>>> HI.
>> HELLO.
VERY DEEP SUBJECT.
GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY, IT IS
OCTOBER 18, 2019.
THIS IS OUR BUDGET COMMITTEE.
I'M SALLY BAGSHAW, CHAIR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MY COLLEAGUES COUNCIL MEMBER
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ,
GONZALEZ, AND PACHECO FOR BEING
HERE WITH ME THIS MORNING.
TODAY WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE
WITH THE BUDGET ISSUE I. D.
DELIBERATIONS.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU CALVIN
CHOW IN ADVANCE.
WE'RE GOING TO BE HEARING FROM
TRANSPORTATION, AND THEN WE'RE
GOING TO BE DIVING INTO TNC
LATER.
SO WE'VE PUT THE TNC INTO TWO
PARTS.
SO WE'LL FOCUS ON THE PROPOSED
TAX, LICENSING FEE REDUCTION,
AND THE SPENDING PLAN.
AND THE SECOND PART WE WILL BE
DISCUSSING THE FOCUS ON THE
WORKER PROTECTION FOR THE
DRIVERS THIS AFTERNOON.
THAT CONVERSATION WILL BEGIN AT
2:00.
SO YESTERDAY IF ANY OF YOU WERE
PAYING ATTENTION AND WATCHING
US, WE WERE DISCUSSING OUR
HOUSING, HOMELESSNESS, HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT, EDUCATION,
AND EARLY LEARNING.
OUR OFFICERS WILL ARISE IN THE
OFFICE OF ECONOMICS
MY COLLEAGUES WHO ARE HERE. TO
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR GOOD
QUESTION COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALEZ LEADING THE CHARGE ON
THAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER PACHECO FOR THE
WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AROUND
THE UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS.
I THINK YOU'VE GOT SOME
EXCELLENT IDEAS THERE FOR OUR
CAR PARKING.
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ, THANK
YOU.
NOT ONLY FOR ALL YOUR WORK FOR
D5, BUT LOOKING AT HOW OUR
NAVIGATION TEAMS CAN WORK MORE
EFFECTIVELY TOGETHER.
SO WITH THAT SAID LET'S JUST
DIVE RIGHT INTO DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION ISSUES.
AND IF YOU WILL JUST INTRODUCE
YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD, THEN
WE'LL GET GOING.
>> GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR,
TOM MIKESELL, COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF.
>> CALVIN CHOW, COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF.
GOOD MORNING.
TODAY I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT
BUDGET ISSUES RELATED TO THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION.
I'LL BE SPEAKING TO MY ISSUE
PAPER, WHICH ATTACHED TO THE
AGENDA.
IT WILL COVER AN OVERVIEW OF
SDOT'S BUDGET, THREE PIECES OF
LEGISLATION, AND 15 COUNCIL
MEMBER POLLS THAT WILL BE
DISCUSSED AT THE END OF THE
PRESENTATION.
I'LL START TODAY WITH AN
OVERVIEW OF SDOT'S BUDGET.
THE SLIDE IN FRONT OF YOU SHOWS
SDOT'S APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE
2020 PROPOSED BUDGET.
YOU'LL SEE THE PROPOSED BUDGET
IS $28.2 MILLION MORE THAN WHAT
WAS IN THE 2020 ENDORSED
BUDGET.
THIS IS A 4% INCREASE.
IT INCLUDES THE AVERAGE WAGE
INCREASE FOR 2019 AND 2020 THAT
WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE 2020
ENDORSED BUDGET.
THE MAIN INCREASES ARE IN FOUR
OF THE OPERATING BUDGET SUMMARY
LEVELS OR BSLs.
THE LARGEST INCREASING IS IN
THE GENERAL EXPENSE BSLs SHOWN
IN LINE H. THAT'S A 29%
INCREASE.
THIS INCLUDES MONEY, $4 MILLION
FOR THE MERCER MEGA BLOCK
TRANSACTION COST AND FOR
REPAYMENT OF THE SOUTH LAKE
UNION STREETCAR OPERATING LOAN.
$5.5 MILLION FOR TRANSFER TO
THESTREETCAR OPERATING FUND.
>> CAN I ASK YOU TO SLOW DOWN A
TINY BIT?
YOU'VE GOT A GREAT MEMO HERE.
WE WANT TO READ IT.
FOLLOWING UP ON THE SUMMARY IS
A LITTLE HARD TO CATCH WHERE
YOU ARE AT.
>> THANK YOU FOR CHECKING ME.
I'M LOOKING AT LINE H JUST TO
SHOW THE BSLs THAT HAVE THE
HIGHEST INCREASE FOR THE
INCREASE IN SDOT'S BUDGET.
THE GENERAL EXPENSE LINE HAS A
29% INCREASE WHICH IS $12.3
MILLION MORE THAN WHAT WAS IN
THE ENDORSED BUDGET.
THIS IS RELATED TO ONE-TIME
EXPENDITURES.
$4 MILLION FOR THE MEGABLOCK
TRANSACTION COST.
$6.6 MILLION FOR THE REPAYMENT
OF THE STREETCAR OPERATING
LOAN.
$5.5 MILLION FOR TRANSFERS OF
THE OPERATING FUND AND $1
MILLION FOR TRANSFERS FOR THE
SEATTLE CENTER MONORAIL.
EVEN THOUGH THIS IS THE LARGEST
INCREASE, THESE ARE ONE-TIME
CHANGES IN THE 2020 PROPOSED
BUDGET.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THE NEXT LINE ITEM, THE NEXT
INCREASE IS IN LINE E. THE
RIGHT OF WAY MANAGEMENT BSL.
THIS INCREASED BY $3.8 MILLION,
WHICH IS A 10% INCREASE.
OF THIS INCREASE $1.7 MILLION
IS RELATED TO TECHNICAL
ADJUSTMENTS THAT ARE BACKED BY
STREET USE FEES.
$1.6 MILLION IS RELATED TO THE
AVERAGE WAGE INCREASE AND THE
REMAINDER IS RELATED TO SOME
PERMITTING SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS
AND OTHER I.T.
UPGRADES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN?
>> CAL, ON THE WAGE INCREASES,
DID WE JUST HAVE A DIFFERENT
ESTIMATE LAST YEAR?
OR DID WE JUST NOT DO IT
BECAUSE WE WERE WAITING FOR
SOMETHING?
>> WE DIDN'T INCLUDE IT AND WE
HELD IT IN A RESERVE FUND.
>> BECAUSE IT WAS BEING
NEGOTIATED?
>> WE NOW KNOW IT WAS 4% IN
2019 AND 3.6% IN 2020.
SO THE COMPOUNDED EFFECT IS
7.7% FOR THE 2020 PROPOSED.
>> GOT IT.
THANKS.
>> YOU'LL SEE TWO LINE ITEMS.
LINE F AND LINE G, WHICH I WILL
BE DISCUSSING LATER IN MY
PRESENTATION.
THE OVERALL CAPITAL SPENDING
REMAINS GENERALLY CONSISTENT
WITH THE ENDORSED BUDGET,
ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SOME CHANGES
TO INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS BASED ON
SCOPE, SCHEDULE, AND COST
ESTIMATES.
THE BUDGET ESTABLISHES TWO NEW
BSLs FOR THE WATERFRONT
PROJECT.
THE CAPITAL FUNDING THAT WAS
PREVIOUS INCLUDED IN THE MAJOR
PROJECTS OF BSLs IS NOW IN THE
CENTRAL WATERFRONT BSL AND NEW
BSL.
AND REIMBURSABLE WORK THAT WAS
BUDGETED ON BEHALF OF OTHER
DEPARTMENTS THAT WERE
PREVIOUSLY IN THE INSTRUCTORS
BSLs IS NOW IN A SEPARATE
WATERFRONT AND SPECIFIC PROJECT
BSLs.
>> CAN I ASK YOU A QUICK
QUESTION ABOUT THAT ON THE
WATERFRONT AND CIVIC PROJECTS.
IS THAT JUST TRANSPORTATION
ORIENTED INVESTMENTS OR WHAT IS
THE EXTENT OF SDOT'S
RESPONSIBILITY WITH THAT $41
MILLION?
>> SO I WOULD HAVE TO ASK MY
COLLEAGUE TO GO INTO MORE
DETAILS OF WHAT THESE ITEMS
ARE, BUT IN TERMS OF HOW THE
BUDGET BSLs WORK, THE CAPITAL
FUNDING FOR TRANSPORTATION
INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOW IN THE
CENTRAL WATERFRONT BSLs LISTED
UNDER THE CAPITAL LINE, SO THAT
WOULD BE LINE O. AND THOSE ARE
THE TRANSPORTATION RELATED
INVESTMENTS THAT SDOT IS ON THE
HOOK FOR.
THE REIMBURSABLE WORK THAT I
TALKED ABOUT FOR LINE C IS WORK
THAT'S PRIMARILY ENGINEERING,
DESIGN WORK THAT SDOT WOULD DO
ON BEHALF OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS
AND THEY WOULD BE REIMBURSED
FOR THAT.
THAT'LL BE THE WORK FOR PARKS
OR OTHER PORTIONS OF THE
WATERFRONT PROJECT THAT HAS TO
PAY FOR SDOT TO DO THEIR
PORTION OF THAT IN SUPPORT OF
THEIR PROJECT.
>> GREAT, SO THAT'S SIMPLY
CAPITALIST.
ANY OPERATING IN THERE?
>> I DO NOT BELIEVE SO.
WHEN WE WOULD COME UP, THEN
BACK TO CONVERSATIONS, WE WOULD
HAVE REQUESTED TO ASSIST WITH
THE WATERFRONT SHUTTLE BECAUSE
WSDOT IS GOING TO BE CONCLUDING
AT SOME POINT THIS FALL AND THE
AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT'S BEEN PUT
IN TO TRY TO RELIEF CONGESTION
DOWN THERE.
I WILL BE BRINGING IT UP AGAIN,
BUT THE WATERFRONT SHUTTLE, I
WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE IT
WILL FALL IF WE WERE TO PROVIDE
SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR IT,
WHETHER THAT WILL BE THE
CENTRAL WATERFRONT MONEY OR THE
ITEM C.
>> AND IT WOULD PROBABLY GO
UNDER THE MOBILITY OPERATIONS
BUDGET SUMMARY LEVEL IN TERMS
OF IF WE WERE TO PURCHASE
TRANSIT SERVICE OF ANY SORT.
>> RIGHT, THANK YOU.
>> TYPICALLY IT WOULD COME
UNDER LINE A.
>> YES, PLEASE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ?
>> I RECEIVED INFORMATION
INDICATING THAT YOU WOULD BE
SPEAKING ABOUT THIS AND SOME
BACKGROUND INFORMATION, AND I
APPRECIATE RECEIVING THAT FROM
THE DOWNTOWN SEATTLE
ASSOCIATION.
JUST REAL QUICKLY, I ACTUALLY
DON'T KNOW HOW THAT IS FUNDED
CURRENTLY.
THE WATERFRONT SHUTTLE.
DOES THE CITY SUBSIDIZE THAT
SHUTTLE SERVICE CURRENTLY?
>> NO, IT IS A MITIGATION
COMMITMENT OF THE WASHINGTON
STATE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION.
I BELIEVE IT WAS, I CAN'T
REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT WAS PUT
IN PLACE, BUT IT WAS MITIGATION
FOR TEARING DOWN THE VIADUCT.
IT IS FUN AND I BELIEVE THE END
OF THIS MONTH.
>> THEORETICALLY THIS IS WSDOT
CLAIMING IT WILL BE ENDING ITS
FUNDING AT THE END OF OCTOBER.
IT MIGHT GO THROUGH THE END OF
NOVEMBER.
BUT THE SHUTTLE IS PROVING TO
BE MOVING MORE PEOPLE THAN
ABOUT ANY OTHER MODE DOWN
THERE.
TSA AND WSDOT HAVE BEEN THE
PRIMARY FUNDERS OF IT.
I'M NOT SURE WHETHER METRO WILL
BE INVOLVED WITH IT AT ALL.
>> I DON'T BELIEVE METRO IS
INVOLVED IN THAT FUNDING, BUT
JUST IN THE PROVISION OF THE
SERVICE.
>> YEAH.
>> ACTUALLY, I DON'T THINK THAT
THEY ARE.
I TINK THE PROVISION OF THE
SERVICE IS DONE BY THE SHUTTLE.
AND IT IS PRIVATELY OWNED.
AND THAT HOWARD S. WRIGHT I
BELIEVE IS THE OWNER OF THAT.
AND THERE ARE ISSUES, OF
COURSE, AROUND SUPPORTING A
PRIVATELY FUNDED TRANSPORTATION
MODE, BUT WE'LL GET INTO THAT
MORE AS WE GET INTO THE VARIOUS
OPTIONS.
>> AND I WILL RESERVE THE
COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS UNTIL
THEN.
>> I WANTED TO DRAW YOUR LINE
TO THE BOTTOM LINE AS THEY ADD
$25.5 POSITIONS.
19 OF THESE POSITIONS ARE
TEMPORARY POSITIONS THAT WOULD
EXPIRE IN 2020 AND THERE IS
BASELINE FUNDING FOR THAT WORK
IN THE 2020 ENDORSED BUDGET.
THE REMAINING 6.5 ARE NEW
POSITIONS THAT INCLUDES TWO
POSITIONS FOR CURB INSPECTORS.
ONE POSITION FOR THE COMMERCIAL
VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM.
ONE POSITION FOR THE TRAFFIC
PERMIT COUNTER, ONE POSITION TO
SUPPORT DOWNTOWN MOBILITY
PROGRAMS, A CONVERSION OF AN
EXISTING HALF TIME URBAN FOREST
POSITION TO FULL TIME AND THEN
ONE POSITION TO LEAD CONGESTION
PRICING AND CLIMATE EFFORTS
RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION AND
THAT POSITION WOULD BE HOUSED
IN THE SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENT.
THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS SDOT'S
REVENUE SOURCES.
THIS INCLUDES $45.9 MILLION OF
GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS SHOWN IN
LINE N AND THIS SATISFIES THE
PLANTING REQUIREMENT IN THE NEW
SEATTLE LEVY.
JUST TO REMIND YOU THE NEW
LEVYPROHIBITS FROM COLLECTING
THE PROPERTY TAX IF A MINIMUM
AMOUNT OF GENERAL FUND IS NOT
ALLOCATED TO SDOT.
I WOULD ALSO NOTE THIS TABLE
INCLUDES USE OF AVAILABLE FUND
BALANCE, WHICH STRICTLY
SPEAKING ISN'T REVENUE.
THIS INCLUDES $36 MILLION FOR
THE NEW SEATTLE LEVY FUND.
$28.8 MILLION FROM THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICT
FUND, AND $1.8 MILLION FROM THE
SCHOOL SAFETY TRAFFIC AND
IMPROVEMENT FUND.
I'VE IDENTIFIED NINE ISSUES FOR
DISCUSSION TODAY AND THE FIRST
ITEM IS THE SEATTLE, EXCUSE ME,
THE STREETCAR OPERATING DEFICIT
AND THE STREETCAR.
AS I BRIEFLY TOUCHED ON THE
OVERVIEW, THE PROPOSED BUDGET
INCREASES APPROPRIATIONS FOR
THE STREETCAR OPERATIONS.
MUCH OF THAT INCREASE IS
RELATED TO ACCOUNTING CHANGES
THAT BASICALLY SHOWS WORK
REVENUE ON THE CITY'S BOOKS
AND REVENUE INCREASE.
AND FOR OPERATING REVENUE OF
$826 MILLION LESS THAN WHAT
HAVE BEEN ASSUMED IN THE
ENDORSED BUDGET.
SO THIS INCREASES THE CITY'S
OPERATING SUBSIDY FOR THE
STREETCAR TO $4.9 MILLION IN
2020.
I HAVE A TABLE THAT SHOWS THE
TREND OF THE STREETCAR SUBSIDY.
YOU'LL SEE THE SUBSIDY WAS
ABOUT $1.5 MILLION IN 2016,
WHICH WAS THE FIRST YEAR OF
FIRST HILL OPERATIONS AND HAS
TRIPLED IN 2020.
>> EXCUSE ME, CAL.
I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD
WAS HERE SHE WOULD ASK, AGAIN,
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT FOR
OPERATING MONEY GOING FORWARD
AFTER 2023, WHICH IS MY
UNDERSTANDING WHEN METRO WILL
NO LONGER BE, METRO SOUND
TRANSIT WILL NO LONGER BE
SUBSIDIZING THIS.
WHAT ARE THE PLANS FOR BEING
ABLE TO PAY FOR THE OPERATING
COSTS OUT THREE YEARS?
>> THERE IS NOT CURRENTLY A
SPECIFIC EXECUTIVE PROPOSAL FOR
HOW TO COVER THOSE COSTS.
THE LAST STREETCAR OPERATING
REPORT MADE A PROJECTION OUT TO
2024 AND THE OPERATING DEFICIT
REACHED $12.5 MILLION IN 2024.
THAT WOULD BE THE LAST YEAR OF
THE KING COUNTY CONTRIBUTION.
AND SOUND TRANSIT WOULD HAVE
ENDED BY THEN AS WELL.
AND SO WE KNOW THERE IS AN
OUTSTANDING GAP GOING ON INTO
THE FUTURE.
>> AND THAT'S JUST FOR THE
EXISTING STREETCARS AT WEST
LAKE AND BROADWAY.
IT WOULD NOT COVER OPERATING
COSTS GOING FORWARD SHOULD THE
STREETCAR, THE MIDDLE SECTION
BE BUILT?
>> IF THE MIDDLE SECTION GOES
FORWARD, THE EXPECTED SUBSIDY
IN 2026, WHICH WOULD BE THE
FIRST YEAR WOULD BE $18.1
MILLION.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ?
>> THIS IS, I APOLOGIZE.
I SHOULD HAVE CAUGHT THIS
EARLIER.
I WAS BUSY READING, TRYING TO
CATCH UP WITH YOU.
JUST QUICKLY BACK ON PAGE ONE
WHEN WE DID THE WATERFRONT LID
BOND, CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME, I
SEE THAT WHAT'S IN THE
ENDORSED, WHAT'S PROPOSED, AND
ALSO FOR THE VIEWING AUDIENCE
THAT WE'VE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT
IF YOU COULD INTERPRET THAT FOR
WHAT THAT MEANS?
>> AND SPECIFICALLY SPEAKING,
YES.
>> THAT'S V. WATERFRONT LID
BOND.
>> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BOND?
>> I WILL HAVE TO ASK ERIC WHO
COVERS THESE, BUT I BELIEVE
IT'S RELATED TO THE DELAY IN
THE FORMATION OF THE TIME
PERIOD OF WHEN THE BONDS WOULD
BE ISSUED OR THE AMOUNTS.
BUT I WOULD HAVE TO CONFIRM
WITH HIM BECAUSE I'M NOT
COVERING THAT ISSUE DIRECTLY.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
>> PLEASE, COUNCIL MEMBER
O'BRIEN?
>> CAL, BACK TO THE STREETCAR,
WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IN YOUR
CHART HERE ON SLIDE FOUR, IT
SHOWS MODEST INCREASES IN
OPERATING COSTS FROM 2019 TO
2020 THAT LOOK IN THE REALM OF
INFLATIONARY.
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS
ANYTHING ELSE IN THERE AND
NOTHING JUMPS OUT AT ME.
BUT THE DECREASE IN REVENUE,
YOU KNOW, REVERSES THE MODEST
TREND THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING
OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
AND I'M CURIOUS, YOU KNOW, WHAT
ACCOUNTS FOR THE $500,000 IN
DECREASE THERE.
IS IT AN ANTICIPATED REDUCTION
IN RECOVERY OR IS IT
ADVERTISING?
>> I THINK THE ADVERTISING HAS
BEEN ROUGHLY THE SAME AND IT
HASN'T BEEN PARTICULARLY GREAT.
BUT THE STORY FOR THE INDUSTRY
CAR IS PRETTY CONSISTENTLY BEEN
PERFORMANCE.
AND WHETHER IT IS AN ATTRACTIVE
TRANSPORTATION OPTION FOR WHEN
THEY HAVE THINGS LIKE THE RAPID
RISE AND ADDITIONAL 40 BUS
SERVICES THAT HAVE INCREASED
OTHER OPTIONS IN THAT AREA.
AND I THINK THAT MAY HAVE GONE
INTO THE STREETCAR LINE.
I BELIEVE IT IS PREDOMINANTLY
FAIR REVENUE.
>> IT SEEMS LIKE THAT WOULD
SHOW UP IN 2019 AS A LOT OF
THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR AT
LEAST A YEAR AND IF WE DON'T
HAVE THE FINAL 2019 NUMBERS,
ANTICIPATING THOSE ARE COMING
DOWN.
>> IT'S A LITTLE TRICKY ALSO
THAT THERE WERE SOME ACCOUNTING
CHANGES THAT OUR AGREEMENT WITH
KING COUNTY THAT WOULD SHOW
DIFFERENT COSTS ON OUR BOOKS,
TIMES WHEN SOME OF THE FAIR
REVENUE WAS NETTED OUT OF THE
PAYMENTS TO BE PAID FOR THEM.
SO I HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK
AND SEE THAT THESE ARE DRAWN
FROM THE MOST RECENT 2019
STREETCAR OPERATIONS REPORT AND
THAT THEY HAVE A LITTLE MORE
BACKGROUND.
AND I KNOW THAT THEY WOULD HAVE
TO, OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF
YEARS TO RECALIBRATE THE COST
AS YOU WOULD RECALL IN 2016
WHEN WE LAUNCHED, WE DIDN'T
HAVE TO SPEND ANY SUBSIDIES AT
ALL, SO THERE HAVE BEEN SOME
EVOLUTION OF THESE COSTS.
BUT I COULD FOLLOW UP WITH YOU
ABOUT WHAT'S BEHIND THIS.
>> I DON'T NEED ANYTHING DOWN
TO THE PENNY.
JUST MORE OF THE CONCEPTS.
>> MAY I? AND JUST ASK A FOLLOW
UP QUESTION TO THAT, CAL, AND
AGAIN I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO
KNOW OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD,
SO IF YOU COULD DO A LITTLE
RESEARCH ON THIS.
COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN HAS
SHOWN HERE AND DISCUSSED THE
REVENUES ARE LESS THAN
ANTICIPATED.
CAN YOU DOUBLE CHECK FOR US TO
SEE WHETHER THE ACTUAL REVENUES
HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE 2019
REPORT?
AND SO THAT I KNOW THE
ASSUMPTIONS WERE REALLY MUCH
HIGHER LOOKING OUT ON WHAT THE
RIDERSHIP WAS GOING TO BE AND
HOW MUCH THE FAIR REVENUES WERE
EXPECTED.
SO IF IT'S PROVING THE
RIDERSHIP IS NOT WHAT WE WERE
ANTICIPATING WHETHER THE MODELS
HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED TO CONFIRM
THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
ACTUALS.
>> I WILL CHECK INTO THAT.
I DO KNOW THE LAST PROJECT CAME
IN ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THE
YEAR, SO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE HAD
THE FULL YEAR TO GO ON, BUT
THEY WOULD HAVE HAD TRENDS TO
ESTABLISH AND TO RECONSIDER
WHAT 2019 WOULD LOOK LIKE, BUT
I'LL CONFIRM WITH YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I'VE LOST MY PLACE A LITTLE
BIT.
>> SORRY.
>> ONLY HAD 16 QUESTIONS.
>> BUT JUST IN CASE I DIDN'T
COVER IT BEFORE, THERE ARE
EXTERNAL FUNDING CONTRIBUTIONS
SHOWN IN THIS TABLE, SO THERE
IS $5 MILLION ANNUALLY FOR
FIRST HILL OPERATIONS COMING
FROM SOUND TRANSIT THROUGH
2023.
KING COUNTY METRO HAS AGREED TO
CONTRIBUTE $1.5 MILLION
ANNUALLY FOR THE SOUTH LAKE
UNION STREETCAR OPERATION
THROUGH 2024.
>> CAL, SO IN THE TOTAL REVENUE
FOR 2020 IT SAYS $8.9 MILLION.
DOES THAT INCLUDE THE SOUND
TRANSIT IN KING COUNTY?
>> I BELIEVE SO.
>> AND SO THAT WOULD BE LIKE
85% OF THAT REVENUE IS
OPERATING SUBSIDY IN THE FARE
RECOVERY IS MUCH SMALLER?
>> FARE RECOVERY IS MUCH, MUCH
SMALLER, YES.
>> WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION?
>> I'M NOT SURE WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT TOTAL REVENUES IF THAT IS
JUST FARE BOX OR INCLUDES THE
KING COUNTY AND SOUND TRANSIT
SUBSIDIES.
>> IT DOES INCLUDE THE
SUBSIDIES, YES.
