>>> GOOD MORNING.
THE FEBRUARY 5, 2020 MEETING OF
THE TRANSPORTATION AND
UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY
COMMITTEE WILL COME TO ORDER.
IT IS 9:34 A.M.
I'M ALEX PEDERSEN CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE, JOINED BY
COUNCILMEMBERS, MORALES AND
STRAUSS THANK YOU.
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE
COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA WILL
BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, IT'S
ADOPTED.
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL TAKE
PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND WE HAVE UP TO 20 MINUTES
TODAY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
I'M NOT SURE WE WILL NEED THAT.
SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED UP TO 2
MINUTES OF COMMENT.
IF A SPEAKER EXCEEDS THAT, WE
MAY HAVE TO TURN OFF THE
MICROPHONE, BUT I KNOW YOU WILL
KEEP IT TO THAT FOR US, THANK
YOU.
OKAY, I WILL JUST GO RIGHT DOWN
THE LINE HERE AND READ THE
NAMES, AND COME UP TO THE
MICROPHONE, AND WE WILL SET THE
TIMER AT 2 MINUTES.
BRIAN PACKER.
WILL BE FOLLOWED BY PATRICIA
DAWSON.
>>> ALL RIGHT, GOOD MORNING.
I'M BRIAN PACER.
DOUGLAS MAYHUE WAS TRYING TO
GET AROUND ON FOOT, WORRIED
ABOUT BUYING FOOD AFTER THE CUT
TO PROPOSED FOOT STAMPS WOULD
TAKE EFFECT IN 2020, AND HE
SAID IT WAS HARD TO FIND STEADY
WORK IN SEATTLE.
HE WAS HIT BY A CAR TRYING TO
ACCESS THE ONRAMP UP TO BEACON
HILL.
OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM DID
NOT PROVIDE ENOUGH MARGIN OF
ERROR TO ENSURE THE COLLISION
DOUGLAS WAS IN DID NOT TAKE HIS
LIFE.
HE DIED TWO DAYS LATER AT THE
HOSPITAL.
I'M WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO PULL
THE FIRE ALARM IN TERMS OF THE
TOLL THAT OUR TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEM IS TAKING ON PEOPLE IN
OUR CITY.
2019 WAS THE DEADLIEST YEAR ON
OUR STREETS DUE TO TRAFFIC
COLLISIONS SINCE 2006.
25 PEOPLE IN ONE YEAR IS A LOT
OF PEOPLE TO LOSE THEIR LIVES
BECAUSE OF OUR TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEM.
I PULLED NUMBERS FOR THE FIRST
28 DAYS OF THE YEAR.
THERE WAS A TRAFFIC COLLISION
IN SEATTLE EVERY 82 MINUTES.
30 PEDESTRIANS WERE HIT BY CARS
DURING THAT TIME FRAME, AND TO
TARGET THE NUMBERS HERE, I
FOUND OUT THAT SIX PEDESTRIANS
WERE HIT DURING THAT TIME IN
DISTRICT 6, DAN STRAUSS
DISTRICT, TWO IN TAMMY MO
REMARKS ALES DISTRICT, AND 3 IN
ALEX PEDERSEN SLIDE.
YOUR PRESENTATION DOES NOT
MENTION THE NUMBERS MUCH LESS
DOUGLAS' STORY, FOCUSING ON THE
PROJECTS WE HAVE DONE, IT'S AN
IMPORTANT METRIC, BUT THERE'S A
LOT UNSAID IN TERMS OF WHAT WAS
PROJECT WAS OR HOW IT'S BEING
EVALUATED OR CHOSEN IN THE
FIRST PLACE.
I'M ASKING YOU TO TAKE BOLD
ACTION TO GET THE NUMBERS DOWN.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> PATRICIA DAWSON FOLLOWED BY
KATHLEEN MARRISON.
>> WE ARE GOING TO SWITCH
PLACES BECAUSE SHE'S NOT QUITE
READY.
I'M KATHLEEN.
HI MY NAME IS KATHLEEN
MARRIGAN.
I STARTED AT SEATTLE CITY LIGHT
IN 1983 AS A LINE CREW HELPER,
RETIRED IN 2002 AS A CABLE
SPLICER CREW CHIEF.
I STARTED WORKING WITH THE
SEATTLE SILENCE BREAKERS WHEN
WE FIRST STARTED IN DECEMBER
2017.
I WAS SHOCKED AND ANGERED THEN
AND STILL AM BY THE OPPRESSIVE
CONDITIONS FACED BY MANY CITY
EMPLOYEES.
TODAY I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF
THE 15-YEAR EMPLOYEE AT SPU,
SHE IS A WOMAN OF COLOR, AND A
VOCAL ADVOCATE FOR OTHER
WORKERS IN HER AREA.
ALSO MANY PEOPLE OF COLOR.
SHE IS VERY, VERY GOOD AT HER
JOB AND TAKES PRIDE IN THAT,
ALTHOUGH WE -- AND I'M TELLING
A SMALL PART OF HER STORY, NOT
BECAUSE SHE IS SCARED, BUT
BECAUSE RETALIATION IS THE NORM
IN THE CITY.
IN FACT, SHE IS FEARLESS AND
DOES NOT HESITATE TO DEFEND
OTHERS AND HERSELF.
YOU NEED TO REALIZE HOW
DIFFICULT AND DEMORALIZING IT
IS TO WORK IN A HOSTILE
ENVIRONMENT.
IT HAS TAKEN AN EMOTIONAL TOLL.
PICTURE HER EXCELLING AT HER
JOB, PICTURE SEEING ANOTHER
EMPLOYEE, A WHITE MAN, WHO
BRAGGED ABOUT HIS DISHONESTY ON
THE JOB BEING GROOMED BY THE
DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR TO BECOME
HER SUPERVISOR.
THE DIRECTOR ALSO CHOSE NOT TO
TEST THIS MAN FOR THE JOB AND
TELLS HER TO TRAIN HIM.
ADD TO THIS ENVIRONMENT A NEW
MANAGER WHO HAS MORE
EXPERIENCE, MORE APPRECIATION
FOR THE WORK SHE HAS DONE, AND
HER MANAGER SEEKS HER TO GO
OUTSIDE OF THE DEPARTMENT.
SHE'S TOO OLD FOR CAREER
CHANGING MOVES, AND IT WAS
OBSCURELY IMPLIED BY THE
MANAGER IN THE MEMO THAT SHE
VIOLATED SPU'S SEXUAL
HARASSMENT AND VIOLENCE
POLICIES.
AS OUTRAGEOUS, THE WOMAN I'M
SPEAKING FOR HAS BEEN THE
VICTIM OF MANAGEMENT'S SEXUAL
HARASSMENT AND VIOLENCE THAT
MEMO WAS AN EMOTIONAL ROLLER
COASTER FOR HER, AND THIS IS
NOT THE KIND OF MANAGER YOU
NEED AT THE UTILITY.
THIS COMMITTEE IS SERIOUS ABOUT
GUIDING THE CITY FOR SUCCESS T
HAS GOT TO FACE AND FIX
PROBLEMS LIKE THESE BEING
RAISED BY EMPLOYEES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> PATRICIA DAWSON, FOLLOWED BY
LOU BOND, AND SPEAK DIRECTLY
INTO THE MIC SO THE SEATTLE
CHANNEL CAN PICK YOU UP.
>> GOOD MORNING, I AM ALSO FROM
SILENCE BREAKERS, AND I'M A
LONG TIME STAFF, 12 YEARS WITH
THE CITY HUMAN SERVICES, AND I
MUST SAY I AM READING FOR
ANOTHER PERSON OF COLOR IN
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES, AND I
WILL READ THAT, AND IF I HAVE
TIME, I WILL SAY SOMETHING
ELSE.
SO, AT SPU IN THE DRAINAGE AND
WASTE WATER LINE OF BUSINESS,
OPPRESSIVE LEADERSHIP WHO
PRACTICE WHITE SUPREMACY HAVE
DONE MUCH HARM TO CUSTOMER AND
SEATTLE EMPLOYEES.
-- EVEN AFTER SPENDING HALF A
BILLION -- AFFORDABILITY IS A
BIG ISSUE.
KNOWLEDGEABLE AND EXPERIENCED
EMPLOYEES ARE MISTREATED AND
RUN OUT FOR -- EXCUSE ME, FOR
TELLING THE TRUTH.
HAVING DATA, COMPLYING WITH
REGULATIONS AND CODES AND
RULES.
-- IS TRYING TO TURN SPU
AROUND.
SHE HAS TIRED NEW DEPUTY
DIRECTORS WHO TALK UP DIVERSITY
AS A BETTER PARTNERSHIP WITH
SOLUTIONS AND OUTCOMES FOR
CUSTOMERS AND EMPLOYEES.
-- WHO ARE URGING HER TO HAVE
CLEAR PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS,
HOLD LEADERSHIP ACCOUNTABILITY,
AND BE COURAGEOUS TO DO THE
GOOD AND RIGHT THING.
WITH CHANGE STOPPING FROM THE
TOP, THEY WILL MOVE ON IF THEY
CAN'T PERFORM FOR SEATTLE.
LET'S WORK TOGETHER INCLUSIVELY
TO PROVIDE AND PROTECT AND
PROMOTE OUR SEATTLE FOREVER.
AGAIN, AN ANONYMOUS EMPLOYEE.
I CAN SAY AS AN OLDER WHITE
WOMAN, A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN I
HEARD THINGS LIKE WHITE
SUPREMACY, LIKE THAT'S NOT
GOING ON IN SEATTLE, BUT THERE
IS CLEARLY ACROSS THE BOARD,
AFTER A MEETING WITH MANY
PEOPLE OF COLOR OF FELLOW
EMPLOYEES, AND FROM WHAT I HAVE
SEEN, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON
WITH THE CITY EMPLOYEES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, WE WILL MAKE SURE
THE SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES
REVIEW THE TESTIMONY.
THANK YOU.
>>> THEN EMMY MNATT AND MIDGE
McCOLEY.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I'M LOU BOND THE MANAGER AT 3rd
AND PIKE, AND I WANT TO ADDRESS
A COUPLE OF ISSUES, RELATED TO
SAFETY IN THE SHOOTING THAT
HAPPENED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO,
AND WE HAVE MET WITH THE SPD,
AND WE ARE MAKING A
RECOMMENDATION IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE WOULD LOVE
TO SEE A POPUP STORE THAT WOULD
BE SHARED BY THE TRANSIT
POLICE, BY METRO, BY SPD AND
KING COUNTY, THAT WE WOULD LIKE
TO SEE SOMETHING AT 3rd AND
PINE OR 3rd AND PYKE, AND THAT
WOULD BE SOME KIND OF TEMPORARY
POPUP LOCATION FOR SPD AND
SHARED BY THE VARIOUS RESOURCES
BETWEEN SPD, COUNTY, AND
LIGHTRAIL, AND METRO.
SEVERAL LANDLORDS SAID THEY
WOULD BE WILLING TO PROVIDE
THAT AS WELL.
WE WOULD ASK, ALSO, ON THE TRAN
PORTATION MAP, THE BUS STOPS,
WE WANT TO SEE, ALL NEGATIVE
BEHAVIOR TO BE ADDRESSED, AND
WE DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING AT
THESE BUS STOPS.
WE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO BE A
GUARDIANSHIP, AND WE TRY TO DO
THAT, BUT IT'S VERY, VERY
DIFFICULT IF NEGATIVE BEHAVIOR
AND AGGRESSIVE PANHANDLING,
PLAYING MUSIC, ETC., IS
HAPPENING ON THE WALKS, AND
THEY ARE RIGHT AT THE BUS
STOPS, AND NO ONE IS DOING
ANYTHING ABOUT IT THE SECOND
ISSUE THAT I WANT TO DEAL WITH
IS PYKE STREET SPECIFICALLY.
WE HAVE NOW MOVED DOWN FROM
THREE LANES TO ONE LANE, AND WE
HAVE TERRIBLE TRAFFIC SNARLED
BETWEEN 1st AND PYKE THROUGH
3rd AND ESPECIALLY IN THE LATE
AFTERNOONS.
THE SEC THING, THERE'S A BUS
STOP, A BUS PARKED WITH ONE OF
THE THREE LANES, AND THE OTHER
HAS NOW BEEN TURNED INTO A BIKE
LANE, AND NOW IT DOESN'T MAKE
ANY SENSE TO ME THAT IN ONE OF
THE MAJOR THOROUGH FARES, THE
ONLY ONE GOING EAST THERE, THAT
WE WOULD HAVE BUSES STOPPED AND
PARKED ON A MAJOR STREET THAT
DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.
PLEASE LOOK AT THAT.
THE SECOND, WE DON'T HAVE ANY
ACCESS FOR DROPPING OFF OR
PICKING PEOPLE UP FROM UBER OR
TAXIS OR ETC., ONLY THE ALLEY,
AND I APOLOGIZE REALLY QUICK --
>> THANK YOU.
>> IF YOU COULD LEAVE YOUR
TESTIMONY WITH OUR CLERK, WE
CAN LEAVE THE REST OF IT.
>> WE TRY TO KEEP IT TO 2
MINUTES TO BE FAIR TO
EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU.
>> EMMY MNATT.
>> GOOD MORNING.
HELLO MY NAME IS EMILY MNATTE.
I AM HERE TODAY TO REINFORCE
THE CONCERNS I KNOW YOU HAVE
BEEN HEARING SINCE THE FATAL
SHOOTING 2 WEEKS AGO ON 3rd.
I'M HERE TO EXPRESS CONCERNS
SPECIFICALLY AS IT PERTAINS TO
THE CITY'S ABILITY TO REDUCE
THE DRIVE ALONE TRIPS AND
ENCOURAGING ADOPTIONS IN THE
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN SEATTLE
LEVEE MONEY.
SAFETY AND SECURITY IS A
FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN NEED.
WE CANNOT EXPECT PEOPLE TO
CHOOSE WEEKING AND BIKING IF
THEY FEEL THEY COULD HAVE A
VICTIM OF VIOLENT CRIME BY
COMING AND GOING.
THE CORNER WHERE THE SHOOTING
HAPPENS IS ONE OF THE BUSIEST
TRANSIT AREAS FOR OUR CITY.
I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE.
50,000 RIDER AS DAY, AND 12,000
PEOPLE USE THE WEST LAKE TUNNEL
ENTRANCE DAILY.
ALLOWING CRIME AND ILLEGAL
ACTIVITIES TO CONTINUE TO
THRIVE IN DOWNTOWN IS
UNACCEPTABLE, AND IT WILL
PREVENT US FROM MEETING GOALS
FROM DOWNTOWN.
>> THANK YOU.
>> MIDGE McCOLEY FOLLOWED BY
MICHAEL GEORGE.
>> GOOD MORNING, I'M MIDGE
McCOLEY.
I'M A RAISE RESIDENT OF
DOWNTOWN AND A BUSINESS OWNER.
