>>> AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.
WELCOME.
HELLO?
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GET
STARTED.
WE WILL ASK FOLKS TO TURN THEIR
VOICES DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
MY NAME IS MICHAEL O'BRIEN AND
WELCOME TO THE SUSTAINABILITY
AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
I AM JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT AND
COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.
THANK YOU JASMINE ALSO FOR
BEING HERE.
WE HAVE FOUR ITEMS THIS
AFTERNOON.
WE WILL START WITH A
PRESENTATION ON THE BIKE MASTER
PLAN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
THEN WE WILL HAVE A DISCUSSION
ABOUT LEGISLATION, WHICH WE
WILL NOT BE VOTING ON TODAY.
CREATING A READINESS ORDINANCE
FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION.
AND THEN FINALLY WE WILL TAKE
UP TO REAPPOINTMENTS TO THAT
LEVY TO MOVE SEATTLE OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS SIGNED
UP I WILL GO FOR ABOUT 30
MINUTES ON PUBLIC COMMENT AND
TRY TO GET AS MANY FOLKS IN AS
POSSIBLE.
WE HAVE CUT THE PUBLIC COMMENTS
TIME TO ONE MINUTE EACH.
IF FOLKS ARE HERE TOGETHER AND
IF THREE OR MORE PEOPLE COME UP
IN A GROUP AND WANT TO SPEAK
TOGETHER OR SHARE SOME WORDS I
WILL GIVE YOU THREE MINUTES AS
A GROUP TO DO THAT.
SO THAT WASN'T ON THE SIGN-UP
SHEET BUT IF YOU COME FORWARD
AND SAY WERE PART OF A GROUP,
THERE ARE THREE PEOPLE COME YOU
CAN ONLY BE IN ONE GROUP, JUST
TO BE CLEAR. úWE ARE TRYING TO
PEOPLE TO STICK TODAY AS
POSSIBLE.
WE WILL START WITH DAVID HAYNES
AND THEN DOUG MILES AND THEN
TOM GAFFNEY.
>> DAVID?
>> WE NEED TO FIRE THOSE IN
CHARGE WHO FAILED MISERABLY.
PLACES ON BUSINESS VACATIONS,
FIX A MODERN THIRD WORLD
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR BIKES.
THE SECOND MOST DANGEROUS IS
THE WORD AILMENT BYPASS UNDER
THE BRIDGE EAST TWO BLOCKS.
THERE IS A CEMENT AND JOY RIDE
TRAIN CAUSING RACKS WHILE THE
GOVERNMENT CLAIMS THEY HAVE
ANSWERS TO LARRY AVENUE,
SPEEDING BY TRAFFIC LIGHTS ON
11th AVENUE, 14th AVENUE AND
15th AVENUE.
THE GOVERNMENT IN CHARGE,
DRINKING AND THINKING ABOUT
ADDING ANOTHER LANE OF HIGHWAY
TRAFFIC IS UNNECESSARY.
YOU HAVE TO FORCE THE CEMENT
TRUCKS ONTO LEARY AVENUE.
IT IS TOTALLY UNSAFE TO RIDE
YOUR BIKE STARTING TO BLOCKS
EAST OF THE BRIDGE.
THERE IS AN OBNOXIOUSLY LOUD
TRAIN THAT IS DESTROYING THE
FRESH AIR WITH TOXIC PLUMES
DIRTY TRUCKS ARE SPEEDING
BETWEEN TWO GAS STATIONS.
IT IS BEING BUILT 10 FEET FROM
THE TOXIC TRAINS.
ALL THESE KIDS ARE GOING TO
PRESCHOOL.
YOU NEED TO SHUT DOWN THE
CONCRETE AND GRAVEL COMPANY.
THE TAXES ARE NOT WORTH IT.
>> DAVID?
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> I AM DAVID MILES.
I LIVE RIGHT OVER THE HILL ON
MARTIN LUTHER KING JUST A
COUPLE OF BLOCKS SOUTH OF
CHERRY.
I HAVE BEEN RIDING A BIKE IN
SEATTLE AND COMMUTING IN
SEATTLE FOR OVER 60 YEARS.
I WOULD SAY OVER THE DECADES,
MORE PEOPLE BIKED AND IT GOT
SAFER.
MORE MUTUAL RESPECT LATELY.
IN THE PAST DECADE AND A HALF,
THERE HAS BEEN A PUSH THAT HAS
MADE BIKING LESS SAFE.
THAT HAS BEEN A PUSH FOR BIKE
PATHS.
THESE UNSAFE CURBS WILL KNOCK
YOU DOWN.
ROOSEVELT, WHICH I REMEMBER MY
SISTER SAYING HOW MUCH SHE
LIKED TO WRITE DOWN ROOSEVELT
BECAUSE SHE COULD ASSUME ALONG.
I HAVE WRITTEN DONE IT TWICE
SINCE THEY PUT THE BIKE LANE
AND OF COURSE I DON'T WRITE IN
THE BIKE LANE BECAUSE IT IS
DANGEROUS.
IT GOES BEHIND THE BUS STOPS.
YOU CANNOT RIDE FAST, WHICH IS
WHAT I LIKE TO DO.
SO I THINK MAYBE IT WAS THE
WRONG REASON FOR CANCELING THAT
30 FIFTH AVENUE BIKE PATH BUT
IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO
AND I HAVE WRITTEN THE 35th.
THAT IS WHERE I HAD BY MOST
UNPLEASANT EXPERIENCE IN
SEATTLE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I WAS WRITING TO A FRIENDS
HOUSE A BLOCK AND A HALF AWAY
AND A GUY LEANED OVER HIS BABY
TO CURSE AT ME AND SAY GET
YOURSELF ON THE TRAIL.
HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE BERT
GILMAN TRAIL.
THE TRAILS AND THE PATHS MAKE
BIKING MORE DANGEROUS.
>> THANK YOU, DAVE.
TOM?
HE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ABE
:.AND THEN MARTY.
>> I AM GABE WITH TOM GAFFNEY
AND BOB FISH.
I AM A CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYER WITH
MY OFFICE IN WEDGEWOOD.
I AM AN ADVOCATE FOR THE SAFE
35th COALITION.
COME PRIZED OF TAXPAYERS.
57 ENTREPRENEURS WHO OWNED
SMALL BUSINESSES ALONG 30 FIFTH
AVENUE NORTHEAST AND FIVE
COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS FROM
NORTH SEATTLE.
TO BE CLEAR, WE SUPPORT A SAFER
FIFTH AVENUE.
AND A SMART REDESIGN OF OUR
COMMUNITIES MAIN STREET.
WE SUPPORT SLOWER SPEED LIMITS,
LEFT-HAND TURN LANES AND
SIGNALS, MORE CROSSWALKS AND
FLUSHING BEACONS.
MORE SIDEWALKS.
THERE AREN'T ANY SIDEWALKS IN
NORTHEAST SEATTLE.
AND CURB CUTS THAT ARE
ACCESSIBLE TO ALL.
WE ALSO SUPPORT PRESERVED BUS
STOPS.
THE ONLY POINT OF CONTENTION
WAS A 2.3 MILE PROPOSAL FOR
PROTECTED BIKE LANES WHICH WE
BELIEVE WOULD HAVE IMPAIRED
SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND
COMMERCE AND DISPLACED CERTAIN
DEMOGRAPHICS IN OUR COMMUNITIES
SUCH AS THE ELDERLY.
BY LATE 2000 THING, SDOT VOTED
AGAINST THE PLATOONING OF
TRAFFIC ALONG 35th BASED ON 60%
THE OPPOSITION.
SDOT IMPEDED THE MASTER PLAN.
AS WELL KNOW, SINCE 2015, THE
BIKE MASTER PLAN HAS PROVIDED,
AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT.
GRAPHICS, IT MAY NEED TO BE
DIFFERENT THEN ENVISIONED IN
THE PLAN.
THAT LANGUAGE WAS THE LINCHPIN
TO OUR COMMUNITY ADVOCACY,
ESPECIALLY IN MEDIATION WITH
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND SDOT.
WE FOLLOWED THE BIKE MASTER
PLAN IN OUR ADVOCACY.
WE DID RESEARCH AND ENGAGE THE
TRAFFIC ENGINEERS.
WE DEVISED OUR OWN POSITION AND
ENGAGED IN GOOD FAITH.
WE HAVE THE 14th POSITION PAPER
SUPPORTED BY 39 APPENDICES WE
WOULD LIKE TO OFFER TO THE
COMMUNITY FOR CONSIDERATION.
THROUGHOUT THAT WE POSE, MICE.
WE PROPOSE NEEDED SAFETY
IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE 39th
AVENUE GREENWAY WHICH ARE PART
OF THE MAYOR'S ADOPTED PLAN.
WE PROPOSE A NEW GREENWAY ALONG
30th, WE EACH WE SOLICITED AND
RECEIVED COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR.
WE ALSO PROPOSED AND SUPPORTED
BIKE LANES ALONG PART OF THE
3.2 MILE STRETCH.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE BIKE LOBBY
WAS NOT INTERESTED IN
COMPROMISE, LEAVING THE
DECISION TO BE MADE BY THE
MAYOR.
IN THE END, THE CITY FOLLOWED
THE BIKE MASTER PLAN AND
ARRIVED AT A COMPROMISE.
IT PROVIDES FURTHER THAT THEY
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND
OUTREACH PROCESSES THAT AN
ALTERNATIVE FACILITY WOULD BE
PREFERABLE.
THAT IS PRECISELY WHAT THE
MAYOR DECIDED IN ADOPTING
IMPROVEMENTS TO THE 39th AVENUE
GREENWAY THAT EXISTS IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE REMAIN SUPPORTIVE OF A NEW
GREENWAY AND OTHER FACILITIES
THAT WILL ALLOW FOR BIKING IN
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE THANK THE MAYOR FOR THE
DECISION.
IT WAS A COMPROMISE AND AS
EVERYONE KNOWS, YOU DON'T GET
EVERYTHING YOU WANT.
WE ARE NOT 100% PLEASED WITH
THE DECISION BUT WE SUPPORT IT
IN THE LAST.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR AUDIENCE.
>> THANK YOU, TOM.
PARTY WILL BE NEXT AND MARTY
WILL BE FOLLOWED BY VICKI CLARK
AND THEN PHILIP WEISS.
>> I AM JOINED BY DEBBIE WARMER
FROM LAKEWOOD PARK.
WE WILL ASK FOR TWO MINUTES IF
WE MAY.
I AM THE TRANSPORTATION CHAIR
OF THE LAKEWOOD ASSOCIATION AND
I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK AGAINST
THE SDOT PROPOSED BIKE LANES.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE
RESIDENTS OF WILSON AVENUE AND
THE NEIGHBORHOOD, INCLUDING
MANY AVID BICYCLISTS ARE
LARGELY OPPOSED TO THE
INSTALLATION OF THESE BIKE
LANES.
SDOT PROPOSES THEY WILL BE
INSTALLED IN THE INTEREST OF
SAFETY BUT WE WILL KNOW THEY
HAVE AN OPPOSITE IMPACT.
BIKE LANE PROJECT ILLUMINATES
PARKING ON ONE SIDE OF THE
STREET WHICH WILL FORCE THE
MANY SENIORS, DISABLED AND
FAMILIES WITH SMALL CHILDREN TO
PARK ON ONE SIDE AND ACROSS A
BUSY STREET TO HOMES ON THE
OTHER SIDE.
THAT SETS UP A DANGEROUS
SITUATION.
SDOT BELIEVE THE CHANGE WILL
RESERVE IN SAFER DRIVING
CONDITIONS.
WE QUESTION THAT.
WE KNOW THAT THEY HAVE DIVERTED
A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF DRIVERS
ONTO WILSON AVENUE AND THAT
INCREASED TRAFFIC HAS GRADED
MORE SAFETY PROBLEMS, INCLUDING
PERIODIC ACCIDENT IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD.
FURTHERMORE, WILSON AVENUE
SOUTH PROJECT CREATES 8/10 OF A
MILE OF ORPHANED PROTECTED BIKE
LANES.
WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS THIS
PROJECT PROVIDES 8/10 OF A MILE
OF PROTECTED BIKE LANES IN A
FOREIGN HALF MILE STRETCH OF
ROADWAY WHICH CAN BE NEVER
PROTECTED.
IT THE ENTIRE FOREIGN HALF MILE
STRETCH, BE PROTECTED, AND THE
THE COMMUNITY MIGHT HAVE A
DIFFERENT OPINION.
BUT IT ONLY CREATES AN ORPHANED
STRETCH.
AT ONE OF THE MEETINGS WITH
SDOT, THEY SAID THERE WAS A
COMMITMENT OF 50 MILES AND THIS
WOULD BE PART OF IT.
SAD.
ADDITIONALLY, THE PREFERRED
PATH OF THE VAST MAJORITY OF
BICYCLISTS IS TO TRAVEL NORTH
OR SOUTH FOLLOWING THE AVENUE
SOUTH.
MOST BICYCLISTS DO NOT TRAVEL
ON WILSON AVENUE.
SDOT AGREES TO DO A STUDY OF
BIKE SPOTTERS AND PEDESTRIANS,
WHICH THEY DID FOR ONE WEEK
LAST MAY.
DESPITE HAVING AGREED TO SHARE
THOSE RESULTS WITH THE
COMMUNITY, 10 MONTHS LATER WE
HAVE NOT SEEN THEM.
>> MARTY, YOUR TIME IS UP.
>> OKAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> VICKI?
>> VICKI WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
PHILIP WEISS, KATHY DUNN AND
DAVID GUTHRIE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
THE CASCADE BICYCLE CLUB.
THE LAST-MINUTE REVERSAL IS A
BLOW TO ANYONE WHO ENGAGED IN
THE PUBLIC DISCOURSE
GENTLEMANLY.
IT IS A BLOW TO THE CHANCE OF
IMPROVING THAT STREET FOR THE
NEXT DECADE OR MORE.
PROTECTED BIKE LANES MAKE
STREETS SAFER FOR PEOPLE
WALKING OR BIKING AND HELP
CREATE TRAIT, SAFER TRAVEL
SPEEDS FOR ALL.
WHAT IS PROPOSED IS A CONFUSING
MIDDLE GROUND.
IT DOES NOT MAKE IT SAFER FOR
PEOPLE BIKING OR WALKING THAT
STREET.
INSTEAD IT BEGS THE QUESTIO,
WHAT IS THE VISION FOR
TRANSPORTATION IN THIS GROWING
CITY?
TWO AND THREE PEOPLE WANT MORE
OPTIONS TO GET AROUND IN SOME
WAY OTHER THAN THE CAR.
WE ARE ASKING COUNSEL TODAY FOR
THE SUPPORT.
WE NEED MORE ACCOUNTABILITY,
SOMEHOW PASSING LAWS AND
POLICIES IS NOT ENOUGH.
SOMEHOW BACKING OUT WITH PUBLIC
MONEY, IT IS NOT ENOUGH.
WE ARE NOT DOING ENOUGH TO MAKE
OUR STREETS SAFER FOR EVERYONE.
THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> PHILIP?
>> HELLO.
I'M A RESIDENT OF EASTLAKE AND
I TELL YOU THAT BECAUSE
EASTLAKE DOES NOT HAVE SAFE
BIKE ROUTES.
I'M ANGRY THAT THE MAYOR CANNOT
MAKE THOSE PERMITS ON 35th
AVENUE.
HOW CAN I TRUST THE CITY WILL
FOLLOW THROUGH ON ITS PROMISES
TO EASTLAKE IF YOU CANNOT
FOLLOW THROUGH ON 35th AVENUE.
THE SAFE BICYCLE ROOTS IN MY
NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE ALREADY BEEN
DELAYED TO 2024 WHICH GIVES
FIVE YEARS FOR THE MAYOR AND
SDOT TO FIND A WAY TO RENEGE.
THE LIMITATION PLANS THAT HAVE
BEEN PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY
MIGHT AS WELL HAVE BEEN WRITTEN
ON TOILET PAPER FOR ALL THAT
THEY GUARANTEE YOU.
THEY HAVE WRITTEN PIECES ABOUT
THIS.
ABOUT HOW IT MOVES THE GOALPOST
CLOSER AND STILL CLAIMS
TOUCHDOWNS FOR CYCLING TO.
I WANT TO KNOW THAT THE
OVERSIGHT NOMINATIONS BEFORE
YOU, THOSE PEOPLE SHOULD BE
ADVOCATING ON THEIR COMMUNITY.
THE LAST THREE MONTHS OF MINUTE
FOR THAT, I DO NOT SEE THAT.
ASKED THEM IF THEY WILL DO
THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
KATHY?
>> I AM KATHY DUNN.
I LIVE ON WEST ANNVILLE.
WE HAD A SUCCESS STORY ON
ADMIRAL WAY.
WE HAD FIVE MEETINGS WITH THE
COMMUNITY AND SDOT TO TRY TO
PAINT TO A BIKE LANES ON EACH
SIDE OF THE STREET.
PEOPLE SCREAMED.
THEY CRIED.
WERE BETTER.
ONE WOMAN GOT UP AND BALD
BECAUSE SHE WAS GOING TO LOSE A
PARKING SPACE IN FRONT OF HER
HOUSE.
THEN SDOT WORKED WITH THEM ON
THE PARKING AND THEY PUT THEM
IN AND NOW IT IS SAFER.
IT IS,.
THEY HAVE STATISTICS NOW THAT
ARE LESS ACCIDENTS ON ADMIRAL
WAY.
I'M NOT SCARED TO DEATH BECAUSE
I DON'T HAVE ANY GROCERY STORES
OR ANY SHOP THAT ALL IN MY
NEIGHBORHOOD.
I HAVE TO BIKE UP THAT HILL
THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE ROUTE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THIS
MORNING I DID MY WEEKLY RIDE
FROM WEST SEATTLE TO BEACON
HILL FOR A CLASS.
THERE ARE SIX BLOCKS OF TERROR
ON FOURTH AVENUE SOUTH BETWEEN
THOSE AREAS.
THEY PAVED IT RECENTLY.
THEY PUT IN SIX GENERAL TRAFFIC
LANES AND TWO PARKING LINES BUT
THEY COULDN'T SQUEEZE IN A
COMPLETE STREET BIKE LANE ON
EACH SIDE.
THEY SAID SOMEDAY WE WILL HAVE
AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE.
I HAVE BEEN WAITING SINCE 1996
FOR THAT ALTERNATE ROUTE.
>> THANK YOU, KATHY.
DAVID?
>> HELLO.
>> YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
KELSEY AND ALL LOOKS ZIMMERMAN.
>> I AM A WEST SEATTLE BICYCLE
COMMUTER DOWNTOWN.
I AM A WEST SEATTLE BIKE
CONNECTIONS MEMBER.
A CASCADE MEMBER.
I AM A TAXPAYER.
I HAVE VOTED FOR JUST ABOUT
EVERY TAX THAT WE EVER PUT ON
THE BALLOT.
IF IT SAYS WE WILL IMPROVE
THINGS I AM FOR IT.
AND THE BIKE MASTER PLAN WAS
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THE
LEVY, THE MOVE, IT IS ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT I VOTED FOR.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT
CONTINUE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE PROGRESS
MADE.
I AM NOT SO SURE THAT WE ARE ON
THE RIGHT STEPS BY BACKING OFF
IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS
AND PRIORITIES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> KELSEY?
>> HELLO, I AM KELSEY AND I'M
WITH TRANSPORTATION CHOICES
COALITION.
I SPEAK ON THE EMP
IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM.
WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE A LOT
HAS HAPPENED SINCE VOTERS
APPROVED OF THE SEATTLE LEVY,
INCLUDING CONTINUED ESCALATION
OF COST.
OFTEN UNPREDICTABLE FEDERAL
FUNDING SITUATIONS.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS YEAR'S
BMP PROGRAM IS GROUNDED IN
STARK REALITIES.
IT REFLECTS A PRIORITY TO
REBUILD TRUST WITH THE PUBLIC.
WE APPRECIATE THAT.
HOWEVER, WE ALSO WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE REMAINS
AN ENORMOUS AND AS,
EXISTENTIALLY CRITICAL NEED TO
TRANSFORM THE TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEM.
THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION,
INCLUDING A ROBUSTA BICYCLE
NETWORK INTEGRATED WITH AND
COMPLEMENTARY TO THE GROWING
TRANSIT SYSTEM IS AN ESSENTIAL
PART OF THE FUNCTIONING SYSTEM.
TO ACHIEVE THIS, THE CITY NEEDS
NOT ONLY A VIABLE PLAN BUT AN
IMPROVED PROCESS FOR
IMPLEMENTING THAT.
ONE THAT IS RESPECTFUL OF ALL
OPINIONS AND TRULY GROUNDED IN
THE POLICIES WE HAVE AGREED TO
AS A CITY.
VISION ZERO, COMPLETE STREET
AND CLIMATE GOALS.
>> THANK YOU.
ALEX?
HE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY DON
BRUBECK AND THEN SARAH AND AND
RICO AND JOSEPH.
