPRECIATE YOUR 

1036
01:07:26,409 --> 01:07:31,714
SERVICE TO OUR COMMISSION. I 

1037
01:07:31,714 --> 01:07:34,950
SUPPOSE JUST A GENERAL QUESTION,

1038
01:07:34,950 --> 01:07:36,819
HOW ARE YOU HOPING TO SEEK 

1039
01:07:36,819 --> 01:07:38,354
COUNCIL ENGAGE WITH THE 

1040
01:07:38,354 --> 01:07:39,889
COMMISSION. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK 

1041
01:07:39,889 --> 01:07:43,626
LIKE AND HOW CAN WE DO BETTER? 

1042
01:07:43,626 --> 01:07:48,831
>> I THINK IN GENERAL I WOULD 

1043
01:07:48,831 --> 01:07:54,570
LIKE TO SEE A LOT MORE 

1044
01:07:54,570 --> 01:07:55,638
AFFIRMATIVE STEPS TAKEN IN THE 

1045
01:07:55,638 --> 01:07:59,175
REALM OF CREATING ACCESS AND 

1046
01:07:59,175 --> 01:08:00,109
LEGISLATION THAT CITY COUNCIL 

1047
01:08:00,109 --> 01:08:02,545
PUTS FORWARD. OFTEN TIMES WHEN 

1048
01:08:02,545 --> 01:08:03,879
WE THINK ABOUT DISABILITY ACCESS

1049
01:08:03,879 --> 01:08:06,549
WE THINK ABOUT IT IN A VERY 

1050
01:08:06,549 --> 01:08:09,118
REACTIVE OR LEGALISTIC SENSE . 

1051
01:08:09,118 --> 01:08:12,388
WE THINK ABOUT ADA COMPLIANCE 

1052
01:08:12,388 --> 01:08:15,458
AND WE THINK ABOUT IT WITH THE 

1053
01:08:15,458 --> 01:08:16,325
COMPLIANCE FRAMEWORK. JUST 

1054
01:08:16,325 --> 01:08:22,431
TALKING ABOUT IT AS THINGS THAT 

1055
01:08:22,431 --> 01:08:23,666
PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO. 

1056
01:08:23,666 --> 01:08:25,334
TALKING ABOUT THE RIGHTS PEOPLE 

1057
01:08:25,334 --> 01:08:28,704
HAVE TO ACCESS. WHEN IT COMES TO

1058
01:08:28,704 --> 01:08:33,075
TRANSPORTATION OR JOBS, PEOPLE 

1059
01:08:33,075 --> 01:08:35,277
WITH DISABILITIES HAVE THE SAME 

1060
01:08:35,277 --> 01:08:38,280
RIGHT AS ANYBODY ELSE DOES. WHEN

1061
01:08:38,280 --> 01:08:41,517
WE THINK ABOUT HOW WE LEGISLATE 

1062
01:08:41,517 --> 01:08:43,352
THAT ARE HOW WE DISTRIBUTE 

1063
01:08:43,352 --> 01:08:47,022
RESOURCES, THINKING ABOUT IT IN 

1064
01:08:47,022 --> 01:08:50,826
THOSE TERMS AS OPPOSED WILL BE 

1065
01:08:50,826 --> 01:08:52,761
LEGALLY PUNISHED IF WE DO NOT DO

1066
01:08:52,761 --> 01:08:56,232
THIS. I THINK THAT WOULD GO A 

1067
01:08:56,232 --> 01:08:57,333
LONG WAY TOWARDS PEOPLE'S 

1068
01:08:57,333 --> 01:08:59,101
CONCEPTION OF WHAT A GOOD 

1069
01:08:59,101 --> 01:09:03,205
SOCIETY IS. 

1070
01:09:03,205 --> 01:09:04,673
>> I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. I 

1071
01:09:04,673 --> 01:09:09,011
THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE 

1072
01:09:09,011 --> 01:09:12,181
THAT THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY IS

1073
01:09:12,181 --> 01:09:13,816
A COMMUNITY THAT ANYONE CAN 

1074
01:09:13,816 --> 01:09:15,351
BECOME A MEMBER OF. 

1075
01:09:15,351 --> 01:09:18,787
>> DARN NEAR EVERYONE DOES. 

1076
01:09:18,787 --> 01:09:21,624
IT'S A MULTIFACETED SPECTRUM 

1077
01:09:21,624 --> 01:09:25,594
AND SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS AS 

1078
01:09:25,594 --> 01:09:27,162
SORT OF AN INEVITABILITY OF 

1079
01:09:27,162 --> 01:09:30,733
AGING AND EXISTING IN A SOCIETY 

1080
01:09:30,733 --> 01:09:35,037
ESPECIALLY WHERE A LOT OF FOLKS 

1081
01:09:35,037 --> 01:09:38,040
DON'T HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE. A 

1082
01:09:38,040 --> 01:09:40,409
LOT OF FOLKS LACKS SAFE ACCESS 

1083
01:09:40,409 --> 01:09:44,613
TO TRANSIT. WHILE WE CELEBRATE 

1084
01:09:44,613 --> 01:09:47,049
DISABILITY AS A UNIQUE PART OF 

1085
01:09:47,049 --> 01:09:49,852
WHO PEOPLE ARE, THERE IS A LOT 

1086
01:09:49,852 --> 01:09:52,855
OF TRAUMA AND TRAGEDY THAT COMES

1087
01:09:52,855 --> 01:10:00,763
WITH UNEXPECTED DISABILITY AND 

1088
01:10:00,763 --> 01:10:01,864
COMES WITH THE REALLY BAD THINGS

1089
01:10:01,864 --> 01:10:03,265
THAT CAN SUDDENLY HAPPEN TO EACH

1090
01:10:03,265 --> 01:10:04,900
AND EVERY ONE OF US. 

1091
01:10:04,900 --> 01:10:07,236
>> CAN I JUST ADD ONE QUICK 

1092
01:10:07,236 --> 01:10:11,207
NOTE. SCOTT WILL BE OUR SEVENTH 

1093
01:10:11,207 --> 01:10:12,675
MEMBER ON THE BOARD ONCE 

1094
01:10:12,675 --> 01:10:16,579
APPOINTED . IT IS A SMALL GROUP 

1095
01:10:16,579 --> 01:10:19,715
OF FOLKS. WE DO HAVE NEWLY 

1096
01:10:19,715 --> 01:10:21,116
APPOINTED COCHAIRS WHO HAVE 

1097
01:10:21,116 --> 01:10:24,353
ALREADY DONE A MEET AND GREET 

1098
01:10:24,353 --> 01:10:25,621
WITH A COUNCILMEMBER. I WILL 

1099
01:10:25,621 --> 01:10:28,157
JUST SHOUT OUT . I KNOW THAT 

1100
01:10:28,157 --> 01:10:29,491
THEY WANT TO CONTINUE THAT 

1101
01:10:29,491 --> 01:10:32,127
EFFORT THIS YEAR. I'M SURE THEY

1102
01:10:32,127 --> 01:10:33,762
WOULD LOVE TO MEET WITH ALL OF 

1103
01:10:33,762 --> 01:10:35,631
YOU. THANK YOU. 

1104
01:10:35,631 --> 01:10:37,333
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU 

1105
01:10:37,333 --> 01:10:38,467
FOR BEING HERE AGAIN. APOLOGIES 

1106
01:10:38,467 --> 01:10:44,740
FOR THE DELAY. I KNOW YOU HAVE 

1107
01:10:44,740 --> 01:10:45,608
BEEN HERE THE ENTIRE TIME. 

1108
01:10:45,608 --> 01:10:47,376
APOLOGIES THAT WE ARE NOT ABLE 

1109
01:10:47,376 --> 01:10:51,547
TO VOTE ON YOUR NOMINATION TO 

1110
01:10:51,547 --> 01:10:53,716
PROCEED FORWARD . IT WILL HAPPEN

1111
01:10:53,716 --> 01:10:58,153
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR 

1112
01:10:58,153 --> 01:10:59,822
WILLINGNESS TO VOLUNTEER AND 

1113
01:10:59,822 --> 01:11:02,358
STEP UP. IT DOES SAY A LOT SO 

1114
01:11:02,358 --> 01:11:04,093
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 

1115
01:11:04,093 --> 01:11:07,529
>> THANK YOU. 

1116
01:11:07,529 --> 01:11:12,901
>> WHAT DO WE HAVE NEXT? NEXT IN

1117
01:11:12,901 --> 01:11:15,638
THE COMMUNITY MEETING IS TALKING

1118
01:11:15,638 --> 01:11:22,645
ABOUT THE HUD ACTION PLAN. DO 

1119
01:11:22,645 --> 01:11:27,783
YOU ALL HAVE A HARD STOP? 

1120
01:11:27,783 --> 01:11:30,753
>> 11:55. 

1121
01:11:30,753 --> 01:11:32,688
>> HOPEFULLY WE WILL NOT TAKE 

1122
01:11:32,688 --> 01:11:36,425
THAT LONG. 

1123
01:11:36,425 --> 01:11:37,660
>> I APPRECIATE THE 

1124
01:11:37,660 --> 01:11:48,037
CONSIDERATION. READY? 

1125
01:11:51,907 --> 01:11:52,241
>> YES. 

1126
01:11:52,241 --> 01:11:54,143
>> GOOD MORNING COUNCILMEMBER 

1127
01:11:54,143 --> 01:12:00,482
SOLOMON, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. I 

1128
01:12:00,482 --> 01:12:01,717
WORK FOR THE HUMAN SERVICES 

1129
01:12:01,717 --> 01:12:03,452
DEPARTMENT. I AM HERE TO TALK 

1130
01:12:03,452 --> 01:12:05,154
TODAY ABOUT THE 2025 ANNUAL 

1131
01:12:05,154 --> 01:12:08,457
ACTION PLAN. JUST TO BE UPFRONT 

1132
01:12:08,457 --> 01:12:11,160
ABOUT THIS, RECOGNIZING THE 

1133
01:12:11,160 --> 01:12:14,296
NATURE OF TODAY'S MEETING, WHAT

1134
01:12:14,296 --> 01:12:15,664
I WILL BE PRESENTING DOES HAVE 

1135
01:12:15,664 --> 01:12:19,301
SOME REFERENCES TO LEGISLATION 

1136
01:12:19,301 --> 01:12:22,738
AND COUNCIL PROCESS. THEY ARE 

1137
01:12:22,738 --> 01:12:24,273
DESCRIPTIVE. I'M JUST TELLING 

1138
01:12:24,273 --> 01:12:28,043
THE STORY OF HOW WE GOT TO WHERE

1139
01:12:28,043 --> 01:12:29,278
WE ARE TODAY. WE ARE HERE 

1140
01:12:29,278 --> 01:12:30,713
BECAUSE THE VOTE TO APPROVE THIS

1141
01:12:30,713 --> 01:12:35,017
PLAN WILL ALLOW HST TO MEET A 

1142
01:12:35,017 --> 01:12:36,351
SUBMISSION DEADLINE TO THE 

1143
01:12:36,351 --> 01:12:37,519
FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING 

1144
01:12:37,519 --> 01:12:40,389
AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT . THE 

1145
01:12:40,389 --> 01:12:43,625
DEADLINE IS AUGUST 16. LAST 

1146
01:12:43,625 --> 01:12:46,462
DECEMBER WE PRESENTED ON THE 

1147
01:12:46,462 --> 01:12:49,765
DRAFT 2025 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN 

1148
01:12:49,765 --> 01:12:53,836
AND HELD A PUBLIC HEARING. THAT 

1149
01:12:53,836 --> 01:12:55,104
PLAN INCLUDED ESTIMATED FUNDING 

1150
01:12:55,104 --> 01:12:58,006
ALLOCATIONS . WE RECEIVED THE 

1151
01:12:58,006 --> 01:13:01,343
FINAL FUNDING ALLOCATIONS IN 

1152
01:13:01,343 --> 01:13:02,745
MAY. WE HAVE PREPARED 

1153
01:13:02,745 --> 01:13:06,749
LEGISLATION APPROVING THE 2025 

1154
01:13:06,749 --> 01:13:12,721
ANNUAL ACTION PLAN . IN A SENSE 

1155
01:13:12,721 --> 01:13:14,790
THIS ACTION PLAN CAN BE SEEN AS 

1156
01:13:14,790 --> 01:13:17,159
A SPENDING PLAN. I AM HERE TODAY

1157
01:13:17,159 --> 01:13:19,762
TO SHARE THE SPENDING PLAN FOR 

1158
01:13:19,762 --> 01:13:30,305
2025 HST GRANT FUNDING. WHAT WE 

1159
01:13:35,644 --> 01:13:39,114
WILL DO TODAY. WE WILL REVIEW 

1160
01:13:39,114 --> 01:13:40,182
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ANNUAL 

1161
01:13:40,182 --> 01:13:41,884
ACTION PLAN, TOUCH ON SOME KEY 

1162
01:13:41,884 --> 01:13:43,752
MILESTONES AND DATES LEADING UP 

1163
01:13:43,752 --> 01:13:48,824
TO THE 2025 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN 

1164
01:13:48,824 --> 01:13:52,327
SUBMITTAL. WE WILL GIVE A 

1165
01:13:52,327 --> 01:13:53,362
HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW OF PROJECTS 

1166
01:13:53,362 --> 01:13:55,497
THAT THESE GRANTS SUPPORT. THEN 

1167
01:13:55,497 --> 01:13:59,401
I WILL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS. 

