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All right. Good afternoon

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everyone. I want to call to

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order today

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s meeting of the

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King County Transportation

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District Executive Committee.

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It

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s MAY 27th, 2026. My name is

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Claudia Balducci. I

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m the chair

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of the Board of supervisors. I

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am joined by executive

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committee members. Uh, vice

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Chair Fain and board members

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Dan Boesky and Perry. Thank you

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all for giving it the office

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here with this relatively new,

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uh, structure. Uh, this is our

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second meeting of the executive

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committee. And as you can see,

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we are, uh, we

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re taking leaps

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and bounds in terms of

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formality and, uh, and our

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operations here, uh, at our

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last full board meeting, which

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was on MAY 15th, uh, we had a

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very robust and wide ranging

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debate. And it was the second

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meeting in a row where we did

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that. And I think we

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ve been

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making a lot of progress at

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each of these meetings. And we

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have gotten very close to the

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place where I feel confident

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that we will be able to take up

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votes, vote on a proposal for,

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uh, potential road funding,

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vote on a potential for, uh,

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how we direct that road

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funding. And then, uh, we need

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to very quickly should those

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either of those successful go

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to turn to how we operate this

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thing called the King County

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Transportation District because

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it has been an unfunded

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organization for the entirety

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of its existence. I want to

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acknowledge an error I made in

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a comment previously where I

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said it has been in existence

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for 14 years. It has been in

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existence since 2014, so only

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12 years. But there we go. Just

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to be accurate, just to be

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accurate. Um, but at the last

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board meeting on MAY 15th, it

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did. We did arrive at a place

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where at least I, as the chair,

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ll just speak for myself,

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felt that we could use a little

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bit more thought around some of

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the specific details of the

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proposals and the amendments

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before us, so that we were

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prepared to move into action.

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And everybody on the board

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understands what they

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re being

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asked to vote on. You vote how

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you vote yes. No. Offer

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amendments don

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t offer

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amendments. But people should

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understand what they

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asked to vote on. So, uh, a

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couple people suggested, and I

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thought it was a really good

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idea that we hold an executive

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committee meeting before the

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next full board meeting so that

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we can talk through where we

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at in this process, and this

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body can give any guidance to

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help us be successful at our

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next full board meeting, which

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is, after all, our job. So

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the agenda is an update. Let me

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make sure I have my agenda in

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front of me. Here it is. Uh, we

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have on the agenda. It

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brief agenda, but we are going

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to have a briefing on, uh,

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policy issues and process for

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the revenue. Uh, and revenue

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direction resolutions that are

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currently before the code. And

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then talking about a work plan

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and next steps for the case,

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quickly become much more

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operational and figure out the

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future of some policy decisions

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we have to make about how this

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t. Um, now let me ask

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for the clerk to please call

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the roll. Thank you. Thank you.

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Supervisor Fein. Here.

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Supervisor Perry here. Chair

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Balducci here. You have a full

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All right. Thank you. I

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to ask for a motion to approve

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the minutes of our APRIL 22nd

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executive committee meeting,

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please. So moved. Thank you. It

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is before us there in your

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pockets. Any comments,

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questions or changes on the

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minutes hearing? None. All

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those in favor of approving the

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minutes, please signify by

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saying I. I any opposed? Please

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say nay. The minutes are

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approved. Now we

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public comment. Um, people who

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wish to provide public comment

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can testify in person or in

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zoom. It is an important part

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of our process to hear from the

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of you who are here or have

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called in to give us public,

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public comments are doing so

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today. Uh, if you wish to

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submit written comment to this

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committee, you MAY, and we ask

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that you do so by sending an

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email to the email address

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clerk. That

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s kkclerk. There

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s. Uh, at King

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County gov. And please write

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the topic and the letters in

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the subject line that will help

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ensure that your comment gets

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All right. Uh, some specifics

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comment to maintain decorum and

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s committee. The

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following rules are in place

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for all public comment.

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seated until called upon to

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speak. Then we ask that you

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approach the podium, state your

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name, speak to the agenda item

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at hand. All public comments

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should be related to items on

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s meeting agenda. I

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talked about that earlier and

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not be used for purposes of

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assisting a campaign for

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election of any person to any

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office, nor for promotion of or

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proposition. We ask that public

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comment not include obscene

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speech. Uh, if the speaker

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fails to abide by any of these

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restrictions, I MAY roll them

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out of order and MAY, in

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extreme cases, have the speaker

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removed from the meeting. Each

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speaker will have two minutes

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to speak, and there will be a

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timer. When the timer

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completes. Please do finish

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much past two minutes, you will

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certainly be interrupted and

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MAY ultimately be muted. All

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s start by calling

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on people who have signed up to

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Thank you. Chair. The first

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name on the list is Alex

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And I want to speak about

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agenda number two. Is your

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plan. I

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m PRESIDENT Of Stand-Up

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America. I candidate 15 times

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for re-election. King County

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Council persecuted me seven

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times. Yes, and seven times

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dismissed. And I have 7000 days

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of trespass. So right now I

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want to speak about something

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with a critical ten year ago.

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plan. Yeah. What is include

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Transit ten year ago. Ten year

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ago, and for many years before

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you trespass me many times I

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talking about Ponzi scheme for

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$200 billion. That is exactly

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sound transit. Half. So last

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week Seattle Times. What is

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very unusual for me because for

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40 years I never see Seattle

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time talking about Democrat

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Mafia, a bandit whose blood and

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money from us in the first

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page. First page talking about

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$36 billion. What is some

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transit steal from people? This

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is exactly what is happening.

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What does this mean? Is mean

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all America? No. Are about this

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because Seattle Times did this

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couple times before. But first

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page is sold to All America

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right now. Who you are is is

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exactly what has happened with

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you. This is a nightmare. What,

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as I see here for 30 years,

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what is? I come and speak. What

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is you doing? This idiotic

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situation. I cannot understand

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how this possible. Make mistake

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for Tory. $6 billion is not a

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mistake you do in government.

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going to get around to the.

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Not to the sound of sound.

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Transit is not on the agenda

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today.

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Okay. Your American Revolution,

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stand up slave and happy cow.

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Stop stealing us money. Is very

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simple. Why? You cannot do in

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That was on topic. Thank you.

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Um, I just want to state for

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the record that the King County

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Council has never prosecuted

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MR. Zimmerman. And if we ban

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somebody for 7000 days, that

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would be 19 years. And we

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either. So, uh, just for the

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record, let the record reflect

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The next name on the list is

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Hello. Hello, I

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Firstly, I want to thank you

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all for all the hard work that

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you and the staff has done on

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this, making sure that we spend

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only spend this regressive tax

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on only the most critical

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needs. I

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m concerned about the

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targeted restrictions against

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Seattle and against transit

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spending. Cities like Seattle

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have fought long battles to

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transform into some semblance

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of a transit city. This took

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work and leadership by both the

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government officials,

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volunteers, advocates, and so

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many more to spend the money it

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takes to make the change. Link

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light rail is popular. Help

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people get to it. Also, we all

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know cars cannot be this large

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of a component of our

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transportation network, so we

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need to make sure transit is

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expanding as fast as possible

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in both frequency and coverage.

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I look forward to doing that

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next, but in the meantime, help

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Seattle pay for large portions

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of the region

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s transit and

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allow cities the option to

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spend on transit. Or, if we

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can

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t agree on what that looks

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like, maybe we cut the pass

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through. I don

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t know. I hope

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the language of this resolution

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and the interlocal agreements

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we talk about next will be,

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will be, will allocate this

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money based on an equitable and

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not burdensome system with a

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mindset focusing on getting

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people into sustainable and

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affordable transportation

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systems. I hope you can start

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with baluchis. Amendment to be

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as the baseline, and I hope you

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can figure out how to lift or

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change the 15% cap. And I don

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t

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think the 10,000 minimum seems

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like a sensible thing that

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benefits the right people. I

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also ask that you include

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council member Mosquito

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s

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request to the Executive and

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Metro to start working soon. On

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what Metro

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s transit package

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will be able to deliver, so

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that we can have less of these

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confusing debates when we do

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that topic. Next, thank you for

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your work.

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Thank you.

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The next name on the list is

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Noah Williams.

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Hi Council members, thank you.

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For the record, my name is Noah

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Williams and I

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m a member of

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the Transit Writers Union here

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in Seattle. Um, so I appreciate

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your work on this. Uh, and I

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just, I hope that the board

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s

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final plan meets the intent to

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be as equitable as as, uh, as

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advertised. Um, I have some

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concerns about the scope of

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capacity expansion versus

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maintenance. Per the needs

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report. Um, the road expansions

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tend to be a bit of a feedback

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loop. More space and capacity

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induces more demand, more

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people drive, we have more

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roads to maintain, and that

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gradually gets more expensive

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over time. Um, so it just seems

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misguided to prohibit some of

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these funds from being used for

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metro service, which I would

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also add does reduce where on

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roads by reducing vehicle

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traffic, where, um, bus service

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is available. Um, from an

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equity perspective, capping the

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the pass through to 15% for per

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municipality, um doesn

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t make

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sense to me either. Um, it

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tends to become regressive

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towards the residents of

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Seattle as as the biggest city

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here. Um, and a lot of the

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funds that Seattle pays in

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often benefit communities in

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the surrounding areas, such as

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White Center, um, through um,

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bus service to those

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communities and, um,

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accessibility and maintenance

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improvements. Um, please keep

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these concerns, uh, with you as

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you develop this plan. Thank

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you for your time. I appreciate.

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The next name on the list is

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Harper. Nelly.

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All righty.

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Uh, hello.

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My name is Harper. Nelly. I

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m

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with the Seattle Transit Riders

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Union, and I

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m a student, a

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renter, a car free transit

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writer, and a tax payer. I

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appreciate the work of the city

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council or county council. Uh,

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and staff have done to solve

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the road budget problem.

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However, I am deeply concerned

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about many of the proposed

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allocations and what they say

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about this county

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s equity,

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climate and affordability

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goals. We need this levy

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because the King County cannot

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support its roads. So why does

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the transportation need support?

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Direct 17% of this tax to

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expanding road capacity and

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thus increasing that

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maintenance bill, while barring

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cities from actually trying to

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solve the problem by improving

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transit, especially when

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transit riders are the lowest

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income neighbors who are

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already treated as second class

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citizens. Doubling down on cars

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and leaving transit behind is a

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baffling decision, especially

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while we face spiking gas

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prices, rising cost of living,

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and a deepening climate crisis.

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There has been much said about

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how Bryn Mawr Skyway and White

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Center are in need of funding

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for sidewalks and

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accessibility, but this tax

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only sends 4% of that funding

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to them, while sending extra

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funding to three of the

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wealthiest cities in the state.

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Seattle has one of the highest

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poverty rates in the county and

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sees most of or sees the most

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people driving into the city

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from out of its city limits,

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causing road wear and

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congestion. And yet this tax

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targets Seattle and severely

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limits its ability to handle

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that disproportionate demand.

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This tax is again necessary

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because King County cannot

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afford to maintain its existing

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roads, but bars cities from

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using the funding on reducing

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car usage while funding the

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expansion of road capacity. It

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directs money towards

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municipalities which need it

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the least, and away from those

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that need it the most. Thank

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you.

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The next name on the list is

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Nick saddle.

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Hello. Council members or

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supervisors? My name is Nick

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and my transit rider. I am with

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the Trans Writers Union. Fix

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delayed in central Seattle

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streets for all. First, I

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wanted to commend everyone for

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all the work that they put on

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this. You know, there

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s

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certainly access problems in

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rural areas and maintaining the

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road condition and maintaining

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access and white Center Skyway

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and improving our accessibility

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needs are certainly problems

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that we need to be fixing. But

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there are a number of concerns

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I have with the proposal. The

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first one is that we

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re using a

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regressive tax for regressive

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priorities, and the county

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transportation needs assessment,

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prepared by the Roads Division.

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Most of the money, according to

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that assessment, will be

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shifted away from poorer areas

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and into richer areas.

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Specifically, only 4% of needs

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are in white, center or Skyway.

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Only 4% of needs are on

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accessibility, almost 20% is

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devoted to a category called

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capacity expansion, which is

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just widening roads, and even

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more money is dedicated to

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traffic improvements and things

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that I would not call repaving

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and maintaining the existing

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network. Concretely, I urge you

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to pass supervisor supervisor

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Mosquito

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s amendment to clarify

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that this board is interested

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in a metro funding amendment

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and that we

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re interested in

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identifying the needs that

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Metro has. Secondly, please

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remove the 15% cap on Seattle,

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the next largest city in King

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County. Bellevue will not hit

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that cap for over 100 years,

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and it

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s certainly a target on

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the county

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s largest city. And

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more importantly, don

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t block

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this path through money from

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being used on transit. As

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previous commenters have said,

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transit is one of the most

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sustainable ways for people to

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get around. And if cities want

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to help out Metro, I don

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t see

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why we should stop them. Thank

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you.

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Chair Bill. Dutchie. That was

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the last in-person sign up, but

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I currently don

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t have any

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hands raised on the zoom. Oh,

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we have one. Two.

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Yeah. So just let me briefly

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just give a notice to anybody

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online because I don

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t think I

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said this at the beginning. If

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you are online and want to give

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public comment, please use the

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raise hand function on your

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zoom app. And I forget how to

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do it. If you

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re on a phone. Do

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we have any phones? Excellent.

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All right. So if you want to be

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called upon, please raise your

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zoom. Use the raise hand

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function in zoom and we

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ll call

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on you for online public

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comment. Same rules and

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procedures apply. Please go

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ahead.

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The first name on the list is

583
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Greenway Trust.

584
00:20:31,385 --> 00:20:33,186
Good afternoon. I am Amy

585
00:20:33,186 --> 00:20:34,354
Brockhaus, deputy director of

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00:20:34,354 --> 00:20:35,522
the Mountain Citizen Greenway

587
00:20:35,522 --> 00:20:36,857
Trust, the nonprofit

588
00:20:36,857 --> 00:20:37,657
organization that helps steward

589
00:20:37,657 --> 00:20:38,692
the Mountains to sound.

590
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Greenway National Heritage

591
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Area, stretching from Puget

592
00:20:41,228 --> 00:20:43,164
Sound in Seattle to central

593
00:20:43,164 --> 00:20:45,564
Washington, including much of

594
00:20:45,666 --> 00:20:47,367
rural King County. Thank you.

595
00:20:47,367 --> 00:20:49,200
Chair Baldacci, vice chair,

596
00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:50,705
frame supervisor Perry, and

597
00:20:50,705 --> 00:20:52,372
Supervisor Dmowski for your

598
00:20:52,372 --> 00:20:53,574
longstanding commitment to

599
00:20:53,574 --> 00:20:55,509
securing sustainable funding

600
00:20:55,509 --> 00:20:56,877
for King County Roads, roads,

601
00:20:56,877 --> 00:20:58,412
and unincorporated King County

602
00:20:58,412 --> 00:21:00,213
are essential to residents.

603
00:21:00,213 --> 00:21:02,213
Recreation access, public

604
00:21:02,216 --> 00:21:04,250
safety, tourism and local

605
00:21:04,250 --> 00:21:06,200
economies. Nearly half of daily

606
00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:07,621
trips on unincorporated roads

607
00:21:07,621 --> 00:21:09,560
are taken by city residents,

608
00:21:09,560 --> 00:21:11,492
and the current funding model

609
00:21:11,492 --> 00:21:13,930
is clearly not sustainable. So

610
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we truly, truly appreciate your

611
00:21:14,228 --> 00:21:15,529
leadership and working toward a

612
00:21:15,529 --> 00:21:16,163
better solution. I

613
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m also here

614
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today to thank you for

615
00:21:18,131 --> 00:21:19,867
continuing to work

616
00:21:19,867 --> 00:21:21,669
collaboratively with cities and

617
00:21:21,669 --> 00:21:22,903
regional partners. The best

618
00:21:22,903 --> 00:21:24,271
long term solutions are often

619
00:21:24,271 --> 00:21:25,840
compromise solutions, and a

620
00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:28,142
workable compromise is far

621
00:21:28,142 --> 00:21:29,443
better than no solution at all.

622
00:21:29,443 --> 00:21:31,412
So, on behalf of the Greenway

623
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Trust, we all recognize this is

624
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a long term challenge and we

625
00:21:33,914 --> 00:21:35,820
deeply appreciate your

626
00:21:35,820 --> 00:21:36,684
continued commitment to

627
00:21:36,684 --> 00:21:38,252
preserving and funding the

628
00:21:38,252 --> 00:21:39,519
transportation infrastructure

629
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that communities across King

630
00:21:41,540 --> 00:21:44,540
County depend on every day.

631
00:21:45,259 --> 00:21:46,360
Thank you all very, very much.

632
00:21:46,360 --> 00:21:50,560
The next name on the list is

633
00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:52,266
Jonathan Gonzales. Uh.

634
00:21:52,266 --> 00:21:53,700
Two more.

635
00:21:53,700 --> 00:21:54,268
Hello, my name is Jonathan

636
00:21:54,268 --> 00:21:55,336
Gonzalez. I

637
00:21:55,336 --> 00:21:56,670
m an organizer with

638
00:21:56,670 --> 00:21:57,571
Ballard Rail and a volunteer

639
00:21:57,571 --> 00:21:58,905
with Ballard. Beyond Green

640
00:21:58,905 --> 00:21:59,206
Streets. Over the past few

641
00:21:59,206 --> 00:21:59,706
months, I

642
00:21:59,706 --> 00:22:00,941
ve become more

643
00:22:00,941 --> 00:22:02,510
involved with local transit

644
00:22:02,510 --> 00:22:03,710
advocacy, in particular with

645
00:22:03,710 --> 00:22:03,882
Sound Transit. And what I

646
00:22:03,882 --> 00:22:05,110
ve

647
00:22:05,110 --> 00:22:05,187
come to learn is that there

648
00:22:05,187 --> 00:22:06,790
s

649
00:22:06,790 --> 00:22:08,479
plenty of opportunity for

650
00:22:08,949 --> 00:22:10,483
advocacy in our county as well.

651
00:22:10,483 --> 00:22:11,752
i appreciate the dire need to

652
00:22:11,752 --> 00:22:12,953
prepare our county roads. I

653
00:22:12,953 --> 00:22:14,388
have friends that are trying to

654
00:22:14,388 --> 00:22:14,560
raise a family in Skyway, and

655
00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:16,560
I

656
00:22:16,657 --> 00:22:18,425
ve seen the Broken Sidewalk

657
00:22:18,425 --> 00:22:19,626
network in person. I see this

658
00:22:19,626 --> 00:22:21,280
as a great opportunity to raise

659
00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:22,950
funds so we can repair roads

660
00:22:22,950 --> 00:22:23,864
and hopefully in the future,

661
00:22:23,864 --> 00:22:25,199
expand transit onto them. To

662
00:22:25,199 --> 00:22:26,199
that end, we need to make sure

663
00:22:26,199 --> 00:22:28,402
that we are appropriately

664
00:22:28,402 --> 00:22:29,403
prioritizing areas with the

665
00:22:29,403 --> 00:22:30,471
highest needs. And

666
00:22:30,471 --> 00:22:30,971
unfortunately, the current

667
00:22:30,971 --> 00:22:31,538
resolution doesn

668
00:22:31,538 --> 00:22:33,538
t specify

669
00:22:33,673 --> 00:22:35,509
that. Um, of the amendments

670
00:22:35,509 --> 00:22:36,110
proposed, I urge to start with

671
00:22:36,110 --> 00:22:37,110
Councilmember Belushi

672
00:22:37,110 --> 00:22:39,110
s

673
00:22:39,914 --> 00:22:41,115
amendments. Um, that way, um,

674
00:22:41,115 --> 00:22:41,581
other like if we

675
00:22:41,581 --> 00:22:43,160
re going to be

676
00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:44,385
giving pasture to cities, we

677
00:22:44,385 --> 00:22:44,819
should um, it should be done in

678
00:22:44,819 --> 00:22:45,652
a way that doesn

679
00:22:45,652 --> 00:22:46,987
t sing out any

680
00:22:46,987 --> 00:22:49,122
specific city. Um, for

681
00:22:49,122 --> 00:22:50,357
instance, in Seattle, um, 4

682
00:22:50,357 --> 00:22:52,492
million, uh, over the course of

683
00:22:52,492 --> 00:22:54,270
a few years would be enough to

684
00:22:54,270 --> 00:22:55,629
help pay for the Graham Street

685
00:22:55,629 --> 00:22:55,805
infill station. Uh, and that

686
00:22:55,805 --> 00:22:56,963
s

687
00:22:56,963 --> 00:22:58,599
something that the city and the

688
00:22:58,599 --> 00:22:59,599
county, um, from my

689
00:22:59,599 --> 00:23:01,599
understanding, are committing

690
00:23:02,302 --> 00:23:03,303
to completing. Uh, um, for that

691
00:23:03,303 --> 00:23:03,537
reason, the pass for money

692
00:23:03,537 --> 00:23:04,710
shouldn

693
00:23:04,710 --> 00:23:05,906
t be limited

694
00:23:05,906 --> 00:23:07,107
specifically to roadwork. I

695
00:23:07,107 --> 00:23:07,841
appreciate all the care and

696
00:23:07,841 --> 00:23:09,760
thought this committee is

697
00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:09,576
putting into this resolution,

698
00:23:09,576 --> 00:23:10,343
and hope you

699
00:23:10,343 --> 00:23:11,478
ll consider our

700
00:23:11,478 --> 00:23:12,513
perspectives at Seattle Lights

701
00:23:12,513 --> 00:23:13,130
in your decisions. I

702
00:23:13,130 --> 00:23:14,214
m happy to

703
00:23:14,214 --> 00:23:15,349
pay additional taxes to help

704
00:23:15,349 --> 00:23:15,582
the county. I just want to make

705
00:23:15,582 --> 00:23:16,483
sure it

706
00:23:16,483 --> 00:23:19,483
s serving the areas of

707
00:23:20,860 --> 00:23:21,187
highest need. Thank you.

708
00:23:21,187 --> 00:23:25,387
The next name on the list is

709
00:23:36,300 --> 00:23:36,336
Joe Kunstler.

710
00:23:36,336 --> 00:23:36,871
Joe, if you

711
00:23:36,871 --> 00:23:37,410
re speaking, we

712
00:23:37,410 --> 00:23:39,410
can

713
00:23:43,643 --> 00:23:43,944
t hear you. Why don

714
00:23:43,944 --> 00:23:45,579
t we

715
00:23:45,579 --> 00:23:49,183
move on and come back to MR.

716
00:23:49,183 --> 00:23:50,284
Counselor? Go ahead.

717
00:23:50,284 --> 00:23:54,484
The next name on the list is

718
00:23:58,250 --> 00:23:58,626
Robert Feldstein.

719
00:23:58,626 --> 00:23:59,159
Robert, if you

720
00:23:59,159 --> 00:24:00,594
re able, please

721
00:24:00,594 --> 00:24:02,620
unmute yourself.

722
00:24:02,620 --> 00:24:03,430
Can you hear me?

723
00:24:03,430 --> 00:24:05,299
Okay, Joe, we can hear you.

724
00:24:05,299 --> 00:24:05,765
Please hold a second. Uh,

725
00:24:05,765 --> 00:24:06,300
Robert, we

726
00:24:06,300 --> 00:24:08,101
re going to come

727
00:24:08,101 --> 00:24:10,203
back to you. Uh, the prior

728
00:24:10,203 --> 00:24:11,710
speaker is now unmuted. Uh,

729
00:24:11,710 --> 00:24:12,673
MISTER Kunstler, please.

