1 00:00:01,434 --> 00:00:06,400 Transit Riders Union, and the urban. we will be hearing 2 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:08,966 tonight from candidates running for Seattle City Council 3 00:00:08,966 --> 00:00:12,000 position nine which is a citywide position rather than 4 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:15,401 representing a specific district um and as an aside, 5 00:00:15,401 --> 00:00:18,467 there is also an election this year for city council position 6 00:00:18,467 --> 00:00:20,200 eight happening although we chose not to host a forum for 7 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:25,467 that race. Um our moderator tonight is Erica C Barnett. 8 00:00:25,467 --> 00:00:28,000 Erica is a local reporter covering politics, 9 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:30,634 transportation, housing, homelessness, and urban. She’s 10 00:00:30,634 --> 00:00:34,301 been a ride editor at publications such as Huffington 11 00:00:34,301 --> 00:00:38,101 Post, Strangers, Seattle, Weekly, Shakespeare, The Austin 12 00:00:38,101 --> 00:00:42,034 Chronicle, and many, many more including at her own website, 13 00:00:42,034 --> 00:00:45,933 Paola. She is also the author of Quitter, a memoir of 14 00:00:45,933 --> 00:00:49,533 Drinking relapse and recovery which was published last year 15 00:00:49,533 --> 00:00:55,701 and you can find Her@paola.com or on Twitter at Paola News our 16 00:00:55,701 --> 00:00:59,467 questions for this evening were submitted to Erica from all of 17 00:00:59,467 --> 00:01:01,867 the cosponsored organizations as well as from audience 18 00:01:01,867 --> 00:01:05,267 members who submitted questions during registration. Um we’ll 19 00:01:05,267 --> 00:01:08,467 also be taking questions from the audience during the form 20 00:01:08,467 --> 00:01:11,534 itself through the Q and A box. So, be sure to submit your 21 00:01:11,534 --> 00:01:14,167 questions there rather than in the chat box which we won’t be 22 00:01:14,167 --> 00:01:17,334 moderating as closely. Um tonight, captioning is 23 00:01:17,334 --> 00:01:20,534 available and can be shown or hidden on your device and we’ll 24 00:01:20,534 --> 00:01:23,367 be sharing recording and a full transcript after the event as 25 00:01:23,367 --> 00:01:27,233 well. Uh if missed it. You can also check out the recording 26 00:01:27,233 --> 00:01:30,500 and transcript of our mayoral candidate forum which took 27 00:01:30,500 --> 00:01:35,068 place last week. and with that, I will turn it over to our 28 00:01:35,068 --> 00:01:38,501 moderator. Erica, thank you so much for being here. Good 29 00:01:38,501 --> 00:01:41,501 evening, everybody. Um I’m excited to be with you all on 30 00:01:41,501 --> 00:01:44,134 this beautiful night. I’m hosting this forum for city 31 00:01:44,134 --> 00:01:47,267 council position nine which is Clara mentioned um is an open 32 00:01:47,267 --> 00:01:50,500 seat which means that everybody in Seattle can vote in this 33 00:01:50,500 --> 00:01:54,467 election. Um thanks to the Mass Coalition and all the partner 34 00:01:54,467 --> 00:01:56,167 organizations for making this conversation possible. Um the 35 00:01:56,167 --> 00:02:00,767 format for is as follows. We’ll kick things off with a couple 36 00:02:00,767 --> 00:02:03,467 minute introductory statement from each of our three 37 00:02:03,467 --> 00:02:05,500 candidates here tonight Followed by questions that each 38 00:02:05,500 --> 00:02:10,000 of the candidates will get 90 seconds to answer um and Ingrid 39 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:15,633 will be um monitoring time and letting you know uh via um 40 00:02:15,633 --> 00:02:18,334 cards that you can see on your screen um when you’re running 41 00:02:18,334 --> 00:02:21,934 out of time and there will also be a uh an auditory queue um in 42 00:02:21,934 --> 00:02:26,966 the form of a very lovely uh beep So, please try to stick to 43 00:02:26,966 --> 00:02:30,734 90 seconds um and then during this portion of tonight’s 44 00:02:30,734 --> 00:02:33,434 forum, each of the candidates will have 90 Seconds, 190 45 00:02:33,434 --> 00:02:37,467 second opportunity to uh to jump in uh provide additional 46 00:02:37,467 --> 00:02:41,200 context to one of their answers to respond to something another 47 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:45,534 candidate said um and to use that opportunity just um jump 48 00:02:45,534 --> 00:02:49,734 in verbally wave your hands like mad. Um get at me in the 49 00:02:49,734 --> 00:02:54,267 chat, whatever it takes. um and uh and and please do use that 50 00:02:54,267 --> 00:02:57,601 opportunity um and then after the We will have a lightning 51 00:02:57,601 --> 00:03:01,500 round of yes or no and very short answer questions and now, 52 00:03:01,500 --> 00:03:04,767 it is my honor to introduce the candidates for Position nine 53 00:03:04,767 --> 00:03:09,501 Seattle City Council Sarah Nelson, Brianna Thomas, and 54 00:03:09,501 --> 00:03:13,267 Nikita Oliver and we will begin with an opening statement by 55 00:03:13,267 --> 00:03:16,500 Nikita Oliver. 56 00:03:21,134 --> 00:03:26,133 Good evening or early evening everyone. My name is Nikita 57 00:03:26,133 --> 00:03:30,000 Oliver. I use they them pronouns. I am a community 58 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:33,000 organizer, attorney executive director, adjunct professor, 59 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:36,900 renter, and worker and I’ve organized with no dapple 60 00:03:36,900 --> 00:03:38,600 mascots advocated for divestment from from Wells 61 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:41,000 Fargo and advocated for municipal bank and progressive 62 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:44,867 taxation. We’re in a state of emergency. the climate 63 00:03:44,867 --> 00:03:47,900 catastrophe is now housing affordability, homelessness, 64 00:03:47,900 --> 00:03:52,000 and an economic recession. If our city is to address these 65 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:54,966 issues we need elected who can bring together intersecting 66 00:03:54,966 --> 00:03:58,566 communities and industries for bold solutions now to solve 67 00:03:58,566 --> 00:04:01,434 these crisis, we must first take an approach in a sinner’s 68 00:04:01,434 --> 00:04:03,934 racial equity and worker power to eliminate racist 69 00:04:03,934 --> 00:04:06,934 exclusionary zoning, build great workforce housing, have 70 00:04:06,934 --> 00:04:10,601 safer streets, a walkable city, and a fully funded, equitable 71 00:04:10,601 --> 00:04:13,667 transportation system. We need a just transition multi systems 72 00:04:13,667 --> 00:04:16,466 alignment, a 2024 comprehensive plan that reflects these 73 00:04:16,466 --> 00:04:20,767 commitments, accessibility and universal design and we need to 74 00:04:20,767 --> 00:04:24,334 have a pipeline to green union jobs as a candidate endorsed by 75 00:04:24,334 --> 00:04:28,700 the MLK Labor Council, ATU 587 Transit Riders, Seattle Sunrise 76 00:04:28,700 --> 00:04:32,234 Movement, Puget Sound Sage, former Council member Michael 77 00:04:32,234 --> 00:04:35,201 O’Brien, Current Council member Tammy Morales, Senator Saldana 78 00:04:35,201 --> 00:04:38,034 State reps, Johnson Harris Stallion Simmons. I know that 79 00:04:38,034 --> 00:04:41,568 I’m a candidate who can bring together partners across 80 00:04:41,568 --> 00:04:44,134 bureaucracies, labor bipoc worker, grassroots communities 81 00:04:44,134 --> 00:04:47,067 to address the climate crisis have a walkable city, transit, 82 00:04:47,067 --> 00:04:51,300 and housing for all 83 00:04:51,533 --> 00:04:57,200 Thank you. Um next uh Brianna Thomas. 84 00:04:57,367 --> 00:05:00,967 Good evening, everybody. I am Brianna Thomas and I’m running 85 00:05:00,967 --> 00:05:04,934 for city council position is the inter said and I am running 86 00:05:04,934 --> 00:05:08,400 because I have spent the time working inside the systems that 87 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:13,367 you all know well um have the propensity to get in our way. 88 00:05:13,367 --> 00:05:17,000 The bureaucracy that you could cut through red tape with a 89 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:21,701 machete ideally, the frustration about how we have 90 00:05:21,701 --> 00:05:25,034 so many problems that our interface right this second and 91 00:05:25,034 --> 00:05:28,867 not enough. It’s not enough motion not enough passion to 92 00:05:28,867 --> 00:05:32,000 get in there and do the work. I think think in the last 5 93 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,000 years, I’ve been working with the Seattle City Council. I 94 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:38,200 have seen the importance of turning rhetorical phrases into 95 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:40,867 actual real results whether that’s working for labor, 96 00:05:40,867 --> 00:05:43,734 standard policies or you know, partnering with many of you on 97 00:05:43,734 --> 00:05:48,400 this video tonight. Last year, we were renewing St. Tbd. I 98 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:52,700 understand that it takes months sometimes to go from a really 99 00:05:52,700 --> 00:05:55,634 good idea that for a very obvious problem in our 100 00:05:55,634 --> 00:05:59,434 communities I think that made manifest passing policies that 101 00:05:59,434 --> 00:06:03,434 help the most vulnerable Right now, I am proud to be endorsed 102 00:06:03,434 --> 00:06:06,667 by former council member Larry Gossett by Deborah Inman by 103 00:06:06,667 --> 00:06:10,767 Mona Dos by Cindy Ryu, by Senator Steve Hobbs because 104 00:06:10,767 --> 00:06:14,067 they know that we do need a regional approach to these 105 00:06:14,067 --> 00:06:17,167 challenges and that I am the person who’s phone call they 106 00:06:17,167 --> 00:06:19,934 want to take when it’s time to get down to the nitty gritty of 107 00:06:19,934 --> 00:06:22,567 it. I’m looking forward to talking tonight about 108 00:06:22,567 --> 00:06:24,333 environmental sustainability about what equitable 109 00:06:24,333 --> 00:06:27,967 development looks like and how we can all have a conversation. 110 00:06:27,967 --> 00:06:31,967 That doesn’t hit each other against each other but really 111 00:06:31,967 --> 00:06:35,466 meaning is a conversation about what we’d like to see for our 112 00:06:35,466 --> 00:06:39,534 future, our cities, and quite frankly, uh you know, I I’m 113 00:06:39,534 --> 00:06:41,867 running for future old Brianna because I want to age in place 114 00:06:41,867 --> 00:06:44,266 in the city and I want to be able to get around on transit 115 00:06:44,266 --> 00:06:46,934 while I do it. So, I look forward to this conversation. 116 00:06:46,934 --> 00:06:51,667 Thank you for having me. Thank you. And next we’ll go to Sarah 117 00:06:51,667 --> 00:06:54,734 Nelson 118 00:06:56,433 --> 00:07:00,234 Hi, everybody. Thank you for this monumental effort to get 119 00:07:00,234 --> 00:07:04,433 us all together. I really appreciate the opportunity I am 120 00:07:04,433 --> 00:07:08,501 a small business owner running for city council because I 121 00:07:08,501 --> 00:07:11,867 believe that Seattle’s going in the wrong direction and I’ll 122 00:07:11,867 --> 00:07:14,934 bring the practical experience leadership that’s needed right 123 00:07:14,934 --> 00:07:19,200 now at heart. I’m a policy nerd who watches the Seattle channel 124 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:23,967 for fun. I served as Richard Conn Council member Richard 125 00:07:23,967 --> 00:07:28,300 Collins LA for close to 10 years starting in 2002 when he 126 00:07:28,300 --> 00:07:33,667 was transportation share on through presidency when um when 127 00:07:33,667 --> 00:07:38,401 they’re planning the tunnel and uh so I learned a lot about 128 00:07:38,401 --> 00:07:40,234 transportation planning and how it should be made in the 129 00:07:40,234 --> 00:07:43,201 intricacies thereof. My husband and I own Fremont Brewery. If 130 00:07:43,201 --> 00:07:46,767 you’ve ever been to our tasting room, you know how much um real 131 00:07:46,767 --> 00:07:50,400 estate we dedicate to bike racks but it’s never enough and 132 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:53,633 we will. We also requested that SAT install racks in the street 133 00:07:53,633 --> 00:07:57,500 to keep cars from parking in the thirty foot no parking zone 134 00:07:57,500 --> 00:08:01,501 but basically we subsidize our employees gift cards. We give a 135 00:08:01,501 --> 00:08:05,533 lot of free beer to local pet and bike nonprofits including 136 00:08:05,533 --> 00:08:09,901 sponsoring many of cascade bike clubs, major rides like um Stp, 137 00:08:09,901 --> 00:08:14,934 My top priorities are economic recovery and getting um back to 138 00:08:14,934 --> 00:08:19,034 the main job of local government which is delivering 139 00:08:19,034 --> 00:08:22,000 basic services and that’s relevant tonight because 140 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:25,934 transportation is one of the charter services that have been 141 00:08:25,934 --> 00:08:31,700 underfunded and um little bit mismanaged one of my priorities 142 00:08:31,700 --> 00:08:36,534 on under transportation is to prioritize the advancement of 143 00:08:36,534 --> 00:08:39,634 Et’s model integration policy framework to bring together the 144 00:08:39,634 --> 00:08:43,467 bike freight, transit, and pedestrian master plans into 145 00:08:43,467 --> 00:08:48,634 one uh modal plan to prioritize investments. There are tensions 146 00:08:48,634 --> 00:08:53,533 in the uses of our streets and so uh having a consistent 147 00:08:53,533 --> 00:08:57,034 coherent policy toward planning uh is necessary and that’s the 148 00:08:57,034 --> 00:09:01,134 kind of leader I’ll be attention to I’m endorsed by. 149 00:09:01,134 --> 00:09:05,734 I’ll get that in the next thing. Thank you. I appreciate 150 00:09:05,734 --> 00:09:08,134 everybody respecting the time and remember, as as I said 151 00:09:08,134 --> 00:09:12,000 before, we uh went live. You can always go for less 90 152 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:15,101 seconds if you want. That means we’ll get some more questions. 