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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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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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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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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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AROUND TO FUND US. SO WE ARE 

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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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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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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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TO CONTINUE BEING RENTERS . 

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THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO US 

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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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>> THANK YOU, SALLY. KATE. 

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>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. MY 

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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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ONE OF FIVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN

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HOLDING THE COMMISSION DOWN OVER

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THE LAST 18 MONTHS. I'M ALSO 

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SOMEBODY WHO WORKS WITH RENTERS 

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IN MY DAILY WORK AT THE SEATTLE 

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WE DO RENTER EDUCATION AND 

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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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HALL WHICH FEELS LIKE SUCH A 

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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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ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN SEEING MY 

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COUNCILMEMBER YET AGAIN , BEING 

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DISRESPECTED AND SHUT OUT AND 

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NOT BEING ABLE TO MOVE THE 

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THINGS FORWARD IN A VERY 

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INTENTIONAL WAY. I AM FEELING 

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VERY -- I AM ANGRY ABOUT ALL OF 

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THIS. -- I DO FEEL AN OBLIGATION

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TO SEATTLE RENTERS TO HOLD IT 

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DOWN . I WAS SO LOOKING FORWARD 

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TO HAVING A FULLY SEATED 

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COMMISSION WHERE WE COULD TRY TO

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MOVE POLICY . THE TEAM HAD 

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SIMILAR BACKGROUNDS AND LIFE 

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EXPERIENCES . IT TAKES A DIVERSE

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GROUP OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE, 

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DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, 

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DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND 

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NEIGHBORHOODS TO REALLY 

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REPRESENT THE SPECTRUM OF 

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RENTERS. LOOKS LIKE THIS IS NOT 

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GOING TO HAPPEN TODAY. MIGHT NOT

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HAPPEN IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THIS 

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IS REALLY HARD . WE ARE FUNDED 

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BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE . NOT 

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JUST FROM MY JOB BUT ACROSS THE 

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BOARD, 40%. RENTERS ARE REALLY 

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STRUGGLING . I'M DOING OKAY NOW

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BECAUSE I AM EMPLOYED BUT I HAVE

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TO LOOK AS GO LIVE WITH A 

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ROOMMATE. WE WOULD BE IN DIRE 

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STRAITS IF WE LOST OUR JOBS. MY 

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FAMILY IS GOING THROUGH A LOT OF

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TURMOIL . MY YOUNGER BROTHER HAD

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TO MOVE IN WITH MY AGING PARENTS

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AFTER A SERIES OF DISASTERS AND 

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PROBABLY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO 

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MOVE OUT ANYTIME SOON . IT IS 

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REALLY SCARY TO THINK ABOUT WHAT

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THE FUTURE HOLDS ESPECIALLY WITH

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ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE 

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HAPPENING AT A NATIONAL LEVEL. 

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THEY ARE ATTACKING OUR TRANS 

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NEIGHBORS AND IMMIGRANT AND 

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REFUGEE NEIGHBORS. ANYONE WHO 

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MIGHT BE DIFFERENT OR MIGHT BE 

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AN EASY TARGET. THANK YOU FOR 

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INVITING ME TO THIS TABLE TODAY.

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I WISH IT WERE UNDER BETTER 

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CIRCUMSTANCES. 

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>> LYDIA. AFTER LYDIA, LAUREN 

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YOU SAID WE HAVE SOME FOLKS THAT

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ARE NOT ABLE TO JOIN US THAT YOU

491
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WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT. IN THE 

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INTEREST OF TIME I KNOW THAT WE 

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HAVE SOMEONE WHO HAS SOMETHING 

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00:26:00,258 --> 00:26:03,128
TO PRESENT WHO DOES HAVE A HARD 

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STOP. WE WANT TO BE SURE WE GET 

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TO THAT . IF WE COULD JUST TAKE 

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A COUPLE MOMENTS TO TELL US 

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ABOUT YOU AND YOUR INTEREST IN 

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BEING ON THE COMMISSION. THEN WE

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WILL MOVE ON TO THE INFORMATION 

501
00:26:15,740 --> 00:26:17,609
ABOUT THOSE WHO ARE NOT HERE. 

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>> I AM LYDIA FELTY. I USE 

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SHE/HER PRONOUNS . I'M THE 

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CURRENT COCHAIR. I LIVE IN 

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DISTRICT 3 AND A LIFELONG 

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RENTER. I WORK IN THE NONPROFIT 

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SECTOR. BEFORE THAT I WAS A 

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00:26:34,159 --> 00:26:35,560
TEACHER. WORKING WITH FOLKS FROM

509
00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:37,329
DIFFERENT PLACES AND AGE GROUPS 

510
00:26:37,329 --> 00:26:38,830
AND CIRCUMSTANCES. I'VE BEEN ON

511
00:26:38,830 --> 00:26:40,465
THE RENTERS COMMISSION FOR ABOUT

512
00:26:40,465 --> 00:26:43,935
TWO YEARS. I AM A STANDARD 

513
00:26:43,935 --> 00:26:48,740
MAYORAL EMPLOYED T -- APPOINTEE.

514
00:26:48,740 --> 00:26:50,375
ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO 

515
00:26:50,375 --> 00:26:53,044
MENTION TODAY IS KATE AND I HAVE

516
00:26:53,044 --> 00:26:54,579
BEEN INTERIM COCHAIRS FOR A YEAR

517
00:26:54,579 --> 00:26:56,648
NOW. WHEN THE PAST COCHAIRS, 

518
00:26:56,648 --> 00:26:59,751
WHEN THEIR TENURE ENDED, WE WERE

519
00:26:59,751 --> 00:27:04,689
DECIDING ON NEW COCHAIRS BUT 

520
00:27:04,689 --> 00:27:06,324
THERE WERE ONLY FIVE OF US AND 

521
00:27:06,324 --> 00:27:07,792
SEVERAL PENDING SO IT DID NOT 

522
00:27:07,792 --> 00:27:10,462
FEEL RIGHT FOR US TO ELECT OUT 

523
00:27:10,462 --> 00:27:12,097
OF SUCH A SMALL GROUP WHO WOULD 

524
00:27:12,097 --> 00:27:14,032
BE THE COCHAIRS BEFORE THESE 

525
00:27:14,032 --> 00:27:15,533
PENDING COMMISSIONERS WERE ABLE 

526
00:27:15,533 --> 00:27:17,836
TO FILL IN THOSE ROLES. SO WE 

527
00:27:17,836 --> 00:27:20,839
JUST ABOUT A MONTH AGO 

528
00:27:20,839 --> 00:27:23,041
CELEBRATED OUR ONE YEAR 

529
00:27:23,041 --> 00:27:26,378
ANNIVERSARY OF BEING COCHAIRS 

530
00:27:26,378 --> 00:27:27,879
WITH THE SAME FIVE COMMISSIONERS

531
00:27:27,879 --> 00:27:30,649
ON BOARD AND THE NOTE THAT ONE 

532
00:27:30,649 --> 00:27:31,916
IS MOVING FOR GRAD SCHOOL SOON 

533
00:27:31,916 --> 00:27:34,019
SO WE ARE ABOUT TO BE DOWN TO 

534
00:27:34,019 --> 00:27:41,292
FOUR. WE HAVE HAD -- I CHECKED 

535
00:27:41,292 --> 00:27:46,765
THE RECORD. WE RECOMMENDED IFOR 

536
00:27:46,765 --> 00:27:47,999
APPOINTMENT IN NOVEMBER 2023. MY

537
00:27:47,999 --> 00:27:50,802
COLLEAGUES AND HOPEFUL 

538
00:27:50,802 --> 00:27:52,370
COLLEAGUES HAVE SHARED SO MANY 

539
00:27:52,370 --> 00:27:56,374
SALIENT POINTS. I ECHO EVERY BIT

540
00:27:56,374 --> 00:27:57,542
OF ANGER AND FRUSTRATION AND 

541
00:27:57,542 --> 00:28:00,478
PASSION. I KNOW THAT WE ARE 

542
00:28:00,478 --> 00:28:06,518
SHORT ON TIME BUT AS WE COME UP 

543
00:28:06,518 --> 00:28:07,252
ON THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY TWO 

544
00:28:07,252 --> 00:28:08,820
LETTERS THAT WERE SENT TO CITY 

545
00:28:08,820 --> 00:28:10,155
COUNCIL, I WANTED TO READ A 

546
00:28:10,155 --> 00:28:11,523
COUPLE NOTES FROM IT. THIS WAS 

547
00:28:11,523 --> 00:28:13,391
SENT AUGUST 4, 2024. WE ARE 

548
00:28:13,391 --> 00:28:18,063
WRITING TO DEMAND IMMEDIATE 

549
00:28:18,063 --> 00:28:18,763
ACTION REGARDING THE 

550
00:28:18,763 --> 00:28:19,764
LONG-OVERDUE APPOINTMENTS TO THE

551
00:28:19,764 --> 00:28:20,832
SEATTLE RENTERS COMMISSION. 

552
00:28:20,832 --> 00:28:22,333
DESPITE OUR REQUEST SINCE THE 

553
00:28:22,333 --> 00:28:23,935
BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, THE 

554
00:28:23,935 --> 00:28:25,637
COMMITTEE CHAIR HAS YET TO 

555
00:28:25,637 --> 00:28:26,805
REVIEW COMMISSIONER APPOINTMENTS

556
00:28:26,805 --> 00:28:33,511
AND ADD IT TO AGENDAS. THIS IS 

557
00:28:33,511 --> 00:28:34,379
UNACCEPTABLE AND UNDERMINES THE 

558
00:28:34,379 --> 00:28:35,547
REPRESENTATION OF MORE THAN HALF

559
00:28:35,547 --> 00:28:40,251
THE SEATTLE POPULATION. WE HAVE 

560
00:28:40,251 --> 00:28:41,419
ONLY SIX COMMISSIONERS OF THE 

561
00:28:41,419 --> 00:28:45,590
MANDATED 16. THE LACK OF BLACK 

562
00:28:45,590 --> 00:28:47,325
COMMISSIONERS IS ESPECIALLY 

563
00:28:47,325 --> 00:28:49,394
CONCERNING GIVING SEATTLE'S 

564
00:28:49,394 --> 00:28:51,796
HISTORY OF GENTRIFICATION. THE 

565
00:28:51,796 --> 00:28:54,399
CURRENT COMPOSITION FAILS TO 

566
00:28:54,399 --> 00:28:56,568
REFLECT THE DIVERSITY OF OUR 

567
00:28:56,568 --> 00:28:59,971
CITY . I WILL EDITORIALIZE FOR A

568
00:28:59,971 --> 00:29:02,941
MOMENT TO ADD THE CURRENT 

569
00:29:02,941 --> 00:29:06,177
CLIMATE STATE AND TRULY NATIONAL

570
00:29:06,177 --> 00:29:07,946
STATE OF EMERGENCY WE ARE IN AND

571
00:29:07,946 --> 00:29:09,881
HOW MUCH MORE IMPORTANT ALL OF 

572
00:29:09,881 --> 00:29:14,819
THESE THINGS , OUR WORK IS AND 

573
00:29:14,819 --> 00:29:17,589
PUTTING POLICIES IN PLACE 

574
00:29:17,589 --> 00:29:22,927
BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE 

575
00:29:22,927 --> 00:29:25,463
MORE RENTERS COMING. OUR ROLE 

576
00:29:25,463 --> 00:29:28,733
INCLUDES ISSUES ON POLICIES FOR 

577
00:29:28,733 --> 00:29:30,869
RENTERS SUCH AS HOUSING 

578
00:29:30,869 --> 00:29:35,440
AFFORDABILITY , ECONOMIC 

579
00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:36,374
DEVELOPMENT. THE COUNCIL OF 

580
00:29:36,374 --> 00:29:37,809
BLACK ENGAGEMENT SHOWS A 

581
00:29:37,809 --> 00:29:39,944
MISGUIDED VIEW THAT IT CAN BE 

582
00:29:39,944 --> 00:29:42,447
IGNORED RATHER THAN A VALUABLE 

583
00:29:42,447 --> 00:29:44,382
COLLABORATOR FOR THE COMMUNITY. 

584
00:29:44,382 --> 00:29:50,088
THIS IS DETRIMENTAL TO THE 

585
00:29:50,088 --> 00:29:51,256
GOVERNMENT OF OUR CITY. THE 

586
00:29:51,256 --> 00:29:52,056
HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES 

587
00:29:52,056 --> 00:29:53,057
COMMITTEE MUST PRIORITIZE THE 

588
00:29:53,057 --> 00:29:55,059
COMMITMENT OF NEW COMMISSIONERS 

589
00:29:55,059 --> 00:29:58,296
IMMEDIATELY. THE ONGOING NEGLECT

590
00:29:58,296 --> 00:30:00,498
NOT ONLY HAMPERS OUR WORK BUT 

591
00:30:00,498 --> 00:30:02,734
ALSO INSULTS THE COMMUNITIES WE 

592
00:30:02,734 --> 00:30:04,402
AIM TO SERVE. I WILL JUST CLOSE 

593
00:30:04,402 --> 00:30:08,573
WITH A THANK YOU FOR THE 

594
00:30:08,573 --> 00:30:10,041
GRATITUDE THAT WE ARE ALL HERE. 

595
00:30:10,041 --> 00:30:12,210
WE WERE FINALLY PUT ON THE 

596
00:30:12,210 --> 00:30:14,779
AGENDA. I THINK THAT IS 

597
00:30:14,779 --> 00:30:18,483
NOTEWORTHY . JUST AGAIN ECHOING 

598
00:30:18,483 --> 00:30:22,754
THE DISAPPOINTMENT, ANGER, 

599
00:30:22,754 --> 00:30:23,655
FRUSTRATION AND PARTICULARLY FOR

600
00:30:23,655 --> 00:30:25,757
ME THINKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO 

601
00:30:25,757 --> 00:30:28,760
I'M SURE TOOK TIME OFF WORK AND

602
00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:32,997
ARE PHYSICALLY AT CITY HALL IN 

603
00:30:32,997 --> 00:30:35,934
PERSON ON WEDNESDAY MORNING ONLY

604
00:30:35,934 --> 00:30:39,270
TO HAVE THE MEETING DELAYED, 

605
00:30:39,270 --> 00:30:44,042
DELAYED, AND CANCELED AND NOW 

606
00:30:44,042 --> 00:30:45,610
BACK INTO THIS LIMBO OF NOT 

607
00:30:45,610 --> 00:30:47,445
KNOWING WHEN OR WHETHER 

608
00:30:47,445 --> 00:30:49,080
APPOINTMENTS WILL BE MADE. THANK

609
00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:49,314
YOU. 

610
00:30:49,314 --> 00:30:53,751
>> THANK YOU. 

611
00:30:53,751 --> 00:30:54,385
>> LAURA. 

612
00:30:54,385 --> 00:30:56,120
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU 

613
00:30:56,120 --> 00:30:57,989
TO ALL OF THE POTENTIAL 

614
00:30:57,989 --> 00:30:59,424
APPOINTEES THAT ARE HERE IN 

615
00:30:59,424 --> 00:31:03,127
PERSON, ONLINE. THANK YOU FOR 

616
00:31:03,127 --> 00:31:04,696
SHARING YOUR STORIES AND BEING 

617
00:31:04,696 --> 00:31:10,301
HERE. I WILL JUST READ THROUGH. 

618
00:31:10,301 --> 00:31:11,369
THERE ARE SIX REMAINING 

619
00:31:11,369 --> 00:31:19,177
APPOINTEES. I WILL JUST READ OUT

620
00:31:19,177 --> 00:31:20,678
THEIR BIOS AND NAME THEM. JUST 

621
00:31:20,678 --> 00:31:23,781
LET ME KNOW AT ANY POINT IF YOU 

622
00:31:23,781 --> 00:31:29,888
NEED TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT 

623
00:31:29,888 --> 00:31:31,456
PORTION. I AM LAURA JENKINS THE 

624
00:31:31,456 --> 00:31:32,957
STAFF LIAISON FOR THE RENTERS 

625
00:31:32,957 --> 00:31:34,158
COMMISSION. I WORK IN THE 

626
00:31:34,158 --> 00:31:34,959
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS. 

627
00:31:34,959 --> 00:31:36,361
FIRST, WE HAVE ADORA BLUE. A 

628
00:31:36,361 --> 00:31:39,797
RENTER LIVING IN PINEHURST. 

629
00:31:39,797 --> 00:31:40,999
RAISED IN A WEALTHY NEIGHBORHOOD

630
00:31:40,999 --> 00:31:44,235
AND SO, AND MOVED TO SEATTLE 

631
00:31:44,235 --> 00:31:45,670
WHERE SHE EXPERIENCED RENTING IN

632
00:31:45,670 --> 00:31:49,874
A LARGE VARIETY OF AREAS AND 

633
00:31:49,874 --> 00:31:50,708
ARRANGEMENTS. SHE BECAME 

634
00:31:50,708 --> 00:31:52,176
INVOLVED IN HOUSING ACTIVISM IN 

635
00:31:52,176 --> 00:31:56,915
2020 AND INSPIRED THE COVID-19 

636
00:31:56,915 --> 00:31:59,984
MUTUAL AID EFFORTS. EVENTUALLY 

637
00:31:59,984 --> 00:32:02,120
JOINED THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT

638
00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:05,189
B SEATTLE A LOCAL NONPROFIT. 

639
00:32:05,189 --> 00:32:06,691
MORE RECENTLY SHE STARTED 

640
00:32:06,691 --> 00:32:09,827
MULTIPLE RENT -- EFFORTS TO HELP

641
00:32:09,827 --> 00:32:11,162
TRANS PEOPLE FLEEING FROM 

642
00:32:11,162 --> 00:32:15,266
PERSECUTION IN OTHER STATES WHEN

643
00:32:15,266 --> 00:32:16,968
THEY MOVED TO WASHINGTON AND 

644
00:32:16,968 --> 00:32:19,237
SPECIFICALLY SEATTLE. LEADING TO

645
00:32:19,237 --> 00:32:20,972
CREATING A CATCH NETWORK FOR 

646
00:32:20,972 --> 00:32:23,942
TEMPORARY HOUSING TO RELOCATE 

647
00:32:23,942 --> 00:32:25,043
TRANS-FOLKS WHO OFTEN WOULD 

648
00:32:25,043 --> 00:32:26,344
OTHERWISE END UP UNANNOUNCED. 