>> [INAUDIBLE]
>> I SPEAK RIGHT NOW TO
EVERYONE.
TO EVERYONE WHO LIVES IN THE
CITY.
WHY DO NEED TO PAY FOR BIKES?
YOU DON'T HAVE LICENSE, YOU
DON'T HAVE TEXAS.
YOU DON'T HAVE REGULATIONS.
BY PAY FOR EVERYTHING?
TAX OR MY CAR?
EVERY YEAR $1000, WHY?
WHY 700,000 IDIOTS.
WHO?
BILL GATES?
WHY YOU 700,000 IDIOTS.
THIS IS CRIMINAL.
HEAT NOT ONLY SUCKS BLOOD AND
MONEY BUT HE IS DANGEROUS.
HE IS KILLING EVERYBODY.
BIKE AND DRIVERS.
EVERYBODY.
CITYWALK 2, STANDUP AMERICA.
>> DON IS NEXT.
I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER
JOHNSON'S LAST COMMITTEE
MEETING.
AND WILL BE THE LAST TIME HE
HEARS TESTIMONY FROM ALEX
ZIMMERMAN.
>> I AM A MEMBER OF THE WEST
SEATTLE BIKE CONNECTIONS.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE
COUNCILMEMBERS, ESPECIALLY
OUTGOING MEMBERS ROBERT JOHNSON
AND MIKE O'BRIEN AND SALLY BAD
SHOP.
AND ALAYNA GONZALES AND TERESA
FOR BEING CHAMPIONS OF
EQUITABLE AND SAFE CONNECTED
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS.
INTO SDOT'S BIKE STAFF.
WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO ASK
THAT YOU REJECT THIS UPDATE TO
THE BICYCLE MASTER PLAN
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
IT GOES BACKWARDS INSTEAD OF
MAKING PROGRESS.
INSTEAD, IT REQUIRES SDOT TO
ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT THE 2018
VERSION WHICH WAS NEVER
ACCEPTED BY THE MAYOR.
PUT THAT INTO EFFECT.
ADD IN THE $21 MILLION OF
FUNDING OVER THE REMAINING
YEARS OF THE NEW SEATTLE LEVY
TO FULLY IMPLEMENT THE PROJECTS
THAT ACTUALLY MEET OUR TARGETS
OF 2030.
THE CONNECTED CITYWIDE NETWORK
IN 2025.
THE COMPLETE IMPLEMENTATION OF
THE BIKE MASTER PLAN
IMPLEMENTATION.
>> THAK YOU, DON.
SARAH AND AVA?
>> HELLO, I AM SARAH.
THIS IS MY 4 1/2-YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER AVA.
I AM A WORKING MOM AND A BIKE
COMMUTER.
WE WRITE FOR FUN, SPORT, TO
WORK EMMA TO SCHOOL, TO EXPLORE
THE GREAT CITY.
IF I WAS TELLING ON HER OWN AND
STREET WITHOUT TRAINING WHEELS
BEFORE SHE WAS FOR.
ACCESS TO SAFE STREETS AND
BICYCLE OPTIONS IS JUST ONE OF
THE REASONS WE LOVE SEATTLE.
IF I DIE COMMUTE TOGETHER
DAILY.
SOMETIMES BY BUS OR CAR BUT
MOST OFTEN ON A CARGO BIKE.
AFTER RUNNING THROUGH VARIOUS
BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE OR LACK
THERE AM WE FIND OUR WAY
DOWNTOWN.
WE USED TO READ REGULARLY ON
34th BUT AFTER BEING HIT BY A
CAR MAKING A RIGHT TURN THERE
ONE MORNING, WE WERE FORCED TO
FIND AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE WERE
WE COULD MORE COMFORTABLY
COEXIST WITH CARS.
WERIDE OUT OF OUR WAY.
IT IS NOT AN ACCEPTABLE
ALTERNATE OR PARALLEL ROUTE.
NOR DOES IT ALLOW ME OR MY
FAMILY A SAFE AND DIRECT WAY TO
ACCESS THE NEIGHBORHOOD
BUSINESSES ON 31st WHICH WE
WOULD LIKE TO PARTAKE THE
RESTAURANTS, GROCERY STORES,
THE LIBRARY, ETC.
I CHOSE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND
THIS COMMUNITY IMPARTS WORKING
CONTINUE TO BIKE TO THE PLACE I
LOVE AND NEED TO BE.
I WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY THAT
ADVERTISES SAFE HISTORIES.
FOR ME AND MY ENTIRE FAMILY.
BE IT IN THE CAR OR ON BICYCLE.
THE MAYOR'S DECISION TO SCRAP
THE PLAN IS DISAPPOINTED.
WE ARE ANGRY AND SADDENED.
IT IS NOT A COMPROMISE.
IT DOES NOTHING TO SUPPORT OUR
VISION ZERO AND THE SAFE
COMMUNITY WE ALL WANT.
AVA AND I STAND HERE AND ASK
FOR YOUR CONTINUED LEADERSHIP
TO STEP UP AND SAY WHAT IS
RIGHT, TO CARRYOUT THEM TO PLAN
ND TO SPORT POLICY THAT
PRIORITIZES SAFETY OF ALL OF
OUR RESIDENTS BIG AND SMALL.
THANK YOU.
>> I WILL LET YOU GO LONGER
BECAUSE YOU DO PEOPLE.
THANK YOU FOR TESTIFYING.
JOSEPH?
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS JOE AND MY
FAMILY LIVES IN WEST SEATTLE.
I AM AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE
MOVE SEATTLE LEVY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE.
IN 2018, THE ANNUAL LETTER SENT
TO THE MAYOR ON MARCH 5, WHICH
I HOPE YOU HAVE HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO READ, THE
COMMITTEE STATES THAT THE 2018
LEVY GOALS OF THE BICYCLE
SAFETY SUBPROGRAM WERE NOT MET.
SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO THE
NUMBER OF PROTECTED BIKE LANES
CONSTRUCTED, THE LETTER STATES
THIS RATE OF PROGRESS IS
UNACCEPTABLE.
THESE ARE NOT JUST EMPTY WORDS.
MUCH OF THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY
RELATES TO MEETING VISION ZERO
GOALS AND GIVING PEOPLE THE
ABILITY TO GET AROUND OUR CITY
SAFELY, ON BIKE AND ON FOOT.
I AM A BIKE WRITER AND PARENT
OF AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD BIKE
WRITER.
I AM NOT YET COMFORTABLE HAVING
MY DAUGHTER BIKE ON CERTAIN
STRETCHES OF ROAD TO GET FROM
OUR HOUSE TO AMAZING PLACES
LIKE THE BEACH.
SO WE END UP IN THE CAR.
WHEN I LEARNED THE CITY
ABANDONED PLANS FOR A PROTECTED
LIKE LANE ON 35th AVENUE I WAS
VERY FRUSTRATED.
THE VERY SHORTSIGHTED DECISION,
PLEASE IMPLEMENT THE WILL OF
THE VOTERS AND CONNECT EVERY
NEIGHBORHOOD WITH SAFE,
COMFORTABLE AND CONVENIENT BIKE
ROUTES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, JOE.
MEGAN YOU ARE NEXT.
YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY PETER
GOLDMAN AND THEN GLENN.
>> I WAS IN OLYMPIA ABOUT ONE
MONTH AGO AND SOMEBODY WAS
DISCUSSING THE ELECTRIC BIKE
RENEWAL TAX AND HOW THEY WILL
GET A BREAK IF THEY BUY AN
ELECTRIC BIKE.
ALL THE PSYCHOLOGICAL BENEFITS
AND PHYSICAL BENEFITS,
EMOTIONAL BENEFITS OF BIKE
RIDING.
SO HOW WILL WE USE THIS TAX IF
THERE ARE NO BIKE LANES IN
SEATTLE?
MAYOR, WE ARE PASSING THE BALL
TO YOU BECAUSE FAMILIES WANT TO
HAVE SAFE LACES TO BIKE RIDE.
SOMETIMES THE FIRST DESIGN IS A
THE MOST ELEGANT DESIGN AND WE
ARE INVITING MAYOR DURKIN TO
STRUGGLE WITH US IN FINDING THE
BEST DESIGN.
WE TRIED TO PASS THE CARBON TAX
AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, SOMEDAY
IT WILL PASS BECAUSE CLIMATE
CHANGE IS HAVING IMPACT
DISPROPORTIONATELY ON PEOPLE
WHO STRUGGLE FINANCIALLY.
IF WE HAD THESE BIKE LANES, IT
IS MORE ON THE GRID OF THE
FUTURE WE HAVE TO INVEST IN THE
NEW GRID, WHICH IS THAT OF
RENEWABLES, BIKES, AND IT IS
TIME TO PLAN NOW.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MACON.
PETER?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS PETER GOLDMAN AND I
LIVE IN WEST SEATTLE, FOR 36
YEARS.
I'M A RECREATIONAL BICYCLIST
AND COMMUTER.
I'M HERE TODAY TO URGE
POLITICAL LEADERS IN IS GREAT
LIVABLE CITY TO BE COMMIT TO
BUILDING OUT THE MASTER BIKE
PLAN.
WHEN AMAZON WAS SEARCHING FOR A
SECOND HEADQUARTERS, ONE OF ITS
CRITERIA'S WITH THIS.
FOR EACH PROPOSED SITE IN YOUR
REGION, IDENTIFY ALL TRANSIT
OPTIONS, INCLUDING IKE LANES.
PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO THE SITE.
IN AMAZON.
WHAT DOES THIS SIGNIFY?
WHAT DOES AMAZON SIGNIFY?
IT MEANS ALL OF US LIVING IN
THE CITY AND REGION NO THERE
TOO MANY PEOPLE AND TOO MANY
CARS AND TOO MUCH TRAFFIC.
BIKES AND BUS RAPID TRANSIT,
LIGHT RAIL, BUSES, THERE ARE
THE ONLY HOPE FOR MOVING PEOPLE
AROUND.
THAT IS NOT ABOUT BIKES VERSUS
CARS OR SMALL STORES.
IT IS NOT ABOUT ANY OF THAT.
THIS IS SIMPLY ABOUT
TRANSPORTATION POLICY,
SUSTAINABILITY AND SAFETY.
LIVABILITY THE WAY AMAZON WANTS
TO SEE IT CITIES.
THANK YOU.
PLEASE DOUBLE DOWN.
WE ARE PROMISED EIGHT $930
MILLION LEVY AND WE KNOW WE ARE
ONLY HALFWAY THROUGH IT AND IT
DOESN'T LOOK GOOD.
PLEASE DOUBLE DOWN.
LET'S BUILD IT.
>> THANK YOU, PETER.
GLENN?
>> YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
PHILIP SINGER AND BARBARA
GORDON.
>> MY NAME IS GLENN BOWMAN AND
I AM NOT A MEMBER OF THE BIKE
LOBBY.
I AM SIMPLY A DAD WITH TWO
KIDS, ONE OF WHO IS 16 AND
RIDES HIS BIKE BY HIMSELF. I
REGULARLY HAVE TO GO TO 35th
AND I AM HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR
OF DOING WHATEVER COUNSEL CAN
TO GET THAT PLAN BACK ON TRACK.
SPECIFICALLY I ASKING, DO
WHATEVER YOU CAN TO FORCE SDOT
TO FOLLOW THE CITY'S COMPLETE
STREETS AND ZERO POLICIES.
ANY PROJECTS THAT ARE CALLED
BIKE PROJECTS, IN PARTICULAR
100% OF THE 35th AVENUE
NORTHEAST PROJECT, INCLUDING
THE $14,000 FOR THE MEDIATOR.
PAST BINDING LEGISLATION WHICH
LEGALLY REQUIRES SDOT TO BUILD
A PLEAT STREETS.
REQUIRE SDOT TO NOT PRESENT A
DO NOTHING DESIGN FOR PROJECTS
WHEN THAT DESIGN DOES NOT EAT
CITY ORDINANCES AND POLICIES.
THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS
NEIGHBORHOODS DEMAND THESE
DESIGNS AND DON'T FEEL HEARD
WHEN S.CHOOSES A PLAN THAT DOES
NOT FOLLOW CITY ORDINANCES.
THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU.
>> PHILIP?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS PHILIP SINGER AND I
LIVE IN NORTHEAST SEATTLE AND I
WANT TO URGE THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE, THE MAYOR AND THE CITY
COUNCIL TO IMPLEMENT THE BIKE
MASTER PLAN AND TO IMPLEMENT
BIKE LANES ON 35th AVENUE
NORTHEAST.
I HAVE LIVED IN SEATTLE FOR 22
YEARS AND HAVE SEEN A LOT OF
CHANGES.
I HAVE BIKED FOR 22 YEARS
AROUND HERE.
I BIKED IN NORTH SEATTLE, SOUTH
SEATTLE, I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF
IMPROVEMENTS.
I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF GOOD
THINGS HAPPENED AND I WANT TO
SEE THAT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
I LIVE IN THIS AREA AND THE
CLOSEST SHOPPING AREA TO ME IS
35th AVENUE.
THERE IS A LIBRARY AND I GO UP
TO THE BAKERIES AND THE POST
OFFICE AND MY DENTIST IS ON
35th AVENUE.
HE IS A SIGN IN HIS WINDOW
SAYING NO BIKE LANES ON 35th
AVENUE.
SO WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE THIS.
I THINK IT IMPROVES THE STREET
AND NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT JUST MAKES THE CITY MORE
LIVABLE.
FROM WHAT I HAVE SEEN
THROUGHOUT THE CITY, IT REALLY
HELPS.
I DON'T WANT TO SEE HAPPEN WHAT
HAPPENED SEVERAL YEARS AGO ON
75th AND 35th AVENUE WHERE TWO
PEOPLE WERE KILLED, TWO
PEDESTRIANS WERE KILLED BY A
DRUNK DRIVER ON 75th AVENUE.
I DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN
AGAIN AS SOME DRIVER TO POKE IN
AID BIKE LANE.
>> THANK YOU, PHILIP.
BARBARA WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
EMILY PAYNE AND THEN PATRICK
TAYLOR.
>> HELLO.
I AM BARBARA GORDON.
I AM A MOM AND I AM A MOM TO 11-
YEAR-OLDS WHO LIVES ON THE
GREENWAY.
RIGHT IN BRYANT.
THE GREENWAY IS AMAZING AND IT
IS GREAT TO HAVE BUT IT DOESN'T
GET YOU TO BUSINESSES.
THE BICYCLE MASTER PLAN WAS
ADDRESSING JUST THAT BY PUTTING
IN A BIKE LANE ON A STREET
WHERE THERE IS A LIBRARY AND
BUSINESSES THAT AN 11-YEAR-OLD
CHILD WANTS TO GO TO.
THAT FAMILIES ALL OVER THAT
NEIGHBORHOOD WANT TO GO TO.
IT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE.
IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO KEEP
PEOPLE ON THE GREENWAY'S.
GREENWAYS ARE WONDERFUL AND
THEY GET YOU FROM ONE
NEIGHBORHOOD TO ANOTHER AND
THEY ARE ENJOYABLE FOR THE
NEIGHBORHOOD BUT PEOPLE WANT
ACCESS TO BUSINESSES.
AND I JUST WANTED TO REAFFIRM
THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU BARBARA.
EMILY?
>> EMILY PAYNE, COCHAIR OF THE
SEATTLE ICICLE ADVISORY BOARD.
I'M COMMENTING AS A PRIVATE
CITIZEN BECAUSE THE BOARD DID
NOT SEE THE BICYCLE MASTER PLAN
IMPLEMENTATION AND TIME TO
ORGANIZE GROUP RESPONSES.
I AM CONCERNED AT SOME OF THE
IMPLICATIONS IN THE BICYCLE
MASTER PLAN IMPLEMENTATION
PLAN.
RIDICULOUSLY REGARDING THE
DESIGNATION OF SOME PROJECT IS
RISKY.
WE THINK THIS POTENTIALLY GIVES
SDOT EXCUSES TO BACK DOWN ON
PROJECTS THEY HAVE ARTIE
DECIDED THEY WILL NOT PUT THEIR
FULL FORCE BEHIND.
WE ARE ALSO CONCERNED THAT
THERE ARE PROJECTS IN THE
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN LISTS THAT
ARE NOT AND ARE INDICATED AND
RECOMMENDED THAT WE REMOVE
THEM.
SOME OF THE PROJECTS WERE NOT
RECOMMENDED TO BE REMOVED AND
WERE ACTUALLY GIVEN OUR HIGHEST
ENDORSEMENT.
THAT IS MY TIME TO THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
>> YOU ALL ARE MEETING TOMORROW
NIGHT I BELIEVE.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WILL
HAVE TIME TO GET TO IT BUT
WHENEVER YOU ARE READY, WE
REALLY WANT TO HEAR FROM THE
COMMITTEE.
>> THANK YOU.
PATRICK?
YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY MATTHEW
LANGE AND PAUL THACKERAY.
WE WILL TAKE THREE MORE AFTER
THAT AND THEN WE WILL HOLD
PUBLIC, AND UNTIL THE END OF
THE MEETING FOR FOLKS WHO WANT
TO STICK AROUND.
SORRY ABOUT THAT.
>> HELLO , MY NAME IS PATRICK
TAYLOR.
I AM A SOUTH SEATTLE RESIDENT
AND A MEMBER OF THE ADVISORY
BOARD.
AS EMILY SAID, SPEAKING AS AN
INDIVIDUAL, I'M HERE TODAY TO
SPEAK BECAUSE A PATTERN HAS
EMERGED IN THIS ADMINISTRATION
OF DELAYING AND ELIMINATING
BIKE PLANS THAT PROVE
CHALLENGING OR CONTROVERSIAL.
WE HAVE SEEN THIS ON 35th,
40th, 12 AVENUE SOUTH, MUCH OF
THE CENTRAL CITY PLAN, WHICH IS
BEEN DELAYED.
THE COUNCIL ENDORSED IT.
WHEN THEY LOOK AT THE
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN I SEE MANY
OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PROJECTS
LISTED AS RISKY WITHIN THE
ADMINISTRATION THAT DOES NOT
HAVE THE GUMPTION OR VISION TO
FOLLOW THROUGH ON PROJECTS THAT
PROVE CHALLENGING.
I FEEL A STRONG SENSE OF
CONCERN.
I WOULD LIKE TO EITHER SEE, AS
HE SAID EARLIER, A STRONG
STATEMENT FROM THE MAYOR
EXPRESSING HER VISION FOR
TRANSPORTATION IN OUR CITY OR
MONEY AND ENDORSEMENTS FROM THE
COUNCIL FOR A REVISED PLAN THAT
HAS MORE OF A GUARANTEE OF WHAT
WILL BE BILLED.
WILL FOLLOW THROUGH ON OUR
COMMITMENTS.
THANK YOU.
>> MATTHEW?
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS MATTHEW LANGE AND I
AM THE LEAD ORGANIZATION OF THE
UNION.
I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK FOR THE
UNION.
WE ARE NOT PLEASED WITH THE
DECISION OF MAYOR DURKIN'S
ADMINISTRATION TO CUT THE
PROTECTED BIKE LANE ON 35th
AVENUE NORTHEAST.
IT IS A PROBLEMATIC THING
BECAUSE WE HAVE THE BIKE MASTER
PLAN AND THE SDOT STUDY THAT
SHOWED THAT WE SHOULD BE
BUILDING IS PROTECTED BIKE
LANES.
WE NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF
PEOPLE IN SEATTLE WHO USE OTHER
FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION OTHER
THAN CARS.
AS A CAR DRIVER MYSELF, I WORK
ALL OVER KING COUNTY.
I HAVE TO DRIVE ALONG THE 35th
AVENUE OFTEN.
I DRIVE THIS WAY AS WELL.
WE ARE NOT PRIORITIZING SAFE
BIKE TRANSPORTATION.
I FEEL LIKE PEOPLE ARE NOT
SAFE.
I WOULD RATHER PRIORITIZE
PEOPLE'S SAFETY THAN HAVE TO
CIRCLE AROUND THE BLOCK AGAIN
TO FIND ANOTHER PARKING SPOT.
THANK YOU.
>> ATHEY?
>> PAUL?
AFTER THAT WE WILL HEAR FROM
KIM AND THEN 350 SEATTLE HAS A
GROUP.
WE WILL HEAR FROM TAMRA
SCHMALTZ AND THEN WE WILL HEAR
FROM MONA LEE AND THAT WILL BE
IT FOR NOW.
WILL MOVE INTO THE
PRESENTATIONS AND AT THE END WE
WILL TAKE MORE PUBLIC COMMENT.
THERE ARE 10 MORE PEOPLE WHO
HAVE SIGNED UP.
IF YOU ALL STICK AROUND, WE
WILL HEAR FROM YOU.
GO AHEAD PAUL.
>> MY NAME IS PAUL AND I AM A
15 YEAR RESIDENT OF THE
NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR 35th AVENUE.
I A PEDESTRIAN IN THE AREA.
I A TRANSIT WRITER AND I TAKE
THE BUS AND LIGHT RAIL.
