>>> HELLO.
GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.
TODAY IS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4.
ABOUT 2:00 P.M.
MY NAME IS MIKE O'BRIEN.
WELCOME TO THE SUSTAINABILITY
AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
I AM CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE
JOINED BY COUNCILMEMBER ROB
JOHNSON AND COUNCILMEMBER JOE
McDERMOTT FROM KING COUNTY.
COUNCILMEMBER McDERMOTT IS HERE
BECAUSE WE HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM
IN THE MEETING ABOUT SOUND
TRANSIT AND WE COCHAIRED THE
ELECTED LEADERSHIP GROUP
OVERSEEING SOME OF THE WORK
AROUND SOUND TRANSIT THREE SO I
APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US.
YOU GET TO SIT THROUGH SOME
BIKE ADVISORY BOARD
APPOINTMENTS FIRST.
REALLY QUICKLY IN THE AGENDA WE
HAVE SIX APPOINTMENTS TO THE
BIKE ADVISORY BOARD.
WE WILL MOVE THROUGH THOSE
SWIFTLY AND THEN HAVE AN UPDATE
ON SOUND TRANSIT THREE
EXTENSIONS.
WE WILL HAVE A CONVERSATION AND
UPDATE ON THE LEVY TO MOVE
SEATTLE.
WE WILL CONSIDER AN AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE STATE
FOR STATE ROUTE 520.
NO PLAN TO VOTE ON THAT.
JUST BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION
TODAY.
THEN WE WILL TAKE UP TWO PIECES
OF LEGISLATION.
WHERE PLANNING TO VOTE ON AN
ORDINANCE FINALIZING STREET
VACATIONS OUT OF HARBOR ISLAND
WITH THE PORT OF SEATTLE AND
ANOTHER IS A CLERK FILE DOING
INITIAL REVIEW APPROVAL OF
SWEEPING FOR SEATTLE CITY LIGHT
AT THEIR BROAD STREET
SUBSTATION NEAR THE SEATTLE
CENTER.
WITH THAT WE'RE GOING TO JUMP
INTO PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE HAVE A PRETTY LONG AGENDA.
WE JUST HAVE ONE MINUTE EACH.
THERE IS SEVEN PEOPLE SIGNED
UP.
WE WILL START WITH ALEX
ZIMMERMAN AND THEN GNUTE RINGAN
AND JULIA BOWDEN.
>> I WILL SHOW MY FACE.
HELLO, MY LOVELY COUNSEL.
MY DIRTY NAZI GARBAGE RATS,
ANTI-SEMITE AND HUMAN GARBAGE.
NOTHING CAN TALK FOR ONE
MINUTE.
WHERE IS THE PROBLEM?
IT'S OKAY.
NO PROBLEM.
I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE
APPOINTMENT OF A DOZEN PEOPLE.
I TRIED DOING THIS FOR MANY
YEARS.
A DOZEN TIMES.
NOBODY APPROVED ME.
I'M TOTALLY CONFUSED.
WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME?
YOU TONIGHT MY TRESPASSES FOR
930 DAYS.
THE LAST ONE EXPIRED YESTERDAY.
FOR 10 YEARS I COME TO THIS
PLACE MORE THAN 2000 TIMES AND
SPEAK, AND SPEAK, AND SPEAK AND
YOU GIVE ME NO TRESPASS BUT FOR
10 YEARS YOU CAN APPOINT ME FOR
SOMEBODY NOT FOR ONE.
STANDUP AMERICA, CLEANSE THE
DIRTY FROM THIS NAZI GESTAPO
PIGS.
>> GNUTE RINGAN.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS GNUTE RINGAN.
I LIVE IN TO THE FISHER
HISTORIC BUILDING DOWNTOWN AND
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
UPZONING OF SECOND AND VIRGINIA
AVENUE, AND THE TREMENDOUS
PRESSURE THE NEW HIGH-RISES ARE
PLACING ON OUR ALLEYS.
ON THE WEST SIDE OF SECOND
AVENUE BETWEEN PIKE AND PINE,
THERE IS NOW PROPOSED A 500
FOOT HIGH RISE THAT WILL HAVE
CLOSE TO 500 APARTMENTS.
310 UNDERGROUND PARKING SPACES,
TWO LOADING DOCKS AND A PORT
KUCHER.
THAT WILL BE IN AN ALLEY WITH
11 FEET.
THE DEVELOPER SAYS IT NEEDS THE
GARAGE BECAUSE MARKET
CONDITIONS REQUIRE IT.
NONE OF THE HISTORIC BUILDINGS
HAVE GARAGES AND WE RELY ON
THAT ALLEY FOR SAFETY AND
TRANSPORTATION.
THIS OVERWHELMING CONGESTION
THAT THIS PROJECT WOULD CREATE
IN THAT ALLEY WILL NOT WORK AND
WE CANNOT FIGURE OUT IF IT IS
SDCI OR SDOT THAT IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.
THANK YOU.
>> JULIA.
>> ME I GIVE THESE TO YOU?
OKAY.
I AM ALSO HERE TO TALK ABOUT
THE ALLEYWAY THAT GNUTE RINGAN
WAS DISCUSSING AND I AM A LEED
ACCREDITED PROFESSIONAL AND
REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL
ENGINEER WITH OVER 20 YEARS
EXPERIENCE IN THE BUILDING
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
INDUSTRY.
AS HE MENTIONED, THE NEW
DEVELOPMENT OCCURRING ON SECOND
AVENUE BETWEEN PIKE AND PINE
WILL BE ON THE REAR OF OUR
BUILDING.
IT WILL AT OVER 500 RESIDENCES
TO OUR ALLEYWAY.
THAT IS OVER AN EIGHTFOLD
INCREASE OF THE CURRENT
RESIDENCES.
IN ADDITION TO CAUSING THE
CONGESTION THAT YOU SEE IN THE
PHOTOGRAPHS THERE THAT OCCURS
ON A DAILY BASIS, OUR ALLEYWAY
IS THE NARROWEST IN THE CITY.
IT IS 11 FEET WIDE AT ITS
NARROWEST POINT.
THAT WILL NOT CHANGE BECAUSE OF
THE EXISTING STRUCTURES AND
HISTORIC STRUCTURES INCURRING
THE ALLEYWAY ON BOTH ENDS OF
PIKE AND PINE STREET.
YOU CAN SEE THE PIKE STREET
POINT THERE.
SO THAT WILL NOT CHANGE.
OUR GREATEST CONCERN IS
ACTUALLY THE LIFE SAFETY THAT
THIS CREATES, ISSUES THAT IT
CREATES.
OUR BUILDINGS DEPEND ON THAT
ALLEYWAY FOR OUR FIRE
SUPPRESSION, PROPER FIRE
SUPPRESSION.
WE HAVE OVER FIVE HISTORIC
BUILDINGS ON THE ALLEYWAY, MANY
OF WHICH DO NOT HAVE FIRE
SPRINKLER SYSTEMS.
SO THAT ALLEYWAY PROVIDES
ESSENTIAL, LIFE SAFETY ACCESS
TO OUR BUILDING.
WE WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT
THE SUSTAINABILITY AND
TRANSPORTATION BOARD SERIOUSLY
CONSIDER THE CONSEQUENCES OF
THIS DEVELOPMENT ON THE
ALLEYWAY, WHILE WE ARE
GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE
TRANSITION OF VEHICULAR
DELIVERY AND RESIDENTIAL
TRAFFIC TO THE ALLEYWAY'S IN
THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE IT
NEEDS SERIOUS CONSIDERATION AND
WE ASK YOU TO CONSIDER
MITIGATING THE NUMBER OF
RESIDENCES IN THIS BUILDING AND
OR REQUIRING THEM TO RELOCATE
TO SECOND AVENUE.
>> THANK YOU, JULIA.
>> I APPRECIATE BOTH OF YOUR
COMMENTS TODAY.
I BELIEVE THE DECISION
ULTIMATELY WILL BE WITH SDCI
BUT THEY WILL DO THAT IN
COORDINATION WITH SDOT AND WE
CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION.
IT'S NOT A DECISION THAT WILL
COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE BUT
WE CAN ASK TO MAKE SURE THEY
ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO IT AND
MAKE SURE THEY RESPOND TO THE
CONCERNS AND FIGURE OUT HOW
THEY ADDRESS THEM.
DOUG McDONALD IS NEXT FOLLOWED
BY MEGAN CRUZ AND THEN RYAN
PACKER AND MEGHAN MURPHY WILL
BE OUR LAST COMMENT.
>> THIS IS ON THE LEVY.
IT'S TIME TO RESPOND -- ASSIGN
RESPONSIBILITY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE FACT
THAT DUE DILIGENCE BY THIS
COUNCIL IN 2015 IS THE REASON
WHY THE TAXPAYERS NOW FIND
OURSELVES IN THIS MESS.
A TOTAL DEFAULT IN 2016 AND 17
TO PAY ATTENTION AT THE COUNCIL
AS THE WALLS WERE FALLING OFF
THE BUS.
THE COUNCIL HAS YET TO ASK FOR
A REPORT ON THE CDM REPORT IN
MID 2017.
IN THE REPORT TODAY, THE
EARLIEST AND HARD-WORKING
REPORT FROM SDOT ABOUT TRYING
TO PULL SOMETHING OUT OF THIS
MESS, IN THE FIRST PAGE ARE
REFERENCES TO TWO THINGS STILL
NOT IN PLACE.
THERE IS STILL AT SDOT, NOT A
WORKFORCE ANALYSIS DESIGNED TO
FIGURE OUT WHETHER AN AGENCY CAN
DELIVER ON A CAPITAL DELIVERY
PROGRAM.
THERE IS STILL NOT AS
RECOMMENDED BY CDM A PORTFOLIO
BREAKING NEWS -- RISK
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TO DEAL WITH
MAJOR CAPITAL PROGRAM DELIVERY.
THESE ARE THINGS TO WHICH THE
COUNCIL SHOULD BE PAYING
ATTENTION AND HAS PAID NONE.
WHEN WE ASK OURSELVES THE
QUESTION WHAT CAN TAXPAYERS NOW
EXPECT IT'S TIME TO ASK
OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY
QUESTIONS OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
SUPPOSED TO BE WATCHING THIS.
SDOT HAS DONE A REMARKABLE JOB
OF RETRIEVING THIS MESS FROM
WHERE IT WAS LEFT BY A BUNCH OF
PEOPLE IN 2015 BUT UNTIL THE
COUNCIL STARTS TO TAKE SOME
ACCOUNTABILITY AND
RESPONSIBILITY FOR SOME OF THE
MISSING PIECES, STILL MISSING
NOT FOR LACK OF EFFORT AT SDOT,
THAT HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR
OVER A YEAR AND HAVE, WE ARE
NOT GOING TO FIND THE WAY TO
THE END OF THE LEVY AND THE
SUCCESSFUL RENEWAL OF FUNDING
FOR SDOT IN THE FUTURE.
>> MEGHAN?
>> I AM MEGAN CRUZ, A DOWNTOWN
RESIDENT CONCERNED ABOUT
CONGESTION, ALSO.
I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THE
PROPOSED CHANGE TO SERVICE
LEVEL STANDARDS.
I THINK IT IS THE WRONG MOVE AT
THE WRONG TIME AND I WOULD LIKE
THIS COMMITTEE WHO HAS
INFLUENCE OVER THIS TO PLEASE
WITHHOLD BEFORE IT IS STUDIED
FURTHER.
THE CURRENT STANDARD IS NOT
PERFECT BUT A VOLUME AND
CAPACITY STANDARD SHOWS WERE
NEW DEVELOPMENT WILL OVERWHELM
CURRENT ARTERIAL CAPACITY.
THE PROPOSED STANDARD WILL NOT.
IT JUST MEASURES AS OVI SINGLE
OCCUPANCY VEHICLE TRAFFIC -- AS
OVI -- SOV SINGLE OCCUPANCY
VEHICLES.
IT'S NOT THE ONLY KIND OF
TRANSPORTATION.
IT ASSUMES WITHOUT PROOF THAT
THE PROXIMITY TO MULTIMODAL
TRANSIT OPTIONS MEANS THEY'VE
MET THEIR OBLIGATIONS.
I THINK IT WAS PASSED OUT,
VIRGINIA STREET.
IT'S A PROBLEM THAT IS REALLY
GOING TO BE TERRIBLE IF WE DON'T
TAKE SOME ACTIONS.
IT SHOWS FROM FIRST AVENUE TO
FIFTH AVENUE ON FOUR BLOCKS
EITHER SIDE OF VIRGINIA STREET,
THERE ARE 12 TOWERS GOING UP.
IT WILL AT 6500 NEW RESIDENCES.
2500 NEW PARKING SPOTS AND
THOUSANDS OF OFFICE WORKERS.
THEY ARE ALL GOING TO BE
CONVERGING ON VIRGINIA STREET
AT PEAK HOURS GOING BACK TO I-5.
THIS IS SOMETHING NEW -- THE
NEW LOS STANDARD ISN'T GOING TO
MEASURE.
WE HAVE TO TRY TO HEAD OFF SOME
OF THESE PROBLEMS.
THANK YOU.
>> RION?
>> I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TWO
THINGS FROM MOVE SEATTLE.
NUMBER ONE NEW SIDEWALKS.
THE MATH HERE IS ONLY 120
BLOCKS OF PERMANENT,
TRADITIONAL SIDEWALKS TO 130
BLOCKS OF THE SO-CALLED LOW-
COST SIDEWALKS, A DOWNGRADE
FROM THE ORIGINAL 150.
IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE A VOTER
CHECKING A BOX WITH THIS LEVY
WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT
SOUTHEAST SEATTLE WOULD SEE
ONLY 10.5 BLOCKS OF PERMANENT
SIDEWALKS.
THE LOW SIDEWALKS ARE
ESSENTIALLY TEMPORARY.
THERE IS NO STANDARDS FOR WHAT
THE CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS ARE
MUCH LESS THE OUTCOME RESULTS.
23rd AVENUE PHASE 3 IS SIMPLY
REPURPOSED TRAVELING TO FOUR.
ON A STREET WHERE DRIVERS ARE
GOING NINE MILES OVER THE SPEED
LIMIT RIGHT NOW.
PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO CROSS THE
STREET.
THAT'S NOT REALLY A SAFETY
IMPROVEMENT EVEN IF THEY ARE
NOT GETTING HIT BY CARS.
132 MINUTES TO HIT VISION ZERO.
THANK YOU.
>> MEGHAN?
>> LAST WEEK ON MONDAY AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, THEY
HAD THE MOVIE CHASING ICE AND I
THINK INSTEAD OF AIRING
COMMERCIALS, THEY SHOULD AIR
THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF THE ICEBERG
SMELTING BECAUSE IT'S REALLY
SERIOUS.
CARBON EMISSIONS PROBLEM.
WITH CONGESTION IN SEATTLE,
IT'S THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO
MAKE IT EASIER TO RIDE A BUS
BECAUSE I HEAR PEOPLE STRUGGLING
HAVING TO OWN A CAR AND I COULD
NOT OWN A CAR HERE.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE
DO IT.
I JUST HOPE THAT IF WE AIR THE
ICE MELTING EVERYDAY FOR AN
HOUR ON TV, TO LET IT SINK IN,
MAYBE 1631 WOULD HAVE PASSED
AND IT -- IN OUR CULTURE BUT
SERIOUSLY, I LIKE THE VISION
ZERO AND I AM GLAD TO BE HERE.
THANK YOU.
>> THAT'S ALL WHO HAVE SIGNED
UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT SO WE
WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND I
WILL INVITE THE APPOINTEES FOR
THE BIKE ADVISORY APPOINTMENT
FORWARD.
JASMINE, IF YOU WANT TO READ
THESE INTO THE RECORD?
>> WE HAVE AGENDA ITEMS 1
THROUGH 6. APPOINTMENT 01197,
01213, 01212, 01199, 01200,
01198, ZERO -- ANDREW
DANNENBERG, CHARLES HALL,
AMANDA BARNETT, MEREDITH HALL,
PATRICK TAYLOR, AND KATRINA
GROVES TO THE ADVISORY BOARD
THROUGH AUGUST 21 3030.
>> LET'S START WITH A ROUND OF
INTRODUCTIONS.
>> I AM THE LIAISON TO THE
BICYCLE ADVISORY BOARD.
>> MY NAME IS CHARLES HALL.
I AM A CANDIDATE FOR THE
ADVISORY BOARD.
>> MY NAME IS PATRICK HALL AND
I'M AN ADVISORY BICYCLE BOARD
CANDIDATE.
>>
>> ANDREW DANNENBERG SAME.
>> MEREDITH HALL, CANDIDATE.
>> DO YOU WANT TO LEADOFF WITH
AN OVERVIEW?
>> SURE.
THE BICYCLE ADVISORY BOARD WAS
CREATED IN 1977 TO ADVISE THE
CITY ON CONCERNS AND NEEDS OF
THE GROWING BICYCLING COMMUNITY
HERE.
THE BOARD ADVISORS THE MAYOR,
CITY COUNCIL AND CITY
DEPARTMENT SOME PROJECTS,
POLICIES AND PROGRAMS THAT
IMPROVE OR AFFECT BICYCLING --
BICYCLING CONDITIONS IN
SEATTLE.
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GO AROUND
AND INTRODUCE EVERYONE?
>> I WILL LET EVERYONE
INTRODUCE THEMSELVES BUT IF YOU
WANT TO SAY ANYTHING YOU'RE
WELCOME TO DO THAT.
>>
>> I THINK WE ARE JUST EXCITED
TO HAVE EVERYONE JOINING US.
THEY COME FROM DIFFERENT
BACKGROUNDS WITH A UNIQUE
PERSPECTIVE AND I'M EXCITED FOR
THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
>> LET'S START ON EITHER SIDE.
TAKE A FEW MINUTES, TELL US
ABOUT YOUR INTEREST IN SERVING
ON THE BOARD.
WHAT YOU HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH IN
THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS.
>> MY NAME IS CHARLES HALL.
I AM CURRENTLY EMPLOYED AT
CAPITOL HILL HOUSING WHERE WE
DEVELOP AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN
SEATTLE.
I'M PARTICULAR ENJOY IT --
INTERESTED IN JOINING THE BOARD
BECAUSE MY FAMILY COMMUTES
EVERY DAY VIA BICYCLE TO WORK
AND AS AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING
DEVELOPER WE FEEL LIKE
ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION
MODELS ARE IMPORTANT TO OUR
RESIDENTS AND THE MAJORITY OF
OUR RESIDENTS DON'T HAVE CARS
AND THE MAJORITY OF OUR
BUILDINGS DON'T HAVE PARKING SO
BICYCLES ARE FAIRLY IMPORTANT.
WE THINK BRIDGING THE QUALITY
GAP IN SEATTLE IS IMPORTANT.
>> THAT'S GREAT.
THANK YOU.
>> MY NAME IS PATRICK TAYLOR.
I LIVE IN THE RAINIER VALLEY.
I WORK FOR A SMALL FIRM THAT
WORKS ON HOUSING IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
I WANT TO HELP THE CITY FULFILL
ITS VISION OF AN ALL ACCESS,
ALL AGES BIKE NETWORK THAT WILL
CONNECT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND
PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE MODES TO
GETTING AROUND THE CITY WHICH I
THINK WILL HELP FULFILL THE
GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION
COMMITMENTS.
AND I ALSO REALLY WANT TO FOCUS
ON VISION ZERO AND REDUCING
PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE RIDER
INDUSTRIES -- INJURIES AND
DEATHS IN OUR CITY.
>> I AM KATRINA GROVES --
CHRISTINA GROVES.
I LIVE IN SOUTH SEATTLE.
I HAVE BEEN HAPPILY BIKING
AROUND SEATTLE FOR 10 YEARS AND
THIS YEAR, I GOT A FAMILY CARGO
BIKE TO INTRODUCE MY LOVE OF
CYCLING TO MY YOUNG SON.
WE DON'T USE IT AS MUCH AS I
WOULD LIKE BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL
SAFE ON OUR DESIGNATED BIKE
ROUTES.
BESIDES BEING A PERSON WHO
FEELS SAFE RIDING -- RIDING BY
THEMSELVES.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD
FEEL THAT WAY SO I WANT TO HELP
AMPLIFY THOSE VOICES.
MAKE SURE THOSE VOICES ARE
HEARD AS WE CHOOSE HOW TO PLAN
OUR BIKE NETWORKS.
>> I AM A PHYSICIAN ON THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON OF
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS IN PUBLIC
HEALTH AND URBAN PLANNING.
I HAVE BEEN A CYCLIST FOR MANY
DECADES BOTH RECREATIONAL AND
COMMUTING.
I HAVE WORKED A LOT AT THE
NATIONAL LEVEL.
I AM INTERESTED IN COASTING
WHAT IT'S LIKE ON THE GROUND.
HOW DO YOU IMPROVE THE CITY
PARTICULARLY FROM THE EQUITY
POINT OF VIEW TO GET MORE
PEOPLE CYCLING.
>> I AM MEREDITH HALL.
I'VE BEEN LIVING IN SOUTH PARK
FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS.
I HAVE BEEN CYCLING FOR THE
PAST 20 AT LEAST.
I HAVE A YOUNG CHILD AND I HAVE
BEEN COMMUTING WITH HER TO TAKE
HER TO PRESCHOOL DOWNTOWN, SO I
AM PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN
THE ALL AGES AND ABILITIES
ASPECTS OF IMPROVING OUR
INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT ALSO
IMPROVING THE ROUTES THROUGH
THE DUWAMISH VALLEY CONNECTING
US TO RESOURCES NORTH, SOUTH AND
GETTING PEOPLE INTO THE VALLEY
FROM BEACON HILL AND WEST
SEATTLE.
I THINK WE HAVE DONE A GREAT
JOB AS A COMMUNITY CONNECTING
TO THE OTHER COMMUNITIES AS
ACTIVISTS AND I AM LOOKING
FORWARD TO SEEING THAT THROUGH.
>> YOU ARE ACCURATE.
I APPRECIATE THE PASSION AND
THE BROAD PERSPECTIVE YOU WILL
BRING TO THIS. COLLEAGUES, DO
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE
CANDIDATES?
>> NOT A QUESTION AS MUCH AS A
STATEMENT.
I THINK AS A CITY, WE ARE
TRYING REALLY HARD TO STAY ON
THE CUTTING EDGE OF THE
INTERSECTION OF THE BUILT
ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE,
AND TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES
TO PUT IT IN YOUR WORDS MR.
HALL, BUT IN MY WORDS SORT OF
OPTIONS.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE
RELY ON THE BIKE BOARD FOR IS
ADVOCACY FOR A COMPLETE NETWORK
AND I LOOK AT THE REPORT WE'RE
GOING TO GET LATER THIS
AFTERNOON ABOUT THE WORK THE
CITY HAS BEEN DOING AND I THINK
THERE IS GOOD WORK AND THERE
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE
HIGHLIGHTING AS A .3 EXTENSION
HERE OR .2 EXTENSION THERE, .8
EXTENSION IN SOME PLACES, AND I
CANNOT SPEAK FOR ANY OTHER
COUNCILMEMBER BUT MYSELF BUT I
AM INTERESTED IN THOSE 1.5,
TWO, THREE, FOUR AND FIVE MILE
EXTENSIONS THAT REALLY DO A
GOOD JOB OF IMITATING WHAT A
STREET NETWORK FOR CARS LOOKS
LIKE THAT IS MISSING FOR THOSE
OF US WHO CHOOSE TO
OCCASIONALLY OR REGULARLY RIDE
OUR BIKES TO THE THINGS WE WANT
TO DO ON A DAILY BASIS.
IF SOMEBODY IS INTERESTED IN
MOBILITY, I RELY ON THE BIKE
BOARD AND YOUR EXPERTISE TO
BUILD THAT VISION AND HOLD OUR
CITY ACCOUNTABLE TO THOSE GOALS
AND OBJECTIVES.
I WOULD ASK YOU AND ENCOURAGE
YOU TO BE BOLD, AND CONTINUE TO
HAVE AN OPEN DOOR TO MY OFFICE
AT LEAST ABOUT WHAT WE CAN
CONTINUE TO DO TO MAKE SURE WE
ARE BUILDING FOR ALL AGES AND
ALL ABILITIES THROUGHOUT THE
CITY.
>> WELCOME COUNCILMEMBER
BAGSHAW.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
WE ARE JUST WRAPPING UP BIKE
BOARD APPOINTMENTS.
I ALSO HAVE AMANDA BARNETT ON
HERE AS A REAPPOINTMENT.
BUT THE NOTES THAT SHE WAS JUST
APPOINTED LAST YEAR, SO HELP ME
UNDERSTAND WHY WE ARE
REAPPOINTING HER.
>> SHE WAS FILLING IN FOR
SOMEONE WHO HAD STEPPED DOWN SO
HER TERM WAS UP AND SHE IS UP
FOR APPOINTMENT.
>> EXCELLENT.
GREAT.
FOR THE PUBLIC WE LIKE TO HAVE
NO APPOINTMENTS COME TO
INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND BE ON
TV, AND HAVE PART OF THE RECORD.
THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED TO ATTEND
BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW WE HAVE
AN AMAZING GROUP OF FOLKS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE
QUESTIONS FOR THEM.
>> NO, LET'S PLEASE MOVE
FORWARD.
>> COLLEAGUES I WILL GO AHEAD
AND MOVE THE APPROVAL OF ITEMS
1 THROUGH 6, APPOINTMENTS OF
THESE FIVE MEMBERS AND THE
REAPPOINTMENT OF AMANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING
AYE.
OPPOSED?
ANY ABSTAINING?
>> WELCOME TO OUR TABLE.
>> EXACTLY.
GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK
HERE.
OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS AN EXCITING
TIME FOR ALL MODES OF
TRANSPORTATION.
