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1 00:00:26,626 --> 00:00:31,364 WILL COME TO ORDER, I AM CHAIR 2 00:00:31,364 --> 00:00:31,831 OF THE COMMITTEE. 3 00:00:31,831 --> 00:00:32,932 >> COUNCIL MEMBER FOSTER. 4 00:00:32,932 --> 00:00:33,299 >> HERE. 5 00:00:33,299 --> 00:00:34,234 >> COUNCIL MEMBER LINN. 6 00:00:34,234 --> 00:00:36,603 >> HERE. 7 00:00:36,603 --> 00:00:39,072 >> COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK. 8 00:00:39,072 --> 00:00:39,472 >> CHAIR RIVERA. 9 00:00:39,472 --> 00:00:39,806 >> PRESENT. 10 00:00:39,806 --> 00:00:41,708 >> THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE 11 00:00:41,708 --> 00:00:41,975 PRESENT. 12 00:00:41,975 --> 00:00:44,511 >> THANK YOU, CLERK, PLEASE NOTE 13 00:00:44,511 --> 00:00:46,246 FOR THE RECORD, EVERYBODY, THAT 14 00:00:46,246 --> 00:00:47,447 COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH 15 00:00:47,447 --> 00:00:48,581 IS EXCUSED FROM TODAY'S 16 00:00:48,581 --> 00:00:50,350 MEETING. IF THERE IS NO 17 00:00:50,350 --> 00:00:54,621 OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE 18 00:00:54,621 --> 00:00:58,691 ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION, 19 00:00:58,691 --> 00:00:59,659 THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. PUBLIC 20 00:00:59,659 --> 00:01:00,894 COMMENT SHOULD RELATE TO ITEMS 21 00:01:00,894 --> 00:01:03,096 ON THE AGENDA OR WITHIN THE 22 00:01:03,096 --> 00:01:09,069 PURVIEW OF THE COMMITTEE. HOW 23 00:01:09,069 --> 00:01:10,703 MEN SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP 24 00:01:10,703 --> 00:01:10,937 TODAY? 25 00:01:10,937 --> 00:01:15,508 >> CHAIR, WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS 26 00:01:15,508 --> 00:01:15,742 TODAY. 27 00:01:15,742 --> 00:01:17,444 >> ALL RIGHT. THEN, PUBLIC 28 00:01:17,444 --> 00:01:19,612 COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED. WE WILL 29 00:01:19,612 --> 00:01:25,585 PROCEED TO OUR ITEMS OF 30 00:01:25,585 --> 00:01:26,553 BUSINESS. COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK, 31 00:01:26,553 --> 00:01:27,120 ARE YOU PRESENT? 32 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:28,388 >> CHECKING AUDIO, CAN YOU HEAR 33 00:01:28,388 --> 00:01:28,555 ME? 34 00:01:28,555 --> 00:01:29,589 >> YES, WE CAN. 35 00:01:29,589 --> 00:01:30,623 >> THANK YOU. I AM PRESENT. 36 00:01:30,623 --> 00:01:31,491 >> THANK YOU. 37 00:01:31,491 --> 00:01:33,259 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FOR THE 38 00:01:33,259 --> 00:01:36,863 RECORD, COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK IS 39 00:01:36,863 --> 00:01:39,065 ALSO PRESENT AT TODAY'S 40 00:01:39,065 --> 00:01:40,133 MEETING. WILL THE CLERK READ 41 00:01:40,133 --> 00:01:41,568 ITEM ONE? TO THE REPORT? 42 00:01:41,568 --> 00:01:44,804 >> AGENDA ITEM 1, UPDATE ON $4 43 00:01:44,804 --> 00:01:45,705 MILLION INVESTMENT FOR REFUGEE 44 00:01:45,705 --> 00:01:49,175 AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR 45 00:01:49,175 --> 00:01:50,210 BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION. 46 00:01:50,210 --> 00:01:52,479 >> THANK YOU, CLERK. GOOD 47 00:01:52,479 --> 00:01:55,381 AFTERNOON, COLLEAGUES, THIS IS A 48 00:01:55,381 --> 00:01:59,786 SPECIAL LIBRARY, EDUCATION, AND 49 00:01:59,786 --> 00:02:00,687 NEIGHBORHOOD COMMITTEE MEETING. 50 00:02:00,687 --> 00:02:02,121 OR REGULARLY MEETINGS HAD BEEN 51 00:02:02,121 --> 00:02:04,891 USED FOR THE RENEWAL OF SEATTLE 52 00:02:04,891 --> 00:02:05,758 PUBLIC LIBRARY LEVEE RR, I 53 00:02:05,758 --> 00:02:08,795 WANTED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON 54 00:02:08,795 --> 00:02:10,296 THE VERY IMPORTANT $4 MILLION 55 00:02:10,296 --> 00:02:12,499 INVESTMENT GIVEN TO A WIRE ON 56 00:02:12,499 --> 00:02:16,736 THE 2026 BUDGET, IN SUPPORT OF 57 00:02:16,736 --> 00:02:19,205 OUR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE 58 00:02:19,205 --> 00:02:19,873 COMMUNITY IN TOWN. DIRECTOR CUC 59 00:02:19,873 --> 00:02:25,211 VU IS HERE TO LET US KNOW HOW 60 00:02:25,211 --> 00:02:28,147 THE FUNDS ARE GOING TO BE 61 00:02:28,147 --> 00:02:30,116 IMPLEMENTED IN SUPPORT OF 62 00:02:30,116 --> 00:02:31,417 IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE COMMUNITY 63 00:02:31,417 --> 00:02:33,319 MEMBERS. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE 64 00:02:33,319 --> 00:02:34,654 THE GREAT WORK IN GENERAL THEY 65 00:02:34,654 --> 00:02:36,689 HAVE BEEN DOING FOR MANY YEARS, 66 00:02:36,689 --> 00:02:38,391 NOT JUST NOW, FOR THE IMMIGRANT 67 00:02:38,391 --> 00:02:39,592 COMMUNITY. FOR THE RECORD, I 68 00:02:39,592 --> 00:02:41,761 HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING 69 00:02:41,761 --> 00:02:45,131 WITH DIRECTOR VU ALL THE WAY 70 00:02:45,131 --> 00:02:47,967 BACK TO ABOUT 2018 OR 2019, 71 00:02:47,967 --> 00:02:48,902 DIRECTOR. WE ARE SO LUCKY TO 72 00:02:48,902 --> 00:02:53,406 HAVE HER BACK AT THE CITY, AT 73 00:02:53,406 --> 00:02:56,242 THE HELM ONCE AGAIN. I KNOW HER 74 00:02:56,242 --> 00:02:57,777 COMMITMENT TO OUR IMMIGRANT AND 75 00:02:57,777 --> 00:03:01,247 REFUGEE RESIDENTS IN THE CITY, I 76 00:03:01,247 --> 00:03:01,981 REALLY APPRECIATE HER WORK. SO 77 00:03:01,981 --> 00:03:07,654 LUCKY TO GET TO WORK WITH HER 78 00:03:07,654 --> 00:03:09,689 AGAIN. WE HAVE SPOKEN, AND WHILE 79 00:03:09,689 --> 00:03:13,593 WE HAVE NOT SEEN THE SURGE THAT 80 00:03:13,593 --> 00:03:16,796 WE SAW IN MINNEAPOLIS HERE IN 81 00:03:16,796 --> 00:03:18,531 SEATTLE, WE HAVE SEEN AN 82 00:03:18,531 --> 00:03:19,666 INCREASE IN I.C.E ACTIVITY, 83 00:03:19,666 --> 00:03:21,234 WHILE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL 84 00:03:21,234 --> 00:03:23,403 HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, WE DON'T 85 00:03:23,403 --> 00:03:24,437 WANT TO INSTILL FEAR IN FOLKS, 86 00:03:24,437 --> 00:03:27,840 BECAUSE THAT IS THE POINT, 87 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:29,075 RIGHT? THE CURRENT 88 00:03:29,075 --> 00:03:31,711 ADMINISTRATION CLEARLY WANTS 89 00:03:31,711 --> 00:03:35,481 FOLKS TO LIVE IN FEAR. I NEVER 90 00:03:35,481 --> 00:03:36,516 WANT TO BE MONGERING OR ADD 91 00:03:36,516 --> 00:03:39,552 STRESS TO WHAT IS ALREADY A 92 00:03:39,552 --> 00:03:41,221 STRESSFUL TIME FOR IMMIGRANT AND 93 00:03:41,221 --> 00:03:42,388 REFUGEE FOLKS IN TOWN. IT IS OUR 94 00:03:42,388 --> 00:03:43,256 JOB AS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND 95 00:03:43,256 --> 00:03:45,124 ELECTED OFFICIALS AND AS THE 96 00:03:45,124 --> 00:03:47,393 CITY OF SEATTLE, TO REALLY HELP 97 00:03:47,393 --> 00:03:50,463 KEEP OUR PEOPLE CALM AND WE WANT 98 00:03:50,463 --> 00:03:52,799 TO MAKE SURE WE SUPPORT OUR 99 00:03:52,799 --> 00:03:54,200 COMMUNITIES WHEN WE ARE-- 100 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:55,802 INSTEAD OF OPERATING IN A CHAOS 101 00:03:55,802 --> 00:03:57,737 SITUATION, AND THAT IS THE POINT 102 00:03:57,737 --> 00:04:01,474 OF OUR INVESTMENTS IS TO REALLY 103 00:04:01,474 --> 00:04:04,310 HELP SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITIES AND 104 00:04:04,310 --> 00:04:05,578 PROVIDE COMFORT AND SECURITY. I 105 00:04:05,578 --> 00:04:11,251 AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO 106 00:04:11,251 --> 00:04:12,986 HEARING ABOUT THE INVESTMENT AND 107 00:04:12,986 --> 00:04:16,856 HOW IT IS GETTING IMPLEMENTED. 108 00:04:16,856 --> 00:04:17,490 THE ORIGINAL INVESTMENT, WHICH 109 00:04:17,490 --> 00:04:20,193 IS AN ONGOING INVESTMENT, BY THE 110 00:04:20,193 --> 00:04:24,697 WAY, WAS DELINEATED BY COUNCIL 111 00:04:24,697 --> 00:04:27,133 ACTION TO DO THE FOLLOWING, TO 112 00:04:27,133 --> 00:04:29,269 ADDRESS BACKFILL FOR FEDERAL 113 00:04:29,269 --> 00:04:33,139 BUDGET CUTS, AND ALSO JUST RAPID 114 00:04:33,139 --> 00:04:35,241 RESPONSE, LEGAL DEFENSE, WHICH 115 00:04:35,241 --> 00:04:38,211 THE DEPARTMENT ALREADY PROVIDES, 116 00:04:38,211 --> 00:04:39,078 IMMIGRANT INTEGRATION AND 117 00:04:39,078 --> 00:04:40,580 CITIZENSHIP SUPPORT, WHICH IS 118 00:04:40,580 --> 00:04:42,882 DEPARTMENT ALREADY PROVIDES AS 119 00:04:42,882 --> 00:04:43,683 WELL, ADULT IMMIGRANT WORKFORCE 120 00:04:43,683 --> 00:04:44,817 DEVELOPMENT, AND READY TO WORK, 121 00:04:44,817 --> 00:04:47,720 WHICH THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN 122 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:56,396 DOING FOR MANY YEARS NOW, 123 00:04:56,396 --> 00:04:58,264 IMMIGRANT YOUTH CAREER PATHWAY 124 00:04:58,264 --> 00:05:01,567 PROGRAMS, IMMIGRANT SAFETY 125 00:05:01,567 --> 00:05:02,201 ACCESS NETWORK, AND ETHNIC MEDIA 126 00:05:02,201 --> 00:05:02,802 AND TRANSLATION AND COMMUNITY 127 00:05:02,802 --> 00:05:03,336 ADVISORS AND THE STAFFING 128 00:05:03,336 --> 00:05:05,204 NEEDING TO SUPPORT THE 129 00:05:05,204 --> 00:05:05,805 FUNCTIONS, TEMPORARY STAFFING 130 00:05:05,805 --> 00:05:07,006 NEEDED, TO SCALE UP THE WORK, 131 00:05:07,006 --> 00:05:10,343 BECAUSE THIS IS NORMALLY IT IS, 132 00:05:10,343 --> 00:05:11,511 WOULD HAVE BEEN $6 MILLION 133 00:05:11,511 --> 00:05:13,346 DEPARTMENT IS NOW A $10 WITH THE 134 00:05:13,346 --> 00:05:15,148 NEW MONEY, SO YOU ARE ABLE TO DO 135 00:05:15,148 --> 00:05:17,350 MORE. THE REASON WHY I AM 136 00:05:17,350 --> 00:05:20,920 POINTING THAT OUT IS BECAUSE ANY 137 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:22,588 TIME A DEPARTMENT GETS THIS SIZE 138 00:05:22,588 --> 00:05:24,123 OF PERCENTAGE INCREASE, I WANT 139 00:05:24,123 --> 00:05:26,025 TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE 140 00:05:26,025 --> 00:05:28,094 DEPARTMENT THEN HAS TO TURN 141 00:05:28,094 --> 00:05:34,801 AROUND AND BE ABLE TO SCALE UP 142 00:05:34,801 --> 00:05:35,401 THEIR OPERATIONS TO MEET THAT 143 00:05:35,401 --> 00:05:37,403 EXTRA FUNDING AND THAT TAKES 144 00:05:37,403 --> 00:05:38,871 TIME. SO I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO 145 00:05:38,871 --> 00:05:39,739 ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS ISN'T 146 00:05:39,739 --> 00:05:41,174 SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD TURN 147 00:05:41,174 --> 00:05:41,808 AROUND OVERNIGHT, BECAUSE THIS 148 00:05:41,808 --> 00:05:45,011 IS A LOT MORE THAN YOU ARE 149 00:05:45,011 --> 00:05:46,946 USUALLY MANAGING FOR, IN TERMS 150 00:05:46,946 --> 00:05:48,981 OF A BUDGET. SO, THAT IS 151 00:05:48,981 --> 00:05:50,616 IMPORTANT HERE TO NOTE, AND IT 152 00:05:50,616 --> 00:05:53,419 ALWAYS TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF 153 00:05:53,419 --> 00:05:55,988 TIME. AND THEN I REALLY WANT TO, 154 00:05:55,988 --> 00:05:59,025 ALSO, COLLEAGUES, APOLOGIES FOR 155 00:05:59,025 --> 00:06:00,426 NOT GETTING THE SLIDE DECK 156 00:06:00,426 --> 00:06:01,227 SOONER. WE ALWAYS STRIVE TO GET 157 00:06:01,227 --> 00:06:02,528 MATERIAL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 158 00:06:02,528 --> 00:06:05,732 THERE WAS SOME LAST-MINUTE WORK 159 00:06:05,732 --> 00:06:06,466 ON THE PRESENTATION BUT I 160 00:06:06,466 --> 00:06:08,634 DIDN'T WANT TO HOLD UP THE 161 00:06:08,634 --> 00:06:10,103 MEETING TODAY BECAUSE I KNOW THE 162 00:06:10,103 --> 00:06:11,938 DEPARTMENT IS DOING GREAT WORK, 163 00:06:11,938 --> 00:06:15,041 SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE 164 00:06:15,041 --> 00:06:16,809 COULD GET YOU THE BRIEFING, 165 00:06:16,809 --> 00:06:17,577 SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, BUT 166 00:06:17,577 --> 00:06:19,512 THAT MEANT YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE 167 00:06:19,512 --> 00:06:20,580 MATERIALS UNTIL A LITTLE EARLIER 168 00:06:20,580 --> 00:06:22,849 TODAY AND FOR THAT I DO 169 00:06:22,849 --> 00:06:26,319 APOLOGIZE AND I THANK YOU FOR 170 00:06:26,319 --> 00:06:29,522 YOUR GRACE SO LETS GET INTO THE 171 00:06:29,522 --> 00:06:30,389 PRESENTATION, DIRECTOR VU, YOU 172 00:06:30,389 --> 00:06:31,758 CAN INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR THE 173 00:06:31,758 --> 00:06:33,326 RECORD. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU 174 00:06:33,326 --> 00:06:34,193 BEING HERE. COLLEAGUES, IF YOU 175 00:06:34,193 --> 00:06:35,661 HAVE QUESTIONS, I WILL LOOK OUT 176 00:06:35,661 --> 00:06:37,463 FOR YOUR HANDS. YOU CAN GO AHEAD 177 00:06:37,463 --> 00:06:38,631 AND ASK QUESTIONS AS WE GO 178 00:06:38,631 --> 00:06:40,800 ALONG, BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF 179 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:44,804 INFORMATION AND A LOT OF GREAT 180 00:06:44,804 --> 00:06:47,039 WORK AND LOT OF PIECES TO THIS 181 00:06:47,039 --> 00:06:49,742 AND WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL 182 00:06:49,742 --> 00:06:51,210 THE END. GO AHEAD, DIRECTOR VU. 183 00:06:51,210 --> 00:06:53,246 >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, THANK 184 00:06:53,246 --> 00:06:55,615 YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS LINN AND 185 00:06:55,615 --> 00:06:59,652 FOSTER AND RINCK FOR JOINING US 186 00:06:59,652 --> 00:07:00,853 TODAY. I AM THE ACTING DIRECTOR 187 00:07:00,853 --> 00:07:04,023 OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE OFFICE OF 188 00:07:04,023 --> 00:07:06,092 IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE AFFAIRS, 189 00:07:06,092 --> 00:07:09,796 HERE TODAY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE 190 00:07:09,796 --> 00:07:16,936 ON OFFICE $4 MILLION EXPANDED 191 00:07:16,936 --> 00:07:17,570 INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO AS THE 192 00:07:17,570 --> 00:07:19,005 CHAIR REFERENCED THIS REPRESENTS 193 00:07:19,005 --> 00:07:20,373 A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE TO THE 194 00:07:20,373 --> 00:07:24,110 BUDGET, AND WE HAVE LOT OF 195 00:07:24,110 --> 00:07:25,278 THANKS TO COMMUNITY ADVOCACY, 196 00:07:25,278 --> 00:07:28,781 BUT ALSO SUPPORT FROM CITY 197 00:07:28,781 --> 00:07:29,315 COUNCIL. THESE ADDITIONAL 198 00:07:29,315 --> 00:07:30,817 RESOURCES WILL ALLOW US TO 199 00:07:30,817 --> 00:07:33,619 CONTINUE SUPPORTING THE MOUNTING 200 00:07:33,619 --> 00:07:37,924 CHALLENGES FACING IMMIGRANT AND 201 00:07:37,924 --> 00:07:38,791 REFUGEE COMMUNITIES TODAY. FOR 202 00:07:38,791 --> 00:07:42,562 FOLKS WHO ARE NEW TO OUR 203 00:07:42,562 --> 00:07:45,198 ODDGENCE, THE MISSION OF OIRA IS 204 00:07:45,198 --> 00:07:48,067 IMPROVE THE LIVES OF SEATTLE'S 205 00:07:48,067 --> 00:07:50,203 IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEES BY 206 00:07:50,203 --> 00:07:52,605 WELCOMING POLICIES, PROVIDING 207 00:07:52,605 --> 00:07:54,240 SERVICE AND PROGRAM THAT PROMOTE 208 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:58,211 THE WELL BEING, AND DOING 209 00:07:58,211 --> 00:07:58,978 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INCLUDING 210 00:07:58,978 --> 00:08:07,286 ETHNIC MEDIA PROGRAM. I WANT TO 211 00:08:07,286 --> 00:08:10,356 START, FIRST, WITH LOOKING AT 212 00:08:10,356 --> 00:08:11,624 THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS BUDGET 213 00:08:11,624 --> 00:08:14,193 AD, AND NEEDING TO MAKE SURE 214 00:08:14,193 --> 00:08:15,261 THAT WE NOT ONLY MOVE QUICKLY, 215 00:08:15,261 --> 00:08:18,764 BUT ALSO DO IT IN THE RIGHT WAY 216 00:08:18,764 --> 00:08:19,565 THAT REFLECTS COMMUNITY NEED, SO 217 00:08:19,565 --> 00:08:24,737 WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF COMMUNITY 218 00:08:24,737 --> 00:08:27,139 FEEDBACK, LOOKED AT DATA AND 219 00:08:27,139 --> 00:08:31,744 RESEARCH, AND ALL OF THAT TO 220 00:08:31,744 --> 00:08:33,479 REFLECT COUNCIL'S DIRECTIVE TO 221 00:08:33,479 --> 00:08:34,714 US, MITIGATE IMPACT OF FEDERAL 222 00:08:34,714 --> 00:08:37,650 FUNDING LOST AND EXPAND AND 223 00:08:37,650 --> 00:08:39,519 CREATE NEW PROGRAMMING TO 224 00:08:39,519 --> 00:08:41,387 SUPPORT IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE 225 00:08:41,387 --> 00:08:42,421 COMMUNITIES INCLUDING LEVEL 226 00:08:42,421 --> 00:08:43,523 SERVICE, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, 227 00:08:43,523 --> 00:08:48,261 OUTREACH, AND COMMUNITY 228 00:08:48,261 --> 00:08:49,228 NAVIGATION SERVICES AND OTHER 229 00:08:49,228 --> 00:08:50,129 CRITICAL PROGRAMS. I AM GOING TO 230 00:08:50,129 --> 00:08:51,597 START WITH THIS TABLE HERE, I 231 00:08:51,597 --> 00:08:56,869 HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE A 232 00:08:56,869 --> 00:08:57,837 HIGH-LEVAL RESPONSE AND WE WANT 233 00:08:57,837 --> 00:09:00,006 TO DRILL DOWN IN THE DETAILS, 234 00:09:00,006 --> 00:09:03,075 WHICH I KNOW YOU ARE INTERESTED 235 00:09:03,075 --> 00:09:07,513 IN, SO WE START, FIRST, WITH THE 236 00:09:07,513 --> 00:09:08,581 INVESTMENT AREAS, WHICH ARE 237 00:09:08,581 --> 00:09:09,782 REMOVAL DEFENSE, I WANT TO MOVE 238 00:09:09,782 --> 00:09:11,083 QUICKLY THROUGH THIS AND SPEND A 239 00:09:11,083 --> 00:09:14,620 LITTLE BIT OF TIME AND GIVING 240 00:09:14,620 --> 00:09:15,721 YOU MORE DETAILED INFORMATION 241 00:09:15,721 --> 00:09:20,192 ABOUT WHICH EACH OF THESE 242 00:09:20,192 --> 00:09:22,128 INVESTMENT AREAS LOOKS LIKE. FOR 243 00:09:22,128 --> 00:09:26,332 REMOVAL DEFENSE, WE HAVE A 244 00:09:26,332 --> 00:09:28,768 PROPOSED INVESTMENT OF $1.25 245 00:09:28,768 --> 00:09:31,137 MILLION IN COMMUNITY GRANTS WE 246 00:09:31,137 --> 00:09:34,874 HAVE $280,000, AND IF THERE IS A 247 00:09:34,874 --> 00:09:36,976 SURGE IN 2026, THAT WILL 248 00:09:36,976 --> 00:09:39,612 DEFINITELY IMPACT WHAT THIS 249 00:09:39,612 --> 00:09:41,847 INVESTMENT LOOKS LIKE FOR 2027. 250 00:09:41,847 --> 00:09:44,850 WE HAVE A CATEGORY TO SUPPORT 251 00:09:44,850 --> 00:09:48,087 BUSINESSES, WORKERS, AND SOCIAL 252 00:09:48,087 --> 00:09:50,556 PROVIDERS, AT AN AMOUNT 253 00:09:50,556 --> 00:09:54,327 $500,000, WE HAVE $250,000 FOR 254 00:09:54,327 --> 00:09:55,962 COMMUNITY RESPONSE FOR DETAINED 255 00:09:55,962 --> 00:09:57,263 FAMILIES, AND THEN ADDITIONAL 256 00:09:57,263 --> 00:10:01,067 INVESTMENT AREAS THAT ARE 257 00:10:01,067 --> 00:10:03,703 IMPACTING BY FEDERAL FUNDING 258 00:10:03,703 --> 00:10:04,737 CUTS, FOR EXAMPLE, LEGAL 259 00:10:04,737 --> 00:10:06,339 ORIENTATION PROGRAM THERE THAT 260 00:10:06,339 --> 00:10:09,141 WORK IS DONE EXCLUSIVELY BY THE 261 00:10:09,141 --> 00:10:10,977 NORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS 262 00:10:10,977 --> 00:10:16,816 PROJECT AT THE TACOMA DETENTION 263 00:10:16,816 --> 00:10:19,685 CENTER, $538,000 FUNDING WAS CUT 264 00:10:19,685 --> 00:10:22,922 THERE, OUR PROPOSAL IS CONTINUE 265 00:10:22,922 --> 00:10:25,958 $140,000, THE MOUNT THAT IS PRO 266 00:10:25,958 --> 00:10:27,460 RATED FOR THE PERCENTAGE OF 267 00:10:27,460 --> 00:10:30,696 DETAINEES WHO HAVE DIRECT 268 00:10:30,696 --> 00:10:33,866 SEATTLE TIE, WHICH IS 25%. 269 00:10:33,866 --> 00:10:36,302 FEDERAL NATURALIZATION FUNDING 270 00:10:36,302 --> 00:10:41,874 CUTS, IN SEATTLE, WAS 271 00:10:41,874 --> 00:10:43,776 APPROXIMATELY $675,000, AND THIS 272 00:10:43,776 --> 00:10:44,777 AMOUNT REFLECTS CITIZENSHIP 273 00:10:44,777 --> 00:10:45,711 INTEGRATION GRANTS, LOST FOR 274 00:10:45,711 --> 00:10:49,115 SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS SERVING 275 00:10:49,115 --> 00:10:51,717 PEOPLE WITH SEATTLE TIE, 276 00:10:51,717 --> 00:10:54,954 INCLUDING ACRS, REWALLET, 277 00:10:54,954 --> 00:10:56,188 NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE, THIS TOTAL 278 00:10:56,188 --> 00:10:57,657 INTEGRATION GRANTS LOST OVERALL 279 00:10:57,657 --> 00:11:00,860 IS MORE THAN $1 MILLION PER 280 00:11:00,860 --> 00:11:06,599 YEAR, OUR PROPOSAL IS TO FUND 281 00:11:06,599 --> 00:11:07,700 THESE CUTS FOR NATURALIZATION 282 00:11:07,700 --> 00:11:09,468 $200,000 FOR THIS YEAR, AS WE 283 00:11:09,468 --> 00:11:14,206 KEEP MOVING TO CUTS TO FEDERAL 284 00:11:14,206 --> 00:11:17,143 FUNDS FOR ESL, OUR ESTIMATE WAS 285 00:11:17,143 --> 00:11:18,978 APPROXIMATELY $800,000 OF 286 00:11:18,978 --> 00:11:21,947 FEDERAL FUNDS WERE CUT AFFECTING 287 00:11:21,947 --> 00:11:23,949 MOSTLY OUR SEATTLE COLLEGES, AND 288 00:11:23,949 --> 00:11:26,452 WE DID RECEIVE RECORDING FROM 289 00:11:26,452 --> 00:11:28,421 NORTH AND CENTRAL SEATTLE 290 00:11:28,421 --> 00:11:32,725 COLLEGES, AND ARE AWAITING ON 291 00:11:32,725 --> 00:11:34,860 INFORMATION FROM SOUTH SEATTLE 292 00:11:34,860 --> 00:11:36,762 COLLEGE, I EXPECT THE $800,000 293 00:11:36,762 --> 00:11:38,264 ESTIMATE WAS MUCH HIGHER, WHICH 294 00:11:38,264 --> 00:11:42,768 REPRESENTS LOST CATASPY FOR 295 00:11:42,768 --> 00:11:46,105 SERVING COMMUNITY NEEDS, SO OUR 296 00:11:46,105 --> 00:11:48,741 PROPOSAL TO SUPPORT THIS WORK AT 297 00:11:48,741 --> 00:11:55,848 $655,000 GETS US CLOSER, BUT NOT 298 00:11:55,848 --> 00:12:00,586 A COMPLETE REPLACEMENT OF THOSE 299 00:12:00,586 --> 00:12:01,887 FEDERAL DOLLARS CUT. EMERGENCY 300 00:12:01,887 --> 00:12:03,389 ASSISTANCE, LEVERAGING $300,000 301 00:12:03,389 --> 00:12:04,824 INVESTMENT, WE WILL PARTNER WITH 302 00:12:04,824 --> 00:12:06,325 SEATTLE FOUNDATION, THEY HAVE A 303 00:12:06,325 --> 00:12:11,263 GOAL TO MATCH OR EXCEED THE 304 00:12:11,263 --> 00:12:12,998 AMOUNT. AS YOU KNOW, OUR OFFICE 305 00:12:12,998 --> 00:12:17,103 IS DOING THE LANGUAGE ACCESS 306 00:12:17,103 --> 00:12:20,606 WORK AND LANGUAGE JUSTICE, IF 307 00:12:20,606 --> 00:12:22,908 YOU WILL, ETHNIC MEDIA BUDGET 308 00:12:22,908 --> 00:12:24,577 $75,000 TO $125,000 TO MAKE SURE 309 00:12:24,577 --> 00:12:28,047 WE ARE ABLE TO REACH AS MANY 310 00:12:28,047 --> 00:12:31,016 AUDIENCE AS POSSIBLE AND TO 311 00:12:31,016 --> 00:12:33,919 INVOLVE OUR IMPORTANT PARTNERS 312 00:12:33,919 --> 00:12:38,457 IN ETHNIC MEDIA, $300,000 TO 313 00:12:38,457 --> 00:12:41,794 TEMPORARY STAFFING. THE 314 00:12:41,794 --> 00:12:43,629 LEGISLATION