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8, 22026 OF THE HOUSING, ARTS, 

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AND CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEE WILL 

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COME TO ORDER. IT IS 2:04 PM. I 

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AM CHAIR OF THE HOUSING, ARTS 

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AND CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEE. 

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THANK YOU. WILL COMMITTEE CLERK 

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PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. PRESIDENT 

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HOLLINGSWORTH. 

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>> PRESENT. 

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>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 

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COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 

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>> PRESENT. 

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>> COUNCIL MEMBER FOSTER. 

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>> HERE. 

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>> THERE ARE THREE MEMBERS 

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PRESENT AN EXCUSE FOR 

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COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 

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>> I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 

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WILL JOIN US SHORTLY. IF THERE 

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IS NO OBJECTION THE AGENDA WILL 

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BE ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION

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THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. WE WILL 

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NOW OPEN THE HYBRID PUBLIC 

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COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC COMMENTS 

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SHOULD RELATE TO ITEMS ON 

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TODAY'S AGENDA WITHIN THE 

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PURVIEW OF THIS COMMITTEE. HOW 

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MANY SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP? 

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>> FOUR IN PERSON SPEAKERS AND 

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NO REMOTE SPEAKERS. 

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>> EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE TWO 

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MINUTES AND WE WILL START WITH 

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OUR IN PERSON SPEAKER. PLEASE 

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READ THE PUBLIC COMMENT 

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INSTRUCTIONS. 

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>> OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 

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IS UP TO 60 MINUTES. SPEAKERS 

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WILL BEGIN, TO BE CALLED IN THE 

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ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE 

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REGISTERED AND WE WILL BEGIN 

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WITH IN PERSON SPEAKERS. 

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SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A TIME WHEN 

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10 SECONDS ARE LEFT. MICROPHONES

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WILL BE MUTED IF THEY DO NOT AND

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THERE COMMENTS TO ALLOW US TO 

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CALL THE NEXT SPEAKER. PUBLIC 

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COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW OPEN. WE 

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WILL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST 

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SPEAKER ON THE LIST. 

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>> THE FIRST PERSON IS MALCOLM 

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AND THE SECOND IS HUMAN. 

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>> ANY MICROPHONE, WHICHEVER 

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WORKS FOR YOU. THANK YOU FOR 

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BEING HERE. 

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>> ON BEHALF OF THESPIAN 

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PERFORMING ARTS PERSON, I'M 

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HERE TO ADVOCATE AND ALSO TO THE

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NEW DIRECTOR OF ARTS AND 

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CULTURE, I JUST WANT TO LET YOU 

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KNOW THAT THIS CITY, BLEATS A 

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NEW DAY A GASHES ATTITUDES 

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WOUNDS. THE WOUNDS ARE A LACK OF

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SPACE FOR PERFORMANCE ARTISTS 

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SUCH AS FILM, THEATER, 

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PERFORMANCE ARTISTS. THEY DON'T

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HAVE ENOUGH REHEARSAL SPACE. 

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EVEN AS AN ACTOR THERE IS NO 

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PLACE FOR ME TO REHEARSE THE 

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SAME WAY PEOPLE PLAY BASKETBALL 

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AT GREEN LAKE IN THE GYM. THE 

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EQUIVALENCY TO THAT IF YOU GET 

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THAT METAPHOR. IF YOU CHAMPION 

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FOR THE MARGINALIZED, FOR THE 

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PEOPLE THAT FIGHT FOR 

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ANTIESTABLISHMENT AND FIGHT FOR 

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JUSTICE THROUGH THE ARTS, 

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ARTS IF THEY HAVE THE SPACE TO 

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HOME THAT CRAFT. SO, I DID THE 

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RESEARCH AT SEATTLE LIBRARY, THE

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ONLY HAVE REHEARSAL SPACES , I 

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HAVE BEEN REHEARSING ON 

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BASKETBALL COURTS BECAUSE THAT 

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IS THE ONLY PLACE I REHEARSE MY 

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MONOLOGUES BECAUSE AS A MEMBER 

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OF THEATER OF PUGET SOUND IT 

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COSTS TOO MUCH TO RENT A ROOM 

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THERE AND SPACE. THEY HAVE OPEN 

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SPACES JUST LIKE THEIR OPEN GEMS

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FOR PEOPLE TO PLAY SPORTS HERE, 

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INTELLECTUAL PEOPLE HERE THAT 

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ARE VERY CREATIVE AND WE HAVE A 

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LOT OF CREATIVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE

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COME FROM THIS PLACE, BUT THE 

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LAST TIME I CHECKED MY FRIEND 

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TOLD ME THAT SEATTLE WAS LIKE 

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26th IN THE ACTUAL ARTS IN 

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AMERICAN CITIES COMPARED TO NEW 

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YORK OR L.A. AND ALLOWED PEOPLE 

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COME THERE AND ARE TENDERED BY 

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THE FACT, LETTING LEADERS KNOW 

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THAT WE DON'T HAVE A SPACE TO 

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GO TO , WHETHER IT BE MORE 

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ARTISTS. BEING ABLE TO ADVOCATE 

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FOR FILM HERE, THE MOVIE THAT 

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CAME OUT WAS SHOT HERE. JUST 

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WANTED TO ADVOCATE FOR THAT. 

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>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 

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>> [ APPLAUSE ] 

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>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KING 

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HIGGINS FOLLOWED BY TIMOTHY. 

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>> COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU 

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FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I 

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AM THE SENIOR DIRECTOR OF 

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COMMUNITY IMPACTED PROGRAMS OF 

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FRIENDS A WATERFRONT PARK. I'M 

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HERE AS COCHAIR ALONG WITH 

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COCHAIR MEGAN FOR THE ARTS 

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COMMISSION . SO, ON BEHALF OF 

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THE ARTS COMMISSION WE ARE 

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PLEASED TO EXPRESS OUR STRONG 

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SUPPORT FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF 

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AMY AS A DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE 

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OF ARTS AND CULTURE. ARE 

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LONG-STANDING RELATIONSHIPS 

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ACROSS OUR ARTS AND CULTURAL 

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COMMITTEES ALONG WITH DEEP 

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EXPERIENCE WORKING WITHIN CITY 

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GOVERNMENT MAKE HER 

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EXCEPTIONALLY PREPARED FOR THIS 

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ROLE. JUST AS IMPORTANTLY HER 

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VALUES ARE FIRMLY ALIGNED AND 

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ARE BUILDING ON THE PRIORITIES 

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OF THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND 

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CULTURE AND OUR BROADER 

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COMMUNITY OF ORGANIZED AROUND. 

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WE ALSO WANT TO AFFIRM THAT ARTS

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INFRASTRUCTURE, THEY ARE THE 

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SYSTEMS THROUGH WHICH WE BUILD 

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IDENTITY, STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY 

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AND SHAPE THE FUTURE AS WE WANT 

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TO LIVE IN. STRONG LEADERSHIP IN

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THIS DEPARTMENT ENSURES THAT 

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THIS ESSENTIAL PUBLIC GOOD 

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REMAINS ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE 

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IN OUR CITY. THANK YOU. 

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>> THANK YOU. 

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>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TIMOTHY, 

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FOLLOWED BY CHRISTINA. 

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>> HELLO, MY NAME IS TIMOTHY, 

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THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF COMMON

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AREA, A LOCAL ARTS NONPROFIT. I 

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AM HERE TO SUPPORT AMY'S 

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DIRECTORSHIP AND WANTED TO 

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EXPRESS MY DEEP APPRECIATION FOR

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THE WORK IN SEATTLE , 

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HISTORICALLY AND THE ADVOCACY 

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FOR ARTS AND CULTURE. I HAVE 

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SEEN FIRSTHAND AND CONTINUE TO 

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SEE IT OVER THE DAYS AND WEEKS 

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THERE IS STRONG RESOUNDING 

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SUPPORT FOR THEIR WORK AND FOR 

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THIS POSITION. I WOULD LIKE TO 

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REPRESENT MY COMMUNITY AS MUCH 

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AS I CAN IN ADVOCATING FOR THIS 

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AMAZING LEADER. THANK YOU. 

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>> THANK YOU. 

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>> OUR FINAL SPEAKER IS 

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>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL 

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MEMBERS. MY NAME IS CHRISTINA, I

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WILL BE RETURNING TO THE MUSEUM 

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IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. I'M 

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HERE TO SHARE MY STRONG SUPPORT 

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FOR AMY'S CONFIRMATION. AM 

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GENERALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE 

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OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ALONGSIDE 

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HER IN THIS ROLE. AMY BRINGS A 

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RARE COMBINATION OF CLARITY, 

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CARE AND ACTION TO HER 

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LEADERSHIP FROM HER EXPERIENCE 

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WORKING WITH COUNCIL STAFF TO 

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SDOT AND ARTS, SHE UNDERSTANDS 

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DEPARTMENT TO GET THINGS THAN. 

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GENUINE RELATIONSHIP WITH HER 

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BIPOC NEIGHBORHOODS, MOST AT 

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EXPERIENCE SHE LEADS WITH DEEP 

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A TIME WHEN THOUGHTFUL 

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DEFICIT AND AS WORKERS AND 

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ARTISTS FEEL THE PAIN IN OUR 

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ECONOMY, AND CONFIDENT AMY WILL 

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SERVE OUR COMMUNITY WITH 

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DEDICATION AND VISION, BUT MOST 

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IMPORTANTLY THE SPIRIT OF AN 

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RIGHT HERE CAN HUSTLE. AND FIND 

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RESOURCES FOR COMMUNITY. I THINK

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WHY I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO 

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PARTNERING WITH HER THE MOST. GO

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AMY, I HOPE, YET. WE ARE GIVING 

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YOU LOVE. 

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>> [ APPLAUSE ] 

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>> LIKE YOU SO MUCH, THANK YOU 

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TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENTERS. FOR 

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THE FOLKS WATCHING AT HOME, WE 

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HAD FOUR PUBLIC COMMENTERS, 

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THERE PROBABLY 50 FOLKS IN HERE 

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PEOPLE SCIENCE WITH THE INTERIM 

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DIRECTOR'S FACE ON THEM. REALLY

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EXCITING ENERGY IN COUNCIL 

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CHAMBERS TODAY. I DIDN'T EXPECT

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TO SEE THAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

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IT IS A BOOST TO THE SPIRITS. 

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OKAY, WITH THAT, WE WILL NOW 

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MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST ITEM OF 

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BUSINESS. WITH THE CLERK PLEASE 

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READ ITEM ONE INTO THE RECORD. 

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>> AGENDA ITEM 1, APPOINTMENT 

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3471 POINT OF AMY NGUYEN IS THE 

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DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, ARTS, AND 

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CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEE. 

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>> I LIKE TO INVITE TO THE 

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COMMITTEE INTERIM DIRECTOR AMY 

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NGUYEN AS WELL AS DEPUTY MAYOR 

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BRIAN. AS THEY ARE GETTING 

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SETTLED AT THE TABLE, I WILL 

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TAKE A MOMENT TO SPEAK ON THIS 

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ITEM. JUST FIRST IN TERMS OF THE

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PROCESS. I'M REALLY PLEASED TO 

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CONSIDER INTERIM DIRECTOR AMY 

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NGUYEN FOR THIS ROLE. FOR MY 

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COLLEAGUES, THE APPOINTMENT 

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PACKET HAS BEEN CIRCULATED WITH 

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COUNCIL MEMBERS. IS INCLUDED IN 

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THE AGENDA PACKET FOR TODAY'S 

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MEETING. TODAY IS AN OPPORTUNITY

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TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM INTERIM 

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DIRECTOR AMY NGUYEN AND FOR 

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COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO ASK 

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QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. WE PLAN 

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TO HOLD A VOTE ON OUR 

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APPOINTMENT IN THE NEXT 

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COMMITTEE MEETING APRIL 22. IN 

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MY OFFICE WILL BE SENDING OUT A 

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LIST OF QUESTIONS ALONG WITH A 

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REQUEST FOR OTHER COUNCIL 

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MEMBERS TO SHARE ADDITIONAL 

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QUESTIONS FOR INTERIM DIRECTOR 

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AMY NGUYEN TO RESPOND TO THOSE 

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QUESTIONS IN WRITING PRIOR TO 

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THE BOAT. THE INCREDIBLE FRIENDS

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KNOW WE ARE NOT VOTING TODAY, 

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BUT WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE THIS 

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DISCUSSION. AND JUST AS A 

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REMINDER, THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND

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CULTURE MANAGES THE CITY ARTS 

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PROGRAM PROVIDES GRANTS, 

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OPERATES EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND 

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CULTURAL FACILITIES WHICH ARE 

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INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT AS WE 

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HEARD FROM ONE OF OUR PUBLIC 

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COMMENTERS TODAY. AND STRIVES TO

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MAKE SEATTLE A PLACE WHERE 

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EVERYONE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO 

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ENGAGE IN DIVERSE ARTS AND 

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CULTURAL EXPERIENCES. I WILL 

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SHARE BRIEFLY ABOUT AMY'S 

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BACKGROUND ALTHOUGH I KNOW WE 

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WILL HEAR MORE. SHE BRINGS OVER 

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A DECADE OF PUBLIC SECTOR 

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LEADERSHIP WITH DEEP COMMITMENT 

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AND EXPERIENCE ACROSS ARTS, 

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PLANNING AND COMMUNITY 

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DEVELOPMENT. SHE HAS ALREADY 

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SERVED THE CITY AND MULTIPLE 

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LEADERSHIP ROLES INCLUDING AS 

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DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE SEATTLE 

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OFFICE OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY

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DEVELOPMENT. INTERIM DEPUTY 

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DIRECTOR AND PUBLIC ART DIRECTOR

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AT THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND 

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CULTURE. MOST RECENTLY SHE LED A

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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 

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ORGANIZATION ADVANCING 

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AFFORDABLE ARTIST WORKSPACE, 

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HOUSING, CULTURAL 

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INFRASTRUCTURE, PUTTING 

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LARGE-SCALE MIXED-USE PROJECTS. 