>> IT DOES INCLUDE THE
SUBSIDIES.
>> AND THAT IS ALMOST THE VAST
MAJORITY OF THE REVENUE ARE
FROM SUBSIDIES AS OPPOSED TO
OPERATING.
>> IT'S TYPICALLY ON THE ORDER
OF 12% OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT,
FOR HIGH-PERFORMING SYSTEMS.
I WOULD HIGHLIGHT THE BUDGET
DOES NOT INCLUDE NEW FUNDING
FOR THE CENTER STREETCAR.
IN AUGUST COUNCIL WILL APPROVE
$9 MILLION TO ALLOW SDOT TO
CONTINUE DESIGN FOLLOWING THE
STOP WORK ORDER AND THE
INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT REVIEW
THAT WAS COMPLETED LAST YEAR.
SDOT EXPECTS THIS DESIGN WORK
WILL WORK TO RELIVE COSTING
REVENUES AND THE ONGOING
SUBSIDIES REQUIRED TO OPERATE
THE STREETCAR SYSTEM.
AND AGAIN I THINK I MENTIONED
THAT THE PROJECTION FOR THE
STREETCAR SYSTEM WITH THE
STREETCAR, THE PROJECTED
DEFICIT IS $18.1 MILLION IN
2026.
>> THANK YOU FOR REPEATING
THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD WOULD
PICK THAT UP BECAUSE IT'S A
QUESTION FREQUENTLY ASKED.
>> YEP.
>> THANK YOU.
THE PREVIOUS FUNDING, EXCUSE
ME, THE PREVIOUS CAPITAL
FUNDING GAP INCLUDING ONCE WE
WOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE $9
MILLION THEY AUTHORIZED EARLIER
IS DOWN TO $56.4 MILLION AND
THE PROPOSED BUDGET
CONTEMPLATES A NEW TAX ON
NETWORK COMPANIES, WHICH MY
COLLEAGUE, AMY GORE, WILL BE
DISCUSSING LATER TODAY.
FUNDING RELATED TO THIS TAX IS
HELD IN FINANCE GENERAL AND NOT
INCLUDED IN THE SDOT BUDGET.
AND SO MAYBE SOME MORE
CONVERSATION IS A PART OF THE
TNC DISCUSSION.
THERE ARE NO STAFF OPTIONS
IDENTIFIED AT THIS TIME, BUT
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD HAS TO
DISCUSS THE PRESENTATION.
AND THE NEXT ITEM, ITEM TWO IS
OPTIONS AND PARKING CORRALS.
NOW DURING SDOT'S BUDGET
PRESENTATION THEY WOULD ASK
ABOUT THE STATUS OF PERMITTING
THE SCOOTER SHARE AND SDOT IS
DEVELOPING A SCOOTER PERMIT FOR
LAUNCHING IN SPRING OF 2020 AND
THEY WILL REQUIRE THE COUNCIL
OPERATION TO ESTABLISH THE FEE
SCHEDULE AND POSSIBLY CO-
CHANGES ON HOW THEY OPERATE IN
THE RIGHT OF WAY AND IN 2019 OR
POTENTIALLY EARLY 2020.
AND ON RELATED ISSUE LAST
MONTH, THEY PASSED RESOLUTION
3.98.
AND REQUESTED A BUDGET PROPOSAL
FOR ADDING 3,000 PARKING SPACES
IN 2020.
TO BE FUNDED THROUGH PERMIT
FEES.
IN RESPONSE SDOT IDENTIFIED A
FUNDING NEED OF $1.4 MILLION TO
DEVELOP $3 MILLION SPACES.
AND THIS FUNDING WAS NOT
INCLUDED IN THE 2020 PROPOSED
BUDGET.
THIS IS A HIGHER COST PER SPACE
AND CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING IN
THEIR 2019 DELIVERY OF BIKE
CORRALS.
THIS YEAR SDOT RECEIVED ABOUT
$1 MILLION OF BIKE SHARE
PARKING FEE REVENUE AND HALF OF
THIS WAS DIRECTED TOWARDS
INSTALLATION OF PARKING SPACES
AND 1,500 SPACES ARE PLANNED IN
2019.
THIS IS IN ADDITION TO ANOTHER
1,500 SPACES THAT WILL BE
DELIVERED AS PART OF THE NEW
SEATTLE PROJECT.
THE HIGHER ESTIMATES FOR
PARKING COSTS MAY BE DUE TO
HAVING COMPLETED THE EASIEST
LOCATION FIRST AS WELL AS THE
NEED FOR DEDICATED STAFFING IF
A PROGRAM WERE SCALED OUT FOR
3,000 PARKING SPACES.
SDOT PROGRAM STAFF DO NOT
BELIEVE THE BUILDING MARKET
COULD SUPPORT THE SIZE OF
PERMIT FEES THAT WOULD BE
NECESSARY TO GENERATE $1.4
MILLION FOR PARKING PERMITS.
THEY INTEND TO UPDATE THEIR
PARKING GOALS BASED ON THE
AVAILABLE FEE REVENUE ONCE THE
PERMIT IS IN PLACE AND THEY
HAVE VENDOR APPLICATIONS TO
HAVE A SENSE OF HOW MUCH PERMIT
REVENUE THERE WILL BE.
>> OKAY.
>> I HAVE NO STAFF
RECOMMENDATIONS AT THIS TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ITEM THREE IS THE MERCER
MEGA BLOCK PROPERTY SALES
PROCEEDS.
THE BUDGET RECOGNIZES $138.5
MILLION FROM THE SALE OF MEGA
BLOCK.
OF THESE PROCEEDS $54.7 MILLION
IS RESTRICTED FOR
TRANSPORTATION PURPOSES, WHICH
REFLECTS THE USE OF GAS TAX AND
FINANCIAL PURCHASES OF THE
PROPERTY.
TABLE THREE SHOWS THE PROPOSED
USES OF THE TRANSPORTATION
FUNDS.
AT THE TOP OF THE TABLE YOU'LL
SEE MOST OF THE FUNDING WILL
REPAY OUTSTANDING INTERFUND
LOANS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY
PLEDGED AGAINST THIS REVENUE
INCLUDING $12.2 MILLION, $3.6
MILLION FOR THE SOUTH LOOKING
STREETCAR OPERATING LOAN, AND
$9 MILLION FOR THE CENTER CITY
STREETCAR DESIGN WORK.
THERE'S ALSO $4 MILLION TO
COVER SDOT'S SHARE OF THE
TRANSACTION COSTS AND $9.2
MILLION TO BACK FILL FOR LOWER
THAN ANTICIPATED COMMERCIAL
PARKING TAX REVENUE.
THE COMMERCIAL PARK FORECAST IS
DOWN ABOUT $3 MILLION PER YEAR
IN 2019 AND 2020 THAN WAS
INCLUDED IN THE ENDORSED
BUDGET.
THAT IMPACTS FUTURE YEARS
OUTGOING AS WELL.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN?
>> QUICK QUESTION ON THE
COMMERCIAL PARKING TAX REVENUE.
MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE $9.2
MILLION IS BASICALLY SOME MONEY
WE PUT IN RESERVE TO HELP COVER
WHAT WE HAD EXPECTED COMMERCIAL
PROJECT TO COVER?
BUT FOR A NEW OF YEARS OUT, IT
WILL COVER 2019 COMING IN AT $3
MILLION.
2020 IS PROJECTED TO COME IN AT
$3 MILLION LESS.
ALL THE PROJECTIONS ARE
BASICALLY DOWN ABOUT THAT MUCH.
>> AND I ASSUME MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, WELL I
HAVEN'T HEARD ANY CLARITY AS TO
WHY WE THINK 2019 REVENUES ARE
LOWER THAN BEFORE.
AND I'VE ALSO HEARD SINCE 2019
THE NUMBERS HAVE FLUCTUATED A
BIT.
SO THIS IS A CONSERVATIVE
ATTEMPT THAT THERE'S SOMETHING
GOING ON WE DON'T FULLY
UNDERSTAND, SO LET'S CAUTIOUSLY
MOVE FORWARD.
>> IT IS NOT THAT -- THE FUNDS
THAT WOULD BE SET ASIDE FOR
COMMERCIAL PARKING TAX WOULD
ONLY SERVE BUDGETS AGAINST THE
FUTURE, REVENUE FLUCTUATIONS.
IF THOSE REVENUES COME IN AS
PROJECTED, THEN THIS WILL BE
AVAILABLE FOR OTHER USES.
IN SOME WAY IT IS HEDGING
AGAINST THE FUTURE.
>> AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH
MORE INFORMATION WE'LL BE ABLE
TO GET IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS,
BUT I DON'T BELIEVE PARKING
RATES ARE GOING DOWN IN THE
CITY, AND IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S
STILL LOTS OF CARS DOWNTOWN.
IT MAY BE, IN FACT, THERE'S A
LOT MORE EMPTY STALLS IN
PARKING GARAGES, I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN THAT WOULD ONLY BE THE
INFORMATION.
BUT WE'RE NOT CAPTURING PEOPLE
TO DO SOME TAX AVOIDANCE SCHEME
THAT WE'RE MISSING OUT ON.
>> AND THIS IS THE SEATTLE
SQUEEZE.
WE ARE ENTERING, I MEAN, WE
HAVE STARTED THIS WHOLE PROCESS
THAT WE KNEW WAS COMING.
AND IT IS PROBABLY VERY
VOLATILE IN TERMS TO HOW PEOPLE
ARE RESPONDING TO IT
>> AND SO THE REMAINING $16.7
MILLION IS SHOWN IN THE MIDDLE
OF THIS TABLE, AND IT IS
DIRECTED TO OVER THE NEXT FEW
YEARS.
THIS INCLUDES $2.2 MILLION.
AND FUNDED FOR LAKE CITY WAY
WITH $660,000 FOR THE NORTHEAST
43rd STREET CIP PROJECT.
$2 MILLION FOR THE GREENWAY
PROGRAM AND THIS FUNDING IS FOR
THOMAS STREET.
THERE IS ALSO $3.5 MILLION FOR
THE HIGHLAND PARK INTERSECTION
CIP PROJECT.
AND THERE IS $8.35 MILLION FOR
THE BIKE MASTER PLAN BIKE LANE
PROGRAM.
AND THIS FUNDING IS CURRENTLY
UNPROGRAMMED FOR DISTINCT
LOCATIONS AND WILL BE DISCUSSED
IN THE NEXT ISSUE.
MADAM CHAIR?
>> PLEASE COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALEZ.
>> THANK YOU, HI AN OPPORTUNITY
TO BE GREAT ABOUT.
I KNOW WE HAVE SOME PROJECTS
THAT WE HAVE IT.
WE ARE STILL WORKING ON TO GET
TO THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES
FOR SDOT AND SOME OF THE
CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE AND SOME
OF THE BUDGETS ASKED.
AND FOR COUNCIL MEMBER
CHAIRWOMAN BAGSHAW.
BUT LOOKING AT PAGES SIX AND
SEVEN IN THE $16.7 MILLION IN
THE PROCEEDS, AND NOW I KNOW
YOU TALKED ABOUT BEING PROPOSED
FOR THE ZERO PRIORITIES
INCLUDING INTERSECTIONS ON LAKE
CITY WAY.
IS THERE A WAY THAT WE COULD
GET A LIST OF WHICH
INTERSECTIONS ARE GOING TO BE
TARGETED.
I KNOW YOU SAID IT WOULD BE
$2.2 MILLION.
AND SO THAT'S FIRST AND
FOREMOST, I DO WANT TO SHARE
THIS BECAUSE D5 IS NOT JUST THE
LAND OF NO SIDEWALKS, BUT
BECOME IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS
TWO PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN
DISTRICT FIVE AFTER BEING HIT
BY DRIVERS WHILE CROSSING THE
STREET.
AND MOST RECENTLY THE SEATTLE
TIMES REPORTED TWO SENIOR
CITIZENS, A HUSBAND AND WIFE,
VERY WELL KNOWN IN OUR
COMMUNITY WERE STRUCK AND HIT
BY A HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER KILLING
ONE OF THEM.
THIS IS IN PART DUE TO THE LACK
OF A CROSSWALK TO THE COMMUNITY
CENTER.
THAT'S THE LAKE CITY COMMUNITY
CENTER WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF
SENIOR ACTIVITY FOR OUR ELDERS,
SO THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF
MANY TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS DUE TO
LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE IN NORTH
SEATTLE AND IN DISTRICT FIVE.
NEEDLESS TO SAY I'LL BE LOOKING
AT THIS BUDGET IN WAYS TO MAKE
SURE TO ENSURE REDUCED
PEDESTRIAN INDUSTRIES AND
DEATHS CAUSED BY ACCIDENTS
INVOLVING VEHICLES.
I DO SUPPORT VISION ZERO
PRIORITIES AND I SUPPORT
KEEPING THE MERCER MEGABLOCK
DEDICATED TO THE SAFETY
PROJECTS AND NOT REPRIORITIZING
IT TO OTHER TRANSPORTATION
NEEDS.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT MY COLLEAGUES AND THE
VIEWING PUBLIC AND IN
PARTICULAR MY CONSTITUENTS KNOW
THAT I HEARD THEM AND WE WILL
CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR THESE
PEDESTRIAN PROTECTION AND
SAFETIES NOT ONLY ALONG THE
LAKE CITY WAY, BUT AURORA AND
THAT WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER ELDER
THAT WAS HIT BY A CAR UP AT
NORTH GATE.
SO I'M GOING TO KEEP THAT ON
THE RADAR.
>> AND I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH
YOU ON THE PROJECTS.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ, ARE
THERE SOME SPECIFIC PROJECT
INVESTMENTS THAT YOU WERE
SEEKING?
>> THERE ARE.
AND YOUR CHOICE, YOUR VOICE.
I'M ACTUALLY WAITING FOR A LIST
OF THAT TO GET BACK TO ME TO
SEE WHERE WE RANK.
BUT I KNOW THAT IN THE
NEIGHBORHOODS AND LOOKING AT
CALVIN ON THIS THAT THREE
NEIGHBORHOODS ARE IN THE TOP
TEN OF THE MATRIX AND OF
FUNDING FOR PEDESTRIAN AND
IMPROVEMENTS AND I CAN'T THINK
OF THEM RIGHT NOW OFF THE TOP
OF MY HEAD.
AND IT IS STILL TO BE
DETERMINED BECAUSE IT IS TAKING
A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME THAN
ANTICIPATED GETTING THE
INFORMATION FROM SDOT.
I KNOW THIS IS NOT THE TIME OR
PLACE AND I WOULD BE HERE ALL
DAY AS YOU WOULD KNOW FOR
SIDEWALKS THAT WE WERE SUED BY
THE ADA AMERICAN DISABILITY ACT
THAT WAS DONE IN 2017.
AND I THINK WE GOT LIKE 15
YEARS TO PAVE SO MANY SIDEWALKS
AND IT'S GOING TO COST BILLIONS
OF DOLLARS.
>> YEAH.
>> AND SO I DON'T WANT TO GO
INTO THAT, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME
TARGETED AREAS AND SOME AREAS
WHERE LIKE I SAID WE WALK THE
NEIGHBORHOOD LAST SATURDAY AND
JUST ON THE PRIVATE SIDE I'M UP
TO 1,100 NEW UNITS OF JUST ON
THE PRIVATE SIDE MARKET OF
BEING BUILT.
THAT'S NOT COUNTING THE 1,500
UNITS AT NORTH GATE.
THAT'S NOT COUNTING ALL THE LOW
INCOME HOUSING THAT WE'RE DOING
THAT WE DID WITH SPEAKER.
AND SO WE ARE LOOKING AT A LOT
OF DENSITY AND WHERE WE HAVE
NOT HAD THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE
REINFORCEMENTS SINCE THE CITY
AND I BELIEVE IN THE LATE 50s,
EARLY 60s.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO
THERE.
I WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR
THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THANK
YOU, YOU'VE BEEN GREAT, CALVIN,
IN GETTING US THIS INFORMATION.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
>> PLEASE CONTINUE.
>> SO I DON'T HAVE STAFF
RECOMMENDATIONS AT THIS TIME,
BUT THIS IS NEW MONEY THAT'S IN
THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT
OBVIOUSLY IS FOR COUNCIL REVIEW
AND COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN HAS
A DISCUSSION FOR A LITTLE BIT
LATER.
AND ISSUE FOUR IS BICYCLE
INFRASTRUCTURE AND ADOPTED
31984, WHICH REQUESTED THE
EXECUTIVE IDENTIFY FUND
INVESTIGATE 2020 BUDGET FOR
PROJECTS THAT WERE NOT FUNDED
IN THE 2019, 2024
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WHICH WAS
RELEASED EARLIER THIS SUMMER.
THE BUDGET INCLUDES PARTIAL
FUNDING FOR THE PROJECTED
IDENTIFIED IN RESOLUTION AND
SHOWN IN TABLE FOUR.
OF THESE PROJECTS, ONLY THE
VINE STREET BELL STREET PROJECT
IS FULLY FUNDED AND THE TOTAL
COST ESTIMATE FOR ALL THESE
PROJECTS IS OVER $32 MILLION.
THE $8.35 MILLION, WHICH WE
JUST DISCUSSED COULD FUND A
PORTION OF THESE PROJECTS.
AND THEY INTEND TO WORK WITH
THE STAKEHOLDERS IN 2020 TO
PRIORITIZE THE USE OF THOSE
FUNDS.
THAT IS AN OPTION THAT THEY
WISH TO REPRIORITIZE RESOURCES
FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING ON THESE
PROJECTS.
>> PLEASE.
>> AND I ASKED FOLKS TO
BOOKMARK THIS WHEN WE WOULD GET
TO NUMBER FOUR AND THE EDITION
TO COME BACK TO LOOK AT THIS
FOR THE SOUTH SEATTLE
CONNECTION THAT WE WANT TO
MAKE.
>> AND THE NEXT ITEM, ITEM FIVE
IS PROBLEMATIC NEIGHBORHOOD
SPENDING.
ONE OF THE DIFFICULTIES THAT WE
WILL ALL HAVE IN REVIEWING THE
BUDGET IS THE SHEAR NUMBER OF
THE PROJECTS DELIVERED.
THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF
NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAMS THAT WILL
ALLOW THEM TO MANAGE
PORTFOLIOS, SMALL PROJECTS
ACROSS THE CITY.
MANY OF THESE PROJECTS ARE
SCREENED AND PRIORITIZED
THROUGH THE MOTOR PLANS.
AND SCREENING INCLUDES CRITERIA
FOR THE GEOGRAPHIC EQUITY AND
RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE EQUITY.
EVERY YEAR SDOT IMPLEMENTS
THEIR PLANS TO SHOW THE NEXT
SIX YEARS OF PLANNED SPENDING,
PARTICULARLY PRESENTED TO
COMMITTEE TO KEEP THEM ARREST
FOR THE PROJECT STATUS.
AND THERE IS ALSO YOUR VOICE,
YOUR CHOICE PROGRAM, WHICH
ALLOWS FOR BUDGETING AND UNLESS
RESIDENTS VOTE WITHIN THEIR OWN
DISTRICT.
TABLE FIVE SHOWS SDOT'S
PROBLEMATIC SPENDING, WHICH WAS
THE FIRST YEAR OF THE NEW
SEATTLE LEVY.
SINCE 2016 OVERALL SPENDING IN
THESE PROGRAMS HAVE ROUGHLY
DOUBLED.
HOWEVER THESE ARE STILL LIMITED
RESOURCES AND MANY NEIGHBORHOOD
PROPOSALS AND NEEDS REMAIN
UNFUNDED.
A COUPLE OF THESE
IMPLEMENTATION PROJECTS, ITEM F
AND J WERE SPLIT INTO SMALLER
PROGRAMS FOR THE 2018 BUDGET.
ITEM B IS THE PILOT THAT THEY
ESTABLISHED LAST YEAR AND
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ, I THINK
A NUMBER OF THE PROJECTS YOU
WERE TALKING ABOUT WERE IN
CONSIDERATION FOR THE PILOT AND
THE PROGRAM PROVIDED $350,000
FOR TRAFFIC COMMON MEASURES
WITHIN A MORE FOCUSED
COORDINATED NEIGHBORHOOD
SETTING.
SDOT EVALUATED 20 DIFFERENT
LOCATIONS AND DEVELOPED
CONCEPTS FOR FOUR LOCATIONS,
BUT ULTIMATELY FUNDED, ONLY
WERE ABLE TO FUND TWO AND THESE
INCLUDED THE BROADVIEW SOUTH
AND SOUTH PARK AND THE 2020
ENDORSED BUDGET DID NOT INCLUDE
CONTINUED FUNDING FOR THE PILOT
AND NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING WAS
INCLUDED IN THE 2020 PROPOSED
BUDGET.
I HAVE IDENTIFIED A FEW OPTIONS
FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION AND FOR
OPTION A AND THEY MIGHT ADD
FUNDING FOR PROGRAMMATIC
FUNDING.
DIRECT FUNDING FOR SPECIFIC
PROJECTS FOR OPTION C, COUNCIL
MAY WISH TO CONSIDER THE HOME
ZONE MORE FUNDING FOR THE
HOMEZONE PILOT.
AND YOU MAY WISH TO CONSIDER
MORE OF A FORMAL REVIEW OF THE
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AS A PART
OF NEXT YEAR'S WORK PLAN.
>> MADAM CHAIR?
>> PLEASE, GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, CALVIN.
I FORGOT THAT IS A MATRIX AND
THAT WAS ONE OF THEM.
BUT I HAVE TO SAY IN DISTRICT
FIVE THE HOME ZONE PILOT
PROJECT HAS BEEN VERY
SUCCESSFUL.
WE ARE FOCUSED ON BROADVIEW
ELEMENTARY.
SAFETY FOR OUR KIDS WHERE WE
HAVE SCHOOLS, JOHN ROGERS,
COULD GO ON AND ON AND
HAZELWOOD, YES, BECAUSE THEY
BUILT A BRAND NEW SCHOOL.
BOB EAGLE STAFF YES BECAUSE
THEY BUILT A BRAND NEW SCHOOL
AND SDOT HAD TO DO THAT
INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH WAS
NEEDED, BUT I'M REALLY GOING TO
PUSH HARD AND I HOPE MY
COLLEAGUES WILL UNDERSTAND THIS
AS WELL.
THE PILOT PROGRAM, THE HOME
ZONE PILOT, THOSE WORKED REALLY
WELL IN OUR DISTRICT.
IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE
SIDEWALKS, THEN AT LEAST WHEN
WE HAVE THESE PROJECTS THAT
THEY HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL WHEN
YOU'RE DOING THE TRAFFIC CALL
ME MEASURE AND YOU'RE SLOWING
DOWN TRAFFIC.
IN AREAS WHERE WE HAVE OUR
ELDERS, WHERE WE HAVE SEEN THE
TWO DEATHS WHERE THEY HAVE THE
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND KIDS
THAT ARE GETTING ON AND OFF
BUSES PICKING THEM UP.
JUST CHILDREN TRYING TO WALK TO
SCHOOL AND WE'RE SEEING MORE
AND MORE KIDS BIKING TO
SCHOOLS.
THE STREET IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE
IS A GREENWAY, SO I SEE A LOT
OF KIDS ON BIKES AND ADULTS AS
WELL.
STARTING TO SEE THAT MORE IN
DISTRICT FIVE OFF THE MAIN
CORRIDORS.
SO I'M GOING TO BE A BIG
PROPONENT OF BRINGING BACK THIS
PILOT PROGRAM AND HOPEFULLY
MAKING IT A LINE ITEM THAT'S
ALWAYS IN THE BUDGET.
MAYBE I'LL GET IT FROM THE
SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX.
>> I'M SURE.
MAY I JUST ASK A QUICK FOLLOW
UP QUESTION ON THAT?
CAN YOU TELL ME HOW THE HOME
ZONE PILOT CONNECT WITH THE
FUNDING THAT WE GET FROM THE
SCHOOL ZONE CAMERAS?
IS ONE FUNDED BY THE OTHER?
ARE THEY IN SYNC SOMEHOW
BECAUSE I CONCUR WITH WHAT
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ WAS
SAYING THAT WE HEAR FROM
NEIGHBORHOODS ALL THE TIME
ABOUT IF WE COULD JUST GET
TRAFFIC SLOWED, IT WOULD BE
SAFER HERE.
AND THESE SPEED HUMPS, I'M
SURPRISED AT HOW MUCH THEY
COST, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR
WHAT THE PLAN IS AND HOW THOSE
TWO MIGHT INTERRELATE.
>> AND SO THIS ANSWER MIGHT
SEEM A LITTLE CONVOLUTED.
AND THEY MIGHT BE ENGAGED ON
THE HOME ZONE ISSUE AND AREA
AND THE MONEY SPECIFICALLY TO
THE HOME ZONE PILOT, THEY HAD
TO FOCUS ON TWO LOCATIONS, BUT
THEY ENDED UP WITH A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A
NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AREAS.
