>>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
THIS IS THE SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
MEETING OF THE SEATTLE
PLANNING, AND LAND USE AND
ZONING COMMITTEE.
IT IS 12:12 PM.
I AM ABEL PACHECO, THE CHAIR OF
THE COMMITTEE.
WE HAVE RESOLUTION 31904,
DATING THE MONTLAKE BASCULE
BRIDGE.
WE HAVE CONTRACTING, A BRIEFING
OF FORCE AND PARKS AND NATURAL
AREAS.
AND THE ABILITY TO HAVE JOB
ACCESS.
BEFORE WE BEGIN, I WANT TO
CLARIFY, I HEARD THAT EMMA I
UNDERSTAND THAT THEY SENT OUT
AND INCORRECT NOTIFICATION TO
USERS CLAIMING THAT A START
WOULD BE UNVEILING A SCOOTER
PLAN.
WE PREVIOUSLY INVITED THEM TO
UPDATE US ON THEIR WORK AT THIS
MEETING BUT THERE WAS NEVER AN
ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY.
WOULD LIKE TO STILL WELCOME
PUBLIC COMMENT FROM ANYONE WHO
WANTS TO SPEAK ABOUT SCOOTERS
THAT WE WILL NOT BE JOINED BY
US.AT THE MEETING.
AS A BIG SUPPORTER OF SCOOTERS,
I WILL BE ABLE TO THEY WILL
MOVE FORWARD ON SCOOTERS IN THE
FOLLOWING MONTHS.
THIS IS THE FINAL MEETING
SCHEDULED BEFORE WE KICK OFF
THE BUDGET PROCESS.
BEFORE WE BEGIN, IF THERE ARE
NO OBJECTIONS, THE AGENDA WILL
BE ADOPTED.
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL TAKE
PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS
APPEARING ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
WE HAVE 10 MINUTES FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT.
ITEM NUMBER TWO, THE CONTRACT
WE SOON IS BEING CONSIDERED
UNDER THE WAS A JUDICIAL RULES.
THIS MEANS THAT PUBLIC COMMENT
CANNOT COMMENT ON ITEMS UNDER
TRUE.
SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO TWO
MINUTES.
I WILL BE ASKING YOU TO PLEASE
WRAP UP AFTER THAT AND SO WE
CAN GO THROUGH THE LIST OF
SPEAKERS.
AS A REMINDER, PUBLIC COMMENT
IS ONLY LIMITED TO THE ITEMS
WITHIN THE AGENDA.
AND THE PURVIEW OF THE
COMMITTEE.
FIRST ON OUR LIST IS HANS
FOLLOWED BY DENNIS.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS HANS.
I LIVE ABOUT HALF A KILOMETER
AWAY FROM THE CURRENT MONTLAKE
BRIDGE.
I HAVE AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD AND A
ONE-YEAR-OLD AND BY CELL.
WE ARE HEAVY USERS OF THE
BRIDGE, MY CAR AND PUBLIC
TRANSIT AS WELL.
WE GO ACROSS IT WALKING,
RUNNING, BIKING, ABOUT 20 TIMES
PER WEEK.
WE ARE HEAVY USERS.
AS FAR AS THE SECOND BASCULE
BRIDGE, THERE ARE TWO MAIN
RATIONALES I HAVE SEEN FOR THE
BRIDGE.
ONE HAVE TO DO WITH CONGESTION
AND THE OTHER HAS TO DO WITH
SAFETY.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS BOTH.
AS FAR AS CONGESTION, THE
VEHICLE CONGESTION WILL NOT BE
IMPACTED EVIDENTLY BY THE
SECOND BASCULE BRIDGE.
THAT IS PRETTY COMMONSENSE
BECAUSE THE SOUTH ROADWAY ON
EITHER SIDE OF IT WILL BE
INCREASED.
SO THERE ARE TRAFFIC STUDIES
THAT SAY THERE IS NO POSITIVE
IMPACT ON MOTOR VEHICLES.
CONGESTION AS FAR AS
PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS, I
USE THE BRIDGE FREQUENTLY AND I
DON'T SEE IT.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN MORE THAN 10
PEOPLE ON THE BRIDGE.
I HAVE TO SAY, THAT TO ME
DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A
JUSTIFICATION FOR ANOTHER
BRIDGE.
THAT MOVES ME TO SAFETY BECAUSE
I HAVE AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD WHO
RIDES A LIKE.
WE BUY, CROSS THE BRIDGE.
IT IS NOT SAFE THE WAY IT IS
CURRENTLY CONSTRUCTED.
THE MAIN ISSUES AS FAR AS
SAFETY GOES WITH THEM FOR
STRUCTURE ON THE EXISTING
BRIDGE.
YOU CAN PUT A RAIL ON THE
BRIDGE.
YOU HAVE DIRECTIONAL ON EITHER
SIDE OF THE BRIDGE.
THERE ARE MANY OTHER SOLUTIONS
THAT WOULD NOT REQUIRE A SECOND
BASCULE BRIDGE.
SO I ASK THE LET'S GET MORE
DATA.
THAT IS ANECDOTAL.
I RECOGNIZE THERE MUST BE
QUANTITATIVE DATA BEFORE WE
CHANGE THE POSITION AS A CITY
AS FAR AS THE BRIDGE GOES.
LET'S GET MORE DATA ABOUT
CONGESTION.
LET'S UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH TRUE
CONGESTION THERE IS.
LET'S MAKE SAFETY IMPAIRMENTS
ON THE EXISTING BRIDGE.
SERIOUS ACCIDENTS THAT HAVE
OCCURRED SO FAR ON THE BRIDGE
FOR WHICH THE CITY HAS PAID OUT
SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF MONEY
HAVE BEEN DUE TO PAYMENT NOT
CONGESTION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION.
>> NEXT IS DENNIS SHAW FOLLOWED
BY THOMAS.
>> I AM DENNIS SHAW AND I ALSO
LIVE IN MONTLAKE JUST SOUTH OF
THE 520.
I WANT TO MAKE COMMENT AS FAR
AS, IT IS NOT ANECDOTAL, BUT I
AM A DAILY COMMUTER.
I ALSO USE IT RECREATIONALLY
AND SUCH.
I DON'T SEE A CONGESTION
SITUATION THAT I HAVE
EXPERIENCED THAT WOULD WARRANT
MONEY THAT WOULD GO TO BUILDING
A NEW BRIDGE IN THAT AREA.
I THINK AS FAR AS USING THE
MONEY MORE EFFECTIVELY, I WOULD
LIKE TO ALSO ADVOCATE SEEING
DATA AS FAR AS WHAT IS GOING TO
BE ACCOMPLISHED WITH THAT.
FOR THE MORE WITH INSPECT TO
THE TRAFFIC, I HAVE BEEN
FOLLOWING THIS FOR YEARS AND AS
I UNDERSTAND, AS FAR AS
OBSERVATIONALLY, THE CONGESTION
POINT IS THE CAPACITY OF THE
FREEWAY SYSTEM ADJACENT TO
THIS.
I-5 IS FULL.
IT DOESN'T MAKE IF, IT DOESN'T
MATTER IF YOU MAKE A BIG
CONNECTION TO IT.
THE CONGESTION IS ALSO FULL.
IT DOESN'T MAKE IF YOU MAKE A
WIDER..
IT IS STILL FULL AT THAT PERIOD
OF TIME.
I WOULD ADVOCATE THAT THE CITY
THINK TO LOOK INTO THIS FROM A
STANDPOINT.
THEY TEND TO WALKOVER PEOPLE AS
FAR AS HAVING PUBLIC MEETINGS.
THEY DO WHAT THEY WANT.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CITY BE
INVOLVED IN THAT.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE
CITY DO THAT WITH DATA.
IF IT IS ANECDOTAL, I HAVE A
LOT OF ANECDOTAL EXPERIENCE
THAT DOESN'T SUGGEST A SECOND
BRIDGE WOULD BE WARRANTED AT
THIS POINT IN TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT IS THOMAS FOLLOWED BY
JONATHAN.
>> THANK YOU.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
MY NAME IS THOMAS AND I LIVE
NEARBY THE BRIDGE.
ON SHELBY STREET.
I HAVE BEEN A RUNNER.
I AM A BICYCLIST.
AND I WANT TO MAKE SEVERAL
POINTS, ONE IS, THE MAIN ISSUE
IS, I UNDERSTAND TODAY IS FAST
TRACKING A DECISION TO BUILD A
60-80 MILLION-DOLLAR BRIDGE IS
WARRANTED, WHETHER IT IS
WARRANTED, HAVING THE HARD-CORE
FACTS TO SUPPORT IT.
IT DOESN'T HAVE THE HARD-CORE
FACTS.
HAVE THERE BEEN ANY STUDIES,
RECENT STUDIES SINCE 2012 THAT
WOULD SUPPORT BUILDING ANOTHER
BRIDGE?
SO MUCH OF THE FOCUS HAS BEEN
ON BICYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS
FROM WHAT I READ.
OF COURSE ALSO THE BUSES.
BUT THE FIRST QUESTION IS, AS
THEY A NEED FOR IT.
IS THERE A NEED FOR IT?
MORE SPECIFICALLY, ARE THE
FACTS THERE?
THE HARD-CORE FACTS IN THE NEW
REPORT?
DO THEY SUPPORT IT?
HAVE PEOPLE GONE OUT TO STUDY
THE BRIDGE, TO STUDY THE
TRAFFIC ON THE BRIDGE?
TO STUDY THE PEDESTRIANS OF THE
BICYCLISTS ON THE BRIDGE?
TO DETERMINE THAT?
THE OTHER THING IS, WHICH
HASN'T BEEN TOTALLY ADDRESSED,
IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
BRIDGE, ON THE NORTH SIDE GOING
TOWARDS THE UNIVERSITY, THE
BASIS, ONE OF THE BASIS FOR THE
2012 OR MAYBE 2006 STUDY BY THE
CITY WAS IT WOULD NOT IMPROVE
ANY TRAFFIC BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO
STOP THERE.
AT THE INTERSECTION ON
NORTHPARK OF THE BRIDGE RIGHT
AFTER YOU GO THERE.
IT IS A THREE-WAY INTERSECTION,
WITH THE LIGHT RAIL.
SO IF YOU CAN'T GO BY THERE BY
THAT UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON,
THEY WERE ADAMANT THEY DIDN'T
WANT TO ALLOW THAT PIECE OF
WORK OF THE ROAD FROM THAT
INTERSECTION DOWN INTO THE
UNIVERSITY VILLAGE TO BE
EXPANDED.
>> I WILL ASK YOU PLEASE TO
WRAP UP.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WELL I WILL GO AHEAD AND WRAP
UP BUT IT IS TOO EARLY FOR
ANYONE TO FAST-TRACK THIS.
IT NEEDS TO HAVE PROPER STUDIES
TO SUPPORT IT.
I HAVE STUDIED IT AND I AGREE
WITH THE GENTLEMAN BEFORE ME.
THERE IS NOT A NEED FOR IT AT
THIS TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> NEXT ON OUR LIST IS JONATHAN
FOLLOWED BY MEGAN.
>> HELLO, THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS JONATHAN AND I AM
COMING OUT OF RETIREMENT HAVING
SPENT ABOUT 15 YEARS OF MY LIFE
WORKING ON THIS PROJECT AS
COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN IS WELL
AWARE.
AS MOST OTHERS ARE IN THE ROOM.
I AM HERE TODAY TO PLEAD THAT
WE NOT BUILD A SECOND BASCULE
BRIDGE FOR ADDITIONAL VEHICLES
ACROSS THE MONTLAKE CUT EMMA
WHICH WILL NOT HELP TRANSIT.
WHICH WILL SPOIL THE LANDSCAPE
WHICH WILL WASTE $100 MILLION
OF PUBLIC FUNDS ON
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WILL NEVER
BE PAID BACK.
THE CARBON FOOTPRINT THAT THE
CITY WAS WISE ENOUGH INTO THE
15 TO PASS A RESOLUTION
CONCERNING AN ENORMOUS PUBLIC
INPUT OVER A PERIOD OF MANY
YEARS THAT IS EXTREMELY NUANCED
AND DESERVES A CAREFUL
REREADING.
NOT A DISCARDING OF THE KEY
POINTS WHICH REMAIN.
THE RESOLUTION FROM 2000 OF
TEAM SAYS THAT THE CITY
SUPPORTS ADDITIONAL BICYCLE AND
PEDESTRIAN CAPACITY IN THE
MONTLAKE CORRIDOR.
BUT THE BICYCLE INDUSTRY IN
BRIDGE WAS SEEN AS SUFFICIENT.
IT WAS SEEN AS UNHELPFUL TO
TRANSIT PERFORMANCE.
TO TRANSIT SPEED AND
RELIABILITY TO ADD THE SECOND
DRAWBRIDGE THERE.
THERE IS A KEY JUMP ON EITHER
SIDE OF THE BRIDGE.
ALONG HOV'S IN THE ADDITIONAL
AREA.
ACROSS THE LAKE,.
IT WILL BURDEN INTERSECTIONS ON
ALL SIDES OF THE CUT THAT ARE
ALREADY OVER CAPACITY.
IT WILL MAKE THE TRAFFIC WORSE,
NOT BETTER.
AND THIS IS EXTREMELY NUANCED.
IT IS COUNTERINTUITIVE.
IT TAKES A WHILE FOR TRAFFIC TO
GET UP TO SPEED.
WE NEED A NEW ROUND AS TO HOW
TO SPEND THE STATE FUNDS IN
THIS NEW ERA THAT REFLECTS OUR
CURRENT PRIORITIES AND CURRENT
NEEDS AND NOT A 20th CENTURY
SOLUTION FOR A 21ST-CENTURY
PROBLEM.
