>> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE AND
WELCOME TO THE REGULARLY
SCHEDULED FEBRUARY 6, 2019
MEETING OF THE SEATTLE PLANNING
LAND USE AND ZONING COMMITTEE.
MY NAME IS ROB JOHNSON THE
CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE.
IT IS 9:31 THIS COLD WEDNESDAY
MORNING.
WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA
TODAY SO WE SHOULD HAVE A VERY
BRIEF MEETING TODAY.
THEY ARE BOTH DESIGN GUIDELINES
RELATED. ONE IS COUNCIL BILL
119362 RELATED TO THE DISTRICT
DESIGN GUIDELINES AND THE
OTHERS COUNCIL BILL 119439
RELATED TO THE UPTOWN
NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGN GUIDELINES.
BOTH OF THOSE ISSUES ARE PUBLIC
HEARING AND DISCUSSION, WITH A
POSSIBLE VOTE TODAY.
WE HEARD ABOUT BOTH AT OUR
MEETING IN DECEMBER.
THEY ARE BACK WITH US AFTER
SEVERAL YEARS OF PUBLIC PROCESS.
WE START OUR MEETING AS WE
ALWAYS DO WITH PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
STEVE RUBISELLO, YOUR MINUTE
BEGINS NOW.
>> HERE WE GO AGAIN.
NEVER BEEN ASKED FOR SO MANY TO
GIVE TO SO FEW AND GOTTEN SO
LITTLE.
THE NUMBERS DON'T REALLY ADD UP
ON THE BONUSES AND ADDITIONS
THAT WE HAVE.
THE CITY CONTINUES TO GO
FURTHER AND FURTHER BEHIND ON
AFFORDABLE UNITS.
WE DESTROY AT SUCH A HEAVY
PACE, THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT
ARE AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE
NOT MAKING $80,000, $100,000 A
YEAR.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR GOAL IS TO
BECOME BROADMOOR WITHOUT THE
WALL.
AT THIS POINT, SEATTLE IS ON
TRACK TO RAISE THE COST OF
LIVING TO POINTS WHERE YOU ARE
GOING TO SEE FEWER AND FEWER
PEOPLE DO THE WORK.
I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR THE TRAINS
CAN GO AND I DON'T KNOW IF AT
THE END OF THE TRAIN YOU'RE
GOING TO FIND A LOT OF THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING BECAUSE NEW
HOUSING IS ALWAYS FAR MORE
EXPENSIVE THAN EXISTING HOUSING.
WE NEVER TALK MUCH ABOUT HOW
BADLY OVER ZONED IS SEATTLE TO
BEGIN WITH?
COULD WE COULD MULTIPLES OF THE
POPULATION IN WITHOUT RAISING
OUR ZONING?
WE HAVE A VERY STRONG PUSH THAT
EVEN DURING THIS SNOWY WEATHER,
THE ONE THING THAT DIDN'T SLOW
DOWN FOR THE VIADUCT, DIDN'T
SLOW DOWN FOR ANYTHING, IS LAND-
USE.
EVERYTHING ELSE MOVES AT A
SLOWER PACE.
IT'S LIKE THIS WAS BOUGHT AND
PAID FOR.
IT'S LIKE THIS JUST HAS TO
HAPPEN.
THIS IS THE EMERGENCY.
AND LORD KNOWS IF YOU DECLARE
AN EMERGENCY, MAYBE WE CAN STOP
IT.
WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY BUT YET
THE NUMBERS OF HOMELESSNESS
CONTINUE TO GROW.
>> THANK YOU, MISTER RUBISELLO.
WE WILL HEAR FROM MISTER
RUBISELLO TWICE LATER THIS
MORNING AND I WOULD ADD A FOUR
YEAR PROCESS TO GET US TO THIS
POINT I THINK FEW WOULD CALL
QUICK.
THE FIRST ITEM IS COUNCIL BILL
119362.
I WOULD INVITE THE PRESENTERS
TO COME IN WHILE NOAH READS THE
ABBREVIATED ITEM INTO THE
RECORD.
>> COUNCIL BILL 119362 AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO LAND USE
AND ZONING AMENDING SECTION
23.4 1.010 OF THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL COURT TO APPROVE THE
2018 DISTRICT NEIGHBORHOOD
DESIGN GUIDELINES.
>> WHILE NOAH SCOOTS OVER AND
HELPS US WITH THE PRESENTATION,
WHY DON'T WE DO SOME BRIEF
INTRODUCTION?
>> JANET SCHALL OFFICE OF
PLANNING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT.
>> JANET, WE HAD THIS
DISCUSSION IN THE PAST BUT I
THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO
DO A BRIEF REFRESHER IF YOU
DON'T MIND GOING THROUGH A FEW
SLIDES.
>> THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING,
DISCUSS POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS.
>> WE WILL GO AHEAD AND DO A
RECAP MUCH ABBREVIATED FROM THE
PREVIOUS MEETING.
LET'S SEE.
MY DRIVING?
GOT IT.
>> THAT SHOULD DO IT.