I AM NOTING THAT NEXT MONTH WE
ARE GOING TO BE UNDER SERIOUS
CONSTRAINTS THAT WILL LAST FOR
A COUPLE OF YEARS BUT I HAVEN'T
HEARD ANYONE SAY THEY EXPECT
THE BIKE LANES TO BE CONGESTED
SO IT'S A MODE THAT'S IF WE --
THAT IF WE CAN MAKE IT SAFE
SHOULD NOT BE TOO CONGESTED.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
WE WILL CONSIDER FULL POINTS OF
THE COUNCIL NEXT MONDAY.
YOU ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND THAT
BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
JASMINE, DO YOU WANT TO READ
AGENDA ITEM 7?
>> THIS IS AN UPDATE ON THE
BALLAD LINK EXTENSIONS.
>> AS FOLKS GET SEATED, WE WILL
GET GOING WITH INTRODUCTIONS
AND A SECOND.
I JUST WANT FOR THE PUBLIC AS
WE MENTIONED IN THE OPENING,
COUNCILMEMBER McDERMOTT AND I
COCHAIR THE ELECTED LEADERSHIP
GROUP.
MY OTHER TWO CODES ARE MEMBERS
ALONG WITH A FEW
COUNCILMEMBERS, THE MAYOR AND
REPRESENTATIVE'S FROM THE PORT
OF SEATTLE, AND KING COUNTY
EXECUTIVE CONSTANTINE,
SNOHOMISH COUNTY EXECUTIVE
SUMMERS, AND I'M NOT SURE IF I
AM MISSING ANYBODY BUT I THINK
THAT IS JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY.
AND THAT GROUP WAS SET UP TO BE
ONE OF THE LEVELS OF REVIEW AS
WE'RE CONSIDERING PREFERRED
ALTERNATIVES FOR ALIGNMENTS
WITHIN THE SOUND TRANSIT THREE
INVESTMENTS.
WE HAD A PRIVATE BRIEFING LAST
MONTH AS OPPOSED TO A MEETING
AND I ASK FOLKS TO COME TO THIS
COMMITTEE AND PRESENT TO BOTH
GIVE AN UPDATE TO SHARE
PUBLICLY SOME OF THE THINGS
WE'VE ALREADY HEARD, AND ALSO
TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE IN-DEPTH
CONVERSATION ABOUT THE RACIAL
EQUITY.
I WILL HAND IT OVER.
I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT WE
HAVE 40 MINUTES INCLUDING SOME
DISCUSSION.
THERE IS 60 SOME SLIDES.
AS WE JUMP INTO IT, I AM GOING
TO ASK FOLKS THAT WE MOVE
THROUGH THE STUFF WE HAVE SEEN
A BUNCH RELATIVELY QUICK SO WHY
DON'T WE START WITH INJECTIONS.
>> MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE AND
GUEST, THANK YOU FOR INVITING
US TO GIVE A BRIEFING ON OUR
PROJECT AND TALK MORE ABOUT THE
RACIAL EQUITY TOOLKIT
VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE.
I WILL SPEAK QUICKLY THROUGH
THE INTRO SLIDES.
BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE TOOK A MOMENT TO COVER SOME
OF THE BACKGROUND AND THE
INFORMATION ON PROCESS.
SO FAR FOR MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE AND THE PUBLIC.
AND THEN WE WILL HAND IT OVER
TO GO OVER THE END-TO-END
ALTERNATIVES, AND DISCUSSION ON
THE RACIAL EQUITY TOOLKIT.
>> DO YOU MIND DOING QUICK
INTRODUCTIONS FOR THE RECORD?
>> I AM THE CORRIDOR DIRECTOR.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOVERNMENT COMMUNITY
RELATIONS MANAGER.
>> THANK YOU BOTH.
>> WE KICKED OFF ALTERNATIVE
DEVELOPMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF
LAST YEAR AFTER SOUND TRANSIT 3
PASSED.
AND YOU WILL SEE ON THE GRAPHIC
BEAR THAT THE ST3 PROJECT FOR
WEST SEATTLE AND THE BALLAD
LINK EXTENSIONS IDENTIFIES THE
MODE AND CORRIDOR, AND THE
NUMBER OF STATIONS AND GENERAL
STATION LOCATIONS ALONG THE
ENTIRE CORRIDOR AND THAT IS
WHERE OUR PROJECT DEVELOPMENT
AND OUR DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
KICKED OFF WITH THE ST3
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECT AS A
BASE.
IT INFORMS THE COST IN THE
SCHEDULE AND OPERATING NEEDS
FOR THE TWO PROJECTS.
SO, THE ALTERNATIVE DEVELOPMENT
PROCESS IS BROKEN DOWN INTO
THREE SECTIONS.
WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE
PLANNING PHASE.
THAT LASTS UNTIL 2022.
FOR THE WEST SEATTLE PROJECT,
WE WILL GO INTO DESIGN IN 2022
TO 2025 AND THEN CONSTRUCTION
FROM 25 FOR GRAND OPENING START
OF SERVICE IN 2030.
FOR THE BALLARD PROJECT WE ARE
ON THE SAME TIME FRAME AND THE
SAME PROCESS FOR THE PLANNING
PHASE AND THEN WE GO INTO
DESIGN 23 TO 26 FOR
CONSTRUCTION AND 26 TO 2035.
THE BALLARD PROJECT INCLUDES A
DOWNTOWN TUNNEL THROUGH THE
CITY OF SEATTLE, SO WITH THE
RISK IN CONSTRUCTION TIME, THE
GRAND OPENING IS SLATED FOR
2035.
BREAKING DOWN THE PLANNING
SECTION A LITTLE BIT MORE, WE
ARE IN THE FIRST PHASE OF
PLANNING -- PLANNING WHICH IS
ALTERNATIVE DEVELOPMENT WHERE
WE TAKE A REPRESENTATIVE
PROJECT AND WE GO OUT TO THE
PUBLIC AND GET INPUT AND
ANALYZE, AND MAKE DECISIONS, AND
ON THE ALTERNATIVES THAT HAVE
THE MOST PROMISE AND EXTERNAL
SUPPORT MOVING FORWARD.
IN THE SPRING OF 2019, WE HOPE
OUR BOARD WILL IDENTIFY A
PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE AND THAT
WILL KICK OFF OUR PROCESS GOING
INTO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
STATEMENT.
BREAKING DOWN THAT A LITTLE BIT
MORE, IN OUR ALTERNATIVES
DEVELOPMENT, WE BROKE IT INTO
THREE LEVELS.
WE ARE JUST ENTERING LEVEL III.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO REFINE AND
SCREEN ALTERNATIVES.
AND KICK OFF THE EARLY SCOPING
PERIOD FOR THE FUTURE EIS.
GETTING BACK INTO DETAIL ABOUT
THIS PHASE OF ALTERNATIVE
DEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE DESIGNED
AND IMPLEMENTED MANY LEVELS OF
ENGAGEMENT AND COLLABORATION.
YOU SEE THE DIFFERENT LEVELS
THERE ON THE LEFT SIDE.
WE HAVE OUR COMMUNITY UPDATES,
WHICH OCCUR THROUGH OPEN HOUSES
AND IN NEIGHBORHOOD FARMS.
WE HAVE A STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY
GROUP.
CHAIR O'BRIEN MENTIONED THE
ELECTED LEADERSHIP GROUP, AND
SOUND TRANSIT BOARD.
FOR EACH LEVEL WE HAVE GONE
THROUGH A ROTATION OF OUTREACH
AND ENGAGEMENT WITH ALL OF
THESE DIFFERENT LEVELS FOR A
COLLABORATION.
SO WE WENT THROUGH LEVEL I, 2
-- ONE, TWO, AND WE'RE JUST
KICKING OFF ENGAGEMENT
COLLABORATION FOR LEVEL III.
EARLIER, YOU MENTIONED MEMBERS
OF THE ELECTED LEADERSHIP
GROUP.
IT'S A MAJORITY OF THE SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL AND MEMBER OF --
MEMBERS OF THE SOUND TRANSIT
BOARD.
THANK YOU FOR SERVING AGAIN AS
CHAIRS OF THE ELECTED
LEADERSHIP GROUP AND YOUR
IDENTIFYING ISSUES EARLIER AND
FOCUSING ON ALTERNATIVES WITH
THE MOST PROMISE.
I ALSO WANT TO TELL YOU MORE
DETAILS ON THE STAKEHOLDER
ADVISORY GROUP.
IT'S ALMOST 30 MEMBERS FROM
COMMUNITIES ALONG THE CORRIDOR
AND GROUPS THAT SERVE REGIONAL
INTERESTS ALONG THE CORRIDOR AS
WELL.
SO SINCE WE KICKED OFF
DEVELOPMENT IN JANUARY, WE HAVE
HAD AND THIS IS UNTIL OCTOBER
SO WE HAVE DONE A FEW MORE
THROUGH NOVEMBER BUT 112
COMMUNITY BRIEFINGS.
WE HAVE BEEN TO 14 FAIRS AND
FESTIVALS.
WE HAVE HELD 10 STAKEHOLDER
ADVISORY GROUPS THROUGH PHASES
ONE AND TWO.
WE'VE HAD FOUR ELECTED GROUP
MEETINGS.
THOSE ARE ALL ON SEATTLE
CHANNEL.
WE HAVE HAD 13 OPEN HOUSES AND
FARMS.
TWO ONLINE OPEN HOUSES AND JUST
OVER 4000 MEMBERS ON OUR EMAIL
SUBSCRIPTION LIST AND 14 EMAIL
UPDATES.
>> AND WE ARE WORKING ON A
LICENSING AGREEMENT WITH
NETFLIX TO STREAM THE ELECTED
LEADERSHIP GROUPS ON DEMAND AS
A NEW REVENUE SOURCE FOR THE
CITY.
>> IT WILL PAY FOR THREE
STATIONS AT LEAST.
>> [ LAUGHTER ]
>> HERE IS ALL THE FAIRS AND
FESTIVALS WE ATTENDED OVER THE
SUMMER.
A GREAT PLACE TO CONNECT WITH
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT ARE
NOT TRADITIONALLY PART OF OUR
PROCESSES AND WE'VE HELD EIGHT
DESIGN SURE IT'S WITH AGENCIES
AND COMMUNITIES TO LOOK AT
SPECIFIC DESIGN ISSUES AND
STATIONS ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
I WILL HAND IT OVER TO CAHILL.
>> I WILL DISC OF THE LEVEL III
ALTERNATIVES.
SO AS SHE MENTIONED WE ARE IN
THE THIRD SCREENING PHASE NOW.
LEVEL III.
WE WENT THROUGH LEVEL I AND
TWO.
JUST BEFORE I GET INTO LEVEL
III JUST TO REMIND YOU BRIEFLY
OF LEVEL II, YOU CAN SELL THE
LEVEL II ALTERNATIVES ARE
LISTED BY SEGMENT AND IN PINK,
THOSE WERE SCREENED OUT AS PART
OF THE LEVEL II PROCESS.
SO THESE WERE THE ALTERNATIVE
SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.
WE HAVE SEVERAL ALTERNATIVES IN
EACH SEGMENT ALONG DUWAMISH,
CHINATOWN, DOWNTOWN AND INTO
BALLARD.
MOVING INTO LEVEL III WE HAVE
TAKEN THOSE FROM THE ELECTED
LEADERSHIP GROUP AND CREATED
THREE END-TO-END ALTERNATIVES.
FIRST IT'S A REPRESENTATIVE
PROJECT WHICH WE DESCRIBED IN
OUTLINED FASHION AT THE VERY
START.
THAT HASN'T CHANGED.
IT HAS BEEN THE SAME SINCE THE
ST3 PROCESS.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT
THAT THROUGH LEVEL III.
OUR SECOND ALTERNATIVE WE ARE
CALLING THE WEST SEATTLE
DOWNTOWN FIFTH AVENUE BALLARD
TUNNEL ALTERNATIVE.
AND INCLUDES ALTERNATIVES AND A
FOURTH AVENUE AND FIFTH AVENUE
ALIGNMENT THROUGH DOWNTOWN.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF STATE --
STATION OPTIONS INCLUDED WITH
THAT.
THE THIRD BASIC ALTERNATIVE IS
THE WEST SEATTLE CAD FIFTH
AVENUE DOWNTOWN SIXTH AVENUE
BALLARD ELEVATED ALTERNATIVE.
THAT HAS ELEVATED
CONFIGURATIONS IN BALLARD AND
FIFTH AVENUE AND SIXTH AVENUE
ALIGNMENT THROUGH DOWNTOWN.
STARTING WITH THE
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECT, I WON'T
DESCRIBE THIS IN GREAT DETAIL
BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT THIS
FOR A GREAT TIME BUT IT'S AN
ELEVATED CONTRIBUTION.
AVALON, DELRIDGE, DUWAMISH,
ALONG THE E3 BUSWAY.
IT HAS AN ELEVATED STATION AND
THEN THAT'S GRADE STATION.
DOWNTOWN WE HAVE SIX TUNNEL
STATIONS AT THE INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT CHINATOWN, MIDTOWN,
WESTLAKE, SOUTH LAKE UNION AND
SEATTLE CENTER.
IT TRANSITIONS INTO AN ELEVATED
FIGURE DOWNTOWN.
GENERALLY LONG 15th AVENUE
TERMINATING AT A STATION NEAR
MARKET STREET.
THE SECOND ALTERNATIVE AS I
MENTIONED CAD FOURTH, FIFTH,
AND BALLARD TUNNEL IS COMPLIED
OF -- COMPRISED OF THESE
DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT CAME OUT
OF THE LEVEL II PROCESS SO IF
YOU ARE TRYING TO TRACK HOW HE
GOT FROM TWO TO THREE THIS
GRAPH HELPS YOU.
THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE
ENTIRE CORRIDOR.
YOU CAN SEE CALLOUTS EXPLAIN
DIFFERENT OPTIONS IN CERTAIN
AREAS.
STARTING IN THE ALASKA JUNCTION
AREA WE ARE LOOKING AT TUNNEL
OPTIONS IN WEST SEATTLE THROUGH
THIS ALTERNATIVE AND THERE ARE
THREE OPTIONS BEING EXAMINED.
ONE ON 41st STREET, ONE OF 40
2nd AND 1 ON 44th STREET
ORIENTED IN A NORTH-SOUTH
CONFIGURATION.
MOVING ACROSS TO THE DUWAMISH
CROSSING AREA THIS IS ALL OVER
THE DUWAMISH ON THE NORTH SIDE
OF THE EXISTING WEST SEATTLE
BRIDGE.
THEN AS YOU GET INTO THE
CHINATOWN I.D.
AREA WE ARE LOOKING AT OPTIONS
ON FOURTH AVENUE AND TWO
CONFIGURATIONS, A MINE STATION
OPTION AND A COVER STATION
OPTION.
THAT WOULD BE A SHALLOWER
STATION OPTION.
AS I GET INTO THE SOUTH LAKE
UNION AREA THIS ALTERNATIVE
WOULD HAVE A STATION ON
HARRISON.
THEN IT WOULD TRANSITION OVER TO
REPUBLICAN AS YOU GET INTO THE
SEATTLE AREA.
WE ARE LOOKING AT TWO STATION
OPTIONS AT THE BALLARD
ALIGNMENT.
A TUNNEL OPTION ON 18th AND
ANOTHER OPTION ON THE 15th.
BOTH OF THEM TERMINATING AROUND
MARKET STREET.
THE THIRD ALTERNATIVE WEST
SEATTLE ELEVATED CAD FIFTH
AVENUE DOWNTOWN SIXTH AVENUE
AND ELEVATED ALTERNATIVE, WITH
OPTIONS IN THE CID AREA.
IT IS COMPRISED OF THESE LEVEL
II ALTERNATIVES ON THE SCREEN.
THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE
ENTIRE ALTERNATIVE IS END TO
END.
FIRST OF ALL STARTING AT ALASKA
JUNCTION, THE PARTICULAR
STATION HERE WOULD BE ORIENTED
NORTH AND SOUTH.
IT WOULD BE ELEVATED IN THE
VICINITY OF 41st AVENUE.
AS YOU GET INTO DELRIDGE THIS
STATION WOULD MOVE FURTHER
SOUTH THAN WAS A VISION IN THE
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECT.
IMAGINE THAT STATION NORTH OF
ANDOVER.
THIS WOULD PUSH IT FURTHER
SOUTH OF ANDOVER.
CHINATOWN I.D.
AREA, THIS ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE
ON FIFTH AVENUE AND WE ARE
LOOKING AT TWO CONFIGURATIONS.
A BOARD TUNNEL OPTION SO THAT'S
A STATION THAT WOULD BE BOARD.
AND A STATION COEXISTENT TO THE
EXISTING STATION AND A MINE
STATION OPTION ALSO ON FIFTH
AVENUE.
THAT WOULD BE A DEEPER STATION
OPTION ON THAT LOCATION.
WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT A SIXTH
AVENUE ALIGNMENT THROUGH
DOWNTOWN THROUGH MIDTOWN AND
WESTLAKE.
AT THE OTHER END OF THE
ALIGNMENT IN BALLARD, THIS
WOULD INCLUDE A HIGH-LEVEL
FIXED BRIDGE OVER THE SHIP
CANAL ON THE 14th.
THAT WOULD TERMINATE NEAR
MARKET STREET.
ONCE AGAIN, THOSE ARE THE THREE
END-TO-END ALTERNATIVES.
I'LL HANDED OVER TO LEADER TO
DESCRIBE THE RACIAL EQUITY
TOOLKIT PROCESS.
>> LET'S PAUSE FOR JUST ONE
SECOND.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD WHO DID
NOT -- WHO CAME A WHILE AGO.
THIS IS THE FOLKS HAVE SEEN
BEFORE BUT IF FOLKS HAVE ANY
CLARIFYING QUESTIONS OR THINGS
YOU WANT TO HIGHLIGHT BEFORE WE
MOVE INTO THE RACIAL EQUITY
TOOLKIT YOU ARE WELCOME TO DO
THAT.
>> ONE QUICK QUESTION.
DURING OUR LAST MEETING, WE SAW
ONE OF THE OTHER OPTIONS WERE
SIGNIFICANTLY MORE EXPENSIVE
AND YOU WERE THROWING AROUND
300 MILLION NUMBERS AND I THINK
THE DEEP BOARD TUNNEL OR THE
STATION IN THE INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT WAS ONE THAT WAS
SIGNIFICANTLY MORE EXPENSIVE.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT IS THAT
STILL A SERIOUS I DON'T WANT TO
CALL IT A COMPETITOR BUT IS
THAT OFF THE TABLE?
>> EVERYTHING I JUST DESCRIBED
HAS BEEN ON LEVEL III.
WE HAVE -- WE WILL HAVE END-TO-
END ALTERNATIVES AVAILABLE WHEN
WE PRODUCE THE RESULTS WHICH WE
HOPE WILL BE IN FEBRUARY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> SLIDE 36, THE ALIGNMENT
THROUGH AVALON WOULD HAVE SOME
PRETTY SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON
THE RESIDENTIAL POPULATION OF
THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
IS THAT SOMETHING WE ARE AT A
POINT WHERE WE ARE GOING TO DO
AN ANALYSIS OF THOSE IMPACTS?
OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE IMPACTS ON
ALL ALIGNMENTS BUT I THINK THIS
PARTICULAR LOCATION WAS
IDENTIFIED AS ONE OF THE HIGHER
IMPACTS BECAUSE OF THE MULTI
FAMILY HOUSING.
>> WE WILL BE APPLYING THE SAME
CRITERIA IN LEVEL III THAT WE
LOOKED AT IN LEVEL II AND ONE.
WE WILL BE QUALIFYING
DISPLACEMENT IMPACTS AS WELL AS
A 50+ EVALUATION CRITERIA THAT
WE USED.
>> SO WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH
THE SAME ITS EXERCISE -- THE
SAME EXERCISE.
>> THE SAME EXERCISE.
WE DON'T HAVE THE RESULTS.
ONCE AGAIN WE WOULD HAVE THOSE
EARLY IN THE NEW YEAR.
>> GOING THROUGH THAT EXERCISE
AGAIN IS IT'S GOING TO BE A
DEEPER LEVEL OF ANALYSIS?
>> IT'S PRIMARILY THE SIZE --
THE SAME.
THEY ARE BECOMING MORE
QUANTITATIVE AND THE REAL
DISTINCTION IS THAT WE NOW HAVE
END-TO-END ALTERNATIVES SO WE
CAN LOOK AT RIDERSHIP ACROSS
THE CORRIDOR WHICH WE WERE NOT
ABLE TO DO BEFORE.
SO THIS IS ALWAYS THE POINT WE
WANT TO GET TO.
>> AS WE JUMP INTO THE RACIAL
EQUITY TOOLKIT I KNOW THE CITY
OF SEATTLE HAS BEEN PARTNERING
ON THIS.
IF THERE'S ANYONE FROM THE
SEATTLE WHO WOULD JOIN US IN
CASE QUESTIONS FOR THE CITY
CAME UP, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
>> DON'T GET UP AT ONCE.
>> CALL AND IF YOU WANT TO
INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR THE
RECORD.
>> CALL AND DRAKE.
SDOT.
>> ALL RIGHT, LIDA.
YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB
ON SLIDE PERMIT RATIO.
>> I HAVE SOME PRACTICE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TO
TALK ABOUT THE PROJECT BUT ALSO
ABOUT THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC.
I'M GOING TO START WITH A
LITTLE CONTEXT.
FOR BACKGROUND, THE VOTER
APPROVED SOUND TRANSIT THREE
PLAN THAT WAS PASSED IN 2016
INCLUDED A NUMBER OF PROJECTS
AND WE HEARD A LOT FROM THE
PUBLIC ABOUT HOW MUCH THEY
WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE
PROJECTS DELIVERED SOONER SO AS
PART OF THE PROCESS WE TOOK A
GOOD LOOK AT OURSELVES TO
DETERMINE HOW WE COULD SHAVE A
FEW YEARS OFF THE TIMELINE AND
A KEY PART OF THAT IS HOW WE
ENHANCE COLLABORATION WITH THE
COMMUNITY SO WE CREATED A PLAN
TO GUIDE HOW WE PLAN AND
DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCT OUR WHOLE
CAPITAL PROGRAM.
I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE
COMMITMENT TO EARLY ENGAGEMENT
INCLUDING TRADITIONALLY
UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES IS
IMPORTANT.
WE WANT TO INCREASE
TRANSPARENCY WITH ALL AFFECTED
COMMUNITIES AND WE ARE LOOKING
AT WAYS TO INCREASE ACCESS AND
RECENTLY ADOPTED BOARD POLICY
TO CREATE EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT.
THAT'S NOT TO SAY WE WON'T
CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE DO
DURING THE ENVIRONMENTAL
PROCESS.
WE HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE ANALYSIS SO THE PHASE
FOLLOWING THIS WHERE WE DESCRIBE
THE CORRIDOR, EVALUATE WHETHER
IT WOULD DISPROPORTIONATELY
IMPACT MINORITY AND LOW-INCOME
COMMUNITIES.
WE REVIEW THOSE IMPACTS IN
GREATER DEPTH, AND WHO MAY BE
AFFECTED AND CONSIDER
MITIGATION AND BENEFITS.
WE ALSO DOCUMENT THE EFFORTS TO
INVOLVE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
AND LOW INCOME POPULATIONS IN
THE PROCESS.
NOW, WE ARE IN THE ALTERNATIVE
DEVELOPMENT PHASE.
WE ARE ALSO COGNIZANT OF THE
RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
INITIATIVES THE CITY OF SEATTLE
HAS AND THE MAYOR'S EARLY ON
AFFIRMATION OF THAT.
A LITTLE MORE CONTEXT AS WE
TALK ABOUT THE RACIAL EQUITY
TOOLKITS.
GLAD TO HAVE OUR PARTNERS FROM
THE CITY HERE, AS WELL TO SPEAK
TO ANY QUESTIONS IF THEY COME
UP SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THIS OR
OUR PROCESS TOGETHER.
THAT PROVIDES CONTEXT FOR HOW
WE ARE PARTNERING TOGETHER WITH
THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
WE HAVE REGULAR MEETINGS IN
WHICH AN AND DISCIPLINARY TEAM
FROM THE WEST SEATTLE BALLARD
PROJECT MEETS TOGETHER WITH
VARIOUS DEPARTMENT FOLKS FROM
THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION, NEIGHBORHOODS,
THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS.
WE HAVE WORKING GROUP
STRUCTURES FOCUSED ON DATA
ANALYSIS AND EXTERNAL
ENGAGEMENT.
WE HAVE COLLABORATED ON ISSUES
AND CONSIDERATIONS TO BETTER
INFORM THE PROCESS AND PROVIDE
INFORMATION THAT THE DATA
ALONE, ALL THOSE EVALUATION
MEASURES MAY NOT BE ABLE TO
PROVIDE.
SO THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF HOW
THE RACIAL EQUITY TOOLKIT HAS
INFORMED OUR WORK SO FAR.
WE ESTABLISHED OUTCOMES EARLY
ON.
WHICH I WILL TALK ABOUT A LOT
OF THESE A LOT MORE DETAIL AS
WE MOVE FORWARD.
CONDUCTED DATA ANALYSIS TO
UNDERSTAND WHERE OUR FOCUS
AREAS SHOULD BE ALONG THE
ALIGNMENT.
WE DID THAT DURING LEVEL I.
MADE MODIFICATIONS TO THE
SCREENING CRITERIA WHICH ARE
APPLIED TO THE ALTERNATIVES SO
THAT INFORMS THE EVALUATION.
WE HAVE COLLABORATED ON HOW WE
ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS
-- IT HAS INFORMED WHERE WE
FOCUS ON PROACTIVE ENGAGEMENT
AS WHEREAS STATION PLANNING.
WE PLANNED A DALE STATION
CHARRETTE FOR EXAMPLE.
WE MAY BE RECOGNIZED DELRIDGE
WOULD NEED PARTICULAR ATTENTION.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE BEEN
DOCUMENTING THE FINDINGS BOTH
FROM THE COMMUNITY, THE
ENGAGEMENT COMPONENT AND THE
DATA.