IT WOULD BE IRONIC THAT JUST
DAYS AFTER THE BIGGEST YOUTH
CLIMATE MARCH IN WORLD HISTORY
THAT WE TAKE A STEP TO SPOIL
OUR OWN LANDSCAPE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> X ON OUR LIST IS MEGAN.
>> FOLLOWED BY LISA VALDES.
>> HELLO.
I LIVE IN THE MONTLAKE ABOUT A
HALF A MILE SOUTH OF THE
BRIDGE.
I USE THE BRIDGE EVERY SINGLE
DAY.
I AM USUALLY WALKING OR BIKING
ACROSS IT.
EVERY SINGLE TIME, NO MATTER
HOW MUCH OF A HURRY I AM IN, I
STOP AND ADMIRE THE VIEW.
BECAUSE THERE ARE SO FEW PLACES
IN SEATTLE THAT REALLY REMINDS
ME OF SEATTLE, THE SEATTLE OF
20 OR 30 YEARS AGO.
I REALLY URGE THAT WE SERIOUSLY
CONSIDER OUR PLANS WITH THIS
BRIDGE.
AND CONSIDER WHAT IT
REPRESENTS.
TO EVERYONE.
PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE AROUND THE
BRIDGE AND ALSO PEOPLE WHO HAVE
CONNECTIONS TO SEATTLE.
AND SEE THE BRIDGE AS SOMETHING
MUCH MORE.
MORE THAN JUST A BRIDGE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> NEXT IS LISA VALDES FOLLOWED
BY WARREN WILDER.
>> HELLO.
I AM LISA VALDES AND I AM A
RELATIVELY NEW NEIGHBOR.
I LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO THE
BRIDGE.
IT IS MY NEIGHBOR.
I LOVE THIS BRIDGE.
THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE
MOVED HERE.
WE THOUGHT IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL.
AND THEN WE FOUND OUT ABOUT
WHAT IS HAPPENING.
I CAME HERE TO ASK A LOT OF
QUESTIONS.
I AM TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT IS
BEING VOTED ON.
WHAT IT IS THAT THE PLANS ARE?
I HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN A PICTURE
OF WITH THIS NEW BRIDGE WILL BE
EXCEPT FOR AN OLD ONE FROM 2012
WHICH HAD AESTHETIC CONCERNS
FOR ME.
I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
WHAT IS TO ACTUALLY HAPPEN WITH
CONGESTION?
WILL IT CHANGE CONGESTION?
SO I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT
THESE ANSWERS BEFORE WE MAKE
ANY REAL BIG DECISIONS AT THIS
TIME.
I ALSO WOULD LIKE THE LADY IN
FRONT OF ME, THE AESTHETICS OF
THE BRIDGE, IT IS HISTORY.
IT IS A GORGEOUS.
THERE ARE GREEN TREES AROUND
IT.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THOSE?
ARE WE GOING TO MAKE THIS THE
SAME KIND OF BRIDGE THE SAME
BEAUTY OF THE BRIDGE THAT WAS
THERE BEFORE?
AND THEN OF COURSE AS I AM
RIGHT NEXT WEEK, I HAVE A
PERSONAL CONCERN ABOUT NOISE.
IT IS A VERY NOISY BRIDGE BEING
RIGHT NEXT TO IT.
IF THERE IS A NEW BRIDGE, WOULD
YOU BE CHANGING THE NOISE
CONCERNS?
RIGHT NOW IT IS VERY NOISY.
HAVING TWO BRIDGES WOULD ALL
THE NOISE I WOULD THINK.
AND I HAVE CONCERNS TWO AS A
CONGESTION, WILL IT MAKE IT
WIDER?
WILL BOATS HAVE TO SALE FARTHER
ACROSS THE BRIDGE?
NO WE HAVE A LONGER WAIT TIME
FOR THE BRIDGE TO GO UP AND
DOWN.
>> JUST CONCERNS.
I WANT QUESTIONS ANSWERED
BEFORE WE MAKE DECISIONS.
THANK YOU.
>> THIS IS THE SECOND READING
OF THE RESOLUTION.
WHEN WE GET TO THE RESOLUTION,
WE WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL DETAIL
ABOUT THE RESOLUTION AND WHAT
STATES MORE SPECIFICALLY.
WHAT THE PROCESS WILL BE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT ON OUR LIST IS WARREN
WILDER FOLLOWED BY DOUG
McDONALD.
>> HELLO THERE.
MY NAME IS WARREN WILDER AND I
AM IN NEIGHBOR.
I LIVE JUST WEST OF THE BRIDGE.
I AM NEW TO ISSUE.
I HAVE BEEN IN SEATTLE FOR OVER
60 YEARS.
I WAS BORN HERE.
BUT THE STUDY THAT WAS DONE
BACK IN 2012 SAYS THAT TAKING
CURRENT BICYCLE, TRANSIT
PERFORMANCE AND MAINLINE SR5 20
OPERATIONS INTO ACCOUNT, IT IS
LIKELY THAT A SECOND MONTLAKE
BASCULE RIDGE WOULD NOT DELIVER
BENEFITS, PARTICULARLY TO
PEDESTRIANS, BICYCLES AND BUS
TRANSIT MOBILITY.
TO JUSTIFY THE COST AND IMPACT.
IT IS LIKELY THAT EQUAL OR
GREATER IMPROVEMENTS FOR BIKE
LISTS, PEDESTRIANS AND TRANSIT
CUSTOMERS COULD BE DELIVERED AT
A LOWER COST.
THAT WAS WHAT CAME OUT OF THE
STUDY IN THE YEAR 2012.
THAT WAS REAFFIRMED AGAIN IN
2015.
THE COUNCIL AT THAT TIME AND
THE MAYOR AT THAT TIME UPDATED
THE CITY POLICY WITH REGARDS TO
THE SECOND MONTLAKE BASCULE
BRIDGE.
THEY SAID THE BRIDGE IS FINE
THE WAY IT IS.
THEY RECOMMENDED THAT STAFF
WORK ON USING THE MONEY THAT
WOULD OTHERWISE BE USED FOR
THIS BRIDGE TO IMPROVE
PEDESTRIAN AND TRANSIT THE
PERMITS.
INSTEAD OF WASTING THE MONEY ON
THE BRIDGE, GO AHEAD AND USE IT
FOR THINGS WE NEED, WHICH IS
PEDESTRIANS, ICICLES AND
TRANSIT.
SO NOW WE GET THIS STAFF MEMO
DATED SEPTEMBER 9 OF 2019 FROM
CALVIN CHOW.
WHAT HAS CHANGED TODAY?
WHY ARE WE HERE TODAY?
WHAT MR. CHOW SAYS IN THIS
ANALYSIS IS NOW WE HAVE BUILT A
LIGHT RAIL STATION.
OKAY?
AND NOW WE HAVE BUILT A BICYCLE
LANE ACROSS 520.
>> MR. WILDER, I WOULD ASK
THAT, GIVEN THAT I AM CHAIR OF
THE COMMITTEE, KEEP ALL
COMMENTS DIRECTED TOWARDS ME
AND REMAIN RESPECTFUL OF THE
CENTRAL STUFF.
>> I PRESUME I WAS RESPECTFUL
OF MR. CHOW.
I WANTED TO KNOW.
I WAS LOOKING AT THE MEMO.
>> PLEASE.
JUST KEEP COMMENTS DIRECTED
TOWARDS ME.
>> THE MEMO THAT THE STAFF
ANALYST PREPARED, HE SAID THERE
HAVE BEEN TWO CHANGES SINCE
2015.
ONE IS TO PUT IN THE NEW
TRANSIT STATION AND NUMBER TWO
WE PUT IN A BICYCLE LANE.
THOSE TWO CHANGES MEAN WE NEED
TO ADD ANOTHER FOUR LANES TO
MALIK BOULEVARD.
IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
WHY DID WE BUILD THESE ASSETS
IF WE NEED TO BUILD MORE ROADS
LATER?
THANK YOU.
>> NEXT ON OUR LIST IS DOUG
DONALD FOLLOWED BY COLLEEN.
>> I AM DOUG McDONALD AND I
WILL SOUND LIKE DCJC VU ALL
OVER AGAIN.
JONATHAN WAS RIGHT 15 YEARS
AGO.
WE WOULDN'T BE HERE.
I AM HERE ON THE NEW
MICROMOBILITY DEAL.
I'M WONDERING, WHO IS THIS
ORGANIZATION?
AS NEARLY AS I CAN CHECK IT
OUT, THE ORGANIZATION IS HERE
TODAY AS A MAIL DROP AT A
WASHINGTON DC LOBBY AND
INFLUENCE FIRM WITH 52 PEOPLE.
WHOSE NAME I THINK IS CALLED
FORT TATE PARTNERS.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHO FUNDS
THEM.
I SUSPECT THAT THEY ARE FUNDED
BY PEOPLE WHO THIS WEEK HAVE
SENT EMAILS TO TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN SEATTLE,
MERGING WE COME HERE TO OPPOSE
A SMALL TAX ON RIDESHARE THAT
WOULD BE USED TO FIND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, TRANSIT
SERVICES AND BICYCLE AND
PEDESTRIAN PATHS.
I THINK IT IS SOMEWHAT IRONIC
THAT THERE HERE TODAY
PRESENTING AN ENTIRELY GOOFY
REPORT.
THE REPORT IS LAUGHABLE.
AND ANY FIRST-YEAR AND JEANINE
WERE PLANNING STUDENT WOULD SAY
THIS REPORT NEEDS TO HIT THE
LEAST.
I WANT TO ASK A COUPLE OF OTHER
QUESTIONS.
ONE OF THEM IS THIS.
DOES ANY OF THE MICROMOBILITY
PLANNING THAT WE WANT TO SEE
HERE TO DO SCOOTERS, DO THEY
DEAL WITH THE QUESTIONS THAT WE
HAVE NO TRANSPARENCY FROM THE
SCOOTER COMPANIES ABOUT SAFETY?
THE MICROMOBILITY COALITION
COULD PROVIDE SOME OF THAT.
PERHAPS THE COULD ANSWER THIS
QUESTION TWO.
MR. O'BRIEN KNOWS THAT FOR
YEARS IN THE CITY WE HAVE BUILT
A CULTURE THAT BICYCLISTS WEAR
HELMETS.
THAT WAS A CULTURE THAT HAD
99.9% ADHERENCE UNTIL BIKE SURE
SHOWED UP AND WE THEN CORRODED
THE CULTURE OF BIKE HELMET
WEARING IN SEATTLE.
AND WE NOW NEED A SCOOTER
PROGRAM, WHICH WE WOULD ALL
LIKE TO SEE WELL DONE.
ONE OF THE THINGS IT HAS TO
HAVE HIS HELMETS FOR SAFETY.
WE COULD GET TO USEFUL THINGS
FROM THESE PEOPLE TODAY.
ONE IS, WHAT IS YOUR STRATEGY?
>> BUT AS A STRATEGY?
THE SECOND STRATEGY IS, WOULD
YOU PLEASE GIVE US THE DATA FOR
HEAD INJURIES AND BRAIN
INJURIES?
FINALLY, I WILL SAY THIS.
WE HAVE A GREEN NEW DEAL IN
SEATTLE.
WE SHOULD TELL THIS FELLOW FROM
WASHINGTON THAT WE WILL GIVE
HIM A FREE PASS.
>> I HAVE ASKED YOU TWICE.
TURN OFF HIS MICROPHONE.
THANK YOU.
NEXT ON OUR LIST IS COLLEEN.
>> HELLO I AM COLLEEN AND I'M
SPEAKING AS A RESIDENT OF
NORTHEAST SEATTLE.
WE ARE NORTH OF THE BRIDGE.
I HAVE A DIFFERENT POINT OF
YOU.
A FEW YEARS AGO, THE 520
PROGRAM, WHICH I WAS INVOLVED
WITH WAS STATE MEDIATION FUNDED
AND PART OF THE QUARTER IS THE
SECOND BASCULE BRIDGE.
INTEGRATED TO THE HIV
REVERSIBLE LANE THAT GOES TO I-
5. THAT REMAINS AND THE STATE
HAS FUNDED THAT PROGRAM.
WHY ARE WE CHANGING COUNCILS
VIEW NOW?
WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THAT
TIME WHEN THE COUNCIL DECIDED
THAT WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T NEED
IT.
THE TRIGGERS WOULD BE IN PLACE.
WILL THE LAND USE POLICY IN THE
CITY HAS CHANGED TREMENDOUSLY.
THERE'S A LOT OF GROWTH GOING
ON.
SEATTLE HAS ABSORBED MUCH MORE
GROWTH THAN THE GROWTH
MANAGEMENT ACTIVISTS REQUESTED.
TO THAT END, THERE IS CERTAIN
HUNDRED AND THREE UNITS OF NEW
HOUSING RIGHT WITHIN A MILE OF
THE BRIDGE.
THE NEW MASTER PLAN FOR THE
úUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON IS
THAT 6,000,000 FT.B2 IN
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL HAS ADDED
2,000,000 FT.B2 OF DEVELOPMENT,
THAT IS AN EXTRA 16,000 PEOPLE
NORTH OF THE SHIP CANAL WHO
CANNOT IT THROUGH THAT QUARTER.
WE NEED MORE BUSES.
THE RECENT BUSES CAN'T RUN IS
IT IS NOT RELIABLE.
WE NEED TO GET THE QUARTER UP
AND MOVING TO CAPACITY FOR
TRANSIT.
ALSO BIKERS AND PEDESTRIAN.
WE USE THE BRIDGE DAILY TWO.
IF WE CAN GET TO IT.
