>>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.
WELCOME TO THIS SPECIAL MEETING
OF THE SUSTAINABILITY AND
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
IT IS AUGUST 9, 2019.
MY NAME IS MIKE O'BRIEN AND I
AM CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE.
I AM JOINED BY MIKE CALLING,
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO.
ESPECIALLY THE SECOND MEETING
THIS WEEK SO I APPRECIATE YOU
CREATING THE SPACE FOR THAT.
STAFF TODAY TO BUY KELLY.
WE WILL WALK TO THE AGENDA IT
REALLY QUICK.
BEFORE I DO THAT, I WANT TO
KNOWLEDGE THIS CAME FROM A
PRESS EVENT.
IF YOU BLOCKS FROM HERE WITH A
NUMBER OF THE FOLKS FROM THE
AUDIENCE.
I WANT TO THANK MEMBERS OF THE
25 COALITION.
THE ROOTED IN RIGHTS/DISABILITY
RIGHTS WASHINGTON, BY CLUB,
SIERRA CLUB, 350 SEATTLE, THE
SEATTLE SUBWAY, ANYONE WHO WAS
PART OF THE PRESS EVENT.
WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT
HERE IN COMMITTEE MEETING AND
JUST A MOMENT AFTER WE GET
THROUGH PUBLIC COMMENT.
THE AGENDA TODAY, WE'LL HAVE A
BRIEFING ON THE MOVE ALL
SEATTLE SUSTAINABLY OR THE 25
PACKAGE.
THE PROTECTED BICYCLE LANES,
THIS IS LISTED FOR A POSSIBLE
VOTE BUT MY INTENT IS NOT TO
THE THIS OUT BUT JUST HAVE A
DISCUSSION TODAY.
WILL ALSO HAVE RESOLUTION ON
FUNDING THE BIKE MASTER PLAN
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
IT WILL LIKELY BE A DISCUSSION
AND WE WILL COME BACK TO THAT.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A
RED LIGHT CAMERA BRIEFING.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS A
MULTIMODAL PARKING RESOLUTION.
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO IS
LEADING ON THAT WORK, THANK
YOU.
, WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE RELATED
TO THE GREEN NEW DEAL FOR
SEATTLE.
WE DISCUSSED THIS IN THE
COMMITTEE MEETING ON TUESDAY.
WILL HAVE A BRIEF DISCUSSION
TODAY.
ORIGINALLY, I WAS THINKING OF
POTENTIALLY VOTING THIS OUT OF
COMMITTEE BUT I AM NOT PLANNING
TO DO THAT TODAY.
WILL TALK ABOUT THAT ITEM WHEN
WE GET TO IT.
SO UNLESS THERE IS OBJECTION, I
WILL GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THE
AGENDA.
SEEING NO OBJECTIONS, THE
AGENDA IS APPROVED.
WE WILL MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE HAVE ABOUT 20 OR 25 FOLKS
SIGNED UP.
I WILL GIVE FOLKS 90 SECONDS.
A MINUTE AND A HALF.
I WILL CALL YOU UP TO THE
MICROPHONES.
ASOKA IS FIRST FOLLOWED BY RYAN
PACKER, PHILIP WEISS.
>> THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO
BE HERE THIS AFTERNOON.
IT IS GREAT TO SEE YOU.
IT IS IMPORTANT AND URGENT THAT
WE PASS THIS MASS TRANSIT
PACKAGE.
AND THE GREEN NEW DEAL ON
MONDAY.
IT IS IMPORTANT.
WE NEED TO STOP CLIMATE CHANGE.
>> THANK YOU.
RYAN?
>> SORRY, I AM RYAN PACKER AND
I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE AS PART
OF THE MASK COALITION.
I AM EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT
SIGNAL POLICY.
REALLY EXCITING.
WE HAVE A PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
CRISIS IN SEATTLE.
39 PEDESTRIANS WERE KILLED OR
SERIOUSLY INJURED FROM JANUARY-
JUNE OF THIS YEAR.
I WAS HERE LAST WEEK TO TALK
ABOUT THAT.
THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE SERIOUS
PROGRESS ON THIS IS
COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEMIC CHANGE
IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT.
70% OF PEDESTRIAN COLLISIONS
HAPPEN AT INTERSECTIONS AND 67%
OF COLLISIONS WITH PEDESTRIANS
HAPPEN OUT LOCATIONS WITH
TRAFFIC SIGNALS.
SO THE BEST WAY, THE CONFERENCE
OF CHANGE, IT IS TO HAVE SIGNAL
POLICY.
THEM TO 25 COALITION ASKS FOR A
SIGNAL POLICY THAT IS
COMPREHENSIVE AND NOT CAR
FOCUSED.
RECENTLY THERE APPEARED AT
LIGHT RAIL STATIONS IN THE
RAINIER VALLEY, HIGHLIGHTING
THAT PEOPLE SHOULD MAKE
THEMSELVES VISIBLE.
THIS WEEK, THEY HAD TO LIFT A
CAR OFF A PEDESTRIAN AT SOUTH
ALASKA STREET.
WE NEED SIGN CHANGES, NOT
LECTURING.
THANKS.
>> PHILIP?
>> HOWDY.
MY NAME IS PHILIP WEISS.
I LIVE IN EASTLAKE AND I'M PART
OF WELCOMING EASTLAKE.
I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA
TIME.
I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I REALLY
THINK THAT A COUPLE OF ITEMS ON
THE AGENDA WOULD REALLY HELP
SOUTHEAST SEATTLE.
WE NEED IT.
I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW
THESE THINGS ARE GOOD FOR ALL
OF SEATTLE.
IN PARTICULAR, ITEMS IN THEM 25
COALITION PACKAGE, IT RELIEVES
BOTTLENECK AT CERTAIN
CHECKPOINTS.
THAT IS USED BY THE NUMBER 70
SERVING EASTLAKE.
YESTERDAY, I WAITED IN EASTLAKE
FOR THE 70 GOING NORTH.
AT 530.
40 MINUTES LATER, STILL
WAITING, THESE WERE THE DELAYS
FOR THE NEXT SIX COACHES AS
LISTED ON ON ONE BUS AWAY.
39 MINUTE DELAY.
51 MINUTE DELAY.
40 MINUTE DELAY.
51 MINUTE DELAY.
85 MINUTE DELAY.
THAT IS MY SCREENSHOT IN THERE.
IT IS VERY TYPICAL.
SECONDLY, REQUIRING PROTECTED
BICYCLE LANES AND BICYCLE
MASTER PLAN TO BE BUILT AS PART
OF REPAVING PROJECTS.
THERE IS REALLY LOUD OPPOSITION
TO THAT IN EASTLAKE AND AROUND
THE CITY BUT THEY DON'T SPEAK
FOR ALL OF EAST LAKERS.
PASSING THE BILL MEANS THAT
PROJECTS GET DONE BASED ON
QUANTIFIABLE CRITERIA, NOT
GIVING A VETO TO THE LOUDEST
AND MOST THREATENING OR THE
PEOPLE WHO CAN SUIT THE MOST
MONEY INTO OPPOSITION.
I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU
WOULD PASS IT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
YES OR?
>> YOU WOULD BE FOLLOWED BY
MILTON RAIN WALL AND THEN
ROSARIO MEDINA.
>> HELLO.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK
TODAY.
IT IS MY FIRST TIME BEING IN
THE CITY COUNCIL.
I WANT THIS PACKAGE TO SUPPORT
THE SOUTH SEATTLE AND SOUTHERN
PART OF SEATTLE LAKE.
BIKING IN THE CITY AND DOWNTOWN
FOR SOMETIMES I FEEL SAFE, NOT
ALL THE TIME.
BUT BIKING ON RAINIER IS REALLY
RISKY.
ANYWHERE NEAR GEORGETOWN,
RANIER BEACH, BEACON HILL, WE
NEED MORE BIKE LANES PROTECTED,
GIVING US A HEAD START INSTEAD
OF CARS.
IT IS SO COMMON ON RAINIER THAT
CARS, I HAVE BEEN ON MANY CLOSE
ACCIDENTS AND IT IS REALLY
SCARY.
WE NEED MORE PROTECTED BIKE
LANES BUT I'M ALSO HERE TO TO
ASK THAT WE NEED TO TELL THE
THIRD COMPANIES BIKE SHARE
PROGRAMS TO LET THE RIDERS PARK
THEIR BIKES OFF THE CENTER.
SO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES CAN
ROLL ON THE SIDEWALKS.
IT IS REALLY COMMON TO WALK IN
DOWNTOWN OR ANYWHERE IN SEATTLE
AND SEE A LINED BIKE BLOCKING
THE WHOLE SIDEWALK.
IT IS REALLY UNFORTUNATE SEEING
THAT.
FOR ME, A REALLY PRIVILEGED
PERSON, I COULD PASS ON TOP OF
IT.
BUT IT IS REALLY SAD.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS MERLIN.
I AM PRIVILEGED TO BE HERE
TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THESE
ITEMS.
I'M HERE TO STRONGLY SUPPORT
THE MASS TRANSPORTATION PACKAGE
AND THE ITEMS RELATED TO BIKE
LANES.
AND COMPLETING THE BICYCLE
MASTER PLAN.
I JUST RETURNED FROM ABOUT FOUR
WEEKS IN EUROPE.
I SPENT FOUR DAYS AT THE
EUROPEAN THE CYCLING
FEDERATIONS, THE CONFERENCE IN
DUBLIN AND I HEAR A LOT ABOUT
WHAT IS BEING DONE AROUND THE
WORLD.
TO PROMOTE ISOLATE GOING.
THEN I SPENT 10 DAYS IN BERLIN
VISITING OLD FRIENDS AND I GOT
ACQUAINTED WITH MY YOUNG SON,
ONE OF MY LONGTIME FRIENDS.
HE WAS VERY EXCITED TO HEAR
THAT I WAS FROM SEATTLE.
HE SAID IS AND SEATTLE AND ECO-
PARADISE?
ITDOESN'T EVERYBODY RIDE
BIKES?
>> AND I SAID I AM REALLY SORRY
TO TELL YOU BUT BERLIN IS DOING
A LOT BETTER THAN WE ARE IN
SEATTLE.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING CLOSE TO
A CONNECTED NETWORK OF BICYCLE
LANES.
WE HAVE MASS TRANSIT THAT IS
CONSTANTLY STUCK IN TRAFFIC.
WE HAVE A LONG WAYS TO GO
BEFORE WE CAN BE THE PARADISE
THAT YOU IMAGINE US TO BE.
I HOPE THAT WE PASS ALL OF
THESE MEASURES AND I CAN GO
BACK TO FLORIAN AND SAY WE ARE
ON OUR WAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YOU HAVE EARNED THAT
REPUTATION THAT WE DO HAVE
GLOBE REALLY.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS ROSARIO
AND I'M HERE ASKING FOR FUNDING
FOR THE GEORGETOWN SOUTH PARK
TRAIL AND HERE SUPPORTING THE
MASS TRANSIT PACKAGE AND OTHER
PROJECTS THAT WERE LEFT
UNFUNDED.
SO MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER CAME TO
GEORGETOWN IN THE LATE 50s AND
DURING THAT TIME, HE WAS ABLE
TO WALK AND BIKE IN THE VALLEY
BEFORE IT WAS HIGHLY
INDUSTRIALIZED.
SADLY IN THE LAST 50 YEARS OR
SO, HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO
THAT SAFELY.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO
WALK AND BIKE IN MY COMMUNITY
AND ALL OVER SOUTH SEATTLE BUT
SADLY, IT IS NOT SAFE RIGHT
NOW.
WITH SAFER WALKING AND BIKE
PATHS, MY COMMUNITY WOULD BE
ABLE TO COMMUTE SAFELY AND BE
HEALTHIER INDIVIDUALS AND LEAVE
A SMALLER CARBON FOOTPRINT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> ROSARIO?
>>> MY NAME IS JESSE MOORE.
>> I SAW THE BATMAN SHIRT.
I SEE YOU.
I WISH WE COULD ZOOM IN ON THAT
BUT WE WILL MOVE AHEAD.
>> I SEE YOU.
>> THAT IS SOLIDARITY.
MY NAME IS JESSE.
I LIVE AND WORK IN GEORGETOWN.
THAT IS PART OF THE GREATER
DUWAMISH NEIGHBORHOOD.
TOGETHER WITH SODA, BRIDGETOWN
AND SOUTH PARK.
IN THE LAST 14 YEARS, SINCE I
HAVE LIVED AND WORKED IN THE
GREATER TO WARMISH, I HAVE SEEN
PROJECTS, REPAVING PROJECTS
LIKE CORSON, ELLIS AVENUE
SOUTH, EAST MARGINAL WAY SOUTH,
THE COURT OR, REPAVING
PROJECTS, NONE OF THESE HAVE
RESULTED IN A SINGLE
RECOMMENDATION FROM THE BIKE
MASTER PLAN BEING BUILT.
OUR NEIGHBORHOODS STILL DON'T
HAVE A SINGLE PIECE OF ALL AGES
AND ABILITIES INFRASTRUCTURE
BUILT BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUR
COMPLETE STREET ORDINANCE HAVE
SOME TEETH SO I SUPPORT
LEGISLATION THAT WOULD HELP
THINGS GET BUILT WHILE WE ARE
DOING REPAVING.
65,000 PEOPLE COME TO AND FROM
WORK EVERY DAY AND THE GREATER
DUWAMISH.
WITHIN THE LARGEST INDUSTRIAL
CENTER OF THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON.
WE DO THIS WITH LESS SIDEWALKS
AND FEWER BUS OPTIONS THAN ANY
OTHER MAJOR EMPLOYMENT CENTERS
IN THE CITY.
IT IS NO WONDER WHY 73% OF THE
PEOPLE DRIVE ALONE WHO WANT TO
GET DOWN TO 51%.
LIKE WE SAY IN THE CONFERENCE
OF PLAN, WE NEED TO SUPPORT
SAFE, SEPARATED PLACES FOR
PEOPLE TO WALK AND BIKE.
PLEASE FUND WHAT IS IN THE BIKE
MASTER PLAN.
A SAFE CONNECTION BETWEEN
DOWNTOWN SOTO AND GEORGETOWN.
THE GEORGETOWN TO SOUTH PARK
TRAIL AND MAKE INVESTMENTS IN
THE GREATER TO WARMISH
NEIGHBORHOODS.
THANK YOU.
>> NEXT UP IS BRIEF FOLLOWED BY
MATTHEW LANG, MARCY CARPENTER
AND THEN KIMBERLY CANTON.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS BREE AND I WILL KEEP
A VERY SHORT AND SWEET.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
RECOGNIZE ALL THE PEOPLE WHO
ARE HERE TODAY TO SUPPORT THE
MASS TRANSPORTATION PACKAGE.
WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SPEAK SO
THAT EVERYBODY HERE TO SUPPORT
THE MASS TRANSPORTATION PACKAGE
JUST RAISE YOUR HAND?
THAT IS A LOT OF FOLKS.
AT 2:00 ON A FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
KEEP THEM RAISED ONE MORE TIME
FOR GORDON'S PHOTO.
INC.
YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU, BREE.
>> MATTHEW?
>>> MY NAME IS MATTHEW LANG AND
I AM THE LEAD ORGANIZER AT THE
TRANSIT RIDERS UNION.
I AM SUPPORTIVE OF A MASS
COALITION TRANSPORTATION
PACKAGE.
EVERYTHING THAT IS OUTLINED IN
THE PACKAGE.
I MYSELF I AM PRIMARILY A CAR
DRIVER BECAUSE I TAKE
ACROBATICS THROUGHOUT KING
COUNTY AND HAVE TO HAUL THE
EQUIPMENT ALL OVER THE PLACE.
I BELIEVE THAT PHYSICAL HEALTH
IS KEY TO OUR CHILDREN'S
FUTURE, EVEN AS A PHYSICAL
EDUCATION PROGRAM IS BEING CUT
DAY BY DAY.
AS CLIMATE CHANGE CONTINUES AND
AIR BECOMES LESS BREATHABLE, WE
MUST INVEST IN TRANSPORTATION
AND KEEP OUR BODIES MOVING.
SPEAKING OF CHILDREN, I
WITNESSED A 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL
THAT WAS PLANNING TO TESTIFY
TODAY BECAUSE OF SHE WAS
ARRESTED OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL
BECAUSE OF A STRIKE MESSAGE
PAINTED ON THE WALL CITY HALL.
THE POLICE CAME IN A STORM OF
SIX VEHICLES AND NO LESS THAN
20 OFFICERS.
THEY WERE ACTING AGGRESSIVE
TOWARDS THIS WOMAN, 13 YEARS
OLD.
I HEARD ONE PERSON SAY YOU
CAN'T STRIKE IF YOU DON'T HAVE
A JOB.
IS THAT RIGHT?
I WAS REPEATEDLY BLOCKING HER
FROM GETTING HER INFORMATION SO
I COULD GET IN TOUCH WITH HER
PARENTS AND GET THE RIGHT LEGAL
SUPPORT THEY NEEDED.
OUR CHILDREN ARE SCARED.
THERE ACTING OUT IN THE ONLY
WAYS THEY KNOW HOW.
THERE PART OF THE GREEN NEW
DEAL MOVEMENT.
THEY ARE HERE IN SUPPORT OF
THEIR COMMUNITIES.
GOOD CHILDREN.
WE MUST BE, WE MUST ADJUST
POLICIES SO THEIR FUTURE ISN'T
AS BLEAK AS IT LOOKS RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU.
>> MARCY CARPENTER IS NEXT.
>> THANK YOU.
I NAME IS MARCY CARPENTER AND I
LIVE IN WEST SEATTLE.
I VOLUNTEER AROUND THE CITY,
THE COUNTY, THE STATE AND ALL
OVER THE COUNTRY.
I AM HERE TODAY RECOVERING FROM
A FRACTURED RIB THAT I INCURRED
FROM A SIDEWALK THAT WAS PUSHED
UP BY A TREAT ROUTE.
I LINK THAT SEATTLE NEEDS TO DO
A MUCH BETTER JOB OF KEEPING
TRACK OF THE AREAS OF TOWN
WHERE THESE THINGS ARE
PREVALENT.
AND TAKE MEASURES TO SOLVE THE
PROBLEMS BEFORE THERE ARE MORE
INJURIES LIKE MINE.
I SUPPORT THE MASS
TRANSPORTATION PACKAGE AND THE
OTHER PROGRAMS YOU ARE LOOKING
AT TODAY.
BUT I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING
ABOUT BIKE AND SCOOTER SHARE.
YOU CAN BUILD ALL OF THE
PARKING THAT YOU WANT AND YOU
CAN HAVE ALL OF THE LANES YOU
WANT AND THEY ARE ALL VERY
GOOD.
THEY ALL HELP.
AND I WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE ALL
MODES OF TRANSPORTATION
AVAILABLE TO THEM.
BUT THERE ARE NO CONSEQUENCES
FOR PEOPLE WHO PARK ILLEGALLY,
NUMBER IF IT IS GOING TO
MATTER.
I ENCOUNTER ON A REGULAR BASIS
BIKES THAT, A BIKE CORRAL WITH
BIKES THAT ARE LITTERED OUTSIDE
OF THE BIKE CORRAL AND BLOCKING
THE SIDEWALKS.
IT IS NOT WORKING NOW.
THERE NEEDS TO BE A GEO-FENCED
AREA, MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE WHAT
WASHINGTON DC HAS DONE IN THE
CAPITAL AREA.
I HAVE BEEN THERE TWICE THIS
YEAR.
THERE ARE LOTS OF PEOPLE
WRITING BIKE AND SCOOTER SHARE
AND VERY FEW IMPROPERLY PARKED
BIKES.
THANK YOU.
>> KIMBERLY?
KIMBERLY YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED
BY JESSE SIMPSON AND THEN
CEDRIC?
AND THEN MARGARET.
>> SO THANK YOU FOR THIS
AGENDA.
EVERYTHING ON IT LOOKS
FANTASTIC.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT MONEY.
BECAUSE WE HAVE TO PAY FOR ALL
OF THIS STUFF.
WE DESERVE ALL OF THIS STUFF,
SO I ASKED THE COMMITTEE AND
THE COUNCIL, EVERYBODY IN THIS
ROOM TO KEEP FIGHTING FOR TRULY
PROGRESSIVE REVENUE SOURCES.
DON'T BACK DOWN IN THE FACE OF
SCARE TACTICS LIKE THOSE THAT
THE MAYOR USED TO KILL THE HEAD
TAX.
THE CITY IS SO RICH.
IT IS SO RICH.
BUT IT IS RICH AND HELD CAPTIVE
BY A SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE
WITH OBSCENE AMOUNTS OF
UNEARNED WEALTH.
IT IS BECAUSE OF EARNING ON THE
BACKS OF THE UNCOMPENSATED
PUBLIC.