649
00:32:26,344 --> 00:32:29,847
TRANS PEOPLE ARE AND ESPECIALLY 

650
00:32:29,847 --> 00:32:31,349
HOUSING INSECURE POPULATION DUE 

651
00:32:31,349 --> 00:32:33,885
TO THE PREVALENCE OF LOSING 

652
00:32:33,885 --> 00:32:35,353
ACCESS TO FAMILY HOMES AND THE 

653
00:32:35,353 --> 00:32:37,789
FAMILY SUPPORT THAT WOULD ALLOW 

654
00:32:37,789 --> 00:32:39,190
FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT. IT'S 

655
00:32:39,190 --> 00:32:40,725
ALSO THE BIGGEST OBSTACLE THAT 

656
00:32:40,725 --> 00:32:43,194
MAKES SEATTLE A HARD PLACE TO 

657
00:32:43,194 --> 00:32:44,595
MOVE TO FOR DISADVANTAGED 

658
00:32:44,595 --> 00:32:47,265
PEOPLE. SHE WANTS TO REDUCE 

659
00:32:47,265 --> 00:32:48,566
BARRIERS AND MAKE SEATTLE NOT 

660
00:32:48,566 --> 00:32:49,500
JUST SAFE BUT ALSO ACCESSIBLE 

661
00:32:49,500 --> 00:32:55,139
FOR TRANS PEOPLE, DISABLED 

662
00:32:55,139 --> 00:32:56,474
PEOPLE AND PEOPLE BEING FORCED 

663
00:32:56,474 --> 00:32:57,709
TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES DUE TO 

664
00:32:57,709 --> 00:32:58,676
REGRESSIVE GOVERNMENT. NEXT UP 

665
00:32:58,676 --> 00:33:03,915
IS KASEY BURTON. CASEY IS AN 

666
00:33:03,915 --> 00:33:04,882
EXPERIENCED LANDLORD-TENANT LAW 

667
00:33:04,882 --> 00:33:08,186
ATTORNEY WOULD LIKE TO 

668
00:33:08,186 --> 00:33:09,487
CONTRIBUTE LEGAL SKILLS AND 

669
00:33:09,487 --> 00:33:12,323
SHAPE POLICIES TO ASSURE TENANTS

670
00:33:12,323 --> 00:33:13,725
RIGHTS AND ENSURE FAIR 

671
00:33:13,725 --> 00:33:16,561
PRACTICES. SHE CAN ADVOCATE FOR 

672
00:33:16,561 --> 00:33:18,930
STRONGER LEGAL PROTECTIONS, HELP

673
00:33:18,930 --> 00:33:20,565
IDENTIFY GAPS IN CURRENT LAWS 

674
00:33:20,565 --> 00:33:22,633
AND OFFER EXPERT LEGAL INSIGHT 

675
00:33:22,633 --> 00:33:24,602
ON ISSUES LIKE EVICTION 

676
00:33:24,602 --> 00:33:29,907
PREVENTION AND OTHER STANDARDS. 

677
00:33:29,907 --> 00:33:30,875
JOINING THE COMMISSION ALSO 

678
00:33:30,875 --> 00:33:34,979
PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY TO 

679
00:33:34,979 --> 00:33:35,747
COLLABORATE WITH COMMUNITY 

680
00:33:35,747 --> 00:33:36,614
LEADERS, STAKEHOLDERS AND OTHER 

681
00:33:36,614 --> 00:33:37,482
PROFESSIONALS TO CREATE MORE 

682
00:33:37,482 --> 00:33:38,449
EQUITABLE HOUSING ENVIRONMENT 

683
00:33:38,449 --> 00:33:42,453
FOR RENTERS. NEXT IS ANGELA 

684
00:33:42,453 --> 00:33:46,124
O'BRIEN. RAISED IN SEATTLE AND 

685
00:33:46,124 --> 00:33:47,025
PASSIONATE ABOUT SOCIAL JUSTICE 

686
00:33:47,025 --> 00:33:51,763
DRIVEN BY A DEEP BELIEF IN 

687
00:33:51,763 --> 00:33:53,097
FAIRNESS AND EQUALITY. WITH A 

688
00:33:53,097 --> 00:33:53,898
BACKGROUND IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING

689
00:33:53,898 --> 00:33:57,435
AND GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING SHE 

690
00:33:57,435 --> 00:33:58,603
BRINGS THE UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE TO

691
00:33:58,603 --> 00:34:00,071
SOCIAL JUSTICE BY ADVOCATING AND

692
00:34:00,071 --> 00:34:01,372
EDUCATING. HER COMMITMENT TO 

693
00:34:01,372 --> 00:34:02,707
POSITIVE CHANGES DEMONSTRATED 

694
00:34:02,707 --> 00:34:04,008
THROUGH ORGANIZING COMMUNITY 

695
00:34:04,008 --> 00:34:06,110
OUTREACH PROGRAMS AND 

696
00:34:06,110 --> 00:34:10,214
INFLUENCING POLICY CHANGE. AS A 

697
00:34:10,214 --> 00:34:11,149
CASE MANAGER FOR GOODWILL 

698
00:34:11,149 --> 00:34:12,717
DEDICATED TO FUTURE GOALS, 

699
00:34:12,717 --> 00:34:13,818
CREATING A MORE JUST AND 

700
00:34:13,818 --> 00:34:15,353
EQUITABLE WORLD FOR ALL. KAREN 

701
00:34:15,353 --> 00:34:20,892
TAYLOR IS A DISABLED RENTER IN 

702
00:34:20,892 --> 00:34:22,326
THE BEACON HILL AREA. LIVING ON 

703
00:34:22,326 --> 00:34:27,165
A FIXED INCOME FROM SSDI AND HER

704
00:34:27,165 --> 00:34:28,633
20 YEARS AS A RENTER HAS DEALT 

705
00:34:28,633 --> 00:34:30,368
WITH VARIOUS ISSUES SUCH AS LACK

706
00:34:30,368 --> 00:34:32,937
OF ACCESSIBLE UNITS, HAVING TO 

707
00:34:32,937 --> 00:34:34,539
SPEND 70% OF INCOME ON RENT AND 

708
00:34:34,539 --> 00:34:36,841
THE CONSTANT NEED TO FIND NEW 

709
00:34:36,841 --> 00:34:38,576
ROOMMATES TO AFFORD A PLACE TO 

710
00:34:38,576 --> 00:34:41,045
LIVE. SHE RENTS FROM A SMALL 

711
00:34:41,045 --> 00:34:42,246
LANDLORD AND IS PASSIONATE ABOUT

712
00:34:42,246 --> 00:34:43,614
RENTER PROTECTIONS INCLUDING 

713
00:34:43,614 --> 00:34:47,685
RENTERS RENT FROM LANDLORD TO 

714
00:34:47,685 --> 00:34:49,153
MANAGE ONLY A SMALL NUMBER OF 

715
00:34:49,153 --> 00:34:51,689
PROPERTIES AND EXTENDING TO SUB 

716
00:34:51,689 --> 00:34:53,057
LETTERS. AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE

717
00:34:53,057 --> 00:34:58,663
TRANSIT WRITERS UNION . SHE 

718
00:34:58,663 --> 00:34:59,897
IMAGINES A WORLD WHERE EVERYONE 

719
00:34:59,897 --> 00:35:03,501
WHO NEEDS THEM HAS ACCESSIBLE 

720
00:35:03,501 --> 00:35:05,503
UNITS AND CAN LIVE ON THEIR OWN 

721
00:35:05,503 --> 00:35:07,438
IF THEY SO CHOOSE. SAMUEL 

722
00:35:07,438 --> 00:35:09,307
WOLFSON HAS LIVED IN SEATTLE HIS

723
00:35:09,307 --> 00:35:10,675
ENTIRE LIFE AND SAW FIRSTHAND 

724
00:35:10,675 --> 00:35:11,843
THE EXPLOSION OF GROWTH THAT 

725
00:35:11,843 --> 00:35:14,445
CAME WITH THE NEWFOUND POSITION 

726
00:35:14,445 --> 00:35:19,150
AS A HUB FOR TECHNOLOGY. AS 

727
00:35:19,150 --> 00:35:20,318
SOMEONE WHO LOVES SEATTLE AND 

728
00:35:20,318 --> 00:35:21,919
WANTS TO SEE IT THRIVE HE 

729
00:35:21,919 --> 00:35:22,854
UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF 

730
00:35:22,854 --> 00:35:23,421
MAKING HOUSING AFFORDABLE, 

731
00:35:23,421 --> 00:35:27,425
WELCOMING AND PLENTIFUL FOR THE 

732
00:35:27,425 --> 00:35:28,359
INCREASINGLY LARGE NUMBER OF 

733
00:35:28,359 --> 00:35:29,727
PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LIVE HERE. 

734
00:35:29,727 --> 00:35:34,932
LAST UP WE HAVE ANDREW , A 

735
00:35:34,932 --> 00:35:36,567
DEDICATED ADVOCATE FOR EQUITY, 

736
00:35:36,567 --> 00:35:39,904
PUBLIC HEALTH, AND HOUSING 

737
00:35:39,904 --> 00:35:41,706
JUSTICE WITH DEEP ROOTS IN 

738
00:35:41,706 --> 00:35:43,541
SEATTLE'S COMMUNITY, ORGANIZING

739
00:35:43,541 --> 00:35:44,775
AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. AS A 

740
00:35:44,775 --> 00:35:46,644
RENTER AND LONGTIME LEADER IN 

741
00:35:46,644 --> 00:35:51,782
LGBTQ PLUS ADVOCACY, THEY HAVE 

742
00:35:51,782 --> 00:35:52,817
CONSISTENTLY WORKED TO ELEVATE 

743
00:35:52,817 --> 00:35:53,618
THE VOICES OF MARGINALIZED 

744
00:35:53,618 --> 00:35:54,652
VOICES ACROSS THE COMMUNITY. 

745
00:35:54,652 --> 00:35:56,387
FROM SERVING ON THE COMMISSION 

746
00:35:56,387 --> 00:35:57,922
TO LEADING STATEWIDE EFFORTS 

747
00:35:57,922 --> 00:35:59,290
THROUGH THE WASHINGTON STONEWALL

748
00:35:59,290 --> 00:36:03,027
DEMOCRATS, ANDREW HAS CHAMPIONED

749
00:36:03,027 --> 00:36:04,495
POLICIES THAT ADDRESS HOUSING, 

750
00:36:04,495 --> 00:36:08,099
HEALTHCARE AND RACIAL JUSTICE. 

751
00:36:08,099 --> 00:36:09,300
THEIR PASSION FOR HOUSING IT 

752
00:36:09,300 --> 00:36:10,201
STEMS FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE 

753
00:36:10,201 --> 00:36:11,502
AND PROFESSIONAL WORK SUPPORTING

754
00:36:11,502 --> 00:36:12,570
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. ANDREW 

755
00:36:12,570 --> 00:36:17,475
BELIEVES HOUSING IS HUMAN RIGHT 

756
00:36:17,475 --> 00:36:18,609
AND THEY ARE COMMITTED TO 

757
00:36:18,609 --> 00:36:20,278
ADVANCING POLICIES TO PRINT -- 

758
00:36:20,278 --> 00:36:21,412
PREVENT DISPLACEMENT AND PROTECT

759
00:36:21,412 --> 00:36:25,316
AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR ALL. THEY

760
00:36:25,316 --> 00:36:26,584
SEEK TO SERVE ON THE RENTERS 

761
00:36:26,584 --> 00:36:27,518
COMMISSION TO BRING LIVED 

762
00:36:27,518 --> 00:36:28,953
EXPERIENCE, POLICY AND SITE AN 

763
00:36:28,953 --> 00:36:30,788
UNWAVERING ADVOCACY TO THE TABLE

764
00:36:30,788 --> 00:36:32,790
ENSURING RENTERS ARE NOT ONLY 

765
00:36:32,790 --> 00:36:35,126
HEARD BUT EMPOWERED IN SHAPING 

766
00:36:35,126 --> 00:36:37,161
THE FUTURE OF THE CITY. THOSE 

767
00:36:37,161 --> 00:36:40,264
ARE ALL OF THE REMAINING 

768
00:36:40,264 --> 00:36:42,200
APPOINTEES WHO WERE NOT ABLE TO 

769
00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:46,737
MAKE IT. ANDREW WAS HERE AT CITY

770
00:36:46,737 --> 00:36:48,005
HALL BUT ENDED UP LEAVING AFTER 

771
00:36:48,005 --> 00:36:51,475
SOME OF THE DELAYS. HE DID 

772
00:36:51,475 --> 00:36:55,279
ATTEMPT TO BE HERE AS WELL. 

773
00:36:55,279 --> 00:36:56,414
>> AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR 

774
00:36:56,414 --> 00:36:57,548
PRESENTING ON THOSE FOLKS. 

775
00:36:57,548 --> 00:37:00,751
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, DO YOU HAVE

776
00:37:00,751 --> 00:37:04,922
ANY COMMENTS? 

777
00:37:04,922 --> 00:37:07,225
>> THANK YOU. AS WAS MENTIONED, 

778
00:37:07,225 --> 00:37:09,160
THE RENTERS COMMISSION HAS NOT 

779
00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:13,331
HAD APPOINTMENTS IN ABOUT A YEAR

780
00:37:13,331 --> 00:37:14,966
AND A HALF. IT'S MY WORKING 

781
00:37:14,966 --> 00:37:16,033
UNDERSTANDING THAT NO OTHER 

782
00:37:16,033 --> 00:37:20,104
COMMISSION HAS EXPERIENCED THIS 

783
00:37:20,104 --> 00:37:21,706
PROFOUND OF A CHALLENGE WHEN IT 

784
00:37:21,706 --> 00:37:23,074
COMES TO APPOINTMENTS BY THIS 

785
00:37:23,074 --> 00:37:24,842
BODY. I WANT TO SAY ON BEHALF OF

786
00:37:24,842 --> 00:37:28,546
THIS BODY I WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO

787
00:37:28,546 --> 00:37:30,081
EACH OF YOU. FOR EVERYONE WHO 

788
00:37:30,081 --> 00:37:32,717
HAS COME IN PERSON AND ALSO 

789
00:37:32,717 --> 00:37:33,718
THOSE ONLINE. I WANT TO 

790
00:37:33,718 --> 00:37:35,620
APOLOGIZE TO EACH OF YOU FOR NOT

791
00:37:35,620 --> 00:37:36,787
BEING ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD 

792
00:37:36,787 --> 00:37:40,124
TODAY. THIS IS SO DISRESPECTFUL 

793
00:37:40,124 --> 00:37:42,693
. IT IS HARD FOR ME TO READ THIS

794
00:37:42,693 --> 00:37:45,896
AS ANYTHING OTHER THAN 

795
00:37:45,896 --> 00:37:47,465
INTENTIONAL SUPPRESSION OF 

796
00:37:47,465 --> 00:37:51,002
REPRESENTATION. SEATTLE IS A 

797
00:37:51,002 --> 00:37:55,506
MAJORITY RENTER CITY. I AM THE 

798
00:37:55,506 --> 00:37:57,675
ONLY MEMBER OF THIS BODY THAT IS

799
00:37:57,675 --> 00:38:08,185
A RENTER. WE ARE THE MAJORITY 

800
00:38:08,653 --> 00:38:09,954
AND RENTERS ARE MUCH MORE LIKELY

801
00:38:09,954 --> 00:38:11,155
TO BE DISPLACED AND EXPERIENCE 

802
00:38:11,155 --> 00:38:12,156
HOMELESSNESS. WORKING PEOPLE ARE

803
00:38:12,156 --> 00:38:13,724
BEING DISPLACED FROM THIS CITY 

804
00:38:13,724 --> 00:38:17,395
EVERY DAY AS WE FAIL TO ADDRESS 

805
00:38:17,395 --> 00:38:19,130
THE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS. WE 

806
00:38:19,130 --> 00:38:22,600
HAVE BEEN IN A STATE OF 

807
00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:23,834
EMERGENCY ON HOMELESSNESS FOR 

808
00:38:23,834 --> 00:38:27,271
YEARS. WE ARE LOSING FEDERAL 

809
00:38:27,271 --> 00:38:28,873
RESOURCES FOR HOUSING AND HUMAN 

810
00:38:28,873 --> 00:38:31,309
SERVICES. I KNOW THAT WE WILL 

811
00:38:31,309 --> 00:38:32,543
HEAR A PRESENTATION TODAY ON 

812
00:38:32,543 --> 00:38:33,744
SOME OF THE FEDERAL RESOURCES 

813
00:38:33,744 --> 00:38:37,715
BUT THAT IS CRITICAL ACTION WE 

814
00:38:37,715 --> 00:38:39,116
CANNOT TAKE. THAT IS $30 MILLION

815
00:38:39,116 --> 00:38:41,485
WE HAVE NOT LOST YET . MEMBERS 

816
00:38:41,485 --> 00:38:43,054
OF THIS BODY CONTINUED TO STATE 

817
00:38:43,054 --> 00:38:44,689
THEY ARE SO CONCERNED ABOUT 

818
00:38:44,689 --> 00:38:46,157
LOSING FEDERAL FUNDING AND WE 

819
00:38:46,157 --> 00:38:48,092
ARE THE ONES THROWING THIS INTO 

820
00:38:48,092 --> 00:38:50,628
JEOPARDY. I WANT TO REMIND FOLKS

821
00:38:50,628 --> 00:38:53,297
THAT FOR ANYONE WHO IS TUNED IN 

822
00:38:53,297 --> 00:38:55,366
RIGHT NOW, THIS IS NOT A 

823
00:38:55,366 --> 00:38:57,234
COMMITTEE MEETING . IT'S JUST A

824
00:38:57,234 --> 00:39:02,473
COMMUNITY MEETING. IT IS THE 

825
00:39:02,473 --> 00:39:03,207
COUNCIL MEMBERS CHARTERED 

826
00:39:03,207 --> 00:39:04,775
RESPONSIBILITY TO BE AT THESE 

827
00:39:04,775 --> 00:39:06,644
MEETINGS. THIS IS LITERALLY OUR 

828
00:39:06,644 --> 00:39:08,145
JOB. I FIND IT DEEPLY 

829
00:39:08,145 --> 00:39:09,814
FRUSTRATING THAT PEOPLE TOOK 

830
00:39:09,814 --> 00:39:13,851
TIME TO LEAVE THEIR JOBS IN THE 

831
00:39:13,851 --> 00:39:17,588
MIDDLE OF THE DAY AND YET NOT 

832
00:39:17,588 --> 00:39:18,956
EVERY MEMBER OF THIS COMMITTEE 

833
00:39:18,956 --> 00:39:25,629
COULD SHOW UP TO DO THERE'S. I 

834
00:39:25,629 --> 00:39:27,398
KNOW WE ARE ON A TIME CRUNCH. WE

835
00:39:27,398 --> 00:39:30,601
MISSED CRITICAL TIME AND I'M 

836
00:39:30,601 --> 00:39:31,869
MINDFUL THAT WE HAVE TIME 

837
00:39:31,869 --> 00:39:33,337
CONSTRAINTS. I WANT TO CONTINUE 

838
00:39:33,337 --> 00:39:34,472
THE CONVERSATION WITH EACH OF 

839
00:39:34,472 --> 00:39:37,408
YOU TO BE SURE WE ARE FULLY 

840
00:39:37,408 --> 00:39:38,109
UNDERSTANDING THE CHALLENGES 

841
00:39:38,109 --> 00:39:40,811
THAT RENTERS EXPERIENCE AT THIS 

842
00:39:40,811 --> 00:39:41,946
TIME. YOU HAVE MY COMMITMENT 

843
00:39:41,946 --> 00:39:45,983
THAT WE WILL MAKE SURE WE SEE 

844
00:39:45,983 --> 00:39:46,984
THROUGH THESE APPOINTMENTS AND 

845
00:39:46,984 --> 00:39:51,155
THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL DELAY . 

