>>> GOOD MORNING.
THIS IS JULY 17, 2019 MEETING
OF THE SEATTLE MEETING AND I AM
ABEL PACHECO JOINED BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND THIS
IS A BRIEFING AND PUBLIC
HEARING ON THE DOCUMENTING
PROCESS AND BRIEFING ON THE
BACKLOG.
THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED
MEETING IS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7
AT 9:30 AM IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
TODAY'S AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED
IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS.
úHEARING NO OBJECTION THE AGEND
IS ADOPTED.
WE HAVE 10 MINUTES TODAY FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK TO AGENDA
ITEM 2, PLEASE RESERVE YOUR
COMMENTS FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING
ON THE ITEM.
SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO TWO
MINUTES OF PUBLIC COMMENT AND
IF YOU EXCEED TWO MINUTES THE
MICROPHONE WILL BE TURNED OFF.
YOU'RE ASKED TO IDENTIFY
YOURSELVES AND THE ITEM YOU
WISH TO ADDRESS.
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THERE
ARE FOLKS THAT MAY HAVE SIGNED
UP ON THE WRONG LIST AND IF
THAT IS THE CASE IN YOUR HERE
FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING, I WILL
MAKE SURE YOU'RE ADDED TO THE
PUBLIC HEARING LIST AND FIRST
ON THE LIST IS STUART McFEELY
AND NEXT IS CHARLENE BOYD.
>> YES, I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT
THE BACKLOG OF PERMITTING AT
THE SEATTLE BUILDING
DEPARTMENT.
I'VE BEEN A LICENSED ARCHITECT
IN SEATTLE FOR 10 YEARS IN A
FILE ABOUT 10 PERMITS A YEAR
WITH THE CITY.
I WANT TO COMPLEMENT ALL OF THE
STAFF IN THE CITY BUILDING
DEPARTMENT.
BUT THE SYSTEM IS TOTALLY
BROKEN.
THE ABILITY TO GET A PERMIT HAS
DEGRADED OVER THE LAST FIVE
YEARS AND THEY HAVE BLAMED A
LOT OF IT ON THE NEW OPERATING
SYSTEM IMPLEMENTED ABOUT TWO
YEARS AGO BUT IT GOES BACK
BEFORE THAT.
PART OF IT IS THAT WE KEEP
ADOPTING NEW CODES LIKE THE NEW
BABY YOU AND THE NEW FAR IS
QUESTIONABLE.
WE DON'T GO BACK AND THEN
CORRECT WHAT IS WRONG IN THE
BUILDING CODE OR THE LAND USE
CODE.
IN THE LAND USE CODE YOU CANNOT
BUILD A FRONT PORCH IN YOUR
FRONT YARD BECAUSE THAT CODE
GOES BACK BEFORE ANY OF US WERE
PROBABLY BORN.
THE OTHER THING IS IT IS VERY
-- I AM A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL
AND PEOPLE ALMOST HAVE TO HIRE
ME TO GET A PERMIT FOR A -- OR
A DU AND IT IS DIFFICULT FOR
THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER TO HAVE
THE ABILITY TO GET A PERMIT TO
DO THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT.
PART OF IT IS THE ATTITUDE OF
THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
THIS IS REALLY TRUE OF SDOT TOO.
THEY ARE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO
NOT ALLOW YOU TO GET A PERMIT
AS OPPOSED TO SAYING THAT'S A
GREAT IDEA AND LET'S FIGURE OUT
HOW WE WILL GET YOU THE PERMIT.
THEY ALWAYS LOOK FOR SOME PART
OF THE BUILDING CODE OR LAND
USE CODE THAT WILL PREVENT YOU
FROM GETTING THE PERMIT THAT
DAY.
THEY NEED TO EXPEDITE
PERMITTING FOR APPLICANTS IF
THEY'RE GOING TO ADOPT NEW DADO
OR A DU REGULATIONS AND
EXPEDITE THE PERMIT PROCESS FOR
PEOPLE .
>> THANK YOU.
>> CHARLENE BOYD.
>> THAT IS ON THE WRONG LIST.
>> NO, MAYOR, THIS IS CHARLENE
BOYD.
>> I SAID I SIGNED UP ON THE
WRONG LIST.
>> I CALLED A DIFFERENT NAME.
CHARLENE BOYD.
>> IT IS CHARLENE BOYD.
SORRY.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I AM CHARLENE BOYD AND
ADMINISTRATOR OF THE PROVIDENCE
OF MOUNT SAINT WASHINGTON FOR
THE LAST 20 YEARS THAT
PROVIDENCE ST. VINCENT KNOWN AS
THE AMOUNT OWNED AND OPERATED
BY THE PROVINCE ST. JOSEPH
HEALTH SYSTEM.
THE SITE IS COMPRISED OF NINE
ACRES BUILT IN 1924 TO SERVE
OLDER ADULTS AND RELIGIOUS
COMMUNITIES, THE SISTERS OF
PROVIDENCE.
THE BUILDING HAS BEEN ALTERED
OVER TIME IN THE LAST MAJOR
INTERIOR RENOVATION WAS IN THE
1990S BUT THE BASIC FOOTWORK IS
NOT CHANGE.
THE PRIVATE NOT-FOR-PROFIT
ORGANIZATION INCLUDE SKILLED
NURSING, TRANSITIONAL CARE,
SHORT STAY, ASSISTED LIVING,
PATIENT, INDEPENDENT LIVING AND
SISTERS OF PROVIDENCE
RETIREMENT COMMUNITY INCLUDING
WELLNESS CLINIC, HEALTHCARE
PROVIDERS AND INTERNATIONALLY
RECOGNIZED INTERNATIONAL
CHILDCARE PROGRAM.
OUR SPACE INCLUDES A LIBRARY,
CHAPEL, THRIFT SHOP, GIFT SHOP,
CONFERENCE SPACES, OUTPATIENT
THERAPY, HOME HOSPICE AND OTHER
COMMUNITY PROGRAMS.
SUMMER CONCERTS ARE ALSO
POPULAR IN THE NEIGHBORING
COMMUNITY DURING THE MONTH OF
AUGUST WITH OVER 500 PEOPLE
EACH FRIDAY NIGHT.
DAILY WE SEVERAL 400 RESIDENTS,
PATIENTS AND CLIENTS WITH AN
ENROLLMENT OF 125 CHILDREN WITH
OVER 500 EMPLOYEES, 125
CHILDREN.
THERE ARE 200 COMMUNITY
VOLUNTEERS.
OUR TRANSITIONAL CARE UNIT WE
REHAB OVER 90 PEOPLE ANNUALLY
TO RETURN TO THE WEST SEATTLE
COMMUNITY.
WE PARTNER WITH OUR
UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER SCHOOLS
TO HELP TRAIN FUTURE NURSES,
NURSING ASSISTANTS, SOCIAL
WORKERS AND OTHER HEALTHCARE
PROVIDERS.
OUR FUNDING RESOURCES INCLUDE
MEDICAID, MEDICARE AND PRIVATE
PAY WITH FULL P AND
ORGANIZATIONS DIVIDING
ASSISTANCE FOR THOSE IN
FINANCIAL NEED.
WE ARE DEFINITELY AN INTEGRAL
PART OF THE WESTERN SEATTLE
COMMUNITY FOR THE LAST 95
YEARS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
AGAIN, IF YOU'RE HERE FOR THE
CONFERENCE OF PLAN PUBLIC
HEARING, I HAVE THE SIGN-UP
SHEET AND WE WILL -- I WILL
ALLOW TIME FOR THOSE SPEAKERS
TO SPEAK.
IF IT IS OKAY I WOULD LIKE --
CORRECT.
I WOULD LIKE TO PUT THE
SPEAKERS FOR THAT PUBLIC
HEARING WHEN WE GET TO THE
ACTION ITEM AND WE OPEN IT UP
FOR THE DOCUMENTING PROCESS, IF
THAT'S OKAY.
I BELIEVE NEXT ON THE LIST IS
STEVE CASTILLO.
>> SPEAKING GLOBALLY ON ZONING
YOU CONTINUE TO KEEP US PEOPLE
OUT OF THE PROCESS.
I'M SORRY THAT MIKE IS NOT HERE
TODAY AND I WAS SURPRISED A
COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO AFTER
WHICH MIKE SPOKE TO ME FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN THE LAST 2 TO 3
YEARS.
WE DISAGREE ON LAND-USE SO
THEREFORE I'M A NONPERSON WHICH
IS ONE REASON I TEND THESE
MEETINGS.
I THINK IT IS AN ASSAULT ON
DEMOCRACY, QUITE FRANKLY, YOU
HAVE BEEN ACTING VERY SIMILAR
TO OUR DEAR LEADER, MR. TRUMP.
IF PEOPLE DISAGREE WITH YOU AND
YOUR OUT OF THE PROCESS.
I SEE VERY LITTLE OF WHAT IS
GOING ON HERE UNTIL THE VERY
LAST MINUTE.
YOU GET A MINUTE OR TWO TO CALL
ME AT.
MANY PEOPLE IN THE CITY ARE NOT
REALLY HAPPY.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DESIGN
REVIEW AND PART OF THE BIG
PROBLEM IS THAT YOU ARE TAKING
PEOPLE OUT OF THE SYSTEM AND IN
DESIGN REVIEW WE USED BELLE TO
LOOK AT THE BUILDING AND SEE IF
IT REALLY FIT.
IF IT WAS ON THE EDGE OF THE
ZONE WE WOULD NOT NECESSARILY
GO TO THE FLOOR SAYING SO FAR
AS IF YOU WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE ZONE.
WHAT WE ARE SAYING IS A
CONTINUAL MOVEMENT TO MOVE
PEOPLE OUT OF THE PROCESS.
WHEN I WAS YOUNG WE CELEBRATED
THE DIFFERENCES IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS.
NOW WE ARE DESTROYING THEM
BECAUSE LOOK AT ALL OF THE NEW
BUILDINGS.
IT DOES NOT MATTER WHERE IT
GOES AND IT LOOKS PRETTY MUCH
THE SAME IN BALLARD, GREENWOOD,
STUART PARKER, DALE REACH, IT
DOES NOT MAKE MUCH DIFFERENT
AND NEITHER DO THE PEOPLE THAT
LIVED THERE.
WE TALK ABOUT THE CARE FOR
PEOPLE OF COLOR AND THE CURE
FOR THE BURGEONING INCOMES BUT
LOOK AT WHAT YOU HAVE PASSED,
YOU ARE SUPPRESSING ALL OF
THESE THINGS.
THANK YOU.
>> TO BE CLEAR, I'M MOVING
THESE NAMES TO THE PUBLIC
HEARING.
JOHN -- I'M SORRY, JEREMY PONG,
JOHN PERSAK, SARAH CAMERON AND
BARAK ERICKSON.
WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO SPEAK TO
AGENDA ITEMS ONE OR THREE?
WE WILL GET TO THE COMP PLAN
DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS --
SORRY.
LET'S MOVE ON TO THE FIRST ITEM
OF BUSINESS.
PLEASE READ THE ITEM TO THE
RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE,
INDUSTRIAL LANDS WORK PLAN
UPDATE.
>>> WITH THE FOLKS AT THE TABLE
PLEASE INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.
>> JAMES KITCHEN FROM THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE -- SAM --
PLANNING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT.
JEFF -- SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION.
>> WOULD YOU KICK US OFF.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US DOWN
TODAY.
WE ARE VERY PROUD TO MEET AND
DISCUSS THE MAYOR'S VISION FOR
THE CITY EFFORTS TO GIVE THE
INDUSTRIAL MARITIME AND
MANUFACTURING CENTERS THE BEST
OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCEED AND TO
PROMOTE DIVERSE FAMILY WAGE
JOBS AS A KEY COMPONENT OF THE
SECTORS.
I WILL BE JOINED BY MY
COLLEAGUES OBVIOUSLY HEAR FROM
THE OAD, OSCE AND SDOT.
BEFORE THEY JUMP INTO THE
DETAIL COMPONENTS I THOUGHT IT
WOULD MAKE SENSE TO PROVIDE A
QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE ARE
INTERESTED IN DOING AND WHY WE
ARE INTERESTED IN DOING IT.
THE MAYOR IS PROUD THAT OUR
SUCCESS AS A CITY IS DEEPLY
TIED TO THE INDUSTRIES THAT
PROSPER HERE.
OUR INDUSTRIAL MARITIME SECTORS
ARE IMPORTANT TO THE SEAT
IDENTITY, SUPPORTING FAMILY
WAGE JOBS AND PROMOTING
ECONOMIC DIVERSITY AND THE CITY
INDUSTRIAL EARS ARE UNDERGOING
SOME POSITIVE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENTS ILLUSTRATED BY THE
GROWTH RATE AND INDUSTRIAL
RENTS THAT ARE THE HIGHEST IN
THE WORLD BETWEEN 2016 AND
2017.
THERE ALSO ILLUSTRATED BY THE
SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT THAT THE
PORT OF SEATTLE IS MAKING IN
THEIR FACILITIES.
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN THE
CITY, HOWEVER, CONTINUE TO WORK
THE AVERAGE RENTAL RATES FOR
COMMERCIAL SPACE ABOUT THREE
TIMES HIRES THAN THOSE FOR
INDUSTRIAL RENTS WHICH CREATES
SIGNIFICANT PRESSURE TO REUSE
INDUSTRIAL LANDS FOR OTHER
USES.
IN THE LAST FEW YEARS WE'VE
SEEN SEVERAL OTHER CATALYSTS
FOR FURTHER CHANGE IN CREATING
ADDITIONAL PRESSURE.
THIS INCLUDES THE PORT OF
SEATTLE PLAN TO MODERNIZE
TERMINAL 46 TO INCLUDE A CRUISE
SHIP BIRTH ON THE NORTHERN
THIRD OF THE TERMINAL WHICH
WILL BE CAPABLE OF HOLDING THE
WORLD'S LARGEST CRUISE SHIPS,
AND WE HAVE A PROPOSAL FOR
CREATING THIS STADIUM DISTRICT
WITH MIXED USES IN THE AREA
INCLUDING HOUSING AND HOTELS.
SOUND TRANSIT IS WORKING IN
PROCESSING THE DEVELOPMENT FOR
THE NEW LIGHT RAIL STATIONS IN
BALLARD, INTERBAY AND SOTO.
WE HAVE THE STATE PLANS FOR
USING THE ARMORY SITE AND THE
INTERIM BAY, AND ALL OF THIS IS
OCCURRING WHILE IT IMPACTS THE
CLIMATE CHANGE THAT CONTINUE TO
ACCELERATE AND THE CITY
INDUSTRIAL AREAS BASE ACUTE
RISK FROM THE RISING SEA
LEVELS, INCREASED FLOODS AND
EXTREME HEAT.
THE MAYOR IS COMPUTED TO
BUILDING A STRONG AND DIVERSE
ECONOMY BY IMPROVING OUR
POSITION AS A GATEWAY TO GLOBAL
TRADE, FOR INCREASING FAMILY
WAGE JOBS IN THE MARITIME AND
FAMILY SECTORS AND THINKS IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT WE ADDRESS ALL
OF THESE INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS
AS PART OF A COMPREHENSIVE AND
DELIBERATE PROCESS THAT GIVES
US THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO PLAN
FOR THE FUTURE.
WHY THE CITY EXISTING POLICY
ESTABLISHES STRONG PROTECTION
FOR AREAS IN THE CITY THAT
CURRENTLY HOUSE INDUSTRIAL
USES, IT IS BEEN OVER A DECADE
SINCE WE'VE UPDATED THOSE
OLICIES ON A SIGNIFICANT
LEVEL.
WE THINK THERE IS OPPORTUNITY
TO BUILD A COMPREHENSIVE
STRATEGY TO STRENGTHEN AND GROW
THE SEATTLE INDUSTRIAL AREAS
FOR THE FUTURE.
PERHAPS THE BIGGEST AND MOST
IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF OUR
APPROACH IS THE DESIRE TO GROW
THE INCLUSIVE FAMILY WAGE JOBS
AS PART OF THE SECTORS WHICH I
KNOW BOBBY IS VERY EAGER TO
TALK WITH US ABOUT.
>> YOU PRETTY MUCH PARAPHRASED
EVERYTHING I WAS GOING TO SAY.
NO, THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT.
THE LETTER INDICATES AND WE ALL
WORKED TO HELP DRAFT THE
MAYOR'S LETTUCE SO I WILL KEEP
MY COMMENTS SHORT AND TO THE
POINT.
THE ULTIMATE QUESTION ON THE
INDUSTRIAL LANDS OF THE PUBLIC
POLICY STANDPOINT IS ULTIMATELY
WHO BENEFITS.
WHO BENEFITS FROM THE
INDUSTRIAL LANDS.
THE POSITION THAT OAD STANDS
ALONG THE MAYOR AND OTHER
COLLEAGUES HERE AROUND THE
TABLE IS THAT IT SHOULD BE A
PLATFORM FOR INCLUSIVE ECONOMY,
AND TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE
UNDERSERVED POPULATION THAT HAS
A GATEWAY TO THE MIDDLE WAGE
JOBS.