I HAVE LIVED IN A NUMBER OF
MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREAS IN THE
HEART OF THE DOWNTOWN, AND I
AS I HAVE BEEN IN SEATTLE. ORE
MY CONCERN IS THAT WE HAVE A
LIST.
WE KNOW VERY WELL WHO A LOT OF
THE REPEAT OFFENDERS ARE, AND
THEY HAVE BEEN ARRESTED ON
MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, AND THE
INCIDENT AT 3rd AND PINE, THOSE
WERE INDIVIDUALS WELL KNOWN BY
THE CITY.
I THINK HOPEFULLY YOU CAN HELP
IN MAKING CERTAIN THAT THE
FOLKS WHO ARE REPEAT OFFENDERS
ARE VERY CAREFULLY LOOKED
AFTER.
I HAD A PERSONAL INCIDENT IN MY
BUILDING WHERE MY STORAGE UNIT
HAD BEEN BROKEN INTO, AND WHEN
THE POLICE CAME TO MY BUILDING
TO INTERVIEW ME, AND TO LEARN
ABOUT THIS, THE BUILDING HAD
PHOTOS OF PEOPLE WHO WERE
PROWLING IN THE GARAGE, AND THE
POLICEMAN SAID TO ME, OH, I
KNOW THAT GUY.
I JUST SAW HIM OVER THERE ON
THE TRAIN STATION, AND YOU
KNOW, HE WAS WELL KNOWN TO THE
POLICE COMMUNITY.
SO I WOULD JUST URGE YOU TO DO
WHATEVER YOU CAN TO MAKE
CERTAIN THAT WE ARE ARE
POLICING THESE REPEAT
OFFENDERS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
LAST SPEAKER, MICHAEL GEORGE.
>> HELLO, THANK YOU FOR HAVING
ME.
I'M MICHAEL GEORGE.
I'M A DOWNTOWN RESIDENT, AND
MORE IMPORTANTLY, MY DAUGHTER
GOES TODAYCARE A COUPLE OF
BLOCKS FROM WHERE THE RECENT
SHOOTING HAPPENED.
WE RECEIVED A LET FRETTER DAY
CARE THAT THEY WOULD NO LONGER
BE TAKING WALKS.
IT'S FELT LIKE THERE'S BEEN
ISSUES IN THE PAST, BUT
SOMETHING HAS CHANGED, AND WHEN
YOU GET A LETTER LIKE THAT,
COMING IN THE NEXT DAY, PARENTS
TALK, AND WHAT MY DAUGHTER IS
HEARING IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO
TAKE OUR CAR IN AS OPPOSED TO
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TODAYCARE
BECAUSE WE DON'T FEEL SAFE
COMING INTO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD,
AND THAT'S DIFFICULT, FOR ANY
PARENT, BUT PARTICULARLY FOR
THOSE OF US RAISING CHILDREN
DOWNTOWN.
WHAT MY DAUGHTER IS HEARING
THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WE DON'T GO
HOME TO ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD AT
THE END OF THE DAY.
WHEN WE WALK OUT THE DOOR, THIS
IS WHAT SHE EXPERIENCES AND HER
FRIENDS ARE ARE A TALKING
ABOUT.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU AS YOU
THINK ABOUT ANYTHING, ANY
CHANGES TO 3rd AVENUE THAT YOU
REACH OUT TO RESIDENTS, AND YOU
REALLY GET A TRUE HUMAN SENSE
OF HOW IT'S IMPACTING PEOPLE.
MOVING ON TO ONE MORE SUBJECT.
MADISON BRT.
I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU,
ALL, TO CONSIDER WHAT IT REALLY
MEANS TO HAVE A PROJECT THAT
HAS BEEN SOLD AS A PROJECT THAT
IS GOING TO MOVE A LOT OF
PEOPLE THROUGH AN AREA IN A
VERY QUIET, CARBON-NEUTRAL WAY.
THE FACT THAT AT THE END OF
THIS PROJECT, WE ARE SWITCHING
FROM DIESEL BUSES, FROM
ELECTRIC BUSES, IT'S A MAJOR
CHANGE, AND I DON'T THINK
PEOPLE QUITE UNDERSTAND WHEN
THIS PROJECT WAS ORIGINALLY
PITCHED TO DOWNTOWN RESIDENTS,
IT WAS GOING TO BE QUIET BUSES,
AND THEY WERE GOING TO BE BUSS
THAT WERE GOOD FOR THE
ENVIRONMENT, AND OUR FAMILIES
WOULD NOT BREATHE IN CARBON.
URGE YOU TO CONSIDER SWITCHING.
>> THANK YOU TO THE FOLKS WHO
HAVE COME AND PROVIDED PUBLIC
TESTIMONY.
IT'S BEEN A LEASURE TO WORK TO
BE ABLE TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES
FOR 3rd AND PYKE.
WE HAVE GREAT OPPORTUNITY AT
THIS TIME TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF
THE PROPOSALS MADE TURNING THE
TRANSIT CORRIDOR INTO A
FUNCTIONING TRANSIT CORRIDOR,
MAKING IT SAFE FOR EVERYONE
LIVING IN OUR CITY, AND SO, I
ALSO WANT TO THANK MR. GEORGE
FOR COMING DOWN AND SHARING
YOUR THOUGHTS, AND IT IS TRUE,
WE SHOULD NOT BE SWITCHING FROM
ELECTRIC TO DIESEL, AND I JUST
REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S
COMMENTS, EVEN WHILE THIS IS
THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE,
AND NOT THE PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMITTEE, THERE MAY BE ANOTHER
PLACE FOR YOU TO ALSO SHARE
YOUR THOUGHTS.
>> THANK YOU, AND THAT ENDS THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
FOUR ITEMS OF BUSINESS.
THE FIRST IS CONCERNING
SEATTLE'S INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT.
I WILL ASK THE COMMITTEE CLERK
TO PLEASE READ THE ITEM INTO
THE RECORD.
>> SEATTLE INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY, SEATTLE I.T.,
OVERVIEW AND DISCUSSION OF
ITEMS OF BUSINESS ANTICIPATED
TO BE HEARD IN THE
TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITIES
COMMITTEE IN 2020.
WELCOME, LET'S DO SOME BRIEF
INTRODUCTIONS, AND WE WILL GET
INTO THE PRESENTATION.
>> HI, I'M TRACY KENTRA, AND I
REPORT TO SAAD BASHIR.
>> GOOD MORNING, I'M SAAD
BASHIR.
>> GOOD MORNING, WELCOME.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THE
PRESENTATION.
WE HEARD FROM THREE OTHER
DEPARTMENTS WE LOOK AT IN THE
COMMITTEE, AND WE ARE HAPPY TO
HEAR FROM YOU.
YOU GET THE FIRST ALL TO
YOURSELF HERE.
>> YOU CAN LET US KNOW AFTER IF
IT WAS THE BEST UPDATE YOU
HEARD.
>> IT PROBABLY WILL BE.
>> I AM GOING TO BE REFERRING
TO MY PHONE BECAUSE I'M
CHECKING E-MAILS, AND I HAVE
NOTES HERE, AND I WILL START
WITH, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY, AND REALLY
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK TO YOU ON BEHALF OF
SEATTLE I.T., AND PROVIDE A
VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE
DEPARTMENT.
MY GOAL IS HOPEFULLY TO SPARK
INTEREST ON A FEW TOPICS SO WE
GET INVITED INTO THIS
COMMITTEE, AND COVER THE
CONTENTS IN A LOT MORE DETAIL.
SEATTLE I.T.
IS ON A JOURNEY OF TRANSFORMING
ITS TO BE THE BEST IN CLASS
DIGITAL TEAM.
AMONG THE SECTOR AND THE
GOVERNMENT, WE ARE GOING TO BE
THE ORGANIZATION SETTING BEST
PRACTICES FOR OTHERS TO FOLLOW
IN TERMS OF THE ADOPTION OF
TECHNOLOGY.
OUR MISSION IS SIMPLE.
WE WANT TO ENSURE WE ARE
ENABLING TECHNOLOGY FOR THE
VARIOUS CLIENT DEPARTMENTS WE
SERVE IN TERMS OF HELPING THEIR
OPERATIONS AND SERVICE
DELIVERY.
I STARTED THIS ROLE EXACTLY A
YEAR AGO FROM LAST WEEK, AND
SINCE THEN, WE HAVE BEEN
RELENTLESSLY MOVING FORWARD
ONLINE, VERY SPECIFIC.
I'M GOING TO PASS ON A COUPLE
OF PAGES HERE, AND THESE ARE
THE NINE AREAS THAT CAME ABOUT
AFTER A LOT OF WORK WITH
SEATTLE IT AND THE OWE FOLKS
WE ARE GOING ON.
IT'S FROM HOW WE ARE
SIMPLIFYING OUR PROCESSES TO
HOW WE COMMUNICATE TO HOW WE
ARE MANAGING THE ORGANIZATIONS
LEKSY TECHNOLOGY FOOTPRINT.
THE ONE VISIBLE CHANGE WE MADE
LAST YEAR WAS THE
ORGANIZATION'S STRUCTURE, AND
THAT'S WHAT YOU CAN SEE ON THE
SLIDE UP THERE, AND THIS IS A
HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE I.T.
DEPARTMENT AND THE VARIOUS
DIVISIONS, AND THIS SHADE OF
THE BLUE MATTERS BECAUSE THE
MORE DARKER BLUE MEANS WE ARE
MORE CLIENT FACING VERSES THE
OTHER ASPECTS OF I.T.
I WANT TO VERY QUICKLY GO
THROUGH SOME OF THE BOXES HERE
TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE A
REALLY GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF
THE VARIOUS FUNCTIONS, AND WHO
IS PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS IN
I.T.
THE VERY FIRST ONE IS A
COLLECTION OF ALL THE THINGS
THAT ARE ON A DAILY BASIS OUR
CLIENTS DEPEND UPON I.T.
TO PROVIDE THAT WOULD BE THE
SOLUTION DESK, AND WE ARE
PICKING UP THE FORM, AND
SOMEONE HAS AN ISSUE, AND FROM
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SHOWING UP
TO SOMEBODY'S DESK IN ORDER TO
TROUBLESHOOT.
SEATTLE.GOV, SEATTLE CHANNEL,
AND MANY OTHER FRONT-LINE
FACING SERVICES.
THE NEXT IS DIGITAL WORKPLACE A
COLLECTION OF ALL THOSE TOOLS
THAT YOU, FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD
USE ON ANY GIVEN DAY, FOR
EXAMPLE E-MAIL AND OFFICE 365
AND SHAREPOINT AND OTHERS.
WE HAVE GOT TWO DIVISIONS THAT
MANAGE THE VARIOUS APPLICATIONS
PORTFOLIO.
BUSINESS APPLICATIONS AND
PLATFORM APPLICATIONS, AND WE
HAVE A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO DO
NOTHING BUT MAKE SURE THEY ARE
ALWAYS KEEPING THE POINTS ON
THE CLIENT AND WHAT IS GOING
THROUGH THEIR MINDS AND NEEDS,
AND THAT'S FINDING SOLUTIONS.
WE HAVE GOT A GROUP OF FOLKS
CALLED SERVICE MODERNIZATION, A
COLLECTION OF THE AREAS, IF WE
DON'T FOCUS ON, WE ARE GOING TO
HOLD THE TECHNOLOGY AND
ASPIRATIONS OF THE CITY BACK,
INCLUDING DATA ENGINEERING,
CLOUD ADOPTION, AUTOMATION, AND
WE HAVE GOT THE CHIEF PRIVACY
OFFICER HERE AS WELL.
I HAVE GINGER SITTING BEHIND
US, AND I AM HOPING SHE WILL BE
ABLE TO COME AND MAKE A
PRESENTATION TO YOU FOLKS
DIRECTLY AS WELL, AND OF COURSE
NO I.T.
SHOP IS NOT COMPLETE WITHOUT A
FOCUS ON CYBER SECURITY.
WE HAVE A RISK TEAM.
TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE TEAM
IS UNIQUE BECAUSE IT'S BEHIND
THE SCENES WORK.
GOOD DAY FOR TECHNOLOGY
INFRASTRUCTURE IS WHEN IS NO
ONE KNOWS THEY EXIST BECAUSE
THEIR WORK IS SEAMLESSLY BEHIND
THE SCENES.
TRACY BESIDE ME IS THE
EXECUTIVE ADVISER.
THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES, I'M
NOT GOING TO LIST ALL THE
VARIOUS THINGS THAT ARE
HAPPENING UNDERNEATH THE
DIVISIONS, BUT THEN THAT WILL
BE A CHEAT SHEET FOR YOU IN
CASE YOU'RE WONDERING ABOUT
DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF I.T.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF INFORMATION
ON THOSE TWO SLIDES.
IN TERMS OF BY THE NUMBERS, THE
SLIDE HERE IS REALLY TO IMPRESS
UPON YOU THAT THE SEATTLE I.T.
DEPARTMENT IS A MAJOR
OPERATIONAL BEAST IN ANY GIVEN
DAY, OUR COLLEAGUES ARE
PROVIDING A RANGE OF WASES FROM
PICKING UP THE PHONE TO GOING
TO VARIOUS USER SITES FOR
TROUBLESHOOTING, BRING THE
SEATTLE CHANNEL, BROADCASTING,
HOPEFULLY THIS COMMITTEE
MEETING TO ENSURING THE VARIOUS
OPERATIONS OF THE CITY ARE
MAKING USE OF, LET'S SAY GIS
MAPPING CAPABILITIES, AND THEY
ARE GOING TO RUN SEVERAL
APPLICATIONS AND HUNDREDS OF
SMALLER ONES, ENSURING E-MAILS,
SHAREPOINT, AND THE DAILY
PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS ARE
RUNNING.
I JAZZ JUST MADE THAT UP
SITTING BEHIND YOU.
ALSO, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE
RESIDENT FACING I.T.
NUMBERS AS WELL.
IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL
RESOURCE, FOOTPRINT OF I.T., WE
ARE MORE FOCUSED ON THE
INTERNAL OPERATIONS, BUT WE
HAVE A HEALTHY AMOUNT OF WORK
THAT WE DO WITH THE RESIDENTS
AND THE CITY, SUCH AS THE
TECHNOLOGY MATCHING FUNDING
PROGRAM.
A COLLEAGUE BEHIND ME DALIA,
I'M HOPING ONE OF THESE DAYS
SHE CAN COME AND TALK ABOUT THE
WORK SHE IS DOING WITH EQUITY,
AND SOME OF THE WORK ON BROAD
BAND AND 5G, AND ALLISON BEHIND
ME IS ALSO SOMEONE RESPONSIBLE
FOR THAT.
GIVEN THE DIVERSITY OF OUR
CLIENT BASE, IT RESULTS IN A
VERY DIVERSE SET OF WORK PLANS,
AND WE HAVE TO BE EXTRA MINDFUL
IN TERMS OF HOW THE WORK WE ARE
DOING IS ALIGNED AND
INTERDEPENDENT TO EACH OTHER.