153 00:09:15,101 --> 00:09:19,201 Um okay, so our first uh question um goes first to 154 00:09:19,201 --> 00:09:22,201 Brianna Thomas. Should Seattle strive to be a fifteen-minute 155 00:09:22,201 --> 00:09:26,700 city and if so, how 156 00:09:28,068 --> 00:09:31,834 Yes, please. I would love that. Um so, I think that we all 157 00:09:31,834 --> 00:09:34,567 discovered during COVID when mobility around our communities 158 00:09:34,567 --> 00:09:38,500 was limited due to a global pandemic that each of our 159 00:09:38,500 --> 00:09:40,933 neighborhoods became more important than ever. I live in 160 00:09:40,933 --> 00:09:45,234 the West Seattle Junction where I am fortunate to not live in a 161 00:09:45,234 --> 00:09:48,000 food desert. I am fortunate to have access to health care and 162 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:51,934 important to have a reliable transportation on the island 163 00:09:51,934 --> 00:09:54,601 and I’m fortunate that I am in a part of the city that has 164 00:09:54,601 --> 00:09:59,067 access to many many schools and even got a movie theater. Not 165 00:09:59,067 --> 00:10:01,834 to mention ay but that that ability to have all those 166 00:10:01,834 --> 00:10:05,400 things that I need in my community is a supreme 167 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:08,101 privilege and it shouldn’t be. we shouldn’t have to worry 168 00:10:08,101 --> 00:10:10,534 about food access. We shouldn’t have to worry about reliable 169 00:10:10,534 --> 00:10:13,233 transit. We shouldn’t have to worry about whether or not 170 00:10:13,233 --> 00:10:18,601 someone can see um an an urgent care provider in the case of an 171 00:10:18,601 --> 00:10:21,034 emergency. So, building communities that do have all 172 00:10:21,034 --> 00:10:24,934 those things right there. live, work, play, thrive in a 173 00:10:24,934 --> 00:10:31,001 fifteen-minute bubble should be all of the city. Yes. 174 00:10:32,500 --> 00:10:35,967 Sarah Nelson is next. 175 00:10:38,966 --> 00:10:44,000 Absolutely And uh I think that the confluence of these 176 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:47,934 organizations are uh and and the way that you push the city 177 00:10:47,934 --> 00:10:52,034 to um to recognize your priorities and get them done is 178 00:10:52,034 --> 00:10:55,066 is how we do it. Bringing people together to advance ways 179 00:10:55,066 --> 00:10:59,933 in which people can get around their neighborhoods safely and 180 00:10:59,933 --> 00:11:03,267 quickly. It also requires support for neighborhood 181 00:11:03,267 --> 00:11:06,367 business districts and uh service providers and uh and 182 00:11:06,367 --> 00:11:12,567 neighborhood So, density, multi modal transportation options, 183 00:11:12,567 --> 00:11:20,000 and and then healthy business community, etcetera. So, I am 184 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:24,434 not going to use my 90 seconds. I do believe however that um 185 00:11:24,434 --> 00:11:28,501 how to pay for it is an issue and you’ll hear me saying this 186 00:11:28,501 --> 00:11:32,500 more than once tonight. Um there we can go back to the 187 00:11:32,500 --> 00:11:37,500 voters now that I’m in the threat of um you know uh 188 00:11:37,500 --> 00:11:40,634 raising you know going back to for the $60 that’s still on the 189 00:11:40,634 --> 00:11:45,567 table by the enabling legislation for um ELF is is a 190 00:11:45,567 --> 00:11:52,000 potential source of funding. Thank you. And uh finally, 191 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:58,468 Nikkita. Oliver. Absolutely. Yes. we need a 15 minute. 192 00:11:58,468 --> 00:12:01,034 walkable city but the real question is, how and how do we 193 00:12:01,034 --> 00:12:05,734 do it equitably? Uh we need to first eliminate exclusionary 194 00:12:05,734 --> 00:12:09,734 zoning. Uh it has made it so the density. uh 80% of it is 195 00:12:09,734 --> 00:12:13,401 being built on 12% of the land and ultimately, it’s also 196 00:12:13,401 --> 00:12:16,266 displacing uh low-income communities by communities, 197 00:12:16,266 --> 00:12:20,134 worker communities. So, as we move towards this walkable 198 00:12:20,134 --> 00:12:23,033 city, we need to build around transportation hubs that are 199 00:12:23,033 --> 00:12:24,901 preexisting and transportation hubs that we will know exist 200 00:12:24,901 --> 00:12:30,501 and and we have to prioritize Social green, uh affordable 201 00:12:30,501 --> 00:12:33,567 workforce housing so that workers can live close to where 202 00:12:33,567 --> 00:12:36,101 they play, where they live, where they access services. We 203 00:12:36,101 --> 00:12:40,134 also have to acknowledge that and in many neighborhoods where 204 00:12:40,134 --> 00:12:42,568 people have in this place, there’s a lack of access to 205 00:12:42,568 --> 00:12:46,401 groceries, services, amenities, and so many of our workers 206 00:12:46,401 --> 00:12:48,867 travel long distances to maybe the one grocery store in their 207 00:12:48,867 --> 00:12:51,134 neighborhood. I live in the Rainier Beach neighborhood and 208 00:12:51,134 --> 00:12:54,400 we literally only have one safe way to access. So, really 209 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:57,567 addressing the issues around What are the services that 210 00:12:57,567 --> 00:13:00,400 people need to access doing that in lockstep with our 211 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:03,034 transportation development and developing our housing plan 212 00:13:03,034 --> 00:13:06,067 that prioritize workers and low-income communities around 213 00:13:06,067 --> 00:13:08,534 this transportation Hubs and services and amenities is going 214 00:13:08,534 --> 00:13:13,934 to going to be key to doing it in an equitable way. Thank you. 215 00:13:13,934 --> 00:13:17,000 Um our next question is an audience question. um submitted 216 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:21,300 before the forum um and it is how do you balance the need for 217 00:13:21,300 --> 00:13:23,534 public open spaces and recreational areas with the 218 00:13:23,534 --> 00:13:26,500 need for affordable permanent housing for people experiencing 219 00:13:26,500 --> 00:13:32,501 homelessness and for this one, we’ll start with Sarah Nelson 220 00:13:40,468 --> 00:13:44,633 Sarah, you’re on mute. 221 00:13:46,967 --> 00:13:50,567 sir. We can’t hear you. Yeah, I know. I’m trying to find a 222 00:13:50,567 --> 00:13:54,934 little thingy. We balance it by addressing effectively. 223 00:13:54,934 --> 00:13:58,700 Finally, our um our homelessness emergency that has 224 00:13:58,700 --> 00:14:02,600 been an emergency since 2015. I don’t think that we should be 225 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:06,500 asking how do we balance uh everyone being able to access 226 00:14:06,500 --> 00:14:12,533 the commons and um and allow for people to as a last resort 227 00:14:12,533 --> 00:14:18,566 have to have no other options. So, I take on this question is 228 00:14:18,566 --> 00:14:23,500 that we’ve got to restructure our uh our response to the 229 00:14:23,500 --> 00:14:26,334 increasing numbers of people living unsheltered and provide 230 00:14:26,334 --> 00:14:31,701 real solutions like uh in a in a variety of short, medium, and 231 00:14:31,701 --> 00:14:34,633 long-term housing. I’m sure that everybody who’s listening 232 00:14:34,633 --> 00:14:39,500 agrees with this. The point is why has it not been done and 233 00:14:39,500 --> 00:14:41,934 how do we go forward and I think that it hasn’t been done 234 00:14:41,934 --> 00:14:44,900 and because of a failure of leadership, a failure of 235 00:14:44,900 --> 00:14:48,967 understanding and be able to to deliver the services that 236 00:14:48,967 --> 00:14:52,301 people need and and uh and I would say that mental health 237 00:14:52,301 --> 00:14:57,167 and substance induce uh substance abuse disorder are 238 00:14:57,167 --> 00:15:03,434 key part of solving this problem and so um you know, so 239 00:15:03,434 --> 00:15:06,667 let’s let’s make some progress on this issue and then talk 240 00:15:06,667 --> 00:15:14,000 about um open space and and and how um whether or not uh 241 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:17,000 etcetera. I’m I’m getting off track but uh I don’t think it’s 242 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:21,867 an either or I think that these are um the first is our 243 00:15:21,867 --> 00:15:26,000 humanitarian and policy failure of being able to deal with 244 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:31,134 homelessness and um it’s immoral that we haven’t gotten 245 00:15:31,134 --> 00:15:36,000 past this Um I’m going to use my prerogative to ask a very 246 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,601 quick follow up which is um since the question was about uh 247 00:15:38,601 --> 00:15:42,801 parks and recreational areas. Do you support um removing 248 00:15:42,801 --> 00:15:47,001 encampments from parks in certain circumstances? Yes, I’m 249 00:15:47,001 --> 00:15:50,966 not going to go into you know, the certain circumstances 250 00:15:50,966 --> 00:15:56,700 people have got to be provided housing obviously 251 00:15:57,033 --> 00:16:02,000 But that was the crooks of the question. When was it not Yeah. 252 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:08,468 Thank you. Um okay, next. um on this question on Nikita Oliver 253 00:16:08,468 --> 00:16:10,567 Erica, do you actually just mind repeating the question 254 00:16:10,567 --> 00:16:14,034 because I lost track of it listening to I apologize. Yeah, 255 00:16:14,034 --> 00:16:16,967 no problem. It’s uh how do you balance to be for public open 256 00:16:16,967 --> 00:16:21,300 spaces and recreational areas with the need for affordable 257 00:16:21,300 --> 00:16:24,501 housing for people experiencing homelessness? Thank you so 258 00:16:24,501 --> 00:16:27,501 much. Yeah so I think first off, We just just have to 259 00:16:27,501 --> 00:16:29,900 accept the fact that exclusionary zoning has meant 260 00:16:29,900 --> 00:16:33,200 that uh majority of our city is not sharing the density that’s 261 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:36,967 needed to be built. So, there are neighborhoods that do have 262 00:16:36,967 --> 00:16:39,534 parks and green spaces while neighborhoods like the one that 263 00:16:39,534 --> 00:16:43,434 I live in um in the Rainier Beach area has taken on a huge 264 00:16:43,434 --> 00:16:46,967 amount of density um and has eliminated the possibility of 265 00:16:46,967 --> 00:16:50,701 us having those green spaces in our fifteen-minute walk area. 266 00:16:50,701 --> 00:16:53,201 It’s also made it so many of us cannot afford to live here. I 267 00:16:53,201 --> 00:16:57,101 live in the very edge of Rainier Beach So, addressing 268 00:16:57,101 --> 00:16:59,934 exclusionary zoning. open up for neighborhood residential, 269 00:16:59,934 --> 00:17:03,600 the whole of the city, sharing the density that needs to be 270 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:07,334 built. um and having affordable housing. As I said earlier 271 00:17:07,334 --> 00:17:11,400 around Key transportation hubs and prioritizing workforce 272 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:14,600 housing and transitional housing um and supports for our 273 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:17,834 neighbors and outside is going to be key if neighborhoods that 274 00:17:17,834 --> 00:17:21,134 have been denied access to green spaces are going to have 275 00:17:21,134 --> 00:17:23,901 those spaces. So, it really is a matter of sharing the density 276 00:17:23,901 --> 00:17:27,900 and the bur of addressing our health and affordability crisis 277 00:17:27,900 --> 00:17:30,566 to ensure that every neighborhood has access to 278 00:17:30,566 --> 00:17:35,567 green spaces and affordable workforce housing. and Brianna 279 00:17:35,567 --> 00:17:41,001 Thomas. Yeah. Thank you for this question. I thought about 280 00:17:41,001 --> 00:17:42,933 golf courses. You guys remember when we have that conversation 281 00:17:42,933 --> 00:17:45,233 about whether or not we should take all the golf courses out 282 00:17:45,233 --> 00:17:48,334 of the city of Seattle and put affordable housing on it and it 283 00:17:48,334 --> 00:17:51,134 was quite the this is this makes me think of that space. 284 00:17:51,134 --> 00:17:53,967 one, I think there is absolutely a need for green 285 00:17:53,967 --> 00:17:56,934 space. It’s part of our one of the best things about living in 286 00:17:56,934 --> 00:17:58,867 Seattle. We’ve got beautiful parks. We’ve got nationally 287 00:17:58,867 --> 00:18:01,267 recognized parks and people should be able to to walk to 288 00:18:01,267 --> 00:18:05,401 them. I think underlying the question as well is how are we 289 00:18:05,401 --> 00:18:08,101 going to have a conversation about putting affordable 290 00:18:08,101 --> 00:18:10,500 housing in every corner of the city to Nikki’s point and and 291 00:18:10,500 --> 00:18:13,967 you know, they’re absolutely Exclusionary zoning is the 292 00:18:13,967 --> 00:18:16,633 scourge of our land Use code. It is how we got to the place 293 00:18:16,633 --> 00:18:20,000 that we are right now that not in my backyard attitude has put 294 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:22,301 it in everybody’s backyard and everybody’s park and 295 00:18:22,301 --> 00:18:25,367 everybody’s playground and everybody’s sidewalk. So, we 296 00:18:25,367 --> 00:18:27,300 need to have a real hard conversation with ourselves 297 00:18:27,300 --> 00:18:31,066 about why we let that go on for generations at a time and let 298 00:18:31,066 --> 00:18:33,433 folks end up in the condition that they in which is 299 00:18:33,433 --> 00:18:37,501 foundational inhumane and an embarrassment to us as a city 300 00:18:37,501 --> 00:18:39,967 within a state of emergency that’s been around for over 5 301 00:18:39,967 --> 00:18:43,667 years. Um I think that one of the other things that we’ve got 302 00:18:43,667 --> 00:18:46,068 to really focus on is incentivizing small landlords 303 00:18:46,068 --> 00:18:48,700 that are good actors to continue to be good actors to 304 00:18:48,700 --> 00:18:51,634 continue to support the naturally-occurring affordable 305 00:18:51,634 --> 00:18:54,300 housing um that you know, you still find a small pockets of 306 00:18:54,300 --> 00:18:56,634 in West Seattle but it’s quickly diminishing across the 307 00:18:56,634 --> 00:18:59,934 city as a whole and figuring out how we can incentivize 308 00:18:59,934 --> 00:19:03,600 folks to return and to encourage black ownership of 309 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:06,466 those properties because that’s how we’re going going to deal 310 00:19:06,466 --> 00:19:09,367 with the huge gap that gotten in the intergenerational 311 00:19:09,367 --> 00:19:14,600 wealth. Alright, the next question is about um traffic 312 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:17,634 enforcement. What is your position on police involvement 313 00:19:17,634 --> 00:19:23,467 with traffic enforcement? We’ll start with uh Oliver I think 314 00:19:23,467 --> 00:19:27,534 police should be out of traffic enforcement. Um it is one of 315 00:19:27,534 --> 00:19:33,434 the biggest reasons why we see pretext stops. Um it is a 316 00:19:33,434 --> 00:19:37,034 highly racially disproportionate uh and the 317 00:19:37,034 --> 00:19:40,000 community’s like Rainier Beach or Aurora or the Central 318 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:43,600 District where there are over police communities. Those stops 319 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:48,101 happen at higher rates and may result in incidents of of Es or 320 00:19:48,101 --> 00:19:52,134 even police brutality. So, removing police officers from 321 00:19:52,134 --> 00:19:54,734 that particular form of enforcement is a way of 322 00:19:54,734 --> 00:19:57,767 creating safety and there are other means of of addressing 323 00:19:57,767 --> 00:20:05,001 traffic issues that don’t include cops Brianna Thomas. 