THE MEDIUM INDUSTRIAL LANDS IT
SHOULD BE ABOUT THAT.
IT IS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
TOOL FOR THE UNDERSERVED
POPULATION TO GAIN MIDDLE WAGE
JOBS.
IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS THE
MANUFACTURING SECTOR HAS
DECLINED BY 4%.
IN THE LONGITUDINAL STUDY IT IS
CLEAR THAT SEATTLE IS A
KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY.
BUT THE COST OF HAVING SUCH A
DOMINANT ECONOMY, THE KNOWLEDGE-
BASED ECONOMY, IS THAT WE HAVE
NOT PAID A LOT OF ATTENTION ON
THE MIDDLE WAGE JOB OF THE BLUE-
COLLAR, THE INDUSTRIAL RELATED
MANUFACTURING JOBS.
THE PUBLIC POLICY QUESTION FOR
THE CITY IS, IS IT AN IMPORTANT
VALUE.
IF SO, THEN IT SHOULD BE
REFLECTED ON OUR INDUSTRIAL AND
TURNS OF THE COMP PLAN.
I WILL MAKE MY COMMENTS THERE
AND IF THERE IS A SPECIFIC
QUESTION, I WILL BE HAPPY TO
DIVE IN.
THANK YOU.
>> I AM SAM -- FROM OP CD.
IN THIS PHASE OF THE WORK, THE
PRIMARY FOCUS IS A VERY CLOSE
RELATIONSHIP AND WORKING
RELATIONSHIP WITH OED IN A WAY
THAT ECONOMIC ANALYSIS LOOKS AT
THE FUTURE AND WHAT THOSE ARE
GOING TO BE IN TERMS OF JOB
CREATING USES AND HOW DO WE TIE
THE LAND-USE REGULARIZATION TO
SUPPORT THAT.
THE SLIGHT DIFFERENCE, IF YOU
RECALL THE LAST EFFORT, HERE
THE MAYOR EMPHASIZES WE NEED TO
FOCUS ON MIDDLE WAGE JOBS.
THE ANALYSIS THAT WE DO, AS
WELL AS THE REGULATIONS AND
INCENTIVES WE CREATE THROUGH
LAND-USE POLICIES, THAT IS THE
NORTH STAR.
WE LOOKED AT A NUMBER OF ISSUES
THE LAST TIME, IN THE LAST'S
SCOPE.
THIS ONE IS VERY MUCH FOCUSED
IN THAT AREA.
THE PRIMARY WORK FROM THE LAND-
USE PERSPECTIVE THAT MY OFFICE
WOULD BE COORDINATING WITH OAD
AND SDOT WOULD BE A VERY QUICK
INITIAL ECONOMIC ANALYSIS THAT
REALLY TELLS US WHAT THE FUTURE
IS GOING TO BE LIKE.
THE PREVIOUS ANALYSIS WE PUT A
BASELINE DATA OF WHAT WE HAVE
TODAY.
THAT WAS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO
WHEN WE DID THE ECONOMIC
ANALYSIS ON OED CONDUCTORS.
WE WILL UPDATE THAT AND WE WANT
TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE NEW
FUTURE INDUSTRY AND JOB
CREATING TYPES OF USES ARE AND
THEN EMBED VERY STRONGLY THE
RACIAL ACTIVE LANDS AS PART OF
THAT CONVERSATION SO WE CAN
MAKE SURE WE PROMOTE THE BODY
SET INCLUDING THE INDUSTRIAL
ECONOMY AND INCLUDING THOSE
JOBS AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS
THAT WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE A
ROBUST FOCUS ON THE ANALYSIS
AND THAT DATA AND INFORMATION
THAT WE GET.
WE USE THAT TO HELP INFORM THE
LAND-USE DECISIONS, ZONING OR
INCENTIVES THAT WE CREATE.
THE MAJOR COMPONENT OF THAT
WORK WOULD ALSO BE THE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
AND SOME OF THE ANALYSIS FROM
THAT ECONOMIC STUDY WILL HELP
US TO SHAPE A WIDE RANGE OF
OPTIONS SO THAT YOU, THE
DECISION-MAKERS CAN HAVE
CHOICES AND THAT YOU ARE
INFORMED BY THOSE RANGE OF USES
THROUGHOUT THE EIS OR THE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
STUDY.
CONCURRENT WITH THAT, WORKING
NOT ONLY WITH SDOT BUT OED AND
OTHER SISTER DEPARTMENTS WE
WANT TO EXPLORE WHAT IT MEANS
TO BE RESILIENT IN THE
INDUSTRIAL LAND AREA FROM THE
ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVE WHILE
ALSO ADDRESSING A NUMBER OF THE
OTHER JOB RELATED USES.
AGAIN, SO THE MAJOR FOCUS OF
THAT WILL BE THE STRENGTHENING
THROUGH OUR LAND-USE CODE,
ZONING AND INCENTIVES, TO
UNDERSTAND HOW WE SUPPORT
SEATTLE INDUSTRIAL MARITIME,
AND THE SOURCES OF THE FUTURE
AND NOT ONLY TODAY.
AS I MENTIONED, PROMOTING
INCLUSIVE INDUSTRIAL ECONOMY.
AND THEN A MAJOR COMPONENT FROM
THE LAND-USE PERSPECTIVE WOULD
ALSO BE TO INFORM INDUSTRIAL
LAND-USE DECISIONS THAT YOU
WILL BE MAKING AS PART OF THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS,
AND OTHER DECISIONS.
PRIMARILY SOME OF THE PROPOSED
STADIUM OVERLAY DISTRICTS WHICH
YOU WILL HEAR FROM SOME OF THE
PROPONENTS AND THE ARMORY SITE
IS A MAJOR PLAY.
WE NEED TO HAVE A CONFERENCE OF
STRATEGY TO DECIDE HOW WE
ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.
THE PORTS TRANSITION ON
TERMINAL 46 AND THE CRUISE SHIP
BIRTH, THAT WILL HAVE A MAJOR
IMPACT ALONG THE EDGE OF THE
WATERFRONT.
WE WANT TO LOOK AT THAT AND
THROUGH THAT COMPREHENSIVE
STRATEGY.
AS CHASE MENTIONED, THE STATION
AREA WILL BE CREATED WITHIN THE
INDUSTRIAL AREA AS PART OF THE
SD 3. THESE WILL HAVE A MAJOR
IMPACT IN THE SIMPLE ACT OF
ACTUALLY CREATING STATIONARY
AND INDUSTRIAL AREA WITHOUT ANY
ZONING CHANGES IN AND OF BY
ITSELF IS A MAJOR
TRANSFORMATION IN TERMS OF THE
IMPACT IN THE AREA.
WE NEED TO GET AHEAD OF IT AND
TO UNDERSTAND WHAT DO WE NEED
TO PUT IN PLACE AS GUARDRAILS
AS WELL AS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF
THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
THAT IS KIND OF A HIGH LEVEL
OVERVIEW OF THE WORK THAT WE
WILL BE COORDINATING, AND OF
COURSE SDOT WILL BE PART OF
THAT.
DIANE WILL BRIEFLY TELL YOU
SOME OF THE WORK THAT
TRANSPORTATION WILL BE -- AND
ESPECIALLY IN FREIGHT MOVEMENT
AND OTHER ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE
INDUSTRIAL AREA.
>> THANK YOU, I AM DIANE WIATR
AND I AM THE PROJECT MANAGER ON
SDOT AND WHENEVER WE TALK ABOUT
GROWING JOBS IN LAND-USE WE
NEED TO THINK ABOUT
TRANSPORTATION AS AN INTEGRAL
PART OF IT.
WE WILL BE LOOKING AT OUR
PREVIOUS PLANNING EFFORTS LIKE
THE BRAKE MASTER PLAN AS WELL
AS CURRENT PLANNING EFFORTS IN
THE PLACES WHERE GROWTH IS
HAPPENING.
THERE IS RECENTLY BEEN THE MAC
AND ALL YOUR BRIDGE STUDY, AND
THE BALLARD BRIDGE STUDY IS IN
PROCESS.
THE STATE LEGISLATURE DEDICATED
$700,000 FOR US TO DO BALLARD
AND INTERBAY REGIONAL
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM STUDY.
THAT WILL BE PART OF THIS AS
WELL.
WE WILL LOOK AT NOT ONLY THE
MOVEMENT OF GOODS, FREIGHT AND
DELIVERY, BUT WE WILL LOOK AT
ACCESS TO JOBS, TAKING INTO
CONSIDERATION AS T 3 STATION
ACCESS AND HOW PEOPLE WILL MOVE
IN A NEW WAY ONCE THE LIGHT
RAIL SYSTEM HAS BEEN BUILT OUT.
>> HAVE YOU IDENTIFIED THE
SPECIFIC STAKEHOLDERS THAT WILL
BE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS, THE
TIMELINE FOR THIS, AND WHEN YOU
ANTICIPATE COMING UP WITH A
POLICY RECOMMENDATION?
>> WHERE WORKING ON FINALIZING
THE DETAILS TO THAT BUT I WILL
SAY THAT ONE OF THE THINGS WE
ARE VERY INTERESTED IN DOING IS
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
DRAWING OUT SOME COMMUNITY
IDEAS ON THIS ISSUE.
IN THE PREVIOUS EFFORTS, I
THINK THERE WERE JUST ONE LARGE
CITYWIDE PANEL OF STAKEHOLDERS
THAT HELP TO FORM THE CITY'S
DECISIONS.
WE ARE INTERESTED IN THE
CITYWIDE STAKEHOLDER PREMIUM
BUT WE ARE ALSO INTERESTED IN
FORMING THE TRINITY WHITE
STAKEHOLDERS.
WILL HAVE SOME FOLKS TAKE A
LOOK AT THE SPECIFIC ISSUES
AROUND THE STADIUM IN SOTO AND
INTERBAY, AND DOWN IN
GEORGETOWN AND SOUTHPARK AS
WELL AND I THINK BALLARD IS
ALSO OUR THINKING AT THE
MOMENT.
>> SO THE TIMELINE IN WHAT YOU
THINK?
>> I THINK IT IS STILL UP YEAR
BUT THIS WORK WAS TAKE A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME.
I COULD SEE US FINALIZING SOME
OF THIS WORK EARLY NEXT YEAR OR
INTO THE EARLY SUMMER NEXT
YEAR.
>> HOW DO YOU ENVISION
COLLABORATING WITH THE
COUNSELOR FUTURE COUNSEL?
>> WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU
GUYS A PART OF THIS ESPECIALLY
AS WE ARE FORMULATING IDEAS AND
DOING THE STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH
AND STUFF.
I THINK WE WOULD LOVE YOUR
PARTICIPATION IN THAT PROCESS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS IS VERY HELPFUL AND I
APPRECIATE YOU COMING TOGETHER
AND LETTING US KNOW WHAT YOUR
PLAN IS MOVING FORWARD.
TO TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ON THE
HISTORY OF THE EFFORT, I THINK
EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT IN 2016
THAT THE COUNCIL PASSED A PLAN
DOCKETING RESOLUTION THAT
REQUESTED A GROUP OF
STAKEHOLDERS COME TOGETHER AND
MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.
IT'S LIKEWISE IN 2017 THE
COUNCIL REPEATED THAT REQUEST.
WE ALSO GOT DRAFT
RECOMMENDATIONS I THINK IN
2016.
I AM VERY INTERESTED TO KNOW
ARE WE STARTING FROM A PLACE
WHERE WE HAD COME TO BEFORE, OR
ARE WE JUST STARTING FROM
SQUARE ONE.
I DON'T SAY SO BUT I WANT TO
GET A SENSE OF WHERE WE ARE AT.
I AM NOT TRYING TO RUSH THE
PROCESS AND I REALLY UNDERSTAND
THE CARE WITH WHICH YOU ARE
ENGAGING IN THESE
CONVERSATIONS.
IT IS ALMOST A FIFTH OF THE
SEATTLE JOBS ARE MANUFACTURING
JOBS.
AS THE MAYOR STATED IN HER
LETTER, THE AVERAGE WAGE OF
$100,000.
THIS IS AN INDUSTRY WE WANT TO
SHOW GREAT CARE FOR.
BECAUSE IT IS PLACED IN OUR
CITY'S HISTORY.
THE IMPORTANCE IT IS GIVEN TO
OUR CITY ECONOMIC RESILIENCY.
BUT NEVERTHELESS, THERE IS A
LONG HISTORY OF THE COUNCIL AND
STAKEHOLDERS WANTING TO GET A
SENSE OF WHERE WE ARE GOING
WITH THESE ISSUES IN
RECOGNITION THAT THERE ARE A
LOT OF NEEDS FOR THIS
PARTICULAR INDUSTRY.
AND WHAT WE CAN DO USING OUR
LAND-USE CODE TO STRENGTHEN IT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
I THINK WE ARE TAKING A LOOK AT
THIS IN A WAY THAT WE WANT TO
USE THE PREVIOUS EFFORTS TO
INFORM WHAT WE ARE DOING AND TO
BUILD ON THEM.
I THINK FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE A
LOT OF THINGS HAVE HAPPENED
SINCE THOSE LAST -- WE TALKED
ABOUT A FEW OF THEM, THE
JOURNAL 6, THE STATEMENT
DISTRICT AND ARMORY.
THOSE PREVIOUS EFFORTS WILL
CERTAINLY INFORM AND WE WILL BE
ENGAGING PEOPLE IN THOSE
PREVIOUS PROCESSES.
THAT WILL INFORM THEIR THINKING
TODAY.
I THINK WE JUST WANT TO MAKE
SURE WE ARE DOING THIS IN A
COMPREHENSIVE MANNER THAT
REFLECTS TODAY'S WORLD AND NOT
2016.
>> WHEN YOU MENTIONED EARLIER
IN RESPONSE TO COUNCILMEMBER
PACHECO QUESTION ABOUT THE
COMPREHENSIVE GROUP I
UNDERSTAND YOU'RE DOING
BRODERICK STAKEHOLDER
ENGAGEMENT IN ADDITION TO WHAT
WE USUALLY CONSIDER THE
STAKEHOLDER TO THIS DISCUSSION.
WHAT THOSE STAKEHOLDERS BE
INTEGRATED INTO THIS LARGER
WORKGROUP OR IS THAT GOING TO
BE A SEPARATE ENGAGEMENT
EFFORT?
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT LIKE
IS THERE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE A
WORKGROUP PULL TOGETHER AND HOW
MANY PEOPLE ARE IN THE
WORKGROUP AND WHO WILL THEY BE.
WHEN YOU SHARE THAT WITH US IN
ADVANCE OF THE CONVENING?
>> YES, I THINK WE SHOULD
CERTAINLY WORK TOGETHER ON
THAT, RIGHT.
IT WILL IMPACT COMMUNITIES AND
I THINK WE SHOULD MAKE SURE WE
PARTNER ON THOSE THINGS.
I WOULD SAY AT THIS POINT IN
TIME OUR PERSPECTIVE, OUR GOAL
HERE IS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE
BOTH THE TRADITIONAL INDUSTRIAL
STAKEHOLDERS, NONINDUSTRIAL
STAKEHOLDERS, AND COMMUNITY
MEMBERS INVOLVED IN THIS
PROCESS.
I THINK WE SHOULD MAKE SURE
WHERE WORKING TOGETHER.
>> TO ADD TO THAT, ONE OF OUR
INITIAL STARS IN THIS PROCESS
IS REALLY TO ASK AND LEARN FROM
WHAT WORKED AND WHAT DIDN'T IN
THE LAST PROCESS.
WE HAVE ALREADY LEARNED SOME
LESSONS FROM THAT AND I THINK
YOU ALLUDED TO SOME WHAT OF A
SINGLE COMMITTEE ADVISORY GROUP
OR COMMITTEE.
ONE THING WE LEARNED IS THAT WE
REALLY NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE
DIVERSIFICATION OF THE
STAKEHOLDER GROUPS OR COMMITTEE
GROUPS, IN PART, BECAUSE
BALLARD IS DIFFERENT FROM
INTERBAY, DIFFERENT FROM DE
SOTO AND HOW WE THINK
STRATEGICALLY IN TERMS OF HOW
WE SEE THOSE GEOGRAPHIC AREAS
EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE INDUSTRIAL
AND INDUSTRIAL LANDS.
AND THEN THE RELEVANCE TO THAT,
YOU ARE THE OR THE RIGHT
INAPPROPRIATE WAY TO ENGAGE
COMMUNITIES IN THOSE AREAS.
THE SECOND MAJOR DIFFERENCE IS
THAT TH MAYOR HAS SENT A CLEAR
NORSTAR IN TERMS OF THE PRIMARY
OBJECTIVE WHAT IT OUGHT TO BE,
AND WHAT WE DISCUSSED EARLIER.
THOSE TWO WILL SHAPE OUR
ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.
>> ADJUST DOWN TO ME LIKE THIS
IS NOT GOING TO BE PULLING
TOGETHER A GROUP OF FOLKS
SAYING HERE ARE THE 2016 DRAFT
RECOMMENDATIONS, AND DO THEY
STILL WORK.