1168
01:13:59,401 --> 01:14:02,971
ALLOCATIONS IN THE 2025 ANNUAL 

1169
01:14:02,971 --> 01:14:06,909
ACTION PLAN ARE ESTABLISHED 

1170
01:14:06,909 --> 01:14:08,343
FUNDING GOALS AND PRIORITIES 

1171
01:14:08,343 --> 01:14:13,782
THAT WERE DOCUMENTED IN THE 2024

1172
01:14:13,782 --> 01:14:19,121
TO 2028 CONSOLIDATED PLAN. THAT 

1173
01:14:19,121 --> 01:14:20,522
PLAN AND THE GOALS THERE AND 

1174
01:14:20,522 --> 01:14:22,090
WERE ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL

1175
01:14:22,090 --> 01:14:23,192
IN OCTOBER 2023. THE CITY 

1176
01:14:23,192 --> 01:14:25,527
COUNCIL ALSO APPROVED THIS 

1177
01:14:25,527 --> 01:14:27,229
YEAR'S PLAN ALLOCATIONS AS PART

1178
01:14:27,229 --> 01:14:31,166
OF THE 2025 BUDGET PROCESS. THE 

1179
01:14:31,166 --> 01:14:34,703
LEGISLATION WE HAVE PREPARED AND

1180
01:14:34,703 --> 01:14:35,904
WILL LATER BRING TO COUNCIL 

1181
01:14:35,904 --> 01:14:38,307
MATCHES THE TWO PREVIOUSLY 

1182
01:14:38,307 --> 01:14:41,977
ADOPTED PLANS WITH ACTUAL 20 $25

1183
01:14:41,977 --> 01:14:43,378
MADE AVAILABLE TO THE CITY 

1184
01:14:43,378 --> 01:14:44,680
THROUGH THE FEDERAL BUDGET 

1185
01:14:44,680 --> 01:14:47,649
PROCESS. THOSE ARE THE 

1186
01:14:47,649 --> 01:14:51,587
ALLOCATIONS I MENTIONED EARLIER.

1187
01:14:51,587 --> 01:14:53,922
HST IS THE GRANTEE ON BEHALF OF 

1188
01:14:53,922 --> 01:14:55,524
THE CITY OF SEATTLE FOR THIS 

1189
01:14:55,524 --> 01:14:57,693
FUNDING. HST COORDINATES THE 

1190
01:14:57,693 --> 01:14:58,660
DEVELOPMENT OF THE ANNUAL 

1191
01:14:58,660 --> 01:15:00,395
SPENDING PLAN THAT IS REQUIRED 

1192
01:15:00,395 --> 01:15:03,899
FOR THESE FOUR FORMULA GRANTS 

1193
01:15:03,899 --> 01:15:08,737
ADMINISTERED . WE WILL TALK 

1194
01:15:08,737 --> 01:15:10,405
ABOUT THOSE PROGRAMS LATER IN 

1195
01:15:10,405 --> 01:15:13,709
THE PRESENTATION. THE TIMELINE 

1196
01:15:13,709 --> 01:15:16,712
ON THE SLIDE REFLECTS A STANDARD

1197
01:15:16,712 --> 01:15:20,115
PROCESS THAT HST UNDERTAKES IN 

1198
01:15:20,115 --> 01:15:21,583
FULFILLING THE REQUIREMENTS AND 

1199
01:15:21,583 --> 01:15:25,454
PARTICIPATING IN THESE FOUR 

1200
01:15:25,454 --> 01:15:26,655
PROGRAMS. THESE ARE THE KEY 

1201
01:15:26,655 --> 01:15:28,323
DATES LEADING UP TO PLAN 

1202
01:15:28,323 --> 01:15:31,560
COMPLETION AND SUBMITTAL BY THE 

1203
01:15:31,560 --> 01:15:35,898
AUGUST 16 STATUTORY DEADLINE. AS

1204
01:15:35,898 --> 01:15:38,700
I MENTIONED, HST WILL SEEK 

1205
01:15:38,700 --> 01:15:41,303
APPROVAL TO MAKE THIS DEADLINE 

1206
01:15:41,303 --> 01:15:43,972
AND RECEIVE THE 2025 GRANT 

1207
01:15:43,972 --> 01:15:54,349
FUNDS. THE 2024 TO 2028 

1208
01:15:54,349 --> 01:15:55,651
CONSOLIDATED PLAN IS A FRAMEWORK

1209
01:15:55,651 --> 01:15:59,021
FOR THE ACTION PLAN. IT HAS FIVE

1210
01:15:59,021 --> 01:16:00,155
KEY POLICY PRIORITIES WHICH WERE

1211
01:16:00,155 --> 01:16:02,224
ADOPTED WHEN THE PLAN WAS 

1212
01:16:02,224 --> 01:16:07,095
RATIFIED IN 2023. I WILL JUST 

1213
01:16:07,095 --> 01:16:12,935
READ THOSE TO THE RECORD. THESE 

1214
01:16:12,935 --> 01:16:14,169
ARE SERVICES TO PREVENT PEOPLE 

1215
01:16:14,169 --> 01:16:14,937
FROM EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. 

1216
01:16:14,937 --> 01:16:16,405
ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE 

1217
01:16:16,405 --> 01:16:18,373
IMPACTED BY MENTAL HEALTH AND 

1218
01:16:18,373 --> 01:16:20,008
SUBSTANCE USE WHICH IS IMPORTANT

1219
01:16:20,008 --> 01:16:23,245
IN LIGHT OF THE OPIOID AND 

1220
01:16:23,245 --> 01:16:29,017
FENTANYL CRISIS. TO INCREASE 

1221
01:16:29,017 --> 01:16:33,188
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JOB 

1222
01:16:33,188 --> 01:16:34,222
RETRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOW

1223
01:16:34,222 --> 01:16:37,259
AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS 

1224
01:16:37,259 --> 01:16:38,026
AND THOSE DISADVANTAGED AND 

1225
01:16:38,026 --> 01:16:39,528
RECOVERING FROM RECENT ECONOMIC 

1226
01:16:39,528 --> 01:16:42,531
STABILITY. FINALLY, TO INCREASE 

1227
01:16:42,531 --> 01:16:44,866
AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS. 

1228
01:16:44,866 --> 01:16:47,269
RELATED TO THESE PRIORITIES, THE

1229
01:16:47,269 --> 01:16:52,874
2025 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN WITH'S 

1230
01:16:52,874 --> 01:16:55,610
SPECIFIC INVESTMENTS TO ADDRESS 

1231
01:16:55,610 --> 01:17:01,283
THE OPIOID AND FENTANYL CRISIS. 

1232
01:17:01,283 --> 01:17:03,318
THAT IS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH THE

1233
01:17:03,318 --> 01:17:05,921
MAYOR'S PRIORITIES. THIS SHOWS 

1234
01:17:05,921 --> 01:17:07,389
THE DIFFERENCE IN ALLOCATIONS 

1235
01:17:07,389 --> 01:17:13,095
RECEIVED IN 2024 AND 2025 FOR 

1236
01:17:13,095 --> 01:17:14,463
THE PROGRAMS THAT I REFERENCED A

1237
01:17:14,463 --> 01:17:15,764
FEW SLIDES BACK. ALL OF THESE 

1238
01:17:15,764 --> 01:17:18,133
PROGRAMS ARE ADMINISTERED BY 

1239
01:17:18,133 --> 01:17:19,401
HUD. THEY ARE THE COMMUNITY 

1240
01:17:19,401 --> 01:17:22,504
DEVELOPMENT LOCK GRANT , HOME 

1241
01:17:22,504 --> 01:17:24,940
INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS, 

1242
01:17:24,940 --> 01:17:27,743
EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT . I 

1243
01:17:27,743 --> 01:17:29,645
WILL BRIEFLY DEFINE EACH OF THEM

1244
01:17:29,645 --> 01:17:33,015
FOR YOUR REFERENCE. THIS PROGRAM

1245
01:17:33,015 --> 01:17:37,319
ENCRYPTS -- IMPROVES THE 

1246
01:17:37,319 --> 01:17:38,453
ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL 

1247
01:17:38,453 --> 01:17:40,989
ENVIRONMENT TO ENHANCE THE 

1248
01:17:40,989 --> 01:17:42,424
QUALITY OF LIFE FOR LOW AND 

1249
01:17:42,424 --> 01:17:45,394
MODERATE INCOME RESIDENTS. THE 

1250
01:17:45,394 --> 01:17:46,194
HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP 

1251
01:17:46,194 --> 01:17:47,629
PROVIDES FUNDING THAT SUPPORTS 

1252
01:17:47,629 --> 01:17:48,930
AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR LOW AND 

1253
01:17:48,930 --> 01:17:54,002
MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES. THIS 

1254
01:17:54,002 --> 01:17:57,706
THE ONLY PROGRAM FOR PEOPLE 

1255
01:17:57,706 --> 01:17:59,441
LIVING WITH HIV AND AIDS. THE 

1256
01:17:59,441 --> 01:18:02,611
EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT 

1257
01:18:02,611 --> 01:18:04,046
ASSISTS PEOPLE WITH QUICKLY 

1258
01:18:04,046 --> 01:18:05,881
REGAINING STABILITY AND 

1259
01:18:05,881 --> 01:18:06,915
PERMANENT HOUSING AFTER 

1260
01:18:06,915 --> 01:18:10,085
EXPERIENCING A HOUSING CRISIS 

1261
01:18:10,085 --> 01:18:13,588
AND/OR HOMELESSNESS. GENERALLY, 

1262
01:18:13,588 --> 01:18:15,924
THE 2025 AMOUNTS REFLECT 

1263
01:18:15,924 --> 01:18:17,325
APPROXIMATELY A 1% DIFFERENCE 

1264
01:18:17,325 --> 01:18:22,364
FROM THE 2024 AWARD. WE DO NOT 

1265
01:18:22,364 --> 01:18:24,266
ANTICIPATE THIS WILL HAVE ANY 

1266
01:18:24,266 --> 01:18:26,334
SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS. A SLIGHT 

1267
01:18:26,334 --> 01:18:30,639
EXCEPTION IS THE EST FUNDING 

1268
01:18:30,639 --> 01:18:34,576
WHERE WE SEE THE 4% REDUCTION 

1269
01:18:34,576 --> 01:18:35,911
FROM THE 2024 ALLOCATION. THIS 

1270
01:18:35,911 --> 01:18:37,679
IS USED TO FUND RAPID REHOUSING 

1271
01:18:37,679 --> 01:18:39,981
WHICH IS A CATEGORY WE TYPICALLY

1272
01:18:39,981 --> 01:18:43,552
SEE UNDER SPENT. NO ANTICIPATED 

1273
01:18:43,552 --> 01:18:46,321
IMPACT FROM THIS SLIGHT 

1274
01:18:46,321 --> 01:18:48,957
REDUCTION FROM 2024 LEVELS. 

1275
01:18:48,957 --> 01:18:50,492
MINOR FLUCTUATIONS LIKE THIS ARE

1276
01:18:50,492 --> 01:18:53,929
TYPICAL AND OVERALL NATIONALLY 

1277
01:18:53,929 --> 01:18:55,697
CONGRESS APPROPRIATED LESS TO 

1278
01:18:55,697 --> 01:18:59,601
THIS PROGRAM THIS YEAR. SPEAKING

1279
01:18:59,601 --> 01:19:01,169
OF CONGRESS I WILL HIGHLIGHT 

1280
01:19:01,169 --> 01:19:04,639
THAT THERE IS A LONG HISTORY OF 

1281
01:19:04,639 --> 01:19:06,541
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT AS IS 

1282
01:19:06,541 --> 01:19:07,509
REFLECTED IN THESE ALLOCATIONS 

1283
01:19:07,509 --> 01:19:10,145
WHICH DO NOT DIFFER 

1284
01:19:10,145 --> 01:19:13,448
SIGNIFICANTLY FROM 2024 LEVELS. 