324 00:20:05,001 --> 00:20:07,367 Yeah, absolutely. But we’re going to make sure that we 325 00:20:07,367 --> 00:20:09,167 remember we have to bargain that change in working 326 00:20:09,167 --> 00:20:11,666 condition and that means sitting down at the table with 327 00:20:11,666 --> 00:20:15,501 Spo as we have tried several times in the last few years to 328 00:20:15,501 --> 00:20:18,767 not, you know, or any of our shared goals for the outcomes 329 00:20:18,767 --> 00:20:24,833 there. Um I think the other thing to consider is whether or 330 00:20:24,833 --> 00:20:28,901 not the penal of speeding, right? Like is that what are we 331 00:20:28,901 --> 00:20:31,534 what are we are we really changing human behavior by 332 00:20:31,534 --> 00:20:34,801 having police officers frightened folks that are black 333 00:20:34,801 --> 00:20:37,167 and brown because we have learned to be frightened of the 334 00:20:37,167 --> 00:20:40,900 police. What do we solving here with this problem and is it 335 00:20:40,900 --> 00:20:44,601 pretext for revenue collection and if so, where else can we 336 00:20:44,601 --> 00:20:48,934 get that revenue from? Um but I think that’s really what to me 337 00:20:48,934 --> 00:20:51,567 speaks to the heart of how we’re doing that line of 338 00:20:51,567 --> 00:20:57,400 business Yeah. Stop talking now. 339 00:20:57,934 --> 00:21:03,500 and uh Sarah Nelson. I have to note that I completely 340 00:21:03,500 --> 00:21:06,101 misunderstood. The last question. I thought that the 341 00:21:06,101 --> 00:21:09,500 question was, how do we balance parks and people living in 342 00:21:09,500 --> 00:21:12,901 parks? So, I am sorry I gave the wrong. I get an answer to 343 00:21:12,901 --> 00:21:19,301 the wrong question. Anyway, um I think that uh a good place to 344 00:21:19,301 --> 00:21:22,933 start with um the racial disparities in traffic 345 00:21:22,933 --> 00:21:28,567 enforcement is to uh have better cops and um so why are 346 00:21:28,567 --> 00:21:33,667 we just accepting that we will have um racism in policing 347 00:21:33,667 --> 00:21:37,400 forever If that is one reason why we would consider not 348 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:42,000 having police officers enforce traffic laws. So, I would start 349 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:45,934 there. Uh I do recognize what Rihanna said is this is a 350 00:21:45,934 --> 00:21:49,401 contract issue and so that would be a heavy lift. I think 351 00:21:49,401 --> 00:21:55,133 that um community policing would be a better use of funds 352 00:21:55,133 --> 00:22:01,667 for Sd. I recognized that also sometimes police officers 353 00:22:01,667 --> 00:22:04,967 encounter situations where uh it is good to have a uniformed 354 00:22:04,967 --> 00:22:12,434 police officer and um We do need to discourage people’s 355 00:22:12,434 --> 00:22:15,434 speeding through neighborhoods to attain our vision. zero 356 00:22:15,434 --> 00:22:21,567 goals. So, um how to balance all of those competing 357 00:22:21,567 --> 00:22:25,834 interests. I’m not really sure. it’s a complicated question 358 00:22:25,834 --> 00:22:33,066 that um I can’t say absolutely yes or no to Alright. Um next 359 00:22:33,066 --> 00:22:37,100 question is about zoning which some of you have uh brought up 360 00:22:37,100 --> 00:22:39,800 already. Um this is a very comprehensive yes, Brianna 361 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:42,434 here. I’m going to use a 90 seconds. Oh, there’s there’s 362 00:22:42,434 --> 00:22:46,167 your hand up. if you’re doing it. Exactly right. Yeah, just 363 00:22:46,167 --> 00:22:50,000 let in. Um thank you so much. I’m going to use my 90 seconds 364 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:54,134 to ask uh candidate Nelson a question. um on that response, 365 00:22:54,134 --> 00:22:57,133 I understand that you studied the intersection of policing 366 00:22:57,133 --> 00:23:02,101 and race as part of your PHD and so I think that it’s fair 367 00:23:02,101 --> 00:23:06,934 to ask um how you the intersection of race and 368 00:23:06,934 --> 00:23:09,434 policing in the city particularly with traffic stops 369 00:23:09,434 --> 00:23:12,600 and II. Just I just wanted to just follow up on that because 370 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:16,000 I do think you’ve got a subject matter expertise there. Well, I 371 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:19,234 also have um okay, I’m just going to jump in and say um for 372 00:23:19,234 --> 00:23:22,233 this answer. Um so it’s a little unorthodox. Um I’ll uh 373 00:23:22,233 --> 00:23:28,134 I’ll give Sarah a 60 seconds to respond 374 00:23:29,401 --> 00:23:33,367 what I learned about uh the intersection of gender race 375 00:23:33,367 --> 00:23:38,968 class is that uh training is the most important thing above 376 00:23:38,968 --> 00:23:42,733 the subject Position of the person who is actually uh in a 377 00:23:42,733 --> 00:23:49,466 position of power So, that gets, you know, so and and not 378 00:23:49,466 --> 00:23:52,601 just training but cultural mindset. I was looking at women 379 00:23:52,601 --> 00:23:57,934 um police officers and how they treated poor uh women, you 380 00:23:57,934 --> 00:24:03,300 know, uh black women from the faves. So, uh but I understand 381 00:24:03,300 --> 00:24:07,767 that stops are often used to uh to get somebody for another 382 00:24:07,767 --> 00:24:11,467 crime completely. So um or not a friend just a check. It’s 383 00:24:11,467 --> 00:24:16,300 it’s harassment, etcetera. So, I recognize think what you’re 384 00:24:16,300 --> 00:24:23,734 getting at there. I’m I’m done. Thank you. Alright. Yeah. Next 385 00:24:23,734 --> 00:24:27,633 question. Um we’re going to talk about zoning. Um city’s 386 00:24:27,633 --> 00:24:31,167 comprehensive plan will be updated during your term. Uh 387 00:24:31,167 --> 00:24:34,967 what role con zoning changes play and redress the the legacy 388 00:24:34,967 --> 00:24:38,101 of Redlining and building a more sustainable future and I 389 00:24:38,101 --> 00:24:42,433 think I’m still correcting the order. I think Brianna is first 390 00:24:42,433 --> 00:24:46,201 on this one. If not, we’re starting with that. Yeah, I 391 00:24:46,201 --> 00:24:49,700 think we’re going through the order what we are now. Here I 392 00:24:49,700 --> 00:24:53,667 am. Um yeah, I think uh I think that you know, all of us have 393 00:24:53,667 --> 00:24:56,000 touched on that and several of our answers beforehand but we 394 00:24:56,000 --> 00:25:01,100 do have to recognize that the history of Redlining has 395 00:25:01,100 --> 00:25:03,900 predicated the outcomes of communities, their educational 396 00:25:03,900 --> 00:25:06,501 outcomes, their economic outcomes, their health 397 00:25:06,501 --> 00:25:09,100 disparities, the children in South Park are still suffering 398 00:25:09,100 --> 00:25:12,167 rates of asthma at three times the rate of children in the 399 00:25:12,167 --> 00:25:15,433 north end of our city and so when we’re talking about how 400 00:25:15,433 --> 00:25:17,501 we’re going to build, it’s gotta be from a position of 401 00:25:17,501 --> 00:25:19,767 understanding that The infrastructure that we’re 402 00:25:19,767 --> 00:25:21,200 building needs to be sustainable. It needs to be 403 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:25,467 green and it needs to build us toward an environment uh bold 404 00:25:25,467 --> 00:25:29,067 city moving forward because we are still absorbing 405 00:25:29,067 --> 00:25:31,500 environmental refugees. People are still moving to Seattle 406 00:25:31,500 --> 00:25:33,701 despite what the news tells you and we should be building the 407 00:25:33,701 --> 00:25:37,667 city for the future right now Um and then when it comes to 408 00:25:37,667 --> 00:25:41,167 building workforce housing, I think that making sure that we 409 00:25:41,167 --> 00:25:45,567 are continuing to concentrate poverty is a major major 410 00:25:45,567 --> 00:25:48,167 culture shift for the city of Seattle because we have such a 411 00:25:48,167 --> 00:25:51,900 history of doing so. We need mixed income housing and we 412 00:25:51,900 --> 00:25:55,934 need to figure how we’re going to advocate for stronger MFTE 413 00:25:55,934 --> 00:25:58,634 returns because right now, 12, years of housing, 12, years of 414 00:25:58,634 --> 00:26:01,467 tax credit only gets you 4 years of affordable housing. 415 00:26:01,467 --> 00:26:05,633 making sure we are advocating for our positional to expand 416 00:26:05,633 --> 00:26:12,167 that program and it’s benefits to the community will be key 417 00:26:12,501 --> 00:26:17,701 Thank you. Uh next is Sara Nelson. 418 00:26:24,434 --> 00:26:28,067 Can you please repeat the question? Sure. Um the question 419 00:26:28,067 --> 00:26:30,534 is um the city’s comprehensive plan will be updated during 420 00:26:30,534 --> 00:26:34,267 your term. What role con zoning changes play in addressing the 421 00:26:34,267 --> 00:26:37,133 legacy of redlining and building a more sustainable 422 00:26:37,133 --> 00:26:44,601 future So, uh we do need more housing and yet we also have to 423 00:26:44,601 --> 00:26:48,466 prevent the displacement of people already here. So, uh so 424 00:26:48,466 --> 00:26:51,466 it’s two fold. So, when you talk about zoning changes, uh 425 00:26:51,466 --> 00:26:55,367 we need to increase density. We need to encourage uh 426 00:26:55,367 --> 00:26:59,034 residential infill so that people can age in place and 427 00:26:59,034 --> 00:27:03,001 also perhaps uh generate more income to be able to stay in 428 00:27:03,001 --> 00:27:07,501 their homes and then uh building more units that will 429 00:27:07,501 --> 00:27:11,667 free up the uh they they might be market rate. I would but 430 00:27:11,667 --> 00:27:15,434 there uh there is um you know the pool we’ve already in the 431 00:27:15,434 --> 00:27:21,967 MFT but there’s also um the mandatory housing affordability 432 00:27:21,967 --> 00:27:25,900 funds and matching those with perhaps more federal and state 433 00:27:25,900 --> 00:27:28,734 grants to be able to create more subsidized, affordable 434 00:27:28,734 --> 00:27:32,667 housing. So, zoning changes have to happen. First, one 435 00:27:32,667 --> 00:27:36,466 place to do that is uh is the plan right now that it’s a 436 00:27:36,466 --> 00:27:40,466 proposal to allow for housing on top of uh religious 437 00:27:40,466 --> 00:27:43,134 organizations. Uh well on the property of religious 438 00:27:43,134 --> 00:27:47,467 organizations that would require land use and uh that 439 00:27:47,467 --> 00:27:51,600 the organization would be the provider of that housing. So, 440 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:55,467 infill and and different ways of going about to create 441 00:27:55,467 --> 00:28:02,101 exactly uh workforce housing uh level units in uh in places 442 00:28:02,101 --> 00:28:06,367 that have born the brunt of um of our racist history of 443 00:28:06,367 --> 00:28:09,067 redlining. It’s those communities that we need to 444 00:28:09,067 --> 00:28:15,834 focus on. Uh first Alright, thank you. Um and Nikita. 445 00:28:15,834 --> 00:28:21,934 Oliver. So, in 1923, a guy by the name of parliament, 446 00:28:21,934 --> 00:28:24,801 Bartholomew, a known segregationist is who helped us 447 00:28:24,801 --> 00:28:29,901 develop our plan for city but exclusionary zoning in place to 448 00:28:29,901 --> 00:28:33,533 market it. Things like our industrial lands and then you 449 00:28:33,533 --> 00:28:36,666 put redlining on top of that and our racial wealth gap is 450 00:28:36,666 --> 00:28:39,534 deeply steeped in the lack of access not just to affordable 451 00:28:39,534 --> 00:28:44,500 housing but also a lack of access to home equity. So, as 452 00:28:44,500 --> 00:28:48,533 we move into our comprehensive plan, 2024, yes, we need to 453 00:28:48,533 --> 00:28:51,600 have neighborhood residential throughout all of the city and 454 00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:55,234 also protect our industrial lands. We have to have a plan 455 00:28:55,234 --> 00:28:59,067 for what you call Coops Community Land Trust and home 456 00:28:59,067 --> 00:29:01,933 ownership look like withstanding the fact that many 457 00:29:01,933 --> 00:29:05,401 white families have built their wealth out of their home 458 00:29:05,401 --> 00:29:09,967 equity. So, prioritizing home supports for bipoc communities 459 00:29:09,967 --> 00:29:12,468 is going to be key if we’re going to see the racial wealth 460 00:29:12,468 --> 00:29:16,834 gap be addressed as a part of our comprehensive uh 2024 plan 461 00:29:16,834 --> 00:29:19,468 and then there’s also just building mass amounts of 462 00:29:19,468 --> 00:29:21,934 workforce, affordable housing, many of our bipoc communities 463 00:29:21,934 --> 00:29:27,601 and Workers are cost burden spending way more than 30% of 464 00:29:27,601 --> 00:29:32,600 their income on housing and around 60% on transportation. 465 00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:35,133 This prevents families being able to save it, prevents them 466 00:29:35,133 --> 00:29:37,934 from being able to buy homes and and when things happen like 467 00:29:37,934 --> 00:29:42,000 a health crisis or they lose a job, we pushed even further 468 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:44,866 into debt. So, thinking about our comprehensive plan as it 469 00:29:44,866 --> 00:29:47,467 aligns with our goals for closing that racial wealth gap, 470 00:29:47,467 --> 00:29:49,967 having more opportunities for home ownership and building 471 00:29:49,967 --> 00:29:51,600 workforce. Affordable housing in the city is going to really 472 00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:56,500 be key to addressing up. Alright. thank you. and I want 473 00:29:56,500 --> 00:30:00,600 to just remind anybody um who’s watching on Zoom that um if you 474 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:05,066 want to submit a question, uh please do so in the Q and A box 475 00:30:05,066 --> 00:30:09,601 not in the chat. Um next question is about public 476 00:30:09,601 --> 00:30:12,501 transit. Um free public transit, um major cities from 477 00:30:12,501 --> 00:30:16,734 Paris to LA are contemplating free public transit. some like 478 00:30:16,734 --> 00:30:20,600 Tala Estonia and entire country of Luxembourg already have it. 479 00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:24,034 Olympia Inner City Transit went fairly starting in January. 480 00:30:24,034 --> 00:30:27,001 2020, do you agree with this goal and if so, what will you 481 00:30:27,001 --> 00:30:30,867 do to pursue free transit in Seattle in our region and if 482 00:30:30,867 --> 00:30:35,000 not. Why not? And we will start with Nikkita. Oliver. 