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A
Today
we
get
to
talk
about
what's
going
on
in
the
city
as
shared
by
two
very
special
guests
who
know
the
subject
very
well.
First,
I'd
like
to
thank
our
sponsors
and
supporters
of
the
downtown
talk
series.
They
are
amazon
heritage,
bank,
kaiser,
permanente,
puget,
sound
energy
and
vulcan
real
estate.
Thank
you
for
building
serving
powering
and
giving
back
to
our
community
for
today's
topics
and
questions.
We
went
to
our
members
and
asked
about
important
issues,
issues
that
are
driving
the
change
and
are
top
of
mind
here
in
bellevue.
A
We're
going
to
take
on
those
questions
and
the
mayor
and
deputy
mayor
are
ready
to
address
those
questions
and
key
topics
with
facts,
information
and
a
few
new
things
along
the
way
I
would
like
now
to
bring
in
our
special
guests
for
this
downtown
talks.
Please
join
me
if,
from
wherever
you
are
out
there
and
welcoming
mayor
lynn,
robinson.
B
C
You
patrick
also
great
to
be
here
today
and
under
slightly
different
circumstances,
we're
not
in
ensconced
in
a
bubble
wrap.
So
this
is
feels
like
we're
getting
a
little
bit
closer
to
normalcy.
So
it's
wonderful
and
thank
everybody
for
joining
us
today.
All
the
bda
members
providing
that
input
on
those
on
the
questionnaire
that
you
did
so
looking
forward
to
to
a
great
conversation.
A
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B
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A
A
Okay,
let's
get
started
mayor
robinson
today
marks
the
one
year
anniversary
of
the
george
floyd
murder.
His
death
was
another
tragic
reminder
about
prevailing
injustices
and
the
needs
for
healing
and
just
really
taking
on
change
in
our
community
so
a
year
later.
What
are
your
thoughts
on
this
anniversary.
B
Oh
sorry,
oh
codifying,
de-escalation
policies
that
we
had
already
been
using.
So
you
know
those
are
good
changes.
There
are
more
recommendations.
Our
council
advanced
centering
communities
of
color
program,
which
was
an
initiative
by
council
members
on
in
barksdale
that
is
budgeted
and
is
currently
being
worked
on
with
staff.
It's
a
community
led
program
to
advance
racial
equity,
recognize
and
eliminate
systemic
barrier-specific
participation
and
build
trust
and
awareness
throughout
our
diverse
population
in
bellevue,
and
we
are
currently
recruiting
for
a
diverse
group
of
11
on
our
communities
of
color,
so
team.
B
C
That's
a
great
question
and
it's
it's
interesting
we're
starting
to
see
that
happen
already.
I
think
both
short
and
long
term,
the
individuals
and
the
way
they're
responding
in
terms
of
reopening
the
economy
a
little
bit
more
and
getting
out
a
little
bit
more.
You
know,
I
think
some
people
have
embraced
it
immediately.
Others
are
a
little
bit
more
hesitant,
especially
those
are
in
age
group
or
have
pre-existing
conditions.
C
So
you
know
they
need
to
take
further
precautions,
but
I
think
that
you
know
more
and
more
people
as
they
get
vaccinated,
they're,
going
to
feel
more
comfortable
going
out
for
dinner
going
to
the
park
being
in
indoors,
which
is
which
is
a
big
thing.
You
know
either
to
you
know,
attend
a
concert
or
go
see
family
somewhere
else
across
the
state.
So
it's
really
great
to
see
that
people
are
starting
to
get
more
comfortable
and
it
really
all
comes
down
to
the
vaccine
right
and
anybody
out
there
who
hasn't
gotten
their
vaccination.
C
Yet
please
do
and
make
sure
the
second
shot
as
well,
because
we're
seeing
some
softening
in
terms
of
people
getting
that
first
shot
and
then
not
getting
that
second
shot,
which
is
just
as
important.
So
we
really
need
to
make
sure
all
residents
do
that,
because
the
sooner
that
everyone's
vaccinated,
the
the
better
off
we
are
and
the
more
we
can
open
up
this
economy.
As
governor
rinsley
said
by
the
end
of
of
june,
and
and
then
we
don't
want
to
do
this,
this
guessing
game
either
anymore
right.
C
Are
you
vaccinated
somewhat
vaccinated
fully
vaccinated?