730
00:24:12,673 --> 00:24:14,275
Thank you. Executive team.

731
00:24:14,275 --> 00:24:15,175
Can you. MR. Felson, can we ask

732
00:24:15,175 --> 00:24:16,676
you to wait for just one

733
00:24:16,676 --> 00:24:17,711
second? Sorry for the for the

734
00:24:17,711 --> 00:24:17,945
technical difficulties. I

735
00:24:17,945 --> 00:24:19,180
m

736
00:24:19,180 --> 00:24:21,281
going to ask MR. Kunstler.

737
00:24:21,281 --> 00:24:23,281
Please go ahead.

738
00:24:23,383 --> 00:24:25,783
Thank you. Joe. Counselor.

739
00:24:25,952 --> 00:24:27,755
Here. Um, a lot to say in a few

740
00:24:27,755 --> 00:24:28,122
minutes. But first, I really

741
00:24:28,122 --> 00:24:28,922
think we don

742
00:24:28,922 --> 00:24:30,423
t need to be

743
00:24:30,423 --> 00:24:32,590
building any new highways or

744
00:24:32,590 --> 00:24:33,426
roads. We need to take care of

745
00:24:33,426 --> 00:24:34,628
the bridges we have. We also

746
00:24:34,628 --> 00:24:36,463
need to have a naming program

747
00:24:36,463 --> 00:24:37,897
for those bridges. Uh, for

748
00:24:37,897 --> 00:24:38,932
instance, we need to pay

749
00:24:38,932 --> 00:24:41,334
tribute to some of our great

750
00:24:41,334 --> 00:24:42,802
public servants. Um, we need to

751
00:24:42,802 --> 00:24:44,905
build a model, you know, like.

752
00:24:44,905 --> 00:24:47,273
And we also need very much and

753
00:24:47,273 --> 00:24:49,430
very badly to have some of this

754
00:24:49,430 --> 00:24:51,443
district assist in building

755
00:24:51,778 --> 00:24:53,814
light rail to Ballard and

756
00:24:53,814 --> 00:24:54,982
building the infill stations.

757
00:24:54,982 --> 00:24:56,584
Uh, it is important that the

758
00:24:56,584 --> 00:24:59,453
Graham Street station be built

759
00:24:59,453 --> 00:25:01,655
and that the Rainier Valley be

760
00:25:01,655 --> 00:25:03,324
a safe place for everyone and

761
00:25:03,324 --> 00:25:06,260
reliable for transit, in that

762
00:25:06,260 --> 00:25:07,628
order. Um, I am well aware that

763
00:25:07,628 --> 00:25:08,962
I have white male privilege,

764
00:25:08,962 --> 00:25:10,897
and I want to address that as a

765
00:25:10,897 --> 00:25:12,900
gentleman who wants a better,

766
00:25:12,900 --> 00:25:14,435
more perfect union. As our

767
00:25:14,435 --> 00:25:16,835
nation nears our 250th

768
00:25:17,471 --> 00:25:19,720
birthday. Um, I also want to

769
00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:20,573
add as well that we should have

770
00:25:20,573 --> 00:25:22,475
light rail to Ballard, and the

771
00:25:22,475 --> 00:25:23,677
Heidi Wheels station. Uh, which

772
00:25:23,677 --> 00:25:25,812
would be a monument to one of

773
00:25:25,812 --> 00:25:28,812
the greatest citizens of King

774
00:25:29,750 --> 00:25:30,184
County. Uh, and we should, um.

775
00:25:30,184 --> 00:25:30,684
Well, that

776
00:25:30,684 --> 00:25:30,858
s a that

777
00:25:30,858 --> 00:25:32,319
s a

778
00:25:32,319 --> 00:25:34,210
comment, but, uh, you know, and

779
00:25:34,210 --> 00:25:36,190
finally, I want to thank you

780
00:25:36,190 --> 00:25:38,250
for all you do at, uh, just

781
00:25:38,250 --> 00:25:39,459
hope that we can get a deal

782
00:25:39,459 --> 00:25:40,761
passed that will protect

783
00:25:40,761 --> 00:25:42,863
transit funding and protect

784
00:25:42,863 --> 00:25:44,431
bridge funding. And, um, I will

785
00:25:44,431 --> 00:25:48,310
let the next speaker go ahead.

786
00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:49,136
Thank you.

787
00:25:49,136 --> 00:25:52,136
The next name is Robert

788
00:25:52,306 --> 00:25:53,340
Feldstein.

789
00:25:53,340 --> 00:25:54,475
Uh, good afternoon, Robert

790
00:25:54,475 --> 00:25:56,243
Felton. Sound cities

791
00:25:56,243 --> 00:25:58,110
association. Thank you,

792
00:25:58,110 --> 00:25:59,346
executive team, for your hard

793
00:25:59,346 --> 00:26:01,470
and careful work on getting

794
00:26:01,470 --> 00:26:01,224
this right. I know we

795
00:26:01,224 --> 00:26:03,224
re

796
00:26:03,316 --> 00:26:04,985
starting to tire. Uh, I want to

797
00:26:04,985 --> 00:26:06,720
make a couple of points. First,

798
00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:08,756
every city, no matter how

799
00:26:08,756 --> 00:26:11,580
small, has basic needs that do

800
00:26:11,580 --> 00:26:11,258
not scale proportionally down.

801
00:26:11,258 --> 00:26:12,626
There

802
00:26:12,626 --> 00:26:14,594
s no that. You cannot

803
00:26:14,594 --> 00:26:15,829
break it down to 1/100 or one

804
00:26:15,829 --> 00:26:16,964
tenth of the basic requirements

805
00:26:16,964 --> 00:26:18,398
of reporting to state and

806
00:26:18,398 --> 00:26:19,600
county and others, and the

807
00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:21,535
basic needs of their things.

808
00:26:21,535 --> 00:26:22,903
Even the smallest cities need a

809
00:26:22,903 --> 00:26:24,671
fundamental lump to be able to

810
00:26:24,671 --> 00:26:25,772
do something. Second, many of

811
00:26:25,772 --> 00:26:27,541
the challenges brought up for

812
00:26:27,541 --> 00:26:29,476
our unincorporated areas unsafe

813
00:26:29,476 --> 00:26:30,577
streets, no sidewalks are

814
00:26:30,577 --> 00:26:32,479
actually true for many of our

815
00:26:32,479 --> 00:26:34,447
residents of our cities all

816
00:26:34,447 --> 00:26:34,626
across the county. Third, I

817
00:26:34,626 --> 00:26:35,549
ve

818
00:26:35,549 --> 00:26:37,384
heard some say, well, the

819
00:26:37,384 --> 00:26:37,631
cities should tax themselves.

820
00:26:37,631 --> 00:26:38,652
What

821
00:26:38,652 --> 00:26:39,720
s not caught in these

822
00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:42,560
measures or measures of

823
00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:42,589
population or tax base is

824
00:26:42,589 --> 00:26:43,157
measures of the city

825
00:26:43,157 --> 00:26:45,157
s ability

826
00:26:45,492 --> 00:26:47,661
to tax themselves. Some cities,

827
00:26:47,661 --> 00:26:49,230
one city MAY be is very able to

828
00:26:49,230 --> 00:26:50,430
tax itself prodigiously, while

829
00:26:50,430 --> 00:26:52,990
others struggle to raise even

830
00:26:52,990 --> 00:26:53,267
basic public safety measures.

831
00:26:53,267 --> 00:26:54,935
And every time the county

832
00:26:54,935 --> 00:26:56,403
raises a tax. And this will be

833
00:26:56,403 --> 00:26:58,105
the third sales tax in five

834
00:26:58,105 --> 00:26:59,340
years, it makes it harder for

835
00:26:59,340 --> 00:27:00,574
cities to raise the taxes

836
00:27:00,574 --> 00:27:02,542
themselves to fix their

837
00:27:02,542 --> 00:27:03,677
problems. The pass through to

838
00:27:03,677 --> 00:27:05,579
our cities, and particularly

839
00:27:05,579 --> 00:27:07,915
the smaller cities, recognizes

840
00:27:07,915 --> 00:27:09,216
this actual truth of equity.

841
00:27:09,216 --> 00:27:10,551
With all this in mind, we

842
00:27:10,551 --> 00:27:12,520
support the Fain amendment and

843
00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:13,921
urge the executive team to hone

844
00:27:13,921 --> 00:27:15,222
this towards perfection so the

845
00:27:15,222 --> 00:27:16,723
district can pass this at the

846
00:27:16,723 --> 00:27:18,191
next vote, and we can move on

847
00:27:18,191 --> 00:27:20,591
together on other issues.

848
00:27:21,429 --> 00:27:22,463
Thanks for all you do.

849
00:27:22,463 --> 00:27:23,864
Chair Bill Dutchie, there are

850
00:27:23,864 --> 00:27:26,864
currently no hands raised on

851
00:27:28,301 --> 00:27:30,301
the zoom.

852
00:27:31,371 --> 00:27:32,720
Thank you. Uh, just checking

853
00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:32,243
one last time. If there

854
00:27:32,243 --> 00:27:33,473
s

855
00:27:33,473 --> 00:27:34,775
anybody else who wanted to give

856
00:27:34,775 --> 00:27:36,143
public comment but has not been

857
00:27:36,143 --> 00:27:36,643
able to not. I can

858
00:27:36,643 --> 00:27:38,279
t see the

859
00:27:38,279 --> 00:27:39,512
zoom. I think everybody in

860
00:27:39,512 --> 00:27:40,814
chambers has either spoken or

861
00:27:40,814 --> 00:27:41,548
works for us. So we

862
00:27:41,548 --> 00:27:42,883
re going to

863
00:27:42,883 --> 00:27:45,883
move on and close public

864
00:27:47,187 --> 00:27:48,955
comment. Um, first item on the

865
00:27:48,955 --> 00:27:50,390
agenda is to talk about what,

866
00:27:50,390 --> 00:27:52,459
uh, many of the commenters

867
00:27:52,459 --> 00:27:54,794
alluded to, and that is what

868
00:27:54,794 --> 00:27:56,396
happens next. And how do we,

869
00:27:56,396 --> 00:27:58,432
uh, how do we go from where we

870
00:27:58,432 --> 00:28:00,634
are to where we need to be? I

871
00:28:00,634 --> 00:28:02,903
want to thank the folks who

872
00:28:02,903 --> 00:28:05,305
have shared how important it is

873
00:28:05,305 --> 00:28:07,907
for us to put out a clear

874
00:28:07,907 --> 00:28:09,442
packet of materials, including

875
00:28:09,442 --> 00:28:10,543
the resolution, which has been

876
00:28:10,543 --> 00:28:12,313
well established and is on the

877
00:28:12,313 --> 00:28:13,947
table, and then amendments

878
00:28:13,947 --> 00:28:14,882
proposed to that resolution far

879
00:28:14,882 --> 00:28:15,983
enough in advance of the

880
00:28:15,983 --> 00:28:17,951
meeting that people can see

881
00:28:17,951 --> 00:28:20,554
them, can react to them, can

882
00:28:20,554 --> 00:28:22,856
give comment and we can take

883
00:28:22,856 --> 00:28:23,560
action on that comment. And so

884
00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:24,157
that

885
00:28:24,157 --> 00:28:25,292
s part of the goal of

886
00:28:25,292 --> 00:28:25,926
having this meeting here today

887
00:28:25,926 --> 00:28:26,980
is to make sure that we

888
00:28:26,980 --> 00:28:27,594
re

889
00:28:27,594 --> 00:28:29,796
charting a clear path forward

890
00:28:29,796 --> 00:28:33,396
with steps and dates that will

891
00:28:35,836 --> 00:28:38,238
enable a, uh, a regular order

892
00:28:38,238 --> 00:28:39,540
meeting with plenty of advance

893
00:28:39,540 --> 00:28:42,175
time for people to be ready and

894
00:28:42,175 --> 00:28:43,944
for us to be, um, uh, well

895
00:28:43,944 --> 00:28:45,879
organized and not have it feel

896
00:28:45,879 --> 00:28:46,500
like a rush. And I know that

897
00:28:46,500 --> 00:28:47,481
it

898
00:28:47,481 --> 00:28:49,149
s you can probably laugh and

899
00:28:49,149 --> 00:28:50,717
say, what kind of a rush is

900
00:28:50,717 --> 00:28:51,751
this? Uh, this is our third

901
00:28:51,751 --> 00:28:54,588
meeting or fourth meeting on

902
00:28:54,588 --> 00:28:56,423
this topic, but, um, I do feel

903
00:28:56,423 --> 00:28:57,891
that a little bit more

904
00:28:57,891 --> 00:28:58,692
diligence would make it feel

905
00:28:58,692 --> 00:28:59,359
more. You know, we

906
00:28:59,359 --> 00:29:00,427
re going to

907
00:29:00,427 --> 00:29:01,461
decide on these policy issues

908
00:29:01,461 --> 00:29:01,729
that people are giving to us

909
00:29:01,729 --> 00:29:02,262
today. We

910
00:29:02,262 --> 00:29:03,960
re going to make

911
00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:04,640
decisions about them. But

912
00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:04,731
people should, as I said

913
00:29:04,731 --> 00:29:04,902
earlier, know what they

914
00:29:04,902 --> 00:29:06,902
re

915
00:29:09,235 --> 00:29:11,104
deciding. So, um, item five on

916
00:29:11,104 --> 00:29:11,705
the agenda today is labeled as

917
00:29:11,705 --> 00:29:12,272
a briefing, but it

918
00:29:12,272 --> 00:29:14,272
s meant to

919
00:29:14,541 --> 00:29:15,975
talk about, uh, the two

920
00:29:15,975 --> 00:29:17,444
resolutions that are coming

921
00:29:17,444 --> 00:29:19,947
before us and just chart a

922
00:29:19,947 --> 00:29:21,148
path. And I want to ask your

923
00:29:21,148 --> 00:29:21,320
forbearance, colleagues, I

924
00:29:21,320 --> 00:29:23,320
m

925
00:29:24,284 --> 00:29:25,418
going to talk a little bit. Um,

926
00:29:25,418 --> 00:29:27,818
the first resolution is

927
00:29:28,540 --> 00:29:30,540
proposed resolution td 2020

928
00:29:30,590 --> 00:29:32,990
601. That is the resolution

929
00:29:33,660 --> 00:29:37,364
that would impose a 10th of a

930
00:29:37,364 --> 00:29:39,199
cent sales tax for roads. Um,

931
00:29:39,199 --> 00:29:41,668
so we have had that in front of

932
00:29:41,668 --> 00:29:45,268
us at our last couple meetings.

933
00:29:45,639 --> 00:29:47,730
And at our last meeting, we had

934
00:29:47,730 --> 00:29:48,750
a series of amendments

935
00:29:48,750 --> 00:29:49,843
proposed. They have been

936
00:29:49,843 --> 00:29:52,879
referenced today, but just as a

937
00:29:52,879 --> 00:29:54,715
reminder, uh, amendment to a

938
00:29:54,715 --> 00:29:57,183
was sponsored by a board

939
00:29:57,183 --> 00:29:58,952
member, Fein. Uh, some of the

940
00:29:58,952 --> 00:30:00,654
key provisions of that were

941
00:30:00,654 --> 00:30:03,457
that it provided a pass through

942
00:30:03,457 --> 00:30:05,857
of 12.5% by population for

943
00:30:06,693 --> 00:30:07,227
local jurisdictions, created a.

944
00:30:07,227 --> 00:30:08,161
Oh, boy, I

945
00:30:08,161 --> 00:30:09,960
ve already forgotten

946
00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:09,363
the acronym. You know, you

947
00:30:09,363 --> 00:30:10,297
re a

948
00:30:10,297 --> 00:30:10,864
real organization when you have

949
00:30:10,864 --> 00:30:11,632
acronyms. You can

950
00:30:11,632 --> 00:30:13,632
t remember.

951
00:30:13,666 --> 00:30:15,335
The tip is stands for.

952
00:30:15,335 --> 00:30:15,769
City Transportation Improvement

953
00:30:15,769 --> 00:30:17,204
Program.

954
00:30:17,204 --> 00:30:19,204
City Transportation Improvement

955
00:30:19,573 --> 00:30:21,474
Program. Thank you. Nick, with

956
00:30:21,474 --> 00:30:23,474
$10,000 minimum pass through

957
00:30:23,910 --> 00:30:25,179
and a 15% maximum, that is just

958
00:30:25,179 --> 00:30:26,580
a headline. That is not

959
00:30:26,580 --> 00:30:27,781
everything that was into a. It

960
00:30:27,781 --> 00:30:29,749
was a very detailed and

961
00:30:29,749 --> 00:30:32,149
thoughtful amendment. We had

962
00:30:32,619 --> 00:30:33,920
amendment 1 to 2, a uh, offered

963
00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:35,555
by board member Barone, which

964
00:30:35,555 --> 00:30:37,791
would have removed the 15%

965
00:30:37,791 --> 00:30:40,930
maximum, uh, from amendment to

966
00:30:40,930 --> 00:30:42,396
a. I myself offered a different

967
00:30:42,396 --> 00:30:43,831
methodology for doing the

968
00:30:43,831 --> 00:30:45,699
implementing the tax. That was

969
00:30:45,699 --> 00:30:47,935
an amendment to b, which had a

970
00:30:47,935 --> 00:30:49,837
12.5% pass through by

971
00:30:49,837 --> 00:30:52,237
population without minimums or

972
00:30:53,140 --> 00:30:55,540
maximums, and notably, uh,

973
00:30:57,510 --> 00:30:58,945
asked for an offset to funding

974
00:30:58,945 --> 00:31:00,130
already being received by a

975
00:31:00,130 --> 00:31:02,716
city in my district, the city

976
00:31:02,716 --> 00:31:04,284
of Bellevue, for a transit tax

977
00:31:04,284 --> 00:31:06,190
increment financing proposal.

978
00:31:06,190 --> 00:31:08,421
Separate from this, but which,

979
00:31:08,421 --> 00:31:10,624
uh, as a policy matter, I feel

980
00:31:10,624 --> 00:31:12,492
would be duplicated by both

981
00:31:12,492 --> 00:31:14,895
allowing the tif and a full

982
00:31:14,895 --> 00:31:16,430
sales tax pass through. Uh,

983
00:31:16,430 --> 00:31:17,664
Councilmember Mosqueda offered

984
00:31:17,664 --> 00:31:19,980
amendment three. Board member

985
00:31:19,980 --> 00:31:21,980
Mosqueda offered amendment

986
00:31:21,835 --> 00:31:24,638
three, which added a statement

987
00:31:24,638 --> 00:31:26,840
in the warehouse Clauses that

988
00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:28,174
made it clearer what we have

989
00:31:28,174 --> 00:31:29,743
already stated, which is that

990
00:31:29,743 --> 00:31:32,146
we recognize the funding needs

991
00:31:32,146 --> 00:31:33,580
for transit and metro and

992
00:31:33,580 --> 00:31:36,580
restated the intent of this

993
00:31:37,718 --> 00:31:39,180
body to pursue transit funding

994
00:31:39,180 --> 00:31:41,621
via a ballot measure in the

995
00:31:41,621 --> 00:31:43,230
future, and then there were

996
00:31:43,230 --> 00:31:45,423
technical changes in amendment

997
00:31:46,893 --> 00:31:48,161
four. So after that meeting, uh,

998
00:31:48,161 --> 00:31:49,229
I, I

999
00:31:49,229 --> 00:31:51,310
m a board member. Fain and

1000
00:31:51,310 --> 00:31:52,232
I had a conversation about her

1001
00:31:52,232 --> 00:31:54,201
amendment because it seemed to

1002
00:31:54,201 --> 00:31:56,236
me that most of the stuff we

1003
00:31:56,236 --> 00:31:59,836
needed to do to advance this

1004
00:31:59,973 --> 00:32:02,508
was already into a, um, and so

1005
00:32:02,508 --> 00:32:04,711
I have asked board Member Fein

1006
00:32:04,711 --> 00:32:06,679
to convert amendment to a into

1007
00:32:06,679 --> 00:32:08,782
a striking amendment. I will

1008
00:32:08,782 --> 00:32:12,186
just, uh, with regard to our

1009
00:32:12,186 --> 00:32:13,386
lawyers, um, I will, uh, state

1010
00:32:13,386 --> 00:32:14,388
my I think it should have been

1011
00:32:14,388 --> 00:32:14,988
a strong amendment in the first

1012
00:32:14,988 --> 00:32:16,856
place. I

1013
00:32:16,856 --> 00:32:18,425
m sure you did, too.

1014
00:32:18,425 --> 00:32:19,392
But just procedurally, it just

1015
00:32:19,392 --> 00:32:20,226
makes more sense. I would

1016
00:32:20,226 --> 00:32:20,694
prefer to have a strike

1017
00:32:20,694 --> 00:32:21,195
imminent. So we

1018
00:32:21,195 --> 00:32:23,595
re going to ask

1019
00:32:24,831 --> 00:32:27,434
that to become s one. And it

1020
00:32:27,434 --> 00:32:30,203
will, uh, it will address a

1021
00:32:30,203 --> 00:32:33,203
number of these policy issues.

1022
00:32:34,141 --> 00:32:35,742
Uh, the 0.1 ten sales tax, the

1023
00:32:35,742 --> 00:32:38,142
pass through at 12.5% by

1024
00:32:38,378 --> 00:32:40,280
population. Uh, it will

1025
00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:42,150
continue to include, I presume,

1026
00:32:42,150 --> 00:32:43,183
a minimum and a maximum pass

1027
00:32:43,183 --> 00:32:43,984
through, which is the cap that

1028
00:32:43,984 --> 00:32:45,652
some of the folks have talked

1029
00:32:45,652 --> 00:32:46,920
to us about today. The city

1030
00:32:46,920 --> 00:32:48,920
Transportation Improvement

1031
00:32:51,591 --> 00:32:53,159
Program. Uh, the I have

1032
00:32:53,159 --> 00:32:55,262
requested that the striker

1033
00:32:55,262 --> 00:32:58,262
include the offset for the

1034
00:32:59,333 --> 00:33:00,266
Bellevue tif, um, which just of

1035
00:33:00,266 --> 00:33:00,467
interest, if anybody cares.

1036
00:33:00,467 --> 00:33:01,501
There

1037
00:33:01,501 --> 00:33:03,703
s a lot of information on

1038
00:33:03,703 --> 00:33:06,440
that in our pockets. Uh, the

1039
00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:08,875
bottom line is a lot of work

1040
00:33:08,875 --> 00:33:11,178
went into assessing how we

1041
00:33:11,178 --> 00:33:13,113
could do this offset correctly

1042
00:33:13,113 --> 00:33:14,715
and what the financial impact

1043
00:33:14,715 --> 00:33:16,917
was. And at the end of the day,

1044
00:33:16,917 --> 00:33:19,553
it amounts to about five point

1045
00:33:19,553 --> 00:33:20,687
something million dollars of

1046
00:33:20,687 --> 00:33:21,755
offset. So it

1047
00:33:21,755 --> 00:33:23,560
s not a huge

1048
00:33:23,560 --> 00:33:24,391
amount in the first ten years,

1049
00:33:24,391 --> 00:33:25,826
which is what this tax would be

1050
00:33:25,826 --> 00:33:27,427
for. But I thought it was the

1051
00:33:27,427 --> 00:33:30,427
better policy that Bellevue not

1052
00:33:30,798 --> 00:33:31,998
received. Both, uh, not that

1053
00:33:31,998 --> 00:33:33,600
the offset happened so that

1054
00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:35,835
this sales tax money, instead

1055
00:33:35,835 --> 00:33:38,835
of going to supplement Bellevue

1056
00:33:39,373 --> 00:33:40,940
project further, would be used

1057
00:33:40,940 --> 00:33:41,841
for roads in King County Roads

1058
00:33:41,841 --> 00:33:42,776
Division. So that

1059
00:33:42,776 --> 00:33:44,776
s about about

1060
00:33:45,312 --> 00:33:45,645
5.5 billion million million.