AND SHARING THEM WITH THE
PUBLIC AS WELL AS THE
STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY GROUP AND
ELECTED LEADERSHIP GROUP BEFORE
THEY MAKE THEIR
RECOMMENDATIONS.
THE IDEA IS IT'S EMBEDDED INTO
OUR PROCESS SO IT HELPS TO
INFORM THE PROCESS.
WE ARE ALSO COMMITTING TO
HAVING AN -- COMMITTED TO
HAVING AN ITERATIVE
CONVERSATION ABOUT EQUITY
OUTCOMES AS WE GO ALONG.
>> CAN YOU TALK MORE ABOUT
THAT?
WHAT DOES THE REPORT BACK PIECE
LOOK LIKE?
>> SURE.
WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS AS
WE GO THROUGH, WE HAVE OUR
LEVEL II WHICH WE HAVE TALKED
ABOUT.
WE ARE NOW GOING INTO ENGAGING
AT LEVEL III MAKING SURE TO
HAVE TOUCH POINTS ABOUT WHAT
OUR PROCESS IS, HOW THE RACIAL
EQUITY TOOLKIT CAN INFORM THE
PROCESS BUT ALSO HOW THEIR
ENGAGEMENT FEEDS INTO THE
PROCESS AND INFORMS IT.
I THINK IT ALSO HELPS INFORM SO
AS WE GET THE ENGAGEMENT IT
GIVES US SUGGESTIONS AND
GUIDANCE ON HOW WE MIGHT DO THE
STUDY AND WHAT IT MIGHT BE
BETTER TO DIG FURTHER INTO, AND
I THINK AS WE GO THROUGH THE
PRESENTATION IT HAS HELPED US
IDENTIFY SOME QUESTIONS THAT
MAYBE EVEN THROUGH THIS PROCESS
WE CAN'T NECESSARILY RESOLVE
BUT ARE IMPORTANT FOR US TO
CONSIDER AS AGENCY PARTNERS.
SO THESE ARE THOSE OUTCOMES I
MENTIONED, THE RACIAL EQUITY
TOOLKIT OUTCOMES THAT ARE A
STARTING PLACE FOR OUR
CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMUNITY
AND CAN BE PERFORMED WITH THE
COMMUNITY.
ENHANCING MOBILITY AND ACCESS,
CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR
ACQUITTAL -- EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT, AVOIDING
DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACTS AND
MEANINGFULLY -- MEANINGFULLY
INVOLVING COMMUNITIES IN THE
PROJECT.
SO JUST TO TAKE YOU THROUGH THE
STORY OF OUR YEAR, STARTING AT
THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WE
MAPPED CONCENTRATIONS OF
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR INTO THE
PROJECT CORRIDOR.
THE DARKER PURPLE COLOR
INDICATES A GREATER
CONCENTRATION OF COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR.
SO JUST SWIMMING IN ON THE
CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT WHICH IS A TRANSIT HUB
AND IS CLOSE BY HERE, THIS
STATION AREA EMERGED AS THE
MOST DENSELY POPULATED WITH
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR FOR THE
WHOLE PROJECT CORRIDOR.
THIS BECAME A FOCUS AREA OF
HOURS.
AND THEN LOOKING AT WEST SEATTLE
AND AT THE DELRIDGE STATION
LOCATION, AS WELL AS AVALON,
WHAT WAS INTERESTING ABOUT THE
PROCESS WAS AS WE LOOKED AT THE
STATION AREA, WHILE THE
POPULATIONS AROUND THE AREA MAY
BE PRETTY SIMILAR TO THE
STATION -- CITY AVERAGE, WHEN
YOU LOOK FURTHER SOUTH IN THE
BIKE SHED AND TRANSIT SHED YOU
SEE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
ACCESSING THE SYSTEM.
THAT'S WHY WE THOUGHT ABOUT HOW
WE ENGAGE COMMUNITIES FURTHER
SOUTH THAT MAY BE ABLE TO
ACCESS THE SYSTEM.
>> WE APPRECIATE YOU WALKING US
THROUGH THIS.
IT WOULD BE SO EASY FOR FOLKS
TO TAKE A ONE LEVEL CRACK AND
MISS THE POPULATIONS THESE
STATIONS ARE SERVING SO THIS IS
REALLY ILLUSTRATIVE.
I APPRECIATE THE WORK.
>> THANK YOU.
I'M GOING TO WALK THROUGH AS WE
DID OUR LEVEL II EVALUATION.
WE DID LOOK AT THE DATA AND
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FEEDBACK
FOCUSING IN ON THE CHINATOWN
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT AND THE
DELRIDGE STATION AREAS.
I AM GOING TO TOUCH ON THIS
FAIRLY QUICKLY AS THIS IS ALL
DOCUMENTED IN OUR LEVEL II MEMO
BUT IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS I AM
HAPPY TO DISCUSS THEM FURTHER.
THE EVALUATION COMPONENT,
LOOKING AT THE ALTERNATIVES,
THERE WERE FOURTH AVENUE
ALTERNATIVES, FIFTH AVENUE
ALTERNATIVES, DEEPER AND SHALLOW
STATION OPTIONS.
LOOKING AT THE STATION IMPACTS,
THEY ARE MORE PROXIMATE AS YOU
WOULD IMAGINE AND WITH THE
FOURTH AVENUE ALTERNATIVES
THERE ARE MORE POTENTIAL
TRAFFIC IMPACTS.
THOSE ARE JUST SOME
CONSIDERATIONS.
STATION ACCESS OPPORTUNITIES
ARE BETTER FOR THOSE SHALLOW
STATIONS THAN THE DEEPER
STATIONS ACCORDING TO OUR
EVALUATION AND BASED ON THOSE,
THE MEASURES THAT WE HAVE, IT'S
UNCLEAR WHICH ALTERNATIVE POSES
THE GREATEST NET BENEFIT FOR
THE COMMUNITIES LIVING IN THE
CID AND NEARING THE AREA.
THAT IS WHY THE COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT COMPONENT IS SO
IMPORTANT.
OUR COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, WE HAVE
HEARD TIME AND TIME AGAIN
PROJECTS HAPPEN TO THE
COMMUNITY AS OPPOSED TO FOR THE
COMMUNITY.
INCLUSIVE ONGOING ENGAGEMENT IS
CRUCIAL TO ENSURING COMMUNITY
COLORS -- COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
ARE SERVED.
CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS ARE A
PRIORITY.
THERE'S A LOT OF SUPPORT AND
INTEREST FROM BOTH CID AND
PIONEER SQUARE TO IMPROVE
CONNECTIONS.
FROM UNION STATION ACROSS TO
KING STREET STATION WHERE THERE
IS AMTRAK AND SOUNDER.
THERE IS A LOT OF INTEREST IN
ACTIVATING UNION STATION AND
RECONFIGURING THE PLAZA.
SOME FEEDBACK ABOUT WHETHER
THERE ARE TRANSIT ORIENTED
DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT
COULD PARTNERSHIP -- DEVELOP
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY.
THERE WAS SUPPORT FOR CONTINUING
TO EXPLORE FOURTH AND FIFTH
AVENUE, ALTERNATIVES TO REALLY
UNDERSTAND WHAT BENEFITS THERE
MIGHT BE, AND UNDERSTAND THOSE
CONCERNS A LOT BETTER.
USER EXPERIENCE AND COMFORT
USING LIGHT RAIL.
THOSE WERE KEY FACTORS FOR
UNDERSTANDING MOBILITY AND
ACCESS.
WE TALKED ABOUT ACCESS TO
OPPORTUNITY AND WHAT DOES THAT
REALLY MEAN FOR THE CHINATOWN
COMMUNITY WHICH IS A TRANSIT
HEAD -- HUB.
UNDERSTANDING HOW FOLKS USE THE
SYSTEM WILL BE IMPORTANT.
THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERN
ABOUT DISPLACEMENT AS YOU MIGHT
IMAGINE AND GENTRIFICATION.
UNDERSTANDING THOSE PIECES AS
WELL AS HOW THERE MIGHT BE
CROSS AGENCY CORONATION AND
STRATEGY ABOUT HOW TO ADDRESS
THOSE THINGS IN THE CID.
AND THEN FOR DELRIDGE, THE KEY
DRIVERS HERE WITH RESPECT TO
RACIAL AND SOCIAL EQUITY
INCLUDED BUS RAIL INTEGRATIONS.
HOW DO YOU CREATE THE BEST RAIL
ENVIRONMENTS FOR THOSE
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR LIVING
FURTHER SOUTH AND THAT ARE
RELIANT ON TRANSFERS.
AND THE ALTERNATIVES THAT MIGHT
HAVE A MORE PREDICTABLE
REDEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT EQUITY
ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.
THAT'S ANOTHER FACTOR.
AS ACROSS THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR
UNDERSTANDING DISPLACEMENT, HOW
THAT MIGHT DISPROPORTIONALLY
AFFECT COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IS
AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION AND
ONE HERE TOO.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND MAYBE
AFFORDABLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
SMALL BUSINESSES?
>> YES.
THERE IS INTEREST IN
PARTICULAR.
WE HEARD TIME AND TIME AGAIN
ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION
AT A GROCERY STORE.
SO THE COMMUNITY INPUT
COMPONENT REALLY JUST BUILDS ON
THAT.
FOR THOSE THAT ARE REALLY
DEPENDENT UPON TRANSIT THAT
LIVE FURTHER SOUTH, IMMIGRANT
REFUGEE COMMUNITIES, THE AUTHOR
BOTH NEEDS TO BE HOW THAT
TRANSFER ENVIRONMENT WORKS IS
IMPORTANT BUT ALSO WAYFINDING
AND ENSURING NEUTRAL LANGUAGE
SO THERE WERE PIECES THAT WERE
FURTHER IN TIME TO BE
IMPLEMENTED BUT THEY WERE NOTED
IN THIS PROCESS.
AS WELL AS AGAIN THE GROCERY
STORE COMPONENT AND HOW TO
ADDRESS DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES.
>> JUST A QUESTION ABOUT THE
COMMUNITY INPUT INTO DELRIDGE.
I UNDERSTAND YOU ARE DOING
GREATER ENGAGEMENT IN THE
CHINATOWN CID IN THAT PROCESS
SO WE CAN GET TO A TRUE LEVEL
III FOR THAT COMMUNITY.
BUT I AM JUST CONCERNED THAT
THE LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT FOR
DELRIDGE HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT
LIMITED AND I DON'T KNOW IF
THERE HAS BEEN INPUT IN
DELRIDGE BEYOND THE SHRED.
I KNOW WE'VE HAD COMMUNITY
WORKSHOPS BUT THERE IS A LOT OF
CONCERN THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY
OR ENOUGH I SHOULD SAY
INTENTIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH
FOLKS IN DELRIDGE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD.
WE ARE VERY INTERESTED IN
DEEPENING -- DEEPENING AND
FURTHERING ENGAGEMENT IN THE
DELRIDGE COMMUNITY AND HAVE
BEEN WORKING AS A GROUP.
WITH SOME OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS
TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES FOR
DOING THAT.
WE HOPE TO IN JANUARY AND
FEBRUARY AS WE MOVE FORWARD
HAVE MORE MEETINGS WITH THE
COMMUNITY SO WE CAN HEAR MORE
FROM THE DELRIDGE COMMUNITY.
>> IF THERE IS ANYTHING I CAN
DO TO HELP.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> IS THAT THE SPECIFIC
DELRIDGE EVENT -- I KNOW YOU
ARE PLANNING THIS SPECIFIC
OUTREACH OPPORTUNITY, AS WELL.
>> YES, WE ARE.
WE DON'T HAVE A DATE YET, BUT
WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.
WE WILL ADVERTISE IT AND SHARE
THAT WITH YOU.
IT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT
ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITY.
WE'VE ALSO IDENTIFIED SOCIAL
SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT WE HAVE
REACHED OUT TO FOR INTERVIEWS
FOLLOWING UP ON THAT TO GET
DEEPER ENGAGEMENT IDEAS THEY
HAVE BROUGHT TO US.
>> I AM GLAD YOU ARE DOING THAT
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO DEEP
OUTREACH FOR THAT UPCOMING
COMMUNITY MEETING AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THAT ACTUALLY LENDS ITSELF
NICELY TO THINKING ABOUT LEVEL
III.
THIS NEXT PHASE.
AS THIS IS AN ITERATIVE PROCESS
I MENTIONED EARLIER, SOME OF
WHAT WE HEARD THROUGH OUR
ENGAGEMENT AND LEVEL III AGAIN
THE FOCUS FOR BUS RAIL
INTEGRATION AND EQUITABLE TOD
TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT IN
THE CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT WE HEARD AS SCOPE AND
FOCUS GUIDES THE CONVERSATION,
LIMITING IMPACTS, AND MAXIMIZING
THE 100 YEAR VISION FOR FUTURE
GENERATIONS IS A GOOD WAY TO
THINK ABOUT OUR WORK IN LEVEL
III AND OUR ENGAGEMENT.
THAT SORT OF IDENTIFIED OUR
SCOPE, AND THEN THERE IS A
NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS WE ARE
LOOKING AT FOR ENGAGING THE
COMMUNITY AND DEEPENING THAT
ENGAGEMENT IN DELRIDGE AND THE
CHINATOWN DISTRICT.
IMPLYING LISTENING SESSIONS,
BRIEFINGS WITH COMMUNITY
GROUPS, ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS,
HOSTING POTENTIALLY COMMUNITY
WORKSHOPS.
NEIGHBORHOOD FARMS THAT ARE
ADDRESSING ISSUES AND REALLY
TARGETING SOCIAL SERVICE
PROVIDERS AND COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS IN THOSE
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT CAN HELP US
GET TO THE NEXT LEVEL SO WE
CONTINUE TO LOOK FORWARD WITH
WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU.
>> IN ADDITION TO THE TWO
ADVOCATES THAT YOU HAVE TO MY
RIGHT AND LEFT, WHICH YOU CAN
REALLY COUNT ON I'D LIKE TO ASK
IF YOU HAVE REACHED OUT TO OUR
DEPARTMENT -- REACHED OUT TO
OUR DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS
BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LOT GOING
ON RIGHT NOW TRYING TO REACH
INTO VARIOUS DEEP DIVES.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WE HAVE REGULAR MEETINGS WITH A
NUMBER OF CITY DEPARTMENTS BUT
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD --
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS
INCLUDED.
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS
COORDINATION IS AN IMPORTANT
COMPONENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW I
APPRECIATE YOU HIGHLIGHTING
THAT BECAUSE SPECIFICALLY,
WHILE BOTH OF THESE
COMMUNITIES, DELRIDGE AND
CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT HAVE A LOT GOING ON IN
THOSE COMMUNITIES.
CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT WENT THROUGH ZONING
CHANGES.
THERE IS A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT
HAPPENING.
THERE IS A BUS RAPID TRANSIT TO
COME ONLINE THERE.
THESE ARE ALSO COMMUNITIES THAT
CAN BE OVERWHELMED WITH THAT
CHANGE PRETTY EASILY AND THEN A
MAJOR PROJECT LIKE THIS COMING
OUT ON TOP OF IT.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS BOTH
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IS
WITH SO MUCH GOING ON HOW DO WE
GET FOLKS' -- FOLKS' ATTENTION
-- BULKS' ATTENTION WHILE WE
ARE ASKING ON SO MUCH INPUT ON
SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS.
IT WILL BE EASY FOR PEOPLE TO
SAY THIS IS A LOW PRIORITY FOR
ME BECAUSE THIS IS 15 YEARS
AWAY AND YET NOW IS THE MOMENT
WHERE YOU CAN INFLUENCE THE
OUTCOME.
IF YOU SHOW UP FIVE OR 10 YEARS
FROM NOW IT WILL BE A LITTLE
LATE.
IT'S A CHALLENGE.
>> WHAT HAS WORKED REALLY WELL
IS WHERE WE THOUGHT
OPPORTUNITIES WHERE IT HAS MADE
SENSE TO HAVE BOTH AGENCIES AT
THE SAME PLACE SO IF THERE IS
AN EVENT GOING ON WHERE WE CAN
BE A RESOURCE AT A TABLE ON THE
SIDE, IF THE COMMUNITY HAS
GATHERED AND IT'S RELEVANT, IT
MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO TRY TO
GIVE THEM MORE AT ONCE.
>> I AGREE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER DERMOT.
>> I KNOW YOU ARE AWARE AS YOU
SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
PRESENTATION, WE WANT TO
DELIVER THIS SET OF SOUND
TRANSIT PROJECTS SOONER THAN WE
HAVE EARLIER PROJECTS AND
THEREFORE WE ARE TRYING TO
STREAMLINE HOW WE PLAN AND
DEVELOP SO WE CAN DO THAT.
AS WE HAVE THIS PROCESS FOR THE
FIRST TIME TRYING TO HAVE ONE
PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE BEFORE
THE EIS PROCESS WE ARE LEARNING
WHEN WE DEVELOP ALTERNATIVES
AND WHEN WE ARE COMMUNICATING
THEM TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT
WOULD IMPACT AND BENEFIT.
MAYBE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED
OR AT LEAST LOOKED AT
DIFFERENTLY.
SO I APPRECIATE YOUR AWARENESS
OF THAT AND YOU RECOGNIZE ITS
NEW TERRITORY.
WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO
THAT BEST FOR SOME OF THESE
QUESTIONS, PARTICULARLY
DELRIDGE.
BUT NOT ONLY FOR THESE LINES
BUT FOR THE AGENCY AS WE GO
FORWARD WITH THE REST OF THE
WORK.
I THINK SOME OF THAT IS
CHALLENGING AND I AM GLAD WE ARE
LEANING INTO IT TO TRY TO
FIGURE OUT WHEN TO GO KNOCK ON
DOORS, WENT TO TALK TO PEOPLE
ABOUT SPECIFIC ALTERNATIVES
IMPACTING THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD
AND NOT TO BE BEHIND THE EIGHT
BALL ON THAT.
>> THIS IS IT, ACTUALLY.
>> GREAT.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENS NEXT ON THIS BECAUSE I
WANT TO FIRST APPLAUD THE FOLKS
OF SOUND TRANSIT FOR THE WORK
YOU'VE DONE IN ALL COMMUNITIES.
I HAVE BEEN TO A NUMBER OF THE
MEETINGS AND WERE SHOT -- AND
WORKSHOPS.
I HAVE BEEN REALLY IMPRESSED AT
BOTH THE ENGAGEMENT, GETTING
PEOPLE TO SHOW UP ON EVENINGS
AND WEEKEND DAYS TO PARTICIPATE
AND YOU GET A ROOM FULL OF
FOLKS THAT RANGE FROM RETIRED
TRANSIT PLANNER TO I'M JUST
HEARING ABOUT THIS AND I AM
CURIOUS HOW MY KIDS WILL BE
ABLE TO USE LIGHT RAIL IN THE
FUTURE AND HAVE A CONVERSATION
THAT APPEARS MEANINGFUL TO THE
WHOLE RANGE OF EXPERTISE, AND
COLLECT INPUT AND REPORT BACK
TO THE STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY
GROUP, THE LEADERSHIP GROUP.
I KNOW IT'S A MONUMENTAL AMOUNT
OF WORK BUT I HAVE BEEN REALLY
IMPRESSED AT THAT OUTREACH.
I KNOW THE RACIAL EQUITY
TOOLKIT WORK WE ARE DOING IN
THESE TWO COMMUNITIES WE JUST
TALKED ABOUT IS REALLY EXCITING
TO BE HAPPENING AND IT'S
HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE
CHALLENGES, PARTICULARLY THE
CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT.
SO WE ARE ENTERING THIS PHASE
WHERE WE ARE GOING -- THE
EXPECTATION IS WE'RE GOING TO
REALLY FORECLOSE THE OPTIONS AND
NARROW IT DOWN WITH WHERE WE
ARE GOING FORWARD.
THOSE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
LOCK US INTO OUTCOMES THAT HAVE
SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON FOLKS.
I WOULD LOVE YOUR THOUGHTS ON
HOW WE ARE GOING TO TAKE ALL OF
THIS GREAT FEEDBACK
SPECIFICALLY TO THE RACIAL
EQUITY TOOLKIT, AND WE ARE
GOING TO NARROW DOWN OUR
TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS.
HOW WILL THOSE LINE UP IN THE
NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS?
BECAUSE IF IT WERE EASY WE
WOULD HAVE SOLVED THESE
PROBLEMS EARLIER.
SPECIFICALLY IN CHINATOWN THERE
IS SOME REAL TECHNICAL
ENGINEERING CHALLENGES AND
IMPORTANT NEEDS FROM THAT
COMMUNITY.
I AM CURIOUS WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS
ARE.
>> I WILL TAKE A CRACK AT THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I THINK YOU'VE BEEN AT ALL
DIFFERENT ENGAGEMENT EVENTS
WE'VE BEEN DOING ALL YEAR.
YOU SAW AS WE WENT WITH LEVEL I
AND WE STARTED WITH A LOT OF
IDEAS.
WE WERE SCREENED COMING OUT OF
LEVEL I. LEVEL II WE HAD MORE
ALTERNATIVES THAN LEVEL I. WE
GOT MORE INPUT ON THE TECHNICAL
ANALYSIS THAT WAS DONE ON LEVEL
II AND MADE REFINEMENTS AND NOW
WE HAVE ALTERNATIVES AT LATE --
AT LEVEL III.
WE WILL AGAIN BE DESCRIBING
THESE ALTERNATIVES TO THE
PUBLIC JUST AS WE DID IN LEVEL
I AND LEVEL II.
AND THEN WE WILL GATHER THAT
FEEDBACK AGAIN PRESENTED TO THE
ELECTED LEADERSHIP GROUP, AND
ULTIMATELY THOSE
RECOMMENDATIONS WILL GO TO THE
BOARD, SO WE ARE HOPING TO
LEARN A LOT OVER THE NEXT FEW
MONTHS AS WE MOVE TOWARDS A
BOARD DECISION IN APRIL.
I WOULD NOTE AS I THINK YOU
HAVE NOTED, THERE ARE SOME
AREAS PARTICULARLY IN CHINATOWN
WHERE WE ARE HEARING A LOT OF
INPUT, A LOT OF INTEREST IN
LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVES TO
EXPLORE THE ISSUE.
THERE WILL BE THE NEED TO
CONTINUE TO LEAN IN THERE AND
HOPEFULLY ELIMINATE THE ISSUES
TO INFORM YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
>> I KNOW THERE IS NO EASY
ANSWER FOR THIS QUESTION BUT I
HEAR FROM A COMMUNITY MEMBER IN
THE CHINATOWN DISTRICT WHO HAS
JUST COME THROUGH A BIG CITY
PROJECT WITH THE STREETCAR AND
THEY'VE SEEN WHAT IN A RELATIVE
SENSE IS MINOR COMPARED TO
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND THEY
FELT THE DISRUPTION.
THEY HAVE DISTRUST BECAUSE I
THINK THE CITY COULD HAVE DONE
A BETTER JOB COMMUNICATING.
AND THEY ARE TELLING ALL OF US
IF YOU DO THIS PROJECT THE WAY
I THINK IT'S GOING TO PLAY OUT,
I WILL BE OUT OF BUSINESS AND I
WILL HAVE TO LEAVE.
HOW DO YOU TAKE THAT?
THEY ARE NOT GOING TO SAY I
SUGGEST USING THE MACHINE I SAW
IT IN -- IN PARRA TO FIX IT.
HOW DO YOU TAKE THAT HIGH-LEVEL
BUT IMPORTANT FEEDBACK AND
INCORPORATE INTO -- INCORPORATE
IT INTO A TRANSIT SYSTEM THAT
CHANGES DESIGN IN A WAY THAT
ADDRESSES THAT?
>> THIS IS A CONTINUOUS PROCESS
WHERE AS YOU NOTED, WE ARE
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT
ALTERNATIVE WE SHOULD LOOK AT
IN THE IMPACT STATEMENT
PROCESS.
AS WE GET INTO THAT, WE WILL
DIG DOWN INTO MORE DETAIL AND
TRY TO LOOK AT PARTICULAR
ISSUES WHETHER IT'S
CONSTRUCTION OR TRAFFIC
IMPACTS, NOISE IMPACTS.
AND THAT WILL BE A COMBINATION
AGAIN WITH THE COMMUNITY.
THIS IS WHAT WE UNDERSTAND AT
THIS POINT GIVEN THESE
ALTERNATIVES.
WE WILL GET INPUT AGAIN AND TRY
TO REFINE TO ADDRESS THOSE
CONCERNS WHETHER IT'S
PARTICULARLY IMPACTS OR WHATEVER
THE CONCERN MIGHT BE.
IT'S A CONVERSATION THAT
CONTINUES THROUGH THE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS AND WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE ASSIGNED
CONSTRUCTION PROCESS.
I THINK WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO
DO THROUGH THIS PROCESS IS GET
PEOPLE ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS
EARLIER AND NOT WAITING 10 TO
15 YEARS LIKE YOU DESCRIBED BUT
THERE IS INPUT WE CAN GET EVEN
NOW THAT INFORMS INCOME 10 TO
15 YEARS FROM NOW.
IT'S MUCH EASIER TO GET A
BETTER OUTCOME IF WE START TO
HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS NOW
AND EVEN SOMETIMES INPUT THAT
SEEMS VERY SPECIFIC AND
DETAILED IS ACTUALLY INPUT THAT
IS GOOD TO GET.
IT IMPACTS HOW WE DEFINE OR
REDEFINE THESE ALTERNATIVES.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD ANSWER
AS I WOULD EXPECT FROM YOU.
ONE THING I'VE BEEN FRANKLY
SURPRISED BY IS THIS WHOLE
PROCESS IN PART WAS DESIGNED TO
HELP NARROW THINGS EARLY ON SO
WE COULD SAVE SOME OF THE COST
AND TIMELINE, AND WHEN I LOOK
AT THE NUMBER OF GEOGRAPHIES WE
HAVE LOOKED AT TODAY, IT DOES
FEEL LIKE COMMUNITIES ARE
NARROWING AROUND A CONSENSUS
ALTERNATIVE.