I AM A DRIVER AND I AM ALSO A
CYCLIST OCCASIONALLY.
I THINK THAT THE REVISED PLAN
THAT WAS RESENTED LAST WEEK FOR
35th IS SIMPLY POOR URBAN
PLANNING.
IT GOES AGAINST EVERYTHING WE
KNOW ABOUT URBAN DESIGN, ABOUT
CREATING VIBRANT, HEALTHY HUMAN
SCALE LIVABLE, WALKABLE
NEIGHBORHOODS.
I THINK THAT SDOT KNOWS THAT.
THIS WAS A POLITICAL DECISION
AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY AT
D.O.T AS PART OF THIS DESIGN.
THIS IS A CARS FIRST DESIGN.
AND IT EXACERBATES AN ALREADY
BAD STREET DESIGN.
>> THANK YOU, PAUL.
>> REGARDING THE PARKING
CONCERNS THAT WERE VOICED, I
THINK THAT THIS REALLY DOESN'T
SEEM TO BE ABOUT PARKING AS THE
FINAL PLAN DOESN'T ANSWER THAT.
>> YOUR TIME IS UP.
>> LIST OF THESE BUSINESSES
HAVE STREET PARKING ALREADY.
PLENTIFUL OFFSTREET PARKING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> KIM?
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS KIMBERLY AND I LIVE
ON CAPITOL HILL.
I BIKE AND WALK AND I BUS.
I DO NOT DRIVE.
ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO, I TOOK A
PHOTOGRAPH AND A PILE OF
PAPERWORK TO ONE OF THE CITIES
NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE CENTERS TO
APPLY FOR A PASSPORT.
I BROUGHT SUPPORTING PAPERWORK
FAR BEYOND WITH THE U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE REQUIRED OF
ME.
FOR PHOTO ID I BROUGHT MY
WASHINGTON STATE ID CARD WHICH
WAS ISSUED BY THE SAME
DEPARTMENT THAT ISSUES DRIVERS
LICENSES.
BUT THE CLERK TOLD ME THAT
BECAUSE I DID NOT HAVE A
DRIVERS LICENSE, I WOULD NEED
SOMEONE WHO DID TO VOUCH FOR MY
IDENTITY EVEN THOUGH MY ID CARD
WAS ISSUED BY THE STATE
DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING.
THE CITY WOULD LITERALLY NOT
RECOGNIZE ME ON MY OWN WITHOUT
A LICENSE OR WITHOUT A LICENSE
SUBSCRIBER.
WITH THE SCALING BACK OF YET
ANOTHER MIKE MASTER PLAN, IT
DOESN'T FEEL LIKE MUST HAS
CHANGED IN THE CITY.
THE CITY BARELY RECOGNIZES
THOSE OF US WHO CANNOT DRIVE OR
CHOOSE TO DRIVE LESS.
I CAN'T.
I AM SO TIRED OF BEING AN
AFTERTHOUGHT.
ALL STREETS CANNOT DO ALL
THINGS FOR ALL PEOPLE.
DO YOU KNOW WHY THAT IS?
IT IS BECAUSE SDOT CONTINUES TO
PRIORITIZE THE MOVEMENT OF CARS
AND THE CONVENIENCE OF DRIVERS
OVER THE MOVEMENT AND SAFETY OF
PEOPLE ON VIRTUALLY 100% OF THE
STREETS.
THERE MIGHT BE AN ATTEMPTED
BIKE LANE ON THE AVENUE BUT IT
IS ONLY 10 FEET WIDE.
THERE ARE THREE LANES STILL
DEVOTED TO CARS.
IF YOU LOOK AT ALL OF THE
STREETS, CARS ARE PRIORITIZED.
IT IS CLEAR.
TRANSPORTATION POLICY, IT IS A
PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE AND IF YOU
THINK ABOUT IT LIKE PUBLIC
HEALTH, WOULD YOU EVER BACK
DOWN ON PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY
úBECAUSE OF THE VOCAL MINORITY?
THE PEOPLE WHO SPREAD
MISINFORMATION AND FEAR?
THANK YOU.
350.ORG?
THREE MINUTES.
>> 350 SEATTLE.
THANK YOU MIKE.
I AM ALICE WITH OUR
TRANSPORTATION TEAM AND FULLY
CONNECTED BY QUIRKS ARE
REQUIRED ABSOLUTELY IF WE WERE
TO ELIMINATE THE 50% OF
SEATTLE'S GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS THAT COME FROM
PERSONAL TRANSPORTATION.
WE ASK THAT THE CITY KEEP ITS
PROMISE.
>> ON A MORE PERSONAL THAT, I
AM WITH THE TRANSPORTATION
TEAM.
I AM ACTUALLY GOING TO GIVE A
HEADS UP TO ANY PEOPLE WITH
KIDS IN THE ROOM.
I'M ABOUT TO SAY SOME WORDS
BECAUSE WHAT I WANT ON PUBLIC
RECORD IS WHAT WAS SAID TO ME
AS A CYCLIST IN THE CITY AND AT
THE MOMENT I FEEL THAT THE
DECISION THE MAYOR HAS MADE HAS
BEEN A VALIDATION OF
HARASSMENTS OF PEOPLE OUT ON
THE STREET.
AS BICYCLIST'S IN NORTH
SEATTLE, I HAVE BEEN CALLED
MANY NAMES, TAKING UP TOO SPACE
ON A ROAD.
ASKING A DRIVER TO MOVE THEIR
CAR.
I HAVE BEEN TOLD TO GET OUT OF
MY WAY.
THOSE, THAT IS A DAILY REALITY
FOR THOSE OF US WHO BIKE.
THIS IS WHAT I HEAR FROM MY
NEIGHBOR, THAT IT IS OKAY FOR
THE HARASSMENT TO CONTINUE TO
HAPPEN AND FOR ME NOT TO BE
SAFE ON THE STREET.
IT IS ASTONISHING TO ME THAT
OUR MAYOR WHO COMES OUT OF THE
GAY COMMUNITY WOULD NOT
UNDERSTAND THAT TELLING US TO
GET OUT OF THE MAIN STREET AND
GET OVER TO THE LITTLE SIDE
STREETS AND OUT OF THE WAY, GO
HIDE OUT OF THE PUBLIC VISION,
GET OUT OF OUR PUBLIC SPACES,
THAT YOU WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND
THE SIMILARITIES.
I IDENTIFY AS [NULL]
AND KNOWN THAT WE TAKE THREATS
OF VIOLENCE VERY SERIOUSLY IN
THE CITY.
THEY SAY THAT IS NOT GOING TO
HAPPEN.
BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM TO ME LIKE
WE TAKE THAT SERIOUSLY WHEN IT
COMES TO THE SAFETY AND THE
HEALTH OF PEOPLE WHO GET AROUND
BYE-BYE, ON FOOT, IN
WHEELCHAIRS, WE NEED TO TAKE
THAT SERIOUSLY AND THINK ABOUT
WHAT IT MEANS TO MAKE OUR
STREETS A SAFE PLACE.
I APPRECIATE THE COMMITTEE OF
FOLKS BECAUSE I KNOW YOU KEEP
THOSE VALUES IN MIND.
I ASK AS MANY OTHERS HAVE ASKED
HERE TODAY, THAT OUR MAYOR
STAND UP AND ACTUALLY SHOW SOME
VISION AND ACTUALLY HOLD ALL
MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY IN
MIND AS WE MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT
HOW WE USE OUR STREETS.
THAT IS WHAT WE NEED.
WE HAVE THE CLIMATE CRISIS,
THAT IS WHAT I AM SUPPOSED TO
BE TALKING ABOUT.
I AM WITH A CLIMATE CREW BUT IT
ALWAYS COMES DOWN TO THE
PERSONAL AS WELL AND HOW WE GET
AROUND.
WE NEED TO HAVE SOME GRACE AND
LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER AND
UNDERSTAND THAT ALL OF US HERE
NEED TO BE SAFE.
WE NEED TO SAFE SPACES ON OUR
STREETS.
I HOPE MY NEIGHBORS IN NORTH
SEATTLE WILL CONSIDER THAT.
TANK YOU.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> WE WILL GIVE YOU TWO MINUTES
AND THEN MONA WE WILL BE OUR
LAST SPEAKER.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS IS, WE COME TODAY TO MOURN
THE LOSS OF THE BICYCLE MASTER
PLAN.
>> WE ARE PROTESTING.
SEATTLE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
>> THE COMPLETE STREETS
ORDINATE.
WE LOOK TO YOU, COUNSEL, FOR
GUIDANCE AND ADVISING THE MAYOR
AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND SDOT
TO BRING THEM BACK.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
>> HELLO.
I AM MONA LEE AND I LIVE IN
SOUTH EAST SEATTLE.
AND I AM 80 YEARS OLD AND I
BIKE EVERYWHERE.
I DON'T DRIVE A CAR.
I PUT MY BIKE ON THE TRAIN.
THE LIGHT RAIL AND ON THE BUS
AND EVEN ON THE FERRY.
I LAST DROVE A CAR IN 1999.
SO YOU FIGURE HOW MUCH LESS
POLLUTION THERE IS IN THE AIR
BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT I HAVE
GONE ON MY BICYCLE INSTEAD OF
IN THE CAR ALL THESE YEARS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE TELL ME THEY
ARE AMAZED THAT I'M BICYCLE
CLEAN BECAUSE THEY THINK IT IS
SO DANGEROUS.
IF PEOPLE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS
SO DANGEROUS, THINK ABOUT
BICYCLING.
THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH LESS
POLLUTION THERE WOULD BE IN THE
AIR.
AND HOW THE CO2 EMISSIONS
CAUSING CLIMATE CHANGE THERE
WOULD BE.
THE ONLY BIKE ROUTE THROUGH OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE RAINIER
VALLEY, GOING FROM SOUTH TO
NORTH OR NORTH TO SOUTH IS A
GREENWAY ROUTE RIGHT OVER THE
MOUNTAINS.
WELL I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE
CARS GET TO GO ON MARTIN LUTHER
KING WAY AND THEY GET TO STAY
ON THE FLAT.
AND SO WHAT IS REALLY NEEDED IS
A BI CLAIM ALONG LANE NEAR.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ONE OF
THOSE FANCY ONES LIKE DOWN ON
SECOND STREET.
IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE HAD THE.
BUT I DON'T SEE WHY IT WOULD BE
SO TERRIBLY EXPENSIVE TO PAINT
A LINE ALONG REGNIER ON EITHER
SIDE.
SO PEOPLE COULD BICYCLE.
>> YOUR TIME IS UP.
>> RIGHT NOW IT IS CAUSING A
LOT OF HAZARDS.
LAST WEEK SOMEONE WAS KILLED
THERE BY A HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER.
>> THANK YOU, MYRNA.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR
COMING OUT TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
THERE ARE 10 MORE FOLKS HE
SIGNED UP THAT I WILL PAUSE ON
SO WE CAN GET TO THE
PRESENTATION.
I APOLOGIZE TO FOLKS WHO CAME
TO GET PUBLIC COMMENT.
I'M HOLDING YOU TO THE END.
BUT IF YOU STICK AROUND, I WILL
STICK AROUND TO HEAR FROM YOU.
I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT WE
HEARD.
WE HEARD A VARIETY OF VIEWS AND
I APPRECIATE FOLKS BEING
RESPECTFUL OF EACH OTHER AS WE
WORK THROUGH THESE CHALLENGING
POLICY DECISIONS.
JASMINE WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE?
>> THIS AN INFORMATION ITEM
RELATED TO THE MASTER PLAN
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN UPDATE.
>> WHAT WE START WITH
INTRODUCTIONS?
>> CALVIN CHOW.
CENTRAL STAFF.
>> SAM ZIMBABWE.
SDOT.
>> JIM CURTIN, SDOT.
>> MONICA DEWALD, SDOT.
>> THANK YOU ALL.
I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE MORE TO
SAY THAN WHAT YOU HAVE HEARD.
WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND JUMP
INTO THE PRESENTATION.
WE WILL TALK THIS AS WE GO
THROUGH IT.
>> SOUNDS GOOD.
I WILL GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN
INTRODUCTION AND THEN TURN IT
OVER TO JIM AND MONICA TO RUN
TO THE PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS
COMMITTEE MEETING TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO COME HERE AND TALK ABOUT THE
2019-2024 MASTER LIMITATION
PLAN.
I WANT TO ADDRESS WHAT WE HEARD
DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD.
I KNOW IT MANY ARE INTERESTED
IN IS THE COMMITMENT TO
BUILDING A BICYCLE NETWORK IN
SEATTLE.
OF THE PAST THREE YEARS,
SEATTLE HAS BUILT 2070 MILES
AND WE ARE ON TRACK TO THE
LIVER ANOTHER 11 MILES.
LAST WEEK AS WE HEARD BEFORE WE
ANNOUNCED WE WOULD NOT BE
MOVING FORWARD WITH INSTALLING
BIKE LANES ON 35th AVENUE
NORTHEAST WHICH WAS A REAL
CHALLENGE.
THE PAVING AND ASSET MANAGEMENT
HAD GIVEN US THE OPPORTUNITY TO
REDESIGN THE STREET TO BETTER
ORGANIZE THE SPACE AND ADDRESS
THE MULTI-SAFETY ISSUES.
BASED ON THE BIKE MASTER PLAN,
THE ORIGINAL PLAN, THE ORIGINAL
DESIGN INCLUDED A PROTECTIVE BY
GLENN.
AS OF THE 40 FOOT CURB TO CURB
DISTANCE IN MUCH OF THE
QUARTER, ESPECIALLY BETWEEN
85th AND 66 WE WERE ONLY ABLE
TO FIT A PROTECTED BIKE LANE ON
ONE SIDE WE ALSO NEEDED TO
ACCOMMODATE THE TRANSIT SERVICE
AND MAINTAIN PARKING FOR
BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS.
ALL THIS GREAT IS A SQUEEZE
WHICH INCLUDED LANE WIDTHS AS
NARROW AS 10 FEET BUT WE MOVED
FORWARD WITH THE PLAN.
THROUGHOUT DEVELOPMENT AND INTO
CONSTRUCTION WE HEARD FROM THAT
NORTHEAST SEATTLE AMENITY BOTH
FOR AND AGAINST THE ORIGINAL
DESIGN.
ULTIMATELY WE MADE THE TOUGH
CHOICE TO CHANGE THE DESIGN.
THROUGHOUT THE ENGAGEMENT THAT
MAKING CROSSINGS SAFE WERE
SHARED GOALS.
THE NEW DESIGN FOR 35th WILL
HELP US TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES.
35th AVENUE REMAINS IN THE
BICYCLE MASTER PLAN.
WE ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING
ENHANCEMENTS TO THE 39th AVENUE
GREENWAY AND CONTINUE TO WORK
TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS IN THE
AREA.
THIS BRINGS ME TO THE 2019-2024
BICYCLE MASTER PLAN FOR POST
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT WE ARE
HERE TO DISCUSS.
WE'VE CHANGED A FEW THINGS FROM
PREVIOUS YEARS.
FIRST OFF, WE ARE SEEKING
PUBLIC INPUT ON THE
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN BEFORE WE
FINALIZE IT.
SECOND, WE HAVE GONE TO GREAT
LENGTHS TO EXPLAIN THE PRODUCT
DELIVERY CONSTRAINTS, IDENTIFY
POTENTIAL RISKS THAT COULD
FURTHER AFFECT PROJECT THE
LIVERY.
BOTH OF THESE THINGS WILL HELP
US CREATE A STRONGER
UNDERSTANDING OF THE PLAN WITH
THE PUBLIC AND EIGHT US AS WE
CONTINUE PROJECT LEVEL OUTREACH
AND ENGAGEMENT.
THE PROPOSED PLAN REFLECTS THE
HARD-WORKING AGENCIES AND WHAT
THEY'VE DONE OVER THE PAST
YEARS TO ASSESS IT UNDER THE
LEADERSHIP OF MAYOR DURKIN AND
WE HAVE MORE REALISTIC
ASSUMPTIONS THAN THEY USED IN
2016.
BECAUSE THE BIKE MASTER PLAN IS
FUNDED BY THE LEVY, WE'VE BEEN
WORKING WITH THE BICYCLE BOARD
TO MAKE THE BEST INVESTMENTS
AND MAXIMIZE SAFETY,
CONNECTIVITY, EQUITY, RIDERSHIP
AND AVAILABILITY.
AS A RESULT, THIS IS A
REALISTIC PLAN THAT REFLECTS
NEARLY $77 MILLION THAT WE
EXPECT TO BE AVAILABLE OVER THE
NEXT SIX YEARS FOR INVESTMENTS.
AS A PROPOSED IMPLEMENTATION
PLAN DEMONSTRATES, MAYOR DURKIN
AND I REMAIN COMMITTED TO
DEVELOPING A SAFE BICYCLE
NETWORK ALL OF THE CITY AND
WILL BE DISCUSSING THE PLAN
WITH OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
TONIGHT.
WILL ALSO BE HOLDING PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT EVENTS OF THE NEXT
MONTH TO HEAR DIRECTLY ABOUT
THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
THE PLAN DOES REFLECT SOME
DIFFICULT CHOICES RELATED TO
THE COST OF PROJECTS.
IT HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANT
CONNECTIONS WE ARE MAKING TO
FUTURE TRANSIT, AND OTHER
COMMUNITY DESTINATIONS.
I WILL BE WORKING FOR THE AGENCY
TO SEE HOW WE CAN DELIVER
PROJECTS MORE EFFECTIVELY AND
EFFICIENTLY AS MUCH FUNDING AS
FAR AS IT WILL GO.
WE HAVE REMOVED SOME PROJECTS
FROM THE PROPOSED UP LIMITATION
PLAN AND THERE PART OF THE
MASTER PLAN AND AS FUNDING
BECOMES AVAILABLE WE CAN
HOPEFULLY DRAW THESE OR OTHER
PRIORITIES BACK INTO THE
WORKLOAD.
I HEAR THE FOLKS WHO GIVE PUBLIC
COMMENT TODAY AND I UNDERSTAND
THEIR FRUSTRATION.
I WILL CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO
úWHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY.
I SEE THE PLAN AS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR SAFETY
ADVOCATES TO MOVE FORWARD
TOGETHER.
THE PLAN INCLUDES MANY OF THE
BIKE SAFETY PLANS THAT YOU AND
MANY OTHERS HAVE PRIORITIZED AS
IMPORTANT PROJECTS TO BUILD.
THESE, COMBINED WITH THE BIKE
FACILITIES INSTALLED WILL
CONTINUE MAKING THE BIKE
NETWORK AND THOSE BIKING SAFELY
IN THE FUTURE.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO JIM AND
MONICA TO WALK TO THE
PRESENTATION AND I WILL STAY
HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
YOU HAVE.
>> I WILL PAUSE YOU ALL BECAUSE
I WANT TO COMMENT ON SOME
THINGS THAT YOU SAID.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU ALL FOR
BEING HERE.
I LIKE THE AUDIENCE AND
STRUGGLING WITH THE DECISION
AND HOW WE GOT THERE.
I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT IS A
CHALLENGE.
AND IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE.
THERE IS NOTHING UNIQUE THAT
HAS BEEN SAID THAT IS NOT
COMING UP AND MULTIPLE OTHER
COMMUNITIES.
THE PROCESS IS BEEN A LOT
LONGER AND SOME OF THE ACTIONS
THAT WERE TAKEN WERE MORE
SEVERE THAN WE HAVE SEEN IN
OTHER PROJECTS BUT THE GENERAL
CONSENSUS WILL BE BUILT A BY
COIN, WE KNOW THE PLAYBOOK.
IN OTHER CITIES IT IS THE SAME.
AND THE ONLY WAY YOU GET
THROUGH THESE HARD DECISIONS IS
WITH HAVING EIGHT NORTHSTAR
THAT IS GUIDING YOU IN A
DIRECTION.
WE WORKED REALLY HARD ON A
VISION ZERO COMMITMENT.
BUT YOUR 2030, NO FATALITIES OR
SERIOUS INJURIES.
WORKED REALLY HARD ON A CLIMATE
ACTION PLAN THAT SHOWS THAT WE
WILL HAVE TRIPLED THE BICYCLE
RIDERSHIP FROM 2007 TWO 2017.
THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
IT DIDN'T COME CLOSE.
AND SO I THINK I DON'T BELIEVE
ANYTHING YOU SAID IS
INACCURATE.
I HAVEN'T MEASURED THE LANE
WITH MYSELF IN ALL OF THOSE
THINGS BUT I TRUST THAT THEY
ARE ALL ACCURATE THINGS AND YET
IF THOSE ARE NOT, IF WE ARE NOT
BEING GUIDED BY MEETING OUR
CLIMATE AND SAFETY OBJECTIVES,
IT FEELS LIKE WE WILL ALWAYS
SAY THIS IS TOO HARD.
THAT IS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE.
I FEAR WHAT HAPPENS EVERYWHERE
ELSE.
WHAT HAPPENS GOING FORWARD?
WHEN YOU LOOK BACK, AND TIME
AFTER TIME THERE ARE AMAZING
PEOPLE AT SDOT THAT ARE SMART.