RIGHT NOW THERE IS A BACKUP FOR
A MILE AND A HALF AND SAME WITH
THE AFTERNOON.
YOU BETTER GET THERE BY 130
BECAUSE YOU WILL SIT THERE
UNTIL A 5:45.
THE CUMULATIVE EFFECTS WITH THE
UNIVERSITY VILLAGE IN ADDITION
TO THAT AND THEN THE MONTLAKE
TRIANGLE IMPROVEMENT PLAN,
HOOKED UP BY THE METRO AND
TRANSIT IS GOING TO BE BRINGING
EAST SIDE BUSES THROUGH THE
MONTLAKE TRIANGLE EVERYDAY
THROUGH THE ROUTES.
SO THEY WILL COME ON ACROSS THE
BRIDGE AND GO BACK.
THIS IS A COPY OF IT.
SO THAT WILL BE A HUGE IMPACT
ON CAPACITY.
WHAT IS EXISTING NOW IN
MONTLAKE BRIDGE.
WE URGE COUNSEL TO MAKE SURE
THAT SEATTLE HAS A PLACE AT
THAT TABLE WHEN THEY ARE
DECIDING WHEN AND IF BRIDGE
WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE.
THANK YOU.
>> NEXT ON OUR LIST IS JORGEN
FOLLOWED BY MARGARET.
>>> 12 TO 15 YEARS AGO, I WAS
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COUNCIL
ON THE 520 MEDIATION.
THAT PLURALITY OF THAT PANEL
PREPARED AND ENDORSED A PLAN,
WHICH ULTIMATELY WAS THE
SUBJECT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT STATEMENT.
THAT PLAN CALLS FOR A PARALLEL
RIDGE FOR HIGHER OCCUPANCY
VEHICLES.
FOR BUSES, FOR BICYCLES, AND
FOR PEDESTRIANS, WHICH IS VERY
CLOSE TO WHAT YOU ARE CALLING
FOR IN THE RESOLUTION TODAY.
BUT THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE
THAT CAME UP.
TODAY I WAS HANDED THE PLAN FOR
THE MONTLAKE TRIANGLE PROJECT.
WE IN THE UNIVERSITY DISTRICT
COMMUNITY COUNCIL WERE NEVER
CONSULTED, NEVER INFORMED.
THE SAME GOES FOR THOSE THAT
WERE NEVER CONSULTED.
NOR WAS THE TREASURY COMMITTEE
CONSULTED OR INFORMED.
YOUR RESOLUTION AND SEXSON TO
IS RIGHT ON THE SPOT.
CALLS FOR THE CONSULTATION WITH
THE COMMUNITY'S.
MONTLAKE IS A MAJOR BOTTLENECK.
IT HAS BEEN AND WE WERE TOLD IN
THE MEDIATION THAT THE SECOND
BRIDGE WOULD HELP SOLVE THE
PROBLEM.
IT WON'T SOLVE IT BY TAKING
THIS AS WRITTEN.
IT HAS TO BE COMMITTED TO THE
COMMUNITIES AT WORK.
IT IS A MAJOR CAUSE OF THE
BOTTLENECKS THAT GOES THROUGH
UNIVERSITY VILLAGE.
IT WAS RELIEVED SOMEWHAT WHEN
TOLLS WERE PUT IN BUT IT IS
STILL NOT GOOD.
AND IT WILL GET WORSE AS
TRAFFIC EXPANDS.
I URGE YOU TO STRESS, TO STAY
IN THE METRO.
THAT THEY MUST CONSULT WITH
NORTHEAST SEATTLE ABOUT WHAT
SHOULD BE DONE THERE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT IS MARGARET RICHARD
FOLLOWED BY STEVE.
>> GOOD DAY, EVERYONE.
I AM MS. RYSZARD AND IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT WHEN THE
CONSTITUENTS COME DOWN TO TALK
ABOUT ANY SUBJECT, THAT THEY
ARE TO BE RESPECTED.
I GO EVERYWHERE TO TRY TO SEE
HOW I CAN HELP GET SOME PROPER
STUFF DONE.
THEY GIVE US FIVE MINUTES AND
THEY DON'T INTERRUPT OUR SPEECH.
THERE IS SOMETHING UNUSUAL WHEN
PEOPLE COME DOWN TO ADDRESS
THIS CITY COUNCIL THAT THERE IS
ALWAYS IN SOME FORM OR SITDOWN
OR RUBBER.
LIKE SOMEBODY IS CHALLENGED OR
SOMETHING.
I DON'T AGREE THE.
WE WILL DO LIKE ELIZABETH
WARREN SAID.
WE WILL ATTACK THE CORRUPTION.
IF IT IS ANYWHERE IN ANY OF
THESE COMMITTEES, THAT IS WHERE
WE ARE SUPPOSED TO COME AND
ADDRESS IT.
BRIDGES ARE GOOD.
JUST LIKE THE EDITS BRIDGE.
IT WAS A HISTORICAL BRIDGE.
IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR BRIDGES TO
BE MAINTAINED SO THAT PEOPLE IN
THE CARS CAN GET ACROSS THEM
AND FORTH.
SO THAT IS A GOOD SUBJECT THAT
THESE PEOPLE TOOK TIME OUT OF
THEIR DAY TO COME DOWN HERE AND
TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE OF
GREAT CONCERN TO THEM.
AND I, LIKE I SAID, I AM TIRED
OF BEING SICK AND TIRED OF
HEARING PEOPLE BEING TREATED
LESS THAN A HUMAN BEING BECAUSE
THEY HAVE A RIGHT.
THAT IS THE CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHT AND THE FREE SPEECH TO
ADDRESS GOVERNMENT WITHOUT
RETALIATION, WITHOUT FEAR OF
RETALIATION.
THAT IS WHAT I AM TRYING TO
SAY.
SO I WILL CONTINUE TO COME BACK
AND SPEAK BEFORE THESE COUNCILS
UNTIL I SEE A GREAT CHANGE.
BECAUSE MR. PACHECO YOU HAVEN'T
GOTTEN BACK TO ME ON ANYTHING.
I DON'T KNOW YOU WILL DO ABOUT
THIS BRIDGE OR ANYTHING US.
YOUR TIME IS WINDING UP, ISN'T
IT?
HAVE A GOOD DAY.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT IS STEVE.
>> BUT WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT
CLIMATE CHANGE AND WE HEAR
ABOUT HOW LEFT-WING AND GREEN
THE CITY OF SEATTLE IS.
AND YET WE STILL CAN'T GET A
TREE ORDINANCE.
CAN'T PROTECT THE MAJOR LARGE
TREES THAT ARE NEEDED.
YOU LOVE THE AMAZON AND IT IS
UP TO THE BRAZILIANS BUT THE
BRAZILIANS HAVE A FUNNY IDEA
TWO.
THEY WANT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AND THEY WANT TO CUT DOWN THE
AMAZON AND THEY THINK SOME
OTHER PEOPLE OUGHT TO DO SOME
THINGS TOO.
WELL IN SEATTLE, WE ARE NOT
DOING OUR SHARE ON CLIMATE.
QUITE FRANKLY, THE EASY THINGS.
THE TREES TAKE A LONG TIME TO
GO.
IT IS A HUGE INVESTMENT.
BUT DEVELOPERS AND ENVIRONMENT
LISTS IN SEATTLE ARE NOT THAT
CONCERNED ABOUT LARGE
INVESTMENTS LIKE THAT.
THEY SIMPLY WANT TO AVOID IT.
NOW YOU HAVE HAD SOME HEARINGS
AND YOU TALKED A BIT ABOUT IT
BUT YOU CAN'T QUITE GET TO THE
POINTS OF PUTTING REGULATIONS
THAT MIGHT HURT SOME
DEVELOPERS.
AND IT MIGHT ACTUALLY BE GOOD
LAND-USE POLICY.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, IT APPEARS
THAT IT IS GUNG [NULL].
ALL PROJECTS ARE GREAT.
ALMOST GOES FORWARD.
WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO
LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC.
DESIGN REVIEW NEEDS TO COME
BACK AS IT WAS BEFORE WERE THE
WHOLE PROJECT IS LOOKED AT AND,
DOES IT FIT WHERE IT IS?
WE SHOULD BE BUILDING A CITY
FOR THE FUTURE.
NOT JUST MAKING DEVELOPMENT
EXTREMELY PROFITABLE.
I KNOW THE OIL COMPANIES LOVE
TO SEE PROFITS.
DEVELOPERS LOVE OBSCENE
PROFITS.
BUT I DON'T THINK THEY ARE
NECESSARY.
SEATTLE HAS BEEN OVER ZONED FOR
A VERY LONG TIME.
AND THE WHOLE IDEA THAT WE
CAN'T HAVE DEVELOPMENTS WITHOUT
GIVING AWAY THE STORE IS
LUDICROUS.
>> THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO DID
NOT SIGN UP TO SPEAK THAT WOULD
LIKE TO SPEAK?
>> SEEING THEN, WE WILL CLOSE
PUBLIC COMMENT.
OUR FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS
TODAY IS DISCUSSION AND A
POSSIBLE VOTE ON RESOLUTION
31904, RELATING TO THE SECOND
BASCULE BRIDGE.
>> WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE
ITEM INTO THE TITLE.
>> RESOLUTION 31904, A
RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE
STATE ROUTE 520 INTERSTATE 5 TO
MEDINA BRIDGE REPLACEMENT AND
HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE PROJECT,
SUPERSEDING RESOLUTION 31411
AND SECTION 2 AND SECTION 3 OF
RESOLUTION 31611 AND MAKING
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FUTURE
CONFIGURATION OF A SECOND
MONTLAKE BASCULE BRIDGE.
>> COULD YOU GIVE US A BRIEF
OVERVIEW OF THE RESOLUTION?
>> I AM CALVIN CHOW WITH
COUNSEL CENTRAL STUFF.
THE RESOLUTION WOULD WE SEND TO
RESOLUTIONS OR SUPERSEDE TWO
RESOLUTIONS THAT WERE TAKEN IN
2012 AND 2015 THAT RELATE TO
THE SR 520 MONTLAKE SECOND
BASCULE BRIDGE.
THE SECOND BASCULE BRIDGE IS A
STATE PROJECT THAT WOULD BE, IT
WOULD BRING A SECOND DRAWBRIDGE
IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE
DRAWBRIDGE CURRENTLY THERE.
AT THE TIME, CITY COUNCIL AND
THE MAYOR PASSED RESOLUTIONS
THAT SAID THAT THE PROJECT
WOULD NOT, IS NOT DEEMED
NECESSARY FOR THE FORESEEABLE
FUTURE.
THEY DIRECT CITY POLICY TO
REQUEST THAT WSDOT TURNED THE
RESOURCES TOWARDS OTHER WAYS OF
IMPROVING TRANSIT, PEDESTRIAN
AND BICYCLE FACILITIES.
THE RESOLUTION IN FRONT OF YOU
WOULD SUPERSEDE THOSE
RESOLUTIONS AND WE THINK THE
REQUEST THAT THE CITY'S POLICY
IN SUPPORT OF THE SECOND
BASCULE BRIDGE WITH THE IDEA TO
IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE AND
TRANSIT CAPACITY WHILE
MAINTAINING THE CURRENT
EXISTING LEVELS OF GENERAL
TRAFFIC LANES.
JUST TO BE CLEAR, THIS DOES NOT
BEGIN CONSTRUCTION ON THE
SECOND BRIDGE, CORRECT?
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
THE PROJECT HAS NOT ESTABLISHED
A CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE FOR
THIS PROJECT.
THEY HAVE FUNDING FOR IT BUT IT
IS, THEY HAVE DISCUSSED IT AS
ONE OF THE LAST PORTIONS OF THE
SR 520 PROJECT.
THEY HAVE THAT MONTLAKE LAID
UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THEY ALSO HAVE THE BRIDGE TO BE
DESIGNED AND BUILT IN THE
FUTURE AS WELL.
SO THERE IS STILL A NUMBER OF
SUBPROJECTS RELATED TO THAT
PROJECT.
>> WITH THE STATE FUNDING TIE
THE PROJECT BE LOST IF THE
PROJECT DOES NOT MOVE FORWARD?
>> IT IS A STATE BUDGETING
PROCESS.
SO I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO OPINE
ON WITH THE STATE WOULD DO.
>> COUNSEL NUMBER O'BRIEN DO
YOU HAVE QUESTIONS?
>> I AM ADAMANTLY OPPOSED TO
THIS RESOLUTION.
[APPLAUSE]
I THINK THAT THE 2015
RESOLUTION SPEAKS FROM THE CITY
POLICY.
I THINK WE, I THINK REVOKING IT
AT THIS TIME DOESN'T MAKE ANY
SENSE AT ALL.
I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY SPECIFIC
DATA THAT WOULD IMPLY WE SHOULD
BE GOING IN A DIFFERENT
DIRECTION.
I THINK THAT IF WE WANTED TO
SHIFT DIRECTIONS, THERE SHOULD
BE A PROCESS TO WORK THROUGH
THAT.
I THINK, I ACTUALLY DISAGREE
WITH SOME OF THE RESOLUTION
LANGUAGE.
IT SAYS THIS RESOLUTION IS
CONSISTENT WITH THE CLIMATE
ACTION PLAN BUT I THINK IT IS
IN DIRECT OPPOSITION TO THE
CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
I DON'T NEED TO GO ON TOO LONG
HERE BUT GENERALLY THE FOLKS
THAT SPOKE IN OPPOSITION OF IT,
I THINK THEY ARE WELL SPOKEN.
I AGREE WITH EVERY POINT THEY
MADE.
>> COUNSEL NUMBER O'BRIEN YOUR
OFFICE HAS GIVEN SUFFICIENT
TIME TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK.