LAST YEAR WE BORROWED FROM THE
INDUSTRY, LOOKING AT HOW THE
BIG TECHNOLOGY FIRMS,
ESPECIALLY IN SEATTLE ARE
MAKING SURE THEIR WORK PLANS
ARE MANAGED AND APPROPRIATELY
DONE, AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO
BORROW THE OBJECTIVES AND KEY
RESULTS SHORT OKRs, AND SEATTLE
I.T.
I BELIEVE IS ONE OF THE --
PERHAPS, FEW, OR ONLY
MUNICIPALITIES IN THE U.S.
USING OKRs FOR THE WORK PLAN.
THERE'S AN EXAMPLE HERE THAT
SHOWCASES HOW OKRs WORK, BUT
THE IDEA IS TO MAKE SURE ANYONE
ON THE FRONT LINE IS ABLE TO
LINE UP THEIR WORK TO THE
OVERALL OBJECTIVES OF THE
DEPARTMENT.
THERE'S A SIMPLE EXAMPLE ON THE
SCREEN THERE WHERE YOU CAN TAKE
A LOOK.
LASTLY, THESE ARE SOME OF THE
SAMPLE PRIORITIES I WANT FOR
YOUR ATTENTION.
PRIVACY, I ALREADY MENTIONED,
AND WE HAVE A VERY AMBITIOUS
TARGET WITH OUR INCLUSIVETY.
WE HAVE DEDICATED RESOURCES ON
THIS PARTICULAR SUBJECT, AND WE
ARE HIGHLIGHTING ONE OF THE
BEST IN THE INDUSTRY TO HELP US
WITH THE EFFORT AND.
BROWNING SHOULD BE ABLE TO
SPEAK TO YOU ONE DAY AS WELL.
THE CHALLENGE TO TRACY, WE
DON'T WANT TO BE A SECOND OR
THIRD.
WE WANT TO BE THE DEPARTMENT
THAT IS LEADING IN TERMS OF THE
L.I.
AND D.I.
EFFORTS WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS
WANTING TO FOLLOW OUR
PRACTICES.
WE HAVE A HUGE AMOUNT OF EFFORT
GOING INTO DEVELOPMENT, AND
WHEN I WAS HERE SEVERAL MONTHS
AGO WITH THE OLD COUNCIL, ONE
OF THE THINGS I WAS VOCAL ABOUT
IS LIABILITY IN WORLD OF
TECHNOLOGY, IF YOU DON'T INVEST
IN PEOPLE, AND IF PEOPLE ARE
NOT GOING ANYWHERE, YOU'RE
GOING TO CARRY A PEOPLE
LIABILITY, AND AGAIN, I AM VERY
HAPPY TO REPORT THAT IN THE
LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, THE EFFORT
PUT IN BY THE FOLKS AT SEATTLE
I.T., WE ARE GETTING CALLS FROM
MANY OTHER CITIES, FROM AROUND
THE WORLD, AND THIS AFTERNOON,
WE HAVE THE REVENUE AND CUSTOMS
DEPARTMENT FROM THE U.K.
COMING, ESPECIALLY COMING TO
SEATTLE HERE, TO THE OFFICE TO
LEARN ABOUT OUR DEVELOPMENTS
AROUND TALENT DEVELOPMENT, AND
THERE'S SO MUCH MORE I CAN
SHARE WITH YOU ON THAT.
DIGITAL WORKPLACE IS A BIG DEAL
FOR US, AND THIS IS ABOUT NOT
JUST E-MAILS AND SHAREPOINT,
BUT THERE'S SO MANY SLICK TOOLS
AVAILABLE THAT ARE GOING TO
MAKE YOU A LOT MORE PRODUCTIVE
IN YOUR DAILY JOB, AND THAT'S
SOMETHING THAT IS HIGH UP ON
OUR AGENDA.
CLOUD OF OPTIONS, A BIG ONE.
BEING THE CITY THAT IS HOLDING
THE TWO LARGEST CLOUD SERVER
PROVIDER IN THE WORLD, AND I
THINK IT'S UPON US TO MAKE SURE
WE ARE USING THE BEST OF
TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE TO US, AND
A HUGE AMOUNT OF EFFORT IS
HAPPENING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
THE PRIVATE SECTOR ON USING THE
CLOUD APPROPRIATELY.
WE HAVE A PLETHORA OF
APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE RUN
THEIR DUE DATE, HUNDREDS OF
THEM, AND THERE'S A DISCIPLINED
APPROACH WE ARE FOLLOWING TO
MAKE SURE WE IDENTIFY THE
APPLICATIONS AND WHAT WE ARE
GOING TO DO WITH THEM.
MULTIYEAR, QUITE AN EXPENSIVE
EXERCISE AS WELL, AND I WOULD
ENCOURAGE US TO ONE DAY HAVE A
MORE DETAILED BRIEFING ON
DIGITAL SECURITY AND RISK, AND
RECENTLY HIRED A SEASONED
SECURITY PROFESSIONAL TO SERVE
AS A OUR CHIEF SECURITY
OFFICER, AND MANY AND MANY
OTHER DIVISIONAL DIRECTORS HAVE
PUT IN PLACE THE POLICIES AND
TOOLS GIVING US MORE CONFIDENCE
ABOUT THE CYBER SECURITY
POSTURE, AND CONTINUOUS PROCESS
IMPROVEMENT IN THE ORGANIZATION
AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT, THOSE
ARE TWO OF MY FAVORITE AREAS IN
I.T., AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE
AREAS, I SHOULD SAY, WE ARE
GOING THROUGH A BIG
TRANSFORMATION, BIG CULTURE
CHANGE, AND WE ARE LOOKING AT
EVERY PROCESS WE ARE FOLLOWING,
AND EVERY PROCESS CHANGE IS
CREATING THE NEED FOR MANAGING
THE CHANGE, AND THE CHANGE
MANAGEMENT AS A FUNCTION FOR
I.T.
HOPEFULLY THERE'S SOMETHING YOU
WANT MORE INFORMATION OF, AND
WE WILL BE HAPPY TO COME BACK.
I BELIEVE THIS IS THE LAST
SLIDE THIS IS SOME OF THE WORK
WE MAY BE BRINGING FOR MORE
LEGISLATIVE PURPOSES, INCLUDING
APPOINTMENTS FOR THE ADVISORY
BOARD AND A FEW OTHER THINGS.
I THINK THAT'S IT.
>> THANK YOU, YOU HAVE A LOT ON
YOUR PLATE, AND WE APPRECIATE
YOU GIVING US THIS OVERVIEW TO
HELP US KEEPING THE GOVERNMENT
RUNNING EFFICIENTLY, AND YOU'RE
CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR NEW WAYS
TO DO THAT.
I SEE ONE OF OUR ROLES AS A
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE IS TO
GIVE YOU THE TOOLS AND
RESOURCES AND OVERSIGHT THAT
MAKES IT EASIER FOR YOU TO DO
YOUR JOBS, FOR THE CITY
EMPLOYEES WHO RELY ON YOUR
SERVICES AND THE GENERAL
PUBLIC, AND DO WE HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS FROM COLLEAGUES?
>> NO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> I HAVE A GENERAL QUESTION.
I SEE A LITTLE BIT OF
INFORMATION ABOUT THE
SURVEILLANCE ORDINANCE, BUT
THIS IS SOMETHING I'M
PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN.
I WONDER IF YOU COULD GIVE A
BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE STATUS OF
THAT AND WHAT THE NEXT STEPS
ARE.
>> I'M NOT GOING TO DO JUSTICE
TO THAT, AND I WILL ASK GINGER,
THE CHIEF PRIVACY OFFICER TO
GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE.
>> I WOULD BE HAPPY TO COME
BACK WITH MORE DETAIL, BUT WE
ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH
YOUR OFFICE AND LEGISLATIVE
AIDE THE TO UPDATE ON WHAT THE
ORDINANCE IS AND WHAT IS COMING
UP FOR THIS YEAR.
FOR 2020 WE GOT A 6-MONTH
EXTENSION ON THE SUBMISSION OF
ALL THE SURVEILLANCE IMPACT
REPORTS THAT ARE DUE BY
SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR ON THE
IDENTIFIED SURVEILLANCE
TECHNOLOGY THE CITY IS USING,
AND WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING
READY TO SUBMIT SOME OF THOSE
IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, TO
THIS COMMITTEE, AND FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION, AND YOU WILL SEE
THOSE SOON.
WE WILL BE WORKING WITH YOUR
STAFF TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE
UPDATED AND CLEAR ON WHAT THOSE
ARE.
WE HAVE A WORKING GROUP OF
EXTERNAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO
ARE REPRESENTING NOT ONLY AT
LARGE INDIVIDUALS, BUT PEOPLE
WITH VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS, AND
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S
STAFFED UP AND READY TO.
GO THEY MEET ONCE A MONTH AT
THIS TIME.
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE OF WHO
THE FOLKS ARE, I CAN MAKE SURE
YOUR STAFF GIVES YOU THE
UPDIGS.
INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE
WEBSITE, AND SOON WE WILL DO
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT HERE AS WE
GET READY TO LAUNCH AND CANCEL
THE SURVEILLANCE ORDINANCE
REVIEW THAT IS READY TO GO.
PROBABLY GOING TO GIVE YOU MORE
INFORMATION ON WHAT THE PROCESS
IS AND THE LAW AND HOW DOES IT
WORK?
THAT'S WHAT I'M MAKING SURE
YOUR STAFF IS AWARE OF SO WE
CAN HELP ANSWER QUESTIONS.
ANYTHING SPECIFIC?
>> NO THAT'S FINE.
>> THAT'S ENOUGH?
>> WE WILL ALL BE INTERESTED IN
A DEEPER DIVE.
I HAVE MANY QUESTIONS, AND I
KNOW IT WASN'T PART OF TODAY'S
PRESENTATION, SO I'M HOLDING MY
QUESTIONS, AND I KNOW YOU HAVE
ALSO BROUGHT ON STAFF VERY
KNOWLEDGEABLE FOLKS WITH SOME
DEEP INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE,
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO A DEEPER
DIVE.
>> THAT'S THE GOAL.
TWO PARTS OF THE PROGRAM, ONE A
REGULAR PRIVACY GOAL, AND WHEN
NECESSARY WE DIVE INTO THE
SURVEILLANCE PART, AND HAPPY TO
GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW.
IN THIS BODY OR WE CAN TALK
ABOUT LATER HOW YOU WOULD LIKE
TO SEE THAT?
PROBABLY BOTH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>>> OUR SECOND ITEM OF BUSINESS
WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD.
>> APPOINTMENT OF KEVIN WERNER
AS MEMBER OF LEVY TO MOVE
SEATTLE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE FOR
A TERM TO DECEMBER 31, 2021.
APPOINTMENT NUMBER 1527.
COME ON UP TO THE TABLE.
.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
>> INTRODUCTIONS.
>> YEAH, RACHEL McCAFREY.
>> AND I'M KEVIN WARNER.
WERNER.
>> YOU'RE UP FOR AN
APPOINTMENT, AND YOU WANT TO
GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHY YOU WANT
TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE.
YOU HAVE BEEN ATTENDING?
>> I HAVE NOT.
>> I THOUGHT YOU HAD BEEN TO
ONE.
>> I'M KEVIN WERNER, I AM
EXCITED TO BE HERE, AND I
ACTUALLY PASSED A SIGN ON A
PARK IN PART OF AN ART
INSTALLATION IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD
THIS MORNING THAT I NEVER
NOTICED BEFORE, AND THE SIGN
SAID GET INVOLVED, MAKE A
DIFFERENCE!
AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.
>> GREAT.
>> I HAVE SORT OF TWO REASONS
FOR INTEREST IN THIS PARTICULAR
COMMITTEE.
THE FIRST, EXACTLY THAT, TO GET
INVOLVED AND GIVE BACK TO THE
COMMUNITY, AND I HAVE BEEN A
LIFELONG CIVIL SERVANT.
I AM A SCIENTIST AND WORK FOR
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SINCE
1999.
I BELIEVE IN CIVIL SERVICE.
I BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF
COLLECTIVE ACTION, AND I ALSO
BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF LOCAL
GOVERNMENT WHERE YOU ALL WORK
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS REALLY
CLOSEST TO THE PEOPLE, AND I
LOVE WHAT I HAVE DONE IN MY
CAREER, AND I THINK THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT HAS THE POWER TO DO
IMPORTANT, GREAT THINGS, BUT
IT'S REALLY THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT THAT IS CLOSEST TO
THE PEOPLE, AND I'M EXCITED TO
HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT,
AND THE SECOND MOTIVATION IS
AROUND TRANSPORTATION, WHICH IS
OBVIOUSLY THE MANDATE FOR THE
COMMITTEE.
I HAVE HAD A LIFELONG CURIOSITY
AND INTEREST IN TRANSPORTATION
AND ENVIRONMENTS AND ESPECIALLY
SORT OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
AND INFRASTRUCTURE, AND IT'S
REALLY WHAT BRINGS US TOGETHER
AS A PEOPLE AND IN URBAN
ENVIRONMENTS, WE ALL LIVE A LOT
CLOSER TO EACH OTHER THAN
ELSEWHERE, AND I DID GROW UP IN
SEATTLE.
MOVED AWAY IN THE '90s, AND
CAME BACK TO FIND A LARGER CITY
THAN I LEFT IN THE '90s, AND
I'M EXCITED TO SORT OF DIVE
INTO THE ISSUES AND SEE WHAT
THEY LOOK LIKE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THAT'S MY OPENING STATEMENT.
>> I APPRECIATE YOUR SCIENCE
BACKGROUND AS WELL.
I ATTENDED THE MOVE SEATTLE
LEVY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE LAST
NIGHT, AND I KNOW THAT THEY
WILL APPRECIATE, AND THEY ARE
EXCITED ABOUT THE PROSPECT OF
HAVING YOU THERE TO BRING THAT
LENS TO IT.
OBVIOUSLY REDUCING AND DEALING
WITH THE CRISIS OF CLIMATE
CHANGE IS PARAMOUNT AS WE ARE
DEALING WITH IT AS
COUNCILMEMBERS.
WE WILL HEAR A PRESENTATION
ABOUT CLIMATE ADAPTATION.
I'M PLEASED WITH THAT
BACKGROUND.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM COLLEAGUES?
>> I THINK IT'S GREAT.
WE WERE AT A CLIMATE ACTION HE
EVENT LAST NIGHT, AND IT'S A
HUGE ISSUE.
PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN MAKING
SURE WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE
CAN TO REDUCE THE CARBON
EMISSIONS, AND YOUR SCIENCE
BACKGROUND IS NOTED AND
HELPFUL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> MAYBE IF YOU COULD JUST
SHARE, YOU HAVE AN EXTENSIVE
SCIENCE BACKGROUND AND
PUBLICATION, A LIST OF
PUBLICATIONS, AND HOW DOES THAT
TRANSLATE INTO THIS WORK?
