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>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. THE 

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APRIL 8, 22026 MEETING OF THE 

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SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY 

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LEVY WILL COME TO ORDER. IT IS 

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9:44 AM. I AM CHAIR OF THE 

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COMMITTEE. WITH THE CLERK PLEASE

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CALL THE ROLL. 

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>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 

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>> HERE. 

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>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 

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>> HERE. 

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>> COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 

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>> HERE. 

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>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 

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>> HERE. 

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>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 

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>> HERE. 

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>> VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH. 

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>> HERE. 

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>> CHAIR  RIVERA. 

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>> HERE. SEVEN THE COUNCIL 

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MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. 

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>> PLEASE NOTE COUNCILMEMBER 

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SAKA AND COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 

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ARE EXCUSED FROM THE MEETING. IF

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THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE AGENDA

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WILL BE ADOPTED. WE WILL NOW 

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HAVE OUR HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT. 

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PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD TIE WITH 

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THINGS ON THE AGENDA OR IN THE 

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PURVIEW OF THIS COMMITTEE. HOW 

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MANY SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP 

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TODAY? 

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>> WE CURRENTLY HAVE 10 IN 

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PERSON SPEAKERS AND SEVEN REMOTE

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SPEAKERS ASSIGNED UP. 

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>> THAT IS 17 PEOPLE. SO, GIVEN 

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THAT, EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE TWO

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MINUTES. CLERK, PLEASE PLEASE 

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READ THE INSTRUCTIONS. 

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>> IT WILL BE MODERATED IN THE 

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FOLLOWING MANNER. UP TO 60 

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MINUTES, EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE 

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TWO MINUTES. SPEAKERS WILL BE 

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CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH 

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THEY REGISTERED. WE WILL START 

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WITH IN PERSON SPEAKERS FIRST 

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AND THEN REMOTE SPEAKERS UNTIL 

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THE PERIOD HAS ENDED. SPEAKERS 

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WILL HEAR A TIME WHEN THERE'S 

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10 SECONDS LEFT. PUBLIC COMMENT 

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IS NOW OPEN AND WE WILL BEGIN 

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WITH THE FIRST SPEAKER ON THE 

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LIST. JESSICA LUCAS. 

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>> WELCOME, JESSICA. 

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>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I AM

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JESSICA LUCAS, THE PRESIDENT OF 

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LOCAL 2083, SEATTLE PUBLIC 

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LIBRARY'S. LIBRARY EMPLOYEES 

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UNION. I'M HERE TO REPRESENT 

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OUR MEMBERS. WE WOULD LIKE TO 

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THANK THE MAYOR AND THE CITY 

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COUNCIL FOR WORKING SO 

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DILIGENTLY TO PUT FORTH AND 

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IMPROVE THE PROPOSED 2027 TO 

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2033 LEVY. WE KNOW THAT 30% OF 

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OUR SALARIES ARE FUNDED THROUGH 

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THE CURRENT LEVY. AND THAT THIS 

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LEVY DOES NOT , AND IF THIS LEVY

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DOES NOT PASS, IT WILL MEAN 

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LAYOFFS AND DEEP CUTS FOR THE 

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SERVICES WE PROVIDE. WE ARE 

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HAPPY TO SEE SO MUCH POTENTIAL 

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FUTURE PROGRAMS THAT ARE PART OF

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THIS PACKAGE. WHICH WE HOPE WILL

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INCLUDE SUPPORT STAFF AS WELL AS

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LIBRARIANS. AS 18 SERVICES 

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LIBRARIAN MYSELF I CAN TELL YOU 

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THAT WE NEED ADDITIONAL LIBRARY 

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ASSOCIATE STAFF WHO PROVIDE 

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PROCESSING, SHELVING, CUSTOMER 

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SERVICE AND INFORMATION 

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REFERRALS SO THAT LIBRARIANS 

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PROVIDE EQUITABLE PROGRAMS THAT 

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SERVE THEIR NEEDS. WE NEED MORE 

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SECURITY OFFICERS WHO ARE 

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TRAINED IN DE-ESCALATION, 

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HONESTLY MORE THAN THE THREE 

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PROPOSED. TO KEEP US IN OUR 

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PATRONS SAFE. WE NEED WORKING 

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DOOR LOCKS THAT ACTUALLY RESPOND

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TO THE BUTTONS WE PUSH TO LOCK 

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THEM IN AN EMERGENCY. WE NEED 

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BUILDINGS THAT WILL NOT FALL ON 

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OUR HEADS IN AN EARTHQUAKE AND 

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THAT CAN PROVIDE REFUGE IN BOTH 

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THE HOTTEST AND COLDEST DAYS OF 

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THE YEAR. WE NEED ADDITIONAL 

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SUPPORT FOR OUR SOCIAL SERVICES 

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TEAM WHO PROVIDE RESOURCES TO 

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OUR MOST VULNERABLE PATRONS. 

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THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THESE 

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THINGS IN THE ORIGINAL LEVY 

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PROPOSAL AND IN THESE 

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AMENDMENTS. I LOOK FORWARD TO 

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THE LIBRARY FOR FILLING ALL OF 

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THESE PROMISES TO STAFF AND 

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PATRONS AND TO ALL OF THE FOLKS 

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ENTER OUR BUILDINGS OR NOT, THEY

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BENEFIT -- WE PROVIDE TO THOSE 

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WHO DO. THE LIBRARY CONTRIBUTE 

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STILL WELL-INFORMED, EDUCATED 

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AND CONNECTED SOCIETY. THANK 

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YOU. 

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>> THANK YOU, JESSICA. I SHOULD 

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SAY, CAN YOU PLEASE USE JAZZ 

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HANDS SO WE ARE ABLE TO MOVE 

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QUICKLY AND HEAR EVERYONE. ALL 

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MICROPHONES ARE ON SO WHEN I 

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CALL YOU UP YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO

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WALK UP TO ONE OF THE 

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MICROPHONES IF YOU WOULD LIKE. 

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RYAN, LAUREN, PETER, BETSY AND 

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THEN PIPPIN. 

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>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL 

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MEMBERS. I AM THE CEO OF THE 

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SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY 

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FOUNDATION. I APPRECIATE THE 

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CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE HAD 

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LEADING THROUGH THIS PROCESS. IT

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IS WORTH STATING THAT THE 

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FOUNDATION IS A NONPROFIT 

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PARTNER OF THE LIBRARY. WE ARE 

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FUNDRAISERS AND ADVOCATES ON 

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BEHALF OF THE LIBRARY WE LOVE. 

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WHILE WE ARE PROUD OF THE 

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FUNDING WE PROVIDE TO THE 

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LIBRARY, TANKS WERE THOUSANDS OF

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DONORS, WE ALSO KNOW PRIVATE 

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PHILANTHROPY IS ALWAYS CHANGING 

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AND CAN NEVER MATCH THE IMPACT 

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OF PUBLIC FUNDING FOR A 

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CHARTERED CITY INSTITUTION. NOR 

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SHOULD IT. THE AMENDMENT'S 

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BEFORE YOU ARE SMALL IN RELATION

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TO THE CITY'S TOTAL BUDGET FOR 

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THE OVERALL SHARE OF THE 

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CITY'S VARIOUS LEVIES. BUT THE 

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OFFER SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS AND 

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THEY WILL POSITION THE 

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FOUNDATION TO MAKE EVEN FURTHER 

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ENHANCEMENTS FOR PRIVATE 

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SUPPORT. INC. ABOUT IT THIS WAY,

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THESE AMENDMENTS REPRESENT ABOUT

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10 YEARS OF FUNDRAISING EFFORTS 

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. YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AT 

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THIS MOMENT TO MAKE A DECADES 

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WORTH OF DIFFERENCE FOR THE 

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COUNTLESS LIBRARY PATRONS WHO 

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RELY ON IT. THE TIME TO INVEST 

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LIBRARY IS READY TO IMPLEMENT 

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IMPORTANT EXPANSIONS TO VITAL 

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STRATEGIC VISION. AND THE 

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FOUNDATION IS READY TO BOOST OUR

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FUNDRAISING TO LEVERAGE LOOK 

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SUPPORT. AND THE RESIDENTS OF 

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SEATTLE I FEEL ARE READY TO SHOW

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THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE DECISIONS 

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YOU MAKE. I URGE YOU TO SEIZE 

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THIS MOMENT AND BE VISIONARY. 

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LEASE DON'T SHORTCHANGE A 

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PUBLIC INSTITUTION THE TOUCHES 

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PEOPLE OF EVERY AGE, AND ALL 

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BACKGROUNDS. THANK YOU FOR 

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TAKING BOTH ACTION TO MAKE OUR 

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BELOVED LIBRARY EVEN STRONGER. 

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PLEASE PASS THE AMENDMENTS TODAY

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AND LET'S GET TO WORK. THANK 

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>> THANK YOU, BRIAN. PETER, 

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BETSY, AND PIPPIN. 

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>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL 

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MEMBERS. 

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>> GO AHEAD. 

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>> I AM HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF 

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AND A 6000 ELECTRICAL WORKER 

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MEMBERS. IN 2021 OVER 400 PEOPLE

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STATE. THAT REVEALED THE WE ARE 

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NOT READY FOR CLIMATE CHANGE. I 

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AM PROUD THAT OVER THE LAST 

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SEVERAL YEARS OUR UNION HAS 

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WORKED IN COALITION WITH GROUPS 

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LIKE 350 SEATTLE, AND THE GREEN 

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NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD TO 

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ADVOCATE FOR ADEQUATE COOLING IN

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PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND TO HELP GET

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OUR BUILDINGS HERE IN SEATTLE TO

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WE ARE REALLY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT

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AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN 

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PROPOSED FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS 

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COUNCILMEMBER RINCK WHICH WE 

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BELIEVE WOULD HELP ACHIEVE THE 

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GOALS AND WE ASKED FOR THE 

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COUNCIL SUPPORT FOR THESE 

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>> THANK YOU. BETSY, PIPPIN, 

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>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS. 

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MY NAME IS BETSY, I AM LIVING IN

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DISTRICT 6. I AM ALSO A FORMER 

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CHILDREN'S STAFF FOR THE 

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SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY. UNTIL 

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RECENTLY I DID WORK IN THE 

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CHILDREN'S AREA ON LEVEL I, THE

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TEEN AREA ON LEVEL III. THIS IS 

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A VERY WELL USED AND WELL LOVED 

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SPACE. SPECIFICALLY IN THE 

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GIVERS STOP ALL DAY LONG, CHECK 

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OUT BOOKS TO ENTERTAIN KIDS AND 

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JUST HANG OUT. I WAS WORKING AT 

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THE CENTRAL LIBRARY WHEN IT WAS 

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WITNESSED THE ENTIRE PROCESS . 

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AT THAT POINT IT WAS THE 

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ARCHITECT'S VISION OF HOW THE 

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SPACE SHOULD WORK. AND THAT WE 

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HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR 

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FRONTLINE STAFF AND BUILDING 

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MANAGERS TO BE ABLE TO CREATE 

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THE SPACE THAT WILL ACTUALLY 

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HELP OUR STAFF FUNCTION FOR THE 

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PEOPLE WE SERVE. I AM HERE TODAY

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BECAUSE I SO APPRECIATE THE 

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PROPOSED AMENDMENT FOR THE 

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COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER TO DEDICATE

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$10 MILLION TO THE RENOVATION OF

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CENTRAL LIBRARY. THE AMENDMENT 

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COULD MAKE THIS HUGE DIFFERENCE 

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FOR THE CHILDREN IN THE AREA. 

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THE CENTRAL LIBRARY IS SHOWING 

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ITS AGE. IS 22 YEARS OLD, IT IS 

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NOT THE SAME AS 2026. THINK 

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ABOUT HOW IT WOULD REVITALIZE 

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THIS AREA AND BENEFIT THE 

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SEATTLE FAMILIES AS A WHOLE. MY 

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FORMER COLLEAGUES COULD HOST 

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MORE PROGRAMS, OFFER MORE BOOKS,

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HELP MORE PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE 

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BUILDING. THINK ABOUT WHAT WOULD

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NEED TO HER DOWNTOWN CORE. WHEN 

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WE INVITE MORE KIDS AND MORE 

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TEENS INTO OUR DOWNTOWN 

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DESTINATIONS LIKE THE LIBRARY, 

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IT SHOWS PEOPLE THE CITY WE ARE 

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VIBRANT, SAFE AND A POSITIVE 

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AREA. THINK ABOUT THE GLOBAL 

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READING CHALLENGE THE JUST 

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HAPPENED. IT WAS IN THE SEATTLE 

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TIMES ARTICLE ON APRIL 1. WE HAD

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THOUSANDS, HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES 

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THAT CAME. I ALSO JUST WANT TO 

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SAY THAT WE ARE THE LAST TRULY 

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DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTION . WHERE 

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FAMILIES CAN COME, PEOPLE CAN 

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COME, NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE, 

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WHERE THEY ARE, AND WE ARE THE 

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ONLY FREE PLACE TO HANG IN THE 

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DOWNTOWN CORE. 

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>> THANK YOU, BETSY. THANK YOU 

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VERY MUCH. 

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>> I HAVE A VISUAL AID. 

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>> ALL RIGHT. YES. TRUE. THANK 

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YOU, BETSY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR 

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SERVICE IN THE LIBRARY'S. 

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PIPPIN. AND THEN SHARA. 

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>> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS 

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PIPPIN. I AM THE EXECUTIVE 

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DIRECTOR OF A NONPROFIT LITERARY

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ARTS ORGANIZATION BASED IN 

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DISTRICT 3. OVER THE YEARS I 

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HAVE ALSO MAGAZINE EXPRESSING 

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AND SUPPORT OF CITY LITERATURE. 

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WHICH MANAGES OUR CITIES 

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DESIGNATION IS A CITY OF 

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LITERATURE. I SHARE ALL THIS TO 

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SAY THAT I BELIEVE I'M 

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QUALIFIED TO SPEAK TO HOW DEEPLY

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THE LIBRARY IMPACTS SEATTLE'S 

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LITERARY COMMUNITY. SEATTLE IS A

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CITY OF READERS AND WRITERS. THE

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REGION HAS LITERARY TRADITION 

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THAT GOES BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL 

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INHABITANTS. REGARDLESS OF 

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BACKGROUND OR BELIEF WE 

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SEATTLEITES SHARE A COMMON BOND 

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FOR STORYTELLING. OUR LIBRARY IS

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ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL TO THIS 

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IDENTITY. TO THE BOOKS IT 

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CIRCULATES, THE WRITERS IT 

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BRINGS IN FOR PROGRAMS AND THE 

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COMMUNITIES IT BUILDS AROUND 

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READING AND WRITING. IT IS NO 

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EXAGGERATION TO SAY THAT IT 

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WOULD NOT BE A UNESCO CITY OF 

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LITERATURE, ONE OF ONLY TWO IN 

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THE U.S., AND 53 WORLDWIDE, 

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WITHOUT A STRONG SEATTLE PUBLIC 

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LIBRARY. OUR TIME WITH DEMOCRACY

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FEELS FRAGILE AND THIS 

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INFORMATION SPREADS FASTER, 

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LITERATURE MATTERS. READING 

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SLOWS US DOWN IN AN ECONOMY . 

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READING CREATES SPACE FOR 

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REFLECTION. COMBATS ISOLATION 

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AND BUILDS APATHY BY ALLOWING 

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NOT OTHERWISE UNDERSTAND. IT IS 

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A WAY , IN A WAY IT'S NOT JUST 

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A PRIVATE ACT, IT IS A CIVIC 

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ONE. SUPPORTING A LITERATE 

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CULTURE IS AN ACT OF DEMOCRACY. 

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THAT IS WHY AM GRATEFUL TO THE 

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COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR PRIORITIZING

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LIBRARY COLLECTIONS IN THE LEVY.

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WE MUST COST AND DEMANDS FOR 

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LIBRARY BOOKS. AN INVESTMENT AND

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CURIOSITY, IMAGINATION AND 

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INFORMED AND ENGAGED PUBLIC. FOR

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ALL THESE REASONS I URGE YOU TO 

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PLEASE VOTE IT IN. THANK YOU FOR

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YOUR ATTENTION. AND ALL THE WORK

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YOU DO. 

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>> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SHARA 

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AND THEN LILY. 

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>> I AM ANN AND I AM A LIFELONG 

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LOVER OF LIBRARIES. I HAVE 

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SERVED ON A VARIETY OF 

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FOUNDATION BOARDS AND AM 

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CURRENTLY THE EMERITUS CHAIR FOR

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THE FOUNDATION BOARD SUPPORTING 

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THE LIBRARY. I HAVE GIVEN TOURS 

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OF HER CENTRAL LIBRARY. I'VE 

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TALKED TO PEOPLE AND PROMOTED 

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THE LIBRARY ALL OF MY TIME HERE 

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IN SEATTLE WHICH IS MY ADULT 

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LIFE. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK 

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YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND 

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ENCOURAGE YOU TO GIVE AS MUCH AS

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POSSIBLE TO FUND OF THE LIBRARY.

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PARTICULARLY AROUND THE 

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COLLECTIONS . WHEN I GO TO MY 

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LIBRARY I SEE PEOPLE WALKING OUT

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WITH ARMLOADS OF BOOKS. SO I 

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KNOW THEY ARE REALLY UTILIZING 

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ALL OF THE RESOURCES. IT MAKES A

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BIG DIFFERENCE. IT MAKES US A 

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BETTER EDUCATED, MORE AWARE AND 

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SMARTER COMMUNITY. SO KEEP IT 

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GOING. GIVE US THE BEST MONEY 

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YOU CAN TO KEEP THE LIBRARY 

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STRONG. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 

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>> THANK YOU, ANN. SHARA, 

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SHEILA, EXCUSE ME, LILY AND 

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CHRISTIANA . 

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>> HI, I APPRECIATE THE SHORT 

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MICROPHONE. THANK YOU, CHAIR AND

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COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS 

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SHARA, AND THE COEXECUTIVE 

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DIRECTOR AT LITERACY SOURCE. 

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BASED IN DISTRICT 5. WE ARE AN 

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ADULT EDUCATION ORGANIZATION AND

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LITERACY. I AM HERE TO THANK 

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CANCEL MEMBERS FOR THEIR 

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AMENDMENT TO EXPAND A LINGUAL 

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PROGRAMMING AT THE LIBRARY. 

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LITERACY SOURCE IS A LONGTIME 

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PARTNER OF A LIBRARY. ON 

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PROGRAMS THAT SERVE IMMIGRANTS 

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AND REFUGEES. FOR EXAMPLE, WE 

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RUN THE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE 

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CONVERSATION CLASSES AND HAVE 

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LOTS OF PEOPLE COMING IN 

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REGULARLY WHO ARE ADULTS WORKING

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ON THEIR ENGLISH. THEY CURRENTLY

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TAKE PLACE AT THE CENTRAL 

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LIBRARY , BEACON HILL, LAKE 

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CITY, HIGH POINT, NEWHOLLY, 

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NORTHGATE AND SOUTHPARK RANCHES 

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AND ALSO VIRTUALLY. WE ARE ABLE 

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TO OFFER SO MANY OPTIONS THIS 

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YEAR BECAUSE OF THE TWO YEAR 

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GRANT FROM THE CARNEGIE 

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CORPORATION OF NEW YORK SECURED 

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BY THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY 

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FOUNDATION LAST YEAR. THE 

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FUNDING NEARLY DOUBLE THE NUMBER

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OF FREE LIBRARY PROGRAMS THAT 

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ARE SERVING LOOSELY WHICH 

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LEARNERS AND WE KNOW THERE IS A 

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HUGE NEED OUT THERE. WE EXPANDED

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ONE ON ONE ADULT EDUCATION 

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TUTORING, DIGITAL SKILLS 

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CLASSES, AND INTRODUCED LEVEL 

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ENGLISH CLASSES FOR THE FIRST 

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TIME AT THE LIBRARY. THE GRANT 

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CAME AT A TIME WHEN DEMAND FOR 

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FREE AND LOW-COST ENGLISH 

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CLASSES IS VERY HIGH, AS WE KNOW

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AS A LITERACY SOURCE BECAUSE WE 

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ARE REGULARLY TURNING AWAY 

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STUDENTS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE 

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SPACE. SO WE KNOW AT THIS TIME 

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MANY IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES 

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ALSO FEEL THAT THEY ARE AT GREAT

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RISK. AND LEARNING ENGLISH IS A 

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WONDERFUL BENEFITS AND WE WANT 

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TO HELP THEM. THE FUNDING FOR 

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THAT GRANT EXPIRES IN JULY 2027 

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AND THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT 

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IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE 

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RENEWED. SO THE AMENDMENT THAT 

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COUNCIL MEMBERS PROVIDED TO 

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CONTINUE RESOURCES TO SERVE 

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ENGLISH-LANGUAGE LEARNERS -- AND

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EXPANDING THE PLAN LEARN 

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PROGRAMS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. 

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THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS, FOR 

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RECOGNIZING THE VITAL ROLE OF 

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THE LIBRARY AND SERVING OUR 

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IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS AND I URGE 

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YOU ALL TO SUPPORT THE 

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AMENDMENT. THANK YOU. 

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>> THANK YOU. NEXT, LILY, 

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CHRISTIANA, AND MONIQUE. 

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WELCOME, LILY. 

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>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS. 

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MY NAME IS LILY, I'M A RESIDENT

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OF DISTRICT 1. I WANT TO THANK 

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MY COUNCIL MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY 

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FOR THE AMENDMENT TO PROVIDE FOR

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ADDITIONAL RETROFIT FOR THE 

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LIBRARY PRIORITIZING OUR 

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BEAUTIFUL WEST SEATTLE BRANCH. 

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THIS BRANCH IS EVEN MORE 

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HISTORIC THAN MANY REALIZE. IT 

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OPENED IN JULY 1910 IS THE FIRST

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PERMANENT LIBRARY BRANCH IN 

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SEATTLE. AND IS STILL THE OLDEST

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OPERATING LIBRARY BUILDING IN 

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THE CITY. IT IS ON THE NATIONAL 

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REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND 

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IS A LANDMARKED BUILDING. WHEN I

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FIRST MOVED TO WEST SEATTLE, NO 

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JOKE, IT WAS THE FIRST PLACE 

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ABOUT MY MOM. SHE IS A RETIRED 

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LIBRARIAN AND OUR LIBRARY BRANCH

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MANAGER FROM NEW JERSEY AND I 

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WANT TO SHOW HER WHAT KIND OF 

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NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMITTEE I 

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JUST MOVED INTO. THERE IS NO 

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BETTER PLACE TO SHOW THAT FROM 

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THE WONDERFUL WELCOMING READING 

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AREA AND THE CHILDREN'S AREA TO

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THE INCREDIBLE STAFF THAT HOSTS 

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PROGRAMS FROM STORYTIME TO LOCAL

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CLUBS CLASS CALLED MUSIC 

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CONCERTS. IT IS TRULY A HUB OF 

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THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND BEYOND. 

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HOWEVER, IT WILL BE 124 YEARS 

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OLD BY THE END OF THIS LEVY 

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CYCLE. IT DOES NOT HAVE THE 

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REINFORCED MASONRY TO PROTECT 

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THE BUILDING DURING AN 

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EARTHQUAKE OR THE CLIMATE AND 

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ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES OF MOST 

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MODERN LIBRARIES. MY 

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GRANDMOTHER, WAS ONLY 24 YEARS 

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YOUNGER THAN THAT BUILDING, SHE 

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TURNS 101 THIS YEAR, WOULD 

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CERTAINLY BENEFIT FROM THOSE 

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ADDITIONS. AS WE ALL KNOW, 

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SEATTLE IS OVERDUE FOR THE BIG 

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ONE. TO PARAPHRASE COUNCILMEMBER

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RINCK LAST WEEK, THE BEST TIME 

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FOR A SEISMIC SAFETY UPGRADE IS 

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BEFORE THE BIG ONE HITS. FUNDING

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THE WEST SEATTLE RETROFIT NOW 

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ALSO HELP MAKE SURE OUR 

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NEIGHBORS IN QUEEN ANNE AND 

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FREMONT BENEFIT FROM SIMILAR 

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PROJECTS IN THE NEXT LEVY CYCLE.

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WE CAN'T AFFORD TO WAIT TOO 

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LONG TO PRESERVE THESE HISTORIC 

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BUILDINGS. PLEASE VOTE YES FOR 

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THIS AMENDMENT AND IT BENEFITS 

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EVERYONE WHO COMES THROUGH THE 

510
00:17:20,038 --> 00:17:20,839
DOORS OF OUR BRANCHES. 

511
00:17:20,839 --> 00:17:22,307
>> THANK YOU, LILY. NEXT, 

512
00:17:22,307 --> 00:17:24,777
CHRISTIANA AND THEN MONIQUE AND 

513
00:17:24,777 --> 00:17:29,048
THEN WE GO TO OUR ONLINE. 

514
00:17:29,048 --> 00:17:30,949
WELCOME. 

515
00:17:30,949 --> 00:17:32,851
>> MY NAME IS CHRISTIANA. I LIVE

516
00:17:32,851 --> 00:17:35,487
IN DISTRICT 6. WHEN MY KIDS WERE

517
00:17:35,487 --> 00:17:38,057
LITTLE WE WOULD GO TO THE 

518
00:17:38,057 --> 00:17:39,158
GREENWOOD LIBRARY IN OUR 

519
00:17:39,158 --> 00:17:39,858
NEIGHBORHOOD OFTEN. WHEN WE 

520
00:17:39,858 --> 00:17:45,130
WOULD RIDE THE ELEVATOR AS IT 

521
00:17:45,130 --> 00:17:45,898
CREAKED AND CRAWLED THERE WOULD 

522
00:17:45,898 --> 00:17:46,932
BE THAT MOMENT BETWEEN MYSELF, 

523
00:17:46,932 --> 00:17:48,333
MY KIDS AND OTHER PATRONS LOOK 

524
00:17:48,333 --> 00:17:50,202
THAT SAYS, ARE WE GOING TO GET 

525
00:17:50,202 --> 00:17:54,440
STUCK? THOSE KIDS ARE YOUNG 

526
00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:55,941
ADULTS NOW. ONE OF THEM IS HERE 

527
00:17:55,941 --> 00:17:58,844
WITH ME TODAY. AND THE ELEVATOR 

528
00:17:58,844 --> 00:17:59,878
AT THE GREENWOOD LIBRARY AND 

529
00:17:59,878 --> 00:18:00,946
OTHERS IN OUR DISTRICT CONTINUE 

530
00:18:00,946 --> 00:18:02,147
TO CREAK AND CRAWL EVER SO 

531
00:18:02,147 --> 00:18:03,715
SLOWLY UP AND DOWN BETWEEN 

532
00:18:03,715 --> 00:18:06,051
FLOORS. THE SAME HERE TO THANK 

533
00:18:06,051 --> 00:18:06,985
MY COUNCILMEMBER, FOR HIS 

534
00:18:06,985 --> 00:18:10,456
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO FUND ADA 

535
00:18:10,456 --> 00:18:11,156
ACCESSIBILITY AND MAINTENANCE 

536
00:18:11,156 --> 00:18:14,760
NEEDS AT OUR LIBRARIES. THESE 

537
00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:15,761
FUNDS ARE CRITICALLY NEEDED, 

538
00:18:15,761 --> 00:18:16,962
ESPECIALLY FOR ELEVATOR AND 

539
00:18:16,962 --> 00:18:21,967
ESCALATOR REPLACEMENTS. IF YOU 

540
00:18:21,967 --> 00:18:23,735
HAD BEEN ON THE STREET TO THE 

541
00:18:23,735 --> 00:18:24,303
CENTRAL LIBRARY, THIS WEEK, 

542
00:18:24,303 --> 00:18:25,537
YOU'D HAVE SEEN AN ELEVATOR AND

543
00:18:25,537 --> 00:18:26,638
ESCALATOR ARE CURRENTLY DOWN. AS

544
00:18:26,638 --> 00:18:27,372
IS, UNFORTUNATELY, OFTEN THE 

545
00:18:27,372 --> 00:18:29,141
CASE IN THAT AMAZING AND AGING 

546
00:18:29,141 --> 00:18:35,981
BUILDING. AS OUR LIBRARIES AGE, 

547
00:18:35,981 --> 00:18:36,849
ELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS ARE 

548
00:18:36,849 --> 00:18:38,183
OFTEN THE FIRST THINGS TO BREAK.

549
00:18:38,183 --> 00:18:39,551
LEADING TO SAFETY RISKS AND 

550
00:18:39,551 --> 00:18:40,452
INACCESSIBILITY. AND AS ANYONE 

551
00:18:40,452 --> 00:18:41,787
WHO HAS LIVED OR WORKED IN A 

552
00:18:41,787 --> 00:18:42,821
HIGH-RISE BUILDING THOSE, 

553
00:18:42,821 --> 00:18:48,994
ELEVATORS AREN'T CHEAP OR QUICK

554
00:18:48,994 --> 00:18:50,462
TO REPLACE. THAT IS WHY THE TIME

555
00:18:50,462 --> 00:18:51,430
TO FUND THESE REPLACEMENTS IS 

556
00:18:51,430 --> 00:18:52,698
RIGHT NOW WITH THE ONCE EVERY 

557
00:18:52,698 --> 00:18:53,866
SEVEN YEARS OPPORTUNITY IN FRONT

558
00:18:53,866 --> 00:18:55,434
OF YOU BEFORE COSTS GET EVEN 

559
00:18:55,434 --> 00:18:56,235
HIGHER OR A SERIOUS ISSUE 

560
00:18:56,235 --> 00:19:01,106
OCCURS. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER

561
00:19:01,106 --> 00:19:02,074
STRAUSS, FOR PROPOSING FUNDS TO 

562
00:19:02,074 --> 00:19:02,708
ADEQUATELY ADDRESS ADA 

563
00:19:02,708 --> 00:19:03,342
ACCESSIBILITY AND MAINTENANCE 

564
00:19:03,342 --> 00:19:10,182
ACROSS THE LIBRARY SYSTEM. 

565
00:19:10,182 --> 00:19:11,483
WITHOUT THIS FUNDING WE WILL 

566
00:19:11,483 --> 00:19:12,084
FALL DANGEROUSLY BEHIND ON 

567
00:19:12,084 --> 00:19:13,152
MAKING SURE OUR LIBRARIES ARE 

568
00:19:13,152 --> 00:19:13,852
SAFE AND ACCESSIBLE FOR 

569
00:19:13,852 --> 00:19:15,153
EVERYONE. I ASKED THE COUNCIL TO

570
00:19:15,153 --> 00:19:16,154
VOTE YES ON THIS AMENDMENT. 

571
00:19:16,154 --> 00:19:17,356
THANK YOU SO MUCH. 

572
00:19:17,356 --> 00:19:18,257
>> THANK YOU, CHRISTIANA. NEXT, 

573
00:19:18,257 --> 00:19:19,658
MONIQUE, AND THEN WE WILL GO TO 

574
00:19:19,658 --> 00:19:23,028
OUR ONLINE SPEAKERS. WELCOME. 

575
00:19:23,028 --> 00:19:25,998
>> MY NAME IS MONIQUE AND I LIVE

576
00:19:25,998 --> 00:19:30,736
IN DISTRICT 4. I FEGLI VISIT THE

577
00:19:30,736 --> 00:19:32,638
FREMONT LIBRARY. I SERVE ON THE 

578
00:19:32,638 --> 00:19:33,639
BOARD OF THE FRIENDS OF THE 

579
00:19:33,639 --> 00:19:36,808
SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY. 

580
00:19:36,808 --> 00:19:37,509
THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS YOU 

581
00:19:37,509 --> 00:19:38,644
ENGAGED WITH MANY OF MY FELLOW 

582
00:19:38,644 --> 00:19:39,878
BOARD MEMBERS AS WE SEEK TO 

583
00:19:39,878 --> 00:19:40,846
FULFILL OUR MISSION LIBRARY AND 

584
00:19:40,846 --> 00:19:42,548
INSPIRE A LOVE OF READING IN OUR

585
00:19:42,548 --> 00:19:43,482
COMMUNITY. AND THANKS FOR 

586
00:19:43,482 --> 00:19:44,883
LISTENING AND I WANT TO 

587
00:19:44,883 --> 00:19:51,924
ESPECIALLY THANK COUNCILMEMBER 

588
00:19:51,924 --> 00:19:52,724
RINCK, NOT JUST FOR YOUR 

589
00:19:52,724 --> 00:19:53,759
FANTASTIC REAL WITH MY BOARD 

590
00:19:53,759 --> 00:19:54,860
COLLEAGUE JENNIFER, BUT ALSO FOR

591
00:19:54,860 --> 00:19:55,761
SPONSORING THE AMENDMENT TO 

592
00:19:55,761 --> 00:19:56,862
EXPAND INTO DIGITAL BOOKS. AS 

593
00:19:56,862 --> 00:19:58,096
YOU REPEATEDLY HEARD, BOTH 

594
00:19:58,096 --> 00:20:08,340
DIGITAL BOOKS AND PEAK PICS ARE 

595
00:20:08,340 --> 00:20:08,974
EXTREMELY POPULAR AMONG SEATTLE 

596
00:20:08,974 --> 00:20:10,242
READERS. IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE 

597
00:20:10,242 --> 00:20:11,510
TO TAKE ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR 

598
00:20:11,510 --> 00:20:12,644
THINGS LIBRARY DOES AND COMBINE 

599
00:20:12,644 --> 00:20:13,645
IT WITH THE MOST POPULAR CURRENT

600
00:20:13,645 --> 00:20:15,047
FORMAT REQUESTED BY THE PUBLIC. 

601
00:20:15,047 --> 00:20:15,948
THAT THE LIBRARY OFFERS. PEAK 

602
00:20:15,948 --> 00:20:17,149
PICS OFFERS NO WAY ACCESS TO 

603
00:20:17,149 --> 00:20:18,450
MOST IN DEMAND NEW RELEASES FROM

604
00:20:18,450 --> 00:20:19,484
WELL-KNOWN AUTHORS AND RIGHT NOW

605
00:20:19,484 --> 00:20:20,552
FOR EXAMPLE IT FEATURES THE 

606
00:20:20,552 --> 00:20:21,887
LATEST WORKS FROM. IT ALSO 

607
00:20:21,887 --> 00:20:23,455
HIGHLIGHTS WRITERS AND NEW 

608
00:20:23,455 --> 00:20:26,325
VOICES AND CURRENT PICS INCLUDE 

609
00:20:26,325 --> 00:20:32,364
NORTHWEST TRAVEL GUIDE, A MANUAL

610
00:20:32,364 --> 00:20:33,231
ON GROWING VEGETABLES IN 

611
00:20:33,231 --> 00:20:34,166
WASHINGTON AND A MYSTERY SET ON 

612
00:20:34,166 --> 00:20:39,338
WHIDBEY ISLAND. IT PROVIDES A 

613
00:20:39,338 --> 00:20:40,872
BELOVED SERVICE FOR PATRONS AND 

614
00:20:40,872 --> 00:20:41,506
VALUABLE PLATFORM FOR EMERGING 

615
00:20:41,506 --> 00:20:42,441
AND DIVERSE WRITERS AT THE FRONT

616
00:20:42,441 --> 00:20:43,475
OF EVERY LIBRARY AND HOPEFULLY 

617
00:20:43,475 --> 00:20:44,876
SOON ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE 

618
00:20:44,876 --> 00:20:51,350
AB. PLEASE VOTE YES TO EXPAND 

619
00:20:51,350 --> 00:20:52,784
ACCESS TO PEAK PICS AND DIGITAL 

620
00:20:52,784 --> 00:20:53,018
BOOKS. 

621
00:20:53,018 --> 00:20:54,453
>> THANK YOU. WE WILL GO TO OUR 

622
00:20:54,453 --> 00:20:55,687
ONLINE SPEAKERS. WE HAVE BRIAN, 

623
00:20:55,687 --> 00:20:57,723
ROBERTA, AND KATHLEEN. BRIAN, 

624
00:20:57,723 --> 00:21:03,762
PRESS STAR SIX AND YOU MAY 

625
00:21:03,762 --> 00:21:10,269
BEGIN. 

626
00:21:10,269 --> 00:21:11,837
>> THIS IS BRIAN. I'M A HOST ON

627
00:21:11,837 --> 00:21:13,071
THE SEATTLE CHANNEL. THANK YOU 

628
00:21:13,071 --> 00:21:13,839
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. I'VE 

629
00:21:13,839 --> 00:21:15,340
TALKED WITH ALL OF YOU AT THE 

630
00:21:15,340 --> 00:21:16,074
SEATTLE CHANNEL STUDIOS BEFORE 

631
00:21:16,074 --> 00:21:17,242
BUT THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. 

632
00:21:17,242 --> 00:21:18,910
I'M SPEAKING TO YOU IN SUPPORT 

633
00:21:18,910 --> 00:21:22,648
OF COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS'S 

634
00:21:22,648 --> 00:21:23,815
AMENDMENT TO THE LIBRARY LEVY. 

635
00:21:23,815 --> 00:21:24,750
AMENDMENT NUMBER EIGHT ON PAGE 

636
00:21:24,750 --> 00:21:25,751
16 OF YOUR AMENDMENT'S PACKET. 

637
00:21:25,751 --> 00:21:26,852
THIS MEASURE WOULD EXPAND 

638
00:21:26,852 --> 00:21:27,653
LIBRARY PROGRAMMING ON THE 

639
00:21:27,653 --> 00:21:28,553
SEATTLE CHANNEL. A RELATIVELY 

640
00:21:28,553 --> 00:21:32,090
LOW COST OF $300,000 PER YEAR, 

641
00:21:32,090 --> 00:21:33,258
$2.1 MILLION OVER THE LIFE OF 

642
00:21:33,258 --> 00:21:35,060
THE LEVY. THE SEATTLE CHANNEL IS

643
00:21:35,060 --> 00:21:41,867
BROADCAST MONTHLY LIBRARY BOARD 

644
00:21:41,867 --> 00:21:43,268
MEETINGS, FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS,

645
00:21:43,268 --> 00:21:44,136
AND THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY NOW 

646
00:21:44,136 --> 00:21:45,470
TO BUILD ON THIS PARTNERSHIP AND

647
00:21:45,470 --> 00:21:46,238
LEVERAGE THE CHANNEL'S GROWING 

648
00:21:46,238 --> 00:21:47,239
ONLINE PRESENCE WITH 5.5 MILLION

649
00:21:47,239 --> 00:21:48,940
ANNUAL VIDEO ABUSE TO PROMOTE 

650
00:21:48,940 --> 00:21:57,049
LIBRARY CONTENT. BOOK TALKS, 

651
00:21:57,049 --> 00:21:58,250
LECTURES AND OTHER LIBRARY 

652
00:21:58,250 --> 00:21:59,251
PRESENTATIONS COULD BE FEATURED 

653
00:21:59,251 --> 00:21:59,851
ON SEATTLE CHANNELS MULTIPLE 

654
00:21:59,851 --> 00:22:00,519
VIDEO PLATFORMS. CONNECTING WITH

655
00:22:00,519 --> 00:22:01,186
THE CHANNELS 156,000 FOLLOWERS 

656
00:22:01,186 --> 00:22:02,154
ON SOCIAL MEDIA INCLUDING 82,000

657
00:22:02,154 --> 00:22:06,358
SUBSCRIBERS ON YOUTUBE ALONE. 