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IS MY PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU HERE 

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TODAY. PRESENTERS, IF YOU COULD 

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INTRODUCE YOURSELVES WHEN YOU'RE

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READY STARTING WITH THE DEPUTY 

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MAYOR AND YOU WILL PROVIDE AN 

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INTRO TO INTERIM NGUYEN ON 

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BEHALF OF THE MAYOR. 

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>> GOOD AFTERNOON, DEPUTY MAYOR,

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CITY OF SEATTLE. 

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>> AMY NGUYEN, SHE/HER PRONOUNS,

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ACTING DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, 

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ARTS, AND CIVIL RIGHTS 

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COMMITTEE. 

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>> THANK YOU FOR THIS 

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OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE. I AM 

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MORE THAN PLEASED TO INTRODUCE 

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MAYOR WILSON'S NOMINEE TO SERVE

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AS THE NEXT DIRECTOR OF THE 

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CITIES OFFICE OF ARTS AND 

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CULTURE , AMY NGUYEN. AS YOU CAN

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TELL BY THE CROWD HERE, THERE 

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ARE A LOT OF FANS OF AMY'S. AND

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WE ARE ONE OF THEM. FOR MANY 

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REASONS. AMY BRINGS A POWERFUL 

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COMBINATION OF CREATIVE VISION, 

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PUBLIC SECTOR LEADERSHIP, AND 

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DEEP COMMUNITY CONNECTION. SHE 

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HAS SPENT HER CAREER AT THE 

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INTERSECTION OF ARTS, CULTURE 

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AND CIVIC LIFE. WORKING TO 

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ENSURE THAT CREED OF EXPRESSION 

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IS NOT ONLY CELEBRATED, BUT 

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SUPPORTED AS A CORE PART OF HOW 

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CITIES THRIVE. SHE HAS HELPED, 

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AS YOU NOTED, MANY KEY 

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LEADERSHIP ROLES WITHIN THE CITY

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OF SEATTLE INCLUDING DEPUTY 

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DIRECTOR OF OPCD, SHE ALSO 

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SERVED AS INTERIM DEPUTY 

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DIRECTOR IN PUBLIC DIRECTOR AT 

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THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE. 

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MOST RECENTLY SHE BRINGS STRONG 

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COMMUNITY ROOTED EXPERIENCE AS 

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF WATER 

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SHOULD. WORKING DIRECTLY WITH 

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ARTISTS, CULTURAL SPACE AND 

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CRATED PRODUCTION IN ONE OF THE 

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CITY'S MOST VIBRANT INDUSTRIAL 

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ARTS COMMITTEES. WHAT STANDS OUT

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MOST IS NOT JUST HER EXPERIENCE 

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BUT HER VISION. WHEN WE 

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ANNOUNCED HER NOMINATION, SHE 

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WAS QUOTED, AND THIS REALLY 

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STUCK OUT TO ME, SHE SAID IN HER

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QUOTE, CREATIVITY IS HOW A CITY 

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HONORS ITS PAST, FEELS IT'S 

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PRESENT, AND IMAGINES A FUTURE. 

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THAT BELIEF IS REFLECTED IN HER 

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COMMITMENT TO ENSURE MORE PEOPLE

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HAVE THE RESOURCES, THE SPACE 

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AND FREEDOM TO CREATE. AND THAT 

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MEANINGFUL CULTURAL EXPERIENCE 

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ARE ACCESSIBLE IN EVERY 

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NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT VISION ALIGNS

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DIRECTLY WITH MAYOR WILSON'S 

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PRIORITIES. WE SEE ARTS AND 

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CULTURE AS CENTRAL TO SEATTLE'S

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FUTURE, SUPPORTING PORTABILITY 

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AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. 

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ACTIVATING OUR PUBLIC SPACES. 

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STRENGTHENING THE VIBRANCY OF 

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DOWNTOWN AND OR NEIGHBORHOODS. 

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THE ARTS ARE NOT SEPARATE FROM 

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OUR BROADER ROLES. THEY ARE KEY 

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STRATEGIES TO ACHIEVING THEM. 

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AMY UNDERSTANDS BOTH THE 

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OPPORTUNITY AND THE URGENCY OF 

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THIS MOMENT. SHE RECOGNIZES THAT

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ARTISTS AND CULTURAL 

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ORGANIZATIONS ARE STILL 

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NAVIGATING RECOVERY WHILE ALSO 

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PLAYING AN ESSENTIAL ROLE ON 

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BRINGING OUR CITY BACK TO LIFE. 

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UNDER HER LEADERSHIP WE ARE MORE

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THAN CONFIDENT THAT THE OFFICE 

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OF ARTS AND CULTURE WILL EXPAND 

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ACCESS TO CULTURAL SPACE, 

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STRENGTHEN PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN 

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UNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS, 

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SUPPORT COULD'VE PLACE MAKING 

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THAT CONTRIBUTES TO NEIGHBORHOOD

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VITALITY. AND AND SHORT 

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INVESTMENTS REFLECT FULL 

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DIVERSITY OF SEATTLE. JUST AS 

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IMPORTANTLY, AMY BRINGS A CLEAR 

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NORTH STAR. A FUTURE WHERE 

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CREATIVITY IS WITHIN REACH AND 

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CLOSE TO HOME FOR EVERY 

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SEATTLEITE. AMY IS A 

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COLLABORATIVE LEADER, A TRUSTED 

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PARTNER, AND A CHAMPION FOR 

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SEATTLE'S ACCRETIVE COMMUNITY. 

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I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR 

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SUPPORT FOR CONFIRMATION AND 

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LOOK FORWARD TO THIS 

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CONVERSATION AND DOING THE WORK 

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WE ALL WANT TO DO. THANK YOU. 

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>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE 

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WORDS. AND THANK YOU, CHAIR 

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FOSTER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I 

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ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND 

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THANK EVERYBODY WHO CAME TODAY 

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ON A WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WORDS 

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CANNOT EXPRESS HOW IT MAKES ME 

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FEEL SEEN AND VALUED AND JUST, 

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THANK YOU. WE ARE NOT WHO WE ARE

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THAT THE PEOPLE STAND BEHIND US.

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THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO

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CONSIDER FOR DIRECTOR OF ARTS 

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AND CULTURE. AS HAS BEEN NOTED, 

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I BRING OVER A DECADE OF 

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EXPERIENCE LEADING COMPLEX 

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PUBLIC SECTOR WORK HERE IN 

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SEATTLE. I GOT MY START AT THE 

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CITY ON THIS FLOOR AS A 

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LEGISLATIVE AIDE. I HAVE 

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INNOVATED AND INFLUENCED 

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PROGRAMS FOR NEIGHBORHOODS, LEAD

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PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT FOR THE 

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REGULATORY AND ARM OF SEATTLE 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, 

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AND I AM COMING BACK TO THE 

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OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE FOR 

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THE THIRD TIME. ACROSS THESE 

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ROLES I HAVE MANAGED LARGE 

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PUBLIC BUDGETS, LEAD CROSS 

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DEPARTMENT INITIATIVES, AND WORK

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CLOSELY WITH COMMUNITIES TO 

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DELIVER EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT 

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OUTCOMES. THE APPOINTMENT 

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MATERIALS BEFORE YOU ARE PART OF

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MY STORY. BUT IT DOESN'T CAPTURE

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THE WHY. AND PERHAPS MOST 

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IMPORTANT, MY VISION TO ADVANCE 

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THE MANDATE OF THIS OFFICE. MY 

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HOME IS SEATTLE. I WAS BORN IN 

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WHITE CENTER, WENT TO HIGH 

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SCHOOL IN THE CENTRAL DISTRICT, 

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IN FACT AM JOINED BY SOME OF MY 

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HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATORS IN THE 

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AUDIENCE NOW FROM NOVA. JUST 

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WANTED TO SHUT THAT OUT. AND I 

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CAN TELL YOU STORIES OF LOOKING 

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OUT ON JACKSON STREET AS A CHILD

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FOR MY GRANDFATHERS, PLAYING 

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CARDS AT THE MAGIC DRAGON THE 

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23rd DURING LUNCH. WRITING THE 

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SEVEN AT NIGHT AFTER SPENDING 

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HOURS IN THE DARKROOM. IT 

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WASN'T UNTIL I LEFT SEATTLE AND

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MOVED TO NEW YORK CITY TO PURSUE

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MY UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE 

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DEGREE IN URBAN STUDIES AND 

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POLICY THAT I TRULY APPRECIATED 

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THE CITY THAT MADE ME. IT IS TO 

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LOVE PEOPLE AND PLACE. TO ASK, 

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HOW DO WE MEET THE NEEDS OF THE 

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GROWING CITY AND IMAGINE THE 

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FUTURE OF OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT?

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AND NOT INVEST IN CULTURE AND 

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HOW PEOPLE EXPERIENCE THE 

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EVERYDAY. I BELIEVE ARTS AND 

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CULTURE ARE ESSENTIAL FOR THE 

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INFRASTRUCTURE. IT IS ARTS 

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PROGRAMMING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, TO

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SUPPORT ECONOMIC VITALITY, 

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STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES, AND 

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HELPING PEOPLE SEE THEMSELVES 

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REFLECTED IN THE CITY. IT IS 

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ABOUT EMBEDDING WHY AND 

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ENVISIONING A BETTER FUTURE 

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TODAY AND FOR GENERATIONS TO 

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COME. AND WHO BETTER TO BE AT 

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THAT HELM THAT ARTISTS AND 

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CREATIVE'S. AT THE SAME TIME, I

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WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT 

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AFFORDABILITY AND ACCESS REMAIN 

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REAL CHALLENGES FOR ARTISTS AND 

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CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS. PUBLIC 

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INVESTMENT FOR ARTS AND CULTURE 

512
00:17:38,657 --> 00:17:39,525
IS NOT PROPORTIONAL TO ECONOMIC 

513
00:17:39,525 --> 00:17:40,526
GENERATION OR ARE CIVIC VALUES. 

514
00:17:40,526 --> 00:17:42,294
YOU CAN LOOK AT DATA FROM THE 

515
00:17:42,294 --> 00:17:45,831
ARTS FUND LIVABILITY IMPACT 

516
00:17:45,831 --> 00:17:47,099
STUDY FOR THE ARTS. THAT PLACE 

517
00:17:47,099 --> 00:17:48,700
IS WASHINGTON STATE, FISCAL YEAR

518
00:17:48,700 --> 00:17:52,504
2025, AT INVESTING JUST $.87 PER

519
00:17:52,504 --> 00:17:53,705
CAPITA IN THE ARTS COMPARED TO A

520
00:17:53,705 --> 00:17:57,810
2.99 NATIONAL AVERAGE. WHILE WE 

521
00:17:57,810 --> 00:17:59,478
HAVE A RELATIVELY STRONG LOCAL 

522
00:17:59,478 --> 00:18:01,113
FUNDING SYSTEM, THE NEEDS 

523
00:18:01,113 --> 00:18:04,349
CONTINUE TO GROW AS ARTISTS , 

524
00:18:04,349 --> 00:18:05,284
CULTURAL WORKERS, SMALL, MEDIUM 

525
00:18:05,284 --> 00:18:07,419
AND LARGE ARTS CULTURAL 

526
00:18:07,419 --> 00:18:08,120
ORGANIZATIONS ARE PINCHED 

527
00:18:08,120 --> 00:18:15,828
FURTHER AND FURTHER. IF 

528
00:18:15,828 --> 00:18:17,129
CONFIRMED, I WILL FOCUS ON 

529
00:18:17,129 --> 00:18:17,763
STRONG STEWARDSHIP OF PUBLIC 

530
00:18:17,763 --> 00:18:18,330
RESOURCES. TRANSPARENT AND 

531
00:18:18,330 --> 00:18:19,097
EQUITABLE PROGRAM DELIVERY, AND 

532
00:18:19,097 --> 00:18:21,033
ENSURE THE OFFICES WORK WREATHS 

533
00:18:21,033 --> 00:18:27,372
REACHES ARTISTS IN EVERY 

534
00:18:27,372 --> 00:18:28,273
NEIGHBORHOOD. WAS THE PORTLY 

535
00:18:28,273 --> 00:18:29,208
IT'S FIGHTING FOR ARTS AND 

536
00:18:29,208 --> 00:18:30,442
CULTURE AND THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE 

537
00:18:30,442 --> 00:18:33,712
THE CITY COLORFUL. I AM EXCITED 

538
00:18:33,712 --> 00:18:34,780
TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD 

539
00:18:34,780 --> 00:18:35,848
THE DEPARTMENT AND TO PARTNER 

540
00:18:35,848 --> 00:18:37,516
WITH COUNCIL IN ADVANCING THIS 

541
00:18:37,516 --> 00:18:38,584
WORK. THANK YOU AND I LOOK 

542
00:18:38,584 --> 00:18:39,952
FORWARD TO YOUR QUESTIONS. 

