>>> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
IT IS JULY 1, 2019 CITY COUNCIL
MEETING OF THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL WILL COME TO ORDER.
IT IS TO: OH 4 PM. PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> HERE.
>> HERBOLD.
>> HERE.
>> JACOB.
>> HERE.
>> PRESIDENT.
>> HERE.
>> IF NO OBJECTION, THE
INTRODUCTION CALENDAR WILL BE
ADOPTED.
THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED IF
THERE IS NO OBJECTION.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
THE MINUTES OF THE JUNE 24,
2019 CITY COUNCIL MEETING HAVE
BEEN REVIEWED AND IF THERE'S NO
OBJECTION, THE MINUTES WILL BE
SIGNED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
MINUTES WILL BE SIGNED.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF
PRESENTATIONS HERE SO IF THERE
IS NO OBJECTION, THE COUNCIL
RULES WILL BE SUSPENDED TO
ALLOW THE PRESENTATION OF THE
PROCLAMATIONS AND FOR THE ITEMS
AND I THINK COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN, YOU HAVE THE FIRST
ONE.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU . LATER TODAY, THE
FIRST ITEM ON THIS AFTERNOON'S
AGENDA ONCE WE GET THERE PUBLIC
COMMENT IS AN ORDINANCE THAT
WILL CHANGE THE NAME OF THE
FESTIVAL STREET PORTION OF EAST
ANYWAY BETWEEN BROADWAY EAST
AND 10th AVENUE EAST AND
THROUGH BARBARA BAILEY WAY.
BARBARA BAILEY WAS A COMMUNITY
LEADER AND FIXTURE FOR SO MANY
AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE A
MOMENT TO OFFER UP TO BRUCE
BAILEY TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT
THIS DESIGNATION.
>> THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE
TIME TO LISTEN TO ME FOR A FEW
MINUTES ABOUT MY SISTER.
I KNOW YOU HAVE A VERY BUSY
AGENDA.
MY NAME IS BRUCE BAILEY AND I'M
HERE REPRESENTING MY FAMILY AND
FRIENDS TO EXPRESS OUR SINCERE
APPRECIATION TO THE SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERING
ACTION TO RENAME A PORTION OF
IT ANYWAY TO HONOR OUR SISTER,
BARBARA.
WE ARE A BIT OVERWHELMED BY THIS
BUT VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION.
BARBARA WAS A REMARKABLE PERSON
WHO INTERACTED AND IMPACTED
MANY DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS AND
GROUPS IN SEATTLE AND AROUND
THE COUNTRY IN A VARIETY OF
POSITIVE WAYS.
IN FACT, IT WASN'T UNTIL HER
SUDDEN DEATH LAST SEPTEMBER
FROM A MASSIVE STROKE THAT
THOSE OF US CLOSEST TO HER
REALLY TRULY BEGAN TO
UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THE
MAGNITUDE OF HER IMPACT.
THE HUGE GATHERING OF SUPPORT
WE RECEIVED AT THE TIME OF HER
DEATH FROM SO MANY PEOPLE WAS
CONFIRMATION OF THE DEPTH AND
BREADTH AND QUALITY OF HER LIFE.
BARBARA HAD AN OUTGOING
PERSONALITY AND A STRONG SET OF
BELIEFS THAT SHE WAS NEVER SHY
ABOUT EXPRESSING. IN NO WAY WAS
SHE A SELF PROMOTER, SEEKING
ACCOLADES.
SOMETIMES I WONDER IF SHE
HERSELF WAS EVEN AWARE OF THE
POSITIVE INFLUENCE SHE HAD IN
SO MANY AREAS OF HER LIFE.
CERTAINLY, SHE NEVER TALKED
ABOUT THEM. THEREFORE, WE ARE
PARTICULARLY THANKFUL FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION TO RECOGNIZE THE
CONTRIBUTION IN THIS FORMAL WAY.
BARBARA HAD MANY FRIENDS AND
ACQUAINTANCES AND GROUPS THAT
RESPECTED AND ADMIRED AND EVEN
LOVED HER.
HER NAME MIGHT STAND CLOSE TO
WHERE SHE LIVED AND WENT TO
SCHOOL AND WORKED AT HER ICONIC
BROADWAY BOOKSTORE, IT WOULD BE
SO APPRECIATED BY SO MANY AND
SEEMS PARTICULARLY APPROPRIATE
TO US.
THANK YOU AGAIN FROM A GRATEFUL
BAILEY FAMILY AND FROM A
COMMUNITY THAT LOVED AND MRS.
BARBARA BAILEY.
>> THANK YOU, BRUCE.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> THANK YOU AND OUR NEXT
PRESENTATION .
>> I'M NOT PRESENTING THIS.
>> NO, THE NEXT ONE.
I BELIEVED YOU HAD A
PRESENTATION.
>> NOT TODAY.
>> SORRY . IS ANYBODY
PRESENTING ON THIS?
>> NO.
>> SORRY.
AT THIS TIME WE WILL TAKE
PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS THAT
APPEAR ON TODAY'S AGENDA WITH
THE 2019 BOARD PROGRAM.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE
ACCEPTED FOR 20 MINUTES AND
SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO TWO
MINUTES OF PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF THE SPEAKERS, AND EXCEEDS
TWO MINUTES, THE CLERK WILL
TURN OFF THE MICROPHONE AND
SPEAKERS ARE ASKED TO IDENTIFY
THEMSELVES IN THE JEANETTE ITEM
THAT THEY WHICH TO ADDRESS.
I BELIEVE WE WILL GO OVER THE
20 MINUTES, VERY LIKELY.
THE FIRST SPEAKER IS MICHELLE
HOUSTON AND THE SECOND IS PARIS
SWANSON SO IF YOU HEAR YOUR
NAME BEING CALLED OUT AND IF
YOU ARE NEXT IN LINE, MAKE SURE
YOU ARE READY.
>> THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL . I
AM MICHELLE HASSAN AND I CHAIR
THE AIDS MEMORIAL PATHWAY
PROJECTS.
WE ARE OVER THE MOON THAT
BARBARA BAILEY WAY WILL BE AN
INTEGRAL PART OF THIS PROJECT
WHICH I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE
SUPPORTED.
I WILL JUST SEE IF I CAN GET
SOMEONE TO PASS THIS OUT TO YOU
. EXCUSE ME, COULD YOU PASS
THIS OUT?
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU
REALLY KNOW OR KNEW HER BUT I
WANT YOU TO SEE THAT SHE HAS A
GLASS IN ONE HAND WHICH WAS
ALWAYS FUN BUT THE OTHER HAND,
SHE IS REACHING OUT AND THAT
WAS SO BARBARA.
SHE REACHED OUT TO EVERYONE IN
THE COMMUNITY NO MATTER WHAT.
THE BOOKSTORE WAS REACHING OUT
AND BUY THAT PICTURE, I THINK
SHE IS STILL REACHING OUT.
I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
SPONSORING THIS AND THE MAYOR,
AGAIN THANK YOU AND THANK ALL
OF YOU BECAUSE I KNOW YOU WILL
BE VOTING YES TO NAME THIS
BARBARA BAILEY WAY.
THANK YOU.
>> HELLO.
I WAS BORN IN SEATTLE AND I
PLAN ON DYING HERE.
I LOVE THE CITY.
THAT'S WHY I'M HERE AND I THINK
THAT'S WHY ALL OF YOU ARE HERE.
WITH THE BACKYARD COTTAGES, I
THINK IT CAN BE A REALLY GREAT
IDEA TO HAVE EXTRA REVENUE AND
IT CAN MAKE IT EASIER FOR KIDS
TO STAY HOME WHICH IS BECOMING
MORE POPULAR THESE DAYS.
THEY DO GREAT THINGS BUT I HAVE
A COUPLE OF PROBLEMS WITH IT.
I HAVE BEEN RACKING MY HEAD
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY WE
WOULD ALLOW ANYONE TO INVEST
AND NOT HAVE ANY REQUIREMENTS
OF THE CITY TO INVEST IN THESE
BACKYARD COTTAGES.
IF IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH
BEING EASIER FOR A LOAN BUT I
DON'T WANT TO SEE MY CITY
TURNED INTO A PLACE WHERE EVERY
SINGLE FAMILY HOME TURNS INTO A
RENTAL PROPERTY.
IF WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SEATTLE
A RENTAL CITY, I WANT TO SEE
SOMETHING MORE EFFICIENT AND
ALSO, I WOULD LOVE SEATTLE TO
BE A CITY WHERE YOU DON'T NEED
TO DRIVE BUT THAT IS NOT THE
CASE AND I FEEL LIKE THIS IS AN
EXAMPLE OF NOT UNDERSTANDING
THAT THEY WILL NOT GO AWAY.
THERE ARE PARTS OF THE CITY
THAT YOU CAN GET TO AND IF WE
HAD MASS TRANSIT EVERYWHERE,
THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
I AM EXCITED AND I WAS READING
THIS MORNING THE 20 YEAR PLAN
FOR SEATTLE AND IT SAYS THERE'S
HOUSING CAPACITY FOR OVER
220,000 HOMES OR APARTMENT
BUILDINGS SO PUTTING DWELLING
UNITS, I THINK IT'S GREAT TO
HAVE AS AN OPTION BUT I DON'T
WANTED TO BE AN INVESTMENT
OPTION.
I WANTED TO BE SOMETHING THAT
PEOPLE CAN DO SO THAT THEY CAN
GET RELIEF ON EXPENSES AND
THINGS LIKE THAT BUT IT DOES
BOTHER ME TO SEE THAT THE
PARTICULAR OPTION HAS BEEN TAKEN
OUT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> NEXT IS LAURA BERNSTEIN AND
THAT WE HAVE KIMBERLY KINCHEN
AND STORED McFEELY.
PLEASE BE READY TO SPEAK.
>> WE ARE SPEAKING AS A GROUP.
>> I BELIEVE THEY GET EXTRA
TIME.
FIVE MINUTES.
>> HI EVERYONE.
FIRST SO I WANT TO SAY THANK
YOU FOR MUCH OF THE
COUNCILMEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN A
STRONG SUPPORT FOR THIS
LEGISLATION . THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE
DONE TO EDUCATE FOLKS ABOUT
THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR
RENTERS.
I HAVE ASSIGNED HERE THIS IS
RENTERS MAKE GOOD NEIGHBORS AND
A LOT OF THE THINGS WE HAVE
HEARD HAVE BEEN QUESTIONING
WHETHER RENTERS MAKE GOOD
NEIGHBORS AND THAT IS UPSETTING
TO EVERYONE THAT IS STANDING
HERE WITH ME.
ON THE 14th, THE CITY OF
SEATTLE HAD A HEARING EXAMINER
IN A CHALLENGED ACCESSORY
DWELLING UNITS.
THE CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL SAID
THAT THE PROPOSAL WILL PUT A
LOT OF STRESS ON THE
NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOU HAVE A LOT
OF RENTERS IN YOUR NEW HOOD, IT
CHANGES THE ENTIRE DYNAMIC.
IT IS NOT AS FRIENDLY.
WHAT DO THEY CARE?
I AM A RENTER AND HAVE LIVED IN
SEATTLE FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS
AFFECT THE LEVEL OF WILLINGNESS
AND COMMITMENT TO CIVIC
ENGAGEMENT IS INDEPENDENT ON
YOUR HOUSING STATUS REGARDLESS
OF WHAT THAT IS.
THERE ARE PEOPLE LIVING WITH
RENTERS AND THERE ARE ALSO
PEOPLE LIVING IN MY UNIT AND
THE IDEA THAT WE NEED TO
PRESERVE OUTDATED NOTIONS OF
FAMILY STRUCTURES CLOAKED UNDER
THE PHRASE BY PRESERVING
OWNERSHIP OF THE BUILDINGS IN
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS CLASSIST.
IF THEY WANT TO RAMP UP SUPPORT
FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP
OPPORTUNITIES, THERE IS A
WEALTH BUILDING TOOL AND THAT
SHOULD BE HANDLED SEPARATELY.
PLEASE PASS THE EXCESS RETURN
UNIT LEGISLATION TODAY.
WE MUST ALLOW NEW RENTERS TO
LIVE IN EVERY SINGLE
NEIGHBORHOOD IN OUR CITY.
THIS LEGISLATION IS ONE OF THE
ONLY WAYS WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH
THE APARTMENT BANDS ACCORDING
TO RECENT MAPS FROM THE NEW
YORK TIMES.
WE MUST PASS THIS LEGISLATION
IMMEDIATELY.
>> HELLO.
I HAVE BEEN RENTING IN SEATTLE
SINCE 2007 AND I HAVE NEVER
OWNED A CAR IN SEATTLE AND CAN
COUNT ON BOTH HANDS HOW MANY
TIMES I HAVE BORROWED ONE IN
THE 12 YEARS.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO HAVE AN
OWNER HAVE TO OWN PROPERTY FOR
AN ADDITIONAL YEAR BEFORE THEY
CAN BUILD. THE PROPOSED RULE IS
TO STOP SPECULATIVE PURCHASE
FOR TEARDOWN COST BUT THE EIS
HAS FOUND THAT THIS LEGISLATION
WILL LEAD TO FEWER TEARDOWN SO
I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS
PROPOSAL IS FIELDED LEGISLATION
THAT IS MORE DAMAGE THAN
HELPFUL.
RESEARCH SHOWS THAT YOU CAN ADD
$50,000 IN ADDITIONAL COST IN
THE SECOND 80 YOU BUILT.
THEY WILL COME IN AND CONSTRUCT
A PROPERTY AND RENTAL WHEN THE
RESEARCH IS SHOWING THAT THEY
ALMOST ALWAYS FELT TO SOMEONE
THAT LIVES ON SITE.
I DON'T WANT US TO CREATE MORE
PROBLEMS BY TRYING TO MAKE
PEOPLE FEEL GOOD WHEN WE ARE
ACTUALLY MAKING IT HARDER AND
MORE IMPACTFUL ON OUR LOW
INCOME HOMEOWNERS.
>> I'M JANCEY SIMPSON AND I
WOULD LIKE YOU TO NOT ACCEPT
ANY ADDITIONAL PARKING
REQUIREMENTS FOR 80 USE.
WHILE SEATTLE MAY NOT BE A
PLACE WHERE YOU CAN GET AROUND
EASILY, WE NEED TO PLAN FOR A
CITY WHERE IT IS POSSIBLE TO
GET EVERYWHERE YOU NEED TO GO
EFFICIENTLY AND SAFELY.
BITE TRANSIT AND BIKE AND
WALKING.
WE NEED TO CUT OUR CARBON
EMISSIONS RAPIDLY IF WE HAVE A
CHANCE OF ENJOYING SMOKE-FREE
SUMMER SKIES IN THE FUTURE.
THANK YOU.
>> I HAVE JUST RECENTLY
FINISHED AN EDU AND IN A CLIMATE
AND HOMELESSNESS CRISIS, THIS
IS ONE OF THE LEAST IMPACTFUL
THINGS WE CAN DO IN ORDER TO
PROVIDE MORE HOUSING.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO PASS THIS
REFORM RIGHT AWAY FOLLOWING ON
THE REFORM THAT HAPPENED IN
OREGON THIS WEEK IN THE REFORM
THAT HAPPENED IN VANCOUVER LAST
YEAR WHERE THEY ALLOWED FOUR
UNITS WITH EVERY SINGLE FAMILY.
PEACE PASS THIS RIGHT AWAY.
THANK YOU.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> HI, MY NAME IS KIMBERLY AND
I'M A RESIDENT ON CAPITOL HILL.
WE BOUGHT A CONDO IN 2015 SO
TECHNICALLY MY PARTNER OWNS IT
SO TECHNICALLY I'M NOT
RETURNING OWNER.
I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT
BACKYARD COTTAGES AND SPEAK IN
FAVOR OF THE LEGISLATION.
BEFORE I DO THAT, THANK YOU TO
ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS I HAVE
SPENT YEARS WORKING ON THIS AND
TO ALL THE UNPAID AND UNDERPAID
HOUSING FOR THEIR WORK AS WELL.
UNTIL 2015 WHEN WE BOUGHT OUR
CO-OP ON CAPITOL HILL, I WAS A
RENTER WITH MANY DIFFERENT
CITIES AND HERE ARE FIVE THINGS
THAT MIGHT RENTER NEIGHBORS DID
FOR EACH OTHER.
SPENT DECADES ATTENDING AND
DEVELOPING A COMMUNITY GARDEN
ADJACENT TO THE APARTMENT
BUILDING AND COOKED A HOLIDAY
MEAL FOR ONE OF OUR ELDERLY
NEIGHBORS THAT WAS A WORLD WAR
II VETERAN AND THE CARETAKER
DAUGHTER BECAUSE HE COULD NO
LONGER LEAVE THE APARTMENT
WITHOUT A LOT OF EFFORT SO IT
WAS HARD FOR HER TO GET OUT FOR
HOLIDAYS AND SHE DID NOT HAVE A
LOT OF HELP.
WHENEVER NEIGHBORS WENT ON
VACATION, WE WOULD PET SIT.
HOLD KEYS FOR THE APARTMENT
ACROSS THE HALL SO THAT A NEW
ROOMMATE DID NOT HAVE TO GET
LOCKED OUT OF THEIR APARTMENT
THAT THEY WERE MOVING INTO.
STOPPED TO WAIT FOR AN
AMBULANCE TO ARRIVE AFTER
COMING ACROSS A NEIGHBOR THAT
WAS INJURED ON THE TRAIL.
STOPPED AT HIS APARTMENT TO
GIVE HIS FAMILY PERSONAL AIDE.
THE LAST PERSON WAS ME.
IN SHORT, I WANT TO SAY RENTERS
MAKE GREAT NEIGHBORS AND
BACKYARD COTTAGES GIVE US MORE
HOUSING CHOICES AT A TIME WHEN
WE DESPERATELY NEED THEM SO
PLEASE PASS THIS WITHOUT OTHER
AMENDMENTS.
THANK YOU.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> SHELLEY WILL GO NEXT AND
THEN START McFEELY AND IRA
APPLEMAN AND THEN JUDAH IRISH.
>> HELLO COUNSEL.
YOU FOLKS KNOW ME QUITE WELL.
HOPEFULLY YOU DID YOUR
ASSIGNMENT THAT I GAVE YOU LAST
TIME I WAS HERE REGARDING
FACING HOMELESSNESS AND THE
BLOCK PROJECT.
I AM PUTTING ON A DIFFERENT HAT.
THEY WERE FACING HOMELESSNESS
IN THE BLOCK PROJECT AND GAVE
ME A STATEMENT TO READ.
PLEASE SPEAK AS A LONGTIME
VOLUNTEER FOR FACING
HOMELESSNESS AND A BELIEVER IN
THE IMPORTANCE OF INTEGRATED,
AS A MEANS FOR MOVING THE
STIGMA OF OTHER GIVEN TO THOSE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
THE BLOCK PROJECT IS AN
INTEGRATED SOLUTION THAT BRINGS
COMMUNITY INTO THE TASK OF
ADDRESSING OUR IN HOUSE TO AND
DOES IT WITH DIGNITY PROVIDING
THE SAME NEEDS OF HOME WE HAVE
IN KITCHEN AND BATH AND
SLEEPING.
IT ALL BEGINS WHEN EACH OF US
STEPS FORWARD.
JUST SAY HELLO. THE OTHER FOLKS
REALLY SET IT. THE BLOCK
PROJECT IN PARTICULAR REQUIRES
THE HOMEOWNER TO BE THERE.
THE CHANCES OF NEEDING
ADDITIONAL PARKING IS NOT LIKELY
BECAUSE OF THE CLIENTELE THAT
WE HAVE.
THERE MIGHT BE ROOM FOR BIKES
BECAUSE THAT IS A LIKELY TARGET.
SO, MAKE ANY IMPROVEMENTS YOU
CAN TO HELP THE BLOCK PROJECT.
HAVING TWO ADDITIONAL UNITS
BESIDES THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS TOWARD
McFEELY AND I AM DOING
RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE FOR 27 YEARS.
I SUPPORT ACCESSORY DWELLING
UNITS. I DO NOT SUPPORT REMOVING
THE OWNER OCCUPANCY ASPECT OF
THAT LEGISLATION BECAUSE YOU
ARE CREATING DUPLEXES OR TRY
PLUSES THAT CAN JUST BE PICKED
OFF BY DEVELOPERS.
