>>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
WELCOME TO THE TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE.
MY NAME IS MIKE O'BRIEN.
I AM JOINED BY COUNCIL MEMBER
PACHECO AND STAFF KELLY.
IT IS 2:00 P.M.
WE HAVE THREE ITEMS ON THE
AGENDA.
BUT A COUPLE OF THEM ARE QUITE
MEATY ITEMS.
FIRST IS LEGISLATION AROUND
BACKYARD COTTAGES.
WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THAT
LEGISLATION AND CONSIDERING
AMENDMENTS.
MY INTENT WOULD BE TO VOTE ON
AMENDMENTS AND FINAL PIECES OF
LEGISLATION OUT OF COMMITTEE
THIS AFTERNOON.
THE NEXT ITEM WILL CONSIDER AN
APPOINTMENT TO THE MOVE SEATTLE
LEVY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
FINALLY, WE HAVE A BRIEFING
FROM THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION ON THE BIKE
MASTERPLAN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
BEFORE WE JUMP INTO PUBLIC
COMMENT, WE ARE DOING SOMETHING
A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TODAY.
SO BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO TOPICS
OF SUCH INTEREST, I HAVE TO
SEPARATE SIGN IN SHEETS.
ONE FOR FOLKS WHO WANT TO
COMMENT ON THE BACKYARD COTTAGE
LEGISLATION AND A SEPARATE SIGN
IN FOR FOLKS WHO WANT TO
COMMENT ON THE BIKE MASTERPLAN.
I WILL DO PUBLIC AM IT TWICE
DURING THIS COMMITTEE.
WE WILL START WITH PUBLIC
COMMENT.
FOR THE BACKYARD COTTAGE
LEGISLATION.
AND WE WILL GO UP TO 20 MINUTES
FOR THAT.
THEN WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC
COMMENT, DISCUSSED THE PIECE OF
LEGISLATION AND THEN I WILL
OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT AGAIN A
SECOND TIME LATER IN THE
MEETING.
SO CANCEL MEMBER PACHECO, WOULD
YOU BE OPEN TO CONSIDERING AN
AMENDMENT TO ADD A SECOND
PUBLIC COMMENT IN ADVANCE OF
THE FINAL AGENDA ITEM?
SO ALL IN FAVOR OF AMENDING THE
AGENDA, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
IF YOU ARE HERE, WHEN I CALL
YOUR NAME, I WILL START WITH
THE SIGN THAT SAYS GENERAL
PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF SOMEONE ON THAT WOULD LIKE
TO RESERVE THE COMMENT FOR
LATER BECAUSE YOU SIGNED UP
UNDER THE WRONG ONE, THAT IS
GREAT.
LET ME KNOW AND WE WILL MAKE
SURE THAT YOUR NAME GETS ADDED
TO THE OTHER ONE.
YOU ARE WELCOME TO SPEAK ON
OTHER ISSUES.
THAT IS TOTALLY FINE TOO.
WE HAVE AT LEAST 20 PEOPLE
SIGNED UP AND BECAUSE WE HAVE
TO MEDIA AGENDA ITEMS, I WILL
KEEP THIS PERIOD TO 20 MINUTES.
FOLKS WILL HAVE JUST ONE MINUTE
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY.
TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE IN BEFORE
WE SHUT PUBLIC COMMENT DOWN.
I WILL NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT
WE DID HAVE ALMOST THREE AND
HALF HOURS OF PUBLIC COMMENT AT
THE PUBLIC HEARING LAST WEEK,
WHICH WAS GREAT.
I APPRECIATED SOME HE FOLKS
COMING OUT.
BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING
FROM MORE TODAY.
PAUL THOMAS IS FIRST.
FOLLOWED BY JOHN LOMBARD AND
COLLEEN.
YOU WILL EACH HAVE ONE MINUTE.
WHEN THE MICROPHONE IS CLEAR,
PAUL WILL COME FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME
SPEAK.
I HAVE FIVE SUGGESTIONS TO DEAL
WITH BACKYARD COTTAGES.
FIRST OF ALL, PLEASE STREAMLINE
THE PERMITTING PROCESS.
ESPECIALLY FOR GARAGES.
I BUILT A SHED IN THE BACKYARD,
A LITTLE GARDEN SHED AND
NAVIGATING THE PERMIT PROCESS
WAS BY FAR THE MOST FRUSTRATING
AND EXASPERATING EXPERIENCE I
HAVE EVER HAD.
I AM 54 YEARS OLD.
THAT SAYS SOMETHING.
>> WILL YOU PULL THE MICROPHONE
IN FRONT OF YOUR MOUTH?
>> I CAN'T FACE DOING THIS
AGAIN SO MIKE GARAGE SIT EMPTY.
INSTEAD OF BEING CONVERTED TO
HOUSING.
NUMBER TWO, PLEASE REMOVE THE 5
FOOT SETBACK REQUIREMENT.
IT MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE TO
USE A 5 FOOT STRIP OF PROPERTY
IN A TINY CITY LOT FOR JUST
GROWING GRASS.
THE PROPERTY IS TOO VALUABLE
AND PRECIOUS.
THROUGH, PLEASE RESTRICT
BACKYARD COTTAGES TO OWNER
OCCUPIED PROPERTIES.
IT IS NO SECRET THAT MANY
LANDLORDS LET THEIR RENTALS
FALL INTO DISREPAIR FOR THIS
CONCERN OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
ALLOWING ADDITIONAL UNITS TO BE
BUILT ON RENTAL PROPERTIES
WOULD MAKE THIS WORSE.
>> YOUR TIME IS UP.
JOHN?
>> NICE SHIRT, JOHN.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.
I AM JOHN AND I AM A CANDIDATE
FOR CITY COUNCIL FROM DISTRICT
5. I GENERALLY SUPPORT THE
LEGISLATION BUT WITH TWO
IMPORTANT MOMENTS.
FIRST, AFTER MUCH DEBATE, I
SIDE WITH THOSE THAT BELIEVE WE
SHOULD MAINTAIN THE OWNER
OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENT, AT LEAST
AT THE TIME OF INITIAL
CONSTRUCTION.
WE WILL EXPERIMENT WITH
DROPPING IT, WE SHOULDN'T MAKE
THE ENTIRE CITY SUBJECT TO THAT
EXPERIMENT.
SECOND, IF THE PRIMARY REASON
FOR THIS LEGISLATION IS TO
PROVIDE MORE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, WE SHOULD REQUIRE THAT
AT LEAST ONE OF UP TO THREE
UNITS THAT MIGHT RESULT ON A
GIVEN LOT BE AFFORDABLE.
80% OF THE AREA AT MEDIAN
INCOME BELOW.
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO MAKE THAT
A REQUIREMENT, YOU COULD MAKE
IT A TAX BREAK INCENTIVE
INSTEAD.
BUT IF YOU SERIOUSLY DOUBT THE
FEASIBILITY OF THAT, AS A
REQUIREMENT, IT SEEMS TO ME
THAT IT UNDERMINES THE
FUNDAMENTAL ARGUMENT FOR THIS
LEGISLATION.
THANK YOU.
>> COLLEEN?
YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY BRITNEY
AND THEN RACHEL LUDWIG.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MY COMMENTS
TO MY ARE JUST ABOUT THE
PROPOSED. THAT HAVE BEEN
FIRST OF ALL, ON #3, EXTENDING
THE BACKYARD LOT COVERAGE TO
60%, OUR COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF
2000 PLUS 4000 RESIDENTS WOULD
SAY DON'T.
IT IS TOO CLOSE.
THERE IS NEED FOR GARDENS AND
NEED FOR SPACE AND PRIVACY
BETWEEN THE LOTS.
ON FOUR AND FIVE AMENDMENTS
PROPOSED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, WE
WOULD SAY YES.
WE WANT TO PREVENT
COMMERCIALIZATION OF THESE NEW
UNITS THAT WOULD BE BUILT AND
WE WOULD WANT TO REQUIRE
HOMEOWNERSHIP ON THE LOT,
PARTICULARLY WITH 12 UNRELATED
PEOPLE.
PARKING FOR BIKES, YES.
THANK YOU.
MEMBER PACHECO.
IN ALLOWING OPEN RAILINGS,
ABSOLUTELY NO.
WITH 12 UNRELATED PEOPLE ON A
LOT, THESE ARE NOT COMMUNITY,
THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE
BACKYARD COTTAGES.
NOT SOMETHING THAT IS A BIG
ROOF GARDEN AND PARTY LOCATION.
A PILOT PROGRAM FOR LOW INCOME,
THAT IS A GREAT SUGGESTION BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> BRITNEY?
>> HELLO, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I AM HERE TODAY AS CHAIR OF
SIERRA CLUB SEATTLE.
AS WE KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN STRONG
SUPPORTERS OF INCREASING
PEOPLE'S FREEDOM AND THE
ABILITY TO CONSTRUCT 80 USE.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO PASS THE
FORM THAT IS MOST CONDUCIVE TO
THIS GOAL.
REQUIRING OWNERSHIP BEFORE
CONSTRUCTION OF A SECOND IS A
NECESSARY.
IT WILL DAMPEN SUPPLY.
PERMITTING A DO YOU USAGE MIGHT
ALSO RESTRICT SUPPLY BY
ELIMINATING A FUNDING SOURCE
FOR HOMEOWNERS LOOKING TO
FINANCE ON THE PROPERTY.
WE DO SUPPORT EXEMPTING BIKE
PARKING FROM THE AREA
CALCULATIONS.
THIS IS IN LINE WITH BOTH OUR
VALUES AND THE PURPOSE OF IT TO
MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO
CHOOSE TO WALK, BIKE OR BUS.
WE BELIEVE IN AMNESTY PROGRAMS
FOR EXISTING PROGRAMS AS A
LOGICAL AND EQUITABLE WAY TO
KEEP EXISTING PIECES OF INCOME
HOUSING SUPPLY SAFE AND IN USE.
SORRY.
AND FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO
ADD THAT WE SUPPORT AND
ASSERTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
BIKE MASTER PLAN, INCLUDING
PROTECTED LANDS AND OTHER
INFRASTRUCTURE.
ETHNICITIES, RACES AND
ABILITIES.
THIS IS ON A CATCH PHRASE BUT A
CONCRETE GOAL.
TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF ALL
USERS.
I HAVE TO GO AFTER THIS.
>> RACIAL, YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED
BY JANINE AND THEN JESSICA.
AND WE WILL BE JOINED BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> I AM GOING TO LIMIT MY
COMMENTS TO THE 80 USE.
MY MAIN CONCERN IS CLIMATE
CHANGE.
I ASKED THAT WE PASSED THAT
LEGISLATION WITH FEW AMENDMENTS
THAT WOULD MAKE IT HARDER TO
BUILD THEM.
THE ISSUE IS OWNER OCCUPANCY.
MY FAMILY WAS ABLE TO BUILD A
BACKYARD COTTAGE BUT MANY
FAMILIES DO NOT.
THEY MIGHT BE WILL TO BUY A
HOUSE THAT ALREADY HAD A
COTTAGE OR TWO OF THEM AND HAD
THEIR FAMILY OR GRANDPARENTS
WILL THAT.
THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO TAKE
ON THE BUILD THEMSELVES.
YOU KNOW, THEY CAN'T BUILD
THREE SMALLER HOMES FOR 3
FAMILIES TO LIVE IN.
WE ARE ONLY GOING TO BE
BUILDING 2000 UNITS OVER THE
NEXT 10 YEARS, EVEN UNDER THIS
LAND WITH NO AMENDMENT.
ANY RESTRICTION WOULD DECREASE
THE NUMBER OF FAMILIES ABLE TO
LIVE IN SEATTLE.
>> JANINE?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
JANINE SHINGLER, I AM A CITY OF
SEATTLE.
I WANT TO ADDRESS 80 USE AND
THE BIKE MASTER PLAN.
THEY ARE RELATED.
BECAUSE OF A MEANINGFUL IMPACT
TO REDUCE HUMAN CAUSED CLIMATE
CHANGE.
THAT MIGHT BE A LEAP FOR SOME
BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT,
EVERYTHING IS RELATED TO HUMAN
CAUSED CLIMATE CHANGE.
SO WE NEED TO TAKE MASSIVE
ACTION.
I WILL BE ABLE TO LIVE IN
SEATTLE BECAUSE I LIVE IN A BMP
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN 2019-2024.
I GAVE UP MY CAR AFTER 50 YEARS
OF DRIVING.
BUT NOW I LIVE IN SEATTLE WITH
THE TRANSPORTATION FOR MASS
TRANSIT IS ACTUALLY PRETTY
GOOD.
BUT WE NEED TO DO A LOT MORE.
ANYTIME I READ THE BUS, OR TAKE
MY TRICYCLE OUT, I SEE
THOUSANDS OF CARS WITH ONLY ONE
PERSON.
AND I SEE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
TAKING MASS TRANSIT AND I THINK
ABOUT ALL OF THE CARS ON THE
ROAD.
YOU KNOW THE REST OF IT, FILL
IN THE BLANK.
THIS IS TOO IMPORTANT TO SIT
BACK AND SAY WE SHOULD HAVE OR
WOULD HAVE OR COULD HAVE.
IT WILL BE TOO LATE THEN.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT,
JANINE.
>> JESSICA, YOU WILL BE
FOLLOWED BY JESSE SIMPSON AND
THEN RANDY BENICAR.
>> I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF
OF THE COMMISSION TODAY.
THE SEATTLE RENTERS COMMISSION
URGES THE CITY TO PASS ADU
REFORM AND, FURTHER.
THERE SHOULD BE NO OWNER
OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENT FOR 23
BECAUSE WE SHOULD ALLOW
LANDLORDS TO WELCOME MORE
RENTERS TO ADU'S ON THEIR
PROPERTY WITHOUT HAVING TO
MOVE INTO THE MAIN HOUSE.
THEY SHOULD LEGALLY BE ALLOWED
TO LIVE ANYWHERE THE HOMEOWNERS
ARE ALLOWED TO LIVE.
THERE IS NO ON-SITE PARKING
REQUIREMENT.
THE REQUIREMENT FOR YOU TO OWN
A PROPERTY FOR A YEAR, BEFORE
BUILDING A SECOND ADU.
THE CITY'S IT SHOULD EXAMPLE ,
WELCOME ON SHELTERED NEIGHBORS
TO PROVIDE GREAT EXAMPLES OF
WHAT IS POSSIBLE.
WE SHOULD SUBJECT DIES
CONSTRUCTION OF ADU'S.
SO PREVIOUSLY DISPLACED
RENTERS CAN RETURN WITH FAMILY,
FRIENDS AND WILL NEIGHBORS.
THEY SHOULD OFFER PREWRITTEN
LEASES THAT AND SURE ADEQUATE
PROTECTIONS FOR BOTH RENTERS
AND NEW LANDLORDS.
WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT THEY
USE TOOLS FOR AIR B&BS.
THAT THEY SHOULD NOT BENEFIT
FROM THE SAME PROTECTIONS THAT
TRADITIONAL RENTERS OR HOUSING
HALF.
YOU CAN READ THE REST IN YOUR
EMAIL WE SENT YOU.
>> JESSE?
>> I AM JESSE SIMPSON AND I
VOLUNTEER WITH THE INITIATIVE.
SEATTLE HAS A HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY CRISIS AND A
CLIMATE CRISIS.
ADDRESSING IT REQUIRES WE BUILD
MORE DENSELY IN THE CITY.
WE CREATE MORE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND THAT WE MAKE VIABLE
ALTERNATIVES TO DRIVING.
WE NEED TO CUT OUR CARBON
EMISSIONS BY 50% WITHIN THE
NEXT 10 YEARS.
THIS REQUIRES RADICAL ACTION.
I URGE YOU TO PASS THIS ADU
LEGISLATION AS IT IS.
OR WITH MINIMAL AMENDMENTS TO
ENCOURAGE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF
ADU'S CREATED.
I URGE YOU TO MOVE QUICKLY ON
THE BIKE MASTER PLAN.
TO ACTUALLY TAKE BIKING AROUND
THE CITY A SAFE OPTION FOR
PEOPLE.
JUST COMING HERE, I ALMOST GOT
HIT BY A CAR.
THERE ARE VERY FEW OPTIONS FOR
GETTING SAFELY FROM FIRST HILL
TO DOWNTOWN.
>> THANK YOU, JESSE.
>> I AM JOINED BY COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
RANDY YOU ARE NEXT.
YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY MEGAN
WADE AND THEN SHERRY NEWBOLD.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF THE
SEATTLE KING COUNTY REALTORS.
I WANT TO THANK YOU AND APPLAUD
YOUR WORK ON THE FLEXIBILITY
FOR 80 USE.
WE THINK THE UPTAKE ON THIS
OPPORTUNITY IS GOING TO BE
IMPORTANT.
IT WILL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE
IN TERMS OF HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY OPTIONS IN THE
CITY.
THAT SAID, WE ARE CONCERNED
ABOUT THE LIMITED FLEXIBILITY
ON REDEVELOPMENT WITH THE
PROPOSED SAR LIMIT.
WE THINK .5 IS EXCESSIVE AND
LIMITING.
2500 SQUARE-FOOT HOUSING +1
FOOT DOES NOT A MANSION MAKE.
WE WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO
REVISIT THAT PIECE BECAUSE
FAMILY FLEXIBILITY IS
IMPORTANT.
WE ARE SEEING FAMILIES DEMAND A
LARGER HOME FOR A VARIETY OF
REASONS, INCLUDING OFFERING
SHELTER FOR THEIR EXTENDED
FAMILIES.
I ASK YOU TO KEEP THAT INTO
CONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU.
>> MEG, HOLD ON.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT INFORMED
ME SHE WANTS TO RUN TO ANOTHER
EVENT.
SHE WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN FOR YOUR INDULGENCE.
I WILL NEED TO STEP OUT OF THE
MEETING RIGHT NOW AND HOPEFULLY
I WILL BE BACK LATER BECAUSE I
HAVE TO JOIN THE WORKERS AT THE
EMBASSY SUITES WHO HAVE FORMED
A UNION WITH THE LOCAL AID AND
ARE COURAGEOUSLY BATTLING A
HOSTILE MANAGEMENT.
I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO SUPPORT
THEM.
I WILL DELIVER A STRONG MESSAGE
TO MANAGEMENT IN A
DEMONSTRATION THAT IS ABOUT TO
START IN A FEW MINUTES.
WE WILL HAVE A DELEGATION
DEMAND THAT MANAGEMENT
NEGOTIATE A FAIR CONTRACT WITH
DECENT PAY, JOB SECURITY,
RELIABLE HOURS AND RESPECT ON
THE JOB.
THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT
FOR THE WORKERS OF COLOR.
THESE WORKERS ARE ALSO AS YOU
KNOW PART OF OUR FIGHT TO MAKE
SEATTLE AFFORDABLE FOR ALL.
DECENT LIVING STANDARDS IN THE
WORKPLACE AS PART OF THE
EQUATION.
AND SO, I WANT TO BE THERE BUT
I ALSO WANT TO LET EVERYBODY
KNOW WHY I WOULDN'T BE HERE FOR
A LITTLE WHILE.
I FULLY SUPPORT THE ADU
LEGISLATION.
I FULLY AGREE WE SHOULD NOT WE
SHOULD HAVE THE STRONGEST
POSSIBLE LEGISLATION.
IF I GET BACK IN TIME FOR THAT,
I WILL BE VOTING FOR IT IN
COMMITTEE.
IF I DON'T, OF COURSE YOU HAVE
MY SUPPORT AND I WILL BE VOTING
FOR IT IN CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
>> PLEASE SEND OUR BEST TO THE
WORKERS AT THE HOTEL.
>> WILL DO.
>> ALL RIGHT.
MED?
YOU ARE UP.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS MEG WADE.
I AM WITH 350 SEATTLE.
I HAD THE JOY OF BEING
SURROUNDED BY 120 FOLKS ON THE
SEVENTH FLOOR OF CITY HALL
TODAY, ASKING MAYOR DURKIN TO
JOIN US IN CALLING FOR A GREEN
NEW DEAL FOR SEATTLE.
BOTH OF THE PIECES OF
LEGISLATION HERE TODAY ARE
EXAMPLES OF TRANSFORMATIONS
THAT WE NEED IN OUR CITY.
VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE ADU AND
THE ADU LEGISLATION.
VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS
COMMITTEE HOLDING
AS.ACCOUNTABLE TO THAT MET BIKE
MASTER PLAN.
WE NEED TO FIND AND WE NEED TO
BILD.
I AM ESPECIALLY CONCERNED AS
THE MASTER PLAN GOES AROUND FOR
THE AVENUE, THE POSSIBLE DELAY
AROUND THERE.
WE PLAY WHAT HAPPENED ON 35th.
WE HAD AN AGREEMENT AND
FUNDING.
WHY IS IT GETTING PUSHED OFF?
I WOULD INVITE ANY OF THE CITY
COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT YET
SIGNED ONTO A GREEN NEW DEAL
FOR SEATTLE TO JOIN US AND SIGN
ON TODAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MEG.
YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ALICIA
AND THEN ALICE LOCKHART.
WE WILL TAKE ABOUT 10 MORE
MINUTES OF COMMENT FOR THIS
PHASE AND THEN WE WILL SUSPEND
PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS SHERRY NEWBOLD AND I
VOLUNTEER AND I AM A
RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECT THAT HAS
DESIGNED OVER 20 80 USE.
I HAVE ONE AT MY OWN HOME.
I WANT TO COMMENT SPECIFICALLY
ON FLEXIBILITY FOR THE ADU,
ESPECIALLY THE SECOND ONES.
I THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO
NOT HAVE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON
ADDING SECOND ADU'S BECAUSE IT
WILL MAKE IT QUITE DIFFICULT
FOR MANY PEOPLE TO ADD THEM TO
THE PROPERTY.
AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, I AM
CONCERNED ABOUT AMENDMENTS FOUR
AND FIVE THAT ARE PROPOSED WITH
AIR B&B.
I HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF CLIENTS
COME TO ME AND SAY THEY ARE
GOING TO HAVE FAMILIES STAYING
THERE FOR PART OF THE YEAR BUT
THEN THEY WANT TO AIR B&B IT
FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.
SO THEY CAN AFFORD TO PAY FOR
IT.
I ALSO JUST DON'T AGREE WITH
THERE BEING ANY KIND OF
OWNERSHIP REQUIREMENT.
IT WILL MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT
FOR PEOPLE TO ADD THEM.
THANK YOU.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS ALEX LOCKHART WITH
350 SEATTLE.
I AM HERE A LOT BECAUSE WE
NEED, AS WE SPOKE THIS MORNING
IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE
GREEN NEW DEAL, WE NEED
TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE.
WE DON'T NEED INCREMENTAL
CHANGE.
IT IS TOO LATE FOR THAT.
AND THEREFORE, WHEN WE WORK FOR
YEARS ON ON CLIMATE FRIENDLY
HOUSING IN WHAT IS A PIECE OF
CLIMATE LEGISLATION, I BEGGED
COUNCILMEMBERS NOT TO VOTE FOR
AMENDMENTS THAT WE SEE IN THE
LEGISLATION.
SPECIFICALLY PRIOR OWNERSHIP
AMENDMENTS.
WE WILL MAKE IT MORE EXPENSIVE
TO BUILD ADU'S.
WE MAY AS WELL PUT A $40,000
TAX ON THE SECOND ADU.
GIVEN THAT THE CAUSE WILL
CONTINUE TO RISE DURING THE
WAITING PERIOD OF ONE YEAR.
AND POSSIBLY FOLKS WILL BUY
PROPERTY, HOLD ONTO IT FOR A
YEAR.
AS COSTS CONTINUE TO RISE.
AND THEN, SEPARATE FROM THE
ORIGINAL PROJECT OF BUILDING
AND ADU, YOU END UP, I AM SO
SORRY.
YOU END UP WITH EIGHT MORE
EXPENSIVE SECOND ADU.
THAT WILL BE A CLIMATE
UNFRIENDLY.
PLEASE DON'T DO IT.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS
ALICIA AND I'M HERE
REPRESENTING MASTER BUILDERS
ASSOCIATION.
WE STRONGLY SUPPORT THE
LEGISLATION IS BUILDING 80 USE
IS A PLUS FOR HOUSING,
AFFORDABILITY AND THE
ENVIRONMENT.
WE SUPPORT THE REMOVAL OF BOTH
OWNER OCCUPANCY AND THE ON-SITE
PARKING REQUIREMENT.
IT IS VITAL TO THE SUCCESS FOR
OUR CITY.
FOR THE RECORD, THERE NUMBERS
OPPOSE ANY RESTRICTION.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE
SUPPORT TODAY'S AMENDMENT,
EXCLUDING GARAGES FROM THAT
TOTAL.
IN ADDITION, WE WOULD ALSO LIKE
TO VOICE SUPPORT FOR THE
AMENDMENT TO ALLOW FOR ROOFTOP
GARDENS AND SEEDING ACCESS.
THANK YOU.
>> BILL?
>> HELLO, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY.
I AM SPEAKING TODAY AS A
RESIDENT OF SEATTLE AND THE
SIERRA CLUB VOLUNTEER.
I AM HERE TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY
ABOUT THE AMENDMENTS ABOUT
PARKING AND PEOPLE USE BICYCLES
INSTEAD OF DRIVING.
I DON'T PERSONALLY BICYCLE BUT
A LOT OF MY FRIENDS DO.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO COME
A AS YOU ARE ADDING DENSITY, TO
BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE INSTEAD OF
CAR INFRASTRUCTURE, PEOPLE WILL
USE WHATEVER INFRASTRUCTURE YOU
BUILD.
NO ONE EVER BICYCLES TO THE
AIRPORT.
MOST PEOPLE DRIVE AND WHEN THE
LIGHT RAIL CAME IN, A LOT OF
PEOPLE LIKE TO TAKE THE TRAIN.
>> I LIKE AMENDMENT THREE.
THE INCREASE OF THE LOT
COVERAGE.
A GENTLEMAN SPOKE BEFORE ABOUT
TRYING TO MODIFY THE 5 FOOT
SETBACKS.
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU CAN DO THAT
RIGHT NOW BUT I THINK THAT IS A
GREAT IDEA.
5 FOOT SETBACK FOR THAT ON TOP
OF A GARAGE IS TOO RESTRICT IF.
I THINK IN TERMS OF THE ENTIRE
ROOM, THE OCCUPANCY
REQUIREMENT, IT IS NOT
CONSTITUTIONAL.
BRACING THE FLAG ON THAT ONE.
IF IT COMES TO AN ISSUE, IT IS
SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN TELL
PEOPLE.
YOU CANNOT DO IT.
>> THANK YOU, DAVID.
WE WILL KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR
THAT.
ROBERT?
>> HELLO.
I AM ROBERT AND I AM HERE TO
TALK ABOUT THE ADU AND BIKE
THING.
I AM ALSO THE CHAIR OF BEACON
HEALTH ISSUES.
WE SIGNED ONTO THE GREEN NEW
DEAL.
WE ARE PARTICIPATING IN THAT
AFTER A UNANIMOUS VOTE.
I SUPPORT BRINGING MORE ADU'S
IN AS SOMEONE, WE ALWAYS TALK
ABOUT THE VALUES OF
HOMEOWNERSHIP AND THIS AND THAT
AND RENT.
ALL OF THE THINGS.
ONE OF THE THINGS I LOOK AT IN
WANTING TO DO, PERSONALLY
MYSELF AND SEEING MYSELF AS
OWNING A CONDO OR AN ADU
SOMEDAY.
GETTING A LITTLE BIT MORE
PRIVACY I HAVE IN MY APARTMENT
TODAY.
BY AM ALSO SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T
WANT A YARD.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF
THESE BUILT SO THAT SOMEDAY I
COULD MAYBE HAVE ONE.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE REST OF
THE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM, BUT FOR
ME, HOUSING HAS ALWAYS BEEN
DIFFICULT.
PRICES ARE CONFUSING.
I HAVE ALWAYS LIVED WITH
PEOPLE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE
OPTIONS BECOME AVAILABLE BUT
THE HOPE THAT ONE DAY I DON'T
HAVE TO SAY BUT FOR A $1.5
MILLION STARTER HOME.
I MAKE PEOPLE TO FIND SOMETHING
TO DO.
>> WE WILL KEEP THE STREETS FOR
PEOPLE'S SIGNING UP ON THE
PODIUM.
>>ALL RIGHT, RICHARD.
>> WE HAVE BEEN JOINED BY
COUNSEL PRESIDENT HARRELL.
>> YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
TALK TO YOU ABOUT SAVING TREES.
BECAUSE LAST TIME I WAS HERE,
IT WAS JUST ONE WEEK AGO, I
TALKED ABOUT THE IDEA OF THE
URBAN ISLAND HEAT AFFECT.
IT COULD HAVE MORTALITY IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE.
THE SEATTLE TIMES SAID THAT
SEATTLE WAS UNPREPARED FOR
DEADLY HEAT WAVE.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, THIS IS
SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT CLIMATE
ACTIVISM.
YOU ARE REDUCING THE
REQUIREMENT FOR NEW TREES TO BE
PLANTED.
WHAT AN OUTRAGE.
YOU WILL REDUCE DOWN TO TREES
OF THE LEAST 1/2 INCH CALIBER.
MEASURED 6 INCHES FROM THE
GROUND.
THESE ARE TINY TREES, TO
REPLACE BIG CANOPY TREES?
THIS IS HYPOCRISY.
WHERE IS THE GREEN IN THE GREEN
NEW DEAL?
SAVING TREES IN EXCHANGE FOR
EXTRA PARKING?
NOT DOING THAT.
YOU ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING TO
SAVE THE TREES EXCEPT PUTTING
THEM IN.
THEY HAVE THE OPTION TO SAVE
THE TREES.
YOU ARE REDUCING THE PLANTING
REQUIREMENTS.
THEY ARE EXPECTING MORTALITY OF
SEVERAL HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
TODAY PREVENT.
THAT IS WHAT THE SEATTLE TIMES
SAID ON JUNE 14, 2019.
IN EUROPE IN 2003, 70,000
PEOPLE DIED IN HEATWAVE.
IN CHICAGO, 1995, HUNDREDS OF
PEOPLE DIED IN HEATWAVE HERE WE
ARE, CLIMATE JUSTICE.
TRYING TO SAVE CLIMATE HERE.
AND WE ARE CUTTING ALL OF THE
BIG TREES DOWN, WHICH ARE ALL
ABOUT SAVING URBAN ISLAND
EFFECT.
WE ARE REDUCING THE NUMBER OF
TREES TO BE PLANTED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> WITH THAT, WE WILL CLOSE
PUBLIC COMMENT.
YOU MAY HAVE MISSED IT AT THE
BEGINNING.
I HAVE A SEPARATE SIGN IN SHEET
FOR THE BIKE IMPLEMENTATION
PLAN.
WE WILL HAVE A SECOND ROUND OF
PUBLIC COMMENT LATER IN THE
AGENDA.
BUT I WILL ASK KELLY TO READ IN
THE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE.
I TOOK THAT SOMEWHERE AND WILL
GIVE IT BACK TO YOU.
>> WE WILL GET IT IN A SECOND.
>> WE WILL INVITE PRESENTERS
FORWARD.
ALY PENNUCCI ?
>> ALY PENNUCCI, COUNSEL
CENTRAL STAFF.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> CB 119544.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO LAND
USE AND ZONING, AMENDING
SECTIONS 23.44 .011, TO 3.4 4.1
FOUR, 23.4 4.017, 23.4 FOR
POINT 020, 23.4 4.041, 23.45
POINT 545, 23 POINT 84 A POINT
002, TO 3.84 EIGHT POINT 032,
TO 3.8 FOR A POINT 03'S, AND TO
3.8 6.007 OF THE SEATTLE MUSIC
NOTICEABLE CODE TO REMOVE
BARRIERS TO THE CREATION OF A
TEST AND DETACHED ACCESSORY
DWELLING UNITS AND ADD A FLOOR
AREA RATIO REQUIREMENT IN
CERTAIN SINGLE-FAMILY ZONES.
>> THIS IS A PROJECT WE HAVE
BEEN WORKING ON, SOME OF US FOR
AT LEAST A FEW YEARS.
MAYBE FOR FOR ME.
AND WE ARE GETTING CLOSE.
MY GOAL TODAY, WE HAVE A NUMBER
OF AMENDMENTS THAT WE WILL WALK
THROUGH.
AND MY HOPE WOULD BE TO GET
APPROVAL.
WE CAN CONSIDER EACH OTHER'S
AMENDMENT'S.
WE CAN PASS A BILL OUT OF
COMMITTEE.
I WILL HAND IT OVER TO ALY
PENNUCCI.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED TOO
MUCH BACKGROUND ON THIS.
MY COLLEAGUES JUST PROPOSED
THAT WE START BY JUST GOING
THROUGH THE AMENDMENTS IN THE
ORDER OF THE CENTRAL STAFF
MEMO.
AT, IF YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW
WORDS.
>> TODAY THE COMMITTEE WILL
DISCUSS AND VOTE ON CB 119544,
WHICH WILL AMEND THE LAND USE
CODE TO REMOVE REGULATORY
BARRIERS FOR ACCESSORY DWELLING
UNITS.
I WILL REFER TO THEM AS A DUS
THROUGHOUT THE CONVERSATION.
AND TO IMPLEMENT THE FLOOR
AREA.
THE COMMITTEE HAS PREVIOUSLY
DISCUSSED AND HAVE BRIEFING ON
THE THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS AND
HELD A PUBLIC HEARING.
IT WAS ON JUNE 11.
I AM GOING BACKWARDS IN TIME.
TODAY, UNLESS COMMITTEE MEMBERS
HAVE GENERAL QUESTIONS, I WILL
WALK THROUGH THE MMS THAT ARE
OUTLINED ON PAGES 2-5 OF THE
CENTRAL STAFF MEMO.
THERE ARE TWO ADDITIONAL
AMENDMENTS AFTER THE MEMO WAS
PUBLISHED.
AMENDMENTS 13 AND 40.
COPIES ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE
PUBLIC.
I HAVE THEM IF YOU NEED THEM.
AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE WAS POSTED
SEPARATELY TO THE AGENDA.
THAT IS A SUBSTITUTE BILL.
>> COLLEAGUES?
ANYONE HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT
JUST JUMPING INTO AMENDMENTS?
SAYING NO CONCERNS?
ALY PENNUCCI, TAKE AWAY.
>> THE FIRST AMENDMENT, AS I
MENTIONED, IT IS A SUBSTITUTE
VERSION OF CB 119544 THAT
INCORPORATES A SERIES OF
TECHNICAL CHANGES AND
CLARIFICATIONS TO FIX TYPOS
AND OTHER DRAFTING ERRORS.
GIVEN THE NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS
A TIME BETWEEN THE PUBLIC
HEARING, IT IS LIKELY THERE
WILL BE ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL
CORRECTIONS THAT WILL NEED TO
BE INCORPORATED AT THE FULL
COUNSEL.
BUT THIS IS WHAT WE IDENTIFIED
TODAY.
>> ANY QUESTIONS ON A MEMO
NUMBER ONE?
I WOULD GO AHEAD AND MOVE
AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING
AYE.
THAT PASSES.
AND JUST TO REITERATE WHAT I
THINK I HEARD YOU SAY, WHEN WE
GET TO THE END OF THIS, WE WILL
PROBABLY HAVE SOME OTHER
CLEANUP THINGS THAT WE WILL DO.
WE MIGHT DO ANOTHER VERSION OF
THIS OR SUBSTITUTE VERSION.
WHICHEVER IS EASIER.
>> AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO IS
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN, IT WOULD REQUEST THAT
THE DEPARTMENT OF INSPECTIONS
AT THE TIME OF A PERMIT BEING
ISSUED FOR A NEW EMILY PAINE.
IT NOTIFIES ANY PROPERTY OWNERS
ABOUT UPCOMING TRAININGS FOR
NEW LANDLORDS THAT THEY OFFER
OR THAT OTHER GROUPS MAY OFFER
THAT AS DCI IS AWARE OF.
>> SOME ARE CONSIDERING
BUILDING BACK YARD COTTAGES AND
THEY'RE HIGHLIGHTING THEY'RE
GETTING INTO THE LANDLORD
BUSINESS FOR THE FIRST TIME.
SOME OF THEM HAD CHALLENGES
NAVIGATING THE HOST OF
REGULATIONS WE HAVE IN THE
CITY.
A BIT OF A SEPARATE BODY OF
WORK.
BUT WHAT IT'S LIKE TO THE
CONCEPT OF ISSUING A PERMIT FOR
A EMILY PAINE, THERE IS A HIGH
LIKELIHOOD THAT THE PERSON WILL
BE A LANDLORD AND MAYBE A FIRST
TIME LANDLORD.
SO WE SHOULD USE THAT LIST AS A
MANDATORY REACH OUT TO LET THEM
KNOW WE HAVE THE SOURCES
AVAILABLE.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE?
>> GREAT.
I WOULD GO AHEAD AND MOVE
AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO.
>> ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY
SAYING AYE.
IT PASSES.
>> GREAT.
IN THE MID-THREES ALSO
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN AND IS FOUND ON PAGE 8
OF THE CENTRAL STAFF MEMO.
THIS AMENDMENT WOULD ALLOW
INCREASED YARD COVERAGE FROM
40% TO 60%, PROVIDED THAT THE
INCREASE IN ADDITIONAL REAR
YARD COVERAGE DOES NOT RESULT
IN FEES OVER A CERTAIN SIZE.
IT WOULD ALLOW THIS INCREASED
REAR YARD COVERAGE FOR SINGLE-
STORY A DUS.
THIS AMENDMENT IN RESPONSE TO
PROPERTY OWNERS THAT HAVE
EXISTING STRUCTURES IN THE REAR
YARD, IT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO
CONVERT THE STRUCTURES OR DO
ADDITIONS AND ADD FLEXIBILITY
BUT WOULD CONTINUE TO PROVIDE
THE SAME REQUIREMENTS OR HAVE
THE SAME REQUIREMENTS THAT IT
COULD ONLY BE ACHIEVED IF IT
DOESN'T RESULT IN LOSS OF TREES
OVER A CERTAIN SIZE.
PRACTICALLY SPEAKING, IN MOST
CASES, YOU COULD NOT HAVE A TWO-
STORY STRUCTURE THAT COVERS 60%
OF THE REAR YARD BECAUSE THERE
ARE OTHER SIZE AND YARD
REQUIREMENTS.
IT PROVIDES MORE FLEXIBILITY
FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BUILDING
ADU'S AND THEIR BACKYARD.
>> TO BE CLEAR, THE OVERALL
LOT COVERAGE REQUIREMENT IS
BINDING.
YOU CANNOT COVER MORE THAN 35%
OF A LOT.
THERE IS THIS SEPARATE
REQUIREMENT IN THE BACKYARD AND
DEPENDING ON THE CONFIGURATION,
WE HAVE HEARD FROM SOME FOLKS
WHO ARE TRYING TO CONVERT A
GARAGE, THAT IT COULD BE A
TIGHT CONSTRAINT.
FRANKLY, I PERSONALLY THINK
THAT MORE FRONT YARD SPACE AS
OPPOSED MORE BACKYARD SPACE IS
WHERE THE APPLICANT ACTUALLY
SEE IT.
I WOULD ENJOY THAT.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT DIDN'T CAUSE
ME ANY CONCERNS TO REMOVE THAT.
>> DO COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE?
>> CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE
PROTECTIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY
IN THE BILL FOR TREES?
>> SURE.
THE BILL DOES NOT CHANGE ANY OF
THE EXISTING PROTECTIONS FOR
TREES.
IT DOESN'T REDUCE PROTECTION
FOR TREES BUT WHAT IT DOES IS
IT MAKES A CLARIFICATION TO
REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW TREES FOR
A SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT.
IT IS A BIT OF A CLEANUP
CORRECTION FOR THE LEGISLATION
BUT IT ALSO ADDS A NEW
REQUIREMENT THAT FOR SINGLE-
FAMILY LOTS THAT DON'T
CURRENTLY NEED THE
REQUIREMENTS, WE WOULD BE
REQUIRED TO PLANT AT LEAST MORE
TREES.
THAT WOULD INCREASE THE NUMBER
OF TREES ON THE LOT AND AS I
SAID, IT DOESN'T CHANGE WHAT
PROTECTIONS ARE ALREADY IN
PLACE.
>> I WILL ADD THAT THERE IS AN
ONGOING INTEREST IN OUR TREE
ORDINANCE OVERALL.
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW HAS
AGREED TO LEAD THAT WORK IN
HER REMAINING MONTHS ON THE
COUNSEL.
WITH THE HOPE THAT WE CAN GET
THROUGH IT BEFORE THE END OF
THE YEAR.
I THINK THAT IT IS A CONFERENCE
OF LOOK AT HOW IT SHOWS UP IN
THE SINGLE FAMILY ZONE.
ADDRESSING IT THROUGH THIS
LEGISLATION DIDN'T SEEM LIKE
THE RIGHT THING.
>> COLLEAGUES, I WILL GO AHEAD
AND MOVE AMENDMENT NUMBER
THREE.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING
AYE.
>> IT PASSES.
>> AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR IS
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
IT WOULD PROHIBIT SHORT-TERM
RENTAL USE IN ANY ACCESSORY
DWELLING UNIT PERMITTED AFTER
THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE
ORDINANCE, TO ENSURE THAT THE
CHANGES TO INCREASE ACCESSORY
DWELLING UNIT PRODUCTION IS
CONTRIBUTING TO LONG-TERM
HOUSING NEEDS TO ADDRESS THE
NEED FOR MORE HOUSING IN
SEATTLE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> THIS AMENDMENT IS DESIGNED
TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS
LEGISLATION IS REALLY FOCUSED
ON THE GOAL OF INCREASING THE
AVAILABILITY OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
WE ARE IN A AFFORDABLE HOUSING
CRISIS.
WE NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON MAKING
SURE THAT THE UNITS THAT WE ARE
MAKING POSSIBLE TO BE BUILT
THAT AREN'T CURRENTLY POSSIBLE
TO BE BUILT AREN'T USED FOR
LONG-TERM RENTALS.
THE, WHEN WE DEBATED THE POLICY
AROUND SHORT-TERM RENTALS, A
COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, PUGET
SOUND SAGE TOOK ON A STRONG
POSITION AND WAS LEADING THE
WAY.
LEADING THE POLICY DEVELOPMENT
THROUGH SOME ANALYSIS THAT THEY
HAD DONE ABOUT THE
PROLIFERATION OF SHORT-TERM
RENTALS.
IN HOUSING THAT WOULD OTHERWISE
BE RENTAL HOUSING.
HARKENING BACK TO THE ANALYSIS
THAT THEY DID THEN.
THEY HAVE WEIGHED IN ON THE
LEGISLATION AS WELL IN SUPPORT
OF THE AMENDMENT.
AND THEY IDENTIFY THE FACT THAT
THE IMPACTS OF ALLOWING SCR
ACTIVITY AND A DUS WELL
PRIMARILY BENEFITS PEOPLE WHO
OWN HOMES.