IT SOUNDS LIKE WE ARE REALLY
GOING TO BE DOING A FULL NEW
SET OF REVIEWS AND ANALYSIS OF
SOME OF THE ECONOMIC POLICIES,
AND LAND-USE ANALYSES, AND
RACIAL EQUITY ANALYSIS.
WE ARE STARTIN ALL OVER IT
SOUNDS LIKE, NOT GOING BACK TO
THE GROUP SAYING THIS IS WHERE
WE LEFT OFF, YOU STILL AGREE
WITH THESE DRAFT
RECOMMENDATIONS.
>> CAN I ADDRESS THAT A LITTLE
BIT.
I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING IS
THAT WE WILL BUILD ON THOSE
PREVIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS.
THERE WERE SOME GREAT IDEAS
THAT CAME OUT OF THE LAST ROUND
OF WORK AROUND THE MIX OF USES
AND THE POTENTIAL ROUND
STATIONARY, SO PORTION OF SODO
. THOSE IDEAS WILL BE ONE OF A
RANGE OF POSSIBLE FUTURE
SCENARIOS THAT WILL BE STUDIED.
DECISION-MAKERS WILL HAVE A
WIDER RANGE AND REALLY
UNDERSTAND THE APPLICATIONS ON
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT JOBS,
RESILIENCY OF THAT CONCEPT,
ALONGSIDE OTHER POLICY
DIRECTIONS YOU COULD TAKE.
>> ARE THERE ANY FURTHER
POINTS?
THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US
FOR DISCUSSION.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING AND
LEARNING MORE ABOUT THIS WORK
IN FUTURE DISCUSSIONS.
THANK YOU.
>>> OUR NEXT ITEM IS A BRIEFING
DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC HEARING
ON THE ANNUAL COMP PLAN
AMENDMENT DOCKETING SETTING
RESOLUTION PLEASE READ THE ITEM
INTO THE RECORD.
>> ITEM 2 CONFERENCE OF PLAN
AMENDMENT DOCKET SETTING.
>> TO BE CLEAR FOR EVERYONE
WATCHING THE CONVERSATION WE
ARE KICKING OFF TODAY IS ABOUT
WHICH AMENDMENTS WE WILL BE
DOCKETING FOR CONSIDERATION
NEXT YEAR.
WE ARE NOT MAKING ANY CHANGES
TO THE ACTUAL COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN BUT JUST CHEWING UP
DECISIONS FOR THE NEXT COUNSEL
FOR PEOPLE HERE TO TESTIFY AND
WE BEGIN AS USUAL WITH BRIEFING
AND DISCUSSION ON THE PUBLIC
AMENDMENTS AND THAT OPEN
HEARING FOLLOWING THE
DISCUSSION.
>> WILL THE FOLKS AROUND THE
TABLE PLEASE INTRODUCE
THEMSELVES.
>> MICHAEL HUBNER, LONG-RANGE
PLANNING MANAGER, OFFICE OF
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND
DEVELOPMENT.
>> JIM HOLMES, OFFICE OF
PLANNING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT, VANESSAB MURDOCK,
SEATTLE PLANNING COMMISSION.
>> ERIC McCONAUGHEY, COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF.
>> WE ARE HERE FOR THE
CONFERENCE A PLAN AS FAR AS THE
2019-2020 DOCKETING PROCESS.
AS A REMINDER WE HAVE PERIOD
BETWEEN APRIL AND MAY WHEN WE
ACCEPT PROPOSALS FROM MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC TO CONSIDER
CHANGES TO THE CONFERENCE A
PLAN.
THOSE ARE REVIEWED BY THE
SEATTLE PLANNING COMMISSION AND
THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND
CENTRAL STAFF AND YOU HAVE
RECOMMENDATIONS ATTACHED TO OUR
STAFF MEMO FROM THE SPC, FROM
THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND
FROM OP CD.
WE ARE IN THE DOCKET SETTING
FEES WHERE THE COUNCIL DECIDES
WHICH OF THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS TO GO FORWARD FOR
FURTHER ANALYSIS.
THE COUNCIL ACTION AS
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO MENTIONED
IT'S NOT AS TO SAY YES FOR
SOMETHING THIS IS SOMETHING WE
WANT TO ADOPT, BUT RATHER THIS
IS SOMETHING WORTH STUDYING
MORE BASED ON THE CRITERIA SET
THROUGH THE RESOLUTION.
ONCE THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED,
THE OFFICE OF PLANNING,
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WILL
ANALYZE THE DOCKETED PROPOSAL
AND UNDERTAKE ENVIRONMENTAL
REVIEW AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS
BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2020, THE
PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE
COUNCIL WILL REVIEW THE OP CD
RECOMMENDATIONS.
THERE ARE SEVEN CRITERIA THAT
WE USE TO ANALYZE WHETHER OR
NOT A PROPOSAL SHOULD BE
DOCKETED.
THE FIRST IS, IS IT LEGAL.
IS IT APPROPRIATE FOR THE
CONFERENCE A PLAN, OR IS IT
BETTER FOR EXAMPLE THE CODE
AMENDMENT OR REZONE.
IS IT PRACTICAL TO CONSIDER IT.
IS IT BOTH DASHED IS THEIR
CAPACITY TO ANALYZE THE
PROPOSAL, IS IT SOMETHING THAT
IS SUCH A FUNDAMENTAL POLICY
CHANGE THAT IS BETTER TAKEN UP
AS PART OF OUR MOWER -- MORE
HOLISTIC PLAN OR COVERAGE OF
UPDATE TO THE PLAN.
IF IT HAS BEEN PROPOSED FOR AS
CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGE AND AS THE
PROPONENT SHOWN THERE IS A
REASON TO TAKE UP THE QUESTION
AGAIN.
IF IT IS A CHANGE TO A
NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, HAS THERE
BEEN WORK DONE WITH THE LOCAL
COMMUNITY.
IS THE PROPOSAL ACTUALLY GOING
TO RESULT IN SOME SORT OF
CHANGE.
IF IT IS NOT, MAYBE IT IS NOT
WORTH SPENDING STAFF TIME TO
LOOK AT IT.
FINALLY, IF IT IS A PROPOSAL TO
CHANGE MAPS IN THE PLAN RATHER
THAN POLICIES, IS IT AT A SCALE
THAT MERITS A COMPREHNSIVE
PLAN AMENDMENT, OR IS IT
SOMETHING WHERE THE PROPONENT
CAN PURSUE A SITE-SPECIFIC
REZONE.
>> COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED A NUMBER
OF RESOLUTIONS.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
MENTIONED A FEW OF THEM
RELATING TO THE INDUSTRIAL
LANDS AND A COUPLE OF THOSE
REMAIN OPEN WITHOUT A FINAL
RECOMMENDATION FROM THE
EXECUTIVE.
EARLIER THIS YEAR COUNCIL
ADOPTED RESOLUTION RELATED TO
THE MANDATORY HOUSING AND
AFFORDABILITY PROGRAM.
THERE WERE THREE AMENDMENTS AS
PART OF THE RESOLUTION OF
FOLLOW-UP ITEMS THAT COUNSEL
ASKED OPCD TO LOOK AT.
CHANGING THE NAME OF SINGLE-
FAMILY AREAS IN THE CALL PLAN
AND LOOKING AT WHETHER SOUTH
PARK REALLY NEEDS OR MEETS THAT
CRITERIA FOR THE URBAN VILLAGE
DESIGNATION.
LOOKING AT A NEW URBAN VILLAGE
AT 130 AND I-5 LIGHT RAIL
STATION.
ALONGSIDE THE DALE RIDGE ACTION
PLAN THE DALE RIDGE COMMUNITY
IDENTIFIED A NUMBER OF CHANGES
TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN THAT
CAME OUT OF THE COMMUNITY
DRIVEN PROCESS AND LOOKING AT
THOSE CHANGES TO THE DALE RIDGE
PLAN.
THE EXECUTIVE HAS SOME
RESPONSES TO THOSE THINGS, AND
MICHAEL, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT NOW.
>> TO THE PRIOR RESOLUTIONS I
WOULD BE HAPPY TO AND FIRST AND
MOST IMPORTANT, TO HIGHLIGHT
THE PRIOR RESOLVE AND REQUEST
WITH REGARD TO THE DALE RIDGE
ACTION PLAN AND RECOMMENDED
AMENDMENTS TO THE DELRIDGE
NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, A
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN INVOLVING A
VERY ROBUST COMMUNITY
INVOLVEMENT, ENGAGEMENT AND
THAT ACTION PLAN DID ADDRESS A
NUMBER OF ISSUES INCLUDING THE
PROPOSED RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN TO REFLECT
THAT WORK.
IT MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR
CONSIDERATION AND CHANGES TO
THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AND IT IS
SOMETHING WORTH ANALYZING AND
BRINGING BACK A FINAL PROPOSAL
BASED ON THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS
AS PART OF THIS DOCKETING
CYCLE.
WE RECOMMEND MOVING FORWARD
WITH THAT ONE.
WITH RESPECT TO THE RESOLUTION
COVERING INDUSTRIAL LANDS
ACTUALLY THERE WERE SEVERAL
PRIOR RESOLUTIONS THAT ALLUDE
TO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT
ISSUES.
FIRST ANY CHANGES TO THE POLICY
LANGUAGE IN THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN RELATING TO ANY
CLARIFICATION OF THE CRITERIA
OR PROCESSES WHEREBY CHANGES TO
A MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL
CENTER OR INDUSTRIAL LAND USE
WOULD BE CONSIDERED.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, SPECIFIC
AMENDMENTS TO THE FUTURE LAND
USE MAP INCLUDING THE POTENTIAL
THE STADIUM DISTRICT WHICH IS
ECHOED IN THE 2014 PROPOSAL,
THIS YEAR AND PRIOR PROPOSALS
RELATING TO THE SPECIFIC
PROPERTIES IN THE INTERBAY AND
THE GREATER DUAL MISSION OF MIC
AND LASTLY THE ARMORY SITE.
IT WAS ALL IN PLAY PREVIOUSLY
AND AS DESCRIBED TO YOU IN THE
PRIOR ITEM WE HAVE PROCESS THAT
IS KICKING OFF TO CONSIDER IN A
MUCH MORE HOLISTIC WAY THE
INDUSTRIAL LANDS POLICY AND WE
FEEL AT THIS TIME THAT
DOCKETING THOSE WITHIN THIS
CYCLE DOES NOT ALIGN WELL WITH
WHAT IS ANTICIPATED WITH THAT
WORK.
THAT IS BOTH IN TERMS OF WHERE
THAT WILL BE CONSIDERED AND
WHAT PROCESS THOSE ARE BE
CONSIDERED WITHIN, POLICY
CHANGES OR FUTURE LANGUAGE
CHANGES AND IN TERMS OF TIMING.
AS THE STAFF INDICATED WE DON'T
ANTICIPATE RECOMMENDTIONS
COMING OUT OF THAT PROCESS
UNTIL AT LEAST INTO THE EARLY
PART OF NEXT YEAR IF NOT MID
2020 WHICH WOULD BE BEYOND THE
TIME FRAME YOU WOULD BE
CONSIDERING THESE DOCKETED
AMENDMENTS THIS YEAR.
FINALLY, THE MHA RELATED
AMENDMENTS, THE RENAMING OF THE
SINGLE-FAMILY ZONING OR SINGLE
FAMILY LAND-USE IN THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
WE FEEL THAT IS A BIG QUESTION
AND THE NAME IN AND OF ITSELF
ABSENT CONSIDERING WHAT IT
MIGHT MEAN FOR LAND-USE
POLICIES THAT RELATE TO THE
SINGLE-FAMILY AREAS AND MAYBE A
DIFFERENT NAME IN THE FUTURE.
THAT IS THE QUESTION MUCH
BETTER DRESSED IN THE CONTEXT
OF A MORE HOLISTIC LOOK AT THE
GROWTH STRATEGY AND THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN THE
FUTURE.
THAT WOULD NOT BE AN
APPROPRIATE QUESTION OR
CONSIDERED AMENDMENT WITHIN THE
ANNUAL AMENDMENT PROCESS WHICH
TYPICALLY WOULD HAVE MORE
ISOLATED, MORE SMALLER SCALE
QUESTIONS WITH REGARD TO
SOMETHING AS FUNDAMENTAL AS
WHAT WE WOULD CALL THE LIGHT
PROGRESS IN THE CITY AND LAND-
USE RECOMMENDATION.
>> THANK YOU.
CAN YOU POINT US TO THE POLICY
THAT MAKES THAT DISTINCTION
BETWEEN THE ANNUAL REVIEW
PROCESS AND THAT SPEAKS TO THE
IDEA THAT IN THE ANNUAL COMP
PLAN REVIEW PROCESS WE ARE
SUPPOSED TO BE LOOKING AT
SMALLER MORE DISTINCT CHANGES
AS OPPOSED TO LARGER POLICY-
BASED CHANGES THAT AFFECT
MULTIPLE AREAS.
>> IT IS NOT A POLICY PER SE
BUT RATHER THE CRITERIA ADOPTED
BY THE COUNCIL ITSELF.
OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, WE
SHOULD PROBABLY REMEMBER THE
NUMBER THAT RELATES TO THE
CRITERIA.
YOU HAVE INDICATED THAT IF
THERE WAS ANOTHER PROCESS OTHER
THAN THE ANNUAL -- PROCESS THAT
THE PROPOSAL WOULD BE BETTER
SUITED TO BE ADDRESSED WITHIN
WHICH WOULD BE A CRITERIA FOR
RECOMMENDING NOT TO DOCKET A
PROPOSAL.
ONE WAY WE THINK ABOUT THAT
WITH RESPECT TO THE ANNUAL
AMENDMENT AND THE MAJOR UPDATE
OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS
THE RESPECT TO WHICH A PROPOSAL
IS -- AS IT RELATES TO OTHER
POLICIES OR ASPECTS OF THE PLAN
NOT PART OF THE PROPOSAL
ITSELF.
THIS WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE
WHERE IT RELATES TO OTHER
POLICIES IN THE PLAN THAT ARE
NOT PART OF THE PROPOSAL AND
THUS WOULD BE BETTER SUITED TO
BE ADDRESSED IN A MORE
INTEGRATED WAY AS PART OF THE
COMPREHENSIVE LAND UPDATE.
>> SO I SHOULD LOOK AT THE
CRITERIA.
>> THE RIGHT EAR THAT THE
COUNCIL ADOPTED.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF
OTHER ASPECTS TO THE MHA
AMENDMENTS.
ONE AS WELL IS LOOKING AT SOUTH
PARK AND DATA, AND OTHER
CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING SOUTH
PARK AND ITS ALIGNMENT WITH THE
CRITERIA FOR THE URBAN VILLAGES
IN THE PLAN AS PART OF THE
MAJOR UPDATE, AGAIN, WE
ANTICIPATE LOOKING AT THE
GROWTH STRATEGY IN A MORE
HOLISTIC WAY INCLUDING LOOKING
AT DATA RELATED TO ALL OF THE
URBAN VILLAGES AND CENTERS.
THIS WOULD BE A QUESTION IN
TERMS OF WHICH SET OF VILLAGES
AND CENTERS SHOULD MOVE INTO
THE FUTURE AND WHICH WOULD BE
BETTER ADDRESSED IN THAT
PROCESS IN A MORE HOLISTIC WAY.
WITH RESPECT, FINALLY, TO THE
130th RIGHT RAIL -- LIGHT RAIL
STATION WE HAVE PLANNING
PROCESS, COMMUNITY PLANS
UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW LOOKING AT
ALTERNATIVE PLANS FOR THAT
STATION AREA.
WE ANTICIPATE THAT THE PROSPECT
OF THE NEW URBAN VILLAGE BEING
DESIGNATED AT 130th STREET
STATION WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE
IDEAS THAT WOULD BE EVALUATED
THROUGH THAT PROCESS BUT IT IS
NOT TIMELY AT THIS POINT TO PUT
IT ON THE DOCKET FOR THIS
CYCLE.
AGAIN, WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT
WORK WOULD HAVE CONCLUDED IN
TIME FOR CONSIDERATION IN THE
EARLY PART OF 2020.
>> COUNCILWOMAN LISA HERBOLD.
>> AS IT RELATES TO THE
REQUESTED DOCKETING FOR SOUTH
PARK AND WHETHER OR NOT IT
SHOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS AN
URBAN VILLAGE UNDER THE CURRENT
URBAN VILLAGE CRITERIA, I JUST
WANT TO SAY BACK WHAT I THINK I
HEARD YOU SAID.
I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS
THAT WE SHOULD NOT ASK AND TRY
TO ANSWER THE QUESTION WHETHER
OR NOT SOUTH PARK IS PROPERLY
DESIGNATED AS AN URBAN VILLAGE
UNDER THE CURRENT URBAN VILLAGE
CRITERIA BECAUSE WE ARE GOING
TO BE IN THE FUTURE
REEVALUATING WHETHER OR NOT THE
EXISTING URBAN VILLAGE CRITERIA
ARE THE RIGHT ONES FOR ALL
URBAN VILLAGES.
>> KNOW.