LEGEND THAT WORK FOR ME?
ANYWAY, WHY ARE WE UPDATING THE
UNIVERSITY DISTRICT DESIGN
GUIDELINES?
PRIORITIES EXPRESSED UNTIL THE
UDF OR THE URBAN DESIGN FROM
WORK PLAN AS ADOPTED IN 2013.
A LOT OF CHANGING CHARACTERS
OVER THE YEARS SINCE WHEN THE
CURRENT VERSION OF THE
GUIDELINES WERE PUT IN PLACE IN
THE YEAR 2000, IT'S BEEN ALMOST
20 YEARS SINCE THOSE ORIGINAL
GUIDELINES WERE DEVELOPED.
SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC INVESTMENTS,
MOST NOTABLY THE NEW LIGHT RAIL
STATION COMING ONLINE AT
BROOKLYN AVENUE.
AND THEN AS RELATED TO THAT,
THE ZONING CHANGES THAT WERE
ADOPTED IN 2017 ALLOWING THE
HEIGHT AND DENSITY IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> IT'S THE COLD WEATHER.
I THINK THAT'S AFFECTING
EVERYONE'S TECHNOLOGY.
>> JUST A RECAP ON COMMUNITY
INVOLVEMENT.
THERE IS PRETTY EXTENSIVE
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
THIS SLIDE REPRESENTS WHAT WAS
DONE RELATED TO THE GUIDELINES
AND SOLVES PREVIOUS TO THIS
LEVEL OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
THERE WERE A NUMBER OF YEARS OF
STRONG COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
DESIGNING THE URBAN DESIGN FROM
WORK PLAN, AND PUT ON THE
ZONING CODE AMENDMENTS, ETC.
THIS WORK REALLY GREW OUT OF
THAT.
WE HAD THREE WORKSHOPS WITH A
LOT OF DEDICATED PEOPLE.
THE COMMUNITY, OPEN HOUSE
EVENTS, AND A SMATTERING OF
OUTREACH EVENTS, OFFICE HOURS,
ETC., COFFEE SHOP MEET UPS.
A LOT OF REALLY GREAT INPUT
FROM THE COMMUNITY ON THESE
DRAFT GUIDELINES.
JUST BRIEFLY, THE THREE MAJOR
GUIDELINES, THE FIRST IS
CONTEXT INSIGHT.
THIS IS ONE WHERE COMMUNITY
MEMBERS ARE REALLY INTERESTED
AND INVOLVED.
WE WORKED WITH THEM TO
DESIGNATE THESE CHARACTER AREAS
REFERENCED ON THE MAP, ON THE
LEFT.
I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THERE WAS
COMMENT AT THE LAST MEETING,
WHERE WE PRESENTED WITH YOU AN
INTRODUCTION OF A REQUEST TO
RENAME THE UNIVERSITY PARK
CHARACTER AREA TO INDICATE IT
AS SOUTH.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN
INCORPORATED BEFORE YOU THIS
MORNING.
I WOULD CALL THAT A FRIENDLY
AMENDMENT.
WITH REGARD TO THE PUBLIC LIFE
ELEMENT OF THE GUIDELINES,
THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION
ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF SHARED
ALLEYS WITH EMERGING ALLIE
ACTIVATION GOING ON AND A REAL
DESIRE TO SEE THAT CONTINUE
WITH NEW DEVELOPMENT, AND
RELATED TO THAT, THE
REQUIREMENTS WITHIN THE ZONING
CODE FOR MIDBLOCK CONNECTIONS
IN CERTAIN CASES.
THERE IS A LOT OF ATTENTION IN
UPDATED GUIDELINES TO THE
CHARACTER OF THOSE MIDBLOCK
CONNECTIONS COULD ACTUALLY BE
IF THEY ARE IMPLEMENTED WITH
NEW DEVELOPMENT.
FINALLY, IN THE DESIGN CONCEPT
OF THE CODES, THE MOST NOTABLE
CHANGE IS THE ADDITION OF THE
TALL BUILDING DESIGN
GUIDELINES.
THESE WERE FIRST ADOPTED IN
SOUTH LAKE UNION, SO THEY ARE
THE SAME SET OF GUIDELINES.
THEY WERE DEEMED VERY IMPORTANT
TO THE U-DISTRICT, AS WELL WITH
CHANGES IN ZONING.
THAT IS REALLY JUST THE
OVERVIEW OF THE CONTENT.
>> WELCOME COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD.
BEFORE WE OPEN UP THE PUBLIC
HEARING, THERE HAVE BEEN ONE OR
TWO TALLER THAN USUAL BUILDINGS
THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THE
DESIGN REVIEW PROCESS BEFORE
THESE DESIGN GUIDELINES WERE
UPDATED.
HOW HAVE THOSE BUILDINGS BEEN
RECEIVED BY THE PROCESS?
ARE WE USING OTHER DESIGN
GUIDELINES AS A TEMPLATE FOR
THOSE BUILDINGS THAT HAVE COME
INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR ARE WE
USING SOME COMBINATION OF THE
TWO?