846
00:39:51,155 --> 00:39:56,527
WITH THAT SAID, I HAVE TO CLOSE 

847
00:39:56,527 --> 00:39:59,530
BY EXPRESSING MY DEEP 

848
00:39:59,530 --> 00:40:02,733
FRUSTRATION WITH THE SITUATION 

849
00:40:02,733 --> 00:40:04,835
WE FIND OURSELVES IN TODAY AND I

850
00:40:04,835 --> 00:40:07,204
CALL ON OUR COLLEAGUES TO DO 

851
00:40:07,204 --> 00:40:08,572
BETTER. 

852
00:40:08,572 --> 00:40:10,975
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I ALSO 

853
00:40:10,975 --> 00:40:14,645
WANT TO APOLOGIZE THAT WE ARE 

854
00:40:14,645 --> 00:40:16,347
NOT ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD ON 

855
00:40:16,347 --> 00:40:18,315
ADVANCING YOUR NAMES AT THIS 

856
00:40:18,315 --> 00:40:23,788
TIME . I APOLOGIZE FOR YOU 

857
00:40:23,788 --> 00:40:27,625
TAKING THE TIME OUT OF YOUR DAY 

858
00:40:27,625 --> 00:40:29,460
TO COME DOWN HERE AND BE 

859
00:40:29,460 --> 00:40:32,763
FRUSTRATED. I WANT TO ECHO THAT 

860
00:40:32,763 --> 00:40:37,668
WE NEED TO DO BETTER . I WANT TO

861
00:40:37,668 --> 00:40:40,271
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, THANK 

862
00:40:40,271 --> 00:40:41,906
YOU FOR BEING WILLING TO GIVE OF

863
00:40:41,906 --> 00:40:46,744
YOUR TIME TO DO THIS WORK 

864
00:40:46,744 --> 00:40:53,751
VOLUNTARILY. IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT

865
00:40:53,751 --> 00:40:54,852
YOUR CHARACTER THAT YOU ARE 

866
00:40:54,852 --> 00:40:56,887
WILLING TO GIVE YOUR TIME, YOUR 

867
00:40:56,887 --> 00:40:59,590
ENERGY, YOUR EFFORT TO ADVOCATE 

868
00:40:59,590 --> 00:41:01,992
FOR FOLKS AND NOT GET PAID FOR 

869
00:41:01,992 --> 00:41:06,597
IT . THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK 

870
00:41:06,597 --> 00:41:08,365
YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR 

871
00:41:08,365 --> 00:41:10,167
SACRIFICE. THANK YOU FOR BEING 

872
00:41:10,167 --> 00:41:13,471
HERE TODAY. AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE 

873
00:41:13,471 --> 00:41:15,105
WE ARE NOT ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD 

874
00:41:15,105 --> 00:41:18,442
AT THIS TIME. WITH THAT, I HOPE 

875
00:41:18,442 --> 00:41:21,212
THAT YOU ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR 

876
00:41:21,212 --> 00:41:25,483
DAY . THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 

877
00:41:25,483 --> 00:41:25,983
BEING HERE. 

878
00:41:25,983 --> 00:41:28,385
>> I HAVE ONE MORE QUICK NOTE. 

879
00:41:28,385 --> 00:41:32,656
>> I JUST WANTED TO ADD A QUICK 

880
00:41:32,656 --> 00:41:34,525
NOTE OF THANKS TO THE END OF THE

881
00:41:34,525 --> 00:41:36,727
LIST JUST CALLING OUT LORI 

882
00:41:36,727 --> 00:41:40,598
JENKINS OUR CITY LIAISON. IT IS 

883
00:41:40,598 --> 00:41:43,501
DUE TO LAURA ESPECIALLY AT A 

884
00:41:43,501 --> 00:41:45,402
CAPACITY OF FIVE COMMISSIONERS 

885
00:41:45,402 --> 00:41:46,804
THE RENTERS COMMISSION IS ABLE 

886
00:41:46,804 --> 00:41:50,140
TO STILL GET THINGS DONE. I JUST

887
00:41:50,140 --> 00:41:52,343
WANTED TO GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT 

888
00:41:52,343 --> 00:41:56,580
TO HER FOR BEING HERE, ALL OF 

889
00:41:56,580 --> 00:41:57,781
HER HARD WORK AND REPRESENTING 

890
00:41:57,781 --> 00:41:58,716
THE PENDING COMMISSIONERS WHO 

891
00:41:58,716 --> 00:42:00,918
WERE NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY. 

892
00:42:00,918 --> 00:42:01,218
[APPLAUSE]. 

893
00:42:01,218 --> 00:42:03,153
>> LAURA DESERVES THAT APPLAUSE.

894
00:42:03,153 --> 00:42:07,291
THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR NEXT 

895
00:42:07,291 --> 00:42:12,263
PERSON , IF WE CAN HAVE YOU COME

896
00:42:12,263 --> 00:42:22,806
UP PLEASE. THE OTHER -- CAN THE 

897
00:42:30,814 --> 00:42:32,016
OTHER PROSPECTIVE APPOINTEE COME

898
00:42:32,016 --> 00:42:42,293
FORWARD PLEASE? 

899
00:42:50,134 --> 00:42:59,510
>> GOOD MORNING . MY NAME IS 

900
00:42:59,510 --> 00:43:00,611
JANET STAFFORD. I'M WITH THE 

901
00:43:00,611 --> 00:43:01,979
SEATTLE OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS.

902
00:43:01,979 --> 00:43:07,618
IN OUR OFFICE WE HAS 

903
00:43:07,618 --> 00:43:08,419
COMMISSIONS, SPECIFICALLY THE 

904
00:43:08,419 --> 00:43:09,987
SEATTLE DISABILITY COMMISSION 

905
00:43:09,987 --> 00:43:12,590
WHO HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN THE 

906
00:43:12,590 --> 00:43:16,493
LAST 15 YEARS, ADVOCATING FOR 

907
00:43:16,493 --> 00:43:17,328
DISABILITY JUSTICE. TODAY WE 

908
00:43:17,328 --> 00:43:19,163
HAVE WITH US A RECOMMENDED 

909
00:43:19,163 --> 00:43:21,365
COMMISSIONER, SCOT NELSON THAT 

910
00:43:21,365 --> 00:43:24,134
HAS BEEN AN ACTIVE MEMBER FOR 

911
00:43:24,134 --> 00:43:25,736
THE LAST FEW MONTHS. I WOULD 

912
00:43:25,736 --> 00:43:29,039
LIKE TO PASS IT ON TO HIM TO 

913
00:43:29,039 --> 00:43:30,941
SHARE SOME WORDS. 

914
00:43:30,941 --> 00:43:32,076
>> THANK YOU. 

915
00:43:32,076 --> 00:43:36,614
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FIRST 

916
00:43:36,614 --> 00:43:40,351
OFF I WOULD LIKE TO SAY INFINITE

917
00:43:40,351 --> 00:43:41,819
SOLIDARITY WITH THE RENTERS 

918
00:43:41,819 --> 00:43:44,688
COMMISSION FOLKS. THERE'S A 

919
00:43:44,688 --> 00:43:45,789
REASON WHY HOUSING AND HUMAN 

920
00:43:45,789 --> 00:43:47,358
SERVICES ARE PAIRED TOGETHER. 

921
00:43:47,358 --> 00:43:48,626
DISABILITY, HOMELESSNESS, 

922
00:43:48,626 --> 00:43:51,295
QUESTIONS OF HOW WE HELP PEOPLE 

923
00:43:51,295 --> 00:43:54,431
IN HARD TIMES ARE INTRINSICALLY 

924
00:43:54,431 --> 00:43:56,133
LINKED. I WANT TO RESPECT THAT. 

925
00:43:56,133 --> 00:44:01,572
MY NAME IS SCOT NELSON, NO 

926
00:44:01,572 --> 00:44:02,706
RELATION. I USE HE/HIM PRONOUNS 

927
00:44:02,706 --> 00:44:04,141
AND WORK FOR THE CITY OF 

928
00:44:04,141 --> 00:44:06,210
SEATTLE. I AM NOT THE NELSON 

929
00:44:06,210 --> 00:44:07,811
WITH TUTEES IN THE FIRE 

930
00:44:07,811 --> 00:44:15,219
DEPARTMENT . I WORK FOR THE 

931
00:44:15,219 --> 00:44:16,387
DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION. AT THE

932
00:44:16,387 --> 00:44:18,455
COMMUNITY CENTER. I GREW UP IN 

933
00:44:18,455 --> 00:44:19,890
SOUTH TACOMA. FOR THE LAST FIVE 

934
00:44:19,890 --> 00:44:21,759
YEARS I HAVE LIVED IN DISTRICT 2

935
00:44:21,759 --> 00:44:25,529
IN THE CID AS A CARLESS RENTER. 

936
00:44:25,529 --> 00:44:27,831
I'M ALSO SOMEONE WHO LIVES WITH

937
00:44:27,831 --> 00:44:30,034
AND HAS MANY LOVED ONES WITH 

938
00:44:30,034 --> 00:44:33,937
DISABILITIES. I HAVE BEEN 

939
00:44:33,937 --> 00:44:34,905
NOMINATED TO THE DISABILITY 

940
00:44:34,905 --> 00:44:35,906
COMMISSION WHICH IS AN 

941
00:44:35,906 --> 00:44:37,675
INCREDIBLE HONOR. I SEEK TO BE 

942
00:44:37,675 --> 00:44:40,811
CONCERNED -- CONFIRMED SO I CAN 

943
00:44:40,811 --> 00:44:42,479
LEVERAGE MY DATA SCIENCE AND 

944
00:44:42,479 --> 00:44:44,782
COMMUNITY BACKGROUND AND MY 

945
00:44:44,782 --> 00:44:46,183
UNIQUE POSITION AS A CITY OF 

946
00:44:46,183 --> 00:44:47,384
SEATTLE EMPLOYEE TO ASSIST THE 

947
00:44:47,384 --> 00:44:48,919
COMMISSION TO AMPLIFY EFFORTS IN

948
00:44:48,919 --> 00:44:51,422
ADVOCACY, TRANSPORTATION AND 

949
00:44:51,422 --> 00:44:53,791
EMPLOYMENT. I BELIEVE HOW WE 

950
00:44:53,791 --> 00:44:55,492
CREATE AXIS POINTS AND PROVIDE 

951
00:44:55,492 --> 00:44:59,797
RIGHTS TO DISABLED FAMILY AND 

952
00:44:59,797 --> 00:45:01,031
NEIGHBORS IS A KEY INDICATOR FOR

953
00:45:01,031 --> 00:45:02,800
HOW SOCIETY IS GOING AS A WHOLE.

954
00:45:02,800 --> 00:45:04,134
AS A YOUNG PERSON IT IS 

955
00:45:04,134 --> 00:45:06,704
SOMETIMES HARD NOT TO BE CYNICAL

956
00:45:06,704 --> 00:45:08,672
I THINK THAT WE ARE COOKED. 

957
00:45:08,672 --> 00:45:11,675
MYSELF AND MANY OTHER YOUNG 

958
00:45:11,675 --> 00:45:13,043
FOLKS WHO I ENCOURAGE TO APPLY 

959
00:45:13,043 --> 00:45:14,411
TO THE DISABILITY COMMISSION 

960
00:45:14,411 --> 00:45:16,780
CANNOT STOP FIGHTING ANYWAYS. 

961
00:45:16,780 --> 00:45:18,682
THAT IS WHY I WOULD LIKE TO BE 

962
00:45:18,682 --> 00:45:20,417
PART OF THIS FANTASTIC 

963
00:45:20,417 --> 00:45:21,785
COMMISSION WITH INCREDIBLE 

964
00:45:21,785 --> 00:45:25,122
MEMBERS SUPPORTED BY SUCH A 

965
00:45:25,122 --> 00:45:28,625
WONDERFUL PERSON AS JADEN 

966
00:45:28,625 --> 00:45:30,627
STAFFORD. 

967
00:45:30,627 --> 00:45:37,067
>> THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR 

968
00:45:37,067 --> 00:45:39,503
OUR POTENTIAL COMMISSIONER? 

969
00:45:39,503 --> 00:45:44,408
COMMENTS? 

970
00:45:44,408 --> 00:45:46,543
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I 

971
00:45:46,543 --> 00:45:50,647
AM SORRY . I APPRECIATE YOUR 

972
00:45:50,647 --> 00:45:55,953
SERVICE TO OUR COMMISSION. I 

973
00:45:55,953 --> 00:45:59,189
SUPPOSE JUST A GENERAL QUESTION,

974
00:45:59,189 --> 00:46:01,058
HOW ARE YOU HOPING TO SEEK 

975
00:46:01,058 --> 00:46:02,593
COUNCIL ENGAGE WITH THE 

976
00:46:02,593 --> 00:46:04,128
COMMISSION. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK 

977
00:46:04,128 --> 00:46:07,865
LIKE AND HOW CAN WE DO BETTER? 

978
00:46:07,865 --> 00:46:13,070
>> I THINK IN GENERAL I WOULD 

979
00:46:13,070 --> 00:46:18,809
LIKE TO SEE A LOT MORE 

980
00:46:18,809 --> 00:46:19,877
AFFIRMATIVE STEPS TAKEN IN THE 

981
00:46:19,877 --> 00:46:23,413
REALM OF CREATING ACCESS AND 

982
00:46:23,413 --> 00:46:24,348
LEGISLATION THAT CITY COUNCIL 

983
00:46:24,348 --> 00:46:26,784
PUTS FORWARD. OFTEN TIMES WHEN 

984
00:46:26,784 --> 00:46:28,118
WE THINK ABOUT DISABILITY ACCESS

985
00:46:28,118 --> 00:46:30,788
WE THINK ABOUT IT IN A VERY 

986
00:46:30,788 --> 00:46:33,357
REACTIVE OR LEGALISTIC SENSE . 

987
00:46:33,357 --> 00:46:36,627
WE THINK ABOUT ADA COMPLIANCE 

988
00:46:36,627 --> 00:46:39,696
AND WE THINK ABOUT IT WITH THE 

989
00:46:39,696 --> 00:46:40,564
COMPLIANCE FRAMEWORK. JUST 

990
00:46:40,564 --> 00:46:46,670
TALKING ABOUT IT AS THINGS THAT 

991
00:46:46,670 --> 00:46:47,905
PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO. 

992
00:46:47,905 --> 00:46:49,573
TALKING ABOUT THE RIGHTS PEOPLE 

993
00:46:49,573 --> 00:46:52,943
HAVE TO ACCESS. WHEN IT COMES TO

994
00:46:52,943 --> 00:46:57,314
TRANSPORTATION OR JOBS, PEOPLE 

995
00:46:57,314 --> 00:46:59,516
WITH DISABILITIES HAVE THE SAME 

996
00:46:59,516 --> 00:47:02,519
RIGHT AS ANYBODY ELSE DOES. WHEN

997
00:47:02,519 --> 00:47:05,756
WE THINK ABOUT HOW WE LEGISLATE 

998
00:47:05,756 --> 00:47:07,591
THAT ARE HOW WE DISTRIBUTE 

999
00:47:07,591 --> 00:47:11,261
RESOURCES, THINKING ABOUT IT IN 

1000
00:47:11,261 --> 00:47:15,065
THOSE TERMS AS OPPOSED WILL BE 

1001
00:47:15,065 --> 00:47:17,000
LEGALLY PUNISHED IF WE DO NOT DO

1002
00:47:17,000 --> 00:47:20,470
THIS. I THINK THAT WOULD GO A 

1003
00:47:20,470 --> 00:47:21,572
LONG WAY TOWARDS PEOPLE'S 

1004
00:47:21,572 --> 00:47:23,340
CONCEPTION OF WHAT A GOOD 

1005
00:47:23,340 --> 00:47:27,444
SOCIETY IS. 

1006
00:47:27,444 --> 00:47:28,912
>> I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. I 

1007
00:47:28,912 --> 00:47:33,250
THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE 

1008
00:47:33,250 --> 00:47:36,420
THAT THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY IS

1009
00:47:36,420 --> 00:47:38,055
A COMMUNITY THAT ANYONE CAN 

1010
00:47:38,055 --> 00:47:39,590
BECOME A MEMBER OF. 

1011
00:47:39,590 --> 00:47:43,026
>> DARN NEAR EVERYONE DOES. 

1012
00:47:43,026 --> 00:47:45,863
IT'S A MULTIFACETED SPECTRUM 

1013
00:47:45,863 --> 00:47:49,833
AND SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS AS 

1014
00:47:49,833 --> 00:47:51,401
SORT OF AN INEVITABILITY OF 

1015
00:47:51,401 --> 00:47:54,972
AGING AND EXISTING IN A SOCIETY 

1016
00:47:54,972 --> 00:47:59,276
ESPECIALLY WHERE A LOT OF FOLKS 

1017
00:47:59,276 --> 00:48:02,279
DON'T HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE. A 

1018
00:48:02,279 --> 00:48:04,648
LOT OF FOLKS LACKS SAFE ACCESS 

1019
00:48:04,648 --> 00:48:08,852
TO TRANSIT. WHILE WE CELEBRATE 

1020
00:48:08,852 --> 00:48:11,288
DISABILITY AS A UNIQUE PART OF 

1021
00:48:11,288 --> 00:48:14,091
WHO PEOPLE ARE, THERE IS A LOT 

1022
00:48:14,091 --> 00:48:17,094
OF TRAUMA AND TRAGEDY THAT COMES

1023
00:48:17,094 --> 00:48:25,002
WITH UNEXPECTED DISABILITY AND 

1024
00:48:25,002 --> 00:48:26,103
COMES WITH THE REALLY BAD THINGS

1025
00:48:26,103 --> 00:48:27,504
THAT CAN SUDDENLY HAPPEN TO EACH

1026
00:48:27,504 --> 00:48:29,139
AND EVERY ONE OF US. 