AND THEY HAVE TRIED TO BRING
OTHER RESOURCES TO BEAR THOSE
AREAS AND SOMETIMES THAT IS NOT
AS FAR AS WHAT THE
RECOMMENDATION WAS, BUT THAT
THEY DO TRY TO TAP INTO THE
REST OF THE SPENDING.
MANY OF THESE ARE SMALL
PROJECTS AND DON'T RISE TO THE
LEVEL OF THE BUDGET FOR US AND
IT WILL BE A USE OF SOME OF THE
OTHER SAFETY PROGRAMS.
AND I KNOW THAT SDOT HAS
RESPONDED TO OUR QUESTIONS
ABOUT WHAT HAVE THEY DONE IN A
NUMBER OF THESE AREAS TO GET A
SENSE OF HOW RESPONSIVE THEY
HAVE BEEN.
I THINK THE HOME ZONE PILOT
THAT WE HAVE SEEN JUST HOW MANY
NEIGHBORHOODS ARE IN IT AND HOW
IT IS REALLY A GOOD WAY TO HAVE
THAT CONVERSATION WITH SDOT.
IT'S BEEN AN ORGANIZING
PRINCIPLE.
BUT $350,000 IS NOT VERY MUCH
MONEY.
>> FOR SURE.
WELL, I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER
JUAREZ HAS A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION
AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TOO
AND OUR INTERNAL SYSTEMS, ARE
THEY WORKING?
SO THE QUESTION I ASKED IS IF
THIS MONEY IS ALSO BEING USED
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SCHOOL
ZONE CAMERAS AND THEN ALSO OUR
DEPARTMENT AND NEIGHBORHOOD,
THAT THEY HAVE MULTIPLE GRANTS,
AND NOW THEY'VE GOTTEN
ORGANIZED, SO THAT INDIVIDUALS
AND NEIGHBORHOODS COULD APPLY
JUST FOR THE DEPARTMENT IN
NEIGHBORHOODS FOR THREE
DIFFERENT LEVELS OF GRANTS.
I THINK THAT SIMPLIFIED THINGS.
I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW IF SDOT
AND THE DEPARTMENT
NEIGHBORHOODS ARE WORKING ON
THIS IN CONJUNCTION SO THEY
COULD EITHER COMBINE FORCES,
COMBINE GRANTS, OR AT LEAST
JUST APPLY ONCE AND NOT HAVE TO
TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT MONEYS
ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM.
>> I THINK THE STAFFERS, THEY
ARE WELL ENGAGED IN THE OTHER
AVAILABLE FUNDING MEASURES AND
THEY HOPE THEY ARE OFTEN ABLE
TO HELP THE COMMUNITY GROUPS
SORT OF FRAME UP THEIR
PROPOSALS FOR GRANTS.
IN TERMS OF THE SPECIFIC MONEY.
I THINK THE HOME ZONE PILOT
THAT WE USE THE COMMERCIAL
PARKING REVENUE LAST YEAR WHEN
THEY PROPOSE THE PROGRAM, THERE
ISN'T INTRINSIC, THERE'S NO
DEDICATION OF RESOURCES OR
ANYTHING LIKE THAT WHEN WE SET
UP THE PROGRAM.
AND IT WAS A FUN COMMITMENT,
BUT NOT TIED TO A SPECIFIC
REVENUE FORCE.
>> IF WE HAVE MULTIPLE REQUESTS
FROM THIS AND I'M DELIGHTED TO
SEE SOUTH PARK GOT SOME
ASSISTANCE AND I KNOW COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD IS PROMOTING THE
CONNECTION WITH CONCORD
ELEMENTARY.
IS THIS THE KIND OF MONEY THAT
COULD BE USED FOR THAT OR ARE
THERE DIFFERENT RESOURCES TO
ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS?
>> I THINK A PART OF WHY I
WANTED TO SHOW YOU THIS MATRIX
OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS.
WHEN IT COMES TO RESPONDING TO
THE DEPARTMENT, IT DRAWS ON A
LOT OF THESE EFFERENT DID
PROGRAMS TO COME UP WITH
SOLUTIONS.
THEY COULD BE HARD TO TRACK
FROM THE BUDGET VIEW OF THAT
LOOKS DIFFERENT THAN THE WORK
THAT THEY WOULD DO WITH THE
COMMUNITY TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT
HOW TO DELIVER THE PROJECTS.
FROM THE CONSTITUENT RESPONSE,
SORT OF LENS, IT COULD BE HARD
TO TRACK THAT IN THE BUDGET.
NO SPECIFIC LOCATIONS THAT WE
COULD CERTAIN FOLLOW UP WITH
SDOT TO UNDERSTAND WHERE IT IS
ALL COMING FROM, BUT IT IS
VERY, VERY HARD TO EXPLAIN THAT
AT THIS BUDGET LEVEL.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ?
>> I'LL BE BRIEF.
I SHOULD HAVE SAID THIS THE
FIRST TIME IN MY NOTES.
I WANTED TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD
THAT IN 2019 SDOT EVALUATED 20
POTENTIAL HOME ZONES AND 11 OF
THOSE WERE IN DISTRICT FIVE.
SO I THINK THAT SPEAKS FOR
ITSELF.
I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST A BREAK
DOWN OF COMPLETING THE 20
LOCATIONS THAT SDOT EVALUATED
PARTICULARLY THE ADDITIONAL TWO
HOME ZONES THAT HAVE PLANS
DEVELOPED.
SO IF WE HAVE THE 20 LOCATIONS,
11 OF WHICH ARE D5, IF WE COULD
HAVE A BREAK DOWN OF THE 20
THAT HAVE BEEN EVALUATED, I
THINK THAT ALSO GOES TO THE
CHAIRWOMAN'S CONCERNS OR ISSUES
OF RAISING THE OTHER FUNDS AND
WHERE OTHER REVENUE SOURCES WE
COULD LOOK TO.
WHEREVER WE GET THE MONEY, I
THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE FALLEN
SQUARELY WITH SDOT QUITE
FRANKLY.
I HOPE IT'S NOT CONTINGENT ON
THE PARKING REVENUE, BUT AGAIN
GOING BACK TO MY DAYS OF
BUILDING BIG STUFF EVERYWHERE
ACROSS THE COUNTRY INCLUDING
INDIAN COUNTRY, SIDEWALKS, SAFE
AREAS, AND GETTING ELDERS AND
CHILDREN SAFE ON THE STREETS
AND TO SCHOOLS AND TO WHERE
THEY LIVE.
IS IT A CENTRAL GOVERNMENTAL
FUNCTION?
AND AS SUCH IT SHOULD BE
FUNDED.
AND NOT JUST A PILOT PROGRAM.
I KNOW THERE'S PROBLEMS
TRACKING AND I KNOW AN THEY
COULD USE THE OTHER FACILITIES
OR THE OTHER SERVICES THAT ARE
IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO WALK.
I'LL LEAVE IT TO THAT.
>> THANK YOU, CALVIN.
>> AND ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
>> PLEASE PROCEED.
COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN.
>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I
UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF THE
PILOTS.
ARE THESE LARGELY LIKE CAPITAL
TRAFFIC COMING INVESTMENTS
MEANING NOT ONLY ARE THE PILOTS
ARE OVER, ARE THESE TWO
PROJECTS EXISTING OR JUST A
MATTER OF ADDING MORE OF THEM
OR MORE OPERATIONAL THINGS THAT
GO AWAY WITHOUT A BUDGET ACTION
AND WE LOSE THEM?
>> THIS WAS, SO THE HOME ZONE
PILOT, THE IDEA WAS TO FOCUS,
WE'VE OFTEN HAD NEIGHBORHOOD
TRAFFIC CONTROL PROGRAMS TO
DEPLOY THOSE IN A CONCENTRATED
AREA AND REALLY TRY TO HAVE A
MUCH, ENCOURAGE A MUCH STRONGER
ENVIRONMENT FOR A DEDICATED
AREA.
I THINK IT IS MORE OF A
LOCATION GEOGRAPHIC FOCUS THAN
MAYBE OTHER PROGRAMS, WHICH
MIGHT BE DRIVEN BY COMPLAINTS
OR SPECIFIC REQUESTS.
MY VIEW OF IT IS THE PILOT GAVE
SDOT SORT OF AN ORGANIZATION
TOOL FOR WORKING WITH
NEIGHBORHOODS AND GENERATES
SOME INTERESTS.
IT CAME UP WITH SOME AUDITS OF
DIFFERENT AREAS THAT THEY'RE
ABLE TO GO FORWARD ON.
IF WE FUNDED THE PROGRAM FOR
ADDITIONAL YEARS THAT WOULD,
PROBABLY SOME OUTREACH WORK
THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO GO
TO THE OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT
HAVE NOT HAD ATTENTION YET.
BUT 20 NEIGHBORHOODS, 20
LOCATIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN
IDENTIFIED AND WE HAVE ONLY
FUNDED TWO.
SO THERE'S CERTAINLY THAT NEXT
THREAD.
>> BUT DID WE ACTUALLY PUT
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS ON THE
GROUND IN BROADVIEW SOUTH?
>> YES.
A PART OF THE REASON WHY THOSE
TWO NEIGHBORHOODS WERE CHOSEN
AS I UNDERSTAND IT IS BECAUSE
OF THE WORK SPU IS ALSO DOING
IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.
SOME OF THE LOW IMPACT DRAINAGE
WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING HAS A
CONNECTION TO THE SIDEWALK
ENVIRONMENT.
SO THEY WERE ABLE TO LEVERAGE A
LITTLE BIT MORE OUT OF THAT AND
THAT IS A PART OF THEIR
CONSIDERATIONS AS THEY MOVE FOR
THIS $350,000.
>> THAT'S GREAT.
DO WE HAVE ANY DATA ON THE KIND
OF OUTCOMES THAT WE'VE SEEN IN
THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS?
OR IS IT TOO SOON TO TELL?
>> IT IS TOO SOON WHERE SOME OF
THESE, I SHOULD CHECK TO SEE
WHERE THEY ARE.
>> ARE THEY NOT?
>> AND COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ, I
SUPPORT THIS, YOU KNOW, FINDING
A PATH TO KOR TO DO THIS
DEPLOYMENT AND I THINK IT WILL
BE IMPORTANT IF WE DON'T
ALREADY HAVE REQUIREMENTS FOR
THEM TO CAPTURE SOME DATA ON
THE FIRST ONES THAT ARE BEING
DEPLOYED TO COME BACK TO US.
AND TO REPORT BACK ON WHAT WE
HAVE SEEN IF, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE
HAVE LEARNED.
AND I ALSO THINK I APPRECIATE
SDOT CONTINUING TO LOOK FOR
OPPORTUNITIES TO LEVERAGE THEIR
INVESTMENTS WITH OTHER PROJECTS
THAT ARE HAPPENING.
I THINK SOME STATEMENT IF WE
FIND THAT FUND IS TO CONTINUE
TO LOOK FOR THOSE LEVERAGE
OPPORTUNITIES.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU.
>> ITEM SIX IS CONGESTION
PRICING.
IN THE 2018 BUDGET COUNCIL
ADDED $200,000 TO BEGIN
ASSESSING THE IMPACTS OF
TOLLING AND CONGESTION PRICING
AND THEN IN THE 2019 BUDGET THE
MAYOR ADDED $1 MILLION MORE TO
SUPPORT THE WORK.
SDOT PRESENTED ITS INITIAL WORK
IN JULY.
AND THOSE WHO HAVE IMPLEMENTED
CONGESTION PRICING TODAY,
INCLUDING STOCKHOLM, LONDON,
SINGAPORE, MILAN.
THE STUDY ALSO IDENTIFIED FOUR
PRICING STRATEGIES WITH THE
STRONGEST POTENTIAL FOR
IMPLEMENTATION IN SEATTLE,
WHICH INCLUDED PRICING, AREA
PRICING, FLEET PRICING, AND
ROAD USER CHARGES.
THIS FALL SDOT HAS DEVELOPED A
CONGESTION PRICING MODEL THAT
WILL HELP EXPLORE THE DIFFERENT
HOUSING PROJECTS AND HELP MODEL
THEIR EFFECTS.
THE NEXT PHASE OF WORK THE
EXECUTIVE TENDS TO FOCUS ON
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND THE
BUDGET INCLUDES FUNDED THROUGH
SDOT AND FOR THEM TO LEAD THIS
WORK OF THE $1.1 MILLION
IDENTIFIED IN THE PREVIOUS
BUDGET.
EXPECTED TO CARRY FORWARD INTO
2020 TO SUPPORT THE PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.
THERE IS NO NEW MONEY FOR THIS
ITEM.
AND THE WORK IS PARTIALLY
SUPPORTED BY BLOOMBERG CLIMATE
CHALLENGE, WHICH FUNDED AN
ADDITIONAL POSITION IN THE 2020
TO SUPPORT THE WORK.
AND I HAVE NO OPTIONS
IDENTIFIED AT THIS TIME.
>> ANY QUESTIONS IN
>> SURE.
>> JUST A CLARIFYING QUESTION.
I UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE ONE
STILL LEADING THE CITY WIDE
EFFORTS, BUT THAT WOULDN'T
REQUIRE THE USE OF THE BALANCE
OF $400,000.
>> THE INTENT IS TO START A
PUBLIC CONVERSATION AROUND
CONGESTION PRICING.
SO WE WOULD SUPPORT OTHER
OUTREACH EFFORTS, OTHER
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES TO START
ENGAGING IN THE PUBLIC.
>> OKAY.
AND SO THAT'S COMMUNICATION.
AND SO IS THE BLOOMBERG CLIMATE
CHALLENGE, ARE THE $1.1
MILLION, DOES IT INCLUDE THAT?
>> IT IS AN ADDITION, YES.
THE CHALLENGE GRANT AS I
UNDERSTAND IT, AS IT RELATES TO
CONGESTION PRICING, IT MIGHT
HELP TO FIND ONE POSITION
THAT'S CURRENTLY IN OSC THAT
WILL DEVOTE A PORTION OF THEIR
TIME TO HELP SUPPORT THE WORK
AND THEN POTENTIALLY A FUNDING
SOURCE IF THE SPECIFIC
RECOMMENDATIONS WILL COME OUT.
WE COULD GO BACK TO THEM WITH
PROPOSALS THAT THEY WOULD
CONSIDER FUNDING, SO IT IS KIND
OF LIKE BEING ON THE GRANT
ROSTER IF YOU WILL.
>> AND SO THERE AREN'T ANY
BUDGET CHANGES ON THIS ISSUE.
IS THE ASSUMPTION THAT AT THE
END OF THIS WORK THAT THE CITY
WOULD HAVE A PRETTY WELL
THOUGHT OUT RECOMMENDATIONS ON
WHAT THIS SHOULD AND COULD LOOK
LIKE.
IS THAT WHAT THE ASSUMPTION IS
OR SORT OF DYING THE NATURAL
DEATH AND WE'RE NOT HEADING IN
THAT DIRECTION, JUST TRYING TO
GIVE THEM A FEEL FOR WHAT THIS
MEANS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT
IS A VERY COMPLEX ISSUE.
>> ONE OF THE MAIN LESSONS THAT
I THINK THEY WOULD TRY TO
HIGHLIGHT WAS THAT HOW THESE
EFFORTS DEVELOP IN DIFFERENT
CITIES ARE VERY MUCH, TO HAVE
THIS CONVERSATION.
AND TO FIND OUT WHEN THE TIME
IS RIGHT AND WHEN THEY ALIGN TO
REALLY GO FORWARD WITH A
PROPOSAL THAT WILL MAKE SENSE
TO THE REGION.
THAT WE'LL HAVE TO VOTE ON IT
PARTICULARLY.
AND THEY WOULD ANT TO ENGAGE
THE PUBLIC WITH THE INFORMATION
THAT THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED AND
THAT THEY NOW HAVE A MODEL THAT
WILL HELP THEM SORT OF SHOW
WHAT THE IMPACTS ARE OF A
DIFFERENT COUPLE PRICING
STRATEGIES OR OPTIONS MIGHT
LOOK LIKE AND I THINK THE IDEA
IS TO TAKE THE TEMPERATURE OF
THE COMMUNITY AS WELL BEFORE
COMING BACK IN THE NEXT BUDGET
TO COME UP WITH MORE MONEY TO
DO WHATEVER THE NEXT PHASE OF
THIS IS.
>> AND I GUESS NOW I WILL LEAVE
THIS ALONE TO BE ON THE OUTSIDE
WITH ONE OF THE PEOPLE POSSIBLY
USING THIS.
SO I HAVE TO ASK THESE
QUESTIONS NOW.
BUT IF THAT STRATEGY IS SORT OF
WAIT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS IF THE
CONGESTION ISN'T AS BAD AS THEY
ANTICIPATED WOULD BE AND THEN
TO COME OUT OF THE PLAN OR
BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW, RIGHT?
WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH
DIVERSION THAT IT WILL BE FROM
THE WATERFRONT.
AND THEN IT SEEMS TO ME ALL
THIS OUTREACH WILL BE A LITTLE
PREMATURE IF IT IS SOMETHING
THAT WE COULD DO IT, BUT PRETTY
MUCH ANTICIPATE WHAT THE
DIFFERENT CAPS WILL BE ON THIS
ISSUE.
WHO WOULD LIKE IT, WHO WOULDN'T
LIKE IT?
I THINK THAT WE WOULD KNOW WHAT
THE CONSTITUENTS ARE SAYING.
AND SO IF THIS IS SORT OF A
WAIT AND SEE APPROACH, THEN I
JUST SORT OF WANT TO KNOW THAT
BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND
OF DIVERSION THAT IT WILL BE.
>> THAT IS A FAIR COMMENT.
I THINK ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS
TO REMIND OURSELVES IS THAT ANY
TYPE OF CONDITION PRICING WILL
REQUIRE THE VOTE OF THE PEOPLE.
THE TEMPERATURE OF THE
COMMUNITY, VIEWING THIS THING
AND HOW MUCH THEY ARE WILLING
TO STOMACH IS GOING TO BE A
PART OF WHERE WE GO FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN?
>> YES.
THANK YOU.
CALVIN, I WOULD LOVE TO GRILL
YOU ON THIS, BUT I IMAGINE THAT
YOU DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS
FOR WHAT THE EXECUTIVE
INTENTIONS ARE HERE.
BUT I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER
YOUR COMMENTS.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, YOU
KNOW, JUST TO BE CLEAR TO THE
PUBLIC, THEY CANNOT SHOW YOU
THE CONGESTION PRICING IN
SEATTLE.
ONE OF THE COMMITMENTS THAT THE
COUNCIL HAS MADE THROUGH
VARIOUS RESOLUTIONS AND THE
MAYOR HAS STATED PUBLICLY IS
THAT YOU KNOW WE WOULD HAVE TO
DO SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE
EQUITABLE AND THEN THE LOWEST
INCOME PEOPLE AREN'T
DISPROPORTIONATELY BURDENED BY
ANY SYSTEM.
SO MY UNDERSTANDING IN HOW THIS
FUNDING WILL BE SPENT NEXT YEAR
IS SPECIFICALLY REACHING OUT TO
COMMUNITIES THAT WOULD
POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, COULD
POTENTIALLY BE
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED AND
REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR
NEEDS ARE AND HOW THEY
CURRENTLY USE THIS SYSTEM AND
WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF
INVESTMENTS THAT WOULD HELP.
FRANKLY THIS IS SOME OF THE
INFORMATION THAT THEY WOULD
HOPE WOULD GATHER MORE
INFORMATION ON AND THE REPORT
WE FUNDED TWO YEARS AGO.
AND IT WAS A LITTLE
DISAPPOINTED IN KIND OF THE
ROBUSTNESS OF THAT REPORT AND
TO DO THAT EQUITY ANALYSIS AND
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE'S A
COMMITMENT TO DO THAT WITH SOME
OF THE FUNDING.
AND I THINK THERE'S A BIT OF,
YOU KNOW, UNTIL WE HAVE A
CLEAR, UNTIL THE CITY HAS A
CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW
DIFFERENT USERS USE THE SYSTEM
TO DESIGN A PROGRAM, YOU KNOW,
A CONGESTION PRICING SCHEME
COULD BE CERTAIN TIMES A DAY,
DIFFERENT RATES, IT COULD BE
ALWAYS AROUND THE PRICE AND IT
COULD BE TOLLING EVERYONE.
AND ONLY TOLL CERTAIN PEOPLE IN
CERTAIN TIMES OF THE DAY, OFFER
REBATES TO CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS
AND COULD HEAVILY INVEST IN
TRANSIT AUTHORITIES AND THEY
COULD HAVE BETTER ALTERNATIVES.
SO THE WHOLE HOST OF SCENARIOS
THAT COULD BE PLAYED OUT AND
HARD TO DESIGN THAT WITHOUT
HAVING ANY GOOD DATA ON HIS
IMACT.
IMPACT.
I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN
UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, WE
PRESENT ABOUT $1.2 MILLION.
$4.7 LEFT.
ABOUT $750,000 HAS BEEN SPENT
TO DATE.
MY RECOLLECTION IS ONLY A
COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND WAS A
PART OF THE ORIGINAL STUDY.
SO I'M INTERESTED IN WHAT THE
OTHER $500,000 OR SO WENT TO
WITH ANTICIPATED SPENDING IN
2019.
I'VE SEEN THE REPORT THEY DID
AND, AGAIN, I WASN'T TOTALLY
HAPPY WITH THE ROBUSTNESS OF
IT, BUT APPRECIATE THAT IT WAS
DONE.
I'M NOT CLEAR ON WHAT THE OTHER
MONEY WAS SPENT ON.
IT'D BE GREAT TO GET A LITTLE
FEEDBACK ON THAT TOO.
A FOLLOW UP.
>> ITEM SEVEN IS THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICT
AND VEHICLE LICENSE FEES.
JUST WANT TODAY HIGHLIGHT FOR
YOU THE BUDGET INCLUDES $32.9
MILLION VEHICLE LICENSE FEES
THROUGH THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT
DISTRICT.
THIS INCLUDES $24.6 MILLION
WHICH SUPPORTS PROPOSITION ONE
PROGRAMS THAT WERE APPROVED BY
VOTERS IN NOVEMBER OF 2014.
IT ALSO INCLUDES $8.3 MILLION
TO SUPPORT BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE
PROGRAMS SUCH AS NEIGHBORHOOD
TRAFFIC CONTROL AND THE POTHOLE
REPAIR PROGRAM.
AND IN NOVEMBER OF 2019
WASHINGTON VOTERS WILL VOTE ON
INITIATIVE 976, WHICH WOULD
ASSESS VEHICLE AUTHORITY FEES.
AND IF I-976 PASSES, CENTRAL
STAFF WILL WORK WITH THE
EXECUTIVE TO DEVELOP THE BUDGET
ACTIONS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
TO ADDRESS DECREASED REVENUE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN?
>> AND COLLEAGUES, I JUST WANT
TO REITERATE THE POTENTIAL FOR
FUNDAMENTAL RADICAL CHANGE
DEPENDING ON THE OUTCOME IN
NOVEMBER.
CERTAINLY BEEN THINKING THROUGH
WHAT OPTIONS WE WOULD HAVE TO
HELP SUPPORT SOME OF THE MOST
CRITICAL TRANSPORTATION FUNDING
THAT MIGHT DISAPPEAR IF THEY
WERE TO PASS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW IN A MOMENT I
WILL GET TO SOME OF MY ADS AND
WE WILL TALK ABOUT A COUPLE
DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES AND
REALLY THE CONTEXT OF WHETHER
976 PASSES OR NOT IS GOING TO
BE CRITICAL AND FOR ME IN
DECIDING WHAT INVESTMENTS WE
WANT TO BE DOING GOING FORWARD.
AND SO I GUESS A WARNING THAT
I'M GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF A
LOT OF THINGS, BUT I REALLY
CAN'T TELL YOU THE TYPE OF
THINGS I WANT TO PRIORITIZE
UNTIL WE HAVE A LITTLE
MORECLARITY TO CONNECT OUR
DISTRICT FUNDING AND THE
UPSTREAM EFFECTS THAT IT WOULD
HAVE ON OTHER FUNDING SOURCES
THAT WE WOULD GET.
AND SOUND TRANSIT FOOTING.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE WON'T
HAVE THE FINAL NUMBERS UNTIL
AFTER MY PROPOSED BUDGET IS PUT
IN FRONT OF US, SO WE MAY HAVE
TO DO SOME AMENDMENTS AFTER
THAT.
>> YEP.
>> ITEM EIGHT IS THE DIRECTOR
OF CITY WIDE MOBILITY AND IN
JANUARY THE EXECUTIVE ANNOUNCED
THE POSITION TO LEAD EFFORTS ON
THE SEATTLE SQUEEZE AND THE
VIADUCT CLOSURE.