483 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:38,667 Absolutely. Yes. we need free transit and I want to 484 00:30:38,667 --> 00:30:40,267 acknowledge young people at Rainier Beach High School who 485 00:30:40,267 --> 00:30:43,100 fought for the Orca Opportunity program because I saw that 486 00:30:43,100 --> 00:30:47,001 students needed free transit. Uh I want to acknowledge that 487 00:30:47,001 --> 00:30:49,533 we’ve seen programs like the US program actually be very 488 00:30:49,533 --> 00:30:53,033 effective in the 90s um and with Stanley that in that time 489 00:30:53,033 --> 00:30:56,034 where people could live close to work and school but we know 490 00:30:56,034 --> 00:30:58,500 that free transit helps families. We know that free 491 00:30:58,500 --> 00:31:00,234 transit is really important for building a city that is 492 00:31:00,234 --> 00:31:03,933 accessible but free transit is not So, we need to find ways to 493 00:31:03,933 --> 00:31:07,567 fund it and thinking about uh how seventy to about 80% of our 494 00:31:07,567 --> 00:31:11,500 transit in our is subsidized. We could be working with the 495 00:31:11,500 --> 00:31:14,667 county and the state to see if there’s the possibility of the 496 00:31:14,667 --> 00:31:18,501 county having a small payroll tax one that does not pay the 497 00:31:18,501 --> 00:31:22,600 city tax to be able to have a regional plan for a free 498 00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:24,267 transit through King County Metro because it’s not just 499 00:31:24,267 --> 00:31:28,000 people living in Seattle who are having issues with a lack 500 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:30,500 of access to transportation is a regional issue. I run a King 501 00:31:30,500 --> 00:31:35,434 County program for young people who struggle to get access to 502 00:31:35,434 --> 00:31:37,701 resources in Seattle because they don’t have access to an 503 00:31:37,701 --> 00:31:41,434 equitable transit system once they hit eighteen 1920, 504 00:31:41,434 --> 00:31:44,867 Twenty-four, there’s not equitable services for them. 505 00:31:44,867 --> 00:31:48,934 So, working with the county pursuing progressive taxation 506 00:31:48,934 --> 00:31:51,967 are all going to be really key aspects to building a system 507 00:31:51,967 --> 00:31:54,634 that has high levels of service and it’s free so that more 508 00:31:54,634 --> 00:32:03,534 people will be willing to use it Thank you, Sarah Nelson. 509 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:13,466 My question is, why are we going to let people who can 510 00:32:13,466 --> 00:32:16,434 afford transit and the businesses that are 511 00:32:16,434 --> 00:32:21,434 participating in the the commute reduction program which 512 00:32:21,434 --> 00:32:24,600 subsidize Orca cards. Why are we going to be letting people 513 00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:29,534 that can afford it and uh and businesses off the hook and uh 514 00:32:29,534 --> 00:32:33,434 if we do that, how are we going to replace the Fair Box 515 00:32:33,434 --> 00:32:41,133 revenue? Um and II agree that um that there that there ways 516 00:32:41,133 --> 00:32:46,301 to reduce or make free transit for people that are low income 517 00:32:46,301 --> 00:32:51,801 or who cannot uh basically, low-income people and one model 518 00:32:51,801 --> 00:32:55,434 for that is the US system. It could be expanded citywide that 519 00:32:55,434 --> 00:32:59,501 increased ridership and and uh was successful in in the 520 00:32:59,501 --> 00:33:04,634 localized area. We could offer something like that Um Orca is 521 00:33:04,634 --> 00:33:08,534 uh the orcas can be tweaked to be means tested and uh the 522 00:33:08,534 --> 00:33:13,267 problem is that there jurisdictions who are involved 523 00:33:13,267 --> 00:33:17,001 in the Orca program So, that could be complicated but that 524 00:33:17,001 --> 00:33:20,000 would be a place that I would start but again, um making 525 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:24,034 something free for businesses and people who can’t afford it. 526 00:33:24,034 --> 00:33:30,134 I don’t, why would we do that? right. Uh Brianna Thomas and I 527 00:33:30,134 --> 00:33:32,800 apologize. I got uh I got the names out of order this time. I 528 00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:36,433 have to do that at least once before it’s the law. So now 529 00:33:36,433 --> 00:33:39,000 I’ve done it and we’ll return to the same order on the next 530 00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:43,000 question but uh for now, Brianna, you’re up Alright, 531 00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:46,966 thank you. Um yeah, I absolutely support the goal of 532 00:33:46,966 --> 00:33:51,100 free transit for all um but we do want to recognize that right 533 00:33:51,100 --> 00:33:53,766 now, we have made transportation accessible, 534 00:33:53,766 --> 00:33:56,801 particularly transit for quite a few groups of people Um with 535 00:33:56,801 --> 00:34:01,534 the Svg, we made it accessible for essential workers. We have 536 00:34:01,534 --> 00:34:04,601 bus passes available for Seattle public school students 537 00:34:04,601 --> 00:34:08,434 um and 60% of the revenue that we collect right now is from 538 00:34:08,434 --> 00:34:11,167 corporations. So, if you want to talk about who’s actually 539 00:34:11,167 --> 00:34:15,566 paying for a thing, it is currently 60% being paid for by 540 00:34:15,566 --> 00:34:18,934 corporations sponsorship. Um you know, it’s not an Amazon 541 00:34:18,934 --> 00:34:21,400 text but I will take it as a start. I think one of the other 542 00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:24,434 things we have to think about is not just whether or not free 543 00:34:24,434 --> 00:34:28,567 transportation is is the goal but good transportation should 544 00:34:28,567 --> 00:34:31,067 be the goal. A free bus that comes every 30 minutes on a 545 00:34:31,067 --> 00:34:33,834 route that needs service. Every fifteen doesn’t actually solve 546 00:34:33,834 --> 00:34:37,567 the problem. I think we’re all aiming at which is increased 547 00:34:37,567 --> 00:34:40,466 transit ridership So developing transit in places that makes it 548 00:34:40,466 --> 00:34:43,701 easier for folks to get to making sure those Service hours 549 00:34:43,701 --> 00:34:47,001 are being distributed and I’m talking like early, early 550 00:34:47,001 --> 00:34:49,033 morning, late late at night because not everybody is a nine 551 00:34:49,033 --> 00:34:51,434 to five worker. People don’t do business and move around the 552 00:34:51,434 --> 00:34:54,034 city just during daylight hours. We need to make sure 553 00:34:54,034 --> 00:34:57,101 that transportation is accessible to everyone in 554 00:34:57,101 --> 00:34:59,767 Seattle around the clock and I agree with that. In fact, we 555 00:34:59,767 --> 00:35:03,567 need to build build out a more robust and thoughtful regional 556 00:35:03,567 --> 00:35:07,666 approach with our partners over at King County but I don’t want 557 00:35:07,666 --> 00:35:14,534 to get in a trap of sacrificing good transit for free transit 558 00:35:14,900 --> 00:35:22,467 Thank you. Um our next question um is about greenhouse gas 559 00:35:22,467 --> 00:35:25,701 emissions. Seattle’s greenhouse gas emissions are not on track 560 00:35:25,701 --> 00:35:28,667 to meet our city stated climate goals, transportation accounts 561 00:35:28,667 --> 00:35:32,600 for 60% of Seattle’s emissions. So shifting to low carbon modes 562 00:35:32,600 --> 00:35:35,000 like transit biking, walking and rolling is a climate 563 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:38,466 necessity If elected. what is the highest impact action you 564 00:35:38,466 --> 00:35:44,734 would take to make this happen? and we’ll start with Brianna 565 00:35:44,734 --> 00:35:48,500 Yes. For a backpack. Um so, definitely transportation 566 00:35:48,500 --> 00:35:50,300 infrastructure being built so that people are getting out of 567 00:35:50,300 --> 00:35:53,867 their cars Also, green development and infill are we 568 00:35:53,867 --> 00:35:56,667 know that you know, buildings are the number two polluter are 569 00:35:56,667 --> 00:35:59,167 the number one. So, let’s build transportation. So, we’ve got 570 00:35:59,167 --> 00:36:00,601 less cars on the road and let’s make sure that the 571 00:36:00,601 --> 00:36:04,000 infrastructure we’re building around the city is green is 572 00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:06,000 sustainable and does encourage a fifteen-minute walkable 573 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:08,633 neighborhood so I don’t have to get in my car to do a thing and 574 00:36:08,633 --> 00:36:16,034 I will not a believer that answer Sarah Nelson. Alright. 575 00:36:16,034 --> 00:36:20,034 Well, um my contribution to this will be to serve as a 576 00:36:20,034 --> 00:36:24,000 bridge to work more effectively with the private sector and 577 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:26,601 partner with businesses on solutions because we’re never 578 00:36:26,601 --> 00:36:29,733 going to reach our carbon neutrality goals unless we 579 00:36:29,733 --> 00:36:32,034 figure out ways to get the business community to step up 580 00:36:32,034 --> 00:36:35,967 their investments in electric vehicles. encourage mode ship 581 00:36:35,967 --> 00:36:39,133 by mode shift by participating in the commute to production 582 00:36:39,133 --> 00:36:42,467 program providing bike racks, showers, etcetera and who 583 00:36:42,467 --> 00:36:47,200 better to initiate this reset this um reaching out for um for 584 00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:54,534 for uh better than a small business owner who has uh who’s 585 00:36:54,534 --> 00:36:58,900 business has a reputation for um for sustainability. So, what 586 00:36:58,900 --> 00:37:03,134 I’ll be focusing on is increasing participation in CR 587 00:37:03,134 --> 00:37:08,000 CTR by 30% within the first 2 years in office and incentivize 588 00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:14,434 um other ways to uh get more businesses online. So, um and 589 00:37:14,434 --> 00:37:19,300 speaking of bridges, I will uh also try to Delo the four SA 590 00:37:19,300 --> 00:37:22,634 programs that currently work on reducing greenhouse gas 591 00:37:22,634 --> 00:37:27,067 emissions and transportation Uh right now, it Streetcar Transit 592 00:37:27,067 --> 00:37:31,200 and the bike program and if the goal is to reduce greenhouse 593 00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:34,567 gases and transportation, these programs should be working 594 00:37:34,567 --> 00:37:38,634 together, not competing for resources, because cooperation 595 00:37:38,634 --> 00:37:41,100 will lead to faster implementation of our climate 596 00:37:41,100 --> 00:37:45,433 goals. Um infrastructure planning will be more cohesive 597 00:37:45,433 --> 00:37:49,634 and the value adds in The investments will be multiplied 598 00:37:49,634 --> 00:37:55,634 Thank you to Oliver So, in my understanding is that 50% of 599 00:37:55,634 --> 00:38:00,466 the 60% is single occupancy vehicles and so we have to get 600 00:38:00,466 --> 00:38:04,467 cars off the road and that is a part of having this 601 00:38:04,467 --> 00:38:07,633 transportation system that allows multi modal 602 00:38:07,633 --> 00:38:12,867 transportation that is safe uh where people can walk cycle um 603 00:38:12,867 --> 00:38:17,034 take public transit to work, school childcare and as we’ve 604 00:38:17,034 --> 00:38:19,734 already said earlier, doing this in lockstep with the 605 00:38:19,734 --> 00:38:22,800 development of housing ending racist exclusionary zoning, 606 00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:26,200 having an infill strategies that have multiple options of 607 00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:29,934 housing are all key. There’s also having social affordable 608 00:38:29,934 --> 00:38:33,234 green housing. Um we have to build green now and so as a 609 00:38:33,234 --> 00:38:35,867 city council member, I want to push us as a city to make that 610 00:38:35,867 --> 00:38:38,534 commitment that all new buildings will be green and 611 00:38:38,534 --> 00:38:42,500 acknowledge that it’s time to get off oil and gas and move 612 00:38:42,500 --> 00:38:45,167 forward into a green economy and that has to happen with a 613 00:38:45,167 --> 00:38:48,467 just transition though. we need to do it in partnership with 614 00:38:48,467 --> 00:38:50,266 Labor to ensure that those workers that are transitioning 615 00:38:50,266 --> 00:38:54,267 to have access to pensions have access to job retraining um and 616 00:38:54,267 --> 00:38:56,500 that we do so in a way that honors the labor movement. So 617 00:38:56,500 --> 00:39:01,001 having pre apprentice apprenticeship programs, uh 618 00:39:01,001 --> 00:39:03,468 pipelines to unionized jobs will also be a really big part 619 00:39:03,468 --> 00:39:07,733 of building a comprehensive green Seattle that has a green 620 00:39:07,733 --> 00:39:10,801 economy 621 00:39:10,900 --> 00:39:13,967 Alright. Um we have gotten a bunch of questions about 622 00:39:13,967 --> 00:39:17,800 sidewalks um and so I’m going to sort of encapsulate all of 623 00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:22,201 them as um both. what will you do to build sidewalks in areas 624 00:39:22,201 --> 00:39:27,067 of the city that are missing sidewalks and um and how will 625 00:39:27,067 --> 00:39:30,333 you ensure that sidewalks are clear and accessible for people 626 00:39:30,333 --> 00:39:36,068 who are biking, walking and rolling and um we will start 627 00:39:36,068 --> 00:39:39,100 with Sarah 628 00:39:39,933 --> 00:39:46,600 Um we have made promises to uh North Seattle and South South 629 00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:53,300 Seattle, Southeast Seattle to build sidewalks and uh um it’s 630 00:39:53,300 --> 00:39:56,167 likely that we’ll not reach our goals. The the most expensive 631 00:39:56,167 --> 00:39:58,666 part about building sidewalks is dealing with the drainage 632 00:39:58,666 --> 00:40:01,901 issues. So, we need to prioritize our investments and 633 00:40:01,901 --> 00:40:06,834 we should be putting sidewalks on major arterial so where they 634 00:40:06,834 --> 00:40:10,700 where they don’t exist right now. Uh for example on Aurora 635 00:40:10,700 --> 00:40:16,000 between 115th and 145th that is a with frequent transit and 636 00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:19,400 should have sidewalks. So, we we should be targeting 637 00:40:19,400 --> 00:40:22,634 sidewalks if we can’t build them all, then, we should be 638 00:40:22,634 --> 00:40:26,434 targeting them along frequent transit first uh in Southeast 639 00:40:26,434 --> 00:40:30,534 Seattle, there are uh there are many streets that um 640 00:40:30,534 --> 00:40:35,567 neighborhood streets that could benefit from these natural 641 00:40:35,567 --> 00:40:38,200 drainage systems if we can’t get sidewalks everywhere, then 642 00:40:38,200 --> 00:40:42,201 there are the community has been asking for uh walkways and 643 00:40:42,201 --> 00:40:48,934 natural systems have the advantage of providing AAA, 644 00:40:48,934 --> 00:40:55,434 soft curve. That could be uh implemented faster for uh to 645 00:40:55,434 --> 00:40:57,401 accommodate the need for sidewalks and safer streets 646 00:40:57,401 --> 00:41:04,000 there but um the pet master plan calls for sidewalks near 647 00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:08,034 um frequent transit and uh has a point system for deciding 648 00:41:08,034 --> 00:41:10,800 where to you know, how to prioritize where to put them 649 00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:15,666 but we should be putting sidewalks first on our with 650 00:41:15,666 --> 00:41:22,434 frequent transit. Thank you. And Nikita. Oliver. 