1027
00:48:29,139 --> 00:48:31,475
>> CAN I JUST ADD ONE QUICK 

1028
00:48:31,475 --> 00:48:35,445
NOTE. SCOTT WILL BE OUR SEVENTH 

1029
00:48:35,445 --> 00:48:36,914
MEMBER ON THE BOARD ONCE 

1030
00:48:36,914 --> 00:48:40,817
APPOINTED . IT IS A SMALL GROUP 

1031
00:48:40,817 --> 00:48:43,954
OF FOLKS. WE DO HAVE NEWLY 

1032
00:48:43,954 --> 00:48:45,355
APPOINTED COCHAIRS WHO HAVE 

1033
00:48:45,355 --> 00:48:48,592
ALREADY DONE A MEET AND GREET 

1034
00:48:48,592 --> 00:48:49,860
WITH A COUNCILMEMBER. I WILL 

1035
00:48:49,860 --> 00:48:52,396
JUST SHOUT OUT . I KNOW THAT 

1036
00:48:52,396 --> 00:48:53,730
THEY WANT TO CONTINUE THAT 

1037
00:48:53,730 --> 00:48:56,366
EFFORT THIS YEAR. I'M SURE THEY

1038
00:48:56,366 --> 00:48:58,001
WOULD LOVE TO MEET WITH ALL OF 

1039
00:48:58,001 --> 00:48:59,870
YOU. THANK YOU. 

1040
00:48:59,870 --> 00:49:01,571
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU 

1041
00:49:01,571 --> 00:49:02,706
FOR BEING HERE AGAIN. APOLOGIES 

1042
00:49:02,706 --> 00:49:08,979
FOR THE DELAY. I KNOW YOU HAVE 

1043
00:49:08,979 --> 00:49:09,846
BEEN HERE THE ENTIRE TIME. 

1044
00:49:09,846 --> 00:49:11,615
APOLOGIES THAT WE ARE NOT ABLE 

1045
00:49:11,615 --> 00:49:15,786
TO VOTE ON YOUR NOMINATION TO 

1046
00:49:15,786 --> 00:49:17,955
PROCEED FORWARD . IT WILL HAPPEN

1047
00:49:17,955 --> 00:49:22,392
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR 

1048
00:49:22,392 --> 00:49:24,061
WILLINGNESS TO VOLUNTEER AND 

1049
00:49:24,061 --> 00:49:26,596
STEP UP. IT DOES SAY A LOT SO 

1050
00:49:26,596 --> 00:49:28,332
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 

1051
00:49:28,332 --> 00:49:31,768
>> THANK YOU. 

1052
00:49:31,768 --> 00:49:37,140
>> WHAT DO WE HAVE NEXT? NEXT IN

1053
00:49:37,140 --> 00:49:39,876
THE COMMUNITY MEETING IS TALKING

1054
00:49:39,876 --> 00:49:46,883
ABOUT THE HUD ACTION PLAN. DO 

1055
00:49:46,883 --> 00:49:52,022
YOU ALL HAVE A HARD STOP? 

1056
00:49:52,022 --> 00:49:54,992
>> 11:55. 

1057
00:49:54,992 --> 00:49:56,927
>> HOPEFULLY WE WILL NOT TAKE 

1058
00:49:56,927 --> 00:50:00,664
THAT LONG. 

1059
00:50:00,664 --> 00:50:01,898
>> I APPRECIATE THE 

1060
00:50:01,898 --> 00:50:12,275
CONSIDERATION. READY? 

1061
00:50:16,146 --> 00:50:16,480
>> YES. 

1062
00:50:16,480 --> 00:50:18,382
>> GOOD MORNING COUNCILMEMBER 

1063
00:50:18,382 --> 00:50:24,721
SOLOMON, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. I 

1064
00:50:24,721 --> 00:50:25,956
WORK FOR THE HUMAN SERVICES 

1065
00:50:25,956 --> 00:50:27,691
DEPARTMENT. I AM HERE TO TALK 

1066
00:50:27,691 --> 00:50:29,393
TODAY ABOUT THE 2025 ANNUAL 

1067
00:50:29,393 --> 00:50:32,696
ACTION PLAN. JUST TO BE UPFRONT 

1068
00:50:32,696 --> 00:50:35,399
ABOUT THIS, RECOGNIZING THE 

1069
00:50:35,399 --> 00:50:38,535
NATURE OF TODAY'S MEETING, WHAT

1070
00:50:38,535 --> 00:50:39,903
I WILL BE PRESENTING DOES HAVE 

1071
00:50:39,903 --> 00:50:43,540
SOME REFERENCES TO LEGISLATION 

1072
00:50:43,540 --> 00:50:46,977
AND COUNCIL PROCESS. THEY ARE 

1073
00:50:46,977 --> 00:50:48,512
DESCRIPTIVE. I'M JUST TELLING 

1074
00:50:48,512 --> 00:50:52,282
THE STORY OF HOW WE GOT TO WHERE

1075
00:50:52,282 --> 00:50:53,517
WE ARE TODAY. WE ARE HERE 

1076
00:50:53,517 --> 00:50:54,951
BECAUSE THE VOTE TO APPROVE THIS

1077
00:50:54,951 --> 00:50:59,256
PLAN WILL ALLOW HST TO MEET A 

1078
00:50:59,256 --> 00:51:00,590
SUBMISSION DEADLINE TO THE 

1079
00:51:00,590 --> 00:51:01,758
FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING 

1080
00:51:01,758 --> 00:51:04,628
AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT . THE 

1081
00:51:04,628 --> 00:51:07,864
DEADLINE IS AUGUST 16. LAST 

1082
00:51:07,864 --> 00:51:10,700
DECEMBER WE PRESENTED ON THE 

1083
00:51:10,700 --> 00:51:14,004
DRAFT 2025 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN 

1084
00:51:14,004 --> 00:51:18,075
AND HELD A PUBLIC HEARING. THAT 

1085
00:51:18,075 --> 00:51:19,342
PLAN INCLUDED ESTIMATED FUNDING 

1086
00:51:19,342 --> 00:51:22,245
ALLOCATIONS . WE RECEIVED THE 

1087
00:51:22,245 --> 00:51:25,582
FINAL FUNDING ALLOCATIONS IN 

1088
00:51:25,582 --> 00:51:26,983
MAY. WE HAVE PREPARED 

1089
00:51:26,983 --> 00:51:30,987
LEGISLATION APPROVING THE 2025 

1090
00:51:30,987 --> 00:51:36,960
ANNUAL ACTION PLAN . IN A SENSE 

1091
00:51:36,960 --> 00:51:39,029
THIS ACTION PLAN CAN BE SEEN AS 

1092
00:51:39,029 --> 00:51:41,398
A SPENDING PLAN. I AM HERE TODAY

1093
00:51:41,398 --> 00:51:44,000
TO SHARE THE SPENDING PLAN FOR 

1094
00:51:44,000 --> 00:51:54,544
2025 HST GRANT FUNDING. WHAT WE 

1095
00:51:59,883 --> 00:52:03,353
WILL DO TODAY. WE WILL REVIEW 

1096
00:52:03,353 --> 00:52:04,421
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ANNUAL 

1097
00:52:04,421 --> 00:52:06,123
ACTION PLAN, TOUCH ON SOME KEY 

1098
00:52:06,123 --> 00:52:07,991
MILESTONES AND DATES LEADING UP 

1099
00:52:07,991 --> 00:52:13,063
TO THE 2025 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN 

1100
00:52:13,063 --> 00:52:16,566
SUBMITTAL. WE WILL GIVE A 

1101
00:52:16,566 --> 00:52:17,601
HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW OF PROJECTS 

1102
00:52:17,601 --> 00:52:19,736
THAT THESE GRANTS SUPPORT. THEN 

1103
00:52:19,736 --> 00:52:23,640
I WILL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS. 

1104
00:52:23,640 --> 00:52:27,210
ALLOCATIONS IN THE 2025 ANNUAL 

1105
00:52:27,210 --> 00:52:31,148
ACTION PLAN ARE ESTABLISHED 

1106
00:52:31,148 --> 00:52:32,582
FUNDING GOALS AND PRIORITIES 

1107
00:52:32,582 --> 00:52:38,021
THAT WERE DOCUMENTED IN THE 2024

1108
00:52:38,021 --> 00:52:43,360
TO 2028 CONSOLIDATED PLAN. THAT 

1109
00:52:43,360 --> 00:52:44,761
PLAN AND THE GOALS THERE AND 

1110
00:52:44,761 --> 00:52:46,329
WERE ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL

1111
00:52:46,329 --> 00:52:47,430
IN OCTOBER 2023. THE CITY 

1112
00:52:47,430 --> 00:52:49,766
COUNCIL ALSO APPROVED THIS 

1113
00:52:49,766 --> 00:52:51,468
YEAR'S PLAN ALLOCATIONS AS PART

1114
00:52:51,468 --> 00:52:55,405
OF THE 2025 BUDGET PROCESS. THE 

1115
00:52:55,405 --> 00:52:58,942
LEGISLATION WE HAVE PREPARED AND

1116
00:52:58,942 --> 00:53:00,143
WILL LATER BRING TO COUNCIL 

1117
00:53:00,143 --> 00:53:02,546
MATCHES THE TWO PREVIOUSLY 

1118
00:53:02,546 --> 00:53:06,216
ADOPTED PLANS WITH ACTUAL 20 $25

1119
00:53:06,216 --> 00:53:07,617
MADE AVAILABLE TO THE CITY 

1120
00:53:07,617 --> 00:53:08,919
THROUGH THE FEDERAL BUDGET 

1121
00:53:08,919 --> 00:53:11,888
PROCESS. THOSE ARE THE 

1122
00:53:11,888 --> 00:53:15,825
ALLOCATIONS I MENTIONED EARLIER.

1123
00:53:15,825 --> 00:53:18,161
HST IS THE GRANTEE ON BEHALF OF 

1124
00:53:18,161 --> 00:53:19,763
THE CITY OF SEATTLE FOR THIS 

1125
00:53:19,763 --> 00:53:21,932
FUNDING. HST COORDINATES THE 

1126
00:53:21,932 --> 00:53:22,899
DEVELOPMENT OF THE ANNUAL 

1127
00:53:22,899 --> 00:53:24,634
SPENDING PLAN THAT IS REQUIRED 

1128
00:53:24,634 --> 00:53:28,138
FOR THESE FOUR FORMULA GRANTS 

1129
00:53:28,138 --> 00:53:32,976
ADMINISTERED . WE WILL TALK 

1130
00:53:32,976 --> 00:53:34,644
ABOUT THOSE PROGRAMS LATER IN 

1131
00:53:34,644 --> 00:53:37,948
THE PRESENTATION. THE TIMELINE 

1132
00:53:37,948 --> 00:53:40,951
ON THE SLIDE REFLECTS A STANDARD

1133
00:53:40,951 --> 00:53:44,354
PROCESS THAT HST UNDERTAKES IN 

1134
00:53:44,354 --> 00:53:45,822
FULFILLING THE REQUIREMENTS AND 

1135
00:53:45,822 --> 00:53:49,693
PARTICIPATING IN THESE FOUR 

1136
00:53:49,693 --> 00:53:50,894
PROGRAMS. THESE ARE THE KEY 

1137
00:53:50,894 --> 00:53:52,562
DATES LEADING UP TO PLAN 

1138
00:53:52,562 --> 00:53:55,799
COMPLETION AND SUBMITTAL BY THE 

1139
00:53:55,799 --> 00:54:00,136
AUGUST 16 STATUTORY DEADLINE. AS

1140
00:54:00,136 --> 00:54:02,939
I MENTIONED, HST WILL SEEK 

1141
00:54:02,939 --> 00:54:05,542
APPROVAL TO MAKE THIS DEADLINE 

1142
00:54:05,542 --> 00:54:08,211
AND RECEIVE THE 2025 GRANT 

1143
00:54:08,211 --> 00:54:18,588
FUNDS. THE 2024 TO 2028 

1144
00:54:18,588 --> 00:54:19,889
CONSOLIDATED PLAN IS A FRAMEWORK

1145
00:54:19,889 --> 00:54:23,260
FOR THE ACTION PLAN. IT HAS FIVE

1146
00:54:23,260 --> 00:54:24,394
KEY POLICY PRIORITIES WHICH WERE

1147
00:54:24,394 --> 00:54:26,463
ADOPTED WHEN THE PLAN WAS 

1148
00:54:26,463 --> 00:54:31,334
RATIFIED IN 2023. I WILL JUST 

1149
00:54:31,334 --> 00:54:37,173
READ THOSE TO THE RECORD. THESE 

1150
00:54:37,173 --> 00:54:38,408
ARE SERVICES TO PREVENT PEOPLE 

1151
00:54:38,408 --> 00:54:39,175
FROM EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. 

1152
00:54:39,175 --> 00:54:40,644
ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE 

1153
00:54:40,644 --> 00:54:42,612
IMPACTED BY MENTAL HEALTH AND 

1154
00:54:42,612 --> 00:54:44,247
SUBSTANCE USE WHICH IS IMPORTANT

1155
00:54:44,247 --> 00:54:47,484
IN LIGHT OF THE OPIOID AND 

1156
00:54:47,484 --> 00:54:53,256
FENTANYL CRISIS. TO INCREASE 

1157
00:54:53,256 --> 00:54:57,427
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JOB 

1158
00:54:57,427 --> 00:54:58,461
RETRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOW

1159
00:54:58,461 --> 00:55:01,498
AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS 

1160
00:55:01,498 --> 00:55:02,265
AND THOSE DISADVANTAGED AND 

1161
00:55:02,265 --> 00:55:03,767
RECOVERING FROM RECENT ECONOMIC 

1162
00:55:03,767 --> 00:55:06,770
STABILITY. FINALLY, TO INCREASE 

1163
00:55:06,770 --> 00:55:09,105
AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS. 

1164
00:55:09,105 --> 00:55:11,508
RELATED TO THESE PRIORITIES, THE

1165
00:55:11,508 --> 00:55:17,113
2025 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN WITH'S 

1166
00:55:17,113 --> 00:55:19,849
SPECIFIC INVESTMENTS TO ADDRESS 

1167
00:55:19,849 --> 00:55:25,522
THE OPIOID AND FENTANYL CRISIS. 

1168
00:55:25,522 --> 00:55:27,557
THAT IS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH THE

1169
00:55:27,557 --> 00:55:30,160
MAYOR'S PRIORITIES. THIS SHOWS 

1170
00:55:30,160 --> 00:55:31,628
THE DIFFERENCE IN ALLOCATIONS 

1171
00:55:31,628 --> 00:55:37,334
RECEIVED IN 2024 AND 2025 FOR 

1172
00:55:37,334 --> 00:55:38,702
THE PROGRAMS THAT I REFERENCED A

1173
00:55:38,702 --> 00:55:40,003
FEW SLIDES BACK. ALL OF THESE 

1174
00:55:40,003 --> 00:55:42,372
PROGRAMS ARE ADMINISTERED BY 

1175
00:55:42,372 --> 00:55:43,640
HUD. THEY ARE THE COMMUNITY 

1176
00:55:43,640 --> 00:55:46,743
DEVELOPMENT LOCK GRANT , HOME 

1177
00:55:46,743 --> 00:55:49,179
INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS, 

1178
00:55:49,179 --> 00:55:51,981
EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT . I 

1179
00:55:51,981 --> 00:55:53,883
WILL BRIEFLY DEFINE EACH OF THEM

1180
00:55:53,883 --> 00:55:57,253
FOR YOUR REFERENCE. THIS PROGRAM

1181
00:55:57,253 --> 00:56:01,558
ENCRYPTS -- IMPROVES THE 

1182
00:56:01,558 --> 00:56:02,692
ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL 

1183
00:56:02,692 --> 00:56:05,228
ENVIRONMENT TO ENHANCE THE 

1184
00:56:05,228 --> 00:56:06,663
QUALITY OF LIFE FOR LOW AND 

1185
00:56:06,663 --> 00:56:09,632
MODERATE INCOME RESIDENTS. THE 

1186
00:56:09,632 --> 00:56:10,433
HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP 

1187
00:56:10,433 --> 00:56:11,868
PROVIDES FUNDING THAT SUPPORTS 

1188
00:56:11,868 --> 00:56:13,169
AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR LOW AND 

1189
00:56:13,169 --> 00:56:18,241
MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES. THIS 

1190
00:56:18,241 --> 00:56:21,945
THE ONLY PROGRAM FOR PEOPLE 

1191
00:56:21,945 --> 00:56:23,680
LIVING WITH HIV AND AIDS. THE 

1192
00:56:23,680 --> 00:56:26,850
EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT 

1193
00:56:26,850 --> 00:56:28,284
ASSISTS PEOPLE WITH QUICKLY 

1194
00:56:28,284 --> 00:56:30,120
REGAINING STABILITY AND 

1195
00:56:30,120 --> 00:56:31,154
PERMANENT HOUSING AFTER 

1196
00:56:31,154 --> 00:56:34,324
EXPERIENCING A HOUSING CRISIS 

1197
00:56:34,324 --> 00:56:37,827
AND/OR HOMELESSNESS. GENERALLY, 

1198
00:56:37,827 --> 00:56:40,163
THE 2025 AMOUNTS REFLECT 

1199
00:56:40,163 --> 00:56:41,564
APPROXIMATELY A 1% DIFFERENCE 

1200
00:56:41,564 --> 00:56:46,603
FROM THE 2024 AWARD. WE DO NOT 

1201
00:56:46,603 --> 00:56:48,505
ANTICIPATE THIS WILL HAVE ANY 

1202
00:56:48,505 --> 00:56:50,573
SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS. A SLIGHT 

1203
00:56:50,573 --> 00:56:54,878
EXCEPTION IS THE EST FUNDING 

1204
00:56:54,878 --> 00:56:58,815
WHERE WE SEE THE 4% REDUCTION 

1205
00:56:58,815 --> 00:57:00,150
FROM THE 2024 ALLOCATION. THIS 

1206
00:57:00,150 --> 00:57:01,918
IS USED TO FUND RAPID REHOUSING 

1207
00:57:01,918 --> 00:57:04,220
WHICH IS A CATEGORY WE TYPICALLY

1208
00:57:04,220 --> 00:57:07,791
SEE UNDER SPENT. NO ANTICIPATED 

1209
00:57:07,791 --> 00:57:10,560
IMPACT FROM THIS SLIGHT 

1210
00:57:10,560 --> 00:57:13,196
REDUCTION FROM 2024 LEVELS. 

