>>> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.
LOOK INTO THE SUSTAINABILITY
AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
TODAY IS TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2019.
IT'S ABOUT 2.OH 2 PM.
MY NAME IS MIKE O'BRIEN CHAIR
OF THE COMMITTEE JOINED BY MY
COLLEAGUES COUNCILMEMBER
PACHECO AND SAWANT WE LOOK
FORWARD TO 8 MORE MONTHS OF
WORK TOGETHER. 7
, SORRY.
KELLY, THANK YOU FOR STUFFING
US TODAY KELLY.
WE HAVE A PACKED AGENDA TODAY.
QUICKLY WE ARE GOING TO TAKE
THE FIRST 6 ITEMS WHICH WILL BE
APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS
TO THE SEATTLE FREIGHT ADVISORY
BOARD.
THE NEXT TO OUR REAPPOINTMENT
AND APPOINTMENT TO MOVE TO THE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND THEN WE
WILL GET A BRIEFING ON THE MOVE
SEATTLE LEVY OVERSIGHT SUPPORT
AND GET A RESPONSE TO
LEGISLATIVE INTENT ABOUT RAPID
RIDE CORA DORIS-- CORA DORIS.
TODAY WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A
COUPLE OF AREAS OF THAT
LEGISLATION ESPECIALLY SINGLE-
FAMILY ZONES AND A BRIEF
DISCUSSION ABOUT THE OWNER
OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENTS.
FINALLY WE WILL GET A RECENT
SOCIAL JUSTICE REPORT FROM THE
OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENT.
COLLEAGUES, A NEW AGENDA ITEM
IS THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO
ADOPT THE AGENDA AS I JUST
DESCRIBED SO I WILL GO AHEAD
AND MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE
AGENDA.
ANY CONCERNS OR AMENDMENTS TO
THAT?
ALL IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THE A
GENDER SAY AYE.
NOW THAT IT IS ADOPTED WE WILL
TURN TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
FOLKS WILL HAVE UP TO TWO
MINUTES TO PROVIDE COMMENT.
WE WILL GET THE TIMER GOING SO
YOU KNOW HOW MUCH TIME YOU HAVE
LEFT.
LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE NINE FLOCKS.
COLLEEN MacKLER WILL BE FIRST
FOLLOWED BY BREE, AND DAVID
HAYNES.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON CITY COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE
AND A SPECIAL WELCOME TO OUR
NEW COUNCILMEMBER, ABEL PACHECO.
WE HAVE FOLLOWED ALL OF THE
ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT
LEGISLATIONS FOR YEARS AND
THERE HAS BEEN SOME GREAT
SUCCESSES.
PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING I WILL SEE FIRST IS IF IT
AIN'T BROKE, DON'T FIX IT.
SOME OF YOU MAY LIVE IN
ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS BUT
THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS THAT WE
HAVE PARTICULARLY FOR LACK OF
OWNER OCCUPANCY.
I WILL LEAVE THESE DETAILS WITH
YOU, THAT HAVING SKIN IN THE
GAME AND HAVING AN OWNER RIGHT
THERE AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY
IS REALLY VERY HELPFUL.
IT REDUCES THE POSSIBLE
NEGATIVE IMPACT AND JUST KIND
OF BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
WE REALLY DO NOT SUPPORT
REMOVING OWNER OCCUPANCY.
SECONDLY, 12 UNRELATED PEOPLE
N ONE DWELLING UNIT THAT IS
THE SIZE OF AN ACCESSORY
DWELLING UNIT SEEMS EXCESSIVE.
WE CAN'T IMAGINE THE LOGIC FOR
IT.
WE SEE WHAT PROBABLY COULD
HAPPEN IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF
INSTITUTIONS NEARBY TO BECOME
FLOP HOUSES ARE STUDENT HOUSING
ALL DAY AND ALL NIGHT WITH
PEOPLE COMING AND GOING, AND
NOT GRANTED IN AN OWNER OCCUPANT
. THE THIRD THING IS ALWAYS A
TREE CANOPY.
HAVING TO TAKE OUT SO MUCH MORE
LAND.
IT MEANS THERE'S HARDLY LEFT
FOR ANYTHING WITH TREES AND FOR
THE GARDENS OF NEIGHBORS.
THAT IS A KEY AND FOR ALL OF
US, ESPECIALLY ALL OF YOU
SITTING AT THIS TABLE.
I KNOW YOU ARE PRO TREE
PRESERVATION SO THOSE ARE THE
HIGHLIGHTS.
I WILL LEAVE THE REST OF THE
DETAILS AND THANK YOU FOR
LISTENING.
>> THANK YOU COLLEEN.
BREE?
>> CONGRATULATIONS ON
CORRECTING MY NAME.
I AM IN SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOOD
GREENWAYS AND WE ARE PART OF
THEM ESCALATION.
I THINK MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT
SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS
MAKES IT COMFORTABLE FOR
WALKING AND BIKING THROUGHOUT
THE CITY.
ONE THING THAT MAKES IT
POSSIBLE TO BOUGHT WALK OR BIKE
IS TO HAVE RELIABLE, EFFICIENT
TRANSIT WHICH DRAMATICALLY
INCREASES YOUR TRAVEL RANGE
WHEN YOU ARE GETTING AROUND
WITHOUT A CAR.
WE ARE VERY LUCKY IN THIS
REGION, NOT THROUGH LUCK BUT
HARD WORK TO HAVE INCREASED
RIDERSHIP THAT WE SHOULD ALSO
REWARD AND RECOGNIZE THAT
COMMITMENT TO WRITING WITH
PRIORITIZATION TO BUSES OVER
PRIVATE VEHICLES.
I AM URGING CITY COUNCIL TO
WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION TO IDENTIFY
PLACES IN OUR CITY WHERE WE CAN
IMPLEMENT PILOT PROJECTS WITH
DESIGNATED BUS LANES OR SINGLE
PRIORITIZATION.
THAT THING.
I ALSO WOULD LIKE THE GROUP TO
IDENTIFY HOW WE CAN USE THE
LANES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE
MOST EFFECTIVELY.
THE LANES THAT ARE SOMETIMES
BUS LANES AND SOMETIMES NOT,
THEY DON'T REALIZE THEY ARE BUS
LANES AND PANIC AND REALIZE
THEY ARE BLOCKING THINGS. I
WOULD LIKE TO FIND WAYS TO
INCREASE PRIOR TRANSPORTATION
AND IMPROVE THE EFFICACY OF
WHAT WE HAVE.
DAVID, YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
MATTHEW LANGE.
>> WE WILL HAVE A GROUP THAT IS
ANDREW LOCKHART, ANDREW--,
ANYWAYS YOU KNOW THE GROUP.
>> THE FREIGHT ADVISORY BOARD
NEEDS TO KNOW WE SHUT DOWN THE
PORT DURING GAME TIME, AND GIVE
PLAYERS AND FANS A FRESH AIR
REPRIEVE FROM THE HORN HONKING
FREIGHT TRAINS TALKS A FINE AND
OVERWHELMING MARINER PICK.
AFTER A TRAIN PASSES RATTLING
THE DUGOUT A MULTIPLE OF ERRORS
OCCUR.
THE FREIGHT ADVISORY BOARD
SHOULD BE INVIGORATED TO
SUPPORT FIRST WORLD
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT INCLUDES
ACCOMMODATING AN NBA TEAM.
FREIGHT COULD NOT CAPITULATE TO
A LOCAL COMMUNITY WHILE RENDING
PROPERTY TAXES GO TO CORPORATE
WELFARE. SEATTLE IS READING THE
CORPORATE TAXES TO OFFSHORE
INDUSTRIAL PENDING ONE POINT
AGAINST THE OTHER PORT
GENTRIFIED BY FREE CONTAINER
OFFLOADS, GUARANTEEING MORE
FREIGHT AT THE EXPENSE OF LOCAL
PROPERTY TAXES BY THE LIVES OF
A PORT AUTHORITY PUT ON ITS
AUTHORITY.
INDUSTRY CHOICES WERE ALWAYS
WILLING TO FORCE DEBT ON TO
LOCALS AT THE EXPENSE OF THE
LOCAL RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY.
>> THANK YOU DAVID.
>> I'M THE LEAD ORGANIZER OF
THE TRANSIT RIDERS UNION, AND A
SMALL BUSINESS OWNER.
THE NATURE OF MY SMALL BUSINESS
IS SOMETHING THAT NECESSITATES
ME TO DRIVE A CAR.
OLIVER KING COUNTY SO I HAVE
500 POUNDS OF GYMNASTIC MATS
SITTING IN MY SUV.
I'M ON THE ROAD EVERY DAY AS A
CAR DRIVER. I SEE HOW WE COULD
REALLY INCREASE TRANSIT ACCESS
AND MOBILITY AS A POSITIVE
THING FOR NOT ONLY PEOPLE THAT
RIDE TRANSIT AND UTILIZE THE
SYSTEM BUT FOR CAR DRIVERS AS
WELL.
FRIENDS OFTEN ASKED WHY I HAVE
A PASSION OF INCREASING TRANSIT
MOBILITY AND I UNDERSTAND THAT
INCREASING TRANSIT OFFENSE--
TRANSIT OPPORTUNITIES WILL TAKE
DRIVERS OFF OF THE ROAD.
I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT THE
VISION FOR BUS MOBILITY THAT THE
MASS COALITION HAS PRESENTED TO
THE COUNCIL TO WORK TOGETHER SO
WE CAN MOVE SEATTLE TOGETHER
AND DEVELOP PROGRAMS.
>> WE WILL GO AHEAD AND, WOULD
YOU LIKE FIVE MINUTES TO
TESTIFY?
>> AFTER YOU WILL BE KATIE
WILSON AND JESSE SIMPSON AND
SARAH SHIVELY.
>> SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE
MEMBERS WITH SET THOUSANDS OF
SEATTLE RESIDENTS THAT WOULD
LIKE THE CITY TO PRIORITIZE
CLIMATE ACTION QUICKLY.
-- HIM AND THE MAYOR TO LISTEN
TO THIS PUBLIC TESTIMONY EVENTS
ON A REGULAR BASIS.
I ALSO THINK THINK METRO TO HELP
MAKE SEATTLE THE ONE MAJOR CITY
WERE BUS RIDERSHIP IS INCREASING
. IT UNDERSTANDS THAT JUSTICE
STATE CLAIMS ARE GOING TO GET
PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR CARS. THE
BUS SERVICE WILL GET PEOPLE OUT
OF THEIR CARS AND ONTO BUSES.
WE NEED MORE AND MUCH FASTER.
AS AN ADVOCATE FOR FUTURE
GENERATIONS HAVING A LIVABLE
PLANET, AND SPEAKING TO THEM AS
WELL.
THE REPORT GIVES US 10 YEARS TO
DRASTICALLY REDUCED SUBMISSIONS
AND 50% OF THE GAS EMISSIONS
FOR PERSONAL TRANSPORTATION IS
DECLINING.
THAT TELLS US THAT IS THE
CITY'S TRANSPORTATION CITY STO
T MEETS ACCOUNTABILITY, THEY
SHOULD INCLUDE EQUITABLE
TRANSPORTATION FOR THOSE OF US
WHO CANNOT AFFORD A CAR OR
RIDESHARE.
IT'S TIME FOR SDOT TO
PRIORITIZING BUS AND BIKE
LANES, AND WALKABLE STREETS
EVERYWHERE.
IN FUNDING AS WELL AS IN EVERY
PROJECT.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW
ENTHUSIASTIC IMS BUS RAPID
TRANSIT AS AN ANSWER TO SO MANY
OF OUR PROBLEMS.
I KNOW THEY ARE NOT OFTEN
CONSIDERED SEXY OR EXCITING,
BUT CAN YOU IMAGINE A CITY OF
SEATTLE WHERE EVERY SINGLE
WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS
CONNECTED O EVERY OTHER SINGLE
BOOK-- SINGLE WASHING WALKABLE
NEIGHBORHOOD BY BUS TRANSIT?
THEY WERE FAST AND RELIABLE,
AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO GET
OUT OF CARS.
WE DESPERATELY NEED TO GET OUT
OF CARS.
>> WE ARE FACING A HORRENDOUS
CRISIS.
THAT IS BECAUSE OF CLIMATE
CHANGE.
THE UNITED STATES-- THE UNITED
STATES IS MORE RESPONSIBLE THAN
ANY OTHER IN THE WORLD AND
PEOPLE ARE PILING UP AT OUR
BORDERS AND WHAT ARE WE DOING
HERE IN SEATTLE?
MANY OF US ARE CONTINUING TO
DRIVE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO.
WE HAVE TO GIVE A CHOICE.
WE HAVE TO DO BUS RAPID
TRANSIT, WE HAVE TO DO IT NOW,
WE HAVE TO DO IT MUCH MORE
AGGRESSIVELY THAN WE ARE DOING
IT.
THANK YOU.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> I'M NOT SURE WHAT I WAS
SUPPOSED TO ADD ON.
I WAS SUPPOSED TO GIVE THE
EMOTIONAL TESTIMONY WHICH HAS
BECOME MY TRADEMARK BUT BUSES
ARE WHAT MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR
ME ON DAYS WHEN I CANNOT FACE
THE THREAT OF TRAFFIC VIOLENCE.
IT'S WHAT MAKES THE CITY
ACCESSIBLE BEING ABLE TO THROW
MY BIKE ON THE BUS AND GO UP
CAPITOL HILL WITHOUT HAVING TO
USE MY-- TO GET UP THE HILL.
IT'S WHAT MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE
TO GET-- POSSIBLE TO GET
AROUND.
I'VE NEVER HAD THE MONEY
NECESSARY TO BUY A CAR.
TO MAKE THE CITY ACCESSIBLE AND
LIVABLE FOR THE FUTURE, WE NEED
BUSES THAT CAN GET US WHERE WE
GO.
WE ARE EVALUATING SO MANY
THINGS ABOUT HOW WE GET AROUND
OUR CITY RIGHT NOW, RIGHT?
THIS IS A PIECE OF THE PUZZLE
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT AND UNLOCK.
WE HAVE SOME GOOD IDEAS ABOUT
HOW WE MIGHT UNLOCK THAT AND WE
HOPE THE COUNCIL WILL LOOK AT
THAT WITH US.
>> KATIE, YOU ARE NEXT.
>> HIGH COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THANKS FOR HEARING OUR
TESTIMONY TODAY AND WELCOME
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO.
I'M HERE WITH THE TRANSIT
RIDERS UNION AND THE MASS
COALITION ALONG WITH A BUNCH
OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE IN THE
AUDIENCE. WE ARE LOOKING
FORWARD TO HEARING THE
DISCUSSION ON MOVE SEATTLE AND
RAPID RIGHT IMPLEMENTATION.
WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT HAS
BEEN DONE BY THE COUNCIL AND
FOR SDOT SEE THESE
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.
WE ARE FACING AN INCREASING
SENSE OF URGENCY.
AS WE FACE A LAB CLIMATE CHANGE
EMERGENCY WE KNOW THAT NOW IS
THE TIME TO ACT.
THEY ARE RISING RATHER THAN
FALLING AND HALF OF THESE COME
FROM PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION.
WE NEED TO GIVE PEOPLE BETTER
ALTERNATIVES TO DRIVING NOW.
WE BELIEVE SEATTLE CAN SET AN
EXAMPLE THAT OTHER CITIES CAN
FOLLOW.
WE CAN ACHIEVE A RAPID SHIFT TO
A LOW OR NO CARBON
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM WHERE FEW
PEOPLE NEED TO DRIVE ALONE.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ARE
CHOOSING OTHER OPTIONS BECAUSE
THEY WORK SO WELL.
WE KNOW THAT PUBLIC TRANSIT HAS
TO BE AT THE CORE OF THE
SYSTEM.
FOR THIS REASON WE ARE DEEPLY
CONCERNED ABOUT THE DELAYS OF
RAPID RIDE AND OTHER SEATTLE
PROJECTS EVEN THOUGH WE
UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE
CHALLENGES.
WE BELIEVE THE CITY NEEDS TO
PLACE A HIGH PRIORITY ON DOING
WHAT TAKES TO MAKE THESE GOOD
AND DELIVER QUICKLY EVEN IF IT
MEANS SEEKING OUT SUBSTANTIAL
FUNDING.
WE ALSO BELIEVE MORE CAN BE
DONE TO IMPROVE TRANSIT SPEED
AND RELIABILITY AND THAT'S WHAT
WE ARE HERE TO ADDRESS.
DURING THE THREE-WEEK SR-99
CLOSURE WE SAW THAT RIDERSHIP
ALL INCREASED HUGELY BUT BUS
RIDERSHIP DIDN'T AND MAY EVEN
HAVE FALLEN.
THAT TELLS US THAT PEOPLE DON'T
SEE WRITING THE BUS AS A
RELIABLE WAY TO AVOID GETTING
STUCK IN TRAFFIC.
LAST WEEK COMO NEWS REPORTED
THAT PEOPLE WHO DRIVE IN
SEATTLE SPEND LESS TIME
COMMUTING THAN PUBLIC TRANSIT.
HOW CAN WE EXPECT PEOPLE TO
MAKE THE SHIFT WHEN THEY HAVE
TO LOSE TIME SPENT WITH
FAMILIES BUT ALONE BEING LATE
TO WORK BECAUSE THE BUS IS
LATE?
WE THINK THE CITY CAN CHANGE
THIS BY GETTING MORE SERIOUS
ABOUT BUS PRIORITY.
LAST DECEMBER LAST DECEMBER 20
STRETCHES WERE EVERYTHING
DEDICATED LANES OR SIGNAL
PRIORITY COULD SPEED THE TRIPS
OF MANY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
WHICH WILL ALSO IS SERIOUS
CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS SO WE ARE
HERE TO ASK YOU TO WORK WITH US
TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CAN BE DONE
FAST AND I'VE GOT COPIES OF THE
MAP AS WELL.
>> WE WOULD LOVE THE MAP.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> JESSE?
>> I'M JESSE SIMPSON FROM THE
CAPITOL HILL RENTER INITIATIVE
AND WE WORK TO ADVANCE HOUSING
EQUITY IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE BY
ADVOCATING FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING OR HOUSING OF ALL
TYPES.
AND, TRANSPORTATION.
MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION TO
HELP PEOPLE GET AROUND THE CITY
SUSTAINABLY.
I THINK A DUS AND BUS PRIORITY
ARE KEY DRIVERS TO MAKE THIS
CITY A MORE SUSTAINABLE PLACE.
I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU THAT
WE HAVE BOTH A HOUSING AND
CLIMATE CRISIS.
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NEIGHBORS
LIVE ON THE STREETS.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS ARE
BURDENED WITH RENT AND THE CITY
ONLY HAS 10 YEARS TO CUT CARBON
EMISSIONS BY 50% TO MEET TARGETS
WHICH WILL MEAN CREATING WAY
MORE A DUS, SHIFTING INTO
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND
PROVIDING THE SORT OF BUS LANES
AND BIKE LANES THAT WILL ALLOW
PEOPLE TO GET AROUND WITHOUT
NEEDING A CAR IN THE CITY.
THANK YOU.
>> YOU ARE THE LAST ONE.
DOES ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK
TODAY?
YOU CAN LINE UP BEHIND SARAH.
>> I'M A VOLUNTEER WITH 350
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION
WORKGROUP AT SPEAKING ON BEHALF
OF MYSELF AND FAMILY.
AFTER LEARNING THAT MORE THAN
HALF OF SEATTLE'S CARBON
EMISSIONS COME FROM
TRANSPORTATION WE GOT RID OF
OUR CAR AND RELY SOLELY ON
BIKES AND PUBLIC TRANSIT TO GET
AROUND.
WE LIVE IN COLUMBIA CITY SO OUR
MAJOR BUSES NUMBER SEVEN.
TO GET ANYWHERE FROM THE
RAINIER VALLEY AREA TO GET
DOWNTOWN WE HIT A BOTTLENECK
THAT IS ONE OF THE AREAS ON THE
LIST OF BUS PRIORITIES THAT IS
POINTED OUT.
THAT MAKES WRITING THE NUMBER
SEVEN REALLY IMPRACTICAL.
WE ALMOST NEVER DO IT BECAUSE
IT'S SO DIFFICULT TO GET
ANYWHERE.
IT CAN TAKE UP TO AN HOUR TO
GET TO THE INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT AND THERE'S NO REASON
WHY THAT SHOULDN'T BE A RAPID
RIDE.
THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO
RELY ON IT THAT IT'S CONSTANTLY
PACKED.
I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO THINK
ABOUT PRIORITIZING BUS LANES
ESPECIALLY IN THE CORRIDORS
THAT THE MASS COALITION HAS
POINTED OUT HERE.
IT WOULD MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR
ME AND SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE TO
ACTUALLY USE THESE BUSES TO GET
AROUND.
>> THANK YOU SARAH.
>> I JUST HOPE THAT WITH
SEATTLE BECOMING MORE
MULTIMODAL, I USE THE
APPLICATION AND IT CAN BE
REALLY OFF.
I WISH THERE WAS MORE REAL-TIME
MEASUREMENTS OF BUSES AND WISH
THERE WERE MORE BUSES AND A LOT
MORE STRATEGY INFILTRATED INTO
THE BUS SYSTEM OF DELIVERING AS
MANY AS POSSIBLE ON TIME.
AND, THE SEVEN EXPRESS WOULD BE
REALLY AWESOME BECAUSE I GO
DOWN TO MOUNT BAKER A LOT AND
JUST IN GENERAL, IT WOULD BE
NICE OF PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO
TOTALLY DEPEND ON BUSES TO LIVE
HERE COULD EASILY DO THAT AND
KNOW THAT THEY WOULD BE ON TIME.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
ORGANIZING WITH PEOPLE ACROSS
THE COUNTRY ABOUT WHERE WE CAN
SUE THE ONE LAWYER THAT SHOCKED
ME.
HE WAS AGAINST THE PEOPLE THAT
LAID IN FRONT OF THE ICE
OFFICE.
WHAT IS HIS NAME?
HE'S A LAWYER HERE AND THEY
LAID IN FRONT OF THE ICE OFFICE
AND THEY WANTED TO PROSECUTE
HIM.
NOW HE WANTS TO FILE A LAWSUIT
AGAINST FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES
AND IT'S RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF
MY MIND.
PETE HOMES.
EVIDENTLY, WE FOUND PEOPLE IN
OTHER PLACES AROUND THE COUNTRY
WHO THINK WE CAN SUE THE FOSSIL
FUEL INDUSTRIES AND ON THE CITY
LEVEL MAKE A LOT OF PROGRESS
SINCE THE FEDERAL LEVEL ISN'T
DOING ENOUGH.
THESE THINGS COMBINED CAN
ALLEVIATE CARBON EMISSIONS
BECAUSE IT'S ALL OVER THE NEWS
ON THE FRONT COVER OF THE NEW
YORK TIMES.
THERE'S A HUGE SEA TURTLE AND
ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE
SEATTLE TIMES, MORE ANIMALS ARE
BECOMING EXTINCT.
IT IS A CATASTROPHE AND I THINK
IT SHOULD BE AIRED ON TV ALL
THE TIME INSTEAD OF THIS THING
THAT IS TO LINE SITE IS ABOUT
BIG POLITICAL DRAMA THAT I CARE
NOTHING ABOUT, SO THANK YOU.
>> I'M KAREN.
I'M A MEMBER OF THE TRANSIT
RIDERS UNION BUT I'M SPEAKING
ON BEHALF OF MYSELF.
MOSTLY I LOVE THE BUSES SO MUCH
AND I WANT TO USE THEM ALL THE
TIME.
BUT, I DON'T EVEN WORK. I'M ON
SOCIAL SECURITY AND DISABILITY
BUT I WON'T TAKE THEM IF I HAVE
TO GO DOWNTOWN ARE UP NORTH.
I AM MISSING DOCTORS
APPOINTMENTS AND ALL THAT EVEN
THOUGH JUST THE EXPERIENCE IS
FUN FOR ME.
IF I CAN'T GET TO WHERE I NEED
TO GO I WON'T USE IT.
I MET ACTIVIST MEETINGS THAT
HELP TO SOME OF THE WORK THAT
WE BRING TO YOU ALL.
SO, ALL OF THESE, THE MAPS WITH
FASTER AREAS, LET'S NOT GET
FANCY.
LET'S JUST DO THAT.
THANKS.
>> IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO
WANTS TO COMMENT?
>> HELLO, GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM
A GRAD STUDENT AND A METAL OF--
AND A MEMBER OF SEATTLE SUBWAY.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE BUT I EXCLUSIVELY
RIDE TRANSIT.
I RIDE BUS, LIGHT RAIL, AND
OCCASIONALLY A LINE BIKE. THERE
HAVE BEEN TIMES WHERE I'VE BEEN
LATE TO CLASS OR A DOCTOR'S
APPOINTMENT OR INTERNSHIP
BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE BUSES MAY
NOT BE RELIABLE ESPECIALLY AT
PEAK HOURS.
THERE ARE OTHER TIMES I'M
SITTING ON A BUS AND THERE ARE
40 OR 50 PEOPLE.
I THINK ABOUT IF YOU WERE TO
LINE UP 40 OR 50 CARS AND THINK
ABOUT THAT AMOUNT OF SPACE THAT
THE ONE BUS IS SAVING, WHY
SHOULDN'T WE HAVE PRIORITY?
WE AS A COLLECTIVE ARE MAKING A
DECISION TO SAVE SPACE. WHY
DON'T WE GET THAT PRIORITY?
IF YOU THINK ABOUT PEAK HOURS
80 OR 100 PEOPLE ON AN
ARTICULATED BUS, IT MAKES
PERFECT SENSE TO GIVE PRIORITY
AND ARE MAKING A DECISION TO
TAKE CARS OFF OF THE ROAD.
I MOVED 200 MILES FROM HOME
BECAUSE I HEARD SEATTLE WAS
DOING GREAT THINGS WITH TRANSIT
EXPANDING THE NETWORK AND
INVESTING HEAVILY.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
KEEP DOING THAT AND I WANT TO
BE PART OF THE CITY.
PLEASE CONSIDER THESE
SUGGESTIONS.
>> IS THERE ANYONE ELSE?
SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE
PUBLIC COMMENT AND DIVE INTO
THE AGENDA.
>> WE WANT TO INVITE APPOINTEES
TO THE ADVISORY BOARD AND I
WILL ASK AGENDA ITEMS BE READ
INTO THE RECORD.
>> WE ARE LOOKING AT
APPOINTMENT 01318 AND 01323 FOR
THE FREIGHT ADVISORY BOARD.
>> THE NAMES AND THE DATES.
>> THE APPOINTMENT TO DECEMBER
31 TO DECEMBER 31, 2019,
APPOINTMENT OF KRIS DEBUCK MAY
31, JEANNE ACUTANZA, MIKE
ELLIOTT, JOHANNE HELLMAN, AND
JOHN PERSAK.
>> WHY DON'T WE DO A QUICK
ROUND OF INTRODUCTIONS.
DO YOU WANT TO SAY HER NAME?
>> MY NAME IS KRIS DEBUCK.
>> JOHN PERSAK. AND CHRIS EAVES.
>> DO YOU WANT TO GIVE A QUICK
EXPLANATION OF THE ROAD-- THE
ADVISORY BOARD?
>> WE PROVIDE PERSPECTIVE AND
INFORMATION ON A SPECIFIC TYPE
OF TRANSPORTATION.
IN THIS CASE, A FREIGHT
ADVISORY BOARD IS THE FOCUS.
THEY'VE HELPED US IN TERMS OF
DESIGN, INFORMATION, AND
COMMUNICATION.
>> MOBILITY THROUGH THE CITY IS
A GROWING AND IMPORTANT PIECE
OF HOW THE CITY SURVIVES.
IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN INTEGRAL
WITH FREIGHT MOVING THE CITY
BUT ALSO DELIVERING THE GOODS
AND NEEDS MORE OFTEN BUT ALSO
TO THE LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT
RELY ON THAT.
AS THE CITY CONTINUES TO GROW
AND AS WE SWITCH THE WAYS IN
WHICH WE LIVE, THE ROADS DO NOT
EXPAND AND WE ARE OFTEN TALKING
ABOUT DEDICATING EXISTING ROADS
TO OTHER MORE EXISTING ROADS.
IT WOULD BE AWESOME IF FREIGHT
COULD TRAVEL ON BUSES BUT
MOSTLY THEY NEED TO BE
TRAVELING AND DEDICATED VEHICLES
. WE HAVE 4 REAPPOINTMENTS BUT
WHY DON'T WE START WITH NEW
APPOINTMENTS? DO YOU WANT TO
START UP WITH TELLING US ABOUT
YOUR BACKGROUND AND WHY YOU
WANT TO SERVE?
>> I BEGAN MY CAREER AT UPS AS
A PACKAGE CAR DRIVER IN
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE DELIVERING
SMALL PARCELS. BASICALLY HUB
FEED AND THAT'S MOST OF MY ON
GRAND EXPERIENCE.
MOSTLY I'M A REPRESENTATIVE FOR
UPS EMPLOYEES IN SEATTLE
REDMOND IN THAT AREA SO WHEN
THEY HAVE ISSUES SAFETY-RELATED
OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT I
COORDINATE WITH THE EMPLOYER
AND TRY TO WORK THINGS OUT.
>> IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU TO DO
THIS.
>> JOHN, TELL US WHY YOU ARE
INTERESTED IN THIS
>> MY NAME IS JOHN PERSAK AND I
SPENT 20 YEARS IN THE MARITIME
INDUSTRY AND A LOT OF TIME
ADVOCATING FOR OUR UNION FOR
WORKERS IN THE INDUSTRY IN
GENERAL. I ALSO LIVE IN AN
IMPACTED COMMUNITY.
WE ARE IMPACTED BY FREIGHT
MOVEMENT AND I FEEL THAT BRINGS
A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE AND ALSO
THE PIECE FOR IMPACTING
COMMUNITIES.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT
WRKERS IN THE INDUSTRY REALLY
GET AHEAD OF THE CURVE AS FAR
AS ADDRESSING THAT ISSUE
BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE SOME
WORK TO DO.
>> YOU HEARD ME RAMBLE AT THE
BEGINNING THAT POLITICIANS TEND
TO, ABOUT MY PERSPECTIVE OF
WHAT THE CHALLENGES ARE.
BOTH OF YOU HAVE A LOT MORE
EXPERTISE AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO
TAKE A MINUTE SHARING YOUR
VIEWS ABOUT WHAT CHALLENGES WE
FACE AROUND FREIGHT IN THE
THINGS YOU HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH
ON THE FREIGHT ADVISORY BOARD.
>> IF YOU COULD ALSO EXPAND ON
HOW SOME OF THESE ISSUES TOUCH
ON THE TIMES THAT LIVE IN
EXPECTED NEIGHBORHOOD AND GIVE
US CONCRETE EXAMPLES OF WHAT
COULD BE CORRECTED?
>> GO FOR THAT.
>> I THINK IN TERMS OF THE
CHALLENGES THE CITY IS BECOMING
MORE VIBRANT AND DENSE WHICH
MEANS MORE CHALLENGES FOR THE
CITY.
LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING OUT
THE PROBLEMS, THE FIRST ISSUE
THAT COMES TO MIND IS ALIGNMENT
WITH SOUND TRANSIT WITH REGARD
TO BOTH WEST SEATTLE AND
BALLARD.
THERE IS ONLY A FINITE AMOUNT
OF SPACE BRINGING TRANSIT
THROUGH THE SECOND PIECE IS
TERMINAL 5 WHICH WILL HAVE AN
IMPACT.
THERE'S GOING TO BE AS MUCH
TRAFFIC IF NOT MORE CONTAINER
MOVEMENT THAT CURRENTLY IS AT
TERMINAL 18.
THAT BRINGS ME TO THE IMPACTS,
TRUCKS AND TRAINS, TRUCKS IN
PARTICULAR WHICH ARE CARBON
INTENSIVE.
THEY ARE GOING NEAR
NEIGHBORHOODS, OFTEN LOW INCOME
NEIGHBORHOODS OFTEN ABETTED TO
THE INDUSTRIAL AREAS LIKE SOUTH
PARK, THE DELL RIDGE COMMUNITY,
GEORGETOWN, AND SOME OTHERS.
WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT
MAKING SURE THAT IT CAN MOVE
EFFICIENTLY AND ALSO LOOKING AT
PARTNERING WITH OTHER AGENCIES
LIKE THE PORT OR WHAT OTHER
THINGS WE CAN BRING TO THE TABLE
AS FAR AS MORE EFFICIENT
MACHINES.
AND ALSO JUST THE SAFETY IN THE
NOISE COMPONENT I THINK THERE'S
SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE AS
WELL TO HELP STRUGGLING
COMMUNITIES.
IT'S A NOISY ENVIRONMENT AND
PEOPLE SOMETIMES HAVE TO LIVE
THERE BECAUSE OF THE INCOME
DISPARITIES.
IT'S NOT REALLY A CHOICE IN A
LOT OF CASES.
WHEN I SERVED ON THE ADVISORY
FOR THE FREIGHT MASTER PLAN
REPRESENTING THE GEORGETOWN
COMMUNITY I ADVOCATED FOR PEACE
THAT WOULD REALLY ADDRESS
CONCERNS SO I WANT TO CONTINUE
TO DO THAT WORK.
>> JUST TO ADD ON TO THAT I
THINK YOU COVERED QUITE A BIT.
WHEN I LOOK AT THE SMALL PARCEL
DELIVERY A LOT OF IT IS
INFRASTRUCTURE AND YOU SEE MORE
LESS MORE VEHICLES THAT ARE
SERVICING CONDOMINIUMS, ALL OF
THE HOUSES, UPS TRACK, USPS
TRUCK, A FEDEX TRUCK AND I CAN
BRING THAT PERSPECTIVE FROM MY
EXPERIENCE OF BEING ON THE
GROUND WHAT THAT MAY LOOK LIKE
AS FAR AS A BETTER SOLUTION.
AND THEN JUST THAT SAFETY IS A
HUGE COMPONENT.
WE TALK ABOUT PEDESTRIANS,
BICYCLISTS, AND HOW DO YOU KEEP
THAT COMPONENT OF SAFETY IN
MIND WHEN YOU ARE SERVICING
THAT?
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT
IT'S REALLY GOOD THAT YOU BOTH
ARE WILLING TO SERVE BECAUSE
YOU ARE DOING WORK IN YOUR
UNIONS AND COMMUNITY BUT YOUR
VOICES ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE
WHO KNOWS BETTER ABOUT THESE
ISSUES THAN THE UNIONS AND
WORKERS ALREADY WORKING ON THESE
. I THINK IT WILL BE VERY
IMPORTANT.
ALSO IN RELATION, YOUR VOICES
ARE ALSO IMPORTANT BECAUSE
THERE IS A LARGER-- BEYOND
FREIGHT MOBILITY AND SPECIFIC
ISSUES, THERE'S A LARGER
QUESTION OF IT'S ALWAYS LOOMING
OVER US.
SHOULD BE BILLED REAL ESTATE
AND CONDOS? ABSOLUTELY WE WANT
TO PUSH FORWARD WORKING ON AN
ONGOING BASIS.
>> A COUPLE OF THINGS ON MY
RADAR GOING FORWARD IS FIRST OF
ALL UPS IS TARGETING ELECTRIC
DELIVERY IN DOWNTOWN
NEIGHBORHOODS AS PART OF THE
WORK AROUND THE PERIOD OF
MAXIMUM STRENGTH.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE
INNOVATION AND SEE HOW IT WORKS
OUT.
IT IS CERTAINLY AWESOME TO SEE
THAT UPS. ONE THING THAT COMES
UP IS ACCESS TO CRYPT SPACE.
SMALL PACKAGES HAVE ACCESS
CHALLENGES AND A LOT OF
COMPETITION WITH THINGS LIKE
WRITE SHARES AND TAXIS, AND
SIMILARLY HOW WE MANAGE THAT
CURB SPACE TO MAKE IT MORE
EFFICIENT.
VEHICLES ARE NOT CIRCLING THE
BLOCK SEVERAL TIMES WITH
POLLUTION. AS WE TRY TO BETTER
MANAGE CRYPT SPACE-- CURB SPACE.
>> ONE THING TO LOOK AT, YOU
ARE LOOKING AT A THREE
TURNAROUND TIME.
A SECONDARY SERVICE COMMIT AND
A PICKUP COMMIT. I THINK ONE
THING TO LOOK AT IS HOW DO YOU
LOOK AT CUSTOMERS ARE SERVICED
WITH THE PICK UP COMPONENT AND
NOT IMPACT FOR MEDIATION OF
WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE?
THAT'S ALSO THE BUSIEST TIME
WHEN WE ARE DOING PICK UP.
THAT'S ANOTHER BIG QUESTIONS.
HOW DO YOU TALK TO MAJOR
COMPANIES AND SEE WHAT
SOLUTIONS THEY MAY OFFER.
BUT HOW DO YOU DO THAT SAFELY
AS WELL BECAUSE YOU ARE PUTTING
SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN A
VEHICLE FROM THE CONSUMER.
>> ONE OF THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS
ARE THE POTENTIALLY BEAUTIFUL'S
THINGS-- BEAUTIFUL THINGS AS
THE AXIS OF CONTAINER DIRECTLY
TO RAIL AND I'M CURIOUS FROM
YOUR PERSPECTIVE IF THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BE DOING
AS A CITY TO MAXIMIZE THAT SO
THAT A LOT OF FREIGHT,
ESPECIALLY STUFF GOING BEYOND
THIS REGION CAN BE DIRECTLY ON
RAIL AND SKIP OVER THE TRUCKS
THAT MAY BE IDLING CAUSING MORE
POLLUTION IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
>> TO BE ECONOMICALLY VIABLE TO
MAKE RAIL PENCIL OUT, THAT'S A
REAL KEY THING.
THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF
ACTIVITY THERE NOW BUT IN ORDER
TO LEVERAGE THAT, WE HAVE TO
PROMOTE IT AS A TERMINAL ON THE
WEST COAST AND HAVING SAID THAT
I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE
FACT I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A
QUIET ZONE FOR RESIDENTS SO
THEY ARE NOT HEARING HORNS IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
THERE SHOULD BE-- THERE WILL BE
WORK AND KNEW IT NEWER
EQUIPMENT IS QUIETER AS WELL.
I THINK OVERALL THE REAL
OPERATION IS CLEANER AND
OBVIOUSLY NOT PERFECT.
THE MORE THAT WE CAN GET ON
RAIL THE BETTER.
I THINK THE VOLUMES ARE WHAT IS
REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THAT.
>> COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS?
>> DO YOU WANT TO MENTION THE
FOLKS UP FOR REAPPOINTMENT?
THEY AREN'T HERE TODAY BUT I
DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO TOUCH
ON ANY OF THEIR BACKGROUNDS AT
ALL.
>> ACTUALLY, MS. JEANNE ACUTANZA
ACCEPTED AN APPOINTMENT AND ALL
OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD,
ONE OF OUR MOST RECENT
APPOINTMENTS WAS ASSOCIATED WITH
-- HAVE BIT BEEN VERY HELPFUL.
AND UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACTS
OF PIONEER SQUARE HAS LIMITED
VEHICLE WEIGHT LANES AND HOW
THEY ARE HELPING US GET
INFORMATION OUT TO THE
COMMUNITY.
IN A GREAT MANY WAYS IT IS A
LARGE GROUP EFFORT AND ONE
PERSON STANDS OUT BECAUSE I
THINK THEY ARE ALL GOOD.
>> I APPRECIATE THE COMMITMENT
AND YOU BOTH ARE STEPPING UP AS
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT MENTION.
YOU DO A LOT OF WORK IN THE
COMMUNITY BEYOND THIS AND I'M
GRATEFUL FOR YOU TO BOTH BRING
YOUR EXPERTISE TO THIS.
I KNOW IT'S A MAJOR TIME
COMMITMENT AND WITH MY EIGHT
MONTHS LEFT I WANT TO HONOR
THAT COMMITMENT BY MAKING SURE
THAT AS YOU HAVE POLICY IDEAS
OR FEEDBACK, THAT WE ARE
INCORPORATING THAT INTO THE
WORK THAT WE DO.
THANKS FOR DOING THAT WORK AND
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
TOGETHER.
>> I WILL MOVE AGENDA ITEMS 1-6.
>> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL OPPOSED?