APPROVES FOR THREE 315 00:12:43,629 --> 00:12:44,830 POSITIONS, TWO STRATEGIC 316 00:12:44,830 --> 00:12:46,765 ADVISOR, ONE GENERAL GOVERNMENT 317 00:12:46,765 --> 00:12:50,302 POSITIONS AND ONE CONTRACT AND 318 00:12:50,302 --> 00:12:52,772 GRANT SPECIALIST. WE DO NOT NEED 319 00:12:52,772 --> 00:12:53,739 THE GRANTS AND CONTRACT 320 00:12:53,739 --> 00:12:56,075 SPECIALIST ROLE BECAUSE WE HAVE 321 00:12:56,075 --> 00:12:58,811 THE ABILITY TO ABSORB THAT 322 00:12:58,811 --> 00:13:02,014 ADDITIONAL WORK, BUT WE WILL 323 00:13:02,014 --> 00:13:04,250 REQUEST ONE STRATEGIC ADVISOR, 324 00:13:04,250 --> 00:13:05,251 ONE POSITION, AND THAT POSITION 325 00:13:05,251 --> 00:13:08,454 WILL FUND SET AT THE END OF THE 326 00:13:08,454 --> 00:13:09,889 YEAR. SO, I WANT TO ADD THAT, 327 00:13:09,889 --> 00:13:13,659 AND THEN JUST STEP BACK FOR A 328 00:13:13,659 --> 00:13:18,430 MOMENT HERE TO EXPLAIN HOW WE 329 00:13:18,430 --> 00:13:21,934 ARRIVED AT THOSE INVESTMENT 330 00:13:21,934 --> 00:13:23,035 AREAS AND AMOUNTS AND GROUNDED 331 00:13:23,035 --> 00:13:24,403 IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE THAT WE 332 00:13:24,403 --> 00:13:27,206 SAW, WHICH IS WE DID A LOT OF 333 00:13:27,206 --> 00:13:29,108 LISTENING OVER, BEGINNING FROM 334 00:13:29,108 --> 00:13:30,442 THE TIME THAT THE NEW WHITE 335 00:13:30,442 --> 00:13:31,877 HOUSE TOOK PLACE, AND WE KNEW 336 00:13:31,877 --> 00:13:36,949 THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF 337 00:13:36,949 --> 00:13:38,217 IMMIGRATION ACTIVITY, SO WE 338 00:13:38,217 --> 00:13:43,589 CONVENED OUR LEGAL PROGRAMS AND 339 00:13:43,589 --> 00:13:45,758 DID A SURVEY FOR BOTH LEGAL 340 00:13:45,758 --> 00:13:46,525 DEFENSE AND NATURALIZATION 341 00:13:46,525 --> 00:13:51,163 PARTNERS IN MAY OF 2025 AND DID 342 00:13:51,163 --> 00:13:54,099 ANOTHER IN MARCH OF 2026, SAME 343 00:13:54,099 --> 00:13:58,604 FOR ESR AND WORKFORCE EDUCATION, 344 00:13:58,604 --> 00:14:00,139 SURVEY IN-PERSON CONVENING, JULY 345 00:14:00,139 --> 00:14:04,376 2025, AND MARCH OF 2026, RAPID 346 00:14:04,376 --> 00:14:05,211 RESPONSE, THAT WAS AN ONFWOEING 347 00:14:05,211 --> 00:14:07,413 DISCUSSION, BECAUSE IF YOU 348 00:14:07,413 --> 00:14:10,850 RECALL, THE ENFORCEMENT ACTION 349 00:14:10,850 --> 00:14:12,585 STARTED IMMEDIATELY IN 2025, AND 350 00:14:12,585 --> 00:14:13,886 THAT BODY OF WORK WAS CRITICAL 351 00:14:13,886 --> 00:14:19,525 FOR US TO STAND UP AS QUICKLY AS 352 00:14:19,525 --> 00:14:21,560 POSSIBLE. WE DID ONE-ON-ONE 353 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:23,696 ENGAGEMENT WITH MY PREDECESSOR, 354 00:14:23,696 --> 00:14:26,365 DIRECTOR, 23 COMMUNITY PARTNERS, 355 00:14:26,365 --> 00:14:30,169 WHICH EITHER CONTINUE TO DO IN 356 00:14:30,169 --> 00:14:34,440 MY RETURN TO THE CITY, AND AS 357 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:37,776 THE MAYOR KATIE WILSON'S 358 00:14:37,776 --> 00:14:38,377 ADMINISTRATION HAS TAKEN 359 00:14:38,377 --> 00:14:40,980 LEADERSHIP, THEY FELT IT WAS 360 00:14:40,980 --> 00:14:43,883 IMPORTANT TO ALSO BE GROUNDED IN 361 00:14:43,883 --> 00:14:46,151 THE LISTENING AND LEARNING FROM 362 00:14:46,151 --> 00:14:46,719 IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE 363 00:14:46,719 --> 00:14:48,687 COMMUNITIES AND THE MAYOR AND 364 00:14:48,687 --> 00:14:52,057 HER STAFF HELD A ROUND TABLE 365 00:14:52,057 --> 00:14:54,693 FEBRUARY 2026, WE TOOK 366 00:14:54,693 --> 00:14:55,494 INFORMATION FROM HER TRANSITION 367 00:14:55,494 --> 00:14:57,997 TEAM WITH, THAT DID TWO 368 00:14:57,997 --> 00:15:00,065 LISTENING SESSIONS AND A SURVEY, 369 00:15:00,065 --> 00:15:01,533 ANOTHER ETHNIC MEDIA ROUND TABLE 370 00:15:01,533 --> 00:15:04,436 IN MARCH OF 2026, AND THEN 371 00:15:04,436 --> 00:15:08,073 REALLY SUBSTANTIVE CONVERSATIONS 372 00:15:08,073 --> 00:15:12,845 WE HAVE DONE WITH PEER 373 00:15:12,845 --> 00:15:13,879 JURISDICTIONS IN BOSTON, DENVER, 374 00:15:13,879 --> 00:15:14,513 MINNEAPOLIS, SAN JOSE. CHICAGO 375 00:15:14,513 --> 00:15:17,983 AND MINNEAPOLIS HAD A LOT OF 376 00:15:17,983 --> 00:15:19,151 IMPORTANT LESSONS TO SHARE. SO 377 00:15:19,151 --> 00:15:22,454 WHAT DID WE LEARN? I WANT TO 378 00:15:22,454 --> 00:15:24,823 REFLECT, FIRST, ON THE NUMBER 379 00:15:24,823 --> 00:15:26,292 ONE PRIORITY THAT STOOD OUT 380 00:15:26,292 --> 00:15:28,294 THROUGH ALL OF THE ENGAGEMENT 381 00:15:28,294 --> 00:15:31,297 THAT WE DID, AND FOR GOOD 382 00:15:31,297 --> 00:15:33,299 REASON, WE SAW FEDERAL POLICY 383 00:15:33,299 --> 00:15:34,500 CHANGES THAT LED TO SIGNIFICANT 384 00:15:34,500 --> 00:15:36,502 DELAYS IN IMMIGRATION PROCESSES, 385 00:15:36,502 --> 00:15:39,538 AND NEW BARRIERS PREVENTING 386 00:15:39,538 --> 00:15:40,406 IMMIGRANTS IN SEATTLE FROM 387 00:15:40,406 --> 00:15:41,774 ACCESSING THINGS THAT WERE NOT 388 00:15:41,774 --> 00:15:44,276 SO HARD TO DO BEFORE, SUCH AS 389 00:15:44,276 --> 00:15:46,145 GETTING WORK PERMITS, OR 390 00:15:46,145 --> 00:15:50,115 APPLYING FOR A ASYLUM OR 391 00:15:50,115 --> 00:15:50,950 APPLYING FOR GREEN CARD, 392 00:15:50,950 --> 00:15:53,352 BECOMING A U.S. CITIZEN AND 393 00:15:53,352 --> 00:15:55,421 BENEFITS THAT COME WITH 394 00:15:55,421 --> 00:15:56,588 IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE STATUS, 395 00:15:56,588 --> 00:15:59,758 BUT THOSE INCREASE REQUESTS FOR 396 00:15:59,758 --> 00:16:01,427 LEGAL ASSISTANCE IMMIGRATION 397 00:16:01,427 --> 00:16:04,596 INFORMATION, DUE TO HEIGHTENED 398 00:16:04,596 --> 00:16:10,069 COMMUNITY CONCERNS, ABOUT 399 00:16:10,069 --> 00:16:10,703 IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT TACTICS. 400 00:16:10,703 --> 00:16:14,506 WE SEE MAPPED OUT SEATTLE 401 00:16:14,506 --> 00:16:18,644 SUBDIVISION, 14,290 CASES IN 402 00:16:18,644 --> 00:16:19,745 IMMIGRATION COURT WITH ABOUT 403 00:16:19,745 --> 00:16:25,851 6,266 THAT ARE REPRESENTED BY AN 404 00:16:25,851 --> 00:16:27,720 IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY AND 405 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:28,520 APPROXIMATELY 8,000 WITHOUT 406 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:29,788 REPRESENTATION, SO EFFECTIVELY, 407 00:16:29,788 --> 00:16:36,595 ALMOST 60% OF THE CASES HAVE NO 408 00:16:36,595 --> 00:16:38,330 LEGAL REPRESENTATION. THE DATA 409 00:16:38,330 --> 00:16:40,366 SHOWS, ALSO, THAT BETWEEN 2024 410 00:16:40,366 --> 00:16:42,000 AND 2025, ACCORDING TO SEATTLE 411 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:44,970 TIMES ARTICLE DATED MARCH 11th, 412 00:16:44,970 --> 00:16:49,842 WE SAW AN INCREASE OF 152% IN 413 00:16:49,842 --> 00:16:51,710 ENFORCEMENT ALONG WITH INCREASED 414 00:16:51,710 --> 00:16:54,013 CHALLENGES FOR COMMUNICATION 415 00:16:54,013 --> 00:16:55,114 WITH DETAINED INDIVIDUALS AND ON 416 00:16:55,114 --> 00:16:56,949 TUESDAY I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO 417 00:16:56,949 --> 00:17:00,386 SIT WITH A COALITION CALLED HOT 418 00:17:00,386 --> 00:17:03,622 POT FOR ALL, WHICH IS A GROUP OF 419 00:17:03,622 --> 00:17:06,425 ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE MOSTLY 420 00:17:06,425 --> 00:17:08,093 SEEING SOUTHEAST ASIAN 421 00:17:08,093 --> 00:17:10,696 IMMIGRANTS, BUT MANY OF THOSE 422 00:17:10,696 --> 00:17:13,499 COME AS REFUGEES AND THAT 423 00:17:13,499 --> 00:17:15,701 COMMUNITY HAS SEEN A DEVASTATING 424 00:17:15,701 --> 00:17:19,505 TOLL IN DEPORTATIONS THAT 425 00:17:19,505 --> 00:17:24,076 HAPPENED VERY QUICKLY, SO IT IS 426 00:17:24,076 --> 00:17:27,212 NOT JUST OUR MEMBERS WHO HAVE NO 427 00:17:27,212 --> 00:17:30,516 DOCUMENTATION, IT IS MEMBERS OF 428 00:17:30,516 --> 00:17:32,684 OUR COMMUNITIES WHO ARE HERE 429 00:17:32,684 --> 00:17:35,220 WITH STATUS, AND WHO ARE BEING 430 00:17:35,220 --> 00:17:38,390 DEPORTED AND NOT ABLE TO SEE 431 00:17:38,390 --> 00:17:39,458 THEIR FAMILIES OR COMMUNICATE 432 00:17:39,458 --> 00:17:44,163 WITH THEM. AND WHAT IS 433 00:17:44,163 --> 00:17:45,998 SIGNIFICANT ABOUT THIS IS THAT 434 00:17:45,998 --> 00:17:48,867 929 ARRESTS WERE CARRIED OUT IN 435 00:17:48,867 --> 00:17:49,935 2024, AMONG WASHINGTON COUNTIES, 436 00:17:49,935 --> 00:17:51,637 KING COUNTY SAW THE HIGHEST 437 00:17:51,637 --> 00:17:56,241 NUMBER OF ARRESTS LAST YEAR WITH 438 00:17:56,241 --> 00:17:57,309 1,030 TAKEN INTO CUSTODY, AND 439 00:17:57,309 --> 00:18:00,546 NEARLY HALF OF THE KING COUNTY 440 00:18:00,546 --> 00:18:03,715 ARRESTS, 470, WERE IN SEATTLE, 441 00:18:03,715 --> 00:18:10,155 WHICH, TO ME, DEBUNKS THE IDEA 442 00:18:10,155 --> 00:18:11,557 THAT SEATTLE IS SAFE FROM I.C.E 443 00:18:11,557 --> 00:18:14,126 ENFORCEMENT. THAT IS NOT TRUE 444 00:18:14,126 --> 00:18:16,195 WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DATA. 445 00:18:16,195 --> 00:18:18,163 >> I WILL SAY, DIRECTOR VU, I 446 00:18:18,163 --> 00:18:20,866 WILL TAKE THE MINUTE NOW TO SAY 447 00:18:20,866 --> 00:18:25,204 THAT THIS TRACKS WITH WHAT WE 448 00:18:25,204 --> 00:18:29,007 HEARD LAST YEAR FROM IMMIGRANT 449 00:18:29,007 --> 00:18:29,908 ORGANIZATIONS, DEFENSE 450 00:18:29,908 --> 00:18:31,410 ORGANIZATIONS, WHERE THE FEDERAL 451 00:18:31,410 --> 00:18:32,945 FUNDING WAS GETTING CUT, AND 452 00:18:32,945 --> 00:18:38,717 THIS WAS A SIGNIFICANT SOURCE OF 453 00:18:38,717 --> 00:18:39,952 CONCERN FOR THE COUNCIL, SO THIS 454 00:18:39,952 --> 00:18:42,621 LEGAL PIECE IS REALLY IMPORTANT, 455 00:18:42,621 --> 00:18:45,290 AND THE POINT THAT OUR IMMIGRANT 456 00:18:45,290 --> 00:18:47,025 POPULATION, THE ONE WHOSE ARE 457 00:18:47,025 --> 00:18:48,093 HERE, DOCUMENTED OR EXPERIENCING 458 00:18:48,093 --> 00:18:51,730 ISSUES TOO, NOT JUST THE ONES 459 00:18:51,730 --> 00:18:53,799 THAT ARE HERE UNDOCUMENTED, SO, 460 00:18:53,799 --> 00:18:55,601 EVERYONE IS IN NEED OF LEGAL 461 00:18:55,601 --> 00:18:58,403 DEFENSE RIGHT NOW, SO THAT IS AN 462 00:18:58,403 --> 00:19:00,405 IMPORTANT POINT TO MAKE. I 463 00:19:00,405 --> 00:19:02,841 DON'T THINK THAT ANYONE THINKS 464 00:19:02,841 --> 00:19:06,812 SEATTLE, THERE HAS BEEN AN 465 00:19:06,812 --> 00:19:08,881 UPTICK IN SEATTLE, WE HAVEN'T 466 00:19:08,881 --> 00:19:11,750 SEEN QUITE THE SAME SURGE AS 467 00:19:11,750 --> 00:19:12,885 CHICAGO AND MINNEAPOLIS, 468 00:19:12,885 --> 00:19:13,452 THANKFULLY, AND, AGAIN, WE 469 00:19:13,452 --> 00:19:14,720 DON'T KNOW WHAT IS TO COME IN 470 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:17,756 THE FUTURE, BUT I DON'T THINK 471 00:19:17,756 --> 00:19:20,392 ANYONE DOESN'T KNOW AT THIS 472 00:19:20,392 --> 00:19:22,094 POINT, THAT FOLKS ARE GETTING 473 00:19:22,094 --> 00:19:25,731 PICKED UP IN SEATTLE. THERE IS 474 00:19:25,731 --> 00:19:29,501 AN INCREASE. WE HAVE SEEN THAT. 475 00:19:29,501 --> 00:19:33,138 THAT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE. THANK 476 00:19:33,138 --> 00:19:33,338 YOU. 477 00:19:33,338 --> 00:19:34,840 >> WHEN&WHILE THIS IS HAPPENING, 478 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:37,276 AND THE LEGAL DEFENSE RISING AS 479 00:19:37,276 --> 00:19:38,644 NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, WE HEARD 480 00:19:38,644 --> 00:19:40,245 LOT OF OTHER NEEDS, SO THESE, I 481 00:19:40,245 --> 00:19:43,749 WANTED TO TOUCH ON THESE 482 00:19:43,749 --> 00:19:44,816 ADDITIONAL PRIORITIES, WE HEARD 483 00:19:44,816 --> 00:19:48,654 THAT-- AND WE HAVE SEEN 484 00:19:48,654 --> 00:19:56,828 SIGNIFICANT CUTS IN FEDERAL 485 00:19:56,828 --> 00:19:57,663 FUNDING TO IMMIGRATION PROGRAMS, 486 00:19:57,663 --> 00:19:59,665 ESL, WE HAVE SEEN THEY ARE 487 00:19:59,665 --> 00:20:01,066 DEEPLY AFRAID OF BEING TARGETED 488 00:20:01,066 --> 00:20:04,303 BY ENFORCEMENT AND THE IMPACT OF 489 00:20:04,303 --> 00:20:05,871 THAT IS THAT IT IS AFFECTING 490 00:20:05,871 --> 00:20:06,805 PEOPLE'S SELF SUFFICIENCY, THEY 491 00:20:06,805 --> 00:20:10,642 ARE AFRAID TO GO TO WORK 492 00:20:10,642 --> 00:20:14,212 SOMETIMES. AND WHEN THERE IS 493 00:20:14,212 --> 00:20:15,581 LACK OF INCOME, THAT IMPACTS 494 00:20:15,581 --> 00:20:16,815 THEIR BOTTOM LINE TO AFFORD 495 00:20:16,815 --> 00:20:17,382 BASIC NEEDS. 