>> I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
TALK TO SOME OF THE STAFF OF
DEPARTMENT AND CONSTRUCTION.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE
DEVELOPERS WERE ENCOURAGED TO
LOOK AT THE PROPOSED UPDATED
GUIDELINES BUT SINCE THEY ARE
NOT FORMALLY ADOPTED, THERE WAS
NO REQUIREMENT TO ADHERE TO
THOSE.
THEY HAVE BEEN UTILIZED BUT MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THERE WAS A
BIT OF PUSHBACK AND SOME OF THE
MOST CRITICAL THINGS ARE THE
TREATMENT OF THE BUILDINGS IN
THE 1st STORY OR TWO WHERE THE
BUILDINGS MEET THE STREET SO
THERE IS A LOT OF INTEREST IN
GETTING THESE ADOPTED SO THEY
WILL BE STRONGER, MORE ABILITY
FOR THE DESIGN REVIEW
COMMITTEES TO POINT TO THEM AND
SAY YES, THESE MUST BE
FOLLOWED.
I THINK IT'S THAT GROUND-LEVEL
ACTIVATION CHARACTERIZATION OF
OPEN SPACE, ETC.
THAT ARE THE POINTS AND TO
ANSWER THE OTHER PART OF YOUR
QUESTION, WHAT HAS BEEN
UTILIZED ARE THE EXISTING
GUIDELINES AND THE CITYWIDE
GUIDELINES.
>> I THINK IT'S REALLY HELPFUL
TO HAVE YOU ARTICULATE THAT.
IT'S WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM
COMMUNITY MEMBERS, SO AS MORE
AND MORE BUILDINGS GO THROUGH
THE PERMITTING PROCESS IN THE
UNIVERSITY DISTRICT, I THINK
GETTING THIS THROUGH WILL ALLOW
OUR EXCELLENT VOLUNTEERS AS
PART OF THE DESIGN REVIEW
BOARDS, ASK DEVELOPERS TO BE
MORE COMPLIANT WITH THE DESIGN
GUIDELINES THAT HAVE BEEN
DEVELOPED AS OPPOSED TO WHAT'S
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW WHICH IS A
LITTLE MORE VOLUNTARY.
THIS WILL BE MORE HEAVILY
REQUIRED SO I AM EXCITED ABOUT
THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD?
WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO
TESTIFY TODAY.
THE FIRST PERSON IS STEPHEN
ANTIPUT AND THE SECOND IS
STEVE RUBISELLO.
MISTER ANTIPUT.
>> STEPHEN ANTIPUT.
I AM THE CHAIR OF THE U-
DISTRICT PARTNERSHIP LIVABILITY
COMMITTEE AND SORT OF AT THIS
POINT, LOOKING BACK AT THE
CALENDAR, 20 YEARS SINCE THE
NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AND THE URBAN
DESIGN FRAMEWORK, THE STATION
AREA PLANNING, IT'S REALLY
GREAT TO HAVE THIS TOOL READY
TO GO AND AS I MENTIONED WHEN
THIS WAS PRESENTED LAST
MEETING, IT HAS BEEN REALLY
USEFUL TO HAVE THESE GUIDELINES
IN DRAFT FORM AT THE DESIGN
REVIEW BOARD BOTH FOR PROJECT
APPLICANTS, THOSE OF US WHO
MAKE COMMENT THERE TO SAY
THERE'S DRAFTS AND THEN TAKE
THAT UNDER ADVISEMENT, BUT ALSO
FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE
TAKING AN INTEREST IN PROJECTS
AS THEY COME FORWARD WITH A
VOCABULARY THAT IS NOW RELEVANT
TO THE KINDS OF PROJECTS THAT
ARE HAPPENING IN THE U-DISTRICT.
I WOULD SUPPORT THIS MOVING
FORWARD.
I'M ASSUMING YOU HAVE A QUORUM.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE THIS
FINALLY ON THE BOOKS.
THE ONLY OTHER THING I'LL SAY
IS THANKS TO JANET AND HER
PREDECESSORS WHO WORKED WITH US.
WE DID A LOT OF WORK TO ENGAGE
FOLKS OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD
OF TIME TO GET THIS DONE AND IT
WAS ALWAYS HELPFUL TO HAVE CITY
STAFF WILLING TO ENGAGE WITH US
AS WE CALL, EMAIL, AND SAY COME
HANG OUT, TELL US WHAT THE.
WHAT IF WE DO THIS.
IT'S BEEN GREAT TO HAVE STAFF
AS PARTNERS IN THAT PROCESS.
I'LL JUST SAY THANK YOU AND
VOTE YES.
>> THANK YOU.
MISTER RUBISELLO.
>> IN SPITE OF YOUR LONG AND
ARDUOUS PROCESS THERE HAS BEEN
VERY LITTLE LISTENING THAT'S
GONE ON.
AND VERY LITTLE WHAT I CONSIDER
REAL PLANNING.
WHAT HAPPENED ON THE TREE
ORDINANCE?