ALL OF THOSE UNDESERVING
WEALTHY HAVE A DISPROPORTIONATE
AMOUNT OF POWER TO LORD OVER
THE REST OF US IN PUBLIC
INSTITUTIONS AND POLICIES IN
OUR VERY LIVES.
WE CAN PAY FOR THE MASS
PACKAGE, WE CAN PAY FOR SALES
GREEN NEW DEAL, FOR SAFER
STREETS, FOR MORE AND BETTER
MAINTAINED PUBLIC TOILETS, FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PUBLIC
EDUCATION, FREE, FAST, FREQUENT
ACCESSIBLE PUBLIC TRANSIT AND
SO MUCH MORE.
WE CAN DO THAT IF YOU AND WE
FIGHT TO TAKE BACK THE UNEARNED
WEALTH OF GAZILLION ERRORS AND
BILLIONAIRES AND AND THUS THAT
WEALTH IN THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.
>> JESSE?
>> I AM JESSE SIMPSON.
I VOLUNTEER WITH THE CAPITAL
INITIATIVE AND SHARE THAT
CITIES.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF
MASS ASPORTATION PACKAGE.
I MOSTLY GET AROUND THE CITY BY
BIKE AND I EXPERIENCED FEELINGS
OF DANGER ALL THE TIME.
CONSTANTLY, WHEN YOU'RE GOING
AROUND, BIKING IN THE CITY, YOU
HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT RIGHT
HOOKS, LEFT HOOKS, CARS
OVERTAKING AND WE KNOW THAT
PEOPLE ONLY ACTUALLY GET AROUND
BY BIKE IN A MASS WAY IF WE
BUILD OUT SAFE AND CONNECTED
BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE.
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT YOUR MOTHER
OR YOUR CHILD WILL ACTUALLY BE
USING.
THAT MEANS WE CAN'T LEAVE 1-2
BLOCK SEGMENTS JUST MIXED
TRAFFIC AS SDOT HAS TENDED TO
DO.
THAT MEANS WE NEED TO FOCUS ON
MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE IN
THE CITY CAN GET AROUND BY BIKE
AND I URGE YOU TO BUILD OUT THE
BIKE MASTER PLAN AS QUICKLY AS
YOU CAN AND SAVE MONEY BY
IMPLEMENTING IT WHEREVER YOU
ARE LREADY RIPPING OUT THE
STREETS.
THANK YOU.
>> IS THAT CEDRIC?
THERE WE GO.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS PADRICK.
I AM HERE TO SUPPORT INCREASING
AMOUNTS OF MONEY FROM RED LAKE
CAMERA FUNDS.
AND PHYSICAL CHANGES THAT MAKE
IT SAFER TO WALK AND ROW IN
SEATTLE.
TUESDAY I WAS ON THE BUS MY
GRANDMA AND BROTHERS AND TWO
BIG CAR CRASHES ON RAINIER AND
MLK MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR OUR
BUS TO TAKE THE BUS TO RANIER
BEACH.
WE HAD TO GO BACK HOME.
PLEASE MAKE OUR ROADS LESS THAN
DANGEROUS.
[APPLAUSE]
>> MARGARET?
>> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IN A
PERSONAL CAPACITY, I SUPPORT
ALL OF THE THINGS IN FRONT OF
THIS COMMITTEE TODAY.
BUT MOST OF ALL, I AM HERE TO
REPRESENT THE SEATTLE SCHOOL
TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, WHICH
IS ONE OF THE CITY BOARDS AND
COMMISSIONS.
AND THE COMMITTEE IS VERY
ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT NUMBER FOUR
I BELIEVE ON THE AGENDA.
THE RED LIGHT CAMERA MONEY
REDIRECTION.
WE ARE VERY DISMAYED IN 2018 TO
SEE MONEY FROM THAT RED LIGHT
CAMERA FUNDS BE DIRECTED TO THE
GENERAL FUND AND AWAY FROM SAFE
SCHOOLS.
WE HAVE BEEN MAPPING THE
PROBLEM AREAS IN SAFE ROADS AND
THERE ARE MANY OF THEM.
SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED THAT
THE MONEY WILL GO BACK TO SAFE
ROUTES FOR SCHOOL AND WE ARE
ALSO EXCITED ABOUT THE
EXPANSION OF MONEY GOING TO
VISION SARAH.
WE WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT WE
THINK THAT IT SHOULD GO TOWARDS
PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
CHANGES, WHICH WILL HELP PEOPLE
DRIVE SAFELY, USE ALL OF OUR
ROADS SAFELY AND WE WOULD LIKE
THAT TO TAKE PRIMACY OR THE
ENFORCEMENT OF THE VISION ZERO
PROGRAM BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE IT
IS MUCH EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO
USE THE ROAD SAFELY WHEN
INFRASTRUCTURE IS IN PLACE.
THAT CAN BE THE ENFORCEMENT WE
NEED RATHER THAN THE UNINTENDED
AND EQUITABLE BYPRODUCTS OF
ENFORCEMENT THAT WE HAVE BEEN
ADVISED, THE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN
ADVISED HAPPEN TOO OFTEN IN OUR
COMMUNITIES.
SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MARGARET.
>> DOUG McDONALD IS NEXT.
AND THEN DOUG, YOU WILL BE
FOLLOWED BY LIZ DODDS AND THEN
LET'S SEE, MAYBE ESTES?
THANK YOU.
AND PAULINE.
>> I AM DOUG McDONALD AND I'M
HERE IN SUPPORT OF ALMOST
EVERYTHING THAT IT IS PENSIVELY
TO REINFORCE WHAT MARCY
CARPENTER SAID.
IS TODAY I SENT 20 PICTURES OF
THE NEW BIKE CORRALS AND THE
UNIVERSITY DISTRICT.
AND BIKES LITTERED ON ALL OF
THE SURROUNDING CORNERS AND
BLOCKS.
YOU CAN BUILD ALL OF THE BIKE
CORRALS YOU WANT AND IF YOU DO
NOT HAVE AN ENFORCEMENT
MECHANISM THAT REQUIRES PEOPLE
TO PARK THEIR BIKES IN THE BITE
CORRALS, YOU ARE WASTING YOUR
MONEY AND MISSING THE POINT.
YOU ARE NOT PROTECTING THE
SIDEWALKS FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED
SIDEWALK ACCESS.
THERE ARE OTHER REASONS THAT
ARE PROBLEMATIC.
IT IS SHRIVELING AND THAT IS A
DIFFICULT PROBLEM.
THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE RAISED
PRICES 60% BEANS THE PEOPLE WHO
SHOULD BE ENFORCED AGAINST,
BIKE SHARE IS BEING PRICED OUT
OF THE -- THERE WILL BE 4000
BIKES IN SEATTLE.
IS IT A PROBLEM?
I WALKED UP FROM SECOND AND
JERRY WHERE I GOT OFF THE BUS.
YOU COULDN'T COME IN THE FOURTH
AVENUE ENTRANCE WITH A
WHEELCHAIR BECAUSE THE JUNK
BIKE IS THERE.
ON THE SIGNAL STUFF, WE SO
BADLY NEED LEADING PEDESTRIAN
ITERATIONS.
THEY NEED TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM
TO 134 MORE IN FIVE YEARS?
THERE ARE CITIES AROUND THE
COUNTRY WHERE YOU ARE DOING
THAT EVERY YEAR AND HAVE 2000
LPI'S.
WHY CAN'T SOMETHING GET DONE AS
IF IT WERE A MATTER OF REAL
URGENCY TO PROTECT PEDESTRIANS?
I ONLY SAY ONE MORE THING.
I RIDE THE BUS ALL OVER.
I ROAD THE SEVEN DOWN TO GRAHAM
WHICH HAS ACTUALLY BE STOPPED.
I LIVE IN NORTH SEATTLE.
SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT
RAINIER AVENUE.
THIS IS TERRIBLE.
IT IS THAT PEDESTRIAN
CONDITIONS, THE TRANSIT IS SO
SLOW.
ALL OVER THE CITY EMMA THE
PRIORITY SHOULD BE ADDRESSED
CITYWIDE.
IT SHOULD STOP THE MESS ON
RAINIER AVENUE AND MAKE IT A
SAFE PLACE TO DRIVE, TO WALK,
TO BIKE AND A CONVENIENT PLACE
TO RIDE THE BUS.
THANK YOU.
LIZ DODDS?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS LIZ DODDS AND I LIVE
IN THE BRYANT NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO MUCH AS BEEN DONE IN SEATTLE
IN THE PAST FEW YEARS ON BIKE
SAFETY AND BIKE LANES.
I'M HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
SO MUCH MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE
TO SUPPORT THE MASS PACKAGE.
I COULDN'T BRING MY FIVE-YEAR-
OLD ANDTWO-YEAR-OLD GRANDSON'S
WITH ME BUT I WANT YOU TO
PICTURE IN YOUR MIND WHAT I GOT
TO EXPERIENCE THIS MONEY ON A
NICE DAY IN SEATTLE AS WE DID
THIS MORNING.
THE TWO-YEAR-OLD IS IN THE
TRAILER BEHIND ME ON MY BIKE.
HUGO.
AND MARSHALL IS IN FRONT OF ME
ON HIS BIKE.
HE IS FIVE YEARS OLD.
AND THERE COULD NOT BE HAPPIER
PERSON IN THE WORLD AS HIS
LITTLE LEGS GO AROUND AND
AROUND.
AND HE SINGS TO HIMSELF AND
TALKS TO HIMSELF AS WE BICYCLE
AROUND.
AS YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT ALL
THESE GREAT BICYCLE MEASURES,
PLEASE KEEP MARSHALL AND HUGO
IN MIND.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, LIZ.
>> ESTES?
>> MY NAME IS ESTES AND I NOW A
COUPLE OF PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY
TALKED TO THE PROBLEM OF PEOPLE
IN WHEELCHAIRS GETTING BLOCKED
BY BICYCLES AND OTHER THINGS
ALONG THE WAY.
ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO ADD
TO THIS IS A GENERAL REQUEST TO
MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE PARTS
OF THE GREAT HAVE BETTER
COORDINATION.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE BICYCLE PLAN
AND ACCESS TRANSPORTATION IS
ONE EXAMPLE RIGHT NOW.
THERE ARE MANY TIMES THERE ARE
PROBLEMS WHERE ACCESS DRIVERS
CANNOT GET TO THE SIDEWALK TO
PICK UP RIDERS BECAUSE THE
BICYCLE, THE BIKE LANES, THEY
ARE IN BETWEEN WHERE THEY GO
AND THE SIDEWALK.
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES THAT
NEED TO ACCESS THOSE ACCESS
FANS CAN'T GET WITH IT BECAUSE
THE BICYCLES GET IN THE WAY.
THINGS LIKE THAT.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PARTS OF
THIS GREAT PLAN THAT NEED MUCH
BETTER COORDINATION.
MUCH BETTER IN A WAY, TALKING
BETWEEN ONE DEPARTMENT AND THE
OTHER.
WE ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH ROADS
BEING REPAVED JUST TO BE DOUG
AND BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T THINK
ABOUT THE ONE PARTS OF THE ROAD
THAT NEEDS TO BE DOUG FOR
SOMETHING.
PLEASE GET A BETTER
COORDINATION.
BETWEEN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS
THAT ALL WORK TOWARDS THAT
GREAT PLAN.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
CLAIRE RICHARDS.
AND BRENT HILLIER AND BOB
ANDERTON.
>> IF YOU GUYS GO EMMA I HAVE
HEARD.
I WOULD ADD TO THAT.
I WILL DEFINITELY SUPPORT THE
MASS COALITIONS GOALS SO
TRANSIT IS MY FAVORITE PART OF
THAT.
AND I LIKE THIS IN PARTICULAR
BECAUSE IT IS VERY FLEXIBLE.
I LIKE THE SAME DEDICATED LANES
FOR BUSES.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE BUS
ONLY ON THIRD AVENUE EXTENDED
ALL THE WAY TO BROAD STREET.
I WAS THINKING ABOUT HOW MANY
ROUTES THAT WOULD IMPACT.
PRACTICALLY THE ENTIRE NORTH
END.
THEY ARE SORT OF FUNNELED.
IT WAS A START THERE.
ALL OF THE CLEAN AIR.
MAGNOLIA, BALLARD, AND CRAB
HILL AND GREENWOOD, ALL THE WAY
UP TO SHORELINE COLLEGE.
AND THE CITY OF SHORELINE AND
THE VILLAGE.
AND ALL OVER EAST LAKE AND EVEN
THE ROUTES THAT GO TO NORTHGATE
AND ALSO TO THE DISTRICT, MORE
LOCAL ROUTES THAT ARE NOT THE
MAIN ROUTE.
THE EXPRESS ROUTES.
I LIKE MORE OF THAT.
>> BEFORE I LEAVE, THANK YOU,
MIKE.
IN PARTICULAR, I APPRECIATE
THAT THE LAST COMMITTEE MEETING
A FEW DAYS AGO, YOU ARE
ADDRESSING PEOPLE BY FIRST
NAME.
YOU WERE REALLY FRIENDLY ABOUT
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
SOMETIMES THAT IS NOT ALWAYS
THE CASE.
YOU COULD GET REALLY
ADVERSARIAL BUT IT WAS A VERY
NICE EXPERIENCE.
WE FELT INCLUDED.
I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HELLO, I HAVE NOT BEEN HERE
BEFORE EITHER.
MY NAME IS CLAIRE, RICHARDS.
I AM HERE AS A MOM.
I HAVE A THREE AND HALF-YEAR-
OLD SON AND I WANT TO CRY
BECAUSE I CAN'T THINK OF A
FUTURE FOR HIM.
WITH CLIMATE CHANGE, I AM
CRYING ALL THE TIME BECAUSE I
DON'T KNOW, I'M SORRY.
I AM BESIDE MYSELF BECAUSE I AM
A RESEARCHER AND I LOOK AT THE
DATA.
AND I'M LIKE, WE ARE ON A CRASH
COURSE WITH A DISASTER.
WE ARE NOT PREPARED.
AS A SOCIETY, WE ARE NOT
REPAIRED.
WE ARE NOT TAKING THIS
SERIOUSLY ENOUGH.
IT IS ONLY THE BEGINNING.
WE NEED TO SUPPORT THIS
PACKAGE.
WE NEED TO SUPPORT MORE.
WE NEED TO BECOME LESS RELIANT
ON FOSSIL FUELS.
WE NEED TO SUPPORT EQUITY.
TO MAKE THIS FAIR FOR EVERYONE
IN THE CITY.
WE NEED TO PICK ABOUT WHAT IS
GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN OTHER
PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY IN THE
NEXT 30-50-100 YEARS DON'T HAVE
ENOUGH WATER AND THEY ARE
COMING TO OUR CITY.
YOU KNOW?
SERIOUSLY.
PEOPLE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT
THIS.
BUT IT IS REAL.
AND I DON'T MEAN TO BE
CATASTROPHIC BUT YOU LOOK AT
THE DATA AND THAT IT SAYS.
I BIKE WITH MY SON AND WE HAVE
A FAMILY BIKE. I
, WE ONLY GO ALONG THE TRAILS
BECAUSE WE ARE TERRIFIED ABOUT
GOING OFF THE TRAILS.
IT WILL BE NICE TO MAKE THE
REST OF THE CITY SAFE FOR
EVERYONE.
THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
>>> THANK YOU, CLAIRE.
BRETT?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS BRETT AND I'M A
CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE OF THE
SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
I WORK IN FIRE LANE SAFETY
SYSTEMS REQUIREMENTS.
I MONITOR THE HIGH-RISE
INSPECTION PROGRAM.
I WANT TO SHARE WITH THE
CHAMBER, I WAS DRIVEN OFF THE
ROAD BY IN 18 WILL SEMITRUCK
WHICH COLLIDED WITH ME, DESPITE
ME HAVING THE RIGHT-OF-WAY ON
ALASKA WAY SOUTH.
I WANT TO URGE THIS CHAMBER TO
DO WHATEVER IT CAN TO IMPLEMENT
THE BICYCLE MASTER PLAN.
CREATE SEPARATED, PROTECTED
BIKE LANES FOR EVERYBODY WHO
CHOOSES NOT TO DRIVE IN THE
CITY.
THANK YOU.
>> I AM GRATEFUL YOU ARE HERE
IN ONE PIECE, MOSTLY.
I KNOW THAT MUST BE TERRIFYING.
WE CAN DO BETTER.
BOB, YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED AND
THEN THIS IS THE LAST PERSON
WHO HAS SIGNED UP.
ALTHOUGH I THINK HE MIGHT HAVE
SIGNED UP.
>> I AM BOB AND I AM HERE AS A
BOARD MEMBER OF SEATTLE
NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS.
AND AS THE FOUNDING ATTORNEY
BIKE LAW.
I AM HOLDING THIS VISION ZERO
SON.
MOSTLY WHAT I PLANNED TO DO IS
SAY THANK YOU FOR ACTUALLY
TAKING ACTION TOWARDS GETTING
US TO VISION ZERO.
WE ALL TALK ABOUT IT BUT IT
REQUIRES ACTION TO MAKE THE
STREETS SAFER FOR EVERYONE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS
HEARING AND PLEASE PASS
LEGISLATION THAT ENFORCES IT.
BASED ON OUR FIREFIGHTER HERE,
ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE
TO SEE ARE PROTECTED BIKE LANES
THAT ARE ACTUALLY PROTECTED,
SPRING-LOADED, PLASTIC, DON'T
REALLY DETECT PEOPLE.
BIG PIECES OF CEMENT, EVEN
THOUGH IT CONTRIBUTES TO GLOBAL
WARMING.
DOES IT SEPARATED PHYSICALLY?
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF
THAT.
PLEASE TAKE ACTION TO MAKE OUR
STREETS SAFER.
>> THANK YOU.
I WANT TO URGE THE BEST
TRANSPORTATION PACKAGE AND ALSO
TALK ABOUT MY PERSONAL
EXPERIENCE AS SOMEONE WHO LIVES
IN SOUTH SEATTLE AND NEEDS TO
GO TO DOWNTOWN EVERY DAY.
RIGHT NOW, WE STILL DON'T HAVE
A SINGLE SAFE AND CONVENIENT
ROUTE FROM SOUTH SEATTLE TO THE
REST OF THE CITY.
I THINK THAT IS DEFINITELY
SOMETHING THAT IS OF URGENCY
TOO MANY PEOPLE.
AND ALSO WITHIN SOUTH SEATTLE,
WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND
THERE ARE PARTICULARLY TENUOUS
STREETS AND WE NEED TO HAVE
SAFER INFRASTRUCTURE SO THAT
PEOPLE WHO ARE CURRENTLY
WALKING AND BIKING CAN BE SAFER
AND ALSO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
CURRENTLY NOT, THEY WILL FEEL
EMPOWERED TO WALK.
AND MOBILITY DEVICES.
WE CAN JUST HAVE BETTER AND
MORE SUSTAINABLE NEIGHBORHOODS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
NIGEL ROBINSON?
AND IF THERE ARE OTHER FOLKS
WHO WANT TO COMMENT, PLEASE GET
IN LINE BEHIND.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS NIGEL ROBINSON AND I
ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW TOO MUCH
ABOUT WHAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN
DOING ON THESE ISSUES ALREADY
OR WHAT YOU ARE VOTING ON.
I GOT OFF AN AMTRAK YESTERDAY
AND I'M GOING ON ONE ON SUNDAY
BECAUSE IT IS SUMMER RECESS.
WHEN IT IS NOT, I AM A CITY
COUNCILMEMBER IN BERKELEY,
CALIFORNIA.
I AM HERE ON VACATION.
BERKELEY IS THE THIRD IN THE
COUNTRY IN WALK ABILITY FOR
COMMUTERS.
FORTH IN THE COUNTRY FOR BIKE
ABILITY.
EXPLORING YOUR CITY AS A
TOURIST, I HAVE FELT SO
INCREDIBLY SAFE IN YOUR VERY
PROTECTED BIKE LANES.
DESPITE BERKELEY'S NUMBERS, IT
IS CLEAR THAT SEATTLE, YOU ARE
LEADING THE COUNTRY IN MOBILITY
AND FOR STRUCTURE.
I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE
YOU.
IT IS HILARIOUS.
I WAS DELIGHTED TO SEE THAT ON
THIS ENTIRELY RANDOM DAY, I
DECIDED TO STOP BY CITY HALL TO
SAY HELLO TO SOME FRIENDS WHO
HAPPEN TO HAVE A COMMITTEE
MEETING STARTING AT 15 MINUTES.
TO DO EVEN MORE.
I AM REALLY IMPRESSED BY ALL
YOU HAVE BEEN DOING.
I WOULD ALIGN MYSELF WITH THE
INCREDIBLE ACTS THAT WAS HERE
TODAY.
DEMANDING YOU BE COURAGEOUS IN
THE FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE
CHANGE.
BUT MOSTLY I AM HERE TO
CONGRATULATE YOU AND TELL YOU
TO KEEP IT UP.
VERY GOOD TO MEET YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
IT IS NICE TO MEET YOU.
