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April 2018 Legislative Department Sign-In Log Timestamp First Name Last Name Visitor Affiliation, Organization and/or Employer Purpose of Visit Who Are You Meeting? 4/2/2018 9:55 Joe Gruber U District Food Bank Human services wage meeting Jesse Rawlins 4/2/2018 10:56 Dustin Lambro Teamsters Local 117 / ABDA TNC resolution Herbold 4/2/2018 10:56 Leonard Smith Teamsters Local 117 / ABDA TNC resolution Herbold 4/2/2018 11:18 Dustin Lambro Teamsters 117 / ABDA TNC Resolution Jasmine 4/2/2018 11:18 Leonard Smith Teamsters 117 / ABDA TNC Resolution Jasmine 4/2/2018 14:31 Shankar Narayan ACLU Mtg Tsai 4/2/2018 14:31 Soumya Chauhan ACLU Mtg Tsai 4/2/2018 14:42 mike reed self meeting kirsten arestad 4/2/2018 15:50 beverly barnett sdot meeting on wscc lish whitson 4/2/2018 15:53 Dan Nelson SPD Update CM Bagshaw 4/2/2018 15:53 Martin Rivera SPD Update CM Bagshaw 4/2/2018 15:54 Jon Ehrenfeld SFD Meeting CM Bagshaw 4/2/2018 15:55 Harold Scoggins Seattle Fire Department Update CM Bagshaw 4/2/2018 15:55 michael jenkins seattle design commission meeting Lish Whitson 4/2/2018 15:56 mark bandy sdot meeting lish whitson 4/2/2018 15:59 Brook Buettner King County Meeting with CM Bagshaw CM Bagshaw 4/3/2018 8:00 David Moseley Mayor's office Meeting Bagshaw 4/3/2018 8:00 anthony Auriemma Mayor's office Meeting Bagshaw 4/3/2018 8:01 rachel smith king county meeting sally bagshaw 4/3/2018 8:31 Carla Saulter TAB update Rob Johnson 4/3/2018 8:38 dustin kanbro teamsters 117 rideshare legislation sejal parikh 4/3/2018 8:59 nick welch opcd meeting pennucci 4/3/2018 9:43 Sheila Capestany King COunty briefing of BSK Gonzalez 4/3/2018 9:44 patty hayes kingcounty briefing Gonzalez 4/3/2018 10:01 andrea petzel broadview planning meeting - ADU EIS aly penucci 4/3/2018 11:00 Ian Warner MO and Outside Counsel labor check in CMLG 4/3/2018 11:00 Otto Klien MO and Outside Counsel labor check in CMLG Councilmember Rob 4/3/2018 11:15 Betsy McFeely Seattle Goodwill Meeting Johnson Councilmember Rob 4/3/2018 11:15 Daryl Campbell Seattle Goodwill Meeting Johnson 4/3/2018 11:22 veronique Facchinelli Casa Latina Bill of Rights campaign for domestic workers Susie Levy 4/3/2018 11:55 taylor hoang EBC Head Tax Herbold 4/3/2018 11:56 Tracy Taylor SBAC Employee Tax Herbold April 2018 Legislative Department Sign-In Log 4/3/2018 11:57 Tammy Deets Ethnic Business Coalition Policy Lisa Herbold 4/3/2018 11:58 donna moodie marjorie restaurant discuss small business things lisa herbold 4/3/2018 11:59 ron rardin fujimatsu project briefing brian chu 4/3/2018 11:59 nellie fujii anderson fujimatsu project briefing brian chu 4/3/2018 11:59 tomio moriguchi fujimatsu project briefing brian chu 4/3/2018 12:12 Ned Gerhart self lunch Rob Johnson 4/3/2018 12:44 Daryl Campbell Seattle Goodwill Meeting Councilmember Gonzalez 4/3/2018 12:44 Betsy McFeely Seattle Goodwill Meeting Councilmember Gonzalez 4/3/2018 12:54 Anne Burkland PHSKC Committee planning CM Mosqueda 4/3/2018 12:56 Evan Woods Olympic Analytics Business Councilmember Herbold 4/3/2018 13:30 rebecca johnson oir policy discussion