496 00:20:17,382 --> 00:20:19,785 >> WE ARE SENDING KIDS TO 497 00:20:19,785 --> 00:20:21,587 SCHOOL, TOO, DIRECTOR, WE HAVE 498 00:20:21,587 --> 00:20:28,126 HEARD A LOT. I KNOW SPS IS DOING 499 00:20:28,126 --> 00:20:28,594 A LOT OF WORK THERE. 500 00:20:28,594 --> 00:20:32,397 >> ADDITIONAL PRIORITIES 501 00:20:32,397 --> 00:20:33,231 INCLUDESMALL COMMUNITY-BASED 502 00:20:33,231 --> 00:20:34,299 ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE TELLING 503 00:20:34,299 --> 00:20:37,669 US THAT THEY NEED RESOURCES TO 504 00:20:37,669 --> 00:20:39,137 SUPPORT RESIDENTS AND WORKERS 505 00:20:39,137 --> 00:20:41,707 AND WHILE WE KNOW THESE STORIES 506 00:20:41,707 --> 00:20:44,242 OF ENFORCEMENT AT A NATIONAL 507 00:20:44,242 --> 00:20:47,012 LEVEL, OR EVEN REGIONAL LEVEL, 508 00:20:47,012 --> 00:20:49,348 IT REALLY DRILLS DOWN, ALSO, TO 509 00:20:49,348 --> 00:20:50,916 FIGURE AT A HYPERLOCAL LEVEL AND 510 00:20:50,916 --> 00:20:53,085 PEOPLE FEEL A NEED TO SUPPORT 511 00:20:53,085 --> 00:20:54,853 THEIR NEIGHBORS. WE ALSO HEARD 512 00:20:54,853 --> 00:20:59,191 THERE IS A NEED FOR EXPANDED 513 00:20:59,191 --> 00:21:00,359 LEGAL CONSULTATIONS, SAFETY 514 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:02,594 PLANNING AND RESPONSE TO 515 00:21:02,594 --> 00:21:03,795 PROTOCOLS ACROSS BUSINESS 516 00:21:03,795 --> 00:21:05,163 COMMUNITIES, WORKERS, AND 517 00:21:05,163 --> 00:21:09,501 IMMIGRANT SERVING PROVIDERS SUCH 518 00:21:09,501 --> 00:21:10,969 AS FOOD BANKS. THAT IS GENERAL 519 00:21:10,969 --> 00:21:13,505 OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE HAVE HEARD, 520 00:21:13,505 --> 00:21:17,943 AND I WANT TO BEGIN NOW, GIVING 521 00:21:17,943 --> 00:21:20,112 YOU A LITTLE MORE DETAILS ABOUT 522 00:21:20,112 --> 00:21:21,580 THIS EXPANDED INVESTMENT 523 00:21:21,580 --> 00:21:24,082 PORTFOLIO, AND WE ARE GOING TO 524 00:21:24,082 --> 00:21:26,685 START, FIRST, WITH THE TOP TWO, 525 00:21:26,685 --> 00:21:29,321 WHAT YOU SEE HERE, LEGAL REMOVAL 526 00:21:29,321 --> 00:21:29,888 DEFENSE AND SMALL COMMUNITY 527 00:21:29,888 --> 00:21:30,989 GRANTS, BECAUSE THESE WERE THE 528 00:21:30,989 --> 00:21:33,325 ONES THAT WERE THE MOST URGENT 529 00:21:33,325 --> 00:21:37,963 IN TERMS OF STANDING UP AND 530 00:21:37,963 --> 00:21:42,801 REFLECTING WHAT WE HEARD AS 531 00:21:42,801 --> 00:21:44,036 PRIORITIES. SO, WITH THE REMOVAL 532 00:21:44,036 --> 00:21:48,940 DEFENSE, THIS TOUCHES OUR LEGAL 533 00:21:48,940 --> 00:21:50,108 DEFENSE NETWORK, LDN, AND 534 00:21:50,108 --> 00:21:51,610 NEEDING TO EXPAND THAT AND WE 535 00:21:51,610 --> 00:21:56,381 ARE GOING TO DO THAT THROUGH AN 536 00:21:56,381 --> 00:21:58,216 RFP PROCESS, SO THIS PROGRAM 537 00:21:58,216 --> 00:21:59,651 PROVIDES LEGAL REPRESENTATION TO 538 00:21:59,651 --> 00:22:01,853 LOW INCOME IMMIGRANT WHOSE ARE 539 00:22:01,853 --> 00:22:03,121 IN DETENTION, FACING REMOVAL, OR 540 00:22:03,121 --> 00:22:05,457 IN DANGER OF LOSS BECAUSE OF 541 00:22:05,457 --> 00:22:06,491 THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS. SO I 542 00:22:06,491 --> 00:22:08,760 WANT TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT 543 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:12,164 ABOUT WHAT THE FUNDING DETAILS 544 00:22:12,164 --> 00:22:13,799 ARE, AND THIS IS AVAILABLE 545 00:22:13,799 --> 00:22:15,367 THROUGH RFP, I AM HAPPY TO MAKE 546 00:22:15,367 --> 00:22:17,636 IT AVAILABLE TO OTHER COUNCIL 547 00:22:17,636 --> 00:22:18,937 MEMBERS IF THEY WOULD LIKE. THE 548 00:22:18,937 --> 00:22:23,342 TOTAL FUNDS AVAILABLE ARE UP TO 549 00:22:23,342 --> 00:22:26,478 AN ADDITIONAL $1.25 MILLION. THE 550 00:22:26,478 --> 00:22:28,947 CONTRACT PERIOD BEGINS JUNE 1, 551 00:22:28,947 --> 00:22:31,049 AND THROUGH DECEMBER 31 OF 2026, 552 00:22:31,049 --> 00:22:33,552 THIS RFP HAS ALREADY BEEN 553 00:22:33,552 --> 00:22:36,588 RELEASED, AND THE SUBMISSION 554 00:22:36,588 --> 00:22:39,825 DEADLINE IS 5:00 P.M. APRIL 555 00:22:39,825 --> 00:22:41,560 24th. ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS MUST 556 00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:43,929 BE A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION 557 00:22:43,929 --> 00:22:46,498 WITH THE 501C3 STATUS, MUST HAVE 558 00:22:46,498 --> 00:22:47,365 OFFICES LOCATED WITHIN SEATTLE 559 00:22:47,365 --> 00:22:51,737 KING COUNTY, AND HAVE AT LEAST 560 00:22:51,737 --> 00:22:53,805 ONE FULLY ACCREDITED DOJ REP OR 561 00:22:53,805 --> 00:22:56,274 LICENSE ATTORNEY WITH AT LEAST 562 00:22:56,274 --> 00:22:59,311 TWO YEARS EXPERIENCE PROVIDING 563 00:22:59,311 --> 00:23:00,679 REMOVAL DEFENSE SERVICES, AND 564 00:23:00,679 --> 00:23:02,814 THEY MUST BE COMMITTED TO OFFING 565 00:23:02,814 --> 00:23:03,849 REMOVAL DEFENSE SERVICES FOR AT 566 00:23:03,849 --> 00:23:05,984 LEAST THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, THAT 567 00:23:05,984 --> 00:23:13,625 IS A VERY HIGH BAR, BUT ONE THAT 568 00:23:13,625 --> 00:23:14,559 IS NECESSARY, BECAUSE THE CASES 569 00:23:14,559 --> 00:23:16,561 ARE TAKING A LONG TIME AND THEY 570 00:23:16,561 --> 00:23:18,063 NEED TO RELY ON REPRESENTATION 571 00:23:18,063 --> 00:23:21,800 FOR THE DURATION OF THEIR CASE, 572 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:23,769 AND ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS MUST BE 573 00:23:23,769 --> 00:23:25,036 ABLE TO COMMENCE FULL PROPOSED 574 00:23:25,036 --> 00:23:31,176 SERVICES WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF 575 00:23:31,176 --> 00:23:32,277 THE CONTRACT EXECUTION. 576 00:23:32,277 --> 00:23:33,412 >> DIRECTOR VU, CAN YOU ALSO-- 577 00:23:33,412 --> 00:23:37,949 AND I KNOW PART OF THIS IS 578 00:23:37,949 --> 00:23:39,284 INSURING THAT THESE 579 00:23:39,284 --> 00:23:40,385 ORGANIZATIONS ARE SERVICING 580 00:23:40,385 --> 00:23:42,120 EITHER RESIDENTS OR SEATTLE OR 581 00:23:42,120 --> 00:23:43,221 FOLKS THAT HAVE A NEXUS TO, 582 00:23:43,221 --> 00:23:46,024 THERE HAS TO BE A NEXUS TO 583 00:23:46,024 --> 00:23:46,291 SEATTLE. 584 00:23:46,291 --> 00:23:52,697 >> YES, THANK YOU FOR REMINDING 585 00:23:52,697 --> 00:23:54,800 ME. THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE 586 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:56,101 REQUIRED TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR 587 00:23:56,101 --> 00:23:58,603 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE A TIE TO 588 00:23:58,603 --> 00:24:01,173 SEATTLE, AND THAT MEANS LIVE, 589 00:24:01,173 --> 00:24:05,210 WORK, OR GO TO SCHOOL HERE, 590 00:24:05,210 --> 00:24:09,414 POSSIBLY RECEIVE SERVICES HERE 591 00:24:09,414 --> 00:24:13,018 AS WELL. AND BECAUSE THIS IS A 592 00:24:13,018 --> 00:24:14,452 SIGNIFICANT PROGRAM, WE WANT TO 593 00:24:14,452 --> 00:24:16,521 BE TRANSPARENT WHAT THE OUTCOMES 594 00:24:16,521 --> 00:24:18,290 ARE. THERE IS FULL 595 00:24:18,290 --> 00:24:19,724 REPRESENTATION WITH ADDITIONAL 596 00:24:19,724 --> 00:24:22,961 INVESTMENT FOR CASE LOAD OF 500, 597 00:24:22,961 --> 00:24:24,262 WHICH DOUBLES THE CURRENT 598 00:24:24,262 --> 00:24:28,400 CASELOAD OF 250, AND THAT 599 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:29,568 INCLUDES UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN, 600 00:24:29,568 --> 00:24:31,470 OUT OF THE 250 CASES CURRENTLY, 601 00:24:31,470 --> 00:24:33,338 THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL BENEFIT 602 00:24:33,338 --> 00:24:38,043 TO A HUNDRED DERIVATIVES, WHICH 603 00:24:38,043 --> 00:24:40,946 IS FAMILY MEMBERS. WE ALSO, 604 00:24:40,946 --> 00:24:42,647 THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, PROVIDE 605 00:24:42,647 --> 00:24:43,548 CRITICAL QUALIFIED IMMIGRATION 606 00:24:43,548 --> 00:24:45,584 ATTORNEY SERVICES FOR CASES 607 00:24:45,584 --> 00:24:49,120 THROUGH THE VERY COMPLEX AND 608 00:24:49,120 --> 00:24:50,222 OFTEN LENGTHY IMMIGRATION 609 00:24:50,222 --> 00:24:50,489 PROCESS. 610 00:24:50,489 --> 00:24:52,157 >> DIRECTOR VU, WOULD YOU PLEASE 611 00:24:52,157 --> 00:24:54,726 SHARE WITH US THE-- I WOULD LOVE 612 00:24:54,726 --> 00:24:58,330 TO PUT IN OUR NEWS LETTERS THAT 613 00:24:58,330 --> 00:25:01,600 RFP, SO FOLKS KNOW IT IS OPEN 614 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:03,001 AND THEY CAN APPLY. I AM HAPPY, 615 00:25:03,001 --> 00:25:06,705 EVEN THOUGH I KNOW WE WOULD ALL 616 00:25:06,705 --> 00:25:07,806 DO SO, SPEAK, I SEE COUNCIL 617 00:25:07,806 --> 00:25:10,242 MEMBER LINN GIVING ME THE THUMBS 618 00:25:10,242 --> 00:25:15,647 UP. WE WOULD LOVE TO GET THE 619 00:25:15,647 --> 00:25:17,449 INFORMATION OUT WIDELY SO IF YOU 620 00:25:17,449 --> 00:25:19,184 SHARE THE RFP DETAILS, WE WILL 621 00:25:19,184 --> 00:25:25,557 PUT IT IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS TO 622 00:25:25,557 --> 00:25:26,758 OUR CONSTITUENTS. THAT WOULD BE 623 00:25:26,758 --> 00:25:28,026 GREAT. THANKS SO MUCH. PART OF 624 00:25:28,026 --> 00:25:31,930 THIS, ON THE OUTCOMES PIECE, THE 625 00:25:31,930 --> 00:25:36,301 CASE LOAD, THESE ARE ALL GOALS, 626 00:25:36,301 --> 00:25:41,006 OF COURSE, AND WITH THE ULTIMATE 627 00:25:41,006 --> 00:25:44,409 OUTCOME OF FOLKS IN THE 628 00:25:44,409 --> 00:25:46,411 COMMUNITY BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE 629 00:25:46,411 --> 00:25:48,280 PROCESS, WE WOULD LEARN TO HEAR 630 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:50,582 HOW MANY FOLKS WE WERE ABLE TO 631 00:25:50,582 --> 00:25:51,116 HELP IN TOWN. 632 00:25:51,116 --> 00:25:52,717 >> WE DO COLLECT QUARTERLY 633 00:25:52,717 --> 00:25:54,753 REPORTS, SO I AM HAPPY TO SHARE 634 00:25:54,753 --> 00:25:57,622 THOSE WITH ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS 635 00:25:57,622 --> 00:25:58,290 WHO ARE INTERESTED. 