I WAS NOT NECESSARILY SAYING
THAT WE WOULD BE WITHIN THE
SCOPE OF THE MAJOR UPDATE
CONSIDERING CHANGES TO THE
CRITERIA THEMSELVES.
BUT RATHER THE CRITERIA RELATED
TO QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE
CONSIDERATIONS WHEN THE
ORIGINAL DESIGNATIONS WERE MADE
FOR EACH OF THE URBAN VILLAGES
AND URBAN CENTERS.
THAT ANALYSIS OF ANY INDIVIDUAL
URBAN VILLAGE AT THIS TIME IS
MUCH BETTER ADDRESSED WITH
RESPECT TO HOW OTHER VILLAGES
ALSO RELATE TO THOSE CRITERIA
THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PLAN.
NOW THE MAJOR UPDATE MAY INDEED
ADDRESS UPDATING OR REVISING
THOSE CRITERIA.
EVEN IF THOSE CRITERIA DID NOT
CHANGE IT IS MUCH MORE OF AN
ACROSS-THE-BOARD EVALUATION OF
HOW OUR CENTERS ARE PERFORMING
AND WHETHER ANY CHANGES MIGHT
BE IN THE SCOPE OF THE PLAN
UPDATE.
--
>> SO YOU'RE SUGGESTING THAT
OHER URBAN VILLAGES HAVE A
QUESTION ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY
ARE PROPERLY CLASSIFIED AS AN
URBAN VILLAGE.
I HAVE NOT HEARD THAT AND IS
THAT A PROBLEM AT SOUTH PARK
BECAUSE I'VE NOT HEARD THAT
ABOUT OTHER URBAN VILLAGES.
>> WE HAVE NOT DONE THE
ANALYSIS AND LOOKING AT ONE
URBAN VILLAGE IN ISOLATION IS
NOT WHAT WE THINK IS THE
APPROPRIATE ADDRESS QUESTION
BUT RATHER AS REGARD TO THE
URBAN VILLAGES AS A WHOLE.
>> I'M GOING TO CONTINUE ASK
QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS AS WE MOVE
FORWARD.
>> FAIR ENOUGH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO THE COUNCIL RECEIVED 14
PROPOSALS TO AMEND THE
CONFERENCE A PLAN FROM MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC.
WE SPLIT THEM INTO THE MAP
AMENDMENTS AND THE POLICY
AMENDMENTS TO SORT OF HELP
FOCUS DISCUSSION.
THERE ARE FIVE PROPOSED MAP
AMENDMENTS AND TWO NEW POLICY
IDEAS AND SEVEN POLICY
AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN
PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED.
THOSE PROPOSALS, THE APPLICANT
DID NOT DEMONSTRATE A CHANGE IN
CIRCUMSTANCE SO THEY DO NOT
MEET THE CRITERIA.
WE WILL NOT FOCUS ON THEM.
THE FIVE MAP AMENDMENTS, ERIC
WILL TALK ABOUT.
>> I WOULD JUST WALK US THROUGH
THE SLIDES AND YOU SEE THE
NUMBERING, ONE, IT TWO, SIX,
SEVEN AND 12 AND THOSE ARE THE
ONE SUBMITTED AND THERE ARE
SOME DIFFERENT TABLES ATTACHED
TO THE MEMO AND ALSO IN THE
CLERK FILE.
THAT IS TO CLEAR FIVE IF FOLKS
WERE TO JUMP INTO THE VIDEO
RECORD AND WONDER WHAT THE
NOVEL NUMBER SYSTEM IS AND THAT
REFERS TO THE NUMBERS USED FOR
THE NAMES OF THE AMENDMENT.
THERE ARE FIVE TOTAL.
MAYBE I WILL TAKE A MOMENT.
THE MAP ON THE RIGHT SHOWS THE
DISTRIBUTION AROUND TOWN.
NUMBER TWO IS UP NORTH AND THE
OTHER FOUR DASHED A LITTLE BIT
-- ONE ADJACENT TO DOWNTOWN IS
THE STADIUM AREA AND THE OTHERS
MORE IN WEST SEATTLE.
AMENDMENT ONE IS ASKING FOR
CHANGE FROM THE LOWRISE ONE TO
LOWRISE THREE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, 4501 AND 45
ZERO SOUTH ASKED ADMIRAL WAY.
AMENDMENT TWO WOULD AS TO
EXTEND THE NORTH CAPE URBAN
CENTER TO ENCOMPASS THESE
PARCELS AND WE HAVE TO BUMP
THAT OUT A LITTLE BIT TO THE
SINGLE-FAMILY, AND THIS IS A
MULTIFAMILY CHANGE.
AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX ASKED TO
AMEND THE LATEST MAP FROM
SINGLE-FAMILY TO MULTIFAMILY ON
ALKI AVENUE SOUTHWEST.
THE NUMBER SEVEN WOULD
ESTABLISH THE STADIUM DISTRICT
OF THE NEW BOUNDARIES THAT ARE
SHOWN IN THE DASHED BLUE LINES
SUBMITTED WITH THE PROPOSAL AND
WOULD MIX POLICY CHANGES AND
NUMBER ONE TO ESTABLISH THE
DISTRICT AND TWO, TO ALLOW
RESIDENTIAL THROUGHOUT THE
DISTRICT AND THREE TO RECOGNIZE
THE DISTRICT AS THE -- AND
CONTINUED SUCCESS OF THE
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIAL CENTER
KNOWN AS THE MIC.
FINALLY THE DEAL DEALING WITH
THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IS THE
MAP OF SAINT VINCENT PROPERTY
THE WEST SEATTLE JUNCTION URBAN
VILLAGE.
>> CAN YOU SPEAK TO MORE
HISTORY AND CONTEXT OF THIS
PARTICULAR AMENDMENT.
>> YES.
RECENTLY WITH THE CHANGES, THE
BOUNDARY OF THIS URBAN VILLAGE
CAME RIGHT UP AGAINST THE
PROPERTY BUT DID NOT ENCOMPASS
IT.
THE BLUE YOU SEE IS THE
BOUNDARY OF THE URBAN VILLAGE
IN THE CHANGE AND THIS CHANGE
WOULD ENCOMPASS THAT PROPERTY
AND BY HAVING THE PROPERTY IN
THE URBAN VILLAGE IT WOULD MAKE
IT POSSIBLE TO DO DIFFERENT
THINGS WITH THAT PROPERTY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THERE ARE TWO POLICY
AMENDMENTS.
THE FIRST WOULD BE TO AMEND THE
TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT RELATED
TO THE TMC'S, DELIVERY TRUCKS
TO PROVIDE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE
DETAIL REGARDING THOSE MODES OF
TRANSPORTATION.
THE SECOND IS TO AMEND THE
POLICIES IN THE AND
TRANSPORTATION ENVIRONMENT AND
THE PARKS AND OPEN SPACE
ELEMENT RELATED TO TREES AND
THE DEFINITION OF URBAN FOREST.
OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO
DOCKET THE CHANGE TO THE NORTH
BAY URBAN CENTER BOUNDARY IN
THE PROVIDENCE BOUND ST.
VINCENT CHANGE TO THE WEST
SEATTLE JUNCTION BOUNDARY.
TO DOCKET THE STADIUM DISTRICT
IN THE CONTEXT OF THE ONGOING
INDUSTRIAL LANDS WORK.
THERE HAS BEEN A PREVIOUS
STADIUM DISTRICT PROPOSAL.
THE PROPOSAL THAT WAS PROPOSED
THIS YEAR WOULD MORE BROADLY
ALLOW RESIDENTIAL USES
THROUGHOUT THE STADIUM
DISTRICT.
OUR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE
THAT THE TEAM WORKING ON THE
INDUSTRIAL LANDS CONSIDER BOTH
OF THOSE PROPOSALS.
IN THE CONTEXT OF BROADER
INDUSTRIAL LANDS POLICIES.
AND NOT TO DOCKET THE REMAINING
AMENDMENTS AS THE POLICY
CHANGES ARE MORE DETAILED THAN
WE WOULD NORMALLY SEE IN THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ARE
PROBABLY ADDRESSED BETTER BY
SPECIFIC CHANGES TO, FOR
EXAMPLE, THE STREET USE
POLICIES, OUR FREIGHT MASTER
PLAN AND THE CHANGES TO
REGULATIONS RELATING TO TREES
AS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING
AMENDMENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> THANK YOU.
I AM FAIRLY CERTAIN WE WERE
AIMING AT THIS ANNUAL REVIEW TO
INCLUDE DOCKETING THE PROJECT
LIST DASHED THE RECOMMENDED
PROJECT LIST ASSOCIATED WITH
MOVING FORWARD A PROPOSAL FOR
IMPACT FEES, TRANSPORTATION
IMPACT FEES AND I KNOW THAT OUR
PROJECT LIST WAS CHALLENGED AND
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HEARD.
THE HEARING EXAMINER'S, I'M
JUST WONDERING WHERE THAT IS
AND WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN
EXPECT TO CONSIDER THAT IN THIS
DOCKETING PROCESS.
I SEEM TO RECALL THAT THE
PLANNING COMMISSION HAD
INDICATED EARLIER THAT IT WAS
SUPPORTIVE.
THE HEARING EXAMINER HEARING
HAPPENED EARLIER THIS MONTH.
WE ARE WAITING ON THE RESULTS.
WE ARE EXPLORING WHETHER THOSE
AMENDMENTS CAN BE TAKEN UP
ALONGSIDE THE BUDGET.
THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT ACT
ALLOWS FOR AMENDMENTS TO THE
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
WHICH IS TECHNICALLY PART OF
THE CONFERENCE A PLAN TO OCCUR
DURING THE BUDGETING PROCESS.
IT IS POSSIBLE THOSE WOULD COME
UP THIS FALL DURING THE
BUDGETING PROCESS.
OTHERWISE THEY WOULD PROBABLY
BE CONSIDERED NEXT YEAR.
>> ARE YOU SAYING THAT BECAUSE
WE ARE NOT EXPECTING TO GET AN
ANSWER ON THE HEARING EXAMINER
IN TIME FOR OUR TIME FRAME FOR
CONSIDERING THIS PARTICULAR
RESOLUTION THAT WE WILL NEED
TACKED ON BY MID AUGUST?
>> GENERALLY THE GROWTH
MANAGEMENT ACT ONLY ALLOWS THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO BE
AMENDED ONCE A YEAR.
THAT HAPPENED THIS PAST SPRING
ALONGSIDE THE MANDATORY HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY.
>> IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE
IMPACT BE RELATED AMENDMENTS
WHAT HAPPENED THIS FALL AND
OTHERWISE THEY COULD HAPPEN
NEXT YEAR.
>> COULD WE COVER OUR BASES
THOUGH BIKE QUEUING THEM UP IN
THIS RESOLUTION FOR NEXT YEAR
IS SORT OF A FALLBACK IF WE ARE
NOT ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE
BUDGET PROCESS, WHICH OF COURSE
I WOULD SUPPORT.
I THINK THERE IS A LITTLE BIT
WE DON'T KNOW YET.
>> SURE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> IN THE PAST I KNOW THAT OPCD
HAS RECOMMENDED DOCKETING THE
STADIUM DISTRICT AND I
APPRECIATE THE MAYOR'S
PERSPECTIVE IN TERMS OF WANTING
TO HOLD ALL UNTIL WE CAN DO THE
INDUSTRIAL LANDS WORK.
I GUESS IT SEEMS TO ME THE MORE
GENERAL CONTEXT IT WOULD MAKE
SENSE FOR THE -- FOR US TO
DOCKET THIS PROPOSAL TO CREATE
THE STADIUM DISTRICT NOW WHILE
SIMULTANEOUSLY DOING THE
INDUSTRIAL LANDS WORK.
I KNOW THAT THE PLANNING
COMMISSION HAS RECOMMENDED THE
DOCKET AS WELL SO I'M CURIOUS,
I GUESS, WHERE AM I MAKING THE
DISCONNECT, WHERE IS THE
DISCONNECT?
>> I THINK IT IS BOTH ONE WHERE
THE WORK RESIDES AND IN TERMS
OF TIMING.
I THINK I WOULD DO THIS AND
COVERING MORE GENERALLY ANY
PROPOSALS RELATED TO THE
INDUSTRIAL LANDS.
AS WAS DESCRIBED YOU EARLIER,
THERE IS THIS PROCESS WHICH IS
MORE HOLISTIC AND REALLY ON A
DIFFERENT TRACK ANY ANNUAL
AMENDMENTS THAT IS KICKING OFF.
THE TIMELINE FOR THAT WORK IS
QUITE LIKELY TO EXTEND BEYOND
WHAT WE COULD FEASIBLY THEN
COMPLETE.
AND WE WOULD FORWARD
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
RECOMMENDATIONS AND DO THE
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW THAT WOULD
BE NECESSARY TO FIT IN WITH THE
DOCKET THIS YEAR.
REALLY IT IS A QUESTION OF
TIMING WITH RESPECT TO THAT OF
THE PROCESS THAT IS REALLY
PRIMARY THE BOTTOM LINE HERE.
THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE
ANNUAL AMENDMENT PROCESS IN THE
FUTURE YEAR SUCH AS THE
DOCKETING PROCESS THAT BEGINS
NEXT YEAR MIGHT BE TIME TO WELL
FOR ANY RECOMMENDATIONS COMING
ON THE INDUSTRIAL LANDS WOULD
FEED INTO THAT BUT IT IS NOT
TIMELY AND RIGHT WE FEEL AT
THIS TIME TO PUT ON THE DOCKET
THIS YEAR.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
>>
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND
I WILL OPEN IT FOR PUBLIC
SPEAKING AND YOU ARE LIMITED TO
TWO MINUTES AND AFTER TWO
MINUTES THE MICROPHONE WILL BE
TURNED OFF.
WE WILL START WITH JEREMY PONG.
PLEASE SKIP ME FOR NOW.
>> THANK YOU.
JOHN PURSE ACT IN NEXT ON THE
LIST IS SARAH CAMERON.
JOHN IS FIRST.
SORRY.
JUST TEEING IT UP.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS JOHN PURSAK, AND I'M
SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF ILWU
LOCAL 19.
I JUST WANT TO COMMENT ON
AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN OF THE
CALL PLAN.
WE ARE IN OPPOSITION TO THAT
BEING DOCKETED.
I WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPANT IN
THE LAST ROUND OF DISCUSSIONS
AROUND THE INDUSTRIAL INCIDENT
WAS DATA-DRIVEN DISCUSSION.
I THINK PART OF THE REASON A
LOT OF THE WORK WAS NOT
COMPLETE BECAUSE THERE WAS A
LOT OF DATA THAT HAD TO BE
RETRIEVED AND UNDERSTOOD BEFORE
WE CAN HAVE A REAL CONVERSATION
OF WHAT NEEDED TO HAPPEN AND WE
JUST UNFORTUNATELY RAN OUT OF
TIME.
ONE THING THAT DID COME OUT OF
THAT PROCESS AND THAT IS
MEMORIALIZED ON THE A WIKI
WEBSITE IS THE FACT THAT
HOUSING IN THE INDUSTRIAL LANDS
AREAS IS A NONSTARTER.
THE STADIUM DISTRICT PROPOSES
TO PUT HOUSING IN THE
INDUSTRIAL LANDS WHICH I THINK
IS THE MAJOR CONTRADICTION THAT
NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT.
I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, AND I
LOOK FOR TO FURTHER
CONVERSATIONS AND WILLING TO
PROVIDE INPUT WHEREVER IT IS
HELPFUL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
SARAH CAMERON.
>> I AM STAIR CAMERA, KEEP A
STRATEGY FOR THE PROVIDENCE
HOME COMMUNITY CARE INCLUDING
PROVIDENCE MOUNT ST. VINCENT'S
KNOWN AS THE MOUNT.
THE MISSION OF PROVIDENCE CALLS
US TO SERVE AS EXPRESSIONS OF
GOD'S HEALING LOVE AND TO
SERVICE THOSE ESPECIALLY THOSE
POOR AND VULNERABLE.
AS CHARLENE MENTIONED
RIGOROUSLY THE MOUTH IS A VERY
SPECIAL PLACE FOR RESIDENTS,
PATIENTS, PROVIDENCE
CAREGIVERS, COMMUNITY PARTNERS,
CHILDREN, SISTERS OF PROVIDENCE
AND REALLY THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.
EVERYONE IS WELCOME AT THE
MOUNT.
IN SPRING 2019 WE BEGIN
EXPLORING OPTIONS FOR UPGRADING
THE NEWLY 100-YEAR-OLD CAMPUS
TO EXPAND EXISTING SERVICES AND
ASSESS HOW TO HONOR THE LEGACY
OF OUR FOUNDERS FOR ANOTHER 100
YEARS.
DURING THIS TIME WE BECAME
AWARE OF THE COMPETENCY PLAN
UPDATE AND ACCOMPANIED LAND-USE
CHANGES.
I'M HERE TO REQUEST AMOUNT TO
BE INCLUDED WITHIN THE WEST
SEATTLE JUNCTION HUB AND URBAN
VILLAGE.