YOUR APPOINTMENT WILL MOVE TO
THE FULL COUNCIL AND YOU ARE
OBVIOUSLY WELCOME TO ATTEND BUT
THERE IS NO ROLE IN THE MEETING
OTHER THAN TO GET TO WORK.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> KELLY IF YOU DON'T MIND
READING AGENDA ITEM 7 AND EIGHT
INTO THE RECORD AND I WILL
INVITE PRESENTERS FORWARD FOR
THAT
>> APPOINTMENTS 01234,
REAPPOINTMENT OF HESTER SEREBRIN
FOR THE SEATTLE LEVY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE ENDING DECEMBER 31,
2022 AND APPOINTMENT 01325,
APPOINTMENT OF INGA MANSKOPF TO
THE LEVEE TO MOVE SEATTLE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
APPOINTMENT TURNED DECEMBER 31,
2019.
>> GREAT.
WE WILL START WITH
INTRODUCTIONS.
RACHEL McCAFFREY.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE
TODAY.
DO YOU WANT TO GIVE US AN
OVERVIEW OF THE COMMITTEE?
>> THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE HAS
BEEN AROUND SINCE THE START OF
THE LEVEE IN 2016 AND THEY ARE
TASKED WITH OVERSEEING PROGRESS
OF IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECTS
AND PROGRAMS SO THEY MEET
MONTHLY AND THE GROUP OF ABOUT
16 PEOPLE AS YOU ARE ONE OF THE
MEMBERS YOURSELF.
>> AND SOMETIMES MORE THAN
MONTHLY.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN
TOLD THAT BUT THERE'S EXTRA
WORK TO DO LIKE LAST SUMMER.
IT WAS QUITE A BUSY SUMMER.
WHY DON'T YOU TAKE A FEW
MINUTES AND TELL US ABOUT
YOURSELF AND YOUR BACKGROUND
AND WHY YOU ARE WILLING TO STEP
UP TO THIS COMMITTEE.
>> I AM CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY
THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON AS
THE ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE
DIVISION OF ADOLESCENT MEDICINE
LOCATED AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.
I'M OAK WITH WORK WITH MOSTLY
DOCTORS AND PROVIDE
ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATIONAL
SUPPORT FOR THAT.
I HANDLE THE DIVISION BUDGETS.
EVERY YEAR WE PUT TOGETHER A
CLINICAL BUDGET, A GRANT BUDGET
, FINANCE RELATED WORK IN HUMAN
RESOURCES RELATED WORK.
ANYTHING NOT CLINICAL AND NEEDS
TO GET DONE TO HELP THE DOCTORS
DO THEIR WORK, THAT'S MY JOB.
IN THE COMMUNITY, I AM
CURRENTLY BUT SOON NOT TO BE
WITHIN THE BRYANT COMMUNITY
ASSOCIATION FOR THE LAST FOUR
YEARS.
I WORKED MOSTLY ON
TRANSPORTATION RELATED ISSUES
AS THE PRESIDENT.
WE HAVE DIFFERING VIEWS ABOUT A
VARIETY OF TRANSPORTATION
ISSUES BUT I THINK I'VE BEEN
ABLE TO FIND COMMON GROUND ON A
COUPLE OF THINGS SO ABLE TO
ADVOCATE WELL FOR PEDESTRIAN
SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO
FORMED THE 65th COALITION AND
I'M HAPPY TO SAY, I'M HAPPY TO
SEE HOW THIS ALL TURNED OUT.
I STILL THINK THERE ARE
IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE BUT WAS
HAPPY ABOUT HOW WE IMPROVED
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AS WELL AS
BIKE SAFETY AS WELL.
FINALLY PERSONALLY, I DON'T
LIVE THAT FAR FROM WORK SO I
BIKE AND WALK TO WORK.
IF I'M LATE I TAKE THE BUS SO I
REALLY USE MY CAR BUT EVERY
ONCE IN A WHILE I DO ON THE
WEEKENDS.
MY FAMILY IS A MULTIMODAL
FAMILY.
MY DAUGHTER IS 21 AND DOESN'T
DRIVE.
SHE TAKES THE BUS AND WALKS
EVERYWHERE.
MY HUSBAND IS EVERYTHING.
HE BIKES, HE WALKS, HE RUNS, HE
TAKES THE BUS, YOU KNOW.
AND THEN I HAVE EXTENDED FAMILY
AND EVERYONE GETS A RAN
DIFFERENTLY.
IF ALL THE PROMISES ARE BROUGHT
FORWARD, IT COULD HAVE A
POSITIVE IMPACT NOT ONLY ON MY
FAMILY AND ME BUT THE WIDER
COMMUNITY AND THAT'S WHY I'M
INTERESTED.
>> THAT'S A BROAD SPECTRUM.
JUST WORKING ON THE COMMUNITY
GROUP IS A BROAD SPECTRUM AND
CERTAINLY HERE, A LOT OF VOCAL
ADVOCATES THAT WE HEAR FROM
QUITE A BIT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS OF
SERVICE THERE IN YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO SERVE HERE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
>> BECAUSE THIS CAME UP A LOT
IN PUBLIC TESTIMONY, IF YOU HAVE
LOOKED AT SOME OF THE REALLY
GOOD POINTS THAT ARE BEING
BROUGHT UP BY THE COALITION,
HOW THAT INTERSECTS WITH WHAT
YOUR WORK WILL BE ON THIS BODY
AND HOW WE CAN BRING THAT
FORWARD.
>> I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THEY
SAID.
>> I LIKE THAT RESPONSE.
>> IF I WAS INVOLVED WITH THOSE
COALITIONS I WOULD ACCIDENTALLY
BE UP THERE TESTIFYING THE SAME
WAY THAT THEY DID TODAY.
>> INC.
YOU FOR THAT ANSWER.
IT IS MUCH APPRECIATED.
>> IF I COULD MAKE SOME QUICK
COMMENTS, I'VE BEEN TO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
MEETING SEVERAL TIMES AND INGA--
INGE CREATES A GREAT
ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERYONE TO
SPEAK SO I APPRECIATE JUST,
YOUR LEADERSHIP.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO SERVE. I REALLY
APPRECIATE THE PERSPECTIVES
YOU'RE GOING TO BRING AND I
KNOW YOU WILL BE THERE THIS
EVENING SO SEE YOU TONIGHT.
DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING
ABOUT HESTER?
>> HESTER SEREBRIN HAS BEEN
SERVING SINCE LAST OCTOBER, SO
SHE WAS FINISHING A VACANT
TERM.
THIS IS THROUGH THE END OF
2022.
SHE'S THE POLICY DIRECTOR WHO
LIVES IN QUEEN AND IN BRINGS
BACKGROUND AND PLANNING AND
POLICIES, SPECIFICALLY AN
EQUITABLE TRANSPORTATION.
>> I WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE
AGENDA ITEMS SEVEN AND EIGHT
FOR APPOINTMENTS AND
REAPPOINTMENTS TO THE SEATTLE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
>> SECOND.
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THIS WILL GO TO THE FULL
COUNCIL NEXT MONDAY. THANK YOU
FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO SEEING YOU TONIGHT.
>> KELLY DO YOU WANT TO READ
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE?
>> WE ARE GETTING A MOVE
SEATTLE LEVY OVERSIGHT REPORT.
>> I WILL INVITE PRESENTERS
FORWARD.
>> HEY, YOU ARE BACK.
>> THERE'S A LOT OF US.
>> YOU GUYS CAN PICK YOUR SEATS
AND WE WILL GET THE
PRESENTATION UP
>> HEY LOOK AT THAT.
LET'S START WITH A ROUND OF
INTRODUCTIONS.
SAMMY CAN GO FIRST.
>> SAM ZIMBABWE DIRECTOR OF
SDOT.
LORELEI WILLIAMS, MARIA
KOENGETE .
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY OPENING
COMMENTS.
IT'S JUMP INTO THE PRESENTATION.
>> I'M GOING TO LET RACHEL AND
LAURA LIE IN THE MARIA DO MOST
OF THE TALKING.
HAPPY TO BE HERE TO CONTINUE
OUR EFFORTS AT TRANSPARENCY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY AND WE ARE
MAKING A SIMILAR PRESENTATION
AT THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AS
WELL.
JUST EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO
SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH YOU
AND BE ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
IN THIS FORMAT AS WELL.
>> THIS IS WONDERFUL BECAUSE
IT'S THE FIRST QUARTER REPORT
BUT NOT THE LEVEE SLIDES.
I CAN SHOW YOU GUYS THE REPORT.
>> WE WON'T BE ABLE TO READ
HERE BUT FOR EVERYONE THAT
DOESN'T HAS EVER THE REPORT
IT'S ENTERTAINING READING.
IT'S A PAGE TURNER.
>> I WILL LOOK IT UP ON MY
KINDLE TONIGHT.
>> IT'S GOOD STUFF.
>> GREAT.
NOW WE ARE IN BUSINESS.
I WILL TAKE IT FROM HERE.
WE ARE MOSTLY HERE TO TALK ABOUT
OUR Q1 2019 PROGRESS REPORT.
BEFORE WE JUMP INTO THAT WE
WILL TALK ABOUT THE 2018 ANNUAL
REPORT SINCE WE DIDN'T GET A
CHANCE TO COME EARLIER IN THE
YEAR.
AT THE END WE HAVE A RESPONSE
REGARDING THE RAPID RIDE
CORRIDOR IS.
>> LAST YEAR, 2018 WAS A BIG
YEAR FOR THE LEVEE WITH THE
MOVE SEATTLE ASSESSMENT AND
WORKING ON THE REPORT WAS KIND
OF A MILESTONE MOMENT BECAUSE
ONE OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE
ASSESSMENT CALLED ATTENTION TO
THE NEED OF ROBUST TRACKING AND
REPORTING.
THIS REPORT DOCUMENTS AS THE Q1
REPORT FOLLOWS A NEW ROBUST
FORMAT AND TEMPLATE TO PUT
FACTS ON THE TABLE SO PEOPLE
HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO TRACK
PROGRESS AND SEE WHERE THINGS
ARE MOVING OR MIGHT NOT BE.
WITHIN THE 28 TEAM, 25 OF THE
DELIVERABLE CATEGORIES EXCEEDED
THEIR PLANS.
WE SPENT 166 MILLION WHICH IS
THE HIGHEST SPENDING OVER THE
FIRST THREE YEARS, SECURED
MILLIONS IN GRANTS, AND AGAIN
THE REPORT CAME OUT ON A NEW
SCHEDULE TO PROVIDE SOME
CONSISTENCY AND TRANSPARENCY IN
WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN WE PROVIDE
THOSE PROGRESS REPORTS.
WE PUNCH PUBLISHED IN ON MARCH
30 AND PRESENTED TO THE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
>> THAT WAS 2018 SO LOOKING AT
THIS CORE DOOR Q1, THIS SLIDE
IS MAINLY FOR CONTEXTUAL
AWARENESS.
WE HAVE PUT OUT A LOT OF
REPORTS SO TRYING TO DRAW THE
THREAD AND HOW THEY ALL RELATE.
THE IMAGE ON THE LEFT IS FROM
OUR WORKPLAN REPORT LAST
NOVEMBER AND THE EXAMPLE
PROJECT SHOWN IS SAFE RIDES TO
SCHOOL.
IN NOVEMBER WE PUT OUT THE WORK
PLAN WHICH IS A LOOK AT THE
NEXT SIX YEARS AND WHAT WE
WOULD GET DONE FOR THE
REMAINING YEARS.
THE MIDDLE REPORT IS THE 2019
PLANNED ACCOMPLISHMENTS
DOCUMENT THAT WE PUT OUT IN
MARCH AND THAT REPORT ZOOMED IN
ON JUST THIS YEAR AND WHAT WE
WILL GET DONE THIS YEAR.
IT EXPLAINS AND DOCUMENTS ANY
CHANGES OR DEVIATIONS FROM THAT
PLAN SO YOU CAN SEE HOW WE ARE
STAYING ACCOUNTABLE.
AND THEN OVER ON THE RIGHT IS A
SCREENSHOT OF THIS REPORT, 2019
Q1, AND THE PROGRESS THAT WE
HAVE ACCOMPLISHED SO FAR THIS
YEAR IN THE FIRST THREE MONTHS
AGAINST THAT PLANNED
ACCOMPLISHMENT OUTLINED IN
MARCH.
>> LET ME MAKE SURE I CAN READ
THOSE NUMBERS.
32 IS THE OVERALL TARGET FOR
THE NUMBER OF SAFE ROUTES?
>> IN 2019.
IN 2019 WE SAID WE WOULD DO 32.
>> AND WHEN IT SAYS 2019
PLANNED ACCOMPLISHMENTS WITH A
RANGE OF 25 TO 32 HOW IS THAT
DISTINCT?
>> THE REASON IS HARD TO READ
BECAUSE IT'S A SCREENSHOT BUT
IN THE RIGHTMOST COLUMN OF THAT
DOCUMENT IS THE JUSTIFICATION
FOR WHY IT HAS BEEN REDUCED
WHICH HAS TO DO WITH FUNDING
CHANGES.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WILL GO TO
MORE SPECIFICS, LORELEI.
>> I'M MORE TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND THE FRAMEWORK.
>> THIS ONE IS KIND OF INTEREST
INTERESTING AND WE WON'T GET
TOO FAR BUT 32 PROJECTS IN
EXCESS OF WHAT THE LEVEE
COMMITMENTS ARE, SO TO CALL
ATTENTION, 25-32 IS STILL
EXCEEDING WHAT WE COMMIT TO
DOING.
WHEN WE TOOK A LOOK AT THIS YEAR
AND CREW AVAILABILITY IN THIS
TYPE OF THING WE FELT BETTER
GIVEN A RANGE SO THAT'S WHY WE
HAVE A RANGE, BUT THAT'S THE
DETAIL.
>> I APPRECIATE HIGHLIGHTING--
THERE'S OBVIOUSLY SOME
CHALLENGES WE PUT THEM IN THREE
BUCKETS.
ONE WAS THAT MAY BE OUR EYES
WERE TOO BIG WHEN PUTTING THE
PLAN TOGETHER.
TO WAS THAT THE CONSTRUCTION
ENVIRONMENT HAS TIGHTENED UP
CONSIDERABLY IN WAYS THAT NO ONE
ANTICIPATED IS PUTTING PRESSURE
ON AVAILABILITY AND PRICES.
AND THREE, FEDERAL FUNDING
ENVIRONMENT WE ARE NOT IN A PRO
MULTIMODAL AGENCIES ARE QUICK
TURNING AROUND NUMBERS.
DESPITE THAT, THERE ARE A LOT
OF AREAS WHERE WE LOOK WE ARE
ON TRACK TO MEET OR EXCEED THE
GOALS.
THERE ARE HIGH-PROFILE ONES
THAT ARE IMPORTANT BUT I
APPRECIATE.
SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS LOOKS
LIKE WE MAY EXCEED OUR ORIGINAL
COMMITMENT.
>> WHICH OPENS US TO
CONVERSATIONS ULTIMATELY AROUND
ONE OF THE THINGS NOT IN THIS
PRESENTATION BUT I WILL JUST
TELL YOU.
WE ARE LOOKING AT THE WHOLE OF
THE LEVEE AND WHERE WE THINK WE
MIGHT UNDER DELIVER VERSUS
WHERE WE MIGHT OVER DELIVER AND
TRYING TO DECIDE IF THAT WOULD
LEAD US TOWARD ANY SHIFTS OF
WHERE THE FUNDING IS.
THAT'S THE WHOLE NEXT PHASE OF
THE CONVERSATION.
>> I THINK THOSE ARE IMPORTANT
TO HAVE.
SORRY I'VE INTERRUPTED YOUR
LONG PRESENTATION.
>> GOING THROUGH SOME OF THE
HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE ACCOMPLISHED
IN Q1, THE FIRST CORRIDOR IS
TYPICALLY QUIET AND SLOW DUE TO
WEATHER BUT WE WERE STILL ABLE
TO GET A LOT OF GOOD WORK DONE
INCLUDING ABOUT 11 BLOCKS OF
NEW SIDEWALK WHICH IS ABOUT
HALF OF THE WORK THAT WAS
CARRIED FORWARD FROM 2018.
CHIPPING AWAY ON THE WORK THAT
WE HAD AT THE END OF THE YEAR,
SIDEWALKS INCLUDES A PROJECT ON
30th AVE.
WHICH IS A PRETTY MAJOR
COMMUNITY CONNECTION WHICH IS
THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT AND THE
MAP SHOWS THAT IT'S ONE OF MANY
PHASES TO COMPLETE.
>> THERE WERE 8 SCHOOLS THAT WE
IMPLEMENTED PROJECTS AND IN THE
FIRST QUARTER IS SLOW FOR SOME
OF THE CIVIL CONSTRUCTION BUT
TREEPLANTING IS GOOD.
IT ACCOMPLISHES THE REMAINING
TREES THAT WE DID NOT GET QUITE
IN TIME AND THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
FOR 2019.
>> WE DO LOVE TREES.
>> THE NEXT STEP IS
CONSTRUCTION PROJECT ON THE
REMAINING SIDEWALK WORK.
PAVING THAT HAS BEEN ON THE END-
- ON TRACK. WE DON'T CHECK ANY
MILEAGE OFF UNTIL IT'S TOTALLY
DONE SO WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF
IT IN Q1 BUT IT'S UNDERWAY AND
MAKING GOOD PROJECT PROGRESS
WHICH IS SEEN MORE IN THE
SPENDING BREAKDOWN.
AND OF COURSE CONSTRUCTION AND
FAIRVIEW KEY MILESTONES WILL
ALLOW THEM TO START
CONSTRUCTION.
>> DOES THAT REFER TO THE
PEDESTRIAN OVERPASS?
STILL ON SCHEDULE TO BE READY
BY THE TIME THE FIRST TRAIN
ROLLED THROUGH?
>> THAT'S THE PLAN.
WE UNFORTUNATELY HAVE USED OUR
FLOAT.
WE BID THE PROJECT AND THEY
CAME BACK IN WITH JUST THE
RAILING COSTING INSTEAD OF
APPROXIMATELY $1 MILLION WHICH
WE ESTIMATED, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN
5 AND 8 MILLION DOLLARS.
BASICALLY THERE WERE VERY FEW
SUPPLIERS AND ONE THAT STOOD
OUT SO EVERYONE WENT TO THE
SAME SUPPLIER.
SO WE ARE MODIFYING
SPECIFICATIONS SO IT GIVES
LEEWAY ON WHO SUPPLIES THE
RAILING AND BRINGS THE COST
BACK INTO A REASONABLE RANGE
WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING
FOR.
WE HAVE USED A CHUNK OF FLOAT
IN THE SCHEDULE AND ARE LOOKING
TO RE-ADVERTISE THE PROJECT
TOMORROW.
>> TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND
THE WORK THAT WE DID TO
ESSENTIALLY REDO THE BID
DOCUMENTS TOOK SOME TIME THAT
COULD HAVE BEEN USED IF THERE
WERE CONSTRUCTION HICCUPS SO
NOW WE ARE DOWN TO HOPING
EVERYTHING GOES AS PLANNED AND
DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN.
I KNOW THAT'S A COMPLEX PROJECT
WHEN YOU ARE BUILDING OVER A
MAJOR FREEWAY.
>> THERE'S A FAIR NUMBER OF
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS AS
WELL AS CONSTRUCTION.
SO THE FUND IS JUST BEGINNING
BUT IT'S A GREAT PROJECT.
>> THIS IS A GRAPH SHOWING
SPEND PROGRESS AND GENERALLY
GETS MORE EXCITING AS YOU MOVE
THROUGH THE YEAR.
IN Q1 WE SPENT $28.8 MILLION
WHICH IS THE HIGHEST Q1 SPEND
OF THE FIRST 4 YEARS OF THE
LEVY.
WE WILL GET INTO MORE OF THE
DETAILS IN THE NEXT SLIDES AND
I WILL PASS IT OVER TO LORELEI.
>> WE LOVE OUR PIE CHARTS BUT
THIS SHOWS THE PLANNED SPEND OF
$218 MILLION AND THIS IS THE
28.8 SPEND IN THE FIRST QUARTER
. WITHIN THE COLORED BREAK DOWN
YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE SPENT THE
MONEY SO $2.7 MILLION IN
ARTERIAL ROADWAY MAINTENANCE,
$5.4 MILLION FOR THE OVERPASS,
AND SO ON.
IT GIVES YOU THE DETAIL ABOUT
WHERE BIG PROJECT SPENDS VERSUS
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, AND
OVER THIS YEAR FOR INSTANCE
FAIRVIEW WHICH WAS AWARDED, WE
ARE JUST WAITING TO EXECUTE THE
CONTRACT, IS A SMALL LITTLE $.2
MILLION AMOUNT.