I HOPE THAT YOUR OFFICE HAS
PROVIDED AND TAKEN THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THE
FEEDBACK.
>> I HAVE BEEN PRETTY CLEAR TO
YOU THAT I AM OPPOSED TO THIS.
THAT IS MY FEEDBACK.
>> THAT IS FINE BUT IN TERMS OF
THE LANGUAGE AND NOT AGREEING
WITH THE LANGUAGE, YOUR OFFICE
WAS GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO
MAKE MODIFICATIONS.
>> I PREFER TO STICK WITH NOT
DOING IT.
TO SPEND TIME AMENDING
SOMETHING I WILL BE VOTING
AGAINST.
>> THAT IS FAIR.
I HAVE LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM
THE LAURELHURST COMMUNITY
COUNCIL AS WELL AS FROM THE
TRANSPORTATION CHOICES
COALITION AS WELL AS LETTERS OF
SUPPORT FROM URBANISTS WITH
REGARDS TO THAT RESOLUTION IN
ITSELF AND FEEDBACK.
THIS RESOLUTION, THE MOVEMENT
OF THIS RESOLUTION IS, WE HAVE
HEARD MANY TIMES OVER ABOUT
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THE
REGION.
1.8 MILLION RESIDENTS.
1.2 MILLION NEW JOBS AS A
MATTER FACT.
I REMEMBER ON MAY 9, COUNCIL
MEMBER BACK TO THE CITY'S.
N SEATTLE TO RESPOND TO THE
GROWTH TO DO MORE FOR HOUSING,
FOR TRANSPORTATION, I HAVE BEEN
TRYING TO MOVE THAT BALL
FORWARD.
THIS IS, AS YOU KNOW, THE
WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATOR
INCLUDED FUNDING FOR THE
MONTLAKE CUT AS PART OF THE SR
520 REST OF THE WEST INTO THE
15.
IT CONNECTS THE WASHINGTON
PACKAGE TO THE BRIDGE.
IT WOULD BUILD ALONGSIDE THE
EXISTING MONTLAKE BRIDGE.
THE LAST TIME THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AS I WAS DAY POSITION
ON THE SECOND BASCULE BRIDGE
WAS IN 2015 BEFORE THE OPENING
OF THE LIGHT RAIL STATION.
THE PRESENCE OF THE STATION
COULD HAVE PEOPLE WALKING IN
THE OFFICE HAS BEEN ENGAGED
WITH THIS.
[INDISCERNIBLE]
IN ADDITION, KING COUNTY AFTER
AND SOUND TRANSIT ARE NOW
APPLYING TO ROUTE MORE BUSES TO
CONNECT RIDERS WITH THE
STADIUM.
IT IS ONE OF THE MOST USED
BRIDGES IN THE CITY BY
PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS.
THEY ARE UPDATING THE TRAFFIC
FORECAST IN PREPARATION FOR
STAY CULTURE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS
IN 2020.
THIS PROCESS WILL REVIEW IN
PREPARATION FOR THE KEY
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT IN 2020.
THIS PROCESS WILL REVIEW THE
NEW CONDITIONS WITH THE YOU
LINCOLN STATION IN PLACE.
THE CURRENT ASPORTATION NEEDS
AND POTENTIAL OPTIONS AS THOSE
DISCUSSIONS BEGIN.
THIS RESOLUTION UPDATES THE
COUNCILS POSITION TO MAKE IT
CLEAR THAT RELIABLE TRANSIT AND
SAFE WALKING AND BIKING ARE THE
CITY'S PRIORITIES.
THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION WITH
FURTHER REQUESTS, IT WOULD
REQUIRE THAT THEY ESTABLISH
STAY COLDER OUR REGION THEM.
EXPAND THE SCHEDULE SUCH THAT
IT COINCIDES WITH OTHER SR 520
CONSTRUCTION PHASES REGARDING
THE DISRUPTION OF THE QUARTER.
QUITE FRANKLY, COUNCIL NUMBER
O'BRIEN, AS WE HAVE ALL WERE
WITNESSES TO EMMA THE YOUNG
PEOPLE WHO ASKED US TO DO MORE
WITH REGARDS TO MOVING FORWARD
ON ACTIONS THAT WE CAN TAKE
WITH REGARDS TO CLIMATE CHANGE,
YOU KNOW I AM DISAPPOINTED.
I HAVE GREATLY ADMIRED AND
RESPECTED YOUR POSITIONS ON A
NUMBER OF ISSUES AND WE ARE
TURNING OUR BACKS ON THOSE
YOUNG PEOPLE.
IN MY DISTRICT, WE ARE
PROXIMALLY 45,000 STUDENTS WHO
ASKED US REPEATEDLY TO DO MORE,
TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO GET MORE
PEOPLE OUT OF CARS.
THAT IS WHY I HAVE BEEN A
PROPONENT OF SCOOTERS,
BICYCLING.
AND I AM ASKING AS A
TRANSPORTATION CHOICES
COALITION HAS OUTLINED IN THEIR
LETTER IN SUPPORT.
THIS IS PROVIDING US ANOTHER
OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP THE BALL
FORWARD, MOVING FORWARD FOR THE
REGION.
SO I AM ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT
TO DO WHAT YOU CAN IN THESE
FINAL MONTHS TO CONTINUE THAT
POSITION.
>> COUNSEL NUMBER PROJECTILE, I
AM OFFENDED YOU QUESTION WHY
COMMITMENT TO CLIMATE.
I THINK THAT IF THIS WAS AN
ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS CLIMATE
CHANGE, I WOULD APPRECIATE YOU
BRING FORWARD SOME ACTUAL
ANALYSIS THAT SHOWS THAT
EXPANDING OUR ROADWAYS IS A
SOLUTION TO CLIMATE.
I DON'T BELIEVE IT IS.
[APPLAUSE]
SIBLEY STATING THERE WAS A
MARCH ON FRIDAY THAT I
SUPPORTED, IF THAT MEANS THIS
IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO,
DOESN'T WORK.
SO I ALSO WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT
IN MY LEAGUE OF TRANSPORTATION
OF THE LETTER, IT DOESN'T
SUPPORT THIS.
KEEPING ALL OPTIONS ON THE
TABLE FOR FUTURE DISCUSSIONS
REGARDING THE SECOND MONTLAKE
BASCULE BRIDGE.
THE RESOLUTION IN 2015 SAID
WHAT WE WANT TO DO, WHICH I
BELIEVE IS STILL CONSISTENT,
THEY WANT TO BUILD THEM.
THOSE DISCUSSIONS WILL BE
ONGOING.
IT MIGHT BE THAT WSDOT BUILDS
IT WITHOUT THE CITY SUPPORT.
BUT I DON'T SEE ANYONE OUT HERE
SAYING THE CITY SHOULD PICK A
SOLUTION THIS IS THE ADAMANTLY
NEED TO BUILD A SECOND BRIDGE.
IT SAYS KEEP THE OPTIONS ON THE
TABLE, WHICH THEY ARE.
I THINK THE RESOLUTION DOES THE
OPPOSITE.
I THINK THAT IF YOU BELIEVE
THAT THIS SOLVES OUR PROBLEMS
AND THAT THINGS HAVE CHANGED, I
WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE FOLKS
FROM S.HERE AT THE TABLE
EXPLAINING THE ANALYSIS ARE
ASPORTATION ENGINEERS HAVE
DONE.
BUT I DON'T SEE THEM HERE.
I DON'T SEE ANY DUCK IMITATION
FROM S..
IF THAT DOCUMENTATION CAME
FORWARD AND YOU DISAGREED WITH
IT, THAT IS FAIR TO SAY WE
SHOULD HAVE A DIFFERENT POLICY
AND BRING SOME EXPERTS THERE.
BUT I DON'T THINK THIS IS GOOD
POLICY.
I THINK IT IS ABSOLUTELY
EXPANDING A ROADWAY CAPACITY.
IT IS NOT A SOLUTION TO CLIMATE
CHANGE.
I THINK IF WE HAVE $100 MILLION
TO INVEST DOING EXACTLY WHAT WE
SAY IN OUR RESOLUTION FOR 2015,
SAYING WE SHOULD BE INVESTING
IN MULTIMODAL OPTIONS AND FIND
OTHER ALTERNATIVES TO MEET
DEMAND IS THE DIRECTION I WOULD
LIKE TO GO. I
, YOU KNOW, MY UNDERSTANDING IS
YOU ASKED IF I WOULD PUT THIS
THROUGH MY COMMITTEE.
I TOLD YOU A MONTH OR SO AGO
THAT I DON'T SUPPORTED AND
WOULDN'T COME THROUGH MY
COMMITTEE, IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE
FOR ME TO CHAIR A RESOLUTION I
WOULDN'T SUPPORT.
IF YOU WANT TO PUT IT THROUGH
úYOUR COMMITTEE YOU COULD.
I AM A LITTLE DISMAYED THAT YOU
ACT SURPRISED I AM SO OPPOSED
TO THIS.
I WAS CLEAR THIS IS SOMETHING I
WAS OPPOSED TO.
>> I WOULDN'T SAY I AM
SURPRISED BUT YOU KNOW, YOU
WEREN'T PRESENT FOR THE LAST
COMMITTEE MEETING.
YOU COULD'VE THEM PRESENT TO
HAVE THOSE QUESTIONS.
YOU LIKE I CAN HAVE HIS
CONVERSATIONS WITH A START IN
OUR OFFICE.
TO ADDRESS SPECIFIC CONCERNS.
I HAVE DONE MY BEST TO DO THE
OUTREACH TO BOTH.
AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF
COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS WITHIN
DISTRICT 4. SO YOU KNOW, WITH
REGARDS TO EXPANDING ROADWAYS,
IT DOES IMPROVE MOBILITY FOR
SKITTERING EMMA BIKING, FOLKS
WHO HAVE DISABILITY NEEDS AS
WELL AS FOR HIV AND TRANSIT SO
MAKING IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO
GET OUT OF SINGLE OCCUPANCY
VEHICLES IS SOMETHING I THINK
YOU AND I BOTH SHARE.
AS SUCH, THAT IS WHY I BROUGHT
THE RESOLUTION FORWARD TO THE
COMMITTEE.
IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO
CONTINUE TO MOVE THE BALL
FORWARD AS A REGION.
>> I AM HAPPY TO CONTINUE, MY
POSITION IS FIRM HERE.
SINCE YOURS IS TOO.
IF YOU HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS
WITH A START AND YOU WANT TO
TELL ME WHAT THEY TOLD YOU, MY
CONVERSATIONS WITH US.IS THAT
THEY DON'T THINK IT MAKES
SENSE.
SO IF YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT
POSITION THAT YOU HAVE HEARD IN
A PRIVATE CONVERSATION, WE
HAVEN'T HAD A PUBLIC HEARING
WITH AS THAT.
I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN
HEARING THAT.
BUT AGAN, I WANT TO IMPROVE
ABILITY BY REALLOCATING
EXISTING ROADWAYS, NOT BY
EXPANDING THEM.
>> YOU AND I WILL HAVE TO AGREE
TO DISAGREE ON THIS ONE AT THE
END OF THE DAY.
BUT I WILL ASK THIS COMMITTEE
TO VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT THAT
THE OFFICE HAS PROPOSED.
JUST TO BE CLEAR, WHERE ARE MY
NOTES?
THAT IS THE CONCURRENCE LINE.
SO ALL THOSE IN SUPPORT OF, IS
THEIR A SECOND?
>> NO.
>> THEN THE AMENDMENT DOESN'T
HAVE A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN SUPPORT OF THE
RESOLUTION AS IS, PLEASE VOTE
--
>> THERE IS NOT A 2nd FOR THE
RESOLUTION.
>> IS THEIR A 2nd FOR THE
RESOLUTION?
THE RESOLUTION FAILS.
[APPLAUSE]
>>> OUR NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS
IS THE APPLICATION FOR THE 3250
RENIER LP REZONE.
COULD YOU READ IT INTO THE
RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO, 15,
THE APPLICATION OF 5050 RENIER,
LP.
TO REZONE IN APPROXIMATELY
40,000 FT.B2 SITE LOCATED AT
5256 RANIER AVENUE SOUTH FROM
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL 2 WITH
A 40 FOOT HEIGHT LIMIT TO
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL 2 WITH
A 65 FOOT HEIGHT LIMIT.
>> WE ARE JOINED BY ERIC
McCONAGHY.
WE WALKED US THROUGH THIS?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
THERE IT IS.
JUST CATCHING UP WITH THE TECH.
THANK YOU FOR THE PATIENTS.
SO THIS REZONE APPLICATION AS
WITH ALL REZONING APPLICATIONS
IS CONSIDERED QUASIJUDICIAL.
I REMINDED THAT THE COUNCIL
DECISION ON THIS HAS BEEN
ESTABLISHED WITH THE HEARING
EXAMINER.
THEY ESTABLISHED A RECORD IN
THE OPEN RECORD HEARING.
THE ENTIRE RECORD IF YOU HAVE
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT IS
CURRENTLY INCLUDING THE AUDIO
RECORDINGS OF THE HEARING ARE
IN MY OFFICE AND I AM HAPPY TO
MAKE ANY OF THESE PIECES
AVAILABLE TO YOU WITH FEWER
LIKE CO AT THE OVERVIEW, THE
CONTRACT REZONE WOULD CHANGE
THE ZONING FOR APPROXIMATELY
18,423 FT.B2 OF LAND AND IS
ADDRESSED AT 5256 RENIER AVENUE
SOUTH, WE WILL CALL THAT THE
REZONE AREA.
SO OVERALL, THIS IS THE AREA.