658
00:22:06,358 --> 00:22:07,659
THIS AMENDMENT IS NOT A LARGE 

659
00:22:07,659 --> 00:22:08,860
INCREASE TO THE LEVY. BUT IT 

660
00:22:08,860 --> 00:22:09,728
WOULD CREATE A SIGNIFICANT 

661
00:22:09,728 --> 00:22:10,729
FUNDING SOURCE FOR THE SEATTLE 

662
00:22:10,729 --> 00:22:17,536
CHANNEL. AS MANY CANCEL MEMBERS 

663
00:22:17,536 --> 00:22:18,437
KNOW, THE CHANNEL FACE MAJOR 

664
00:22:18,437 --> 00:22:19,371
FUNDING CUTS IN 2024 THAT 

665
00:22:19,371 --> 00:22:20,472
WOULD'VE RESULTED IN THE LOSS 

666
00:22:20,472 --> 00:22:21,740
OF SHOWS LIKE THE ONES I HOST 

667
00:22:21,740 --> 00:22:23,075
WITH YOU AND OTHER GUESTS, PLUS 

668
00:22:23,075 --> 00:22:24,042
OTHER POPULAR PROGRAMS. LIKE ART

669
00:22:24,042 --> 00:22:31,450
ZONE. AND BOOK LOVE. I AM 

670
00:22:31,450 --> 00:22:32,584
THANKFUL TO THE COUNCIL THAT 

671
00:22:32,584 --> 00:22:34,086
FUNDING FOR THE CHANNEL WAS 

672
00:22:34,086 --> 00:22:34,720
RESTORED THEN, BUT DECREASING 

673
00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:35,554
REVENUE FROM CABLE FEES REMAINS 

674
00:22:35,554 --> 00:22:36,955
A CONCERN. THAT IS WHY THIS IDEA

675
00:22:36,955 --> 00:22:38,256
OF ADDING A LITTLE BIT OF LEVY 

676
00:22:38,256 --> 00:22:39,558
MONEY TO THE CHANNEL, CREATING A

677
00:22:39,558 --> 00:22:40,358
BRAIDED APPROACH WITH MULTIPLE 

678
00:22:40,358 --> 00:22:41,359
FUNDING SOURCES FOR THE CHANNEL 

679
00:22:41,359 --> 00:22:42,394
PRESENTS ITSELF AS A PRACTICAL 

680
00:22:42,394 --> 00:22:52,938
AND SUSTAINABLE PATH FORWARD. AS

681
00:22:56,508 --> 00:22:57,375
A JOURNALIST COVERING CITY HALL 

682
00:22:57,375 --> 00:22:58,744
IT IS NOT COMFORTABLE FOR ME TO 

683
00:22:58,744 --> 00:23:00,045
SPEAK OUT ABOUT THE CITY DOLLARS

684
00:23:00,045 --> 00:23:01,747
THAT AFFECT MY JOB, AS I WAS NOT

685
00:23:01,747 --> 00:23:02,647
COMFORTABLE TWO YEARS AGO. BUT 

686
00:23:02,647 --> 00:23:04,449
I'M GOING TO SAY WITH ALL THE 

687
00:23:04,449 --> 00:23:05,650
HUMIDITY I CAN, I SEE THE WORK 

688
00:23:05,650 --> 00:23:06,852
OF THE SEATTLE CHANNEL IS A 

689
00:23:06,852 --> 00:23:08,153
CRITICAL PART OF THE FABRIC OF 

690
00:23:08,153 --> 00:23:09,454
THE CITY AND IT NEEDS TO SURVIVE

691
00:23:09,454 --> 00:23:10,756
AND FLOURISH. THIS IS A VERY 

692
00:23:10,756 --> 00:23:12,157
SMALL INCREASE TO THE LEVY, BUT 

693
00:23:12,157 --> 00:23:13,558
I SEE IT AS A FISCALLY 

694
00:23:13,558 --> 00:23:14,159
RESPONSIBLE MOVE TO PROMOTE 

695
00:23:14,159 --> 00:23:15,160
SEATTLE LIBRARIES AND HELP THE 

696
00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:16,261
SEATTLE CHANNEL 5 INTO THE 

697
00:23:16,261 --> 00:23:16,962
FUTURE. THANK YOU. 

698
00:23:16,962 --> 00:23:17,963
>> THANK YOU, BRIAN. NEXT, 

699
00:23:17,963 --> 00:23:19,364
ROBERTA. PRESS STAR SIX. YOU MAY

700
00:23:19,364 --> 00:23:20,132
BEGIN. 

701
00:23:20,132 --> 00:23:20,732
>> 

702
00:23:20,732 --> 00:23:21,967
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR AND COUNCIL 

703
00:23:21,967 --> 00:23:23,135
MEMBERS. MY NAME IS ROBERTA AND 

704
00:23:23,135 --> 00:23:25,437
I LIVE IN DISTRICT 5. MY FIRST 

705
00:23:25,437 --> 00:23:30,075
TIME EVER CALLING IN TO MAKE 

706
00:23:30,075 --> 00:23:31,343
PUBLIC COMMENT ON AN ISSUE. I 

707
00:23:31,343 --> 00:23:32,444
HAVE BEEN A LIFELONG SUPPORTER 

708
00:23:32,444 --> 00:23:33,345
OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, 

709
00:23:33,345 --> 00:23:34,346
FREQUENTED THE NORTHEAST 

710
00:23:34,346 --> 00:23:37,482
LIBRARY, AND AND AN AVID 

711
00:23:37,482 --> 00:23:39,151
AUDIOBOOK USER. THE LIBRARY IS A

712
00:23:39,151 --> 00:23:41,753
PLACE THAT I AND SO MANY OTHERS 

713
00:23:41,753 --> 00:23:43,288
HAVE ALWAYS CALLED HOME. I'M 

714
00:23:43,288 --> 00:23:47,159
ALSO AN ACTIVE YOU ARE OF THE 

715
00:23:47,159 --> 00:23:47,859
EMMY AWARD-WINNING SEATTLE 

716
00:23:47,859 --> 00:23:49,461
CHANNEL. SUCH A GREAT EXISTING 

717
00:23:49,461 --> 00:23:50,962
FREE RESOURCE THAT THE CITY 

718
00:23:50,962 --> 00:23:55,834
SHOULD BE PROUD OF. THIS IS WHY 

719
00:23:55,834 --> 00:23:56,935
AM SO PLEASED TO SEE THE 

720
00:23:56,935 --> 00:23:58,136
AMENDMENT FROM COUNCILMEMBER 

721
00:23:58,136 --> 00:24:03,375
STRAUSS TO GROW THE SEATTLE 

722
00:24:03,375 --> 00:24:04,509
CHANNEL COVERAGE OF THE LIBRARY 

723
00:24:04,509 --> 00:24:05,243
PROGRAMS. WHAT A GREAT 

724
00:24:05,243 --> 00:24:06,344
COLLABORATION THAT WILL BE. 

725
00:24:06,344 --> 00:24:07,245
LIBRARY PROGRAMS ARE SUCH A HUGE

726
00:24:07,245 --> 00:24:08,313
WIN FOR THE CITY. EDUCATIONAL 

727
00:24:08,313 --> 00:24:11,216
AND FREE OF CHARGE. A BROAD 

728
00:24:11,216 --> 00:24:12,150
RANGE OF PROGRAMS OFFER 

729
00:24:12,150 --> 00:24:13,652
SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. TRULY A 

730
00:24:13,652 --> 00:24:21,026
COMMON GROUND. THESE MUST BE 

731
00:24:21,026 --> 00:24:21,860
ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE INCLUDING

732
00:24:21,860 --> 00:24:22,561
PEOPLE FACE BARRIERS, PRESENTED 

733
00:24:22,561 --> 00:24:23,929
BY THE TRANSPORTATION, CHILDCARE

734
00:24:23,929 --> 00:24:27,632
AND MORE. AND WHO MAY NOT BE 

735
00:24:27,632 --> 00:24:28,467
ABLE TO ATTEND LIBRARY PROGRAMS 

736
00:24:28,467 --> 00:24:30,035
IN PERSON. THE SEATTLE CHANNEL 

737
00:24:30,035 --> 00:24:32,137
IS ANOTHER ESSENTIAL FREE 

738
00:24:32,137 --> 00:24:37,642
EDUCATIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE. THEY

739
00:24:37,642 --> 00:24:38,844
DO SUCH AN AMAZING JOB OF 

740
00:24:38,844 --> 00:24:40,045
COVERING CITY POLITICS AND SO 

741
00:24:40,045 --> 00:24:41,413
MUCH MORE. THEY ALREADY OFFER 

742
00:24:41,413 --> 00:24:42,747
AWARD-WINNING ORIGINAL CONTENT, 

743
00:24:42,747 --> 00:24:44,082
CREATIVE AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS, 

744
00:24:44,082 --> 00:24:47,786
VITAL ELECTION INFORMATION AND 

745
00:24:47,786 --> 00:24:48,854
SEATTLE HISTORY JUST TO NAME A 

746
00:24:48,854 --> 00:24:55,627
FEW. I'M EXCITED THAT 

747
00:24:55,627 --> 00:24:56,161
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS'S 

748
00:24:56,161 --> 00:24:56,828
AMENDMENT WOULD PROVIDE MORE 

749
00:24:56,828 --> 00:24:57,362
OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE 

750
00:24:57,362 --> 00:24:58,029
EXPERIENCE LIBRARY PROGRAMS 

751
00:24:58,029 --> 00:24:59,464
REMOTELY VIA THE SEATTLE 

752
00:24:59,464 --> 00:25:00,832
CHANNEL. I URGE YOU TO VOTE YES 

753
00:25:00,832 --> 00:25:02,000
ON THIS AMENDMENT AND SUPPORT 

754
00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:09,241
MORE ACCESS TO TWO OF OUR 

755
00:25:09,241 --> 00:25:10,141
CENTRAL PUBLIC SERVICES. THE 

756
00:25:10,141 --> 00:25:10,976
LIBRARY AND THE SEATTLE CHANNEL.

757
00:25:10,976 --> 00:25:11,743
THANK YOU. 

758
00:25:11,743 --> 00:25:12,744
>> THANK YOU, ROBERTA. KATHLEEN.

759
00:25:12,744 --> 00:25:14,880
PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX AND YOU 

760
00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:15,847
MAY BEGIN. 

761
00:25:15,847 --> 00:25:22,254
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS. 

762
00:25:22,254 --> 00:25:23,388
MY NAME IS KATHLEEN, AND I LIVE 

763
00:25:23,388 --> 00:25:29,027
IN DISTRICT 7. I AM SPEAKING IN 

764
00:25:29,027 --> 00:25:30,295
SUPPORT OF THE LIBRARY LEVY WITH

765
00:25:30,295 --> 00:25:31,096
AN EMPHASIS ON ADDITIONAL 

766
00:25:31,096 --> 00:25:32,364
FUNDING FOR THE COMMUNITY 

767
00:25:32,364 --> 00:25:37,335
RESOURCE SPECIALIST POSITION. 

768
00:25:37,335 --> 00:25:38,837
FOR 19 YEARS I WAS THE EXECUTIVE

769
00:25:38,837 --> 00:25:39,938
DIRECTOR OF CRISIS CLINIC, NOW 

770
00:25:39,938 --> 00:25:40,538
CRISIS CONNECTION. WHICH 

771
00:25:40,538 --> 00:25:41,072
PROVIDES TELEPHONE-BASED 

772
00:25:41,072 --> 00:25:43,942
INFORMATION REFERRALS TO HELP 

773
00:25:43,942 --> 00:25:45,277
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND A 

774
00:25:45,277 --> 00:25:46,278
BROAD ARRAY OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

775
00:25:46,278 --> 00:25:47,646
CRISIS DIVERSION SERVICES 

776
00:25:47,646 --> 00:25:51,249
INCLUDING 988 , THE SUICIDE AND 

777
00:25:51,249 --> 00:26:01,793
CRISIS LINE. I WAS A COFOUNDER 

778
00:26:10,802 --> 00:26:11,369
OF WASHINGTON STATE 211 SERVICE,

779
00:26:11,369 --> 00:26:12,003
A THREE DIGIT DIALING CODE THAT 

780
00:26:12,003 --> 00:26:20,979
MADE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE -- THE

781
00:26:20,979 --> 00:26:21,613
LIBRARY'S COMMUNITY RESOURCE 

782
00:26:21,613 --> 00:26:22,447
SPECIALISTS ARE A DEDICATED 

783
00:26:22,447 --> 00:26:25,850
STAFF WHO HAVE THE CAPACITY , 

784
00:26:25,850 --> 00:26:26,851
EXPERTISE AND EMPATHY TO WORK 

785
00:26:26,851 --> 00:26:27,953
WITH VULNERABLE LIBRARY 

786
00:26:27,953 --> 00:26:30,655
PATIENTS. EXPANDING THESE 

787
00:26:30,655 --> 00:26:32,157
POSITIONS AND WORKING WITH THE 

788
00:26:32,157 --> 00:26:33,692
CARE TEAM TO BETTER INTEGRATE 

789
00:26:33,692 --> 00:26:35,226
SERVICE CONNECTION FROM LIBRARY 

790
00:26:35,226 --> 00:26:40,565
LOCATION WILL STRENGTHEN OUR 

791
00:26:40,565 --> 00:26:41,733
CITY SAFETY NET. THIS WILL 

792
00:26:41,733 --> 00:26:42,634
BENEFIT PATRONS AT THE CENTRAL 

793
00:26:42,634 --> 00:26:43,935
LIBRARY, BALLARD, AND CAPITOL 

794
00:26:43,935 --> 00:26:48,740
HILL. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK 

795
00:26:48,740 --> 00:26:50,108
COUNCIL MEMBERS FOSTER, STRAUSS 

796
00:26:50,108 --> 00:26:54,446
AND HOLLINGSWORTH. THERE 

797
00:26:54,446 --> 00:26:55,080
IMPORTANT AMENDMENT WOULD 

798
00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:56,781
ADDRESS THE CRISIS NEEDS OF 

799
00:26:56,781 --> 00:26:58,750
LIBRARY PATRONS. I ENCOURAGE ALL

800
00:26:58,750 --> 00:26:59,985
COUNCILMEMBERS TO SUPPORT THIS 

801
00:26:59,985 --> 00:27:03,254
AMENDMENT AND EXPAND THE 

802
00:27:03,254 --> 00:27:04,055
LIBRARY'S ROLE IN ADDRESSING 

803
00:27:04,055 --> 00:27:05,256
THE NEEDS OF OUR LITTLE MEMBERS 

804
00:27:05,256 --> 00:27:09,127
OF OUR CITY. THANK YOU. 

805
00:27:09,127 --> 00:27:10,729
>> THANK YOU. COLLEEN, PLEASE 

806
00:27:10,729 --> 00:27:12,364
PRESS STAR SIX AND YOU MAY 

807
00:27:12,364 --> 00:27:15,734
BEGIN. 

808
00:27:15,734 --> 00:27:22,974
>> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL. 

809
00:27:22,974 --> 00:27:23,942
ARE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 3200 

810
00:27:23,942 --> 00:27:25,043
RESIDENTS, 100% SUPPORTS THE $10

811
00:27:25,043 --> 00:27:25,644
MILLION VIBRATE LEVY. AS YOU 

812
00:27:25,644 --> 00:27:27,479
KNOW, IT IS WHOPPING 50% 

813
00:27:27,479 --> 00:27:35,153
INCREASE INFLATION ADJUSTMENT 

814
00:27:35,153 --> 00:27:35,787
REPLACEMENT LEVY WHICH COVERS 

815
00:27:35,787 --> 00:27:36,388
EVERYTHING FROM OPERATIONS 

816
00:27:36,388 --> 00:27:37,155
MAINTENANCE, BOOKS AND 

817
00:27:37,155 --> 00:27:37,722
MATERIALS, INFRASTRUCTURE, 

818
00:27:37,722 --> 00:27:38,890
E-BOOKS AND THE WONDERFUL 

819
00:27:38,890 --> 00:27:42,160
OUTREACH SERVICES. THERE ARE 

820
00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:43,161
SOME REAL CONCERNS AMONG 

821
00:27:43,161 --> 00:27:43,728
CONSTITUENTS THAT THE LEVY 

822
00:27:43,728 --> 00:27:45,764
REQUIRES THE CITY TO RECEIVE 

823
00:27:45,764 --> 00:27:46,931
LEVY LIMITS FROM THE STATE AND 

824
00:27:46,931 --> 00:27:47,732
THE NEIGHBORS ESPECIALLY SENIORS

825
00:27:47,732 --> 00:27:48,800
AND SEVERAL VETERANS ON FIXED 

826
00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:50,235
INCOMES DO NOT SUPPORT 

827
00:27:50,235 --> 00:27:51,469
ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS SEATTLE 

828
00:27:51,469 --> 00:27:53,938
EVEN AT A DANGEROUSLY HIGH 

829
00:27:53,938 --> 00:27:56,441
---THE STATE. ADDING MORE 

830
00:27:56,441 --> 00:28:06,985
MILLIONS AMENDMENTS FOR THE CITY

831
00:28:11,423 --> 00:28:12,524
FOR REAL EMERGENCIES. YESTERDAY 

832
00:28:12,524 --> 00:28:13,291
AS WE STOOD AT THE MARKET 

833
00:28:13,291 --> 00:28:14,392
NEIGHBORS WERE CONTEMPLATING IN 

834
00:28:14,392 --> 00:28:15,160
THE CARTS WHETHER THEY SHOULD 

835
00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:16,161
STUFF THE CART FULL OF 

836
00:28:16,161 --> 00:28:17,228
EVERYTHING OR SHOULD SOMETHING 

837
00:28:17,228 --> 00:28:18,229
BE LEFT ON THE SHELF BROTHERS 

838
00:28:18,229 --> 00:28:19,297
FOR EMERGENCIES. THIS IS THE 

839
00:28:19,297 --> 00:28:20,732
SAME AS SAVING A SMALL OF AMOUNT

840
00:28:20,732 --> 00:28:21,566
OF TAXING CAPACITY. OR 

841
00:28:21,566 --> 00:28:22,867
CONTINGENCY FOR THE CITY'S 

842
00:28:22,867 --> 00:28:33,411
FUTURE. ALL OF SEATTLE RESIDENTS

843
00:28:33,812 --> 00:28:34,446
HAVE WONDERFUL AFFILIATIONS WITH

844
00:28:34,446 --> 00:28:35,280
SEATTLE LIBRARIES AND GREAT 

845
00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:36,114
MEMORIES. BUT WE CAN'T AFFORD 

846
00:28:36,114 --> 00:28:37,248
MORE THAN THE $410 MILLION WHICH

847
00:28:37,248 --> 00:28:38,283
IS A 50% INCREASE. LANDOWNERS 

848
00:28:38,283 --> 00:28:39,451
HAVE ALREADY BEEN TAXED HEAVILY 

849
00:28:39,451 --> 00:28:40,585
TO FUND PARKS AND REC LEVY, 

850
00:28:40,585 --> 00:28:41,453
CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND FREE 

851
00:28:41,453 --> 00:28:42,253
PRESCHOOL WHICH ALSO PROVIDES 

852
00:28:42,253 --> 00:28:43,555
MANY OF THESE RESOURCES IN SAFE 

853
00:28:43,555 --> 00:28:44,756
PLACES FOR CHILDREN TO BE AFTER 

854
00:28:44,756 --> 00:28:45,757
SCHOOL. PLEASE PASS THE $400 

855
00:28:45,757 --> 00:28:46,958
MILLION -- $410 MILLION CB 12181

856
00:28:46,958 --> 00:28:48,059
WITH NO AMENDMENTS. LET'S KEEP 

857
00:28:48,059 --> 00:28:49,027
SEATTLE MORE AFFORDABLE FOR 

858
00:28:49,027 --> 00:28:55,066
LANDOWNERS, RENTERS, HOMEOWNERS,

859
00:28:55,066 --> 00:28:56,734
AND SAVE SOMETHING FOR A RAINY 

860
00:28:56,734 --> 00:28:58,136
DAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR 

861
00:28:58,136 --> 00:28:58,937
WORK ON THIS. 

862
00:28:58,937 --> 00:28:59,938
>> THANK YOU, COLLEEN. MARGARET 

863
00:28:59,938 --> 00:29:00,972
BUTLER. PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX 

864
00:29:00,972 --> 00:29:02,674
AND YOU MAY BEGIN. 

865
00:29:02,674 --> 00:29:11,683
>> HI, THANK YOU, COUNCIL 

866
00:29:11,683 --> 00:29:12,951
MEMBERS, FOR YOUR TIME. I AM 

867
00:29:12,951 --> 00:29:14,018
MARGARET BUTLER. I AM AN ARTIST,

868
00:29:14,018 --> 00:29:14,886
GRAPHIC DESIGNER AND SMALL 

869
00:29:14,886 --> 00:29:15,887
BUSINESS OWNER IN SEATTLE AND I 

870
00:29:15,887 --> 00:29:17,288
LIVE IN VERMONT IN DISTRICT 6. I

871
00:29:17,288 --> 00:29:18,556
ALSO RENT AN ART STUDIO IN 

872
00:29:18,556 --> 00:29:19,758
BALLARD. I'M HERE TO TELL YOU 

873
00:29:19,758 --> 00:29:21,059
THAT I SUPPORT THE LIBRARY LEVY 

874
00:29:21,059 --> 00:29:22,060
IN FULL AND SPECIFICALLY THE 

875
00:29:22,060 --> 00:29:23,661
AMENDMENT TO ADD TO OUR 

876
00:29:23,661 --> 00:29:25,663
COLLECTION AND COUNCILMEMBER 

877
00:29:25,663 --> 00:29:33,271
RINCK'S AMENDMENT FOR PEAK 

878
00:29:33,271 --> 00:29:34,672
PICS. MY FIRST TO SETTLE ONE OF 

879
00:29:34,672 --> 00:29:36,040
THE THINGS I DID WAS GET A 

880
00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:37,075
LIBRARY CARD. I WILL NEVER 

881
00:29:37,075 --> 00:29:38,543
FORGET THE FIRST TIME I WENT TO 

882
00:29:38,543 --> 00:29:39,778
CENTRAL LIBRARY, I WALKED IN, I 

883
00:29:39,778 --> 00:29:41,246
LOOKED UP AND WAS TAKING IN THE 

884
00:29:41,246 --> 00:29:42,247
BEAUTY WELL A CELLIST WAS 

885
00:29:42,247 --> 00:29:43,448
PLAYING AND IT BROUGHT TEARS TO 

886
00:29:43,448 --> 00:29:45,150
MY EYES BECAUSE I WAS SO EXCITED

887
00:29:45,150 --> 00:29:46,851
AND HAPPY IT WAS MY NEW HOME. I 

888
00:29:46,851 --> 00:29:48,653
LOVE IT SEATTLE IS INVESTING IN 

889
00:29:48,653 --> 00:29:49,954
ITS LIBRARY INCREASE SPACES FOR 

890
00:29:49,954 --> 00:29:51,055
CITIZENS. I USE THE LIBRARY 

891
00:29:51,055 --> 00:29:52,790
EVERY DAY READING DIGITAL BOOKS 

892
00:29:52,790 --> 00:29:53,591
AND AUDIOBOOKS , RENTING 

893
00:29:53,591 --> 00:29:57,529
PHYSICAL BOOKS AND I AM OLD 

894
00:29:57,529 --> 00:29:59,197
SCHOOL SO I LIKE TO RENT DVDS 

895
00:29:59,197 --> 00:30:09,741
FROM TIME TO TIME. THE LIBRARY 

896
00:30:11,409 --> 00:30:12,243
SUPPORTS MY SMALL BUSINESS NEEDS

897
00:30:12,243 --> 00:30:13,044
WITH PRINTING, COMPUTER AND 

898
00:30:13,044 --> 00:30:14,045
WI-FI ACCESS, REFERENCE MATERIAL

899
00:30:14,045 --> 00:30:14,846
FOR MY ART, PERSONAL HOTSPOTS 

900
00:30:14,846 --> 00:30:16,447
FOR MY ART STUDIO, AND EVEN GOT 

901
00:30:16,447 --> 00:30:17,348
AN AFFIDAVIT NOTARIZED AT THE 

902
00:30:17,348 --> 00:30:18,550
LIBRARY SO I COULD USE MY 

903
00:30:18,550 --> 00:30:19,184
PARTNER'S WORKPLACE HEALTH 

904
00:30:19,184 --> 00:30:20,385
INSURANCE WHICH IS HUGE FOR A 

905
00:30:20,385 --> 00:30:21,452
SMALL BUSINESS OWNER LIKE ME. 

906
00:30:21,452 --> 00:30:22,754
ONE THING I'VE NOTICED IS THE 

907
00:30:22,754 --> 00:30:23,955
TIME AT THE LIBRARY ARE TOO 

908
00:30:23,955 --> 00:30:25,957
LONG. SINCE WE ARE TOP 10 IN THE

909
00:30:25,957 --> 00:30:29,928
NATION IN SEATTLE WITH DIGITAL 

910
00:30:29,928 --> 00:30:30,828
BOOK RENTALS, I FIND MYSELF 

911
00:30:30,828 --> 00:30:31,863
WAITING SEVERAL WEEKS FOR THE 

912
00:30:31,863 --> 00:30:33,031
MATERIALS I WANT AND NEED. FOR 

913
00:30:33,031 --> 00:30:34,465
EXAMPLE I PLACED A HOLD ON A 

914
00:30:34,465 --> 00:30:35,733
PERSONAL HOTSPOTS AT THE END OF 

915
00:30:35,733 --> 00:30:36,935
LAST YEAR AND FINALLY GOT IT 

916
00:30:36,935 --> 00:30:38,603
LAST WEEK SO I COULD USE IT IN 

917
00:30:38,603 --> 00:30:44,175
MY ART STUDIO. I END UP ACTUALLY

918
00:30:44,175 --> 00:30:45,577
PURCHASING A BOOK FOR A BOOK 

919
00:30:45,577 --> 00:30:46,945
CLUB I AM IN BECAUSE THE 

920
00:30:46,945 --> 00:30:47,645
PHYSICAL, DIGITAL AND AUDIOBOOK 

921
00:30:47,645 --> 00:30:48,746
COPIES OF PROJECT HAIL MARY WERE

922
00:30:48,746 --> 00:30:50,048
ON HOLD UNTIL LONG AFTER OUR 

923
00:30:50,048 --> 00:30:52,016
BOOK CLUB WAS AGILE TO DISCUSS 

924
00:30:52,016 --> 00:30:53,484
THE BOOK. IN CONCLUSION I 

925
00:30:53,484 --> 00:30:54,552
SUPPORT THE LIBRARY LEVY BECAUSE

926
00:30:54,552 --> 00:30:55,553
IT IS AN IMPORTANT COMMUNITY 

927
00:30:55,553 --> 00:30:56,454
RESOURCE FOR SMALL BUSINESS 

928
00:30:56,454 --> 00:30:57,188
OWNERS AND READING ENTHUSIASTS 

929
00:30:57,188 --> 00:30:58,456
LIKE ME. WE NEED ACCESS TO 

930
00:30:58,456 --> 00:31:00,091
EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS -- SO 

931
00:31:00,091 --> 00:31:01,192
PLEASE SUPPORT THIS LIBRARY LEVY

932
00:31:01,192 --> 00:31:02,260
IN FULL. THANK YOU. 

933
00:31:02,260 --> 00:31:06,364
>> THANK YOU, MARGARET. DAVID 

934
00:31:06,364 --> 00:31:07,632
HAYNES, PRESS START SIX AND YOU 

935
00:31:07,632 --> 00:31:08,566
MAY BEGIN. 

936
00:31:08,566 --> 00:31:13,271
>> IS THERE ANYWAY WE CAN 

937
00:31:13,271 --> 00:31:17,842
INCREASE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT AND 

938
00:31:17,842 --> 00:31:19,143
BUILD SOME NEW LIBRARIES? EVERY 

939
00:31:19,143 --> 00:31:20,545
TIME WE HAVE TO DO A SEISMIC 

940
00:31:20,545 --> 00:31:22,547
RETROFIT IT IS A SIGN WE HAVE A 

941
00:31:22,547 --> 00:31:23,114
BUILDING CODE VIOLATION AND 

942
00:31:23,114 --> 00:31:24,849
UNSTABLE WALLS. THE THING IS, WE

943
00:31:24,849 --> 00:31:31,256
NEED TO IMPROVE THE SERVICES 

944
00:31:31,256 --> 00:31:32,657
THAT HAVE TO RESPOND TO THE 

945
00:31:32,657 --> 00:31:33,591
SOCIETAL EXPLOSION WE KEEP IT 

946
00:31:33,591 --> 00:31:34,559
DEALING WITH WHEN PEOPLE THINK 

947
00:31:34,559 --> 00:31:35,994
THAT THE LIBRARY IS A FREE PLACE

948
00:31:35,994 --> 00:31:37,695
TO HANG OUT AND BOTHER OTHER 

949
00:31:37,695 --> 00:31:39,364
PEOPLE. AND A PERFECT EFFORT 

950
00:31:39,364 --> 00:31:44,535
WOULD BE, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTERS 

951
00:31:44,535 --> 00:31:45,837
AMENDMENT THAT IS GOING TO SPEND

952
00:31:45,837 --> 00:31:47,338
$10 MILLION TO REMODEL THE 

953
00:31:47,338 --> 00:31:50,842
CENTRAL LIBRARY. IF YOU ALL 

954
00:31:50,842 --> 00:31:51,943
WOULD ALLOW FOR A PARTICIPATORY 

955
00:31:51,943 --> 00:31:54,612
EFFORT TO REMODEL, IT WOULD BE 

956
00:31:54,612 --> 00:31:56,014
GREAT. BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO 

957
00:31:56,014 --> 00:31:59,784
CREATE PERSONAL SPACE FOR 

958
00:31:59,784 --> 00:32:01,352
SOMEONE LIKE ME TO GO IN THERE, 

959
00:32:01,352 --> 00:32:02,553
RIGHT MY SPEECH AND NOT BE 

960
00:32:02,553 --> 00:32:03,788
BOTHERED BY OTHER PEOPLE'S 

961
00:32:03,788 --> 00:32:04,656
PROBLEMS , THE PASSIVE 

962
00:32:04,656 --> 00:32:07,558
AGGRESSIVELY BOTHER OTHER PEOPLE

963
00:32:07,558 --> 00:32:09,260
, AT THE SAME COMPUTER TABLE, AT

964
00:32:09,260 --> 00:32:14,132
THE SAME READING AREA. AND IT'S

965
00:32:14,132 --> 00:32:14,899
FRUSTRATING BECAUSE TO THE POINT

966
00:32:14,899 --> 00:32:16,267
WHERE I HAVE PRETTY MUCH GIVEN 

967
00:32:16,267 --> 00:32:19,037
UP ON GOING THERE , KNOWING FULL

968
00:32:19,037 --> 00:32:20,004
WELL WITHIN FIVE MINUTES I'M 

969
00:32:20,004 --> 00:32:21,506
GOING TO BE STRESSED OUT. IT'S 

970
00:32:21,506 --> 00:32:23,341
NOT FAIR. AND PART OF THE 

971
00:32:23,341 --> 00:32:26,444
PROBLEM IS , I HATE TO SAY THIS,

972
00:32:26,444 --> 00:32:27,945
BUT THE SERVICE PROVIDERS WERE 

973
00:32:27,945 --> 00:32:29,881
SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE SHOWER AND 

974
00:32:29,881 --> 00:32:32,550
LAUNDRY, THEY DON'T SHOW UP AND

975
00:32:32,550 --> 00:32:35,353
PICK SOMEBODY UP WHO GETS A 

976
00:32:35,353 --> 00:32:36,688
TICKET, THE GIVES THEM A 

977
00:32:36,688 --> 00:32:37,955
GUARANTEE THAT THEY GET A SHOWER

978
00:32:37,955 --> 00:32:39,357
AND LAUNDRY RIGHT AWAY. A LOT OF

979
00:32:39,357 --> 00:32:42,060
TIMES I'VE ASKED SOME OF THE 

980
00:32:42,060 --> 00:32:43,628
LIBRARIANS, WHAT YOU CALL THE 

981
00:32:43,628 --> 00:32:52,070
SERVICE PROVIDER ? THEY SAY WE 

982
00:32:52,070 --> 00:32:53,271
HAVE DONE THAT, WE KNOW THIS 

983
00:32:53,271 --> 00:32:54,038
PERSON, THEY'VE GOT PROBLEMS 

984
00:32:54,038 --> 00:32:55,440
AND THEY WILL BE BACK. IT'S 

985
00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:56,674
LIKE, SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO

986
00:32:56,674 --> 00:32:57,942
CALL SO THEY CAN GO TAKE A 

987
00:32:57,942 --> 00:32:59,544
SHOWER AND LAUNDRY. THEY SAY, WE

988
00:32:59,544 --> 00:33:01,045
ARE NOT GOING TO JUDGE, WE ARE 

989
00:33:01,045 --> 00:33:02,280
ALL INCLUSIVE. IT'S MOST LIKE A

990
00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:02,947
PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE ALLOWANCE FOR

991
00:33:02,947 --> 00:33:04,282
A DISGRUNTLED ATTITUDE TO TAKE 

992
00:33:04,282 --> 00:33:05,249
IT OUT ON SOMEBODY ELSE. A 

993
00:33:05,249 --> 00:33:06,584
PATRON WHO CANNOT ENJOY THE 

994
00:33:06,584 --> 00:33:09,687
LIBRARY BECAUSE IT IS TOO NOISY 

995
00:33:09,687 --> 00:33:10,688
AND THERE TOO MANY BOTHERSOME 

996
00:33:10,688 --> 00:33:11,889
PEOPLE. YOU GOT TO HAVE THE 

997
00:33:11,889 --> 00:33:12,557
REMODEL -- 

998
00:33:12,557 --> 00:33:22,667
>> THANK YOU, DAVID. 

999
00:33:22,667 --> 00:33:24,068
>> THIS IS OUR LAST SPEAKER. 

1000
00:33:24,068 --> 00:33:25,336
>> THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL 

1001
00:33:25,336 --> 00:33:26,003
REGISTERED SPEAKERS. THE PUBLIC 

1002
00:33:26,003 --> 00:33:27,005
COMMENT PERIOD IS CLOSED. WILL 

1003
00:33:27,005 --> 00:33:28,172
PROCEED TO HER ITEM OF BUSINESS.

1004
00:33:28,172 --> 00:33:29,540
I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE 

1005
00:33:29,540 --> 00:33:30,775
FOR COMING DOWN HERE AND GIVING 

1006
00:33:30,775 --> 00:33:31,743
YOUR TESTIMONY, THANK YOU FOR 

1007
00:33:31,743 --> 00:33:33,511
DOING JAZZ HANDS AND SNAPS. 

1008
00:33:33,511 --> 00:33:36,047
LECLERC PLEASE READ ITEM ONE 

1009
00:33:36,047 --> 00:33:37,248
INTO THE RECORD? 

1010
00:33:37,248 --> 00:33:43,554
>> AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO 

1011
00:33:43,554 --> 00:33:44,055
REGULAR PROPERTY TAXES. 

1012
00:33:44,055 --> 00:33:44,689
PROVIDING FOR THE SUBMISSION TO 

1013
00:33:44,689 --> 00:33:45,289
THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE 

1014
00:33:45,289 --> 00:33:46,224
CITY AT AN ELECTION TO BE HELD 

1015
00:33:46,224 --> 00:33:47,325
ON AUGUST 4, 2026, OF A 

1016
00:33:47,325 --> 00:33:48,426
PROPOSITION AUTHORIZING THE CITY

1017
00:33:48,426 --> 00:33:49,494
TO LEVY REGULAR PROPERTY TAXES 

1018
00:33:49,494 --> 00:33:52,130
FOR UP TO SEVEN YEARS IN EXCESS 

1019
00:33:52,130 --> 00:33:53,898
OF THE LIMITATION ON LEVIES IN 

1020
00:33:53,898 --> 00:33:55,800
CHAPTER 84.55 RCW FOR THE 

1021
00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:57,001
PURPOSE OF SUSTAINING 

1022
00:33:57,001 --> 00:33:58,536
INVESTMENTS IN LIBRARY OPERATING

1023
00:33:58,536 --> 00:34:01,072
HOURS, COLLECTIONS, TECHNOLOGY, 

1024
00:34:01,072 --> 00:34:03,174
PROGRAMMING, AND MAINTENANCE 

1025
00:34:03,174 --> 00:34:04,842
WHILE EXPANDING ACCESS TO 

1026
00:34:04,842 --> 00:34:06,344
OPPORTUNITY THROUGH LIBRARY 

1027
00:34:06,344 --> 00:34:10,047
MATERIALS, TECHNOLOGY, AND 

1028
00:34:10,047 --> 00:34:14,052
UNDERTAKING A SEISMIC RETROFIT 

1029
00:34:14,052 --> 00:34:14,652
OF ONE LIBRARY FACILITY. AND 

1030
00:34:14,652 --> 00:34:15,319
RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING CERTAIN

1031
00:34:15,319 --> 00:34:21,192
PRIOR ACTS. FOR BRIEFING, 

1032
00:34:21,192 --> 00:34:22,260
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE. 

1033
00:34:22,260 --> 00:34:23,694
>> THIS ITEM HAS BEEN READ INTO 

1034
00:34:23,694 --> 00:34:25,163
THE RECORD. COLLEAGUES, WE ARE 

1035
00:34:25,163 --> 00:34:28,566
HERE. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO 

1036
00:34:28,566 --> 00:34:29,767
ARE HERE IN PERSON OR WATCHING 

1037
00:34:29,767 --> 00:34:31,769
ON THE SEATTLE CHANNEL, THANK 

1038
00:34:31,769 --> 00:34:32,970
YOU FOR BEING PRESENT FOR THESE 

1039
00:34:32,970 --> 00:34:35,973
REALLY IMPORTANT VOTES. AS PART 

1040
00:34:35,973 --> 00:34:37,375
OF THIS LEVY RENEWAL PROCESS, WE

1041
00:34:37,375 --> 00:34:39,077
HAVE ALL SPOKEN ABOUT OUR LOVE 

1042
00:34:39,077 --> 00:34:40,645
FOR THE SEATTLE LIBRARIES. WE 

1043
00:34:40,645 --> 00:34:42,580
HAVE STRONG AFFECTION FOR LOCAL 

1044
00:34:42,580 --> 00:34:45,650
BRANCHES AND WE ARE ALIGNED IN A

1045
00:34:45,650 --> 00:34:48,352
SHARED CONVICTION THAT WE HAVE 

1046
00:34:48,352 --> 00:34:49,554
ONE OF THE BEST LIBRARY SYSTEMS 

1047
00:34:49,554 --> 00:34:53,357
IN THE WORLD. ONE BUILT TO SERVE

1048
00:34:53,357 --> 00:34:54,959
A CITY OF AVID READERS AND 

1049
00:34:54,959 --> 00:35:01,065
LEARNERS. THE MAYOR SENT DOWN A 

1050
00:35:01,065 --> 00:35:02,033
GOOD PACKAGE BECAUSE SHE LOVES 

1051
00:35:02,033 --> 00:35:03,034
LIBRARIES, AND I LOVE LIBRARIES 

1052
00:35:03,034 --> 00:35:04,435
AS MUCH AS WE'LL DO. THAT IS 

1053
00:35:04,435 --> 00:35:08,840
WHY I SUPPORTED IT . IT IS 50% 

1054
00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:10,074
MORE THAN THE LAST LEVY, EVEN 

1055
00:35:10,074 --> 00:35:11,442
AFTER ACCOUNTING FOR INFLATION. 

1056
00:35:11,442 --> 00:35:13,277
IT INCREASES INVESTMENTS IN 

1057
00:35:13,277 --> 00:35:14,011
COLLECTIONS, ACCESS AND 

1058
00:35:14,011 --> 00:35:14,946
PROGRAMMING, AND CAPITAL 

1059
00:35:14,946 --> 00:35:18,583
PROJECTS. AS WE DISCUSSED AT THE

1060
00:35:18,583 --> 00:35:19,951
LAST MEETING, WE ARE FACING A 

1061
00:35:19,951 --> 00:35:21,652
VERY REAL LEVY CAP WITH THE 

1062
00:35:21,652 --> 00:35:25,189
PROPOSED PACKAGE WE WOULD HAVE 

1063
00:35:25,189 --> 00:35:26,190
$310 MILLION LEFT FOR FUTURE 

1064
00:35:26,190 --> 00:35:27,859
LEVIES. INCLUDING THE HOUSING , 

1065
00:35:27,859 --> 00:35:30,194
THEFT AND TRANSPORTATION LEVIES.