636 00:25:58,290 --> 00:26:01,493 >> THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I THINK 637 00:26:01,493 --> 00:26:04,596 IT GOES TO JUST, IT WOULD 638 00:26:04,596 --> 00:26:07,098 ALLEVIATE OUR CONCERNS, SOME OF 639 00:26:07,098 --> 00:26:08,099 OUR CONCERNS, NOT FULLY, IT IS 640 00:26:08,099 --> 00:26:11,536 REALLY GREAT TO HEAR THAT WE 641 00:26:11,536 --> 00:26:12,537 WERE ABLE TO BE HELPFUL, I GUESS 642 00:26:12,537 --> 00:26:15,907 IS WHAT I AM TRYING TO SAY. 643 00:26:15,907 --> 00:26:19,210 >> YES, ABSOLUTELY. WE CAN DO 644 00:26:19,210 --> 00:26:19,411 THAT. 645 00:26:19,411 --> 00:26:23,982 >> ANOTHER AREA I WANT TO 646 00:26:23,982 --> 00:26:25,584 HIGHLIGHT, WHICH WE SENT AN 647 00:26:25,584 --> 00:26:26,551 ANNOUNCEMENT THROUGH RFP, IF YOU 648 00:26:26,551 --> 00:26:28,687 HAVE NOT HEARD IT, WE WILL 649 00:26:28,687 --> 00:26:30,789 FOLLOW UP AND PROVIDE 650 00:26:30,789 --> 00:26:33,858 INFORMATION ON THIS, THESE ARE 651 00:26:33,858 --> 00:26:34,392 ONE-TIME CONTRACTS WITH 652 00:26:34,392 --> 00:26:36,161 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS OUR 653 00:26:36,161 --> 00:26:37,829 NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS TO OFFER 654 00:26:37,829 --> 00:26:40,598 RESOURCES, EDUCATION, AND TOOLS 655 00:26:40,598 --> 00:26:42,334 TO EMPOWER COMMUNITIES IN 656 00:26:42,334 --> 00:26:43,902 SEATTLE. SO, THE ACCEPTABLE 657 00:26:43,902 --> 00:26:46,371 ACTIVITIES TO BE FUNDED INCLUDE 658 00:26:46,371 --> 00:26:48,840 COMMUNITY AIDE FOR BASIC NEEDS, 659 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:51,876 THIS INCLUDES MEAL DELIVERY 660 00:26:51,876 --> 00:26:53,745 SERVICE, OR ITEMS IN FOOD 661 00:26:53,745 --> 00:26:59,818 PANTRY, BASIC GOODS SUCH AS BABY 662 00:26:59,818 --> 00:27:05,423 FORMULA OR DIAPERS, WE DIRECT 663 00:27:05,423 --> 00:27:07,959 PEOPLE TO ASSIST WITH UTILITIES, 664 00:27:07,959 --> 00:27:09,094 REST, ASSISTANCE, FOOD. KNOW 665 00:27:09,094 --> 00:27:10,495 YOUR RIGHT, COMMUNITY 666 00:27:10,495 --> 00:27:11,596 INFORMATION SESSIONS COULD 667 00:27:11,596 --> 00:27:13,131 INCLUDE RECENT OR PENDING 668 00:27:13,131 --> 00:27:18,203 CHANGES IN IMMIGRATION LAW AND 669 00:27:18,203 --> 00:27:21,106 POLICY, WHICH THERE HAVE BEEN 670 00:27:21,106 --> 00:27:21,873 MANY. IT INCLUDES IMMIGRANT 671 00:27:21,873 --> 00:27:26,044 WORKERS RIGHTS. A THIRD ACTIVITY 672 00:27:26,044 --> 00:27:28,046 THIS FUNDING WILL SUPPORT IS 673 00:27:28,046 --> 00:27:29,714 FAMILY SAFETY PLANNING TYPICALLY 674 00:27:29,714 --> 00:27:30,982 OFFERED THROUGH WORKSHOPS OR 675 00:27:30,982 --> 00:27:33,952 CLINICS, AND WITH AN IMMIGRATION 676 00:27:33,952 --> 00:27:35,120 ATTORNEY, WHO HELPS INDIVIDUALS 677 00:27:35,120 --> 00:27:38,957 AND THEIR FAMILIES CREATE PLANS 678 00:27:38,957 --> 00:27:40,158 FOR CARE OF CHILDREN. OR, 679 00:27:40,158 --> 00:27:41,626 RATHER, DEPENDENTS. THEY PROVIDE 680 00:27:41,626 --> 00:27:45,897 LEGAL PREPARATIONS IN THE EVENT 681 00:27:45,897 --> 00:27:54,139 OF DETENTION, OR DEPORTATION OF 682 00:27:54,139 --> 00:27:55,774 A PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN. SOME 683 00:27:55,774 --> 00:27:56,408 USED THEIR DISCRETIONARY DOLLARS 684 00:27:56,408 --> 00:27:58,510 BECAUSE IT IS JUST WHAT WAS 685 00:27:58,510 --> 00:28:02,614 NEEDED BY COMMUNITY, EL SENT ROW 686 00:28:02,614 --> 00:28:03,348 IS DOING THAT AND A NUMBER OF 687 00:28:03,348 --> 00:28:03,915 OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. WE CAN 688 00:28:03,915 --> 00:28:06,284 LEARN FROM THAT. IN FACT, I HAVE 689 00:28:06,284 --> 00:28:08,686 RECOMMENDED TO SOME OF OUR ASIAN 690 00:28:08,686 --> 00:28:16,494 API COMMUNITIES TO LEAN INTO THE 691 00:28:16,494 --> 00:28:17,095 EXPERTISE LATINO COMMUNITIES 692 00:28:17,095 --> 00:28:19,898 HAVE DEVELOPED. AND THAT IS A 693 00:28:19,898 --> 00:28:21,199 WAY WE CAN LEARN FROM EACH 694 00:28:21,199 --> 00:28:21,433 OTHER. 695 00:28:21,433 --> 00:28:25,670 >> THERE WAS A RECENT ARTICLE 696 00:28:25,670 --> 00:28:27,005 TALKING ABOUT ACROSS THE UNITED 697 00:28:27,005 --> 00:28:29,107 STATES, KIDS WHO COME HOME TO 698 00:28:29,107 --> 00:28:30,975 FIND THEIR PARENTS HAVE BEEN 699 00:28:30,975 --> 00:28:36,014 DETAINED, AND SO HAVING A FAMILY 700 00:28:36,014 --> 00:28:37,148 PLAN IN PLACE IS REALLY 701 00:28:37,148 --> 00:28:38,149 IMPORTANT IT IS VERY SAD, AND 702 00:28:38,149 --> 00:28:43,354 ALSO HAVING A PLAN IN PLACE IS 703 00:28:43,354 --> 00:28:43,788 REALLY IMPORTANT. 704 00:28:43,788 --> 00:28:44,856 >> THANK YOU. 705 00:28:44,856 --> 00:28:46,724 >> THE FUNDING DETAILS, PRETTY 706 00:28:46,724 --> 00:28:48,326 STRAIGHT FORWARD, BECAUSE WE 707 00:28:48,326 --> 00:28:50,829 MEAN THIS TO BE A BROAD CATEGORY 708 00:28:50,829 --> 00:28:54,466 FOR THE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES THAT 709 00:28:54,466 --> 00:28:56,334 THE CITY DOES NOT CURRENTLY 710 00:28:56,334 --> 00:28:58,403 SUPPORT, AND THAT OUR INTENTION 711 00:28:58,403 --> 00:29:00,305 IS TO REACH VERY SMALL 712 00:29:00,305 --> 00:29:02,707 ORGANIZATIONS THAT MANY OF WHICH 713 00:29:02,707 --> 00:29:04,142 MAY NOT HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE, 714 00:29:04,142 --> 00:29:06,144 CONTRACTING WITH THE CITY, WE 715 00:29:06,144 --> 00:29:11,116 WANT TO MAKE THIS EASY, SO THESE 716 00:29:11,116 --> 00:29:12,817 WILL BE APPLICATIONS THROUGH 717 00:29:12,817 --> 00:29:14,486 PDFs AND ONE-ON-ONE PHONE CALLS, 718 00:29:14,486 --> 00:29:15,954 FOR EXAMPLE, JUST TO DRILL DOWN 719 00:29:15,954 --> 00:29:18,056 A LITTLE BIT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT 720 00:29:18,056 --> 00:29:20,325 THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES ARE, AND 721 00:29:20,325 --> 00:29:23,128 THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, WILL 722 00:29:23,128 --> 00:29:25,196 FOLLOW UP, ALSO, WITH ANY 723 00:29:25,196 --> 00:29:26,765 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE THAT MAY BE 724 00:29:26,765 --> 00:29:28,266 NEEDED FOR VERY NEW 725 00:29:28,266 --> 00:29:30,568 ORGANIZATIONS WORKING WITH THE 726 00:29:30,568 --> 00:29:32,003 CITY. THE FUNDING DETAILS ARE 727 00:29:32,003 --> 00:29:34,939 DESCRIBED HERE, TOTAL FUNDS 728 00:29:34,939 --> 00:29:37,475 AVAILABLE ARE UP TO $280,000. I 729 00:29:37,475 --> 00:29:39,177 DO WANT TO SAY THAT WHERE THERE 730 00:29:39,177 --> 00:29:42,347 MAY BE UNDERSPENDING IN OTHER 731 00:29:42,347 --> 00:29:43,982 PARTS OF OUR INVESTMENT 732 00:29:43,982 --> 00:29:45,016 PORTFOLIO, THAT WE HAVE THE 733 00:29:45,016 --> 00:29:47,018 OPTION TO SHIFT SOME OF THE 734 00:29:47,018 --> 00:29:48,119 RESOURCES OVER HERE, BECAUSE OUR 735 00:29:48,119 --> 00:29:50,321 EXPECTATION IS THAT THE NEED IS 736 00:29:50,321 --> 00:29:53,391 GREATER THAN THE RESOURCES THAT 737 00:29:53,391 --> 00:29:55,593 WE HAVE. THAT IS TRUE, PROBABLY, 738 00:29:55,593 --> 00:29:58,129 ACROSS EVERY GRANT AREA IN THE 739 00:29:58,129 --> 00:29:59,531 CITY OF SEATTLE. EACH 740 00:29:59,531 --> 00:30:04,702 APPLICATION MAY BE AWARDED UP TO 741 00:30:04,702 --> 00:30:05,837 $10,000, AND HERE ORGANIZATIONS 742 00:30:05,837 --> 00:30:07,806 ARE STILL ELIGIBLE, EVEN IF THEY 743 00:30:07,806 --> 00:30:09,440 RECEIVE CITY DOLLARS IN OTHER 744 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:11,776 AREAS OR OTHER DEPARTMENTS, SO 745 00:30:11,776 --> 00:30:15,313 WE WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. THE 746 00:30:15,313 --> 00:30:16,314 APPLICATION DEADLINE, IT WILL BE 747 00:30:16,314 --> 00:30:19,050 APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED ON 748 00:30:19,050 --> 00:30:20,418 A ROLLING BASIS WITH FUNDING 749 00:30:20,418 --> 00:30:22,854 DECISIONS ANNOUNCED WITHIN SIX 750 00:30:22,854 --> 00:30:24,689 WEEKS OF APPLICATION SUBMISSION, 751 00:30:24,689 --> 00:30:28,393 AND THAT IS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT 752 00:30:28,393 --> 00:30:29,994 COMMUNITIES NEEDED THIS MONEY 753 00:30:29,994 --> 00:30:31,729 YESTERDAY, SO WE WANT TO MAKE 754 00:30:31,729 --> 00:30:34,365 THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE AS 755 00:30:34,365 --> 00:30:36,234 QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, BUT ALSO 756 00:30:36,234 --> 00:30:38,603 ALLOW FOR ENOUGH TIME TO VARIOUS 757 00:30:38,603 --> 00:30:39,771 SMALL ORGANIZATIONS TO HAVE A 758 00:30:39,771 --> 00:30:41,072 CHANCE AND SO WE WILL KEEP THIS 759 00:30:41,072 --> 00:30:45,276 OPEN FOR AS LONG AS BUDGET IS 760 00:30:45,276 --> 00:30:46,411 AVAILABLE, OR UNTIL FUNDS ARE 761 00:30:46,411 --> 00:30:47,712 EXHAUSTED. THE CONTRACT PERIOD 762 00:30:47,712 --> 00:30:51,216 FOR THIS IS THROUGH THIS 763 00:30:51,216 --> 00:30:53,651 CALENDAR YEAR . THIS IS REALLY 764 00:30:53,651 --> 00:30:57,322 IMPORTANT THAT ELIGIBILITY IS 765 00:30:57,322 --> 00:31:00,024 CONTINGENT ON A NON-PROFIT 766 00:31:00,024 --> 00:31:02,627 HAVING 501C3 STATUS, OR THEY MAY 767 00:31:02,627 --> 00:31:05,296 PARTNER WITH A FISCAL SPONSOR 768 00:31:05,296 --> 00:31:07,031 WITH THE 501C3 STAT, BUT IN ANY 769 00:31:07,031 --> 00:31:12,136 CASE, MUST SERVE PEOPLE WITH A 770 00:31:12,136 --> 00:31:12,871 SEATTLE TIE. I DO WANT TO 771 00:31:12,871 --> 00:31:15,740 EMPHASIZE, NOT ON A SLIDE, BUT 772 00:31:15,740 --> 00:31:18,610 IT IS IMPORTANT TO COMMUNICATE 773 00:31:18,610 --> 00:31:21,946 THAT THIS PROGRAM CANNOT FUND 774 00:31:21,946 --> 00:31:25,283 ANY PROJECTS THAT ACTIVELY, OR 775 00:31:25,283 --> 00:31:27,185 UNLAWFULLY, OBSTRUCT OR 776 00:31:27,185 --> 00:31:28,686 INTERFERE WITH FEDERAL 777 00:31:28,686 --> 00:31:29,320 IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. WE 778 00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:34,058 CANNOT FUND LEGAL A VICE NOT 779 00:31:34,058 --> 00:31:34,926 PRESENTED BY AN ACCREDITED 780 00:31:34,926 --> 00:31:36,094 ATTORNEY OR PROVIDE CASH 781 00:31:36,094 --> 00:31:36,728 ASSISTANCE FOR INDIVIDUALSISM 782 00:31:36,728 --> 00:31:39,697 THAT IS SPELLED OUT IN THE RFP 783 00:31:39,697 --> 00:31:41,165 BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO 784 00:31:41,165 --> 00:31:44,569 CONVEY THAT TO YOU ALL AS WELL. 785 00:31:44,569 --> 00:31:45,503 >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. AND 786 00:31:45,503 --> 00:31:46,738 THEN, JUST WANT TO MENTION, 787 00:31:46,738 --> 00:31:48,873 BECAUSE A LOT OF FOLKS AREN'T 788 00:31:48,873 --> 00:31:50,875 FAMILIAR WITH THE FISCAL SPONSOR 789 00:31:50,875 --> 00:31:53,411 SET UP, SOME ARE, SOME AREN'T, 790 00:31:53,411 --> 00:31:55,780 PARTICULARLY THE PEOPLE 791 00:31:55,780 --> 00:31:57,215 WATCHING, BUT FOR THESE 792 00:31:57,215 --> 00:31:59,050 NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS, IF THEY ARE 793 00:31:59,050 --> 00:32:00,118 NOT 501C3 ORGANIZATION, THEY 794 00:32:00,118 --> 00:32:02,954 DON'T HAVE THINGS SET UP TO 795 00:32:02,954 --> 00:32:03,955 RECEIVE FUNDS, SO TYPICALLY, 796 00:32:03,955 --> 00:32:06,924 THEN YOU WORK THROUGH A FISCAL 797 00:32:06,924 --> 00:32:09,494 SPONSOR THAT IS 501C3 AND THEY 798 00:32:09,494 --> 00:32:11,229 KNOW HOW TO HELP WITH THE 799 00:32:11,229 --> 00:32:12,797 APPLICATIONS TO THE CITY AND ALL 800 00:32:12,797 --> 00:32:14,632 THE PEOPLE WORK AND ON THE BACK 801 00:32:14,632 --> 00:32:18,336 END, THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO 802 00:32:18,336 --> 00:32:21,205 SUBMIT IN ORDER TO THEN GET THE 803 00:32:21,205 --> 00:32:23,775 GRANTS, AND THEN ALL THE 804 00:32:23,775 --> 00:32:24,609 REPORTING, 501C3 FISCAL SPONSOR 805 00:32:24,609 --> 00:32:27,445 THEN HELPS WITH THE REPORTING. 