1285
01:19:13,448 --> 01:19:17,352
IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE MIDYEAR 

1286
01:19:17,352 --> 01:19:19,755
SUPPLEMENTAL LEGISLATION THAT IS

1287
01:19:19,755 --> 01:19:22,324
SHORTLY BEFORE COUNCIL, THIS 

1288
01:19:22,324 --> 01:19:27,262
TABLE SHOWS HOW HST IS 

1289
01:19:27,262 --> 01:19:29,865
ALLOCATING THIS FUNDING IN THE 

1290
01:19:29,865 --> 01:19:33,869
2024 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN. THE TOP

1291
01:19:33,869 --> 01:19:35,704
PART OF THE TABLE SHOWS THE 

1292
01:19:35,704 --> 01:19:39,474
INTENT TO ALLOCATE THE 2025 

1293
01:19:39,474 --> 01:19:42,778
GRANT AWARDS TOTALING 8.9 

1294
01:19:42,778 --> 01:19:44,346
MILLION ACROSS VARIOUS PROJECTS.

1295
01:19:44,346 --> 01:19:46,281
THE BOTTOM PART OF THE TABLE 

1296
01:19:46,281 --> 01:19:49,484
SHOWS 13 POINT 8 MILLION 

1297
01:19:49,484 --> 01:19:51,186
REMAINING BALANCE OF DOLLARS 

1298
01:19:51,186 --> 01:19:55,624
FROM PREVIOUS FUNDING YEARS AS 

1299
01:19:55,624 --> 01:19:56,558
WELL AS THEIR INTENDED 

1300
01:19:56,558 --> 01:19:59,961
ALLOCATIONS. THE DATA IS IN 

1301
01:19:59,961 --> 01:20:02,364
ALIGNMENT WITH THE DRAFT 2025 

1302
01:20:02,364 --> 01:20:03,431
ANNUAL ACTION PLAN THAT WAS 

1303
01:20:03,431 --> 01:20:06,968
PASSED LAST DECEMBER. YOU CAN 

1304
01:20:06,968 --> 01:20:10,372
SEE AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, ONE 

1305
01:20:10,372 --> 01:20:11,907
OF THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN 

1306
01:20:11,907 --> 01:20:15,243
2025 IS INCREASED INVESTMENTS IN

1307
01:20:15,243 --> 01:20:19,080
OPIOID TREATMENT STUDIES. THE 

1308
01:20:19,080 --> 01:20:22,384
LAST SLIDE WAS LARGELY SPECIFIC 

1309
01:20:22,384 --> 01:20:26,721
TO THE FUNDING. THIS WAS 

1310
01:20:26,721 --> 01:20:29,858
INTENDED TO SHOW THE PLANNED 

1311
01:20:29,858 --> 01:20:31,259
USES OF FUNDING FROM THE OTHER 

1312
01:20:31,259 --> 01:20:33,595
THREE PROGRAMS. THE FIRST DOES 

1313
01:20:33,595 --> 01:20:34,763
REFERENCE THE REVOLVING LOAN 

1314
01:20:34,763 --> 01:20:38,667
FUND. WE PRESENT THAT ON THIS 

1315
01:20:38,667 --> 01:20:40,135
PAGE BECAUSE IT IS A DIFFERENT 

1316
01:20:40,135 --> 01:20:42,070
AND SPECIFIC USE . FOR TECHNICAL

1317
01:20:42,070 --> 01:20:43,939
REASONS IT'S A BETTER FIT HERE.

1318
01:20:43,939 --> 01:20:45,574
BOTH THIS SLIDE AND THE PREVIOUS

1319
01:20:45,574 --> 01:20:51,279
ONE ARE CONSISTENT WITH POLICY 

1320
01:20:51,279 --> 01:20:52,147
PRIORITIES THAT COUNCIL APPROVED

1321
01:20:52,147 --> 01:20:53,248
IN THE FIVE-YEAR CONSOLIDATED 

1322
01:20:53,248 --> 01:20:54,716
PLAN. IMPORTANTLY THEY REFLECT 

1323
01:20:54,716 --> 01:20:57,419
OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEND DOWN 

1324
01:20:57,419 --> 01:20:58,854
FUNDING IN A MAXIMALLY TIMELY 

1325
01:20:58,854 --> 01:21:03,391
MANNER. THESE ALLOCATIONS HAVE A

1326
01:21:03,391 --> 01:21:04,292
TIMELINESS OF EXPENDITURE 

1327
01:21:04,292 --> 01:21:08,597
REQUIREMENT THAT WE ARE VERY 

1328
01:21:08,597 --> 01:21:11,399
ATTENDANT TWO. JUST TO SAY IT 

1329
01:21:11,399 --> 01:21:12,968
ONE MORE TIME, THE STATUTORY 

1330
01:21:12,968 --> 01:21:15,904
DEADLINE TO SUBMIT THE ACTION 

1331
01:21:15,904 --> 01:21:21,276
PLAN IS AUGUST 16. I NOTED THAT 

1332
01:21:21,276 --> 01:21:23,178
WE WILL SEEK COUNCIL APPROVED 

1333
01:21:23,178 --> 01:21:28,383
MEANT TO SUBMIT THE PLAN AND 

1334
01:21:28,383 --> 01:21:29,517
SUBSEQUENTLY BE ABLE TO ACCESS 

1335
01:21:29,517 --> 01:21:30,752
THE FUNDING AND SUPPORT THESE 

1336
01:21:30,752 --> 01:21:33,521
BODIES OF WORK. THAT IS ALL THAT

1337
01:21:33,521 --> 01:21:35,123
I HAVE FOR YOU TODAY. HAPPY TO 

1338
01:21:35,123 --> 01:21:35,824
ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS. 

1339
01:21:35,824 --> 01:21:39,828
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 

1340
01:21:39,828 --> 01:21:41,630
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, DO YOU HAVE

1341
01:21:41,630 --> 01:21:42,731
QUESTIONS? 

1342
01:21:42,731 --> 01:21:49,304
>> YOU MENTION CONGRESS HAS 

1343
01:21:49,304 --> 01:21:50,572
LOWERED THE AMOUNT FOR THIS 

1344
01:21:50,572 --> 01:21:52,674
YEAR. COULD YOU JUST REPEAT THAT

1345
01:21:52,674 --> 01:21:53,008
INFORMATION? 

1346
01:21:53,008 --> 01:22:00,282
>> I DON'T KNOW IF LOWERED IS 

1347
01:22:00,282 --> 01:22:02,050
THE TERM OF ART FOR WHAT 

1348
01:22:02,050 --> 01:22:05,086
OCCURRED . IT WAS A LOWER 

1349
01:22:05,086 --> 01:22:09,190
APPROPRIATION. THERE COULD BE 

1350
01:22:09,190 --> 01:22:11,293
VARIOUS REASONS. THERE'S ALWAYS

1351
01:22:11,293 --> 01:22:13,461
COMPETITION FOR THIS TYPE OF 

1352
01:22:13,461 --> 01:22:14,896
GRANT FUNDING. FROM OUR 

1353
01:22:14,896 --> 01:22:18,066
PERSPECTIVE, I DO NOT BELIEVE WE

1354
01:22:18,066 --> 01:22:21,436
ARE AWARE OF ANY POLICY CONCERN 

1355
01:22:21,436 --> 01:22:25,607
AT THIS TIME. AGAIN, THESE 

1356
01:22:25,607 --> 01:22:29,678
FLUCTUATIONS, EVEN THIS 4% ARE 

1357
01:22:29,678 --> 01:22:32,781
NOT UNEXPECTED JUST BASED ON 

1358
01:22:32,781 --> 01:22:37,919
YEAR-TO-YEAR VARIANCE. 

1359
01:22:37,919 --> 01:22:39,454
>> THANK YOU FOR BREAKING THAT 

1360
01:22:39,454 --> 01:22:40,822
DOWN. UNDERSTANDING WE ARE NOT 

1361
01:22:40,822 --> 01:22:42,424
SEEING SIGNIFICANT CHANGES BASED

1362
01:22:42,424 --> 01:22:43,591
ON LAST YEAR. 

1363
01:22:43,591 --> 01:22:44,993
>> THAT IS CORRECT. 

1364
01:22:44,993 --> 01:22:49,197
>> GOOD TO HEAR. I UNDERSTAND 

1365
01:22:49,197 --> 01:22:50,131
THE COUNTY CONVENES THE 

1366
01:22:50,131 --> 01:22:53,435
COMMITTEE. I AM WONDERING OUR 

1367
01:22:53,435 --> 01:22:54,669
LEVEL OF INVOLVEMENT. I KNOW 

1368
01:22:54,669 --> 01:22:56,071
THAT IS A GREAT WAY TO 

1369
01:22:56,071 --> 01:22:59,341
UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE OTHER 

1370
01:22:59,341 --> 01:23:00,008
NEIGHBORING CITIES AND 

1371
01:23:00,008 --> 01:23:02,143
UNDERSTANDING THEIR ALLOCATIONS 

1372
01:23:02,143 --> 01:23:04,446
AND WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE. I KNOW 

1373
01:23:04,446 --> 01:23:06,214
THAT INCLUDES A MULTITUDE OF 

1374
01:23:06,214 --> 01:23:08,483
PARTNERSHIPS. HOW ARE WE 

1375
01:23:08,483 --> 01:23:09,984
ENGAGING AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT 

1376
01:23:09,984 --> 01:23:11,553
REGIONAL PARTNERS MAY BE 

1377
01:23:11,553 --> 01:23:17,625
EXPERIENCING? 

1378
01:23:17,625 --> 01:23:19,527
>> I DO NOT STAFF THAT BODY OF 

1379
01:23:19,527 --> 01:23:21,229
WORK. I WOULD LOVE TO GET SOME 

1380
01:23:21,229 --> 01:23:22,397
MORE INFORMATION AND FOLLOW UP 

1381
01:23:22,397 --> 01:23:22,797
WITH YOU. 

1382
01:23:22,797 --> 01:23:23,465
>> THANK YOU. 

1383
01:23:23,465 --> 01:23:24,866
>> MY BOTTOM LINE QUESTION IS 

1384
01:23:24,866 --> 01:23:26,601
WHAT IS THE TIMELINE? FIRST, 

1385
01:23:26,601 --> 01:23:29,104
WHAT HAPPENS IF THE COUNCIL DOES

1386
01:23:29,104 --> 01:23:32,674
NOT PHONE IN TIME ON THIS? 

1387
01:23:32,674 --> 01:23:37,679
>> IF HST IS NOT ABLE TO SUBMIT 

1388
01:23:37,679 --> 01:23:39,881
ITS APPLICATION TO HUD ON OR BY 

1389
01:23:39,881 --> 01:23:49,624
AUGUST 16, I DO NOT WANT TO SAY 

1390
01:23:49,624 --> 01:23:51,159
WE LOSE ACCESS TO THE FUNDING 

1391
01:23:51,159 --> 01:23:52,894
BECAUSE I AM NOT SURE THAT IS 

1392
01:23:52,894 --> 01:23:57,766
THE CASE, BUT THERE'S A RISK 

1393
01:23:57,766 --> 01:23:59,334
THAT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO ACCESS 

1394
01:23:59,334 --> 01:24:01,503
THE FUNDING THAT'S BEEN 

1395
01:24:01,503 --> 01:24:04,839
ALLOCATED ACROSS THESE PROGRAMS.

1396
01:24:04,839 --> 01:24:07,442
>> SO AUGUST 16 IS YOUR DEADLINE

1397
01:24:07,442 --> 01:24:11,379
TO SUBMIT? 

1398
01:24:11,379 --> 01:24:11,946
>> YES. 

1399
01:24:11,946 --> 01:24:13,314
>> WHAT IS THE COUNCIL DEADLINE 

1400
01:24:13,314 --> 01:24:16,117
TO ACT SO THAT YOU CAN MAKE YOUR

1401
01:24:16,117 --> 01:24:20,455
DEADLINE? 