WE TRY TO SCHEDULE FRIDAY
AFTERNOON MEETINGS NOT JUST FOR
APPLICANTS BUT FOR TOURISTS TO
COME THROUGH AND VISIT.
WITHOUT THAT PIECE OF THE
BUSINESS WORKED OUT.
I ACKNOWLEDGE SEATTLE IS SEEN
AS ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES,
NOT JUST THE SAFEST IN THE
COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.
YOU HAVE WAY TOO MANY
FATALITIES AND INJURIES DESPITE
BEING ONE OF THE BEST.
FRANKLY, THE DATA THIS YEAR
SHOWS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE
OVER RECENT YEARS.
THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO BE
GONE BUT THERE, IT IS NICE TO
HEAR FROM FOLKS IN OTHER CITIES
THAT FEEL LIKE WE ARE DOING
WELL.
AS MERLIN SAID EARLIER,
SOMETIMES THE PRAISE IS A
LITTLE MORE THAN WE ACTUALLY
LIVE UP TO.
WE HAVE WORK TO DO.
I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT WE
ARE PASSING A GREEN NEW DEAL
RESOLUTION ON MONDAY.
MOVING TOWARDS CLIMATE
POLLUTION FREE CITY BY THE YEAR
230.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE WILL BE
LOOKING AT IS PROFITING NEW
NATURAL GAS HOOKUPS WOULD YOU
GUYS DID ABOUT A MONTH AGO.
SO I AM REALLY GRATEFUL FOR
YOUR CITY COUNCIL'S LEADERSHIP
ON THAT.
I BELIEVE THE FIRST IN THE
COUNTRY TO DO THAT.
SO THANK YOU.
INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
>> I AM CARRIE AND I RECENTLY
MOVED BACK TO SEATTLE.
I AM GRATEFUL THAT WE ARE ABLE
TO GET RID OF OUR CAR.
WE LIVE FULLY CAR FREE.
WE WALK, WE BITE, WE BUS.
I WOULD LOVE TO BIKE MORE BUT I
AM NERVOUS TO DO SO.
I UNDERSTAND, AS MANY OF YOU
KNOW, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE
OF THESE THINGS GET PASSED AND
FUNDED AND BE DONE SO QUICKLY.
I ALSO HAVE TO USE MOBILITY AID
FROM TIME TO TIME.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS LIKE TO
TRY TO WALK ON THESE SIDEWALKS
WENT THERE BROKEN UP AND I CAN
ONLY IMAGINE WHAT IT MUST BE
LIKE TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THESE
BIKES EVERYWHERE.
SO I ENCOURAGE SOME CREATIVE
SOLUTIONS TO THESE TYPES OF
PROBLEMS.
I WOULD ALSO ASK THAT SEATTLE
WORK HARDER ON GETTING THESE
SIDEWALKS IN BETTER CONDITION.
AND GETTING SIDEWALKS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY INTO PLACES
WHERE THEY DON'T EXIST.
THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU HAVE
DONE.
THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO DO
THAT WORK AND LET'S DO IT AS
FAST AS WE CAN.
>> I ASKED YOU TO SIGN IN WHEN
YOU ARE DONE.
DAVID, THERE ARE TWO FOLKS IN
FRONT OF YOU BEHIND YOU.
SO -- OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
DAVID AND ANNA.
>> MY NAME IS DAVID GOLDBERG
AND IN 2003, I ACTUALLY COINED
THE TERM COMPLETE STREETS
WORKING WITH A BUNCH OF
NATIONAL FOLKS TRYING TO
IMPLEMENT WHAT WAS THEN CALLED
ROUTINE ACCOMMODATION.
THAT SOUNDED LIKE A CRAPPY
HOTEL ROOM.
I SAID, WHAT DO YOU GOT?
I SAID HOW ABOUT COMPLETE
STREETS?
WERE THRILLED BACK IN 2008.
WHEN SEATTLE BECAME THE FIRST
BIG CITY TO ADOPT A COMPLETE
STREETS ORDINANCE.
I WAS A LITTLE BIT CHAGRINED
WHEN I JOINED THE PEDESTRIAN
ADVISORY BOARD SEVERAL YEARS
AGO.
TO REALIZE THAT WHILE WE DO A
PRETTY GOOD JOB OF AUDITING FOR
COMPLETE STREETS, WE DO NOT DO
A GREAT JOB OF FINDING AND
STICKING TO THE SOLUTIONS THAT
ARE RECOMMENDED THROUGH THOSE
COMPLETE STREETS AUDITS.
I ENCOURAGE TO SEE LEGISLATION
TO PUT TEETH INTO THE COMPLETE
STREETS ORDINANCE.
70 WHO WAS ON THE PEDESTRIAN
ADVISORY BOARD AND WORKED ON
THE MASTER PLAN, IT HAS BEEN
FRUSTRATING TO SEE THAT PLAN
ALONG WITH THE BIKE MASTER
PLAN, TRANSIT PLAN AND OTHER
PLANS GET SHORT CHANGED OFTEN
WHEN POLITICAL WINDS BLOW
AGAINST SOMETHING AND IT FEELS
THAT SOMEONE SAID EARLIER, THE
LOUDEST VOICE OR MOST MONIED
VOICE TENDS TO PREVAIL.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU TAKING
THESE STEPS AND THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR HAVING THIS HEARING.
OR MEETING.
THANK YOU.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS MOLLY AND I MAY
SATELLITE.
I LIVE IN THE WEDGEWOOD
NEIGHBORHOOD AND WAS PART OF
THE SAFE 35th COALITION.
THEY ATTENDED, FUTILELY, TO
MAINTAIN THE ORIGINAL DESIGN AS
SET FORTH BY SDOT ORIGINALLY
AND MAINTAINED BY THE BICYCLE
MASTER PLAN.
I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW MY SUPPORT
FOR THIS LEGISLATION BECAUSE
SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF
GREAT LEADERSHIP IN THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE, I THINK THIS WILL HAVE
MORE TEETH TO MAINTAIN BICYCLE
NETWORKS, WHICH IS IMPORTANT
FOR CLIMATE AND TRANSPORTATION.
AND FOR VISION ZERO.
THANK YOU.
>> YEAH.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS MATT LOW AND I ALSO
AM A NEEDLE SATELLITE.
I MOVED BACK THREE YEARS AGO.
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN I WANT TO
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO
THE CITY.
ALL YOU HAVE DONE FOR PUSHING
THESE EFFORTS FORWARD.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT MY MOM
REALLY QUICK, SHE'S TO BE THE
KIND OF PERSON, SHE LIVES IN
THE 35th AREA AND SHE USED TO
COMPLAIN ABOUT LOSING PARKING
SPACES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT I GOT HER ON THE JUMP BIKES
AND SHE GOT EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
SHE GOT IN THE BIKE AND NOW SHE
HAS A MEETING ON THE EAST SIDE
AND SHE RIDES HER BIKE THERE
VERSUS DRIVING.
I THINK JUST LIKE THE LEVEL OF
THE FACT THAT WHEN YOU BIKES
ARE GETTING CHEAPER AND MORE
AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE FOR
PEOPLE, IT IS HELPING PEOPLE OF
OLDER AGES THAT MIGHT NOT BE
ABLE TO BIKE NORMALLY BE ABLE
TO TACKLE THE HILLS OF SEATTLE
AND GET OUT OF THEIR CARS.
SO IT IS A BUMMER FOR ME
BECAUSE SHE WILL GO UP 35th AND
WE HAVE SEEN ALL OF THE VIDEOS.
THAT IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE AROUND
THE CITY BUT TO HAVE PEOPLE YOU
CARE ABOUT WHO ARE SUPER
EXCITED.
SHE TAKES SELFIE'S AND SENDS
THEM TO ME.
SHE SAYS THIS IS SO COOL ABOUT,
TO NOT HAVE THE FACILITIES
AVAILABLE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS
ESPECIALLY, I JUST THINK THAT
EVERYONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO IF
THEY WANT TO GET OUT OF THEIR
CARS TO FEEL SAFE DOING THAT.
AND OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS, I
ALMOST GOT HIT FOUR TIMES
BIKING.
WE WOULD LIKE TO NOT HAVE
DRIVERS FEEL SO AGGRESSIVE.
[APPLAUSE]
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS YEP A AND EVERY
FRIDAY I COME TO SUPPORT
FRIDAY'S FOR FUTURE OUTSIDE THE
CITY HALL FROM 1-2. THIS NEVER
HAPPENS BUT TODAY I SAW A 13-
YEAR-OLD ARRESTED BY THE POLICE
IN A VERY AGGRESSIVE AND
VIOLENT FOREST FOR A NONVIOLENT
ACTION SHE DID.
BECAUSE OF HER FEAR FOR HER
FUTURE.
AND I SUPPORT THEM EVERY WEEK.
THESE KIDS ARE VERY SCARED FOR
THEIR FUTURE.
THAT IS WHY THEY ARE COMPELLED
TO COME HERE EVERY WEEK.
OSO PLEASE DO SOMETHING AS FAR
AS REACHING OUR TRANSPORTATION
MISSIONS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME
SPEAK.
THE OTHER DAY I WAS HERE AND I
MENTIONED THE HEATWAVE THAT WAS
REACHING THE GREENLAND ICE
SHEET.
I HOPE ALL OF THE NEWS MEDIA,
THEY ARE FEEDING INTO KIDS
ABOUT HOW THE CLIMATE CHANGE IS
HAPPENING AND WE ARE NOT REALLY
CHANGING OUR CONSUMPTION
PATTERNS.
WE ARE STILL CONSUMING AT 1.7
-- THEY HAVE THIS FIGURE.
I THINK IF YOU ARE A KID, NOT
TO GET IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW.
USE YOUR TALENTS IN A WAY, LIKE
WRITING LETTERS AND JOINING A
CLUB OR MAKING A CLUB WITH YOUR
FRIENDS.
THAT WOULD BE THE SAFER WAY
BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET IN TROUBLE
WITH THE LAW, YOUR SCHOOL
HABITS CHANGE AND, ACTUALLY
WRITING LETTERS AS MORE
EFFECTIVE.
YOU CAN DOCUMENT IT.
SO EVEN THOUGH YOU HEAR FIGURES
LIKE I HEARD ON DEMOCRACY NOW,
THERE ARE THREE SOCCER FIELD A
MINUTE BEING CUT IN THE AMAZON
RAIN FOREST, I STARTED
THINKING, DID THEY NAME AND
AMAZON BECAUSE IT IS THE NEW
AMAZON AND THE OTHER ONE IS
GOING TO BE ALL CHOPPED DOWN?
ALL OF THESE THOUGHTS COME INTO
MY HEAD.
WE HAVE GOT TO CUT.
I DON'T LIKE THAT VISION.
LET'S GET THAT VISION TO ZERO.
LET'S MAKE THE VISION LIKE WE
MAP OUT THE WHOLE AMAZON AND
EVERYBODY CAN TRACK IT ON THEIR
PHONES.
WE CAN WATCH IT IN REAL TIME
AND ANY COMPANY THAT TOUCHES IT
WILL ALL KNOW ABOUT IT AND WE
WILL SEND THEM A LETTER.
THAT IS IN THE YEAR 2100.
BUT THE BEST WAY TO CUT BACK IS
THROUGH GREEN TRANSPORTATION.
THAT IS WHY I AM SO LUCKY TO BE
HERE.
I KNOW ALL OF THE KIDS WISH
THEY COULD BE HERE BUT THEY ARE
IN SCHOOL.
THE SHOULD LEARN ABOUT THIS IN
SCHOOL.
>> THANK YOU, MEGAN.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC,
TODAY.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE
PUBLIC COMMENT AND MOVE INTO
THE AGENDA.
I WILL INVITE PRESENTERS
FORWARD FOR THE FIRST AGENDA
ITEM.
MOVE ALL SEATTLE MASS
TRANSPORTATION BRIEFINGS.
COME FORWARD.
>> YOU MAY SIT WHEREVER YOU
LIKE.
WHY DON'T WE START WITH JUST A
QUICK ROUND OF INTRODUCTIONS.
VICKI, IF YOU WANT TO GO FIRST?
GRAB THAT.
>> I AM VICKY CLARKE.
THE POLICY DIRECTOR WITH THE
BICYCLE CLUB.
>> I AM CLARA CANTOR.
>> I AM BRITTNEY BOLLAY.
>> I AM KATIE WILSON WITH THE
TRANSIT WRITERS UNION.
>> ANNA ZIVARTS, PROGRAM
DIRECTOR OF ROOTED IN
RIGHTS/DISABILITY RIGHTS
WASHINGTON.
>> AND ANDREW KIDDE WITH 350
SEATTLE.
>> WELCOME, EVERYONE.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION TODAY.
EVER IS GOING TO LEAD OFF, WHY
DON'T WE JUMP RIGHT INTO IT?
>> OKAY, IS THAT ME?
I THINK THAT MIGHT BE YOU.
>> I GUESS I AM SUPPOSED TO
START THIS OFF.
SO YEAH.
SO ALL OF US ARE INVOLVED IN
POSITIONS THAT ARE PART OF THE
MASS COALITION.
BASICALLY, MASS, IT STANDS FOR
MOVE ALL SEATTLE SUSTAINABLY.
IT CAME TOGETHER LAST FALL.
PROBABLY FEELING THE URGENCY
AROUND THE CLIMATE CRISIS THAT
SO MANY PEOPLE SPOKE TO IN
PUBLIC COMMENT.
FRANKLY SOME FEELINGS OF
CONSTERNATION THAT
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS IN
SEATTLE WERE NOT GETTING DONE.
AND SO OVER THE PAST YEAR, WE
HAVE BEEN BUILDING
RELATIONSHIPS, ORGANIZING AND
WE HAVE COME UP WITH THIS SET
OF TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS,
POLICIES AND PROPOSALS THAT WE
THINK CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE
THIS YEAR.
AM I SUPPOSED TO KEEP TALKING?,
WHO'S NEXT?
ANDREW?
BRITNEY?
TO TALK ABOUT WHY THIS IS
IMPORTANT.
>> I CAN GO NEXT.
MY NAME IS ANDREW.
THE CLIMATE CRISIS IS INDEED A
DIRE EMERGENCY.
THE GREENLAND ICE SHEET IS
MELTING AT UNPRECEDENTED
LEVELS.
THE EUROPEAN HEATWAVE.
NEVER BEFORE SEEN ARBOREAL
FOREST BURNED.
THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.
EVERYONE IS READING THE
NEWSPAPER AND THEY KNOW ABOUT
IT.
THE SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION,
MOSTLY CARS, THEY ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LION'S
SHARE OF CLIENT POLLUTION.
WE HAVE TO CHANGE.
THE MASS TRANSPORTATION PACKAGE
IS AN EXCELLENT FIRST STEP, IT
IS IN FACT NOT AN OPTION FROM
MY PERSPECTIVE.
IT IS NECESSARY.
LET'S WE ARE ACTUALLY PLANNING
ON LEAVING OUR CHILDREN IN AN
UNLIVABLE PLANET.
THE TRANSPORTATION PACKAGE IS
NOT BAD NEWS.
IT IS NOT BITTER MEDICINE.
IT IS ACTUALLY QUITE THE
OPPOSITE.
BY ADDING BIKE LANES, BUS
LANES, IMPROVING SIDEWALKS AND
CROSSWALKS, NOT ONLY WILL WE
KEEP PEOPLE OPTIONS BUT WE WILL
SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN.
SLOWING TRAFFIC IS INCREASINGLY
RECOGNIZED ACROSS THE COUNTRY
AS ESSENTIAL.
NOT ONLY FOR THE INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT GOAL OF REDUCING
FATAL COLLISIONS BUT ALSO
BECAUSE IT WILL IMPROVE OUR
CITY.
MOST OF US SPEED AROUND SEATTLE
AT 35 OR 40 MILES PER HOUR.
DRIVERS SPEED THROUGH SPACE
RATHER THAN EXPERIENCING A
PLACE.
PEOPLE USING TRANSIT OR BIKING,
THEY EXPERIENCE A PLACE.
WHEN DRIVERS SPEED THROUGH
SPACE, THEY ARE DISCONNECTED
FROM THEIR ENVIRONMENT.
A FORM MOST NO ATTACHMENT.
IT IS JUST ANOTHER HALF FULL
PARKING LOT AT THE FAST FOOD
RESTAURANT.
WHEN THE BUS WRITER WALKS TO
THEIR STOP, THEY EXPERIENCE A
PLACE.
THEY APPRECIATE THE NEW BENCH
FOR THE TREES THAT HAVE BEEN
PLANTED FOR SHADE.
THEY CHAT WITH A NEIGHBOR AND
SMILE AT THE BUS DRIVER.
PLACES ARE WHAT HELP YOU
PERFORM ATTACHMENTS TO THE
CITY.
THEY MAKE CITIES MEMORABLE AND
MAYBE EVEN CHERISHED.
AND LET'S FACE IT, WITH VIDEOS
LIKE SEATTLE IS DYING, SEATTLE
NEEDS SOME LOVING.
WE NEED TO BE FIXED BY THE
MAGIC OF SLOWING DOWN.
AND THIS WILL NOT BE EASY.
BEHAVIORAL CHANGE IS HARD.
TO GET ALL OF THE BENEFITS OF
THE MASS TRANSPORTATION
PACKAGE, WE NEED OUR LEADERS TO
STEP UP.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS JENNY
DURKIN.
PLEASE URGE SEATTLE RESIDENTS
TO GET OUT OF THEIR CARS AND
INSTEAD TO WALK, RIDE BIKES AND
TAKE TRANSIT.
EXPLAIN WE MUST DO THIS IF WE
WANT TO LEAVE OUR CHILDREN A
MORE GLOBAL WORLD AND THE
SAFER, JOHN AND MORE LOVED
CITY.
>> I WOULD NEVER BE THAT POETIC
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE
WHAT ANDREW SAID.
NUMBER ONE, AS WE KNOW,
TRANSPORTATION IS THE LARGEST
SOURCE OF EMISSIONS IN THE
SEATTLE AREA.
TRANSPORTATION IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR 2/3 OF OUR ADMISSIONS AND
85% OF THOSE EMISSIONS COME
FROM CARS.
YOU REALLY DO NEED TO BE ACTING
WITH A SENSE OF URGENCY TO GET
PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR CARS AND
WALKING, BIKING, HOWEVER WE
CAN.
THIS IS A POLICY PEOPLE WANT.
THIS IS A RESPONSE TO PUBLIC
DESIRES AND NEEDS.
A NATIONAL STUDY FROM 2004 TEAM
INDICATED THAT 52% OF AMERICANS
WANT TO BIKE MORE.
SISTER PERCENT ARE WORRIED
ABOUT BEING HIT BY A CAR.
PEOPLE USE BIKES IF THEY WANT
TO.
PEOPLE USE BUSES, IF THEY ARE
FREQUENT AND RELIABLE, IF THEY
KNOW HOW TO LOOK AT A SCHEDULE
AND THEY KNOW THE BUS WILL COME
AND TAKE THEM WHERE THEY NEED
TO GO WITHOUT STUCK IN TRAFFIC
BEHIND A BUNCH OF CARS.
THERE ARE SIMPLE THINGS WE
ALREADY KNOW WE CAN DO TO MAKE
PEOPLE'S LIVES AND QUALITY OF
LIFE EASIER ON A DAY-TO-DAY
BASIS AS WELL AS LONG-TERM
CLIMATE PERSPECTIVE.
>> THANK YOU, BRITNEY.
>> I ALSO WANT TO ADD, THE TWO
OTHER POINTS UP HERE, SAFETY.
WE HEARD A LOT FROM PUBLIC
COMMENT TODAY.
WE HAD A MAJOR DEATH ON RAINIER
AVENUE EARLIER THIS WEEK.
AND WE KNOW FROM THE STATISTICS
THAT AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER,
DEATH AND SERIOUS INJURY IS ON
THE RISE RATHER THAN ON THE
DECLINE EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE
THESE STATED VISION ZERO GOALS.
ALSO, THE IMPACT OF UNSAFE
STREETS ARE FALLING
DISPROPORTIONATELY ON LOW
INCOME COMMUNITIES, DISABLED
PEOPLE AND ON THE ELDERS IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THOSE OUT
THERE AS WELL.
>> OKAY.
IS, THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE
DOING SOMETHING.
>> IT IS NOT WORKING?
>> OKAY.
I WILL ASK YOU TO USE YOUR
IMAGINATION.
THIS WAS A, WHAT IS IT?
A GIF.
IT IS A MARKER OF WHETHER YOU
ARE OLD OR NOT.
THIS, IMAGINE, THERE IS NOT
EVEN A BUS.
SO THERE ARE TWO LANES OF CARS
THAT YOU SEE THERE.
AND IN THAT EVAN CEILING, THERE
SHOULD BE BUSES PASSING BETWEEN
60 AND 80 PEOPLE PER BUS.
THOSE LITTLE COUNTERS GO UP.