AND DURING THEIR BUDGET
PRESENTATION TWO WEEKS AGO.
SINCE THEN THEY HAVE INFORMED
COUNCIL THE PLANNING AND
PREPARATION WORK PRESENTED BY
THIS COUNCIL WOULD BE COMPLETED
BY THE END OF THE YEAR AND THAT
THE POSITION WOULD END.
THE PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES
FUNDING THROUGH 2020 AND
THROUGH ALLOCATION RATES
INCLUDING $135,000 OF GENERAL
FUND ABOUT $9,000 FROM THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
INSPECTION AND $18,000 FOR THE
RETIREMENT FUND.
$40,000 FROM SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT, AND $20,000 FROM SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
AS AN OPTION, YOU MAY WISH TO
ELIMINATE THE 2020 FUNDING.
ISSUE NUMBER NINE IS CAPITAL
OVERSIGHT.
IN THE LAST FEW BUDGET CYCLE,
OVERSIGHT OF THE CAPITAL E
PROGRAM AND THIS INCLUDES
PASSING BUDGET LEGISLATION TO
CONDITION THE GRANT
APPLICATIONS, WHICH WOULD
ENSURE THE SUPPORT OF THE
PROJECTS BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT
APPLIES FOR GRANTS OVER $5
MILLION.
IN THE PAST THEY ESTABLISHED
THE STAGE GATE FOR THE PROJECT,
WHICH WILL REQUIRE THE CHECK IN
AT 20% DESIGN STAGES.
IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, THE
EXECUTIVE HAS HIGHLIGHTED A NEW
EXECUTIVE OVERSIGHT PROCESS
THROUGH THIS CAPITAL SUB
CABINET AND THE NEW PROCESS, IT
WOULD WAIT UNTIL 30% DESIGNED
TO COMPLETE BEFORE ESTABLISHING
FORMAL COST ESTIMATES FOR
PROJECTS.
IT WOULD ALSO TRIGGER THIRD
PARTY REVIEWS FOR THE PROJECTS
COSTING OVER $50 MILLION.
THE EXECUTIVE WILL BE USING
THIS NEW PROCESS FOR THE NEW
NORTH LAKE RETAINING WALL
PROJECT AND A NEW PROJECT TO
REPAIR DETERIORATING TIMBER OF
LAKE UNION.
THE PROPOSED CIP ONLY INCLUDES
$4 MILLION TO FUND DESIGN OF
THE PROJECT AND INSTEAD OF A
SPECIFIC COST ESTIMATE THE
PROJECT, THE POTENTIAL RANGE OF
$25 TO $30 MILLION GIVEN THE
EARLY STAGE OF PROJECT
DEVELOPMENT.
AND AS OPTIONS, THEY MIGHT WISH
TO CONSIDER LEGISLATION FOR
SDOT'S GRANT APPLICATION.
OR OPTION B COUNCIL MAY WISH TO
DISCUSS LATER.
OR PERHAPS NOW.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION.
I DIDN'T WANT TO DISCUSS MY
PROPOSAL NOW, BUT THANK YOU.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER
OR NOT WE NEED TO ACTUALLY PASS
LEGISLATION TO CONSIDER TO
REQUIRE THE CAPITAL PROJECT
OVERSIGHT REPORTS WE HAVE BEEN
RECEIVING?
>> NO.
>> WE DO NOT?
OKAY.
>> THE NEXT SECTION, THERE ARE
THREE PIECES OF BUDGET
LEGISLATION.
>> COUNCIL, WHERE SHE A
QUESTION HERE.
>> I'M SORRY TO GO BACK.
I WAS MULTITASKING.
ON THE DIRECTIVE OF CITY WIDE
MOBILITY, THAT POSITION IS
CURRENTLY FILLED CORRECTLY.
>> IT IS CURRENTLY FILLED, A
TEMPORARY POSITION.
>> AND SO THE PROPOSED BUDGET
INCLUDES THAT?
IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT
THAT WAS NOT GOING TO BE
CARRIED FORWARD.
>> THE EXECUTIVE, IN THE LAST
TWO WEEKS THE EXECUTIVE HAS
INFORMED COUNCIL THAT THEY
BELIEVE THE WORK THAT THAT
POSITION DOES WOULD BE COMPLETE
BY THE END OF THE YEAR AND THAT
THEY DON'T INTEND THE POSITION
TO CONTINUE INTO NEXT YEAR.
THAT WAS AFTER THE PROPOSED
BUDGET WAS TRANSMITTED.
THE PROPOSED BUDGET HAS FUNDING
BAKED INTO IT.
>> THAT'S WHAT I WANT TODAY
CLARIFY.
>> I THINK COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S
POINT IS WELL TAKEN, THAT IT'S
BAKED INTO THE BUDGET, BUT IF
THE POSITION IS NOT GOING TO BE
FILLED GOING FORWARD, IS THAT
MONEY THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR ANY
OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE BEEN
DISCUSSING SO FAR?
>> YES.
SO THE FUNDING WAS SPREAD
ACROSS THE FAS ALLOCATION,
WHICH GOES TO SIX OF THE MAJOR
CITY FUNDS.
AND SO IN MY PAPER LIST WHERE
THE MONEY COMES FROM, $135,000
OF THAT IS GENERAL FUND.
THAT'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR OTHER
USES IF THE FUNDING FOR THE
POSITION WERE CUT.
>> OKAY.
>> SINCE I FLAGGED THE ISSUE,
THAT MONEY WOULD BE EARMARKED
FOR HARRELL'S PROJECTS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> IS THAT HOW THIS WORKS?
>> CAN I ASK A QUICK FOLLOW UP
TO THAT?
SO SDOT'S BUDGET HAS ABOUT $45
MILLION IN GENERAL FUND
FUNDING.
IS THE GENERAL FUND FUNDING
FROM THIS CURRENTLY IN THE SDOT
BUDGET MEANING TO HONOR THE
COMMITMENT TO A MINIMUM
THRESHOLD THE GENERAL FUND
WOULD NEED TO STAY OR OUTSIDE
OF THAT?
>> I BELIEVE IT'S OUTSIDE OF
THAT.
I THINK THERE IS STILL
SUFFICIENT WIGGLE ROOM TO
HANDLE A $100,000 DIFFERENCE.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
I'M ALREADY HEARING THAT IT'S
BEEN DUBBED UP HERE.
WE WILL SEE WHERE IT GOES.
>> AND SO THERE WERE THREE
PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT THE
EXECUTIVE TRANSMITTED WITH THE
BUDGET.
ITEM ONE IS A CHANGE TO THE
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE LICENSE FEE
AND THE TEMPORARY NO PARKING
FEE.
THIS WOULD INCREASE THE
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE LOAD ZONE
PROJECT PER PERMIT.
IT WOULD ADD $1 PER DAY TO THE
TEMPORARY NO PARKING FEE.
INCREASED FUNDS WOULD SUPPORT
STAFF IN THE VEHICLE
ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM AND THE
COUNTER PERMIT.
THE ITEMS TWO AND THREE WOULD
ESTABLISH THE TERMS OF LOANS
FOR THE WEST PROJECT AND THE
SOUTH LAKE UNION STREETCAR
PROJECT, BOTH WHICH THE
STREETCAR OPERATING LOAN FROM
2007.
AND BOTH OF THOSE WERE SET TO
EXPIRE IN THE END OF THIS YEAR
AND SO THAT WOULD EXTEND THAT
FOR THIS YEAR AND IN
ANTICIPATION OF THE MEGABLOCK
PORTIONS.
I'LL BE WORKING FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION DURING THE BUDGET
PROCESS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> BUT THIS LAST SECTION
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ
IDENTIFIED OPTIONS.
I WOULD INVITE THE SPONSORS TO
SPEAK TO THEIR PROJECTS AS WE
GO ALONG.
ACTING COORDINATOR AT SEATTLE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS, SPONSORED BY
COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN.
>> COLLEAGUES, THE CONCEPT
BEHIND HERE WOULD BE AT SEATTLE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WHAT WE FIND IS
A LOT OF KIDS THROUGH THE
WORKOUT PROGRAM NOW HAVE WORK
PASSES OUTSIDE THE ONE AND A
HALF, TWO-MILE RADIUS DEPENDING
ON THE SCHOOL THEY'RE AT.
BUT THERE IS STILL A
SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF KIDS THAT
LIVE WITHIN THAT RADIUS AND DO
NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE WORKER
PASSES.
AND WE FIND THAT ONLY A
FRACTION OF THEM WERE ACTUALLY
STILL WALKING TO SCHOOL AND
LOTS OF PARENTS ARE CHOOSING TO
DRIVE THEM IF THEY HAVE PARENTS
THAT ARE ABLE TO DO THAT.
BUT THE REALITY IS THAT THERE
AREN'T GREAT PROGRAMS TO HELP
PEOPLE FEEL SAFE GETTING TO AND
FROM SCHOOL.
WE HAVE REACHED OUT.
AND TO PAUSE A SECOND THERE TO
THE EXTENT THAT THERE ARE
PROGRAMS AND WE DO SEE SOME
PRETTY ROBUST PROGRAMS LIKE THE
WALKING CHOOL BUS PROGRAMS,
THAT THERE ARE OTHER BIKE-TO-
SCHOOL PROGRAMS THAT ARE OFTEN
SET UP ON THE HERT BASE.
BASED ON THE AVAILABILITY OF
KIND OF PARENT INVOLVEMENT OR
SOME TIME TEACHER INVOLVEMENT.
BUT AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THE
ROBUSTNESS AND AVAILABILITY OF
PROGRAMS ARE NOT SPREAD EQUALLY
THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO THE SCHOOLS WHERE THERE ARE
PARENTS WITH MORE RESOURCES OR
MORE TIME OFTEN FIND THAT THERE
ARE SOME DECENT PROGRAMS AT
OTHER SCHOOLS AND THEY MAY NOT
HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO THAT.
THE IDEA BEHIND FUNDING A, ACT
OF TRANSPORTATION COORDINATOR
AT SCHOOL DISTRICT WOULD BE TO
TRY TO FILL IN THAT GAP AND
MAKE SURE ALL STUDENTS IN THE
SCOOL SYSTEM HAVE ACCESS TO
THAT TYPE OF PROGRAMMING THAT
WOULD ALLOW MORE OF THEM TO
CHOOSE TO WALK AND RIDE AND
JUST BRIEFLY THE BENEFITS
OBVIOUSLY GIVING KIDS, TO BE
MORE PHYSICALLY ACTIVE IS A
GOOD THING.
FEWER CARS ON THE STREETS IS A
GOOD THING.
MAKING SURE THOSE WHO DON'T
HAVE ANY OTHER OPTIONS THAT
THEY WILL HAVE SAFE
ALTERNATIVES, SO WE DON'T HAVE
ACCIDENTS OR INJURIES,
COLLISIONS, INJURIES, THAT IT
IS ALL REALLY IMPORTANT.
WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT.
MY STAFF HAS SPOKEN TO A A
COUPLE OF STAFF BOARD MEMBERS
AND HAD A CONVERSATION WITH
FRED PODESTA.
THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND
ANTICIPATE TO RECEIVE A LETTER
OF SUPPORT FOR THEM IN THE
COMING DAYS BECAUSE OF ONE OF
THE CONCERNS THAT WE'VE HEARD
FROM SDOT IS A VERY STRONG
INTEREST IN USING THIS AS PART
OF THE SCHOOL SAFETY
INVESTMENT.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT IS VERY
WELL RECEIVED.
THE CONFERSES HAVE BEEN ABOUT
AN EXCITEMENT, FUNDING FOR SUCH
A PROGRAM.
AND SO YOU SHOULD HAVE FOUR
DIFFERENT PINK SHEETS IN FRONT
OF YOU.
THE FIRST OF THOSE FOUR AND THE
NEXT THREE ITEMS ARE ALL MINE
INCLUDED ON THE SUBSEQUENT PINK
SHEETS.
>> AND THE NEXT ITEM IS TO ADD
$1 MILLION TO PROVIDE FOR
ONGOING MAINTENANCE FOR BICYCLE
INFRASTRUCTURE.
>> AND AS WE WILL CONTINUE TO
ADD PROTECTED BIKE LANES
THROUGHOUT THE CITY, IT'S A
GREAT THING.
WE ARE SEEING EVEN MORE OF
THOSE COME ONLINE THIS YEAR AND
TALKING ABOUT IT IN A SECOND
POTENTIALLY ADDING MORE
ELSEWHERE IN THE CITY.
RIGHT NOW THERE'S NOT A
DEDICATED FUNDING SOURCE TO DO
MAINTENANCE ON THOSE AND SO
MAINTENANCE COULD LOOK LIKE
THINGS LIKE SWEEPING THEM,
COULD BE SNOW REMOVAL, AND THEN
IT IS LIKE LAST YEAR AND
REPAINTING THEM.
POSTS THAT OFTEN GET BROKEN AND
SO REPLACING THOSE POSTS.
WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS THAT NOW
WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT
WE'RE BUILDING A NETWORK OF
THESE LANES, BUT SOME OF THEM
ARE GETTING A FEW YEARS OLD.
AS WE CONTINUE TO HAVE MORE, WE
WILL WANT TO SEE DEDICATED
FUNDING WITH ABOUT $38 MILLION
I BELIEVE IN GENERAL
MAINTENANCE FOR THE ROADWAYS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND SO WHAT THIS WOULD DO TO
PROVIDE A MILLION OF THAT, $38
MILLION TO BE FOCUSED ON DOING
BIKE LANE MAINTENANCE AS THAT
BECOMES A BIGGER PART OF OUR
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK.
>> GREAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN, I WILL
SUPPORT THIS.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND I'M
SURE COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ
WILL WEIGH IN ON THIS AS WELL.
WHEN WE WERE IN COPENHAGEN, I
KNOW THEY HAVE BABY ZAMBONIS
AND THEY WERE OFTENTIMES USED
FIRST EVEN IN SNOWSTORMS TO
CLEAN THE BICYCLE LANES, SO
THAT THEY WERE OPEN AND
AVAILABLE.
THOSE HEARTY FOLKS, I THINK
THEY SAID EVEN IN THE RAIN AND
SNOW THAT 37% OF THE RIDERS
THAT WERE GOING INTO DOWNTOWN
FOR WORK WERE RIDING ON THEIR
BIKES.
>> IT'S 70% NOW.
>> IT'S UP TO 75.
>> PLENTY OF TIMES, YEAH.
ALL RIGHT, ZAMBONIS, HERE WE
CO.
>> ITEM THREE TO ADD FUNDING TO
SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
EQUITY AGENDA.
>> COLLEAGUES, THERE'S BEEN
SOME GREAT WORK DONE AT THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ON
EQUITY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS
INCLUDING CREATING OF A
DIRECTOR POSITION.
AND JUST THIS EARLIER THIS YEAR
EQUITY WORK GROUP WAS FORMED.
THE INTENT WAS ORIGINALLY TO
HAVE A SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS
FROM THEM BY THE END OF THIS
YEAR, THE TIMING HAS SLIPPED A
BIT, SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT THAT
REPORT BACK WILL COME SOME TIME
IN THE SPRING OF NEXT YEAR AT
THE MOMENT.
MY UNDERSTANDING IN THE BUDGET
IS THERE'S ENOUGH REVENUE
BECAUSE OF THE LATE START THIS
YEAR TO SIMPLY ROLL THAT OVER,
TO KEEP THAT FUNDING GOING.
THE INTENT OF THIS AGENDA ITEM
IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE
SOME FUNDING IN PLACE FOR
WINDOW RECOMMENDATIONS COMING
OUT FROM THAT GROUP TO BE
FUNDING SOME OF THE EQUITY
INVESTMENTS.
THIS WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, LIKELY
ALLOCATING MONEY FROM ELSEWHERE
WITHIN THE SDOT BUDGET AND WE
COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THAT IF FOLKS WANT, BUT THAT'S
THE CONCEPT TO MAKE SURE WHEN
THAT WORK GROUP IS FINISHED,
THEY ARE FINISHED WITH THEIR
INITIAL REPORT AND THAT WE CAN
ACTUALLY NOT JUST WAIT A YEAR
UNTIL WE DECIDE WHAT WE WANT TO
DO WITH IT, BUT HAVE SOME
FUNDING FOR THAT.
>> GREAT.
THE NEXT ITEM WOULD DIRECT
FUNDING FOR THE HEARSE
MEGABLOCK PROJECT TO SUPPORT
SOUTH SEATTLE BICYCLE
INFRASTRUCTURE.
>> GOOD, COUNCIL MEMBER
O'BRIEN?
>> THIS IS THE ONE WE'VE
ALREADY IDENTIFIED THIS
RESOLUTION WE PASSED EARLIER
THIS YEAR AROUND COMPLETE
STREETS AND BIKE SAFETY.
IF YOU LOOK BACK AT THAT CHART
UNDER, I FORGET WHAT ITEM IT
WAS THAT ASKS YOU ABOUT THE
FLAGS, ITEM FOUR.
THERE IS A SERIES OF BIKE
INFORMATION INVESTMENTS THAT
ARE IDENTIFIED.
ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE
HEARD FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS
AND A LOT OF US SHARED WAS THE
BIKE MASTER IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
THAT GOT REVISED AND PRESENTED
TO THE COUNCIL IN JUNE OF THIS
YEAR.
THERE WAS NO SOUTH OF SEATTLE
BIKE CONNECTION THAT WAS GOING
TO BE COMPLETE BY THE END OF
THE NEW SEATTLE LEVY.
AND SO THAT WAS A PRIORITY FOR
THE BIKE ADVISORY BOARD.
AND A NUMBER OF OTHER COMMUNITY
GROUPS REALLY WANTED TO SEE
THAT.
AND THEN IN OUR RESOLUTION WE
WOULD PRIORITIZE THAT.
IF WE LOOK AT THE CHARTS UNDER
THE BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR
THIS MEMO, THERE IS TWO MAIN
PROSPECTS.
ONE IS THE MARTIN LUTHER KING
JR. WAY FROM RAINIER TO
HENDERSON.
AND THEN THERE'S THREE SEGMENTS
ON BEACON AVENUE.
EACH OF THOSE, WELL THE MLK IS
ABOUT $7.5 MILLION GAP.
AND THE BEACON AVENUE HAS ABOUT
$10 PLUS MILLION GAP IN FUNDING
TO COMPLETE THOSE.
AND WHAT I WOULD INTEND TO DO
IS TO DIRECT THAT, THE MERCER
MEGA BLOCK PROCEED FOR ITEM
THREE, WHICH HAS PROTECTED BIKE
LANES IN THE BIKE MASTER PLAN
ABOUT $8.3 MILLION BEING
DEDICATED TO ONE OF THOSE
PROJECTS, SO WE CAN BY THE END
OF THE LEVY WHEN WE WILL BE
GOING BACK FOR RENEWAL THAT WE
WILL HAVE DIRECT BIKE
CONNECTION FOR ALL AGES AND
AVAILABILITY CONNECTION.
AND TO GO BACK TO THE SIDE AND
TO SAY THAT IT WILL BE
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AND THE
COMMUNITIES IN SOUTH SEATTLE
HAVE SAFE CONNECTIONS.
ABSOLUTELY.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ?
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
O'BRIEN AND ALL THE WORK THAT
YOU HAVE DONE ON BIKE LANES AND
VISION ZERO.
I'M HOPING WE COULD WORK
TOGETHER ON IT HAD AND MY MAIN
CONCERN IS ABOUT WHY WE SHOULD
REDIRECT $16 MILLION OF FUNDING
FOR VISION ZERO TO FUND BIKE
LANES ONLY IN SOUTH SEATTLE.
MY QUESTION TO MY COLLEAGUES
AND THOSE LISTENING BASED ON
THE DATA TO PROVIDE MORE
INDUSTRIES OR DEATHS IN THE
CURRENT ZERO PROJECT.
AND SO MY GOAL HERE TODAY IS TO
SEE HOW I CAN WORK WITH MY
COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER
O'BRIEN TO SEE HOW WE CAN
ACCOMPLISH BOTH GOALS.
THAT WE HAVE BICYCLE LANES AND
THAT WE CONSIDER TO FUND
PROJECTS THAT GO TO AS YOU WERE
SAYING, CALVIN, PEDESTRIAN SAFE
ENVIRONMENT.
THAT'S IN YOUR PRESENTATION.
WE ARE LOOKING AT PAGE SIX AND
HOW YOU BROKE DOWN WHERE THE
MONEY WAS GOING.
THAT IS SOMETHING I'M HOPING
COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN YOU AND
I CAN WORK ON.
IT'S CERTAINLY, I'M SUPPORTIVE
OF BIKE LANES.
WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS
TAKING $16 MILLION AND FOCUSING
ON BIKE LANES ONLY IN SOUTH
SEATTLE, WHICH WOULD TAKE MONEY
AWAY FROM DIFFERENT
NEIGHBORHOODS, WHERE WE ARE
REALLY STRUGGLING WITH JUST
KEEPING OUR ELDERS AND OUR
CHILDREN SAFE.
I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT COUNCIL
MEMBER JUAREZ.
I WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH YOU
ON THAT.
MY INTENT HERE IS NOT TO
REPROGRAM THE $16.7 MILLION.ON
THAT LIST IT HAS LINE ITEMS,
FIVE LINE ITEMS.
$2.2 MILLION FOR THE CROSSING
IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH HAVE BEEN
IDENTIFIED TO LEAVE IT WHERE IT
IS, WOULD LEAVE THE NORTHWEST
43rd STREET IMPROVEMENTS WHERE
IT IS.
TO LEAVE THE GREENWAY PORTION
WHERE IT IS AND THE HIGHLAND
PARK INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS
TO WHERE IT IS AND JUST THE $8
MILLION OF THE BIKE MASTER
PLAN.
AND THAT IS A BIG CHUNK OF
MONEY GOING TO ONE NEIGHBORHOOD
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR
US TO TAKE THAT TO THE CONTEXT
OF THE OTHER BIKE INVESTMENTS
THAT WILL BE MADE OVER THE NEXT
FIVE YEARS AND TO BE HAPPY TO
SHARE A RANGE OF INVESTMENTS
AND OTHERS THAT ARE HAPPENING
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND IT WILL FEEL LIKE SOUTHEAST
SEATTLE IS A BIT OF A VOID
THAT'S BEHIND.
SO THAT IS WHY THEY ARE TRYING
TO KEEP IT UP TO SPEED, BUT TO
WORK TOGETHER TO WALK THROUGH
THAT AND TALK ABOUT WHERE OTHER
BIKE INVESTMENTS ARE HAPPENING.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT
DISCUSSION.
>> THE NEXT ITEM IS FROM
COUNCIL MEMBER PACHECO, ITEM
FIVE.
IT WOULD ADD FUNDING FOR
IMPLEMENTATION ON THE MASTER
BIKE PLAN PROJECT.
>> GREAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER PACHECO.
>> HI, COLLEAGUES.
I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU THIS
FLAG AND A DESIRE TO FUND
PATHWAY FOR FUNDING AND OUR
PEDESTRIAN BIKE PLAN AND AS
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ STATED
EARLIER.
I WILL ACTUALLY GO FURTHER THAN
D5, NORTH OF 75th, D4.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF SIDEWALKS
THAT ARE MISSING, AND I'VE
HEARD THAT LOUD AND CLEAR FROM
A NUMBER OF CONSTITUENTS.
I ALSO WANT TO CALL
SPECIFICALLY TO SMALL SCALE
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS
PROVIDING MAJOR SAFETY BENEFITS
FOR DISTRICT FOUR.
I'LL BE LOOKING AT EXPLORE
PROJECTS IN A BUDGET PROCESS
AND THESE PROJECTS INCLUDE A
CROSSWALK AND OTHER SAFETY
IMPROVEMENTS ALONG NORTHEAST
45th STREET NORTH OF I-5 WITH A
THREE-BLOCK STRETCH OF NO
CROSSWALKS, CROSSING A BUSY
HEAVY ARTILLERY.
AND WOULD PROTECT STUDENTS
WALKING TO SCHOOL AND
CROSSWALKS AT NORTHEAST 52nd
STREET ANDBROOKLYN AVENUE
NORTHEAST.
AS I SAID MANY TIMES THROUGH
VARIOUS COMMITTEES WITH THE
LIGHT RAIL STATION OPENING UP,
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US AS WELL
AS TO COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN'S
POINT WHERE THERE IS LIGHT RAIL
STATIONS FOR US TO MAKE THOSE
FOR SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER HARRELL?
>> IS NOT ON NUMBER FIVE BEFORE
WE GO TO THE NEXT TEN ISSUES
FLAGGED BY THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I JUST WANT TO GO TO THE VERY
FIRST ONE AND ASK YOU A
QUESTION.