BASED IN OUR INTERPRETATION OF
SECTION 7 RESOLUTION 3107 WE
BELIEVE WE NEED THE CRITERIA
HAD THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
AMENDMENT CONSIDER.
THE MOTIVATION IS TO GREAT
FLEXIBILITY IN DEVELOPMENT
PLANNING AND TO HONOR THE 163
LEGACY THAT THE SISTERS OF
PROVIDENCE AND SURELY MEET AND
EXCEED THE MANDATORY AFFORDABLE
HOUSING REQUIREMENT ASSOCIATED
WITH OUR PROPERTY.
I'M ALSO WEST SEATTLE RESIDENT
APPEARED TO TWO YOUNG BOYS THAT
ATTEND THE MOUNT INDUSTRIAL
LEARNING CENTER.
I'M SENSITIVE TO THE CHALLENGES
ASSOCIATED WITH PARKING,
TRAFFICKING AND THENCE AND
DENSITY MANAGEMENT IN SEATTLE.
I SHOW YOU THAT PARKING WILL BE
INCLUDED AS PART OF THE MASTER
PLAN.
AS A PARENT WHAT I LOVE ABOUT
THE MOUNTAINSIDE INTEGRATED THE
KIDS ARE ON THE CAMPUS AND
BROADER COMMUNITY.
LAST WEEK MY PRESCHOOLER WALKED
TO THE HUSKY DELI AND GOING TO
DIM SUM BY BUS NEXT WEEK, AND
THEY TAKE THE BUS TO ALKI AND
ACROSS THE CITY ON A REGULAR
BASIS.
AGAIN I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME
AND HOPE YOU CONSIDER THE MOUNT
AS PART OF THE WEST SEATTLE HUB
JUNCTION.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT ON THE LIST IS MARIE
ERICKSON.
>> MY NAME IS BARRETT ERICKSON
AND I AM THE WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR THE
SAILORS USED IN NORTHERN
PACIFIC AND A MEMBER OF THE
SEATTLE KING COUNTY WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
I WANTED TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF
THE MAYOR'S POSITION ON THE
INDUSTRIAL LAND USE AND AGAINST
DOCKETING AMENDMENT SEVEN AND
IN PARTICULAR I WANTED TO SPEAK
ABOUT THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
PLANS AND STRATEGIES BEING
DEVELOPED AROUND THE SEATTLE
KING COUNTY MARITIME SECTOR AND
THE IMPORTANCE THAT THE
INDUSTRIAL LANDS PLAY TO BEING
ABLE TO CREATE THE WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION
SYSTEM THAT IS NECESSARY TO
PROVIDE TRAINING FOR YOUNG
PEOPLE THAT CAN WORK IN THIS
AREA.
THAT IS PRETTY MUCH ESSENTIALLY
WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.
IT IS BEING WORKED ON AND
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE GATHERINGS
ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THE
COUNTY.
IT IS -- THERE'S ALSO SOME
FEDERAL THINGS GOING ON THAT
I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH ON AN
ADVISORY COMMITTEE AT THE
FEDERAL LEVEL HAVING TO DO WITH
DEVELOPING MORE PORT
INFRASTRUCTURE, ETC.
THAT WILL CREATE MORE WORKFORCE
OPPORTUNITIES.
FOR THAT YOU NEED INDUSTRIAL
LANDS.
WE CANNOT LOSE IT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT ON THE LIST IS CHARLIE
BOYER.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
I AM CHARLIE BOYER, A BOARD
MEMBER AND PAST CHAIR OF THE
PUBLIC FACILITIES DISTRICT
WHICH IS THE OWNER OF T-MOBILE
PARK.
I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF COUNSEL
CENTRAL STAFF AND THE CITY
PLANNING COMMISSION TO DOCKET
NOW THE COMPANY IS A PLAN
AMENDMENT FOR REVIEW DURING
THIS CYCLE.
AS COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
SUGGESTED, THERE BEEN SEVERAL
STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEES TO
STUDY THE INDUSTRIAL LANDS
ISSUES AND THEY BOTH MADE
RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH ARE NOW
PART OF OUR PROPOSAL.
BUT TWO FORMER MAYOR'S TWICE
DEFERRED ACTION ON THOSE
PROPOSALS.
DEFERRED ACTION IN THE FACE OF
RAPID CHANGE.
ANOTHER SPORTS FACILITY
RECOMMENDED OR DISCUSSED FOR
THE STADIUM DISTRICT MAJOR
SHIFTS IN GOVERNANCE AND
OPERATIONS THE PORTS OF TACOMA
AND SEATTLE.
THERE WAS LOTS OF TALK ABOUT
THE NEED TO ADDRESS
TRANSPORTATION AND FREIGHT
MOBILITY WHICH IS NOW UNDERWAY.
NOW THAT THINGS MIGHT BE
SELLING A BIT I WOULD LIKE TO
PROPOSE TWO QUESTIONS OR TWO
SUGGESTIONS FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION.
ONE, DOCKET OUR PROPOSAL, AND
HELP US FIND A BETTER PATH FOR
ACHIEVING THE MAYOR PRIORITIES
AND THE NEEDS OF THE PORT.
THE MAYOR HAS RECOMMENDED
AGAINST DOCKETING OUR PROPOSAL
SO WHAT THIRD STAKEHOLDER
COMMITTEE COULD DO AN 18 TO 24
MONTH CITYWIDE STUDY IN THE
INDUSTRIAL MARITIME SLAIN
STUDY.
THE STUDY WILL LIKELY FIND WHAT
OTHER STUDIES HAVE FOUND, THAT
THERE IS NO INDUSTRIAL LAND
USES IN THE STADIUM DISTRICT.
OUR EFFORT AND DOCKETING WOULD
NOT AFFECT THE MAYOR PLANNED TO
DO THE CITYWIDE STUDY.
SECONDLY, THE MAYOR LONG
TIMELINE PRODUCES AN
OPPORTUNITY OR PRECLUDE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SHAPE A LARGE
PIECE OF LAND WHICH IS VERY
THIN GOING TO BE SURPLUS BY THE
STATE.
THAT IS THE WASP A PROPERTY
WHICH COULD BE SNATCHED UP BY
DEVELOPERS FOR OTHER USES.
I'M SAYING TODAY THAT READ OUR
DOCKET PROPOSAL AND IT TALKS
ABOUT HOUSING IN HELP US FIND A
BETTER PATH FOR ACHIEVING THE
MAYOR PRIORITIES AND THE NEEDS
OF THE PORT, WORKFORCE HOUSING,
INDUSTRIAL AND MARITIME JOBS.
THE MIXED-USE IN THAT
NEIGHBORHOOD, SAFETY-KLEEN TO
TAKE CHARGE OF CHANGE IN THE
FUTURE AND NOT BE --
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> NEXT IS FRED MENDOZA.
>> GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU
FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
PRESENT.
MY NAME IS FRED MENDOZA AND I'M
CHAIR OF THE WASHINGTON STATE
PUBLIC AUTHORITY STADIUM AND
OWNERS OF CENTURYLINK FIELD.
I'M HERE TO SUPPORT AND ENDORSE
THE RECOMMENDATION TO DOCKET
THE STADIUM DISTRICT FOR THE
CURRENT HERBOLD DASHED COMP
CYCLE AND FOR THE DELAY IS
UNNECESSARY AS COUNCILMAN
HERBOLD POINTED OUT.
WE STARTED THIS EIGHT YEARS AGO
AND TALKED ABOUT IT IN AND GOT
ALL THE WAY UP TO THE COUNCIL A
COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND I
SUBMIT TO YOU THAT NOTHING NEW
WILL BE LEARNED BY THE CITY
PROPOSED FOUR YOUR DELAY IN
MAKING AN ULTIMATE DECISION.
YOU CANNOT TAKE INTERBAY AND
YOU CANNOT TAKE GEORGETOWN AND
PUT THEM INTO A COMMON STUDY
GROUP WITH THE STADIUM
DISTRICT.
I HAVE TO MAKE A CONFESSION
THAT EIGHT YEARS AGO WHEN WE
STARTED THIS PROCESS
INTERNALLY, WE JUST STARTED
CALLING IT THE STADIUM AND THE
STADIUM DISTRICT.
THAT IS AN UNFORTUNATE MONIKER
OW AS WE LOOK BACK BECAUSE TOO
MANY IT CONJURES UP IDEAS OF
LAS VEGAS AND BRIGHT LIGHTS.
THIS IS NOT REALLY A STADIUM
DISTRICT.
THIS IS A DISTRICT THAT IS
COMPOSED OF MANY CONSTITUENT
NEIGHBORHOODS.
IT BEGS TO BE STITCHED TOGETHER
IN A COMPREHENSIVE MANNER BY
THE COUNCIL THROUGH ITS LAND-
USE TOOLS.
MANY CHANGES ARE HAPPENING AS
WE SPEAK AND SINCE THE ECONOMIC
STUDY WAS COMPLETED A COUPLE OF
YEARS AGO, MORE CHANGES ARE
BEING MADE.
THE PORT IS PLANNING TO DO
SOMETHING TO OUR NEIGHBOR TO
THE WEST AND THE VIADUCT IS
DOWN.
I LOOKED THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY
SEE THE WATER NOW.
ALL OF THESE CHANGES BEG
IMMEDIATE ATTENTION BY THE
COUNCIL AND IN AN INTELLIGENT
WAY TO DESIGN THE FUTURE OF
THIS AREA.
WE AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT
THE STAFF IS SAID TODAY ABOUT
THE NEED FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING
AND HOUSING, AND MORE VIBRANT
INFRASTRUCTURE.
BUT IT NEEDS AN INTELLIGENT
DESIGN FOR THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.
IT HAS NOT BEEN MADE BY THE
OVERLAY WHICH HAS RUN ITS
COURSE.
IT DID WHAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO
DO, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE
OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE THIS
DISCUSSION.
PLEASE DOCKET THIS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> FOR THE RECORD, MY INQUIRIES
ABOUT THE PAST WORK THAT HAS
BEEN DONE AS DIRECTED BY PAST
COUNCILS AND IMPLEMENTED BY
PAST MAYORS WAS NOT TO SUGGEST
THAT THERE WAS NOTHING MORE
THAT COULD BE LEARNED BY
FURTHER ENGAGEMENT.
IT WAS MORE JUST TO GET A SENSE
OF WHERE WE WERE GOING TO BE
STARTING THIS NEW PROCESS,
WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS GOING TO
BE FROM THE LAST SET OF
RECOMMENDATIONS, OR WHETHER OR
NOT WE WOULD START FROM SQUARE
ONE.
I'M ALSO VERY INTERESTED IN
KNOWING OF THOSE OLD
RECOMMENDATIONS, WHETHER OR NOT
THERE'S ANYTHING THAT THERE ARE
STRONG ENOUGH CONSENSUS AROUND
THAT WE COULD USE THIS
DOCKETING PROCESS TO TALK
ABOUT.
THANK YOU.
>> NEXT ON THE LIST IS TIA
PETROVICH.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M HERE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF
AMENDMENT SEVEN STADIUM
DISTRICT.
I'M THE BOARD PRESIDENT OF THE
PIONEERS GROVE RESIDENTS
COUNCIL.
SOME COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY
AND MANY ARE OBVIOUSLY WORKING.
I BRING A RESIDENTIAL VOICE WE
HAVE A LETTER TO READ INTO THE
RECORD FOR SUPPORT.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD THE
PIONEERS GROVE WE SUPPORT THE
INDEPENDENT LAND-USE
CLASSIFICATION AND PIONEER
SQUARE INCLUDES 3000 PEOPLE
CALLING THE SQUARE HOME.
WE ARE DIVERSE GROUP OF
PROPERTY OWNERS AND RENTERS
THAT KEEP SEATTLE HISTORIC,
VIBRANT, SAFE AND THRIVING.
THE STADIUM DISTRICT WOULD
ALLOW MORE HOUSING AND GREATER
COMMUNITY IN TOWN AND THE
PROPOSAL WOULD GREAT THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR FUTURE
DEVELOPMENT IN AREAS ADJACENT
TO PIONEER SQUARE.
THIS WOULD CREATE A STRONG
SENSE OF PLACE ENVIRONMENTS OF
HOUSING, OPEN SPACE, RETAIL,
NEW CONCEPT INDUSTRY IN SPORTS
RESIDENTS, SPORTS FANS AND
TOURS.
WE ARE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED
IN THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF
HOUSING AND GREEN SPACE ON THE
WASP A PROPERTY WHICH WAS
PREVIOUSLY RECOMMENDED BY THE
STADIUM DISTRICT STAKEHOLDERS
COMMITTEE WHICH I SAID ON AND
CONVENED BY THE CITY SEVERAL
YEARS AGO.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT WATCH.MAKE
ITSELF THE WASP THE SITE IS
EARLY AS 2021 AND IF THE AREA
COULD BE REZONED FROM
INDUSTRIAL TO INDEPENDENT AND
INCLUDING WORKFORCE HOUSING AND
GREEN SPACE MEETING THE PARKING
COULD BE REALIZED.
INTRODUCING THE MIXED-USE PLAN
WOULD IMPROVE THE SAFETY AND
WELL-BEING OF ALL THAT LIVE,
WORK AND PLAY, AND TRANSIT
THROUGH THE AREA.
THE INCREASED RESIDENTIAL BASE
HELP TO REVITALIZE PIONEER
SQUARE A FEW YEARS AGO AND
OTHER MIXED-USE STADIUM
NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE ENJOYED
SIMILAR SUCCESS IN WEEK WANT
THE COMPENSATION.
THE PLAN BAY STRATEGY DESERVES
SERIOUS CONSIDERATION AND COULD
STRENGTHEN THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE
IN AN PHENOMENA DECISIONS ON
WHERE WE WORK AND PLAY.
THANK YOU.
>> NEXT IS ERIC FITCH.
NEXT IS MAKING CREWS.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR PROJECT GO
AND COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
I'M HERE FOR THE SEAPORT
ALLIANCE AND AS A
INTERNATIONAL GATEWAY,
FISHERMAN'S TERMINAL TO
TERMINAL NONE WHAT AND CRITICAL
SUPPLY CHAIN FOR FACILITIES I
HER TO EXPRESS CONCERNS OF THE
SEAPORT ALLIANCE FOR THE COMP
PLAN AMENDMENT WE RESPECTFULLY
YOU DELAY UNTIL THE MAYOR CAN
CONVENE COMPREHENSIVE CITYWIDE
UPDATE ON THE LAND FRAMEWORK
WERE.
WE HAVE UNDERTAKEN THE NEED FOR
HOLISTIC REVIEW AND WOULD
APPRECIATE THE MAYOR LETTER TO
COUNSEL ON THIS TOPIC.
WE HEARD FROM THE STAFF ON THE
PLAN TO CONVENE THE DELIBERATE
PROCESS TO REVIEW A RANGE OF
ISSUES IMPORTANT TO THE
MANUFACTURING, MARITIME AND
INDUSTRIAL SECTORS WITH WHOM WE
PARTNER.
WE AGREED SUPPORT THIS
APPROACH.
WE ARE GLAD TO PERSUADE IN THE
-- CONVENED BY THE PREVIOUS
ADMINISTRATION BUT UNFORTUNATELY
THE GOOD WORK DONE BY THE GROUP
WAS LEFT UNFINISHED AND WE LOOK
FORWARD TO A FRESH START.
AT THE PORT AND SEAPORT
ALLIANCE WE FEEL STRONGLY THAT
THE COMPLETION OF THE STUDY
MUST PRECEDE CONSIDERATION OF
THE BEEF, OPPOSABLE OR ANY SUCH
POSTER REDUCING THE RESULT
INDUSTRIAL LAND BASE.
THE PORT USED IN THIS CITY IS A
MATTER OF DAILY DISCUSSIONS
WHICH NEEDS TO INCLUDE FOCUS ON
LIVING WAGE JOBS LIKE THOSE
REPORTED BY THE CITY INDUSTRIAL
LAND BASE.
WE BELIEVE THE MARITIME LAND IS
CRITICAL TO SUPPORTING LIVING
WAGE JOBS IN THE DIVERSE AND
ECONOMIC SECTORS TO WHICH THE
CITY WAS BUILT.
JOBS AT THE WORKING WATERFRONT
IS PAYING A WAGE TO SUPPORT A
FAMILY THAT OFTEN DON'T REQUIRE
COLLEGE DIPLOMA.
WE WORK FOR THE CITY OF
WORKFORCE TRAINING INITIATIVES
TO ENSURE CONSTITUENTS CAN GAIN
SKILLS TO WORK IN THE SECTORS
WITH A SPECIFIC FOCUS OF
ENGAGING COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
AND LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES.
WE ENCOURAGE COUNSEL TO TAKE
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WORK THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE WHERE WE CAN ALL
COLLABORATE ACROSS GOVERNMENT
TO SUPPORT THE WORK AT THE
WATERFRONT.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO REVISITING
THE INDUSTRIAL LAND USE FOR THE
CITY ONLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION.
>> NEXT IS MAKING CREWS AND
AFTER MEGHAN IS STEVE RUSS
TELLO.
