>>> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
WELCOME TO A SPECIAL MEETING OF
THE SUSTAINABILITY AND
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
I AM CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE.
TODAY IS NOVEMBER 20, 2019.
IT IS 9:34 AM.
WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE MEETING
TO ORDER, WE ARE GOING TO WALK
TO THE AGENDA.
THE FIRST ITEM IS A PETITION OF
WILLOWS CROSSING TO VACATE A
PORTION OF 39th AVENUE SOUTH
SOUTH OF SOUTH WILLOW STREET.
WE ARE GOING TO TAKE UP THAT
PORK FILE AND HAVE A PUBLIC
HEARING AND IF THERE IS SUPPORT
WE WILL LIKELY SUSPEND THE
RULES AND GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON
THAT TODAY.
THEN WE ARE GOING TO TAKE UP A
SERIES OF APPOINTMENTS.
THE URBAN FORESTRY COMMISSION,
TWO OF THOSE, REAPPOINTMENTS TO
THE SEATTLE BICYCLE ADVISORY
BOARD, TWO OF THOSE.
TWO REAPPOINTMENTS TO THE LEVY
TO MOVE SEATTLE OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE.
AND THEN A COUPLE OF
REAPPOINTMENTS TO THE SEATTLE
TRANSIT ADVISORY BOARD.
THE FINAL ITEM INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY FOR
OPERATIONS OF THE EXISTING
STREETCAR SEGMENTS.
I WILL GO AHEAD TO MOVE TO
APPROVE THE AGENDA.
I WILL VOTE TO APPROVE THAT
AGENDA.
WITH THAT WE GO AHEAD AND MOVE
INTO PUBLIC COMMENT.
HAVE FOLKS SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT?
I SEE AT LEAST ONE PERSON
EXCITED TO SPEAK. COME ON
FORWARD TO THE MICROPHONE.
YOU HAVE UP TO TWO MINUTES.
AND GUESSING YOU MUST BE EMILY.
>> I WILL MAKE THIS QUICK.
MY NAME IS EMILY AND I'M WITH
THE DSA.
A MEMBER OF THE STREETCAR
COALITION.
FIRST, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
EXHAUSTIVE EFFORTS TO CREATE A
FULL AND BALANCED BUDGET.
I AM SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE
ILA.
TO SEE THE TMC TAX GOING TO
FUNDING AND OPENLY COMPETING
THE STREETCAR.
WITH THE PASSAGE OF I-976 WHEN
A TRANSPORTATION FUNDING IS
LIMITED AND PRECIOUS.
IT'S ALSO IMPERATIVE WE SEEK
EVERY ADVANTAGE TO MAXIMIZE
LOCAL DOLLARS.
THE TMC TAX GIVES US JUST THAT
OPPORTUNITY BY PRESENTING AN
FTA WITH A FULLY FUNDED
PROJECT.
ADDITIONALLY -- SORRY.
WE HAVE LEARNED THEIR EFFORTS
AND PROPOSALS TO USE NEW
FUNDING SOURCE TO PUT TOWARD
OTHER PROJECTS.
THIS IS GAMBLING $75 MILLION IN
FEDERAL FUNDING FOR RELATIVELY
SMALL BUDGET ITEMS.
WE URGE YOU TO KEEP THE TMC TAX
AS IT IS AND TO ALLOW OUR CITY
TO COLLECT THESE FEDERAL FUNDS.
THANK YOU.
>> GREAT.
THANKS EMILY.
WE ARE DISCUSSING A LOCAL
AGREEMENT ON A DIFFERENT
SEGMENT OF THE STREETCAR.
BUT FOR THE PUBLIC, WE ARE NOT
DOING ANY ACTION TAKE TODAY
WHICH IS WHAT I THINK YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT BUT WE WILL TAKE
HER COMMENTS INTO
CONSIDERATION.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT?
SEEING NO ONE ELSE WE WILL
CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
I WILL INVITE PRESENTERS FORWARD
FOR ITEM NUMBER 1 WHICH IS THE
STREET VACATION FOR WILLOWS
CROSSING.
WHEN KELLY IS SEATED I WILL ASK
YOU TO READ THE ITEM FOR THE
RECORD.
AND GIVE YOU BACK YOUR AGENDA.
>> FILE 314 422 EDITION OF
WILLOW CROSSINGS LLLP TO VACATE
A PORTION OF 39th AVENUE SOUTH
AND SOUTH OF SOUTH WILLOW
STREET.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
WHY DON'T WE BEGIN WITH A SET
OF INTRODUCTIONS.
>> LISH WHITSON COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF.
BEVERLY BURNETT SETTLED
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
JEFF WALLS STUDIO 19
ARCHITECTS.
>> LISH, BEVERLY DO ONE OF YOU
WANT TO KICK THIS OFF?
>> WHAT YOU'RE SEEING TODAY IS
ONE OF THE FIRST STREET
VACATION PETITIONS COMING IN
UNDER THE NEW STREET VACATION
POLICIES THAT WERE UPDATED LAST
YEAR.
>> THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING FOR
ME.
>> THIS ONE IS USING A NEW,
IT'S NOT A CONDITION, BUT A NEW
STATEMENT IN THE POLICIES THAT
SAYS COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS PART OF A
PROJECT ASSESSMENT OF WHETHER
OR NOT THE PUBLIC BENEFITS
BEING PROVIDED ARE APPROPRIATE.
AND SO YOU WILL SEE FEWER ON-
SITE PUBLIC BENEFITS THAN WE
NORMALLY SEE.
BUT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING
THAT WOULD BE A COMPONENT OF
THIS PROJECT.
>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S
WITHOUT CITY SUBSIDIES FOR THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING.
>> CORRECT.
I WILL PASS IT ON TO BEVERLY.
>> WE ARE HAPPY TO BE HERE.
THIS IS THE FIRST PROPOSAL
UNDER THE NEW VACATION POLICIES.
THE ONE CHANGE TO THAT IS THAT
THERE WAS AN EXISTING ONE ON
THE BUILDING, I THINK MICHAEL
IS GOING TO ADDRESS THAT AFTER
WE DO THE POWERPOINT
PRESENTATION.
ON SOME OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF
ARE LOOKING AT AN EXISTING MOB
WITH A NEW VACATION AND HOW
THAT FRONT FACDE IS.
AS YOU HAVE SEEN THE STREET
VACATION RECOMMENDATION FROM
SDOT FOLLOWS THE DIRECTION
UNDER THE NEW POLICY.
THERE IS DISCUSSION IN HERE, A
COUPLE OF NEW ITEMS THAT THE
COUNCIL MEMBER HAD ELEVATED
WHICH INCLUDES FREE SPEECH AND
PUBLIC ASSEMBLY.
THE OTHER THING IN THE
RECOMMENDATION YOU'LL SEE IS IN
THE NEW POLICY THE COUNCIL PUT
TOGETHER ALL OF THE ELEMENTS OF
PUBLIC TRUST.
IT USED TO BE WE HAD A THREE-
PART ANALYSIS WHICH INCLUDED
THE PUBLIC TRUST ELEMENT, LAND-
USE AND PUBLIC BENEFIT.
AND THE COUNCIL HAS PUT
TOGETHER ALL OF THE ELEMENTS
OF THE PUBLIC TRUST INCLUDING
LAND-USE WHICH WORKS WELL IN
ANALYZING A PROPOSAL BECAUSE WE
DO LOOK AT NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE
GIVING UP BUT WHAT WE ARE
ACHIEVING.
SO WE ARE BETTER ABLE TO SEE
HOW THE SITE IS GOING TO BE
USED, AFTER A VACATION BY
MERGING THE LAND-USE DISCUSSION
TOGETHER.
I THINK THAT WORKS VERY WELL IN
TERMS OF THE ANALYSIS.
AND I THINK THE COUNCIL WILL
BE ABLE TO MORE CLEARLY SEE A
BEFORE AND AFTER KIND OF
ELEMENT.
THE LAST THING THAT LISH
WHITSON ALLUDED TO IS SOME OF
THE CHANGES IN PUBLIC BENEFIT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN
CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY
COUNCIL IS HIGH EXPECTATIONS
AROUND PUBLIC BENEFIT.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE EXPERIMENTS
EXPERIENCE IMPLEMENTED THOSE IS
THIS CAN BE AN AREA THAT IS
LESS CLEAR FOR PEOPLE COMING
IN.
SO POLICIES DID PROVIDE MORE
CLARITY ON WHAT WE DEFINE AS
PUBLIC BENEFIT.
I THINK ONE OF THE ELEMENTS
THAT ARE MORE DIFFICULT IN THE
IMPLEMENTATION IS WHAT WE DO
WITH PUBLIC SERVING PROJECTS.
SPECIFICALLY WHAT WE DO WITH
LOW INCOME HOUSING SINCE THAT
HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS SUCH A
HIGH PRIORITY FOR THE COUNCIL
IN RECENT YEARS.
THE POLICIES ARE REALLY CLEAR
WHAT A DEVELOPER IS PROVIDING.
FOR EXAMPLE, A LIBRARY.
IF A LIBRARY COMES IN, THE
LIBRARY ITSELF SHOULDN'T BE A
SELF DEFINING PUBLIC BENEFIT.
WE WOULD STILL LOOK AT THE
PHYSICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE
GROWTH, THE CHANGE IN THE GRID,
SO WE WOULD WANT TO SEE SOME
PUBLIC BENEFITS ASSOCIATED WITH
SOMETHING EVEN AS WONDERFUL AS
A BRANCH LIBRARY.
IT'S EVEN MORE COMPLICATED WITH
AFFORDABLE HOUSING SINCE THAT
IS ELEVATED WITHIN THE CITY
DISCUSSION.
BUT THE POLICIES ARE STILL
CLEAR WE DON'T LOOK AT IT AND
SAY, CHECKED OFF.
YOU ARE PROVIDING AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
WHAT THE POLICIES PROVIDE AND
WHAT WE TRY TO DO IN WORKING
WITH GMD AND IN THE ANALYSIS IS
NOT SELF DEFINED AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AS A PUBLIC BENEFIT BUT
USE THAT AS PART OF THE
BALANCING TEST HAVE ALWAYS
USED.
WHAT DOES THE PUBLIC ACHIEVE?
AND WHAT DOES THE DEVELOPER
ACHIEVE?
WHAT IS THE PUBLIC GIVING UP?
SO WE HAVE THE CLASSIC
BALANCING TEST.
I THINK IN THE END IT ENDS UP
THAT MAYBE THE END RESULT IS
PRETTY SIMILAR BUT THE ANALYSIS
IS REALLY CLEAR IN SAYING, YOU
ARE PROVIDING SOMETHING THE
CITY HOPES TO ACHIEVE.