543
00:18:39,952 --> 00:18:43,489
>> I WANTED TO CLAP. I'M NOT 

544
00:18:43,489 --> 00:18:44,756
GOING TO LIE. 

545
00:18:44,756 --> 00:18:55,033
>> [ APPLAUSE ] 

546
00:18:58,437 --> 00:18:59,671
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DEPUTY 

547
00:18:59,671 --> 00:19:00,873
MAYOR AND THANK YOU SO MUCH 

548
00:19:00,873 --> 00:19:01,673
INTERIM DIRECTOR. I REALLY 

549
00:19:01,673 --> 00:19:02,608
APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TODAY 

550
00:19:02,608 --> 00:19:04,209
AND I AM SO EXCITED TO HAVE THIS

551
00:19:04,209 --> 00:19:05,010
DISCUSSION WITH COLLEAGUES. I'M

552
00:19:05,010 --> 00:19:06,078
GOING TO SHARE REALLY BRIEFLY, 

553
00:19:06,078 --> 00:19:07,346
YOU KNOW, THE REASON I'M SO 

554
00:19:07,346 --> 00:19:08,814
EXCITED TO HAVE YOU IN FRONT OF 

555
00:19:08,814 --> 00:19:11,416
US AS A POTENTIAL APPOINTEE. YOU

556
00:19:11,416 --> 00:19:12,484
KNOW, THERE ARE THREE THINGS 

557
00:19:12,484 --> 00:19:13,952
THAT REALLY STRUCK ME. MAYBE 

558
00:19:13,952 --> 00:19:15,787
FOUR. ONE WAS THE FIRST TIME WE 

559
00:19:15,787 --> 00:19:17,256
CONNECTED YOUR ZOOM BACKGROUND, 

560
00:19:17,256 --> 00:19:20,159
INCREDIBLE. SOME FOLKS HERE 

561
00:19:20,159 --> 00:19:24,029
KNOW. AND, AS WE ARE DOING CITY 

562
00:19:24,029 --> 00:19:24,796
BUSINESS AND TALKING ABOUT 

563
00:19:24,796 --> 00:19:26,064
IMPORTANT ARTS AND CULTURAL 

564
00:19:26,064 --> 00:19:35,641
WORK, YOU CAME THROUGH AS WELL 

565
00:19:35,641 --> 00:19:37,109
AS A HUMAN BEING. AND I FEEL 

566
00:19:37,109 --> 00:19:38,710
THAT TODAY. I WILL SAY I WAS SO 

567
00:19:38,710 --> 00:19:39,545
IMMEDIATELY IMPRESSED BY THE 

568
00:19:39,545 --> 00:19:41,180
FACT THAT YOU ARE SOMEBODY WHO 

569
00:19:41,180 --> 00:19:42,381
HAS BOTH A LOT OF HEART WHICH WE

570
00:19:42,381 --> 00:19:43,649
CAN FEEL, BUT YOU ARE ALSO 

571
00:19:43,649 --> 00:19:45,217
COMING IN WITH THE DATA, THE 

572
00:19:45,217 --> 00:19:46,885
FACTS, I KNOW IN SOME OF HER 

573
00:19:46,885 --> 00:19:47,753
EARLIEST CONVERSATIONS I HAD 

574
00:19:47,753 --> 00:19:48,887
QUESTIONS FOR YOU AROUND 

575
00:19:48,887 --> 00:19:49,421
INVESTMENT NEEDS AND OUR 

576
00:19:49,421 --> 00:19:50,022
CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS AND 

577
00:19:50,022 --> 00:19:51,089
READINESS TO ENGAGE IN THOSE 

578
00:19:51,089 --> 00:19:52,357
CONVERSATIONS. IN A WAY THAT WAS

579
00:19:52,357 --> 00:19:53,692
THOUGHTFUL, CENTER THE PEOPLE 

580
00:19:53,692 --> 00:19:54,927
AND ALSO HAD INFORMATION IT WAS 

581
00:19:54,927 --> 00:19:58,530
IMMEDIATELY IMPRESSIVE. AND I 

582
00:19:58,530 --> 00:19:59,831
ALSO FEEL THE GRIT AND 

583
00:19:59,831 --> 00:20:02,301
DETERMINATION , EVEN WHEN WE MET

584
00:20:02,301 --> 00:20:05,938
ON ZOOM. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 

585
00:20:05,938 --> 00:20:07,105
BEING HERE TODAY. AM REALLY 

586
00:20:07,105 --> 00:20:07,839
EXCITED FOR YOU. STEPPING 

587
00:20:07,839 --> 00:20:09,041
FORWARD, AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO

588
00:20:09,041 --> 00:20:10,709
SERVE. THESE JOBS ARE ABOUT 

589
00:20:10,709 --> 00:20:12,244
PUBLIC SERVICE AND I CAN TELL 

590
00:20:12,244 --> 00:20:16,648
THAT IN YOUR HEART. ALL RIGHT, 

591
00:20:16,648 --> 00:20:17,816
YOU GOT ME OFF MY TALKING 

592
00:20:17,816 --> 00:20:20,786
POINTS. WITH THAT, COLLEAGUES, I

593
00:20:20,786 --> 00:20:22,654
WANT TO TURN TO YOU TO SEE IF 

594
00:20:22,654 --> 00:20:23,388
YOU HAVE QUESTIONS YOU WOULD 

595
00:20:23,388 --> 00:20:26,525
LIKE TO BRING FOR INTERIM 

596
00:20:26,525 --> 00:20:27,392
NGUYEN. SPENDING TIME ANSWERING 

597
00:20:27,392 --> 00:20:35,500
QUESTIONS WE MAY HAVE TODAY. 

598
00:20:35,500 --> 00:20:36,868
COLLEAGUES, I WILL TURN TO YOU 

599
00:20:36,868 --> 00:20:38,136
FIRST. I HAVE SOME PREPARED 

600
00:20:38,136 --> 00:20:39,204
QUESTIONS TO GO THROUGH BUT I 

601
00:20:39,204 --> 00:20:40,639
WILL FIRST GIVE FOLKS THE 

602
00:20:40,639 --> 00:20:41,139
OPPORTUNITY TO POSE ANY 

603
00:20:41,139 --> 00:20:42,174
QUESTIONS FOR INTERIM NGUYEN. 

604
00:20:42,174 --> 00:20:44,676
ALL RIGHT. FIRST TWO 

605
00:20:44,676 --> 00:20:45,611
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH AND 

606
00:20:45,611 --> 00:20:49,214
THEN COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 

607
00:20:49,214 --> 00:20:50,849
>> I WISH I GOT A PRICE FOR 

608
00:20:50,849 --> 00:20:53,352
PUTTING MY HAND UP FIRST. IT'S 

609
00:20:53,352 --> 00:20:54,653
ALWAYS -- YOU NEVER KNOW. I 

610
00:20:54,653 --> 00:20:55,320
REALLY APPRECIATE THE 

611
00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:59,324
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE MET WITH 

612
00:20:59,324 --> 00:21:05,097
INTERIM NGUYEN. JUST TO KIND OF 

613
00:21:05,097 --> 00:21:05,731
GO OVER SHARED PRIORITIES, GET 

614
00:21:05,731 --> 00:21:08,433
TO KNOW EACH OTHER BETTER. I 

615
00:21:08,433 --> 00:21:08,934
REALLY APPRECIATE THAT 

616
00:21:08,934 --> 00:21:09,868
OPPORTUNITY. ONE OF THE 

617
00:21:09,868 --> 00:21:17,643
QUESTIONS I ASKED , AND WOULD 

618
00:21:17,643 --> 00:21:18,810
LOVE FOR YOU TO TALK ABOUT TODAY

619
00:21:18,810 --> 00:21:20,612
IS, SHE TOLD ME TO ASK THE HARD 

620
00:21:20,612 --> 00:21:21,880
QUESTIONS. OKAY? I DON'T THINK 

621
00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:23,181
THIS ONE IS HARD, BUT I TALK 

622
00:21:23,181 --> 00:21:24,182
ABOUT THE 3C'S OF SEATTLE, 

623
00:21:24,182 --> 00:21:25,017
COMMUNITY, CULTURE AND COMMERCE.

624
00:21:25,017 --> 00:21:26,418
AND WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO EXPAND

625
00:21:26,418 --> 00:21:27,786
ABOUT THE CREATIVE ECONOMY AND 

626
00:21:27,786 --> 00:21:32,057
ARTS AND WHAT YOU ENVISION AND 

627
00:21:32,057 --> 00:21:33,558
SEE THAT PLAYING INTO SEATTLE 

628
00:21:33,558 --> 00:21:39,865
INTERWOVEN INTO THE COMMERCE 

629
00:21:39,865 --> 00:21:41,033
PIECE. WE KNOW IT IS CULTURE, 

630
00:21:41,033 --> 00:21:42,267
BUT JUST THAT PIECE, THAT SOCIAL

631
00:21:42,267 --> 00:21:51,309
ENTERPRISE, THAT IS MUCH NEEDED.

632
00:21:51,309 --> 00:21:52,978
>> ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO 

633
00:21:52,978 --> 00:21:54,112
MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER, FOR THE 

634
00:21:54,112 --> 00:21:55,280
QUESTION. I ASKED YOU TO BRING 

635
00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:56,448
THE HARD ONES. I AM READY FOR 

636
00:21:56,448 --> 00:22:00,519
IT. BEFORE I JUMP INTO MY ANSWER

637
00:22:00,519 --> 00:22:01,920
TO THIS, I JUST WANT TO THANK 

638
00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:03,121
YOU, CHAIR, FOR NOW MY ZOOM 

639
00:22:03,121 --> 00:22:04,323
BACKGROUND. I WOULD BE REMISS IF

640
00:22:04,323 --> 00:22:05,757
I DID NOT, FOR THE PUBLIC KNOW 

641
00:22:05,757 --> 00:22:06,992
THAT THAT BACKGROUND IS PART OF 

642
00:22:06,992 --> 00:22:08,026
OUR CIVIC COLLECTION FUNDED BY 

643
00:22:08,026 --> 00:22:09,761
THE 1% FOR THE ARTS. WE HAVE A 

644
00:22:09,761 --> 00:22:10,996
FANTASTIC REGISTRAR THAT MANAGES

645
00:22:10,996 --> 00:22:13,098
THE COLLECTION. YOU TOO CAN LOOK

646
00:22:13,098 --> 00:22:15,667
AT THE MUSEUM AND CHOOSE A 

647
00:22:15,667 --> 00:22:17,202
SELECTION OF YOUR OWN TO MAKE 

648
00:22:17,202 --> 00:22:22,674
YOUR BACKGROUND. WITH THAT, 

649
00:22:22,674 --> 00:22:24,076
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH, IT 

650
00:22:24,076 --> 00:22:24,710
IS SUCH AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. 