So
I
think
everyone
will
feel
a
lot
more
comfortable
just
being
out
in
public
when
we're
at
that
point,
but
until
then
we're
certainly
going
to
follow
all
the
protocols
by
the
you
know:
seattle
and
king
county
department
of
health
and
and
from
the
governor's
office,
and
and
do
everything
in
a
responsible
way.
But
personally,
I
think
people
are
raring
to
go
to
get
back
to
work,
to
get
outside,
to
see
people
to
see
their
friends
that
they
haven't
seen
in
quite
some
time.
C
If
you
go
to
like
claire,
for
example,
who's,
the
owner
of
the
belden
cafe,
she
is
someone
who
has
survived
the
pandemic
because
of
residents
going
there
supporting
her
during
this
very
difficult
time
and
and-
and
she
said,
there's
no
other
city-
I
would
want
to
be
in
than
bellevue,
because
of
the
way
that
we
we've
handled
this
pandemic,
but
also
the
way
that
we
have
supported
these
small
businesses
and
cafes
and
and
restaurants.
And
of
course,
it's
a
team
effort.
C
A
B
B
The
other
the
other
transition
we're
going
to
be
facing
is
when
our
businesses
start
having
to
pay
business
taxes
again
and
their
utility
bills,
and
it's
really
important
that
if
there's
any
businesses
that
are
struggling,
that
they
contact
us,
that
we
can
work
with
them
on
that
and
then
the
the
biggest
impact
the
biggest
transition
is
going
to
be.
When
we
lose
the
eviction
moratorium
now,
bellevue
did
not
put
a
moratorium
in
on
their
own.
B
Of
course,
the
state
did
which
we
are
following,
but
we
have
put
all
our
energy
and
millions
of
dollars
into
rental
assistance
for
our
residents
to
try
to
make
sure
that
we
can
get
these
people
over
the
finish
line
and
we
put
millions
of
dollars
into
business
assistance
as
well.
And
so
those
two
efforts
are
just
trying
to
maintain
the
community
that
we
have
and
trying
to
make
sure
that,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
we
don't
lose
any
more
businesses
and
we
don't
lose
our
residence,
which
we
really
value.
A
Growth
came
out
as
a
really
hot
topic
in
our
community
and
in
member
pool,
and
it's
visible
signs
of
what's
to
come
here
in
downtown
with
a
with
a
lot
of
construction
underway,
but
also
certainly
we're
in
a
period
of
recovery
and
the
video
mentioned
that
the
business
assistants
that
came
through
at
many
different
levels,
so
deputy
mayor,
how
is
a
city
supporting
recovery
and
preparing
for
what
is
a
lot
of
growth
on
our
on
our
horizon?
Well,.
C
You
know,
despite
the
you
know,
the
severe
impacts
of
the
pandemic
bellevue
remains
very
strong.
You
know
bellevue
strong
if
you
will-
and
I
think
that
the
video
that
we
showed
here
touched
on
a
lot
of
the
points
and
some
of
them
that
I
want
to
reiterate,
because
some
of
these
data
points
are
really
important
for
people
to
understand
exactly
where
we
are
like,
for
example,
the
unemployment
rate
is
at
4.4
percent,
quite
good
when
you
compare
that
to
other
cities
of
our
size
across
the
country
or
even
regionally.
C
So
we're
doing
quite
well
there
now
hotel
occupancy
is
up
over
the
last
12
month
period,
we're
about
34
percent.
Now
that
might
seem
rather
low,
but
it
was
much
lower
during
the
pandemic,
so
we
are
getting
there
and
there
is
growth
there.
So
that's
really
great
to
see
and
we've
got
nine
million
square
feet
of
office
space
and
ninety
percent
of
it
is
already
pre-leased.
C
We
just
launched
our
al
fresco
outdoor
dining
program,
as
probably
a
lot
of
people
have
seen
on
on
main
street,
which
was
you
know
so
fantastic
and
a
lot
of
people
embrace
that,
and
we
see
that
as
an
ongoing
program
in
the
future,
but
not
just
for
downtown
that'll.
Be
expanded
elsewhere
throughout
bellevue
as
well,
and
then
we've
amazon,
obviously,
which
is
always
receives
a
lot
of
attention,
but
they're
bringing
25
000
jobs
to
to
to
bellevue.
C
So
we
really
want
to
hone
in
onto
that
as
well,
as
you
know,
make
sure
that
we
bring
the
rest
of
the
economic
sector
along
as
well.