1402
01:24:20,455 --> 01:24:21,956
>> I AM NOT PREPARED TO ANSWER 

1403
01:24:21,956 --> 01:24:23,958
THAT QUESTION. I THINK THAT'S A

1404
01:24:23,958 --> 01:24:31,800
CONVERSATION THAT HS THE AND 

1405
01:24:31,800 --> 01:24:33,001
THOSE THAT SUPPORT THE COUNCIL 

1406
01:24:33,001 --> 01:24:35,837
NEED TO HAVE TO ENSURE . SINCE 

1407
01:24:35,837 --> 01:24:37,672
WE WERE NOT ABLE TO POTENTIALLY 

1408
01:24:37,672 --> 01:24:42,944
VOTE THIS ANNUAL ACTION PLAN OUT

1409
01:24:42,944 --> 01:24:44,913
OF COMMITTEE TODAY THAT THERE IS

1410
01:24:44,913 --> 01:24:49,017
A PATH TO THAT TAKING PLACE. I 

1411
01:24:49,017 --> 01:24:50,585
KNOW THAT CONVERSATIONS ARE 

1412
01:24:50,585 --> 01:24:52,353
BEING HAD. 

1413
01:24:52,353 --> 01:24:55,924
>> THE LAST THING THAT WE WANT 

1414
01:24:55,924 --> 01:24:59,961
TO SEE, 16+ MILL LEFT ON THE 

1415
01:24:59,961 --> 01:25:01,996
TABLE BECAUSE WE DID NOT DO 

1416
01:25:01,996 --> 01:25:05,834
SOMETHING IN A TIMELY FASHION. 

1417
01:25:05,834 --> 01:25:10,472
JUST SAYING. 

1418
01:25:10,472 --> 01:25:12,073
>> I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU 

1419
01:25:12,073 --> 01:25:12,907
VERY MUCH. 

1420
01:25:12,907 --> 01:25:15,143
>> IF WE COULD JUST DO SOME 

1421
01:25:15,143 --> 01:25:22,183
FOLLOW-UP, IF NECESSARY UNTIL A 

1422
01:25:22,183 --> 01:25:24,586
FULL CHAIR CAN BE SEATED, MAYBE 

1423
01:25:24,586 --> 01:25:26,588
THE VICE CHAIR CAN CALL A 

1424
01:25:26,588 --> 01:25:31,059
SPECIAL MEETING I WILL DO THAT. 

1425
01:25:31,059 --> 01:25:35,864
>> IT SEEMS THAT THERE COULD BE 

1426
01:25:35,864 --> 01:25:37,298
AT LEAST A COUPLE OF CREATIVE 

1427
01:25:37,298 --> 01:25:39,934
OPTIONS THAT WOULD SUPPORT THE 

1428
01:25:39,934 --> 01:25:44,305
SUBMITTAL OF AN APPROVED ACTION 

1429
01:25:44,305 --> 01:25:54,649
PLAN BY AUGUST 16. 

1430
01:25:56,251 --> 01:25:57,552
>> SINCE WE ARE HAVING A 

1431
01:25:57,552 --> 01:25:58,720
COMMUNITY MEETING DOES THIS HAVE

1432
01:25:58,720 --> 01:26:00,188
TO GO THROUGH THE HOUSING AND 

1433
01:26:00,188 --> 01:26:01,489
HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE? 

1434
01:26:01,489 --> 01:26:05,293
>> I SEE THE CLERK SHAKING HIS 

1435
01:26:05,293 --> 01:26:07,695
HEAD. I DON'T BELIEVE IT NEEDS 

1436
01:26:07,695 --> 01:26:10,131
TO GO THROUGH THE HOUSE AND AND 

1437
01:26:10,131 --> 01:26:19,841
HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE. DOES 

1438
01:26:19,841 --> 01:26:21,242
IT NEED TO GO TO ANOTHER 

1439
01:26:21,242 --> 01:26:24,846
COMMITTEE BEFORE IT CAN GO TO A 

1440
01:26:24,846 --> 01:26:32,353
FULL COUNCIL . SO LET'S GET 

1441
01:26:32,353 --> 01:26:42,564
CREATIVE. . 

1442
01:26:45,366 --> 01:26:46,801
>> I WANT TO ECHO YOUR 

1443
01:26:46,801 --> 01:26:48,169
SENTIMENTS AND MAKE SURE IT IS 

1444
01:26:48,169 --> 01:26:49,537
NOT DELAYED. I FULLY SUPPORT ANY

1445
01:26:49,537 --> 01:26:54,175
LEGISLATIVE PATH THAT GET THIS 

1446
01:26:54,175 --> 01:26:55,777
DONE ON TIME. I WANT TO THANK 

1447
01:26:55,777 --> 01:26:59,547
YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. 

1448
01:26:59,547 --> 01:27:01,082
>> THANK YOU. AGAIN, THANK YOU 

1449
01:27:01,082 --> 01:27:02,450
FOR STICKING WITH US TODAY TO 

1450
01:27:02,450 --> 01:27:03,785
STICK IT OUT AND HANGING IN 

1451
01:27:03,785 --> 01:27:14,329
THROUGH THE TIME DELAYS. WHO DO 

1452
01:27:15,964 --> 01:27:21,235
WE HAVE NEXT. TO QUOTE THE GREAT

1453
01:27:21,235 --> 01:27:24,138
PHILOSOPHER MARSHAWN LYNCH, WHAT

1454
01:27:24,138 --> 01:27:34,549
IS NEXT? GOOD MORNING. 

1455
01:27:55,803 --> 01:27:57,338
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL 

1456
01:27:57,338 --> 01:28:00,375
MEMBERS. WOULD YOU LIKE US TO DO

1457
01:28:00,375 --> 01:28:01,509
INTRODUCTIONS? 

1458
01:28:01,509 --> 01:28:04,946
>> PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELVES 

1459
01:28:04,946 --> 01:28:07,015
FOR THE COMMUNITY MEETING. 

1460
01:28:07,015 --> 01:28:11,552
>> KRISTA FROM THE MAYOR'S 

1461
01:28:11,552 --> 01:28:15,289
OFFICE. LAUREN FROM CONSUMER 

1462
01:28:15,289 --> 01:28:18,960
PROTECTION DIVISION. TRACY FROM 

1463
01:28:18,960 --> 01:28:19,927
THE COUNCIL STAFF. 

1464
01:28:19,927 --> 01:28:21,796
>> WE ARE HERE TO TALK TO YOU 

1465
01:28:21,796 --> 01:28:24,032
ABOUT LEGISLATION THE MAYOR 

1466
01:28:24,032 --> 01:28:25,800
TRANSMITTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL 

1467
01:28:25,800 --> 01:28:28,002
TO REGULATE PREDATORY HOMEBUYING

1468
01:28:28,002 --> 01:28:33,508
PRACTICES. WE HAVE THE DECK THAT

1469
01:28:33,508 --> 01:28:34,809
WE ARE PREPARED TO WALK THROUGH 

1470
01:28:34,809 --> 01:28:37,178
WITH YOU. I AM HAPPY TO JUST 

1471
01:28:37,178 --> 01:28:40,248
DIVE IN. 

1472
01:28:40,248 --> 01:28:40,982
>> PLEASE. 

1473
01:28:40,982 --> 01:28:43,785
>> LET ME START BY TALKING ABOUT

1474
01:28:43,785 --> 01:28:45,653
WHAT IS PREDATORY HOMEBUYING? IT

1475
01:28:45,653 --> 01:28:48,289
IS WHEN HOMEOWNERS RECEIVE 

1476
01:28:48,289 --> 01:28:50,525
UNSOLICITED OFFERS, OFTEN FOR 

1477
01:28:50,525 --> 01:28:55,596
CASH FOR SELLERS TO BUY THEIR 

1478
01:28:55,596 --> 01:28:57,699
HOMES THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY ON 

1479
01:28:57,699 --> 01:28:59,801
THE MARKET AND NOT LISTED. THIS 

1480
01:28:59,801 --> 01:29:01,969
WILL INVOLVE GETTING CALLS, 

1481
01:29:01,969 --> 01:29:04,205
LETTERS, POSTCARDS, TEXT 

1482
01:29:04,205 --> 01:29:06,641
MESSAGES FROM VARIOUS SELLERS 

1483
01:29:06,641 --> 01:29:08,710
SUGGESTING THEY ARE INTERESTED 

1484
01:29:08,710 --> 01:29:12,447
IN BUYING SOMEONE'S HOME. THE 

1485
01:29:12,447 --> 01:29:13,815
FOLKS MOST AT RISK FOR THESE 

1486
01:29:13,815 --> 01:29:15,316
TYPES OF PRACTICES ARE 

1487
01:29:15,316 --> 01:29:18,953
VULNERABLE HOMEOWNERS, OFTEN THE

1488
01:29:18,953 --> 01:29:20,221
ELDERLY AND FINANCIALLY 

1489
01:29:20,221 --> 01:29:21,923
DISTRESSED. THERE IS A STRONG 

1490
01:29:21,923 --> 01:29:26,694
INTERSECTION WITH RACE, 

1491
01:29:26,694 --> 01:29:27,528
ESPECIALLY BLACK LEGACY 

1492
01:29:27,528 --> 01:29:28,529
HOMEOWNERS WHO'VE BEEN MOST AT 

1493
01:29:28,529 --> 01:29:31,432
RISK FOR THESE TYPES OF 

1494
01:29:31,432 --> 01:29:32,166
PRACTICES. IT OFTEN INVOLVES 

1495
01:29:32,166 --> 01:29:36,337
HEAVY-HANDED PRESSURE TACTICS. 

1496
01:29:36,337 --> 01:29:37,772
THE END RESULT COULD BE SOMEONE 

1497
01:29:37,772 --> 01:29:39,574
SELLING THEIR HOME FOR BELOW 

1498
01:29:39,574 --> 01:29:41,242
MARKET VALUE WHICH MEANS THEY 

1499
01:29:41,242 --> 01:29:42,744
MIGHT BE GETTING LESS FOR THEIR 

1500
01:29:42,744 --> 01:29:45,079
HOME THAN THEY WOULD OTHERWISE 

1501
01:29:45,079 --> 01:29:46,681
IF THEY HAVE LISTED IT ON THE 

1502
01:29:46,681 --> 01:29:49,550
MARKET. SO WHY ARE WE TACKLING 

1503
01:29:49,550 --> 01:29:54,355
THIS ISSUE NOW? I JUST WANT TO 

1504
01:29:54,355 --> 01:29:56,023
PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT. THERE'S A

1505
01:29:56,023 --> 01:29:57,592
MAJOR UPDATE TO THE 

1506
01:29:57,592 --> 01:29:59,927
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN . A LOT OF 

1507
01:29:59,927 --> 01:30:01,095
CONCERNS THAT COME WITH THE 

1508
01:30:01,095 --> 01:30:05,967
ZONING ABOUT DISPLACEMENT 

1509
01:30:05,967 --> 01:30:07,668
PRESSURES. IN THAT CONTEXT WE 

1510
01:30:07,668 --> 01:30:10,838
HEARD FROM SOME OF THE COMMUNITY

1511
01:30:10,838 --> 01:30:13,708
ABOUT CONCERNS ABOUT PREDATORY 

1512
01:30:13,708 --> 01:30:15,343
HOMEBUYING PRACTICES. PERHAPS 

1513
01:30:15,343 --> 01:30:20,114
THOSE MIGHT HEAT UP WHEN THE HB 

1514
01:30:20,114 --> 01:30:23,017
1110 LEGISLATION TAKES EFFECT 

1515
01:30:23,017 --> 01:30:27,488
WHICH THE INTERIM DID A COUPLE 

1516
01:30:27,488 --> 01:30:28,456
MONTHS AGO. WE ARE CONCERNED 

1517
01:30:28,456 --> 01:30:30,458
ABOUT THAT, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT 