THEY SHOW IT IS A REALLY GREAT
DEMONSTRATION OF HOW IMPORTANT
THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE
ABOUT ALLOCATION OF ROAD SPACE
ARE TO THE EFFICIENCY OF THE
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
SO A DEDICATED BUS LINE, WHEN
WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE
HAVE FREQUENT FAST BUS SERVICE,
A DEDICATED BUS LANE JUST
CARRIES ASTRONOMICALLY MORE
PEOPLE IN A GIVEN TIME PERIOD
THEN A LANE OF CARS CREEPING
ALONG.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
M.A.S.S.
HAS BEEN CALLING FOR IS FOR THE
CITY TO CALL UP PRIORITIZING
ROAD SPACE FOR THE MOST
TRANSPORTATION, THE MOST
EFFICIENT TRANSPORTATION MODES.
THIS IS FROM LOS ANGELES.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> I WILL JUST SAY, YOUR
DESCRIPTION WAS WONDERFUL.
I CAN VISUALIZE WHAT IS GOING
ON.
AND OFTEN, WE WILL HEAR FROM
FOLKS FRUSTRATED BECAUSE THEY
WILL SEE A BUS LANE THAT IS
EMPTY.
AND THEY ARE STUCK IN TRAFFIC.
THE REALITY IS, EVEN THOUGH
THERE IS NOT A BUS, THEY ARE
NOT BACKED UP NUMBERED BUMPER.
WHEN THEY ARE MOVING THROUGH,
THEY ARE CARRYING SO MANY MORE
PEOPLE THAN THE CONGESTED
VEHICLE LANES.
THEY DO MEET THE GOAL DESPITE
WHAT PEOPLE MIGHT, WHAT THEIR
INTUITION MIGHT TELL THEM.
THE OTHER THING TO POINT OUT IS
WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS
CREATE A VIRTUOUS CIRCLE.
WHERE WE MAKE TRANSIT REALLY
FAST AND RELIABLE.
MORE PEOPLE CHOOSE IT, MORE
PEOPLE USE IT AND THEN IT
BECOMES AN EVEN BETTER
ALLOCATION OF ROAD SPACE.
WE NEED TO GET THAT STARTED.
SO THERE ARE THREE THINGS IN
THE MASS TRANSPORTATION PACKAGE
THAT HAVE TO DO WITH TRANSIT.
ONE IS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
CREATING A BUS NETWORK
CONNECTING SEATTLE'S
NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE ALSO WANT THE CITY TO DO
EVERYTHING IT CAN TO ACCELERATE
THE RAPID RIDE CORRIDORS
PROMISED BY THE MOVE SEATTLE
LEVY.
PART OF THAT, GIVEN THE FUNDING
CHALLENGES IS TO REALLY
EXPEDITE SOME OF THE
IMPROVEMENTS THAT CAN, EVEN
BEFORE WE HAVE THE FLASHY RAPID
RIDE BUSES THAT CAN'T GET
EXISTING BUSES ON THOSE ROUTES
MOVING FASTER.
ALSO EXPEDITING THE PLANNING
PROCESS SO HOPEFULLY WHEN MORE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR FEDERAL
FUNDING COME UP WE CAN TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THOSE AND GET THEM
BACK ON TRACK.
AND THEN FINALLY, SOME HIGH-
VALUE FOR MONEY INVESTMENTS AND
WRITER EXPERIENCE, UPGRADING
BUS STOPPED AND REALLY MAKING
IT COMFORTABLE AND SAFE FOR
EVERYONE.
>> AND FINALLY, THIS IS A MAP
THAT WE PUT TOGETHER OF 20
PLACES IN SEATTLE WHERE WE
THINK SAD DEDICATED BUS LANES
AND OTHER BUS PRIORITY LIKE
SIGNAL PRIORITY CAN REALLY MAKE
A HUGE DIFFERENCE FOR KEEPING
THINGS MOVING.
AND SO WE ARE HOPING TO BE ABLE
TO WORK WITH THE COUNCIL AND
WITH SDOT AND WITH THE MAYORS
OFFICE TO MAKE THESE
IMPROVEMENTS HAPPEN.
>> SO THERE ARE FOUR PIECES IN
THE PACKAGE AROUND BIKING.
WE KNOW THAT SAFE BIKE ROUTES
ARE COMPLETELY VERTICAL PIECES
OF ANY URBAN TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEM AND PROTECTED BIKE
ROUTES MAKE IT SAFER FOR THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY BIKING.
THEY ALSO INCREASE THE NUMBER
OF PEOPLE WHO ARE BIKING TOTAL
AND THEY MAKE THE ENTIRE STREET
SAFER FOR ALL USERS, INCLUDING
PEOPLE WHO ARE WALKING AND
TAKING TRANSIT AND DRIVING.
SINCE BIKING IS NOT EXPENSIVE,
IT IS ALSO AN INCREDIBLY
RELIABLE OPTION FOR PEOPLE WHO
DO NOT OWN CARS EITHER FOR
ECONOMIC OR CLIMATE REASONS.
PARTICULARLY IF YOU'RE MOVING
AROUND LATE AT NIGHT OR IN
NEIGHBORHOODS WITHOUT TRANSIT.
SO THESE FOUR PIECES, THE FIRST
IS TO FUND AND BUILD KEY
BICYCLE ROUTES.
PARTICULARLY, IN THOSE
CONNECTING SEATTLE'S OTHER
NEIGHBORHOODS, WE REACH WE
HEARD ABOUT IN THE PUBLIC
COMMENT.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT CASE
LITTLE MORE LATER.
TO IMPROVE THE MAINTENANCE OF
THE EXISTING BIKE ROUTES.
THIS IS PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE
THAT THE CITY HAS INVESTED
DOLLARS AND OVER DECADES.
AND MANY OF THOSE ROUTES ARE
HARD TO USE OR UNWELCOMING OR
SOMETIMES COMPLETELY OBSOLETE
OR DISAPPEARED.
THE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM AT SDOT
IS CURRENTLY COMPLAINT BASED SO
IT IS VERY REACTIVE.
AND IT ALSO RESULTS IN AN
UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF
MAINTENANCE ACROSS THE CITY
WHERE COMMUNITIES, WHERE FOLKS
ARE COMFORTABLE APPROACHING THE
CITY AND DEMANDING THINGS
HAPPEN.
THEY GET BETTER MAINTENANCE.
AND FOR COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE
LANGUAGE BARRIERS, OR ARE
DISTRESSED OR LESS INFORMATION
ABOUT HOW TO NAVIGATE CITY
SYMPTOMS AND UP WITH ANY
MAINTENANCE AT ALL.
THOSE OF THE BIKE LANES.
THEY END UP DISAPPEARING OR
BECOMING FULL OF GLASS OR
FOLIAGE.
SO THIS REQUEST IS BASICALLY TO
ASK SDOT TO DRAFT SOME NEW
MAINTENANCE STANDARDS FOR BIKE
ROUTES THAT ADDRESS THE NEEDS
IN A SYSTEMATIC AND PROACTIVE
WAY.
WE HAVE SEEN POLICIES ACROSS
THE COUNTRY THAT DO THIS
EFFECTIVELY.
IT IS ABOUT REPAINTING AND
REPLACING BALLARD'S THAT
GOODBYE VEHICLES.
BUT ALSO ABOUT GENERAL
MAINTENANCE LIKE CLEANING,
DRAINAGE, CLEARING OF DEBRIS
AND SNOW AND EVERYTHING LIKE
THAT.
AND THIS IS A PIECE WE HAVE
BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH SDOT
ABOUT FOR SOME TIME NOW.
AND THEY RECOGNIZE THIS NEED AS
WELL AND ARE EXCITED ABOUT
THIS.
BUT IT IS A LACK OF
COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PLANNING
AND OPERATIONS TEAMS AND IT
NEEDS A BIT MORE OF A POLITICAL
PUSH TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
úTHE THIRD ITEM IS TO ACQUIRE
THE PLANT BIKE ROUTES, WE'LL BE
TALKING ABOUT THAT LATER.
AND THE FOURTH IS TO MEASURE
WHAT MATTERS.
MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON MORE
THAN JUST VEHICLE DELAY.
RIGHT NOW, WHEN SDOT IS
EVALUATING A PROJECT, THE
DIFFERENT OPTIONS OF DESIGN FOR
OUR STREETS ARE MEASURED BY HOW
MUCH EACH OPTION WILL DELAY CAR
DRIVERS.
USING WHAT IS CALLED A
VEHICULAR LEVEL OF SERVICE.
IT IS GETTING A LITTLE
TECHNICAL BUT WE ARE ASKING FOR
SDOT TO DEVELOP A NEW ANALYSIS
THAT BETTER ALLIANCE AT THE
CITY'S ADOPTED PRIORITIES AND
GOALS.
AND WITH OUR MODAL PLANS, IT
INCORPORATES METRICS THAT WILL
GIVE A MORE HOLISTIC VIEW OF
WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THAT
INTERSECTION OR ALONG THE
STREET CORRIDOR.
INCLUDING ENSURING THE SAFETY
AND EFFICIENCY FOR PEOPLE WHO
ARE WALKING, ROLLING, BIKING,
TAKING TRANSIT.
AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT
THAT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE CITY
DEFAULTS TO PRIORITIZING CAR
TRAFFIC?
YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO BE
PRIORITIZING THE NEEDS OF
PEOPLE WITH HIGHER INCOMES AND
WHITE FOLKS AND SO WE ALSO
WANTED TO REQUIRE SDOT TO
CONDUCT A RACE AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE INITIATIVE ANALYSIS FOR
ALL PROJECTS OVER 2 1/2 MILLION
INSTEAD OF THE CURRENT STANDARD
WHICH IS 5 MILLION.
>> THANK YOU, CLAIRE.
>> THIS IS A MAP OF ONE OF THE
PIECES THAT I SORT OF RUSHED
OVER.
THE 2018-TO 24 BICYCLE
LIMITATION LAND ROUTES THAT ARE
CURRENTLY UNFUNDED.
YOU WILL NOTICE THAT MOST OF
THOSE ARE IN THE SOUTH END.
I WILL JUST POINT OUT THAT
DISTRICT 2, WHICH IS A LOT OF
THAT SOUTH END AREA RIGHT
THERE, IT HAS THE HIGHEST RATES
OF TRAFFIC DEATHS IN OUR CITY
BY A REALLY HIGH MARGIN.
SO IS DESPERATELY IN NEED OF
SAFE STREETS PROJECTS.
ALL RIGHT.
WALKING AND ROLLING.
SO I THINK YOU HAVE HEARD OF
SOME OF THE TESTIMONY TODAY.
ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT WALKING AND
ROLLING ARE TO OUR
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
MOST OF US ARE PEDESTRIANS AND
SOME IN OUR DAY.
FOR SOME OF US, IT IS HOW WE
GET AROUND.
IT IS THE PRIMARY AND ONLY WAY
WE ARE ABLE TO GET AROUND THE
CITY.
I JUST THINK IN ALL OF THIS
ANALYSIS, IT IS IMPORTANT TO
REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE FOLKS
AT 12.8% OF THE POPULATION IN
WASHINGTON STATE, THEY HAVE A
MOBILITY LIMITING DISABILITY.
IF YOU ADD TO THAT FOLKS WERE
TOO YOUNG TO DRIVE, TOO OLD TO
DRIVE, UNDOCUMENTED, CAN'T
AFFORD CARS, CHOOSE NOT TO USE
CARS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REASONS,
THERE ARE A LOT OF US OUT
THERE.
A LOT OF US ARE PEDESTRIANS AND
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STATE OF
OUR SIDEWALKS OR THE LACK OF
SIDEWALKS OR THE LACK OF OTHER
SAFE INTERSECTIONS IN OUR CITY,
IT IS SHOCKING BUT IT IS ALSO
PROBABLY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
FACT THAT THOSE OF US WHO CAN'T
DRIVE ARE NOT THE FOLKS AT THE
TABLE MAKING THE DECISIONS.
SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT
OUR VOICES ARE PART OF THE
PROCESS.
SO SOME OF THE PROPOSALS WE
WILL TALK ABOUT TODAY, IN THE
MASS TRANSPORTATION PACKAGE,
THEY INCLUDE SIDEWALK REPAIR,
AS WE HAVE SEEN AND HEARD FROM
MARCY, AND EVEN AND CRUMBLING
SIDEWALKS ARE A SAFETY HAZARD.
AND QUITE FRANKLY AN
EMBARRASSMENT IN A CITY WITH SO
MUCH WEALTH.
THAT THERE ARE SIDEWALKS ALONG
REGNIER IN SUCH DISREPAIR.
IS IN PERSON.
AND DANGEROUS AND BLOCKS ACCESS
FOR THOSE OF US WHO RELY ON
SIDEWALKS.
AND SO IN SEATTLE, PRIVATE
PUPPY OWNERS ARE RESPONSIBLE
FOR MAINTAINING SIDEWALKS BUT
THAT IS NOT ENFORCED.
SO WE ARE ASKING THAT SEATTLE
DEVELOP AND IMPROVE SIDEWALK
REPAIR PROGRAMS WHICH ACTUALLY
LOOK AT WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE
DOING.
LIKE BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA,
DENVER, AND THEY ARE ABLE TO
HAVE PROPERTY OWNERS PAY BASED
ON THEIR WEALTH AND INCOME.
AND SO THE CITY THAT CAN
SUBSIDIZE THE FOLKS WHO DON'T
HAVE THE RESOURCES TO REPAIR
INDIVIDUAL SIDEWALKS SO WE CAN
ENSURE OUR SIDEWALKS ARE IN A
PLACE WHERE THEY ARE SAFE AND
ACCESSIBLE.
WE ALSO HAVE IN OUR PROPOSAL
LANGUAGE AROUND ASKING THE CITY
TO LOOK AT NEW FUNDING SOURCES
FOR BUILDING NEW SIDEWALKS.
26% OF THE CITY BLOCKS CITY WHY
LACK SIDEWALKS ENTIRELY.
IT IS NOT JUST SMALL GREENWAY
TYPE NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS.
THERE ARE MAJOR ARTERIAL.
1800 BLOCKS OF ARTERIAL STREETS
IN THE CITY LACK SIDEWALKS.
YOU CAN GUESS WHERE THOSE
BLOCKS TEND TO BE.
THEY TEND TO BE FURTHER OUT
AWAY FROM THE WEALTH AND THE
POWERS THAT BE THEY CAN MAKE IT
HAPPEN.
SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT FUNDING
SOURCES TO TRY TO BUILD OUT THE
SIDEWALK NETWORK.
IT IS NOT EQUITABLE.
IT IS NOT ACCESSIBLE.
AND IT DOESN'T CREATE THE SORT
OF CITY WE WANT TO HAVE.
>> ANNA, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT
NUMBER AGAIN?
>> 1800.
>>> BLOCKS ON ARTERIALS.
NOT EVERYONE IN THE CITY, JUST
THE ARTERIALS.
>> YEAH.
>> WHO WANTS TO WALK ALONG AN
ARTERIAL AND THERE ARE PEOPLE
WHO DO THAT NOW BECAUSE IT'S
THE ONLY OPTION.
>> THAT IS OFTEN WHERE THE
BUTTS, BUS ROUTES ARE.
>> CLAIRE WILL TALK ABOUT SOME
OF THE OTHER PROPOSALS.
>> TO THE THIRD IS TO ADOPT A
SIGNAL LC THAT PRIORITIZES
PEOPLE.
CURRENTLY, MOST OF THE SIGNAL
DECISIONS THAT SDOT MAKES ARE
DONE ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS,
DEPENDING ON INTERSECTIONS.
THE NATIONAL BASELINE STANDARDS
THAT THEY REFERENCE ARE VERY
HEAVILY SLANTED TOWARDS
FAVORING CARS OVER ANY OTHER
USERS ON THE STREET.
AND WHAT HAPPENS IS THE PEOPLE
END UP WAITING FOREVER JUST TO
CROSS THE STREET, PEOPLE END UP
GETTING CONFUSED WHEN THE LIGHT
TURNS GREEN FOR CARS BUT NOT
FOR AUSTRIANS.
SOMETIMES THE LIGHT COMES ON
BUT IT ONLY GIVES YOU A FEW
SECONDS TO CROSS.
AND THAT IS ESPECIALLY
CHALLENGING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
IN WHEELCHAIRS OR USING OTHER
MOBILITY AIDS.
FOLKS WHO ARE BLIND OR LOW
VISION, ELDERS, PEOPLE WITH
SMALL CHILDREN.
PEOPLE TRYING TO DRAG TODDLERS
ACROSS THE STREET CARRYING
BAGS.
IT IS CHALLENGING.
WE ARE ASKING SDOT ADOPT A
SIGNALS POLICY TO MAKE IT
EASIER TO WALK AND ROLL INTO
BIKE AND TAKE TRANSIT IN OUR
CITY.
THIS IS ANOTHER PIECE WE HAVE
BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH
S.ABOUT.
THERE IS A LACK OF URGENCY IN
THE PROCESS HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY
OPAQUE AND DIFFICULT.
SO WE JUST WANT TO ENSURE THAT
THIS HAPPENS IN A TIMELY MANNER
AND THAT THE PROCESS IS
HAPPENING IN COLLABORATION WITH
THE MODAL ADVISORY BOARDS THAT
HAVE FELT A LITTLE INSTANT FROM
THE DECISION EVEN THOUGH THEY
CARE A LOT WITH THE DISABILITY
RIGHTS ADVOCATES.
AND WITH COUNSEL STAFF AND
PUBLIC INPUT.
THE FOURTH PART IS TO BUILD
SPARKLING FOR BIKES AND
SCOOTERS OUT OF PEDESTRIAN
SPACES AND IN THE STREETS.
THAT IS ANOTHER PIECE THAT WE
WILL BE TALKING ABOUT LATER.
AND THE FIFTH PART OF THERE IS
TO ENSURE THAT OUR KIDS HAVE
ACCESS TO SAFE ROUTES TO
SCHOOL.
THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION OF THE
SCHOOL TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
WHICH WE HEARD FROM EARLIER AS
WELL.
DURING PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND IT IS A RECOMMENDATION FOR
THE DISTRICT TO HIRE AN ACTIVE
TRANSPORTATION COORDINATOR.
THIS PERSON WOULD BE OVERSEEING
PROGRAMMATIC AND INFRASTRUCTURE
IMPROVEMENTS TO MAKE IT EASIER
AND SAFER FOR KIDS TO WALK AND
BIKE TO SCHOOL.
RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO ONE
WITHIN THE DISTRICT WHO IS
FOCUSING ON THOSE THINGS.
AND ANY KID WHO LIVES WITHIN 1-
2 MILES, DEPENDING ON THEIR AGE
OF THE SCHOOL, THEY ARE NOT
SERVED BY THE SCHOOL BUS
ROUTES.
SO WHEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
FOCUSES ENTIRELY ON SCHOOL BUS
AS THEIR TRANSPORTATION
DEPARTMENT, THEY ARE LEAVING
BEHIND THOUSANDS OF KIDS.
IT TENDS TO BE ALIVE THE LOW
INCOME KIDS.
THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO HAVE THEIR
PARENTS DROPPED THEM OFF IN
VEHICLES AT SCHOOL.
úAND SOME OF THOSE KIDS ARE
CROSSING ARTERIAL STREETS WITH
NO SAFE CROSSWALKS OR SIGNALS.
THERE IS ROADWAYS WITH NO
SIDEWALKS.
LIKE ANNA WAS SPEAKING ABOUT.
THERE ARE OTHER UNSAFE
CONDITIONS OUT THERE.
SO TO ASK HERE IS TO PROVIDE
FUNDING FOR AN ACTIVE
TRANSPORTATION CORE NADER AT
THE SCHOOL WHO WOULD BE
OVERSEEING THE CROSSING GUARD
PROGRAM, ADMINISTERED OF
ASSISTANCE FOR WALKING AND
BIKING SCHOOLBUS PROGRAM, THOSE
PROGRAMS CURRENTLY ONLY EXIST
IN SOME OF THE MORE AFFLUENT
SCHOOLS THAT HAVE A LOT OF
PARENT VOLUNTEER ENERGY TO KEEP
THOSE THINGS GOING YEAR AFTER
YEAR.
THEY WOULD ALSO BE HANDLING A
TRANSPORTATION AID COMPLAINTS
AND ACTION PLAN BETTER FOLLOWED
BY THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE
CURRENTLY IGNORED.
AND JUST MAKING SURE THIS
SUPPORT IS HAPPENING ACROSS THE
CITY AND NOT ONLY AT CERTAIN
SCHOOLS THAT HAVE THE ENERGY TO
KEEP THOSE THINGS UP.
THAT IS IT.
IT LOOKS LIKE.
>> THAT IS BLANK.
>> I WOULD ADD SOMETHING.
I THINK THAT SEVERAL OF THOSE
TALK A FEW MINUTES AGO ABOUT
THE WHY OF THE PACKAGE.