1066
00:35:30,194 --> 00:35:31,896
IF ALL THE AMENDMENTS PASSED 

1067
00:35:31,896 --> 00:35:40,538
TODAY, THEN WE WILL ONLY HAVE 

1068
00:35:40,538 --> 00:35:41,739
$230 MILLION LEFT. THE ADDITIONS

1069
00:35:41,739 --> 00:35:42,607
FROM THE AMENDMENT TODAY, WELL 

1070
00:35:42,607 --> 00:35:43,674
WORTHY, OR INCREASING ITEMS THAT

1071
00:35:43,674 --> 00:35:45,042
ARE ALREADY IN THE MAYOR'S 

1072
00:35:45,042 --> 00:35:46,177
PACKAGE AT A TIME WHEN WE CAN'T

1073
00:35:46,177 --> 00:35:47,445
AFFORD MORE. WE KNOW THERE ARE 

1074
00:35:47,445 --> 00:35:50,348
OTHER NEEDS THAT ARE COMING. 

1075
00:35:50,348 --> 00:35:52,483
LET'S FACE IT, WE ARE ONLY IN 

1076
00:35:52,483 --> 00:35:55,253
YEAR TWO OF THIS MADMAN IN THE 

1077
00:35:55,253 --> 00:35:56,587
PRESIDENCY, IN THE PRESIDENTS 

1078
00:35:56,587 --> 00:35:58,923
SEAT, WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE WE 

1079
00:35:58,923 --> 00:36:05,663
WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH. AND OF 

1080
00:36:05,663 --> 00:36:06,364
COURSE EVERYONE KEEPS TALKING 

1081
00:36:06,364 --> 00:36:07,331
ABOUT AFFORDABILITY IN SEATTLE. 

1082
00:36:07,331 --> 00:36:08,866
THESE DAYS THAT SEEMS MORE REAL 

1083
00:36:08,866 --> 00:36:11,469
THAN EVER. IF I FELT WE COULD 

1084
00:36:11,469 --> 00:36:12,370
ADD THIS LEVY WITHOUT 

1085
00:36:12,370 --> 00:36:13,137
JEOPARDIZING FUTURE LEVIES OR 

1086
00:36:13,137 --> 00:36:14,138
ADDING TO OUR AFFORDABILITY 

1087
00:36:14,138 --> 00:36:17,241
CRISIS, I TOO WOULD ADD MORE. WE

1088
00:36:17,241 --> 00:36:18,175
DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL TO 

1089
00:36:18,175 --> 00:36:19,877
PREDICT WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE 

1090
00:36:19,877 --> 00:36:22,446
FUTURE. WE ARE OPERATING WITH 

1091
00:36:22,446 --> 00:36:24,148
OUR KNOWLEDGE WE HAVE TODAY. 

1092
00:36:24,148 --> 00:36:27,451
THERE IS NO JUDGMENT HERE, THIS 

1093
00:36:27,451 --> 00:36:30,655
IS NOT ABOUT WHO LOVES LIBRARIES

1094
00:36:30,655 --> 00:36:32,023
MORE. THIS IS ABOUT FISCAL 

1095
00:36:32,023 --> 00:36:33,858
RESPONSIBILITY AND OUR ABILITY 

1096
00:36:33,858 --> 00:36:35,960
TO PAY FOR ALL OF OUR NEEDS. NO 

1097
00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:40,031
MATTER WHAT IS DECIDED TODAY, WE

1098
00:36:40,031 --> 00:36:41,532
WILL HAVE A LEVY TO SEND TO THE 

1099
00:36:41,532 --> 00:36:44,235
VOTERS IN THE VOTERS CAN DECIDE 

1100
00:36:44,235 --> 00:36:45,469
. WITH THAT, COLLEAGUES, WE ARE 

1101
00:36:45,469 --> 00:36:47,171
GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH HER 

1102
00:36:47,171 --> 00:36:48,706
MEETING. I MOVE THAT THE 

1103
00:36:48,706 --> 00:36:49,473
COMMITTEE COMMENCE PASSAGE OF 

1104
00:36:49,473 --> 00:36:52,443
COUNCIL BILL 121181. IS VERY 

1105
00:36:52,443 --> 00:36:53,044
SECOND? 

1106
00:36:53,044 --> 00:36:57,848
>> SECOND. 

1107
00:36:57,848 --> 00:36:59,250
>> THANK YOU. IT IS MOVED AND 

1108
00:36:59,250 --> 00:37:00,451
SECONDED TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF

1109
00:37:00,451 --> 00:37:03,854
THE BILL. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE

1110
00:37:03,854 --> 00:37:05,756
ERIC McCONAGHY, OUR CENTRAL 

1111
00:37:05,756 --> 00:37:08,326
STAFFER, COMING TO THE TABLE. 

1112
00:37:08,326 --> 00:37:10,328
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. LET ME

1113
00:37:10,328 --> 00:37:11,128
SHARE THE PROCESS FOR VOTING FOR

1114
00:37:11,128 --> 00:37:12,330
THE AMENDMENT. WE HAVE A NUMBER 

1115
00:37:12,330 --> 00:37:14,498
OF THEM. WHAT WE WILL DO IS 

1116
00:37:14,498 --> 00:37:16,133
THIS. I WILL RECOGNIZE THE 

1117
00:37:16,133 --> 00:37:17,902
SPONSOR OF EACH AMENDMENT IN 

1118
00:37:17,902 --> 00:37:25,343
NUMERICAL ORDER. THE SPONSOR 

1119
00:37:25,343 --> 00:37:26,444
WILL MAKE THE MOTION TO MOVE 

1120
00:37:26,444 --> 00:37:27,645
THERE AMENDMENT. WE WILL WAIT 

1121
00:37:27,645 --> 00:37:29,080
FOR IT TO BE SECONDED. AND THEN 

1122
00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:30,181
I WILL RECOGNIZE ERIC TO BRIEFLY

1123
00:37:30,181 --> 00:37:31,382
PRESENT IT AND THEN I WILL 

1124
00:37:31,382 --> 00:37:32,250
RECOGNIZE THAT SPONSOR TO 

1125
00:37:32,250 --> 00:37:33,384
ADDRESS THE AMENDMENT. I WILL 

1126
00:37:33,384 --> 00:37:34,685
TURN TO THE REST OF US FOR 

1127
00:37:34,685 --> 00:37:38,055
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AND THEN 

1128
00:37:38,055 --> 00:37:39,290
WE WILL MOVE ON THAT AMENDMENT 

1129
00:37:39,290 --> 00:37:40,358
AND REPEAT THE PROCESS FOR 

1130
00:37:40,358 --> 00:37:40,992
SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENT'S. ALL 

1131
00:37:40,992 --> 00:37:46,697
RIGHT, WITH THAT, COUNCILMEMBER 

1132
00:37:46,697 --> 00:37:47,331
FOSTER, YOUR RECOGNIZED MOVIE 

1133
00:37:47,331 --> 00:37:49,000
FIRST AMENDMENT. 

1134
00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:50,167
>> FANTASTIC, I WOULD LIKE TO 

1135
00:37:50,167 --> 00:37:51,836
MOVE AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. DO I 

1136
00:37:51,836 --> 00:37:52,903
HAVE A SECOND? 

1137
00:37:52,903 --> 00:37:55,706
>> SECOND. 

1138
00:37:55,706 --> 00:37:57,141
>> IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO 

1139
00:37:57,141 --> 00:37:59,110
AMEND COUNCIL BILL 121181 ON 

1140
00:37:59,110 --> 00:38:05,883
AMENDMENT ONE. CENTRAL STAFF, 

1141
00:38:05,883 --> 00:38:07,852
ERIC, WOULD YOU PLEASE PROVIDE A

1142
00:38:07,852 --> 00:38:08,519
BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE AMENDMENT?

1143
00:38:08,519 --> 00:38:11,255
>> YES, GOOD MORNING, ERIC 

1144
00:38:11,255 --> 00:38:11,856
McCONAGHY, COUNCIL CENTRAL 

1145
00:38:11,856 --> 00:38:12,957
STAFF. IT IS SPONSORED BY 

1146
00:38:12,957 --> 00:38:14,959
COUNCIL FOSTER, IT WOULD INTEND 

1147
00:38:14,959 --> 00:38:17,662
A PORTION OF THE LIBRARY LEVY 

1148
00:38:17,662 --> 00:38:18,629
FUNDING AMOUNT IS TRANSMITTED BY

1149
00:38:18,629 --> 00:38:20,297
THE MAYOR AND INCREASED BY THIS 

1150
00:38:20,297 --> 00:38:22,833
AMENDMENT TO THE AMOUNT OF 10 

1151
00:38:22,833 --> 00:38:25,002
NINE DOLLARS WOULD BE AUTHORIZED

1152
00:38:25,002 --> 00:38:29,774
TO SUPPORT COMPLETING MAJOR 

1153
00:38:29,774 --> 00:38:30,541
RENOVATION AT THE CENTRAL 

1154
00:38:30,541 --> 00:38:30,808
LIBRARY. 

1155
00:38:30,808 --> 00:38:31,876
>> THANK YOU, ERIC. 

1156
00:38:31,876 --> 00:38:38,449
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, AS SPONSOR

1157
00:38:38,449 --> 00:38:39,383
YOUR RECOGNIZED. IN ORDER TO 

1158
00:38:39,383 --> 00:38:39,950
ADDRESS IT. 

1159
00:38:39,950 --> 00:38:41,452
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR AND 

1160
00:38:41,452 --> 00:38:42,486
THANK YOU, ERIC FROM CENTRAL 

1161
00:38:42,486 --> 00:38:43,688
STAFF AND TO THE TEAM FROM 

1162
00:38:43,688 --> 00:38:45,056
LIBRARIES. I WANT TO ALSO EXTEND

1163
00:38:45,056 --> 00:38:46,590
MY APPRECIATION TO HER PUBLIC 

1164
00:38:46,590 --> 00:38:49,894
COMMENTERS TODAY. AND THANK YOU 

1165
00:38:49,894 --> 00:38:51,095
FOR SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THIS 

1166
00:38:51,095 --> 00:38:52,563
AMENDMENT. I DO WANT TO SAY I 

1167
00:38:52,563 --> 00:38:53,864
WAS NOT IN CAHOOTS WITH THE 

1168
00:38:53,864 --> 00:38:54,965
ESCALATOR AND ELEVATOR AT THE 

1169
00:38:54,965 --> 00:38:55,933
CENTRAL LIBRARY TO HAVE THE 

1170
00:38:55,933 --> 00:38:57,568
BREAKDOWN THIS WEEK. HOWEVER, I 

1171
00:38:57,568 --> 00:38:58,936
DO THINK IT IS EXEMPLARY OF PART

1172
00:38:58,936 --> 00:39:01,005
OF THE REASON I AM BRINGING THIS

1173
00:39:01,005 --> 00:39:04,642
AMENDMENT FORD. OUR CENTRAL 

1174
00:39:04,642 --> 00:39:05,676
LIBRARY IS AN INCREDIBLY SPECIAL

1175
00:39:05,676 --> 00:39:06,977
PLACE. IS A SPECIAL PLACE FOR 

1176
00:39:06,977 --> 00:39:08,079
FAMILIES AND CHILDREN. I KNOW I 

1177
00:39:08,079 --> 00:39:09,547
SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THE 

1178
00:39:09,547 --> 00:39:14,085
CHILDREN'S LIBRARY THERE MYSELF

1179
00:39:14,085 --> 00:39:15,553
TAKING A BREAK FROM BUSY 

1180
00:39:15,553 --> 00:39:16,754
DOWNTOWN WHEN I WAS YOUNGER. 

1181
00:39:16,754 --> 00:39:17,655
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE 

1182
00:39:17,655 --> 00:39:18,622
MAINTAIN THAT BUILDING AND THAT 

1183
00:39:18,622 --> 00:39:20,458
WE INVEST IN AND NOW. AS WE KNOW

1184
00:39:20,458 --> 00:39:21,859
AT THE END OF HIS LEVY THE 

1185
00:39:21,859 --> 00:39:23,060
BUILDING IS GOING TO BE ALMOST 

1186
00:39:23,060 --> 00:39:24,261
30 YEARS OLD. AND, WE ARE 

1187
00:39:24,261 --> 00:39:25,629
ALREADY SEEING THE WEAR AND TEAR

1188
00:39:25,629 --> 00:39:26,831
AND THE CENTRAL LIBRARY 

1189
00:39:26,831 --> 00:39:29,433
BUILDING. IN ADDITION TO THAT, 

1190
00:39:29,433 --> 00:39:30,634
AS THE FORMER LIBRARY AND SPOKE 

1191
00:39:30,634 --> 00:39:41,178
TO TODAY, WE ARE NOW , WITH 22 

1192
00:39:43,314 --> 00:39:44,081
YEARS UNDER OUR BELT, WE 

1193
00:39:44,081 --> 00:39:45,049
UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THE NEEDS 

1194
00:39:45,049 --> 00:39:46,050
OF THE BUILDING AND WHAT 

1195
00:39:46,050 --> 00:39:47,118
RENOVATIONS COULD DO FOR THE 

1196
00:39:47,118 --> 00:39:48,486
USERS. WITH THAT, THIS IS AN 

1197
00:39:48,486 --> 00:39:49,487
AMENDMENT INTENDED TO ENSURE THE

1198
00:39:49,487 --> 00:39:50,187
CENTRAL LIBRARY REMAINS SAFE, 

1199
00:39:50,187 --> 00:39:51,188
WELCOMING AND BUILT FOR HOW 

1200
00:39:51,188 --> 00:39:52,089
TODAY'S FAMILIES USE IT. 

1201
00:39:52,089 --> 00:39:52,890
COLLEAGUES, ASK FOR YOUR 

1202
00:39:52,890 --> 00:39:53,257
SUPPORT. 

1203
00:39:53,257 --> 00:39:54,358
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER 

1204
00:39:54,358 --> 00:39:55,393
FOSTER. ANY COMMENTS OR 

1205
00:39:55,393 --> 00:39:56,427
QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, CLERK, 

1206
00:39:56,427 --> 00:39:57,995
WE YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 

1207
00:39:57,995 --> 00:40:00,664
THE ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT ONE. 

1208
00:40:00,664 --> 00:40:01,198
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 

1209
00:40:01,198 --> 00:40:06,470
>> YES. 

1210
00:40:06,470 --> 00:40:07,138
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 

1211
00:40:07,138 --> 00:40:13,944
>> HERE. [ ROLL CALL ] 

1212
00:40:13,944 --> 00:40:19,850
>> SIX IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED. 

1213
00:40:19,850 --> 00:40:21,952
>> THE MOTION CARRIES . 

1214
00:40:21,952 --> 00:40:26,390
AMENDMENT ONE IS ADOPTED. 

1215
00:40:26,390 --> 00:40:26,957
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, YOUR 

1216
00:40:26,957 --> 00:40:27,792
RECOGNIZED FIGURE NEXT 

1217
00:40:27,792 --> 00:40:28,659
AMENDMENT. 

1218
00:40:28,659 --> 00:40:32,062
>> THANK YOU, I WOULD LIKE TO 

1219
00:40:32,062 --> 00:40:33,230
MOVE AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. 

1220
00:40:33,230 --> 00:40:33,964
>> SECOND. 

1221
00:40:33,964 --> 00:40:38,669
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 

1222
00:40:38,669 --> 00:40:40,037
JUAREZ. IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED

1223
00:40:40,037 --> 00:40:44,842
TO AMEND 121181 IS PRESENTED ON 

1224
00:40:44,842 --> 00:40:48,145
AMENDMENT TWO. COUNCILMEMBER 

1225
00:40:48,145 --> 00:40:48,946
FOSTER, AS SPONSOR YOUR 

1226
00:40:48,946 --> 00:40:49,880
RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO ADDRESS 

1227
00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:50,648
IT. 

1228
00:40:50,648 --> 00:40:53,451
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. I 

1229
00:40:53,451 --> 00:41:03,994
WILL BE BRIEF AND, COUNCILMEMBER

1230
00:41:08,532 --> 00:41:09,834
JUAREZ, I KNOW I SPOKE TO THIS 

1231
00:41:09,834 --> 00:41:10,835
AMENDMENT LAST WEEK. IF YOU 

1232
00:41:10,835 --> 00:41:12,336
WOULD LIKE TO SHARE ANY WORDS I 

1233
00:41:12,336 --> 00:41:13,637
WILL BE BRIEF IN CASE YOU WOULD 

1234
00:41:13,637 --> 00:41:14,738
LIKE TO SHARE ANY. THESE 

1235
00:41:14,738 --> 00:41:15,739
ORNAMENTS TO ENSURE WE HAVE 

1236
00:41:15,739 --> 00:41:16,373
TARGETED INVESTMENTS TO 

1237
00:41:16,373 --> 00:41:17,041
MULTILINGUAL PROGRAMS SO 

1238
00:41:17,041 --> 00:41:18,375
FAMILIES CAN ACCESS SERVICES IN 

1239
00:41:18,375 --> 00:41:19,243
THE LANGUAGES THAT THEY SPEAK IT

1240
00:41:19,243 --> 00:41:20,277
HOME. IT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT

1241
00:41:20,277 --> 00:41:21,745
FOR OUR PLAY AND LEARN PROGRAMS 

1242
00:41:21,745 --> 00:41:22,746
THAT FAMILIES CAN ACCESS THEM 

1243
00:41:22,746 --> 00:41:23,948
AND THIS AMENDMENT WOULD ALLOW 

1244
00:41:23,948 --> 00:41:24,949
US TO EXPAND THOSE CRITICAL 

1245
00:41:24,949 --> 00:41:26,050
PROGRAMS ACROSS THE CITY AND TO 

1246
00:41:26,050 --> 00:41:27,084
ENSURE WE HAVE MORE MULTILINGUAL

1247
00:41:27,084 --> 00:41:28,485
SERVICES IN A TIME WHERE WE SO 

1248
00:41:28,485 --> 00:41:29,753
NEED THEM. CHAIR, IF IT'S OKAY 

1249
00:41:29,753 --> 00:41:30,888
FOR GO TO COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 

1250
00:41:30,888 --> 00:41:32,456
TO SEE IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO AT 

1251
00:41:32,456 --> 00:41:33,257
ANY COMMENTS AS COSPONSOR? 

1252
00:41:33,257 --> 00:41:34,492
>> YES, YOUR RECOGNIZED TO 

1253
00:41:34,492 --> 00:41:34,758
SPEAK. 

1254
00:41:34,758 --> 00:41:35,960
>> THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU 

1255
00:41:35,960 --> 00:41:36,727
CANCEL MEMBER FOSTER FOR 

1256
00:41:36,727 --> 00:41:38,229
INVITING ME TO LOOK AT THIS AND 

1257
00:41:38,229 --> 00:41:39,730
COSPONSORED WITH YOU. I THINK 

1258
00:41:39,730 --> 00:41:41,365
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU AND I

1259
00:41:41,365 --> 00:41:42,466
GOT TO WORK ON AMENDMENT 

1260
00:41:42,466 --> 00:41:44,335
TOGETHER. SO THANK YOU. 

1261
00:41:44,335 --> 00:41:45,669
COLLEAGUES, I'M ASKING YOU TO 

1262
00:41:45,669 --> 00:41:51,775
SUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBER FOSTERS 

1263
00:41:51,775 --> 00:41:52,743
AMENDMENT OF WHICH I MAY 

1264
00:41:52,743 --> 00:41:53,544
COSPONSOR, TO SUPPORT THE 

1265
00:41:53,544 --> 00:41:54,445
EXPANSION OF THE KALEIDOSCOPE 

1266
00:41:54,445 --> 00:41:55,346
PLAN LEARN PROGRAM. FIVE HAS 

1267
00:41:55,346 --> 00:41:56,247
THREE LIBRARIES. LAKE CITY, 

1268
00:41:56,247 --> 00:41:58,082
NORTHGATE, BROADVIEW, HOWEVER, 

1269
00:41:58,082 --> 00:42:01,685
THE KALEIDOSCOPE PROGRAM IS ONLY

1270
00:42:01,685 --> 00:42:02,786
OFFERED AT THE LAKE CITY BRANCH 

1271
00:42:02,786 --> 00:42:03,988
AND ONLY OFFERED IN ENGLISH. LET

1272
00:42:03,988 --> 00:42:05,856
ME JUST SHARE THIS BEFORE I KIND

1273
00:42:05,856 --> 00:42:11,061
OF PLAY OUT THE THREE LIBRARIES.

1274
00:42:11,061 --> 00:42:12,630
CONNECTIVE TISSUE FOR ALL OF 

1275
00:42:12,630 --> 00:42:13,864
THIS AND WHY I WAS SO INTRIGUED 

1276
00:42:13,864 --> 00:42:15,132
WITH COUNCILMEMBER FOSTERS 

1277
00:42:15,132 --> 00:42:17,635
AMENDMENT IS THAT WHEN WE LOOK 

1278
00:42:17,635 --> 00:42:18,736
AT LIBRARIES, FOR US ANYWAY, AND

1279
00:42:18,736 --> 00:42:19,937
I THINK ACROSS THE DISTRICT, I 

1280
00:42:19,937 --> 00:42:21,338
LIKE TO LOOK AT THE PUBLIC ASSET

1281
00:42:21,338 --> 00:42:23,741
OF THE LIBRARY IN CONJUNCTION 

1282
00:42:23,741 --> 00:42:25,276
WITH HOUSING DENSITY AND OF 

1283
00:42:25,276 --> 00:42:26,877
COURSE ALL THE MONEY WE HAVE 

1284
00:42:26,877 --> 00:42:30,481
DONE , THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AS 

1285
00:42:30,481 --> 00:42:32,449
WELL, ON THE PRICKLY ISSUE. AND 

1286
00:42:32,449 --> 00:42:36,654
WORK THE MONEY WENT. AND HOW , 

1287
00:42:36,654 --> 00:42:38,355
MY POINT IS TO DEDICATE PUBLIC 

1288
00:42:38,355 --> 00:42:40,925
ACCESS TO PUBLIC ACCESS. THIS IS

1289
00:42:40,925 --> 00:42:42,359
A PRIME EXAMPLE OF THAT. AT THE 

1290
00:42:42,359 --> 00:42:49,800
LAKE CITY LIBRARY, NEXT DOOR, 

1291
00:42:49,800 --> 00:42:50,668
THE SOON TO BE BUILT COMMUNITY 

1292
00:42:50,668 --> 00:42:51,902
CENTER WILL HAVE 113 UNITS OF 

1293
00:42:51,902 --> 00:42:52,836
FAMILY HOUSING WITH PRESCHOOL 

1294
00:42:52,836 --> 00:42:54,338
AND PROGRAM ON-SITE. WE ALSO 

1295
00:42:54,338 --> 00:42:58,475
HAVE THE APARTMENTS WHICH IS ONE

1296
00:42:58,475 --> 00:42:59,843
BLOCK AWAY WITH 69 UNITS OF 

1297
00:42:59,843 --> 00:43:03,480
HOUSING AND IS YOU ARE TODAY 

1298
00:43:03,480 --> 00:43:04,782
FROM THE LITERARY SOURCE PEOPLE.

1299
00:43:04,782 --> 00:43:06,650
PRESCHOOL THE FIRST FLOOR. THERE

1300
00:43:06,650 --> 00:43:07,851
ARE SEVEN OTHER PRESCHOOLS IN 

1301
00:43:07,851 --> 00:43:10,154
THE AREA INCLUDING EIGHT 

1302
00:43:10,154 --> 00:43:17,561
BILINGUAL ENGLISH MENTORED 

1303
00:43:17,561 --> 00:43:18,429
PRESCHOOL DOWN THE STREET FROM 

1304
00:43:18,429 --> 00:43:19,563
MY HOUSE. AT THE NORTHGATE 

1305
00:43:19,563 --> 00:43:20,397
LIBRARY, JUST TWO BLOCKS AWAY 

1306
00:43:20,397 --> 00:43:21,932
FROM THE LIBRARY WE NOW HAVE THE

1307
00:43:21,932 --> 00:43:23,434
NEW LOOK. AT NORTH HAVEN. IT HAS

1308
00:43:23,434 --> 00:43:24,501
89 UNITS OF INTERGENERATIONAL 

1309
00:43:24,501 --> 00:43:25,736
LIVING WITH A PRESCHOOL THE 

1310
00:43:25,736 --> 00:43:27,237
FIRST FLOOR WHICH THE CITY, 

1311
00:43:27,237 --> 00:43:29,039
VOTERS THANK YOU, AND CITY 

1312
00:43:29,039 --> 00:43:32,142
COUNCIL, FOR SUPPORTING IT. AND 

1313
00:43:32,142 --> 00:43:34,144
THE PRICKLY SCHOOLS. NEXT DOOR 

1314
00:43:34,144 --> 00:43:39,850
TO THE LIBRARY WE HAVE THE EAST 

1315
00:43:39,850 --> 00:43:40,884
AFRICAN ELDERS UNITY LODGE AT 

1316
00:43:40,884 --> 00:43:41,752
THE NORTHGATE COMMUNITY CENTER 

1317
00:43:41,752 --> 00:43:43,354
AND THAT IS WHERE IT IS HELD AND

1318
00:43:43,354 --> 00:43:44,355
I HAVE ATTENDED THAT. THE 

1319
00:43:44,355 --> 00:43:45,856
BROADVIEW LIBRARY IS ONE BLOCK 

1320
00:43:45,856 --> 00:43:48,359
FROM BROADVIEW, K-8 WITH THERE 

1321
00:43:48,359 --> 00:43:49,526
ARE 140 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE

1322
00:43:49,526 --> 00:43:53,530
ENGLISH, E LL PROGRAM AT THE 

1323
00:43:53,530 --> 00:43:54,565
SCHOOL AND OUR STUDENTS SPEAK 30

1324
00:43:54,565 --> 00:43:57,568
DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. WE WELCOME 

1325
00:43:57,568 --> 00:44:00,004
THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH 

1326
00:44:00,004 --> 00:44:01,538
CITY DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS DEAL 

1327
00:44:01,538 --> 00:44:02,740
AND THE SEATTLE PRESCHOOL 

1328
00:44:02,740 --> 00:44:04,141
PROGRAM AND AS YOU HEARD, 

1329
00:44:04,141 --> 00:44:06,643
LITERACY SOURCE WHICH IS IN 

1330
00:44:06,643 --> 00:44:10,748
DISTRICT 5, AND NORTH HELPLINE, 

1331
00:44:10,748 --> 00:44:12,349
AND I THINK WHAT ENTERING TO 

1332
00:44:12,349 --> 00:44:14,251
SHARE WITH YOU TODAY IS, HAVING 

1333
00:44:14,251 --> 00:44:21,392
THREE LIBRARIES , HAVING HOUSING

1334
00:44:21,392 --> 00:44:22,659
DENSITY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND

1335
00:44:22,659 --> 00:44:23,260
MORE IMPORTANTLY, HAVING THE 

1336
00:44:23,260 --> 00:44:24,628
PRE-K ASSETS THAT WE HAVE IN ALL

1337
00:44:24,628 --> 00:44:26,163
OF HER DISTRICTS, THAT WE ALL 

1338
00:44:26,163 --> 00:44:28,265
CONTRIBUTED TO MAKE SURE THEY 

1339
00:44:28,265 --> 00:44:30,100
GET BUILT. SO KIDS HAVE A HEAD 

1340
00:44:30,100 --> 00:44:33,404
START BEFORE THEY GO TO PUBLIC 

1341
00:44:33,404 --> 00:44:35,572
SCHOOL, PRE-K ON-SITE CONNECTED 

1342
00:44:35,572 --> 00:44:39,843
TO CONNECTED TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES

1343
00:44:39,843 --> 00:44:41,045
IS SO INCREDIBLE INVESTMENT IN 

1344
00:44:41,045 --> 00:44:43,180
OUR CITY. THANK YOU. 

1345
00:44:43,180 --> 00:44:48,085
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 

1346
00:44:48,085 --> 00:44:48,786
JUAREZ. ERIC, APOLOGIES, I 

1347
00:44:48,786 --> 00:44:51,855
DIDN'T GET TO YOU, BUT I THINK 

1348
00:44:51,855 --> 00:44:52,956
WE ARE GOOD ON THIS ONE. OKAY. I

1349
00:44:52,956 --> 00:44:58,662
WILL MAKE SURE TO GO TO YOU IN 

1350
00:44:58,662 --> 00:44:59,496
THE FUTURE ONES. COLLEAGUES, ANY

1351
00:44:59,496 --> 00:45:00,497
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR MANY 

1352
00:45:00,497 --> 00:45:01,999
OF OUR COLLEAGUES? I, I WILL 

1353
00:45:01,999 --> 00:45:04,168
SAY, COLLEAGUES, I SUPPORT -- I 

1354
00:45:04,168 --> 00:45:08,005
SUPPORT THE INTENT BEHIND THIS 

1355
00:45:08,005 --> 00:45:12,543
AMENDMENT. THESE PROGRAMS ARE 

1356
00:45:12,543 --> 00:45:13,710
REALLY IMPORTANT. WE DO HAVE 

1357
00:45:13,710 --> 00:45:15,679
THEM AT THE LIBRARIES. THEY 

1358
00:45:15,679 --> 00:45:16,847
SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED FOR THE 

1359
00:45:16,847 --> 00:45:19,383
NORTH END, AND I KNOW THERE ARE 

1360
00:45:19,383 --> 00:45:20,651
DOLLARS IN HERE THAT COULD GO 

1361
00:45:20,651 --> 00:45:22,853
TOWARD THAT PURPOSE ALREADY. AND

1362
00:45:22,853 --> 00:45:26,190
SO, I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE 

1363
00:45:26,190 --> 00:45:29,159
SEEN THIS EXPANSION INTO THE 

1364
00:45:29,159 --> 00:45:33,931
NORTH END , BUT NEVERTHELESS, 

1365
00:45:33,931 --> 00:45:35,165
HERE WE ARE. LET'S TAKE A VOTE 

1366
00:45:35,165 --> 00:45:40,037
ON AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. 

1367
00:45:40,037 --> 00:45:40,604
>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 

1368
00:45:40,604 --> 00:45:42,773
>> AYE. 

1369
00:45:42,773 --> 00:45:43,307
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 

1370
00:45:43,307 --> 00:45:44,641
>> YES. 

1371
00:45:44,641 --> 00:45:45,175
>>  COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 

1372
00:45:45,175 --> 00:45:46,477
>> AYE. 

1373
00:45:46,477 --> 00:45:47,144
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 

1374
00:45:47,144 --> 00:45:53,951
>> YES. VICE CHAIR 

1375
00:45:53,951 --> 00:45:54,751
HOLLINGSWORTH. 

1376
00:45:54,751 --> 00:45:55,252
>> YES. 

1377
00:45:55,252 --> 00:45:58,489
>> CHAIR RIVERA. 

1378
00:45:58,489 --> 00:46:00,657
>> NO. 

1379
00:46:00,657 --> 00:46:03,260
>> AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO IS 

1380
00:46:03,260 --> 00:46:09,266
ADOPTED. CONSUMER FOSTER YOUR 

1381
00:46:09,266 --> 00:46:10,334
RECOGNIZED MOVE AMENDMENT NUMBER

1382
00:46:10,334 --> 00:46:10,634
THREE. 

1383
00:46:10,634 --> 00:46:11,768
>> I ASKED TO MOVE AMENDMENT 

1384
00:46:11,768 --> 00:46:16,073
NUMBER THREE. TO HAVE A SECOND? 

1385
00:46:16,073 --> 00:46:18,242
>> IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO 

1386
00:46:18,242 --> 00:46:19,176
AMEND COUNCIL BUILT 121181 AS 

1387
00:46:19,176 --> 00:46:20,410
PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT NUMBER 

1388
00:46:20,410 --> 00:46:24,081
THREE. ERIC, WOULD YOU GIVE A 

1389
00:46:24,081 --> 00:46:25,149
BRIEF DESCRIPTION AND THEN I 

1390
00:46:25,149 --> 00:46:26,450
WILL GO TO YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 

1391
00:46:26,450 --> 00:46:26,950
FOSTER AS SPONSOR. 

1392
00:46:26,950 --> 00:46:29,686
>> THIS AMENDMENT WOULD, WOULD 

1393
00:46:29,686 --> 00:46:33,991
COMMUNICATE COUNCIL'S INTENTION

1394
00:46:33,991 --> 00:46:35,793
-- CAN WE START ALL OVER AGAIN. 

1395
00:46:35,793 --> 00:46:37,928
>> OKAY. NO PROBLEM. THINGS ON 

1396
00:46:37,928 --> 00:46:39,296
MY MIND THAT ARE NOT ABOUT THIS.

1397
00:46:39,296 --> 00:46:44,468
TAKE A DEEP BREATH. THROUGH THIS

1398
00:46:44,468 --> 00:46:45,135
AMENDMENT COUNCIL WHICH 

1399
00:46:45,135 --> 00:46:45,869
INDICATED THEIR INTENTION TO 

1400
00:46:45,869 --> 00:46:47,137
SUPPORT THE LIBRARY -- TO 

1401
00:46:47,137 --> 00:46:47,938
INCREASE THE LIBRARY LIBBY 

1402
00:46:47,938 --> 00:46:54,344
FUNDING AMOUNT BY $4.06 MILLION.

1403
00:46:54,344 --> 00:46:55,379
THIS WOULD BE TO SUPPORT 

1404
00:46:55,379 --> 00:46:56,547
OPERATING HOURS AND ACCESS BY 

1405
00:46:56,547 --> 00:46:59,349
EXPANDING RESOURCE NAVIGATION 

1406
00:46:59,349 --> 00:46:59,950
BEFORE ADDITIONAL FULL-TIME 

1407
00:46:59,950 --> 00:47:01,084
EQUIVALENT TO DEGREASER 

1408
00:47:01,084 --> 00:47:03,554
SPECIALISTS AND UPGRADING 

1409
00:47:03,554 --> 00:47:04,454
SECURITY BADGE ACCESS OF THE 

1410
00:47:04,454 --> 00:47:05,355
CENTRAL BRANCH. GIVE YOUR 

1411
00:47:05,355 --> 00:47:06,256
INDULGENCE FOR THAT. 

1412
00:47:06,256 --> 00:47:10,794
>> NO PROBLEM AIR, THANK YOU. 

1413
00:47:10,794 --> 00:47:11,762
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, AS 

1414
00:47:11,762 --> 00:47:17,668
SPONSOR, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO 

1415
00:47:17,668 --> 00:47:19,136
SPEAK TO THIS AMENDMENT. I KNOW 

1416
00:47:19,136 --> 00:47:20,204
THERE ARE TWO OTHER COSPONSORS 

1417
00:47:20,204 --> 00:47:21,538
AND WE CAN GO TO THEM AFTER. 

1418
00:47:21,538 --> 00:47:23,140
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU,

1419
00:47:23,140 --> 00:47:24,608
ERIC, YOU GOT THIS, YOU'RE 

1420
00:47:24,608 --> 00:47:26,944
DOING GREAT. COLLEAGUES, AM 

1421
00:47:26,944 --> 00:47:28,045
EXCITED TO BRING THIS AMENDMENT 

1422
00:47:28,045 --> 00:47:29,379
FORWARD AND I WANT TO THANK 

1423
00:47:29,379 --> 00:47:30,547
COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH 

1424
00:47:30,547 --> 00:47:37,888
AND COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR 

1425
00:47:37,888 --> 00:47:38,655
THE COSPONSORSHIP. THE INTENT IS

1426
00:47:38,655 --> 00:47:39,590
TO ENSURE OUR LIBRARIES REMAIN 

1427
00:47:39,590 --> 00:47:40,424
OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE AND 

1428
00:47:40,424 --> 00:47:41,758
AVAILABLE TO ALL RESIDENTS. AS I

1429
00:47:41,758 --> 00:47:42,793
WAS ENGAGING WITH THE LIBRARY 

1430
00:47:42,793 --> 00:47:52,936
STAFF, WE HEARD FROM FOLKS , WE 

1431
00:47:52,936 --> 00:47:54,871
HAVE FOLKS WHO SPENT EIGHT OR 10

1432
00:47:54,871 --> 00:47:55,772
HOURS IN THE LIBRARIES. IT'S AN

1433
00:47:55,772 --> 00:47:56,974
EXCELLENT POINT TO MAKE SURE WE 

1434
00:47:56,974 --> 00:47:58,041
ARE ABLE TO CONNECT THEM WITH 

1435
00:47:58,041 --> 00:47:58,942
RESOURCES. WE ALSO HEARD 

1436
00:47:58,942 --> 00:48:00,043
FANTASTIC INFORMATION ABOUT HOW 

1437
00:48:00,043 --> 00:48:00,744
THESE NAVIGATORS HAVE HELPED THE

1438
00:48:00,744 --> 00:48:01,845
LIBRARIES TO REDUCE THE NUMBER 

1439
00:48:01,845 --> 00:48:02,779
OF BANDS HAPPENING AT OUR 

1440
00:48:02,779 --> 00:48:04,047
LIBRARIES SO THEY TRULY ARE A 

1441
00:48:04,047 --> 00:48:05,249
THIRD PLACES AND THEY ARE PLACES

1442
00:48:05,249 --> 00:48:06,550
WHERE WE CAN HAVE SAFETY AND 

1443
00:48:06,550 --> 00:48:10,854
ACCESS FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS.

1444
00:48:10,854 --> 00:48:12,456
AM EXCITED TO BRING THIS 

1445
00:48:12,456 --> 00:48:13,390
FORWARD. WE KNOW THE LIBRARY 

1446
00:48:13,390 --> 00:48:14,258
WILL BE PRIORITIZING DOWNTOWN, 

1447
00:48:14,258 --> 00:48:15,259
CAPITOL HILL AND BALLARD FOR 

1448
00:48:15,259 --> 00:48:16,326
THESE NAVIGATORS. I THINK THAT 

1449
00:48:16,326 --> 00:48:21,365
IS AN IMPORTANT AND WELL DONE 

1450
00:48:21,365 --> 00:48:22,466
WAY TO SPEND THESE RESOURCES. 

1451
00:48:22,466 --> 00:48:23,533
COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR 

1452
00:48:23,533 --> 00:48:23,867
SUPPORT. 

1453
00:48:23,867 --> 00:48:25,235
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 

1454
00:48:25,235 --> 00:48:30,073
FOSTER. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 

1455
00:48:30,073 --> 00:48:31,174
HOLLINGSWORTH, DID YOU WANT TO 

1456
00:48:31,174 --> 00:48:32,042
SPEAK TO THIS AMENDMENT? 

1457
00:48:32,042 --> 00:48:33,176
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. 

1458
00:48:33,176 --> 00:48:43,720
APPRECIATION FOR COUNCIL MEMBER 

1459
00:48:44,054 --> 00:48:44,955
FOSTER AND HER LEADERSHIP ON 

1460
00:48:44,955 --> 00:48:45,589
THIS COLLABORATION. REGARDING 

1461
00:48:45,589 --> 00:48:46,556
THE AMENDMENT, SHE SAID 

1462
00:48:46,556 --> 00:48:47,658
EVERYTHING I WOULD SAY SO I 

1463
00:48:47,658 --> 00:48:48,925
WON'T REPEAT. I KNOW WE HAVE 

1464
00:48:48,925 --> 00:48:49,993
THE GET THROUGH A BUNCH OF 

1465
00:48:49,993 --> 00:48:50,861
AMENDMENTS. VERY GRATEFUL FOR 

1466
00:48:50,861 --> 00:48:51,828
THAT. THANK YOU 

1467
00:48:51,828 --> 00:48:52,863
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 

1468
00:48:52,863 --> 00:48:56,199
HOLLINGSWORTH. COUNCILMEMBER 

1469
00:48:56,199 --> 00:48:57,267
STRAUSS, IS THE OTHER COSPONSORS

1470
00:48:57,267 --> 00:48:58,435
WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS 

1471
00:48:58,435 --> 00:48:58,735
AMENDMENT? 