THESE ALTERNATIVES HAVE DESIGN
RISK AND COSTS WE HAVE TO
RESOLVE BUT I HAVE BEEN REALLY
IMPRESSED THAT IT DOES FEEL
LIKE THERE IS AT LEAST THE
POTENTIAL THAT IN MOST
GEOGRAPHIES THAT BY THE TIME WE
GET TO EIS THERE WILL BE A
SENSE FROM COMMUNITY AND
ELECTED LEADERS THAT WE KNOW
WHAT WE WANT OUT OF IT.
THE EXCEPTION FOR ME IS ENCODE
THE CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT.
I HOPE IF WE USE THE EIS PROCESS
FOR CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT
RESOLUTIONS THAT WE DON'T
NARROW IT DOWN TO A SINGLE
ALTERNATIVE AND RESOLVE AROUND
THAT.
>> WE HAVE BEEN HEARING THAT
INPUT AS WITH -- AS EXPRESSED
AT DOJ.
IT'S ALSO SOME OF THE
ENGAGEMENT WE'VE HEARD.
WE WILL HEAR MORE THE NEXT
COUPLE OF MONTHS BUT THAT IS
CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'VE BEEN
HEARING.
>> COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW WHO
HAS BEEN PATIENTLY WAITING.
>> MAYBE, PATIENTLY BUT IT
SOUNDS LIKE A BROKEN RECORD
FROM ME.
ONE OF THE THINGS I HAVEN'T
HEARD ARE THE WORDS AGE
FRIENDLY AND I KNOW YOU HAVE
TALKED ABOUT SENIORS AND I
THINK THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT
BUT WE ARE REALLY PROMOTING AGE
FRIENDLY SEATTLE AND WHAT THAT
MEANS IS THAT ANY INTERSECTION
WHETHER IT IS A PARENT WITH A
STROLLER OR SOMEONE IN A
WHEELCHAIR OR SOMEONE HAVING
DIFFICULTY, A LITTLE SLOWER TO
GET THROUGH, THAT WE KEEP THAT
IN MIND ON THE FRONT AND, AND
THAT MEANS YOU KNOW THE AGE
FRIENDLY MEANS EXACTLY THAT.
THE CITY IS WELCOMING TO ALL
AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO FOCUS
ON THAT DISABILITY OR ABILITIES
SIDE THAT WE ARE THINKING ABOUT
THAT TOO ON THE FRONT AND
BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO MAKE SUCH
A DIFFERENCE FOR PEOPLE TO FEEL
INCLUDED SO THANK YOU WHEN YOU
TALK ABOUT RACE AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE.
I JUST KEEP ADDING REMEMBER OUR
SENIORS AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE A
LITTLE DIFFICULTY GETTING
AROUND.
IF YOU WILL JUST SAY AGE
FRIENDLY SEATTLE IT WILL GO A
LONG WAY.
>> THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE YOUR FOCUS ON THAT.
TRUST ME, I AM WELL AWARE OF
THAT.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> GOING BACK I JUST WANT TO
GET A SENSE OF WHEN IT'S GOING
TO WRAP UP AND WHETHER OR NOT
THE RESULTS OF THE RET WILL BE
AVAILABLE WITH THE LEVEL III
EVALUATION.
>> LEVEL III EVALUATION WILL BE
EARLY NEXT YEAR.
WE WILL HAVE OUR SCOPING AND BIG
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD LIKELY IN
FEBRUARY.
WE WOULD LIKE TO GET THAT
FEEDBACK AS PART OF OUR RACIAL
EQUITY TOOLKIT.
RIGHT AFTER THAT BEFORE
RECOMMENDATIONS, WE WOULD LIKE
TO WRAP UP THE TOOLKIT AND
SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
>> I HAVE A COUPLE OF REQUESTS.
ONE IS AS WE ARE GOING INTO
THAT KIND OF FINAL PHASE OF THE
RET AND THE LEVEL III REPORT
BACK, IT WOULD BE REALLY
HELPFUL FOR ME AND I THINK
OTHERS AT THE CITY, TOO IF
SOMETIME BEFORE WE GO INTO
RECESS THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS,
TO HAVE A BIT OF A PLAN FROM
SOUND TRANSIT TO DESCRIBE THE
CONTINUED INPUT WE ARE GETTING
THROUGH THE PROCESS AND HOW
THOSE WILL INFLUENCE THE WORK
THAT IS GOING TO COME OUT THAT
WE ARE GOING TO SEE IN
FEBRUARY.
I THINK YOU'VE DONE SOME OF
THAT TODAY BUT IF YOU ARE
WILLING TO DO SOMETHING IN
WRITING THAT COULD HELP GET OUR
HEADS AROUND THAT I THINK IT
WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US AS THE
CITY KIND OF FIGURES OUT
COLLECTIVELY GOING FORWARD.
THE SECOND THING I AM MENTIONED
COUNCILMEMBER McDERMOTT AND I
SENT A LETTER OVER A WEEK OR SO
AGO.
TRYING TO ELEVATE THIS ISSUE
TOO AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE
ASKED FOR WOULD BE ANOTHER EL G
MEETING AT SOMETIME IN THE
FIRST QUARTER THAT WOULD BE
FOCUSED ON CHINATOWN
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT BECAUSE
WE ARE LOOKING AT FIVE OR SIX
GEOGRAPHIES.
THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION
AND REALLY IMPORTANT STUFF.
EVEN WHEN WE SCHEDULE A THREE-
HOUR MEETING WHICH SEEMS
EXTREMELY LONG FOR OUR LIVES
THESE DAYS, WE STILL ONLY HAVE
A FEW MINUTES ON EACH
GEOGRAPHY.
IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD
SCHEDULE A MEETING -- A MEETING
DEDICATED TO THAT.
I IMAGINE THERE IS VERY SLAYERS
TO RESPOND BUT IT WOULD BE
GREAT IF WE COULD GET SOME
CLARITY BETWEEN NOW AND SAY THE
MIDDLE WEEK IN DECEMBER.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> IN THIS CASE I'M WEARING A
COUPLE DIFFERENT HATS AS
SOMEBODY WHO WORKS ON THE SOUND
TRANSIT BOARD.
I THINK WE HAVE SPENT A LOT OF
TIME AND ENERGY TO GET TO THIS
POINT AND I THINK A LOT OF
FOLKS WOULD HAVE BEEN SURPRISED
TO FIND WE HAVE REALLY DONE A
GOOD JOB OF GETTING TO THE
CONSENSUS POSITION YOU
DESCRIBED EARLIER AND MOST OF
THE GEOGRAPHIES WE ARE
CONTEMPLATING ON THE EXPANSION
AND ST3.
I DON'T WANT US TO LOSE THAT
THREAD WHICH IS WE'VE DONE A
LOT OF REALLY IMPORTANT WORK
AND WE HAVE GOT A PRETTY GREAT
SET OF CONSENSUS POSITIONS BOTH
WITH COMMUNITY AND AMONGST
ELECTED LEADERS IN MOST OF THE
NEIGHBORHOODS WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT.
IN PARTICULAR THE CHINATOWN
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT AND SOME
ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL WORK NOT
JUST TECHNICAL WORK INFORMED BY
THE SOUND TRANSIT STAFF BUT IN
SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS
WHO MIGHT CONSCIOUSLY OR
SUBCONSCIOUSLY EMULATE THAT
SOUND TRANSIT VOICE YOU
EMULATED EARLIER.
I THINK GENERALLY FINDING A WAY
FOR US TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE
CONFIDENT UNDERSTANDING THE
TRADE-OFFS AND MANY OF THE
NEIGHBORHOODS IS GOING TO BE A
THING WE CAN PUT OFF FOR FUTURE
DAYS.
IT MAY NOT BE ONE OF THOSE
LUXURIES WE HAVE FOR THE CID.
SO FEELING LIKE WE'VE GOT THE
RIGHT SET OF FOLKS WITH THE
RIGHT SET OF TECHNICAL
PROFICIENCIES SITTING ACROSS
THE TABLE FROM OUR VERY STRONG
SOUND TRANSIT STAFF I THINK IS
GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT
FOR US TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON
OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.
>> AND ALONG THAT, I WILL
REMIND FOLKS EVERYONE AT THE
TABLE IS AWARE BUT IN THE CITY
BUDGET, WE ALLOCATED ABOUT
$100,000 FROM THE SDOT PLANNING
MONEY TO GO TO HIRE SOME SUPPORT
FOR THAT COMMUNITY, THE
CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT IN CHINA SQUARE TO
HAVE EXPERTISE EMBEDDED THROUGH
THIS PROCESS.
SO I DON'T WANT TO PRETEND WE
CAN RESOLVE THAT BUT IT WILL
ADD CAPACITY.
>> COLIN AND I INVITED YOU TO
THE TABLE AND NO ONE HAS COME
UP WITH SPECIFIC QUESTIONS BUT
IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO COMMENT
ON, YOU ARE WELCOME TO CHIME IN
HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD.
I THINK IT'S BEEN GREAT TO
PARTNER WITH SOUND TRANSIT.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT
FEW MONTHS AND THE NEXT FEW
YEARS.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE I
APPRECIATE YOU ALL COMING TO
PRESENT TO COMMITTEE TODAY.
I HOPE YOU WILL TREATED WELL
ENOUGH THAT YOU WILL COME BACK
AT A FUTURE INVITATION, AND
COUNCILMEMBER McDERMOTT, I ALSO
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING
HERE.
YOU ARE WELCOME TO SIT AROUND.
WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT 520.
YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME AT THE
TABLE.
>> WHERE DO YOU LIKE TO GO ON
VACATION?
>> IRELAND.
JASMINE, DO YOU WANT TO READ
THE NEXT ITEM?
>> AN UPDATE ON THE LEVY TO
MOVE SEATTLE.
>> OKAY, COLLEAGUES.
TIME TO SWITCH GEARS.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT CONVERSATION.
AS PEOPLE GET SETTLED, I WILL
JUST KEEP THE SHORT VERSION,
THE LEVY TO MOVE SEATTLE.
EARLY LAST YEAR THERE WAS
RECOGNITION THAT PROJECTS WERE
NOT BEING DELIVERED ON SCHEDULE.
THERE WERE A VARIETY OF REASONS
FOR THAT.
AND A SENSE THAT IN THIS 9-YEAR
LEVY, VOTERS GENEROUSLY APPROVED
WITH A HIGH SET OF EXPECTATIONS
A LOT OF WORK HAD TO BE DONE TO
FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN UP OUR
AMOUNT OF DELIVERY, AND
RECOGNIZE THE COST REALITIES
AND FUNDING REALITIES THAT WE
HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THERE HAS BEEN A CONCERTED
EFFORT LED BY THE DEPARTMENT,
THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION, AND WITH A LOT
OF OVERSIGHT FROM THE OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE FOR THE MOVE SEATTLE
COMMITTEE OVER THE LAST 6 TO 8
MONTHS NOW, THE RESULT IS A
WORKPLAN THAT SDOT RELEASED
PUBLICLY I THINK LAST THURSDAY.
NOT COINCIDENTLY I GUESS BUT
MOMENTS BEFORE THE OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE MET.
TODAY WE HAVE A CHANCE TO
REVIEW THAT.
I DON'T WANT TO PUT THE WORDS
IN YOUR MOUTH BUT IT'S SDOT'S
HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
SIX YEARS LEFT IN THE LEVY.
HERE IS THE PLAN FOR HOW WE
PLAN TO HOPEFULLY MEET THE
COMMITMENTS WE MADE.
THERE IS A COUPLE PLACES WHERE
SOME OF THOSE HAVE TO BE
ADJUSTED AND HOW WE PLAN TO
MEET THEM WITH A HIGHER LEVEL
OF SPECIFICITY ON THE TIMING.
WE ARE STILL RELYING ON SOME
OUTSIDE SOURCES OF MONEY AND
THOSE AREN'T ALL LOCKED IN YET.
WITH THAT, THE OTHER THING I
WILL MENTION IS THE COUNSEL HAS
SIGNALED CLEARLY THAT AS WE
WORK THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND
UPDATE THIS WORKPLAN THAT WE
ARE GOING TO TAKE AFFIRMATIVE
ACTION TO BLESS IT OR MAYBE
PROPOSE MODIFICATIONS.
THIS IS THE 1st OPPORTUNITY FOR
US TO GET BRIEFED IN DETAIL ON
THIS WORKPLAN.
WE WILL ULTIMATELY HAVE FUTURE
CONVERSATIONS, TOO.
LET'S START WITH INTRODUCTIONS.
THEN I WILL LET YOU ALL LEAD
THIS PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU.
I AM THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF
THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION.
WITH ME TODAY IS LAURA LAI
WILLIAMS, OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR
OF CAPITAL PROJECT DELIVERY AND
ELLIOTT HAMBRICK WHO IS OUR
DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF.
BEFORE THEY KICK OFF, I WANT TO
SAY A FEW THINGS.
YOU DID A GREAT LEAD-IN.
>> THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> SO THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN, BUT WE ARE REALLY
PLEASED TO BE HERE TODAY.
THIS IS A BIG STEP FOR US.
THE TEAM HAS WORKED REALLY HARD
NOT ONLY FOCUSING ON PROGRAM
DELIVERY, BUT ON DEVELOPING
THIS WORKPLAN THAT WE THINK
PROVIDES A VERY GREAT TOOL FOR
US THAT IS TRANSPARENT, FORWARD-
LOOKING, HAS THE RIGHT KIND OF
DETAIL, AND WE THINK IT CAN
PROVIDE A REALLY GOOD BASELINE
FOR MOVING FORWARD.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND
THANKED THE MAYOR BECAUSE SHE
WAS THE DRIVING FORCE IN THAT
YOU NEED TO TAKE STEPS TO PUT
FORWARD WHAT IS THE RIGHT KIND
OF PLAN HERE.
THAT ALLOWED US TO DEVELOP THIS
REALLY FORWARD FACING PLAN AND
THEN THE COUNCIL BECAUSE THE --
BEING PART OF THE LEVY
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE HOLDING US
ACCOUNTABLE, CREATING AN
OPPORTUNITY, AND WORKING WITH
US TO DELIVER, MANY, MANY THINGS
HAVE BEEN IN PLAY.
I'VE ONLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
TO BE WITH SDOT.
THE WORK THEY'VE DONE NOT ONLY
DEVELOPING THIS PLAN I THINK
PUTS US IN A REALLY GOOD PLACE
TO MOVE FORWARD FROM.
SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
GREAT HARD WORK AND TURN THE
PRESENTATION OVER TO THEM.
>> OUR PRESENTATION WILL BE
SPLIT INTO TWO SEPARATE PARTS.
WE CAN GET THROUGH THAT AND
THEN STOPPED TO TAKE QUESTIONS.
THE WORKPLAN PORTION OF THE
PRESENTATION IS REALLY IN
RESPONSE TO YOUR RESOLUTION
THAT YOU ALL PASSED IN AUGUST,
RESOLUTION 31 830 THE SECOND
PART IS OUR QUARTER THREE 2018
UPDATE THAT WE GIVE TO THE LEVY
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND THAT WE
ARE COMMITTED TO BRINGING BACK
TO YOU QUARTERLY IF YOU WILL
HAVE US.
WITH THAT, WHY DON'T WE MOVE
FORWARD AND JUMP IN?
LOOKING AT WHERE WE'VE BEEN,
LINNEA MENTIONED WE HAVE TO
THANK THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR
PROVIDING A LOT OF SUPPORT AND
EARLIER THIS YEAR IN APRIL,
ASKING US TO DEGREES -- US TO
DIG INTO THIS LEVY.
I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T
THANK OUR INTERIM DIRECTOR AND
THOSE BEFORE HER.
AT SEVERAL POINTS IT FELT LIKE
WE WERE PUSHING A BIG ROCK UP A
BIG HILL.
IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE
WITHOUT THEM.
I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK
TO DO TO GET THE BIG ROCK DOWN
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HILL
CAREFULLY BUT WE ARE IN A MUCH
BETTER POSITION THAN WE WERE
EARLIER THIS YEAR.
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE DID A
LOT OF WORK WITH THE OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE.
TO INFORM THE RECOMMENDATIONS
WE WOULD BE PUTTING FORWARD IN
THIS WORKPLAN.
IT WAS AN EXHAUSTIVE PROCESS
THAT TOOK US LONGER THAN I
THINK WE THOUGHT IT WOULD.
I WANTED TO ASSURE EVERYBODY
THE PROJECTS ARE STILL
HAPPENING.
THINGS ARE STILL HAPPENING OUT
ON THE GROUND.
>> AND BEFORE YOU I HAVE A FEW
COPIES IN FRONT OF ME.
AVAILABLE ONLINE IS THE 20 TO
24 UPDATED WERE PLAN.
IT IS ABOUT 70 PAGES LONG.
I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT IT'S
AVAILABLE ONLINE AND
TRANSLATION SERVICES ARE
AVAILABLE IF ANYBODY WANTS IT
IN A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE.
THOSE RESOURCES ARE THERE AT
THE BACK OF THE REPORT BUT FULL
-- FOR A LEVY OF THIS SIZE WE
DIVIDED IT INTO 30 DIFFERENT
SUB PROGRAMS AND THE REPORT
PROVIDES A STATEMENT ON EACH OF
THE PROGRAMS WHICH IS WHY IT IS
70 PAGES LONG.
ALL OF THOSE EFFECTIVELY
FUNCTION DIFFERENTLY, BUT WE
PUT THEM IN A TEMPLATE FOR THE
REPORT SO THEY ALL LOOK AND
FEEL SIMILAR TO A READER.
FOLKS LOOKING AT THE REPORT CAN
SEE INCLUDED ITEMS LIKE THE
ORIGINAL LEVY COMMITMENT FROM
2018, A STATUS UPDATE FOR EACH
OF THE SUB PROGRAMS AND AN
UPDATED PROJECT LIST INCLUDING
A SPEND PLAN INFORMATION AND
TOTAL BUDGET INFORMATION FOR
EACH OF THE 30.
FOR THOSE THAT WE ARE
REQUESTING AND ADVOCATING FOR
ADJUSTMENTS ON, WE HAVE ALSO
INCLUDED RISK MITIGATION
STRATEGIES AND TECHNIQUES WE
ARE GOING TO BE EMPLOYING OVER
THE NEXT SIX YEARS.
YOU CAN GET A WELL-ROUNDED
PICTURE OF WHERE THOSE SUB
PROGRAMS CURRENTLY ARE AT.
AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS
WHEN WE CAME HERE IN AUGUST AS
WELL BUT WITH SUCH A FOCUS OF
THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS BEING
ON OUR COST ESTIMATES, WE
WANTED TO SHOW EVERYBODY THE
CURRENT WORKPLAN WE HAVE NOW
REFLECTS THE CURRENT
ENVIRONMENT WE ARE SEEING ON
THE STREETS TO THE BEST OF OUR
AVAILABILITY IN 2018.
THINGS WILL STILL CHANGE BUT WE
HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR WHAT WE KNOW
NOW AND WE HAVE A GOOD BASELINE
MOVING FORWARD.
>> ALL RIGHT.
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT
FOLKS WILL SEE WHEN THEY DIG
INTO THE REPORT IS A SUMMARY
OVERVIEW OF HOW THE 30
SUBPROGRAMS ARE DOING.
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS TO
MENTION IS OF THE 30, 22 ARE IN
GOOD SHAPE AND THEY ARE MARKED
ACCORDINGLY WITH A GREEN
CHECKMARK.
LAST WEEK IN THE TIMES THEY
WROTE THESE 22 DON'T MAKE YOUR
HEART RACE WITH EXCITEMENT SO I
WANTED TO GO ON RECORD AND SAY
URBAN FORESTRY DEFINITELY MAKES
MY HEART RACE WITH EXCITEMENT,
BUT KIDDING ASIDE THERE ARE
SOME SIGNIFICANT PROGRAMS.
SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROJECTS,
VISION ZERO SAFETY CORRIDOR
PROJECTS.
THE NEW SIDEWALK BRIDGE
MAINTENANCE.
THERE ARE BIG PROGRAMS THAT ARE
DOING WELL AND ON TRACK TO
DELIVER AS THEY WERE PROMISED.
34 OF THEM ARE BEING CLOSELY
MONITORED.
FOUR OF THEM WE HAVE LISTED AS
YELLOW.
WE CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AS WE
GO THROUGH THE REPORT.
FOUR OF THEM WE ARE
RECOMMENDING ADJUSTMENTS BASED
ON THE 2015 ORIGINAL
COMMITMENT.
WE WILL GET INTO THOSE HERE IN
A FEW MINUTES.
>> THE FIRST OF THOSE THAT WE
ARE RECOMMENDING A POTENTIAL
ADJUSTMENT FOR IS THE BICYCLE
SAFETY BMP SUB PROGRAM.
>> JUST BEFORE WE GET INTO THE
INDIVIDUAL AREAS THAT WE ARE
LOOKING AT ADJUSTING IT WOULD
BE HELPFUL FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT THE PRINCIPLES WERE IN
IDENTIFYING AREAS FOR
ADJUSTMENT.
I AM ASSUMING THERE IS COMMENTS
-- A COMMON SET OF FACTORS YOU
USED MAKING THESE DECISIONS SO
BEFORE WE GET INTO THE
INDIVIDUAL WORKPLAN ITEMS THAT
ARE BEING RECONSIDERED OR
REPROGRAMMED, IT WOULD BE
HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND THAT
THINKING.
>> DEFINITELY.
>> I WILL START AND YOU CAN
FILL IN ANY GAPS.
ONE OF THE BIG INSTIGATORS WAS
WE KNEW COSTS WERE GOING UP SO
THAT WAS A STARTING POINT FOR
SURE FOR US TO LOOK AT WHAT WE
HAD PLANNED THESE PROGRAMS TO
COST US BASED ON THE
DELIVERABLE COMMITMENTS AND
WHAT WE WOULD ESTIMATE NOW
BECAUSE OF THE CONDITIONS WE'VE
SEEN.
SO THAT WAS ONE OF OUR STARTING
POINTS AND THEN AS WE LOOKED AT
BASED OFF OF THE PRIORITIZED
PROJECT LIST WE HAVE FOR EACH
SUB PROGRAM HOW MUCH THAT WOULD
COST US.
THAT BACKED US INTO A PLAN.
WE SAID WE ONLY HAVE THIS MUCH
MONEY.
WE PLANNED TO HAVE THIS MUCH
BUT WE ONLY HAVE THIS MUCH, OR
WE HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF
MONEY BUT IT WILL COST MORE.
USING THE PRIORITIZATION
FRAMEWORK WE THEN BACKED INTO
DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT WE WERE
STILL GOING TO BE ABLE TO BUILD.
AND I WILL JUST JUMP IN AND
SPEAK TO PAVING BECAUSE THAT IS
PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST NOTED
ONES. BUT THE PAVING, THE COSTS
WENT UP FROM WHAT WE EXPECTED.
THAT WAS ONE IMPACT.
AND THEN OUR PRIORITIZATION
PROCESS STAYED THE SAME, BUT
SOME OF THE CONDITIONS CONTINUED
TO MODIFY.
WE TOOK A NEW LOOK AT
CONDITIONS AND THEN WE LOOKED
AT HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAD AND
HOW MUCH THE PROJECTS WERE
COSTING.
SO WE ENDED UP ALSO THEN WITH
THE TRANSIT CORRIDORS BECAUSE
WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET AS FAR
WITH THE FUNDS IN THE TRANSIT
CORRIDOR.
WE SAID WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE
ABLE TO DO THE PAVING OR
CERTAIN OTHER THINGS WE HAD
HOPED TO DO, SO WE HAD TO THEN
LOOK AT OUR PAVING PROGRAM AND
WE CHOSE TO TURN PAVING DOLLARS
INTO THE TRANSIT CORRIDORS.
RATHER THAN SOME OF THE
ORIGINAL PAVING PROGRAM
EXPLICIT COMMITMENTS WE HAD
MADE.
>> I GET THAT PART.
AS IT RELATES TO PAVING AND
TRANSIT CORRIDORS, AND THE
THINKING ABOUT THAT, BUT THERE
ARE INCREASED COSTS ACROSS ALL
SUBPROGRAMS SO I DON'T
UNDERSTAND HOW THE INCREASE
COST -- INCREASED COSTS ARE
PLAYING INTO WHICH SUBPROGRAMS
TO REDUCE.
>> I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT --
ELLIOTT IF YOU HAVE A THOUGHT
YOU CAN JUMP IN, BUT
ESSENTIALLY, SOME PROGRAMS
ENDED UP WITH LESS MONEY THAN
WE PLANNED.
SO IF WE HAD THE ORIGINAL
AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE HAD
MADE, THE 70 MILE COMMITMENT
ON, THEN WE WOULDN'T ACTUALLY
HAVE TO REDUCE THE NUMBER.
SO IT WAS ESSENTIALLY HOW FAR
CAN WE MAKE THE MONEY THAT WE
HAVE GO.
IN SOME PROGRAMS SUCH AS
SIDEWALKS, WE ACTUALLY GOT MORE
MONEY WHICH ALLOWED US EVEN
WITH THE INCREASED COST TO FIT
IN THE ORIGINAL COMMITMENT.
SO, THE WHOLE EFFORT WAS
UPDATING THE COST ESTIMATES FOR
EACH PROJECT AND THEN CHECKING
THAT AGAINST THE FUNDING
AMOUNTS THAT WE HAD.
WE NO LONGER WANTED TO PRESENT
AN OVERLY OPTIMISTIC PICTURE
FOR WHAT WE COULD GET.
SO, WHEN IT COMES TO THE
TRANSIT CORRIDORS FOR INSTANCE,
A LOT DEPENDS ON THE FTA SMALL
STARTS GRANT.
SO WE WANTED TO BE REALLY CLEAR
ABOUT WHAT SCOPES WE WERE
DEPENDING ON AND I'M NOT SURE
IF I AM GETTING RIGHT AT THE
POINT.