IT IS IMPORTANT, WHY NOW.
COMING OUT OF THAT MOVE SEATTLE
LEVY, WE SAW THE DRAMATIC
SCALING BACK OF PROJECTS AND
FUNDING THAT WOULD MAKE IT MUCH
EASIER TO WALK THE BIKE AND
BUS.
THIS PACKAGE OBVIOUSLY INCLUDES
PRIORITY FUNDING ASKS BUT IT
ALSO, IT CAUSES THE PEOPLE
AROUND THIS TABLE AND THE MANY
OTHER PEOPLE WHO CONTRIBUTE TO
A LOT OF WORK, TO SAY, WHAT ARE
THE POLICY CHANGES THAT WE CAN
MAKE NOW THAT WE KNOW ARE
PROBLEMATIC AND HAVE BEEN IN
SOME CASES FOR YEARS.
THAT WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR
PEOPLE TO GET AROUND, WALKING,
BIKING, ROLLING.
AND THAT IS THE BLEND HERE OF
POLICY REFORM AND FUNDING ASKS.
BUT THOSE POLICY REFORMS THAT
DO NOT REQUIRE BUDGET AT THIS
MOMENT.
>> I THINK THAT PRETTY MUCH
SUMS IT UP, SO I WILL SAY THAT
WE ARE INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL TO
COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN AND
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO WHO
STEPPED OUT FOR A MOMENT.
FOR TAKING THE LEAD ON THESE
FIRST PIECES OF LEGISLATION
THAT ARE PART OF THE PACKAGE.
WE ARE THRILLED WITH A LOT OF
SUPPORT WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE
LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS OF WE
HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING THIS
PACKAGE FROM THE COMMUNITY TO
BE ADVANCING ALL OF THESE
THINGS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR
ONGOING WORK AND FOR BEING HERE
TO PRESENT TODAY.
YOUR ONGOING ADVOCACY.
>> I WOULD SAY THAT EVERYTHING
YOU ARE ASKING FOR IS
CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE CITY
HAS BEEN SAYING WE WANT TO DO
FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
SO THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY
SURPRISES HERE BUT YET WE KNOW
IT HAS BEEN CHALLENGING TO MOVE
NOT SO MUCH IN THE DIRECTION
ALTHOUGH SOMETIMES IT FEELS
LIKE THAT, BUT AT THE PACE IN
WHICH WE NEED TO GO TO ADDRESS
PEOPLE'S CONCERNS.
I AM OPTIMISTIC THAT WE HAVE
SOME LEGISLATION COMING UP
LATER TODAY AND LATER THIS YEAR
THAT WILL BE A PIECE IN THAT
DIRECTION.
BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A
LOT OF WORK TO DO.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVOCACY.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> WE WILL MOVE LONG.
A FEW OF YOU ARE STICKING
AROUND FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
TWO.
WE WILL INVITE PRESENT OR'S
FORWARD.
GREAT.
EXCELLENT.
KELLY WHERE YOU READ THAT?
>>> WE ARE DISCUSSING COUNSEL
BUILT 119601.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
CONSTRUCTION OF PROTECTED
BICYCLE LANES, REQUIRING MAJOR
HEAVING PROJECTS TO INCLUDE
PROTECTED BICYCLE LANES AS
IDENTIFIED IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE BICYCLE MASTER PLAN.
AND ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 15.802
THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE.
>> I KNOW YOU HAVE ALL
INTRODUCED YOURSELF OR JUST FOR
THE RECORD AND THE SEATTLE
CHANNEL, COULD YOU INTRODUCE
YOURSELF ONCE AGAIN?
>> VICKY CLARKE, POLICY
DIRECTOR WITH CASCADE BICYCLE
CLUB.
>> AND I AM CLARA CANTOR WITH
GREENWAYS.
>> WE WORKED IN COLLABORATION
WITH YOU ALL IN THE COMMUNITY
MEMBERS.
IT IS FRANKLY IN RESPONSE TO A
DECISION EARLIER THIS YEAR,
FAIRLY LATE IN THE PROCESS, FOR
A REPAVING PROJECT ON 35th
AVENUE NORTHEAST.
THE DESIGN, THE ORIGINAL DESIGN
INCLUDED A PROTECTED BIKE LANE
THAT WAS CONSISTENT WITH THAT
BIKE MASTER PLAN.
IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING UNTIL
THE VERY LAST MOMENT THAT IT
WAS THE PLAN THAT WAS GOING ON.
THERE WAS A PROCESS AS THERE IS
WITH ALMOST ALL OF THESE
PROJECTS.
I VIEW IS THAT THE PROCESS IS
DESIGNED TO FIGURE OUT THE
SPECIFIC DESIGN ELEMENTS ABOUT
HOW TO MAKE IT WORK, NOT
WHETHER OR NOT WE WILL MAKE IT
WORK.
I WAS DISAPPOINTED WHEN THE
DEPARTMENT AND THE MAYOR CHOSE
TO REVERSE COURSE ON THAT ONE.
TO COMPLETE THE PAVING PROJECT
WITHOUT INSTALLING THE PREVIOUS
AGREED-UPON PROTECTED BIKE
LANE.
THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION IS
MODELED IN PART AFTER WHAT CAME
OUT OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
EARLIER THIS YEAR.
AS WE HEARD IN PUBLIC COMMENT
TODAY, IT IS INTENDED TO, IN MY
MIND, THEY ESSENTIALLY CLOSED A
LOOPHOLE THAT DIDN'T KNOW
EXISTED.
WE DO A LOT OF WORK AT THE
CITY, ADVOCATES DO A HUGE
AMOUNT OF WORK AS THEY WORK ON
THESE MODAL PLANS TO FIGURE
OUT, WHAT ARE THE INVESTMENTS
WE NEED TO MAKE.
PEDESTRIANS, TRANSIT, FREIGHT,
AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE WAY,
THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY WHEN IT
COMES TO BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE
AND PET INFRASTRUCTURE AND
TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THAT
MATTER.
TO DO THAT WORK IS WHEN WE ARE
ALREADY TEARING UP A ROAD.
IF WE WERE DOING A REPAVING
JOB, WE PUT IT BACK TOGETHER,
WE HAVE A CHOICE AS TO HOW WE
WANT TO PUT IT BACK TOGETHER.
ON THE COST DIFFERENCE AS TO
HOW WE WILL PUT IT BACK
TOGETHER ARE VERY MINIMAL
COMPARED TO THE OVERALL COST OF
IT.
SO AT THAT VERY MOMENT, IF WE
CAN GET SOMETHING RIGHT, AS
OPPOSED TO CONTINUING TO DOUBLE
DOWN.
THAT IS A MOMENT THAT WE REALLY
WANT TO FRANKLY INSIST THAT IF
THERE IS A DESIGN ELEMENT THAT
HAS ALREADY BEEN AGREED UPON AS
PART OF THE PLAN, WHEN THE
PROJECT IS BEING IMPLEMENTED,
WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT IT
HAPPENS.
SO THERE IS A PLACE, THERE IS
OBVIOUSLY A PLACE FOR COMMUNITY
INPUT TO FIGURE OUT THE
SPECIFIC DESIGN AND WHAT IT
LOOKS LIKE.
HOW THE CROSSWALKS WORK.
WHERE IT TAPERS IN AND OUT.
BUT THE REALITY SHOULD BE THAT
GETS CONSTRUCTED.
IF THERE, IF SOMETHING HAS
CHANGED, SINCE THE BICE, BIKE
MASTER PLAN WAS ADOPTED, IF
THERE IS NEW INFORMATION, NEW
TECHNOLOGY, WE DO LEAVE ROOM
FOR THE PERMITS COME BACK AND
MAKE THE CASE AS TO WHY THEY
THINK WE NEED TO SWITCH COURSE
OR REVERSE DIRECTIONS.
WHATEVER THAT IS.
BUT IT IS NOT A DISCRETIONARY
DECISION THAT SOMEONE CAN MAKE
BASED ON SOMETHING.
IT IS HARD TO TELL KELLY, YOU
HAVE WORKED A TON ON THIS.
YOU MIGHT FILL IN THE DETAILS
THAT ARE GLOSSED OVER?
>> AT THE HEART IS A BOUT
CREATING TRANSPARENCY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY.
WE HAVE AMAZING ASPIRATIONAL
GOALS FOR VISION ZERO.
FOR OUR CLIMATE CHANGE GOALS.
AND WE HAVE AN AMAZING BIKE
MASTER PLAN THAT HAS BEEN
LAUDED AROUND THE COUNTRY.
WE ARE KNOWN FOR BUILDING SAFE
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS GREAT
FOR ALL AGES AND ABILITIES.
NOW IS THE TIME TO REALLY
DELIVER ON THOSE PLANS.
AND THERE STILL IS A WAY TO BE
TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE IF
THERE IS A REASON WHY IT
DOESN'T WORK TO PUT A
PROTECTIVE LIKE LANE ON THE
ROAD.
BUT WE REALLY NEED TO BE MOVING
FORWARD.
AS WE HEARD IN PUBLIC COMMENT,
NOW IS THE TIME.
>> VICKY CLARKE, I WILL TURN IT
OVER TO YOU.
IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANY COMMENTS
OR FEEDBACK TO THIS PIECE OF
LEGISLATION OR MORE BROADLY
WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING AS A
CITY?
>> YEAH.
YOU KNOW, I AM HAPPY TO BE HERE
SPEAKING TO THIS LEGISLATION.
YOU KNOW, AS WE LOOK AT THE
BIKE MASTER PLAN, WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON BUILDING A CONNECTED
NETWORK FOR SEATTLE FOR A LONG
TIME NOW.
AND WE KNOW THAT WHEN WE BUILD
A CONNECTION THAT WORKS, IT IS
FOR ALL AGES AND ABILITIES TO
WE WILL PROVIDE FOR MANY MORE
PEOPLE WHO DON'T EVEN SEE
THEMSELVES AS RIDING A BIKE
RIGHT NOW.
AGAIN, PUBLIC, SEVERAL PEOPLE
SPOKE TO THIS.
THE NEED TO BUILD OUT A BIKE AS
A PLAN.
I THINK THIS FEELS LIKE A VERY
SENSIBLE COMMON SENSE PIECE OF
LEGISLATION.
ESPECIALLY AGAIN, I JUST
REFERENCED THE MOVE SEATTLE
LEVY.
WE ARE VERY CONSTRAINED IN OUR
TRANSPORTATION FUNDING RIGHT
NOW.
LEVERAGING PAVING PROJECTS TO
BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT
WE PLAN TO BUILD MAKES OBVIOUS
A COMPLETE SUMMON COMMON SENSE.
WE SO OFTEN, WHEN WE GO IN AND
DO PAVING PROJECTS, WE ARE NOT
JUST A MATTER OF, OH WE MUST
IMPLEMENT THE PLANS.
IT IS EASY FOR US TO OFTEN
START TALKING LIKE THAT.
BUT WHEN WE ARE REPAVING A
STREET, WE ARE REDESIGNING THAT
STREET SO IT WORKS FOR TODAY.
AND WHEN WE ADD LIKE LINES, WE
ARE ADDING THEM BECAUSE THEY
ARE ON THE PLAN.
BUT IT IS SO MUCH MORE THAN
THAT.
IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT, IT IS
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO GIVE
PEOPLE A SAFE PLACE TO BIKE.
BUT AGAIN, IT IS MUCH MORE THAN
THAT.
WE LOOK AT BIKE LANES, THE
RESEARCH SHOWS US THAT ADDING
BIKE LANES TO A ROAD IS, DATA
SHOWS IT IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE
WAY TO, TRAFFIC SPEEDS WHICH
REDUCES THE, WHAT IS THE NUMBER
I'M LOOKING FOR?
THE COLLISIONS, THEY CREATE A
BUFFER BETWEEN PEDESTRIANS ON
SIDEWALKS AND FASTER MOVING
VEHICLES.
IT IS REALLY A WIN WIN.
THESE ARE THE TIMES THAT WE
NEED TO BE MAKING THE
INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGES.
I THINK THE OTHER PIECE,
OBVIOUSLY THIS IS ABOUT
ACCOUNTABILITY.
WE HAVE THESE GREAT PLANS AND
AGAIN, THESE PLANS ARE NOT JUST
FOR THE SAKE OF HAVING THE
PLANS.
WHAT THEY COME DOWN TO IS HOW
WE WILL REBUILD OUR STREETS.
MAKING THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN
THE PLANS AND THE PROJECTS ON
THE GROUND.
I THINK OF THIS ORDINANCE, THEY
WILL PROVIDE THE ACCOUNTABILITY
AND TRANSPARENCY SO THAT PEOPLE
COULD UNDERSTAND HOW THE
DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE.
>> THAT IS EVERYTHING I MIGHT
HAVE SAID.
BUT I ALSO DO LOT TO REITERATE
THE FACT THAT THIS IS AN
ORDINANCE THAT IS EMPHASIZING
FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY OF
COMBINING CONSTRUCTION OF THESE
ALREADY PLANNED BIKE LANES WITH
REPAVING PROJECTS IS SAVING THE
CITY THE MONEY OF TEARING THE
STREET UP AGAIN AND DOING IT AS
TWO SEPARATE PROJECTS.
IT IS SAVING THE NEIGHBORS THE
ORDEAL OF HAVING THIS
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN FRONT
OF THEIR HOUSE TWICE.
AND IT JUST MAKES SENSE AS CITY
POLICY TO BE COMBINING THESE
THINGS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO?
>> I THOUGHT ABOUT MY
EXPERIENCE IN TRANSITIONING HIM
CAR OWNERSHIP TO GIVING UP MY
CAR EARLY ON IN THE EXPERIENCE.
I USED TO LIVE IN WALLINGFORD
RIGHT OFF OF 45th.
I DECIDED TO RIDE A BIKE ON
45th.
ONE TIME AND THEN I WAS LIKE,
NEVER AGAIN.
AND THEN I MOVED OVER TO
RAVENNA.
I HAPPEN TO BE TWO BLOCKS NORTH
OF THE GILMAN.
I USED TO WORK AT THAT
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
BEING ABLE TO RIDE AND TAKE A
SAFE ROUTE WAS PROBABLY THE
WIND BREEZING THROUGH MY HAIR,
IT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST
EXPERIENCES.
BUT IT IS ONE OF THOSE
EXPERIENCES.
I SAY THIS BECAUSE IT IS
IMPORTANT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT
THE REFLECTION OF PROGRESSIVE
VALUES AS A CITY, ABOUT IT
BEING GOOD GOVERNANCE FOR US TO
DO THIS WHEN, AS YOU ALL STATED,
WHEN WE ARE DOING WORK ON A
STREET, BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL OF
THESE PLANS AND ALL OF THESE
PLANS I THINK OF HOW WE CAN
BEST COORDINATE THEM.
AND AT THE TIME WE ARE DOING
THE WORK, AND AS WE THINK ABOUT
THE FUTURE OF THE MICRO
MOBILITY OPTIONS LIKE SCOOTERS,
WE WANT TO CREATE THE SAFE
SPACES FOR THOSE MICRO MOBILITY
OPTIONS.
WE HAVE HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO
HEAR ABOUT GROTE MOBILITY.
THE FUTURE OF TRANSPORTATION
AND WHAT THESE GROTE MOBILITY
OPTIONS MIGHT BE.
I AM FULLY SUPPORTIVE AND I
WANT TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT IN
TERMS OF US BEING ABLE TO DO
THIS AND MOVE FORWARD.
BECAUSE I WILL SAY THIS
BECAUSE, I'M SORRY I MISSED THE
LAST FEW MINUTES OF THE LAST
PRESENTATION.
BECAUSE THERE IS NO BIKE LANE
AND SOUTHEAST SEATTLE, ONE OF
MY OWN PERSONAL PRIORITIES FOR
THE BUDGET AND THINKING ABOUT
WHAT WE CAN DO TO MOVE FORWARD
IS, HOW WE CAN ADVANCE IN TERMS
OF A BIKE LANE AND SOUTHEAST
SEATTLE DURING THIS BUDGET
BECAUSE I AM COGNIZANT OF THE
FACT THAT I HAPPEN TO BE IN ONE
OF THE MOST TRANSIT RICH AREAS
IN NORTHEAST SEATTLE.
ONE OF THE MOST PRIVILEGED
NEIGHBORHOODS AND MOST PEOPLE
WHO LOOK LIKE ME, THEY DON'T
HAVE THAT SAME SAFE ROUTE.
I WANT TO ENSURE THEIR SAFETY
AS WELL.
>> YOU MAKE A REALLY GOOD POINT
ALSO.
THE DATA SHOWS THAT 60% OF
PEOPLE IN SEATTLE WANT TO BIKE
MORE THAN THEY CURRENTLY DO.
AND WE KNOW THAT THE NUMBER ONE
REASON WHY THEY DON'T IS
BECAUSE THEY ARE CONCERNED FOR
THEIR SAFETY.
HAVING ACCESS TO A SAFE BIKE
RIGHT IMMEDIATELY CLOSE TO
WHERE YOU LIVE AND WHERE YOU'RE
GOING MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE
IN PEOPLE DECIDING TO USE THEIR
BIKES MORE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
INC.
YOU CLARA.
I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE
WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS
ORDINANCE.
I THINK THAT IT COVERS ALL OF
THE BASES THAT WE ARE TRYING TO
COVER ON THIS.
AGAIN, THIS DOESN'T OUTRIGHT
MANDATE IT.
IT LEAVES A BIT OF ROOM FOR
FOLKS TO DO SOME ANALYSIS.
BUT IT REQUIRES A PROCESS IF
THEY WANT TO CHANGE PATHS.
IT SETS A CLEAR EXPECTATION
THAT WE ARE GOING INTO A
IMMUNITY AND DOING A REPAVING
PROJECT.
IT IS WHAT IS EXPECTED.
WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A
FEW DECADES.
WE KNOW THAT THERE'S OFTEN
RESISTANCE TO WHAT WE FIND.
THINGS WORK OUT.
THEY WORK OUT BETTER.
WE HAVE SEEN RECENT DATA FROM
VANCOUVER BC THAT CONTINUES TO
SHOW HOW MUCH BETTER BUSINESSES
ARE DOING DESPITE THE
BUSINESSES BEING ORIGINALLY
UPSET ABOUT LOSING PARKING IN A
BIKE LINGERING IN FRONT OF
THEIR BUSINESS.
THEIR SALES ARE UP IN THERE
ADVOCATING FOR MORE SAFE BIKE
FOR STRUCTURE.
THEY SEE THE RESULTS.
WE HAVE SIMILAR INSTANCES IN
NEIGHBORHOODS IN SEATTLE WITH
THE TRANSITIONS HAPPEN AND WE
NEED TO MAKE IT CLEAR GOING
FORWARD THAT THIS IS WHAT WE
ARE GOING TO DO.
LET'S AWAY IN ABOUT HOW WE DO
IT.
I DON'T PLAN TO VOTE ON THIS
TODAY.
I WANT TO HOLD IT UNTIL NEXT
FRIDAY.
I WANT TO VOTE ON IT AT THAT
POINT.
THAT WILL GIVE, IT WILL REVIEW
THE LEGISLATION AND IF THERE IS
ANY FEEDBACK WE CAN DO THAT.
THE LAST FULL COUNCIL MEETING
IS THE FOR THE AUGUST RECESS ON
MONDAY.
WE WOULDN'T HAVE TIME TO GET IT
TO THAT MEETING ANYWAY.
SO WILL TAKE ANOTHER WEEK IN
CASE FOLKS HAVE OTHER COMMENTS
OR FEEDBACK TO GIVE.
I WOULD HOPE TO PASS THAT OUT
OF COMMITTEE NEXT FRIDAY.
AND IT WOULD BE FULL COUNCIL AT
THE FIRST COUNCIL MEETING IN
SEPTEMBER, WHICH WE WOULD LEAVE
ON SEPTEMBER 3. THANK YOU ALL
SO MUCH FOR THAT.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER THREE.
WE HAVE SOME OF THE SAME
PRESENTERS HERE, WOULD YOU READ
THAT INTO THE RECORD?
>> RESOLUTION 31894.
RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE
FUNDING OF PRIORITY PROJECTS IN
THE 2019-TO 24 BICYCLE MASTER
PLAN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
REQUESTING THAT THE MAYOR
COMMIT TO BUILDING OUT THE BIKE
MASTER PLAN AND IDENTIFYING
FUNDING FOR PRIORITY BICYCLE
MASTER PLAN PROJECTS IN THE
MAYORS 2020 PROPOSED BUDGET.
>>, WOULD YOU MIND IF WE DIDN'T
TALK ABOUT THIS BEFORE, BUT
GIVING A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT
THIS DOES IN A SIMILAR
DISCUSSION?