THEY COME TO ME AND TELL ME
THINGS THAT THIS WILL NOT WORK
AT A PLACE.
WE WILL NOT BE WILL TO DO THIS.
HERE'S WHAT WE RECOMMEND.
I WILL DEFER TO THOSE EXPERTS
BECAUSE I KNOW THEY ARE FOCUSED
ON THAT SAME GUIDING LIGHT OF
WHERE THEY'RE GOING.
THEY HAVE A SHARED VISION AS TO
WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
WHAT HAPPENS WITH THIS PROJECT
IS A YEAR LATER WE GO BACK AND
STUDY THEM.
WE TALK TO NEIGHBORS, THOSE
THAT SHOW UP, BECAUSE AT THAT
POINT THEY'RE FINE WITH IT.
WE SHOW THE TRAFFIC MOVEMENT IS
STILL THE SAME AND SPEEDS ARE
USUALLY LOWER BECAUSE WE WANTED
THEM TO BE LOWER BECAUSE THAT
IS A FOR.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, PEOPLE
ARE GETTING THROUGH.
THERE ARE FEWER COLLISIONS
HAPPENING BECAUSE WE HAVE
REALLY SMART PEOPLE THAT ARE
GUIDED NOT JUST BY THE FEAR OF
WHAT IS HAPPENING.
WE SEE THE BUSINESSES ARE DOING
FINE.
THERE PLENTY OF STUDIES IN
SEATTLE THAT DO THAT.
SO I AM STRUGGLING WITH WHAT IS
GUIDING THE DEPARTMENT IN THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE ON THIS RIGHT
NOW.
I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO ANSWER
THIS AT THIS MOMENT.
IT IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO GET
CLARITY ON BECAUSE I AM A
LITTLE SHAKEN RIGHT NOW AS A
LETTER PEOPLE ARE.
I DON'T WANT TO GET THE
PRESENTERS TIED UP IN TOO MUCH
OF THIS.
BUT I DO WANT COLLEAGUES TO
MAKE COMMENTS.
>> I CONCUR WITH EVERYTHING YOU
SAID, COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN.
WE ARE AT A POINT IN THE CITY'S
HISTORY WHEN WE ARE TRYING TO
MANAGE A LOT OF GROWTH IN THE
CITY.
WE ARE TRYING TO BE CONSISTENT
WITH THOSE VISIONS AND VALUES
THAT YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT.
IN ADDITION, IN THIS NECK OF
THE WOODS WHICH I FORTUNATE TO
SEE IN THE LAST 72 HOURS.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF MAJOR
INSTITUTIONS AND FOLKS AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON WHO
HAVE BANDED TOGETHER AND SAID
WE WANT YOU TO BE GOOD
NEIGHBORS AND ONE OF THE WAYS
YOU CAN BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR IS
BY MAKING SURE THAT THERE ARE
FEWER FOLKS DRIVING TO AND FROM
YOUR INSTITUTION ON A REGULAR
BASIS.
WE SET GOALS AND REGULATIONS TO
REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF DRIVING
THEY HAVE GOING INTO THEIR
NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE SET AN AGGRESSIVE GOAL DOWN
TO 12% FROM THE EXISTING 17%.
CHILDREN, WE ARE TRYING TO GO
FROM 37% TO 32%.
AND SO THOSE FOLKS AT THOSE
INSTITUTIONS STEP UP TO THE
CHALLENGES.
A WANT TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS AND
SAY THEY DO INNOVATIVE THINGS
LIKE OFFERING FREE BIKES TO
FOLKS WHO CHOOSE TO BIKE TO
WORK.
OR WORKING REALLY HARD TO BUILD
MORE INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE UW
CAMPUS TO HOST PEOPLE MAKING
THE CHOICE TO BIKE TO WORK.
I STRUGGLE A LITTLE BIT WITH
THAT DISCONNECT TOO BECAUSE IT
FEELS TO ME LIKE WE HAVE A SET
OF POLICIES OR WE ARE ASKING
THESE MAJOR INSTITUTIONS TO
JOIN WITH US.
WHEN I TALKED TO THE LEADERSHIP
WITHIN THE INSTITUTIONS THEY
EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT HAVING
THE NEXT BRILLIANT RESEARCHER
THE NEXT INCREDIBLE LECTURER BE
STRUCK AND KILLED ON THEIR WAY
TO WORK ONE DAY.
WE HAVE SEEN THAT HAPPEN TIME
AND TIME AGAIN.
WE ARE SEEING FOLKS WHO HAVE
BEEN UNFORTUNATELY STRUCK AND
KILLED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
I WANT PAST IT EVERY DAY.
I THINK ABOUT THE UNTIMELY
DEATH AT 46, HOW I AM RAPIDLY
APPROACHING THAT NUMBER.
HE HAD TWO LITTLE GIRLS AND HOW
I HAVE THREE LITTLE GIRLS.
HOW HARD IT WOULD BE FOR MY
LITTLE KIDS TO GROW UP WITHOUT
A DAD.
SO I REALLY BELIEVE IN THE CITY
AND OUR ABILITY TO COME
TOGETHER TO TRY TO MAKE HARD
DECISIONS AND TIME AND AGAIN WE
HAVE STRUGGLED WITH THE
CONSTRUCTION OF PROTECTIVE BIKE
LANES.
AND WE HAVE CONVENED PROCESSES
THAT HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB OF
HELPING TO FIND A WAY TO GET TO
A CONSENSUS THAT IS ONE OF THE
REASONS WHY I PERSONALLY, ROB
JOHNSON ADVOCATED FOR THE
HIRING OF JOHN HOWELL AS
MEDIATOR IN THIS PROCESS
BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT WE HAVE
HAD GOOD MEDIATION PROCESSES
THE PAST.
WHETHER THAT WAS THE SECOND
AVENUE BIKE LANE, WHETHER SOME
OTHER EXAMPLES ON STONE WAY,
WHETHER WE HAVE HAD THIS
CONVERSATION.
THE MISSING LINK. IN EACH OF
THESE INSTANCES, WE HAVE HAD
PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
TOPIC.
WE HAVE BROUGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER
AND WE HAVE COME UP WITH AN
OUTCOME THAT WE THOUGHT MAYBE
WASN'T PERFECT FOR EVERYONE BUT
IT DID END UP BUILDING THE
FACILITIES.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT KIND
OF OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO
CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT DIALOGUE.
I AM HEARTENED BY THE FACT THAT
YOU SAID 35th IS STILL ON THE
LIST FOR THE BICYCLE MASTER
PLAN.
I AM HOPEFUL THAT THERE'S AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CONTINUE
THIS DIALOGUE. FROM MY
PERSPECTIVE, I THINK IT IS A
VALUABLE CORRIDOR OR.
WE ARE BUILDING OUT A REALLY
GREAT NETWORK OF CONNECTED
BICYCLE FACILITIES IN DISTRICT
FOR.
WE ARE PROUD OF THAT FACT.
THE ONE THAT IS JUST ABOUT TO
OPEN, WE WILL CUT THE RIBBON ON
IT IS COMING WEEKEND THAT IT
HAS BEEN OPEN FOR A COUPLE OF
WEEKS.
WE HAVE SEEN A TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF USE IN THE BEST
COUPLE OF WEEKS.
WE KNOW IT WILL GET A LOT MORE
USE.
I AM HOPEFUL AND OPTIMISTIC.
I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE
EXPERIENCE, SAME.
WORKING AND CHALLENGING
ENVIRONMENT.
BUT I HOPE THAT THERE IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO VIEW AND
BE MINDFUL OF THOSE FOLKS WHO
HAVE SAID THEY ARE CONCERNED
ABOUT THEIR SAFETY AND THE
BULLYING SAVIOR HAPPENING WHEN
THEY CHOOSE TO GET ON THEIR
BIKE.
THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE
IMPACTS OF THOSE FOLKS WHO MAKE
THE DECISION TO DRIVE A 3000
POUND VEHICLE AND HOW ONE SMALL
DECISION COULD CHANGE THEIR
LIFE AND THE LIVES OF THEIR
FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
I ASK YOU TO KEEP THAT IN MIND,
THAT IS TRUE NORTH FROST.
I WILL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING
HOW OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF
YEARS WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO
CONTINUE TO SEE THOSE VALUES
PLAY OUT ON THE GROUND.
>> IS A MEMBER JOHNSON?
>> I KNOW CHAIR RYAN THAT YOU
SAID THAT WE SHOULD LET THE
PRESENTATION GO ON AND OF
COURSE GENERALLY I AGREE.
BUT THERE IS ALSO A PART OF ME
THAT DOESN'T ENTIRELY AGREE
BECAUSE IT SEEMS MEANINGLESS TO
ME TO GO THROUGH A PRESENTATION
AT HAS SLIDES THAT ARE TITLED
SEATTLE IS AN AWARD-WINNING
BIKE CITY.
DATA SHOWS MORE PEOPLE ARE
RIDING BIKES.
PROGRESS AND BUILDING A
COMPLETED BIKE NETWORK, IT
SEEMS MEANINGLESS TO ME AND
TONE DEAF AND OUT OF TOUCH TO
GO THROUGH A PRESENTATION.
OBVIOUSLY YOU WILL GO THROUGH
IT AND I WON'T STOP YOU BUT MY
POINT IS THAT IT IS STRANGE FOR
THE MAYOR TO SEND YOU ALL FOR
THIS KIND OF PRESENTATION AT
THE SAME TIME THAT THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE AND SDOT LEADERSHIP HAS
DEALT A SIGNIFICANT BLOW TO THE
WHOLE PLAN.
ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE AND
ALSO AS SPEAKER WHO MADE A VERY
POIGNANT REMARK ABOUT HOW HER
IDENTIFICATION WAS NOT ACCEPTED
BECAUSE SHE DID NOT HAVE A
DRIVERS LICENSE.
AS SHE POINTED OUT, THIS IS
ACTUALLY, IT IS ABOUT THE
QUESTION OF CARBON EMISSIONS IN
THIS REGION BUT ALSO ABOUT THE
RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WHO WALK.
PEOPLE WHO BIKE.
PEOPLE WHO NEED TO USE
WHEELCHAIRS AND PEOPLE WHO NEED
TO USE PUBLIC TRANSIT.
I THINK THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS
BEING TONE DEAF ALSO TO THE
WHOLE SPECTRUM OF COMMUNITY
EMBERS WHO ARE FIGHTING FOR
SEATTLE TO BE BICYCLIST SAFE
AND PEDESTRIAN SAFE.
IT IS WORKING CLASS PEOPLE,
EVEN TODAY'S PUBLIC TESTIMONY
SHOWS THAT WORKING-CLASS
PEOPLE, MIDDLE-CLASS PEOPLE,
FAMILIES WITH LITTLE CHILDREN
ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS, COMMUNITY
MEMBERS, ALL OF THEM HAVE
SPOKEN AND SO I DON'T REALLY
UNDERSTAND WHEN THE MAYORS SAY
THAT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT,
IT IS ABOUT FEEDBACK.
WHOSE FEEDBACK ARE YOU
LISTENING TO?
THAT IS THE QUESTION.
AND I WILL SAY THIS TOO.
IN SUPPORT OF THE SPEAKERS WHO
SAID THIS ALREADY IS THAT THE
MOST SEATTLE LEVEES, ONE OF THE
MANY EXAMPLES OF WHERE WORKING
AND MIDDLE-CLASS PEOPLE HAVE
SHOWN THEIR WILLINGNESS AGAIN
AND AGAIN TO TAX THEMSELVES IN
A CITY WITH THE MOST AGGRESSIVE
TACK SYSTEM IN THE ENTIRE
NATION IN ORDER TO DO THE RIGHT
THING.
SO AFTER HAVING REPEALED THE
AMAZON TAX, THE LEAST THE
MAYORS OFFICE COULD DO IS NOT
DEAL A BLOW TO THE TAX MONIES
BEING USED FOR DOING THE RIGHT
THING.
THESE ARE TAX REVENUES THAT ARE
BEING GENERATED FROM WORKING
PEOPLE AND THEIR LIMITED
INCOMES.
THE MAYOR'S PRESS RELEASE OR
WHATEVER THE EMAIL THAT WAS
SENT OUT, THIS IS THE ACTUAL
PRESS RELEASE.
IT IS A LONG PRESS RELEASE.
AHEAD HAS A LOT OF NICE WORDS.
WE HAVE HEARD CONSISTENCY THAT
50 ALONG THE QUARTERS AND
NEIGHBORHOODS ARE THE NUMBER
ONE PRIORITY.
CLEARLY YOU ARE NOT, THIS MOVE
IS NOT AN EXAMPLE OF
PRIORITIZING SAFETY OF
PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS.
SO AS YOU GO THROUGH THE
PRESENTATION TODAY, THAT IS
FINE.
BUT OBVIOUSLY MY QUESTION IS
MUCH MORE FUNDAMENTAL.
WHAT ARE YOU ACTUALLY GOING TO
DO TO REINSTATE THIS WORK AND
STOP BEING IN A STICK AND
BEHIND THE TIMES.
LISTENING TO, WHEN YOU SAY
COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, WHAT
THEY'RE LISTENING TO IS
BUSINESS OWNERS.
NOT ORDINARY PEOPLE.
SOME OF THEM ARE BUSINESS
OWNERS THEMSELVES WHO SUPPORT
THE BIKE MASTER PLAN.
THE LAST THING I WILL SAY IS
THAT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE
FIGHTING FOR THE CITY TO BE A
PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLIST FROM
THE CITY AND FOR VISION ZERO
AND FOR THE BICYCLE MASTER
PLAN, PLEASE KNOW THAT MY
OFFICE IS STRONGLY ON YOUR SIDE
IN SOLIDARITY WITH YOU.
PLEASE LET US KNOW WHAT WE CAN
DO TO HELP BUILD THE FIGHT
BACK.
THIS WILL HAVE TO BE A FIGHT
BACK.
THE MAYOR HAS CHOSEN TO IGNORE
US ALL AND DO WHAT SHE HAS DONE.
WE NEED TO FIGHT BACK.
I ALSO WANTED TO APOLOGIZE IN
ADVANCE.
I HAVE TO DEAL WITH ANOTHER
EMERGENCY ON A PERSONAL FRONT.
I WILL HAVE TO LEAVE AT 3:30
PM.
>> THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
I AM ACTUALLY INTERESTED IN
HEARING YOUR PRESENTATIONS AND
HAVING THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
LET'S JUST BEEN AND WE WILL DO
OUR BEST TO GET THROUGH THIS.
>>> THANK YOU EMMA
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN.
I WILL BE GOING OVER THE RECENT
PROGRESS THAT WE HAVE MADE ON
THAT BMP.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE
PRIORITIZATION PROCESS AND TALK
ABOUT HOW WE LOOK AT EQUITY WE
ARE COMING UP WITH THE
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
ALSO MENTIONED, NEW THIS YEAR
IS A RISK ASSESSMENT.
AND ALSO NEW THIS YEAR IS
OUTRAGE THAT WE WILL BE DOING.
WE HAD NOT DONE THAT BEFORE.
WILL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT OF
THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF THE PLAN.
SO SEATTLE HAS MADE PROGRESS
OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, IN
FACT WE HAVE THE NUMBER ONE NEW
BY?
2018 ON SECOND AVENUE.
THE PBL OUT THERE.
WE WERE NAMED THE NUMBER ONE
BIKE CITY IN THE UNITED STATES
BY BICYCLING MAGAZINE AS WELL.
AND THAT FALLS IN THE FOOTSTEPS
IN 2016 OF THE BEST NEW
FACILITY THAT YEAR WHICH WAS
THE WEST LIKE PROTECTED BIKE
LANE.
IN ADDITION, PEOPLE ARE WRITING
MORE.
THIS IS A GREAT TREND HERE.
IT DOESN'T NICOTINE, BIKE
RIDERSHIP IS UP 12% AT OUR FOUR
PERMANENT COUNTERS AT SPOKANE
STREET, LEAD BAY AND SECOND
AVENUE.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYONE TO GO
OUT TO THE FREMONT BRIDGE IN
THE MORNING OR IN THE AFTERNOON
AND SEE THE SWARMS OF
BICYCLISTS WERE USING THAT
AREA.
IT REALLY IS THAT.
I THINK THE SPOKANE STREET
BRIDGE TO WEST SEATTLE IS ONE
OF THE BEST EPICENTERS OF
CYCLING IN SEATTLE.
IT IS VERY ENCOURAGING TO SEE
THAT.
WHEN WE OPENED THE SECOND
AVENUE EXTENSION HE HAD A 32%
INCREASE IN RIDERSHIP.
WHEN WE BUILD THINGS, PEOPLE DO
COME.
BIKES WERE DEFINITELY A GREAT
TRAVEL OPTION DURING THAT
SEATTLE SQUEEZE.
WE HAD A MASSIVE INCREASE IN
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE BIKING AT
THAT TIME.
AND THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT
THOSE FOLKS WERE PARTIALLY
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SUCCESS OF
THE SEATTLE SQUEEZE.
BASICALLY, WE HAD ABOUT 30-44
BUSES WORTH OF PEOPLE WHO
DECIDED TO TAKE THEIR BICYCLE
AND OF COURSE WE DIDN'T HAVE
CAPACITY ON OUR STREETS FOR
THOSE BUSES AT ALL DURING THE
SQUEEZE.
I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT
THE OR JUST FOR COUNTERS AND
THERE ARE LITERALLY THOUSANDS
OF OTHER TRAITS OCCURRING IN
OUR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DON'T
GET COUNTED HERE.
NEVERTHELESS IT IS REALLY
ENCOURAGING AND SOMETHING WE
WANT TO MONITOR AS WE HEAD INTO
THE FUTURE.
WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS IN
COMPLETING THE BIKE NETWORK.
WE RECENTLY COMPLETED THE PHASE
1 OF THE WEST SEATTLE
NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAY WHICH
STARTS SOUTH OF ROXBURY STREET
IN WEST SEATTLE.
IT MEANDERS ALONG A
TOPOGRAPHICALLY ENHANCED ABOUT
TO DEAL WITH BIG HEELS,
CONNECTING TO THE SCHOOLS AND
PARKS.
THE RAIN NEAR GREENWAY WAS
RECENTLY COMPLETED AS WELL.
THIS IS A 6 MILE FACILITY IN
SOUTHEAST SEATTLE.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OTHER
PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDER
CONSTRUCTION, INCLUDING 56
STREET, COLOMBIAN, WILSON
AVENUE, PBL'S AS WELL.
WE HAVE MANY PROJECTS THAT ARE
IN DESIGN.
AND OF COURSE THAT CENTER CITY
BIKE NETWORK.
WE ARE CHARGING FORWARD ON
THOSE PROJECTS.
BUT AGAIN, WE PROJECTS AND
OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY AS
WELL.
STANLEY AND GREEN LAKE, WE HAVE
PROTECTED BIKE LANES AS WELL AS
BELL RIDGE AS WELL.
>> WE TALKED AT SOME LENGTH
ABOUT THAT CENTER CITY NETWORK
A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
THIS IS SHOWING UP AS IN DESIGN
AS OPPOSED TO CONSTRUCTION FOR
COMPLETION.
I KNOW THERE WERE PIECES A
COUPLE WEEKS AGO THAT WERE A
CHALLENGE.
BUT THE MAJORITY OF THAT WILL
GET BUILT THIS YEAR.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I
SHOULDN'T READ IT AS A SHIFT IN
THE LAST TWO WEEKS.
>> NOT AT ALL.
>> SO WE PRIORITIZED THE
PROJECTS IN THE 2014 BICYCLE
MASTER PLAN EVERY YEAR.
WE REPORT TO AS A REQUIRED
ORDINANCE.
THERE IS A QUANTITATIVE
ANALYSIS THAT TAKES INTO
ACCOUNT SAFETY, CONNECTIVITY,
RIDERSHIP, LIVABILITY, ETC.
ALONG WITH THE ADVISORY BOARD,
WE WORKED THROUGH SOME OF THE
MORE QUALITATIVE MEASURES AS
WELL.
WE GO OVER SOME OF THE
LEVERAGING OPPORTUNITIES THAT
WE MAY HAVE.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE IS A
PROJECT, WE OFTEN LIKE TO
PARTNER WITH THAT PROJECT TO DO
OUR BEST TO SAVE SOME FUNDING
THERE.
WE COORDINATE WITH MANY
DIFFERENT PARTNERS AND LOOK AT
THE GEOGRAPHIC EQUITY TO TRY
OUR BEST TO INVEST IN EACH
NEIGHBORHOOD OR SECTOR OF THE
CITY AS EQUITABLY AS POSSIBLE.
WE ARE MAKING CONSCIOUS EFFORTS
TO CONNECT TO LIGHT RAIL,
TRANSIT AND URBAN VILLAGES.
OF COURSE WE ARE BUILDING TO
OUR BUDGET.
WE ARE LOOKING AT THE FUNDING
AVAILABILITY PER HOUR LEVY TO
MOVE SEATTLE REASSESSMENT.