1061
00:33:45,645 --> 00:33:46,179
Sorry, I

1062
00:33:46,179 --> 00:33:48,281
ve been at Sound

1063
00:33:48,281 --> 00:33:50,681
Transit too long. 5.5 million

1064
00:33:53,153 --> 00:33:55,188
in uh, in the roads fund. Um,

1065
00:33:55,188 --> 00:33:57,257
there are there is language

1066
00:33:57,257 --> 00:34:00,257
about allowed uses for cities

1067
00:34:02,295 --> 00:34:02,496
and, uh, and I think in. No

1068
00:34:02,496 --> 00:34:02,863
that

1069
00:34:02,863 --> 00:34:03,630
s where I

1070
00:34:03,630 --> 00:34:04,897
m going to stop.

1071
00:34:04,897 --> 00:34:06,600
So I

1072
00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:08,235
m going to stop there.

1073
00:34:08,235 --> 00:34:10,104
That is I assume that there

1074
00:34:10,104 --> 00:34:12,371
will still be line amendments.

1075
00:34:12,371 --> 00:34:12,706
The goal would be and I

1076
00:34:12,706 --> 00:34:14,706
m going

1077
00:34:15,141 --> 00:34:18,511
to jump to the end, that we

1078
00:34:18,511 --> 00:34:20,547
publish the striking amendment.

1079
00:34:20,547 --> 00:34:22,148
Any striking amendments to

1080
00:34:22,148 --> 00:34:23,884
resolution one and two by close

1081
00:34:23,884 --> 00:34:26,820
of business this Friday, day

1082
00:34:26,820 --> 00:34:29,820
after tomorrow, MAY 29th, with

1083
00:34:29,989 --> 00:34:32,389
line amendments offered by

1084
00:34:33,627 --> 00:34:36,270
Tuesday, JUNE 2nd. Publishing

1085
00:34:36,663 --> 00:34:38,899
an amendment packet fully uh,

1086
00:34:38,899 --> 00:34:41,680
established by Friday, JUNE

1087
00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:43,603
5th, to be taken up by the

1088
00:34:43,603 --> 00:34:45,705
board on Friday, JUNE 12th,

1089
00:34:45,705 --> 00:34:47,707
which would give members of the

1090
00:34:47,707 --> 00:34:49,777
public and of this board a week

1091
00:34:49,777 --> 00:34:51,311
to to see what we are taking

1092
00:34:51,311 --> 00:34:52,178
up. And I just feel like that

1093
00:34:52,178 --> 00:34:53,380
is that is going to be a much

1094
00:34:53,380 --> 00:34:55,150
more orderly process if we do

1095
00:34:55,150 --> 00:34:55,582
it that way. So that is a lot

1096
00:34:55,582 --> 00:34:56,483
of talking. I

1097
00:34:56,483 --> 00:34:58,151
m going to pause

1098
00:34:58,151 --> 00:34:58,324
there. And just first of all,

1099
00:34:58,324 --> 00:34:59,419
I

1100
00:34:59,419 --> 00:35:00,621
d like to offer, uh, Vice

1101
00:35:00,621 --> 00:35:01,655
Chair Fain an opportunity to

1102
00:35:01,655 --> 00:35:04,791
speak for herself. I spoke a

1103
00:35:04,791 --> 00:35:06,259
lot for her. And so. No. Okay.

1104
00:35:06,259 --> 00:35:08,762
She has nothing to add. Any

1105
00:35:08,762 --> 00:35:09,830
questions for me? For staff?

1106
00:35:09,830 --> 00:35:10,664
Does this make sense,

1107
00:35:10,664 --> 00:35:11,864
colleagues, the point of an

1108
00:35:11,864 --> 00:35:12,899
executive committee is to help

1109
00:35:12,899 --> 00:35:15,768
chart the path. Does it make

1110
00:35:15,768 --> 00:35:16,703
sense? Board member Perry, you

1111
00:35:16,703 --> 00:35:17,370
look like you might have a

1112
00:35:17,370 --> 00:35:17,971
question.

1113
00:35:17,971 --> 00:35:20,841
I think I might have a

1114
00:35:20,841 --> 00:35:23,610
question. Thank you. Uh, chair.

1115
00:35:23,610 --> 00:35:23,910
Chair Balducci at my board

1116
00:35:23,910 --> 00:35:24,744
member. I

1117
00:35:24,744 --> 00:35:27,144
m a supervisor. My

1118
00:35:29,383 --> 00:35:31,318
supervisor. Okay. Um, so I need

1119
00:35:31,318 --> 00:35:32,952
to understand in the striker.

1120
00:35:32,952 --> 00:35:34,621
Are we intending? And this is

1121
00:35:34,621 --> 00:35:36,890
to you. And also, uh, maybe

1122
00:35:36,890 --> 00:35:39,890
Council Member Fein, are we

1123
00:35:40,661 --> 00:35:43,129
intending to remove the 15% cap

1124
00:35:43,129 --> 00:35:43,964
from the striker?

1125
00:35:43,964 --> 00:35:45,298
I will say we had this

1126
00:35:45,298 --> 00:35:46,990
discussion, and my

1127
00:35:46,990 --> 00:35:47,634
understanding is that the

1128
00:35:47,634 --> 00:35:50,340
striker will continue to

1129
00:35:50,236 --> 00:35:51,271
include the 15% cap, and

1130
00:35:51,271 --> 00:35:53,540
therefore, I expect there will

1131
00:35:53,540 --> 00:35:54,508
be a line amendment similar to

1132
00:35:54,508 --> 00:35:54,808
a board member Baron

1133
00:35:54,808 --> 00:35:56,442
s

1134
00:35:56,442 --> 00:35:58,778
amendment that will seek to

1135
00:35:58,778 --> 00:36:00,113
strip the 15% cap out, and we

1136
00:36:00,113 --> 00:36:01,714
will make that policy decision

1137
00:36:01,714 --> 00:36:03,116
by vote. That is my

1138
00:36:03,116 --> 00:36:04,818
speculation. I am speculating,

1139
00:36:04,818 --> 00:36:05,619
okay, okay. But it will remain

1140
00:36:05,619 --> 00:36:06,519
in the striker, is my

1141
00:36:06,519 --> 00:36:06,953
understanding. Yes.

1142
00:36:06,953 --> 00:36:08,555
And I don

1143
00:36:08,555 --> 00:36:08,955
t want to be looking

1144
00:36:08,955 --> 00:36:09,723
at me. I don

1145
00:36:09,723 --> 00:36:11,625
t want to open a

1146
00:36:11,625 --> 00:36:14,995
can of worms, but I do want to

1147
00:36:14,995 --> 00:36:16,129
ask a question. The 10,000

1148
00:36:16,129 --> 00:36:17,631
minimum. Where does that come

1149
00:36:17,631 --> 00:36:19,631
from?

1150
00:36:21,301 --> 00:36:22,102
I will, uh, cede the floor, if

1151
00:36:22,102 --> 00:36:22,469
you will. If you

1152
00:36:22,469 --> 00:36:24,469
ll take a

1153
00:36:27,106 --> 00:36:29,506
question. Board member Fein.

1154
00:36:30,944 --> 00:36:35,144
The goal was to ensure that we

1155
00:36:37,250 --> 00:36:40,487
could make, uh, lift all of the

1156
00:36:40,487 --> 00:36:44,591
boats in the water. And so, uh,

1157
00:36:44,591 --> 00:36:47,591
the 10,000 was an an amount

1158
00:36:48,261 --> 00:36:51,261
that, um, everyone could live

1159
00:36:52,650 --> 00:36:55,665
with that I spoke with, um,

1160
00:36:56,102 --> 00:36:58,304
local services, and, um, you

1161
00:36:58,304 --> 00:37:00,704
and others in unincorporated

1162
00:37:02,442 --> 00:37:06,420
areas, and it was a careful

1163
00:37:07,347 --> 00:37:08,415
balance to not give super small

1164
00:37:08,415 --> 00:37:08,982
towns that maybe don

1165
00:37:08,982 --> 00:37:10,450
t have the

1166
00:37:10,450 --> 00:37:13,286
same level of need as the

1167
00:37:13,286 --> 00:37:15,188
larger ones. An excess amount

1168
00:37:15,188 --> 00:37:16,220
of funding where it didn

1169
00:37:16,220 --> 00:37:17,958
t make

1170
00:37:17,958 --> 00:37:20,727
sense, but it really allowed

1171
00:37:20,727 --> 00:37:22,962
them to do some pretty basic

1172
00:37:22,962 --> 00:37:25,362
projects that they otherwise

1173
00:37:26,660 --> 00:37:28,235
would might struggle to do. So,

1174
00:37:28,235 --> 00:37:29,469
um, okay.

1175
00:37:29,469 --> 00:37:30,637
Thank you. That makes sense. A

1176
00:37:30,637 --> 00:37:33,720
follow up question is that all

1177
00:37:33,720 --> 00:37:35,943
right? Um, so I know asphalt

1178
00:37:35,943 --> 00:37:38,945
costs the same in Skykomish as

1179
00:37:38,945 --> 00:37:41,470
it does in Seattle or wherever.

1180
00:37:41,470 --> 00:37:41,381
Bellevue. Um, and that

1181
00:37:41,381 --> 00:37:41,581
s that

1182
00:37:41,581 --> 00:37:42,683
s

1183
00:37:42,683 --> 00:37:44,117
a challenge because I know that

1184
00:37:44,117 --> 00:37:46,517
we have 1500 miles of

1185
00:37:46,586 --> 00:37:46,787
unincorporated roads saying,

1186
00:37:46,787 --> 00:37:48,688
What

1187
00:37:48,688 --> 00:37:51,191
s Canada to Mexico? We

1188
00:37:51,191 --> 00:37:52,759
know that. And we know that the

1189
00:37:52,759 --> 00:37:54,759
$100 million that local

1190
00:37:54,761 --> 00:37:56,229
Services has in their budget is

1191
00:37:56,229 --> 00:37:56,897
one third of what they need.

1192
00:37:56,897 --> 00:37:57,764
And so they

1193
00:37:57,764 --> 00:37:59,764
re just meeting

1194
00:38:00,634 --> 00:38:02,201
basic needs of safety, potholes

1195
00:38:02,201 --> 00:38:04,871
going to be out of money in

1196
00:38:04,871 --> 00:38:06,720
2028 completely. And so none of

1197
00:38:06,720 --> 00:38:07,140
the cities are out of money.

1198
00:38:07,140 --> 00:38:07,507
Right. And so they

1199
00:38:07,507 --> 00:38:09,242
re going to

1200
00:38:09,242 --> 00:38:11,911
be out of money. And this is a

1201
00:38:11,911 --> 00:38:13,246
way to keep, uh, the basically

1202
00:38:13,246 --> 00:38:15,140
keep the lights on or the

1203
00:38:15,140 --> 00:38:15,247
potholes filled is what we

1204
00:38:15,247 --> 00:38:15,748
re

1205
00:38:15,748 --> 00:38:16,283
trying to do. We

1206
00:38:16,283 --> 00:38:17,784
re not trying

1207
00:38:17,784 --> 00:38:18,919
to do more than that. And then

1208
00:38:18,919 --> 00:38:19,752
the cities wanted to have a

1209
00:38:19,752 --> 00:38:19,923
certain percent. So we

1210
00:38:19,923 --> 00:38:21,923
re

1211
00:38:21,955 --> 00:38:23,356
trying to do something to

1212
00:38:23,356 --> 00:38:26,956
support that as well. With this

1213
00:38:28,161 --> 00:38:30,161
12.5, 12.5%. Yeah. With a 15%

1214
00:38:31,231 --> 00:38:34,231
cap. Um, my understanding is

1215
00:38:35,802 --> 00:38:37,504
that we can the cities can bank

1216
00:38:37,504 --> 00:38:39,506
if they have a project in mind,

1217
00:38:39,506 --> 00:38:41,441
they can bank that 10,000 a

1218
00:38:41,441 --> 00:38:44,143
year toward that project. Is

1219
00:38:44,143 --> 00:38:45,445
that correct?

1220
00:38:45,445 --> 00:38:48,981
So let me just, uh, let me just

1221
00:38:48,981 --> 00:38:51,551
declare my intent to, uh, just

1222
00:38:51,551 --> 00:38:52,286
not impose too strict an

1223
00:38:52,286 --> 00:38:52,552
interpretation of Robert

1224
00:38:52,552 --> 00:38:53,820
s

1225
00:38:53,820 --> 00:38:54,821
Rules here. As long as it is

1226
00:38:54,821 --> 00:38:56,230
comfortable for members, we can

1227
00:38:56,230 --> 00:38:56,456
have a discussion. Yes. Okay.

1228
00:38:56,456 --> 00:38:57,524
Go ahead.

1229
00:38:57,524 --> 00:38:59,259
All right. Thank you. Chair.

1230
00:38:59,259 --> 00:38:59,447
Thank you. For making sure

1231
00:38:59,447 --> 00:39:00,930
we

1232
00:39:00,930 --> 00:39:01,494
re keeping it clean.

1233
00:39:01,494 --> 00:39:03,494
Here.

1234
00:39:05,899 --> 00:39:08,670
So the goal is not to allow

1235
00:39:08,670 --> 00:39:11,667
cities to build up reserves. If

1236
00:39:12,272 --> 00:39:12,739
there is a project that is, um,

1237
00:39:12,739 --> 00:39:13,240
and we

1238
00:39:13,240 --> 00:39:14,440
ve we

1239
00:39:14,440 --> 00:39:16,440
ve created the

1240
00:39:17,430 --> 00:39:17,220
term timely and we will and

1241
00:39:17,220 --> 00:39:18,745
we

1242
00:39:18,745 --> 00:39:19,512
ll get to this soon. Need to

1243
00:39:19,512 --> 00:39:21,512
put together some

1244
00:39:21,648 --> 00:39:23,483
administrative procedures as a,

1245
00:39:23,483 --> 00:39:25,318
as a body, as a governing body

1246
00:39:25,318 --> 00:39:28,121
later to decide what that

1247
00:39:28,121 --> 00:39:31,121
means. The way that I

1248
00:39:31,223 --> 00:39:33,260
structured it was to allow

1249
00:39:33,260 --> 00:39:35,329
cities, if they have a timely

1250
00:39:35,329 --> 00:39:37,630
project to contribute to. This

1251
00:39:37,630 --> 00:39:39,198
is not intended to be their

1252
00:39:39,198 --> 00:39:41,340
sole source of transportation

1253
00:39:41,340 --> 00:39:43,170
funding. This is to assist

1254
00:39:43,170 --> 00:39:47,370
where they MAY not be able to

1255
00:39:47,707 --> 00:39:47,877
close that gap. Um, without. So

1256
00:39:47,877 --> 00:39:49,877
we

1257
00:39:50,243 --> 00:39:52,345
re not allowing banking of

1258
00:39:52,345 --> 00:39:53,713
dollars to to put towards

1259
00:39:53,713 --> 00:39:55,849
future projects, though many

1260
00:39:55,849 --> 00:39:58,351
cities do that. This is

1261
00:39:58,351 --> 00:39:59,586
intended to if you have a use

1262
00:39:59,586 --> 00:40:02,388
this year, it could be a

1263
00:40:02,388 --> 00:40:03,230
multi-year project. But there

1264
00:40:03,230 --> 00:40:05,230
s

1265
00:40:05,125 --> 00:40:07,461
something pending or ready to

1266
00:40:07,461 --> 00:40:08,761
go, or close to ready to go,

1267
00:40:08,761 --> 00:40:09,862
and this will help it get over

1268
00:40:09,862 --> 00:40:11,263
the finish line. They can do

1269
00:40:11,263 --> 00:40:13,330
that if they don

1270
00:40:13,330 --> 00:40:14,467
t have a

1271
00:40:14,467 --> 00:40:16,837
project that they can use it

1272
00:40:16,837 --> 00:40:17,700
on, they can either say, no, we

1273
00:40:17,700 --> 00:40:18,305
we don

1274
00:40:18,305 --> 00:40:19,672
t have a project, in

1275
00:40:19,672 --> 00:40:22,141
which case those dollars would

1276
00:40:22,141 --> 00:40:24,410
go straight to roads or as a

1277
00:40:24,410 --> 00:40:24,644
governing body. Later we,

1278
00:40:24,644 --> 00:40:25,779
whoever

1279
00:40:25,779 --> 00:40:25,952
s governing it, whether

1280
00:40:25,952 --> 00:40:27,647
it

1281
00:40:27,647 --> 00:40:29,849
s or the county, we would

1282
00:40:29,849 --> 00:40:30,684
say, um, you haven

1283
00:40:30,684 --> 00:40:32,684
t yet used

1284
00:40:33,719 --> 00:40:33,987
those funds on a project. If

1285
00:40:33,987 --> 00:40:34,821
you don

1286
00:40:34,821 --> 00:40:35,422
t have something

1287
00:40:35,422 --> 00:40:36,220
pending or it

1288
00:40:36,220 --> 00:40:36,256
s not ready to

1289
00:40:36,256 --> 00:40:37,324
go, we

1290
00:40:37,324 --> 00:40:39,159
re going to take those

1291
00:40:39,159 --> 00:40:40,593
funds back and either give it

1292
00:40:40,593 --> 00:40:42,610
to a city who does have a

1293
00:40:42,610 --> 00:40:44,798
pending project that we could

1294
00:40:44,798 --> 00:40:46,232
help with, or to roads. And at

1295
00:40:46,232 --> 00:40:47,467
every turn, I tried to return

1296
00:40:47,467 --> 00:40:49,369
money to roads. And I think at

1297
00:40:49,369 --> 00:40:52,171
the end of the day, roads will

1298
00:40:52,171 --> 00:40:53,473
receive more than 87.5%.

1299
00:40:53,473 --> 00:40:54,174
Okay. Thank you very much. And

1300
00:40:54,174 --> 00:40:56,900
thank you, chair.

1301
00:40:56,900 --> 00:40:57,343
And I would like to at this

1302
00:40:57,343 --> 00:40:59,312
point, just point to the packet

1303
00:40:59,312 --> 00:41:01,581
that has been provided. There

1304
00:41:01,581 --> 00:41:04,850
is a flow chart within that

1305
00:41:04,850 --> 00:41:08,210
packet that shows, uh, the ways

1306
00:41:08,210 --> 00:41:10,290
pass through works for various

1307
00:41:10,290 --> 00:41:10,489
different proposals. And it

1308
00:41:10,489 --> 00:41:11,190
doesn

1309
00:41:11,190 --> 00:41:11,924
t it doesn

1310
00:41:11,924 --> 00:41:13,326
t show what

1311
00:41:13,326 --> 00:41:14,828
happens. Exactly. But if you

1312
00:41:14,828 --> 00:41:15,962
see, uh, looking under

1313
00:41:15,962 --> 00:41:18,640
amendment two way, which is the

1314
00:41:18,640 --> 00:41:20,464
leftmost column down towards

1315
00:41:20,900 --> 00:41:23,202
the bottom, uh, you see the

1316
00:41:23,202 --> 00:41:24,370
red, uh, decision point that

1317
00:41:24,370 --> 00:41:26,106
says timely spending. And if

1318
00:41:26,106 --> 00:41:27,640
the answer is no, then the blue

1319
00:41:27,640 --> 00:41:29,642
box reclaimed money goes to

1320
00:41:29,642 --> 00:41:32,178
roads or cities with project

1321
00:41:32,178 --> 00:41:34,881
capacity. And that is a

1322
00:41:34,881 --> 00:41:36,917
decision point for this board.

1323
00:41:36,917 --> 00:41:38,850
Uh, or for us to delegate. But

1324
00:41:38,850 --> 00:41:39,285
we would have to adopt some

1325
00:41:39,285 --> 00:41:40,386
kind of rule or administrative

1326
00:41:40,386 --> 00:41:41,554
procedure to make that

1327
00:41:41,554 --> 00:41:41,726
decision. When the time comes.

1328
00:41:41,726 --> 00:41:42,989
It

1329
00:41:42,989 --> 00:41:45,989
s not automatically made in

1330
00:41:46,590 --> 00:41:46,893
this resolution. Yeah.

1331
00:41:46,893 --> 00:41:47,293
Okay. One more question.

1332
00:41:47,293 --> 00:41:49,293
Please go.

1333
00:41:49,829 --> 00:41:50,930
Ahead.

1334
00:41:50,930 --> 00:41:52,310
Okay. Go ahead. Uh, board

1335
00:41:52,310 --> 00:41:54,310
member Perry, continue.

1336
00:41:54,434 --> 00:41:55,334
Thank you. Chair Balducci. And

1337
00:41:55,334 --> 00:41:55,602
for the purpose of Robert

1338
00:41:55,602 --> 00:41:56,569
s

1339
00:41:56,569 --> 00:41:56,903
Rules, we don

1340
00:41:56,903 --> 00:41:58,271
t have

1341
00:41:58,271 --> 00:41:58,838
discussions back and forth on

1342
00:41:58,838 --> 00:41:59,805
the dais. It

1343
00:41:59,805 --> 00:42:01,740
s usually directed

1344
00:42:01,740 --> 00:42:01,441
to you. Is that. Help me with

1345
00:42:01,441 --> 00:42:01,774
that?

1346
00:42:01,774 --> 00:42:02,609
Yeah. Robert

1347
00:42:02,609 --> 00:42:03,643
s rules says that

1348
00:42:03,643 --> 00:42:05,278
questions should be directed to

1349
00:42:05,278 --> 00:42:08,315
the chair or the staff. Uh,

1350
00:42:08,315 --> 00:42:09,516
but, uh, you know, an executive

1351
00:42:09,516 --> 00:42:11,500
committee like this, if we held

1352
00:42:11,500 --> 00:42:12,285
it in a different room with a

1353
00:42:12,285 --> 00:42:13,486
conference table and said this

1354
00:42:13,486 --> 00:42:14,787
dais, it would probably feel

1355
00:42:14,787 --> 00:42:16,990
better to just have discussion

1356
00:42:16,990 --> 00:42:18,157
and debate here with my gavel

1357
00:42:18,157 --> 00:42:19,826
and all the cameras and the

1358
00:42:19,826 --> 00:42:20,260
lights, I feel like I need to

1359
00:42:20,260 --> 00:42:21,126
tell Robert

1360
00:42:21,126 --> 00:42:22,995
s Rules. But I have

1361
00:42:22,995 --> 00:42:23,263
now decided to allow as long as

1362
00:42:23,263 --> 00:42:23,830
everyone

1363
00:42:23,830 --> 00:42:24,564
s comfortable having

1364
00:42:24,564 --> 00:42:25,131
discussion, we can have

1365
00:42:25,131 --> 00:42:26,199
discussion. Okay.