But
our
economic
development
team
is
is,
is
just
fantastic
and
I
would
say
anyone
watching
today
if
they
have
any
questions
about
either
the
reopening
of
the
economy
or
there's
anything
else
that
we
can
do.
A
I
think
any
conversation
about
growth
obviously
has
housing
attached
to
it
as
we
anticipate
growth
in
jobs
and
there's
increasing
demand
for
quality
of
life.
Here
in
bellevue,
the
city
council
has
been
stepping
through
a
number
of
policy
updates
to
address
the
challenges
both
on
housing,
affordability
and
accessibility.
So
mayor
robinson
share
some
highlights
about
the
housing
conversation
here
in
bellevue.
B
Thank
you.
You
know
that's
my
favorite
topic.
I
could
speak
all
day
on
that,
but
anything
I
don't
cover.
If
anybody
wants
to
reach
out
to
me,
I'm
happy
to
go
over
the
details,
but
I
want
to
talk
about
the
need
and
then
some
of
the
work
that
we're
doing
for
solutions.
There
is
a
tremendous
need
for
affordable
housing
in
bellevue.
B
Currently,
only
10
of
our
housing
is
affordable
to
a
family
of
four
earning,
eighty
thousand
dollars
a
year
or
less.
So
that's
a
lot
of
people
who
work
in
bellevue
that
can't
afford
to
live
here
and
in
fact
only
ten
percent
of
the
people
who
work
in
bellevue
live
in
bellevue.
So
you
can
imagine
that
incredible
title
shift
of
commuters
that
come
in
and
out
of
bellevue
every
day
and
what
a
challenge
that
is,
and
it's
not
great
for
the
environment.
B
Obviously,
so
we
need
to
create
that
full
spectrum
of
affordability,
which
would
be
like
zero
to
a
hundred
and
twenty
percent
area,
median
income,
and
so
the
council
jared
and
the
council-
and
I
have
been
working
really
hard
since
we
got
into
our
positions
to
really
advance
affordable
housing
policies
that
are
actually
going
to
work.
Just
last
night
we
revamped
our
multi-family
property
tax
exemption.
B
That
was
a
great
compromise
between
our
developers
and
our
affordable
housing
advocates
that,
as
a
package
should
really
incentivize
the
development
of
more
affordable
housing
within
market
rate
housing,
and
so
I'm
excited.
You
know.
I
think
that
in
two
years
we
will
see
a
significant
increase
in
housing
being
developed
on
all
affordabilities
we've.
Also,
let's
see
we've.
Oh,
we
voted
at
the
beginning
of
the
year.
B
A
A
Part
of
the
creation
of
success
will
depend
on
some
land
use
and
planning
initiatives
that
are
underway
for
the
city
really
important
to
the
downtown
community.
But
of
course
important
city-wide
and
those
include
the
grand
connection,
vision
and
implementation,
wilberton,
land
use
and
zoning,
as
well
as
east
maine,
so
share
with
us
a
little
bit
more
about
those
key
planning
initiatives
that
are
future
focused
and
taking
up
a
lot
of
time
for
both
staff
and
council.
B
Well,
as
everybody
knows,
we're
about
to
experience
significant
growth
and
we're
obviously
preparing
for
that
already,
but,
unlike
most
cities,
we
have
room
for
this
growth.
You
know
our
downtown
is
only
70
percent
built
out.
We
have
these
other
growth
areas
where
we
can
focus
the
growth
in
the
bell
red
in
wilberton,
east
gate
factoria.
B
So
you
know
it's.
These
different
areas
are
going
to
have
unique
characters
that
will
be
designed
by
the
people
who
live
and
work
there
and
there's
a
big
planning
process
going
on
right
now
and
I'm
really
excited
to
see
how
they
emerge.
The
challenge,
I
think,
is
how
do
we
connect
all
these
areas
not
only
to
each
other
but
to
the
community
as
well?
B
B
East
trail
is
a
ped
bike
path
that
extends
all
the
way
from
renton
through
bellevue,
up
to
kirkland,
redmond
and
eventually
woodenville,
and
that
connects
to
the
mountains
to
sound
greenway,
which
is
an
amazing,
east-west,
dedicated
pet
bike
path.
So
all
this
interconnectivity
is
just
an
amazing
amenity
for
the
people
who
live
and
work
and
visit
bellevue,
and
there
will
be
little
spurs
along
the
grand
along
the
east
trail
that
will
connect
to
our
neighborhoods
as
well.