OF COURSE WE COMPLETED THAT
LAST YEAR.
>> I WILL CHIME IN BRIEFLY
HERE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS
DIFFERENT THIS YEAR FROM
PREVIOUS YEARS IS WE HAVE PUT
TOGETHER THE LIST BASED OFF OF
MILEAGE.
THIS YEAR, WE BASED IT OFF OF,
WE TRIED TO APPLY IT TOWARDS
THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT WE
HAD AND SELECT PROJECTS
THROUGHOUT THE PARAMETERS.
WE WORKED WITH THE ADVISORY
BOARD TO SELECT THEIR TOP
PRIORITY PROJECTS.
I WANT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING
THAT WE SHOULD HAVE CLARIFIED
WHEN WE SUBMITTED THE PLAN.
THEY HAD A LARGE LIST OF
PRIORITIZED PROJECTS THAT WERE
THERE.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING
FOR ALL OF THE PRIORITIZED
PROJECTS TO MAKE THIS LIST.
SO WE SELECTED PROJECTS FROM
THAT.
NOT ALL OF THE PRIORITIZED
PROJECTS MAKE THE LIST.
I APOLOGIZE.
WE SHOULD HAVE SHOWN THAT AND
REFLECTED IT DIFFERENTLY IN THE
PROJECT LIST.
WE SHOULD HAVE SHOWN IT AS
PRIORITIZED.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, WE
ARE COMMITTED TO CREATING NOT
JUST A BICYCLE NETWORK THAT IS
CONNECTED TO PEOPLE, PLACES AND
GOODS BUT ALSO BALANCED
GEOGRAPHICALLY ACROSS THE CITY.
WE CAN LOOK AT EACH OF OUR
PROJECTS FROM A GEOGRAPHIC
PERSPECTIVE.
WE LOOK AT SOCIOECONOMIC
FACTORS, ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES
AS WELL.
INC.
A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS AS WELL
TO HELP CONFIRM THE THINGS THAT
WE SAW IN OUR QUANTITATIVE
ANALYSIS.
FURTHERMORE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT
THERE IS A LOT MORE THAT WE
COULD DO.
WE RECENTLY PARTNERED WITH THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON AND
THE EVANS SCHOOL THERE TO DO A
REVIEW OF OUTREACH STRATEGIES
AND LOOK IN THE MIRROR AS WELL.
THEY WILL DO A REVIEW OF WHAT
WE DO.
AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE
PAST.
AND LOOK AT DIFFERENT WAYS THAT
WE CAN ENSURE THAT THE VOICES
ARE HEARD AND THAT WE ARE WELL
AWAE OF THE MANY ISSUES THAT
MIGHT DETERMINE WHETHER SOMEONE
DECIDES TO RIDE A BIKE, TAKE
THE BUS OR DRIVE THEIR VEHICLE.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OF COURSE
IS WELCOME.
THIS YEAR AS MENTIONED
PREVIOUSLY, WE ARE GOING TO
TAKE A DIFFERENT TASK WITH THIS
PLAN.
BY HAVING A MORE OPEN
CONVERSATION EARLIER IN THE
PROJECT DESIGN PROCESS, HERE WE
ARE AT LEVEL I IN OUR GRAPHIC
HERE.
THE PRIORITIZATION PROCESS AND
THE PREPLANNING PHASE.
AT THIS POINT WE WANT TO GO OUT
AND TALK TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND THIS YEAR AS WELL, WE LOOK
AT THE RISK.
THIS WAS AN EFFORT TO INCREASE
TRANSPARENCY WITH ALL THE
STAKEHOLDERS ON THE PLAN.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE DIFFERENT
CONSIDERATIONS AS WELL.
INCLUDING WHERE WE ARE IN THE
DESIGN PHASE, CLEARLY WE ARE
MUCH MORE AWARE OF SOME OF THE
RISKS WHEN WE ARE FURTHER ALONG
IN DESIGN THAN WHEN WE ARE IN
THE PREPLANNING PHASE WHICH IS
ONE OF THE REASONS WE WANT TO
TALK TO PEOPLE MORE FREQUENTLY
ABOUT THIS PROJECT'S.
WE OF COURSE LOOKED AT FUNDING
LEVELS AS WE ASSESSED THE LEVY.
WE SAW WHAT WE HAD TO GO TO
CONSTRUCTION WITH.
WE ARE LOOKING AT POTENTIAL
PARTNERSHIPS AND WHAT THAT
MEANS FOR SOME OF OUR PROJECTS
AND RIGHT-OF-WAY REQUIREMENTS
AS WELL.
THE NEXT STEP IS TO GET INPUT
ON THE PROJECT.
PROJECTS IN THE PLANNING PHASE,
WE ARE INTERESTED TO HEAR WHAT
FOLKS WHO LIVE AND WORK OUT IN
THESE NEIGHBORHODS HAVE TO SAY
ABOUT THIS.
WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS GO OUT
THERE AND HELP PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF A
CONNECTED BIKE NETWORK AND WHAT
THAT MEANS FOR SAFETY.
WE WANT TO HELP PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND HOW WE GOT TO THESE
PROJECTS.
HOW WE SELECTED THESE PROJECTS
AS WELL.
SO TONIGHT WE WILL BE AT THE
LEVY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
TOMORROW NIGHT WILL BE AT THE
BICYCLE ADVISORY BOARD AND
THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF APRIL
WILL BE CONDUCTING OUTREACH
EVENTS TO HEAR FROM FOLKS OUT
IN THESE COMMUNITIES.
WE WILL REPORT BACK TO YOU,
COUNSEL AND THE BIKE ADVISORY
COUNCIL IN MAY.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON?
>> A QUICK QUESTION.
FIRST OF ALL, JIM NICE PICTURE
OF SMALL, PROTECTIVE LIKE LANES
IN MY NECK OF THE WHAT'S.
IT CAME ABOUT BECAUSE A CITIZEN
ON ONE OF OUR CITY SPONSORED
PARKING DAYS TOOK OVER A
SECTION OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND
SHOWED THIS SECTION WILL WORK
JUST FINE.
TRAFFIC STILL MADE IT THROUGH.
KUDOS TO SDOT FOR TAKING THAT
CITIZEN GENERATED IDEA AND
TURNING IT INTO SOMETHING THAT
WORKS WELL FOR BICYCLISTS
THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU MENTIONED FUNDING
PRIORITIES.
ONE OF THE GUIDING LIGHTS OF
THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE HAVE
INTENDED TO MAKE IN PROTECTED
BIKE LANES IS DRIVEN BY OTHER
PROJECTS THAT ARE HAPPENING
WITHIN SDOT'S PORTFOLIO.
IT IS A WAY TO HIM STRAIGHT
THAT WE HAVE EFFICIENCIES OF
SCALE AND RATHER THAN TURNING
BACK SEVERAL YEARS LATER AND RE-
IMPLEMENTING SOMETHING THAT IS
A HECK OF A LOT CHEAPER THAN
OTHER PAVING PROJECTS OR OTHER
ISSUES, BASED ON THE PROJECT
LIST OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF
YEARS, DO YOU ANTICIPATE
ANYTHING COMING UP THE PRIORITY
LIST?
OR COMING DOWN OFF THE PRIORITY
LIST BECAUSE OF THAT
SYNERGISTIC OPPORTUNITY WHERE
WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE
OTHER PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD
TO ADD PROTECTIVE FACILITIES
THAT DON'T EXIST TODAY?
>> THERE IS DEFINITELY
OPPORTUNITY FOR HER PROJECTS TO
MOVE UP AND BE FUNDED THROUGH
CONSTRUCTION.
THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE WHEN WE
HAVE COST SAVINGS.
WHETHER THAT BE AT THE OVERALL
PROJECT LEVEL OR EVEN DOWN IN
THE WEEDS A LITTLE MORE IN THE
INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS OF THE
BICYCLE FACILITIES DESIGNED
THERE.
I DO BELIEVE THERE ARE
OPPORTUNITIES AS WE MOVE
FORWARD.
AGAIN, WITH THIS PROPOSED
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AS WELL, WE
MADE A CONSCIOUS EFFORT TO NOT
INCLUDE ANY OF OUR GRANT
FUNDING AND US SO THAT WE COULD
BE TRUE TO THE LEVY TO MOVE
SEATTLE.
THERE ARE A LOT MORE
OPPORTUNITIES TO MOVE UP ON THE
LIST.
>> OUR FUTURE GRANT FUNDING AND
PAST PLANS, WE HAVE HAD A LINE
ITEM FOR FUTURE GRANT FUNDING
AND WE DIDN'T PUT THAT IN THIS
TIME.
BUT WE STILL PLAN ON ACTIVELY
PURSUING GRANTS.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
PART OF MY FRUSTRATION, AND
THIS IS NOT JUST THE
FRUSTRATION AROUND BICYCLING
BUT ALSO AS COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN HAS HEARD ME SAY,
DOWNTOWN AS WELL.
WE HAVE GOTTEN ABOUT 30% OF THE
CITIES LANDMASS THAT HAS BEEN
PAVED OVER FOR ROADS AND RIGHT-
OF-WAY.
IF WE HAVE 5% OF THE FOLKS WHO
ARE MAKING THE CHOICE TO RIDE A
BIKE TO AND FROM WORK OR TO
SHOPPING OR OTHER DESTINATIONS
IN THE CITY, WE ARE NOWHERE
NEAR EVEN 5% OF THAT 30% BEING
SAFE AND PROTECTED BIKE LANES.
THE SAME COULD BE SAID FOR THE
MORE THAN 50% OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
MAKING THE CHOICE TO RIDE
TRANSIT INTO DOWNTOWN EVERY
DAY.
WE DON'T DEDICATE 50% TO
TRANSIT RIDERS.
THAT WE HAVE 50% OF PEOPLE
TAKING THE BUS.
I THINK THAT THE FRUSTRATION
YOUR HEARING FROM FOLKS UP HERE
AND OUT IN THE COMMUNITY IS
THAT THESE ARE HARD CHOICES BUT
THEY ARE POLITICAL CHOICES,
FUNDAMENTALLY BECAUSE WHEN WE
GET TOGETHER AND MAKE A
DECISION, WE CAN PAINT
SOMETHING PRETTY QUICKLY.
WE CAN PUT IT UP AND HE
QUICKLY.
WE CAN MAKE IT A SAFE PLACE FOR
PEOPLE QUICKLY.
WHAT I AM HOPEFUL FOR IS THAT
YOU ARE HEARING A REAL INTEREST
FROM THE COMMUNITY TO SEE WHAT
OTHER PROJECTS MIGHT BE RISING
IN THE PRIORITY LIST AND FIND
OPPORTUNITIES TO LEVERAGE NEW
IDEAS THAT WILL MAKE IT SAFER
FOR FOLKS.
>> GREAT.
>> SO THAT TO THOSE 19-2024
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IS A SIX-
YEAR PLAN THAT ALIGNS WITH THE
NEXT SIX YEARS.
THE LAST SIX YEARS OF THE LEVY
TO MOVE SEATTLE.
AND OF COURSE WE HAVE
REASSESSED THAT THIS PLAN
REFLECTS THE SPENDING MOVING
FORWARD.
WE HAVE 60 TO MILES OF NEW
FACILITIES THAT WILL BE
CONSTRUCTED OR DESIGNED IN HIS
CURRENT PLAN.
TO REPRESENT ABOUT $76 MILLION
IN INVESTMENT AND ALMOST $70
MILLION IN INVESTMENTS.
I THINK IT REFLECTS THE CITY'S
COMMITMENT TO BUILD THAT
CONNECTED AND SAFE BIKE NETWORK
AS THE CITY CONTINUES TO GROW.
SO HERE IS HOW WE ARE DOING IT.
IT IS A MIX OF DETECTIVE BIKE
LANES, BIKE LANES AND TRAILS.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PICTURE
HERE, THIS IS NORTHEAST 56th
STREET.
AS YOU KNOW, IT IS CURRENTLY IN
THE PROCESS OF BEING
TRANSFORMED INTO A MUCH MORE
FRIENDLY STREET FOR PEOPLE WHO
WANT TO RIDE THEIR BICYCLE.
PEOPLE WHO WANT TO WALK AND
STILL FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO
DRIVE AS WELL.
SO I THINK WHAT YOU WILL SEE
OUT HERE IS A STREET THAT WORKS
WELL FOR EVERYONE.
IT PROVIDES PEOPLE WITH
CONNECTIONS TO THE LIGHT RAIL
STATION AS WELL.
AND WE ARE CONNECTING TO
PROPOSED FREQUENT TRANSIT
NETWORKS.
TO REAL STATIONS.
WE ARE CONNECTING TO SCHOOLS AS
WELL.
TO THOSE DESTINATIONS THAT
PEOPLE DO WANT TO GET TO.
WE ARE ALSO BUILDING A NETWORK
OF NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS AS
YOU KNOW, WHICH ARE TYPICALLY
INSTALLED ON LOWER VOLUME, NON-
ARTERIAL STREETS.
WE HAVE FANTASTIC ARTERIAL
CROSSINGS AS WELL ON OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS.
WE ARE CONNECTING TO SCHOOLS,
TRANSIT AND SOON TO BE OPENLY
FLAT RAIL STATIONS.
AS WE HEAD INTO THE PROJECT,
YOU SEE THAT WE ARE INVESTING
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW
PROJECTS SO WE HAVE IN
SOUTHEAST SEATTLE.
WE HAVE BIKE FACILITIES THAT
ARE CURRENTLY UNDER
CONSTRUCTION.
AS WELL AS ON COLOMBIAN WAY AND
WILSON AVENUE SOUTH.
IN WEST SEATTLE, THE REDLINE
YOU SEE THERE IS A RECENTLY
COMPLETED WEST SEATTLE
NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAY. WE ARE
ABOUT TO GO INTO CONSTRUCTION
ON THE ATHLON WAY PROJECT AS
WELL.
THAT IS A PROJECT THAT DOES
RECONFIGURE PARKING AND MAKE
FOR AN EXCELLENT STREET FOR
PEOPLE WHO ARE TAKING THE BUS
OR TAKING THEIR BIKE OR WALKING
AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IN CENTRAL SEATTLE, OUR FOCUS
DEFINITELY REMAINS ON THE
CENTER CITY BIKE NETWORK.
YOU WILL SEE, WE HAVE PROJECTS
PROPOSED THROUGHOUT THE CENTRAL
PART OF THE CITY INCLUDING
EASTLAKE.
ANTIUNION STREET AS WELL.
AND IN NORTH SEATTLE, A SLEW OF
PROJECTS ARE CURRENTLY IN THE
WORKS WERE UNDERWAY.
YOU CAN SEE 65th, 68th STREET
GREENWAY THAT SAM REFERENCED
EARLIER.
AS WELL AS PROJECTS IN
PREPLANNING THAT CONNECTS
NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE LITTLE
BROOKE AND CEDAR PARK.
THEY ARE CLOSE TOGETHER BUT ARE
CURRENTLY CHALLENGING TO GET TO
BECAUSE OF MAJOR BARRIERS LIKE
STATE ROUTES IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL.
>> ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, JUST
AS AN EXAMPLE, THE LEGEND WITH
THE DIFFERENT COLORS, IT IS
SOMEWHAT CONFUSING TO ME.
I GET WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO SAY
BUT WHEN I LOOK AT THIS MAP,
WHAT I WANT TO SEE IS, WHEN IS
IT GETTING BELTS?
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MAYBE, A
SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO COLOR-
CODED IT BY COMPLETION YEAR.
SO FOLKS CAN SAY THIS YEAR OR
THREE YEARS OUT.
I CAN IMAGINE YOU MIGHT BE ABLE
TO SAY YOU KNOW IT IS IN
PREPLANNING BUT YOU DON'T KNOW
WHEN IT WILL BE BUILT.
BUT MAYBE THERE IS AN ASTERIX
OR SOMETHING.
IT WOULD BE MUCH MORE HELPFUL I
THINK TO KNOW THAT STUFF.
>> THAT IS GREAT FEEDBACK.
I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING WE
CAN DEFINITELY DO FOR YOU.
>> SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I
THINK I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED
THAT WE WILL BE AT THE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TONIGHT.
WILL BE AT THE BICYCLE ADVISORY
BOARD.
TOMORROW NIGHT WE WILL BE DOING
OUTREACH EVENTS THROUGH APRIL.
AND IN MAY WE WILL TRANSMIT IN
UPDATED LIST FOR APPROVAL.
ONGOING, WE WANT TO TALK WITH
FOLKS ABOUT THIS.
IF THERE IS AN ISSUE TO
MITIGATE, WE CAN WORK ON THE
SOLUTIONS SOONER THAN WE HAVE
IN THE PAST.
>> ANOTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS
AND THEN I HAVE SOME MORE BROAD
COMMENTS I WANT TO MAKE.
YOU TALKED IN THE PRESENTATION
ABOUT A NEW CATEGORY OF RISKS.
I SEE THAT IN THE DRAFT PLAN.
IT SHOWS UP.
WHEN I SEE THE WORD REST, THE
FIRST THING THAT COMES TO MIND
IS RISK THAT SOMEONE MIGHT DIE.
I DON'T THINK THAT IS WHAT THIS
BRISK IS.
IS THIS POLITICAL RISK?
IS THIS THIRD PARTY FUNDING
RISK?
>> THIS IS A NEW ATTEMPT FOR
US.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE
RESENTED THE LIST LIKE THIS.
I THINK THAT IN THE PAST, IF
SOMETHING CHANGED FROM WHAT THE
LIST THAT WAS DELIVERED, IT WAS
SEEN AS A FAILURE TO MEET A
COMMITMENT.
THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS THAT
ARE MOVING ON A LOT OF THESE
PROJECTS WHERE WE WANTED TO
MAKE SURE WE WERE CLEAR IN
WHERE THEY HAVE CHALLENGES OUT
THERE.
SOME OF THEM ARE THIRD-PARTY
COORDINATION.
SOME ARE OTHER PROJECT RELATED
ITEMS.
SOME ART FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR,
TO MOVE THINGS INTO
CONSTRUCTION.
WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT
THOSE THINGS ARE.
THAT WE ARE STILL WORKING ON.
TO NOT MAKE IT SEEM LIKE WE
HAVE FIGURED OUT EVERYTHING
ABOUT EVERY PROJECT THAT IS
STILL THREE OR FOUR YEARS AWAY
FROM DELIVERY.
>> I DIDN'T HERE AND THERE
POLITICAL RISK OR
CONTROVERSIAL.
IS THAT A COMPONENT OF IT?
OR NOT?
>> FOR ALL OF THESE THAT ARE
STILL IN THE PLANNING OR DESIGN
STAGES, THERE IS STILL
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LEFT TO
HAPPEN.
THERE ARE STILL CONCERNS THAT
NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.
>> MY PERSPECTIVE, IF YOU ARE
GOING TO TELL ME YOU WILL BUILD
A BIKE LANE SOMEWHERE IN THE
CITY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME
WHERE ON THE MAP, BUT MY
ASSUMPTION THAT IT WILL BE
CONTROVERSIAL ON SOME LEVEL TO
SOMEBODY.
OTHER THINGS THAT ARE FLAGGED
AS RISK, WE THINK THIS IS GOING
TO BE MORE CONTROVERSIAL THAN
OTHERS.
WE WANT TO BRACE OURSELVES FOR
THAT.
VERSUS WE ARE ON THE CAN GET
THIS DONE IF PRC APPROVES OR WE
HAVE FUNDING OR SOMETHING.
I AM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW
TO READ THIS.
>> THE FUNDED THROUGH
CONSTRUCTION WITH RISKS, WE
HAVE TRIED TO HIGHLIGHT WITH
THE TOP ISSUES WE SEE OUT THERE
ARE.
THE ONES THAT ARE FUNDED
THROUGH CONSTRUCTION WITH LOW
RISK.
WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ANYTHING
AFFECTING THOSE GOING FORWARD.
SO WE HAVE TRIED TO BE CLEAR
AND TRANSPARENT.
I AGREE.
EVERY BIKE LANE I HAVE BEEN A
PART OF INSTALLING HAS SOMEBODY
WHO DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT TILL
IT WAS BEING INSTALLED.
I HAVE WORKED THROUGH 90% OF
THOSE PROBLEMS.
WE ARE TRYING.
WE ARE OPEN TO THE FEEDBACK
FROM YOU.
I HEARD FEEDBACK REGARDING HOW
THIS HAS BEING RECEIVED.
BEHIND ALTHOUGH LEVY RESET
ACTIVITY, WE WANT TO BE CLEAR
ABOUT WHERE WE STAND WITH
PROJECTS.
SO OUR DELIVERY IS ALSO
UNDERSTANDABLE AND A BIT MORE
PREDICTABLE.
>> I WANT TO HEAR AS AN ATTEMPT
AT BEING TRANSPARENT AND
HONEST, THERE IS UNCERTAINTY IN
ALL OF THIS.
WE KNOW THAT.
I GUESS LET'S CONTINUE TO WORK
TOGETHER AND WORK WITH
COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON HOW WE
CHARACTERIZE THAT.