WE ARE A VERY GREEN CITY EXCEPT
WHEN IT COMES TO LARGE TREES IN
THE WAY OF DEVELOPMENT.
WHEN ARE WE GOING TO TAKE A
LOOK AT THE GHETTOIZATION OF
THE CITY, WHAT YOU ARE DOING
RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WITH THE LOW
PAYMENT FOR THE HIGH BUILDING,
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE A VERY
EVEN DISTRIBUTION OF INCOMES IN
THE CITY.
WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
NOT MAKING THE LARGER INCOMES
GOING TO GO?
NEW BUILDINGS ARE NOT CHEAPER
THAN EXISTING BUILDINGS.
UNLESS IT'S SUBSIDIZED HOUSING.
HOW MUCH SUBSIDY ARE YOU
PREPARED, WHAT IS IT GOING TO
BE?
PLANNING COMES BEFORE THE LAND-
USE IN THIS COMMITTEE.
I DON'T SEE THE PLANNING DONE
FIRST.
YOU SHOULD BE SAVING THE TREES
BEFORE YOU START THE BUILDING
BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL
ORDINANCE TO SAVE THE TREES BUT
YOU'VE ALREADY BUILT THE
BUILDINGS AND DESTROYED THEM,
IT'S KIND OF WORTHLESS.
ROB, AGAIN, HOW MANY TIMES THE
POPULATION CAN WE PUT IN THE
CITY WITHOUT CHANGING OUR
ORDINANCES?
WE CAN DO MANY MORE PEOPLE.
THIS IS DONE I BELIEVE AND IT'S
DONE WITH A LOT OF HELP FROM
THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.
THIS IS TRUMPISM AT ITS FINEST.
WHAT ELSE IS NOT THE CENTER OF
TRUMP THAN MAKING RICH
DEVELOPERS EVEN RICHER?
WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THE
CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF
SEATTLE, WHAT KIND OF CITY DO
WE WANT, STARTING FROM THE
BOTTOM UP INSTEAD OF SAYING WE
ARE GOING TO BUILD ALL THESE
LARGE BUILDINGS AND THEN
SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE PAY
HIGH PRICES FOR THE LAND FOR
THE OTHER FOLKS TO LIVE.
>> THANK YOU, MISTER RUBISELLO.
I KNOW YOU HAVE SIGNED UP TO
TESTIFY AT THE NEXT PUBLIC
HEARING, AS WELL.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO PLEASE
KEEP YOUR COMMENTS RELATED TO
THE ITEM AT HAND WHICH IS THE
DESIGN GUIDELINES THAT ARE IN
FRONT OF US.
AS WE MOVE INTO UPTOWN AND YOU
PREPARE YOUR TESTIMONY THERE, I
WOULD ASK YOU TO PLEASE STAY
FOCUSED ON THE PUBLIC HEARING,
WHICH IS ABOUT DESIGN
GUIDELINES, NOT ABOUT THE WORK
OF THE COMMITTEE WRIT LARGE
WHICH WE HAVE ALREADY HEARD
FROM YOU TODAY.
THAT CONCLUDES THE PEOPLE WHO
HAVE SIGNED UP.
WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO GIVE
TESTIMONY ON THE U-DISTRICT
GUIDELINES BEFORE WE MOVE TO
DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS?
SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE THE
PUBLIC HEARING ON COUNCIL BILL
119362.
COLLEAGUES, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE
OF OPPORTUNITIES TO HEAR FROM
THE PUBLIC ABOUT THIS, AND WE
HAVE HAD LIGHT ATTENDANCE AT
BOTH, WHICH I THINK GOES TO SHOW
THERE IS BROAD POLITICAL
SUPPORT FOR THIS.
OUR COUNSEL RULES GENERALLY ASK
US TO NOT MOVE SOMETHING OUT ON
THE SAME DAY WE HAVE A PUBLIC
HEARING BUT IT IS FLEXIBLE, SO
I WONDER IF THERE IS ANY
OBJECTION TO WAIVING THE
COUNSEL RULES TO ALLOW FOR US
TO ROLL THIS BILL OUT ON THE
SAME DAY AS THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I WILL MOVE TO SUSPEND THE
COUNSEL RULES WITHOUT OBJECTION
ON COUNCIL BILL 119362.
>> SECOND.
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE
SAY I. UNOPPOSED.
GREAT.
I WOULD ASK MISS ALY PENNUCCI
TO WALK US THROUGH THE
AMENDMENTS WE HAVE IN FRONT OF
US FOR CONSIDERATION.
>> COUNCIL BILL 119362, AS
SUMMARIZED, THESE ARE THE
REVISED NEIGHBORHOOD GUIDELINES
FOR THE UNIVERSITY DISTRICT
NEIGHBORHOOD.
TOGETHER WITH THE ADOPTED
SEATTLE DESIGN GUIDELINES THAT
APPLY CITYWIDE.
THESE GUIDELINES WILL SERVE AS
THE BASIS FOR DESIGN REVIEW FOR
MULTI FAMILY AND COMMERCIAL
DEVELOPMENT.