B
A
And
as
we
make
our
way
into,
the
future,
return
to
the
workplace
is
really
topical
and
and
front
and
center,
and
we
know
so
much
of
our
our
workforce
has
been
on
the
front
lines
working
from
day
one
of
the
pandemic,
but
many
of
us
have
been
working
remotely
or
we're
adapting
to
a
hybrid
style,
so
return
to
the
workplace
is
really
important
for
our
economy,
especially
our
downtown
economy.
So
deputy
mayor
share
with
us
a
little
more
about
the
return
to
workplace
challenges
and
opportunities
that
you
see.
C
C
C
My
understanding
is
that
they're
going
to
be
all
back
in
the
office
by
september,
but
again
until
that
time,
there'll
be
probably
going
to
be
in
a
hybrid
model,
which
I
think
is
good
and
actually
will
have
some
other
impacts.
Positive
impacts
for
the
city
as
well
as
the
mayor
mentioned
regarding
you
know,
transportation,
for
example.
C
If
someone
is
only
going
into
the
office
two
or
three
times
a
week
versus
five
days
a
week,
you
know
that's
another
car,
that's
off
the
road
that
might
ease
up
congestion
a
little
bit
now
in
terms
of
city
and
again
I
gotta
really
congratulate
city
manager,
miyaki
and
the
entire
leadership
team
for
doing
such
a
great
job
of
pivoting
during
the
pandemic
and
going
to
an
all-virtual
environment
and,
at
the
same
time
maintaining
incredibly
high
level
of
services.
So
I
was
just
amazed
at
how
quickly
we're
able
to
do
that.
C
C
They're
meeting
on
a
weekly
basis,
constantly
looking
at
the
guidance
coming
down
from
from
the
state
and
in
king
county
health
and
putting
plans
and
get
together
to
eventually
fully
reopen
all
city
facilities
like
city
hall,
so
that'll
be
great
when
that
happens,
but
you
know
we're
taking
a
measured
approach
to
it,
we're
being
responsible,
but
certainly
that
is
the
goal
to
open
sooner
sooner
than
later.
But
you
know
overall,
I
think
you
know
when
staff
gets
back
and
everyone
feels
safe.
That's
when
we'll
be
fully.
A
Yeah
no
question
this
past
year
has
been
really
hard
too,
as
we
learned
a
lot
of
lessons
about
how
to
relate
and
work
with
one
another,
how
we
engage
in
the
community
and
and
support
one
another
mayor
robinson.
This
pandemic
has
triggered
a
lot
of
issues
from
economic
losses.
Mental
health
impacts,
child
care
problems,
a
lot
of
scrambling
to
figure
out
how
to
how
to
how
to
respond
and
be
resilient.
So
what
what
challenges
from
the
past
year
and
then
looking
forward
are
top
of
mind
for
you.
B
Well,
I
think
the
biggest
challenge
is
going
to
be
working
with
the
families
and
the
businesses
that
were
struggling
before
covid.
I
mean
this
has
just
exacerbated
any
challenges
that
people
are
having
in
advance
of
covid,
and
it's
going
to
be
really,
I
mean.
Fortunately,
we
live
in
a
city
that
has
poured
every
extra
penny
it
has
into
human
services
into
small
business
support
and
our
large
employers
have
joined
us
in
doing
that.
B
So
we're
just
trying
to
keep
people
afloat
to
the
end
here
and
really
hoping
that
we
don't
lose
families
when
that
moratorium
ends
and
that
we
don't
lose
any
more
small
businesses.
I
think
we've
lost
over
400
of
our
small
businesses,
so
you
know
maybe
we
can
bring
them
back.
I
don't
know,
but
we're
just
trying
to
help
people
hang
in
there
until
everybody
can
open
up
again
and
people
can
go
back
to
work
and
the
schools
are
fully
opened
and
it
is
truly
a
great
challenge.
B
But
I
have
to
say
I
am
so
proud
of
the
council
that
we
have
of
the
people,
the
deputy
mayor
and
the
rest
of
the
council
members
we're
all
very
different.
We
all
have
different
passions
and
expertise,
but
we
function
well
together
and
I
feel
like
we
have
been
working
so
hard
during
this
time
and
have
made
good
decisions
really
impressed
with
our
city
manager
and
our
staff.
If
any
city
can
make
it
through
this
and
come
out
on
top,
it
will
be
bellevue.