BUT 2:45 AND FOUR WILL INCREASE.
>> TO HIT ON HOW WE DO SPEND
PLANS, BECAUSE THE FORCE
QUARTER REPORT IS THE FIRST
TIME THAT WE PUBLISHED OUR
UPDATED SPEND PLAN AND YOU KNOW
THIS WELL, BUT WE START WITH
COST ESTIMATES AND LOAD THEM
INTO OUR SYSTEM.
WHEN WE LOAD THOSE INTO OUR
SYSTEM WE CHECK AGAINST RISK
AND SCHEDULE AND REVALIDATE THE
SPEND PLAN BASED ON WHAT WE
KNOW NOW SO THAT IS WHAT HAS
GONE INTO THE FIRST QUARTER
REPORT.
CREW DELIVERED PROJECTS ARE
MORE NIMBLE SO THERE'S A
DIFFERENT PROCESS THAT WE USE
TO DEVELOP THOSE SPEND PLANS.
JUST ANOTHER NOTE WE HAVE TO
ACCOUNT FOR LAGS IN CONTRACTOR
PAYMENTS.
YOU SEE THINGS ON THE GROUND IN
THAT IT TAKES US A MONTH BEFORE
HE PROCESS THAT SO IT TAKES A
WHILE TO HIT THE BOOKS EVEN
THOUGH YOU'VE SEEN IT COMPLETE
IN THE FIELDS.
>> SIDEWALKS, CREW DELIVERED,
CONTRACTS?
>>.
IT JUST DEPENDS.
>> SOMETIMES WE TAKE INDIVIDUAL
ONES THAT COULD BE CREW
DELIVERED PROJECTS AND PACKAGE
THEM TOGETHER. BUT OTHER TIMES,
THEY CAN'T BE THE LARGE DOLLAR
PROJECTS WITH OUR CRUISE.
THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE. YOU
DON'T HAVE TO LOOK AT THESE
DETAILS BUT THIS IS THE DETAIL
THAT OUR COST ESTIMATES ARE
GOING TO.
ALL FACES ARE BROKEN DOWN BY
CITY LABOR CONSULTANT AND
CONTRACTOR AND OTHER COSTS.
THAT'S THE TYPE OF INFORMATION
THAT WE HAVE FOR PROJECTS IN
THE CAPITAL DELIVERY PHASE.
JUST ANOTHER FULL LOOK AT OUR
2019 SPEND PLAN AND BREAKING
NEWS DOWN INTO WHERE THEY ARE AT
, WE HAVE $28.9 MILLION THAT WE
CONTROL WITH CRUISE-- WITH OUR
CREWS AND THAT TENDS TO BE MORE
PREDICTABLE AS WELL AS THE NON-
CONTRACTOR DELIVERED PIECE.
THE NON-CONTRACTOR DELIVERED IN
THOSE FACES, WHERE THEY ARE
UNDER CONSTRUCTION, ONE OF THE
TOUGHEST POINTS IS GETTING
FINAL PERMITS AND GETTING
THINGS UNDER CONTRACT.
ONCE WE ARE IN CONSTRUCTION WE
STILL HAVE RISKS BUT FEEL MUCH
MORE CONFIDENT IN THAT SPEND.
ALSO PROJECTS IN DESIGN WE HAVE
A LOT MORE CONTROL ON DESIGN
PROGRESS USUALLY.
THOSE ARE THE SMALLER DOLLAR
SPENDS SO THEY DON'T HAVE AS
MUCH IMPACT.
AT THE HIGHEST RISK AS FAR AS
MEETING THE SPEND PLAN OR THE
JOBS AND DIVINE THAT ARE NOT IN
CONSTRUCTION, WE ARE COUNTING
ON LARGER CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS
TOWARD THE NUMBER WHICH IS WHY
WE PROVIDED THIS BREAKDOWN, SO
YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHAT
BUCKET THAT FALLS INTO.
>> CLEARLY YOU MEAN YOU HIT IT
SPOT ON FOR THE FIRST QUARTER.
$28 MILLION.
I WOULD NEVER EXPECT THAT.
I EXPECTED A LITTLE OVER AND A
LITTLE UNDER BUT NICE WORK.
>> WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.
THIS IS THE THING ABOUT DOING
IT IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE
IT MATCH.
IT DOESN'T MATCH BECAUSE WE
WERE PERFECT BUT IT MATCHES
BECAUSE WE WERE ESTIMATING
AFTER THE FIRST QUARTER.
I WISH WE COULD SAY THAT WE
WERE THAT GOOD.
>> LOOKING FORWARD FOR THE REST
OF THE YEAR AND WE GET INTO
CONSTRUCTION SEASON, DOES IT
FEEL LIKE WE WILL BE ON THAT
TARGET OR DO WE SEE HICCUPS ON
THE HORIZON?
>> AS I GET TO THOSE SLIDES
I'LL BE ABLE TO TALK TO THAT A
LITTLE BIT MORE.
FIRST, THIS SLIDE COVERS BOTH
THINGS.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR WORK
PLAN, BECAUSE WE CONTINUE TO
TRACK AGAINST THE ONE WE
CREATED LAST YEAR AND WHAT IS
IN THE PLAN NOW, THE $257
MILLION WE ARE NOW SAYING $218
MILLION SPEND.
THERE ARE A FEW DIFFERENT
REASONS AND SOME OF THE BIGGEST
REASONS, WHICH I WILL FLIP-FLOP
THE ORDER BECAUSE THIS IS AN
UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE, BUT ONE
THAT I WANT TO CALL ATTENTION
TO.
OUR PROJECT IS ESTIMATED TO
COST LESS THEN WE'VE PLANNED.
$20 MILLION OF THAT UNDER SPEND
IS BECAUSE WE DON'T EVER EXPECT
TO SPEND THAT MONEY ON LANDER.
>> WHEN IT COSTS LESS MONEY
IT'S A REALLY GOOD THING SO
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I APPRECIATE YOU HIGHLIGHTING
THAT THAT IS NOT A PROBLEM.
>> THAT IS WHAT WE CALL A GOOD
UNDER SPEND.
THEN THERE IS THE KIND OF UNDER
SPEND THAT WE DON'T LIKE SUCH
AS THE FAIRVIEW BRIDGE.
IN FACT ALL THREE OF THESE
PROJECTS LISTED HERE ARE THE
PACKAGE ONE IN NORTHGATE BRIDGE
THAT WE HAD TO READVERTISE FOR
DIFFERENT REASONS.
THOSE ARE PRETTY PAINFUL
MOMENTS.
THE NORTHGATE ONE I EXPLAINED.
THE OTHER TWO HAD TO DO WITH
RESPONSIBILITY ISSUES WHERE WE
HAD TO THROW OUT BIDS BECAUSE
WE COULDN'T ACCEPT THEM.
THERE ARE CERTAIN CRITERIA THEY
HAD TO MEET AND THEY DIDN'T
MEET THEM.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT FAIRVIEW
CONTRACT HAS SINCE BEEN AWARDED
AND WE ARE AWAITING EXECUTION.
THEN AAC PACKAGE ONE HAS BEEN
READVERTISE.
WE ARE MOVING FORWARD BUT THOSE
DELAYS SHOW UP IN OUR SPEND AND
DELIVERABLES.
>> HOW MUCH OF THAT IS CURRENT
CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENT?
HOW MUCH OF IT IS THAT WE NEED
TO DO A BETTER JOB OF
CONTRACTORS, OR PACKAGE AND
BUNDLE IN A WAY THAT IT IS MORE
ATTRACTIVE TO FOLKS TO GET
BETTER BIDS THAT ARE QUALIFIED?
>> ON THE FAIRVIEW ONE THERE IS
A CLERICAL ERROR WHERE
ESSENTIALLY THERE WAS A ZERO
MISSED.
A BIG IMPORTANT ZERO.
AND, IT HAPPENS SOMETIMES.
HE ADDED SOME SUPPLEMENTAL
RESPONSIBILITY CRITERIA ON
SPECIALIZED PROJECTS WHICH MAKE
A LOT OF SENSE AND THEY CAUSED
US MORE PROBLEM BECAUSE OF
CONFUSIONS. IN THIS CASE THE
LOW BIDDER WAS NOT ABLE TO
PROVE THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE
BECAUSE NONE OF THE JOBS THEY
WERE DOING WERE COMPLETE SO
THEY CANNOT COUNT THEM AS
PROVEN THEY CAN ACTUALLY HANDLE
THAT WORK AND THEN WE HAD A FEW
OTHER SECOND OR THIRD BIDDERS
HAD ISSUES.
IT'S A BIT OF A MIXED BAG BUT
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS
TIGHTENING UP THE
RESPONSIBILITY CRITERIA AND IS
CLEAR TO THE DEGREE THAT WE
THINK IS NECESSARY AND HELPFUL.
>> SAM ONE OF THE CREDENTIALS
THAT YOU BROUGHT TO THE JOB WAS
PRODUCT DELIVERY.
I IMAGINE THEY ARE THINGS THAT
WERE UNDER WAY IF YOU GOT THERE
.
>> I THINK LORELEI LAID OUT
THAT EACH OF THESE IS A
SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ISSUE.
THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS,
SOME OF THEM ARE SYSTEMATIC AND
SOME ARE MAYBE ONE OFFICE.
SO I THINK WE HAVE BEEN TALKING
ABOUT HOW TO SOLVE SOME OF
THOSE THINGS AND PREVENT THE
ONE OFFS FROM HAPPENING AS WELL.
>> I APPRECIATE THE
TRANSPARENCY HIGHLIGHTING THESE
THINGS AND I APPRECIATE THAT WE
ARE LEARNING LESSONS AS WE GO
WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY AN EVOLVING
AND CHANGING INDUSTRY BUT I
APPRECIATE THE TRANSPARENCY.
>> THE LAST THING THAT I WANT
TO CALL ATTENTION TO IS ONE
LESSON THAT WE ALL HAVE LEARNED.
WHEN WE GIVE ONE SPECIFIC NUMBER
EVERYONE TRACKS TO THAT ONE
SPECIFIC NUMBER.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO IT FROM A
REPORTING STANDPOINT BUT WE
WANTED TO REFLECT AS A RANGE
BECAUSE WE KNOW WE HAVE RISKS
THAT COULD OR COULD NOT HAPPEN.
SO, THE SPEND PLAN ASSUMPTIO
FOR 2018 IS ACTUALLY 190-TO 18
IS THE RANGE WE ARE LOOKING AT.
ONE INSTANCE IS THAT WE HAVE A
SEISMIC PROJECT WITH A GRANT
THAT WE ARE WAITING ON BEFORE
WE CAN ADVERTISE.
IT'S WELL WORTH THE WAIT
BECAUSE WE GET THE MONEY--
>> LEVERAGE.
>> EXACTLY.
SOMETIMES THAT ADDS TIME TO THE
PROJECT.
SOMETIMES WE SEE THAT CREWS
HAVE MANY DIFFERENT PLACES
GETTING PULLED IN THEIR
PRIORITIES.
THERE'S A LOT GOING ON WITH THE
SNOW, VIADUCT CLOSURE, AND THEY
ARE WORKING TO MAKE UP FROM
THE.
AS WE WANT TO DO MORE AS A
WHOLE THERE'S A LOT OF PUSH AND
PULL THAT CREWS HAVE TO DEVOTE
FOR THINGS.
AS WELL AS UNFORESEEN ISSUES
WITH CONSTRUCTION.
AND THEN JUST A FULL PICTURE,
THIS WILL CONTINUE TO EVOLVE.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE ARE ON
THE RIGHT TREND.
WE CONTINUE TO RAMP UP SOME OF
THE BIG PROJECTS STILL ON THE
HORIZON IN 2020-2021.
YOU HAVE RIDGE AND MADISON
WHICH ARE BIG COURT OR PROJECTS
WITH A FAIR AMOUNT OF
CONSTRUCTION SPEND.
THIS IS, I WOULD SAY WITH THE
CHART, WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT WHERE
WE ARE GOING.
WE ARE NOT GOING THERE QUITE AS
FAST AS WE WOULD LIKE TO BUT
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE PAYING
ATTENTION TO.
HOW MUCH ARE THE LARGER
PROJECTS THAT NEED TO KEEP
GOING AS WELL AS MAINTAINING
THE LEVEL OF DELIVERY THAT WE
NEED?
>> THIS IS A COMPARISON WHERE
YOU SEE THE TREND OF BEFORE IT
WAS A VERY SHARP SPEND IN 2020
AND NOW IT'S FLATTENING OUT.
I IMAGINE WE WILL SEE SOME OF
THAT HAPPEN THROUGH THE REST OF
THE TRAINEE BUT WE ARE CLOSE TO
THE PEAK OF OUR SPEND.
NOW, WE'VE COMBINED TO MAKE
PIECES.
>> KELLY I WILL ASK YOU TO READ
THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
>> THE RESPONSE TO LEGISLATIVE
INTENT. RAPID RIDE CORA DOORS--
CORA DOORS.
>> SOME MORE SPECIFICITY ABOUT
HOW THEY WERE COMBINED OR
SEPARATE.
THEY WERE REQUESTED AT THE SAME
TIME AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH A
ROBUST LEVEE ASSESSMENT BUT
THERE WAS NOT COMPLETE CLARITY
OF WHERE THINGS WOULD END UP.
IT WAS CONCURRENT WITH KING
COUNTY METRO'S PLAN TO DELIVER
THEIR RAPID RIDE PROGRAM
COUNTYWIDE.
THE RESPONSE THAT WE PROVIDED
INCLUDES A NUMBER OF ITEMS.
A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE
SUBSTANCE WAS INCLUDED IN THE
2018 WORKPLAN IN TERMS OF THE
SCOPE, STATUS ON FUNDING,
BUDGETS, AND TIMELINES.
WE ALSO PROVIDED THE FULL RAPID
RIDE PROGRAM SUMMARY PREPARED
AND FOLLOWED LAST YEAR ON
SUPPORT OF THE COUNCIL BUDGET
PROCESS.
AND, AN UPDATED PROGRAM MAP
THAT DIFFERENTIATES HOPEFULLY
MORE VISUALLY BETWEEN RAPID
RIDE LINES AND THE MULTI CORE
DOOR-- CORRIDOR LINES.
THIS IS WEIRD DELIVERY AND
TRANSIT INVESTMENTS WILL BE--
AND SERVICE, ALL OF IT
CONCURRENT.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD
WITH METRO NOW THAT WE HAVE
CLARITY ON BOTH AGENCIES ABOUT
HOW WE ARE MOVING FORWARD TO
REALLY SHOW THAT TO THE
COMMUNITY AS INTEGRATED
PROJECTS.
EACH ARE DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF
THE FUNDING COMMITMENT FOR EACH
PARTNER EVEN AGENCY BUT WE ARE
MAKING GOOD PROGRESS, I THINK,
IN THE PARTNERSHIPS AND PROJECT
SPECIFIC AGREEMENTS TO CONTINUE
TO MOVE FORWARD.
FOUR OF THE PROJECTS WILL BE
TRANSIT PLUS MULTIMODAL PROJECTS
WHICH MAKE TRANSIT SPEED AND
RELIABILITY AS WELL AS ACCESS
IMPROVEMENTS AS FUNDING ALLOWED
FOR MAIN TRANSIT CORRIDOR IS.
I WOULD NOTE THAT MATTRESS
BUDGET DOES INCLUDE FUNDING FOR
RAPID RIDE RAIN NEAR.
WE HAD IN THE INTEREST OF
CLARITY IN RESPONSE TO A LOT OF
THE FEEDBACK AND DISCUSSION
THAT WE HAD WITH THE BOARD AND
LEVY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, WE
DECIDED TO PRIORITIZE
INVESTMENT IN THE CORRIDOR TO
DELIVER IMPROVEMENTS MORE
QUICKLY FOR THE COMMUNITY OF
CURRENT TRANSIT ROUTE 7 WRITERS
-- RIDERS TO DELIVER SAFETY
INVESTMENTS SOONER AND
MAINTAIN MORE CONTROL OVER
SCOPE AND RISK.
THAT WAS A COURT ORDER--
CORRIDOR THAT HAD BEEN PROVIDED
. WE WERE WORKING ON THEIR
PROJECT IN 2024 AND DEVELOPING
COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES TO TRY
NOT TO CONFUSE PEOPLE AND MAKE
SURE THAT OUR INVESTMENTS ARE
REALLY FORWARD COMPATIBLE WITH
RAPID RIDE.
I WOULD ALSO NOTE THAT ON
MADISON WE DID EXTEND THE
TIMELINE IN OUR ASSESSMENT
WHICH WAS PART OF TAKING A
CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT IT WAS
TAKING TO DELIVER AND SECURE
THE FEDERAL SMALL STARTS OF
FUNDING WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT
PORTION OF THE MADISON PROJECT.
MATTRESS BUDGET HAD SHOWN IN
2021 THEY WERE READY BUT WE ARE
THE LEAD FOR THAT PROJECT AND
IT'S TAKING A LITTLE BIT
LONGER.
THE WORKPLAN AND THE TIMELINES
SHOW MADISON AS 2022 AND WE ARE
MOVING FORWARD CONSISTENT WITH
THAT TIMELINE.
NONE HAVE CHANGED SINCE
NOVEMBER BUT HOPEFULLY THIS
PROVIDES MORE INFORMATION.
I WOULD ALSO NOTE THAT ON JUNE
4 I WILL BE AT THE OVERSIGHT
LEVEE COMMITTEE TO DETAIL
PROJECT BY PROJECT ON OUR
STATUS FOR THESE.
>> TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE
CLARITY IN UNDERSTANDING THE
THREE PROJECTS THAT WE ARE
STILL CALLING RAPID RIDE ARE
THE ONES THAT WE EXPECT TO
DELIVER OUR IMPROVEMENTS AND
KING COUNTY METRO WILL BE ABLE
TO DELIVER THAT SERVICE WITHIN
THE TIMEFRAME WHICH IS THROUGH
2023?
>> 2024.
THE SCHEDULE SHOWS MADISON
SHOWS OPENING IN 2022. THE
DELRIDGE WAY AND THE H LINE
OPENING IN 21 AND THE RAPID RIDE
ROOSEVELT PROJECT OPENING IN
2024.
>> YOU ARE SAYING RAINIER IS
ALSO SCHEDULED FOR 2024?
>> CAN COUNTIES PROJECT IS
SCHEDULED FOR 2024.
WE ARE SCHEDULED TO MAKE
TRANSIT SPEED AND RELIABILITY
REQUIREMENTS ON ROUTE 7 THAT
WILL BENEFIT FOLKS AND BE
ACCESSIBLE BY 2022.
IT'S MUCH MORE OF A PHASED
INVESTMENT SEQUENCE WITH
INVESTMENTS ON RAINIER DURING
THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
>> I ASSUME THE INVESTMENTS AND
WHO IS PAYING FOR WHAT PROBABLY
VARIES BUDGET TO PROJECT BUT IN
GENERAL METRO IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR BUYING BUSES AND DRIVERS
AND HAVING THE BASE SPACE AND
INSTALLING PROBABLY THE PAYMENT
SYSTEMS AND SIGNAGE AND STUFF.
WE COME IN AND DO A SERIES OF
RIGHT-OF-WAY IMPROVEMENTS THAT
HELP PRIORITIZE, WHATEVER TYPE
OF INFRASTRUCTURE. WHAT I HEAR
YOU SAYING IS THAT WE ARE GOING
TO DO THE INFRASTRUCTURE
IMPROVEMENTS IN ADVANCE OF THE
BUS SO WE CAN DELIVER THOSE
BENEFITS TO CURRENT USERS A
COUPLE OF YEARS IN ADVANCE, AND
THEN WHEN METRO HAS THE
CAPACITY OR FUNDING TO COME
ALONG AND PUT THE NEW BUSES ON
AND NEW STATIONS THEY WILL DROP
THAT RIGHT ON TOP OF INVESTMENTS
A COUPLE OF YEARS BEFORE?
>> THEY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT AND IS
ANTICIPATED TO BE AN OVERHEAD
TROLLEY IS SPENT INTENSIVE SO
THAT IS QUITE EXPENSIVE.
THEY MAY MAKE ADDITIONAL SPEED
AND RELIABILITY IMPROVEMENTS
BEYOND WHAT WE CAN MAKE AND
BEYOND STATIONS AS WELL.
>> THE OTHER THREE WE HAVEN'T
MENTIONED, THE 40-44 AND SORRY
WHAT'S THE ROUTE ON 23rd?
THE 48.
THANK YOU.