THE PROBLEM WITH 80 USE RIGHT
NOW IS THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
THEY ARE DYSFUNCTIONAL AND TAKE
SIX MONTHS TO GET A BUILDING
PERMIT AND THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER
, AND MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT
TO BE ABLE TO GET A PERMIT FOR
AN 80 YOU AND EVEN WORSE FOR A
DADU.
AN OLD HOUSE THAT IS BUILT 100
YEARS AGO, YOU HAVE 32 INCHES
WIDE IN YOUR BASEMENT DOOR AND
IT DOESN'T QUALIFY.
WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS LOOSEN
THE REGULATIONS AND CREATE AN
EXPEDITED PERMITTING PROCESSES
IN THE SECOND ISSUE IS THE FA
ARE.
GOING .5 IS TOO RESTRICTIVE AND
TAKING IT THE OTHER WAY.
THE PROBLEM HERE IS THAT
BUILDINGS ARE TORN DOWN BECAUSE
THEY ARE 80 AND 90 AND 100
YEARS OLD.
THERE IS NO WAY TO MAKE THIS
MEET THE CURRENT BUILDING CODE.
THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT DOES
NOT LET YOU DO IT.
THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT IS THE
ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO CHANGE THIS
LEGISLATION, YOU HAVE TO CHANGE
THE WAY THE BILLING DEPARTMENT
IS ISSUING PERMITS.
THEY ARE THE OBSTRUCTIVE
PROBLEM HERE IN THE COST OF
CONSTRUCTION.
NOT THE REGULATIONS.
THANK YOU.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> WE HAVE JUDAH AND THEN
WELLS AND THEN REBECCA AROUND.
>> I AM REPRESENTING THE
VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD
PRESERVATION COALITION AND
EARLIER THIS MORNING I PRESENTED
A DETAILED COMMENT WHICH I
THINK WAS CIRCULATED TO EVERYONE
AND I ALSO PRESENTED 29
EXHIBITS WHICH I BELIEVE WAS
GIVEN TO COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN.
WE AGREE WITH THE SEATTLE
TIMES EDITORIAL BOARD THAT THIS
IS THE ADDED AND SINGLE-FAMILY
NEIGHBORHOOD LEGISLATION THAT
IS DAMAGING SEATTLE.
I'M NOT REALLY THINKING THAT
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GO THERE
TODAY.
THE EXAMPLES THAT ARE GIVEN TO
SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION ARE
USUALLY HUMAN INTEREST EXAMPLES
SUCH AS GRANDPA AND GRANDMA
WANT TO CONTINUE TO LIVE ON
THEIR LAND AND SO THEY NEED TO
BUILD AN 80 YOU OR SOMEONE IS
HAVING DIFFICULTY STAYING ON
THEIR PROPERTY SO THEY NEED TO
GET EXTRA MONEY BUT ALL OF THAT
CAN BE TAKEN CARE OF NOW.
THE GENTLEMAN THAT SAID HE
ALREADY BUILT AN 80 YOU AND
WHAT THIS DOES IS IT ALLOWS
DEVELOPERS TO MAKE SINGLE-
FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS MULTIFAMILY
AND I HAVE BEEN IN SOME OF
THESE MEANINGS BEFORE AND I
ALWAYS WONDERED WHERE ARE THE
DEVELOPERS AND SPECULATORS.
I DON'T RECALL HIM EVER COMING
HERE AND SAYING ANYTHING.
THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO COME HERE
ARE THE SPECIAL-INTEREST PEOPLE
AND THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
AGREE WITH THAT YOU CAN HAVE THE
80 YOU AND IS A GERMAN SO BEFORE
, CHANGES CAN BE MADE TO MAKE
IT EASIER BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT
THIS LEGISLATION DOES.
IT TURNED SINGLE-FAMILY
NEIGHBORHOODS INTO MULTI FAMILY
NEIGHBORHOODS FOR THE BENEFIT
OF PEOPLE WITH A LOT OF MONEY
AND DEVELOPERS AND SPECULATORS.
CAN I HAND IN MY COMMENTS
SOMEWHERE?
THANK YOU.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> I'M JUDITH AND I'M HERE ON
BEHALF OF MYSELF . I'M
HOMEOWNER AND I THINK THAT
ADU'S ARE GREAT.
I THINK THEY ARE GREAT AND
RENTERS ARE GREAT.
I USED TO BE A RENTER FOR
YEARS.
MY HUSBAND GREW UP IN THE BRONX.
YOU CAN'T BE ANYTHING BUT A
RENTER IN THE BRONX BUT THAT IS
NOT WHAT THIS DOES.
IT DOESN'T HAVE LONG-TERM
RENTAL SO WE CAN HAVE
SPECULATORS COME AND BUY A HOUSE
AND HAVE BASICALLY FOUR UNITS
AND HAVE THE BASEMENT IN THE
HOUSE AND YOU HAVE AN ADDITIONAL
AND THEN YOU HAVE A DADU.
IT'S GREAT.
IF YOU DON'T THINK THIS WILL
HAPPEN IN SEATTLE, YOU HAVE
YOUR HANDS IN THE SAND.
YOU CAN'T HAVE B&BS IN ALL
THESE LONG-TERM RENTALS, I HAVE
GREAT FRIENDS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD
WHO ARE RENTERS BUT THAT IS NOT
WHAT IS HAPPENING.
WE HAVE BEAUTIFUL DADU'S IN MY
NEIGHBORHOOD IN THERE COSTING A
MINIMUM OF 250,000 TO BUILD
AND PART OF WHICH ARE
ARCHITECTURES.
YOU DON'T HAVE ANY PROVISIONS
FOR FINANCING AND PEOPLE THAT
REALLY NEEDED AND SENIORS WHO
WANT TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES.
YOU NEED TO HAVE THAT AND ALSO
NEED TO INCREASE OPEN SPACE
BECAUSE YOU ARE TAKING MORE AND
MORE OF IT AWAY.
I WOULD URGE YOU EVEN THOUGH I
THINK IT IS FRIVOLOUS AMONG
THIS GROUP AND I'M HOPING IN
THE NEXT COUNCIL ELECTION WE
CAN TURN SOME OF THESE AROUND
BUT I'M HOPING FOR LONG-TERM
RENTALS AND I'M HOPING YOU
RETAINED THE OWNER OCCUPANCY
THAT IS ALREADY THERE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THE NEXT SPEAKERS ARE MICHAEL
WELLS, SALLY CLARK AND WE ARE
ALMOST AT THE END OF 20 MINUTES
OF THEIR NOTE OBJECTIONS, I
WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND IT BY
ANOTHER 20 MINUTES.
GO AHEAD.
>> I WILL BE BRIEF.
I KNOW IT IS A BUSY AGENDA.
I HAVE THE HONOR AND PLEASURE
TO BE THE MANAGER OF BAILEY'S
BOOKSTORE FOR 15 YEARS BEFORE I
BECAME THE OWNER AFTER BARBARA
DECIDED TO RETIRE.
BARBARA WAS MY MENTOR AND FRIEND
. SHE OPENED DOORS TO ME THAT
WERE NOT POSSIBLE BEFORE I KNEW
HER AND SHE DID THAT FOR OTHER
PEOPLE AS WELL.
BARBARA AND I CAME FROM VERY
DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS.
SHE WAS A SEATTLE GIRL THAT HAD
BEEN TO THE PEACE CORPS IN
TURKEY WHERE THEY GAVE HER A
BOX OF BOOKS TO TAKE WITH HER
WHERE SHE READ SOME OF THE
GREAT WORLD CLASSICS AND SHE
WAS ONE OF THE FIRST UNDER
ROBERT KENNEDY.
YOU KNOW, BILLY COIT WAS A
PLACE THAT BARBARA CREATED IN A
WORLD WHERE SUCH PLACES DO NOT
EXIST.
SHE WANTED A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE
COULD GET THE JOY OF COOKING IN
A 1982 WHEN SHE OPENED IT, THE
PLACE DIDN'T EXIST AND SHE MADE
THAT PLACE EXISTS IN SEATTLE
AND MADE A SAFE PLACE FOR A LOT
OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
EVERY WEEK, WE HAD SOME SCARED
TEENAGER COME IN THE STORE
LOOKING FOR ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS AND FOR HELP AND WE
HAD WORRIED PARENTS AND PEOPLE
WHO WERE SICK AND DYING WITH
THE NEW DISEASE THAT NONE OF US
UNDERSTOOD AND THEY CAME HERE
AND SHE HAD CREATED A PLACE
WHERE THEY HAD EDUCATION AND
ANYTHING SHE WANTED.
SHE IS A VERY SPECIAL WOMAN IN
A VERY PROUD OF THIS MOMENT AND
I KNOW THAT THE BAILEY FAMILY
IS AS WELL SO THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR YOUR APPRECIATION FOR
HER AND I CANNOT BE PROUDER.
THANK YOU.
>> MY NAME IS REBECCA BROWN
AND I ALMOST IN A WRITER.
I HAVE PUBLISHED 13 BOOKS AND
HAVE SPOKEN AND LANDED IN TOKYO
AND BECAUSE I HAD THE GOOD
FORTUNE TO LIVE IN SEATTLE IN
THE EARLY 80s, YOU COME ACROSS
THE WELCOMING COMMUNITY IN MY
FIRST BOOK WAS PUBLISHED IN
1984 AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE
INTERESTED IN READING THE BOOK
OF AN OUT LESBIAN AT THE TIME
BUT BARBARA SUPPORTED ME AND
GAVE ME A BOOK READING AND WENT
ON TO SUPPORT MANYAND LESBIAN
WRITERS FROM THE REGION IN THE
NATION AND FROM AROUND THE
WORLD AND THEN NON-GAY AND
LESBIAN WRITERS FROM AROUND THE
WORLD.
BAILEY IS A BIG PART OF PUTTING
SEATTLE ON THE INTERNATIONAL
MAP WITH THE FOLKS THAT WERE
BROUGHT TO THE STORE AND THE
CONVERSATIONS THAT HAPPENED IN
THE STORE.
SHE WAS ALSO REALLY GREAT AT
BRINGING CULTURE AND LITERATURE
TOGETHER. MY SECOND BOOK WAS
PUBLISHED AND MY MOM WHO COULD
NOT TALK TO ME FOR TWO YEARS
AFTER I CAME OUT AS A LESBIAN
CAME TO THE BOOKSTORE FOR MY
SECOND READING AND WAS HAPPY AS
A CLAM AND THERE WAS THIS GREAT
COMMUNITY SUPPORTING IT AND
THERE WAS AN OUT SUCCESSFUL
ATTRACTIVE AND CHARMING FUNNY
BRIGHT LESBIAN LIKE BARB BAILEY
TO MAKE THE WOMEN OF MY
MOTHER'S GENERATION FEEL SAFE
ABOUT THEIR KIDS AND I WOULD
JUST END WITH SAYING THAT MY
WIFE AND I ARE GRANDPARENTS OF
A BUNCH OF BEAUTIFUL GRANDKIDS
BUT ONE OF WHOM IS PROFOUNDLY A
BOY.
WHICH OF MY SON TO NEW YORK
THIS FALL AND THEY WANT TO THE
MONUMENT ON STONEWALL TOGETHER.
GRANDMOTHER AND GRANDSON AND
BARB WAS A PART OF MAKING A
WORLD IN WHICH AND LESBIAN
PEOPLE ARE CONSIDERED FULLY
HUMAN.
SO, SHE NEEDS TO BE HONORED
THIS WAY.
THANKS.
>> MY NAME IS RISA BLYTHE AND I
HAVE BEEN A SMALL BUSINESS
OWNER IN SEATTLE FOR OVER 20
YEARS.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT
OF BAILEY WAY AND BARBARA AND
HER BOOKSTORE WAS AN ANCHOR OF
BUSINESS IN BROADWAY CAPITOL
HILL THAT BROUGHT TONS OF
SHOPPERS TO THE AREA.
REMEMBER WHEN BROADWAY WAS
BOOMING IN THE 90s?
THIS WAS MORE THAN A BOOKSTORE.
PEOPLE FELT ACCEPTED AND
CELEBRATED.
WHEN SHE DIED, THERE WAS SUCH
AN OUTPOURING OF MESSAGES ON
SOCIAL MEDIA AND I THINK MAYBE
MORE THAN THE PEOPLE THAT WERE
CLOSE TO HER EVEN REALIZED,
TALKING ABOUT HOW FINDING
BAILEY BOOKS FELT LIKE FINDING
A HOME FOR SO MANY PEOPLE WHEN
THEY WERE YOUNG AND AS PEOPLE
HAVE GOTTEN OLDER.
IT WAS A LIFELINE.
BARBARA AND HER EXAMPLE AS AN
OUT AND PROUD AND SUCCESSFUL
LESBIAN INFLUENCED AND LIFTED
UP SO MANY LIVES INCLUDING MY
OWN.
HER GENEROSITY AND SUPPORT OF
PROGRESSIVE CAUSES WAS
LEGENDARY.
SHE HELPED MAKE SEATTLE THE HUB
OF CREATIVE ENERGY AND WELCOME
THAT IT IS TODAY.
HONORING HER LEGACY BY NAMING A
STREET AFTER HER IS A WONDERFUL
TRIBUTE.
ONE THAT IS WELL-DESERVED AND
ONE THAT SEATTLE NEEDS AS IT
CHANGES AND GROWS.
THANK YOU.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> AFTER SOUTH PARK WE HAVE
JANE TOBIN AND MARTIN KAPLAN
AND JOEY. I'M SORRY, I MIGHT
NOT BE SAYING THIS CORRECTLY.
>> I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR
OF THE NAMING OF THESE BARBARA
BAILEY WAY.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN FOR SPONSORING AND IT
IS GREAT TIMING AND INTENTIONAL
TIMING.
WE CELEBRATED PRIDE AND THE
COMMEMORATION OF THE HEROES
WITH A PARTICULAR START OF A
PARTICULAR PHASE IN MOVEMENT SO
IT IS GREAT TO TALK ABOUT
BARBARA AND TO THINK ABOUT HOW
SEATTLE HONORS HEROES WITH A
PARTICULAR WAY IN ACTION SO IT
IS GREAT TO TALK ABOUT BARBARA.
PEOPLE WHO SAID REALLY GREAT
THINGS HERE AND I WILL REPEAT A
COUPLE OF THEM. AS WAS NOTED BY
MICHAEL, BAILEY BOOKS WAS MORE
THAN JUST A BOOKSTORE AND IS
NOTED BY OTHERS, BARBARA WAS
MORE THAN JUST A BOOKSELLER.
AS TERESA WAS TALKING ABOUT THE
INVESTMENT THAT SHE MADE HIM
PEOPLE, MORE THAN A HANDFUL OF
TIMES I WALKED INTO BILLY COIT
BOOKS AFTER MEETING OR WOMEN'S
ACTION MEETING AND INSIGHT
BARBARA, WE JUST NEED $50 AND
BARB MOST OFTEN SAID YES. YOU
HAD TO ANSWER A BUNCH OF
QUESTIONS.
SHE PROBABLY HAD HER ARMS FOLDED
AND WAS PROBABLY ASKING
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHEN WAS IS
GOING TO HAPPEN EXACTLY IN
EVERYTHING BUT SHE GAVE ME AND
SCOTT $100 BECAUSE WE SAID WE
WOULD DO A DEBATE AND NO ONE
COMES TO A DEBATE WILL BUT WE
ARE GOING TO DO A DEBATE AND SO
WE WERE GOING TO DO IT AT KANE
HALL AND NO ONE WAS TO SHOW UP
BUT BARBARA SLICK OKAY.
WE WILL GIVE YOU $100.
WE WERE DELIGHTED TO HAVE $100
FROM BARBARA BAILEY WHICH AT
THE TIME DID A LOT AND I THINK
WE GOT ABOUT SEVEN PEOPLE AT
THE EVENT BUT SCOTT AND ME NOW
OR WHILE EMPLOYED AND IT'S
FINE.
SHE INVESTED IN US AND SHE DID
THAT IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS
FOR PEOPE THROUGHOUT THE
PRESENCE OF THE BOOKSTORE AND
IT'S SO GREAT TO BE ABLE TO
HONOR HER AND TO SUPPORT YOUR
ACTION TODAY.
THANK YOU.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> MY NAME IS JAMES TOBIN AND
I'M FROM WEST SEATTLE.
I'M WELL AWARE OF THE HOUSING
PROBLEM WE HAVE IN SEATTLE AND
THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS TRYING
TO DO SOMETHING TO ADDRESS ALL
OF THE ISSUES BUT I'D REALLY DO
HAVE SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE NEW
PROPOSALS FOR THE ADU'S IN THE
DADU'S WITH ALL THESE ACRONYMS.
I HAVE OWNED SMALL APARTMENTS
AND LARGE APARTMENTS THROUGHOUT
THE LAST FOUR YEARS OF MY LIFE
AND ANYTHING OVER FIVE UNITS, I
HAD A RESIDENT PERSON LIVING IN
THE PROPERTY AT A REDUCED RENT
TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING
RAN SMOOTHLY.
MAYBE I AM NOT READING THINGS
CORRECTLY OR I'M JUST TRYING TO
PLAY CATCH-UP BUT I DON'T SEE
ANY RULES OR REGULATIONS IN THE
CONTROL OF HOW THESE ADU'S AND
DADU'S FUNCTION.
WILL THEY BE KEPT AT THE SAME
STANDARDS AS OWNERS OF SMALL
APARTMENT BUILDINGS OR LARGE
APARTMENT BUILDINGS AS FAR AS
HOW DO WE GET TENANTS IN AND OUT
AND ARE THERE ANY RULES AND
REGULATIONS FOR THESE UNITS?
YOU ARE NOW UPPING IT FROM WHAT
I READ IN THE PROPOSALS FROM 8
TO 12 INDIVIDUALS IN THESE
VARIOUS DWELLING UNITS AND IF
SOMEONE IN THAT DECIDES THAT WE
HAVE A TENANT THAT WE CAN'T GET
ALONG WITH, WHO WILL BE TAKING
CARE OF ALL THIS?
IS IT NOW THE NON-OCCUPANT OWNER
WHO IS NOT ON SITE?
HOW DO WE TAKE CARE OF ALL
THESE ISSUES?
WHO WILL MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY?
WE HAVE HAD GOOD TENANTS IN OUR
LIFE AND BAD TENANTS AND WE
LOVE RENTERS.
THEY ARE MY INCOME BUT THERE
ARE TENANTS WHO DON'T CARE
ABOUT THE PROPERTY SO WHO IS
GOING TO BE ADDRESSIG THIS
ISSUE WHEN YOU HAVE THE OWNER
THAT IS NOT LIVING ON SITE?
I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THESE.
WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE A GREEN
CITY AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT
THERE IS NO ROOM FOR PARKING.
WE LIVE IN WEST SEATTLE AND CAN
BARELY DRIVE UP OUR STREETS NOW
BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY
PEOPLE AND WE DON'T HAVE
GARAGES.
MY TIME IS OUT AND I REALIZE
THAT.
I WOULD LIKE THE COUNCIL TO
REFER TO THAT SEATTLE TIMES FOR
POSSIBLE CHANGES AND SHOULD BE
CONSIDERED BEFORE ANY VOTE IS
TAKEN ON. THANK YOU.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> GOOD AFTERNOON
COUNCILMEMBERS.
I'M THE CHAIR OF THE COMMUNITY
COUNCIL. WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUITO THAT READS LIKE THIS.
MAKING IT EASIER FOR HOMEOWNERS
TO ADD MOTHER-IN-LAW SUITES AND
BACKYARD CARTRIDGES IS A GOOD
IDEA FOR HOUSING CHOICES AND
AFFORDABILITY.
IN FACT, THIS LEGISLATION THAT
YOU ARE CONSIDERING TODAY
FAVORS UNCONTROLLED DEVELOPMENT
OF MARKET RATE TRIPLEX IS BY
DEVELOPERS AND SPECULATORS AND
IT DOES NOT CONSIDER THE
INTENDED HOMEOWNERS AND
AFFORDABILITY COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA FAVORS PRICKLY HOME
OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENT IS THE
ONLY PROTECTION AGAINST
WHOLESALE CONVERSION FOR A
SINGLE-FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE EIS IS CLEAR INCLUDING
THROUGH PAGE 5-9 THAT IS
DISPROPORTIONATELY FAVORING
WEALTHY WHITE HOMEOWNERS TO
PRODUCE COSTLY MARKET RATE
HOUSING BECAUSE ADU'S ARE VERY
EXPENSIVE.
THAT IS WHAT IT SAYS.
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN AND HIS
COMMITTEE HAVE DENIED THE
SPECULATION AND IT BEGAN HERE
DURING 2009.