1211
00:57:13,196 --> 00:57:14,731
MINOR FLUCTUATIONS LIKE THIS ARE

1212
00:57:14,731 --> 00:57:18,168
TYPICAL AND OVERALL NATIONALLY 

1213
00:57:18,168 --> 00:57:19,936
CONGRESS APPROPRIATED LESS TO 

1214
00:57:19,936 --> 00:57:23,840
THIS PROGRAM THIS YEAR. SPEAKING

1215
00:57:23,840 --> 00:57:25,408
OF CONGRESS I WILL HIGHLIGHT 

1216
00:57:25,408 --> 00:57:28,878
THAT THERE IS A LONG HISTORY OF 

1217
00:57:28,878 --> 00:57:30,780
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT AS IS 

1218
00:57:30,780 --> 00:57:31,748
REFLECTED IN THESE ALLOCATIONS 

1219
00:57:31,748 --> 00:57:34,384
WHICH DO NOT DIFFER 

1220
00:57:34,384 --> 00:57:37,687
SIGNIFICANTLY FROM 2024 LEVELS. 

1221
00:57:37,687 --> 00:57:41,591
IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE MIDYEAR 

1222
00:57:41,591 --> 00:57:43,993
SUPPLEMENTAL LEGISLATION THAT IS

1223
00:57:43,993 --> 00:57:46,563
SHORTLY BEFORE COUNCIL, THIS 

1224
00:57:46,563 --> 00:57:51,501
TABLE SHOWS HOW HST IS 

1225
00:57:51,501 --> 00:57:54,103
ALLOCATING THIS FUNDING IN THE 

1226
00:57:54,103 --> 00:57:58,107
2024 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN. THE TOP

1227
00:57:58,107 --> 00:57:59,943
PART OF THE TABLE SHOWS THE 

1228
00:57:59,943 --> 00:58:03,713
INTENT TO ALLOCATE THE 2025 

1229
00:58:03,713 --> 00:58:07,016
GRANT AWARDS TOTALING 8.9 

1230
00:58:07,016 --> 00:58:08,585
MILLION ACROSS VARIOUS PROJECTS.

1231
00:58:08,585 --> 00:58:10,520
THE BOTTOM PART OF THE TABLE 

1232
00:58:10,520 --> 00:58:13,723
SHOWS 13 POINT 8 MILLION 

1233
00:58:13,723 --> 00:58:15,425
REMAINING BALANCE OF DOLLARS 

1234
00:58:15,425 --> 00:58:19,863
FROM PREVIOUS FUNDING YEARS AS 

1235
00:58:19,863 --> 00:58:20,797
WELL AS THEIR INTENDED 

1236
00:58:20,797 --> 00:58:24,200
ALLOCATIONS. THE DATA IS IN 

1237
00:58:24,200 --> 00:58:26,603
ALIGNMENT WITH THE DRAFT 2025 

1238
00:58:26,603 --> 00:58:27,670
ANNUAL ACTION PLAN THAT WAS 

1239
00:58:27,670 --> 00:58:31,207
PASSED LAST DECEMBER. YOU CAN 

1240
00:58:31,207 --> 00:58:34,611
SEE AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, ONE 

1241
00:58:34,611 --> 00:58:36,145
OF THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN 

1242
00:58:36,145 --> 00:58:39,482
2025 IS INCREASED INVESTMENTS IN

1243
00:58:39,482 --> 00:58:43,319
OPIOID TREATMENT STUDIES. THE 

1244
00:58:43,319 --> 00:58:46,623
LAST SLIDE WAS LARGELY SPECIFIC 

1245
00:58:46,623 --> 00:58:50,960
TO THE FUNDING. THIS WAS 

1246
00:58:50,960 --> 00:58:54,097
INTENDED TO SHOW THE PLANNED 

1247
00:58:54,097 --> 00:58:55,498
USES OF FUNDING FROM THE OTHER 

1248
00:58:55,498 --> 00:58:57,834
THREE PROGRAMS. THE FIRST DOES 

1249
00:58:57,834 --> 00:58:59,002
REFERENCE THE REVOLVING LOAN 

1250
00:58:59,002 --> 00:59:02,906
FUND. WE PRESENT THAT ON THIS 

1251
00:59:02,906 --> 00:59:04,374
PAGE BECAUSE IT IS A DIFFERENT 

1252
00:59:04,374 --> 00:59:06,309
AND SPECIFIC USE . FOR TECHNICAL

1253
00:59:06,309 --> 00:59:08,177
REASONS IT'S A BETTER FIT HERE.

1254
00:59:08,177 --> 00:59:09,812
BOTH THIS SLIDE AND THE PREVIOUS

1255
00:59:09,812 --> 00:59:15,518
ONE ARE CONSISTENT WITH POLICY 

1256
00:59:15,518 --> 00:59:16,386
PRIORITIES THAT COUNCIL APPROVED

1257
00:59:16,386 --> 00:59:17,487
IN THE FIVE-YEAR CONSOLIDATED 

1258
00:59:17,487 --> 00:59:18,955
PLAN. IMPORTANTLY THEY REFLECT 

1259
00:59:18,955 --> 00:59:21,658
OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEND DOWN 

1260
00:59:21,658 --> 00:59:23,092
FUNDING IN A MAXIMALLY TIMELY 

1261
00:59:23,092 --> 00:59:27,630
MANNER. THESE ALLOCATIONS HAVE A

1262
00:59:27,630 --> 00:59:28,531
TIMELINESS OF EXPENDITURE 

1263
00:59:28,531 --> 00:59:32,835
REQUIREMENT THAT WE ARE VERY 

1264
00:59:32,835 --> 00:59:35,638
ATTENDANT TWO. JUST TO SAY IT 

1265
00:59:35,638 --> 00:59:37,206
ONE MORE TIME, THE STATUTORY 

1266
00:59:37,206 --> 00:59:40,143
DEADLINE TO SUBMIT THE ACTION 

1267
00:59:40,143 --> 00:59:45,515
PLAN IS AUGUST 16. I NOTED THAT 

1268
00:59:45,515 --> 00:59:47,417
WE WILL SEEK COUNCIL APPROVED 

1269
00:59:47,417 --> 00:59:52,622
MEANT TO SUBMIT THE PLAN AND 

1270
00:59:52,622 --> 00:59:53,756
SUBSEQUENTLY BE ABLE TO ACCESS 

1271
00:59:53,756 --> 00:59:54,991
THE FUNDING AND SUPPORT THESE 

1272
00:59:54,991 --> 00:59:57,760
BODIES OF WORK. THAT IS ALL THAT

1273
00:59:57,760 --> 00:59:59,362
I HAVE FOR YOU TODAY. HAPPY TO 

1274
00:59:59,362 --> 01:00:00,063
ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS. 

1275
01:00:00,063 --> 01:00:04,067
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 

1276
01:00:04,067 --> 01:00:05,868
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, DO YOU HAVE

1277
01:00:05,868 --> 01:00:06,970
QUESTIONS? 

1278
01:00:06,970 --> 01:00:13,543
>> YOU MENTION CONGRESS HAS 

1279
01:00:13,543 --> 01:00:14,811
LOWERED THE AMOUNT FOR THIS 

1280
01:00:14,811 --> 01:00:16,913
YEAR. COULD YOU JUST REPEAT THAT

1281
01:00:16,913 --> 01:00:17,246
INFORMATION? 

1282
01:00:17,246 --> 01:00:24,520
>> I DON'T KNOW IF LOWERED IS 

1283
01:00:24,520 --> 01:00:26,289
THE TERM OF ART FOR WHAT 

1284
01:00:26,289 --> 01:00:29,325
OCCURRED . IT WAS A LOWER 

1285
01:00:29,325 --> 01:00:33,429
APPROPRIATION. THERE COULD BE 

1286
01:00:33,429 --> 01:00:35,531
VARIOUS REASONS. THERE'S ALWAYS

1287
01:00:35,531 --> 01:00:37,700
COMPETITION FOR THIS TYPE OF 

1288
01:00:37,700 --> 01:00:39,135
GRANT FUNDING. FROM OUR 

1289
01:00:39,135 --> 01:00:42,305
PERSPECTIVE, I DO NOT BELIEVE WE

1290
01:00:42,305 --> 01:00:45,675
ARE AWARE OF ANY POLICY CONCERN 

1291
01:00:45,675 --> 01:00:49,846
AT THIS TIME. AGAIN, THESE 

1292
01:00:49,846 --> 01:00:53,916
FLUCTUATIONS, EVEN THIS 4% ARE 

1293
01:00:53,916 --> 01:00:57,020
NOT UNEXPECTED JUST BASED ON 

1294
01:00:57,020 --> 01:01:02,158
YEAR-TO-YEAR VARIANCE. 

1295
01:01:02,158 --> 01:01:03,693
>> THANK YOU FOR BREAKING THAT 

1296
01:01:03,693 --> 01:01:05,061
DOWN. UNDERSTANDING WE ARE NOT 

1297
01:01:05,061 --> 01:01:06,663
SEEING SIGNIFICANT CHANGES BASED

1298
01:01:06,663 --> 01:01:07,830
ON LAST YEAR. 

1299
01:01:07,830 --> 01:01:09,232
>> THAT IS CORRECT. 

1300
01:01:09,232 --> 01:01:13,436
>> GOOD TO HEAR. I UNDERSTAND 

1301
01:01:13,436 --> 01:01:14,370
THE COUNTY CONVENES THE 

1302
01:01:14,370 --> 01:01:17,674
COMMITTEE. I AM WONDERING OUR 

1303
01:01:17,674 --> 01:01:18,908
LEVEL OF INVOLVEMENT. I KNOW 

1304
01:01:18,908 --> 01:01:20,309
THAT IS A GREAT WAY TO 

1305
01:01:20,309 --> 01:01:23,579
UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE OTHER 

1306
01:01:23,579 --> 01:01:24,247
NEIGHBORING CITIES AND 

1307
01:01:24,247 --> 01:01:26,382
UNDERSTANDING THEIR ALLOCATIONS 

1308
01:01:26,382 --> 01:01:28,685
AND WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE. I KNOW 

1309
01:01:28,685 --> 01:01:30,453
THAT INCLUDES A MULTITUDE OF 

1310
01:01:30,453 --> 01:01:32,722
PARTNERSHIPS. HOW ARE WE 

1311
01:01:32,722 --> 01:01:34,223
ENGAGING AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT 

1312
01:01:34,223 --> 01:01:35,792
REGIONAL PARTNERS MAY BE 

1313
01:01:35,792 --> 01:01:41,864
EXPERIENCING? 

1314
01:01:41,864 --> 01:01:43,766
>> I DO NOT STAFF THAT BODY OF 

1315
01:01:43,766 --> 01:01:45,468
WORK. I WOULD LOVE TO GET SOME 

1316
01:01:45,468 --> 01:01:46,636
MORE INFORMATION AND FOLLOW UP 

1317
01:01:46,636 --> 01:01:47,036
WITH YOU. 

1318
01:01:47,036 --> 01:01:47,704
>> THANK YOU. 

1319
01:01:47,704 --> 01:01:49,105
>> MY BOTTOM LINE QUESTION IS 

1320
01:01:49,105 --> 01:01:50,840
WHAT IS THE TIMELINE? FIRST, 

1321
01:01:50,840 --> 01:01:53,342
WHAT HAPPENS IF THE COUNCIL DOES

1322
01:01:53,342 --> 01:01:56,913
NOT PHONE IN TIME ON THIS? 

1323
01:01:56,913 --> 01:02:01,918
>> IF HST IS NOT ABLE TO SUBMIT 

1324
01:02:01,918 --> 01:02:04,120
ITS APPLICATION TO HUD ON OR BY 

1325
01:02:04,120 --> 01:02:13,863
AUGUST 16, I DO NOT WANT TO SAY 

1326
01:02:13,863 --> 01:02:15,398
WE LOSE ACCESS TO THE FUNDING 

1327
01:02:15,398 --> 01:02:17,133
BECAUSE I AM NOT SURE THAT IS 

1328
01:02:17,133 --> 01:02:22,004
THE CASE, BUT THERE'S A RISK 

1329
01:02:22,004 --> 01:02:23,573
THAT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO ACCESS 

1330
01:02:23,573 --> 01:02:25,742
THE FUNDING THAT'S BEEN 

1331
01:02:25,742 --> 01:02:29,078
ALLOCATED ACROSS THESE PROGRAMS.

1332
01:02:29,078 --> 01:02:31,681
>> SO AUGUST 16 IS YOUR DEADLINE

1333
01:02:31,681 --> 01:02:35,618
TO SUBMIT? 

1334
01:02:35,618 --> 01:02:36,185
>> YES. 

1335
01:02:36,185 --> 01:02:37,553
>> WHAT IS THE COUNCIL DEADLINE 

1336
01:02:37,553 --> 01:02:40,356
TO ACT SO THAT YOU CAN MAKE YOUR

1337
01:02:40,356 --> 01:02:44,694
DEADLINE? 

1338
01:02:44,694 --> 01:02:46,195
>> I AM NOT PREPARED TO ANSWER 

1339
01:02:46,195 --> 01:02:48,197
THAT QUESTION. I THINK THAT'S A

1340
01:02:48,197 --> 01:02:56,038
CONVERSATION THAT HS THE AND 

1341
01:02:56,038 --> 01:02:57,240
THOSE THAT SUPPORT THE COUNCIL 

1342
01:02:57,240 --> 01:03:00,076
NEED TO HAVE TO ENSURE . SINCE 

1343
01:03:00,076 --> 01:03:01,911
WE WERE NOT ABLE TO POTENTIALLY 

1344
01:03:01,911 --> 01:03:07,183
VOTE THIS ANNUAL ACTION PLAN OUT

1345
01:03:07,183 --> 01:03:09,152
OF COMMITTEE TODAY THAT THERE IS

1346
01:03:09,152 --> 01:03:13,256
A PATH TO THAT TAKING PLACE. I 

1347
01:03:13,256 --> 01:03:14,824
KNOW THAT CONVERSATIONS ARE 

1348
01:03:14,824 --> 01:03:16,592
BEING HAD. 

1349
01:03:16,592 --> 01:03:20,163
>> THE LAST THING THAT WE WANT 

1350
01:03:20,163 --> 01:03:24,200
TO SEE, 16+ MILL LEFT ON THE 

1351
01:03:24,200 --> 01:03:26,235
TABLE BECAUSE WE DID NOT DO 

1352
01:03:26,235 --> 01:03:30,072
SOMETHING IN A TIMELY FASHION. 

1353
01:03:30,072 --> 01:03:34,710
JUST SAYING. 

1354
01:03:34,710 --> 01:03:36,312
>> I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU 

1355
01:03:36,312 --> 01:03:37,146
VERY MUCH. 

1356
01:03:37,146 --> 01:03:39,382
>> IF WE COULD JUST DO SOME 

1357
01:03:39,382 --> 01:03:46,422
FOLLOW-UP, IF NECESSARY UNTIL A 

1358
01:03:46,422 --> 01:03:48,825
FULL CHAIR CAN BE SEATED, MAYBE 

1359
01:03:48,825 --> 01:03:50,827
THE VICE CHAIR CAN CALL A 

1360
01:03:50,827 --> 01:03:55,298
SPECIAL MEETING I WILL DO THAT. 

1361
01:03:55,298 --> 01:04:00,102
>> IT SEEMS THAT THERE COULD BE 

1362
01:04:00,102 --> 01:04:01,537
AT LEAST A COUPLE OF CREATIVE 

1363
01:04:01,537 --> 01:04:04,173
OPTIONS THAT WOULD SUPPORT THE 

1364
01:04:04,173 --> 01:04:08,544
SUBMITTAL OF AN APPROVED ACTION 

1365
01:04:08,544 --> 01:04:18,888
PLAN BY AUGUST 16. 

1366
01:04:20,489 --> 01:04:21,791
>> SINCE WE ARE HAVING A 

1367
01:04:21,791 --> 01:04:22,959
COMMUNITY MEETING DOES THIS HAVE

1368
01:04:22,959 --> 01:04:24,427
TO GO THROUGH THE HOUSING AND 

1369
01:04:24,427 --> 01:04:25,728
HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE? 

1370
01:04:25,728 --> 01:04:29,532
>> I SEE THE CLERK SHAKING HIS 

1371
01:04:29,532 --> 01:04:31,934
HEAD. I DON'T BELIEVE IT NEEDS 

1372
01:04:31,934 --> 01:04:34,370
TO GO THROUGH THE HOUSE AND AND 

1373
01:04:34,370 --> 01:04:44,080
HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE. DOES 

1374
01:04:44,080 --> 01:04:45,481
IT NEED TO GO TO ANOTHER 

1375
01:04:45,481 --> 01:04:49,085
COMMITTEE BEFORE IT CAN GO TO A 

1376
01:04:49,085 --> 01:04:56,592
FULL COUNCIL . SO LET'S GET 

1377
01:04:56,592 --> 01:05:06,802
CREATIVE. . 

1378
01:05:09,605 --> 01:05:11,040
>> I WANT TO ECHO YOUR 

1379
01:05:11,040 --> 01:05:12,408
SENTIMENTS AND MAKE SURE IT IS 

1380
01:05:12,408 --> 01:05:13,776
NOT DELAYED. I FULLY SUPPORT ANY

1381
01:05:13,776 --> 01:05:18,414
LEGISLATIVE PATH THAT GET THIS 

1382
01:05:18,414 --> 01:05:20,016
DONE ON TIME. I WANT TO THANK 

1383
01:05:20,016 --> 01:05:23,786
YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. 

1384
01:05:23,786 --> 01:05:25,321
>> THANK YOU. AGAIN, THANK YOU 

1385
01:05:25,321 --> 01:05:26,689
FOR STICKING WITH US TODAY TO 

1386
01:05:26,689 --> 01:05:28,024
STICK IT OUT AND HANGING IN 

1387
01:05:28,024 --> 01:05:38,567
THROUGH THE TIME DELAYS. WHO DO 

1388
01:05:40,202 --> 01:05:45,474
WE HAVE NEXT. TO QUOTE THE GREAT

1389
01:05:45,474 --> 01:05:48,377
PHILOSOPHER MARSHAWN LYNCH, WHAT

1390
01:05:48,377 --> 01:05:58,788
IS NEXT? GOOD MORNING. 

1391
01:06:20,042 --> 01:06:21,577
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL 

1392
01:06:21,577 --> 01:06:24,613
MEMBERS. WOULD YOU LIKE US TO DO

1393
01:06:24,613 --> 01:06:25,748
INTRODUCTIONS? 

1394
01:06:25,748 --> 01:06:29,185
>> PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELVES 

1395
01:06:29,185 --> 01:06:31,253
FOR THE COMMUNITY MEETING. 

1396
01:06:31,253 --> 01:06:35,791
>> KRISTA FROM THE MAYOR'S 

1397
01:06:35,791 --> 01:06:39,528
OFFICE. LAUREN FROM CONSUMER 

1398
01:06:39,528 --> 01:06:43,199
PROTECTION DIVISION. TRACY FROM 

1399
01:06:43,199 --> 01:06:44,166
THE COUNCIL STAFF. 