IT IS NOT A SELF DEFINING
PUBLIC BENEFIT BUT WE ARE GOING
TO USE THAT TO MODERATE WHAT WE
EXPECT YOU TO DO BECAUSE YOU
ARE ALREADY DOING SOMETHING WE
REALLY WANT TO SEE.
I THINK WE WILL GO THROUGH THE
POWERPOINT NEXT AND YOU CAN
KIND OF SEE EVERYTHING.
WE HAVE A PROJECT THAT THROUGH
THE VACATION IS ABLE TO ACHIEVE
THE PROVISION OF A 100%
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT WITH
211 UNITS.
AND THEY ARE ABLE TO DO THAT
ONLY BECAUSE OF THE VACATION.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT, WE
THOUGHT WHAT IS AN APPROPRIATE
LEVEL OF PUBLIC BENEFIT FOR A
PROJECT ALREADY ACHIEVING
SOMETHING THAT WE ALL WANT TO
SEE.
THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AROUND THE
SITE, AND THE SITE CONTRIBUTION,
I THINK WE WOULD CONSIDER IT AS
BEING TO MODERATE IF THIS WAS A
MARKET RATE PROJECT.
BUT WE ALL CONSIDERED IT AS
APPROPRIATE FOR THIS AFFORDABLE
HOUSING PROJECT.
>> THE FIRST TIME, SO WE ARE
SETTING A PRECEDENT OF SORTS
AND I ASSUME FUTURE PROJECTS
WILL BE LOOKING TO THIS.
>> AND SO WE DID TRY TO BE AS
CAREFUL AS POSSIBLE IN TEASING
OUT WITH THE COUNCIL WANTED TO
SEE UNDER THE NEW POLICIES.
AND I THINK THIS WAS A GOOD
EXAMPLE FOR THAT BECAUSE IT IS
PROPOSING SOMETHING THAT WE
KNOW WE LIKE.
AND HOW DO WE, WHAT WE ASK OF
THEM IN ADDITION TO THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO DO
ANYTHING OR JUMP TO THE
POWERPOINT.
WE WILL LOOK AT THE PROJECT.
IT MAKES IT EASIER TO SEE.
>> MICHAEL, DO YOU WANT
INTRODUCE YOURSELF?
>> SORRY I WAS LATE.
MICHAEL JACOB.
DESIGN COMMISSION.
>> THAT'S ME.
I GET GOING SO FAST.
>> WE ARE USED TO 2 PM MEETINGS.
>> A FEW HOURS EARLIER.
FOR SURE.
>> LET'S GO AHEAD AND JUMP IN
THE PROJECT.
YOUR HERE SIX MONTHS AGO?
>> APRIL.
>> OKAY.
>> SO HERE IS A BRIEF OVERVIEW
OF THE PROJECT, AS BEVERLY
MENTIONED WE FIRST PURCHASED
THE PROPERTY ON WILLOW AND MLK
AT THE CORNER IT HAD IT AND WE
WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE THE
SECOND PARCEL AND DESIGN A
PROJECT THAT ENCOMPASSED THE
AREA OF 39th AVENUE SOUTH AND
MAKE IT FEASIBLE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING PROJECT.
SO WE ARE GMD DEVELOPMENT.
A PRIVATE COMPANY.
WE DO ONLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING
TAX CREDIT DEVELOPMENT.
WE FOCUS IN THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST.
ARE PARTNERS HAVE OVER 25 YEARS
EXPERIENCE WORKING IN
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THIS WILL BE OUR THIRD SEATTLE
PROJECT. AND WE FOCUS QUITE A
BIT OF ATTENTION ON
SUSTAINABILITY AND RENEWABLE
ENERGY. IN OUR PROJECTS WE ARE
ALSO LONG-TERM HOLDERS OF ALL
OF OUR PROJECTS.
SO WITH THE STREET VACATION, I
JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF
THE BENEFITS THE CITY WILL BE
GETTING BY VACATING THIS
PROPERTY.
ORIGINALLY THE ORIGINAL
WOULD'VE PROVIDED 178 UNITS OF
HOUSING WITH THE STREET
VACATION WE ARE PROVIDING 211.
WE ARE ALSO PROVIDING
SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL OPEN
SPACE THROUGH THIS PROPOSAL.
WE ARE REDUCING THE NUMBER OF
PARKING STALLS BUT HAVING
HOUSING UNITS.
>> WE LIKE THAT.
>> [
>> WELL, KELLY AND I LIKE THAT.
>> WE ARE ALSO PROVIDING 211
UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THIS PROPOSAL WOULD NOT HAVE
BEEN AFFORDABLE.
IT WOULD'VE BEEN 100% MARKET.
THROUGH THE TAX CREDIT PROGRAM
WE ARE REQUIRED TO ADHERE TO
THE EVERGREEN SUSTAINABILITY
DEVELOPMENT STANDARD WHICH
WOULD'VE NOT BEEN REQUIRED IN A
MARKET RATE PROJECT.
WE ARE PROVIDING SOME PUBLIC
ART ON THE SITE WHICH JEFF WILL
GO THROUGH LATER IN THE
PRESENTATION.
AND WE ARE ALSO INCLUDING A
$25,000 OFF-SITE DONATION TO A
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION.
FOR A RIGHT-OF-WAY IMPROVING
PROJECT.
>> THE SUSTAINABILITY
REQUIREMENT FOR TAX CREDIT, NO
CITY SUBSIDY MONEY.
THE FEDERAL TAX CREDITS, IS
THAT WHAT YOU ARE ACCESSING?
>> EXACTLY.
WE HAVE A CITY ACQUISITION LOAN
THROUGH THE OFFICE OF HOUSING.
THAT WE INTEND TO REPAY AT THE
END OF CONSTRUCTION.
>> GREAT.
>> SO THEN, THROUGHOUT THIS
PROCESS WE HAVE CONDUCTED A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OUTREACH.
WE HAVE WORKED WITH A NUMBER OF
COMMUNITY GROUPS YOU CAN SEE
HERE.
A FELLOW STATION ACTION TEAM.
FOLLOW COMMONS.
ONWARD A FELLOW.
AND ALSO HOSTED WHICH WILL
OUTLINE LATER IN THE
PRESENTATION.
THE ORGANIZATION WE INTEND TO
MAKE THE OFF-SITE DONATION TO.
>> AS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT
ITSELF WE ARE LOOKING AT A
162,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING.
142,004 AREA ALL IN 100%
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I HAVE ABOUT 4000 SQUARE FEET
OF RETAIL COMMERCIAL SPACE ON
THE GROUND FLOOR.
THE BUILDING IS 70 FEET, 70
STORIES.
211 UNITS.
100% AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
32 PARKING STALLS LOW GRADE AND
170 BIKE STALLS.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE FLOOR PLAN
--
>> YOU'RE MAKING ME MORE AND
MORE EXCITED ABOUT THIS
PROJECT.
>> THIS IS THE GROUND LEVEL.
YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE A PLAZA
LISTED AS ITEM A ON MLK.
A PUBLIC PLAZA.
ALSO ANOTHER SMALLER PUBLIC
PLAZA ALONG WILLOW.
LISTED A ITEM E. THE PURPLE
AREAS ARE RETAIL, ORANGE OR
APARTMENT, LOBBY AND AMENITY
AND THE BLUE AREAS ARE
APARTMENTS ON THE GROUND LEVEL.
AS WE GO UP ALL THE FLOORS
ABOVE AR ALL APARTMENTS.
ITEM G IN THE MIDDLE IS A
PRIVATE IS A DENTAL PLAZA IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE BUILDING FOR
THE RESIDENCE.
>> I BELIEVE THE PARCEL THAT
FRONTS MLK ALLOWED UP TO 95
FEET OF HEIGHT, BUT YOU'RE ONLY
GOING TO 70.
IS THAT CONSTRUCTION TYPE?
>> EXACTLY.
>> AND THIS IS AS HIGH AS YOU
CAN GET WITH WOOD CONSTRUCTION?
>> CORRECT.
>> LOOKING AT OUR PUBLIC
BENEFIT OVERVIEW, THERE ARE
THREE SELECTIONS WE HAVE FOR
THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.
NUMBER 1 IS THE MLK PLAZA WHICH
WE WILL GET INTO.
HE WILL GET INTO ALL OF THEM.
THE OVERVIEW, A PLAZA ALONG MLK.
WILLOW WALKWAY TO THE NORTH OF
THE PROJECT LISTED AS ITEM
NUMBER 2 IN THE OFF-SITE
DONATION TO HOSTED.
THIS IS AN IMAGE OF THE MLK
PLAZA.
WE HAVE LANDSCAPING, PLANTERS,
BENCHES, METAL SCREEN ARTWORK
THAT IS TAKING OFF OF THE
CORNER OF THE BUILDING HAS A
PRETTY EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF
PUBLIC ART.
IS A GATEWAY FEATURE.
THE BENCHES WILL HAVE THE FRONT
FACING PIECE OF THE BENCH WILL
ACTUALLY BE ARTWORK THAT IS
TAKING OFF OF THAT DESIGN.
THERE IS ALSO DIFFERENT COLORED
CONCRETE PAVERS ALONG THE
ENTIRE PLAZA.
HERE IS AN IMAGE OF THAT PLAZA
THAT WILL BE ACCESSED TO THE
PUBLIC.
THIS IS THE WILLOW WALKWAY
PLAZA.
THE SAME LANDSCAPE INCHES.
AND PAVERS WE HAD ON THE MLK
PLAZA.
WE UTILIZE THOSE IN THE NORTH
SO THEY ARE IN KEEPING WITH
EACH OTHER.
AND ALSO THE PUBLIC ART WE'RE
PUTTING ON THE FACE OF THE
BENCHES.
>> BEVERLY, YOU MENTIONED THE
FREE SPEECH FOR PUBLIC PLAZAS.
COULD WE TALK JUST A SECOND
ABOUT THAT.
SO THE SPOT WILL BE OPEN TO THE
PUBLIC 24 HOURS A DAY.
AND THEN IF FOLKS WANT TO DO A
RALLY OR WHATEVER, I'M NOT SURE
HOW LIKELY THAT IS AT THIS
LOCATION, THAT THERE IS NO
PROHIBITIONS TO THAT.
>> NO.
>> EVERLY, WHAT IS THE CURRENT
BEST PRACTICE IN LANGUAGE WE
USE.
>> THAT IS ACTUALLY CONDITION
SEVEN WHICH IS LANGUAGE THE
COUNCIL DEVELOPED ON AN
EARLIER VACATION WHICH DOES
PROVIDE THAT MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC CAN HANDBILL, SIGNATURE
GATHER, HOLD SIGNS, IT DOES
HAVE A CAVEAT ABOUT NOT
OBSTRUCTION THE SPACE SINCE IT
WILL PUBLIC SPACE AND ACCESS TO
THE BUILDING BUT IT DOES PROVIDE
THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN
ENGAGE IN FREE-SPEECH
ACTIVITIES ON THE SITE.