B
Obviously
it's
the
people
who
live
here
because
they're,
the
ones
who
elect
us
and
they're
the
ones
who
really
weigh
in
on
the
decisions
that
get
made.
So
I
think
it's
the
the
community
that
is
here
in
bellevue,
the
community
that
bellevue
attracts-
and
I
you
know
the
to
me-
the
the
heart
and
soul
of
our
community
is
small
business
and
so
just
creating
that
character
and
the
diversity
that
is
so
prevalent
here
and
so
fun.
B
A
A
C
Yeah
and
it's
a
key
area
where
everyone's
interested
in
especially
with
all
the
growth
and
getting
back
to
work-
and
you
know
it's-
it's
amazing
how
many
projects
have
been
ongoing
and
the
fact
that
we've
been
able
to
keep
those
projects
on
track
despite
the
pandemic.
You
know-
and
I
even
have
to
refer
to
my
notes
here,
because
I
I
couldn't
believe
when,
when
I
was
asking
to
make
sure
that
I
cover
off
and
all
these
transportation
projects
it
was.
It
was
much
more
extensive
than
even
than
even
than
I
anticipated.
C
C
interesting
fact
they
do
about
a
year
or
years
worth
of
testing
before
they
actually
open
that.
So,
while
everything
will
appear
that
it's
complete
and
ready
to
go,
that
testing
is
obviously
very
important,
so
they
do
almost
up
to
a
year
of
testing,
but
I
think
they're
on
schedule
for
that.
So
that's
going
to
be
fantastic
and-
and
certainly
you
know,
transit's
very
important
as
well.
Obviously
you
know
the
the
transit
routes
are
still
not
backed.
C
They
were
pre
pre-pandemic
levels,
so
there's
there's
some
work
to
be
done
there,
because
we
certainly
want
people
to
feel
safe
when
they're,
taking
the
bus
to
work
or
to
school.
Or
what
have
you
so
currently?
The
guidance
that
we're
getting
from
king
county
is
that
those
bus
routes
will
be
back
up
to
or
close
to
back
up
to
full
operational
and
all
their
different
routes
by
september.
So
that
would
be
great
to
see.
C
It's
really
really
important.
So
if
there
is
an
option,
that's
not
on
the
table,
we
are
open
to
that
so,
but
we
want
to
give
as
many
options
as
possible.
Now
on
the
neighborhoods
congestion
and
transportation,
we
there
was
a
levy
back
in
2016,
the
neighborhood
safety
connectivity
and
congestion
levy,
and
with
that
we
invested
more
than
21
million
dollars
and
completed
51
different
projects,
city-wide
that
upgraded
bike
lanes,
sidewalks,
crosswalk
safety,
improvements,
congestion
relief
or
or
cut
through
traffic
issues,
and
then
some
technology
as
well
for
traffic
management
projects
and
and
speaking
of
safety.
C
Obviously,
that
is
of
utmost
concern
to
us
and
by
2030
we
want
to
have
a
make
a
significant
impact
or
hopefully
get
to
that
zero
of
no
fatalities,
no
serious
accidents,
but,
as
I
was
doing
some
research
for
this
event
today,
it's
interesting
to
note
that
83
percent
of
all
the
fatalities
and
serious
accidents
are
only
happening
on
eight
percent
of
our
streets,
so
we
so
bottom
line.
We
know
where
these
trouble
areas
are
and
we're
working
very
quickly
to
address
them,
because
it's
not
the
same
everywhere
across
across
the
city.
C
The
council
also
allocated
2.5
million
dollars
to
the
current
capital
budget,
for
safety,
improvements
on
on
five
different
city
streets
and
and
and
that's
going
forward
very
quickly-
and
you
know
again
meeting
that
growth
challenge
is
really
important
and
that
anticipated
growth
that
we
talked
about
earlier
as
well.
So
we're
going
to
be
and
have
extended
capacity,
roadway
capacity,
especially
along
those
those
different
growth
corridors,
be
it
downtown
spring
district,
wilburton,
bel
red
so
as
much
as
possible.
C
We've
expanded
capacity
on
those
existing
roadways
to
better
connect
downtown
with
those
different
neighborhoods,
and
we
also
received
which
I
think
has
got
a
lot
of
attention:
the
100
million
dollar
tiffy
alone,
which
was
basically
two
projects
that
will
start
this
year
and
that's
a
it's
a
hundred
million
dollar
loan
and
that
is
for
124th
avenue,
northeast
from
northeast
12th
to
12th
streets
and
then
the
next
section
of
the
spring
boulevard
and
previously
projects
completed.