teresa mosqueda 4/3/2018 13:41 Harold Scoggins Seattle Fire Update CM Gonzalez 4/3/2018 13:56 meg olberding hsd mtg Ted Virdone 4/3/2018 14:01 Marilyn Strickland Seattle Metro Chamber Meet and Greet CM Mosqueda 4/3/2018 14:02 Kathryn Robertson Seattle Metro Chamber Meet & Greet CM Mosqueda 4/3/2018 14:21 Micheal Erikson Neighborcare Health meeting CM Mosqueda 4/3/2018 15:28 Katie Wilson TRU Homelessness & disability Jeremy Racca 4/3/2018 15:29 Tim Burgess Self Deliver documents CM Gonzales 4/3/2018 15:30 Shaun Bickley Seattle Commission for PWD Housing/Homelessness Policy Jeremy Racca discuss transgender benefit administration by 4/3/2018 16:22 michael garrett lgbtq commissioin Kaiser Permanente Deborah Juarez 4/3/2018 16:28 Jessi Murray Seattle LGBTQ Commission Discussion of health care proposals Mercedes Elizalde 4/4/2018 8:06 Mark Bradshaw Queen Ann Homeless Shelter resident Homeless Solutions Farid or Sawant 4/4/2018 9:58 deborah salas creative ground meeting deputy clerks 4/4/2018 11:50 yanming yao former colleague lunch meeting Kirstan Arestad 4/4/2018 11:53 Sandeep Kaushik Sound View Strategies meeting CM Herbold 4/4/2018 11:54 Patricia Sully ACLU, PDA meeting CM Herbold 4/4/2018 11:54 Mark Cooke ACLU, PDA meeting CM Herbold 4/4/2018 12:55 Andrew Thibault EMC Research Briefing Juarez 4/4/2018 13:00 Marty Garrfinkel OLS weekly check in / labor standards Mosqueda 4/4/2018 13:00 Karina Bull OLS weekly check in / labor standards Mosqueda 4/4/2018 13:01 Adrienne Thompson Mayor's Office weekly check in / labor standards Mosqueda 4/4/2018 13:06 Matty walker waterfront meeting cm juarez 4/4/2018 13:07 Heidi Hughes waterfront meeting CM Juarez April 2018 Legislative Department Sign-In Log 4/4/2018 13:31 Maha Jahshan OIRA Language Access Linda Barron 4/4/2018 13:45 monty anderson teresa talk teresa 4/4/2018 13:49 Rob Harmon MEETS Coalition Meeting CM Mosqueda 4/4/2018 13:53 Margaret Diddams SEIU 775 Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights Patricia Camacho 4/4/2018 13:55 Darby Watson SDot standing mtg CM obrien 4/4/2018 13:59 Linda Elwood sarah butler, SDHR meeting Faride Cuervas 4/4/2018 14:01 Mushka Rohani sdhr meeting with IDT Faride evasCu 4/4/2018 14:01 Shankar Narayan ACLU Mtg Virdone 4/4/2018 14:01 SOumya Chauhan ACLU Mtg Virdone 4/4/2018 14:02 BIll LaBorde SDOT Project Dev updates CM O'Brien 4/4/2018 14:03 nicole grant mlkclc energy efficieny mosqueda 4/4/2018 14:03 sid Sidorowicz DEEL Information Sharing Parik IDT subcommittee on 4/4/2018 14:04 Amy Bowles PTE Local 17 IDT Meeting Personnel Policies 4/4/2018 14:05 Adrienne Thompson Mayor's Office IDT CM Mosqueda staff 4/4/2018 14:55 Patricia Sully PDA SCS CM Juarez 4/4/2018 14:56 lenee jones sdhr pre-lrpc ben noble, patricia lee.... 4/4/2018 14:56 kim latham sdhr pre-lrpc ben noble, patricia lee.... 4/4/2018 14:56 peter nguyen sdhr pre-lrpc ben noble, patricia lee.... 4/4/2018 14:57 mark cooke ACLU of Washington Consumption Spaces CM Juarez 4/4/2018 14:57 cristina vanvalkenburgh sdot pre-tax jasmine 4/4/2018 14:58 Sandeep Kaushik Sound View Strategies meeting CM Juarez Staff from CM OBrien's 4/4/2018 15:00 