>> THIS RESOLUTION IS REALLY
FOCUSED IN RESPONSE TO THE 2019-
2024 BY MASTER PLAN
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN WHICH LAYS
OUT THE MAP OF WHERE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS
PLANNING ON DESIGNING AND
BUILDING PROTECTIVE BIKE LANES
AS WELL AS NEIGHBORHOOD
GREENWAYS AS A PART OF THE
PROCESS.
2019, FOR THE 2019-2024 PLAN,
THEY DID A LITTLE BIT OF A
RESET.
WHICH WAS IN PART VERY SMART.
REALLY LOOKING AT WHAT WE COULD
ACTUALLY FUND WITH THE MOVE
SEATTLE LEVY FUNDING WE HAVE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS
KIND OF A KEY CRITICISM OF THE
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IS THAT
SEVERAL KEY ROUTES,
PARTICULARLY IN SOUTH YOU
SEATTLE ART LEFT UNFUNDED.
THERE KIND OF IN THIS PLACE OF
PREPLANNING AND WE AREN'T
REALLY SURE WHEN THEY WILL BE
DESIGNED AND BUILT.
WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE
PLANS COMMITTED TO GETTING
THEIR FUNDING AND BEING BUILT
THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE
MOVE SEATTLE LEVY SO THAT WAY
AFTER THE LEVY IS COMPLETED, WE
WOULD SEE COMPLETE SAFE
ABILITIES AND ROUTES THROUGH
SOUTH SEATTLE.
WE WOULD ALSO ADD IN
SPECIFICALLY HIGHLIGHTING TWO
PIECES IN THE CENTER CITY THAT
FEEL REALLY IMPORTANT TO FIND
AS WELL.
THERE IS A SECTION OF ALASKAN
WAY THAT WILL CONNECT THE
ELLIOTT BAY TRAIL.
THAT IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE TO
SECURE.
SO WE HAVE A SEAMLESS ROUTE.
IT WOULD BE GREAT IF MORE
PEOPLE COULD BIKE TO THAT
EMPLOYER.
THE OTHER PIECE THAT WE HAVE
HIGHLIGHTED EASY TO A
PROTECTIVE BIKE LANE ON FOURTH
AVENUE.
THIS IS IDENTIFIED IN THE ONE
CENTER CITY PLAN.
AND WHAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED IN
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IS A ONE-
WAY PROJECTED BIKE LANE ON
FOURTH WHICH LEAVES SOUTHBOUND
WRITERS OUT OF LUCK IF YOU'RE
TRYING TO FIND AN ALL AGES AND
ABILITIES WERE TO HAD TO PLACES
LIKE CITY HALL AND THE CIVIC
CENTER AND THE LIBRARY.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF KEY
DESTINATIONS THAT ARE NOT
ACCESSIBLE BY A SAFE ROUTE.
>> CLARA EMMA VICKI, WOULD YOU
LIKE TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT
THIS?
>> I ALSO WANTED TO EXPAND A
LITTLE BIT ON SOMETHING THAT
KELLY MENTIONED BRIEFLY.
THIS IS REALLY IN RESPONSE TO A
LOT OF THE COMMUNITY INPUT THAT
SDOT AND THE CITY RECEIVED LAST
SPRING WHEN THIS PLAN CAME OUT.
FUNDING FOR THESE UNFUNDED
ABOUT THE SOUTH AND IN THE
CENTER CITY WAS THE HIGHEST
STATED PRIORITY OF THE SEATTLE
BICYCLE ADVISORY BOARD.
AND AT THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH
MEETINGS ABOUT THIS PLAN.
NOT JUST IN THE SOUTH AND BUT
CITYWIDE.
THIS WAS THE HIGHEST STATED
PRIORITY.
AND A HUGE ADVOCACY PUSH AT THE
TIME.
SO HAVING THOSE ROUTES REMAIN
UNFUNDED IS A SERIOUS
DISAPPOINTMENT FOR A LOT OF
PEOPLE.
AND YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A COVER
LETTER OF THAT PLAN AT THE TIME
THAT THE MAYOR AND SDOT SAID
THEY HAD EVERY INTENDED VISION
OF FINDING FEES TO PUSH FOR THE
COMPLETION.
WE ARE REALLY EXCITED THAT THIS
IS ALL COMING TOGETHER, HAVING
THE COUNCIL AGREED WITH THAT.
WE CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER WITH
THE MAYOR AND WITH SDOT AND
WITH COUNSEL TO FIND FUNDING
AND BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THOSE
ROUTES.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE
IN MY MIND THAT WE COULD FIND
OURSELVES SIX YEARS FROM NOW AT
THE END OF THAT MOVE SEATTLE
LEVY WITH NO ALL AGES AND
ABILITIES FOR STRUCTURE
CONNECTING FROM THE SOUTH AND
TO DOWNTOWN.
AND SO THIS IS A NONNEGOTIABLE
IN MY MIND.
WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO FIND THE
FUNDING AND BE ABLE TO
CONSTRUCT THE ROUTES.
>> I WOULD ADD, SIMILAR TO
CLARA, I SEE THIS RESOLUTION AS
ARTICULATING THE MAYOR AND
COUNCIL ABSOLUTELY IN LOCKSTEP
ABOUT NEEDING TO FIND FUNDING
TO COMPLETE THESE PROJECTS THAT
ARE LONG-STANDING PRIORITIES OF
THE COMMUNITY.
I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO STAND
WITH THE MAYOR ON WEDNESDAY AS
SHE ANNOUNCED THAT THE SALE OF
THE MEGA BLOCK AND WITH IT, $60
MILLION IN MULTIMODAL
TRANSPORTATION FUNDING AND YOU
KNOW, A LOCKED ABOUT THE MAYOR
AND COUNCIL IN JOINING THE
BUDGET PROCESS TO START FUNDING
SOME OF THESE PROJECTS.
BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE,
WHATEVER THAT IS, NOT THE
AISLE.
BOTH THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL HAVE
ARTICULATED A DESIRE TO DO THAT.
THIS RESOLUTION IS A PIECE OF
THAT.
>> THIS IS A REMINDER FOR THE
PUBLIC, EARLIER WE TALKED ABOUT
THE DECISION NOT TO BUILD A
PROTECTED BIKE LANE ON
NORTHEAST.
IT WAS MADE ROUGHLY
CONCURRENTLY WITH THE UPDATES
TO THE BIKE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
BACK IN MARCH.
THE TIMING OF THAT IS
UNFORTUNATE AND SAID THAT THE
CITY DIDN'T CARE ABOUT
IMPLEMENTING THE BIKE MASTER
PLAN.
THEY WERE OPPOSED AT THAT
POINT.
IT WAS A DRAFT.
IT CAME ACROSS TO THE COMMUNITY
WITH A BIG SIDE.
T SDOT'S CREDIT THEY WORKED
WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS AND RAPIDLY DID A
BUNCH OF OUTRAGE.
PROBABLY HALF A DOZEN COMMITTEE
MEETINGS OR CLOSE TO IT OVER
THE COURSE OF THE FOLLOWING SIX
WEEKS.
THIS WAS UNDER THE TIME THAT
ALMOST BRAND-NEW DIRECTOR FOR
SDOT.
THEY CAME BACK TO THE COMMUNITY
IN JUNE, BASICALLY REPORTING
BACK ON WHAT THEY HEARD.
KIND OF REVISING THE APPROACH
THERE.
I BELIEVE FROM MY SENSE AT
LEAST, THE TONE OF THE APPROACH
FELT A LOT BETTER.
SUBSTANCE OF IT WAS SHORT
BECAUSE IT REFLECTS SOME
FUNDING REALITIES THAT THEY
HAVE RUN INTO.
AS WE HAVE HEARD IN THE PUBLIC
COMMENT, OTHER THINGS KEEP
GOING FORWARD.
THAT FELT DISAPPOINTING.
BUT THE KEY, I APPRECIATE YOU
MENTIONING THE PENDING SALE OF
THE MEGA BLOCK, WHICH THE MAYOR
ANNOUNCED EARLIER THIS WEEK.
AND THAT IS REALLY EXCITING
BECAUSE THE MAYOR HAS INDICATED
THAT SHE WOULD LIKE THE COUNCIL
TO PUT OVER $50 MILLION OF
REVENUE FROM THAT TOWARDS
PROJECTS THAT ARE THESE TYPES
OF PROJECTS.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I
WOULD LOVE WITH THIS RESOLUTION
BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
CITIES POLICIES, THAT WE ARE
COMMITTED TO THESE PROJECTS.
EVEN IF THE FUNDING REALITY
TODAY IS THAT WE DON'T SEE A
PATH TO IT, WE WILL FIND THE
FUNDING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
AND DURING THE BUDGET IN THE
NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, WE HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY ALMOST
IMMEDIATELY TO LIVE UP TO THAT
COMMITMENT BECAUSE THERE ARE
SOME FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND
CLAIRE, AS HE SAID, THE IDEA
THAT WE WOULD COMPLETE THIS
NINE-YEAR TRANSPORTATION
PCKAGE AND STILL BE WHERE WE
STARTED WHEN IT COMES TO SAFE
ROUTES FOR FOES LIVING IN
SOUTHEAST SEATTLE WOULD BE A
FAILURE.
AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING.
WE WILL NEED TO MOVE SWIFTLY
BUT ACTUALLY, I THINK THINGS
ARE ALIGNING.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR
THOUGHTS ON THIS RESOLUTION?
>> I WOULD JUST ECHO EVERYTHING
THAT HAS BEEN SAID ON THE
TABLE.
AGAIN, I THINK WITH REGARDS TO
THE FOURTH AVENUE BIKE LANE
PROJECT, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER
IN JUNE, I THOUGHT TO ME, IF WE
WERE GOING TO DO IT, LET'S DO
IT RIGHT.
SO I THINK IT IS THE FOURTH
AVENUE BIKE LANE PROJECT.
IT IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO GET
IT RIGHT.
RIGHT IN THE HEART OF THE CITY.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO
IT.
>> SO SIMILAR TO THE LAST PIECE
OF LEGISLATION, I AM GOING TO
HOLD THIS IN COMMITTEE FOR ONE
MORE WEEK.
WE WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO HEAR
ANY MORE COMMENTS FROM FOLKS IF
PEOPLE HAVE BRILLIANT IDEAS AS
TO HOW TO MAKE A BETTER.
WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
MY HOPE WOULD BE NEXT FRIDAY
MORNING WHEN WE HAVE A SPECIAL
COMMITTEE EATING AGAIN, TO VOTE
THE RESOLUTION OUT OF
COMMITTEE.
IT WOULD BE BEFORE THE FULL
COUNSEL, IDEALLY ON SEPTEMBER
3. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK
ON THIS.
AND I THINK WITH THAT, WE WILL
EXCUSE YOU ALL AND MOVE ON TO
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
>> THIS IS A RED LIGHT CAMERA
BRIEFING.
>> AND CALVIN IS COMING FORWARD.
WELCOME.
>> MY NAME IS CALVIN CHOW.
>> SO I WILL SAY IF YOU OPENING
REMARKS.
CALVIN, YOU CAN FILL IN THE
BLANKS OR CORRECT MISSTATEMENTS
I MAKE.
LAST YEAR, SO THE CITY FOR A
NUMBER OF YEARS HAS HAD A RED
LIGHT CAMERA PROGRAM IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE.
AND A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, WE
AS A POLICY SAID THAT 20% OF
THE REVENUES FROM THOSE RED
LIGHT CAMERAS WOULD BE
DEDICATED TO SCHOOL SAFETY
PROJECTS.
LAST YEAR, IN ADDITION TO THE
RED LIGHT CAMERA, THERE ARE
SPEED CAMERAS IN SCHOOL ZONES
THAT ARE AUTHORIZED BY STATE
LAW.
REQUIRED BY STATE LAW THAT ALL
REVENUE FROM THE SCHOOLS SAFETY
CAMERA GOES TO SCHOOL SAFETY
PROJECTS.
LAST YEAR IN THE BUDGET EMMA I
CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHOSE
INITIATIVE IT WAS BUT WE ENDED
UP SUPPORTING A BUDGET THAT
TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED RED LIKE
HIM OR MONEY GOING TO SAFETY
PROJECTS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR,
2019, PROPOSE FOUR 2020.
AND THERE WAS MORE REVENUE THAN
WE HAD EXPECTED ON THE TRAFFIC
SAFETY CAMERAS, THE SPEEDING
CAMERAS IN SCHOOL ZONES.
BUT A LOT OF FOLKS WERE
DISAPPOINTED.
MYSELF INCLUDED.
THE COUNCIL, THE BUDGET I VOTED
FOR WALKED BACK ON A COMMITMENT
WE HAD PREVIOUSLY MADE.
>> THAT IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
DURING THE LAST YEARS BUDGETS,
THE SCHOOL ZONE CAMERA REVENUES
CAME IN, THE PROJECTIONS IN
OCTOBER CAME IN ABOUT 2.1 2.2
MILLION MORE THAN ANTICIPATED
FOR EACH YEAR.
SO WITH THOSE ORIGINAL
RESOURCES, ONE OF THE DECISIONS
WAS TO SUSPEND THE
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE RED
LIGHT CAMERAS, WHICH WAS ABOUT
$900,000 PER YEAR.
THAT WAS STILL MORE MONEY IN
THE SCHOOL ZONE CAMERA FUND BUT
THE RESOURCES FROM THAT RED
LIGHT CAMERAS WERE DIVERTED
BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND.
>> AS WE HEARD TODAY, AT LEAST
FROM ONE COMMENTOR IN PUBLIC
COMMENT ON THE SCHOOL SAFETY
BOARD, SCHOOL TRAFFIC SAFETY
BOARD IF I HAVE THAT RIGHT,
THERE ARE A LOT OF SAFETY
PROGRAMS NEAR SCHOOLS THAT
COULD USE SOME FUNDING.
WE ARE OUT OF PROJECTS TO DO
THERE.
BUT I AM INTERESTED IN DOING,
THIS IS THE FIRST CONVERSATION.
I WILL ASK CALVIN TO WALK YOU
THROUGH IT.
IT IS TO RESTORE THE COMMITMENT
TO DEDICATE REVENUE FROM THE
RED LIGHT CAMERAS STARTING IN
2020.
SO WE WILL STILL HAVE LIVED
THROUGH WHEN YEAR OF SUSPENSION
OF THAT RULE BUT NOT TWO YEARS.
MY PROPOSAL AT THE MOMENT WOULD
BE THAT WE WOULD RESTORE THE
20% OF REVENUE THAT WOULD BE
REDEDICATED TO SCHOOL SAFETY
PROJECTS.
THEN ADD AN ADDITIONAL 30% OF
THE REVENUE AND DEDICATE THAT
TOWARDS VISION ZERO PROJECT.
MY TIMING FOR THIS
COUNCILMEMBER PROJECT THOUGH
WOULD BE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION
AND BE BACK IN SEPTEMBER.
IF THERE IS SUPPORT FOR IT, TO
VOTE IT OUT OF COMMITTEE.
BUT I DON'T KNOW TECHNICALLY
HOW WE WOULD DO IT.
BUT REFER IT TO THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE TO TAKE UP AS PART OF
THE OVERALL BUDGET.
BECAUSE THIS WILL CERTAINLY
CHANGE THE ENDORSED BUDGET FOR
2020 AND LIKELY CHANGE WITH THE
MAYOR SENDS DOWN.
BUT THEY ARE COULD ADJUST THIS.
SO WE WILL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT
IF WE DO WANT TO DEDICATE THIS
FUNDING, A PIECE BACK TO
SCHOOLS.
AN ADDITIONAL PIECE TO VISION
ZERO.
HOW WE DO THAT IN THE SENSE OF
A BALANCED BUDGET, WE WILL HAVE
OPPORTUNITIES BEFORE US TO
FIGURE IT OUT.
WE WILL SEE HOW IT GOES FROM A
POLICY PERSPECTIVE.
MY HOPE WOULD BE TO WORK TO THE
POLICY AND DEAL WITH THE BUDGET
COMPONENT IN THE ACTUAL BUDGET
A FEW MONTHS LATER.
>> CALVIN, DID YOU WANT TO
DESCRIBE ANYTHING TECHNICAL
ABOUT THIS BUDGET?
>> I'M NOT SURE THERE'S TOO
MUCH MORE TO SAY.
IT DOES CHANGE THE FINANCIAL
POLICIES ESTABLISHED IN THE
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE.
THAT WOULD BE CODIFIED THE SAME
WAY THEY, THE CURRENT
CONTRIBUTIONS ARE.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT IT GOES
FOR THE BUDGET COMMITTEE
BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE IMPACTS
ON THE 2020 BUDGET AND IN THE
CYCLE, IT ESSENTIALLY IS A
BUDGET ACTION.
YOU WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU
WOULD HAVE THE PREPARATIONS TO
BACK IT IF WE WERE TO REMOVE
THE 2020 COMMITMENT.
>> GREAT.
SO THE OTHER THING I JUST WANT
TO ADD.
LAST YEAR DURING A LEGISLATIVE
SESSION, ONE OF THE TOP
PRIORITIES FOR THE CITY,
CERTAINLY FOR ME, ON THE
TRANSPORTATION FRONT DOWN IN
OLYMPIA, IT WAS GETTING
PERMISSION OR AUTHORITY TO DO
AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT, BLOCK
THE BOX VIOLATIONS WILL SO WIND
VEHICLES ARE AT AN
INTERSECTION, STAY IN THE
INTERSECTION AFTER THE LIGHT
CHANGES, ALSO VIOLATORS OF OUR
TRANSIT ONLY LANES.
THOSE PEOPLE TEND TO FOLLOW THE
RULES ON THOSE THINGS WHEN
THERE IS A POLICE OFFICER
PRESENT.
BUT WE SIMPLY DO NOT HAVE THE
RESOURCES TO HAVE POLICE
OFFICERS PRESENT IN ALL OF
THOSE INTERSECTIONS.
WHAT WE FIND IN OUR CITY IS
THAT ALMOST DAILY IF NOT HOURLY
OR ON A MINUTE BASIS,
INTERSECTIONS CONTINUE TO BE
BLOCKED, CAUSING A MASSIVE
DISRUPTION FOR THE TRANSIT
SYSTEM AND DRIVERS.
ALSO CAUSING HUGE SAFETY
PROBLEMS FOR PEDESTRIANS AND
CYCLISTS WHO TRY TO NAVIGATE
THEIR WAY THROUGH THE MOST
SERIOUS.
ALMOST THE MOST VULNERABLE
USERS, PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS
OBVIOUSLY CANNOT SQUEEZE
THROUGH THE LITTLE WINDOWS LEFT
BETWEEN CARS.
THEY ARE OFTEN FORCED OUT INTO
THE TRAFFIC IN VERY UNSAFE
SITUATION.
THAT INITIATIVE DID NOT MAKE IT
THROUGH OLYMPIA DESPITE SOME
AMAZING EFFORTS.
IT GOT REALLY CLOSE.
IT WILL BE BACK THIS YEAR.
AND TALKING TO SOME OF THE
LEGISLATORS IN OLYMPIA, THEY
EXPRESS CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT WE
DID WITH THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS
LESTER.
THEY OBVIOUSLY COULD LEGISLATE
LIKE WE DID WITH SCHOOL SAFETY
CAMERAS TO MANDATE THAT THE
FUNDING GOES BUT IT WOULD BE A
GOOD SHOW OF GOOD FAITH IF WE
COULD FIND A PATH IN THIS
BUDGET, IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT
LEGISLATIVE SESSION, TO UNDO
WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR AND
FURTHER WE DEDICATE THIS
SAFETY.
THERE IS A SENSE FROM SOME THAT
WE ARE IMPLEMENTING THESE TYPES
OF PROGRAMS AS A REVENUE SOURCE
TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
IT IS HARD TO DEFEND THAT WHEN
WE TAKE ALL OF THE REVENUE AND
USE IT FOR THE GENERAL FUNDS.
FOR ME, THESE PROGRAMS ARE
DRIVEN LARGELY BY SAFETY.
ULTIMATE GOAL WOULD BE TO NOT
COLLECT A PENNY OF THESE
BECAUSE NO ONE IS BLOCKING THE
BOX.
NO ONE IS RUNNING RED LIGHTS.
NO ONE IS SPEEDING IN SCHOOL
ZONES.
NOBODY IS ILLEGAL USING BUS
LANES.
WE REALLY WANT COMPLIANCE IS
WHAT WE WANT.
TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE IS
REVENUE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE NOT
IN COMPLIANCE EMMA DEDICATING A
PORTION OR ALL OF THAT TO
FIXING THE PROBLEM IS MY GOAL.
>> RATE.
CALVIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
YOUR WORK ON THIS.
WILL HAVE IT BACK AND COMMITTEE
SOMETIME IN SEPTEMBER.
I CAN'T REMEMBER THAT IT.
WE WILL SEE YOU ALL THEN.
UNLESS YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE?
THANK YOU.
THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WE WILL
INVITE DISSENTERS FORWARD.
KELLY WILL READ IT IN.