651 00:41:22,434 --> 00:41:23,867 I I believe that when we make 652 00:41:23,867 --> 00:41:27,367 decisions around our budget, it shows our values and where we 653 00:41:27,367 --> 00:41:30,634 align and our city has continued to say that we do not 654 00:41:30,634 --> 00:41:34,600 value disability justice. We are being inherently ableist in 655 00:41:34,600 --> 00:41:36,167 the the way that we’re addressing the pedestrian 656 00:41:36,167 --> 00:41:40,900 master plan by not focusing clear resources and to building 657 00:41:40,900 --> 00:41:43,933 sidewalks with curve cutouts so that community members that are 658 00:41:43,933 --> 00:41:46,567 in wheelchairs or other modes of movement around the city can 659 00:41:46,567 --> 00:41:49,734 access public transit services and amenities. So, we cannot 660 00:41:49,734 --> 00:41:53,500 talk about a walkable city if we not make the clear and 661 00:41:53,500 --> 00:41:56,200 needed investments and sidewalks especially in Aurora 662 00:41:56,200 --> 00:41:59,633 or in South Seattle where I live where people are walking 663 00:41:59,633 --> 00:42:02,466 great distances to access public transit and this 664 00:42:02,466 --> 00:42:05,267 attaches to our vision zero goal. If we’re going to 665 00:42:05,267 --> 00:42:10,466 actually get to um ending fatalities serious fatalities 666 00:42:10,466 --> 00:42:13,601 uh while people are walking or in cars, sidewalks are going to 667 00:42:13,601 --> 00:42:16,634 be a huge part of of doing that. So, when it comes to the 668 00:42:16,634 --> 00:42:19,134 Seattle Levy where we’ve actually failed right now to 669 00:42:19,134 --> 00:42:22,600 meet our goals, we need to find a way prioritize in our budget 670 00:42:22,600 --> 00:42:25,667 that 91 million dollars that we said said we were committed to 671 00:42:25,667 --> 00:42:29,201 for the pedestrian master plan and be committed to be in a 672 00:42:29,201 --> 00:42:33,067 city that honors disability justice and get sidewalks and 673 00:42:33,067 --> 00:42:35,934 curb cut outs in place not just in the areas where we know 674 00:42:35,934 --> 00:42:37,600 transit is located but especially in the areas where 675 00:42:37,600 --> 00:42:41,633 we know children are where we know uh community members 676 00:42:41,633 --> 00:42:43,634 accessing affordable housing are because it’s really 677 00:42:43,634 --> 00:42:50,667 important Thank you uh Brianna Thomas. Yeah. and I do disagree 678 00:42:50,667 --> 00:42:54,167 a little bit with Sarah on the prioritization of arterial with 679 00:42:54,167 --> 00:42:56,000 transportation because I do think our neighborhoods that 680 00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:58,434 house our elders and our children and our folks that are 681 00:42:58,434 --> 00:43:01,934 definitely able. they need sidewalks too. They need 682 00:43:01,934 --> 00:43:03,467 sustainably. I’m not sustainably. I’m so sorry 683 00:43:03,467 --> 00:43:06,501 y’all. I’m just hot in here. I’m not sustainably but like 684 00:43:06,501 --> 00:43:09,067 predictability and how they’re going to move through their 15 685 00:43:09,067 --> 00:43:11,534 minute neighborhoods if we want neighborhoods to be 15 minutes 686 00:43:11,534 --> 00:43:14,566 walkable. you gotta have somewhere to walk. I think one 687 00:43:14,566 --> 00:43:18,000 of the more innovative things that we to do is just to let 688 00:43:18,000 --> 00:43:21,900 the train go crazy. I mean, that dude is the G of civil 689 00:43:21,900 --> 00:43:24,734 engineering for the city of Seattle. So, let’s just let his 690 00:43:24,734 --> 00:43:26,834 team go wild and then make sure they’re doing it through a 691 00:43:26,834 --> 00:43:30,201 racial equity lens which is based on my understanding of 692 00:43:30,201 --> 00:43:33,067 the impetus of those folks coming to work every day. They 693 00:43:33,067 --> 00:43:36,534 would do that anyway but I think we just have to start 694 00:43:36,534 --> 00:43:40,968 trusting some of our not policy makers but actual civil 695 00:43:40,968 --> 00:43:43,000 servants, you know, folks who come to work every day for the 696 00:43:43,000 --> 00:43:46,434 city of Seattle do so because they do want to solve problems 697 00:43:46,434 --> 00:43:49,167 their communities and they have subject matter expertise that 698 00:43:49,167 --> 00:43:51,967 policy makers frequently get in the way of. So, maybe we just 699 00:43:51,967 --> 00:43:54,667 need to do a better job of listening to the experts we 700 00:43:54,667 --> 00:43:58,000 already have working for the city of Seattle day in and day 701 00:43:58,000 --> 00:44:04,467 out and follow their direction. Alright. Um thank you. Um next 702 00:44:04,467 --> 00:44:07,800 question is about uh to stay healthy and keep moving streets 703 00:44:07,800 --> 00:44:10,967 um which I’ve never really know the difference but um the 704 00:44:10,967 --> 00:44:15,100 streets that are closed down to cars open to people on bicycles 705 00:44:15,100 --> 00:44:19,233 on foot on skates, in wheelchairs. Um what should 706 00:44:19,233 --> 00:44:21,566 happen to those streets? There’s Twenty-five miles of 707 00:44:21,566 --> 00:44:24,701 them and should they be expanded and um we’ll start 708 00:44:24,701 --> 00:44:29,500 we’ll start this question with Nikki Oliver I think that we 709 00:44:29,500 --> 00:44:31,700 should definitely maintain the 25 miles that we have and that 710 00:44:31,700 --> 00:44:37,034 we should fandom that shows that we are that we as a city 711 00:44:37,034 --> 00:44:39,233 are actually committed to moving towards being in a city 712 00:44:39,233 --> 00:44:42,801 that’s not just about cars but one of the problems right now 713 00:44:42,801 --> 00:44:45,201 with the stay healthy keep Moving streets is that they’re 714 00:44:45,201 --> 00:44:49,434 mixed modalities. So, um they do have limited pedestrian 715 00:44:49,434 --> 00:44:50,966 safety because there are still cars moving through those 716 00:44:50,966 --> 00:44:55,200 spaces or other things um that could bring harm to pedestrians 717 00:44:55,200 --> 00:44:59,033 that are that are moving there. um decreasing the number of 718 00:44:59,033 --> 00:45:01,167 them that’s that have mixed modalities and increasing the 719 00:45:01,167 --> 00:45:04,400 number really does our commitment to becoming a 720 00:45:04,400 --> 00:45:08,801 fifteen-minute walkable city II want to follow up and um and 721 00:45:08,801 --> 00:45:11,300 I’m going to actually follow this up with this for all all 722 00:45:11,300 --> 00:45:13,634 three candidates because I’m I’m seeing another question I 723 00:45:13,634 --> 00:45:16,534 think is relevant Um are there any streets that um in 724 00:45:16,534 --> 00:45:20,700 particular that you might prioritize for another type Uh 725 00:45:20,700 --> 00:45:23,000 you know either for this a similar treatment with 726 00:45:23,000 --> 00:45:27,067 completely closed not mixed modality or just um other 727 00:45:27,067 --> 00:45:32,500 places where there shouldn’t be space for cars Yeah, I think 728 00:45:32,500 --> 00:45:36,467 roads that we could do this on are um on Beacon Avenue and 729 00:45:36,467 --> 00:45:40,500 Rainier Avenue South decreasing uh the areas where folks can 730 00:45:40,500 --> 00:45:45,667 park prioritizing, having a bus lanes, changing the way which 731 00:45:45,667 --> 00:45:48,601 those arterial are physically set up is going to be really 732 00:45:48,601 --> 00:45:52,000 important for achieving our vision. zero goals. Um each of 733 00:45:52,000 --> 00:45:54,333 those roads has the propensity for people to drive at the 734 00:45:54,333 --> 00:45:57,367 speed that they feel comfortable driving at and so 735 00:45:57,367 --> 00:45:59,967 changing the way those roads are structured uh prioritizing 736 00:45:59,967 --> 00:46:03,634 public transit be really key parts of both creating safety 737 00:46:03,634 --> 00:46:06,300 and developing a transit system that is equitable and 738 00:46:06,300 --> 00:46:10,201 accessible for everybody. Alright, thanks and uh we’ll go 739 00:46:10,201 --> 00:46:14,334 on to Brianna Thomas 740 00:46:15,033 --> 00:46:17,466 I’m going to repeat the question back here. Who was it? 741 00:46:17,466 --> 00:46:20,500 Do we, what do we do with the safe streets? Yeah. Should they 742 00:46:20,500 --> 00:46:24,000 stay or should they should the 25 miles stay open and should 743 00:46:24,000 --> 00:46:27,467 they be expanded? Okay. Well, first, you would have 744 00:46:27,467 --> 00:46:29,600 recognized that a lot of people on this call that are watching 745 00:46:29,600 --> 00:46:31,800 right now have been advocating for this exact thing for years 746 00:46:31,800 --> 00:46:36,468 and years and years and it took a pandemic to make it real. So, 747 00:46:36,468 --> 00:46:38,966 yay. You never know how you’re going to get there but we did. 748 00:46:38,966 --> 00:46:41,967 Um I do think that we should make these these streets and 749 00:46:41,967 --> 00:46:43,600 these changes permanent but I think that’s going to take 750 00:46:43,600 --> 00:46:46,101 infrastructure investments that are substantive. We just 751 00:46:46,101 --> 00:46:48,800 learned about how hard it was to get a sidewalk to make sure 752 00:46:48,800 --> 00:46:52,834 that we do have um you know, we are building in alignment with 753 00:46:52,834 --> 00:46:57,234 our vision zero goals and You know, it’s not just what kind 754 00:46:57,234 --> 00:46:59,967 of infrastructure but like Allegra infrastructure, right? 755 00:46:59,967 --> 00:47:01,634 Like ages, genders, ethnicities, abilities, 756 00:47:01,634 --> 00:47:04,300 everybody needs to be able to move through these corridors 757 00:47:04,300 --> 00:47:08,134 and I think if I had to pick where I would do it, I’d 758 00:47:08,134 --> 00:47:10,000 prioritize and you know, I understand the city’s big and I 759 00:47:10,000 --> 00:47:12,400 don’t mean to sound like a downtown or or a person who 760 00:47:12,400 --> 00:47:16,467 works downtown um but you know, Pike Pine seems like a fairly 761 00:47:16,467 --> 00:47:18,700 healthy port considering that we’re considering uh uh moving 762 00:47:18,700 --> 00:47:23,267 toward a lid. Let’s just get that whole chunk for feed only 763 00:47:23,267 --> 00:47:26,567 and um you know, increase people’ ability to connect, 764 00:47:26,567 --> 00:47:29,600 reconnect neighborhoods without having to do so in a way that 765 00:47:29,600 --> 00:47:37,400 is so car reliant Uh thank you and Sarah Nelson. 766 00:47:37,468 --> 00:47:41,467 Um one final note on the sidewalks. They’re because um 767 00:47:41,467 --> 00:47:45,601 nobody said how we are going to pay for all the sidewalks and 768 00:47:45,601 --> 00:47:49,567 and my point is that we have to prioritize one other way to 769 00:47:49,567 --> 00:47:53,567 make streets safe is through Chicas that slow down traffic. 770 00:47:53,567 --> 00:47:57,801 So, um there is the potential for uh increasing the usage of 771 00:47:57,801 --> 00:48:02,000 that like um on seventieth between Roosevelt’s I mean 772 00:48:02,000 --> 00:48:05,801 between twelve and fifteenth and uh some other places 773 00:48:05,801 --> 00:48:08,834 Infinity Ridge, etcetera between third and in Palatine, 774 00:48:08,834 --> 00:48:14,000 etcetera. So, that is another option. Um When we talk about 775 00:48:14,000 --> 00:48:17,466 safe streets. Yes, let’s maintain those those 776 00:48:17,466 --> 00:48:21,967 Twenty-five miles. Um most of these streets are in uh 777 00:48:21,967 --> 00:48:27,033 neighborhoods and so I don’t how um how eliminating cars 778 00:48:27,033 --> 00:48:29,967 completely is going to meet that goal if people have to get 779 00:48:29,967 --> 00:48:34,367 to and from their homes uh but uh if we do expand the program, 780 00:48:34,367 --> 00:48:37,567 I think that we should prioritize around um affordable 781 00:48:37,567 --> 00:48:45,134 housing. uh hubs and because uh that is a place where a lot of 782 00:48:45,134 --> 00:48:49,067 people have some more people have some mobility issues and 783 00:48:49,067 --> 00:48:51,600 uh that is uh I think that if you’re going to have to pick 784 00:48:51,600 --> 00:48:56,466 and choose where then that would be a good start. Thank 785 00:48:56,466 --> 00:49:01,967 you. Um next question is about sound transit realignment. Um 786 00:49:01,967 --> 00:49:04,866 you may or may not end up being um on the sound transit board. 787 00:49:04,866 --> 00:49:08,601 Uh whoever gets elected um but um either way, what are your 788 00:49:08,601 --> 00:49:11,034 priorities for South Transit realignment and station 789 00:49:11,034 --> 00:49:16,967 planning in Seattle? um and uh and how could Seattle get a 790 00:49:16,967 --> 00:49:23,266 transit more quickly? and uh this will go first to uh I 791 00:49:23,266 --> 00:49:27,334 forgot the order. I think Brianna is on 792 00:49:27,967 --> 00:49:30,933 Um I’ll take it as a West Seattle resident. I’m not going 793 00:49:30,933 --> 00:49:33,367 to lie. I got a little bit of self interest here and making 794 00:49:33,367 --> 00:49:36,200 sure that West Seattle gets delivered on time and it’s 795 00:49:36,200 --> 00:49:38,566 close to budget as we can get it done but you know, I think 796 00:49:38,566 --> 00:49:41,167 we do have to recognize it unless you are a member of the 797 00:49:41,167 --> 00:49:46,767 Sound Transit Board, there are barriers to that. Um the impact 798 00:49:46,767 --> 00:49:51,900 of any given council member to get that work done in a timely 799 00:49:51,900 --> 00:49:55,634 manner. I think part of that though is relationship I think 800 00:49:55,634 --> 00:49:57,700 the fact that I’ve been endorsed by Steve Hobbs who is 801 00:49:57,700 --> 00:50:01,000 not always the most popular person but is the Senate 802 00:50:01,000 --> 00:50:02,734 transportation chair like when you’re working across levels of 803 00:50:02,734 --> 00:50:05,634 government You’ve gotta be able to get a call back from 804 00:50:05,634 --> 00:50:08,401 somebody when you’re when you’re making sure that things 805 00:50:08,401 --> 00:50:11,633 are getting done in a way that is equitable, that is timely. 