I LIKE ALL FOUR OF YOUR IDEAS.
BUT JUST FOR A PRACTICAL
STANDPOINT ON THE ACT OF THE
TRANSPORTATION COORDINATOR,
WOULD THAT STILL BE A CITY
EMPLOYEE?
OR THAT WE FUND THE DISTRICT
AND THEY HIGHER THAT PERSON OR
DO WE KNOW YET?
>> MY INTENT AND MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT WOULD
BE A SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEE.
SO WE WOULD PROVIDE THE FUNDING
TO IT.
AND SO THAT WOULD, GO AHEAD.
>> AND IT WOULD COME OUT OF THE
FUNDING THAT IS CURRENTLY
DEDICATED TO SCHOOL SAFETY
PROJECTS AND JUST ALLOCATING A
PORTION OF THAT TO THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT.
>> HAVE WE DONE THAT?
ANYTHING LIKE THAT?
>> I LOVE THE CONCEPT.
I ACTUALLY THOUGHT BEING THAT
MY EXPERIENCE WHEN I HAD A
CHILD IN HIGH SCHOOL WAS THE
DIFFERENCE IN THE
TRANSPORTATION ISSUES AND THE
PTSA AND THE PTA ISSUES THAT
SOME SCHOOLS WOULD RAISE
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS AND SOME WOULD RAISE
ZERO.
WE GOT CLEAR ENOUGH WHERE THEY
WERE ONE OF THE HIGHEST.
MY DAUGHTER IS A FRESHMAN AND
RAISED $2,000 FOR PTSA.
SO THIS PRECISION THAT YOU HAVE
ENVISIONED IS REALLY WORKING
WITH THE PARENTS TO GET TO
SCHOOL IN A DIFFERENT AND SAFE
WAY.
YOU JUST FLAG THE CONCEPT THAT
MAN IT WILL BE SO NICE FOR AN
EMPLOYEE TO HELP ANOTHER PARENT
INVOLVED IN ISSUES AS WELL.
AND I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA, I'M
A LITTLE SKIDDISH OF JUST
GIVING THE DISTRICT MONEY AND
SAYING TO TRUST THAT THEY WILL
DO THE KIND OF JOBS THAT WE
WANT.
AND I LIKE WHERE YOU ARE
HEADING WITH THE IDEA.
SORRY TO GO BACK TO NUMBER ONE.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY
IMPORTANT IF, I MEAN THERE IS A
BENEFIT TO HAVING SOMEONE THAT
WILL BE WORKING VERY CLOSELY TO
EMPLOYEES AND SOME OF THE
CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE AND
JUSTINSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS TO
PUT MONEY INTO IT AND THERE
WOULD NEED TO BE STRONG
CRITERIA.
I'M REALLY GRATEFUL AND PERHAPS
MORE IMPORTANTLY THAT FRED
PODESTO OVER THERE SEEMS
EXCITED.
WE COULD GET SOME COMMITMENTS
ON WHAT THAT WOULD BE AND I
ASSUME WE WOULD FOLLOW SOME OF
THE MODELS OF WHAT HAPPENED AS
WE WOULD FUND THE OTHER SCHOOL
POSITIONS.
>> THE GRANTS THAT WE USE FOR
THOSE AND BECAUSE WE HAVE, EVEN
THOUGH THEY'RE COMPETITIVE, WE
HAVE REQUIREMENTS TO
DEMONSTRATE HOW THE SCHOOLS ARE
RESPONDING.
AND IMPLEMENTING THE GRANTS.
WE COULD DO SOMETHING SIMILAR I
IMAGINE.
>> I'LL WORK CLOSELY WITH YOU
TO FIGURE OUT WHAT KIND OF
LANGUAGE AND WHAT LEVEL OF
DETAILS WE COULD GET TO IN THE
BUDGET PROCESS TO REALLY DEFINE
HOW THAT WORKS TO FIGURE OUT
WHO THEY WOULD BE ADMINISTERING
THAT.
>> CHAIR BAGSHAW?
>> I DIDN'T RAISE THE SAME
ISSUES AS WE DID YESTERDAY
DURING OUR CONVERSAION.
AND ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BOTH IN
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
AND IN THE DEAL CONTEXT ABOUT
SORT OF WHERE THE REVENUE
SOURCES.
PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THE LETTER
OR MEMO THAT COUNCIL MEMBER
O'BRIEN CIRCULATED, INDICATING
THE REVENUE OF THE FUND OF
COORDINATOR POSITION AS
PROPOSED TO THIS AGENDA ITEM
WOULD COME FROM THE SAFE ROUTES
TO SCHOOL REVENUE SOURCE.
SO I MEAN I WANT TO FLAG AS WE
COULD CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS
CONVERSATION THAT THE REVENUE
SOURCE THAT COMES FROM THE LEVY
IS OBVIOUSLY LARGELY RESTRICTED
BASED ON THE ORDINANCE THAT WE
PASSED IN THAT CONTEXT.
IT SEEMS TO BE PROPOSING THAT
WE WOULD PURSUE FUNDING THIS
POSITION POTENTIALLY THROUGH
THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL
PROGRAM.
IS THAT ACCURATE COUNCIL MEMBER
O'BRIEN?
>> THAT IS ACCURATE.
AND THE SCHOOL SAFETY, THE
TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, WHICH
IS A CITY COMMITTEE IS A
RECOMMENDATION OF THEIRS TO DO
THAT TO YOU.
SOME OF THE SAFE ROUTES FOR THE
SCHOOL FUNDING TO DO THIS.
>> AND THAT WOULD BE A CITY
WIDE POSITION FOR ALL SCHOOLS
ACROSS THE CITY NOT JUST FOR
ONE PARTICULAR AREA.
>> CORRECT.
>> YOU KNOW, I IMAGINE ONE
INDIVIDUAL COVERING ALL
SCHOOLS.
I THINK THE HOPE WOULD BE TO
USE THE EQUITY LENS ON FINDING
THAT THERE MAY BE SCHOOLS THAT
ARE VERY WELL SERVED
INDEPENDENTLY THROUGH PARENTS,
TEACHERS, PTA STUFF.
AND SO WE WOULD WANT TO FOCUS
ON THE PLACES WHERE THERE ARE
GAPS AND THE IDEA IS ALSO GOING
TO BE FUNDING THE ENTIRE SCHOOL
DISTRICT.
>> RIGHT.
>> AND I THINK IN THE
DELIBERATION OF THE FAMILY'S
EDUCATION PRESCHOOL PROMISE
LEVY.
THAT ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE
NOT ABLE TO PRIORITIZE UN.
IF GNATLY THROUGH THAT PROPOSAL
WERE ISSUES AROUND
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY
SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO
CHILDREN OF FAMILIES WHO ARE
EXPERIENCING HOUSING
INSTABILITY AND/OR ACTUAL
HOMELESSNESS.
AND SO THAT IS AN AREA THAT I
WOULD BE INTERESTED IN
IDENTIFYING AS PART OF THE
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY AGENDA
SHOULD THIS PROPOSAL ADVANCE.
ONE OF THE TOP ISSUES THAT I
HEARD IN COMMUNICATING WITH
TEACHERS AND FAMILY SUPPORT
WORKERS AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
ITSELF AND ADMINISTRATORS WAS
THE UNFORTUNATE REALITY OF
TRANSPORTATION DIFFICULTIES FOR
THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR
HOUSING STABILITY.
AND IT IS A HUGELY IMPACTFUL ON
THE ATTENDANCE RATES FOR THOSE
STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO
PARTICIPATE AND SHOW UP AND, OF
COURSE, ATTENDANCE IS ONE OF
THE KEY WAYS THAT WE AS A CITY
FUND, YOU KNOW, BETTER
ATTENDANCE THAT MEANS MORE
FUNDING THROUGH THE THEFT LEVY
DOLLARS.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY EVERY HOUR
THAT A STUDENT IS NOT IN A SEAT
LEARNING, READY TO LEARN IS,
YOU KNOW, TAKES US WAY, WAY
BACK IN TERMS OF ACADEMIC
ACHIEVEMENT OF THOSE STUDENTS.
SO TRANSPORTATION IS SUPER
IMPORTANT FOR US TO FIGURE OUT
SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT
POPULATION OF STUDENTS.
SO THIS IS ANOTHER MECHANISM
FOR US TO GET THERE.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE MONEY
WELL SPENT.
>> ITEM 6-9 COMES FROM COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD.
EXCUSE ME ITEM SIX IS TO ADD
FUNDING.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
AND SO THIS ITEM IS ONE OF THE
PROJECTS THE COUNCIL
PRIORITIZED IN A RESOLUTION IN
SEPTEMBER.
CENTRAL STAFF CONFIRMED THAT
$600,000 IS AVAILABLE FOR
DESIGN WORK.
THESE COMMUNITIES HAVE LIMITED
WALKING AND BIKE CONNECTIONS.
AND THE PROPOSAL IS COMMUNITY
GENERATED.
A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
FOR CALVIN.
THEY LIST $538,000 FOR 2019.
IS THIS FUNDING FOR DESIGN?
>> YES.
>> HAS SDOT CONFIRMED THEY WILL
BE DOING FINAL DESIGN WORK
DURING 2020?
>> I'M NOT SURE THAT I CAN
RECALL OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
>> THAT'S ALL FOR ME ON THAT
ONE.
>> JUST KEEP GOING.
YOU HAVE THE LONG HOUSE SAFE
STREET.
>> WE HAVE A FEW.
AND CENTER STREET, STREETCAR
CONNECTOR AND THE SOUTHWEST
RAPID RIDE H LINE ALL BELONG TO
YOU.
>> ITEM SEVEN WOULD ADD FUNDING
AND ACCOMPLISH THE CIP PROGRAM
FOR THE SAFE STREET AND
ACCESSIBILITY PROJECT.
>> THIS PROJECT HAS STRONG
COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
OPTIONS FOR FUNDING ARE LISTED
IN THE MEMO WITH $250,000 FOR
PLANNING, $500,000 FOR DESIGN,
AND $2.MILLION FOR.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD
HELP US IS GETTING MORE
INFORMATION FROM SDOT ON WHAT
EXACTLY THEY WOULD HAVE
ACCOMPLISHED IN 2020.
WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO DO BOTH
PLANNING AND DESIGN?
AND COULD WE ASK THAT OF SDOT?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THE NEXT ITEM ITEM EIGHT,
WHICH PROVIDES --
>>
SORRY, CAL.
COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN HAS A
QUESTION.
>> THANKS.
I WANT TO INDICATE MY STRONG
SUPPORT.
THE DOLLAR AMOUNT ON THIS ONE
IS QUITE HIGH.
I WOULD LOVE TO GET SOME, IF
THERE ARE WAYS TO PHASE THINGS
OR FIGURE OUT HOW TO TRY TO GET
THE BIGGEST SAFETY IMPROVEMENT
IF WE DON'T GET TO ALL, THAT
WOULD BE GREAT.
>> ITEM EIGHT, THE STREETCAR
PROCEDURE.
>> NEVERTHELESS IT IS
REASONABLE TO REQUIRE AN
OPERATIONS FUNDING PLAN BEFORE
SPENDING BEGINS IN 2020.
WE REQUESTED AN OPERATIONS PLAN
IN 2017, DID NOT RECEIVE ONE.
AND I THINK THIS IS RESPONSIBLE
OVERSIGHT FOR THIS COUNCIL TO
EXERCISE TO EXPECT AND RECEIVE
AN OPERATIONS SPENDING PLAN
BEFORE AUTHORIZING 2020
SPENDING ON THE CAPITOL SIDE OF
THE PROJECT.
>> ITEM NINE WOULD PROVIDE
SPENDING ON THE DELRIDGE WAY
SOUTHWEST RAPID LINE H LINE.
>> WE HAVE IN PRIOR YEARS USED
A PROVISO FOR THIS PROJECT AND
IT IS FOR THE COMMUNITY,
PRODUCING GOOD RESULTS, BOTH AS
IT RELATES TO THE OVERSIGHT OF
THE PROJECT AND ALSO AS AS A
RESULT HAVE RESULTED THEN
ANSWERED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
ON ITEMS THAT WE HAVE
IDENTIFIED AS IMPORTANT TO THE
COMMUNITY.
TO REQUIRE COUNCIL APPROVAL
BEFORE CONSTRUCTION, IN MARTHA
FINAL DESIGN WOULD BE IN FALL
OF 2019 TO ALLOW COUNCIL
CONSIDERATION AS PART OF THE
2020 BUDGET.
THE PROVISO THAT WE PLACED
EARLIER ON SPENDING THROUGH THE
BUDGET PROJECT ENSURED EARLIER
COMMUNITY CONCERNS WERE
ADDRESSED.
AND THERE ARE ONGOING ISSUES
THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE
DESIRABLE OF SDOT IN ADDRESSING
AS WE GET TO THE FINAL PART OF
THE DESIGN WORK ON THIS AND
PROVISO WOULD ENHANCE THAT
ENGAGEMENT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> NEXT FOUR ITEMS FROM COUNCIL
MEMBER BAGSHAW.
ITEM 10 IS TO ADD FUNDING AND
ACCOMPLISH A CIP PROJECT FOR
FORTSON SQUARE REDESIGN
IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT.
>> COLLEAGUES YOU WERE VERY
GENEROUS IN SUPPORTING ME LAST
YEAR, PUTTING MONEY INTO CITY
HALL PARK AND WHAT WE'VE DUBBED
THE YESLER CRESCENT.
IF YOU HAVE WALKED THROUGH CITY
HALL PARK AT ALL OVER THE LAST
FEW MONTHS YOU'LL SEE HOW MUCH
WORK WAS DONE, I WANT TO EXTEND
MY THANKS TO PARKS.
THE LIGHTING THEY PUT IN MAKES
IT FEEL VERY SAFE.
THE NEXT BLOCK IS ONE THAT WE
STILL HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF WORK
TO MAKE ON THAT.
SOUND TRANSIT IS TAKING OVER
MOST OF THAT PROPERTY, BUT WHEN
YOU GET DOWN RIGHT IN FRONT OF
ECHO HAWKS CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB,
THERE IS AN YAREN THAT'S CALLED
FORTSON SQUARE, WHICH IS
PROPERTY THAT'S OWNED BY SDOT.
IT IS FRANKLY A MESS AND IT HAS
BEEN VERY MUCH RAT INFESTED,
TREES ARE QUESTIONABLE.
WE MAKE GREAT PROGRESS.
THANKS TO SDOT FOR MANY OF THE
PEOPLE RECOGNIZING SUSAN
MCLAUGHLIN AND OTHERS.
BUT THAT IS WHERE COLLEEN IS
BUILDING HER NEW ALL, ALL
HOUSING.
RIGHT UPFRONT SHE WANTS TO HAVE
A COMMUNITY CONNECTOR, A
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AREA JUST
ON THAT LAND.
WELL WE'VE MADE PROGRESS.
ARTS AND CULTURE HAS AGREED TO
DEASSAULT THE ARTS.
WE WILL WANT TO IMPROVE THIS
LITTLE CORNER.
SO I'M ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL
SUPPORT FROM SDOT.
WE ALSO DID A PUBLIC LIFE STUDY
DURING THE SUMMER TO IDENTIFY
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WALKING
THROUGH, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE
STAYING.
THE NUMBERS ARE VERY LOW.
ULTIMATELY IT WOULD BE ABOUT A
COUPLE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD
WE'LL HAVE A COMMUNITY
GATHERING SPACE, WHICH IS WHAT
COLLEEN IS PURSUING WITH CHIEF
SEATTLE CLUB.
SO WE PUT $75,000 FROM OUR
YESLER CRESCENT WORK THIS YEAR
INTO THAT AND THIS WOULD
CONTINUE AND TO BUILD
ULTIMATELY CAPITAL PROJECT AND
ASSIST HER AND ASSIST THE
NEIGHBORHOOD IN REDESIGNING AND
THIS LITTLE CORNER.
THERE IS NOT A DOLLAR AMOUNT
ATTACHED AT THIS MINUTE, WHERE
WE WILL HAVE A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF IT AS WE GO
THROUGH, BUT I'M EXCITED TO SEE
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ WILL HAVE
SOMETHING TO ADD.
>> THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME
OUT.
FIRST OF ALL LET ME JUST SAY
THIS, COUNCIL MEMBER BAGSHAW,
IT'S BEEN AN ABSOLUTE JOY IN
HAVING YOU IN MY COMMITTEE FOR
THE LAST THREE, FOUR YEARS.
ONE OF THE THINGS I'M MOST
PROUD OF THAT WE HAVE
ACCOMPLISHED WITH THE WORK OF
THE NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY
INDIAN COUNTRY AND THE URBAN
NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY IS
THE SENSE OF REDESIGNING AND
RENAMING AND REPLACING
PARTICULAR SPOTS, HISTORICAL
SPOTS IN THIS CITY WITH THE
CORRECT NAME THAT REPRESENTS
THE INDIGENOUS AND STYLISH
PEOPLE WHO WERE HERE.
YOU'VE BEEN A PART OF THAT.
THIS IS LIKE ONE PIECE OF IT.
I KNOW AT SOME POINT PEOPLE
WOULD RAISE SOME EYEBROWS.
THERE IS A DOLPHIN ON THERE.
BUT MY POINT IS YOU'VE BEEN
GREAT ABOUT WORKING WITH ME ON
SO MANY OF THESE PROJECTS AND I
KNOW YOU DID A SLIDE LAST YEAR
ASKING TO WORK WITH PARKS AND
OTHER GROUPS ABOUT HOW WE ARE
RECLAIMING.
WE WORK WITH ABIGAIL AND
COLLEEN THROUGH PARKS IN TAKING
DOWN SOME OF THE MORE OFFENSIVE
SIGNS.
ABOUT THERE WERE NO MORE
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE HERE AND NOW
WE HAVE A CREEK THAT HAPPENED
UP ON THE NORTH FORK.
WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND SO
THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN GREAT,
UNDERSTANDING THAT NATIVE
PEOPLE ARE NOT ENVIABLE.
AND WE ARE STILL THERE.
I KNOW IT IS JUST ONE PIECE OF
THE WORK WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.
I KNOW MYSELF AND COUNCIL
MEMBER GONZALEZ WILL CONTINUE
TO DO THIS WORK WELL.
HOPEFULLY I'LL BE HERE TO
CONTINUE TO DO THIS WORK.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I'LL BE HERE.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS.
AND ONE OTHER THOUGHT WE
BROUGHT UP WITH SDOT, CALVIN,
MAYBE YOU'LL HELP US PURSUE,
LOOKING AT THE RENAMING OF THE
SIGNS NEAR CHIEF SEATTLE
CENTER.
CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB AND THE NEXT
BLOCK WHERE UNION GOSPEL
MISSION IS.
WE HAVE TALKED TO NEIGHBORS
ABOUT NAMING IT LL STREET OR
SOMETHING BECAUSE I BELIEVE
THAT MEANS WELCOMING, WELCOME
HOME?
BUT I LIKE THE CONCEPT TO BE
ABLE TO HONOR THE PEOPLE THAT
WERE HERE FIRST AND RECOGNIZING
THIS IS A POSSIBILITY.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME WE'LL MOVE
ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.
>> ITEM 11 IS TO ADD $400,000
FROM MARKET TO MOHAI.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS IS A PROJECT I'VE BEEN
WORKING ON FOR A NUMBER OF
YEARS.
MANY OF YOU KNOW MY BUDDY JOHN
PEARSON.
HE'S TAKING THE LEAD ON THAT.
THEY HAVE RAISED OVER $1
MILLION ON THIS QUARTER AND
DOWN TO THE LAST FOUR BLOCKS.
THEY'VE ASKED FOR ASSISTANCE IN
PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING.
IT'S GREAT BECAUSE THEY RAISED
I BELIEVE A MILLION DOLLARS IN
PRIVATE FUNDING.
THIS WILL BE THE FIRST AGE
FRIEND LIQUOR DOOR IN SEATTLE
TO SOUTH LAKE UNION AND I'M
DELIGHTED BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE
THE BENCHES.
THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH
HISTORY LENGTH TO MAKE SURE
THERE'S POETRY AND A
RECOGNITION FOR THAT INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE FIRST AND
IT IS JUST CONNECTING SO MANY
PEOPLE, RESIDENTS AS WELL AS
PEOPLE WORKING DOWNTOWN.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT THE
OTHER NIGHT WHEN WE WERE WITH
ANDY BILLINGS AND EVENT, HE WAS
TALKING ABOUT LOOKING AT
HEALTH, NOT JUST HEALTH CARE OR
HEALTH INSURANCE, BUT HEALTH IN
THEWAYS THAT WE APPROACH
BUILDING OUR CITY AND ONE OF
THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT, WE
ARE GETTING THE PEDESTRIAN
CORRIDORS.
I'M GOING TO ASK FOR $400,000
FOR MARKET TO MOHAI TO FINISH
THESE LAST FOUR BLOCKS.
>> GREAT.
>> ITEM 12 IS TO ADD FUNDING
FOR THE THOMAS STREET REDESIGN
IMPLEMENTATION.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
CONNECT WEST LAKE TO THE EAST
SIDE OF SEATTLE CENTER AND THEN
PICKING UP THE OTHER SIDE
CONNECTING IT TO THE
WATERFRONT.
WE HAD A DESIGN THAT WAS PUT ON
THIS SUMMER AND I WANT TO
RECOGNIZE HOW MUCH WORK THAT
ALLISON AND DAN STRAUSS AND
LINA DID PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
BUT THE GREAT NEWS IS WE'VE HAD
HUGE SUPPORT FROM CASCADE
BICYCLE CLUB FROM SEATTLE
NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS AND FROM
THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE DEBORA
SMITH HAD A SEATTLE CITY LIGHT
BECAUSE THEIR BROAD STREET
SUBSTATION IS THERE AND SHE HAS
PUT MONEY FORWARD IN A
COMMITMENT TO EXPAND THE
SIDEWALKS AND PUT SOME ARTISTIC
LIGHTING AND SOME PUBLIC ART IN
FRONT OF THEIR SUBSTATION THAT
WILL JUST MAKE THIS A VERY MUCH
WELCOMING CORRIDOR.
THE MAYOR HAS PUT $2 MILLION
INTO THIS MANY THANKS FOR THAT.
AND I HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE HIGH
SIGN FROM S DOLT THAT MORE IS
GOING TO BE NEEDED.
I DON'T HAVE THAT DOLLAR
AMOUNT, BUT I DO WANT TO
RECOGNIZE THIS REDESIGN IS
UNDERWAY AND IT IS REALLY GOING
TO MAKE THAT VISION OF THE
PEDESTRIAN CORRIDOR AND THE
BICYCLE PRIORITY QUARTER TO
SEATTLE CENTER A REALITY.
AND MY GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE
WHEN THE HOCKEY PUCK DROPS,
WHICH IS OCTOBER 2021, ISN'T
THAT RIGHT?
THAT THIS WILL BE READY TO GO.
>> ITEM 13 WOULD ADD $1 MILLION
TO CONTINUE THE WATERFRONT
SHUTTLE SERVICE THROUGH 2020.
>> WE HAVE A QUESTION FIRST.
COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN?
>> CALVIN OR COUNCIL MEMBER
BAGSHAW, MY UNDERSTANDING IS
BACK ON ITEM THREE THE PROCEEDS
THAT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF
MILLION FOR GREENWAYS AND A LOT
OF THAT IS EARMARKED FOR THOMAS
STREET.
>> CORRECT.
>> WOULD THIS BE IN ADDITION TO
THAT?
>> YES, WE THANK THE MAYOR FOR
IDENTIFYING THAT AND MAKING IT
A PRIORITY.
I'VE BEEN TOLD BY SDOT'S STAFF
AND THEY HAVE TO BE CAREFUL,
BUT THAT MORE IS GOING TO BE
NEEDED IF WE'RE GOING TO BE
ABLE TO REALIZE THE VISION THAT
WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO DO BOTH
EAST AND WEST OF SEATTLE
CENTER.
AND SO I WILL TAKE UP THE
WATERFRONT SHUTTLE.
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, I LOVE
SEEING YOUR EYEBROWS RAISED
WHEN I FIRST BROUGHT THIS UP.
THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WAS ONLY
15 MONTHS, ONLY 15 MONTHS OLD
NOW.
IN THESE 15 MONTHS, THE PORT OF
SEATTLE AND WSDOT HAVE
CONTRIBUTED MONEY ALONG WITH
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE ASSOCIATION.
IT IS REALLY A FOCUS TO IMPROVE
MOBILITY AROUND DOWNTOWN.
IN JUST THE FIRST 15 MONTHS, IT
IS A FREE SHUTTLE THAT I WANT
TO POINT THAT OUT.