There
were
the
set
another
section,
the
spring
boulevard,
along
with
124th
avenue,
northeast
and
120th
avenue
northeast.
C
C
So,
we've
added
28
miles
of
new
bike
lanes
since
2017
for
a
total
of
72
miles
now
throughout
the
city
of
bellevue.
I
think
that's
a
major
accomplishment,
and
this
year
we
also
completed
the
108th
complete
street
program
and
northeast
12th
street
multi-purpose
path.
Project
and
those
two
projects
connect
each
other
to
the
to
the
new
multi-purpose
path
on
northeast
spring
boulevard
as
well,
and
that
provides
a
really
safe,
comfortable,
bicycle
connection
from
downtown
to
bel
red
and
connecting
to
the
east
rail
that
the
the
mayor
mentioned
earlier
as
well
and
speaking
of
east
rail.
C
So
that
two
point
five
file,
2.5
mile
section
of
the
trail
south
of
coal
creek
parkway,
it
was
recently
paved
so
shout
out
to
washdot
and
king
county
parks
for
their
help,
with
that
and
bellevue
just
recently
completed
a
new
section
of
the
mountains
to
sound
greenway
trail
along
I-90.
That
goes
above
factoria
boulevard,
which
is
just
amazing,
completed
project
and
have
rode
over
a
couple
of
times
now
and
it's
and
it's
a
major
safety
improvement,
because
previously
people
would
literally
have
to
get
into
that
very,
very
crowded
busy
intersection.
C
So
that's
a
significant
improvement
right
there
as
well.
So
now,
regional
roadways,
obviously
there's
three
major
highways
that
impact
bellevue's,
obviously
something
that's
very
top
of
mind
for
us
and
washdot
has
completed
405
improvement
projects
worth
hundreds
of
millions
of
dollars.
We're
collaborating
with
washdot
on
that
I-405
program
that
you're,
probably
familiar
with
that
is
the
widening
of
widening
of
the
405,
as
well
as
the
express
tool
lanes.
C
So
that's
obviously
a
very
important
project
and
then
the
I-90
eastgate
to
sr
900
corridor
improvements
there
and
then
the
proposed
improvements
on
124th,
oh
and
the
520
interchange
there.
So
that's
that's
another
one,
and
it's
also
worth
noting
that
in
2020,
bellevue
has
awarded
over
well
close
to
10
million
dollars
in
local
state
and
federal
grant
fund
for
transportation
projects.
A
Yeah
we
stay
with
that
that
challenge
for
sure,
and
I
think
importantly,
as
you
reminded
us,
with
the
list
of
projects,
we
talk
a
lot
about
the
regional
projects
of
significance,
those
that
are
going
to
make
the
greatest
impact
and
serve
growth,
downtown
and
spring
district
and
other
areas
where
we've
designated
growth.
But
the
investments
are
city-wide.
They
really
are
designed
to
impact
and
serve
neighborhoods
throughout
the
city,
which
I
think
is
an
important
point
for
mobility,
as
we
take
on
the
challenges
that
absolutely
talk
about
the
big
regional
projects.
C
Right,
pat
and
that's
why
I
wanted
to
mention
the
neighborhood
levy,
because
that's
just
as
important
as
any
other
part
of
the
city
right.
So
we
we
don't
just
focus
on
the
big
ones.
We
want
to
focus
on
the
small
ones
too,
because
they're,
just
as
impacted
to
congestion
or
other
issues
in
their
neighborhood.
A
Right
good
point:
yeah
it
it
is.
It
is
a
pleasure
and
a
privilege
to
do
work
alongside
the
city
of
bellevue
and
in
many
areas
and
and
to
pursue
advocacy
on
key
issues
in
part,
because
the
city's
been
so
focused
in
being
a
high-performing
organization
and
working
with
council
that
is
constantly
reevaluating
priorities
and
and
what
it
should
focus
on
from
a
policy
standpoint.
So
I
understand
the
city
council
recently
went
through
a
re-look
at
council
priorities
and
so
now
it'd
be
a
great
opportunity
to
share
with
the
audience
what's
new
or
different.
B
Well,
we
had
two
new
council
members.
Well
one
knew,
and
then
you
and
janice,
I
guess
at
the
same
time,
came
on
so
three
new
council
members.