>> ARE THOSE ALL STILL
ULTIMATELY WE THINK GOING TO BE
RAPID RIDE OR IS THAT BEYOND
THE PLANNING HORIZON AND WE ARE
JUST NOT SURE?
>> THEY CONTINUE TO BE SHOWN AS
RAPIDRIDE AS METRO EVENTUALLY
GETS THROUGH THE FIRST PHASE OF
THIS CAPITAL EXTENSION PROGRAM
AND MOVES INTO A SECOND OR
THIRD PHASE.
THIS CORRIDOR'S ARE ANTICIPATED
TO BE MADE RAPIDRIDE AT THE
TIME.
>> ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE
HAD LAST YEAR, THE INVESTMENTS
WERE BOTH A BIG SELLING FEATURE
FOR A LOT OF FOLKS AND ALSO A
BIG COST, AND AN AREA WHERE
THEY HAD ANTICIPATED
SIGNIFICANT FEDERAL LEVERAGE.
SO, GOT A LOT OF ATTENTION.
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I
KNOW THAT WE HAD AT THE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WAS GIVEN
THE NEW CONSTRAINTS, DO WE
CONCENTRATE INVESTMENTS IN THE
SUBSET OF 7 LINES OR CONTINUE
TO INVEST AND MAY BE PARING
DOWN SOME OF THE INVESTMENTS?
WE ARE STILL GOING TO MAKE A
SUITE OF INVESTMENTS.
IF I RECALL CORRECTLY FROM LAST
FALL THE IDEA WAS THAT WE WANT
TO PICK THE PLACES YOU CAN GET
THE BEST SPEED AND RELIABILITY
IMPROVEMENTS FOR WHAT WE HAVE
AND THERE ARE HIGH-QUALITY
INVESTMENTS HAPPENING ACROSS
ALL OF THESE CORRIDOR IS SO WE
WILL CONTINUE TO INVEST IN ALL
OF THIS.
THERE MAY BE SOME INVESTMENTS
WE THOUGHT WE WOULD MAKE BUT I
DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE QUITE
DETAILED WHEN IT WENT TO
VOTERS.
THERE ARE THINGS THAT MAYBE
AREN'T GOING TO BE PART OF THE
PACKAGE BUT DELIVERED
SIGNIFICANT SPEED AND
RELIABILITY.
KING COUNTY METRO HAS ITS OWN
CHALLENGES SO WHAT WE HOPED IT
WOULD ALL BE RAPIDRIDE RIDES
BY THE END OF THE LEVY, SOME
WILL COME LATER BECAUSE OF
KING COUNTY METRO AGREEMENT.
ROUGHLY ACCURATE FROM ACCOUNTS
MEMBER PERSPECTIVE.
>> GOOD SUMMARY.
>> THANK YOU FOR HUMORING ME.
>> GOING BACK TO THE SLIDES OF
WHERE EXPENDITURES GET REALLY
BIG, LIKE THESE CORRIDOR'S ARE
STILL REALLY BIG INVESTMENTS
FOR US TO DELIVER.
AS WE DELIVER THOSE AND
CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR ABILITY
TO DO THAT, THAT WILL AFFECT
HOW WE THINK ABOUT RAPID RIDE
GOING FORWARD.
BUILDING ON SUCCESS AS WE CAN
BUILD SUCCESS, AND WE CAN
ASSESS WHAT AND WHERE TO DO
THIS.
>> THE SIGNIFICANT FEDERAL
INVESTMENT IS STILL A FAIR
AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY OR JUST
HARD TO TELL?
IF IT WERE NORMAL IT WOULD BE
EASY BUT THIS ISN'T NORMAL.
>> IT IS STILL RATED HIGH SO WE
STILL THINK THERE'S A STRONG
LIKELIHOOD.
THERE IS STILL THE NEED TO GET
TO A GRANT AGREEMENT AND THAT
HAS RECENTLY BEEN A LITTLE BIT
FASTER FOR TRANSIT PROPERTIES
AROUND THE COUNTRY, BUT THAT'S
A PLACE WE STILL HAVE
UNCERTAINTY.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE IN-DEPTH
STUFF.
WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE THIS
HAPPEN.
>> I APPRECIATE THE
PRESENTATION.
I JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO SLIDE
NUMBER FOUR.
SORRY, SLIDE NUMBER FIVE.
IN MY READING THIS CORRECTLY?
WOULD THE TOTAL NEW SIDEWALKS
THAT WERE BUILT IN 21.5, OR 11.5
? TRYING TO MAKE SURE--
>> CLARIFYING THE TOP BULLET.
>> IS THAT SEPARATE OR
TOGETHER?
>> THEY ARE SEPARATE.
IN 2018 I DON'T REMEMBER THE
EXACT NUMBER.
I THINK WE FINISHED 34 OF 54
TARGETED BLOCKS SO THAT'S ABOUT
20 UNDER CONSTRUCTION AFTER THE
NEW YEAR.
WE FINISHED ABOUT HALF OF THEM
AND CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS
ON THE OTHER HALF.
ON TOP OF THAT ALL OF THOSE 20
IS WORK THAT WE ORIGINALLY
INTENDED TO GET DONE SO ON TOP
OF THAT THERE IS A WHOLE OTHER
PORTFOLIO.
>> JUST TRYING TO CLARIFY.
AND ON SLIDE NUMBER SEVEN THIS
IS MORE OF A PHILOSOPHICAL
QUESTION BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A
BIT OF A CONVERSATION OFF-LINE.
IN TERMS OF MAKING IT SAFER FOR
PEOPLE TO BIKE, IS 1% ENOUGH?
>> THE 2.2?
>> I'M TRYING TO THINK.
WHAT YOU SEE THEIR LARGELY IS A
CHUNK OF THE SPEND ON 56th.
IT'S HARD TO LOOK AT IT
ISOLATED IN A SINGLE QUARTER TO
SAY BUT GOING BACK TO WHAT WE
ADDRESSED IN THE WORK PLAN, I
WOULD SEE THE BIKE MASTER PLAN
PROGRAM IS THE ONE THAT HURTS
THE MOST IN TERMS OF THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
DELIVERABLES WE ORIGINALLY
COMMITTED TO AND THE AMOUNT OF
MONEY WE HAVE, AND HOW FAR WE
CAN TAKE THAT.
AN INDIVIDUAL QUARTER IT IS
HARD TO SHOW SPECIFIC
INFLECTION BUT IF YOU WORK OUT
THOUGH LOOK AT THE WORK PLAN I
GUESS THE ANSWER WOULD BE NO.
>> WHEN PROJECTS ARE UNDER SPENT
OR FOR EXAMPLE I KNOW LAST YEAR
THERE WAS A $43.1 MILLION CARRY
FORWARD.
HOW ARE THOSE NEW PROJECTS RE-
PRIORITIZED OR HOW IS IT
REALLOCATED IN REGARDS TO, WILL
MAYBE WE AREN'T SPENDING ENOUGH
ON SIDEWALKS OR BICYCLE LANES.
I'M JUST CURIOUS.
>> WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT YET BUT
THERE ARE DIFFERENT GUIDELINES
ABOUT WHAT CAN BE HANDLED BY
STO T IN THE OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE AND PUT HAS TO GO TO
COUNSEL.
THOSE ARE EXACTLY THE
CONVERSATIONS THAT WE WILL
START TO HAVE INTERNALLY AND
THEN WITH THE COUNCIL IF NEED
BE.
IN PARTICULAR THERE ARE THREE
DIFFERENT BUCKETS OF FUNDING
AND WHEN WE MOVE THINGS BETWEEN
THE BUCKET THAT REQUIRES
APPROVAL OF THE COUNCIL.
>> SOME OF THE CARRYFORWARD
FUNDING IS AROUND WHEN PROJECTS
ARE NOT SPENDING WITHIN THE
SAME YEAR AND NOT NECESSARILY
DUE TO UNDER SPENDING.
IT MAY BE A COMMITMENT WHERE
THE BUDGET HAS BEEN ALLOCATED
BUT HAS TO GET CARRYFORWARD TO
GET SUSPENDED IN THE LAST YEAR.
I ALSO THINK Q1 IS A VERY SLOW
TIME FOR DELIVERY IN GENERAL OF
PROJECTS, BECAUSE OF WEATHER
TEMPERATURES AND STUFF LIKE
THAT.
THAT SPENDING BREAKOUT IS JUST
FOR Q1 EXPENDITURES.
WE WILL SEE THE COMPOSITION OF
THE FUTURE CORRIDOR IS--
CORRIDORS WILL CHANGE OVER
TIME.
>> THE PERCENTAGES OF 13%, SO
THE BIKE SPENDING WAS ABOUT
7.5% OF OVERALL SPENDING.
BUT, THE BIG PICTURE, I
APPRECIATE YOUR POINT BECAUSE
IT IS A MODE WE NEED TO BE
UPSIZING.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO
LOOKING AT THE WORK PLAN THAT
WE PUBLISHED LAST NOVEMBER IS
THE BEST WAY TO LOOK AT THE
HOLISTIC, EVERY PROGRAM
INDIVIDUALLY AND WHERE WE ARE
AT, AND THE HEALTH OF IT.
>> IN PUBLIC COMMENT, WE HEARD
A NUMBER OF COMMENTS ABOUT
PRIORITIZING BUS ROUTES AND
THERE'S A MAP THAT WE ARE
SEEING THAT THE MASS COALITION
PUT TOGETHER OF DIFFERENT AREAS
WE CAN PRIORITIZE.
I WANT TO BOTH REITERATE THAT
AT LEAST I AM IN FAVOR OF
FIGURING OUT HOW WE ALLOCATE
THAT IS SPACE.
PEOPLE MADE SOME GOOD POINTS
THAT I'VE SURE YOU HEARD I'M
SURE YOU'VE HEARD WHEN WE HAVE
16, 80, OR UPWARDS OF 100
PEOPLE ON A BUS WE NEED TO
HONOR THE COMMITMENT AND MAKING
SURE THAT MOVES QUICKLY.
I ALSO HEARD ANECDOTALLY
THROUGH CONSTITUENTS THAT SINCE
BUSES HAVE COME OUT OF THE
TUNNEL, CERTAIN ROUTES ARE
EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT DELAYS.
I APPRECIATE SAM, YOUR TEAM AT
SDOT SAID THEY WOULD GIVE US
SOME DATA ON WHAT THOSE NUMBERS
ARE.
MY REQUEST WOULD BE IF YOU HAVE
ANY COMMENTS OR IDEAS OF HOW WE
CAN MOVE FORWARD, AND
SPECIFICALLY WHEN IT COMES TO
DELAYS THAT WE MAY BE SEEING, I
WOULD LOVE TO MOVE SWIFTLY IF
THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO ADD
ADDITIONAL BUS ONLY LANES
ESPECIALLY IN THE DOWNTOWN
CORRIDOR.
BUT ANYWHERE, IF WE CAN DOCK
TWO OR THREE MINUTES OFF OF
COMMUTES WE WOULD LOVE TO MOVE
AS SWIFTLY AS POSSIBLE ON THAT.
>> I WOULD JUST SAY, I HAD A
CHANCE TO GO ON A TOUR OF A
NUMBER OF LOCATIONS WITH THE
MASS COALITION A COUPLE OF
SATURDAYS AGO.
THAT WAS GREAT TO DISCUSS THE
ISSUES IN HERE CONCERNS. I WAS
NOT HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
I WAS DOWNSTAIRS GIVING AWARDS.
>> YOU'VE GOT TO SHOUT OUT
>> I DO ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT
EVEN IF I'M NOT HERE IN THE
AUDIENCE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, I
TEND TO WATCH IT ON TV.
I THINK WE SHARE THE URGENCY IN
CONTINUING TO MAKE BUS
INVESTMENTS AND IMPROVEMENTS.
RELATED TO BUSES COMING OUT OF
THE TUNNEL, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S
A COMPLICATED SET OF FACTORS
THAT THERE IS JUST NOT JUST ONE
ANSWER.
FOR SOME ROUTES IT IS MOVEMENTS
WERE THERE ARE PEDESTRIANS
CROSSING AT THOSE TURNING
MOVEMENTS AND WE DON'T WANT TO
START OF TIME AWAY FROM
PEDESTRIANS AT SOME OF THOSE
BUSY LOCATIONS.
FOR SOME, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE
ARE PLACES WHERE COMING OFF OF
THE FREEWAY THERE ARE DIFFERENT
FACTORS FOR ROUTES EXPERIENCING
MORE DELAYS.
THAT'S AN ONGOING DISCUSSION
AND SOUND TRANSIT NEW-- EXACTLY
HOW AND WHERE TO ADDRESS SOME
OF THOSE ISSUES.
I THINK LOADING DEMAND, AND
WE'VE HAD ISSUES WHERE LIKE A
BUILDING GARAGE ENTRIES OF WHERE
BUSES ARE NOW COMING AND HOW TO
BALANCE AND KEEP BUSES MOVING
THROUGH THOSE PLACES WHERE
THERE IS CONGESTION RELATED TO
GARAGE EXITS.
THOSE ARE ALL ISSUES WE'VE
TRIED TO ADDRESS AS THEY COME
AND LOOK AT THEM MORE
SYSTEMATICALLY AS WELL.
>> I NOTICED ON MY COMMUTE THAT
MY HOME ON SIXTH AVENUE WHERE
WE HAVE ADDED NORTHBOUND IS
CAPACITY, ON SIXTH AVENUE
BETWEEN NORDSTROM'S IN PACIFIC
PLACE THERE WAS A POLICE
OFFICER ESSENTIALLY DOING A CUE
JUMP FOR BUSES.
THERE'S A PEDESTRIAN
INTERSECTION AND A BUS ONLY
LANE HOLDING UP GENERAL TRAFFIC
WEAVING THROUGH THE BUSES.
THAT'S PROBABLY NOT THE MOST
COST-EFFECTIVE LONG-TERM
SOLUTION BUT IF IT'S A WAY
WHERE WE GET THE LEGS ADJUSTED,
I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT CAME
ABOUT BUT I DON'T THINK IT
RANDOMLY HAPPENED.
>> THAT HAS BEEN A COMBINATION
OF US IN METRO WORKING TO
DEPLOY RESOURCES TO KEEP THINGS
MOVING.
>> WE ARE ABOUT TO SEE MORE OF
THOSE.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ONGOING WORK
ON THIS AND PRESENTATIONS TODAY.
I WILL TRY TO CHANNEL MY
COLLEAGUE ABOUT THE NORTH GATE
BRIDGE. LET'S GET THIS DONE AS
BEST WE CAN.
WE ALL SHARE THAT OBJECTIVE.
>> A COUPLE OF AGENDA ITEMS
LEFT.
WHY DON'T WE JUMP INTO IT.
WE WILL PROBABLY RUN OVER THE
4:00 TIMELINE TODAY.
OUR FOLKS ABLE TO STICK AROUND
A LITTLE BIT LONGER?
IF THERE ARE CONCERNS-- OKAY.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> DOING WELL.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS,
ADU PROPOSAL UPDATE TO FOCUS ON
RATIO REQUIREMENT.
>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE
YOURSELF?
>> ALY PENNUCCI COUNCIL
CENTRAL STUFF.
>> QUICK OPENING REMARKS AND
THEN I WILL HANDED OVER TO YOUR
PRESENTATION.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR A NUMBER
OF YEARS TO CREATE MORE
FLEXIBILITY FOR BACKYARD
COLLEGES-- IT HAS BEEN 3.5 YEARS
. WE ARE STILL WAITING ON A
DECISION FROM A HEARING
EXAMINER BASED ON AN APPEAL TO
THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
STATION ISSUED IN OCTOBER OF
LAST YEAR.
MY UNDERSTANDING IN THE WORLD
OF EXAMINER DECISIONS IS NOT
QUITE CERTAIN BUT SOMETIMES IN
THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS WE ARE
LIKELY TO HEAR THAT.
OBVIOUSLY WHAT THE DECISION
LOOKS LIKE WILL IMPACT HOW WE
CAN MOVE FORWARD AT THE MOMENT.
THE DESIRE TO BE READY FOR A
DECISION THAT ALLOWS US TO MOVE
FORWARD, I WANTED TO START THE
CONVERSATION WITH 2 ITEMS THAT
ARE RELATIVELY NEW AND REALLY
SHINE A SPOTLIGHT ON THOSE TO
MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS IN THE
PUBLIC ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO
SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT MAY
COME FORWARD.
THE BIG ONE IS THE IDEA THAT WE
WOULD HAVE A RATIO LIMIT ON NEW
CONSTRUCTION IN SINGLE-FAMILY
ZONES. THE OTHER THING THAT IS
MORE OF A TWEAK THAT WE WILL
TALK MORE ABOUT IN FUTURE WEEKS
IS THERE IS CURRENTLY AN
OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENT.
AN OWNERSHIP REQUIREMENT WAS
CONTEMPLATED AND WE CAN TALK
ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT TODAY.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY LEGISLATION
BUT MY GOAL IS THAT WE WOULD
INTRODUCE SOME LEGISLATION BY
THE END OF THE MONTH.
WE ARE PLANNING TO COME BACK
MAY 28 ASSUMING WE HAVE A
FAVORABLE RULING BY NOW AND
THEN.
CONTINGENT UPON THAT THE HOPE
WOULD BE THAT WE ASK HAVE
ACTUAL LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF
US TO START ACTUALLY DEBATING
AT THE 28th MEETING.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO STEAL ALL OF
YOUR THUNDER.
>> THAT WILL LET ME MOVE
QUICKER THROUGH THE SLIDES.
TODAY WILL BE THE FIRST IN A
SERIES OF DISCUSSIONS FOCUSED
ON THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO MAKE
IT EASIER TO BUILD ACCESSORY
DWELLING UNITS THAT I WILL
LIKELY REFER TO AS A DUS.
TODAY'S PRESENTATION FOCUSES ON
2 ASPECTS, FLOOR AREA LIMIT AND
REMOVING THE OWNER OCCUPANCY
REQUIREMENT.
BEFORE I JUMP INTO THOSE I WILL
PROVIDE A BACKGROUND ON SOME OF
THE POLICY TO SUMMARIZE THE
úPROPOSAL BUT WILL PROBABLY MOV
RELATIVELY QUICKLY IN THE
INTEREST OF TIME.
THERE IS MORE DETAIL IN THE
MEMO AND THERE WILL BE MORE
OPPORTUNITY FOR DISCUSSION AT
THE COMMITTEE MEETING AT THE
END OF MAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
ALL USING THE SAME TERMINOLOGY
WHERE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS
ARE OFTEN REFERRED TO AS
BACKYARD COLLEGES AND WE REFER
TO THEM AS DETACHED ACCESSORY
UNITS AND ALSO ATTACHED.
GARDEN APARTMENTS AND THOSE
INCORPORATED INTO THE MAIN
STRUCTURE.
WHY ENCOURAGE ACCESSORY
DWELLING UNITS?
IT'S ONE OF THE STRATEGIES THE
CITY HAS BEEN WORKING ON TO
ADDRESS THE HOUSING CRISIS AND
SOMETHING THAT COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN HAS BEEN WORKING ON.
THE PROPOSE REGULATORY CHANGES
IS LOOKING TO REMOVE BARRIERS
FOR PEOPLE TO BUILD THEM AND
IMPROVE HOUSING CHOICES IN
SINGLE-FAMILY ZONES.
IT ALSO HAS OPTIONS THAT MIGHT
BE MORE AFFORDABLE AND BEING
ABLE TO ADOPT TO THEIR HOUSE TO
CHANGING HOUSEHOLD NEEDS.
ONE OF THE DRIVING FORCES IS
THAT ALTHOUGH ATTACHED AND
DETACHED ADUS HAVE BEEN
ALLOWED WE SEE 2% OF PROPERTIES
AT AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT.
IT STARTED SUGGESTING THAT
MAYBE THERE ARE BARRIERS OR A
PROCESS PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM
PURSUING AN ACCESSORY DWELLING
UNIT.
THIS SLIDE OUTLINES THE STEPS
THAT THE CITY HAS TAKEN TO MOVE
STEPS FORWARD.
WE ARE CURRENTLY AWAITING A
DECISION FROM THE HEARING
EXAMINER ON THE REPEAL OF THE
ADEQUACY OF THE FINAL EIS AND
DEPENDING ON THE OUTCOME WE
WILL DICTATE WHEN THE COUNCIL
CAN TAKE FINAL ACTION BUT
COMMITTEE DELIBERATIONS CAN
MOVE FORWARD ABSENT A DECISION
FROM THE EXAMINER REGARDLESS OF
WHAT THAT DECISION IS.