>> THAT IS GREAT.
>> IN THIS RENDERING WE HAVE A
SIGN OF THE FRONT PLANTER BUT
SAYS IT IS ALLOWED TO BE IN THE
PUBLIC PLAZA.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> SO THIS IS -- I WANT TO GIVE
A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE OFF-
SITE DONATION WE INTEND TO MAKE
TO HOSTED WHICH IS HEALTHY A
FELLOW SAFER THROUGH
ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN.
A LOCAL NONPROFIT THAT HAS
WORKED WITH FOLKS IN THE
COMMUNITY PRETTY EXTENSIVELY TO
IDENTIFY SORT OF PROBLEM AREAS
OR AREAS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
WHERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS HOPE TO
IMPROVE SAFETY IN THE RIGHT-OF-
WAY.
THEY'VE IDENTIFIED THIS PROJECT
WHICH IS AT THE CORNER OF MLK
AND A FELLOW CALLED
INFLORESCENCE PARK.
A HIGHLY TRAFFICKED AREA. IT IS
ADJACENT TO THE SAFEWAY SO THE
INTENT OF THIS PROJECT IS TO
ADD SEATING AND PATCH THE
SIDEWALK AND SOME PLANTINGS. IT
IS A RELATIVELY SMALL PROJECT
AND THEY HAVE ACTUALLY SECURED
A CERTAIN AMOUNT, A SUFFICIENT
FUNDING TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT.
BUT THROUGH OUR CONVERSATIONS
WITH HOSTED, THEY HAVE
IDENTIFIED THAT THEY INTEND TO
DO SUBSEQUENT PHASES OF THE
PROJECT THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS
VOICED A DESIRE FOR.
SO WE, AS A SMALL NONPROFIT
THEY ARE NOT QUITE AT THE STAGE
WHERE THEY HAVE PERMANENT
PERMITS AND DESIGNS FOR THE
SECOND PHASES.
BUT OUR INTENT IS TO THROUGH
OUR OFF-SITE DONATION TO HELP
THEM THROUGH THAT SECOND PHASE
OF THE PROJECT.
AND SOME OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS
FOR THE SECOND PHASE ARE ADDING
PLEXI PAVING THE TREE WELLS.
POTENTIALLY IMPROVING ONE OF
THE CROSSWALKS ADJACENT TO THE
PARK.
AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND ALSO
COST ASSOCIATED WITH DESIGN AND
IMPROVEMENTS.
SO JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE COST
OR VALUE OF OUTSIDE DONATION.
WE VALUE IT AT 47,000 DOLLARS.
THE IMPROVEMENT ALONG WILLOW,
ANOTHER ALMOST $22,000.
AND OUR OFF-SITE DONATION AT
$25,000 FOR A TOTAL OF $94,000.
>> GREAT ACCESS TO LIGHT RAIL.
SO, HOPEFULLY FOLKS THERE,
GOING BACK TO THE
TRANSPORTATION, WE REALLY
APPRECIATE THE BALANCE OF BIKE
PARKING, NOT PUTTING EXPENSIVE
UNDERGROUND PARKING IN PLACE
WHEN YOU GOT GREAT ACCESS TO
LIGHT RAIL AND HOPEFULLY THIS
POPULATION WILL DECIDE TO USE
THAT.
ON THE SUSTAINABILITY FRONT,
WHAT IS YOUR ENERGY SOURCE FOR
HEATING AND DOMESTIC HOT WATER?
>> WE ARE DOING A PRETTY
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SOLAR ON
THE ROOF.
THAT IS SORT OF OUR MAIN PIECE.
>> ELECTRIC, GAS, --
>> GAS HOT WATER.
>> THIS IS SOMEWHAT OF A LOADED
QUESTION BECAUSE I'M ABOUT TO
DECIDE YOUR FATE.
I AM CURIOUS AS THE FIRST FOLKS
THAT WENT THROUGH THIS NEW
PROCESS, FROM HISTORY VACATION,
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE
ANYTHING TO COMPARE IT TO, AND
I'M CURIOUS IF THE PROCESS
PROVIDED CLARITY AND ON FOR
UPFRONT CONVERSATION.
ANY FEEDBACK YOU HAVE ON THAT.
I GUESS I CAN ASKED THAT
QUESTION AFTER A VOTE.
>> FOR US IT WAS A PRETTY
STRAIGHTFORWARD AND EASY
PROCESS TO GO THROUGH.
GOING TO THE MEETINGS IN
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, WAS
PRETTY CLEAR AS TO WHAT THEY
WERE LOOKING FOR.
I THINK IT WENT PRETTY WELL.
>> WE KNOW IT'S ANOTHER STEP
FOR SURE.
OBVIOUSLY.
STREET VACATION.
IS APPROPRIATE FOR MY
PERSPECTIVE.
AND THE HOPE IS WE GET VALUE
FOR THE PUBLIC OUT OF IT.
NOT AT THE COST OF PULLING HAIR
OUT AND MAKING PROJECTS HARD TO
PUT THROUGH.
SO OBVIOUSLY ONCE WE'RE DONE
WITH OUR PROCESS, PLEASE
CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK,
IT MAY NOT BE HERE AT THIS
POINT BUT FOR FOLKS IN RIGHT
AND LEFT WHO WILL BE DOING THE
PROCESS.
MICHAEL, HOW DID IT WORK ON
YOUR END?
>> YOU KNOW, I THINK WHEN THE
COMMISSION LOOKED AT THIS A
NUMBER OF TIMES, IN PART
BECAUSE I THINK THE SUCCESSES
AND CHALLENGES OF THE PROJECT
WERE THE CREATIVITY AND TAKING
THEM UP AND TURNING THEM FROM A
MARKET RATE PROPOSAL, VACATING
THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND TURNING IT
INTO AN INFORMAL HOUSING
PROPOSAL.
IF THERE WAS A CLEAN SLATE, I
THINK IN MANY WAYS, WE WOULD'VE
BEEN FREER TO EXPLORE THINGS.
BUT I THINK TO THE PROJECT
TEAMS CREDIT, THE ISSUES THAT
WERE IMPORTANT FOR THE
COMMISSION WERE PUBLIC TRUST
AND PUBLIC BENEFIT WERE
RESOLVED IN A POSITIVE WAY.
TO TO PUBLIC TRUST, THE
COMMISSION ALWAYS WORRIES ABOUT
WHEN YOU PUT A VACATION AND
INTERRUPTS WHERE UTILITIES AND
ACCESS OCCUR, HOW IS THAT
LIMITING ITS IMPACT ON THE
RIGHT-OF-WAY?
THE GARAGE ACCESS IS A GOOD
EXAMPLE.
THEY WERE GOING TO COME IN OFF
OF 39th UNDER THE NO VACATION
PROPOSAL.
THE RIGHT-OF-WAY THAT WAS
VACATED.
AND THEN THEY WERE REALLY
LIMITED THE IMPACT OF THE
ACCESS POINT WOULD HAVE ON THE
RIGHT-OF-WAY.
IN PARTICULAR, BECAUSE BIKES
AND CARS WOULD BE JOINTLY USING
THAT.
THEY SPENT SOME SIGNIFICANT
TIME IN FIGURING OUT HOW TO
RESOLVE ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICTS
THERE AND I THINK IT WAS A GOOD
OUTCOME.
THEY ARE CONTINUING TO WORK
WITH SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES
WASTE WILL BE PICKED UP AND TO
MAKE SURE ANY POTENTIAL IMPACT
OF THAT IS LIMITED ON THE RIGHT-
OF-WAY WHICH I THINK IS A GOOD
SOLUTION.
THE PUBLIC BENEFIT PIECE WAS
ALSO, AGAIN GOING BACK TO THE
IDEA THAT IF THIS WASN'T
INFORMED BY THE PREVIOUS
PERMIT, HOW WOULD WOULD BENEFIT
OCCUR?
THE PRIMARY PIECE WHICH IS THE
THE PLAZA WENT THROUGH A LOT OF
REDESIGN TO ADDRESS AN
IMPORTANT CONCERN THAT THE
COMMISSION HAS OF ALL PROJECTS.
HOW DOES THIS LOOK AND FEEL
PUBLIC WHEN MEASURED AGAINST
EQUITY?
IS A PUBLIC INVITED?
DOES THE PUBLIC HAVE DIRECT
ACCESS?
MORE IMPORTANTLY, CAN YOU BE
THERE WITHOUT INTERACTING WITH
THE BUILDING USE OR IDENTITY?
IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE THEY
REPROGRAMMED IT TO MAKE IT LESS
OF AN AREA YOU PASS THROUGH AND
MORE OF A PLACE THAT YOU GO TO.
THE ENTRANCES IN PART WERE
REALIGNED TO MOVE THEM IN A WAY
THAT DIDN'T BECOME A PATH, A
DIRECT PATH FROM MARTIN LUTHER
KING.
IT BECOMES A PLACE YOU SIT AND
YOU HAVE TO GO AROUND THAT
PLACE TO GET INTO THE BUILDING.
WHICH I THINK IS AN IMPORTANT
WIN.
SAME WITH THE WILLOW WALKWAY.
A LOT OF WORK TO MAKE SURE IT
ACTUALLY PROVIDES THE PUBLIC
WITH THE TRUE BENEFIT.
ONE OF THE KEY PIECES ABOUT
PUBLIC SPACE THROUGH HOSTED WE
ARE REALLY ENCOURAGED ABOUT
THAT RELATIONSHIP AND HOW THEY
CAN WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK
TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT
AGREEMENT IS PERFECTED FOR LONG-
TERM, THE LONG-TERM PHYSICAL
IMPROVEMENTS THAT THE
COMMISSION SUPPORTED.
WE WILL GET THERE.
IT'S JUST A LOT OF WORK THAT
NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED.
AND WE ARE CONFIDENT IT WILL BE
COMPLETED.
IN A TIMELY WAY.
THE COMMISSION IS ALWAYS
INTERESTED IN LOOKING FOR
INNOVATIVE WAYS TO CREATE
PUBLIC BENEFIT.
THERE ISN'T A PERFECT TEMPLATE
FOR THAT.
SO THE WORK WE ARE DOING I
THINK HELPS TO ADDRESS THAT
ISSUE.
I DO WANT TO COMMENT ON THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVISION.
I THINK THE COMMISSION REALLY
STRUGGLED WITH THAT IN WANTING
TO UNDERSTAND HOW CAN THE
COMMISSION PROVIDE THE COUNCIL
WITH INPUT ON THE ISSUE OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN AND OF
ITSELF IS NOT A BENEFIT.
HOWEVER THIS VACATION TURNED A
MARKET RAISED HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT INTO A PORTAL
HOUSING DYLAN.
ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT THEY
RAISED, AND THE DEVELOPMENT
TEAM IS LOOKING AT, MAKING SURE
THAT THEY ARE FIGURING OUT A
WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY
DISPLACEMENT THAT OCCURS WITHIN
THAT AREA, IT MAY BE AN AVENUE
FOR PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN DISPLACED
AS A RESULT OF ADDITIONAL
DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA, IT
MIGHT BE A POTENTIAL LOCATION.
THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR
THE COMMISSION TO HIGHLIGHT IN
THE MINUTES REFLECTING THAT
ISSUE.
AND THEN I THINK, THE BIG WIN
FOR US IS RECOGNIZING THAT THIS
PROJECT, THIS VACATION RESULTED
IN 6% AMI HOUSING WHICH IS
REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE EXTENT TO
WHICH THE DESIGN COMMISSION
HELPED THAT EFFORT WE WERE HAPPY
TO SEE THAT AS A SUCCESS IN THE
PROJECT.
>> THANKS TO THE COMMISSION FOR
THE WORK ON THIS.
I WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE TO
REFINE THE PROCESS.
IT'S KIND OF A NEW ERA.
>> IT WAS NOT UNNOTICED BY ME,
BUT THIS IS PROBABLY THE LAST
MEETING WHERE WE ARE GOING TO
BE INTERACTING.
ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION I
JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU FOR
UNDERSTANDING HOW THE DESIGN
COMMISSION ADVISES THE COUNCIL
AND THE MAYOR.
AND ALWAYS KEEPING AN OPEN EAR
TO WHAT THE COMMISSION IS
WANTING TO ADVISE YOU AND
COUNCIL MEMBERS ON.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
FOR YOUR ADVOCACY AND URBAN
DESIGN.
AND PARTICULARLY THE ROLE THE
COMMISSION PLAYS.
SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU AND THANKS TO THE
COMMISSIONERS FOR THE GREAT
WORK.
HAVE TO KEEP GOING.
GREAT.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE I
BELIEVE I NEED TO SUSPEND THE
RULES BEFORE A VOTE ON THIS.
>> FIRST YOU NEED TO HAVE A
PUBLIC HEARING.
>> LET'S HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.
WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS.
KELLY IS THERE ANYONE SIGNED UP
FOR THIS?
>> YOU CAN COME UP TO THE
MICROPHONE.
>> YOU CAN SIGN IN AFTER
TESTIMONY, THAT IS FINE.
>> THIS IS A GREAT IDEA.
MY ONLY CONCERN IS THAT THE
CITY, I THINK 60% AMI IS
EXCELLENT AND I'M GLAD IT WAS
CAUGHT BEFORE IT BECAME MARKET
RATE.
THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
STILL CAN'T AFFORD 60%.
AMI.
I CAN ONLY HOPE THAT AS WE LOOK
AT MAKING TRANSPORTATION FREE,
IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE FOR
EVERYONE, THAT MORE
DEVELOPMENTS LIKE THIS, KIND OF
AN OBSCURE PLACE, IT LOOKED
KIND OF EMPTY AND ABANDONED AND
IT'S GOING TO TURN INTO
SOMETHING COOL THAT PEOPLE JUST
WALKED ACROSS.
I HOPE PEOPLE CAN ONLY SEE THE
SAME POTENTIAL IN PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION.
IT'S KIND OF OVERLOOKED RIGHT
NOW IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE
FREE AND FUNDED. SO THANK YOU
FOR DISCUSSING THIS.
>> TANKS.
ANYONE ELSE WANT TO PROVIDE
COMMENT FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING?
SEEING NOBODY, WE WILL GO AHEAD
AND CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND THEN, OUR RULES SAY WE WILL
NOT VOTE ON THE SAME DAY AS A
PUBLIC HEARING.
BUT CONSIDERING WE HAVE HAD
THIS BEFORE US SIX MONTHS AGO
AND HAVEN'T HEARD ANY STRONG
CONCERNS, PREVIOUSLY OR TODAY,
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE
TO SUSPEND THE RULES.
AND I WILL SECOND THAT AND VOTE
TO SUSPEND THAT.
I GET TO DO THAT.
EXCITING.
WITH THE RULES SUSPENDED WE ARE
NOW ALLOWED TO TAKE A VOTE ON
THIS TODAY.
SO I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD MOVE
AND SECOND CLERK FILE 314442
TWO ACCEPT THE CLERK FILE.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE I NEED
TO SAY?
SO THAT WILL MOVE ON TO THE
FULL COUNCIL ON MONDAY.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS YOU ARE
HOPING TO GET THIS THROUGH WITH
THE MAYOR SIGNATURE AND
WHATEVER SO THAT BY THE END OF
THE YEAR IT WILL BE IN PLACE,
THERE IS SOME DEADLINE THERE.
>> WE DO ALL WANT TO KNOW THAT
YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SCHEDULE
THIS AT THIS TIME IS A
SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN THEIR
BEING ABLE TO MEET THEIR
DEVELOPMENT TIMELINES.
NOW IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN
TIME.
>> I WILL SAY IT'S EXCITING.
I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL FOR 10
YEARS AND WE ARE HONESTLY IN A
CRISIS AROUND HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS.
AND I BELIEVE THE CITY IS DOING
A LOT TO RESPOND TO THAT.
THE CITY, NOT JUST THE ENTITY
OF THE CITY BUT ALL THE
ENTITIES WITHIN THE CITY.
AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE PRIVATE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS,
ESPECIALLY ONES, USING CITY
MONEY FOR THE ACQUISITION, THAT
TO BE REPAID, TO PERMIT GOING
CITY FUNDING TO CREATE THIS.
HAVE MORE THAN TRIPLE THE
AMOUNT OF CITY FUNDS GOING INTO
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WE ARE
STARTING TO SEE THE RESULTS
PRODUCED.
WE ARE ALSO SEEING PRIVATE
DEVELOPERS PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNTS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
IS REALLY EXCITING TO SEE HOW
SO MANY DIFFERENT PLAYERS ARE
RESPONDING TO THE CRISIS WE ARE
IN.
UNFORTUNATELY A CRISIS HAPPENS
AND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
HOUSING IT TAKES YEARS TO DO A
RESPONSE EVEN WHEN THERE IS AN
URGENCY.
BUT I BELIEVE THIS IS AN
EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE OF PROJECT
HOPEFULLY IN A COUPLE OF YEARS
WILL BE RUNNING IN ONE OF A
HANDFUL THAT WILL BE MODELED BY
FUTURE PROJECTS GOING FORWARD
AND WE CAN GET A LOT MORE
HOUSING IN THE CITY.
THANKS.
GREAT.
THANK YOU ALL.
KELLY, DO YOU WANT TO READ THE
NEXT COUPLE OF ITEMS AND WE
WILL INVITE CENTERS FORWARD?
>> APPOINTMENT 01466.
APPOINTMENT OF DYLAN JONES AS
MEMBER OF THE URBAN FORESTRY
COMMISSION FOR A TERM MARCH 31,
2020.
APPOINTMENT 01467 APPOINTMENT OF
BLAKE VOORHEES AS A MEMBER OF
THE URBAN FORESTRY COMMISSION
FOR A TERM TO MARCH 31, 2020.
>> WELCOME.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> LET'S START WITH NAMES AND
INTRODUCTIONS.
>> I AM BLAKE VOORHEES.
>> NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> SANDRA PINTO DE BADER
STAFFING THE COMMISSION WITH
THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY
AND ENVIRONMENT.
>> DO WANT TO WALK US THROUGH
WITH THE URBAN FORESTRY
COMMISSION DOES?
>> THANK YOU.
IT WAS ESTABLISHED TO ADVISE
CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR ON
POLICIES AND REGULATIONS HAVING
TO DO WITH THE PROTECTION,
MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION OF
SEATTLE'S URBAN FORESTS.
THERE ARE 13 POSITIONS, SIX
APPOINTED BY COUNCIL, SIX BY
THE MAYOR AND ONE APPOINTED BY
THE COMMISSION.
TODAY IT'S MY PLEASURE TO
INTRODUCE FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION THE APPOINTMENT OF
DYLAN JONES FOR URBAN ECOLOGIST.
THE MAYOR IS MAKING THE
RECOMMENDATION.
THE GREEN CITIES PROGRAM MANAGER
WITH FOR TARA IN CHARGE OF
BUILDING PROJECTS IN SNOHOMISH
COUNTY PARKS.
FACILITATING FOREST ASSESSMENTS
AND WORKING WITH LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, PARTNER
ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMITTEES
DEVELOP RESTORATION PLANS.
THEY HOLD A MASTER OF MENTAL
HORTICULTURE AND HAVE
CERTIFICATIONS ON ECOLOGICAL
RESTORATION AND WOULD LINE
SCIENCE.
THE STRONG BACKGROUND AND
EXPERIENCE WORKING ON
RESTORATION COUPLED WITH THEIR
EXPERIENCE WORKING FOR LOCAL
GOVERNMENT WILL BE IN ASSET TO
THE URBAN FORESTRY COMMISSION.
ELBY IS BEING APPOINTED TO
FINISH A TERM ENDING MARCH 31
OF 2020.
IT IS ALSO MY PLEASURE TO TALK
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
BACKGROUND OF BLAKE.
HE IS BEING APPOINTED TO
POSITION NUMBER 9. ECONOMIST,
FINANCE ADVISOR REALTOR.
BLAKE IS A REAL ESTATE BROKER
WHERE HE SPECIALIZES IN
RESIDENTIAL SALES.
HE ALSO WORKS OVER 10 YEARS AS
A LITIGATION PARALEGAL IN FIRMS
SUCH AS RESTON GATES AND ELLIS.
HE HAS A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF
THE CHALLENGES THAT URBAN TREES
THE FACE AS OUR CITY CONTINUES
TO GROW.
HIS PASSION FOR TREES AND
EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH
BUILDERS AND HOMEBUYERS AS WELL
AS HIS LEGAL BACKGROUND WILL
BRING AN IMPORTANT PERSPECTIVE
TO THE COMMISSION.
HE IS BEING APPOINTED TO FINISH
A TERM ENDING MARCH 31 OF 2020.
>> SO YOU TWO ARE READY TO TAKE
ON FOUR MONTHS OF WORK?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> THESE ARE OBVIOUSLY
VACANCIES AND I REALLY
APPRECIATE DON'T WAIT UNTIL
IT'S UP BECAUSE THE FORCE
COMMISSION IS DOING A LOT OF
WORK.
I IMAGINE EARLY NEXT YEAR IT
WILL BE ADDED TO.
I AM ASSUMING THERE WILL BE
THREE APPOINTMENTS IN A FEW
MONTHS?
>> THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE
CONSIDERED THE FIRST TERM.