1518
01:30:30,458 --> 01:30:33,961
YOU CAN ADD MORE HOMES TO WHAT 

1519
01:30:33,961 --> 01:30:35,563
WAS TRADITIONALLY A 

1520
01:30:35,563 --> 01:30:37,098
SINGLE-FAMILY PARCEL . WE ASKED 

1521
01:30:37,098 --> 01:30:40,201
THE INNOVATION AND PERFORMANCE 

1522
01:30:40,201 --> 01:30:46,440
TEAM TO DO A REVIEW OF THE 

1523
01:30:46,440 --> 01:30:47,108
ANTI-DISPLACEMENT PRACTICES. IN 

1524
01:30:47,108 --> 01:30:48,409
THE CITY WE HAVE MANY PROGRAMS 

1525
01:30:48,409 --> 01:30:52,180
IN PLACE, BUT THE INNOVATION AND

1526
01:30:52,180 --> 01:30:53,347
PERFORMANCE TEAM IDENTIFIED 

1527
01:30:53,347 --> 01:30:56,217
VARIOUS WAYS WE CAN IMPROVE UPON

1528
01:30:56,217 --> 01:30:57,852
OUR CURRENT PROGRAMMING . THE 

1529
01:30:57,852 --> 01:31:00,254
END RESULT OF THAT IS AN 

1530
01:31:00,254 --> 01:31:02,557
EXECUTIVE ORDER WE ISSUED TO 

1531
01:31:02,557 --> 01:31:08,296
IMPROVE THE EFFICACY OF THE 

1532
01:31:08,296 --> 01:31:08,930
ANTI-DISPLACEMENT PROGRAMS AND 

1533
01:31:08,930 --> 01:31:10,531
FILL IN SOME OF THE GAPS. ONE OF

1534
01:31:10,531 --> 01:31:12,967
THE GAPS THAT WAS IDENTIFIED WAS

1535
01:31:12,967 --> 01:31:16,337
REGULATING PREDATORY HOMEBUYING 

1536
01:31:16,337 --> 01:31:19,006
PRACTICES. MAYOR HARRELL ASKED 

1537
01:31:19,006 --> 01:31:23,878
THE FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION 

1538
01:31:23,878 --> 01:31:24,912
DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP 

1539
01:31:24,912 --> 01:31:29,283
LEGISLATION TO REGULATE THESE 

1540
01:31:29,283 --> 01:31:30,785
PRACTICES. THAT IS A LITTLE BIT 

1541
01:31:30,785 --> 01:31:32,353
OF THE CONTEXT ABOUT HOW THIS 

1542
01:31:32,353 --> 01:31:35,990
LEGISLATION CAME TO BE. HIGH 

1543
01:31:35,990 --> 01:31:40,328
LEVEL OVERVIEW, THE LEGISLATION 

1544
01:31:40,328 --> 01:31:41,829
OBLIGATES POTENTIAL BUYERS TO 

1545
01:31:41,829 --> 01:31:43,631
DISCLOSE CERTAIN INFORMATION TO 

1546
01:31:43,631 --> 01:31:46,200
HOMEOWNERS ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS. 

1547
01:31:46,200 --> 01:31:47,368
IT PROVIDES AN OUT FOR 

1548
01:31:47,368 --> 01:31:49,937
HOMEOWNERS TO CANCEL A CONTRACT 

1549
01:31:49,937 --> 01:31:51,873
AFTER THEY SIGN IT. IT GIVES THE

1550
01:31:51,873 --> 01:31:54,742
CITY THE ABILITY TO FIND 

1551
01:31:54,742 --> 01:31:55,676
BUSINESSES OR INDIVIDUALS THAT 

1552
01:31:55,676 --> 01:31:57,378
DO NOT COMPLY AND ESTABLISHES 

1553
01:31:57,378 --> 01:32:02,516
ACTION. I WILL JUST KEEP GOING 

1554
01:32:02,516 --> 01:32:03,818
IF THERE ARE NOT ANY QUESTIONS 

1555
01:32:03,818 --> 01:32:05,987
WITH A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ABOUT 

1556
01:32:05,987 --> 01:32:08,155
WHAT'S IN THE LEGISLATION. FEEL

1557
01:32:08,155 --> 01:32:12,827
FREE TO ASK ME AS I GO. IN TERMS

1558
01:32:12,827 --> 01:32:14,762
OF THE DETAILS, THE PROPOSED 

1559
01:32:14,762 --> 01:32:17,098
REGULATIONS REQUIRE THAT 

1560
01:32:17,098 --> 01:32:20,935
POTENTIAL BUYERS OF THESE HOMES 

1561
01:32:20,935 --> 01:32:24,639
WHEN THEY ARE ENGAGING WITH 

1562
01:32:24,639 --> 01:32:30,344
HOMEOWNERS NEED TO PROVIDE 

1563
01:32:30,344 --> 01:32:31,078
VARIOUS DISCLOSURE INFORMATION 

1564
01:32:31,078 --> 01:32:32,480
TO HOMEOWNERS ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS

1565
01:32:32,480 --> 01:32:34,382
PRIOR TO SIGNING A PURCHASE 

1566
01:32:34,382 --> 01:32:39,387
CONTRACT AS WELL AS WHEN THE 

1567
01:32:39,387 --> 01:32:40,555
PURCHASE CONTRACT GOES TO BE 

1568
01:32:40,555 --> 01:32:41,923
SIGNED. AT LEAST FIVE DAYS IN 

1569
01:32:41,923 --> 01:32:43,391
ADVANCE, THE POTENTIAL BUYER 

1570
01:32:43,391 --> 01:32:45,726
MUST PROVIDE WRITTEN NOTICE TO 

1571
01:32:45,726 --> 01:32:48,896
THE OWNER OF THE HOME ABOUT HOW 

1572
01:32:48,896 --> 01:32:50,331
TO ASSESS THE FAIR MARKET VALUE 

1573
01:32:50,331 --> 01:32:53,134
OF THEIR HOME. IT OUTLINES THE 

1574
01:32:53,134 --> 01:32:54,569
OWNER'S RIGHT TO APPRAISAL 

1575
01:32:54,569 --> 01:32:56,704
WHICH THE POTENTIAL BUYER MUST 

1576
01:32:56,704 --> 01:32:59,140
PAY FOR. IT HIRES -- HIGHLIGHTS 

1577
01:32:59,140 --> 01:33:01,075
THE OWNER'S RIGHT TO HIRE A 

1578
01:33:01,075 --> 01:33:05,613
REAL ESTATE AGENT AND SEEK LEGAL

1579
01:33:05,613 --> 01:33:06,480
COUNCIL AND ANY OTHER 

1580
01:33:06,480 --> 01:33:08,616
INFORMATION DEEMED APPROPRIATE .

1581
01:33:08,616 --> 01:33:11,018
WHEN IT COMES TO THE PURCHASE 

1582
01:33:11,018 --> 01:33:11,919
CONTRACT, THE CONTRACT MUST 

1583
01:33:11,919 --> 01:33:13,621
INCLUDE A SEPARATE DISCLOSURE 

1584
01:33:13,621 --> 01:33:17,591
DOCUMENT WITH ALL THE 

1585
01:33:17,591 --> 01:33:18,826
INFORMATION I JUST COVERED AND 

1586
01:33:18,826 --> 01:33:19,927
ALSO SPECIFY THAT THE HOMEOWNER 

1587
01:33:19,927 --> 01:33:21,562
HAS A RIGHT TO CANCEL THE 

1588
01:33:21,562 --> 01:33:22,663
CONTRACT WITHOUT PENALTY. 

1589
01:33:22,663 --> 01:33:26,267
REASONABLY THAT WILL INCLUDE 

1590
01:33:26,267 --> 01:33:28,169
DETAIL ABOUT HOW LONG THEY HAVE 

1591
01:33:28,169 --> 01:33:30,805
TO CONSIDER PURCHASING THE 

1592
01:33:30,805 --> 01:33:32,073
CONTRACT WHICH I WILL GET INTO 

1593
01:33:32,073 --> 01:33:35,209
IN A MOMENT. THE DISCLOSURE 

1594
01:33:35,209 --> 01:33:36,877
NOTICE WILL ALSO INCLUDE CONTACT

1595
01:33:36,877 --> 01:33:38,279
INFORMATION FOR REPORTING 

1596
01:33:38,279 --> 01:33:42,950
VIOLATIONS TO THE CITY. AFTER 

1597
01:33:42,950 --> 01:33:44,452
SIGNING THE CONTRACT THE OWNER 

1598
01:33:44,452 --> 01:33:48,856
CAN HIRE AN APPRAISER EVEN UP TO

1599
01:33:48,856 --> 01:33:52,026
10 DAYS AFTER SIGNING. THE OWNER

1600
01:33:52,026 --> 01:33:53,294
CAN ALSO CANCEL THE CONTRACT 

1601
01:33:53,294 --> 01:33:55,496
WITHIN 10 BUSINESS DAYS AFTER 

1602
01:33:55,496 --> 01:33:58,065
RECEIVING APPRAISAL. THE OWNER 

1603
01:33:58,065 --> 01:34:00,167
CAN CANCEL THE CONTRACT 10 DAYS 

1604
01:34:00,167 --> 01:34:03,437
AFTER EXECUTION IF NO APPRAISAL 

1605
01:34:03,437 --> 01:34:06,674
IS SIGNED. THERE'S VARIOUS TIME

1606
01:34:06,674 --> 01:34:08,109
PERIODS IN THE LEGISLATION 

1607
01:34:08,109 --> 01:34:13,881
TALKING ABOUT WHEN AND HOW THE 

1608
01:34:13,881 --> 01:34:14,882
HOMEOWNER CAN CANCEL THE 

1609
01:34:14,882 --> 01:34:15,950
CONTRACT WITH NO PENALTY. SO 

1610
01:34:15,950 --> 01:34:17,551
THAT PROVIDES A BUFFER IN THE 

1611
01:34:17,551 --> 01:34:19,687
EVENT THE HOMEOWNER HAS SELLERS 

1612
01:34:19,687 --> 01:34:22,156
REMORSE OR LEARNS THAT THEIR 

1613
01:34:22,156 --> 01:34:24,558
HOME IS WORTH MORE MONEY AND 

1614
01:34:24,558 --> 01:34:26,694
PROVIDES ADDITIONAL PROTECTION 

1615
01:34:26,694 --> 01:34:33,534
FOR THE HOMEOWNER. OUR 

1616
01:34:33,534 --> 01:34:34,602
LEGISLATION CLOSELY ALIGNS WITH 

1617
01:34:34,602 --> 01:34:36,203
LEGISLATION THAT WAS PASSED BY 

1618
01:34:36,203 --> 01:34:39,473
THE STATE . WHEN WE STARTED TO 

1619
01:34:39,473 --> 01:34:41,275
FIRST LOOK AT THIS ISSUE THE 

1620
01:34:41,275 --> 01:34:45,212
STATE LEGISLATION WAS NOT ON OUR

1621
01:34:45,212 --> 01:34:47,148
RADAR. I THINK THE STATE FOR 

1622
01:34:47,148 --> 01:34:48,516
SIMILAR REASONS WITH ALL OF THE 

1623
01:34:48,516 --> 01:34:50,184
LEGISLATION COMING OUT ALSO 

1624
01:34:50,184 --> 01:34:54,321
WANTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT 

1625
01:34:54,321 --> 01:34:56,123
PREDATORY HOMEBUYING PRACTICES. 

1626
01:34:56,123 --> 01:34:57,525
THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE 

1627
01:34:57,525 --> 01:34:59,293
RECOMMENDED WE TRY TO ALIGN WITH

1628
01:34:59,293 --> 01:35:02,730
THE STATE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO

1629
01:35:02,730 --> 01:35:05,499
AVOID CONFUSION AND DUPLICATION 

1630
01:35:05,499 --> 01:35:08,536
OF EFFORTS. IT WAS AT THAT POINT

1631
01:35:08,536 --> 01:35:10,404
WE PIVOTED FROM SOME OF THE 

1632
01:35:10,404 --> 01:35:13,541
OTHER IDEAS WE WERE EXPLORING 

1633
01:35:13,541 --> 01:35:15,142
AND TOOK A LOOK AT THE STATE 

1634
01:35:15,142 --> 01:35:16,610
LEGISLATION. I JUST WANT TO 

1635
01:35:16,610 --> 01:35:18,179
HIGHLIGHT THE CITY LEGISLATION 

1636
01:35:18,179 --> 01:35:20,715
GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND . FIRST OF

