>>> THE CITY LIGHTS, ART, AND CULTURE MEETING COMES TO ORDER. I'M ALEXIS MERCEDES RINCK, WILL THE COMMITTEE CLERK CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. >> BRENT PRESENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> PRESENT THERE ARE FOUR MEMBERS PRESENT. >> IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING NO THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE SUSTAINABILITY CITY LIGHT ARTS AND CULTURE COMMITTEE. THANK FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING. THIS IS MY SECOND TIME CHAIRING THIS COMMITTEE AND I WANT TO BEGIN BY RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON. THIS IS HIS FIRST TIME SITTING IN ON THIS COMMITTEE SO THAT NO LONGER MAKES ME THE NORTHEAST JUNIOR COUNCIL MEMBER OF THE DAIS. TIME REALLY MOVES FAST UP HERE. WELCOME. >> THANK YOU. >> AND AS I TOLD OUR COLLEAGUES LAST WEEK, I'M COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH YOU AND THE WIDER COMMITTEE ON ISSUES RELATED TO PUBLIC UTILITIES, CLIMATE, SUSTAINABILITY, ARTS, CULTURE INCLUDING OUR PUBLIC SERVANTS WHO WORK IN THE DEPARTMENTS THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS. MY STAFF AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TO PLAN SOME INTERESTING, INFORMATIVE AND ROBUST PRESENTATIONS FOR UPCOMING MEETINGS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR THOUGHTS AND FEEDBACK ON THESE AS COLLABORATORS. MOVING INTO BUSINESS, DURING OUR LAST COMMITTEE, WE HAD TO BREAK AT THE LAST MOMENT SO I WANT TO ONCE AGAIN ACKNOWLEDGE THE INCREDIBLE RESPONSE OF THE TEAM OVER AT THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WHEN WE HAD THE BOMB CYCLONE EVENT AT THE END OF 2024. I CANNOT EXPRESS ENOUGH HOW APPRECIATIVE THIS COUNCIL IS OF DISASTER AND THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE WORK OEM DOES FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND RESIDENTS. AND HOWEVER, IN THAT SAME REGARD I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT, THAT THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE THAT WILL NEED TO BE FISCALLY ADDRESSED AND THERE HAS BEEN A REQUEST FOR FEMA. GIVEN THE LAST FEW WEEKS OF WHAT COULD BE DESCRIBED AS UNCERTAINTY AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL WITH DEMEANING ATTEMPTS TO FORCE EMPLOYEES INTO RESIGNING AND ERADICATES FEMA ALTOGETHER, THIS IS SOMETHING THIS COMMITTEE AND THE COUNCIL WILL BE WATCHING CLOSELY THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AND MONTHS. WITH THAT, WE HAVE ONE AGENDA ITEM TODAY. WITH A VOTE ON THE APPOINTMENT OF HEATHER L. HARGESHEIMER. APOLOGIES. TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL REVIEW DISTRICT BOARD AT THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROGRAM. AND WITH THAT, WE WILL NOW OPEN THE HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC COMMENTERS, COMMENTS SHOULD RELATE TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA OR WITHIN THE PER VIEW OF THIS COMMITTEE. >> WE HAVE ZERO IN PERSON SPEAKERS AND ONE REMOTE. >> OKAY, WONDERFUL. EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES. WE WILL START WITH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY IN PERSON SPEAKERS. WITH THAT, CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE PUBLIC COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS? >> THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL BE MODERATED IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER. THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS UP TO 60 MINUTES. SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY REGISTERED. SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN TEN SECONDS ARE LEFT ON THEIR TIME. SPEAKERS' MICS WILL BE MUTED IF THEY DO NOT END THEIR COMMENTS WITHIN THE ALLOTTED TIME TO ALLOW US TO CALL ON THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW OPEN AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST. THE FIRST SPEAKER IS DAVID HAYNES. >> HI, THANK YOU, DAVID HAYNES. IS IT SUSTAINABLE TO FORCE PEOPLE TO WORK AND PRESERVE IN THIRD WORLD SLUMS THAT COUNCIL WANTS TO SHINE A LIGHT ON THAT ARE DILAPIDATED AND ANTIQUATED. WHEN YOU HAVE TO SUFFER AND LIVE IN BUILDINGS LIKE WE SEE IN PIONEER SQUARE AND THE ID WHERE YOU GET CHEATED OUT OF A 21st CENTURY FIRST WORLD QUALITY LIVING EXPERIENCE FOR WORKING CLASS AND CUSTOMER SPACE. YET YOU GET CHARGED A RENT THAT IS DOUBLE, TRIPLE, QUADRUPLE. WITH NO SCRUTINY FOR HOW LOW QUALITY THE BUILDINGS ARE. WE HAVE A MAYOR AND COUNCIL WHO THINKS IT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO CATER TO BANKS AND MANIPULATE PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF SAFETY WHILE COSMETICALLY GUSSYING UP THE PAINT AND IGNORING THE BUILDING IS A SLUMP. IF YOU ARE A PRODUCT IN YOUR ENVIRONMENT AND YOU LIVE IN A BUNCH OF SLUMS THERE IS NOTHING INSPIRING ABOUT THAT. IF YOU DRINK A LOT OF ALCOHOL, YOU CELEBRATE DIVE BARS IT FITS IN WITH BOTTOM DWELLING PROGRESSIVES AND IT IS WHY THERE ARE SO MANY CRIMINALS AND DRUG ADDICTS THAT HAVE TAKEN OVER CHINATOWN AND PIONEER SQUARE. HAVE YOU TAKEN A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE SKYLINE OF