IT IS FINISHING A PREVIOUS TERM
, SUCH A BRIEF TIMEFRAME WE
WILL LIKELY WE RECOMMEND COME
MARCH.
>> I GUESS IT'S NOT BAD IF YOU
WILL DECIDE AFTER A FEW MONTHS,
WHAT DID WE GET OURSELVES INTO?
SO, ELBY, WHY DON'T WE START
WITH YOU?
I WANT TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ON
THE URBAN FORESTRY COMMISSION.
THE CANOPY OF THE CITY.
YOU OBVIOUSLY WORK ON IT IN THE
REGION.
THIS IS A FAIRLY HIGH-PROFILE
AND CAN BE CONTENTIOUS AND
REALLY CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO
THE VALUES OF SEATTLE TO GET
RIGHT.
WHAT YOU HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH IN
THE NEXT FEW YEARS?
>> SO, I WORKED IN ECOLOGICAL
RESTORATION FOR THE LAST 15
YEARS IN KING COUNTY.
AND HAVE WORKED FOR CITY
GOVERNMENT. I AM PRETTY
FAMILIAR WITH HOW CONTENTIOUS
TREES CAN BE WHEN YOU ARE
WORKING FOR THE CITY.
AND I AM JUST EXCITED TO APPLY
MY KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE TO
THIS POSITION.
AND SEE HOW THE POLICY PROCESS
GOES.
>> GREAT.
I'M EXCITED TOO.
BLAKE, HOW ABOUT YOU?
YOU ARE APPOINTED BY THE
COMMISSION.
I IMAGINE YOU HAD TO GET THE, --
CONVINCED 12 PEOPLE YOU WOULD
BE DOING A DECENT JOB.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND SANDRA THINK YOU FOR THE
INTRODUCTION.
I HAVE ONE CORRECTION, I'M DOING
PI REAL ESTATE.
BUT BEYOND THAT, I HAVE BEEN A
BROKER SINCE 2006.
HAVE A LEGAL BACKGROUND AS
SANDRA NOTED.
I'VE WORKED WITH BOTH DEVELOPERS
AND PRIVATE HOMEOWNERS AND I
UNDERSTAND CONCERNS OF BOTH AND
AS A CITIZEN OF THE CITY, I
REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE GREEN
SPACE.
IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CITY I'VE
LIVED IN.
I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING A PART
OF THE INITIATIVES AND MAKE
THIS A BEAUTIFUL CITY FOR
FUTURE RESIDENCE WHILE ALSO
CONTRIBUTING TO THE AIR AND
ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERYONE.
>> YOU BOTH TOUCHED ON THE
TENSIONS.
AGAIN, I THINK THE MAGIC WE'RE
LOOKING FOR, I AM HOPEFUL THAT
THE CITY COUNCIL IN THE COMING
MONTHS WILL ADOPT A NEW URBAN
FOREST POLICY THE CAN BE
SOMETHING THAT CAN BE HELD UP
AS SOMETHING THAT WILL NOT JUST
PROTECT OUR EXISTING CANOPY BUT
ENCOURAGE GROWTH OF OUR CANOPY.
BUT DO IT IN A WAY THAT WE ARE
NOT DOING IT AT THE EXPENSE OF
OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO
LIVE IN OUR CITY.
I DON'T THINK THEY ARE
DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED.
THERE ARE WAYS TO DO GREAT
HOUSING AND OTHER COMMERCIAL
PROJECTS AND MAINTAIN OR EXPAND
OUR TREE CANOPY AT THE SAME
TIME.
BUT IT TAKES THOUGHTFULNESS IN
CRAFTING A CITYWIDE POLICY THAT
CAN BE ENFORCED, THAT ALSO HAS
THE FLEXIBILITY TO RECOGNIZE
THE DIFFERENT LANDSCAPES AND
PROJECTS THE DIFFERENT ITEMS.
IT'S A TRICKY BALANCING ACT.
IT HAS KIND OF STYMIED THE
COUNCIL.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY
OTHER COMMENTS ON THAT DYNAMIC.
>> I ALSO WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE
BOTH OF THEM BECAUSE THEY
STARTED ATTENDING COMMISSION
MEETINGS TO GET UP TO SPEED
KNOWING THAT THEY HAD NO VOTE
BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT APPOINTED
YET.
BUT THEY HAVE BEEN STEEPED IN
SOME OF THESE ISSUES.
>> I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
COMMITMENT AND IT SOUNDS LIKE
THE HISTORY YOU EACH HAVE IN
WORKING IN DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF
THE CITY, I LOOK FORWARD TO
BRINGING THAT EXPERTISE
TOGETHER AND HOPEFULLY BUILDING
CONSENSUS.
I DO ENCOURAGE YOU BOTH TO BE
STRONG ADVOCATES FOR THE
PUBLIC, COUNCIL AND MAYOR WHEN
YOU SETTLE ON A PATH TO MAKE
SURE THAT YOU PUT THOSE
POLICIES IN PLACE, THAT WE
ENFORCE THEM AND HOLD PEOPLE TO
THEM.
AND MOVE IN THE DIRECTION WE
NEED TO MOVE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU
ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION AND
OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENT FOR CHAMPIONING OUR
INITIATIVES THROUGHOUT THE
YEARS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> YOU BUT.
YOU HAVE AN AMAZING TEAM OVER
THERE.
I'M GOING TO MISS WORKING WITH
YOU FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE I'M
EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO SEE WHAT
OSE DOES.
IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE I WILL
GO AHEAD AND MOVE APPOINTMENTS
01466 AND 01467.
AND I WILL SECOND THOSE AND I
WILL VOTE TO SUPPORT THOSE AND
SEND THEM OFF TO COUNCIL.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.
WE WILL BE VOTING ON THIS IS A
FULL COUNCIL ON MONDAY.
YOUR TO ATTEND BUT THERE IS NO
REAL ROLE FOR YOU.
KEEP US POSTED.
>> THANK YOU.
>> KELLY LET'S DO THE NEXT
BATCH OF TWO.
APPOINTMENT 01460 THE APARTMENT
OF ALEXANDER LEW IS MEMBER TO
THE SEATTLE BICYCLE ADVISORY
BOARD FOR A TERM TO AUGUST 31,
2021.
AND APPOINTMENT 01461 THE
APPOINTMENT OF EMILY PAINE IS A
MEMBER OF SEATTLE BICYCLE
ADVISORY BOARD FOR A TERM TO
AUGUST 31, 2021.
>> HOW ABOUT INTRODUCTIONS.
>> I AM SERENA LEHMAN.
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION.
TELLS --
>> TELL US ABOUT EMILY AND
ALEX.
>> SO THE SEATTLE BICYCLE
ADVISORY BOARD WAS FORMED YEARS
AGO TO STEWARD THE BICYCLE
MASTER PLAN AND ADVISE CITY
COUNCIL, MAYOR'S OFFICE AND
CITY DEPARTMENTS ALL THINGS
BICYCLING.
EMILY PAINE HAS BEEN ON THE
BOARD FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS.
SHE SERVED ON THE SEATTLE, MOVE
SEATTLE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
SHE HAS BEEN CHAIR FOR THE LAST
YEAR.
SHE IS A DEDICATED UTILITY
CYCLIST WHO BIKES TO BOTH OF
HER JOBS.
SHE CURRENTLY BELIEVES CYCLING
HAS THE POTENTIAL TO IMPROVE
HEALTH, REDUCE CONGESTION AND
IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT AND
DRIVE HUMAN SKILL DEVELOPMENT.
SHE IS ALSO A BUS DRIVER AND
BRINGS THAT PERSPECTIVE TO THE
COMMITTEE WITH ALL THE WORK SHE
DOES.
>> AND I OCCASIONALLY GET TO
BIKE WITH EMILY ONE DIRECTION.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE HER OUT THERE.
>> WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE HER
CONTINUE ON THE BOARD.
ALEX IS A BIKE COMMUTER, PUBLIC
TRANSIT WRITER AND SELF
IDENTIFIED TRANSPORTATION GEEK.
AND URBAN PLANNER BY TRAINING,
AND HE WORKS WITH PUBLIC TRANSIT
AGENCIES TO USE REAL-TIME DATA
TO IMPROVE TRANSIT SERVICE.
HE HAS BROUGHT THE LENS OF DATA
TO LOOKING AT BIKE PROJECTS AND
LOOKING AT HOW NEW MOBILITY IS
ARRIVING IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
AGAIN, WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE
HIM CONTINUE ON THE BOARD.
>> I AM TOO.
IT'S AMAZING, WE HAVE A LOT OF
BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
SOMETIMES, HOW MANY OF THESE
THINGS DO WE HAVE?
OH MY GOSH, THIS COMMISSION IS
SO CRITICAL.
AND WE REALLY NEED GOOD, SMART
PEOPLE TO BRING VARIETY OF
PERSPECTIVES AND THE PEOPLE WHO
SHOP AND APPLY FOR THESE JOBS,
HOW DID WE GET SO MANY FOLKS
WHO CARE ABOUT THE CITY WHO ARE
PASSIONATE DOING THEIR HOMEWORK
AND DEDICATING THEIR TIME TO
ADVOCATE FOR POLICIES ALL JUST
BECAUSE THEY WANT TO SEE BETTER
OFFERINGS IN THE CITY.
>> IT'S FANTASTIC.
ALEX AND EMILY ARE EXEMPLARY
MODELS OF THAT.
>> DEFINITELY.
>> GREAT.
ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO SAY?
>> THAT'S IT.
>> INKS FOR YOUR WORK.
I'M EXCITED TO REAPPOINT BOTH
OF THEM.
I'M GOING TO MOVE AND SECOND
APPOINTMENTS 01460 AND 01461.
AND THEN I WILL VOTE YES ON
THOSE.
THOSE WILL MOVE ON TO FULL
COUNCIL ON MONDAY.
>> GREAT.
THANKS.
>> AGENDA ITEM SIX AND SEVEN.
>> APPOINTMENT 01462.
REAPPOINTMENT OF RACHEL BEN-
SHMUEL IS MEMBER TO THE LEVY TO
MOVE SEATTLE OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE FOR A TERM DECEMBER
31, 2023.
APPOINTMENT 01463 REAPPOINTMENT
OF LISA BOGARDUS AS A MEMBER
LEVY TO MOVE SEATTLE OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE FOR A TERM TO
DECEMBER 31, 2023.
>> WELCOME.
QUICK INTRODUCTION.
>> RACHEL McCAFFERY, CIVIL
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
>> TELL US ABOUT THE COMMITTEE
AND THE REAPPOINTMENT.
>> THE MOVE SEATTLE OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE MONITORS RIVER TWOS
REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES FOR
THE 900 AND $930 MILLION.
THE COMMITTEE REVIEWS SDOT
PRIORITIES, FINANCIAL PLANS AND
MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE
COUNCIL REGARDING SPENDING THE
PROCEEDS.