YOU KNOW, IN THE '90s, IT WAS A
VERY DIFFERENT SIZED CITY THAN
TODAY.
HOW HAS, IN YOUR OPINION,
TRANSPORTATION PRIORITIES
SHIFTED IN THAT TIME?
>> WELL, THAT'S GREAT QUESTION,
I THINK AS YOU INCREASE THE
DENSITY IN THE CITY, THE NEED
FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND
DENSITY OF TRANSPORTATION
CERTAINLY INCREASES, AND I
CERTAINLY SEEN A LOT OF
EXAMPLES IN SEATTLE OF US DOING
THAT AS A CITY, AND FOR
EXAMPLE, THE LIGHTRAIL, AND ALL
OF THOSE REALLY INCREASING IN
THE DENSITY TO TRANSPORTATION
ARE IMPORTANT AS THE CITY
INCREASES IN THE DENSITY, AND
THAT'S YOUR SECOND QUESTION.
THE FIRST QUESTION ON SCIENCE,
FROM MY CAREER, I WOULD SAY THE
TWO ANIMATED THINGS THAT I HAVE
REALLY MOTIVATED ME IN MY
CAREER.
ONE THE POWER OF PUBLIC
SERVICE, AND SECOND THE POW
OVER SCIENCE TO MAKE THE WORLD
A BETTER PLACE.
I THINK THAT'S TRUE ACROSS A
WHOLE BUNCH OF DISCIPLINES AND
PROBLEMS, MY CAREER IS FOCUSED
ON ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, BUT I
SUSPECT THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW,
SIMILARLY TRUE IN
TRANSPORTATION AND MANY OTHER
FIELDS THAT SCIENCE CAN BRING
TO THE MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS, AND
I'M SUSPECTING I WILL LEARN
THAT IN THIS COMMITTEE.
>> I'M VERY EXCITED TO HAVE
YOUR SCIENCE PERSPECTIVE AND
DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH TO LOOKING
AT HOW WE CAN EITHER MOVE
SEATTLE LEVY DOLLARS AS BEST AS
POSSIBLE.
I'M EXCITED TO HAVE YOU ON
BOARD.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS,
COLLEAGUES?
OTHERWISE, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE
CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENT
1527 KEVIN WERNER TO BE ON THE
MOVE SEATTLE LEVY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE.
>> SECOND.
>> OKAY, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSED?
>> OKAY, APPROVED.
>> THANK YOU!
>> THANK YOU, WELCOME ABOARD.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
>>> THE NEXT ITEM FLOWS
NATURALLY TO STAY HERE.
NATURALLY FROM THAT APPOINTMENT
WE ARE GOING TO HEAR A REPORT
FROM THE MOVE SEATTLE OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE, AND SO COMMITTEE
CLERK, PLEASE READ THAT TO THE
RECORD.
>> MOVE SEATTLE PRESENTATION BY
THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION AND THE MOVE
SEATTLE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
ALL RIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO GET
YOUR PRESENTATION CUED UP HERE,
AND GO AHEAD AND HAVE A SEAT.
>> WHERE DO YOU WANT ME?
>> GO THERE.
>> OKAY.
>> IS THAT NORMAL?
>> THANK YOU.
PARDON?
>> WE ARE JUST GOING TO GET THE
PRESENTATION CUED UP HERE.
>> WE SHOULD HAVE ASSIGNED
SEATS.
>> MUSICAL CHAIRS.
PASS
>> APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S
PATIENCE.
I SAW THE PRESENTATION LAST
NIGHT.
I'M NOT AS ANSY ABOUT IT.
>> WHERE ARE THOSE TECHNOLOGY
PEOPLE?
>> THANKS, CALVIN.
HAVEN'T DONE THIS IN AWHILE.
>> RIGHT.
>> THAT BUTTON.
OF COURSE, NOW THE I.T.
DEPARTMENT JUST LEFT.
>> I KNOW, SERIOUSLY.
>> WE ARE GETTING SOMEONE TO
HELP.
>> THERE WE GO.
>> LET'S START WITH
INTRODUCTIONS, APPRECIATE
EVERYONE BEING HERE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
LORELEI WILLIAMS.
>> RACHEL McCOFFREY AGAIN, LEVY
MANAGER.
>> AND I'M RACHEL BEN-SHMUEL
COSHARE OF THE LEVY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE.
>> IF YOU CAN PULL THE
MICROPHONES CLOSE, THAT WILL
HELP THE MILLIONS OF VIEWERS AT
HOME RIGHT NOW.
I'M TURNING IT OVER INTO THE
CAPABILITY HANDS OF LORELEI AND
RACHEL.
IT'S OUR OPPORTUNITY WITH NEW
COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE TO
REINTRODUCE WHERE WE ARE ON
THE LEVY TO MOVE SEATTLE.
WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK
SINCE THE 2018 LEVY ASSESSMENT,
AND A LOT OF HARD WORK IN TERMS
OF DELIVERING PROMISES AND
MAKING SURE WE ARE CLEAR AND
TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE TO
THE COMMITTEE AND LEVY
OVERGIANT COMMITTEE.
WE WILL BE BACK IN 2019 OR 2020
WITH OUR 2019 FULL LEVY
ASSESSMENT AND REPORT.
THAT FEEDS THEN INTO OUR 2020
WORK PLAN.
IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH
LOOKING FORWARD AND LOOKING
BACK IN THIS PRESENTATION
TODAY.
>> ALL RIGHT, SO AND THEN
STARTING WITH OUR VISION AND
MISSION, AND JUST CALLING
ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT THE
LEVY ITSELF ALLOWS US TO PAY
PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO OUR
SAFETY, EQUITY, SUSTAINABILITY
AND MOBILITY ROLES,
PARTICULARLY, AND SO, THE LEVY
ITSELF IS KEY TO FURTHERING OUR
COMMISSION AND VISION.
AND THEN A SHORT PRESENTATION
OVERVIEW.
AS SAM ELUDED TO, PART OF WHAT
WE WANTED TO DO HERE TODAY,
JUST GIVE SOME OF THE
BACKGROUND ON THE LEVY, AND
THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF IT, BACK
TO WHEN IT WAS PASSED IN 2015,
AND BRINGING YOU UP TO DATE
WITH WHERE WE ARE NOW.
WE WILL START WITH AN OVERVIEW,
AND THEN TALK ABOUT DELIVERY
HIGHLIGHTS, ABOUT THE APPROACH
WE NOW TAKE TO PROGRESS
REPORTING, AND THEN AS WELL AS
TALK ABOUT THE LEVY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE ROLE, AND RACHEL IS
HERE TO HELP US PRESENT, TOO.
SO THE OVERALL LEVY TO MOVE
SEATTLE, A $930 MILLION LEVY,
AND THAT IS JUST THE BASE
AMOUNT OF THE LEVY FUNDS, AND
WE HAVE LEVERAGED LOCAL FUNDS
WE USED TO FURTHER ADVANCE AND
DELIVER WITH THAT $930 MILLION,
AND WITHIN THE LEVY PROGRAM, WE
HAVE 30 SUB PROGRAMS, AND
WHENEVER YOU OPEN A LITTLE
PART, RACHEL WILL GET IN THIS
LATER, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF
DETAIL ON EACH PROGRAM, AND THE
30 PROGRAMS ARE PUT IN TO THREE
PRIMARY CATEGORIES AND
PROGRAMS, WHICH IS WHAT WE SHOW
ON THE SLIDE.
SAFE ROUTES, MAINTENANCE AND
REPAIR, AND CONGESTION RELIEF.
WE STAY TRUE TO THAT FRAME WORK
AS WE REPORT, AND THE LEVY HAS
-- WITHIN THE 30 PROGRAMS, THE
LARGE PROJECTS LIKE THE NORTH
GATE BRIDGE PROJECT THAT WE ARE
CELEBRATING, ACTUALLY, STARTING
TODAY, AND JUST BASIC
MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR, TREE
PLANTING TYPE OF ACTIVITIES.
IT'S VERY BROAD FOR US IN TERMS
OF WHAT WE DELIVER IN TERMS OF
THE LEVY.
ALONG THOSE LINES WHAT THIS
REPRESENTS, MOST OF ALL, IT'S
THE SIZE OF THE BRIDGE IN THE
GAP LEVY, THE 9 YEARS PRIOR TO
THIS LEVY, COMPARED TO OUR
CURRENT MOVE SEATTLE LEVY.
IT'S ABOUT THREE TIMES THE
SIZE, AND THAT IS REALLY GREAT
FOR THE INVESTMENTS WE CAN MAKE
IN OUR CITY, AND THE CHALLENGE
WITH THAT, AND THIS IS JUST
WALKING US BACK A LITTLE BIT TO
EVEN 2015, AND WHEN THE LEVY
PASSED AT THE END OF 2015, WE
WERE UNCERTAIN IF IT WOULD
PASS, AND SDOT AS A DEPARTMENT
WAS BOTH PREPARING ON SOME
LEVEL FOR IT TO PASS, BUT ALSO
PREPARING FOR IT NOT TO PASS,
AND SO WHEN IT DID PASS, WHICH
WAS A WONDERFUL THING, IT MEANT
WE HAD A LOT OF RAMPUP AND
DEVELOPMENT WORK WE NEEDED TO
DO TO BE ABLE TO START BEING
ABLE TO DELIVER ON THE LEVY.
AND MOVING TO THE NEXT SLIDE,
úAND I WILL GIVE JUST A LITTLE
MORE BACKGROUND, AND THERE WAS
A LOT OF FRUSTRATION FROM THE
PUBLIC AS FAR AS EVEN THE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE HOW QUICKLY
WE WERE DELIVERING ON THE LEVY,
PARTICULARLY THE FIRST COUPLE
OF YEARS, AND THE EXPECTATIONS
FOR SPENDING, PUT FORTH IN THE
LINEAR FASHION, DELIVERING A
NINTH OF THE PROGRAM IN THE
FIRST YEAR, AND FRANKLY WE
WEREN'T RAMPED UP AS STAFF AND
PREPARED FOR THAT LEVEL.
THE WAY WE ARE DELIVERING IS
MORE OF A RAMPUP THAN A PEAK.
WE ARE ENTERING INTO THE PEAK
OF DELIVERY RIGHT NOW, AND IN
ADDITION TO THAT, THE DESIGN
PHASE OF THE PROJECTS DOES NOT
SPEND AS MUCH MONEY AS THE
CONSTRUCTION PHASE, AND THAT
MEANS IT DISTRIBUTES TO THE
CURVE AS WELL.
WITH THAT, AFTER THE LEVY
PASSED IN 2015, IT WAS WHEN
INFLATION REALLY STARTED TO
TAKE OFF, AND SO BOTH THE KIND
OF BROAD, NOT ALWAYS SPECIFIC
EXPECTATIONS THAT WERE IN THE
ORIGINAL LEVY LANGUAGE, AS WELL
AS COST EXPLORATIONS, THEY LED
THE MAYOR TO CHALLENGE US TO
SAY, I WANT YOU TO TAKE A FIRM
LOOK AT THE LEVY PROGRAM, AND
BE REALLY HONEST AND
TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN
DELIVER WITH THE MONEY AND
FUNDS YOU HAVE, AND THAT
INCLUDED CHANGING EXPECTATIONS
OF GRANT AND LEVERAGE
OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL AS SOME
OF THE CHANGES IN THE TRANSIT
MODALITY PROGRAM, AND THE
EXPECTATIONS WERE RAPID RUN ON
ALL 7-QUARTERS, AND THAT DIDN'T
NECESSARILY LINE UP WITH THE
FUNDING WE HAD OR EVEN KING
COUNTY METRO'S FUNDING TIME
LINE AND PLANS.
THOSE TYPES OF ISSUES ARE WHAT
WE DID A FULL COMPLETE
ASSESSMENT OF, AND THEN
PUBLISHED IN NOVEMBER OF 2018
THE WORK PLAN THAT DETAILS
WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO MEET ALL
OF THE ORIGINAL EXPECTATIONS,
AND THAT'S THE MAJORITY OF THE
PROGRAMS, AS FAR AS CORE NUMBER
OF PROGRAMS, BUT ALSO THE
PLACES WE FEEL AS THOUGH WE ARE
EXPECTING TO FALL SHORT BECAUSE
OF THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE
AVAILABLE TO BE ABLE TO DO IT,
AND SO WE DID THAT IN NOVEMBER
2018, AND WHAT WE HAVE BEEN
DOING SINCE, AND RACHEL WILL,
YOU KNOW GIVE THE SUMMARY
UPDATE OF DETAILS OF THAT,
WORKING TO REBUILD THE TRUST
AND TRANSPARENCY IN BOTH OF
WHAT WE SHARE AS WELL AS PROVE
OUR ABILITY TO DELIVER ON THE
LEVY.
SO 2019 WAS A REBUILDING YEAR
FOR US FOR THE LEVY.
>> TAKING OVER AND A SLIGHT
TRANSITION OF MOVING ON FROM
THE DELIVERY, MOVING ON FROM
THE BACKGROUND.
STARTING WITH I CALL THEM THE
THREE BIG LEVY BRIDGES, SOME OF
THE BIGGEST INVESTMENTS IN THE
PORTFOLIO, EACH UNIQUE IN THEIR
OWN RIGHT, VERY
TRANSFORMATIONAL, AND THIS
MONTH AND LAST MONTH, ALL
UNDERWAY, AND THAT'S A BIG
MILESTONE FOR THE PORTFOLIO.
FIRST THE LAND BRIDGE THAT HAS
ABOUT 19.5 LEVY FUNDS.
IT'S BUILDING A NEW OVERPASS IN
SOTO TO CONNECT PEOPLE IN ALL
MODES OVER THE ACTIVE RAIL
TRACKS DOWN THERE.
THAT PROJECT HAS BEEN IN
CONSTRUCTION SINCE 2018, AND IT
WILL WRAP UP LATER THIS YEAR.
THEN THE FAIRVIEW BRIDGE WE
STARTED CONSTRUCTION ON LAST
YEAR IS REPLACING THE LAST
TIMBER VEHICLE BRIDGE IN
SEATTLE.
THAT'S OVER IN THE EAST LAKE
NEIGHBORHOOD, CLOSING TRAFFIC
IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR,
PRETTY MAJOR MILESTONE AS WELL,
AND THEN THIRD, THE NORTH GATE
HEAD BRIDGE, AND WE ARE
CELEBRATING LATER TODAY WITH
THE MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS,
IT IT'S STARTING CONSTRUCTION
TO BUILD A NEW WALKING AND
BIKING CONNECTION TO CONNECT
THE COMMITTEES ON BOTH SIDES OF
THE FREEWAY INTO THE LIGHTRAIL
STATION COMING UP THERE.
>> IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT, I
HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE NORTH
GATE BRIDGE SINCE 2014, SO JOB
WELL DONE.
