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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Passing on for your information.<o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal>ACT NOW to fight for a 2023 Seattle City Budget that aligns with your values!<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><h2 align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><img width=400 height=168 style='width:4.1666in;height:1.75in' id="_x0000_i1030" src="http://seattlegreenways.org/wp-content/uploads/SNG-horizontal-logo-for-Summer-Parkways.png"></span><o:p></o:p></h2><p><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>The City of Seattle is failing to reach its safety, equity, and climate goals. </span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>A budget is a moral document, and we are working with the <a href="https://www.seattlesolidaritybudget.com/">Seattle Solidarity Budget Coalition</a> to ask the City Council to amend the Mayor’s proposed budget to better reflect our shared values.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><img border=0 width=500 height=252 style='width:5.2083in;height:2.625in' id="_x0000_i1029" src="https://seattlegreenways.org/wp-content/uploads/DVSS-Budget-Hearing-Public-Comment.png"></span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>This year, the <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LL9DEPjjJ5CGPnRISNIxPpd2AO9VNFftng_YahaepUI/edit#heading=h.8bgakf3e91ym">2023 Solidarity Budget: Budget to Live, Budget to Thrive</a> includes three <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>critical transportation priorities to make the budget better reflect our city’s values</span></strong>:</span><o:p></o:p></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Keep the traffic enforcement division in SDOT, don’t move it back to SPD: </span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Civilian workers belong in a civilian-led department, and Parking Enforcement Officers should be partners in curb space management – to get people parking in places that allow everyone access to sidewalks, bike lanes, curb ramps, and more. </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Ensure that 100% of the revenue from automatic camera enforcement is re-invested into safe streets project</span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>s, not directed into the general fund.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Maintain increases in funding for Vision Zero</span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>, new sidewalk construction, protected bike lanes, and school safety improvements. Ensure that Vision Zero funds are for street safety projects – Transit improvements are important, and should be funded through another source of funding.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><p><a href="https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/t80V0zXegP5NATg6-7Utcw" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=200 height=55 style='width:2.0833in;height:.5729in' id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://seattlegreenways.org/wp-content/uploads/Act-Now-button.png"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>ACT NOW: </span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Three easy ways to ask the City Council to pass a #BudgetToLive and #BudgetToThrive, including safety for people walking, rolling, biking, and taking transit:</span><o:p></o:p></p><ol start=1 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Speak during the public comment </span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>period at the Budget Committee Meeting on <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Tuesday, Oct 11 at 9:30 am </span></strong>or <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>5 pm. </span></strong>Comment virtually (<a href="https://www.seattle.gov/council/committees/public-comment">sign up 2 hrs prior</a>) or in person at Council chambers at Seattle City Hall. <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cmAwbJTu2Xk605ZV218acdE_htuuCgEg4UDgzTXH9JM/edit">Find talking points here</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Send an email to City Council: <a href="https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/t80V0zXegP5NATg6-7Utcw" target="_blank">Click here</a></span></strong><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Share this Action Alert with at least 3 friends. </span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Word of mouth is the best form of advocacy.