NOW, THOUSANDS OF SEATTLEITES
HAVE BEEN DISPLACED AND HOMES
ARE NOW OWNED BY GLADSTONE AND
OTHER HEDGE FUNDS AND OTHER
INTERESTS JUST WAITING TO
ELIMINATE REGULATIONS.
JUST LAST WEEK, THE NEW YORK
TIMES FEATURED FRONT-PAGE IN-
DEPTH STORIES HIGHLIGHTING THE
RAPID METASTASIZING OF
CORPORATE INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS
WITH SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES AND
CONVERSION ALL ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CITYWIDE
DESERVED THAT. WE FIND THE
OWNER OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENT
MOST IMPORTANT REGULATION TO BE
PROTECTED.
LET'S NOT GIFT AWAY OUR WEALTH
OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOMES TO
PROFIT DRIVEN HEDGE FUNDS AND
DEVELOPERS WHO ARE ACTUALLY
CONSIDERING HOMEOWNERS AND
AFFORDABILITY AND
NEIGHBORHOODS.
LET'S BE SMART.
THANK YOU.
>> WE HAVE KELSEY HAMLIN AND
LARRY NEXT.
>> THANK YOU FOR TAKING
COMMENTS TODAY.
MY NAME IS JOE CONTENTRO.
I AM ONE OF THOSE THAT MIGHT
TAKE EXCEPTION TO HAVING AT A
NEARBY HOUSE.
HAVING CHILDREN I REALIZE HOW
IMPOSSIBLE IT COULD BE FOR THE
NEXT PERSON TO LIVE HERE IN OUR
CITY BECAUSE OF ECONOMIC
GROWTH.
I FULLY SUPPORT THE PROPOSED
CHANGES AND WE HAVE A PROBLEM
THAT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO
OVERCOME.
THE LAND USED HISTORY OF
PRIMARILY SINGLE-FAMILY ZONING
WHICH IS EXCLUSIONARY.
FOR EXAMPLE, I HAD A CONFERENCE
WHERE I HAD GONE TO SCHOOL AND
NOTICED THAT THERE WERE NO
HOMELESS ANYWHERE TO BE SEEN.
IN SPITE OF THE LOW INCOME
POPULATION IN PHILADELPHIA IN
WHICH 25% LIVE BELOW THE
POVERTY LINE, THEY HAVE FEWER
THAN 1500 HOMELESS IN A CITY OF
1.5 MILLION, TWICE THE SIZE OF
THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND IN
OTHER WORDS PHILADELPHIA IS
LESS THAN 1/10 HAVING A
HOMELESS PROBLEM AS US.
PHILADELPHIA IS THE CITY OF ROW
HOUSES WITH NO RESTRICTION ON
DWELLINGS AND THEREFORE THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES
ARE NOT CONSTRAINED BY LAND-USE
REGULATIONS.
I SUGGEST THAT BY THIS ONE
ACTION, SEATTLE WILL BE ABLE TO
WELCOME OUR CHILDREN AND
GRANDCHILDREN AND NEW RESIDENTS
AND TEACHERS AND HEALTHCARE
WORKERS AND THOSE WHO SERVE OUR
COMMUNITY WHO NEED MUCH LESS
EXPENSIVE HOUSING TO LIVE
AMONGST US.
THANK YOU.
>> HELLO.
I AM KELSEY HAMLIN.
I HAVE DONE A LOT OF THE
RESEARCH AND I DO WANT TO
CLARIFY SENT SOMEONE BROUGHT UP
THE ADU ARE TYPICALLY MINERAL
OF 3000 THOUSAND, THAT IS
FALSE.
THE ADU HERE IS ACTUALLY
PRETTY LARGE AND HAS A LOT OF
EXTRAVAGANT COMPONENTS TO IT SO
IT'S NOT TYPICAL TO THE
STANDARD COST.
SOMEONE I KNOW WHO BUILT THEIR
80 YOU BRIEFLY HAD A 100
THOUSAND.
HOMEOWNERS HAVE TO BUILD THESE
ITEMS AND YES THEY ARE EXPENSIVE
BUT DEFINITELY LESS EXPENSIVE
THAN BUYING A RENTAL HOME AND
ALSO LESS EXPENSIVE TO RENT OUT
BECAUSE THEY ARE RENTED TO
FAMILIES AND FRIENDS OF ZERO OR
BELOW MARKET RATE BECAUSE WE
CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE. I ALSO
WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THESE
UNITS HELP THE CRISIS WHICH WE
ALL KNOW IS PRETTY PRESENT
RIGHT NOW. WE ALL BREATHE THE
SAME AIR NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS
ACROSS THE GLOBE OR WHAT WE
SPREAD HERE.
ADU'S TYPICALLY HAVE RESIDENTS
WHO TRAVEL LESS SO THAT ALSO
MEANS THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY MEET
OUR CLIMATE GOAL FOR SEATTLE
WHICH WE ARE NOT DOING SO GREAT
AT AT THE MOMENT.
I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT
YOU ARE HEARING FROM A LOT OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE OLDER AND WHITE
AND AT THE LAST HEARING YOU
ALSO HEARD FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE
PREDOMINANTLY WHITE BUT THERE
WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE DIVERSITY
AND THERE WERE A LOT OF RENTERS
AND I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT
THIS HAPPENS BECAUSE IT IS 2 PM
AT A WORKDAY SO THAT LIMITS
WORKING PEOPLE TO ATTEND.
I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
IN OTHER CITIES, ANYWHERE FROM
ZERO TO BELOW, BECAUSE THE
RENTING CONTINUES, THIS IS NOT
AN ANOMALY.
THANK YOU.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> I'M A RESIDENT FROM QUEEN
AND AND THIS IS A CONFIRMATION
ON THE ORDINANCE. THIS
ORDINANCE APPLIES TO ALL
NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY WITH
PROPERTIES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
IS EXEMPT.
EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD, NO
EXCEPTIONS.
>> UNLESS THERE ARE ANY
PROPOSALS , OUR LAST SPEAKER
WILL BE EMILY JOHNSON.
>> HOW MANY MORE ARE THERE?
>> THERE ARE 10, 12, AT LEAST
15.
>> I'M OKAY IF PEOPLE WANT TO
EXTEND.
>> CAN WE GO TO ONE MINUTE FOR
THE REMAINDER?
>> THAT'S FINE.
>> THANK YOU.
I'M EMILY JOHNSON AND AS I'VE
SAID REPEATEDLY HERE, SEATTLE
NEEDS MORE HOUSING.
WHEN WE EXPERIENCE JOB GROWTH
AND DON'T HAVE HOUSING AT THE
SAME RATE, PEOPLE GET PUSHED
OUT AND IT IS ALMOST ALWAYS THE
MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE.
IF THEY ARE PUSHED OUT TO THE
SUBURBS, THEY TEND TO MOVE TO
MUCH LARGER DWELLING UNITS AND
THE QUALITY OF LIFE GOES DOWN
AND THE POLLUTION GOES UP.
CLIMATE BREAKDOWN IS THE CRISIS
THAT DOORS OVER PROBLEMS AND IF
WE DO NOT RESPOND BOLDLY, THE
PROBLEMS WE HAVE NOW WILL SEEM
LIKE THE HOPELESSLY GOOD DAYS.
BROAD PERSPECTIVE, WHERE WE
LIVE IS THE MOST SINGLE
IMPORTANT DECISION WE MAKE.
IT DETERMINES HOW MUCH ENERGY
WE USE AND WE ONCE CONSIDERED
CLIMATE LEADERS BUT NO MORE.
IN RECENT YEARS, SEATTLE
OMISSIONS HAVE BEEN RISING AND
THAT IS EVEN WITHOUT
CONSIDERING THE RISING
OMISSIONS OF THOSE THAT HAVE
BEEN PUSHED OUT OF THE CITY.
PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF REASONABLE
SOUNDING FEARS BUT IT'S
IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT
THE LAW THAT JUST PASSED THAT
LEGALIZED FOR PLUSES WITH OVER
25,000 WAS OPPOSED BECAUSE IT
WILL MAKE IT LESS NECESSARY.
DEVELOPERS ARE NOT GREAT AND
MUCH MORE FOCUSED ON LARGE
PROJECTS AND WE NEED TO MAKE IT
EASY AND AFFORDABLE FOR PEOPLE
TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
IF PEOPLE CAN BUILD TWO ADU'S
AT THE SAME TIME , CONSTRUCTION
PRICES ARE MINIMIZED.
IF I CAN FIGURE OUT THE
FINANCING, I MYSELF WOULD LIKE
TO TAKE DOWN MY 800 SQUARE FOOT
SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSE THAN TWO
MILES FROM DOWNTOWN IN THE
LARGER HOUSE SO I CAN SHARE MY
LOT IN NEIGHBORHOOD.
PLEASE MAKE SURE THE PEOPLE
THAT WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING
CAN DO SO.
THANK YOU.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS STEVE
STARKEY.
AFTER THAT IS ALICE LOCKHART,
SARAH WEAVER AND I'M GIVING YOU
ALL ONE MINUTE EACH.
>> I AM STEVE.
THIS PARTICULAR LEGISLATION WE
HAVE CONCERN AMONG OTHER ISSUES
THAT WE ARE REDUCING THE NUMBER
OF TREES DOWN TO 1 TO 2 INCH
PLANNING AND THIS FALLS IN LINE
WITH THE FACT THAT AS PART OF
THE MHA PROCESS AND 80 YOU
PROCESS, ANYTHING DEALING WITH
THE TREE ORDINANCE ISSUE IS A
SECOND AND SEPARATE ISSUE.
I THINK WE SHOULD KEEP SEATTLE
AFFORDABLE AND LIVABLE.
THAT MEANS TRY TO KEEP NATURE
IN THE CITY AND TURN TO BE SURE
THAT THE TREES ARE REMOVED AND
PUT IN PLACE FOR REMOVING TREES
IN THE URBAN FORESTRY HAS
SUBMITTED TO BANK SHOT A DRAFT
AND WE WILL WANT TO URGE YOU TO
CONSIDER GETTING THAT DONE
INSTEAD OF EXTENDING IN THIS
PROCESS WILL GO ON LONG ENOUGH.
THE TREE PEOPLE OUT THERE THINK
IT'S TIME TO MOVE FORWARD AND
SETTLE THIS THING BEFORE YOU
GET IN THE BUDGET PROCESS IN
OCTOBER.
THANK YOU.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL.
IT IS REALLY EXCITING TO BE
HERE . WITHOUT WEAKENING
AMENDMENTS TO THE LEGISLATION,
I PERSONALLY WILL BE VERY
GRATEFUL IF THERE IS NO OWNER
OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENT AND I
TESTIFIED HERE ABOUT THE TWO
ADU'S AND HOW I THINK IT WOULD
HELP TO PRESERVE SOME TREES ON
THE LOT.
BECAUSE I COULD NEED TO LEAVE
TOWN FOR PERIODS OF TIME TO
SUPPORT FAMILY MEMBERS, I CAN'T
DO THAT WITHOUT THE FLEXIBILITY
OF BEING ABLE TO RENT OUT ALL
THREE UNITS.
I JUST WANT TO EXTEND MY DEEP
THANKS FOR THIS LEGISLATION AND
FOR PRESERVING THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> HI, I AM A REAL ESTATE
INVESTOR AND DEVELOPER IN
SEATTLE AND I HAVE A LOT OF
GREAT TENANTS AND THEY MAKE
GREAT NEIGHBORS.
I WANT TO SAY THAT.
I'M AGAINST THE CITY COUNCIL
APPROVING THIS PROPOSAL.
I THINK THE SEATTLE TIMES
EDITORIAL BOARD SAID IT BEST
AND I WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE
SOME OF THE KEY POINTS.
NUMBER ONE, THIS IS ONE OF THE
BIG LAND USES AND IT SHOULD NOT
BE DURING THE SUMMER SESSION.
SEATTLE DESERVES BETTER
STEWARDSHIP AND ANY DECISIONS
TO BE MADE IN NOVEMBER.
THERE IS LITTLE URGENCY.
SEATTLE HAS ALLOWED BACKYARD
COTTAGES AND ARE ALLOWED ALMOST
LOTS.
IT HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED WITH
53 BEING BUILT.
THEY WERE PERMITTED FOR THE
LAST THREE YEARS AND COUNTING
ATTACHED UNITS AVERAGE 252 THIS
LAST YEAR.
AT THIS RATE, THE CITY MAY SEE
AS MANY UNITS AS IT ORIGINALLY
SAW WITH NEIGHBORHOOD
PROTECTIONS.
IF THE CITY WANTS TO HELP
HOMEOWNERS ADD ADDITIONAL
UNITS, THEY SHOULD STREAMLINE
THE PERMITTING PROCESS AND
LOWER UTILITY CONNECTION
CHARGES.
THIS CHANGE IS NOT NEEDED TO
ACCOMMODATE GROWTH.
IN THE LARGE URBAN VILLAGES,
THE CITY PROJECTED THAT THIS
WOULD ADD CAPACITY FOR 69,520
UNITS.
>> COULD YOU PLEASE WRAP UP,
PLEASE.
>> HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IS A
MULTIFACETED RESPONSE AND
TRIPLING NEIGHBORHOOD DENSITY
ONLY HAVE A MARGINAL EFFECT ON
AFFORDABILITY. THIS IS JUST MY
PERSONAL NOTE.
IF YOU THINK INVESTORS ARE
GOING TO BE COMING IN TO PICK
UP THESE PROPERTIES, YOU ARE
SADLY WRONG.
>> PLEASE, I HAVE BEEN ASKING
YOU TO WRAP UP.
>> THESE ARE THE HOUSES THAT
WE ARE GOING TO PURCHASE.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> WE HAVE ANDREW KIRSCH AND
SYLVIA STEINBERGER.
>> HELLO COUNSEL AND THANK YOU
FOR LETTING US BE TODAY.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE THAT
HAS WORKED ON THIS LEGISLATION
FOR SO LONG.
I HEARTILY SUPPORT THE
LEGISLATION AS IT IS CURRENTLY
WRITTEN AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE
THE COUNCIL TO NOT ADD ANY
OTHER AMENDMENTS THAT WOULD
MAKE IT LESS FLEXIBLE FOR
PEOPLE TO ADD ADU'S.
THANK YOU.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> CAN YOU PLEASE START BY
STATING YOUR NAME.
>> SORRY.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] DISCREETLY
HOLDS HANNAH BE IN THE
REPLACEMENT REQUIREMENT IS
SEVERELY INADEQUATE AND BASED
ONHOW MANY TREES ARE DESTROYED
TO MAKE ROOM FOR STRUCTURES
WHICH MIGHT INCLUDE PROVISION
BUT ON THE LOT SIZE.
ONE COULD FOR EXAMPLE CUT DOWN
323 INCH DIAMETER TREES OR JUST
ONE FIVE INCH DIAMETER TREE FOR
THE 80 YOU OR DADU AND THE
REQUIREMENT WOULD BE THE SAME .
A SINGLE TREE WITH ONLY THREE
INCHES.
THE BILL WILL HAVE A
REPLACEMENT FOR PLANTING TREES
ELSEWHERE IN THE CITY AND THE
BILL CLINTON REQUIREMENT ON
PAPER TO TAKE CARE OF THE
REPLACEMENT TREE FOR FIVE YEARS
AND THIS IS PROBABLY
UNENFORCEABLE AND QUITE
EVIDENTLY NOT IN THE INTEREST
WHICH HAS THE EXECUTIVE ORDER.
THE BILL WOULD ALSO REMOVE THE
OWNER OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENT.
IF YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THIS,
WHY SHOULD REAL ESTATE
INVESTMENT HAVE TREE
PRESERVATION OVER PROFIT.
>> PLEASE WRAP UP.
>> THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT
BECAUSE IT CAN BE SATISFIED BY
THE OWNER IF THEY REFRAIN IN
PUTTING DOWN THE HEALTHY STREET
TREES.
THIS WOULD SACRIFICE SO PLEASE
KEEP SEATTLE GREEN AND VOTE NO.
THANK YOU.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS ESTHER BRACHFELD AND
I'M ASKING YOU TO VOTE NO.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT WHETHER TO
ALLOW ADU'S AND DADU'S BECAUSE
WE ALREADY ALLOW THAT AND IT
ON ABOUT FOR THE HOUSING BUT
INVESTMENT HOUSING THAT WILL
INCREASE THE SOCIAL
STRATIFICATION IN SEATTLE.
I HAVE LIVED IN AN ADU WHEN WE
FIRST MOVED TO SEATTLE BUT THE
OWNER LIVED UPSTAIRS AND I
FULLY SUPPORT MAKING THE
PROCESS EASIER WITH AN OWNER
OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENT OTHERWISE
WE WILL HAVE THE MORE NOT JUST
NEIGHBORHOOD SPOTTED BY
INVESTORS AND WILL BE PRICING
OUT FAMILIES AND ELIMINATING
INVENTORY AND ALL BUT THE
WEALTHIEST NEIGHBORHOODS OF
SEATTLE AND EVERY HOMEOWNER
WILL PAY MORE FOR THE PROPERTY
TAXES BECAUSE THE LAND
EVALUATION PORTION OF YOUR
PROPERTY APPRAISALS WILL
INCREASE BECAUSE IT WILL BE
CONSIDERED AND MOST OF US DON'T
OWN THE LAND NEXT DOOR TO OUR
PROPERTY BY COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN IS A WE CANNOT CONTROL
WHAT IS DONE TO IT.
THE SUBSTATION OFFERS LESS
PRIVACY THAN SINGLE-FAMILY ZONES
AND YOU CAN BUILD A TWO STORY
STRUCTURE FIVE FEET FROM THE
PROPERTY LINE IN THIS
LEGISLATION.
WE CAN AND SHOULD STUDY
INCENTIVES TO MAKE ADU'S AND
DADU'S EASIER TO BUILD.
WE ONLY NEED ONE AND I HOPE THE
COUNCIL WILL START IN A NEW
DIRECTION.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> SOVIET AND THEN YOU HANA
AND MARISSA VEGA AND ELLIOTT
BENEFITS.
>> HI.
I AM SYLVIA AND I'M AN
NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENT AND I
ALSO OWN RENTALS AND I HAVE
GREAT RENTERS.
IT'S NOT ABOUT RENTERS BEING
BAD PEOPLE OR ANYTHING LIKE
THAT BUT I'M STILL NOT IN FAVOR
OF THIS LEGISLATION.
I AM A LONGTIME SEATTLEITE AND
I THINK THAT BRINGING IN OR
REMOVING THE OCCUPANCY
REQUIREMENT WILL BRING IN
DEVELOPERS. THEY ARE WRITING TO
ME EVERY DAY NOW AND JUST
HAVING INVESTORS TEARING DOWN
HOUSES TO BUILD TRIPLEX IS AND
MAKE MONEY AND LEAVE, THEY
DON'T CARE ABOUT SEATTLE.
THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT WHAT
THESE PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT
WITH THE TREE CANOPY OR OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOW THEY ARE
ORGANIZED AND I DON'T THINK IT
MAKES FOR A VERY GOOD SEATTLE.
WE HAVE ALREADY UP SO AND 27
NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE BUILDING
PERMITS HAVE NOT BEEN ISSUED.
THERE IS NO RUSH.
WHAT THAT BUILDS ITSELF OUT.
MEANWHILE, FIGURE OUT HOW WE
CAN MAKE IT EASIER FOR OWNERS
WHO WANT TO DO THIS.
>> PLEASE WRAP UP.
>> THANK YOU.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> JOHANNA, I WAS NOT PREPARED
TO SPEAK.
I AM A HOMEOWNER AND HAVE BEEN
HERE FOR 42 YEARS AND IT BREAKS
MY HEART THAT PEOPLE ARE BEING
PRICED OUT OF THIS CITY THAT
HAVE BUILT THIS CITY AND I
DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN
LEGISLATION THAT WILL KEEP
DEVELOPERS FROM DOING WHAT THEY
HAVE IN TEARING OUT HOUSES AND
PUTTING THIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING
. WASN'T WHAT THIS STARTED
ABOUT?
I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING FOR
SEVERAL YEARS TO MAKE HOUSING
MORE AFFORDABLE AND IT DOES
ATTEND ON THE GOODWILL OF
PEOPLE.
IF OTHER PEOPLE WANT TO DO
SOMETHING TO RENT OUT THEIR
BACK AND BUILD SOMETHING AND
RENTED OUT CHEAPLY, THAT'S
GREAT.