IT JUST PREVENTS THE COUNCIL
FROM TAKING FINAL ACTION.
THIS SLIDE BRIEFLY SUMMARIZES
THE SWEET PROPOSE CHANGES TO
THE LAND-USE CODE AND WILL
FOCUS ON THE BOLDED OPTIONS.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
REQUIREMENTS LIKE REMOVING 2
ADUS AND A NUMBER OF SIZE AND
LOCATION OF CRITERIA THAT WE
WILL DIVE INTO IN MORE DETAIL
AT THE END OF MAY.
>> I WILL START WITH A FOCUS ON
THE PROPOSAL TO INTRODUCE A
FLOOR RATIO REQUIREMENT.
THIS IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE
PROPOSAL THAT WAS INITIALLY
PUBLISHED IN 2016.
REALLY THIS IDEA CAME OUT OF
THE SCOPING PROCESS DURING THE
EIS PROCESS FOR REGULATORY
CHANGES.
WE GOT COMMENTS AND CONCERNS
ABOUT THE SIZE AND OF NEW
DEVELOPMENT ON SINGLE-FAMILY
LOTS AS WELL AS LOOKING FOR
STRATEGIES TO INCENTIVIZE
ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
I WILL GET INTO MORE DETAIL IN
A FEW MOMENTS BUT FIRST, WHAT
IS A FLOOR AREA RATIO IS A TERM
USED IN LAND USE CODES THAT
REGULATES THE SIZE OF THE
BUILDING IN RELATION TO THE
SIZE OF THE LOT.
THE EXAMPLES ABOVE SHOW WHAT A
1.4 SAR LIMIT WOULD BE.
IF YOU HAVE A 5000 SQUARE-FOOT
LOT AND YOUR LIMIT IS 1 THE
MAXIMUM SIZE OF THE STRUCTURE
IS 5000 FT.B2.
IF YOU HAVE A LIMIT OF .5 THE
MAXIMUM SIZE ALLOWED WOULD BE
2500 FT.B2.
IN SEATTLE, LIMITS ARE USED
PRETTY REGULARLY TO REGULATE
THE BOOK AND SCALE OF BUILDINGS.
THE MAXIMUM SIZE OF STRUCTURES
ARE EFFECTIVELY CONTROLLED BY
HEIGHT LIMITS AND OTHER
REQUIREMENTS.
>> BEFORE YOU MOVE ON, I
APPRECIATE THE ILLUSTRATIVE
NATURE OF THIS.
A SINGLE-FAMILY ZONE, IT COVERS
ALL THE REQUIREMENTS, 35%? YOU
COULD NOT BUILD THE EXAMPLE IN
THE TOP LEFT BECAUSE YOU COULD
NOT COVER 100% OF THE LOT.
YOU COULD DO MORE OF THE ONE ON
THE THREE-STORY BUILDING ON THE
RIGHT?
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
>> ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE
HEARD WAS TALKING ABOUT
ALLOWING DETACHED ACCESSORY
DWELLING UNITS WHICH ALSO COUNT
TOWARD LOT COVERAGE LIMITS?
>> THAT'S CORRECT AND THE
PROPOSAL TO CHANGE THE LOT
COVERAGE WITHIN THIS PROPOSAL
WOULD PROVIDE MORE ALLOWANCES
FOR MORE ADUS SO IT HAS THE
EFFECT OF REDUCING THE OVERALL
BULK OF NEW HOMES WHICH COULD
RESULT IN FREEING UP MORE SPACE
FOR A BACKGROUND CHECK YOUR
COLLEGE BUT IF YOU HAVE A MAIN
HOUSE, NOTHING WOULD LOOK LIKE
ANY OF THESE.
THE IMAGE ON THE WAY ON THE
RIGHT AND YOU WERE AT YOUR
MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE YOU WOULD
NOT BE ABLE TO ADD A DETACHED
STRUCTURE.
YOU CAN INCORPORATE AN ATTACHED
PROVIDED YOU ARE NOT COVERING
ANY MORE OF THE LOT.
>> WITH THE BACKYARD COTTAGES
THERE WOULD BE NO ROOM FOR
TREES BUT I WANTED TO BE CLEAR
THAT 65% OF THE LOT AND CURRENT
REGULATION AND PROPOSED
REGULATION WOULD HAVE TO BE OPEN
AND IN SOME PLACES THE TREES
COULD GO.
THERE SHOULD BE PLENTY OF ROOM
WITH BACKYARD COTTAGES IN A
SINGLE-FAMILY ZONE TO HAVE
PLENTY OF SPACE FOR TREES IF
PEOPLE WANT TO PLANT TREES.
>> WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE END
OF MAY MORE BUT THE PROPOSAL
PROVIDES FLEXIBILITY TO ALLOW
TO DESIGN AROUND A TREE AS WELL
AS ONLY ALLOWING SINGLE-STORY
SLIGHTLY LARGER STRUCTURES ON
THE REAR PORTION OF THE LOT
ONLY IF IT CAN BE ACCOMMODATED
WITHOUT LOSS OF TREES OVER A
CERTAIN SIDE.
>> THE PROPOSED LIMIT WOULD
APPLY WITH ALL DEVELOPMENTS.
SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES WOULD BE
SUBJECT TO A LIMIT OF 2500 FT.B.
THE AREAS IN A BASEMENT OR ANY
ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT WHETHER
ATTACHED OR DETACHED WOULD NOT
COUNT SO IT WOULD BE EXEMPT.
EXISTING HOMES ALREADY BUILT
THAT WOULD EXCEED THE LIMIT
WOULD BE ALLOWED TO GET A ONE-
TIME EXCEPTION TO ALLOW A SMALL
ADDITION.
IT WOULD ALLOW IMPROVEMENTS TO
SOME EXISTING HOMES AND I WILL
WALK THROUGH EXAMPLES OF
EXISTING HOMES IN SEATTLE THAT
ARE BELOW, AT, OR ABOVE THE
PROPOSED LIMITS.
THIS EXAMPLE IS A SMALLER HOME
BUILT IN THE 1950s. IT'S
APPROXIMATELY 1900 FT.B2 AND HA
AN EFFECTIVE-- SAR. THIS HOUSE
COULD BE BUILT TODAY ARE
PERMITTED. THIS HOUSE BUILT IN
THE 1920S IS ABOUT 2500 FT.B2 S
IT COULD BE ALLOWED TODAY.
IN ADDITION, ONE OF THE
CONSIDERATIONS IS WHETHER OR
NOT, WHICH FLOOR AREA TO EXEMPT.
IF THE GARAGE IS USED AS
PARKING IT COULD COUNT FOR THE
CALCULATION.
IF IT'S NOT FULLY BELOW GRADE.
IF IT'S NOT CONVERTED TO AN
ATTACHED ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT
.
>> THIS IS A RECENTLY
CONSTRUCTED HOUSE THAT EXCEEDS
THE PROPOSED LIMIT. THIS HOUSE
WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE
CONSTRUCTED UNDER THE PROPOSED
LIMIT.
THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A
HOME THAT HAS MAXED OUT THE
ZONING ENVELOPE AND MAXIMIZED
THE HEIGHT, YARD, AND
REQUIREMENTS TO BUILD AS BIG AS
POSSIBLE.
THIS WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED UNDER
THE PROPOSED SAR-- FAR LIMIT.
THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE THAT
WILL EXCEED THE FAR LIMIT AND
COULD NOT BE APPROVED BUT IF
THIS HOUSE INCLUDED 2 ATTACHED
ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS IT
WOULD BE ALLOWED TODAY AND YOU
CAN SEE-- I DON'T REALLY KNOW
WHAT THE INSIDE LOOKS LIKE BUT
THOSE PORCHES LOOK LIKE TWO
SEPARATE UNITS POTENTIALLY.
>> WE ALSOÃI OFTEN THINK OF
IN-LINE UNITS OR ATTACHED UNITS
IN THE BASEMENT BUT THERE'S NO
REQUIREMENT THEY BE IN THE
BASEMENT, RIGHT?
>> THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS OF
WHERE THAT ENTRY LOCATION IS SO
IT APPEARS TO LOOK LIKE A
SINGLE-FAMILY HOME BUT THERE'S
NOT A REQUIREMENT THAT IT IS
ACTUALLY IN THE BASEMENT.
THIS ILLUSTRATES PARCELED
PARCELS DEMONSTRATING THAT MOST
HOMES ARE PROPOSED BELOW THE
PROPOSED MAXIMUM SO
APPROXIMATELY 91% WOULD BE AT
OR BELOW THE PROPOSED MAXIMUM.
ABOUT 9% WOULD EXCEED THE
PROPOSED LIMIT.
UNDER CURRENT REGULATIONS IT'S
NOT UNCOMMON FOR EXISTING
HOUSES TO BE TORN DOWN AND
REDEVELOPED WITH MORE EXPENSIVE
HOMES OR WE ARE SEEING LARGER
HOMES THAT MAXIMIZE THE ZONING
ENVELOPE.
IF YOU BREAK IT DOWN TO WIN THE
HOME WAS CONSTRUCTED YOU WILL
FIND THAT HOMES THAT HAVE BEEN
BUILT RECENTLY WOULD EXCEED THE
PROPOSED LIMIT. ABOUT-- WOULD
EXCEED THE PROPOSED MAXIMUM.
>> BASED ON CURRENT REAL ESTATE,
I UNDERSTAND THAT AND TALKING
TO SOME BUILDERS WHEN THEY BUY
WHAT IS NOW EXPENSIVE SINGLE-
FAMILY LAND, THEY WANT TO
MAXIMIZE RETURN ON INVESTMENT
AND TO SOME EXTENT THE PRODUCT
IS ALSO OFTEN PRICED BUT WHAT
THEY SELL.
WE END UP SEEING SOME OF THESE
LARGE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES.
>> THAT WAS PROVEN IN THE
ANALYSIS THAT WE DID THAT SHOWED
IN A LOT OF CASES THE LARGEST
POSSIBLE SINGLE-FAMILY HOME WAS
THE MOST PROFITABLE DEVELOPMENT
OUTCOME.
I'M GOING TO SKIP AHEAD ONE
SLIDE TO FURTHER THAT POINT
WHERE WHILE WE'VE SEEN THE
AVERAGE SIZE OF HOMES GOING UP,
WE HAVE SEEN THE AVERAGE
HOUSEHOLD SIZE GOING DOWN.
BETWEEN 1970 AND 2010 WE SAW
THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD SIZE
DECREASED BY ABOUT 17% WHILE
THE AVERAGE SIZE OF SINGLE-
FAMILY HOMES HAS INCREASED BY
ABOUT 30%.
I'VE NOTED THAT RECENT DATA
FROM THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY
SURVEY SUGGESTS WE ARE STARTING
TO SEE AN INCREASE BUT THAT'S
ABOUT A 2% INCREASE FROM THE
LAST CENSUS AND STILL RESULTS
IN A 15% REDUCTION COMPARED TO
1970.
WE MAY BE SEEING A MARGINAL
INCREASE IN HOUSEHOLD SIZE BUT
NOT TO THE POINT THAT WE WERE
SEEING HOUSEHOLD SIZES IN THE
1970S AND 1980S.
>> IS THIS SEATTLE SPECIFIC OR
NATIONAL?
>> SEATTLE SPECIFIC BUT MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE TREND
PLAYS OUT.
>> WE ARE SEEING FEWER PEOPLE
LIVING IN MORE SQUARE FOOTAGE
IN THE SINGLE-FAMILY ZONES
DURING THE HOUSING CRISIS?
STRUGGLING TO HOUSE EVERYONE?
OKAY.
>> THERE ARE A NUMBER OF POLICY
CONSIDERATIONS. ONE OF THE
REASONS TO CONSIDER A LIMIT IS
THAT IT TENDS TO REDUCE THE
SIZE OF NEW HOUSES ALSO
REDUCING PHYSICAL CHANGES BY
REDUCING THE BULK AND SCALE OF
NEW HOMES WHICH MAY BE MORE
CONSISTENT WITH DEVELOPMENT
PATTERNS.
THE PROPOSED LIMIT IS INTENDED
TO ENCOURAGE BUT NOT MANDATE
SMALLER DWELLINGS AND MORE
ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
ANOTHER THING THAT WE FOUND IN
THE ANALYSIS IS THAT THE FAR
LIMIT IS ONE OF THE FACTORS
THAT CONTRIBUTES TO INCREASED
ADU PRODUCTION BUT EVEN MORE,
IS A MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO THE
FINDING WHERE WE WOULD SEE A
REDUCED NUMBER OF DEMOLITION OF
SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES BECAUSE OF
THE LIMIT.
COMPARED TO THE NO ACTION
OPTION WHICH WOULD BE LEAVING
THE REGULATIONS IN PLACE, THE
PROPOSAL IS EXPECTED OVERALL
WITH ALL OF THE SUITE OF CHANGES
TO INCREASE PRODUCTION BY ABOUT
125% AND DECREASED TERROR DOWNS
OF EXISTING HOMES BY ABOUT 22%.
AS I'VE SAID THE PROPOSED LIMIT
IS THE MAIN COMPONENT THAT MAY
DECREASE THE EXPECTED NUMBER OF
TERROR DOWNS.
>> THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
OPTIONS AVAILABLE AS YOU MOVE
FORWARD WITH THE PROPOSAL.
THEY WOULD BE THE NO ACTION
WHICH WOULD BE NOT TO IMPOSE A
LIMIT.
YOU COULD ADOPT THE LIMIT AS
STUDIED OF 0.5. YOU CAN ADOPT A
HIGHER LIMIT AND EFFECTIVELY
ANYTHING BETWEEN 0.5 AND AROUND
1.0 FAR WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY
WHAT THE LIMIT WOULD BE TODAY
WHEN YOU APPLY OTHER STANDARDS,
YOU COULD CONSIDER EXPANDING OR
REDUCING FLOOR AREA THAT WOULD
BE EXEMPT.
IF YOU WANT TO LIMIT OTHER
THINGS YOU COULD EITHER EXEMPT
INCLUDE FLOOR AREA AND THAT
CALCULATION AND COULD BE
COMBINED WITH OPTION TWO MAC OR
3.
>> IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS I
WILL MOVE ON TO THE OWNER
OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENT.
>> I WAS GOING TO DO QUESTIONS
AT THE END.
>> UP TO YOU.
THE OWNER OCCUPANCY
REQUIREMENT.
UNDER CURRENT REGULATIONS A
PROPERTY OWNER MUST OCCUPY THE
MAIN HOUSE OR ADU FOR SIX
MONTHS OF THE YEAR.
THE OWNER OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENT
WOULD BE REMOVED SO I PROPERTY
OWNER THAT OWNS A SINGLE-FAMILY
HOME IS IN RENTAL PROPERTY
COULD OFFER THAT FOR RENT.
ONE THING THAT IS AVAILABLE TO
ADU PROPERTY OWNERS THAT MEET
THE OWNER OCCUPANCY
REQUIREMENT, THEY CAN APPLY FOR
A WAIVER AND AN EXPECTION
INSPECTION UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES
THEY MAY BE GRANTED A WAIVER OF
UP TO THREE YEARS FOR THAT
REQUIREMENT.
>> THERE ARE A NUMBER OF REASONS
WHY ONE MIGHT CONSIDER REMOVING
THE REQUIREMENT THAT NEEDS TO
BE WEIGHED UNDER OTHER CONCERNS.
CURRENT REGULATIONS TREAT
OWNERS AND RENTERS DIFFERENTLY
IF IT'S A SINGLE-FAMILY HOME
WITH AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT
VERSUS ANY TYPE OF PROPERTY
OWNERS.
IF THE PROPERTY DOES NOT HAVE
ONE BUT HAS A SINGLE-FAMILY HOME
THE OWNER CAN RENT THAT OUT
WITHOUT OCCUPYING THE PROPERTY.
IF YOU ADD AN ADU YOU CANNOT.
THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN HOW WE
TREAT OTHER HOUSING TYPES. IF
YOU HAVE A DUPLEX OR YOU OWN
MULTIPLE TOWNHOMES OR A LOW
RISE AND A MULTIFAMILY ZONE
THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT THAT THE
OWNER LIVES ON SITE.
THE POLICY QUESTION IS WHAT
PROBLEM OR IMPACT IS THE
REQUIREMENT TRYING TO SOLVE?
AND, IS THAT THE RIGHT TOOL TO
ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS?
I THINK WE HEARD IN PUBLIC
COMMENTS SOME CONCERNS ABOUT
NOISE AND OVER OCCUPANCY AND
WITH CONCERNS ABOUT REMOVING
THE OWNER OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENT,
IT'S NOT CLEAR THAT THAT TOOL
ACTUALLY ADDRESSES THOSE
PROBLEMS.
THERE MAY BE OTHER RULES AND
REGULATIONS IN TERMS OF NOISE
ORDINANCE OR HOW MANY PEOPLE
LIVE IN A UNIT THAT NEEDS TO BE
CONSIDERED TO ADDRESS THOSE
CONCERNS AS WELL AS HOW THE
PROPERTY IS MAINTAINED.
>> QUICKLY, ONE OF THE PUZZLES
IS THE NUMBER OF UNRELATED
PEOPLE THAT CAN LIVE IN IT IN
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IF YOU
WERE GOING TO DO A PRIMARY
RESIDENCE AND TWO MAC ACCESSORY
DWELLING UNITS THAT WOULD WOULD
THAT'S WHAT WOULD TRIGGER THE
RELEASE UNRELATED TO
INDIVIDUALS LIVING ON THE
PROPERTY.
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
IF THERE WERE TO ACCESSORY
DWELLING UNITS, THAT'S ANOTHER
EXAMPLE OF HOW SINGLE-FAMILY
PROPERTIES ARE TREATED
DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHER HOUSING
TYPES.
IF YOU HAVE A 4 UNIT BUILDING,
EACH OF THOSE CAN HAVE UP TO 8
UNRELATED PEOPLE ASSUMING THEY
MEET ALL OF THEIR HEALTH SAFETY
RULES. THAT MAXIMUM HOUSEHOLD
SIZE APPLIES TO THE ENTIRE LOT
REGARDLESS OF IF THERE IS ONE
HOUSE OR ONE HOUSE PLUS AN ADU.
THIS WOULD BE INCREASING THAT
SLIGHTLY IF THERE COULD BE
THREE HOUSEHOLDS LIVING ON THE
LOT BUT IN TOTAL HAVE 12
UNRELATED PEOPLE.
>> IF I HEARD YOU CORRECTLY I
BELIEVE THE COMMENT WAS
CONCERNED ABOUT 12 UNRELATED
PEOPLE LIVING IN A DETACHED
DWELLING UNIT BUT THAT WOULD
ONLY APPLY IF THERE WERE THREE
UNITS IN THE LOT.
>> YOU COULD HAVE THREE VACANT
AND ONE AT 12 BUT SEEMS HIGHLY
UNLIKELY THAT WOULD BE THE
OUTCOME.
SO THREE UNITS ON AVERAGE
HOWEVER THEY ARE DISTRIBUTED.
>> OTHER CONCERNS HAVE BEEN
BROUGHT UP TO THE OWNER
OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENTS.
OWNER FLEXIBILITY AND FINANCING.
IT LIMITS HOW HOMEOWNERS CAN
USE THEIR PROPERTY NOW AND IN
THE FUTURE THAT MAY DETER
PEOPLE FROM MAKING A
SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENT.
WHETHER PEOPLE HAVE STATED THAT
IT'S A BARRIER TO ACCESSING
FINANCING, IN PART YOU CAN'T BE
GUARANTEED FUTURE RENTAL INCOMES
SO THERE MAY BE CONCERNS ABOUT
HOW TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT
ADDITIONAL UNIT WHEN
CONSIDERING A LOAN.
REMOVING THE OWNER OCCUPANCY IS
ONE OF THE MAIN DRIVING FORCES
THAT LED TO AN ESTIMATED
INCREASE OVER THE 10 YEAR
PERIOD THAT WE STUDIED.
REMOVING THE OWNER OCCUPANCY
REQUIREMENTS EXPANDS THE NUMBER
OF ELIGIBLE LOTS THAT COULD ADD
ONE OR TWO ADUS.
THOSE ARE SINGLE-FAMILY
PROPERTIES THAT ARE RENTER
OCCUPIED THAT COULD NOT ADD A
ADU TODAY BECAUSE OF OWNER
OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENTS.