I PUT A YELLOW BOX, KIND OF A
POLYGON ON SITE A. SOME OF THE
INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THE
RECORD BETWEEN SITE A AND SITE
B, THAT IS BECAUSE THE PROJECTS
GO TOGETHER.
HOWEVER, SITE A IS THE PROJECTS
THAT IS IN THE CONTRACT REZONE.
BY WAY OF CLARIFICATION.
>> HERE WE MOVE A LITTLE CLOSER
TO THE SITE THAT WILL BE
SUBJECT TO THE CONTRACT REZONE.
THE CIVIL TO PERMIT OF
CONSTRUCTION AND INSPECTIONS
AND THE HEARING EXAMINER DID
RECOMMEND APPROVAL FOR THE
REZONE.
THE DIRECTORS OF THE STC I, THE
CONSTRUCTION INSPECTIONS
COMBINATION ALSO ISSUED THE
DETERMINATION OF NON-
SIGNIFICANCE REGARDING THE
CONDITIONS AND DESIGN REVIEW
DECISION.
THAT IS TO SAY THIS PROJECT IS,
HAS BEEN THROUGH DESIGN REVIEW.
WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE, IS ALL
THE PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS.
THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH DESIGN
VIEW AND ULTIMATELY WE WILL
TALK ABOUT HOW THE PROPERTY
WILL SUBMIT AN AGREEMENT THAT
WOULD GO WITH THE BILL.
THE PREVIOUS REASON WOULD FIX
THIS PROJECT TO BE IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THE PERMIT THAT
ENCOMPASSES THE DESIGN REVIEW
DECISIONS.
SO IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR, THE
HEARING EXAMINER ISSUED THE
FINDINGS RECOMMENDATION THAT
WAS CENTRAL TO THE COUNCIL.
THE CONDITIONS ARE THAT THE
PERMIT IN THE SEATTLE VISIBLE
CODE DEALT WITH MANDATORY
HOUSING AND AFFORDABILITY WILL
BE MET.
THAT THIS PROJECT WILL STICK TO
ALL OF THE APPROVED PLANS THAT
ARE IN STC I PROJECT NUMBER 302-
5193.
DOES TAKE A SECOND AND SHOW YOU
THIS IS THE REZONE AREA.
THERE ARE FOUR PARCELS.
TYPICALLY REZONE STRAW OUT TO
THE CENTRAL LINE OF THE STREET.
THAT IS WHY YOU SEE THE PORTION
OF THE STREET.
THERE ARE SOME IMAGES FROM THE
MATERIALS ON THE RECORD.
THERE IS THE PERSPECTIVE
LOOKING SOUTH FROM THE NORTH.
I HAVE LABELED SITE A AND SITE
B FOR CONVENIENCE.
TO THE RIGHT OF THE IMAGE
THERE, HERE IS AN IMAGE FROM
THE STREET.
IT IS, AS OF FLIES THAT, THIS
IS THE SOUTHEAST CORNER LOOKING
NORTH.
AND THEN ONE MORE.
THIS THIS IS THE WEST
ELEVATION.
I AM LOOKING STRAIGHT ON AT THE
PROJECT ALONG RANIER AVENUE
SOUTH.
SO MOVING RIGHT ALONG, IF THERE
ARE NO QUESTIONS OR THE REZONE,
I WILL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE
TECHNICAL DETAILS.
ONE THING THAT WE REQUESTED YOU
DO TODAY, THE FIRST ACTION
WOULD BE TO AMEND THE TITLE OF
THE CLERK FIVE.
THIS HAPPENS FROM TIME TO TIME.
WHEN THE CONTRACT REZONE FIRST,
THEM THERE MIGHT EVEN BE THINGS
THAT ARE NOT TRUE AT THE TIME
THAT CHANGED THROUGH TIME.
THIS WOULD HAVE THE BOATS AND
SPECIFICALLY THE LANGUAGES
PROVIDED.
THEY WOULD TUNEUP THIS
APPLICATION INFORMATION AND
THIS APPLICANT OF REZONING IN
250 5M.
TO 265 M1.
THAT IS THE MANDATORY
AFFORDABILITY REZONING HAS
HAPPENED SINCE THE FIRST
APPLICATION GIVEN.
THE THIRD FILE AS SUPPORTED
NOW, TALKED ABOUT MOVING FROM A
40 FOOT HIGH LIMIT.
SO THIS IS AN IMPORTANT TUNEUP
TO THE CLERK FIVE BECAUSE THE
CLERK FILE IS THE ACTUAL THING
THAT YOU ALL WILL RECOMMEND.
THAT IS NUMBER ONE THAT YOU ALL
COULD TAKE.
I WILL KEEP MOVING THROUGH THE
OTHER STEPS.
IF YOU LIKE.
>> THE NEXT PORTION WOULD BE TO
TAKE ACTION AND THE DECISION
DOCUMENT ADDED TO THE COURT
FIVE.
IT WOULD GRANT THAT REZONE
APPLICATIONS.
I JUST NEED TO KNOW THAT OF THE
INDY, IT MAKES CLERICAL
CORRECTIONS TO THE RECORD THAT
WAS PROVIDED BY THE HEARING
EXAMINER.
AND THEN IT ADOPTS THE HEARING
EXAMINER'S CONDITIONS.
AND IT GRANTS THE REZONE AND
PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
THOSE ARE THE FINDINGS,
CONCLUSIONS AND DOCUMENTS.
AND THEN FINALLY, IT WOULD BE
JUST TO TAKE ACTION TO VOTE
RECOMMEND THIS REZONE TO FULL
COUNSEL.
IF ALL OF THESE THINGS HAPPEN
TODAY, THAT WHAT I WILL DO IS
COMPLETE THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE.
TO MAKE THE REZONE HAPPEN.
AND THE APPLICANT WILL HAVE THE
PROPERTIES ASSIGNED SUBJECT TO
THE CONDITIONS AS APPROVED
TODAY.
THERE WOULD BE ATTACHED TO THE
ORDINANCE, BEFORE COUNSEL AT
THE END OF THE DAY.
THAT WOULD BE THE FINAL OPTION
ON THIS.
THOSE ARE ALL THE DETAILS I
HAVE TO SHARE THE.
I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
YOU MIGHT HAVE.
THAT IS THE RUNDOWN.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN?
ANY QUESTIONS?
>> THE TIMING ON THIS?
THIS PROCESS STARTED PRIOR TO
THIS BEING AN ACTIVE.
SO THEY CONTINUE THROUGH THE
PROCESS AND GOT A PARTIAL UP
ZONE.
ARE LOOKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL
10 FEET.
THAT IT WAS WHAT THEY WERE
ASKING FOR INITIALLY?
>> YOU HAVE SEEN OTHER REASONS,
THERE.
LIKE THIS ONE THAT HOLDS TO THE
RULES OF THE MHA.
THERE WAS AN INTERIM PERIOD, WE
HAVE SEEN SOME OF THESE WHERE
THERE WAS A DIRECTORS WILL FROM
SDC I TO CLARIFY HOW TO HANDLE
THIS.
THIS IS INTO THAT.
>> SO THIS WOULD GO FROM AND M
DESIGNATION TO AN M1
DESIGNATION?
>> BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE.
YES.
>> DO YOU KNOW THE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING CONTRIBUTION THAT WOULD
REQUIRE?
>> I DON'T HAVE THE MATH IN
FRONT OF ME.
I COULD GET THAT FOR YOU.
>> OKAY.
>> THANK YOU.
WE HAVE HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO
DISCUSS THIS SO I APPRECIATE
IT.
WLL I MOVED TO AMEND THE COURT
FILE, 314365 AS SHOWN IN THE
CENTRAL STAFF MEMO.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> A SECOND.
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE
OUT?
WITH THAT TAKEN CARE OF, I
MOVED TO ADOPT THE FINANCE
CONCLUSIONS AND DECISION AND
RECOMMEND GRANTING CLERK FILE
314365 AS CONDITIONED.
ALL THIS IN FAVOR PLEASE VOTE?
THANK YOU, ERIC.
THIS ITEM WILL BE BACK BEFORE
THE FULL COUNSEL IN OCTOBER.
>>> THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS
IS THE PRESENTATION FROM GREEN
THE SEATTLE PARTNERSHIP CO WILL
YOU PLEASE READ THE ABBREVIATED
TITLE?
>> #3, GREEN SEATTLE
PARTNERSHIP, RESTORING
NEIGHBORHOOD FOREST AND PARKS
AND NATURAL AREAS.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
THANKED THE COMMITTEE FOR
HAVING ME.
I AM PATRICIA BAKKER AND I AM
ALSO WITH CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS,
HE HAD A STRONG CONFLICT AND
HAD TO LEAVE.
WE ALSO HAVE HERE IN 20 WHO WAS
WITH 1021.
THAT IS ANOTHER OF THE FOUNDING
PARTNERS OF THE GREEN SEATTLE
PARTNERSHIP.
AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT HOW WE
CAME TO BE HERE TODAY.
>> THE PARKS PROGRAM IS HERE AS
WELL.
AM I ON?
>> I CAN HEAR YOU BUT I DON'T
KNOW IF VIDEOS CAN.
>> HOW ABOUT THAT?
OKAY.
SO IT MIGHT SEEM A BIT
UNCONVENTIONAL THAT THE PARKS
PROGRAM IS REPORTING BACK TO
THE PLANNING AND LAND USE AND
ZONING COMMITTEE BUT THIS IS A
PROGRAM REALLY THAT IS WOVEN
INTO THE FABRIC OF OUR
COMMUNITIES AND AS YOU ARE ALL
TALKING A LOT ABOUT REZONING,
DENSITY, I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT FOR THIS COMMITTEE TO
BE AWARE OF HOW OUR LIVABLE
CITIES ARE CONNECTED TO ACCESS
TO NATURE AND HEALTHY FOR THAT
ARE THROUGHOUT ALL THE
NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO WITH THAT, I DO REALLY
APPRECIATE YOU WILL MAKING THE
TIME TODAY TO HEAR MORE ABOUT
THE GREEN SEATTLE PARTNERSHIP.
>> YES.
SO WE ARE PLEASED TO BE HERE
TALKING TO YOU TODAY ABOUT THIS
TOPIC.
WE DO BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT
THIS WORK IS MAKING A BIG
DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
BECAUSE TO THIS WORK, WE ARE
RESTORING AND UNLOCKING THE
GREEN SPACE.
THEREBY INCREASING ACCESS TO
NATURE, STRENGTHENING
NEIGHBORHOOD COHESION, AND
CREATING THAT SENSE OF
STEWARDSHIP.
OUR RELATIONSHIP AND CONNECTION
TO THE LAND FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
IN ADDITION TO THESE DIRECT
BENEFITS TO OUR HUMAN
COMMITTEES, THE SIGNIFICANCE OF
THE WORK IS COMPOUNDED SINCE WE
ARE CREATING HEALTHIER WILDLIFE
HABITATS AND NATURAL PROCESSES.
HEALTHIER CREEKS, SLIPS,
ROADWAYS AND THEREFORE A
HEALTHIER PUGET SOUND AS WELL.
SO IN TALKING ABOUT THIS WORK,
WE LIKE TO START HERE, TO ZOOM
OUT A BIT AND TAKE US OUTSIDE
OF THE BUILDING.
TO LOOK AT THE CITY FROM ABOVE.
SO THIS PHOTO HERE IS LOOKING
FROM THE SOUTH, ACROSS THE
SEATTLE TOWARDS ELLIOTT BAY AND
DOWNTOWN.
AS A COMMITTEE IS WELL AWARE,
UNPRECEDENTED GROWTH AND A
CHANGE IN CLIMATE ARE IMPACTING
OUR CITIES HEALTH.
FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE, YOU CAN
SEE THIS AMAZING THAT WE HAVE.
IT CAN HELP ALLEVIATE THOSE
IMPACTS.
THAT IS THE URBAN FOREST.
YOU CAN SEE HERE ALL OF THE
DIFFERENT COMPONENTS THAT MAKE
UP THE FOREST.
YOU SEE THAT.
>> OKAY.
THERE WE GO.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE LARGER FORCE
DID AREAS.
THIS WORKS WELL.
THE LARGER FORCE DID AREAS.
WE HAVE LINCOLN PARK HERE.
UP TO THE NORTH WE HAVE THE
START OF THE WEST DUWAMISH
GREENVILLE.
OTHER PARTS ARE SCATTERED
THROUGHOUT.
AS WELL AS THE THOUSANDS OF
STREET TREES AND VEGETATION IN
BACKYARDS AND OTHER PRIVATE
PROPERTIES.
SO THIS LATTICEWORK TOGETHER
TAKES UP THIS WONDERFUL ASSET
WE HAVE.
IN OUR URBAN FOREST.
SO GIVEN ALL THAT FORCE DID
PARKLAND, YOU CAN SEE THAT ARCS
AND RECREATION PLAYS A BIG ROLE
IN CARING FOR OUR URBAN FOREST.
IT FITS IN WELL WITH OUR
MISSION TO PROVIDE COMING AND
SAFE OPPORTUNITIES, TO PLAY,
LEARN, CONTEMPLATE AND BUILD
COMMUNITIES AS WELL AS
PROMOTING RESPONSE SURGE
STEWARDSHIP OF THE LAND.
IT FITS IN WELL WITH OUR VALUES
OF PROMOTING HEALTHY PEOPLE AND
HEALTHY ENVIRONMENTS.
AND STRONG COMMUNITIES.
SO THIS MAP HERE SHOWS ALL OF
THE MAGENTA AND GREEN AREAS,
THE PARKLAND SCATTERED
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
WE MANAGED 6400 ACRES OF LAND.