1366
00:42:26,199 --> 00:42:29,402
Very good. Thank you. Thank you

1367
00:42:29,402 --> 00:42:31,604
very much. Um, so establish the

1368
00:42:31,604 --> 00:42:34,474
the that the limit the caps in

1369
00:42:34,474 --> 00:42:36,142
there. Um, and that this five

1370
00:42:36,142 --> 00:42:38,744
year is based on this and, and

1371
00:42:38,744 --> 00:42:41,800
a, a determining body about

1372
00:42:41,800 --> 00:42:44,500
what that would look like. Um,

1373
00:42:44,500 --> 00:42:47,287
as to where it would be, how it

1374
00:42:47,287 --> 00:42:49,389
would be used. It is

1375
00:42:49,389 --> 00:42:51,389
transportation infrastructure

1376
00:42:52,325 --> 00:42:52,658
specific. Correct reason for

1377
00:42:52,658 --> 00:42:53,426
that is we

1378
00:42:53,426 --> 00:42:55,462
re looking at a

1379
00:42:55,462 --> 00:42:57,364
different voter approved levy

1380
00:42:57,364 --> 00:42:59,165
in the future, potentially to

1381
00:42:59,165 --> 00:43:01,200
address the the gaping hole

1382
00:43:01,200 --> 00:43:03,269
that might come for transit.

1383
00:43:03,269 --> 00:43:04,771
And this is specifically about

1384
00:43:04,771 --> 00:43:06,373
roads, because they do not have

1385
00:43:06,373 --> 00:43:06,549
any other option and they

1386
00:43:06,549 --> 00:43:08,549
re

1387
00:43:09,142 --> 00:43:10,376
out of money. And in those

1388
00:43:10,376 --> 00:43:11,411
smaller towns, they can

1389
00:43:11,411 --> 00:43:13,411
t pay

1390
00:43:14,180 --> 00:43:14,380
for asphalt with this 10,000,

1391
00:43:14,380 --> 00:43:15,648
they

1392
00:43:15,648 --> 00:43:17,150
d have to add to whatever

1393
00:43:17,150 --> 00:43:19,786
their goal was or something

1394
00:43:19,786 --> 00:43:21,387
else. So this could be used by

1395
00:43:21,387 --> 00:43:24,387
larger and smaller towns for

1396
00:43:24,790 --> 00:43:27,190
pedestrian lanes, for bike

1397
00:43:28,280 --> 00:43:30,396
lanes, for bus structures,

1398
00:43:30,396 --> 00:43:32,566
stops, benches. What is the

1399
00:43:32,566 --> 00:43:34,566
thinking here?

1400
00:43:36,435 --> 00:43:40,350
The idea of, uh, directing this

1401
00:43:40,106 --> 00:43:41,674
funding to infrastructure? Um,

1402
00:43:41,674 --> 00:43:43,476
roads, sidewalks, Ada

1403
00:43:43,476 --> 00:43:45,476
improvements, crosswalks, all

1404
00:43:46,312 --> 00:43:49,912
of the things that support, um,

1405
00:43:50,116 --> 00:43:52,919
our roads and our, um, ability

1406
00:43:52,919 --> 00:43:55,919
to transport on metro, um,

1407
00:43:55,922 --> 00:43:58,922
throughout the county. Was that

1408
00:43:59,526 --> 00:44:01,160
we as a body early on? Um,

1409
00:44:01,160 --> 00:44:03,560
whether informally or formally,

1410
00:44:05,398 --> 00:44:07,867
we did both decided to focus on

1411
00:44:07,867 --> 00:44:10,867
providing money to our roads

1412
00:44:11,370 --> 00:44:13,437
and infrastructure because and

1413
00:44:14,141 --> 00:44:14,875
I have adopted, I think, in

1414
00:44:14,875 --> 00:44:15,875
full and we

1415
00:44:15,875 --> 00:44:17,875
ll finalize that

1416
00:44:19,111 --> 00:44:22,111
here by Friday. Um, board

1417
00:44:22,482 --> 00:44:24,500
member mosquitoes language. I

1418
00:44:24,500 --> 00:44:27,120
had it in mind, but she has

1419
00:44:27,120 --> 00:44:29,520
really, um, signified our

1420
00:44:31,900 --> 00:44:34,900
intent to pursue legislation to

1421
00:44:35,127 --> 00:44:37,931
get more for, uh, transit

1422
00:44:37,931 --> 00:44:40,166
services. So metro services, we

1423
00:44:40,166 --> 00:44:42,469
have not brought Metro into

1424
00:44:42,469 --> 00:44:44,971
this discussion since a number

1425
00:44:44,971 --> 00:44:47,730
of months ago. I think it would

1426
00:44:47,730 --> 00:44:49,242
be unwise to throw them in now

1427
00:44:49,242 --> 00:44:49,414
without getting their input. We

1428
00:44:49,414 --> 00:44:51,440
can

1429
00:44:51,440 --> 00:44:53,444
t commit service hours

1430
00:44:53,479 --> 00:44:54,781
without engaging with Metro,

1431
00:44:54,781 --> 00:44:56,582
and we want to do it in a

1432
00:44:56,582 --> 00:44:59,518
really meaningful way. And we

1433
00:44:59,518 --> 00:45:01,821
certainly here, um, everything

1434
00:45:01,821 --> 00:45:04,230
from our transit riders, we are

1435
00:45:04,230 --> 00:45:06,526
we want to meet that need in a

1436
00:45:06,526 --> 00:45:08,461
truly meaningful way and not

1437
00:45:08,461 --> 00:45:10,163
pull out money from roads and

1438
00:45:10,163 --> 00:45:11,530
infrastructure and do a little

1439
00:45:11,530 --> 00:45:14,300
bit here and there. We want it

1440
00:45:14,300 --> 00:45:16,469
to be a really strong measure.

1441
00:45:16,469 --> 00:45:16,702
With input from Metro. Make

1442
00:45:16,702 --> 00:45:17,670
sure we

1443
00:45:17,670 --> 00:45:19,172
re getting to the

1444
00:45:19,172 --> 00:45:19,472
service gaps, make sure we

1445
00:45:19,472 --> 00:45:21,472
re

1446
00:45:21,808 --> 00:45:24,344
really doing it in a meaningful

1447
00:45:24,344 --> 00:45:26,450
way. Um, and so that is the

1448
00:45:26,450 --> 00:45:28,280
intent to just focus on roads

1449
00:45:28,280 --> 00:45:30,983
in our infrastructure now and

1450
00:45:30,983 --> 00:45:33,983
then. Do I really carefully

1451
00:45:34,521 --> 00:45:36,921
well planned Metro Transit

1452
00:45:37,524 --> 00:45:39,992
investment. Um, here very soon.

1453
00:45:39,992 --> 00:45:41,270
Thank you. Thank you.

1454
00:45:41,270 --> 00:45:42,328
Thank you chair.

1455
00:45:42,328 --> 00:45:43,362
Thank you. I just want to add

1456
00:45:43,362 --> 00:45:44,430
one thought to this

1457
00:45:44,430 --> 00:45:46,566
conversation. And that is just

1458
00:45:46,566 --> 00:45:47,300
for the purpose of the public.

1459
00:45:47,300 --> 00:45:48,802
Um, we

1460
00:45:48,802 --> 00:45:49,869
re charting a path here

1461
00:45:49,869 --> 00:45:50,470
forward, but we

1462
00:45:50,470 --> 00:45:51,571
re not making a

1463
00:45:51,571 --> 00:45:51,805
recommendation as a committee.

1464
00:45:51,805 --> 00:45:52,605
And we

1465
00:45:52,605 --> 00:45:53,506
re definitely not taking

1466
00:45:53,506 --> 00:45:55,207
action here today as a

1467
00:45:55,207 --> 00:45:55,842
committee. So what

1468
00:45:55,842 --> 00:45:56,910
s being

1469
00:45:56,910 --> 00:45:59,279
described in this back and

1470
00:45:59,279 --> 00:46:01,714
forth is the intent and the

1471
00:46:01,714 --> 00:46:01,981
language that is that will be

1472
00:46:01,981 --> 00:46:02,849
that you

1473
00:46:02,849 --> 00:46:04,583
ll see in the in the

1474
00:46:04,583 --> 00:46:06,552
new striking amendment, there

1475
00:46:06,552 --> 00:46:08,952
will absolutely be other

1476
00:46:09,356 --> 00:46:11,900
amendments proposed. I know

1477
00:46:11,900 --> 00:46:12,992
that Council Member Barone and

1478
00:46:12,992 --> 00:46:14,561
I will speak for myself. Uh,

1479
00:46:14,561 --> 00:46:16,961
will probably advocate for

1480
00:46:17,763 --> 00:46:20,399
removal of the cap to 15% cap.

1481
00:46:20,399 --> 00:46:21,668
And I personally am likely to

1482
00:46:21,668 --> 00:46:23,603
propose that we allow the

1483
00:46:23,603 --> 00:46:24,837
broadest possible range of

1484
00:46:24,837 --> 00:46:25,371
uses, although I

1485
00:46:25,371 --> 00:46:26,338
m convinced

1486
00:46:26,338 --> 00:46:28,738
that infrastructure is the

1487
00:46:28,741 --> 00:46:31,111
right focus for this funding as

1488
00:46:31,111 --> 00:46:31,577
opposed to service. I. I

1489
00:46:31,577 --> 00:46:32,478
personally don

1490
00:46:32,478 --> 00:46:34,714
t see the need

1491
00:46:34,714 --> 00:46:35,415
to restrict the uses to roads

1492
00:46:35,415 --> 00:46:36,549
only if you

1493
00:46:36,549 --> 00:46:38,284
re if your transit

1494
00:46:38,284 --> 00:46:40,860
projects if the eight the fix

1495
00:46:40,860 --> 00:46:41,921
to the eight in Seattle needs

1496
00:46:41,921 --> 00:46:42,910
some capital infrastructure, I

1497
00:46:42,910 --> 00:46:42,622
don

1498
00:46:42,622 --> 00:46:42,889
t see why they shouldn

1499
00:46:42,889 --> 00:46:44,791
t be

1500
00:46:44,791 --> 00:46:46,359
able to spend that. That said,

1501
00:46:46,359 --> 00:46:47,794
i just want to say, and this is

1502
00:46:47,794 --> 00:46:48,761
entirely at the public eye, I

1503
00:46:48,761 --> 00:46:51,161
know my colleagues understand

1504
00:46:51,464 --> 00:46:53,265
this. Um, especially for the

1505
00:46:53,265 --> 00:46:56,690
larger cities, this money will

1506
00:46:56,690 --> 00:46:57,837
come in as a supplement to

1507
00:46:57,837 --> 00:46:59,837
already existing transportation

1508
00:46:59,839 --> 00:47:01,407
budgets, and there is no

1509
00:47:01,407 --> 00:47:02,809
prohibition on sub

1510
00:47:02,809 --> 00:47:03,910
supplementation means you can

1511
00:47:03,910 --> 00:47:05,711
take this and supplant it for

1512
00:47:05,711 --> 00:47:07,781
that. So if Seattle had money

1513
00:47:07,781 --> 00:47:09,182
for a road project somewhere

1514
00:47:09,182 --> 00:47:10,383
and they got some of this money

1515
00:47:10,383 --> 00:47:11,384
and they want to put it into

1516
00:47:11,384 --> 00:47:12,885
something that is

1517
00:47:12,885 --> 00:47:14,354
infrastructure for transit,

1518
00:47:14,354 --> 00:47:15,421
they could just swap those two

1519
00:47:15,421 --> 00:47:17,690
things out. They will have the

1520
00:47:17,690 --> 00:47:19,559
ability to do that anyway. That

1521
00:47:19,559 --> 00:47:21,527
is, go ahead.

1522
00:47:21,527 --> 00:47:21,995
I know that board member

1523
00:47:21,995 --> 00:47:23,195
Belsky.

1524
00:47:23,195 --> 00:47:24,597
I would like to patiently.

1525
00:47:24,597 --> 00:47:27,660
But I just wanted to add to

1526
00:47:27,660 --> 00:47:29,969
what you said are correct. If

1527
00:47:29,969 --> 00:47:31,571
you intended it, these funds

1528
00:47:31,571 --> 00:47:34,571
can be used for transit

1529
00:47:34,708 --> 00:47:36,275
infrastructure. They cannot be

1530
00:47:36,275 --> 00:47:37,409
used for service.

1531
00:47:37,409 --> 00:47:37,777
As as proposed. That

1532
00:47:37,777 --> 00:47:38,944
s right.

1533
00:47:38,944 --> 00:47:40,446
So I just wanted to make sure.

1534
00:47:40,446 --> 00:47:40,913
Thank you. Yeah. No, no I had I

1535
00:47:40,913 --> 00:47:41,948
had missed.

1536
00:47:41,948 --> 00:47:42,949
Super clear on that.

1537
00:47:42,949 --> 00:47:44,183
Thank you I appreciate that.

1538
00:47:44,183 --> 00:47:44,717
Board member okay. Board member

1539
00:47:44,717 --> 00:47:45,985
Dmowski, you

1540
00:47:45,985 --> 00:47:47,486
re up.

1541
00:47:47,486 --> 00:47:48,988
Thanks so much for all the work

1542
00:47:48,988 --> 00:47:49,922
on this. Just as a preview. And

1543
00:47:49,922 --> 00:47:51,357
it sounds like maybe

1544
00:47:51,357 --> 00:47:51,724
Councilmember Belushi will.

1545
00:47:51,724 --> 00:47:53,526
Sorry, I

1546
00:47:53,526 --> 00:47:54,293
m what? Supervisor

1547
00:47:54,293 --> 00:47:54,627
Boardman Council, you

1548
00:47:54,627 --> 00:47:55,495
re always

1549
00:47:55,495 --> 00:47:55,962
a council member. It

1550
00:47:55,962 --> 00:47:57,962
s always

1551
00:47:58,665 --> 00:48:00,500
safe, right? I would just say

1552
00:48:00,500 --> 00:48:02,900
if if Councilmember Balducci

1553
00:48:03,870 --> 00:48:05,871
has prepared the amendment to

1554
00:48:05,871 --> 00:48:07,607
eliminate the restrictions into

1555
00:48:07,607 --> 00:48:08,874
a for uses, I would be

1556
00:48:08,874 --> 00:48:10,510
supportive of that. And I would

1557
00:48:10,510 --> 00:48:11,711
ask that it be prepared for one

1558
00:48:11,711 --> 00:48:12,112
of us to bring forward. I

1559
00:48:12,112 --> 00:48:13,947
m

1560
00:48:13,947 --> 00:48:15,214
happy to co-sponsor or support

1561
00:48:15,214 --> 00:48:15,388
your leadership on it.

1562
00:48:15,388 --> 00:48:15,948
We

1563
00:48:15,948 --> 00:48:17,490
ll include you in.

1564
00:48:17,490 --> 00:48:17,449
The work. Okay. I don

1565
00:48:17,449 --> 00:48:17,816
t need to

1566
00:48:17,816 --> 00:48:18,351
be. I don

1567
00:48:18,351 --> 00:48:18,551
t even need. It

1568
00:48:18,551 --> 00:48:19,719
s

1569
00:48:19,719 --> 00:48:21,870
quite simple. I think what I,

1570
00:48:21,870 --> 00:48:22,355
what I would just my interest

1571
00:48:22,355 --> 00:48:22,555
would be is just if it

1572
00:48:22,555 --> 00:48:24,290
s

1573
00:48:24,290 --> 00:48:26,425
allowable under the rcw

1574
00:48:26,425 --> 00:48:28,194
authorizing these funds, allow

1575
00:48:28,194 --> 00:48:31,794
it one for the flexibility. But

1576
00:48:32,498 --> 00:48:34,266
two, I see 39 applications

1577
00:48:34,266 --> 00:48:37,170
coming in that would require

1578
00:48:37,170 --> 00:48:39,138
review by human beings of

1579
00:48:39,138 --> 00:48:41,507
projects year after year after

1580
00:48:41,507 --> 00:48:42,541
year to see perhaps if they

1581
00:48:42,541 --> 00:48:43,309
qualify. And I don

1582
00:48:43,309 --> 00:48:45,309
t see that

1583
00:48:46,979 --> 00:48:47,813
as a big value add. Um, I

1584
00:48:47,813 --> 00:48:48,948
think, you know, we

1585
00:48:48,948 --> 00:48:50,948
ve got

1586
00:48:50,984 --> 00:48:52,618
competent leadership in our 39

1587
00:48:52,618 --> 00:48:52,819
cities for the most part, just

1588
00:48:52,819 --> 00:48:53,620
if we

1589
00:48:53,620 --> 00:48:55,488
re doing this passed

1590
00:48:55,488 --> 00:48:56,689
through, send them the money,

1591
00:48:56,689 --> 00:48:58,357
let them put it into their

1592
00:48:58,357 --> 00:48:58,591
bucket and spend it like it

1593
00:48:58,591 --> 00:48:59,559
just it

1594
00:48:59,559 --> 00:48:59,929
s an efficiency thing.

1595
00:48:59,929 --> 00:49:01,270
It

1596
00:49:01,270 --> 00:49:01,360
s not even very much money,

1597
00:49:01,360 --> 00:49:01,895
you know, it

1598
00:49:01,895 --> 00:49:02,195
s like, what

1599
00:49:02,195 --> 00:49:03,430
s

1600
00:49:03,430 --> 00:49:04,464
12.5 million bucks a year or

1601
00:49:04,464 --> 00:49:05,265
something like that countywide.

1602
00:49:05,265 --> 00:49:05,765
So I would that

1603
00:49:05,765 --> 00:49:05,935
s just where

1604
00:49:05,935 --> 00:49:06,132
I

1605
00:49:06,132 --> 00:49:07,167
m, I

1606
00:49:07,167 --> 00:49:08,501
m at. I appreciate

1607
00:49:08,501 --> 00:49:09,902
Councilmember Fein

1608
00:49:09,902 --> 00:49:11,670
s philosophy

1609
00:49:11,670 --> 00:49:13,673
there and approach, but I would

1610
00:49:13,673 --> 00:49:15,241
just I would just lean toward

1611
00:49:15,241 --> 00:49:17,241
devolving that responsibility

1612
00:49:17,676 --> 00:49:18,611
to the to the local recipients.

1613
00:49:18,611 --> 00:49:19,312
Most of them wouldn

1614
00:49:19,312 --> 00:49:20,746
t use it

1615
00:49:20,746 --> 00:49:21,748
for service, except probably

1616
00:49:21,748 --> 00:49:22,749
the city of Seattle, which

1617
00:49:22,749 --> 00:49:23,917
would have a big enough check

1618
00:49:23,917 --> 00:49:24,717
where they might want to.

1619
00:49:24,717 --> 00:49:26,886
Right? The other ones are

1620
00:49:26,886 --> 00:49:27,786
pretty small. I would let, I

1621
00:49:27,786 --> 00:49:29,222
would, I would just be

1622
00:49:29,222 --> 00:49:32,222
supportive of letting them use

1623
00:49:33,259 --> 00:49:33,428
that as much as they want. Um,

1624
00:49:33,428 --> 00:49:35,428
let

1625
00:49:35,528 --> 00:49:35,728
s see. Other item. Let

1626
00:49:35,728 --> 00:49:35,928
s

1627
00:49:35,928 --> 00:49:37,928
see.

1628
00:49:38,598 --> 00:49:38,965
Other are the resolution number

1629
00:49:38,965 --> 00:49:39,733
two.

1630
00:49:39,733 --> 00:49:41,467
Oh no, I mean it

1631
00:49:41,467 --> 00:49:42,768
s in your the

1632
00:49:42,768 --> 00:49:45,938
cap. I probably would take the

1633
00:49:45,938 --> 00:49:47,840
cap off. I could see some cap,

1634
00:49:47,840 --> 00:49:49,542
you know, but I think the 15%

1635
00:49:49,542 --> 00:49:50,910
might be a little too, too much

1636
00:49:50,910 --> 00:49:51,144
penalty to the city of Seattle.

1637
00:49:51,144 --> 00:49:51,911
I don

1638
00:49:51,911 --> 00:49:53,713
t know where you draw it,

1639
00:49:53,713 --> 00:49:56,315
but I would probably lean in

1640
00:49:56,315 --> 00:49:58,685
favor of no cap. But if there

1641
00:49:58,685 --> 00:50:00,286
was some cap that would give

1642
00:50:00,286 --> 00:50:01,788
them a little more return than

1643
00:50:01,788 --> 00:50:01,964
the than the haircut they

1644
00:50:01,964 --> 00:50:02,955
re

1645
00:50:02,955 --> 00:50:03,856
getting, I would be supportive

1646
00:50:03,856 --> 00:50:05,580
of that.

1647
00:50:05,580 --> 00:50:05,391
And this is where I

1648
00:50:05,391 --> 00:50:07,391
m just

1649
00:50:07,560 --> 00:50:09,280
going to interject a moment to,

1650
00:50:09,280 --> 00:50:10,429
again, draw attention to some

1651
00:50:10,429 --> 00:50:11,630
of the excellent work that has

1652
00:50:11,630 --> 00:50:12,798
been done by our staff and

1653
00:50:12,798 --> 00:50:15,201
provided to us. There is a

1654
00:50:15,201 --> 00:50:17,601
large spreadsheet that shows

1655
00:50:18,804 --> 00:50:20,473
the amount of funding that

1656
00:50:20,473 --> 00:50:21,874
would pass through to various

1657
00:50:21,874 --> 00:50:23,877
all the various cities under

1658
00:50:23,877 --> 00:50:26,790
the different proposals before

1659
00:50:26,790 --> 00:50:28,514
us, and the difference to the

1660
00:50:28,514 --> 00:50:30,250
city of Seattle with the cap,

1661
00:50:30,250 --> 00:50:33,250
uh, the amount they would

1662
00:50:35,554 --> 00:50:37,954
receive would be $1.9 million

1663
00:50:38,791 --> 00:50:40,727
rounded, in. Is that in a year,

1664
00:50:40,727 --> 00:50:40,926
or is that in ten years? No,

1665
00:50:40,926 --> 00:50:41,427
that

1666
00:50:41,427 --> 00:50:42,762
s that

1667
00:50:42,762 --> 00:50:45,431
s in a year. One

1668
00:50:45,431 --> 00:50:49,310
year. And then, uh, without a

1669
00:50:50,603 --> 00:50:52,771
cap, um, it is uh, over 4.5,

1670
00:50:52,771 --> 00:50:53,160
$4.6 million. So it

1671
00:50:53,160 --> 00:50:54,740
s

1672
00:50:54,740 --> 00:50:55,908
significant. And we will have a

1673
00:50:55,908 --> 00:50:56,309
policy discussion about that.

1674
00:50:56,309 --> 00:50:56,942
And not we

1675
00:50:56,942 --> 00:50:58,100
re not asked for a

1676
00:50:58,100 --> 00:50:58,187
recommendation today. I think

1677
00:50:58,187 --> 00:50:59,145
we

1678
00:50:59,145 --> 00:51:00,312
re just speaking to be

1679
00:51:00,312 --> 00:51:01,981
transparent to the public about

1680
00:51:01,981 --> 00:51:02,415
where our inclinations are

1681
00:51:02,415 --> 00:51:03,716
headed.