>> YEAH, YOU'RE NOT ALONE.
IT'S VERY EXCITING.
I ELUDED TO EARLIER, THE KIND
OF PROCESS OF DESIGN AND
RAMPING UP TO THESE BIG STEPS,
AND THE FACT THAT THE THREE
MAJOR BRIDGE PROJECTS ARE PART
OF THE LEVY ARE NOW ALL UNDER
CONSTRUCTION TAXER HUGE THING
FOR US.
FULFILLING ON WHAT WE COMMITTED
TO.
PIVOTING A LITTLE BIT FROM THE
CAPITAL PROJECTS TO THE NITTY-
GRITTY MAINTENANCE WE
MENTIONED.
ONE SLIDE IS CERTAINLY NOT
ENOUGH JUSTICE FOR THESE, BUT
AS AN EXAMPLE, HIGHLIGHTS, SOME
MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS, FUNDED BY
THE LEVY, INCLUDING THE PAVING
PROGRAMS, AND BOTH SDOT CREW
DELIVERED WORK, AND TO DATE WE
HAVE DELIVERED A LITTLE OVER 34
MILES, LAND MILES, AS WELL AS
THE LARGER CAPITAL PROJECTS
DELIVERED BY CONTRACTORS, AND
TO DATE WE HAVE DELIVERED OVER
80 MILES.
WE ARE ALSO BUILDING NEW CURB
RAMPS, SINCE 2016, ABOUT 540,
RESTRIPING THE CROSSWALKS ON A
4-YEAR OR BETTER CYCLE AND
PLANTING TREES WITH THE LEVY TO
DATE TOTAL OF ABOUT 1500.
VISION ZERO IS ANOTHER PROGRAM
WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, AND THIS
IS OBVIOUSLY A VERY IMPORTANT
PROGRAM, AND I SHOULD SAY
THROUGHOUT, WE ARE GIVING
HIGHLIGHTS ON A LOT OF THINGS
THAT REPRESENT A LARGE AMOUNT
OF SDOT'S WORK SO THE
DEPARTMENT CAN CAN COME BACK
FOR FURTHER DETAIL BEYOND THIS
HIGH LEVEL SWATH.
THE VISION ZERO PROGRAM DOES A
LOT OF THINGS, OF COURSE, AS
PART OF THE LEVY SPECIFICALLY,
SAFETY CORRIDOR PROJECTS, LARGE
SCALE MULTIMILLION DOLLAR
INVESTMENTS LIKE THOSE ON 65th,
NORTHEAST 65th STREET AND
RAINIER AVENUE SOUTH, AND ALSO
SMALLER TRADITIONAL PROJECTS
INCLUDING SIGNAL TIMING
IMPROVEMENTS, CROSSWALKS, AND
TURN RESTRICTIONS --
>> I JUST WANT TO INTERJECT
HERE, TOO.
I THINK RACHEL SAID THIS, BUT
VISION ZERO IS THE EXAMPLE OF
THE PROGRAM THAT CROSSES OVER
FROM THE LEVY TO OTHER FUNDS
AND PROGRAMS WITHIN SDOT, AND
SO IT'S OFTEN A CHALLENGING
COMMUNICATION PIECE FOR THE
DEPARTMENT TO EXPLAIN HOW ALL
OF THESE DIFFERENT COMPLEX
MOVING PARTS FIT TOGETHER, AND
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WE
MAKE INVESTMENTS THROUGH THE
LEVY THAT ADVANCE THE LARGER
GOAL AND PROGRAM OF VISION ZERO
THAT IS ALSO LEVERAGED WITH
OTHER FUNDS THAT ARE NOT
NECESSARILY CAPITAL
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ARE AROUND
EDUCATION AND SIGN REPLACEMENT
AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THEY
DON'T END UP IN THE LEVY
REPORTING, BUT PART OF THE
IMPORTANT VISION ZERO REPORTING
OVERALL.
>> ALL RIGHT, AND NEXT WE HAVE
THE NEW SIDEWALK AND BIKE
SAFETY PROGRAMS, AND VERY
IMPORTANT PARTS OF THE
PORTFOLIO, SHOWING SOME OF THE
LEVY TO DATE TOTALS, AND I
SHOULD ALSO MENTIONED, NOTED ON
THE SLIDE, BUT SINCE WE ARE
AHEAD OF PUTTING TOGETHER THE
2019 COMPREHENSIVE END OF THE
YEAR REPORT, THE LEVY TOTALS
ARE EVERYTHING WE HAVE DONE SO
FAR THROUGH Q3 OF LAST YEAR.
WE WILL HAVE MORE ON THE 2019
YEAR END IN A FEW MONTHS.
SIDEWALKS WE HAVE BUILT OVER
100 BLOCKS, AND SO FAR CITYWIDE
SINCE 2016, INCLUDING BOTH
TRADITIONAL, CONCRETE CURB AND
GUTTER SIDEWALKS AND COST
EFFECTIVE WALKWAYS WHICH ARE
MUCH LESS COSTLY AND CARVE OUT
THE PEDESTRIAN SPACE WITH
ASPHALT AND CURB STOPS AND THE
LIKE.
DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION?
>> JUST COMPLIMENTING YOU ON
ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO MOVE
FASTER.
WE HAVE SO MANY PARTS OF OUR
CITY NORTH END AND SOUTH END,
AND DISTRICT 6, DISTRICT 5,
DISTRICT 4, THAT STILL NEED
SIDEWALKS, SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND ALSO ABOUT 115 SAFE
ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROJECTS, OF
COURSE, NEAR SCHOOLS DOING
SIMILAR WORK WITH THE SIDEWALK
SEGMENTS AND CROSSING
IMPROVEMENTS, AND THE BIKE
PROGRAM, COMBINED BETWEEN
NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS,
PROTECTED BIKEWAYS, AND REGULAR
BIKE LANES OVER 30 MILES SO FAR
SINCE 2016, AND OF COURSE,
EARLIER IN 2019, THE BIKE
PROGRAM PUT OUT THE 2019-2020
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN WHICH
OUTLINES 50 MORE MILES TO BE
BUILT WITH AVAILABLE FUNDING
THROUGH THE REMAINING YEARS OF
THE LEVY.
AND THEN TRANSIT PLUS, ANOTHER
VISION ZERO, HUGE ASPECT OF THE
DELIVERY WE CAN COME BACK TO
GIVE MORE DETAIL ON, BUT THESE
ARE THE SEVEN RAPID RIDE AND
TRANSIT PLUS MULTICORRIDOR
ROUTES WITH THE LEVY, AND THE
STATUS AS OF LAST YEAR.
MADISON AND DELRIDGE BEING THE
FURTHEST ALONG, LOOKING FOR
CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR.
>> ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FOR
THAT, THE CURRENT STATE, IN
ADDITION TO THE BRIDGES, THESE
CORRIDOR PROJECTS, THEY ARE THE
LARGE PROJECTS THAT WE ARE
DELIVERING WITH THE LEVY, AND
SEEING THIS MOVE FORWARD WILL
ALSO HELP US CONTINUE TO SPEND
AND INVEST THE MONEY IN THE
LEVY, AND AS FAR AS THE PROJECT
SPECIFICALLY DELLRIDGE IS
EXPECTED TO GO LATER THIS MONTH
FOR CONSTRUCTION, AND THE
EXPECTATION, AND WE ARE
SUBMITTING A MEMO TO COUNCIL
BEFORE THEN THAT IS IN RESPONSE
TO THE PROVISO PASSED LAST
YEAR, AND BEWILL DETAIL ALL THE
THINGS WE HAVE DONE ON THE
PROJECT BETWEEN 90% TO 100%, TO
ANSWER QUESTIONS WE WERE ASKED
BY THE COUNCIL THE LAST TIME WE
PRESENTED ON DELRIDGE THAT IS
FORTH COMING AND SOMETHING TO
LOOK FORWARD, AND MADISON,
E.O.T., WE CONTINUE TO WORK
WITH THE F.T.A.
TO ADVANCE TOWARDS READINESS,
BASICALLY THE POINT THE FTA
SAYS YES, YOU DONE EVERYTHING
YOU NEED TO DO TO SHOW YOU CAN
DELIVER THIS PROJECT, AND WE
THEREFORE WILL PROCEED WITH
WORKING TO GET YOU A GRANT
AGREEMENT, SO THAT IS WHERE WE
HAVE BEEN SPENDING MOST OF OUR
EFFORTS ON THAT PROJECT
RECENTLY, AND AGAIN, THE
COMMUNICATION WITH THE FTA AND
REGULARLY PROVIDING THEM
UPDATED DOCUMENTS THAT RESPOND
TO THE COMMENTS WE HAVE
RECEIVED FROM THEM ABOUT THE
THINGS THEY WANT TO SEE US DO
TO PROVE US READY FOR THE
PROJECT, AND THEN, ROOSEVELT,
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IS
ACTUALLY CURRENTLY IN
REPUBLISHED E.A., AND IT'S --
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN, YOU
KNOW, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT,
BUT AN E.A.
COMMENT PERIOD, AND THE COMMENT
PERIOD FOR THE E.A.
CLOSES FEBRUARY 14th ON
VALENTINE'S DAY, AND SO THAT IS
WHERE THAT PROJECT IS AT, AND
WE ARE DEFINITELY IN
ADVANCEMENT OF THE LARGER
CORRIDORS, AND WE HAVE BEGUN
DESIGN ON THE OTHER FOUR
CORRIDORS, BUT OUR -- A LITTLE
DIFFERENT IN THAT THEY ARE NOT
THE FOUR RAPID RIDE DELIVERY,
AND THEY DON'T HAVE FTA GRANTS
WE ARE PURSUING FOR THEM, BUT
THEY ARE CORRIDORWIDE
IMPROVEMENTS, AND THINGS SUCH
AS STOP IMPROVEMENTS, TRANSIT,
SIGNAL PRIORITY, CUE JUMPS,
SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS, AND ALL
THINGS THAT HELP WITH THE SPEED
AND RELIABILITY OF THE TRANSIT
SYSTEMS AND THE CORRIDOR.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> SINCE THE LEVY RESET, I HAVE
BEEN VERY IMPRESSED WITH ALL
THE WORK THAT SDOT HAS DONE TO
ALLOW RELIABLE TRAVEL TIMES.
WHEN YOU GO TO THE BUS, YOU
KNOW HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE YOU
TO GET TO WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
I KNOW THERE'S A NUMBER OF
ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS.
THERE WAS A SPOT I WAS ON THE
BUS THIS MORNING, AND IT'S
ALWAYS IN GRIDLOCK, AND I KNOW,
AND I AM CONFIDENT IN YOUR WORK
TO ADDRESS THIS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL
YOU'RE DOING.
>> DEFINITELY.
>> THIS IS NOT IN THE SLIDES,
BUT OFF THE CUFF COMMENT, THERE
HAS BAN BEEN A LOT OF EFFORT
AND MOVEMENT TOWARDS A VERY
WELL EVOLVED PARTNERSHIP WITH
US AND KING COUNTY METRO.
SOMETHING BOTH TEAMS HAVE LED,
AND IT'S BEEN EXCITING TO SEE,
AND THESE CORRIDORS ARE ONE WAY
THAT HAS BEEN HIGHLIGHTED HOW
SUCCESSFUL WE CAN BE WHEN WE
WORK REALLY WELL TOGETHER WITH
US AND KING COUNTY METRO.
>> I'M MAKING NOTES ALONG THE
WAY, AND MAYBE I WILL JUST LAY
THEM ALL OUT, AND YOU CAN
ADDRESS THEM AS APPROPRIATE.
SO DISTRICT 2, OBVIOUSLY HAS
THE MOST DANGEROUS STREET IN
THE CITY.
THIS CONTINUES TO BE THE CASE,
AND WE JUST HAD AN ACCIDENT IN
COLUMBIA CITY TWO FRIDAYS AGO.
MY QUESTIONS ARE ABOUT SAFETY.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW
THIS WORK -- I DON'T SEE
REFERENCE TO THE FACT THAT WE
STILL HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM ON
RAINIER AVENUE, SO I WOULD LIKE
TO KNOWHOW THESE PROJECTS AND
THE DELIVERY CONNECTS WITH THE
EFFORT TO ACTUALLY REDUCE
ACCIDENTS, YOU KNOW, INCIDENTS
FOR PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS,
AND WHAT WE ARE DOING TO MAKE
SURE THAT FOLKS ON RAINIER, AND
ALSO OR SORRY RAINIER AVENUE,
AND ACROSS THE CITY, KNOW IT'S
REALLY A PRIORITY.
I THINK, FOR ME, THE ABILITY TO
INCREASE RELIABLE TRANSIT IS
KEY TO MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE
ABLE TO GET FOLKS ACROSS THE
CITY A I CROSS TOWN, NOT JUST
COMMUTERS, BUT PEOPLE ARE ABLE
TO RELY ON PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION TO GET AROUND
AND DO THE ERRANDS THEY NEED TO
DO IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS,
WHETHER THEY ARE ON THE BUS OR
IN MY DISTRICT, WE HAVE A LOT
OF VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS, AND THEY
USE WHEELCHAIRS.
THEY NEED TO GET AROUND TOO,
AND THEY NEED TO DO IT SAFELY.
WE NEED TO SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN ON
THE MAJOR ARTERIALS, AND THAT'S
A CHALLENGE, BUT THAT'S A HUGE
ISSUE IN OUR DISTRICT, AND SO I
WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW
CROSSWALK INSTALLATION, NOT
JUST MAINTENANCE, BUT
INSTALLING NEW CROSSWALKS
ACROSS SOME OF THE MAJOR
ARTERIALS IS CONSIDERED, AND I
WANT TO KNOW HOW KIDS CAN WALK
TO SCHOOL SAFETY.
I SHOULD KNOW THIS, BUT I
DON'T, THE PERCENTAGE OF BIKE
LANES RELATIVE TO OUR BIKE
MASTER PLAN AND WHAT THE PLAN
IS FOR INCREASING THAT, AND
THEN WITH REGARDS TO THE RAPID
RIDE ON THE SOUTHERN, THAT IS
-- YOU KNOW, CONTROVERSIAL, AND
THE SEVEN A HUGE -- IT HAS HIGH
RIDERSHIP, AND PEOPLE DON'T USE
IT JUST TO COMMUTE INTO
DOWNTOWN.
PEOPLE USE IT FOR THE GROCERY
STORE, GO TO DAY CARE AND GO TO
THEIR DOCTOR, AND IT'S
IMPORTANT WE NOT LOSE STOPS.
PEOPLE NEED TO GET OFF
FREQUENTLY.
THE QUESTION, IS THERE CAN
CONSIDERATION TO THE LOCAL THAT
WILL MAKE MORE STOPS ALONG THE
WAY IF PEOPLE ARE NOT JUST
TRYING TO GET THROUGH QUICKLY
TO COME TO WORK DOWNTOWN, AND
THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS, AND WE
CAN FOLLOW UP ON THEM, THOSE
ARE THE THINGS I'M THINKING
ABOUT AS WE THINK ABOUT MAKING
SURE PEOPLE GET AROUND THEIR
COMMUNITY SAFETY.