651
00:22:24,710 --> 00:22:30,582
THIS IS ONE OF THE PLACES I AM 

652
00:22:30,582 --> 00:22:31,149
MOST EAGER IN THE NEXT 3.5 

653
00:22:31,149 --> 00:22:34,186
YEARS, IF I AM LUCKY ENOUGH TO 

654
00:22:34,186 --> 00:22:34,820
HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO LEAVE THIS

655
00:22:34,820 --> 00:22:36,254
OFFICE, I HAVE HEARD THIS AGAIN 

656
00:22:36,254 --> 00:22:38,356
AND AGAIN AND AGAIN FROM 

657
00:22:38,356 --> 00:22:39,024
INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS TO ARTIST 

658
00:22:39,024 --> 00:22:40,292
ORGANIZATIONS, TOO OFTEN ARTS 

659
00:22:40,292 --> 00:22:43,562
AND CULTURE AND ECONOMIC 

660
00:22:43,562 --> 00:22:44,730
DEVELOPMENT ARE TREATED AS 

661
00:22:44,730 --> 00:22:45,897
SEPARATE. AND WE HEAR FROM 

662
00:22:45,897 --> 00:22:46,965
INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS THAT THEY ARE

663
00:22:46,965 --> 00:22:47,999
SMALL BUSINESSES AND WE HEAR 

664
00:22:47,999 --> 00:22:48,867
FROM SMALL BUSINESSES THAT 

665
00:22:48,867 --> 00:22:51,169
CULTURE'S COMPETITIVE EDGE. IT 

666
00:22:51,169 --> 00:22:54,206
IS ABOUT A CONTINUOUSLY 

667
00:22:54,206 --> 00:22:55,607
COMPETITIVE MARKET AND ARTS AND 

668
00:22:55,607 --> 00:23:00,011
CULTURE IS HOW YOU GET PEOPLE TO

669
00:23:00,011 --> 00:23:00,779
COME AND FREQUENT YOUR 

670
00:23:00,779 --> 00:23:04,616
BUSINESSES. IT IS ALSO ABOUT -- 

671
00:23:04,616 --> 00:23:05,851
THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT 

672
00:23:05,851 --> 00:23:12,691
APPLICATIONS FOR IT. WHEN I 

673
00:23:12,691 --> 00:23:13,759
THINK ABOUT WHAT IS POSSIBLE, I 

674
00:23:13,759 --> 00:23:14,960
HAVE A LOT OF DREAMS ON THE 

675
00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:16,695
MACRO BUT I THINK ABOUT WHAT IS 

676
00:23:16,695 --> 00:23:17,629
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR TO

677
00:23:17,629 --> 00:23:19,030
THREE YEARS AND THIS OFFICE HAS 

678
00:23:19,030 --> 00:23:27,639
A LOT OF REALLY, TRULY FANTASTIC

679
00:23:27,639 --> 00:23:28,640
PROGRAMS WITHIN IT. AND IT IS 

680
00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:30,175
TIME TO TURN UP THAT DIAL AND 

681
00:23:30,175 --> 00:23:31,109
PART OF THAT IS REALLY 

682
00:23:31,109 --> 00:23:31,777
PARTNERING STRATEGICALLY WITH 

683
00:23:31,777 --> 00:23:32,711
OUR SISTER DEPARTMENTS. AM VERY 

684
00:23:32,711 --> 00:23:33,712
EXCITED TO WORK MORE CLOSELY 

685
00:23:33,712 --> 00:23:34,746
WITH OUR SEATTLE OFFICE OF 

686
00:23:34,746 --> 00:23:36,581
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO BRING 

687
00:23:36,581 --> 00:23:37,849
AND MARY THAT NEED FOR CREATIVE 

688
00:23:37,849 --> 00:23:39,217
ECONOMY TO LIVE AT THE 

689
00:23:39,217 --> 00:23:45,991
INTERSECTION OF MULTIPLE 

690
00:23:45,991 --> 00:23:47,092
DEPARTMENTS. AND OUR SECTOR 

691
00:23:47,092 --> 00:23:48,193
DESERVES THAT. I WANT TO GET 

692
00:23:48,193 --> 00:23:49,227
MORE GRANULAR AND ALSO PLANT 

693
00:23:49,227 --> 00:23:50,295
SOME SEEDS. WE ARE EXCITED TO 

694
00:23:50,295 --> 00:23:51,463
GET TO COMING FORWARD TO THIS 

695
00:23:51,463 --> 00:23:52,631
COMMITTEE AND THE NEXT MONTH, 

696
00:23:52,631 --> 00:23:53,165
WITH CULTURAL DISTRICT 

697
00:23:53,165 --> 00:23:56,368
LEGISLATION. CULTURAL DISTRICTS 

698
00:23:56,368 --> 00:23:58,436
IS A PROGRAM OF THE CITY THAT IS

699
00:23:58,436 --> 00:24:00,105
ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE OFFICE 

700
00:24:00,105 --> 00:24:01,373
OF ARTS AND CULTURE THAT WAS 

701
00:24:01,373 --> 00:24:02,841
FIRST PASSED IN 2014. IT HASN'T

702
00:24:02,841 --> 00:24:06,778
HAD THAT INVESTMENT IN, FRANKLY,

703
00:24:06,778 --> 00:24:09,948
INNOVATION, BUT IT CREATES A 

704
00:24:09,948 --> 00:24:14,686
FANTASTIC ROADMAP FOR US TO LEAD

705
00:24:14,686 --> 00:24:15,720
INTO CREATIVE PLACE MAKING, BUT 

706
00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:16,621
MORE IMPORTANT, HOW WE CAN 

707
00:24:16,621 --> 00:24:18,056
CREATE MORE INTEGRATION TO YOUR 

708
00:24:18,056 --> 00:24:19,491
LITERACIES, COMMERCE. IT MAY 

709
00:24:19,491 --> 00:24:27,232
SEEM SMALL, BUT I HEAR IT AGAIN 

710
00:24:27,232 --> 00:24:28,533
AND AGAIN, TIME IS MONEY. HOW 

711
00:24:28,533 --> 00:24:29,668
CAN WE HAVE MORE EFFICIENCY 

712
00:24:29,668 --> 00:24:30,802
AROUND CULTURAL BAND-AIDS? I 

713
00:24:30,802 --> 00:24:31,803
ALSO WANT TO ASK, LET'S EXAMINE

714
00:24:31,803 --> 00:24:36,541
OUR FUNDING MECHANISMS. WE KNOW 

715
00:24:36,541 --> 00:24:37,142
SO OFTEN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD 

716
00:24:37,142 --> 00:24:38,009
BUSINESS DISTRICTS, CULTURAL 

717
00:24:38,009 --> 00:24:40,545
DISTRICTS , IT IS UNEQUAL. YOU 

718
00:24:40,545 --> 00:24:51,089
HAVE SOME THAT ARE DOING BETTER 

719
00:24:52,424 --> 00:24:53,992
AND SOME THAT ARE NOT. THIS IS A

720
00:24:53,992 --> 00:24:55,093
PLACE WHERE THE PUBLIC SECTOR 

721
00:24:55,093 --> 00:24:56,061
DOES NEED TO INTERVENE. WE HAVE 

722
00:24:56,061 --> 00:24:56,795
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LINK 

723
00:24:56,795 --> 00:24:57,462
PLANNING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 

724
00:24:57,462 --> 00:24:58,497
AND ARTS AND CULTURE. I'M 

725
00:24:58,497 --> 00:24:59,564
EXCITED TO WORK WITH DIFFERENT 

726
00:24:59,564 --> 00:25:00,198
COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS 

727
00:25:00,198 --> 00:25:01,199
AND ASK THAT QUESTION AROUND, 

728
00:25:01,199 --> 00:25:02,801
CAN WE ACTUALLY CREATE MORE 

729
00:25:02,801 --> 00:25:06,671
BESPOKE ECONOMIC AND CREATIVE 

730
00:25:06,671 --> 00:25:07,706
STRATEGIES TO ENVISIONING THAT 

731
00:25:07,706 --> 00:25:09,241
FUTURE? WHAT IS IT THAT WE ARE 

732
00:25:09,241 --> 00:25:10,742
MISSING FROM THE DANCE BETWEEN 

733
00:25:10,742 --> 00:25:13,178
LIMITED PUBLIC INVESTMENT AND 

734
00:25:13,178 --> 00:25:17,182
WHERE CAN WE ACTUALLY BE MORE 

735
00:25:17,182 --> 00:25:18,250
STRATEGIC ABOUT THAT SUBSIDY AND

736
00:25:18,250 --> 00:25:19,484
ALSO REMOVE REGULATORY BARRIERS 

737
00:25:19,484 --> 00:25:22,754
-- SORRY, THAT WENT ON A BIT OF 

738
00:25:22,754 --> 00:25:28,059
ATTENTION. BUT, COUNCIL MEMBER 

739
00:25:28,059 --> 00:25:28,860
HOLLINGSWORTH, AND VERY EXCITED 

740
00:25:28,860 --> 00:25:30,295
FOR WHAT WE HAVE TEED UP FOR 

741
00:25:30,295 --> 00:25:31,496
THIS COUNCIL IN THE COMING YEAR 

742
00:25:31,496 --> 00:25:33,164
. AND I WOULD SAY THAT OUR NEWLY

743
00:25:33,164 --> 00:25:34,232
FORMED CREATIVE PEACEMAKING 

744
00:25:34,232 --> 00:25:35,600
DIVISION IS STEPPING IN THAT 

745
00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:39,137
DIRECTION OF MEETING 

746
00:25:39,137 --> 00:25:39,738
COMMUNITIES, CREATING THE 

747
00:25:39,738 --> 00:25:48,213
ACTIVATION AND THIRD SPACE . IT 

748
00:25:48,213 --> 00:25:49,214
CAN'T HAPPEN IN A VACUUM. IT 

749
00:25:49,214 --> 00:25:50,382
NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN COORDINATION 

750
00:25:50,382 --> 00:25:51,116
WITH ALSO THE SMALL BUSINESSES 

751
00:25:51,116 --> 00:25:53,351
THAT MAKE OUR SEATTLE VIBRANT. 

752
00:25:53,351 --> 00:25:54,553
>> AWESOME. CHAIR, IF I MAY 

753
00:25:54,553 --> 00:25:54,953
FOLLOW-UP. 

754
00:25:54,953 --> 00:25:55,687
>> ABSOLUTELY. 

755
00:25:55,687 --> 00:25:56,821
>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATED THAT

756
00:25:56,821 --> 00:25:59,291
ANSWER THAT YOU GAVE YESTERDAY. 

757
00:25:59,291 --> 00:26:04,262
AS WELL. THAT WAS THE ONE THING 

758
00:26:04,262 --> 00:26:06,097
I KIND OF REALLY HONED ON 

759
00:26:06,097 --> 00:26:08,533
BECAUSE , YOU KNOW, NOT EVERY 

760
00:26:08,533 --> 00:26:09,834
COMMUNITY HAS A BUSINESS 

761
00:26:09,834 --> 00:26:11,603
DISTRICT OR , YOU KNOW, A 

762
00:26:11,603 --> 00:26:13,004
FORMALIZED BUT EVERY 

763
00:26:13,004 --> 00:26:14,839
NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A CULTURAL 

764
00:26:14,839 --> 00:26:17,409
CENTER. AND HAS ALL OF THIS 

765
00:26:17,409 --> 00:26:20,979
VIBRANCY. I REALLY APPRECIATED 

766
00:26:20,979 --> 00:26:25,216
THAT. AND THEN, ANOTHER THING, 

767
00:26:25,216 --> 00:26:26,051
THIS ISN'T NECESSARILY A 

768
00:26:26,051 --> 00:26:27,385
QUESTION, BUT IS MORE OF A 

769
00:26:27,385 --> 00:26:34,092
COMMENT AND OBSERVATION TO WHEN 

770
00:26:34,092 --> 00:26:35,694
I AM LOOKING AT OTHER CITIES AND

771
00:26:35,694 --> 00:26:36,328
TAKING BEST PRACTICES IN WHAT 

772
00:26:36,328 --> 00:26:38,129
THEY ARE DOING, AND ONE OF THE 

773
00:26:38,129 --> 00:26:38,797
CITIES I'VE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED

774
00:26:38,797 --> 00:26:39,898
WITH IS DETROIT. IN THE SENSE 

775
00:26:39,898 --> 00:26:44,302
THAT, OBVIOUSLY WE THINK OF 

776
00:26:44,302 --> 00:26:45,303
DETROIT AS THIS MUSIC HUB, 

777
00:26:45,303 --> 00:26:46,571
CULTURAL EPICENTER IT HAS THIS 

778
00:26:46,571 --> 00:26:53,078
HISTORICAL -- WITH MOTOWN AND 

779
00:26:53,078 --> 00:26:54,145
ALL THESE HISTORICAL FIGURES 

780
00:26:54,145 --> 00:26:56,214
THAT HAVE COME OUT OF DETROIT. 

781
00:26:56,214 --> 00:27:01,987
BUT, WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IN 

782
00:27:01,987 --> 00:27:02,587
THEIR DEVELOPMENT, JUST MOST 

783
00:27:02,587 --> 00:27:03,488
RECENTLY, HAS BEEN INVESTING IN 

784
00:27:03,488 --> 00:27:04,623
ARTISTS. LOCAL ARTIST DOING 

785
00:27:04,623 --> 00:27:07,726
MURALS, DOING PAINTINGS AND 

786
00:27:07,726 --> 00:27:08,293
ACTIVITIES AND ACTIVATION. 

787
00:27:08,293 --> 00:27:09,160
EVERYWHERE YOU TURN IN DIFFERENT

788
00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:10,295
NEIGHBORHOODS, IT IS THIS 

789
00:27:10,295 --> 00:27:11,830
ACTIVATION OF ART. JUST WANTED 

790
00:27:11,830 --> 00:27:16,968
-- IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE. 

791
00:27:16,968 --> 00:27:18,870
IT'S LIKE, HEY, THEY ARE JUST 

792
00:27:18,870 --> 00:27:22,007
INVESTING. AND REALLY, PUTTING A

793
00:27:22,007 --> 00:27:23,642
LOT OF TIME AND ATTENTION. 

794
00:27:23,642 --> 00:27:24,876
BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY WANT TO 

795
00:27:24,876 --> 00:27:28,680
ACTIVATE SPACES AND MAKE THEM 

796
00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:31,883
ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE AND -- 

797
00:27:31,883 --> 00:27:33,385
ANYWAY, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT 

798
00:27:33,385 --> 00:27:36,421
THAT. I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF 

799
00:27:36,421 --> 00:27:45,930
COMPLEXITIES THAT GO ON WITH 

800
00:27:45,930 --> 00:27:46,998
IMPLEMENTATION, BUT IT'S JUST A

801
00:27:46,998 --> 00:27:47,899
SIMPLE INVESTMENT. SO THANK YOU,

802
00:27:47,899 --> 00:27:49,000
DIRECTOR, I KNOW I HAVE MORE 

803
00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:50,035
QUESTIONS BUT I APPRECIATE YOU 

804
00:27:50,035 --> 00:27:51,236
ANSWERING THOSE. THANK YOU. 