COMING OUT OF THE DISCUSSIONS,
THERE ARE THREE AMENDMENTS FOR
YOUR CONSIDERATION.
THE FIRST IS TO THE COUNCIL
BILL ITSELF.
IT IS A TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO
REFLECT ADOPTION OF THE REVISED
GUIDELINES IN 2019.
REFLECTED IN ATTACHMENT A TO
THIS MEMO THAT JUST UPDATES THE
YEAR FROM 2018 TO 2019.
THERE ARE A FEW OTHER AREAS
INCLUDING THE SIGNATURE LINE
AND ATTACHMENT LUST THAT
REFLECTS THE 2018 ADOPTION
YEAR, SO IF THE COUNCILMEMBERS
ARE OPEN TO THIS, IT WOULD BE
HELPFUL TO HAVE AN AMENDMENT
THAT REFLECTS THE CHANGE IN THE
YEAR TO 2019 THROUGHOUT THE
ORDINANCE AND NOT JUST THE
SINGLE PLACE THAT IS REFLECTED
IN ATTACHMENT A.
>> QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT?
OKAY.
I WOULD MOVE APPROVAL OF
AMENDMENT 1 AS OUTLINED BY MS.
SPINICCHIA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY
AYE.
AMENDMENT 2.
>> AMENDMENT 2 AND 3 ARMAMENTS
TO ATTACHMENT 1, WHICH IS THE
GUIDELINES THEMSELVES.
AMENDMENT 2 WHAT AMENDMENT THE
NAME OF THE UNIVERSITY PARK
CHARACTER AREA TO UNIVERSITY
PARK SOUTH.
THIS WAS BASED ON PUBLIC COMMENT
WHERE THERE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD
WITH THE UNIVERSITY PARK NAME
THAT IS INCLUDING THE SINGLE-
FAMILY AREA TO THE NORTH OF THE
AREA WHERE THE GUIDELINES
APPLY.
TO MAKE IT CLEAR THE CHARACTER
AREA IS DISTINCT FROM THE
NEIGHBORHOOD, THE REQUEST WAS
TO ADD THE WORD SOUTH
THROUGHOUT THE GUIDELINES.
>> ONE OF THE ISSUES WE HEARD
WHEN WE GOT TOGETHER IN
DECEMBER.
AN ISSUE THAT SEEMS LIKE A VERY
SIMPLE THING AND AS JANET
MENTIONED, HAS COME UP FROM
SEVERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS.
A PRETTY SIMPLE MAP ADJUSTMENT.
IF THERE IS NO FURTHER
DISCUSSION I WOULD MOVE
ADOPTION OF NUMBER 2. ALL THOSE
IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE.
UNOPPOSED.
AMENDMENT 2 IS ADOPTED.
MS. SPINICCHIA, AMENDMENT 3.
>> AMENDMENT 2@WHICH TO THE
GUIDELINES TO MAKE IT CLEAR
WHERE THE DESIGN REVIEW PROCESS
GUIDES DEVELOPMENTS IN RIGHT-OF-
WAY VERSUS SDOT.
IT PROVIDES GUIDANCE AND
DIRECTION FOR THE PLACES WHERE
PRIVATE DEPARTMENTS BILLS INTO
THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, BUT
ULTIMATELY SDOT REGULATIONS AND
GUIDANCE WOULD APPLY IF THERE
IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
GUIDANCE PROVIDED, AS WELL AS
CORRECTING REFERENCES TO THE
SEATTLE DESIGN GUIDELINES AND
NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGN GUIDELINES.
THOSE CHANGES ARE AFFECTED IN
ATTACHMENT B.
>> I DIDN'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU DID.
I AM SEEING NONE.
I WOULD MOVE ADOPTION OF
AMENDMENT 3.
>> SECOND.
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE
SAY AYE.
NOT OPPOSE COMMON MYTH 3 IS
ADOPTED.
I WOULD THEN THEREFORE UNLESS
THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE MISS
PENNUCCI MOVE TO ADOPT 119329
AS AMENDED.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY
AYE.
UNOPPOSED.
THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES.
THIS WILL BE IN FRONT OF US
FEBRUARY 11.
THANK YOU, JENNIFER FOR YOUR
GOOD WORK AND X TO COMMUNITY
MEMBERS FOR I THINK FOUR YEARS
WORTH OF DISCUSSION ON THIS
GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO WHEN
WE FIRST STARTED WITH THE
UNIVERSITY DISTRICT PHONING
PROPOSED CHANGES IN 2014-2015,
SO IT MIGHT BE MORE LIKE FIVE
YEARS OF THIS.
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE THIS
ONE ACROSS THE FINISH LINE, AS
I AM SURE OPCD IS, AS WELL.
>> YES, WE ARE.
THANK YOU.
>> NOAH, WOULD YOU READ AGENDA
ITEM NUMBER 2, AND I WOULD LIKE
TO INVITE PATRICE.