806 00:32:27,445 --> 00:32:28,212 >> THAT IS RIGHT. 807 00:32:28,212 --> 00:32:30,648 >> JUST SO PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THAT 808 00:32:30,648 --> 00:32:33,685 IS, AND HOW THIS, THE 809 00:32:33,685 --> 00:32:35,486 NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS THAT AREN'T 810 00:32:35,486 --> 00:32:36,621 501C3s GET TO BECOME 811 00:32:36,621 --> 00:32:40,391 COMPETITIVE, STILL, IF THEY WERE 812 00:32:40,391 --> 00:32:42,760 WITH A A SPONSOR. 813 00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:46,030 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT IS 814 00:32:46,030 --> 00:32:49,300 RIGHT. SO REPORTING IS A PART OF 815 00:32:49,300 --> 00:32:51,869 CONTRACTING WITH THE CITY, AND 816 00:32:51,869 --> 00:32:55,840 WE WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT 817 00:32:55,840 --> 00:32:56,841 THAT. SO, MOVING FORWARD, THE 818 00:32:56,841 --> 00:32:59,177 OUTCOMES THAT WE HAVE FOR THE 819 00:32:59,177 --> 00:33:00,111 COMMUNITY SMALL GRANTS-- 820 00:33:00,111 --> 00:33:02,780 >> SORRY, DIRECTOR, ONE MORE. 821 00:33:02,780 --> 00:33:03,047 >> SORRY. 822 00:33:03,047 --> 00:33:04,148 >> SORRY, DIRECTOR. 823 00:33:04,148 --> 00:33:05,283 >> COUNCIL MEMBER LINN, YOU ARE 824 00:33:05,283 --> 00:33:05,583 RECOGNIZED. 825 00:33:05,583 --> 00:33:08,920 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. 826 00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:14,659 >> THE ELIGIBILITY, YOU KNOW, 827 00:33:14,659 --> 00:33:16,194 SOME OF OUR UNIONS, IN 828 00:33:16,194 --> 00:33:18,162 PARTICULAR, INDUSTRIES, YOU 829 00:33:18,162 --> 00:33:21,065 KNOW, MAJORITY OF THEIR MEMBERS 830 00:33:21,065 --> 00:33:22,834 MAY BE IMMIGRANTS, AND WE HAVE 831 00:33:22,834 --> 00:33:25,770 SEEN HOW OFTEN TIMES IT IS OUR 832 00:33:25,770 --> 00:33:27,238 UNION PARTNERS THAT ARE KIND OF 833 00:33:27,238 --> 00:33:29,974 A FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE FOR MANY 834 00:33:29,974 --> 00:33:33,010 FOLKS. YOU KNOW, THERE IS A 835 00:33:33,010 --> 00:33:35,346 REPORT RECENTLY ABOUT U-DUB GRAD 836 00:33:35,346 --> 00:33:37,248 STUDENT WHO WAS DETAINED AND IT 837 00:33:37,248 --> 00:33:39,517 WAS THE UNION THAT RUSHED DOWN 838 00:33:39,517 --> 00:33:41,853 TO THE AIRPORT TO, YOU KNOW, TRY 839 00:33:41,853 --> 00:33:43,287 TO ASSIST. SO I AM WONDERING, ON 840 00:33:43,287 --> 00:33:46,591 THE SMALL GRANTS, I DON'T THINK 841 00:33:46,591 --> 00:33:48,059 UNIONS ARE 501C3s, WONDERING IF 842 00:33:48,059 --> 00:33:50,094 IF THEY ARE NOT ELIGIBLE, COULD 843 00:33:50,094 --> 00:33:52,797 YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ANY 844 00:33:52,797 --> 00:33:54,432 SORT OF COLLABORATION OR 845 00:33:54,432 --> 00:33:55,967 OPPORTUNITIES WITH OUR UNION 846 00:33:55,967 --> 00:33:56,234 PARTNERS? 847 00:33:56,234 --> 00:33:59,003 >> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. 848 00:33:59,003 --> 00:34:01,539 CERTAINLY FROM THE WORKER ANGLE, 849 00:34:01,539 --> 00:34:03,808 THERE IS A LOT OF COLLABORATION, 850 00:34:03,808 --> 00:34:07,612 AND SO I WILL GO BACK TO OUR 851 00:34:07,612 --> 00:34:12,316 GROUP, I KNOW LABOR UNIONS HAVE 852 00:34:12,316 --> 00:34:13,284 A SPECIFIC LABOR TAX STATUS AND 853 00:34:13,284 --> 00:34:15,319 I DON'T WANT TO RULE THAT OUT, 854 00:34:15,319 --> 00:34:16,888 SO THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT 855 00:34:16,888 --> 00:34:18,756 OUT. AND THEN I WOULD LOVE TO 856 00:34:18,756 --> 00:34:22,660 FOLLOW UP WITH YOU TO HAVE A 857 00:34:22,660 --> 00:34:23,961 MORE SUBSTANTIVE CONVERSATION 858 00:34:23,961 --> 00:34:27,098 ABOUT THAT. HAVING SAID THAT, I 859 00:34:27,098 --> 00:34:29,867 DO WANT TO SAY THAT OUR 860 00:34:29,867 --> 00:34:34,439 INTENTION IS TO SUPPORT VERY 861 00:34:34,439 --> 00:34:35,273 SMALL ORGANIZATIONS, AND 862 00:34:35,273 --> 00:34:36,340 ALTHOUGH UNIONS DO DO IMPORTANT 863 00:34:36,340 --> 00:34:38,076 WORK, I THINK GIVEN THE AMOUNT 864 00:34:38,076 --> 00:34:39,911 OF SUPPORT OR REQUEST THAT WE 865 00:34:39,911 --> 00:34:43,981 WOULD EXPECT FROM THIS, THAT 866 00:34:43,981 --> 00:34:44,849 WOULD BE APPLIED AGAINST 867 00:34:44,849 --> 00:34:47,452 CONSIDERATION FOR ORGANIZATIONS 868 00:34:47,452 --> 00:34:51,389 THAT HAVE NO RESOURCES SO I WANT 869 00:34:51,389 --> 00:34:53,658 TO BE-- MAKE SURE TO OFFER THAT 870 00:34:53,658 --> 00:34:54,025 AS WELL. 871 00:34:54,025 --> 00:34:55,460 >> THANK YOU. 872 00:34:55,460 --> 00:35:00,798 >> THANK YOU. GREAT QUESTION, 873 00:35:00,798 --> 00:35:02,033 COUNCIL MEMBER LINN, AND THANK 874 00:35:02,033 --> 00:35:03,301 YOU DIRECTOR VU, A LOT OF FOLKS 875 00:35:03,301 --> 00:35:05,837 DON'T REALIZE PART OF THE 876 00:35:05,837 --> 00:35:09,073 EFFORT IS REALLY THERE ARE A LOT 877 00:35:09,073 --> 00:35:10,308 OF FOLKS ON THE GROUND WHO, AND 878 00:35:10,308 --> 00:35:12,343 A LOT OF FOLKS THAT WANT TO HELP 879 00:35:12,343 --> 00:35:14,412 THE FOLKS ON THE GROUND, 880 00:35:14,412 --> 00:35:15,580 IMMIGRANT FOLKS ON THE GROUND, 881 00:35:15,580 --> 00:35:18,783 AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE 882 00:35:18,783 --> 00:35:19,784 WORKING WITH FOLKS THAT HAVE 883 00:35:19,784 --> 00:35:25,156 ACCESS TO A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT 884 00:35:25,156 --> 00:35:27,358 MIGHT NOT KNOW HOW TO GET 885 00:35:27,358 --> 00:35:28,593 RESOURCES AND HOW TO, YOU KNOW, 886 00:35:28,593 --> 00:35:32,997 HOW TO ACCESS SOME OF THESE 887 00:35:32,997 --> 00:35:36,200 RESOURCES. SO, OFTEN TIMES WE 888 00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:37,401 FIND THESE SMALL COMMUNITY 889 00:35:37,401 --> 00:35:38,169 GROUPS, AND SOMETIMES THEY GET 890 00:35:38,169 --> 00:35:39,270 SQUEEZED OUT OF THE PROCESS 891 00:35:39,270 --> 00:35:40,571 BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT USED TO 892 00:35:40,571 --> 00:35:41,672 CONTRACTING WITH THE CITY. 893 00:35:41,672 --> 00:35:42,807 >> YEP. 894 00:35:42,807 --> 00:35:44,308 >> SO I THINK WHAT I AM HEARING 895 00:35:44,308 --> 00:35:46,444 YOU SAY AND WHAT I KNOW FROM OUR 896 00:35:46,444 --> 00:35:48,279 WORK IN THE PAST TOGETHER IS 897 00:35:48,279 --> 00:35:49,680 THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS ALSO 898 00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:52,717 REALLY INTENTIONAL TO MAKE SURE 899 00:35:52,717 --> 00:35:55,486 THAT WE ARE PROVIDING ACCESS AND 900 00:35:55,486 --> 00:35:56,821 OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME SMALLER 901 00:35:56,821 --> 00:35:58,589 GROUPS THAT DO ALREADY HELP 902 00:35:58,589 --> 00:35:59,891 FOLKS IN COMMUNITY, BUT THEY 903 00:35:59,891 --> 00:36:02,927 DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW HOW TO 904 00:36:02,927 --> 00:36:04,228 ACCESS CITY DOLLARS, WHICH IS 905 00:36:04,228 --> 00:36:06,063 WHY I BRING UP THE SPONSOR 906 00:36:06,063 --> 00:36:10,301 PIECE, BECAUSE A LOT OF THOSE 907 00:36:10,301 --> 00:36:10,868 ORGANIZATIONS AREN'T 908 00:36:10,868 --> 00:36:12,637 NECESSARILY 501C3s AND THEY NEED 909 00:36:12,637 --> 00:36:15,473 TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS FISCAL 910 00:36:15,473 --> 00:36:19,510 SPONSOR TO DO THE WORK. YEAH, I 911 00:36:19,510 --> 00:36:21,179 JUST-- POINTING OUT THE SMALLER 912 00:36:21,179 --> 00:36:23,147 GROUPS. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE 913 00:36:23,147 --> 00:36:25,316 SMALLER GROUPS, BECAUSE THEY ARE 914 00:36:25,316 --> 00:36:27,451 DOING SO MUCH IN COMMUNITY, 915 00:36:27,451 --> 00:36:28,486 DON'T NECESSARILY ALWAYS HAVE 916 00:36:28,486 --> 00:36:28,786 THE ACCESS. 917 00:36:28,786 --> 00:36:29,320 >> THANK YOU. 918 00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:31,088 >> THAT IS WHAT I AM HEARING YOU 919 00:36:31,088 --> 00:36:31,289 SAY. 920 00:36:31,289 --> 00:36:31,556 >> YES. 921 00:36:31,556 --> 00:36:34,859 >> YOU CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG, 922 00:36:34,859 --> 00:36:35,126 DIRECTOR. 923 00:36:35,126 --> 00:36:38,829 >> YOU KNOW, THE BEAUTY OF WHAT 924 00:36:38,829 --> 00:36:40,398 WE SAW IN MINNEAPOLIS, THE 925 00:36:40,398 --> 00:36:42,700 DESENERALIZED NATURE HOW PEOPLE 926 00:36:42,700 --> 00:36:47,338 CAME TOGETHER WITH VERY LITTLE 927 00:36:47,338 --> 00:36:49,674 RESOURCES, ADMIRABLE. WE ARE IN 928 00:36:49,674 --> 00:36:55,112 SUCH A PRIVILEGED AMOUNT OF 929 00:36:55,112 --> 00:36:56,414 MONEY, LOCAL SUPPORTS. 930 00:36:56,414 --> 00:36:59,050 >> THE OTHER THING, EVERYBODY 931 00:36:59,050 --> 00:37:01,552 WANTS TO HELP LEGAL PARTNER 932 00:37:01,552 --> 00:37:03,721 WHOSE CAN COME TOGETHER AND 933 00:37:03,721 --> 00:37:05,456 REFER FOLKS TO THE DEPARTMENT, 934 00:37:05,456 --> 00:37:12,530 WHO CAN REFER FOLKS TO THOSE 935 00:37:12,530 --> 00:37:13,764 SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS. WE ARE 936 00:37:13,764 --> 00:37:17,835 ALL WORKING TOGETHER, YES, WE 937 00:37:17,835 --> 00:37:19,470 DEFINITELY SHOULD, THEY HAVE 938 00:37:19,470 --> 00:37:22,340 ACCESS TOO. WE ARE ALL COMING 939 00:37:22,340 --> 00:37:27,545 TOGETHER TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE 940 00:37:27,545 --> 00:37:28,546 TO IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. THE 941 00:37:28,546 --> 00:37:30,982 MAIN THING IN MY NOTES, KIND OF 942 00:37:30,982 --> 00:37:32,116 A TALL ORDER, OUTSIDE OF THIS 943 00:37:32,116 --> 00:37:35,686 THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS COMING 944 00:37:35,686 --> 00:37:36,887 TOGETHER TO ALSO PROVIDE 945 00:37:36,887 --> 00:37:37,455 ASSISTANCE, INCLUDING LABOR 946 00:37:37,455 --> 00:37:40,424 PARTNERS ARE DOING SO MUCH, I 947 00:37:40,424 --> 00:37:41,525 WOULD LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT THAT, 948 00:37:41,525 --> 00:37:43,094 WE DON'T ALWAYS HEAR WHAT IS 949 00:37:43,094 --> 00:37:45,496 HAPPENING ON THE GROUND&I KNOW 950 00:37:45,496 --> 00:37:46,864 THERE IS SOME OTHER, AND 951 00:37:46,864 --> 00:37:47,598 PHILANTHROPY AND OTHER EFFORTS, 952 00:37:47,598 --> 00:37:49,400 WHICH IS WHY I THINK YOU WILL 953 