Hester Serebrin Transportation Choices Discuss transportation fees office 4/4/2018 15:41 Maura Brueger City Light meeting Tony Kilduff 4/4/2018 15:49 Cliff Cawthon Tenants Union of WA legal issue Sawant's office CIA money all over Seattle. Naughty 4/4/2018 15:57 Ian Boyle DoS Sawant....those people kill. Adam Z CIA 4/4/2018 16:36 Joseph Fernandi Seattle City Light Briefing Councilmember Mosqueda 4/4/2018 16:36 Darnell Cola Seattle City Light Briefing Councilmember Mosqueda 4/4/2018 16:37 Brendan ODonnell Seattle City Light Briefing Councilmember Mosqueda 4/5/2018 8:58 Ann Sutphin SDOT mtg with central staff Lish Whitson 4/5/2018 9:02 Sally Clark UW mtg Lish 4/5/2018 9:03 julie blakeslee UwW Meeting Lish April 2018 Legislative Department Sign-In Log 4/5/2018 9:22 Anthony Auriemma Mayor's Office Meeting Arestad 4/5/2018 11:04 Bill Mills SDCI Meeting Eric McConaghy 4/5/2018 11:05 Bill Mills SDCI meeting Eric McConaghy 4/5/2018 12:37 Adam Harrell Family Family Bruce Harrell 4/5/2018 13:26 Andrew Beane SEIU 775 Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Sejal Parikh 4/5/2018 13:48 adam teepe Broadview Planning + HDR Engineering ADU EIS Aly Penucci 4/5/2018 13:48 rona spellecacy Broadview Planning + HDR Engineering ADU EIS Aly Penucci 4/5/2018 13:48 andrea petzel Broadview Planning + HDR Engineering ADU EIS Aly Penucci 4/5/2018 13:55 valauri stotler OPCD PLUZ Spencer Williams 4/5/2018 13:56 Jim Baggs Seattle City Light Meeting CM Mosqueda 4/5/2018 13:56 Maura Brueger Seattle City Light Meeting CM Mosqueda 4/5/2018 14:02 Mike Podowski SDCI Meeting Whitson 4/5/2018 14:02 Shauna Larsen SDCI Meeting Whitson 4/5/2018 14:08 Kate Macfarlane ECONorthwest ADU EIS Aly Pennucci 4/5/2018 14:27 Morgan Currier UFCW 21 update on organizing campaign Councilmember Johnson 4/5/2018 14:27 Samantha Grad UFCW 21 update on organizing campaign Councilmember Johnson 4/5/2018 14:30 Nathan Torgelson SDCI CM meeting CM Meeting 4/5/2018 14:31 steve walker oh mtg cm mosqueda 4/5/2018 14:31 miriam roskin oh mtg cm mosqueda 4/5/2018 14:46 lauren whiteside harborview discussion of homelessness and health teresa mosqueda 4/5/2018 14:46 callan fockele harborview discussion of homelessness and health teresa mosqueda 4/5/2018 15:29 christopher williams seattle parks meeting council member johnson 4/5/2018 15:32 sara maxana MOS trees, parks johnson 4/5/2018 15:44 Jean Darsie Scoflaw meeting CM OBrien 4/5/2018 15:45 Jennifer Adam Scoflaw meeting CM OBrien 4/5/2018 16:13 Orlando Cano HDC Personnel form Maria Rosas 4/6/2018 9:29 Marshall Foster Office of the Waterfront Waterfront CM Johnson 4/6/2018 9:29 Joshua Curtis Office of the Waterfront Waterfront CM Johnson 4/6/2018 9:29 Dorinda Costa Office of the Waterfront Waterfront CM Johnson 4/6/2018 10:26 Joshua Curtis Office of the Waterfront Waterfront CM Gonzalez 4/6/2018 10:26 Dorinda Costa Office of the Waterfront Waterfront CM Gonzalez 4/6/2018 10:26 Marshall Foster Office of the Waterfront Waterfront CM Gonzalez 4/6/2018 10:40 Robert Canamar Commission for People with dis-Abilities Appointment with L.
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