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ol><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>SAVE THE DATE: There will be additional opportunities to make public comments on Oct 25 at 9:30 am, November 8 at 9:30 am, and November 15 at 5 pm. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><img border=0 width=350 height=194 style='width:3.6458in;height:2.0208in' id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://seattlegreenways.org/wp-content/uploads/Screenshot-228.png"></span><o:p></o:p></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Background:</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Before the Mayor dropped his budget, the Solidarity Budget Coalition, including Seattle Neighborhood Greenways, presented our <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LL9DEPjjJ5CGPnRISNIxPpd2AO9VNFftng_YahaepUI/edit#heading=h.8bgakf3e91ym">2023 Solidarity Budget: Budget to Live, Budget to Thrive</a>. Our central background demands from the more extensive <a href="https://www.seattlesolidaritybudget.com/solidarity-budget-2022">budget we created in 2022</a> remain the same. We remain committed to organizing as a cross-movement coalition and working together for a budget that ends jail deaths, deaths of our unhoused neighbors and deaths of people walking, rolling, and biking, and that creates the conditions for all of us to thrive. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Seattle City Council now has the opportunity to edit the Mayor’s proposed budget, and we are advocating for a city budget that aligns with our shared values of safety, equity, and climate. We’ll keep you updated on the process through a series of action alerts this fall until the final budget is adopted in November.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thank you for your continued advocacy!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Want to do more? Get involved in Seattle Neighborhood Greenways by <a href="https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/nh2jaN1TtPutuDRTl9D5RQ?t=1524767220"><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>volunteering with us</span></strong></a> or<strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> </span></strong><a href="https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/cHEGKrdwq8zgyufFhza4sA"><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>donating</span></strong></a> to support our work.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><img border=0 width=100 height=96 style='width:1.0381in;height:1.0in' id="_x0000_i1026" src="http://seattlegreenways.org/wp-content/uploads/clara.jpg"></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Clara Cantor<br>she/her</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Community Organizer</span><br><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Seattle Neighborhood Greenways</span><br><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://email.mg2.littlegreenlight.net/c/eJxdjk1qxDAMRk9jL40s_8hdeNEwzDWC63gcFycpicswtx9nSrsoCCQ-pKc3eSfjG_HiEaQDKw2CMgBCiqskjfoiNWkY7ABMw5JR1NJaTXlPaa0lz02sqfGa67iEUsuaxzIxMzBz8WdDRCKrsA894tXPrX0x9c7w2utI4Q92D49DbHvuMd_953bM8V5qLWE5-ud80kXcFt58iHH7XtsoJSris_-YLDllIVl9c2SUdiRNgim4c-GmXna_R__sXowfuSfDkk5L" target="_blank">Website</a> - <a href="http://email.mg2.littlegreenlight.net/c/eJxdjs1uhCAQgJ8GjmQYQPTAoWazvfXSBzCILNKM2iiN6dsXt-mlySTzk5lvvsm1MnSWZ4cgW2ikQVAGQEhxl1ajvkltNfRND0zDklBQLoVi2mNcKae5iDUWTomGxWfKaxryxEzPzM1dCRGtbRTWoo44ubmUT6ZeGN5rlLPC4i7CttTu_e31op7---C7-9iOOZyZKPvlqL_Txb82eXE-hO1rLYOUqCyfnYfuMVrAB3glO0DvJzRtN41hRB8Qn35_R__8noxfvR-Jf0_X" target="_blank">Twitter</a> - <a href="http://email.mg2.littlegreenlight.net/c/eJxdj01uwyAQhU8DS8TwGy9YxEqTA_QAFiaAabGpYiLU2xen6qbSSDN6mnnvm7s5gRs0ToZROFEFklEuKSVArqAFExcQWtBRjRQJukZGcqo1-_jwfsspLpVsvuIc87TalNMWp3RHckTyYo7GGNNacdaHLuFsllq_dsTPiF17tdZIsM7PpXwSV9Yuvb-db4d5s987fpiPsi-upZyTXfeOEI-YYxVXY50rz61OAIxrvJhZdy-rQwDJ-y9KwUBhCLNXQQOAfWH-Hf3DfHn8Uv4A3EhR-g" target="_blank">Facebook</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Seattle Neighborhood Greenways. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/msv5/images/spacer.gif" width="1" height="1" alt="Web Bug from http://email.mg.seattlegreenways.org/o/eJxdjcsOwiAURL-mLJvLhQt0wcb4Hw2vItpH0mKMfy9q3LiaySRnTrJcKZJCa0AW7QBCcWLFIiBy4IBcEGA_IaFXQ9DKTIMm00lYcn8kV-uc8p7S-nDPo9_2zOY8j4src1nzWGJHp47O9h2IQkspjW6tbWy3Vxc2f9T9Xm7H4tpnfoN92BZWrQthu6915Lxx7GJbegExYgKFAuNkpCc-QPSSTHTqI_5Bf-LPx1f7AjyrRQU" /><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>