I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE THAT THE
DEVELOPER HAS ANY INCENTIVE TO
DO THAT.
THIS AND I THINK IT'S A SSING
DISASTER.
I DON'T THINK IT WILL IMPROVE
AFFORDABILITY AT ALL UNLESS
SOMEBODY REALLY CARES TO DO THAT
. I'M NOT CONFIDENT THAT
DEVELOPERS DO THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> MARISSA VEGA AND DON CASE.
>> HI, I'M HER SON I'M HERE ON
BEHALF OF UNIFIED SEATTLE . I
HAVE LIVED IN THE CITY FOR FOUR
YEARS AND IN THE SHORT TIME I
HAVE WATCHED MANY OF HIS TURN
INTO HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL
HAZARDS IN THE STREETS HAVE
BEEN MADE UNSAFE.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE
CONCERN FOR SOUTH LAKE UNION IN
THE ENCLOSURE VILLAGE. SEATTLE
SOLUTION WITH SHACKS LIKE LAKE
UNION VISION, THEY CLAIM THEY
ARE COMPASSIONATE BUT DO
NOTHING TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM.
OFFERING SUPPORT IN THE FORM OF
FRESH NEEDLES IS NOT CARING.
THERE IS NO DRUG REHABILITATION
OR JOB-TRAINING OR MENTAL
HEALTH COUNSELING WERE
ALTERNATIVE HOUSING. OUR CITY
OFFICIALS HAVE THE HOUSING
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE PUTTING
VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN NEED OF
TREATMENT INSIDE THE LAKE UNION
VILLAGE AND DISGUISING IT AS A.
THIS IS WHY GROUPS LIKE UNIFIED
SEATTLE ARE CHALLENGING THIS
BROKEN SYSTEM AND CALLING
ATTENTION TO WHAT THE DOCUMENTS
ARE.
AND ETC.
JUSTIFICATIONS FOR
RESPONSIBILITY AND REVISION.
UNIFIED SEATTLE CALLS FOR REAL
CHANGE THAT WILL HELP THOSE
SUFFERING FROM ADDICTION AND
MENTAL ILLNESS.
IN CLOSING, THIS WILL ONLY
ALLOW THE PROBLEM TO FESTER.
THANK YOU.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS ELLIOTT BENOWITZ AND
I'M ONLY SPEAKING FOR MYSELF
TODAY AND I WANTED TO TALK
ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
WHICH HAVE GOTTEN THE DRIFT.
ESPECIALLY THE CERTAINTY THAT
ALLOWING INCREASED COVERAGE
UNDER THIS PROPOSAL WILL LEAD
TO INCREASED POLLUTION.
AS I UNDERSTAND, MOST OF THESE
PROPOSALS WILL FALL UNDER THE
THRESHOLD BUT THEY CAN INCREASE
LOT COVERAGE UP TO 65% AND THIS
WILL LEAD TO WATER RUNNING INTO
THE DRAINS WITH ALL THE
CHEMICALS IN THE ROADWAYS AND
MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ALREADY
SHOWED THAT THEY HAVE 100%
MORTALITY WHEN EXPOSED TO THIS
WASTEWATER. LAST YEAR, THEY ARE
PUSHING THAT AROUND BUT BEING
GREEN DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING IF
WE ONLY DO IT WHEN IT IS
ECONOMICALLY CONVENIENT.
THANK YOU.
>> DON KANE, MATT HUTCHINS,
MICHELLE AND IN.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING
REALLY BITTER BUT I DECIDED TO
NOT BOTHER.
THANK YOU.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> HI, I AM MATT HUTCHINS AND
SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF AI
SEATTLE.
I WROTE YOU GUYS A LETTER
EXPRESSING SUPPORT AND I WILL
SUMMARIZE.
WE HAVE 2400 LICENSE ARCHITECTS
AND IT SUPPORTS THE LEGISLATION
ESPECIALLY MOVING THE PARKING
AND OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENTS.
WE OFFICIALLY SUPPORT THE SAR
LIMITATIONS AND WE THINK THAT
IN GENERAL, THIS IS AN
IMPORTANT POINT OF CHANGE WITH
RESPECT TO DECIDING WHO GETS TO
LIVE HERE AND HOW AND WHAT THE
NEIGHBORHOODS LOOK LIKE.
WE HAVE DONE THE STUDY AND IT
IS TIME TO ACT.
WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO ACT.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> MY NAME IS MICHELLE AND AND
I'M I'M ALSO AN ARCHITECT.
I REALIZE WITH WHAT HE SAID
EXCEPT FOR WHEN IT COMES TO THE
FA OUR LIMIT.
I AM REALLY CONFUSED AS TO WHY
THE LIMIT HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE
LEGISLATION.
LIVINGSTON'S ABILITY TO BUILD
WHAT THEY WANT WILL NOT
INCENTIVIZE THEM TO BUILD EXTRA
UNITS.
IT IS ELITIST TO TELL
SEATTLEITE SOMETHING ONLY ONES
WORTHY OF A LARGER HOME ARE THE
ONES I CAN AFFORD A LARGE LOT.
WE KNOW THERE ARE FEWER AND
FEWER FAMILIES THAT CAN AFFORD
A LARGE LOT AND THE LIMIT IS
PENALIZING FAMILIES WITHOUT
BENEFITING RESIDENTS AND I FEEL
THAT THE BACKYARD COTTAGE
LEGISLATION WHILE IMPERFECT
SHOULD BE SUPPORTED AND IT
SHOULD BE ACCEPTED BUT YOU
SHOULD NEXT THE FA OUR
LEGISLATIONS FROM IT.
>> THE LAST THREE SPEAKERS ARE
BEN MANAGER AND JULIE CAMPO AND
ANGELA CONTIN.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON COUNSEL.
I AM A THIRD-GENERATION CELL
RESIDENT AND I HAVE LIVED HERE
SINCE 1967.
I HAVE BEEN MY SINGLE-FAMILY
HOME FOR 26 YEARS AND I URGE
YOU TO VOTE YES TODAY AND PASS
THE LEGISLATION.
IN TIME TO STOP STALLING THE
ABILITY TO ADD MORE OPTIONS TO
OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND IT'S TIME
TO END THE CLASSISM THAT HAS
DOMINATED ZONING IN SEATTLE FOR
THE LAST 100 YEARS.
THANK YOU.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS JULIE
CAMPBELL AND I'M AN ARCHITECT
HERE IN SEATTLE AND WITH ALL
DUE RESPECT , I REPRESENT A
SMALLER GROUP OF AI MEMBERS AND
SINGLE-FAMILY ARCHITECTS WHO
HAVE SOME ISSUES WITH THE
PROPOSALS THAT THEY STAND RIGHT
NOW.
I WILL GO OFF SCRIPT BECAUSE I
WANT TO MAKE MY POINT BRIEF.
ALL OF US, EVERY ONE OF US
BELIEVE IN ACCESSORY DWELLING
UNITS.
I WANT TO BUILD ONE ON MY
PROPERTY BUT WILL WE ALL FEAR
IS THAT THIS WILL BE A BIG
GIVEAWAY TO DEVELOPERS.
IT WILL REALLY CHANGE THE
FABRIC OF OUR CITY BEYOND WHAT
ANY OF US CAN IMAGINE. I THINK
THAT FEAR HAS BEEN REPRESENTED
IN THIS ROOM TODAY BECAUSE MANY
PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT
ESPECIALLY THIS WOMAN, HOW
DEVELOPERS WILL SWOOP IN LIKE
HAWKS.
THAT WAS A COMMENT THAT CAME UP
WITH GUEST SPEAKERS FROM
MINNEAPOLIS AND ONE OF THE CITY
PLANNER SAID THAT WHILE THEY
ARE IN THE MIDST OF THIS IN
PASSING THE NEW BILLS, THEIR
PHONES ARE GETTING BLOWN UP BY
DEVELOPERS LOOKING FOR
OPPORTUNITIES.
I URGE YOU TO CONSIDER ONE OF
TWO POINTS TODAY WHEN YOU CAST
YOUR VOTE.
EITHER REMOVE THE THIRD UNIT OR
MOVE THE HOME OWNER OCCUPANCY
JUST AS A WAY TO SLOW THIS
TRAIN DOWN. YOU KNOW, WE CAN
ADD THAT IN TWO YEARS ONLY SEE
HOW THIS WILL SHAPE UP.
THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SAY.
THANK YOU.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> HELLO CITY COUNCIL AND
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE TODAY.
MY NAME IS ANGELA COMPTON AND I
AM ALSO A THIRD-GENERATION
SEATTLEITE WHO HAS NEVER LIVED
IN A HOME OWNED BY ME OR MY
FAMILY.
WE HAVE BEEN RENTERS MY ENTIRE
LIFE AND HAVE LIVED IN A
VARIETY OF HOMES FROM DUPLEXES
TO BACKER COLLEGES TO LIVING
WITH FILLING MEMBERS AND SINGLE-
FAMILY HOUSES IN ALL OF IT.
I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SAY THAT
I SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION
WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONAL
AMENDMENTS.
IN MY ADULT LIFE I HAVE NEVER
OWNED A CAR AND I LIVE IN
SEATTLE AND WALK MOST PLACES
AND OCCASIONALLY I TAKE TRANSIT
BUT FOR THE MOST PART, MY FEET
ARE A WAY OF TRANSPORTATION SO
THE FACT THAT YOU CANNOT GET
AROUND SEATTLE WITHOUT A CAR IS
NOT TRUE.
ANOTHER THING IS AS I WOULD
LIKE TO TELL A STORY ABOUT MY
GRANDMA, MY GRANDMA OWNED A
VERY LARGE SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSE
WITH FOUR BEDROOMS AND IT AND
AFTER MY AUNTS AND UNCLES WERE
ALL OLD AND MOVED OUT EMIGRANT
FATHER DIED, THAT WAS A REALLY
LARGE HOME FOR MY GRANDMA.
SHE THEN OWNED A FOUR PLEX AND
INTO THE UNITS AND RENTED OUT
THE SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSE.
MY UNCLE GOT OUT OF THE
MARINES, HIM AND HIS FAMILY DID
NOT HAVE ANYWHERE TO GO AND MY
GRANDMA ACTUALLY BUILT A
BASEMENT UNIT IN THE SINGLE-
FAMILY HOME THAT SHE WAS
RENTING OUT IN MY UNCLE AND HIS
FAMILY MOVED INTO THE HOME AND
ARE STILL LIVING THERE.
THAT IS ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE
CAN CREATE SOLUTIONS IN OUR
COMMUNITY. THERE ARE CURRENTLY
ABOUT 30,000 SINGLE-FAMILY
HOMES THAT ARE USED AS RENTALS
IN SEATTLE AND IF WE ADD
PARKING REQUIREMENTS, WE WILL
HINDER THOSE HOMES FROM
ALLOWING MORE FAMILIES TO LIVE
IN SEATTLE.
THANK YOU.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE THAT
TESTIFIED IN PUBLIC COMMENT.
THIS WILL NOW BE ON PAYMENT OF
BILLS.
PLEASE READ THE TITLE.
>> COUNSEL BILL IN 19599 FOR
THE CLAIMS AND PAYMENT THEREOF.
>> I MOVED TO PASS THE COUNSEL
BILL.
THANK YOU.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
THIS BILL PASSES.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS?
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> BACK SHOP.
>> I.
>> HER OLD.
SINCE AM I.
>> MOSQUITO,
>> I.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR AND
UNOPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
PLEASE READ THE REPORT OF THE
CITY COUNCIL.
>> THE REPORT OF THE CITY
COUNCIL ITEM 1 WITH THE CITY
STREETS CHANGING THE NAME OF
THE DESIGNATED FESTIVAL STREET
PORTION OF EAST ANYWAY BETWEEN
BROADWAY DECENT HAVE AVENUE EAST
TO EAST BARBARA BAILEY WAY.
ORDINANCE 88 910 AND 102981 AND
OTHER ORDINANCES TO THE EXTENT
INCONSISTENT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO ADD TO THE
GREAT PUBLIC COMMENT WE HEARD
IN TESTIMONY FROM FAMILY
MEMBERS AND FRIENDS AND
COWORKERS AND HOMEOWNERS AND
EVEN CHARITY CASES LIKE FORMER
COUNCILMEMBER CLARK.
BARBARA BAILEY CURRENTLY IS AN
ICON AND HER LOSS IS NOT JUST A
LOSS TO THE FAMILY MEMBERS AND
FRIENDS BUT THE WHOLE CITY.
I AM PROUD TO HAVE BEEN A
SPONSOR OF THIS LEGISLATION BUT
THE CREDIT GOES TO MAYOR DURKIN
AND HER TEAM FOR DOING THE WORK
AND I AM THANKFUL FOR THE
MAYOR'S LEADERSHIP ON THIS. I
WILL BE PROUD WHEN THAT SIGN
GOES OUT.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS ? PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL.
>> BACK SHOP.
>> I.
>> THE DOLLARS.
>> I.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> RESIDENT WARRANT.
>> I.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR AND
UNOPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> PLEASE GIVE A REPORT.
>> 11953 AUTHORIZE EXECUTION
WITH THE AGREEMENT IN THE CITY
SEATTLE AND IT ELECTRICAL
WORKERS WITH THE 2017.
>> GREAT.
COUNCILMEMBER BACK SHOP.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THIS LEGISLATION WAS REFERRED
DIRECTLY TO THE FULL COUNCIL
AND IS BEING PROPOSED BY RCL
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES
AND NORMALLY THAT PARTICULAR
DEPARTMENT IN LEGISLATION WOULD
BE REFERRED THROUGH MY
COMMITTEE BUT IT IS COMING HERE
TODAY.
THE LEGISLATION AUTHORIZES
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
AGREEMENTS BETWEEN SEATTLE AND
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF
ELECTRICAL WORKERS WITH THE
POWER MARKERS UNIT.
IT HAS REGULAR EMPLOYEES IN THE
CONTRACT WILL BE EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1 THROUGH DECEMBER 31,
2020 AND SINCE IT IS ALREADY
TWO AND HALF YEARS BEHIND, IT
WILL BE EFFECTIVE RETROACTIVE.
THE EXTENDED PROCESS OF
DELIBERATION PROPOSED A THREE-
YEAR PROCESS THAT BEGAN AND HAS
THE EXTENDED NEGOTIATION, AND
IT HAS NO IMPACT ON THE CURRENT
BUDGET IN 2020 WILL BE
ADDRESSED BY THE EXECUTIVE AND
ANNUAL BUDGETING PROCESS. WE
RECOMMEND THAT IT BE PASSED.
>> I CALL MYSELF BEFORE, AND
THE PASSAGE OF THIS BILL.
THIS IS AN ITEM APPROVES THE
UNIT CONTRACT IS NEGOTIATE WITH
THE CITY OF THE GOVERNMENT AND
THOSE THAT WERE THAT MANY
WORKERS WHO MAINTAIN THE
POWERLINES OF STATIONS AND
POWERPLANTS TO KEEP THE LIGHTS
ON IN SEATTLE.
ON RAINY AND WINTER NIGHTS WHEN
A TREE FALLS IN THE POWERLINES
AND YOUR POWER GOES OUT, IT IS
77 MEMBERS THAT GO OUT IN THE
STORM AND FIX THE PROBLEM.
WITHOUT THEIR WORK, WE WOULD
HAVE NO STREETLIGHTS AND HYMNS
I HAVE NO POWER AND WE CANNOT
HAVE THIS DEAL.
THESE ARE THE ULTIMATE GREEN
JOBS PROVIDING CARBON FREE POWER
UNDER A GOOD UNION CONTRACT.
SEATTLE SHOULD ADD MANY MORE OF
THESE PROVISIONS AS PART OF A
DEAL TO HAVE WHEN GENERATION TO
THE HYDROPOWER OUTSIDE OF THE
CITY REPLACING THE NATURAL GAS
POWER USED IN THE REGION.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> BACK SHOP.
>> I.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> I.
>> HER BOLD .
>> I.
>> WARRIORS.
>> WE ARE CALLING ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> SORRY.
I.
>> MOSQUEDA
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR AND
UNOPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
PLEASE READ THE REPORT OF THE
SUSTAINABILITY AND
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
>> THE REPORT OF HIS INABILITY
TRANSMISSION COMMITTEE NUMBER
119544 WITH THE ORDINANCE OF .0
79.0 20 AND PUT 41 AND .25 AND
.545 AND 22 POINT A ZERO TO
23.84A.032, 23.84A.038, and
23.86.007 TO REMOVE BARRIERS FOR
THE CREATION AND ATTACHED
ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND ADD
A FLOOR AREA RATIO REQUIREMENT
IN CERTAIN FAMILY ZONES.
>> THANK YOU.
I KNOW THERE ARE AMENDMENTS SO
IF YOU WANT TO MAKE COMMENTS.
>> THAT'S GREAT.
THANK YOU.
I WILL MAKE A FEW OPENING
COMMENTS ABOUT THIS AND WE CAN
WALK THROUGH THE AMENDMENTS. I
WANT TO GET SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF
WHAT THIS LEGISLATION DOES DO.
THE INTENT IS TO MAKE IT EASIER
FOR FOLKS TO BUILD WITH
ACCESSORY BUILDING UNITS WHILE
OTHERS ARE ATTACHED OR
DETACHED.
THE LEGISLATION IS BASED ON
OVER FOUR YEARS OF WORK IN
RECEIVING COMMUNITY FEEDBACK
WITH WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE
IN THE FLEXIBILITY THEY WOULD
HAVE OR WHAT BARRIERS THEY SEEK.
THE MAIN CHANGES IS THAT
CURRENTLY THE RESTRICTIONS ARE
THAT YOU CAN ONLY BUILD 800
SQUARE FOOT BACKYARD COTTAGE
THIS WOULD ALLOW TO BE 1000
SQUARE FEET.
WE HEARD FROM A LOT OF FOLKS
WITH THE LIVING SPACE.
WE HAVE ONE ALTITUDE FEE.
WE HEAR THAT THE EXPENSE AND
NECESSITY FOR THESE UNITS IS A
BARRIER AND IT GOES IN SOME OF
THE CLIMATE VALUES.
CURRENTLY, THERE IS A LIMIT
THAT YOU CAN BUILD WITH THE
BACKYARD COTTAGE OR ACCESSORY
UNIT OR IN LAW UNIT.
THIS WOULD ALLOW YOU TO BUILD
BOTH.
FINALLY, THE CURRENT
REQUIREMENT, THERE IS AN OWNER
OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENT MEAN THE
OWNER HAS TO LIVE ON-SITE AND
WE HEARD FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS
AND OFTEN THEY PLANNED TO LIVE
ON-SITE FOR MAKING THE
INVESTMENT NECESSARY TO ADD AN
ACCESSORY UNIT AND THE FEAR
THAT SOMETHING MIGHT HAPPEN IN
THEIR LIFE WHETHER THEY GET
TRANSFER FOR A JOB OR HAVE TO
MOVE OUT OF TOWN OR TAKE CARE
OF A FAMILY MEMBER, THEY WOULD
BE REQUIRED TO HAVE THE MAIN
HOUSE THINK IT AND LOSE THAT
RENT.
THAT UNCERTAINTY MADE IT
CHALLENGING TO MAKE THE
INVESTMENT THEY WERE HOPING TO
MAKE.
THOSE WERE THE MAIN CHANGES AS
THEIR OTHER ONES THAT WE HEARD
COMMENT THAT IT WOULD PLACE THE
FA ARE LIMIT OF .5 SQUARE FEET
WITH THE ABSOLUTE MINIMUM OF
2500 AND WHICHEVER IS GREATER.
A COUPLE OF THINGS THIS DOESN'T
DO, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY
BECAUSE WE HEARD PUBLIC COMMENT
AND CURRENCY LAW IN A SINGLE-
FAMILY ZONE, YOU ARE ONLY
ALLOWED TO COVER 35% OF THE LOT
AND THE OTHER 65% OF THE LOT
NEEDS TO BE OPEN.
THIS IS NOT CHANGE THAT AT ALL
SO SOMEONE COMMENTED THAT WE
COULD HAVE 65% AND THAT IS NOT
ACCURATE.
65% HAS TO BE OPEN AND THERE IS
NO CHANGE TO WHAT IS CURRENTLY
ALLOWED.