I CAN IMAGINE, LIKE YOU SAID,
THE ONES THAT WE ARE ABOUT TO
BREAK GROUND ON, WE ARE FEELING
GOOD ABOUT THAT.
FIVE YEARS FROM NOW THERE IS
MORE UNCERTAINTY.
IT WOULD BE GREAT TO KNOW IF
FROM THE PRIMITIVE THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE, THERE IS A PARTICULAR
ONE COMING IN THE FUTURE WE
KNOW THAT WILL BE A REAL
CHALLENGE BECAUSE YOU'VE
ALREADY HEARD FROM WHATEVER THE
BUSINESS IS ON THAT STREET WE
FLAGGED THAT SO FOLKS KNOW.
EFFECTS WANT TO ORGANIZE NOW
THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
IF IT IS A FUNDING RISK, THAT
IS DIFFERENT.
SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND THE
DIFFERENT CRITERIA.
I THINK IT IS GREAT TO NOT JUST
SAY EVERYTHING IN THE PLAN WILL
BE BUILT ON EXACT TIMING.
I THINK THE COMMUNITY IS AWARE
THAT THAT IS PROBABLY NOT TRUE
BASED ON PAST PERFORMANCE.
UNDERSTANDING WHAT THOSE THINGS
ARE THAT WE ARE ALREADY WORRIED
ABOUT AND HOW WE CAN MITIGATE
THOSE.
IF THIS RELIED ON STATE
FUNDING, WE WILL DO THAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON?
>> I WILL ASK YOU SOME
QUESTIONS THAT I THINK ARE
GOING TO SOUND RIDICULOUS BUT I
FEEL COMPELLED TO DO SO.
ANY SDOT EMPLOYEE WHO WORKS IN
THE BIKE PROGRAM, DO THEY GET
EXTRA KICKBACKS?
DO THEY PERSONALLY PROFIT OR
BENEFIT FROM THE CONSTRUCTION
OF PROTECTED BIKE LANES?
>> NO.
>> THE DEFENDANT SAID NO.
>> I DON'T EITHER.
THERE HAS BEEN RUMORS AND
ALLEGATIONS THAT EITHER
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE EMPLOYED BY
THE CITY DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION OR I MYSELF HAVE
STOOD TO PERSONALLY FINANCIALLY
BENEFIT FROM THE CONSTRUCTION
OF PROTECTED BIKE LANES THE
CITY.
IT IS WONDERFUL TO HEAR YOU SAY
NO, THEY DO NOT.
I WANT TO REAFFIRM THAT I DO
NOT AS WELL.
ALSO, I WOULD LOVE TO ASK YOU
ANOTHER RIDICULOUS QUESTION.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THE GOALS OF PROTECTION AND
SAFETY OF THE DEPARTMENT
BECAUSE I DO THINK PEOPLE WANT
TO HEAR MORE ABOUT YOUR VISION
FOR PROTECTING PEOPLE IN THE
CITY WHO MAKE THE CHOICE TO
WALK, BIKE, OR TAKE TRANSIT.
HAVE YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS A
LOT IN YOUR CONFIRMATION
PROCESS?
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HERE TODAY
THAT WEREN'T TRACKING THAT.
I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO HAVE A
CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT YOUR
COMMITMENT TO VISION ZERO AND
SAFETY IN THE CITY.
>> I HAVE A DEEP-SEATED
COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING
EVERYBODY THAT TRAVELS AROUND
THE CITY.
I THINK THAT COMES FROM
BUILDING OUT WITH AGES AND
ABILITIES.
AND THAT INCLUDES BICYCLE,
PEDESTRIAN AND TRANSIT
FACILITIES.
FOR ME, THAT STARTS FROM
UNDERSTANDING WHERE OUR SAFETY
CHALLENGES ARE AND PRIORITIZING
OUR INVESTMENTS IN THOSE
LOCATIONS.
TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES WE ARE
CURRENTLY SEEING IN THE
COMMUNITY.
WORKING TO OVERCOME THE ACTUAL
CRASH PATTERNS THAT WE SEE AND
WORKING TO OVERCOME THOSE.
I DO THINK THAT BUILDING OUT
CONNECTED NETWORKS IS CRITICAL.
TO ME THAT MEANS CONNECTING
PEOPLE TO TRANSIT, TO SCHOOLS,
TO OTHER DESTINATIONS THAT THEY
ARE TRYING TO GET TO.
GETTING PEOPLE TO AND FROM
THOSE LOCATIONS.
THERE IS A LONG PROCESS AND
DOING THAT IN SOME CASES.
INCREMENTAL INVESTMENTS WE MADE
SHOULD BUILD ON ONE ANOTHER AND
CONTINUE TO BUILD THE
CONNECTING NETWORK.
>> I'M GRATEFUL TO HEAR YOU SAY
THAT.
I FEEL OBVIOUSLY A SENSE OF
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
ASSOCIATED IS NOT ONLY THE
PROJECT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE
TALKED ABOUT IN PUBLIC
TESTIMONY BUT IN OTHER PROJECTS
IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
PART OF THE REASON WHY I AM SO
PROUD OF THE OPENING OF THE NEW
PROTECTED BIKE LANE IS BECAUSE
OF THE SERIES OF DEATHS WE HAVE
HAD IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I MYSELF WAS ACCUSED OF
PERSONALLY BENEFITING FROM MY
RELATIONSHIP TO THE CITY AND
GETTING A CROSSWALK PAINTED
NEARBY MY HOUSE.
AND SOMEBODY SUBMITTED AN
ETHICS COMPLAINT SAYING I HAD
EXERTED UNDUE INFLUENCE BY
ASKING THE FOLKS TO COME OUT
AND RE-POST THE SIDEWALK.
THE REASON THEY CAME OUT AND
REPAINTED THE SIDEWALK WAS
BECAUSE TWO WEEKS EARLIER AND
80-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS STRUCK
AND KILLED BY A CAR MAKING A
LEFT-HAND TURN WHILE SHE WAS
TRYING TO GET TO THE COFFEE
SHOP.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO
WHEN A DEATH LIKE THAT OCCURS
IS THAT WE REFRESHED THE
CROSSWALK PAINT.
THAT IS A SIMPLE THING TO DO
BUT IT IS AN IMPORTANT THING TO
DO.
I FEEL A REAL RESPONSIBILITY.
I KNOW FROM OUR
RESPONSIBILITIES AND
CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD, I'M
EXCITED TO SEE HOW WE MIGHT
TRANSLATE THAT INTO REAL
ACTION.
>> I HAVE TOMORROW OVERARCHING
COMMENTS.
THE FIRST IS ABOUT THE TIMING.
I WANT TO SAY THAT I
DISAPPOINTED IN THE TIMING ON
THIS.
THE GOAL OF THE CITY IS TO DO
ANNUAL UPDATES.
LAST FALL THERE WAS A LOT OF
MOVE SEATTLE RESET GOING ON.
THERE WAS A REQUEST TO TAKE
MORE TIME TO GET THE BIKE THING
RIGHT.
I APPRECIATED THAT.
THE EXPECTATION WAS, MY
EXPECTATION WAS, MAYBE I WASN'T
CLEAR.
BY THE END OF MARCH WE WOULD
HAVE A FINAL PLAN THAT HAD GONE
THROUGH MONTHS OF FEEDBACK WITH
COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
TO GET AT 5:05 PM ON FRIDAY ON
THE LAST DAY OF MARCH, WITH
DRAFT WRITTEN ALL OVER IT, WE
HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO REVIEW THIS
OR COMMENT ON IT.
I APPRECIATE THAT IN THE COMING
MONTHS THERE WILL BE A LOT OF
OPPORTUNITIES FOR FEEDBACK.
I JUST, THERE IS A SENSE OF
URGENCY THAT I FEEL.
THESE PROJECTS, THEY SAVE
LIVES.
EVERY MONTH THEY ARE DELAYED IS
A RISK THAT SOMEONE WILL BE
INJURED OR KILLED.
THESE PROJECTS SAVE CARBON
EMISSIONS.
WE SHOULD BE IN A SPEEDY RACE
TO PREVENT MORE THAN 1.5
DEGREES OF WARMING BUT AN END
OF THE NEXT DECADE OR WE WILL
BE IN TROUBLE.
THESE PROJECTS MAKE A HUGE
DIFFERENCE ON THAT.
I JUST REALLY WANT TO URGE US
TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PUT
URGENCY BEHIND THE WORK.
BOTH THE PLANNING AND THE
FEEDBACK WORK AND THE DELIVERY
WORK.
WE NEED TO DO COMMUNITY
OUTREACH.
WE LEARN A LOT.
WE LEARN FROM PEOPLE IN THE
COMMUNITY.
PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT OPINIONS ON
WHERE THEY WANT TO GO.
IT SHOULDN'T TAKE A YEAR.
LET'S HEAR WHAT THE NEIGHBORS
HAVE TO SAY.
LET'S BRING THE EXPERTISE AND
WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN OTHER
NEIGHBORHOODS.
LET'S MOVE ON THINGS.
SOMETIMES THEY SAY IT DOESN'T
WORK OUT.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF THINGS
COME BACK.
THEY SAY IT JUST WORKED OUT
LIKE WE THOUGHT.
THE SECOND CONCERN IS EVEN
HIGHER ARCHING.
IT IS DIRECTED AT THE MAYOR AND
HER TEAM.
I ASSUME SHE WILL GET THAT FROM
LISTENING TO THIS.
THERE ARE REAL CHALLENGES
FACING YOU.
THEY WOULD HAVE DONE IT A LONG
TIME AGO.
THE MAYOR AND HERITAGE A LEVY
THAT HAD CHALLENGES.
PROBABLY BOTH AND DESIGNED BY
PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND
úALSO SOME CHALLENGES BECAUSE O
A CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENT.
SOME CHALLENGES FROM A FEDERAL
ADMINISTRATION THAT ISN'T AS
GENEROUS WITH MATCHING GRANTS.
THOSE ARE ALL LEGITIMATE
CHANGES.
THE MAYOR HAS DONE A DECENT JOB
THROUGH THIS RESET ON
RECOGNIZING WHAT THINGS WILL
HAVE TO CHANGE.
WE WILL HAVE TO BE SOMEWHAT
FLEXIBLE.
THE THING THAT IS HARD.
MAYBE IT HASN'T COME YET
BECAUSE IT WAS JUST RELEASED ON
FRIDAY IS SOMEONE SAYING THERE
ARE PROJECTS THAT WE MIGHT NOT
BE ABLE TO DO IN THIS PLAN WITH
THIS POOL OF MONEY.
BUT WE HAVE THESE OTHER THINGS.
WE HAVE TO DO THEM.
I AM COMMITTED TO VISION ZERO
AND THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
I AM COMMITTED THAT WE WILL
HAVE TO FIND NEW WAYS TO DO
THIS.
WE WILL HAVE TO GET MORE
CREATIVE, WHETHER IT IS MORE
LOW-COST THINGS OR NEW POOLS OF
MONEY.
LOOKING AT REBALANCING.
WHATEVER IT IS.
SOME COMMITMENT THAT WHILE THIS
PLAN SHOWS SOME THINGS THAT ARE
DISAPPOINTING, WE WANT TO SHOW
THE PEOPLE THAT WE ARE NOT
HAPPY WITH THIS.
THIS IS NOT AN EXCUSE TO DO
LAST.
IT IS MOTIVATING US TO DO A LOT
MORE.
WE WILL TELL YOU WHAT AND HOW
WE WILL DO THAT.
IT WILL BE HARDER.
BUT I WANT TO BE ABLE TO HEAR
WITH THAT VISION IS.
I WANT TO BE CONVINCED THAT
THAT IS A VISION I CAN BUY INTO
AND THAT THE FOLKS CAN BUY INTO
AND HOW WE COME TOGETHER TO
WORK TO SOLVE THAT.
THE LAST THING I WILL MENTION
ABOUT REBALANCING, WHICH I
TALKED ABOUT, WE LOOKED AT THE
LEVY RESET IN THE FALL WITHOUT
THESE PIECES OF INFORMATION.
THE SPENDING ON BIKE FACILITIES
DROPS A COUPLE MILLION DOLLARS
PER YEAR.
PREVIOUSLY IT WAS ABOUT 14 1/2
MILLION DOLLARS ON A FIVE-YEAR
PLAN.
NOW WE ARE AT 12 1/2 MILLION
DOLLARS FOR THE SIX YOUR PLAN.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE
LOOK AT THAT IN THE CONTEXT OF
THE OVERALL PACKAGE.
I DON'T KNOW THE TIMING TO DO
THAT.
BUT WE ARE BUILDING PROJECTS A
COUPLE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS
FOR A FEW BLOCKS OF AN
OVERPASS.
IT IS EXPENSIVE.
I WANT TO LOOK AT THIS IS THE
CONTEXT OF WHAT WE ARE DOING.
WE CENTER CLIMATE AND SAFETY,
THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT BALANCE,
NOW THAT WE HAVE MORE OF THE
PIECES OF THE PUZZLE.
>> WITH THAT, I WILL HOP OFF OF
MY SOAP BOX.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
I APPRECIATE YOU ALL SHOWING UP
TODAY AND HAVING THIS
CONVERSATION.
WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE TO
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO.
>> COUNSEL BILL 119472, AND
ORDINANCE RELATING TO LAND USE
AND ZONING.
OF THE SADDLE MUNICIPAL CODE.
>> AS WE HAVE PRESENTERS COME
FORWARD, THIS IS PRETTY EXCITING
WE EXPECT THIS TO BE RAPID
TRANSFORMATION.
THOSE WHO DON'T WANT TO STAY,
WE ASK YOU TO KEEP YOUR VOLUME
DOWN AS YOU EXIT THE CHAMBERS.
YOU CAN HAVE YOUR CONVERSATIONS
OUTSIDE THE WALL.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
WHAT WE START WITH
INTRODUCTIONS.
>> YOLANDA
>> ANDREA PRATT.
>> CHRISTINA GHAN.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
I HAVE GIVEN MY BRIEF OPENING
FOR THIS.
YOU JUMP INTO THE PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU.
I BELIEVE THIS WILL BE MY LAST
TIME AT THE TABLE WITH
COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON.
IT HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO WORK
WITH YOU.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE
TODAY.
WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE
ELECTRIC NICKEL READINESS
ORDINANCE.
I WILL QUICKLY PASS IT ALONG TO
MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE WORKED
SO HARD TO DEVELOP THIS
ORDINANCE.
I WILL SAY BRIEFLY THAT WE
RECOGNIZE THAT LOGIC VEHICLES
ARE NOT THE END ALL BE ALL.
THEY ARE NOT THE ONLY SOLUTION
TO REDUCE GLOBAL WARMING
POLLUTION.
BUT THEY ARE NEVERTHELESS A
CRITICAL PIECE OF THE PUZZLE.
WE ARE EXCITED TO BE HERE TO
TALK WITH YOU ABOUT WHY WE
THINK THE ORDINANCE IS SO
IMPORTANT.
THE WORK THAT WENT INTO
DEVELOPING IT AND THEN US MORE
DETAIL ABOUT WHAT IT DOES.
WITH THAT, I WILL PASS IT ALONG
TO ANDREA.
>> THANK YOU.
WE WILL GIVE YOU A BRIEF
BACKGROUND AND GO OVER AN
OVERVIEW AND WITHOUT FURTHER
ADO.
THE ORDINANCE WAS A JOINT
EFFORT AND SUPPORTS SEVERAL
CITY POLICY GOALS.
FIRST AND FOREMOST,
ELECTRIFYING TRANSPORTATION IS
ESSENTIAL TO REACH GREENHOUSE
GAS EMISSIONS.
IT ASKS THE CITY TO TRANSITION
OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM FROM
OIL TO ELECTRICITY.
USING HALF THE OIL BY 2035 AND
HAVING 30% OF ALL VEHICLES IN
THE CITY OF SEATTLE BE ELECTRIC
BY 2030.
THIS ORDINANCE IS ALSO ONE OF
12 CLIMATE ACTION PRIORITIES
OUTLINED BY THE MAYOR IN 2018
IS A KEY IMPLEMENTATION OF
DRIVE CLEAN SEATTLE.
I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS ORDINANCE
SUPPORTS A BROADER CLIMATE
FRAMEWORK THAT PROMOTES WALKING
BY PRODUCING OCCUPANCY VEHICLES
AND THE DEPENDENCE ON THE.
TO BE CLEAR, THE ORDINANCE DOES
NOT INCENTIVIZE ADDITIONAL
PARKING BUT IT JUST ENSURES
WHERE DEVELOPERS ARE CHOOSING
TO BUILD PARKING.
THAT THOSE SPACES ARE ELECTIVE.
>> THANK YOU FOR REITERATING
THAT.
WHERE LECTURE VEHICLES FIT IN
THE OVERALL FRAMEWORK.
OCCASIONALLY YOU HEAR FOLKS SAY
WE DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT IT
BECAUSE EVERYONE WILL BE
DRIVING ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
I'M NOT SURE THE PATH TO GET
THERE MAKES SENSE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER IMPACT
WE HAVE A TON OF VEHICLES GOING
AROUND.
THE GOAL TO HAVE 20% BY 2030,
YOU SEE A LOT OF ELECTRIC
VEHICLES OUT THERE, WHERE ARE
WE?
WHAT IS THE LATEST?
>> WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, SEATTLE
IS AN OF THE TOP U.S. MARKETS
FOR SALES IN THE NATION AND
ADOPTION RATES ARE CLIMBING.
AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, WE HAD
6700 U VISA IN THE CITY AND
TODAY, 10%, SO ONE OUT OF 10
NEW REGISTERED VEHICLES ARE
ELECTRIC.
THAT IS THE NEW ONES?
HOW MANY VEHICLES ARE IN THE
CITY?
>> TOTAL WE HAVE ROUGHLY I
BELIEVE AROUND 600,000.
WE ARE A LITTLE OVER 1% TOTAL
BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW BY THAT
STATISTIC, WHEN PEOPLE ARE
CHOOSING TO BUY A NEW VEHICLE,
ONE OUT OF 10 IS ELECTRIC, THE
GROWTH CURVE IS EXPONENTIAL.
WE CONTINUE THAT AND EXPECT IT
TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD.
AUTOMAKERS ARE ALL IN ON
ELECTIVE FURCATION AND THEY ARE
RAMPING UP REDUCTION WITH
DOZENS OF NEW MODELS COMING OUT
OF THE NEXT YEARS.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST BARRIERS TO
ADOPTION IS THE LACK OF ACCESS
TO CHARGING.
DUE TO CONVENIENCE AND COST,
MOST CHARGING HAPPENS AT HOME,
WHICH ALSO HAPPENS TO BE THE
BEST TIME FOR THE UTILITY GRID.
REPRIORITIZE RESIDENTIAL
DEVELOPMENT IN THIS ORDINANCE.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT PARKING,
THE PARKING WE ARE BUILDING
TODAY IS GOING TO LAST 50 YEARS
OR MORE, THIS ORDINANC ENSURES
THAT ALL NEW PARKING IS
FACILITATING THE TRANSITION
FROM DIRTY FOSSIL FUELS
VEHICLES TO ZERO OMISSIONS
VEHICLES.
WE TALK ABOUT EV READINESS,
WHAT WE MEAN IS THAT ALL OF THE
INFRASTRUCTURE IS IN PLACE AT
THE TIME OF CONSTRUCTION TO
SUPPORT CHARGING.
THIS INCLUDES EVERYTHING FROM
THE ELECTRICAL SERVICE TO THE
TRANSFORMERS, THE PANELS, THE
CONDUIT, THE CIRCUITS, THEY
WILL ALL BE BIG ENOUGH TO
SUPPORT 40 AMP OR LEVEL II
CHARGING.
THAT IS SIMILAR TO A DRYER
PLUG.
ANOTHER TERM FOR THIS IS CALLED
FULLY WIRED CIRCUITS.
WE KNOW INSTALLING THE
INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE TIME OF
CONSTRUCTION IS BY FAR THE
CHEAPEST.
RETROFITTING LATER IS COST BIT
OF A PARTICULARLY FOR
APARTMENTS AND MULTIFAMILY.
RIGHT NOW THE IF THE STRUCTURE
IS BEING INSTALLED AS A HIGHER
AND AMENITY.
MANDATING THIS IN ALL
DEVELOPMENTS WILL INCREASE
ACCESS IN UNDERSERVED
COMMUNITIES.
>> IF I HEAR YOU CORRECTLY, IT
IS DELIVERING SOME SERVICES BUT
IT IS A PREMIUM AS OPPOSED TO A
BASELINE.
IT IS GREAT THAT WE HAVE A
SOLUTION TO FIX IT.
>> OTHER LEADING CITIES WITH
PROGRESSIVE CODES INCLUDE
SYMPHYSIS GO, VANCOUVER AND
ATLANTA.
WE HAVE WORKED WITH ALL THREE
OF THESE CITIES TO UNDERSTAND
THE NUANCES OF THE POLICIES.