>> COUNCIL BILL 119439 AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO LAND USE
AND ZONING, AMENDING SECTION
23.4 1.010 OF THE SEATTLE MEDIA
CIVIL CODE TO APPROVE THE 2019
UPTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGN
GUIDELINES.
>> LET'S START WITH
INTRODUCTIONS AGAIN.
>> ALY PENNUCCI.
>> PATRICE CARROLL OFFICE OF
PLANNING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT.
>> PATRICE, IF YOU WOULD GIVE US
DESIGN GUIDELINE UPDATES BEFORE
WE OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC.
>> SURE.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR
SEVERAL YEARS IN THE UPTOWN
COMMUNITY.
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF
FOUNDATIONAL WORK THROUGH THE
DEVELOPMENT OF AN URBAN DESIGN
FRAMEWORK, SOME SIGNIFICANT NEW
ZONING INTRODUCED INTO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD, AND SO UPDATING
THE DESIGN GUIDELINES WAS
REALLY THE NEXT STEP THAT WE
WANTED TO TAKE TO IMPLEMENT THE
COMMUNITY VISION THAT CAME OUT
OF THE URBAN DESIGN FRAMEWORK.
THAT WAS A BIG REASON FOR DOING
THIS UPDATE.
ALSO, SINCE THE LAST DESIGN
GUIDELINES WERE DONE IN 2009,
WE HAD CHANGES TO THE CITYWIDE
DESIGN GUIDELINE.
THIS WAS ANOTHER AREA, WHERE WE
COULD LOOK AT THE CITYWIDE
GUIDELINES AND SEE IF THOSE
WERE SUFFICIENT TO EXPRESS WHAT
THE COMMUNITY WANTED.
THERE WAS A LOT OF DUPLICATION
WE WERE ABLE TO ELIMINATE.
SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT
WERE IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY
WAS THE FACT THAT UPTOWN HAS
BEEN DESIGNATED AN ARTS AND
CULTURAL DISTRICT, AND SO THERE
WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT
HOW TO MAKE THAT VISIBLE IN THE
DESIGN GUIDELINES, AND THE
IMPORTANCE OF ARTS AND CULTURE
IN NEW DEVELOPMENT, SO THOSE
ARE A COUPLE OF THE IMPORTANT
REASONS FOR DOING THE DESIGN
GUIDELINES AND OBVIOUSLY, WE
ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON THE NOON
LIGHT RAIL STATION COMING TO
THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AS WELL.
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
IN ADDITION TO THE EXTENSIVE
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT THAT HAD
GONE ON IN YEARS PRIOR, WE
WORKED WITH THE UPTOWN ALLIANCE
LAND USE REVIEW COMMITTEE,
WHICH WAS A FAIRLY NEW
COMMITTEE THAT WAS FORMED TO
SPECIFICALLY FOLLOW THE DESIGN
REVIEW PROGRAM, AND PROVIDE
INPUT TO DEVELOPERS ARE
PROPOSING NEW DEVELOPMENT IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS WAS AN IMPORTANT TOOL THIS
COMMUNITY SAW NOT ONLY FOR THE
DESIGN REVIEW BOARD BUT FOR
THEIR WORK.
WE USE THEM AS AN ADVISORY
COMMITTEE THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
AND THEN THERE WAS ALSO A LOT
OF OTHER WORK BUT WE WORKED
VERY INTENTIONALLY AND VERY
CLOSELY WITH THE UPTOWN REVIEW
COMMITTEE.
IN TERMS OF WHERE SOME OF THE
CHANGES HAPPENED, THERE WERE
THREE SECTIONS WHERE WE MADE OR
WROTE SOME NEW GUIDELINES IN
CONTEXT AND SITE.
I THINK SOME OF THE BIGGEST
CHANGES WERE REALLY, AS I
MENTIONED BEFORE, TO MAKE THE
ARTS DISTRICT VISIBLE AND ALSO
TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THE
INFORMATION FROM THE URBAN
DESIGN FRAMEWORK.
WHERE THE IMPORTANT GATEWAYS,
CORNERS AND HOUSE SITES
ADJACENT TO THE SEATTLE CENTER
WERE EXPRESSED.
IN PUBLIC LIFE, THIS IS THE
DIAGRAM FROM THE URBAN DESIGN
FRAMEWORK THAT WE BROUGHT INTO
THE DESIGN GUIDELINES.
AGAIN, LOOKING AT THOSE EDGES
AROUND THE SEATTLE CENTER,
WHERE THERE WERE SPECIAL
STREETS, SOME ADDITIONAL
GUIDANCE TO PROVIDE EDGES
AROUND LIVE WORK, AND ALSO SOME
GUIDANCE TO ENCOURAGE AND
SUPPORT SMALLER RETAIL SPACES,
WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE
COMMUNITY BECAUSE THAT IS OFTEN
WHERE WE FIND THE LOCAL
BUSINESSES.
WE ADDED SOME LANGUAGE FOR BUS
LAYOVER FACILITIES, WHICH IS
SOMETHING METRO IS CONSIDERING
INCORPORATING IN THE AREA.