SIMILARLY, THIS DOESN'T LISTEN
TREE REGULATIONS AND IT ADDS A
MODEST REGULATION ABOUT ADDING
ADDITIONAL CASES BUT IT LEAVES
THE EXISTING RELATIONS IN CASE
AND RECOGNIZING THAT WE NEED TO
D SOME WORK TO HAVE A BETTER
TREE CODE AND NOT ADDRESS THIS
EXCLUSIVELY TO ADDRESS THAT
COMPREHENSIVELY AND AS WE HEARD
IN PUBLIC COMMENT, THERE IS A
REQUEST TO HOPEFULLY GET
SOMETHING DONE WHICH I WOULD
FULLY SUPPORT.
WITH THAT, I WILL SAVE OTHER
COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS AND
WALKED THROUGH THE AMENDMENTS
IF THAT'S OKAY STARTING WITH
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT ON THE
AGENDA.
>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE THE
AMENDMENT?
>> I WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE
AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE WHICH IS A
TECHNICAL AMENDMENT AND
SUBSTITUTE FOR THE LEGISLATION
TO CLEAN UP THE LANGUAGE BUT
DOES NOT CHANGE THE POLICY
ISSUES.
>> SECOND.
>> A CLEAN THINGS UP AND HAS
OTHER DRAFTING ERRORS SO I
WOULD MOVE SO TO SUBSTITUTE
VERSION D6 OR FIVE WHICH IS
AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE.
>> SECOND.
>> ANY COMMENTS ON THE
AMENDMENT?
THOSE IN FAVOR OF AMENDMENT
NUMBER ONE PLEASE VOTE I AND
RAISE YOUR HANDS.
>> I.
>> THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NO.
THE MOTION CARRIES IN THE
AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED.
>> SECOND MEMO IS BEING
PROPOSED BY COUNCILMEMBER
PACHECO SO I REFERRED TO HIM.
>> I'M PROPOSING THIS A MOMENT
TO HAVE MORE HOUSEHOLDS IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS AND WE SHOULD
ALSO BE EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES
TO GET AROUND BY BIKE OR OTHER
MOBILITY OPTIONS IN THOSE
AREAS.
THIS AMENDMENT WOULD INCENTIVIZE
BIKE PARKING BY HAVING UP TO 35
SQUARE FEET OF PARKING AREA FOR
THAT MAXIMUM SIZE AND ALSO
REQUIRE THAT AS.EXPAND PUBLIC
BIKE WHICH SHOULD BE A PRIORITY
AND AS BIKE AND SCOOTER
PROGRAMS EXPANDING OUR CITY.
I HOPE I CAN COUNT ON YOUR
SUPPORT FOR THIS AMENDMENT.
>> DO WE NEED A SECOND?
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
AND INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER
PACHECO.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS QUESTIONS
AND I WILL JUST SAY THAT I
REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON
THIS COUNCIL MEMBER PACHECO TO
FIND A CREATIVE WAY TO MAKE
THIS HAPPEN AND TO NOT PENALIZE
FOLKS THAT ARE CRATING THE
EXTRA SPACE FOR ALTERNATE
TRANSPORTATION.
THANK YOU FOR LEADERSHIP.
>> THOSE IN FAVOR OF MEMO
NUMBER TWO PLEASE VOTE
CAPITOLINE RAZOR HANDS.
>> I.
>> THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NO.
THE MOTION CARRIES IN THE
AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED.
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ, I
BELIEVE YOU'RE MOVING MEMBER
THREE QUESTIONS AND I AM MOVING
THIS.
WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE IMPACT
THAT HIS SHORT-TERM RENTALS AND
THAT THEY MAY HAVE ON THE USE
OF ACCESSORY DWELLINGS. WE DID
A PRETTY EXTENSIVE BODY OF WORK
ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO
WHEN WE PUT THE REGULATIONS IN
PLACE SO JUST TO BE CLEAR WITH
THOSE REGULATIONS ALLOW IS THAT
INDIVIDUALS IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE MAY USE THEIR PRIMARY
RESIDENCE OF THE SHORT-TERM
RESIDENCE AND THEY CAN EITHER
RENT OUT A GUESTROOM IN THE
SINGLE-FAMILY HOME OR RENT OUT
THE ENTIRE HOME WHILE THEY ARE
AWAY ON VACATION OR TRAVELING
AND THEY CAN HAVE A SECOND UNIT
FOR A SHORT-TERM RENTAL.
THAT WOULD ALLOW SOMEONE IN
ADDITION TO OWN A SECOND UNIT
OR SINGLE-FAMILY HOME OR A
TOWNHOUSE OR CONDO OR AN
ACCESSORY UNIT THAT THEY CAN
HAVE THEIR PRIMARY PLUS ONE
OTHER UNIT IS WHAT THE LIMITS
ARE.
I THINK THERE IS A POSSIBILITY
AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND IF WE
THINK SHORT-TERM RENTALS ARE
MORE BROADLY A CHALLENGE TO THE
HOUSING NEEDS, I WOULD
CERTAINLY BE OPEN TO CONSIDERING
CHANGING THAT BUT AT THE MOMENT
I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO
LIMIT WHAT PEOPLE CAN DO IN THE
ACCESSORY UNIT WITH WHAT IS
DEFINED VERSUS THE PEOPLE IN
YOU BY OWNING SINGLE-FAMILY
HOMES AND ALIKE.
I DO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO
WATCH WHAT HAPPENS AND WE HAVE
LANGUAGE IN THE BILL ARE READY
THAT DIRECTS THE OFFICE AND
FINANCING SERVICES WHICH
AUTHORIZE SHORT-TERM RENTAL
USES TO MONITOR THE LICENSE AND
WE ALSO REQUEST THE SALES
DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION AND
INSPECTIONS TO WORK TO IDENTIFY
OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS AS
APPROPRIATE TO LEGISLATION.
WITH THIS AMENDMENT, IT WOULD
ADD LANGUAGE THAT STATES THE
COUNSEL'S INTENT AND SAYS IF
THIS REPORT WOULD REVEAL THAT
AS AN ESCAPE NUMBER OF UNITS
ARE BEING USED SOLELY, THE CITY
COUNCIL WILL HAVE RESTRICTIONS
ON SHORT-TERM RENTAL USE.
I WOULD GO AHEAD AND MOVE
AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE.
>> SECOND.
>> BEING MOVED AND SECONDED
AND BITE COUNCIL MEMBER
O'BRIEN.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS?
>> THANK YOU MENTOR PRESENT.
I WANT TO THANK COUNSEL NUMBER
O'BRIEN FOR THE LEADERSHIP ON
THIS AND FOR THIS AMENDMENT.
I THINK MANY OF US HAVE SHARED
THE DESIRE THAT YOU JUST
ARTICULATED AND ONE WE HAVE
HEARD IN THESE CHAMBERS BEFORE
WHICH IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE MEETING OUR GOALS OF
CREATING A GREATER LONG-TERM
RENTAL HOUSING OPTION IN
SEATTLE.
WHAT IS CLEAR FROM THE DATA IS
THAT SPECULATION HAS NOT
MATERIALIZED AND IN FACT WE
HAVE SEEN OTHER SIMILAR CITIES
THAT THE UNITS THAT ARE BEING
CREATED WITH ATTACHED DWELLING
UNITS ARE IN FACT PREDOMINANTLY
BEING USED FOR LONG-TERM
HOUSING RENTALS AND NOT SHORT-
TERM HOUSING RENTALS OR
VACATION RENTALS.
THE FIRST LINE FROM THE
EDITORIAL BOARD SAYS DATA AND
RESEARCH ARE TO GUIDE THE CITY
COUNCIL AS THEY CONSIDER
POLICIES THAT WOULD ADDRESS
HOUSING AND IN FACT WE ARE
EXACTLY DOING THAT.
WE ARE USING DATA TO DRIVE
POLICY SOLUTIONS ON THE DATA
SHOWS FROM THE REPORT THAT WAS
PRESENTED IN YOUR COMMITTEE
JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, IT SHOWS
OVERWHELMINGLY THAT TWO THIRDS
OF THOSE WHO CURRENTLY HAVE A
BACKYARD COTTAGE HAVE LIVED IN
THEIR HOMES IN THE PRIMARY
RESIDENCE OR OWNED THEIR HOME
AS A PRIMARY RESIDENT FOR
LONGER THAN FIVE YEARS AND IF
YOU COUNT THOSE THAT OWN OR
LIVE IN THE PRIMARY RESIDENCE
FOR GREATER THAN ONE YEAR, 95%
OF PEOPLE ACTUALLY HAVE THE
OWNER OCCUPANCY SELF-IMPOSED
BECAUSE I HAVE OWNED IT FOR
LONGER THAN ONE YEAR.
WHEN YOU ASKED THE QUESTION HOW
ARE THESE RENTAL UNITS BEING
USED?
WHO IS OCCUPYING THEM?
74% SO THREE QUARTERS OF THE
INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE RENTING
THESE UNITS I HAVE BEEN CREATED
BECAUSE OF THE ALLOWANCE OF
BACKYARD COLLEGES ARE LONG-TERM
RENTALS AND ALSO TO FRIENDS AND
FAMILY.
THE VAST MAJORITY ARE BEING
USED FOR LONG-TERM RENTALS AND
FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT TO
DO AND WE ARE USING DATA DRIVEN
SOLUTIONS TO GET TO OUR DESIRE
TO CREATE GREATER STABILITY FOR
RENTAL UNITS AND GREATER
AFFORDABILITY.
I AM VERY EXCITED THAT YOU HAVE
PUT FORWARD THIS LEGISLATION
AND I THINK IT IS ROOTED IN
WHAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM
COMMUNITY OVER THE LAST TWO
YEARS ABOUT HOW WE CAN CREATE
ACCESS AND PURE RESTRICTIONS TO
THESE RENTAL UNITS AND
COMMITTEE PARTNERS BELIEVE THAT
THE LANGUAGE YOU HAVE ALREADY
WORKED ON WILL HELP US GET
THERE.
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO
GETTING THE DATA BUT I THINK IT
IS IMPORTANT THAT WE THAT WE
ARE USING DATA DRIVEN SOLUTIONS
IN THE DATA HAS SHOWN THAT THE
SPECULATION HAS NOT OCCURRED.
THANK YOU FOR PUTTING FORWARD
THIS AMENDMENT.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> ANY OTHER THOUGHTS?
THOSE IN FAVOR OF A MEMBER
NUMBER THREE, PLEASE VOTE
CAPITOLINE RAZOR HAND.
>> I.
>> THERE ARE NO OPPOSED SO THE
MOTION CARRIES IN THE AMENDMENT
IS ADOPTED.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER AMENDMENTS
? COUNCILMEMBER ARE BOLD.
>> I MOVED TO MOVE 1195 94 BY
AMENDING SECTION 5 AS SHOWN IN
AMENDMENT FOUR AND I WILL PASS
THIS OUT.
THIS WAS DISTRIBUTED VIA EMAIL
BUT IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE
AGENDA. IT WAS DISTRIBUTED THIS
MORNING BEFORE NOON PER COUNCIL
RULES.
1159, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE
RIGHT.
THIS IS THE SAME AMENDMENT THAT
WAS DISCUSSED IN THE COMMITTEE
AND I THINK I WILL WAIT AND
HOPEFULLY I MIGHT GET A SECOND.
>> I DO NOT SUPPORT THE
AMENDMENT BUT I WILL GIVE YOU A
COURTESY SECOND.
>> I APPRECIATE THE COURTESY
SECOND.
THANK YOU.
THIS MEMO WAS DISCUSSED IN THE
SUSTAINABILITY AND
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AND WE
HAD A VOTE ON IT.
IT WAS VOTED ON 2-2 NOT
PASSING.
I HAD TWO AMENDMENTS IN THAT
PARTICULAR MEETING IN THE FIRST
AMENDMENT WAS TO FOCUS ON MY
DESIRE FOR US TO REALLY MAKE
SURE THAT THIS STRATEGY OF
ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS IS
REALLY BEING FOCUSED ON RENTAL
HOUSING AND SO THE INTENTION OF
THE AMENDMENT WAS TO, AS WE
VOTED ON IT WAS TO DRASTICALLY
LIMIT THE CONVERSION OF THESE
UNITS TO SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
I'M NOT BRINGING THEM EMMETT
FORWARD AGAIN BECAUSE I HAVE
TAKEN A LOOK AT SORT OF WHAT
THE NUMBERS ARE AS IT RELATES
TO THE
>> THERE ARE 2800 HOLD UNITS.
ABOUT 357,000 RESIDENTIAL
HOUSING UNIT TPH-S
UNITS IN THE CITY.
IT TURNS OUT TO BE 7/10TH OF
A%.
IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT IS
ANTICIPATED UNDER THE EIS FOR
AEU DEVELOPMENT OVER THE NEXT
10 YEARS THE ESTIMATE IS 4,400
UNITS A YEAR, SORRY, 10 YEARS
OR 440 UNITS A YEAR.
THAT WORKS OUT TO BE 35 OF THE
UNITS SHORT TERM RENTALS.
SO, I HAVE BEEN REASSURED THAT
MY CONCERNS ABOUT THAT, I
THINK, IT WILL BE GOOD TO PUT
THEM ON HOLD UNTIL WE HAVE MORE
INFORMATION.
I APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER
ASSESSMENT OF THE ISSUE.
I AM STILL CONCERNED ABOUT THE
MARKET.
SHIFTING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
THESE NEW REGULATIONS AND SO
THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS FOCUSED
ON TRYING TO ADDRESS A MARKET
THAT WILL FLIP THE UNITS IN A
WAY TO HAVE A DISPLACEMENT ON
RENTERS.
CLARIFICATION SAKE, THIS
AMENDMENT WOULD REQUIRE 1 YEAR
OWNERSHIP BEFORE PERMITTING THE
SECOND ADU.
IT IS NOT A OWNER OCCUPANCY
REQUIREMENT.
IT IS NOT ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT
RENTERS MAKE GOOD NEIGHBORS AT
ALL.
IT IS NOT AN ADDITIONAL YEAR.
FOLKS WHO OWN A HOUSE AND HAVE
DONE SO FOR A YEAR OR MORE, THE
VAST MAJORITY OF THE HOMEOWNERS
IN THE CITY COULD BUILD TWO
IMMEDIATELY.
WHAT IT DOES IS THE STUDY AREA
SHOWED 80% OF THE STUDY AREA
FOR THE ADU LEGISLATION WAS
CURRENTLY OWNER OCCUPIED AND
20% OF THAT STUDY AREA WAS
RENTER OCCUPIED.
AND SO, IT ALSO FINDS THAT EIS
FOUND THAT THERE IS A CHANCE OF
BASICALLY THE PROPERTY BEING
USED AND THAT ALIGNED WITH THE
20% NUMBER.
SO, 20% OF THE ADU'S BEING
BUILT, BEING BUILT UNDER THESE,
AGAIN, SPECKTIVE MARKET
CONDITIONS.
AND, IT IS TRUE.
WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE ABOUT
WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THIS
MARKET.
BUT WE DO KNOW WHAT HAS BEEN
HAPPENING IN OTHER CITIES.
AND THERE IS NO REASON TO
BELIEVE IT IS NOT HAPPENING
HERE.
WE JUST HAVE NOT DONE AN
ANALYSIS ON IT.
SINGLE-FAMILY HOME RENTERS HAVE
LONG BEEN DOMINATED BY LOCAL
ENTREPRENEURS.
MOM AND POP INVESTORS AND
BIGGER FISH AND REALLY
INVESTMENT TRUST INVESTED
HISTORICALLY THEY FOCUSED ON
APARTMENT BUILDINGS.
BUT, HISTORIC HOUSING CRASH OF
THE 2000 THEY HAVE A PORTFOLIO.
300,000 HOUSES IN ALL.
THESE PLAYERS INCLUDE
INVITATION HOME.
ONE THAT IS EQUIPPED OF A
MERGER OF RENTAL DIVISIONS,
SEVERAL INVESTMENT FIRMS AND
BLACK STONE, STARWARD CAPITOL
AND COLONY CAP CAL AND AMERICAN
HOMES FOR RENTS THEY ALL USE
HOUSE HUNTING TO FUEL THE
GROWTH.
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL SAYS
BIG PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS,
SPECULATORS AND OTHERS THAT BUY
PROPERTIES COMPRISE MORE THAN
11%.
IT IS TWICE THE LEVELS BEFORE
THE 2008 HOUSING CRASH.
THE "NEW YORK TIMES," TRENDS
ARE SPURRED BY A FAST-GROWING
INDUSTRY THAT PROMOTES AN
INVESTMENT IN SINGLE-FAMILY
HOMES.
LENDERS THAT PROVIDE IT, HANDLE
TRANSACTIONS, WHOLESALERS THAT
BUY HOMES BY THE DOZENS AND
SELL THEM UNTIL THEY TAKE
POSSESSION.
FINALLY, THE GUARDIAN RIGHTS,
THE U.N.'S HOUSING ADVISORY HAS
ACCUSED PRIVATE FIRMS IN ONE
EVER THE WORLD'S LARGEST
CORPORATE LANDLORDS, BLACK
STONE GROUP OF EXPLOITING
TENANTS AND WRECKING THEM AND
HELPING TO FUEL A GLOBAL
HOUSING CRISIS.
THE BUSINESS PRACTICES INCLUDE
MAS ITCHILY INFLATING RENTS AND
IMPOSING FEES AND CHARGES FOR
ORDINARY REPAIRS.
SO, WHEN YOU TAKE THIS 20%
NUMBER, 20% OF THE UNITS THAT
ARE CURRENTLY RENTER OCCUPIED
AND YOU LOOK AT THE EIS, IT
SAYS THEY ARE PROPERTIES THAT
COULD BE FLIPPED.
AND THE RENTERS DISPLACED.
I ASK MYSELF HOW MANY FAMILIES
DOES IT REPRESENT IN A YEAR?
AND, AGAIN, USING THE NUMBERS
IN THE EIS OF 440 NEW ADU'S A
YEAR THAT COULD DISPLACE 88
FAMILIES A YEAR IN OUR CITY.
SO, THIS AMENDMENT, AGAIN, WE
DON'T KNOW WHAT IS NECESSARILY
GOING TO HAPPEN IN THIS HOUSING
MARKET AND WE CAN NOT PROHIBIT
DEVELOPMENT BUT IT WOULD CREATE
A SPEED BUMP AS CREATING
CAUTIOUS APPROACH IN CASE THE A
ASSUMPTIONS WE HAVE ABOUT
DEVELOPMENT ARE WRONG IT WOULD
PROVIDE A SMALL DISINCENTIVE.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER.
I APPRECIATE THE CONCERN AND
INTENT OF THIS.
MY CONCERN AND THE REASON I
OPPOSE IT, WHAT I SEE WHAT IS
HAPPENING WITH THAT AND
ACCESSORY THAT A LOT OF FOLKS
ARE TODAY WHO ARE NEIGHBORS
THAT WANT TO BUILD THESE.
IF SOMEONE IS TO BUY A NEW
HOUSE OR A -- IF SOMEONE BUYS A
HOUSE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD AND
THEY ARE MOVING IN AND DOING A
REMODEL AT THAT POINT, BEFORE
THEY MOVE IN AND THEY WANT TO
ADD TWO UNITS BECAUSE THAT IS
THE LOGICAL TIME WHEN THEY ARE
UNDER CONSTRUCTION TO DO IT, I
THINK THAT IS A GOOD THING.
AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT I
AM NOT SHEEPISH ABOUT FOLKS
HAVING TWO UNITS ON A LOT.
THE POINT IS THAT I HOPE WE SEE
2 UNITS ON A LOT OF SINGLE
FAMILY LOTS.
IT WILL BE GOOD FOR OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS.
ALLOWING NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR
PEOPLE WHO CAN NOT AFFORD TO
LIVE IN SOME OF THE
NEIGHBORHOODS TO LIVE IN THOSE
NEIGHBORHOODS AND MIGHT HELP
THE HOMEOWNER, TOO.
THE LOGIC OF DOING THAT ALL AT
ONCE AS OPPOSED TO SAYING I
WILL COME IN AND REMODEL A
HOUSE AND ADD A UNIT AND HAVE
TO PAUSE FOR A YEAR UNTIL I CAN
ADD THE SECOND ONE, IT WILL
SIGNIFICANTLY ADD COST AND
DISRUPTION.
I THINK THAT IS THE REASON NOT
TO DO THIS TO ALLOW TO AFFORD.
>> MAY I HAVE A CLARIFYING
QUESTION, THE SCENARIO THAT IS
A SCENARIO FOR SOMEONE NEWLY
BUYING A PROPERTY, CORRECT?
NOT FOR PEOPLE WHO CURRENTLY
OWN THEIR HOMES AND WANT TO --
>> CORRECT, YES.