LESSONS LEARNED AND WE REALLY
WANTED TO TAKE WHAT OTHER
PEOPLE HAD ALREADY DONE AND
KIND OF USE THAT TO INFORM OUR
PROCESS AND ACHIEVE DESIRED
OUTCOMES.
ARE ORDINANCE IS SIMILAR IN
THAT IT FOCUSES ON RESIDENTIAL,
INCLUDING MY FAMILY BUT OUR
POLICY REQUIRES FULLY WIRED
CIRCUITS.
INSTEAD OF JUST CONDUIT.
THAT WILL AVOID THOSE COSTLY
RETROFITS LATER.
I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT
THEY DID SIGNIFICANT OUTREACH
AND ENGAGEMENT AND WE REALLY
WANTED THE GOAL TO HAVE ALL NEW
PARKING BE READY IN THE CITY
BUT WE DIDN'T WANT THE
REQUIREMENTS TO OVERBUILD OR
EXACERBATE THE COST OF
DEVELOPMENT.
WE WERE SUCCESSFUL ON BOTH OF
THOSE ACCOUNTS.
AT THIS POINT I WILL PASS IT
OVER TO YOU.
>> AWESOME.
SO SEATTLE DOES HAVE CURRENTLY
SOME REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTRIC
READINESS IN THE ELECTRICAL
CODE.
THERE IS, AS ANDREA'S GRAPHIC
SHOWED, A CONTINUUM OF
READINESS.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE HELPFUL BUT
BASIC STUFF IN THERE ABOUT
SIZING YOUR MECHANICAL ROOMS
YOU CAN HAVE SPACE FOR CHARGING
INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE FUTURE.
OR RESERVING SPACE ON PANELS.
WE ARE PROPOSING TODAY, IT IS
MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT THAN
THAT.
WE WILL HOPEFULLY HAVE THIS
PARKING FACILITIES READY.
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
SO IN DEVELOPING THIS
LEGISLATION, WE HAD A COUPLE OF
HIGH-LEVEL GOALS TO KEEP IN
MIND.
WE REALLY WANTED TO MAXIMIZE
READINESS AS ANDREA MENTIONED
FOR VERY CLEAR, GOOD REASONS.
TO BALANCE THE CONSTANT ISSUE
OF MINIMIZING COST.
WE ARE STRUGGLING FOR HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY ISSUES AND RISING
COSTS OF CONSTRUCTION.
AS SHE ALSO MENTIONED, WE WANT
THESE RULES TO APPLY TO ALL
PARKING, WHETHER IT IS REQUIRED
BY CITIES RULES OR WHETHER IT
IS BUILT BY THE DEVELOPER FOR
THEIR OWN REASONS.
AGAIN, AS YOU MENTIONED BEFORE,
THIS ISN'T CHANGING ANY OF THE
PARKING REQUIREMENTS OF THE
LAND USE CODE OR THE ZONING
CODE.
THIS IS APPLYING DESIGN
CRITERIA TO THOSE AS WELL.
WE THOUGHT ABOUT QUESTIONS OF
WHAT TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT ARE
APPROPRIATE TO HAVE IN THE
INFRASTRUCTURE.
WHAT PORTION OF PARKING SPACES
ARE APPROPRIATE TO BE SERVED?
THE TYPE OF CHARGING IF THE
STRUCTURE AND THE LEVEL OF
CHARGING AND AS A PART OF ALL
OF OUR CONVERSATIONS, WHAT ARE
THE POTENTIAL EQUITY
IMPLICATIONS AND HOW WOULD
THOSE BE IMPACTED OR ADDRESSED
BY THIS BILL?
SO WE TALKED A LOT TO PEOPLE,
MAINLY LAST SPRING AND SUMMER
AND WE TALKED TO VARIOUS PEOPLE
IN THE EV COMMUNITIES, CHARGING
PROVIDERS, ORGANIZATIONS THAT
DO RETROFITS, ALL KINDS OF
DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.
ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
THAT ARE FOCUSED ON WORK AND
CLIMATE WORK.
WE HAD ALSO A LOT OF
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, THE
MASTER BUILDERS WERE HELPFUL IN
SITTING DOWN AND WORKING
THROUGH SOME OF THE TECHNICAL
ISSUES RELATED TO THE SMALLER
SCALE DEVELOPMENT.
AND JUST IN GENERAL, REALLY
TRIED TO UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE
DIFFERENT IMPLICATIONS THAT
MIGHT COME OUT OF THIS, NOT
WANTING TO ACCIDENTALLY CREATE
ISSUES FOR CONSTRUCTION.
WE ALSO DID A GREAT JOB
FACILITATING CONVERSATIONS WITH
THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
COMMUNITY AS WELL AND WE TALK
TO INTERNAL CITY DEPARTMENTS
ABOUT THE POTENTIAL.
THEY ARE THE WINDS WHO DIRECT A
LOT OF CITY FUNDS FOR THE PARKS
AS WELL.
A LOT OF TALKING AND SOME MAIN
THINGS WE HEARD FIRST WERE A
REAL TO ASSIST FOCUS ON
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT TO REDUCE
BARRIERS FOR PEOPLE TO BUY.
WE ALSO HEARD THAT LEVEL II 40
AMP OUTLETS ARE THE MOST
APPROPRIATE.
YOU CAN CHARGE A CAR BUT IT
TAKES A REALLY LONG TIME.
THE BATTERIES WILL BE GET
GETTING BETTER.
THAT IS A GOOD BASELINE.
WE ALSO HEARD THAT THERE ARE
OPPORTUNITIES IN LARGER SCALE
DEVELOPMENT FOR LOAD MANAGEMENT
TECHNOLOGY.
LOAD MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TO HELP
STRETCH THE POWER FROM ONE
OUTLET TO SERVE MULTIPLE
PARKING SPACES.
YOU DON'T ACTUALLY NEED ONE
PLUG FOR EVERY SIGNAL PARKING
SPACE BECAUSE THERE ARE ALL
KINDS OF SOFTWARE OF ELDERS AND
TECHNOLOGY ENTHUSIASTS OUT
THERE WHO ARE HAPPY TO COME UP
WITH ALTERNATIVES FOR THAT.
ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT ANDREA
MENTIONED, RENTERS AND PEOPLE
IN MULTI FAMILY HOUSING FACE
BIGGER BARRIERS IN THE ADOPTION
BECAUSE OF THE ADDITION IS OF
RETROFITTING.
IF YOU DON'T OWN YOUR PROPERTY,
IT IS HARD TO PUT IN WIRING FOR
THE UV CHARGERS.
THERE MIGHT BE LEGAL BARRIERS
THAT GET IN THE WAY THERE.
SO THOSE ARE IMPORTANT THINGS.
WE ALSO HEARD THAT FOR RIGHT
HILL DRIVERS THAT MIGHT BE
INTERESTED IN ADOPTING UV'S,
ACCESS TO HOME CHARGING WOULD
BE CRITICAL.
WE HAD A LOT OF THESE
CONVERSATIONS AND THEY REALLY
HELPS DRIVE AND SHAPE THE
PROPOSAL.
WE ARE PRETTY PROUD OF WHAT WE
CAME UP WITH IN THAT REGARD.
>> IN TERMS OF WHAT THE
ORDINANCE REQUIRES, IT IS A
PRETTY SHORT LITTLE BILL FROM
THE ASPECT OF OF LAND-USE
BILLS.
IT ADDS NEW LANGUAGE TO THE
LAND USE CODE.
>> JUST COUPLE OF PAGES
SHORTER.
>> IT DEFINES EV READY PARKING
IS PARKING THAT INCLUDES A
FULLY WIRED CIRCUITS AGAIN WITH
A 240 AMP OUTLETS SO THERE IS A
LITTLE ILLUSTRATION ON THE
RIGHT OF WHAT WE MEAN BY THAT.
SOMEONE COULD CHOOSE TO PUT IN
THE ACTUAL RECEPTACLE IF THEY
WANTED PEOPLE TO BE WITH THE
PLUG-IN RIGHT AWAY.
OR THEY COULD COVER THE BLANK
FACEPLATE THAT MADE MORE SENSE
FOR THEIR DEVELOPMENT.
IT WOULD REQUIRE READINESS FOR
A CERTAIN PORTION OF PARKING
SPACES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH
NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT PROVIDE
OFFSTREET PARKING WITH NEW
BUILDINGS.
SO THAT IS DEPENDENT ON THE
TYPE OF LAND-USE DEVELOPMENT AS
WELL AS THE SIZE AND DESIGN OF
PARKING FACILITY AS WELL.
AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THE VARIETY
OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF
DEVELOPMENT, IT PERMITS EVERY
YEAR THAT WE HAVE A PATHWAY FOR
FLEXIBILITY FOR RESIDENTIAL
DEVELOPMENT WHERE JUST ADDING
PLUGS TO THE PROJECT WOULD BE
THE THING THAT WOULD TIP THEM
OVER INTO PROVIDING MUCH MORE
EXPENSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE.
WANTED TO BE CONSCIOUS OF THAT
AS WELL.
SO THERE IS A TABLE WITH BASIC
REQUIREMENTS.
I WILL TALK TO A COUPLE OF
EXAMPLES AND SCENARIOS THAT I
THINK HELP ILLUSTRATE THIS.
THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL LEVEL OF
BUILDING A SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSE.
OR A TOWNHOUSE THAT HAS A
GARAGE AND IT.
THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO PLUG AN
OUTLET INTO.
WHETHER IT IS A ONE CAR GARAGE
OR A FOUR CAR GARAGE.
MAKING SURE EVERY NEW RESIDENT
WITH THE PRIVATE PARKING
FACILITY HAS THAT.
FOR MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS,
THAT THEY HAVE SHARED PARKING
IN A PARKING GARAGE.
AND IT COULD BE MOST COMMONLY
APARTMENT BUILDINGS, THEN YOU
WOULD NEED TO HAVE ONE OUTLET
FOR EVERY FIVE SPACES.
SO 20% OF SPACES WE NEED TO BE
EV READY AND AGAIN THAT WOULD
FLEX OPPORTUNITY FOR LOAD
MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY TO
STRETCH THOSE OUTLETS TO SERVE
THE FULL GARAGE.
IF YOU HAVE SHARED SURFACE
PARKING AND MULTIFAMILY, IT
SCALES UP FROM ONE OUTLET PER
SPACE FOR SMALLER PROJECTS LIKE
TOWNHOUSES OR HOUSE PROJECTS.
IF YOU WERE TO DO A VERY LARGE
PROJECT WITH SHARED PARKING,
THE SURFACE PARKING, YOU COULD
GET TO THAT 20%.
SO TRYING TO BE MINDFUL OF
DEVELOPMENT TYPES AND WHAT
MAKES MOST SENSE FOR THOSE
USES.
FOR NONRESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT,
AGAIN THE FOCUS OF THIS BILL IS
ON RESIDENTIAL.
BUT IT SEEMS LIKE A MISSED
OPPORTUNITY TO NOT HAVE
ANYTHING IN THERE.
SO IT IS PRETTY CONSISTENT
ABOUT WHAT OTHERS HAVE DONE.
ESSENTIALLY, WITH THE LOAD
MANAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES, YOU
COULD GET ABOUT HALF OF THE
SPACES IN THAT GARAGE.
WE WILL WALK THROUGH A COUPLE
OF EXAMPLES.
AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A HOUSE
WITH A PRIVATE GARAGE.
IT APPEARS TO HAVE ABOUT TWO'S
PARKING SPACES IN THE GARAGE
AND THERE IS ONE PLUG REQUIRED.
THAT WOULD BE WIRED INTO THE
HOUSES ELECTRICAL PANEL.
PART OF THE MONTHLY POWERBALL.
>> SO YOU TALKED ABOUT THE
DEFINITION OF EU READY.
ONE IS WIRED AND THERE IS AN
OUTLET THAT YOU PLUG INTO.
ANOTHER OPTION WAS JUST THE
WIRES OF THE PANEL THERE.
BUT NOT HOOKED UP.
NOT TO AN ACTUAL RECEPTACLE.
SO IF THAT, IS IT REQUIRED THAT
A THE OTHER AND THAT THE WIRES
ARE HOOKED INTO THE PANEL?
OR IS IT READY TO BE HOOKED
INTO A NEW CIRCUIT BREAKER?
>> EVERYTHING WOULD HAVE TO BE
BUILT OUT AS IF THE RECEPTACLE
WAS THERE.
SAID WIRES HAVE ALL OF THE
JUICE.
>> GREAT.
>> THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE
HEARD STRONG FROM THE EV
COMMUNITY.
ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE
THINGS, ONE OF THE MOST
VARIABLE COST IS SIZING THE
TRANSFORMERS FROM, IT IS A
CONVERSATION WITH CITY LIGHT.
YOU CAN'T DO THAT APPROPRIATELY
UNLESS YOU WIRE EVERYTHING ALL
THE WAY TO THE ENDPOINT.
>> THAT IT.
THANK YOU.
>> THERE WILL BE AN OUTLET OR
JUNCTION BOX FOR EVERY STALL?
>> YES.
>> IT IS READY TO GO ON THE
OTHER END, WHETHER YOU NEED THE
RECEPTACLE OR NOT.
THAT IS A 10 MINUTE CHANGE.
>> WE ARE ONE OF THE FIRST IN
THE NATION TO DO THAT.
>> FOR A HOUSE LIKE THIS, THE
COST OF THE INFRA STRUCTURE
WOULD BE MINIMAL.
A COUPLE OF HUNDRED DOLLARS TO
INSTALL THAT.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE, THIS IS A
HYPOTHETICAL UNIT ROWHOUSE
PROJECT THAT, AS SOME WE HAVE
SEEN, IT HAS SHARED SURFACE
PARKING FACILITIES OFF THE
ALLEY AROUND THE CORNER.
AND SO IN THIS SCENARIO, EACH
OF THE FOUR PARKING SPACES
WOULD NEED TO HAVE THEIR OWN EV
READY OUTLET THERE.
AND IT WOULD BE UP TO THE
DEVELOPER TO DECIDE HOW TO WIRE
IT ALL.
BUT IT WOULD MAKE THE MOST
SENSE IN THIS SCENARIO TO TIE
IT INTO EACH UNITS PANEL
THEMSELVES.
AND THEN HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF
THE 20% REQUIREMENT FOR AN
APARTMENT BUILDING THAT IS IN A
PARKING GARAGE.
YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE THE TWO
EV READY PARKING SPACES AND THE
OUTLETS THERE.
THEY HAVE THE POSSIBILITY THAT
THERE IS ENOUGH POWER.
THERE IS ENOUGH POWER COMING
THROUGH THOSE TWO OUTLETS TO
POTENTIALLY CHARGE CARS AND ALL
OF THE SPACES.
THIS WOULD BE A FULLY
ELECTRIFIED GARAGE.
>> AND THAT, IN THIS PARTICULAR
EXAMPLE, DO WE SPECIFY WHERE
THE OUTLETS NEED TO BE LOCATED?
I AM LOOKING AT THAT LAYOUT.
I KNOW THAT IS JUST A
SCHEMATIC.
BUT IF THERE IS A SPECIAL HOSE
THAT HAS FIVE DIFFERENT NOZZLES
ON THE OTHER END, BUT THE CARS
THAT ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE
WOULD HAVE TO DRAG THE WIRES
ACROSS?
I'M WONDERING IF THERE IS ANY
LAYOUT CONFIGURATION WE WANT TO
THINK ABOUT OR IF WE THINK THE
TECHNOLOGY IS FLEXIBLE ENOUGH
FOR THIS?
>> FOR ME, WE FOCUS TO MAKE
SURE THE CAPACITY WAS THERE
BECAUSE THAT IS THE LIMITING
FACTOR IN WHAT WILL BRING THE
BANK IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT.
THE NOMINAL COST TO RUN MORE
CONDUIT LATER WHEN THAT IS
NEEDED, IT IS MINIMAL COMPARED
TO THE REST.
>> YOU CAN RUN IT TO THE
SURFACE?
>> GREAT.
>> WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY
WHEN THAT IS THE CHALLENGE.
úHOPEFULLY THAT COMES SOON.
FINAL, AN EXAMPLE FOR
NONRESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
TRYING TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT
WITH THAT 10% OF SPACE THAT IS
EV READY, YOU CAN ELECTRIFY
HAVE TO SPACES IN THE GARAGE.
STILL ENSURING THERE IS ACCESS
IN THOSE FACILITIES.
>> IS THAT, I REALIZE THE WORLD
AROUND EV'S IS EVOLVING
RAPIDLY.
ARE MOST CHARGING AT HOME?
THEY MIGHT DRIVE TO WORK WITH A
GROCERY STORE AND MAYBE IF THEY
ARE LOW THEY WILL TOP OFF.
BUT 50% OF THE PLACES ARE
COVERED.
THAT FEELS PRETTY GOOD AND
PRETTY FUTURE PROOF IN A WORLD
WHERE THERE IS 100% EV'S OUT
THERE.
>> YES.
WE HOPE PEOPLE WON'T DRIVE TO
WORK AND THEN TAKE TRANSIT.
>> ALSO, I THINK STUDIES HAVE
SHOWN THAT PEOPLE ARE MORE
LIKELY TO BUY AND EV IF THEY
ARE CHARGING AT THEIR HOUSE.
WING ABLE TO CHARGE AT WORK IS
GREAT IF YOU HAVE AN EMPLOYER
THAT OFFERS THAT.
THAT IS A GREAT BENEFIT.
JOBS CHANGE AND SO WE WANTED TO
MEET THEM HALFWAY.
>> THAT IS GREAT.
>> A COUPLE OF OTHER SMALL
DETAILS FOR THOSE OF US WHO
LIKE TO GET INTO THE WEEDS ON
THIS STUFF.
FOR A TYPE OF MULTIFAMILY
DEVELOPMENT, IT IS CALLED UNIT
LOT SUBDIVISIONS, YOU MIGHT BE
FAMILIAR.
IT IS A WAY OF DIVIDING LAND UP
AFTER THE PERMITTING PROCESS.
TYPICALLY FOR THOSE TOWNHOUSE
PROJECTS THAT HAVE THESE.
THEY HAVE SHARED WORKING AREAS
THAT HAVE LEGAL AGREEMENTS
CHECKING THE RIGHTS OF THE
PEOPLE WHO OWN A TOWNHOUSE IN
THE UNIT LOT.
TO ACCESS THOSE AREAS.
WE MADE SURE WE ADDED LANGUAGE
THAT WHEN THEY'RE DROPPING THE
AGREEMENTS, WHEN THEY ARE DOING
THE SUBDIVISION, THAT IT IS A
CLEAR THING THAT THEY HAVE
ACCESS TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE
THERE.
SO THERE IS NO AWKWARD
SITUATION IN THE FUTURE.
ALSO IN TERMS OF ACCESSIBILITY,
IT IS VERY COMMON IN A NEW
DEVELOPMENT FOR THERE TO BE
BUILDING CODE REQUIREMENTS FOR
ADA PARKING SPACES.
WE MADE SURE THAT IF SOMEONE IS
GOING TO BE PUTTING IN SPACES
AND PUTTING IN EV READY SPACES
THAT AT LEAST ONE OF THEM HAS A
PLUG ADDED SO THE SPACE WOULD
BE MORE EASILY ABLE TO SERVE IN
EV.
AND THEN IN THE OFF CHANCE THAT
SOMEONE DESIGNS A SURFACE
WORKING FACILITY FAR FROM THE
BUILDING, WE HAVE SOME DESIGN
CRITERIA FOR PROTECTING THAT.
TO MAKE THAT WORK.
SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE
GOAL OF THIS BILL IS THAT ALL
NEW RESIDENTIAL OFFSTREET
PARKING IS ELECTRIFIED.
THAT THE FACILITIES CAN BE
FULLY SERVED BY THE POWER
COMING INTO THE PROJECT.
HALF OF NONRESIDENTIAL
OFFSTREET WORKING IS
ELECTRIFIED.
WE THINK PERMITTING VOLUMES
CHANGE.
THE AMOUNT PARKING WE BILL IN
THE CITY CHANGES.
BUT WE THINK THIS WILL LEAD TO
THOUSANDS OF NEW EV READY
SPACES EACH YEAR.
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
>> GREAT.
JUST CLOSE US OUT, I MENTIONED
THIS BEFORE BUT THIS EV
READINESS ORDINANCE SUPPORTS A
BROADER CLIMATE TRANSPORTATION
ELECTIVE VACATION FRAMEWORK
UNDER DRIVE CLEAN SEATTLE.
I PERSONALLY WOULDN'T MIND IF
WE DIDN'T BUILD ANY MORE
PARKING IN THE CITY.
I JUST WANTED TO TAKE HIM OUT
TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER
EFFORTS THAT ARE ALSO UNDER
DRIVE CLEAN SEATTLE.
EDIE CROW, THE PERMIT PILOT
THAT IS MANAGED BY SDOT.
WE ARE ALSO INSTALLING 20
PUBLIC TEST CHARGERS AND A HOME
CHARGING PILOT THAT IS HEADED
UP BY SEATTLE CITY LIGHT.