>> WE ARE HAVING A BRIEFING ON
MULTIMODAL PARKING RESOLUTION.
>> AND I WILL ASK PEOPLE TO BE
INTRODUCED.
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO, THIS IS
SOMETHING YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING
ON.
I WILL HAND THE MICROPHONE OVER
TO YOU AFTER WE DO
INTRODUCTIONS IF THAT IS OKAY
WITH YOU.
>> AS PEOPLE GET SEATED, WE
HAVE SOME FAMILIAR FACES BACK
HERE TODAY.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE
MULTIPLE TIMES.
BUT WE START WITH
INTRODUCTIONS.
>> DO YOU WANT ME TO JUST GO?
I NAME IS KARLENE RYTKONEN,
LEGISLATIVE AIDE FOR CONTENT.
>> OKAY.
ANNA ZIVARTS.
>> AND AGAIN, I AM CLARA
CANTOR.
>> WHO WOULD LIKE TO START?
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO, WOULD
YOU LIKE TO SAY OPENING
REMARKS?
>> YOU CAN MODERATE THIS WHOLE
THING.
>> SORRY, MY SISTER WAS CALLING
ME.
SO THIS RESOLUTION, I
APPRECIATE MY STAFF, CASCADE
BICYCLE CLUB THREE HELPING TO
LEAD THIS DISCUSSION.
WE ASK FOR STAT TWO.
PROS A BUDGET TO BUILD 1500
SPACES IN 2000 AND.
THE RESOLUTION WILL ASK SDOT
TO, FOR A FUNDING PROPOSAL TO
INSTALL 2000 SPACES IN 2020.
REALLY, AS I HAVE BEEN IN THE
COMMITTEE THINKING ABOUT AND
ADVOCATING AND TRYING TO
ADVANCE FUTURE MICRO MOBILITY
OPTIONS, I WANT SDOT TOOTH BE
FORWARD THINKING ABOUT HOW THEY
CAN CREATE THOSE SPACES FOR US
TO BE ABLE TO PARK BIKE SHARE
OR OTHER MICRO MOBILITY OPTIONS
THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.
WITH THAT, TO SOME OF THE
ADVOCATES AS WELL AS CASCADE
BICYCLE CLUB, IF THEY WOULD
LIKE TO SPEAK FURTHER, I WOULD
DEFER TO YOU.
>> I WOULD LIKE FOR ANNA
ZIVARTS TO SHOW THIS VIDEO
THAT HAS GONE VIRAL.
SOMETHING THAT WILL INFORM
FOLKS WHAT WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT.
>> SO WE ARE TECHNICALLY A
VIDEO ADVOCACY TEAM EVEN THOUGH
WE BRANCHED OUT OF JUST VIDEO.
BUT VIDEO IS A HEART OF WHAT WE
DO.
THIS IS A VIDEO WE PRODUCED
WITH SDOT AFTER OUR DON'T LOCK
THE BOX VIDEO DID WELL IN THE
LEGISLATURE LAST YEAR.
RAISING THE ISSUE AND TALKING
ABOUT IT AS AN ACCESSIBILITY
ISSUE.
SDOT APPROACHED US TO HELP
EDUCATE USERS AND FOLKS IN
SEATTLE ABOUT PROPER BIKE
PARKING.
TO DISABLED FOLKS IN PARTICULAR
WHEN BIKES AREN'T PARKED
CORRECTLY.
LET'S ROLL.
>> I AM A WHEELCHAIR USER AND I
AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE
DREADED LIKE, LIKE BLOCKERS.
ú>> NEXT, ANOTHER BIKE BLOCKING
IN THE SIDEWALK.
>> IT MIGHT BE GOOD FOR SOME
PEOPLE BUT IT IS NOT FOR ME
BECAUSE I USE A CANE.
I GET FRUSTRATED BECAUSE MY CAN
GET CAUGHT IN THE SPOKES.
>> THEY BLOCK THE WAY.
IT ROLLS THROUGH A STOP UP.
>>> IT IS STILL IN JACOBS WAY.
>> LIKE BLOCKING IS GOOD FOR NO
ONE.
DON'T DUMP YOUR BIKES AGAINST A
WALL OF A BUILDING BECAUSE MY
ARMS GET CAUGHT IN THE
HANDLEBARS AND IT MAKES IT
DIFFICULT FOR LOW VISION TO
FIND INTEREST TO THE BUILDING.
>> YOU COULD FIGHT, PARK THE
BIKE IN A BIKE RACK.
>> PARKING.
>> GOOD PARKING.
>> USE COMMON SENSE.
DON'T LOCK ACCESS TO TRANSIT
STOPS, CURBS, DRIVEWAYS, OR
DOORS.
THERE SHOULD BE AT LEAST 6 FEET
OF CLEAR SPACE FOR PEDESTRIAN
ACCESS.
>> IF YOU SEE A BIKE PARKED
WRONG, THESE MOVE IT TO THE
CORRECT SAFE PLACE.
>> BLOCKING IS NOT COOL.
IT IS RUDE.
IT IS DANGEROUS.
>> LET'S MAKE LIKE SURE WORK
FOR EVERYONE.
PARK CORRECTLY.
PRODUCED BY SEATTLE DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION.
FOR MORE ON BIKE SURE, GO TO
SEATTLE.GOV FLASH
TRANSPORTATION SLASH BIKE FLASH
SHARE.
>> WHILE WE ARE HAPPY TO
EDUCATE FOLKS AT THIS VIDEO, WE
NEED TO GO FURTHER.
BECAUSE IT'S CLEARLY NOT JUST
EDUCATION THAT IS GOING TO
SOLVE THIS ONE.
SO WE ARE EXCITED TO SUPPORT
THIS RESOLUTION.
I WOULD LOVE FOR CLARA TO SPEAK
ABOUT THE INCREASED USE OF NOT
JUST BIKE SHARE BUT BIKE AND
MICRO MOBILITY OPTIONS IN
GENERAL.
>> YEAH.
SO WE HAVE SEEN SEATTLE IS IN
THE MIDDLE OF A HUGE BOOM FOR
BIKING.
PART OF THAT IS PEOPLE WRITING
THEIR OWN PRIVATE BIKES AND
PART OF THAT IS ALSO USING THE
BIKE SHARE BIKES.
THE FLOATING BIKE SHARE BIKES
AND SOON WE ARE SEEING THE
POTENTIAL FOR THE SCOOTER PILOT
COMING OUT.
AND ALL OF THOSE BIKES AND
SCOOTERS AND OTHER KINDS OF
MICRO MOBILITY ARE BEING PARKED
ON THE SIDEWALK IN SIDEWALK
SPACE.
SOMETIMES AT BIKE STAPLES,
SOMETIMES HAPHAZARDLY.
BUT MOST OF THEM ARE ALL
ENTIRELY IN THE SIDEWALK AND
PEDESTRIAN SPACE.
AND OUR SIDEWALKS ARE ALREADY
CROWDED LIKE WE SAW IN THE
VIDEO.
SO YOU KNOW, IMPROPERLY PARKED
SCOOTERS AND BIKES CAN BE A
REAL HAZARD FOR PEOPLE AND A
REAL CHALLENGE.
ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE BLOCKING
CURB RAMPS AND TRANSIT ACCESS.
AND BLOCKING THE PEDESTRIAN
RIGHT-OF-WAY.
WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF BIKE
PARKING DOWNTOWN AND NEAR
TRANSIT HUBS THAT OFTEN NOT
ENOUGH.
SOMETIMES IT IS ENTIRELY
NONEXISTENT.
IN SOME PARTS OF OUR CITY.
SO THIS RESOLUTION IS BASICALLY
ROLLING OUT A LARGER SWATH OF
IN THE STREET BIKE AND SCOOTER
PARKING.
THESE STALLS AND MULTIMODAL
CORRALS WE ARE CALLING THEM,
THEY WOULD HAVE SPACE FOR BIKE
STAPLES WHERE YOU COULD PARK
LARGER BIKES AND PERSONAL BIKES
AND SPACE FOR CARGO BIKES.
AND THEN ALSO, HAVE SPACE FOR
BIKE SHARE BIKES THAT ARE NOT
DOCKED.
AND IT IS KIND OF A WIN-WIN
SITUATION BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK
AT AN INTERSECTION, CARS ARE
ALREADY NOT ALLOWED TO PARK
WITHIN 15 FEET OF AN
INTERSECTION BUT IT IS OFTEN IN
RESIDUAL, RESIDENTIAL AREAS
THAT ARE NOT FOLLOWED.
THAT COULD HAVE REAL
CONSEQUENCES FOR PEDESTRIANS
TRYING TO CROSS THE STREET
THERE.
FOR CARS TRYING TO COME OUT AND
EVERYONE I THINK WHO HAS TRIED
TO CROSS AN INTERSECTION THERE,
WHETHER ON FOOT OR IN A CAR OR
BIKE, YOU HAVE TO NOSE YOUR WAY
OUT OF IT.
TO FEEL ALMOST UNSAFE BEFORE
YOU ARE ABLE TO ACTUALLY CROSS.
BEING ABLE TO DAYLIGHT THIS
INTERSECTION OF IT IS AN ADDED
BONUS.
IT WOULD ALSO REINFORCE THAT
EXISTING ROLE FOR CARS NOT TO
BE ABLE TO PARK THERE.
YEAH.
>> IF I COULD JUST ADD TO THE,
QUICK THINGS.
AS WE MOVE AND THINK ABOUT THE
FUTURE OF THE CONVERSATION
ABOUT THE MICRO MOBILITY
OPTIONS, IT IS IMPORTANT TO THE
CITY IN THE CITY'S
INFRASTRUCTURE TO MOVE WITH
THAT.
YOU KNOW, WITH REGARDS TO,
THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEO.
I ALWAYS TELL MY TEAM, 1023 IS
GOING TO BE UPSET WITH ME.
I DON'T HAVE RULES IN LIFE.
BUT ONE OF THEM IS TO NOT BE A
--
>> NOT AT ALL.
WHAT WE CAN DO TO FURTHER
ALLEVIATE THE CONCERNS OF THE
MOST VULNERABLE.
THOSE DISABLED AND ENSURING
THEY HAVE THE SPACE TO MOVE
THROUGHOUT OUR CITY IS
IMPORTANT.
SO I THINK IT IS A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE THE
DISCUSSION AND ASK SDOT HOW TO
DO THIS.
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN, I ASK
FOR FEEDBACK.
I KNOW YOUR OFFICE HAS GIVEN
FEEDBACK.
AND COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
WE HOPE THAT WE CAN BRING IT
BACK FURTHER NEXT WEEK.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
WORK ON THIS.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK ON
THIS.
ONE THING COUNCILMEMBER THAT I
WOULD LOVE TO TALK WITH YOU
ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS
THE RIGHT VEHICLE BUT WITH SOME
OF THE DATA THAT CAME OUT THIS
FALL AND EARLIER SUMMER, OF
MISS PART BICYCLES, I THINK
THERE WAS A BIT OF A
DISCREPANCY BETWEEN WHAT THE
NAME OF THE COMPANIES WERE
REPORTING A WHAT SEEMS TO BE
HAPPENING.
EVEN THE MOST ROSY SCENARIO,
THERE ARE WAY TOO MANY BIKES.
I FEEL LIKE IT IS THE CITY'S
ROLE TO REALLY STEP UP
ENFORCEMENT AND EXPECT FOLKS TO
INCREASE THEIR GAME.
SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT
SDOT WAS GOING TO PENALIZE SOME
OF THE COMPANIES BY REDUCING
THE NUMBER OF BIKES THAT ARE
ALLOWED TO BE PUT ON THE
STREETS.
IT IS NOT CLEAR TO ME THAT THAT
IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE PENALTY,
ESPECIALLY AS I SEE THEM
SHIFTING MODES TWO DIFFERENT
THINGS ANYWAYS.
I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO GET SDOT
TO FIND THE BIKE COMPANIES
WHEN, I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT
IF WE COULD FIGURE IT OUT SO
THEY WOULD REQUIRE THE BIKE
COMPANIES PASS IT ON.
SO THE USERS, AT LEAST AT SOME
POINT, IF THEY ARE REPEATEDLY
DOING THESE THINGS, THEY DON'T
JUST WANT SOME VENTURE
CAPITALIST TO ABSORB THE COST.
I WANT THEM TO ACTUALLY CHANGE
BEHAVIOR.
SO AGAIN, I WOULD LOVE TO CHAT
WITH YOU A BIT MORE AND GET
SOME FEEDBACK FROM SDOT.
YOU KNOW, AS YOU MENTIONED, THE
CITY IS EVOLVING WHEN IT COMES
TO TRANSPORTATION.
FRANKLY, IT IS EVOLVING FASTER
THAN A LOT OF US ARE OFTEN
COMFORTABLE WITH.
BUT THAT JUST MEANS THAT IF WE
ARE GOING TO EMBRACE THESE
CHANGES, WHICH I THINK WE NEED
TO DO FROM A CLIMATE AND
CONGESTION PERSPECTIVE, WE HAVE
TO ALSO REALLY CHANGE HOW FAST
PEOPLES SAVE YOUR CHANGES.
FACTOR WE'VE HAD THESE SYSTEMS
IN PLACE FOR 2 YEARS NOW AND IT
STILL SEEMS THE PROBLEM IS VERY
PERSISTENT, I THINK PUBLIC
COMMENTS, SOMEONE WAS TALKING
ABOUT, I CAN'T REMEMBER WITH
THE CITY WAS.
THEY FELT IT WAS MUCH BETTER
COMPLIANCE THEM THERE WAS HERE.
I KNOW IT CAN BE DONE.
PEOPLE IN SEATTLE ARE CAPABLE
OF LEARNING THAT TWO.
>> ANNA?
>> I DO THINK THAT IS AN
EXCELLENT POINT.
THESE COMPANIES ARE OPERATING
IN A WHOLE BUNCH OF
DIFFERENCES.
EVERY CITY HAS ITS OWN
REGULATION AND FRAMEWORK.
SOME CITIES ARE REQUIRING
THINGS THAT WERE NOT.
RICE FOR SUPPER, WE CAN LEARN
WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE TRIED
AND WHAT IS WORKING.
WE SHOULD BE IN CONVERSATION
WITH LACES LIKE PORTLAND AND
CHICAGO.
DC ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
IT IS THE SAME COMPANY.
>> THAT IS GREAT.
>> TO YOUR POINT, COUNCIL
MEMBER O'BRIEN, I COMPLETELY
AGREE WITH YOU 100%.
AS SOMEONE WHO IS A FREQUENT
USER OF THESE SERVICES, I THINK
IT IS IMPORTANT TO MODEL GOOD
BEHAVIOR.
BUT ALSO TO ENSURE WE ARE A
STEWARD OF THAT GOOD BEHAVIOR.
HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH SDOT
IN TERMS OF WHAT MORE WE CAN
DO, WHAT WE NEED TO DO QUITE
FRANKLY.
AND COME BACK NEXT WEEK.
>>> SOUNDS GREAT.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
>> ANNA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
VIDEO ACTIVISM TEAM.
AND TO THE ACTORS AND ACTIVISTS
WHO WERE A PART OF IT.
YOUR ONGOING WORK IS REALLY
MAKING A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE
CITY AND IN THE STATE.
>> YOU.
TICKET WORKS FOR THE MARINERS,
HELPING FOLKS FIND THEIR SEATS.
>> GREAT TO HEAR IT.
>> AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
PACHECO FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON
THIS.
>> ARE WE DOING OUR FINAL
AGENDA ITEM?
>> WE ARE NOT EVEN GOING UNTIL
5:30 PM TODAY.
>> HAPPY HOUR STARTS AT 4.
>> COUNSEL BILL 119604, AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE GREEN
NEW DEAL FOR SEATTLE,
ESTABLISHING THE GREEN NEW DEAL
OVERSIGHT BOARD, PROVIDING
COMPETITION FOR THOSE WHO INCUR
A FINANCIAL HARDSHIP I THEIR.
THE PATIENT ON THE BOARD.
REQUESTING THAT THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT
CREATE AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL
TEAM TO ADVANCE THE GREEN NEW
DEAL FOR SEATTLE, AMENDING
SECTION 3.1 4.970 OF THE
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE AND
ADDING A NEW SECTION 3.1 4.979
TO THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE.
>> THANK YOU.
WHY DON'T WE START WITH
INTRODUCTIONS.
YOU CAN START.
>> LEGISLATIVE AIDE TO CANCEL
NUMBER O'BRIEN.
>> I NAME IS JILL AND I'M THAT
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF GOT
GREEN.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
THIS IS A PIECE OF LEGISLATION
THAT WE DISCUSSED BRIEFLY ON
TUESDAY IN COMMITTEE.
IF YOU LIKE IT WAS A FEW WEEKS
AGO BUT IT IS JUST A COUPLE OF
DAYS.
AND MAYBE YOU WANT TO GET A
QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE
LEGISLATION IS INTENDED TO DO?
I MENTIONED IN MY OPENING
COMMENTS, I ORIGINALLY INTENDED
AND HOPED TO VOTE ON THIS TODAY
BUT I HAVE CHANGED COURSE.
I WANTED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION
AND DO MORE WORK ON THIS BEFORE
WE HAVE A VOTE IN COMMITTEE.
>> SO THIS ORDINANCE IS A
COMPLEMENT TO THE GREEN NEW
DEAL RESOLUTION, WHICH IS ALSO
DISCUSSED IN COMMITTEE ON
TUESDAY.
AND THE MAIN GOAL OF IT IS TO
ESTABLISH A GREEN NEW DEAL
OVERSIGHT BOARD WHICH IS REALLY
AN ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD STAFFED
PRIMARILY AND COMPRISED OF
COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS AND THE
GOAL IS TO OVERSEE THE CITY'S
ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE GREEN
NEW DEAL RESOLUTION.
AND ENSURE THAT THE CITY IS
MOVING FORWARD TO REALIZE THE
VISION.
THE KEY COMPONENTS IN THE
ORDINANCE ARE THAT THE GREEN
NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD WOULD
COMPRISE OF 16 MEMBERS, EIGHT
MEMBERS FROM FRONT-LINE
IMMUNITIES AND LOOTING TRAVEL
MEMBERS AND USE.
TRIBAL MEMBERS.
AS WELL AS MEMBERS FROM
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
ORGANIZATIONS AND LABOR
REPRESENTATIVES AS WELL.
AND INDIVIDUALS WITH A DEPTH OF
EXPERIENCE AND CLIMATE
RESILIENCY STRATEGIES RELATING
TO CITIES.
ADDITIONALLY, THE ORDINANCE
OUTLINES AT THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT
IS TO STAFF THIS OVERSIGHT
BOARD AND ALSO CONVENE AN
INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM OF KEEP
CITY DEPARTMENTS AND WORK WITH
THEM TO OUTLINE SPECIFIC
TARGETS, METRICS AND
MEASUREMENTS TOWARDS GREENHOUSE
GAS REDUCTIONS FOR EVERY CITY
DEPARTMENT.
>> SO AT THIS POINT, I WILL
TURN IT OVER TO MATT AND JILL
AND SEE IF ANY OF YOU WANT TO
ADD MORE COMMENTS ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OR PURPOSE OF THIS
BOARD AND SOME OF THE QUESTIONS
WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING AS WE
MOVE FORWARD.
>> BANK YOU.
>> MY NAME IS MATT BRIMLEY.
I AM FROM THE STANDING ROCK BUT
A RESIDENT OF BEACON HELD.
AND I FIRST WANT TO THANK
COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN AND HIS
STAFF FOR TAKING THE LEADERSHIP
THROUGHOUT YOUR TENURE.
ON THE ISSUE OF CLIMATE JUSTICE
AND IN PARTICULAR WITH THIS
RESOLUTION, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
VOTES TO PUT OUT OF COMMITTEE
INTO FULL COUNCIL FOR MONDAY.
FOR THIS ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE
SOME BOLD LEADERSHIP AND
BACKBONE IN MY PERSPECTIVE TO
THE GOALS OF THE RESOLUTION SO
THANK YOU BOTH FOR THE WORK
THAT YOU ARE DOING ON THIS.
I ALWAYS FIND IT IMPORTANT TO
GROUND US IN THE REALITIES OF
WHAT WE ARE FACING.
I THINK SOMETIMES WHEN WE
DISCUSS CLIMATES ISSUES, IT IS
EASY TO SEE THAT AS A FAR DOWN
THE ROAD ISSUE OR SOMETHING
THAT IS NOT DIRECTLY IMPACTING
US.
WE GET INUNDATED WITH REPORTS
AND OFTEN DON'T SEE THE FACES
BEHIND THE TRAGEDIES THAT ARE
ALREADY TAKING PLACE BECAUSE OF
CLIMATE CHANGE.
SO I JUST WANT TO SHARE A
COUPLE OF THOSE.
ONE BEING IN 2003, THE
GOVERNMENT OFFICE OF
ACCOUNTABILITY REPORTS.