>> ANY OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS
WANT TO SPEAK?
>> PACHECO?
>> I VOTED AGAINST THIS
AMENDMENT IN COMMITTEE AND WILL
VOTE NO AGAIN TODAY.
WE ARE VOTING ON THE
LEGISLATION BECAUSE WE NEED
MORE ADU IN SEATTLE.
I AM CONCERNED IT WILL COST
MORE.
BETWEEN THE EIS AND TRANSIT IN
OTHER CITIES I HAVE NOT FOUND
THE EVIDENCE THAT THE REFORM
WILL COST SPECULATION.
NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO RESTRICT
THE DEVELOPMENT.
THAT SAID, THIS LEGISLATION
DOES INCLUDE REGULAR REPORTS OF
THE COUNCIL ON DEVELOPMENT
TRENDS.
I AM VOTING NO TODAY, FUTURE
COUNCIL WISHES TO ADDRESS AND
POTENTIAL CHALLENGES THEY CAN
DO SO AT THAT TIME.
>> I WANT TO ADD A COUPLE
COMMENTS BEFOREHANDING IT OVER
TO HERBOLD.
I APPRECIATE HERBOLD'S MAKING
SURE WE SPEAK UP AGAINST
SPECULATION ANDO R I AM
STRONGLY SUPPORTED AND IN
ADDITION TO THAT I WILL VOTE NO
AS WELL AND WE WILL BE PUSHING
BACK AGAINST THE FOR PROFIT
MARKET.
AND OTHERS HAVE SAID THE DATA
IS NOT -- THE DATA IS SHOWING
THE SPECULATION IS LEFT WITH
BUILDING LUXURY UNITS I HAVE
NOT SEEN THE SPECULATION
ANYWHERE.
WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING INSTEAD
IS PASSING THE BILL THROUGH AND
THEN FIGHTING FOR RENT CONTROL
AND EXPANSION ON SOCIAL
HOUSING.
>> THE ONLY CLOSING REMARKS I
HAVE IS THE EIS SHOWED THAT AT
MOST WITH AN AMENDMENT LIKE
THIS, PERHAPS, 80 UNITS A YEAR
MIGHT NOT GET BUILT.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT 20% OF THE
STUDY AREA REPRESENTS RENTER
HOUSEHOLDS.
80 UNITS.
APPROXIMATELY.
SO, AGAIN, THIS IS ABOUT
PRESERVING THE HOUSING FOR 68
FAMILIES A YEAR WHO RELY ON
THAT RENTAL HOUSING AND TRYING
TO MAKE SURE THE PROPERTIES ARE
NOT FLIPPED OVER TO A
SPECULATIVE MARKET.
>> THOSE IN FAVOR VOTE AND
RAISE YOUR HANDS.
>> THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO AND
RAISE YOUR HANDS.
THE MOTION FAILS AND THE
AMENDMENT IS NOT ADOPTED.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
>> COMMENTS?
>> YES.
>> I WAS ABOUT TO SAY THAT.
>> YES.
PLEASE. >> I WOULD
LOVE TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND
WRAP UP IF THAT IS OKAY?
>> SURE.
ABSOLUTELY.
>> I WANT TO THANK MY
COLLEAGUES AND THE FOLKS HERE
TODAY.
I KNOW WE HEARD MIXED COMMENTS
TODAY AS WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE
3-4 YEAR PROCESS WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON THIS.
AND I KNOW SOME PEOPLE FEEL
LIKE THIS IS A WIN, SOME WILL
FEEL LIKE IT IS A LOSS AND SOME
FEEL IT IS MIXED.
I THINK IT IS.
-- I OFTEN GET ASKED WHY DID IT
TAKE SO MANY YEARS TO PASS A
PIECE OF LEGISLATION TALKING
ABOUT 4400ITS.
ABOUT 2400 UNITS BEING BUILT IN
10 YEARS?
I THINK IT IS A FAIR QUESTION.
A LOT OF WORK THAT PEOPLE HAVE
DONE FOR A RELATIVELY MODEST
SHIFT IN WHAT WE PREDICT WILL
HAPPEN IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND I ALSO THINK ABOUT WHAT ARE
WE GOING TO DO IN THE SINGLE
FAMILY ZONES AND WHAT IS IS
úAPROPIAT.
THAT IS WHY IT TAKES SO LONG
AND SO MANY FOLKS ENGAGED AND
IT IS AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION
FOR SEATTLE AND FRANKLY IT IS A
CONVERSATION THAT IS HAPPENING
ACROSS COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY RIGHT NOW.
I BELIEVE THAT IN A CITY WHERE
FAMILY ZONING REPRESENTS ABOUT
3/4S OF THE RESIDENTIAL ZONING
IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE, AND IN
A CITY THAT HAS BEEN GROWING AS
FAST AS SEATTLE HAS, WE HAVE
SEEN THE POPULATION IN OUR
SINGLE FAMILY ZONES DECLINE
OVER YEARS AND THERE ARE NO
CAPACITY TO ADD TO THE SINGLE
FAMILY ZONES AND BECAUSE THE
HOUSEHOLD SIZES ARE CONTINUING
TO SHRINK IN OUR COUNTRY AND
OUR CITY.
AS A RESULT THIS BIG PIECE OF
LAND SET ASIDE FOR HOUSING IS
HOUSING FEWER AND FEWER PEOPLE.
IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO STEM
THAT TREND, ALLOW MORE UNITS TO
ALLOW SMALLER UNITS MORE
AFFORDABLE.
AS WE SEE NEW EVIDENCE FROM
OTHER CITIES.
THESE ARE OFTEN RENTED OUT
BELOW MARKET RATE TO FRIENDS,
FAMILY, NEIGHBORS.
AND, IT IS RELATIVELY MODEST,
MODEST IN TERMS THAT I DON'T
THINK IT WILL SOLVE OUR HOUSING
CRISIS.
NOR DO I THINK IT WILL
RADICALLY CHANGE OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS IT ASKS THE BIG
QUESTION OF WHAT ARE WE DOING
WITH OUR SINGLE FAMILIES GOING
FORWARD AND WHO GETS ACCESS AND
WHO IS LOCKED OUT BECAUSE OF
THE PRICING?
THERE ARE A LOT OF COMMENTS AND
WE DON'T KNOW LOW IT WILL PLAY
OUT.
A LOT OF EVIDENCE FROM PEOPLE
WHO ARE IN SIMILAR CITIES THAT
IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN HERE.
WATCH IT CLOSELY MOVING
FORWARD.
I BELIEVE IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY
TO INVITE SO MANY MORE PEOPLE
INTO SOME OF OUR MOST EXCLUSIVE
NEIGHBORHOOD TO MAKE IT MORE
DIVERSE AND ECONOMIC AND
RACIALLY, RICHER, ALSO NOT RICH
IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL WEALTH
BUT RICH IN RICHNESS OF
HUMANITY.
AND THOSE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE
WILL SUPPORT THE BUSINESSES AND
MAKE THE BUSINESSES STRONGER.
IT MEANS TRANSIT RIDERSHIP, BE
ABLE TO BE SERVED BETTER BY
TRANSIT AND IT WILL MAKE THE
SCHOOLS MORE MIXED, THE PARKS
THAT ARE USED AND OVERALL IT IS
A BENEFICIAL THING FOR OUR
COMMUNITY.
I KNOW THAT SOME FOLKS ARE
DISAPPOINTED AND SOME ARE
THRILLED BUT I APPRECIATE
EERYONE'S ENGAGEMENT ON THIS
AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE
CONVERSATION ABOUT OUR SINGLE
FAMILY ZONES TO CONTINUE.
I WOULD LIKE TO RESERVE A
MINUTE AT THE END BUT I WILL
STEP BACK AND LET MY COLLEAGUES
MAKE COME COMMENTS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> KOUPBS EMMEMBER --
COUNCILMEMBER O 'BRIEN I
APPRECIATE IT.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE HAD OVER
THE LAST DECADE.
OWNER OCCUPANCY RULE OR PARKING
OR IF WE SHOULD DEAL WITH SIZE
OF LOTS.
AND EVEN AMONG SOME OF MY
FAVORITE ARCHITECTS AND
DESIGNERS I HAVE HEARD AND
RECEIVED DOZENS OF E-MAILS,
EVEN THIS WEEKEND AND AS EARLY
AS 6:30 THIS MORNING.
STILL HAVING DEBATES WITH
PEOPLE ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE
LEGISLATION GOES TOO FAR OR NOT
FAR ENOUGH.
SO, I DO RECOGNIZE THERE IS A
DIVISION IN THERE AND THERE IS
A CONCERN ABOUT THIS.
FRANKLY I AM A BIG FAN OF THESE
DADUs AND ADUs IN RESIDENTIAL
ZONES.
I LIVED IN A SINGLE-FAMILY HOME
FOR 20 YEARS IN LAKE PARK BUT
NOW WE LIVE IN A CONDO
DOWNTOWN.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS
TERRIFIC ABOUT THE PLACE
DOWNTOWN WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE
MY FATHER INTO A UNIT RIGHT
NEXT DOOR TO US.
HAD WE HAD THE SINGLE-FAMILY
HOME, WE LOOKED AT HAVING A
DETACHED DWELLING UNIT FOR HIM
IN LAKE FOREST PARK.
ONE THE MOST PARENT THINGS
ABOUT EXPANDING THE LEGISLATION
IS THAT WE CAN FOCUS ON THE ALL
AGES AND ABILITIES PART.
SOMETHING I HAVE BEEN
ADVOCATING HERE.
AND PARTICULARLY IN THE LARGER
HOMES.
IT IS EASY FOR THEM TO HAVE AN
ATTACHED UNIT OR ONE THAT IS
ATTACHED FOR THEIR FAMILY SO
THEIR FAMILY CAN MOVE INTO THE
HOME.
WE HAVE SEEN THAT HAPPEN IN
SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES SUCH
AS PORTLAND AND LOS ANGELES AND
AUSTIN THAT ARE DADU FRIENDLY.
WE WILL TAKE ANOTHER STEP
FORWARD AND ONCE AGAIN, WE WILL
LOOK AT HOW IS IT IMPACTING US,
HOW DOES IT IMPACT OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS.
I REALLY RESPECT THE THIRD
AMENDMENT O'BRIEN WE WILL LOOK
AT WHAT HAPPENS ALLOWING SPACE
AND GRACE THAT IF WE NEED TO
CHANGE IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR THAT
WE CAN.
I AM ALSO A REAL BELIEVER THAT
ALLOWING FOR FLEXIBILITY IN
WHAT THESE DESIGNS LOOK LIKE SO
THAT SOMEBODY WHO HAS A
DISABILITY CAN BUILD SOMETHING
THAT IS GOING TO ACCOMMODATE
HIM OR HERSELF.
AND I BELIEVE IT WILL BE A REAL
OPPORTUNITY FOR US.
AND WITH REGARD TO THE PARKING
REQUIREMENTS TALKING ABOUT
ULTIMATELY BELIEVE THAT NOT
EVERYBODY IN THE CITY DOES HAVE
A CAR.
WANTS TO DRIVE A CAR.
AND GOING TO ACCOMMODATE IT.
TRANSIT, LYFT, OTHER
OPPORTUNITIES TO GET AROUND AS
A YOUNG WOMAN SAID.
EARLIER SHE USES HER FEET TO
GET AROUND.
THAT IS A GOOD THING FOR ALL OF
US.
SO, I CONCLUDED THAT -- I WANT
TO SEE WHAT KIND OF IMPACT IT
HAS ON THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND IF
IT HAS A NEGATIVE IMPACT I WANT
TO LOOK AT IT ONCE AGAIN AND
SEE WHAT WE CAN DO OR SHOULD BE
DOING WITH THOSE.
SO, JUST IN SHORT, I AM AN
ADVOCATE FOR THE COTTAGES FOR
THE IN-LAW SUITES.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT THEY
HAVE DONE FOR THE BLOCK
PROJECT.
SOMEONE BROUGHT IT UP EARLIER.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE
AIA.
THOSE OF YOU WHO CONTACTED ME
OVER THE YEARS AND IT HAS NOT
JUST BEEN FOR THE LAST YEAR WE
ALL WENT TO PORTLAND IN 2011.
IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAD
SEEN WHAT COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED
FOR RELATIVELY, I THINK,
FINANCIALLY FROOGLE AMOUNT OF
MONEY AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO HERE
IS NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST
RENTERS.
EVERYONE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT AS
WELL.
THE NEXT STEP, I THINK,
FINANCIAL INVASION, WHAT WE CAN
DO, WHAT OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE
TO ENCOURAGE EMERGING PROCESS
AND MORE AROUND CAPITOL AND
CONSTRUCTION AND WE WILL LOVE
TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO AND BE A
LEADER IN THAT FRONT.
JUST, I BELIEVE THIS IS A
CHANGE THAT IS IMPORTANT.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA SAID IT
IS DATA DRIVEN.
I WAS SURPRISE WHR-D I READ IT
FROM "SEATTLE TIMES" SUGGESTING
WE WERE NOT THINKING ABOUT THAT
BUT I AM REALLY GLAD THAT WE
ARE EMBRACING AND WELCOMING
PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LIVE IN OUR
BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOODS AND I
AM GLAD THAT WE CAN HELP MOVE
IT FORWARD.
I WILL BE VOTING YES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
>> I WILL GO NEXT.
>> IF I MAY.
>> PLEASE, DO.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> SO, THIS LEGISLATION
OBVIOUSLY HAS ABOUT A LONG TIME
IN THE MAKING AND I WANT TO
GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIN EIN FOR
ALL OF THE YEARS OF
LEGISLATION, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR YOUR STEAD-FAST
COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION TO
MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A PATH
FORWARD FOR ADDITIONAL HOUSING
CHOICE AND I JUST WANT TO ACSKP-
PBLG RECOGNIZE ALL OF THE
COUNTLESS NUMBER OF HOURS --
ACKNOWLEDGE AND RECOGNIZE ALL
OF THE COUNTLESS NUMBER OF
HOURS FOR ALL OF IT.
I REALLY, I THINK, IT IS
IMPORTANT FOR US TO ACKNOWLEDGE
WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE TODAY IS
REALLY AT ITS CORE, A MODEST
CHANGE TO EXISTING LAW AND THE
CODE AS IT EXISTS.
IT IS NOT A MASSIVE ZONING
CHANGE DESPITE WHAT YOU MAY BE
READING IN SOME OF THE PRINT
MEDIA.
FRANKLY, I THINK, THAT RECYCLED
AND REUSED RHETORIC.
THERE IS CONSTRUCTION FOR MANY
HOMEOWNERS THAT WANT TO SEE
DENSITY IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD
AND WELCOME MORE IN THE COURSE
OF DOING SO.
SOME OF THE SAME RHETORIC OUT
THERE.
LEADING MANY PEOPLE ARE TRYING
TO SAY THEY ARE THE SAME THING,
LEADING A 3 STORY STRUCTURE
NEXT TO A SINGLE-FAMILY HOME IS
NOT TRUE NOR IS IT THE REALITY.
THEY CAN HAVE THE SAME NUMBER
OF UNITS, ADUs AND DAD Us ARE
ON THE LOT AND BACKYARD
COTTAGES, I DON'T THINK THERE
IS TOO MUCH HOUSING IN A CITY
THAT IS GROWING AS QUICKLY AS
THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
AND THIS BILL WILL HELP TO
BRING MORE HOUSING TO EVERY
SINGLE NEIGHBORHOOD.
MY SUPPORT FOR THIS LEGISLATION
IS ABOUT CREATING MORE HOUSING
CHOICE.
I HAVE A LOT TO LOOK AT WHAT
THIS REGION NEEDS NOW AND IN
THE FUTURE.
WE NEED MORE SUPPORTING HOUSING
AND WE ALSO NEED THIS KIND OF
HOUSING.
ADU AND DADU'S ARE HOUSING
OPTIONS THAT CAN BE AFFORDABLE
AND FULFILL SOME OF THE NEED
FOR THE MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING.
MORE THAN ANY OF THESE OPTIONS
WHAT I HAVE HEARD, FROM ANY OF
THESE OPTIONS WHAT I HEARD
FINDING AN AFFORDABLE PLACE TO
STAY IN A COMPETITIVE HOUSING
MARKET.
ADU AND DADUs CAN MEAN
MULTIGENERATION FAMILIES TO
STAY CLOSE BUT STILL HAVE SPACE
AND INDEPENDENCE.
I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND
SOME OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WERE
LED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS AND HEARD THIS
THEME OVER AND OVER AGAIN FROM
PEOPLE WHO WERE INTERESTED, NOT
SPECULATORS, NOT DEVELOPERS,
ORDINARY SINGLE-FAMILY HOME
OWNERS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR THAT
TOOL, THAT WAY TO CONTINUE TO
STAY IN THEIR HOUSE.
WE HAVE A HOUSING SHORTAGE.
JUST LAST WEEK HARVARD'S STUDY
JOINED RESEARCH AND DATA, I
SAID RESEARCH AND DATA WITH
THEIR 2019 NATIONAL STATE OF
HOUSING REPORT ADDING TO WHAT
WE KNOW ABOUT THE STATE OF
HOUSING IN THE SEATTLE AREA.
ONE STATISTIC SHOWED THE COST
OF LAND IN KING COUNTY CHANGED
86.4% AND HOUSING CONSTRUCTION
OVERALL HAS NOT KEPT PACE WITH
HOUSEHOLD GROWTH IN THE PAST 8
YEARS.
WITH THE EXPENSE OF LAND COSTS
MORE ADUs AND DADUs IS ONE
STRATEGY FOR LAND COST WHILE
BUILDING MORE HOUSING ON THE
FOOTPRINT THAT CURRENTLY
EXISTS.
THAT SAME REPORT SHOWED THAT
SINCE 2011 THERE HAS BEEN A 54%
DECLINE IN HOUSING UNITS THAT
ARE CONSIDERED AFFORDABLE UNITS
IN THIS REGION.
MORE AND MORE HOUSE HOLDS ARE
BECOMING INCREASINGLY COST
BURDEN.
PAYING MORE OF THEIR INCOME
TOWARDS RENT.
WE NEED MORE HOUSING AND WE
NEED MORE HOUSING CHOICE.
FOR ME AS A POLICYMAKER I WILL
NOT LEAVE ANY POLICY TOOL OFF
OF THE TABLE THAT WILL HELP
BRING MORE HOUSING UNITS TO OUR
GROWING CITY.
THIS ALSO MEANS THAT I WILL
WORK WITH MY CURRENT AND FUTURE
COLLEAGUES TO IDENTIFY WAYS TO
MAKE THIS TOOL A REALITY AND
FOR EVERY HOMEOWNER AND
NEIGHBORHOOD IN SEATTLE.
FOR EXAMPLE, AS COUNCILMEMBER
BAGSHAW SAID THERE ARE EXCITING
PLACES TO HELP US IN THIS
PLACE.
PORTLAND, OREGON THERE ARE
NONBANK COMMUNITY LENDERS THAT
HELP HOMEOWNERS FINANCE AD
UCONN INSTRUCTION.
THEY HAVE A ADU AND DADU FOR
THEM AS WELL.
I LIKE TO CONTINUE IT AND ALSO
WORK WITH OUR STATE
LEGISLATURES ALONG WITH MY
COLLEAGUES ON COUNCIL TO HAVE
MORE TOOLS AVAILABLE FOR
SEATTLE HOMEOWNERS TO BE ABLE
TO ACCESS A FINANCING TO BRING
THEIR ADU AND DADU PLANS TO
REALITY.
AND I WANT TO TAKE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE A
PERSPECTIVE THAT I RECEIVED
OVER THE MANY SEVERAL LAST WEEK
THAT WE HAVE ALL BEEN GETTING E-
MAILS AND I THINK THIS IS
IMPORTANT.
THERE HAVE BEEN COMMENTS DURING
PUBLIC TESTIMONY THAT SOMEHOW
AS 9 ELECTED OFFICIALS HERE
REPRESENTS THE CITY THAT WE
HAVE OUR HEADS STUCK IN THE
SAND OR WE DON'T QUITE GET WHAT
IS HAPPENING IN THE CITY.
I TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN READING
THE E-MAILS THAT I RECEIVE FROM
CONSTITUENTS AND TAKE PRIDE IN
HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH MY
NEIGHBORS AND MOVING ABOUT THE
CITY LIKE AN ORDINARY PERSON
WOULD DO AND ENGAGE WITH FOLKS
ABOUT THEIR STORIES.