1400
01:06:44,166 --> 01:06:46,035
>> WE ARE HERE TO TALK TO YOU 

1401
01:06:46,035 --> 01:06:48,270
ABOUT LEGISLATION THE MAYOR 

1402
01:06:48,270 --> 01:06:50,039
TRANSMITTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL 

1403
01:06:50,039 --> 01:06:52,241
TO REGULATE PREDATORY HOMEBUYING

1404
01:06:52,241 --> 01:06:57,747
PRACTICES. WE HAVE THE DECK THAT

1405
01:06:57,747 --> 01:06:59,048
WE ARE PREPARED TO WALK THROUGH 

1406
01:06:59,048 --> 01:07:01,417
WITH YOU. I AM HAPPY TO JUST 

1407
01:07:01,417 --> 01:07:04,487
DIVE IN. 

1408
01:07:04,487 --> 01:07:05,221
>> PLEASE. 

1409
01:07:05,221 --> 01:07:08,024
>> LET ME START BY TALKING ABOUT

1410
01:07:08,024 --> 01:07:09,892
WHAT IS PREDATORY HOMEBUYING? IT

1411
01:07:09,892 --> 01:07:12,528
IS WHEN HOMEOWNERS RECEIVE 

1412
01:07:12,528 --> 01:07:14,764
UNSOLICITED OFFERS, OFTEN FOR 

1413
01:07:14,764 --> 01:07:19,835
CASH FOR SELLERS TO BUY THEIR 

1414
01:07:19,835 --> 01:07:21,937
HOMES THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY ON 

1415
01:07:21,937 --> 01:07:24,040
THE MARKET AND NOT LISTED. THIS 

1416
01:07:24,040 --> 01:07:26,208
WILL INVOLVE GETTING CALLS, 

1417
01:07:26,208 --> 01:07:28,444
LETTERS, POSTCARDS, TEXT 

1418
01:07:28,444 --> 01:07:30,880
MESSAGES FROM VARIOUS SELLERS 

1419
01:07:30,880 --> 01:07:32,948
SUGGESTING THEY ARE INTERESTED 

1420
01:07:32,948 --> 01:07:36,685
IN BUYING SOMEONE'S HOME. THE 

1421
01:07:36,685 --> 01:07:38,054
FOLKS MOST AT RISK FOR THESE 

1422
01:07:38,054 --> 01:07:39,555
TYPES OF PRACTICES ARE 

1423
01:07:39,555 --> 01:07:43,192
VULNERABLE HOMEOWNERS, OFTEN THE

1424
01:07:43,192 --> 01:07:44,460
ELDERLY AND FINANCIALLY 

1425
01:07:44,460 --> 01:07:46,162
DISTRESSED. THERE IS A STRONG 

1426
01:07:46,162 --> 01:07:50,933
INTERSECTION WITH RACE, 

1427
01:07:50,933 --> 01:07:51,767
ESPECIALLY BLACK LEGACY 

1428
01:07:51,767 --> 01:07:52,768
HOMEOWNERS WHO'VE BEEN MOST AT 

1429
01:07:52,768 --> 01:07:55,671
RISK FOR THESE TYPES OF 

1430
01:07:55,671 --> 01:07:56,405
PRACTICES. IT OFTEN INVOLVES 

1431
01:07:56,405 --> 01:08:00,576
HEAVY-HANDED PRESSURE TACTICS. 

1432
01:08:00,576 --> 01:08:02,011
THE END RESULT COULD BE SOMEONE 

1433
01:08:02,011 --> 01:08:03,813
SELLING THEIR HOME FOR BELOW 

1434
01:08:03,813 --> 01:08:05,481
MARKET VALUE WHICH MEANS THEY 

1435
01:08:05,481 --> 01:08:06,982
MIGHT BE GETTING LESS FOR THEIR 

1436
01:08:06,982 --> 01:08:09,318
HOME THAN THEY WOULD OTHERWISE 

1437
01:08:09,318 --> 01:08:10,920
IF THEY HAVE LISTED IT ON THE 

1438
01:08:10,920 --> 01:08:13,789
MARKET. SO WHY ARE WE TACKLING 

1439
01:08:13,789 --> 01:08:18,594
THIS ISSUE NOW? I JUST WANT TO 

1440
01:08:18,594 --> 01:08:20,262
PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT. THERE'S A

1441
01:08:20,262 --> 01:08:21,831
MAJOR UPDATE TO THE 

1442
01:08:21,831 --> 01:08:24,166
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN . A LOT OF 

1443
01:08:24,166 --> 01:08:25,334
CONCERNS THAT COME WITH THE 

1444
01:08:25,334 --> 01:08:30,206
ZONING ABOUT DISPLACEMENT 

1445
01:08:30,206 --> 01:08:31,907
PRESSURES. IN THAT CONTEXT WE 

1446
01:08:31,907 --> 01:08:35,077
HEARD FROM SOME OF THE COMMUNITY

1447
01:08:35,077 --> 01:08:37,947
ABOUT CONCERNS ABOUT PREDATORY 

1448
01:08:37,947 --> 01:08:39,582
HOMEBUYING PRACTICES. PERHAPS 

1449
01:08:39,582 --> 01:08:44,353
THOSE MIGHT HEAT UP WHEN THE HB 

1450
01:08:44,353 --> 01:08:47,256
1110 LEGISLATION TAKES EFFECT 

1451
01:08:47,256 --> 01:08:51,727
WHICH THE INTERIM DID A COUPLE 

1452
01:08:51,727 --> 01:08:52,695
MONTHS AGO. WE ARE CONCERNED 

1453
01:08:52,695 --> 01:08:54,697
ABOUT THAT, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT 

1454
01:08:54,697 --> 01:08:58,200
YOU CAN ADD MORE HOMES TO WHAT 

1455
01:08:58,200 --> 01:08:59,802
WAS TRADITIONALLY A 

1456
01:08:59,802 --> 01:09:01,337
SINGLE-FAMILY PARCEL . WE ASKED 

1457
01:09:01,337 --> 01:09:04,440
THE INNOVATION AND PERFORMANCE 

1458
01:09:04,440 --> 01:09:10,679
TEAM TO DO A REVIEW OF THE 

1459
01:09:10,679 --> 01:09:11,347
ANTI-DISPLACEMENT PRACTICES. IN 

1460
01:09:11,347 --> 01:09:12,648
THE CITY WE HAVE MANY PROGRAMS 

1461
01:09:12,648 --> 01:09:16,418
IN PLACE, BUT THE INNOVATION AND

1462
01:09:16,418 --> 01:09:17,586
PERFORMANCE TEAM IDENTIFIED 

1463
01:09:17,586 --> 01:09:20,456
VARIOUS WAYS WE CAN IMPROVE UPON

1464
01:09:20,456 --> 01:09:22,091
OUR CURRENT PROGRAMMING . THE 

1465
01:09:22,091 --> 01:09:24,493
END RESULT OF THAT IS AN 

1466
01:09:24,493 --> 01:09:26,795
EXECUTIVE ORDER WE ISSUED TO 

1467
01:09:26,795 --> 01:09:32,535
IMPROVE THE EFFICACY OF THE 

1468
01:09:32,535 --> 01:09:33,169
ANTI-DISPLACEMENT PROGRAMS AND 

1469
01:09:33,169 --> 01:09:34,770
FILL IN SOME OF THE GAPS. ONE OF

1470
01:09:34,770 --> 01:09:37,206
THE GAPS THAT WAS IDENTIFIED WAS

1471
01:09:37,206 --> 01:09:40,576
REGULATING PREDATORY HOMEBUYING 

1472
01:09:40,576 --> 01:09:43,245
PRACTICES. MAYOR HARRELL ASKED 

1473
01:09:43,245 --> 01:09:48,117
THE FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION 

1474
01:09:48,117 --> 01:09:49,151
DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP 

1475
01:09:49,151 --> 01:09:53,522
LEGISLATION TO REGULATE THESE 

1476
01:09:53,522 --> 01:09:55,024
PRACTICES. THAT IS A LITTLE BIT 

1477
01:09:55,024 --> 01:09:56,592
OF THE CONTEXT ABOUT HOW THIS 

1478
01:09:56,592 --> 01:10:00,229
LEGISLATION CAME TO BE. HIGH 

1479
01:10:00,229 --> 01:10:04,567
LEVEL OVERVIEW, THE LEGISLATION 

1480
01:10:04,567 --> 01:10:06,068
OBLIGATES POTENTIAL BUYERS TO 

1481
01:10:06,068 --> 01:10:07,870
DISCLOSE CERTAIN INFORMATION TO 

1482
01:10:07,870 --> 01:10:10,439
HOMEOWNERS ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS. 

1483
01:10:10,439 --> 01:10:11,607
IT PROVIDES AN OUT FOR 

1484
01:10:11,607 --> 01:10:14,176
HOMEOWNERS TO CANCEL A CONTRACT 

1485
01:10:14,176 --> 01:10:16,111
AFTER THEY SIGN IT. IT GIVES THE

1486
01:10:16,111 --> 01:10:18,981
CITY THE ABILITY TO FIND 

1487
01:10:18,981 --> 01:10:19,915
BUSINESSES OR INDIVIDUALS THAT 

1488
01:10:19,915 --> 01:10:21,617
DO NOT COMPLY AND ESTABLISHES 

1489
01:10:21,617 --> 01:10:26,755
ACTION. I WILL JUST KEEP GOING 

1490
01:10:26,755 --> 01:10:28,057
IF THERE ARE NOT ANY QUESTIONS 

1491
01:10:28,057 --> 01:10:30,226
WITH A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ABOUT 

1492
01:10:30,226 --> 01:10:32,394
WHAT'S IN THE LEGISLATION. FEEL

1493
01:10:32,394 --> 01:10:37,066
FREE TO ASK ME AS I GO. IN TERMS

1494
01:10:37,066 --> 01:10:39,001
OF THE DETAILS, THE PROPOSED 

1495
01:10:39,001 --> 01:10:41,337
REGULATIONS REQUIRE THAT 

1496
01:10:41,337 --> 01:10:45,174
POTENTIAL BUYERS OF THESE HOMES 

1497
01:10:45,174 --> 01:10:48,877
WHEN THEY ARE ENGAGING WITH 

1498
01:10:48,877 --> 01:10:54,583
HOMEOWNERS NEED TO PROVIDE 

1499
01:10:54,583 --> 01:10:55,317
VARIOUS DISCLOSURE INFORMATION 

1500
01:10:55,317 --> 01:10:56,719
TO HOMEOWNERS ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS

1501
01:10:56,719 --> 01:10:58,621
PRIOR TO SIGNING A PURCHASE 

1502
01:10:58,621 --> 01:11:03,626
CONTRACT AS WELL AS WHEN THE 

1503
01:11:03,626 --> 01:11:04,793
PURCHASE CONTRACT GOES TO BE 

1504
01:11:04,793 --> 01:11:06,161
SIGNED. AT LEAST FIVE DAYS IN 

1505
01:11:06,161 --> 01:11:07,630
ADVANCE, THE POTENTIAL BUYER 

1506
01:11:07,630 --> 01:11:09,965
MUST PROVIDE WRITTEN NOTICE TO 

1507
01:11:09,965 --> 01:11:13,135
THE OWNER OF THE HOME ABOUT HOW 

1508
01:11:13,135 --> 01:11:14,570
TO ASSESS THE FAIR MARKET VALUE 

1509
01:11:14,570 --> 01:11:17,373
OF THEIR HOME. IT OUTLINES THE 

1510
01:11:17,373 --> 01:11:18,807
OWNER'S RIGHT TO APPRAISAL 

1511
01:11:18,807 --> 01:11:20,943
WHICH THE POTENTIAL BUYER MUST 

1512
01:11:20,943 --> 01:11:23,379
PAY FOR. IT HIRES -- HIGHLIGHTS 

1513
01:11:23,379 --> 01:11:25,314
THE OWNER'S RIGHT TO HIRE A 

1514
01:11:25,314 --> 01:11:29,852
REAL ESTATE AGENT AND SEEK LEGAL

1515
01:11:29,852 --> 01:11:30,719
COUNCIL AND ANY OTHER 

1516
01:11:30,719 --> 01:11:32,855
INFORMATION DEEMED APPROPRIATE .

1517
01:11:32,855 --> 01:11:35,257
WHEN IT COMES TO THE PURCHASE 

1518
01:11:35,257 --> 01:11:36,158
CONTRACT, THE CONTRACT MUST 

1519
01:11:36,158 --> 01:11:37,860
INCLUDE A SEPARATE DISCLOSURE 

1520
01:11:37,860 --> 01:11:41,830
DOCUMENT WITH ALL THE 

1521
01:11:41,830 --> 01:11:43,065
INFORMATION I JUST COVERED AND 

1522
01:11:43,065 --> 01:11:44,166
ALSO SPECIFY THAT THE HOMEOWNER 

1523
01:11:44,166 --> 01:11:45,801
HAS A RIGHT TO CANCEL THE 

1524
01:11:45,801 --> 01:11:46,902
CONTRACT WITHOUT PENALTY. 

1525
01:11:46,902 --> 01:11:50,506
REASONABLY THAT WILL INCLUDE 

1526
01:11:50,506 --> 01:11:52,408
DETAIL ABOUT HOW LONG THEY HAVE 

1527
01:11:52,408 --> 01:11:55,044
TO CONSIDER PURCHASING THE 

1528
01:11:55,044 --> 01:11:56,312
CONTRACT WHICH I WILL GET INTO 

1529
01:11:56,312 --> 01:11:59,448
IN A MOMENT. THE DISCLOSURE 

1530
01:11:59,448 --> 01:12:01,116
NOTICE WILL ALSO INCLUDE CONTACT

1531
01:12:01,116 --> 01:12:02,518
INFORMATION FOR REPORTING 

1532
01:12:02,518 --> 01:12:07,189
VIOLATIONS TO THE CITY. AFTER 

1533
01:12:07,189 --> 01:12:08,691
SIGNING THE CONTRACT THE OWNER 

1534
01:12:08,691 --> 01:12:13,095
CAN HIRE AN APPRAISER EVEN UP TO

1535
01:12:13,095 --> 01:12:16,265
10 DAYS AFTER SIGNING. THE OWNER

1536
01:12:16,265 --> 01:12:17,533
CAN ALSO CANCEL THE CONTRACT 

1537
01:12:17,533 --> 01:12:19,735
WITHIN 10 BUSINESS DAYS AFTER 

1538
01:12:19,735 --> 01:12:22,304
RECEIVING APPRAISAL. THE OWNER 

1539
01:12:22,304 --> 01:12:24,406
CAN CANCEL THE CONTRACT 10 DAYS 

1540
01:12:24,406 --> 01:12:27,676
AFTER EXECUTION IF NO APPRAISAL 

1541
01:12:27,676 --> 01:12:30,913
IS SIGNED. THERE'S VARIOUS TIME

1542
01:12:30,913 --> 01:12:32,348
PERIODS IN THE LEGISLATION 

1543
01:12:32,348 --> 01:12:38,120
TALKING ABOUT WHEN AND HOW THE 

1544
01:12:38,120 --> 01:12:39,121
HOMEOWNER CAN CANCEL THE 

1545
01:12:39,121 --> 01:12:40,189
CONTRACT WITH NO PENALTY. SO 

1546
01:12:40,189 --> 01:12:41,790
THAT PROVIDES A BUFFER IN THE 

1547
01:12:41,790 --> 01:12:43,926
EVENT THE HOMEOWNER HAS SELLERS 

1548
01:12:43,926 --> 01:12:46,395
REMORSE OR LEARNS THAT THEIR 

1549
01:12:46,395 --> 01:12:48,797
HOME IS WORTH MORE MONEY AND 

1550
01:12:48,797 --> 01:12:50,933
PROVIDES ADDITIONAL PROTECTION 

1551
01:12:50,933 --> 01:12:57,773
FOR THE HOMEOWNER. OUR 

1552
01:12:57,773 --> 01:12:58,841
LEGISLATION CLOSELY ALIGNS WITH 

1553
01:12:58,841 --> 01:13:00,442
LEGISLATION THAT WAS PASSED BY 

1554
01:13:00,442 --> 01:13:03,712
THE STATE . WHEN WE STARTED TO 

1555
01:13:03,712 --> 01:13:05,514
FIRST LOOK AT THIS ISSUE THE 

1556
01:13:05,514 --> 01:13:09,451
STATE LEGISLATION WAS NOT ON OUR

1557
01:13:09,451 --> 01:13:11,387
RADAR. I THINK THE STATE FOR 

1558
01:13:11,387 --> 01:13:12,755
SIMILAR REASONS WITH ALL OF THE 

1559
01:13:12,755 --> 01:13:14,423
LEGISLATION COMING OUT ALSO 

1560
01:13:14,423 --> 01:13:18,560
WANTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT 

1561
01:13:18,560 --> 01:13:20,362
PREDATORY HOMEBUYING PRACTICES. 