AND HOUSEHOLD OF COLOR BENEFIT
LESS THAN WHITE HOUSEHOLDS FROM
RENTING OUT THEIR HOMES BECAUSE
HOMEOWNERSHIP RATES AS WE KNOW
ARE NOT EQUIVALENT ACROSS
RAISE.
SO YOU COUPLE THAT WITH THE
RESEARCH THAT THEY DID IN 2016
ABOUT THE GROWTH OF A DUS AND
WHERE THAT GROWTH IS OCCURRING.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS A
VERY SHARP RATE OF GROWTH OF
ADU ACTIVITY IN NEIGHBORHOODS
THAT ARE OPC D ANALYSIS, THAT
HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HIGH
RISK OF DISPLACEMENT.
YOU CAN SEE BEACON HILL, BITTER
LAKE AND NORTHGATE.
THEY ARE ALL NEIGHBORHOODS THAT
WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AS
NEIGHBORHOODS OF HIGH RISK OF
DISPLACEMENT.
ALSO THEY ARE SAYING THE GROWTH
OF ADU ACTIVITY.
SO WHEREAS OUR LEGISLATION
DASHES
>> IS THIS ADU ACTIVITY?
>> SHORT-TERM RENTAL.
AND SO OUR LEGISLATION
REGULATING SHORT-TERM RENTALS
REALLY HELPS ADDRESS THE
CONVERSION OF SOME OF THESE
UNITS.
I THINK THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO
BE FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE THAT
WE ADDRESS DISPLACEMENT IMPACTS
OF POLICY, WE PASS HERE IN OUR
CITY AND MAKE SURE THAT
POLICIES LIKE THE ONES THAT WE
HAVE BEFORE US ARE NOT ACTUALLY
ADDING TO THOSE DISPLACEMENT
IMPACTS.
I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN
SOME SUGGESTIONS THAT WE SHOULD
DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE OUTSIDE OF
THE BILL.
MAYBE REOPEN THE SHORT-TERM
RENTAL LEGISLATION.
BUT THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL
LEGISLATION WAS REALLY FOCUSED
ON STEMMING THE CONVERSION OF
EXISTING HOUSING TO SHORT-TERM
RENTALS.
THIS IS ABOUT NEW HOUSING THAT
WE ARE BUILDING.
IT IS ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE THAT
WE ADDRESS THIS REALLY CRITICAL
ISSUE WITHIN THIS BILL.
I HOPE WE CAN DO THAT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD THANK
YOU FOR THIS AMENDMENT AND FOR
SHARING THE INFORMATION FROM
THE PAST.
I SHARE YOUR CONCERN ABOUT
PRIORITIZING THIS NOT
NECESSARILY NEW BUT MORE ROBUST
HOUSING TYPE THAT WOULD BE
CREATED AS THE RESULT OF THIS
LEGISLATION.
TO KEEP IT ON FOCUSED LONG-TERM
HOUSING.
I DON'T SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT
AT THIS TIME.
HOWEVER, BECAUSE I THINK THIS
SHOULD BE TAKEN UP IN A MORE
COMPREHENSIVE PIECE OF SHORT-
TERM RENTAL LEGISLATION.
WHEN WE PASSED THE LEGISLATION
AT THE TIME OF YEARS AGO, I
DIDN'T THINK IT WENT FAR
ENOUGH.
I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE
MORE RESTRICTIONS ON IT.
THE ADVOCATES AT THE TIME SAID
THAT THE LARGEST CHALLENGE THEY
WERE FACING WAS DOING MULTIPLE
UNITS.
RIGHT NOW, OUR LEGISLATION, I
BELIEVE, CORRECT ME IF I'M
WRONG, IT ALLOWS THEM TO RENT
OUT THEIR PRIMARY RESIDENCE
PLUS ONE ADDITIONAL UNIT.
ONE OF THE CONCERNS I HAVE
AROUND THIS IS IF THE HOMEOWNER
WANTS TO BUILD A BACKYARD
COTTAGE, THEY COULDN'T USE THAT
AS A SHORT-TERM RENTAL.
BUT THEY COULD BUY A SINGLE
FAMILY HOME NEXT DOOR AND THEY
COULD USE IT AS A SHORT-TERM
RENTAL.
I WOULD BE MUCH MORE INTERESTED
IN KEEPING THAT IS IN THE
FAMILY HOME AS A LONG-TERM
RENTAL.
THEY MIGHT CHOOSE TO BUILD A
BACKYARD COTTAGE ON THEIR LOT
OR THEY MIGHT NOT.
BUT, IF THIS PREVENTS THEM FROM
BUILDING IT, WE ARE A UNIT
SHORT THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN
USED FOR A LONG-TERM RENTAL.
THE SINGLE-FAMILY HOME NEXT
DOOR, IF SOMEONE WAS GOING TO
BUY IT AS A SHORT-TERM RENTAL,
AND THEY CHOOSE NOT TO, THAT
HOUSING UNIT IS AVAILABLE FOR
SOMEONE ELSE AS OPPOSED TO NOT
GETTING BUILT.
THE COMPLEXITY AROUND THIS,
THERE IS SOME COMPLEXITY.
AND NUANCE.
I APPRECIATE EVEN IN STAGES
LETTER THEY TALK ABOUT THE
DESIRE TO HAVE LOW INCOME
HOMEOWNERS WITH ACCESS TO
BUILDING A DUS.
IT LEAVES AN OPEN QUESTION THAT
I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE
DISCUSSION WITH THE PUBLIC ON
BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD ABOUT WHO
IS MOST IMPACTED BY THE SHORT-
TERM RENTAL RESTRICTIONS.
I HAVE HEARD FROM FOLKS IN THE
COMMUNITY SAYING I WOULD LIKE
TO RENT OUT AND ADU FOR 9
MONTHS OF THE YEAR TO SOMEONE
IN COLLEGE OR GRAD SCHOOL AND
THEN FOR THE THREE MONTHS IN
THE SUMMER BE ABLE TO SHORT-
TERM RENTAL IT.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE I STAND ON
THAT.
IT IS MOSTLY LONG-TERM RENTALS.
IF THEY GET A LITTLE EXTRA
INCOME OVER THE SUMMER BECAUSE
OF THAT, IT HELPS THEM BUILD
IT.
ARE WE BETTER OFF OR NOT?
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOMEONE
LIKE SAGE DO SOME ANALYSIS AS
TO WHO MIGHT BE IMPACTED BY
THAT.
AT THE MOMENT FOR ME, I
ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT THE INTENT.
I KNOW THE MAYOR HAS SENT US
CONCERN.
SHE PROBABLY SUPPORTS REMEMBER.
MY SUGGESTION, MY ALTERNATIVE
SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO ASK THE
MAYOR TO WORK ON POTENTIALLY
OPENING UP THE SHORT-TERM
RENTAL LEGISLATION WITH A
PROPOSAL FOR THE EXISTING
LEGISLATION, ALLOWING A PRIMARY
RESIDENCE PLUS ONE ADDITIONAL
UNIT.
THAT WE DO THAT
COMPREHENSIVELY.
THIS LAND-USE CODE, IF IT
FOLLOWS MY TIMELINE, IT WILL GO
INTO EFFECT SOMETIME LATE JULY
OR EARLY AUGUST.
AND ANY UNITS THAT WOULD BE
PRODUCED UNDER THIS WOULD STILL
BE AT LEAST ONE YEAR AWAY
BECAUSE OF THE PERMITTING
CONSTRUCTION REALITIES.
I DO THINK WE HAVE A WINDOW OF
TIME TO DIVE INTO THAT BEFORE
THE YEAR IS OVER.
>> BUT WE WON'T GIVE YOU THE
OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON THIS
IMPORTANT POLICY THAT WILL HELP
STEM THE SPECULATIVE ACTIVITIES
OF DEVELOPERS IN LOW INCOME
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR THAT ARE
ALREADY FACED WITH A LOT OF
DISPLACEMENT AND THE IMPACT.
I WOULD AGAIN SAY THAT THE
SHORT-TERM RENTAL LEGISLATION
WAS ABOUT THE CONVERSION OF
EXISTING HOUSING THAT COULD BE
RENTAL HOUSING.
TO SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
ABOUT STEMMING THAT.
THIS IS A BILL THAT IS ABOUT
BUILDING NEW HOUSING.
SO I THINK IT IS A COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT POLICY DECISION THAT
WE ARE MAKING HERE TODAY.
BUT STILL A POLICY DECISION
THAT HAS THE LIKELIHOOD OF
EXACERBATING PATTERNS OF
DISPLACEMENT THAT WE ARE
ALREADY SEEING IN OUR
COMMUNITIES.
>> I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THAT.
THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL ALSO
PREVENTED PEOPLE FROM BUYING
BRAND-NEW TOWNHOMES AND USING
THOSE AS SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
OR BUYING CONDOS AS THEY COME
UP.
BUT NEW STUFF THE GOT BILLS
ALSO COULD BE TURNED INTO SHORT-
TERM RENTALS.
THAT IS APPROPRIATE EXCEPT FOR
ONE.
AND I WOULD ALSO HOPE THAT WE
COULD HANDLE SOME SHORT-TERM
RENTAL BEFORE THE END OF THE
YEAR, COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO?
>> COULD YOU DESCRIBE REALLY
QUICKLY HOW A CURRENT HOMEOWNER
WOULD BE IMPACTED IF THEY
WANTED TO BUILD AND ADU WITH
THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL
REGULATIONS?
>> SO THE EXISTING REGULATIONS
RELATED TO SHORT-TERM RENTALS
IS THAT YOU CAN OPERATE YOUR
OWN HOME PLUS ONE ADDITIONAL
UNIT.
THAT ADDITIONAL UNIT COULD
EITHER BE AN ACCESSORY DWELLING
UNIT ON YOUR LOT OR A UNIT
ANYWHERE ELSE IN SEATTLE.
SO AS THE BILL IS PROPOSED, A
HOMEOWNER COULD ADD TO A DUS TO
THE LOT.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE, THEY
OFFER ALL THREE OF THOSE UNITS,
THE MAIN HOUSE PLUS THE TWO A
DUS AS SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
THEY COULD OFFER THEIR OWN HOME
PLUS ONE OF THE ADU'S.
THE OTHER WOULD HAVE TO BE USED
FOR A LONG-TERM RENTAL OR
HOWEVER THE HOMEOWNER WISHED
THAT WAS NOT SHORT-TERM RENTAL
USE AND IS ALLOWED IN A SINGLE-
FAMILY RENTAL ZONE.
IN TERMS OF THE HOMEOWNERS,
WHAT WE HAVE HEARD TO SOME
EXTENT IS THAT HOMEOWNERS ARE
LOOKING FOR SOME FLEXIBILITY IN
HOW THEY USE THEIR PROPERTY AND
HOW THEY GAIN INCOME.
HOWEVER, THEY WOULD STILL BE
PERMITTED WITH THIS LEGISLATION
TO OFFER ANY ADU THAT WAS BUILT
PRIOR TO IMPLEMENTATION OR AS A
SHORT-TERM RENTAL AS WELL AS
THEIR OWN HOME.
IT IS NOT ENTIRELY I WOULD SAY
CLEAR HOW IT WILL IMPACT THE
CHOICES HOMEOWNERS ARE MAKING
BUT I THINK I MENTIONED IN A
PREVIOUS PRESENTATION WHERE WE
LEARNED FROM THE SURVEY OF
PROPERTY OWNERS IN PORTLAND.
FLEXIBILITY WAS IMPORTANT.
IT IS A BIT OF A BALANCING OF
PROVIDING THAT FLEXIBILITY BUT
ALSO THINKING ABOUT THE LONG-
TERM HOUSING STOCK.
I WILL LEAVE THAT HARD DECISION
FOR ALL OF YOU.
>> LET'S TURN TO COUNCIL
PRESIDENT HARRELL.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT
INTRODUCTION.
GENERALLY, I AM AGREEING WITH
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD THAT THE
THRUST OF THE LEGISLATION IS
FOR LONG-TERM HOUSING.
IT IS NOT SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
I AM TRYING TO GET TO WHERE SHE
IS GOING.
I GUESS I MAKE A FUNDAMENTAL
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A DETACHED
UNIT, THAT REQUIRE MORE
FINANCING, MORE PERMIT
PROCESSING, ETC.
MORE COST.
AS OPPOSED TO SOMEONE THAT IS
STRUGGLING WITH A STANDARD
HOME, MAYBE THEY RENOVATE A
BASEMENT, IF YOU WILL.
TO GET SOME SHORT-TERM RENTAL
IN ORDER TO STAY IN THEIR HOME.
SO YOUR PROPOSAL SEEMS TO
PROHIBIT ALL OF THAT.
I WAS TRYING TO GET TO THE
GROUND WHERE THAT IS YES.
WE SHOULD KEEP THAT FOR LONG-
TERM HOUSING.
BUT THE ATTACHED, THE ONES WITH
LOWER COSTS, AS A MEANS TO KEEP
PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES.
I WOULD THINK THAT WE WOULD
WANT SOME MORE FLEXIBILITY
THERE.
IF IT IS A SHORT-TERM RENTAL,
WE ARE TRYING TO KEEP PEOPLE IN
THEIR EXISTING HOUSES, AS MUCH
AS POSSIBLE.
>> I AM FRIENDLY.
>> THAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE
CHANGING THE AMENDMENT TO SAY
IT IS PROHIBITED IN THE
ATTACHED, EXCUSE ME, DETACHED
ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT.
PERMITTED AFTER THE EFFECTIVE
DATE OF THE COUNTABLE
INTRODUCTION.
>> THAT IS WHERE I AM TRYING TO
GET.
I AM THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE ARE
DOING FOR THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE
REALLY ON THE MARGIN.
FIXED INCOME.
AND THE AIR B&B MODEL IS COMING
INTO EFFECT.
THEY HELP THEM SUBSIDIZE THE
EXISTING MARKET.
>> SO I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY,
I APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD'S AMENDMENT.
I ERR ON THE SIDE OF SUPPORTING
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN ON THE
SOME.
MORE SO BECAUSE OF THE REASON
THAT I THINK IT REQUIRES ,
GIVEN THAT TO BUILD AND ADU, IT
IS RELATIVELY A LARGE EXPENSE.
GIVING HOMEOWNERS THE
FLEXIBILITY TO FINANCE THE ADU
OR THE ADU, IT IS IMPORTANT
GIVEN IN MY DISTRICT, HALF THE
DISTRICT IS A STUDENT
POPULATION.
THAT STUDENT POPULATION, WHEN
THEY ARE NOT IN SESSION, THE, I
THINK HOW THAT COULD IMPACT
THEM IF THEY ARE DOING A
RESIDENCY AND THEY ARE NOT
THERE FOR THE FULL YEAR.
DOES THE HOMEOWNER NOT HAVE THE
CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO PURSUE A
SHORT-TERM RENTAL TO FINANCE
IT?
THAT IS WHERE I SIDE WITH
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN.
BUT I APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD'S AMENDMENT.
>> HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO
PROCEED AT THIS POINT?
>> I SAID I WILL MAKE AN
AMENDMENT AND WE WILL SEE WHERE
THE VOTES FALL.
I WILL SLAUGHTER THIS OUT.
I WILL MOVE TO AMEND HER
AMENDMENT.
WE WILL RESTRICT THOSE THAT
ALLOW THE FLEXIBILITY OF SHORT-
TERM RENTALS.
>> SO JUST TO BE CLEAR ON WHAT
YOU WILL BE CONSIDERING, IT IS
ON PAGE 10 OF THE CENTRAL STAFF
MEMO.
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE IN
SECTION B, IT WOULD READ AS
SHORT-TERM RENTAL USE,
PROHIBITED IN A DETACHED
ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT AFTER
THE EFFECTIVE DATE.
CB 119544.
IF I COULD GO BACK FOR A
MOMENT, IT SHOULD ACTUALLY
READ THAT IT WILL BE LOCATED IN
A PRINCIPAL DWELLING UNIT OR AN
ATTACHED SENSORY DWELLING UNIT
AND WOULD BE PROHIBITED UNDER
DETACHED.
THAT MIGHT BE LANGUAGE I
CLARIFY BUT IT WOULD BE THE
JUST.
IT WOULD PROHIBIT ANY DETACHED
DWELLING UNITS AND ALLOW
ATTACHED DWELLING UNITS.
>> WE HAVE THE AMENDMENT TO THE
AMENDMENT FIRST.
SO I BELIEVE WE NEED TO VOTE ON
THAT.
I WILL SUPPORT THE AMENDMENTS
TO THE AMENDMENT.
EVEN THOUGH I WILL NOT SUPPORT
THE MOMENT AND THE MOMENT.
LET'S GET THIS CLEANER VERSION
FORWARD.
ALL IN FAVOR OF SUPPORTING THE
AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT MUST
SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
THAT IS EVERYBODY.
NOW THERE IS A REVISED
AMENDMENT BEFORE US, JUST TO
REITERATE ONE MORE TIME.
THIS WOULD PREVENT SHORT-TERM
RENTAL USE AFTER THE EFFECTIVE
DATE OF THE BILL.
IN A BACKYARD COTTAGES AND
DETACHED ACCESSORY DWELLING
UNITS ONLY.
DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING
MORE TO THAT AT THE MOMENT?
>> PURELY THAT I APPRECIATE
COUNCILMEMBER HARRELL'S
AMENDMENT TO THE MOMENT.
IT FULFILLS THE PURPOSE OF MY
INTENTION IN THE AMENDMENT.
REALLY HELPS US TAKE SURE THAT
THIS NEW POLICY DOES NOT
FURTHER ADD FIRE OR FUEL TO THE
FIRE.
OF SPECULATIVE ACTIVITIES THAT
MOST STARKLY IMPACT COMMUNITIES
OF PEOPLE IN HIGH DISPLACEMENT
>> ALL IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDED
AMENDMENT?
PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ALL OPPOSED SIGNIFY BY
SAYING NO.
>> THIS ONE FAILS ON A TWO-TO
VOTE.
SO A COUPLE OF OPTIONS GOING
FORWARD.
YOU ON THE THIS.
BUT FOR THE PUBLIC, THIS
AMENDMENT COULD COME BACK IN
THIS FORM OR A SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENT FORM.
>> IT CAN'T.
>> SO THIS AMENDMENT REQUIRES,
WOULD HAVE REQUIRED THE
INTRODUCTION OF A NEW BILL
BECAUSE IT WOULD AMEND THE
TITLE OF THE BILL.
>> IT WILL BE KIND OF MESSY TO
BRING IT BACK.
YOU COULD OF COURSE VOTE DOWN
THE OVERALL LEGISLATION AND
DEFER IT.
I'M NOT SUGGESTING WE DO THAT.
BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO
PROPOSE IN LIEU OF THAT, I AM
HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU ALL OFF-
LINE.
BUT TO PUT SOME LANGUAGE IN THE
BILL, PUBLICLY IN A RECITAL TO
REQUEST THAT THE EXECUTIVES
BRING SHORT-TERM RENTAL
LEGISLATION TO US THAT IS A
LITTLE MORE COMPREHENSIVE.
I DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY AND
THE SUSTAINABILITY IN THE
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE TO DO
IT BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
IT WOULD CERTAINLY BE, I DON'T
KNOW HOW THAT WOULD PLAY OUT.
I WOULD ACTUALLY BE INTERESTED
IN TAKING A SHORT-TERM RENTAL
LEGISLATION BETWEEN NOW AND THE
END OF THE YEAR.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH CAPACITY
THERE IS.
>> JUST SO I UNDERSTAND YOUR
OBJECTION.
THIS IS A FRIENDLY DISCUSSION.
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU AGREED IN
PRINCIPLE.
YOU AGREED IN PRINCIPLE THAT WE
ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE LONG-TERM
HOUSING.
WE RECOGNIZED THE SHORT-TERM.
WE WANT TO GIVE PEOPLE A SHORT-
TERM FLEXIBILITY.
YOU AGREE THAT IN THIS
LEGISLATION, IT IS DRIVING
POLICY IS LONG-TERM HOUSING.
BUT YOUR PREFERENCE IS TO HOLD
OFF ON MAKING SUBSTANTIVE
CHANGES UNTIL WE TAKE UP THEM
SEPARATELY?
>> THERE ARE TWO THINGS.
THE FIRST IS THAT WE WILL
RESTRICT IT BUT NOT OTHER
SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
I DON'T THINK THAT IS
NECESSARILY FAIR.
I UNDERSTAND THE FOLKS SAY WE
ARE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION.
THE OTHER THING IS, I THINK THE
COMPLEXITY AROUND THIS, I WOULD
LIKE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND IT.
SO I DO HEAR FROM PEOPLE WHO
SAY MY GOAL IS TO BUILD ONE OF
THESE.
IT IS NOT CLEAR TO ME THAT
SHORT-TERM RENTALS ACTUALLY
MAKE MORE MONEY THAN LONG-TERM
RENTALS IN OUR CURRENT HOUSING
MARKET.
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THEY DID
BUT THEY MIGHT WANT TO DO THAT
FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS TO HELP
PAY BACK THE CONSTRUCTION LOAN.
BUT THEN THEY WANT TO HAVE IT
BE READY FOR THEIR MOTHER-IN-
LAW TO MOVE IN.
OR FOR A LONGER-TERM RENTAL.
OR AS COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO
TALKED ABOUT, WHAT ABOUT
UNIVERSITY HOUSING?
LONG-TERM HOUSING WHERE YOU
HAVE GAPS IN BETWEEN?
I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR SOME MORE
ANALYSIS AROUND THAT.
AND I COULD BE CONVINCED IN
THAT PROCESS THAT WE SHOULD DO
WHAT YOU BOTH ARE SUGGESTING
RIGHT NOW.