THAT IS LAND-BASED AND 2500, 25
ACRES AREIN THE NATURAL AREAS
SLATED FOR RESTORATION THROUGH
THE NEW SEATTLE PARTNERSHIP.
AND THE REASON THAT RESTORATION
IS NEEDED IS BECAUSE AFTER MANY
DECADES OF BEING LEFT MOSTLY
ALONE SINCE THEY WERE IN AREAS
CONSIDERED NOT TO NEED REGULAR
MAINTENANCE FOR A WHILE, THEY
BECAME INUNDATED AND INFESTED
WITH INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES.
SO IN 2005, THE SEATTLE
COMMUNITY THROUGH THE GREEN
SEATTLE PARTNERSHIP COMMITTED
TO A 20 YEAR PLAN TO RESTORE
AND ACTIVATE THOSE FORCE DID
PARKLAND'S.
TO IMPORTANT GOALS IN MIND,
FIRST, TO RESTORE AND MAINTAIN
THE PARK LANDS AND NATURAL
AREAS.
TO ENGAGE AND GALVANIZE AND
INFORM THE ACTIVE COMMUNITY AND
THE RESTORATION AND
STEWARDSHIP.
NOW I WANTED TO PAUSE HERE TO
EXPLAIN THE PARTNERSHIP.
WE GET ASKED QUESTION LIKE, IS
GREEN SEATTLE PARTNERSHIP A
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION?
WE DO MAINTAIN A.ORG WEBSITE.
IT IS NOT IMMEDIATELY OBVIOUS.
BUT IT IS A UNIQUE PUBLIC,
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.
MADE UP OF CITY AGENCIES,
NONPROFIT PARTNERS, COMPANIES
AND COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS.
BECAUSE THIS WORK TAKES PLACE
PRIMARILY ON PARK LANDS, PARKS
AND RECREATION IS THE AGENCY
FOR THE PARTNERSHIP.
PICTURED HERE IS PARKS AND
RECREATION'S NATURAL AREA CREW,
WHICH IS FUNDED PARTIALLY BY
THE SEATTLE PARKS DISTRICT.
WORKING ALONGSIDE ONE OF THE
STEWARDS, ONE THAT WE NEED
VOLUNTEERS ALONG WITH THE TRAIL
NEAR THORNTON CREEK.
AS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT MIXTURE
OF ENTITIES THAT IT TAKES
WORKING TOGETHER TO GET ALL OF
THIS WORK DONE.
SO NOW, 14 YEARS INTO THAT
TIMELINE RESTORATION WE HAVE
SEEN A LOT OF SUCCESSES.
THERE ARE FOUR PHASES TO
GETTING THIS WORK DONE,
STARTING WITH THE REMOVAL OF
THE INVASIVE SPECIES.
AND PLANTING THE NATIVE PLANT
SPECIES AND WORKING THROUGH THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF THOSE NATIVE
PLANTS AND CONTINUED MINUTES TO
MAKE SURE THEY DON'T RETURN.
SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE
STATISTICS ACHIEVED TO DATE.
WE HAVE 1700 ACRES AND ROLLED.
THOSE ARE IN THE VARIOUS
PHASES.
SOME OF THEM HAVING JUST BEEN
STARTED AND SOME OF THEM HAVING
REACHED WILL BE CALL FACE 4 OR
FINAL HEALTHY FOREST STATE.
WE HAVE PLANTED MORE THAN 1
MILLION PLANTS IN THE GROUND.
THOSE ARE TREES, SHRUBS,
GROUNDCOVERS.
AND THE BLOG OF MORE THAN 1
MILLION OF VOLUNTEER HOURS.
THOSE RANGE FROM THE FORSTER'S,
SOME OF WHOM ARE OUT THERE
SEVERAL TIMES PER WEEK ALL YEAR
LONG.
AND THE FOREST SECTIONS THEY
HAVE ADOPTED AS WELL AS
THOUSANDS OF OTHER VOLUNTEERS
WHO ENGAGE WITH THE PROGRAM.
WITH VARYING LEVELS OF
FREQUENCY.
AND BECAUSE NOT ALL ACRES ARE
SUITABLE FOR VOLUNTEER WORK, WE
DO ENGAGE RATIONAL CREWS IN
STEEP SLOPES AND WETLANDS WHERE
WE CAN'T HAVE VOLUNTEERS
WORKING.
WE HAVE LOGGED MORE THAN
400,000 HOURS OF WORK FROM
THOSE CREWS.
WE LIKE TO INCLUDE THE NUMBER
HERE ON THE BOTTOM.
THAT MEANS WE HAVE CUT THE
CLIMBING VINES AWAY FROM THE
TREES AND PUT THEM AWAY.
YOU CAN TO GET THAT NUMBER AS
THE NUMBER OF TREES THAT HAVE
BEEN SAVED OVER TIME THROUGH
THIS PROGRAM.
THESE ACRES HERE IN THE MIDDLE
ARE ACRES POACHED AND WEEDED.
THEY INDICATE THE ESTABLISHMENT
WERE GOING ON.
THE ACRES THAT ARE MAKING THEIR
WAY THROUGH PHASE 1 THROUGH TO
THE FINAL HEALTHY FOREST STATE.
SO THIS WAS A UNIQUE
PARTNERSHIP WHEN IT STARTED.
AND JUST CONTINUES TO BE A
NATIONAL LEADER.
THE REPORT PICTURED HERE WITH
RELEASED EARLIER THIS YEAR BY
THE TRUST LAND AND FOR A NEW
YORK ORGANIZATION CALLED THE
NATURAL AREAS CONSERVANCY.
SO IT IS A NATIONAL REPORT ON
CARING FOR OUR FOREST AND
NATURAL AREAS.
SEATTLE IS FEATURED
SIGNIFICANTLY THROUGH THE
REPORT AND PICTURED ON THE
COVER.
THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN IN STEWARD
PARK.
ON GREEN SEATTLE DAY IN 2018.
SO THAT IS AN INDICATION OF A
NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE
WORK.
NOW JOANNA IS GOING TO TALK
ABOUT SOME OF THE REGIONAL AND
LOCAL SIGNIFICANCE AND THE
IMPACT OF THE WORK.
>> THANK YOU.
SO JOANNA NELSON DE FLORES ONE
GOT BOTH.
BECAUSE AS WE WERE DOING, WE
ARE A REGIONAL NONPROFIT.
WE STARTED OUT AS A LAND TRUST
EVOLVED INTO SUSTAINABILITY
ORGANIZATIONS THAT SECURES
KEYSTONES BASIS, WHETHER THEY
ARE FARMS, FORESTS, PARKS AND
EVEN DOUBLING AND LAND FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
REALLY LOOKING AT ALL THE
PIECES THAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS
TO THRIVE.
TO HAVE A GOOD QUALITY OF LIFE.
SO AT THAT TIME WHEN WE WERE
STARTING, WE RECOGNIZED THAT
THE PEOPLE ARE MOVING INTO THE
CITIES, IF WE WANT TO ATTRACT
DENSITY TO THE CITIES, AGAIN,
WE NEED, PEOPLE NEED TO HAVE
ACCESS TO NATURE.
THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO GO FOR
A WALK IN THE WOODS AND NOT
HAVE TO MOVE OUT TO THE SUBURBS
IN ORDER TO GET THAT.
SO WE PARTNERED AT THE TIME
WITH SEATTLE PARKS DEPARTMENT
AND UTILITIES AND OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY TO LAUNCH THE
NEW PROGRAM THAT REALLY WAS
CUTTING EDGE ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
WERE NOT A LOT OF CITIES DOING
THIS.
SOON AFTER, SEATTLE LOST OTHER
CITIES AND THEY RAISE THEIR
HANDS.
THEY WERE IN THE SAME BOAT.
THEY RECOGNIZE THEIR CITY WAS
GROWING AND THEY HAVE THIS HUGE
ASSET OF LAND THAT THEY OWNED
BUT IT HADN'T REALLY UNLOCKED
THE POTENTIAL OR MAXIMIZED THE
BENEFIT IT PROVIDES TO
RESIDENTS.
SO THEY RECOGNIZED THAT IF THEY
STARTED ACTIVE FOREST
RESTORATION AND MANAGEMENT AND
CARE OF THE LAND, THEY COULD
REALLY MAKE THESE AREAS
ACTIVATED AND ACCESSIBLE FOR
THE RESIDENTS.
SO THEY TURN TO GREEN SEATTLE
PARTNERSHIP AS A MODEL AND 21
AS A NONPROFIT PARTNER TO DO
THE SAME THING.
SO THEY REPLICATED THAT MODEL
AND THE WORD SPREAD.
PEOPLE WANT TO DO LIVABLE
CITIES AND HEALTHY COMMITTEES.
THEY RECOGNIZED THE NEEDS FOR
FOREST AND ACCESS TO NATURE.
THE PROGRAM REMAINS RELEVANT 13
YEARS LATER.
IT HAS GROWN ENORMOUS THE.
THIS MAP REPRESENTS ALL OF THE
CITIES THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH
SIMILAR STEPS TO SEATTLE.
IN THE PAST THREE YEARS, WE
HAVE ADDED FIVE CITIES AND WE
ARE NOW WORKING WITH SNOHOMISH
COUNTY TO APPLY THE MODEL.
IT STARTED IN SEATTLE TO THE
PARKS.
AND NATURAL AREAS.
SO THEY ARE NOW AT 14 CITIES,
SNOHOMISH COUNTY AND ALL OF
THOSE COMMUNITIES COLLECTIVELY
HAVE A GOAL OF RESTORING THE
13,000 ACRES, THOSE PROGRAMS
REPRESENT 1.6 MILLION RESIDENTS
THAT WILL BENEFIT FROM THAT.
SO WELL EACH PROGRAM IS
CUSTOMIZED, TO FIT THE CITY, WE
ALL SHARE SIMILAR GOALS.
SIMILAR PROGRAM STRUCTURES.
BEST PRACTICES AND STANDARDIZED
TRACKING MEASURES.
SEATTLE I FAR IS THE LARGEST
PROGRAM AND I JUST WANT YOU ALL
TO KNOW THAT AS A LEADER OF THE
PACK, OTHER GREEN CITIES ARE
LOOKING AT SEATTLE.
THEY'RE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE
LESSONS LEARNED AND THEY ARE
REALLY LOOKING TO SEATTLE FOR
INSPIRATION.
SO THERE LIKE HIM A WHILE, THEY
ARE DOING IT.
SO SINCE IT'S INCEPTION, THERE
HAVE BEEN SO MANY GREAT STORIES
OF TRANSFORMATION AND I WOULD
LOVE TO TAKE EVERYONE OUT ON A
TOUR TO SEE IT FIRSTHAND THAT
WE BROUGHT YOU AT LEAST A
COUPLE HERE TO SHOW YOU.
SO WEST CREST PARK, ANYBODY
KNOW WHERE IT IS?
>> NO.
>> THAT IS ONE OF MY POINTS.
SO THIS IS A REALLY GREAT PARK
THAT EXEMPLIFIES THE POWER OF A
TRUE PARTNERSHIP.
THE PARK SITS IN WEST SEATTLE
IN HIGHLAND PARK'S.
WITH WHITE CENTER JUST TO THE
SOUTH AND SOUTHPARK DIRECTLY
BELOW.
SO IT IS A HUGE ASSET IN A
NEIGHBORHOOD THAT REALLY NEEDS
IT.
úRECENTLY, THE PARKS AND SBU
EXPANDED THE PARK.
THERE WAS A RESERVOIR LID THAT
PROVIDES DEVELOPED OPEN SPACE
AND THIS BEAUTIFUL PANORAMIC
VIEW OF THE CITY AND MOUNTAINS.
THERE IS ARE INSTALLATIONS,
PARK AND PLAYGROUND.
AND ABOUT 100 ACRES OF
BEAUTIFUL TOWERING TREES AND
EVERGREENS, MADRONE'S,
COMPARABLE TO OTHER DESTINATION
PARKS THAT WE ARE MORE FAMILIAR
WITH.
LINCOLN, IT IS REALLY QUITE
BEAUTIFUL WITH WALKING TRAILS
THROUGHOUT.
BUT DESPITE ALL THAT IT HAS
GOING FOR IT, MANY PEOPLE DON'T
KNOW IT EXISTS.
I HAVE DONE OUTREACH MYSELF AND
I WANT TO ATTRACT PEOPLE TO GO
TO THE PARK AND THEN THEY DON'T
EVEN KNOW IT.
>> I AM IN DISTRICT FOR AND I
DON'T HAVE A CAR TO GET TO WEST
SEATTLE.
THAT IS A BIT OF A COMMUTE.
>> I AM TALKING TO PEOPLE AND
SOUTHPARK OR IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR WEST COAST
PARK.
OFTEN THEY DON'T KNOW THEY HAVE
THIS HUGE GEM OF A PARK RIGHT
THERE.
SO THAT IS A CHALLENGE WHEN WE
FIRST STARTED OUT.
>> OTHER PEOPLE ALSO MAYBE KNEW
OF IT BUT THEY WERE UNSURE IF
IT WAS SAFE TO WALK IN.
IT IS A PLACE I CAN GO?
WHERE DID THE TRAILS LEAD ME?
SO IF WE THINK BACK ABOUT 10
YEARS AGO, THERE REALLY WASN'T
ALSO AN ACTIVE GROUP THAT WAS A
CHAMPION FOR RESTORATION AND
STEWARDSHIP.
WE SEE AT MAGNUSON PARK OR AT
STEWART PARK.
THIS IS WHERE GREEN SEATTLE
CAME IN.
THEY TRIED TO TAKE A DIFFERENT
APPROACH.