AND THEIR GOAL WAS TO BE ABLE
TO MOVE PEOPLE AND IMPROVE
MOBILITY, SO PEOPLE ARE NOT
DRIVING THEIR OWN CARS DOWN IN
THIS AREA PARTICULARLY WHEN WE
HAVE LOST A NUMBER OF PARKING
SPACES AND ALSO IN ADDITION TO
THE CONGESTION RELIEF THAT IT
HAS MOVED AS I SAID $400,000
PEOPLE IN THE FIRST 15 MONTHS
AND SO IT IS WORKING AND WE
KNOW IT IS EFFECTIVE.
OUR KING COUNTY COLLEAGUES,
SUPPORT AND IN MATCHING WHAT WE
MAY PUT IN HERE AND I THINK IF
THAT HAPPENS, THEN THE NEXT
ROUND WOULD BE COMPETITIVELY
BID, WHICH I THINK IT IS A GOOD
IDEA IF THERE IS GOING TO BE
PUBLIC MONEY GOING INTO THIS
AND I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
HOW GREAT THIS SHUTTLE HAS BEEN
AROUND ASSISTING PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES.
I HAVE ONE FRIEND WHO I HAVE
SPOKEN TO BEFORE WHO LIVES IN
WEST SEATTLE WHO COULD TAKE THE
WATERFRONT TAXI, THE WATER TAXI
HERE TO OUR WATERFRONT, BUT AT
THAT POINT IS STUCK UNLESS THE
WATER, OUR FREE WATERFRONT
SHUTTLE WILL COME AND PICK HIM
UP AND THEY DO HAVE LYFTS.
AND HE IS ABLE TO GET TO WHERE
HE NEEDS TO GO, WHICH IS UP
NEAR SEATTLE CENTER.
SO IT IS A ROUTE THAT METRO BUS
DOES NOT SUPPORT.
AND I'M ASKING FOR A MILLION
DOLLARS FROM SDOT TO HELP US
KEEP THIS GOING FOR 2020 AND
CONTINUE THE PILOT.
AS I SAID 400,000 RIDERS IN THE
FIRST 15 MONTHS IS A PRETTY
IMPRESSIVE NUMBER.
>> CHAIR?
>> PLEASE.
>> I'M PRETTY SURE I HEARD YOU
SAY THIS WOULD BE COMPETITIVELY
BID?
>> YES.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR BAGSHAW.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
I UNDERSTOOD WHAT THE CONCEPT
WAS HERE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT RIGHT NOW
IT'S A PRIVATELY RUN SHUTTLE
SERVICE.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US
TO HAVE FIDELITY IN THE
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM TO ENSURE
THOSE ARE TRULY PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS AS
OPPOSED TO SUBSIDIZING PUBLIC
INTEREST THAT MAY NOT BE HELD
TO THE SAME RESPONSIBILITIES OR
TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS THAT
PUBLICLY FUNDED ENTITIES ARE
OBLIGATED TO COMPLY WITH IN
ADDITION TO THE LABOR STANDARD
ISSUES THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO
PUBLICLY FUNDED ENTITIES.
I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE I
HAVE A SENSE OF CLARITY AROUND
WHAT PUBLIC FINANCING OR
SUBSIDIZATION OF A HISTORICALLY
IN THE LAST 15 MONTHS.
PRIVATELY-RUN ENTERPRISE REALLY
MEANS IN THE CONTEXT OF PUBLIC
INVESTMENT.
I'M ALSO HAPPY TO HEAR YOU'VE
HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
COUNTY AROUND WHAT POTENTIAL
CONTRIBUTIONS THEY MIGHT BE
MAKING TO IT AND IF THEY ALSO
INTEND TO CONTINUE THEIR
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS AS A
REGIONAL PARTNER ON MOBILITY
ISSUES PARTICULARLY AROUND THE
WATERFRONT, WHICH HAS A DIRECT
IMPACT IN HOW THEY MANAGE THEIR
BUSINESS AS WELL.
I THINK IT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE
AND APPROPRIATE FOR US FOR ALL
THINGS CONSIDERED A PARTNERSHIP
THERE AND TO ALSO TAKE INTO
CONSIDERATION, AGAIN, HOW
TRANSFORMING A PRIVATE SECTOR
RUN TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY
OPTION INTO A PUBLICLY
SUBSIDIZED ONE, HOW DOES THAT
ACTUALLY BECOME IMPLEMENTED AND
PLAY OUT IN TERMS OF OUR
HISTORIC COMMITMENT TO THINGS
LIKE, YOU KNOW, FAIR WAGES,
LABOR PROTECTIONS, ETC., IN
THIS LINE.
BUT AS A MODEL, I THINK IT IS A
GOOD IDEA FOR MOBILITY PURPOSES
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SOUND
FOR WEST SEATTLE WITH A KING
COUNTY WATER TAXI, AND IT IS
PRIMARILY FUNDED BY KING
COUNTY.
SO I THINK THAT THERE IS
PRECEDENT IN THE CITY TO SORT
OF THINK ABOUT HOW TO ENCOURAGE
PEOPLE TO NOT DRIVE TO THOSE
EPIC CENTERS OF TOURISM AND
BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AND IT IS ALSO
PORTALS FOR WORK.
AND I THINK IT WILL MAKE A LOT
OF SENSE TO DO THAT, BUT I JUST
WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT
LOSING SIGHT OF SOME OF THOSE
OTHER ISSUES THAT I HAVE
FLAGGED.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD IN
>> AND SO GIVEN THAT THIS WILL
BE COMPETITIVELY BID, SHOULD
THE COUNCIL MEMBER APPROVE THIS
FUNDING, WHAT WILL BE THE
MECHANISM THAT THIS COUNCIL
WOULD USE THAT COMPETITIVE BID %
TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE VERY
IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT COUNCIL
MEMBER GONZALEZ IDENTIFIED?
AND SHOULD WE MAY CONSIDER A
SLIDE THAT WOULD ACCOMPANY?
>> ABSOLUTELY OR YOU COULD
PROVISO THE MONEY THAT'S SET
ASIDE THAT WE EXPECT CERTAIN
ELEMENTS TO BE INCLUDED.
I DO LIKE WHAT YOU BROUGHT UP
TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A
PARTNERSHIP BECAUSE KING COUNTY
PAID FOR THE $99 ROUTE.
ESSENTIALLY IT WENT BY THE
WATERFRONT, BUT NOT OFTEN
ENOUGH THAT PEOPLE COULD RELY
UPON IT AND IT WENT DOWN
TOWARDS THE INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT STATION AND BACK UP
FIRST AVENUE AND THEN THE
RIDERSHIP WAS ABYSMAL.
IN NO SMALL PART IT'S BECAUSE
PEOPLE, YOU DIDN'T KNOW HOW OR
WHEN THE BUS WAS COMING, SO YOU
COULDN'T COUNT ON IT.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT THIS EFFORT
IS AS WELL AS LET'S TRY
SOMETHING WITH THE PUBLIC
PRIVATE EFFORT.
BUT I HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEARLY
AND TO SEE WHAT WE COULD DO AND
I'M OPEN FOR THOSE SUGGESTIONS.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU, VERY GOOD.
>>> OKAY, NOW THAT'S IT FOR ME.
>> ITEM NUMBER, FROM COUNCIL
MEMBER GONZALEZ.
ADD FUNDING I'VE BEEN TALKING
ABOUT IT A LOT.
IT'S ESSENTIALLY
[ INAUDIBLE ]
IT WOULD PROPOSE $150,000 TO
FUND THE PUBLIC LIFE STUDY I
LEARNED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE
PARTNERS WHO WERE A PART OF THE
DELEGATION OF THIS COPENHAGEN
TRIP.
AND IT WOULD EIVELY ALLOW TO
LEAD A MANNING PROCESS THAT
WILL CREATE A COMMUNITY DRIVEN
VISION AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
FOR THE CAPITAL HILL ECO
DISTRICT IN 2020.
WE KNOW THAT IN THE ECO
DISTRICT FOOTPRINT THERE ARE
BILLIONS, BILLIONS WITH A B OF
DOLLARS AND UPCOMING
INVESTMENTS TO INSTITUTIONS,
SUCH AS THE KAISER PERMANENTE.
AND SO THE CENTRAL COLLEGE
CAMPUS AND TO SEATTLE
UNIVERSITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECTS, ALSO WITHIN AND AT
THE EDGE OFCAPITOL HILL THAT
WILL REALLY MAKE THIS THE RIGHT
MOMENT TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF
THOSE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF
UPCOMING INVESTMENTS ARE GOING
TO CENTER PEOPLE FIRST IN
PLANNING FOR PUBLIC SPACES SUCH
AS PARKS, SIDEWALKS, STREETS,
AND ALLEYS.
SO THIS IS REALLY AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR A VERY DIVERSE
SET OF STAKEHOLDERS IN CAPITOL
HILL TO COME TOGETHER AND LEAD
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING
PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY
HAVE EVERY OPPORTUNITY POSSIBLE
TO LEVERAGE THESE INVESTMENTS
THAT ARE COMING INTO THE ECO
DISTRICT AND ECO DISTRICT
ADJACENT AREAS TO REALLY MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE CENTERING
PEOPLE FIRST IN HOW THOSE
INVESTMENTS ARE BEING MADE.
SO I THINK THE MODEST
INVESTMENT OF $150,000 TO ALLOW
FOR BOTH THE VISIONING AND
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT WILL
HAVE TIMELINES, METRICS, AND
WHAT WILL BE DELIVERED AND BY
WHEN.
AND I THINK THAT IT WILL BE AN
IMPORTANT, IT'S AN IMPORTANT
WAY FOR US TO MODEL HOW WE CAN
REIMAGINE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING
IN A WAY THAT WILL BE TRULY
LEVERAGE, YOU KNOW, BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS OF INVESTMENTS THAT ARE
COMING TO OUR URBAN VILLAGES
AND CAPITOL HILL IS ONE OF THE
DENSES NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE.
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE
WORKING WITH FOLKS AT SEATTLE
COLLEGES, CAPITOL HILL HOUSING,
AT THE ECO DISTRICT, AND AT
KAISER, AND AT SEATTLE
UNIVERSITY TO ADVANCE THIS AND
LOOK FORWARD TO FACILITATING
THIS WORK, ONGOING WORK NEXT
YEAR AND IF THIS BUDGET ITEM
WILL GET PRIORITIZED.
>> GREAT.
I THINK IT WILL BE AN EXCELLENT
PLAN AND I WILL BE SUPPORTING
THIS.
ALSO, I RECOMMEND THAT AS WE
ARE DOING IT THAT WE REACH OUT
TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
WATERFRONT.
BECAUSE THE CORRIDOR WILL BE
GETTING ITSELF, YOU KNOW,
REACTIVATED AGAIN.
I THINK THAT IT WOULD JUST COME
RIGHT UP TO THE LINES THAT YOU
WERE TELLING ME ABOUT AND
MELROSE TO 12th, IS THAT
ESSENTIALLY THE BLOCKS THAT YOU
ARE CONSIDERING?
>> AND THERE IS A LOT OF BLOCKS
THAT WILL BE A PART OF THE ECO
DISTRICT AND A MAJOR PART OF
CAPITOL HILL AND INCLUDING, I
THINK WESTERN MOST PART OF THE
ECO DISTRICT.
BUT THE PROJECTS THAT ARE
REALLY, THERE ARE PROJECTS THAT
ARE WITHIN THE ACTUAL FOOTPRINT
OF THE ECO SYSTEM AND THEN
THINGS THAT ARE ON THE BORDER.
SO I THINK THAT IT MIGHT BE
ARGUABLY ONE OF THE BORDERS.
THERE IS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY
HERE.
I THINK THE POINT, THE QUESTION
THAT YOU'RE RAISING AND THE
SUGGESTION THAT YOU ARE
PROVIDING IS PRECISELY WHY THIS
FUNDING IS NEEDED BECAUSE
THERE'S SO MUCH FOCUS AND
ENERGY GOING INTO ONGOING
DEVELOPMENT OF CAPITOL HILL
THAT IT IS GOING TO BE REALLY
IMPORTANT TO HAVE SOMEBODY IN
THE FRONT SEAT REALLY DRIVING
THE COORDINATION AND IN A
COMPREHENSIVE WAY THAT IS
REALLY GOING TO FACILITATE THE
PROCESS OF A LARGER VISION FOR
WHAT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD CAN LOOK
LIKE AND HOW IT'S GOING TO
CONNECT INTO DOWNTOWN AND THEN
INTO OTHER RESIDENTIAL
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE ADJACENT
TO CAPITOL HILL.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
>>> LAST ITEM IS ITEM 15 FROM
COUNCIL MEMBER MEMBER SAWANT,
ADOPTING THE LEGISLATIVE
INTENT, REQUESTING THAT SDOT
DEVELOP A PLAN TO MAKE ALL
PUBLIC TRANSIT IN SEATTLE FREE
TO RIDE.
>> GREAT, COUNCIL MEMBER
O'BRIEN COULD SPEAK TO IT.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU, COUNCIL
MEMBER O'BRIEN ASKED ME TO MAKE
SOME COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.
ONE OF THE PROPOSES OF THE
GREEN NEW DEAL PASSED BY
COUNCIL IS CALLING FOR A
MASSIVE EXPANSION OF PUBLIC
TRANSIT AND MAKING FREE FOR
ALL, MAKING IT FREE FOR ALL TO
USE.
IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO
SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE THE NUMBER
OF CARS ON THE ROAD AND THE
TIME PEOPLE SPEND ON THE CARS
UNLESS WE INVEST IN MAKING
OTHER FORMS EFFECTIVE,
EFFICIENT, AND MAKE HOUSING
AFFORDABLE SO PEOPLE DON'T HAVE
VERY LONG COMMUTES.
THE STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT ASKED SDOT TO MAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOW TO MAKE
ALL TRANSIT AND SEATTLE FREE
FOR ALL THE USES.
OPTIONS COULD INCLUDE REQUIRING
EMPLOYERS TO SUPPLY CARS TO
EMPLOYEES, THAT COULD INCLUDE
TAXING BIG BUSINESSES FOR ALL,
OR COMING TO AN AGREEMENT TO
MAKE THEM RIGHT.
AND THE REALITY IS RIGHT NOW A
MINORITY OF THE REVENUES.
SO IT IS NOT AN IMPOSSIBLE
STRETCH TO MAKE IT FREE FOR ALL
JUST LIKE THE ROADS AND
SIDEWALKS ARE.
>> GREAT.
ALL RIGHT.
ANYTHING ELSE, CALVIN?
ALL RIGHT, THAT BRINGS US TO
THE END OF OUR FIRST PART THIS
MORNING.
WE WILL GET GOING INTO OUR
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK
COMPANIES FOCUSING ON THE TAX-
FREE REDUCTION SPENDING PLAN
AND THEN THIS AFTERNOON
STARTING AT 2:00, WE ARE GOING
TO HEAR ABOUT THE WORKER
PROTECTION.
PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE AT THE
CONCLUSION OF THE SECOND PART.
I JUST WANT THOSE WHO ARE HERE
TO KNOW.
ALL RIGHT.
SO OUR PRESENTERS, I BELIEVE,
AMY GORE?
I SEE YOU HERE AND TOM?
AND ARE YOU A PART OF THIS?
NO?
OKAY.
WELL, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU AND
AUDIENCES AT THE TABLE EITHER
WAY.
>> THANK YOU, CALVIN, FOR
WORKING US THROUGH.
GREAT, AMY AND TOM, WOULD YOU
LIKE TO START WITH
INTRODUCTIONS?
>> AMY GORE, COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF.
>> TOM MIKESELL, COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF.
>> ALL RIGHT, AMY, IS THIS
YOURS?
>> YES.
>> GOOD MORNING, I'M HERE TO
BEGIN THE DISCUSSION ON A SWEET
OF PROPOSALS RELATED TO
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK
COMPANIES, WHICH ARE TYPICALLY
REFERRED TO AS TNCs.
THE MAYOR HAS TRANSMITTED FIVE
PIECES OF LEGISLATION TO
COUNCIL TO BE CONSIDERED DURING
THE BUDGET PROCESS.
THE FIRST IS AN ORDINANCE
REDUCING EXISTING TNC FEES.
THE SECOND IS A NEW TAX ON TNC
RIDES ORIGINATING IN THE CITY
OF SEATTLE.
THE THIRD IS A RESOLUTION
OUTLINING SPENDING PRIORITIES
FOR THE REVENUES GENERATED BY
THE NEW TAX.
FOURTH IS AN ORDINANCE RELATED
TO MINIMUM COMPENSATION FOR
DRIVERS AND FINALLY THERE IS AN
ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING DRIVER
DEACTIVATION RIGHTS.
ALL FIVE WILL BE TRANSMITTED,
INTRODUCED ON MONDAY, BUT THE
LEGISLATION WILL BE ATTACHED TO
THE TWO DELIBERATION PAPERS
THAT IT WILL BE PRESENTED THIS
MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON.
WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THE FIRST
THREE PIECES OF LEGISLATION,
WHICH ARE THE TAX, THE FEE
REDUCTION, AND THE SPENDING
PLAN.
THIS AFTERNOON KARINA WILL
BRIEF THE COMMITTEE ON THE
WORKER PROTECTION.
THIS MORNING I WANT TO REVIEW
CURRENT REGULATIONS OF THE TNC
INDUSTRY, AND PRESENT ISSUE I.
D. AND REVIEW COUNCIL MEMBER
PROPOSALS IDENTIFIED THUS FAR.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, I'LL
JUST GET STARTED.
>> JUST DIVE IN.
>> AND SO JUST SO WE ARE ALL ON
START WITH THE BRIEF DEFINITION
OF TRANSPORTATION NETWORK
COMPANIES PARTICULARLY FOR THE
FOLKS WHO MIGHT BE WATCHING
ALONG AT HOME.
IN THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE,
TNC IS DEFINED IN PART AS AN
ORGANIZATION THAT OFFERS
PREARRANGED TRANSPORTATION
SERVICES FOR COMPENSATION USING
AN ONLINE ENABLE TNC
APPLICATION OR PLATFORM TO
CONNECT PASSENGERS WITH DRIVERS
USING THEIR PERSONAL VEHICLES.
IT'S A DIFFERENT BUSINESS MOLD
THAN THE TRADITIONAL FOR-HIRE
INDUSTRY, WHICH INCLUDES
LIMOUSINES, TAXICABS, AND FLAT-
RATE FOR HIRE.
TNC ENTERED THE MARKET IN 2011.
COUNCIL BEGAN REGULATING TNCs
IN 2014.
THEY'VE SINCE SET REQUIREMENTS
FOR TNCS DRIVERS INCLUDING
INSPECTION AND LICENSING
REQUIREMENTS THROUGH ORDINANCE
ONE.
THEY ESTABLISHED A COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING NETWORK FOR THE FOR-
HIRE INDUSTRY IN ORDINANCE
124968 THAT THAT HAS NOT GONE
INTO EFFECT DUE TO UNRESOLVED
LEGAL CHALLENGE.
LAST YEAR COUNCIL PASSED
RESOLUTION 31808, REQUESTING A
VOLUNTARY DATA SHARING FROM
TNCs.
ASKING FOR CONSIDERATION OF A
MINIMUM CHARGE ACROSS THE FOR-
HIRE INDUSTRY AND SEVERAL ITEMS
DESIGNED TO IMPROVE PARODY
BETWEEN TNCs, TAXIS, AND FLAT-
RATE COMPANIES AND DRIVERS.
MANY OF THOSE ITEMS ARE STILL
IN PROGRESS.
AS FAR AS THE INDUSTRY TODAY
THERE ARE SEVEN LICENSED TNCs
IN KING COUNTY.
THE FIVE THAT ARE OPERATING ARE
HOP SKIP DRIVE, LYFT, WINGZ.
CURRENTLY WE COLLECT TWO FEES
FROM TNCs TOTALING $0.24 PER
RIDE.
THERE'S A LICENSING FEE OF
$0.14 PER RIDE.
THE CODE SETS THE FEE AT $0.10,
BUT IT'S BEEN INCREASED TO 14%
BY DIRECTOR'S RULES, COVERING
THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH
ADMINISTRATION ENFORCEMENT AND
REGULATORY COST RELATED TO
LICENSING TNCs.
THE SECOND FEE IS THE
WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE SERVICES
SURCHARGE.
THIS SURCHARGE IS $0.10 PER
RIDE AND SET BY CODE.
THE FUND IS USED TO REIMBURSE
WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE TAXIS,
WHICH ARE REFERRED TO AS WATS,
W-A-T. DRIVERS ASSOCIATED WITH
PURCHASING AND OPERATING AN
ACCESSIBLE VEHICLE.
>> AMY, CAN I ASK YOU A QUICK
QUESTION ON THAT?
I KNOW WE BROUGHT THIS UP LAST
YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE.
SOME OF THE CARS THAT ARE
DRIVING ARE NOT WHEELCHAIR
ACCESSIBLE.
I'M GOING TO COMPARE THAT TO,
FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT'S IN LONDON.
THOSE ARE ALL WHEELCHAIR
ACCESSIBLE AND THEY DON'T LOOK
MUCH LARGER THAN THE CARS WE'RE
DRIVING.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA ABOUT HOW
MANY CARS ON THE ROAD CAN
ACTUALLY ACCOMMODATE SOMEBODY
IN A WHEELCHAIR?
>> I HAVE INFORMATION ON THE
NUMBER OF LICENSED WHEELCHAIR
ACCESSIBLE TAXIS THAT WE HAVE
THAT I CAN SEND YOU AFTER THIS
MEETING.
IT IS A LOW NUMBER COMPARED TO
THE OVERALL NUMBER OF FOR-HIRE
VEHICLES THAT WE HAVE ON THE
STREETS TODAY.
I'LL SEND THAT OUT.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> IN 2018 THE LICENSING FEES,
THE LICENSING FEE BROUGHT IN
$3.4 MILLION AND THE WHEELCHAIR
ACCESSIBLE SERVICES SURCHARGE
BROUGHT IN $2.4 MILLION.
JUST AS FOR SCALE.
SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS A TABLE
WITH -- SORRY, I SKIPPED A
SLIDE.
GOING BACK.
SO WE HAVE TWO PIECES OF
LEGISLATION RELATED TO THE FEES
AND THE TAX.
THE FIRST IS AN ORDINANCE TO
REDUCE THE FAS LICENSING FEE.
THIS LEGISLATION WOULD REDUCE
THE FAS LICENSING FEE FROM
$0.14 TO $0.08 PER RIDE.
THAT'S BASED ON A DETERMINATION
BY THE FAS DIRECTOR THAT THE
COST TO ADMINISTER AND ENFORCE
THE TNC REGULATIONS HAVE
DECREASED ON A PER RIDE BASIS
DUE TO THE RAPID INCREASE IN
THE NUMBER OF TNC RIDES.
IN THE LEGISLATION AUTHORITY TO
ADJUST THE FEE REMAINS WITH THE
FAS DIRECTOR AND THE FEE
REDUCTION WOULD GO INTO EFFECT
ON JULY 1, 2020.
THE SECOND PIECE OF LEGISLATION
IS A TAX ORDINANCE.
THIS LEGISLATION WOULD CREATE A
$0.57 INCREASE FOR EACH RIDE.
INCLUDING A BASE TAX OF $0.51
AND A SUPPLEMENTAL TAX OF
$0.06.
THE TAX WOULD APPLY TO THOSE
TNC TRIPS ORIGINATING ANYWHERE
FROM THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND IT
WOULD APPLY TO TNC COMPANIES
THAT HAVE PROVIDED AT LEAST ONE
MILLION RIDES IN THE PROCEEDING
QUARTER.
CURRENTLY THAT WOULD APPLY TO
UBER AND LYFT.
THIS TAX WOULD GO INTO EFFECT
JULY 1, 2020 WITH REVENUES
ANTICIPATED TO BEGIN IN OCTOBER
OF 2020.
>> AMY, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION
ON NUMBER ONE.
I UNDERSTAND THE TNC TAX.
WE REDUCED THE FAS LICENSING
FEE FROM $0.14 TO $0.08.
BUT YOU SAID BECAUSE OF THE
INCREASE IN RIDES?
SO WHY WOULD WE DECREASE THE
ADMINISTRATIVE RISE BECAUSE OF
AN INCREASE IN RIDERSHIP?
>> IF YOU IMAGINE IT'S BECAUSE
THE TOTAL COST.
LET'S SEE, IF YOU PROVIDE A
LICENSE TO A DRIVER WHO MAKES
100 RIDES WITHIN THAT YEAR AND
THAT GROWS TO A THOUSAND PER
RIDE COST REDUCES.
>> WE HAVE RAISED MORE MONEY
BECAUSE THERE'S MORE RIDES.
>> EXACTLY.
>> OKAY, A LITTLE
COUNTERINTUITIVE.
I GOT IT.