THEY STATED THAT 180 NATIVE
COMMUNITIES IN ALASKA ARE
ALREADY CURRENTLY FACING LAND
LOSS AND INCREASED FLOODING DUE
TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
THAT ONE HAS PARTICULAR
RESONANCE.
AS I WAS SCROLLING AND READING
IN SOCIAL MEDIA TODAY, WHERE A
REPORT JUST CAME OUT THAT
ALASKA, ALASKA'S SHORELINE HAS
COMPLETELY MELTED AWAY.
AND THIS WAS THE EARLIEST TIME
THIS HAS HAPPENED.
SINCE TWO YEARS AGO.
AND ARE ALASKA NATIVE SOLDIERS
IN PARTICULAR ARE BEING HIT
PRETTY HARD WITH LAND LOSS.
THE SAME REPORT STATED THAT 86%
OF ALL NATIVE COMMUNITIES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE BEING
NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY THE
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND
JUST HERE IN THIS STATE, WE
KNOW THAT OUR NATION RELATIVES
OUT ON THE COAST ARE CURRENTLY
HAVING TO RELOCATE THEIR ENTIRE
MAIN VILLAGE OF TO WHOLE OR
AWAY FROM THE COASTLINE BECAUSE
OF THE RISING WATERS.
WITH THIS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE,
ONE OF THE THINGS I SEE VITALLY
IMPORTANT FOR THE NEED OF IT IS
THAT IT PROVIDES ACCOUNTABILITY
FOR THE GOALS THAT ARE LAID OUT
IN THE RESOLUTION.
WE KNOW THAT SEATTLE HAS TAKEN
MANY POSITIONS ON THE ISSUE OF
CLIMATE CHANGE.
DATING AT LEAST BACK TO 2001.
IF MY MEMORY SERVES RIGHT WHEN
CLIMATE GOALS EMMA REDUCTION
GOALS WERE STATED BY THE MAYOR.
AND EVERY MAYOR AFTERWARDS HAS,
PROBABLY CITY COUNCIL, HAS MADE
REDUCTIONS OF GREENHOUSE GAS
GOALS A GOAL FOR SEATTLE.
AND WHILE THAT SOUNDS GOOD, THE
REALITY IS WE HAVE HAD AN
INCREASE IN GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS HERE IN THE CITY OVER
THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
SO IT IS ONE THING TO TAKE WERE
TO MAKE BOLD WORDS AND
STATEMENTS BUT IT IS SOMETHING
QUITE DIFFERENT TO SORT OF PUT
TEETH TO THAT AND HOLD
OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO SEE
THESE GOALS THAT ARE LAID OUT
IN THE RESOLUTION COME TO BE.
SO IN MY OPINION, ONE THING I
APPRECIATE ABOUT THE
RESOLUTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN
DRAFTED, IT IS VERY BOLD.
AND DECLARING SEATTLE TO BE
CLIMATE AND POLLUTANT FREE BY
2030.
AND NOT JUST CARBON NEUTRAL.
CLIMATE AND POLLUTANT FREE BY
2030.
THAT IS VERY BOLD.
I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE IT IS
THE TYPE OF ACTION THAT IS
NEEDED.
SO THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, ONE
OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES WOULD
BE TO HELP ENSURE THAT THE CITY
AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS ARE
BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE TOWARDS
ITS COMMITMENT AND THAT IN THE
APPLICATION OF THE RESOLUTION
GOALS, THAT THEY ARE APPLIED
EQUITABLY.
ONE THING I ALSO REALLY LIKE
ABOUT THIS ORDINANCE IN WHICH
YOU LAID OUT AND THAT CALLS FOR
THE COMMUNITY TO BE SITTING AT
THE TABLE ALONGSIDE LABOR,
ALONGSIDE IMPACTED COMMUNITIES,
ALONGSIDE TRIBAL COMMUNITIES IN
ENSURING THE ACCOUNTABILITY AND
THAT THE GOALS ARE MET.
AND I THINK THAT IS A UNIQUE
THING THAT I OFTEN HAVEN'T SEEN
THAT A LOT OF OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEES.
WHAT I WANT TO SHARE TODAY IS
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING BOLD
AND STICKING WITH THE GOALS
LAID OUT IN THE RESOLUTION AND
AGAIN, THERE ARE VERY GOOD
GOALS LAID OUT.
I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A
COUPLE OF OTHER COMMUNITIES
THAT, SOMETIMES I HAVE NOTICED,
SOMETIMES THEY DON'T FOLLOW
THROUGH WITH OLD ACTION.
IN 2016, 2000 SEXTING, WHERE I
AM AND STANDING ROCK, THERE
WERE ACTUALLY YOUNG PEOPLE WHO
FIRST WROTE THE CONCERN ABOUT
THE DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE.
THEY BEGAN HAVING, REVIVING A
TRADITION WHERE YOU RUN BETWEEN
COMMUNITIES TO SPREAD
AWARENESS.
AND OUR TRIBAL COUNCIL AND OUR
ELDERS AND COMMUNITY LISTENED
TO THEM.
AND I THOUGHT THIS WAS
INTERESTING WHEN I HEARD ABOUT
A 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL HAVING A
QUITE DIFFERENT RESPONSE HOURS
AGO RIGHT OUT HERE BECAUSE OF
HER CONCERN OVER CLIMATE CHANGE
WHERE SHE WAS MET WITH LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
BUT ANYWAYS, OUR NATION AND
COMMUNITY, THE COUNTY WHERE
THIS DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE
FIGHT TOOK PLACE, WE ARE THE
THIRD POOREST COUNTY IN ALL OF
THE UNITED STATES.
THE THIRD POOREST BEHIND TO
OTHERS.
THE LAKOTA JURISDICTIONS.
ARE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS OVER
60%.
DESPITE ALL OF THIS, WE TOOK ON
A MULTINATIONAL OIL COMPANY AND
THEIR WALL STREET BACKERS.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY.
OUR TRIBAL COUNCIL DOESN'T HAVE
THE MONEY.
WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES
LIKE A CITY OF SEATTLE DOES.
WHILE THAT PIPELINE WAS
EVENTUALLY PUT IN, WE ARE STILL
FIGHTING IT IN COURTS.
BUT ONE PIECE OF THE STORY,
THAT DOESN'T GET AS MUCH
ATTENTION, IT IS THAT THE
COMMUNITY OF CANNONBALL, WHERE
THE FIGHT TOOK PLACE JUST A
COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, THEY
LAUNCHED A SOLAR PANEL FARM
THAT WILL GIVE ELECTRICITY TO
THE WHOLE VILLAGE OF CANNONBALL
RIGHT THERE.
SAID THEY TOOK BOLD ACTION
DESPITE NOT HAVING ACCESS TO
THE RESOURCES THAT WE DO HERE
AND ARE BRINGING FORTH
SOLUTIONS.
I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT OUR
TRIBE, OUR STANDING ROCK
DOESN'T HAVE QUITE THE IMPACT
ON THE EMISSIONS THAT OUR CITY
DOES.
WE ALSO SAW OUR RELATIVES JUST
NORTH OF HERE WHO FACE SIMILAR
ECONOMIC HARDSHIPS, TAKE BOLD
ACTION AND TAKE ON THE COAL
INDUSTRY AND STOP THE
CONSTRUCTION OF WHAT WOULD HAVE
BEEN THE WORLD'S LARGEST COAL
EXPORT TERMINAL.
THAT NOT ONLY PROTECTED THE
NATION AND FISHING BUT IT HAS
POSITIVE IMPACTS FOR US DOWN
HERE AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, BILLY FRANK WHO WAS
ONE OF THE LEADERS, HE IS ONE
OF THE LEADERS IN THE FISHING
RIGHTS STRUGGLE, HE WAS
ARRESTED OVER 50 TIMES
ASSERTING HIS RIGHT TO FISH,
STARTING IN THE TEENAGE YEARS.
HE OFTEN REMARKED, ESPECIALLY
WHEN IN THE COMPANY OF STATE,
LOCAL OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS
AND REMINDED THEM THAT TRIBAL
GOVERNMENTS ARE FAR OUTSPENDING
THE NONTRIBAL GOVERNMENT IN
TERMS OF INVESTMENTS AND
HABITAT RESTORATION AND
ADDRESSING THE IMPACTS OF
CLIMATE CHANGE, DESPITE HAVING
LITTLE TO NO IMPACTS TOWARDS
THAT CLIMATE CHANGE.
SO SEATTLE, IT'S TIME FOR US TO
BE BOLD, TO STICK WITH THE
RESOLUTION.
TO CREATE AN OVERSIGHT BOARD
AND SEE THAT BY 2030, THESE
GOALS ARE MET.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MATT.
[APPLAUSE]
>> I AM ON.
I FIRST WANT TO APPRECIATE YOU
MATT FOR KICKING IT OFF.
I WAS NERVOUS SO I WANTED YOU
TO GO FIRST.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO HONOR THAT
WE ARE ON DUWAMISH LAND, THE
LAND OF THE SEAS.
I WANT TO HONOR THAT THE FIRST
PEOPLE OF THIS LAND HAVE BEEN
TAKING CARE OF THIS LAND FOR
YEARS BEFORE US.
THERE IS MUCH TO LEARN FROM
NATIVE COMMUNITIES.
AND TO ALSO EMPHASIZE THE NEED
TO RECOGNIZE THE RIGHTS, THEIR
SOVEREIGNTY.
FROM GOT GRAINS POINT OF VIEW,
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE HAS TO BE
WOVEN THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
RACIAL JUSTICE HAS TO BE WOVEN
THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
WE KNOW THAT IF WE INTEND TO
TRANSITION TO A SUSTAINABLE,
GREEN ECONOMY, WE CAN'T
GUARANTEE IT IS JUST UNLESS
THERE IS, UNLESS THE PROCESS IS
ALSO EQUITABLE AND JUST.
THAT THE PROCESS TAKES INTO
ACCOUNT THE PEOPLE MOST CLOSE
TO THE PROBLEMS.
THOSE OF THE FRONT-LINE
COMMUNITIES.
SO THIS LEGISLATION REALLY
HIGHLIGHTS THE NEED TO BE
SPECIFIC IN CREATING AND
EQUITABLE PROCESS OF
ACCOUNTABILITY OF OVERSIGHT.
AND I APPRECIATE THE TIME TAKEN
TO DEFINE WITH THE FRONT-LINE
COMMUNITIES ARE.
THEY ARE LITERALLY PEOPLE
LIVING NEXT TO WERE LIVING NEXT
TO THE TOXIC SITES OR LIVING
MOST IMPACTED BY CLIMATE
POLLUTION.
LIVING IN POVERTY OR
UNEMPLOYMENT.
THERE ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR.
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.
AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
LOW INCOME PEOPLE.
IMMIGRANTS.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NAME WHO ARE
THE PEOPLE MOST IMPACTED
BECAUSE OTHERWISE, THEY WILL BE
CONTINUALLY LEFT BEHIND.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THE
SAME OLD OUTCOMES THAT ARE NOT
JUST.
SO I THINK THAT IT IS REALLY
KEY THAT WE SET THE FOUNDATION
SO WE CAN ACTUALLY ACHIEVE
THESE GOALS.
I TRULY BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE
IN THIS BUILDING DOES WANT TO
SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.
THAT WE CANNOT DO IT WITHOUT
THE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM.
WHO ARE MOST IMPACTED.
IF I WERE TO STILL THIS WATER
BOTTLE ON THIS TABLE, EVERYONE
ON THIS TABLE WOULD JUMP
BECAUSE THEY ARE CLOSEST TO THE
WATER.
AND THAT IS WHAT I MEAN BY
FRONTLINES, RIGHT?
WE ARE CLOSEST TO THE TOXIC
CHEMICALS.
CLOSEST TO THE HAZY SMOKE AND
THE HEALTH DISPARITIES THAT ARE
HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL,
KING COUNTY, ALL OF THESE
DIFFERENT REPORTS KEEP TELLING
US THE SAME THING.
THAT OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE
HEALTH DISPARITIES.
HAVE UNEMPLOYMENT.
ARE STRUGGLING.
WE DON'T NEED A REPORT TO TELL
US THAT.
WE DID A COMMUNITY SURVEY WITH
PEOPLE IN SOUTH SEATTLE AND
TALKED TO THEM, WE DIDN'T START
WITH, HEY, WHAT DID YOU THINK
ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE?
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S
GOING ON IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
ONE AFTER ANOTHER, THERE WAS
ENOUGH INFORMATION TO SHARE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF ALEUTIAN.
WE HAVE DISPLACEMENT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE OUT OF
WORK.
PEOPLE ARE FACING REALLY HARD
CONDITIONS.
THERE NEEDS TO BE A PLATFORM
FOR PEOPLE TO REALLY ADDRESS
THESE ISSUES.
AND I ALWAYS ASK MYSELF, WHY DO
I DO THIS WORK?
IT IS REALLY HARD.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE IN THIS
MOVEMENT.
YOU KNOW?
IF YOU LIKE IT IS A LONG-TERM
COMMITMENT.
YOU KNOW?
THE REALITY IS WE ARE LOSING
PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES EVERY
DAY TO HEALTH-RELATED OR
ECONOMIC RELATED CONDITIONS.
PEOPLE ARE ALSO BEING PUSHED
AWAY BY EITHER WE ARE LOOSING
THEM.
IT FEELS LIKE A LOSING BATTLE.
BUT IF WE DON'T TAKE ACTION
TODAY, WE WILL LOSE MORE
PEOPLE.
I DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT.
I DON'T THINK ANYONE IN THIS
ROOM WANTS THAT TO HAPPEN.
AND SO THIS OVERSIGHT BOARD
WILL MAKE SURE WE AREN'T
OPERATING FROM THE STATUS QUO.
WE WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE IN THE
EXPERTISE FROM OUR COMMUNITIES.
TWO PEOPLE TO ENSURE THAT WE
ARE MAKING THE RIGHT DIRECTION,
PUTTING DOWN EXACTLY HOW DO WE
IMPLEMENT THIS VISION OF A
GREEN NEW DEAL FOR SEATTLE?
IT ALSO WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE NOT GOING TO ALLOW FALSE
SOLUTIONS INTO THE ROOM.
THAT WON'T ACTUALLY BRING US TO
WHERE WE WANT TO BE.
THAT WON'T CONTINUE TO INCREASE
OUR ADMISSIONS AND POLLUTION
THAT WILL ACTUALLY GET US TO
OUR GOAL IS.
AND YOU KNOW, THE ELEMENT THAT
GOT US HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE,
THEY ARE NOT GOING TO GET US
WERE REALLY NEED TO BE.
I THINK THAT WE NEED TO REALLY
START TO INTERNALIZE THAT WE
NEED SOME DRASTIC SHIFTS.
THAT THIS IS A CITY FULL OF
WEALTH.
IT SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROTECT
AND PROVIDE FOR ITS PEOPLE.
TO REALLY TAKE TO HEART WHAT IT
MEANS TO PROTECT THE
ENVIRONMENT.
WE HAVE ALL OF THESE VALUES.
HOW DO WE PUT THEM INTO ACTION?
I AM NOT SAYING THIS TO SHAME
OR DISCOURAGE ANYONE BUT I AM
SAYING THIS FOR US TO ENCOURAGE
US TO STAY STRONG AND TO GIVE
US COURAGE.
BECAUSE THIS IS HEAVY WORK.
WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE A MAJOR
SYSTEMIC CHANGE.
I THINK ABOUT BACK IN 2014 WHEN
WE PARTNERED WITH THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY, WITH O'BRIEN'S
OFFICE TO DO CROSS LEARNING
ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS.
IT WAS A BIG WAKE-UP CALL FOR
US IN THE COMMITTEE.
THIS IS WHAT IS HAPPENING.
THE SEA LEVEL RISE.
HEAT WAVES.
THE WILDFIRE SMOKE.
IT REALLY, WE REALLY
INTERNALIZE THAT WE NEEDED TO
TAKE AN ACTIVE ROLE IN
MITIGATION, ADAPTATION AND
REALLY ADDRESSING WHAT GOT US
HERE.
IN THE FIRST PLACE.
HOW DID WE EVEN GET TO AND
UNSUSTAINABLE ECONOMY?
I THINK THIS IS A REALLY
IMPORTANT LEGISLATION.
REALLY SETS THE TONE OF HOW WE
WILL OPERATE AND CREATE A GREEN
NEW DEAL THAT IS JUST AND
EQUITABLE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE
WORK YOU HAVE DONE IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
AND FOR THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE
TO SHAPE WHERE WE ARE IN THE
MOMENT.
I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS
WHO HAVE BEEN AT THOSE TABLES
DOING THE WORK TOO.
I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP
THERE.
THE GREEN NEW DEAL RESOLUTION
THAT WE PASSED OUT OF COMMITTEE
ON TUESDAY WILL BE BEFORE THE
FULL COUNCIL ON MONDAY.
THERE IS A SET OF AMENDMENTS
THAT GENERALLY REFLECT THE
COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE AT THE
TABLE.
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT,
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW WASN'T AT
THE TABLE BUT PROVIDED A
COMMENT TWO.
WE WILL BRING AN AMENDMENT TO
INCORPORATE THOSE BUT THE GOAL
WOULD BE THAT, FINGERS CROSSED,
THAT THE FULL COUNCIL WILL
ADOPT THE RESOLUTION ON MONDAY.
YOU HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THE
IMPORTANCE FOR HAVING AN
OVERSIGHT BOARD AND THE
ORDINATES IS A REALLY STRONG
ORDINATES.
IN CONVERSATIONS WITH COMMUNITY
MEMBERS AND THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT
AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, THERE
INTERESTS IN TAKING TIME TO
THINK THROUGH THAT A LITTLE
BIT.
SPECIFICALLY, THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND THE
ENVIRONMENT, WHEN THEY LOOK AT
WHAT IS IN THE RESOLUTION NOW
THAT IT IS DONE, THIS IS A BIG
BODY OF WORK THAT THIS
OVERSIGHT BOARD IS GOING TO
SEE.
THE ORDINATES CALLS ON THE
OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENT TO WORK WITH THE
BOARD AND SUPPORT THEM IN THAT
WORK.
THEY WANT TO IN PART UNDERSTAND
AND CALCULATE WHAT KIND OF
RESOURCES THEY ARE GOING TO
NEED TO DO THAT WORK.
WHAT I HAVE HEARD FROM FOLKS IS
THAT THEY WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT
THIS ISN'T JUST ANOTHER FEW
PAGES OF PAPER THAT TALK ABOUT
HOW GREAT WE ARE AS A CITY.
WE CARE ABOUT CLIMATE.
IF WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS,
THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
WILL TAKE THESE ACTIONS.
THEY ARE TRYING TO BE
THOUGHTFUL ON THAT.
I APPRECIATE THAT FROM BOTH THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THE OFFICE
OF SUSTAINABILITY.
SO MY PLAN ON THIS ORDINANCE
WOULD BE TO JUST CONTINUE TO
WORK THE PROCESS.
BRING IT BACK TO COMMITTEE ON
SEPTEMBER 6, I BELIEVE THAT IS
A FRIDAY.
HOPEFULLY, IN THE NEXT WEEK OR
TWO, WE WILL HAVE SOME MORE
THOUGHTS THAT COME TO.
I EXPECT FLIGHT REVISIONS AND
WE WILL BE SHARING THAT WITH
COMMUNITY MEMBERS TWO.
WE CAN DISCUSS IT AGAIN AND
WHAT I THINK IS THREE WEEKS
FROM TODAY.
FOUR WEEKS FROM TODAY I GUESS.
BUT IF WE GET SOMETHING PASSED
IN EARLY SEPTEMBER.
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO?
>> THANK YOU FOR SHARING AND
BEING HERE.
BEING PART OF THE PROCESS.
I APPRECIATE IT.
SO THANK YOU.
>> BOTH OF YOUR COMMENTS TODAY
WERE REALLY POWERFUL.
MATT, THE VISION OF, I DON'T
PRETEND TO KNOW THE TRADITIONS
OF WHAT HAPPENED IN STANDING
ROCK BUT THE VISION IS THESE
YOUNG LEADERS TAKING UP THE
CHARGE ON THEIR OWN AND
CONVINCING ELDERS IN THE
COMMUNITY THAT THIS IS
SOMETHING TO DO.
I WITNESSED STANDING ROCK FROM
AFAR.
IT IS A HUGE INSPIRATION FOR ME
WITH THE PEOPLE BACK THERE DID.
AND I KNOW THERE ARE LOTS OF
EXAMPLES IN OUR COMMUNITY AND
ELSEWHERE.
THAT IS REALLY POWERFUL TOO.
THERE IS NOTHING ELSE, THIS IS
THE LAST AGENDA ITEM AND WE
WILL BE BACK HERE WITH THE FULL
COUNCIL ON MONDAY WITH A GREEN
NEW DEAL RESOLUTION AND MORE
WORK TO COME IN THIS COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK.
AND WE WILL BE ADJOURNED.