SEATTLE? THE ONE DARK SUNK MISERY LOOKING PLACE IS PIONEER SQUARE. AND IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE HISTORICAL PAST OF PIONEER SQUARE AND CHINATOWN, IT'S LIKE A REMINDER OF THE MEAN SPIRITED RACISM OF SOME IGNORANT PAST THAT YOU ALL WANT TO PRESERVE. WE NEED LEGISLATION THAT PRIORITIZES FINANCING 21st CENTURY FIRST WORLD QUALITY REDEVELOPMENTS THAT GO HIGHER IN THE LEVELS WITH ROBUST FLOOR PLANS THAN FORCING US TO ACCEPT THIS LOW QUALITY IGNORANT. >> THANK YOU DAVID. THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL REGISTERED SPEAKERS AND WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO OUR ITEMS OF BUSINESS. OKAY. SO WE WILL NOW MOVE ONTO OUR FIRST AND ONLY ITEM OF BUSINESS. THANK YOU ALL FOR ATTENDING TODAY. THE ONLY ONE ITEM OF BUSINESS. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM ONE INTO THE RECORD? >> APPOINTMENT 03071. REAPPOINTMENT OF HEATHER L. HARGESHEIMER AS MEMBER INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL REVIEW DISTRICT BOARD FOR A TERM TO DECEMBER 31st, 2026. >> FOR THE CITI' CONTEXT, THIS IS ONE OF SEATTLE'S EIGHT HISTORIC DISTRICTS ESTABLISHED THROUGH ORDINANCE IN 1973 TO PRESERVE THE ASIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE, HISTORY, AND CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ENCOURAGE THE REHABILITATION OF AREAS FOR PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED BUSINESS AND HOUSING. REBECCA FRESTET, THE DISTRICT COORDINATOR WITH THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROGRAM AT THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS IS HERE TO SPEAK ON THE BEHALF OF HEATHER. WELCOME REBECCA . >> OKAY. OKAY, SORRY ABOUT THAT. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. I'M AS NOTED, REBECCA AND I WORK WITH THE PRESERVATION PROGRAM. I OVERSEE TWO OF THE CITY'S EIGHT HISTORIC DISTRICTS. THE INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL REVIEW DISTRICT WHICH I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON TODAY. AND THE COLUMBIA CITY LANDMARK DISTRICT. WOULD IT BE HELPFUL TO JUST GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE BOARD AND WHAT IT OVERSEES IS ONE OF THE CITY'S BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. THERE ARE EIGHT HISTORIC REVIEW DISTRICTS AND EACH HAS ITS OWN BORDER COMMISSION THAT HELPS ADVISE ON CHANGES THAT ARE PRO POSED WITHIN THAT DISTRICT. SO WITHIN THIS INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL REVIEW DISTRICT, THE BOARD IS CHARGED WITH REVIEWING CHANGES TO THE UNDERLYING PRINCIPLE USE OF A SPACE AS WELL AS ANY CHANGES TO THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING OR RIGHTS OF WAY. THE BOARD IS ADVISORY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS. AND, IT IS A SEVEN MEMBER BOARD. FIVE OF THE MEMBERS ARE ELECTED THROUGH AN ANNUAL COMMUNITY ELECTION WITH STAGGERED TWO YEAR TERMS AND TWO OF THE MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED BID THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND CONFIRM BID COUNCIL. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE POSITIONS. IT IS POSITION 6. AND HEATHER L. HARGESHEIMER IS SURVEYING, SHE HAS SERVED ONE TERM ON THE BOARD AND WE ARE PROPOSING REAPPOINTMENT. SHE IS AN ARCHITECT WITH OVER 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. SHE HAS WORKED ON A VARIETY OF FIRMS WITH RESIDENTIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BUILDINGS. PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROJECTS. SHE HAS A GREAT BREADTH OF EXPERIENCE AND HAS BEEN SERVING AS THE VICE CHAIR ON THE BOARD THIS PAST YEAR. SHE HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB. >> WONDERFUL. >> I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. >> COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS? >> CHAIR? >> RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH HEATHER MAYBE SIX OR SEVEN YEARS ARGUE WHEN I WAS STAFFING SALLY BAGSHAW DOWN IN BUY NEAR SQUARE. I CAN'T SPEAK MORE HIGHLY OF HEATHER AND HER CAPABILITIES. IF HEATHER IS WATCHING, THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOLUNTEER SERVICE TO THE CITY. THANKS. >> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? WONDERFUL. THANK YOU FOR THAT OVERVIEW REBECCA AND COME BEFORE US TODAY. ITHE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENT 3071. MOVED. >> SECONDED. >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ANY FINAL COMMENTS? WONDERFUL. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION TO CONFIRM THE APPOINTMENT? >> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON. >> AYE. >> CHAIR RINCK. >> YES. >> THERE ARE FOUR IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED. >> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THAT THEY BE CONFIRMED WILL BE SENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. WE HAVE REACHED THE END. THANK YOU. WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF TODAY'S ROBUST MEETING AGENDA. IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE BEFORE WE ADJOURN? HEARING NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE, WE ARE ADJOURNED. IT IS 9:43.