1637
01:35:20,715 --> 01:35:23,017
ALL IT IMPOSES MORE STRINGENT 

1638
01:35:23,017 --> 01:35:26,287
FINES . IT PROVIDES MORE TIME 

1639
01:35:26,287 --> 01:35:28,456
FOLLOWING EXECUTION OF THE 

1640
01:35:28,456 --> 01:35:32,226
CONTRACT TO OBTAIN AN APPRAISAL 

1641
01:35:32,226 --> 01:35:33,828
AND CANCEL THE CONTRACT. IT HAS 

1642
01:35:33,828 --> 01:35:35,963
STRONGER DOCUMENTATION 

1643
01:35:35,963 --> 01:35:39,800
REQUIREMENTS TO ENSURE THE 

1644
01:35:39,800 --> 01:35:41,102
STATEMENTS TO THE HOMEOWNERS ARE

1645
01:35:41,102 --> 01:35:43,404
ACTUALLY BEING RECEIVED. IT 

1646
01:35:43,404 --> 01:35:45,406
ESTABLISHES THAT HOMEOWNERS HAVE

1647
01:35:45,406 --> 01:35:50,845
A RIGHT OF ACTION . THOSE ARE 

1648
01:35:50,845 --> 01:35:55,449
ALL THE WAYS IN WHICH OUR 

1649
01:35:55,449 --> 01:35:57,151
LEGISLATION WHILE TRYING TO 

1650
01:35:57,151 --> 01:35:59,553
ADHERE TO THE INTENT WE DECIDED 

1651
01:35:59,553 --> 01:36:03,290
TO INCREASE SOME PROTECTIONS FOR

1652
01:36:03,290 --> 01:36:06,627
HOMEOWNERS AS WELL. YOU KNOW, WE

1653
01:36:06,627 --> 01:36:10,064
DO NOT AT THIS POINT HAVE A GOOD

1654
01:36:10,064 --> 01:36:12,133
HANDLE ON THE EXTENT OF THE 

1655
01:36:12,133 --> 01:36:14,435
PROBLEM. THIS IS ANOTHER WAY FOR

1656
01:36:14,435 --> 01:36:16,237
THE CITY TO START DOCUMENTING 

1657
01:36:16,237 --> 01:36:18,339
THE EXTENT TO WHICH THESE 

1658
01:36:18,339 --> 01:36:21,075
PRACTICES ARE OCCURRING AND 

1659
01:36:21,075 --> 01:36:22,610
PEOPLE ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH 

1660
01:36:22,610 --> 01:36:27,148
THIS PRACTICE. WE ARE LOOKING 

1661
01:36:27,148 --> 01:36:33,921
FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO TRACK 

1662
01:36:33,921 --> 01:36:35,890
THIS MORE CLOSELY. IF ADDITIONAL

1663
01:36:35,890 --> 01:36:37,625
PROTECTIONS ARE NEEDED IN THE 

1664
01:36:37,625 --> 01:36:39,493
FUTURE WE WILL BE IN POSITION TO

1665
01:36:39,493 --> 01:36:43,430
DETERMINE THAT. WITH THAT, I 

1666
01:36:43,430 --> 01:36:45,599
WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO TALK 

1667
01:36:45,599 --> 01:36:48,969
ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION. 

1668
01:36:48,969 --> 01:36:53,007
>> GOOD MORNING. FOR THE 

1669
01:36:53,007 --> 01:36:56,310
IMPLEMENTATION STEPS, THERE'S A

1670
01:36:56,310 --> 01:36:57,545
COUPLE OF WAYS THAT WE LOOKED AT

1671
01:36:57,545 --> 01:37:00,347
IT. WE DO NOT HAVE A HANDLE ON 

1672
01:37:00,347 --> 01:37:04,351
HOW OFTEN THIS IS HAPPENING. ONE

1673
01:37:04,351 --> 01:37:06,020
OF THE FIRST THINGS WE WILL DO 

1674
01:37:06,020 --> 01:37:07,321
IS UPDATE ANY WEBSITE 

1675
01:37:07,321 --> 01:37:09,924
INFORMATION. THAT WOULD BE 

1676
01:37:09,924 --> 01:37:11,125
INCLUDING THE CONSUMER 

1677
01:37:11,125 --> 01:37:13,694
PROTECTION WEBSITE WITH 

1678
01:37:13,694 --> 01:37:14,929
INFORMATION FOR THE BUYERS, 

1679
01:37:14,929 --> 01:37:17,231
WHOLESALERS, RESIDENTS AND 

1680
01:37:17,231 --> 01:37:18,566
HOMEOWNERS ABOUT HOW THIS WILL 

1681
01:37:18,566 --> 01:37:19,767
IMPACT THEM, HOW TO REPORT 

1682
01:37:19,767 --> 01:37:22,136
COMPLAINTS AND UP DATE 

1683
01:37:22,136 --> 01:37:26,140
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. ONE OF 

1684
01:37:26,140 --> 01:37:27,841
THE THINGS WE ARE LOOKING AT AS 

1685
01:37:27,841 --> 01:37:28,909
FAR AS OUTREACH AND EDUCATION, 

1686
01:37:28,909 --> 01:37:32,346
SINCE WE DO NOT KNOW IF THEY ARE

1687
01:37:32,346 --> 01:37:33,847
ALL IN SEATTLE, IN THE STATE OR 

1688
01:37:33,847 --> 01:37:38,052
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY WOULD BE 

1689
01:37:38,052 --> 01:37:39,520
THROUGH MAIL AND PHONE CONTACTS 

1690
01:37:39,520 --> 01:37:41,488
AND INFORMATION WE RECEIVED FROM

1691
01:37:41,488 --> 01:37:44,658
RESIDENTS ABOUT WHO THEY MAY 

1692
01:37:44,658 --> 01:37:45,926
HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY FOR 

1693
01:37:45,926 --> 01:37:47,761
SELLING THEIR HOME. FOR THE 

1694
01:37:47,761 --> 01:37:49,163
OTHER AREAS WE WERE LOOKING AT 

1695
01:37:49,163 --> 01:37:52,933
IS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION CARDS 

1696
01:37:52,933 --> 01:37:56,270
AT PUBLIC LOCATIONS SUCH AS 

1697
01:37:56,270 --> 01:37:57,438
COMMUNITY CENTERS, CLINICS, 

1698
01:37:57,438 --> 01:38:01,108
LIBRARIES, SERVICE CENTERS, 

1699
01:38:01,108 --> 01:38:04,678
AREAS WHERE WE ARE REALLY SEEING

1700
01:38:04,678 --> 01:38:06,113
CHANGES AND DEVELOPMENT WITHIN 

1701
01:38:06,113 --> 01:38:06,981
THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THESE 

1702
01:38:06,981 --> 01:38:13,988
HOMES MIGHT BE MORE LIKELY TO BE

1703
01:38:13,988 --> 01:38:17,891
-- AS THOSE AREAS EXPAND. WE 

1704
01:38:17,891 --> 01:38:20,294
WOULD ADDITIONALLY USE THE 

1705
01:38:20,294 --> 01:38:21,629
LANGUAGE ACCESS THAT IS 

1706
01:38:21,629 --> 01:38:25,299
AVAILABLE FOR THE HIGH-LEVEL 

1707
01:38:25,299 --> 01:38:25,966
LANGUAGES TO BE TRANSLATED IN. 

1708
01:38:25,966 --> 01:38:27,735
WE THINK THAT IS REALLY 

1709
01:38:27,735 --> 01:38:30,638
IMPORTANT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS 

1710
01:38:30,638 --> 01:38:32,106
TO UNDERSTAND THEIR RIGHTS AND 

1711
01:38:32,106 --> 01:38:36,543
SERVICES. THE TRAINING WOULD 

1712
01:38:36,543 --> 01:38:39,680
ALSO BE FOR LICENSE AND STANDARD

1713
01:38:39,680 --> 01:38:42,416
INSPECTORS AS WELL AS TO WORK 

1714
01:38:42,416 --> 01:38:46,186
WITH THE CUSTOMER SERVICE BUREAU

1715
01:38:46,186 --> 01:38:47,988
AS THEY MANAGE THE BEGINNING OF 

1716
01:38:47,988 --> 01:38:49,523
THOSE CALLS FROM CUSTOMERS WITH 

1717
01:38:49,523 --> 01:38:51,759
QUESTIONS. THEY COULD DO IT 

1718
01:38:51,759 --> 01:38:56,664
ONLINE OR GET THOSE CONCERNS TO 

1719
01:38:56,664 --> 01:38:57,798
THE CONSUMER PROTECTION BUREAU 

1720
01:38:57,798 --> 01:39:02,503
TO DO AN INVESTIGATION. AS FAR 

1721
01:39:02,503 --> 01:39:06,340
AS THE ENFORCEMENT FOR THIS A 

1722
01:39:06,340 --> 01:39:07,608
COMPLAINT WOULD BE RECEIVED BY 

1723
01:39:07,608 --> 01:39:09,410
CONSUMER PROTECTION EITHER 

1724
01:39:09,410 --> 01:39:11,178
ONLINE, IN PERSON OR THROUGH THE

1725
01:39:11,178 --> 01:39:14,948
PHONE . IT WOULD BE ASSIGNED TO 

1726
01:39:14,948 --> 01:39:18,452
AN INSPECTOR. AFTER THAT THE 

1727
01:39:18,452 --> 01:39:19,453
INSPECTOR WOULD DO THEIR 

1728
01:39:19,453 --> 01:39:20,521
INSPECTION TO SEE IF THE 

1729
01:39:20,521 --> 01:39:23,857
PROTOCOL WAS FOLLOWED . THE 

1730
01:39:23,857 --> 01:39:24,758
INSPECTOR WOULD NOTIFY BOTH 

1731
01:39:24,758 --> 01:39:26,393
PARTIES OF THE OUTCOME OF THE 

1732
01:39:26,393 --> 01:39:27,594
INVESTIGATION. IF IT IS DEEMED 

1733
01:39:27,594 --> 01:39:30,597
THAT THERE WAS A VIOLATION A 

1734
01:39:30,597 --> 01:39:33,100
CITATION WOULD BE ISSUED TO THE 

1735
01:39:33,100 --> 01:39:35,636
WHOLESALE BUSINESS. THE FIRST 

1736
01:39:35,636 --> 01:39:39,907
VIOLATION IS $7500. THE SECOND 

1737
01:39:39,907 --> 01:39:42,643
WOULD BE $10,000 IF THAT 

1738
01:39:42,643 --> 01:39:45,512
HAPPENED IN THAT FIRST 12 

1739
01:39:45,512 --> 01:39:48,415
MONTHS. THE CITATIONS CAN BE 

1740
01:39:48,415 --> 01:39:53,253
APPEALED . THEY WOULD HAVE 10 

1741
01:39:53,253 --> 01:39:58,525
DAYS TO DO THAT . THAT IS THE 

1742
01:39:58,525 --> 01:40:00,227
PLAN AT THIS TIME. I WOULD BE 

1743
01:40:00,227 --> 01:40:03,330
HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. 

1744
01:40:03,330 --> 01:40:04,965
>> SINCE WE ARE HAVING THIS 

1745
01:40:04,965 --> 01:40:11,939
CONVERSATION, HOW LONG CAN YOU 

1746
01:40:11,939 --> 01:40:13,307
STICK AROUND FOR THE 

1747
01:40:13,307 --> 01:40:13,807
CONVERSATION? 

1748
01:40:13,807 --> 01:40:17,511
>> I AM AVAILABLE. 

1749
01:40:17,511 --> 01:40:20,714
>> TRACY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING 

1750
01:40:20,714 --> 01:40:21,615
TO ADD. 

1751
01:40:21,615 --> 01:40:24,151
>> THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS

1752
01:40:24,151 --> 01:40:28,789
A QUESTION TO THE EXECUTIVE. IT 

1753
01:40:28,789 --> 01:40:30,157
TALKS ABOUT USING AN EXISTING 

1754
01:40:30,157 --> 01:40:32,159
STAFF PERSON FOR 2025. NOTHING 

1755
01:40:32,159 --> 01:40:35,362
ABOUT 2026 . I AM WONDERING HOW 

1756
01:40:35,362 --> 01:40:40,834
YOU PLAN TO APPROACH THAT. THE 

1757
01:40:40,834 --> 01:40:42,169
ONLY OTHER COMMENT I HAD WAS 

1758
01:40:42,169 --> 01:40:43,871
BECAUSE THERE IS A SLIGHT 

1759
01:40:43,871 --> 01:40:45,506
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT THE 

1760
01:40:45,506 --> 01:40:46,707
STATE WILL BE IMPLEMENTING AND 

1761
01:40:46,707 --> 01:40:48,142
WHAT THE CITY WILL BE 

1762
01:40:48,142 --> 01:40:53,914
IMPLEMENTING, JUST MAKING SURE 

1763
01:40:53,914 --> 01:40:55,783
WE INFORM PEOPLE OF CITY 

1764
01:40:55,783 --> 01:40:56,850
REQUIREMENTS VERSUS THE STATE 

1765
01:40:56,850 --> 01:40:58,419
BECAUSE WE DO HAVE MORE 

1766
01:40:58,419 --> 01:41:00,921
STRINGENT REQUIREMENTS IN TERMS 

1767
01:41:00,921 --> 01:41:05,392
OF THIS NOTICE. THE CITY HAS 

1768
01:41:05,392 --> 01:41:09,830
PROVISIONS THAT ARE STRICTER 

1769
01:41:09,830 --> 01:41:11,965
THAN THE STATE. MAKING SURE 

1770
01:41:11,965 --> 01:41:16,203
PEOPLE UNDERSTAND ABOUT THOSE 

1771
01:41:16,203 --> 01:41:17,304
DIFFERENCES AND THE NEED TO 

1772
01:41:17,304 --> 01:41:18,705
COMPLY WITH THE CITY 

1773
01:41:18,705 --> 01:41:20,240
REQUIREMENTS. 