>> I'M HERE THIS MORNING TO
TALK ABOUT AMENDMENT NUMBER
FIVE AT THE TMC AND THE TRUCKS
TO THE MULTIMODAL PLAN OF THE
COMPOUND.
ALTHOUGH NOT RECOMMENDED FOR
DOCKETING TWO OF THE THREE
REVIEWING BODIES OF THE SEATTLE
PLANNING COMMISSION AND OPCD
DID RECOMMEND IT BE CONSIDERED
FOR THE MAJOR UPDATE TO THE
CONFERENCE A PLAN AND SCOPING
FOR THAT WILL BEGIN SHORTLY AND
I WOULD LIKE THIS COMMITTEE TO
PLEASE RECOMMEND THAT IT MOVED
FORWARD TO SCOPING BOTH TO THE
MAYOR AND TO THE FULL COUNCIL.
IF WE DO NOT MEASURE THE IMPACT
OF THESE TWO DISRUPTORS WE WILL
NEVER SOLVE CONGESTION.
OR PLAN FOR ADEQUATE
INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE NUMBERS ARE COMPELLING.
WE KNOW THAT IN 98104, THE
DISTRICT THE BUILDING IS THEN
WE HAVE 10,000 TMC TRIPS A DAY
ON AVERAGE.
UP THE STREET AT 101 IT IS
17,000.
FOR EVERY MILE A SOLO DRIVER IN
A CAR PUTS ON THE ROAD, THE TMC
PUTS 2.8 MILES ON THE ROAD.
TMC'S ARE GOING 30% ANNUALLY
AND A PROBLEM THAT IF WE DON'T
GET OUR HAND ON THAT WE WILL
NEVER SOLVE IT.
THE NUMBERS FOR THE DELIVERY
TRUCKS ARE ALSO COMPELLING.
THE CITIES ON RESEARCH SAYS
DELIVERY TRUCKS WILL DOUBLE BY
2023.
YET WE ARE BUILDING NEW TOWERS
TOLD 1000 RESIDENTS WITHOUT
SINGLE VOTING MEMBERS WITH 50%
OR 80% OF THE UNITS HAVING
PARKING SPACES.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THE
ONLY WAY TO ADDRESS DENSITY AND
TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS IS TO
INCLUDE ALL OF THE FACTORS.
WE NEED TO ADD TMC AND DELIVERY
TRUCKS TO THE MULTIMODAL MASTER
PLAN TO CREATE DATA-DRIVEN
TRANSPORTATION AND
INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> NUMBERS 2 AND 7 I'M MORE
FAMILIAR WITH THAN 12 BUT I
THINK THE SAME PROBLEM GOES
THROUGH THIS WHICH IS WE DON'T
HAVE ENOUGH CITIZEN
INVOLVEMENT.
EVERYTHING IS PULLED AWAY FOR
THE MIGHTY, MIGHTY
STAKEHOLDERS.
PART OF GOVERNMENT JOB IS TO
TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THESE
WHIZBANG PROPOSALS AND SAY HOW
DOES IT FIT INTO THE CITY.
DOES IT REALLY WORK.
NOW SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER
THAT RECENTLY THERE WAS SOME
CHANGES FOR THE NORTH PRECINCT.
AND HOW WELL THE NEIGHBORS
AROUND THEIR BELT THEY WERE
TREATED BY THE CITY.
I WOULD SUGGEST THAT AROUND
NORTHGATE YOU MAY GET EVEN A
BIGGER BANG.
I WOULD SUGGEST BEFORE YOU
START SERIOUSLY CHANGING ZONING
AROUND NORTHGATE, EXPANDING
ZONES OR CREATING MORE SUPER
ZONES WHERE YOU HAVE EVEN LESS
CONTROL OVER THE LONG RUN THAT
YOU START TAKING A LOOK AT THE
CITIZENS WHO LIVE AROUND THERE.
NOTICE I SAID CITIZENS AND NOT
THE MIGHTY, MIGHTY STAKEHOLDERS
OR PEOPLE THAT HAVE SOME OTHER
INTEREST.
THE SEATTLE CITIZEN DO FEEL
LIKE WE HAVE BEEN IGNORED.
AND YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT
THE STADIUM DISTRICT, AND
INDUSTRIAL LAND IS PROBABLY THE
MOST VULNERABLE LAND IN THE
CITY.
WHEN YOU MAKE IT MULTIUSE WHAT
GENERALLY HAPPENS IS GUESS
WHAT, THE MORE INTENSE, THE ONE
THAT YIELDS THE MOST MONEY
TAKES OVER.
BEFORE YOU START REMOVING
INDUSTRIAL LAND I THINK YOU
NEED TO DO THE LONG-TERM LOOK.
BECAUSE SEATTLE IS NOT GOING TO
REPLACE IT.
WHAT KIND OF A CITY DO YOU WANT
OR IS THAT YOUR RELEVANT.
IS ALWAYS ZONING TO BE DONE
WHEN SOMEBODY COMES UP WITH A
WHIZBANG PLAN AND A FEW
DOLLARS.
THANK YOU.
>> NEXT IS MacO -
>> GOOD MORNING.
THE TOWN -- SUPPORTS DOCKETING
THE CONFERENCE A PLAN AMENDMENT
PROPOSAL AMENDMENT 7. I DON'T
NEED TO TELL YOU THAT THE SOUTH
END OF TOWN IS CHANGING
QUICKLY.
IN 2013 THE CITY CONVENE AND WE
PARTICIPATE IN THE STADIUM
DISTRICT ADVISORY GROUP TO
DISCUSS POTENTIAL CHANGES FOR
THE AREA.
THE GROUP SPECIFICALLY
DISCUSSED THE 48 O SCOTT SITE.
IN -- WASKA SITE COULD EASILY
BE TRANSFERRED IN 2021.
IT SEEMS FAR OFF THAT IT'S
REALLY NOT.
WE BELIEVE IN WE ARE REQUESTING
THAT THE CITY NOT LOSE THIS
OPPORTUNITY BUT YET DOCKET THE
AMENDMENT AS PART OF THE COMP
PLAN AND DOCUMENTING OR
DOCKETING IT THROUGH THE PLAN
AMENDMENT CYCLE DOES NOT
PRECLUDE IT FROM THE INDUSTRIAL
PLANS AS WELL BUT DON'T LOSE
OPPORTUNITY ON THE WASKA SITE
AND WE ASK YOU THE DOCKET THE
PROPOSAL.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT ON THE LIST IS DAVE
GOERING, INDUSTRIAL DIRECTOR AT
THE EXECUTIVE LAND IN SEATTLE
AND NICE TO MEET YOU MR.
COUNCILMEMBER.
I HAVE BEEN THROUGH EVERY
INDUSTRIAL LAND USE EFFORT AND
STAKEHOLDER PROCESS SINCE THE
GROWTH MAP WAS ADOPTED BACK TO
ABOUT 1998.
I WISH WE HAD DIFFERENT
SCHEDULING ISSUES BECAUSE I'M
GOING TO EXPRESS GREAT SUPPORT
FOR THE MAYOR'S LETTER.
I'VE NEVER SEEN A BETTER LETTER
BETTER INFORMED THAN AN ELECTED
OFFICIAL ON THIS YOU AND I MEAN
THAT.
I THINK IT IS TRAGIC THAT THE
GROUP LEFT BEFORE THEY COULD
HEAR THE IMPORT BECAUSE THEY
HAVE DONE A TERRIFIC JOB FOR
YOU.
IN TERMS OF THE STADIUM
DISTRICT I THINK THE OBJECTION
OVER DOCKETING IS HOW THIS ALL
FITS.
YOUR RIGHT THAT ALL OF THE
MAJOR CHANGES ARE TAKING PLACE
BUT WE ARE TAKING LITTLE TINY
BITS OUT OF THE INDUSTRIAL ERA,
THE CLASSIC THING YOU'RE NOT
SUPPOSED TO DO.
WE URGE YOU TO FOLLOW WHAT THE
MAYOR SAYS BUT LET'S FIND A WAY
TO IMPROVE CONVERSATION AND
TALK WITH CHARLIE.
MAYBE THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN
SPEED UP BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT
RESEARCH HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE.
THERE WAS TREMENDOUS WORK DONE
IN THE LAST CYCLE AND THAT WORK
IS ALL SITTING THERE.
THE CONSULTANT THEY DID AS HIS
BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
IT WOULD TAKE ALMOST NOTHING TO
GET IT ALL TOGETHER AGAIN
WITHIN WAIT AND YOU CAN HAVE A
MUCH BETTER IDEA ON HOW
FEASIBLE AND THE SCHEDULES ON
WHAT THEY ARE.
WE WANT TO DO A FREEDOM OF
INFORMATION ACT ON THE SALE OF
THE PROPERTY AT WASKA TO THE
STATE.
YOU WILL LEARN MORE ABOUT
INDUSTRIAL LAND ISSUES THAN ANY
OTHER PROCESS AND UNDERGROUND
HOW IT ALL WORKS.
I WOULD TOTALLY AGREE WITH WHAT
EVERYBODY SAID ABOUT WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE NEVER
FIGURED OUT IN THE CITY.
106,000 INDUSTRIAL JOBS WITHIN
THE CITY LIMITS OF SEATTLE.
ATTRITION IN THE AMERICAN
INDUSTRIAL ECONOMY IS 3 TO 6% A
YEAR MANY TURNOVER.
WHEN YOU HAVE 100,000 JOBS AS
THE BASE WITH THEY 3, 54 6%
TURNOVER THAT'S 3000 TO 6000
JOB OPENINGS EVERY YEAR.
WE ARE DOING ALMOST NOTHING TO
CONNECT OUR COMMUNITIES WHERE
ALL WORRIED ABOUT WITH THOSE
OPPORTUNITIES.
MY OFFICE IS AT THE GEORGETOWN
CAMPUS, THE BEST TRAINING
CENTER FROM HERE TO LA OR HERE
TO CHICAGO.
IT IS IN THE ALMOST ALL DAY
LONG.
YOU COULD BE TRAINING PEOPLE
THERE TO GET THESE JOBS.
FOR WHATEVER REASON THAT IS NOT
HAPPENED YET.
IF YOU WORK WITH US WE WILL
HELP YOU FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO
THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE CAN WORK WITH YOU GUYS
WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BUT
IT MAKES SENSE TO HAVE THE MORE
REGIONAL ISSUE AND KUDOS TO THE
MAYOR AND THE NEW STAFF BECAUSE
I THINK THEY'VE DONE AN
EXCELLENT JOB.
>> THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE THAT
WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT?
SINCE THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL
SPEAKERS UP -- SORRY.
>> BE SURE TO SIGN IN.
>> I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT SIGNING
IT I'M LATE.
I AM DAN McQUISTON, THE LOCAL
19 SEATTLE PRESIDENT OF THE
WASHINGTON AREA DISTRICT
COUNCIL AND NOT WORK --
REPRESENT -- WORKERS FROM -- TO
OLYMPIA.
I'M COMPLETELY AGAINST
AMENDMENT 7. THIS ISSUE WAS IN
THE PORTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE,
INDUSTRIAL LAND PRESSURE TO
DEVELOP THOSE LANDS.
THIS IS A BOLD VISION, THIS
PLAN, BUT IT IS AN INDUSTRIAL
LAND GRAB.
WE NEED TO PRESERVE THESE
LANDS.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR
YEARS.
WORDS MATTER IN THIS AND I HAVE
HEARD STADIUM DISTRICT
MENTIONED MULTIPLE TIMES AND
THE MAJORITY OF THE PROJECT IS
GOING TO BE DONE AND WHAT IS
CALLED THE STADIUM TRANSITION
OVERLAY.
DISTRICT.
THAT IS A BUFFER ZONE.
THAT WAS INTENSELY PUT THEIR IN
THE EARLY 2000'S TO SEPARATE
THE STADIUMS FROM THE
INDUSTRIAL AREA.
IT HAS WORKED WELL FOR 20
YEARS, ALMOST 20 YEARS.
WE NEED TO PRESERVE THAT.
I AM AGAINST AMENDMENT 7 AND
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
SEEING AS WE HAVE NO ADDITIONAL
SPEAKERS I WILL CLOSE THE
PUBLIC HEARING ON THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOCUMENT
DOCKETING SETTING.
I WILL INTRODUCE THE DOCKETING
SESSION WE WILL WORK AT THE
NEXT COUNCIL MEETING ON AUGUST
7. IF THERE'S NO MORE
DISCUSSION WE WILL MOVE ON TO
THE NEXT ACTION ITEM.
THE FINAL ITEM OF BUSINESS
TODAY IS A BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION WITH THE SDCI ON THE
PERMANENT BACKLOG WORK AND
WOULD YOU PLEASE READ ITEM INTO
THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE,
SEATTLE PRODUCTIONS BACKLOG
UPDATE.
>> I APOLOGIZE AND I RESERVED
THIS HE FOR NOAH.
>> WOULD YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE
YOURSELVES AND KICK US OFF.
>> NATHAN -- DIRECTOR OF
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
CONSTRUCTION AND INSPECTIONS,
SDCI.
>> AND HIGGINS, SERVES AS
DIRECTOR SDCI.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
PACHECO TO ASK US TO COME TO
TALK ABOUT THE THINGS WE ARE
DOING AT SDCI TO ADDRESS THE
PERMANENT BACKLOG AT OUR
DEPARTMENT.
WE ARE OBVIOUSLY EXTREMELY BUSY
AND CONTINUED TO HAVE HIGH
LEVELS OF PERMITS BUT WE ARE
DOING SEVERAL THINGS TO ADDRESS
THAT ISSUE.
THANK YOU, ANDY.
A REMINDER OF OUR PURPOSE AND
VALUES TO CONTINUE.
WE HAVE A BUDGET OF $85 MILLION
AND A REMINDER TO OUR TV
AUDIENCE THAT 91% OF THAT
BUDGET IS FUNDED BY PERMIT
FEES.
WE ISSUED OVER 51,000 PERMITS
IN 2018.
BUT NOT ONLY ARE WE BUSY
ISSUING LAND USE AND
CONSTRUCTION PERMITS BUT WE
ALSO HAVE A VERY ACTIVE ROLE IN
THE CODE ENFORCEMENT AND A VERY
ROBUST RENTAL REGISTRATION AND
INSPECTION ORDINANCE PROGRAM
THAT COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD IS
INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING TO
ADOPT AND GET THROUGH COUNSEL.
WE DO A LOT OF WORK WITH OUR
LANDLORD AND TENANT COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW TENANT
REGULATIONS THAT WE ALSO HELP
ENFORCE AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC
ABOUT.
JUST LOOKING AT THE
CONSTRUCTION PERMIT INTAKE
VOLUME WE'VE BEEN AT RECORD
LEVELS SINCE 2015.
OUR PEAK WAS AT 2016-2017 AND
WE ARE DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT.
ADMITTEDLY THOSE INTAKE VOLUMES
HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT FOR OUR
DEPARTMENT TO MANAGE.
WE ARE NOT JUST TAKING IN
PERMITS, WE ARE ISSUING PERMITS
AND THERE'S A HUGE EMPHASIS IN
THE CITY RIGHT NOW TO KEEP UP
WITH THE JOB GROWTH THAT WE
HAVE EXPERIENCED.
SO THAT PEOPLE THAT WANT TO
LIVE IN SEATTLE CAN LIVE IN
úSEATTLE AND CAN LIVE CLOSE TO
THOSE JOBS.
WE HAVE ISSUED OVER 69,000
GROSS NUMBER OF UNITS IN THE
LAST SEVEN YEARS, HOUSING
PERMITS.
JUST COMPARING THAT TO SAN
FRANCISCO, MAYBE NOT THE BEST
EXAMPLE BUT A CITY WITH A MUCH
HIGHER POPULATION THAN SEATTLE,
ISSUING OVER DOUBLE THE NUMBER
OF HOUSING UNITS HERE THAN THEY
ARE IN THAT CITY.
GETTING TO THE MAIN FOCUS OF
THE PRESENTATION, I THINK
EVERYONE KNOWS THAT IN APRIL
2018 WE LAUNCHED OUR NEW
PERMITTING SYSTEM AND THE
EXCELLA PARALLEL WITH THE MAJOR
EFFORTS IN THE CITY AND
OBVIOUSLY THAT ROLLOUT WAS
BUMPY AND I APOLOGIZE AND TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT.
MANY PEOPLE SAID WHY COULDN'T
YOU JUST FIXED OR IMPROVED
HANSEN, THE PREVIOUS SYSTEM.
THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT
THE PREVIOUS SYSTEM WAS OUT OF
DATE, UNSUPPORTED AND FAILING
DAILY.
IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE
MIGRATE TO NEW SYSTEM.
THIS ALLOWS FOR CITYWIDE
PLATFORM TO INTEGRATE SERVICES
UP CROSS CITY DEPARTMENTS AND
OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE ADDING
ONTO THE PLATFORM AND AT THE
END OF THE DAY IT WILL PROVIDE
A SEAMLESS PROCESS FOR
APPLICANTS COMING INTO THE CITY
AND TOUCHING MULTIPLE
DEPARTMENTS AS THEY GET THE
PERMITS AND WILL ALLOW FOR
BETTER AUTOMATION.
