>>> ARE BE READY?
LET'S GET GOING HERE.
LET'S DO CALL TO ORDER HERE.
THIS IS THE MEETING OF THE
CIVIC DEVELOPMENT AND NATIVE
COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE.
THIS IS OUR FIRST COMMITTEE IN
2019.
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY.
THE DATE IS JANUARY 16 AND IT IS
1:30 PM.
I AM COUNCILWOMEN DEBORA JUAREZ
HERE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SALLY
BAGSHAW , LORENA GONZALEZ AND
KSHAMA SAWANT.
TODAY WE WILL HAVE A
PRESENTATION ON THE LEGISLATIVE
PACKAGE ON THE WATERFRONT KNOWN
AS LID AND ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS
AND ORDINANCES THAT WILL
FOLLOW.
WITH THAT, LET'S MOVE INTO
PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AT
THIS TIME.
PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT YOU
HAVE TWO MINUTES.
SPEAK TO THE MATTERS ON THE
AGENDA AND WHEN YOUR NAME IS
CALLED, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME
FOR THE RECORD AND BE MINDFUL
OF THE TIME SO WE CAN GET
THROUGH THE AGENDA TODAY.
LET'S START WITH OUR VERY FIRST
SPEAKER.
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE SIGNED UP
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT?
>> WE HAVE THREE.
THE FIRST IS ALEX ZIMMERMAN.
>> MR. ZIMMERMAN.
>> HAPPY NEW YEAR.
I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT AGENDA
ITEM NUMBER 2. THIS APPEARS TO
LOOK VERY STRANGE TO ME.
IT LOOKS LIKE A JOKE.
PEOPLE WILL BE PAID EIGHT
DOLLARS PER MONTH IN THIS. AND
THE PRICE FOR A ONE-BEDROOM
APARTMENT, WE DON'T TALK ABOUT A
THREE-TIME OR FOUR-TIME THREE-
BEDROOM FOR THE APARTMENT.
NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER JUMP IN
PRICES BECAUSE WE HAVE A VERY
NICE VIEW.
WE HAVE A VERY NICE PARK AROUND
THIS. IT IS FOR
MULTIMILLIONAIRES.
AND POOR PEOPLE LIKE ME AND
MINORITIES OR POOR PEOPLE WILL
BECOME WILL COME AND SIT ON THE
BENCH AND LOOK AT THE BEAUTIFUL
CITY.
HOW MANY MILLION LIVE HERE.
OH MY GOSH.
I AM VERY HAPPY.
I CAN SIT ON THE CIVILIAN
BRANCH AND LOOK.
IT IS A JOKE.
SO MY PROPOSITION IS VERY
SIMPLE.
HOW ABOUT A PERCENTAGE OF
PROFIT?
WHAT DOES THIS MAKE?
SIMPLE.
WE WILL SEE MORE JONES.
IT IS VERY SIMPLE.
RIGHT NOW, I WILL SPEAK TO
ANYBODY THAT WILL LISTEN TO ME.
>> THANK YOU, MR. ZIMMERMAN.
NEXT.
BOB MUSSINA.
>> MY NAME IS BOB MUSSINA AND I
AM HERE TO SPEAK ON THE LID
WATERFRONT DETAILS.
I AM VERY SUPPORTIVE OF IT
FIRST OF ALL.
I AM NOT HERE TO CRITICIZE IT
AND I AM NOT AN OWNER DOWNTOWN.
I WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THAT AT
ALL.
BUT I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE
WATERFRONT FOR THE PAST 10
YEARS.
SO THIS IS A GOOD OUTCOME FOR
ME TO SEE THIS.
WHEN I SAW YOUR PRESENTATION
MATERIALS ONLINE TODAY, THERE
IS A DOWNLOADED SLIDE
PRESENTATION AND I READ THROUGH
THAT.
IT IS VERY GOOD AND
COMPREHENSIVE.
BUT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE
$4.8 MILLION THAT YOU HAVE
LISTED FOR THE MAINTENANCE
OPERATIONS AND SECURITY.
THAT IS FINE AND GOOD BUT ON
PAGE 22, WHICH DETAILS AND
BREAKS DOWN THIS MAINTENANCE
BUDGET, IT CURIOUSLY OMITS THE
AQUARIUM PLAZA AND OVERLOOK WALK
. IT IS NONCOVERED.
SO THIS PAGE SAYS ALL OF THESE
AREAS ARE COVERED BUT THIS AREA
IS ISOLATED.
IT IS CALLED AREA NUMBER SIX.
IT DOES NOT HAVE ANY COVERAGE
UNDER THIS $4.8 MILLION.
I AM SURE THERE WILL BE AN
ANSWER TO THIS.
BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE
VOTING ON THIS, YOU DON'T WANT
TO BE VOTING ON SOMETHING THAT
THIS AREA IS DESIGNATED AREA
NUMBER SIX.
BUT IN PARENTHESES IT SAYS TBD
OR TO BE DETERMINED.
YOU DON'T WANT TO BE VOTING ON
A WATERFRONT MINUTES AND SECURE
PACKAGE THAT LEAVES ANYTHING TO
BE DETERMINED.
I DON'T THINK THAT IS
SATISFACTORY FOR EVERYONE TO BE
IN THE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THE
MAINTENANCE WILL BE OF THAT.
IT IS CLEAR THE AQUARIUM IS A
SEPARATE WELDING BUT IF THERE
THERE ARE TWO BIG ELEVATORS
THERE AND STAIR STEPS.
THAT IS JUST A CONTINUATION OF
THE WATERFRONT.
THERE COULD BE A BUDGET DRAWN
UP AND PRESENTED TO YOU.
I AM HERE TO SAY THAT I SUPPORT
EVERYTHING BUT I BELIEVE THERE
IS THAT INCOMPLETE PART WITH
THE AQUARIUM PLAZA.
SO WHEN YOU GET TO THAT POINT
IN THE PRESENTAION MAYBE YOU
COULD INQUIRE ABOUT WHAT IS
GOING ON THERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> NEXT WE HAVE NANCY PAGLIA.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS NANCY BAGLEY.
I AM CHAIRMAN OF THE WATERFRONT
PROJECT.
I AM HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF
THE LEAGUE.
THE LEAGUE HAS BEEN FOLLOWING
THIS WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT
PROCESS SINCE 2004.
SINCE THE VERY FIRST DESIGN
MEETINGS AND THE FIRST PUBLIC
VISION MEETINGS.
WE HAVE BEEN EXCITED ABOUT THE
REDEVELOPMENT OF THE WATERFRONT
AND THE POSSIBILITIES WITH THE
VIADUCT COMING DOWN.
AND NOW, PLANS ARE MOVING
FORWARD.
WE CONGRATULATE THE CITY, THE
MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL, AS
WE HAVE WRITTEN TO YOU AND
EMAILED.
WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THE WORK
THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS PLAN
AND PROGRAM.
NOW WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO MOVE
FORWARD.
THIS IS THE IMPORTANT STEP OF
THE LEGISLATIVE PASSAGE TO MAKE
THIS PACKAGE HAPPEN.
THIS HAS BEEN PART OF THE
PLANNING ALL ALONG.
WE ENCOURAGE YOU NOW TO TAKE
THAT LEAP FORWARD, MOVE FORWARD
AND LET'S GET IT DONE FOR THE
CITIZENS OF SEATTLE.
THANK YOU.
>> NANCY, YOU COKE FOR COMING
TODAY.
PLEASE SIT DOWN.
I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU
HAVE COME OVER THE YEARS.
A FEW YEARS AGO YOU WERE NOT SO
SUPPORTIVE.
I REQUIRE EVERY RECALL THAT WHEN
THE AQUARIUM WAS LOOKING AT
EXPANDING YOU WERE ADAMANT THAT
WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS
ON PARCEL C. I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE HOW MUCH WORK YOU
HAVE DONE AND JUST APPRECIATE
THE FACT THAT YOU ARE COMING
TODAY AND SAYING THAT YOU
SUPPORT THIS ON BEHALF OF
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS AND TO
LET YOU KNOW THAT YOUR VOICE
MADE A DIFFERENCE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC
COMMENT.
>> WITH THAT, WE WILL CLOSE
PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE WILL MOVE
INTO ITEMS OF BUSINESS.
YOU READ THAT INTO THE RECORD
AND WE WILL INVITE FOLKS UP
HERE WHO ARE GOING TO BE
PRESENTING ON THE DISCOVERY
PARK PARTIAL TRANSFER OF
JURISDICTIONAL ORDINANCE.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE QUITE THE
CREW HERE.
SO ITEM NUMBER ONE IS PARTIAL
TRANSFER OF JURISDICTION
ORDINANCE .
>> SO AS YOU KNOW, PLEASE
INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND WE WILL
GO THROUGH A SHORT POWERPOINT.
LET'S GET STARTED.
>> I AM TRACI RATZLIFF WITH
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF.
CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS OF ACTING
SUPERINTENDENT.
RICHARD GHOLAGHONG OF SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND
RECREATION.
>> I WILL START OUT WITH A
LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.
WE ARE REQUIRED TO COME HERE
WHENEVER THE DEPARTMENT ENGAGES
úIN POVERTY TRANSACTIONS THAT
REQUIRE TRANSFER OF JURISDICTION
, THE ACQUISITION OF NEW
PROPERTY, LOT BOUNDARY
ADJUSTMENTS AND REALLY ANYTHING
THAT IMPACTS THE DEPARTMENT
MANAGEMENT OF REAL PROPERTY.
I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU
A BIT OF THE BACKGROUND WITH
THE ORDINANCE.
THE CITY OF SEATTLE ADOPTED
ORDINANCE 122502 IN 2007.
IN 2007 WE ACQUIRED AN AREA
KNOWN AS
PROPERTY
IT WAS 24 ACRES OF PROPERTY.
WE WERE TO KEEP THE OFFICER
HOUSING AS PRIVATE HOUSING.
IT IS IN HOLDING.
THE AGREEMENT ALSO REQUIRED
THAT THE UNDERGROUND WATER AND
SEWER SYSTEM THAT SERVED THE
MILITARY HOUSING WOULD BE
UPGRADED AND TRANSFERRED TO
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES.
WE HAVE COMPLETED THAT STEP AND
ARE HERE TO TRANSFER THE SEWER
SYSTEM TO SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES.
DEVELOPING THIS WORK PROGRAM
HAS BEEN A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT
BETWEEN THE TWO DEPARTMENTS.
I WANT TO THANK SPU DIRECTOR
MONTE HARRAH AND DANIELLE
PURNELL WHO HAVE WORKED WITH US
COLLABORATIVELY TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE FOLLOWED THROUGH WITH
THIS.
AT THIS POINT I WOULD LIKE TO
TURN THIS OVER TO RICHARD
GHOLAGHONG FROM OUR REAL ESTATE
OFFICE TO DESCRIBE THE
PROPOSED LEGISLATION IN MORE
DETAIL AND ANSWER QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU, CHRISTOPHER.
>> AS CHRISTOPHER SAID, WE
PURCHASED 23.9 ACRES OF
PROPERTY FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IN 2007.
PART OF THAT PURCHASE AND SALE
AGREEMENT REQUIRED AN UPGRADE
F UTILITY SYSTEMS.
EXCLUDED FROM THE TRANSFER
WHERE THE PRIVATE IN HOLDING
PROPERTIES WHICH WERE FORMER
NAVY HOUSING AND THE REQUIRED
WATER AND SEWER FOR RESIDENTIAL
USE.
AND SO WHY IS THE PTJO NEEDED?
THAT IS THE PARTIAL TRANSFER OF
JURISDICTION ORDINANCE.
IT BASICALLY TAKES THE PLACE
OF AN EASEMENT.
THAT IS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF
THIS IS WAS A PRIVATE PROPERTY.
AND SPU HAD TO ACCESS THE
SYSTEMS WITHOUT ANY
RESTRICTIONS. BECAUSE THIS IS A
CITY DEPARTMENT WITHIN A CITY,
AN EASEMENT IS NOT THE WAY YOU
DO IT.
IT NEEDS TO BE A PARTIAL
TRANSFER OF JURISDICTION.
SPU HAS SURVEYED THEM AND
APPROVE THEM.
SPU NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS
THE FACILITIES WITHOUT GOING
THROUGH A PERMITTING PROCESS
THROUGH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT
WHICH WOULD REDUCE TIME,
RESPONSE AND EFFICIENCIES.
>> I MIGHT ADD THAT THIS ALSO
GETS US AROUND THE WHOLE I-40 TO
SET OF CONSTRAINT.
>> EVERY TIME THE SYSTEMS ARE
ACCESSED, THE SITE RESTORATION
IS REQUIRED ON PARK PROPERTY.
SO THIS GRAPHIC SHOWS YOU THE
ALIGNMENT OF THE ACTUAL PTJO
SYSTEM.
THE PURPLE LINE IS SEWER AND
THE BLUE IS WATER.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IT COMES UP
SOUTH FROM EMERSON STREET AND
IT PROGRESSES NORTH THROUGH THE
PARK.
THE THREE YELLOW FIGURES ARE
THE ACTUAL PRIVATE IN HOLDINGS.
MONTANA CIRCLE IS ON THE NORTH
AND WASHINGTON AVENUE IS DOWN
BELOW.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
>> THE NICEST PART ABOUT THIS
IS THAT IT IS PRETTY SIMPLE.
THE TRANSFER IS GOING TO
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES.
THE WORK IS DONE.
YOU ARE ASKING US TO APPROVE
THIS.
>> YES.
>> ALL RIGHT.
I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS.
IT IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
>> THANK YOU, RICHARD.
>> WE ARE NOT VOTING ON THIS
TODAY.
WE ARE JUST GETTING THE
INFORMATION.
WE WILL GO THROUGH THE
POWERPOINT AND THE ORDINANCE.
"GOT VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU AND I WOULD LIKE
TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS THAT
THIS IS A GREAT COLLABORATIVE
EFFORT BETWEEN SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND
RECREATION AND SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES .
>> SO IS THERE ANYONE SIGNED UP
FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS
PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS PART OF
THE MEETING?
>> YES.
WE HAVE ONE PERSON.
ALEX ZIMMERMAN.
>> HELLO AGAIN MR. ZIMMERMAN.
>> THANK YOU.
LOW.
MY NAME IS ALEXANDER ZIMMERMAN.
I AM VERY INTERESTD IN THIS.
GOVERNMENT HAS GOTTEN BIGGER
AND BIGGER OVER THE 250 YEARS
THAT THE GOVERNMENT THE UNITED
STATES HAS EXISTED.
THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW
GOVERNMENT DESTROYS ALL PEOPLE
AND ALL AMERICA.
THE STUPIDITY FROM THE BUSINESS
POINT OF VIEW, TOTALLY
DIFFERENT.
BECAUSE OF PEOPLE, PEOPLE CAN
BE MORE PRODUCTIVE AND BETTER.
THIS AMERICAN PRINCIPLE.
THIS IS WHY I COME TO AMERICA.
BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE BIG
GOVERNMENT WHO ARE NOT WORKING.
BIG GOVERNMENT, MORE TROUBLE.
GOOD EXAMPLE.
12,000 PEOPLE AND NO ONE IS
WORKING FOR GOOD.
RIGHT NOW, I SPEAK TO
EVERYBODY.
STOP THIS FASCISM.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE?
>> PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW
COMPLETE ON THE MATTER.
LET'S READ THE SECOND MATTER
INTO THE RECORD AND WE WILL
HAVE THE INDIVIDUALS COME UP
FOR THE OFFICE OF THE
WATERFRONT.
>> ITEM 02 WATERFRONT
LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE.
PROTEST WAIVER AGREEMENT, PHIL
AND PHILANTHROPIC COMMITMENT
AND OPERATIONS AND FITNESS
PLAN.
>> WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS HERE.
HELLO.
WE HAVE THE MAYOR HERE.
AND YOU DECIDE WHERE YOU WOULD
LIKE TO SIT.
WE DON'T HAVE ASSIGNED SEATING.
YOU DECIDE WHERE YOU WOULD LIKE
TO SIT.
WE HAVE EIGHT PEOPLE.
>> DID YOU READ THIS INTO THE
RECORD?
>> YES SHE DID.
>> OKAY, GREAT.
>> BEFORE WE GET STARTED, AS
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING
ON THE WATERFRONT ISSUE.
IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG
TIME.
IT HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED AND HAS
BEEN GOING ON SINCE 2009.
WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE WHOLE
ISSUE AND EVERYTHING THAT HAS
BEEN IN FRONT OF JUST THIS CITY
COUNCIL, MY UNDERSTANDING IS
THAT, YOU ARE GOING TO WALK US
úTHROUGH THIS 26 PAGE POWERPOIN
AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE LID
FORMATION, THE PROTEST WAIVER
AGREEMENT IN THE OPERATION AND
MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT.
LET'S DO INTRODUCTIONS, I WILL
DO SAY A FEW WORDS AND THEN
WE'LL MOVE ON.
>> MARSHALL FOSTER, JOSHUA
CURTIS. CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS,
SEATTLE PARKS.
>> DORI COSTA OFFICE OF THE
WATERFRONT.
>> I AM ERIC McCONAUGHEY.
I AM HEIDI HUGHES FROM THE
FRIENDS OF THE WATERFRONT.
>> MAGGIE WALKER, CHAIR OF THE
FRIENDS OF WATERFRONT SEATTLE
BOARD AND I AM THE COCHAIR WITH
CHARLEY ROYER.
>> AND WE HAVE THE FORMER
MAYOR.
>> YES.
WE ALL KNOW YOU.
>> I AM CHARLEY ROYER.
I AM THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE
FRIENDS OF WATERFRONT SEATTLE.
IN THE FORMER MAYOR OF SEATTLE
DURING THE TIME THAT DISCOVERY
PARK WAS IS COVERED.
>> YOU WERE ONE OF THE ORIGINAL
COCHAIRS BACK IN 2009, IS THAT
CORRECT?
>> YES.
>> SO YOU WERE ONE OF THE
ORIGINAL TERM MEMBERS WITH
MAGGIE.
>> YES.
>> 10 YEARS.
>> 10 YEARS YOU HAVE BEEN THE
COCHAIR.
THANK YOU, FOR BEING HERE AND
BEING SUPPORTIVE AND GIVING US
INFORMATION.
I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW,
PARTICULARLY THE VIEWING PUBLIC
THAT YOU HAVE BEEN VERY
GRACIOUS IN GIVING US
BACKGROUND, WISDOM AND
INFORMATION.
>> WE APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON
THIS. IT GOES BACK LONG BEFORE
YOU WERE ON THE COUNCIL.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
>> YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH
RATE PEOPLE INCLUDINGTHREE AND
HEIDE HUGHES.
AND OF COURSE, OFFICE OF THE
WATERFRONT FOLKS.
IT HAS BEEN A LONG JOURNEY.
I AM EXCITED THAT WE ARE AT
THIS POINT.
THERE WERE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS
RAISED THROUGH PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS WITH
TRACY AND ERIC.
WE LOOKED AT THE LEGISLATIVE
SIDE AND WENT BACK AND FORTH.
SO, I AM REALLY EXCITED AND I
AM HOPING THAT WE ARE AT A
THRESHOLD, A TIPPING POINT.
SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU
MARSHALL AND YOU WILL WALK US
THROUGH THIS.
MY COLLEAGUES MAY INTERRUPT YOU
WITH QUESTIONS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> THANK YOU CHAIRWOMAN JUAREZ.
THE LEGISLATION THAT IS IN
FRONT OF YOU IS A CULMINATION
OF THIS 10 YEARS OF WORK.
WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IS WE
CLOSE THE VIADUCT ON FRIDAY.
>> WE DID?
>> WE DID.
ALL OF US HAVE BEEN TALKING
ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD FEEL LIKE
WHEN THAT VIADUCT CLOSED.
WE HAVE BEEN IMAGINING AND
ENVISIONING AND WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING WITH COMMITTEES ALL
OVER THE CITY. FOR THE FIRST
TIME OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS WE
CAN FEEL WHAT IS GOING TO BE
LIKE.
IN THIS PARK, THIS 20 ACRES
WILL BE AN INCREDIBLE ASSET FOR
THIS COMMUNITY OVER MANY
DECADES TO COME.
THE LEGISLATION THAT WE HAVE IN
FRONT OF YOU TODAY IS THE
CRITICAL -- NOT THE FINAL PIECE
OF LEGISLATION.
THERE WILL BE MORE.
BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO
COMPLETING THE FINAL VISION.
WHAT IS SO UNIQUE IS THE
PARTNERSHIP THAT HAS DRIVEN
THIS.
THIS IS A UNIQUE PROJECT
BECAUSE OF THE PHILANTHROPIC
PARTNERSHIP, BUSINESS,
ADVOCATES WORKING TOGETHER,
LITERALLY OVER DECADES.
THIS GOES EVEN BEFORE THE
WATERFRONT COMMITTEE AND
ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN
MAKING THIS HAPPEN.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE.
LET ME JUST QUICKLY SUMMARIZE
THE PRESENTATION FOR THIS
MORNING.
WE ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU A
QUICK BACKGROUND AND A
LEGISLATIVE COURSE CAR
SCORECARD ON HOW WE GOT TO
TODAY.
WE WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THE
KEY ELEMENTS OF EACH OF THE
ORDINANCES.
THERE IS AN L.I.D.
BILL, THERE WOULD BE AN
ORDINANCE THAT WOULD DEAL WITH
OPERATION AND FUNDING OF THE
WATERFRONT.
THE LAST ONE IS PROBABLY THE
MOST COMPLEX AND THAT REALLY
DOES PUT IN PLACE THE
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN FRIENDS OF
THE WATERFRONT SEATTLE AND THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND
RECREATION.
>> AND THE FIRST ONE IS THE ONE
THAT HAS ATTACHMENTS A-F IN IT.
>> YES.
SO LET'S MOVE ON.
WE HAVE A QUICK SCALE OF THE
PUBLIC DISCUSSION THAT HAS
HAPPENED AROUND THIS.
THIS WAS JUST A FEW IMAGES FROM
THE WORK THAT WE DID THAT
CULMINATED IN THE WATERFRONT
CONCEPT DESIGN AND THE
STRATEGIC PLAN.
THIS GREAT PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN
THE LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE THAT
DOMINATED IN 2012 IN A VERY
STRONG AND BROAD VISION FOR
WHAT THE SHOULD BE.
PEOPLE ENGAGED IN EVERYTHING
FROM LARGE EVENTS WITH
LITERALLY 1000 PEOPLE ATTENDING
TO SMALL CONVERSATIONS IN
PRETTY MUCH EVERY CORNER OF THE
CITY THAT RESULTED IN THAT WORK.
AND THAT IS STILL, THAT WORK
THAT WAS COMPLETED THERE AND
THE COUNCIL ACTIONS THAT
ENDORSED IT AND FOLLOWED, HAVE
BEEN THE GUIDING LIGHT FOR THE
DESIGN AND WHAT WE NOW INTEND
TO BUILD.
>> DEPICTION ON PICTURE ON THE
BOTTOM LEFT, THAT IS MAGIS
SHOP?
>> YES.
THAT IS WHAT WE CALL A GRAFFITI
BOARD.
SO PEOPLE COULD JUST GO
WHEREVER THEY WANTED TO GO IN
TERMS OF WHAT THEY WANTED TO
SEE ON THE WATERFRONT.
THE TOP LEFT WAS A WATERSHED.
WE EXPECTED MAYBE 100 PEOPLE OR
150 PEOPLE.
THAT IS THE MAIN ROOM OF THE
AQUARIUM AND WE HAD 1000
PEOPLE.
THE FIRE MARSHAL HAD TO TELL US
THAT TO LET ANYONE ELSE IN THE
MEETING.
THAT JUST SHOWS YOU THE SCALE
OF INTEREST AND EXCITEMENT THAT
WE HAVE HAD.
COUNCIL MEMBER BAGSHAW CAN
TELL YOU ABOUT SOME OF THAT
EXCITEMENT.
>> THE OTHER THING I WANT TO
EMPHASIZE ABOUT THIS EARLY
PHASE OF WORK, WE DID NOT HAVE
THE WATERFRONT YET BUT THAT WAS
A GOOD THING.
THIS REALLY WAS FORMED OUT OF A
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE
PLANNING DEPARTMENT WHICH WAS
THEN THE DPD AS WELL AS THE
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND
RECREATION FOR SEATTLE.
IT IS GREAT TO BE ABLE TO
DELIVER ON THE VISION NOW.
CHRISTOPHER.
>> I THINK IT WAS MAYBE SIX OR
SEVEN MAYORS AGO THAT WE GOT
ENGAGED IN THIS WORK.
WE ARE REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE
BEEN A PART OF THIS JOURNEY.
I WANT TO COMMEND THE
VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE HERE.
MARSHALL AND HIS LEADERSHIP WITH
THE WATERFRONT.
AND FOR KEEPING US INCLUDED ALL
THE WAY ALONG THIS JOURNEY.
THIS PROJECT REPRESENTS THE
OPPORTUNITY TO ADD 20 ACRES OF
LAND TO THE PARK FRONT.
YOU WOULD NEVER HAVE DREAMED WE
WOULD HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
MAKE THIS HAPPEN BEFORE.
GOING FORWARD, OUR ROLE WILL BE
TO MAINTAIN WATERFRONT PARK AND
DELIVER THE MAINTENANCE.
AND I THINK THAT THE VALUE IN
THIS PARTNERSHIP IS THAT IT
REPRESENTS WHAT THE PARTNERS DO
REALLY WELL.
I.E.
THE FRIENDS OF THE WATERFRONT
SEATTLE ARE GREAT AT
FUNDRAISING.
AND WE HAVE OUR ROLE TO
MAINTAIN 20 ACRES OF WATERFRONT
LAND.
WE ARE EXCITED TO BE A PART OF
THIS TEAM AND HAVE BEEN
DEVELOPING OUR MUSCLE AND
CAPACITY TO BE A BIG GOOD
PARTNER.
WE HAVE BEEN DOING SOME WORK
WITH THEM ALREADY IN OTHER
PARKS AND THAT HAS DEEPENED OUR
RELATIONSHIPS.
>> A WATERFRONT FOR ALL.
>> YOU HAVE SEEN THESE BEFORE.
THESE ARE THE GUIDING
PRINCIPLES THAT WERE CREATED
OUT OF THE FIRST MEETINGS AND
WORK.
AND THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THAT
TOOK PLACE.
THESE WERE ENDORSED BY COUNSEL.
WATERFRONT FOR ALL HAS BEEN THE
BANNER FROM THE BEGINNING.
BUT SOME OF THE OTHER CONCEPTS
LIKE SUSTAINABLE DESIGN AND
RECONNECTING TO THE WATERFRONT,
THAT RESONATES WITH EVERYONE
EDDIE DEEP LEVEL.
MOBILITY AND ACCESS.
THIS IS A PARK PROJECT.
IT IS ALSO AN INFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECT.
WE ARE PROVIDING NEW
INFRASTRUCTURE AND
INFRASTRUCTURE WITH THE BIKE
ELEMENTS AND PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION PIECES.
A REALLY IMPORTANT PART THAT
YOU JUST HEARD ABOUT FROM
CHRISTOPHER, IS CONSISTENT
LEADERSHIP, OPERATIONS AND
DESIGN.
WE HAVE BEEN VERY FOCUSED ON
THE PLAN TO MAINTAIN, THE PLAN
FOR SAFETY, MAKING A
SUSTAINABLE PLAN TO OPERATE
THIS PARK AT A HIGH LEVEL FROM
THE VERY FIRST DAYS OF THE WORK.
THAT HAS BEEN AS IMPORTANT AS
THE DESIGN.
>> I UNDERSTAND THAT THESE
PRINCIPLES CAME OUT OF THE 2011
ORDINANCE.
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> OKAY.
>> I THINK WITH THAT, JUST A
SUMMARY OF THE TOTAL PROGRAM,
AS CHRISTOPHER SAYS, 20 ACRES
OF PUBLIC PARKS.
RECONSTRUCTION OF PURE 62 WHICH
IS ALREADY UNDERWAY.
THE NEW SURFACE ALASKAN WAY
CONNECTIONS.
THE PUBLIC PROMENADE THAT WILL
RUN FROM PIKE PLACE MARKET TO
PIONEER SQUARE.
AND THE WALKWAY FROM PIKE PLACE
MARKET TO THE WATERFRONT.
AND THEN A WHOLE SERIES OF
STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
THAT WILL CREATE THESE GREEN
FINGERS FROM THE WATERFRONT
INTO THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICTS.
THE CENTRAL RETAIL DISTRICT AT
PIKE AND PINE AND COMPLETING THE
BELL STREET PARK.
THESE ARE CONNECTIONS THAT MAKE
THE WATERFRONT ACCESSIBLE TO
OUR CENTER CITY.
OUR CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE.
WE WILL NOT GO THROUGH THIS IN
DETAIL RIGHT NOW.
IT NOW THROUGH 2023, WHAT YOU
WILL SEE WITH THE COMPLETION OF
THE VIADUCT THE MILITIA IN THE
SUMMER IS THE WATERFRONT
CONSTRUCTION WILL COME RIGHT ON
THEIR TAIL AND RAMP UP
SIGNIFICANTLY.
WE ARE ALREADY UNDER
CONSTRUCTION IN SEVERAL
ELEMENTS.
WE HAVE A VERY ACTIVE
CONSTRUCTION PRESENCE ON THE
WATERFRONT.
THAT WILL BE THE PRESENCE BY
THE END OF THE YEAR.
WE WILL COMPLETE THE SURFACE
STREET, ALASKAN WAY, BY 2021.
THAT IS A CRITICAL MILESTONE
FOR MOBILITY IN THE CITY CENTER
AND BY EARLY 2023, THE ENTIRE
PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED.
SO, LET'S WALK THROUGH THE
SCORECARD OF WHERE WE HAVE BEEN
ON THE LEGISLATION TO GET US
HERE.
>> MARSHALL, YOU JUST MENTIONED
THAT ON THAT MAIN CORRIDOR OF
THE TIME TIMELINE, YOU MENTIONED
THAT THE MAIN CORRIDOR WILL BE
COMPLETE BY 2022.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
>> WE ARE ALL IN THE SEATTLE
SQUEEZE.
WE ARE FINDING OUR WAY WITH THE
CLOSURE OF THE VIADUCT.
A CRITICAL POINT IN THE
CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PRODUCT
PROJECT IS THAT DATE.
THE SECOND HALF OF 2021.
WE WILL OPEN ALASKAN WAY.
THAT WILL OPEN UP ESSENTIALLY,
MORE TRAFFIC CAPACITY ON
ALASKAN WAY ON THE SURFACE
STREETS.
NOT THE TUNNEL.
JUST THE SURFACE STREETS TO
TAKE PRESSURE OFF OF OTHER
STREETS DOWNTOWN.
WE WILL BE OPENING THE TRANSIT
PATH MUCH EARLIER.
I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THAT
EARLIER BEFORE.
AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE
PLANNING IS THAT ALASKAN WAY
AND COLUMBIA STREET GOING INTO
DOWNTOWN AND UP TO THIRD AVENUE
WILL BE THE KEY TRANSIT PATHWAY
FOR SOUTHWEST KING COUNTY IN
WEST SEATTLE.
THAT WILL OPEN EARLIER.
THAT IS A CRITICAL PATH FOR US.
AND DURING THE ENTIRE
CONSTRUCTION PERIOD, WE WILL BE
KEEPING TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC
OPEN IN EACH DIRECTION ALONG A
TEMPORARY ROADWAY.
SO FOR FREIGHT MOBILITY AND
LOCAL BUSINESS ACCESS, WE WILL
MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN STILL
GET TO THE WATERFRONT.
IT WILL GET MUCH BETTER ONCE
THE FULL ROAD IS OPEN IN 2021.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALEZ.
>> SO YOU CAN SEE OUR ACTION TO
ESTABLISH A PUBLIC WORK
COMMITTEE.
MAGGIE AND CHARLEY HAVE BEEN
WITH US SINCE DAY ONE.
THEY HELP CREATE THE GUIDING
TRANSPOSE.
IN 2012, THE CITY COUNCIL
ENDORSED THAT CONCEPT DESIGN
AND STRATEGIC PLAN THAT I
TALKED ABOUT.
AN IMPORTANT NOTE ON THAT IS
THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE TALKING
ABOUT DESIGN BUT WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT HOW WE WOULD FUND
AND BUILD THE PROJECT.
THE CONCEPT OF A LOCAL
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND THE
CONCEPT OF SIGNIFICANT
PHILANTHROPY WERE BOTH
INCORPORATED AT THAT TIME.
SO AGAIN, BURIED DEEP IN THE
DNA OF OUR WORK.