1682
00:51:03,716 --> 00:51:04,550
Yeah. Okay. Now I

1683
00:51:04,550 --> 00:51:05,518
m remembering

1684
00:51:05,518 --> 00:51:05,985
apologize. It

1685
00:51:05,985 --> 00:51:07,119
s we

1686
00:51:07,119 --> 00:51:08,554
re doing a

1687
00:51:08,554 --> 00:51:10,689
lot with the budget here. But

1688
00:51:10,689 --> 00:51:12,492
on the I, I would I would be

1689
00:51:12,492 --> 00:51:13,826
more favor I would be more in

1690
00:51:13,826 --> 00:51:14,590
favor of supporting a model

1691
00:51:14,590 --> 00:51:14,794
that we

1692
00:51:14,794 --> 00:51:16,596
re familiar with here

1693
00:51:16,596 --> 00:51:19,310
in our parks. Levy pass through

1694
00:51:19,310 --> 00:51:21,401
to where a jurisdiction could

1695
00:51:21,401 --> 00:51:23,200
decline to take their $10,000

1696
00:51:23,200 --> 00:51:23,178
one year and accumulate it. I

1697
00:51:23,178 --> 00:51:25,178
m

1698
00:51:26,339 --> 00:51:26,514
not sure. Um, why we wouldn

1699
00:51:26,514 --> 00:51:28,740
t

1700
00:51:28,740 --> 00:51:29,309
let them accumulate it or just

1701
00:51:29,309 --> 00:51:29,909
pass it through. You know, I

1702
00:51:29,909 --> 00:51:30,542
think if we don

1703
00:51:30,542 --> 00:51:31,477
t put a bunch

1704
00:51:31,477 --> 00:51:31,710
of restrictions on it, it

1705
00:51:31,710 --> 00:51:32,778
ll

1706
00:51:32,778 --> 00:51:33,212
just be a check issued. And

1707
00:51:33,212 --> 00:51:34,948
maybe that isn

1708
00:51:34,948 --> 00:51:36,248
t even an issue.

1709
00:51:36,248 --> 00:51:37,283
I think it MAY become an issue

1710
00:51:37,283 --> 00:51:37,517
if we put up, make them prove

1711
00:51:37,517 --> 00:51:39,184
that it

1712
00:51:39,184 --> 00:51:40,553
s a viable or viable

1713
00:51:40,553 --> 00:51:41,787
ready to go and qualifying

1714
00:51:41,787 --> 00:51:42,888
project. They MAY not want to

1715
00:51:42,888 --> 00:51:43,288
deal with that and not take it,

1716
00:51:43,288 --> 00:51:43,622
but if we don

1717
00:51:43,622 --> 00:51:44,790
t have those

1718
00:51:44,790 --> 00:51:45,858
restrictions, the money seems

1719
00:51:45,858 --> 00:51:47,327
like it could just flow based

1720
00:51:47,327 --> 00:51:48,961
on population.

1721
00:51:48,961 --> 00:51:50,129
Uh, my understanding is that

1722
00:51:50,129 --> 00:51:51,397
the amendment provides for

1723
00:51:51,397 --> 00:51:53,666
that, no board member fails.

1724
00:51:53,666 --> 00:51:55,666
Speak to it.

1725
00:51:56,235 --> 00:51:59,238
So a couple things. One is that

1726
00:51:59,238 --> 00:52:01,140
I really wanted to minimize the

1727
00:52:01,140 --> 00:52:02,374
level of administrative burden

1728
00:52:02,374 --> 00:52:03,900
on the city. So what we

1729
00:52:03,900 --> 00:52:05,900
ve done

1730
00:52:06,780 --> 00:52:09,915
is say that we will have a

1731
00:52:09,915 --> 00:52:12,315
standardized Ila, that cities

1732
00:52:13,719 --> 00:52:14,654
will agree to, and it is not

1733
00:52:14,654 --> 00:52:15,210
going to be amended. It

1734
00:52:15,210 --> 00:52:17,210
s not

1735
00:52:17,190 --> 00:52:18,824
going to be negotiated every

1736
00:52:18,824 --> 00:52:20,560
year with 39 cities. We will

1737
00:52:20,560 --> 00:52:22,261
have a standardized Ila. They

1738
00:52:22,261 --> 00:52:23,997
can take it or leave it. If

1739
00:52:23,997 --> 00:52:26,466
they decline it. The money goes

1740
00:52:26,466 --> 00:52:28,701
to roads. The reason I did not

1741
00:52:28,701 --> 00:52:30,102
allow for an accumulation of

1742
00:52:30,102 --> 00:52:33,102
the pass through funding is

1743
00:52:33,806 --> 00:52:35,875
because of what, uh, board

1744
00:52:35,875 --> 00:52:37,443
Member Perry will remind us of

1745
00:52:37,443 --> 00:52:40,313
is that roads needs funding.

1746
00:52:40,313 --> 00:52:41,948
And so the default at every

1747
00:52:41,948 --> 00:52:43,750
turn was to make sure that we

1748
00:52:43,750 --> 00:52:44,918
are getting money to roads. And

1749
00:52:44,918 --> 00:52:45,784
so if a city isn

1750
00:52:45,784 --> 00:52:47,153
t ready to use

1751
00:52:47,153 --> 00:52:49,588
money, if a city can

1752
00:52:49,588 --> 00:52:49,789
t, um,

1753
00:52:49,789 --> 00:52:51,789
doesn

1754
00:52:52,224 --> 00:52:53,992
t need it, then the money

1755
00:52:53,992 --> 00:52:55,829
can go to roads and we can

1756
00:52:55,829 --> 00:52:58,964
really get them more than the

1757
00:52:58,964 --> 00:53:00,990
87.5%. So what this does is it

1758
00:53:00,990 --> 00:53:01,567
helps close the gap on

1759
00:53:01,567 --> 00:53:02,701
transportation projects for

1760
00:53:02,701 --> 00:53:03,903
cities who can

1761
00:53:03,903 --> 00:53:05,903
t pass taxes,

1762
00:53:06,105 --> 00:53:08,407
because we at the county tend

1763
00:53:08,407 --> 00:53:10,509
to do that for them. Um, and it

1764
00:53:10,509 --> 00:53:13,509
allows them to finish some

1765
00:53:14,547 --> 00:53:16,248
projects. Uh, but also our goal

1766
00:53:16,248 --> 00:53:17,350
here as the transportation

1767
00:53:17,350 --> 00:53:18,184
District is to make sure that

1768
00:53:18,184 --> 00:53:20,860
we are funding our

1769
00:53:20,860 --> 00:53:20,331
unincorporated roads. And so I

1770
00:53:20,331 --> 00:53:21,887
didn

1771
00:53:21,887 --> 00:53:24,790
t want to allow cities to

1772
00:53:24,790 --> 00:53:26,225
bank dollars when we have

1773
00:53:26,225 --> 00:53:28,761
immediate needs right now in

1774
00:53:28,761 --> 00:53:30,620
unincorporated areas.

1775
00:53:30,620 --> 00:53:31,964
Again, I think it largely

1776
00:53:31,964 --> 00:53:34,964
resolves itself if we eliminate

1777
00:53:35,680 --> 00:53:37,468
the con construction, construct

1778
00:53:38,104 --> 00:53:39,805
constriction, conscription

1779
00:53:39,805 --> 00:53:40,720
about what you can use it for,

1780
00:53:40,720 --> 00:53:40,906
if it

1781
00:53:40,906 --> 00:53:41,674
s if it

1782
00:53:41,674 --> 00:53:42,942
s any purpose out

1783
00:53:42,942 --> 00:53:43,909
of the statute, we just send

1784
00:53:43,909 --> 00:53:44,610
them. They don

1785
00:53:44,610 --> 00:53:46,245
t have to submit

1786
00:53:46,245 --> 00:53:49,245
an application on a detailing

1787
00:53:49,716 --> 00:53:50,416
the project. Okay. Is that the

1788
00:53:50,416 --> 00:53:50,593
kind of amendment you

1789
00:53:50,593 --> 00:53:52,285
re

1790
00:53:52,285 --> 00:53:53,352
thinking of? Councilmember,

1791
00:53:53,352 --> 00:53:55,352
Balducci?

1792
00:53:55,788 --> 00:53:57,757
Uh, yes. I like the way you

1793
00:53:57,757 --> 00:54:00,592
framed it, actually, uh, if you

1794
00:54:00,592 --> 00:54:02,127
allow a description under cw,

1795
00:54:02,127 --> 00:54:03,796
it would be an allowable use of

1796
00:54:03,796 --> 00:54:05,130
these funds, in my view. And I

1797
00:54:05,130 --> 00:54:06,199
know that this is this is not

1798
00:54:06,199 --> 00:54:06,566
something that we are unanimous

1799
00:54:06,566 --> 00:54:06,899
on. And I don

1800
00:54:06,899 --> 00:54:07,780
t know if it

1801
00:54:07,780 --> 00:54:07,967
s

1802
00:54:07,967 --> 00:54:09,350
going to pass, but I think it

1803
00:54:09,350 --> 00:54:10,569
is a policy debate that we will

1804
00:54:10,569 --> 00:54:11,771
have at the full board. Yeah.

1805
00:54:11,771 --> 00:54:12,338
Board member Perry, please go

1806
00:54:12,338 --> 00:54:14,338
ahead.

1807
00:54:15,740 --> 00:54:16,709
Thank you. Chair Banducci, I

1808
00:54:16,709 --> 00:54:17,343
appreciate the the dialogue and

1809
00:54:17,343 --> 00:54:18,111
the comments. It

1810
00:54:18,111 --> 00:54:20,511
s nice to have

1811
00:54:20,747 --> 00:54:22,481
this on the with with my

1812
00:54:22,481 --> 00:54:22,748
colleagues. Um, I wouldn

1813
00:54:22,748 --> 00:54:24,748
t

1814
00:54:24,984 --> 00:54:27,384
support, uh, you know,

1815
00:54:27,787 --> 00:54:29,522
something that did not reflect

1816
00:54:29,522 --> 00:54:33,122
that the money, the taxes that

1817
00:54:33,325 --> 00:54:34,961
we are using for a road use tax

1818
00:54:34,961 --> 00:54:35,161
could be used for anything.

1819
00:54:35,161 --> 00:54:35,995
That

1820
00:54:35,995 --> 00:54:37,864
s not something that I

1821
00:54:37,864 --> 00:54:38,130
could get behind. And I think

1822
00:54:38,130 --> 00:54:40,130
the city

1823
00:54:40,233 --> 00:54:41,834
s, uh, certainly, you

1824
00:54:41,834 --> 00:54:45,104
know, we we have a lot of work

1825
00:54:45,104 --> 00:54:47,390
to do as legislators to be the,

1826
00:54:47,390 --> 00:54:49,341
the check and balance of the

1827
00:54:49,341 --> 00:54:51,109
executive programs. And we are

1828
00:54:51,109 --> 00:54:52,845
doing our level best to do

1829
00:54:52,845 --> 00:54:53,680
that. We are bringing these

1830
00:54:53,680 --> 00:54:53,857
dollars in, and we

1831
00:54:53,857 --> 00:54:55,810
re

1832
00:54:55,810 --> 00:54:57,481
accountable for the dollars.

1833
00:54:57,717 --> 00:55:00,420
And it seems that, uh, using

1834
00:55:00,420 --> 00:55:02,210
this for anything at all goes

1835
00:55:02,210 --> 00:55:03,823
against the basic idea that

1836
00:55:03,823 --> 00:55:05,391
that the intention is to

1837
00:55:05,391 --> 00:55:07,791
support our very dire

1838
00:55:08,427 --> 00:55:08,661
circumstances. And Seattle has,

1839
00:55:08,661 --> 00:55:09,796
I don

1840
00:55:09,796 --> 00:55:12,198
t know, 3/10 of a percent

1841
00:55:12,198 --> 00:55:14,567
coming in tax and is very

1842
00:55:14,567 --> 00:55:16,350
generous with itself and is

1843
00:55:16,350 --> 00:55:19,635
going to pass. They will have

1844
00:55:19,906 --> 00:55:21,607
140 million a year. Uh, coming

1845
00:55:21,607 --> 00:55:23,643
in very short order for this

1846
00:55:23,643 --> 00:55:25,745
very thing. And so there they

1847
00:55:25,745 --> 00:55:26,879
have the ability to fund it is

1848
00:55:26,879 --> 00:55:28,947
regressive. These are all

1849
00:55:28,947 --> 00:55:30,482
regressive. It is unfortunate

1850
00:55:30,482 --> 00:55:33,152
that those are the only two

1851
00:55:33,152 --> 00:55:34,521
tools of, um, allowed to us by

1852
00:55:34,521 --> 00:55:34,720
the state at this point. But

1853
00:55:34,720 --> 00:55:35,788
that

1854
00:55:35,788 --> 00:55:35,989
s what we have. And so

1855
00:55:35,989 --> 00:55:37,989
they

1856
00:55:38,357 --> 00:55:39,959
ll have 140 million the

1857
00:55:39,959 --> 00:55:42,328
other cities who need it

1858
00:55:42,328 --> 00:55:44,290
desperately around them. And

1859
00:55:44,290 --> 00:55:46,429
unincorporated the other cities

1860
00:55:46,766 --> 00:55:49,201
will not be able to fund that

1861
00:55:49,201 --> 00:55:53,401
in any way at that level. And

1862
00:55:54,140 --> 00:55:56,108
so to to have that cap in

1863
00:55:56,108 --> 00:55:57,677
service of the intention of the

1864
00:55:57,677 --> 00:55:59,946
roads that the cities that

1865
00:55:59,946 --> 00:56:02,548
choose not to put forward a

1866
00:56:02,548 --> 00:56:02,848
project, um, which I just can

1867
00:56:02,848 --> 00:56:04,170
t

1868
00:56:04,170 --> 00:56:04,450
see that the cities wouldn

1869
00:56:04,450 --> 00:56:05,751
t

1870
00:56:05,751 --> 00:56:07,286
avail themselves of the

1871
00:56:07,286 --> 00:56:09,354
funding, but if they chose not

1872
00:56:09,354 --> 00:56:11,891
to, that that funding would go

1873
00:56:11,891 --> 00:56:13,393
back to the roads is in keeping

1874
00:56:13,393 --> 00:56:16,629
with the point and the mission

1875
00:56:16,629 --> 00:56:18,998
and the intention of this, uh,

1876
00:56:18,998 --> 00:56:21,567
roads tax to begin with. I mind

1877
00:56:21,567 --> 00:56:23,436
you, I am very happy with

1878
00:56:23,436 --> 00:56:25,170
unincorporated roads receiving

1879
00:56:25,170 --> 00:56:27,240
all of the funding because it

1880
00:56:27,240 --> 00:56:29,275
is the only entity that will be

1881
00:56:29,275 --> 00:56:31,711
out of funding completely by

1882
00:56:31,711 --> 00:56:34,246
2028. None of the other cities

1883
00:56:34,246 --> 00:56:36,150
are in this situation. However,

1884
00:56:36,150 --> 00:56:36,582
I see that Sound City

1885
00:56:36,582 --> 00:56:38,582
s

1886
00:56:40,519 --> 00:56:43,222
approach of the 12.5 works and

1887
00:56:43,222 --> 00:56:45,224
allows for some funding. Again,

1888
00:56:45,224 --> 00:56:47,600
they will not be out of

1889
00:56:47,600 --> 00:56:48,600
funding, which is why so many

1890
00:56:48,600 --> 00:56:51,600
are, I think, being very

1891
00:56:51,197 --> 00:56:53,498
supportive of it. So, um, if we

1892
00:56:53,498 --> 00:56:55,468
want to keep with the intention

1893
00:56:55,468 --> 00:56:55,732
of the ordinance that we

1894
00:56:55,732 --> 00:56:57,503
re

1895
00:56:57,503 --> 00:56:59,538
trying to put forward, then the

1896
00:56:59,538 --> 00:57:01,874
funds not used need to go back

1897
00:57:01,874 --> 00:57:05,474
to the roads department to use

1898
00:57:06,112 --> 00:57:07,913
as they will. Thank you.

1899
00:57:07,913 --> 00:57:09,581
Thank you. Board member.

1900
00:57:09,581 --> 00:57:11,981
Please continue very briefly.

1901
00:57:12,840 --> 00:57:13,719
Um, just to reiterate my I

1902
00:57:13,719 --> 00:57:16,222
think the main point I would

1903
00:57:16,222 --> 00:57:17,723
have on that is 39 annual

1904
00:57:17,723 --> 00:57:17,907
applications. Saying what

1905
00:57:17,907 --> 00:57:18,558
you

1906
00:57:18,558 --> 00:57:21,600
re going to do with it

1907
00:57:21,600 --> 00:57:22,694
requires spending on overhead.

1908
00:57:22,694 --> 00:57:22,962
And I think the value I don

1909
00:57:22,962 --> 00:57:23,929
t

1910
00:57:23,929 --> 00:57:24,864
have a problem with that, a lot

1911
00:57:24,864 --> 00:57:25,640
of cases, but the dollars

1912
00:57:25,640 --> 00:57:27,640
aren

1913
00:57:27,400 --> 00:57:30,302
t worth it here. So I

1914
00:57:30,302 --> 00:57:31,604
would just if we just pass it

1915
00:57:31,604 --> 00:57:32,672
through, let them do it. The

1916
00:57:32,672 --> 00:57:32,871
second thing I would say we

1917
00:57:32,871 --> 00:57:34,871
haven

1918
00:57:35,308 --> 00:57:36,843
t talked about is I think

1919
00:57:36,843 --> 00:57:38,210
Seattle is paying 40 some

1920
00:57:38,210 --> 00:57:40,446
percent of this in terms on the

1921
00:57:40,446 --> 00:57:42,181
generation side, and there is a

1922
00:57:42,181 --> 00:57:43,716
political issue to be aware of.

1923
00:57:43,716 --> 00:57:45,751
We try as a region to kind of

1924
00:57:45,751 --> 00:57:47,520
work together and be aware of

1925
00:57:47,520 --> 00:57:47,246
those things, and you don

1926
00:57:47,246 --> 00:57:48,421
t

1927
00:57:48,421 --> 00:57:49,622
want to leave a particular

1928
00:57:49,622 --> 00:57:52,220
jurisdiction with some hurt

1929
00:57:52,191 --> 00:57:53,125
feelings that could make policy

1930
00:57:53,125 --> 00:57:54,427
work in other areas

1931
00:57:54,427 --> 00:57:56,827
challenging, you know, people

1932
00:57:56,896 --> 00:57:57,263
just watch that. So I there

1933
00:57:57,263 --> 00:57:59,263
s a

1934
00:57:59,532 --> 00:58:00,599
large transfer of resources

1935
00:58:00,599 --> 00:58:02,401
from the incorporated

1936
00:58:02,401 --> 00:58:03,703
communities to the

1937
00:58:03,703 --> 00:58:05,703
unincorporated roads. Under

1938
00:58:06,405 --> 00:58:07,373
this proposal. This is some

1939
00:58:07,373 --> 00:58:07,606
kind of solving. I won

1940
00:58:07,606 --> 00:58:08,174
t call

1941
00:58:08,174 --> 00:58:08,807
it a wound. That

1942
00:58:08,807 --> 00:58:10,342
s the wrong

1943
00:58:10,342 --> 00:58:11,877
analogy, but a little bit of a

1944
00:58:11,877 --> 00:58:14,379
little bit of softening of the

1945
00:58:14,379 --> 00:58:15,547
blow. Um, and so I think that

1946
00:58:15,547 --> 00:58:16,883
would be also why I would

1947
00:58:16,883 --> 00:58:18,150
probably drop the cap on

1948
00:58:18,150 --> 00:58:19,318
Seattle just gives a little

1949
00:58:19,318 --> 00:58:20,352
back to them.

1950
00:58:20,352 --> 00:58:20,528
Yeah.

1951
00:58:20,528 --> 00:58:21,120
We

1952
00:58:21,120 --> 00:58:22,540
re getting a bit.

1953
00:58:22,540 --> 00:58:23,355
Yeah. Somebody

1954
00:58:23,355 --> 00:58:25,355
s microphone is

1955
00:58:26,926 --> 00:58:28,394
acting up. Um, uh, I think that

1956
00:58:28,394 --> 00:58:30,329
the, the benefit of having had

1957
00:58:30,329 --> 00:58:31,630
multiple bites at this Apple on

1958
00:58:31,630 --> 00:58:32,898
the policy issues is I think

1959
00:58:32,898 --> 00:58:34,366
the policy issues are pretty

1960
00:58:34,366 --> 00:58:35,667
well developed and people have

1961
00:58:35,667 --> 00:58:37,169
their different opinions about

1962
00:58:37,169 --> 00:58:38,104
them. Uh, before I move on to

1963
00:58:38,104 --> 00:58:39,104
the next agenda item, though, I

1964
00:58:39,104 --> 00:58:40,720
want to make sure that, uh,

1965
00:58:40,720 --> 00:58:41,400
board member Fayne has said

1966
00:58:41,400 --> 00:58:41,841
everything that she wanted to

1967
00:58:41,841 --> 00:58:43,841
say.

1968
00:58:45,378 --> 00:58:45,945
I would say that, um, I don

1969
00:58:45,945 --> 00:58:47,945
t

1970
00:58:48,480 --> 00:58:50,682
want us to get too caught up in

1971
00:58:50,682 --> 00:58:53,682
the applications by the cities.

1972
00:58:54,153 --> 00:58:56,210
It really is intended to be,

1973
00:58:56,210 --> 00:58:56,622
uh, Ila, here

1974
00:58:56,622 --> 00:58:58,424
s what you can

1975
00:58:58,424 --> 00:59:00,826
use the dollars on. Go forth

1976
00:59:00,826 --> 00:59:02,327
and do it. And unless as we get

1977
00:59:02,327 --> 00:59:04,330
to the governance level, we

1978
00:59:04,330 --> 00:59:05,865
decide to micromanage their

1979
00:59:05,865 --> 00:59:07,966
projects and really check on

1980
00:59:07,966 --> 00:59:08,434
them. We will be doing that.

1981
00:59:08,434 --> 00:59:10,202
But it won

1982
00:59:10,202 --> 00:59:11,537
t be a yes. You can

1983
00:59:11,537 --> 00:59:11,720
use it for this. No, you can

1984
00:59:11,720 --> 00:59:12,505
t

1985
00:59:12,505 --> 00:59:13,739
use it for that. It

1986
00:59:13,739 --> 00:59:14,973
s really

1987
00:59:14,973 --> 00:59:15,474
broad, except you can

1988
00:59:15,474 --> 00:59:17,474
t use it

1989
00:59:18,110 --> 00:59:20,245
on transit service hours. But

1990
00:59:20,245 --> 00:59:22,648
really the the intent again is

1991
00:59:22,648 --> 00:59:23,849
to trust our partners, work

1992
00:59:23,849 --> 00:59:25,318
with them. They all have

1993
00:59:25,318 --> 00:59:27,718
transportation plans that have

1994
00:59:28,487 --> 00:59:30,289
been approved and are, um, you

1995
00:59:30,289 --> 00:59:32,691
know, uh, allowed under the

1996
00:59:32,691 --> 00:59:35,862
statute. So I try to minimize

1997
00:59:35,862 --> 00:59:38,997
any of that level of management

1998
00:59:38,997 --> 00:59:41,200
and, but just, just just to

1999
00:59:41,200 --> 00:59:44,303
keep it as simple as possible.

2000
00:59:44,303 --> 00:59:46,639
Um, and then, yeah, we can

2001
00:59:46,639 --> 00:59:49,441
debate equity all day. I would

2002
00:59:49,441 --> 00:59:52,244
just share that part of the

2003
00:59:52,244 --> 00:59:54,981
driver for me is that this is a

2004
00:59:54,981 --> 00:59:57,490
really regressive tax. Um, a

2005
00:59:57,490 --> 00:59:58,718
lot of folks in my district and

2006
00:59:58,718 --> 01:00:00,953
surrounding areas have moved

2007
01:00:00,953 --> 01:00:03,322
out of Seattle because it is so

2008
01:00:03,322 --> 01:00:05,825
expensive, and yet many have to

2009
01:00:05,825 --> 01:00:09,610
continue to come to Seattle for

2010
01:00:09,610 --> 01:00:11,263
work for hospital, um, health

2011
01:00:11,263 --> 01:00:12,398
care services, for all of the

2012
01:00:12,398 --> 01:00:14,798
needs and resources that

2013
01:00:15,340 --> 01:00:16,569
continue to remain in Seattle.