THERE IS ONE CONSTITUENT THAT
SHARED A PERSONAL STORY IN
RESPONSE TO A NEWS LETTER THAT
I SENT OUT ON THIS ISSUE.
SHE SHARED WITH ME SHE HAS BEEN
A RESIDENT SINCE 1959.
SHE ALSO SEEN HOW SEATTLE
CHANGED OVER THE DECADES TO BE
A COMPLEX URBAN ENVIRONMENT.
SHE ALSO IS THE OWNER OF A
MOTHER-IN-LAW APARTMENT AT HER
HOME AND OWNER OF A SHORT TERM
RENTAL.
SHE TOLD ME THAT WITHOUT THE
INCOME FROM THESE TWO UNITS
THAT SHE RENTS BELOW MARKET
RATE THAT SHE CHOSEN TO RENT
BELOW MARKET RATE, SHE WOULD
NOT BE ABLE TO KEEP HER HOME.
SHE WOULD NO LONGER LIVE IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE.
SHE SHARED SHE FEELS A SENSE OF
SECURITY FROM HAVING PEOPLE
COME AND GO, LIVING THEIR LIVES
AND LOOKING OUT FOR EACH OTHER
ALONG THE WAY.
HAVING AN ADU AND SHORT TERM
RENTAL FOR HER HUMANIZES THE
CITY.
DIVERSITY THAT BROUGHT INTO OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD AND LIFE IS GOOD
FOR ANYONE.
THAT IS HER BELIEF.
AND SHE ENCOURAGED ME, TODAY,
TO TAKE A BOLD STEP AND VOTE IN
FAVOR OF THIS LEGISLATION.
I COULD NOT AGREE MORE WITH HER
SENTIMENT.
TODAY I WILL SUPPORT THIS
LEGISLATION AND I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER O 'BRIEN AND
SEEING IT THROUGH.
YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE
WILL HELP TO ELIMINATE SOME OF
THE BARRIERS TO BRING MORE ADU
AND DADUs TO EVERY SEATTLE
NEIGHBORHOOD, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM
PRESIDENT.
I AM REALLY EXCITED TODAY.
I AM EXCITED TO APPLAUD
O'BRIEN?
I -- I SEE CURRENT AND FORMER
STAFF.
I CAN NOT THANK YOU ENOUGH ON
YOUR LEADERSHIP.
THANK YOU FOR SHEPHERDING THIS
FORWARD OVER THE LAST FOUR
YEARS.
THIS IS A REALLY EXCITING DAY
FOR US TO PUT FORWARD A PIECE
OF LEGISLATION AND VOTE ON IT
THAT INCLUDES THE RIGHT BALANCE
TO MAKE SURE THERE IS ACCESS TO
MORE HOUSING OPTIONS AROUND THE
CITY AND MAKE SURE WE ARE
MITIGATING AGAINST THE
SPECULATION AND THE MARKET WE
HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT AND CONCERN
ABOUT AND DOES NOT SEEM TO BE
PLAYING OUT IN OTHER CITIES.
WE ARE FIGURING OUT HOW TO SET
THE FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE
ZONING TO CORRECT PAST HISTORIC
WRONGS AND THIS IS ONE
IMPORTANT KEY PIECE OF THE
PUZZLE AS WE TRY TO ADDRESS THE
HOUSING CRISIS ACROSS THE CITY.
THERE ARE A FEW ISSUE THAT HAVE
COME UP.
I WANT TO THANK THE FOLKS FROM
AIA, THE ARCHITECTS THAT RAISED
SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE
HEARD FROM SOME OF THE PEOPLE
THAT WE HEARD ABOUT THIS
LEGISLATION NOT GOING FAR
ENOUGH REGARDING PERMITTING.
WE SAW THAT IN THE PIECE AND I
WILL ADDRESS THAT.
I THINK WE HAVE A LOT TO DO TO
IMPROVE PERMITTING.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN
DO AND ALSO PASS THE
LEGISLATION TODAY.
WE ARE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT
SOME OF THE FEES THAT WE HEARD
ABOUT THAT OUR FRIENDS AT THE
KING COUNTY COUNCIL ARE TRYING
TO ADDRESS.
SOME ARE TALKING ABOUT A
$10,000 FEE FOR SEWER.
THAT COULD BE TOO COSTLY FOR
PEOPLE AND WORKING IN
PARTNERSHIP.
I GOT GREAT NEWS THEY ARE
TAKING THE ISSUE UP IN 2019.
THESE ISSUES THAT YOU BROUGHT
TO US ARE THINGS THAT WE HEARD
AND YOU CAN ADDRESS BY WORKING
TOGETHER.
WE HAVE GOT TO PASS THIS
LEGISLATION TODAY.
I AM GOING TO COMMIT TO YOU TO
CONTINUE TO WORK ON THIS.
I AM NOT LAME AND I AM REALLY
EXCITED ABOUT ACTION AND I AM
EXCITED ABOUT THE FOUNDATION.
I WILL USE THAT PUN INTENDED
THAT IS SET HERE IN THIS
LEGISLATION FOR FUTURE
REZONING.
UNTIL 65 DAYS AGO I WAS A
RENTER AND HAVE BEEN A RENTER
MY ENTIRE TIME IN SEATTLE.
IN THAT TIME THAT I WAS A
RENTER IN QUEEN ANNE WHEN I
LIVED AT 10th AND OLYMPIC HAD A
CHANCE TO OPEN THE DOOR FOR MY
NEIGHBOR WHO WAS LEAVING TO GET
MARRIED.
I HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT MY
NEIGHBOR IN THE HOSPITAL
BECAUSE LESAY WORLD WAR II VET
AND IN HOME CARE AND JUST HAD
SURGERY.
I HAD A CHANCE TO HEAR FROM MY
HUSBAND HOW HE LITERALLY
CARRIED HOME OUR ELDERLY
NEIGHBOR BECAUSE SHE FELL
WALKING THE DOG.
WE WALKED OUR NEIGHBOR'S DOGS
AND BEEN THERE TO TAKE CARE OF
OUR FRIENDS AS IF THEY WERE
FAMILY.
RENTERS ARE GOOD AND NOT ONLY
ARE THEY GOOD BUT SEATTLE IS
RENTER RESIDENTS?
THEY ARE RENTERS, RESIDENTS AND
THEY NEED MORE OPTIONS AROUND
THE CITY.
I AM EXCITED PUTTING FORWARD
WITH YOU OUR LEADERSHIP THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE PEOPLE TO
AFFORD TO LIVE IN THIS CITY.
ACCESSING THE LIMITING RENTAL
PLACES IS GOING DOWN OVER THE
YEARS AS WE SEE A 20% INCREASE
IN THE POPULATION SIZE IN THE 6-
8 YEARS.
AS THAT INCREASED WE HAVE NOT
BEEN ABLE TO ADDRESS THE
HOUSING CRISIS THAT IS IN FRONT
OF US.
MOSTLY BECAUSE OF LITIGATION
AND DELAYS AND TODAY, WE ARE
RESPONDING TO THAT NEED THAT WE
SEE IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR MORE
RENTAL UNITS TO ADDRESS THE
INCREASE IN POPULATION AND TO
ADDRESS THE FACT THAT WE NEED
MORE FOLKS TO LIVE IN THE CITY
AND HOPEFULLY CREATING DWELLING
UNIT IN THE BACKYARD HELPS
PEOPLE STAY IN PLACE, AGE IN
PLACE AND NOT BE PUSHED OUT OF
THE CITY.
I THINK THIS BILL THAT YOU HAVE
IN FRONT OF US HELPS TO ADDRESS
THE HOUSING SHORTAGE THAT
FRANKLY HAS BEEN BY AN INFLUX
OF POPULATION.
THE REASON IT IS, WE ALREADY
HAD AN INSUFFICIENT HOUSING
SUPPLY THAT WAS ROOTED IN
HOUSING.
AS WE TAKE BIT BY BIT TO
ADDRESS THE POLICY CHANGES THAT
ARE NEEDED, AGAIN, WE KNOW
THERE IS NO ONE SINGLE POLICY
SOLUTION.
WE HAVE TO HAVE THE COURAGE TO
PASS THE PUBLIC POLICY TO UNDO
PAST WRONGS AND PUBLIC POLICY
THAT LEFT SO MANY OUT OF OUR
CITY.
I AM EXCITED, ALSO, THIS
LEGISLATION HELPS US CREATE THE
ABILITY GETTING AWAY FROM OWNER
OCCUPANCY.
ONE DAY I THINK WE SHOULD
CHANGE THE LOT SIZE
REQUIREMENTS SO MORE CAN OWN
THAT PARCEL AND HAVE SMALLER
LOTTERY CHOIRMENTS AND MORE
PEOPLE COULD HAVE FIRST TIME
HOME BUYER OPTIONS LIKE I JUST
HAD.
I WANT TO ADDRESS THE SECOND
THING THAT HAS COME UP
REPORTEDLY OVER THE LAST FEW
WEEKS.
MANY OF US SAT UP HERE JUST
LAST WEEK AND WE ALL SIGNED A
COMMITMENT TO ADDRESS THE
CLIMATE CRISIS.
WE ALL SIGNED A COMMITMENT TO
ADDRESS THE GREEN NEW DEAL.
AS WE PUT FORWARD OUR SOLUTIONS
AROUND IT WE HAVE GOT TO
RECOGNIZE THAT THE LARGEST
CONTRIBUTOR TO GREENHOUSE
EMISSIONS AND POLLUTIONS IS CAR
EMISSIONS.
AND WE ARE NOW THE THIRD
LARGEST MEGACOMMUTER CITY IN
THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
PART OF THE REASON PEOPLE HAVE
TO COMMUTE LONG DISTANCES IS WE
HAVE NOT CREATED THIS
COMMUNITY.
THIS IS HOW WE LIVE THE VALUES
AS A GROWN CITY AND WHAT WE
NEED TO DO TO ADDRESS
ENVIRONMENTAL LIVING THAT IS
CREATED BY SPRAWL WHEN WE ARE
NOT CREATING AN ABILITY FOR
PEOPLE TO BUILD IN OUR CITY.
THIS IS HOW WE MOVE FORWARD FOR
OUR COMMITMENT TO ADDRESS THE
BILL THAT IS NEEDED.
I AM EXCITED.
THE HOUSING WE ARE NOW
PERMITTING WILL ALLOW PEOPLE TO
LIVE NEAR SCHOOLS, CLOSER TO
STORES, HEALTH CENTERS AND THIS
COUPLED WITH HOUSING AND ZONING
CHANGES IN OUR COMMITMENTS AND
BIKE LANES AND SCOOTERS,
LEGALIZING SCOOTERS AND MORE
BUSS AND MORE DEDICATED BUS
LANES I THINK HELPS TO ADDRESS
THE PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS THAT
HAS BEEN CREATED BY NOT HAVING
SUFFICIENT HOUSING IN OUR CITY.
AGAIN, AN INTERSECTION OF
CLIMATE, PUBLIC HEALTH AND
AFFORDABILITY GOALS AND I AM
EXCITED.
WE KNOW WHEN WE CREATE SMALLER
DWELLING UNITS WE CAN REDUCE
OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT AND THEY
ARE EFFICIENT AND HAVE HALF OF
THE LARGER UNITS.
I WILL WRAP UP BY SAYING THE
OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL COMPONENT
OF THIS, WE ARE PROTECTING THE
LAND THAT IS POTENTIALLY
GETTING ENCROACHED BY SPRAWL.
FARMS, HABITAT, THAT IS THE
LAND WE SHOULD BE PROTECTING.
NOT PAST POLICIE THAT EXCLUDED
FOLKS FROM LIVING IN THE CITY.
I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
IN COMBINATION WITH THE
LANGUAGE YOU HELPED CHAMPION
WITH THE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY
ALLOWING FOR GREENER SET BACKS
AND FREE PROTECTIONS.
THIS LANGUAGE THAT WE PUT IN
FRONT OF US TODAY, THANK YOU
FOR INCLUDING MY AMENDMENT A
FEW WEEKS AGO THAT ALLOWED FOR
ROOF TOPS TO BE CREATED SO
PEOPLE CAN HAVE GARDENS AND
ROOF TOP SPACES AS WE THINK
ABOUT DENSER LIVING SITUATIONS.
I KNOW THAT HAVING ACCESS TO
THE ROOF TOP AND ALLOWING
SUNLIGHT IS IMPORTANT.
ALLOWING THEM TO GROW IN THEIR
OWN GARDEN AND THINGS LIKE
THAT.
IT WILL BE BENEFIT ADD TO THE
CITY.
I WANT TO THANK MY FRIEND SAM
WHO LET ME COME OVER TO HIS
PLACE IT IS A 2 BEDROOM DADU
AND WE HAD A CHANCE TO SEE HOW
THE MOTHER OF THE FAMILY THAT
LIVED THERE WAS ABLE TO LIVE
NEAR HER KIDDOS, CARE FOR HER
GRANDKIDOS AND NOT COMMUTE TWO
HOURS TO SEE THEM AND HELPING
TO CARE FOR THE FAMILY.
THERE IS INNER GENERATIONAL
COMMITMENTS FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
HELPING MORE STAY IN THE CITY
AND MY HOPE IS THAT WE DO MORE
TO ADDRESS THE NEED TO BUILD ON
THIS.
THE HEADLINE FROM SIGHT LINE
SAID A DUPLEX, A TRY PLEX, A
FOURPLEX CAN CUT A SINGLE
BLOCK'S CARBON EMISSION BY 20%.
TODAY IS A GOOD FIRST START.
EXCITED TO WORK WITH YOU ON THE
NEXT EFFORTS AS THIS FULL
COUNCIL CONTINUES TO ADDRESS
THE HOUSING CRISIS THROUGHOUT
THIS YEAR.
>> OKAY.
LET'S VOTE.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND THEN
PACHECO.
>> AS I MENTIONED BEFORE I
DEFINITELY SUPPORT THABILITY OF
EXISTING OWNERS TO BUILD TWO
NEW UNITS ON THE LOT BUT IT
SHOWS IT IS MORE PROFITABLE TO
SELL ONE'S PROPERTY THAN TO
BUILD.
SO A NEW OWNER IF IT IS AN
INVESTOR OR RESIDENT WHO BUYS
WITH THE INTENTION OF
IMMEDIATELY PURCHASING THE
PROPERTY AND IMMEDIATELY
BUILDING 2ADUs AS SOON AS THEY
DO SO, AS SOON AS THEY BUY THE
PRIMARY UNIT IS LIKELY TO DO SO
AND DISPLACE A RENTER FAMILY.
I AM AT A LOSS WHY WE WOULD NOT
DISCOURAGE THIS FROM OCCURRING
ALL FOR THE SAKE OF MAINTAINING
THE PROFIT MODE OF A FEW OWNER
TO PURCHASE.
AND DISPLACE A RENTAL UNIT.
I THINK THAT THE I OFFERED
EARLIER IS A GOOD SAFE GUARD.
I DO STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS
LEGISLATION.
I WANT TO SAY A FEW WORK áR --
FEW WORDS TO THE FOLKS THAT IS
A THEY WILL DESTROY THEIR
NEIGHBORHOODS AND WE HAVE
THROWN AROUND THERE 4400 OVER
10 YEARS NUMBER A BIT.
THAT WORKS OUT TO BE 440 UNITS
A YEAR OVER THE STUDY AREA THAT
IS 35,000 ACRES AND IF YOU
CONVERT THAT THAT IS 1 ADU A
YEAR OVER 80 ACRES.
IT WORKS OUT TO THE ONE FOR
EVERY 30-50 SQUARE BLOCKS IN
THE CITY.
I JUST THINK IT IS OUT OF
PERSPECTIVE TO SUGGEST IT WILL
DESTROY SINGLE FAMILY
NEIGHBORHOODS AND, YOU KNOW, I
-- I SUPPORT THE OVERALL GOALS
OF THE LEGISLATION.
TO INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES AND
FLEXIBILITY FOR BOTH RENTERS
AND EXISTING HOMEOWNERS AND I
AM EXCITED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO
DO MORE BY REDUCING THE
PERMITTING COSTS, THE DESIGN
COSTS, THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS
AS WELL AS FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
OF THE OFF SET HOUSINGS PILOT
PROGRAM TO SUPPORT THE
DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE
RENTALS FOR THOSE REASONS I
WILL VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE
LEGISLATION.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO.
>> IN 2014.
THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED
RESOLUTION 301547.
IT WAS ALMOST FIVE YEARS AGO.
MY MOTHER WOULD TELL ME KEEP
TRYING FOR FIVE YEARS FOR
ANYTHING.
SHE HAD A WORD FOR ME.
-- SO THANK YOU FOR JUST YOUR
WILLINGNESS AND YOUR DESIRE TO
KEEP GOING ON IT OVER 5 YEARS.
WHEN I MOVED TO SEATTLE TO
ATTEND AT U-DUB I FOUND MY
FIRST PLACE IN A BACKYARD
COTTAGE AND I LATER LIVED IN
ANOTHER.
I AM EXCITED TO HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE MORE
HAVE THE HOUSING OPTIONSES TO
MAKE IT HOME.
OR SOMEONE WHO WATCHED MY OWN
PARENTS STRUGGLE TO STAY IN
THEIR OWN HOME.
I SEE THIS LEGISLATION AS A
TOOL FOR HOMEOWNERS WHO ARE
STRUGGLING TO HANG ON OR WANT
TO AGE IN PLACE OR WATCHING
THEIR FAMILY AND COMMUNITY
MEMBERS PUSHED OUT OF THE CITY.
COMING IN COMPLIANCE WITH
REPORTS BACK TO THE COUNCIL ON
THE ADU LOAN PILOT AND REPORTS
BACK ON DEMOGRAPHICS AND RENTS
CHARGED FOR ADUs.
LASTLY, THIS CONVERSATION
SURROUNDING DENSITY AS THIS
CONVERSATION IS CONTINUING I
ENCOURAGE FOLKS NOT TO DEMONIZE
ONE ANOTHER.
I HEARD TODAY AND DURING MY
OFFICE HOURS WITHIN THE
DISTRICT THAT RENTERS DO NOT
CARE ABOUT THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
AS A RENTER I SHOW UP EVERY DAY
TO WORK WITH A DESIRE TO MAKE
MY NEIGHBORHOOD BETTER.
WE ARE ALL NEIGHBORS AND WE
NEED TO SHOW RESPECT.
WE GROW WE NEED TO GROW
TOGETHER.
IT HELPS US DO JUST THAT AND I
AM PROUD TO VOTE IN SUPPORT OF
THIS.
>> I FORGET TO MENTION ALI
PANUCHO.
THANK YOU.
REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE ALL
OF THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE.
AND WHEN THE QUESTION ABOUT THE
TREES CAME UP, I FORGET TO
MENTION THAT THE URBAN FORESTRY
COMMISSION AND I ARE WORKING
WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO LOOK
FOR A WORK PLAN TO LAY OUT AND
MAKE CLEAR WHAT WE ARE DOING
AND PROTECTING THE TREES.
>> I WANT TO MAKE A FEW
COMMENTS MYSELF AND HAND IT
OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN
TO CLOSE IT OUT BEFORE WE MAKE
THE VOTE.
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND
ADVOCATED FOR THIS.
THIS WAS A LONG TIME COMING AND
SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE A LONG
TIME AGO.
GIVEN THE CRISIS WE ARE FACING.
I ALSO THINK IT IS REALLY BAD
FOR ANYBODY TO MAKE ANY, CREATE
ANY CONTEXT IF THERE IS
NEGATIVE ABOUT RENTERS.
THEY ARE NOT ONLY HALF OF THE
CITY THEY ARE NOW MORE AND MORE
OF THE RESIDENTS OF METRO
AREAS.
CAN NOT AFFORD TO BUY HOMES AND
FORCED TO RENT AND THERE IS
NOTHING WRONG WITH RENTING.
IT IS, YOU KNOW, REGARDLESS IF
YOU HAVE OWNERSHIP OF YOUR
PROPERTY OR NOT YOU ARE
RESIDENTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I WOULD EXTEND THAT.
EVEN IF YOU ARE HOMELESS YOU
ARE A COMMUNITY MEMBER.
DOES NOT MATTER.
YOU NOT ONLY HAVE EVERY RIGHT
TO YOUR COMMUNITY AND TO YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD AND CITY BUT
NOBODY SHOULD QUESTION YOUR
COMMITMENT TO SOCIETY.