IN THE DESIGN CONCEPT, THIS IS
WHERE WE TALK ABOUT THE
SPECIFICS OF THE PARTICULAR
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND
MATERIALS, AND THE BIGGEST
CHANGE HERE WAS THE OLD
GUIDELINES HAD THESE VERY
DISTINCT CHARACTER DISTRICTS,
BUT WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN UPTOWN
IS THERE HAS REALLY BEEN MUCH
MORE OF A MIX.
THERE REALLY WASN'T A PREFERRED
ARCHITECTURAL STYLE.
PEOPLE FELT IT WAS VERY
EXCITING AND VERY DISTINCTIVE
OF UPTOWN THAT YOU SEE
DIFFERENT BUILDINGS, DIFFERENT
ARCHITECTURAL STYLES ON THE
SAME BLOCK, AND VERY MODERN
BUILDINGS WITH VERY HISTORIC
BUILDINGS, AND THAT WAS REALLY
THE CHARACTER THAT THEY WANTED
TO CONTINUE SO THAT WAS KIND OF
A BIG SHIFT.
SO AGAIN, THAT WAS EXPRESSED IN
THE DISCUSSION OF BUILDING
MATERIALS, LIGHTING AND ALSO
VERY IMPORTANT TO INTEGRATE
THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, SO
THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE
HIGHLIGHTS.
>> QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES FOR
PATRICE BEFORE WE OPEN IT UP TO
PUBLIC HEARING?
THANK YOU FOR THE OVERVIEW.
AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER,
DISTRICT UPTOWN HAS BEEN IN
DISCUSSION FOR A VERY LONG
TIME.
IT'S HARD FOR ME TO BELIEVE
IT'S BEEN MORE THAN A YEAR SINCE
THE ZONING CHANGE HAS PASSED
BUT MY HOW TIME FLIES IN THIS
JOB IN PARTICULAR.
WHEN WE OPEN PUBLIC HEARING ON
COUNCIL BILL 119439.
RIGHT NOW, WE ONLY HAVE ONE
INDIVIDUAL SIGNED UP TO GIVE
PUBLIC COMMENT, STEVE
RUBISELLO.
NOW IS YOUR TIME TO TALK ABOUT
DESIGN GUIDELINES.
MISS PERRY INTROS, WE WILL GET
TO YOU AFTER MISTER RUBISELLO.
>> VERY INTERESTING PUBLIC
PROCESSES WE'VE GONE THROUGH.
MOST OF THE M█EETINGS I HAVE
ATTENDED HAVE BEEN SELLING
MEETINGS RATHER THAN MEETINGS
WHERE THERE WAS ACTUALLY AN
YOU'RE OPEN TO LISTEN.
I STILL HAVEN'T HEARD HOW MANY
TIMES THE PABLO POPULATION OF
EXISTENCE AND WE COULD PUT INTO
THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
RATHER THAN THE NEED FOR THIS
IMMEDIATE LARGE UPZONE CHANGE
IN CHARACTER OF MANY, MANY
NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY.
IS THERE ANYTHING IN UPTOWN,
WHICH IS WORTH SAVING?
BECAUSE AS YOU WELL KNOW, WHEN
YOU RAISE THE COST OF THE
GROUND, MANY USES THAT WERE
FORMALLY THERE CANNOT SUSTAIN
THE COST, AND YOU REQUIRE A
GREAT DEAL OF BUILDING IN ORDER
TO MAKE IT WORK WITH HIGHER
DENSITY.
WE A RA BEST USE STATE, AS YOU
SHOULD KNOW.
THE GROUND WILL BE TAXED AS IF
YOU HAD A SKYSCRAPER ON IT, IF
IT'S ALLOWED, EVEN IF YOU'RE
USING IT FOR A PARKING LOT OR
ITS OPEN LAND.
GRANTED, YOU WON'T BE CHARGED
THE PROPERTY TAX FOR THE
SKYSCRAPER UNTIL IT'S BUILT.
BUT THE ECONOMICS MAKE IT VERY
DIFFICULT, AND I THINK IT IS
TIME YOU START LOOKING AT ARE
THERE ANY TREES?
WHAT IS IT REALLY WORTH SAVING
IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD?
IS THERE ANYTHING WORTH SAVING
IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD?
OR ARE WE MARCHING ONTO THE
GRAND AND BEAUTIFUL FIRST YEAR?
THE PEOPLE WHO PROPOSE THESE
LARGE UPZONE'S DON'T EVEN HAVE
TO SHOW UP AT THE MEETINGS
ANYMORE.
THEY JUST TALK TO YOUR STAFF AND
YOU GIVE A COUPLE MINUTES
SOMETIMES TWO PEOPLE WHO MIGHT
DISAGREE.
BUT THE PLAN COMES PRETTY WELL
BAKED BEFORE IT GETS HERE.
CITIZENS DON'T REALLY LIKE THAT.
I THINK YOUR NUMBERS IN
POPULARITY WILL PROBABLY SHOW
T.
>> THANK YOU MISTER RUBISELLO.
THANK YOU.