1774
01:41:20,240 --> 01:41:21,475
>> AT THIS POINT CONSUMER 

1775
01:41:21,475 --> 01:41:23,544
PROTECTION FEELS WE HAVE ENOUGH 

1776
01:41:23,544 --> 01:41:25,446
INSPECTORS TO ABSORB COMPLAINTS 

1777
01:41:25,446 --> 01:41:28,315
COMING IN. THE ROLE OF THE 

1778
01:41:28,315 --> 01:41:35,989
STRATEGIC ADVISOR PROBABLY WOULD

1779
01:41:35,989 --> 01:41:38,492
BE FINE AND 2025. IN 2026 WE 

1780
01:41:38,492 --> 01:41:40,461
ANTICIPATE ABSORBING THE WORK. 

1781
01:41:40,461 --> 01:41:43,263
WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS SEE 

1782
01:41:43,263 --> 01:41:44,965
WHAT KIND OF NUMBERS WE ARE 

1783
01:41:44,965 --> 01:41:47,367
SEEING. THERE'S A LOT OF 

1784
01:41:47,367 --> 01:41:49,203
UNKNOWNS ABOUT WHAT IMPACTS THEY

1785
01:41:49,203 --> 01:41:52,406
ARE SEEING. AS SOMEBODY WHO 

1786
01:41:52,406 --> 01:41:54,274
LIVES IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE I 

1787
01:41:54,274 --> 01:41:57,344
KNOW I PROBABLY GET 15 TO 20 

1788
01:41:57,344 --> 01:42:02,716
SOLICITATIONS PER MONTH . THAT 

1789
01:42:02,716 --> 01:42:04,451
IS ONE WAY I'M LOOKING TO SEE 

1790
01:42:04,451 --> 01:42:05,953
WHERE THESE ARE COMING FROM, HOW

1791
01:42:05,953 --> 01:42:08,822
TO INFORM THEM. IS IT FROM 

1792
01:42:08,822 --> 01:42:09,756
CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS. THAT IS 

1793
01:42:09,756 --> 01:42:11,425
WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO. AT 

1794
01:42:11,425 --> 01:42:13,293
THIS POINT WE DON'T ANTICIPATE 

1795
01:42:13,293 --> 01:42:18,966
THE FINANCIAL NEED FOR SUPPORT. 

1796
01:42:19,099 --> 01:42:22,202
>> I GET A LOT OF THOSE AS WELL.

1797
01:42:22,202 --> 01:42:27,608
THEY GO STRAIGHT IN THE TRASH. 

1798
01:42:27,608 --> 01:42:31,478
THERE IS A PRESS RELEASE THIS 

1799
01:42:31,478 --> 01:42:33,213
MORNING FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE

1800
01:42:33,213 --> 01:42:34,915
ABOUT THIS. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT

1801
01:42:34,915 --> 01:42:40,787
THE SAME THING. WHAT ACTION IF 

1802
01:42:40,787 --> 01:42:42,756
ANY DO YOU NEED THE COUNCIL TO 

1803
01:42:42,756 --> 01:42:45,192
TAKE? 

1804
01:42:45,192 --> 01:42:46,560
>> WE HAVE TRANSMITTED 

1805
01:42:46,560 --> 01:42:47,961
LEGISLATION. FOR THESE TO GO 

1806
01:42:47,961 --> 01:42:50,130
INTO EFFECT WE WOULD NEED 

1807
01:42:50,130 --> 01:42:51,431
COUNCIL TO VOTE ON THE 

1808
01:42:51,431 --> 01:42:53,233
LEGISLATION AT SOME POINT. 

1809
01:42:53,233 --> 01:42:54,835
>> IS THERE A TIMELINE BY WHICH 

1810
01:42:54,835 --> 01:42:57,504
THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE? OTHER 

1811
01:42:57,504 --> 01:42:59,039
THAN SOONER RATHER THAN LATER? 

1812
01:42:59,039 --> 01:43:03,744
>> PREFERABLY BEFORE THE BUDGET 

1813
01:43:03,744 --> 01:43:10,984
PROCESS STARTS. WHEN I 

1814
01:43:10,984 --> 01:43:12,452
UNDERSTAND YOU DO NOT TAKE UP 

1815
01:43:12,452 --> 01:43:12,953
ADDITIONAL LEGISLATION. 

1816
01:43:12,953 --> 01:43:14,688
>> AGAIN, JUST TRYING TO FIGURE 

1817
01:43:14,688 --> 01:43:24,331
OUT TIMING, GIVEN, HOW THEY WILL

1818
01:43:24,331 --> 01:43:26,266
SHAKE OUT IN ORDER TO GET THINGS

1819
01:43:26,266 --> 01:43:28,835
ROLLING AND GET IT IN PLACE. IT 

1820
01:43:28,835 --> 01:43:36,577
IS NOT LIKE THE HUD THING . I'M

1821
01:43:36,577 --> 01:43:38,312
JUST WONDERING IF THERE IS A 

1822
01:43:38,312 --> 01:43:40,581
DROPDEAD DATE FOR THIS OTHER 

1823
01:43:40,581 --> 01:43:43,016
THAN DO IT BEFORE WE START DOING

1824
01:43:43,016 --> 01:43:44,818
BUDGET STUFF. 

1825
01:43:44,818 --> 01:43:48,589
>> NO. OUR PREFERENCE IS THAT IT

1826
01:43:48,589 --> 01:43:51,091
DOES GET ADOPTED BEFORE BUDGET. 

1827
01:43:51,091 --> 01:43:54,661
>> ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? 

1828
01:43:54,661 --> 01:43:57,764
>> JUST AN OVERARCHING COMMENT. 

1829
01:43:57,764 --> 01:43:59,399
I'M PLEASED THIS IS COMING 

1830
01:43:59,399 --> 01:44:03,570
BEFORE US. IT'S AN ISSUE I'VE 

1831
01:44:03,570 --> 01:44:06,039
CONTINUED TO HEAR ABOUT. I KNOW 

1832
01:44:06,039 --> 01:44:10,844
THAT FOLKS HAVE FELT A BIT OUT 

1833
01:44:10,844 --> 01:44:12,479
OF SORTS LIKE WHAT IS SOMETHING 

1834
01:44:12,479 --> 01:44:13,714
WE CAN DO ABOUT THIS ISSUE. 

1835
01:44:13,714 --> 01:44:15,115
UNDERSTANDING IT IS HARD TO 

1836
01:44:15,115 --> 01:44:17,651
MEASURE THE SCALE OF THE ISSUE. 

1837
01:44:17,651 --> 01:44:19,152
IT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD INITIAL 

1838
01:44:19,152 --> 01:44:21,688
FIRST STEP FOR US TO START 

1839
01:44:21,688 --> 01:44:22,356
COLLECTING INFORMATION AND 

1840
01:44:22,356 --> 01:44:23,590
UNDERSTANDING THE PERVASIVENESS 

1841
01:44:23,590 --> 01:44:26,360
OF IT, COMMON TACTICS, WHO SOME 

1842
01:44:26,360 --> 01:44:27,861
OF THESE FOLKS ARE, 

1843
01:44:27,861 --> 01:44:30,097
UNDERSTANDING THIS IS A FIRST 

1844
01:44:30,097 --> 01:44:31,732
STEP AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO 

1845
01:44:31,732 --> 01:44:34,134
LEARN AS WE GET SOME OF THIS 

1846
01:44:34,134 --> 01:44:36,203
INFORMATION. I AM CURIOUS ABOUT,

1847
01:44:36,203 --> 01:44:40,173
AS WE MOVE FORWARD HOW WE WILL 

1848
01:44:40,173 --> 01:44:42,142
PLAN TO FURTHER ENGAGE WITH THE 

1849
01:44:42,142 --> 01:44:46,213
EXISTING COMMISSION OR SOME OF 

1850
01:44:46,213 --> 01:44:47,180
THE KEY STAKEHOLDER GROUPS IN 

1851
01:44:47,180 --> 01:44:48,548
THE COMMUNITY THAT MIGHT HAVE A 

1852
01:44:48,548 --> 01:44:49,483
GOOD UNDERSTANDING. INKING ABOUT

1853
01:44:49,483 --> 01:44:50,784
LEGACY BLACK HOMEOWNERS. THE 

1854
01:44:50,784 --> 01:44:57,791
MAYOR'S COUNCIL FOR 

1855
01:44:57,791 --> 01:44:58,725
AFRICAN-AMERICAN ELDERS AND 

1856
01:44:58,725 --> 01:44:59,459
OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMISSIONS AS

1857
01:44:59,459 --> 01:45:02,029
WELL. I WOULD ASSUME PART OF 

1858
01:45:02,029 --> 01:45:03,463
THAT EDUCATION WOULD BE PART OF 

1859
01:45:03,463 --> 01:45:05,532
WHAT THEY ARE DOING. AS PART OF 

1860
01:45:05,532 --> 01:45:10,504
THE EXECUTIVE ORDER WE ALSO HAVE

1861
01:45:10,504 --> 01:45:12,139
A WHOLE SECTION ON BETTER 

1862
01:45:12,139 --> 01:45:13,340
COORDINATION AND COMMUNICATION 

1863
01:45:13,340 --> 01:45:14,941
AMONG DEPARTMENT TO GET THE WORD

1864
01:45:14,941 --> 01:45:18,211
OUT GENERALLY ABOUT THE MANY 

1865
01:45:18,211 --> 01:45:19,012
ANTI-DISPLACEMENT PROGRAMS THE 

1866
01:45:19,012 --> 01:45:22,049
CITY IS FUNDING. WHAT WE LEARNED

1867
01:45:22,049 --> 01:45:23,383
THROUGH THE REVIEW OF OUR WORK 

1868
01:45:23,383 --> 01:45:25,686
IS THAT A LOT OF FOLKS ARE NOT 

1869
01:45:25,686 --> 01:45:27,320
FAMILIAR WITH SOME OF THESE 

1870
01:45:27,320 --> 01:45:32,092
PROGRAMS SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE

1871
01:45:32,092 --> 01:45:33,460
WE DO A BETTER JOB CONNECTING 

1872
01:45:33,460 --> 01:45:35,929
PEOPLE WITH THESE PROGRAMS AND 

1873
01:45:35,929 --> 01:45:37,664
THOSE THAT NEED THE MOST ARE 

1874
01:45:37,664 --> 01:45:39,099
AWARE OF THEM AND THE COMMUNITY 

1875
01:45:39,099 --> 01:45:40,000
ARE AWARE OF THEM. THOSE WHO 

1876
01:45:40,000 --> 01:45:41,702
WILL ARE WORKING WITH VULNERABLE

1877
01:45:41,702 --> 01:45:43,170
POPULATIONS CAN HELP GET OUT THE

1878
01:45:43,170 --> 01:45:48,375
WORD AND THESE WILL BE ADDED TO 

1879
01:45:48,375 --> 01:45:52,245
THE LIST ASSUMING COUNCIL PASSES

1880
01:45:52,245 --> 01:45:53,847
THIS LEGISLATION OF THINGS WE 

1881
01:45:53,847 --> 01:45:56,049
CAN BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR AND 

1882
01:45:56,049 --> 01:46:01,855
HELPING MITIGATE CONCERNS. 