WE ESTIMATE THAT REMOVING THE
REQUIREMENT WOULD INCREASE THE
NUMBER BETWEEN 20 AND 25%
BECAUSE IT ADDS THOSE TO BE
ELIGIBLE AS WELL AS BALANCING
CHOICES THAT PROPERTY OWNERS
MAKE OF DECISIONS OF MAKING THE
INVESTMENT.
>> ONE OF THE QUESTIONS OR
CONCERNS THAT WE HERE REGULARLY
RELATED TO REMOVAL OF OWNER
OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENTS IS THAT
PROPOSED CHANGES WILL
ACCELERATE REDEVELOPMENT
GENERALLY IN SINGLE-FAMILY ZONES
AND SOME HAVE ARGUED THAT THE
OWNER OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENTS IS
ONE OF THE STRATEGIES TO HOLD
THAT OFFICE.
IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
STUDY THAT WE CONDUCTED, WE
EVALUATED THE INCREASE BY
LOOKING AT HOW THE CHANGES MAY
IMPACT SINGLE-FAMILY ZONES AND
HOW THOSE CHANGES WILL IMPACT
PRODUCTION.
WE USE THAT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
THE IMPACTS MIGHT BE ON THE
HOUSING AUTHORITY AND
PLACEMENT.
WE WOULD EXPECT THAT THE NUMBER
OF TERROR DOWNS WOULD INCREASE
AND RENTING THREE UNITS WOULD
BE THE MOST PROFITABLE OUTCOME.
THE ANALYSIS DID NOT SUPPORT
THE CONCLUSION.
WE CONSIDERED WHETHER CHANGES
WOULD MODIFY LAND VALUES SUCH
THAT A DEVELOPER WHO INTENDS TO
REDEVELOP COULD PAY MORE FOR
THE LAND TO OUTBID OTHER BUYERS
OR PRESSURE LENDERS TO SELL.
HE FOUND THEY ARE UNLIKELY TO
CHANGE SUBSTANTIALLY DUE TO THE
PROPOSED CHANGES AND THAT IS
ESPECIALLY TRUE IN AREAS THAT
WE FIND HOUSING AND AREAS WHERE
THE CITY HAS IDENTIFIED
NEIGHBORHOODS AT A HIGHER RISK
OF DISPLACEMENT.
WE FOUND THAT 4.4% WILL ADD
ADUS COMPARED TO 3.5% IN
MEDIUM PRICED NEIGHBORHOODS AND
2.8% IN LOWER PRICED
NEIGHBORHOODS.
THIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT
DISPLACEMENT SPECULATION AND
AUTHORITY IS NOT A CONCERN.
FROM THE ANALYSIS IT DOES NOT--
THAT IT WOULD-- WHILE SOME
CITIES LIKE PORTLAND DO NOT
HAVE AN OWNER OCCUPANCY
REQUIREMENT OWNERS AND
RESIDENTS FOUND THAT 64% OF
PROPERTIES HAVE AN OWNER
OCCUPANT ON SITE. EVEN WITH
REMOVING IT THAT'S A CHOICE
THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE MAKING.
>> THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH SOME
OF THE FEEDBACK THAT I HEARD A
COUPLE OF YEARS AGO FOR A LOT
OF FOLKS THAT WERE OWNERS AND
TRANSFER FOR A JOB TO TAKE CARE
OF A FAMILY MEMBER TO LEAVE
SOMETHING VACANT AND THAT WAS A
RISK THEY ARE WILLING TO BEAR.
MAYBE THIS IS RENTAL INCOME TO
PROVIDE A MORTGAGE OR HOUSING
FOR FAMILY MEMBERS OR A FRIEND,
BUT THE ACTUAL USE HAS CHANGED
OVER TIME BECAUSE NEEDS OF
CHANGE OR THE FAMILY MEMBER
INTENDING TO MOVE IN NO LONGER
NEEDED HOUSING.
HAVING SOME OF THAT FLEXIBILITY
WAS KEY TO MAKING THE DECISION
ABOUT WHEN TO INVEST ADDING AN
ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT.
AS I NOTED, WITHOUT CHANGES
HOUSING AUTHORITY WILL BE
RETURNED.
THE JOB MARKETS AND ALL FACTORS
CONTRIBUTING TO GROWTH WILL
CONTINUE TO LEAD TO A HOUSING
AUTHORITY AND CONTRIBUTE TO
HIGH HOUSING COSTS.
WHILE WE RECOGNIZE THAT CHANGES
ALONE ARE NOT ENOUGH TO ADDRESS
ISSUES THERE IS POLICY WORK
THAT HAS COME OUT OF THE TOOLKIT
AS WELL AS OTHER WORK AT THE
OFFICE OF PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN
TAKING ON TO ADDRESS OTHER
CONCERNS AS A PACKAGE OF
CHANGES.
IN TERMS OF CONSIDERING OWNER
OCCUPANCY THERE ARE OPTIONS THAT
MEMBERS COULD CONSIDER
INCLUDING NOT ADOPTING, NOT
ELIMINATING THE OWNER OCCUPANCY
AND ELIMINATING A PREFERRED
ALTERNATIVE. THAT WAS EMBEDDED
IN THE PROPOSAL IN 2016 WHICH
WOULD BE TO KEEP OCCUPANCY
REQUIREMENTS BUT HAVE IT EXPIRE
FOR AN INITIAL PERIOD OF TIME.
THE OWNER OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENT
THAT COULD REQUIRE CONTINUOUS
OWNERSHIP FOR PRIOR ONE YEAR--
COMPONENTS OF THE PROPOSAL
COULD INCLUDE AN INCENTIVE
APPROACH THAT WOULD ALLOW A
SECOND ADU.
I WILL NOTE THAT THERE WOULD BE
A REQUIREMENT UNDER THE
INCENTIVE ZONING SCHEME THAT
THE PERIOD OF AFFORDABILITY
WOULD BE A 50 YEAR TERM.
THERE MIGHT NOT BE ENOUGH
RENTAL INCOME TO SUPPORT THAT
INCOME RESTRICTED UNIT AND MAY
SIGNIFICANTLY RESTRICT THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO OPT TO
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SECOND IF
THERE IS INCOME RESTRICTION.
I'M CONTINUING TO WORK WITH
STAFF TO IDENTIFY OPTIONS THAT
MAY BE WORKABLE AND THAT
APPROACH. IT MEANS CERTAIN
BUILDING REQUIREMENTS THAT CAN
ALSO BE COMBINED WITH SOME OF
THE OTHER PROPOSED CHANGES TO
SIZE CRITERIA FOR ACCESSORY
DWELLING UNITS?
>> I WILL APPRECIATE THAT THE
BEST OPTION IS ONE THAT I WOULD
LOVE TO SEE US EXPLORING.
WE LOVE THE IDEA OF
AFFORDABILITY.
WE REALIZE IT'S CHALLENGING AT
THIS SCALE TO MAKE IT WORK THAT
WE HAVE FINGERS CROSSED THAT WE
WILL FIND A CREATIVE WAY.
I ALSO THINK A HIGH STANDARD OF
GREEN BUILDING WOULD BE A WAY
FOR US WHICH IS SOMETHING I'D
BE INTERESTED IN EXPLORING.
>> THERE MAY BE NONREGULATORY
APPROACHES AND PROGRAMMATIC
CHANGES THERE'S NOT SOMETHING
THAT WORKS THROUGH AN INCENTIVE
ZONING SCHEME.
>> NEXT STEPS, FOLLOWING THE
DISCUSSION TODAY IDEALLY WE
WILL HAVE A DECISION FROM
HEARINGS COMING OUT SOON AND AT
THE END OF MAY THERE'S A
DISCUSSION PLANNED FOLLOWING
THE PUBLIC HEARING AND
POTENTIAL VOTE ON LEGISLATION.
THE HEARING WILL BE PUBLISHED
ON THURSDAY IN THE INITIAL DRAFT
WILL BE POSTED FOR PUBLIC
REVIEW.
THAT WILL REPRESENT THE
PROPOSAL OUTLINED IN THE
PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE AND IT'S
LIKELY THAT LEGISLATION MAY
HAVE SOME DIFFERENCES THEN THE
ADDITIONAL DRAFT POSTED BUT
WILL BE IN THE RANGE OF OPTIONS
CONSIDERED IN EIS.
>> I'VE BEEN SAYING MAY 28 AND
I APPRECIATE YOU-- MAY 29 IS
THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE MEETING
NOT MAY 28.
>> I HOPE THAT IS CORRECT.
>> IT IS CORRECT.
MEMORIAL DAY IS MONDAY ON THE
SCHEDULE IS ALL-- THANK YOU.
>> I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE
PRESENTATION.
I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS. THE
FIRST ONE IS WHAT IMPACTS OF
REMOVING THE REQUIREMENT.
>> WE LOOKED AT SEVERAL OPTIONS
TO REMOVE REQUIREMENTS SO FIRST
I WANT TO STATE THAT THE
PARKING REQUIREMENT FOR
EXISTING SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES
WOULD NOT BE ELIMINATED.
YOU JUST WOULDN'T BE REQUIRED
TO ADD ADDITIONAL PARKING.
WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT THERE
WOULD NOT BE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS
BY REMOVAL OF THE PARKING
REQUIREMENT.
IN SOME AREAS WHERE PARKING IS
RESTRAINED THERE MAY BE IMPACTS
ADDRESSED THROUGH OTHER
STRATEGIES OR A GEOGRAPHIC
BASED PARKING POLICY BUT IN
GENERAL WE FOUND THERE WOULD
NOT BE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS. IT
IS OFTEN IN AREAS THAT ARE
CLOSER TO DENSE URBAN VILLAGES
THAT MAY HAVE ACCESS TO BETTER
TRANSIT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
LOOKED AT HIS REMOVAL OF THE
PARKING REQUIREMENTS WOULD HAVE
AN IMPACT, A POSITIVE IMPACT IN
INCREASING PRODUCTION
INCREASING FLEXIBILITY IN TERMS
OF WHERE TO PUT A BACKYARD
COTTAGE TO USE THEIR GARDEN OR
THEIR TREE IN ORDER TO PROVIDE
ANOTHER PARKING SPACE.
>> I KNOW THE REQUIREMENTS AND
MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS LAST
YEAR, WOULD REQUIRING BIKE
PARKING BE FEASIBLE WITHIN THIS
LEGISLATION?
>> I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE
BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A
MITIGATING FACTOR IN RELATION
TO THE REMOVAL OF THE PARKING
REQUIREMENT WILL BE CONSISTENT
WITH OTHER POLICIES PROMOTING
OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION.
>> UNDER THE OWNER OCCUPANCY
REQUIREMENT-- DOES NOT SELL THE
HOUSE?
>> THEY CAN APPLY FOR A WAIVER
WITH THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT AND
IF THEY ARE UNABLE TO QUALIFY
FOR THAT WITH OTHER
CIRCUMSTANCES THEY WOULD HAVE
TO LEAVE ONE OF THE UNITS
VACANT, AND IN SOME CASES MAY
HAVE TO MAY HAVE TO REMOVE
PHYSICAL ELEMENTS TO MAKE THE
ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT
CONSIDERED A UNIT SO THINGS LIKE
REMOVING THE SEPARATE ENTRANCE.
>> I THINK YOU ANSWERED MY
OTHER QUESTIONS.
THIS IS A DISTRICT SPECIFIC
QUESTION.
IN DISTRICT 4 IT WOULD INCREASE
THE PRODUCTION OF A DUS?
>> CORRECT.
>> FINAL QUESTION.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER INSTANCES
WHERE WE REGULATE THE NUMBER OF
UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS THAT LIVE
TOGETHER?
>> THE HOUSEHOLD SIZE LIMITS DO
APPLY TO DWELLING UNITS AND
OTHER ZONES BUT IT DOES NOT
APPLY TO THE PROPERTY.
IT APPLIES TO EACH UNIT AND
APPLIES TO THE WHOLE PROPERTY.
IT IS REGULATED A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENTLY SO IF YOU HAD TO
MAKE UNITS YOU COULD HAVE 8 AND
IN A SINGLE-FAMILY ZONE YOU
COULD HAVE 8 IN BOTH UNITS.
>> THANK YOU FOR THOSE
QUESTIONS.
>> I APPRECIATE YOUR ONGOING
WORK ON THIS.
IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING
WITH YOU FOR YEARS AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO ENDING THAT
RELATIONSHIP SO WE CAN WORK ON
OTHER GREAT THINGS.
FOR THE PUBLIC, WE WILL BE BACK
HERE IN A FEW WEEKS CONTINGENT
UPON WHAT WE HEAR WITH THE
EXAMINER.
WE HOPEFULLY LOOK FORWARD TO
FURTHER CONVERSATION AROUND
THESE POLICIES WITH SPECIFIC
LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF US IN
THE COMING WEEKS.
>> WE WILL JUMP TO THE LAST BUT
NOT LEAST IMPORTANT ON THE
AGENDA.
DO YOU WANT TO READ THIS?
>> THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY
AND ENVIRONMENT SOCIAL JUSTICE
REPORT.
>> I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR
BEING PATIENT TODAY.
SORRY THAT WE WENT A LITTLE
LONG BUT I'M EXCITED TO SEE--
AS FOLKS GET SETTLED WHEN WE GO
AHEAD AND START INTRODUCTIONS?
>> I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE
OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENT.
>> I'M ROBYN KUMAR .
>> I'M NARITA GHUMMAN .
>> I'M SANDRA PINTO DE BADER .
>> WELCOME, EVERYONE.
>> WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO SHARE
SOME OF THE WORK THAT WAS DONE
LAST YEAR TO ADVANCE RACIAL
EQUITY.
WE ARE ALSO AWARE THAT WE ARE
RUNNING LATE SO WE'RE GOING TO
DO BOTH OF THOSE THINGS
TOGETHER AND HOLD BOTH OF THOSE
AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
WE WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT SOME OF THE LEARNINGS
THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE WAYS WE
HAVE USED RESOURCES TO ADVANCE
COMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDING. A
NUMBER SOME OF OUR WORK.
I'LL TRY TO MOVE QUICKLY FROM
THE OVERVIEW SO WE CAN HEAR MY
COLLEAGUES DIGGING.
A QUICK REMINDER THAT OSC IS
GUIDED BY THE ROADMAP TO
ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
THAT WE DEVELOPED WITH
COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN 2016.
THAT AGENDA HAS 4 MAIN GOALS
THAT YOU CAN SEE.
WE TRIED TO ALIGN ALL OF OUR
WORK TO ENSURE THAT EVERYTHING
WE DO WITH ADVANCING THE GOALS
IS THE AGENDA.
OSC IS COMMITTED TO BE AN
OFFICE WHERE WE CHALLENGE EACH
OTHER TO BECOME BETTER
ADVOCATES FOR RACIAL EQUITY.
SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE DID
INCLUDED STAFF TRAINING AS WELL
AS SPECIFIC TRAINING FOR THE
MANAGERS.
WE HAVE SUFFERED-- WE HAVE
TRAININGS AND EXERCISES THIS
YEAR BUT ONE THING I WILL CALL
SPECIAL ATTENTION TO IS A NEW
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE OFFICE OF
ARTS AND CULTURE AND TURNING
COMMITMENT INTO ACTION WHERE WE
BROUGHT TOGETHER CITY ADVISORY
BOARDS INFORMED THE COHORT TO
BUILD ACCOUNTABILITY AND HOW
THEY WILL WORK TOGETHER AND
LEARN TOGETHER.
WERE YOU PART OF THE?
>> CAN TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE
BIT MORE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS,
BUT NOW THIS YEAR THEY ARE
TAKING THAT LEARNING AND DOING
QUARTERLY STAFF EXERCISES AND
TRAININGS SO WE CAN ALL BENEFIT
FROM WHAT THEY'VE LEARNED.
IN OSC WE ARE COMMITTED TO
ENSURING THAT OUR STAFF
REFLECTS THE COMMUNITIES THAT
WE SERVE.
IN 2014 IT WAS 12% PEOPLE OF
COLOR WHICH GREW TO 31%.
OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A POSITIVE
TREND BUT STILL SUGGESTS WE
HAVE MORE WORK TO DO TO ENSURE
THAT OUR OFFICE IS A PLACE WHERE
LEADERS OF COLOR FEEL LIKE THEY
CAN THRIVE.
WE MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IN
OFFICE DRIVING RACIAL EQUITY
AND CHALLENGE EACH OTHER AND
THAT WORK WILL CHALLENGE US TO
BE THE OFFICE THAT WE WANT TO
BE.
WE SPEND A LOT OF FOCUS ON HOW
WE CAN GROW COMMUNITY CAPACITY
AND LEADERSHIP.
ONE OF THE MAJOR WAYS WE DO
THAT IS WITH OUR ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE COMMITTEE WHO LAST YEAR
REVIEWED SEVERAL PROGRAMS AND
POLICIES AND OFFERED INPUT FROM
EVERYTHING FROM DRIVE CLEAN
SEATTLE TO OUTSIDE CITYWIDE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THE COMMITTEE
DID WAS ESTABLISH PRINCIPLES
FOR OPEN SPACE AND WE TOOK
THOSE WITH COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND
A CLASS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON AND WORKED WITH THE
ETHIOPIAN COMMUNITY IN SEATTLE
TO DO A PILOT PROJECT OF WHAT
WOULD IT LOOK LIKE TO ADVANCE
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE USING
THOSE PRINCIPLES?
WE WORKED WITH THE ETHIOPIAN
COMMUNITY TO HAVE WHAT
ESSENTIALLY WAS A PARKING LOT
AREA AND TURN IT INTO A
MULTIGENERATIONAL GATHERING
SPACE THAT FOLKS WHO USE THE
BUILDING CAN UTILIZE.
WE GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS OF
WHAT DOES ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY
LOOK LIKE?
WE ARE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO
SHOW THEM.
WE ALSO ADMINISTER 2 GRANT
FUNDS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO
ADVANCE THE EQUITY AND
ENVIRONMENT AGENDA.
LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR OF
THE INVITE ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE FUND AND WE WERE ABLE
TO GRANT $350,000 TO 9 PROJECTS
THAT YOU CAN SEE LISTED HERE.
WE ALSO ADMINISTRATED THE KING
CONSERVATION GRANT.
TWO YEARS AGO WE REALIGNED THAT
PROGRAM TO ENSURE THAT EVERY
GRANT AWARDED WAS ADVANCING THE
GOALS OF THE EQUITY ENVIRONMENT
AGENDA AND NATURAL RESOURCE
PROTECTIONS.
>> THAT'S A SIZABLE CHUNK OF
MONEY.
>> THE PROJECTS ARE REALLY
EXCITING.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FUND
WE DON'T HAVE ANY COMPLETED
PROJECTS.
BUT THE GRANTS WE HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO GO OUT AND SEE, IT IS
REALLY EXCITING.
WE HAVE A SERIES CALLED
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN ACTION
WHERE WE WORK WITH COMMUNITY
PARTNERS AND SOME OF THE FORMER
RECIPIENTS TO USE COMMUNICATION
CHANNELS TO TELL THEIR STORIES
AND GET OUT THERE THE GOOD WORK
THEY ARE DOING.
WITH OUR WOMEN AND MINORITY ON
BUSINESS GOALS LAST YEAR WE
ACHIEVED THE GOAL FOR PURCHASES
OF 60% DO NOT ACHIEVE OUR
CONSULTING GOAL.
MAIN REASON IS THAT 45% OF OUR
OFFICES OVERALL MOST OF THOSE
ARE FROM FARMERS MARKET. THAT'S
WHY WE ABOUT THIS 12% PIECE.
IT WORKS WITH COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS FOR CONSULTANTS
OF HOW WE ENGAGE COMMUNITY
MEMBERS.
THEY ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO BE
REGISTERED SO WE CALL THEM OUT
SEPARATELY TO NOTE THAT WE
THINK IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT
THAT OUR OFFICE WORKS ON THOSE
ORGANIZATIONS.
>> JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE
NONPROFIT?
>> I'M ACTUALLY NOT QUITE SURE
THE RULES FOR THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE CHOICE
THAT THEY NEED TO REGISTER OR
IF IT'S A-- DIFFERENT THAN THAT.
I'M GOING TO CRUISE THROUGH
THESE QUICKLY BECAUSE WE ARE
VERY PROUD OF OUR WORK BUT WE
GET TO TALK TO ABOUT A LOT I
WILL NOT SPEND TOO MUCH TIME
EXCEPT THAT WE RELEASE THE PLAN
AND WE ARE THRILLED WITH THE
NEAR-TERM ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT
WE HAVE COMPLETED TO REFLECT
THAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO
DELIVERING ON THE PRIORITIES OF
THE COMMUNITY.