1472
00:48:58,735 --> 00:48:59,936
>> YES, THANK YOU TO COUNCIL 

1473
00:48:59,936 --> 00:49:00,938
MEMBER FOSTER FOR YOUR 

1474
00:49:00,938 --> 00:49:02,139
LEADERSHIP AND THANK YOU TO THE 

1475
00:49:02,139 --> 00:49:03,373
LIBRARIES FOR YOUR AGREEMENT TO 

1476
00:49:03,373 --> 00:49:04,308
PARTNER WITH OUR EXISTING 

1477
00:49:04,308 --> 00:49:04,875
SERVICE PROVIDERS IN THESE 

1478
00:49:04,875 --> 00:49:06,143
AREAS. WHAT I HAVE NOTICED IS 

1479
00:49:06,143 --> 00:49:07,144
THAT THE CURRENT SERVICE 

1480
00:49:07,144 --> 00:49:08,145
PROVISION THAT IS OCCURRING AT 

1481
00:49:08,145 --> 00:49:12,983
LIBRARIES IS NOT INTEGRATED WITH

1482
00:49:12,983 --> 00:49:14,051
THE FABRIC WE HAVE CREATED IN 

1483
00:49:14,051 --> 00:49:15,285
THE LAST SIX YEARS. I'M EXCITED

1484
00:49:15,285 --> 00:49:16,653
TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS 

1485
00:49:16,653 --> 00:49:18,055
AMENDMENT, TO SUPPORT YOUR WORK 

1486
00:49:18,055 --> 00:49:20,057
AND DOING A LITTLE BETTER AND 

1487
00:49:20,057 --> 00:49:20,691
MAKING SURE THAT COLLABORATION 

1488
00:49:20,691 --> 00:49:21,958
OCCURS. THANK YOU. 

1489
00:49:21,958 --> 00:49:24,227
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 

1490
00:49:24,227 --> 00:49:25,329
STRAUSS. ANY QUESTIONS OR 

1491
00:49:25,329 --> 00:49:29,433
COMMENTS? FROM OUR OTHER 

1492
00:49:29,433 --> 00:49:30,434
COLLEAGUES? ALL RIGHT, THEN 

1493
00:49:30,434 --> 00:49:31,668
LET'S GO TORBERT VOTE. 

1494
00:49:31,668 --> 00:49:32,235
>>>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 

1495
00:49:32,235 --> 00:49:34,538
>> YES. 

1496
00:49:34,538 --> 00:49:35,105
>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 

1497
00:49:35,105 --> 00:49:37,007
>> YES. 

1498
00:49:37,007 --> 00:49:37,541
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 

1499
00:49:37,541 --> 00:49:37,774
>> YES. 

1500
00:49:37,774 --> 00:49:38,275
>>  COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 

1501
00:49:38,275 --> 00:49:38,508
>> YES. 

1502
00:49:38,508 --> 00:49:39,009
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 

1503
00:49:39,009 --> 00:49:44,147
>> YES. 

1504
00:49:44,147 --> 00:49:44,748
>> VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH. 

1505
00:49:44,748 --> 00:49:47,050
>> YES. 

1506
00:49:47,050 --> 00:49:47,451
>> CHAIR RIVERA. 

1507
00:49:47,451 --> 00:49:50,654
>> NO. 

1508
00:49:50,654 --> 00:49:54,925
>> MOTION CARRIES. COUNCILMEMBER

1509
00:49:54,925 --> 00:49:55,792
LIN YOUR RECOGNIZED MOVE 

1510
00:49:55,792 --> 00:49:56,793
AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR. 

1511
00:49:56,793 --> 00:50:04,668
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I MOVED TO 

1512
00:50:04,668 --> 00:50:05,769
ADOPT AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR. IS 

1513
00:50:05,769 --> 00:50:07,337
THERE A SECOND? 

1514
00:50:07,337 --> 00:50:09,139
>> IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO 

1515
00:50:09,139 --> 00:50:12,442
AMEND CANCEL BILL 121181 AS 

1516
00:50:12,442 --> 00:50:13,577
PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT FOUR. 

1517
00:50:13,577 --> 00:50:24,087
COUNCILMEMBER , AS SPONSOR OF 

1518
00:50:28,625 --> 00:50:29,693
THIS AMENDMENT I WILL GO TO YOU 

1519
00:50:29,693 --> 00:50:30,627
AFTER I GO TO ERIC. 

1520
00:50:30,627 --> 00:50:31,161
>> FANTASTIC. 

1521
00:50:31,161 --> 00:50:32,562
>> ERIC, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE 

1522
00:50:32,562 --> 00:50:33,630
US A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF 

1523
00:50:33,630 --> 00:50:34,164
AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR? 

1524
00:50:34,164 --> 00:50:35,232
>> SURE THING. THIS AMENDMENT 

1525
00:50:35,232 --> 00:50:36,032
WOULD CAN INDICATE COUNCIL'S 

1526
00:50:36,032 --> 00:50:37,334
INTENTION THAT A PORTION OF THE 

1527
00:50:37,334 --> 00:50:38,568
LIBRARY LIBBY FUNDING AMOUNT IS 

1528
00:50:38,568 --> 00:50:39,669
TRANSMITTED TO THE MAYOR AND 

1529
00:50:39,669 --> 00:50:40,837
INCREASED BY $15 MILLION BY THE 

1530
00:50:40,837 --> 00:50:41,938
COUNCIL SHOULD BE AUTHORIZED FOR

1531
00:50:41,938 --> 00:50:42,539
INVESTMENTS TO SUPPORT 

1532
00:50:42,539 --> 00:50:43,273
MAINTENANCE, COMPLETING THE 

1533
00:50:43,273 --> 00:50:44,341
REPAIR, REPLACEMENT OR UPGRADES 

1534
00:50:44,341 --> 00:50:45,575
OF COOLING SYSTEMS FOR ALL 

1535
00:50:45,575 --> 00:50:46,143
LIBRARY BRANCHES AND TWO, 

1536
00:50:46,143 --> 00:50:46,810
ADDRESSING DEFERRED MAINTENANCE 

1537
00:50:46,810 --> 00:50:48,045
AND BRANCH ELECT VACATION. 

1538
00:50:48,045 --> 00:50:52,849
>> THANK YOU. AS SPONSOR OF THIS

1539
00:50:52,849 --> 00:50:53,917
AMENDMENT YOU ARE RECOGNIZED IN 

1540
00:50:53,917 --> 00:50:54,851
ORDER TO ADDRESS IT. 

1541
00:50:54,851 --> 00:50:59,189
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. THIS 

1542
00:50:59,189 --> 00:51:00,056
AMENDMENT, AS DESCRIBED, WOULD 

1543
00:51:00,056 --> 00:51:01,358
COVER A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT 

1544
00:51:01,358 --> 00:51:05,162
MATTERS. IT WOULD INCLUDE THE 

1545
00:51:05,162 --> 00:51:07,063
HVAC SYSTEMS AT FIVE BRANCHES. 

1546
00:51:07,063 --> 00:51:08,665
THAT MOSTLY HAS BEEN FUNDED 

1547
00:51:08,665 --> 00:51:11,168
THROUGH THE FEMA GRANT, WHICH IS

1548
00:51:11,168 --> 00:51:14,438
WONDERFUL. WHICH COVERS MOST OF 

1549
00:51:14,438 --> 00:51:15,772
THAT COST. THERE ARE SOME OF THE

1550
00:51:15,772 --> 00:51:17,240
COSTS THAT ARE ALREADY BUDGETED 

1551
00:51:17,240 --> 00:51:19,443
FOR. BUT THIS WOULD HELP TO 

1552
00:51:19,443 --> 00:51:23,647
ENSURE THAT THOSE PROJECTS CAN 

1553
00:51:23,647 --> 00:51:24,848
BE COMPLETED IN CASE THERE ANY 

1554
00:51:24,848 --> 00:51:26,883
COST OVERRUNS. OR, ALSO FOR 

1555
00:51:26,883 --> 00:51:29,085
ONGOING MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS.

1556
00:51:29,085 --> 00:51:35,025
IT WOULD ALSO HELP TO ADDRESS 

1557
00:51:35,025 --> 00:51:35,859
DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. WE KNOW 

1558
00:51:35,859 --> 00:51:41,031
THAT THE PROPOSAL DOES NOT FULLY

1559
00:51:41,031 --> 00:51:42,032
FUND ALL THE DIFFERENT 

1560
00:51:42,032 --> 00:51:42,866
MAINTENANCE. AS WE HEARD, 

1561
00:51:42,866 --> 00:51:43,867
DEFERRED MAINTENANCE PUMPS UP 

1562
00:51:43,867 --> 00:51:45,702
UNEXPECTEDLY QUITE OFTEN IN OUR 

1563
00:51:45,702 --> 00:51:49,639
BRANCHES. AS WELL AS BRANCH 

1564
00:51:49,639 --> 00:51:50,507
ELECTRIFICATION. WE HAVE A 

1565
00:51:50,507 --> 00:51:52,242
NUMBER OF BRANCHES THAT ARE NOT 

1566
00:51:52,242 --> 00:51:55,412
ELECTRIFIED YET. AND, CURRENT 

1567
00:51:55,412 --> 00:51:59,850
EVENTS , IT IS CRYSTAL CLEAR 

1568
00:51:59,850 --> 00:52:01,351
THAT WE NEED TO MOVE RAPIDLY TO 

1569
00:52:01,351 --> 00:52:02,719
TRANSITION AWAY FROM FOSSIL 

1570
00:52:02,719 --> 00:52:06,289
FUELS , BOTH IN TERMS OF COST 

1571
00:52:06,289 --> 00:52:11,194
AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS , 

1572
00:52:11,194 --> 00:52:12,596
AS WELL AS WHAT WE SEE WITH 

1573
00:52:12,596 --> 00:52:13,330
THINGS LIKE HER CURRENT 

1574
00:52:13,330 --> 00:52:15,265
SNOWPACK. WHICH ARE GREATLY 

1575
00:52:15,265 --> 00:52:25,742
BELOW AVERAGE. AND, WE ARE, 

1576
00:52:31,414 --> 00:52:32,048
UNFORTUNATELY, NOWHERE NEAR, WE 

1577
00:52:32,048 --> 00:52:33,150
ARE MAKING PROGRESS, BUT NOWHERE

1578
00:52:33,150 --> 00:52:34,484
NEAR OUR 2030 CLIMATE ACTION 

1579
00:52:34,484 --> 00:52:35,285
PLAN GOALS. TRANSPORTATION IS A 

1580
00:52:35,285 --> 00:52:36,253
NUMBER ONE EMISSION AROUND 50%. 

1581
00:52:36,253 --> 00:52:37,354
BUILDINGS IS OUR SECOND LARGEST 

1582
00:52:37,354 --> 00:52:38,355
EMISSION OF GREENHOUSE GAS AND 

1583
00:52:38,355 --> 00:52:39,756
THAT IS AROUND 40%. AND SO, WE 

1584
00:52:39,756 --> 00:52:41,791
NEED TO BE MOVING MUCH MORE 

1585
00:52:41,791 --> 00:52:46,429
RAPIDLY , MANY OF THOSE 

1586
00:52:46,429 --> 00:52:47,330
BUILDINGS ARE PRIVATELY OWNED. 

1587
00:52:47,330 --> 00:52:48,999
BUT WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE CAN 

1588
00:52:48,999 --> 00:52:49,900
AND SHOW HER LEADERSHIP OF 

1589
00:52:49,900 --> 00:52:50,600
TRANSITIONING PUBLICLY ON 

1590
00:52:50,600 --> 00:52:51,401
BUILDINGS THROUGH 

1591
00:52:51,401 --> 00:52:52,769
ELECTRIFICATION. $50 MILLION IS 

1592
00:52:52,769 --> 00:52:54,571
NOT NEARLY ENOUGH TO COVER THE 

1593
00:52:54,571 --> 00:52:56,072
ENTIRE NEEDS OF DEFERRED 

1594
00:52:56,072 --> 00:53:02,078
MAINTENANCE AND ELECTRIFICATION.

1595
00:53:02,078 --> 00:53:03,947
BUT, HOPEFULLY, IT WILL GET AS 

1596
00:53:03,947 --> 00:53:07,984
PART OF THE WAY THERE . AND 

1597
00:53:07,984 --> 00:53:09,352
CHAIR, THIS IS TO YOUR POINT OF,

1598
00:53:09,352 --> 00:53:10,654
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS DIFFICULT

1599
00:53:10,654 --> 00:53:11,855
BALANCE. WE DO HAVE THE LEVY 

1600
00:53:11,855 --> 00:53:14,257
CAP. WE HAVE A AFFORDABILITY 

1601
00:53:14,257 --> 00:53:18,461
CONCERN AND VOTERS , THIS IS NOT

1602
00:53:18,461 --> 00:53:23,266
ABOUT , AGAIN, WHO LOVES 

1603
00:53:23,266 --> 00:53:25,001
LIBRARIES MORE. I THINK WE ALL 

1604
00:53:25,001 --> 00:53:28,271
OF OUR LIBRARIES. AND, YOU KNOW,

1605
00:53:28,271 --> 00:53:29,639
WE HAVE THIS DELICATE BALANCE OF

1606
00:53:29,639 --> 00:53:30,874
PUTTING SOMETHING BEFORE THE 

1607
00:53:30,874 --> 00:53:38,848
VOTERS. VOTERS ONLY GET TO SAY 

1608
00:53:38,848 --> 00:53:40,650
YES OR NO TO WHAT WE PUT BEFORE 

1609
00:53:40,650 --> 00:53:42,652
THEM. THEY DON'T GET TO SAY GO 

1610
00:53:42,652 --> 00:53:43,320
BIGGER, THEY DON'T GET TO SAY 

1611
00:53:43,320 --> 00:53:44,688
NO, THIS IS TOO BIG. THEY JUST 

1612
00:53:44,688 --> 00:53:46,456
GET TO VOTE YES UP OR DOWN ON 

1613
00:53:46,456 --> 00:53:47,757
WHAT WE PUT BEFORE THEM. SO THAT

1614
00:53:47,757 --> 00:53:49,192
IS WHERE WE ARE, WE HAVE THIS 

1615
00:53:49,192 --> 00:53:50,460
BALANCE. SO THAT IS WHERE, EVEN 

1616
00:53:50,460 --> 00:53:52,195
THOUGH $15 MILLION IS NOT ENOUGH

1617
00:53:52,195 --> 00:53:52,762
TO COVER ALL THE DEFERRED 

1618
00:53:52,762 --> 00:53:53,396
MAINTENANCE AND ELECTRIFICATION 

1619
00:53:53,396 --> 00:53:54,564
NEEDS, HOPEFULLY HE GETS AS PART

1620
00:53:54,564 --> 00:54:01,338
OF THE WAY THERE. WITH THAT, I 

1621
00:54:01,338 --> 00:54:02,205
WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT, 

1622
00:54:02,205 --> 00:54:02,939
COLLEAGUES. 

1623
00:54:02,939 --> 00:54:04,874
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN.

1624
00:54:04,874 --> 00:54:06,543
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, YOUR 

1625
00:54:06,543 --> 00:54:16,653
RECOGNIZED. 

1626
00:54:16,653 --> 00:54:17,754
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. COLLEAGUES,

1627
00:54:17,754 --> 00:54:19,356
I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SPEAK

1628
00:54:19,356 --> 00:54:20,423
IN SUPPORT OF THIS AMENDMENT 

1629
00:54:20,423 --> 00:54:21,291
TODAY. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE 

1630
00:54:21,291 --> 00:54:22,659
ARE THOSE WHO HAVE SUGGESTED WE 

1631
00:54:22,659 --> 00:54:24,194
DON'T NEED TO ADD FUNDING TO 

1632
00:54:24,194 --> 00:54:31,167
COMPLETE COOLING PROJECTS IN ALL

1633
00:54:31,167 --> 00:54:32,535
OF OUR BRANCHES BECAUSE WE WERE 

1634
00:54:32,535 --> 00:54:33,637
AWARDED FEMA GRANTS. BUT I WOULD

1635
00:54:33,637 --> 00:54:34,871
NOTE THAT INTERESTING OUR 

1636
00:54:34,871 --> 00:54:35,472
LIBRARY'S FUTURE TO DONALD 

1637
00:54:35,472 --> 00:54:36,172
TRUMP'S FEMA IS IRRESPONSIBLE. 

1638
00:54:36,172 --> 00:54:37,140
JUST ASK SEATTLE CITY LIGHT, 

1639
00:54:37,140 --> 00:54:37,941
REIMBURSEMENTS FOR THE 2024 

1640
00:54:37,941 --> 00:54:38,842
CYCLE. THIS AMENDMENT ADDRESSES 

1641
00:54:38,842 --> 00:54:39,576
ARE LONG OVERDUE ELECTRIFICATION

1642
00:54:39,576 --> 00:54:40,577
EFFORTS. AND TO REDIRECT THE 

1643
00:54:40,577 --> 00:54:44,681
POINTS JUST MADE BY 

1644
00:54:44,681 --> 00:54:45,548
COUNCILMEMBER LIN, OUR LAST 

1645
00:54:45,548 --> 00:54:46,182
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS 

1646
00:54:46,182 --> 00:54:46,950
INVENTORY FOUND THAT BUILDINGS 

1647
00:54:46,950 --> 00:54:47,951
ARE THE SECOND LARGEST 

1648
00:54:47,951 --> 00:54:49,052
CONTRIBUTOR TO GREENHOUSE GAS 

1649
00:54:49,052 --> 00:54:50,353
EMISSIONS. ACCOUNTING FOR 40% OF

1650
00:54:50,353 --> 00:54:51,921
SEATTLE'S EMISSIONS. REALLY 

1651
00:54:51,921 --> 00:54:57,193
CONTRIBUTING TO CLIMATE 

1652
00:54:57,193 --> 00:54:58,028
POLLUTION. AND THIS BODY 

1653
00:54:58,028 --> 00:54:58,528
COMMITTED YEARS AGO TO 

1654
00:54:58,528 --> 00:54:59,162
DECARBONIZATION AND GETTING ALL 

1655
00:54:59,162 --> 00:55:08,304
OF OUR BUILDINGS ALIGNED WITH 

1656
00:55:08,304 --> 00:55:08,938
THE BUILDING EMISSIONS 

1657
00:55:08,938 --> 00:55:09,606
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, NORTHEAST

1658
00:55:09,606 --> 00:55:10,840
BRANCHES STILL IN THE QUEUE FOR 

1659
00:55:10,840 --> 00:55:11,641
ELECTRIFICATION. HOW LONG TO 

1660
00:55:11,641 --> 00:55:12,575
THOSE FAMILIES WEIGHT AND AT 

1661
00:55:12,575 --> 00:55:14,144
WHAT COST TO THE CITY IF WE 

1662
00:55:14,144 --> 00:55:15,245
DELAY FURTHER? WHETHER WE ARE 

1663
00:55:15,245 --> 00:55:15,845
TALKING ABOUT COOLING, 

1664
00:55:15,845 --> 00:55:16,546
ELECTRIFICATION OR DEFERRED 

1665
00:55:16,546 --> 00:55:17,313
MAINTENANCE, EVERY DOLLAR WE 

1666
00:55:17,313 --> 00:55:18,748
SPEND IN THIS LEVY WILL GO MUCH 

1667
00:55:18,748 --> 00:55:19,649
FARTHER THAN ANY HYPOTHETICAL 

1668
00:55:19,649 --> 00:55:20,884
DOLLAR WE CAN ALLOCATE TO THE 

1669
00:55:20,884 --> 00:55:26,056
NEXT LEVY PERIOD IN 2034 BEYOND.

1670
00:55:26,056 --> 00:55:29,259
ANY PENNIES WE PINCH NOW WILL 

1671
00:55:29,259 --> 00:55:30,960
COST US DOLLARS SEVEN YEARS FROM

1672
00:55:30,960 --> 00:55:36,533
NOW. AND PUTTING OUR HOPES ONTO 

1673
00:55:36,533 --> 00:55:37,500
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND 

1674
00:55:37,500 --> 00:55:38,168
FOLLOWING THROUGH ON FEMA 

1675
00:55:38,168 --> 00:55:39,135
COMMITMENTS TO SEATTLE IS NOT 

1676
00:55:39,135 --> 00:55:40,370
SOMETHING I WOULD ADVISE. FOR 

1677
00:55:40,370 --> 00:55:44,574
THESE REASONS I WILL BE PROBABLY

1678
00:55:44,574 --> 00:55:45,775
VOTING YES TO THIS AMENDMENT TO 

1679
00:55:45,775 --> 00:55:46,776
ASSURE WE CAN RESPONSIBLY CARE 

1680
00:55:46,776 --> 00:55:48,344
FOR OUR COMMITTEE. THANK YOU AND

1681
00:55:48,344 --> 00:55:49,245
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN, 

1682
00:55:49,245 --> 00:55:50,380
FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. 

1683
00:55:50,380 --> 00:55:51,548
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 

1684
00:55:51,548 --> 00:55:55,351
RINCK. ANYONE ELSE? I DON'T SEE

1685
00:55:55,351 --> 00:55:58,421
ANY HANSA. I WILL ADDRESS 

1686
00:55:58,421 --> 00:56:02,158
SOMETHING HERE, AND THAT IS, AS 

1687
00:56:02,158 --> 00:56:03,293
I SAID EARLIER, THIS ISN'T 

1688
00:56:03,293 --> 00:56:04,160
ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE 

1689
00:56:04,160 --> 00:56:08,364
LIBRARIES DON'T HAVE MORE 

1690
00:56:08,364 --> 00:56:09,666
NEEDS. THE BUILDINGS ARE OLD AND

1691
00:56:09,666 --> 00:56:10,800
THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE NEEDS 

1692
00:56:10,800 --> 00:56:12,736
INTO THE FUTURE. IS LIBRARY LEVY

1693
00:56:12,736 --> 00:56:15,238
IS NOT GOING TO COVER ALL THE 

1694
00:56:15,238 --> 00:56:16,840
NEEDS. AND WE WILL BE BACK HERE 

1695
00:56:16,840 --> 00:56:20,143
AGAIN . BUT WE ALSO HAVE OTHER 

1696
00:56:20,143 --> 00:56:22,045
NEEDS. AND IF WE PUT ALL OF THE 

1697
00:56:22,045 --> 00:56:26,683
MONEY INTO THIS NEED, WE WILL 

1698
00:56:26,683 --> 00:56:28,051
HAVE LESS TO COVER FUTURE NEEDS 

1699
00:56:28,051 --> 00:56:29,252
INCLUDING THE NEXT LEVY WHICH IS

1700
00:56:29,252 --> 00:56:32,555
THE HOUSING LEVY IN 2030. SO I 

1701
00:56:32,555 --> 00:56:38,461
WILL SAY, THAT NO ONE IS SAYING 

1702
00:56:38,461 --> 00:56:39,996
THAT LIBRARIES DON'T HAVE MORE 

1703
00:56:39,996 --> 00:56:40,897
NEEDS. THE NEEDS ARE ACTUALLY 

1704
00:56:40,897 --> 00:56:41,798
ENDLESS BECAUSE THE BUILDINGS 

1705
00:56:41,798 --> 00:56:43,032
WILL ALWAYS NEED MORE WORK. THEY

1706
00:56:43,032 --> 00:56:44,167
ARE OLD BUILDINGS. AND, WE ARE 

1707
00:56:44,167 --> 00:56:45,468
GRAPPLING WITH HOW TO PAY FOR 

1708
00:56:45,468 --> 00:56:52,275
ALL OF THESE. SO, I THINK IN 

1709
00:56:52,275 --> 00:56:53,743
TERMS OF THE VOTERS AND PUTTING 

1710
00:56:53,743 --> 00:56:55,145
THIS ON THE LEVY, YES, 

1711
00:56:55,145 --> 00:57:00,049
ABSOLUTELY, THEY GET TO DECIDE 

1712
00:57:00,049 --> 00:57:00,984
WHETHER THEY ARE GOING TO VOTE 

1713
00:57:00,984 --> 00:57:02,752
FOR IT OR NOT. I WILL SAY VOTERS

1714
00:57:02,752 --> 00:57:03,853
DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THE BENEFIT 

1715
00:57:03,853 --> 00:57:05,155
OF OUR FINANCE ADVISORS WHO TELL

1716
00:57:05,155 --> 00:57:07,857
US WHERE WE ARE WITH LEVY CAPS, 

1717
00:57:07,857 --> 00:57:09,492
WHAT EVEN A LEVY CAP IS AND HOW 

1718
00:57:09,492 --> 00:57:10,827
MUCH WE WOULD HAVE FOR FUTURE 

1719
00:57:10,827 --> 00:57:15,932
LEVIES. THAT IS A LEVEL OF IN 

1720
00:57:15,932 --> 00:57:17,400
THE WEEDS I DON'T EXPECT VOTERS

1721
00:57:17,400 --> 00:57:18,601
TO KNOW. BUT WE KNOW THAT. AND 

1722
00:57:18,601 --> 00:57:19,803
ALL OF THAT GOES INTO OUR 

1723
00:57:19,803 --> 00:57:20,837
CALCULATION AND SHOULD GO INTO 

1724
00:57:20,837 --> 00:57:21,938
OUR CALCULATION. AND THAT IS 

1725
00:57:21,938 --> 00:57:22,939
IMPORTANT. BECAUSE AGAIN, WE ALL

1726
00:57:22,939 --> 00:57:27,944
LOVE OUR LIBRARY AND WE UP HERE 

1727
00:57:27,944 --> 00:57:29,045
ARE STRUGGLING WITH MORE THAN 

1728
00:57:29,045 --> 00:57:30,380
JUST THE LIBRARY. AND THAT IS A 

1729
00:57:30,380 --> 00:57:32,949
STRUGGLE. SO I REALLY , IT'S 

1730
00:57:32,949 --> 00:57:39,756
IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT. 

1731
00:57:39,756 --> 00:57:40,957
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, I SEE YOUR

1732
00:57:40,957 --> 00:57:41,825
HAND. GO AHEAD. 

1733
00:57:41,825 --> 00:57:48,798
>> THANK YOU. I APOLOGIZE I 

1734
00:57:48,798 --> 00:57:49,866
COULD'VE GOT THE HAND UP 

1735
00:57:49,866 --> 00:57:51,000
QUICKER. I WILL NOT BE 

1736
00:57:51,000 --> 00:57:52,101
SUPPORTING THIS AND I WILL SHARE

1737
00:57:52,101 --> 00:57:53,536
WHY. AND I DO AGREE WITH THE 

1738
00:57:53,536 --> 00:57:54,504
CHAIR, THOUGH I DO APPRECIATE 

1739
00:57:54,504 --> 00:57:55,371
PASSION THAT COUNCILMEMBER LIN 

1740
00:57:55,371 --> 00:57:56,439
AND COUNCILMEMBER RINCK BRING TO

1741
00:57:56,439 --> 00:57:57,574
THIS AMENDMENT. NOTWITHSTANDING 

1742
00:57:57,574 --> 00:58:01,344
TRUMP. THAT IS ANOTHER THING. 

1743
00:58:01,344 --> 00:58:03,046
ANYWAY, I WENT BACK AND PULLED 

1744
00:58:03,046 --> 00:58:05,281
UP , AGAIN, AM TAKING IT FROM 

1745
00:58:05,281 --> 00:58:09,452
THE PERSPECTIVE OF , THIS IS 15%

1746
00:58:09,452 --> 00:58:11,254
MORE THAN THE LAST LEVY WHICH I 

1747
00:58:11,254 --> 00:58:18,061
WAS AROUND FOUR. CONCERNED ABOUT

1748
00:58:18,061 --> 00:58:18,962
JEOPARDIZING FUTURE LEVIES, OUR 

1749
00:58:18,962 --> 00:58:19,629
FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY BUT ALSO 

1750
00:58:19,629 --> 00:58:21,130
THE LEVY CAP. I WILL TELL YOU 

1751
00:58:21,130 --> 00:58:22,665
WHY I'M SAYING THIS. I'M NOT 

1752
00:58:22,665 --> 00:58:23,867
ANTI--- I MEAN, IF WE COULD 

1753
00:58:23,867 --> 00:58:26,135
AFFORD ALL OF THIS, THEN I SAY 

1754
00:58:26,135 --> 00:58:27,470
WHAT THE MAYOR SENT DOWN AND 

1755
00:58:27,470 --> 00:58:29,439
WHAT WOULD BE PASSED , ALL THE 

1756
00:58:29,439 --> 00:58:30,840
AMENDMENTS, WITH THAT TOTAL 

1757
00:58:30,840 --> 00:58:34,944
WOULD BE, AND I THINK THE DELTA 

1758
00:58:34,944 --> 00:58:36,346
IS LIKE $70 MILLION IF WE ADDED 

1759
00:58:36,346 --> 00:58:37,347
EVERY AMENDMENT IN HERE. 

1760
00:58:37,347 --> 00:58:38,748
>> $79 MILLION. 

1761
00:58:38,748 --> 00:58:40,750
>> SO WHEN WE LOOK AT CITY OF 

1762
00:58:40,750 --> 00:58:44,053
SEATTLE TAX LEVY AND YOU 

1763
00:58:44,053 --> 00:58:49,158
MENTIONED THIS, MADAM CHAIR, WE 

1764
00:58:49,158 --> 00:58:50,560
HAVE THE LIBRARY LEVY THAT IS 

1765
00:58:50,560 --> 00:58:51,761
NOW. WE HAVE THE TRANSPORTATION 

1766
00:58:51,761 --> 00:58:52,729
LEVY COMING. WE HAVE THE RECENT 

1767
00:58:52,729 --> 00:58:56,566
-- WE HAVE THIS HOUSING LEVY 

1768
00:58:56,566 --> 00:58:57,767
COMING IN 2030. WE JUST PASSED 

1769
00:58:57,767 --> 00:59:01,037
THE LEVY IN 2025. TO THE TUNE OF

1770
00:59:01,037 --> 00:59:11,581
$1.3 BILLION. AND IF WE LOOK AT 

1771
00:59:40,877 --> 00:59:41,411
THE ANNUAL TAXES OF SEATTLE, 

1772
00:59:41,411 --> 00:59:42,045
ALSO THE ONES THAT KEEP ROLLING 

1773
00:59:42,045 --> 00:59:52,588
OVER, THE SWEETENED BEVERAGE -- 

1774
00:59:59,862 --> 01:00:01,297
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, AS YOU 

1775
01:00:01,297 --> 01:00:02,432
POINTED OUT, MADAM CHAIR, WE ALL

1776
01:00:02,432 --> 01:00:03,633
OF THE LIBRARIES BUT WE ALSO 

1777
01:00:03,633 --> 01:00:04,467
HAVE A FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. 

1778
01:00:04,467 --> 01:00:05,935
WHAT I THINK, AND WHAT I AM 

1779
01:00:05,935 --> 01:00:07,303
SEEING IN AMENDMENT FOUR AND 

1780
01:00:07,303 --> 01:00:15,945
FIVE, THOSE ARE OPERATION AND 

1781
01:00:15,945 --> 01:00:17,146
MAINTENANCE AND BRICK AND MORTAR

1782
01:00:17,146 --> 01:00:18,147
REPAIRS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE. 

1783
01:00:18,147 --> 01:00:19,349
AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IF 

1784
01:00:19,349 --> 01:00:20,350
IT DOESN'T GET FUNDED HERE 

1785
01:00:20,350 --> 01:00:21,851
IT'S NOT GOING TO GET FUNDED 

1786
01:00:21,851 --> 01:00:22,885
EVER ANYWHERE ELSE. I BELIEVE IT

1787
01:00:22,885 --> 01:00:24,354
WILL AND IT SHOULD. AND FOR THAT

1788
01:00:24,354 --> 01:00:25,288
REASON, AND AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND 

1789
01:00:25,288 --> 01:00:26,556
THE PASSION AND THE CONCERN, I 

1790
01:00:26,556 --> 01:00:27,557
DON'T LIKE TO MAKE DECISIONS 

1791
01:00:27,557 --> 01:00:29,058
OUT OF FEAR OR BEING REACTIVE TO

1792
01:00:29,058 --> 01:00:30,560
WHAT I THINK IS HAPPENING 

1793
01:00:30,560 --> 01:00:33,997
POLITICALLY , GLOBALLY, ON A 

1794
01:00:33,997 --> 01:00:35,231
NATIONAL LEVEL, AT LEAST FOR 

1795
01:00:35,231 --> 01:00:39,635
THIS SPECIFIC MATTER. THAT IS 

1796
01:00:39,635 --> 01:00:40,203
NOT THROWING SHADED ANYONE, 

1797
01:00:40,203 --> 01:00:42,071
IT'S HOW I LOOK AT ANALYSIS AND

1798
01:00:42,071 --> 01:00:42,805
MAKING DECISIONS. SO, WE KNOW 

1799
01:00:42,805 --> 01:00:44,140
THAT THE ORIGINAL PACKET FROM 

1800
01:00:44,140 --> 01:00:50,146
THE MAYOR WAS $410 MILLION. AND 

1801
01:00:50,146 --> 01:00:51,514
IF WE ADDED ALL THE AMENDMENTS 

1802
01:00:51,514 --> 01:00:52,648
TOGETHER IT WOULD COME OUT TO 

1803
01:00:52,648 --> 01:00:53,950
LIKE $480 MILLION, CORRECT ME IF

1804
01:00:53,950 --> 01:00:56,652
I AM WRONG , A $70 MILLION DELTA

1805
01:00:56,652 --> 01:00:58,554
DIFFERENCE THERE. SO, I'M 

1806
01:00:58,554 --> 01:01:04,327
LOOKING AT IT THAT WAY. I'M IN 

1807
01:01:04,327 --> 01:01:05,595
SUPPORT OF MANY OF THE OTHER 

1808
01:01:05,595 --> 01:01:06,696
AMENDMENTS, SOME JUST LAYING IT 

1809
01:01:06,696 --> 01:01:08,064
OUT NOW THAT I WILL NOT BE 

1810
01:01:08,064 --> 01:01:08,731
SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT. 

1811
01:01:08,731 --> 01:01:11,000
AMENDMENT FOUR, AND I WILL NOT 

1812
01:01:11,000 --> 01:01:13,236
BE SUPPORTING AMENDMENT FIVE. 

1813
01:01:13,236 --> 01:01:14,937
FOR THE VERY SAME REASON SO I 

1814
01:01:14,937 --> 01:01:16,072
DON'T HAVE TO SPEAK AGAIN. 

1815
01:01:16,072 --> 01:01:16,839
THANK YOU. 

1816
01:01:16,839 --> 01:01:22,445
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. ANY

1817
01:01:22,445 --> 01:01:23,846
OTHER COMMENTS? LET'S TAKE A 

1818
01:01:23,846 --> 01:01:28,051
VOTE ON AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR. 

1819
01:01:28,051 --> 01:01:28,751
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 

1820
01:01:28,751 --> 01:01:32,455
>> YES. 

1821
01:01:32,455 --> 01:01:32,989
>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 

1822
01:01:32,989 --> 01:01:34,657
>> YES. 

1823
01:01:34,657 --> 01:01:37,860
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 

1824
01:01:37,860 --> 01:01:38,594
>> NO. 

1825
01:01:38,594 --> 01:01:39,162
>> YES. 

1826
01:01:39,162 --> 01:01:39,829
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 

1827
01:01:39,829 --> 01:01:42,031
>> YES. 

1828
01:01:42,031 --> 01:01:42,432
>> CHAIR RIVERA. 

1829
01:01:42,432 --> 01:01:47,970
>> NO. FIVE IN FAVOR, TWO 

1830
01:01:47,970 --> 01:01:48,638
OPPOSED. 

1831
01:01:48,638 --> 01:01:50,440
>> THE MOTION CARRIES IN 

1832
01:01:50,440 --> 01:01:53,342
AMENDMENT FOUR IS ADOPTED. 

1833
01:01:53,342 --> 01:01:54,143
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK YOUR 

1834
01:01:54,143 --> 01:01:55,211
RECOGNIZE TO MOVE AMENDMENT OF 

1835
01:01:55,211 --> 01:01:55,978
FIVE. 

1836
01:01:55,978 --> 01:01:57,880
>> THANK YOU. I MOVED TO AMEND 

1837
01:01:57,880 --> 01:01:59,449
COUNCIL BILL 12118 IS PRESENTED 

1838
01:01:59,449 --> 01:02:05,855
ON AMENDMENT FIVE. 

1839
01:02:05,855 --> 01:02:06,355
>> SECOND. 

1840
01:02:06,355 --> 01:02:07,857
>> THANK YOU. IT IS MOVED AND 

1841
01:02:07,857 --> 01:02:10,059
SECONDED TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL 

1842
01:02:10,059 --> 01:02:11,260
CB 12181 IS PRESENTED ON 

1843
01:02:11,260 --> 01:02:15,465
AMENDMENT FIVE. TO PLEASE 

1844
01:02:15,465 --> 01:02:16,432
BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT AMENDMENT 

1845
01:02:16,432 --> 01:02:18,401
FIVE AND THEN I WILL GO TO YOU, 

1846
01:02:18,401 --> 01:02:25,408
SPONSOR , GO AHEAD, ERIC. 

1847
01:02:25,408 --> 01:02:26,142
>> AMENDMENT FIVE WOULD 

1848
01:02:26,142 --> 01:02:26,809
COMMUNICATE COUNCIL'S INTENTION

1849
01:02:26,809 --> 01:02:27,944
THAT A PORTION OF THE LIBRARY 

1850
01:02:27,944 --> 01:02:28,678
LEVY FUNDING AMOUNT IS 

1851
01:02:28,678 --> 01:02:29,579
TRANSMITTED BY THE MAYOR 

1852
01:02:29,579 --> 01:02:30,780
INCREASE BY $50 MILLION BY THE 

1853
01:02:30,780 --> 01:02:31,948
COUNCIL SHOULD BE AUTHORIZED FOR

1854
01:02:31,948 --> 01:02:32,548
INVESTMENTS TO SUPPORT 

1855
01:02:32,548 --> 01:02:33,282
MAINTENANCE FOR RENOVATING A 

1856
01:02:33,282 --> 01:02:37,653
HISTORIC LIBRARY BRANCH TO 

1857
01:02:37,653 --> 01:02:38,488
IMPROVE SEISMIC SAFETY, REDUCE 

1858
01:02:38,488 --> 01:02:39,689
THE USE OF FOSSIL FUELS, AND 

1859
01:02:39,689 --> 01:02:40,790
UPGRADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE 

1860
01:02:40,790 --> 01:02:41,457
SPACE. 

1861
01:02:41,457 --> 01:02:46,329
>> THANK YOU, ERIC. 

1862
01:02:46,329 --> 01:02:47,063
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK YOUR 

1863
01:02:47,063 --> 01:02:47,930
RECOGNIZE TO SPEAK YOUR 

1864
01:02:47,930 --> 01:02:48,798
AMENDMENT AND ALSO I WILL 

1865
01:02:48,798 --> 01:02:49,565
RECOGNIZE YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 

1866
01:02:49,565 --> 01:02:50,800
STRAUSS, AS COSPONSOR IF YOU 

1867
01:02:50,800 --> 01:02:51,768
WOULD LIKE. 