805
00:27:51,236 --> 00:27:52,604
>> THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE 

806
00:27:52,604 --> 00:27:54,839
THAT. THE QUESTION AND THE 

807
00:27:54,839 --> 00:27:55,440
REFERENCE, I THINK IT'S 

808
00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:56,241
INCREDIBLE IMPORTANT. I'M GLAD 

809
00:27:56,241 --> 00:27:57,709
YOU SHARED THAT WITH US. I AM 

810
00:27:57,709 --> 00:27:59,577
HEADING OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER 

811
00:27:59,577 --> 00:27:59,811
RINCK. 

812
00:27:59,811 --> 00:28:03,948
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. INTERIM 

813
00:28:03,948 --> 00:28:06,985
NGUYEN, MY STAFF HAS INFORMED ME

814
00:28:06,985 --> 00:28:08,053
THAT YOU ARE ACTUALLY  THE 

815
00:28:08,053 --> 00:28:12,023
COOLEST . IN MY MATERIALS FOR 

816
00:28:12,023 --> 00:28:13,458
TODAY. I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT

817
00:28:13,458 --> 00:28:16,161
ON THE RECORD. AND NOTING YOUR 

818
00:28:16,161 --> 00:28:21,800
APPOINTED PACKET AS WELL, 

819
00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:23,201
ATTENDING OF A HIGH SCHOOL, 

820
00:28:23,201 --> 00:28:23,835
LIVING AND WORKING IN NEW 

821
00:28:23,835 --> 00:28:25,570
ORLEANS, NEW YORK, AND SERVING 

822
00:28:25,570 --> 00:28:26,104
ON LEADERSHIP ROLES FROM 

823
00:28:26,104 --> 00:28:26,771
WATERSHED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT,

824
00:28:26,771 --> 00:28:33,044
ARTS, OPCD, SDOT, DEPARTMENT OF 

825
00:28:33,044 --> 00:28:33,745
NEIGHBORHOODS, AND AS A 

826
00:28:33,745 --> 00:28:34,879
LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT FOR THIS 

827
00:28:34,879 --> 00:28:35,480
BODY, APPARENTLY HAVE ALWAYS 

828
00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:36,815
BEEN COOL. SO REALLY AGAIN, 

829
00:28:36,815 --> 00:28:38,850
EXCITED TO BE DISCUSSING YOUR 

830
00:28:38,850 --> 00:28:41,086
APPOINTMENT. I AM WONDERING IF 

831
00:28:41,086 --> 00:28:43,922
YOU CAN SPEAK TO HOW OUR 

832
00:28:43,922 --> 00:28:45,623
CULTURAL ECOSYSTEM SHAPED YOU 

833
00:28:45,623 --> 00:28:49,394
GROWING UP AND THE ROLE YOU HOPE

834
00:28:49,394 --> 00:28:50,829
THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE 

835
00:28:50,829 --> 00:28:52,797
CAN PLAY IN ENSURING THAT THE 

836
00:28:52,797 --> 00:29:00,538
NEXT GENERATION OF AMY NGUYEN'S

837
00:29:00,538 --> 00:29:01,606
CAN MAKE IT HERE. 

838
00:29:01,606 --> 00:29:02,207
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, 

839
00:29:02,207 --> 00:29:03,108
COUNCILMEMBER FOR THE QUESTION. 

840
00:29:03,108 --> 00:29:05,176
GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO 

841
00:29:05,176 --> 00:29:06,311
UPLIFT AND SHOWCASE SO MANY OF 

842
00:29:06,311 --> 00:29:07,512
THE PEOPLE, PROGRAMS AND 

843
00:29:07,512 --> 00:29:10,181
INSTITUTIONS THAT MAKE ME WHO I 

844
00:29:10,181 --> 00:29:14,352
AM. I DID THAT PLUG VERY BRIEFLY

845
00:29:14,352 --> 00:29:21,459
TO MARK PERRY, MY FIRST U.S. 

846
00:29:21,459 --> 00:29:22,060
HISTORY TEACHER, BUT ALSO 

847
00:29:22,060 --> 00:29:24,429
MELISSA PARK IN THE AUDIENCE, 

848
00:29:24,429 --> 00:29:27,065
AND I THINK ABOUT THIS SO MUCH 

849
00:29:27,065 --> 00:29:30,201
CURRENTLY IN THIS TIME WHEN WE 

850
00:29:30,201 --> 00:29:37,542
HAVE SO MUCH HEIGHTENED , REAL 

851
00:29:37,542 --> 00:29:39,744
HEIGHTENED DANGER. AND I THINK 

852
00:29:39,744 --> 00:29:42,347
ABOUT IT FROM ALSO THE VANTAGE 

853
00:29:42,347 --> 00:29:44,916
POINT OF ARTS AND CULTURE IN 

854
00:29:44,916 --> 00:29:47,118
THAT I WOULDN'T BE WHO I AM 

855
00:29:47,118 --> 00:29:51,256
TODAY WITHOUT YOUTH ARTS 

856
00:29:51,256 --> 00:29:51,956
PROGRAMMING. I WOULDN'T BE WHO 

857
00:29:51,956 --> 00:29:55,093
I AM TODAY WITHOUT EDUCATORS AND

858
00:29:55,093 --> 00:30:00,632
MENTORS WHO INVESTED IN ME. AND 

859
00:30:00,632 --> 00:30:03,001
THEY DIDN'T INVEST IN ME IN THE

860
00:30:03,001 --> 00:30:03,968
TRADITIONAL WAY, IT WAS, HAVING 

861
00:30:03,968 --> 00:30:05,470
THAT TIME TO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO 

862
00:30:05,470 --> 00:30:08,940
WOULD TALK TO ME. WHO WOULD 

863
00:30:08,940 --> 00:30:10,542
EXPOSE ME TO LITERATURE AND ART 

864
00:30:10,542 --> 00:30:19,350
, AND NOT TELL ME, THIS IS THE 

865
00:30:19,350 --> 00:30:20,385
MUSIC YOU SHOULD LISTEN TOO. 

866
00:30:20,385 --> 00:30:21,319
THIS IS THE MEDIUMS YOU SHOULD 

867
00:30:21,319 --> 00:30:22,654
DO. BUT EXPOSE ME AND THEN PUT 

868
00:30:22,654 --> 00:30:24,556
ME ON THE SPOT TO REACT. AND I 

869
00:30:24,556 --> 00:30:25,356
THINK ABOUT THAT. THAT IS 

870
00:30:25,356 --> 00:30:25,990
DEVELOPING CRITICAL THINKING 

871
00:30:25,990 --> 00:30:28,393
SKILLS. AND I FEEL THE PRIDE OF 

872
00:30:28,393 --> 00:30:30,228
THE TWO MONTHS OF COMING BACK TO

873
00:30:30,228 --> 00:30:31,829
THIS OFFICE AND I THINK ABOUT 

874
00:30:31,829 --> 00:30:34,599
PROGRAMS THE CREATIVE ADVANTAGE 

875
00:30:34,599 --> 00:30:36,134
AND A PARTNERSHIP WITH SEATTLE 

876
00:30:36,134 --> 00:30:40,405
PUBLIC SCHOOLS . I REALLY 

877
00:30:40,405 --> 00:30:42,040
BELIEVE THAT IS THE BEST OF US. 

878
00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:43,141
THAT IS THE BEST OF US IN THIS 

879
00:30:43,141 --> 00:30:46,244
CITY. I THINK ABOUT OUR MENTAL 

880
00:30:46,244 --> 00:30:49,247
HEALTH CRISIS. I THINK ABOUT 

881
00:30:49,247 --> 00:30:55,486
WHAT -- I THINK REGARDLESS BEING

882
00:30:55,486 --> 00:30:57,055
A YOUNG PERSON IS TERRIBLE, IT .

883
00:30:57,055 --> 00:30:59,057
BUT HOW MUCH MORE DIFFICULT THAT

884
00:30:59,057 --> 00:31:00,291
IS NOW. AND, THE FEAR THAT WE 

885
00:31:00,291 --> 00:31:07,198
HAVE OF TECHNOLOGY AND A.I., 

886
00:31:07,198 --> 00:31:08,733
REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU KIND OF 

887
00:31:08,733 --> 00:31:10,134
STAND ON THAT, BUT THE NEED FOR 

888
00:31:10,134 --> 00:31:14,405
MORE COLLECTIVE SOCIALIZATION. 

889
00:31:14,405 --> 00:31:17,909
AND THAT IS SO MUCH OF WHAT OUR 

890
00:31:17,909 --> 00:31:18,543
PRACTICE AND INVESTMENT IN 

891
00:31:18,543 --> 00:31:23,748
CULTURE CAN DO. YEAH, I COULD GO

892
00:31:23,748 --> 00:31:26,251
ON AND ON, LIKE I SAID, I LOVE 

893
00:31:26,251 --> 00:31:29,120
PEOPLE. AND PLACE. AND I THINK 

894
00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:32,857
ABOUT SO MUCH THE STORIES THAT 

895
00:31:32,857 --> 00:31:35,093
MAKE US WHO WE ARE. IT IS THOSE 

896
00:31:35,093 --> 00:31:38,696
QUIET EVERY DAY RANDOM 

897
00:31:38,696 --> 00:31:39,664
WEDNESDAYS WHEN YOU'RE WALKING 

898
00:31:39,664 --> 00:31:42,767
DOWN CHERRY STREET IN THE SUN 

899
00:31:42,767 --> 00:31:44,903
HITS THAT BRANCH AND YOU SIT 

900
00:31:44,903 --> 00:31:51,009
DOWN AND YOUR WITH YOUR FRIENDS,

901
00:31:51,009 --> 00:31:52,443
LIKE THAT WAS MY HIGH SCHOOL 

902
00:31:52,443 --> 00:31:53,378
EXPERIENCE. AND IT WAS ALSO A 

903
00:31:53,378 --> 00:31:54,312
PERIOD WHEN THE CENTRAL DISTRICT

904
00:31:54,312 --> 00:31:59,984
WAS FACING -- IT STILL DOES, WE 

905
00:31:59,984 --> 00:32:00,818
SHOULD'VE MADE THE INVESTMENTS 

906
00:32:00,818 --> 00:32:02,153
IN THE 2000S TO ENSURE THAT THE 

907
00:32:02,153 --> 00:32:03,121
BLACK COMMITTEE WAS NOT 

908
00:32:03,121 --> 00:32:03,821
DISPLACED IN THE CENTRAL 

909
00:32:03,821 --> 00:32:06,491
DISTRICT. AND I ASK MYSELF, WHAT

910
00:32:06,491 --> 00:32:07,158
IS NOT GOING TO BE HERE TOMORROW

911
00:32:07,158 --> 00:32:08,326
IF WE DON'T MAKE THE 

912
00:32:08,326 --> 00:32:18,836
INVESTMENTS INTO CULTURE NOW? 

913
00:32:18,836 --> 00:32:20,405
SPOKE BEAUTIFULLY PUT, THANK YOU

914
00:32:20,405 --> 00:32:21,272
FOR THAT. AND, BUILDING ON THIS 

915
00:32:21,272 --> 00:32:23,074
POINT, UNDERSTANDING THOUGH, THE

916
00:32:23,074 --> 00:32:23,675
WORK OF THE CULTURAL ACTION 

917
00:32:23,675 --> 00:32:24,309
PLAN, I AM WONDERING HOW THAT 

918
00:32:24,309 --> 00:32:26,044
PLANNING WORK CAN INFORM AND 

919
00:32:26,044 --> 00:32:28,780
STRENGTHEN OTHER DEPARTMENTS. IN

920
00:32:28,780 --> 00:32:30,415
SO MANY WAYS ARTS SHOULD NOT BE 

921
00:32:30,415 --> 00:32:32,684
A SEPARATE -- IT TRULY NEEDS TO 

922
00:32:32,684 --> 00:32:38,990
BE INTEGRAL IN THE WORK OF MANY 

923
00:32:38,990 --> 00:32:40,558
IF NOT ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS. I

924
00:32:40,558 --> 00:32:41,960
AM WONDERING IF YOU CAN SPEAK TO

925
00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:44,562
HOW THE WORK YOU ARE INTENDING 

926
00:32:44,562 --> 00:32:45,663
TO DO UNDER THE CULTURAL ACTION 

927
00:32:45,663 --> 00:32:47,198
PLAN CAN AGAIN INFORM OR 

928
00:32:47,198 --> 00:32:48,099
STRENGTHEN THE WORK OF OTHER 

929
00:32:48,099 --> 00:32:48,433
DEPARTMENTS. 