1562
01:13:20,362 --> 01:13:21,764
THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE 

1563
01:13:21,764 --> 01:13:23,532
RECOMMENDED WE TRY TO ALIGN WITH

1564
01:13:23,532 --> 01:13:26,969
THE STATE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO

1565
01:13:26,969 --> 01:13:29,738
AVOID CONFUSION AND DUPLICATION 

1566
01:13:29,738 --> 01:13:32,775
OF EFFORTS. IT WAS AT THAT POINT

1567
01:13:32,775 --> 01:13:34,643
WE PIVOTED FROM SOME OF THE 

1568
01:13:34,643 --> 01:13:37,780
OTHER IDEAS WE WERE EXPLORING 

1569
01:13:37,780 --> 01:13:39,381
AND TOOK A LOOK AT THE STATE 

1570
01:13:39,381 --> 01:13:40,849
LEGISLATION. I JUST WANT TO 

1571
01:13:40,849 --> 01:13:42,418
HIGHLIGHT THE CITY LEGISLATION 

1572
01:13:42,418 --> 01:13:44,953
GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND . FIRST OF

1573
01:13:44,953 --> 01:13:47,256
ALL IT IMPOSES MORE STRINGENT 

1574
01:13:47,256 --> 01:13:50,526
FINES . IT PROVIDES MORE TIME 

1575
01:13:50,526 --> 01:13:52,694
FOLLOWING EXECUTION OF THE 

1576
01:13:52,694 --> 01:13:56,465
CONTRACT TO OBTAIN AN APPRAISAL 

1577
01:13:56,465 --> 01:13:58,066
AND CANCEL THE CONTRACT. IT HAS 

1578
01:13:58,066 --> 01:14:00,202
STRONGER DOCUMENTATION 

1579
01:14:00,202 --> 01:14:04,039
REQUIREMENTS TO ENSURE THE 

1580
01:14:04,039 --> 01:14:05,340
STATEMENTS TO THE HOMEOWNERS ARE

1581
01:14:05,340 --> 01:14:07,643
ACTUALLY BEING RECEIVED. IT 

1582
01:14:07,643 --> 01:14:09,645
ESTABLISHES THAT HOMEOWNERS HAVE

1583
01:14:09,645 --> 01:14:15,083
A RIGHT OF ACTION . THOSE ARE 

1584
01:14:15,083 --> 01:14:19,688
ALL THE WAYS IN WHICH OUR 

1585
01:14:19,688 --> 01:14:21,390
LEGISLATION WHILE TRYING TO 

1586
01:14:21,390 --> 01:14:23,792
ADHERE TO THE INTENT WE DECIDED 

1587
01:14:23,792 --> 01:14:27,529
TO INCREASE SOME PROTECTIONS FOR

1588
01:14:27,529 --> 01:14:30,866
HOMEOWNERS AS WELL. YOU KNOW, WE

1589
01:14:30,866 --> 01:14:34,303
DO NOT AT THIS POINT HAVE A GOOD

1590
01:14:34,303 --> 01:14:36,371
HANDLE ON THE EXTENT OF THE 

1591
01:14:36,371 --> 01:14:38,674
PROBLEM. THIS IS ANOTHER WAY FOR

1592
01:14:38,674 --> 01:14:40,476
THE CITY TO START DOCUMENTING 

1593
01:14:40,476 --> 01:14:42,578
THE EXTENT TO WHICH THESE 

1594
01:14:42,578 --> 01:14:45,314
PRACTICES ARE OCCURRING AND 

1595
01:14:45,314 --> 01:14:46,849
PEOPLE ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH 

1596
01:14:46,849 --> 01:14:51,386
THIS PRACTICE. WE ARE LOOKING 

1597
01:14:51,386 --> 01:14:58,160
FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO TRACK 

1598
01:14:58,160 --> 01:15:00,128
THIS MORE CLOSELY. IF ADDITIONAL

1599
01:15:00,128 --> 01:15:01,864
PROTECTIONS ARE NEEDED IN THE 

1600
01:15:01,864 --> 01:15:03,732
FUTURE WE WILL BE IN POSITION TO

1601
01:15:03,732 --> 01:15:07,669
DETERMINE THAT. WITH THAT, I 

1602
01:15:07,669 --> 01:15:09,838
WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO TALK 

1603
01:15:09,838 --> 01:15:13,208
ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION. 

1604
01:15:13,208 --> 01:15:17,246
>> GOOD MORNING. FOR THE 

1605
01:15:17,246 --> 01:15:20,549
IMPLEMENTATION STEPS, THERE'S A

1606
01:15:20,549 --> 01:15:21,783
COUPLE OF WAYS THAT WE LOOKED AT

1607
01:15:21,783 --> 01:15:24,586
IT. WE DO NOT HAVE A HANDLE ON 

1608
01:15:24,586 --> 01:15:28,590
HOW OFTEN THIS IS HAPPENING. ONE

1609
01:15:28,590 --> 01:15:30,259
OF THE FIRST THINGS WE WILL DO 

1610
01:15:30,259 --> 01:15:31,560
IS UPDATE ANY WEBSITE 

1611
01:15:31,560 --> 01:15:34,162
INFORMATION. THAT WOULD BE 

1612
01:15:34,162 --> 01:15:35,364
INCLUDING THE CONSUMER 

1613
01:15:35,364 --> 01:15:37,933
PROTECTION WEBSITE WITH 

1614
01:15:37,933 --> 01:15:39,167
INFORMATION FOR THE BUYERS, 

1615
01:15:39,167 --> 01:15:41,470
WHOLESALERS, RESIDENTS AND 

1616
01:15:41,470 --> 01:15:42,804
HOMEOWNERS ABOUT HOW THIS WILL 

1617
01:15:42,804 --> 01:15:44,006
IMPACT THEM, HOW TO REPORT 

1618
01:15:44,006 --> 01:15:46,375
COMPLAINTS AND UP DATE 

1619
01:15:46,375 --> 01:15:50,379
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. ONE OF 

1620
01:15:50,379 --> 01:15:52,080
THE THINGS WE ARE LOOKING AT AS 

1621
01:15:52,080 --> 01:15:53,148
FAR AS OUTREACH AND EDUCATION, 

1622
01:15:53,148 --> 01:15:56,585
SINCE WE DO NOT KNOW IF THEY ARE

1623
01:15:56,585 --> 01:15:58,086
ALL IN SEATTLE, IN THE STATE OR 

1624
01:15:58,086 --> 01:16:02,291
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY WOULD BE 

1625
01:16:02,291 --> 01:16:03,759
THROUGH MAIL AND PHONE CONTACTS 

1626
01:16:03,759 --> 01:16:05,727
AND INFORMATION WE RECEIVED FROM

1627
01:16:05,727 --> 01:16:08,897
RESIDENTS ABOUT WHO THEY MAY 

1628
01:16:08,897 --> 01:16:10,165
HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY FOR 

1629
01:16:10,165 --> 01:16:12,000
SELLING THEIR HOME. FOR THE 

1630
01:16:12,000 --> 01:16:13,402
OTHER AREAS WE WERE LOOKING AT 

1631
01:16:13,402 --> 01:16:17,172
IS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION CARDS 

1632
01:16:17,172 --> 01:16:20,509
AT PUBLIC LOCATIONS SUCH AS 

1633
01:16:20,509 --> 01:16:21,677
COMMUNITY CENTERS, CLINICS, 

1634
01:16:21,677 --> 01:16:25,347
LIBRARIES, SERVICE CENTERS, 

1635
01:16:25,347 --> 01:16:28,917
AREAS WHERE WE ARE REALLY SEEING

1636
01:16:28,917 --> 01:16:30,352
CHANGES AND DEVELOPMENT WITHIN 

1637
01:16:30,352 --> 01:16:31,219
THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THESE 

1638
01:16:31,219 --> 01:16:38,226
HOMES MIGHT BE MORE LIKELY TO BE

1639
01:16:38,226 --> 01:16:42,130
-- AS THOSE AREAS EXPAND. WE 

1640
01:16:42,130 --> 01:16:44,533
WOULD ADDITIONALLY USE THE 

1641
01:16:44,533 --> 01:16:45,867
LANGUAGE ACCESS THAT IS 

1642
01:16:45,867 --> 01:16:49,538
AVAILABLE FOR THE HIGH-LEVEL 

1643
01:16:49,538 --> 01:16:50,205
LANGUAGES TO BE TRANSLATED IN. 

1644
01:16:50,205 --> 01:16:51,974
WE THINK THAT IS REALLY 

1645
01:16:51,974 --> 01:16:54,876
IMPORTANT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS 

1646
01:16:54,876 --> 01:16:56,345
TO UNDERSTAND THEIR RIGHTS AND 

1647
01:16:56,345 --> 01:17:00,782
SERVICES. THE TRAINING WOULD 

1648
01:17:00,782 --> 01:17:03,919
ALSO BE FOR LICENSE AND STANDARD

1649
01:17:03,919 --> 01:17:06,655
INSPECTORS AS WELL AS TO WORK 

1650
01:17:06,655 --> 01:17:10,425
WITH THE CUSTOMER SERVICE BUREAU

1651
01:17:10,425 --> 01:17:12,227
AS THEY MANAGE THE BEGINNING OF 

1652
01:17:12,227 --> 01:17:13,762
THOSE CALLS FROM CUSTOMERS WITH 

1653
01:17:13,762 --> 01:17:15,998
QUESTIONS. THEY COULD DO IT 

1654
01:17:15,998 --> 01:17:20,902
ONLINE OR GET THOSE CONCERNS TO 

1655
01:17:20,902 --> 01:17:22,037
THE CONSUMER PROTECTION BUREAU 

1656
01:17:22,037 --> 01:17:26,742
TO DO AN INVESTIGATION. AS FAR 

1657
01:17:26,742 --> 01:17:30,579
AS THE ENFORCEMENT FOR THIS A 

1658
01:17:30,579 --> 01:17:31,847
COMPLAINT WOULD BE RECEIVED BY 

1659
01:17:31,847 --> 01:17:33,649
CONSUMER PROTECTION EITHER 

1660
01:17:33,649 --> 01:17:35,417
ONLINE, IN PERSON OR THROUGH THE

1661
01:17:35,417 --> 01:17:39,187
PHONE . IT WOULD BE ASSIGNED TO 

1662
01:17:39,187 --> 01:17:42,691
AN INSPECTOR. AFTER THAT THE 

1663
01:17:42,691 --> 01:17:43,692
INSPECTOR WOULD DO THEIR 

1664
01:17:43,692 --> 01:17:44,760
INSPECTION TO SEE IF THE 

1665
01:17:44,760 --> 01:17:48,096
PROTOCOL WAS FOLLOWED . THE 

1666
01:17:48,096 --> 01:17:48,997
INSPECTOR WOULD NOTIFY BOTH 

1667
01:17:48,997 --> 01:17:50,632
PARTIES OF THE OUTCOME OF THE 

1668
01:17:50,632 --> 01:17:51,833
INVESTIGATION. IF IT IS DEEMED 

1669
01:17:51,833 --> 01:17:54,836
THAT THERE WAS A VIOLATION A 

1670
01:17:54,836 --> 01:17:57,339
CITATION WOULD BE ISSUED TO THE 

1671
01:17:57,339 --> 01:17:59,875
WHOLESALE BUSINESS. THE FIRST 

1672
01:17:59,875 --> 01:18:04,146
VIOLATION IS $7500. THE SECOND 

1673
01:18:04,146 --> 01:18:06,882
WOULD BE $10,000 IF THAT 

1674
01:18:06,882 --> 01:18:09,751
HAPPENED IN THAT FIRST 12 

1675
01:18:09,751 --> 01:18:12,654
MONTHS. THE CITATIONS CAN BE 

1676
01:18:12,654 --> 01:18:17,492
APPEALED . THEY WOULD HAVE 10 

1677
01:18:17,492 --> 01:18:22,764
DAYS TO DO THAT . THAT IS THE 

1678
01:18:22,764 --> 01:18:24,466
PLAN AT THIS TIME. I WOULD BE 

1679
01:18:24,466 --> 01:18:27,569
HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. 

1680
01:18:27,569 --> 01:18:29,204
>> SINCE WE ARE HAVING THIS 

1681
01:18:29,204 --> 01:18:36,178
CONVERSATION, HOW LONG CAN YOU 

1682
01:18:36,178 --> 01:18:37,546
STICK AROUND FOR THE 

1683
01:18:37,546 --> 01:18:38,046
CONVERSATION? 

1684
01:18:38,046 --> 01:18:41,750
>> I AM AVAILABLE. 

1685
01:18:41,750 --> 01:18:44,953
>> TRACY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING 

1686
01:18:44,953 --> 01:18:45,854
TO ADD. 

1687
01:18:45,854 --> 01:18:48,390
>> THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS

1688
01:18:48,390 --> 01:18:53,028
A QUESTION TO THE EXECUTIVE. IT 

1689
01:18:53,028 --> 01:18:54,396
TALKS ABOUT USING AN EXISTING 

1690
01:18:54,396 --> 01:18:56,398
STAFF PERSON FOR 2025. NOTHING 

1691
01:18:56,398 --> 01:18:59,601
ABOUT 2026 . I AM WONDERING HOW 

1692
01:18:59,601 --> 01:19:05,073
YOU PLAN TO APPROACH THAT. THE 

1693
01:19:05,073 --> 01:19:06,408
ONLY OTHER COMMENT I HAD WAS 

1694
01:19:06,408 --> 01:19:08,110
BECAUSE THERE IS A SLIGHT 

1695
01:19:08,110 --> 01:19:09,745
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT THE 

1696
01:19:09,745 --> 01:19:10,946
STATE WILL BE IMPLEMENTING AND 

1697
01:19:10,946 --> 01:19:12,380
WHAT THE CITY WILL BE 

1698
01:19:12,380 --> 01:19:18,153
IMPLEMENTING, JUST MAKING SURE 

1699
01:19:18,153 --> 01:19:20,021
WE INFORM PEOPLE OF CITY 

1700
01:19:20,021 --> 01:19:21,089
REQUIREMENTS VERSUS THE STATE 

1701
01:19:21,089 --> 01:19:22,657
BECAUSE WE DO HAVE MORE 

1702
01:19:22,657 --> 01:19:25,160
STRINGENT REQUIREMENTS IN TERMS 

1703
01:19:25,160 --> 01:19:29,631
OF THIS NOTICE. THE CITY HAS 

1704
01:19:29,631 --> 01:19:34,069
PROVISIONS THAT ARE STRICTER 

1705
01:19:34,069 --> 01:19:36,204
THAN THE STATE. MAKING SURE 

1706
01:19:36,204 --> 01:19:40,442
PEOPLE UNDERSTAND ABOUT THOSE 

1707
01:19:40,442 --> 01:19:41,543
DIFFERENCES AND THE NEED TO 

1708
01:19:41,543 --> 01:19:42,944
COMPLY WITH THE CITY 

1709
01:19:42,944 --> 01:19:44,479
REQUIREMENTS. 

1710
01:19:44,479 --> 01:19:45,714
>> AT THIS POINT CONSUMER 

1711
01:19:45,714 --> 01:19:47,783
PROTECTION FEELS WE HAVE ENOUGH 

1712
01:19:47,783 --> 01:19:49,684
INSPECTORS TO ABSORB COMPLAINTS 

1713
01:19:49,684 --> 01:19:52,554
COMING IN. THE ROLE OF THE 

1714
01:19:52,554 --> 01:20:00,228
STRATEGIC ADVISOR PROBABLY WOULD

1715
01:20:00,228 --> 01:20:02,731
BE FINE AND 2025. IN 2026 WE 

1716
01:20:02,731 --> 01:20:04,699
ANTICIPATE ABSORBING THE WORK. 

1717
01:20:04,699 --> 01:20:07,502
WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS SEE 

1718
01:20:07,502 --> 01:20:09,204
WHAT KIND OF NUMBERS WE ARE 

1719
01:20:09,204 --> 01:20:11,606
SEEING. THERE'S A LOT OF 

1720
01:20:11,606 --> 01:20:13,441
UNKNOWNS ABOUT WHAT IMPACTS THEY

1721
01:20:13,441 --> 01:20:16,645
ARE SEEING. AS SOMEBODY WHO 

1722
01:20:16,645 --> 01:20:18,513
LIVES IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE I 

1723
01:20:18,513 --> 01:20:21,583
KNOW I PROBABLY GET 15 TO 20 

1724
01:20:21,583 --> 01:20:26,955
SOLICITATIONS PER MONTH . THAT 

1725
01:20:26,955 --> 01:20:28,690
IS ONE WAY I'M LOOKING TO SEE 

1726
01:20:28,690 --> 01:20:30,192
WHERE THESE ARE COMING FROM, HOW

1727
01:20:30,192 --> 01:20:33,061
TO INFORM THEM. IS IT FROM 

1728
01:20:33,061 --> 01:20:33,995
CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS. THAT IS 

1729
01:20:33,995 --> 01:20:35,664
WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO. AT 

1730
01:20:35,664 --> 01:20:37,532
THIS POINT WE DON'T ANTICIPATE 

1731
01:20:37,532 --> 01:20:43,205
THE FINANCIAL NEED FOR SUPPORT. 

1732
01:20:43,338 --> 01:20:46,441
>> I GET A LOT OF THOSE AS WELL.

1733
01:20:46,441 --> 01:20:51,847
THEY GO STRAIGHT IN THE TRASH. 

1734
01:20:51,847 --> 01:20:55,717
THERE IS A PRESS RELEASE THIS 

1735
01:20:55,717 --> 01:20:57,452
MORNING FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE

1736
01:20:57,452 --> 01:20:59,154
ABOUT THIS. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT

1737
01:20:59,154 --> 01:21:05,026
THE SAME THING. WHAT ACTION IF 

1738
01:21:05,026 --> 01:21:06,995
ANY DO YOU NEED THE COUNCIL TO 

1739
01:21:06,995 --> 01:21:09,431
TAKE? 

1740
01:21:09,431 --> 01:21:10,799
>> WE HAVE TRANSMITTED 

1741
01:21:10,799 --> 01:21:12,200
LEGISLATION. FOR THESE TO GO 

1742
01:21:12,200 --> 01:21:14,369
INTO EFFECT WE WOULD NEED 

1743
01:21:14,369 --> 01:21:15,670
COUNCIL TO VOTE ON THE 

1744
01:21:15,670 --> 01:21:17,472
LEGISLATION AT SOME POINT. 

1745
01:21:17,472 --> 01:21:19,074
>> IS THERE A TIMELINE BY WHICH 

1746
01:21:19,074 --> 01:21:21,743
THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE? OTHER 

1747
01:21:21,743 --> 01:21:23,278
THAN SOONER RATHER THAN LATER? 

1748
01:21:23,278 --> 01:21:27,983
>> PREFERABLY BEFORE THE BUDGET 

1749
01:21:27,983 --> 01:21:35,223
PROCESS STARTS. WHEN I 

1750
01:21:35,223 --> 01:21:36,691
UNDERSTAND YOU DO NOT TAKE UP 

1751
01:21:36,691 --> 01:21:37,192
ADDITIONAL LEGISLATION. 

1752
01:21:37,192 --> 01:21:38,927
>> AGAIN, JUST TRYING TO FIGURE 

1753
01:21:38,927 --> 01:21:48,570
OUT TIMING, GIVEN, HOW THEY WILL

1754
01:21:48,570 --> 01:21:50,505
SHAKE OUT IN ORDER TO GET THINGS

1755
01:21:50,505 --> 01:21:53,074
ROLLING AND GET IT IN PLACE. IT 

1756
01:21:53,074 --> 01:22:00,815
IS NOT LIKE THE HUD THING . I'M

1757
01:22:00,815 --> 01:22:02,550
JUST WONDERING IF THERE IS A 

1758
01:22:02,550 --> 01:22:04,819
DROPDEAD DATE FOR THIS OTHER 

1759
01:22:04,819 --> 01:22:07,255
THAN DO IT BEFORE WE START DOING

1760
01:22:07,255 --> 01:22:09,057
BUDGET STUFF. 

1761
01:22:09,057 --> 01:22:12,827
>> NO. OUR PREFERENCE IS THAT IT

1762
01:22:12,827 --> 01:22:15,330
DOES GET ADOPTED BEFORE BUDGET. 

1763
01:22:15,330 --> 01:22:18,900
>> ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? 

1764
01:22:18,900 --> 01:22:22,003
>> JUST AN OVERARCHING COMMENT. 