THOSE ACTIONS ALSO CALLED FOR
THE CREATION OF A NONPROFIT
PARTNER.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE
SEEN IN SEATTLE AND ELSEWHERE IS
THE STRENGTH OF THE NONPROFIT
PARTNERS TO HELP US ACTIVATE
AND ANIMATE PUBLIC SPACE.
SO, SHORTLY AFTER THOSE
ACTIONS, THE FRIENDS OF THE
WATERFRONT SEATTLE WAS
ESTABLISHED AS A NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION.
IN 2014 THEY OPENED WATERFRONT
SPACE AND THEN WORKED IN THE
FIELD TO ACTIVATE PUBLIC PARKS.
THEY HAVE BEEN A GREAT PARTNER
OF WATERFRONT PARK ALREADY IN
BRINGING PEOPLE TO THE
WATERFRONT WITH GREAT EVENTS
THAT ARE FREE.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO THINK --.
>> IN 2018, WE REALLY ADVANCED.
WE PUT THE WATERFRONT PROGRAM
IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET INCLUDING
AN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND
PLANNING FOR INVESTMENTS.
WORK BEGAN ON THE SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES.
AND THEN UNDER MAYOR MURRAY WE
CREATED THE OFFICE OF THE
WATERFRONT.
THAT IS WHERE WE CONSOLIDATED
KEY STAFF FROM PLANNING AND
PARKS AND D.O.T.
UNDER ONE SHOP TO DELIVER THIS
WORK.
IN 2017, YOU WILL NOTICE, THERE
IS A BREAK THERE.
FROM 2014 UNTIL 2017.
ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT WE
HAVE DEALT WITH SUCCESSFULLY
WAS THE DELAY WITH BURSA, THE
TUNNELING.
WE SLIMMED DOWN AND STAYED AS
LEAN AS WE COULD SO THAT WE DID
NOT SPEND UNNECESSARILY.
IN 2017, IS THAT PAT STARTED TO
OPEN UP AGAIN, WE CAME BACK TO
COUNSEL TO REAFFIRM THE
COMMITMENT TO L.I.D.
IS A KEY ELEMENT IN THE WHOLE
PACKAGE OF HOW WE WOULD MOVE
THE WATERFRONT FORWARD.
AT THAT SAME TIME WE ASKED
FRIENDS TO COME FORWARD WITH AN
INITIAL PLEDGE OF $25 MILLION
OF THE TOTAL FUNDRAISING
CAMPAIGN.
WE WILL GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS
ON THAT IN JUST A MINUTE.
THAT WAS PART OF THE ACTION
THAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU NOW.
I THINK THEY ARE IN A PLACE
WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO
THAT.
YOU CAN SEE THERE, ESSENTIALLY,
THOSE ELEMENTS CAME TOGETHER IN
2017.
OUTREACH AROUND THE LOCAL
DISTRICT RAMPED UP TO A BROAD
RANGE OF PROPERTY OWNERS AROUND
THAT TIME.
IN 2018, WE DID THE SPECIAL
BENEFIT ANALYSIS AND THAT IS
THERE A REQUIREMENT AS PART OF
THE LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
TO ESSENTIALLY DETERMINE HOW
MUCH SPECIAL BENEFIT IN TERMS
OF REAL ESTATE VALUE IS BROUGHT
TO DOWNTOWN PROPERTIES BY
VIRTUE OF THE NEW PARK THAT WAS
ACTUALLY DONE BY AN INDEPENDENT
APPRAISER FOR THE CITY IN 2018.
IT WAS DISTRIBUTED BROADLY AND
WE ACTUALLY CREATED A WHOLE
VARIETY OF OUTREACH TOOLS THAT
WE WILL TALK ABOUT.
WE HAD A COUNCIL ACTION IN MAY
OF LAST YEAR.
WHICH WAS THE RESOLUTION OF
INTENT TO FORM.
THAT WAS THE FIRST FORMAL STEP
IN THE CREATION OF AN L.I.D.
AND THAT WAS COMPLETED IN MAY.
THAT RESULTED IN A SERIES OF
PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ADDITIONAL
OUTREACH.
SOME OF THAT IS REQUIRED UNDER
STATE LAW. WE ALSO DID A WHOLE
VARIETY OF VOLUNTARY OUTREACH
AS WELL AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT
THAT.
SO THAT GIVES YOU A QUICK
OVERVIEW.
JOSH IS GOING TO WALK YOU
THROUGH THE THREE ELEMENTS OF
LEGISLATION.
>> WE SHOULD MENTION THAT
COUNSEL DID HIGHER AN
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER OVER THE
SUMMER.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
PER LAW, THE CITY COUNCIL CAN
HIRE A PROFESSIONAL JUDGE OR A
HEARING EXAMINER.
COUNSEL OPTED TO DO THE LATTER.
SO YOU HIRED THE SEATTLE
HEARING EXAMINER RAY BASIL.
HE WAS BACK HERE IN SEPTEMBER
TO CONVEY TO YOU ALL THE
RESULTS OF THOSE HEARINGS.
>> AND THE REPORT CAME OUT IN
SEPTEMBER AS WELL.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
IT DID.
AND THAT IS POSTED ON YOUR
WEBSITE.
THERE IS ALSO A LINK FROM OUR
WEBSITE.
>> THANK YOU, MARSHALL.
BEFORE I GET INTO THIS, I WOULD
LIKE TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO
THE NUMBER OF OF LEGISLATIVE
PIECES THAT YOU HAVE BEEN DONE.
THERE HAVE BEEN 6751 THAT HAVE
BEEN INITIATED AND NOT ALL OF
THEM WERE FORMED BUT A GREAT
MAJORITY OF THEM WERE FORMED
EARLY IN THE 1900S.
THERE WERE ABOUT EIGHT PER WEEK
BEING FORMED.
>> NOW, DORI SAYS 1891 WAS THE
VERY FIRST L.I.D..
SHE IS THE OFFICIAL HISTORIAN.
>> I AM JUST REALIZING THAT, I
AM QUICKLY LEAFING THROUGH
THESE ATTACHMENTS.
AND I NOTICE THAT IN THE DRAFT
VERSION OF THE ORDINANCE, WE
DID NOT INCLUDE A REPORT FROM
THE OFFICE OF THE EXAMINER.
>> THE REPORT IS VERY BIG AND
WE SHOULD INCLUDE THAT.
BUT I THINK THE ACTUAL NUMBER
OF PAGES IS THREE.
>> THERE IS THE REPORT AND THEN
THERE IS THE COMMENTS.
>> I DO THINK IT WOULD BE OF
VALUE TO THE LEGISLATIVE RECORD
TO INCLUDE.
>> THAT IS A GREAT IDEA.
>> TO INCLUDED AS PART OF THE
LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE.
AT MINIMUM BE HEARING
EXAMINER'S REPORT AS EVIDENCE
OF IT BEING A PART OF THE
COUNCIL MEMBERS WORK.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALEZ.
THAT IS A GOOD IDEA.
>> HOW MANY HOURS DID HE SPEND
ON THAT REPORT?
>> 20 HOURS.
WE WILL TALK A BIT MORE ABOUT
THAT AS WELL.
SO, A FEW KEY THINGS THAT THE
ORDINANCE IN FRONT OF YOU DOES
IS IT IS A FOLLOW-UP TO THE
RULES RESOLUTION OF THE ATTENT
TO FORM.
THIS IS THE FORMATION OF THE
L.I.D..
IF COUNCIL APPROVES THIS THEN
THERE WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL
LEGISLATIVE PROCESS LATER THIS
YEAR THAT DOES THAT AND
PROPERTY OWNERS WILL HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO CHALLENGE THEIR
ASSESSMENTS AT THAT TIME.
IT SETS A CAP OF $160 MILLION.
YOU WILL RECALL, THE FIRST TIME
WE WERE HERE, THAT NUMBER WAS
$200 MILLION.
THAT HAS BEEN REVISED TO $160
MILLION AND WE WILL TALK MORE
ABOUT HOW WE GOT THERE.
THE OTHER REALLY IMPORTANT
THING THAT THIS DOES IS PER
STATE LAW, THIS ORDERS THE
CONSTRUCTION AND THE COMPLETION
OF ALL OF THE L.I.D.
FUNDED IMPROVEMENTS.
SO THE CITY IS OBLIGATED TO
DELIVER THESE SHOULD THEY PASS
THE ORDINANCE.
PUBLIC OUTREACH, MARSHALL
TALKED ABOUT WHAT IS REQUIRED
BY STATE LAW. THERE WERE TWO
OFFICIAL PUBLIC NOTIFICATIONS
FOLLOWING THE NOTICE OF INTENT
TO FORM.
DRUG MAILINGS TO ALL OF THE
PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE
DISTRICT.
WE ARE RE-REQUIRED TO DO ONE
HEARING AND WE DID FOUR.
20 HOURS OF THAT TOOK PLACE
OVER WEEKDAYS, EVENINGS AND
WEEKENDS TO MAKE THIS AS
ACCESSIBLE AS POSSIBLE.
WE ALSO DID ABOVE AND BEYOND
THAT.
ABOUT 1.5 YEARS OF VOLUNTARY
OUTREACH.
THINGS TO NOTE THERE, THERE
WERE ABOUT 100 INDIVIDUAL AND
GROUP BRIEFINGS THAT RANGE
EVERYWHERE FROM A CONVERSATION
OVER A KITCHEN COUNTER TO A
BRIEFING OF A HOMEOWNER
ASSOCIATION TO A CORPORATE
BOARD AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.
A FEW OTHER THINGS TO NOTE, WE
DID SEND A FIRST ROUND OF
LETTERS OUT TO THE 6100
PROPERTY OWNERS TO LET THEM
KNOW ABOUT A PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE
THAT WAS COMING UP.
OVER 400 PEOPLE ATTENDED.
WE ALSO HAD A PROPERTY SEARCH
TOOL THAT WE POSTED ON OUR
WEBSITE.
SO PROPERTY OWNERS TO GO AND
ACCESS THEIR PRELIMINARY
ASSESSMENT AMOUNTS PRIOR TO THE
OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION FROM THE
CITY.
THERE HAVE BEEN OVER 10,000
DISCRETE VIEWS SINCE THAT WENT
UP IN LATE APRIL.
AS PART OF THE PROCESS THAT
MARSHALL MENTIONED, WE HIRED AN
INDEPENDENT APPRAISER. HE
IDENTIFIED THAT PRIOR TO THE
L.I.D.
FUNDED PROJECTS THERE WOULD BE
ABOUT $41 BILLION WORTH OF
LAND IN THE PARCELS.
AFTER THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE
L.I.D.
FUNDED IMPROVEMENTS THERE WOULD
BE ABOUT $415 MILLION OF REAL
ESTATE VALUE ADDED TO THAT
AREA.
SO THAT IS THE BENEFIT WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT.
>> HOW MANY BLOCKS DID WE
DECIDE THAT WAS?
>> I'M SORRY.
WHAT WAS THAT?
>> HOW MANY BLOCKS DID WE DECIDE
?
>> I WOULD NEED TO GET BACK TO
ON THAT.
>> OKAY.
>> BASED UPON THE PRELIMINARY
ANALYSIS, THE CITY WOULD NEED
TO ASSESS A LITTLE OVER 38% OF
EACH INDIVIDUAL BENEFIT IN
ORDER TO GET TO THAT $160
MILLION.
I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT IS A
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS.
SHOULD THE CITY COUNCIL PASS
THIS LEGISLATION THEN THE CITY
WOULD HIRE THAT SAME APPRAISER
TO GO BACK OUT INTO A FINAL
ANALYSIS.
SO THE $160 MILLION WOULD STAY
THE SAME.
EACH INDIVIDUAL ASSESSMENT MAY
VARY A BIT.
>> I KNOW YOU WILL GET TO THIS
FURTHER DOWN BUT THE TOTAL
PROPOSAL AT $160 MILLION IS
WITHIN THE WHOLE PROJECT AND
THAT IS $712 MILLION. IS THAT
CORRECT?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> AND WE WILL GET TO THAT PIE
CHART TO BREAK DOWN ALL OF THE
MONEY THAT IS POURING INTO
THIS?
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
I SHOULD ALSO NOTE THAT THE
$160 MILLION DOES NOT INCLUDE
FINANCING COST.
SO IF SOMETHING CHOOSES TO
FINANCE WITH THE CITY THAT
WOULD BE ABOVE AND BEYOND WITH
THE ASSESSMENT WOULD BE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER BAGSHAW HAS A
QUESTION.
>> ACTUALLY. I
DO NOT.
I AM SUPPOSED TO ANNOUNCE THAT
I AM AT GROUND ZERO IS SOMEBODY
THAT WILL BE INSIDE THIS 51
AREA AND, AS YOU ALL KNOW, I
HAVE BEEN APPROVED TO VOTE ON IT
THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE RECORD IS CLEAR THAT I AM
PART OF THIS AND WILL BE PART
OF THE PROPERTY THAT WILL BE
ASSESSED AND TAXED.
>> THANK YOU.
SO WHAT DOES THIS ACTUALLY MEAN
FOR A TYPICAL PROPERTY OWNER?
THE MEDIAN CONDO OWNER WOULD
HAVE A ONE-TIME ASSESSMENT OF
$1900 IF THEY CHOSE TO FINANCE
THAT WITH THE CITY OVER 20
YEARS THAT WOULD END UP ABOUT
EIGHT DOLLARS PER MONTH.
PLUS INTEREST.
I WOULD NOTICE THAT SOME HAD
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT
WE ARE INCLUDING IN THAT
CALCULATION PARKING AND
STORAGE.
AND THOSE ARE VERY LOW IN
BENEFIT.
I WANT TO EMPHASIZE FOR YOU ALL
THAT WE HAVE TAKEN THAT OUT.
SO THIS IS AN ACCURATE
REPRESENTATION OF WHAT THE
MEDIAN CONDO OWNER WOULD PAY.
EFFORT COMMERCIAL OWNERS, THE
MEDIAN PAYMENT WOULD BE $5900
OR FINANCE, $295 PER YEAR OR
$25 PER MONTH.
AND A RENTER LIVING IN THE
TYPICAL APARTMENT BUILDING IF
THE APARTMENT OWNER DECIDED TO
PASS THIS ON, THAT WOULD END UP
BEING ABOUT FOUR DOLLARS PER
MONTH.
>> SO JUST TO CLARIFY, IF YOU
ARE A CONDO OWNER, THE TAXES
$1900, YOU HAVE 20 YEARS TO PAY
IT.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
YOU CAN PAY IT ALL AT ONCE OR
YOU CAN FINANCE IT.
>> SO YOU HAVE 20 YEARS TO PAY
$5900 IF YOU ARE A COMMERCIAL
HONOR.
>> YES.
>> THE REASON WHY I SAY THAT, I
DON'T MEAN TO SOUND CAVALIER OR
FLIPPANT, BUT THERE IS A LOT OF
MISINFORMATION THAT PEOPLE ARE
BEING TAXED EVERY YEAR.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR
THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE
ASSESSMENT AND HOW YOU PUT THE
NUMBERS TOGETHER, PEOPLE HAVE
20 YEARS TO PAY THIS AND WE
WILL GET TO THE THREE AREAS
WHERE PEOPLE CAN BE EXEMPTED
FROM OR LOWERED.
I WILL LET YOU CONTINUE WITH
YOUR POWERPOINT.
>> THAT IS THE PERFECT SEGUE
INTO THE DEFERRAL PROGRAMS.
THERE ARE THREE PROGRAMS FOR
SENIORS AND DISABLED, LOW
INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND THOSE ARE
TWENTY-YEAR DEFERRED PROGRAMS.
THE COST FOR THOSE WOULD BE
BORNE BY THE STATE.
THE CITY ALSO HAS THE OPTION TO
CREATE A TWO-YEAR ECONOMIC
HARDSHIP DEFERRAL AND WE ARE
RECOMMENDING THAT BE INCLUDED
IN THE LEGISLATION.
THESE ARE DEFERRALS, NOT
EXEMPTIONS.
SO, THESE ARE DUE EITHER AT THE
END OF TWO YEARS FOR THE CITY
PROGRAM OR UPON SALE OR CHANGE
OF OWNERSHIP FOR THE STATE
PROGRAM.
AND THERE IS INTEREST LEVIED ON
THOSE.
>> THANK YOU, FOR THE GRAPHICS
ON THIS.
THAT IS VERY HELPFUL.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ
>> CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH
WHITE A DEFERRAL AND NOT AN
EXEMPTION?
>> PER STATE LAW THERE ARE ONLY
THREE TYPES OF PROPERTIES THAT
ARE EXEMPTED.