I AM JUST NOT QUITE THERE RIGHT
NOW.
>> OKAY.
>>> JUST TO BE CLEAR, I DO
THINK IT IS WORTHY TO DISCUSS.
COLLECTIVELY, WE ARE TRYING TO
PURSUE THE SAME OBJECTIVES.
IT IS LONG-TERM HOUSING FOR
FOLKS.
IT IS JUST, I DON'T THINK THAT
THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE BILL TO
ADDRESS THAT.
I THINK IT IS BETTER FOR US.
>> I HAVE ALL OF THE
INFORMATION YOU NEED TO MAKE A
STRONG DECISION.
I DON'T NEED TO KICK IT DOWN
THE ROAD AT ALL.
I KNOW I SHOULDN'T HAVE INVITED
ONE MORE COLLEGE TO THE TABLE,
BY THE WAY.
>> WE ARE OKAY.
>> FOR THE PUBLIC, JUST SO THEY
UNDERSTOOD.
THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION DOES
NOT INCLUDE THE TITLE.
THE SECTION OF THE CODE.
THE NEW BILL BEING INTRODUCED,
WE CAN'T VOTE ON IT THE SAME
DAY WE INTRODUCED THAT.
SO IF THE MAJORITY OF THE
COUNCIL FELT STRONGLY THAT THIS
SHOULD NOT GO FORWARD WITHOUT
THAT, THERE WOULD BE A PATH FOR
THAT, AND NOT WEEKS OR YEARS.
BUT AT THIS POINT, MY
LIFESTYLE, MY PROPOSAL IS THAT
WE MOVE FORWARD.
>> YOU COVERED IT.
>> COLLIES, THAT IS OKAY.
I WANT TO MOVE ONTO AMENDMENT
NUMBER FIVE.
>> OKAY, MOMENT FIVE ALSO
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
THIS WOULD MODIFY THE EXISTING
REQUIREMENT IN THE PROPOSED
BILL THAT WOULD REQUIRE WHEN
ADDING A SECOND ACCESSORY
DWELLING UNIT, THAT THE NEW
ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT EITHER
MEETS A GREEN BUILDING
REQUIREMENT OR IS IT AFFORDABLE
OR INCOME RESTRICTED UNIT.
IT WOULD ADD A ONE YEAR
OWNERSHIP REQUIREMENT OF THE
PROPERTY IN ADDITION TO THE
GREEN BUILDING REQUIREMENT
PRIOR TO ADDING A SECOND ADU.
IT WOULDN'T MODIFY THE OPTION
OF AN AFFORDABLE UNIT.
A PROPERTY OWNER ADDING A
SECOND ADU WOULD BE ABLE TO
CHOOSE EITHER, PROVIDED THEY
HAVE OWNED THE PROPERTY FOR ONE
YEAR PRIOR TO GETTING THE
PERMIT, THEY WOULD EITHER MEET
A GREEN BUILDING REQUIREMENT OR
OFFER THE UNIT AS AFFORDABLE.
>> SO AGAIN, IF THEY CHOOSE THE
AFFORDABILITY PATH, THERE IS NO
ONE-YEAR DELAY.
>> WHAT YOU SPEAK TO THIS ONE.
>> NO ONE-YEAR DELAY IF THE
SECOND UNIT IS DEVELOPED AS A
RENT RESTRICTED AFFORDABLE
UNIT.
SO JUST TO CLARIFY, AGAIN, THIS
IS NOT AN OWNER OCCUPANCY
REQUIREMENT.
IT IS AN OWNERSHIP REQUIREMENT.
THIS OWNERSHIP REQUIREMENT
WOULD NOT BE TRIGGERED BY
PEOPLE WHO CURRENTLY OWN THEIR
PROPERTY.
OR WANT TO DEVELOP TO 80 USE.
THIS IS ONLY FOR KICKING IN
PEOPLE WHO ARE PURCHASING
PROPERTY.
THEN IMMEDIATELY OR WITHIN ONE
YEAR, WANTING TO BUILD TO
ADU'S.
AGAIN, THE INTENT IS TO STEM
THE SPECULATIVE IMPACTS OF
BASICALLY ALLOWING MORE
DEVELOPMENT ON PROPERTY THAT
THEN HAS THE POTENTIAL OF
REMOVING 20% OF OUR SINGLE-
FAMILY HOMES RIGHT NOW.
THERE OCCUPIED BY RENTERS.
WE DON'T WANT THIS NEW POLICY
TO ADD TO THE FLIPPING OF
RENTAL HOUSING THAT IS
CURRENTLY AFFORDABLE TO FOLKS.
SO THAT IS WHAT THIS AMENDMENT
IS DESIGNED TO DO.
TO MINIMIZE THE LIKELIHOOD THAT
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO PURCHASE
PROPERTY THAT IS CURRENTLY
AFFORDABLE AND THEN IMMEDIATELY
FLIP IT.
DEVELOP TO ADU'S THAT ARE NOT
AFFORDABLE.
>> YES.
I LIKE THIS.
I SUPPORT IT.
THE REASON BEING, AGAIN, IT IS
ALL ABOUT, THERE ARE FAIRLY
SMART PEOPLE WHO WOULD
SPECULATE AND DOES PLACE.
THEY ARE FREE TO DO THAT.
BUT IF THEIR POLICY, THIS
POLICY MAKES SENSE.
THAT IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL.
IT IS NOT UNREASONABLE.
IT IS CONSISTENT WITH POLICY
GOALS.
I CERTAINLY SUPPORT IT.
>> THIS IS ONE I HAVE THOUGHT
ABOUT A FAIR AMOUNT.
IN FACT, IF YOU TRACK MY
HISTORY OVER FOUR YEARS OF
WORKING ON THIS LEGISLATION, I
HAVE AT VARIOUS POINTS PROPOSED
ONE-YEAR OWNER OCCUPANCY
REQUIREMENTS.
AND WHEN YOU'RE OWNERSHIP
REQUIREMENTS.
AT THE MOMENT I DON'T.
AND A LOT OF THIS IS INFORMED
BY THE DATA.
IT INDICATES THAT THE
SPECULATIVE PRESSURE ON SINGLE-
FAMILY ZONING HOUSE PURCHASES,
BY ALLOWING MORE FLEXIBILITY IN
ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND
THE ATTACHED ACCESSORY DWELLING
UNITS, THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE
EVIDENCE OF IT WILL DRIVE UP
SPECULATION IN TODAY'S CURRENT
MARKET.
THIS IS MY READ OF THAT.
OBVIOUS, THE MARKET CAN CHANGE.
THAT COULD CHANGE IN TIME.
BUT THE THING THAT REALLY
DRIVES ME IS A DEEPER
COMMITMENT THAT I WANT TO SEE
MORE UNITS IN SINGLE-FAMILY
ZONES.
I THINK ATTACHED AND ATTACHED
ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS ARE A
GREAT WAY TO ALLOW MORE HOUSING
OPPORTUNITIES.
AND WHAT WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE
PAST FEW DECADES IS ACTUALLY
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING IN
OUR SINGLE-FAMILY ZONES HAS
DECREASED.
AS HOUSEHOLD SIZES GET SMALLER.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE
WILL GO BACK TO LARGER
HOUSEHOLD SIZES BUT I DO THINK
THAT HAVING MORE UNITS ON A
SINGLE-FAMILY ZONE ALLOWS US TO
MAINTAIN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
THAT ARE LIVING IN SINGLE-
FAMILY ZONE.
THAT IS A POSITIVE.
SO FOLLOWING THAT, I WANT TO
MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE FOR
FOLKS WHO CHOOSE TO ADD AND
ATTACHED OR ONE OR TWO ADU'S.
IF SOMEONE BUYS A HOME IN THE
SINGLE-FAMILY ZONE, AND WANT TO
ADD TO 80 USE THE SAME TIME,
BUT NOW THEY CAN ONLY ADD ONE
AND THEN HAVE TO WAIT A YEAR TO
THE SECOND ONE COMES, THAT
BECOMES PROBLEMATIC FOR ME.
I DON'T THINK THAT SERVES THE
GOAL THAT I WOULD LIKE TO
ACHIEVE.
AND SO, ANYTHING THAT CAN MAKE
IT EASIER TO ADD A SECOND ADU
FOR ME IS SOMETHING THAT I AM
SUPPORTIVE OF HER, I AM
INTERESTED IN WATCHING HOW
SPECULATION PLAYS OUT.
OBVIOUSLY WE CAN COME BACK AND
FIND IT IN THE FUTURE.
BUT I, THE EVIDENCE I HAVE SEEN
TODAY IS THAT THERE ARE NOT
PEOPLE, THE ADU'S ARE NOT
DRIVING THE SPECULATIVE HOUSING
MARKET IN ANY WAY THAT I CAN
SEE IN THE EVIDENCE.
>> I WRESTLE WITH THIS ONE.
I WRESTLE WITH THIS ONE BECAUSE
HAVING LIVED IN TWO ADU'S WITH
THE HOMEOWNER WAS ON SITE,
THERE WAS AN INCENTIVE OF
AFFORDABILITY BECAUSE THEY WERE
MORE CONCERNED ABOUT HAVING A
GOOD TENANT.
HOWEVER, WE NEED TO HAVE MORE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I SIDE WITH COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN IN TRYING TO REMOVE
THE BARRIERS FOR PEOPLE TO
BUILD MORE HOUSING.
I THINK IT IS TO OUR COLLECTIVE
AGENDA OF TRYING TO BUILD MORE
HOUSING WITHIN OUR CITY.
AND SO FOR THAT REASON, I AM
GOING TO VOTE AGAINST THIS
AMENDMENT.
I WOULD BE OPEN TO PURSUING THE
CONVERSATION FURTHER.
AT A LATER POINT, THROUGH THE
LAND-USE COMMITTEE OR TO WORK
WITH THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S TO
HOPEFULLY ADDRESS THE
SPECULATIVE NATURE OF WHAT I
THINK YOU ARE TRYING TO DO, NOT
SPECIFIC TO THIS AMENDMENT.
>> OKAY.
COLLEAGUES?
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON THIS
ONE?
>> AGAIN, I THINK WE JUST AGREE
TO DISAGREE.
WHAT WE HEARD REPEATEDLY IN
MANY COMMUNITIES IS PEOPLE WANT
THE ABILITY TO AGE IN PLACE.
THE AMENDMENT SORT OF SUPPORTS
THIS CONCEPT OF AGING IN PLACE.
WE ARE BEINGS SOMEWHAT NACE IF
WE DON'T THINK THERE ARE
SPECULATORS THAT ARE OUT THERE
THAT WILL LOOK AT THE
LEGISLATION AND SEE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO FLIP.
OH WE ARE BEING NACE ABOUT
THAT.
BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT.
AGAIN, I THINK THAT THE
EXECUTIVE SUPPORTS WHAT WE ARE
TRYING TO DO HERE.
BASED ON ALL OF THE ROUNDTABLES
AND DISCUSSIONS THEY HAVE HAD
ABOUT PEOPLE WANTING TO AGE AND
PLACE.
I THOUGHT THIS WAS A REGIONAL
RESTRICTION.
THAT IS WHY I SUPPORT MY
COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
ALL IN FAVOR OF, WE ARE ON
AMENDMENT NUMBER FIVE.
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO?
>> I THINK PART OF IT IS THE
FACT THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN INTO
THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT THE
AMENDMENT.
THESE AMENDMENTS.
IN THE MAYOR'S OPINION, WITHIN
THE LAST HOUR.
WITH REGARDS TO WHAT SHE WOULD
LIKE TO SEE.
I THINK PART OF THAT IS IF WE
WOULD LIKE TO TABLE THIS
AMENDMENT OR TABLE THE
DISCUSSION FURTHER WITH THESE
AMENDMENTS THAT WE CAN HAVE
MORE TIME TO DISCUSS THEM
FURTHER, I AM OPEN TO THAT.
BUT I THINK THAT THERE IS A
CHALLENGE WHEN WE HAVE ONLY
BEEN GIVEN ONE HOUR PRIOR TO
OUR COMMITTEE MEETING TO HAVE
THIS DISCUSSION OPENLY.
>> THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WADE AND
MORE RECENTLY.
BUT IT HAS BEEN POSTED.
THIS ONE DOESN'T SUFFER FROM
THE SAME CHALLENGES OF THE
PREVIOUS AMENDMENT.
WE CAN VOTE ON THIS AMENDMENT
TODAY IF COUNCIL MEMBER WANTS
TO VOTE ON IT.
OR IF YOU WANT TO TABLE IT, WE
CAN GO EITHER WAY.
>> I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TABLE IT
UNTIL FULL COUNSEL.
THIS IS NOT REQUIRE A TITLE
CHANGE.
>> YOU COULD DO BOTH.
YOU COULD TAKE IT UP NOW OR
TABLE IT.
>> OUR RULES DON'T PROHIBIT AS
FOR VOTING COMMITTEE.
A PREFERENCE TO TABLE AT THE
MOMENT?
>> LET'S GET THE RECORD GOING.
SUPPORTING AMENDMENT NUMBER
FIVE?
SO THERE ARE TWO IN FAVOR AND
TWO OPPOSED.
SO THAT FAILS.
AGAIN, WE MIGHT SEE THIS OR
SOME VERSION OF IT BACK IN FULL
COUNSEL.
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO, DID YOU
WANT TO BRING AMENDMENT NUMBER
SIX?
DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT?
>> I JUST WANT TO DEFER TO THE
FULL COUNSEL.
>> WE WILL PASS ON AMENDMENT
NUMBER 6 FOR NOW.
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO WILL HAVE
SOME MORE CONVERSATION WITH
COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND BRING
THIS OR SOME VERSION OF
SOMETHING BACK TO THE FULL
COUNSEL.
>> MEMBER NUMBER SEVEN?
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO?
I WILL HAVE ALY PENNUCCI SPEAK
TO THAT.
>> AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN
WOULD REQUEST DEVELOPMENT OF AN
AMNESTY PROGRAM FOR EXISTING
UNPERMITTED ADU'S.
SINCE 1994, ATTACHED AND
DETACHED 80 USE RESPECTIVELY
HAVE BEEN ALLOWED CITYWIDE AS
PART OF THE MAIN HOUSE IN THE
BACK YARDS.
THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN
CONSTRUCTED BEFORE OR AFTER
THAT TIME WITHOUT A PERMIT FOR
A VARIETY OF REASONS MAY EXIST
BUT ARE NOT CURRENTLY COUNTED
IN THE CITIES NUMBERS AND NOT
INCLUDED IN THE CITIES RENTAL
REGISTRATION AND INSPECTION
ORDINANCE.
IT REQUIRES THAT SDC I
UNDERTAKE AMNESTY FOR WELLINGS
INSTRUCTED WITHOUT PERMITS.
THE INTENT HERE IS TO INCREASE
THE CITY STOCK OF LEGAL AND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT IS BOTH
SAFE AND HABITABLE.
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES SOMETIMES
WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE EITHER
BUILT THEMSELVES OR HAVE
PURCHASED A HOME WITH AN
UNPERMITTED ACCESSORY DWELLING
UNIT IS THAT IT WAS CONSTRUCTED
LONG BEFORE THE CURRENT
BUILDING CODES.
THIS WOULD BE REQUESTING THAT
SDC I TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OF THE
REQUIREMENTS THAT A HOMEOWNER
WOULD BE REQUIRED TO MEET TO
GET THAT UNIT UP AND LEGALLY
PERMITTED ADD AND ADU AND TRY
TO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY WHERE
APPROPRIATE WHILE ENSURING THAT
úTHE UNIT NEEDS BAITED HEALTH
AND SAFETY STANDARDS.
>> SO BASED ON WHAT WE HEARD IN
THE DISTRICT, WE KNOW THAT
THERE ARE FOLKS WHO OWN HOUSES
THAT HAVE ADU'S.
THEY WERE OFTEN BUILT OR
CONVERTED BEFORE BE LEGALIZED
ADU'S.
THIS AMENDMENT WOULD RECOGNIZE
THAT THE UNITS DO EXIST AND
THAT WE WOULD ALLOW THEM TO
COME OUT OF THE SHADOWS.
BY CREATING A PROCESS THAT
ALLOWS THEM TO CONTINUALLY
OPERATE LEGALLY, WE BOTH
PRESERVE THOSE AFFORDABLE UNITS
OF HOUSING AND WE ENCOURAGE
THEM TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE
WITH THE HAYES SAFETY AND
HEALTH STANDARDS.
IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY CHANGE
THE POLICY ITSELF.
>> I AM SUPPORTIVE OF IT.
>> JUST A QUESTION.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO FOR
COMING UP WITH THE CONCEPT.
THIS, WHEN DOES THIS TAKE
EFFECT FOR EVERYONE WHO BUILT
ONE BEFORE WE PASS THE
LEGISLATION?
>> SO THE AMENDMENT DOESN'T, IT
ASKS THEM TO DEVELOP IT.
OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE
DEVELOPED THESE TYPES OF
PROGRAMS HAVE SAID IT RIGHT TO
THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE NEW
RULES.
PICK A POINT IN TIME BUT
GENERALLY BECAUSE WE NEED TO
LOOK AT WHAT AUTHORITY WE HAVE
TO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY TO
CERTAIN BUILDING CODES, IT IS
NOT SOMETHING.
>>> IT IS JUST GENERAL
DIRECTION?
>> WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE
IT.
WE ARE DEFERRING IT TO A
RULEMAKING PROCESS.
I ALWAYS GET A LITTLE NERVOUS
WHEN WE DON'T SEE IT UNTIL IT
IS HAPPENING.
BUT THAT IS FINE.
>> I WON'T BE ON THE COUNCIL
WHEN IT IS DEVELOPED ANYWHERE.
>> IT MAY.
IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THEY
DETERMINE IS POSSIBLE.
IT MIGHT REQUIRE LEGISLATIVE
CHANGES TO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY
FOR THOSE THAT AREN'T
PERMITTED.
IT IS AN OPEN QUESTION STILL.
>> I LIKE IT.
>> OKAY.
ALL IN FAVOR?
>> ARE WE ON AMENDMENT SEVEN?
>> ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY
SAYING AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSED?
>> THE AMENDMENT PASSES.
>> AMENDMENT EIGHT IS IN A
MOMENT PROPOSED BY
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA WHO
COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY.
IT WOULD ALLOW OPEN RAILINGS TO
EXTEND UP TO 4 FEET ABOVE THE
BASE HEIGHT LIMIT ON
ACCOMMODATION OF ROOF DECKS.
>> GREAT.
SO I AM GOING TO CHANNEL
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
I SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT.
THIS IS IN THE SPIRIT OF
PROVIDING A LITTLE MORE
FLEXIBILITY.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR.
I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE HOW OFTEN
THESE WILL BE USED.
THEY ARE STILL PRETTY TIGHT AND
RESTRICTIONS ON BACKYARD
COTTAGES.
THE IDEA THAT YOU CAN FIT, IT
IS HARD FOR ME HOW YOU CAN FIT
TWO STORIES IN THE BACKYARD
COTTAGE.
AND THEN HAVE A ROOF DECK ON
TOP OF IT.
SO THE WAY I IMAGINE THIS WOULD
PLAY OUT IS THAT IF SOMEONE DID
A ONE STORY ADU WITH A FLAT
ROOF OR SOMEONE DID A TWO-STORY
WITH A PITCHED ROOF BUT IT HAS
A LITTLE DORMER WITH A RAILING.
IT WOULDN'T VIOLATE THE HIDE
CODE.
THAT PROBABLY IS WHERE IT MIGHT
PLAY OUT RELATIVELY SMALL.
BUT I AM CERTAINLY OPEN TO THE
IDEA THAT IF YOU CAN FIND MORE
USABLE SPACE AND BE CREATIVE,
THAT SEEMS FINE.
WE EXEMPT RAILING AND MOST OF
THE OTHER PARTS OF THE CODE.
SINGLE-FAMILY, LOWRISE, THOSE
TYPES OF THINGS.
>> COLLEAGUES? I
--
>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE I
UNDERSTAND.
WE ARE IN THE WEEDS ON THIS
ONE.
THE OPEN RAILING?
WHAT IS AN OPEN RAILING?
>> IS NOT LIKE A SOLID WALL.
IT IS OPEN.
>> IT STILL PROVIDES SAFETY.
>> THAT WASN'T THE RIGHT
QUESTION.
THE TERM OPEN RAILING, THAT IS
A DEFINED TERM?
THERE IS NO AMBIGUITY IN WHAT
THE HECK AN OPEN RAILING IS?
THAT SCARES ME HAVING
GRANDCHILDREN.
>> IT IS USED FREQUENTLY IN THE
END USE CODE.
>> IS IT A DEFINED TERM?
WHETHER WE HAVE LIABILITY WHEN
WE HAVE OPEN RAILINGS ON ROOF
DECKS.
>> WE ARE SAYING THIS IS A GOOD
THING TO HAVE?
>> I WILL HAVE TO CONFIRM
WHETHER IT IS SPECIFICALLY
DEFINED IN THAT LAND-USE CODE.
IF IT IS NOT, I CAN GET YOU
INFORMATION ON HOW THIS IS
IMPLEMENTED.
IT IS THE LANGUAGE USED IN
OTHER ZONES.
TO ACCOMMODATE ROOF DECKS.
>> THE CONCEPT DOESN'T BOTHER
ME, IT IS JUST A LITTLE
DISCOMFORT KNOWING THAT WE AS
NON-ENGINEERING AND NON-RIVERS
ARE TALKING ABOUT THESE OPEN
RAILINGS ON ROOF DECKS.
>> MY UNDERSTANDING, I THINK I
HEAR YOU.