THROUGH HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS
OF WORK PARTIES, THROUGH
RECRUITMENT AND OUTREACH, WE
HAVE ATTRACTED SOME POOR
STEWARDS OVER THE YEARS.
NOT ALL OF THEM STUCK BUT TODAY
WE ARE EXCITED.
WE HAVE A STEWARD THAT HAS BEEN
THERE FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS.
HE WORKS MOSTLY ON HIS OWN AND
IS DOING A LOT OF DETAIL WORK.
A LOT OF WORK THAT IS NOT
SUITABLE FOR BIG GROUPS.
IT IS LOT OF LAND TO COVER.
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE A LOT
OF PROGRESS?
THAT APARTMENTS THROUGH THE
GREEN SEATTLE PARTNERSHIP FUNDS
HAS DEPLOYED DIFFERENT
ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP T.
SO EARTH CORE HAS HOSTED LOADS
OF VOLUNTEER EVENTS OUT THERE.
DIRT CORE, A LOCAL JOB TRAINING
PROGRAM AGAIN HOSTING WORK
PARTIES TRANSLATING MATERIALS
INTO SPANISH TO ATTRACT MORE
PEOPLE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND HOST WORK PARTIES IN THE
SPANISH AND ENGLISH.
PARK STAFF ALSO DEPLOYED
CONTRACTOR CREWS TO DO SOME OF
THE WORK THAT VOLUNTEERS CAN'T
DO.
SOME OF THE MORE TECHNICAL
WORK.
THE NATURAL AREA?.
THAT IS REALLY, THAT IS AGAIN,
ALL OF THE PIECES OF THE
PARTNERSHIP CAN DO THAT TO
BRING IT ALL TOGETHER TO START
TRANSFORMING THIS PARK.
>> SO IT IS HAPPENING.
IT IS TRANSFORMING.
I DO ENCOURAGE YOU, IF YOU
HAPPEN TO BE OUT OR IF YOU
HAPPEN TO LIVE IN WEST SEATTLE,
TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS PARK.
IT IS REALLY QUITE BEAUTIFUL
AND HAS A BEAUTIFUL FOREST.
IT REALLY HAS A LOT OF WORK TO
BE DONE AND WE HOPE THAT
THROUGH THIS WORK THAT WE CAN
REALLY BUILD ON THE COMMUNITY
COHESION AROUND THE PARK.
BUT THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT
TREES.
IT IS NOT ABOUT REMOVING IVY,
IT IS ABOUT RESTORING CENTRAL
FUNCTIONS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
THAT EVERY RESIDENTS NEED TO
HAVE A HEALTHY LIFE AND
SEATTLE.
THERE IS ONE OTHER EXAMPLE ON
BEACON HILL.
YOU KNOW, THIS PROGRAM IN
COMMUNITIES ARE TRANSFORMING
SPACES LIKE THIS THAT, THEY
WERE ONCE BLACKBERRY RAMBLES.
LEWIS PARK ON BEACON HILL AND
TRANSFORMING THEM INTO THE
FUTURE HEALTHY FORESTS.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD GOT SO EXCITED
ABOUT LITERALLY WHAT THEY
UNCOVERED, ROLLING BACK IVORY
AND BLACKBERRIES AND TAKING OUT
ALL OF THE GARBAGE.
HERE WAS THIS BEAUTIFUL PARK
THEY HAD IN THEIR BACKYARD.
AS A GROUP, THEY PURSUED GRANTS
TO INSTALL A TRAIL SYSTEM FOR
THE COMMUNITY TO ACCESS THE
PARK.
IT IS REALLY PHENOMENAL.
AND WE HAVE THESE STORIES IN
EVERY DISTRICT AND EVERY
NEIGHBORHOOD.
I AM HAPPY TO SHARE THEM AND
TAKE ANYONE ON A TOUR.
>> I THINK THAT IS ALL I HAVE.
>> SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE
SEEN SOME GREAT SUCCESS WITH
THE PROGRAM.
BUT THE WORK DOESN'T COME
WITHOUT ITS CHALLENGES.
CLIMATE CHANGE IS A REAL AND
PRESENT PARTS OF THE FOREST
RESTORATION EFFORTS.
IT AFFECTS HOW WE DO THE WORK.
IT IS PART OF WHY WE NEED TO DO
THE WORK.
WE KNOW THE TEMPERATURES IN
SEATTLE CAN BE 17 DEGREES
HOTTER THAN THE RURAL AREAS.
THIS HEAT MAP FROM 2014 SHOWS
THE IMPACT TO THE CITY.
ALSO IT SHOWS THE POTENTIAL FOR
OUR FORESTS TO BE A HEATSINK TO
ABSORB A LOT OF THAT HE.
AND TO HAVE A MAJOR INFLUENCE
ON PUBLIC HEALTH.
WE KNOW THAT FORESTS PROVIDE
MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH
BENEFITS IN A NUMBER OF WAYS.
THIS SHOWS THE BENEFIT OF
COOLING OUR COMMUNITIES.
SO YOU CAN SEE OR RATHER IT IS
HARD TO SEE SOME OF THE FOREST
BECAUSE THEY ARE THESE COOLER
BLUE COLORS.
YOU CAN SEE DISCOVERY PARK,
LINCOLN PARK, AND STEWARD PARK,
THEY ARE ALL SIGNIFICANTLY
COOLER THAN THE SURROUNDING
AREAS.
WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT OUR
PARTNERSHIP MODEL GIVES US A
BETTER CHANCE TO SOLVE THESE
ISSUES AND CHALLENGES THAT WE
FACE IN THE WORK.
IT ALLOWS FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO
INVOLVE A BROAD AND DIVERSE
COMMUNITY, ENCOURAGING THEM TO
BE INNOVATIVE AND COLD AND
TACKLING'S WORK.
IT ALSO PROVIDES THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD
RECIPROCITY AND CAPACITY FOR
STEWARDSHIP OF NATURAL AREAS
INTO THE FUTURE.
AGAIN, ENGAGING THAT INFORMS
AND INVOLVES COMMUNITY AS WE DO
THIS WORK.
SO WELL WE'RE PUTTING A LOT OF
RESOURCES INTO THE WORK AND
RESTORING AND LOCKING THESE
GREEN SPACES, WE ARE ALSO
GETTING A LOT OUT OF IT.
INCREASING ACCESS TO NEIGHBORS
AND FAMILIES, INDIVIDUALS AND
VISITORS TO OUR CITY.
ALL THE HEALTH AND IF IT'S THAT
GO ALONG WITH ACCESS TO NATURE.
BY STRENGTHENING AND PROVIDING
THIS IMPROVED ASSET IN THEIR
NEIGHBORHOOD AND OPPORTUNITIES
FOR NEIGHBORS TO GET TOGETHER
TO MAKE AND KEEP IT THAT WAY.
BY CREATING THAT SENSE OF
STEWARDSHIP AND CONNECTION TO
THE LAND AND BY IMPROVING THE
HEALTH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT IN
THE PUGET SOUND.
SO WITH LIMITED TIME TODAY, WE
HOPE THAT THIS HAS BEEN A
USEFUL BRIEFING FOR YOU.
AND WE WANT TO SAY THAT WE ARE
HERE AND INTERESTED IN
CONTINUING THE ALL CONVERSATION
ON THE MANAGEMENT OF OUR
NATURAL AREAS.
WE WANT TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT
TO CONTINUE THIS EFFORT TO THE
LAST YEARS OF THAT RESTORATION
WORK AND ALSO FOR THE
MAINTENANCE OF THESE AREAS.
TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY STAY
HEALTHY INTO THE FUTURE.
AND WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL
CONSIDER COMING OUT TO SEE
FIRSTHAND THE IMPACT ON THIS
WORK ON OUR COMMUNITIES.
WE HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR
YOU TO DO SO.
GREEN SEATTLE DAYS COMING UP ON
SATURDAY, A MEMBER SECOND.
THAT IS A LARGE ANNUAL EVENT
THAT BRINGS ABOUT 1200
VOLUNTEERS OUT TO PARTICIPATE
IN PLANTING VARIOUS PARKS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
IT HELPS US KICKOFF OUR
PLANTING SEASON AND CONTINUE TO
BUILD THE COMMUNITY.
OUR PLANNING TEAM FOR GREEN
SEATTLE THEY WILL BE REACHING
OUT TO HER STAFF TO CHECK ON
AVAILABILITY IN AREAS THAT ARE
IN YOUR DISTRICTS.
BUT IF THIS 10 DAY DOESN'T WORK
FOR YOU, THERE ARE 1000 OR SO
OTHER EVENTS THAT HAPPEN
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THERE LISTED AND MAPPED ON THE
WEBSITE.
YOU CAN CHECK THAT OUT AND FIND
NE THAT WORKS FOR YOU.
WE HOPE TO SEE YOU OUT THERE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
>> WE WILL BE SURE TO PROMOTE
IT.
COUCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN?
ANY QUESTIONS?
>> I WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH FOR
YOUR ORGANIZATION'S WORK AND
COMMITMENT TO THIS.
THIS IS AN AMAZING PROGRAM.
ON SO MANY FRONTS.
YOU KNOW, THE PICTURE OF THAT
FOREST AT WEST CREST ARE GREAT
THERE, YOU COULD HAVE SAID THAT
WAS ON THE WAY OF NOTE AND I
WOULD HAVE BELIEVED YOU.
WE HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL FOREST
LAND.
FOLKS CAN EXPERIENCE THE
TRAILS.
>> IN MANY PLACES THROUGHOUT
THE CITY.
>> I WENT FOR A GREAT RUN AND
DISCOVERY PARK IN THE RAIN AND
IT WAS GREAT TO BE IN THE TREES
WHEN IT WAS RAINING OUT.
IT IS AMAZING.
SO THE WORK YOU DO TO
ESSENTIALLY RESTORE THESE
AMAZING SPACES THAT HAVE BEEN
PRESERVED FOR A VARIETY OF
REASONS IN THE CITY FOR
DECADES, TO MAKE THEM BETTER
FOR HABITAT AND MORE ACCESSIBLE
TO PEOPLE IS AMAZING.
THE WORK TO UNLEASH THE ENERGY
OF VOLUNTEERS IN OUR COMMUNITY,
TO LEVERAGE THAT, IS ALSO
AMAZING.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE STORY
ABOUT THE PARK IN IDENTIFYING
THE GENTLEMAN, A GENTLEMAN WHO
IS A FOREST STORED THERE.
HE IS LOOKING AT THAT A LOT.
I SEE THE WORK COME ON THE
TRAIL AND OFTEN SMALL GROUPS OR
INDIVIDUALS ARE OUT THERE DOING
WORK.
EVERY TIME I RIDE DOWN THERE IS
ANOTHER 20 FEET.
>> IT IS LIKE STOWE, SLOW AND
STEADY.
OVER THE COURSE OF A NUMBER OF
YEARS, IT IS AMAZING HOW MUCH
WORK GETS DONE BECAUSE OF THESE
DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS.
THEY'RE WILLING TO DO THE WORK
WITH LITTLE SUPPORT.
YOU ARE PROVIDING THAT SUPPORT
AND STRUCTURE.
AND THEN JUST THE COHESION THAT
COMES TOGETHER.
I HAVE BEEN TO A GREEN SEATTLE
DAY A FEW TIMES.
I AM USUALLY BOUNCING AROUND.
BUT SEEING THE PEOPLE FROM THE
COMMUNITY THAT ACTUALLY ARE
WORKING ON A PROJECT TOGETHER
FOR MONTHS OR YEARS AND THE
COHESION THAT BUILDS FOR THE
COMMUNITY BEYOND JUST THE PARK,
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO
COME TOGETHER.
MULTIGENERATIONAL WORKING
TOGETHER ON THINGS.
IT IS REALLY AMAZING.
I AM GRATEFUL THAT IT STARTED
HERE IN SEATTLE.
BUT IT IS SO OFTEN THAT IT IS
WORKING IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS
AROUND THE REGION.
I IMAGINE THE RELATIONSHIP IS
PROBABLY DIFFERENT EVERYWHERE
DEPENDING ON WHAT THE RESOURCES
ARE AND WHAT IS AVAILABLE BUT I
WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT MAP BE
IN PIERCE COUNTY SOME DAY.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
>> THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING
HERE.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
BAGSHAW WHO REACHED OUT TO OUR
OFFICE ABOUT PROVIDING YOU THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT BEFORE
THE PUBLIC.
THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DO.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO OUR FINAL ITEM OF
BUSINESS WILL BE A BRIEFING
FROM THAT MICROMOBILITY
COALITION ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF
MICROMOBILITY TECHNOLOGIES FOR
JOB ACCESS FOR THIS ITEM.
WE WILL BE JOINED BY RYAN IT
McCONNAUGHHAY FROM NEW YORK.
WE WILL TAKE A QUICK RECESS AND
BE BACK IN ABOUT FIVE MINUTES.
DON'T GO TOO FAR.
>>> WILL YOU PLEASE READ,
WELCOME BACK FROM THE QUICK WE
RECESS.
WE BREED THE AGENDA?
>> THE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR,
MICROMOBILITY BENEFITS AND JOB
ACCESS IN SEATTLE.
>> RYAN, THANK YOU FOR TAKING
THE TIME TO CALL IN.
>> SURE.
THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS RYAN AND I AM THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
MICROMOBILITY COALITION.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE
COMMITTEE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SPEAK.
IN PARTICULAR, I WOULD LIKE TO
THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN PACHECO FOR
SMART CITY POLICY THAT WILL
HAVE TO CREATE EXPANDED ACCESS
TO MICROMOBILITY IN SEATTLE.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER
O'BRIEN WHO HAS SHOWED
TREMENDOUS LEADERSHIP AS
CHAIRMAN OF THE SUSTAINABILITY
AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
BOTH OF YOU HAVE CALLED
ATTENTION TO THE IMPORTANT ROLE
THAT MICROMOBILITY CAN PLAY IN
REDUCING EMISSIONS AND CREATING
ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY.