AS I MENTIONED MORE
EFFICIENCIES AND WILL INCREASE
COORDINATION WITH OTHER
DEPARTMENTS.
A SO THAT THE ROLLOUT
NEGATIVELY IMPACTED OUR
CUSTOMER AND ALSO HAD AN
IMPACT ON PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT
NECESSARILY OUR PERMIT
APPLICANTS BUT PEOPLE THAT ARE
TRACKING PERMITS AND WANT TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE IMMEDIATELY RESPONDED TO
THAT AND CREATED A SHORT-TERM
CUSTOMER SUPPORT TEAM TO
RESPOND TO THE IMMEDIATE ISSUES
THAT WERE COMING IN AND WE
GATHERED CUSTOMER SUGGESTIONS
FOR IMPROVEMENTS.
WE CREATED SHORT VIDEOS ON
SELECTED TOPICS TO HELP
APPLICANTS THROUGH THIS SYSTEM.
WE ADDED STAFF TO OUR HELP
CENTER AND WE HAVE MET WITH A
VARIETY OF FOLKS.
STAKEHOLDER GROUPS LIKE THE
MASTER BUILDERS, DOWNTOWN
SEATTLE ASSOCIATION.
WE HAVE ALSO MET WITH RESIDENT
GROUPS.
WE RECENTLY MET WITH SOME FOLKS
THAT LIVE DOWNTOWN THAT HAVE
BEEN TRYING TO TRACK ALL OF THE
NEW DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING, AND
HELP THEM GUIDE THEIR PRICES
THROUGH ACCELA.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE NEXT
SLIDE I WANT TO FLAG A GLITCH
OR TWO GLITCHES THAT MY STAFF
HAVE IDENTIFIED IN THEIR
EFFORTS TO DELIVER CONSTITUENT
SERVICES.
ONE IS THAT EVERY RECORD SHOWS
AS EXPIRED FOR THE PERMIT
RECORDS, PERMIT EXPIRATION.
THEY ALL SHOW EXPIRED AS OF 1-
31-18.
AGAIN, EVERY PERMIT SHOWS
EXPIRED.
THAT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO
TRACK PERMITTING ISSUES.
SECONDLY, THE DUE DATES IN THE
REVIEW SECTION ARE OFTEN
INCORRECT.
WHEN WE CHECKED THE STAFF AND
OR LABELED AS TBD.
AGAIN, THESE GLITCHES MAKE IT
REALLY HARD FOR CUSTOMERS AND
NEIGHBORS TO DETERMINE WHAT IS
DUE AND WHEN.
I AM HIGHLIGHTING THOSE, AND
I'M SURE YOU KNOW ABOUT THEM AS
WELL.
IF THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN
CORRECTED I APOLOGIZE FOR
RAISING THEM HERE, BUT IF NOT I
WOULD LOVE TO GET A SENSE OF
WHEN THOSE CORRECTIONS MAY BE
MADE.
>> UNDERSTOOD.
THAT IS ACTUALLY A GREAT
TRANSITION AND AND HIGGINS, THE
HEAD OF OUR ENGINEERING
SERVICES DIVISION IS GOING TO
TALK ABOUT OUR RECENT $3
MILLION INVESTMENT TO HELP
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTS TO
ACCELA AND HE CAN HELP TO
ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES .
>> THANK YOU, NATHAN.
ON THAT NOTE I WILL ADDRESS
THIS QUICKLY AND IT IS HELPFUL
FOR US WHEN WE FIND VERY
SPECIFIC ISSUES AND WHAT IS
CAUSING THEM SO WE KNOW THE
ROOT CAUSES AND CAN IDENTIFY
HOW TO FIX THE ROOT CAUSES.
THE EXPIRATION DATE IS A NEW
THING AND I DID KNOW THAT SO
MAYBE WE CAN FOLLOW UP LATER ON
THE DETAILS ABOUT THAT.
THE PROJECT TO DATE ISSUE IS
ALREADY AN IDENTIFIED ISSUE.
úIN THE OLD SYSTEM WE HAVE THE
INTERNAL DUE DATE MECHANISM
WILL BE COULD SIGN INTERNAL
TARGET DATES FOR REVIEW STAFF
VERSUS AN EXTERNAL CYCLE TARGET
FOR ALL REVIEWS TO BE COMPLETED
BY CYCLE.
THAT WAS THE INFORMATION THE
PUBLIC COULD SEE BUT
UNFORTUNATELY WHEN WE WENT LIVE
THAT WENT AWAY.
THAT DISTINCTION WENT AWAY AND
THE INTERNAL INFORMATION IS
WHAT WAS NOW PRESENTED TO THE
PUBLIC.
WHERE ACTUALLY THE PROCESS OF
TRYING TO UPGRADE THAT AND IT
IS ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE
HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT WILL BE
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.
WHAT NATHAN TALK ABOUT WAS
AFTER WE ROLLED OUT THE NEW
SYSTEM WHICH COMPOUNDED AFTER
YEARS OF BACK-TO-BACK TO BACK
RECORD BARNS AS WELL AS A FIVE
YEAR PROJECT TO IMPLEMENT THIS
NEW SYSTEM.
DURING THAT FIVE YEAR PROJECT
WE HAD A TECHNOLOGY FREEZE AND
WERE NOT ABLE TO MAKE ANY
IMPROVEMENTS TO THE HANSEN
SYSTEM OTHER THAN EMERGENCY
ISSUES OR TO ADDRESS
LEGISLATIVE ISSUES.
WE WERE NOT REALLY ABLE TO
CONTINUE ALONG OUR PATH OF
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AS WE
HAD SINCE WE DID THE PEARL
LEOPARD BACK IN THE 90s AND ALL
OF THE PROCESSES AND
IMPROVEMENTS WE'VE DONE SINCE
THE EARLY 2000'S.
THAT PUT A DELAY IN WHAT WE
WERE ABLE TO DO.
WE PLAN AHEAD FOR PROJECT AFTER
GO LIVE THAT WAS CALLED THE
PREP 3 PROJECT INTENDED TO GO
TO THE END OF 2018 FOR THE SIX-
MONTH PERIOD TO CONTINUE
ROLLOUT IMPROVEMENT IN THE
SYSTEM.
WE KNEW WE WOULD NOT IMPLEMENT
A PERFECT SYSTEM AND THAT THERE
WOULD BE FLAWS.
WE HAVE DONE WITH THE THREE
DOLLAR ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT IS
TO EXTEND THE PROJECT TO THE
END OF 2019 WITH HOPE TO
SUPPORT ONGOING AND CONTINUOUS
IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH SATELLITE
TV AND ENOUGH RESOURCES TO
BUILD TO SUPPORT US IN MY
EFFORT.
ALONG THE WAY WE HAVE HAD A LOT
OF CONVERSATIONS WITH
CONSTITUENTS AT ALL LEVELS,
INDIVIDUALS APPLYING FOR
PERMITS FOR THE BACKYARD
COTTAGE, OR THEIR DETACHED
GARAGE VERSUS THE MASTER
BUILDERS COMING IN AS THE
REPEAT APPLICANTS, AIA,
DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION AND
OTHERS.
THEY'VE ALL GIVEN IS REALLY
GREAT FEEDBACK, SOME GENERAL
AND SOME SPECIFIC.
THE SPECIFIC FEEDBACK WE'VE
BEEN ABLE TO ADDRESS AND WE
HAVE LIST OF OUR TIES ISSUES WE
ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS THE
PROJECT.
SOME EXAMPLES ARE WE ARE
WORKING TO BRING BACK THE
SHAPING SETTLE MAPPING
INVESTIGATION AND EXPANDING THE
FUNCTIONALITY ALLOW CONTACTS TO
IDENTIFY AUTHORITY WITHIN THE
RECORDS.
IF YOU HAVE AN ARCHITECT IN
SUBCONSULTANTS WORKING ON
PROJECT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO
ACCESS THE PROJECT AND RESPOND
TO THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS.
THE AUTO ASSIGNMENT OF RECORD
SO THAT STAFF CAN RESPOND MORE
QUICKLY AND DIRECTLY TO THOSE
RESPONSES.
PRE-ASSIGNING OUR REVIEWS AND
OTHER DEPARTMENT REVIEWS DURING
THE INTAKE TO SPECIFIC
INDIVIDUALS.
WHAT HAPPENS HERE IS THAT NOW
OUR SYSTEM, ONE BENEFIT OF THIS
AUTOMATED SYSTEM IS THAT WHERE
ACTUALLY ABLE TO REDUCE THE
BOTTLENECKS THAT RESISTED
BEFORE AND WE JUST HAVE TO
TOUCH SEVERAL PATIENT AFTER WE
SCREENED IT.
THE APPLICATION WOULD PAY AND
BRING IN THE PROJECT MANUALLY.
NOW THE SYSTEM AUTOMATES SOME
OF THOSEPROCESSES AND AS SOON
AS THE APPLICANT PAYS IT FIRES
IN ALL OF THE PREVIOUS
INFORMATION THAT IS SET UP
KICKS INTO THE PROCESS
ELIMINATING THE BOTTLENECKS
THAT WE HAVE CONTROL OVER.
THE MOTHER THINKS NATHAN TALK
ABOUT LIKE INTERACTION WITH
OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND
STREAMLINING THE PROCESSES AND
WORK LOW SO THAT APPLICANTS CAN
HAVE A SINGLE CONTACT RECORD IN
THE SYSTEM.
IT'S SIMILAR TO THE AMAZON
ACCOUNT OR OTHER ACCOUNT TO USE
ONLINE.
TO BE ABLE TO REPORT OR APPLY
TO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS OR
BERRIES PERMITS THROUGH ONE
PORTAL RATHER THAN HAVING TO
APPLY AT EACH DEPARTMENT
INDIVIDUALLY.
IT ALL WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE
BETTER REPORTING AND
PERFORMANCE METRICS TO HELP US
IDENTIFY FOR THE BOTTLENECKS IN
THE SYSTEM AND PROACTIVELY
IDENTIFY THE SUBSEQUENT
BOTTLENECK AND TO IDENTIFY THE
INITIAL BOTTLENECK.
ALLOW US TO MORE PROACTIVELY TO
ADDRESS AND RESPOND TO
LEGISLATIVE DRIVEN ENHANCEMENTS
LIKE VACANT BUILDINGS,
DEMOLITIONS, AND READINESS,
ETC.
>> I WANT TO PUT IN A QUICK
PLUG FOR THE SHAPING SEATTLE
WEBSITE WHICH PEOPLE LOVED.
INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH OUR
PERMIT TRACKING DATABASE, YOU
CAN GO TO A MAPPING CLICK ON A
DOT AND THAT WAS EASY FOR THE
PUBLIC TO NAVIGATE.
WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO UPDATE
THAT WITH ACCELA BUT WE ARE
WORKING VERY HARD ON THAT AND
WE HAD A PRESENTATION ON THAT
YESTERDAY.
THE NEW SHAPING SETTLE WILL BE
BETTER AND NOT ONLY DESIGN
REVIEW PROJECTS BUT ALL LAND-
USE AND CONSTRUCTION PERMITS.
ALSO I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE
LAND-USE INFORMATION AND WE
KNOW THAT IS AN IMPORTANT
RESOURCE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY AND FOR THE PUBLIC
WHICH IS OUR TWICE-WEEKLY
NOTICE OF ALL PERMIT
APPLICATIONS AND LAND-USE
DECISIONS THAT HAVE A
DISCRETIONARY COMPONENT WHERE
THE PUBLIC CAN ENGAGE.
WHEN ACCELA WENT LIVE A YEAR
AGO, THAT SYSTEM HAS SOME REAL
CHALLENGES.
WE IMMEDIATELY FIXED THAT AND
IT IS BETTER THAN IT WAS BEFORE
AND THAT THE PUBLIC CAN
ACTUALLY DO A SEARCH QUERY
WHERE THEY CAN DO WITHIN THESE
TWO MONTHS ALL OF THE LAND-USE
APPLICATIONS NOTICES AND
DECISIONS.
IT ALLOWS A LOT MORE QUERY
ABILITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO LOOK
AT THOSE APPLICATIONS AND
DECISIONS.
>> IN THE SHAPING SEATTLE AT
APP YOU CAN GO EVEN FURTHER TO
GO TO A CERTAIN AREA, ZONE AND
PROVIDE FUNCTIONALITY.
>> COUNCILWOMAN HERBOLD.
>> IT IS A FANTASTIC RESOURCE
FOR MY OFFICE AND FOR THE
PUBLIC, SO THANK YOU.
>> SOME OF THE CURRENT STATE
AND WHAT WE ARE SEEING AS
TRENDS IN THE OUTLET GOING
FORWARD.
OBVIOUSLY WE CONCUR THAT THE
TIMELINES FROM INTAKE DECISIONS
REMAIN HIGH.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FACTORS
ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
THE CHANGE IN THE 2015
INTERNATIONAL CODES ADOPTED
JANUARY 1 IN 2017 CREATED THIS
AMAZING VESTING REST IN THE
LAST QUARTER OF 2016 THAT TOOK
ABOUT 18 MONTHS TO GET THROUGH
NOT ONLY THE PLANNING REVIEW
CYCLE BUT THE CORRECTION CYCLE
TO GET THOSE PERMITS OUT THE
DOOR.
WITH THAT THE ENERGY CODE
CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY WHICH IS
WHY THE PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO
GET IN THE DOOR WITH COMPLETE
APPLICATIONS AHEAD OF THE
ADOPTION DATE.
IT DOUBLED THE BACKLOG AT THAT
TIME.
REALLY THOSE RECENT PAST
EXPERIENCE AS PEOPLE OF HAD
WITH THE DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN
SOMEWHAT A RESULT OF THAT AND
IN COMMENDATION WITH THE RESULT
RETIREMENTS, BACKFILLING AND
OTHER THINGS THAT GO ALONG WITH
THAT ALONG THE RELEASED LAST
YEAR OF ACCELA.
I THINK THE OUTLOOK LOOKS GOOD
GOING FORWARD.
WE HAVE ADDED 13 TIME-LIMITED
CONTINGENT BUDGET AUTHORITY
POSITIONS AND MOSTLY IN THE
ZONING REVIEW DECISIONS WHICH
HAS BEEN THE PRIMARY BOTTLENECK
IN RECENT MEMORY.
WE ADJUSTED THE FEES IN 2019 TO
FILL THE FUNDING GAP AND SHORE
UP AND ADD TO THE CORE STAFFING
RESERVE.
DURING THE NEXT DOWNTURN WE CAN
KEEP STAFF ON BOARD TO GET
AHEAD OF THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY
AND NOT BE THE BOTTLENECK.
>> AGAIN, WE WANT TO THANK THE
MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR THEIR
SUPPORT ON THE KNEE AND FUNDING
CHANGES IN THE LAST BUDGET
CYCLE.
THEY WILL BE HUGE WHEN WE HAVE
THE NEXT DOWNTURN AND UPTICK.
>> IN MENTIONING SERVICES
SPECIFICALLY UNDERWAY AND
HIRING PROCESSES FOR BUILDING
PLAN EXAMINERS, STRUCTURAL
PLANS EXAMINERS AND THE
PERMANENT SPECIALIST GROUP THAT
DID THE PERMIT PROCESSING AND
WE TALKED ABOUT THE CORE
STAFFING.
THIS IS SOME OF THE DATA THAT
IS JUST REFLECTIVE OF THE LAST
YEAR.
YOU CAN SEE IT IS TALKING ABOUT
THE SIMPLE AND MEDIUM PROJECTS
IN THE BLUE AND IN THE ORANGE
AND RED THE MORE COMPLEX
PROJECTS.
YOU CAN SEE THE TREND HAD BEEN
INCREASING TIMELINES TO
COMPLETE 95% OF ALL OF THE
INITIAL PLAN REVIEWS UNTIL
APRIL OF THIS YEAR.
YOU CAN SEE THE TREND IS NOW
GOING DOWNWARD.
I THINK THERE ARE A COUPLE OF
THINGS GOING ALONG WITH THAT.
A LOT OF THE IMPROVEMENTS WE
MADE TO ACCELA OVER THE PAST
YEAR OR KICKING INTO EFFECT IN
WE ARE ACTUALLY SEEING SOME
ENHANCED FUNCTIONALITY IN
TOOLS.
PART OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH
MUCH BETTER REPORTING WHICH HAS
BEEN IMPLEMENTED SINCE APRIL
THAT WE ARE ABLE TO GIVE TO OUR
SUPERVISORS SO THE WAY THEY
ATTACK THE WORKLOAD IS MORE
EFFECTIVE IN GETTING THROUGH
THOSE PERMIT REVIEWS FASTER.
WE FIND THERE IS A HUGE
CORRELATION BETWEEN INTAKE TO
THE ISSUANCE TIMELINES.
THERE ARE TWO PIECES THAT HAVE
A HUGE CORRELATION AND WHAT IS
THE ABILITY TO GET THROUGH THE
INITIAL PLAN REVIEW QUICKLY
AFTER INTAKE AND COMPLETE ALL
INITIAL PLAN REVIEWS.