I AM ASSUMING THAT THE BUILDING
CODE HAS PRETTY STRICT
REGULATIONS ABOUT THE SPACING
BETWEEN OPENINGS ON ANYTHING, A
úDECK, 36 INCHES HAS TO HAVE A
RAILING.
THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS ABOUT
THE SPACING SO PEOPLE DON'T
FALL OFF, INCLUDING LITTLE
ONES.
NONE OF THIS WOULD CHANGE ANY
OF THOSE BUILDING CODE
REQUIREMENTS.
THIS WOULD SIMPLY SAY THAT IF
YOU WANT TO BUILD A RAILING
THAT WOULD GO ABOVE A CERTAIN
HEIGHT OF THE OVERALL
STRUCTURE, THAT WOULD BE
ALLOWED AS LONG AS IT IS AN
OPEN RAILING.
>> I WILL FOLLOW-UP WITH
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON ONE
THIS MEANS.
IF YOU'RE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH
THE MODIFICATIONS, THEY COULD
BE MADE A FULL COUNSEL IF YOU
WANT MORE DETAILS IN THE
AMENDMENT.
>> I ASSUME IT IS INHIBITED
WITHOUT THIS AMENDMENT?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
THEY ARE VERY SPECIFIC IN THE
ITEMS THAT CAN EXTEND ABOVE THE
BASE HEIGHT LIMIT.
THERE LISTED IN THE CODE AND
OPEN RAILINGS IS NOT CURRENTLY
ONE OF THEM.
THINGS LIKE CHIMNEYS AND
FLAGPOLES, WE GET VERY MUCH IN
THE WEEDS.
>>> IT IS NOT LISTED, IT CANNOT
EXTEND.
>> COLLEAGUES, I THINK YOUR
CONCERNS ARE, I DON'T KNOW THE
ANSWERS EITHER.
I THINK THOSE ARE LEGITIMATE
CONCERNS.
BUT I WILL GO AHEAD AND SUPPORT
IT UNLESS I HEAR OTHERWISE.
>> JUST TO CLARIFY, SO OTHER
PARTS OF THIS LEGISLATION ARE
CONSISTENT WITH ALLOWING ROOF
DECKS?
>> THIS POLICY CHANGE WOULD BE
CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE ALWAYS
OR ALREADY DO IN ALLOWING ROOF
DECKS?
>> CURRENTLY A ROOF DECK
WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED ON A
DETACHED ACCESSORY DWELLING
UNIT BECAUSE THERE ISN'T AN
ALLOWANCE FOR RAILINGS TO
EXTEND ABOVE THE HEIGHT LIMIT.
SO I GUESS THE ERRATICALLY, IT
IS POSSIBLE THAT IT MIGHT BE
PERMITTED IF THEY BUILD A
SHORTER THE ADU AND THE RAILING
WAS BELOW THE BASE HEIGHT.
BUT IN GENERAL, THIS AMENDMENT
IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE
ALLOW IN OTHER SINGLE-FAMILY
ZONES AND OTHER ZONES.
>> THAT IS A GOOD POINT.
THE RAILING WITH FIT WITHIN THE
HEIGHT MOST LIKELY.
>> THE OTHER WAY IT COULD WORK
AS IF YOU HAVE AN EXISTING FLAT
STORY ROOF GARAGE, AND YOU DO
AND ADU ADJACENT TO THAT, THE
TOP OF THE HEIGHT LIMIT, IF THE
GARAGE IS 12 FEET TALL, YOU
KNOW, IT WOULD NEED TO BE ABOVE
IN SOME LOT, THE BASE HEIGHT
LIMIT IS 14 FEET.
IT COULDN'T EXTEND.
YOU COULDN'T HAVE A 4 FOOT
RAILING.
>> JUST TO CLARIFY FOR MYSELF,
YOU MAY HAVE SAID THIS.
BUT IT HELPS ME TO SAY IT.
GENERALLY SPEAKING, SPECIFIC TO
THAT, ROOFTOP DECKS ALLOW OPEN
RAILINGS.
>> WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO
WITH THIS AMENDMENT IS MAKING
SURE THAT THE HEIGHT OF THE
OPEN RAILINGS THAT ARE ALREADY
PERMITTED GENERALLY ON ROOFTOP
DECKS DO NOT COUNT AGAINST THE
HEIGHT LIMIT FOR ADU'S.
>> I AM COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
>> ALL IN FAVOR OF AMENDMENT
NUMBER EIGHT?
SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
OPPOSED?
ABSTAINING?
THAT AMENDMENT PASSES.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THE
DISCUSSION.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
ALY PENNUCCI, WOULD YOU READ
AMENDMENT NUMBER NINE?
>> THIS RELATES TO A PILOT
PROGRAM THAT THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING AT THE DIRECTION OF
COUNSEL IS IMPLEMENTING THAT
WOULD EXPAND THE EXISTING HOME
REPAIR LOAN PROGRAM TO INCLUDE
LOANS TO LOW INCOME HOMEOWNERS
WANT TO CREATE ADDITIONAL
HABITABLE SPACE ON THEIR
PROPERTY TO HOUSE A COMMITTEE
MEMBER.
IT COULD INCLUDE FINISHING A
BASEMENT, CREATE AN EXISTING
UNIT OR BRINGING AN
UNREGISTERED ADU UP TO CODE.
A REQUEST THAT THEY REPORT TO
THE COUNCIL ON LESSONS LEARNED
AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND THE
PROGRAM OR DEVELOP A NEW
PROGRAM TO OFFER FINANCIAL
SUPPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
RENT AND INCOME RESTRICTED
UNITS TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS.
IT WOULD BE FOCUSED MORE
SPECIFICALLY ON EXPANDING THE
PROGRAM MORE BROADLY TO
INCREASE THE SUPPLY OF INCOME
AND RENT RESTRICTED UNITS.
>> YES.
THIS IS, ALLIE DESCRIBED IT
WELL.
I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO
ADD.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE
THE REASON WE HAVE THIS PILOT
IS BECAUSE COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN ASKED THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING TO CREATE THIS PILOT.
AND, FOR LEVY DOLLARS.
WE JUST RECENTLY HAD A
DISCUSSION OF THE A AND S PLAN.
THE PLAN FOR LEVY DOLLARS.
THIS PILOT WAS ONE OF THE
TOPICS.
WE ARE LOOKING AT WAYS IN WHICH
WE COULD ENHANCE THE PILOTS AND
LINK IT TO THE OPTION PROVIDING
A SECOND DADU.
AND HAVE IT BE AFFORDABLE.
WE ARE UNABLE TO DO IT THIS
ROUND.
SO I AM JUST, AGAIN, THIS
LEGISLATION IS NOT SIMPLY FOR
ME ABOUT CREATING NEW UNITS FOR
THE SAKE OF CREATING NEW UNITS.
IT IS ABOUT CREATING
AFFORDABILITY AND ADDING MORE
UNITS.
IT DOES NOT AT AFFORDABILITY.
IN ITSELF.
TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN
CREATE ADDITIONAL RENT
RESTRICTED UNITS, USING THIS
PILOT, I AM EXCITED ABOUT DOING
THAT.
>> I FULLY SUPPORT IT TOO.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
>> ALL IN FAVOR OF AMENDMENT
NUMBER NINE, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY
SAYING AYE.
IT PASSES.
MEMO NUMBER 10.
>> AMENDMENT 10 IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN.
IT WOULD REQUEST THAT SDC I
PREPARE A REPORT ON SHORT-TERM
RENTAL USE AND WORKING WITH THE
FAS OFFICE.
IT WOULD, IN REFERENCE TO THE
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION AROUND
SHORT-TERM RENTALS, IT WOULD
PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW
MANY SHORT-TERM RENTAL
OPERATORS ARE OPERATING SHORT-
TERM RENTALS IN ACCESSORY
DWELLING UNITS.
SPECIFICALLY, WE CURRENTLY HAVE
PRETTY BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT
SHORT-TERM RENTAL ACTIVITY AND
CAN'T PARSE OUT WHAT IS IN AND
ADU.
THIS WOULD PROVIDE MORE DETAIL
AND INFORMATION ON THE INFORMED
FUTURE POLICY DISCUSSION.
>> I HAVE NOTHING TO ADD TO
THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS?
>> ALL IN FAVOR OF SUPPORTING
AMENDMENT NUMBER 10?
PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> THAT PASSES.
>> AMENDMENT 11.
>> SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
PACHECO, THE COUNCIL BILL AS
INTRODUCED, INCLUDES A REQUEST
FOR A SURGES OF REPORTING, SOME
WHICH HAS BEEN AMENDED TODAY.
IN ADDITION, IT ASKS THEM TO
WORK TOGETHER TO CONDUCT A
SURVEY OF ADU OCCUPANTS AND
OWNERS, THREE YEARS AFTER
IMPLEMENTATION.
THIS WOULD ADD SPECIFICITY TO
THAT SURVEY REQUEST TO ASK
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
DEMOGRAPHICS OF ADU OWNERS AND
OCCUPANTS AND THE RENTS CHARGED
FOR TENANTS IN THE SURVEY.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE HERE
THAT THIS WOULD BE VOLUNTARY
INFORMATION.
PEOPE WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED TO
DISCLOSE THAT IF THEY CHOSE NOT
TO.
BUT IT WOULD PROVIDE MORE
DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT
TYPES OF RENTS ARE BEING
CHARGED AND WHO BENEFITS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO?
>> I OFFER THIS AMENDMENT
BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US
TO THINK ABOUT.
IT IS IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR
FUTURE COUNSEL TO HAVE WITH
REGARDS TO MAKING CHANGES THAT
THEY MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER.
I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE HELPFUL
INFORMATION FOR FUTURE COUNSEL.
>> I SUPPORT IT.
I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT
FORWARD.
HOPEFULLY, I KNOW THIS WILL BE
VOLUNTARY BUT HOPEFULLY WE WILL
GET SOME ROBUST MOVEMENT.
>> ALL IN FAVOR OF SUPPORTING
AMENDMENT NUMBER 11, PLEASE
SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> IT PASSES ALSO.
I BELIEVE THERE ARE A COUPLE OF
OTHER AMENDMENTS FOLKS WERE
PLANNING TO BRING.
IF YOU KNOW WHAT THEY ARE, YOU
CAN JUMP RIGHT IN.
>> THE NEXT TWO AMENDMENTS, I
AM SKIPPING NUMBER 12.
I'M GOING TO AMENDMENT 13.
I HAVE COPIES FOR ANYONE IF
ANYONE NEEDS A COPY.
THIS IS AMENDMENT 13 ALONG THE
SAME LINES AS THE PREVIOUS
AMENDMENTS.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARRELL IS
PROPOSING, IN ADDITION TO THE
REPORTING REQUEST, TO COLLECT
INFORMATION ABOUT THE NEW
NUMBER OF ADU PERMITS THAT
INCLUDED OFFSTREET PARKING IN
THEIR PROPOSAL.
EVEN THOUGH THEY WOULD NOT BE
PROVIDED.
TO INCLUDE INFORMATION ABOUT
PARKING IMPACTS THAT HAVE BEEN
IDENTIFIED BY THE CITY AND
RECOMMENDATIONS ON IF THE
COUNCIL SHOULD CONSIDER
MODIFICATIONS TO THE OFFSTREET
PARKING REQUIREMENTS OR
ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
>> JUST QUICKLY, A DESCRIPTION
THAT I SUPPORT.
I SUPPORT THE WAIVER OF THE
PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
I WAS COMING UP WITH ANOTHER
AMENDMENT WHERE ON THE SECOND
ONE I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT
WHETHER WE AUTOMATICALLY WAIVE
THEM.
I UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF
TRYING TO GET PEOPLE OFF OF
FOSSIL FUELS.
ENCOURAGING TRANSIT AND TRYING
TO MAKE IT AS SMOOTH AS
POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY
CONSTRUCT THEM.
IN AREAS WHERE THERE IS
INCREDIBLE PARKING PROBLEMS,
WHEN CARS ARE GETTING SMALLER
AND PERHAPS MORE
ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE AS
WE BUILD FOR THE FUTURE, I JUST
THINK WE NEED TO STUDY THE
IMPACTS.
COME BACK AND MAKE SURE THAT WE
HAVE MADE THE RIGHT DECISION
AND ASKED THE DEPARTMENT TO
HELP US ALONG WITH THAT TO SEE
IF THERE ARE ANY UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES BY WAIVING THE
PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
THIS WILL FORCE THEM TO SORT OF
LOOK AT THAT AND PROVIDE THE
COUNCIL WITH SOME GUIDANCE.
>> I APPRECIATE THIS APPROACH.
>>> I WILL SEE IF MY COLLEAGUES
HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ON THIS.
>> I ASSUME THAT IS A KNOW.
>> SO COLLEAGUES?
ANYONE IN FAVOR OF AMENDMENT
NUMBER 13 PLEASE SIGNIFY BY
SAYING AYE.
>> OKAY.
WE HAVE FIVE YESES ON THAT.
COUNCILMEMBER HARRELL?
>> LET'S GO BACK AND REVISIT
THE OPTIONS.
I'M JUST KIDDING.
>> THIS IS AMENDMENT NUMBER 14?
>> CORRECT.
PROPOSED BY COUNCILMEMBER
PACHECO, IT WOULD ADD TO THE
FLOOR AREA THAT IS EXEMPT FROM
THE PROPOSED FLOOR AREA RATIO
LIMIT.
THIS AMENDMENT WOULD ADD AN
OPTION OF EXEMPTING EITHER 500
FT.B2 IN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE
THAT IS NOT A DETACHED
ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT,
CURRENTLY THE PROPOSAL WOULD
APPLY A LIMIT TO SINGLE-FAMILY
LOTS.
CERTAIN FLOOR AREA WOULD BE
EXEMPT.
THIS INCLUDES ANY FLOOR AREA IN
AND ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT.
ANY FLOOR AREA BELOW GRADE AND
UP TO 500 ADDITIONAL SQUARE
FEET THAT IS IN ANY OTHER
ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT.
IT WILL BE ATYPICALLY DETACHED
GARAGE.
IT WOULD ADD THE OPTION OF
EITHER THE 500 ADDITIONAL
SQUARE FEET OR UP TO 250 FT.B2
OF FLOOR AREA INCLUDED IN AN
ATTACHED GARAGE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO?
>> I BELIEVE IT IS A GOOD
CHANGE.
BUT ALSO WE ARE NOT
INADVERTENTLY INCENTIVIZING
ATTACHED GARAGES.
IT COULD ALSO INCENTIVIZE LONG
DRIVEWAYS WHICH ARE NEEDED FOR
BACKYARD COTTAGES.
IT THEN LEADS TO A LOT MORE
BEING PAVED OVER.
SO THAT IS THE REASON I PROPOSE
THIS AMENDMENT.
I AM HOPING TO BE ABLE TO DO,
INCENTIVIZE MORE.
>> IF I COULD JUST ADD, TO HIS
POINT, THIS IS REALLY, IN TERMS
OF THE LONG DRIVEWAY, LOTS THAT
HAVE ALLEY ACCESS WOULD
TYPICALLY BUILD A DETACHED
GARAGE AND WOULD LIKELY CHOOSE
THAT OPTION.
SINGLE FAMILY LOTS OF THE CITY
THAT DON'T HAVE ALLEY ACCESS
WOULD HAVE A DRIVEWAY COMING
OFF OF THE STREET.
IF THERE ISN'T ANY EXCEPTION
FOR FLOOR AREA IN AN ATTACHED
GARAGE, IT MIGHT LEAD THEM TO
BUILD A LONGER DRIVEWAY TO HAVE
A DETACHED BACK OF THE LOT
WHERE OTHERWISE THEY MIGHT
BUILD AN ATTACHED WITH A
SHORTER DRIVEWAY THAT IS PART
OF THE MAIN HOUSE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO, I
SUPPORT YOUR A MOMENT.
I APPRECIATE YOUR THOUGHTFUL
APPROACH ON THIS.
COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS ON AMENDMENT 14?
I AM SEEING NONE.
ON FAVOR OF SUPPORTING
AMENDMENT 14, SIGNIFY BY SAYING
AYE.
THAT AMENDMENT PASSES.
NOTHING?
>> COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE
CONSIDERED, I WILL GIVE YOU A
20 MINUTE HISTORY OF THE LAST
FOUR YEARS.
JUST KIDDING.
I SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE
HAVE BEEN REJOINED BY
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
WE HAVE A PIECE OF LEGISLATION
AS AMENDED IN FRONT OF US RIGHT
NOW.
IF, WE WILL OPEN THE FLOOR TO
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.
FOLKS WANT TO COMMENT ON
ANYTHING THAT IS READY TO MOVE
ON TO A FINAL VOTE ON THIS OUT
OF COMMITTEE.
AND OTHER AGENDA ITEMS.
COLLEAGUES?
ANY COMMENTS HERE?
>> I HAD ONE POINT THAT I THINK
IS PERTINENT TO THE OVERALL
LEGISLATION.
YOU KNOW, TO THE FOLKS WHO HAVE
BEEN REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE
NUMBER OF THESE, ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT CAME UP IN THE
PUBLIC HEARING WAS MY REQUEST
TO CENTRAL STAFF TO SORT OF
TRANSLATE THE NUMBER OF UNIT
TWO ACRES.
THAT EXIST SINGLE-FAMILY ZONED
ACRES IN THE CITY.
AND SO THE EIS PREDICTS ABOUT
4400 A.D.
USED TO BE BUILT OVER 10 YEARS.
THAT IS ABOUT 440 A.D.
USE OVER THE ENTIRE CITY OVER
10 YEARS.
>> OVER A TEN-YEAR PERIOD.
THAT WORKS OUT TO BE ABOUT ONE
ADU HER 80 ACRES.
AND FOR FOLKS WHO DON'T
IMMEDIATELY HAVE A SENSE OF
WHAT AN ACRE IS, AS A TYPICAL
CITY BLOCK IS ABOUT 4 ACRES,
THAT IS WORKING OUT TO BE ABOUT
EVERY YEAR, 40.
I AM GOING BACK AND FORTH
BETWEEN MY TENURE NUMBER AND BY
YEARLY NUMBER.
THAT IS ONE ADU APPROXIMATELY
PER 40 ACRES IN THE CITY PER
YEAR.
I THINK THAT HELPS ME AND OTHER
FOLKS GET A REAL SENSE OF THE
SCALE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WE
WILL BE SEEING IN SINGLE-FAMILY
ZONES.
AS A RESULT OF THESE IMPORTANT
CHANGES TO THIS POLICY.
>> FOR SOMEONE LIKE MYSELF WHO
WOULD HOPE TO SEE LOTS OF
THESE, IT IS A LITTLE
UNDERWHELMING TO SPEND FOUR
YEARS ON THIS.
>> THAT WAS NOT MY INTENT.
>> I KNOW.
I WANT TO RESPECT THAT.
MY HOPE IS THAT WE SEE MORE
THAN THAT.
THERE IS CERTAINLY A BIT OF A
BACKLOG RIGHT NOW BECAUSE
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ANXIOUSLY
AWAITING THE LEGISLATION TO
PASS.
I ALSO THINK TO THE POINT THAT
THIS IS UNLIKELY TO RADICALLY
RESHAPE OUR SINGLE-FAMILY ZONE
IN ANY SORT OF MEANINGFUL WAY.
I THINK THAT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
YOUR POINT.
>> I AGREE WITH THAT AND
APPRECIATE IT.
>> CONVERSATIONS WILL HAVE TO
BE IN ANOTHER SET OF
DELIBERATIONS.
>> COLLEAGUES?
ANY COMMENTS?
>> I MIGHT NOT BE HERE FOR THE
FULL VOTE, DEPENDING ON WHEN WE
DECIDE IT WILL GO ON THE FULL
DOCKET BUT YOU ARE LOOKING AT
JULY 1. THAT MIGHT BE THE ONE
MONDAY I WILL MISS THIS YEAR
POSSIBLY.
I WILL SAY IF YOU YEARS.
YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.
FOR ME, IT HAS BEEN A VERY
SIMPLE SCHEME WHEN PEOPLE THINK
HOW IT CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT THE
CITY.
I SEE A RICH OPPORTUNITY TO
SIMPLY ALLOW MORE PEOPLE TO
LIVE HERE.
LOWER INCOME, FIXED INCOME,
KEEPING PEOPLE AND THEIR
LIVELIHOOD WITHIN THE CITY.
THAT IS A GOOD THING.
IT IS GOOD FOR BUSINESSES., FOR
NEIGHBORHOODS.
GOOD FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
IT IS GOOD POLICY.
WE ARE TRYING TO GET TO THESE
TYPES OF TWEAKS IN OUR LAND-USE
SYSTEM AND OUR CODES BUT I
THINK IT IS GOOD POLICY AND ONE
THAT I SUPPORT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
IF I AM NOT THERE TO SAY THAT
PUBLICLY.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME
COME BACK.
I CONVEY THE BEST WISHES.
I WANTED TO THANK YOU AND MANY
COMMUNITY MEMBERS, INCLUDING
THE ONES THAT ARE HERE.
WHO FOUGHT SO LONG AND HARD TO
MAKE THIS LEGISLATION POSSIBLE.
IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
OF COURSE, I WILL BE VOTING YES
ON IT IN COMMITTEE.
AND IN THE CITY COUNCIL
MEETING.
I ALSO WANTED TO ECHO SOME OF
THE POINTS THAT THE COMMITTEE
HAS GONE OVER THE LAST TIME.
WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING HOW IN
ADDITION, ON TOP OF BUILDING
THIS LEGISLATION, WE ALSO NEED
TO LOOK FOR CONCRETE AVENUES TO
ENABLE WORKING-CLASS AND MIDDLE-
CLASS HOMEOWNERS TO BE ABLE TO
ACTUALLY AVAIL THIS ORDINANCE
AND HAVE THE STARTING CAPITAL
TO BUILD BACKYARD COTTAGES.