TWO MAYORAL APPOINTEES TODAY.
THE FIRST IS RACHEL, SHE HAS
BEEN ON THE COMMITTEE SINCE
2016.
THIS IS TWO FOLKS, ONE WHO IS
NEW AND ONE WHO'S BEEN THERE
FOR A WHILE.
SHE'S REAPPOINTED TO A SECOND
TERM.
HER BACKGROUND IS IN REAL
ESTATE DEVELOPMENT.
SHE IS PASSIONATE ABOUT THE
JUNCTURE BETWEEN TRANSPORTATION
AND LAND-USE.
SOME OF HER BACKGROUND, SHE IS
RETIRED NOW BUT IN HER CAREER
SHE SERVED AS THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE PLANNING
COMMISSION.
SHE SPENT 10 YEARS WORKING WITH
THE CITY IN VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT
PROJECTS AND HAS VOLUNTEERED
FOR CAPITOL HILL HOUSING AS FAR
BACK AS 1998.
SO SHE IS A GREAT ASSET TO THE
COMMITTEE.
WHICH I THINK HAS BEEN
RECOGNIZED RECENTLY THROUGH HER
OMINATION AS COCHAIR STARTING
IN 2020.
LISA IS A NEWER COMMITTEE
MEMBER.
SHE STARTED SERVING IN 2018 AND
FILLED THE REMAINDER OF THE
VACANT POSITION.
SHE IS BEING REAPPOINTED FOR A
FULL-TERM.
SHE IS ASSISTANT SECRETARY AT
SEATTLE BUILDING AND
CONSTRUCTION TRADE LABOR
COUNCIL.
SHE SERVED AS A PUBLIC DEFENDER
AND IS LABOR RELATIONS MANAGER
AND CONSTRUCTION LABOR MANAGER
AT THE APPOINTMENT OF SEATTLE.
SHE IS ONE OF A COUPLE OF
ATTORNEYS WE HAVE ON THE
COMMITTEE AND WE APPRECIATE
HER.
>> I DIDN'T REALIZE LISA WAS AN
ATTORNEY.
I SHOULD'VE KNOWN THAT.
THEY'RE BOTH OUTSTANDING AND I
APPRECIATE THE SYSTEM BEING IN
TO FILL A VACANT SPOT THAT HAS
TRADITIONALLY BEEN HELD BY
SOMEONE IN THE LABOR COMMUNITY.
IT'S GREAT THAT SHE HAS THE
CAPACITY TO DO THE WORK.
AND RACHEL HAS BEEN AN
OUTSTANDING MEMBER SINCE I'VE
HAD THE PLEASURE OF SITTING ON
THIS COMMITTEE.
I REALLY APPRECIATE BOTH YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO RENEW COMMITMENT
AND KEEP GOING.
IT'S GOING TO BE A CRITICAL
COUPLE OF YEARS.
THE NEXT FEW YEARS A LOT OF
PROJECTS ARE SUPPOSED GO OUT
THE DOOR.
I THINK THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
HAS DONE A GREAT JOB KIND OF
HELPING IN A REALLY POSITIVE
AND PRODUCTIVE WAY, RESET SOME
STANDARDS FOR HOW SDOT IS
DELIVERING THE PROJECTS.
I THINK IT WAS A HERCULEAN TASK
TO JUMP ON REALLY SHORT NOTICE,
IS THIS GOING TO BE RENEWED
ALMOST $100 BILLION PER YEAR
PROJECTS COMING OUT.
I THINK THE AGENCY STUMBLED A
BIT TRAIN TO GET UP TO SPEED
THERE.
BUT I THINK WE ARE ON A REALLY
GOOD TRAJECTORY IN THE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE HAS DONE
EXEMPLARY WORK TO BOTH
UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES BUT
ALSO TO BRING THE EXPERTISE AND
PUT PRESSURE ON THE WHOLE TEAM
TO GET THINGS IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION.
ANYTHING ELSE?
GREAT.
I WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE
APPOINTMENTS ZERO 1462 AND
01463.
I WILL SECOND THOSE.
THEY WILL GO TO THE FULL
COUNCIL ON MONDAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANKS SO MUCH.
WE HAVE TWO MORE APPOINTMENT.
WHEN YOU READ THEM?
>> APPOINTMENT 01464.
REAPPOINTMENT OF JENNIFER
MALLEY AS A MEMBER TO THE
SEATTLE TRANSIT ADVISORY BOARD
FOR A TERM TO AUGUST 2, 2021.
AND APPOINTMENT 01465,
APPOINTMENT OF RACHELLE ZEIDMAN
AS A MEMBER OF THE SEATTLE
TRANSIT ADVISORY BOARD FOR A
TERM TO AUGUST 2, 2021.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> BENJAMIN SMITH WITH SDOT.
LIAISON FOR THE TRANSIT
ADVISORY BOARD.
>> THANKS.
TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THESE TWO APPOINTMENTS.
>> THE TRANSIT ADVISORY BOARD
IS ONE OF THE NEWER BOARDS
FUNDED BY COUNCIL IN 2015.
CHARGED WITH ADVISING THE CITY,
COUNSELING THE MAYOR ON ISSUES
OF TRANSIT.
HAVE AN OVERSIGHT ROLE BECAUSE
OUR SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION
BENEFIT DISTRICT FUNDING.
FIVE APPOINTED MEMBERS, BOTH
JEN AND MICHELLE ARE COUNCIL
APPOINTEES.
>> GREAT.
TWO REAPPOINTMENT'S.
THESE ARE COUNCIL UP
APPOINTMENTS.
>> THEY WERE ABLE TO BE HERE.
>> NO NEED TO BE HERE.
>> JEN HAD FILLED A VACANT TERM
AND THIS IS HER SECOND FULL-
TERM.
JEN QUICKLY JOINED A LEADERSHIP
ROLE AND IS CURRENTLY COCHAIR.
SHE HAD A SHORT STATEMENT SHE
WANTED TO SEND ALONG WHICH I
WILL SHARE WITH YOU.
SHE SAYS HONORABE CITY COUNCIL
MEMBERS THINK YOU FOR
CONSIDERING MY REAPPOINTMENT TO
CONTINUE SERVING ON THE SEATTLE
TRANSIT ADVISORY BOARD.
I MEET PASSIONATE ADVOCATE FOR
IMPROVING MOBILITY OPTIONS
TRAFFIC SAFETY FOR SEATTLE
RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES, POLITIES
AND INCOME LEVELS.
AND PROUD TO BE PART OF THE
CITIZEN GROUP ADVISING THE CITY
ON PRIORITIES OF THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT AND
OTHER TRANSPORTATION RELATED
PROJECTS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING TO
PROVIDE SEE FEEDBACK TO THE
CITY AND OTHER AGENCIES TO
SUSTAIN AND IMPROVE RESIDENTS
ACCESS TO TRANSIT AND OTHER
MOBILITY OPTIONS.
THANK YOU.
>> THAT'S GREAT.
>> WE ALSO HAVE MICHELLE, SHE
IS ONE OF THE NEWER BOARD
MEMBERS.
WAS APPOINTED TO THE REST OF
THE VACANT TERM LAST YEAR.
THIS IS HER FIRST FULL-TERM.
ALSO NOT ABLE TO JOIN BUT HAD
THIS TO SHARE.
I HAVE REALLY ENJOYED THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE SINCE
JANUARY.
AS YOU MAY RECALL I HAVE A
MASTERS IN URBAN PLANNING AND
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION FROM U-
DUB.
WITH AN EMPHASIS IN
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND
POLICY.
SHE RECENTLY STARTED A NEW JOB
WITH A PLANNING ANALYST AT
WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES.
I FOCUSED ON GETTING UP TO
SPEED IN THE VARIOUS NEW
TRANSIT PROJECTS IN SEATTLE AND
THE STB D FUNDING PROCESS.
I'VE TAKEN A PARTICULAR
INTEREST IN THE RENEWAL AND THE
PASSAGE OF I 95976 WILL MEAN
FORD.
IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS AND LOOK
FORWARD TO THE CITY AND COUNTY
WITH COMMUNITY ENERGY GAIT
ENGAGEMENT ALL THE NEW
AMENITIES IT PROVIDES TO BRING
THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE TRANSIT
WRITER AS WELL AS AN ANALYST TO
THE BOARD.
I KINDLY ASK YOU REAPPOINT ME,
THANK YOU MICHELLE.
>> MICHELLE, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE
HER ON THE BOARD.
AND SIMILARLY JENNIFER HAS BEEN
GREAT TOO.
WE DECIDED TO REAPPOINT BOTH OF
THEM.
BOTH BRING EXCELLENT TECHNICAL
SKILLS AND ONE OF THE THINGS, I
THINK IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT
WE HAVE A SERIES OF BOARDS, THE
BIKE, BUT A STRING, TRANSIT AND
FREIGHT ADVISORY BOARDS.
AND OBVIOUSLY HOW THEY INTERACT
WITH EACH OTHER IS REALLY
IMPORTANT.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE INDIVIDUALS
ON THE VARIOUS BOARDS WHO CAN
BRING THAT BROAD EXPERTISE.
I KNOW BOTH OF THESE APPOINTEES
HAVE CONNECTIONS WITH THE BIKE
COMMUNITY, WE SAW THE BIKE OF
WOMEN, ONE IS A BUS DRIVER, SO
THERE IS AWARENESS ABOUT WHAT
IT MULTIMODAL CITY IT LOOKS LIKE
AND THE FOLKS WHO'VE BEEN
INTEGRAL IN RECRUITING, THANKS
FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT.
IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE, I
WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE, HANG ON
A SECOND, APPOINTMENTS 01464
AND 01465, I WILL SECOND THOSE
AND THEY WILL GO TO THE FULL
COUNCIL ON MONDAY.
KELLY, LAST AGENDA ITEM.
THIS WILL TAKE A FEW MORE
MINUTES.
LET'S JUMP INTO ENGINE ITEM
NUMBER 10.
>> COUNCIL BILL 119704.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
SEATTLE STREETCAR AUTHORIZING
EXECUTION OF THE NEW INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT WITH KING COUNTY FOR
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF
THE SEATTLE STREETCAR SYSTEM
AND RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING
CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS.
>> WELCOME EVERYONE.
LET'S START WITH A ROUND OF
INTRODUCTIONS.
>> COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF.
>> CHRIS SDOT TRANSIT MOBILITY.
>> CANDIDA LORENZANA.
>> WELCOME EVERYONE.
WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT IN FRONT
OF US.
>> JUST TO REEMPHASIZE WHAT YOU
SAID AT THE AGENDA SETTING,
THIS IS ABOUT THE EXISTING
STREETCAR AND THE OPERATION
AGREEMENT WITH METRO THAT WILL
EXPIRE AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
>> WE HAVE A COUPLE WEEKS TO
WORK ON THIS.