OSC IS WORKING TO ELECTRIFY
FLEETS SUCH AS WE WERE, LIFT,
FREIGHT, AND THE GOODS
MOVEMENT.
JUST TO TAKE A STEP BACK, FROM
A CLIMATE AND LIVABILITY
PERSPECTIVE, WALKING OR BIKING
AND TRANSIT IS ABSOLUTELY THE
NUMBER ONE PRIORITY FOR
PERSONAL MOBILITY.
ANYTHING ELSE THAT MOVES
PEOPLE, GOODS AND SERVICES
NEEDS TO BE ELECTIVE I'D USING
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT CARBON FREE
ELECTRICITY.
THIS ORDINANCE ENSURES THAT NEW
DEVELOPMENT WITH PARKING WILL
SUPPORT THE TRANSITION TO AN
ELECTRIFIED TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEM THAT WE CRITICALLY NEED
TO REACH OUR CLIMATE GOALS,
IMPROVE AIR QUALITY, FOSTER
LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND
OUR DEPENDENCE ON DIRTY FOSSIL
FUELS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
>> SO ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO
LOOK INTO IS, FIRST OF ALL,
GREAT WORK.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
THOROUGH OUTREACH YOU DID AND I
HAVEN'T YET HEARD FROM A LOT OF
STAKEHOLDERS WHICH COULD BE A
COUPLE OF INDICATIONS.
BUT BASED ON THE LIST, I
IMAGINE THEY FEEL LIKE THEIR
NEEDS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED.
THAT IS GREAT.
I THINK THE POLICY SEEMS VERY
THOUGHTFUL TOO.
I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
SO A WORLD IN WHICH EVERYONE
HAS ACCESS TO CHARGING IS
GREAT.
WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MOST OF THE
NEW CONSTRUCTION TENDS TO BE
HIGHER AND CONSTRUCTION.
OBVIOUSLY THE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING FOLKS THAT ARE BUILDING
NEW CONSTRUCTION, THAT DO BUILD
PARKING WILL HAVE EV'S AFTER
THIS.
THAT'S GREAT.
BUT A LOT OF LOWER INCOME FOLKS
WHO ARE LIVING IN EXISTING
STRUCTURES BECAUSE THERE
TYPICALLY MORE AFFORDABLE,
SOMETHING I WOULD LOVE TO THINK
ABOUT AS WE LEARN FROM THIS AND
GO FORWARD IS OPPORTUNITIES IN
A CERTAIN SCALE OF REMODEL TO
REQUIRE RETROFITS FOR FOLKS AND
OBVIOUSLY HOPEFULLY TECHNOLOGY
WILL EVOLVE SO THAT IT WILL BE
EASIER AND MORE AFFORDABLE FOR
PEOPLE TO DO THAT THE WE CAN
RALLY HAVE TRUE ACCESSIBILITY.
IT IS HIGHLIGHTED ON THE ON
STREET CHARGING OPPORTUNITIES
THAT WE ARE TRYING TO PILOT IF
YOU PLACES.
HOPEFULLY THAT CAN BE HELPFUL
TOO.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
ALONG THIS LINE, I WOULD BE
INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH YOU
ALL ON A REPORT BACK OF HOW
MANY ARE GETTING INSTALLED,
WHAT WE ARE SEEING.
YOU TALKED ABOUT SOME
FLEXIBILITY IN THE CODE.
IF THAT EXTRA SPOT TRIGGERS A
REALLY EXPENSIVE NEW
TRANSFORMER.
WE CAN ADJUST THAT TO SEE HOW
OFTEN THAT IS BEING USED.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TIMEFRAME
IS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE
TALKED ABOUT IT, SIX MONTHS IS
PROBABLY TOO SOON BECAUSE NONE
OF THE PROJECTS WILL HAVE TO BE
DONE.
FIVE YEARS SEEMS TOO LONG.
SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN THERE.
>> WE INITIALLY TALKED ABOUT IT
COUPLE OF YEARS.
>> IS THAT SOMETHING THAT --
>> WE ARE LOOKING INTO THE
BUSINESS PRACTICES AND
TECHNOLOGY CHANGES FOR HOW WE
WOULD DO THAT.
HAVING OFF-LINE CONVERSATIONS
WITH THAT AS WELL.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN, YOUR
HEART BURNS HOTTER FOR THIS
TOPIC THAN MINE.
>> [ LAUGHTER ]
>> I THINK YOU HAVE IT COVERED.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT WAS A GREAT COMPLEMENT.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK ON
THIS.
I BELIEVE THE PLAN IS BACK AT
COMMITTEE IN TWO WEEKS.
WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING
FROM YOU THE ELSE IN THE PUBLIC
AND IMAGINE PUBLIC COMMENT WILL
BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN
TWO WEEKS.
IF FOLKS HAVE QUESTIONS OR
CONCERNS ABOUT THIS, OR WAYS TO
STRENGTHEN IT, LET ME KNOW.
I AM PLEASED WITH THE
LEGISLATION.
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
IT IS VERY THOROUGH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> DO WANT TO READ THE LAST TWO
ITEMS INTO THE AGENDA?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON?
DO YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF MORE
MINUTES?
>> AGENDA ITEMS THREE AND FOUR.
THE REAPPOINTMENT OF BRIAN A.
ESTES AND JOSEPH LAUBACH FOR
THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE FOR A
TERM TO DECEMBER 31, 2022.
>> WE WILL HEAR FROM YOU TWICE
TODAY JOE, IT IS EXCITING.
THAT WE START WITH
INTRODUCTIONS.
>> RACHEL McCAFFREY.
>> JOSEPH LAUBACH.
LEVY TO MOVE SEATTLE OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE.
>> GREAT.
RACHEL, DO WANT TO GIVE A QUICK
OVERVIEW OF WHAT THESE PEOPLE
DO?
>> SO JOE IS HERE AND BRIAN
COULDN'T BE HERE.
>> WE DON'T ASK YOU TO BE HERE
BUT GRATEFUL YOU ARE HERE.
>> BOTH JOE AND BRIAN HAVE
SERVED ON THE OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE SINCE THE BEGINNING
BACK IN 2016.
THEY ARE BEING REAPPOINTED TO A
SECOND TERM THROUGH 2022.
JOE LIVES IN WEST SEATTLE IN
THE HIGH POINT NEIGHBORHOOD.
HEIS A BIKE COMMUTER AND A
REGISTERED CPA.
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> YOU'RE BUSY THIS TIME OF
YEAR.
I AM IMPRESSED YOUR HERE.
>> THIS IS A HALF-DAY VACATION.
>> LOOK BETWEEN NOW AND APRIL
15.
>> AND BRIAN LIVES IN DOWNTOWN
SEATTLE.
HE IS A RETIRED KING COUNTY
AUDITOR AND WORK FOR THE
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY
OFFICE.
HE IS A STRONG VISION ZERO
ADVOCATE.
>> I AM JOE AND I APPRECIATE
YOUR COMMENTS TODAY.
I'VE APPRECIATED YOUR COMMENTS
AT THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE I
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND.
I WILL SEE LATER TONIGHT.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A FEW
MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT YOUR
VISION OR ANYTHING YOU'RE
WORKING ON, --
>> IT IS BEEN A LONG MEETING SO
I WILL KEEP IT BRIEF.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE
AGAIN.
FOR THE LEVY OVERSIGHT AND THE
RESET WAS QUITE AN ADVENTURE.
THAT I THINK WE ARE IN A BETTER
PLACE THAN WE WERE BEFORE.
I ALSO PARTICULARLY WANTED TO
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN.
YOU HAVE GIVEN US A LOT OF
VISION AND INPUT IN MAKING OUR
COMMITTEE ARE MEANINGFUL, MORE
THOUGHTFUL AND I KNOW IT HAS
BEEN A LOT OF LONG DAYS FOR
YOU.
I JUST PERSONALLY WANT TO THANK
YOU FOR ALL OF THE WORK YOU
HAVE DONE IN MAKING THE
COMMITTEE SUCCESSFUL AS WE HAVE
BEEN.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> I HAD A CHANCE TO WORK WITH
BRIAN A LOT AND BRIAN IS
AMAZINGLY DETAIL ORIENTED.
NOT AFRAID TO SPEAK UP.
AND I LOOK AT SOMEONE LIKE
BRIAN AS A GREAT VOICE TO HAVE
ON THIS COMMITTEE TOO.
I HAVE, IF FOLKS SAW ME AS
FRUSTRATED TODAY, WHEN BRIAN IS
FRUSTRATED IT IS GREAT.
HE IS A ROLE MODEL FOR ME.
ANYWAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
THAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, ANY
QUESTIONS?
>> I WILL NOTE THAT THERE IS
STILL A COUNCIL APPOINTMENT FOR
THIS POSITION AND IF YOU'RE A
LITTLE LIGHT ON DISTRICT FOR
BADGE THIS PRESENTATION, THERE
ARE MANY MEMBERS IN PUBLIC,
TODAY WOULD BE WORTHWHILE FOR
YOUR CONSIDERATION.
I AM ALSO SITTING NEXT TO A
DISTRICT 4 RESIDENT WHO IS
AVAILABLE FOR THIS IN A COUPLE.
>> SUNDAY MAYBE?
>> GREAT.
I WILL KEEP THAT IN MIND.
THANK YOU.
>> I WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE
APPOINTMENT 0128 ZERO AND
01281.
TO YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING YOUR HALF-
DAY OFF TODAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.
THIS IS THE THIRD MEETING IN
ABOUT FIVE DAYS THAT I GET TO
SAY GOODBYE TO YOU.
SO I WILL KEEP IT BRIEF.
BUT IT IS BEEN A PLEASURE
WORKING WITH YOU AND I DON'T
KNOW EXACTLY HOW WE WILL BE
INTERACTING IN THE FUTURE BUT I
AM CONFIDENT WE WILL BE
INTERACTING IN THE FUTURE.
SO INTO OLD AGE.
>> THINK IT.
THE FEELING IS MUTUAL,
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN.
THOUGH THERE IS AN HONEST
ELECTIONS RULE ABOUT CONTACTS
TO THE CITY.
I AM TOLD THAT THOUGH I CAN'T
MAKE PHONE CALLS PROACTIVELY TO
PEOPLE, I CAN RECEIVE THEM.
SO IF YOU HAVE WAYS IN WHICH
YOU THINK I CAN BE OF SERVICE,
I AM HAPPY TO RECEIVE THIS
PHONE CALLS.
THOUGH I WILL BE OF COURSE
FOLLOWING THE 300 TUESDAY FIVE
DATE NO CONTACT RULE THAT IS
PART OF THE HONEST ELECTIONS
PROCESS.
>> EXCELLENT.
I PRESENT THAT.
>> I ENJOYED GETTING A CHANCE
TO SERVE WITH YOU OVER THE
THESE YEARS ON THE COMMITTEE.
I HOPE FOR THE REMAINDER OF
THIS YEAR THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO
TAKE THE ENERGY WE SAW TODAY
AND REALLY TRANSLATE IT INTO
REAL FOR STRUCTURE THAT WILL
MAKE THE LIVES OF PEOPLE BETTER
IN THE CITY.
I AM GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR THAT
VISION AND LEADERSHIP.
IT HAS BEEN A LIFELONG PASSION
OF YOURS AND IT IS WONDERFUL TO
BE WILL TO SERVE ALONGSIDE
SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS, GETS
AND WANTS TO SEE A BETTER CITY.
I'M GRATEFUL THAT YOU WILL
STILL BE HERE SHEPHERDING
THROUGH THIS VISION OVER THE
NEXT EIGHT MONTHS.
>> THANK YOU, ROBERT.
WITH THAT, WE ARE ADJOURNED.
>> DID YOU WANT TO TAKE PUBLIC
COMMENT?
>> YES.
THANK YOU.
WE ARE NOT ADJOURNED.
STAY WITH US.
BREE, THANK YOU FOR STAYING
AROUND.
I HAVE ABOUT 10 OTHER FOLKS
SIGNED UP BUT WHEN WE LET
PEOPLE LINE OF BEHIND THREE SO
I DON'T HAVE TO SPEND TIME
CALLING NAMES.
YOU WILL HAVE TO MINUTES.
>> WOW.
BONUS TIME.
WELL ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED
TO SAY SOMETHING A LOT OF
PEOPLE ALREADY ADDRESSED.
THAT IS THAT GREENWAYS WERE
NEVER INTENDED TO BE THE
CHEAPER COUSIN OF PROTECTED
BIKE LANES.
THERE SEPARATE INFRASTRUCTURE
TYPE THAT SERVE DIFFERENT
PURPOSES AND WE NEED THEM BOTH.
AND THE TREND HAS BEEN ANYTIME
THINGS GET POLITICALLY HOT TO
SAY THAT IT IS TOO HARD TO,
THAT BIKERS CAN GO OVER THERE
SOMEWHERE.
I DIDN'T HEAR ANYONE ELSE TALK
ABOUT IT, BUT THE GRIMACE
THEMSELVES ARE BECOMING LESS
SAFE.
WE HAVE APPS THAT SEND DRIVERS
DOWN RESIDENTIAL STREETS.
WE ARE HEARING MORE ABOUT ROAD
RAGE ON THE GREENWAYS.
DRIVERS PLAYING CHICKEN WITH
PEOPLE BICYCLING AND HARASSING
THEM.
WHAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE
IS MORE MAINTENANCE OF OUR
GREENWAYS, MORE EVALUATION OF
THE GREENWAYS.
AND MITIGATION WHERE THEY ARE
BECOMING HAZARDOUS AND
UNCOMFORTABLE FOR PEOPLE AND A
LOT OF TIMES WITH THAT MEANS IS
INSTALLING DIVERTERS WHICH SDOT
HAS BEEN HESITANT TO DO.
WE ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING THE
SAFE PATHWAYS FOR PEOPLE BIKING
AND WALKING, WE NEED TO ENSURE
THAT THERE LOW TRAFFIC VOLUME
STREETS AND THAT OBVIOUSLY
PEOPLE NEED TO HAVE LOCAL
ACCESS BUT THEY SHOULDN'T BE
THROUGH WAYS.
WE HAVE ARTERIALS FOR THIS.
THAT WAS THE BIG THING BUT THEN
I ALSO THOUGHT I WOULD TAKE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO THINK ROB
JOHNSON FOR HIS WORK AND LET
YOU KNOW HOW MUCH WE WILL MISS
YOU.
AND OBVIOUSLY COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN CO WE ARE NOT LOSING
YOU EIGHT YET THOUGH SO I'M NOT
THINK ABOUT.
THE CHARGING CONVERSATION WAS
GREAT AND I'M THRILLED ABOUT
THE NEW ORDINANCE REQUIRING EV
READY SOLUTIONS.
BUT I DID WANT TO MAKE A
COMMENT VERY BRIEFLY SINCE I
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY ABOUT EV
CHARGING STATIONS IN THE RIGHT-
OF-WAY.
WE HAD A VERY DRAWNOUT
CONVERSATION ABOUT BROADWAY AND
DENNY WHICH WAS AN
INAPPROPRIATE PLACE TO PUT IN
EV CHARGING STATION.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED THE
CHARGING STATIONS IN THE RIGHT-
OF-WAY BECAUSE WHEN I TALK TO
SOMEBODY ABOUT THE CITY, THEY
SAID WHAT ABOUT SUPERMARKET
PARKING LOTS?
THEY'RE ALREADY DOING THAT.
WHY DO WE NEED THE RIGHT-OF-WAY
IF THEY ARE ALREADY BEING
INSTALLED IN PUBLIC SPACES?
I WILL THROW THAT IN THERE.
>> THANK YOU BOTH FOR A LONG
AFTERNOON OF BEING HERE.
I AM SORRY.
I ALMOST YOU.
>> MY NAME IS INGRID AND I AM
ATYPICAL AND THAT I DIDN'T PUT
THIS ON THERE.
I WOULD'VE DONE SO I WOULDN'T
FORGET.
BUT THERE ARE TWO THINGS I WANT
TO MAKE SURE I SAY.
ONE, I AM A CYCLIST.
THE BIG THING THAT COMES TO
MIND WHEN I THINK OF FREDDIE MY
BIKE APART FROM THE FACT THAT I
LIKE TO IS THAT I AM SCARED.
I AM REALLY SCARED.
AND THE OTHER THING IS I WANT
TO ADD THIS BECAUSE SHE TOUCHED
ON IT, IT PUTS ME ON GREENWAYS
ALL THE TIME.
AND SO UNFORTUNATELY WHATEVER
IT WAS, THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE.
THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DO.
I ALSO WANT TO ADD, RIGHT NOW I
LIVE ON THE EAST SIDE BUT I'VE
BEEN ANTICIPATED MOVING TO
SEATTLE.
SINCE I RIDE MY BIKE, I AM ALL
OVER THE PLACE.
BUT I AM A LONG-DISTANCE RUNNER
AS WELL.
THIS IS WHAT I WROTE DOWN.
THE TOP REASON WHY WOMEN DON'T
RIDE BIKES IS BECAUSE THEY
DON'T FEEL SAFE.
MANY OF MY FRIENDS HAVE TOLD ME
THIS IS WHY THEY WANT RIDE.
I AM A NEWER CYCLIST.
I'VE BEEN WRITING FOR 2 YEARS.
I BOUGHT MY FIRST BIKE TWO
YEARS AGO.
I HAD TO LEARN EVERYTHING LIKE
HOW TO CLIP IN, EVERYTHING.
SO THAT IS WHY I JOINED TEAM
THRIVE.
IT IS A ALL WOMEN'S TEAM.
I AM TO MEXICO TO RIDE ON THE
ROADS.
TO GET BETTER.
IS THE NUMBER ONE REASON I HAVE
BEEN INJURED.
I HAVE BEEN TOO SCARED.
I'M A VERY CONSIDERATE, LAW-
ABIDING CYCLIST BUT I HAVE HAD
DRIVERS FOLLOW MY BICYCLE TOO
CLOSELY.
DRIVE RIGHT BEHIND ME.
BLARING THEIR WORN FOR MILES.
SIMPLE BECAUSE I AM A CYCLIST.
I HAVE CALLED THE COPS.
BUT IT IS TERRIFYING WHEN THAT
HAPPENS.
I'VE HAD DRIVERS INTENTIONALLY
TRY TO MAKE THE CRASH.
I ALSO AM A LONG-DISTANCE
RUNNER AND I REGULARLY RUN ON
NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS.
CARS SPEED DOWN THOSE WHITE
STREETS AND ACCELERATE WHEN
THEY SEE ME INSTEAD OF SLOWING
DOWN.
PEOPLE LOW THE CROSSWALKS ON
THESE NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS
ALL THE TIME.
WHEN I HAVE ALREADY BEEN IN THE
CROSSWALK.
I WEAR NEON CLOTHING WHEN I RUN
BUT THEY CAN'T SEE, THEY CAN'T
SO THEY DON'T SEE ME.
I'VE HAD A POLICE OFFICER WHO
DIDN'T HAVE LIGHTS OR SIRENS
ON, NO EMERGENCY.
NOT PAYING ATTENTION.
BLOW THE CROSSWALK WITH ME IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE CROSSWALK 2
FEET AWAY FROM HIM.
IF I HAD NOT STOPPED, I WOULD
HAVE BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL.
THIS IS WHY I NOW AVOID
GREENWAYS WHEN I RUN IF I CAN.
I STAY ON THE NARROW ROADS.
THESE ARE A FEW EXAMPLES OF MY
EXPERIENCES.
LISA NOT TELL ME THAT GREENWAYS
ARE SAFE BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT.
THE ONLY WAY TO PROTECT
CYCLISTS FROM CARS IS TO
ACTUALLY PROTECT THEM AND GIVE
THEM PROTECTIVE LANES.
I CAME HERE BECAUSE I THOUGHT A
SOCIAL MEDIA POST ABOUT THIS
MEETING.
THE BICYCLE CLUB ASKED US IF WE
CARED ABOUT THE ISSUE TO COME.
I DO NOT THE THAT GREENWAYS ARE
SOLUTION FOR PROTECTED BIKE
LANES.
I WAS REALLY UPSET WHEN I READ
WHAT CAME OUT LAST WEEK.
PLEASEDO NOT SAY OTHERWISE
BECAUSE NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS
ARE NOT SAFE FOR A CYCLIST.
ASK YOU TO LISTEN TO MY VOICE
AS A WOMAN.
I AM NOT AN ACTIVIST.
I'M NOT.
I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO ANYTHING
LIKE THIS IN THE PAST.
I AM AN AVERAGE MEMBER AND A
BAD CYCLIST WITH SLOW REFLEXES
ON THE BIKE.
IF A CAR DOES SOMETHING, I
CAN'T RESPOND FAST ENOUGH TO
SAVE MY LIFE.
I ASK YOU TO LISTEN TO MY VOICE
AS A WOMAN THAT I DO NOT FEEL
SAFE ON THE ROADS THAT
PROTECTIVE BIKE LANES.
PLEASE HELP AND PLEASE GIVE ME
PROTECTION.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
WITH THAT, WE ARE NOW
ADJOURNED.