A hearty and enthusiastic group turned out to support pools at the levy forum last night.  Great work, team!

The committee took testimony from three pool supporters and then asked for a show of hands from other members of the audience who would have testified on behalf of pools if time allowed.  Fourteen hands went up.  A very strong showing.  We saw clear enthusiasm and interest on committee faces for our three modest proposals.

Last night was our last opportunity to change minds on the levy committee and convince committee members to include aquatics funding in their final levy proposal.

What’s next?

1. Levy committee finalizes its proposal:  Watch http://www.seattle.gov/council/ for the committee’s revised and final recommendations.  The final committee meeting is June 24.
2. City Council revises and finalizes the levy proposal:  When the city council holds public meetings on the proposal, we’ll need to testify again.  This will happen in July.

We also held a brief team sync after the levy forum.  We focused on the need to testify again about the levy (when it goes before the city council) and how to deepen outreach throughout the city.  As always, email elizabeth@seattlepools.org if you would like to participate in future team meetings.