WE KNOW THAT TO THE RESEARCH
FROM SITE LANE INSTITUTE.
IT IS A SIGNIFICANT BARRIER.
IT REMAINS TO BE CROSSED.
I HOPE THAT WE WILL ALSO MOVE
THE CONVERSATION TO THAT.
IN THE FUTURE, I WANTED TO DO A
SHOUT OUT TO THOSE WHO
ANNOUNCED THE GREEN NEW DEAL
PLAN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING
THAT.
HOPEFULLY, THAT IS THE
DIRECTION WE ARE MOVING FORWARD
IN.
>> ANY COMMENTS?
>> JUST WANT TO THANK YOU EMMA
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN FOR THIS.
THAT IS IT.
>> QUITE FRANKLY, IT IS AN
HONOR TO BE OUT OF THIS
CONVERSATION IN THE SEVEN
MONTHS THAT I WILL BE ON THIS
COUNSEL.
BECAUSE I HAVE NOT LIVED IN TWO
ADU'S.
I KNOW WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY IT
IS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR
FOLKS IN MY DISTRICT AND THE
CITY.
ONE OF THE THINGS, I KNOW THIS
CONVERSATION GETS SIDE RAILED
IN BINARY TERMS, WE GRAPPLE
WITH DECISIONS OR WHEN WE ARE
TOLD OF THE CHALLENGES OF THIS
REGION OF 1.2 MILLION NEW JOBS
AND 1.8 MILLION NEW RESIDENTS.
THIS IS A DROP IN THE BUCKET.
BUT THE CHANGES GOING TO THIS
REGION, IT SPEAKS TO THE HEART
OF WHY WE NEED TO ADD MORE
DENSITY THROUGHOUT OUR CITY AS
WELL AS JUST AROUND THE REGION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COLLEAGUES, I APPRECIATE
YOUR ONGOING PATIENCE WITH ME.
AND YOUR WORK ON THIS.
I APPRECIATE THE FOLKS GETTING
A NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS LINED
UP.
WE MIGHT STILL GET A FEW IF THE
FULL COUNCIL IS HERE.
WE SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR WORK TO GET
TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
REALLY QUICKLY, IN CASE I
FORGET, I WANT TO THANK SUSIE
ON MY STAFF WHO SPENT A FEW
YEARS ON THIS.
I BELIEVE IN THE PROCESS, SHE
FOUND A MATE, GOT MARRIED, GOT
PREGNANT, HAD A BABY AND IS AT
HOME WITH THAT BABY.
HOPEFULLY WATCHING ON TV.
I THINK ALISHA ON MY STAFF WHO
WAS TRYING TO PICK UP THE BATON
AND CARRIED IT TO WHERE WE ARE
TODAY.
WITH THAT, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO,
I WILL MOVE THE PIECE OF
LEGISLATION AND AGENDA NUMBER
ONE AS AMENDED.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING
AYE.
GREAT.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, ALY PENNUCCI
FOR YOUR WORK.
>> KELLY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO
READ THE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
TWO?
>> WE HAVE JEN 21, THE
APPOINTMENT OF VICKY CLARKE
FROM EIGHT TERM TO DECEMBER
31, 2022.
>> C'MON FORWARD.
>> WE WILL START WITH
INTRODUCTIONS.
>> I AM LAURA LIGHT WILLIAMS,
THE CAPITAL PROJECT DELIVERY.
I AM HERE TO INTRODUCE VICKI
FOR THE MOVE SEATTLE OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE.
OUR OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE IS AN
ADVISORY BODY THAT MONITORS
REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, AND
PROGRAM AND PROJECT LIMITATION.
THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ADVISES
THE CITY COUNCIL, THE MAYOR AND
ASKED OUT ON RESPONDING TO
PROGRAM AND PROJECT COST
SAVINGS AND OVERRUNS.
VICKI'S POSITION FILLS THE
REMAINDER OF OUR VACANT
ADDITIONS.
SHE WILL SERVE THROUGH DECEMBER
31, 2022.
VICKI IS THE POLICY DIRECTOR
FOR THE BICYCLE CLUB.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO HER TO
INTRODUCE HERSELF MORE
COMPLETELY.
>> HELLO.
I AM VICKY CLARKE.
AS LAURA SAID, I SERVE AS THE
POLICY DIRECTOR AT THE BICYCLE
CLUB.
I HAVE BEEN THERE FOR THE LAST
THREE YEARS.
I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON
TRANSPORTATION IN THIS REGION
FOR THE LAST 11 YEARS.
BOTH REALLY IN TRANSPORTATION
AND LAND-USE LANDING AND
FUNDING AND I THINK THAT IS
REALLY SOMETHING THAT I BRING
TO THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
I HAVE WORKED ON ADVANCING ALL
KINDS OF TRANSPORTATION
PROJECTS THROUGH FEDERAL
FUNDING.
AND STATE AND REGIONAL FUNDING
TWO.
AND SO I THINK THE LEVY IS A
HUGE INVESTMENT IN THIS REGION
AND TRANSFORMING THE CITY.
TRANSFORMING OUR MULTI MODAL
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM INTO
SOMETHING THAT REFLECTS ALL OF
OUR, THE CITY'S POLICIES.
AND I THINK THAT I AM EXCITED
TO ADD MY VOICE TO THAT.
AND MY EXPERTISE.
>>?.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT.
>> WE HAD A LITTLE SCHEDULE
CHALLENGE.
I AM FILLING IN.
>> YOU DID OUTSTANDING.
ADD THAT TO ONE OF YOUR RESUME
ITEMS.
>> VICKY CLARKE, I REALLY
SERVE ON THIS. WILLINGNESS TO
WE HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO WORK
TOGETHER OVER THE LAST COUPLE
OF YEARS.
I SERVED ON THE HEAVY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE FOR THE LAST TWO
YEARS TWO.
I KNOW YOUR VOICE WILL BE
REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE
TABLE.
YOU ARE FILLING A SLOT THAT WAS
CURRENTLY HELD OR PREVIOUSLY
HELD BY BRIAN ESTES, WHO PLAYED
A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE.
REALLY SOMEONE WHO BRINGS A
STRONG SET OF VALUES AND A
STRONG SET OF OVERSIGHT TO THE
WORK.
ASKED SOME REALLY HARD
QUESTIONS THAT ARE REALLY
IMPORTANT.
WHEN HE HEARD THAT YOU WERE
GOING TO REPLACE HIM, HE WAS
OVERJOYED.
SO THAT MADE ME EVEN HAPPIER.
ANYWAY, I LOOK FORWARD TO
HAVING YOU ON THE COMMITTEE.
THIS IS A BIG TIME COMMITMENT
ON TOP OF THE OTHER THINGS YOU
DO.
COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS FOR VICKY CLARKE?
>> JUST A COMMENDATION.
WE HAVE SEEN VICKI'S ADVOCACY
FOR MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION
FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT, FOR
PEDESTRIANS AND FOR BICYCLISTS.
I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT YOU WILL
BE DOING MORE OF THE WORK YOU
ALREADY DO.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> IF THERE IS NOTHING FURTHER,
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE
AGENDA ITEM 01371.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY
SAYING AYE.
WE ARE EXCITED FOR YOU TO
SERVE.
I WILL SEE YOU AT THE MEETING
SOON.
>> THANKS.
>> THANK YOU, GUYS.
>> NOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ
THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM?
>> WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC
COMMENT.
>> OKAY.
BICYCLE MASTER PLAN
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN 2019-2024.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND
REOPEN PUBLIC COMMENT.
TO SPEAK TO THE BMP
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN 2019-2024.
THERE ARE 16 PEOPLE SIGNED UP.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO A MINUTE
EACH.
WE WILL TRY TO GET TO ALL OF
THEM.
I AM NOT SURE IF EVERYONE IS
HERE.
WE WILL DEFINITELY GO A LITTLE
BIT OVER OUR 4:00 AGENDA.
I WANT EVERYONE AT COMMITTEE
THAT THIS WAS LIKELY TO HAPPEN.
I APPRECIATE FOLKS WHO HAVE
BEEN HERE ALL DAY IN THE
AUDIENCE.
I APOLOGIZE FOR A LONG
COMMITTEE.
A LOT OF STUFF TO COVER.
READ HIS FIRST, FOLLOWED BY
STEVE WILKINS.
>> I WAS ON THE ONE CENTER CITY
ADVISOR GROUP AS YOU KNOW.
THAT PROCESS, THE PARTNER
AGENCIES CAME TO AN IMPASSE
WHEN IT CAME TO BIKE LANES EAST
OF THIRD AVENUE, WHICH HAD BEEN
ONE OF THE GOALS OVER THE ONE
CENTER CITY PROCESS.
WHAT THEY TOLD US IS THAT THERE
WAS NO WAIT.
BIKE LANES IN WITHOUT IMPEDING
TRANSIT.
WE SAID TRANSIT IS A PRIORITY.
BIKE LANES ARE A PRIORITY.
GO BACK AND FIGURED OUT.
THEY DID.
TO THEIR CREDIT, THEY CAME UP
WITH THAT LEVER SOLUTION SO
THAT THERE WOULD BE ROOM ON 474
EIGHT TWO WAY COIN.
GREAT.
WE WERE HAPPY.
THEY CONGRATULATED US AND THE
ADVOCACY.
WE CONGRATULATED THEM ON
CREATIVE THINKING.
EVERYONE WAS HAPPY.
WE ALL PATTED EACH OTHER ON THE
BACK.
SEVERAL MONTHS LATER, WE
LEARNED THAT THE 470 BIKE LANES
WERE BEING DELAYED UNTIL 2021
BECAUSE OF A FISH TRUCK
SITUATION.
BUSES MIGHT NEED THE
FLEXIBILITY AND ADDITIONAL
SPACE.
BIKE LANES WERE SUPPOSED TO BE
PART OF THE SOLUTION.
IT WAS PROBLEMATIC.
I AM OUT OF TIME.
BUT NOW WE ARE EVEN MORE
FRUSTRATED TO SEE THE
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FURTHER
DELAY THOSE BIKE LANES
INTRODUCE THEM TO ONE LANE.
>> THINK YOU FOR SERVING ON
THAT COMMITTEE.
YOUR PERSPECTIVE IS HELPFUL.
STEVE?
>> STEVE MIGHT NOT BE HERE.
MEGAN?
MEGAN YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
ROBERT. ROBERT ARTIE SPOKE.
VICKI CLARK WILL BE NEXT.
THEN JUST GOT.
>> THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME
SPEAK.
I HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO THE
SHOW THAT USED TO BE RIGHT OVER
MATTER.
AND NOW IT HAS A NEW HOME.
I CAN'T THE THE NAME.
BUT THEY TALKED ABOUT ONE
CENTER CITY.
THEY ARE NOT NEEDING AS MUCH AS
THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO.
SO ON THIRD AVENUE, THEY WERE
SUPPOSED TO IMPLEMENT THOSE
SCANNER THINGS FOR YOUR BUS
CARD.
IT WAS THE MILLION DOLLARS THAT
WAS INVESTED IN THE RESEARCH.
THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE PEOPLE
STANDING AT THE THINGS, TAKING
THE CARDS.
AND SAID THIS IS A
TRANSPORTATION IMPEACHMENT THAT
HAS NOT BEEN FULFILLED BY ONE
CENTER CITY LACK OF MEETINGS.
SO I AM HOPING, YOU SEE WHEN WE
ORGANIZE, WE WIN.
I WAS ORGANIZING FOR MY SON AND
MY FAMILY.
I GOT TO SEE MY SON FOR HIS
BIRTHDAY.
I GOT 85 SIGNATURES WHERE
PEOPLE DESCRIBED TO ME.
PEOPLE AROUND TOWN.MY MAIL.
I LEARNED IT ALL HERE AT CITY
HALL.
MY MOM SAW MY SON LAST FRIDAY.
IT HAS CHANGE THINGS.
SO I AM JUST HOPING WE CAN
ORGANIZE BETTER FOR THESE BIKE
LANES.
BECAUSE WHEN WE ORGANIZE AND
GET SIGNATURES, AND PUSHED THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE IN LEADERSHIP
POSITIONS, REALLY COOL THINGS
HAPPEN.
>> THANK YOU, MEGAN.
>> VICKI?
>> I WASN'T READY.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
I AM BITTY, VICKI CLARK.
I AM A EMP.
I WANT TO SAY A COUPLE OF HIGH-
LEVEL THINGS.
WE ARE REALLY GRATEFUL THAT THE
CITY RELEASED THIS PLAN AS A
DRAFT BACK IN APRIL.
IT GAVE THE COMMUNITY THE
OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSCORE THE
CONTINUING CONNECTIONS TO AND
THROUGH SOUTHEAST SEATTLE.
CONNECTIONS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO
THE PLAN BUT WE NEED TO BUILD
THESE CONNECTIONS AND NOT JUST
PLAN FOR THEM.
IN FACT, WE NEED TO PLAN DESIGN
AND BUILD EVERYTHING THE ONE OF
THE PROJECTS CONTAINED IN THE
FINAL DRAFT OF THE BNP
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
IT IS NOT ABOUT FRIVOLITY.
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE
PROJECTS IS ABOUT SOMETHING AS
FUNDAMENTAL AS PEOPLE BEING
ABLE TO GET HOME SAFELY WITH
OUT REGARD TO HAVE A GET RUN.
WE WILL BE THERE EVERY STEP OF
THE WAY, HOLDING OUR LEADERS
ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PERMIT MADE.
>> JOE YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
JAKE.
AND THEN ERIC.
>> SO I HAVE BEEN HEARING FROM
A LOT OF FOLKS OVER THE YEARS
SINCE I MOVED HERE.
THEY ARE AFRAID OF BIKE LANES.
THESE PEOPLE OFTEN TWIST
THEMSELVES INTO KNOTS TO
JUSTIFY THEIR FEARS.
AS.AND CITY HALL HAS LISTENS TO
THEM, DELAYED AND SLASHED
PIECES OF THE BIKE MASTER PLAN.
I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE
GREEN NEW DEAL.
AND HERE IS THE TRUTH.
IT IS NOTHING TO BE SCARED OF.
WHEN YOU MAKE OUR STATES SAFE
TO BUY, EVERYONE WINS.
MORE WOMEN WHO ARE MORE LIKELY
TO FEEL PHYSICALLY UNSAFE ON
THE ROAD WILL HAVE SPACE TO
BIKE.
COMMUNITIES HIT BY POLLUTION
GET CLEANER AIR RIGHT NOW AND
THE WORLD GETS LESS CARBON
EMISSIONS.
IT CALLS FOR A JUST TRANSITION
AND THAT MEANS EQUITABLE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BIKE
MASTER PLAN.
NOT JUST IN RICHER AND WHITER
NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH IS BEEN
HAPPENING.
THANK YOU.
>> JAKE?
>> I AM JAKE WITH 350 SEATTLE.
I FIANCC AND I BIKE FOR MANY
REASONS.
ONE OF THOSE BEING CLIMATE
CHANGE.
WE ARE HAPPY TO SEE THAT THE
CITY IS WORKING ON THIS LIKE
MASTER PLAN.
TO IMPROVE AND ENCOURAGE BIKING
IN THE CITY.
HOWEVER, I DON'T BUY THAT WE
DON'T HAVE FUNDING FOR ALL OF
THESE PROJECTS.
THIS IS A MATTER OF PRIORITY,
NOT FUNDING.
EARLIER TODAY, I WAS WITH MANY
SEATTLEITES, THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE, IN SUPPORT OF THE GREEN
NEW DEAL.
THE DEPUTY MAYOR CAME OUT AND
SAID THE MAYOR WAS IN SUPPORT
OF THIS AND IN SUPPORT OF A
GREEN SEATTLE I DON'T SEE IT IN
HANDLING THE BIKE MASTER PLAN.
WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE AND FIND
FUNDING FOR THIS.
MAKES SEATTLE A BETTER PLACE TO
BIKE AND REDUCE OUR CARBON
EMISSIONS.
THANK YOU.
>> CLARA?
>> CLARA YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED
BY EVE.
IF YOU ARE ALL HERE, YOU CAN
SPEAK TOGETHER.
>> HELLO MY NAME IS CLARA AND I
AM AN ORGANIZER FOR NEW SEATTLE
GREENWAYS.
IN THE INTEREST OF SAVING TIME,
I SUPPORT A LOT OF WHAT HAS
ALREADY BEEN SAID IN THE CROWD.
WE WANT TO EXPRESS EXTREME
GRATITUDE TO THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR
INCLUDING A NUMBER OF CRITICAL
ROUTE THAT THE COMMUNITY WAS
EXPRESSING IN EXTREME DESIRE
FOR.
THERE IS ALSO SOME CRITICAL
ORIGINAL DRAFT THAT WE ARE
REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT BEING
INCLUDED IN THE PLAN ISN'T
REALLY ENOUGH.
THEY NEED TO BE FUNDED AND
PROJECTS WE ACTUALLY SEE ON THE
GROUND BEFORE THEY WILL START
SAVING PEOPLE'S LIVES.
SO WE ARE LOOKING TO CITY
COUNCIL AND TO CONTINUE WORKING
WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO
ACTUALLY FUND THOSE PROJECTS
AND TO IMPLEMENT OTHER POLICY
UPGRADES TO THE BICYCLE
PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IN
SEATTLE TO MAKE SURE THAT
PEOPLE ARE SAFE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, CLARA.
>> EVE AND MILO?
>> YOU WILL BE AFTER THIS
THREESOME THAT COMES FORWARD.
>> YOU ARE AFTER THE PEOPLE
RIGHT BEHIND YOU.
>> IN FRONT OF ME?
>> THEY ARE RIGHT BEHIND YOU.
>> WE CAN PUT YOU ALTOGETHER.
>> THREE MINUTES.
THERE YOU GO.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> I AM THE ADMINISTRATIVE
ASSISTANT FOR THE AMOUNT BAKER
HUB ALLIANCE.
FIRST OFF, WE WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR FUNDING PROJECT NUMBER 41
TWO CONSTRUCTION, WHICH
COMPLETES THE RAIN NEAR VALLEY
SOUTH GREENWAY.
TO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING
BICYCLE LANES ON MLK JUNIOR WAY
FROM RAINIER TO I 90 THROUGH
CONSTRUCTION.
MLK HAS SIGNIFICANT EXTRA
CAPACITY AND CONNECTING IT BIKE
ROUTE TO THE TRAIL.
IT HAS BEEN THERE FOR A LONG
TIME.
SECOND, WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE
YOU AND AS.TO MOVE TOWARDS
FUNDING FOR CONSTRUCTION.
THAT IS PART OF THE LARGER MLK
STUDY AREA.
FINAL, WE ASK YOU TO CONSIDER
CREATING ADDITIONAL SPACE FOR
BIKE LANES AS IT UNDERGOES
CHANGES.
>> MY NAME IS EVE KELLER AND
I'M PRESIDENT OF THE MOUNT
BAKER HUB ALLIANCE.
WE ARE CURRENTLY UNDERGOING A
VERY MERGER PROJECT WHERE WE
ARE REACHING OUT TO PROPERTY
OWNERS.
WHILE HAS WRITTEN LETTERS TO
ABOUT HUNDRED 30 PROPERTY
OWNERS IN OUR AREA.
I WOULD LOVE TO ENCOURAGE YOU
TO WORK WITH PROPERTY OWNERS
AND ASK ABOUT EXTENDING THE
SIDEWALKS AND TO CREATE
TAGLINES ALONG RAINIER AVENUE.
IT WILL SUPPORT BUSINESSES.
WE DON'T HAVE PARKING FOR MANY
OF OUR BUSINESSES.
IF WE COULD HAVE BIKE LANES TO
MAKE GREATER INCREASES IN OUR
BEST IN TRAFFIC AND BIKE LANE
TRAFFIC, THAT WOULD BE NOTHING
BUT AN ASSET FOR THE BUSINESS
IN THE BAKER AREA.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT COMMENT,
EVE.
IS THAT IT?
THANK YOU THREE.
I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.
SORRY FOR THAT DELAY.
MC, YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
JOHN BARBER.
NO.
JOHN BURSTER?
AND THEN ADRIAN.
>> AS YOU KNOW, I SPOKE AGAINST
ADOPTING THIS PARTICULAR
BICYCLE PLAN.
I THOUGHT IT WASN'T REALISTIC.
I THOUGHT IT WENT OVERBOARD FOR
BICYCLES.
ALSO, THE BICYCLES DO NOT PAY
ANYTHING FOR ROAD MAINTENANCE.
IF THEY GET A PREPONDERANCE OF
MONEY SPENT ON BICYCLE PROGRAMS
TO THE DETRIMENT OF
MAINTENANCE.
THE ROADS AND THE MANUFACTURING
INDUSTRIAL CENTER ARE A
DISGRACE.
IN ANY EVENT, I WAS TOLD THAT
THIS IMPLEMENTATION HAD A
CHANGE TO THE BICYCLE PLAN.
I COULDN'T FIND OUT WHAT IT
WAS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT
INFORMATION IS CORRECT.
I LEARNED TO IT LISTEN TO THE
IMPLEMENTATION TO SEE IF
THERE'S ANYTHING IN THERE THAT
I DON'T AGREE WITH.
IF SO, I WILL EMAIL YOU.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, AND SEE.
JOHN?
>> IS THERE A JOHN WITH A LAST
NAME THAT STARTS WITH A B? HOW
ABOUT WE MOVED TO AREA UNDER?
>> THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME A
MOMENT TO SPEAK.
I HAVE BEEN COMMUTING BY
BICYCLE SINCE 2011.
I AM VERY FORTUNATE THAT I
WASN'T SERIOUSLY INJURED IN THE
TWO TIMES I WAS HIT BY A CAR
WHILE BIKING AROUND.
I AM EXCITED ABOUT THE BICYCLE
MASTER PLAN IN PART AS A MATTER
OF PERSONAL SAFETY.
IT IS SUPER IMPORTANT THAT THE
CITY DIVIDES MORE
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PEOPLE WHO
DO NOT WANT TO OR CAN'T DRIVE A
CAR OR TAKE TRANSIT.
BUT MORE THAN MY PERSONAL
SAFETY, I WANT TO ALSO SPEAK TO
A CRISIS THAT AFFECTS EVERYONE.
LIMIT CHANGE IS ALREADY MAKING
ENTIRE COUNTRIES UNINHABITABLE.
I READ LAST WITH THE
TEMPERATURES AND CITIES IN
SOUTH EAST ASIA ARE
EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW
TEMPERATURES OVER 120B0F.
TEMPERATURES THAT ARE
CATASTROPHIC TO HUMAN HEALTH
AND PRODUCTIVITY.
THESE HEAT WAVES ARE A RESULT
OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
IT WOULD BE ABSURD FOR US TO
TRY TO BUILD BIKE LANES IN
JAKARTA, BUT WE CAN PROPOSE
POLICIES THAT REDUCE CLIMATE
CHANGE LOCALLY.
I'M PUSHING FOR THE BICYCLE
MASTER PLAN.
WE NEED A GREEN NEW DEAL FOR
OUR CITY THAT WILL ELIMINATE
CLIMATE POLLUTION BY 2030.
AND CREATE THOUSANDS OF JOBS.
THANK YOU.
>> MICHAEL?
>> I AM MICHAEL FOSTER.
I HOPE YOU CAN SEE ME BECAUSE
EVERY DAY I RISK MY LIFE ON
SEATTLE CITY STREETS.
IT IS TERRIFYING.
I AM TIRED.
IT IS EXHAUSTING.
MY KID WAS HIT BY A CAR AND I
KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING
HIT REGULARLY HERE IN THE CITY.
YOU KNOW?
I AM OUT THERE.
I AM ON ELECTRIC BIKE.
I HAVE A LITTLE MORE SPEED AND
NIMBLENESS NOW THAT I GOT AN
ELECTRIC BIKE BUT MY NIGHTMARE
IS BEING RUN DOWN BY A NEIGHBOR
OR LIFT DRIVER OR A TESLA ON
AUTOPILOT.
THAT IS MY REAL NIGHTMARE.
A TESLA ON AUTOPILOT KEEPS ME
UP AT NIGHT.
BECAUSE THAT IS THE FUTURE THAT
IS SUPPOSED TO SAVE US.
SO IT IS UNSAFE FOR KIDS WHO
WANT TO BIKE TO SCHOOL.
YOU HAVE THE MONEY.
YOU HAVE THE WILL.
YOU HAVE THE PEOPLE.
THEY WERE ALL OUT HERE THIS
WEEKEND.
PLEASE.
FUND THE ENTIRE PLAN AND DO IT
NOW.
THANK YOU.
>> HEATHER?
HEATHER PRICE?
NOT SEEING HEATHER.
DEBORAH RILEY?
AND THEN RICHARD SWARTS.
I DON'T SEE DEBORAH.
RICHARD?
IF THERE IS ANYONE ELSE WHO
WANTS TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT,
GET IN LINE BY RICHARD.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
IN MY EXPERIENCE, PROJECTS
INVOLVE IMPLEMENTATION AND
MANAGEMENT.
IT IS HARD TO IDENTIFY A
MANAGEMENT COMPONENT OF A
MASTER PLAN.
MY PARTICULAR CONTEXT IS THE
CYCLE TRACK.
IT WAS PLANNED AND IMPLEMENTED
BUT THERE WAS NO MANAGEMENT.
NO SPEED CONTROLS, NO
ENFORCEMENT OF BIKE SHIELDS.
SIGNAGE IS IGNORED.
ACCORDING TO THE LITERATURE,
SAFETY AND SPEED ARE DIRECTLY
RELATED.
ON PAGE 6, IT SAYS THAT GOOGLE
SPEEDS ARE THE PRIMARY FACTOR
THAT INFLUENCED TRAFFIC SAFETY.
ON PAGE 6, IT ALSO SAYS WE
FOCUS ON SPEED REDUCTION.
ON PAGE 9, IT SAYS THE DRIVERS
YIELD 75% OF THE TIME WHEN
TRAVELING 20 MILES PER HOUR.
ONLY 17% WHILE TRAVELING 30
MILES PER HOUR.
WE HAVE SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT
PROCEDURES AS PART OF THE
MASTER PLAN.
CYCLING IS INCREASING IN THE
CITY.
SPEEDS ARE INCREASING WITH HIGH-
TECH VEHICLES.
IT IS NOT RESPONSIBLE
MANAGEMENT TO KEEP IT UP TO
CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS TO
SORT IT OUT THEMSELVES.
THERE ARE TWO REASONS IT IS A
PROBLEM FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED.
FIRST, ACCORDING TO THE VISION
PROGRAM, SPEED AND LACK OF
TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT STRONGLY
INFLUENCE PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND LACK OF STRUCTURE HAS LED
TO SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF
CITIZENS HAVING A NEGATIVE VIEW
OF CYCLING.
>> WRAP IT UP BECAUSE YOUR TIME
IS UP.
>>> HELLO, THERE.
THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME.
MY NAME IS JESSICA ROXANNE
JONES.
I WORK IN THEATER AROUND THE
CITY AND I TRAVELED TO MANY
VENUES BY BIKE.
I AM AN AVID BIKER.
A BIKE ADVOCATE.
I THINK THAT THE SAFER WE FEEL
AS BIKERS ON THE ROAD AND THE
MORE SUPPORTED BY OUR FILL IT
TRANSIT TAKERS, THE MORE
CONFIDENT WE WILL BE AND
CONDITIONED FOR THE CHALLENGES
OF BIKING.
THE SAFER WE WILL CONTINUE TO
BE.
I THINK SHOWING FULL SUPPORT IN
THE BIKE MASTER PLAN WILL ALLOW
MORE PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO BIKE
AROUND THE CITY AND CREATE IF
POSITIVE FEEDBACK LOOP IN WHICH
WE CAN IMPLEMENT ONE OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT POINTS IN OUR
TRANSPORTATION FUTURE WHICH IS
ZERO EMISSIONS.
BIKING IS ALREADY DOING THAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, JESSICA.
>> FOLKS, COME ON FORWARD.
IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME, I
WILL WRITE YOU DOWN ON THE
LIST.
>> MY NAME IS TARA AND I CAME
HERE TO JUST IT COMFORTABLE
TODAY.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO THANK
RICHARD FOR HIS COMMENTS.
I THINK IT WOULD SAVE US A LOT
OF TROUBLE AND HARM IF OUR
RESIDENTIAL ARTERIAL IN THE
CITY WERE REDUCED TO 25 MILES
PER HOUR.
I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE POSTED.
YANKEE.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> HELLO.
I AM JESSICA AND I'M SPEAKING
AS A CYCLIST.
IN THE LAST YEAR, FIVE OF MY
FRIENDS WERE HIT BY CARS.
WHILE ON BICYCLES.
I WAS HIT BY A CAR IN A BIKE
LANE IN A BRIGHT RED DRESS
WHERE I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE.
BY A DISTRACTED DRIVER WHO
DIDN'T WANT TO BE AT A RED
LIGHT.
I MOVED TO SEATTLE WITHOUT A
CAR.
I WILL NOT BUY A CAR.
I DON'T LAND ON EVER HAVING
ONE, DESPITE HOW MANY JOBS SAY
I NEED ONE.
BUT I NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET
FROM WALLINGFORD TO WEST SEATTLE
TO BELLEVUE SAFELY.
AND MY FRIENDS NEED TO GET
THERE SAFELY.
I AM LUCKY I AM HERE.
I AM NOT 100% BETTER.
FOR 2 MONTHS LATER, BUT I AM
HERE AND I AM WRITING AND I
WANT TO BE WILL TO DO SO
SAFELY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, JESSICA.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE WILL MOVE INTO THIS AGENDA
ITEM.
WE ALREADY READ IT INTO THE
RECORD.
COME ON FORWARD.
WE WILL GET THE PRESENTATION
QUEUED UP.
I WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE
AUDIENCE AND MY COLLEAGUES A
COUPLE OF PHOTOS OF THE RALLY
THAT HAPPENED OUTSIDE CITY HALL
ON SUNDAY.
FATHER'S DAY.
IT WAS QUITE THE CROWD ON
FATHER'S DAY WHO TURNED OUT TO
TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE
TO SEE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION
PLAN.
WE HAD A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS AND
FOLLOWING THE RALLY, THEY
CLOSED BRIEFLY FOURTH AVENUE.
SO FOLKS OF ALL ABILITIES AND
AEGIS COULD NAVIGATE FROM CITY
HALL ALL THE WAY UP TO WESTLAKE
PARK.
IT WAS GREAT HEARING PEOPLE
TALK ABOUT HOW GREAT IT FELT TO
FEEL SAFE RIDING ON DOWNTOWN
STREETS.
IT WAS A LOVELY DAY.
IT WAS IMPRESSIVE TO SEE SO
MANY FOLKS OUT ON FATHER'S DAY.
SO WE WILL JUMP INTO A
PRESENTATION, A COUPLE OF
POINTS OF ORDER I WANT TO
DISCUSS AS WE JUMP THROUGH
HERE.
MAYBE WE WILL START WITH
INTRODUCTIONS.
SAM?
>> SAM ZIMBABWE.
DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION.
>> JIM CURTIN.
>> MONICA DEWALD .
>> AMANDA BARNETT.
>> EMILY PAINE.
COCHAIR OF THE SEATTLE BICYCLE
ADVISORY BOARD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
BEFORE WE GET INTO THE
PRESENTATION, THERE WAS A
COUPLE OF THINGS AT OUR LAST
COMMITTEE MEETING.
WE WROTE A LETTER TO YOU ABOUT
35th AND I'M NOT SURE IF I
RECEIVED YET.
I HAVE NOT SEEN IT BUT I HAVE
BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE.
I HAVE BEEN DISTRACTED.
>> I SIGNED IT THIS MORNING.
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU GOT IT
EITHER BUT WE WILL MAKE SURE
YOU HAVE IT BACK.
WE CAN DISCUSS IT AS WELL.
>> I WOULD LOVE TO DISCUSS THAT
A LITTLE BIT.
IF THAT IS POSSIBLE.
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I
WANTED TO SAY, WE DIDN'T HAVE A
CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THIS WHEN
I SAW YOU THE OTHER DAY.
BUT WE TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE OF
WEEKS AGO.
THE BIKE INSTALLATION ON SWIFT
MYRTLE WHERE SOME PEOPLE
THOUGHT IT DIDN'T GO AS
PLANNED.
IF YOU HAD SOMETHING SPECIFIC
TO SAY, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER
TO YOU IF YOU WANT TO ADDRESS
THOSE OR WHEREVER THEY FIT INTO
THE OVERALL SCHEME OF THINGS.
>> WE CAN JUMP IN THERE.
THOSE ARE NOT DIRECTLY
ADDRESSED IN THE PRESENTATION.
I THINK WE CAN MAYBE GO THROUGH
SOME OF THE PRESENTATION AND
TALK ABOUT WHERE THEY SET.
I THINK THAT SOME OF THOSE,
SOME OF THE ISSUES COME INTO
PLAY ON THE IMPLEMENTATION FROM
WHERE THINGS GO FROM HERE AND
OUR ACCOUNTABILITY IN TERMS OF
DELIVERING PROJECTS ALL THE WAY
DOWN TO THE DETAILS OF DESIGN
AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT.
SO IF, I THINK WE CAN START
HERE.
JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW.
SOME OF THIS IS THINGS WE
PRESENTED WHEN WE PRESENTED A
PLAN IN APRIL BUT WANTED TO
REINFORCE AND EXPLAIN THEM
AGAIN.
I WANT TO START WITH A LITTLE
BIT OF VISION.
THEN I WILL TURN IT OVER TO JIM
AND THEN MONICA ON THE PLAN AS
IT STANDS.
AND WHAT WE HEARD THROUGH THE
OUTREACH PROCESS WHICH WAS NEW
THIS YEAR.
>> AS WE GO THROUGH, I WILL
INVITE MY COLLEAGUES IF YOU
HAVE CLARIFYING QUESTIONS.
BUT I ALSO APPRECIATE YOU BOTH
BEING HERE MATT AND EMILY.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS AS WE GO THROUGH THE
SLIDES, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO
JUMP RIGHT IN TWO.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO THE BICYCLE MASTER PLAN
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IS A
CRITICAL PART OF THE MAYOR AND
MY VISION FOR BUILDING ON A
MULTI-MYRTLE TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEM IN THE CITY.
THAT IS BUILDING OUT SAFE,
CONNECTED INFRASTRUCTURE FOR
ALL MODES, THINKING ABOUT THE
EQUITY AND AFFORDABILITY OF THE
TRANSPORTATION AND MAKING SURE
THAT WE ARE PROVIDING PEOPLE
TRANSPORTATION CHOICES THAT
PEOPLE FEEL ARE ACCESSIBLE AND
AVAILABLE TO THEM.
>> THIS IS HURTS, THIS PLAN IS
PARTS OF CONTINUING TO DELIVER
ON THAT.
A LOT OF PIECES THAT WE HAVE
ALREADY DELIVERED AND WILL
CONTINUE TO DELIVER.
THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF ALL
THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED
IN THAT MULTIMODAL
TRANSPORTATION SPACE SINCE THE
MAYOR TOOK OFFICE.
AND I THINK THE BIKE MASTER
PLAN SITS WITHIN THIS LARGER
CONTEXT OF A CHANGING
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK THAT WE
ARE LOOKING TO DELIVER ON AND
MANAGE THROUGH SOME BIG CHANGES
AS WE GO.
THAT INCLUDES MAKING PERMANENT
THE FREE-FLOATING BIKE SHARING
PROGRAM.
IT INCLUDES LAUNCHING
ACCESSIBILITY PROGRAMS WITH
OUTDOORS FOR ALL.
TRANSIT ACCESSIBILITY,
AFFORDABILITY, THINKING ABOUT
WHERE WE GO IN THE LONG TERM IN
TERMS OF CONTINUING TO BUILD
OUT TRANSIT, MANAGE CONGESTION
AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND I THINK THAT TRANSLATES
INTO THE VISION FOR THE BIKE
NETWORK, WHICH IS EXPRESSED
THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
OF BUILDING A ROBUST AND OPEN
CONNECTED NETWORK OF
INFRASTRUCTURE AND MANAGING THE
INFRASTRUCTURE AND MAINTAINING
IT TO MAKE SURE IT IS
ACCESSIBLE AND REMAINS
AFFORDABLE AS WE KNOW RIDING A
BIKE IS.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT
OVER TO JIM AND TALK ABOUT WHAT
HAS BEEN DONE IN THE LAST FEW
YEARS.
PROJECT DELIVERY ITEMS, SINCE
THE MAYOR TOOK OFFICE, 13 MILES
OF NEW FACILITIES WITH 11 MORE
MILES TO COME THIS YEAR,
BUILDING UP THE CENTER CITY
BIKE NETWORK, FINISHING
IMPORTANT PROJECTS, SOME OF
WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT THERE.
WE HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE
FEEDBACK AND ARE THINKING ABOUT
WHAT KINDS OF ADJUSTMENTS WE
ARE MAKING IN TERMS OF SOME OF
THOSE TWINGES AND POINTS.
MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE
DESIGNING THE FACILITIES SO
THEY ARE SAFE AND USABLE.
THOSE FACILITIES IN PARTICULAR
SHOW WITH SOME OF THE
CHALLENGES WE FACE IN THE RIGHT-
OF-WAY WHEN WE MOVE FROM
CONCEPT THROUGH TO
IMPLEMENTATION AND THE
CONSTRAINTS WE ARE WORKING WITH
IN THE LIMITED RIGHT OF WAY.
THAT SAID, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED
THERE ARE SOME DESIGN TWEAKS
THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT TO MAKE
THAT FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE.
>> IS THAT TIMING?
WHAT IS THAT?
SOME OF THE SLIDES I SAW, THEY
LOOKED A LITTLE SCARY.
>> SPECIFICALLY WHAT WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT IS A TRANSITION
POINT WHERE WE HAVE NEW BUS
STOPS WHERE WE HAVE BIKE LANES
THAT NAVIGATE AROUND NEW BUS
STOPS AND RIGHT NOW THE
TRANSITION POINTS AREN'T VERY
COMFORTABLE.
FIGURING HOW WE IMPROVE THAT.
WE HAVE SOME DESIGNS.
I DON'T HAVE A TIMELINE YET ON
WHEN THOSE WILL BE IMPLEMENTED.
>> LET'S CHECK BACK IN ON THAT.
THE NUMBER ONE GOAL HERE, YOU
GUYS KNOW THIS AND SAY IT ALL
THE TIME, IT IS SAFETY.
BIG SURE IF WE HAVE SOMETHING
THAT DIDN'T GO RIGHT, HOWEVER
WE GET IN THERE TO MAKE SURE NO
ONE GETS HURT WHILE WE FIGURE
IT OUT IS GREAT.
>> WE HAVE ALREADY MADE FIELD
ADJUSTMENTS IN THE SIGNAGE AND
MARKINGS OUT THERE.
BUT THERE ARE LONGER-TERM
CHANGES THAT WE WILL ALSO MAKE.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> EXCELLENT.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
HAVING US TODAY.
TO TRANSITION INTO THE BIKE
MASTER PLAN.
THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT WE
HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING AS WE
MENTIONED WHEN WE CAME HERE.
IN EARLY APRIL, THE OBJECTIVE
OF.BMP AND LIMITATION PLAN WAS
TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY AND
DELIVER A REALISTIC, THEY ARE
TIES OF LIMITATION PLAN THAT
HOLDS US ACCOUNTABLE.
IS IS VERY MUCH AN
ACCOUNTABILITY DOCUMENT.
THE ADVISORY BOARD AND
ADVOCATES THAT ARE HERE TODAY
AND LISTENING THROUGHOUT THE
CITY OF SEATTLE, THIS WAS DONE
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LEVY TO
MOVE SEATTLE ASSESSMENTS.
IT ACKNOWLEDGES SOME OF OUR
CONSTRAINTS LIKE INCREASED
CONSTRUCTION COSTS, RECOGNIZES
THOSE IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES
WE HAVE ON MANY PROJECTS THAT
WE GO TO IMPLEMENT AND IT GOES
TO REPRIORITIZE PROJECTS TO
MATCH $76.8 MILLION IN FUNDING
WE HAVE.
AND NEW THIS YEAR, WE GATHERED
INPUT FROM STAKEHOLDERS.
SO A LITTLE BIT MORE
INFORMATION ON THAT, IN ORDER
TO EXPAND THIS DISCUSSION FOR
THE FIRST TIME FOR THE
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WE HOSTED
FOUR WORKSHOPS IN APRIL.
THESE WERE HELD THROUGHOUT THE
CITY AND VARIOUS DIFFERENT
LOCATIONS.
WE ALSO BRIEFED THE SEATTLE
BICYCLE ADVISORY BOARD AND THE
LEVY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TO GET
FEEDBACK FROM THEM AS WELL.
OF COURSE, WE HAVE HEARD
COMMENTS AT OUR PREVIOUS
COUNSEL MEETINGS AND TODAY AS
WELL.
WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT.
AND ALL, WE HAD MORE THAN 350
FOLKS WHO CAME OUT TO ATTEND
MEETINGS.
TOOK OUR SURVEY.
WE RECEIVED MORE THAN 550
EMAILS ON THE MATTER AS WELL.
>> PAUSE THERE FOR A SECOND.
I REALLY APPRECIATE HOW SWIFTLY
YOU RESPONDED.
YOU HEARD, I CAN'T REMEMBER IF
IT WAS VICKI.
SOMEONE SAID WE ARE GRATEFUL
FOR THE PLAN.
I IMAGINE YOU DIDN'T FEEL
GRATEFUL WHEN THE PLAN WAS
RELEASED A FEW MONTHS AGO.
BUT IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
SERVE AS A RALLYING POINT.
I APPRECIATE HOW YOU ALL
RESPONDED QUICKLY.
YOU KNOW, AND LESS THAN ONE
MONTH'S NOTICE, SCHEDULING FOR
MEETINGS IS NO SMALL FEAT.
WE KNOW THEY HELPED WITH THAT.
BUT WE REALLY APPRECIATE
OPENING THAT UP AS HE SAID FOR
THE FIRST TIME FOR THAT TYPE OF
PUBLIC INPUT ON A PROCESS.
THAT WAS REALLY GREAT.
>> WE APPRECIATE THAT.
IT IS INVIGORATING FOR STAFF AS
WELL TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE WHO
ARE CHOMPING AT THE BIT TO GET
NEW BIKE FACILITIES OUT THERE.
SO WHAT WE HEARD, WE HEARD A
LOT ABOUT THE DIFFERENT VALUES
THAT WE HAVE.
WE HEARD FIRST AND FOREMOST AND
REPEATEDLY, PEOPLE WANT US TO
PROVIDE THE SAFE AND CONNECTED
FACILITIES.
SO THERE IS A SEAMLESS NETWORK,
NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE TRYING
TO GET IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
AS WE HEARD, WE HEARD A LOT OF
DISCUSSION ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE
AND HOW IT SHOULD BE A PRIORITY
IN HOW WE MAKE DECISIONS.