00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:51,836 WORK WITH SEATTLE FOUNDATION IN 954 00:37:51,836 --> 00:37:54,438 TERMS OF RAISING SOME FUNDS, 955 00:37:54,438 --> 00:37:57,441 BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE NEED IS 956 00:37:57,441 --> 00:38:00,444 GREATER THAN WE ARE ABLE TO 957 00:38:00,444 --> 00:38:02,313 ADDRESS, BUT THE CITY DOESN'T 958 00:38:02,313 --> 00:38:03,848 ALWAYS HEAR WHO ELSE, AND WHAT 959 00:38:03,848 --> 00:38:05,016 OTHER WORK IS BEING DONE OUT 960 00:38:05,016 --> 00:38:06,117 THERE. I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE 961 00:38:06,117 --> 00:38:09,053 TO FIGURE OUT A WAY FOR US TO 962 00:38:09,053 --> 00:38:10,621 KNOW THAT, INCLUDING THE GREAT 963 00:38:10,621 --> 00:38:11,789 WORK THAT OUR LABOR PARTNERS DO 964 00:38:11,789 --> 00:38:15,993 IN THIS SPACE, BECAUSE THEY DO A 965 00:38:15,993 --> 00:38:16,927 LOT. WE DON'T ALWAYS HEAR ABOUT 966 00:38:16,927 --> 00:38:17,261 IT. YOU KNOW? 967 00:38:17,261 --> 00:38:18,429 >> THANK YOU. 968 00:38:18,429 --> 00:38:18,796 >> THANK YOU. 969 00:38:18,796 --> 00:38:22,500 >> SO THE NEXT SLIDE HERE, I 970 00:38:22,500 --> 00:38:26,637 WANTED TO SHARE THE OUTCOMES 971 00:38:26,637 --> 00:38:29,874 THAT WE CAN EXPECT FROM THIS 972 00:38:29,874 --> 00:38:33,044 BODY OF WORK, AND ALSO TO 973 00:38:33,044 --> 00:38:34,478 HIGHLIGHT THAT WE DO REQUIRE ALL 974 00:38:34,478 --> 00:38:35,880 GRANTEES TO TRACK AND REPORT TO 975 00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:38,516 US THE NUMBER OF EVENTS, THE 976 00:38:38,516 --> 00:38:41,886 TOPICS, THE NUMBER OF ATTENDEES 977 00:38:41,886 --> 00:38:43,721 AND LANGUAGES SERVED, 978 00:38:43,721 --> 00:38:45,022 SPECIFICALLY FOR FAMILY SAFETY 979 00:38:45,022 --> 00:38:46,524 PLANNING ACTIVITIES, GRANTEES 980 00:38:46,524 --> 00:38:49,760 WILL REPORT THE NUMBER OF 981 00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:51,462 COMPLETED PLANS FOR BASIC NEEDS, 982 00:38:51,462 --> 00:38:52,096 GRANTEES WILL ATTEST TO 983 00:38:52,096 --> 00:38:53,597 ELIGIBILITY OF THOSE WHO ARE 984 00:38:53,597 --> 00:38:55,266 SERVED AND PROVIDE RECEIPTS OR 985 00:38:55,266 --> 00:39:00,938 FINANCIAL REPORTS FOR THE TYPE 986 00:39:00,938 --> 00:39:03,140 OF NEED. THAT, CONSISTENT WITH 987 00:39:03,140 --> 00:39:05,309 OUR CONCERN ABOUT DATA AND 988 00:39:05,309 --> 00:39:06,744 PRIVACY, WE WANT TO-- YOU TO 989 00:39:06,744 --> 00:39:09,680 KNOW, THAT ALL OF THIS WILL BE 990 00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:12,516 REPORTED TO US ONLY IN THE 991 00:39:12,516 --> 00:39:12,817 AGGREGATE. 992 00:39:12,817 --> 00:39:14,685 >> YES. REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE 993 00:39:14,685 --> 00:39:18,989 THAT WE ARE NOT-- THE CITY DOES 994 00:39:18,989 --> 00:39:20,691 NOT COLLECT INFORMATION 995 00:39:20,691 --> 00:39:24,362 IDENTIFYING INFORMATION, NO 996 00:39:24,362 --> 00:39:25,496 NAMES, ADDRESSES, NOTHING OF 997 00:39:25,496 --> 00:39:26,163 THAT NATURE. RECEIPTS DON'T 998 00:39:26,163 --> 00:39:30,401 HAVE NAMES ATTACHED TO THEM, BUT 999 00:39:30,401 --> 00:39:33,137 WE NEED FOR OUR REPORTING, OUR 1000 00:39:33,137 --> 00:39:36,073 FISCAL, OUR BOOKSISM WE NEED TO 1001 00:39:36,073 --> 00:39:37,408 MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE 1002 00:39:37,408 --> 00:39:39,610 DOCUMENTATION, BUT IT IS NOT TO 1003 00:39:39,610 --> 00:39:40,144 IDENTIFY INDIVIDUALS OR 1004 00:39:40,144 --> 00:39:41,812 DISCOURAGE ANYONE FROM COMING 1005 00:39:41,812 --> 00:39:43,647 OUT TO GET ASSISTANCE. 1006 00:39:43,647 --> 00:39:45,683 >> THAT IS RIGHT. 1007 00:39:45,683 --> 00:39:49,754 >> SO, HERE IS JUST AN EXAMPLE 1008 00:39:49,754 --> 00:39:54,058 OF REPORTING TEMPLATE HERE, SO 1009 00:39:54,058 --> 00:40:00,998 YOU CAN SEE WHAT COMMUNITY 1010 00:40:00,998 --> 00:40:02,633 PARTNERS WILL SEE. FUNDING, SO, 1011 00:40:02,633 --> 00:40:07,304 I JUST TALKED ABOUT THE LDN 1012 00:40:07,304 --> 00:40:08,472 EXPANSION AND THE COMMUNITY 1013 00:40:08,472 --> 00:40:09,874 SMALL GRANTS, THOSE WERE THE 1014 00:40:09,874 --> 00:40:12,443 FIRST RELEASED, NEXT IS FUNDING 1015 00:40:12,443 --> 00:40:14,645 INCLUDES INVESTMENTS THAT WILL 1016 00:40:14,645 --> 00:40:16,914 GO OUT AND BE ANNOUNCED LATER, 1017 00:40:16,914 --> 00:40:20,918 WHICH IS SUPPORT FOR A BODY OF 1018 00:40:20,918 --> 00:40:22,686 IMMIGRANT INCLUSION SERVICES, I 1019 00:40:22,686 --> 00:40:25,856 MENTIONED EARLIER THE FEDERAL 1020 00:40:25,856 --> 00:40:28,893 FUNDING LOSSES THAT WE HAVE 1021 00:40:28,893 --> 00:40:30,728 SEEN, FOR NATURALIZATION, ESL, 1022 00:40:30,728 --> 00:40:31,729 THE LEGAL ORIENTATION PROGRAM, 1023 00:40:31,729 --> 00:40:34,632 ALSO WE WANT TO SUPPORT THE 1024 00:40:34,632 --> 00:40:37,434 COMMUNITY RESPONSE FOR DETAINED 1025 00:40:37,434 --> 00:40:38,436 INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES, AND 1026 00:40:38,436 --> 00:40:40,304 FOR THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN 1027 00:40:40,304 --> 00:40:44,008 LEARNING MORE ABOUT THIS AND UP 1028 00:40:44,008 --> 00:40:45,509 COMING OPPORTUNITIES COME TO OUR 1029 00:40:45,509 --> 00:40:51,682 WEBSITE, THERE IS A LINK HERE IN 1030 00:40:51,682 --> 00:40:53,584 THE SLIDE. AND THEN WE PROVIDE 1031 00:40:53,584 --> 00:40:55,452 REGULAR UPDATES AND RESOURCES 1032 00:40:55,452 --> 00:40:56,887 THROUGH OUR MONTHLY NEWS LETTER, 1033 00:40:56,887 --> 00:40:58,689 OUR BLOG, AND SOCIAL MEDIA, 1034 00:40:58,689 --> 00:41:00,024 PLEASE STAY CONNECTED WITH US 1035 00:41:00,024 --> 00:41:02,827 AND STAY INFORMED AND THE 1036 00:41:02,827 --> 00:41:04,595 INFORMATION IS HERE ON THE 1037 00:41:04,595 --> 00:41:05,362 SCREEN. AND I WILL STOP THERE. 1038 00:41:05,362 --> 00:41:05,830 >> THANK YOU. 1039 00:41:05,830 --> 00:41:07,064 >> THANK YOU. 1040 00:41:07,064 --> 00:41:09,033 >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR, IT IS 1041 00:41:09,033 --> 00:41:11,235 CLEAR YOU AND YOUR TEAM, AND 1042 00:41:11,235 --> 00:41:12,369 THANK YOU TO YOUR TEAM, SOME OF 1043 00:41:12,369 --> 00:41:15,339 WHICH ARE IN THE AUDIENCE, NICE 1044 00:41:15,339 --> 00:41:19,210 TO SEE YOU AGAIN, ARE DOING A 1045 00:41:19,210 --> 00:41:21,445 LOT. AND I WANT TO ALSO 1046 00:41:21,445 --> 00:41:25,316 ACKNOWLEDGE THIS IS ONLY PART OF 1047 00:41:25,316 --> 00:41:26,317 THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE 1048 00:41:26,317 --> 00:41:28,752 FUNDS, AND SINCE THIS IS ONGOING 1049 00:41:28,752 --> 00:41:32,189 IN YOUR BUDGET, YOU ARE WORKING 1050 00:41:32,189 --> 00:41:33,924 ON FUTURE YEARS, AND LOOKING AT 1051 00:41:33,924 --> 00:41:35,359 HOW WELL THINGS ARE GOING AND 1052 00:41:35,359 --> 00:41:39,463 SORT OF, DID WE COVER THE NEED 1053 00:41:39,463 --> 00:41:42,700 THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT COMMUNITY 1054 00:41:42,700 --> 00:41:45,102 NEEDS AT THE MOMENT, BECAUSE YOU 1055 00:41:45,102 --> 00:41:50,507 WANT TO BE NIMBLE IN YEARS AND 1056 00:41:50,507 --> 00:41:51,609 WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL 1057 00:41:51,609 --> 00:41:53,143 HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE TOO. 1058 00:41:53,143 --> 00:41:55,579 >> THAT IS RIGHT. THE LANDSCAPE 1059 00:41:55,579 --> 00:41:59,149 IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING, AND WE 1060 00:41:59,149 --> 00:42:01,318 NEED BE RESPONSIVE AND TAKE A 1061 00:42:01,318 --> 00:42:02,253 LOOK, KEEP LISTENING AND 1062 00:42:02,253 --> 00:42:04,555 PIVOTING WHEN WE NEED TO. 1063 00:42:04,555 --> 00:42:05,422 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, 1064 00:42:05,422 --> 00:42:07,591 DIRECTOR, AND I HEAR FROM, AND I 1065 00:42:07,591 --> 00:42:09,293 HAVE SPOKEN WITH SOME FOLKS IN 1066 00:42:09,293 --> 00:42:12,630 OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY IN TOWN, 1067 00:42:12,630 --> 00:42:15,799 AND THEY ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR 1068 00:42:15,799 --> 00:42:17,568 OIRAs AND THE CITY'S COLLECTIVE 1069 00:42:17,568 --> 00:42:20,804 EFFORTS AND THAT IS IS ALWAYS 1070 00:42:20,804 --> 00:42:22,406 REALLY, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE 1071 00:42:22,406 --> 00:42:23,007 HEARING THAT FROM COMMUNITY, 1072 00:42:23,007 --> 00:42:27,611 BECAUSE I KNOW WE ALL WANT TO DO 1073 00:42:27,611 --> 00:42:31,815 WHAT WE CAN TO HELP. COLLEAGUES, 1074 00:42:31,815 --> 00:42:32,416 QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? COUNCIL 1075 00:42:32,416 --> 00:42:34,852 MEMBER FOSTER, I SEE YOU HAVE 1076 00:42:34,852 --> 00:42:36,587 YOUR CAMERA ON. DO YOU WANT-- 1077 00:42:36,587 --> 00:42:37,288 ANY QUESTIONS? 1078 00:42:37,288 --> 00:42:38,188 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1079 00:42:38,188 --> 00:42:41,525 >> I WILL RECOGNIZE YOU. GO 1080 00:42:41,525 --> 00:42:41,759 AHEAD. 1081 00:42:41,759 --> 00:42:43,527 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND THANK 1082 00:42:43,527 --> 00:42:47,731 YOU, DIRECTOR, ALWAYS A PLEASURE 1083 00:42:47,731 --> 00:42:49,166 TO HEAR FROM YOU. MAYBE YOU CAN 1084 00:42:49,166 --> 00:42:51,635 SEND OVER SOME OF THE THINGS YOU 1085 00:42:51,635 --> 00:42:53,871 SHARED AT THE BEGINNING OF 1086 00:42:53,871 --> 00:42:55,139 COMMITTEE VIA E-MAIL, YOU HAD 1087 00:42:55,139 --> 00:42:56,874 REALLY GREAT POINTS AROUND THE 1088 00:42:56,874 --> 00:42:59,977 CUTS TO ESOL THAT YOU HAVE SEEN, 1089 00:42:59,977 --> 00:43:02,279 AND THE CUTS TO LEGAL DEFENSE 1090 00:43:02,279 --> 00:43:04,114 SERVICES, AND SO WE HAVE BEEN 1091 00:43:04,114 --> 00:43:05,749 TRYING TO TRACK THOSE AND IF YOU 1092 00:43:05,749 --> 00:43:07,184 ARE ABLE TO SEND THOSE NUMBERS 1093 00:43:07,184 --> 00:43:09,053 VIA FOLLOW UP, I THINK THAT 1094 00:43:09,053 --> 00:43:10,888 WOULD BE HELPFULMENT I GOT AS 1095 00:43:10,888 --> 00:43:12,289 GOOD OF NOTES AS I COULD BUT 1096 00:43:12,289 --> 00:43:14,491 WANT TO MAKE SURE I GOT THAT 1097 00:43:14,491 --> 00:43:15,960 CORRECT. THAT WOULD BE 1098 00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:18,128 FANTASTIC. THEN I REALLY WANTED 1099 00:43:18,128 --> 00:43:19,463 TO SAY I APPRECIATE AND 1100 00:43:19,463 --> 00:43:21,098 WOULDN'T EXPECT ANYTHING LESS 1101 00:43:21,098 --> 00:43:21,932 FROM YOUR LEADERSHIP, BUT 1102 00:43:21,932 --> 00:43:23,867 APPRECIATE THE LEVEL OF 1103 00:43:23,867 --> 00:43:26,236 ATTENTION TO DETAIL, 1104 00:43:26,236 --> 00:43:28,272 PARTICULARLY AROUND THE LEGAL 1105 00:43:28,272 --> 00:43:29,606 DEFENSE, AND KNOWING THAT IS 1106 00:43:29,606 --> 00:43:31,575 SEEING SIGNIFICANT CUTS AND 1107 00:43:31,575 --> 00:43:32,543 HEARING MORE ABOUT 1108 00:43:32,543 --> 00:43:34,612 PRIORITIZEATION AND THE WAY YOU 1109 00:43:34,612 --> 00:43:35,512 APPROACHED THE FUNDING AMOUNT 1110 00:43:35,512 --> 00:43:38,148 BASED ON SEATTLE WAS REALLY 1111 00:43:38,148 --> 00:43:39,083 HELPFUL TO HEAR. THANK YOU. NO 1112 00:43:39,083 --> 00:43:39,550 QUESTIONS, CHAIR. 