806 00:50:11,633 --> 00:50:18,201 that is responsive to the community. um and 807 00:50:19,967 --> 00:50:25,567 The end. Uh Sarah Nelson. Alright, so we repeat the 808 00:50:25,567 --> 00:50:29,500 question please. Sure. it’s about um how Seattle can get 809 00:50:29,500 --> 00:50:34,667 the rapid transit that it needs sooner and um and what um what 810 00:50:34,667 --> 00:50:38,800 would you prioritize as part of Sound Transit Transits 811 00:50:38,800 --> 00:50:42,701 realignment process Alright, I’m going to focus most of my 812 00:50:42,701 --> 00:50:49,300 question on that. Um so the um the 8 billion dollars shortfall 813 00:50:49,300 --> 00:50:52,067 is a huge blow to sound trends at three but I do support King 814 00:50:52,067 --> 00:50:55,834 County Executive Do Constantine and Mayor’s Durkin in Balducci 815 00:50:55,834 --> 00:51:01,934 for slowing the for standing firm on not taking um you know, 816 00:51:01,934 --> 00:51:06,000 a hatchet to the project list yet. they want to slow. They 817 00:51:06,000 --> 00:51:09,600 want to have some more time and not do it over the summer and I 818 00:51:09,600 --> 00:51:12,701 think that’s good for the projects that are of interest 819 00:51:12,701 --> 00:51:16,468 like the West Seattle and the ball and etcetera. So, I do 820 00:51:16,468 --> 00:51:19,201 think that with the economy picking up and the possibility 821 00:51:19,201 --> 00:51:23,500 for getting federal funding that uh that waiting on um 822 00:51:23,500 --> 00:51:25,966 cutting projects is the best thing to do. I staffed Richard 823 00:51:25,966 --> 00:51:31,467 on transit board. So, I was in the room when that alliance and 824 00:51:31,467 --> 00:51:36,867 um station locations of Stwo is being determined and during a 825 00:51:36,867 --> 00:51:40,468 stationary planning, it was our office that that that pushed 826 00:51:40,468 --> 00:51:44,667 sound transit to change the Brooklyn Station engineering to 827 00:51:44,667 --> 00:51:48,534 allow for several floors on top. So, um we fought hard for 828 00:51:48,534 --> 00:51:52,867 the inclusion of a station at South Graham and at 130 and 829 00:51:52,867 --> 00:51:55,334 we’re disappointed that it was not funded in San Tan at two 830 00:51:55,334 --> 00:52:00,468 but it will be in sound Transit three. Unfortunately, the gram 831 00:52:00,468 --> 00:52:03,733 at the 130 station will come online fast enough at the same 832 00:52:03,733 --> 00:52:07,600 time that the link uh the Lynnwood Link segment comes on 833 00:52:07,600 --> 00:52:10,467 board. I think what’s most important though is not 834 00:52:10,467 --> 00:52:14,534 changing the headway time from 6 minutes to 8 minutes which is 835 00:52:14,534 --> 00:52:18,233 planned for the summer. If you have a Cadillac um system, not 836 00:52:18,233 --> 00:52:21,967 a Cadillac but it why are we with increased ridership going 837 00:52:21,967 --> 00:52:27,967 to um with the new stations increase uh headway as well 838 00:52:27,967 --> 00:52:32,900 Thank you. And Nikita. Oliver. So, my understanding of the 839 00:52:32,900 --> 00:52:36,534 sound transit board is that um earlier this year, they 840 00:52:36,534 --> 00:52:39,434 presented three realignment plans and just early in June, 841 00:52:39,434 --> 00:52:42,934 they talked about either an expanded capacity approach or a 842 00:52:42,934 --> 00:52:44,834 plan required approach and what it seemed like they were 843 00:52:44,834 --> 00:52:47,434 leaning towards was a plan required approach which means 844 00:52:47,434 --> 00:52:50,233 they restructure the order of projects in order to address 845 00:52:50,233 --> 00:52:54,000 the 6 billion dollars gap. Uh the goal of those should be to 846 00:52:54,000 --> 00:52:57,100 deliver Sthree as on time as possible with lots of workforce 847 00:52:57,100 --> 00:53:01,967 housing around it and the best alignment plan is going to be 848 00:53:01,967 --> 00:53:04,967 one that prioritizes working people who are coming into the 849 00:53:04,967 --> 00:53:08,667 city, low-income communities impacted by displacement and 850 00:53:08,667 --> 00:53:11,534 those communities farthest from work and school that lack 851 00:53:11,534 --> 00:53:15,467 equitable access to transportation. Um this is for 852 00:53:15,467 --> 00:53:17,934 addressing the climate catastrophe. It is essential 853 00:53:17,934 --> 00:53:20,534 for addressing the whitening racial wealth gap and it’s 854 00:53:20,534 --> 00:53:24,667 essential for ensuring that our workers are able to move 855 00:53:24,667 --> 00:53:27,600 through the city or in and out of the city and an effective 856 00:53:27,600 --> 00:53:32,134 and quick way which ultimately is really what building. um our 857 00:53:32,134 --> 00:53:35,634 subway system and having an effective transportation should 858 00:53:35,634 --> 00:53:38,067 really be about is ensuring that people can move 859 00:53:38,067 --> 00:53:41,234 effectively through. We have a huge equity issue and so any 860 00:53:41,234 --> 00:53:45,201 realignment plan that does not first focus on community that 861 00:53:45,201 --> 00:53:48,101 are receiving high rates of displacement communities with 862 00:53:48,101 --> 00:53:51,434 lots of workers or bipoc communities is not one that 863 00:53:51,434 --> 00:53:57,066 aligns with the needs of our city and our region. Thank you. 864 00:53:57,066 --> 00:54:01,000 Um the next question is about road pricing which um which is 865 00:54:01,000 --> 00:54:07,034 uh an issue in the last um elections 4 years ago um and it 866 00:54:07,034 --> 00:54:10,000 still hasn’t happened. Um should the city continue 867 00:54:10,000 --> 00:54:15,034 pursuing a road or congestion pricing system uh and uh if so, 868 00:54:15,034 --> 00:54:18,000 what would your top priority be for such a policy for example 869 00:54:18,000 --> 00:54:21,301 uh would it be to control traffic congestion, fun transit 870 00:54:21,301 --> 00:54:23,934 walk, bike infrastructure or reduce carbon emissions and 871 00:54:23,934 --> 00:54:29,433 pollution and we’ll start with Nikita. 872 00:54:29,433 --> 00:54:30,900 First of First of all, congestion 873 00:54:30,900 --> 00:54:34,501 pricing is is pretty regressive in the way that we’re set up 874 00:54:34,501 --> 00:54:36,334 right now. So, it’s not to say that it’s wrong but it is to 875 00:54:36,334 --> 00:54:40,101 say we have to acknowledge that um there are workers and folks 876 00:54:40,101 --> 00:54:43,200 in our communities that it will deeply impact so that there 877 00:54:43,200 --> 00:54:47,001 isn’t a huge equity analysis in place. It’s going to be very 878 00:54:47,001 --> 00:54:49,466 problematic. The part of that is if we’re not building 879 00:54:49,466 --> 00:54:53,000 transportation the way I just described the last question, 880 00:54:53,000 --> 00:54:55,134 prioritizing communities that have been displaced by our 881 00:54:55,134 --> 00:54:57,334 communities and workers and what we do is we take money 882 00:54:57,334 --> 00:55:00,567 from those folks who are coming in Um and we’re not even 883 00:55:00,567 --> 00:55:04,467 prioritizing their access into the city with equitable free 884 00:55:04,467 --> 00:55:07,267 transportation and so if we were to put congestion pressing 885 00:55:07,267 --> 00:55:10,766 in place in the downtown corridor specifically in order 886 00:55:10,766 --> 00:55:14,501 to address our climate issues and to have funding to build 887 00:55:14,501 --> 00:55:17,500 out transportation. Um it really needs to go towards 888 00:55:17,500 --> 00:55:20,567 funding transportation projects in this communities that have 889 00:55:20,567 --> 00:55:23,267 been displaced or have the farthest distance to travel to 890 00:55:23,267 --> 00:55:31,267 get to work school or or child care Alright, Brianna. 891 00:55:31,934 --> 00:55:35,934 This is still super contentious but um I’m going to say I 892 00:55:35,934 --> 00:55:38,834 support congestion pricing because my understanding is the 893 00:55:38,834 --> 00:55:41,700 people who are driving into downtown right now are affluent 894 00:55:41,700 --> 00:55:45,734 car owning lawyers. That’s who’s in our apartment. That’s 895 00:55:45,734 --> 00:55:48,267 who’s in our garage. That’s who’s driving in most right 896 00:55:48,267 --> 00:55:51,434 now, day in and day out and if we are trying to figure out 897 00:55:51,434 --> 00:55:55,534 multiple ways to try to tax people who have resources, then 898 00:55:55,534 --> 00:55:57,934 these are the people who have resources and I don’t disagree 899 00:55:57,934 --> 00:56:01,434 with Nikita that folks who are coming into work in town who 900 00:56:01,434 --> 00:56:05,666 are not landed Gentry owning folks who are not committed to 901 00:56:05,666 --> 00:56:11,500 our environmental goals Um but I do I do disagree that that we 902 00:56:11,500 --> 00:56:15,600 should leave that money on the table. I would prioritize 903 00:56:15,600 --> 00:56:18,500 spending that money on um additional infrastructure for 904 00:56:18,500 --> 00:56:25,634 transportation and housing and Sarah. Yes, we should pursue 905 00:56:25,634 --> 00:56:30,434 congestion. Nikita has got their hand up. Oh, sorry. Um 906 00:56:30,434 --> 00:56:36,566 let’s uh go to Nikita. Thank you. Yeah. I just want to say 907 00:56:36,566 --> 00:56:39,201 II. actually don’t think it’s just lawyers that are driving 908 00:56:39,201 --> 00:56:42,167 into downtown. I think it’s construction workers. Um many 909 00:56:42,167 --> 00:56:44,601 of whom are struggling to even find places that they can park 910 00:56:44,601 --> 00:56:47,134 that are affordable. I’ve heard this from many of our folks in 911 00:56:47,134 --> 00:56:51,600 the trades including folks like our carpenters, uh folks that 912 00:56:51,600 --> 00:56:55,001 are in the iron workers that coming into downtown is already 913 00:56:55,001 --> 00:56:57,701 incredibly expensive just by the sheer fact that there is no 914 00:56:57,701 --> 00:57:00,833 parking. So, I do think there is a huge equity issue knowing 915 00:57:00,833 --> 00:57:04,500 that we’re a city that has a lot of development happening 916 00:57:04,500 --> 00:57:07,501 and there are workers who would be deeply impacted by 917 00:57:07,501 --> 00:57:08,901 congestion pricing. So, just how when it comes to the income 918 00:57:08,901 --> 00:57:12,567 tax That has to be a 1% flat rate. We’re talking about what 919 00:57:12,567 --> 00:57:15,434 is equity look like with that. I think similarly with 920 00:57:15,434 --> 00:57:18,967 congestion pricing though, it’s important to move us forward if 921 00:57:18,967 --> 00:57:21,966 there’s not an equity dialogue about fluids impacting, we may 922 00:57:21,966 --> 00:57:26,734 just put another aggressive tax in place Thank you. Um and now 923 00:57:26,734 --> 00:57:30,967 we’ll go back to Sarah. 924 00:57:31,934 --> 00:57:36,600 congestion pricing. achieves all three goals. It achieves uh 925 00:57:36,600 --> 00:57:45,967 you know, transit and revenue and equity. look Um so, 926 00:57:46,466 --> 00:57:50,534 getting uh you know, it it could be that less people drive 927 00:57:50,534 --> 00:57:53,401 into town because it might be more because it might be 928 00:57:53,401 --> 00:57:57,734 prohibitive and that will help buses. We’re all talking about, 929 00:57:57,734 --> 00:58:02,566 you know, transit service and congestion pricing helps 930 00:58:02,566 --> 00:58:05,667 transit. It also provides a revenue source that that could 931 00:58:05,667 --> 00:58:11,667 be used for transit or biking infrastructure when poor people 932 00:58:11,667 --> 00:58:15,967 come into town then they have to pay parking and so there’s 933 00:58:15,967 --> 00:58:22,334 already a barrier for that and yes, some people do drive and 934 00:58:22,334 --> 00:58:26,433 that is a burden and but I think that the benefits of uh 935 00:58:26,433 --> 00:58:30,300 of congestion pricing far outweigh the negatives. We need 936 00:58:30,300 --> 00:58:34,500 more revenue for all the things we’re talking about tonight and 937 00:58:34,500 --> 00:58:38,201 uh and um it would make it much easier for buses to circulate 938 00:58:38,201 --> 00:58:46,000 and that equity lens. Thank you. Um next question. Um how 939 00:58:46,000 --> 00:58:48,900 would you prioritize our limited transportation 940 00:58:48,900 --> 00:58:51,534 revenues? For example, if you could choose between new bike 941 00:58:51,534 --> 00:58:54,300 and pedestrian lanes versus new vehicle infrastructure which 942 00:58:54,300 --> 00:58:57,434 would you fund and if you answer both, um please explain 943 00:58:57,434 --> 00:59:00,034 how you will raise new progressive revenues dedicated 944 00:59:00,034 --> 00:59:06,201 for transportation and we’ll start with Brianna 945 00:59:06,500 --> 00:59:10,600 I would definitely prioritize uh by the infrastructure for 946 00:59:10,600 --> 00:59:13,000 sure because I think we’re trying to build a city where 947 00:59:13,000 --> 00:59:18,000 people can actually bike around. I am not elegant on a 948 00:59:18,000 --> 00:59:23,900 bike y’all. I do not ever think to take a bicycle anywhere on 949 00:59:23,900 --> 00:59:27,400 the count of the fact that I am not foundational graceful but 950 00:59:27,400 --> 00:59:30,434 um I think that creating opportunities for people like 951 00:59:30,434 --> 00:59:34,200 me to be more open to putting on a helmet and at least biking 952 00:59:34,200 --> 00:59:37,933 around their communities opens the door to folks being able to 953 00:59:37,933 --> 00:59:41,133 use it more holistically across different parts of their life, 954 00:59:41,133 --> 00:59:43,800 right? So, I think that if our goal is to build infrastructure 955 00:59:43,800 --> 00:59:46,034 that encourages behavior just like our investments in transit 956 00:59:46,034 --> 00:59:50,067 and equitable development are there to to incentivize 957 00:59:50,067 --> 00:59:51,733 behavior. We really do have to meet people where they are and 958 00:59:51,733 --> 00:59:55,501 I think that that infrastructure shouldn’t be 959 00:59:55,501 --> 00:59:57,534 prioritized for communities that are the same communities 960 00:59:57,534 --> 00:59:59,567 we’ve been talking about all day. They’re they’re the ones 961 00:59:59,567 --> 01:00:02,000 that don’t have sidewalks. They’re the same ones that 962 01:00:02,000 --> 01:00:04,800 don’t have, you know, the the curb cuts that they need to 963 01:00:04,800 --> 01:00:09,867 have over the community and so I think I would like to learn 964 01:00:09,867 --> 01:00:12,467 more about what those investments could look like for 965 01:00:12,467 --> 01:00:15,600 people like me on offense to the folks that are already have 966 01:00:15,600 --> 01:00:18,167 writers on the on the Zoom today but I think it’s getting 967 01:00:18,167 --> 01:00:22,101 people like me that aren’t avid writers engaged in that in that 968 01:00:22,101 --> 01:00:24,934 moving around town. That should be the goal and I’m going to 969 01:00:24,934 --> 01:00:27,667 ask a quick follow up and then I’ll ask the other candidates 970 01:00:27,667 --> 01:00:30,500 to also address this follow up um which is the second part of 971 01:00:30,500 --> 01:00:35,967 this question. Um how would you and how would you uh raise of 972 01:00:35,967 --> 01:00:40,901 revenues for transportation needs and uh you can say no, I 973 01:00:40,901 --> 01:00:44,833 wouldn’t or if you say yes. um how would you go about doing 974 01:00:44,833 --> 01:00:50,000 that? Now, we get this question about revenue quite a bit um 975 01:00:50,000 --> 01:00:53,601 and I think that one I just want to say, I think the city 976 01:00:53,601 --> 01:00:57,000 has done a heck of a job trying to find any progressive revenue 977 01:00:57,000 --> 01:01:01,066 much less revenue that is solely dedicated. Um you know, 978 01:01:01,066 --> 01:01:03,534 if it wasn’t for council member Russ work on Jumpstart, we 979 01:01:03,534 --> 01:01:06,400 would have been in a 239 million dollars bigger hole 980 01:01:06,400 --> 01:01:08,967 while we were trying to figure out how to allocate funds this 981 01:01:08,967 --> 01:01:12,434 year. Um so good ups on the council for doing that. You 982 01:01:12,434 --> 01:01:17,034 know II wish that we could figure out a mechanism at the 983 01:01:17,034 --> 01:01:20,934 state level because we know that our tax system problems 984 01:01:20,934 --> 01:01:24,800 start at the state level, not just the city level and we talk 985 01:01:24,800 --> 01:01:27,467 about solutions but we’re always nibbling around the 986 01:01:27,467 --> 01:01:30,300 edges. So, I would do, I’d put more energy into figuring out 987 01:01:30,300 --> 01:01:33,167 how we partner with the state to turn this tax structure 988 01:01:33,167 --> 01:01:41,434 right side up Thank you. Sarah Nelson is next. Alright. So, uh 989 01:01:41,434 --> 01:01:46,567 I’ll just return to what I said before. we’ve we’ve got $60 on 990 01:01:46,567 --> 01:01:50,000 the table that we can raise. uh you know, that we’re allowed to 991 01:01:50,000 --> 01:01:53,101 right now. We don’t have to ask the legislature for that. We 992 01:01:53,101 --> 01:01:57,066 have the ability to uh to put that to the voters like