EQUITY AS WELL.
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
INVESTMENTS WE ARE MAKING ARE
OCCURRING CITYWIDE.
NOT JUST IN PARTICULAR
NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE WANT TO OBVIOUSLY CREATE
SOME TRANSPARENCY AND DECISION-
MAKING, WHICH IS REALLY THE
WHOLE REASON WE HAVE RESET THE
APPROACH WITH THE
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
WE WANT TO USE DATA TO TELL THE
STORY.
AGAIN, WE SHOWED THIS SLIDE
WHEN WE WERE HERE IN APRIL.
IT DOES TELL THE STORY THAT
DURING THE SEATTLE SQUEEZE,
BIKING WAS A GREAT, RELIABLE
ALTERNATIVE TO OBVIOUSLY
DRIVING.
AND IT SHOWS THAT IF WE BUILD
THE FACILITY EMMA PEOPLE DO
COME AND USE THEM.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WOULD
HOPE.
>> WE ALSO HEARD THAT WE HAVE
SOME OTHER NEEDS OUT THERE THAT
NEED ADDRESSING.
MAINTAINING BIKE
INFRASTRUCTURE.
WHAT IS ARTIE BUILT UP THERE,
IT IS A HUGE PRIORITY.
WE HAVE HEARD THAT WE NEED TO
REMOVE DEBRIS FROM BIKE
FACILITIES.
I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT IN
THE MONTH OF MAY, WE DID GO OUT
AND RENT A SMALL SWEEPER SO WE
CAN GET OUT WE DID SWEEP AND
REMOVE DEBRIS.
WE CLEANED EVERY PROTECTED BIKE
LANE IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
WE ARE WORKING TO DEVELOP A
LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE PLAN FOR
THE FACILITY THAT WE BUILD OUT
THERE.
ANOTHER THING WE HEARD IS THAT
SOME SIGNAGE IMPROVEMENTS WOULD
BE HELPFUL.
ESPECIALLY FOLKS WHO MIGHT BE
NEW TO BIKING AND SEATTLE.
>> I APPRECIATE THOSE.
WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING
ABOUT THE BIG THINGS.
WHERE YOU WILL PUT THE
MATERIAL.
I KNOW THAT A LOT OF FOLKS ARE
DIPPING THEIR TOE IN THE BIKE
MARKET, HOW THAT EXPERIENCE IS,
OBVIOUSLY THE SAFETY OF THE
FACILITY IS A HUGE THING.
IF IT IS COVERED WITH GRAVEL,
IF YOU CAN'T TELL WHERE YOU'RE
GOING, IF YOU'RE NOT SURE OF
ONE TRANSITION TO THE NEXT, IT
COULD MAKE THE DIFFERENCE
VERSUS NOT FEELING RIGHT.
I APPRECIATE IT.
WE WILL TALK A LOT ABOUT THE
BIG THINGS.
BUT I ALSO APPRECIATE YOUR
ATTENTION TO THE SMALL DETAILS
THAT REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
>> WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT
PROJECTS.
WE HEARD STRONG SUPPORT FROM
THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE CENTER
CITY BIKE NETWORK AND HOW THOSE
PROJECTS REALLY NEED TO BE
BUILT.
SO PEOPLE CAN GET THROUGH
DOWNTOWN, NOT JUST ON SECOND
AVENUE BUT IN ALL THE DIFFERENT
PARTS OF THE CENTER CITY.
THE CONNECTION TO DOWNTOWN
SEATTLE WAS A PRIORITY.
JUST ABOUT EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD
WE WENT TO, BY THAT I MEAN NOT
JUST IN SOUTHEAST SEATTLE, BUT
WE HEARD THAT REPEATEDLY FROM
FOLKS ACROSS THE CITY.
WE HEARD A STRONG DESIRE FOR A
CONNECTION TO DOWNTOWN FROM
SOTO.
THROUGH GEORGETOWN AND
SOUTHPARK.
INVITING NEW NEIGHBORHOODS HERE
IS ONE OF THE THINGS I AM GOING
TO DO TODAY.
WE DEFINITELY HEARD REALLY
STRONG SUPPORT FOR PROJECTS
LIKE THE TRAIL.
EASTLAKE AND ROOSEVELT AND THE
GREEN LAKE.
AND PEOPLE TOLD US TO GO FIND
MORE REVENUE.
SO AS WE BALANCE OUR BUDGET AND
OUR NEEDS ACROSS THE
DEPARTMENT, IT IS SOMETHING WE
ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO COMMIT
TO DOING.
>> WILL PUT A STICKER ON THAT
ONE.
>> AND ALSO, WE HEARD A LOT
ABOUT THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
ASPECT OF OUR WORK.
WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY TRYING TO
IMPROVE THAT.
AND YOU WILL SEE THAT WE HAVE
INCORPORATED SOME OF THIS INTO
THE PLAN HERE.
ESPECIALLY THE FIRST BULLET
HERE.
PICTURE THAT WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT THE PUBLIC BENEFITS OF
THESE PROJECTS.
NOT JUST THE RISKS AND THE
CHALLENGES.
BUT IN ORDER TO TELL A COMPLET
STORY, WE REALLY NEED TO TELL
BOTH SIDES OF THE COIN HERE.
WE HAVE ADJUSTED THAT MOVING
FORWARD.
ENGAGED WITH ALL PEOPLE.
ALL THOSE IMPACTED BY A
PARTICULAR PROJECT.
INCREASE CORONATION SO WE ARE
NOT IN A DATING PEOPLE WITH
PUBLIC MEETINGS AND ASKING THEM
TO TAKE RUSSIA'S TIME OUT OF
THEIR OWN LIVES TO COME OUT AND
LISTEN TO US TALK ALL THE TIME.
AND ENGAGE WITH COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR.
PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND
ABILITIES.
AND PEOPLE WHO ARE NEW TO
BIKING AS WELL.
>> SO WITH THAT, WE MOVE INTO
PRIORITIZING OBJECTS.
AND AS YOU MENTIONED, WHEN WE
WERE HERE IN APRIL, THERE'S A
QUANTITATIVE COMPONENT TO OUR
PRIORITIZATION, WHICH IS NOTED
IN THE 2014 BICYCLE MASTER
PLAN.
AFTER THAT, THERE IS A
QUALITATIVE SIDE OF THINGS
WHERE WE WORK WITH THE BICYCLE
ADVISORY BOARD TO LOOK AT THE
GEOGRAPHIC BALANCING, MAKING
SURE WE ARE BUILDING AS MANY
NEIGHBORHOODS AS WE CAN.
ALSO LOOKING AT THIS DIFFERENT
LEVRAGING AND PARTNERING
OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP US
PRIORITIZE AND OF COURSE AS WE
JUST DISCUSSED, NEW THIS YEAR,
WE USED THE INPUT RECEIVED
DURING OUR OUTREACH TO INFORM
THE PLAN.
>> I WOULD MENTION, I DO WANT
TO MENTION BEFORE I MOVE ON, IT
WAS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT
EFFORT.
THIS TIME AROUND, I THINK WE
PRODUCED A FIFTH D PLUS PAGE
DOCUMENT WITH MULTIPLE
ITERATIONS OF OUR PROJECT LIST.
WE ARE LOOKING TO STREAMLINE
THAT EFFORT GOING FORWARD.
SO WE CAN SPEND LESS TIME
WORKING ON PRIORITIZATION AND
MORE TIME ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING
THE PROJECT COME A WHICH IS
EVERYONE'S GOAL.
WE ARE OF COURSE COMMITTED TO
EQUITY HERE.
THE PROJECTS I REVIEWED FOR
GEOGRAPHIC BALANCE, WE LOOK AT
THE SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS,
HEALTH AND ACCESSIBILITY
INDICATORS AND THESE ARE
INCORPORATED INTO OUR
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS AND
CONFIRMED IN OUR QUALITATIVE
WORK.
SO, THE NEW IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
FOR THE BASICS HAVEN'T CHANGED
A WHOLE LOT SINCE LAST TIME WE
WERE HERE.
THIS IS STILL A SIX-YEAR PLAN
TO ALIGN WITH THE LEVY TO MOVE
SEATTLE.
WE ASSESSMENT.
IT INCLUDES $76.8 MILLION IN
INVESTMENTS IN SEATTLE BIKE
NETWORK.
WE WILL BUILD 50 MILES OF NEW
FACILITIES WITH THIS PLAN.
AND WE WILL HAVE AN ADDITIONAL
29 MILES IN THE PLANNING AND
DESIGN PHASE.
THOSE PROJECTS ARE READY TO GO
WHEN WE GET THAT EXTRA REVENUE
AND THE FUNDING THAT WE WILL BE
SEEKING.
WHEN ALL SAID AND DONE IN 2024,
WE WILL CREATE NEARLY 200 MILES
AND DELIVER THE TRANSFORMED
PROJECTS THAT EVERYONE REALLY
WANTS TO SEE ON THE STREETS.
THAT INCLUDES SOME BIG PRIORITY
PROJECTS.
THESE ARE THE BIG THING THAT WE
WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER
HERE.
INCLUDING THE CENTER CITY BIKE
NETWORK.
THE ROSEVILLE PROJECT, WHICH
CONTAINS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT
OF NEW BIKE FACILITIES ON
EASTLAKE.
THE GREEN LAKE PARK LOOP
PROJECTS, WHICH WILL BE UNDER
CONSTRUCTION FOR THE NEXT
SEVERAL YEARS.
AT LEAST TWO YEARS.
THE TRAIL MISSING LINK AND OUR
PROJECT ON EAST MARGINAL WAY,
WHICH WE HAVE OFFICIALLY
SECURED AND FUNDING FOR.
WE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH
PHASE 1 OF THE PROJECT, WHICH
IS THAT REALLY.
CONNECTION OVER TO WEST SEATTLE
ON EAST MARGINAL WAY, WHICH
WHEN ALL SAID AND DONE WILL
SEPARATE IMPLEAD BIKES FROM THE
HEAVY FREIGHT TRAFFIC OUT
THERE.
>> I WAS THERE WHEN THEY
APPROVED THE CONTINGENCY LIST.
THIS IS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST.
SO WE ALREADY AUTHORIZED THE
FUNDING FOR THAT.
THE HOPEFUL ANTICIPATION FOR
THAT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE SWIFT
WORK BY S.ON BEHALF OF THE
FOLKS WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM THE
PROJECT.
AND ON BEHALF OF THE REGION, IT
WAS A PROJECT THAT LEFT WORK
FOR THE CITY TO DO TO GET IT UP
AND READY.
SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK ON
BOTH ENDS OF THAT.
>> WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT AS
WELL.
WE ARE COMPLETELY COMMITTED TO
BUILDING THESE PROJECTS BUT
THEY ARE NOT DONE YET.
SO WE STILL NEED PEOPLE TO COME
OUT TO THE PUBLIC MEETINGS AND
VOICE THE SUPPORT FOR PROJECTS
AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AS WE MOVE CLOSER TO
IMPLEMENTATION.
EVERYONE'S VOICE NEEDS TO BE
HEARD.
>> ANOTHER COMPONENT IS OUR
COMMITMENT TO SEEK NEW REVENUE.
AS YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE
PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE PLAN
HAVE BEEN ADVANCED INTO A
PLANNING AND DESIGN PHASE.
BUT WE DO NOT HAVE COMMITTED
FUNDING TO CONSTRUCT EVERYTHING
THAT IS CONTAINED IN THE PLAN.
SO WE ARE COMMITTED TO SEEKING
THE ADDITIONAL REVENUE, WHETHER
THAT BE A GRANT OR ANOTHER
PARTNERSHIP IN ORDER TO ADVANCE
THE BMP.
WHAT IS NEW IN THE PLAN?
WE ARE SHARING THE PROJECT
BENEFITS.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, ONE OF
THE THINGS YOU HEARD DURING
OUTREACH WAS THAT WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT THE REASONS WHY
THESE PROJECTS ARE HARD BUT WE
ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT WHY THESE
PROJECTS ARE GOING TO BENEFIT
THE CITY OF SEATTLE PEOPLE WHO
CHOOSE TO TRAVEL HERE.
SO YOU WILL SEE THROUGHOUT THE
DOCUMENT, WE HAVE CREATED THESE
ICONS THAT REPRESENT VARIOUS
DIFFERENT THINGS.
WHETHER WE ARE CONNECTING TO
TRANSITS, PARKS, WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
IDENTIFYING PROJECTS THAT HAVE
SOME OUR SJ IMPLICATIONS.
WHERE WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES.
AND WHERE WE ARE CONNECTING TO
EXISTING BIKE FACILITIES.
ULTIMATELY, WE WANT TO HAVE A
SAFE AND CONNECTED NETWORK WHEN
ALL SAID AND DONE.
AND WE ARE HIGHLIGHTING THE
COST AND CHALLENGES FOR
TRANSPARENCY.
WE WANT TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS
POSSIBLE IN OUR DECISION-
MAKING.
PART OF THAT IS BEING UPFRONT
ABOUT WHAT WE SEE IN THE
PROJECTS BEFORE THESE PROJECTS
ACTUALLY HEAD INTO THE PLANNING
AND DESIGN PHASE.
FURTHERMORE, WE HAVE NEW
PROJECTS ON THE LIST.
WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO BRING
THE PROJECT ON MARTIN LUTHER
KING JR. BOULEVARD.
THE MT. BAKER LIGHT RAIL
STATION.
WE WILL BE FUNDING THAT THROUGH
A PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR VISION
ZERO PROGRAM.
WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO GET
STARTED ON THAT PROJECT.
IT WILL MAKE A REALLY CRITICAL
LINK AND BRING FOLKS TO
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE VIA THE I 90
TRAIL.
ALSO CONNECT UP WITH THE NEAR
NORTH SOUTH TRAIL IN GREENWAY
AND OTHER IMPORTANT CONNECTIONS
ALONG THE WAY.
WITH THE FOURTH ONE WAY
NORTHBOUND PROTECTED BIKE LANE
FUNDED THROUGH CONSTRUCTION.
WE ALSO HAVE A NUMBER OF
PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN
PRIORITIZED FOR PLANNING.
ELUDING THE ENTIRE BEACON
AVENUE ROUTE WHICH WILL CONNECT
WITH THE BRIDGE TO 39th AVENUE
SOUTH.
AGAIN, STUDYING MORE OF MLK TO
SEE EXACTLY HOW FAR SOUTH WE
CAN GO, HOPEFULLY ALL THE WAY
TO HENDERSON.
WE ARE LOOKING OF COURSE AT
GEORGETOWN.
GEORGE TOWN TO DOWNTOWN.
THE CENTER CITY, OBVIOUSLY
THERE IS A LOT OF EXCITING
OPPORTUNITY IN THE WORKS
DOWNTOWN ON THE WATERFRONT.
WE HAVE ALASKAN WAY ON HERE.
WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT PROJECTS
IN PIONEER SQUARE TO CONNECT UP
THE NEW WATERFRONT.
WE ARE EVALUATING 12th AVENUE,
WHICH I KNOW WE ARE WELL-VERSED
ON 12th AVENUE.
AND WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT
CONNECTING THE ADMIRAL
NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE WEST
SEATTLE GREENWAY, WHICH PHASE 1
HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
PHASE 2 IS NOW IN THE WORKS.
THIS WOULD BE THE NEXT PHASE,
WHICH WOULD CONNECT BASICALLY
ALL OF WEST SEATTLE VIA A NORTH-
SOUTH SPINE ROUTE.
>> WHY WAS THE FOURTH AVENUE
BIKE LANE REDUCED TO A
NORTHBOUND LANE?
>> I COULD TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF
THAT.
SOME OF THIS PREDATES ME A
LITTLE BIT.
BUT I HAVE TRIED TO??
GET UP TO SPEED ON HISTORY.
SO JUST TO REITERATE SOMETHING
JIM SAID, WE VIEW THIS PLAN AS
AN ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN.
WHAT ARE WE ACTUALLY
DELIVERING?
WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD.
THE FOURTH AVENUE PROTECTED
BIKE LANE, WE HAVE COMMITTED TO
DESIGNING A TWO-WAY FACILITY.
BUT THE TRAFFIC IMPACTS OF THAT
AND FRANKLY THE COST OF THAT
HAVE NEVER BEEN FULLY STUDIED
AND EVALUATED.
SO THE COST OF WHAT IT WOULD
TAKE TO UPGRADE SIGNAL
INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROTECT TURNS
ACROSS A TO A DETECTED BIKE
LANE WASN'T PART OF THE
PLANNING PROCESS PREVIOUSLY.
THAT IS WHERE I THINK WE FOUND
AS AN AGENCY CHALLENGES TO
IMPLEMENT SIMILAR PROJECTS ON
SECOND AVENUE.
WE ARE, THE ONE WAY LANE
DOESN'T HAVE SOME OF THE SAME
COST IMPLICATIONS.
2A LANES, WHICH WE HAVE
COMMITTED TO DESIGNING TO BE
ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE
IMPLICATIONS ARE FROM AN
OPERATIONS AND COST
PERSPECTIE, IT IS STILL WHAT
WE HAVE COMMITTED TO DOING.
BUT IT IS HARD IN AN
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN TO PUT IN
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT WOMAN
DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FULL SCOPE
AND SCALE OF THE PROJECT IS.
>> I THINK TO ADD ONTO WHAT SAM
SAID, WE HAVE SEEN SOME PRETTY
SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL DELAYS
FOR TRANSIT ON THE CORRIDOR.
IS OF THE ISSUES WE WANT TO
WORK OUT.
WE DO ULTIMATELY WANT TO SEE A
TWO-WAY FACILITY BUT WE HAVE
KINKS TO WORK OUT FIRST.
THE TEAM IS GOING TO GET BACK
INTO DESIGN AND SEE IF THERE
ARE TWEAKS WE CAN MAKE TO THE
PREVIOUS ITERATION OF THE PLAN
TO MAKE THINGS FUNCTION BETTER
FOR EVERYONE OUT THERE.
>> I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION.
I HAVE TALKED A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT IT.
I WILL REPEAT SOME OF THE
THINGS I HAVE TOLD YOU
PRIVATELY.
ONE IS, WE PRIORITIZE
EVERYTHING BY PEDESTRIAN
SAFETY.
WHEN WE PUT ALL THREE OF THOSE
IN, WHICH IS A PRIORITY?
I RESPONSE IS GOING TO BE ALL
OF THEM ARE PRIORITY.
I SPECIFICALLY DID LEAVE OUT
GENERAL-PURPOSE AUTOMOBILES.
WE ARE CERTAINLY DOING AN
AMAZING JOB IN THE CITY OF
REDUCING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
WHO COMMUTE.
I THINK AS OUR CITY CONTINUES
TO GROW, IT WILL BE THE AREA
WHERE IT IS LEAST EFFICIENT AND
THE MOST PLACE WHERE WE HAVE TO
MAKE SACRIFICES.
I AM INTERESTED AS YOU LOOK AT
THE MODELING, TO AGGRESSIVELY
LOOK AT HOW WE MAKE SURE WE
HAVE GOOD SPEED AND RELIABILITY
FOR OUR TRANSIT.
A SAFE BIKE NETWORK AND
PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT GO TELL
US WHAT IS LEFT OVER FOR
GENERAL-PURPOSE.
WE WILL FIGURE OUT HOW TO
MANAGE THAT.
IT IS EASY TO SAY HERE.
I KNOW THERE ARE CHALLENGES BUT
THAT WILL BE BUT I AM HOPING TO
SEE AS IT COMES FORTH.
THE OTHER COMMENT I WANT TO
MAKE, I RECOGNIZE THAT THESE
PROJECTS CAN GET EXPENSIVE.
AND IT IS REALLY NOT FAIR TO
PUT THAT PRIZE ON THE SIDEWALK.
WE TALKED ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS
REQUIRING NEW CURBS BUT WE
SHOULD BE PUSHING TO DO CURB
CUTS IN A COUPLE OF PLACES.
THERE IS A COST OF THAT.
THERE MIGHT BE A COST THAT IS
TRIGGERED BECAUSE WE ARE DOING
A BIKE FACILITY BUT THE COST
SHOULDN'T BE BORNE BY THE BIKE
GRAHAM.
THAT COST TO BE BORNE BY 70.
I REALIZE THAT SAYING THAT THE
MONEY HAS TO COME FROM
SOMEWHERE.
SIMILARLY, WE HAVE SIGNALS THAT
ARE OUTDATED.
WE SAW IT ON SECOND AVENUE.
THE SIGNALS THE MOST PART ARE
SERVING CARS TO MAKE SURE THEY
ARE MOVING SAFELY AROUND OUR
STREETS.
YOU KNOW, IT IS A COST.
IF WE ARE DOING THE PROJECT, WE
HAVE TO DO IT.
WE COME UP WITH THE MONEY IS AN
OPEN QUESTION.
I THINK THE COST OF NOT PUTTING
IN THE FACILITIES IS GOING TO
BE CATASTROPHIC.
IT WILL BE FROM A SAFETY
PERSPECTIVE FOR THOSE WHO
CHOOSE TO BIKE AND TRAFFIC.
BUT ARE ALSO UNCOMFORTABLE BUT
DON'T HAVE A CHOICE.
WE SEE WHERE COLLISIONS CAN
HAPPENED AND IT LEADS TO
INTEREST.
IT IS COST AND RELIABILITY FOR
THE CITY BECAUSE WE END UP
PAYING FOR THOSE.
THE COST FOR THOSE WHO DON'T
FEEL SAFE WRITING ON THE
STREET, WHO CHOOSE TO GO ON THE
SIDEWALK, IT MEANS THAT THE