930
00:32:48,433 --> 00:32:49,200
>> ABSOLUTELY. I LOVE THIS 

931
00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:53,538
QUESTION, THANK YOU. I'M NOT 

932
00:32:53,538 --> 00:32:55,073
SAYING ANYTHING THAT I THINK IS 

933
00:32:55,073 --> 00:32:58,509
CONTROVERSIAL. WE HAVE WONDERFUL

934
00:32:58,509 --> 00:32:59,844
LEGACY OF PRODUCING A LOT OF 

935
00:32:59,844 --> 00:33:03,348
REPORTS. I HAD THE HONOR OF 

936
00:33:03,348 --> 00:33:04,682
SERVING ON THE MAYOR'S ARTS 

937
00:33:04,682 --> 00:33:06,617
CULTURE AND CREATIVE ECONOMY 

938
00:33:06,617 --> 00:33:08,586
TRANSITION COMMITTEE. THE 

939
00:33:08,586 --> 00:33:12,423
CONSISTENT AT EVERY SINGLE TOUCH

940
00:33:12,423 --> 00:33:18,496
POINT WE HAD, I WOULD SAY, ONE 

941
00:33:18,496 --> 00:33:19,597
TO FIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WOULD 

942
00:33:19,597 --> 00:33:20,698
SAY, CAN YOU JUST ACTUALLY DO 

943
00:33:20,698 --> 00:33:22,500
WHAT YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO 

944
00:33:22,500 --> 00:33:25,203
DO IN THAT 2019 REPORT? COULD 

945
00:33:25,203 --> 00:33:26,871
YOU DO WHAT YOU DID IN THE 2022,

946
00:33:26,871 --> 00:33:29,374
2023 REPORT? SO, A PART OF THIS 

947
00:33:29,374 --> 00:33:39,917
COMMITMENT TO REALLY A CULTURAL 

948
00:33:42,620 --> 00:33:43,187
ACTION PLAN IS TO ACKNOWLEDGE 

949
00:33:43,187 --> 00:33:44,188
THAT WE CAN'T KEEP ASKING 

950
00:33:44,188 --> 00:33:45,690
COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO TELL US THE

951
00:33:45,690 --> 00:33:46,591
SAME THING. WE NEED TO SHIFT 

952
00:33:46,591 --> 00:33:47,992
INTO ACTION. WE NEED TO SHOW -- 

953
00:33:47,992 --> 00:33:49,260
WELL, WE NEED TO MAKE IT 

954
00:33:49,260 --> 00:33:50,094
OPERATIONAL AND LAMENTABLE AND 

955
00:33:50,094 --> 00:33:54,198
IT HAS BEEN TOO MANY YEARS OF 

956
00:33:54,198 --> 00:33:54,899
FRANKLY, STUDYING, I LOVE 

957
00:33:54,899 --> 00:33:57,502
STUDYING, WHERE WE ARE GOING TO 

958
00:33:57,502 --> 00:34:01,606
SHIFT OUR FOCUS , THERE WILL BE 

959
00:34:01,606 --> 00:34:02,907
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EMBEDDED 

960
00:34:02,907 --> 00:34:03,775
INTO THIS. TAKING WHAT WE HAVE 

961
00:34:03,775 --> 00:34:10,982
HEARD OVER THE YEARS AND PUTTING

962
00:34:10,982 --> 00:34:12,050
THAT INTO, WHAT IS THE 

963
00:34:12,050 --> 00:34:12,750
STEP-BY-STEP THAT THIS OFFICE 

964
00:34:12,750 --> 00:34:14,218
NEEDS AND WHAT SISTER 

965
00:34:14,218 --> 00:34:15,219
DEPARTMENTS NEED TO BE IN 

966
00:34:15,219 --> 00:34:25,730
ALIGNMENT TO ACHIEVE WHAT WE 

967
00:34:26,697 --> 00:34:28,433
HAVE BEEN HEARING CONSISTENTLY. 

968
00:34:28,433 --> 00:34:29,167
AND I DO BELIEVE, JUST TO GIVE 

969
00:34:29,167 --> 00:34:30,735
YOU A TASTE OF SOME OF THAT 

970
00:34:30,735 --> 00:34:31,335
EXCITEMENT, WHAT THAT REALLY 

971
00:34:31,335 --> 00:34:32,070
TRANSLATES TO, IT'S LIKE, 

972
00:34:32,070 --> 00:34:32,937
GREAT, ANOTHER PLAN, WE NEED 

973
00:34:32,937 --> 00:34:33,938
THAT RIGOR TO HOLD US 

974
00:34:33,938 --> 00:34:34,739
ACCOUNTABLE. WHEN I SAY 

975
00:34:34,739 --> 00:34:38,476
OPERATIONALIZE AND IMPLEMENT, 

976
00:34:38,476 --> 00:34:39,477
WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT 

977
00:34:39,477 --> 00:34:40,478
AT LENGTH, CULTURAL SPACE, THE 

978
00:34:40,478 --> 00:34:42,046
NEED FOR CULTURAL SPACE. WE 

979
00:34:42,046 --> 00:34:44,849
HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO 

980
00:34:44,849 --> 00:34:46,717
DIVE INTO SO MANY OF THE 

981
00:34:46,717 --> 00:34:49,687
EXISTING PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT 

982
00:34:49,687 --> 00:34:53,624
AUTHORITIES OR PROGRAMS THAT 

983
00:34:53,624 --> 00:34:54,725
INVEST IN CULTURAL SPACE ACROSS 

984
00:34:54,725 --> 00:35:00,031
THE CITY AND UNITE IT WITH A 

985
00:35:00,031 --> 00:35:00,832
CORD NEEDED STRATEGIC APPROACH. 

986
00:35:00,832 --> 00:35:02,200
I HAVE HEARD THIS DURING MY TIME

987
00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:08,039
WITH OPCD OVER THE EQUITABLE 

988
00:35:08,039 --> 00:35:08,706
ELEMENT INITIATIVE. IT'S LIKE, 

989
00:35:08,706 --> 00:35:09,841
GREAT, YOU GAVE US RESOURCES BUT

990
00:35:09,841 --> 00:35:14,612
CAN YOU TALK TO SDOT AND BECAUSE

991
00:35:14,612 --> 00:35:15,847
I'M STILL WAITING TWO YEARS FOR

992
00:35:15,847 --> 00:35:17,014
THE PERMANENT. THERE'S SO MUCH 

993
00:35:17,014 --> 00:35:18,182
WE CAN DO TO CREATE EFFICIENCIES

994
00:35:18,182 --> 00:35:19,584
AND THAT IS ABOUT PUBLIC 

995
00:35:19,584 --> 00:35:20,818
SERVANTS ADDING UP AND TALKING 

996
00:35:20,818 --> 00:35:22,186
TO THE PUBLIC SERVANTS. THAT IS 

997
00:35:22,186 --> 00:35:31,629
WHAT I'M EXCITED TO DO. 

998
00:35:31,629 --> 00:35:32,430
>> REALLY APPRECIATE THAT 

999
00:35:32,430 --> 00:35:33,664
RESPONSE. CHAIR, IF I MAY, I 

1000
00:35:33,664 --> 00:35:34,799
HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION FOR 

1001
00:35:34,799 --> 00:35:36,000
TODAY. IT KIND OF REFLECTS THE 

1002
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:36,968
PUBLIC COMMENT WE HEARD TODAY, 

1003
00:35:36,968 --> 00:35:38,302
JUST HEARING DIRECTLY FROM 

1004
00:35:38,302 --> 00:35:39,570
WORKING ARTISTS. I KNOW, IN MY 

1005
00:35:39,570 --> 00:35:41,272
WORK, ONCE UPON A TIME I WAS A 

1006
00:35:41,272 --> 00:35:42,073
KID'S ARTS TEACHER, CERAMICS 

1007
00:35:42,073 --> 00:35:43,074
AND SCULPTURE. MINIMUM WAGE BUT 

1008
00:35:43,074 --> 00:35:44,876
ONE OF THE COOLEST JOBS I EVER 

1009
00:35:44,876 --> 00:35:46,511
HAD. I KNOW THE ARTS FOR ME 

1010
00:35:46,511 --> 00:35:49,647
GROWING UP WAS MY SAFE SPACE. 

1011
00:35:49,647 --> 00:35:50,715
BUT, IT CAN BE TREMENDOUSLY HARD

1012
00:35:50,715 --> 00:35:59,857
TO MAKE IT AS A WORKING ARTIST 

1013
00:35:59,857 --> 00:36:01,259
IN THIS CITY OR SOMEONE WORKING 

1014
00:36:01,259 --> 00:36:01,893
WITHIN THE CREATIVE ECONOMY. I 

1015
00:36:01,893 --> 00:36:03,027
AM WONDERING, AS A FINAL NOTE, 

1016
00:36:03,027 --> 00:36:04,295
WHAT MESSAGE DO YOU HAVE FOR 

1017
00:36:04,295 --> 00:36:05,363
WORKING ARTISTS THAT ARE TRAINED

1018
00:36:05,363 --> 00:36:07,365
TO MAKE IT IN THIS CITY THAT IS 

1019
00:36:07,365 --> 00:36:08,332
FACING SO MANY OF PORTABILITY 

1020
00:36:08,332 --> 00:36:08,699
CHALLENGES? 

1021
00:36:08,699 --> 00:36:09,700
>> I WOULD START BY SAYING 

1022
00:36:09,700 --> 00:36:11,168
YOU'RE NOT ALONE. I THINK A BIG

1023
00:36:11,168 --> 00:36:12,370
CHALLENGE WITH AMERICAN CULTURE 

1024
00:36:12,370 --> 00:36:16,040
IS , THIS IS THE SUBSET OF 

1025
00:36:16,040 --> 00:36:17,642
INDIVIDUALS THAT IF YOU DO NOT 

1026
00:36:17,642 --> 00:36:20,378
SUCCEED IT IS YOUR OWN FAULT. 

1027
00:36:20,378 --> 00:36:21,846
BUT INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS THAT ARE 

1028
00:36:21,846 --> 00:36:22,780
STRUGGLING AND WORKING, YOU SAID

1029
00:36:22,780 --> 00:36:30,454
IT, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, 

1030
00:36:30,454 --> 00:36:31,355
AFFORDABILITY IS MACRO. IT'S 

1031
00:36:31,355 --> 00:36:32,823
THE ROLE OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR TO

1032
00:36:32,823 --> 00:36:33,824
DO BETTER, TO SERVE ITS PEOPLE. 

1033
00:36:33,824 --> 00:36:35,359
I BELIEVE WE CAN DO THAT. I 

1034
00:36:35,359 --> 00:36:38,563
THINK ABOUT HOW OFTEN ARTISTS, 

1035
00:36:38,563 --> 00:36:39,830
ARTS AND CULTURE, TO YOUR POINT,

1036
00:36:39,830 --> 00:36:41,032
ARE SEGMENTED AS AN ISLAND. BUT 

1037
00:36:41,032 --> 00:36:42,066
ARTISTS ARE ALSO, THEY ARE 

1038
00:36:42,066 --> 00:36:43,634
TAXPAYERS. FROM DEBBIE NINE AND 

1039
00:36:43,634 --> 00:36:45,570
1099 PERSPECTIVES. BUT THEY ARE 

1040
00:36:45,570 --> 00:36:48,105
PARENTS. MOTHERS, CHILDREN, THEY

1041
00:36:48,105 --> 00:36:49,173
FIT SO MANY DIFFERENT 

1042
00:36:49,173 --> 00:36:51,142
CROSS-SECTIONS OF WHO WE SERVE. 

1043
00:36:51,142 --> 00:36:55,313
AND, I ALSO HEAR THIS QUITE 

1044
00:36:55,313 --> 00:37:00,618
OFTEN. WHEN YOU WORK WITHIN THE 

1045
00:37:00,618 --> 00:37:01,886
CREATIVE ECONOMY YOU ARE AN 

1046
00:37:01,886 --> 00:37:02,753
ARTIST AND CULTURAL WORKER, YOU 

1047
00:37:02,753 --> 00:37:08,859
TAKE WHICH CAN GET. AND I WANT 

1048
00:37:08,859 --> 00:37:10,061
TO PUSH AND SAY, ASK, DEMAND 

1049
00:37:10,061 --> 00:37:11,829
MORE OF ME IN THIS POSITION IF 

1050
00:37:11,829 --> 00:37:12,697
I'M SO LUCKY, DEMAND MORE OF 

1051
00:37:12,697 --> 00:37:13,698
YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. YOU ARE 

1052
00:37:13,698 --> 00:37:15,266
ENTITLED TO THAT SERVICE. YOU'RE

1053
00:37:15,266 --> 00:37:18,536
ENTITLED TO MATTER. JUST AS WE 

1054
00:37:18,536 --> 00:37:20,571
SAY HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT, 

1055
00:37:20,571 --> 00:37:23,474
ARTS AND CULTURE IS THE WHY, WHY

1056
00:37:23,474 --> 00:37:25,142
DO WE BUILD BUILDINGS IF WE ARE 

1057
00:37:25,142 --> 00:37:26,677
NOT THINKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE 

1058
00:37:26,677 --> 00:37:28,312
WHO LIVE IN THEM? 

1059
00:37:28,312 --> 00:37:38,856
>> BEAUTIFULLY PUT. PUTTING THE 

1060
00:37:38,990 --> 00:37:39,890
SERVANT AND PUBLIC SERVANT OUT. 