1113 00:43:39,550 --> 00:43:44,121 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL 1114 00:43:44,121 --> 00:43:45,522 MEMBER FOSTER. ANY OTHER 1115 00:43:45,522 --> 00:43:48,225 COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ? LIKE I 1116 00:43:48,225 --> 00:43:49,727 SAID, COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU TO 1117 00:43:49,727 --> 00:43:50,828 MY COUNCIL MEMBER COLLEAGUES FOR 1118 00:43:50,828 --> 00:43:52,830 SHOWING UP AT THIS MEETING 1119 00:43:52,830 --> 00:43:55,199 TODAY. I KNOW IT IS A SPECIAL 1120 00:43:55,199 --> 00:43:57,334 MEETING. BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS 1121 00:43:57,334 --> 00:43:58,902 IMPORTANT AT THIS JUNCTURE, THE 1122 00:43:58,902 --> 00:44:00,871 DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WORKING 1123 00:44:00,871 --> 00:44:03,774 DILIGENTLY, AND I WANTED TO 1124 00:44:03,774 --> 00:44:04,775 PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW, 1125 00:44:04,775 --> 00:44:06,543 BOTH TO US AND MEMBERS OF THE 1126 00:44:06,543 --> 00:44:07,644 PUBLIC, BECAUSE I HEAR FROM 1127 00:44:07,644 --> 00:44:10,014 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL 1128 00:44:10,014 --> 00:44:13,817 ALSO, WHO VERY MUCH CARE ABOUT 1129 00:44:13,817 --> 00:44:15,319 SUPPORTING OUR IMMIGRANT AND 1130 00:44:15,319 --> 00:44:16,320 REFUGEE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN 1131 00:44:16,320 --> 00:44:19,923 TOWN, AND I WANTED THEM TO SEE 1132 00:44:19,923 --> 00:44:22,159 THINGS ARE HAPPENING AND THE 1133 00:44:22,159 --> 00:44:23,460 CITY IS OFFERING ASSISTANCE AND 1134 00:44:23,460 --> 00:44:24,695 IT IS IMPORTANT, I DIDN'T WANT 1135 00:44:24,695 --> 00:44:26,130 TO WAIT FURTHER AND I KNOW THERE 1136 00:44:26,130 --> 00:44:29,199 IS MORE TO COME AND THIS IS THE 1137 00:44:29,199 --> 00:44:30,634 FIRST OF SUBSEQUENT, WE WILL 1138 00:44:30,634 --> 00:44:33,170 BRING YOU BACK TO COMMITTEE TO 1139 00:44:33,170 --> 00:44:35,239 GIVE UPDATES ON THIS, THE NEXT 1140 00:44:35,239 --> 00:44:38,442 PIECES OF THIS, AND THEN UPDATES 1141 00:44:38,442 --> 00:44:41,845 TO THE PIECES YOU JUST 1142 00:44:41,845 --> 00:44:43,380 INTRODUCED, BUT THANK YOU FOR 1143 00:44:43,380 --> 00:44:47,084 TALKING ABOUT THE RFPs AND IF 1144 00:44:47,084 --> 00:44:48,152 YOU SHARE BOTH RFP INFORMATION, 1145 00:44:48,152 --> 00:44:49,686 WE WILL SHARE THAT IN OUR NEWS 1146 00:44:49,686 --> 00:44:51,188 LETTERMENT COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK, 1147 00:44:51,188 --> 00:44:53,023 I SEE YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP. 1148 00:44:53,023 --> 00:44:55,125 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I JUST 1149 00:44:55,125 --> 00:44:57,394 WANTED TO QUICKLY ADD MY VOICE 1150 00:44:57,394 --> 00:44:59,296 TO SAY THANK YOU FOR SCHEDULING 1151 00:44:59,296 --> 00:45:00,364 THIS SPECIAL MEETING TODAY TO 1152 00:45:00,364 --> 00:45:01,331 GET THIS INFORMATION OUT AND IN 1153 00:45:01,331 --> 00:45:03,367 THE PUBLIC, I THINK THAT IS 1154 00:45:03,367 --> 00:45:05,402 TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT. I WANTED 1155 00:45:05,402 --> 00:45:07,571 TO TAKE A MOMENT TO, AGAIN, 1156 00:45:07,571 --> 00:45:10,808 THANK DIRECTOR VU FOR YOUR WORK 1157 00:45:10,808 --> 00:45:12,543 ON THIS. I THINK OFFICE OF 1158 00:45:12,543 --> 00:45:14,011 IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE AFFAIRS 1159 00:45:14,011 --> 00:45:15,879 HAS FOUND A REALLY IMPORTANT 1160 00:45:15,879 --> 00:45:16,980 BALANCE HERE OF MOVING WITH 1161 00:45:16,980 --> 00:45:18,449 URGENCY, BUT ALSO BEING VERY 1162 00:45:18,449 --> 00:45:21,819 CAREFUL AND THOUGHTFUL WHEN IT 1163 00:45:21,819 --> 00:45:24,455 COMES TO PUTTING TOGETHER THIS 1164 00:45:24,455 --> 00:45:25,622 PROPOSED PLAN FOR $4 MILLION. 1165 00:45:25,622 --> 00:45:26,490 THANK YOU TO COUNCIL COLLEAGUES 1166 00:45:26,490 --> 00:45:29,626 FOR THOSE WHO ARE ON THE 1167 00:45:29,626 --> 00:45:31,195 COMMITTEE AND THOSE WHO AREN'T, 1168 00:45:31,195 --> 00:45:32,429 FOR MAKING THE $4 MILLION 1169 00:45:32,429 --> 00:45:34,731 INVESTMENT ONGOING IN THE BUDGET 1170 00:45:34,731 --> 00:45:37,434 LAST YEAR. I WANTED TO TAKE A 1171 00:45:37,434 --> 00:45:39,336 MOMENT TO FURTHER THANK THE 1172 00:45:39,336 --> 00:45:40,537 TEAM, OKSANA, BULEXA, YOU ALL 1173 00:45:40,537 --> 00:45:44,174 HAVE PARTNERED WITH US WHEN WE 1174 00:45:44,174 --> 00:45:45,576 ARE ENGAGING IN CONVERSATION 1175 00:45:45,576 --> 00:45:46,944 WITH A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY 1176 00:45:46,944 --> 00:45:47,945 GROUPS, THOSE ARE NOT ALWAYS 1177 00:45:47,945 --> 00:45:52,583 EASY CONVERSATIONS, THERE IS A 1178 00:45:52,583 --> 00:45:53,083 LOT OF FEAR, DISTRUST, 1179 00:45:53,083 --> 00:45:56,453 FRUSTRATION&I WANT TO THANK YOUR 1180 00:45:56,453 --> 00:45:57,421 TEAM FOR SHOWING UP ALONGSIDE 1181 00:45:57,421 --> 00:45:58,188 MYSELF AND COUNCIL OFFICES TO 1182 00:45:58,188 --> 00:46:01,925 MAKE SURE WE ARE HEARING THE 1183 00:46:01,925 --> 00:46:03,527 AUTHENTIC VOICES AND MAKING SURE 1184 00:46:03,527 --> 00:46:04,728 THAT THE PLANS FOR THIS FUNDING 1185 00:46:04,728 --> 00:46:05,996 IS REALLY INFORMED BY WHAT IS 1186 00:46:05,996 --> 00:46:06,897 NEEDED BY COMMUNITY. I WANTED TO 1187 00:46:06,897 --> 00:46:09,266 TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK YOU AND 1188 00:46:09,266 --> 00:46:12,803 YOUR TEAM FOR YOUR CAREFUL WORK 1189 00:46:12,803 --> 00:46:14,304 AND THANK YOU, AGAIN, CHAIR, TO 1190 00:46:14,304 --> 00:46:18,609 GET THIS INFORMATION OUT IN 1191 00:46:18,609 --> 00:46:18,842 PUBLIC. 1192 00:46:18,842 --> 00:46:19,510 >> MY PLEASURE. 1193 00:46:19,510 --> 00:46:21,545 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER 1194 00:46:21,545 --> 00:46:23,480 RINCK, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE 1195 00:46:23,480 --> 00:46:25,582 COUNTY, I KNOW THAT THE KING 1196 00:46:25,582 --> 00:46:28,318 COUNTY EXECUTIVE HAD A MEETING 1197 00:46:28,318 --> 00:46:30,854 AND I WAS GRATEFUL TO GET AN 1198 00:46:30,854 --> 00:46:32,489 INVITATION, I THINK MANY OF US, 1199 00:46:32,489 --> 00:46:34,358 ACTUALLY, TO PARTICIPATE WHERE 1200 00:46:34,358 --> 00:46:37,661 WE HEARD FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS 1201 00:46:37,661 --> 00:46:38,729 THEMSELVES, IMMIGRANT AND 1202 00:46:38,729 --> 00:46:39,663 REFUGEE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. IT IS 1203 00:46:39,663 --> 00:46:42,366 REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THOSE 1204 00:46:42,366 --> 00:46:44,301 OPPORTUNITIES TO HEAR FROM 1205 00:46:44,301 --> 00:46:45,302 COMMUNITY DIRECTLY, SO REALLY 1206 00:46:45,302 --> 00:46:46,703 APPRECIATE PARTNERING WITH THE 1207 00:46:46,703 --> 00:46:51,074 COUNTY ON THIS, WHO I KNOW IS 1208 00:46:51,074 --> 00:46:54,244 ALSO GIVING RESOURCES AND TRYING 1209 00:46:54,244 --> 00:46:55,813 TO DO WHAT THEY CAN, AND THE 1210 00:46:55,813 --> 00:46:57,447 STATE, FOR THAT MATTER, THE 1211 00:46:57,447 --> 00:46:59,082 GOVERNOR, HE CARES DEEPLY ABOUT 1212 00:46:59,082 --> 00:47:02,252 THIS, TOO, SO, WE ARE ALL 1213 00:47:02,252 --> 00:47:04,087 WORKING AND PARTNERING TOGETHER 1214 00:47:04,087 --> 00:47:05,522 IN AND SUPPORTING IMMIGRANT AND 1215 00:47:05,522 --> 00:47:06,123 REFUGEE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, 1216 00:47:06,123 --> 00:47:07,257 WHETHER IT BE AT THE CITY, WITH 1217 00:47:07,257 --> 00:47:11,261 THE CITY OF SEATTLE, AT THE 1218 00:47:11,261 --> 00:47:14,431 COUNTY, AND STATE LEVEL Y. AM 1219 00:47:14,431 --> 00:47:15,399 VERY APPRECIATIVE FOR ALL OUR 1220 00:47:15,399 --> 00:47:16,967 PARTNERS WHO ARE COMING TOGETHER 1221 00:47:16,967 --> 00:47:18,769 TO HELP, AND OUR OWN COMMUNITY 1222 00:47:18,769 --> 00:47:21,805 MEMBERS, RESIDENTS WHO ARE NOT 1223 00:47:21,805 --> 00:47:22,873 MEMBERS OF THE IMMIGRANT AND 1224 00:47:22,873 --> 00:47:26,343 REFUGEE COMMUNITY WHO ARE 1225 00:47:26,343 --> 00:47:27,077 HELPING AS WELL, INDIVIDUALLY, 1226 00:47:27,077 --> 00:47:30,514 GIVING UP THEIR TIME AND EFFORT, 1227 00:47:30,514 --> 00:47:34,651 INCLUDING FOOD BANKS IN TOWN. 1228 00:47:34,651 --> 00:47:35,686 REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. DIRECTOR 1229 00:47:35,686 --> 00:47:37,354 VU, YOU HAVE GOT STAFF MEMBERS 1230 00:47:37,354 --> 00:47:41,458 AND WE MENTIONED SOME, I DON'T 1231 00:47:41,458 --> 00:47:42,426 WANT TO LEAVE OUT OTHERS. DO YOU 1232 00:47:42,426 --> 00:47:44,194 WANT TO INTRODUCE WHO IS HERE IN 1233 00:47:44,194 --> 00:47:47,598 THE AUDIENCE FROM YOUR TEAM, WE 1234 00:47:47,598 --> 00:47:48,098 ARE DOING AWESOME WORK. 1235 00:47:48,098 --> 00:47:50,801 >> I DIDN'T SEE THEM COME IN. 1236 00:47:50,801 --> 00:47:54,438 MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE, 1237 00:47:54,438 --> 00:48:00,544 STARTING ON THE END HERE, 1238 00:48:00,544 --> 00:48:01,912 WILSON, BELKISA, ASME, JOAQUIN, 1239 00:48:01,912 --> 00:48:04,548 WHO RECENTLY JOINED US TO MAKE 1240 00:48:04,548 --> 00:48:05,148 SURE THIS ALL GOES WELL. 1241 00:48:05,148 --> 00:48:06,383 >> THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. 1242 00:48:06,383 --> 00:48:09,086 >> IF WE ARE DOING ANY GOOD 1243 00:48:09,086 --> 00:48:10,354 WORK, THEY GET CREDIT FOR IT. 1244 00:48:10,354 --> 00:48:12,122 >> I LIKE TO GIVE PEOPLE CREDIT 1245 00:48:12,122 --> 00:48:17,027 AND THAT IS WHY I LIKE TO HAVE 1246 00:48:17,027 --> 00:48:17,995 PEOPLE NAMED BY NAME BECAUSE 1247 00:48:17,995 --> 00:48:19,963 EVERYBODY IS DOING GREAT WORK 1248 00:48:19,963 --> 00:48:21,565 AND PEOPLE DON'T RECOGNIZE THE 1249 00:48:21,565 --> 00:48:23,634 PEOPLE BEHIND THE EFFORTS AND I 1250 00:48:23,634 --> 00:48:25,269 WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GETS 1251 00:48:25,269 --> 00:48:27,838 ACKNOWLEDGED, SO THANK YOU FOR 1252 00:48:27,838 --> 00:48:29,840 BEING HERE, AND LETS SEE, I 1253 00:48:29,840 --> 00:48:31,742 DON'T THINK ANYONE HAS ANY 1254 00:48:31,742 --> 00:48:33,243 OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, 1255 00:48:33,243 --> 00:48:36,046 COLLEAGUES, I SO APPRECIATE YOU 1256 00:48:36,046 --> 00:48:37,714 BEING HERE. SEEING NO FURTHER 1257 00:48:37,714 --> 00:48:38,649 QUESTIONS, THIS CONCLUDES THE 1258 00:48:38,649 --> 00:48:41,785 APRIL 9th SPECIAL MEETING OF THE 1259 00:48:41,785 --> 00:48:43,020 LIBRARIES, EDUCATION, AND 1260 00:48:43,020 --> 00:48:43,954 NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE. OUR 1261 00:48:43,954 --> 00:48:50,160 NEXT LINE COMMITTEE MEETING IS 1262 00:48:50,160 --> 00:48:51,962 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 9:30. 1263 00:48:51,962 --> 00:48:53,597 HEARING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, 1264 00:48:53,597 --> 00:48:54,164 3:51 P.M., THIS MEETING IS 1265 00:48:54,164 --> 00:48:55,899 ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.