WE MAY HAVE ANOTHER OF INITIAL
PLAN REVIEWS NEEDED FROM THE
APPLICATION, ORDINANCE,
STRUCTURAL, ENERGY, STRUCTURAL,
TRAINING AND THE LIST GOES ON.
THE CYCLE OF REVIEWS COMPLETED
AND IN ONE THAT BOTTLENECKS
COULD IMPACT THE NUMBER
DIRECTLY.
KNOWING THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING
THE BOTTLENECK LOCATIONS IN
ZONING AS WELL AS GIVING BETTER
ASSIGNMENT TOOLS AND REPORTING
TOOL PERFORMANCE TOOLS TO OUR
SUPERVISORS, THAT HAS HAD A
DRAMATIC IMPACT SINCE APRIL.
WE HAD A BIG RELEASE IN
IMPROVEMENT ON OUR REPORTING --
PERFORMANCE REPORTING GIVEN TO
THE SUPERVISORS AND WE HOPE THE
TREND CONTINUES AND WE ARE
CONFIDENT THEY WILL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THE NUMBER IN PARENTHESES
FOR THE KEY, TWO WEEKS AND TWO
MONTHS IS THE GOAL.
>> THAT IS THE GOAL.
HISTORICALLY IT IS 80% OF THE
SIMPLE MEDIAN PROJECTS
COMPLETED WITHIN TWO WEEKS AND
THE GOAL FOR THE COMPLEXES 80%
COMPLETED WITHIN TWO MONTHS.
>> THE MAY 18, MAY 2018 WAS
BEFORE LAUNCH?
>> THAT WAS RIGHT AFTER LAUNCH
WHICH IS 95% COMPLETE WHICH WE
THINK IS A MORE REALISTIC
TARGET TO SHOOT FOR.
MISSING 1 AND 5 IS WAY MORE
EFFECTIVE THAN MISSING 20.
THE STATE IS BASED ON THE
FUTURE GOALS, TO SHOOT FOR THE
95% COMPLETE RATE AND NOT 80%
COMPLETE RATE.
IT IS APPLES TO ORANGES, TWO
WEEKS TO THE TWO MUST BUT OUR
GOAL IS TO MAKE THE 95% MORE
DOWN WHICH IS MORE REALISTIC
WITH FOUR WEEKS OR 12 WEEKS BUT
WE ARE STILL WORKING THAT OUT.
>> THIS IS FOR CONSTRUCTION
PERMITS AND NOT MASTER USE
PERMITS.
>> CORRECT.
>> IT WOULD HELP TO SEE HOW
CLOSE WE WERE TO MEETING OUR
GOAL PRIOR TO LAUNCH.
SECONDLY, I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED
AS TO WHY DESPITE -- I MEAN
FROM THE CHART IT LOOKS LIKE WE
ARE MAKING PROGRESS AS COMPARED
TO WHEN THE PEAK PROBLEM WAS.
AS COMPARED TO LAUNCH, WE ARE
PRETTY MUCH WHERE WE WERE AT
THE BEGINNING OF LAUNCH.
JUST -- GOOD WORK THAT YOU'RE
MAKING PROGRESS, BUT I AM -- I
THINK IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT
YOUR COMPARISON POINT IS.
TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT
PROGRESS, AND I AM JUST -- FOR
ME TO BE ABLE TO HAVE
PERSPECTIVE ON THE COMPLAINTS
WE ARE HEARING, IT WOULD BE
REALLY HELPFUL TO LOOK AT WHAT
WE WERE DOING PRIOR TO MAY 18
TO GET A HANDLE ON WHETHER OR
NOT OUR GOAL IS REALLY A REACH
TO GOAL AND WE HAVE NOT REALLY
-- WE WANT TO MEETING IT BEFORE
THE LAUNCH OF ACCELA . WHETHER
OR NOT OUR PERFORMANCE REALLY
HAS A LOT FURTHER TO GO IN
ORDER TO BE MEETING THE
STANDARDS THAT WERE SORT OF
PRACTICED EVEN IF NOT MEETING
THE GOAL PRACTICE.
IT IS SORT OF WHAT THE
EXPECTATION WAS OF THE PUBLIC
PRIOR TO LAUNCH.
THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO
ME.
MY FOLLOW-UP QUESTION RELATES
TO THE EXPECTATIONS ESTABLISHED
JUST RECENTLY AFTER PASSAGE OF
THE 80 YOU LEGISLATION AND THE
MAYOR EXECUTIVE ORDER.
I BELIEVE THERE IS A REQUEST
FOR EXPEDITED PERMITTING FOR 80
USE AS PART OF THAT EXECUTIE
ORDER -- ADU'S AS PART OF THAT
EXECUTIVE ORDER, WHAT THE GOAL
LOOKS LIKE AND HOW WE EXPECT TO
MEET IT.
>> FOR SURE.
PART OF IT IS MELTING THE OLD
DATA IN THE ENHANCEMENT SYSTEM
TO ACCELA AND PULLING THE DATA
FROM TWO SYSTEMS GETTING IT TO
BE A CONSISTENT LOOK.
IT IS HARD TO DO STILL BUT WE
ARE WORKING ON THAT.
I WILL SAY THAT SINCE 2015 THAT
WAS ABOUT THE LAST POINT WE
WERE ABLE TO MEET THE
PERFORMANCE TARGETS AND WE CAN
SHOW THAT IN THE FUTURE.
SINCE THEN WITH THAT BUT IN
2016 WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO
MEET IT.
I HOPE THE TREND WILL SHOW
WHERE WE WANT TO GO AND THAT WE
DON'T NECESSARILY SET THE
FUTURE TARGET BASED ON PAST
PERFORMANCE BUT BE MORE
REALISTIC TO MEETING THE
EXPECTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC AND
THE PEOPLE TRYING TO OBTAIN A
PERMIT FROM US.
>> ON THE ADDED DADO WE HEAR
YOU LOUD AND CLEAR THAT IS
IMPORTANT TO THE MAYOR.
WE ARE WORKING ON OPCD FOR
APPROVAL OF DESIGNS THAT STILL
HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY OUR
DEPARTMENT.
NAPKINS THAT USED TO GO TO THAT
ROUTE HAVE A MUCH MORE
EFFICIENT PERMIT PROCESS.
WE KNOW MANY APPLICANTS WILL
WANT TO DESIGN THEIR OWN DADO
AND WE ARE WORKING ON A MORE
EFFICIENT PROCESS FOR THEM AS
WELL .
>> IN TERMS OF CREATING SUCCESS
FOR APPLICANTS SOME OF THE
THINGS WE'VE BEEN DOING IS
TRYING TO ENCOURAGE INCREASED
QUALITY OF WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO
TAKE IN AND TO BE ABLE TO
REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CYCLES
THAT AN APPLICATION WILL GO
THROUGH.
HAVING TO WRITE CORRECTIONS AND
HAVING COMPLETE RESPONSES
RESUBMITTED, BEING ABLE TO DO
BETTER COORDINATION FOR THAT.
SOME THINGS WE HAVE ENCOURAGED
OUR UPLOADING APPLICATION
MATERIALS WHEN THEY ARE
COMPLETE SO THAT THEY CAN GET
IN THE DOOR EARLIER.
ON OUR WEBSITE NOW THERE IS A
NEWS ARTICLE PUT UP ON THE
FRONT PAGE ABOUT THE INTAKE
EXPRESSED LANE WHICH HAS BEEN
EXISTING FOR A LONG TIME.
WE HEAR IT TAKES A SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNT OF TIME TO GET THE
INTAKE APPOINTMENT BUT IF THEY
UPLOAD THE INTAKE RETIREMENTS
THEY CAN GET ON THE AUTOMATED
LIST OR CANCELLATIONS.
WE CAN OFTEN TAKING SUBMITTED
AND FULLY COMPLETED SUBMITTED
APPLICATIONS WITHIN TWO OR
THREE WEEKS RATHER THAN 16 OR
14 WEEK PERIOD WHICH IS THE
INTAKE CALENDAR SCHEDULE.
FOR FOLKS THAT HAVE THAT OPTION
THEY OFTEN HAVE PLANS TO
PRODUCE AFTER THE PURCHASE OF
PROPERTY.
THEY LIKE THE PREDICTABILITY OF
HAVING THE CALENDAR SCHEDULED
APPOINTMENT TIME BUT OTHERS
NEED EXPEDIENCY AND WE HAVE A
WAY FOR PEOPLE TO GET IN THAT
IS NOT OFTEN WELL-PUBLICIZED OR
CLEAR ENOUGH.
>> YOU'RE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT
NOW.
>> WE HAVE WRITTEN THE ARTICLE
AND IT'S ON THE FRONT PAGE OF
THE HOMESITE AND LUCKILY AND
HOPEFULLY THAT WILL GET OUT
THERE MUCH MORE.
>> TO REFRESH, MANY APPLICANTS
ARE PUTTING IN AN APPOINTMENT
TIME MONTHS IN ADVANCE AND NOT
EVEN CLOSE TO HAVING A COMPLETE
APPLICATION READY.
THEY WANT TO RESERVE THE TIME.
ONCE THEY HAVE THE COMPLETED
APPLICATION THEY CAN MOVE UP
MUCH QUICKER.
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>> EXACTLY.
WE ENCOURAGE APPLICANTS TO
UTILIZE THE FREE COACHING
SERVICES.
OFTEN WE HEAR FROM SMALL
BUSINESS OWNERS THAT THEY DID
NOT KNOW CERTAIN CODE
REQUIREMENTS WILL BE TRIGGERED
LIKE MAKING ACCESSIBILITY
IMPROVEMENTS, OR NOT KNOWING
THE USE AND OCCUPANCY OF THE
SPACES MAYBE NOT ALLOWED IN THE
ZONE THEY SIGNED A LEASE FOR,
PURCHASE THE PROPERTY AND, OR
MAYBE THE CHANGE OF USE COULD
TRIGGER SUBSTANTIAL
ALTERATIONS.
WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO
ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO TALK TO US
EARLY AND OFTEN.
WE ARE HERE TO PARTNER WITH YOU
AND HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT
THE EXISTED PERMITTED LEGAL USE
AND OCCUPANCY USE OF THE LEGAL
SPACES BEFORE YOU SIGN THE
LEASE SO YOU KNOW YOU CAN PUT
THAT NEW INTENDED SPACE IN
THERE.
THAT IS NOT TRIGGERING A LOT OF
CHANGES.
THERE ARE PAID -- AND IF YOU
GET INTO PROJECT REQUIREMENTS
WE HAVE SERVICES AVAILABLE FOR
PEOPLE TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY
WHAT THEY NEED TO SUBMIT AT
INTAKE TO INCREASE THE QUALITY
OF THE APPLICATION AND REDUCE
THE TIME TO OBTAIN A PERMIT
WITH A MORE COMPLETE
APPLICATION MATERIALS
SUBMITTED.
THIS IS AN INDICATION, THE
SLIDE IS AN INDICATION OF HOW
LONG FROM THE CALENDAR
PERSPECTIVE THAT THE PERMITS
WILL GO THROUGH THE PERMIT
PROCESS FROM INTAKE TO ISSUANCE
BASED ON THE NUMBER OF CYCLES
IT GOES THROUGH.
THE MAJORITY OF THE PERMITS
APPLICATIONS WE SEE ARE IN THE
223 REVIEW CYCLE RANGE -- 2 TO
3 CYCLE RANGE BUT SOME GO
THROUGH MULTIPLE CYCLES WHICH
IS SOMETIMES THE COMPLEXITY OF
APPLYING WITH THE COLD AND
OTHER TIMES LACK OF CLARITY IN
CORRECTIONS OR LACK OF
RESPONSIVENESS FROM AN
APPLICANT.
THERE IS A VARIETY OF REASONS
IN A CLOSE IT OCCURS BUT ONE
THING WE CAN DO IS GET CLARITY
AND THE COMPLETED RESPONSE
COMBINED TO TRY TO REDUCE THE
NUMBER CORRECTION CYCLES WE CAN
REDUCE OR INTRODUCE THE PERMITS
AND LESS CYCLE TURNAROUND
FRAME.
>> SOME IDEAS FOR PROCESS
REFORM AND CODES OF
PUBLICATION, WE HAVE AN
INCREASINGLY COMPLEX LAND-USE
BUILDING AND ENERGY CODES.
THE LAND-USE CODES IS 867 PAGES
LONG.
IT DOES TAKE VERY CAREFUL
REVIEW BY STAFF TO MAKE SURE
THAT THEY ARE ADHERING TO THE
CODES.
THE RECENTLY ADOPTED --
AFFORDABILITY MEASURES AND
VERIFICATIONS ARE VERY
IMPORTANT.
IT IS A KEY POLICY INITIATIVE
OF THE CITY BUT THAT DOES
REQUIRE VERY CAREFUL AND TIME-
CONSUMING CALCULATIONS BY THE
SDCI STAFF.
I'M RECOGNIZING THAT SEATTLE
HAS A VERY COMPLEX REGULATORY
ENVIRONMENT.
AS FAR AS THE IDEAS, TO HELP
LAND-USE CODES SOME OF
OCCASION, IT IS AN OPTION BUT
TIME-CONSUMING AND COMPLICATED
BUT IT IS SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK
AT AND ANOTHER ISSUE I KNOW
SOME ELECTIVES HAVE TALKED
ABOUT IS RAISING THE SEQUEL
THRESHOLD AND RIGHT NOW THE --
ARE WELL BELOW THE STATE LEVEL
WITH ROOM REQUIRE COUNSEL
REVIEW AND APPROVAL.
WE ARE PREPARING TO PILOT SOME
NEW REVIEW AND COLLABORATION
TOOLS.
ONE REVIEW OF AN EXAMPLE IS
WHERE THE APPLICANT AND STAFF
REVIEW MEMBER CAN LOOK AT A
PLAN AND MAKE REAL TIME
CORRECTIONS ONLINE.
I ALSO WANT TO ADD THAT WE HAVE
PRESENTED TO THE MAYOR SMALL
BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL AND
TO THE MIDDLE-INCOME AFFORDABLE
HOUSING ADVISORY COUNCIL ABOUT
THE PERMITTING PROCESS AND WE
ANTICIPATE THAT THEY WILL HAVE
A LOT OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO ALL
OF US ABOUT HOW WE CAN IMPROVE
THE PERMITTING PROCESS.
NOT ONLY FOR APPLICANTS BUT FOR
THE PUBLIC.
>> I KNOW THAT JUST THE LOSS OF
THE INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE BY
SOME STAFF MEMBERS HAS HURT THE
SDCI AND CAN YOU TALK ABOUT
WHAT STEPS YOU'RE TAKING TO
ADDRESS THAT.
>> SURE.
WE DID RECEIVE CONTINGENT
BUDGET AUTHORITY AND WE HAVE IN
THE PAST AND WE GOT ADDITIONAL
CONTINGENT BUDGET AUTHORITY
FROM THE MAYOR AND FROM THE
CENTRAL BUDGET OFFICE TO HIRE
ADDITIONAL STAFF.
THOSE ARE NOT PERMANENT STAFF
AND THAT IS USUALLY A TWO YEAR
TIME PERIOD.
WE HAVE FOUND THAT THE NATURAL
SORT OF ATTRITION OF STAFF,
THAT STAFF MOVE ON TO OTHER
JOBS OR RETIRE.
THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE
CONTINGENT BUDGET AUTHORITY
STAFF ARE VERY WELL POSITIONED
AND ARE WELL TRAINED TO TAKE
THOSE PERMANENT POSITIONS.
THAT IS ONE WAY THAT WE ARE
ADDRESSING STAFF RETIRING OR
MOVING ON.
I WOULD JUST SAY THIS IS A
CONSTANT CHALLENGE IN EVERY
DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY WITH AN
AGING WORKFORCE, AND BRINGING
IN NEW EMPLOYEES.
WHERE ALL EARS FOR OTHER IDEAS.
>> I THINK WE RECOGNIZE THE
FACT THAT IF YOU'RE ABLE TO
HIRE AT THE LOWER LEVELS
KNOWING THAT WHEN THE UPPER
LEVELS START TO RETIRE THERE
WILL BE A WATERFALL EFFECT ALL
THE WAY THROUGH SO THAT YOU ARE
PROACTIVELY BACKFILLING FOR THE
EVENTUALITY THAT YOU WILL HAVE
THE NATURAL ATTRITION.
THE LOWER LEVELS, DEPENDING ON
THE CYCLE, WE MAY SLOW DOWN
HIRING IF WE SEE A SIGNIFICANT
DOWNGRADE IN THE ECONOMY OR
PERMANENT EX-.
>> OKAY AND THANK YOU FOR THAT
PRESENTATION AND I LOOK FORWARD
TO YOUR HARD WORK TO ADDRESS
THE BACKLOG.
THIS CONCLUDES OUR JULY 17
MEETING OF THE PLANNING, LAND-
USE AND ZONING COMMITTEE.
AS A REMINDER WE HAVE THE NEXT
REGULAR COMMITTEE MEETING ON
AUGUST 7 AT 9:30 AM.
THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING.
WE ARE ADJOURNED.
>> THANK YOU.