2014
01:00:16,569 --> 01:00:20,205
And yet they have to get there.

2015
01:00:20,205 --> 01:00:21,807
And so I think that I hear you

2016
01:00:21,807 --> 01:00:23,475
and I did not want to exclude

2017
01:00:23,475 --> 01:00:26,312
Seattle in any way, but I

2018
01:00:26,312 --> 01:00:28,800
certainly wanted to provide as

2019
01:00:28,800 --> 01:00:30,483
much balance with all of these

2020
01:00:30,483 --> 01:00:32,117
considerations as possible. Um,

2021
01:00:32,117 --> 01:00:34,553
and achieve the level of

2022
01:00:34,553 --> 01:00:36,288
comfort I could get with our,

2023
01:00:36,288 --> 01:00:37,523
um, colleagues who represent

2024
01:00:37,523 --> 01:00:38,991
unincorporated areas, with

2025
01:00:38,991 --> 01:00:39,258
local services, with the

2026
01:00:39,258 --> 01:00:41,258
executive

2027
01:00:42,862 --> 01:00:45,564
s office. So it was a

2028
01:00:45,564 --> 01:00:47,964
carefully thought through, um,

2029
01:00:49,680 --> 01:00:49,835
number. And I think we

2030
01:00:49,835 --> 01:00:51,835
ve now

2031
01:00:53,706 --> 01:00:54,373
discussed this fully,

2032
01:00:54,373 --> 01:00:54,558
thoroughly.

2033
01:00:54,558 --> 01:00:56,141
Let

2034
01:00:56,141 --> 01:00:58,578
s not bring horses into it.

2035
01:00:58,578 --> 01:00:59,912
But, uh, no, no, no, no.

2036
01:00:59,912 --> 01:01:01,346
I just meant I just was hoping

2037
01:01:01,346 --> 01:01:02,481
to get the amendments prepared

2038
01:01:02,481 --> 01:01:03,349
and give a preview. Not

2039
01:01:03,349 --> 01:01:03,982
surprise anybody. I

2040
01:01:03,982 --> 01:01:04,517
m sorry. I

2041
01:01:04,517 --> 01:01:05,584
got a little one.

2042
01:01:05,584 --> 01:01:06,685
That is the. That is the

2043
01:01:06,685 --> 01:01:08,860
absolute goal of this meeting.

2044
01:01:08,860 --> 01:01:10,389
And I. And I feel that we are

2045
01:01:10,389 --> 01:01:10,923
meeting our goal because we

2046
01:01:10,923 --> 01:01:11,103
ve

2047
01:01:11,103 --> 01:01:12,324
we

2048
01:01:12,324 --> 01:01:14,724
ve grounded ourselves in

2049
01:01:15,261 --> 01:01:17,129
what the striker is going to

2050
01:01:17,129 --> 01:01:18,264
include. And that enables us to

2051
01:01:18,264 --> 01:01:19,799
then go forward with line

2052
01:01:19,799 --> 01:01:20,966
amendments. And nobody should

2053
01:01:20,966 --> 01:01:22,835
be surprised when we get to the

2054
01:01:22,835 --> 01:01:23,903
next meeting, because my goal

2055
01:01:23,903 --> 01:01:25,270
is that we vote at that

2056
01:01:25,270 --> 01:01:26,238
meeting. Yeah. Thank you. Thank

2057
01:01:26,238 --> 01:01:28,541
you all seriously for this

2058
01:01:28,541 --> 01:01:28,716
discussion. I mean, that, um,

2059
01:01:28,716 --> 01:01:29,508
I

2060
01:01:29,508 --> 01:01:32,211
m ready to move on to the

2061
01:01:32,211 --> 01:01:35,811
next agenda item. And this one

2062
01:01:36,515 --> 01:01:38,551
is, uh, about the, uh, kind of

2063
01:01:38,551 --> 01:01:41,551
the alternatives for kicked in

2064
01:01:41,554 --> 01:01:42,288
next steps. Um, it has been

2065
01:01:42,288 --> 01:01:43,756
brought up a number of

2066
01:01:43,756 --> 01:01:47,356
different times and a number of

2067
01:01:47,860 --> 01:01:49,462
places that, um, the moment we

2068
01:01:49,462 --> 01:01:51,364
vote to adopt a tax, we are

2069
01:01:51,364 --> 01:01:52,931
then going to be, uh,

2070
01:01:52,931 --> 01:01:54,466
anticipating funds, but we will

2071
01:01:54,466 --> 01:01:56,101
be a funded organization in the

2072
01:01:56,101 --> 01:01:57,769
not distant future. And there

2073
01:01:57,769 --> 01:01:58,838
is work that we have to do to

2074
01:01:58,838 --> 01:02:00,673
get ready to receive those

2075
01:02:00,673 --> 01:02:02,441
funds, uh, regardless of

2076
01:02:02,441 --> 01:02:04,677
whether we choose to remain as

2077
01:02:04,677 --> 01:02:06,545
an independent agency for the

2078
01:02:06,545 --> 01:02:08,280
long term, for some shorter

2079
01:02:08,280 --> 01:02:09,181
period of time, or merge

2080
01:02:09,181 --> 01:02:09,915
immediately, there

2081
01:02:09,915 --> 01:02:12,315
s work to be

2082
01:02:13,485 --> 01:02:15,688
done. And so I have asked and

2083
01:02:15,688 --> 01:02:15,921
staff have prepared, uh, it

2084
01:02:15,921 --> 01:02:16,722
says it

2085
01:02:16,722 --> 01:02:16,989
s a memo and it

2086
01:02:16,989 --> 01:02:17,890
s on

2087
01:02:17,890 --> 01:02:18,357
page ten of the packet.

2088
01:02:18,357 --> 01:02:18,891
Unfortunately, I

2089
01:02:18,891 --> 01:02:20,891
m working off

2090
01:02:21,393 --> 01:02:22,428
of, uh, random papers is when

2091
01:02:22,428 --> 01:02:24,429
you say memo, do you mean this

2092
01:02:24,429 --> 01:02:26,650
chart? Okay, so this is

2093
01:02:26,650 --> 01:02:26,899
beautiful chart. Uh, that we

2094
01:02:26,899 --> 01:02:28,401
have it

2095
01:02:28,401 --> 01:02:28,588
s two pages long and

2096
01:02:28,588 --> 01:02:29,601
it

2097
01:02:29,601 --> 01:02:31,804
s called potential next

2098
01:02:31,804 --> 01:02:33,739
steps for independent td to

2099
01:02:33,739 --> 01:02:35,739
implement roads funding

2100
01:02:36,609 --> 01:02:37,609
measure. So.

2101
01:02:37,609 --> 01:02:37,787
Um.

2102
01:02:37,787 --> 01:02:39,787
We

2103
01:02:40,713 --> 01:02:42,915
ve had our team work very

2104
01:02:42,915 --> 01:02:44,583
diligently to try to identify

2105
01:02:44,583 --> 01:02:47,583
the immediate steps that are

2106
01:02:48,420 --> 01:02:50,188
required. Um, this does not yet

2107
01:02:50,188 --> 01:02:51,323
chart out the immediate steps

2108
01:02:51,323 --> 01:02:54,359
that would be required if we

2109
01:02:54,359 --> 01:02:55,995
were choosing to merge. So that

2110
01:02:55,995 --> 01:02:57,362
is sort of like decision one.

2111
01:02:57,362 --> 01:02:58,998
Do we stay independent for a

2112
01:02:58,998 --> 01:03:02,680
period of time? For a long

2113
01:03:02,680 --> 01:03:03,502
time? For a short time? Um, and

2114
01:03:03,502 --> 01:03:05,710
then what do we do if then and

2115
01:03:05,710 --> 01:03:07,472
I just want to preface all of

2116
01:03:07,472 --> 01:03:10,409
this by saying, uh, we have had

2117
01:03:10,409 --> 01:03:12,611
some amazing county council

2118
01:03:12,611 --> 01:03:13,779
staff who legislative branch

2119
01:03:13,779 --> 01:03:15,280
staff who have been carrying

2120
01:03:15,280 --> 01:03:17,583
this separate branch of

2121
01:03:17,583 --> 01:03:17,883
government on their backs. Uh,

2122
01:03:17,883 --> 01:03:19,510
we I

2123
01:03:19,510 --> 01:03:21,219
ve sent a formal letter

2124
01:03:21,219 --> 01:03:21,393
signed by myself, and I don

2125
01:03:21,393 --> 01:03:22,188
t

2126
01:03:22,188 --> 01:03:23,422
recall if I asked the vice

2127
01:03:23,422 --> 01:03:25,291
chair to sign, but I signed it

2128
01:03:25,291 --> 01:03:26,592
to the chair of the King County

2129
01:03:26,592 --> 01:03:29,561
Council and to the county

2130
01:03:29,561 --> 01:03:31,564
executive, asking them to track

2131
01:03:31,564 --> 01:03:32,765
the expenditures. You know, the

2132
01:03:32,765 --> 01:03:34,500
the debt, if you will, that we

2133
01:03:34,500 --> 01:03:36,350
are accumulating by using time

2134
01:03:36,350 --> 01:03:37,469
and resources of King County,

2135
01:03:37,469 --> 01:03:38,904
because we are not King County

2136
01:03:38,904 --> 01:03:40,339
when we sit here as the King

2137
01:03:40,339 --> 01:03:42,339
County Transportation District,

2138
01:03:42,741 --> 01:03:44,377
so that we can, uh, rightly pay

2139
01:03:44,377 --> 01:03:44,643
for these services. But we

2140
01:03:44,643 --> 01:03:46,643
re

2141
01:03:47,313 --> 01:03:50,282
going to need at least a

2142
01:03:50,282 --> 01:03:51,917
consultant almost immediately

2143
01:03:51,917 --> 01:03:53,319
to help us figure out our next

2144
01:03:53,319 --> 01:03:55,719
steps and implement them

2145
01:03:55,821 --> 01:03:56,555
correctly. Um, I

2146
01:03:56,555 --> 01:03:57,123
m a little off

2147
01:03:57,123 --> 01:03:57,490
script here, but I

2148
01:03:57,490 --> 01:03:58,557
m just going

2149
01:03:58,557 --> 01:04:00,590
to say, and if anybody wants to

2150
01:04:00,590 --> 01:04:02,228
interject, please wave or say

2151
01:04:02,228 --> 01:04:05,300
something. But I think that we

2152
01:04:05,300 --> 01:04:08,300
should probably plan as an

2153
01:04:09,435 --> 01:04:12,400
executive committee to, uh, to

2154
01:04:12,400 --> 01:04:15,341
ask the board to empower us to

2155
01:04:15,341 --> 01:04:17,509
do a scope of work and some

2156
01:04:17,509 --> 01:04:18,910
kind of procurement to get that

2157
01:04:18,910 --> 01:04:20,313
consultant on board. And then

2158
01:04:20,313 --> 01:04:23,913
we will have somebody whose job

2159
01:04:24,820 --> 01:04:25,451
it is immediately. And, you

2160
01:04:25,451 --> 01:04:27,219
know, for whatever amount of

2161
01:04:27,219 --> 01:04:28,754
time and money it takes to help

2162
01:04:28,754 --> 01:04:29,154
us chart this path forward,

2163
01:04:29,154 --> 01:04:30,322
because it

2164
01:04:30,322 --> 01:04:31,157
s detailed what we

2165
01:04:31,157 --> 01:04:32,291
have to do, we have to do

2166
01:04:32,291 --> 01:04:34,426
accounting. We have to have

2167
01:04:34,426 --> 01:04:36,796
legal advice. We have to, uh,

2168
01:04:36,796 --> 01:04:38,664
we if we we could choose to be

2169
01:04:38,664 --> 01:04:39,999
an existing agency that mainly

2170
01:04:39,999 --> 01:04:41,767
just passes through money and

2171
01:04:41,767 --> 01:04:43,102
does very little else. That

2172
01:04:43,102 --> 01:04:44,669
still requires resources. And

2173
01:04:44,669 --> 01:04:46,305
we We need to be accountable.

2174
01:04:46,305 --> 01:04:48,274
We need to pass audits. We need

2175
01:04:48,274 --> 01:04:50,109
to be effective. We could

2176
01:04:50,109 --> 01:04:52,277
choose to be slightly more

2177
01:04:52,277 --> 01:04:53,512
operational, like the flood

2178
01:04:53,512 --> 01:04:54,380
control district is more

2179
01:04:54,380 --> 01:04:55,810
operational, but doesn

2180
01:04:55,810 --> 01:04:55,815
t do its

2181
01:04:55,815 --> 01:04:56,281
own projects, doesn

2182
01:04:56,281 --> 01:04:58,250
t have its

2183
01:04:58,250 --> 01:05:01,220
own crews. Like we contract for

2184
01:05:01,220 --> 01:05:04,156
all of the real project work

2185
01:05:04,156 --> 01:05:06,825
and operational work with King

2186
01:05:06,825 --> 01:05:08,727
County Water and Land Division.

2187
01:05:08,727 --> 01:05:09,729
Or we could choose not my

2188
01:05:09,729 --> 01:05:12,598
preference, but we could choose

2189
01:05:12,598 --> 01:05:13,899
to become a fully, fully blown

2190
01:05:13,899 --> 01:05:14,900
transportation type

2191
01:05:14,900 --> 01:05:16,435
organization that does

2192
01:05:16,435 --> 01:05:17,837
projects. I mean, that makes

2193
01:05:17,837 --> 01:05:19,400
very little sense in light of

2194
01:05:19,400 --> 01:05:20,840
the fact that we already have a

2195
01:05:20,840 --> 01:05:23,408
roads division. But these are

2196
01:05:23,408 --> 01:05:25,277
this is the option that or we

2197
01:05:25,277 --> 01:05:27,112
could just simply merge this

2198
01:05:27,112 --> 01:05:28,314
organization into King County,

2199
01:05:28,314 --> 01:05:30,316
and then it just becomes

2200
01:05:30,316 --> 01:05:31,717
another funding source that is

2201
01:05:31,717 --> 01:05:32,851
that is proposed by the

2202
01:05:32,851 --> 01:05:33,886
executive, adopted by the

2203
01:05:33,886 --> 01:05:36,286
council, budgeted by the

2204
01:05:36,522 --> 01:05:38,230
council. But it is going to

2205
01:05:38,230 --> 01:05:39,225
take work no matter which

2206
01:05:39,225 --> 01:05:39,625
course we choose. It

2207
01:05:39,625 --> 01:05:40,920
s going to

2208
01:05:40,920 --> 01:05:40,425
take work and it

2209
01:05:40,425 --> 01:05:42,294
s going to

2210
01:05:42,294 --> 01:05:42,528
take resources. And so I don

2211
01:05:42,528 --> 01:05:44,528
t

2212
01:05:45,430 --> 01:05:47,165
know, is there something that

2213
01:05:47,165 --> 01:05:48,167
we should be trying like? I

2214
01:05:48,167 --> 01:05:50,102
think we should ask the. I

2215
01:05:50,102 --> 01:05:51,237
think at the JUNE 12th meeting,

2216
01:05:51,237 --> 01:05:52,437
we should ask the board to

2217
01:05:52,437 --> 01:05:53,538
authorize this executive

2218
01:05:53,538 --> 01:05:55,908
committee to move forward with

2219
01:05:55,908 --> 01:05:58,100
the with the procurement

2220
01:05:58,100 --> 01:05:59,879
process for a consultant. And

2221
01:05:59,879 --> 01:06:01,460
that would be my plan. But let

2222
01:06:01,460 --> 01:06:01,981
us open it up for discussion.

2223
01:06:01,981 --> 01:06:02,914
Let me first ask staff, do you

2224
01:06:02,914 --> 01:06:03,916
have anything more you want to

2225
01:06:03,916 --> 01:06:04,216
say? Go ahead.

2226
01:06:04,216 --> 01:06:05,150
So I

2227
01:06:05,150 --> 01:06:06,952
ll just jump in with a

2228
01:06:06,952 --> 01:06:07,720
couple points. Um. Thank you.

2229
01:06:07,720 --> 01:06:08,153
Chair Balducci, I

2230
01:06:08,153 --> 01:06:08,387
m Mary Berg,

2231
01:06:08,387 --> 01:06:09,421
and I

2232
01:06:09,421 --> 01:06:12,421
m from the council staff.

2233
01:06:13,726 --> 01:06:15,360
So as you noted, if you approve

2234
01:06:15,360 --> 01:06:18,130
a funding measure, your first

2235
01:06:18,130 --> 01:06:19,965
choice is do you wish to choose

2236
01:06:19,965 --> 01:06:21,299
to be assumed into King County,

2237
01:06:21,299 --> 01:06:22,668
for which there is a process

2238
01:06:22,668 --> 01:06:23,602
that would be first initiated

2239
01:06:23,602 --> 01:06:26,200
by the Council through

2240
01:06:26,405 --> 01:06:27,706
ordinance, or alternatively, if

2241
01:06:27,706 --> 01:06:29,207
this body wishes to remain

2242
01:06:29,207 --> 01:06:30,843
independent, there are a series

2243
01:06:30,843 --> 01:06:32,210
of both substantive and

2244
01:06:32,210 --> 01:06:33,746
administrative tasks to be

2245
01:06:33,746 --> 01:06:35,714
undertaken. The second

2246
01:06:35,714 --> 01:06:38,650
resolution, that is, before you

2247
01:06:38,650 --> 01:06:40,185
td 2020 602, covers the

2248
01:06:40,185 --> 01:06:41,887
substantive end, meaning that

2249
01:06:41,887 --> 01:06:43,556
it would ask the executive to

2250
01:06:43,556 --> 01:06:45,956
develop an implementation plan

2251
01:06:46,792 --> 01:06:48,270
in Ila for how the substantive

2252
01:06:48,270 --> 01:06:49,795
work would be carried out with

2253
01:06:49,795 --> 01:06:51,930
the revenues. The work focused

2254
01:06:51,930 --> 01:06:54,100
on roads, as well as any pass

2255
01:06:54,100 --> 01:06:54,900
through to cities. There would

2256
01:06:54,900 --> 01:06:57,168
also be a number of

2257
01:06:57,168 --> 01:06:59,871
administrative tasks to set up

2258
01:06:59,871 --> 01:07:02,274
this entity. To be able to

2259
01:07:02,274 --> 01:07:04,900
essentially take in and then,

2260
01:07:04,900 --> 01:07:06,345
you know, effectively disburse

2261
01:07:06,345 --> 01:07:08,446
about $100 million a year. Many

2262
01:07:08,446 --> 01:07:10,782
of those tasks are outlined in

2263
01:07:10,782 --> 01:07:12,852
the timeline that is before you

2264
01:07:12,852 --> 01:07:14,786
on page ten of your packets.

2265
01:07:14,786 --> 01:07:17,389
Um, staff have also started

2266
01:07:17,389 --> 01:07:19,789
collecting the contracts that

2267
01:07:19,959 --> 01:07:21,593
were used and executed by both

2268
01:07:21,593 --> 01:07:22,928
the ferry district, the former

2269
01:07:22,928 --> 01:07:24,997
ferry district, and the flood

2270
01:07:24,997 --> 01:07:27,299
control district when both in

2271
01:07:27,299 --> 01:07:29,401
their early days sought

2272
01:07:29,401 --> 01:07:31,370
consultant support to help them

2273
01:07:31,370 --> 01:07:32,672
start up. And so we do have

2274
01:07:32,672 --> 01:07:34,106
language available from those

2275
01:07:34,106 --> 01:07:36,642
past documents that could guide

2276
01:07:36,642 --> 01:07:38,944
an rfp. And I will finally

2277
01:07:38,944 --> 01:07:40,278
close by noting that initial

2278
01:07:40,278 --> 01:07:41,847
conversations with legal

2279
01:07:41,847 --> 01:07:43,916
counsel indicate that while

2280
01:07:43,916 --> 01:07:46,316
this executive committee could

2281
01:07:46,351 --> 01:07:48,721
operate as a committee in, say,

2282
01:07:48,721 --> 01:07:49,721
developing an rfp and, you

2283
01:07:49,721 --> 01:07:51,223
know, moving forward with a

2284
01:07:51,223 --> 01:07:53,623
number of administrative tasks,

2285
01:07:55,270 --> 01:07:57,629
any, for instance, um, formal

2286
01:07:57,629 --> 01:07:59,629
resolution to authorize

2287
01:07:59,832 --> 01:08:00,899
proceeding with a contract

2288
01:08:00,899 --> 01:08:02,768
would have to be done by the

2289
01:08:02,768 --> 01:08:04,403
full board. So there would have

2290
01:08:04,403 --> 01:08:05,471
to be some balance between what

2291
01:08:05,471 --> 01:08:06,639
this committee could do and

2292
01:08:06,639 --> 01:08:08,207
what the full board would have

2293
01:08:08,207 --> 01:08:08,841
to do.

2294
01:08:08,841 --> 01:08:10,841
I understand.

2295
01:08:11,210 --> 01:08:11,577
That. Understood. Thank you.

2296
01:08:11,577 --> 01:08:13,577
And that

2297
01:08:13,679 --> 01:08:15,681
s super helpful. And I

2298
01:08:15,681 --> 01:08:15,914
not surprising at all that you

2299
01:08:15,914 --> 01:08:17,682
couldn

2300
01:08:17,682 --> 01:08:19,318
t authorize a subset of

2301
01:08:19,318 --> 01:08:22,321
the district to go in contract

2302
01:08:22,321 --> 01:08:23,889
with somebody. But if we could,

2303
01:08:23,889 --> 01:08:25,624
if we could put a put out the

2304
01:08:25,624 --> 01:08:26,926
procurement as opposed to

2305
01:08:26,926 --> 01:08:27,960
waiting for a month to get

2306
01:08:27,960 --> 01:08:29,361
approval to put out the

2307
01:08:29,361 --> 01:08:30,529
procurement, or having to have

2308
01:08:30,529 --> 01:08:32,300
a special meeting to do that,

2309
01:08:32,300 --> 01:08:33,666
that would be super helpful. It

2310
01:08:33,666 --> 01:08:35,801
would be helpful if we could,

2311
01:08:35,801 --> 01:08:37,202
uh, take the next little bit

2312
01:08:37,202 --> 01:08:39,202
working towards a

2313
01:08:39,305 --> 01:08:40,605
recommendation that then the

2314
01:08:40,605 --> 01:08:41,841
full board would vote on. Does

2315
01:08:41,841 --> 01:08:45,441
that seem like a process that

2316
01:08:47,146 --> 01:08:47,394
we could follow? Being nodding,

2317
01:08:47,394 --> 01:08:48,480
nobody

2318
01:08:48,480 --> 01:08:48,652
s jumping up to say I

2319
01:08:48,652 --> 01:08:49,140
can

2320
01:08:49,140 --> 01:08:49,682
t. So I

2321
01:08:49,682 --> 01:08:51,783
m going to assume

2322
01:08:51,783 --> 01:08:53,719
that we can. Board member

2323
01:08:53,719 --> 01:08:57,319
Dunbar, uh, do you have a

2324
01:08:58,190 --> 01:09:00,190
question or comment?