>> SO THE TABLE ON THIS SLIDE
ON SLIDE THREE, ALSO ON PAGE
THREE OF THE MEMO SHOWS THE
TOTAL CHANGE IN FEES AND TAXES.
AS YOU CAN SEE THE RESULT IS AN
OVERALL PER RIDE COST INCREASE
OF $0.51.
BASED ON, AGAIN, A TAX OF
$0.57.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN?
>> THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE
TAX AND THE SUPPLEMENTAL TAX?
>> YES, WE WILL GET INTO THIS
IN ISSUE I.D., BUT JUST BRIEFLY
THE ORIGINAL PLAN WAS TO CHANGE
THE FAS LICENSING FEE VIA
DIRECTOR'S RULE.
AND WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO WAS
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DIRECTOR
HAD THE ABILITY TO BE FLEXIBLE
ABOUT CHANGING THE TAX, SO THAT
IT FILLED UP THE 75% LIMIT THEY
WERE LOOKING FOR.
BUT SINCE THEY'RE SENDING THAT
DOWN AS AN ORDINANCE THAT WE
WILL BE DOING, I'M NOT SURE THE
SUPPLEMENTAL TAXES WILL BE
REALLY NECESSARY AT THIS POINT.
SO ESTIMATED TNC RIDES.
AS SHOWN ON THE CHART THAT'S ON
THE SCREEN AND ALSO ON PAGE
FOUR OF YOUR MEMO, CBO REPORTS
THE NUMBER OF TNC RIDES IN
SEATTLE IN 2018 WAS $24.3
MILLION.
BASED ON RECENT GROWTH RATES
THEY ESTIMATE THE NUMBER OF TNC
RIDES IN 2020 WHEN THIS
PROPOSAL WOULD GO INTO EFFECT
WOULD BE $33.0 MILLION AND
WOULD GROW AN AVERAGE OF 6.5%
PER YEAR TO 54.4 MILLION RIDES
BY 2030 AND THESE ARE THE RED
BARS.
SHOWING ORANGE IS THE ESTIMATED
NUMBER OF RISE WITH A TAX OF
$0.57 AND ALSO ASSUMING TNCs
INCREASED THE COST OF AN
AVERAGE RIDE BY APPROXIMATELY
$4 TO PAY DRIVERS A MINIMUM
WAGE.
THIS WOULD RESULT IN A
REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF
RIDES TO 32.1 MILLION IN 2020
GROWING TO 51.9 MILLION RIDES
IN 2030.
OVERALL YOU CAN SEE RIDES ARE
FAIRLY ELASTIC MEANING WITH
MODEST COST CHANGES THERE'S NOT
A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF IMPACTS
ON THE NUMBER OF ESTIMATED
RIDES.
SO THE TAX REVENUES BASED ON
THE REVISED RIDE PROJECTIONS
ARE ON SLIDE FIVE AND ALSO IN
YOUR MEMO.
THE ESTIMATED REVENUES BASED ON
THE PROPOSED $0.57 TAX WOULD
GENERATE $8.9 MILLION IN 2020
AND AGAIN THAT'S GOING INTO
EFFECT IN JULY, SO IN HALF A
YEAR.
AND $19.9 MILLION IN THE FIRST
FULL YEAR, WHICH WOULD BE 2021,
INCREASING TO $29.6 MILLION IN
2030 AS SHOWN IN CHART TWO.
AND I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT
THIS IS SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN
SOME OF THE INITIAL NUMBERS
THAT WE WERE RECEIVING FROM
CBO, WHICH I BELIEVE WAS $9.4
MILLION I BELIEVE FOR 2020, SO
I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT O.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT
THE REVENUES?
>> I APOLOGIZE FOR STEPPING OUT
FOR JUST A SECOND.
DID YOU TALK ABOUT THE NUMBER
OF RIDERS AND THE INCREASE FROM
2011?
I HEARD YOU SAY A NUMBER, BUT I
DIDN'T WRITE IT DOWN.
>> LET'S SEE.
I DIDN'T SAY 2011.
I HAVE DATA FOR 2018.
AND LET'S SEE.
IN 2018, THE ESTIMATED, SORRY
THE NUMBER OF RIDES WAS 24.3
MILLION BASED ON THE GROWTH
RATES, WHICH ARE QUITE HIGH.
CBO ESTIMATES THE NUMBER OF
RIDES IN 2020 WILL BE 33.0
MILLION.
AND THAT IS BASED ON THE GROWTH
RATE WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONAL
COST TO A RIDE.
>> ARE THOSE RIDES THAT ARE
STARTING IN SEATTLE OR COMING
TO SEATTLE OR BOTH?
>> THOSE ARE I BELIEVE RIDES IN
SEATTLE, SO BOTH, BUT I WILL
TRIPLE CHECK THAT FOR YOU.
>> THANKS.
>> SO NOW I'M GOING TO MOVE ON
TO THE PROPOSED SPENDING PLAN.
THE PROPOSED SPENDING PLAN IS
REFLECTED IN A NON-BINDING
RESOLUTION, WHICH IS ATTACHMENT
THREE OF THE MEMO.
THE RESOLUTION INCLUDES THE
FOLLOWING PLAN USES.
FIRST IS FUNDING THE
ADMINISTRATION OF THE TNC TAX
AND REGULATIONS, THE RESOLUTION
STIPULATES THAT IN YEAR ONE
THERE WILL BE UP TO $2 MILLION
FOR THAT PURPOSE.
THE BUDGET DOCUMENTS THAT WE'VE
SEEN THUS FAR HAVE $1.5 MILLION
DEDICATED TO THE
ADMINISTRATION.
IN YEARS TWO AND FOUR IT WILL
BE UP TO $1.5 MILLION AND THEN
IT STATES THAT IN YEAR FIVE AND
BEYOND IT STATES THIS AMOUNT
MAY INCREASE BASED ON INFLATION
OR SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATIONS.
>> OKAY, GOOD.
KEEP GOING, GOOD.
>> THE SECOND ITEM TO BE FUNDED
IS THE DRIVER RESOLUTION
CENTER.
IT WOULD INCLUDE UP TO $3.5
MILLION PER YEAR FOR A
CONTRACTED ORGANIZATION TO RUN
THE DRIVER RESOLUTION CENTER AS
WELL AS CITY COSTS RELATED TO
ADMINISTERING DRIVER
PROTECTIONS.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT
THAT, AMY.
HOW IS THE COST OF THAT DRIVE?
WHAT IS A THOUGHT BEHIND THAT?
>> WE'VE ASKED THAT QUESTION
AND KARINA WILL BE ABLE TO DIVE
INTO THAT THIS AFTERNOON.
>> OKAY, VERY GOOD.
>> NO PROBLEM.
>> AND JUST TO POINT OUT THE
DRIVER RESOLUTION CENTER AND
ASSOCIATED COST, THE RESOLUTION
DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY LANGUAGE
ABOUT ESCALATION OR INFLATION
AS IT DOES FOR THE
ADMINISTRATION COST IN THE
HOUSING COST.
THE THIRD ITEM TO BE FUNDED
WOULD BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
DURING THE FIRST SIX YEARS, THE
OVERALL FUNDS, FIRST
ADMINISTRATION WOULD BE PAID
FOR AND THEN THE DRIVER
RESOLUTION CENTER AND
ASSOCIATED COST.
THE REMAINDER WOULD BE DIVIDED
50/50 BETWEEN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION.
SO THE FIRST SIX YEARS THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUNDS WOULD
GO TOWARDS FINANCE,
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION,
REHABILITATION, OPERATIONS, AND
MAINTENANCE OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
THIS HOUSING WOULD BE
AFFORDABLE TO HOUSE HOLDS
MAKING UP TO 80% OF MEDIAN
INCOME ACCORDING TO THE
RESOLUTION.
THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION
SPECIFIES THAT THE HOUSING BE
LOCATED WITHIN THE FREQUENT
TRANSIT NETWORK AS DEFINED BY
THE TRANSIT MASTER PLAN, WHICH
IS AN ATTACHMENT FOUR TO YOUR
MEMO.
BEGINNING IN THE SEVENTH FULL
YEAR THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING
TOWARDS HOUSING WOULD BE SET AT
$5 MILLION AND THEN INFLATED
BASED ON I BELIEVE IT WILL BE
INDEXED.
THAT MONEY WILL GO TOWARDS THE
OPERATIONS, OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
FOR THE OFFICE OF HOUSING TO
FUND HOUSING AFFORDABLE INCOMES
AT OR BELOW 30% OF THE MEDIAN
INCOME, MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME,
EXCUSE ME.
IS THAT CLEAR?
I KIND OF STUMBLED OVER MY
WORDS.
>> THE SEVENTH YEAR IT WILL
DROP DOWN TO $5 MILLION AND
THEN STARTS GROWING AT THAT
POINT.
AT 30% AMI FOR OPERATIONS, NOT
CAPITAL.
>> AND THE FOURTH ITEM IS
TRANSPORTATION.
THE REMAINDER OF THE TAX
REVENUE AFTER THE FIRST THREE
ITEMS ARE FUNDED WILL SUPPORT
PROJECTS RELATED TO
TRANSPORTATION AND TRANSIT
INCLUDING THE CENTER CITY
STREETCAR, WHICH IS HOW THE
RESOLUTION STATES THE
PRIORITIES.
SO THIS CHART SHOWS THE OVERALL
ESTIMATE OF PROJECTED REVENUES
AS WELL AS SPENDING FOR THE
FOUR PRIORITIES THAT WE JUST
DISCUSSED.
TO START WITH IN 2020 THE TOTAL
PROJECTED REVENUE IS $8.9
MILLION.
$250,000 WOULD GO TOWARDS THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DRIVER
RESOLUTION CENTER.
$1.5 MILLION WOULD GO TO FAS TO
SET UP THE TAX, $3.5 MILLION
WOULD GO TOWARDS THE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING NEAR TRANSIT, AND $3.5
MILLION WOULD GO TOWARDS
TRANSPORTATION AND TRANSIT.
>> I REALLY LIKE THIS CHART.
IT IS REALLY EASY TO STUDY
WHOEVER DID THAT.
I LIKE PIE CHARTS TOO, BUT THIS
IS BETTER.
>> OKAY.
>> IT IS A STACK BAR CHART IF
YOU'RE INTERESTED.
>> GREAT JOB.
>> AND I WAS GOING TO MENTION
IN 2020, WHICH IS THE FIRST
FULL YEAR, THE TOTAL REVENUE
WOULD BE $19.9 MILLION.
AND AGAIN YOU SEE $3.5 FOR THE
DRIVER RESOLUTION CENTER.
THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD GO
DOWN TO $1.1 MILLION BECAUSE AT
THAT POINT THEY'RE JUST
ADMINISTRATING, NOT SETTING UP
THE TAX.
AND THEN IT WOULD BE $7 MILLION
FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND $7.7
MILLION FOR TRANSPORTATION AND
TRANSIT.
AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF
TOTALS OVER THE 10-YEAR PERIOD,
THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE $35.3
MILLION FOR THE DRIVER
RESOLUTION CENTER $79.3 MILLION
FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
$132.5 MILLION FOR
TRANSPORTATION AND TRANSIT.
SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO
ISSUE IDENTIFICATION.
THE FIRST ONE AS I MENTIONED
THE SUPPLEMENTAL RATE AND
TAXING AUTHORITY.
AS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED IT
INCLUDES A TAX OF $0.57 PER
RIDE, WHICH IS DIVIDED INTO A
$0.51 BASE TAX AND A
SUPPLEMENTAL TAX OF $0.06,
WHICH WAS BASED ON JUST
PREVIOUS DRAFTING APPROACH OF
THE LEGISLATION.
BECAUSE THE FAS FEE IS PROPOSED
TO BE REDUCED BY ORDINANCE, THE
SEPARATION IS UNNECESSARY.
SO THE COUNCIL COULD OPT TO
AMEND THE PROPOSAL TO REMOVE
THE SUPPLEMENTAL TAX AND SET
THE BASE TAX TO $0.57.
THEY COULD CHOOSE TO REMOVE THE
PROPOSED AUTHORITY GIVEN TO THE
FAS DIRECTOR TO CHANGE THE TAX
AS NEEDED TO KEEP THE TOTAL TAX
AND FEES AT $0.75.
>> CHAIR?
>> PLEASE.
>> AMY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
I'VE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THAT
SEEMS LIKE IT MIGHT BE ANOTHER
OPTION TO CONSIDER IS RATHER
THAN HAVE A BASE TAX SET ON
$0.50, $0.57, THE CONCEPT OF
HAVING THE TAX BE BASED ON THE
DISTANCE TRAVELED.
>> RIGHT.
>> WOULDN'T THAT BE ANOTHER
OPTION?
>> YES.
AND I THINK IT'S THE THIRD
ISSUE I.D.
WE WILL DIVE A LITTLE BIT
DEEPER INTO OTHER STRUCTURES OF
THE TAX.
BUT YES, THIS WOULD BE, YOU
KNOW, KEEPING IT A FLAT RATE
TAX.
BUT AGAIN THERE ARE MANY
OPTIONS INTRODUCING SOME
VARIABILITY TO THE STRUCTURE.
>> OKAY, ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
>> AND THE SECOND ISSUE I.D.
IS AGAIN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF
THE TAX AND THE TAX RATE.
AGAIN, THE PROPOSAL IS SORT OF
FOUNDED ON THIS IDEA THAT THE
TOTAL COST INCLUDING THE FEES
AND THE TAX WILL BE $0.75.
AND LEADING TO A $0.57 TAX.
HOWEVER THE COUNCIL COULD SET
THE AMOUNT OF TAX AT A HIGHER
OR LOWER LEVEL THAN THE
PROPOSED RATE.
THE TABLE ON SLIDE EIGHT OF THE
MEMO SHOWS ESTIMATED RIDES AND
THE TAX REVENUES IF THE TAX
REVENUES, EXCUSE ME IF THE TAX
WAS DECREASED TO $0.32 PER RIDE
OR INCREASE TO $0.82 PER RIDE
AND THAT IS AN INCREASE OR A
DECREASE OF $0.25.
OKAY.
AND I BELIEVE WHAT WE FOUND WAS
THAT IF WE DECREASE THE COST
PER RIDE BY $0.25 THAT THAT
WOULD RESULT IN ABOUT $3.9
MILLION, DIFFERENCE OF ABOUT
$3.9 MILLION IN 2020.
BUT I APOLOGIZE.
THE LAST COLUMN ON THIS, THE
REVENUES OF AN $0.82 TAX IS
INCORRECT.
THAT WAS AN OLD CHART.
THE ACTUAL REVENUE IN 2020 WITH
AN $0.82 TAX WOULD BE
APPROXIMATELY $12.7 MILLION.
WHICH IS $3.8 MILLION MORE THAN
IF THE TAX WAS $0.57.
SO I'LL CORRECT THAT FOR
EVERYBODY AND SEND THAT OUT.
I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF
MAGNITUDE WHETHER YOU'RE GOING
UP OR DOWN IN TERMS OF
REVENUES.
>> DO YOU WANT TO RUN THAT ONE
MORE TIME?
AND JUST TAKE THE 2020 LINE,
ASSUMING THERE'S 32,000 RIDES
AND THEN THE NEXT COLUMN WHEN
YOU DO THAT YOU'RE ASSUMING,
JUST A FEW, FEWER RIDES,
$32,000.
>> I WILL WALK THROUGH THAT
LINE ONE MORE TIME.
>> OKAY.
>> AT A TAX THERE WOULD BE AN
ESTIMATED 32 MILLION RIDES.
THE REVENUE WOULD BE $5.0
MILLION.
>> GOT IT.
>> AS PROPOSED AT A $0.57 TAX,
YOU'RE LOOKING AT 32 MILLION
RIDES.
>> IS YOUR ASSUMPTION THERE?
ONLY 60 RIDERS DIFFERENCE.
>> IT WOULD BE 60,000, YES.
>> BUT THESE ARE RIDES, OKAY,
YES, THANK YOU.
I GOT THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> THAT'S THE ELASTICITY'S
VARYING CHANGE OF PRICE.
>> NO, IT DOES NOT.
>> IT'S BASED ON A MODEL?
>> YES.
THE ESTIMATE OF NEGATIVE .2, I
BELIEVE IT IS, ELASTICITY.
>> ALL RIGHT, IT IS VERY LITTLE
OF WHAT CHANGE IN RIDERSHIP IS
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
WHEN YOU GO TO $0.82, IT'S
STILL NOT MUCH.
>> RIGHT, INCREASING THE $32
MILLION AND THE 5,000 RIDES AND
THE LAST COLUMN IS THE ONE THAT
SHOULD BE A LITTLE BIT LOWER
AND THE ACTUAL REVENUES AT AN
$0.82 TAX WOULD BE $12 MILLION.
>> OKAY, GOT IT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ DID
YOU HAVE A QUESTION?
>> I WAS JUST CONFUSED ON THE
MATH, BUT I THINK I GOT IT.
>> OKAY, GREAT.
PASS A CLARIFYING QUESTION AND
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE AS WE
DIVE INTO IT HAD AND THAT I'M
UNDERSTANDING THE NUMBERS.
THE $0.57 TAX AS PROPOSED, IT'S
$0.51 PLUS A TAX OF $0.06.
BUT THE FAS LICENSING FEE
REDUCED FROM $0.14 TO $0.08, IS
THAT THE $0.06 THAT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT?
>> YES, BASICALLY.
>> SO I THOUGHT IN THE
MARKETING OR THE PROMOTION OF
WHEN THIS WAS RELEASED, WE WERE
USING THE TERM $0.71 OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
>> YES, I BELIEVE ORIGINALLY
THERE WAS A PLAN TO ADJUST THE
WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE SURCHARGE
AS WELL.
BUT AS THEY WERE DEVELOPING THE
PROPOSAL, THEY DECIDED NOT TO
DO THAT AND THEREFORE THE TOTAL
AMOUNT OF THE TAX DECREASED.
>> OKAY, WOW.
AND IT WASN'T THAT ISSUE.
BUT I THOUGHT WE WERE SIMPLY
ADDING $0.51 AND $0.14 OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO THE TOTAL TAXES CONSIDERING
.57, THE $0.51 PROPOSED AND THE
NOW, NOT $0.14, BUT THE SIX
THAT FAS HAS ALWAYS CHARGED?
>> I WILL GO BACK TO IT.
>> THAT IS SOMEWHERE THE TERM
OF $0.71 TAX HAS ALWAYS BEEN
TOSSED AROUND IN THIS
LEGISLATION.
>> AND YOU ADD THE $0.10 FOR
THE WHEELCHAIR?
IS THAT WHERE IT IS?
AND HE IS COMING FROM?
>> YEAH.
>> AND SO I THINK $0.71 YOU'RE
RIGHT ABOUT THAT.
>> SO I ADD THE $0.57.
>> SO MOVING FORWARD THE
LICENSING FEE AND THE
WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE FEE WOULD
BE A TOTAL OF $0.18.
AND THE TAX WOULD BE $0.57.
THAT INCLUDES BOTH THE BASE AND
THE SUPPLEMENTAL.
WHEN YOU ADD THOSE TOGETHER, IT
WILL COME TO $0.75.
>> IF I'M MISSING THE 10?
>> RIGHT.
>> WHICH IS $0.67.
>> THE TOTAL COST PER RIDE IS
$0.75.
>> AND TOTAL IS $75 AND THE
INCREASE WOULD BE $0.51.
>> AND SO AMY WHEN YOU ARE
WALKING US THROUGH THIS CHART,
YOU ARE ACTUALLY JUST FOCUSING
ON THAT INCREASE?
RIGHT?
BECAUSE YOU'RE SAYING IT IS
$0.52?
>> NO, I'M SAYING THAT THE TAX
IS $0.57.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT IS
COMING FROM NOW, I'M CONFUSED.
>> IT IS A TAX PLUS THE
SUPPLEMENTAL TAX.
>> OKAY.
>> AMY, ANY OTHER CHARTS HERE?
AND I'M JUST MISSING $0.18,
IT'S A FEE.
>> AND SO I UNDERSTAND THE
$0.57 INCLUDES THE 6% LICENSING
FEE AND THAT PROPOSED $0.51 AND
SO THE $0.18, SOME OF THAT IS
THE WAT FEE OF 10 AND THEN I'M
MISSING $0.08.
>>
THE $0.08 IS THE NEW AMOUNT OF
THE LICENSING FEE.
>> OKAY, IT'S IN THE MIDDLE,
TOP RIGHT.
SO THEY ARE BRINGING THAT ONE
DOWN.
>> I SEE IT'S THE SUPPLEMENTAL
TAX AND THAT I WAS THINKING IT
WAS THE LICENSING FEE.
>> RIGHT.
>> AND SO WHAT IS THAT TAX
AGAIN?
>> YES, SO THE TAX AGAIN WAS A
PART OF AN EARLIER APPROACH TO
DRAFTING BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO
MAINTAIN FLEXIBILITY FOR THE
DIRECTOR TO CHANGE THE AMOUNT
OF THE TAX BASED ON CHANGES TO
THE FEE AND THAT FOR EXAMPLE IF
THE DIRECTOR DECIDED TO
DECREASE THE WHEELCHAIR
ACCESSIBLE FEE THAT THEY COULD
CHANGE THE AMOUNT OF THE
SUPPLEMENTAL TAX TO MAINTAIN
THAT TOTAL.
>> AND SO AS I NEED TO STEP
BACK FOR A MOMENT AND THAT HE
HAS A DISCRETION OF THE TAX.
AND DO THEY HAVE DISCRETION ON
ALL THE LICENSING FEES AND THE
SURCHARGE AND ALL THE OTHER
TAXES?
>> THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY OF
THE LICENSING FEE AND THE
WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE SURCHARGE
THAT IT WILL NOT CHANGE AND
THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR THE
BASE TAX?
>> YES.
AND HOWEVER WHAT YOU HAVE
CORRECTLY IDENTIFIED IS THE
SUPPLEMENTAL TAX PIECE THAT
AUTHORITIES WILL BE GIVEN TO
THE DIRECTOR.
AND TO COMPLICATE THINGS A
LITTLE BIT BECAUSE YOU WANT THE
THAT AND THAT IT WILL GIVE THEM
THE AUTHORITY AND STATES
EXPLICITLY WHAT THE SURCHARGE
SHOULD BE UNDER DIFFERENT
SCENARIOS, SO IT WILL BASICALLY
GIVE THE DIRECTOR THE AUTHORITY
TO CHANGE IT, BUT ALSO SAYS AND
IT WILL BE THE SIXTH SENSE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WHICH IS WHY WE COULD TAKE
THAT OUT.
>> AND THAT IS VERY HELPFUL, I
UNDERSTAND.
THANK YOU.
>> AND SO MOVING ON TO THE
STRUCTURE OF THE TAX.
AND AS I MENTIONED, THE FEE AND
THE TAXES ARE SET AS FLAT RATE
PER RIDE AND THIS WILL HAVE THE
ADVANTAGE OF BEING RELATIVELY
SIMPLE.
SIMILAR TO THAT FEE STRUCTURE.
THEY MAY CHOOSE TO USE THE TAX
RATE OR THE SURCHARGES, TO
ACHIEVE THE OTHER ADDITIONAL
POLICY OBJECTIVES.
FOR EXAMPLE, A HIGHER RATE
DURING THE PEAK TIMES OR BY
GEOGRAPHY, IT MAY REDUCE THE
IMPACT OF THE TNCs ON THE
TRAFFIC CONGESTION DURING
CERTAIN TIMES WITH A HIGHER TAX
RATE DURING THE PEAK CONGESTION
TIME AND HIGH GEOGRAPHIES
COMPARED TO THE RIDE OCCUPANCY
OF THE RIDE SHARING OR BASED ON
THE PER MILE BASIS RATHER THAN
A FLAT PER TRIP BASIS.
>> AND WE ARE ASSUMING THAT THE
TECHNOLOGIES THERE BY THE TNC
ORGANIZATIONS TO BE ABLE TO DO
THIS?
>> I BELIEVE SO.
THE DATA THEY COLLECT ON THEIR
TRIPS IS LIMITED, BUT I DON'T
THINK THAT'S BECAUSE THEY DON'T
KNOW WHERE THE CARS ARE AT 6:00
IN THE EVENING, FOR EXAMPLE.
>> I FIGURED.
>> THE NEXT ITEM IS
APPLICABILITY.
THE PROPOSED TAX WOULD APPLY
ONLY TO THOSE TNCs THAT WILL
PROVIDE $1 MILLION RIDES IN THE
PROCEEDING CORRIDOR.
AND IN TODAY'S MARKETPLACE THIS
WOULD APPLY ONLY TO UBER AND
LYFT.
THE TAX DOES NOT APPLY TO OTHER
SMALLER TNCs THAT WILL HAVE A
NICHE MARKET OR HAVE ONLY
RECENTLY ENTERED THE SEATTLE
MARKET.