1868
01:02:51,768 --> 01:02:55,138
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. COLLEAGUES,

1869
01:02:55,138 --> 01:02:57,039
I WILL SPEAK HERE TO AMENDMENT 

1870
01:02:57,039 --> 01:03:00,676
FIVE -- 

1871
01:03:00,676 --> 01:03:01,844
>> SORRY, SPONSORS, IT IS 

1872
01:03:01,844 --> 01:03:03,346
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA WHO IS 

1873
01:03:03,346 --> 01:03:07,450
SPONSORING THIS. 

1874
01:03:07,450 --> 01:03:08,751
>> COLLEAGUES, I WILL SPEAK HERE

1875
01:03:08,751 --> 01:03:09,952
TO AMENDMENT FIVE AND THEN MORE 

1876
01:03:09,952 --> 01:03:11,053
BROADLY TO AMENDMENTS ONE AND 

1877
01:03:11,053 --> 01:03:13,256
FOUR AND NINE AS WELL. SINCE 

1878
01:03:13,256 --> 01:03:14,657
THESE ARE THE FOUR AMENDMENTS 

1879
01:03:14,657 --> 01:03:15,391
THAT REPRESENT PORTLAND 

1880
01:03:15,391 --> 01:03:17,527
INVESTMENTS IN SEATTLE PUBLIC 

1881
01:03:17,527 --> 01:03:18,227
LIBRARY INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE 

1882
01:03:18,227 --> 01:03:25,334
PEOPLE WE SERVE. WE KNOW THAT 

1883
01:03:25,334 --> 01:03:26,235
LIBRARIES ARE A CRITICAL PART OF

1884
01:03:26,235 --> 01:03:27,336
OUR COMMUNITY'S SAFETY AND 

1885
01:03:27,336 --> 01:03:28,237
INFRASTRUCTURE. IN THE NEXT YEAR

1886
01:03:28,237 --> 01:03:29,472
WE FACE A VERY REAL THREAT OF 

1887
01:03:29,472 --> 01:03:30,339
GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS, CAUSED 

1888
01:03:30,339 --> 01:03:31,541
BY THE PRESIDENT'S FOOLISH 

1889
01:03:31,541 --> 01:03:40,683
TRADE POLICIES AND NOW MASSIVELY

1890
01:03:40,683 --> 01:03:41,450
ACCELERATED BY THE NATION'S 

1891
01:03:41,450 --> 01:03:42,885
RECKLESS WAR WITH IRAN. I EXPECT

1892
01:03:42,885 --> 01:03:43,653
HARD TIMES AHEAD. WE ARE 

1893
01:03:43,653 --> 01:03:44,453
CERTAINLY ALREADY FEELING IT. 

1894
01:03:44,453 --> 01:03:45,588
HARD TIMES AHEAD FOR SEATTLE'S 

1895
01:03:45,588 --> 01:03:46,556
ECONOMY. AND SO THIS LEVY 

1896
01:03:46,556 --> 01:03:49,225
PRESENTS US WITH AN OPPORTUNITY 

1897
01:03:49,225 --> 01:03:50,459
. AND TO MY MIND, A 

1898
01:03:50,459 --> 01:03:51,260
RESPONSIBILITY, TO INCREASE OUR 

1899
01:03:51,260 --> 01:03:53,129
INVESTMENTS, TO ENSURE SAFE 

1900
01:03:53,129 --> 01:03:54,130
COMMUNITIES SPACES ARE IN EVERY 

1901
01:03:54,130 --> 01:03:59,735
NEIGHBORHOOD IN OUR CITY. AND 

1902
01:03:59,735 --> 01:04:00,703
OUR DECISIONS TODAY WILL 

1903
01:04:00,703 --> 01:04:01,971
DETERMINE HOW MANY OF OUR PUBLIC

1904
01:04:01,971 --> 01:04:02,638
FACILITIES WILL BE STRENGTHENED 

1905
01:04:02,638 --> 01:04:06,642
AGAINST EARTHQUAKES, HAVING HVAC

1906
01:04:06,642 --> 01:04:08,144
SYSTEMS READY FOR THE EXTREME 

1907
01:04:08,144 --> 01:04:09,445
COLD AND HEAT BROUGHT TO US BY 

1908
01:04:09,445 --> 01:04:10,680
CLIMATE CHANGE, AND BE READY TO 

1909
01:04:10,680 --> 01:04:11,547
PROVIDE REFUGE FROM THE 

1910
01:04:11,547 --> 01:04:12,748
DANGEROUS AIR OUT THAT MAY COME 

1911
01:04:12,748 --> 01:04:13,783
WITH OUR NEXT FIRE SEASON. 

1912
01:04:13,783 --> 01:04:24,327
SEISMIC RETROFITS, HVAC UPGRADES

1913
01:04:28,297 --> 01:04:29,465
TO ALLOW EVERY WORD BRANCH TO OF

1914
01:04:29,465 --> 01:04:30,867
AC, AND GETTING ALL OF OUR 

1915
01:04:30,867 --> 01:04:32,001
BRANCHES TO BE ADA COMPLIANT AND

1916
01:04:32,001 --> 01:04:33,236
THE CAPACITY TO DO JUST REGULAR 

1917
01:04:33,236 --> 01:04:34,237
ROUTINE MAINTENANCE IS A TIMELY 

1918
01:04:34,237 --> 01:04:35,338
AND COST-EFFECTIVE WAY TO ENSURE

1919
01:04:35,338 --> 01:04:36,539
THAT WE HAVE SAFER SPACES IN 

1920
01:04:36,539 --> 01:04:37,340
EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD. INVESTING IN

1921
01:04:37,340 --> 01:04:38,374
CAPITAL PROJECTS MEANS WE CAN 

1922
01:04:38,374 --> 01:04:39,442
PAY FOR EXPENSIVE REPAIRS AND 

1923
01:04:39,442 --> 01:04:40,610
RETROFITS BEFORE PRICES GO 

1924
01:04:40,610 --> 01:04:44,146
HIGHER. INVESTING IN THE LOCAL 

1925
01:04:44,146 --> 01:04:45,581
UNION LABOR TO BUILD OUR CIVIC 

1926
01:04:45,581 --> 01:04:46,048
INFRASTRUCTURE MEANS 

1927
01:04:46,048 --> 01:04:46,649
RECIRCULATING OUR DOLLARS 

1928
01:04:46,649 --> 01:04:47,783
LOCALLY, MOST DOLLARS INVESTED 

1929
01:04:47,783 --> 01:04:51,187
IN OUR LOCAL TRADES WOMEN AND 

1930
01:04:51,187 --> 01:04:52,255
MEN WILL BE SPENT AND RE-SPENT 

1931
01:04:52,255 --> 01:04:54,090
LOCALLY ADDING A BENEFIT NOT 

1932
01:04:54,090 --> 01:05:02,732
JUST TO A SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY

1933
01:05:02,732 --> 01:05:03,532
BRANCH BUT TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY 

1934
01:05:03,532 --> 01:05:04,734
AS A WHOLE. AND SO COLLEAGUES, 

1935
01:05:04,734 --> 01:05:06,002
FOR ALL OF THESE REASONS, I 

1936
01:05:06,002 --> 01:05:07,270
CONSIDER THIS AMENDMENT AND THE 

1937
01:05:07,270 --> 01:05:07,803
OTHER CAPITAL MAINTENANCE 

1938
01:05:07,803 --> 01:05:09,105
AMENDMENT'S BEFORE US TODAY AS 

1939
01:05:09,105 --> 01:05:10,039
ESSENTIAL ONES. IF YOU FEEL THE 

1940
01:05:10,039 --> 01:05:11,574
SAME, I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 

1941
01:05:11,574 --> 01:05:11,874
THANK YOU. 

1942
01:05:11,874 --> 01:05:12,642
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 

1943
01:05:12,642 --> 01:05:13,476
RINCK. COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER 

1944
01:05:13,476 --> 01:05:14,844
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THEN, 

1945
01:05:14,844 --> 01:05:17,847
LET'S GO TO A VOTE. 

1946
01:05:17,847 --> 01:05:18,047
>> 

1947
01:05:18,047 --> 01:05:18,581
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 

1948
01:05:18,581 --> 01:05:22,985
>> YES. 

1949
01:05:22,985 --> 01:05:23,519
>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 

1950
01:05:23,519 --> 01:05:24,553
>> YES. 

1951
01:05:24,553 --> 01:05:28,958
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 

1952
01:05:28,958 --> 01:05:29,659
>> NO. 

1953
01:05:29,659 --> 01:05:30,359
>>  COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 

1954
01:05:30,359 --> 01:05:31,794
>> YES. 

1955
01:05:31,794 --> 01:05:32,295
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 

1956
01:05:32,295 --> 01:05:35,164
>> YES. 

1957
01:05:35,164 --> 01:05:35,598
>>>> CHAIR RIVERA. 

1958
01:05:35,598 --> 01:05:41,737
>> NO. 

1959
01:05:41,737 --> 01:05:42,838
>> FOUR IN FAVOR, TWO OPPOSED, 

1960
01:05:42,838 --> 01:05:43,940
ONE ABSTENTION. 

1961
01:05:43,940 --> 01:05:46,042
>> IT IS ADOPTED. LET'S GO TO 

1962
01:05:46,042 --> 01:05:52,048
AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX. 

1963
01:05:52,048 --> 01:05:52,748
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, YOUR 

1964
01:05:52,748 --> 01:05:53,449
RECOGNIZE TO MOVE AMENDMENT 

1965
01:05:53,449 --> 01:05:53,883
NUMBER SIX. 

1966
01:05:53,883 --> 01:05:55,584
>> THANK YOU, I MOVED TO AMEND 

1967
01:05:55,584 --> 01:05:56,952
COUNCIL BILL 121181 IS PRESENTED

1968
01:05:56,952 --> 01:06:00,656
ON AMENDMENT SIX. 

1969
01:06:00,656 --> 01:06:06,262
>> SECOND. 

1970
01:06:06,262 --> 01:06:07,596
>> THANK YOU. IT IS MOVED AND 

1971
01:06:07,596 --> 01:06:08,731
SECONDED TO MOVE COUNCIL BILL 

1972
01:06:08,731 --> 01:06:09,732
121181 IS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT

1973
01:06:09,732 --> 01:06:11,167
SIX. WOULD YOU PLEASE GIVE A 

1974
01:06:11,167 --> 01:06:11,867
BRIEF DESCRIPTION? 

1975
01:06:11,867 --> 01:06:16,939
>> THIS IS SPONSORED BY 

1976
01:06:16,939 --> 01:06:17,640
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND 

1977
01:06:17,640 --> 01:06:18,240
COSPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER 

1978
01:06:18,240 --> 01:06:19,041
STRAUSS. THIS AMENDMENT WOULD 

1979
01:06:19,041 --> 01:06:20,042
COMMUNICATE COUNCIL'S INTENTION

1980
01:06:20,042 --> 01:06:21,544
THE PORTION OF THE LIBRARY LEVY 

1981
01:06:21,544 --> 01:06:22,978
FUNDING AMOUNT IS TRANSMITTED BY

1982
01:06:22,978 --> 01:06:24,180
THE MAYOR INCREASE BY $8.4 

1983
01:06:24,180 --> 01:06:30,086
MILLION BY THE COUNCIL SHOULD BE

1984
01:06:30,086 --> 01:06:30,953
AUTHORIZED FOR INVESTMENTS TO 

1985
01:06:30,953 --> 01:06:31,654
SUPPORT COLLECTIONS BY EXPANDING

1986
01:06:31,654 --> 01:06:32,455
THE ELECTRONIC AND PHYSICAL 

1987
01:06:32,455 --> 01:06:33,255
MATERIALS COLLECTIONS AND 

1988
01:06:33,255 --> 01:06:34,256
INCREASING COLLECTIONS TO 

1989
01:06:34,256 --> 01:06:34,523
STAFFING. 

1990
01:06:34,523 --> 01:06:43,666
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 

1991
01:06:43,666 --> 01:06:44,700
RINCK YOUR RECOGNIZE TO SPEAK 

1992
01:06:44,700 --> 01:06:45,901
AND THEN I WILL GO TO 

1993
01:06:45,901 --> 01:06:46,535
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AS 

1994
01:06:46,535 --> 01:06:46,869
COSPONSOR. 

1995
01:06:46,869 --> 01:06:48,104
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. COLLEAGUES,

1996
01:06:48,104 --> 01:06:50,306
WE HAVE HEARD THE PUBLIC COMMENT

1997
01:06:50,306 --> 01:06:51,173
IN THE PUBLIC HEARINGS FROM 

1998
01:06:51,173 --> 01:06:52,141
SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY'S 

1999
01:06:52,141 --> 01:06:53,242
FOUNDATION AND FRIENDS OF 

2000
01:06:53,242 --> 01:06:54,310
SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY THAT WE 

2001
01:06:54,310 --> 01:06:57,646
ARE A CITY OF READERS. THIS CITY

2002
01:06:57,646 --> 01:06:59,648
LOVES BOOKS OF EVERY FLAVOR AND 

2003
01:06:59,648 --> 01:07:02,351
FORMAT. DEMAND ON OUR PHYSICAL 

2004
01:07:02,351 --> 01:07:03,753
AND DIGITAL COLLECTIONS IS HIGH.

2005
01:07:03,753 --> 01:07:05,654
IS FOR OUTPACING OUR BELOVED 

2006
01:07:05,654 --> 01:07:08,157
LIBRARY ABILITY TO KEEP UP. THIS

2007
01:07:08,157 --> 01:07:09,258
AMENDMENT WOULD GIVE THE LIBRARY

2008
01:07:09,258 --> 01:07:10,393
THE FINANCIAL AND HUMAN 

2009
01:07:10,393 --> 01:07:17,867
RESOURCES NEEDED TO KEEP OUR 

2010
01:07:17,867 --> 01:07:18,734
COLLECTIONS UP TO MEET THIS 

2011
01:07:18,734 --> 01:07:19,668
MOMENT AND BETTER SERVE OUR 

2012
01:07:19,668 --> 01:07:20,970
READERS ACROSS THE CITY. I ASK 

2013
01:07:20,970 --> 01:07:22,538
FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU ALSO

2014
01:07:22,538 --> 01:07:25,241
TO COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR 

2015
01:07:25,241 --> 01:07:25,875
SIGNING ON AS COSPONSOR FOR 

2016
01:07:25,875 --> 01:07:26,075
THIS. 

2017
01:07:26,075 --> 01:07:26,842
>> THANK YOU. 

2018
01:07:26,842 --> 01:07:29,612
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 

2019
01:07:29,612 --> 01:07:30,246
STRAUSS, YOUR RECOGNIZE. 

2020
01:07:30,246 --> 01:07:31,847
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. THIS 

2021
01:07:31,847 --> 01:07:32,982
RECOGNIZE , I BROUGHT FOUR 

2022
01:07:32,982 --> 01:07:33,649
AMENDMENT STORE COMMITTEE 

2023
01:07:33,649 --> 01:07:41,056
MEETING LAST TIME AND I HAVE 

2024
01:07:41,056 --> 01:07:42,291
REDUCE THE TO TWO IN PART BY 

2025
01:07:42,291 --> 01:07:43,492
PARTNERING WITH COLLEAGUES. THIS

2026
01:07:43,492 --> 01:07:44,260
HELPS US BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE

2027
01:07:44,260 --> 01:07:45,194
AND CONTINUE TO PUSH THE 

2028
01:07:45,194 --> 01:07:46,429
ENVELOPE OF THIS LIBRARY LEVY AS

2029
01:07:46,429 --> 01:07:47,430
FAR AS IS RESPONSIBLY POSSIBLE. 

2030
01:07:47,430 --> 01:07:50,766
THIS IS ANOTHER MOMENT OF , 

2031
01:07:50,766 --> 01:07:52,134
WITHOUT BOOKS, WITHOUT E-BOOKS, 

2032
01:07:52,134 --> 01:07:53,469
IT IS JUST A BUILDING. THANK 

2033
01:07:53,469 --> 01:07:54,236
YOU. 

2034
01:07:54,236 --> 01:07:57,473
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 

2035
01:07:57,473 --> 01:08:02,244
STRAUSS. ANY COMMENTS , 

2036
01:08:02,244 --> 01:08:03,045
COUNCILMEMBER LIN, YOUR 

2037
01:08:03,045 --> 01:08:03,345
RECOGNIZE. 

2038
01:08:03,345 --> 01:08:04,647
>> I WANT TO SPEAK IN FAVOR, AND

2039
01:08:04,647 --> 01:08:06,148
WERE GENERALLY TALK AGAIN ABOUT 

2040
01:08:06,148 --> 01:08:08,250
THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF OUR 

2041
01:08:08,250 --> 01:08:10,453
LIBRARIES AND THIS TIME IS WE 

2042
01:08:10,453 --> 01:08:12,655
SEE DEMOCRACY CRUMBLING. OUR 

2043
01:08:12,655 --> 01:08:15,925
LIBRARIES ARE ESSENTIAL AGAINST 

2044
01:08:15,925 --> 01:08:20,463
THAT. DEFENDING OUR DEMOCRACY , 

2045
01:08:20,463 --> 01:08:21,864
WHETHER IT IS OUR BUILDINGS, OUR

2046
01:08:21,864 --> 01:08:23,299
STAFFING, OR OUR COLLECTIONS, 

2047
01:08:23,299 --> 01:08:26,836
THEY ARE ALL CRITICALLY 

2048
01:08:26,836 --> 01:08:27,570
ESSENTIAL SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE 

2049
01:08:27,570 --> 01:08:29,038
THAT ARE NEEDED MORE NOW THAN 

2050
01:08:29,038 --> 01:08:33,776
EVER. AND SO, I AM EXCITED TO 

2051
01:08:33,776 --> 01:08:38,781
SUPPORT THIS. THANK YOU, 

2052
01:08:38,781 --> 01:08:39,548
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND 

2053
01:08:39,548 --> 01:08:40,049
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 

2054
01:08:40,049 --> 01:08:41,050
>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS

2055
01:08:41,050 --> 01:08:42,751
OR QUESTIONS? LET'S A VOTE ON 

2056
01:08:42,751 --> 01:08:43,986
AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX. 

2057
01:08:43,986 --> 01:08:46,055
>> 

2058
01:08:46,055 --> 01:08:46,589
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 

2059
01:08:46,589 --> 01:08:47,356
>> YES. 

2060
01:08:47,356 --> 01:08:47,890
>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 

2061
01:08:47,890 --> 01:08:49,158
>> YES. 

2062
01:08:49,158 --> 01:08:49,692
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 

2063
01:08:49,692 --> 01:08:50,759
>> YES. 

2064
01:08:50,759 --> 01:08:51,260
>>  COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 

2065
01:08:51,260 --> 01:08:52,461
>> YES. 

2066
01:08:52,461 --> 01:08:52,962
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 

2067
01:08:52,962 --> 01:08:54,163
>> YES. 

2068
01:08:54,163 --> 01:08:54,763
>> VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH. 

2069
01:08:54,763 --> 01:08:56,398
>> YES. 

2070
01:08:56,398 --> 01:08:56,799
>> CHAIR RIVERA. 

2071
01:08:56,799 --> 01:09:01,670
>> YES. SIX IN FAVOR AND ONE 

2072
01:09:01,670 --> 01:09:02,137
OPPOSED. 

2073
01:09:02,137 --> 01:09:07,343
>> THE MOTION CARRIES. 

2074
01:09:07,343 --> 01:09:08,077
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK YOUR 

2075
01:09:08,077 --> 01:09:09,011
RECOGNIZE TO MOVE AMENDMENT 

2076
01:09:09,011 --> 01:09:09,378
NUMBER SEVEN. 

2077
01:09:09,378 --> 01:09:10,679
>> THANK YOU, I MOVED TO AMEND 

2078
01:09:10,679 --> 01:09:11,881
COUNCIL BILL 121181 IS PRESENTED

2079
01:09:11,881 --> 01:09:14,149
ON AMENDMENT SEVEN. 

2080
01:09:14,149 --> 01:09:15,651
>> IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO 

2081
01:09:15,651 --> 01:09:23,259
AMEND COUNCIL BILL 121181 -- I 

2082
01:09:23,259 --> 01:09:25,261
THOUGHT I HEARD A SECOND. IT IS 

2083
01:09:25,261 --> 01:09:25,928
MOVED AND SECONDED TO AMEND 

2084
01:09:25,928 --> 01:09:26,962
COUNCIL BILL 121181 IS PRESENTED

2085
01:09:26,962 --> 01:09:28,797
ON AMENDMENT SEVEN. ERIC? 

2086
01:09:28,797 --> 01:09:33,135
>> THIS AMENDMENT WOULD INDICATE

2087
01:09:33,135 --> 01:09:34,003
COUNCIL'S INTENTION THAT A 

2088
01:09:34,003 --> 01:09:35,004
PORTION OF THE LIBRARY LEVY 

2089
01:09:35,004 --> 01:09:36,238
FUNDING AMOUNT IS TRANSMITTED BY

2090
01:09:36,238 --> 01:09:37,907
THE MAYOR AND INCREASED BY $2.5 

2091
01:09:37,907 --> 01:09:42,044
MILLION BY THE COUNCIL SHOULD BE

2092
01:09:42,044 --> 01:09:42,845
AUTHORIZED FOR INVESTMENTS TO 

2093
01:09:42,845 --> 01:09:43,679
SUPPORT COLLECTIONS BY EXPANDING

2094
01:09:43,679 --> 01:09:47,650
THE TITLES IN THE LIBRARY'S 

2095
01:09:47,650 --> 01:09:48,083
E-BOOK COLLECTION. 

2096
01:09:48,083 --> 01:09:54,456
>> THANK YOU, ERIC. 

2097
01:09:54,456 --> 01:09:55,157
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK YOUR 

2098
01:09:55,157 --> 01:09:56,358
RECOGNIZE TO SPEAK YOUR 

2099
01:09:56,358 --> 01:09:56,659
AMENDMENT. 

2100
01:09:56,659 --> 01:09:57,326
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. COLLEAGUES,

2101
01:09:57,326 --> 01:09:59,061
THIS AMENDMENT IS A SMALLER, 

2102
01:09:59,061 --> 01:09:59,995
MORE TARGETED COLLECTIONS 

2103
01:09:59,995 --> 01:10:03,766
INVESTMENT. THE TABLE IS THE 

2104
01:10:03,766 --> 01:10:04,934
FIRST THING YOU SEE WHEN YOU 

2105
01:10:04,934 --> 01:10:06,502
WALK INTO JUST ABOUT ANY LIBRARY

2106
01:10:06,502 --> 01:10:07,469
BRANCH. CURRENTLY PEAK PICKS IS 

2107
01:10:07,469 --> 01:10:08,938
LIMITED TO PHYSICAL BOOKS. 

2108
01:10:08,938 --> 01:10:11,473
DESPITE THE FACT THAT SEATTLE 

2109
01:10:11,473 --> 01:10:13,475
PUBLIC LIBRARY IS IN THE TOP 10 

2110
01:10:13,475 --> 01:10:15,277
WORLDWIDE IN DIGITAL BOOK 

2111
01:10:15,277 --> 01:10:17,680
CHECKOUTS. THIS AMENDMENT WOULD 

2112
01:10:17,680 --> 01:10:19,648
EXPAND THE INCREDIBLE AND 

2113
01:10:19,648 --> 01:10:21,850
RESPONSIVE PROGRAM TO E-BOOKS. I

2114
01:10:21,850 --> 01:10:24,853
WILL NOTE I WAS AT THE LABOR 

2115
01:10:24,853 --> 01:10:26,088
BRANCH THIS WEEKEND WHEN I WAS 

2116
01:10:26,088 --> 01:10:30,559
THERE I PICKED UP A BOOK FROM 

2117
01:10:30,559 --> 01:10:32,027
THE PEAK PICKS SHELF. FOR THOSE 

2118
01:10:32,027 --> 01:10:34,430
WHO DON'T KNOW, VIRGINIA IS A 

2119
01:10:34,430 --> 01:10:37,866
SURVIVOR OF JEFFREY EPSTEIN AND 

2120
01:10:37,866 --> 01:10:39,535
PASSED AWAY LAST YEAR. BUT HER 

2121
01:10:39,535 --> 01:10:41,737
BOOK DOCUMENT THING HER STORY OF

2122
01:10:41,737 --> 01:10:43,105
SURVIVORSHIP AND DAYLIGHTING THE

2123
01:10:43,105 --> 01:10:46,742
ABUSES OF THE ULTRA RICH AND 

2124
01:10:46,742 --> 01:10:47,543
POWERFUL WAS RECENTLY PUBLISHED 

2125
01:10:47,543 --> 01:10:53,749
AND IS NOW FEATURED AS A PEAK 

2126
01:10:53,749 --> 01:10:54,750
PICKS. SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT

2127
01:10:54,750 --> 01:10:55,951
MEANS THAT MORE PEOPLE WILL NOT 

2128
01:10:55,951 --> 01:10:57,252
FACE A FINANCIAL BARRIER TO 

2129
01:10:57,252 --> 01:10:58,387
PARTICIPATING IN A NATIONAL 

2130
01:10:58,387 --> 01:11:00,956
DIALOGUE. AND THAT MORE OF US 

2131
01:11:00,956 --> 01:11:08,998
CAN CONNECT ON IDEAS AT A TIME 

2132
01:11:08,998 --> 01:11:10,232
WHERE WE NEEDED NOW MORE THAN 

2133
01:11:10,232 --> 01:11:11,734
EVER. COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR

2134
01:11:11,734 --> 01:11:12,434
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. 

2135
01:11:12,434 --> 01:11:13,335
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 

2136
01:11:13,335 --> 01:11:14,003
RINCK. ANY COMMENTS OR 

2137
01:11:14,003 --> 01:11:14,970
QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, 

2138
01:11:14,970 --> 01:11:15,804
COLLEAGUES, LET'S VOTE ON 

2139
01:11:15,804 --> 01:11:17,873
AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN. 

2140
01:11:17,873 --> 01:11:18,407
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 

2141
01:11:18,407 --> 01:11:19,875
>> YES. 

2142
01:11:19,875 --> 01:11:20,409
>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 

2143
01:11:20,409 --> 01:11:21,677
>> YES. 

2144
01:11:21,677 --> 01:11:22,211
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 

2145
01:11:22,211 --> 01:11:23,245
>> YES. 

2146
01:11:23,245 --> 01:11:23,746
>>  COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 

2147
01:11:23,746 --> 01:11:26,248
>> YES. 

2148
01:11:26,248 --> 01:11:26,849
>> VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH. 

2149
01:11:26,849 --> 01:11:28,183
>> YES. 

2150
01:11:28,183 --> 01:11:28,584
>> CHAIR RIVERA. 

2151
01:11:28,584 --> 01:11:35,090
>> YES. 

2152
01:11:35,090 --> 01:11:37,159
>> SIX IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED.

2153
01:11:37,159 --> 01:11:38,160
>> AMENDMENT SEVEN IS ADOPTED. 

2154
01:11:38,160 --> 01:11:40,429
WE ARE ALMOST THERE. FOUR MORE. 

2155
01:11:40,429 --> 01:11:46,035
COUNCILMEMBER YOUR RECOGNIZE TO 

2156
01:11:46,035 --> 01:11:46,902
MOVE AMENDMENT A BREAK. 

2157
01:11:46,902 --> 01:11:48,170
>> I MOVE AMENDMENT NUMBER EIGHT

2158
01:11:48,170 --> 01:11:54,643
TO COUNCIL BILL 121181. 

2159
01:11:54,643 --> 01:11:55,644
>> IS HER SECOND? 

2160
01:11:55,644 --> 01:11:57,513
>> IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO 

2161
01:11:57,513 --> 01:12:01,750
AMEND COUNCIL BILL 121181 IS 

2162
01:12:01,750 --> 01:12:02,584
PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT EIGHT. 

2163
01:12:02,584 --> 01:12:02,951
>> ERIC? 

2164
01:12:02,951 --> 01:12:04,286
>> THIS AMENDMENT WOULD 

2165
01:12:04,286 --> 01:12:05,954
COMMUNICATE THE INTENTION THAT A

2166
01:12:05,954 --> 01:12:07,056
PORTION OF THE LIBRARY LEVY 

2167
01:12:07,056 --> 01:12:08,057
FUNDING AMOUNT IS TRANSMITTED BY

2168
01:12:08,057 --> 01:12:12,261
THE MAYOR AND INCREASED BY $2.1 

2169
01:12:12,261 --> 01:12:13,529
MILLION BY THE COUNCIL SHOULD BE

2170
01:12:13,529 --> 01:12:14,263
AUTHORIZED FOR INVESTMENTS TO 

2171
01:12:14,263 --> 01:12:15,030
SUPPORT OPERATING HOURS AND 

2172
01:12:15,030 --> 01:12:15,864
ACCESS BY EXPANDING LIBRARY 

2173
01:12:15,864 --> 01:12:18,801
PROGRAMMING MADE AVAILABLE BY 

2174
01:12:18,801 --> 01:12:20,202
AND RECORDED VIA THE SEATTLE 

2175
01:12:20,202 --> 01:12:24,340
CHANNEL. 

2176
01:12:24,340 --> 01:12:25,207
>> THANK YOU, ERIC. 

2177
01:12:25,207 --> 01:12:25,841
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, YOUR 

2178
01:12:25,841 --> 01:12:26,608
RECOGNIZE TO SPEAK YOUR 

2179
01:12:26,608 --> 01:12:27,342
AMENDMENT. 

2180
01:12:27,342 --> 01:12:31,947
>> YOU, CHAIR. THIS ENTIRE 

2181
01:12:31,947 --> 01:12:32,715
PACKAGE OF AMENDMENTS REALLY 

2182
01:12:32,715 --> 01:12:33,916
DOES BALANCE OUR NEEDS TO REMAIN

2183
01:12:33,916 --> 01:12:35,451
FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND ENSURE 

2184
01:12:35,451 --> 01:12:37,052
OUR FEAR DOES NOT DRIVE US TO 

2185
01:12:37,052 --> 01:12:38,253
FUND OUR LIBRARIES AT A LEVEL 

2186
01:12:38,253 --> 01:12:39,822
BELOW WHAT WE CAN ACTUALLY 

2187
01:12:39,822 --> 01:12:46,362
AFFORD. WHILE WE ARE IN FACT 

2188
01:12:46,362 --> 01:12:47,763
HERE ARE LEVY LID, AND WE MUST 

2189
01:12:47,763 --> 01:12:48,664
KEEP A BUFFER FOR ECONOMIC 

2190
01:12:48,664 --> 01:12:50,065
CHANGES, AS WELL AS FUTURE 

2191
01:12:50,065 --> 01:12:53,235
LEVIES, AS YOUR BUDGET CHAIR I 

2192
01:12:53,235 --> 01:12:54,570
SAY THAT IN FACT WE CAN ADOPT 

2193
01:12:54,570 --> 01:12:56,171
THESE AMENDMENTS AND REMAINED 

2194
01:12:56,171 --> 01:12:57,906
FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. I SAY THIS

2195
01:12:57,906 --> 01:12:58,640
BECAUSE CHOOSING OUR FUNDING 

2196
01:12:58,640 --> 01:13:00,743
LEVELS CAN EITHER BE A ONE-WAY 

2197
01:13:00,743 --> 01:13:05,314
DOOR OR A TWO-WAY DOOR. IF YOU 

2198
01:13:05,314 --> 01:13:11,453
BET AGAINST OURSELVES AND ADOPT 

2199
01:13:11,453 --> 01:13:13,055
THE LEVY IS TRANSMITTED, THIS IS

2200
01:13:13,055 --> 01:13:14,056
A ONE-WAY DOOR. BECAUSE WE 

2201
01:13:14,056 --> 01:13:15,157
CANNOT, IN THE FUTURE, INCREASE 

2202
01:13:15,157 --> 01:13:16,258
LIBRARY LEVEL. IF WE ADOPT THESE

2203
01:13:16,258 --> 01:13:17,860
AMENDMENTS AND OUR WORST FEARS 

2204
01:13:17,860 --> 01:13:20,596
BECOME REALITY, THAT THE 

2205
01:13:20,596 --> 01:13:22,264
ECONOMIC FACTORS LOWER THE LEVY 

2206
01:13:22,264 --> 01:13:23,766
CAP, AGAIN, THE LEVY CAP RIGHT 

2207
01:13:23,766 --> 01:13:27,035
NOW IS BASED -- 3% GROWTH 

2208
01:13:27,035 --> 01:13:31,740
ASSUMPTION. SOME OF THE ANALYSIS

2209
01:13:31,740 --> 01:13:33,208
HAS BEEN FOR 5% GROWTH 

2210
01:13:33,208 --> 01:13:42,484
ASSUMPTION. BUT, WHAT THEY 

2211
01:13:42,484 --> 01:13:43,652
DIDN'T SHOW YOU IS THE 2% 

2212
01:13:43,652 --> 01:13:44,453
GROWTH ASSUMPTION. WHICH IS 

2213
01:13:44,453 --> 01:13:45,654
STILL US GROWING, JUST US 

2214
01:13:45,654 --> 01:13:46,889
GROWING MUCH MORE SLOWLY. IF IN 

2215
01:13:46,889 --> 01:13:48,457
FACT WE HAVE ONLY 2% OF THE AREA

2216
01:13:48,457 --> 01:13:49,458
LAND VALUE GROWTH, WE ARE 

2217
01:13:49,458 --> 01:13:50,793
ALREADY IN A PLACE WHERE WE ARE 

2218
01:13:50,793 --> 01:13:52,027
GOING TO HAVE TO START REFUNDING

2219
01:13:52,027 --> 01:13:53,495
THESE LEVIES. RIGHT? AND THAT IS

2220
01:13:53,495 --> 01:13:56,131
ACROSS ALL. NOT JUST THIS. 

2221
01:13:56,131 --> 01:13:58,901
AGAIN, IF WE ADOPT THESE 

2222
01:13:58,901 --> 01:14:02,237
AMENDMENTS AND OUR WORST FEARS 

2223
01:14:02,237 --> 01:14:03,539
BECOME REALITY THAT THERE'S ONLY

2224
01:14:03,539 --> 01:14:09,478
2% GROWTH, THOSE ECONOMIC 

2225
01:14:09,478 --> 01:14:10,179
FACTORS WOULD LOWER THE LEVY 

2226
01:14:10,179 --> 01:14:11,380
CAP. WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK 

2227
01:14:11,380 --> 01:14:12,614
HOLISTICALLY AT ALL OVER LEVIES 

2228
01:14:12,614 --> 01:14:13,849
AND WHERE WE MUST REDUCE FUNDING

2229
01:14:13,849 --> 01:14:15,951
ACROSS OUR ENTIRE CITY. SO, BY 

2230
01:14:15,951 --> 01:14:23,058
ADOPTING THESE AMENDMENTS THIS 

2231
01:14:23,058 --> 01:14:24,259
IS A TWO-WAY, WE CAN INCREASE 

2232
01:14:24,259 --> 01:14:25,260
THE LIBRARY'S FUNDING TODAY AND

2233
01:14:25,260 --> 01:14:26,662
IF OUR WORST-CASE SCENARIO 

2234
01:14:26,662 --> 01:14:30,532
OCCURS, WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE 

2235
01:14:30,532 --> 01:14:31,400
THOSE REDUCTIONS BASED ON KNOWN 

2236
01:14:31,400 --> 01:14:32,234
INFORMATION, RATHER THAN 

2237
01:14:32,234 --> 01:14:38,440
SPECULATION. EVEN WITH A TWO-WAY

2238
01:14:38,440 --> 01:14:39,875
DOOR WE KNOW THAT THIS LEVY WAS 

2239
01:14:39,875 --> 01:14:41,176
PLANNED TO BE LARGER TO SERVE 

2240
01:14:41,176 --> 01:14:42,144
SEATTLEITES EVEN MORE THAN WHAT 

2241
01:14:42,144 --> 01:14:43,712
IS BEFORE US TODAY. THE REALITY 

2242
01:14:43,712 --> 01:14:45,180
OF THE LEVY CAP CAME INTO THE 

2243
01:14:45,180 --> 01:14:49,551
CONVERSATION AND THAT MEANT THAT

2244
01:14:49,551 --> 01:14:50,652
WE HAD TO RIGHT SIZE REDUCE OR 

2245
01:14:50,652 --> 01:14:52,054
MODIFY THIS LIBRARY LEVY, TO 

2246
01:14:52,054 --> 01:14:56,358
WORK. I SAY THAT BECAUSE LIKE, 

2247
01:14:56,358 --> 01:14:58,660
EVEN WITH THE ADA AMENDMENT THAT

2248
01:14:58,660 --> 01:15:02,698
WILL COME UP , WITH THE 

2249
01:15:02,698 --> 01:15:03,432
COLLECTIONS OR CIRCULATION, I 

2250
01:15:03,432 --> 01:15:05,067
CAN'T EVER GET THAT STRAIGHT, 

2251
01:15:05,067 --> 01:15:06,368
OR THE UNREINFORCED MASONRY, WE 

2252
01:15:06,368 --> 01:15:08,270
KNOW THAT THESE NEEDS ARE 

2253
01:15:08,270 --> 01:15:09,771
GREATER THAN WHAT IS IN THE 

2254
01:15:09,771 --> 01:15:11,773
LIBRARY AND WHAT'S GREATER THAN

2255
01:15:11,773 --> 01:15:13,242
HE AMENDMENT. IF WE WERE TO 

2256
01:15:13,242 --> 01:15:15,077
TRULY RIGHT SIZE FOR 

2257
01:15:15,077 --> 01:15:16,745
SEATTLEITES, THIS WOULD BE A 

2258
01:15:16,745 --> 01:15:18,447
HUGE LEVY. BUT, WE DIDN'T DO 

2259
01:15:18,447 --> 01:15:21,683
THAT. AND THAT IS WHERE WE ARE 

2260
01:15:21,683 --> 01:15:24,820
BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. THAT

2261
01:15:24,820 --> 01:15:26,121
IS WHY I SEE THESE AMENDMENTS 

2262
01:15:26,121 --> 01:15:27,122
BEFORE US ARE FISCALLY 

2263
01:15:27,122 --> 01:15:28,357
RESPONSIBLE BECAUSE THEY BALANCE

2264
01:15:28,357 --> 01:15:31,860
THE FUTURE UNKNOWNS, CHOOSES THE

2265
01:15:31,860 --> 01:15:33,295
TWO-WAY DOOR RATHER THAN THE 

2266
01:15:33,295 --> 01:15:34,596
ONE-WAY DOOR. AND CHOOSES 

2267
01:15:34,596 --> 01:15:38,367
SEATTLEITES OVER THE FEAR OF THE

2268
01:15:38,367 --> 01:15:39,001
UNKNOWN AND UNKNOWN SPECULATION.