1061
00:37:39,890 --> 00:37:41,392
I THANK YOU FOR THOSE ANSWERS TO

1062
00:37:41,392 --> 00:37:42,526
MY QUESTIONS. I'M EXCITED TO 

1063
00:37:42,526 --> 00:37:43,394
ADVANCE THIS APPOINTMENT. THANK 

1064
00:37:43,394 --> 00:37:44,362
YOU, CHAIR. 

1065
00:37:44,362 --> 00:37:44,962
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 

1066
00:37:44,962 --> 00:37:46,063
RINCK, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, 

1067
00:37:46,063 --> 00:37:47,565
INTERIM NGUYEN. I GET TO ASK A 

1068
00:37:47,565 --> 00:37:49,000
FEW MY OWN QUESTIONS. IT IS A 

1069
00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:50,067
PLEASURE, IT'S GENERALLY A 

1070
00:37:50,067 --> 00:37:51,302
PLEASURE TO GET YOU HERE TO 

1071
00:37:51,302 --> 00:37:52,503
REFLECT AND THINK ABOUT THE WAY 

1072
00:37:52,503 --> 00:37:54,138
THAT OUR CITY IS CONNECTED . 

1073
00:37:54,138 --> 00:37:58,275
THAT ARTISTS ARE JUST ARTISTS , 

1074
00:37:58,275 --> 00:37:59,176
THEIR PARENTS AND TEACHERS AND 

1075
00:37:59,176 --> 00:38:03,080
THEY RIDE THE BUS, ET CETERA. AS

1076
00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:04,015
WELL AS THE CONNECTION TO 

1077
00:38:04,015 --> 00:38:05,016
COMMITTEE. I WANT TO TURN A 

1078
00:38:05,016 --> 00:38:06,684
LITTLE MORE INTO DISPLACEMENT. I

1079
00:38:06,684 --> 00:38:08,486
WOULD LOVE IF YOU CAN SHARE WITH

1080
00:38:08,486 --> 00:38:10,788
US STRATEGIES YOU THINK ARE 

1081
00:38:10,788 --> 00:38:13,858
IMPORTANT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT 

1082
00:38:13,858 --> 00:38:14,759
PREVENTING DISPLACEMENT OF 

1083
00:38:14,759 --> 00:38:16,060
ARTISTS AND CULTURAL 

1084
00:38:16,060 --> 00:38:17,028
ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS MOMENT AS 

1085
00:38:17,028 --> 00:38:18,129
A CITY. 

1086
00:38:18,129 --> 00:38:24,735
>> ABSOLUTELY. I AM GOING TO TRY

1087
00:38:24,735 --> 00:38:26,170
TO -- THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF 

1088
00:38:26,170 --> 00:38:27,338
THE THINGS I GET MOST PASSIONATE

1089
00:38:27,338 --> 00:38:28,539
ABOUT. JEFF FOSTER, I WILL TRY 

1090
00:38:28,539 --> 00:38:32,543
TO KEEP IT MORE CONCISE. ARTS 

1091
00:38:32,543 --> 00:38:34,211
AND CULTURE, ARTISTS HAVE BEEN 

1092
00:38:34,211 --> 00:38:36,947
LEFT OFF OF THE REAL ESTATE 

1093
00:38:36,947 --> 00:38:38,582
PRE-DEVELOPMENT CONVERSATIONS. 

1094
00:38:38,582 --> 00:38:40,017
IT IS OFTEN ARTISTS ARE BROUGHT 

1095
00:38:40,017 --> 00:38:42,553
IN AT THE END. BUT IF WE WERE TO

1096
00:38:42,553 --> 00:38:45,256
ADDRESS , TAKE HOUSING 

1097
00:38:45,256 --> 00:38:47,992
PORTABILITY , AND CENTER WHAT IT

1098
00:38:47,992 --> 00:38:50,494
IS FOR ARTISTS AND ARTIST 

1099
00:38:50,494 --> 00:38:54,532
COMMUNITIES TO LIVE THERE, THE 

1100
00:38:54,532 --> 00:38:55,099
ENTIRE PIPELINE WILL LOOK 

1101
00:38:55,099 --> 00:38:57,668
DIFFERENT. NOT ONLY, I WOULD 

1102
00:38:57,668 --> 00:38:58,903
TAKE THE ARGUMENT OF EVEN THE 

1103
00:38:58,903 --> 00:39:00,171
CAPITAL STAFF LOOK DIFFERENTLY 

1104
00:39:00,171 --> 00:39:04,575
INTO THE FINAL PRODUCT OF, 

1105
00:39:04,575 --> 00:39:06,210
ANYWAY, SORRY, I'M GOING TO'S 

1106
00:39:06,210 --> 00:39:08,813
THE CONTRACT. I GET VERY 

1107
00:39:08,813 --> 00:39:13,317
PASSIONATE. WHEN I THINK ABOUT 

1108
00:39:13,317 --> 00:39:14,852
WHAT THE PUBLIC SECTOR NEEDS TO 

1109
00:39:14,852 --> 00:39:18,856
DO ON ANTI-DISPLACEMENT, WE HAVE

1110
00:39:18,856 --> 00:39:26,030
TO ACT NOW , WE ARE LATE, WE ARE

1111
00:39:26,030 --> 00:39:27,064
BEHIND. WE WILL LOSE THE ARTISTS

1112
00:39:27,064 --> 00:39:28,966
WE HAVE NOW IF WE DON'T INVEST 

1113
00:39:28,966 --> 00:39:30,367
IN THE PIPELINE FOR FUTURE 

1114
00:39:30,367 --> 00:39:31,736
ARTISTS. BUT ALSO, RECOGNIZING 

1115
00:39:31,736 --> 00:39:34,705
THAT WE HAVEN'T EVEN BUILT THE 

1116
00:39:34,705 --> 00:39:36,107
ECOSYSTEM FOR ARTISTS TO HAVE 

1117
00:39:36,107 --> 00:39:39,643
FAMILIES AND THAT COMES DOWN TO 

1118
00:39:39,643 --> 00:39:44,081
HOW MUCH WE HAVE DELIVERED ON 

1119
00:39:44,081 --> 00:39:45,483
ONE BEDROOMS AND TWO BEDROOMS 

1120
00:39:45,483 --> 00:39:46,851
AND THEN WE THINK ABOUT WHAT IT 

1121
00:39:46,851 --> 00:39:47,918
IS TO CREATE SPACE. HOW LITTLE 

1122
00:39:47,918 --> 00:39:49,186
AFFORDABLE STUDIO SPACE THERE 

1123
00:39:49,186 --> 00:39:51,956
IS. AND THAT IS BEST REFLECTED 

1124
00:39:51,956 --> 00:39:57,361
IN WATERSHED COMMUNITY 

1125
00:39:57,361 --> 00:39:57,995
DEVELOPMENT, EQUINOX STUDIOS, 

1126
00:39:57,995 --> 00:40:02,466
THAT FLUCTUATES BETWEEN 1% TO 3%

1127
00:40:02,466 --> 00:40:03,400
VACANCY ON COMMERCIAL STUDIO 

1128
00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:04,969
SPACE. THAT IS AMAZING TO HAVE 

1129
00:40:04,969 --> 00:40:06,837
THAT. I LISTEN TO THAT AND I GO,

1130
00:40:06,837 --> 00:40:09,173
WE NEED MORE. THAT LEVEL OF 

1131
00:40:09,173 --> 00:40:12,209
VACANCY, ESPECIALLY AT THAT 

1132
00:40:12,209 --> 00:40:14,078
RATE, THAT IS A KEY INDICATOR OF

1133
00:40:14,078 --> 00:40:16,514
DEMAND. SORRY, WHAT IS THE FULL 

1134
00:40:16,514 --> 00:40:22,987
QUESTION? I WANT TO MAKE SURE --

1135
00:40:22,987 --> 00:40:24,221
YOU ASKED FOR SOLUTIONS. WHAT WE

1136
00:40:24,221 --> 00:40:25,356
CAN DO MORE OF. 

1137
00:40:25,356 --> 00:40:27,191
>> I WAS TEEING YOU UP TO GO 

1138
00:40:27,191 --> 00:40:35,132
OFF. LET ME BRING IT BACK. I 

1139
00:40:35,132 --> 00:40:36,467
THINK THE REASON I WANTED TO 

1140
00:40:36,467 --> 00:40:37,535
BRING THIS QUESTION, WE'VE HAD 

1141
00:40:37,535 --> 00:40:38,068
INTERESTING CONVERSATION 

1142
00:40:38,068 --> 00:40:38,803
ONE-ON-ONE ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT 

1143
00:40:38,803 --> 00:40:40,271
IT IS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE 

1144
00:40:40,271 --> 00:40:41,071
PROTECTING AND PAYING ATTENTION 

1145
00:40:41,071 --> 00:40:51,615
TO THE NEED IN OUR ART COMMUNITY

1146
00:40:53,217 --> 00:40:54,251
AND IN PARTICULARLY TO MAKE SURE

1147
00:40:54,251 --> 00:40:55,152
OUR CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS HAVE 

1148
00:40:55,152 --> 00:40:56,554
STABILITY. THAT IS PART OF WHAT 

1149
00:40:56,554 --> 00:40:58,155
I HAD IN MIND WAS ASKING THAT 

1150
00:40:58,155 --> 00:40:58,923
QUESTION. OFTEN WE ARE THINKING 

1151
00:40:58,923 --> 00:40:59,824
ABOUT DISPLACEMENT AND WE ARE 

1152
00:40:59,824 --> 00:41:00,658
THINKING ABOUT INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE

1153
00:41:00,658 --> 00:41:02,092
AS WE SHOULD AND IS WE WILL 

1154
00:41:02,092 --> 00:41:03,327
CONTINUE TOO. IT IS ALSO, I 

1155
00:41:03,327 --> 00:41:04,328
BELIEVE, IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE 

1156
00:41:04,328 --> 00:41:05,396
WE ARE INVESTING IN PRESERVING 

1157
00:41:05,396 --> 00:41:06,463
OUR INSTITUTIONS. I WAS TRYING 

1158
00:41:06,463 --> 00:41:07,898
TO TO YOU UP FOR COMMENTS AROUND

1159
00:41:07,898 --> 00:41:08,732
OUR ARTS AND CULTURAL 

1160
00:41:08,732 --> 00:41:09,400
INSTITUTIONS AND THE 

1161
00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:09,733
PRESERVATION. 

1162
00:41:09,733 --> 00:41:10,601
>> THANK YOU. I REALLY 

1163
00:41:10,601 --> 00:41:12,036
APPRECIATE THAT. I WENT OFF THE 

1164
00:41:12,036 --> 00:41:17,541
RAILS. I REALIZE THAT. ONE OF 

1165
00:41:17,541 --> 00:41:19,944
THE -- I AM GOING TO GO INTO ONE

1166
00:41:19,944 --> 00:41:23,781
OF THE VERY MANY FANTASTIC 

1167
00:41:23,781 --> 00:41:24,949
PROGRAMS THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND 

1168
00:41:24,949 --> 00:41:26,083
CULTURE HAS. BUT MORE TO 

1169
00:41:26,083 --> 00:41:31,355
DEMONSTRATE THE NEEDS COMPONENT.

1170
00:41:31,355 --> 00:41:32,923
WE IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM CALLED 

1171
00:41:32,923 --> 00:41:33,791
THE CULTURAL FACILITIES FUND. 

1172
00:41:33,791 --> 00:41:39,630
AND THIS PROGRAM HAS, IN THE 

1173
00:41:39,630 --> 00:41:40,564
PREVIOUS CYCLE, WE WERE ABLE TO 

1174
00:41:40,564 --> 00:41:48,038
GRANT $400,000, THAT IS NOTHING 

1175
00:41:48,038 --> 00:41:49,240
, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NUMBERS 

1176
00:41:49,240 --> 00:41:50,608
AND ACTUALLY WE ARE ABLE TO 

1177
00:41:50,608 --> 00:41:51,642
CALCULATE WHAT THE CAPITAL NEEDS

1178
00:41:51,642 --> 00:41:53,010
WERE FOR IT, IT WAS UPWARDS OF 

1179
00:41:53,010 --> 00:41:56,046
$90 MILLION. $400,000 TO THE $90

1180
00:41:56,046 --> 00:42:00,084
MILLION NEEDS OF IT, WE NEED TO 

1181
00:42:00,084 --> 00:42:01,385
DO MORE. WE NEED TO INVEST MORE.