IN FACT, IF ANYBODY'S
COMMITMENT SHOULD BE QUESTIONED
IT SHOULD BE THE FOR PROFIT
DEVELOPERS WHO ARE ENRICHING
THEMSELVES BEYOND BELIEF AT THE
EXPENSE OF THE RENTERS IN OUR
CITY.
I WANTED TO ADD THAT -- YOU
KNOW, AGAIN, I APPRECIATE IT,
PUTTING IT IN PERSPECTIVE AND
RIGHT NOW AS THE URBANISTS
ARTICLE FROM OCTOBER LAST YEAR
MENTIONS ONLY 1% OF SINGLE
FAMILY LOTS IN SEATTLE HAVE
IT.
I DON'T THINK THIS IS IN ANY
WAYGOING TO PARAPHRASE WHAT
THEY SAID, DESTROY SINGLE
FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND LOOKING AT THE BUILDING IT
WILL EFFECT FOR HOUSING.
I SUPPORT IT.
IT WILL HAVE A POSITIVE EFFECT.
NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
AND, I SUPPORT EVERY SINGLE
AFFORDABLE HOME THAT WE CAN
GENERATE THROUGH, YOU KNOW,
SERIES OF COMPREHENSIVE
POLICIES.
WE SHOULD HAVE IT IN
PERSPECTIVE IT WILL NOT ADDRESS
THE HOUSING CRISIS IN THE WAY
WE WANT TO ADDRESS THE HOUSING
CRISIS.
SO WE FEED TO GET TO WORK ON
FAR BIGGER PUBLIC POLICIES THAN
THIS ONE.
ALTHOUGH I STRONGLY SUPPORT
THIS ONE AND WE NEED TO GO
FORWARD ON THIS ONE.
I ALSO WANTED TO THANK THE
WORKING CLASS AND MIDDLE CLASS
HOMEOWNERS LIKE RUBY WHO IS
AFRICAN-AMERICAN HOMEOWNER WHO
ADVOCATED FOR THIS BILL AS WELL
MAKING THE IMPORTANT POINT THAT
FOR THE HOMEOWNERS WHO ARE ABLE
TO BUILD A BACKYARD COTTAGE IT
COULD POTENTIALLY BE A VERY
URGENTLY NEEDED SOURCE OF
INCOME ESPECIALLY PEOPLE WHO
ARE HIT WITH LARGE HEALTH CARE
COSTS AND ALSO THE HIGH
PROPERTY TAXES BECAUSE THE CITY
DOES NOT HAVE -- DOES NOT
REALLY HAVE PROGRESSIVE TAXES.
I APPRECIATE THE HOMEOWNERS WHO
JOINED THE RENTERS IN
ADVOCATING FOR THIS BILL AND
SETTING A GOOD POSITIVE EXAMPLE
WHERE HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS
CAN COME TOGETHER AND FIGHT
TOGETHER FOR SOME POLICIES?
I ALSO WANTED TO REITERATE A
POINT THAT WE HAVE MADE
REPORTEDLY IN COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN'S COMMITTEE, THE
HOMEOWNERS SHOW THOSE THAT CAN
BUILD THE COTTAGES ARE THE MORE
WELL OFF HOMEOWNERS AND THOSE
THAT NEED TO BUILD FOR A SOURCE
OF INCOME AND RENT IT OUT AS
AFFORDABLE HOUSING CAN NOT
AFFORD TO BUILD IT.
I WANT TO KEEP ALIVE THE
QUESTION HOW WE PROVIDE PUBLIC
SOURCES OR FUNDS FOR HOMEOWNERS
THAT WANT TO BUILD A BACKYARD
COTTAGE BUT CAN NOT AFFORD TO
RAISE THE CAPITAL EXPENSES TO
MAKE IT HAPPEN.
AND ONE OTHER THING FROM THE
ARTICLE IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR.
A REPORT IN CONTRAST TO WHAT WE
HAVE IN SEATTLE, VANCOUVER,
BRITISH, CLUTCHIA, A PIONEER IN
THIS ROUGHLY 35% OF SINGLE
FAMILY LOTS HAVE ADUs.
RESULTING IN 25,350 ACROSS THE
CITY.
I THINK VANCOUVER, BC HAS THIS
AND I THINK IT SHOULD BE OUR
GOAL TO REALLY MOVE FORWARD IN
A BIG WAY IN SEATTLE AS WELL.
WE HAVE THEIR SISTER CITY TPH-S
MANY WAYS IN TERMS OF WHAT THE
PROBLEMS ARE, THE DENSITY AND
ALL OF THAT.
I THINK THAT DOES PROVIDE A
GOOD GUIDANCE FOR US.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST I WILL SAY I
HOPE ALL OF THE ACTIVISTS AND
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
FIGHTING FOR THIS CORRECTLY
WILL ALSO JOIN US IN THE
STRUGGLE FOR MUCH MORE FAR-
REACHING PUBLIC POLICIES AND
NOT ONLY JOIN US IN SEATTLE BUT
JOIN THE MOVEMENTS IN NEW YORK
THAT JUST ONE MAJOR VICTORIES
FORCING IT TO PASS NOT ONLY A
CLOSING OF THE LOOPHOLES
LEGISLATION IN THE CITY IN NEW
YORK CITY BUT ALSO ENABLING A
HOST OF TENANTS RIGHTS TO BE
PASSED IN THE STATE IN NEW YORK
STATE TO PASS RENT CONTROL.
WE HAVE SEEN WHEN RENT CONTROL
DOES NOT HAVE LOOPHOLES IT
PROVIDED A LIFELINE TO MANY
PEOPLE.
IN FACT A MET A CONSTITUENT
THAT SAID HER SON AND HIS WIFE
USED TO LIVE IN THE BAY AREA.
THEY LIVE IN A RENT CONTROL
HOME PARTICULARLY WHEN THEY ARE
A YOUNG FAMILY AND NEED RENT
CONTROL AND RENT CONTROL
ENABLED THEM TO ACTUALLY SAVE
UP EVEN ON THEIR MIDDLE CLASS
SALARIES AND THEY ARE ABLE TO
COME HERE AND BUY A HOUSE HERE
N. REALITY, HOMEOWNERS AND
RENTERS HAVE A JOINT INCENTIVE
TO FIGHT FOR AND CONTROL
TOGETHER AND I REALLY URGE
EVERYBODY WHO IS WATCHING THIS
TO JOIN US AT THE RENT CONTROL
RALLY ON JULY 20th.
AT 6:00 P.M.
AT THE ALL PILGRIMS CHRISTIAN
CHURCH ON BROADWAY.
I WILL NOW THAPBD NOW HAND IT
OVER TO O'BRIEN.
I ALSO WANTED TO SAY ALL OF THE
THREE DAYS OF PRIDE WE
COLLECTED 7500 SIGNATURES, A
HUGE AMOUNT GIVEN ALL OF THE
NEGATIVE METHOLOGY ABOUT RENT
CONTROL.
I URGE EVERYONE WHO HAS NOT
JOINED THE STRUGGLE YET TO JOIN
IT WITH US.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
>>> COLLEAGUES THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.
I APPRECIATE THE KIND WORDS
THAT YOU SHARED WITH ME
PERSONALLY.
YOU KNOW BETTER THAN ANYONE
ELSE THAT THE WORK I DO IS A
FRACTION OF THE ACTUAL WORK
THAT IS DONE.
I GET A LOT OF CREDIT FOR THAT.
WE BOUNCE AROUND FROM TOPIC AND
TOPIC AND THE STAFF BEHIND US
THAT SUPPORT US MAKE IT
POSSIBLE.
I WANT TO THANK THOSE FOLKS.
LAURA AND MATT WHO HAVE BEEN
DEDICATED A LOT OF YOUR UNPAID
TIME TO MAKE IT WORK.
THANK YOU.
YOU ARE ADVOCATES AND YOUR
VOICE MATTERS BUT YOU HAVE BEEN
GOOD AT HELPING ME CONNECT WITH
COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND
UNDERSTAND THE NEED IN THE
COMMUNITY.
I AM GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
ALI THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS OF
WORK ON THIS.
NOT JUST IN THE TYPICAL ROLE AS
A CENTRAL STAFF MEMBER BUT
SPENDING MULTIPLE HOURS ON THE
STAND DURING THE HEARING
EXAMINER, EXAMINATION AND ALL
SORTS OF OTHER ROLES, AMAZING
RESOURCE FOR THE CITY AND ON
THIS LEGISLATION.
I AM GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
I WANT TO THANK NICK AND THE
MAYORS YOU WORK FOR.
YOUR WORK HAS BEEN AMAZING AND
I AM GREAT.
TO THIS MAYOR AND PAST MAYORS
WHO HAVE ALLOWED THE CITY
COUNCIL TO HAVE ACCESS TO YOUR
EXPERTISE AND THE TEAM'S
EXPERTISE.
GOING BACK TO THE VERY FIRST
KIND OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS WHEN
I FIRST MET YOU DURING THIS
OVER THREE YEARS AGO.
A THOUGHTFUL APPROACH HAS BEEN
HELPFUL TO GUIDING THE POLICY
ALONG THE WAY AND I APPLAUD
YOUR WORK FOR THAT.
WE CAN ALL APPLAUD NICK.
AND, AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED THIS
PROCESS HAS TAKEN SOME TIME.
BOTH THE LONG PROCESS DURING
WHICH BABIES HAVE BEEN BORN
INCLUDING A BABY THAT IS IN THE
BACK TODAY.
SO I WANT TO THANK MY STAFF
MEMBER SUZIE WHO HAS BEEN
WORKING ON THIS TIRELESSLY FOR
YEARS.
SHE IS CURRENTLY ON PARENTAL
LEAVE.
BUT HER BABY IS AT THE FIRST
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TODAY.
AND THEN IN THE NEAR TERM WE
TAKEN ENOUGH TIME TODAY
COLLEAGUES TO PUT HIM ASLEEP.
SO, THAT IS ALSO ONE OF OUR
STRENGTHS UP HERE.
[ LAUGHTER ] >> WAY
TO GO.
SUZIE THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK
ON THAT.
[ LAUGHTER ] >> AND
SUZIE'S ABSENCE AND ALICIA HAS
FILLED IN AND I THINK SHE LEFT
FOR THE MEETING I WAS SUPPOSED
TO GO.
OH, YOU ARE BACK.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, I
APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP ON
THIS.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY,
COLLEAGUES SO, MANY AMAZING
FOLKS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY
THAT WORKED ON THIS.
DEPARTMENTS ELSEWHERE.
BUT, IT IS A TEAM EFFORT HERE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS VOTE.
WE WILL SEE HOW IT GOES.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL AS AMENDED.
>> BAGSHAW.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> HERBOLD?
, JUAREZ, OBRIEN.
>> 8 IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSE.
THE BILL PASSES, THE CHAIR WILL
SIGN IT.
>> I KNOW I OVER LOOKED A FEW
FOLKS BUT I AM LOOKING AT
SHERRY I APOLOGIZE I DID NOT
MENTION YOU.
AN AMAZING POINT PERSON.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT.
>> THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
PLEASE READ THE REPORT OF THE
CIVIL RIGHTS, UTILITIES AND
ARTS COMMITTEE.
>> THE REPORT OF UTILITIES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ITEM 4,
1336, LBGTQ COMMISSION, THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
APPOINTMENT BE CONFIRMED.
>> LBGTQ COMMISSIONER FOR A
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME BUT THEY
ONLY ARE MORE PASSIONATE ABOUT
BUILDING BRIDGES BETWEEN THE
LBGTQ COMMUNITY AND THE
GOVERNMENT AND ASSURING THE
VOICES OF THE MOST MARGINALIZED
BUT INCREASED.
BYRON EXPERIENCED WORKING AS A
PROGRAM MANAGER FOR PATHWAYS IN
TRAINING AT YOUTH CARE AND
EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO WORK
WITH THE COMMISSION TO ENSURE
THAT MEETINGS ARE ACCESSIBLE
AND ACCOUNTABLE TO THE
COMMUNITY.
THE LBGTQ COMMISSION IS TASKED
WITH PRESENT.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
THOSE IN FAVOR OF CONFIRMING
THE APPOINTMENT VOTE.
THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NO.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED.
PLEASE READ THE REPORT OF THE
FINANCE AND NEIGHBORHOODS
COMMITTEE.
>> THE REPORT OF THE FINANCE
COMMITTEE, IDENTIFY 11952 TO
THE YESSLER COMMITMENT, THE
BOARD RECOMMENDS THE BILL PASS.
>> I KNOW ALL OF US HAVE BEEN
HERE FOR TWO HOURS AND 22
MINUTES.
I AM GOING TO TRY TO SHORTEN
THIS IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS LET
ME KNOW.
MANY OF YOU ARE WELL AWARE I
HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING THIS FOR
YEARS.
WE GOT 900,000 PLUS IN THE
BUDGET LAST YEAR.
SO WHAT WE ARE DOING IS LIFTING
A PROVISO.
THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IS
FABULOUS.
WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH OUR KING
COUNTY FRIENDS, THE JUDGES AND
THE FACILITIES FOLKS ACROSS THE
STREET AT DESC AND PIONEER
SQUARE ALLIANCE DOWN THE
STREET.
PEOPLE COME TOGETHER.
THE MONEY HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED,
WE WILL BE ACTIVATING THAT
PARK, ADDING MORE TABLES AND
CHAIRS AT KIOSK, BETTER
LIGHTING, CLEANUP, CONTINUING
IT AND I RECOMMEND WE PROCEED
WITH THIS AND LIFT IT.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> BAGSHAW, GONZALEZ, HERBOLD,
-- DID YOU GET CONFUSEDDED?
>> I WAS JUMPING THE GUN HERE.
JUAREZ, MOSQUEDA, OBRIEN,
PACHECO, PRESIDENT, 7 IN FAVOR,
NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES, THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT.
>>> PLEASE READ THE REPORT.
>> HISTORIC PRESERVATION ON THE
DUNN WAREHOUSE, THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS THE BILL PAST.
>> THIS IS LANDMARK LEGISLATION
THAT UNANIMOUSLY PASSED OUT OF
THE COMMITTEE.
THE WAREHOUSE COMMONLY KNOWN AS
THE OLD SPAGHETTI FACTORY WILL
HAVE CONTROLS ON THE OUTSIDE,
EXTERIOR, THEY ACTUALLY DONE A
FANTASTIC JOB OF CLEANING UP
THE BRICKS AND RESTORED THE OLD
WINDOWS.
SO, THEY ARE COMPLYING, THEY
WANT TO DO THIS WORK AND THE
EXPOSED INTERIOR STRUCTURE AS
WELL OF THE OLD -- VERY OLD
BEAMS THAT THEY ARE RESTORING
TO LOOK LIKE THEY DID WHEN THEY
WERE NEW.
IS
-- IT IS REALLY IMPRESSIVE OF
THE THE NEW WATERFRONT AND WE
RECOMMEND IT BE ACCEPTED.
>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> BAGSHAW, GONZALEZ, HERBOLD,
JUAREZ, MOSQUEDA, OBRIEN,
PACHECO, PRESIDENT SAWAN
TPHAORBGS -- THE BILL PASSES
AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
>>> THE REPORT OF THE GENDER
EQUITY SAFE COMMUNITIES
EDUCATION COMMITTEE RELATING TO
A COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICE
PROGRAM AMENDING ORDINANCE 125,
ADOPTED IN THE BUDGET.
>> GONZALEZ?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
SAWANT.
AS I MENTIONED DURING COUNCIL
BRIEFING WOULD LIFT A 2019
BUDGET TO ALLOW THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ADVANCE
ITS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICER
PROGRAM.
REALLY QUICKLY BY WAY OF
BACKGROUND THIS PROGRAM AND
THIS UNIT WILL BE STAFFED BY
NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS
TRAINED AND WORK BETWEEN THE
COMMUNITY AND THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS WILL
NOT CARRY WEAPONS NOR ENFORCE
CRIMINAL LAWS.
INSTEAD, THEY WILL SERVE TO
BRIDGE THE SERVICE GAP ON
NONCRIMINAL CALLS FOR SERVICE
AND PERFORM A VARIETY OF PUBLIC
SAFETY-RELATED WORK.
THEREFORE, FROING UP SWARPB
POLICE OFFICERS TO FOCUS
CRITICAL MATTERS.
THEY WILL RECEIVE TRAINING AND
POLICE OPERATION, SOCIAL WORK.
CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND
MEDIATION.
CRISIS INTERVENTION, RACISM,
AND CULTURA COMPETENCY USING
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CHANNELS.
AND INCREASE COLLABORATION
BETWEEN THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY
FOR THE PURPOSE OF LEVERAGING
COMMUNITY STRENGTHS AND
IDENTIFYING ALTERNATIVE
STRATEGIES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT
AND SOCIAL ISSUES.
THE COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS
WILL WORK ASSIGNED AREAS OF THE
CITY ON FOOT AND IN MARKED
COMMUNITY SERVICE VEHICLES,
RESPONDING TO RADIO DISPATCHED
SERVICES LARGELY AT THE WORK OF
PATROL OFFICERS.
THEY PLAN TO DEPLOY 10
COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS AND
2 SUPERVISORS ACROSS TWO SHIFTS
UP TO 6 DAYS A WEEK, MONDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY EXCLUDING
SUNDAY'S AND HOLIDAYS.
IT IS SUBSTKWROEBGT CHANGE --
IT IS SUBJECT TO APPROVAL.
I WILL BRING THE OFFICER
PROGRAM, I DISTRIBUTED IT FOR
YOU ALL TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
BUT I THINK WITH ALL OF THE
INFORMATION WE ARE READY TO
LIFT IT AND THE COMMITTEE REC
RECOMMEND THAT DO SO.
>> AND OTHER COMMENTS?
>> NO, JUST THANK YOU.
>> REAL QUICKLY I TRULY BELIEVE
THAT BRINGING BACK THE
COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICE
PROGRAM WILL BE VALUABLE
ADDITION TO SEATTLE IN THE
SOUTHWEST PRECINCT A TOP
COMMUNITY CONCERN IS THE NUMBER
OF POLICE OFFICERS ARE NOT SUCH
TO MEET THE STAFFING NEEDS TO
ADQUITLY ADDRESS PUBLIC SAFETY.
I AM A PROUD COSPONSOR TO BRING
THEM BACK BUT RECOGNIZE THAT
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN TOOK THE
LEAD IN PROPOSING IT AND MANY
THANKS TO COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ TO GET USES TO THIS
POINT.
UNSWORN OFFICERS CAN PRIORITIZE
NONEMERGENCY COMMUNITY SERVICES
ASSOCIATED WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT
AND AS WE HAVE HEARD IT FREES
UP POLICE OFFICERS TO BETTER
RESPOND TO 911 CALLS AND NEEDS
OF PRO ACTIVE POLICING.
GIVEN OUR CHALLENGE IN THIS
CITY AS WELL AS OTHER LARGE
CITIES IN HIRING NEW OFFICERS,
BRINGING BACK THE PROGRAM IS A
IMPORTANT STEP.
ALSO, SHOUT OUT FOR ASSISTANT
CHIEF DIAZ ON THIS WORK AS
WELL.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
>> YES.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
LEADERSHIP ON THIS.
I APOLOGIZED FOR NOT BEING AT
THE COMMITTEE MEETING LAST
WEEK.
AS IT WAS MENTIONED IT HAS BEEN
OVER 1 1/2 YEARS SINCE WE
BROUGHT THE BUDGET TO THIS.
AND IT IS DISAPPOINTING.
MOVING FORWARD, I APPRECIATE
YOUR LEADERSHIP AND HOW IT
MOVES FORWARD.
GRATEFUL FOR THAT?
>> TAKE ROLL, BAGSHAW,
GONZALEZ, HERBOLD, JUAREZ,
MOSQUEDA, OBRIEN, PACHECO,
PRESIDENT SAWANT.
7 VOTES, THE BILL WILL PASS.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK TO BE
EXCUSED NEXT MONDAY FOR THE
PURPOSES OF GOING TO
WASHINGTON, D.C. TO MEET WITH
FOLKS FROM THE NATIONAL LEAGUE
OF CITIES ON THEIR HOUSING TASK
FORCE REVEALING OF THE REPORT.
IT WILL BE A SHORT TRIP BUT I
WILL HAVE TO MISS NEXT MONDAY
IF I CAN BE EXCUSED MOVED AND
SECONDED, NONE OPPOSED.
THAT PASSES.
ANY OTHER MOTIONS?
SEEING NONE, THE MEETING IS
ADJOURNED.
>> WELL DONE