NO RUSH.
I ASSUME IF WE STUMBLE IN THIS
COMMITTEE WE WILL TURN THE
STREAKER OFF FOR A FEW MONTHS
UNTIL WE FIGURE IT OUT.
THAT IS NOT THE GOAL.
THERE'S A PRESENTATION.
>> I'M GOING TO KICK IT OFF.
I THINK WE ARE ALL AWARE THAT
SDOT'S MISSION IS TO DELIVER A
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THAT
PROVIDES A SAFE AND AFFORDABLE
ACCESS TO PLACES AND
OPPORTUNITIES.
AND OUR WORK EVERY DAY IS
GROUNDED IN OUR VALUES OF
EQUITY, SAFETY, MOBILITY,
SUSTAINABILITY, LIVABILITY AND
EXCELLENCE.
WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE
NEW STREAKER INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT.
THE RESULT OF A YEAR-LONG
COLLABORATIVE PROCESS TO REVISE
A PRAYER OPERATIONS AND MINUTES
AGREEMENT FOR THE EXISTING
STREETCAR ALLIANCE.
THE AGREEMENT IS MORE
STREAMLINED AND COVERS OUR
CURRENT OPERATIONS WHILE
ALLOWING FOR EXPANSION OF THE
SYSTEM.
BOTH LICKING COUNTY COUNCIL AND
CITY COUNCIL NEED TO APPROVE
THE AGREEMENT WHICH EXPIRES AT
THE END OF THE YEAR.
AS A REMINDER WE HAVE TWO
EXISTING LINES.
THAT THE CITY OWNS.
THE SOUTH LAKE UNION STREETCAR
IN THE FIRST HILL STREETCAR.
KING COUNTY METRO OPERATES
THOSE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AS
THE IL-8 FROM 2014.
THAT ILA IS SET TO EXPIRE AT
THE END OF THE YEAR.
BUT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING
TOGETHER WITH THE COUNTY TO
NEGOTIATE A NEW ILA TO REPLACE
IT.
PROVIDES BETTER PROCESSES FOR
ORDINATION AND COLLABORATION
GOING FORWARD.
YOU MAY BE WONDERING HOW THIS
CONNECTS TO THE CENTRE CITY
CONNECTOR PROJECT.
THE NEW ILA ONLY COVERS
OPERATIONS OF HER CURRENT
STREETCARS.
BUT IT DOES ALLOW US TO
ACCOMMODATE EXPANSION OF THE
SYSTEM IN THE FUTURE.
AND I WILL HAND IT OFF TO CHRIS
TO GO INTO DETAILS.
>> THANK YOU.
JUST A FEW QUICK KEY FEATURES
OF THE NEW INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
THIS AGREEMENT WILL EXECUTE BY
THE END OF THE YEAR, BEFORE THE
TERMINATION OF THE CURRENT
AGREEMENT.
IT WILL GO FOR A FIVE-YEAR TERM.
HAVE PROVIDED FOR SOME
AUTOMATIC RULES OF THAT TERM AT
THE DISCRETION OF THE CITY.
THAT WOULD HOPEFULLY MAKE FOR
AN EASIER TRANSITION AND AVOID
HAVING TO COME BACK WITH NEW
AGREEMENTS EVERY FIVE YEARS.
>> ARE THE RENEWALS?
>> EACH FOR FIVE YEAR TO TERMS.
>> A TOTAL OF 15 YEARS IF THE
CITY WANTS TO.
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> IT SAYS, THE PREVIOUS SLIDE
TALKED ABOUT CENTRE CITY
CONNECTOR.
THIS DOES NOT DISCUSS THAT BUT
ANTICIPATES IT MAY BE IS THE
RIGHT WORD?
I ASSUME DOES THAT MEAN THAT IF
THE CENTRE CITY CONNECTOR GOES
FORWARD THEY WOULD NEED TO BE
DISCUSSIONS ON HOW THAT FITS IN
OR DOES THIS ALREADY
CONTEMPLATED?
>> CORRECT.
NEW AGREEMENT, WE WILL TALK
ABOUT LATER IN MORE DETAIL,
ANTICIPATES THAT THERE COULD BE
EXPANSIONS TO THE SEATTLE
STREETCAR SYSTEM OSTENSIBLY THE
CENTRE CITY CONNECTOR PROJECT.
IT ANTICIPATES THAT AND
ATTEMPTS TO SET UP A FRAMEWORK
THAT WE COULD INCORPORATE THAT
EXTENSION INTO THIS AGREEMENT
WITH MINIMAL CHANGE.
SO, THE IDEA IS WE WOULD LIKELY
AMEND THE AGREEMENT TO
INCORPORATE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE
INTO THE SUITE OF VEHICLES AND
SO FORTH THAT THE COUNTY
OPERATES AND MAINTAINS ON THE
CITY'S BEHALF.
BUT WE WOULD NEED TO COME BACK
FURTHER LEGISLATION TO DO THAT.
>> THE EXPIRING AGREEMENT WAS
MORE RELEVANT THE HAD SEPARATE
AGREEMENTS FOR EACH OF THE TWO
LINES UNDERNEATH IT.
THIS IS SORT OF IN THE SAME --
IT CAN BE ADOPTED, SORT OF IN
THE SAME WAY.
>> THE IDEA IS THE PROVISIONS
OF THIS AGREEMENT APPLY CARLESS
OF THE SIZE OF THE STREETCAR
SYSTEM.
IN TERMS OF GENERAL ROLES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES, THE NEW
AGREEMENT IMPROVES SOME OF THE
EFFICIENCY AND QUALITY OF
MAINTENANCE BY CONSOLIDATING
SOME OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES
THE CITY CURRENTLY HAS, TO
TRANSFER THOSE TO THE COUNTY.
SOME ARE MEAT AND POTATOES
MINUTES TYPE THINGS.
INCLUDING THE RESPONSIBILITY TO
MAINTAIN MAINTENANCE FACILITY
AT THE FIRST HILL STREETCAR.
CURRENTLY THE COUNTY IS
RESPONSIBLE TO MAINTAIN THE
SOUTH LAKE UNION MAINTENANCE
FACILITY.
CONSOLIDATING THAT
RESPONSIBILITY FOR BOTH
FACILITIES.
ALSO INCLUDES STATION CLEANING
AND CUSTODIAL MAINTENANCE AND
EMPTYING TRASH CANS AT STOPS
AND POWER WASHING THINGS.
AND TRACK DRAIN CLEANING WHICH
IS SORT OF A DAILY OR WEEKLY
CLEANING OF THE PHALANGE, THE
GROOVE IN THE STREETCAR TO MAKE
SURE WATER DRAINS APPROPRIATE
WE.
THOSE WILL BE CONSOLIDATED WITH
THE COUNTY WHICH WE THINK IS
GOING TO MAKE FOR A MORE
EFFICIENT OPERATION. BUDGET AND
INVOICING WAS A KEY CHANGE AS
WELL.
THIS NEW AGREEMENT REALLY SETS
UP A FRAMEWORK WE THINK WILL
HELP US TO TRACK BUDGETING AND
BE MORE ACCURATE IN TERMS OF
PREDICTIONS WE MAKE AT BUDGET
TIME ABOUT WHAT IT'S GOING TO
COST ON A YEARLY BASIS TO RUN
THE STREETCAR.
WE ACHIEVE THAT THROUGH
INCREASED COORDINATION WITH
METRO EARLY IN THE BUDGET
PHASE.
THE PREVIOUS AGREEMENT
ATTEMPTED TO LAY OUT OVER A
FIVE YEAR TERM SPECIFIC COSTS
AND CONTRIBUTIONS AND SORT OF
PREDICTED THAT IN THE FUTURE.
BIG RECONCILIATIONS OF THOSE
AMOUNTS AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
THIS ATTEMPTS TO BE A MORE
ITERATIVE PROCESS ON AN ANNUAL
BASIS.
WE WILL DISCUSS WITH THE COUNTY
TO TRY TO ALIGN OUR
EXPECTATIONS ON BUDGET EARLY IN
OUR RESPECTIVE BUDGET PROCESSES
AND CARRY THOSE OUT THROUGHOUT
THE YEAR.
IT'S REALLY INTENDED TO BE
BASED ON HISTORICAL ACTUALS AS
OPPOSED TO INCREASINGLY OLD
PROJECTIONS. AND BASICALLY
GIVES US A CHANCE TO TRACK THAT
MORE CLOSELY AND HOPEFULLY DO A
MUCH BETTER JOB OF HITTING THE
BUDGET AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
THE COUNTY CONTRIBUTION IS A
KEY PART OF THAT BUDGET AND
INVOICING CONVERSATION.
THIS MAINTAINS THAT
CONTRIBUTION.
ABOUT $1.55 MILLION IN 2019.
THE NEW AGREEMENT WILL INCREASE
THAT, IT WILL ESCALATE THAT 3%
ANNUALLY OVER THE COURSE OF THE
FIRST FIVE YEAR TERM OF THE
AGREEMENT.
AS WE TALKED BEFORE, THERE IS
AN OPTION FOR THE CITY TO RENEW
A FIVE-YEAR TERM TWO TIMES.
THE COUNTY CONTRIBUTION WILL
REMAIN THROUGH THE FIRST FIVE
YEAR TERM AND AT THE END OF
THAT TERM THE CITY AND COUNTY
WOULD HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT
HOW AND IF THAT WOULD CONTINUE.
IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO COME TO
AN AGREEMENT ON CONTINUATION OF
THE CONTRIBUTION, IT DOES START
TO RAMP DOWN OVER A THREE-YEAR
PERIOD.
THERE ARE SOME OTHER COUNTY,
NOT SO MUCH CONTRIBUTIONS, BUT
OTHER FACTORS THAT COME INTO
PLAY SUCH AS A COUNTY UNCAP CAP
ON THE COUNTY OVERHEAD COST.
AND OTHER FEDERAL GRANT MONEY
THAT COULD COME INTO PLAY.
SAFETY AND SECURITY, ONE OF THE
THINGS WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON
IS COMING INTO COMPLIANCE WITH
SOME OF THE NEW FORTHCOMING
FEDERAL REGULATIONS RELATED TO
SAFETY AND SECURITY.
THIS NEW AGREEMENT CONTINUES
THE WORK THE COUNTY HAS DONE ON
THE DAY TODAY SAFETY AND
SECURITY RESPONSIBILITIES.
INVESTIGATIONS AND
NOTIFICATIONS THAT ARE REQUIRED
TO THE STATE AND FEDS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THIS WILL DO
IS ALIGN THE SAFETY AND SECURITY
RESPONSIBILITIES WITH THE NEW
FEDERAL REGULATIONS WHICH ARE
COMING.