It
was
really
the
first
time
we'd
all
been
able
to
sit
down
and
re-examine
our
long-term
goals
for
the
city
and
what
our
priorities
were
and
the
thing
that
came
out
that
permeated
the
entire
conversation
and
all
our
guiding
principles
was
the
equity
and
the
inclusion
part
of
it,
and
and
not
just
that
we
welcome
people
that
people
feel
they
belong.
B
B
Well,
we
talked
about
what
well
one
thing:
that's
kind
of
exciting
that
councilmember
lee
has
been
talking
about
is
a
cross-cultural
center
of
sorts,
and
so
we've
put
that
out
to
a
consultant
to
look
at
you
know:
do
we
build
a
new
building?
Do
we
use
an
existing
place
that
we
have
for
that
to
support
those
programmings?
B
B
C
I
think
that's
an
interesting
and
an
important
piece
to
it
is
that
the
document
as
a
whole,
both
the
vision
and
the
priorities,
we're
putting
an
equity
lens
on
it,
and
previously
we
had
not
done
that.
So
it's
not
just
you
know
one
line
item
or
one
bullet
point
about
equity,
but
the
entire
principles
that
we're
looking
at.
We
do
have
that
equity
lens
and
I
think
that's
one
of
the
the
major
updates
this
time
around.
B
That,
and
also
surprisingly,
we
had
not
really
called
out
affordable
housing
before
yeah
as
a
priority,
and
obviously
that
needs
to
be
a
priority
and
also
multimodal
transportation.
It's
not
to
say
we
don't
support
cars.
We
don't
want
to
make
it
easy
for
people
to
drive
around
bellevue,
that's
essential,
but
the
more
people
that
are
able
to
safely
get
out
of
their
cars
and
walk
bike,
use,
transit,
use,
light
rail,
the
fewer
cars
will
have
downtown
and
hopefully
the
more
people
that
can
live
near
where
they
work.
A
A
C
C
So
with
that
said,
you
know,
chief
milette
has
been
doing
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
great
work
recently.
He
just
hired
a
new
assistant
chief
wendell
shirley
out
of
santa
monica,
a
great
hire,
but
speaking
of
hires,
we're
actually
down
about
13
15
officers
right
now,
so
I
know
that's
a
priority
for
for
him,
so
we've
kind
of
reinstituted
a
signing
bonus
program
for
sixteen
thousand
dollars
to
attract
lateral,
hires,
not
only
regionally
but
nationally.
C
Previously
that
worked
quite
well
for
us
in
in
in
the
past,
but
and
I'm
sure
we'll
get
a
lot
a
lot
of
interest
again
once
from
that.
But
you
know
being
down
13
or
15
officers
might
not
sound
like
much,
but
a
department
of
our
size
actually
has
a
pretty
significant
impact
when
you're
talking
about
180
200
200
officers.
So
it
can
have
quite
a
bit
of
impact
so
hoping
to
to
shore
that
up
right
away.
But
you
know,
I
think,
what's
also
going
to
attract
people
to
the
city
of
bellevue.
C
Is
that
where
officers
or
lateral
hires
or
new
hires
to
the
city
of
bellevue
is
that
this
council
supports
our
police
department
residents,
support
this
police
department
and
that
you
know
that
may
sound
like,
of
course
they
do.
But
you
know
they
we
we
truly
do
and
that's
not
to
say
that
we
don't
constantly
reevaluate
policies
and
procedures,
as
we
talked
about
earlier
about
the
use
of
force
which
we
went
through
that.
But
you
know
they
have
a
constant
program
in
place
too
to
keep
reevaluating.
How
do
we
get
better?
C
What
do
we
need
to
change
et
cetera,
et
cetera
and
that's
going
to
happen
over
and
over
and
over
again,
because
if
you're,
if
you're
not
doing
that,
if
you're
standing
still,
if
you're
not
moving
forward
and
constantly
reevaluating
your
programs,
that's
when
you
know
things
can
go
wrong.
So
I'm
sure
that
will
continue
in
the
future
as
well.
B
But
this
is
a
mental
health
crisis
and
who
do
we
bring
in
at
that
moment
that
is
most
effective
for
the
person
to
keep
them
safe
and
the
people
around
them.
Safe
and
so
we're
re-examining
how
best
to
deal
with
that,
I
know
that
the
bellevue
school
district
decided
to
remove
temporarily
remove
the
sro
officers,
but
really
it's
an
opportunity
to
re-examine
what
that
role
is
in
our
schools,
how
we
can
partner
with
our
police
and
our
school
district.