we put 993 01:01:57,066 --> 01:01:59,566 the transportation benefit district to the voters and so 994 01:01:59,566 --> 01:02:02,900 that is a source of funding that could go a long way for a 995 01:02:02,900 --> 01:02:06,400 lot of the things that we’re talking about. Look, bikes, 996 01:02:06,400 --> 01:02:12,034 pets, vehicles, buses, freight, travel on roads and bridges and 997 01:02:12,034 --> 01:02:15,967 I believe that we need to chip away at the maintenance, 998 01:02:15,967 --> 01:02:19,667 backlog and repair backlog and fix the infrastructure that we 999 01:02:19,667 --> 01:02:24,067 have right now. that is good for buses. It’s good for bikes, 1000 01:02:24,067 --> 01:02:28,034 It’s good for pedestrians. So, um let’s fix what we have right 1001 01:02:28,034 --> 01:02:34,434 now and also uh generate uh make sure that we um that we 1002 01:02:34,434 --> 01:02:40,467 look at new investments through a um a uh lens that 1003 01:02:40,467 --> 01:02:43,434 incorporates the uh the priorities of all of our master 1004 01:02:43,434 --> 01:02:48,867 plans, Freight, bike, and um uh the last one that I’m 1005 01:02:48,867 --> 01:02:53,567 forgetting right now but um there needs to be a policy that 1006 01:02:53,567 --> 01:02:57,867 that that that guides these investments while maintaining 1007 01:02:57,867 --> 01:03:00,034 the infrastructure that we have. I mean, the West Seattle 1008 01:03:00,034 --> 01:03:02,600 folks there are waiting for their bridge to be repaired. We 1009 01:03:02,600 --> 01:03:04,800 don’t want other bridges to fail and we’ve got four others 1010 01:03:04,800 --> 01:03:11,566 that are in bad need of of repair. improvements. and uh 1011 01:03:11,566 --> 01:03:18,000 Nikita is not Yeah. So, I was very inspired last year by the 1012 01:03:18,000 --> 01:03:23,101 bike brigade that provided a lot of support to protest and 1013 01:03:23,101 --> 01:03:27,201 so as a part of bike brigade, um they were giving folks bikes 1014 01:03:27,201 --> 01:03:30,934 and I was able to to get one and so I started riding it 1015 01:03:30,934 --> 01:03:33,466 around the Central District near where I work and I will 1016 01:03:33,466 --> 01:03:36,567 tell y’all I am terrified. I’m terrified of cars. I’m 1017 01:03:36,567 --> 01:03:39,068 terrified that there’s no barrier between me and the 1018 01:03:39,068 --> 01:03:41,901 cars. I’m tired that bike lanes don’t exist like I might be on 1019 01:03:41,901 --> 01:03:44,534 a bike lane on 1 Street and I turn on to another and there’s 1020 01:03:44,534 --> 01:03:48,533 no bike lane on that next street and so I think improving 1021 01:03:48,533 --> 01:03:51,200 bike lanes is definitely a priority so that more people 1022 01:03:51,200 --> 01:03:54,167 like myself who’s a novice, I don’t know what to do with the 1023 01:03:54,167 --> 01:03:57,467 big metal machines on the road when I am on my bike and in 1024 01:03:57,467 --> 01:04:01,000 fact, I think I get distracted at times and there are just so 1025 01:04:01,000 --> 01:04:04,968 many hazards. So, how can we improve the actual physical 1026 01:04:04,968 --> 01:04:07,867 infrastructure around um our cyclists? I would also say um 1027 01:04:07,867 --> 01:04:11,301 and this is a bit of a both and it’s how do we improve having 1028 01:04:11,301 --> 01:04:15,134 more access for our that is committed to buses for buses to 1029 01:04:15,134 --> 01:04:18,634 be more effective and can we have more opportunity for there 1030 01:04:18,634 --> 01:04:22,434 to be small buses that move east west between neighborhoods 1031 01:04:22,434 --> 01:04:26,533 to get people to our main um arterial where there are larger 1032 01:04:26,533 --> 01:04:29,333 transportation hubs so it’s easier to move through the 1033 01:04:29,333 --> 01:04:34,134 city. Um if you live east west off of uh uh transportation hub 1034 01:04:34,134 --> 01:04:37,067 so both lanes and also improving our actual um our 1035 01:04:37,067 --> 01:04:41,400 public transportation infrastructure as well. Thank 1036 01:04:41,400 --> 01:04:46,500 you. Um next question is about um parking and or sorry um 1037 01:04:46,500 --> 01:04:49,501 traffic enforcement Mayor Jenny Durkin has been slow to roll 1038 01:04:49,501 --> 01:04:52,101 out, automated automated enforcement cameras is 1039 01:04:52,101 --> 01:04:54,501 authorized by the state legislature and a pilot that 1040 01:04:54,501 --> 01:04:58,500 runs until mid 2023 camera enforcement could reduce bus 1041 01:04:58,500 --> 01:05:01,434 lane cheating and blocking the box when motorists when 1042 01:05:01,434 --> 01:05:04,134 motorists blocked the crosswalk that people especially disabled 1043 01:05:04,134 --> 01:05:07,034 people need to cross the street. How will you implement 1044 01:05:07,034 --> 01:05:08,834 this pilot program and would you like to see a permanent 1045 01:05:08,834 --> 01:05:12,601 program? What about This to include cameras on bike lanes 1046 01:05:12,601 --> 01:05:16,534 to deter motorists from blocking bike lanes and uh 1047 01:05:16,534 --> 01:05:23,166 we’ll start with um I believe Sarah Nelson Snacks is up. Yes, 1048 01:05:23,166 --> 01:05:27,801 Sarah. I do support automatic enforcement cameras because 1049 01:05:27,801 --> 01:05:32,967 they keep people safe and uh you know, the people are um 1050 01:05:32,967 --> 01:05:38,000 it’s a behavior modification tool and so we need people to 1051 01:05:38,000 --> 01:05:42,167 stop blocking the box stop blocking bus lanes and so I 1052 01:05:42,167 --> 01:05:46,500 think that we should go forward with this program and the uh 1053 01:05:46,500 --> 01:05:53,100 when we talk about adding them to bike lanes um there were 1054 01:05:53,100 --> 01:05:57,667 twenty-eight bike and ped fatalities in 2018 and 2019 and 1055 01:05:57,667 --> 01:06:04,934 of those were pedestrian and so if we were to include more 1056 01:06:04,934 --> 01:06:08,400 cameras, we need to, if we’re really, really focused on 1057 01:06:08,400 --> 01:06:13,233 vision Zero, we need need to decoupage in the in the 1058 01:06:13,233 --> 01:06:20,667 pedestrian fatalities and um figure out how can cameras help 1059 01:06:20,667 --> 01:06:23,134 reduce both and then accordingly because we’re not 1060 01:06:23,134 --> 01:06:25,100 going to be able to put cameras everywhere. There are limited 1061 01:06:25,100 --> 01:06:27,500 resources and so that’s how I would prioritize the expansion 1062 01:06:27,500 --> 01:06:30,833 of the program 1063 01:06:30,934 --> 01:06:36,134 Thank you, Nikki. Oliver. Yeah, I do support a roll out of the 1064 01:06:36,134 --> 01:06:39,734 program. I think that it needs to happen first in high-income 1065 01:06:39,734 --> 01:06:43,534 areas. I think a lot about one of my professors who used to 1066 01:06:43,534 --> 01:06:47,468 say that uh wealthy people can afford to speed or break the 1067 01:06:47,468 --> 01:06:50,166 law when it comes to traffic infraction because they can pay 1068 01:06:50,166 --> 01:06:53,900 the ticket and so um II just think it’s important that we 1069 01:06:53,900 --> 01:06:57,066 acknowledge that the equity issues that do very much exist 1070 01:06:57,066 --> 01:07:00,467 in our city. I think that in low-income areas what we need 1071 01:07:00,467 --> 01:07:02,901 to implement in order to decrease the likelihood that 1072 01:07:02,901 --> 01:07:07,567 people will be in bus lanes or be in bike lanes or caused um 1073 01:07:07,567 --> 01:07:11,633 of some sort of violence while on the road. is that we need to 1074 01:07:11,633 --> 01:07:14,500 have a strategy of community education. We should put up 1075 01:07:14,500 --> 01:07:17,967 signs letting folks know that fines will be coming. So, there 1076 01:07:17,967 --> 01:07:22,134 is an alert in that community um and that when cameras do go 1077 01:07:22,134 --> 01:07:25,001 up in any community, we should not be stealth cameras. These 1078 01:07:25,001 --> 01:07:28,000 cameras should be apparent. There should be a warning um 1079 01:07:28,000 --> 01:07:31,367 because the real deterrent should come from not wanting to 1080 01:07:31,367 --> 01:07:35,501 get the ticket. um and and also acknowledging that this is a 1081 01:07:35,501 --> 01:07:37,934 punitive response to something that through community 1082 01:07:37,934 --> 01:07:42,634 education uh quality barriers, uh better ways of letting 1083 01:07:42,634 --> 01:07:45,500 drivers know what needs to happen and what Lanes and 1084 01:07:45,500 --> 01:07:48,900 Rainier Valley where I live when the lanes change to having 1085 01:07:48,900 --> 01:07:52,000 single bus lanes, it felt like there had been no real 1086 01:07:52,000 --> 01:07:54,000 acknowledgement that that was happening and then all of a 1087 01:07:54,000 --> 01:07:55,866 sudden we’re not supposed to drive there. So, how do you 1088 01:07:55,866 --> 01:07:59,467 like communities know when and how things are changing so that 1089 01:07:59,467 --> 01:08:01,600 when we do put something like cameras in place, it’s not just 1090 01:08:01,600 --> 01:08:08,467 like a sudden punitive uh thing that’s happening Thank you. Uh 1091 01:08:08,467 --> 01:08:12,301 and Brianna Thomas. As much as I want revenue, I’m a little 1092 01:08:12,301 --> 01:08:15,400 bit concerned about the privacy concerns for communities. I 1093 01:08:15,400 --> 01:08:18,434 think Mickey is definitely thinking in the absolute right 1094 01:08:18,434 --> 01:08:21,401 direction. We talk about where we roll out the pilot programs. 1095 01:08:21,401 --> 01:08:24,267 You know, the ACLU has been part of the surveillance 1096 01:08:24,267 --> 01:08:30,134 working group since 2018 and they constantly uh flag the 1097 01:08:30,134 --> 01:08:34,466 challenges about maintaining surveillance equipment by the 1098 01:08:34,466 --> 01:08:37,633 state that can identify and track the movements of 1099 01:08:37,633 --> 01:08:42,534 individuals without markings, clear warnings, or a way for 1100 01:08:42,534 --> 01:08:45,901 community members to opt out. So, as much as I appreciate 1101 01:08:45,901 --> 01:08:49,500 what the pilot program is attempting to achieve and II 1102 01:08:49,500 --> 01:08:52,267 mean, certainly a firm believer in making sure we’re enforcing 1103 01:08:52,267 --> 01:08:55,501 all of our laws but I’m not sure that this is the right 1104 01:08:55,501 --> 01:08:57,967 mechanism to do so without understanding what the impact 1105 01:08:57,967 --> 01:09:02,700 on community privacy and community actual safety is by 1106 01:09:02,700 --> 01:09:05,434 putting it through surveillance impact report which by the way, 1107 01:09:05,434 --> 01:09:09,566 we are about two groups behind on our ready for that. We So, 1108 01:09:09,566 --> 01:09:13,533 we probably wouldn’t be able to evaluate it or get a response 1109 01:09:13,533 --> 01:09:19,434 until 2023 Alright. Um and this will be our last question um in 1110 01:09:19,434 --> 01:09:21,800 this uh first segment. Um the first is very long segment and 1111 01:09:21,800 --> 01:09:25,401 then we’ll do a quick runaround of uh short answers and yes and 1112 01:09:25,401 --> 01:09:28,867 nos. Um final question is how will you deal with the 1113 01:09:28,867 --> 01:09:31,567 controversy that often arises when a bus lane or bike lane is 1114 01:09:31,567 --> 01:09:35,400 added to the street in a way that slows down car traffic or 1115 01:09:35,400 --> 01:09:40,834 moves on street parking and we’ll start with Nikita 1116 01:09:41,400 --> 01:09:46,400 Yeah, I think controversy um is inevitable uh as we’re making 1117 01:09:46,400 --> 01:09:49,433 these changes and it does matter how we engage community. 1118 01:09:49,433 --> 01:09:53,433 So, um one thing that that our campaign does is community 1119 01:09:53,433 --> 01:09:55,234 listening post and it’s something we started in 2017 1120 01:09:55,234 --> 01:09:58,467 with our first mayoral campaign of engaging people where 1121 01:09:58,467 --> 01:10:01,067 they’re at and having real conversations about the needs 1122 01:10:01,067 --> 01:10:03,067 and what might actually be the reasons why they’re opposed to 1123 01:10:03,067 --> 01:10:06,700 it and then using those spaces for political education or 1124 01:10:06,700 --> 01:10:09,633 community education really letting people know that 1125 01:10:09,633 --> 01:10:12,034 changing this bus lane is actually going to open up 1126 01:10:12,034 --> 01:10:15,068 changing us into a bus lane will open up more opportunity 1127 01:10:15,068 --> 01:10:17,633 for access to public transit. I think they’re also has to be 1128 01:10:17,633 --> 01:10:21,001 some additional incentives um and communities like where I 1129 01:10:21,001 --> 01:10:23,934 live. Public transit is not effective. The seven does not 1130 01:10:23,934 --> 01:10:27,000 run on a consistent time frame. So, people are not necessarily 1131 01:10:27,000 --> 01:10:31,100 believing that the bus is going to be faster or more on time or 1132 01:10:31,100 --> 01:10:36,900 outside of the nine to 5 hours. um and so really actually 1133 01:10:36,900 --> 01:10:40,167 prioritizing what makes this change of having this bus lane 1134 01:10:40,167 --> 01:10:43,100 on the road actually useful for the community that it’s in so 1135 01:10:43,100 --> 01:10:45,967 that when it’s received, it’s actually received in a way that 1136 01:10:45,967 --> 01:10:48,567 meets the community needs. So, that requires being in 1137 01:10:48,567 --> 01:10:51,933 community, hearing from voices, organizing with the mass 1138 01:10:51,933 --> 01:10:56,000 coalition groups like Puget Sound Stage. um Rainier Beach 1139 01:10:56,000 --> 01:10:59,301 Action Coalition, um all groups that I’m already connected to 1140 01:10:59,301 --> 01:11:01,801 and would love to bring in to doing this very important work 1141 01:11:01,801 --> 01:11:04,467 for building a transportation system that works for everyone 1142 01:11:04,467 --> 01:11:09,734 and gets us to our climate goals. Thank you uh Brianna 1143 01:11:09,734 --> 01:11:12,934 Thomas. 1144 01:11:12,967 --> 01:11:15,667 Erica, can you please repeat the question? Absolutely. How 1145 01:11:15,667 --> 01:11:18,134 will you deal with the controversy That often arises 1146 01:11:18,134 --> 01:11:21,100 when a bus lane or bike lane is added to the street in a way 1147 01:11:21,100 --> 01:11:25,934 that slows down car traffic or removes on street parking. 1148 01:11:25,934 --> 01:11:30,000 Yeah. Um people make fun of the Seattle process but we’ve used 1149 01:11:30,000 --> 01:11:32,667 it for a lot of good things including getting community 1150 01:11:32,667 --> 01:11:35,467 engagement and making sure the decisions that we’re making 1151 01:11:35,467 --> 01:11:38,000 collectively are indeed collective decisions. One of 1152 01:11:38,000 --> 01:11:41,734 the things I’ve heard that folks MASS is our community 1153 01:11:41,734 --> 01:11:43,534 councils which you know, we took a good hard look at them 1154 01:11:43,534 --> 01:11:46,233 and they were exclusionary. They were racist. They were 1155 01:11:46,233 --> 01:11:49,501 they were biased against people that weren’t English speakers 1156 01:11:49,501 --> 01:11:53,066 and so we dismantled them in 2017 but we didn’t put anything 1157 01:11:53,066 --> 01:11:57,267 back in its place um to fill that vacuum and so I think that 1158 01:11:57,267 --> 01:12:01,267 making sure that the city as a whole is taking a look at how 1159 01:12:01,267 --> 01:12:04,767 we communicate information, not just individual organizations 1160 01:12:04,767 --> 01:12:07,434 but the city does have a responsibility to fill that 1161 01:12:07,434 --> 01:12:11,967 vacuum and then, you know, long story short, folks, you know, 1162 01:12:11,967 --> 01:12:16,566 we just, we just Rob Johnson out of town over a bike lane. 1163 01:12:16,566 --> 01:12:19,233 Wowzers. We gotta figure out how to have these communicate 1164 01:12:19,233 --> 01:12:23,034 these conversations in a way that does hold people in 1165 01:12:23,034 --> 01:12:25,401 positions of policy making authority accountable but that 1166 01:12:25,401 --> 01:12:30,434 community is also accountable for how they are going into the 1167 01:12:30,434 --> 01:12:33,601 conversation because as I mentioned before, this is not 1168 01:12:33,601 --> 01:12:37,634 an easy position that anyone on this panel is asking for and it 1169 01:12:37,634 --> 01:12:41,034 is very easy to vilify anyone of us for a position that we 1170 01:12:41,034 --> 01:12:45,634 take that is unpopular but and that pressure doesn’t get less 1171 01:12:45,634 --> 01:12:48,534 once you get elected. I assure you, it only ratchet ratchet. 1172 01:12:48,534 --> 01:12:52,367 It’s up. So one having a tough skin and two understanding that 1173 01:12:52,367 --> 01:12:54,600 normally that sort of outcry is coming from a place of people 1174 01:12:54,600 --> 01:12:57,900 not feeling heard by public servants and building something 1175 01:12:57,900 --> 01:13:04,534 to fill in that space. Thank you. And Sarah Nelson. One more 1176 01:13:04,534 --> 01:13:13,967 note on um on uh automated traffic cameras. Um anyway, uh 1177 01:13:13,967 --> 01:13:16,966 it is low income black and brown people that are on buses 1178 01:13:16,966 --> 01:13:21,301 that are slowed by affluent people in cars blocking the 1179 01:13:21,301 --> 01:13:25,134 lane. So, um I think that we have to look at who is being 1180 01:13:25,134 --> 01:13:28,234 slowed down when we choose to decide where to put those 1181 01:13:28,234 --> 01:13:31,633 cameras. So, 1182 01:13:31,967 --> 01:13:36,000 Look. like I said in the opening, we need to have a 1183 01:13:36,000 --> 01:13:40,000 policy to determine infrastructure and and use of 1184 01:13:40,000 --> 01:13:42,867 roads because we do have all these different competing 1185 01:13:42,867 --> 01:13:46,267 needs. Bikes slow down, transit. It’s been shown what 1186 01:13:46,267 --> 01:13:50,234 has happened on second and on some other um uh not on second 1187 01:13:50,234 --> 01:13:54,034 but on other streets and I’m less concerned about cars than 1188 01:13:54,034 --> 01:13:57,766 I am for free as uh I would. I went to the North Seattle 1189 01:13:57,766 --> 01:14:03,534 Industrial Association meeting this and on the uh that 1190 01:14:03,534 --> 01:14:06,367 competes, you know, that’s the one arterial. It’s a bridge 1191 01:14:06,367 --> 01:14:12,101 going over Fremont um bridge uh trucks and buses. use that. So, 1192 01:14:12,101 --> 01:14:15,934 uh that’s what I’m concerned about and that is why we need 1193 01:14:15,934 --> 01:14:21,067 an integrated model um plan to figure out how do we deal with 1194 01:14:21,067 --> 01:14:24,134 these competing issues so that it’s not a one-off decision 1195 01:14:24,134 --> 01:14:27,934 every time so that we don’t have to have it devolved into a 1196 01:14:27,934 --> 01:14:36,468 um uh the Seattle process. So, that’s it would be my answer. 1197 01:14:36,468 --> 01:14:40,901 Thank you everybody. Um and now, um I’m going to do a bunch 1198 01:14:40,901 --> 01:14:43,933 of lightning around questions. Um we’re just going to stick in 1199 01:14:43,933 --> 01:14:48,400 the same order um and so I apologize uh to uh to Brianna 1200 01:14:48,400 --> 01:14:51,967 who’s going to get to go first on all these but um if you look 1201 01:14:51,967 --> 01:14:57,633 on the bright side, uh you’ll be done first as well. So, um 1202 01:14:57,633 --> 01:15:00,501 how uh let’s see will you legalize apartments in more 1203 01:15:00,501 --> 01:15:04,034 neighborhoods to create more affordable sustainable, and 1204 01:15:04,034 --> 01:15:11,867 transit-oriented City Brianna. Yes, Sarah. Yes, Nikita. Yes. 1205 01:15:11,867 --> 01:15:16,300 Do you decriminalizing fair non payment on sound transit trains 1206 01:15:16,300 --> 01:15:26,367 and buses? Brianna? Yes. Yes. And Nikita. Yes. What is your 1207 01:15:26,367 --> 01:15:30,934 primary mode of transportation? Brianna? The sweet, sweet sea 1208 01:15:30,934 --> 01:15:33,933 lion. 1209 01:15:34,500 --> 01:15:38,134 biking car and 1210 01:15:52,901 --> 01:15:58,901 Definitely maybe. um at the no businesses should not be let 1211 01:15:58,901 --> 01:16:05,067 off the hook and Nikita Yes. And then let’s raise taxes on 1212 01:16:05,067 --> 01:16:11,033 businesses. should. King County Metro consider smaller buses to 1213 01:16:11,033 --> 01:16:16,467 use as feeders for mass transit? Brianna 1214 01:16:16,467 --> 01:16:21,500 Sarah. Sarah. maybe. and Nikita. Yes. 1215 01:16:21,500 --> 01:16:25,167 Would you push legislation to expand transit benefits to 1216 01:16:25,167 --> 01:16:28,967 lower wage or part time workers who work for large companies? 1217 01:16:28,967 --> 01:16:35,567 Brianna, I already did it in St. Bd. Yes, Sarah. Yes, 1218 01:16:35,567 --> 01:16:41,967 Nikita. Yes. Until we have free transit. Do you support Ranked 1219 01:16:41,967 --> 01:16:50,034 choice voting Brianna Yes. Enthusiastically, Sarah. Yes. 1220 01:16:50,034 --> 01:16:55,967 And Nikita Yes. I would have loved to have had it in 2017. 1221 01:16:55,967 --> 01:16:59,133 as a city council member. Will you finish the downtown street 1222 01:16:59,133 --> 01:17:02,934 car connection from Capitol Hill to Suffolk Union? Brianna? 1223 01:17:02,934 --> 01:17:11,900 Yes. Sarah. Yeah. and Nikita Yes. Will you commit to 1224 01:17:11,900 --> 01:17:13,900 requiring the Seattle Department of Transportation to 1225 01:17:13,900 --> 01:17:21,500 increase the maintenance of our roads and bridges? Brianna Yes. 1226 01:17:22,367 --> 01:17:28,300 and Nikita. yeah. II. Just want to like acknowledge like I 1227 01:17:28,300 --> 01:17:32,101 don’t think that this is entirely a city council role. I 1228 01:17:32,101 --> 01:17:35,001 do think the executive’s office plays a big role in the 1229 01:17:35,001 --> 01:17:37,867 administration of the budget. We do present a balanced budget 1230 01:17:37,867 --> 01:17:42,000 and get funding to them uh but there is some flexibility in 1231 01:17:42,000 --> 01:17:45,501 how they do determine how they spend those dollars in 1232 01:17:45,501 --> 01:17:48,000 relationship to the executives. So, I think that’s really a 1233 01:17:48,000 --> 01:17:51,134 question for our next mayor Actually, the council has used 1234 01:17:51,134 --> 01:17:56,500 the budget proposals a very effectively to um to uh to make 1235 01:17:56,500 --> 01:17:58,767 sure that money is spent uh according to their policy 1236 01:17:58,767 --> 01:18:01,967 decisions 1237 01:18:03,134 --> 01:18:06,667 Do you want to jump in? 1238 01:18:23,433 --> 01:18:28,000 I don’t know yet. 1239 01:18:28,501 --> 01:18:34,000 In theory, I do. I don’t know enough about that project. and 1240 01:18:34,000 --> 01:18:39,533 Nikita. I do support and I would prioritize affordable 1241 01:18:39,533 --> 01:18:43,001 housing first, the cost per unit, and the overall impact 1242 01:18:43,001 --> 01:18:49,034 when it comes to density would be better. Alright. Um since we 1243 01:18:49,034 --> 01:18:52,667 have a couple of minutes left, I want to give everybody an 1244 01:18:52,667 --> 01:18:58,000 opportunity to um make a closing statement Um if you 1245 01:18:58,000 --> 01:19:00,967 want to use this time to uh expand on anything that you 1246 01:19:00,967 --> 01:19:04,700 didn’t. um you had an opportunity to talk about um as 1247 01:19:04,700 --> 01:19:08,000 much as you wanted or um just to to let our viewers know a 1248 01:19:08,000 --> 01:19:11,434 little bit more about you and your policies They relate to 1249 01:19:11,434 --> 01:19:15,100 transportation, sustainability, and equity. Um that would be 1250 01:19:15,100 --> 01:19:20,634 great. So, uh we will start with Sarah 1251 01:19:20,966 --> 01:19:24,600 So, I’m just going to play clean up on myself. Uh the 1252 01:19:24,600 --> 01:19:26,600 streets that I was talking about where bikes have slowed 1253 01:19:26,600 --> 01:19:29,300 transit um and then, you know, you have to think about the 1254 01:19:29,300 --> 01:19:34,400 equity issue. Uh Pike Pine in Broadway and second um when I 1255 01:19:34,400 --> 01:19:37,267 was referring to sixty more dollars on the table, I was 1256 01:19:37,267 --> 01:19:41,334 referring to the VF. Um I also mentioned the transportation 1257 01:19:41,334 --> 01:19:43,501 benefit district I was not referring to that in the same 1258 01:19:43,501 --> 01:19:49,000 sentence. um and uh permanent supportive housing we need to 1259 01:19:49,000 --> 01:19:53,101 make uh land use and regulatory changes to bring that online 1260 01:19:53,101 --> 01:19:57,967 faster to provide those needed services and uh to the housing 1261 01:19:57,967 --> 01:20:04,701 insecure and also um definitely use public private partnerships 1262 01:20:04,701 --> 01:20:07,500 to bring affordable housing online faster. I was at the 1263 01:20:07,500 --> 01:20:10,700 opening of the Catfish Corner and that is an example of a 1264 01:20:10,700 --> 01:20:14,934 project that was very well done. um and uh we should be 1265 01:20:14,934 --> 01:20:21,468 doing more of that Alright, thank you. Uh Nikita. Oliver. 1266 01:20:21,468 --> 01:20:24,567 Thank you so much. MASS Coalition for the opportunity 1267 01:20:24,567 --> 01:20:28,101 to share space with y’all and to folks spending their evening 1268 01:20:28,101 --> 01:20:31,034 talking about this really important issues. Uh the 1269 01:20:31,034 --> 01:20:33,500 thought I want to leave you with is we’re in a climate 1270 01:20:33,500 --> 01:20:37,434 catastrophe. Uh we hear everyone talking about the heat 1271 01:20:37,434 --> 01:20:42,434 We experience the smoke last year. There will be wildfires 1272 01:20:42,434 --> 01:20:45,767 this year again and we cannot wait to make significant 1273 01:20:45,767 --> 01:20:49,401 strides on a just transition ending exclusionary zoning 1274 01:20:49,401 --> 01:20:52,467 housing affordability, and a transportation system that is 1275 01:20:52,467 --> 01:20:55,967 built equitably and locked up with the housing that we need 1276 01:20:55,967 --> 01:20:59,101 to build and that we need to pursue getting to our climate 1277 01:20:59,101 --> 01:21:02,867 goals not just by 2050 but to be quite frank. We need to get 1278 01:21:02,867 --> 01:21:06,533 there sooner and the only way we’re going to do it is by 1279 01:21:06,533 --> 01:21:10,533 building a city where that is walkable, that has amenities, 1280 01:21:10,533 --> 01:21:12,634 services, and access to resources for families and 1281 01:21:12,634 --> 01:21:15,367 their neighborhoods and I believe I’m the candidate to 1282 01:21:15,367 --> 01:21:18,967 make that happen with MLK Labor support ATU 5587 Transit 1283 01:21:18,967 --> 01:21:24,000 Riders, Seattle Sunrise Movement, Seattle, Puget Sound 1284 01:21:24,000 --> 01:21:26,301 stage leaders, The Working Families Party, uh Michael 1285 01:21:26,301 --> 01:21:31,001 O’Brien, Tammy Morales, uh state senators, and state reps. 1286 01:21:31,001 --> 01:21:33,600 I think that I can bring a cross section of community 1287 01:21:33,600 --> 01:21:36,867 together that that will allow us address this catastrophe 1288 01:21:36,867 --> 01:21:43,234 head on Thank you. And finally, Brianna Thomas. I’m going to 1289 01:21:43,234 --> 01:21:46,467 use my 90 seconds to explain something. I said when I 1290 01:21:46,467 --> 01:21:48,767 launched my campaign and people ask me regularly, how are you 1291 01:21:48,767 --> 01:21:51,967 different than your boss? And I said, I hate scooters. I don’t 1292 01:21:51,967 --> 01:21:57,434 hate scooters. The fun on Alki a couple days ago, it’s a 1293 01:21:57,434 --> 01:22:00,333 delightful What I do hate is them being in the middle of the 1294 01:22:00,333 --> 01:22:03,267 road and being a blockage for people that are just trying to 1295 01:22:03,267 --> 01:22:05,634 move through the city and I think my to that we just give 1296 01:22:05,634 --> 01:22:08,634 us some place to park them along with bicycles. You know, 1297 01:22:08,634 --> 01:22:11,400 if we had some place to put Ebikes and to put scooters and 1298 01:22:11,400 --> 01:22:13,700 to put private bikes on every corner. Well, not every corner 1299 01:22:13,700 --> 01:22:16,600 but most corners across the city that would also I think 1300 01:22:16,600 --> 01:22:20,401 improve people’s willingness and ability to use these multi 1301 01:22:20,401 --> 01:22:22,934 opportunities and not have to take cars everywhere. So, 1302 01:22:22,934 --> 01:22:25,500 that’s what I’d like to do with my 90 seconds and I would like 1303 01:22:25,500 --> 01:22:28,134 to say that I think that we are all working toward 1304 01:22:28,134 --> 01:22:31,066 transportation systems that either give people back time or 1305 01:22:31,066 --> 01:22:35,000 money because those are both in short supply. Thank you for 1306 01:22:35,000 --> 01:22:38,867 having me this evening. and thank you all so much for 1307 01:22:38,867 --> 01:22:41,600 participating in tonight’s Position nine city council 1308 01:22:41,600 --> 01:22:45,501 candidate forum and our candidates tonight again were 1309 01:22:45,501 --> 01:22:50,167 Nikita Oliver, um Sarah Nel, and Brianna Thomas. Um and 1310 01:22:50,167 --> 01:22:56,567 thanks to everybody who watched online. and um I am going to uh 1311 01:22:56,567 --> 01:23:00,433 turn my time, turn the rest of uh the time back over to Ingrid 1312 01:23:00,433 --> 01:23:04,267 to close this out um and just a final reminder that the primary 1313 01:23:04,267 --> 01:23:08,534 election is on August. 3rd and ballots will be dropping in uh 1314 01:23:08,534 --> 01:23:13,000 mailboxes across the city in just a couple of weeks. Thanks. 1315 01:23:13,000 --> 01:23:17,167 wonderful. Thank you. My name is Ingrid Elliott and I’m from 1316 01:23:17,167 --> 01:23:21,901 350 Seattle Action. I really appreciate your uh skillful 1317 01:23:21,901 --> 01:23:26,233 moderation this evening. Erica uh Barnett and thank you to all 1318 01:23:26,233 --> 01:23:30,566 of our candidates for being here Again, that primary 1319 01:23:30,566 --> 01:23:34,000 election is coming up on August 3rd. Very important date. So, 1320 01:23:34,000 --> 01:23:38,034 watch for your ballots in mid July. Uh I’d also like to thank 1321 01:23:38,034 --> 01:23:42,433 again all our cosponsor organizations, not only 350 1322 01:23:42,433 --> 01:23:46,000 Seattle but Cascade Bicycle Club Disability rights, 1323 01:23:46,000 --> 01:23:48,901 Washington, Seattle, Neighborhood Greenways, 1324 01:23:48,901 --> 01:23:54,134 Seattle, Subway, Sunrise, Seattle, Transportation Choices 1325 01:23:54,134 --> 01:23:58,000 Coalition, Transportation Rider, Transit Riders Union, 1326 01:23:58,000 --> 01:24:02,733 and the Urban If you missed any of the live stream tonight or 1327 01:24:02,733 --> 01:24:06,000 would like to share with friends, we’ll be sharing a 1328 01:24:06,000 --> 01:24:10,500 recording and a transcript via Email to all who registered and 1329 01:24:10,500 --> 01:24:15,033 also on social media. Thanks. for being with us tonight 1330 01:24:15,033 --> 01:24:19,033 everyone and have a great evening.