1883
01:46:01,855 --> 01:46:03,223
>> I'M WONDERING IF THERE IS 

1884
01:46:03,223 --> 01:46:05,092
BUILDING ON THAT POINT IN TERMS 

1885
01:46:05,092 --> 01:46:07,094
OF GETTING THE WORD OUT. IF 

1886
01:46:07,094 --> 01:46:08,895
THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO TIE THIS

1887
01:46:08,895 --> 01:46:10,597
TO EXISTING PROGRAMS WITH GROUPS

1888
01:46:10,597 --> 01:46:12,833
THAT MAY BE MORE IMPACTED BY 

1889
01:46:12,833 --> 01:46:15,669
THIS. FOLKS THAT MAY BE ENROLLED

1890
01:46:15,669 --> 01:46:18,171
IN THE UTILITY DISCOUNT PROGRAM,

1891
01:46:18,171 --> 01:46:19,906
I'M THINKING ABOUT EXISTING 

1892
01:46:19,906 --> 01:46:21,441
CHANNELS SO WE CAN ATTACH THIS 

1893
01:46:21,441 --> 01:46:27,247
INFORMATION . IF WE HAVE THOUGHT

1894
01:46:27,247 --> 01:46:30,217
ABOUT CONNECTING WITH THE COUNTY

1895
01:46:30,217 --> 01:46:32,419
IF THERE IS AN EXEMPTION FOR 

1896
01:46:32,419 --> 01:46:33,854
PROPERTY TAXES FOR SENIORS IF WE

1897
01:46:33,854 --> 01:46:36,623
CAN SEE IF WE CAN USE THEIR 

1898
01:46:36,623 --> 01:46:38,058
CHANNELS TO BE SURE FOLKS THAT 

1899
01:46:38,058 --> 01:46:48,602
ARE ACCESSING THIS TO BE SURE. 

1900
01:46:49,469 --> 01:46:59,946
>> I'M HAPPY TO COME BACK TO 

1901
01:47:04,651 --> 01:47:05,986
CITY COUNCIL AND TALK ABOUT WHAT

1902
01:47:05,986 --> 01:47:07,087
THE COMMUNICATION PLAN IS ONCE 

1903
01:47:07,087 --> 01:47:08,455
WE PULL IT TOGETHER. I THINK 

1904
01:47:08,455 --> 01:47:09,890
SOME OF THAT WORK IS HAPPENING 

1905
01:47:09,890 --> 01:47:11,291
NOW. I REALLY APPRECIATE SOME OF

1906
01:47:11,291 --> 01:47:12,826
THAT. I THINK IT IS CONSISTENT 

1907
01:47:12,826 --> 01:47:18,598
WITH WHERE WE ARE GOING. 

1908
01:47:18,598 --> 01:47:20,367
>> THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS AND 

1909
01:47:20,367 --> 01:47:22,002
COMMENTS. 

1910
01:47:22,002 --> 01:47:28,008
>> A FEW WEEKS BACK WE DID THE 

1911
01:47:28,008 --> 01:47:30,310
ANTI-DISPLACEMENT RESOURCE AT 

1912
01:47:30,310 --> 01:47:31,711
THE RAINIER BEACH COMMUNITY 

1913
01:47:31,711 --> 01:47:32,779
CENTER. BASICALLY EDUCATING 

1914
01:47:32,779 --> 01:47:36,716
FOLKS ABOUT WHAT RESOURCES EXIST

1915
01:47:36,716 --> 01:47:39,019
TO HELP THEM STAY IN THEIR HOMES

1916
01:47:39,019 --> 01:47:40,554
WHETHER IT IS DISCOUNTS, HOME 

1917
01:47:40,554 --> 01:47:42,689
REPAIR, NO-COST OR LOW-COST 

1918
01:47:42,689 --> 01:47:46,059
LOANS. A LOT OF THE PROVIDERS 

1919
01:47:46,059 --> 01:47:49,129
THAT WERE THERE FROM HOMEOWNERS 

1920
01:47:49,129 --> 01:47:50,764
TO UNITED WAY TO HABITAT FOR 

1921
01:47:50,764 --> 01:47:54,935
HUMANITY , INCLUDING OUR OWN 

1922
01:47:54,935 --> 01:47:57,404
CITY DEPARTMENTS, A LOT OF FOLKS

1923
01:47:57,404 --> 01:48:02,042
DID NOT WANT -- DID NOT KNOW 

1924
01:48:02,042 --> 01:48:03,910
WHAT THEY PROVIDED. IT WAS AN 

1925
01:48:03,910 --> 01:48:05,345
EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE TO FIND 

1926
01:48:05,345 --> 01:48:08,815
OUT WHO ELSE DOES WANT TO HELP 

1927
01:48:08,815 --> 01:48:12,886
PEOPLE STAY IN THEIR HOMES. I 

1928
01:48:12,886 --> 01:48:16,089
THINK ABOUT WHEN WE HAD THE 

1929
01:48:16,089 --> 01:48:17,657
ATMOSPHERIC RIVER A COUPLE YEARS

1930
01:48:17,657 --> 01:48:21,761
AGO. I HAD FLOODING IN MY 

1931
01:48:21,761 --> 01:48:23,463
BASEMENT. THE PRICE TAG FOR THAT

1932
01:48:23,463 --> 01:48:26,600
ADDED UP IN TERMS OF MITIGATION 

1933
01:48:26,600 --> 01:48:29,035
AND THE FIXES AND THE WHOLE BIT.

1934
01:48:29,035 --> 01:48:32,939
FORTUNATELY I HAD ACCESS TO MY 

1935
01:48:32,939 --> 01:48:35,275
DEFERRED COMP I COULD DIP INTO 

1936
01:48:35,275 --> 01:48:37,077
TO OFFSET THE COSTS. I THINK 

1937
01:48:37,077 --> 01:48:40,247
ABOUT THE NEIGHBOR TWO DOORS 

1938
01:48:40,247 --> 01:48:44,417
DOWN IN HER 90s. SHE DOES NOT 

1939
01:48:44,417 --> 01:48:47,821
HAVE THAT LIQUID. SO THAT IS 

1940
01:48:47,821 --> 01:48:52,392
WHERE I AM LOOKING AT THESE 

1941
01:48:52,392 --> 01:48:54,661
PREDATORY FOLKS WHO SAY WE KNOW 

1942
01:48:54,661 --> 01:48:56,563
YOU HAD AN ISSUE. WE WILL GIVE 

1943
01:48:56,563 --> 01:48:59,566
YOU X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS FOR YOUR

1944
01:48:59,566 --> 01:49:04,004
HOUSE AND IT IS WORTH THREE OR 

1945
01:49:04,004 --> 01:49:05,338
FOUR TIMES MORE. THAT IS THE 

1946
01:49:05,338 --> 01:49:07,240
KIND OF THING WE WANT TO SQUASH.

1947
01:49:07,240 --> 01:49:09,809
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS 

1948
01:49:09,809 --> 01:49:14,281
BEING VOTED ON . ANYTHING ELSE 

1949
01:49:14,281 --> 01:49:19,519
TO ADD ? 

1950
01:49:19,519 --> 01:49:20,854
>> I WOULD JUST SUGGEST. YOUR 

1951
01:49:20,854 --> 01:49:22,322
COLLEAGUES WOULD BE AWARE ABOUT 

1952
01:49:22,322 --> 01:49:23,957
THIS PROPOSAL BECAUSE 

1953
01:49:23,957 --> 01:49:26,626
COUNCILMEMBER WILL HAD PROPOSED 

1954
01:49:26,626 --> 01:49:28,929
LOOKING AT A PROGRAM IN SOME 

1955
01:49:28,929 --> 01:49:32,432
SORT. THIS IS SQUARE IN RESPONSE

1956
01:49:32,432 --> 01:49:33,733
TO WHAT SHE WAS THINKING. YOUR 

1957
01:49:33,733 --> 01:49:37,604
COLLEAGUES MAY BE AMENABLE TO AN

1958
01:49:37,604 --> 01:49:38,672
EXPEDITED PROCESS GIVEN THAT 

1959
01:49:38,672 --> 01:49:41,341
THEY SUPPORTED IT DURING THE 

1960
01:49:41,341 --> 01:49:46,880
LAST BUDGET PROCESS AS A 

1961
01:49:46,880 --> 01:49:47,414
PROPOSED SOLUTION. 

1962
01:49:47,414 --> 01:49:49,015
>> WHEN WE ARE ACTUALLY IN 

1963
01:49:49,015 --> 01:49:50,450
COMMITTEE WE WILL HAVE THE 

1964
01:49:50,450 --> 01:49:54,020
PROCESS . AS WE ARE JUST HAVING 

1965
01:49:54,020 --> 01:49:58,792
A CONVERSATION, WE WANT TO THINK

1966
01:49:58,792 --> 01:50:01,161
HOW WE CAN MOVE THINGS FORWARD .

1967
01:50:01,161 --> 01:50:11,705
SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I 

1968
01:50:12,872 --> 01:50:15,976
GUESS THE COMMUNITY CONVERSATION

1969
01:50:15,976 --> 01:50:20,547
IS TIME TO GO TO LUNCH. 

1970
01:50:20,547 --> 01:50:27,687
>> CAN I JUST SHARE SOME REMARKS

1971
01:50:27,687 --> 01:50:33,126
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR LEADING 

1972
01:50:33,126 --> 01:50:34,995
US THROUGH THIS PROCESS. YOU ARE

1973
01:50:34,995 --> 01:50:35,662
SERVING AS CHAIR ON THIS 

1974
01:50:35,662 --> 01:50:41,968
COMMITTEE AS AN INTERIM BASIS. I

1975
01:50:41,968 --> 01:50:43,903
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR GOING 

1976
01:50:43,903 --> 01:50:50,844
ABOVE AND BEYOND TODAY. YOU DID 

1977
01:50:50,844 --> 01:50:52,178
NOT HAVE TO HAVE A COMMUNITY 

1978
01:50:52,178 --> 01:50:53,780
MEETING TODAY. WE COULD HAVE 

1979
01:50:53,780 --> 01:50:56,349
JUST SAID CORAM IS NOT HERE. WE 

1980
01:50:56,349 --> 01:50:57,717
WILL CALL IT ANOTHER TIME. YOU 

1981
01:50:57,717 --> 01:50:59,119
SHARE THE VALUE THAT I SHARE 

1982
01:50:59,119 --> 01:51:00,587
WHICH IS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE 

1983
01:51:00,587 --> 01:51:02,222
HEARD AND WE SHOULD BE SURE THIS

1984
01:51:02,222 --> 01:51:04,758
COMES BEFORE THE COMMUNITY TODAY

1985
01:51:04,758 --> 01:51:06,626
AND IS RECORDED FOR THE PUBLIC 

1986
01:51:06,626 --> 01:51:09,662
TO SEE. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR 

1987
01:51:09,662 --> 01:51:11,097
YOUR LEADERSHIP. IT MEANS A LOT 

1988
01:51:11,097 --> 01:51:13,900
TO ME AND I THINK IT MEANT A LOT

1989
01:51:13,900 --> 01:51:15,935
FOR THE PEOPLE THAT CAME BEFORE 

1990
01:51:15,935 --> 01:51:19,039
US TODAY. WITH THAT BEING SAID 

1991
01:51:19,039 --> 01:51:20,740
WE ARE HERE PERFORMING OUR 

1992
01:51:20,740 --> 01:51:25,145
CHARTERED RESPONSIBILITIES TO BE

1993
01:51:25,145 --> 01:51:26,112
IN COMMITTEE AND DOING THIS 

1994
01:51:26,112 --> 01:51:26,813
WORK? WHERE'S THE COUNCIL 

1995
01:51:26,813 --> 01:51:28,181
PRESIDENT AND WHERE IS 

1996
01:51:28,181 --> 01:51:31,384
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? I WOULD LOVE

1997
01:51:31,384 --> 01:51:34,187
TO KNOW. I THINK THE PEOPLE 

1998
01:51:34,187 --> 01:51:37,590
WOULD LOVE TO KNOW. ON THAT NOTE

1999
01:51:37,590 --> 01:51:40,427
I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN. I 

2000
01:51:40,427 --> 01:51:42,262
WANT TO THANK THE TEAM AS WELL 

2001
01:51:42,262 --> 01:51:43,763
FOR COMING TODAY TO PROVIDE THIS

2002
01:51:43,763 --> 01:51:50,136
INFORMATION TO US. I HAVE A LOT 

2003
01:51:50,136 --> 01:51:51,304
OF QUESTIONS COMING OUT OF THIS 

2004
01:51:51,304 --> 01:51:52,706
MEETING AND NOT ABOUT THE 

2005
01:51:52,706 --> 01:51:53,807
LEGISLATION. THANK YOU. 

2006
01:51:53,807 --> 01:51:55,408
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR 

2007
01:51:55,408 --> 01:52:01,047
BEING HERE. GO GET LUNCH. THERE 

2008
01:52:01,047 --> 01:52:04,951
IS REALLY NOTHING TO CLOSE OUT 

2009
01:52:04,951 --> 01:52:06,352
BECAUSE IT IS NOT AN OFFICIAL 

2010
01:52:06,352 --> 01:52:07,253
COMMITTEE MEETING. 

2011
01:52:07,253 --> 01:52:10,356
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR 

2012
01:52:10,356 --> 01:52:11,191
TIME, SEATTLE CHANNEL.