AND THE $1 MILLION RIDE
THRESHOLD COULD ALLOW FOR
SMALLER FIRMS TO GAIN OR
MAINTAIN A THRESHOLD IN THIS
MARKET.
AND HOWEVER IF THERE IS A
SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTION TO THE
INDUSTRY AND THE LARGER FIRMS
ARE NO LONGER OPERATING IN
SEATTLE, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT
THE INDUSTRY COULD SHIFT TO
MORE COMPANIES PROVIDING FEWER
RIDES, WHICH WOULD RESULT IN
LARGER SHARE OF TNC RIDES THAT
WOULD NOT GENERATE TAX
REVENUES.
THEREFORE THEY COULD CONSIDER
AMENDING THE PROPOSAL TO
INCREASE THE NUMBER OF RIDE
THRESHOLDS OR EVEN DECREASE THE
RIDE THRESHOLD.
>> AND IN TERMS OF THE CURRENT
MARKETPLACE AS IT EXISTS, AMY,
HOW MANY, DO WE HAVE A SENSE OF
OR ANY INFORMATION ABOUT HOW
MANY SMALLER TNCs ARE IN OUR
MARKETPLACE?
>> WE DO AND THERE ARE FIVE
ADDITIONAL TNCs THAT ARE
LICENSED AND ONLY THREE THAT
ARE OPERATING.
I CAN PROVIDE YOU OFFLINE WITH
THE NUMBER OF TRIPS THAT EACH
ONE HAS BEEN REPORTING.
I'LL TELL YOU THAT IT IS MUCH
LOWER THAN THAT $1 MILLION
THRESHOLD AND EVEN IF IT WAS
$500,000 OR $250,000 IT IS
STILL NOT GOING TO BE APPLIED
T THE SMALLER START-UPS THAT
WE WOULD HAVE RIGHT NOW.
>> AND DO WE HAVE A SENSE BASED
ON THE MODEL PROPOSED HERE, HOW
MANY DOLLARS WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT EXCLUDING?
>> I HAVEN'T CALCULATED THAT
YET, BUT I COULD PROVIDE THAT
TO YOU.
>> OKAY, THANKS.
>> OKAY, THIS IS A RELATIVELY
SMALL TECHNICAL ONE.
THE MOVE SEATTLE LEVY GENERAL
FUND FLOOR.
I BELIEVE THIS WAS TOUCHED ON
EARLIER THIS MORNING WHERE THEY
REQUIRE THAT BUDGET BE FUNDED
WITH THE MINIMUM GENERAL FUND
OPERATION, WHICH IS
APPROXIMATELY $45 MILLION
CURRENTLY.
AS PROPOSED THE TAX REVENUES
COULD BE CONSIDERED GENERAL
FUND DOLLARS AND APPLIED TO THE
CONTRIBUTION REQUIRED BY THE
LEVY.
AND SO COUNCIL HAS THE OPTION
TO SPECIFY THAT REVENUES
APPLIED TO SDOT PROJECTS DO NOT
COUNT TOWARDS THE FUND
CONTRIBUTION AND COUNCIL MAY
CHOOSE TO CREATE A SEPARATE
FUND FOR TNC REVENUES.
AND RELATED TO THE SPENDING
PLAN RESOLUTION.
AS I MENTIONED, IT IS A NON-
BINDING RESOLUTION THAT WILL
OUTLINE THE DETAIL AROUND THE
SPENDING PLAN.
COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY PREFER TO
INCLUDE MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE
SPENDING PLAN AND THE SPENDING
PLAN PRIORITIES.
AND THEY MAY CHOOSE TO PUT THAT
INTO THE ORDINANCE RATHER THAN
INTO A RESOLUTION.
FINALLY RELATED TO PRIORITIES.
AND TO CHANGE THE PROPOSED
SPENDING PLAN BY CHANGING THE
BALANCE BETWEEN THE PROPOSED
CATEGORIES, AMENDING THE
SPECIFIC POLICY CHOICE RELATED
TO THE PROPOSAL OR SPECIFYING
NEW PROJECTS OR ITEMS TO BE
FUNDED.
FOR EXAMPLE COUNCIL MAY WANT TO
AMEND TO FUND HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY TO HOUSEHOLDS
THAT ARE EARNING BELOW 60% OF
THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME.
THEY MAY WANT TO AMEND THE
SPENDING RESOLUTION TO SPECIFY
OTHER AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PRIORITIES.
AND THEY MAY WANT TO AMEND THE
RESOLUTION TO ADD
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS OR, TO
TAKE IT OFF THE LIST FOR
FUNDING OR THERE MAY BE
ENTIRELY NEW FUNDING PRIORITIES
THAT COUNCIL WANTS TO INCLUDE
IN THIS PLAN.
>> MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE A
QUESTION.
>> AMY, YOU WENT RIGHT TO THE
QUESTION I WAS GOING TO ASK.
BUT ON THE OPTIONS, IT SAYS
AMEND TO FUND HOUSING AND
AFFORDABLE TO HOUSEHOLDS
EARNING BELOW 60.
BUT WE KNOW IT IS SET AT 80.
>> YES.
>> EXACTLY.
IT IS SET AT 80 RIGHT NOW AND
THAT WOULD BE AN OPTION TO
DECREASE IT TO, FOR EXAMPLE,
60% OF SOME OTHER LEVEL DEEMED
APPROPRIATE.
>> AND WE COULD ALSO CHANGE IT,
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT TO
DROP IT DOWN?
>> EXACTLY.
>> I MEAN WE COULD WORK WITH
THOSE NUMBERS.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
PLEASE.
>> AND NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO
COUNCIL IDENTIFIED PRIORITIES,
RECEIVING ONE PROPOSAL THUS FAR
FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD
RELATED TO CENTER CITY
STREETCAR FUNDING.
>> THANK YOU.
AND SO THIS PROPOSAL IS TO
REDIRECT A PORTION OF THE TNC
TAX THAT IS CURRENTLY PROPOSED
FOR THE STREETCAR AND TOWARDS
OTHER TRANSIT USES, I THINK MY
INTEREST IN WHAT TRANSIT USE
THEY SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO IS
DEPEND ON WHAT OCCURS ON THE
INITIATIVE AND THE IMPACT THAT
INITIATIVE COULD HAVE ON OUR
CURRENT BUS SERVICE.
AND IF THAT INITIATIVE FAILS, I
BELIEVE IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT
FOR THE CITY TO START TALKING
ABOUT THE NEED FOR THIRD PARTY
FUNDING FOR SOUND TRANSIT
THREE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF COSTS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE ALIGNMENTS
ON THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND TO
MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE IS NOT A
DISCUSSION YET ON HOW WE INTEND
TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIRD
PARTY FUNDING AND I THINK WITH
SEATTLE PUTTING SOME SKIN IN
THE GAME AROUND THAT
CONVERSATION.
I THINK IT WILL BE HELPFUL AND
FACILITATING COLLABORATION WITH
OTHER PARTNERS.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON
THAT AND I WILL MAKE SURE THERE
ARE NO COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSAL
>> I'M WORKING ON SOMETHING
THAT I HAVE SHARED WITH CENTRAL
STAFF AND THIS IS AFTER DOING
SOME RESEARCH IN OTHER STATES
IN THE CITIES AND IN MEETING
WITH A LOT OF CONSTITUENTS OUT
THERE.
I'LL DESCRIBE IT NOW.
CENTRAL STAFF IS AWARE OF IT.
AND WHAT THIS WOULD DO WOULD BE
TO TAKE IN TERMS OF OUR
SPENDING PLAN WOULD TAKE THE
CREATIVE VOUCHER SYSTEM USED
FOR SENIORS, PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES, AND POTENTIALLY
THE INDIVIDUALS AND THE ROADS
AND THE UTILITY DISCOUNT
PROGRAM.
AND BASICALLY ALLOW THESE
VOUCHERS TO BE USED FOR WHAT
THE LEGACY TAXIS OR THE FOR
HIRE INDUSTRY, THAT THEY
OPERATED TAXIS VEHICLES.
WHY WOULD WE CONSIDER THIS?
AND TO CONSIDER THIS FOR A FEW
REASONS.
NUMBER ONE WE NEED TO REALIZE
THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DO NOT USE
THAT TECHNOLOGY AND THEY ARE
NOT CAPABLE OF USING THE
TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY ARE
PRESENTING NUMBER ONE AND
NUMBER TWO THAT WE DEALT WITH
THAT VALUE ISSUE ASSOCIATED
WITH THE MEDALLIONS IN THE
LEGACY TAX AREA.
WE REALIZED THAT THERE ARE
LEGAL ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH
SIMPLY CREATING THE FUND.
WHEN WE FIRST STARTED TALKING
ABOUT THE PACKAGE, TALKING
ABOUT CREATING THE FUNDS TO
LOOK AT THE VALUES THAT IS
ALMOST BANK-LIKE THAT THEY
WOULD REALLY WORK HARD TO KEEP
THEM ALIVE.
BECAUSE THERE ARE LEGAL
RESTRICTIONS, ASSOCIATED WITH
THAT.
AND THAT WE STILL WANT A
TRANSITION PERIOD SINCE WE WERE
UNABLE TO REGULATE THE NUMBER
OF TNCs THAT ARE COMING INTO
THE MARKET AND WE WELCOME THE
INNOVATION AND THE TECHNOLOGY
THAT ARE PRESENTED.
AND OBVIOUSLY CONSUMERS, THEY
LOVE THE CHOICES THAT THEY
HAVE.
THEY ARE STILL A TRANSITION
PERIOD AND SO I THINK THAT
SERVES TWO PURPOSES.
NUMBER ONE ALLOWING THAT TO
SORT OF MIGRATE AND TO REACH
FOR THEMSELVES AND TO HAVE
CONSUMERS WHO ARE NOW
INCENTIVIZED TO USE THEIR
SERVICES NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER
TWO AND THAT WILL ALLOW FOLKS
OF DISABILITIES, SENIORS,
PEOPLE ON THE LOWER INCOMES AND
THAT ABILITY TO HAVE EASIER
ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION.
AND SO I WILL DESCRIBE IT AS
THE TRANSPORTATION VOUCHER
PROGRAM AND TO DRAFT SOMETHING
UP.
THAT IT MAKES ALL THE SENSE IN
THE WORLD TO HAVE SOMETHING
LIKE THAT AND VERY CREATIVE AND
LEGAL I SHOULD SAY.
BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I
WOULD LIKE TO PURSUE.
>> WE LIKE LEGAL.
>> WE DON'T LIKE BREAKING THE
LAW HERE.
>> AND YES.
OKAY, SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE YOUR
HAND.
>> I JUST RAISED IT RIGHT NOW.
AND CHAIR BAGSHAW, GIVEN THAT
SO MANY OF US HERE HAVE
EXPRESSED THE OVERARCHING
CONCERN OF WHAT MAY HAVE
HAPPENED, WHAT IS YOUR TIMELINE
FOR MOVING WITH THIS AS WELL AS
THE SDOT BUDGET?
THAT WOULD HELP ME IN TERMS OF
MY COMMENTS.
>> FROM A STANDPOINT OF OUR
CALENDAR, WHAT WE HAVE IN THE
NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS IS WE WILL
HAVE ANOTHER MONDAY AND TUESDAY
DELIBERATION COMING UP.
WE WILL HAVE COMMITTEE
DISCUSSIONS AMONG OURSELVES.
THEORETICALLY THE CHAIR
PRESENTS THE INITIAL BUDGET
PROPOSAL ON THE SIXTH OF
NOVEMBER, SO THAT WILL BE A DAY
AFTER THE ELECTION AND YOU KNOW
BECAUSE OF LATE INCOMING
BALLOTS THAT WE MAY NOT KNOW
WHAT OR HOW THAT INITIATIVE IN
PARTICULAR AND HOW THAT WILL
LAND AND SO AND AFTER THE
BUDGET PROPOSAL TO SEE WHAT
ELSE WE NEED TO DO AND THAT I
WOULD HATE TO DO THAT AND THAT
WE WILL ALWAYS REDO THEM
MULTIPLE TIMES FROM THE INITIAL
PROPOSALS, SO THERE WOULD BE
TIME TO ADJUST AND AMEND AS
NEEDED.
>> OKAY.
>> SURE.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS IS JUST BECAUSE I LOVE
MAPS.
NOW ON THE ATTACHMENT TO THE
LEGISLATION AND ATTACHMENT
FOUR.
AND THAT TRANSIT NETWORK AND
THAT I'M GLAD TO SEE THEM ON
THERE.
BUT THIS MAP IS DATED ON MARCH
OF 2016.
AND ARE THEY GOING TO GIVE US
THE UPDATED ONE?
BECAUSE I THINK A LOT HAS
CHANGED IN THE LAST 30 YEARS.
>> RIGHT.
I THINK USING THIS MAP, THIS IS
THE MAP, WHICH IS HOUSING THE
MASTER PLAN THAT WILL BE
MAINTAINED BY SDOT AND ONE
THING THAT THEY COULD CONSIDER
IS THAT THERE IS A DIFFERENT
MAP IN THAT TRANSIT NETWORK
AREA AND THAT IS
UPGRADED BASED ON THE METRO
SCHEDULED TIMES THAT I BELIEVE
THE LAND USE COMMITTEE DID IN
THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
IT INCLUDES A QUARTER MILE
BUFFER BETWEEN THESE LINES THAT
MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE
SPECIFIC.
I BELIEVE THAT IT WILL INCLUDE
ALL THE VILLAGES, PROVIDING
THAT MAP AS WELL AND I'M NOT
SURE EXACTLY HOW FREQUENTLY
THEY WILL UPDATE THIS MAP ON
THE TRANSIT MASTER PLAN AND I
WILL ASK THAT QUESTION TOO.
>> THE REASON THAT I ASK THIS
AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
SHOWING US WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE
BECAUSE I THINK THAT AS WE HAVE
DISCUSSIONS AND WE LOOK AT
CONGESTION PRICING, WHAT TIME
OF DAY THAT THEY WERE
TARGETING.
THAT I DON'T THINK THAT IT WILL
HAPPEN, BUT IT WILL BE GOOD TO
SEE THAT AND TO FURTHER THOSE
DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE
LOOKING AT.
AND ISN'T IT 2030?
>> YES.
>> AND SO IT WOULD BE HELPFUL
TO SEE SOMETHING MORE INTENSE
ON PARTICULARLY, YOU KNOW, LIKE
THE RED LIGHTS THAT YOU CAN SEE
WHERE THEY ARE USING UBER AND
LYFT DOWN THESE RICH TRANSIT
SIDES TO GET DOWNTOWN AND I'M
GUESSING THAT IT WILL CHANGE
WHEN THE LIGHT RAILS ARE UP
PARTICULARLY NORTH GATE WILL BE
ONLINE IN 2021 AND SO I WOULD
LIKE TO SEE THAT, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY FURTHER QUESTION COUNCIL
MEMBER PACHECO?
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> AND IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS,
WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR FORM B'S
ON NEXT WEDNESDAYS FOR ANY
IDEAS ABOUT AMENDMENTS TO THESE
PROPOSALS, I'M HAPPY TO SPEAK
TO ANYBODY ON WEDNESDAY ABOUT
IDEAS OR IF ANYBODY HAS ANY
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
AND I WILL SEND OUT THE UPDATED
CHART ON THE TAX REVENUES AS
WELL AS SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS
THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED TODAY
AND IF THERE IS ANYTHING TO DO
TO HELP CLARIFY OR EXPAND ON
ANYTHING THAT WE WILL BE
TALKING ABOUT I'M HAPPY TO DO
THAT.
>> ALL RIGHT, ARE THERE ANY
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ANYBODY
HAVE THAT YOU WANT TO ADD ON TO
THIS POINT?
>> AND I'M INTERESTED IN
KNOWING IF WE PURSUE SOMETHING
WITH THAT DIFFERENT TAX
STRUCTURES, THAT IS HOW WE
MIGHT GO ABOUT GETTING
ESTIMATES ON REVENUE GENERATED.
>> RIGHT AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU
BROUGHT THAT UP AND THAT WE
HAVE SOMEWHAT LIMITED DATA,
VERY LIMITED DATA ON THE TRIPS
AND THE EXISTING TRIPS, AND SO
IT WILL TAKE SOME KIND OF
ASSUMPTIONS TO COME UP WITH
CALCULATIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, IF
THERE IS A UNIQUE DIFFERENCE, A
GEOGRAPHIC DIFFERENCE, AND SO
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK ON
HOW TO CALCULATE ESTIMATED
RIDES AND REVENUES UNDER
DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.
>> AND THE OTHER QUESTION IS
YOU MAY HAVE COVERED IT AND I
MAY HAVE MISSED IT, BUT THE
IDEA OF DOING A DIFFERENT RATE,
GEOGRAPHIC FOCUSED RATE, FOR
INSTANCE, DOWNTOWN AND THAT IT
WOULD NOT RUN A FOUL OF THE
REQUIREMENTS UNDER STATE LAW TO
GO FOR A PUBLIC VOTE FOR
CONGESTION PRICING.
>> I WILL DOUBLE CHECK.
I DON'T BELIEVE SO IT IS
SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN
DISCUSSED QUITE A BIT.
I JUST WANT TO SIGNAL MY
INTEREST IN BOTH THOSE
STRUCTURED CHANGES IN GETTING,
EVEN THOUGH IT'S SOMETHING I
APPRECIATE THE CAVEAT.
THAT IT MIGHT BE EMPHASIZED.
AND SOME ESTIMATES OF REVENUES.
>> WE DO HAVE A RIDE DATA BY
THE ZIP CODE AND THE EASIEST.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
>> I KNOW IT'S CRUNCH TIME.
AND SO I WANT TO MILK THIS.
>> THAT IS GOOD.
I DO LIKE THE NOTION OF HAVING
SOME VERY DIFFERENT RATES.
AND IN DOING IT DIFFERENTLY AND
I DO WANT TO SAY THE
FRUSTRATION THAT WE HAVE
COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN AND I
HAVE HAD IN MANY OF YOU AND THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE IN GETTING THE
DATA FROM THE TNCs AND ONE OF
MY CONCERNS IS WE WOULD TRY TO
DO THIS NOW THAT WE JUST,
AGAIN, PROTECTED SOURCE AND
THEIR OBLIGATIONS AND WE HAVE
TRIED LIKE ESCROWING THE
INFORMATION AND MAKING SURE
THAT WE CAN THAT WE HAVE DONE
EVERYTHING HUMANLY AND LEGALLY
POSSIBLE TO MAKE SURE WHAT THEY
WILL CONSIDER INFORMATION IS
SAFEGUARDED.
AND MY CONCERN IS GIVEN THE
SHORT TIME FRAME WE'RE WORKING
ON IS CREATING A MODEL THAT
WILL DELAY THIS AND SO I'M
WONDERING, AGAIN, I WOULD LOVE
TO LOOK AT VARIABLE RATES.
AND THE MILE ISSUES.
MUCH LIKE WHAT WE WOULD DO FOR
TAXES BY THE WAY AND MY CONCERN
AGAIN IS THAT IT WILL BE
DELAYED ANOTHER YEAR BECAUSE
THEY HAVE BEEN VERY EFFECTIVELY
NOT SHARING, BLOCKING
INFORMATION.
YOU KNOW, ODONT WANT TO PLAY
INTO THAT AND I'M CERTAINLY
GOING TO KEEP THINGS AS
POSSIBLE, JUST STATING MY
PREFERENCE.
>> I AGREE IT IS A VERY
REALISTIC CONCERN, GIVEN MY
EXPERIENCE WITH THESE
COMPANIES.
AND THAT I WOULD THINK THAT WE
HAVE TWO ISSUES HERE AND ONE IS
DATA THAT WILL HELP US DEVELOP
THE PROPOSAL AND WE WOULD NOT
BE ABLE TO GET THAT DATA AND IT
WOULD BE MADE BASED ON
ASSUMPTIONS.
I DO BELIEVE IN THE PAST THAT
WE HAVE BEEN REQUESTING DATA
THAT IT HAS BEEN TO MEET THE
GOAL OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT.
HOWEVER, IF WE WERE TO REQUIRE
THIS DATA AS PART OF A
COLLECTION OF A TAX, FAS HAS
VERY SPECIFIC RULES ABOUT HOW
THAT DATA CAN BE USED AND WHO
IT CAN BE SHARED WITH.
IT BASICALLY GOES INTO AN FAS
LOCK BOX.
AND SO I WILL LOOK INTO THE
CONCERNS THAT YOU'RE STATING,
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THE DATA
COLLECTION WOULD BE AS
CONCERNING TO THE TNCs IF IT
FOLLOWS THE RULES THAT WE HAVE
FOR DATA AS PART OF THE TAX
COLLECTION.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
I HAVE NO PROBLEM IN SAYING
PUBLICLY THAT'S LOGICAL, THAT'S
FAIR, AND THAT HAS VERY LITTLE
TO DO WITH HOW SOME OF THE
EXPERIENCES WE'VE HAD WITH SOME
OF THE TNCs.
>> AGREE.
>> I'LL TAKE THE HIT ON THAT
ONE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN, ARE
YOU RAISING YOUR HAND?
>> YEAH.
>> OKAY, COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN
FOLLOWED BY COUNCIL MEMBER
PACHECO.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT
HARRELL I SHARE YOUR
FRUSTRATION WITH OUR INABILITY
TO GET DECENT DATA THAT OTHER
CITIES ARE COLLECTING.
AND I'M INTERESTED IN AS WE
WORK THROUGH THE TWO THINKING
OF HOW WE CAN GET MORE DATA.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.
AND THE OPTION THAT YOU
DESCRIBED, BUT I ALSO THINK WE
REALLY, THIS IS A MAJOR PIECE
OF THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
AND WE WANT ACCESS TO THAT DATA
TO MAKE POLICY DECISIONS TOO.
I'M THINKING THROUGH SOME IDEAS
AND I'M HAPPY TO SHARE WITH
FOLKS AS I THINK THEY FERMENT A
LITTLE BIT.
I'M ALSO CURIOUS --
>>
WELL, I WAS THINKING FERMENT,
BUT THAT MEANS ROT.
SO MAYBE I SHOULD FOMENT THEM.
BUT THERE IS A DISCUSSION FOR
US AT LEAST INCUMBENTS, THE
TEAM MADE ABOUT HAVING
DIFFERENTIAL TAXES, DIFFERENT
TIMES OF THE DAY SPECIFICALLY
SOME THINGS OF MODELS TO TRY
TO, YOU KNOW, EITHER DISCOURAGE
USE OF THESE DURING RUSH HOUR
WHEN THERE IS ALREADY
CONGESTION ON THE ROAD, BUT
PERHAPS RAISE ADDITIONAL
REVENUE.
HAS SOMETHING I'M STILL
INTERESTED IN EXPLORING.
I'M WONDERING DO WE HAVE ANY
IDEAS WHY THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL
CHOSE NOT TO GO DOWN THAT?
I BELIEVE IT WAS DISCUSSED AT
SOME POINT?
>> RIGHT.
WE CAN ASK THAT QUESTION OF
THEM.
I WILL SAY THAT I HAVE TALKED
TO LAW AND IT'S NOT A LEGAL
CONCERN.
SO I WOULD ASSUME IT WAS MORE
OF A POLITICAL CONCERN.
>> OKAY, GREAT, THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PACHECO?
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO BRIEFLY
SAY BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE GOING
TO LUNCHTIME.
AS SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T HAVE A
CAR, I APPRECIATE THE DESIRE TO
STREAMLINE AND GO AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE WITH THIS.
I'M RELYING ON ALL THE
DIFFERENT SERVICES THAT WE USE
AS A CITY AND AS WELL AS, YOU
KNOW, WALKING, BIKING, BUSING
EVERYWHERE AND THE OCCASIONAL
CAR POOL WITH COUNCIL MEMBER
JUAREZ TO NORTH SEATTLE.
SO I WILL SPEND SOME TIME AND I
WOULD OPEN THE DOOR TO MY
COLLEAGUES IN TERMS OF WANTING
TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL STREAMING
ABOUT THE TAX RATE AND WHERE
THOSE RESOURCES ARE GOING.
I KNOW WE'RE KIND OF OPERATING
UNDER THE CLOUD OF INITIATIVE
976, AND SO I KNOW FOR ALL OF
US THAT MIGHT CHANGE IN TERMS
OF HOW WE PRIORITIZE WHERE
THOSE RESOURCES GO AND SO JUST
WANT TO OPEN THE DOOR.
>> THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
IS THAT IT?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PRESIDENT
HARRELL IS READY FOR LUNCH.
>> NOT THE ONLY ONE.
>> ALL RIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO
TAKE A RECESS AND IF I DON'T
HEAR ANY OBJECTIONS, THIS
MEETING IS RECESSED AND WE'LL
SEE YOU AT 2:00.