>> I THINK THEY ARE GREAT
QUESTIONS, AND SOME OF THEM WE
MAY WANT TO FOLLOW UP AT THE
COMMITTEE OR SEPARATELY.
I THINK YOU'RE HIGHLIGHTS ALSO
WHERE WHAT WE DO THROUGH THE
LEVY IS ONE SET OF ACTIVITIES,
AND IT'S ABOUT 30% OF OUR
OVERALL BUDGET THROUGH THE
LEVY, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF
OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON
IN TERMS OF HOW WE USE -- HOW
WE PRIORITIZE THE LEVY FUNDS
AND OTHER INVESTMENTS AROUND
SAFETY ISSUES, WE HAVE
DEVELOPED THE BICYCLE AND
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ASSESSMENT
WHICH IS A PROACTIVE TOOL, ONE
OF ONLY A COUPLE OF CITIES IN
THE COUNTRY, REALLY THE FIRST
TO DEVELOP THE TOOL TO TRY TO
LOOK AT WHERE CRASHES HAVE
HAPPENED ACROSS THE CITY, AND
THEN USE THAT TO PROACTIVELY
LOOK AT PLACES THAT HAVE THE
SIMILAR CONDITIONS, AND THERE
MAY NOT BE REPORTED CRASHES,
AND THERE MAY NOT BE OR MAY NOT
HAVE HAD CRASHES, BUT HAVE THE
CONDITIONS THAT ARE LIKELY TO
INDICATE CRASH IN THE FUTURE,
AND TRY TO TARGET AND
PRIORITIZE OUR INVESTMENTS IN
SAFETY FOR PEOPLE WALKING AND
BIKING IN THOSE PLACES WHICH
HIGHLIGHTS THE INVESTMENTS WE
HAVE AND CONTINUE TO MAKE ALL
ALONG RAINIER AND BROADER
RAINIER VALLEY AND OVERALL.
WE HAVE MADE CONSISTENT
IMPROVEMENTS, SOME HAPPENING
THROUGH VARIOUS DIFFERENT
PROGRAMS, AND THEN WE HAVE
ADDITIONAL MAJOR SAFETY
INVESTMENTS GOING ON WITH
RAINIER OVER THE COURSE OF THE
YEAR.
SOME OF THE FUNDS THROUGH THE
SEATTLE BENEFIT TRANSPORTATION
DISTRICT, NOT THE LEVY IN
SEATTLE.
WE ARE ALWAYS MANAGING THE
VARIOUS BUCKETS OF FUNDING THAT
WE ARE USING, AND THEN ALSO
TRYING TO REPORT ON VERY
CLEARLY THROUGH THE LEVY
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND THE
REPORTING WE DO THERE.
>> THANK YOU.
.
>> YEAH THAT ABOUT SAYS IT ALL.
[ LAUGHTER ] JUST ANOTHER
COUPLE OF THOUGHTS I HAD WAS
ACCESSIBILITY, BAKER IS ANOTHER
AREA WE ARE DOING SPECIFIC
BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN WORK
FUNDED THROUGH A PROGRAM IN THE
LEVY ALSO TO ADDRESS SOME OF
THAT, AND THEN, THE LEVY
REGULAR REPORTING ON BOTH THE
BIKE MASTER PLAN AND
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, AND IT
OVERLAPS WITH OUR LEVY
REPORTING AND WHAT WE PLAN TO
GET DONE.
YOU WILL SEE IT IN BOTH PLACES
AND FORMATS.
TO MAKE SURE I DON'T MISS THE
SLIDE I ALMOST MISSED.
THANK YOU, RACHEL, AND SO THIS
IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE OF
INFORMATION WE SHARE IN OUR
QUARTERLY REPORTS AND THE LEVEL
OF DETAIL WE HAVE SHIFTED TO,
AND WHAT YOU CAN CAN SEE ON THE
LEFT IS OUR ANNUAL SPENDING
TREND, AND IT SPEAKS TO WHAT I
WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, HOW
IT STARTED SLOWER, AND THAT'S
INCREASING, AND THROUGH Q3 OF
2019, WE WERE AT 556 MILLION IN
TOTAL, AND THAT'S AGAINST THE
1.8 THAT WE HAD IN THE EARLIER
SLIDE, INCLUDING LEVERAGE OF
LOCAL FUNDS, NOT JUST THE $930
MILLION LEVY.
ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU CAN
SEE THE QUARTERLY SPEND.
WHAT WE DO EVERY YEAR, AND THIS
IS SAN INTERESTING TASK, BUT WE
HAVE DEFINITELY IMPROVED UPON.
OUR PROJECTS DON'T JUST HAVE
ONE ISOLATED SPECIFIC YEAR, BUT
OUR FENDING PLANS DO.
LAST YEAR WE WENT THROUGH THE
RIGOROUS PROCESS TO IDENTIFY
THE SPENDING PLAN AND ASSESS
RISK, SO THAT IF WE HAVE THE
RISK OF NOT SPENDING THE MONEY,
WE SHIFTED THE MONEY INTO LATER
YEARS, AND WE ALSO REPRESENTED
OUR SPEND PLAN FOR 2019 WITH A
RANGE, AND INSTEAD OF JUST
HAVING ONE NUMBER, AND THE
CHANCES OF US HITTING LIKE ONE
SINGLE NUMBER, PRETTY MUCH
ZERO, AND WE GIVE190 TO $218
MILLION RANGE FOR WHAT WE
EXPECTED TO SPEND FOR 2019, AND
WE ARE STILL FINALIZING ALL OF
OUR 2019 NUMBERS, AND IT WILL
COME OUT IN THE ANNUAL REPORT,
AND THAT'S WHY Q4 IS NOT FILLED
IN HERE, BUT PRELIMINARY
NUMBERS, WE EXCEEDED THE 73.7
EXPECED, AND THAT IS IN SOME
WAYS THE BALANCE OF WHAT WE
DIDN'T DO IN Q3, AND WE THINK
WE WILL BE RIGHT ABOUT THE
HIGHER END OF THE RANGE, AND
SO, AND THE GOOD THING, SPEND
IS IMPORTANT, BUT SPEND WITHOUT
THE DELIVERABLES TO BACK IT UP,
IT COULD MEAN YOU'RE SPENDING
TOO MUCH, AND SO THE GOOD NEWS
IS THAT OUR SPEND IS IN
ALIGNMENT WITH THE DELIVERABLE
PROJECTIONS AND PREDICTIONS WE
HAVE, AND WE ARE FEELING VERY
GOOD ABOUT WHAT WE DID IN 2019,
AND WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE
ANNUAL REPORT AND BEING ABLE TO
PRESENT TO YOU AND THE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WITH THAT,
AND LOOKING TO CONTINUE THAT
EFFORT IN 2020 AND BEYOND.
AND THEN I HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE
FOR RACHEL.
>> SO MOVING ON TO LEVY
REPORTING.
SO AS PART OF THE FEEDBACK FROM
THE 2018 ASSESSMENT, AND THIS
NEED TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT,
CLEARER, MORE CONSISTENT, AND
REALLY ACCOUNTABLE TO WHAT WE
ARE DELIVERING AND SPENDING, WE
HAVE A NEW REPORT FORMAT, NOT
SO NEW ANYMORE.
I HAVE BEEN DOING IT A LITTLE
OVER A YEAR NOW, AND I HAVE A
LIBRARY OF DOCUMENTS, AND SO
IT'S A QUARTERLY REPORT THAT
GOES THROUGH SOME OF THE
FINANCIALS LIKE LORELEI JUST
WENT THROUGH AND THE
DELIVERABLE PROGRESS, AND PUT
OUT QUARTERLY ON A REGULAR
SCHEDULE AS NOTED HERE TO GET
AT THE CONSISTENT AND RELIABLE
EXPECTATION, AND THE QUARTERLY
REPORTS ARE AGAINST THE ONE
YEAR'S DELIVERABLE AND SPEND
PLAN, AND THEY ARE KIND OF A
SNAPSHOT IN TIME AGAINST THAT
AMOUNT, AND THE ANNUAL REPORT,
WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON
FOR 2019 IS A CUMULATIVE LOOK
AT THE LEVY TOTALS SINCE 2016,
AND SO, THE ANNUAL REPORT
SHOULD COME OUT MARCH 30th, AND
WE WILL SHARE WITH THE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND HERE AS
WELL.
THOSE ARE THE TWO CATEGORIES OF
PROGRESS, DOCK MENNATION,
DOCUMENTATION, AND WE HAVE THE
REMAINING YEARS OF THE LEVY,
WHAT IS TO BE DELIVERED, AND WE
ARE LOOKING AT THE PERFORMANCE
STATUS DOCUMENT UPDATE, A
REALISTIC LOOK SINCE 2 YEARS
HAVE PASSED SINCE THE WORK
PLAN.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND THEN LAST BUT DEFINITELY
NOT LEAST, THE LEVY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE, WHICH YOU'RE
PARTICULAR WITH COUNCILMEMBER
AS A COMMITTEE MEMBER NOW.
THE COMMITTEE IS A GROUP OF 16
MEMBERS, INCLUDING THE CHAIR OF
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, CITY
BUDGET DIRECTOR, AND SEATTLE
THE RESIDENTS APPOINTED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR, AND
THEY ARE AN ADVISORY BODY THAT
REVIEWS PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION,
EXPENDITURESES AND PROVIDES
RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY
COUNCIL AND MAYOR.
AS WE HAVE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT
OVER THE LAST 15 MINUTE THE OR
SO, TURNED A LEAF IN 2019 TO BE
WORKING MORE CLOSELY WITH THEM,
MORE OFTEN, AND WE MEET ABOUT
MONTHLY, 10 TIME AS YEAR, AND
WE MEET WITH SUBCOMMITTEES,
PREPARE MATERIALS, AND
RESPONSES TO INFORMATION
REQUESTS AND WHATNOT, AND PUT
OUT THESE REPORTS ON A MORE
RELIABLE SCHEDULE TO BE MORE IN
COORDINATION WITH THEM, AND I
WOULD LIKE TO REINTRODUCE
RACHEL BEN SHMUEL ONE OF OUR
COSHARES COCHAIRS OF THE LEVY
OVERNIGHT COMMITTEE.
GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS.
I HAVE BEEN ON THE COMMITTEE
SINCE 2016 IN ITS INCEPTION,
AND SINCE THE RESET, THERE HAS
BEEN VAST IMPROVEMENT IN THE
LEVY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
RELATIONSHIP WITH SDOT.
IT WAS KIND OF TOUGH GOING AT
FIRST, BUT PARTICULARLY THERE'S
BEEN IMPROVEMENTS SINCE 2019.
HERE ARE THE STEPS WE HAVE
TAKEN, AND THERE'S A MORE
STREAM LINED REVIEW PROCESS.
THERE'S MORE CONSISTENT
REPORTING FROM SDOT STAFF ON
PROJECTS AND BUDGETS, AND THE
REPORTING FORMAT ITSELF IS MORE
COMPREHENSIBLE, AND TO
ACCOMPLISH THIS, BOTH AS
LORELEI AND RACHEL SAID, WE ARE
MEETING MORE FREQUENTLY AND
SETTING UP SUBCOMMITTEES, AND
FINALLY, YOU KNOW, AS A RESULT
OF ALL OF THESE STEPS, THERE'S
BEEN I THINK CONSIDERABLE TRUST
OF SDOT BY THE LEVY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE, A HUGE CHANGE SINCE
THE RESET.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE,
AND IT WAS GREAT TO BE THERE
LAST NIGHT AND THANK EVERYONE
THERE FOR THEIR VOLUNTEERING ON
THIS, AND THEY HAD REALLY GREAT
QUESTIONS ASKED BY THE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEMBERS,
AND SDOT HAD ANSWERS, AND IT
WAS GREAT TO SEE THEM
FUNCTIONING WELL LAST NIGHT.
>> RACHEL, I CAN'T THANK YOU
ENOUGH.
I SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS AND
FEELINGS ABOUT HOW THINGS HAVE
CHANGED SINCE THE RESET, AND
THE RESET DID COME UNDER OUR
CURRENT DIRECTOR, POSSIBLY?
AND YOU KNOW, THE TROUBLES THAT
YOU AND I HAD SHARED PREVIOUS
TO THIS WERE UNDER AN SDOT
DIRECTOR THAT IS NO LONGER
HERE, AND SO I REALLY WANT TO
COMPLIMENT THE DIRECTOR'S
LEADERSHIP AND THE ENTIRE
TEAM'S LEADERSHIP IN BEING ABLE
TO COMMUNITIES THE DOCUMENTS
AND CREATE OUTCOMES WE CAN ALL
SEE AND ENJOY.
>> YEAH.
>> THANK YOU.
.
>> AND JUST ONE OTHER NOTE, WE
TENTATIVELY PLAN TO COME TALK
TO THIS COMMITTEE EVERY QUART
TORE GO FLU THE QUARTERLY
REPORT, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE
EACH OF YOU KNEW AT ANY TIME,
IF YOU HAVE A PROJECT OR PART
OF THE LEVY THAT YOU WANT TO
SPEND TIME IN AND DIG DEEPER
WITH US, WE ARE HAPPY TO MEET
WITH YOU AT ANY POINT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YOU WILL RECEIVE A LETTER
FROM THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON
REFLECTING IN 2019, ONE OF THE
ISSUES RAISED LAST YEAR WAS THE
PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL ADDING
PROJECTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
TO THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WITH
THE T.N.C.
FUNDING AND ADDING SEVEN
PROJECTS, AND SO, I THINK THE
LEVY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WAS
GETTING A HANDLE ON THOSE AND
APPROPRIATELY ASKING A LOT OF
QUESTIONS THOSE HOPING THE CITY
COUNCIL DOES NOT PILE ON
PROJECTS BUT STICKS TO WHAT THE
GOALS WERE FROM THE ACTUAL MOVE
SEATTLE LEVY IS WHAT I WAS
HEARING LAST NIGHT.
WE WILL SEE THAT FORMALLY IN A
LETTER THAT WILL BE COMING.
>> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
KEEP THE FOCUS, AND I MEAN WE
HAVE ADDED TO THE TNC, BUT
THERE IS SO MUCH TO REVIEW AT
THIS POINT THAT IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT
THE COMMITTEE HAS A GRASP ON
THE RANGE OF EVERYTHING THAT
SDOT IS DOING, AND SO THAT IT
CAN REPORT APPROPRIATELY.
>> THANK YOU.
THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR SERVICE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS, COLLEAGUES?
>> GREAT, THANK YOU ALL.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> APPRECIATE IT.
>>> OKAY, READ THE FINAL ITEM
OF BUSINESS INTO THE RECORD.