>> SUPER HELPFUL.
WOULD IT BE TRUE -- OR DID YOU
LOOK AT -- I'M SURE YOU DID.
WHETHER OR NOT -- I MEAN
THERE'S THE QUESTION OF
INCREASED COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH
INFLATION, DIFFERENT ESTIMATES
AND THEN INCREASED COSTS
ASSOCIATED WITH LABOR, AND
REDUCED MONEY THAT WAS EXPECTED.
BUT IS THERE A SUB PROGRAM
WHERE WE WERE JUST REALLY MORE
OFF THE MARK FOR OUR ESTIMATES
THAN ANOTHER SOUTHERN --
ANOTHER SUB PROGRAM?
NOT TO HARP ON THE TOPIC WE ARE
GOING TO TALK ABOUT LATER, BUT
FOR INSTANCE, REPAVING.
IS THAT AN EXAMPLE OF A SUB
PROGRAM THAT WE WAY
UNDERESTIMATED AND THAT IS WHY
IT IS ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT
WE ARE LOOKING AT UNDER
ADJUSTING, OR DID WE KIND OF
UNDERESTIMATE EVENLY ACROSS THE
BOARD?
>> IN SOME CASES WITH THE
INFLATION NUMBER WE
UNDERESTIMATED CONSISTENTLY
ACROSS THE BOARD.
WITH THE TRANSIT CORRIDOR
SPECIFICALLY, WHEN WE PUT OUT
THE LEVY, THE EXPECTATION THAT
WE HAD IN THE DEPARTMENT WAS
THAT WE WOULD ALWAYS BE ABLE TO
SCALE THOSE BASED OFF OF SCOPE,
MONEY, AND THINGS OF THAT
NATURE.
AND BETWEEN THE OPTIMISTIC COST
ESTIMATES THAT WE ENDED UP
PUTTING FORWARD, WE ASSUMED WE
COULD ALWAYS GET SOMETHING IF
WE SCALED IT.
THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE HAVE
ENDED UP IS SOME CORRIDORS --
SOME CORRIDORS ARE GETTING LESS
SCOPE THAN OTHERS.
MADISON VERSUS THE FREMONT
CORRIDOR, FOR INSTANCE.
BUT ALSO, WHEN WE RECOGNIZED
THAT WE WERE NOT GOING TO GET
SMALL STARTS GRANTS FOR EVERY
CORRIDOR, WE HAD TO START
LOOKING TO OTHER PROGRAMS TO BE
ABLE TO GET THAT MONEY.
PAVING, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
TOTAL NUMBER OF MILES, WE ARE
STILL ABLE TO GET 162.
MINUS THE MADISON CORRIDOR,
WHICH IF YOU ARE ABLE TO ADD
BACK IN MADISON WE GET 172 SO
WE ARE ABOUT EIGHT MILES OFF.
>> IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE 180,
RIGHT?
>> YES.
AND WE DO HAVE SOME CONTINGENCY
IN OUR PAVING PROGRAM SO WHEN
WE REANALYZED IT, WE ARE TRYING
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WORK WE
PUT FORTH IS REALISTIC.
BUT HOPEFULLY, SOME THINGS WILL
COST LESS THAN WE PLAN AND WE
CAN RELY -- REALLOCATE THE
MONEY BUT WE DID NOT WANT TO
OVERPROMISE THIS TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YEAH.
>> ALL RIGHT, SO BACK TO SLIDE
NINE.
I WANTED TO POINT OUT SINCE I
PASSED AROUND THE WORKPLAN
REPORTS, THE SLIDES SHOW THE
LEVY I.D.
NUMBER AND PAGE NUMBER IN THE
REPORT IF YOU WANT TO FLIP
AROUND AND GET MORE
INFORMATION, BUT WE INCLUDED
PRIORITIZATION INFORMATION FOR
EACH SUB PROGRAM SO YOU KNOW
WHY WE HAVE A SUMMARY FOR THE
DECISIONS WE DID AND HOW THE
DEPARTMENT PRIORITIZES ITS
PROJECTS, BUT FOR THE BMP SUB
PROGRAM THIS IS ONE OF THE
OUTLIERS IN THE WORKPLAN
REPORT.
THIS SUB PROGRAM IS CURRENTLY
GOING THROUGH THIS BMP
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN PROCESS
WITH PLANS TO BE COMPLETE IN
THE SPRING OF 2019.
WE HAVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION
FOR THE SUB PROGRAM IN THE
REPORT LOOKING BACKWARDS, AND
THEN FORWARD WITH THE BUDGET
AND SPEND PLAN BUT WE ARE
WAITING FOR THE PROCESS TO
CONCLUDE THAT WE ARE WORKING ON
WITH THE BIKE ADVISORY BOARD,
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND COUNSEL
FOR APPROVAL IN SPRING OF 20
2019 TO PUT THAT INTO THERE.
>> ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT
BICYCLES OR ARE YOU MOVING ON?
>> I WANTED TO SAY A LITTLE BIT
MORE.
WHILE THE FUTURE LIST IS NOT IN
THE REPORT AT THIS TIME, IT
WILL BE PUT IN THERE LATER.
OUR CURRENT COMMITMENT IS STILL
THERE TO THE DOWNTOWN NETWORK
AND NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTIONS TO
CONNECT THE FACILITIES WE
ALREADY HAVE.
TODAY, WE HAVE COMPLETED 23.5
LANE MILES OF ALL BICYCLE
FACILITIES.
>> CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN
CONNECTIONS?
I AM SPECIFICALLY INTERESTED IN
THAT FOR THE REASON THAT I LIVE
DOWNTOWN AND I RIDE MY BIKE
DOWNTOWN BUT I AM ALSO
INTERESTED, AND MAYBE YOU WANT
TO ANSWER THIS LATER, HOW ARE
YOU WORKING ON SEPARATING
BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIANS AS
WELL?
I KNOW THAT IT IS A GIANT ISSUE
THAT IF BIKES FEEL SAFE AND
THERE IS A SAFE PLACE TO BE,
THEY WILL BE WHERE DESIGNATED.
IF NOT, THEY ARE ON THE
SIDEWALKS AND AS DOUG McDONALD
CONTINUES TO REMIND US, THAT'S
NOT SAFE FOR THE PEDESTRIANS.
IT'S REALLY NOT FUNCTIONING AS
SMOOTHLY AS IT COULD.
COULD YOU TALK MORE ABOUT
DOWNTOWN?
>> I GUESS I WOULD SAY ONE OF
THE TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO
SEPARATE BICYCLES AND
PEDESTRIANS IS HAVING THOSE
DESIGNATED FACILITIES LIKE YOU
REFERRED TO.
PROTECTED BIKE LANES, BIKE
LANES AND GREENWAYS.
I THINK FOR THE DEPARTMENT AND
THE CITY AS A WHOLE, MAKING
GOOD CHOICES ABOUT WHERE WE
INSTALL THOSE FACILITIES SO
THAT THEY REALLY ARE THE PLACES
THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO USE
THEM.
SO THAT THEY ARE IN -- AN
ATTRACTIVE PLACE TO GO.
I MIGHT BE READING INTO WHAT
YOU'RE SAYING BUT IF THEY HAVE
A PROTECTED BIKE LANE, A GOOD
ROUTE TO FOLLOW, WE'RE NOT
GOING TO SEE THEM AS MUCH ON
THAT STREET OR THE NEXT STREET
OVER, OR THE SIDEWALKS.
>> I JUST WANT TO REEMPHASIZE
AND SAY THANK YOU THAT WE HAVE
GOTTEN AS FAR AS WE HAVE.
I STILL THINK WE ARE FAILING
BECAUSE WE HAVE A FEW BLOCKS
THAT EVEN PAINT ON THE GROUND
IS HELPFUL BECAUSE DRIVERS KNOW
WHERE THEY CAN IDENTIFY OR
EXPECT TO SEE BICYCLES.
WE ALL AGREE WITH THAT BUT THEN
IT ENDS AND THE ONE I'VE BEEN
HARPING ON I THINK SINCE 2011
WHEN I WAS FIRST INTRODUCED TO
NEGATIVE -- NEIGHBORHOOD
GREENWAYS AND PROTECTED BIKE
LANES IS FOURTH AVENUE.
WHEN YOU WANT A RIDE FROM HERE
TO SOUTH LAKE UNION AS AN
EXAMPLE, YOU GET A NICE PAINTED
LANE UP TO SPRING STREET AND
THEN ALL HECK BREAKS LOOSE.
FROM THAT POINT NORTH, THERE IS
NOTHING BUT TRAFFIC WEAVING.
YOU'RE DEALING WITH TRUCKS
COMING INTO HOTELS.
YOU ARE DEALING WITH LOTS OF
DIFFERENT LANES, TRYING TO TURN
LEFT.
I FRANKLY FEEL LIKE IT IS SORT
OF THE GOOD LOOK SCHOOL OF BIKE
RIDING.
NONETHELESS, I WILL TAKE FORTH
OVER DRIVING DOWN THE HILL TO
SECOND BECAUSE YOU CAN GO
FASTER.
ON SECOND AVENUE NORTHBOUND YOU
STOP EVERY TWO TO THREE BLOCKS
FOR AN ENTIRE SIGNAL SYSTEM.
IT TAKES A MINOTAUR TWO.
YOU CAN ASK ANY BIKE RIDER WHO
IS A COMMUTER.
NORTHBOUND ON SECOND IS A SAFE
CHOICE BUT A SLOW CHOICE.
I AM VERY HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN
BE MINDFUL OF THAT.
SO THAT BIKES HAVE A PLACE TO
BE WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO USE
IT.
DOUG McDONALD WILL FEEL BETTER
ABOUT US ON THE SIDEWALKS
BECAUSE WE WON'T BE ON THE
SIDEWALKS.
>> I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT
COMMENT.
FOURTH AVENUE IS A CHALLENGE
FOR US, AS WELL.
WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT BIKE
LANE INSTALLED.
THERE WERE SOME DECISIONS AND I
THINK THEY WERE THE RIGHT
DECISIONS TO DEFER CONSTRUCTION
BECAUSE OF THE OTHER
CONSTRUCTION THAT WAS GOING ON,
AND THE CONSTRAINTS.
THE THING THAT IS GOING TO
CONTINUE TO CHALLENGE US AS WE
MOVE FORWARD IN THIS DOWNTOWN
CORE IS SOME OF WHAT'S COMING
UP WITH ALL OF THE CONSTRAINTS
DURING THE VIADUCT CLOSURE, AND
THE TUNNEL.
SO WE ARE VERY CAREFULLY
WATCHING THE WORK THAT WE HAVE
PLANNED, THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO
BE DONE AND KNOWING THAT WE
NEED TO SCHEDULE THAT WORK AS
SOON AS WE CAN WITHOUT TRYING
TO
REALLY STOP ALL OF THE TRAFFIC
MOVING DOWNTOWN, AND OUR FOCUS
ISN'T JUST ON GENERAL TRAFFIC
IT'S ON TRANSIT MOBILITY HERE.
SO WE ARE AWARE OF THAT.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT?
I KNOW YOU ARE.
I JUST BRING IT UP ONCE AGAIN
BECAUSE I JUST THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT.
>> IT IS.
>> IT'S LIKE MISS MANNERS USED
TO SAY ABOUT RAISING TEENAGERS.
CONSTANT REPETITION AND NAGGING.
I AM IN THE NAGGING MODE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ONE LAST THING I WOULD ADD
IS MESSAGE RECEIVED FOR MAKING
QUALITY CONNECTIONS.
IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU
WILL SEE THROUGHOUT YOUR
WORKPLAN.
WE IN THE END COULD GET THE
MILEAGE, COULD GET THE NUMBERS
IF WE REALLY WANTED TO JUST DO
THAT BUT WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE
SURE WE MAKE GOOD DECISIONS
ABOUT WHERE THEY HAVE THE MOST
VALUE.
>> I APPRECIATE -- I WILL USE A
DIFFERENT TERM.
I APPRECIATE YOUR FOCUS ON
THIS, COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT,
BECAUSE YOU KNOW WE ARE
ENTERING THIS PERIOD OF MAXIMUM
CONSTRAINT.
WE HAVE A BRIEFING COMING UP.
I KNOW YOU ALL ARE DOING GREAT
WORK, BUT TO REMEMBER THAT
CYCLING IS ALSO A CONGESTION
RELIEF TOOL AND WE HEARD TODAY
FROM A POTENTIAL NEW MEMBER OF
THE BIKE ADVISORY BOARD THAT
TRYING TO GET HER KID INTO
BIKING ON A CARGO BIKE BUT SHE
DOESN'T GO OFF -- GO OUT OFTEN
BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T FEEL SAFE
WITH HER KID ON THE BIKE.
I THINK WE COULD UNLEASH THE
POTENTIAL OF SO MANY FOLKS.
YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE ARE A
COUPLE PERCENTAGE POINTS OF
BIKE COMMUTES WHILE THERE ARE
CITIES WITH SIMILAR WEATHER
PATTERNS THAT HAVE 30% OR 40%
RIDING.
THE DIFFERENCE IS SAFE
FACILITIES.
IF WE CAN DO THAT IT BECOMES A
VIABLE ALTERNATIVE FOR FOLKS,
MAYBE EVEN A PREFERABLE CHOICE.
SO WE CAN'T TAKE AWAY FROM THIS
BUT ACTUALLY WE ARE ADDING A
NEW MODE TO FEEL SAFE AND IT
TAKES PRESSURE OFF THE TRANSIT
SYSTEM WHICH IS ALMOST AT FULL
CAPACITY DURING RUSH-HOUR, AND
OUR ROADS WHICH ARE AT FULL
CAPACITY DURING RUSH-HOUR TOO.
>> YOU ARE KIND OF HALOED ABOUT
YOU.
YOU HAVE A GLOW.
GO FOR IT.
>> MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SUB
PROGRAM THAT IS A FOCUS OF HOURS
ON TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS OUR
ARTERIAL ROADWAY AND
MAINTENANCE OR THE SUBPROGRAMS.
THIS IS ONE OF THE LEVY FUNDED
PAVING PROGRAMS.
IT'S OUR LARGE CAPITAL PROJECT
PAVING PROGRAM.
LIKE LAURA LIE ALREADY
MENTIONED, ONE OF THE DECISIONS
MADE WAS TO MOVE $72 MILLION
FROM THAT SUB PROGRAM TO FUND
BOTH THE DELRIDGE CORRIDOR AND
THE EAST LAKE CORRIDOR, BOTH
PART OF THE MULTIMODAL PROGRAM.
WHAT THEN WE DID IS ONCE THAT
$72 MILLION WAS SHIFTED, WE
LOOKED AT THE REMAINING FUNDS
THAT WERE UNENCUMBERED AND RE-
PRIORITIZED THE PAVING LIST FOR
THE REMAINDER OF THE LET ME.
THE REPORT MENTIONS THE
OPPORTUNITY TO REVISIT THIS
ANNUALLY AND LOOK AT
PRIORITIZATION METHODS.
I KNOW WE HAVE A CURRENT
PRIORITIZATION OR PAVING
ANALYSIS IN THE WORKS RIGHT
NOW.
OF COURSE, SOMETHING
CATASTROPHIC COULD HAPPEN AND
RESULT -- HAPPEN AND RESULT IN
THAT LIST AS WELL BUT LIKE IT
STANDS, AS LAURA LIE MENTIONED,
OUR CURRENT PAVING LIST HAS IS
GETTING TO 162 MILES OF PAVING
OUTSIDE THE MADISON CORRIDOR
AND TO DATE WE HAVE PAVED 60
LANE MILES WITH LEVY FUNDED
DOLLARS THROUGH THIS PROGRAM
ONLY.
I AM ENVISIONING A FEW
QUESTIONS.
WHY DON'T WE GO FOR IT.
>> THANK YOU.
THE $72 MILLION FROM THIS
PROGRAM GOING OVER TO THE
MULTIMODAL CORRIDOR PROGRAM, IS
THAT REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET
THE COUNCIL HAS PASSED?
>> YES.
>> WE HAVE ALREADY MADE THAT
ADJUSTMENT BUT, -- BUT THAT IS
CONFUSING TO ME THAT WE MADE
THAT ADJUSTMENT PRIOR TO
GETTING THIS REPORT.
>> LET ME ASK SOME QUESTIONS.
>> I AM LOOKING TO YOU FOR
HELP.
>> AND THEN I'M GOING TO DEFER
HERE.
WE BUDGETED BUDGET CONTROL
LEVELS, WHICH ARE FAIRLY LARGE
POCKETS OF THE TYPE OF STUFF
INVESTED.
THE $72 MILLION IS IT STILL
GOING TO THE SAME TYPE OF
PROJECTS?
IT'S JUST AT A DIFFERENT
LOCATION?
>> YES.
>> SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE
MONEY IS BUDGETED AWAY.
THERE IS A CAPITAL PROJECT LIST
THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY FUNDED
AND THEN THERE IS THE SPECIFICS
OF WHERE IT'S GOING AND WHETHER
YOU ARE DOING PAVING ON YOU KNOW
ROAD A OR B. WE DON'T PICK THAT
NECESSARILY.
IT HAS TO BE ON A LIST.
>> SO THE MULTIMODAL CORRIDOR
REPAVING PROJECTS ARE WITHIN
THIS CATEGORY.
>> THEY ARE IN A DIFFERENT
CATEGORY, SO THEY ARE IN THE
CONGESTION RELIEF CATEGORY, AND
THE PAVING PROJECTS MAINTENANCE
AND REPAIR CATEGORY OF THE LEVY
PROGRAM.
>> SO MY UNDERSTANDING
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD CORRECT
ME IF I'M WRONG IS THESE
MULTIMODAL CORRIDOR PROGRAMS
HAVE MULTI ASPECTS TO IT, AND
IT INCLUDES A VARIETY OF
THINGS.
THE TWO PAVING PROGRAMS, THE
MULTIMODAL INCLUDED PAVING TOO,
SO THAT'S WHERE THERE WAS
FLEXIBILITY.
WE ARE GOING TO DO PAVING ON
THIS CORRIDOR INSTEAD OF THAT
ONE, WHICH RELIEVES PRESSURE
FROM THE MULTIMODAL BUCKET, IF
YOU WILL, IF YOU WERE TO EXPAND
AND DO IT WITH MATCHING MONEY.
I THINK PART OF YOUR QUESTION,
BUT I DON'T WANT TO PUT WORDS
IN YOUR MOUTH IS HERE WE ARE
GETTING TOLD WE ARE GOING TO DO
THIS AND WE PASSED THE BUDGET A
FEW WEEKS AGO.
I BELIEVE AT LEAST MY
INTERPRETATION IS THE BUDGET
WAS AT A FAIRLY HIGH LEVEL AND
WE ARE GETTING INTO SPECIFICS.
THIS IS NOT EASY WORK TO DO.
THIS WAS HOW DO YOU PRIORITIZE
WHEN WE CAN'T DO EVERYTHING WE
SAID WE ARE GOING TO DO AND HOW
DO YOU THINK SMART TO DELIVER
AND COME CLOSE TO DELIVERING
WHAT WE WANTED TO DELIVER.
BUT THERE IS STILL AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS A COUNSEL
TO WEIGH IN ON THIS AND SAY WE
DON'T LIKE THIS.
HOW WE WILL AFFECT THAT, AND WE
TALKED ABOUT A RESOLUTION
ADOPTING THIS.
WE COULD ALSO DIG BACK INTO THE
BUDGET.
I AM NOT SUGGESTING WE DO THAT
BUT THERE IS STILL OPPORTUNITY
FOR US TO WEIGH IN ON THIS
BECAUSE WE ARE JUST NOW GETTING
THIS AND WE KNEW ALL ALONG IT
WAS IN COME AFTER THE BUDGET
BECAUSE OF THE REALITY OF THE
WORK THAT NEEDED DONE.
>> WHEN WE BUILT UP THE BUDGET,
WE MADE ASSUMPTIONS WITH THE
PAVING PROGRAM PUTTING MONEY
INTO DELRIDGE.
BUT IT STAYS WITHIN THE PAVING
PROGRAM.
BUT YOU ARE COMPLETELY RIGHT.
YOU DON'T LOOK AT IT, AT THAT
LEVEL.
OBVIOUSLY, THE CONVERSATION
ABOUT THE BUDGET, WE REDO IT
EVERY YEAR.
SO THERE IS ROOM TO MODIFY.
>> AND THEN I REALLY APPRECIATE
THE FACT THAT SDOT PROVIDED A
COPY OF THE DRAFT CONDITIONS
REPORT FOR OUR BUDGET
DISCUSSIONS IN QUEUING THESE
ISSUES UP, AND I UNDERSTAND IT
WON'T BE FINAL FOR A WHILE BUT
IT HAS BEEN USEFUL
AND IT HAS SHOWED THERE ARE
SEVERAL SEGMENTS BOTH FROM
ROXBURY AND UP 35th THAT ARE
IDENTIFIED AS FAILED SEGMENTS.
AND THEN THERE WAS A PAVEMENT
CONDITIONS REPORT BACK IN 2006
THAT ALSO LISTED PORTIONS OF
ROXBURY AND SOUTHWEST 35th AS
MAJOR STREETS NEEDING PAVEMENT
IMPROVEMENTS.
THESE PROBLEMS GO BACK SEVERAL
YEARS.
AND IT APPEARS LIKE THIS MIGHT
BE THE SECOND LEVY THAT THESE
PROJECTS ARE GETTING BOUNCED
OFF.
SO IF YOU KNOW, WE TALKED A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT SCALING THESE
PROJECTS.
IS THERE A WAY TO SCALE -- WE
DID HALF OF 35th.
IS THERE A WAY TO FURTHER SCALE
THE PROJECT SO WE OR MAYBE
DOING THIS WORK ON THE FAILED
PORTION?
OF WHICH THEY ARE NOT
CONTIGUOUS.
THERE ARE PROBABLY TWO FAILED
PORTIONS ON BOTH 35th AND
ROXBURY.
NOT MONEY.
MONEY ASIDE.
BUT IS IT POSSIBLE FROM AN
ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE?
>> DEFINITELY.
WE CAN TACKLE SECTIONS OF A
STREET, AND PRIORITIZE THEM.
SO INSTEAD OF TAKING THE WHOLE
$35 MILLION YOU KNOW PIE, IF WE
HAD $5 MILLION OR $10 MILLION,
WE COULD SAY WHAT IS THE MOST
CRITICAL PORTION OF STREET AND
WE DEFINITELY CAN RECONSTRUCT
IT.
WE WOULD WANT TO BE SMART ABOUT
HOW WE DID CONSTRUCTION BUT
THAT IS ALL MANAGEABLE.
>> THAT IS SUPER HELPFUL.
>> JUST A SIDE NOTE,
UNFORTUNATELY, FOR THE CITY,
THE CONDITIONS OF OUR PAVEMENT,
THE CONDITIONS OF OUR ROADWAY
STRUCTURES, OUR BRIDGES AND
RETAINING WALLS, EVEN THOUGH WE
HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY FORTUNATE
IN BRIDGING THE GAP AND THE
MOVE SEATTLE LEVY, TO GET MONEY
TO HELP US IMPROVE THAT, IT
STILL ISN'T ENOUGH TO BRING
THOSE ASSETS WHERE I THINK WE
WOULD ALL LIKE TO SEE THEM.
SO WE END UP WITH THESE TRADE-
OFFS AND DELAYS WHICH ARE HARD
TO STOMACH WHEN YOU SEE FAILED
PAVEMENT.
>> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
NOTE TOO THE REASON FOR SOME OF
THESE FAILED LOCATIONS IS
REALLY TIED TO THE INCREASE IN
METRO SERVICE AND THE HEAVY
BUSES.
THAT IS CERTAINLY THE CASE IN
WEST SEATTLE.
I THINK WEST SEATTLE HAS SEEN
THE LARGEST GROWTH IN METRO
WRITER S.H.I.P.
AND OUR STREETS ARE FAILING AS
A RESULT SO I THINK THAT'S AN
IMPORTANT THING TO CONSIDER AS
PART OF PRIORITIZATION.
>> WHICH IS DEFINITELY PART OF
THE REASON WHY WE SHIFTED THAT
72 TOWARD DELRIDGE AND
EASTLAKE, AND GOT THAT FEEDBACK
FROM OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE OVER
THE SUMMER.
>> 35th.
>> EXACTLY.
>> SO MANY BUSES THERE.
>> I WILL MOVE US ALONG TO THE
A.M.
PROGRAM BECAUSE THERE WERE TWO.
THIS IS ONE WHERE WE CURRENTLY
LACK THE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO DO
THE FULL COMMITMENT.
BUT FORTUNATELY, THROUGH ANNUAL
BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS, THIS YEAR,
THE MAYOR ADDED ALMOST $2.5
MILLION TO THE SUB PROGRAM.
WE ARE FAIRLY CONFIDENT THAT IF
WE GET ADDITIONAL REVENUE OF
THAT SCALE EVERY YEAR GOING
FORWARD, WE COULD MEET THE
ORIGINAL BUT AS OF TODAY, WE
PUT FORWARD A LIST THAT GIVES
US TO 52 MILES IN THIS SUB
PROGRAM AND TO DATE WE HAVE
PAVED 23.9 BECAUSE WE HAVE
RECEIVED ADDITIONAL FUNDS EACH
YEAR.
THIS IS OUR SMALLER PROGRAM, SO
THIS IS WHAT WE CAN DO IF WE
HAVE TO DEFER A LARGER PROJECT.
WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO UTILIZE
THIS SUB PROGRAM IF THE
CORRIDOR IS RIGHT TO FIX SOME
OF THOSE AREAS THAT WE DO HAVE
TO DEFER OVER THE NEXT SIX
YEARS.
>> GREAT.
>> I'M GOING TO JUMP AHEAD TO
THE MULTIMODAL SINCE WE HAVE
SPENT A BIT OF TIME ON THE AMM
AND ACC PROGRAM.
THIS INFORMATION IS LARGELY
SIMILAR TO THE INFORMATION WE
BROUGHT YOU IN AUGUST.