WE WOULD BE THRILLED TO BRIEF
YOU MORE ON THAT LATER.
THIS IS MORE OF THE SPECIFICS
OF DOOR MISSIONARY WORK BUT WE
CAN CRUISE THROUGH THAT.
AND THEN MOVED TO RACIAL EQUITY
TOOLKIT.
WE CONDUCTED 4 WHICH IS THE
ELECTRICAL BE ENGULFED ORDINANCE
IN THE URBAN FORESTRY WORK. I
THINK WITH THAT I'M GOING TO
MOVE IT TO MY COLLEAGUES TO
HEAR MORE ABOUT THOSE TOOLKITS.
>> I APPRECIATE YOUR SPEED AND
I WANT TO REITERATE, TAKE YOUR
TIME.
>> JESSICA MENTIONED WE DID 2
RACIAL EQUITY TOOLTIPS TOOLKITS
AND TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT IS
A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES-- SORRY.
I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A COLD.
PROVIDES BENEFITS TO PURCHASE
FOODS AND DOCTORS.
FRESHBUCKS VOUCHERS ARE
PROVIDED FOR FOOD INSECURE
PATIENTS THROUGH OUR VEGETABLE
PRESCRIPTION PROGRAM AND ALSO
TO COMMUNITIES IN THE FOOD
SECURITY GAP.
BENEFITS CAN BE USED TO PURCHASE
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AT ALL
RETAILERS INCLUDING FARMERS
MARKETS, NEIGHBORHOOD GROCERY
STORES, CULTURALLY SPECIFIC
PRODUCE ITEMS, AS WELL AS ALL
SEATTLE SAFEWAY STORES.
IN 2018 WE SIGNIFICANTLY
EXPANDED FRESHBUCKS PROGRAMMING
IS CALLED FOR IN FOR THE FIRST
TIME WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE
BENEFITS FOR PEOPLE IN THE FULL
SECURITY GAP. WE ADDED SAFEWAY
AS A FRESHBUCKS RETAILER TO
EXPAND CHOICE FOR CUSTOMERS AND
WE DEVELOPED A STREAMLINED
SYSTEM IN THE FOOD SECURITY GAP
TO ENROLL IN THE PROGRAM.
>> THE TEAM WAS COMPRISED OF
STAFF WHO KNOW THE INS AND OUTS
AND OTHER CITY STAFF WITH
EXPERTISE WORKING WITHIN THE
COMMUNITY AND FOOD ACCESS
PROGRAMMING, AND ALSO FOOD
REPRESENTATIVES.
THE TEAM WAS INSTRUMENTAL
IDENTIFYING COMMUNITIES WHERE
WE SHOULD FOCUS PROGRAMMING,
ASSESS GAPS AND KNOWLEDGE TO
DEVELOP A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
PLAN.
-- TO ASSESS HOW TO TARGET
RACIAL EQUITY OUTCOMES.
>> ELIMINATE DISPARITIES WITHIN
OUR FOCUSED COMMUNITIES.
THE PROCESS FOCUSES ON 2
ASPECTS OF THE PROGRAM, HOW BEST
TO ENROLL COMMUNITIES INTO THE
PROGRAM AND HOW BEST TO
STRUCTURE COMMUNICATION
STRATEGIES TO ENGAGE COMMUNITIES
FOR PROGRAM ACCESS AND
ANTICIPATION.
>> A FEW THEMES EMERGED AFTER
SPEAKING WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS
AND STAKEHOLDERS THROUGH THE
RENT ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WANT THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH AND
I FIRST OFFER FEEDBACK FOR A
FRESHBUCKS.
ENROLLMENT STRATEGIES NEED TO
BE MULTIPRONGED AND COMMUNITY-
BASED.
RACIAL EQUITY NEEDS TO BE
INTEGRATED INTO FRESHBUCKS
SUCCESS MEASURES . WE HAVE
SEVERAL DONE SEVERAL THINGS TO
PUT THESE INTO PRACTICE.
THE FIRST IS THAT WE HAVE
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS.
THEY CREATE A SYSTEM FOR
CONTINUOUS ENGAGEMENT AND
FEEDBACK SO WORK CAN BE
INFORMED BY THE SICK COMMUNITY.
THE SECOND IS THAT ENROLLMENT
WAS DESIGNED BASED ON THESE
TOOLKIT FINDINGS.
WE CONTRACTED WITH SEVEN-- TO
ENROLL COMMUNITIES INTO THE
PROGRAM AND THIS CHART SHOWS
THAT THE STRATEGY WORKED AS
INTENDED.
THIS IS FROM 2019 BUT SHOWS THE
APPLICATION OF THE PROGRAMMING
INTO THIS YEAR.
COMMUNITY-BASED PARTNERS ARE
ENROLLING A MUCH BIGGER SHARE
THAN OPEN ENROLLMENT. ALL OF
THE OTHERS ARE COMMUNITY-BASED
PATIENTS THAT WE ARE WORKING
WITH.
THE FINAL THING THAT WE DID AS
A RESULT OF THESE FINDINGS WAS
THAT WE INTEGRATED SUCCESS
METRICS INTO KEY PERFORMANCE
INDICATORS AND INCORPORATING
THAT INTO KEY PROGRAM SUCCESS
MEASURES ALLOWS US TO KNOW
WHETHER THE STRATEGIES WE ARE
USING ARE INDEED REACHING OUR
FOCUSED COMMUNITIES.
>> HAVE WE HISTORICALLY
COLLECTED DEMOGRAPHIC DATA OR
IS THIS A NEW BASELINE?
>> THIS WOULD BE A NEW BASELINE
TO REPRESENT ALL OF OUR
PROGRAMMING.
WE'VE HISTORICALLY COLLECTED
DATA ON A SUBSET OF CUSTOMERS
BUT IT WAS NOT ACROSS THE
BOARD.
>> THE TARGETING CLEARLY WORKS.
IT'S IMPRESSIVE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE RELATIVE
NUMBER OF NEW CUSTOMERS AND
ROLLING OR THAT ARE ENROLLED,
WHAT ARE THE PERCENTAGES ACROSS
THAT? I KNOW THE DATA IS NOT
QUITE THERE BUT AS IT SPREAD
OUT EVENLY?
>> THIS REPRESENTS A PORTION OF
THE PROGRAMMING FOR FRESHBUCKS
DOCTORS SO WE ARE, OUR
ENROLLMENT PERIOD ACTUALLY WILL
CONCLUDE AT THE END OF MAY SO
WE WILL HAVE WHAT THE
DENOMINATOR IS FOR THAT
EQUATION.
BUT, I WOULD SAY IN TERMS OF
ALL OF THE PEOPLE ABLE TO ENROLL
IN THE FRESHBUCKS VOUCHER
PROGRAM, IT SHOWS THAT THE
MAJORITY OF FOLKS THAT ARE
PARTICIPATING ARE PEOPLE OF
COLOR AND THAT THE MAJORITY OF
FOLKS BEING ENROLLED THROUGH
THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION
PARTNERS ARE WITHIN THE
PRIORITY FOCUSED COMMUNITIES.
>> THE PARTNERSHIPS ARE
WORKING.
>> YES.
>> SEATTLE RECOGNIZES THAT A
RIVAL-- IS IMPORTANT NOT ONLY
FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
BUT ALSO THE LIVABILITY OF THE
CITY AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW.
THE PLAN IS THE FRAMEWORK THAT
HELPS US MAKE DECISIONS AND WE
BEGAN WORK ON UPDATING THAT
PLAN LAST YEAR.
AS WE STARTED THE PLANNING
PROCESS TO DO THE UPDATE WE
IDENTIFIED SEVERAL KEY
EXPECTATIONS THAT THE TEAM HAD.
ONE WOULD BE THAT IT'S DATA-
DRIVEN. WE WANTED TO
INCORPORATE FINDINGS OF THE
2017 ASSESSMENT AS WELL AS
ONGOING DATA BEING PRODUCED BY
THE INVENTORY WORK.
WE WANTED TO UNDERTAKE A ROBUST
ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, EMPHASIZE
THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE,
AND ALSO SET MEASURABLE ACTIONS
THAT WOULD INCREASE
ACCOUNTABILITY.
IN TERMS OF OUR EMPHASIS ON
EQUITY, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO
BUILD UPON A PREVIOUS RACIAL
EQUITY WORK.
WE DEDICATED MOST OF OUR
RESOURCES TO ENGAGING
UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES
AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS
GET THEIR VOICE HEARD BEFORE WE
START DRAFTING CONTENT AND DO
SO IN A CREATIVE WAY.
WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES AND
ACTUALLY THE ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE AND SERVICE EQUITY TEAM
FACILITATED THE CONVERSATION IN
SUPPORT OF THE PROCESS ALONG
THE WAY.
AS WE WERE WORKING, WE ASKED
SEVERAL QUESTIONS INCLUDING ARE
WE BRINGING AN IMPLICIT BIAS TO
THIS PROCESS AND HOW IS IT
AFFECTING THE WAY WE ARE
OBTAINING THE PLAN?
WE LOOKED AT RACIAL DISPARITIES
AND INEQUITIES THAT MAY HAVE
OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF PAST
WORK. WE ALSO DID A STAKEHOLDER
ANALYSIS AND PONDERED WHETHER
THERE WERE CERTAIN GROUPS THAT
MAY HAVE MORE INFLUENCE IN THE
WAY WE PRESENT OUR SERVICES.
WE ALSO ASKED OURSELVES ARE WE
GOING TO ENSURE THAT
UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES
HAVE A MORE EQUITABLE INFLUENCE
IN THE PROCESS?
WE DEVELOPED A PARTNERSHIP WITH
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS AND
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS. THEY CONTRACTED
WITH COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP US CONDUCT
INCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENT.
>> AS WE CREATED THE TOOLKIT,
WE LOOKED AT THE EQUITY AND
ENVIRONMENT INITIATIVE AND
PRODUCED 4 OUTCOMES.
WE MOUNTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
POLICIES AND PROGRAMS LEVERAGE
COMMUNITY ASSETS AND CUMULATIVE
IMPACTS AND BURDENS PREPARE
COMMUNITIES TO ADAPT TO CLIMATE
CHANGE AND SUPPORT CONNECTIONS
BETWEEN RESIDENTS, PEOPLE THAT
WORK IN THE CITY, GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES. ALSO WE WANTED
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR TO INFORM
OUR SERVICES AND WE WANT THE
PLAN TO AND ENSURE PARTNERSHIPS
AND ALSO, COMMUNITIES TO
LEVERAGE FINDING FORRESTER HE
SOLUTIONS.
>> AS PART OF OUR EFFORTS WE
ENGAGE MORE THAN 150 PEOPLE OF
COLOR INCLUDING MEMBERS OF MORE
THAN 15 TRIBES.
WE GAVE THE FREEDOM TO PRODUCE
THEIR OWN OUTREACH AND
ENGAGEMENT PLANS BECAUSE THEY
KNOW HOW TO BEST ENGAGE
COMMUNITIES.
I WANT TO SHARE A COUPLE OF
EXAMPLES.
A HORN OF AFRICA SERVICES
DECIDED TO DO DOOR-TO-DOOR
CONVERSATIONS.
SOME OF THE FINDINGS ARE THAT
PEOPLE OF THE EAST AFRICAN
COMMUNITY REALLY BELIEVE THAT
TREES ARE IMPORTANT AND THEY
LOVE THEM BUT ARE CONCERNED
ABOUT GETTING AROUND GETTING IN
TROUBLE.
IN SOME OF THEIR COUNTRIES,
SOMEBODY MAY CRUSH THEIR CAR ON
A TRAIN AND THEY LIMPED ALONG
AND TAKE CARE OF IT AS A
PRIVATE MATTER.
ONE OF THEIR COMMUNITY MEMBERS
CRASHED INTO A TREE AND LATER
RECEIVED A BILL FROM THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION THAT THEY WERE
REALLY SURPRISED ABOUT. WE NEED
TO WORK ON BUILDING TRUST AND
SHARING INFORMATION SO THAT
THEY FEEL EMPOWERED.
>> THE CHINESE INFORMATION
SERVICE CENTER HAD COMMUNITY
MEETINGS AND PEOPLE BELIEVED
THAT TREES ARE GOOD FOR THE
ENVIRONMENT BUT HAVE CONCERNED
CONCERNS AROUND SAFETY AND
ALLERGIES.
WE FOUND FROM A COMMUNITY
MEETING THAT PEOPLE WANT MORE
TREES TO HELP CLEAN THE AIR AND
THEY ARE ALSO WANTING MORE
INTERACTION WITH THE CITY
GOVERNMENT TO BUILD TRUST.
LASTLY, THEY DECIDED TO HAVE A
TALKING CIRCLE WHICH IS A
POWERFUL WAY TO SHARE
INFORMATION WITH THE COMMUNITY
AND ALLOW THEM TO TALK ABOUT
TREES. IT'S A SPIRITUAL
CONNECTION THEY HAVE TO TREES
AND THE CONCERNS THAT THEY HAVE
AROUND CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS.
WITH THAT I WILL HAND IT BACK
TO JESSICA.
>> I WILL CLOSE THIS OUT
THINKING THE TEAM AND AM PROUD
OF THE WORK THEY'VE DONE.
THE ONE THING I WILL SAY
LOOKING FORWARD IS THAT
SOMETHING WE ARE EXCITED TO DIG
INTO IS THIS IDEA AROUND
CONTRACTING AND GRANTING. WE'VE
HEARD SEVERAL TIMES THAT THEY
FIND IT PROHIBITIVELY COMPLEX
AND TIME-CONSUMING SO WE WOULD
LIKE TO TRY SOME NEW MODELS TO
SAY ARE THERE WAYS THE CITY
COULD BE A BETTER PARTNER TO
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
BY FIGURING OUT A WAY TO MAKE
THAT SMOOTHER?
THAT'S ONE SPECIFIC THING WE
WANT TO DIG INTO INTO THE
COMING YEAR.
>> I TEND TO BELIEVE THAT ALL
OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS GENERALLY
CAME FROM A REACTION TO
SOMETHING WE WANTED TO FIX.
THE CUMULATIVE IMPACT AND WHEN
FOLKS LOOK AT THIS AND SEE WHAT
THAT MEANS, CERTAIN
ORGANIZATIONS HAVE THE CAPACITY
TO ABIDE BY THIS AND FOLKS GET
INCLUDED.
IF THERE ARE CHANGES WE NEED TO
MAKE-- BETTER OUTCOMES BY
CHANGING IT, WE INVITE THE
FEEDBACK AND I WOULD LOVE TO DO
THAT IN THE NEXT HANDFUL OF
MONTHS.
HOPEFULLY THE COUNCIL WILL DO
THAT ON AN ONGOING BASIS AS
WELL.
>> THE RACIAL EQUITY TOOLKIT
REQUIRES A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT
AND I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK
THAT WE'VE HEARD.
YOU MENTIONED CONCERNS ABOUT
GETTING IN TROUBLE AND YOU
MENTIONED THE EXAMPLE OF TREES
ARE JUST GOING TO BECOME AN
EXPENSIVE THING TO DO.
WAS THERE A SENSE OF ALSO, WE
HEAR ABOUT CONCERNS ESPECIALLY
WITH HEIGHTENED IMMIGRATION
AWARENESS THAT JUST ANYONE FROM
THE GOVERNMENT COULD BE A
THREAT.
TWO PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE, ARE THEY NERVOUS ABOUT
US AS WELL OR DO THEY GET THE
DISTINCTION?
>> THEY REALLY ARE NOT AWARE
THAT EFFORTS THAT WE ARE
PUTTING FORWARD IN TERMS OF
FORESTRY AND THEY FELT
EMPOWERED BY BEING INCLUDED.
THEY WANTED TO BUILD TRUST BY
BEING IN TOUCH ONGOING LAY.
THEY WERE SAYING WE REALLY WANT
TO LEARN ABOUT IT.
WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES ARE.
I THINK IN THIS CASE IT WAS
MORE AROUND KIND OF A NEBULOUS
WORRY THAT MAYBE I'M DOING
SOMETHING WRONG BECAUSE I DON'T
REALLY KNOW.
I THINK WE NEED TO WORK WITH
THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE THEM BE
PARTNERS SO THEY CAN PROVIDE
INPUT ALL THE TIME NOT WHEN WE
ARE DOING A SPECIFIC PROJECT.
THAT WAS A COMMON THREAD OF
COMMUNITIES AND OF COURSE WE
WILL REFLECT THAT IN OUR
ACTIONS.
WE WANT TO FIND A WAY TO
ASSUAGE ONCERNS AND MAKE SURE
THEY FEEL EMPOWERED AND
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW WE WORK AND
WHO THEY KNOW TO REACH OUT TO.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY IN OUR
ENGAGEMENT PROCESS WHAT WE
HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR IS A
CONSISTENT THEME. EVEN IF
PEOPLE GET INFORMATION LIKE A
FLYER THEY ARE STILL GOING TO
TAKE THAT INFORMATION TO A
TRUSTED COMMUNITY RESOURCE AND
SAY HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THIS
THING?
DO YOU THINK IT'S A GOOD THING?
ONE OF THE REASON WHY WE
THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA
TO CONTRACT AND PARTNER
DIRECTLY WITH THOSE
ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY-
BASED LEADERS IS BECAUSE WE
DON'T NECESSARILY FEEL-- THERE
IS SO MUCH WORK AND EXPERTISE
AND KNOWLEDGE AND POWER THAT WE
CAN'T REALLY TAKE THE ROLE OF
THAT. BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT
THAT AND WORK IN PARTNERSHIP SO
THEY CAN FEEL EMPOWERED TO
DELIVER THAT MESSAGE AND THAT
MESSAGE IS COORDINATED ACROSS
THOSE ORGANIZATIONS. I THINK
THAT HAS BEEN SOMETHING
POWERFUL AND IT'S ALREADY
SHOWING IN SOME OF THE INITIAL
RESULTS WE ARE SEEING.
>> THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER,
THE CAPACITY AND ABILITY FOR US
TO SUPPORT THOSE ORGANIZATIONS
SO WE CAN HAVE MORE
PARTNERSHIPS, I CAN'T THINK OF
ANY PROGRAMS BUT IN OTHER
DEPARTMENTS TO TRYING TO GET
PEOPLE TO TAKE THESE THAT ARE
HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED AND THERE'S
A REAL IMPORTANCE IN BUILDING
THAT RELATIONSHIP OVER TIME
WITH THE ORGANIZATIONS SO
CONTRACTING WITH THE SAME
ORGANIZATIONS YEAR OVER YEAR TO
HAVE THAT TRUST WITH THOSE
ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CITY.
>> AND THEN MAKING IT
BENEFICIAL TO THOSE
ORGANIZATIONS, IT'S A REAL
PARTNERSHIP.
I JUST APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU
ARE DOING.
DO THEY ALSO TAKE THE TRAINING?
>> THEY HAVE TAKEN OVER THE
PAST SEVERAL YEARS, TRAININGS.
WE'VE DONE TOURS AND EXHIBITS
AND ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS
WERE PART OF THE ACTION COHORT.
WE WANT TO HAVE ALL OF OUR
PARTNERS SPEAKING THE SAME
LANGUAGE AND ALSO LAST YEAR
CREATED A NEW POSITION
SPECIFICALLY TO ADDRESS EQUITY.
THAT IS A HIGHLY TECHNICAL
COMMISSION AND WE ARE BRINGING
OTHER POSITIONS TO PROVIDE
IMPORTANT RELATED--
ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY IN PUBLIC
HEALTH AND OUR COMMUNITY
REPRESENTATIVE.
>> IF YOU EVER NEED VOLUNTEERS
IN TERMS OF DOING OUTREACH TO
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR PICK ME.
I'M ALWAYS HAPPY TO DO WHAT I
CAN AND BE SUPPORTIVE AND
HAVING A ROLE INCREASING THE
NUMBER OF SERVICES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> MY APOLOGIES FOR KEEPING YOU
SO LATE.
I APOLOGIZE IF I SCREWED UP ANY
OF YOUR END OF DAY PLANS BUT
I'M THANKFUL FOR YOUR WORK AND
I APPRECIATE YOU.
KEEP IT UP.
>> ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE
COMMUNITY?
>> WITH THAT, WE WILL BE
ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU ALL.