THOSE ARE FEDERALLY OWNED
PROPERTIES, HOUSING AUTHORITY
OWNED PROPERTIES AND THEN THERE
ARE AGRICULTURAL PROPERTIES.
THOSE ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT
CAN BE EXEMPTED.
SO, THERE ARE DEFERRAL PROGRAMS
THAT ARE PROVIDED FOR BUT THE
STATE LAW IS VERY CLEAR THAT
THE ONLY EXEMPTIONS ARE FOR
THOSE PROPERTIES.
>> SO JUST SO I AM CLEAR IN
WHAT YOU JUST EXPLAINED, THE
REASON WHY THE CITY OF SEATTLE
IN THIS PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE
PACKAGE IS NOT PURSUING
EXEMPTION IS BECAUSE WE ARE
PROHIBITED FROM DOING SO.
>> THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT.
I WILL NOTE THAT THERE ARE A
NUMBER OF LOW INCOME HOUSING
PROVIDERS WITHIN THE DISTRICT
THAT ARE NOT EXEMPTED.
BUT BECAUSE OF THE LONG-TERM
AGREEMENTS THAT THEY HAVE WITH
THE CITY OR THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT, THEY ARE NATURALLY
AT A ZERO BENEFIT.
SO THEY ARE NOTHING TO THE
DISTRICT.
>> THAT IS A DIFFERENT
SCENARIO.
>> THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT.
YES.
>> MY FAVORITE ONE.
>> SO, I WILL JUST QUICKLY
SUMMARIZE THE TABLE AND THEN
DORI WILL WALK US THROUGH THE
FUNDING COLUMN AT THE LEFT.
YOU CAN SEE THERE, AS YOU NOTED
CHAIRWOMAN JUAREZ , YOU CAN SEE
THERE ARE FOUR CRITICAL PIECES
OF THE BUDGET.
THE CITY OF SEATTLE FUNDING AT
$249 MILLION.
AND YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THE
WASHINGTON STATE FUNDING OF
$193 MILLION.
THE PROPOSED $160 MILLION LOCAL
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT FUNDING AND
$110 MILLION OF PHILANTHROPY
AND THAT IS A LITTLE BIT OF AN
INCREASE.
AND, DORI, WILL YOU WALK US
THROUGH THE PIECES?
>> TO COVER IT THE REVISED
KENNEDY ONE AMOUNT, TO MAKE THE
$160 MILLION PROJECT WORK, WE
ARE ADDING SOME FUNDING TO OUR
BUDGET FOR COVERING SOME OF THE
COST.
$10 MILLION OF ADDITIONAL
FUNDING HAS BEEN PLEDGED BY THE
FRIENDS OF THE WATERFRONT
SEATTLE . WE HAVE REVIEWED
THEIR FINANCIAL PROCESS. WE
HAVE TALKED GREATLY WITH THEM
AND WE ARE CONFIDENT THEY WILL
COME UP WITH THAT ADDITIONAL
$10 MILLION.
THEY HAVE INCREASED THEIR TOTAL
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROGRAM TO
$110 MILLION.
WE HAVE ALSO PROPOSED TO
TRANSFER FROM OPERATING TO
CAPITAL, $8 MILLION OF FUNDING
FROM THE METROPOLITAN PARK
DISTRICT THAT WAS DEDICATED TO
THE WATERFRONT PROGRAM FOR
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.
TO BUILDING THE WATERFRONT.
BECAUSE OF THE DELAY FROM
BERTHA AND THE DELAY OF THE
PROGRAM, WE DO NOT NEED THOSE
FUNDS TO MAINTAIN THE
WATERFRONT.
AS EARLY AS WE HAD ANTICIPATED.
A WE ARE GOING TO MOVE SOME OF
THAT MONEY TO CONSTRUCT THING
THE WATERFRONT PARK PROJECT.
>> DORI, LET ME STOP YOU FOR
JUST A MINUTE.
FROM SOME OF THE CONSTITUENTS
AND THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE
SAYING, IT IS A FACT TO SAY
THAT THIS WATERFRONT PROJECT IS
NOT TAKING MONEY AWAY FROM THE
METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT IN
WHICH THE OTHER PARKS HAVE.
THERE WAS SOME CHATTER OUT
THERE THAT SOMEHOW, WE WERE
TAKING MONEY OUT OF THAT SIX-
YEAR PLAN AWAY AND SHIFTING IT
HERE AND THEREFORE IT WAS
UNFAIR.
CHRIS, WILL YOU RESPOND FOR THE
VIEWING PUBLIC?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK THAT DORI IS RIGHT IN
CHARACTERIZING THAT WE DID NEED
THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
DOLLARS.
WE DO HAVE TWO PARKS THOUGH ON
THE WATERFRONT.
THERE IS PIER 6263 AND THIS
PART.
>> SOME PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED
THAT WE WERE TAKING MONEY AND
THAT SOME COMMUNITY CENTERS AND
OTHER PARK ASSETS WOULD NOT BE
MAINTAINED OR THAT IT WOULD NOT
BE THERE FOR CAPITAL.
>> NO RELATION.
>> THANK YOU.
>> IN ADDITION, WE HAVE THE
COMMERCIAL PARKING PACKS THAT
THE CITY COUNCIL CREATED IN
2011 TO FUND VIADUCT, SEAWELL
AND WATERFRONT RELATED
IMPROVEMENTS.
WE WILL BE ADDING ANOTHER $7
MILLION OF BOND CAPACITY OF
USING THOSE REVENUES TO HELP PAY
FOR THE TRANSPORTATION RELATED
PORTIONS OF THE WATERFRONT.
PARTICULARLY, THE PROMENADE.
AND THEN, IN WORKING WITH THE
CITY BUDGET OFFICE, THEN NOBLE,
THE DIRECTOR FELT CONFIDENT AND
ADDED $10 MILLION OF
UNPROGRAMMED REAL ESTATE
EXCISED TAX REVENUE IN 2021
THROUGH 2023 TO OUR PROGRAMS.
THOSE FUNDS HAVE NOT BEEN
ALLOCATED TO ANY SPECIFIC
PROJECTS AT THIS POINT.
HE FEELS CONFIDENT THOSE WILL
BE AVAILABLE TO HELP FUND THIS
PROGRAM.
TO ROUND OUT THAT FUNDING
PACKAGE, WE REDUCED THE SCOPE
OF THE PROJECT BY ABOUT $5
MILLION.
WE ORIGINALLY HAD IN THE
PROGRAM SCOPE KIOSKS ALONG THE
PROMENADE.
WE ARE REDUCING THAT NUMBER OF
KIOSKS DOWN TO ONE AT UNION
STREET AND THAT WILL REDUCE
COST BY ABOUT $5 MILLION.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> COULD YOU PLEASE DESCRIBE
WHAT THE KIOSK IS?
IT'S DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND
WHY A KIOSK WOULD COST ONE
POINT TWO $5 MILLION.
>> THESE WERE AREAS WHERE WE
WERE GOING TO PROVIDE SPACE FOR
EITHER FOOD AND BEVERAGE OR
SOME PUBLIC INTERACTION.
THEY WERE ONE-STORY BUILDINGS
AND THEY HAD ADDITIONAL STORIES
OF HEIGHT TO THEM TO CREATE A
FOCAL VIEW POT VIEWPOINT ON THE
WATERFRONT.
BECAUSE OF THE DESIGN IN THE
WATERFRONT AREA, THEY WERE GOING
REQUIRE FOUNDATIONS THAT WERE
MANY FEET DEEP. SO THE TRADE-
OFF OF COST WAS, WE FELT, WAS
NOT JUSTIFIABLE IN LOOKING AT
THIS REVISED FINANCIAL PLAN.
>> OKAY.
>> THEY WERE GOOD CANDIDATES TO
TAKE OUT ALREADY SO THIS HELPED
US SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE SOME
ACTIVATION.
THESE ARE DESIGNED TO BE A THE
KEY INTERSECTIONS WHERE THE
PUBLIC ARRIVES ON THE
WATERFRONT.
THERE WILL STILL BE ACTIVATION
AT THOSE LOCATIONS.
AND WE WILL BE WORKING WITH
HEIDE AND HER TEAM BUT WE DON'T
WE WILL NEED THESE BUILDINGS AT
THOSE LOCATIONS AND WE WILL
SAVE MONEY IN THE PROCESS.
>> OKAY.
>> I WILL SUMMARIZE FOR YOU THE
SECOND PART OF THIS PACKAGE.
UNDER STATE LAW, CITIES ARE
ALLOWED TO ENTER INTO WHAT ARE
CALLED PROTEST WAIVER
AGREEMENTS.
AT THE POINT WHERE A CITY FORMS
AN L.I.D., WHICH IS WHERE WE
ARE AT RIGHT NOW , PROPERTY
OWNERS CAN PROTEST AND HAVE THE
ABILITY TO OVERTURN THE ABILITY
OF THE CITY TO FORM IT.
IF 60% PROTEST, IT DIVESTS THE
ABILITY TO PERFORM.
SO THAT ALLOWS FOR PROPERTY
OWNERS AND CITIES TO ENTER INTO
WAIVER AGREEMENTS SO PROPERTY
OWNERS CAN WAIVE THEIR RIGHT TO
PROTEST TO MAKE SURE THIS IS
SOMETHING WE ALL AGREE ON.
WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS A
WAIVER AGREEMENT WITH A 20 YEAR
TERM.
THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE
ASSESSMENT TERM FOR THOSE THAT
CHOOSE TO FINANCE THE
ASSESSMENT FEE.
AND HERE IS WHAT THE
COMMITMENTS WOULD BE FROM
PROPERTY OWNERS AND THE CITY.
THE PROPERTY OWNERS WOULD
COMMIT THAT 51% OF THEM WOULD
AGREE.
THAT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT
IS ENOUGH CRITICAL MASS THAT WE
WOULD HAVE CERTAINTY THAT THERE
WOULD NOT BE A VIABLE PROTEST
OF THE LOCAL IMPROVEMENT
DISTRICT.
SO THAT GROUP WOULD WAIVE ITS
RIGHTS TO A FORMATION PROTEST.
THEY WOULD ALSO WAIVE THE RIGHT
TO A LEGAL CHALLENGE.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT THIS A
LITTLE BIT LATER.
THERE IS ACTUALLY A COUPLE OF
STEPS.
THERE IS THE FORMAL PROTEST AND
THEN THERE IS THE OPPORTUNITY
FOR LEGAL APPEAL OF THE L.I.D..
SO WE WOULD HAVE CERTAINTY THAT
THEY WOULD NOT ADVANCE EITHER
A PROTEST OR A LEGAL CHALLENGE.
AND THAT IT WOULD ALSO
DESIGNATE A WATERFRONT
CONSERVANCY TO BE AN AGENCY IN
THIS AGREEMENT.
SO WHEN WE ARE ENTERING THIS
AGREEMENT WE HAVE 160 PROPERTY
OWNERS AT THE TABLE.
WE NEED TO KNOW WHO IS SITTING
AT THE TABLE WITH US WHEN WE
EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT. THIS
CONSERVANCY IS ESSENTIALLY A
LEGAL AGENT FOR THE PROPERTY
OWNERS TO WORK WITH US.
>> THAT IS THE OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE?
>> THIS IS ACTUALLY DIFFERENT
THAN THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
THIS IS A NONPROFIT THAT THE
PROPERTY OWNER COMMITTEE WOULD
FORM.
IT WOULD HAVE A BOARD AND IF WE
COME 10 YEARS IN WE KNOW THAT
WE CAN SPEAK TO THE CONSERVANCY
AND SPEAK TO THE PROPERTY OWNER
COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
>> IS THAT IN THE --
>> IT'S IN THE PROPERTY OWNER
WAIVER.
WE WOULD ALSO WAIVE THE OPTION
FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL ASSESSMENT.
UNDER STATE LAW, CITIES HAVE 10
YEARS, ONCE THE 1051 IS FORMED
TO ADVANCE A SUPPLEMENTAL
ASSESSMENT.
THEY ARE VERY RARE.
WE HAVE NEVER ANTICIPATED
FOLLOWING A SUPPLEMENTAL
ASSESSMENT.
THIS WOULD MAKE THAT A
CONTRACTUAL COMMITMENT THAT WE
WOULD NOT DO THAT.
AND LASTLY BUT VERY IMPORTANTLY,
THE CITY WOULD AN ACT THIS
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
ORDINANCE.
>> OKAY.
>> NEXT STEPS ON THE L.I.D.
PROCESS, AND MOST OF THESE ARE
PROCESSED UNDER LAW, THERE
COULD BE COUNCIL ACTION ON THE
28th.
IF THAT HAPPENS, ONCE THE MAYOR
HAS SIGNED THE ORDINANCE, WE
WOULD HAVE A 30 DAY PROTEST
PERIOD AS PRESCRIBED BY STATE
LAW.
THEN, ALSO IN FEBRUARY, WE
WOULD ADVANCE A BUDGET
AMENDMENT.
THIS WOULD BE INDEPENDENT
LEGISLATION THAT WOULD MAKE THE
MODIFICATIONS THAT DORI
DESCRIBED AROUND THE CPT , THE
REET AND THE MPD.
ONCE WE GET THROUGH THE FORMAL
PROTEST PERIOD IN FEBRUARY, IN
MARCH, THERE IS A LEGAL APPEAL
PERIOD OF 30 DAYS ONCE THE
PROTEST HAS CONCLUDED.
AND THEN, YOU SEE IN THE FALL
OF THIS YEAR, WE WOULD BE
COMPLETING THE FINAL SPECIAL
AND IF IT STUDY WITH THE
APPRAISER COMING BACK IN TO DO
ONE FINAL REVIEW AND THEN THE
COUNCIL WOULD TAKE UP THE FINAL
SET OF ACTIONS WHICH IS THE
CONFIRMATION OF THE ASSESSMENT
ROLL.
AND THAT IS WHERE THE QUESTION
OF THE LID -- IT IS NO LONGER A
QUESTION.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE ACTUAL
ASSESSMENT.
THAT IS WHERE WE WOULD BE
CAPPED AT THAT $160 MILLION.
WE WOULD BE WORKING WITH MORE
UP-TO-DATE APPRAISAL
INFORMATION AT THAT TIME.
AND LASTLY, PROPERTY OWNERS
WOULD HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC
HEARING PROCESS TO CONSIDER ANY
INDIVIDUAL APPEALS ON THEIR
ASSESSMENT.
IF AN INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNER
WANTS TO COME FORWARD AND SAY
THAT THE PROPERTY ASSESSOR
INCORRECTLY APPRAISED, THAT IS
WHERE WE WOULD WORK FOR THOSE
ISSUES.
>> THAT NOT AT COUNSEL?
>> IT WOULD BE ANOTHER HEARING
EXAMINER DRIVEN.
>> ON PAGE NUMBER 2, THE
PROTEST WAIVER AGREEMENT
ORDINANCE PAGE, YOU TALK ABOUT
THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS CAN
WAIVE THEIR PROTEST.
>> WE WOULD STILL HAVE THE
PROTEST PERIOD.
IT WOULD ADVANCE.
WE WOULD HAVE AGREEMENT AMONGST
51% OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT
THEY ARE NOT GOING TO PROTEST.
OR FOR THOSE THAT HAVE
PROTESTED ALREADY, THEY WOULD
ESSENTIALLY WITHDRAW THEIR
PROTEST.
>> WE WOULD STILL HAVE THE
PROCESSOR.
>> SO THE 49%, THE ASSESSED
EVALUATION PROPERTY OWNERS
COULD STILL COME IN AND PROTEST
BUT THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE 51%
SIGNED OR WILLING TO SIGN A
WAIVER AGREEMENT, DOES THAT
MAKE IT A WASTE OF TIME FOR THE
INDIVIDUALS THAT COME?
CAN THAT 49% STILL COME AND
FILE THEIR PROTEST?
>> BUT THERE WOULD NOT BE A
PATH TO 60%.
THE BENEFITS TO PROPERTY OWNERS
OF THE WAIVER AGREEMENT, THE
L.I.D.
AMOUNT, NO SUPPLEMENTAL
ASSESSMENTS, EVERY PROPERTY
OWNER GETS THE BENEFIT OF THAT
WHETHER OR NOT THEY SIGN ON TO
THAT AGREEMENT.
SO EVERYONE IN THE PROPOSED
ASSESSMENT AREA.
THEY ALL BENEFIT.