WE ARE WANTING TO REITERATE
THAT WE PLAN TO INVEST IN ALL
SEVEN TRANSIT CORRIDORS.
THE LEVEL AND SCOPE FOR EACH
WILL BE DIFFERENT AND WE WILL
GO THROUGH A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF
OUTREACH FOR EACH OF THOSE
MOVING FORWARD.
BUT, WANTING TO BE CLEAR THAT
ALL SEVEN ARE STILL ON THE LIST
AND THERE IS SOME RISK FOR THE
TWO THAT ARE CURRENTLY SEEKING
FDA SMALL STARTS GRANTS.
WE ARE PUSHING FULL STEAM AHEAD
ON GETTING BOTH OF THOSE BUT
WITH A LOT OF SUPPORT AT THE
DEPARTMENT OF THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE, BUT WE WANTED TO NOTE
THAT RISK STILL EXISTS.
SO BEFORE I TALK ABOUT THE
DIFFERENT SCOPES FOR EACH OF
THESE, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
WHEN WE SAY TRANSIT SPEED AND
RELIABILITY IMPROVEMENTS ON THE
SCREEN THERE ON THE TOP HALF,
AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE CAN DO
WITH THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE
FOR THOSE IS WE CAN STILL DO
SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TOWARD
TRANSIT SPEED AND RELIABILITY
IN TERMS OF BUS IMPROVEMENTS IN
CERTAIN LOCATIONS AND IN LANE
BUS STOPS TO IMPROVE THE RIDER
EXPERIENCE.
AND THEN WHAT A FULL-SCALE
RAPID RIDE MULTIMODAL PROJECT
WOULD LOOK LIKE DOWN THERE AT
THE BOTTOM USING ROADS AS AN
EXAMPLE.
FOR THE BASIS OF THAT, WE HAVE
THE NEXT SCREEN HERE.
THAT LISTS LED TRANSIT PLUS
MULTIMODAL FUNDING PLAN AS IT
EXISTS IN NOVEMBER 2018.
ONE OF THE THINGS PEOPLE GET TO
THIS PART IN THE REPORT AND
THEY ARE SHOCKED TO SEE THE
AMOUNT OF UNSECURED FUNDING SO
WE WANTED TO ASSURE YOU ALL
THAT THE UNSECURED WHILE THREE
YEARS IN, WE WOULDN'T EXPECT TO
HAVE IT TODAY IN A 9-YEAR LEVY,
THERE ARE SOURCES BEHIND ALL OF
THOSE UNSECURED SOURCES WE FEEL
REALLY GOOD ABOUT.
WE HAVE PUT SOME OF THEM IN A
LIKELY COLUMN.
FUNDS FROM ST3, METRO, AND SOME
STILL UNSECURED BUT IDENTIFIED,
SO DIFFERENT VARIOUS DEGREES OF
CERTAINTY BUT MOVING
AGGRESSIVELY ON ALL OF THEM.
>> OKAY.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE
NUMBERS FOR THE DELRIDGE
CORRIDOR, THE TOTAL THERE.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS ABOUT $35
MILLION.
BUT THE CIP LISTED APPARENTLY
$47 MILLION AND THEN A
PRESENTATION IN JULY WAS $42
MILLION.
JUST LOOKING FOR A LITTLE BIT
OF EXPLANATION FOR THE
DIFFERING MEMBERS THERE.
>> THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IS
WHAT WE SHOW IN THESE NUMBERS
DOES NOT INCLUDE THE PAVING
BECAUSE THAT EXISTS IN THE AAC
PROGRAM.
THE 42 VERSUS THE 47 I SUSPECT
WAS FLUCTUATION AS WE ARE IN
THE PRE-30% BUT WHEN WE COME TO
SPEAK WITH YOU ON THE 18th, WE
EXPECT TO HAVE MORE SOLID
HANDLES ON THE NUMBERS.
>> SO IF THAT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THE 37 AND 45 IS PAVING, THAT'S
12.
SO $12 MILLION IS A BIT LESS
THAN WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
MOVING OVER FROM ROXBURY AND
35th, RIGHT?
>> CORRECT.
I SUSPECT THAT DIFFERENCE HAS
MORE TO DO WITH WHAT LAURA LAI
WAS SAYING AROUND THE
PREPLANNING BUT WE WOULD HAVE
TO GO BACK FOR THE TEAM TO GET
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 47 AND
42.
>> WHEN WE COME ON THE 18th, WE
WILL BACKTRACK TO THESE AND
EXPLAIN THAT.
>> I HOPE YOU HAVE SOME CLARITY
ON WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD
IS TRYING TO GET THAT.
IF YOU COULD HELP US ALL NOT
THAT OUT, I APPRECIATE -- I
APPRECIATE YOUR FOCUS ON 45th
BUT IF YOU COULD WALK US
THROUGH.
SOME OF THAT MONEY IS MAYBE IN
BUCKETS THAT WEREN'T QUITE
ALLOCATED.
IF YOU CAN CROSSWALK THAT FOR
US TO SHOW US WHERE THE MONEY
SHIFTED JUST FOR TRANSPARENCY,
THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL.
>> I AM HAPPY TOO.
I WON'T BELABOR THE NEXT SLIDE.
>> I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU WERE
GOING TO MOVE OFF THE
MULTIMODAL.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THIS.
FOR ME, THIS IS ONE OF THE
BIGGEST PIECES AND MOST
IMPORTANT PIECES OF THE LEVY TO
MOVE SEATTLE.
IT WAS THE -- THERE IS A LOT OF
REALLY IMPORTANT MAINTENANCE
STUFF TO KEEP THINGS GOING BUT
THIS WAS THE TRANSFORMATIONAL
PIECE I PERSONALLY SAW IN THE
LEVY THAT WAS GOING TO HELP
PEOPLE GET AROUND IN DIFFERENT
WAYS.
I KNOW THIS IS ALSO THE PLACE
THAT WAS A SIGNIFICANT RISK
BECAUSE IT RELIED ON
PARTNERSHIPS WITH KING COUNTY
METRO AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
PROPOSAL HERE AND THE WORK PLAN
HIGHLIGHTING, GIVING CLARITY
THAT WE STILL PLAN TO DO WORK
IN ALL SEVEN CORRIDORS THAT
WERE IDENTIFIED BECAUSE THE
FEDERAL FUNDING CERTAINTY
SITUATION HAS CHANGED, YOU
WALKED THROUGH SOME OF THE
SHIFTS THAT ARE GOING TO
HAPPEN.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT BOTH
MADISON AND ROOSEVELT ARE STILL
IN FEDERAL FUNDING AND WE ARE
ANXIOUSLY WAITING TO HEAR WHAT
HAPPENS THERE.
IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL THERE,
THOSE PROJECTS WILL LARGELY BE
FULLY BUILT AS ANTICIPATED AND
DELRIDGE BECAUSE IT DIDN'T
ANTICIPATE FEDERAL FUNDING IS
LARGELY GOING TO BE DELIVERED
AS ANTICIPATED WHEN WE WENT OUT
TO VOTERS.
THE OTHER FOUR CORRIDORS, WE
ARE GOING TO SEE REDUCTIONS AND
I AM CURIOUS BECAUSE THOSE WERE
ALWAYS GOING TO BE LATER YEAR
CORRIDORS, I DON'T KNOW WHEN WE
WERE TALKING TO VOTERS IF WE
HAD SPECIFICITY THAT AT THIS
INTERSECTION WE WOULD BE
BUILDING A CURVE BALL THAT
WASN'T AT THAT LEVEL.
I AM CURIOUS HOW WOULD YOU
CHARACTERIZE THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN WHAT WE WOULD HAVE
CHARACTERIZED THREE YEARS AGO
AND WHAT WE ARE CHARACTERIZING
TODAY, AND THEN MAYBE ALSO ADD
IN THE METRO PIECE BECAUSE
METRO IS POTENTIALLY DELAYING
SOME OF THEIR PORTION OF THE
ROLL OUT, AND WHILE IT MIGHT
HAVE BEEN NICE TO DO THOSE
CONCURRENTLY, WE CAN ALSO
DELIVER OUR IMPROVEMENTS AND
THEY CAN COME BACK TO DELIVER
THERE IS AND WE STILL GET THE
WHOLE THING.
>> I WOULD SAY YOU POINTED IT
OUT RIGHT THERE.
IN THE CONVERSATIONS IN 2015,
WHAT MORPHED FROM TRANSIT MULTI-
MORE -- MULTIMODAL CORRIDORS
MORPHED INTO ALL OF THEM BEING
RAPID RIDE.
TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THEM ALL
RAPID RIDE TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT, THAT INCLUDES A
PARTNERSHIP WITH METRO.
SO SOME OF THIS IS THE TIMING
OF THEIR BUDGET, AND HOW IT
ALIGNS WITH OUR PROJECTS.
THE PIECES THAT WE ARE STILL
BUILDING ARE THE FIRST STEP
TOWARDS THOSE FUTURE
IMPLEMENTATIONS, SO IT'S NOT
THAT IT IS GONE FOREVER AND
THIS IS DEFINITELY AN
INVESTMENT IN TRANSIT SPEED AND
RELIABILITY IMPROVEMENTS THAT
WILL HELP US GET TO WHERE WE
ALL WANT TO BE IN THE END.
WE AGAIN THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD
HAVE EVEN MORE FEDERAL GRANT
SMALL START TYPE LEVERAGE FOR
THE OTHER CORRIDORS ALSO.
BECAUSE WE WON'T HAVE THAT, WE
ARE JUST REDEFINING THE TRANSIT
SPEED AND RELIABILITY TRANSITS
WITHIN THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT
WE HAVE.
BUT DEFINITELY IN THE LEVY IN
2015, IT DIDN'T HAVE THE
EXPLICIT DETAILS OF WHAT WE
WOULD DO WITHIN EVERY CORRIDOR,
WHICH IS WHY WE TALKED ABOUT
SCALING CORRIDORS BASED ON THE
AMOUNT OF MONEY WE ACTUALLY
HAD, WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE DOING
NOW.
>> SO MY UNDERSTANDING AT LEAST
AT A HIGH LEVEL IS THE
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN US AND
METRO IS WE DO THE GENERAL ROAD
IMPROVEMENTS.
AND METRO COMES ALONG AND DOES
SOME STATION IMPROVEMENTS, AND
THEN THEY ARE BUYING THE BUS
SERVICE AND THE BUSES.
THE AGREEMENT IS LIKE CITIES,
IF YOU CAN DELIVER A CORRIDOR
WHERE WE GET THE RELIABILITY TO
MAKE THE INVESTMENT, WE WILL
BRING BOTH OF THOSE.
SO THOSE INVESTMENTS WE ARE
MAKING ON SPEED AND RELIABILITY
MAY TAKE A ROUTE FROM RUNNING
25 MINUTES TO 22 MINUTES OR
SOMETHING.
ARE WE STILL GOING TO SEE THAT
BENEFIT WITH THESE INVESTMENTS,
OR IS IT LIKE WE'RE GOING TO GO
FROM 25 TO 23 BUT WE WON'T BE
ABLE TO GET YOU TO 22 MINUTES
BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO SKIP A
COUPLE INTERSECTIONS WE CAN'T
QUITE AFFORD RIGHT NOW?
>> FOR THESE CORRIDORS WHAT WE
ARE GOING FOR IN THE 30 TO
PRETTY -- 30% TO 40% PHASE IS
FIGURING OUT EXACTLY THOSE TYPE
OF THINGS.
WHAT IMPROVEMENTS CAN WE AFFORD
AND WHAT ARE THE ULTIMATE
OUTCOMES WE GET FROM THEM.
SO WE HAVE COMMITTED TO COMING
AT THOSE MAJOR MILESTONES TO
TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH
THE SCOPES OF THOSE PROJECTS.
WE WILL HAVE THOSE
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE LEVY
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
WE CAN DEFINITELY COME TALK TO
THE COUNCIL TOO.
>> THE THING THAT I WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT THAT I HOPE WE GET
OUT OF THIS IS WHEN I LOOK AT
LIKE THE FREMONT CORRIDOR, THE
ROUTE 40 I BELIEVE, OR 62.
40.
ROUTE 40.
SO AS WE MAKE INVESTMENTS IN
THAT, THAT MAY NOT BE RE BRANDED
AS A RAPID RIDE OR WHATEVER IT
WOULD BE BY THEN, BUT THE ROUTE
40 WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT SPEED
AND RELIABILITY IMPROVEMENTS.
IT WILL BE READY FOR THE NEXT
UPGRADE TO RAPID RISE SERVICE
WHEN KING COUNTY METRO IS,
SIMILAR WITH THE 44 AND 45th.
AND THE OTHER ROUTES WE ARE
LOOKING AT, THERE IS SOME
ELECTRIFICATION TO DO ALONG THE
23 CORRIDOR.
I RECOGNIZE THAT WAS ALWAYS A
WAYS OUT AND I DON'T BELIEVE WE
DIDN'T MAKE PROMISES WE WERE
GOING TO COME -- WE WERE GOING
TO CUT YOUR COMMUTE BECAUSE WE
DIDN'T REALLY KNOW YET BUT THE
ASSUMPTION IS WE CAN'T DO AS
MUCH AS WE THOUGHT.
WE DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY SO WE'RE
STILL WORKING ON WHAT WE ARE
GOING TO DO NOW.
IS THAT FAIR?
>> THAT'S A FAIR SUMMARY.
>> MAY I ASK A QUESTION AND
MAKE A QUICK PLUG?
AS WE CONTEMPLATE THE EXPANSION
OF THESE SEVEN RAPID RIDE
CORRIDORS OR RAPID LIKE
CORRIDORS HAVE WE DONE ANALYSIS
ABOUT WHAT THE BENEFITS MIGHT
BE TO SPEED AND RELIABILITY IF
WE WERE TO GET OUR BILL PASSED
IN OLYMPIA THAT WOULD ALLOW US
TO INSTALL RED LIGHT
ENFORCEMENT CAMERAS ON SOME OR
ALL OF THESE CORRIDORS?
>> JUMP IN HERE BUT THIS IS ALL
AROUND THE MONEY WE HAVE AND
NOT ANY NEW FUNDING THAT WE
COULD GET.
>> WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT
DEFINITE ANALYSIS YET.
WE KNOW FROM AN ANECDOTAL THAT
IT DEFINITELY WELL, BUT THAT IS
SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK AT AND
BRING BACK TO YOU.
>> MY QUESTION WAS LESS ABOUT
THE REVENUE ALTHOUGH WE
ANTICIPATE SOME REVENUE FROM
THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS BUT MORE
ABOUT TIME AND RELIABILITY.
AS WE CONTEMPLATE THE CONTINUED
EXPANSION OF OUR SYSTEM, I WANT
TO HIGHLIGHT THAT I WOULD
RATHER NOT HAVE US LOSE THAT
VISION OF THE MULTIMODAL FUTURE
WE ARE TRYING TO CREATE AND THE
CONCERN THAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW
IS THAT BY NICKEL AND DIMING
SOME OF THESE CORRIDORS, WE ARE
GOING TO WIND UP LOSING THAT
VISION AND I WILL PICK ON A
COUPLE OF THINGS.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS LIST OF
SEVEN, FIVE OF THEM HIT AT SOME
POINT A LIGHT RAIL STATION
ALONG THE WAY.
AND MAKING SURE THAT WE MAKE A
SET OF INVESTMENTS THAT REALLY
GET PEOPLE TO AND FROM THOSE
LIGHT-RAIL STATIONS IS
CRITICAL.
AND WE HAVE BEEN A CITY THAT
HAS BUCKED THE TREND NATIONALLY
AS WE INVEST IN OUR BUS NETWORK
MORE, PEOPLE RIDE TRANSIT
BENEFITING ALL OF US,
PARTICULARLY AS WE CONTEMPLATE
THE CLIMATE FUTURE AND THE
POTENTIAL OF ADDRESSING IT
THROUGH THINGS LIKE CONGESTION
AND PRICING.
THAT WILL ONLY EXACERBATE THE
NEED FOR US TO HAVE BETTER
MULTIMODAL CONNECTIONS, YET IN
THE SAME VISION, WE DON'T
NECESSARILY HAVE THE SAME SET
OF BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE AND
PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE OF --
AROUND THOSE STATIONS THAT WE
ARE ENVISIONING WITH THE
EXPANSION OF OUR RAPID RIDE
CORRIDORS TO GET PEOPLE TO AND
FROM THOSE STATIONS.
YOU CAN LOOK AT A PLACE LIKE
THE ROOSEVELT RAPID RIDE
CORRIDOR AND SAY THAT THEY
PLACE WHERE WE GET ALMOST ALL
THE WAY THERE AND THEN WE STILL
LEAVE YOU A COUPLE BLOCKS SHORT
WHETHER YOU ARE RIDING YOUR
BIKE OR WALKING FROM THE
STATION.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
NOT LOSING THAT BIG PICTURE
VISION AS WE GET INTO
IMPLEMENTATION.
I AM HOPEFUL WE CAN THINK ABOUT
SOME LOW COST SOLUTIONS LIKE
RED LIGHT CAMERAS AS A WAY TO
GET WHAT WE KNOW WHICH IS 30%
OF OUR CITY IS PAVED OVER FOR
ROADS AND IF WE JUST REALLY
WANTED TO, WE COULD FLIP A
SWITCH WITH SOME PAINT AND RED
LIGHT CAMERAS, AND REALLY
REORIENT A LOT OF THE CITY TO
LOOK A LOT DIFFERENT IN TERMS
OF OUR TRANSPORTATION
PRIORITIES -- TRANSPORTATION
PRIORITIES.
THERE IS A LOT OF CAPITAL
INVESTMENTS TIED UP IN THESE
THAT I THINK ARE REALLY
NECESSARY, BUT THERE IS ALSO A
LOT THAT WE COULD DO WITH
PAINT, POSTS AND CAMERAS.
AS WE CONTEMPLATE THAT IN
OLYMPIA THIS YEAR, I HOPE WE
ARE SUCCESSFUL AND I HOPE THE
STAFF CONSIDERS THAT, AND WE
DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF THAT BIG
PICTURE.
I HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF DELAYING
OUR MEETINGS IN THE PAST.
CONTINUING WE ARE NOW OVER 4:00
ON THE AGENDA I'VE TRIED TO BE
QUIET.
BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE
DIDN'T LEAVE THIS TOPIC WITHOUT
THAT PITCH.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
JOHNSON.
I APPRECIATE THE FOCUS ON THE
VISION.
I AM ALSO VERY INTERESTED IN
SOME COMBINATION BETWEEN YOU
AND METRO.
IF WE JUST UNDERSTOOD HOW MANY
MINUTES OF DELAY PEOPLE ARE
USING BUS ONLY LANES AND
BLOCKING INTERSECTIONS ON
CERTAIN ROUTES THAT WOULD BE
REALLY HELPFUL TO KNOW AND IN
OUR ADVOCACY EFFORTS TO GET
OLYMPIA TO HELP ME QUANTIFY
THAT.
I IMAGINE WE COULD AT LEAST
ANECDOTALLY PIECE SOMETHING
TOGETHER.
>> I WILL SECOND THAT WE SHARE
THAT VISION AS WE LOOK AT THESE
TRANSIT CORRIDORS MOVING
FORWARD.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF WE WILL
GET BACK ON TRACK BUT IT IS --
BUT GETTING US GOING WE WANTED
TO HIGHLIGHT THE SEATTLE
RELATED GREEN SHEETS.
I WON'T BELABOR THAT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK THERE.
I WILL PITCH IT OVER TO LAURA
LIE TO TALK ABOUT SOME NEXT
STEPS AND WHERE WE ARE GOING
FROM HERE.
>> OBVIOUSLY, WE KNOW NOW WE
HAVE A FULL WORK PLAN FOR NINE
YEARS, WHICH IS HUGE -- HUGELY
HELPFUL IN OUR MARK THAT WE
HAVE TO WORK FROM AND
HOPEFULLY, WE CAN GET BETTER
FROM THERE BUT WE STILL HAVE
SOME MUSKS, WHICH WITH THE
NATURE OF THE CONSTRUCTION
CLIMATE RIGHT NOW AND WORKLOAD
CAPACITY IN THE REGION, SO
THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE
ARE FOCUSING ON GOING FORWARD.
NOW THAT WE HAVE A PLAN, WE ARE
GOING TO TAKE THAT PLAN AND
CHECK ONE MORE TIME AGAINST OUR
WORKFORCE, AND THE OTHER
RESOURCES OUTSIDE THAT WE NEED.
AND THEN, CREATE A PLAN TO FILL
THOSE IN AND -- IN WHATEVER WAY
NECESSARY TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER
ON THE WORK PLAN.
THAT AS WELL AS INCORPORATING
RISKS REALLY INTO OUR PROJECT
PLANNING, BOTH FROM A
QUANTIFIABLE SCHEDULE, AS WELL
AS FINANCIAL PEACE, AND
INCORPORATING THAT INTO OUR
SPEND PLANS IS SOMETHING WE ARE
CONTINUING TO DO.
>> SO JUST DROPPING DOUG
DONALD'S NAME, THAT IS
SOMETHING HE HAS BROUGHT TO MY
ATTENTION IS THE NEED FOR BOTH
A WORKFORCE ANALYSIS AND A RISK
ANALYSIS.
SO THAT IS SORT OF THE NEXT
STEP OF WHAT YOU ARE DOING?
>> YES.
>> GREAT.
>> THERE WAS A CONSULTANT
REPORT IN 2017 THAT SORT OF
DROVE THIS.
I WOULD NORMALLY ASK CALVIN BUT
HE IS NOT WITH US TODAY.
DO YOU KNOW IF THE COUNCIL HAS
ASKED FOR A COPY OF THAT?
>> I AM TRYING TO GO BACK TO
WHO WE ALL SENT IT TO BUT I
KNOW IT HAS BEEN SENT TO
SEVERAL REVIEWS.
WE CAN RESEND IT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I DID A COUPLE OF SLIDES IN
ONE SO FLIP THROUGH.
ALSO BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN A
CONVERSATION, AND WAS EXPLICIT
IN YOUR RESOLUTION I WANTED TO
HIT ON THIS.
MYSELF AND MY COUNTERPART AT
SPU ARE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME
TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
COORDINATING.
IT'S A TOUGH THING IN THAT
OBJECT AND PRIORITIES DRIVE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR SPU BUT THOSE
OPPORTUNITIES ARE NOT
NECESSARILY ALWAYS IN LINE WITH
WHAT THEY'VE PLAN FOR WHERE
THEY ARE GOING TO DO WORK.
ONCE THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE
OPPORTUNITY WHEN WE HAVE THE
PAVEMENT OPEN THAN THEY ARE
TIED TO OUR SCHEDULE, SO
RECOGNIZING THAT WE HAVE TO
CONTINUE TO COORDINATE AS BEST
AS POSSIBLE AS WELL AS RESOLVE
ISSUES BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENTS
AT THE LOWEST LEVEL POSSIBLE
AND KEEP THINGS MOVING FORWARD.
WE HAVE COMMITTED TO KEEPING AN
EYE ON THOSE THINGS.
>> I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
I KNOW IT'S FRUSTRATING FOR YOU
WHEN YOU GET BOXED IN AND
LIKEWISE FOR THEM.
IT HAS AN IMPACT ON THEIR
ABILITY TO MEET THEIR RATE
PATH.
THAT COORDINATION IS SUPER
IMPORTANT.
>> DEFINITELY.
WE WILL CONTINUE THAT.
I TALKED ABOUT THIS WITH THE
WORKFORCE BOTH INTERNALLY AND
WITH CONSULTANTS, AND
CONTRACTORS BECAUSE THAT IS HOW
WE WILL BE ABLE TO DELIVER OUR
WORK.
QUARTERLY UPDATES, WE WILL MAKE
AN OFFER EVERY TIME WE HAVE A
QUARTERLY REPORT AS WELL AS
WHEN WE UPDATE THE ANNUAL
REPORT EVERY YEAR TO COME AND
TALK TO YOU.
>> JUST ONE THING I FAILED TO
MENTION WAS WE RECOGNIZE THE
TIMING OF THIS WORKPLAN WITH
THE BUDGET PROCESS IS THAT KIND
OF COMPLEX AND NOT IDEAL SO
WE'RE GOING TO PUSH IT BACK
NEXT YEAR SO WE CAN INCORPORATE
FULLY THE BUDGET ACTIONS INTO
THIS WORKPLAN BECAUSE YOU WILL
NOTE THERE ARE A FEW POINTS
WHERE WE SAY THIS IS ONGOING
BUT IT HADN'T YET PASSED WHEN
WE WERE PUTTING IT TOGETHER.
THAT CONCLUDES THE WORK PLAN
PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION.
>> THERE IS A LOT OF
INFORMATION IN THE WORK PLAN TO
DIGEST AND I REALLY APPRECIATE
TODAY'S BRIEFING.
I WILL BE CHECKING IN WITH
COLLEAGUES AND IN ADVANCE OF
THE NEXT QUARTER UPDATE, WE
MAIM HAVE FUTURE CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT THAT.
WE HAVE WORK TO DO TO BLESS,
ADOPT, ALTER THIS, SO WE WILL
HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT
THAT LOOKS LIKE AND WE WILL
KEEP YOU POSTED ON THAT.
>> DO YOU WANT US TO FLEX --
FLIP THROUGH THE NEXT ONES
QUICKLY OR COMES -- OR COME
BACK WITH YOU THREE AT A
DIFFERENT TIME?
>> COLLEAGUES, MY INCLINATION
WOULD BE TO DEFER ON Q3 RIGHT
NOW.
>> I CAN GIVE YOU COPIES OF THE
REPORT.
>> YEAH.
YOU CAN JUST TELL THE PUBLIC
WHERE THAT IS AVAILABLE.
>> YEP.
>> AND SO I KNOW THAT WAS
RELEASED A WEEK OR SO AGO.
>> I WILL PUT IT UP HERE.
>> THOSE ARE ALL THE MATERIALS
ON THE WEBSITE URL.