2269
01:15:39,001 --> 01:15:40,836
WITH THAT, WE COME TO THE 

2270
01:15:40,836 --> 01:15:42,504
SEATTLE CHANNEL , THE AMENDMENT 

2271
01:15:42,504 --> 01:15:47,009
I HAVE BEFORE US, THE INTENT OF 

2272
01:15:47,009 --> 01:15:48,710
THIS AMENDMENT IS TO EXTEND THE 

2273
01:15:48,710 --> 01:15:53,048
IMPACT AN AUDIENCE FOR SEATTLE 

2274
01:15:53,048 --> 01:15:53,715
PUBLIC LIBRARY PROGRAMS. SUCH AS

2275
01:15:53,715 --> 01:15:54,516
READING, SPEAKERS, SPECIAL 

2276
01:15:54,516 --> 01:15:55,684
EVENTS, AND WE DO THIS BY 

2277
01:15:55,684 --> 01:15:58,520
PROVIDING THE LIBRARIES LIVE AND

2278
01:15:58,520 --> 01:16:02,557
AVAILABLE TO STREAM ON THE 

2279
01:16:02,557 --> 01:16:03,625
SEATTLE CHANNEL. WHEN I WORKED 

2280
01:16:03,625 --> 01:16:04,993
AT A LIBRARY FRONT DESK, I WAS 

2281
01:16:04,993 --> 01:16:08,196
AMAZED AT HOW MUCH ONE BOOK OR 

2282
01:16:08,196 --> 01:16:12,334
ONE COMPUTER OR ONE NEWSPAPER 

2283
01:16:12,334 --> 01:16:17,739
WAS USED. THE LIBRARIES ABLE TO 

2284
01:16:17,739 --> 01:16:21,944
PROVIDE US TRUE PURE PUBLIC 

2285
01:16:21,944 --> 01:16:23,045
GOODS. THESE GOODS ARE NOT 

2286
01:16:23,045 --> 01:16:24,313
RIVALROUS. AND THEY ARE NOT 

2287
01:16:24,313 --> 01:16:27,549
EXCLUDABLE. A LIBRARY IS A VERY 

2288
01:16:27,549 --> 01:16:31,920
SPECIAL PLACE. CARNEGIE 

2289
01:16:31,920 --> 01:16:33,121
UNDERSTOOD THIS. HE SAID, I WILL

2290
01:16:33,121 --> 01:16:34,389
BUILD YOU THE BUILDING, YOU FILL

2291
01:16:34,389 --> 01:16:35,824
WITH BOOKS. RIGHT? AND SO, THE 

2292
01:16:35,824 --> 01:16:46,335
AMENDMENT BEFORE US TURNS THE 

2293
01:16:48,670 --> 01:16:49,604
PROGRAMMING THAT THE LIBRARY 

2294
01:16:49,604 --> 01:16:50,305
CREATES, THAT THEY ALREADY 

2295
01:16:50,305 --> 01:16:51,473
CREATE, IT'S ALREADY IN ITS 

2296
01:16:51,473 --> 01:16:52,341
BUDGET, FROM EIGHT RIVALROUS 

2297
01:16:52,341 --> 01:16:53,508
GOOD, I WILL ARGUE RIVALRY IS 

2298
01:16:53,508 --> 01:16:54,509
ROOM CAPACITY, IF WE REACH 

2299
01:16:54,509 --> 01:16:55,644
CAPACITY THE NO MORE PEOPLE CAN 

2300
01:16:55,644 --> 01:16:56,912
GET INTO THE PROGRAM. SO IT 

2301
01:16:56,912 --> 01:16:59,114
TURNS THE CAPACITY INTO EIGHT 

2302
01:16:59,114 --> 01:17:00,115
NINE RIVALROUS ONE BECAUSE YOU 

2303
01:17:00,115 --> 01:17:01,817
CAN WATCH IT FROM HOME. OR MAYBE

2304
01:17:01,817 --> 01:17:03,118
OUT IN THE LOBBY. IT TURNS IT 

2305
01:17:03,118 --> 01:17:04,553
FROM AN EXCLUDABLE GOOD, AND I 

2306
01:17:04,553 --> 01:17:05,721
WILL SAY THIS BY TIMER ACCESS, 

2307
01:17:05,721 --> 01:17:06,722
YOU AREN'T AVAILABLE AT THE 

2308
01:17:06,722 --> 01:17:08,123
TIME OF DAY YOU CAN ACCESS IT 

2309
01:17:08,123 --> 01:17:09,725
BECAUSE THE ELEVATOR IS BROKEN, 

2310
01:17:09,725 --> 01:17:11,860
I MEAN, BECAUSE IT IS NOT YOUR 

2311
01:17:11,860 --> 01:17:20,736
YOUR HOME. IT TURNS IT INTO A 

2312
01:17:20,736 --> 01:17:21,503
NON-EXCLUDABLE GOOD BY ALLOWING 

2313
01:17:21,503 --> 01:17:23,005
YOU TO VIEW AT YOUR LEISURE AND 

2314
01:17:23,005 --> 01:17:24,039
EVEN SHARING IT WITH OTHER 

2315
01:17:24,039 --> 01:17:25,240
PEOPLE IN OTHER STATES, IN OTHER

2316
01:17:25,240 --> 01:17:26,341
PLACES, WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE 

2317
01:17:26,341 --> 01:17:27,843
ACCESS TO OUR BEAUTIFUL AND 

2318
01:17:27,843 --> 01:17:30,112
WONDERFUL SEATTLE , LOOKING OUT 

2319
01:17:30,112 --> 01:17:31,913
THE WINDOWS TODAY IS A BEAUTIFUL

2320
01:17:31,913 --> 01:17:34,816
SEATTLE DAY. EVEN ON ITS DARKEST

2321
01:17:34,816 --> 01:17:36,051
DAYS, THAT IS WHERE THE LIGHT 

2322
01:17:36,051 --> 01:17:37,319
SHINES BRIGHT INSIDE THE LIBRARY

2323
01:17:37,319 --> 01:17:38,020
IN YOUR PROGRAMMING. THIS 

2324
01:17:38,020 --> 01:17:39,955
AMENDMENT ALSO BEGINS TO ADDRESS

2325
01:17:39,955 --> 01:17:44,526
THE UNDERLYING FUNDING ISSUES AT

2326
01:17:44,526 --> 01:17:45,494
THE SEATTLE CHANNEL. RIGHT NOW 

2327
01:17:45,494 --> 01:17:46,328
EVERY DEPARTMENT WHO BENEFITS 

2328
01:17:46,328 --> 01:17:47,629
FROM THE SEATTLE AWARD-WINNING 

2329
01:17:47,629 --> 01:17:50,232
SEATTLE CHANNEL DOES SO WITHOUT 

2330
01:17:50,232 --> 01:17:53,969
A FEE. THIS IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER 

2331
01:17:53,969 --> 01:17:57,105
CENTRAL SERVICE INNER-CITY. FOR 

2332
01:17:57,105 --> 01:18:00,742
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS, I.T., HR,

2333
01:18:00,742 --> 01:18:07,082
FAS, THESE ARE ALL BACKBONE 

2334
01:18:07,082 --> 01:18:08,316
ASPECTS OF OUR CITY CENTRAL 

2335
01:18:08,316 --> 01:18:09,117
SERVICES. AND EVERY DEPARTMENT 

2336
01:18:09,117 --> 01:18:10,419
IS CHARGED A FEE BY THE INTERNAL

2337
01:18:10,419 --> 01:18:12,821
DEPARTMENT. SEATTLE CHANNEL IS 

2338
01:18:12,821 --> 01:18:16,458
NOT IN THAT SITUATION BECAUSE IN

2339
01:18:16,458 --> 01:18:21,096
THE PAST , WHEN THE DISTURBING 

2340
01:18:21,096 --> 01:18:22,831
MOVIE THE CABLE GUY CAME OUT IN 

2341
01:18:22,831 --> 01:18:24,399
THEATERS, PEOPLE HAD CABLE AND 

2342
01:18:24,399 --> 01:18:27,936
WERE USING OUR CABLE FRAME AND 

2343
01:18:27,936 --> 01:18:29,104
WE WERE BENEFITING FROM THE 

2344
01:18:29,104 --> 01:18:39,214
CABLE FRANCHISE FEE. BEING FULLY

2345
01:18:39,214 --> 01:18:40,749
IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE 

2346
01:18:40,749 --> 01:18:41,516
THAT DISTURBING MOVIE CAME OUT 

2347
01:18:41,516 --> 01:18:42,717
IN THEATERS. BUT FOLKS HAVE CUT 

2348
01:18:42,717 --> 01:18:44,019
THEIR CABLE IN THE MEANTIME. AND

2349
01:18:44,019 --> 01:18:45,020
SO IT IS INCUMBENT UPON 

2350
01:18:45,020 --> 01:18:45,921
DEPARTMENTS, NOT JUST THE 

2351
01:18:45,921 --> 01:18:46,721
LIBRARY, BUT ALL CITY 

2352
01:18:46,721 --> 01:18:47,622
DEPARTMENTS WHO BENEFIT FROM THE

2353
01:18:47,622 --> 01:18:48,557
AWARD-WINNING SEATTLE CHANNEL TO

2354
01:18:48,557 --> 01:18:49,491
START PAYING FOR THE SERVICES 

2355
01:18:49,491 --> 01:18:50,525
THAT THEY RECEIVE. COLLEAGUES, I

2356
01:18:50,525 --> 01:18:51,760
HOPE TO EARN YOUR SUPPORT IN 

2357
01:18:51,760 --> 01:18:52,594
TURNING AN EXCLUDABLE RIVALROUS 

2358
01:18:52,594 --> 01:18:53,395
GOOD INTO EIGHT NON-EXCLUDABLE 

2359
01:18:53,395 --> 01:18:55,297
NON-RIVALROUS GOOD AND HELP 

2360
01:18:55,297 --> 01:19:00,802
START PAYING SEATTLE CHANNEL'S 

2361
01:19:00,802 --> 01:19:02,404
, HELP PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE FOR 

2362
01:19:02,404 --> 01:19:03,438
THESE AT SEATTLE CHANNEL. THANK 

2363
01:19:03,438 --> 01:19:03,905
YOU. 

2364
01:19:03,905 --> 01:19:04,539
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 

2365
01:19:04,539 --> 01:19:06,007
STRAUSS. ANY QUESTIONS OR 

2366
01:19:06,007 --> 01:19:09,344
COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, THEN I HAVE

2367
01:19:09,344 --> 01:19:19,788
A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. SO, 

2368
01:19:22,657 --> 01:19:23,558
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, I THINK 

2369
01:19:23,558 --> 01:19:24,926
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO AGREE TO

2370
01:19:24,926 --> 01:19:26,261
DISAGREE HERE. BUT WE GET AN 

2371
01:19:26,261 --> 01:19:27,095
ECONOMIC FORECAST THREE TIMES 

2372
01:19:27,095 --> 01:19:28,063
PER YEAR. APRIL, AUGUST AND 

2373
01:19:28,063 --> 01:19:28,930
NOVEMBER. THEY ARE PROJECTIONS. 

2374
01:19:28,930 --> 01:19:30,398
FROM OUR FINANCE OFFICE. ON HOW 

2375
01:19:30,398 --> 01:19:32,000
THE ECONOMY IS DOING AND HOW ALL

2376
01:19:32,000 --> 01:19:33,301
OF OUR FISCAL DECISIONS ARE 

2377
01:19:33,301 --> 01:19:34,803
DOING. AND THAT IS WHERE WE GET 

2378
01:19:34,803 --> 01:19:37,439
ALL OF THIS INFORMATION ABOUT 

2379
01:19:37,439 --> 01:19:39,608
THE LEVY CAPS. SO WHEN YOU CALL 

2380
01:19:39,608 --> 01:19:42,244
IT SPECULATION, GOVERNMENTS RELY

2381
01:19:42,244 --> 01:19:43,512
ON THESE ECONOMIC FORECASTS 

2382
01:19:43,512 --> 01:19:45,313
WHICH TO MAKE BUDGET DECISIONS 

2383
01:19:45,313 --> 01:19:50,619
INCLUDING LEVY DECISIONS. SO, 

2384
01:19:50,619 --> 01:19:56,124
THESE ARE NOT DONE WILLY-NILLY. 

2385
01:19:56,124 --> 01:19:57,926
THEY ARE EXPERTS WHO COME UP 

2386
01:19:57,926 --> 01:19:59,127
WITH THIS ECONOMIC FORECAST THAT

2387
01:19:59,127 --> 01:20:02,197
WE RELY ON EVERY YEAR WHEN WE DO

2388
01:20:02,197 --> 01:20:05,133
THE BUDGET AND ALSO WHEN WE ARE 

2389
01:20:05,133 --> 01:20:13,508
DOING CONSIDERING PUTTING LEVIES

2390
01:20:13,508 --> 01:20:15,343
ON THE BALLOT. SO I JUST WANT TO

2391
01:20:15,343 --> 01:20:16,545
MAKE IT VERY CLEAR TO THE 

2392
01:20:16,545 --> 01:20:17,546
PUBLIC, WHO MIGHT BE HEARING 

2393
01:20:17,546 --> 01:20:18,446
THAT THESE ARE NOT JUST 

2394
01:20:18,446 --> 01:20:19,447
SPECULATIONS OF NOWHERE, THIS IS

2395
01:20:19,447 --> 01:20:20,715
ACTUALLY AN ECONOMIC FORECAST IT

2396
01:20:20,715 --> 01:20:22,017
WE GET THREE TIMES PER YEAR FROM

2397
01:20:22,017 --> 01:20:23,018
OUR FINANCE OFFICE. GIVE THE 

2398
01:20:23,018 --> 01:20:24,419
THING I WILL SAY IS THAT, WHAT 

2399
01:20:24,419 --> 01:20:28,690
WE KNOW TODAY IS THAT WE HAVE AT

2400
01:20:28,690 --> 01:20:30,125
LEAST 150 WILLIAM MILLER BUDGET 

2401
01:20:30,125 --> 01:20:31,927
DEFICIT THAT WE ARE GOING TO 

2402
01:20:31,927 --> 01:20:34,596
HAVE TO MANAGE LATER THIS YEAR. 

2403
01:20:34,596 --> 01:20:41,303
AND I WILL SAY THAT THE 3% IS A 

2404
01:20:41,303 --> 01:20:42,404
PRUDENT FACTOR, IT IS BASED ON 

2405
01:20:42,404 --> 01:20:43,872
PAST PERFORMANCE ON HOW PROPERTY

2406
01:20:43,872 --> 01:20:46,074
VALUES , ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY 

2407
01:20:46,074 --> 01:20:51,980
VALUES . WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF

2408
01:20:51,980 --> 01:20:53,315
A WAR, SO IT IS VERY POSSIBLE 

2409
01:20:53,315 --> 01:20:54,516
THAT NEXT YEAR THE ASSESSMENT 

2410
01:20:54,516 --> 01:20:55,550
WILL GO DOWN. SO WHILE I 

2411
01:20:55,550 --> 01:20:56,818
APPRECIATE YOUR PASSION FOR THE 

2412
01:20:56,818 --> 01:20:58,119
LIBRARY AND I HAVE EQUAL 

2413
01:20:58,119 --> 01:21:00,021
PASSION, I ALSO HAVE TO RELY ON 

2414
01:21:00,021 --> 01:21:02,090
THE EXPERT ADVICE WE ARE GETTING

2415
01:21:02,090 --> 01:21:11,233
FROM OUR FINANCE ADVISORS AND 

2416
01:21:11,233 --> 01:21:12,067
THESE ECONOMIC FORECASTS WHICH 

2417
01:21:12,067 --> 01:21:13,201
ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR I 

2418
01:21:13,201 --> 01:21:13,902
BELIEVE THEY ARE AVAILABLE 

2419
01:21:13,902 --> 01:21:15,403
ONLINE FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE. ON

2420
01:21:15,403 --> 01:21:16,471
WHAT OUR FINANCIAL PICTURE TRULY

2421
01:21:16,471 --> 01:21:21,610
IS. AND SO, THIS LEVY CAP ISSUE 

2422
01:21:21,610 --> 01:21:23,245
IS VERY REAL. AND YOU ARE 

2423
01:21:23,245 --> 01:21:25,113
CORRECT, WE MIGHT BE IN A 

2424
01:21:25,113 --> 01:21:29,718
SITUATION WHERE WHATEVER WE PASS

2425
01:21:29,718 --> 01:21:31,620
TODAY IN TERMS OF A LIBRARY 

2426
01:21:31,620 --> 01:21:33,221
LEVY, WE MIGHT BE BUTTING UP 

2427
01:21:33,221 --> 01:21:34,222
AGAINST THE CAP FASTER IF 

2428
01:21:34,222 --> 01:21:41,329
ASSESSED VALUES GO DOWN. WHICH 

2429
01:21:41,329 --> 01:21:42,631
VERY WELL COULD BE, AGAIN, GIVEN

2430
01:21:42,631 --> 01:21:44,499
WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A WAR. I

2431
01:21:44,499 --> 01:21:46,034
SAY THAT ALL TO SAY THAT AS MUCH

2432
01:21:46,034 --> 01:21:48,603
AS WE LOVE OUR LIBRARIES , SURE,

2433
01:21:48,603 --> 01:21:49,304
WE CAN MAKE DECISIONS TODAY AND 

2434
01:21:49,304 --> 01:21:50,438
THAT IS PERFECTLY FINE, AND 

2435
01:21:50,438 --> 01:21:52,140
WITHIN OUR RIGHT. BUT I DO WANT 

2436
01:21:52,140 --> 01:21:54,342
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BEING 

2437
01:21:54,342 --> 01:21:56,011
VERY CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT WITH 

2438
01:21:56,011 --> 01:21:57,145
THE PUBLIC. AND I DON'T WANT TO

2439
01:21:57,145 --> 01:22:05,053
MINIMIZE THE ADVICE THAT WE GET 

2440
01:22:05,053 --> 01:22:06,121
FROM THESE ECONOMIC FORECASTS. 

2441
01:22:06,121 --> 01:22:07,922
BECAUSE WE RELY ON THEM NOT JUST

2442
01:22:07,922 --> 01:22:08,556
FOR THIS TODAY, BEFORE OUR 

2443
01:22:08,556 --> 01:22:09,925
BUDGET IN GENERAL. I THINK THOSE

2444
01:22:09,925 --> 01:22:12,127
OF US, NOT JUST US HERE ON THE D

2445
01:22:12,127 --> 01:22:13,495
IS, THERE ARE MANY FOLKS WHO 

2446
01:22:13,495 --> 01:22:14,329
ALSO RELY ON ECONOMIC FORECASTS 

2447
01:22:14,329 --> 01:22:15,930
WHEN THEY ARE DOING FORECASTS. 

2448
01:22:15,930 --> 01:22:17,499
ALL CITIES THIS. IT'S NOT 

2449
01:22:17,499 --> 01:22:23,638
SOMETHING WE ARE JUST DOING. 

2450
01:22:23,638 --> 01:22:25,740
THINGS ARE NOT LOOKING GOOD AND 

2451
01:22:25,740 --> 01:22:26,408
THEY HAVEN'T BEEN LOOKING GOOD 

2452
01:22:26,408 --> 01:22:27,342
FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE FOR 

2453
01:22:27,342 --> 01:22:28,610
QUITE SOME TIME. WE ARE IN A 

2454
01:22:28,610 --> 01:22:34,115
CONSTANT BUDGET DEFICIT. AND 

2455
01:22:34,115 --> 01:22:35,750
THERE WILL BE NEEDS LATER ON. WE

2456
01:22:35,750 --> 01:22:37,319
DO HAVE -- WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE 

2457
01:22:37,319 --> 01:22:38,653
OF A HOUSING CRISIS. WE WILL, IN

2458
01:22:38,653 --> 01:22:39,921
2030, HAVE A HOUSING LEVY. WHAT 

2459
01:22:39,921 --> 01:22:41,323
WILL BE LEFT FROM THE LEVY CAP 

2460
01:22:41,323 --> 01:22:42,924
TO GIVE TOWARDS THAT? I AM 

2461
01:22:42,924 --> 01:22:47,329
LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING HOW 

2462
01:22:47,329 --> 01:22:48,630
WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH THE 

2463
01:22:48,630 --> 01:22:49,664
BUDGET DEFICIT IN THE FALL. 

2464
01:22:49,664 --> 01:22:50,932
BECAUSE THERE IS A DEFICIT. SO 

2465
01:22:50,932 --> 01:22:53,335
ARE WE GOING TO TURN TO MORE 

2466
01:22:53,335 --> 01:22:54,436
TAXING, PROPERTY TAXES? SEATTLE 

2467
01:22:54,436 --> 01:22:55,637
IS ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE 

2468
01:22:55,637 --> 01:22:57,172
CITIES IN THE COUNTRY. AND OUR 

2469
01:22:57,172 --> 01:22:58,974
FOLKS ARE FEELING THE HEAT OF 

2470
01:22:58,974 --> 01:23:03,712
THAT. SO, THIS IS ALL REALLY 

2471
01:23:03,712 --> 01:23:10,518
IMPORTANT, AND AGAIN, THIS IS 

2472
01:23:10,518 --> 01:23:11,453
NOT WHO LOVES THE LIBRARIES 

2473
01:23:11,453 --> 01:23:12,921
MORE. AND WILL HAVE TO MAKE HER 

2474
01:23:12,921 --> 01:23:14,422
OWN DECISIONS. BUT WE DO NEED TO

2475
01:23:14,422 --> 01:23:15,523
BE TRANSPARENT. AND WE CANNOT 

2476
01:23:15,523 --> 01:23:16,758
PAINT A FISCAL PICTURE THAT IS 

2477
01:23:16,758 --> 01:23:17,859
BETTER THAN WHAT IT REALLY IS. 

2478
01:23:17,859 --> 01:23:19,728
WE HAVE TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS 

2479
01:23:19,728 --> 01:23:21,563
WITH EYES WIDE OPEN. IF WE 

2480
01:23:21,563 --> 01:23:22,831
DECIDE THIS IS WHERE WE WANT TO 

2481
01:23:22,831 --> 01:23:25,133
PUT OUR MONEY, THAT IS OUR 

2482
01:23:25,133 --> 01:23:26,101
DECISION. AND ULTIMATELY IT IS 

2483
01:23:26,101 --> 01:23:29,838
THE VOTERS WHO WILL VOTE . BUT 

2484
01:23:29,838 --> 01:23:31,006
WE NEED TO BE TRANSPARENT AND 

2485
01:23:31,006 --> 01:23:31,740
HONEST ABOUT THAT FINANCIAL 

2486
01:23:31,740 --> 01:23:35,477
SITUATION THAT WE ARE IN. SO, 

2487
01:23:35,477 --> 01:23:36,644
THANK YOU, AND UNLESS THERE ANY 

2488
01:23:36,644 --> 01:23:38,446
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS WE WILL GO

2489
01:23:38,446 --> 01:23:41,850
TO ABOUT. VOTE. 

2490
01:23:41,850 --> 01:23:42,384
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 

2491
01:23:42,384 --> 01:23:43,618
>> YES. 

2492
01:23:43,618 --> 01:23:44,152
>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 

2493
01:23:44,152 --> 01:23:45,320
>> YES. 

2494
01:23:45,320 --> 01:23:45,854
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 

2495
01:23:45,854 --> 01:23:47,122
>> YES. 

2496
01:23:47,122 --> 01:23:47,622
>>  COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 

2497
01:23:47,622 --> 01:23:48,723
>> YES. 

2498
01:23:48,723 --> 01:23:49,224
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 

2499
01:23:49,224 --> 01:23:50,825
>> YES. 

2500
01:23:50,825 --> 01:23:51,426
>> VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH. 

2501
01:23:51,426 --> 01:23:52,827
>> YES. 

2502
01:23:52,827 --> 01:23:54,229
>> CHAIR RIVERA. 

2503
01:23:54,229 --> 01:24:01,770
>> NO. 

2504
01:24:01,770 --> 01:24:03,171
>> SIX IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED.

2505
01:24:03,171 --> 01:24:04,506
>> MOTION CARRIES. AMENDMENT 

2506
01:24:04,506 --> 01:24:06,007
EIGHT IS ADOPTED. WE GO TO 

2507
01:24:06,007 --> 01:24:06,708
AMENDMENT NINE. COUNCILMEMBER 

2508
01:24:06,708 --> 01:24:09,544
STRAUSS, YOUR RECOGNIZED . 

2509
01:24:09,544 --> 01:24:10,812
>> THANK YOU. I MOVE AMENDMENT 

2510
01:24:10,812 --> 01:24:16,785
92 CANCEL BILL 121181. 

2511
01:24:16,785 --> 01:24:17,252
>> SECOND. 

2512
01:24:17,252 --> 01:24:18,453
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND 

2513
01:24:18,453 --> 01:24:24,426
SECONDED TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL 

2514
01:24:24,426 --> 01:24:25,927
121181 IS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT

2515
01:24:25,927 --> 01:24:26,594
NINE. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, THE

2516
01:24:26,594 --> 01:24:27,328
SPONSOR OF THIS AMENDMENT, YOUR 

2517
01:24:27,328 --> 01:24:28,930
RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO ADDRESS 

2518
01:24:28,930 --> 01:24:29,731
IT. ACTUALLY, COUNCILMEMBER 

2519
01:24:29,731 --> 01:24:30,732
STRAUSS, ERIC, CAN YOU PLEASE 

2520
01:24:30,732 --> 01:24:33,935
BRIEF US FIRST. 

2521
01:24:33,935 --> 01:24:35,036
>> AMENDMENT I WOULD COMMUNICATE

2522
01:24:35,036 --> 01:24:41,142
COUNCIL'S INTENTION A PORTION 

2523
01:24:41,142 --> 01:24:42,410
OF THE LEVY FUNDING AMOUNT AS 

2524
01:24:42,410 --> 01:24:43,545
TRANSMITTED BY THE MAYOR AND 

2525
01:24:43,545 --> 01:24:45,146
INCREASE BY $8.2 MILLION THAT 

2526
01:24:45,146 --> 01:24:45,880
COUNCIL SHOULD BE AUTHORIZED FOR

2527
01:24:45,880 --> 01:24:46,948
INVESTMENTS TO SUPPORT 

2528
01:24:46,948 --> 01:24:49,617
MAINTENANCE, BY IMPROVING 

2529
01:24:49,617 --> 01:24:50,351
PHYSICAL ACCESSIBILITY UNDER THE

2530
01:24:50,351 --> 01:24:52,187
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT 

2531
01:24:52,187 --> 01:24:53,555
AND BY REPAIRING OR REPLACING 

2532
01:24:53,555 --> 01:24:57,125
ELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS. 

2533
01:24:57,125 --> 01:24:58,426
>> THANK YOU, ERIC. NOW, 

2534
01:24:58,426 --> 01:24:59,060
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, SPONSOR 

2535
01:24:59,060 --> 01:24:59,828
YOUR RECOGNIZED ADDRESS YOUR 

2536
01:24:59,828 --> 01:25:00,161
AMENDMENT. 

2537
01:25:00,161 --> 01:25:06,768
>> THANK YOU. JUST TO CONTINUE 

2538
01:25:06,768 --> 01:25:07,936
THE CONVERSATION, WE ARE IN THIS

2539
01:25:07,936 --> 01:25:09,104
MOMENT WHERE WE ARE HAVING TO 

2540
01:25:09,104 --> 01:25:17,412
REDUCE THIS LIBRARY LEVY IS OF 

2541
01:25:17,412 --> 01:25:18,213
WASHINGTON STATE TAX CODE. 

2542
01:25:18,213 --> 01:25:19,414
UNDERSTANDING THAT WE DO HAVE A 

2543
01:25:19,414 --> 01:25:20,315
STRUCTURAL BUDGET DEFICIT THAT 

2544
01:25:20,315 --> 01:25:22,117
TOOK 10 YEARS TO CREATE, AND WE 

2545
01:25:22,117 --> 01:25:22,784
ARE TAKING A MULTIYEAR APPROACH,

2546
01:25:22,784 --> 01:25:24,018
GRANTED THEY'RE GOING TO BE HER

2547
01:25:24,018 --> 01:25:25,053
DECISIONS IS HERE. THAT WE 

2548
01:25:25,053 --> 01:25:26,121
CAN'T INCREASE PROPERTY TAX 

2549
01:25:26,121 --> 01:25:29,524
AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE UPSIDE ON 

2550
01:25:29,524 --> 01:25:40,068
TAX CODE OF THE STATE WHICH IS 

2551
01:25:41,336 --> 01:25:42,303
BOXING US INTO THIS ENTIRE 

2552
01:25:42,303 --> 01:25:43,605
SITUATION. AND SO, ECONOMIC 

2553
01:25:43,605 --> 01:25:44,606
FORECASTS DO INFORM OUR ANNUAL 

2554
01:25:44,606 --> 01:25:45,106
AND BIANNUAL BUDGETING 

2555
01:25:45,106 --> 01:25:45,807
PROCESSES. BUT, WE ARE WORKING 

2556
01:25:45,807 --> 01:25:52,146
ON A MULTIYEAR LEVY AND THAT IS 

2557
01:25:52,146 --> 01:25:52,981
WHERE I THINK WE HAVE A 

2558
01:25:52,981 --> 01:25:53,815
DIFFERENCE OF OPINION, CHAIR, 

2559
01:25:53,815 --> 01:25:55,049
FOR ME, THAT WE ARE SPECULATING.

2560
01:25:55,049 --> 01:25:56,050
WE ARE RECEIVING FORECASTS FOR 

2561
01:25:56,050 --> 01:26:00,054
THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR BUT IT 

2562
01:26:00,054 --> 01:26:00,622
IS HARD, OUR OFFICE IS NOT 

2563
01:26:00,622 --> 01:26:01,356
PROVIDING A DECADE-LONG 

2564
01:26:01,356 --> 01:26:01,956
FORECAST. THAT IS WHERE I AM 

2565
01:26:01,956 --> 01:26:03,324
SAYING WE ARE SPECULATION. BACK 

2566
01:26:03,324 --> 01:26:08,730
TO THIS AMENDMENT RIGHT HERE, 

2567
01:26:08,730 --> 01:26:09,364
CHRISTIANA, YOU TOOK MY TALKING 

2568
01:26:09,364 --> 01:26:10,632
POINTS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU 

2569
01:26:10,632 --> 01:26:11,266
WERE READING OFF OF MY SHEET, 

2570
01:26:11,266 --> 01:26:15,670
BUT THE NUMBER OF TIMES I HAD 

2571
01:26:15,670 --> 01:26:16,271
GONE TO THE GREENWOOD PUBLIC 

2572
01:26:16,271 --> 01:26:18,640
LIBRARY AND THE ELEVATOR HAS 

2573
01:26:18,640 --> 01:26:19,240
BEEN BROKEN, I THOUGHT IT WAS 

2574
01:26:19,240 --> 01:26:19,774
BROKEN THE ENTIRE TIME IN 

2575
01:26:19,774 --> 01:26:20,408
BETWEEN MY VISITS BUT APPARENTLY

2576
01:26:20,408 --> 01:26:26,147
IT HAS BEEN FIXED. I USE THIS 

2577
01:26:26,147 --> 01:26:26,714
EXAMPLE REALLY IMPORTANTLY 

2578
01:26:26,714 --> 01:26:28,249
BECAUSE THE GREENWOOD PUBLIC 

2579
01:26:28,249 --> 01:26:28,850
LIBRARY, THE GREENWOOD RANCH 

2580
01:26:28,850 --> 01:26:29,484
PUBLIC LIBRARY IS ON GREENWOOD 

2581
01:26:29,484 --> 01:26:31,786
AVENUE WHICH IS QUITE BUSY. AND 

2582
01:26:31,786 --> 01:26:34,756
PARKING IS NOT REALLY EASY AT 

2583
01:26:34,756 --> 01:26:38,359
THE FRONT DOOR. AND SO, IF YOU 

2584
01:26:38,359 --> 01:26:40,228
HAVE A DIFFERENT ABILITY AND YOU

2585
01:26:40,228 --> 01:26:45,833
NEED TO USE ASSISTANCE TO GET IN

2586
01:26:45,833 --> 01:26:47,001
THE DOOR, WHETHER IT IS YOU HAVE

2587
01:26:47,001 --> 01:26:49,604
A SPRAINED ANKLE OR YOU HAVE A 

2588
01:26:49,604 --> 01:26:56,311
LIFELONG ABILITY , YOU HAVE TO 

2589
01:26:56,311 --> 01:26:57,979
USE THE ELEVATOR. THERE IS NO 

2590
01:26:57,979 --> 01:26:59,147
OTHER WAY INTO THE BUILDING. AND

2591
01:26:59,147 --> 01:27:07,355
IF THE ELEVATOR IS NOT WORKING, 

2592
01:27:07,355 --> 01:27:08,656
THEN YOU CAN'T GET INSIDE. YOU 

2593
01:27:08,656 --> 01:27:09,857
CAN'T ACCESS ALL OF THE BOOKS 

2594
01:27:09,857 --> 01:27:11,359
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. I MADE THE

2595
01:27:11,359 --> 01:27:12,627
JOKE LAST TIME, AND IT IS 

2596
01:27:12,627 --> 01:27:13,761
SERIOUS, THAT THE ONLY WAY INTO 

2597
01:27:13,761 --> 01:27:14,929
THE LIBRARY IS OVER THE 

2598
01:27:14,929 --> 01:27:16,064
INTERNET, AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE

2599
01:27:16,064 --> 01:27:18,800
THE INTERNET YOU HAVE TO GO TO 

2600
01:27:18,800 --> 01:27:21,736
THE LIBRARY TO GET YOUR HOTSPOT.

2601
01:27:21,736 --> 01:27:22,804
RIGHT? AND SO WITHOUT THE 

2602
01:27:22,804 --> 01:27:24,305
ABILITY TO GET IN OUR DOORS, WE 

2603
01:27:24,305 --> 01:27:31,913
ARE NOT PROVIDING THE SERVICE 

2604
01:27:31,913 --> 01:27:32,914
THAT SEATTLEITES DESERVE. THIS 

2605
01:27:32,914 --> 01:27:34,015
IS ANOTHER BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT

2606
01:27:34,015 --> 01:27:34,616
IF WE WERE TRULY RIGHTSIZING 

2607
01:27:34,616 --> 01:27:36,217
WHAT THE NEEDS ARE FOR A PUBLIC 

2608
01:27:36,217 --> 01:27:37,018
LIBRARY SYSTEM, IT WOULD BE 

2609
01:27:37,018 --> 01:27:38,720
TENFOLD WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US 

2610
01:27:38,720 --> 01:27:42,624
TODAY. I HOPE TO EARN YOUR 

2611
01:27:42,624 --> 01:27:43,458
SUPPORT, COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU. 

2612
01:27:43,591 --> 01:27:44,325
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 

2613
01:27:44,325 --> 01:27:44,926
STRAUSS. COLLEAGUES, ANY 

2614
01:27:44,926 --> 01:27:45,727
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? LET'S 

2615
01:27:45,727 --> 01:27:52,700
THINK ABOUT. AMENDMENT NINE. [ 

2616
01:27:52,700 --> 01:28:01,309
ROLL CALL ] 

2617
01:28:01,309 --> 01:28:02,844
>> SIX IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED.

2618
01:28:02,844 --> 01:28:04,012
>> MOTION CARRIES AN AMENDMENT 

2619
01:28:04,012 --> 01:28:05,013
NINE IS ADOPTED. COUNCILMEMBER 

2620
01:28:05,013 --> 01:28:06,114
FOSTER, ON BEHALF OF 

2621
01:28:06,114 --> 01:28:07,882
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, YOU WILL 

2622
01:28:07,882 --> 01:28:13,121
MOVE -- SORRY, IT'S OUT OF 

2623
01:28:13,121 --> 01:28:14,722
SEQUENCE BECAUSE SOME WERE 

2624
01:28:14,722 --> 01:28:16,024
REMOVED. WE'RE GOING TO 12. 

2625
01:28:16,024 --> 01:28:18,459
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, YOU ARE --

2626
01:28:18,459 --> 01:28:24,866
EXCUSE ME, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER,

2627
01:28:24,866 --> 01:28:26,034
YOUR RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK ON 

2628
01:28:26,034 --> 01:28:27,235
BEHALF OF AMENDMENT 12 WHICH IS 

2629
01:28:27,235 --> 01:28:28,302
BEING BROUGHT BY COUNCILMEMBER 

2630
01:28:28,302 --> 01:28:28,503
SAKA. 

2631
01:28:28,503 --> 01:28:36,978
>> THANK YOU. I BELIEVE I NEED 

2632
01:28:36,978 --> 01:28:38,112
TO MOVE IT IN. THANK YOU. I 

2633
01:28:38,112 --> 01:28:39,113
WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT 

2634
01:28:39,113 --> 01:28:40,148
AMENDMENT 12 INTO THE RECORD. 

2635
01:28:40,148 --> 01:28:40,715
>> SECOND. 

2636
01:28:40,715 --> 01:28:42,016
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND 

2637
01:28:42,016 --> 01:28:43,051
SECONDED TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL 

2638
01:28:43,051 --> 01:28:45,019
121181 IS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT

2639
01:28:45,019 --> 01:28:47,889
12. ERIC? 

2640
01:28:47,889 --> 01:28:48,723
>> AMENDMENT 12 WOULD 

2641
01:28:48,723 --> 01:28:49,390
COMMUNICATE COUNCIL'S INTENTION

2642
01:28:49,390 --> 01:28:50,725
THAT A PORTION OF THE LIBRARY 

2643
01:28:50,725 --> 01:28:51,359
LEVY FUNDING AMOUNT AS 

2644
01:28:51,359 --> 01:28:52,560
TRANSMITTED BY THE MAYOR SHOULD 

2645
01:28:52,560 --> 01:28:53,561
BE AUTHORIZED FOR INVESTMENTS TO

2646
01:28:53,561 --> 01:28:55,029
SUPPORT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES BY 

2647
01:28:55,029 --> 01:28:55,630
PROVIDING DIGITAL SCALING 

2648
01:28:55,630 --> 01:28:58,933
PROGRAMS FOR TEENS. OFFERED AT 

2649
01:28:58,933 --> 01:29:00,468
THE SOUTHPARK AND HIGH POINT 

2650
01:29:00,468 --> 01:29:01,202
BRANCH LIBRARIES. 

2651
01:29:01,202 --> 01:29:09,610
>> THANK YOU, ERIC. 

2652
01:29:09,610 --> 01:29:10,078
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 

2653
01:29:10,078 --> 01:29:11,179
>> THANK YOU, AS THE CHAIR 

2654
01:29:11,179 --> 01:29:12,213
MENTIONED I AM SPEAKING ON 

2655
01:29:12,213 --> 01:29:13,081
BEHALF OF COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 

2656
01:29:13,081 --> 01:29:23,658
FOR THESE TWO AMENDMENT'S. THIS

2657
01:29:31,866 --> 01:29:32,600
FIRST AMENDMENT EXTENDS AN 

2658
01:29:32,600 --> 01:29:33,634
EXISTING SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY 

2659
01:29:33,634 --> 01:29:34,335
PROGRAM INTO TWO NEIGHBORHOODS 

2660
01:29:34,335 --> 01:29:35,236
WITH LOWER HOME INTERNET ACCESS.

2661
01:29:35,236 --> 01:29:36,204
AND FEWER DEVICES COMPARED TO 

2662
01:29:36,204 --> 01:29:37,105
MORE AFFLUENT SEATTLE AREAS. 

2663
01:29:37,105 --> 01:29:38,139
THESE GAPS LIMIT ACCESS TO 

2664
01:29:38,139 --> 01:29:38,940
ESSENTIAL DIGITAL RESOURCES SUCH

2665
01:29:38,940 --> 01:29:39,807
AS ONLINE LEARNING, JOB 

2666
01:29:39,807 --> 01:29:40,341
APPLICATIONS, GOVERNMENT 

2667
01:29:40,341 --> 01:29:40,875
SERVICES AND TELEHEALTH. 

2668
01:29:40,875 --> 01:29:41,442
THEREFORE DIGITAL SKILLS 

2669
01:29:41,442 --> 01:29:42,443
TRAINING IS NEEDED IN THESE 

2670
01:29:42,443 --> 01:29:43,244
COMMITTEES. THE LEVY ORDINANCE 

2671
01:29:43,244 --> 01:29:44,512
SETS NO LIMITS BY OFFERING OUR 

2672
01:29:44,512 --> 01:29:45,546
CAPITAL OR SPENDING CATEGORY AND

2673
01:29:45,546 --> 01:29:46,414
THIS AMENDMENT SIGNALS THE 

2674
01:29:46,414 --> 01:29:47,682
COUNCIL INTEND THAT PART OF THE 

2675
01:29:47,682 --> 01:29:48,716
$410 MILLION SUPPORT DIGITAL 

2676
01:29:48,716 --> 01:29:49,317
SCALING INITIATIVES. 