2325
01:09:00,292 --> 01:09:01,393
Um, if we weren

2326
01:09:01,393 --> 01:09:01,627
t, if we adopt,

2327
01:09:01,627 --> 01:09:03,280
if it

2328
01:09:03,280 --> 01:09:04,296
s adopted, the resolution

2329
01:09:04,296 --> 01:09:04,529
imposing the tax, we wouldn

2330
01:09:04,529 --> 01:09:05,865
t

2331
01:09:05,865 --> 01:09:07,650
start collecting it until

2332
01:09:07,650 --> 01:09:07,239
JANUARY 1st. We wouldn

2333
01:09:07,239 --> 01:09:08,467
t

2334
01:09:08,467 --> 01:09:09,668
receive the first payment until

2335
01:09:09,668 --> 01:09:12,104
later that first quarter of

2336
01:09:12,104 --> 01:09:13,710
next year. So we might have we

2337
01:09:13,710 --> 01:09:14,440
might be able to take this

2338
01:09:14,440 --> 01:09:16,410
issue up when we meet to adopt

2339
01:09:16,410 --> 01:09:17,743
the tax in terms of issuing a

2340
01:09:17,743 --> 01:09:18,911
potential rfp, if we could get

2341
01:09:18,911 --> 01:09:21,311
general authority from the

2342
01:09:21,313 --> 01:09:23,749
board rather than kind of jump

2343
01:09:23,749 --> 01:09:23,916
out ahead of them, if that

2344
01:09:23,916 --> 01:09:25,117
s

2345
01:09:25,117 --> 01:09:25,817
what I was hearing. But I might

2346
01:09:25,817 --> 01:09:27,817
have misheard you.

2347
01:09:28,860 --> 01:09:28,988
But let me ask the question

2348
01:09:28,988 --> 01:09:29,158
back, because I think we

2349
01:09:29,158 --> 01:09:30,156
re

2350
01:09:30,156 --> 01:09:30,422
saying the same thing, but i

2351
01:09:30,422 --> 01:09:31,991
m

2352
01:09:31,991 --> 01:09:33,591
not sure. So let me just say

2353
01:09:33,591 --> 01:09:36,591
that my suggestion would be

2354
01:09:36,628 --> 01:09:39,598
that at the meeting on JUNE

2355
01:09:39,598 --> 01:09:42,670
12th, if the measure to adopt

2356
01:09:42,670 --> 01:09:43,468
the tax passes, that we then

2357
01:09:43,468 --> 01:09:44,603
proceed to have an agenda item

2358
01:09:44,603 --> 01:09:47,506
where we ask the board for

2359
01:09:47,506 --> 01:09:49,307
authorization for this

2360
01:09:49,307 --> 01:09:50,642
executive committee to create a

2361
01:09:50,642 --> 01:09:51,677
scope of work in a procurement

2362
01:09:51,677 --> 01:09:53,779
process that we could put out

2363
01:09:53,779 --> 01:09:55,680
into the world, but not close

2364
01:09:55,680 --> 01:09:55,948
without the vote of the full

2365
01:09:55,948 --> 01:09:56,815
board.

2366
01:09:56,815 --> 01:09:57,349
That makes sense to me.

2367
01:09:57,349 --> 01:09:58,717
Yeah. Okay.

2368
01:09:58,717 --> 01:09:59,151
Thanks. Without, without. I

2369
01:09:59,151 --> 01:10:00,386
ll

2370
01:10:00,386 --> 01:10:01,820
just say, maybe for the record,

2371
01:10:01,820 --> 01:10:02,955
I would tend to lean. Having

2372
01:10:02,955 --> 01:10:04,322
not fully thought about it and

2373
01:10:04,322 --> 01:10:05,891
heard my heard the dialogue,

2374
01:10:05,891 --> 01:10:07,226
but I would tend to lean toward

2375
01:10:07,226 --> 01:10:08,661
perhaps doing the ferry

2376
01:10:08,661 --> 01:10:10,563
district type merger into the

2377
01:10:10,563 --> 01:10:11,960
county for this particular

2378
01:10:11,960 --> 01:10:12,163
entity. But I

2379
01:10:12,163 --> 01:10:13,980
m open to having

2380
01:10:13,980 --> 01:10:13,532
my mind changed. I

2381
01:10:13,532 --> 01:10:14,132
m really

2382
01:10:14,132 --> 01:10:14,432
kind of I know we

2383
01:10:14,432 --> 01:10:15,867
re going to

2384
01:10:15,867 --> 01:10:16,969
look at the cost, but you

2385
01:10:16,969 --> 01:10:18,370
mentioned, you know, the

2386
01:10:18,370 --> 01:10:20,306
accountants and the lawyers and

2387
01:10:20,306 --> 01:10:21,600
the staff and and just, you

2388
01:10:21,600 --> 01:10:21,306
know, we just didn

2389
01:10:21,306 --> 01:10:23,306
t think

2390
01:10:23,408 --> 01:10:24,844
about it.

2391
01:10:24,844 --> 01:10:26,345
There was a little bit of

2392
01:10:26,345 --> 01:10:27,120
analysis attempted. It

2393
01:10:27,120 --> 01:10:28,347
s really

2394
01:10:28,347 --> 01:10:29,810
hard to do because it

2395
01:10:29,810 --> 01:10:31,810
s hard to

2396
01:10:31,483 --> 01:10:34,483
know. Looking at the executive

2397
01:10:34,753 --> 01:10:35,487
branch, what exact costs, say,

2398
01:10:35,487 --> 01:10:37,689
if you were to compare the

2399
01:10:37,689 --> 01:10:40,225
flood control district to, uh,

2400
01:10:40,225 --> 01:10:41,627
a government function that is

2401
01:10:41,627 --> 01:10:43,729
fully merged into the executive

2402
01:10:43,729 --> 01:10:44,563
branch. Some of the people who

2403
01:10:44,563 --> 01:10:47,499
are working on the flood

2404
01:10:47,499 --> 01:10:48,867
control work in, uh, in the

2405
01:10:48,867 --> 01:10:50,269
water land division would do

2406
01:10:50,269 --> 01:10:51,169
that work regardless of whether

2407
01:10:51,169 --> 01:10:52,104
there was a flood control

2408
01:10:52,104 --> 01:10:52,471
district or not. So that

2409
01:10:52,471 --> 01:10:54,273
s not

2410
01:10:54,273 --> 01:10:55,508
duplicative costs. Some of it

2411
01:10:55,508 --> 01:10:56,542
is duplicative. In the example

2412
01:10:56,542 --> 01:10:57,242
I like to use as lawyers,

2413
01:10:57,242 --> 01:10:58,110
because I

2414
01:10:58,110 --> 01:10:58,290
m a former lawyer, I

2415
01:10:58,290 --> 01:10:59,144
don

2416
01:10:59,144 --> 01:10:59,578
t just like to pick on

2417
01:10:59,578 --> 01:11:00,145
lawyers. It

2418
01:11:00,145 --> 01:11:02,470
s just something I

2419
01:11:02,470 --> 01:11:03,749
know a little bit about. Uh, so

2420
01:11:03,749 --> 01:11:04,517
sometimes with the flood

2421
01:11:04,517 --> 01:11:04,884
control district, you

2422
01:11:04,884 --> 01:11:06,285
ll have a

2423
01:11:06,285 --> 01:11:07,786
lawyer for the flood control

2424
01:11:07,786 --> 01:11:09,988
district and a lawyer for water

2425
01:11:09,988 --> 01:11:10,622
and land. And those two things

2426
01:11:10,622 --> 01:11:10,956
are different. They

2427
01:11:10,956 --> 01:11:11,857
re working

2428
01:11:11,857 --> 01:11:12,340
on different projects. They

2429
01:11:12,340 --> 01:11:12,991
re

2430
01:11:12,991 --> 01:11:14,826
giving advice about different

2431
01:11:14,826 --> 01:11:16,127
things. It would happen on both

2432
01:11:16,127 --> 01:11:16,829
sides of the fence, regardless

2433
01:11:16,829 --> 01:11:18,830
of the structure of the

2434
01:11:18,830 --> 01:11:19,331
government. Sometimes they

2435
01:11:19,331 --> 01:11:20,866
re

2436
01:11:20,866 --> 01:11:21,200
working on the same thing, and

2437
01:11:21,200 --> 01:11:22,670
one of them

2438
01:11:22,670 --> 01:11:23,202
s advising the

2439
01:11:23,202 --> 01:11:23,502
flood control district and the

2440
01:11:23,502 --> 01:11:24,503
other one

2441
01:11:24,503 --> 01:11:26,371
s advising the, uh,

2442
01:11:26,371 --> 01:11:27,380
the executive branch, water and

2443
01:11:27,380 --> 01:11:27,839
land. And that

2444
01:11:27,839 --> 01:11:29,700
s duplicative.

2445
01:11:29,700 --> 01:11:30,943
And you could do away with that

2446
01:11:30,943 --> 01:11:32,945
by merging. So the analysis is

2447
01:11:32,945 --> 01:11:33,912
tough because you asked for it

2448
01:11:33,912 --> 01:11:36,315
did not go unnoticed that you

2449
01:11:36,315 --> 01:11:37,882
asked for a fiscal note. And so

2450
01:11:37,882 --> 01:11:39,484
there was some attempt to try

2451
01:11:39,484 --> 01:11:42,287
to do that, but it proved to be

2452
01:11:42,287 --> 01:11:42,588
a little bit difficult. So, um,

2453
01:11:42,588 --> 01:11:44,588
yeah.

2454
01:11:44,924 --> 01:11:47,592
Please go ahead. Share. The

2455
01:11:47,592 --> 01:11:49,227
flood district is probably a

2456
01:11:49,227 --> 01:11:50,280
more expensive example than

2457
01:11:50,280 --> 01:11:51,960
what we would have here,

2458
01:11:51,960 --> 01:11:51,597
because frankly, it

2459
01:11:51,597 --> 01:11:53,132
s got the

2460
01:11:53,132 --> 01:11:54,299
advisory groups and the exact

2461
01:11:54,299 --> 01:11:57,299
committee, and they actually do

2462
01:11:57,402 --> 01:11:58,837
a fair bit of project selection

2463
01:11:58,837 --> 01:11:59,130
and advancement, even though

2464
01:11:59,130 --> 01:11:59,938
it

2465
01:11:59,938 --> 01:12:00,139
s contracted out. There

2466
01:12:00,139 --> 01:12:01,640
s

2467
01:12:01,640 --> 01:12:02,741
actually a fair bit of staff

2468
01:12:02,741 --> 01:12:03,876
work that goes into working

2469
01:12:03,876 --> 01:12:05,543
with the, you know, a lot of

2470
01:12:05,543 --> 01:12:05,910
work there. This feels leaner,

2471
01:12:05,910 --> 01:12:06,812
even if it

2472
01:12:06,812 --> 01:12:07,946
s kept as a separate

2473
01:12:07,946 --> 01:12:09,481
government. But there probably

2474
01:12:09,481 --> 01:12:10,415
are some costs. So I.

2475
01:12:10,415 --> 01:12:10,949
Agreed I think that

2476
01:12:10,949 --> 01:12:12,650
s correct.

2477
01:12:12,650 --> 01:12:13,986
And I also think that staff

2478
01:12:13,986 --> 01:12:15,387
reached for the comparison that

2479
01:12:15,387 --> 01:12:16,521
was closest to hand to to

2480
01:12:16,521 --> 01:12:17,423
compare to the Marine Division

2481
01:12:17,423 --> 01:12:18,723
would have required an

2482
01:12:18,723 --> 01:12:20,124
archaeological dig that goes

2483
01:12:20,124 --> 01:12:21,560
back about ten years or so

2484
01:12:21,560 --> 01:12:22,327
anyway. So board member Perry,

2485
01:12:22,327 --> 01:12:24,327
please go ahead.

2486
01:12:24,597 --> 01:12:25,230
Thank you. Chair I I

2487
01:12:25,230 --> 01:12:26,865
m

2488
01:12:26,865 --> 01:12:27,766
undecided right now about

2489
01:12:27,766 --> 01:12:29,267
whether the county should

2490
01:12:29,267 --> 01:12:30,936
assume a tbd and county or

2491
01:12:30,936 --> 01:12:31,111
remain independent. I don

2492
01:12:31,111 --> 01:12:32,371
t

2493
01:12:32,371 --> 01:12:33,405
have enough information, and I

2494
01:12:33,405 --> 01:12:34,806
appreciate the work that the

2495
01:12:34,806 --> 01:12:35,907
staff has done to bring the

2496
01:12:35,907 --> 01:12:36,208
information forward. But I

2497
01:12:36,208 --> 01:12:37,609
still don

2498
01:12:37,609 --> 01:12:39,644
t have really a sense

2499
01:12:39,644 --> 01:12:41,546
of it. Um, what that comparable

2500
01:12:41,546 --> 01:12:43,482
is. And so 2% from flood, as

2501
01:12:43,482 --> 01:12:44,115
council member mentioned, is

2502
01:12:44,115 --> 01:12:44,516
crazy money. It

2503
01:12:44,516 --> 01:12:44,950
s a lot of

2504
01:12:44,950 --> 01:12:45,884
money. We don

2505
01:12:45,884 --> 01:12:47,386
t need that money

2506
01:12:47,386 --> 01:12:48,987
for this. It would be very

2507
01:12:48,987 --> 01:12:50,723
helpful if the staff would put

2508
01:12:50,723 --> 01:12:51,990
together a side by side

2509
01:12:51,990 --> 01:12:54,390
comparison of what is

2510
01:12:55,360 --> 01:12:55,594
anticipated as costs compared

2511
01:12:55,594 --> 01:12:56,461
to what

2512
01:12:56,461 --> 01:12:58,264
s going on with the

2513
01:12:58,264 --> 01:12:59,998
structure of the flood. If

2514
01:12:59,998 --> 01:13:01,990
something like that would be

2515
01:13:01,990 --> 01:13:02,434
available, like as a

2516
01:13:02,434 --> 01:13:03,635
hypothetical, that would be

2517
01:13:03,635 --> 01:13:04,637
really helpful. Is that.

2518
01:13:04,637 --> 01:13:06,380
Well, the difficult part with

2519
01:13:06,380 --> 01:13:07,806
that is that flood has an

2520
01:13:07,806 --> 01:13:09,274
approved Ila, of which then the

2521
01:13:09,274 --> 01:13:11,143
cost is are built off. The

2522
01:13:11,143 --> 01:13:11,343
kicked does not have that Ila.

2523
01:13:11,343 --> 01:13:13,343
That

2524
01:13:13,946 --> 01:13:15,314
s what resolution 2020 602

2525
01:13:15,314 --> 01:13:15,489
is requesting. And so it

2526
01:13:15,489 --> 01:13:17,282
s

2527
01:13:17,282 --> 01:13:18,484
difficult to understand or

2528
01:13:18,484 --> 01:13:20,510
estimate what administrative

2529
01:13:20,510 --> 01:13:21,320
costs would be without knowing

2530
01:13:21,320 --> 01:13:22,955
what the actual administrative

2531
01:13:22,955 --> 01:13:24,857
functions of the case are going

2532
01:13:24,857 --> 01:13:27,225
to be going forward.

2533
01:13:27,225 --> 01:13:27,659
One thing I would add, I

2534
01:13:27,659 --> 01:13:28,427
probably wasn

2535
01:13:28,427 --> 01:13:30,427
t clear about

2536
01:13:31,530 --> 01:13:35,130
this is my suggestion would be

2537
01:13:35,800 --> 01:13:37,569
that we passed if we pass a tax

2538
01:13:37,569 --> 01:13:39,971
at the next meeting, part of

2539
01:13:39,971 --> 01:13:40,940
the reason to proceed to hire a

2540
01:13:40,940 --> 01:13:42,240
consultant who would be an

2541
01:13:42,240 --> 01:13:42,907
organizational consultant, not

2542
01:13:42,907 --> 01:13:44,677
a lawyer, somebody who

2543
01:13:44,677 --> 01:13:47,712
understood how to set up and

2544
01:13:47,712 --> 01:13:50,112
run a governmental organization

2545
01:13:50,249 --> 01:13:51,516
would be to ask that person to

2546
01:13:51,516 --> 01:13:52,718
work with us and walk us

2547
01:13:52,718 --> 01:13:53,585
through this decision process.

2548
01:13:53,585 --> 01:13:54,686
What are the policy

2549
01:13:54,686 --> 01:13:56,321
implications? What are the cost

2550
01:13:56,321 --> 01:13:57,589
implications to tee that up in

2551
01:13:57,589 --> 01:13:58,357
a way that we could take it on?

2552
01:13:58,357 --> 01:14:00,357
Thankfully.

2553
01:14:00,759 --> 01:14:02,394
I think the issue for me is

2554
01:14:02,394 --> 01:14:04,530
that we are trying to raise

2555
01:14:04,530 --> 01:14:05,864
money for the roads. We are

2556
01:14:05,864 --> 01:14:06,665
trying to raise money for the

2557
01:14:06,665 --> 01:14:08,834
roads, so I don

2558
01:14:08,834 --> 01:14:10,836
t want to add

2559
01:14:10,836 --> 01:14:13,171
to the burden, the cost for

2560
01:14:13,171 --> 01:14:15,171
administration or whatever,

2561
01:14:15,207 --> 01:14:16,876
whatever, um, might take us

2562
01:14:16,876 --> 01:14:18,543
beyond in a more in a less

2563
01:14:18,543 --> 01:14:20,278
efficient way that would take

2564
01:14:20,278 --> 01:14:22,314
funding away from the roads

2565
01:14:22,314 --> 01:14:25,116
that needs the funding. And so

2566
01:14:25,116 --> 01:14:26,485
I, I would like to see that

2567
01:14:26,485 --> 01:14:27,519
breakout and working with

2568
01:14:27,519 --> 01:14:29,421
somebody who can help us do

2569
01:14:29,421 --> 01:14:30,755
that in a smart way. Um, but

2570
01:14:30,755 --> 01:14:32,958
ultimately, I would support

2571
01:14:32,958 --> 01:14:34,593
whatever is the would take the

2572
01:14:34,593 --> 01:14:35,928
least amount of money away from

2573
01:14:35,928 --> 01:14:38,997
roads so they can give us the

2574
01:14:38,997 --> 01:14:41,997
basic safety, safety focus that

2575
01:14:42,134 --> 01:14:43,468
we need. Thanks.

2576
01:14:43,468 --> 01:14:44,837
Um, one thing I forgot to say

2577
01:14:44,837 --> 01:14:46,380
that Nick just reminded me of

2578
01:14:46,380 --> 01:14:47,605
is just to remind us all that

2579
01:14:47,605 --> 01:14:50,442
there is a second resolution

2580
01:14:50,442 --> 01:14:52,443
that will be before the, uh,

2581
01:14:52,443 --> 01:14:56,480
the full board on the 12th. It

2582
01:14:56,480 --> 01:14:58,448
is proposed resolution td 2026.

2583
01:14:59,151 --> 01:15:00,385
Uh, zero two. That would ask

2584
01:15:00,385 --> 01:15:01,920
the executive to develop an

2585
01:15:01,920 --> 01:15:03,421
implementation plan and an

2586
01:15:03,421 --> 01:15:05,821
interlocal agreement to present

2587
01:15:06,191 --> 01:15:07,292
to the board and the county

2588
01:15:07,292 --> 01:15:07,859
council, because they

2589
01:15:07,859 --> 01:15:09,628
d have to

2590
01:15:09,628 --> 01:15:11,162
both would have to approve to

2591
01:15:11,162 --> 01:15:13,665
guide how the work would be

2592
01:15:13,665 --> 01:15:14,899
carried out. Uh, there was a

2593
01:15:14,899 --> 01:15:15,767
striking amendment already

2594
01:15:15,767 --> 01:15:17,569
developed to add some

2595
01:15:17,569 --> 01:15:19,437
clarification. I just want to

2596
01:15:19,437 --> 01:15:20,639
say that we probably need to

2597
01:15:20,639 --> 01:15:21,639
replace that striking

2598
01:15:21,639 --> 01:15:24,390
amendment, which was called

2599
01:15:25,430 --> 01:15:26,412
s-1, with a new one, s2, uh,

2600
01:15:26,412 --> 01:15:27,379
for a couple of reasons. One,

2601
01:15:27,379 --> 01:15:28,914
there were line amendments

2602
01:15:28,914 --> 01:15:30,883
proposed by council members.

2603
01:15:30,883 --> 01:15:32,550
Mosqueda, board members

2604
01:15:32,550 --> 01:15:35,550
Mosqueda and Perry, both of

2605
01:15:35,553 --> 01:15:37,222
which, uh, I think are good

2606
01:15:37,222 --> 01:15:38,923
additions, and I would like to

2607
01:15:38,923 --> 01:15:40,559
include them in the striker.

2608
01:15:40,559 --> 01:15:42,994
And secondly, we might want to

2609
01:15:42,994 --> 01:15:44,262
rewrite this a little bit to

2610
01:15:44,262 --> 01:15:45,630
make sure that we are pointing

2611
01:15:45,630 --> 01:15:45,237
towards the direction we

2612
01:15:45,237 --> 01:15:46,932
ve

2613
01:15:46,932 --> 01:15:48,767
been discussing about the

2614
01:15:48,767 --> 01:15:48,945
future work. I mean, we don

2615
01:15:48,945 --> 01:15:50,202
t

2616
01:15:50,202 --> 01:15:51,503
want to hold off on asking for

2617
01:15:51,503 --> 01:15:53,138
the implementation plan for the

2618
01:15:53,138 --> 01:15:53,639
money, but we also don

2619
01:15:53,639 --> 01:15:55,400
t want

2620
01:15:55,400 --> 01:15:56,308
to tie our hands about what our

2621
01:15:56,308 --> 01:15:57,109
decision is about function. And

2622
01:15:57,109 --> 01:15:58,760
there might need to be a little

2623
01:15:58,760 --> 01:16:00,612
bit of tweaking of the language

2624
01:16:00,612 --> 01:16:04,212
to leave the options open. So

2625
01:16:05,517 --> 01:16:06,852
with that, I plan to continue

2626
01:16:06,852 --> 01:16:09,721
working with staff and legal

2627
01:16:09,721 --> 01:16:13,321
counsel between now and the end

2628
01:16:13,492 --> 01:16:15,394
of the of next meeting on the

2629
01:16:15,394 --> 01:16:16,394
steps the board have to take to

2630
01:16:16,394 --> 01:16:17,729
authorize the Executive

2631
01:16:17,729 --> 01:16:18,163
committee to take the next

2632
01:16:18,163 --> 01:16:19,300
step. And I

2633
01:16:19,300 --> 01:16:20,232
m going to say next

2634
01:16:20,232 --> 01:16:21,232
steps. We

2635
01:16:21,232 --> 01:16:23,232
re really stepping

2636
01:16:24,569 --> 01:16:26,171
this out. Um, but it would be

2637
01:16:26,171 --> 01:16:28,140
an interesting problem to have

2638
01:16:28,140 --> 01:16:31,420
standing up an organization to

2639
01:16:31,420 --> 01:16:33,445
a fund, a set of needs that we

2640
01:16:33,445 --> 01:16:36,810
have not funded adequately for

2641
01:16:36,810 --> 01:16:36,982
a very long time. All right.