WE ARE PROUD AND GRATEFUL TO
CALL YOU MICROMOBILITY
CHAMPIONS.
RECENTLY, WE RELEASED A REPORT
THAT SHOWS WIDESPREAD ACCESS TO
MICROMOBILITY TO BE A GAME
CHANGER FOR SEATTLE RESIDENTS
LOOKING FOR GREATER ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITIES.
TO STUDY THE IMPACT OF
INCREASED ACCESS TO
MICROMOBILITY, OUR STUDY LOOKS
AT THE DISTANCE SEATTLE
COMMUTERS CAN TRAVEL IN 45
MINUTES ON FOOT OR WITH TRANSIT
COMPARES THAT TO THE DISTANCE
THAT COULD BE COVERED BY USING
A SCOOTER AND TOTALS AT THE
NUMBER OF JOBS LOCATED IN THE
ADDITIONAL COMMUTING RADIUS.
OUR ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT ON
AVERAGE, IF THESE SCOOTERS WERE
WIDELY AVAILABLE IN SEATTLE,
WORKERS LIVING IN THE CITY
WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO 35% MORE
JOB OPPORTUNITIES WITHOUT
LENGTHENING COMMUTES OR ADDING
CARS TO THE ROAD.
THESE BENEFITS WOULD BE WIDELY
REALIZED THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
INCLUDING 242,000 ADDITIONAL
JOBS.
194,000 JOBS REACHABLE FROM
WEST SEATTLE, 48,000 ADDITIONAL
JOBS REACHABLE FROM SOUTH
SEATTLE, 150,000 JOBS REACHABLE
FROM CAPITOL HILL, 222,000
ADDITIONAL JOBS JUBAL FROM
WEDGEWOOD, 157,000 JOBS
ADDITIONAL REACHABLE FROM
MAGNOLIA.
RESIDENT IN COMMUNITIES THAT
WOULD BENEFIT FROM GREATER
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY AND
OPPORTUNITY ALSO SEE BENEFITS.
FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN YOUR VALLEYS
DISTRICT 2 SEES 200 SISTINE
THOUSAND INCREASE IN JOB
ACCESS.
AND LAKE CITIES DISTRICT 5 SEES
107,000 ADDITIONAL JOB
OPPORTUNITIES ACCESSIBLE WITHIN
A REASONABLE COMMUTE.
SINCE E SCOOTERS OFTEN SERVE AS
A 1st MILE LAST MILE SOLUTION
TO THE TRANSIT SYSTEM, IT IS
NOT SURPRISING THAT THE LARGEST
GAINS COME FROM AREAS JUST
BEYOND A REASONABLE WALKING
DISTANCE FROM THE LIGHT RAIL
AND OTHER TRANSIT.
SEATTLE HAS ESTABLISHED A GOAL
OF HAVING 72% OF HOUSEHOLDS
WITHIN A 10 MINUTE WALK FROM 10
MINUTES OR BETTER TRANSIT BY
2025.
THE CITY SHOULD BE COMMENDED
FOR THE INCREDIBLE PRIDE AND
PROGRESS THAT IT HAS MADE
TOWARDS THE GOAL.
HOWEVER, CURRENT ASSETS IS THAT
67% AND MUCH OF THE LOW LAYING
FRUIT IN TERMS OF ACCESS
IMPROVEMENTS HAS BEEN TESTED.
MICROMOBILITY, BIT SEATTLE OVER
THE TOP.
OUR ANALYSIS SHOWS WIDESPREAD
ACCESS TO MICROMOBILITY BOOSTS
THE 10 MINUTE ACCESS TO 78% AND
11% GAME.
AND OUR ANALYSIS ASSUMES A FIVE
MINUTE WALK TO FIND A
MICROMOBILITY DEVICE.
IF ANYTHING, THIS IS THE
CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE.
THESE FINDINGS SHOW
MICROMOBILITY DEVICES WILL HAVE
A CONCRETE POSITIVE IMPACT FOR
SEATTLE CITIZENS.
WIDE SPREAD ACCESS TO E
SCOOTERS CAN HELP PEOPLE OUT OF
CARS AND ONTO TRANSIT.
FOR DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES
TO HAVE MORE ACCESS AND
GENERALLY IMPROVE THE QUALITY
OF LIFE IN THE METRO AREA.
WE ARE COMMITTED TO BEST
PRACTICES.
SORROWFUL.
SHIPS AND SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES
FOR LOCAL LEADERS.
I THINK THE COMMITTEE FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY AND
LOOK FORWARD TO BEING HELPFUL
GOING FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU, RYAN.
I THINK BY YOUR REPORT, AND THE
INCREASED IN THE ACCESS TO JOBS
AND TRANSIT AS A FIRST AND LAST
MILE OPTION, I THINK I SPEAK
FOR A NUMBER OF COUNCILMEMBERS
ABOUT THE NEED TO CREATE
ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO
SUPPORT SAFE ROUTES FOR
SCOOTERS OR DIFFERENT MOBILITY
OPTIONS IN THE BROADER CITY.
SO I APPRECIATE THE REPORT AND
BEING ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT THE
IMPORTANCE OF BEING ABLE TO
ACCESS JOBS IN A FIRST AND LAST
MILE SOLUTION.
WE MIGHT HAVE SOME TIME TO
DISAGREE ABOUT THAT, BUT WE
DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE BUILD OUT THE
INFRASTRUCTURE NECESSARY FOR US
TO SUPPORT FOLKS HAVING SAFE
ACCESS TO THEIR JOBS AS WELL AS
TRANSIT.
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN?
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
>> I AM NOT TERRIBLY FAMILIAR
WITH THE NAME OF THAT.
MICROMOBILITY.
>> MICROMOBILITY COALITION.
>> COULD YOU TELL US ABOUT
ABOUT THAT MEMBERSHIP?
I AM ASSUMING IT IS A LOT OF
THE SCOOTER AND BIKE SHARE
COMPANIES.
COULD YOU INFORM US ON THAT?
>> YES.
WE REPRESENT MICROMOBILITY
PROVIDERS WHO ARE IN OVER 100
CITIES WORLDWIDE.
WE PLAY A ROLE IN ADVOCATING
FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION ON THE
BENEFITS OF MICROMOBILITY.
ALSO, WEIGHING IN ON POLICIES
THAT WILL LEAD TO GREATER
ACCESS AND ENVIRONMENTS WITH
IMPROVED LIVES THROUGH ACCESS
OF MICROMOBILITY.
ALSO, TRY TO WORK THROUGH THE
TRANPORTATION COMMUNITY TO
TAKE SO THAT WHEN THE NEXT
GENERATION OF TRANSPORTATION
POLICIES BEING CRAFTED, THAT
LIKE HER MOBILITY HAS A SEAT AT
THE TABLE AND IS INVOLVED IN A
LOCAL, STATE AND FINAL
DECISIONS.
>> SO SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON
SCOOTERS, OR IS BIKE SHARE IN
THE DEFINITION OF
MICROMOBILITY?
>> WE ARE A COALITION THAT IS
FOCUSED ON E SCOOTERS AND E
BIKES AT THE MOMENT.
>> SO LIME?
JUMP?
BIRD?
ARE THEY MEMBERS OF THE
COALITIN?
>> JUMP AND LIME ARE THE
FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE
COALITION.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARITY.
WE, THE NUMBERS ON COUNSEL HAVE
BEEN EAGERLY HOPING FOR A
ROLLOUT RELATIVELY SOON.
PROBABLY NOT SOON ENOUGH FOR
COUNCIL MEMBER PACHECO AND I.
BUT IT IS A TIMELINE TO START
PILOTING THE SPRING OF 2020.
AND SAYS SOME OF THE THINGS I
WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, I HAVE HAD
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
PROVIDERS THEMSELVES.
BEFORE THE PUBLIC, AND FOR THE
COALITION TO UNDERSTAND THAT
SUCCESSFUL ROLLOUT IS GOING TO
BE FROM MY PERSPECTIVE ONE THAT
NOT ONLY BRINGS A LOT OF THE
POINTS YOU HIGHLIGHTED, THE NEW
ACCESSIBILITY TO MORE MOBILITY
OPTIONS BUT ALSO ADDRESSES THE
ONGOING CONCERNS THAT FOLKS
HAVE, WHICH IS BOTH AROUND WHAT
RIGHT-OF-WAY IS BEING USED FOR
TRANSPORT AND THE TYPES OF
BEHAVIOR THAT FOLKS THAT ARE
USING IT EXHIBIT.
AND ALSO WHERE DO PEOPLE PARK
SEES IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T,
THAT IS INCREASING MOBILITY FOR
SOME FOLKS AND DECREASING
BROTHERS.
THERE IS DEFINITELY EXAMPLES WE
SEE WHERE THE COMPANY HAS
STEPPED UP ENFORCEMENT TO THE
MEMBERSHIP.
THEY HAVE PASSED LONG FINES OR
DISCONTINUED MEMBERSHIPS WHEN
PEOPLE REPEAT BEHAVIOR THAT IS
INAPPROPRIATE.
THOSE APPEAR TO BE RELATIVELY
SMALL BUT THE SMALL INSTANCES
WHERE THAT KIND OF ENFORCEMENT
IS HAPPENING, I AM ALSO
ENCOURAGING THE SEATTLE TO
PERMIT OF TRANSPORTATION WITH
OUR EXISTING FREE-FLOATING BIKE
SHARE COMPANIES TO ALSO STEP UP
OUR ENFORCEMENT OF THE
COMPANIES, HOPING THEY WILL
PASS IT ON TO THEIR CUSTOMERS.
THIS IS A NEW FORM OF
TRANSPORTATION.
IT IS NEW AND EXCITING WHICH IS
GREAT.
BUT THE NEWNESS ALSO MEANS
THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF
ESTABLISHED NORMS AS TO HOW TO
BEHAVE AROUND IT.
THE LONG-TERM SUCCESS IS GOING
TO BE CONTINGENT UPON US
ESTABLISHING NORMS REALLY
QUICKLY.
SO WE DON'T END UP IN A
CONDITION WHERE WE HAVE TRADED
SOME PEOPLE'S MOBILITY FOR
OTHER PEOPLE'S MOBILITY.
I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND MOBILITY
OPTIONS FOR EVERYBODY
SIMULTANEOUSLY IN THIS.
BUT IT IS ONLY GOING TO WORK IF
THERE IS DEEP COLLABORATION AND
COORDINATION BETWEEN THE
INDUSTRY, THE INDIVIDUAL
PLAYERS, THE USERS AND EVERYONE
ELSE IN THE CITY FOR SEATTLE.
THE PEOPLE IN SEATTLE TO MAP
THAT OUT.
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT
PARTNERSHIP AND REALLY HOPE WE
CAN BUILD ON SOME OF THE BEST
EXAMPLES WENT THAT PILOT GETS
DEPLOYED NEXT YEAR.
>> I JUST WANT TO GO WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN HAS SAID.
YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT PART OF
MY ABBESS, SEE FOR SCOOTERS AND
DIFFERENT MICROMOBILITY
OPTIONS.
IT IS JUST A BIT OF THE LIVED
EXPERIENCE.
HAVING OWNED A CAR FOR 14
YEARS, GIVING UP A CAR, I SOLD
MY CAR FOUR YEARS AGO.
IT IS BECAUSE OF A LOT OF THE
MOBILITY OPTIONS WE HAVE HERE
AS A CITY.
BUT EVERY MORNING, EVERY
AFTERNOON, AFTER WORK, TO MAKE
SURE I GET ON ONE OF THOSE E
BIKES AND, TO THE WHITE ROCK,
TO GO BACK TO THE LIGHT RAIL TO
THAT YOU BIKE TO GO HOME.
AND I THINK THAT IS ANOTHER
AVENUE FOR FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO
GET OUT OF THE CAR AND LEAVE
THE CONGESTION WE HAVE.
AS WELL AS DOING WHAT WE HAVE
INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY
TO ADDRESS ISSUES OF CLIMATE
CHANGE.
SO THANK YOU, RYAN FOR YOUR
PRESENTATION AND YOUR COMMENTS.
IT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.
THIS COMMITTEE AS WELL AS OTHER
MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WILL
CONTINUE TO BE ADVOCATES FOR
MICROMOBILITY OPTIONS IN THE
CITY.
I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING US A
FEW MINUTES TO HIGHLIGHT THE
REPORT.
SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I THINK OUR PROVIDERS OF THE
INDUSTRY LOOK FORWARD TO THE
PARTNERSHIP THAT COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN TALKED ABOUT.
WE ARE COMMITTED TO NOT MAKING
IT THE ZERO-SUM GAME.
THAT WE CAN DEPLOY CREATING
MORE PARKING, CREATING SAFE
SPACES SO THAT EVERYONE CAN
SHARE THE LOVE RESPONSIBLE.
I AM HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO BE A
RESOURCE TO YOU AND LOOK
FORWARD TO A PARTNERSHIP THAT
WILL BRING THIS TRANSPORTATION
OPTION TO THE PEOPLE OF
SEATTLE.
>> THANK YOU.
SO THIS CONCLUDES THAT
SEPTEMBER 24, 2000 19 READING.
THIS IS THE FINAL MEETING
BEFORE BUDGET.
LIKELY, MY FINAL MEETING AS THE
CHAIR.
THANK YOU ALL FOR ATTENDING.
WE ARE ADJOURNED.