Curtis King — The chair says Senator King has a head cold and cannot join the meeting, but sends his regards.
Jeff Wilson — Introduced himself as representing the 19th Legislative District in southwest Washington.
Jeff Wilson — Senator Jeff Wilson asked whether the system tracks vehicle speed across lanes and directions. The response explained that the live dashboard for each device shows the number of vehicles and their speed, addressing his question about speed tracking.
Keith Goehner — Introduced himself as representing the 12th District, including Chelan County and parts of Snohomish and King counties.
Marko Liias — The speaker thanks Chair Liias.
Marko Liias — Portia addresses the chair as Mr. Liias.
Marko Liias — Asked about the safety study results, driver error, road design, speed limits, and the role of education and enforcement.
Marko Liias — As chair, thanked the presenters and moved the committee to the next topic.
Casey McWallyhee — Named as one of the speaker's colleagues in attendance.
Terry Hume-Sah Sr. — Named as one of the speaker's colleagues in attendance.
Christopher Wallyhi — Introduces himself as vice chairman of the Yakima Nation and gives his Indian name as Tachnanam.
Mr. Grayson Squiox — Named as one of the staff members present for the presentation.
Portia Shields — Portia Shields is identified as part of the presenting staff, then introduces herself as the assistant manager in the engineering program. The discussion continues by noting that she and another colleague serve as the administrative leads of the engineering program.
Grayson Squiox — The chair hands the presentation over to Grayson Squiox, who then introduces himself and identifies his role as the program manager/director of the Yakima Nation Engineering Program, while also beginning to outline the presentation flow.
Dr. Wayson — Dr. Wayson is introduced as joining the presentation, then invited to provide an introduction and background on his organization. He then speaks for himself, identifying as the co-founder and CEO of AI Vision and beginning to describe the organization’s technology background.
Portia — Grayson says Portia will speak last.
Vice Chair Wally — Vice Chair Wally is referenced as having made prior remarks that Portia echoes, and later as having previously raised safety concerns. Together, the mentions reflect a continuing discussion that builds on Wally’s earlier comments and concerns.
Dr. Sun — Named as the next presenter who will provide more information on the MUST sensor.
Penny Rerick — Described as having met with the tribe several times and presented to the tribal traffic safety committee.
Penny Rerick — Introduced as the tribal liaison and impaired driving program manager.
Penny Rerick — Penny Rerick, the tribal liaison for the Washington Traffic Safety Commission, described the commission’s tribal traffic safety work. She explained the role of tribal traffic safety coordinators as community-based positions that help tribes identify strategies that fit tribal contexts and work with tribal councils, noting Montana as a model where every tribe has a coordinator. She said the program is currently federally funded and only supports a limited number of coordinators, so the commission is seeking expanded investment. Rerick then highlighted partnerships with several tribes, including the Yakama Nation, the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, the Kalispel Tribe, the Makah Indian Tribe, and the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe, including short-term enforcement and overtime projects.
Mark McKekney — Mark McKekney presented tribal and statewide traffic fatality data, explaining that race, ethnicity, and tribal membership are often unavailable for nonfatal crashes and that death certificates are used for fatality data. He walked through trends showing a recent decline in fatalities, then broke down American Indian and Alaska Native fatalities by road user type, noting that most victims were not drivers and that unrestrained occupants and young adults were overrepresented. He shifted to behavioral risk factors and compared tribal fatal crash trends with statewide patterns, emphasizing volatility due to small numbers. He also noted that alcohol-impaired driver fatalities in 2024 were back to 2015 levels. Finally, he highlighted that most American Indian and Alaska Native fatalities occur off tribal lands, while many people killed on tribal lands are not identified as American Indian or Alaska Native.
Chief Sean Boyle — Introduced as the City of Yakima Police Department chief presenting on DUI enforcement grant work.
Nick Bazan — Introduced as being with Yakima County District Court and presenting on the compliance pilot.
Nick Bazan — Introduces himself as being with the Yakima County District Court DUI Supervision Unit.
Sean Boyle — Sean Boyle, the police chief in Yakima, introduced himself and then explained the rationale for the Yakima enforcement and compliance project, noting that from 2016 to 2019 the city had a very low percentage of fatal and serious injury crashes.
Jason — The chair indicated they would be heard later.
Robert — The chair indicated they would be heard later.