IT'S ON OUR LEVY WEBSITE PAGE.
IT SUMMARIZES THE WORKING Q3.
IT'S A SNAPSHOT IN TIME BUT I
WILL SAY THIS IS OUR MOST
ROBUST QUARTERLY UPDATE WE
RELEASE SO IT'S A GOOD DEAL OF
INFORMATION.
AGAIN, READILY AVAILABLE AND IF
FOLKS HAVE QUESTIONS, WE CAN
EITHER COME BACK --
>> AND THERE IS IMPORTANT STUFF
IN THERE SO I HESITATE TO DO
THIS BUT WE HAD A GOOD
CONVERSATION AT THE OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE LAST WEEK.
I WILL CHECK IN WITH CALLINGS.
IF FOLKS HAVE QUESTIONS NOW, WE
CAN JUST ASK QUESTIONS OR TALK
ABOUT IT TO COME BACK TO
COMMITTEE AT A FUTURE DATE TO
DISCUSS THE DETAILS.
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFIC
QUESTIONS BECAUSE I THINK OUR
TIME IS BETTER SPENT GETTING
THROUGH THE LAST THREE ACTION
ITEMS WE NEED TO TAKE, BUT
THERE IS AN OVERWHELMING AMOUNT
OF DISTRICT 4 PROJECTS IN THE
Q3-Q4 REPORTS FOR THIS YEAR
BETWEEN 65th, 35th, 25th, 30th,
AND 50th AVENUE SIDEWALKS.
SO I WOULD JUST ASK I THINK WE
MIGHT HAVE OUR MONTHLY CHECK IN
COMING UP LATER THIS WEEK.
I WOULD ASK IF YOU CAN BRING
SOME MEMBERS OF THE TEAM TO
WALK ME THROUGH IN MORE
GRANULAR DETAIL ABOUT THE
IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE
ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECTS IN
D4.
>> GREAT.
>> JUST ONE LAST QUESTION.
YOU ANSWERED SO MANY OF THE
ELEMENTS TODAY.
IS ANYBODY ANSWERING DANNY'S
ARTICLE FROM SUNDAY WHERE HE
SAYS LIKE TERRAIN FOR A JEEP
OBSTACLE COURSE THE ENDURING
MYSTERY OF WHY SEATTLE CAN'T
FIX IT'S ROADS BECAUSE YOU TALK
AT THIS TABLE IN SUCH A
RATIONAL WAY AND IT'S GREAT IF
SOMEBODY IS WATCHING THIS, BUT
A LOT OF PEOPLE READ HIM AND I
WOULD JUST LIKE US TO BE ABLE
TO SQUARE OUR SHOULDERS AND SAY
MAYBE YOU ARE RIGHT ON SOME OF
IT BUT HERE IS WHERE WE REALLY
ARE DOING A TON OF WORK AND YOU
ARE WRONG ON SOME OF IT.
>> WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION
TODAY BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY
ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HE HAS VERY
MUCH READ AND -- HE IS VERY
MUCH READ AND RESPECTED AND WE
FELT THERE WAS A STORY THAT
WASN'T SAID ABOUT IT.
SOME OF THE WORK THAT IS IN OUR
QUARTERLY UPDATE, AND WE JUST
FLASHED IT UP BUT IT'S HOW WE
ARE RESPONDING INTERNALLY AND
EXTERNALLY.
I HOPE YOU LOOK AT IT, AND I DO
THINK WE NEED TO ACTUALLY HAVE
A CONVERSATION AND A BRIEFING
ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AT ON THAT.
>> YOUR STORY IS GREAT BUT IT
HAS TAKEN YOU AN HOUR AND A
HALF TO GO THROUGH THIS AND
ANSWER QUESTIONS.
HE CAN WRITE SOMETHING THAT IS
READ BY HOWEVER MANY THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE AND THEY MISS WHAT
YOU ARE TELLING US NOW.
I WOULD JUST LOVE TO SEE US BE
ABLE TO HAVE A RESPONSE THAT IS
AS CLEAR AS WHAT YOU'VE DONE
TODAY.
>> I AGREE.
AND THEN I JUST WANT TO LEAVE
US WITH NOW THAT WE ARE DONE
WITH THIS, WE ARE TURNING
TOWARDS COMPLETELY OUR FOCUS
TOWARDS DELIVERY SO WE ARE
LOOKING FORWARDS TO WHAT WE CAN
ACHIEVE IN THE NEXT SIX YEARS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> JESSE, WELCOME.
WE HAD A SUBSTITUTION FOR
STAFFING THE COMMITTEE TODAY.
DO YOU MIND READING AGENDA ITEM
WE THINK NUMBER NINE.
>> 119416 AN ORDINANCE RELATING
TO THE STATE ROUTE 520 PROJECT
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO
EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON TO SET
FORTH ROADS AND
RESPONSIBILITIES, AND ESTABLISH
A METHOD FOR REIMBURSING COSTS
WHERE APPLICABLE TO OPERATE AND
MAINTAIN THE INFRASTRUCTURE,
CONSTRUCTED AS PART OF THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON'S ROUTE 520
PROJECT.
>> WELCOME, EVERYONE.
WE WILL START WITH
INTRODUCTIONS.
JOHN, YOU CAN GO FIRST AND WILL
GO DOWN THE LINE.
>> I AM JON LAYZER SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
INTERAGENCY PROGRAMS.
>> DAVE BECHER WASHINGTON STATE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
DIRECTOR OF CONSTRUCTION FOR
THE 520 PROGRAM.
>> ENGINEERING MANAGER FOR THE
520 PROGRAM.
>> EXCELLENT.
AS YOU ARE ALL AWARE BECAUSE
YOU'VE BEEN SITTING IN ON THIS
WE ARE OVER TIME.
I DON'T WANT TO SHORTCHANGE IS
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT PROJECT.
WE ARE NOT PLANNING TO VOTE ON
ANYTHING TODAY BUT I URGE YOU
TO SWIFTLY MOVE US THE OVERVIEW
AND FRAME US TO THE PUBLIC.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE.
THE TEAMS, WSDOT AND SDOT TEAMS
WERE LAST YEAR IN JULY TO
PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE 520
PROGRAM.
WE ARE PLEASED TO PROVIDE A
BRIEF UPDATE AND WE ARE SEEKING
YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING THE OPERATION
MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT FOR THE
INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE BUILT OVER
THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.
AND SO ONCE WE GET A POWERPOINT
UP I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DAVE
TO PROVIDE A BRIEF PROJECT
UPDATE.
>> THANK YOU, JOHN.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US THIS
AFTERNOON.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO GIVE A
QUICK UPDATE TO SOME OF THE
INFORMATION THAT WE PROVIDED IN
JULY OF THIS YEAR . SO, WE HAVE
ACTUALLY ADJUSTED OUR DELIVERY
OF THE PROJECTS, SO IF YOU LOOK
UP AT THE BLUE, YOU WILL SEE A
PROJECT CALLED THE SR 20 I-5
EXPRESSWAY CONNECTIONS PROJECT.
THAT WAS ORIGINALLY PART OF THE
PORTAGE BAY PROJECT BUT WE SAW
A BENEFIT TO BRINGING THAT
FORWARD SOONER.
THAT ACTUALLY PROVIDES A
REVERSIBLE TRANSIT HOV RAMP
INTO THE EXPRESS LANES OF I-5
AND ALLOWS FOR A DIRECT
CONNECTION DOWN TO MERCER
ISLAND.
WE FELT THAT WAS A GOOD PROJECT
TO BRING FORWARD FOR TRANSIT
ACCESS, SO WE ARE PROCEEDING
WITH THE DESIGN OF THAT RIGHT
NOW AND WE EXPECT CONSTRUCTION
TO BEGIN IN 2020, WITH ABOUT
THREE YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION.
IN ADDITION, THE PORTAGE BAY
PROJECT IS SCHEDULED FOR
CONSTRUCTION BEGINNING IN 2023
AND IN THE MONTLAKE THE STEEL
BRIDGE SECOND CROSSING OF THE
CODE, WE DON'T HAVE A FINAL
TIMELINE FOR THAT YET.
WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN OUTREACH
WITH ALL OF THE PARTNERS
INTERESTED IN THAT PROJECT HERE
IN 2020. I'M SORRY, 2019.
THAT IS THE SAME WITH PORTAGE
BAY.
WE WILL CONTINUE WITH
DISCUSSIONS IT WITH THE CITY ON
THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT, AS
WELL.
>> AS YOU CONTEMPLATE THAT I
WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T
TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MENTION
I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF
CONCERN FROM FOLKS WHO LIVE AND
-- LIVE IN AND AROUND MONTLAKE
THAT WE WILL BE EFFECTIVELY
DOING A BUNCH OF CONSTRUCTION
IN MONTLAKE AND THEN ABANDONING
IT FOR SIX OR SEVEN YEARS, THEN
COMING BACK AROUND, AND DOING A
BUNCH OF CONSTRUCTION IN
MONTLAKE AGAIN WITH THE CURRENT
PROPOSED PHASING OF GOING FROM
MORE THAN TO PORTAGE BAY AND
COMING BACK AND DOING THE
SECOND BEST ELBRIDGE.
SO AS YOU CONTEMPLATE THAT KIND
OF SEQUENCING, I WOULD URGE YOU
TO STRONGLY CONSIDER DOING ALL
THE MONTLAKE PHASE WORK
TOGETHER.
AND THEN MOVING FURTHER WEST TO
PORTAGE BAY SO THAT WE DON'T
HAVE THAT CONFUSION BY A BUNCH
OF NEIGHBORS WHO ARE VERY
ENGAGED ON THIS PROJECT AS YOU
KNOW, AND LIKELY DON'T WANT TO
LIVE THROUGH A SEVEN YEAR
HIATUS AND THEN HAVE
CONSTRUCTION ON TOP OF THEM.
>> THERE IS A BUDGET WHERE WE
COULD ACTUALLY BRING THE
PROJECT FORWARD.
IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT DO WE
WANT TO DELIVER AND THAT IS
WHERE WE NEED THE OUTREACH WITH
THE COMMITTEE, THE CITY AND THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
>> SO JUST TO KIND OF GIVE A
QUICK UPDATE ON THE MONTLAKE
PHASE PROJECT WHEN WE SPOKE IN
JULY, WE WERE PRETTY MUCH IN
PROCUREMENT OF THE PROJECT.
WE HAVE NOW COMPLETED THE
PROCUREMENT.
GRAHAM CONTRACTING IS THE
CONTRACTOR THAT WAS AWARDED THE
PROJECT.
IT'S BEEN EXECUTED.
WE EXPECT TO BEGIN IN JANUARY
2019 WITH CONSTRUCTION PROBABLY
STARTING THE SPRING OF 2019.
WE ARE LOOKING AT A FOUR TO
FIVE YEAR DURATION CONSTRUCTION
PROJECT AND JUST TO REMIND
EVERYONE, SOME OF THE
IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE BEING
MADE ON THIS PROJECT, WE ARE
GOING TO BUILD A NEW WEST
APPROACH BRIDGE SOUTH.
THAT'S THE STRUCTURE THAT
CONNECTS TO THE FLOATING
BRIDGE.
WE WILL REMOVE THE OLD
STRUCTURE, THE SEISMICALLY
VULNERABLE STRUCTURE OUT THERE
RIGHT NOW.
WE WILL BUILD A NEW PEDESTRIAN
LANE BRIDGE ACROSS 520 AND WE
WILL BUILD A NEW WAY ACROSS 520
BETWEEN MONTLAKE AND 24th.
THAT CONNECTION LOSS WILL BE A
TRANSIT MULTIMODAL HUB.
IT WILL HAVE DIRECT ACCESS
RAMPS FOR TRANSIT AND HOV THAT
WILL GO CONNECT TO THE EAST
SIDE FROM THERE.
WITH THAT, I THINK I WILL TURN
IT OVER TO RON TO TALK ABOUT
DESIGN COORDINATION.
>> ONE QUICK QUESTION.
REMIND ME THE PHASING OF
TRAFFIC ON THE WEST APPROACH.
DO WE MOVE ALL TRAFFIC ONTO THE
WESTMINSTER BRIDGE NORTH?
WILL WE REBUILD THAT?
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
THE STRUCTURE THAT HAS JUST
BEEN OPENED, THE ONE THAT IS
ELEVATED HIGHER, ALL OF THE
TRAFFIC ONCE CONSTRUCTION
STARTS I WOULD SAY PROBABLY
THAT IS MOST LIKELY EITHER LATE
2019 OR EARLY 2020 WILL SHIFT
ALL THE TRAFFIC ONTO THAT
STRUCTURE BOTH EAST AND WEST
BOUND SO WE CAN REMOVE THE OLD
STRUCTURE AND BUILD THE NEW
ONE.
>> SO THAT WILL BE DOWN TO TWO
LANES IN EACH DIRECTION WITH
SHOULDERS?
>> IT WILL BE TWO LANES EACH
DIRECTION.
PRETTY NARROW SHOULDERS.
WE WILL HAVE TO LOSE THE HOV
LANE CURRENTLY OUT THERE RIGHT
NOW.
>> SO THAT WILL BE FOR A COUPLE
YEARS?
>> THAT IS WE ARE LOOKING AT
RIGHT NOW CONTRACTOR SCHEDULE
2023 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION TO BE
COMPLETE SO YOU'RE PROBABLY
LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY THREE
YEARS.
>> THREE YEARS OF THAT
CONSTRAINT.
>> CORRECT.
>> OKAY.
LET'S JUST THROW THAT INTO THE
MIX OF MAXIMUM CONSTRAINT.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL BIKE
CONNECTION.
>> I'M GOING TO TOUCH BRIEFLY
ON HOW WE GOT HERE TO THIS
POINT TODAY WHERE WE HAVE THIS
MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT, BUT
WSDOT AND THE CITY HAVE BEEN
WORKING CLOSELY WITH COMMUNITY
AND STAKEHOLDERS TO REFINE THE
DESIGN AND THAT LED TO GOING
BACK TO 2011, WITH THE
PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE, THE CITY
AND WSDOT ENTERED INTO A
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
ADOPTED BY CITY ORDINANCE 123
733, WHICH MEMORIALIZED THE
CITY'S SUPPORT OF THE
ALTERNATIVE.
KEY COMMITMENTS BY WSDOT AND
THE CITY INCLUDING THE INTENT
TO ESTABLISH AN OPERATION AND
MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT, THE
STANDARD AGREEMENTS THAT ARE IN
PLACE BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE
CITY DIDN'T FULLY APPLY TO THIS
PROJECT.
IT ESTABLISHED THE NEXT STEPS.
2011 TO 2012, A LOT OF WORK IN
THE SEATTLE COMMUNITY DESIGN
PROCESS PROVIDED ADDITIONAL
OPPORTUNITY TO REFINE THE
VISION AND DESIGN ELEMENTS.
2014 AND 2015 WSDOT AGAIN
WORKED WITH THE COMMUNITY CITY
TO COMPLETE THE FINAL DESIGN
REPORT THAT PROVIDES THE BASIS
OF DESIGN FOR THE REST OF THE
WEST PROJECT COMPONENTS.
THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF BOTH
DESIGN PROCESSES WERE ENDORSED
BY CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS IN
2013 AND 2015.
YOU CAN SEE THE MONTLAKE
PROJECT IS THE RESULT OF YEARS
OF COORDINATION BETWEEN WSDOT,
THE CITY OF SEATTLE,
STAKEHOLDER ORGANIZATIONS AND
THE COMMUNITY, AND REFLECTS THE
FEEDBACK WSDOT RECEIVED FROM
THIS OUTREACH.
IN 2016, WSDOT AND THE CITY
BEGAN COORDINATION TO IDENTIFY
AND DOCUMENT MAINTENANCE OF THE
COMPLETED PROJECT ELEMENTS THAT
WERE THE RESULT OF THESE
OUTREACH EFFORTS.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO JON
LAYZER NOW.
>> THANK YOU.
THE MAIN TOPIC FOR TODAY IS THE
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
AGREEMENT.
IT SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING THAT
WOULDN'T BE THAT COMPLICATED.
WE DO HAVE STATE LAW AND STATE
CODES, AS WELL AS GUIDELINES
FROM THE ASSOCIATION OF
WASHINGTON CITIES THAT WE ARE
FOLLOWING, THAT HELP US FIGURE
OUT WHAT SHOULD BE WSDOT'S
RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN
VERSUS WHAT SHOULD BE THE
CITY'S.
MULTIPLE CITY DEPARTMENTS
INVOLVED HERE.
SDOT, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT,
CITY LIGHT AND SPU.
REALLY, THE ISSUE IS IF WE HAD
A STATE HIGHWAY THAT WAS
COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE
FABRIC OF THE CITY, IT WOULD BE
FAIRLY EASY TO DRAW BLACK-AND-
WHITE LINES OF WHERE
RESPONSIBILITIES LIE, BUT AS
YOU SAW FROM THE DIAGRAM OF THE
NEW MONTLAKE INTERCHANGE WE ARE
WEAVING BACK TOGETHER THE CITY
AND SO THE LINES GET BLURRED.
SO WHERE THE STATE HIGHWAY
EXISTS IS VERY SEPARATE FROM
CITY STREETS.
THAT'S PRETTY EASY.
THAT IS WSDOT'S RESPONSIBILITY.
WHERE THERE ARE IMPROVEMENTS
WITHIN CITY STREETS IS EASY.
THAT'S THE CITY'S
RESPONSIBILITY.
MOUNTLAKE BOULEVARD ITSELF IS A
CITY STREET OPERATING AS A
STATE HIGHWAY SO THERE IS A
SEPARATE SET OF GUIDELINES THAT
REALLY GUIDE THAT.
AND THEN THE LID, AND A LOT OF
THE ENHANCED FEATURES THAT ARE
REALLY GROWING OUT IN LARGE
PART FROM THE INTERESTS OF THE
CITY AND THE COMMUNITY, AND THE
DESIGN COMMISSION FOR A HIGHER-
QUALITY PRODUCT FOR THE
COMMUNITY DRIVES IN SOME CASES
FOR THE CITY TO TAKE OPERATION
AND MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITY
FOR ELEMENTS THAT ARE REALLY
WITHIN THE STATE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
TYPICALLY, THE STATE IS TAKING
OVER ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
STRUCTURES IN THE STATE RIGHT-
OF-WAY BUT IN MANY CASES THE
CITY WILL BE CONTAINING THE
SURFACE FEATURES TO TRY TO KEEP
THE QUALITY THAT WE REALLY WANT
IN THOSE FEATURES.
>> WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE CITY
MAINTAINING, ARE WE TALKING
ABOUT OCCASIONALLY YOU KNOW
REPAVING OR FIXING A SIDEWALK
THAT HAS BUCKLED, MOWING THE
LAWN, PLANTING THE TREES,
WATERING?
>> ALL OF THE ABOVE.
SOME OF THE PARK LIKE FEATURES ON
THE SURFACE WOULD BE MAINTAINED
BY PARKS.
WSDOT IS GOING TO REVERSE --
REIMBURSE FOR SOME OF THOSE
SERVICES.
SOME OF THE WALKWAY OR SIDEWALK
FACILITIES SDOT WOULD MAINTAIN.
THINGS LIKE THAT.
TO A LARGE DEGREE WITH THE
AGREEMENT DOES IS FIND THE MOST
COST-EFFECTIVE GOOD GOVERNMENT
APPROACH IN TERMS OF WHO DOES
IT MAKE SENSE TO MAINTAIN THIS
STUFF.
IF YOU HAVE A RETAINING WALL
ACCESSIBLE FROM CITY RIGHT-OF-
WAY, WE SHOULD BE DOING THE
REGULAR INSPECTIONS, NOT HAVE
WSDOT BRING OUT THEIR TRUCKS
INTO OUR RIGHT-OF-WAY, GET A
PERMIT FROM US TO DO THAT WORK.
SO THAT'S A LOT OF THE DETAILS
IN THIS AGREEMENT.
>> GREAT.
>> THE WORKING RELATIONSHIP HAS
BEEN PRODUCTIVE?
>> IT HAS BEEN.
I WILL SAY THIS IS A LITTLE
TRANSPORTATION GEEKY, BUT WE
FREQUENTLY HAVE NOT DEVELOPED
THESE AGREEMENTS UNTIL
CONSTRUCTION HAS STARTED OR THE
INFRASTRUCTURE IS ACTUALLY BUILT
AND IT'S A LOT HARDER TO HAVE
THE CONVERSATIONS ON THE
BACKEND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE
THE WORK WSDOT AND THE CITY
HAVE DONE, VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS
HAVE DONE TO GET CLARITY UP
FRONT.
IT MAKES THE DESIGN A LOT
EASIER FOR THE DESIGN BUILDER
TO KNOW WHO THEIR CLIENT IS,
WHO THEY ARE BUILDING IT FOR,
SO I EXPECT IT WILL HELP US IN
THE DESIGN PROCESS.
>> THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR.
>> THAT CONCLUDES OUR
PRESENTATION.
WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS.
>> TIMING ON THIS AGREEMENT?
>> WE HAD HOPED TO BRING THE
AGREEMENT BEFORE YOU GOT TO
BUDGET.
WE DIDN'T QUITE GET THERE.
WE ARE FIRST OFF THE DECK HERE
BUT WE DID SUBMIT AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF THE
AGREEMENT, AND WE ARE
ESSENTIALLY PROCEEDING IN THE
HOPE OF APPROVAL.
>> GREAT.
ANYTHING ELSE?
THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS
INFORMATION.
YOU'VE GOT QUITE A PROJECT
THERE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU
ALL SOON.
>> THANK YOU.
>> NEXT AGENDA ITEM, JESSE.
>> COUNSEL BILL 11941 30 AN
ORDINANCE VACATING PORTIONS OF
11th AVENUE SOUTHWEST 13th
AVENUE SOUTHWEST, SOUTHWEST
HANFORD STREET, AND SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA STREET ON THE PETITION
THAT THE PORT OF SEATTLE CLERK
FILED 310929 IN ACCEPTING
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT EASEMENTS.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY WE ARE
OVER TIME SO IF YOU COME BACK
IN 10 YEARS WILL FINISH THIS UP
BUT MAYBE LET'S SEE IF WE CAN
FINISH TODAY.
>> WE WILL TRY.
>> BEVERLY, YOU CAN GO FIRST.
>> BEVERLY BARNETT SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
DAVID AMBLE REPRESENTING THE
PORT OF SEATTLE.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU.
WELCOME, DAVID.
>> TODAY, THE LAST TWO ITEMS
ARE VACATIONS AND THEY SORT OF
REFLECT THE BEGINNING AND THE
END OF THE PROCESS.
USUALLY, WHEN WE HAVE A FINAL
VACATION ORDINANCE, WE WANT TO
DO A LITTLE REMINDER ABOUT THE
PROCESS SO THAT IF PEOPLE THINK
THIS IS SOMETHING BRAND-NEW, IT
ISN'T.
THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ESTABLISHED
A TWO-PART APPROVAL PROCESS FOR
EVERY VACATION, SO AS WE WILL
SEE WITH THE NEXT ITEM WITH
BROAD STREET, THE FIRST LOOK AT
THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
GIVES, WE HOLD A PUBLIC
HEARING.
WE HAVE A BRIEFING ON THE SDOT
RECOMMENDATION AND THE COUNCIL
WILL VOTE ON WHETHER TO GRANT
THE VACATION AND WHAT
CONDITIONS WILL BE IMPOSED.
AFTER THAT, THE PROJECT
PROPONENT HAS THE RIGHT TO
PROCEED AND DEVELOP THE
PROJECT.
WE ONLY TO THE FINAL VACATION
ORDINANCE WHEN EVERYTHING IS
DONE AS ENVISIONED AND DIRECTED
BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO, UTILITY RELOCATIONS, FEES,
PUBLIC BENEFIT FEATURES,
EVERYTHING IS ACCOMPLISHED.
GENERALLY NOW WE LOOK AT A
SPECIFIC TIME FRAME.
AND WE EXPECT TO SEE A PROJECT
COMPLETED DEPENDING ON THE
COMPLEXITY OF THE PROJECT NOW
WE ARE OFTEN SEEN FIVE YEARS OR
LONGER FOR LARGER SCALE
PROJECTS, SO FOR EXAMPLE WITH
YES, SIR TERRACE, THE CITY
COUNCIL GRANTED 15 YEARS TO
COMPLETE WORK.
WITH THE PORT, WE DID NOT HAVE
A SPECIFIC TIME FRAME, AND I
THINK THIS TOOK A LOT LONGER
THAN ANY OF US ENVISIONED.
THERE IS JUST I DON'T EVEN KNOW
HOW TO EXPRESS, IT WAS A LOT
MORE COMPLICATED THAN
ENVISIONED AND ONE THING WE DID
LEARN AND THAT IS REFLECTED IN
THE POLICIES IS MORE
ACCOUNTABILITY AROUND TIMING
AND A MORE REALISTIC TIME FRAME
FROM THE ACCOMPLISHMENT SO EVEN
THOUGH THIS TOOK A REALLY LONG
TIME, WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO BE
HERE, AND DOING THE VERY LAST
STEPS, SO WE HAVE A REALLY
BRIEF POWERPOINT.
I THINK THE COUNCIL AND
COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE REALLY
FAMILIAR WITH THIS BUT DAVID IS
GOING TO RUN THROUGH PRETTY
QUICKLY, A REMINDER SINCE THIS
IS AN HISTORIC VACATION
PETITION.
WE WILL JUST PLUNGE IN AND THEN
THE ORDINANCE IS READY FOR A
VOTE SHOULD THE COMMITTEE
SHOULD BE PREPARED.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
THANK YOU, BEVERLY FOR
INTRODUCING ALL THAT.
AGAIN, WHAT WE DID WITH THIS
PROJECT WHEN IT WAS PETITIONED
BACK IN DO WE WANT TO SAY?
1998, THERE WAS 16 CONDITIONS
ON THE PETITION TO DO THIS
THROUGH VACATION.