AND THEY HAVE UP TO 20 YEARS
EVEN IF THEY WERE NOT AT THE
TABLE OR DISAGREE.
>> AND THEN FINALLY, IN 2020,
ASSESSMENTS BEGINNING THAT
YEAR.
SO PEOPLE WOULD START TO SEE
THIS IN THEIR MAILBOX THEN.
AND THEN THE CITY, IN ALL
LIKELIHOOD, WOULD BE ISSUING
BONES AGAINST THE L.I.D.
REVENUE AT THAT POINT . SO I AM
JUST GOING TO QUICKLY INTRODUCE
THE THIRD PIECE OF THE PACKAGE.
THAT IS THE FUNDING, OPERATIONS
AND MAINTENANCE ORDINANCE.
>> MARSHALL, BEFORE YOU GO I
HAVE A QUESTION.
>> OKAY.
>> ON THIS TIMELINE, IT LISTS
THAT BUDGET AMENDMENTS WOULD
NEED TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE
CITY COUNCIL.
IS IT YOUR EXPECTATION THAT THE
CITY COUNCIL WOULD ACT ON THOSE
SUBMISSIONS?
OR ARE YOU JUST SUBMITTING THE
ORDINANCE IS?
>> WE WOULD ASSUME THAT YOU
WOULD ACT ON THEM.
>> WHY ARE WE ACTING ON BUDGET
AMENDMENT ORDINANCES BEFORE THE
CONCLUSION OF THE PROTEST
PERIOD AND BEFORE THE CONCLUSION
OF THE PROTEST PERIOD?
>> THAT IS A FAIR QUESTION.
THE GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE HAVE MOVED THE FUNDS. KNOWING
THAT WE ARE ESSENTIALLY OUT TO
BID ON THE MAJORITY OF THE
WATERFRONT CONSTRUCTION AND THAT
DOES INCLUDE FUNDING FROM CBT
AND ALL OF THESE OTHER SOURCES
THAT WOULD BE ADDRESSED IN THAT
BUDGET ACTION SO WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE IT THOSE FUNDS ARE
ESTABLISHED AS WE GO OUT AND
AWARD A CONTRACT.
THE OTHER THING IS IF WE HAVE
THE PROTEST WAIVER AGREEMENT,
IF WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE
STEPS AND I DON'T WANT TO
DIMINISH THE IMPORTANCE OF
THOSE STEPS, WE WILL HAVE A LOT
OF CERTAINTY IN TERMS OF OUR
ABILITY TO WITHSTAND THE
PROTEST PERIOD AND THE LEGAL
PERIOD.
>> I ALSO JUST WANT TO SAY, WE
WILL INTRODUCE THE LEGISLATION
IN FEBRUARY.
I AM NOT ANTICIPATING COUNSEL
WOULD ACT BEFORE THE PROTEST
PERIOD IS OVER AND WE WOULD
HAVE TIME. WE WOULD HAVE TO
INTRODUCE LEGISLATION AND THAT
WOULD BE A CONVERSATION WITH
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
IT'S NOT THAT WE WILL SUBMIT IT
IN FEBRUARY.
WE WILL PASS IT IN FEBRUARY.
THERE WILL BE A TIMEFRAME OF
CONSIDERATION AND CONVERSATIONS
THAT GO BEFORE THE COUNCIL.
THE PLAN IS THAT WE WOULD
INTRODUCE THE LEGISLATION IN
FEBRUARY AND IT WOULD BE MARCH
OR APRIL BEFORE THE COUNCIL
WOULD FINALLY PASS THE
LEGISLATION.
BUT WE WANT TO GET THE
LEGISLATION PASSED BEFORE WE
FINALIZE OUR CONSTRUCTION
NOTICE TO PROCEED.
SO THESE WOULD MEET TO BE 2019
NEED TO BE 2019 BUDGET CHANGES.
>> I APPRECIATE THE INTENT TO
ACTUALLY GET THERE BUT I AM NOT
SEEING WHAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED,
DORI, IS BEING REFLECTED IN
THIS TIMELINE PER SE.
IT WAS ALARMING TO ME THAT THIS
SEEMS TO SIGNAL THAT WE WOULD
BE AMENDING OUR BUDGET BEFORE
OR DURING THE PROTEST PERIOD.
I JUST THINK WE NEED TO BE MORE
JUDICIOUS ABOUT HOW WE ARE AND
HOW ACCURATE WE ARE
COMMUNICATING TO THE GENERAL
PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT THIS PROCESS
IS AND WHAT IT IS NOT.
I WOULD APPRECIATE MAKING SURE
THAT THIS GETS CLARIFIED SO
THAT WE HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF
WHAT THE NEXT STEPS WILL BE IN
TERMS OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO
THE BUDGET MOVING FORWARD.
AND THEN, LASTLY, I WOULD JUST
-- I KNOW WE WILL HAVE MORE
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS IN
EXECUTIVE SESSION AND OTHERWISE
AND WE WILL RESERVE SOME OF THE
QUESTIONS FOR A DIFFERENT
APPROPRIATE VENUE, PARTICULARLY
AROUND THE PROTEST WAIVER
AGREEMENT BUT AGAIN, I GET A
LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT
ANTICIPATING THAT THE INK IS
DRY ON THE DOCUMENT BEFORE IT
IS ACTUALLY DRY.
AND THIS TIMELINE CLEARLY IS
SIGNALING THE BEST CASE
SCENARIO AS OPPOSED TO WHAT
HAPPENS IF WHAT WE EXPECT AND
HOPE TO HAPPEN DOES NOT
ACTUALLY OCCUR.
I JUST WANT US TO BE VERY
CAREFUL ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT
WE HAVE A TIMELINE THAT IS
REFLECTIVE OF POTENTIAL SPEED
BUMPS THAT WE HAVE NOT
ANTICIPATED.
>> THAT IS FAIR.
WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE GET
THAT CLARIFIED.
THAT THAT IS SUBMITTED TO
COUNSEL AND THAT IS A PROCESS
WE WILL GO THROUGH.
>> LASTLY, IS THE BUDGET
ORDINANCE, IS IT YOUR
ANTICIPATION THAT THIS WOULD GO
TO THE FINANCE AND NEIGHBORHOOD
COMMITTEE?
OR THE BUDGET COMMITTEE?
>> I'M NOT SURE.
THANK YOU, FOR RAISING THAT.
I THINK YOU ARE ON BOTH OF
THEM.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
I WILL NOT GET AWAY FROM EITHER
ONE OF THEM.
BUT I THINK THESE ARE THINGS
THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN INTO
CONSIDERATION WHEN WE ARE
LOOKING AT THIS.
THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT
COMMITTEES WITH DIFFERENT WORK
PLANS FOR 2019.
WE JUST WANT TO KEEP OUR SIGHTS
ON ANY POTENTIAL PROCEDURL
ISSUES THAT COULD IMPEDE OUR
ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO MOVE
THIS LEGISLATION FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU, FOR THAT.
JUST A FOLLOW-UP, WE HAVE OUR
POSSIBLE VOTE, TO MAKE IT CLEAR
WHAT WE ARE VOTING ON AS
OPPOSED TO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALEZ WAS JUST TALKING
ABOUT.
WE WILL BE VOTING ON SOMETHING
DIFFERENT SO IF WE COULD JUST
CLARIFY WHAT THOSE ARE, I THINK
THAT PEOPLE WILL BE FEELING
GOOD.
>> WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT.
THAT VOTE WOULD BE ON THIS
PACKAGE THAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU.
>> I KNOW THIS IS VERY GRANULE
GRANULAR DETAIL BUT THIS IS A
VERY LONG-TERM INVESTMENT AND A
MAJOR PART OF OUR CITY THAT HAS
HAD A TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF YEARS
INVESTED AND THERE ARE MANY
FOLKS PAYING ATTENTION TO IT
AND THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE THAT
CONTINUE TO HAVE CONCERNS AND
EXPRESS THOSE VERY VOCAL
VOCALLY.
I THINK WE HAVE THE OBLIGATION
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
COMMUNICATING THE MOST
EFFECTIVE AND DETAILED
INFORMATION THAT WE CAN TO
ESTABLISH AN APPROPRIATE
LEGISLATIVE RECORD AND TO
DEMONSTRATE THE CHOICES AND
DECISIONS THAT WE ARE BEING
ASKED TO MAKE IN THAT
ENVIRONMENT AND IN THAT
CONTEXT.
>> THAT IS A GREAT POINT.
WE WILL PREPARE A REVISED
VERSION OF THE SLIDE THAT
INCLUDES THOSE THINGS.
SO THE THIRD THING IN THE
PACKAGE, FUNDING, OPERATIONS
AND MAINTENANCE ORDINANCE.
IT OUTLINES THE PHILANTHROPIC
COMMITMENT AND CONTRIBUTIONS.
IT FORMALIZES THE LONG-TERM
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN FRIENDS AND
PARKS TO MAINTAIN THE ENTIRE 20
ACRE PARK.
IT ALSO AUTHORIZES A TWO-YEAR
PILOT AGREEMENT WITH PIER 62
AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT CREATING
A PARK BOULEVARD.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT
ESTABLISHES THAT THIS IS PARK
SPACE AND IT LETS US USE TREND
MPD FUNDS . IT COMMITS US TO
THE $4.8 MILLION ANNUAL O AND M
BUDGET STARTING IN 2023.
AND CREATES THE CENTRAL
WATERFRONT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
WHICH WOULD BE THE NEXT
ITERATION OF THIS LONG
PARTNERSHIP IN TERMS OF
GOVERNANCE AND OVERSIGHT OF THE
WATERFRONT.
>> BEFORE WE SLIDE INTO THE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, ON THE
$4.8 MILLION, CAN WE GET SOME
CLARIFICATION, TRACI, CORRECT
ME IF I AM WRONG BUT THAT $4.8
MILLION IS BASED UPON THE
AMOUNT OF INSULATION FROM THE
2016 NUMBERS OF THE $3.5 MILLION
WHICH WAS ALREADY ANTICIPATED,
CORRECT?
>> YES.
WE HAVE A WHOLE SLIDE COMING UP
ON THIS.
THERE IS $4.2 MILLION OF THE
$4.8 MILLION FROM THE MPD.
THAT HAS ESCALATED FROM THE
ORIGINAL COMMITMENT. WE ARE
BEING CONSISTENT WITH WHAT HAS
ALWAYS BEEN PLANNED FOR THE
ALLOCATION OF MPD MONIES FOR
WATERFRONT MAINTENANCE.
WE WILL GO THROUGH THE DOLLARS
AND CENTS OF THAT.
>> SO CLARIFICATION HERE WE ARE
NOT TAKING FROM THE MPD . AND
THAT THIS WAS ALREADY ALLOCATED
FOR.
>> YES.
>> SO I KNOW WANT TO TALK ABOUT
THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
>> WE WILL GET TO THAT IN JUST
A MINUTE.
I AM GOING TO HAND THIS OVER TO
MAGGIE IN JUST A MINUTE.
THE KEY THING THAT YOU HEARD,
THE $110 MILLION COMMITMENT FROM
FRIENDS OF THE WATERFRONT
SEATTLE .
>> THANK YOU, MARSHALL.
SO, THE ONE THING THAT HAS BEEN
CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE 10
YEARS, AND I THINK CHARLEY CAN
ATTEST TO THIS , WHENEVER WE
HAVE TALKED TO THE DONOR
COMMUNITY ABOUT THIS, THERE IS
EXTRAORDINARY EXCITEMENT ABOUT
THIS POSSIBILITY.
FROM THE BEGINNING WE HAVE HAD
CONFIDENCE THAT WE COULD RAISE
A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PRIVATE
SUPPORT FOR A PUBLIC ASSET.
SO THAT IS PRETTY UNUSUAL.
YOU NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT
DEEPLY RESONATES WITH THE
COMMUNITY FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO
GENERATE THAT.
SO, WE WENT OUT IN RESPONSE TO
A REQUEST FROM THE CITY TO SHOW
THAT WE COULD HAVE THE $25
MILLION IN HAND WHEN WE ASKED
YOU TO FORM THE L.I.D.
PROOF OF CONCEPT.
WE WERE ABLE TO RAISE $32
MILLION OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
THESE ARE, OF COURSE, MOSTLY
CONTINGENT ON THE FORMATION OF
THE L.I.D..
WITHOUT THE L.I.D., THERE WILL
BE NO PROFIT PROJECT.
SO, WE HAVE AGREED TO A
TIMELINE FOR THESE FUNDS TO
COME IN.
AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW,
PHILANTHROPIC GIVING IS A
LITTLE HARD TO PREDICT.
IT IS NOT REGULAR.
YOU HAVE GOT TO WORK TO GO GET
IT AND PEOPLE HAVE THEIR OWN
IDEA ABOUT WHEN IT WILL COME.
WE HAVE AGREED TO FINANCE, IF
NECESSARY, TO EVEN OUT THE CASH
FLOW TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE
CITY CONSTRUCTION.
WE WILL PROVIDE THE CITY WITH A
FUNDRAISING PLAN BY ARCH 31,
2019 THAT WILL LAY OUT -- MARCH
31, 2019 THAT WILL LAY OUT HOW
WE PLAN TO GO ABOUT THAT.
I THINK THAT SOUNDS SIMPLE, BUT
IT IS NOT.
BUT WE ARE HAPPY TO COMMIT TO
IT BECAUSE WE BELIEVE, AS AN
ORGANIZATION AND A BOARD, WE
BELIEVE IN THIS PROJECT.
WE THINK IT IS GOING TO BE
FABULOUS.
THANK YOU, FOR ALL YOUR WORK.
>> TWO THINGS.
THANK YOU, MAYOR CHARLEY ROYER
FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK IN THIS
BUT FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE NOT
DEEP IN THIS LIKE YOU ARE, NOW
THE ORDINANCE IS ATTACHMENTS A
AND B . THANK YOU, FOR
COMMITTING TO THAT.
YOU ARE ACTUALLY RAISING $110
MILLION FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE
IN COMMITTEE ABOUT A PUBLIC
ASSET THAT SECURES PUBLIC ACCESS
SO THANK YOU, VERY MUCH, FOR
STEPPING UP AND THANK YOU,
MAYOR CHARLEY ROYER FOR
STEPPING UP.
AND FOR COMING TO ALL OF THE
MEETINGS AND WORK SESSIONS TO
MAKE SURE WE GET THIS RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
>> WE ARE GOING TO GET INTO THE
FUNDAMENTALS OF O AND M.
>> I'M SORRY, I HAVE A
QUESTION.
I'M ON A DELAY.
I JUST GOT BACK FROM VACATION. I
, MAGGIE, SOMETHING YOU
MENTIONED, I WANT YOU TO
ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU
MENTIONED IN YOUR REMARKS IS
THAT AS YOU ARE DOING THIS
PHILANTHROPIC WORK AND ASKING
PEOPLE TO GIVE MONEY, SOMETHING
THAT I HAVE HAD TO DO BEFORE AS
A BOARD MEMBER OF NONPROFITS
THA I CHERISH AND LOVE, IT IS
ALWAYS REALLY HARD TO ASK FOR
THOSE DONATIONS.
BUT MAYBE YOU COULD TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY YOU BELIEVE
THIS REALLY SPEAKS TO THE FOLKS
THAT YOU ARE TALKING TO IN
TERMS OF AN INVESTMENT THAT YOU
WANT TO MAKE.
THIS IS SUCH A SIGNIFICANT
PROJECT.
>> I DON'T THINK THAT WE GET
OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS VERY
OFTEN.
FOR MY GENERATION, THIS IS
PROBABLY THEIR ICONIC
OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THAT WE
HELPED MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
WE COMPARE IT AND AFTER OFTEN
PEOPLE COMPARE IT TO THE SPACE
NEEDLE.
THE CREATION OF SEATTLE CENTER
AND THE CREATION OF THE SPACE
NEEDLE ARE ICONIC.
PEOPLE IMMEDIATELY GET IT.
IT REPRESENTS WHO WE ARE AS A
CITY NOW.
WE ARE NOT JUST A BUNCH OF TALL
BUILDINGS.
WE NEED A HEART AND THIS
REPRESENTS US REALLY WELL.
IT IS GREEN, SUSTAINABLE AND IT
IS BEAUTIFUL.
IT GIVES PEOPLE ACCESS TO
NATURE IN A BIG WAY THAT BLOWS
PEOPLE AWAY WHEN THEY COME TO
VISIT THE CITY.
THE VIEWS THAT YOU HAVE ON THE
WATERFRONT ARE PRICELESS.
IT IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
HARBORS IN THE WORLD.