PARTICULARLY THOSE RELATED TO
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AGENCY
SAFETY PLAN REQUIREMENTS.
THAT IS A REQUIREMENT THAT YOU
HAVE TO MEET STARTING MID NEXT
YEAR.
CONTINUING BUILDING ON THE GOOD
WORK WE HAVE BEEN DOING WITH
THE COUNTY AND COLLABORATION WE
HAVE HAD THERE, AND INCREASING
THE CITY'S PLANNING
RESPONSIBILITIES AS IT RELATES
TO THAT AGENCY SAFETY PLAN.
NEXT STEPS, THIS AGREEMENT HAS
TO BE EXECUTED BEFORE THE END
OF THIS YEAR WHEN THE CURRENT
AGREEMENT EXPIRES DECEMBER 31.
IT DOES HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY
BOTH CITY COUNCIL AND THE
COUNTY COUNCIL.
THE COUNTY COUNCIL PICK IT UP
AT THEIR MOBILITY COMMITTEE
YESTERDAY AND MOVED IT TO THE
FULL COUNCIL WITH APPROVAL
MENTATION. WE EXPECT THAT THEY
WILL PASS THE FULL COUNTY
COUNCIL.
IF NOT NEXT WEEK, THE FOLLOWING
WEEK, DECEMBER 3. THEY ASK FOR
YOUR APPROVAL TO DO THE SAME.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I
WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
>> I DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE ANY
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
I APPRECIATE THE WORK TO WORK
THIS OUT AND I APPRECIATE THE
ONGOING PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE
CITY AND COUNTY.
HELP ME UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT,
THE FAIR REVENUE, HOW THAT
WORKS.
IS THAT STILL USED ESSENTIALLY
AS AN OFFSET TO THE COST TO BE
PROVIDED?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
AS IT RELATES TO FAIR REVENUE
THIS AGREEMENT IS THE SAME AS
THE PREVIOUS AGREEMENT WHEREBY
THE COUNTY WILL COLLECT THAT
REVENUE AND THEN IT IS
BASICALLY PROVIDED AS A CREDIT
AGAINST THE QUARTERLY WHICH WILL
CHANGE FROM MONTHLY INVOICES
FROM THE COUNTY FOR THEIR
OPERATIONS.
WE TRACK IT ON OUR END.
WE GET THE SAME REPORTING FROM
ORCA ABOUT WHAT'S BEING
GENERATED ON THE STREETCAR SO
WE ARE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THE
NUMBERS ARE ACCURATE.
AND THE COUNTY WILL BASICALLY
GIVE US AN INVOICE NET OF THAT
REVENUE AND NET OF THE COUNTY
CONTRIBUTION AS WELL.
>> GREAT.
AND THEN AS FAR AS THEM
INVOICING, IS THIS A KIND OF
TIME AND MATERIAL WERE AIRY
EVERY HOUR OF OPERATION THE
BILL TO US OR IS IT MORE OF FOR
100 SERVICE HOURS WE WILL
CHARGE YOU $100 KIND OF THING.
>> IT'S MORE THE FORMER.
THE COUNTY COST BREAKOUT IS
GENERALLY THREE CATEGORIES.
DIRECT COSTS THAT ARE INCURRED
BY THE STREETCAR SECTION IF YOU
WILL.
OPERATORS, MAINTAINERS SPECIFIC
TO THE STREETCAR.
DIRECT COSTS BUILD FROM OTHER
COUNTY AGENCIE.
NAMELY THOSE THAT WOULD WORK ON
POWER, FACILITIES, TROLLEY AND
THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND A THIRD CATEGORY WHICH IS
INDIRECT COSTS WHICH IS THE
COUNTIES OVERHEAD. THOSE COSTS
ARE ALL BILLED TO THE
STREETCAR.
AND THAT IS BASED PRIMARILY ON
A DISCUSSION WE HAVE WITH THE
COUNTY, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
YEAR WHERE WE ESTABLISH WHAT
THE SERVICE EXPECTATIONS ARE.
WE WOULD WORK ON A SERVICE PLAN
WITH THE COUNTY, ESTABLISH THE
ASPORTATION ABOUT WHAT THE
SERVICE LEVEL SHOULD BE THE
FOLLOWING YEAR, AND OUR BUDGET
WILL BE BASED ON THAT SERVICE
PLAN.
>> I'M GOING TO SET THE CENTER
CITY STREETCAR ASIDE, IT WILL
CONTINUE TO BOUNCE AROUND FOR A
BIT, JUST THE EXISTING
STREETCAR LINES, IF WE WANTED
TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL VEHICLE OR
EXTENDED THE HOURS OF DAY OR
SHORT HEADWAYS, THAT IS ALL
THINGS ANTICIPATED, WE WOULD
JUST WORK WITH THE COUNTY TO
IDENTIFY, THAT WILL INCREASE
OUR COST 10% SO THIS IS WHAT WE
ARE BILLING IN THE FUTURE.
AND THEN THE BILL WILL HAVE A
FEW MORE ITEMS.
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
WE WOULD ANTICIPATE HAVING THAT
CONVERSATION ON AN ANNUAL BASIS
DURING THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT
PROCESS TO ESTABLISH IF THAT
WAS A CHANGE WE WANT TO MAKE
GOING FORWARD.
ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO IT
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IF WE WANT
TO. WE HAVE DONE THIS ON
CERTAIN OCCASIONS.
WE WOULD AT A CAR FOR A DAY OR
WEEKEND OR SPECIAL EVENT.
WERE THERE IS A MAJOR PIECE OF
EQUIPMENT THAT IS NECESSARY FOR
AN OVERHAUL THAT MAYBE WAS
UNANTICIPATED.
SO WE HAVE THE ABILITY
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO MAKE
ADJUSTMENTS AS NECESSARY.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE THAT ANNUAL
PLANNING PROCESS WHERE WE HAVE
TIME TO REALLY GET INTO WHAT WE
WANT TO SEE EACH YEAR.
>> I THINK MOVING TO SORT OF A
MONTHLY CONVERSATION ALSO HELPS
A LOT WITH KEEPING TRACK OF
WHERE THE EXPENSES ARE GOING.
THAT HAS SORT OF BEEN A
SURPRISE TO US.
SEVERAL YEARS AGO ARE SOME OF
THE CHANGES IN SOUTH LAKE
UNION, THE EFFICIENCIES MAY
HAVE CAUGHT US OFF GUARD AND WE
HAD TO RECONCILE FOR THOSE IN
TERMS OF THE COSTS ACTUALLY
WERE.
MOVING TO A MONTHLY
COORDINATION HELPS SORT OF KEEP
ON TRACK WITH THESE TYPE OF
EXPENSES.
>> THING START TO MOVE IN ONE
DIRECTION OR THE OTHER, WE CAN
NOTIFY THE TRENDS ARE HAPPENING.
I RECALL THAT A FEW YEARS AGO.
THE CITY OWNS THE FACILITIES,
OWNS THE CARS.
I ASSUME WE BEAR THE RISK ON
THAT.
LIKE IF A CAR STARTED TO FAIL
COMPLETELY, THE COUNTY CHARGES
US BY THE HOUR TO DO THE WORK.
WE ARE ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE
IF THE VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE
REPLACED.
IS THAT RIGHT?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
THE CITY STILL OWNS THE ASSETS
FOR THE SYSTEM, THAT INCLUDES
VEHICLES.
IF SOMETHING WHERE A CAR WAS
OUT OF SERVICE FOR A LONG
PERIOD OF TIME AND NEEDED A
MAJOR REPAIR TO GET BACK INTO
SERVICE THAT WOULD BE THE TYPE
OF PROBABLY UNANTICIPATED
UNBUDGETED ITEM WE WOULD NEED
TO COVER.
>> IT STILL OUR FACILITY.
WE BEAR THE RISK.
BUT WE ARE LEVERAGING THE
COUNTY'S EXPERTISE IN BOTH
MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS AND NOT
SETTING UP AN ARM TO DO THAT
WORK AND LET THEM DO THAT WORK.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
CONSOLIDATING SOME
RESPONSIBILITIES THAT SDOT WAS
DOING IN PRIOR YEARS, PRECISELY
FOR THAT REASON.
WE'VE ENJOYED ON PARTNERSHIP
WITH THE COUNTY, THE OPERATORS
OF REAL SERVICE IN THE COUNTY,
THEY HAVE EXPERTISE IN WE ARE
HOPING TO CAPITALIZE ON THAT.
>> GREAT.
THERE IS AN ELECTRIC BILL ON
THIS?
DOES IT COME TO US FOR THE
COUNTY AND GET REIMBURSED BY
US?
>> IT IS A BILL THAT PRIMARILY
THE OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE
FACILITY AND THEN THAT TROLLEY
WIRE BILLS ARE OPERATING
EXPENSES THE COUNTY INCURS
BEHALF OF THE STREETCAR IT
COMES BACK TO US IN THE MONTHLY
BILLING.
>> THERE IS SOME COMPLEXITY
OBVIOUSLY TO HAVING TWO BIG
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WORKING IN
PARTNERSHIP ON THIS.
AND I'M REALLY IMPRESSED, I CAN
IMAGINE IT'S NOT ALWAYS
FLAWLESS, BUT FROM MY
PERSPECTIVE, AND WORKING WITH
PARTNERS AT COUNTY COUNCIL AND
COUNTY EXECUTIVE SIDE, THE
RELATIONSHIP THAT SEEMS TO
EXIST BETWEEN THE STATE AND
COUNTY ON THE TRANSIT
OPERATIONS IS A GOOD ONE.
I THINK IT'S NECESSARY BECAUSE
THE COUNTY DOES PROVIDE A LOT
OF EXPERTISE WHEN THEY'RE
RUNNING THIS TRANSIT AGENCY.
THE CITY OF SEATTLE HAS HIRED
NEEDS AND DESIRES FOR
INVESTMENT IN TRANSIT SERVICE
IN OUR JURISDICTION.
THE ONLY WAY FOR US TO DO THAT
IS TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE GET IN
THE GAME.
LET'S DO IT IN A SMART AND
EFFICIENT WAY.'S PARTNERSHIP
YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR
YEARS, I LOOK FORWARD TO
CONTINUING TO GROW.
>> THANKS.
>> ANYTHING ELSE I NEED TO KNOW
BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD?
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10.
>> COUNCIL BILL 119704.
I WILL SECOND THAT AND VOTE YES.
THAT WILL GO TO THE FULL
COUNCIL I BELIEVE ON MONDAY.
THANKS FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.
REALLY APPRECIATED.
LOOKING FORWARD TO ANOTHER 15
YEARS OF SMOOTH OPERATIONS.
>> YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY
COLLEAGUES, BUT COLLEAGUES OF
SORTS, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING
ELSE FOR THE AGENDA TODAY.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND BE
ADJOURNED.