AS BEVERLY MENTIONED, IT WAS
PRETTY COMPLICATED
MOST OF THE ONES I HAVE LISTED
ON THE SLIDE.
THEY WERE ALL DONE BETWEEN 1998
AND 2002.
THE PROJECT WAS COMPLETED FOR
2018.
THE ONE THAT WE HAD THE MOST
DIFFICULTY ON AND WAS MOST
COMPLEX WAS THE UTILITY
CONDITION NUMBER TWO.
I DON'T WANT TO BOTHER READING
THROUGH THESE IF I DON'T HAVE
TO.
>> YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
>> WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOU NOT.
>> JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S
PERSPECTIVE 2018 I HAVE WHAT IT
LOOKED LIKE BEFORE WE VACATED
THE STREETS AND I DON'T HAVE A
LASER POINTER BUT T 18 WAS AT
THE TIME JUST THIS LONG STRIP
NORTH AND SOUTH ALONG THE EAST
SIDE OF HARBOR ISLAND.
THERE WAS AN OIL TANK FARM HERE
AND HERE, A SHIPYARD IN THIS
AREA, OVER HERE, AND MANY, MANY
SMALL PARCELS PRIVATELY OWNED
IN THIS AREA RIGHT HERE.
AND THEN THERE WAS THE FISHER
FLOUR MILL DOWN HERE WHICH IS
NOW APPEAR.
THERE WAS THE CEMENT PLANTS
DOWN HERE.
ONCE WE DID THE VACATION WORK,
OR ONCE WE STARTED DOING THE
WORK ON T 18 AND COMPLETED IT,
THE TERMINAL ITSELF AND THERE
IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER SLIDE
BUT THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE
NOW, FOR T 18 IF YOU LOOKED AT
IT FROM THE AIR IT WOULD BE
LIKE A SMALL D. IT'S NO LONGER
-- IT'S A LARGER SHAPE.
THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW.
THE RED AREA IS THE AREA THAT
WAS PETITION IN THE VACATION FOR
IN 1998, AND THEN WE CLOSED OFF
THE AREAS ALONG THE GREEN LINE.
THAT'S WHERE IT BECAME T 18,
AND SO THE 11th AVENUE AREA
THERE WAS TAKEN OUT OF PUBLIC
RIGHT-OF-WAY CONDITIONALLY, OF
COURSE ALONG WITH THIS PORTION
OF 13th AND THIS PORTION OF
HANFORD.
THERE IS A SMALL PORTION APPEAR
CONSIDERED FLORIDA AVENUE.
THAT WAS ALREADY DONE OUT OF
IT.
THE PRESENTATION IS A SUMMARY OF
A 40+ PAGE REPORT THAT I
PRESENTED TO BEVERLY A FEW
MONTHS AGO SO WE HAVE PUT
TOGETHER A FAIRLY DETAILED
REPORT THAT DESCRIBES EXACTLY
WHAT THE PORT DID TO MEET THE
CONDITIONS AND THERE IS BACKUP
DOCUMENTATION IN THE REPORT
THAT DESCRIBES AND HAS LINKS TO
THE OTHER REPORTS THAT WENT
WITH THE PROJECT SO WE HAVE
THAT MATERIAL AVAILABLE FOR THE
COUNSEL.
AGAIN, THE KEY THAT JUST GOT
FINISHED UP THIS PAST YEAR IS
CONDITION 2 WHERE WE HAD
FINISHED OFF SOME AGREEMENTS
WITH SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES
LAST YEAR, AND THEY HAD THEIR
ORDINANCE COME FORWARD LAST
YEAR.
A CENTURY LINK EASEMENT
AGREEMENT, SEVERAL EASEMENTS AT
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT, OLYMPIC
PIPELINE, BRITISH PETROLEUM,
KINDER MORGAN, AND PUGET SOUND
WERE ALL EASEMENTS WITHIN THOSE
RED CORRIDORS, THESE REDLINES
HERE ALL HAD UTILITIES RUNNING
THROUGH THEM THAT NEEDED TO BE
NEGOTIATED AND AGREED TO.
THAT'S WHAT TO IS THE LONGEST
TO DO.
>> THREE SIMPLE WORDS.
RESOLVE UTILITY ISSUES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY DID IT
REQUIRE RELOCATION OR WAS IT A
MATTER OF THEY ARE STILL THERE
YOU JUST HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH
HOW THEY ARE ON YOUR PROPERTY
NOW?
>> THEY ARE EXACTLY THAT.
ONE OF THE ISSUES WE HAD HAD
FOR A LONG TIME WAS WHETHER OR
NOT WE NEEDED TO BE LOCATE THE
UTILITY DUE TO BASICALLY
ENCROACHMENTS.
THAT ISSUE WAS RESOLVED NOT BY
RELOCATING THE UTILITY BUT
RELOCATING THE EASEMENT.
AND TECHNICALLY, IT'S THE
CENTURY LINK EASEMENT THAT GOT
SHIFTED OVER.
WE HAVE GIVEN THEM LESS SPACE
THAN THEY HAD ORIGINALLY.
>> OKAY.
>> SO AGAIN I SAID IN THE
REPORT, WE HAVE A LOT OF THE
DETAILS BEHIND WHAT WAS DONE
HERE.
AND THEN WE HAVE A NICE LITTLE
MAP THAT SHOWS TIES TO THOSE
DIFFERENT I'M SORRY CONDITION
NUMBERS TO THE AREAS ON THE MAP
THAT HAPPENED IN THE AREA.
SOME OF THEM ARE OFF-SITE SO WE
HAVE THE PUBLIC ACCESS SITES
ALONG WITH THE SPOKANE CORRIDOR
FOR PEDESTRIANS, AND THERE IS A
SHORELINE ACCESS SITE BETWEEN
THE FISHER FLOUR MILL AND THE
CEMENT PLANT.
AND THEN THERE'S THE OFFSTREET
PARKING THAT WE HAD TO MITIGATE
AS PART OF THE 11th AVENUE
CORRIDOR.
AND THEN A BIKE PATH THAT WE
BUILT FOR THE CITY.
THAT IS THE SPOKANE CORRIDOR
BIKE PATH.
AND THEN THERE IS GRADE
SEPARATION FROM THE RAIL LINE
CORRIDOR.
ALL OF THIS RAIL CAPACITY USED
TO BE IN THE 11th AVENUE
CORRIDOR AND WE SHIFTED IT TO
THIS SEGMENT IN THE 16th AVENUE
CORRIDOR.
STILL MAINTAINING TWO LANES OF
TRAFFIC ON 16th IN EITHER
DIRECTION.
AND THEN BUILT THIS BRIDGE THAT
ALLOWS FOR ACCESS ONTO AND OFF
OF THE ISLAND WITHOUT BEING
STUCK WITH THE RAIL.
>> BEVERLY.
WITHOUT GOING INTO TOO MANY
DETAILS I AM ASSUMING LONG AGO
THEY DID ALL THE BENEFIT
REQUIREMENTS WE HAD STIPULATED
20 YEARS AGO.
>> YES.
EVERYTHING WAS DONE WHEN THE
PROJECT WAS CONSTRUCTED AS
DAVID MENTIONED.
IT WAS REALLY THE COMPLEXITY OF
THE UTILITY ISSUES AND WITH
SOME OF THAT THERE WAS
CONTAMINATED SOIL AND ALL KINDS
OF THINGS.
SO IT WAS WELL -- IT WAS MUCH
MORE COMPLEX THAN ANTICIPATED
SO WE THINK THIS IS DONE AND
READY TO GO.
>> GREAT.
COLLEAGUES, DO YOU HAVE ANY
FURTHER QUESTIONS?
I WILL MOVE COUNSEL BILL
119413.
SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING
AYE.
NOT OPPOSED.
GREAT.
THE 20 YEAR WAIT WILL COME TO
AN END HOPEFULLY ON WEDNESDAY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ONGOING WORK
ON THIS.
CLARK FILE 314387 PETITION OF
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT FOR THE
VACATION PORTION OF BROAD
STREET BETWEEN HARRISON STREET
AND TAYLOR AVENUE NORTH.
>> BEVERLY BARNETT SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
>> MARK BRANSON LANDSCAPE
ARCHITECTS.
>> MATT BOYD, ELECTRIC POWER
SYSTEMS.
>> MICHAEL JENKINS DESIGN
COMMISSION.
>> CLAIRE LLOYD SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT SUBSTATION MASTER.
>> DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO T
THIS UP?
>> JUST VERY BRIEFLY I THINK
THIS IS THE LAST STREET
VACATION THAT CAME IN UNDER THE
OLD STREET VACATION POLICIES.
EVERYTHING YOU SEE FROM HERE ON
WILL BE COMING IN UNDER THE NEW
VACATION POLICIES.
>> GREAT.
WE HAD A MEETING OR A BRIEFING
FROM SDOT, SORRY SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT THIS SUMMER.
>> IT WAS IN JULY.
>> WE APPRECIATE THE
CONVERSATION, THE TIME
RECOGNIZING THE OLD SET OF
RULES.
A NOD TOWARDS TRYING TO BE
CONSISTENT WITH THE DIRECTION
WE ARE GOING.
LET'S JUMP IN.
>> MARK IS GOING TO GO THROUGH
THE POWERPOINT AND I THINK WE
CAN BE PRETTY CONCISE.
I DID WANT TO NOTE WITH THIS,
WE THINK CITY LIGHT DID A
REALLY GOOD JOB BEING
RESPONSIVE, SO WE ARE REALLY
SATISFIED WITH THE TOTAL
PACKAGE.
I THINK WITH THIS ONE, CITY
LIGHT FIRST CAME IN WITH A VERY
MISSION DRIVEN ORGANIZATION AND
THEY LOOKED AT HOW THE
EXPANSION COULD SERVE THE
UTILITY NEEDS, AND THEY ARE
FRUGAL.
SO WHEN THEY CAME IN WITH THEIR
INITIAL PROPOSAL, THERE WERE
SOME QUESTIONS THAT WE RAISED
ABOUT HOW COMPATIBLE IT WAS IN
SUCH A VIBRANT NEIGHBORHOOD,
AND HOW THE UTILITY COULD MEET
THEIR NEEDS, AND STILL BE A
MORE ENGAGING PART OF THE
COMMUNITY.
THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE WORKED IN
-- WORKED ON.
I THINK MICHAEL JENKINS WILL
HAVE SOME COMMENTS, BUT I THINK
THE UTILITY WAS REALLY
RESPONSIVE TO HOW TO PROTECT
THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS AND
STILL LOOK AT WHAT THEY CAN DO
IN THE STREETSCAPE AND RECOGNIZE
WHAT AN UNUSUAL AND VIBRANT
NEIGHBORHOOD THEY ARE IN.
I THINK OVERALL, THEY DID A
REALLY GOOD JOB.
THEY HEARD THE QUESTIONS WE
RAISED AND FOUND A WAY TO
ADDRESS IT.
I THINK MARK WAS GOING TO GO
THROUGH THE POWERPOINT.
>> LET'S GO.
OKAY.
YOU'VE SEEN A LARGE PART OF
THIS.
AT THE BRIEFING THAT WE SHARED
WITH YOU PREVIOUSLY.
THERE IS THE WEDGE, THE
TRIANGLE THAT WE ARE ASKING FOR
THE VACATION.
IT'S A REMNANT PARCEL FROM THE
CLOSURE OF BROAD STREET.
WE ARE LOCATING THREE MAJOR
PIECES OF EQUIPMENT.
THESE ARE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT
YOU WOULD FIND AT THE DENNY'S
SUBSTATION.
THEY ARE LARGE AND THEY EACH
HAVE A SAFETY SETBACK
REQUIREMENT FOR THEM.
IT'S THE INDUCTOR, BEE GIS IS
THE GAS INFLATED SWITCHGEAR AND
THE CAPACITOR BANK.
THAT AND THE CONTROLS THAT COME
ALONG WITH IT.
THIS IS A LARGE OVERVIEW
PULLBACK LOOKING AT THE GATES
FOUNDATION IN THE FOREGROUND.
ONE THING I WILL POINT OUT IS
THOMAS STREET IS A GREEN
STREET.
IT'S AN ADOPTED CONCEPT PLAN.
IT HAS BEEN PART OF PLANNING
WITH LAKE DEBATE TRAIL.
IT'S A CONNECTION TO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD, PARTICULARLY THE
BICYCLES.
THE WEDGE OF LAND WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT IS IN YELLOW.
YOU CAN SEE THE REMNANT PARCELS
OR THE CLOSURE OF BROAD STREET
ALONG THIS ALIGNMENT.
THIS IS A PHOTO FROM THE TOP OF
THE GATES FOUNDATION.
YOU CAN HIGHLIGHT IT IN PINK.
AS REQUESTED 4000 SQUARE FEET
OF LAND.
WHAT I WILL POINT OUT ON THIS
SLIDE IS THE LANDMARK
STRUCTURES.
SO THERE ARE THREE PRIMARY
PIECES.
IT'S THE CRANE BUILDING.
THEN THE ADJACENT CONTROL
BUILDINGS, AND WHAT WE REFER TO
AS THE DEAD-END TOWER, WHICH IS
A BRIGHTLY PAINTED YELLOW
STRUCTURE THAT DOES HAVE SOME
FUNCTION.
THE OTHER THING I WILL POINT
OUT TOO IS YOU NOTICE THE CURB
ALIGNMENT IS ESSENTIALLY
COMPLETE.
THIS HAS BEEN COMPLETED BY SDOT
AS PART OF THE NORTH PORTAL.
SO IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE THE
SUBSTATION SHOULD BE FILLING
OUT THIS CORNER.
EXISTING CONDITIONS.
THE BUILDING I WILL POINT OUT
HERE PARTICULAR THE CLOSURE.
WHICH WAS AN ARTIST
PARTICIPATED IN THIS SO IT HAS
A VERY DISTINCT CHARACTER AND
YOU WILL SEE WE ARE ESSENTIALLY
EXTENDING THAT IN OUR PROPOSAL.
A PRETTY ROBUST COMMUNITY
OUTREACH PROGRAM, IN PARTICULAR
WITH OUR NEIGHBORS, ADJACENT
NEIGHBORS OF THE GATES
FOUNDATION AND ATTORNEY RICHARD
ADLER.
WE MET WITH HIM VERY EARLY IN
2016, AND THE UPTOWN ALLIANCE
IS A VERY IMPORTANT GROUP.
THEY CAME FORWARD AND HELPED US
WITH PUBLIC BENEFITS TO
IDENTIFY THE NEED IN THE
COMMUNITY WHICH IS REALLY THE
REPURPOSING OF OUR RIGHT AWAY
INTO MORE PEOPLE SPACE AND
BICYCLES.
YOU WILL SEE THAT IN OUR PUBLIC
BENEFIT PACKAGE . SO, VACATION
CONDO VACATION AS BEVERLY
MENTIONED WE STARTED OUT WITH
THE NO VACATION SCHEME STARTED
OUT WITH A VERY TALL WALL.
THROUGH CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
SUBCOMMITTEE, DESIGN
COMMISSION, WE CAME TO THE
RESOLUTION AT THE TOP THERE,
WHICH IS ACCENT -- WHICH IS
ESSENTIALLY THE EXTENT OF THE
CLOSURE.
OF THE ENGINEERS WENT BACK TO
THE DRAWING TABLE TO RE-SPACE
EQUIPMENT, EXCEPT A LITTLE BIT
LESS BUT STILL GET US THE
SAFETY AND MAINTENANCE
REQUIREMENTS, AND ACCESS WE
NEEDED.
THE ALTERNATIVE REALLY WAS A
NONSTARTER.
IT PLACED THE CAPACITOR
EQUIPMENT ON TOP OF THE
LANDMARK BUILDING.
THEY DIDN'T KNOW THAT AT THE
TIME.
BUT THERE WAS NOWHERE ELSE TO
GO IN THIS SUBSTATION WITHOUT
REDESIGNING PARTS OF IT, WHICH
WOULDN'T FIT WITHIN THE PROJECT
NOR THE BUDGET.
ESSENTIALLY, WE WERE ONLY LEFT
WITH ONE SOLUTION.
IT'S JUST HOW WELL WE COULD DO
IT.
SO ESSENTIALLY, AS YOU CAN SEE
YOU WILL SEE IN A COUPLE SLIDES
WE HAVE EXTENDED THE ENCLOSURE.
THIS IS ALMOST A ONE-FOR-ONE
TRADE.
WE ARE REPURPOSE AND RIGHT-OF-
WAY SPACE FOR MORE PEDESTRIAN
LANDSCAPE SIDEWALKS, BICYCLES.
AND ALMOST MATCHING WHAT WE ARE
REQUESTING WITH THE VACATION.
THE PLAN VIEW IMPROVEMENTS IS
THE FILLING OUT OF THE CORNER,
THE THREE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT,
THE GIS, THE INDUCTOR AND THE
CAPACITORS, AND THEN THE
EXTENSION AND CLOSURE.
WE HAVE SOLID STRUCTURE THAT IS
REQUIRED BECAUSE OF SAFETY
EQUIPMENT.
IT GETS VERY CLOSE TO THE EDGE
OF THE ENCLOSURE AND WE DON'T
WANT SOMEBODY TO POKE A STICK
IN THERE AND TOUCH THIS
EQUIPMENT, SO THAT'S WHY WE
HAVE SOLID WALLS.
THE EXISTING ENCLOSURE IS 13.5
FEET TALL, SO WE ARE
ESSENTIALLY EXTENDING THAT
AROUND THE CORNER.
WE DO START TO PICK UP SOME
GREATS, SO THERE WILL BE
NUANCES WHERE IT MIGHT BE
SLIGHTLY TALLER.
AS WE GET AROUND THE CORNER AND
ADJACENT TO THE CRANE BUILDING.
WE DO HAVE AN ACCESS POINT OFF
OF HARRISON REQUIRED TO GET
INTO THE EQUIPMENT.
OTHERWISE, WE CAN'T GET TO THIS
PARTICULAR LOCATION WITHIN THE
SUBSTATION AND THERE IS ANOTHER
SMALL ACCESS POINT ADJACENT TO
THE CRANE BUILDING.
VERY IMPORTANTLY WE ARE NOT
TOUCHING THE CRANE BUILDING.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE CONDITIONS
WITH LANDMARKS THAT WE KEEP
CLEAR OF THOSE LANDMARK
STRUCTURES.
TURNING AROUND NOW LOOKING AT
THE ALIGNMENT OF BROAD STREET
AND FILLING OUT THE CORNER, AND
AGAIN YOU CAN SEE THE HEIGHT OF
THE ENCLOSURE RELATIVE TO THE
CRANE BUILDING.
THAT CORNER IS COMPLETE OF
TAYLOR AND HARRISON.
THAT CURB ALIGNMENT IS ALREADY
FINISHED.
AT STREET LEVEL THAT GIVES YOU
SOME PERSPECTIVE.
WE PAID PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO
TRANSPARENCY AS PART OF THE
EXISTING ENCLOSURE.
SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
AT THE CORNER WE HAVE A PERCH
POINT, SO AGAIN COPYING THE
LANGUAGE OF THE EXISTING
ENCLOSURE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO
THIS CONCEPT.
TWO PRIMARY PUBLIC BENEFITS.
THESE WERE REALLY BORN OUT OF
DISCUSSIONS WITH SDOT AND THE
UPTOWN COMMUNITY.
, AND THEIR PREFERENCE TO DO
BETTER WITH THEIR STREETS.
WE ARE ESSENTIALLY ON THOMAS,
COPYING A LANGUAGE THAT HAS
BEEN STARTED BETWEEN FIFTH
AVENUE TAYLOR, WHERE THEY HAVE
REPURPOSED ON STREET PARKING
INTO WIDER SIDEWALKS, MORE
LANDSCAPE, AND VERY
IMPORTANTLY, BUFFERED BIKE
LANES.
SO IT'S A -- THE EXISTING CURB
LINE IS IN THE DASHED RED.
WE ARE EXTENDING THAT OUT BY
SEVEN FEET, ELIMINATING
PARKING, GAINING BUFFER LIENS
ON EACH -- BUFFER LANES ON EACH
SIDE OF THE STREET.
WE WILL NOT BE AFFECTING THE
CURB LINE CELLS.
AS DIRECTED BY SDOT.
THEIR PREFERENCE IS FOR THE
ADJACENT DEVELOPER TO DO THAT.
HIS HIS AN IMAGE OF WHAT IT
WILL LOOK AND FEEL LIKE
ADJACENT TO THE SUBSTATION.
THE EXISTING ENCLOSURE IS ON
THE LEFT.
YOU CAN SEE THE GENEROUS
LANDSCAPE OPPORTUNITIES WERE
AFFORDED AS WELL AS PAUSE
POINTS.
THERE WILL BE PEDESTRIAN SCALE
LIGHTING ON HERE, AS WELL.
>> HELP ME UNDERSTAND ON ANY OF
THESE MAPS, JUST THE BEFORE AND
AFTER PICTURES.
I SEE THESE NICE LANDSCAPE
CHANGES, THE INFRASTRUCTURE
INVESTMENTS, BUT THE ACTUAL
SQUARE FOOTAGE OF CHANGE WAS
ALL OUTSIDE THE FENCE AND IS
STILL OUTSIDE THE FENCE.
WHO OWNED IT BEFORE AND WHO
OWNS IT NOW?
>> IT'S REALLY REPURPOSE IN.
IT'S MOVING THAT CURB LINE OUT
AND WE ARE NOW PUTTING IN A
PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE
IMPROVEMENT.
IT IS PUBLIC LAND.
IT'S ALREADY AVAILABLE.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE ARE CREATING
NEW SPACE.
WE ARE JUST PUSHING THE CURB
LINE OUT.
IT'S ALMOST EQUALLY DIVIDED
BETWEEN THOMAS AND TAYLOR.
>> SO IS IT ALL STILL RIGHT
AWAY?
>> IT IS.
>> DO YOU HAVE THE DESIRE -- I
GET THE DESIRE TO MATCH SQUARE
FOOTAGE BUT THE IDEA IS TO DO
THE BUFFERED BIKE LANE, MOVE
THE CURB AND ALL THAT.
>> I HOPE ITEMIZED THOSE ON OUR
TABLE.
AGAIN, THE REDLINE IS THE BACK
ANGLED PARKING.
IT'S ONE OF THE LAST PLACES IN
SEATTLE WHERE YOU CAN GET 10
HOURS OF PARKING, METERED
PARKING.
>> THERE WILL BE A LINE THERE
NOW TOMORROW.
>> WE ARE JUST REDUCING THEM
OUT AND GOING INTO PARALLEL
PARKING.
WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH SDOT TO
ACHIEVE A PREFERRED ALIGNMENT.
WE EXPECTED IT WOULD BE MATCHED
NORTH OR SOUTH OF THIS BLOCK AS
THOSE BLOCKS REDEVELOP, BUT IT
DOES ESSENTIALLY THEN GIVE US
MORE LANDSCAPE OPPORTUNITIES,
BETTER SIDEWALKS, AMENITIES
THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS
LOOKING FOR, AND PEDESTRIAN
SCALE LIGHTING AGAIN.
THIS IS ANOTHER LOOK AND FEEL
OF WHAT WE AND UP WITH WHEN WE
ARE ABLE TO DO THAT.
THIS ITEMIZES ALL OF THE OF --
ALL OF THE ELEMENTS THAT ARE
ABOVE AND BEYOND.
THERE IS A DOLLAR VALUE ON THE
RIGHT.
THAT'S THE PRESENTATION.
>> WHO WILL MAINTAIN THIS ONCE
IT IS ALL DONE?
CITY LATE -- CITY LIGHT?
>> THAT'S THE EXPECTATION.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THEIR
MAINTENANCE CURRENT FACILITIES
FOLKS TO UNDERSTAND EXACT PLANT
MATERIAL.
THE MAINTENANCE REGIME IS
EXPECTED.
THERE IS MAYBE ONE ITEM WHICH
WOULD BE THE LIGHTS.
MAINTAINS THAT.
BUT IT IS CITY LIGHT.
YOU WOULD THINK THEY WOULD BE
MAINTAINING THEM.
THERE IS ALL STOCK FIXTURES
THAT COME OUT.
>> OKAY.
>> ANY QUESTIONS?
>> NOTHING HAS CHANGED.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD
PROJECT.
>> I FAILED TO MENTION THIS
REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING.
WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICED FOR TODAY.
I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I HAVE 1.5 PEOPLE SIGNED UP.
I THINK THEY MAY HAVE SIGNED UP
ON THE WRONG SHEET.
ALEX ZIMMERMAN WAS FIRST.
I DON'T SEE HIM HERE.
AND I BELIEVE I HAVE HALF OF
GNUTE RINGAN HIS NAME HERE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE
AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO
PROVIDE COMMENT?
ALL RIGHT.
SEEING NONE I WILL CLOSE THE
PUBLIC HEARING.
IF THERE IS NO FURTHER
DISCUSSION, NORMALLY WE DO NOT
VOTE ON ISSUES THE SAME DAY WE
HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING BUT SEEING
AS HOW THIS HAS BEEN BEFORE THE
PUBLIC FOR MONTHS AND NOTHING
HAS CHANGED, IT DOESN'T APPEAR
TO BE TERRIBLY CONTROVERSIAL, I
WOULD ASK THAT WE SUSPEND THE
RULES TO ALLOW A VOTE ON THE
SAME DAY AS A PUBLIC HEARING.
>> SECOND.
>> ON FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE RULES ARE SUSPENDED.
SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE A
VOTE.
I WILL MOVE THE CLERK FILE.
>> SECOND.
>> ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY
SAYING AYE.
NOT OPPOSED.
THIS WILL GO TO FULL COUNCIL ON
MONDAY.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON
THIS.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE
SAID THE GROUND.
>> WE WOULD LIKE TO GET HOCKEY
JERSEYS ON THE PEOPLE.
>> EXCELLENT [ LAUGHTER ]
>> WE ARE DONE WITH THE AGENDA.
WE ARE ADJOURNED.