2677
01:29:49,317 --> 01:29:50,218
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 

2678
01:29:50,218 --> 01:29:50,718
FOSTER. COLLEAGUES, ANY 

2679
01:29:50,718 --> 01:29:54,222
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? JUST TO 

2680
01:29:54,222 --> 01:30:01,829
CONFIRM, -- COUNCILMEMBER 

2681
01:30:01,829 --> 01:30:03,164
JUAREZ, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? 

2682
01:30:03,297 --> 01:30:05,867
>> I APOLOGIZE, MY ZOOM JUST CUT

2683
01:30:05,867 --> 01:30:09,237
OUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT WAS 

2684
01:30:09,237 --> 01:30:15,009
BACK ONLINE. 

2685
01:30:15,009 --> 01:30:16,711
>> WE SEE YOU. AND WE HEAR YOU. 

2686
01:30:16,844 --> 01:30:18,312
>> OKAY, GREAT, THANK YOU, MADAM

2687
01:30:18,312 --> 01:30:18,546
CHAIR. 

2688
01:30:18,546 --> 01:30:19,313
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 

2689
01:30:19,313 --> 01:30:20,214
JUAREZ. ERIC, IN THIS PARTICULAR

2690
01:30:20,214 --> 01:30:21,215
AMENDMENT AND THE SECOND ONE 

2691
01:30:21,215 --> 01:30:26,220
DON'T HAVE ACTUAL MONEY ADDS. 

2692
01:30:26,220 --> 01:30:27,622
THEY ARE JUST AN INTENT FOR HOW 

2693
01:30:27,622 --> 01:30:28,923
TO USE THE CURRENT MONEY. EXPECT

2694
01:30:28,923 --> 01:30:30,057
THAT IS CORRECT. 

2695
01:30:30,057 --> 01:30:34,629
>> GREAT. AT THE END OF THE DAY 

2696
01:30:34,629 --> 01:30:35,930
I WANT TO CONFIRM THAT NO MATTER

2697
01:30:35,930 --> 01:30:38,099
WHAT WE INTEND, IS THE LIBRARY 

2698
01:30:38,099 --> 01:30:39,367
BOARD WHO GETS TO DECIDE WHAT TO

2699
01:30:39,367 --> 01:30:41,269
DO WITH ALL OF THIS MONEY THAT 

2700
01:30:41,269 --> 01:30:42,703
NOW HAVE ADDED VIA THESE 

2701
01:30:42,703 --> 01:30:43,805
AMENDMENTS, CORRECT? 

2702
01:30:43,805 --> 01:30:46,607
>> THAT IS ALSO CORRECT. 

2703
01:30:46,607 --> 01:30:48,376
>> OKAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU 

2704
01:30:48,376 --> 01:30:49,744
FOR CONFIRMING. UNLESS THERE ANY

2705
01:30:49,744 --> 01:30:53,714
QUESTIONS, AND I DON'T SEE ANY 

2706
01:30:53,714 --> 01:30:55,116
HANDS RAISED. LET'S GO TO 

2707
01:30:55,116 --> 01:31:00,721
ABOUT. VOTE. 

2708
01:31:00,721 --> 01:31:01,255
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 

2709
01:31:01,255 --> 01:31:02,723
>> YES. 

2710
01:31:02,723 --> 01:31:03,257
>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 

2711
01:31:03,257 --> 01:31:04,025
>> YES. 

2712
01:31:04,025 --> 01:31:04,559
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 

2713
01:31:04,559 --> 01:31:05,560
>> YES. 

2714
01:31:05,560 --> 01:31:06,060
>>  COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 

2715
01:31:06,060 --> 01:31:07,128
>> YES. 

2716
01:31:07,128 --> 01:31:07,728
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 

2717
01:31:07,728 --> 01:31:09,330
>> YES. 

2718
01:31:09,330 --> 01:31:09,931
>> VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH. 

2719
01:31:09,931 --> 01:31:10,698
>> YES. 

2720
01:31:10,698 --> 01:31:11,098
>> CHAIR RIVERA. 

2721
01:31:11,098 --> 01:31:15,636
>> YES. 

2722
01:31:15,636 --> 01:31:16,637
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AN 

2723
01:31:16,637 --> 01:31:18,306
AMENDMENT 12 IS ADOPTED. NOW 

2724
01:31:18,306 --> 01:31:20,208
AMENDMENT 13. ALSO A 

2725
01:31:20,208 --> 01:31:22,210
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA ADD. 

2726
01:31:22,210 --> 01:31:22,810
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, YOUR 

2727
01:31:22,810 --> 01:31:29,617
RECOGNIZED TO MOVE COUNCILMEMBER

2728
01:31:29,617 --> 01:31:30,518
SAKA'S AMENDMENT NUMBER 13. 

2729
01:31:30,518 --> 01:31:31,853
>> I LIKE TO MOVE AMENDMENT 

2730
01:31:31,853 --> 01:31:33,154
NUMBER 13. DO I HAVE A SECOND? 

2731
01:31:33,154 --> 01:31:33,921
>> SECOND. 

2732
01:31:33,921 --> 01:31:35,723
>> IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO 

2733
01:31:35,723 --> 01:31:36,824
AMEND COUNCIL BILL 121181 IS 

2734
01:31:36,824 --> 01:31:47,368
PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT 13. ERIC?

2735
01:31:47,935 --> 01:31:48,402
>> AMENDMENT 13 WOULD 

2736
01:31:48,402 --> 01:31:49,070
COMMUNICATE COUNCIL'S INTENTION

2737
01:31:49,070 --> 01:31:50,204
THAT A PORTION OF THE LIBRARY 

2738
01:31:50,204 --> 01:31:51,105
FUNDING AMOUNT AS TRANSMITTED BY

2739
01:31:51,105 --> 01:31:52,273
THE MAYOR SHOULD BE AUTHORIZED 

2740
01:31:52,273 --> 01:31:53,474
FOR INVESTMENTS TO SUPPORT HOURS

2741
01:31:53,474 --> 01:31:54,442
AND ACCESS AND COLLECTIONS BY 

2742
01:31:54,442 --> 01:31:55,243
CONTRACTING WITH THE WASHINGTON 

2743
01:31:55,243 --> 01:31:56,310
STATE BLACK LEGACY INSTITUTE FOR

2744
01:31:56,310 --> 01:32:01,315
PROGRAMMING AND LOCAL HISTORY --

2745
01:32:01,315 --> 01:32:02,216
EXCUSE ME, LOCAL HISTORY 

2746
01:32:02,216 --> 01:32:02,917
CURATION THAT CELEBRATES AND 

2747
01:32:02,917 --> 01:32:08,823
PRESERVES THE RICH HISTORY OF 

2748
01:32:08,823 --> 01:32:09,657
WASHINGTON'S BLACK COMMUNITY 

2749
01:32:09,657 --> 01:32:10,625
AND OFFERS A POWERFUL TRIBUTE TO

2750
01:32:10,625 --> 01:32:11,425
BLACK RESILIENCE, LEADERSHIP AND

2751
01:32:11,425 --> 01:32:11,993
CULTURAL CONTRIBUTIONS. 

2752
01:32:11,993 --> 01:32:15,429
>> THANK YOU, ERIC. 

2753
01:32:15,429 --> 01:32:16,063
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, YOUR 

2754
01:32:16,063 --> 01:32:17,265
RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF

2755
01:32:17,265 --> 01:32:17,732
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 

2756
01:32:17,732 --> 01:32:27,608
>> THANK YOU. ONCE AGAIN, I AM 

2757
01:32:27,608 --> 01:32:28,509
SHARING WORDS ON BEHALF OF 

2758
01:32:28,509 --> 01:32:29,043
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. THIS 

2759
01:32:29,043 --> 01:32:29,810
AMENDMENT FORMALIZES COUNCIL 

2760
01:32:29,810 --> 01:32:30,845
INTEND TO USE LEVY FUNDS TO 

2761
01:32:30,845 --> 01:32:31,746
CONTRACT WITH THE WASHINGTON 

2762
01:32:31,746 --> 01:32:32,747
STATE BLACK LEGACY INSTITUTE FOR

2763
01:32:32,747 --> 01:32:33,948
PROGRAMMING. IT WORKS TO CURATE 

2764
01:32:33,948 --> 01:32:35,016
AND DISSEMINATE LEGACY OF BLACK 

2765
01:32:35,016 --> 01:32:35,816
WASHINGTONIANS GROUNDED IN THE 

2766
01:32:35,816 --> 01:32:37,418
BELIEF THAT HONORING THE PAST 

2767
01:32:37,418 --> 01:32:38,252
STRENGTHENS THE FUTURE. LIKE 

2768
01:32:38,252 --> 01:32:42,924
AMENDMENT 12 IT EXPRESSES THE 

2769
01:32:42,924 --> 01:32:44,125
COUNCIL INTENT THAT A PORTION OF

2770
01:32:44,125 --> 01:32:45,393
THE $410 MILLION BE USED FOR 

2771
01:32:45,393 --> 01:32:46,060
THIS PURPOSE. 

2772
01:32:46,060 --> 01:32:47,695
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 

2773
01:32:47,695 --> 01:32:48,629
FOSTER. COLLEAGUES, ANY 

2774
01:32:48,629 --> 01:32:54,402
QUESTIONS , COUNCIL PRESIDENT 

2775
01:32:54,402 --> 01:32:55,002
HOLLINGSWORTH, YOU ARE 

2776
01:32:55,002 --> 01:32:57,805
RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK. 

2777
01:32:57,805 --> 01:32:59,206
>> NO, NO WORRIES. YOU ARE ALL 

2778
01:32:59,206 --> 01:33:01,442
GOOD. THANK YOU, I KNOW 

2779
01:33:01,442 --> 01:33:03,511
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA IS NOT HERE. 

2780
01:33:03,511 --> 01:33:05,379
SO THANKING HIM FOR THIS 

2781
01:33:05,379 --> 01:33:14,021
AMENDMENT. LOOK, I AM BLACK, I 

2782
01:33:14,021 --> 01:33:15,122
SUPPORT EVERYTHING. YOU KNOW 

2783
01:33:15,122 --> 01:33:16,157
I'M COMING FROM. BUT THE ONE 

2784
01:33:16,157 --> 01:33:17,425
THING THAT CONCERNS ME ABOUT 

2785
01:33:17,425 --> 01:33:18,793
THIS IS CALLING OUT SPECIFICALLY

2786
01:33:18,793 --> 01:33:20,127
THE PROVIDER WITH OUR 

2787
01:33:20,127 --> 01:33:24,632
INTENTIONS. , AND YOU KNOW, THAT

2788
01:33:24,632 --> 01:33:28,603
WAS MY ONLY DISCOMFORT. I WILL 

2789
01:33:28,603 --> 01:33:31,973
BE ABSTAINING FROM THIS. JUST 

2790
01:33:31,973 --> 01:33:35,710
BECAUSE ON THAT PRINCIPLE OF 

2791
01:33:35,710 --> 01:33:38,746
CALLING OUT A SPECIFIC PROVIDER 

2792
01:33:38,746 --> 01:33:40,247
OUTSIDE OF THE LIBRARY LEVY, IF 

2793
01:33:40,247 --> 01:33:42,216
IT WAS A SPECIFIC LIBRARY AND 

2794
01:33:42,216 --> 01:33:47,221
THAT IS WHO WE WERE TARGETING, 

2795
01:33:47,221 --> 01:33:48,622
OR THAT PIECE, BUT IT'S 

2796
01:33:48,622 --> 01:33:50,257
SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF THE SYSTEM.

2797
01:33:50,257 --> 01:33:52,226
SO THAT WAS ONE OF MY ONLY 

2798
01:33:52,226 --> 01:33:53,594
CONCERNS. WITH THIS. THANK YOU, 

2799
01:33:53,594 --> 01:33:54,028
COLLEAGUES. 

2800
01:33:54,028 --> 01:33:58,499
>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER 

2801
01:33:58,499 --> 01:34:04,805
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I TOO 

2802
01:34:04,805 --> 01:34:06,140
WILL BE ABSTAINING FROM THIS 

2803
01:34:06,140 --> 01:34:07,508
JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T NORMALLY 

2804
01:34:07,508 --> 01:34:10,144
SELECT A PROVIDER. WE HAVEN'T 

2805
01:34:10,144 --> 01:34:14,115
USUALLY , WE HAVE AN RFP PROCESS

2806
01:34:14,115 --> 01:34:17,351
AND I AM NOT FAMILIAR WHY IT'S 

2807
01:34:17,351 --> 01:34:19,820
BEING DONE THIS WAY. BUT, I DO 

2808
01:34:19,820 --> 01:34:21,622
SUPPORT , OBVIOUSLY, THE 

2809
01:34:21,622 --> 01:34:26,661
CURATION ASPECT OF THIS. 

2810
01:34:26,661 --> 01:34:29,230
ESPECIALLY FOR BLACK LEGACY. 

2811
01:34:29,230 --> 01:34:33,234
BUT, I WILL ABSTAIN JUST BASED 

2812
01:34:33,234 --> 01:34:37,138
ON SIMILAR , SIMILAR POSITION AS

2813
01:34:37,138 --> 01:34:40,941
COUNCIL PRESIDENT. ALL RIGHT, 

2814
01:34:40,941 --> 01:34:43,077
LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON AMENDMENT 

2815
01:34:43,077 --> 01:34:46,213
13. 

2816
01:34:46,213 --> 01:34:48,215
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 

2817
01:34:48,215 --> 01:34:48,749
>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 

2818
01:34:48,749 --> 01:34:48,983
>> YES. 

2819
01:34:48,983 --> 01:34:49,150
>> 

2820
01:34:49,150 --> 01:34:49,684
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 

2821
01:34:49,684 --> 01:34:49,950
ABSTAIN. 

2822
01:34:49,950 --> 01:34:50,718
>> YES. 

2823
01:34:50,718 --> 01:34:51,385
>>  COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 

2824
01:34:51,385 --> 01:34:52,620
>> YES. 

2825
01:34:52,620 --> 01:34:56,824
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 

2826
01:34:56,824 --> 01:34:57,124
>> ABSTAIN. 

2827
01:34:57,124 --> 01:35:01,362
>> VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH. 

2828
01:35:01,362 --> 01:35:02,530
>> ABSTAIN. 

2829
01:35:02,530 --> 01:35:06,567
>> CHAIR RIVERA. 

2830
01:35:06,567 --> 01:35:08,636
>> ABSTAIN. 

2831
01:35:08,636 --> 01:35:10,071
>> THREE IN FAVOR, FOUR 

2832
01:35:10,071 --> 01:35:19,013
ABSTENTIONS. 

2833
01:35:19,013 --> 01:35:22,416
>> THE AMENDMENT FAILS. 

2834
01:35:22,416 --> 01:35:26,420
AMENDMENT 13 IS NOT ADOPTED. 

2835
01:35:26,420 --> 01:35:26,821
SORRY. 

2836
01:35:26,821 --> 01:35:28,222
>> POINT OF INFORMATION, I 

2837
01:35:28,222 --> 01:35:29,957
BELIEVE THE TWO IN FAVOR AND THE

2838
01:35:29,957 --> 01:35:34,028
REST ABSTENTION DOES PASS. 

2839
01:35:34,028 --> 01:35:37,031
>> DOES PASS. APOLOGIES. I WAS 

2840
01:35:37,031 --> 01:35:42,303
MISSING MY PLACE ON MY SCRIPT. 

2841
01:35:42,303 --> 01:35:43,704
OKAY, THE MOTION CARRIES ON 

2842
01:35:43,704 --> 01:35:45,573
AMENDMENT 13. IT IS ADOPTED. ALL

2843
01:35:45,573 --> 01:35:56,083
RIGHT. ONE SECOND. ALL RIGHT. 

2844
01:36:04,492 --> 01:36:05,426
SORRY, COLLEAGUES. MY SCRIPT IS 

2845
01:36:05,426 --> 01:36:06,527
INCOMPLETE. BUT THE AMENDMENT 

2846
01:36:06,527 --> 01:36:09,463
PASSES AND THAT WAS THE LAST 

2847
01:36:09,463 --> 01:36:14,001
AMENDMENT. 

2848
01:36:14,001 --> 01:36:18,506
>> MADAM CHAIR, I'M A BIT 

2849
01:36:18,506 --> 01:36:24,211
CONFUSED FROM THE CLERK. MY 

2850
01:36:24,211 --> 01:36:25,513
COUNT WAS DIFFERENT. WE HAD FOUR

2851
01:36:25,513 --> 01:36:28,616
ABSTENTIONS AND THREE YESES, 

2852
01:36:28,616 --> 01:36:29,683
WHAT WAS THE COUNT? 

2853
01:36:29,683 --> 01:36:31,252
>> THREE IN FAVOR AND FOUR 

2854
01:36:31,252 --> 01:36:34,221
ABSTENTIONS. 

2855
01:36:34,221 --> 01:36:35,523
>> THREE IN FAVOR AND FOUR 

2856
01:36:35,523 --> 01:36:36,023
ABSTENTIONS. 

2857
01:36:36,023 --> 01:36:39,226
>> SO, OKAY. I THOUGHT THAT WHEN

2858
01:36:39,226 --> 01:36:41,028
YOU HAD -- OKAY, WELL. 

2859
01:36:41,028 --> 01:36:46,834
>> YOU KNOW WHAT, COUNCILMEMBER 

2860
01:36:46,834 --> 01:36:48,235
JUAREZ, WE'RE GOING TO DO IS 

2861
01:36:48,235 --> 01:36:49,804
CONFIRM WITH OUR CLERK TO MAKE 

2862
01:36:49,804 --> 01:36:51,572
SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT RIGHT. SO

2863
01:36:51,572 --> 01:36:53,007
HANG TIGHT, EVERYBODY, FOR A 

2864
01:36:53,007 --> 01:37:03,150
MINUTE. 

2865
01:37:03,717 --> 01:37:09,990
>> THIS IS AMELIA SANCHEZ. JUST 

2866
01:37:09,990 --> 01:37:10,658
PROVIDING CLARIFICATION. THE 

2867
01:37:10,658 --> 01:37:15,729
VOTE WAS FOUR IN FAVOR NONE 

2868
01:37:15,729 --> 01:37:16,764
OPPOSED, SORRY, THREE IN FAVOR, 

2869
01:37:16,764 --> 01:37:17,498
NONE OPPOSED AND FOUR 

2870
01:37:17,498 --> 01:37:18,199
ABSTENTIONS. THEREFORE THE 

2871
01:37:18,199 --> 01:37:22,636
MOTION DOES CARRY. THE AMENDMENT

2872
01:37:22,636 --> 01:37:23,737
IS ADOPTED. ABSTENTIONS DO NOT 

2873
01:37:23,737 --> 01:37:25,306
COUNT TOWARDS THE TALLY. 

2874
01:37:25,306 --> 01:37:26,540
>> GOT IT. 

2875
01:37:26,540 --> 01:37:29,510
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I 

2876
01:37:29,510 --> 01:37:30,845
MEAN, MADAME CLERK. 

2877
01:37:30,845 --> 01:37:34,148
>> THANK YOU AMELIA AND 

2878
01:37:34,148 --> 01:37:39,320
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. I HAVE 

2879
01:37:39,320 --> 01:37:40,721
ALREADY SAID, THE AMENDMENT IS 

2880
01:37:40,721 --> 01:37:43,023
ADOPTED. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT WAS 

2881
01:37:43,023 --> 01:37:48,395
OUR LAST AMENDMENT . THANK YOU, 

2882
01:37:48,395 --> 01:37:49,296
ERIC, THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. ALL

2883
01:37:49,296 --> 01:37:50,931
RIGHT, GIVE ME ONE SECOND TO 

2884
01:37:50,931 --> 01:37:56,503
FIND THE NEXT ONE HERE. 

2885
01:37:56,503 --> 01:37:59,039
>> MADAM CHAIR, ARE YOU GOING TO

2886
01:37:59,039 --> 01:38:00,708
GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY AFTER YOU

2887
01:38:00,708 --> 01:38:05,212
SPEAK -- 

2888
01:38:05,212 --> 01:38:05,646
>> YES. 

2889
01:38:05,646 --> 01:38:07,014
>> OKAY, JUST CHECKING. 

2890
01:38:07,014 --> 01:38:09,717
>> ONE SECOND. 

2891
01:38:09,717 --> 01:38:11,518
>> THANK YOU, I WANT TO GET MY 

2892
01:38:11,518 --> 01:38:21,895
PAPERS STRAIGHT HERE. 

2893
01:38:34,275 --> 01:38:35,442
>> ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, WE ARE

2894
01:38:35,442 --> 01:38:36,610
ABOUT TO TAKE THE VOTE ON THE 

2895
01:38:36,610 --> 01:38:47,121
FULL BILL AS AMENDED BY THESE 

2896
01:38:50,791 --> 01:38:51,425
AMENDMENTS WE PASSED TODAY. SO, 

2897
01:38:51,425 --> 01:38:52,826
AT THIS POINT, IF ANYONE WOULD 

2898
01:38:52,826 --> 01:38:54,094
LIKE TO MAKE COMMENTS BEFORE WE 

2899
01:38:54,094 --> 01:38:55,296
TAKE THE FINAL VOTE, I WILL GIVE

2900
01:38:55,296 --> 01:38:56,597
YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT 

2901
01:38:56,597 --> 01:38:57,998
AND THEN WE WILL TAKE OUR FINAL 

2902
01:38:57,998 --> 01:38:59,233
VOTE ON THE FULL BILL. 

2903
01:38:59,233 --> 01:38:59,934
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, YOUR 

2904
01:38:59,934 --> 01:39:00,234
RECOGNIZED. 

2905
01:39:00,234 --> 01:39:01,869
>> I WILL BE VERY BRIEF. I WANT 

2906
01:39:01,869 --> 01:39:03,003
TO THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, OR 

2907
01:39:03,003 --> 01:39:04,238
WALKING US THROUGH THIS LEVY. 

2908
01:39:04,238 --> 01:39:05,906
AND I KNOW THE YOU ALSO WALKED 

2909
01:39:05,906 --> 01:39:10,611
US THROUGH THE LEVY AS WELL. I 

2910
01:39:10,611 --> 01:39:11,378
REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT 

2911
01:39:11,378 --> 01:39:12,813
THAT, YES, WE ALL OF THE 

2912
01:39:12,813 --> 01:39:20,821
LIBRARY. COUNCILMEMBER LIN, I DO

2913
01:39:20,821 --> 01:39:22,222
APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND I 

2914
01:39:22,222 --> 01:39:23,223
DIDN'T NEED TO LAUGH, BUT I DO 

2915
01:39:23,223 --> 01:39:24,158
APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT 

2916
01:39:24,158 --> 01:39:25,059
DEMOCRACY AND LIBRARIES. AND 

2917
01:39:25,059 --> 01:39:27,728
THEY DO APPRECIATE YOU AND -- 

2918
01:39:27,728 --> 01:39:28,529
ACTUALLY, EVERYONE'S PASSION 

2919
01:39:28,529 --> 01:39:29,797
FOR WHAT WE WANT TO DO. AND 

2920
01:39:29,797 --> 01:39:30,431
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 

2921
01:39:30,431 --> 01:39:33,500
STRAUSS, FOR RECOGNIZING THE 

2922
01:39:33,500 --> 01:39:34,768
ADA, PEOPLE WHO NEED IT. SOMEONE

2923
01:39:34,768 --> 01:39:37,938
LIKE ME, AS YOU KNOW I HAVE MS. 

2924
01:39:37,938 --> 01:39:39,707
AS YOU KNOW I'M A SUPPORTER OF 

2925
01:39:39,707 --> 01:39:41,108
THAT. AND GOING BACK TO THE ONES

2926
01:39:41,108 --> 01:39:42,609
I VOTED NO ON, IT DOESN'T MEAN 

2927
01:39:42,609 --> 01:39:53,153
I DON'T SUPPORT PUTTING MONEY 

2928
01:39:57,624 --> 01:39:58,726
ASIDE FOR THE COOLING AND 

2929
01:39:58,726 --> 01:39:59,360
DEFERRED AND SEISMIC RETROFIT. 

2930
01:39:59,360 --> 01:40:00,527
AGAIN, I WAS JUST GOING BACK TO 

2931
01:40:00,527 --> 01:40:01,729
WHAT THE CHAIR, MADAM CHAIR WAS 

2932
01:40:01,729 --> 01:40:02,663
CAUTIONING US ABOUT ABOUT, THE 

2933
01:40:02,663 --> 01:40:03,564
CAP, OUR FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. 

2934
01:40:03,564 --> 01:40:05,032
AND I GUESS MY CONCERN ABOUT THE

2935
01:40:05,032 --> 01:40:06,300
SIX TAXES WE ALREADY HAVE IN 

2936
01:40:06,300 --> 01:40:07,701
FRONT OF US AS A SAVE SEATTLE, 

2937
01:40:07,701 --> 01:40:08,936
THE POTENTIAL FOR TWO MORE, AND 

2938
01:40:08,936 --> 01:40:10,204
THE ANNUAL TAXES WE HAVE, WHICH 

2939
01:40:10,204 --> 01:40:11,772
ARE SIX, THE COUNTY TAXES WE 

2940
01:40:11,772 --> 01:40:17,611
HAVE WHICH ARE SEVEN, AND 

2941
01:40:17,611 --> 01:40:18,312
ANOTHER ONE POSSIBLY COMING DOWN

2942
01:40:18,312 --> 01:40:20,247
THE PIKE. SO I SAY THAT ONLY 

2943
01:40:20,247 --> 01:40:23,117
BECAUSE , YOU KNOW, I'M NOT 

2944
01:40:23,117 --> 01:40:23,951
AGAINST THESE THINGS. IT'S MORE

2945
01:40:23,951 --> 01:40:25,619
THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE

2946
01:40:25,619 --> 01:40:27,721
FUND WHAT WE CAN BEING FISCALLY 

2947
01:40:27,721 --> 01:40:28,555
RESPONSIBLE AND BEING MINDFUL 

2948
01:40:28,555 --> 01:40:31,625
THAT WHEN WE DO THESE , THESE 

2949
01:40:31,625 --> 01:40:35,863
ARE PROPERTY TAXES. THESE ARE 

2950
01:40:35,863 --> 01:40:37,431
EXCISE TAXES. THESE ARE TAXES 

2951
01:40:37,431 --> 01:40:42,202
THAT HAPPEN WHEN SALES TAXES. 

2952
01:40:42,202 --> 01:40:44,405
AND AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO BE 

2953
01:40:44,405 --> 01:40:46,039
RESPONSIBLE FOR , YOU KNOW, WHAT

2954
01:40:46,039 --> 01:40:49,376
WE PUT OUT TO THE VOTERS AND 

2955
01:40:49,376 --> 01:40:51,245
WHAT WE CAN PAY FOR. AND THAT IS

2956
01:40:51,245 --> 01:40:52,279
IT. I DON'T THINK ANYONE IS 

2957
01:40:52,279 --> 01:40:54,515
AGAINST -- I MEAN IF WE COULD , 

2958
01:40:54,515 --> 01:40:56,050
MADAM CHAIR, WE WOULD FUND 

2959
01:40:56,050 --> 01:40:57,217
EVERYTHING. BUT THE WORLD 

2960
01:40:57,217 --> 01:41:01,121
DOESN'T WORK THAT WE. I THINK, 

2961
01:41:01,121 --> 01:41:06,627
AND AGAIN, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, 

2962
01:41:06,627 --> 01:41:08,295
I DIDN'T MEAN TO BELITTLE YOUR 

2963
01:41:08,295 --> 01:41:09,029
COMMENTS WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE

2964
01:41:09,029 --> 01:41:10,197
TRUMP REGIME. AND I DIDN'T MEAN

2965
01:41:10,197 --> 01:41:12,266
TO BELITTLE COUNCILMEMBER LIN'S

2966
01:41:12,266 --> 01:41:13,233
COMMENTS WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT 

2967
01:41:13,233 --> 01:41:14,201
DEMOCRACY AND LIBRARIES. I 

2968
01:41:14,201 --> 01:41:14,902
UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. 

2969
01:41:14,902 --> 01:41:16,603
, ON THE GROUND IN THE REAL 

2970
01:41:16,603 --> 01:41:17,838
WORLD AND THE EVERYDAY STUFF, 

2971
01:41:17,838 --> 01:41:20,908
THAT IS WHAT CONCERNS ME AS A 

2972
01:41:20,908 --> 01:41:26,113
LEGISLATOR, AS A LEADER ON THIS 

2973
01:41:26,113 --> 01:41:26,914
BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT. AND THEY 

2974
01:41:26,914 --> 01:41:28,482
DO APPRECIATE THE MAYOR SENDING 

2975
01:41:28,482 --> 01:41:35,355
DOWN THE PACKAGE THAT SHE DID. 

2976
01:41:35,355 --> 01:41:37,024
AND SO, THAT IS WHY YOU SAW OF 

2977
01:41:37,024 --> 01:41:38,225
THE 13 AMENDMENTS OR 12 OR 

2978
01:41:38,225 --> 01:41:39,526
WHATEVER THEY WERE, I ONLY VOTED

2979
01:41:39,526 --> 01:41:40,928
NO ON TWO. I DON'T THINK I'VE 

2980
01:41:40,928 --> 01:41:42,463
EVER ABSTAINED IN MY HISTORY OF 

2981
01:41:42,463 --> 01:41:43,597
BEING ON COUNCIL BECAUSE I HAVE 

2982
01:41:43,597 --> 01:41:45,599
A POSITION YOU SHOULD VOTE YES 

2983
01:41:45,599 --> 01:41:49,103
OR NO. THAT IS ME. NO SHADE TO 

2984
01:41:49,103 --> 01:41:50,504
ANYONE ELSE. THAT IS JUST ME. 

2985
01:41:50,504 --> 01:41:51,839
WITH THAT I WANT TO THANK YOU, 

2986
01:41:51,839 --> 01:41:52,873
MADAM CHAIR, FOR YOUR 

2987
01:41:52,873 --> 01:41:55,742
LEADERSHIP. IT IS NOT EASY 

2988
01:41:55,742 --> 01:41:57,110
HAVING TO SAY NO, ESPECIALLY TO 

2989
01:41:57,110 --> 01:41:58,245
THE PUBLIC WHEN PEOPLE GET ANGRY

2990
01:41:58,245 --> 01:41:59,313
OR THINK YOU'RE NOT SUPPORTING 

2991
01:41:59,313 --> 01:42:05,619
THEM AND THEY SOMETIMES PEOPLE 

2992
01:42:05,619 --> 01:42:06,520
TAKE IT PERSONALLY AND I DON'T 

2993
01:42:06,520 --> 01:42:07,654
THINK THEY SHOULD. WE ARE JUST 

2994
01:42:07,654 --> 01:42:09,656
RING TO DO OUR JOB AND DO THE 

2995
01:42:09,656 --> 01:42:10,724
BEST WE CAN WITH WHAT WE HAVE. 

2996
01:42:10,724 --> 01:42:11,992
SO THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU, 

2997
01:42:11,992 --> 01:42:13,026
COLLEAGUES, FOR LISTENING TO ME.

2998
01:42:13,026 --> 01:42:14,094
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 

2999
01:42:14,094 --> 01:42:15,128
JUAREZ. COUNCILMEMBER LIN AND 

3000
01:42:15,128 --> 01:42:15,896
THEN COUNCIL PRESIDENT 

3001
01:42:15,896 --> 01:42:16,363
HOLLINGSWORTH. 

3002
01:42:16,363 --> 01:42:21,034
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR, THANK YOU, 

3003
01:42:21,034 --> 01:42:22,302
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. JUST WANT 

3004
01:42:22,302 --> 01:42:23,804
TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO SEATTLE 

3005
01:42:23,804 --> 01:42:27,741
PUBLIC LIBRARIES , STAFF, BOARD,

3006
01:42:27,741 --> 01:42:28,842
FRIENDS OF SEATTLE PUBLIC 

3007
01:42:28,842 --> 01:42:30,210
LIBRARIES, TO EVERYBODY WHO CAME

3008
01:42:30,210 --> 01:42:31,745
AND SPOKE AND TESTIFIED, TO ALL 

3009
01:42:31,745 --> 01:42:34,615
THE ADVOCACY THE DID LEAD 

3010
01:42:34,615 --> 01:42:36,250
SUPPORT MANY OF THE AMENDMENTS. 

3011
01:42:36,250 --> 01:42:42,523
DEFINITELY, COUNCILMEMBER 

3012
01:42:42,523 --> 01:42:43,157
JUAREZ, I APPRECIATE YOUR 

3013
01:42:43,157 --> 01:42:44,224
PERSPECTIVES, CHAIR, I 

3014
01:42:44,224 --> 01:42:48,529
APPRECIATE YOUR PERSPECTIVES. I 

3015
01:42:48,529 --> 01:42:49,796
THINK IT IS GOOD FOR US TO HAVE 

3016
01:42:49,796 --> 01:42:51,031
SOME HARD DISCUSSIONS AND 

3017
01:42:51,031 --> 01:42:53,934
DEBATE. I THINK THAT IS GOOD FOR

3018
01:42:53,934 --> 01:42:55,569
US. I THINK IT IS GOOD FOR THE 

3019
01:42:55,569 --> 01:42:56,637
PUBLIC. AND VARSITY. SO I 

3020
01:42:56,637 --> 01:42:57,437
APPRECIATE YOU SHEPHERDING THIS,

3021
01:42:57,437 --> 01:43:04,111
IT'S A LOT OF WORK. I AM 

3022
01:43:04,111 --> 01:43:05,112
EXCITED ABOUT THE PACKAGE THAT 

3023
01:43:05,112 --> 01:43:06,413
WE HAVE. AND ULTIMATELY NOW IT 

3024
01:43:06,413 --> 01:43:08,015
WILL BE UP FOR THE VOTERS TO 

3025
01:43:08,015 --> 01:43:18,525
DECIDE . WE DO HAVE SOME REAL 

3026
01:43:20,260 --> 01:43:21,028
HARD DECISIONS AROUND OUR 

3027
01:43:21,028 --> 01:43:21,995
BUDGET, AROUND TAXES, AROUND 

3028
01:43:21,995 --> 01:43:23,096
OTHER NEEDS. SO THIS IS NOT 

3029
01:43:23,096 --> 01:43:24,731
EASY. SO AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE

3030
01:43:24,731 --> 01:43:25,165
DEBATE. THANK YOU. 

3031
01:43:25,165 --> 01:43:26,033
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN.

3032
01:43:26,033 --> 01:43:26,667
COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH.

3033
01:43:26,667 --> 01:43:37,044
>> SORRY, I. I THINK 

3034
01:43:48,088 --> 01:43:49,122
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER HAD HER 

3035
01:43:49,122 --> 01:43:49,957
HAND RAISED BEFORE ME. I'M 

3036
01:43:49,957 --> 01:43:50,724
SORRY, CHAIR. 

3037
01:43:50,724 --> 01:43:51,391
>> I DIDN'T SEE COUNCILMEMBER 

3038
01:43:51,391 --> 01:43:52,025
FOSTER'S HAND. COUNCILMEMBER 

3039
01:43:52,025 --> 01:43:52,626
FOSTER, YOUR RECOGNIZED. 

3040
01:43:52,626 --> 01:43:53,927
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. I 

3041
01:43:53,927 --> 01:43:55,162
WILL BE BRIEF. I WANTED TO 

3042
01:43:55,162 --> 01:43:56,163
EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO YOU, 

3043
01:43:56,163 --> 01:43:57,364
CHAIR, MANAGING A LEVY PROCESS 

3044
01:43:57,364 --> 01:43:58,398
IS NOT AN EASY THING. ESPECIALLY

3045
01:43:58,398 --> 01:43:59,866
WITH NINE MEMBERS WHO HAVE NINE 

3046
01:43:59,866 --> 01:44:00,701
DIFFERENT OPINIONS ON A GOOD 

3047
01:44:00,701 --> 01:44:01,935
DAY. WE MIGHT HAVE 18 DIFFERENT 

3048
01:44:01,935 --> 01:44:03,403
OPINIONS ON A BAD DAY. AMONGST 

3049
01:44:03,403 --> 01:44:04,838
THE NINE OF US. I WANT TO 

3050
01:44:04,838 --> 01:44:06,039
EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO YOU 

3051
01:44:06,039 --> 01:44:07,040
FOR MANAGING THIS PROCESS. I 

3052
01:44:07,040 --> 01:44:07,941
ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS MY 

3053
01:44:07,941 --> 01:44:09,309
APPRECIATION, I THINK IT WAS IN 

3054
01:44:09,309 --> 01:44:10,410
ONE OF HER EARLY MEETINGS WHERE 

3055
01:44:10,410 --> 01:44:11,211
YOUR INCREDIBLE HE TRANSPARENT 

3056
01:44:11,211 --> 01:44:12,246
ABOUT WHAT YOUR POSITION WAS 

3057
01:44:12,246 --> 01:44:13,614
GOING TO BE AMENDMENTS. SO I 

3058
01:44:13,614 --> 01:44:14,147
APPRECIATE THAT EARLY 

3059
01:44:14,147 --> 01:44:15,349
TRANSPARENCY FROM YOU AS WELL, 

3060
01:44:15,349 --> 01:44:16,450
CHAIR. LASTLY I WANT TO THANK 

3061
01:44:16,450 --> 01:44:17,451
ERIC AND CENTRAL STAFF, WE 

3062
01:44:17,451 --> 01:44:18,852
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND THE 

3063
01:44:18,852 --> 01:44:19,953
WORK YOU DO TO MAKE SURE OUR 

3064
01:44:19,953 --> 01:44:20,854
AMENDMENT'S COME THROUGH AND 

3065
01:44:20,854 --> 01:44:22,422
ARE WILL PUT TOGETHER AND WELL 

3066
01:44:22,422 --> 01:44:23,957
THOUGHT OUT. AND SO OUR WORK IS 

3067
01:44:23,957 --> 01:44:25,158
NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOU. AND 

3068
01:44:25,158 --> 01:44:25,792
EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO 

3069
01:44:25,792 --> 01:44:26,927
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND THE 

3070
01:44:26,927 --> 01:44:28,128
LIBRARIES WHO HAVE BEEN HERE AND

3071
01:44:28,128 --> 01:44:29,429
SHOWN UP AND TESTIFIED. SO THANK

3072
01:44:29,429 --> 01:44:30,130
YOU. 

3073
01:44:30,130 --> 01:44:31,431
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 

3074
01:44:31,431 --> 01:44:34,101
FOSTER. COUNCIL PRESIDENT? 

3075
01:44:34,101 --> 01:44:35,402
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I AM 

3076
01:44:35,402 --> 01:44:36,370
JUMPING ON THE APPRECIATION 

3077
01:44:36,370 --> 01:44:37,237
TRAIN. ONE-WAY TICKET. THANK 

3078
01:44:37,237 --> 01:44:38,805
YOU, CHAIR, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP 

3079
01:44:38,805 --> 01:44:42,909
ON THIS. AND STEWARDSHIP. I KNOW

3080
01:44:42,909 --> 01:44:46,213
IT IS NOT EASY TO LEAD TWO YEARS

3081
01:44:46,213 --> 01:44:48,115
IN A ROW OF LEVIES FROM THE 

3082
01:44:48,115 --> 01:44:49,816
FAMILY AND EDUCATIONS LEVY TO 

3083
01:44:49,816 --> 01:44:52,319
THIS LEVY AS WELL. NO MATTER 

3084
01:44:52,319 --> 01:44:57,924
WHAT POSITIONS, HOW PEOPLE VOTE.