2642
01:16:36,982 --> 01:16:37,982
That brings me to the end of

2643
01:16:37,982 --> 01:16:38,183
this agenda item. Unless

2644
01:16:38,183 --> 01:16:39,117
there

2645
01:16:39,117 --> 01:16:40,519
s any more questions or

2646
01:16:40,519 --> 01:16:41,719
discussions, sounds like we

2647
01:16:41,719 --> 01:16:43,522
have a plan. I want to say,

2648
01:16:43,522 --> 01:16:44,623
just again, for the record,

2649
01:16:44,623 --> 01:16:47,192
thank you. Well, thank you,

2650
01:16:47,192 --> 01:16:48,393
first of all, to, um, Board

2651
01:16:48,393 --> 01:16:51,162
Member Fein, who has taken on

2652
01:16:51,162 --> 01:16:52,931
quite a laboring or, uh, and I

2653
01:16:52,931 --> 01:16:54,650
mean, at the risk of sounding a

2654
01:16:54,650 --> 01:16:54,599
little defensive, I

2655
01:16:54,599 --> 01:16:55,670
m going to

2656
01:16:55,670 --> 01:16:56,201
say I

2657
01:16:56,201 --> 01:16:57,135
m very proud of board

2658
01:16:57,135 --> 01:16:57,469
Member Fein, and I

2659
01:16:57,469 --> 01:16:58,703
m going to

2660
01:16:58,703 --> 01:17:00,706
pat myself on the back just a

2661
01:17:00,706 --> 01:17:02,140
little bit. I have zero

2662
01:17:02,140 --> 01:17:03,408
unincorporated roads in my

2663
01:17:03,408 --> 01:17:04,760
district, and she has very

2664
01:17:04,760 --> 01:17:04,676
little, and we

2665
01:17:04,676 --> 01:17:05,430
re doing a lot

2666
01:17:05,430 --> 01:17:06,412
of work. Y

2667
01:17:06,412 --> 01:17:08,146
all.

2668
01:17:08,146 --> 01:17:10,615
And let the and let the people

2669
01:17:10,615 --> 01:17:12,117
say thank you.

2670
01:17:12,117 --> 01:17:13,251
There I was begging for that

2671
01:17:13,251 --> 01:17:14,853
compliment. Thank you so much.

2672
01:17:14,853 --> 01:17:15,987
All right. Um.

2673
01:17:15,987 --> 01:17:16,254
Just say something to that

2674
01:17:16,254 --> 01:17:16,488
effect.

2675
01:17:16,488 --> 01:17:17,823
Please.

2676
01:17:17,823 --> 01:17:19,557
Go ahead. I just I want to

2677
01:17:19,557 --> 01:17:21,426
recognize as somebody who has

2678
01:17:21,426 --> 01:17:21,660
1000mi of King County

2679
01:17:21,660 --> 01:17:23,660
s

2680
01:17:25,300 --> 01:17:26,431
2300mi in my district. So

2681
01:17:26,431 --> 01:17:28,233
almost half of King County in

2682
01:17:28,233 --> 01:17:30,168
my district and 500 of the

2683
01:17:30,168 --> 01:17:30,401
miles of unincorporated road

2684
01:17:30,401 --> 01:17:31,903
that we

2685
01:17:31,903 --> 01:17:33,805
re talking about here.

2686
01:17:33,805 --> 01:17:34,939
Um, and so many in South King

2687
01:17:34,939 --> 01:17:37,709
County were affected by the

2688
01:17:37,709 --> 01:17:39,611
flood. We have an inordinate

2689
01:17:39,611 --> 01:17:41,947
amount of impact from fires,

2690
01:17:41,947 --> 01:17:44,947
floods, bomb cyclones and all

2691
01:17:45,830 --> 01:17:47,520
kinds of things. And so I see

2692
01:17:47,520 --> 01:17:48,353
it a lot. I see it just a lot

2693
01:17:48,353 --> 01:17:51,389
of it. And our people are

2694
01:17:51,389 --> 01:17:54,359
struggling in these cases. And,

2695
01:17:54,359 --> 01:17:56,361
and it it is very gratifying to

2696
01:17:56,361 --> 01:17:57,729
be up here among just a couple

2697
01:17:57,729 --> 01:17:57,929
of us between Councilmember

2698
01:17:57,929 --> 01:17:58,764
Dunn

2699
01:17:58,764 --> 01:17:58,946
s district and mine. We

2700
01:17:58,946 --> 01:18:00,946
re

2701
01:18:01,990 --> 01:18:03,201
at 150,000 people living in

2702
01:18:03,201 --> 01:18:03,401
unincorporated King County. And

2703
01:18:03,401 --> 01:18:05,170
that

2704
01:18:05,170 --> 01:18:06,204
s rural, unincorporated.

2705
01:18:06,204 --> 01:18:08,507
And then we have urban,

2706
01:18:08,507 --> 01:18:10,740
unincorporated, a sky Skyway,

2707
01:18:10,740 --> 01:18:12,410
and North Highline, which is, I

2708
01:18:12,410 --> 01:18:12,586
think 11,000 for Skyway. And

2709
01:18:12,586 --> 01:18:13,746
it

2710
01:18:13,746 --> 01:18:16,470
s a total of maybe 15,

2711
01:18:16,470 --> 01:18:17,548
20,000 folks in there. They

2712
01:18:17,548 --> 01:18:19,830
have different needs, but we

2713
01:18:19,830 --> 01:18:20,318
really, really need this

2714
01:18:20,318 --> 01:18:22,954
support. And to have the

2715
01:18:22,954 --> 01:18:25,223
support of both. Councilmember

2716
01:18:25,223 --> 01:18:27,223
Fein, Councilmember Dombrowski,

2717
01:18:27,926 --> 01:18:31,620
who who I we schemed together

2718
01:18:31,620 --> 01:18:33,165
on this so long ago. And, uh,

2719
01:18:33,165 --> 01:18:34,199
Chair Balducci, it really I

2720
01:18:34,199 --> 01:18:35,967
really, really appreciate the

2721
01:18:35,967 --> 01:18:38,203
fact that all three of you are

2722
01:18:38,203 --> 01:18:38,804
located in very urban spaces.

2723
01:18:38,804 --> 01:18:39,237
Thank you.

2724
01:18:39,237 --> 01:18:39,771
Yeah. No, that

2725
01:18:39,771 --> 01:18:40,872
s fair. And I

2726
01:18:40,872 --> 01:18:41,340
want to I want to add that as

2727
01:18:41,340 --> 01:18:42,941
well that there

2728
01:18:42,941 --> 01:18:45,900
s been, uh, all

2729
01:18:45,900 --> 01:18:46,912
all of us here have lifted this

2730
01:18:46,912 --> 01:18:48,980
work up through effort in the

2731
01:18:48,980 --> 01:18:50,181
last two years. And I feel good

2732
01:18:50,181 --> 01:18:51,183
that we are getting close to a

2733
01:18:51,183 --> 01:18:51,450
decision. I think that

2734
01:18:51,450 --> 01:18:52,484
s the

2735
01:18:52,484 --> 01:18:55,554
important part, is that we get

2736
01:18:55,554 --> 01:18:56,521
to the decision. All right. Um,

2737
01:18:56,521 --> 01:18:58,323
so thank you for a very

2738
01:18:58,323 --> 01:19:00,323
productive discussion today.

2739
01:19:00,358 --> 01:19:00,532
Uh, as we discussed, uh, we

2740
01:19:00,532 --> 01:19:02,270
re

2741
01:19:02,270 --> 01:19:04,930
going to guide the development

2742
01:19:04,930 --> 01:19:07,699
of the striking amendment. And,

2743
01:19:07,699 --> 01:19:09,835
uh, the updated striker to, uh,

2744
01:19:09,835 --> 01:19:10,235
s1 and s2. Uh, I

2745
01:19:10,235 --> 01:19:12,203
m going to

2746
01:19:12,203 --> 01:19:12,378
take the laboring aura on s2.

2747
01:19:12,378 --> 01:19:13,671
We

2748
01:19:13,671 --> 01:19:14,773
re going to continue to use

2749
01:19:14,773 --> 01:19:15,140
council board Member Fein

2750
01:19:15,140 --> 01:19:16,842
s

2751
01:19:16,842 --> 01:19:18,977
amendment as the basis for s1.

2752
01:19:18,977 --> 01:19:19,152
And just reiterate, uh, we

2753
01:19:19,152 --> 01:19:20,746
re

2754
01:19:20,746 --> 01:19:22,514
going to publish today this

2755
01:19:22,514 --> 01:19:24,249
following schedule striking

2756
01:19:24,249 --> 01:19:26,851
amendments, both of them, uh,

2757
01:19:26,851 --> 01:19:29,200
to be issued this Friday, MAY

2758
01:19:29,200 --> 01:19:30,722
29th. Line amendments asked for

2759
01:19:30,722 --> 01:19:33,224
by, uh, close of business

2760
01:19:33,224 --> 01:19:34,793
Tuesday, JUNE 2nd. Full packet

2761
01:19:34,793 --> 01:19:36,194
of amendments published by

2762
01:19:36,194 --> 01:19:38,830
close of business on Friday,

2763
01:19:38,830 --> 01:19:40,799
JUNE 5th for a meeting of the

2764
01:19:40,799 --> 01:19:43,835
full board to be held on

2765
01:19:43,835 --> 01:19:44,330
Friday, JUNE 12th. Uh, we don

2766
01:19:44,330 --> 01:19:44,869
t

2767
01:19:44,869 --> 01:19:45,550
have an exact time yet. We

2768
01:19:45,550 --> 01:19:46,271
re

2769
01:19:46,271 --> 01:19:48,606
working with offices to try to

2770
01:19:48,606 --> 01:19:49,107
get a time board member.

2771
01:19:49,107 --> 01:19:50,242
Domestic. I

2772
01:19:50,242 --> 01:19:53,111
m sorry to go back,

2773
01:19:53,111 --> 01:19:55,747
but I have a question on that

2774
01:19:55,747 --> 01:19:57,849
damn Bellevue tif thing and how

2775
01:19:57,849 --> 01:19:59,350
it interacts about it. This.

2776
01:19:59,350 --> 01:20:00,585
Could someone explain to me?

2777
01:20:00,585 --> 01:20:00,759
And sorry for swearing, but

2778
01:20:00,759 --> 01:20:02,720
it

2779
01:20:02,720 --> 01:20:04,756
s I kind of run around it.

2780
01:20:04,756 --> 01:20:07,592
Are we are we penalizing

2781
01:20:07,592 --> 01:20:09,561
Bellevue in this pass through

2782
01:20:09,561 --> 01:20:10,796
the way the legislation is

2783
01:20:10,796 --> 01:20:12,664
expected to come forward

2784
01:20:12,664 --> 01:20:14,399
because we worked with them on

2785
01:20:14,399 --> 01:20:17,399
a wholly different thing to

2786
01:20:17,603 --> 01:20:19,710
fund the grand connection.

2787
01:20:19,710 --> 01:20:21,873
Uh, as a representative of

2788
01:20:21,873 --> 01:20:22,240
Bellevue. Let me let me.

2789
01:20:22,240 --> 01:20:24,240
Is maybe.

2790
01:20:24,843 --> 01:20:26,644
A and. The word sponsor of, of

2791
01:20:26,644 --> 01:20:29,470
this language. Um, I do not

2792
01:20:29,470 --> 01:20:29,248
believe that we are because

2793
01:20:29,248 --> 01:20:29,548
there

2794
01:20:29,548 --> 01:20:29,718
s and there

2795
01:20:29,718 --> 01:20:30,782
s a

2796
01:20:30,782 --> 01:20:33,652
spreadsheet, and I would be

2797
01:20:33,652 --> 01:20:36,288
happy to walk through it or to

2798
01:20:36,288 --> 01:20:37,789
more, uh, more happy to offer

2799
01:20:37,789 --> 01:20:38,757
Mary Bourguignon to walk you

2800
01:20:38,757 --> 01:20:39,524
through it. You

2801
01:20:39,524 --> 01:20:41,260
ll see if you

2802
01:20:41,260 --> 01:20:42,794
look at it, Bellevue is

2803
01:20:42,794 --> 01:20:44,362
eligible for by the terms of

2804
01:20:44,362 --> 01:20:45,230
the tif legislation adopted by

2805
01:20:45,230 --> 01:20:45,430
the King County Council,

2806
01:20:45,430 --> 01:20:46,864
they

2807
01:20:46,864 --> 01:20:49,670
re eligible to up to $30

2808
01:20:49,670 --> 01:20:51,270
million capped. Yes. They will

2809
01:20:51,270 --> 01:20:52,904
receive $30 million. Okay. No

2810
01:20:52,904 --> 01:20:54,839
matter how we do this. Okay.

2811
01:20:54,839 --> 01:20:56,207
The question is, when it does

2812
01:20:56,207 --> 01:20:57,742
happen more quickly under one

2813
01:20:57,742 --> 01:21:00,145
scenario, a little more slowly.

2814
01:21:00,145 --> 01:21:01,546
With this scenario and the

2815
01:21:01,546 --> 01:21:05,146
bigger question in my mind is

2816
01:21:05,950 --> 01:21:08,950
about where does their funding

2817
01:21:08,953 --> 01:21:11,623
come from? So under the tif

2818
01:21:11,623 --> 01:21:14,392
legislation, there is an offset

2819
01:21:14,392 --> 01:21:17,280
that if and we adopted this as

2820
01:21:17,280 --> 01:21:18,964
proposed by the executive, if

2821
01:21:18,964 --> 01:21:20,866
Bellevue were to receive a

2822
01:21:20,866 --> 01:21:23,869
sales tax pass through by that

2823
01:21:23,869 --> 01:21:24,469
ordinance, it offsets the tif.

2824
01:21:24,469 --> 01:21:25,403
So they get.

2825
01:21:25,403 --> 01:21:25,770
Up to the part of the deal they

2826
01:21:25,770 --> 01:21:25,940
negotiate.

2827
01:21:25,940 --> 01:21:27,500
It

2828
01:21:27,500 --> 01:21:29,907
s just part of the deal.

2829
01:21:29,907 --> 01:21:31,943
This now creates a this is the

2830
01:21:31,943 --> 01:21:34,913
complicated part, a kind of,

2831
01:21:34,913 --> 01:21:37,913
uh, infinity loop of offsets.

2832
01:21:38,916 --> 01:21:39,317
Oh, uh, where some of the sales

2833
01:21:39,317 --> 01:21:39,518
tax.

2834
01:21:39,518 --> 01:21:40,685
Doesn

2835
01:21:40,685 --> 01:21:41,286
t really matter.

2836
01:21:41,286 --> 01:21:42,187
Some of it doesn

2837
01:21:42,187 --> 01:21:43,555
t pass through

2838
01:21:43,555 --> 01:21:44,790
to Bellevue and remains in the

2839
01:21:44,790 --> 01:21:46,692
roads Fund. And the benefit of

2840
01:21:46,692 --> 01:21:49,360
that is more money to roads

2841
01:21:49,360 --> 01:21:51,262
division. They will still

2842
01:21:51,262 --> 01:21:52,764
receive enough pass through,

2843
01:21:52,764 --> 01:21:54,466
nevertheless, that it will

2844
01:21:54,466 --> 01:21:56,368
trigger the offset of property

2845
01:21:56,368 --> 01:21:56,635
tax. Nevertheless, they

2846
01:21:56,635 --> 01:21:58,203
ll get

2847
01:21:58,203 --> 01:21:59,404
to get their $30 million at the

2848
01:21:59,404 --> 01:22:00,405
end of the day. And I have

2849
01:22:00,405 --> 01:22:01,739
talked to them extensively

2850
01:22:01,739 --> 01:22:01,913
about this. And while they

2851
01:22:01,913 --> 01:22:02,840
re

2852
01:22:02,840 --> 01:22:04,342
not going to come down and say,

2853
01:22:04,342 --> 01:22:04,676
yes, please do this complicated

2854
01:22:04,676 --> 01:22:05,610
thing, they

2855
01:22:05,610 --> 01:22:06,780
re not objecting to

2856
01:22:06,780 --> 01:22:06,411
it, okay?

2857
01:22:06,411 --> 01:22:07,345
It won

2858
01:22:07,345 --> 01:22:08,446
t affect their ability

2859
01:22:08,446 --> 01:22:08,880
to issue the debt and all of

2860
01:22:08,880 --> 01:22:10,582
that because.

2861
01:22:10,582 --> 01:22:11,683
Of also they have the choice,

2862
01:22:11,683 --> 01:22:13,552
the same choice that every

2863
01:22:13,552 --> 01:22:14,753
district, every city will have

2864
01:22:14,753 --> 01:22:16,154
under the proposed c tip

2865
01:22:16,154 --> 01:22:18,423
program to choose not to take

2866
01:22:18,423 --> 01:22:19,824
the. If so, if they did feel

2867
01:22:19,824 --> 01:22:21,326
that accepting the sales tax

2868
01:22:21,326 --> 01:22:21,659
was hurting them, they could

2869
01:22:21,659 --> 01:22:22,261
say, we don

2870
01:22:22,261 --> 01:22:23,362
t want the sales

2871
01:22:23,362 --> 01:22:24,195
tax. We want to stick with the

2872
01:22:24,195 --> 01:22:25,597
tif deal.

2873
01:22:25,597 --> 01:22:26,497
Okay.

2874
01:22:26,497 --> 01:22:27,650
We wrapped up. It

2875
01:22:27,650 --> 01:22:27,565
s it

2876
01:22:27,565 --> 01:22:28,266
s it

2877
01:22:28,266 --> 01:22:30,266
s

2878
01:22:30,301 --> 01:22:31,636
really like stroke inducing how

2879
01:22:31,636 --> 01:22:32,704
complicated this is. And

2880
01:22:32,704 --> 01:22:33,872
probably by the way, I made a

2881
01:22:33,872 --> 01:22:34,940
joke in the lawyers directions

2882
01:22:34,940 --> 01:22:36,408
before I need to say thank you.

2883
01:22:36,408 --> 01:22:37,475
They both worked very, very

2884
01:22:37,475 --> 01:22:38,810
hard to get that language

2885
01:22:38,810 --> 01:22:40,311
right. Sorry.

2886
01:22:40,311 --> 01:22:41,346
Go ahead sir. No thanks. I

2887
01:22:41,346 --> 01:22:42,347
probably I don

2888
01:22:42,347 --> 01:22:43,949
t know why we

2889
01:22:43,949 --> 01:22:45,450
conflated these two things, but

2890
01:22:45,450 --> 01:22:47,485
that happened. I would just

2891
01:22:47,485 --> 01:22:47,852
like to my personal view to get

2892
01:22:47,852 --> 01:22:48,620
there. I don

2893
01:22:48,620 --> 01:22:49,620
t know the names,

2894
01:22:49,620 --> 01:22:50,956
but I would like to just keep

2895
01:22:50,956 --> 01:22:52,323
Bellevue whole in the simplest

2896
01:22:52,323 --> 01:22:53,240
way. We did a $30 million deal

2897
01:22:53,240 --> 01:22:53,558
with them. That

2898
01:22:53,558 --> 01:22:55,126
s what I think

2899
01:22:55,126 --> 01:22:55,326
we got to honor. But I guess

2900
01:22:55,326 --> 01:22:56,761
there

2901
01:22:56,761 --> 01:22:58,463
s a wrinkle wrinkle in

2902
01:22:58,463 --> 01:22:59,564
it. So if we need some language

2903
01:22:59,564 --> 01:23:00,665
here, Councilmember relativity,

2904
01:23:00,665 --> 01:23:01,999
that would make sure we

2905
01:23:01,999 --> 01:23:03,968
re not

2906
01:23:03,968 --> 01:23:05,170
penalizing them. I would be

2907
01:23:05,170 --> 01:23:07,570
inclined to support that.

2908
01:23:07,839 --> 01:23:08,390
Okay. I, I think the way we

2909
01:23:08,390 --> 01:23:09,941
ve

2910
01:23:09,941 --> 01:23:10,142
done this achieves that. It

2911
01:23:10,142 --> 01:23:12,142
doesn

2912
01:23:13,812 --> 01:23:16,212
t penalize them while

2913
01:23:17,480 --> 01:23:18,316
retaining the maximum amount of

2914
01:23:18,316 --> 01:23:19,718
sales tax within the roads

2915
01:23:19,718 --> 01:23:20,718
fund, as opposed to passing it

2916
01:23:20,718 --> 01:23:21,886
to Bellevue and having it

2917
01:23:21,886 --> 01:23:23,287
offset the general fund in the

2918
01:23:23,287 --> 01:23:24,189
county. I mean, that was the

2919
01:23:24,189 --> 01:23:24,426
choice, really. It was like,

2920
01:23:24,426 --> 01:23:25,156
who

2921
01:23:25,156 --> 01:23:26,900
s going to benefit from

2922
01:23:26,900 --> 01:23:27,910
this? Somebody was going to

2923
01:23:27,910 --> 01:23:29,227
either the general fund in the

2924
01:23:29,227 --> 01:23:31,162
county or the sales tax that we

2925
01:23:31,162 --> 01:23:33,598
passed through that we collect

2926
01:23:33,598 --> 01:23:35,167
for roads. And it felt like a

2927
01:23:35,167 --> 01:23:36,167
balance because there will be

2928
01:23:36,167 --> 01:23:37,168
an offset that benefits the

2929
01:23:37,168 --> 01:23:40,171
general fund. There will be an

2930
01:23:40,171 --> 01:23:42,207
offset that benefits the sales

2931
01:23:42,207 --> 01:23:43,442
tax for roads. And Bellevue

2932
01:23:43,442 --> 01:23:44,576
will get their full 30 million

2933
01:23:44,576 --> 01:23:44,809
benefit out of the tif. It

2934
01:23:44,809 --> 01:23:46,809
s

2935
01:23:48,446 --> 01:23:51,446
just kind of complicated. Yeah.

2936
01:23:52,517 --> 01:23:53,552
Okay. Uh. Thank you. That was

2937
01:23:53,552 --> 01:23:56,287
the mental workout I needed

2938
01:23:56,287 --> 01:23:57,388
today. Um, all right.

2939
01:23:57,388 --> 01:23:57,722
Doing all the staff reporting

2940
01:23:57,722 --> 01:23:58,923
here.

2941
01:23:58,923 --> 01:23:59,558
Uh, yeah, I just I

2942
01:23:59,558 --> 01:24:00,758
m sorry. You

2943
01:24:00,758 --> 01:24:01,920
all I am, I just, uh, it

2944
01:24:01,920 --> 01:24:01,262
s a

2945
01:24:01,262 --> 01:24:02,427
it

2946
01:24:02,427 --> 01:24:02,627
s a I hope this doesn

2947
01:24:02,627 --> 01:24:04,462
t

2948
01:24:04,462 --> 01:24:05,630
become a habit with me. And I

2949
01:24:05,630 --> 01:24:06,464
apologize for doing so much

2950
01:24:06,464 --> 01:24:07,465
talking. The staff has been

2951
01:24:07,465 --> 01:24:07,966
doing, as you can see from the

2952
01:24:07,966 --> 01:24:08,566
materials, they

2953
01:24:08,566 --> 01:24:09,968
ve done a ton

2954
01:24:09,968 --> 01:24:11,302
of work to help inform

2955
01:24:11,302 --> 01:24:13,104
everything. I just wanted to

2956
01:24:13,104 --> 01:24:15,373
kind of hurt us. Towards the

2957
01:24:15,373 --> 01:24:15,552
12th. All right. I think we

2958
01:24:15,552 --> 01:24:16,174
ve

2959
01:24:16,174 --> 01:24:16,742
made it. I think we

2960
01:24:16,742 --> 01:24:18,742
ve done it.

2961
01:24:18,843 --> 01:24:21,843
Any other questions or issues

2962
01:24:22,480 --> 01:24:23,715
to come before the body seeing

2963
01:24:23,715 --> 01:24:24,782
none. We have a plan and we

2964
01:24:24,782 --> 01:24:25,984
will be working towards the

2965
01:24:25,984 --> 01:24:27,252
12th. And I look forward to

2966
01:24:27,252 --> 01:24:28,687
seeing you all. Then this

2967
01:24:28,687 --> 01:24:30,687
meeting is adjourned.