1182
00:42:01,385 --> 00:42:06,323
THE RECOGNITION THAT WE HAVE 

1183
00:42:06,323 --> 00:42:07,458
LIMITED PUBLIC DOLLARS PUSHES ME

1184
00:42:07,458 --> 00:42:08,592
TO THINK ABOUT WHAT IS WITHIN 

1185
00:42:08,592 --> 00:42:13,163
OUR EXISTING TOOLKIT THAT WE CAN

1186
00:42:13,163 --> 00:42:14,298
LEVERAGE AND HAVE BETTER 

1187
00:42:14,298 --> 00:42:16,133
INTEGRATION WITH? AND, ALSO 

1188
00:42:16,133 --> 00:42:18,836
THINKING ABOUT WHAT IS THE 

1189
00:42:18,836 --> 00:42:20,538
MARRIAGE BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND 

1190
00:42:20,538 --> 00:42:26,944
PRIVATE WITHIN OUR CONTROL? ONE 

1191
00:42:26,944 --> 00:42:29,380
OF THE THINGS I'M INTERESTED IN

1192
00:42:29,380 --> 00:42:30,414
BUILDING STRONGER RELATIONSHIPS 

1193
00:42:30,414 --> 00:42:32,016
IS SEEING HOW WE CAN HAVE ARTS 

1194
00:42:32,016 --> 00:42:35,219
AND CULTURE BE POSITIONED TO BE 

1195
00:42:35,219 --> 00:42:35,986
BETTER PARTNERS WITHIN EXISTING 

1196
00:42:35,986 --> 00:42:39,924
CAPITAL DEPARTMENTS. THAT MEANS 

1197
00:42:39,924 --> 00:42:41,926
WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE SEATTLE 

1198
00:42:41,926 --> 00:42:43,494
TRANSPORTATION LEVY, THERE IS SO

1199
00:42:43,494 --> 00:42:47,998
MUCH EXCITEMENT THAT WAS 

1200
00:42:47,998 --> 00:42:48,866
EMBEDDED WITHIN SEATTLE 

1201
00:42:48,866 --> 00:42:49,433
TRANSPORTATION PLAN AROUND 

1202
00:42:49,433 --> 00:42:50,701
PEOPLE STREETS. AROUND WAYS OF 

1203
00:42:50,701 --> 00:42:53,003
ACTIVATION THAT IS A PERFECT 

1204
00:42:53,003 --> 00:42:55,005
MARRIAGE FOR US IN THE OFFICE OF

1205
00:42:55,005 --> 00:42:56,440
ARTS AND CULTURE TO BE 

1206
00:42:56,440 --> 00:42:58,142
DELIVERING FOR CULTURAL 

1207
00:42:58,142 --> 00:42:58,976
INSTITUTIONS AND ADVOCATING FOR 

1208
00:42:58,976 --> 00:43:00,444
THEM TO GET THE INVESTMENTS THEY

1209
00:43:00,444 --> 00:43:09,553
NEED IN CAPITAL OUTSIDE OF THE 

1210
00:43:09,553 --> 00:43:11,121
FACILITIES. WE HAVE A FIGHT IN 

1211
00:43:11,121 --> 00:43:12,222
FRONT OF US TO ENSURE THAT THE 

1212
00:43:12,222 --> 00:43:13,424
PUBLIC SECTOR IS PLAYING ITS 

1213
00:43:13,424 --> 00:43:14,491
ROLE AND ALSO STABILIZING THE 

1214
00:43:14,491 --> 00:43:15,292
ENVIRONMENT FOR ARTS AND 

1215
00:43:15,292 --> 00:43:15,793
CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS. 

1216
00:43:15,793 --> 00:43:17,528
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. MY FINAL 

1217
00:43:17,528 --> 00:43:21,999
QUESTION, I AM OBVIOUSLY PART OF

1218
00:43:21,999 --> 00:43:23,200
THE ROLE FOR THE ARTS AND 

1219
00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:24,635
CULTURE DIRECTOR IS TO HAVE A 

1220
00:43:24,635 --> 00:43:26,036
VISION, IS TO BE ABLE TO 

1221
00:43:26,036 --> 00:43:27,738
COLLABORATE AND WORK ACROSS 

1222
00:43:27,738 --> 00:43:38,215
DEPARTMENTS . IT HAS BEEN A 

1223
00:43:38,816 --> 00:43:39,617
PLEASURE TO HEAR YOU SPEAK ABOUT

1224
00:43:39,617 --> 00:43:42,319
THAT TODAY. I WANT TO ASK YOU TO

1225
00:43:42,319 --> 00:43:43,420
CLOSE UP BY SPEAKING ABOUT YOUR 

1226
00:43:43,420 --> 00:43:43,988
ROLE AS LEADER OF THE STAFF 

1227
00:43:43,988 --> 00:43:45,589
TEAM. WE KNOW THE CITY IS MADE 

1228
00:43:45,589 --> 00:43:46,390
UP OF INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE WHO ARE 

1229
00:43:46,390 --> 00:43:47,057
WORKING REALLY HARD, WHETHER 

1230
00:43:47,057 --> 00:43:48,292
THAT IS ARE GRANTS MANAGERS, OUR

1231
00:43:48,292 --> 00:43:48,926
FACILITIES FOLKS, KINGSTREE, 

1232
00:43:48,926 --> 00:43:50,361
WHETHER THAT IS ANY OF THE OTHER

1233
00:43:50,361 --> 00:43:51,595
FABULOUS FOLKS IN THE OFFICE OF 

1234
00:43:51,595 --> 00:43:52,896
ARTS AND CULTURE. AND I WOULD 

1235
00:43:52,896 --> 00:43:54,264
LIKE TO ASK YOU TO SPEAK BRIEFLY

1236
00:43:54,264 --> 00:43:55,666
TO HOW YOU THINK ABOUT ENSURING 

1237
00:43:55,666 --> 00:43:56,767
SUCCESS OF YOUR TEAM FROM A 

1238
00:43:56,767 --> 00:43:57,668
MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE. 

1239
00:43:57,668 --> 00:43:59,603
>> ABSOLUTELY. I THINK ABOUT -- 

1240
00:43:59,603 --> 00:44:03,107
THIS WILL BE MY FIRST TIME IN A 

1241
00:44:03,107 --> 00:44:07,344
QUOTE" NUMBER ONE ROLE. AND I AM

1242
00:44:07,344 --> 00:44:09,613
PROUD TO HAVE STARTED AND 

1243
00:44:09,613 --> 00:44:11,115
PROGRESSIVELY BEEN ABLE TO MOVE 

1244
00:44:11,115 --> 00:44:18,088
UP IN THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE 

1245
00:44:18,088 --> 00:44:19,823
ROLE IN FOR TO BE. I SAY THAT TO

1246
00:44:19,823 --> 00:44:21,592
PUT INTO PERSPECTIVE THAT WE ARE

1247
00:44:21,592 --> 00:44:24,695
NOTHING WITHOUT OUR STAFF. OUR 

1248
00:44:24,695 --> 00:44:26,063
STAFF ARE THE ONES THAT ARE 

1249
00:44:26,063 --> 00:44:27,998
GETTING THE WORK DONE. IT IS THE

1250
00:44:27,998 --> 00:44:30,034
STAFF THAT ARE THE HEART OF OUR 

1251
00:44:30,034 --> 00:44:33,203
CITY. PUBLIC SERVANTS ARE NOT 

1252
00:44:33,203 --> 00:44:38,742
JUST PUBLIC SERVANTS. THEY ARE 

1253
00:44:38,742 --> 00:44:40,310
THE ONES THAT, I AM PROUD OF 

1254
00:44:40,310 --> 00:44:41,812
THIS OFFICE BECAUSE SO MANY OF 

1255
00:44:41,812 --> 00:44:42,446
OUR STAFF ARE ARTISTS 

1256
00:44:42,446 --> 00:44:44,081
THEMSELVES. AND A BIG PART OF MY

1257
00:44:44,081 --> 00:44:45,149
LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES COME FROM 

1258
00:44:45,149 --> 00:44:54,158
A PLACE OF KNOWING THAT , AND 

1259
00:44:54,158 --> 00:44:55,392
THIS GOES BACK TO MY FEELINGS ON

1260
00:44:55,392 --> 00:44:56,060
AMERICAN INDIVIDUALISM, I 

1261
00:44:56,060 --> 00:44:57,127
BELIEVE IN THE COLLECTIVE AND I 

1262
00:44:57,127 --> 00:44:57,861
BELIEVE IN INCREASING THE 

1263
00:44:57,861 --> 00:44:59,830
KNOWLEDGE OF OUR STAFF TO MOVE 

1264
00:44:59,830 --> 00:45:01,899
THIS FORWARD . TO MOVE THIS WORK

1265
00:45:01,899 --> 00:45:03,167
FORWARD, BECAUSE OUR SECTOR 

1266
00:45:03,167 --> 00:45:07,704
NEEDS IT. AND HOW DOES THAT SHOW

1267
00:45:07,704 --> 00:45:08,772
UP IN PRACTICE? THIS OFFICE HAS 

1268
00:45:08,772 --> 00:45:11,008
GONE THROUGH SO MUCH INNOVATION 

1269
00:45:11,008 --> 00:45:12,142
AND CHANGE. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE 

1270
00:45:12,142 --> 00:45:16,447
THE PREVIOUS DIRECTOR AND THE 

1271
00:45:16,447 --> 00:45:17,681
STAFF FOR THE AMOUNT OF TIME, 

1272
00:45:17,681 --> 00:45:20,417
ENERGY THEY PUT INTO DEVELOPING 

1273
00:45:20,417 --> 00:45:22,419
A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT FOCUSED 

1274
00:45:22,419 --> 00:45:24,221
REALLY INTERNALLY AND IS ALSO 

1275
00:45:24,221 --> 00:45:25,456
AVAILABLE ONLINE IF YOU WANT TO 

1276
00:45:25,456 --> 00:45:30,728
READ IT, -- AND FOR ME COMING IN

1277
00:45:30,728 --> 00:45:32,463
AS A LEADER HERE IT'S IMPORTANT

1278
00:45:32,463 --> 00:45:35,032
FOR ME TO NOT BE AN AGENT OF 

1279
00:45:35,032 --> 00:45:39,737
CHAOS. WE NEED TO CREATE MORE 

1280
00:45:39,737 --> 00:45:45,409
STABILITY, RESILIENCY, SO THAT 

1281
00:45:45,409 --> 00:45:46,710
IS MY PRIORITY WITHIN THIS YEAR.

1282
00:45:46,710 --> 00:45:47,244
STABILITY AND RESILIENCY. 

1283
00:45:47,244 --> 00:45:50,247
TRUSTING MY STAFF. BECAUSE THEY 

1284
00:45:50,247 --> 00:45:51,348
KNOW BETTER FROM PUBLIC ART TO 

1285
00:45:51,348 --> 00:45:51,949
CREATIVE PLACE MAKING, 

1286
00:45:51,949 --> 00:45:55,786
PARTNERSHIPS AND GRANTS. AND 

1287
00:45:55,786 --> 00:45:56,887
ALSO BEING STRATEGIC ABOUT WHERE

1288
00:45:56,887 --> 00:45:59,089
MY TIME IS INVESTED. I SEE MY 

1289
00:45:59,089 --> 00:46:02,526
MANDATE AS , I NEED TO OPEN THE 

1290
00:46:02,526 --> 00:46:05,162
DOORS SO THAT WE ARE AT THE 

1291
00:46:05,162 --> 00:46:06,497
TABLES WE HAVE BEEN MISSING 

1292
00:46:06,497 --> 00:46:08,065
BEFORE. 

1293
00:46:08,065 --> 00:46:10,234
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU 

1294
00:46:10,234 --> 00:46:13,704
FOR BEING HERE WITH US TODAY. 

1295
00:46:13,704 --> 00:46:14,938
I'M JUST GOING TO CHECK THAT 

1296
00:46:14,938 --> 00:46:16,540
THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS 

1297
00:46:16,540 --> 00:46:18,709
FROM COLLEAGUES. AND, SEEING 

1298
00:46:18,709 --> 00:46:23,881
NONE, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU 

1299
00:46:23,881 --> 00:46:25,115
FOR THE TIME AND THANK YOU FOR 

1300
00:46:25,115 --> 00:46:26,617
YOUR COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC 

1301
00:46:26,617 --> 00:46:30,420
SERVICE. MY OFFICE, JUST TO 

1302
00:46:30,420 --> 00:46:31,088
REDIRECT, WE WILL HANDLE A 

1303
00:46:31,088 --> 00:46:32,189
REQUEST TO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO 

1304
00:46:32,189 --> 00:46:32,990
SUBMIT QUESTIONS TO INTERIM 

1305
00:46:32,990 --> 00:46:36,059
NGUYEN AND WE PLAN TO HOLD AT 

1306
00:46:36,059 --> 00:46:37,127
OUR NEXT COMMITTEE HEARING. WITH

1307
00:46:37,127 --> 00:46:38,662
THAT, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US 

1308
00:46:38,662 --> 00:46:40,497
TODAY. COLLEAGUES, IS THERE ANY 

1309
00:46:40,497 --> 00:46:42,166
FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE 

1310
00:46:42,166 --> 00:46:46,036
THE COMMITTEE? ALL RIGHT. SEEING

1311
00:46:46,036 --> 00:46:47,371
NONE, THIS CONCLUDES THE APRIL 

1312
00:46:47,371 --> 00:46:52,176
8, 22026 OF THE HOUSING, ARTS, 

1313
00:46:52,176 --> 00:46:53,143
AND CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEE. OUR 

1314
00:46:53,143 --> 00:46:54,244
NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING IS APRIL 

1315
00:46:54,244 --> 00:46:55,479
22. THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING. 

1316
00:46:55,479 --> 00:46:58,815
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.