1765
01:22:22,003 --> 01:22:23,638
I'M PLEASED THIS IS COMING 

1766
01:22:23,638 --> 01:22:27,809
BEFORE US. IT'S AN ISSUE I'VE 

1767
01:22:27,809 --> 01:22:30,278
CONTINUED TO HEAR ABOUT. I KNOW 

1768
01:22:30,278 --> 01:22:35,083
THAT FOLKS HAVE FELT A BIT OUT 

1769
01:22:35,083 --> 01:22:36,718
OF SORTS LIKE WHAT IS SOMETHING 

1770
01:22:36,718 --> 01:22:37,953
WE CAN DO ABOUT THIS ISSUE. 

1771
01:22:37,953 --> 01:22:39,354
UNDERSTANDING IT IS HARD TO 

1772
01:22:39,354 --> 01:22:41,890
MEASURE THE SCALE OF THE ISSUE. 

1773
01:22:41,890 --> 01:22:43,391
IT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD INITIAL 

1774
01:22:43,391 --> 01:22:45,927
FIRST STEP FOR US TO START 

1775
01:22:45,927 --> 01:22:46,594
COLLECTING INFORMATION AND 

1776
01:22:46,594 --> 01:22:47,829
UNDERSTANDING THE PERVASIVENESS 

1777
01:22:47,829 --> 01:22:50,598
OF IT, COMMON TACTICS, WHO SOME 

1778
01:22:50,598 --> 01:22:52,100
OF THESE FOLKS ARE, 

1779
01:22:52,100 --> 01:22:54,336
UNDERSTANDING THIS IS A FIRST 

1780
01:22:54,336 --> 01:22:55,971
STEP AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO 

1781
01:22:55,971 --> 01:22:58,373
LEARN AS WE GET SOME OF THIS 

1782
01:22:58,373 --> 01:23:00,442
INFORMATION. I AM CURIOUS ABOUT,

1783
01:23:00,442 --> 01:23:04,412
AS WE MOVE FORWARD HOW WE WILL 

1784
01:23:04,412 --> 01:23:06,381
PLAN TO FURTHER ENGAGE WITH THE 

1785
01:23:06,381 --> 01:23:10,452
EXISTING COMMISSION OR SOME OF 

1786
01:23:10,452 --> 01:23:11,419
THE KEY STAKEHOLDER GROUPS IN 

1787
01:23:11,419 --> 01:23:12,787
THE COMMUNITY THAT MIGHT HAVE A 

1788
01:23:12,787 --> 01:23:13,722
GOOD UNDERSTANDING. INKING ABOUT

1789
01:23:13,722 --> 01:23:15,023
LEGACY BLACK HOMEOWNERS. THE 

1790
01:23:15,023 --> 01:23:22,030
MAYOR'S COUNCIL FOR 

1791
01:23:22,030 --> 01:23:22,964
AFRICAN-AMERICAN ELDERS AND 

1792
01:23:22,964 --> 01:23:23,698
OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMISSIONS AS

1793
01:23:23,698 --> 01:23:26,267
WELL. I WOULD ASSUME PART OF 

1794
01:23:26,267 --> 01:23:27,702
THAT EDUCATION WOULD BE PART OF 

1795
01:23:27,702 --> 01:23:29,771
WHAT THEY ARE DOING. AS PART OF 

1796
01:23:29,771 --> 01:23:34,743
THE EXECUTIVE ORDER WE ALSO HAVE

1797
01:23:34,743 --> 01:23:36,378
A WHOLE SECTION ON BETTER 

1798
01:23:36,378 --> 01:23:37,579
COORDINATION AND COMMUNICATION 

1799
01:23:37,579 --> 01:23:39,180
AMONG DEPARTMENT TO GET THE WORD

1800
01:23:39,180 --> 01:23:42,450
OUT GENERALLY ABOUT THE MANY 

1801
01:23:42,450 --> 01:23:43,251
ANTI-DISPLACEMENT PROGRAMS THE 

1802
01:23:43,251 --> 01:23:46,287
CITY IS FUNDING. WHAT WE LEARNED

1803
01:23:46,287 --> 01:23:47,622
THROUGH THE REVIEW OF OUR WORK 

1804
01:23:47,622 --> 01:23:49,924
IS THAT A LOT OF FOLKS ARE NOT 

1805
01:23:49,924 --> 01:23:51,559
FAMILIAR WITH SOME OF THESE 

1806
01:23:51,559 --> 01:23:56,331
PROGRAMS SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE

1807
01:23:56,331 --> 01:23:57,699
WE DO A BETTER JOB CONNECTING 

1808
01:23:57,699 --> 01:24:00,168
PEOPLE WITH THESE PROGRAMS AND 

1809
01:24:00,168 --> 01:24:01,903
THOSE THAT NEED THE MOST ARE 

1810
01:24:01,903 --> 01:24:03,338
AWARE OF THEM AND THE COMMUNITY 

1811
01:24:03,338 --> 01:24:04,239
ARE AWARE OF THEM. THOSE WHO 

1812
01:24:04,239 --> 01:24:05,940
WILL ARE WORKING WITH VULNERABLE

1813
01:24:05,940 --> 01:24:07,409
POPULATIONS CAN HELP GET OUT THE

1814
01:24:07,409 --> 01:24:12,614
WORD AND THESE WILL BE ADDED TO 

1815
01:24:12,614 --> 01:24:16,484
THE LIST ASSUMING COUNCIL PASSES

1816
01:24:16,484 --> 01:24:18,086
THIS LEGISLATION OF THINGS WE 

1817
01:24:18,086 --> 01:24:20,288
CAN BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR AND 

1818
01:24:20,288 --> 01:24:26,094
HELPING MITIGATE CONCERNS. 

1819
01:24:26,094 --> 01:24:27,462
>> I'M WONDERING IF THERE IS 

1820
01:24:27,462 --> 01:24:29,330
BUILDING ON THAT POINT IN TERMS 

1821
01:24:29,330 --> 01:24:31,332
OF GETTING THE WORD OUT. IF 

1822
01:24:31,332 --> 01:24:33,134
THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO TIE THIS

1823
01:24:33,134 --> 01:24:34,836
TO EXISTING PROGRAMS WITH GROUPS

1824
01:24:34,836 --> 01:24:37,072
THAT MAY BE MORE IMPACTED BY 

1825
01:24:37,072 --> 01:24:39,908
THIS. FOLKS THAT MAY BE ENROLLED

1826
01:24:39,908 --> 01:24:42,410
IN THE UTILITY DISCOUNT PROGRAM,

1827
01:24:42,410 --> 01:24:44,145
I'M THINKING ABOUT EXISTING 

1828
01:24:44,145 --> 01:24:45,680
CHANNELS SO WE CAN ATTACH THIS 

1829
01:24:45,680 --> 01:24:51,486
INFORMATION . IF WE HAVE THOUGHT

1830
01:24:51,486 --> 01:24:54,456
ABOUT CONNECTING WITH THE COUNTY

1831
01:24:54,456 --> 01:24:56,658
IF THERE IS AN EXEMPTION FOR 

1832
01:24:56,658 --> 01:24:58,093
PROPERTY TAXES FOR SENIORS IF WE

1833
01:24:58,093 --> 01:25:00,862
CAN SEE IF WE CAN USE THEIR 

1834
01:25:00,862 --> 01:25:02,297
CHANNELS TO BE SURE FOLKS THAT 

1835
01:25:02,297 --> 01:25:12,841
ARE ACCESSING THIS TO BE SURE. 

1836
01:25:13,708 --> 01:25:24,185
>> I'M HAPPY TO COME BACK TO 

1837
01:25:28,890 --> 01:25:30,225
CITY COUNCIL AND TALK ABOUT WHAT

1838
01:25:30,225 --> 01:25:31,326
THE COMMUNICATION PLAN IS ONCE 

1839
01:25:31,326 --> 01:25:32,694
WE PULL IT TOGETHER. I THINK 

1840
01:25:32,694 --> 01:25:34,129
SOME OF THAT WORK IS HAPPENING 

1841
01:25:34,129 --> 01:25:35,530
NOW. I REALLY APPRECIATE SOME OF

1842
01:25:35,530 --> 01:25:37,065
THAT. I THINK IT IS CONSISTENT 

1843
01:25:37,065 --> 01:25:42,837
WITH WHERE WE ARE GOING. 

1844
01:25:42,837 --> 01:25:44,606
>> THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS AND 

1845
01:25:44,606 --> 01:25:46,241
COMMENTS. 

1846
01:25:46,241 --> 01:25:52,247
>> A FEW WEEKS BACK WE DID THE 

1847
01:25:52,247 --> 01:25:54,549
ANTI-DISPLACEMENT RESOURCE AT 

1848
01:25:54,549 --> 01:25:55,950
THE RAINIER BEACH COMMUNITY 

1849
01:25:55,950 --> 01:25:57,018
CENTER. BASICALLY EDUCATING 

1850
01:25:57,018 --> 01:26:00,955
FOLKS ABOUT WHAT RESOURCES EXIST

1851
01:26:00,955 --> 01:26:03,258
TO HELP THEM STAY IN THEIR HOMES

1852
01:26:03,258 --> 01:26:04,792
WHETHER IT IS DISCOUNTS, HOME 

1853
01:26:04,792 --> 01:26:06,928
REPAIR, NO-COST OR LOW-COST 

1854
01:26:06,928 --> 01:26:10,298
LOANS. A LOT OF THE PROVIDERS 

1855
01:26:10,298 --> 01:26:13,368
THAT WERE THERE FROM HOMEOWNERS 

1856
01:26:13,368 --> 01:26:15,003
TO UNITED WAY TO HABITAT FOR 

1857
01:26:15,003 --> 01:26:19,174
HUMANITY , INCLUDING OUR OWN 

1858
01:26:19,174 --> 01:26:21,643
CITY DEPARTMENTS, A LOT OF FOLKS

1859
01:26:21,643 --> 01:26:26,281
DID NOT WANT -- DID NOT KNOW 

1860
01:26:26,281 --> 01:26:28,149
WHAT THEY PROVIDED. IT WAS AN 

1861
01:26:28,149 --> 01:26:29,584
EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE TO FIND 

1862
01:26:29,584 --> 01:26:33,054
OUT WHO ELSE DOES WANT TO HELP 

1863
01:26:33,054 --> 01:26:37,125
PEOPLE STAY IN THEIR HOMES. I 

1864
01:26:37,125 --> 01:26:40,328
THINK ABOUT WHEN WE HAD THE 

1865
01:26:40,328 --> 01:26:41,896
ATMOSPHERIC RIVER A COUPLE YEARS

1866
01:26:41,896 --> 01:26:46,000
AGO. I HAD FLOODING IN MY 

1867
01:26:46,000 --> 01:26:47,702
BASEMENT. THE PRICE TAG FOR THAT

1868
01:26:47,702 --> 01:26:50,838
ADDED UP IN TERMS OF MITIGATION 

1869
01:26:50,838 --> 01:26:53,274
AND THE FIXES AND THE WHOLE BIT.

1870
01:26:53,274 --> 01:26:57,178
FORTUNATELY I HAD ACCESS TO MY 

1871
01:26:57,178 --> 01:26:59,514
DEFERRED COMP I COULD DIP INTO 

1872
01:26:59,514 --> 01:27:01,316
TO OFFSET THE COSTS. I THINK 

1873
01:27:01,316 --> 01:27:04,485
ABOUT THE NEIGHBOR TWO DOORS 

1874
01:27:04,485 --> 01:27:08,656
DOWN IN HER 90s. SHE DOES NOT 

1875
01:27:08,656 --> 01:27:12,060
HAVE THAT LIQUID. SO THAT IS 

1876
01:27:12,060 --> 01:27:16,631
WHERE I AM LOOKING AT THESE 

1877
01:27:16,631 --> 01:27:18,900
PREDATORY FOLKS WHO SAY WE KNOW 

1878
01:27:18,900 --> 01:27:20,802
YOU HAD AN ISSUE. WE WILL GIVE 

1879
01:27:20,802 --> 01:27:23,805
YOU X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS FOR YOUR

1880
01:27:23,805 --> 01:27:28,243
HOUSE AND IT IS WORTH THREE OR 

1881
01:27:28,243 --> 01:27:29,577
FOUR TIMES MORE. THAT IS THE 

1882
01:27:29,577 --> 01:27:31,479
KIND OF THING WE WANT TO SQUASH.

1883
01:27:31,479 --> 01:27:34,048
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS 

1884
01:27:34,048 --> 01:27:38,519
BEING VOTED ON . ANYTHING ELSE 

1885
01:27:38,519 --> 01:27:43,758
TO ADD ? 

1886
01:27:43,758 --> 01:27:45,093
>> I WOULD JUST SUGGEST. YOUR 

1887
01:27:45,093 --> 01:27:46,561
COLLEAGUES WOULD BE AWARE ABOUT 

1888
01:27:46,561 --> 01:27:48,196
THIS PROPOSAL BECAUSE 

1889
01:27:48,196 --> 01:27:50,865
COUNCILMEMBER WILL HAD PROPOSED 

1890
01:27:50,865 --> 01:27:53,167
LOOKING AT A PROGRAM IN SOME 

1891
01:27:53,167 --> 01:27:56,671
SORT. THIS IS SQUARE IN RESPONSE

1892
01:27:56,671 --> 01:27:57,972
TO WHAT SHE WAS THINKING. YOUR 

1893
01:27:57,972 --> 01:28:01,843
COLLEAGUES MAY BE AMENABLE TO AN

1894
01:28:01,843 --> 01:28:02,910
EXPEDITED PROCESS GIVEN THAT 

1895
01:28:02,910 --> 01:28:05,580
THEY SUPPORTED IT DURING THE 

1896
01:28:05,580 --> 01:28:11,119
LAST BUDGET PROCESS AS A 

1897
01:28:11,119 --> 01:28:11,653
PROPOSED SOLUTION. 

1898
01:28:11,653 --> 01:28:13,254
>> WHEN WE ARE ACTUALLY IN 

1899
01:28:13,254 --> 01:28:14,689
COMMITTEE WE WILL HAVE THE 

1900
01:28:14,689 --> 01:28:18,259
PROCESS . AS WE ARE JUST HAVING 

1901
01:28:18,259 --> 01:28:23,031
A CONVERSATION, WE WANT TO THINK

1902
01:28:23,031 --> 01:28:25,400
HOW WE CAN MOVE THINGS FORWARD .

1903
01:28:25,400 --> 01:28:35,943
SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I 

1904
01:28:37,111 --> 01:28:40,214
GUESS THE COMMUNITY CONVERSATION

1905
01:28:40,214 --> 01:28:44,786
IS TIME TO GO TO LUNCH. 

1906
01:28:44,786 --> 01:28:51,926
>> CAN I JUST SHARE SOME REMARKS

1907
01:28:51,926 --> 01:28:57,365
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR LEADING 

1908
01:28:57,365 --> 01:28:59,233
US THROUGH THIS PROCESS. YOU ARE

1909
01:28:59,233 --> 01:28:59,901
SERVING AS CHAIR ON THIS 

1910
01:28:59,901 --> 01:29:06,207
COMMITTEE AS AN INTERIM BASIS. I

1911
01:29:06,207 --> 01:29:08,142
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR GOING 

1912
01:29:08,142 --> 01:29:15,083
ABOVE AND BEYOND TODAY. YOU DID 

1913
01:29:15,083 --> 01:29:16,417
NOT HAVE TO HAVE A COMMUNITY 

1914
01:29:16,417 --> 01:29:18,019
MEETING TODAY. WE COULD HAVE 

1915
01:29:18,019 --> 01:29:20,588
JUST SAID CORAM IS NOT HERE. WE 

1916
01:29:20,588 --> 01:29:21,956
WILL CALL IT ANOTHER TIME. YOU 

1917
01:29:21,956 --> 01:29:23,358
SHARE THE VALUE THAT I SHARE 

1918
01:29:23,358 --> 01:29:24,826
WHICH IS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE 

1919
01:29:24,826 --> 01:29:26,461
HEARD AND WE SHOULD BE SURE THIS

1920
01:29:26,461 --> 01:29:28,996
COMES BEFORE THE COMMUNITY TODAY

1921
01:29:28,996 --> 01:29:30,865
AND IS RECORDED FOR THE PUBLIC 

1922
01:29:30,865 --> 01:29:33,901
TO SEE. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR 

1923
01:29:33,901 --> 01:29:35,336
YOUR LEADERSHIP. IT MEANS A LOT 

1924
01:29:35,336 --> 01:29:38,139
TO ME AND I THINK IT MEANT A LOT

1925
01:29:38,139 --> 01:29:40,174
FOR THE PEOPLE THAT CAME BEFORE 

1926
01:29:40,174 --> 01:29:43,277
US TODAY. WITH THAT BEING SAID 

1927
01:29:43,277 --> 01:29:44,979
WE ARE HERE PERFORMING OUR 

1928
01:29:44,979 --> 01:29:49,384
CHARTERED RESPONSIBILITIES TO BE

1929
01:29:49,384 --> 01:29:50,351
IN COMMITTEE AND DOING THIS 

1930
01:29:50,351 --> 01:29:51,052
WORK? WHERE'S THE COUNCIL 

1931
01:29:51,052 --> 01:29:52,420
PRESIDENT AND WHERE IS 

1932
01:29:52,420 --> 01:29:55,623
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? I WOULD LOVE

1933
01:29:55,623 --> 01:29:58,426
TO KNOW. I THINK THE PEOPLE 

1934
01:29:58,426 --> 01:30:01,829
WOULD LOVE TO KNOW. ON THAT NOTE

1935
01:30:01,829 --> 01:30:04,665
I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN. I 

1936
01:30:04,665 --> 01:30:06,501
WANT TO THANK THE TEAM AS WELL 

1937
01:30:06,501 --> 01:30:08,002
FOR COMING TODAY TO PROVIDE THIS

1938
01:30:08,002 --> 01:30:14,375
INFORMATION TO US. I HAVE A LOT 

1939
01:30:14,375 --> 01:30:15,543
OF QUESTIONS COMING OUT OF THIS 

1940
01:30:15,543 --> 01:30:16,944
MEETING AND NOT ABOUT THE 

1941
01:30:16,944 --> 01:30:18,045
LEGISLATION. THANK YOU. 

1942
01:30:18,045 --> 01:30:19,647
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR 

1943
01:30:19,647 --> 01:30:25,286
BEING HERE. GO GET LUNCH. THERE 

1944
01:30:25,286 --> 01:30:29,190
IS REALLY NOTHING TO CLOSE OUT 

1945
01:30:29,190 --> 01:30:30,591
BECAUSE IT IS NOT AN OFFICIAL 

1946
01:30:30,591 --> 01:30:31,492
COMMITTEE MEETING. 

1947
01:30:31,492 --> 01:30:34,595
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR 

1948
01:30:34,595 --> 01:30:35,396
TIME, SEATTLE CHANNEL.