>> SEATTLE CITY LIGHT CLIMATE
ADAPTATION PLAN.
>> WE WILL INVITE EVERYONE UP
HERE.
WELCOME, WELCOME.
>> GOOD MORNING.
SO YOU GUYS HAVE TWO FILES, TWO
THREE FILES, AND IT GET AS
LITTLE COMPLICATED.
>> ONE SHARE AND ONE
POWERPOINT.
>> THERE'S THREE.
WE WILL GET THE PRESENTATION UP
ON THE SCREEN.
IS THAT?
>> WHICHEVER ONE OF YOU IS GOOD
ON POWERPOINT.
I HAVE TO GET RID OF THIS ONE.
>> THAT'S ME.
>> OKAY, THERE YOU GO.
>> HERE WE GO.
I NOMINATE YOU.
>> THERE WE GO.
GREAT, LET'S DO INTRODUCTIONS.
STARTING WITH YOU.
>> I'M TOM DEBORN INCOMING
MANAGER AT CITY LIGHT.
>> AND I'M KATE INGLE.
>> AND I'M RANDALL STROUTED A
ADAPTATION ADVISER.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
I WILL TURN TO OVER TO THE MEAT
OF THE PRESENTATION.
KATE IS THE MANAGER OF THE
SCIENCE POLICY GROUP OR SCIENCE
POLICY DIVISION THAT MANAGES
THE SCIENCE, DEEP SCIENCE WORK,
AND ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT
CAME UP IS THIS CLIMATE
ASSESSMENT AND ADAPTATION
PROJECT, AND RHONDA IS THE
SCIENTIST DOING THE WORLD.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO HER, AND
SHE WILL GO THROUGH THE
PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
HAVING ME HERE.
I'M GLAD TO BE ABLE TO TELL YOU
ABOUT THE SEATTLE CITY LIGHT
EFFORTS ON ADDRESSING CLIMATE
CHANGE FROM AN ADAPTATION
PESPECTIVE RATHER THAN THE
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION.
I WILL TALK ABOUT THE
ADAPTATION PLAN WE DEVELOPED.
SO IN OUR 2013-2018 STRATEGIC
PLAN, WE LAUNCHED A CLIMATE
INITIATIVE, AND IN THAT CLIMATE
INITIATIVE, WE HAD THREE
PRIMARY COMPONENTS TO IT,
CLIMATE CHANGE ADVISER TO STAFF
THE INITIATIVE, TO IDENTIFY A
RESEARCH PROGRAM TO RESEARCH
THE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON
THE UTILITY, AND ALSO DEVELOP A
UTILITYWIDE ADAPTATION PLAN.
IN 2017 WE COMPLETED OUR PLAN,
AND THIS PLAN HAD THREE PRIMARY
ASPECTS TO IT, AND FIRST,
IDENTIFYING OBSERVED AND
POTENTIAL CHANGES IN CLIMATE.
EVALUATING POTENTIAL IMPACTS
AND ASSESSING THE VULNERABILITY
OF OUR UTILITY TO THOSE
IMPACTS, AND THIRD TO DEVELOP
THE A DEPUTATION AND STRATEGIES
TO HELP MINIMIZE THE IMPACTS.
SO THIS FIGURE WILL GIVE YOU AN
OVERVIEW AND PICTURE OF WHAT
THE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT IS
CONTAINED.
AT THE BOTTOM, FIVE DIFFERENT
BUSINESS DOMAINS, OR, LIKE
FUNCTIONS AND ASSETS THAT THE
CITY, SEATTLE CITY LIGHT OWNS
AND MANAGES, AND AT THE TOP,
THERE'S DIFFERENT CLIMATE
STRESSORS, AND EIGHT WE FOCUSED
ON, AND THOSE ARE INCLUDING THE
SEA LEVEL RISE AND STORM SURGE,
WARMER TEMPERATURES, AND MORE
FREQUENT HEAT WAVES, AND
EXTREME WEATHER PATTERNS, AND
INCREASES IN WILD FIRE RISKS,
LANDSLIDES AND EROSIONS, AND WE
ALSO LOOKED AT REDUCTION
BECAUSE OF THE WARMER
TEMPERATURES AND HOW IT MAY
CHANGE THE STREAM INFLOW TO THE
RESERVOIRS, AND WE LOOKED AT
HIGHER PEAK FLOWS BECAUSE OF
THE INCREASING DOWNPOURS AND
HOW IT CAN AFFECT OUR FLOOD
RISK.
ON THE FLIP SIDE DURING THE
SUMMER, WITH THE WARMER
TEMPERATURES, AND DRIER, LESS
PRECIPITATION, THE SUMMER,
LONGER DROUGHT PERIOD, AND HOW
IS THAT GOING TO AFFECT THE
STREAM FLOWS AND RESERVOIRS?
SO WE WERE ON THE BOTTOM, THE
LIST, BUT THERE'S THE FIVE
DOMAINS WE LOOKED AT.
SHORELINE INFRASTRUCTURE,
ELECTRICITY DEMAND,
HYDROELECTRIC PROJECTS, THE
FISH HAS AND RESTORATION.
IT WAS THE IMPACT PATHWAY WE
CAN ADDRESS.
SO OUR APPROACH TO DOING THIS
ASSESSMENT THAT THE EXPOSURE
FOR THE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS OR
DOMAINS AND HOW SENSITIVE THEY
WERE TO DIFFERENT CLIMATE
STRESSORS, AND THEN WE LOOKED
AT -- THAT GAVE US THE IDEA OF
THE POTENTIAL IMPACT, AND THEN
WE LOOKED AT ADAPTIVE CAPACITY,
AND WE LOOKED AT OUR BUSINESS
PRACTICES AND OPERATIONS AND
POLICIES, THINGS THAT CAN HELP
TO REDUCE THE IMPACTS FROM
EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS, AND HOW
CAN WE POTENTIALLY ADDRESS
THOSE POTENTIAL IMPACTS ALREADY
IN OUR BUSINESS, AND THAT GAVE
US AN IDEA OF WHAT THE
VULNERABILITY WAS, AND WE
UNDERTOOK THIS ASSESSMENT
LOOKING, HOW IS THE CLIMATE
CHANGE GOING TO AFFECT OUR
MISSION?
OUR MISSION CURRENTLY, ALTHOUGH
YOU HEARD FROM DEBRA SMITH, I'M
SORRY SHE COULDN'T BE HERE
TODAY.
THAT'S OUR GENERAL MANAGER, AND
WE WILL BE UPDATING OUR
MISSION, BUT CURRENTLY DELIVER
AFFORDABLE, RELIABLE, AND
RESPONSIBLE ELECTRICITY
SERVICES TO OUR CUSTOMERS.
THIS IS A VERY ELABORATE
DIAGRAM, BUT IT'S EXTRACTED
FROM OUR CLIMATE PLAN,
AVAILABLE ONLINE, A PUBLIC
DOCUMENT, AND IT GIVES YOU AN
IDEA OF HOW WE DID THE
VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT.
FOR THE INTEREST OF TIME, I'M
GOING TO GO THROUGH ONE EXAMPLE
ON THE TABLE.
WE HAVE DIFFERENT BUSINESS
DOMAINS, FUNCTIONS ON THE LEFT,
AND THIS EXAMPLE.
TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
SYSTEM, AND REALLY IMPACT THE
PATHWAYS WE OBSERVE THE OR
IDENTIFIED AS POTENTIAL CONCERN
IS MORE DAMAGING IN THE
INTERRUPT OF TRANSMISSION AND
GENERATION TO THE RISK, AND
THEN WE LOOKED AT WHAT ARE THE
VULNERABILITY, TWO DIFFERENT
TIME FRAMES OF EXPOSURE BECAUSE
CLIMATE CHANGE IS EXPECTED TO
WORSEN OVER TIME, AND WE ARE
LOOKING AT A NEW TERM
EXPOSURE.
WE LOOK AT THE HOW SENSITIVE
THE TRANSMISSION DISTRIBUTIONS
ARE TO THOSE AND WHAT IS OUR
ACT OF CAPACITY.
YOU SEE THE DIFFERENT COLORED
DOTS THERE, AND THOSE ARE LIKE
A TRAFFIC LIGHT.
GREEN IS WE ARE LOOKING GOOD,
LOW RANKING FOR THAT
VULNERABILITY CATEGORY, AND
YELL SLOW MODERATE, AND RED IS
SOMETHING WE NEED TO REALLY PAY
ATTENTION TO, IT'S A HIGHER
RANKING, AND THEN ON THE FAR
RIGHT, THOSE WITH THE MAGNITUDE
TO THE EMISSION, AND THEN WE
LOOKED AT FINANCIAL COSTS,
SAFETY, RELIABILITY, AND
RESPONSIBILITY.
IN THIS CASE, FOR TRANSMISSION
OR WILD FIRE, SOMETHING THAT
LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO
WORSEN, OUR EXPOSURE WILL
WORSEN OVER TIME, AND WE HAVE
SENSITIVITY TO IT, CURRENTLY,
AND THINGS CAN BURN UP.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SOME
ADAPTIVE CAPACITY IN ORDER TO
MINIMIZE THAT THROUGH SOME OF
OUR VEGETATION MANAGEMENT
ACTIONS.
IT COULD HAVE POTENTIAL FOR
HIGH COST, HIGH SAFETY ISSUES,
AND ON A MODERATE CONCERN WITH
RELIABILITY, AND THEN IN THIS
CASE, NOT APPLICABLE FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY.
IT GIVES YOU A SNAPSHOT OF HOW
WE GO THROUGH THE VULNERABILITY
ASSESSMENT PROCESS, AND IN THE
INTEREST OF TIME, I'M NOT GOING
TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE IN
DETAIL, BUT THREE EXAMPLES OF
THE KEY IMPACTS TO DIFFERENT
DOMAINS.
THE HYDROPOWER OPERATIONS,
REALLY LOOKING AT HOW THE
CHANGES LOOK BECAUSE OF LOSS OF
SNOW PACK AND HOW IT'S GOING TO
CHANGE MORE IN THE WINTER AND
LESS IN THE SUMMER.
SOME OF THE KEY IMPACTS FOR THE
ELECTRICITY DEMAND IS REALLY
THE SHIFT IN THE SEASONALITY.
WARMER, TEMPERATURES GET
WARMER, AND WE EXPECT TO SEE
MORE DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY FOR
COOLING IN THE SUMMER, AND THEN
LESS DEMAND FOR HEATING IN THE
WINTER, AND SOME OF THE THINGS
WE SAW AS AN IMPACT FROM
CLIMATE CHANGE.
AND THEN THE WILD FIRE EXAMPLE,
THE TRANSMISSION AND
DISTRIBUTION, AND I'M NOT GOING
THROUGH ALL OF THESE, BUT WE
CAN BE IMPACTED BY WILD FIRES,
LANDSLIDES, CHANGES IN FLOODING
BECAUSE OF THE MORE INTENSE
RAIN FALL, AND THESE ARE SOME
OF THE THINGS THAT ARE THE
IMPACT PATHWAYS WE IDENTIFY IN
THE ADAPTATION PLAN, AND ONE
THING WE ARE VERY PROUD OF.
THE PLAN WAS THE FIRST IN THE
NATION TO HAVE DEVELOPED SUCH A
COMPREHENSIVE VULNERABILITY
ASSESSMENT AND ADAPTATION PLAN.
BECAUSE OF THAT WE RECEIVED AN
AWARD IN 2016 FROM A CONSORTIUM
OF 12 DIFFERENT AGENCIES FROM
NOAA.
WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THAT
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN USING OUR
ADAPTATION PLAN, OTHER
UTILITIES AND AGENCIES AS A
MODEL.
GIVEN THOSE IMPACTS, AND
LOOKING AT, OKAY WHAT IS THE
ACTIONS?
WHAT ARE THINGS WE ARE ACTUALLY
DOING THAT PEOPLE CARE ABOUT?
OUR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN,
IT INCLUDES MOVING PARTS,
COLLABORATION BECAUSE IT'S
IMPORTANT TO WORK TOGETHER TO
SOLVE THE ISSUES, AND RESEARCH,
PROJECTS AND ACTIONS, AND
EDUCATION, AND THEN WE ARE
TALKING MORE ABOUT THE FIRST
THREE.
EDUCATION IS ONGOING, LIKE
COMING AND GIVING THIS
PRESENTATION.
COLLABORATION, IT'S VERY
IMPORTANT BECAUSE CLIMATE
CHANGE IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO
WORK ON TOGETHER.
WE CAN'T JUST SOLVE IT
INDEPENDENTLY.
WE ARE A MEMBER OF MULTIPLE
DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT
ARE HELPING TO WORK ON THIS
ISSUE, AND ONE IS DEPARTMENT OF
ENERGY'S PARTNERSHIP FOR ENERGY
SECTOR CLIMATE RESILIENCE, AND
THE FEDERAL EFFORT WITH 16 OR
18 OTHER UTILITIES
PARTICIPATING, AND TRYING TO
IDENTIFY WAYS WE CAN MAKE OUR
WHOLE U.S. ENERGY SECTOR MORE
SECURE FOR THE CHANGING
CLIMATE.
WE ARE ALSO INVOLVED IN CEATI.
CENTER FOR ENERGY ADVANCEMENT
THROUGH TECHNOLOGICAL
INNOVATIONS.
WE ARE ARE LOOKING AT HOW WE
CAN ADAPT TO CLIMATE CHANGE,
FOCUSING ON THE HYDROPOWER
OPERATIONS.
WE ARE PARTNERING WITH OTHER
FOLKS AND RESEARCH AND
ADAPTATION, AND IT INCLUDES THE
SWINOMISH INDIAN DRY BALL
COMMUNITY, THE SAUK-SUIATTE
INDIAN TRIBE, AND NATIONAL PARK
SERVICE AND USGS AND FOREST
SERVICES.
WE HAVE A LOT OF PARTNERS IN
OUR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
THE OTHER ASPECT IS RESEARCH.
WE LEAD IT OR SUPPORT IT
COLLABORATIVELY, AND STUPLO IS
VERY IMPORTANT.
WE HAVE BEEN MODELING A FEW OF
THOSE, AND THAT INFORMATION IS
HELPING WITH OUR SKAGIT
HYDROELECTRIC PLAN, AND THE
LONG-RANGE PLAN FOR 20 YEARS,
BALANCING THE ENERGY LOAD FROM
CUSTOMERS, AND THAT'S THE
SUPPLY FROM GENERATION OR
CONTRACTS.
WE ARE ALSO DOING RESEARCH ON
WATER TEMPERATURE MODELING FOR
RESERVOIRS, AND LANDSLIDING IN
THE FUTURES, THE HAZARDS WILL
CHANGE.
WE ARE MONITORING AND DOING
RESEARCH ON THE GLACIERS.
IT TRIBUTES TO THE MELTS IN THE
SUMMER FOR MELT IN THE SUMMER.
