Yesler Terrace Redevelopment Background (Committee Notebook)

Tab 1 - Meeting presentations

• July 26, 2012, Environmental Review & Mitigation
• July 26, 2012, Status Report- Resolution 31291 - Adopted as part of South Downtown Land Use Changes Little Saigon Neighborhood Updates
• July 26, 2012, Identification of Councilmember Issues
• July 17, 2012, Land Use Regulations
• July 17, 2012, Street Vacation and Rededication
• July 17, 2012, Electrical Distribution
• July 17, 2012, Transportation Impacts and Mitigation
• July 2, 2012, Land Use
• July 2, 2012, Relocation
• June 18, 2012, CRC; Services
• June 11, 2012, Housing; Phasing
• May 21, 2012, Parks and Open Space
• May 14, 2012, Market Analysis and Financial Model

Tab 2 - Financial analysis reports

• Yesler Terrace market analysis update, Heartland
• Review of memoranda regarding Seattle Housing Authority (SHA) proposed development at Yesler Terrace, Gardner Economics, LLC
• Fiscal benefit of the redevelopment of Yesler Terrace - discussion draft, BERK
• The Apartment Advisor, VOL. 35 NO. 2, April 2012

Tab 3 - Demographic information

• Existing Yesler Terrace residents
• Affordable housing, existing and phases I and II

Tab 4 - Choice Neighborhoods grants, phases I and II

• Housing Levy Oversight Committee letter regarding funding 
• Housing Development Consortium position on use of levy funds
• Phase II application

Tab 5 - Maps

• Existing conditions
• Units by block
• Phases I & II plan
• Illustrative plan - final phase
• Sectors
• Blocks
• Parks, open space, and pedestrian connections

Tab 6 - Responses to prior Seattle City Councilmember questions

• Questions and Answers related to Undergrounding Electrical Infrastructure at Yesler Terrace - Responses provided by Seattle Housing Authority and Seattle City Light
• Electrical Infrastructure, factors in the decision to install above ground
• Status Report- Resolution 31291
• Responses to questions posed at June 18, 2012 meeting
• Responses to questions posed at June 11, 2012 meeting
• Responses to questions posed at May 21, 2012 meeting
• Response re Yesler Terrace gardens
• SHA responses about no high-rise residential (only mid-rise), no office, and land values
• Building cost index (BCI) and land sale data back 20 years
• Projected land ownership
• SHA responses to questions posed at April 16, 2012 meeting

Tab 7 - Citizen Review Committee (CRC) members and Guiding Principles

• Members
• Yesler Terrace Guiding Principles

Tab 8 - Prior SHA Redevelopments

• HOPE VI redevelopments

Tab 9 - Background Information

• Redevelopment Phasing Criteria
• Quiet Crisis: Age Wave Maxes Out Affordable Housing, King County 2008-2025

Tab 10 - SHA Information on Services

• Re-imagining the social infrastructure of Yesler Terrace: A community of opportunity
• Improving academic achievement and educational opportunities for low-income children and youth
• Education and training center at Yesler Terrace Steam Plant
• Development of a Training and Job Placement Initiative
• Vision for People, SHA
• Community participation summary results, SHA

Tab 11 - Master Development Partner Request for Qualifications (RFQ)

• RFQ

Tab 18 - Legislation Matrix and DPD Director’s Report

• Matrix showing highlights of four Yesler Terrace proposed pieces of legislation by issue area
• DPD Director's Report, Summarizes the Executive's proposal and its individual parts

Tab 19 - Land Use Code amendment and rezone ordinance

• Ordinance (C.B. 117541) Adopted by Special Committee on August 16, 2012.
• Exhibit A – rezone map
• Exhibit B – design guidelines
• Land Use Code ordinance fiscal note

Tab 20 - Planned Action Ordinance (PAO)

• Ordinance (C.B. 117540)
• Exhibit A: Planned Action Site Map
• Exhibit B: Planned Action Mitigation Document
• Exhibit C: Tree Protection Plan
• Exhibit D: Highrise Structure Parameters for Planned Actions
• Exhibit E: Street Configuration
• PAO fiscal note

Tab 21 - SHA/City of Seattle Cooperative Agreement

• Ordinance (C.B. 117536)
• Exhibit A:  Cooperative Agreement
• Resolution 31403: A Resolution relating to City assistance in exploring a mixed-use project in Little Saigon. Adopted by Special Committee on August 16, 2012.
• Cooperative Agreement fiscal note

Tab 22 - Street Vacation and Rededication

• Seattle Department or Transportation Recommendations (C.F. 311389)
• Exhibit A:  Proposed Vacations and Dedication
• Exhibit B:  Right-of-Way Cross-Sections
• Exhibit C:  Public Benefits
• Exhibit D:  10th Avenue Hillclimb Design Concepts

Adopted by Special Committee on August 16, 2012.

Tab 23 - Central Staff Memo/Amendments

• Central Staff Memo & Little Saigon Resolution (August 7, 2012)
• Central Staff Memo (August 16, 2012)