3085
01:44:57,924 --> 01:44:59,660
THE REALITY IS SOMEONE STILL HAS

3086
01:44:59,660 --> 01:45:00,994
TO DO THE WORK TO SHEPHERD THAT 

3087
01:45:00,994 --> 01:45:02,696
WORK. AND SO JUST REALLY 

3088
01:45:02,696 --> 01:45:08,702
GRATEFUL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON 

3089
01:45:08,702 --> 01:45:09,503
THIS. AND, COLLABORATION. AND 

3090
01:45:09,503 --> 01:45:10,804
ALSO, TOO, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, 

3091
01:45:10,804 --> 01:45:11,805
AND I THINK COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ

3092
01:45:11,805 --> 01:45:13,240
SAID IT, BETTER THAN I AM 

3093
01:45:13,240 --> 01:45:14,408
PROBABLY GOING TO ARTICULATE IT,

3094
01:45:14,408 --> 01:45:16,810
IS -- AND COUNCILMEMBER LIN 

3095
01:45:16,810 --> 01:45:18,111
MENTIONED IT, THE HARD 

3096
01:45:18,111 --> 01:45:24,751
CONVERSATIONS. THESE ARE THINGS 

3097
01:45:24,751 --> 01:45:25,819
THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO DISCUSS

3098
01:45:25,819 --> 01:45:27,120
OPENLY. AND IT'S OKAY. AND NOT 

3099
01:45:27,120 --> 01:45:28,488
BE DEMONIZED FOR OUR CONCERN 

3100
01:45:28,488 --> 01:45:31,291
ABOUT TAXES. AND OUR CONCERN 

3101
01:45:31,291 --> 01:45:33,760
ABOUT THE COST OF LIVING FOR 

3102
01:45:33,760 --> 01:45:42,536
PEOPLE. THERE IS NOT ONE PERSON 

3103
01:45:42,536 --> 01:45:43,704
ON THIS COUNCIL THE DOES NOT 

3104
01:45:43,704 --> 01:45:44,871
SUPPORT THE LIBRARIES. DOES NOT 

3105
01:45:44,871 --> 01:45:45,739
LOVE READING BOOKS. DOES NOT 

3106
01:45:45,739 --> 01:45:47,174
WANT TO FUND THE SERVICES AND 

3107
01:45:47,174 --> 01:45:48,141
THOSE THINGS. AND SO, JUST 

3108
01:45:48,141 --> 01:45:51,111
WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AS 

3109
01:45:51,111 --> 01:45:52,312
WELL. BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS 

3110
01:45:52,312 --> 01:45:53,613
REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO SAY 

3111
01:45:53,613 --> 01:45:55,415
OUT LOUD. AND ALSO TOO, WANTING 

3112
01:45:55,415 --> 01:45:59,419
TO HAVE , YOU KNOW, THESE GOOD 

3113
01:45:59,419 --> 01:46:00,921
OUTCOMES AS WELL. AND GOOD 

3114
01:46:00,921 --> 01:46:02,122
SERVICES FOR PEOPLE, WORLD-CLASS

3115
01:46:02,122 --> 01:46:03,123
CITY, WORLD-CLASS CITIZENS 

3116
01:46:03,123 --> 01:46:05,359
SERVICES. JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT

3117
01:46:05,359 --> 01:46:09,262
THAT. THINK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS

3118
01:46:09,262 --> 01:46:11,031
I THOUGHT WERE REALLY GREAT FOR 

3119
01:46:11,031 --> 01:46:16,136
IN ADDITION TO THE LEVY AS WELL.

3120
01:46:16,136 --> 01:46:17,137
AND VERY THOUGHTFUL AS WELL. 

3121
01:46:17,137 --> 01:46:19,506
JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT. THANK 

3122
01:46:19,506 --> 01:46:20,741
YOU, CHAIR, AGAIN, FOR YOUR 

3123
01:46:20,741 --> 01:46:21,041
LEADERSHIP. 

3124
01:46:21,041 --> 01:46:25,345
>> THANK YOU, ANYONE ELSE? THEN,

3125
01:46:25,345 --> 01:46:30,117
REALLY, I WILL JUST SAY -- YOU 

3126
01:46:30,117 --> 01:46:31,752
DIDN'T HAVE YOUR HAND IT. BUT 

3127
01:46:31,752 --> 01:46:32,619
YOU CAN GO. 

3128
01:46:32,619 --> 01:46:35,055
>> SORRY. 

3129
01:46:35,055 --> 01:46:35,922
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, YOUR 

3130
01:46:35,922 --> 01:46:36,223
RECOGNIZED. 

3131
01:46:36,223 --> 01:46:37,424
>> I'M NOT GOOD TECHNOLOGY 

3132
01:46:37,424 --> 01:46:39,059
WHICH IS WHAT I WANT TO BE ONE 

3133
01:46:39,059 --> 01:46:45,098
FOR THE PHYSICAL BOOKS. I JUST 

3134
01:46:45,098 --> 01:46:46,700
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR LEADING US

3135
01:46:46,700 --> 01:46:47,534
THROUGH THIS PROCESS. ALSO WANT 

3136
01:46:47,534 --> 01:46:48,402
TO JUST RECOGNIZE THAT 

3137
01:46:48,402 --> 01:46:49,202
WASHINGTON STATE'S UPSIDE DOWN 

3138
01:46:49,202 --> 01:46:50,604
TEXT CODE IS WHAT IS LIMITING US

3139
01:46:50,604 --> 01:46:52,706
TODAY FROM ACTUALLY FUNDING THE 

3140
01:46:52,706 --> 01:46:53,907
REAL NEEDS OF THE SEATTLE 

3141
01:46:53,907 --> 01:46:55,809
LIBRARY SYSTEM. BECAUSE OF ALL 

3142
01:46:55,809 --> 01:47:03,950
OF THE COST OF LIVING CHALLENGES

3143
01:47:03,950 --> 01:47:05,352
THAT HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED, THAT 

3144
01:47:05,352 --> 01:47:05,919
IS COMING FROM WASHINGTON 

3145
01:47:05,919 --> 01:47:06,920
STATE'S UPSIDE DOWN TEXT CODE. 

3146
01:47:06,920 --> 01:47:08,522
BECAUSE OF THEIR LIMIT ON OUR 

3147
01:47:08,522 --> 01:47:12,125
ABILITY TO RAISE LEVIES, OR HAVE

3148
01:47:12,125 --> 01:47:13,059
OUR PROPERTY TAX, A GENERAL 

3149
01:47:13,059 --> 01:47:14,561
PROPERTY TAX LEVY UP TO 3%, THIS

3150
01:47:14,561 --> 01:47:15,629
IS HOW WASHINGTON STATE IS 

3151
01:47:15,629 --> 01:47:17,230
LIMITING US IN THE CITY OF 

3152
01:47:17,230 --> 01:47:22,135
SEATTLE AND WE HAVE HAD 

3153
01:47:22,135 --> 01:47:23,403
WORKAROUNDS FOR THE LAST DECADE 

3154
01:47:23,403 --> 01:47:24,070
PLUS. WE HAVE HAD WORKAROUNDS 

3155
01:47:24,070 --> 01:47:25,238
BYPASSING VOTER APPROVED LEVIES.

3156
01:47:25,238 --> 01:47:27,340
THIS IS THE FIRST LEVY THAT IS 

3157
01:47:27,340 --> 01:47:30,644
FACING THE CHALLENGE, THE 

3158
01:47:30,644 --> 01:47:34,448
OVERALL CHALLENGE THAT THE STATE

3159
01:47:34,448 --> 01:47:36,116
IS PUTTING DOWN ON US. AND SO IT

3160
01:47:36,116 --> 01:47:39,619
IS REALLY UNFORTUNATE , BECAUSE 

3161
01:47:39,619 --> 01:47:40,520
OF OUR STATE'S POLICIES, 

3162
01:47:40,520 --> 01:47:41,221
LIBRARIES AND SEATTLE FAMILIES 

3163
01:47:41,221 --> 01:47:45,425
OF THE FIRST TO LOSE OUT. IN A 

3164
01:47:45,425 --> 01:47:46,927
POSITIVE NEWS, I AM GLAD THAT WE

3165
01:47:46,927 --> 01:47:48,562
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BALANCE OUR 

3166
01:47:48,562 --> 01:47:51,832
FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY WITH 

3167
01:47:51,832 --> 01:47:53,366
PUSHING AS FAR AS WE CAN TO MEET

3168
01:47:53,366 --> 01:47:54,601
THE NEEDS OF OUR SEATTLE LIBRARY

3169
01:47:54,601 --> 01:47:55,802
SYSTEM AND SEATTLE FAMILIES. AND

3170
01:47:55,802 --> 01:47:56,903
I THANK YOU CHAIR AND COLLEAGUES

3171
01:47:56,903 --> 01:47:58,004
FOR THIS PROCESS. 

3172
01:47:58,004 --> 01:47:59,105
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 

3173
01:47:59,105 --> 01:48:01,541
STRAUSS. ANYONE ELSE? GOING 

3174
01:48:01,541 --> 01:48:04,611
ONCE. GOING TWICE. AND I WILL 

3175
01:48:04,611 --> 01:48:11,318
SAY , THIS WAS MY SECOND LEVY IN

3176
01:48:11,318 --> 01:48:13,920
TWO YEARS. AND BY FAR THE 

3177
01:48:13,920 --> 01:48:18,058
HARDEST ONE BECAUSE IT IS NOT 

3178
01:48:18,058 --> 01:48:20,994
EASY FOR ME TO SAY NO TO 

3179
01:48:20,994 --> 01:48:22,329
SOMETHING I CARE SO DEEPLY 

3180
01:48:22,329 --> 01:48:25,498
ABOUT. AND I WOULDN'T BE HERE 

3181
01:48:25,498 --> 01:48:28,101
TODAY WITHOUT LIBRARIES. AND, 

3182
01:48:28,101 --> 01:48:38,645
EVERYBODY KNOWS I AM VERY -- WE 

3183
01:48:40,280 --> 01:48:41,815
DIDN'T HAVE A LOT GOING UP. SO 

3184
01:48:41,815 --> 01:48:43,216
MY DAD REALLY TAUGHT US WE HAD 

3185
01:48:43,216 --> 01:48:44,251
TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. AND 

3186
01:48:44,251 --> 01:48:45,719
THERE WERE A LOT OF TIMES MY DAD

3187
01:48:45,719 --> 01:48:47,220
SAID NO WHEN I KNOW HE REALLY 

3188
01:48:47,220 --> 01:48:48,622
WANTED TO SAY YES. SO, IN THE 

3189
01:48:48,622 --> 01:48:50,123
SPIRIT OF THAT, I WANT YOU TO 

3190
01:48:50,123 --> 01:48:51,124
KNOW, AND I WANT EVERYONE 

3191
01:48:51,124 --> 01:48:52,325
WATCHING, THAT I DON'T TAKE IT 

3192
01:48:52,325 --> 01:48:53,760
LIGHTLY WHEN I GO TO THE VOTERS 

3193
01:48:53,760 --> 01:48:55,562
FIRST OF ALL TO INCREASE THE 

3194
01:48:55,562 --> 01:48:56,997
PROPERTY TAXES , INCLUDING 

3195
01:48:56,997 --> 01:48:58,164
RENTERS, BECAUSE NO ONE EVER 

3196
01:48:58,164 --> 01:48:58,999
THINKS RENTERS PAY FOR THESE 

3197
01:48:58,999 --> 01:49:01,001
THINGS TOO. THEY DO. THESE COSTS

3198
01:49:01,001 --> 01:49:04,504
TO GET PASSED ON TO RENTERS. AND

3199
01:49:04,504 --> 01:49:05,872
WE ARE LIVING IN A REALLY 

3200
01:49:05,872 --> 01:49:07,007
EXPENSIVE CITY. AND I FEEL FOR 

3201
01:49:07,007 --> 01:49:10,110
THAT BECAUSE MY FAMILY , I GREW 

3202
01:49:10,110 --> 01:49:11,878
UP, MY FAMILY WERE RENTING. THEY

3203
01:49:11,878 --> 01:49:15,115
WERE RENTERS. SO, THAT IS 

3204
01:49:15,115 --> 01:49:16,650
MEANINGFUL TO ME. I AM NOT A 

3205
01:49:16,650 --> 01:49:21,021
RENTER TODAY. INC. FULLY. BUT I 

3206
01:49:21,021 --> 01:49:22,522
USED TO BE. FOR MANY YEARS. EVEN

3207
01:49:22,522 --> 01:49:25,125
ON MY OWN WHEN I WAS A YOUNG 

3208
01:49:25,125 --> 01:49:26,660
PERSON. FRESHLY OUT OF COLLEGE. 

3209
01:49:26,660 --> 01:49:28,128
AS A FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE 

3210
01:49:28,128 --> 01:49:38,672
STUDENT. AND, THESE ARE REALLY 

3211
01:49:40,707 --> 01:49:41,808
TOUGH CHOICES. SO THAT IS WHY I 

3212
01:49:41,808 --> 01:49:42,943
LEAD WITH, LOOK, -- AND THE 

3213
01:49:42,943 --> 01:49:44,611
OTHER THING IS, WE DO NEED TO BE

3214
01:49:44,611 --> 01:49:46,012
REALISTIC AND ALSO HONEST AND 

3215
01:49:46,012 --> 01:49:46,913
TRANSPARENT WITH THE PUBLIC. YOU

3216
01:49:46,913 --> 01:49:48,214
MAY NOT HAVE LIKE THE VOTES I 

3217
01:49:48,214 --> 01:49:49,115
TOOK TODAY, BUT I AM 

3218
01:49:49,115 --> 01:49:50,150
TRANSPARENT. WHAT I AM TELLING 

3219
01:49:50,150 --> 01:49:56,923
YOU IS TRUE. BECAUSE MY DAD 

3220
01:49:56,923 --> 01:49:57,958
TAUGHT ME, WE DON'T HAVE 

3221
01:49:57,958 --> 01:49:59,025
ANYTHING, BUT WE HAVE OUR WORD. 

3222
01:49:59,025 --> 01:50:00,427
SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME THAT WE

3223
01:50:00,427 --> 01:50:01,227
ARE PAINTING THE PROPER 

3224
01:50:01,227 --> 01:50:02,228
FINANCIAL FISCAL PICTURE. I HAD 

3225
01:50:02,228 --> 01:50:09,736
SOMEONE QUESTION ME ABOUT THAT. 

3226
01:50:09,736 --> 01:50:11,404
AS IF SOMEHOW I WASN'T TELLING 

3227
01:50:11,404 --> 01:50:12,706
THE TRUTH BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT

3228
01:50:12,706 --> 01:50:14,207
TO GIVE THE LIBRARIES MORE. I 

3229
01:50:14,207 --> 01:50:14,908
HAVE NO MOTIVATION FOR NOT 

3230
01:50:14,908 --> 01:50:16,242
GIVING THE LIBRARIES MORE WHEN I

3231
01:50:16,242 --> 01:50:18,211
LOVE THE LIBRARIES SO DEEPLY, AS

3232
01:50:18,211 --> 01:50:19,813
WE ALL DO IN SEATTLE. I HAVE NOT

3233
01:50:19,813 --> 01:50:21,214
MET ONE PERSON IN SEATTLE THE 

3234
01:50:21,214 --> 01:50:22,515
TRULY DOES NOT CARE OR HAS NOT 

3235
01:50:22,515 --> 01:50:24,317
UTILIZED THE LIBRARY IN SOME WAY

3236
01:50:24,317 --> 01:50:27,020
OR ANOTHER. AND MY FAMILY 

3237
01:50:27,020 --> 01:50:28,421
CONTINUES TO UTILIZE LIBRARIES. 

3238
01:50:28,421 --> 01:50:31,157
SO THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO 

3239
01:50:31,157 --> 01:50:34,427
ME. AND, IT IS HARD FOR ME. THIS

3240
01:50:34,427 --> 01:50:39,466
ONE WAS REALLY HARD. SO, I AM, 

3241
01:50:39,466 --> 01:50:45,939
HOWEVER, HAPPY THAT WE ARE TO BE

3242
01:50:45,939 --> 01:50:47,273
PUTTING A LEVY ON THE BALLOT 

3243
01:50:47,273 --> 01:50:48,508
BEFORE THE VOTERS AND THEN THE 

3244
01:50:48,508 --> 01:50:49,876
VOTERS GET TO DECIDE. BUT AS I 

3245
01:50:49,876 --> 01:50:52,712
SAID EARLIER, VOTERS DON'T HAVE

3246
01:50:52,712 --> 01:50:54,414
THE BENEFITS THAT WE HAVE OF THE

3247
01:50:54,414 --> 01:50:55,815
FISCAL PICTURE. AND SO THAT IS 

3248
01:50:55,815 --> 01:51:04,658
WHY -- IT IS INCUMBENT UPON US 

3249
01:51:04,658 --> 01:51:06,159
TO BE THE STEWARDS OF THE FUNDS.

3250
01:51:06,159 --> 01:51:07,827
THAT IS WHY WE SIGNED UP TO DO 

3251
01:51:07,827 --> 01:51:08,928
THESE JOBS. AND I'M DOING THE 

3252
01:51:08,928 --> 01:51:10,530
JOB TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, 

3253
01:51:10,530 --> 01:51:11,431
AS TRANSPARENTLY AND HONESTLY AS

3254
01:51:11,431 --> 01:51:13,099
I CAN. AND THEN AT THE END OF 

3255
01:51:13,099 --> 01:51:14,434
THE DAY, WE PASS HERE TODAY WILL

3256
01:51:14,434 --> 01:51:17,003
GO ON TO THE VOTERS. AND WITHOUT

3257
01:51:17,003 --> 01:51:18,171
THE FUNDS IN THIS LEVY, WE 

3258
01:51:18,171 --> 01:51:19,973
CANNOT CONTINUE OUR LIBRARIES, 

3259
01:51:19,973 --> 01:51:23,109
PERIOD. SO I WANT YOU ALL TO 

3260
01:51:23,109 --> 01:51:27,547
KNOW THAT. YOU HERE IN THE 

3261
01:51:27,547 --> 01:51:28,415
CHAMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE 

3262
01:51:28,415 --> 01:51:30,350
PUBLIC. BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO

3263
01:51:30,350 --> 01:51:31,017
MALIGN EACH OTHER, THAT IS NOT 

3264
01:51:31,017 --> 01:51:41,528
WHERE WE ARE. IT IS NOT, YOU 

3265
01:51:46,132 --> 01:51:47,434
KNOW, WHO LOVES THE LIBRARIES 

3266
01:51:47,434 --> 01:51:48,234
MORE BECAUSE WHO VOTED FOR WHAT.

3267
01:51:48,234 --> 01:51:49,703
WE ALL OF THE LIBRARIES AND WANT

3268
01:51:49,703 --> 01:51:51,204
THE LEVY TO GO BEFORE THE VOTERS

3269
01:51:51,204 --> 01:51:52,539
AND WE ARE GRAPPLING WITH HOW TO

3270
01:51:52,539 --> 01:51:53,540
PAY FOR OTHER THINGS TOO. 

3271
01:51:53,540 --> 01:51:54,908
BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF 

3272
01:51:54,908 --> 01:51:55,608
NEEDS. LIKE HOUSING AND 

3273
01:51:55,608 --> 01:51:56,276
TRANSPORTATION, EDUCATION. THESE

3274
01:51:56,276 --> 01:51:57,510
LEVIES CYCLE AND IN SEVEN YEARS 

3275
01:51:57,510 --> 01:51:58,812
WE'RE GOING TO BE BACK HERE 

3276
01:51:58,812 --> 01:51:59,846
AGAIN TALKING ABOUT THE NEXT 

3277
01:51:59,846 --> 01:52:00,947
LIBRARY HEAVY. TO PLEASE KNOW 

3278
01:52:00,947 --> 01:52:02,215
THAT. NO ONE LOVES THE LIBRARIES

3279
01:52:02,215 --> 01:52:03,716
MORE THAN I DO AND SOMETIMES I 

3280
01:52:03,716 --> 01:52:05,518
HAVE TO BE THAT PARENT, LIKE MY 

3281
01:52:05,518 --> 01:52:08,521
DAD THAT HAD TO SAY NO. BECAUSE 

3282
01:52:08,521 --> 01:52:11,624
WE JUST DON'T HAVE IT. 

3283
01:52:11,624 --> 01:52:12,625
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, I SEE YOUR

3284
01:52:12,625 --> 01:52:13,560
HAND A. 

3285
01:52:13,560 --> 01:52:17,063
>> I NORMALLY DON'T DO THIS, 

3286
01:52:17,063 --> 01:52:18,465
BUT I WANT TO DO THIS REALLY 

3287
01:52:18,465 --> 01:52:19,566
QUICKLY. MADAM CHAIR, I JUST 

3288
01:52:19,566 --> 01:52:25,138
WANT TO VOUCH AND WHAT YOU SAY 

3289
01:52:25,138 --> 01:52:26,172
IS FORMER CHAIR OF THE 

3290
01:52:26,172 --> 01:52:27,107
LIBRARIES, I UNDERSTAND. I JUST 

3291
01:52:27,107 --> 01:52:28,508
WANT TO SAY, FOR THE PUBLIC, 

3292
01:52:28,508 --> 01:52:29,709
BECAUSE SOMETIMES IN THE FOG OF 

3293
01:52:29,709 --> 01:52:30,810
POLITICS AND VIRTUAL SIGNALING 

3294
01:52:30,810 --> 01:52:34,013
I'M GOING TO SAY THIS, I HAVE 

3295
01:52:34,013 --> 01:52:36,015
ALWAYS APPRECIATED YOUR 

3296
01:52:36,015 --> 01:52:42,722
INTEGRITY, YOUR HONESTY, YOUR 

3297
01:52:42,722 --> 01:52:43,923
STREET SHOOTING. YOU HAVE ALWAYS

3298
01:52:43,923 --> 01:52:45,325
BEEN CLEAR. THERE ARE TIMES WE 

3299
01:52:45,325 --> 01:52:46,226
HAVE AGREED TO DISAGREE, BUT YOU

3300
01:52:46,226 --> 01:52:47,427
HAVE BEEN KIND AND 

3301
01:52:47,427 --> 01:52:48,828
STRAIGHTFORWARD. WHAT WE DON'T 

3302
01:52:48,828 --> 01:52:50,597
WAS AGREE ON EVERYTHING, I 

3303
01:52:50,597 --> 01:52:52,332
ALWAYS APPRECIATE THAT WE ALWAYS

3304
01:52:52,332 --> 01:52:59,339
HAVE SOMETHING , ON THINGS WE DO

3305
01:52:59,339 --> 01:53:00,707
AGREE WITH. I THINK WE'RE GOING

3306
01:53:00,707 --> 01:53:02,041
TO HAVE THE SAME CONVERSATIONS 

3307
01:53:02,041 --> 01:53:02,675
WHEN THE TRANSPORTATION LEVY 

3308
01:53:02,675 --> 01:53:04,010
COMES AROUND. AND I AM HOPING, 

3309
01:53:04,010 --> 01:53:05,478
AS SOMEONE WHO WENT TO A COUPLE 

3310
01:53:05,478 --> 01:53:06,813
OTHER COUNCILS, THAT WE CAN 

3311
01:53:06,813 --> 01:53:07,947
CONTINUE THIS FEELING THAT WE 

3312
01:53:07,947 --> 01:53:10,650
ARE A TEAM AND AGREE AND STILL 

3313
01:53:10,650 --> 01:53:14,621
BE A TEAM. I THINK -- I'M GOING

3314
01:53:14,621 --> 01:53:23,796
TO DO KIND OF WHAT COUNCILMEMBER

3315
01:53:23,796 --> 01:53:25,532
RINCK WAS DOING. WHAT WE ARE NOT

3316
01:53:25,532 --> 01:53:26,232
SEEING NATIONALLY, AND PART OF 

3317
01:53:26,232 --> 01:53:27,634
THE CITY COUNCIL WE ARE TRYING 

3318
01:53:27,634 --> 01:53:28,868
TO DO LOCALLY. AND THAT IS WHERE

3319
01:53:28,868 --> 01:53:30,103
TOGETHER. WE DON'T HAVE DENIAL 

3320
01:53:30,103 --> 01:53:31,104
OF REACHING ACROSS THE AISLE, 

3321
01:53:31,104 --> 01:53:32,572
BUT JUST BEING ABLE TO TALK AND 

3322
01:53:32,572 --> 01:53:33,606
BE HONEST AND BE STRAIGHTFORWARD

3323
01:53:33,606 --> 01:53:34,474
WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT BEING 

3324
01:53:34,474 --> 01:53:35,909
DEMONIZED OR WHATEVER BECAUSE 

3325
01:53:35,909 --> 01:53:46,386
PEOPLE THINK THE POSTURING 

3326
01:53:47,587 --> 01:53:48,321
SOMETIMES GETS RIDICULOUS. THAT 

3327
01:53:48,321 --> 01:53:49,255
IS JUST ME SAYING THAT. WITH 

3328
01:53:49,255 --> 01:53:51,024
THAT, I JUST WANTED TO END ON, I

3329
01:53:51,024 --> 01:53:51,958
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP 

3330
01:53:51,958 --> 01:53:52,926
BECAUSE I KNOW YOU REALLY 

3331
01:53:52,926 --> 01:53:54,794
STRUGGLE TO DO THE RIGHT THING 

3332
01:53:54,794 --> 01:53:55,428
WITH THIS LEVY CAME DOWN FROM 

3333
01:53:55,428 --> 01:53:56,396
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. BEHIND THE 

3334
01:53:56,396 --> 01:53:57,697
SCENES FOLKS DON'T KNOW THAT. I

3335
01:53:57,697 --> 01:53:59,132
THINK THEY NEED TO KNOW WE DO 

3336
01:53:59,132 --> 01:54:01,334
TALK TO EACH OTHER AND WE DO TRY

3337
01:54:01,334 --> 01:54:05,605
TO REPRESENT THE NEEDS OF OUR 

3338
01:54:05,605 --> 01:54:06,606
DISTRICT, HONOR THE NEEDS OF OUR

3339
01:54:06,606 --> 01:54:07,807
DISTRICT, BUT REPRESENT THE CITY

3340
01:54:07,807 --> 01:54:08,942
AS A WHOLE AND REPRESENTING THE 

3341
01:54:08,942 --> 01:54:10,310
CITY AS A WHOLE IS HAVING THAT 

3342
01:54:10,310 --> 01:54:10,877
RESPONSIBLE, FISCAL 

3343
01:54:10,877 --> 01:54:11,945
RESPONSIBILITY AND TAKING IT 

3344
01:54:11,945 --> 01:54:13,246
SERIOUSLY. EVEN IF PEOPLE 

3345
01:54:13,246 --> 01:54:14,447
DISAGREE WITH US OR GET ANGRY 

3346
01:54:14,447 --> 01:54:16,216
WITH US. FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON 

3347
01:54:16,216 --> 01:54:17,550
THIS LEVY, WELL OVER $400 

3348
01:54:17,550 --> 01:54:22,522
MILLION, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 

3349
01:54:22,522 --> 01:54:23,523
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 

3350
01:54:23,523 --> 01:54:24,858
JUAREZ. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND I

3351
01:54:24,858 --> 01:54:26,326
DO APPRECIATE HAVING -- AS 

3352
01:54:26,326 --> 01:54:29,128
COUNCILMEMBER SAID EARLIER, AS 

3353
01:54:29,128 --> 01:54:34,234
YOU ALSO SAID, COUNCILMEMBER 

3354
01:54:34,234 --> 01:54:35,668
JUAREZ, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE 

3355
01:54:35,668 --> 01:54:36,502
TOUGH CONVERSATIONS. THAT IS 

3356
01:54:36,502 --> 01:54:38,338
PART OF THE JOB . I MEAN, ANYONE

3357
01:54:38,338 --> 01:54:40,540
WHO WANTS TO DO THIS JOB, JUST 

3358
01:54:40,540 --> 01:54:44,010
KNOW THAT. YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE 

3359
01:54:44,010 --> 01:54:52,619
TOUGH CONVERSATIONS. BUT I SAID 

3360
01:54:52,619 --> 01:54:53,886
IT DURING THIS LEVY PROCESS, I 

3361
01:54:53,886 --> 01:54:55,021
SAID IT DURING THE THEFT, THINGS

3362
01:54:55,021 --> 01:54:56,389
WORK BETTER WHEN WE WORK 

3363
01:54:56,389 --> 01:54:56,956
TOGETHER. WE HAVE BETTER 

3364
01:54:56,956 --> 01:54:58,224
OUTCOMES WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER. 

3365
01:54:58,224 --> 01:54:59,092
AND THAT IS ABSOLUTELY MISSING 

3366
01:54:59,092 --> 01:55:06,499
IN THIS COUNTRY . AND IN SOME 

3367
01:55:06,499 --> 01:55:08,001
PARTS OF OUR CITY EVEN. I WILL 

3368
01:55:08,001 --> 01:55:09,369
SAY IT. BUT WE WORK REALLY HARD 

3369
01:55:09,369 --> 01:55:12,905
ON THIS COUNCIL TO WORK TOGETHER

3370
01:55:12,905 --> 01:55:14,307
, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE DISAGREE. I

3371
01:55:14,307 --> 01:55:15,174
THINK THAT IS EVEN MORE 

3372
01:55:15,174 --> 01:55:16,342
IMPORTANT TO WORK TOGETHER WHEN 

3373
01:55:16,342 --> 01:55:17,410
WE DISAGREE. BECAUSE WE DO NEED 

3374
01:55:17,410 --> 01:55:19,712
TO GET SOMEWHERE. AND THAT IS 

3375
01:55:19,712 --> 01:55:21,581
NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IF WE DON'T

3376
01:55:21,581 --> 01:55:26,819
TALK AND TALK OUR DIFFERENCES 

3377
01:55:26,819 --> 01:55:27,987
OUT. WE ALL REPRESENT DIFFERENT 

3378
01:55:27,987 --> 01:55:28,621
CONSTITUENCIES, DIFFERENT PARTS 

3379
01:55:28,621 --> 01:55:33,726
OF THE CITY, AND IF YOU ARE AT 

3380
01:55:33,726 --> 01:55:34,494
LARGE, YOU'RE REPRESENTING ALL 

3381
01:55:34,494 --> 01:55:35,128
OF THOSE DIFFERENT 

3382
01:55:35,128 --> 01:55:37,664
CONSTITUENCIES ACROSS THE CITY. 

3383
01:55:37,664 --> 01:55:39,132
SO, ANYWAY, THANK YOU. LET'S 

3384
01:55:39,132 --> 01:55:40,900
GET TO OUR VOTE AND GET THIS TO 

3385
01:55:40,900 --> 01:55:42,335
THE VOTERS. ALL RIGHT, WILL THE 

3386
01:55:42,335 --> 01:55:52,845
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 

3387
01:55:56,416 --> 01:56:04,223
THE RECOMMENDATION -- 

3388
01:56:04,223 --> 01:56:05,425
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 

3389
01:56:05,425 --> 01:56:06,025
>> YES. 

3390
01:56:06,025 --> 01:56:06,559
>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 

3391
01:56:06,559 --> 01:56:06,926
>> YES. 

3392
01:56:06,926 --> 01:56:08,027
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 

3393
01:56:08,027 --> 01:56:09,128
>> YES. 

3394
01:56:09,128 --> 01:56:09,629
>>  COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 

3395
01:56:09,629 --> 01:56:10,897
>> YES. 

3396
01:56:10,897 --> 01:56:11,531
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 

3397
01:56:11,531 --> 01:56:13,032
>> YES. 

3398
01:56:13,032 --> 01:56:14,534
>> VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH. 

3399
01:56:14,534 --> 01:56:15,702
>> YES. 

3400
01:56:15,702 --> 01:56:16,135
>> CHAIR RIVERA. 

3401
01:56:16,135 --> 01:56:22,208
>> YES. 

3402
01:56:22,208 --> 01:56:23,309
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR AND NONE 

3403
01:56:23,309 --> 01:56:24,310
OPPOSED. 

3404
01:56:24,310 --> 01:56:26,913
>> 

3405
01:56:26,913 --> 01:56:28,848
>> THE BILL PASSES. NOW YOU CAN 

3406
01:56:28,848 --> 01:56:29,048
CLAP. 

3407
01:56:29,048 --> 01:56:34,921
>> [ APPLAUSE ] 

3408
01:56:34,921 --> 01:56:36,422
>> IT IS HARD DURING PUBLIC 

3409
01:56:36,422 --> 01:56:37,323
COMMENT BECAUSE YOU'RE TRYING 

3410
01:56:37,323 --> 01:56:43,429
TO SHEPHERD PEOPLE THROUGH. ALL 

3411
01:56:43,429 --> 01:56:44,163
RIGHT, RECOMMENDATION THAT THE 

3412
01:56:44,163 --> 01:56:45,498
BILL PASS AS AMENDED WILL BE 

3413
01:56:45,498 --> 01:56:46,733
SENT TO THE APRIL 14, 2026 CITY 

3414
01:56:46,733 --> 01:56:47,533
COUNCIL MEETING FOR FINAL 

3415
01:56:47,533 --> 01:56:48,234
CONSIDERATION. COLLEAGUES, ANY 

3416
01:56:48,234 --> 01:56:49,602
FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? 

3417
01:56:49,602 --> 01:56:51,237
THEN, IF YOU'LL INDULGE ME IN 

3418
01:56:51,237 --> 01:56:53,673
TWO MORE MINUTES, I KNOW IT'S 

3419
01:56:53,673 --> 01:56:59,912
11:31 AM I WILL SAY, SINGLE 

3420
01:56:59,912 --> 01:57:00,713
FURTHER QUESTIONS THIS CONCLUDES

3421
01:57:00,713 --> 01:57:01,614
THE APRIL 8, 2026 SELECT 

3422
01:57:01,614 --> 01:57:02,715
COMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY LEVY. 

3423
01:57:02,715 --> 01:57:06,386
THIS IS OUR FINAL SELECT 

3424
01:57:06,386 --> 01:57:07,620
COMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY LEVY. 

3425
01:57:07,620 --> 01:57:08,421
BEFORE WE ADJOURN I WANT TO 

3426
01:57:08,421 --> 01:57:10,056
THANK THE FOLKS WHO'VE BEEN SO 

3427
01:57:10,056 --> 01:57:12,725
HELPFUL AND INSTRUMENTAL DURING 

3428
01:57:12,725 --> 01:57:14,460
THIS PROCESS. I WANT TO THANK 

3429
01:57:14,460 --> 01:57:22,335
ERIC, ARE CENTRAL SAFFER STAFFER

3430
01:57:22,335 --> 01:57:23,503
WHO HELPED WITH THE EVIDENCE AND

3431
01:57:23,503 --> 01:57:26,038
SHEPHERD THIS YEAR. I WANT TO 

3432
01:57:26,038 --> 01:57:27,039
THANK OUR AMAZING DEPUTY CLERKS 

3433
01:57:27,039 --> 01:57:28,007
BUT IN PARTICULAR AMELIA AND 

3434
01:57:28,007 --> 01:57:32,912
JODY WHO WORKED ON THIS LEVY 

3435
01:57:32,912 --> 01:57:34,213
PROCESS. I WANT TO THANK THE 

3436
01:57:34,213 --> 01:57:35,214
VOLUNTEERS WHO SHOWED UP FOR 

3437
01:57:35,214 --> 01:57:36,249
PUBLIC HEARING EARLIER IN THE 

3438
01:57:36,249 --> 01:57:42,855
WEEK. CAMERON, PATTY, AND KIMMY.

3439
01:57:42,855 --> 01:57:44,257
THANK YOU, SUPER APPRECIATE YOU.

3440
01:57:44,257 --> 01:57:45,558
AND OF COURSE, MY OWN STAFF, 

3441
01:57:45,558 --> 01:57:46,826
WENDY, NICK AND JACOB FOR ALL OF

3442
01:57:46,826 --> 01:57:51,130
THEIR HARD WORK. COUNCILMEMBER 

3443
01:57:51,130 --> 01:57:52,165
JUAREZ, YOU SAID NOBODY KNOWS 

3444
01:57:52,165 --> 01:57:54,434
WHAT GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENES ,

3445
01:57:54,434 --> 01:57:56,302
SO MUCH WORK. AND WE RELY ON ALL

3446
01:57:56,302 --> 01:57:58,738
OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE THANKED. I

3447
01:57:58,738 --> 01:58:01,941
WANT TO THANK THE LIBRARIES , 

3448
01:58:01,941 --> 01:58:03,109
THE LIBRARY TEAM, UNDER THE 

3449
01:58:03,109 --> 01:58:09,916
LEADERSHIP FOR OTHER WORK IN THE

3450
01:58:09,916 --> 01:58:10,716
BACK-AND-FORTH, I NEED THIS 

3451
01:58:10,716 --> 01:58:11,517
INFORMATION AND THAT INFORMATION

3452
01:58:11,517 --> 01:58:20,126
AND THESE FIGURES -- ET CETERA. 

3453
01:58:20,126 --> 01:58:21,828
I WANT TO THANK THE FOUNDATION 

3454
01:58:21,828 --> 01:58:23,129
FOR THEIR ADVOCACY. I WANT TO 

3455
01:58:23,129 --> 01:58:24,497
THANK, MORE PORTLY, THE MEMBERS 

3456
01:58:24,497 --> 01:58:25,198
OF THE PUBLIC THE K MULTIPLE 

3457
01:58:25,198 --> 01:58:26,265
TIMES TWO CHAMBERS TO ADVOCATE 

3458
01:58:26,265 --> 01:58:27,733
ON BEHALF OF THE LIBRARIES. AND 

3459
01:58:27,733 --> 01:58:28,901
ANYONE WHO HAD A HAND IN THE 

3460
01:58:28,901 --> 01:58:30,303
PASSAGE OF THIS BILL -- YOU 

3461
01:58:30,303 --> 01:58:31,404
KNOW, I WANT TO THANK THE 

3462
01:58:31,404 --> 01:58:32,805
MAYOR'S OFFICE AGAIN. AND 

3463
01:58:32,805 --> 01:58:35,241
DEPUTY MAYOR AND OUR CBO 

3464
01:58:35,241 --> 01:58:37,810
DIRECTOR, EVERYONE WORKED 

3465
01:58:37,810 --> 01:58:40,613
TOGETHER TO PUT THIS PACKAGE 

3466
01:58:40,613 --> 01:58:45,551
TOGETHER. AND AGAIN, WHEN WE 

3467
01:58:45,551 --> 01:58:46,519
WORK TOGETHER, WE HAVE BETTER 

3468
01:58:46,519 --> 01:58:48,020
OUTCOMES. AND I KNOW THAT THE 

3469
01:58:48,020 --> 01:58:54,494
MAYOR VERY MUCH LOVES LIBRARIES.

3470
01:58:54,494 --> 01:58:55,528
SHE IS A HIGH UTILIZER OF THE 

3471
01:58:55,528 --> 01:58:56,662
LIBRARY. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE 

3472
01:58:56,662 --> 01:58:57,730
THAT TOO. WE ALL HAVE TO 

3473
01:58:57,730 --> 01:58:58,498
ACKNOWLEDGE EACH OTHER HERE. 

3474
01:58:58,498 --> 01:58:59,499
THIS ISN'T POSTURING FOR ONE 

3475
01:58:59,499 --> 01:59:01,501
PERSON OR ANOTHER TO GET THE 

3476
01:59:01,501 --> 01:59:02,635
CREDIT. THIS IS A TEAM EFFORT 

3477
01:59:02,635 --> 01:59:04,237
AND A PARTNERSHIP. AND I SUPER 

3478
01:59:04,237 --> 01:59:05,905
APPRECIATE EVERYBODY WHO WAS 

3479
01:59:05,905 --> 01:59:13,412
INVOLVED. AND LET'S GET THIS 

3480
01:59:13,412 --> 01:59:14,814
THING TO THE LEVY. WE HAVE ONE 

3481
01:59:14,814 --> 01:59:16,115
FINAL VOTE IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT

3482
01:59:16,115 --> 01:59:17,350
HAPPEN. AND THAT IS ON TUESDAY. 

3483
01:59:17,350 --> 01:59:20,153
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT VOTE.