WE ARE LOOKING AT SMOKE EVENTS,
AND PEOPLE HAVE TO CLOSE THEIR
WINDOWS AND USE AIR
CONDITIONERS OR AIR FILTERS,
AND ALSO LOOKING AT CHANGES IN
EXTREMES, TEMPERATURES COLD OR
HIGH, AND WIND, AND LIGHTNING.
SOME OF THE RESEARCH WE ARE
DOING.
I WANT TO MOVE ON TO SOME OF
THE PROJECTS.
SO WILD FIRE, WILD FIRE IS
REALLY A CONCERN WITH WILD
FIRE, EVEN BEFORE THE TERRIBLE
STORIES WE HAVE HEARD OUT OF
CALIFORNIA, AND SO WE HAVE
EXPERIENCED WILD FIRE AT ONE OF
OUR FACILITIES, THE SKAGIT
PROJECT YOU MAY HAVE KNOWN.
THE GOODELL CREEK FIRE THAT
THREATENED OUR COMPANY TOWN AND
OUR GORGE POWER HOUSE, AND IT
DAMAGED OUR TRANSMISSION LINES
AND SHUT OUR TRANSMISSION LINES
DOWN FOR ABOUT 9 DAYS, AND IT
ALSO SHUT DOWN HIGHWAY 20, THE
ACCESS TO OUR FACILITIES, AND
WE HAD TO EVACUATE OUR COMPANY
TOWN OF DIABLO AND THE OTHER
TWO POWERHOUSES, AND IN THE END
COST US OVER $2.5 MILLION IN
REPAIRS, FIRE FIGHTING,
EVACUATION, AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT, PLUS AN ADDITIONAL
$1 MILLION IN ENERGY PURCHASES,
AND YOU GET REIMBURSED ABOUT
THIS, 87.5% FROM FEMA AND THE
STATE, BECAUSE IT WAS AN
EMERGENCY SITUATION, BUT THAT
EVENT REALLY HIGHLIGHTED HOW
GLAD WE WERE THAT WE ARE
PREPARING, AND THERE'S MORE
THINGS WE CAN DO TO SECURE THE
INFRASTRUCTURE, WORKING WITH
NEIGHBORS FOR VEGETATION
CONTROL.
>> IF I MAY, I THINK WHILE WE
ARE HERE IN THE CITY, AND WE
HAVE LIGHTS AND COOLING, AND WE
HAVE HEATING AND THE AMENITIES
OF THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT, WE
OFTEN FORGET ABOUT THE ASSETS
THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT OUR
REGION AND IN HAVE INTENSE
WILDERNESS PLACES.
I WAS ON MY WAY TO BACKPACK
OUTSIDE OF DIABLO, AND THE
GOODELL FIRE OCCURRED IT TOOK
THE LIVES OF A NUMBER OF
FIREFIGHTERS, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> I ALSO.
TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE
LIVES OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS.
WHEN I WAS AMERICORPS, I WAS
RED CARD CERTIFIED, AND WHEN WE
LOOK AT THE TRANSMISSION LINE
IN THE SKAGIT VALLEY, SOME ARE
HUNG BETWEEN CLIFFS, ABOVE THE
RIVER, AND SO WHILE WE SIT HERE
IN OUR URBAN ENVIRONMENT, AND
WE GET TO EXPERIENCE THE
BENEFITS OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE,
I THINK TOO OFTEN WE FORGET THE
IMMENSE MAINTENANCE AND
OPERATIONS AND RESILIENCY WE
NEED BECAUSE THESE FIRES CAN
REALLY TAKE ON THE
INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE LIGHTS STAY ON HERE BECAUSE
OF THE BACK END WORK YOU DO AT
CITY LIGHT.
>> THANK YOU.
WE APPRECIATE THAT.
>> -- WE RELY ON THE ENTIRE
GRID SYSTEM OF POWER, AND ALL
THE FACILITIES CUTTING ACROSS
THE STATE AND PASSES, AND IT'S
JUST NOT CITY LIGHT FACILITIES.
>> ANOTHER PART OF THE BUSINESS
IS RESTORING FISH HABITAT, AND
OUR TROUT SPECIES.
WE PURCHASE THE LANDS IN OUR
WATER SHEDS AND RESTORE THEM TO
BE RESILIENT TODAY AND IN THE
FUTURE.
IT'S OUR SPOUSAL CREEK PROJECT,
AND WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING
THE ADAPTATION PROJECT ON.
WE WILL BE REPLANTING TREE
SPECIES SOURCED FROM HERE
LOCALLY AND ALSO FROM THE
CONDITIONS THAT ARE WARMER AND
DRIER IN CALIFORNIA AND
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND OREGON.
SO WE WILL PLANT THOSE IN THE
NEXT FEW WEEKS.
STAY TUNED TO HEAR MORE ABOUT
THAT PROJECT.
. AND THEN LASTLY I WANT TO
SHARE THIS COOL PROJECT BECAUSE
IT'S HOT OFF THE SHELF.
IT'S REALLY A GOOD
COLLABORATION WITH UNIVERSITIES
AND WITH TRIBES AND SKAGIT
SCIENCE CONSORTIUM.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO TAKE THE
SCIENCE INFORMATION AND PUT IT
INTO SOMETHING PEOPLE CAN USE
AS A TOOL AND TO TRANSLATE THE
NUMBER USED IN DESIGN AND LONG-
TERM PLANNING, AND THERE'S TWO
TOOLS NOW ONLINE, AND IT'S
PUBLICALLY AVAILABLE, AND IT'S
INTERACTIVE, AND IT WILL GIVE
YOU AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT TO LOOK
AT.
YOU PULL UP THE TOOL, SELECT
THE RESERVOIR SITE AND LOOK AT
HOW THE MONTHLY STREAM FLOW HAS
LOOKS IN THE FUTURE COMPARED TO
HISTORIC, AND YOU CAN ALSO LOOK
AT A DIFFERENT TIME IN THE
FUTURE LIKE LATER IN THE
CENTURY TO SEE IF IT'S GOING TO
BE THE SAME, GETTING WORSE?
AND WE CAN USE PLANTS AND AN
ENGINEER CAN PLANT A CULVERT
FROM AN ACCESS ROAD TO HAVE IT
LAST INTO THE THE FUTURE FLOW
CHANGE.
SO LASTLY, THIS ADAPTATION PLAN
HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR ABOUT 5
YEARS, IMPLEMENTING IT, BUT
IT'S ABOUT TIME TO CHECK ON THE
INFORMATION THAT IS OUT THERE
AND UPDATE THE PLAN, AND THIS
INCLUDES ADVANCEMENTS IN
CLIMATE DATA AND IMPACTS AND
NEW STRATEGIES AND PRIORITIES
AND ACTION IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
PORTION OF IT, AND THEN ADDING
METRIC BASELINES.
STAY TUNED TO HEAR MORE ABOUT
THAT IN THE COMING YEAR.
WITH THAT, ANY QUESTIONS?
>> YOU KNOW, I REALLY JUST
CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH.
I THINK SEATTLE CITY LIGHT IS
ONE OF OUR BEST ASSETS TO BE
ABLE TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE
AND THE CLIMATE CRISIS AS WE
KNOW WE HAVE ABOUT 10 YEARS,
MAYBE 12 YEARS AT MOST TO MAKE
VERY LARGE BEHAVIORAL CHANGES
IN HOW WE OPERATE AND LIVE, AND
OTHERWISE, THIS WORLD MAY NOT
BE HABITABLE.
WE ARE ALREADY 50 YEARS PAST
CLIMATE CHANGE BEING A KNOWN
ENTITY --
>> YEAH.
>> AND WE HAVE ONLY REALLY
STARTED TO ADDRESS IT IN A
MEANINGFUL WAY IN MAYBE THE
LAST 5 YEARS, AND WE HAVE HAD
MANY CLIMATE ACTION PLANS THAT
HAVE MISSED THE MARKS,
UNDERPERFORMED, AND IF WE
DON'T, THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE
BEEN NIPPING AND TUCKING AROUND
THE EDGES, IF WE DON'T MAKE
LARGE-SCALE, BOLD CHANGES TO
THE WAY WE LIVE, WE WILL NOT BE
ABLE TO.
>> RIGHT.
>> AND WITH THE FOREST
RESTORATION, THE SALMON HABITAT
RESTORATION, THE WAY WE ARE
ABLE IT TO GENERATE ENERGY
WITHOUT CREATING CARBON
EMISSIONS, GRANTED I HAVE SOME
OTHER COMMENTS, BUT I WILL SAVE
THAT FOR ANOTHER DAY, IT REALLY
IS THE FULL ECOSYSTEM WE NEED
TO BE LOOKING AT AND THE WAY,
AND I'M JUST SO PROUD OF CITY
LIGHT FOR BEING THE GREENEST
UTILITY IN THE NATION, AND I'M
JUST REALLY PROUD OF YOUR WORK.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU BECAUSE THE CITY HAS TO
MAKE SOME PRETTY WHOLE SCALE
CHANGES TO ADDRESS THE CLIMATE
CRISIS.
>> GREAT.
>> ANYTHING?
>> I WILL WAIT.
>> OKAY.
>> AND THEN THE CITY COUNCIL IS
GOING TO BE DOING, HOPEFULLY,
WHILE YOU'RE DOING THE GROUND
BREAKING WORT WORK WITH CITY
LIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO BE
LOOKING AT EVERY PIECE OF
LEGISLATION, ASKING ABOUT
EMISSIONS AND CLIMATE A
ADAPTATION.
WE WILL BENEFIT FROM THE WORK
YOU'RE DOING ON THE GROUND.
>> THIS IS ONLY TO ME, SO, I
ASK YOUR INDULGENCE.
I'M INTERESTED IN WHERE OUR
ELECTRICITY COMES FROM.
I KNOW THE BULK OF IT IS H
ISSUE YDROELECTRIC, BUT I DON'T
THINK THAT'S ALL OF IT.
GIVEN THE INCREASED DEMAND, CAN
YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT THE PLAN IS
FOR ADDRESSING THAT AND WHAT IT
MEANS FOR WHERE OUR ELECTRICITY
NEEDS TO COME FROM, WHAT THE
PLANS ARE FOR ADDRESSING THAT?
>> YOU WANT MANY TO ADDRESS
THAT?
>> GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, YES, SO WE ARE
UNFORTUNATELY DEBRA WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE HERE, AND SHE'S
NOT HERE.
I'M SURE SHE HAS OPINIONS ON
THIS SHE WILL SHARE.
GENERALLY SPEAKING WE ARE
ANTICIPATING AS TRANSPORTATION
ELECTRIFIES OUR LOAD,
BUILDINGS, ALL ELECTRIFY CASES
WILL CAUSE AN INCREASE IN OUR
LOAD EVEN THOUGH OVER THE LAST
FEW YEARS BECAUSE OF
CONSERVATION IT'S BEEN
DECREASING.
WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT
GROWING, AND THE PACE OF GROWTH
IS THE QUESTION.
WE ANTICIPATE IT WILL BE FAIRLY
SLOW GROWING, BUT THAT PROBABLY
DEPENDS MORE ON WHAT YOU DO
THAN WHAT WE DO.
WHERE THAT IS GOING TO COME
FROM, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF
CHOICES IN THE STATE.
IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE
RENEWABLE.
FOSSIL FUELS ARE NO LONGER
ALLOWED OR BEING PHASED OUT IT
WILL HAVE TO BE WIND, SOLAR, OR
OTHER STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES, AND
THOSE ARE THE ONLY OPTIONS, AND
YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY IS DOING
THAT PUGET SOUND ENERGY HAS TO
TRANSFORM THEIR FLEET FROM YOU
KNOW, A HEAVY FOSSIL FUEL TO
LESS, AND WE ARE ALL IN THAT
SAME MARKET, AND IT'S GOING TO
BE VERY CHALLENGING.
I WAS JUST READING AN ARTICLE
THIS MORNING FROM HAWAII WHERE
THEY HAVE HAVING A CHALLENGE
BECAUSE OF THE LAND, WIND, AND
SOLAR, AND TRANSMISSION WILL BE
A HUGE ISSUE, AND WILD FIRES A
HUGE ISSUE FOR TRANSMISSION.
THERE'S SOME SIGNIFICANT
CHALLENGE COMING, NOT JUST CITY
LIGHT, BUT ALL OF US IN THE
REGION.
>> YEP.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WELL, THANK YOU FOR COMING
HERE, AND COLLEAGUES, ANY MORE
QUESTIONS BEFORE WE CONCLUDE
THE MEETING?
>> WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY WE
-- I WOKE UP TO THE ARTICLE,
I'M SURE WE ALL SAW IT ABOUT
THE PUSH TO JUST GET RID OF GAS-
POWERED CARS AT ALL AND HOW IT
WAS A CRAZY IDEA WHEN IT WAS
FIRST DISCUSSED, AND HOW
THERE'S TEN LEGISLATORS IN
OLYMPIA SIGNING ON TO THE BILL,
AND I DON'T KNOW IT'S GOING TO
PASS.
IT SEEMS UNLIKELY, BUT I WANT
TO ENCOURAGE US ALL TO CONTINUE
TO THINK BOLDLY ABOUT WHAT WE
NEED TO DO THIS IS A CRISIS,
AND I HAVE TOLD THE STORY MANY
TIMES, BUT MY 12-YEAR-OLD SON
IS WORRIED HE'S NOT GOING TO
MAKE IT TO 25 BECAUSE HE KNOWS
WE ONLY HAVE 12 YEARS BEFORE WE
HAVE A REAL CRISIS ON OUR
HANDS, A CATASTROPHE, AND SO
THAT'S ALWAYS IN MY MIND AS I'M
THINKING OF WHAT WE CAN DO AT
THE JURISDICTION, THE
JURISDICTION LEVEL TO MAKE SURE
WE ARE PROTECTING THE FUTURE
FOR OUR KIDS.
>> THANKS.
>> I BELIEVE, I WILL HAVE TO
RECHECK WITH THE CITY CLERK'S
OFFICE AND THE MUNICIPAL
ARCHIVES, BUT A BELIEVE THERE
WAS A PROPOSAL IN 1970s THAT
DOWNTOWN WOULD BE ELECTRIC CAR
ONLY, AND AGAIN THIS IS 50
YEARS LATER, AFTER THE
TECHNOLOGIES WERE INITIALLY
DEVELOPED, AND WE ARE ONLY NOW
MAKING MEANINGFUL ACTION ON
THEM, AND WE ARE 50 YEARS MIND,
WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE A DEFERRED
MAINTENANCE TO REALLY DEAL
WITH, AND SO, AGAIN I WANT TO
THANK ALL OF CITY LIGHT'S WORK,
AND THANK YOU, CHAIR FOR A
WONDERFULLY RUN COMMITTEE
TODAY.
>> IF NO OBJECTIONS, WE WILL
ADJOURN THE MEETING.
THANK YOU.
>> THANKS, EVERYBODY.