AND PEOPLE DON'T EVEN SEE IT
BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY TO SEE
IT REALLY.
SO, I HAVE BEEN AND I KNOW THAT
CHARLEY CAN ATTEST TO THIS,
PEOPLE GET IT.
THEY WOULD COME UP TO ME AND
ASKED ME TO COME ASK THEM.
AND YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE GOT
THE THING BY THE HORNS WHEN
PEOPLE DO THAT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BEG.
THEY WANT TO BE THERE.
IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE
CITY DELIVER ITS PEACE BECAUSE
PEOPLE WANT TO SEE CERTAINTY,
JUST AS YOU WANT TO SEE
CERTAINTY.
WE HAVE GOT TO BUILD THAT IN.
THIS IS A LEVERAGING OF PRIVATE
SUPPORT AND PUBLIC SUPPORT AND
PROPERTY OWNER SUPPORT.
THE PIECES THAT CREATE GREAT
VALUE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND
EVERYBODY THAT IS PARTICIPATING
GETS TO CONTRIBUTE A BIT.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO BELIEVE THAT
THEY ARE PART OF THE COMMUNITY
AS WELL.
SO, I HAVE BEEN SURPRISED AND I
THINK IT IS A MOMENT IN OUR
HISTORY WHEN WE CAN ALL COME
TOGETHER AND I WOULD LOVE TO
SEE MORE OF THAT.
>> THANK YOU, FOR SHARING.
CAN SEATTLE JUST HAVE ONE DAY WE
ARE IN THE END ZONE?
JUST ONE DAY.
I JUST THOUGHT, IF WE CAN JUST
DO ONE LITTLE END ZONE DADS.
>> SO, FRIENDS OF THE
WATERFRONT SEATTLE IS GOING TO
PLAY TWO CRITICAL ROLES.
THE FUNDRAISING TO CREATE THIS
PUBLIC ASSET ON THE WATERFRONT
THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE
PUBLIC AND THEN TO ANIMATE AND
BREEZE LIFE IN THAT CITY CORNER
OF THE CITY.
SO, HEIDE IS HERE TO TELL US
ABOUT THE DETAILS OF HOW THAT
WILL HAPPEN.
>> I THINK WE WILL BE IN THE
END ZONE TOGETHER YELLING, "GO
SALMON!"
WE DON'T TALK ABOUT HOW THIS IS
IMPROVING THE NEAR SHORE
ECOSYSTEM.
THIS PROJECT HAS SO MUCH AND
WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE FACT
THAT SHE IS A LITTLE MODEST
THAT SHE RAISED THE BULK OF THE
$28.8 MILLION IN ABOUT SIX
MONTHS, THAT IS WHEN THE L.I.D.
WAS STILL A QUESTION MARK.
AND THAT MEANS THE PROJECT WAS
STILL A QUESTION MARK.
AND THEN MARSHALL BRINGING UP
THE PUBLIC PROCESS IN THE
BEGINNING CAUSED ME TO REFLECT
A BIT.
I WENT TO A PUBLIC MEETING
WHERE THE CONCEPT DESIGN WAS
ROLLED OUT.
THERE WERE 1000 PEOPLE THERE
AND IT WAS A PUBLIC MEETING AND
NOBODY WAS SCOWLING.
EVERYBODY WAS HAPPY.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THEIR INPUT
HAD BEEN INCORPORATED IN THE
DESIGN.
AND THEN WE HAD PEOPLE IN THE
CITY THAT WERE REALLY SHOWING
LEADERSHIP AND FORWARD THINKING
WITH THIS PROJECT.
AND THEN THE COMMITTEE AND THE
PARTNERSHIPS.
AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, WHEN
THIS SLIDE POPPED UP IN THE
FRIENDS GROUP AND WE WERE ALL
GOING TO COME TOGETHER AND
DELIVER PUBLIC THEN IT BENEFIT
TOGETHER GREATER THAN ANY OF US
COULD DO INDIVIDUALLY, I
THOUGHT, I AM IN.
WE STARTED THINKING ABOUT WHAT
ARE PEOPLE GOING TO DO IN THIS
PART?
AND THE OPPORTUNITY IS, IT IS
THIS CAMPUS.
WHERE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, THE
ZIP CODE OR THE WALK OF LIFE.
NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO OR WHAT
YOU DO, YOU CAN BRING ITS
PALLET OR DO ITS THING.
THE GOAL IN ALL OF THIS IS TO
PROVIDE PUBLIC BENEFIT.
SO WE RAISED MONEY TO MAKE IT
POSSIBLE TO DO THE THINGS THEY
WANT TO DO.
THAT HAS THE EFFECT OF BUILDING
CAPACITY AND COMMUNITY AND
CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO THAT IS WHAT WE WILL SCALE
UP IN THE PARK, BEGINNING WITH
PIER 62 IN 2019.
SO WHEN THAT PIER 62 OPENS ,
THAT WILL NOT BE OUR FIRST
RADIO.
WE WILL HAVE BEEN OUT THERE FOR
FIVE YEARS.
AND WHEN THE COMPLETE PARK
OPENS WE WILL HAVE BEEN OUT
THERE FOR FIVE YEARS.
AND IN COOPERATION WITH THE
PARKS DEPARTMENT, THAT
RELATIONSHIP HAS BEEN
HARMONIOUS AND PRODUCTIVE.
I AM VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE
WORK OF THE SEATTLE PARKS
DEPARTMENT WITH THE WORK ON THE
WATERFRONT, IT IS ABOUT CONNECT
THING PSYCHICALLY TO PUT THE
WATERFRONT BAP ON BACK ON THE
MAP.
OUR TEAM OUT THERE HAD TO WEAR
EARPLUGS BECAUSE YOUR EARS RANG
WHEN YOU GO OUT THERE.
JUST THE DEAFENING SILENCE THAT
WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, IT IS
ALREADY A WELCOME CHANGE.
SO, WHEN WE GET TO A PARK, WE
ARE THINKING ABOUT THE ECOSYSTEM
TO TRULY MAKE IT A WATERFRONT
FOR ALL.
WHEN FRIENDS STARTED
PROGRAMMING ON THE WATERFRONT,
WE REALIZED THERE WAS A LOT OF
PEOPLE IN NEED AND THERE WERE A
LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE IN
SITUATIONS THAT DID NOT MAKE
EVERYBODY FEEL WELCOME AND
COMFORTABLE.
SO WE STARTED A PARTNERSHIP WITH
LAW ENFORCEMENT LEAD.
SO WE HAD SOCIAL WORKERS
BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT CREATING A
WAY WHERE EVERYBODY CAN USE THE
WATERFRONT.
AND ALSO PROVIDING ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERSERVED
COMMUNITIES.
SO THE KIOSKS THAT WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT, WE WILL HAVE A
PRESENCE ALONG THE WATERFRONT
WITH THESE USER AMENITIES AND
CONCESSIONS.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH
VENTURES SO THAT EVERYBOD
PARTICIPATES IN THE ECONOMIC
VITALITY AND THE BENEFITS OF
THE WATERFRONT.
SO THAT IS FRIENDS FOCUS THAT
WE HAVE BEEN EMPLOYING ON THE
EXISTING WATERFRONT.
WE HAVE SEEN A 30% DECREASE IN
ARRESTS AND CITATIONS AT A 40%
INCREASE IN ATTENDANCE AND
EVENTS.
SO THE MODEL IS ALREADY WORKING.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SCALING IT UP
AND RAISING A BUNCH OF MONEY
WITH A TERRIFIC BOARD TO CREATE
THIS PUBLIC BENEFIT SO WE CAN
GET IN THE END ZONE TOGETHER.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO ARE WE ON SLIDE 20?
>> THAT WAS SLIDE 19.
>> A LOT OF WHAT YOU SAID IS IN
SLIDE 20.
>> LET ME JUST COVER THE BASIC
ELEMENTS OF THE O AND M
FRAMEWORK.
WE ACTUALLY WORKED ON THESE
LAST YEAR.
ALSO, OUR LABOR PARTNERS.
WE BROUGHT THIS TO YOU LAST
FALL.
IT IS PART OF RESOLUTION 31768.
IT WOULD PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY
OF MAINTENANCE OF THINK ABOUT
THINGS LIKE GARDENING, PRESSURE
WASHING, CLEANING OFF GRAFFITI
AND IN TURN, FRIENDS, AS HEIDE
DESCRIBED THERE WOULD BE ,
THERE WOULD BE CULTURAL
PROGRAMMING AND CONCERTS.
MANAGING A SAFETY AND OUTREACH
PROGRAM AND DOING ALL OF THIS
THROUGH COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.
IN ORDER TO DO THAT, THE CITY
WOULD DELEGATE ANY NON-FIRST
AMENDMENT PERMITTING AND
VENDING OPPORTUNITIES.
THEY WOULD LIKELY BE SOME
TICKETED EVENTS. AND ANY OF THE
REVENUE WOULD BE REINVESTED
THEY WOULD ALSO BE ANNUAL
REPORTING.
I THINK THE PARTNERSHIP WILL
PROVIDE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
BENEFIT TO THE ENTIRE CITY.
WITH REQUIREMENTS THAT WE WILL
BRING THIS INTO THE PILOT
PROJECT.
THIS IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE
PUBLIC.
SO, OUTREACH TO AN OCCLUSION OF
UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.
AND THEN THOSE OUTREACH SERVICES
FOR PEOPLE EXTORTING CRISIS ON
THE WATERFRONT.
THERE WOULD ALSO BE HANDICAP
ACCESSIBLE BATHROOMS SHORT-TERM
AND IN THE LONG TERM AND
PERMANENT.
>> BLESSINGS ON YOU FOR THAT.
SO WHAT MODEL ARE YOU FOLLOWING?
>> WE LOVE BATHROOMS.
THERE WILL BE BOTH ACTUALLY.
THERE IS ONE BATHROOM CENTRALLY
LOCATED ON THE WATERFRONT THAT
WILL BE STAFFED.
THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE LEARNED
FROM THE BRYANT PARK
EXPERIENCE.
THE MODEL THERE IS THAT IT IS A
VERY HIGH QUALITY EXPERIENCE
AND THERE IS SOMEONE ON HAND
THAT MAKES SURE IT IS THAT WAY.
WE ARE ALSO DEPLOYING WHAT HAS
BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL PUBLIC
RESTROOM THAT IS STANDALONE
ALONG THE REST OF THE
WATERFRONT.
PEOPLE WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO USE
THE ONE IT COLEMAN DOCK AND THAT
WILL BE IMPROVED.
>> SO HOW MANY BATHROOMS TOTAL?
>> I THINK WE HAVE THREE OF THE
PORTLAND LOSE ALONG THE
WATERFRONT RESTROOMS.
AND THEN THERE IS ONE IN THE
AQUARIUM.
THAT HAS A NUMBER OF STALLS.
AND THEN THERE IS A LOT OF
ACCESS FOR FAMILIES THERE.
IN THE COLEMAN DOCK LOCATION.
SO LET'S SAY FIVE, NOT
INCLUDING THE MARKET.
>> NOT TO GET INTO TOO MUCH
DETAIL, WHAT HOURS ARE WE
EXPECTING?
>> DURING PARK HOURS.
AGAIN, THIS IS PART OF THE
WHOLE APPROACH.
THIS WILL OPERATE LIKE A PART.
THERE ARE THERE ARE CRITICAL
ELEMENTS THAT WILL BE MAINTAINED
>> REMIND ME WHAT THOSE PARK
HOURS ARE?
>> I CAN DO THAT.
>> PARK HOURS ARE FROM 10 PM
UNTIL 6 AM.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AS WE THINK ABOUT THIS PARK
CONNECTING THE WATERFRONT TO
THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY TO
THE WATERFRONT I IMAGINE PEOPLE
WILL COME TO THE PARK THROUGH
THE SCULPTURE PARK THROUGH THE
OTHERS AND I WANT TO PUT IN A
PLUG FOR THIS.
WE HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO
TALK ABOUT FORMALLY BUT THERE
WAS A STAFF RESTROOM ON PORT OF
SEATTLE PROPERTY TOWARD THE END
WHERE EXPEDIA IS GOING IN NOW
AND IT IS NO LONGER OPEN.
SO FROM, IT USED TO BE A
FISHING VENUE.
THEY SOLD ITEMS TO PUT ON HOOKS
FOR FISH.
THAT IS WHY IT IS CALLED THAT.
>> WE HAD A DIFFERENT IDEA.
>> THE INDIVIDUAL WHO RAN IT
HIS NAME WAS RON AND HE WAS
INCREDIBLE.
HE HAD BEEN THERE FOR A NUMBER
OF YEARS AND THE PORT OF
SEATTLE RENTED IT TO HIM BUT
THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH THE
LEASE AND THEY DID NOT CONTINUE
BUT WHEN HE LEFT AND EXPEDIA
CAME IN AND THE FENCING WENT UP
SO WENT THE BATHROOM SO I WOULD
LIKE US TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT
BECAUSE I THINK OF THIS AS A
CONTINUUM THROUGHOUT THE
WATERFRONT AND THAT IS A HUGE
MISSED OPPORTUNITY NOT TO HAVE
A RESTROOM DOWN THERE AND I
WOULD LOVE TO OPEN UP THE
FISHING DOCK AGAIN.
>> I WANT TO GET RON BACK.
I LOVED HIM.
>> WE WILL TALK TO THE PORT
ABOUT THAT.>> WE TALKED ABOUT
THE PARK BOULEVARD.
THIS MAP SHOWS A COUPLE OF
THINGS, THE FIRST IS PHASING OF
THE MANAGEMENT APPROACH THAT OF
COURSE BEGINS WITH THE PILOT
AGREEMENT IN PIER 62 THIS YEAR
THAN IT WOULD CONTINUE TO
MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE
REST OF THE WATERFRONT AND I
WOULD BE BROUGHT BACK TO
COUNSEL FOR REVIEW AND
APPROVAL.
THAN I WANT TO NOTE AS THE
GENTLEMAN WHO WAS MAKING PUBLIC
COMMENTS EARLIER POINTED OUT WE
ARE STILL WORKING WITH PIKE
PLACE MARKET TO IDENTIFY A
MANAGEMENT APPROACH TO THE
OVERLOOK WALK WHICH WILL LIKELY
BE SIMILAR BUT THAT WILL BE
COMING BACK FOR REVIEW AND
APPROVAL.
>> JUST TO REFRESH EVERYONE'S
MEMORY, IT IS IN THE OPERATIONS
AND MAINTENANCE ORDINATES
ATTACHMENT C WHAT WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT.
YOU WILL FIND THE MEAT OF ALL
OF THIS.
WHICH IS ATTACHMENT C WHICH
OUTLINES THE TERM SHEET AND ALL
THE THINGS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
NOW.
IT IS KIND OF AWKWARD BUT YOU
MADE IT THE ATTACHMENT WITHIN
THE ORDINANCE FOR A TERM SHEET
BUT THAT'S JUST ME.
>> THE REASON WE HAVE THE TERM
SHEET IN THAT, I HAVE ONE MORE
POINT IS THAT THIS LEGISLATION
IS AUTHORIZING BOTH PARKS IN
THE OFFICE TO ENTER AGREEMENT.
WE WILL BRING ABOUT FOR
COMMITTEE REVIEW BUT WE WANTED
TO HAVE A TERM SHEET THAT
REALLY SPELLS OUT WHAT THE
TERMS ARE.
SO COUNSEL FELT COMFORTABLE
MOVING FORWARD.
AGAIN TE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
WILL COME BACK FOR YOUR REVIEW.
AND YOUR APPROVAL.
SO THE SECOND THING CONVEYED
ARE THE BOUNDARIES ADD PARK
BOULEVARD.
THE PARK BOULEVARD WOULD BE
CREATED BY LEGISLATION THAT IS
BROUGHT BACK TO COUNSEL.
THAT WOULD BE PRIOR TO THE
EXECUTION OF THE MANAGEMENT
AGREEMENT.
IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR THE CITY
TO PARTIALLY DESIGNATE
JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES ALONG
BOULEVARDS THAT HAVE HIGHER
NEEDS FOR MAINTENANCE LIKE
WASHINGTON BOULEVARD IS A GOOD
EXAMPLE OF THAT.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF INCENTIVES.
ONE IS THAT WE NEED TO
FACILITATE THE USE OF PARK
DISTRICT FUNDING AND PARK
BOULEVARD WOULD DO THAT FOR THE
REST OF THE NON-PARK ELEMENTS.
WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE
IS CLEAR AND CONSISTENT CODE OF
CONDUCT AND PARK RULES APPLY
EQUALLY TO THE PIER PARKS AND
TO THE REST OF THE WATERFRONT.
SO THERE'S NO QUESTION ON
JURISDICTION AND WHAT THE RULES
APPLY.
SO THE TWO-YEAR PILOT I WILL
QUICKLY GO OVER THIS.
THIS IS PROJECTED TO START BY
THE END OF THE YEAR.
IT WILL BE INFORMED BY THE TERM
SHEET WE TALKED ABOUT.
WE WILL BRING IT BACK FOR
REVIEW LIKELY LATER ON IN THE
SUMMER.
THIS LAYS THE GROUNDWORK FOR
THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN FRIENDS
AND PARKS IN OUR OFFICE.
ALL OF THE LESSONS LEARNED WILL
HELP INFORMED THAT LONG-TERM
MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT BUDGET.
DO YOU WANT TO?
>> AS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT
SEVERAL TIMES THE METROPOLITAN
PARK DISTRICT FORMATION, THE
LEGACY COMMITTEE SET ASIDE AS
PART OF THE PLAN $3.5 MILLION
FOR MAINTENANCE OF WATER FROM
PARK FACILITIES.
THAT WAS THE PLAN THAT INCLUDED
THE INFLATIONARY FACTOR OVER
TIME.
AND WE HAVE ALREADY USED SOME
OF THOSE FUNDS TO HELP CONSTRUCT
THE PLAN AND WE HAVE IDENTIFIED
ONGOING FUNDING FOR THE TERM OF
THIS PILOT AGREEMENT.
FOR PARK MAINTENANCE AND
OPERATIONS OF PIER 62 AND
WATERFRONT PARK.
THAT IS THE FIRST BULLET HERE.
WE ALSO, WE ARE ANTICIPATING
THAT THAT WILL BE THE MAJOR
PORTION OF FUNDING FOR THE PARK
BOULEVARD MAINTENANCE ONGOING.
BY 2023 WE ANTICIPATE THERE
WILL BE $4.2 MILLION PER YEAR
IN FUNDING FOR THE MAINTENANCE
OF THE PARK FACILITIES.
THAT WOULD BE THE BULK OF THE
MAINTENANCE.
THERE IS ALSO SOME BASELINE
FUNDING THAT PARKS HAS HAD
DEDICATED FOR PIER 62 AND
WATERFRONT PARK MAINTENANCE.
THAT WILL GO INTO THAT AND WILL
BE SET ASIDE FOR ONGOING
MAINTENANCE.
AND THEN BECAUSE THE PARK
BOULEVARD WILL INCLUDE SOME
TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES WE
WILL BE ASSIGNING PART OF THAT
COMMERCIAL PARKING TAX REVENUE
THAT WE TALKED ABOUT FROM THE
2.5% PARKING TAX THAT HAS BEEN
SET UP BY COUNCIL TO PAY FOR
WATERFRONT IMPROVEMENTS.
WE WILL SET ASIDE A PORTION OF
THAT TAX TO HELP PAY FOR
MAINTENANCE OF THE PARK
BOULEVARD AND THE PARK AMENITIES
ALONG THE WATERFRONT.
IT IS ANTICIPATED IN 2023 THAT
WILL TOTAL $4.8 MILLION WITH A
MIX OF REVENUE.
TO THAT, FRIENDS WILL BRING TO
THE MIX AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO
$1.5 MILLION FOR PROGRAMMING
AND ACTIVATION ALONG THE
WATERFRONT SO IT REALLY IS A
PARTNERSHIP OF THE PUBLIC AND
PRIVATE MAKING THE WATERFRONT
LONG AND WORK OVER THE LONG
TERM.
I DID WANT TO MENTION WE TALKED
ABOUT THE PARK BOULEVARD AND
OVERLOOK WALK.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE
COMMENTED THE $4.8 MILLION
INCLUDES OPERATIONS AND
MAINTENANCE OF OVERLOOK WALK
AND THE AQUARIUM PLAZA.
IT SAYS TBD ON THE MAP, THAT IS
ABOUT HOW IS THE MAINTENANCE
AND OPERATIONS GOING TO WORK
ALONG THAT AREA?
NOT THE FUNDING, THE FUNDING IS
PART OF THIS FUNDING PLAN WE
JUST TALKED ABOUT.
>> THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING.
>> OKAY SO LASTLY WHAT THIS
ORDINANCE DOES IS THAT IT
CREATES THE CENTRAL WATERFRONT
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
IN ADDITION TO FOUR CITY
APPOINTED MEMBERS THERE WOULD
BE 19 COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
THE 14 WOULD BE THE MAYOR,
COUNCIL APPOINTED.
THERE WOULD BE SIX AT-LARGE
MEMBERS WHICH WOULD BE
COMPRISED OF INDIVIDUALS
REPRESENTING EXPERTISE IN
PERSPECTIVE FROM THE LABOR AND
ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITIES AND
THE BROADER SEATTLE COMMUNITY.
THERE WOULD BE EIGHT MEMBERS
COMPRISED OF TENTATIVE OWNERS
LOCATED WITHIN THE LOCAL
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ITSELF AND
THEN WE WOULD HAVE FIVE
DEDICATED MEMBER SEATS FOR
NONPROFITS WITH PUBLIC SPACE
MANAGEMENT EXPERTISE.
>> WHEN DO YOU EXPECT THE
TIMING?
>> LATER THIS YEAR.
YES.
SO ESSENTIALLY THIS IS A
COMMITTEE THAT WOULD ENSURE
THAT THE PARTNERSHIP IS
DELIVERING AN EXCELLENTLY OR
VERY WELL MAINTAINED WATERFRONT.
ONE OF THE TOOLS THEY WILL USE
TO DO THIS IS THE DEVELOPMENT
OF A PERFORMANCE STANDARD WHICH
ESSENTIALLY WOULD BE A
BENCHMARK INFORMED BY A LOT OF
WORK WE HAVE DONE WITH ANALYSIS
BUT ALSO BY NATIONAL BEST
PRACTICES THAT WOULD BECOME THE
BENCHMARK UPON WHICH OUR
PERFORMANCE, THE CITY AND
FRIENDS WOULD BE JUDGED AND IT
WOULD BE AN INJURED INTEGRAL
PART.
>> LET ME POINT OUT ONE THING
ON THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
WITHIN THE OPERATION AND
MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT ON
SECTION 5 PAGE 15 IT LAYS OUT
AND STATES ESTABLISHING THE
CENTRAL WATERFRONT OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE.
AND WHAT THEY WILL ACTUALLY BE
DOING.
WHAT THE DUTIES ARE.
MOVING FORWARD OPERATIONS
MAINTENANCE SAFETY SECURITY OF
THE WATERFRONT, PUBLIC SPACES
INCLUDING MAINTENANCE PUBLIC
SAFETY OUTREACH COMMUNICATIONS
PARTNERSHIPS, PROGRAMS AND
ACTIVATION.
IT IS ONLINE AND YOU CAN READ
IT BUT THE THING I WANT TO
POINT OUT IS THIS IS NOT LIKE
THE SEATTLE CENTER WHEN WE HAD
THE GIVING COUNCIL OR OTHER
AGREEMENTS WHERE YOU HAVE A
VOLUNTEER GROUP WHERE THEY ARE
ACTUALLY HANDING OUT MONEY OR
HANDING OUT PROGRAMMING.
THIS IS BASICALLY THE OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE IN WHICH THE CITY
MAINTAINS THE MAJORITY TO MAKE
SURE THESE BASIC THINGS GET
DONE ON THE WATERFRONT.
SO SOMETIMES I AM ABOUT
DISTRICT REPRESENTATION BUT YOU
DON'T WANT DISTRICT OR
PRESENTATION JUST FOR DISTRICT
REPRESENTATION BECAUSE THESE
ARE VOLUNTEER COMMITTEES AND
SOME OF THE PEOPLE LIKE THE
TENANT OWNER, THERE ARE EIGHT
FOLKS.
I UNDERSTAND WHY IT MAKES SENSE
AND WHY THEY WANTED IT BECAUSE
THEY WANTED TO ENSURE PARKS IN
THE CITY AND EVERYBODY ELSE
LIVES UP TO KEEPING IT CLEAN
AND SAFE, MAINTAINING
PROGRAMMING, WORKING WITH
FRIENDS.
SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS I WANT
TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA
BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS
ABOUT THIS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE
MAYORAL AND COUNCIL
APPOINTMENTS REFLECT NOT JUST
A DISTRICT BUT HUGE SWATHS OF
PEOPLE FROM BESIDES THE FIVE
DEDICATED NONPROFITS THAT ARE
LISTED. CAN YOU REAL THEM OFF?
THE ZOO, THE AQUARIUM?
>> SEATTLE AQUARIUM, PIKE PLACE
MARKET, GO DOWNTOWN SEATTLE
ASSOCIATION SEATTLE HISTORIC
WATERFRONT AND THE ALLIANCE FOR
PIONEER SQUARE.
>> IT MAKES SENSE WHY YOU WANT
THE NONPROFIT WITH SPACE
EXPERTISE AND MANAGEMENT
NONPROFITS BUT WHAT I WILL PUSH
FOR AND LOOK FOR TO THE OTHER
SLOTS ARE LEADERS IN THE
COMMUNITY THAT REPRESENT ALL OF
SEATTLE.
I'M THROWING A NAME OUT AND I
HOPE SHE'S LISTENING.
A GOOD EXAMPLE WOULD BE ESTELLA.
I FORGOT HER LAST NAME.
I KNOW, I KNOW.
I CAN THINK OF GROUPS OF PEOPLE
WHO HAVE BEEN THERE
REPRESENTING ALL KINDS OF
GROUPS AND PEOPLE.
CITYWIDE.
IF I WERE HARD-PRESSED TO FIND
SOMEBODY IN DISTRICT 5 THAT
WANTED TO SERVE ON THE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TO DO THE
THINGS THAT ARE OUTLINED ON
PAGES 15 AND 16 I WOULD HAVE A
HARD TIME GETTING THAT BUT IF I
PULL SOMEBODY FROM ANY DISTRICT
THAT REPRESENTS A HUGE SWATH OF
OTHER NONPROFITS THAT WERE ON
THE WATERFRONT, THAT RECONNECT
I HAVE A BETTER CHANCE AT IT.
THAT IS MY INTENT AND
SENSIBILITY ON THAT SO I WANTED
O SHARE THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF MY
COLLEAGUES WANT TO COMMENT.>> I
WOULD AGREE WITH YOU.
I THINK AS THE MONIKER INDICATES
THIS IS A WATERFRONT FOR ALL.
THAT INCLUDES FOLKS WHO ARE
OUTSIDE OF THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA
THAT IS COVERED BY THE LID SO I
DO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO
BRING IN THE OTHER PERSPECTIVES
PARTICULARLY AS WE THINK ABOUT
THE ART AND CULTURAL USES AND
MAKING SURE THAT IS
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DIVERSITY
THAT IS IN OUR CITY AND ALSO IN
TERMS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
OPPORTUNITIES AND OTHERWISE
MAKING SURE WE ARE CONNECTING
WITH MICRO ENTERPRISE TYPE OF
SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS THAT
WILL REALLY HELP US LIVE OUR
VALUES AROUND INCLUSION AS IT
RELATES TO THIS VERY
SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT.
ENSURING IT IS ACCESSIBLE, SO
YOU KNOW MAKING SURE A
WATERFRONT THAT IS ACCESSIBLE
TO ALL WOOD IN MY MIND INCLUDE
MAKE SURE THERE IS
REPRESENTATION FROM COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS THAT REPRESENT
PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE FULL
MOBILITY FOR EXAMPLE.
OR WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO
LANGUAGE.
THAT SOMETHING I BRING UP ALL
THE TIME.
HOW DO WE MAKE INFORMATION
AVAILABLE TO COMMUNITIES WHO
SPEAK A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN
ENGLISH.
THAT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF
MAKING A SPACE FEEL TRULY
WELCOME TO EVERYBODY WHO GOES
THERE.
>> ONE OTHER PIECE HAVE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT, IN THIS
COMMITTEE WE HAVE TALKED, WE
HAVE TALKED OFF-LINE AND WE
HAVE BEEN TALKING TO THE TRIBES.
NOT ONLY URBAN INDIAN
ORGANIZATIONS BUT TRIBES THAT
ARE INTERESTED BECAUSE SOMETHING
, ONE OF THE PREMIER OR MOST
SUBLIME SENSES I HAD WITH THE
CHAIRMAN IN SNOHOMISH WAS
SEATTLE IS FINALLY
RECONNECTING.
IT HAS BEEN 100 YEARS AND WE
ARE STARTING TO DO IT SO HAVING
TROUBLE PERSPECTIVE ON EVERY
ASPECT.
NOT JUST HAVING A LITTLE KIOSK
OR A GIFT SHOP BUT OTHER BIGGER
OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE A BIGGER
FOOTPRINT AND A BIGGER VOICE.>>
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA HAS
SOMETHING TO SHARE.
>> I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH YOU ON THIS.
I THINK YOU AND COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ HAVE ARTICULATED THE
CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE HAD.
THE INTEREST OF MY OFFICE IS
MAKING SURE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE
THIS IS A PARK FOR ALL OF
SEATTLE.
I AM LUCKY TO LIVE AROUND THE
CORNER IN QUEEN AND AND THE
INTERBAY AREA AND IT IS
ACCESSIBLE TO ME.
I WILL HAVE TO MOVE ONE DAY AS
WE TRIED TO FIND ADDITIONAL
STABLE HOUSING AND I THINK I
WILL COME BACK AND USE THE PARK
NO MATTER WHERE I LIVE.
BY THE WAY A PLUG FOR D 5. I
WANT TO MAKE SURE FOLKS FEEL
LIKE THEY HAVE REPRESENTATION
ON THE BOARD AND IN DOING SO WE
ARE ALWAYS STRIVING FOR GREATER
RACIAL AND ETHNIC DIVERSITY.
HONORING GOVERNMENT TO
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AND HER
PEOPLE'S VOICES ARE TRULY HEARD
IN THOSE FIELDS, OTHER OR NOT
THEY ARE DOLING OUT GRANTS OR
THEY ARE MAKING KEY DECISIONS
FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE
WATERFRONT SO LOOK FORWARD TO
LOOKING AND WORKING WITH YOU AND
AND MAKING SURE WE GET THAT
RIGHT.
I THINK THAT IS A GOAL THAT WE
ALL SHARE.
>> THANK YOU FOR THOSE
ADDITIONS, THAT IS REALLY
VALUABLE.
THEY MAKE THE WORK OF THIS
COMMITTEE RICHER AND IT BRINGS
MORE PERSPECTIVE SO WE
APPRECIATE IT.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS IS A
CORE PART OF THE DNA OF
FRIENDS.
JUST ON A PERSONAL NOTE I WANT
TO RECOGNIZE THIS COMMITTEE,
THE STEP NOW IS PASSING THE
BATON WITH THE LEADERSHIP THAT
MAGGIE AND CHARLIE WHICH HAS
BEEN RECOGNIZED TODAY BUT I
WANT TO DO IT ONE MORE TIME.
I HAVE HAD THE BENEFIT OF
WORKING WITH THEM FOR 10 YEARS
ON THIS THROUGH THREE
ITERATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE AND
THEY HAVE STEADFAST LEADERSHIP
AND PERSISTENCE AND DOGGEDNESS
IS A CORE REASON WE ARE HERE
WORKING TO SIX ADMINISTRATIONS
DEPENDING ON HOW YOU DO THE
MATH.
>> YOU'RE NOT COUNTING BRUCE.
>> I'M GOING TO BE INCLUSIVE ON
THAT ONE.
I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO
RECOGNIZE BECAUSE THIS IS A BIG
ASSING OF THE BATON.
TO THE NEXT GROUP.>> BEFORE WE
LEAVE THIS POINT AND
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ BROUGHT
THIS UP.
AS WE ARE TRYING TO BE AS
INCLUSIVE AS POSSIBLE I WANT
US TO REMEMBER THE AGE FRIENDLY
SEATTLE.
SO IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR
ALL AGES AND ABILITIES THAT WE
BE INCLUSIVE BUT THINK ABOUT
PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT ABILITIES
AS WELL.
>> ONE THING.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME
YOU ARE PUTTING INTO THIS AND I
KNOW SOMETHING FROM THE INSIDE
OF CITY HALL ABOUT HOW WE
WORKED ON THESE THINGS FOR A
LONG TIME.