C
C
C
Correct
it's
about
12.
has
a
has,
has
direct
input,
has
a
voice
in
terms
of
what's
happening
within
the
bellevue
police
department.
I
think
that's
worked
very
well
for
both
sides.
They
can
under
understand
better
what
the
bellevue
police
department
is
trying
to
achieve,
and
we
we
mean
in
the
bellevue
police
can
better
understand
some
of
the
issues
that
they're
currently
dealing
with
in
that
particular
community,
whichever
one
it
might
be.
A
Mayor
deputy
mayor,
thank
you
for
your
leadership
and
collaboration
and
for
serving
the
entire
community.
That
makes
a
huge
difference
before
we
wrap.
I
would
like
to
give
you
both
an
opportunity
to
share
a
parting
thought,
closing
words
of
wisdom
for
our
audience,
and
you
have
your
choice.
Who
starts.
C
A
B
Well,
I
I
don't
know
if
this
is
words
of
wisdom,
but
I
just
want
to
commend
this
community,
the
city,
all
the
organizations
here
you
know,
kobe,
has
been
tough.
Obviously
this
city
has
never
slept.
It
has
not
just
sat
down
and
watched.
What's
going
to
happen,
it
has
been
proactive
from
day
one
patrick
you,
the
bda,
worked
so
hard
with
these
businesses
to
make
sure
they
had
the
equipment
they
needed.
The
advice
they
needed.
You
continued
to
work
with
them.
B
B
It
was
just
such
a
beautiful
respite
that
you
organized
there
and
the
bda
continues
to
do
that
in
many
other
ways,
with
the
music
programming
and
and
the
activation
of
the
grand
connection
and
and
helping
the
alfresco
work
that
you're
doing
I
mean
our
our
economic
development
team
has
worked
so
hard.
Our
human
service
team
has
worked
so
hard,
our
emergency
response,
crews
and
neighbors
helping
neighbors.
You
know
I've.
I've
seen
us
all
come
together
and
we
have
carried
each
other
through
this
and
I'm
just
really
proud.
C
Deputy
mayor-
well,
I'm
not
sure
words
of
wisdom,
but
you
know
I
really
thank
the
mayor
and
the
entire
council
for
the
leadership
over
the
over
the
past
year
year
and
a
half
it's
been.
It
has
been
hard.
There's
there's
been
a
lot,
but
we
are
about
through
it
and
and
very
bullish
on
bellevue,
and
we
will.
C
We
will
emerge
from
this
stronger
than
ever,
but
I
did
want
to
highlight
just
the
importance
of
partnerships
to
this
city
as
well.
We
can't
do
it
alone
and
there
are-
and
the
mayor
mentioned
a
couple
of
examples
like
the
mfte
program
working
with
the
both
developers
and
affordable
housing
providers.
C
But
there
are
so
many
examples
throughout
the
city
you
know
being
the
liaison
to
the
human
services
commission.
We
work
with
so
many
great
partners
through
cobid
to
get
the
services
and
get
the
needs
out
there
that
we
couldn't
do
by
ourselves.
You
know
working
with
great
organizations,
you
know,
be
it
hope,
link
or
livewire
to
address
food
insecurity
or
shelter
or
domestic
violence.
C
You
know
these
are
all
very
successful
partnerships
that
I
don't
really
think
get
get
as
enough
recognition
as
as
they
should,
because
without
those
partnerships
there's
no
way,
we
could
do
it
alone,
and
I
thank
all
those
partners
and
I
encourage
anyone
who
does
want
to
get
more
involved
any
other
partners
that
wants
to
come
to
the
city
of
bellevue
and
say:
how
can
I
help
please
do
we
are
always
always
open
to
that.
So
I'll
leave
it
with
that,
but
thank
you
patrick
for
having
us
again.
C
A
A
Just
continue
to
be
generous
in
and
supporting
our
programming,
and
they
are
amazon,
heritage,
bank
kaiser,
permanente,
puget,
sound
energy
and
vulcan
real
estate
and
to
everyone
watching.
No
matter
where
you
are,
I
invite
you
to
get
engaged
and
participate,
and
your
neighborhood
association
partnership
doesn't
have
to
be
a
formal
partnership.
It
can
be
an
unofficial
partnership
of
just
engaging
with
your
your
fellow
neighbors
and
and
with
the
city
a
lot
of
open
doors
to
get
involved.