MESS
BERRIANTES.
>> I'M ASKING THE COUNCIL TO
SUSPEND THE RULES AND FOCUS ONLY
GUIDELINES TODAY.
WE'RE PLEASED THERE IS A LOT OF
NEW DEVELOPMENT IN UPTOWN AND
THE UPTOWN USE REVIEW COMMITTEE
IS REVIEWING THREE TO FOUR
PROJECTS A MONTH FOR THE PAST
PROBABLY EIGHT MONTHS.
AS WE REVIEW ALL THESE
PROJECTS, WE ARE SEEING A REAL
DISCONNECT BETWEEN OUR DESIGN
GUIDELINES, THE UDF, AND THE
GOALS FOR THE UPTOWN FROM THE
COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE, AND THE
OLD DESIGN GUIDELINES.
IT'S BEEN A FAIRLY FRUSTRATING
PROCESS.
FOR MANY REASONS, WHAT WE ARE
FOCUSING ON AS WE REVIEW NEW
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN SUPPORT
TO APPLICANTS, THEY HAVE ALL
BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE TO US.
IT'S REALLY IDENTIFYING THE
ITEMS THAT PATRICE MENTIONED
úTHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR
THE PAST YEAR.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, INTEGRATION OF
PROJECTS WITH ARTS AND CULTURE,
COALITION OR THE ARTS AND
CULTURE DESIGNATION OF UPTOWN,
IT FEELS LIKE THERE IS A REAL
DISCONNECT OF WHAT THE DESIGN
GUIDELINES ASK FOR IN THE
CURRENT ONES, PARTICULARLY
THINGS THAT WE REALLY HAVE NOT
BEEN ENCOURAGING, WHICH IS
UPTOWN BANNERS, MURALS ON
BUILDINGS, CREATIVE USE OF
LIGHTING AND COLOR,
ARCHITECTURAL DIVERSITY, AND
THE OLD GUIDELINES ACTUALLY
DISCOURAGE ALL OF THOSE, SO WE
HAVE BEEN AT A LOGGERHEAD.
THE FASTER THIS CAN GET
IMPLEMENTED, THE BETTER.
THE GUIDANCE WE CAN GIVE TO
DEVELOPERS WOULD BE BETTER.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> THANK YOU, MISS BERRIANTES.
ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHES TO
SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC?
SEEING NONE I WILL CLOSE THE
HEARING ON COUNCIL BILL 119439.
MISS PENNUCCI I DON'T THINK WE
HAVE ANY TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.
>> CORRECT , NO AMENDMENTS.
>> PATRICE?
>> NO, JUST AGAIN I WANT TO
THANK THE COMMUNITY AGAIN FOR
ALL THE THOUGHT AND EFFORT, AND
THE TIME THEY SPENT WITH US
PRETTY MUCH ALL LAST WINTER
GOING OUT ONE ONE OF OUR LAST
SNOWSTORMS WAS THE DAY OF OUR
WALKING TOUR.
WE STILL HAD SOME HEARTY
COMMUNITY MEMBERS COME OUT AND
PARTICIPATE, SO I DO WANT TO
THANK THEM FOR THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES, JUST AS WE DID
BEFORE, I WILL ASK YOUR
COURTESY TO ALLOW US TO SUSPEND
THE RULES AND PULL THIS BILL
OUT OF COMMITTEE ON THE SAME
DAY AS PUBLIC HEARING.
I WOULD MOVE TO SUSPEND THE
RULES TO VOTE ON COUNCIL BILL
119439.
>> SECOND.
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE
SAY AYE.
NANA POST.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY TECHNICAL
MINUTES ON THAT, SO I WOULD
THEN ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND
MOVE TO ADOPT COUNCIL BILL
119439.
>> SECOND.
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE
SAY AYE.
NANA POST.
THE BILL WILL BE IN FRONT OF
COUNSEL NEXT MONDAY, FEBRUARY
11.
THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES FOR THIS.
TO ADD TO YOUR PLEASURE OF
HAVING A SHORT MEETING TODAY,
THIS ALLOWS US TO CANCEL OUR
MEETING ON FEBRUARY 20.
SO THAT WE CAN ALL STAY FOCUSED
ON THE CITYWIDE MHA DISCUSSIONS
WHICH CONTINUE THIS FRIDAY,
FEBRUARY 8. WE WILL BE
DISCUSSING DRAFT AMENDMENTS,
BUT NOT TAKING ANY ACTION ON
THOSE AMENDMENTS, AND WE WILL
BE BACK IN FRONT OF THE FULL
COUNSEL SELECT COMMITTEE ON MHA
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25.
SO IN ORDER TO ALLOW TIME AND
ENERGY FOR ALL OF US TO FOCUS
ON THOSE DISCUSSIONS, WE ARE
GOING TO CANCEL OUR MEETING ON
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20.
WE WILL BE BACK IN FRONT OF YOU
ON MARCH 6. ANY FINAL THOUGHTS?
SEEING NONE, WE ARE ADJOURNED.
THANKS.