ONE THING I WANTED TO SAY IS
THAT AND MAGGIE HAS BEEN AN
EXTRAORDINARY LEADER WITH THIS
EFFORT.
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE, WE WOULD
NOT BE HERE WITHOUT THEIR
CONTRIBUTIONS AND IT IS A LONG
LIST.
I WON'T GO INTO IT EXCEPT TO
SAY THAT MARSHALL CAME OUT OF
THE BOWELS OF CITY GOVERNMENT.
AND EVOLVED INTO THE LEADER
THAT WE ALWAYS NEEDED ON THE
STAFF I HAVE TO SAY THROUGH SOME
ELECTED OFFICIALS DID NOT QUITE
BELIEVE IN THIS FROM THE START.
SOME OF WHOM WERE MAYOR AND THE
STAFF HAS DONE AN INCREDIBLE
JOB DEALING WITH THIS PROJECT.
WITH ALL KINDS OF INTEGRITY AND
ALL KINDS OF LOYALTIES TO THEIR
ELECTED OFFICIALS BUT WE WOULD
NOT BE HERE WITHOUT STAFF
WORKING, WITHOUT MAGGIE'S
TENACIOUS LEADERSHIP.
MAGGIE CAN BE A LITTLE HARD
SOMETIMES.
>> I KNOW, I KNOW.
>> I DO WHATEVER MAGGIE SAYS.
BUT I DID WANT TO JUST SAY ONE
CONSTANT TO ADD ON TO WHAT
MAGGIE SAID ABOUT WHY PEOPLE
SEEM TO LOVE THIS THING AND I
THINK IT HAS TO DO WITH
SOMETHING THAT COMES UP IN
EVERY CONVERSATION I HAVE ABOUT
THE VIADUCT AND THAT IS PEOPLE
MAINLY OLD-TIMERS SAYING THAT
YOU KNOW WHAT I LOVED ABOUT THE
VIADUCT IS THE VIEW.
SO WHAT THEY LOVE ABOUT IT,
THEY LOVE IT BECAUSE THEY ARE
IN A CAR WHEN THEY ARE SUPPOSED
TO BE DRIVING AND THEY LOOK AT
THE VIEW.
THAT IS A SIGNAL THAT THIS IS
SOMETHING REALLY CRITICAL TO
BRING BACK AND TO PASS ON TO
FUTURE GENERATIONS.
THE SPIRITUAL MOTHER OF THE
MARKET OF THE WATERFRONT IT IS
THE MARKET.
THAT IS THE ONE PLACE IN TOWN
TODAY YOU CAN GO AND YOU DON'T,
YOU HAVE DOMINION OVER THE CAR.
YOU WALK ON PIKE PLACE PEOPLE
WALK IN THE STREET.
THEY SAY TO HECK WITH THE CARS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE IN A CAR
TO ENJOY THIS PLACE AND THAT'S
WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE OLD-
TIMERS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE IN
THE CAR TO ENJOY THIS PLACE.
IN FACT IT IS MUCH BETTER IF
YOU ARE NOT SO IT IS A STEP FOR
US IN THE DIRECTION THAT THE
NEW GENERATION OF SEATTLE
PEOPLE IS GOING.
AND THEN I WAS LOOKING OUT IN
THE AUDIENCE AND I SEE TOM BYERS
. HE HAS WRITTEN MORE THAN A
FEW OF MY BEST WORDS WHEN I WAS
IN OFFICE AND HE ALWAYS HAD A
SONG.
THE SONG THAT CAME TO MIND TO
ME WHEN I WAS THINKING ABOUT
WHAT MAGGIE SAID AND WHAT I
SAID ABOUT THE MARKET AND
PEOPLE PLACES.
IT IS A SONG FROM JONI
MITCHELL.
I DON'T KNOW WHO WROTE IT.
BIG YELLOW TAXI.
SHE SAID DON'T IT ALWAYS SEEM
TO GO THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT
YOU GOT TILL IT'S GONE TAX THEY
PAVED PARADISE AND PUT UP A
PARKING LOT.
THAT IS THE OLD SCHOOL.
THE NEW SCHOOL IS THIS PROJECT
AND IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE FOR
ME TO BE PART OF IT.
50 YEARS I HAVE LIVED IN THE
CITY NOW AND IT IS REMARKABLE
TO GO TO THE WATERFRONT AND
WATCH THEM TEAR THAT PIECE OUT
OF THE VIADUCT AND YOU CAN
ACTUALLY AS WE WERE TOLD AT THE
FIRST MEETING YOU CAN ACTUALLY
SEE THE SKY FROM WHERE YOU'RE
STANDING.
I ALMOST TEARED UP AT THIS
MOMENT WHEN THIS BIG THING CAME
CRASHING DOWN AT MY FEET.
IT IS TRUE, THAT'S WHAT IT'S
ALL ABOUT.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA GOT TO
ENJOY GOING UP ON THE VIADUCT
AFTER IT STARTED.
SOME PEOPLE SNUCK UP AND SHE
WAS ONE OF THEM.>> [ LAUGHTER ]
>> I REALLY APPRECIATE OUR
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO
TALKED TO ME ON THE WAY UP.
THEY WERE NOT CONDONING AND I
SAID GREAT I WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR MAKING PEOPLE FEEL SAFE.
THERE WERE FAMILIES UP THERE,
PEOPLE HAD BIKES.
THEY WERE TAKING IN THE VIEW, A
BEAUTIFUL SUNSET AND TALKING TO
THE CHIEF WE UNDERSTAND THERE
IS A NEED TO MAKE SURE STATE
PATROL PROVIDES SECURITY BUT IN
THE MEANTIME, I WOULD LOVE TO
CONTINUE TO WORK WITH ALL OF
YOU AND THE CHAIR SPECIFICALLY
TO TALK ABOUT HOW IN THE NEXT
FEW WEEKS WE CAN ENCOURAGE
PEOPLE TO SEE THIS AS A
MAKESHIFT PARK. IT REALLY FELT
LIKE AN IMPROMPTU ROAD DIET
WHERE PEOPLE TOOK OVER AND THEY
WERE ENJOYING IT.
I ALSO DRIVE BY AND I DON'T
LOOK AT THE ROAD, I LOOK AT THE
VIEW SO TO THE EXTENT WE HAVE
THAT AND IT'S A SAFE PLACE FOR
FOLKS TO GO I'M EXCITING TO
WORK WITH THE CHAIR AND HER
INTEREST IN TURNING INTO A
SHORT-TERM MAKESHIFT PARK IN
THE NEXT FEW WEEKS IF POSSIBLE.
>> CAN I MAKE A QUICK PITCH ON
THAT?
THEN WE WILL GET MOVING AGAIN.
TO YOUR IDEA COUNCILMEMBER ON
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2 WE HAVE
WORKED WITH THE STATE.
I'M GLAD YOU ARE SIGNED UP.
HELLO WATERFRONT GOODBYE
VIADUCT, WE WILL HAVE PEOPLE ON
THE WATERFRONT FROM 12:30 UNTIL
6:30.
A CRITICAL MOMENT FOR PEOPLE TO
HAVE THE EXPERIENCE AND IF
YOU'RE WATCHING AT HOME, 99
STEPS FORWARD IS THE WEBSITE
WHERE YOU CAN SIGN UP TO RSVP
IF YOU WANT TO COME OUT.
WE ARE PROMOTING IT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> ONE MORE SLIDE.
>> EVEN WITH FUNDRAISERS YOU
CAN START SELLING PIECES OF THE
DATA VIADUCT.
>> LIKE THE BERLIN WALL.
>> THEY TALK ABOUT HANDING THEM
OUT AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY.
>> OKAY SO JUST TO FINISH THIS
OFF.
I KNOW WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A
WHILE.
THE NEXT STEPS HERE.
LATER ON THIS YEAR PIER 62 WILL
OPEN AND WE WILL HAVE THE PILOT
AGREEMENT GOING INTO PLACE.
FULL WATERFRONT CONSTRUCTION
WILL BE UNDERWAY AT THAT POINT
SO OUR OFFICE WILL BE FULLY
OCCUPYING THE WATERFRONT AND
BUILDING.
IN 2021 AS MARSHALL MENTIONED
THE SURFACE STREET OPENS TO
TRAFFIC LATER IN THE YEAR.
AND THEN WE WILL ALSO BE
BRINGING PARK BOULEVARD
DESIGNATION AND THE FULL
MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT TO COUNCIL
FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL AND IN
2023 WE GET UNDERWAY.
>> OKAY.
>> FINISHING IT OFF.
>> WE WANTED TO CLOSE BY
SHOWING YOU AGAIN WHAT WE ARE
GETTING.>> THERE IS NO FERRIS
WHEEL.
>> THIS IS AN OLDER PHOTO.
THIS IS WHAT SEATTLE HAS KNOWN
FOR A LONG TIME WITH THE
VIADUCT AND TO THOSE COMMENTS
WE HAVE SUDDENLY HAD A MOMENT
WHERE WE CAN SEE THE FUTURE OF
WHAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AND
THIS IS WHAT WE WILL SEE COME
TO SHAPE COMING TO FRUITION
OVER THE LAST NEXT COUPLE OF
YEARS WHICH IS THE 20 ACRE
PUBLIC PARK WATERFRONT PARK
WHICH WILL RECONNECT ALL OF THE
DOWNTOWN DISTRICTS.
PIKE PLACE MARKET BACK TO THE
WATERFRONT AND IT WILL BREATHE
NEW LIFE INTO THIS PLACE WHERE
OUR CITY STARTED.
IT IS JUST A GREAT PRIVILEGE TO
BRING THIS LEGISLATION FORWARD
TO YOU AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH YOU TO WE HOPE GET
THIS COMPLETED OVER THE NEXT
FEW WEEKS.
>> I'M GOING TO LET MY
COLLEAGUES WRAP UP A FEW
COMMENTS AND BEFORE I ADJOURN I
HAVE A FEW THINGS TO SAY BUT
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA HAD
SOMETHING.
>> I WILL BE VERY SHORT.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE
CHAIR TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND
ALL OF YOU AT THE TABLE FOR
YOUR WORK WITH OUR OFFICE TO
INCLUDE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE
AROUND LABOR STANDARDS.
WE KNOW THAT IS THE GOAL THAT'S
CRITICAL TO HAVE IT CODIFIED IN
STATUTE AND IN THESE DOCUMENTS.
THANK YOU TO THE FRIENDS
CREATING THE PARKS AND BUILDING
AND DOING THE CONSTRUCTION BY
PROVIDING PERFORMANCE AT THE
PARK TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE
GOOD LIVING WAGE JOBS SO SHUT
OUT TO THE STAGEHANDS IN THE
AUDIENCE AND TO OUR LABOR
FRIENDS AND WORKING FAMILIES
WHO WILL ENJOY THE PARK I
REALLY APPRECIATE WORKING WITH
YOU ON THAT.
>> CHILDCARE.
>> WE ARE REALLY EXCITED THAT
WE ARE INCLUDING LANGUAGE THAT
WILL ENCOURAGE THOSE WHO ARE
SERVING ON THIS BOARD TO BE
ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO CHILDCARE
AND TRANSPORTATION NEEDS.
IT IS A GREAT WAY TO ENSURE
THAT REPRESENTATION WE TALKED
ABOUT.
>> THERE HAVE BEEN MANY
OPPORTUNITIES TO SAY THANKS TO
EACH OTHER BUT AROUND THIS TABLE
I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH MANY
OF YOU SINCE 2004 ON THIS AND
THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE I
APPRECIATE ANGIE AND S.D.O.T.
AND THE WORK YOU DID ON THE
SEAWALL.
WITHOUT THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE
THE PARK BUT THERE HAS BEEN
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
THAT HAVE BEEN PUTTING YOUR
HEARTS INTO THIS AND IT MATTERS
SO MUCH.
FOR ME THE WATERFRONT WAS WHY I
RAN FOR OFFICE SO A MAJOR THANK
YOU AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE
MONEY THAT WILL BE FORTHCOMING.
THANK YOU TO THE WORK
PHILANTHROPY IS DOING AND HEIDI
WHAT YOU HAVE DONE WITH FRIENDS
OF THE WATERFRONT IS NOTHING
LESS THAN STUNNING.
I KNOW WE WILL HAVE MANY MORE
YEARS TO SAY IT BUT I WANT YOU
TO KNOW FROM PARKS WITH
CHRISTOPHER WORKING WITH YOU
AND THE MPD AND I DON'T THINK
YOU HAVE GOTTEN ENOUGH JOY OUT
OF WORKING ON THE LID BUT I
SPENT A COUPLE OF EVENINGS WITH
YOU AND HAVING TO FACE DOWN
SOME OF THE HOMEOWNERS
ASSOCIATION THAT DID NOT FEEL
THEY SHOULD HAVE TO PAY ANYMORE.
I RECOGNIZE HOW HARD THAT HAS
BEEN.
>> THE HEARING EXAMINER.>> SO
SMART.
>> JUST ECHOING THANKS.
I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A LOT OF
WORK AND I KNOW WE ARE NOT DONE.
I DO APPRECIATE THE SPIRIT WITH
WHICH FOLKS SHOWED UP AT THE
TABLE AND HAVE CONTINUED TO
SHOW UP AT COUNCIL HEARINGS TO
HAVE A VERY TRANSPARENT
ACCOUNTABLE CONVERSATION ABOUT
THE OPTIONS THAT ARE BEFORE US
AND THE CHANGES WE HAVE TO MAKE
AS ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES FOR
THE CITY.
BOTH RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS FOR
SOME FOLKS BUT OF COURSE AS A
CITY AS A WHOLE IT IS IMPORTANT
TO MAKE SURE WE LISTEN AND WE
UNDERSTAND PEOPLE'S CONCERNS
WITH MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECTS
LIKE THIS ONE THAT REALLY DO
HAVE THE PROFOUND POSSIBILITY
OF LEAVING BEHIND A LEGACY THAT
WAS DESCRIBED BY THE MAYOR.
SO I KNOW THIS IS NOT ALWAYS
JOYFUL AND I THINK WE ARE AT A
PLACE THAT FEELS REALLY
CRITICAL.
A TURNING POINT FOR US AT THIS
POINT IN TERMS OF THE EFFORT SO
I JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE ALL
OF YOUR WORK TO DATE AND I KNOW
MUCH MORE IS TO COME AND I'M
SURE MANY OF US ON THE COUNCIL
WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A LOT OF
OPINIONS ABOUT HOW TO HOPEFULLY
MAKE IT EVEN BETTER.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ.
A FEW WORDS QUICKLY ONTO THANK
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ AND
MOSQUEDA FOR BEING HERE.
THEY REPRESENT THE CITY
CIYWIDE AND I ALWAYS APPRECIATE
YOUR INPUT.
HAVING THEM, WELL WE ALL
REPRESENT THE CITY OF SEATTLE
BUT WE ARE UNDER THE NEEDS OF
THE DISTRICT.
THESE PARTICULAR INDIVIDUALS,
THESE WONDERFUL WOMEN HAVE
ALWAYS BEEN REALLY GOOD ABOUT
THE BIGGER PICTURE, THE BIGGER
NARRATIVE AND I APPRECIATE YOU
COMING AND SHOWING UP AND
MAKING THE COMMENTS AND THE
ADDITIONS AND THE THINGS WE
NEED BECAUSE WE CANNOT THINK OF
EVERYTHING AND OF COURSE
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW WHO IS
MY WING PERSON, SHE HAS BEEN
HERE SINCE THE DAY I GOT
ELECTED ON THIS PROJECT.
ON THIS PROJECT SINCE THE DAY I
HAVE BEEN ELECTED THIS IS ALL I
HAVE BEEN DOING AND SEATTLE
CENTER.
NOT THAT I DON'T LIKE SEEING
YOU PEOPLE BUT ANYWAY, SO WITH
THAT IT IS A $712 MILLION
PROJECT GOING ON FOR OVER THREE
YEARS BUT IT IS A PUBLIC ASSET
AND WE ARE GOING TO ENSURE
PUBLIC ACCESS.
WE HAVE GREAT OPPORTUNITY
WORKING WITH GREAT PEOPLE SO
WITH THAT LET ME JUST STATE OUR
NEXT MEETING OF THE CIVIC
DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC ASSET WILL
BE A SPECIAL MEETING THURSDAY,
JANUARY 24 AT 10:00 A.M.
AND YOU WILL INCORPORATE
EVERYBODY'S CONCERNS AND
COMMENTS TODAY.
THE ONES THAT COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ ASKED AND WITH THAT
WE STAND ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU.