WILL, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
THE MARCH 4, 2020 MEETING OF
THE TRANSPORTATION AND
UTILITIES MEETING WILL COME TO
ORDER.
IT IS 9:43 A.M.
I AM ADAM PETERSON, AND I AM
JOINED BY COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS, AND COUNCILMEMBER
MIRELES.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION TODAY'S
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
AT THIS TIME I WILL TAKE PUBLIC
COMMENT ON ITEMS THAT APPEAR ON
TODAY'S AGENDA.
WE HAVE 20 MINUTES TODAY FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT.
SPEAKERS, LIMIT YOUR TIME TO
TWO MINUTES AND WE WILL ADHERE
TO THAT STRICTLY.
AS A REMINDER PUBLIC COMMENT IS
LIMITED TO ITEMS THAT ARE ON
THE AGENDA OR WITHIN THE
PURVIEW OF THIS COMMITTEE.
WHEN YOU BEGIN, WE WILL START
WITH DEB BARKER, PLEASE
IDENTIFY YOURSELF AND THE
AGENDA ITEM OR TRANSPORTATION
UTILITIES OR TECHNOLOGY ISSUE
YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.
THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING.
SEATTLE RESIDENT. KER, WEST
I'M SPEAKING THIS MORNING ON
THE WHITAKER ALLEY VACATION
IDOLIZATION.
I SENT THE COMMITTEE A LETTER
JUST BECAUSE I HAD DONE SOME
RESEARCH OF THE TYPE WHERE YOU
DRIVE AROUND RESEARCH AND FOUND
THAT THE WHITTAKER PROJECT
APPEARS TO NOT HAVE ONE OF ITS
CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL COMPLIED
WITH AND THAT THERE IS NO
VISUAL DETERRENT TO TAKING LEFT
TURNS OUT OF THE ALLEY ONTO
FAUNTLEROY SOUTHWEST.
THIS CONCERNS ME IN THAT I FEEL
AS IF THERE IS NO SIGNAGE,
WHETHER IT IS ON THE PAVEMENT,
ON THE ALLEY VACATION, OR
PHYSICALLY ASSIGNED.
IT FEELS LIKE THE CITY IS
SETTING ITSELF UP FOR SOMETHING
THAT HAPPENED AT THE COSTCO
SITE WHERE THERE WAS NO RIGHT
TURN ONLY ARROW AND ULTIMATELY
THAT SITE ON FOURTH AVENUE
SOUTH ENDED UP WITH A SEEKER TO
PREVENT PEOPLE FROM MAKING LEFT
TURNS AGAINST TRAFFIC.
FAUNTLEROY, SINCE THE TIME OF
THE WHITTAKER VALLEY VACATION
HAS SEEN A HUGE AMOUNT OF
INCREASE TRAFFIC AND WHILE THE
SUBJECT PROPERTY HAS NOT SEEN
TOO MUCH PROPERTY INCREASE
BECAUSE THE WHOLE FOODS DO NOT
OPEN UNTIL JUST LAST YEAR.
SO WHILE THERE MAY BE NO
ACCIDENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED,
AND I HAVE NOT CHECKED OFF THE
RECORDS, IT JUST SEEMS UNWISE
TO NOT FOLLOW THROUGH ON A
CONDITION OF APPROVAL.
THAT SAID, THIS IS NOTHING TO
DO WITH THE ALLEY VACATION, BUT
I WOULD LIKE TO CALL OUT THE
FACT THAT THE WHITTAKER PROJECT
HAS NOT COMPLETED ITS FULL
DESIGN STANDARDS AND THERE IS
VINYL WRAP.
WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A
PROJECT THAT WHEN IT IS TURNED
RIGHT SIDE UP, LOOKS LIKE THIS.
INSTEAD THIS TOWER IS COVERED
WITH VINYL WRAP SIGNAGE
ADVERTISING IT IS FOR LEASE.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
TIME AND I HOPE YOU WOULD MAKE
THE PROJECT SAFE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I BELIEVE THERE ARE NO MORE
COMMENTERS?
WE WILL JUMP RIGHT INTO THE
REST OF THE AGENDA.
WE HAVE 11 ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
OUR FIRST SEVEN ITEMS OF
BUSINESS CONCERN APPOINTMENTS
FOR OR TO THE COMMUNITY
TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY BOARD AND
THREE TO THE SEATTLE BICYCLE
ADVISORY BOARD.
LET'S HAVE THE COMMUNITY
TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY BOARD FOLKS
COME UP TO THE TABLE FOR NOW.
THESE ARE ALL SEVEN
APPOINTMENTS, BOTH SETS, ART
MAYORAL APPOINTMENTS.
WE WILL FIRST HEAR FROM THE
COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY
BOARD AND WILL HAVE OUR
COMMITTEE CLERK READ THE FIRST
FOUR ITEMS INTO THE RECORD.
>> THE APPOINTMENT 01564, AND
APPOINTMENT 01565, ARE FOR
COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY
BOARD APPOINTMENTS FOR A TERM
ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2020.
BRANDON LINDSEY AND LASSANA
MAGASSA . APPOINTMENT 01566 AND
01567 ARE ALSO FOR THE
COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY
BOARD FOR TERM EXPIRING
DECEMBER 31, 2021, CAMILLE
MALONZO AND JOHN C. KRULL .
>> LET'S FIRST HAVE THE
PRESENTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE
INTRODUCE THE APPLICANTS AND WE
WILL HEAR DIRECTLY FROM WHO WAS
ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY.
>> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS
TRACYE CANTRELL, WE ARE HERE
TO BRING FOUR APPOINTMENTS FOR
THE COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY
ADVISORY BOARD. THIS IS AN
ADVISORY BOARD THAT IS A LONG-
STANDING TRADITION WITH THE
CITY OF SEATTLE.
IT ENGAGES IN COMMUNITY-BASED
INTERESTS AND HAS DISCUSSED
THINGS LIKE PRIVACY AND
COMMUNITY, HOW WE DO DIGITAL
LITERACY, IT IS ALSO PLAYED A
LONG-STANDING ROLE IN OUR TECH
MATCHING FUND.
IT IS A VERY VALUABLE BOARD AND
COMMISSION.
I HAVE BEFORE US TWO
APPOINTMENTS THAT ARE MOST
CAPABLE OF INTRODUCING
THEMSELVES AND SHARING A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT THEMSELVES.
THEN WE HAVE TO APPOINTMENTS
WERE UNABLE TO JOIN US TODAY.
SO I'M GOING TO LET
INTRODUCTIONS BEGIN.
>> HI, I AM BRANDON LINDSEY .
>> GOOD MORNING, I AM LASSANA
MAGASSA.
>> GOOD MORNING, IF YOU COULD
EACH TELL US ABOUT YOUR
QUALIFICATIONS AND WHAT YOU
HOPE TO ACHIEVE BY SERVING ON
THE BOARD, THEN WE CAN ASK SOME
QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY
AND STAND IN FRONT OF YOU ALL.
I WANT TO BE A PART OF THE CITY
THAT IS ENGAGED TO MAKE THIS
BETTER FOR ALL RESIDENTS.
I WANT TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE US A
MORE LIVABLE CITY, OR EQUITABLE
CITY, A CLEANER CITY, SAFER
CITY, AND JUST ABOUT HER CITY,
BUT I THINK TECHNOLOGY IS
GETTING AHEAD OF OUR ETHICS IN
SOME WAYS AND THERE'S A LOT OF
QUESTIONS ABOUT CAN WE DO IT
AND WHETHER SHOULD WE DO IT.
AND IF WE SHOULD, THEN HOW?
I THINK IS WHAT THE TECHNOLOGY
BOARD IS HERE TO THINK ABOUT
AND I'M EXCITED TO BE A PART OF
THAT CONVERSATION.
I HAVE WORKED A LONG TIME WITH
GOODWILL AND OUR COMMUNITY
EDUCATION PROGRAMS DESIGNING,
DEVELOPING, MANAGING,
IMPLANTING, JOB TRAINING AND
EDUCATION PROGRAMS.
I HAVE WORKED WITH A LOT OF
LOCAL NONPROFITS, I HAVE WORKED
WITH A LOT OF REGIONAL FUNDERS,
LIKE THE UNITED WAY, THE
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL,
DEVELOPING YOUTH PROGRAMS,
YOUTH JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS.
I'VE WORKED A LOT ON DIGITAL
LITERACY AT GOODWILL, IMPLANTING
iPAD IN THE CLASS OR PROGRAM,
WORKING WITH THE CITYS DIGITAL
EQUITY INITIATIVE, THE LEARNING
NETWORK TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT
HOW TO SHARE GOODWILL'S BEST
PRACTICES AND HOW TO IMPROVE
OUR TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION ACROSS
THE CITY.
RECENTLY I HAVE BEEN STUDYING
DATA ANALYTICS AND ABOUT TO GET
INTO A DATA SCIENCE PROGRAM AND
AN OPEN DAD IS A BIG THING THAT
THE CITY IS INVOLVED IN SO
REALLY EXCITED TO BE A PART OF
HOW WE THINK ABOUT DATA,
PRIVACY, TO MAKE OUR CITY A
BETTER PLACE.
THAT IS WHY I'M EXCITED TO BE A
PART OF THIS COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
WHY DO WE HEAR FROM OUR NEXT
APPLICANT AND WE CAN ASK
QUESTIONS.
>> MY NAME IS LASSANA MAGASSA.
IN TERMS OF MY QUALIFICATIONS,
I HAVE AN UNDERGRAD IN COMPUTER
SCIENCE FROM A HISTORICAL BLACK
COLLEGE IN VIRGINIA AND
CURRENTLY I'M A GRADUATE STUDENT
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON'S INFORMATION SCHOOL
WHERE MY RESEARCH RUNS ALONG
TWO LINES, RESEARCH IS LOOKING
AT WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE
RETURNING FROM INCARCERATION
HAVE THE DIGITAL LITERACY
SKILLS NECESSARY TO THRIVE IN
THE 21st CENTURY SOCIETY AND TO
COMPLETE THAT RESEARCH, I HAVE
BUILT A FRAMEWORK OF DIGITAL
LITERACY THAT CONSIDERS SOCIAL
BEHAVIORAL ASPECT OF WHAT IT
MEANS TO BE DIGITALLY LITERATE.
AS WELL AS THE EFFECTIVE
COMPONENT OF DIGITAL LITERACY
AND I HAD CURRENTLY ABOUT 40
FORMERLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE
PARTICIPATE IN A QUESTIONNAIRE
TO PROVIDE INFORMATION THAT
SHED SOME LIGHT ON WHETHER OR
NOT THEY WERE PREPARED AND
HOPEFULLY THAT RESEARCH WILL BE
ABLE TO INFORM BOTH THE
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND
ALSO THE CITY OF SEATTLE ON
PROGRAMS AND INTERVENTIONS TO
SUPPORT THEIR COMMUNITY.
ALSO THE OTHER LINE OF RESEARCH
THAT I DO AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON IS ROUND TECHNOLOGY
POLICY AND THERE I REALLY WORK
IN THE TECH POLICY LAB WHICH IS
A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE
COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT,
THE LAW SCHOOL, AND THE
INFORMATION SCHOOL, TO WORK ON
A PROJECT CALLED DIVERSE VOICES,
WHERE WE BRING IN
UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES
AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT CUTTING
EDGE TECHNOLOGY AND GET THEIR
OPINIONS ON HOW POLICY SHOULD
BE UP LAMENTED THERE.
ALSO MY IDENTITY LIES AT THE
INTERSECTION OF SEVERAL
IDENTITIES, SOME AFRICAN-
AMERICAN, MUSLIM, AM A CHILD OF
IMMIGRANTS, IMMIGRATING TO
AMERICA.
IN ADDITION TO BEING A GRADUATE
STUDENT I AM ALSO LOW INCOME, SO
I'M AT THE INTERSECTION OF
SEVERAL IDENTITIES AND CLOSELY
CONNECTED TO THESE COMMUNITIES
AND I SEE MY OPPORTUNITY TO
SERVE AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
REPRESENT THEIR VOICES, TO
ACTUALLY TAP INTO THEIR VOICES
AND MAKE SURE THEIR NEEDS AND
CONCERNS ARE CONSIDERED AS
POLICIES, TECH POLICY DECISIONS
ARE BEING MADE.
>> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS COUNCILMEMBERS?
WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT
THE OTHER TWO CANDIDATES,
PLEASE.
>> THE OTHER TWO CANDIDATES,
JOHN C. KRULL HAS BEEN AN
EXISTING BOARD MEMBER AND THIS
IS A RENEWAL FOR HIM.
ON HIS APPLICATION, PART OF HIS
SKILL IS UNDERSTANDING THE
EDUCATION SYSTEM.
HE COMES FROM THE SEATTLE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND SO HE HAS
PASSION FOR DIGITAL LITERACY
AND EDUCATION.
THE OTHER MEMBER THAT WE WERE
BRINGING FORWARD, CAMILLE, ON
HER APPLICATION AND SHE HAS BEEN
A REGULAR PARTICIPANT OF C TAB,
NOT AS A BOARD MEMBER BUT HER
PASSION AND EXPERTISE LIE IN
THE PRIVACY ARENA AND HOW WE
ARE BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF
PRIVACY.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS?
HEARING NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS
OR ANY QUESTIONS, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH EVERYBODY FOR BEING
HERE.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE
CONFIRMATION FOR APPOINTMENT
01564, 01565, 01566, 01567.
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
LET'S VOTE IN FAVOR BY RAISING
OUR HANDS AND SAYING AYE.
>> AYE.
>> IN A AGAINST?
ABSTENTION'S?
NO, THE MOTION CARRIES AND
MOVES FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU AND
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO READ
THE NEXT ITEMS FOR THE SEATTLE
BICYCLE ADVISORY BOARD
APPOINTMENTS AND WE WILL HAVE
THEM COME UP.
>> APPOINTMENT 01569 AND 01570
ARE FOR SEATTLE BICYCLE
ADVISORY BOARD POSITIONS
EXPIRING AUGUST 31, 2020,
CONNOR F. INSLEE AND SARAH
UDELHOFEN . APPOINTMENT 01571
IS ALSO SEATTLE BICYCLE
ADVISORY BOARD FOR A TERM
THROUGH AUGUST 31, 2021 .
>> WELCOME.
SO IS THERE ANYBODY FROM THE
EXECUTIVE HERE?
YES, OKAY.
PLEASE GO AHEAD AND START AND
INTRODUCE AND WE WILL TALK TO
THE APPLICANTS.
>> MY NAME IS SIMON BLENSKI,
TRANCE PETITION PLANNER AND A
STAFF PLANNER FOR THE ADVISORY
BOARD.
WE ARE HERE FOR THREE MAYORAL
APPOINTMENTS TO THE BOARD.
A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND TO
REMIND YOU ABOUT THE BOARD
ITSELF.
IT IS TASKED WITH ADVISING THE
MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, AND CITY
APPOINTMENTS AND OFFICES OF THE
CITY ON MATTERS RELATED TO
BIKING AND THE IMPACT WHICH
ACTIONS BY THE CITY HAVE ON
BIKING.
WE HAD 11 BOARD MEMBERS ARE
APPOINTED TO TWO-YEAR TERMS,
BOTH BY CITY COUNCIL AND THE
MAYOR.
WE ALSO HAVE ONE ENGAGED MEMBER
THAT IS APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR
AND THAT SERVES A ONE-YEAR
TERM.
WE HAVE THREE APPOINTMENTS HERE
TODAY, TWO MEMBERS ARE PRESENT
AND I WILL LET THEM INTRODUCE
THEMSELVES RIGHT NOW.
>> THANK YOU.
>> MY NAME IS SARAH UDELHOFEN .
>> CONNOR F. INSLEE.
>> WHAT YOU TELL US ABOUT YOUR
QUALIFICATIONS AND WHY YOU
WOULD LIKE TO BE ON THE BOARD
AND I WAS ACTUALLY AT THE MOVE
SEATTLE LEVY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE LAST NIGHT AND THEY
HAD A LIAISON FROM THIS BOARD
TO THAT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
WHICH IS VERY USEFUL.
PLEASE.
>> I BELIEVE THE TRANSPORTATION
AFFECTS EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR
LIVES AND OUR HEALTH AND HUMAN
HAPPINESS AND OUR ENVIRONMENT,
OBVIOUSLY.
AS WE ALL KNOW THE CITY IS
GROWING AND WE NEED SOME SMART
SOLUTIONS TO WORK TOWARDS
KEEPING PEOPLE MOVING AROUND
SEATTLE AND GETTING WHERE THEY
NEED TO BE.
I BELIEVE THAT BIKING IS ONE OF
THOSE SOLUTIONS AND HAVE BEEN
ACTIVE IN THE BIKE COMMUNITY
FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS THAT I
HAVE LIVED IN SEATTLE, WORKING
WITH SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOOD
GREENWAYS ON ADVOCACY, THE
CASCADE ADVOCACY LEADERSHIP
INSTITUTE, AND TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY OF
BIKING IN SEATTLE AND I'M ALSO
ACTIVE IN THE WOMEN TRANSFER
THEM BY GROUP SO I DO A LOT OF
COMMUNITY WORK GETTING PEOPLE
OUT IN WRITING.
MY DAY JOB, I'M WORKING FOR
COMMUTE SEATTLE WHERE I WORK ON
THE PRODUCTION PROGRAM SO
THROUGH THAT I GET TO HEAR A
LOT OF THE CONCERNS OF
BUSINESSES ALL ACROSS THE CITY,
ALONG WITH THE THOUGHTS FROM
COMMUTERS.
I THINK THAT IS THE UNIQUE
PERSPECTIVE THAT I BRING FROM
THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO FROM THE
BUSINESS SIDE OF HEARING WHAT
IS GOING ON ON A DAY-TO-DAY
BASIS.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HOPING
TO MAKE A MORE CONNECTED CITY
AD MAKE IT SAFER FOR ALL AGES
AND ABILITIES TO BIKE
THROUGHOUT SEATTLE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> IN MORNING, CONNOR INSLEE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
I AM A 13 YEAR RESIDENT OF
SEATTLE, LIFELONG WASHINGTON
RESIDENT. I HATE TRAFFIC, I
HAVE SEEN TRAFFIC GROW HERE AND
I THINK BIKES ARE BIG ANSWER TO
THAT.
I HAVE BEEN RIDING MY BIKE MY
ENTIRE LIFE.
I SEE THAT IS A BIG SHIFT IN
SEATTLE THAT WE CAN SUPPORT.
ADDITIONALLY I WORK IN THE
CYCLING COMMUNITY AND OF THE
ASSOCIATIVE DIRECTIVE DIRECTOR
AND PROVIDE ADAPTIVE RECREATION
TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND
WE HAVE A VERY LARGE CYCLING
CENTER, PROBABLY OUR LARGEST
ACTIVITY SERVING 3000
INDIVIDUALS PER YEAR WITH THAT
AND SING THE IMPACTS OF THAT IN
THE CITY WITH IMPROVED PATHWAYS
, RIGHT OF WAYS, SAFETY, AND
SUPPORT FOR THE CYCLING
úCOMMUNITY, I THINK THERE'S A
LOT WE CAN DO THERE IN
IMPROVING THE THOROUGHFARES OF
THE CITY.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS
ANY QUESTIONS?
WOULD YOU LIKE TO TALK ABOUT
THE THIRD CANDIDATE.
>> THE THIRD CANDIDATE IS
PIERRE BRUNELLE , HE IS A NEW
SEATTLE RESIDENT, A RECENT
IMMIGRANT FROM FRANCE AND HE IS
A REGULAR COMMUTER TO DOWNTOWN
SEATTLE WHERE HE WORKS AS A
CIVIL ENGINEER AND SCIENTIST
AND WHILE HE IS NEW TO SEATTLE,
HE HAS EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH
PUBLIC OFFICIALS, INCLUDING
PRIOR WORK FACILITATING PUBLIC
DEBATES FOR THE EUROPEAN SPACE
AGENDA REGARDING INVESTMENTS
FOR PUBLIC FUNDING AND HE SENDS
A MESSAGE THAT HE WISHES HE
COULD BE HERE TODAY AND EXCITED
TO BE ON THE BOARD.
>> THANK YOU.
>> CONNOR, YOUR WORK WITH
OUTDOORS FOR ALL.
I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE
ORGANIZATION AND OF TRIED MY
BEST TO SUPPORT THEM IN AS MANY
WAYS AS POSSIBLE.
CAN YOU SHARE FOR FOLKS WERE
LIVING WITH DISABILITIES, WHAT
DOES A CONNECTED BIKE NETWORK,
WHAT DOES PROPER INFRASTRUCTURE,
HOW DOES THAT CHANGE HOW
SOMEBODY NAVIGATES OUR CITY?
>> IT CAN BE SIMPLE.
IT IS AS SIMPLE AS CURB CUTS IN
A LOT OF PLACES WITH BIKE PATHS.
SOMETHING WE WORKED ON YEARS AGO
WITH THE BURKE GILMAN TRAIL,
ADAPTIVE CYCLES ARE UNIQUE.
IF ANYBODY WANTS TO COME SEE
THEM, WE HAVE A LOT OF THEM
THAT MAGNUSON PARK BUT THEY ARE
OFTEN WIDER AND ARE TWO, THREE,
FOUR-WHEEL CYCLES AND IT IS THE
ABILITY TO FIT BETWEEN THE POST
S THE BLACK RAILS AND CROSSINGS
TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ACCESS
WITH THOSE.
IT PROVIDES ACCESS IN FREEDOM
OF MOVEMENT. THE COOLEST STORY
I KNOW IS WE HAD A WRITER WHO
HAD NEVER RIDDEN BEFORE, SPINAL
CORD INJURY, WE SET THEM UP
WITH A HAND CYCLE AND HE STARTED
WRITING AND ENDED UP GOING BACK
TO COLLEGE TO COMMUNITY COLLEGE
NORTH SEATTLE AND WAS PULLING
HIS WHEELCHAIR BEHIND HIS HAND
CYCLE TO CLASS EVERY DAY
INSTEAD OF TAKING THE BUSES OR
A RIDESHARE, AND THAT GOES ALL
THE WAY UP TO SUPPORTING JUST
THE OVERALL HEALTH OF
INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES
AND BEING ABLE TO GET OUT AND
RECREATE.
THERE IS A HUGE BARRIER, THE
EXPENSE OF THIS EQUIPMENT, AND
MAKING IT SO IT IS EASY TO GET
OUT AND ENJOY.
>> AND IN YOUR RESUME YOU SHARE
MOST MEMORABLE OUTDOOR
EXPERIENCE AND THIS IS WORKING
WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE
DIFFERENT ABILITIES. CAN YOU
SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, AND
FOR ANYONE WHO CAN'T SEE THE
RESUME, KAYAKING WITH 15
VISUALLY IMPAIRED HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS IN A POT OF ORCA WHALES
EMERGED AND SUBMERGED AGAIN.
CAN YOU SHARE HOW YOUR
INTERACTION, WORKING WITH THESE
FOLKS, HAS CHANGED YOUR
PERSPECTIVE ON BOTH OUR CITY
AND HOW WE WORK WITH PEOPLE?
>> YEAH, THAT PARTICULAR
INSTANCE WAS PROFOUND BECAUSE
WE HAD A GROUP OF VISUALLY
IMPAIRED AND BLIND HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS OUT IN THE SAN JUAN'S
AND A POT OF WORKERS CAME CLOSE
ENOUGH TO US THEY COULD ACTUALLY
HEAR THEM VENTING, BREATHING,
AND SURFACING. THE IMPACT WE
SEE IN THEIR FACE AND GETTING
FOLKS OUTDOORS, I SEE THAT IS A
FUNDAMENTAL PART OF SEATTLE, IS
THE APPRECIATION FOR OUR
ENVIRONMENT AND OUR OUTDOORS
AND GETTING PEOPLE ON BIKES AND
CREATING THESE OPPORTUNITIES
AND MAKING IT A VIABLE SOLUTION
TO A LOT OF PROBLEMS, FROM
HEALTH TO TRAFFIC TO
TRANSPORTATION.
>> THAT IS REALLY GREAT, AND
FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW
PREVIOUSLY, CONNOR IS FAMOUS
FOR COMPLETING THE 70-48, 70
MILE GRACE FROM TO, TO PORT
TOWNSEND AND I WAS ALSO OUT
THERE WITH YOU.
SMITH WE WEREN'T SO GREAT THE
SECOND YEAR BUT WE CAN TALK
ABOUT THE FIRST YEAR.
>> EXACTLY.
I ALSO HAD A QUESTION FOR YOU
ABOUT DOWNTOWN NETWORK. CAN YOU
TELL US OF ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE
OF CONNECTED NETWORKS DOWNTOWN
FOR BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIANS?
>> YEAH, IT IS ESSENTIAL TO BE
ABLE TO GET FROM POINT A TO B
WITHOUT HAVING TO BE SPIT OUT
INTO TRAFFIC OR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT.
THERE ARE PLENTY OF CYCLISTS IN
SEATTLE THAT ARE EXPERIENCED
BUT THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE
WHO ARE JUST ON THE CUSP OF
MAYBE THEY ARE SLIGHTLY
INTERESTED IN BIKING AND WILL
BE A GREAT WAY FOR THEM TO GET
AROUND OR TO GET TO WORK OR SEE
THEIR FAMILY, BUT THEY ARE
AFRAID BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A
SAFE CONNECTED NETWORK DIRECTLY
ACROSS THE CITY, SO I DO THINK
IT IS SUCH AN INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT BASIC NETWORK THAT WE
GET THAT ALL CONNECTED SO AT
LEAST PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO GET
THROUGH DOWNTOWN AND THEN THEY
CAN CONNECT TO PLENTY OF THE
OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS
AROUND THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE
CITY.
AS WE SLOWLY PIECE IT ALL
TOGETHER, I THINK PEOPLE WILL
HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO ACCESS
BIKING A LOT MORE EASILY.
>> WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF EVEN
ONE MISSING BLOCK OF THAT
NETWORK?
>> YEAH, THINKING ABOUT TIMES
WHERE I HAVE BEEN OUT AND BEEN
ON THE STREET I WAS UNFAMILIAR
WITH OR NEW TO SEATTLE AND
TRYING TO FIND A WAY AROUND,
THE NUMBER OF TIMES I WOULD BE
BIKING AND IT WOULD JUST END
AND THEN YOU HAVE CARS OR
DIRECTLY NEXT TO YOU OR CARS
WERE TRYING TO TURN ACROSS YOU,
IT IS TERRIFYIG.
IT IS A SIX TON VEHICLE OF
METAL NEXT TO YOUR BODY AND
FLESH AND BONES.
SO TO HAVE A CONNECTED NETWORK
WHERE PEOPLE ARE PROTECTED FROM
CARS IS SO IMPORTANT TO GETTING
PEOPLE OUT THERE ON THEIR
BICYCLES AND ABLE TO USE THAT
AS A MODE OF TRANSPORTATION.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> I WANT TO THANK YOU BECAUSE
I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THIS WORK
IS FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO BE
ADVOCATING FOR THE KIND OF
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE NEED.
I HAVE A NINE-YEAR-OLD WANTS TO
RIDE HER BIKE TO SCHOOL NEXT
YEAR AND I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS,
CANDIDLY. I HAVE TOLD HER SHE
CAN RIDE IF SHE RIDES ON THE
SIDEWALK, BUT CARS SPEED DOWN
HER PATH SO QUICKLY AND EVEN
PASS EACH OTHER FOR THOSE
PEOPLE WHO ARE CRAZY ENOUGH TO
BE GOING THE SPEED LIMIT, I
DON'T FEEL SAFE LETTING HER
RIDE HER BIKE TO SCHOOL ON THAT
STREET.
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ADVOCACY AND YOUR WILLINGNESS
TO COMMIT TO THIS BODY SO WE CAN
MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY GETS
AROUND THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD
SAFELY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> IF I MAY SHARE MY OWN
EXPERIENCE WITH MISSING LINKS,
WHEN I WAS RIDING MY BIKE ABOUT
10 YEARS AGO I WAS HIT BY A
DRIVER AND I SPENT 48 HOURS IN
THE ICU AND THE ER, FOUR DAYS
IN HARBORVIEW, AND SO JUST IF
THE MISSING LINK HAD BEEN
COMPLETED I WOULD NOT HAVE HAD
THAT EXPERIENCE, AND I STILL
LIVE WITH THAT PAIN TODAY, SO
THE IMPORTANCE OF CONNECTING
MISSING LINKS AND MAKING SURE
WE HAVE A FULLY CONNECTED
NETWORK IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME
AND PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO
REACH OUT AND LET ME KNOW HOW I
CAN SUPPORT YOUR WORK.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HEARING NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE
THAT WE RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION
OF THESE APPOINTMENTS, 01569,
01570, 01571.
>> SECOND.
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE
BY SAYING AYE.
RAISE YOUR HAND.
>> AYE.
>> NOT OPPOSED, NO EXTENSIONS.
WE WILL MOVE FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU.
I WILL READ THE NEXT ITEM INTO
THE RECORD.
>> NEXT ITEM IS INFORMATION ITEM
BRIEFING ON STREET VACATIONS
AND TERM PERMITS BY THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
>> IN MOURNING, LET'S START WITH
INTRODUCTIONS BY OUR ESTEEMED
CENTRAL STAFF.
>> BEVERLY BARNETT, SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
>> AMY GRAY, SEATTLE DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION.
GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU FOR
HAVING US HERE.
WE FEEL VERY PRIVILEGED TO BE
ABLE TO COME IN AND TALK ABOUT
OUR WORK AND SOME OF THE THINGS
YOU WILL BE SEEING FROM US THIS
YEAR.
SO WE HAVE PREPARED A
POWERPOINT THAT ADDRESSES
STREET VACATION AND TERM PERMITS
AND THEIR PROCEDURES.
IT IS A LITTLE MORE DENSE THAN
WE WOULD NORMALLY BRING UP FOR
A POWERPOINT BUT WE WANTED TO
MAKE SURE THERE WAS BACKGROUND
THERE AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO
THROUGH EVERY SINGLE ELEMENT,
BUT WE WANTED TO PROVIDE
SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE USEFUL
OR BACKGROUND OR SPARK
QUESTIONS.
WE ARE ALWAYS HAPPY TO COME BACK
AND ONE THING I DID WANT TO
SUGGEST IS THAT PERHAPS WE
MIGHT WANT TO HAVE ANOTHER
SESSION JUST TALKING ABOUT THE
DESIGN COMMISSION ROLE, AND THAT
IS ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
ELEMENTS OF THE STREET VACATION
REVIEW AND WHAT THEY LOOK AT.
HOW THEY SUPPORT OUR WORK AND
THE DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL
IS SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE OF
INTEREST TO THE COMMITTEE.
SO WE WILL JUST GET STARTED.
THE FIRST SLIDE IS EAST HOWE
STREET.
WE PICKED THIS IS OUR
INTRODUCTORY STREET SINCE THERE
WAS BOTH SUBTERRANEAN VACATION
AND TERM PERMIT FOR SOME OF THE
SURFACE ELEMENTS.
IT COVERS BOTH OF OUR WORK.
THIS IS A STARTS MISSION AND
CORE VALUES.
WE LIKE TO START WITH THIS AND
ALL OF OUR PRESENTATIONS.
IT IS A REMINDER FOR ALL OF US
ABOUT WHAT HER WORK IS ABOUT
AND OUR VISION AND GOALS THAT
WE TRY TO IMPLEMENT.
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO KEEP
THIS IN OUR MINDS AND
EVERYONE'S MIND AS WE MOVE
FORWARD IN ALL OF OUR WORK.
FOR OUR PRESENTATION OVERVIEW,
WE WILL TALK ABOUT RIGHT-OF-
WAY.
IT'S A DIFFERENT KIND OF REAL
PROPERTY. WE WILL TALK ABOUT
VACATIONS, THE BACKGROUND OF
THE PROCESS, THE POLICY
REVISIONS FROM 2018, AND WE
HAVE A SLIDE THAT SHOWS HOW
VACATIONS ALTER THE SHAPE OF
THE CITY ARE CHANGING BLOCK
SIZES AND DEVELOPMENT SCALE AND
THEN WE WILL GO INTO TERM
PERMITS AND DO SIMILAR THINGS.
BACKGROUND EXAMPLES.
WE WORK CLOSELY WITH, WE TRY TO
WORK AS CLOSELY AS WE CAN.
SO VACATION BACKGROUND.
WHAT IS RIGHT-OF-WAY?
OKAY.
TWO-SIDED SLIDES.
WHAT IS RIGHT-OF-WAY?
THIS PICTURE IS FROM SDOT'S
STREET IMPROVEMENT MANUAL THAT
WE NOW CALL STREETS
ILLUSTRATED.
IT SHOWS THE STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY
IS VERY MUCH BROADER THAN WHAT
PEOPLE ENVISION.
IT IS NOT JUST THE VEHICLE
LANES.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT
RIGHT-OF-WAY IS.
RIGHT-OF-WAY IS ANY PROPERTY
THAT HAS BEEN DEDICATED OR
ACQUIRED FOR TRANSPORTATION AND
UTILITY USE.
THE UTILITY USE IS REALLY
SECONDARY.
THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF
TRANSPORTATION IS FOR THE
MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE AND GOODS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
IN SDOT WE ARE TASKED WITH
MANAGING THE RIGHT-OF-WAY TO
SERVE THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND
IMPLEMENT THE STREET VACATION
POLICIES AND OTHER POLICY
GUIDANCE AND THE CODES THAT
REGULATE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
SO NOW THE VACATION BACKGROUND.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS SOME OF THE
THINGS THAT ARE UNIQUE ABOUT
STREET VACATIONS AND THE
CHARACTER OF RIGHT-OF-WAY.
STREET VACATION DECISIONS ARE
MADE BY LEGISLATIVE BODIES AND
STATE LAW IS GIVEN THE AUTHORITY
TO LEGISLATIVE BODIES
THROUGHOUT THE STATE, SO IT IS
A UNIQUE DECISION AND THAT IT
IS SOLELY WITHIN THE PROVINCE
OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THE POLICIES THAT THE CITY
COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED EXPRESS THE
GOALS OF RETAINING RIGHT-OF-WAY
AND THE POLICIES ARE SUPPOSED
TO PROMOTE CONSISTENCY AND IT
PROVIDES GUIDANCE FOR SOMEONE
LIKE ME WHO IMPLEMENTS THEM, TO
KNOW WHAT IS THE DIRECTION AND
POLICIES THAT THE COUNCIL WANTS
US TO WORK ON THE GOAL IS TO
BALANCE THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS
OF PUBLIC TRUST, LAND-USE,
MITIGATION, AND PUBLIC BENEFIT.
SO STREETS ARE DIFFERENT KINDS
OF REAL ESTATE THAT WE MIGHT
SEE WITH THIS BUILDING WHICH
THE CITY OWNS.
THE STREETS, THE CITY HAS AN
EASEMENT FOR TRANSPORTATION
PURPOSES.
BECAUSE IT IS AN EASEMENT WE
MANAGE IT TO SERVE THE PUBLIC
INTEREST AND WE ACT AS A
TRUSTEE FOR THE PUBLIC.
IT IS, THE CHARACTER MAKES A
DIFFERENCE IN THAT THE ONLY WAY
THE CITY CAN DIVEST ITSELF OF
ITS INTEREST IN STREET RIGHT-OF-
WAY'S IS THROUGH THE VACATION
PROCESS.
WE DON'T SURPLUS IT OR USE THE
WORD "SELL" BECAUSE IT IS NOT
REALLY ACCURATE.
AND BECAUSE STREETS ARE HELD IN
PERPETUITY, THERE IS NO RIGHT
TO ACQUIRE, USE, OR VACATE
RIGHT-OF-WAY.
SO THE CITY COUNCIL COULD LOOK
AT IT AND SAY WE ARE NOT USING
THAT NOW, WE MIGHT'VE 50 YEARS,
WE ARE JUST NOT INTERESTED IN
VACATING IT.
SO WE ARE MAKING LONG-TERM
DECISIONS AND IT IS NOT A
MATTER OF RIGHT, IT IS A MATTER
OF LEGISLATIVE DISCRETION.
WITH THE VACATION PROCESS THE
ONLY PARTY THAT CAN ACQUIRE
THROUGH THE VACATION PROCESS IS
THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER.
THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE
CHARACTER, THAT IT IS AN
EASEMENT WHICH IS AN OVERLAYOF
THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS
UNDERLYING RIGHTS.
WHEN I TALK ABOUT THIS STUFF,
PEOPLE CAN REALLY GLAZE OVER,
BUT IT IS AN IMPORTANT
PRINCIPLE TO THINK OF.
WE ALL THE TOP RIGHTS IN
PERPETUITY TO SERVE THE PUBLIC
INTEREST AND IT CHANGES THE
CHARACTER OF WHO CAN DO WHAT
AND WE TRY NOT TO USE ANYMORE
ARCANE LANGUAGE.
>> I HAVE TO SAY, I'VE ALWAYS
ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU ON
THESE VACATION SUBJECT MATTERS,
WHETHER IT WAS THE WESTLAKE
PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE OR REPLACING
THE SKATE PARK OR TUNNELS.
AS DEEP AS YOU WANT TO GO, I
LOVE THAT LEVEL OF STREET
VACATIONS.
>> IT IS PRETTY INTERESTING
STUFF.
THE MORE YOU FIGURE OUT THE
ARCANE VOCABULARY, BUT WE DON'T
WANT TO PUT PEOPLE TO SLEEP OUT
IN THE AUDIENCE.
>> I HAVE SOME ESPRESSO.
>> YOU ARE GOOD.
AND THE LAST ON THE SLIDE IS
THE DEVELOPER OBLIGATION, SO
WHEN THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER
COMES IN AND THEY WANT TO
REQUEST RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR
PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT, THEY HAVE
TO ADDRESS ALL OF THE
TRANSPORTATION AND LAND-USE
IMPACTS, PROVIDED PUBLIC BENEFIT
AND THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE FAIR
MARKET VALUE.
WE HAVE AN APPRAISAL DONE AND
THEY PAY THE FAIR MARKET VALUE
OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY THAT THEY
ACQUIRE AFTER THEIR VACATION.
>> IS THE FAIR MARKET VALUE
BASED ON THE EXISTING USE OR IS
IT BASED ON WHAT THE HIGHEST
POSSIBLE BEST USES?
>> WHEN WE HAVE AN APPRAISAL
DONE, WHAT OUR EXPERIENCE HAS
BEEN IS THE APPRAISERS DO WHAT
THEY CALL AND ACROSS THE FENCE
APPRAISAL.
THEY LOOK AT IT AND IF ON ONE
SIDE OF THE ALLEY THAT IS BEING
VACATED IT IS OWNED AS THIS AND
WILL BE PUT TO THIS USE AND IT
HAS THIS TOPOGRAPHY AND THE
DEVELOPER BOUGHT IT FOR $900
PER SQUARE FOOT, WHAT WE WOULD
FIND IS THAT ACROSS THE FENCE
VALUATION WOULD GIVE THE ALLEY
PRETTY MUCH THE SAME VALUE, SO
THAT IS WHAT OUR EXPERIENCE HAS
BEEN.
IF YOU ARE BUYING A PARCEL FOR
$900 PER SQUARE FOOT YOUR ALLEY
VACATION FEE IS PROBABLY GOING
TO BE $900 PER SQUARE FOOT.
WE USE CERTIFIED APPRAISERS
THAT USE CURRENT MARKET
STANDARDS FOR THE VALUATION,
BUT IT GENERALLY IS SIMILAR TO
THE ADJACENT PROPERTY VALUE.
THANK YOU.
>> SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE
VACATION PROCESS AND WE ARE
REALLY NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH
ALL OF THIS.
IT IS ACTUALLY A PRETTY LOGICAL
PROCESS SO WE LOOK AT ALL THE
DIFFERENT ELEMENTS.
YOU SEE THE DIVINE COMMISSION
ON THERE.
WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
BOTTOM ROW BECAUSE WE WILL SEE
SOME FINAL LEGISLATION HERE
TODAY, SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE
BOTTOM ROW --
>> BEFORE WE GET TO THE BOTTOM
ROW, ON THE TOP ROW THERE IS AN
EARLY COUNCIL BRIEFING WHICH
IS AN OPPORTUNITY -- PETITION
IS FILED FOR THE COUNCIL AND
THIS COMMITTEE TO TAKE A LOOK
AT THE VACATION AND PROVIDE
GUIDANCE AS IT STARTS TO GO
THROUGH THE PROCESS.
IT IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
THE PUBLIC TO WEIGH IN EARLY ON
IN THE PROCESS IN FRONT OF THE
COUNCIL.
>> SO ALONG THE BOTTOM SLIDE,
WITH THE COUNCIL DECISION, SO
THIS IS FOLLOWING ALL OF THIS
PROCESS, SDOT WOULD PUT
EVERYTHING TOGETHER AND COME
FORWARD WITH A RECOMMENDATION
THAT INCLUDES CONDITIONS. THE
COUNCIL HOLDS PUBLIC HEARING AND
ASK ON THE VACATION FOLLOWING
THE PUBLIC HEARING AND IF THE
VACATION IS GRANTED, THAT IS THE
SUBSTANTIVE DECISION THAT THE
COUNCIL MAKES.
FOLLOWING THAT COUNCIL DECISION
THE PROJECT CAN MOVE FORWARD
INTO CONSTRUCTION, SO THEY CAN
CLOSE THE ALLEY, MOVE THE
UTILITIES OUT, BUILD A BUILDING
OVER IT, SO THE PROJECT IS
COMPELLED TO MOVE FORWARD,
MEETING ALL THE CONDITIONS OF
APPROVAL.
THE FINAL LEGISLATION --
>> SO YOU MENTIONED THE DESIGN
COMMISSION AND YOU MENTIONED WE
CAN HAVE A WHOLE CONVERSATION
JUST ABOUT THAT ELEMENT, BUT AT
A VERY HIGH LEVEL CAN YOU
EXPLAIN WHAT ROLE, DESIGN
COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS PLAY
IN A STREET VACATION DECISION?
THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS DO NOT
BECOME PART OF THE REQUIREMENTS
THAT A DEVELOPER IS REQUIRED TO
FULFILL BUT THEY HAVE SOME ROLE
AND I'M HAVING A HARD TIME
UNDERSTANDING WHAT ROLE THEY
PLAY.
>> THE DESIGN COMMISSION IS AN
ADVISORY BODY, SO THE
CONDITIONS THEY IMPOSE ON THE
PROJECT HAVE TO BE FORWARDED
WITHIN THE SDOT RECOMMENDATION,
OTHERWISE WHEN THEY SEND YOU
THEIR MINUTES YOU CAN SEE THERE
THEIR GUIDANCE AND WHAT THEY
THINK.
WE WOULD INCLUDE DESIGN
COMMISSION AS PART OF THE SDOT
CONDITION SO IT IS ACTED ON BY
THE CITY COUNCIL AND THEN
BECOMES A PART OF THE
CONDITIONS THAT THEY HAVE TO
MOVE FORWARD TO MAKE.
>> I UNDERSTAND THE DIVINE
DESIGN COMMISSION IS AN
ADVISORY BODY BUT I THOUGHT I
JUST HEARD YOU SAY THAT SDOT
DOES INCLUDE THEM ?
>> WE DO AND THEN IF THE COUNCIL
ACCEPTS THOSE VACATION
CONDITIONS WITHOUT ALTERATION,
THEY WOULD MOVE FORWARD AS PART
OF THE VACATION CONDITIONS.
>> SO DESIGN COMMISSION
RECOMMENDATIONS, EVEN THOUGH
THEY ARE ADVISORY ONLY, CAN
BECOME PART OF A STREET
VACATION CONDITION?
IT MUST BE FULFILLED.
>> ABSOLUTELY AND SOMETIMES THE
DESIGN COMMISSION IN THEIR
ADVISORY CAPACITY HAS SOFTER
LANGUAGE, SO THEY MIGHT SAY
LOOK AT THIS CORNER AND WORK ON
ACTIVATION OR TRANSPARENCY, SO
SOMETIMES IT IS SOMETHING LIKE
THAT THAT IT WOULD NOT BE OH,
YOUR TRANSPARENCY NEEDS TO GO
FROM X TO Y BUT MORE THE
DEVELOPER WOULD BE CHARGED WITH
SOME THINGS THEY SHOULD
CONTINUE TO EVOLVE AS THE
DESIGN MOVES FORWARD.
>> I WILL ASK MY QUESTION
BECAUSE IT IS RELATED TO THE
NEXT SLIDE. IN 2018 I WORKED
WITH COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN'S
OFFICE ON SOME OF THE STREET
VACATION CHANGES AND THE WHOLE
POINT BEHIND THEM WAS TO TRY TO
MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY
HAD A STRONGER ROLE TO PLAY IN
WHAT WAS HAPPENING HERE,
PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO
COMMUNITY BENEFIT AGREEMENTS.
SO PART OF WHAT I'M TRYING TO
SEE IN THIS PROCESS CHART IS
WHERE THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAPPEN
AND HOW MUCH THE RESULT OF
THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE
INCLUDED IN WHAT MIGHT BE
REQUIRED TO BE --
>> I THINK WHEN WE GET TO THE
NEXT SLIDE WE WILL TALK ABOUT
THAT MORE AND I'M SURE WE WILL
HAVE SOME COMMENTS.
I THINK RIGHT NOW IF YOU LOOK
AT THE FIRST CORNER, THROUGH
THE COUNCIL POLICIES THE
COUNCIL PUSHED MORE WORK BEFORE
A FORMAL VACATION PETITION
COMES IN.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE
COUNCIL ESTABLISHED IS
DEVELOPERS NOW NEED TO WORK
WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOOD TO DO A COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT PLAN AND THE POINT
OF THAT, HIS MULTI FOLD, BUT
THE COMMUNITY KNOWS BEFORE
EVERYTHING IS SET IN STONE
BECAUSE WE HAVE PERMITS AND WE
CAN'T CHANGE ANYTHING.
THE GOAL WAS THAT THE COMMUNITY
WAS REALLY ENGAGED AND THE HOPE
WAS THERE WOULD BE OPPORTUNITIES
FOR THE COMMUNITY TO SHAPE WHAT
MIGHT BE THE PUBLIC BENEFIT
FEATURES.
ALSO THERE IS A REQUIREMENT FOR
EARLY DESIGN COMMISSION REVIEW,
SO THAT WE GET THEIR ADVICE TO
ALSO GUIDE US AS WE GO THROUGH
THE PROCESS.
THOSE EARLY STEPS ARE AN
IMPORTANT THING.
WE HAVE PROJECTS NOW THAT ARE
COMPLYING WITH ALL OF THIS.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY FINAL
ORDINANCES THAT YOU'RE GOING TO
BE SEEING IN THE NEXT FEW
MONTHS THAT WOULD HAVE COMPLIED
WITH THIS BECAUSE THE
DEVELOPMENT PROCESS TAKES A
LONG TIME. FOR EXAMPLE, LATER
ON IN THE AGENDA WE WILL BE
TALKING ABOUT WHITTAKER.
THEY DID NOT DO A COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT PLAN BECAUSE IT WAS
NOT A REQUIREMENT AT THAT TIME
AND DID NOT GO TO THE DESIGN
COMMISSION BEFORE THEY APPLIED
FOR THE VACATION PETITION AND
WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY TO DATE
WHO HAS LOOKED AT SOME OF THE
CHANGES IN THE PUBLIC BENEFIT
FEATURES.
WE CAN CERTAINLY ANTICIPATE
THAT WE WILL SEE THOSE BUT WE
DON'T HAVE ANYTHING RIGHT NOW
THAT WILL BE COMING TO YOU WITH
THEM.
SO THEN WE FINISH THE BOTTOM
AD THE COUNCIL MAKES THE
SUBSTANTIVE DECISION, THE
PROJECT IS INTENDED TO DEVELOP
CONSISTENT WITH THOSE
CONDITIONS AND WE ARE TASKED
WITH BRINGING THE LEGISLATION
FORWARD WHEN THE PROJECT IS
COMPLETED AND WE CAN
DEMONSTRATE THAT CONDITIONS
HAVE BEEN MET AND THE DEVELOPER
HAS PAID THE FEES.
THE NEXT SLIDE DOES COVER SOME
OF THE KEY CHANGES TO THE 2018
STREET VACATION POLICIES.
WE TALKED ABOUT THOSE A LITTLE
BIT, BUT THE COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT PLANS, THEY WERE ONE
OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PIECES.
úTHERE IS A DIRECTORS RULE AND
THERE WERE ALSO CHANGES MADE TO
SDCI'S REVIEW PROGRAM.
WE USE A CONSISTENT ROLE SO
THERE IS A CONSISTENT PROCESS
AND D ON CAN ADVISE ON WHAT IS
NECESSARY AND THEY WILL REVIEW
THE ADEQUACY AND THE TRANSLATION
AND WHETHER TRANSLATION IS
NEEDED. THE OTHER THING IS THE
EARLY DESIGN COMMISSION REVIEW
WHICH WE NOTED AS AN OPPORTUNITY
. AGAIN, THE MORE OPPORTUNITIES
WE CREATE FOR WEIGHING IN
BEFORE EVERYTHING IS DONE, THE
BETTER, AND THE LAST THING IS
THE COUNCIL REVIEW AND THIS IS
PRETTY NEW.
WE HAVE ONLY DONE IT TWO OR
THREE TIMES.
FOUR.
OKAY.
IT IS PRETTY NEW AND THE IDEA
IS WE GET A PETITION AND WE
COME HERE.
THERE IS NOT A RECOMMENDATION
AND WE DON'T SAY WE FOUND THIS
ISSUE AND FIXED IT, IT IS READY
FOR YOU.
SAY, HERE'S THE PROPOSAL, AND
THEN YOU CAN PROVIDE US
GUIDANCE OR SUGGESTIONS OR
DIRECTION AND IT CREATES THE
SAME OPPORTUNITY FOR THE
COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE
THE LARGER COMMUNITY.
THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PLAN
WILL BE VERY NEIGHBORHOOD
FOCUSED BUT IT MIGHT BE SOMEBODY
WHO JUST COMES IN FROM A
DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD AND SAID
A BIKE CONNECTION, THAT IS WHAT
YOU NEED THERE.
IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT.
AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF
EXPERIENCE WITH IT. ALL OF THE
STUFF IS PRETTY NEW, BUT I THINK
IT IS REALLY HELPFUL SO I THINK
IT WAS A GOOD ADDITION TO THE
POLICIES.
ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ASK?
>> NO, ARE YOU GOING TO MOVE ON
DOWN?
>> YES.
ONE OF THE OTHER PROCESS
UPDATES.
IN THE PAST PUBLIC TRUST LAND
USE A PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE
POLICIES NOW HAVE CONSOLIDATED
THE ANALYSIS OF TRANSPORTATION
AND LAND-USE, WHICH IS REALLY
HOW WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE
IMPACTS OF A DEVELOPMENT
PROPOSAL AND HOW A CHANGE IN
THE STREET GRID MIGHT IMPACT A
COMMUNITY, SO THAT WAS REALLY A
GOOD MOVE, AND THEN ONE OF THE
MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGES WAS
EXPANDING THE PUBLIC BENEFITS
MENU AND THIS WAS SOMETHING THE
CITY COUNCIL HAS TALKED ABOUT
FOR SOMETIMES AND WE HAVE BEEN
INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT WHAT
WE GET IS A PUBLIC BENEFIT AND
WHO IS SERVED BY IT AND DOESN'T
REALLY JUST LOOK LIKE THE ENTRY
TO THE LOBBY?
ARE THE PUBLIC REALLY WELCOMED
THERE?
YOU HAVE TO GIVE MONEY OR HAVE
A SUIT ON OR SOMETHING?
THE COUNCIL HAS DUG INTO WHAT
IS AN APPROPRIATE PUBLIC
BENEFIT.
SO WITH THE COUNCIL DID WAS
EXPAND THE RANGE OF PUBLIC
BENEFITS AND TO DATE WE DON'T
HAVE A PROJECT THAT HAS
PROPOSED ANY OF THESE BUT THE
OPPORTUNITY IS THERE AND I
THINK WE WILL SEE IT.
WHENEVER WE GET THE FIRST ONE,
WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE MORE
QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW WE MEASURE
IT, HOW LONG IT LASTS, BECAUSE
IT WILL BE NEW.
>> THIS IS EXTREMELY SPOT ON.
WHEN WE REVIEW THESE VACATION
REQUESTS, WE MAY NOT SEE THE
FULL IMPACT ON THE PIECE OF
PAPER.
THE EXAMPLE THAT THE UPTOWN
COMMUNITY HAS PROVIDED ME IS
THE ROUND CIRCULAR BUILDING
THAT IS AT THE BASE OF QUEEN
AVENUE, WERE THAT USED TO BE
PART OF A RIGHT-OF-WAY SYSTEM
AND IT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO VIEW
THE ELLIOTT BAY AREA FROM
UPTOWN AND THAT NO LONGER EXISTS
AND SO WHAT IS THE PUBLIC
BENEFIT THAT IS RECEIVED?
HOW MUCH ACCESS TO PEOPLE HAVE
AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PUBLIC
BENEFITS WITH THE PARKS
DEPARTMENT AND WHAT THEIR
CONCESSION AGREEMENTS ARE
PROVIDING, WE ARE LOOKING FOR
HOW PEOPLE ARE NOTIFIED OF
PUBLIC BENEFIT.
HOW ARE THESE PEOPLE ENGAGING?
IT IS NOT THAT THE PUBLIC
BENEFIT IS PROVIDED BUT THE
PEOPLE ARE ENGAGED TO KNOW THAT
THE PUBLIC BENEFIT EXISTS.
>> AND THE BIGGER ISSUE IS WHAT
WE GET IF WE ARE PRIVATIZING
PUBLIC LAND?
WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR OUR CITY
AND COMMUNITY AND IF THAT IS
PUBLIC LAND THAT IS NOW IN
PRIVATE OWNERSHIP, HOW WILL WE
MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC STILL
GETS ACCESS TO IT?
THIS PIECE OF WORK FROM A
COUPLE OF YEARS AGO IS REALLY
IMPORTANT AND I THINK WE NEED TO
, I'M GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE
IT A LITTLE MORE ROBUST AND I'M
HOPING WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO TALK ABOUT IT AND HAVE A
CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT WE GET
IN EXCHANGE THAT WE ARE WILLING
TO DIVE PRETTY DEEP ON IT.
>> JUST A CLARIFYING QUESTION,
I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY THAT
SINCE THE NEW POLICY REVISIONS
HAVE BEEN MADE SINCE 2018 WE
HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY NEW
PROJECTS THAT INCLUDE THE
PUBLIC BENEFITS FROM THE
EXPANDED PUBLIC BENEFIT MENU?
>>?.
>> TO ME, THE WAY THAT SOUNDS
IT IS UP TO THE PROJECT
PROPONENT TO IDENTIFY PUBLIC
BENEFITS, BUT I UNDERSTOOD THAT
THAT IS ONE OPTION BUT SDOT TO
MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PUBLIC
BENEFITS AND THE COUNCIL CAN
OPPOSE PUBLIC BENEFITS.
IS THAT NOT CORRECT?
IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE NOT ONLY
HAVE PROJECT DEVELOPERS NOT
PROPOSED USING ANY OF THESE NEW
PUBLIC BENEFITS BUT NOR HAS THE
CITY REQUIRED IT.
>> IT IS NOT A REQUIREMENT.
IT IS AN OPTION.
WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT PROJECT
FEASIBILITY, WE TALK ABOUT THE
WHOLE RANGE OF OPTIONS AND I
THINK THAT IS WHAT THE GOAL OF
THE EARLY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
WAS, THAT SOMETHING WOULD COME
OUT OF THAT PROCESS WITH THE
COMMUNITY SAYING, WE WOULD LIKE
TO SEE THIS HAPPEN.
>> SO THERE ARE SOME PUBLIC
BENEFITS THAT THE COUNCIL, THE
SDOT CAN RECOMMEND THE COUNCIL
CAN REQUIRE , AND SOME THAT ARE
ONLY VOLUNTARY?
>> YES, FOR THE MOST PART THE
COUNCIL DOES NOT HAVE
DISCRETION TO REQUIRE
ADDITIONAL PUBLIC BENEFITS.
IT COMES OUT OF THE REVIEW
PROCESS.
IT CAN REQUIRE MITIGATION OF
IMPACTS FROM THE VACATION, SO
IMPACTS TO THE RIGHT-OF-WAY,
FOR EXAMPLE, TYPES OF IMPACTS,
WE HAVE STARTED REQUIRING
SIGNAGE STATING THE PUBLIC
ASSEMBLIES ARE ALLOWED IN THE
PUBLIC PLAZA THAT IS PROVIDED
AS PART OF A PROJECT, BUT THE
COUNCIL HAS LIMITED AUTHORITY
TO REQUIRE A DEVELOPER TO
INCLUDE AN ASPECT OF THE PROJECT
THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THEY HAVE
AGREED TO INCLUDE.
>> AND A RECALL THAT WAS A VERY
FRUSTRATING PART OF THE MEETINGS
WHERE THESE CONVERSATIONS WERE
TAKING PLACE.
>> THAT SAID, THE COUNCIL
BELIEVES THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IS
NOT APPROPRIATE YOU CAN'T DENY
IT.
>> AND THAT BASED ON STATE LAW?
THE LIMITED DISCUSSION?
>> IT IS MAINLY BASED ON CASE
LAW.
BUT YOU ARE RIGHT, THE LEVERAGE
IS WE JUST TURNED ON THE PROJECT
AND WE WOULD WANT TO SIGNAL
THAT EARLY IF WE DID NOT THINK
THE PUBLIC AND IF IT'S WERE
SUFFICIENT.
>> THAT IS WHY THE EARLY
COUNCIL REVIEW WOULD BE REALLY
IMPORTANT IF WE SAW PROJECT IN
AN AREA WHERE THE COUNCIL WAS
REALLY INTERESTED IN SEEING ONE
OF THE NEWER TYPES OF PUBLIC
BENEFITS BE ENCOURAGED, THAT
THAT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
DO THAT.
I THINK WE REALLY HAVE WANTED
THIS TO COME FROM THE COMMUNITY
RATHER THAN FROM THE DEVELOPER.
I CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT PUSHING
OR SUGGESTING MORE TO MAKE THIS
OPTION MORE ROBUST.
>> THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO
UNDERSTAND.
IF WE COULD MAYBE LOOK BACK A
LITTLE BIT MORE.
YOU SAY THERE HAVE BEEN NO
PROJECTS THAT HAVE TAKEN
ADVANTAGE OF THIS EXPANDED
PUBLIC BENEFIT MENU.
I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, HAVE
THERE BEEN PROJECTS WHERE
COMMUNITIES HAVE SHOWN ANY
INTEREST IN THIS EXPANDED
PUBLIC BENEFITS MENU?
>> BEVERLY IS SLIGHTLY
INCORRECT.
THERE WAS ONE PROJECT WE HAVE
ALREADY SEEN IT COUNCIL
APPROVED IN DECEMBER.
IT HAD A REDUCED AMOUNT OF
PUBLIC BENEFIT PROVIDED ON-SITE
BECAUSE IT WAS 100% AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, SO THAT IS THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE NEW POLICY IS THAT
COUNCIL SAY THAT IT WOULD
CONSIDER ASPECTS OF PROJECTS
LIKE PRESENCE OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING IN ITS CONSIDERATION OF
WHETHER OR NOT PUBLIC BENEFIT
PACKAGE WAS APPROPRIATE.
A RECENT PROJECT THAT RECEIVED
A LOT OF COMMUNITY INPUT AND
DID PROVIDE EXPANDED PUBLIC
BENEFITS WAS FILED BEFORE THE
COUNCIL UPDATED THE POLICIES
AND THAT WAS THE CONVENTION
CENTER.
THEY ENDED UP PROVIDING
VOLUNTARILY FUNDING FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, FUNDING FOR
TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS,
FUNDING FOR THE STUDY OF
INTERSTATE 5 IS PART OF PUBLIC
BENEFIT PACKAGE.
>> THAT WAS PRIOR TO THE PASSAGE
OF THIS LEGISLATION.
>> WITH VACATIONS THERE ARE
SMALL NUMBER OF PROJECTS AND
WHEN THEY ARE DEVELOPED THAT
TAKE A LONG TIME, SO YOU WILL
BE SEEING FOR A WHILE ANOTHER
PROBABLY TWO OR THREE YEARS,
PROJECTS THAT WERE APPROVED
UNDER THE OLD POLICIES THAT
WOULDN'T HAVE BENEFITED FROM
THIS EARLY ENGAGEMENT AND WOULD
HAVE PUBLIC BENEFITS THAT WERE
APPROVED UNDER THE OLD
STANDARDS.
IT TAKES A NUMBER OF YEARS FOR
DEVELOPMENTS OF THE SCALE TO GO
THROUGH, BUT YEAH, WE ARE
WORKING ACTUALLY ON A COUPLE OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS.
THE PROJECTS THEMSELVES ARE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WE HAVE
ONE WITH MOUNT BAKER HOUSING
THAT IS IN THIS REALLY WORK AND
SO IT IS AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PROJECT SO THEY ARE NOT LOOKING
AT A JOB-TRAINING OR HUMAN
SERVICES.
THEY ARE AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PROJECT.
WE WILL MEASURE THEIR PUBLIC
BENEFIT OBLIGATION DIFFERENTLY
BECAUSE THEY ARE PROVIDING THAT,
BUT YEAH, IT IS A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENT THAN I THINK WHAT THE
COUNCIL WAS GETTING AT WITH
THIS, BUT WE WILL JUST SEE WHEN
WE GET THEM.
THE LAST THING ON THE SLIDE IS
THAT THE DEVELOPER IS REALLY
OBLIGATED TO LOOK AT HOW THE
PROJECT IMPACTS DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITIES AND SO THEIR
ANALYSIS AS TO COME IN AND SHOW
US SOME OF THOSE IMPACTS.
THE COUNCIL ALSO TALKED A LOT
ABOUT FREE SPEECH AND FREEDOM
OF ASSEMBLY, SOMETHING THEY
HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A
WHILE, SO THAT IS ENHANCED.
AND THE PUBLIC BENEFIT PUZZLE
MUST CONSIDER A RAISE IN SOCIAL
EQUITY.
PART OF WHAT THAT WOULD GET AT
IS IF WE DO HAVE A DEVELOPER
THAT COMES IN AND IS PROPOSING
A PUBLIC PLAZA, WE WOULD WANT
TO KNOW HOW THAT PUBLIC SPACE
WAS GOING TO BE MANAGED IN A
WAY THAT WAS REALLY EQUITABLE
AND WE WOULD ALL FEEL
COMFORTABLE IN BEING THERE AND
USING IT.
IT HEIGHTENS THAT ANALYSIS, AS
WELL.
OKAY, SO THE PUBLIC TRUST
ANALYSIS.
PUBLIC TRUST, THE REASONS WE
HAVE STREETS.
A LOT OF THEM ARE KIND OF
REALLY OBVIOUS.
WE USE THEM TO GET AROUND THE
WHOLE CITY, ACCESS TO ADJACENT
PARCELS, AND WHAT IS NEW IN
HERE IS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT
PREVIOUSLY, ITEM 4 AND FIVE.
THAT IS ELEVATING FREE SPEECH
AND PUBLIC ASSEMBLY, SO NOW
WHEN WE COME FORWARD WE NEED TO
ADDRESS THAT AND THAT IS WITH
THE WILLOW CROSSING, I THINK
THAT WAS THE FIRST PROJECT
WHERE WE CAME FORWARD WITH A
RECOMMENDATION UNDER THE NEW
POLICIES THAT TALKED ABOUT HOW
THOSE ARE ADDRESSED.
NUMBER NINE IS A COMBINATION OF
LAND-USE WITHIN THE PUBLIC
TRUST ANALYSIS AND WE LOOK AT
CHANGES IN SCALE AND BUILDINGS
AND ORIENTATION.
THE NEXT IS JUST A PROJECT
EXAMPLE, SO HERE IS BEFORE AN
ALLEY VACATION AND AFTER AN
ALLEY VACATION.
IT CHANGES HOW THE CITY IS
BUILT OUT.
>> [LAUGHTER]
IT DOES SHOW, AND WE DON'T GET
VERY MANY BUILDINGS LIKE THAT,
BUT NORMALLY WE WOULD SEE YOUR
BUILDING BUILDING.
SO THAT IS BEFORE AND AFTER.
AND THEN ON PUBLIC BENEFIT, AND
THIS IS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IS
AN AREA WHERE THE COUNCIL
REALLY DUG IN AND WANTED TO
CHANGE AND ELEVATE AND INCLUDE
NEW PEOPLE IN THE CONVERSATION
AND NEW ANALYSIS, SO THIS JUST
LISTS SOME OF THE THINGS WE
WOULD CONSIDER AS PUBLIC
BENEFITS.
WITH MOST PROJECTS THEY ARE
GOING TO HAVE AN ART PIECE HERE
AND A LITTLE SPACE THERE AND
MAYBE NOW WE WILL SEE THEY WILL
DO AN ELEMENT FROM A COMMUNITY
PLAN OR THEY SET UP A JOB-
TRAINING PROGRAM AT A NEARBY
COMMUNITY COUNCIL.
WE GENERALLY SEE A WHOLE MIX OF
THINGS, BUT WHAT IS ELEVATED
HERE IS WE LOOK AT WHO BENEFITS
AND WHO IS IMPACTED BY THE
DEVELOPMENT AND THE PUBLIC
BENEFIT?
WE ADDRESS THE EQUITY
OBLIGATIONS OF THE COUNCIL HAS
ASKED US TO LOOK AT.
THESE ARE ALL JUST A VARIETY OF
ELEMENTS FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO MY
COLLEAGUES WHO ARE FOCUSED ON
PUBLIC BENEFIT, BECAUSE
BASICALLY GIVING AWAY PUBLIC
LAND, WE WANT TO MAXIMIZE AND
OPTIMIZE THIS PUBLIC BENEFIT WE
ARE GETTING.
SOMETIMES THINGS WILL BE PUT ON
THE LIST AND THEY WILL LOOK
GOOD BUT WHEN YOU DRILL DOWN
INTO THE VALUE AND THE MATH,
ARE WE REALLY GETTING SOMETHING
THAT IS SUFFICIENT IN RETURN
FOR SOMETHING?
I WOULD ARGUE THE VALUE OF THIS
PUBLIC LAND IS ACTUALLY GREATER
THAN THAT APPRAISAL ANALYSIS
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE
THEY ARE GETTING LAND THAT IS
NOT EVEN REALLY ON THE MARKET
AND IT IS PUBLIC LAND AND SO IT
IS ALREADY WORTH MORE AND WOULD
WARRANT GREATER PUBLIC
BENEFITS.
THAT IS MY TWO CENTS.
>> AND THEN AS PUBLIC BENEFIT
EXAMPLE, THIS IS ONE THAT IS
UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THIS WAS
REALLY SUPPORTED THROUGH THE
VACATION REVIEW AND THIS IS
OBVIOUSLY AT TOWN HALL.
THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL PROJECT
ADJACENT TO IT.
AND THEY ARE DEVELOPING THIS
PUBLIC PLAZA IN FRONT OF TOWN
HALL.
WE THINK THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF
PUBLIC SPACE THAT HAS
TREMENDOUS POTENTIAL TO BE
REALLY PUBLIC.
IT IS NOT BUILT YET BUT THIS I
THINK WILL BE REALLY GOOD.
THE LAST VACATION SLIDE, THIS IS
A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW VACATIONS
CHANGE THE CITY.
THIS IS DOWNTOWN SEATTLE.
ALL THE RED HATCH MARKS ARE
WHERE THERE WERE ALLEY
VACATIONS.
EVERY PLACE WERE USED TO HAVE
AN ALLEY GRID, NOW WE SEE FULL
BLOCK DEVELOPMENTS.
HISTORICALLY THE CITY HAS
LOOKED AT DOWNTOWN AS THE
ECONOMIC ENGINE, SO LOOKING AT
SAYING G, WE DID THAT VACATION
IN THE 80s, WHEN WE DO IT NOW?
I DON'T KNOW BUT IT DOES SHOW
HOW POWERFUL THE VACATION
PROCESS IS AND HOW EVERY
VACATION CHANGES THE GRID, SO I
THINK THIS IS AN INTERESTING
OVERVIEW.
>> DO YOU RECALL WHAT THE
PUBLIC BENEFIT WAS FOR THE
STREET VACATION HERE ON THIS
LOT?
>> NO.
[LAUGHTER]
>> SORRY, I DID NOT MEAN TO PUT
YOU ON THE --
>> THAT ROUND BUILDING I THINK
WAS GEORGE BENSON WHO CHAIRED
THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
FOR MANY YEARS BUT THE COUNCIL
USED TO LOOK AT ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING THAT
ECONOMIC ENGINE IS PUBLIC
BENEFIT.
THEY HAVE NOT HAD THAT
PERSPECTIVE FOR MANY, MANY
YEARS.
EVEN THE TIME I HAVE BEEN DOING
THIS, SOME OF THE FIRST
PROJECTS I WORKED ON WE WOULD
SAY COME BACK WHEN YOU HAVE
MORE TO OFFER.
THE COUNCIL HAS REALLY REFINED
IT AND THE CITY HAS GOTTEN MORE
DENSE AND WE VALUE PUBLIC
SPACES BECAUSE THEY ARE SO
IMPORTANT TO US IN AN URBAN
AREA, THE STANDARDS HAVE BEEN
REFINED AND ELEVATED AND WITH
THIS NEW COMMITTEE WE WILL SEE
EVEN MORE OF THAT WITH THE NEW
POLICIES.
SO THAT IS THE LAST VACATION
SLIDE AND THAT AMY IS GOING TO
TALK ABOUT TERM PERMITS.
>> HELLO AND THANK YOU FOR
HAVING US HERE.
TERM PERMITS ARE COUNCIL
APPROVED PERMITS FOR PRIVATE
STRUCTURES IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY
AND THEY ARE TYPICALLY A
MAXIMUM LENGTH OF 30 YEARS AND
THEY COME IN FOR RENEWALS RIGHT
NOW AT A 10 YEAR TERM FOR A
RENEWABLE TENURE TERM AND A
SUBSEQUENT FINAL RETURN.
SO THEIR LONG-TERM
ENCROACHMENTS.
THEY'RE NOT THE PERMANENT RIGHT-
OF-WAY BUT WE WOULD STILL TAKE
A THOROUGH ANALYSIS AND LOOK AT
IT BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING THAT
IS IN THE PUBLIC THAT WAS
PUBLIC THAT IS NOW BEING
PRIVATIZED FOR LONG-TERM.
THE EXAMPLES OF TERM PERMITS
ARE SKY BRIDGES YOU SEE AT
HOSPITALS, PEDESTRIAN TUNNELS,
THE ONE BETWEEN THE BANK OF
AMERICA TOWER, THE PLAZA AT
EAST HOWE.
WE HAVE AN ART INSTALLATION
THAT IS PRETTY LARGE UP AT
GREENWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD, SO IT
IS A WIDE VARIETY IN SOUTH LAKE
UNION.
THERE ARE NUMBER OF
COMMUNICATION CONDUITS FOR TECH
BUILDINGS OR THEY HAVE A
COMPELLING NEED FOR THIS
PRIVATE STRUCTURE TO BE IN THE
RIGHT-OF-WAY AND CANNOT BE
ACCOMMODATED.
BECAUSE IT IS A PERMIT THE CITY
HAS THE RIGHT TO REVOKE THE
PERMIT IF WE DETERMINE THAT THE
PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY IS NEEDED
FOR TRANSPORTATION PURPOSES,
NEXT TO A COUNCIL ACTION, AS
WELL.
SO WHEN YOU ARE VOTING ON
THESE, YOU ARE NOT SIGNING WITH
THE PERMIT RIGHTS OF THAT.
I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.
GO AHEAD.
>> THERE IS AN ELEMENT OF
PREDICTIVE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE
WHO ARE BUILDING ESSENTIALLY
PERMANENT STRUCTURES.
>> EXACTLY.
>> WHEN YOU'RE HAVING
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE WESTLAKE
PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE I BELIEVE THE
CONVERSATION WE HAD WAS THE
ONLY PERMIT THAT HAS BEEN
REVOKED WAS PREDETERMINED TO BE
TIME-LIMITED FROM THE OUTSET.
>> YES, YOU WILL SEE THE
WESTLAKE AND WE ARE IN FINAL
NEGOTIATIONS AND GETTING
LAWYERS SIGNED OFF ON THE SKY
BRIDGE AND THAT WILL HOPEFULLY
BE COMING SOON.
WE DID ACTUALLY HAVE A TERM
PERMIT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS MENTIONS WHERE WE
REMOVED A SKY BRIDGE AND IT WAS
AT THE NETWORKS OLD BUILDING
OVER ELLIOTT AT 2601.
IT WAS A PRIVATE SKY BRIDGE
COMPLETELY CUT OFF FROM ALL
PUBLIC ASPECTS AND WE HAD SOME
FORESIGHT A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN
IT WAS BEING RENEWED TO PUT A
CONDITION IN THERE THAT SAID,
AS PART OF THE ALASKA WAY
VIADUCT AND TUNNEL AND THE RE-
CHANNELING OF ALL THE STREETS,
IF SDOT NEEDED THAT SPOT FOR A
PUBLIC PURPOSE , THAT WOULD
AUTOMATICALLY AND AND THEY WILL
BE REQUIRED TO REMOVE IT AND
WAS DETERMINED TO BE OVER A
FREIGHT ROUTE IN THE SKY BRIDGE
WAS LOW SO IT WAS REMOVED AND
ACTUALLY TOOK A LOT OF PREP ON
THE WEEKEND AND IT TOOK 30
MINUTES TO TAKE THE WHOLE
BRIDGE DOWN.
IT TOOK FOUR HOURS TO GET
EVERYTHING READY.
IT WAS QUICK.
>> THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO
AND WE CONSIDER THEM AS PERMITS
IMPORTANT TO US BUT WE ALSO
RECOGNIZE THAT BUSINESSES AND
OPERATIONS LIKE HOSPITALS
REALLY NEED IT FOR THE BASIC
FUNCTIONING OF THEIR BUSINESS.
THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE,
CHAPTERS 1564, COVERS SKY
BRIDGES AND 1565 COVERS TERM
PERMITS.
SKY BRIDGES HAVE A HIGHER
THRESHOLD THAT THEY NEED TO
MEET AND THEY REQUIRE PUBLIC
BENEFIT.
SO WE REVIEW THE PROPOSAL AND
WE CONNECT WITH OTHER DIVISIONS
WITHIN SDOT TO MAKE SURE THEY
ARE TECHNICALLY FEASIBLE AND
MAKE SENSE AND THERE'S USUALLY
A TWO-STEP PROCESS FOR NEW TERM
PERMITS.
THERE IS A FIRST PROCESS, THEY
WOULD COME AND APPLY AND REVIEW.
WE WOULD GET TO THEIR 60%
TECHNICAL REVIEW AND BRING IT
TO COUNCIL 'S YOU COULD TAKE A
LOOK AT IT AND PROVIDE
CONCEPTUAL APPROVAL OR ASK MORE
QUESTIONS OR HAVE THE DEVELOPER
LOOK AT OTHER THINGS THAT YOU
THOUGHT WERE IMPORTANT TO IT.
AND THAT STEP IS THERE SEE YOU
GET AN EARLY REVIEW BUT ALSO
THE DEVELOPER GETS AN
INDICATION THAT IF THEY DO
CERTAIN THINGS, ONCE WE GET TO
THE TIME OF THE ORDINANCE, IT
WILL BE APPROVED.
IS THE CANNOT START
CONSTRUCTION ON THEIR STRUCTURE
UNTIL THE FINAL ORDINANCE HAS
BEEN VOTED ON SO IT IS UNLIKE
STREET VACATIONS IN THAT WAY.
THIS IS BEFORE. SO THE SECOND
STEP IS THE ORDINANCE WHICH IS
THE ACTUAL PERMIT, AND COVERS
THE FEES, THE INSURANCE
REQUIREMENTS, THE REVOKE ABILITY
CLAUSE, THE ORDINANCE BONDS,
THE REMOVE AND RESTORE
OBLIGATIONS, EVERY INSPECTION
REPORT. IT IS A TEMPLATE THAT
WE HAVE DEVELOPED AND IT HAS
BEEN COUNCIL APPROVED AND WE
WORK OFF OF THAT.
THERE IS NO CREATIVE WRITING
INVOLVED IN THAT.
IF YOU HAD CERTAIN THINGS FOR
UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCE, WE CAN
LOOK INTO THAT, TOO.
>> SO I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT
THERE IS A THREE-STEP.
THERE IS A NEW PERMIT AND A
RENEWAL TIME.
AND THEN THERE IS A FINAL TERM.
SDOT DOES HAVE THE ABILITY TO
ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVE
RENEWALS, ONLY IF THE TEMPLATE,
THEIR CURRENT PERMIT ORDINANCE
MATCHES THE LANGUAGE OF THE
TEMPLATE AT THIS POINT.
HERE ARE A FEW PICTURES I
THOUGHT WOULD BE ILLUSTRATIVE
OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF
PERMITS.
THE FIRST IS THE SKY BRIDGE AT
VIRGINIA MASON. WE SEE A LOT OF
SKY BRIDGES AND PEDESTRIAN
TUNNELS FOR HOSPITALS.
THERE IS A VERY COMPLEX
HOSPITAL REGULATION REGARDING
SANITATION AND MOVEMENT OF
SUPPLIES, SO THEY OBVIOUSLY
HAVE A VERY COMPELLING NEED.
THE MIDDLE ONE IS THE PATIO AT
THE WATERFRONT. THAT STRUCTURE
IS ACTUALLY AN UNDERWATER RIGHT-
OF-WAY AND THEY ALSO HAVE A
SEATING AREA THAT GOES OUT.
THE RIGHT-OF-WAY IS UNIQUE AND
DIFFERENT AND WE FIND IT IN
INTERESTING PLACES.
THE THIRD IS THE CHINA GATE IN
CHINATOWN.
>> WITH THE PATIO, THAT IS WHY
THERE IS A PUBLIC SPACE FOR
PEOPLE TO WALK OUT PAST THE
SEATING AREA.
>> YES THAT IS PART OF THEIR
PERMITS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A CUSTOMER
OF IVAR'S, IT IS PUBLIC ACCESS
BUT IT IS ALSO SITTING AREA FOR
IVAR'S.
>> CHINA GATE IS ICONIC AND
WONDERFUL AND BECAUSE IT IS SO
LARGE WE REQUIRE A TERM PERMIT
FOR IT BECAUSE IT IS A
SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURE BUT IT
REALLY ADDS TO THE COMMUNITY.
YOU WILL SEE THERE ARE A FEW
EXAMPLES OF THOSE ICONIC
PICTURES.
SO THAT IS IT FOR THE TERM
PERMIT OVERVIEW.
>> THANK YOU, YOU MAKE VERY
COLLOCATED WORK SEEM VERY
SIMPLE.
>> I HAVE VERY STRANGE INTERESTS
. [LAUGHTER]
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
THIS.
>> WE HAVE THE NEXT ITEM, SO WE
ARE STAYING.
>> WE WILL READ THE NEXT ITEM
INTO THE RECORD.
>> COUNCIL BILL 119745 , AN
ORDINANCE GRANTING UNIVERSITY
OF WASHINGTON PERMISSION TO
MAINTAIN AND OPERATE FIVE
EXISTING PEDESTRIAN SKY BRIDGES
LOCATED AROUND THE PERIMETER OF
THE UW CAMPUS IS A CAMPUS
INDUSTRY AND SKY BRIDGE NETWORK
FOR A TEN-YEAR TERM, SPECIFYING
CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THIS
PERMIT IS GRANTED, PROVIDING
FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE
PERMIT AND CONDITIONS, AND
RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING
CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS.
>> THANK YOU.
FROM OUR CENTRAL STAFF, DO WE
HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO LEAD
OFF WITH?
>> THIS IS SORT OF A RENEWAL
BUT ALSO THE START OF A NEW 30
YEAR PERMIT FOR FIVE UNIVERSITY
OF WASHINGTON SKY BRIDGES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I AM JULIE BLAKESLEE.
GOOD MORNING.
WE ARE HERE FOR FIVE SKY
BRIDGES THAT SURROUND THE UW
CAMPUS.
THERE IS A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE OF
THE CAMPUS AS IT LOOKS AT
RANIER.
HERE IS THE SDOT MISSION AND
CORE VALUES AND WE FEEL LIKE
THIS TERM PERMIT ADDRESSES
THOSE.
IT MOVES THOUSANDS OF
PEDESTRIANS EVERY DAY ACROSS
THE SKY BRIDGES TO THE DISTRICT
NEIGHBORHOOD, THE ATHLETIC
FACILITIES, IT IS A PRETTY
IMPORTANT PART OF THE
PEDESTRIAN NETWORK UP THERE.
HERE IS A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF
WHAT I COVERED IN THE BRIEFING
ABOUT TERM PERMITS. I WILL JUST
SKIP OVER THAT.
>> AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A
TERM PERMIT.
>> AND THIS IS A SKY BRIDGE SO
IT REQUIRES PUBLIC BENEFIT.
UW, THERE ARE CURRENTLY FIVE
SKY BRIDGES AND THEY WERE
COVERED UNDER FOUR SEPARATE
PERMITS AND THEY EXPIRED AT
DIFFERENT TIMES WITH A LOOK TO
EFFICIENCY AND EASIER TO
MANAGE, WE WORKED WITH UW TO BE
ABLE TO HAVE AND MANAGE IT
EFFICIENTLY AND HAVE ALL FIVE
SKY BRIDGES UNDER ONE PERMIT SO
WE ARE NOT TRACKING MULTIPLE
EXPIRATION DATES OR DIFFERENT
THINGS THAT CAME UP.
SO THAT IS THE PROPOSAL. IT
CONNECTS THE UW CAMPUS TO THE
DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND
IT AND I WILL SHOW YOU A MAP.
IT BRINGS THE WHOLE CAMPUS, ON
THE WESTERN SIDE IS THE 15th
AVENUE NORTHEAST AND IT
CONNECTS STUDENTS ACROSS 15th
FROM THE BUS LAYOVER AREAS AND
TO THE PART OF THE UW NEAR THE
MUSEUM. THE PACIFIC HITCHCOCK
SKY BRIDGE CONNECTS THE MAIN
CAMPUS TO THE MEDICAL FACILITIES
AND THE PACIFIC T-WING CONNECTS
MEDICAL FACILITIES EAST OF
PACIFIC AND I'LL TRY TO SAY
THESE NAMES CORRECTLY.
THE MONTLAKE WAHKIAKUM SKY
BRIDGE AND THE MONTLAKE WHATCOM
SKY BRIDGES CONNECT TO THE EAST.
THERE IS THE SOUND TRANSIT SKY
BRIDGE THAT IS NOT A TERM
PERMIT AND IT IS CONSIDERED
PART OF THE TRANSPORTATION
NETWORK.
>> RANIER VISTA SKY BRIDGE.
SO THOSE ARE NOT SKY BRIDGES
COVERED UNDER THE ORDINANCE.
THEY WERE ADOPTED THROUGH OTHER
POLICIES.
HERE IS SOME IMAGES.
15th AVENUE NORTHEAST, YOU CAN
SEE IT CONNECTS TO THE BUS
LAYOVER AREAS.
THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS.
THERE ARE 28,000 PEDESTRIANS
PER DAY ACROSS THE SKY BRIDGES,
ALL FIVE SKY BRIDGES, AND THAT
IS ONE THING WE LOOK AT AS FAR
AS SERVING THE PUBLIC.
88,000 VEHICLES PER DAY GO ON
THE STREETS AROUND THEM, SO IT
IS MOVING PEDESTRIANS
EFFICIENTLY AND MOVING TRAFFIC
EFFICIENTLY AND MONTLAKE IS
ACTUALLY A STATE HIGHWAY SO WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT
CONNECTS THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND
THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS
ARE NOT CUT OFF FROM IT.
>> THE 15th AVENUE NORTHEAST
SKY BRIDGE HAS ANOTHER
IMPORTANCE, WHICH IT CONNECTS
THE EVERYDAY PEOPLE TO THE ONLY
OTHER CITY GRIND LOCATION IN
THE CITY.
[LAUGHTER]
>> DO YOU THINK JOHN IS
LISTENING?
>> PROBABLY NOT.
[LAUGHTER]
>> THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT IS
PACIFIC/HITCHCOCK. DOWN BELOW
THE IMAGE ON THE LEFT IS THE
PACIFIC T WING AND THE OTHERS
ARE THE ONE OVER WAHKIAKUM
WHICH IS THE FURTHEST NORTH
AND THE WHATCOM WITCHES
SOUTHERN. SINCE THIS IS A SKY
BRIDGE AND IT WAS CONSIDERED A
NEW PERMIT THEY WERE REQUIRED
TO DO PUBLIC BENEFIT AND AS WE
LOOK AT PUBLIC BENEFIT WE WANT
IT TO BE TRULY BENEFICIAL TO
THE PUBLIC BECAUSE THERE IS AN
IMPACT ON THE PUBLIC OF HAVING
SKY BRIDGES AROUND, SO WE WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
ADDRESSING THAT TO THE PUBLIC
BENEFIT.
THE REQUIREMENTS ALSO INCLUDE
THE PUBLIC BENEFIT MUST BE
MAINTAINED FOR THE LIFE OF THE
PERMIT, SO WE TAKE THAT VERY
SERIOUSLY AND IT HAS TO BE
TANGIBLE AND IT IS SOMETHING
THAT WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE
SURE IS COMMENSURATE TO THE
IMPACT.
SKY BRIDGES ARE ALSO REVIEWED
BY THE SEATTLE DESIGN
COMMISSION AND THEY PROVIDE
RECOMMENDATION TO THE MONTLAKE
WAHKIAKUM -- SDOT DIRECTOR
WHICH IS INCORPORATED INTO OUR
COUNCIL.
THEY LOOK AT ALL THE IDEAS OF
IS THAT TRULY PUBLIC AND DOES
IT SERVE THE PUBLIC INTEREST?
FOR THIS INTEREST THE UW
PROPOSED THE IMPROVEMENTS OF
THE 1.8 MILE SEGMENT TO THE
BURKE GILMAN TRAIL.
IT INTERSECTS WITH FOUR OF THE
SKY BRIDGES AND IT IS TANGIBLE
AND WAS A LARGE INVESTMENT BY
THEM.
IT INCLUDED TRAIL WIDENING,
SEPARATING HEADS AND BIKE USERS
ARE SAFETY, BICYCLE SHELTERS,
NEUTRAL FURNISHINGS, AND
CRATING MIXING ZONES FOR
PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLES
INTERSECT, THERE ARE MEASURES
THERE TO INDICATE THAT THIS IS
A PLACE WHERE THERE IS GOING TO
BE THAT INTERACTION AND MAKE
THAT INTERACTION SAFER.
REPLACING THE NON-ADA COMPLIANT
CONNECTIONS WITH UNIVERSAL
ACCESS INFRASTRUCTURE, VERTICAL
CIRCULATION BETWEEN THE TRAM ON
THE PACIFIC STREET OVERPASS AND
THE TRANSIT PLAZA AND ALSO
IMPROVING SIGHTLINES, LETTING
LEVELS, AND OTHER CRIME
PREVENTION THROUGH
ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE PUBLIC GOING
THROUGH THERE IS PROTECTED
THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES.
SO WE ARE HERE TODAY SEEKING
THE COUNCIL'S APPROVAL AND
RECOMMENDING IT FOR APPROVAL .
THE ORDINANCE WILL SET THE FEES
AND HERE IT IS LISTED OUT.
WE ARE PUTTING THE FIVE FEES
AND BROKE THEM OUT BY SKY
BRIDGE BECAUSE ANOTHER PART OF
WHAT THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES IS
AN ANALYSIS BY THE UW WITHIN
THE FIRST 10 YEAR TERM TO LOOK
AT THE CONTINUED NEED AND THE
FEASIBILITY OF MAYBE TAKING THE
50th AVENUE NORTHEAST SKY
BRIDGE OUT OR CONSOLIDATING THE
TWO OVER MONTLAKE. IF AT THAT
POINT THERE IS A CONSOLIDATION
OF SKY BRIDGES, WE WOULD BE
ABLE TO DELINEATE AND TAKE THE
DESIGNATED FEE OUT OF THAT ONE.
>> IN ADDITION, THROUGH THE SKY
BRIDGES, THEY ARE NOT ADA
COMPLIANT SO THEY ARE ASKED TO
LOOK AT WAYS TO MAKE THEM
COMPLIANT OR POTENTIALLY
REPLACE THEM WITH ADA COMPLIANT
SKY BRIDGES.
>> HAVE THOSE QUESTIONS BEEN
ANSWERED?
>> NO, THAT WILL BE PART OF THE
FIRST TERM.
THEY WOULD GET THE PERMIT TO DO
THIS AND BEFORE THEY COULD RENEW
AT THE 10 YEAR EXPIRATION THEY
WOULD HAVE TO DO THIS ANALYSIS
AND WE WOULD LOOK AT IT AND
WHAT COMES OUT OF THE ANALYSIS
IS WHAT WE WOULD PREFER PRESENT
TO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RENEWAL
.
>> SO THE ADA COMPLIANCE WOULD
NOT BE PUT IN PLACE FOR A
DECADE?
>> WE WOULD ASK THEM TO DO
THAT, IF THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON WANTED TO DO THAT,
THEY COULD, BUT IT IS PART OF
THE ANALYSIS.
AS OUR CAMPUS EVOLVES, WE WANT
TO BE SURE WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING
AT RINGS, THEY'RE LOOKING AT
ADA IS A NECESSARY COMPONENT
BECAUSE THAT IS IMPORTANT, AND
IMPORTANT VALUE TO US AND YOU
WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CARRY
FORTH THIS VALUE IS PART OF THE
PERMITS THAT WE MANAGE.
>> I THINK YOU HEARD FROM
EARLIER COMMENTS, MY SPECIFIC
FOCUS ON ALL AGES AND ABILITIES,
SO I WILL LIKELY ABSTAIN FROM
THIS VOTE.
>> HOW LONG HAVE THESE BRIDGES
BEEN AROUND?
>> A VERY LONG TIME.
I'M SORRY, I DON'T KNOW THE
DATES, BUT SOME OF THEM IN THE
60s AND 70s.
AND 80s.
>> RIGHT, OKAY.
>> THE STAFF MEMBER SAYS EACH
SKY BRIDGE WAS APPROVED UNDER
PREVIOUS ORDINANCES WHOSE TERMS
HAD EXPIRED BUT IT ALSO SAYS
THAT THIS IS A BILL FOR AN
INITIAL 10 YEAR TERM. I CAN'T
FIGURE OUT HOW THOSE POSTINGS
CAN BE TRUE.
úIS THIS THE INITIAL TERM OR
THEIR PREVIOUS TERMS?
>> THEY ARE BOTH TRUE.
A SKY BRIDGE PERMIT, THE WAY WE
CRAFTED IT, IT CAN GO FOR UP TO
30 YEARS.
THOSE 30 YEAR PERIOD'S HAVE
BEEN COMPLETED FOR THE SKY
BRIDGES AND SO THEY ARE BACK
FOR THE FIRST APPROVAL OF THE
NEXT 30 YEAR TERM GIVEN THAT
THEY ARE GOING TO BE REASSESSING
THE SKY BRIDGES IN THE FIRST 10
YEAR TERM TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES
THAT AMY MENTIONED.
>> I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY
WE ARE CALLING IT AN INITIAL 10
YEAR TERM WHEN THERE HAS BEEN A
PREVIOUS TERM.
>> BECAUSE WE ARE CONSIDERING
THIS NEW 30 YEAR TERM AS A NEW
PERMIT BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS
PERMITS HAVE EXPIRED.
>> I UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TERM.
THERE HAS BEEN A PREVIOUS TERM
JUST UNDER A DIFFERENT PERMIT.
I'M HAVING A HARD TIME BUT I
GET IT NOW.
THANK YOU.
>> WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FOR
HAVING A CONVERSATION, AS
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS WAS
SAYING, ABOUT ADDRESSING
IMPORTANT ISSUES, WE HAVE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE NOT ABLE
TO ACCESS OR HAVE ACCESS TO
THESE STRUCTURES, SO IS THERE A
WAY TO SPEED UP THAT
CONVERSATION AND REALLY ADDRESS
THE NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY,
ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT STUDENTS WHO ARE TRYING
TO FINISH THEIR DEGREES AND
HAVING ACCESS ISSUES?
>> WE HAVE FLAGGED THE ISSUE
WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON AND THEY ARE VERY
AWARE OF IT, SO I THINK IN
TERMS OF TIMING IT IS OUR
EXPECTATION THAT IT WILL BE
RESOLVED AND NOT LIKE THE DAY
BEFORE THE NEW 10 YEAR TERM,
BUT I THINK IN TERMS OF TIMING,
DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA WHEN YOU
MIGHT BE ABLE TO RESOLVE THE
ADA ACCESS ISSUES?
>> ACCESSIBILITY ON THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON CAMPUS
IS A VERY HIGH PRIORITY FOR US.
WE WANT TO SERVE ALL OF OUR
STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF.
WE HAVE A VERY OLD CAMPUS WITH
A LOT OF DIFFERENT STRUCTURES
AND WE'RE ALSO A STATE
INSTITUTION THAT IS RELIANT ON
STATE FUNDING, SO ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING
FOR QUITE A LONG TIME IS
UNDERSTANDING OUR ACCESSIBILITY
AND WE PROVIDE DISABILITY AND
OTHER MEANS AND MANNERS THAN
WHEN OUR PHYSICAL ASSETS ARE
LIMITED. FOR EXAMPLE, ALL OF
THE PARKING AREAS ON THE EAST
CAMPUS ON THAT SIDE OF
MONTLAKE, WE SERVED THE WHOLE
CAMPUS THROUGH AN ACCESSIBILITY
DIAL A RIDE, AND SO WE HAVE
OTHER MEANS OF PROVIDING THAT
ACCESSIBILITY TODAY AND WE
WOULD BE PURSUING, LIKE WE ARE
ON THE REST OF THE CAMPUS,
IMPROVEMENTS FOR ACCESSIBILITY
FOR ALL.
THESE BRIDGES WOULD BE A PART
OF THAT OVERALL PROGRAM AS WE
TRANSITION INTO CONTINUOUS
IMPROVEMENTS OF ACCESSIBILITY
FOR ALL OF OUR FACILITIES AND
ALL OF OUR PEOPLE ON CAMPUS.
>> CAN I ASK HOW THE FEES WERE
DERIVED?
>> THE FEES ARE BASED ON AN
ORDINANCE THE CITY COUNCIL
PASSED THAT ADOPTED THE
METHODOLOGY AND SO IT IS A
STANDARD METHODOLOGY AND WHAT
WE DO IS WE LOOK AT THE CLOSEST
, FOR THIS CASE, BECAUSE IT IS
ALL GOVERNMENT OWNED AND IT IS
NOT, THE KING COUNTY ASSESSOR
DOES NOT DETERMINE A LAND
VALUE, WE LOOK AT THE CLOSEST
SIMILARITIES FOR THE NEAREST
PARCEL WE TOOK THE PER SQUARE
FOOT LAND VALUE MULTIPLY THAT
BY THE AREA OF ENCROACHMENT, SO
WHAT PART OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY
IN SQUARE FEET IS BEING
IMPACTED.
THERE IS A RATE OF RETURN THAT
WE GET THAT THE CITY APPRAISER
DOES EVERY YEAR AND HE DOES THE
ANALYSIS FOR ALL PROPERTIES AND
IT IS AVERAGED OUT THROUGHOUT
THE CITY.
THEN WE MULTIPLY IT BY A DEGREE
OF ALIENATION.
IT IS THE GENERAL POLICY AND IT
IS IN THE CODE THAT SAYS WE
WANT TO LIMIT THE PROLIFERATION
OF SKY BRIDGES SO THERE IS A
HIGHER DEGREE OF WHAT IS
CONSIDERED ALIENATION OR IMPACT
TO THE PUBLIC.
FOR 15th AND PACIFIC, THE TWO
PACIFIC BRIDGES AND THE ONE
PACIFIC BRIDGE HITCHCOCK AND
THE TWO PACIFIC RIDGES,
MONTLAKE, THOSE ALL HAVE THE
LOWEST DEGREE OF ALIENATION
BECAUSE THEY'RE COMPLETELY OPEN
TO THE PUBLIC.
THE PACIFIC TIA EWING IS WHAT
WAS CONSIDERED A SEMIPUBLIC,
SEMIPRIVATE, BECAUSE IT ENDS IN
THE BUILDING SO UNLIKE THE
OTHER SKY BRIDGES WHERE YOU ARE
WALKING ON OPEN LAND TO NOT
ENTERING A STRUCTURE, THAT ONE
ENDS IN A STRUCTURE, SO IT IS
CONSIDERED SEMI PUBLIC OR SEMI
PRIVATE AND IT HAS A HIGHER
DEGREE OF ALIENATION C WILL SEE
THAT REFLECTED IN THE FEE.
IT IS A 75% DEGREE OF
ALIENATION AS OPPOSED TO THE 10%
FOR THE OTHER FULLY PUBLIC SKY
BRIDGES.
>> AND TO BE CLEAR, SDOT IS
RECOMMENDING THIS RENEWAL,
CORRECT?
AND IF WE DID NOT RENEW IT,
THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE KNOCKED
DOWN?
>> EVENTUALLY.
>> AND COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN,
IN MY PAST WORK WITH THIS
AMAZING TEAM WHAT I HAVE FOUND
IS THAT SOMETIMES THESE TERM
PERMITS WILL EXPIRE AND THE
STRUCTURE WILL STILL BE IN
PLACE UNTIL THE PERMIT CAN BE
RENEWED OR A NEW ORDINANCE PUT
IN PLACE AND SO I THINK WE DO
HAVE SPACE TO ALLOW THE
STRUCTURES TO CONTINUE TO STAND,
MUCH LIKE ANY OTHER CONTRACT
THAT MAY EXPIRE BETWEEN THE
TIME OF EXPIRATION AND THAT
CONTRACT BEING RENEWED. THERE
IS NOT A REQUIREMENT FOR THAT
STRUCTURE TO BE REMOVED.
>> IS THAT THE CORRECT
UNDERSTANDING?
>> YES, THE ORDINANCE BEFORE
YOU HAS RATIFYING CONFIRMED
CAUSE THE COVERS THE GAP FROM
IN THE PERMITS EXPIRE TO WHEN
IT IS PASSED.
IT GOES BACK TO THE TIME OF THE
FIRST EXPIRATION AND COVERS
THAT.
>> IF THE COUNCIL DID DECIDE TO
VOTE AGAINST THE BILL, THEY
WOULD HAVE TO BE TAKEN DOWN AT
SOME POINT.
>> THAT IS TRUE.
>> IF A NEW TERM PERMIT OR
ORDINANCE WAS NOT PUT IN PLACE.
>> I AM INTERESTED IN IF WE CAN
GET A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT THE PROCESS HERE AND HOW
WE CAN MAKE SURE, I MEAN, THE
LANGUAGE WE HAVE IS FAIRLY VAGUE
ABOUT A POTENTIAL TIMELINE
RATHER THAN AN ACTUAL TIMELINE
FOR WHEN THESE ISSUES WILL BE
ADDRESSED. 10 YEARS FEELS LIKE
A LONG TIME TO ASK FOLKS TO
CONTINUE TO WAIT.
THE STRUCTURES ALREADY LACK
COMPLIANCE, SO I UNDERSTAND THE
PLAN IS TO TRY TO ADDRESS THAT,
WHICH IS GREAT, IT IS JUST THE
WAITING ANOTHER 10 YEARS TO
CONTINUE NOT BEING COMPLIED
COMPLIANCE SEEMS PROBLEMATIC.
>> ON THAT NOTE, THE LANGUAGE
AND THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL
ALLOW FOR AN ANALYSIS THAT IS
NOT FEASIBLE.
IT IS NOT FEASIBLE FOR THE
STRUCTURE TO BECOME ADA
COMPLIANT.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO
ALLOW FOR THAT.
>> THAT IS REALLY AN IMPORTANT
POINT AND I THINK FOR UW, THEIR
OBLIGATION IS TO FIND A SYSTEM
OF ADA ACCESS AND IF ONE OF THE
SKY BRIDGES COULD NOT BE
RETROFITTED TO BE ADA
COMPLIANT, I THINK THE OPTION
WOULD BE IS IT SIGNED AND IS
THERE A CLEAR PATH FOR SOMEBODY
TO GO ARE THEY TO GO OR DO WE
WANTED TO COME DOWN BECAUSE
IT'S NOT ACCESSIBLE TO
EVERYONE, AND I THINK THAT'S A
QUESTION THAT WE HAVEN'T
ANSWERED TO DATE BECAUSE
THROUGH THEIR MASTER PLANNING,
UW IS LOOKING AT THEIR WHOLE
NETWORK OF HOW PEOPLE MOVE
AROUND BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY
AND ON CAMPUS.
>> SO THAT IS WHY THE CONDITION
ITSELF ALLOWS FOR AN ALTERNATIVE
TO THIS PARTICULAR STRUCTURES
BECOMING ADA COMPLIANT.
>> BECAUSE THERE MAY BE NO WAY
TO CHANGE THE SPECIFIC SKY
BRIDGE, BUT THERE IS A ROUTE
THAT IS NOT TOO BURDENSOME AND
CLEAR AND UNDERSTANDABLE THAT
PROVIDES ACCESS.
>> AS A CONDITION?
>> IT SEEMS LIKE ACTUALLY
CONCLUDING THAT AS A CONDITION
WOULD GET AT THE CONCERN THAT
WE HAVE.
>> IS THERE ANY INFORMATION
FROM THE STUDENTS WHO MIGHT BE
AFFECTED BY THIS?
HAS THERE BEEN ANY OUTREACH TO
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
ABOUT HOW THEY ACCESS THIS OR
WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT THE
ALTERNATIVES THAT ARE BEING USED
OR WOULD BE PROPOSED?
>> WE HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH
THE PROCESS OF ADA SELF-
ASSESSMENT AND A TRANSITION
PLAN, SO WE HAVE DONE EXTENSIVE
OUTREACH TO ALL OF OUR
STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF,
ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE
ENTIRE CAMPUS.
THESE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES CONNECT
LARGE POPULATIONS AND DIVERSE
POPULATIONS, AS WELL AS MANAGING
SOME OF THE TOPOGRAPHY CHANGES
IN THESE AREAS AND SIGNIFICANT
ROADWAYS WITH TRAFFIC.
PACIFIC AND MONTLAKE.
THERE ARE OTHER HAZARDS
INVOLVED WITH THAT, SO YES, WE
HAVE DONE A LOT OF OUTREACH AND
HAVE A LOT OF FEEDBACK ON THAT
AND THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES HAVE
NOT COME UP VERY OFTEN AT ALL.
IT IS OTHER SERVICES.
>> I ASK BECAUSE MY COMMUNITY
WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS
WHO ARE IN WHEELCHAIRS OR WHO
HAVE VISION IMPAIRMENTS, THERE
IS A FRUSTRATION WITH THE
ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS THAT ARE
SET UP BECAUSE HAVING TO DIAL A
RIDE IS ITSELF A BARRIER, IT IS
NOT AS ACCESSIBLE.
IT IS BEING ABLE TO USE
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS AVAILABLE
FOR EVERYONE ELSE.
I UNDERSTAND WE STILL NEED TO
HAVE ALTERNATIVES AVAILABLE,
BUT TO THE EXTENT THAT FOLKS
MIGHT HAVE SUGGESTIONS FOR
EITHER HOW TO IMPROVE THOSE
ALTERNATIVES OR JUST A
PREFERENCE FOR BEING ABLE TO USE
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT EVERYBODY
ELSE USES, I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE ABLE TO
ADDRESS THAT AND SPEAK TO THE
REAL NEEDS THAT PEOPLE HAVE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> IN OUR LAST COMMITTEE
MEETING AND MADE CLEAR I WOULD
NOT VOTE FOR ITEMS I WAS NOT
BRIEFED ON.
THIS IS ANOTHER SITUATION WHERE
I HAVE SIGNIFICANT QUESTIONS
THAT I DON'T FEEL ARE
APPROPRIATE FOR THE COMMITTEE
TABLE AND RATHER THAN VOTING NO,
BECAUSE OF MY AFFINITY FOR THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON AND MY
INHERENT TRUST IN THE
INSTITUTION, THAT IS HOW I GOT
TO THE ABSTENTION.
I WOULD SUGGEST OR OFFER IT
SEEMS THERE ARE OTHER QUESTIONS
AT THIS TABLE AND MAYBE WE HOLD
THIS BILL OR ORDINANCE UNTIL
THE NEXT COMMITTEE.
>> YES, WHAT IDEA IS TO HAVE
CENTRAL STAFF COME UP WITH
POTENTIAL AMENDMENT LANGUAGE
BASED ON TIGHTENING UP SOME OF
THE LANGUAGE THAT IS BEFORE US
TODAY AND WE CAN SCHEDULE IT
FOR TWO WEEKS FROM NOW AND COME
BACK THROUGH COMMITTEE AND THAT
WILL GIVE COUNCILMEMBERS TIME
TO INITIATE THEIR OWN BRIEFINGS
THAT THEY MIGHT NEED.
>> WE WILL BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH
YOU ON WHATEVER YOU NEED.
>> IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS
WE WILL HOLD THAT FOR TWO WEEKS
FROM TODAY AND HAVE POSSIBLE
AMENDMENTS THAT WE WILL PUBLISH
.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I HAVE THE NEXT ITEM SO I AM
STILL STAYING.
>> GRADES, OUR CLERK WILL READ
THAT INTO THE RECORD.
>> COUNCIL BILL 119742,
ORDINANCE VACATING PORTIONS OF
THE ALLEYS IN BLOCK THREE,
ADDITION TO WEST SEATTLE AND
THE WEST SEATTLE JUNCTION AND
ACCEPTING A PROPERTY USE AND
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ON THE
PETITION OF THE WHITTAKER, A
CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION AND
NONPROFIT CORPORATION PERK FILE
FOR 13 -- BECAUSE IT IS A
JUDICIAL IT COMES THROUGH AS A
CLERK'S FILE.
>> I AM A NUMBER 10.
>> A CENTRAL STAFF WANT TO
START OFF ON THIS FOR US?
>> THIS IS THE FINAL ORDINANCE
THAT WOULD GRANT FINAL APPROVAL
TO THE WHITTAKER FOR ITS ALLEY
VACATION CONDITIONAL APPROVAL
WAS GRANTED IN 2014 AND SO
THEY'RE COMING BACK FOR THE
FINAL APPROVAL BECAUSE IT HAS
BEEN DETERMINED TO MEET ALL OF
THE CONDITIONS OF THE STREET
VACATION APPROVAL.
>> OKAY.
WE WILL HEAR FROM SDOT.
>> OKAY, SO GENERALLY WITH THE
FINAL VACATION ORDINANCE WE DO
A POWERPOINT THAT SHOWS HOW THE
PROJECT WAS DEVELOPED BECAUSE
THE COUNCIL WOULD'VE JUST SEEN
DRAWINGS AND WE HAVE PHOTOS
THAT SHOW THE PROJECT ITSELF
AND THE DIFFERENT PUBLIC
BENEFIT ELEMENTS AND WE DID NOT
INTRODUCE --
>> PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
>> I AM BRAD WEISINGER.
I AM THE APPLICANT.
>> SO BRAD WILL SHOW US HIS
PROJECT AND WE WILL TALK A
LITTLE BIT.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF
QUESTIONS THAT WERE RAISED
DURING THE OPENING COMMENTS AND
WE WILL WANT TO RESPOND TO
THAT.
IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL IF WE SHOW
THE PROJECT FIRST.
THIS IS WHAT IT IS.
THIS PROJECT AND THIS IS ABOUT
THE TIME FRAME WE SEE THAT IT
NORMALLY TAKES AROUND 5+ YEARS
FOR PROJECTS TO COME ONLINE AND
THIS IS THE COUNCIL ESTABLISH
PROCESS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER,
THE TWO STEPS.
IT DOES CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND SO WE
DON'T DO THE ORDINANCE THAT
FREES THEM FROM THEIR VACATION
OBLIGATIONS UNTIL THE FEES ARE
PAID AND EVERYTHING IS IN.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT CHECKPOINT
AND AFTER WE LOOK AT THE
PROJECT WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE
COMMUNITY COMMENTS BUT WE
REALLY APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITY
AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROJECT IN
HIGHLIGHTING ISSUES OR
QUESTIONS BECAUSE THERE MAY BE
LANDSCAPING THAT DIED AND IT IS
A GOOD WAY FOR US TO FIND OUT
AND WE WILL RESPOND TO THOSE
AFTER WE DO THE POWERPOINT. I
THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO
SEE WHERE WE ARE AT.
>> FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR
HAVING US IN.
IT IS BEEN A LONG PROCESS AND I
THINK THIS STARTED BACK IN 2011
OR 2012 AND IT WAS A VERY
COMPLEX DEVELOPMENT IN WEST
SEATTLE AND WE'RE REALLY
EXCITED WITH HOW IT CAME OUT SO
I LOOK FORWARD TO WALKING YOU
THROUGH THIS.
MY NAME IS RISING HER, THE
DIVISION PRESIDENT FOR LMC HERE
IN SEATTLE.
I'M FROM THE AREA.
I SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR NINE
YEARS.
CAME BACK AND IN THE ARMY I WAS
AN AIRBORNE RANGER AND IN ORDER
TO BE THERE, ATTENTION TO
DETAIL IS IMPORTANT.
EVERYTHING IN THIS DEAL HAS
BEEN CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.
I AM REALLY EXCITED WITH WHAT
LMC DOES IN SEATTLE.
WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF
DEVELOPING MANY HOMES
THROUGHOUT THE METROPOLITAN
AREA IN ADDITION TO WHAT THEY
BUILD, SO WE ARE ONE OF THE
LARGEST.
I THINK CURRENTLY WE ARE THE
LARGEST MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPER
IN THE CITY.
A COUPLE OF CANADIANS ARE
DEVELOPING MORE THAN IS
CURRENTLY.
MY WIFE AND I ARE ACTIVE AND WE
CHAIRED THE CAMPAIGN THIS YEAR
RAISING MONEY FOR MARY'S PLACE.
WE ARE VERY ACTIVE IN THE
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE ASSOCIATION.
LMC, THIS WAS THE FIRST , EVEN
THOUGH THIS IS THE SECOND TIME
WE ARE COMING INTO FINALIZED,
THIS WAS THE FIRST ALLEY THAT
WE PROPOSED VACATING.
BEVERLY MENTIONED THE OTHER
ONE, THE THIRD ONE BEING TOWN
HALL PREVIOUSLY.
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT ONE
AND WE ALSO VACATED AN ALLEY ON
MADISON ON THE EAST SIDE OF
CHAPEL HILL.
I THINK ON ALL OF THOSE AND I
WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO
TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS FROM THE
DEVELOPERS PROCESS, THE END IT
IS A WIN WIN IF DONE RIGHT FOR
EVERYBODY.
THE DEVELOPER IS ABLE TO BUILD
A BETTER COMMUNITY FOR OUR
RESIDENTS AND I THINK ALL THREE
OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE ARE
BUILDING WILL BE BETTER
COMMUNITIES FOR THOSE RESIDENTS
THAT WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN
IF WE HAD NOT VACATED THE ALLEY.
ALL INSTANCES PRESS, THE
FUNCTIONALITY OF THE ALLEY WAS
RETURNED SO THE PUBLIC STILL
HAS THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THOSE
ALLEYS.
THE FINAL BENEFIT IS TO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
HELPING THE NEIGHBORHOOD
ACHIEVE GOALS AND HOW WE DO
THAT IN WEST SEATTLE.
THE WHITTAKER, NAMED AFTER JIM
WHITTAKER , WHO GREW UP A FEW
BLOCKS FROM HERE AND STARTED
CLIMBING AT CAMP LONG WHEN HE
WAS A YOUNG TEENAGER.
IT INSTILLED IN HIM HIS PASSION
FOR THE OUTDOORS.
JIM WORKED WITH US THROUGH THE
DESIGN AND I WAS REALLY EXCITED
TO GET JIM ENGAGED WITH US ON
THIS.
HE LOVED IT.
HIS WHOLE PASSION ABOUT
BRINGING THE OUTSIDE IN, THAT
WAS THE ETHOS OF THE DESIGN OF
THIS COMMUNITY.
I'M HAPPY WITH HOW THAT GOT
INCORPORATED THROUGHOUT THE
BUILDING AND THE RESIDENTS WHO
LIVE THERE TODAY HAVE BEEN
EXTREMELY PLEASED WITH THAT
EXPERIENCE.
389 HOMES, OF WHICH 78 ARE
AFFORDABLE.
YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF
THE RETAIL.
ULTIMATELY -- WHEN YOU SAY
AFFORDABLE WHAT YOU MEAN?
>> MULTIFAMILY TAX EXEMPTION.
MIDDLE INCOME.
FROM 65 TO 85% ARE MIDDLE
INCOME.
>> FOR THE TABLE TO REFLECT, MY
IMPRESSION OF AFFORDABLE RENTS
IS 30 TO 60%, SO I APPRECIATE
THE MULTIFAMILY TAX EXEMPTION.
I UNDERSTAND AND THAT IS A GOOD
POINT.
I FINISHED WORKING ON THE
MAYOR'S COUNCIL FOR MIDDLE-
INCOME HOUSING WHICH FOCUSES ON
THE 60 TO 100, SOME PEOPLE DO
FIND IT IS 80 TO 120, BUT I
AGREE THAT TRUE AFFORDABLE,
YOU'RE RIGHT, SUB 60.
THE RETAIL, ROBUST RETAIL, THE
ALLEY VACATION ON WHITTAKER
WAS REALLY DONE TO HELP US
FACILITATE BUILDING A BIGGER
BOX RETAIL THAT WOULD ANCHOR
THIS PORTION OF THE TRIANGLE
AND THAT IS NOW OCCUPIED. WE
HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 18,000 --
MAKE A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE
AFFORDABLE UNITS.
SO THOSE WERE UNITS THAT ARE
PROVIDED UNDER, AS YOU
MENTIONED THE MULTIFAMILY TAX
EXEMPTION PROGRAM, WHICH GRANTS
DEVELOPERS RELIEF FROM PROPERTY
TAXES IN EXCHANGE FOR SET-
ASIDES OF UNITS.
MY QUESTION IS, WAS IS ALSO A
PUBLIC BENEFIT?
>> NO.
IT WAS NOT CONSIDERED PUBLIC
BENEFIT.
PART OF THE PROJECT.
>> ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES IN
SEATTLE, CURRENTLY EXCEPT FOR
THE TWO TOWERS AT TOWNHALL, WE
HAVE CHOSEN TO UTILIZE
MULTIFAMILY TAX EXEMPTION,
WHICH YOU ARE RIGHT, IT GIVES
US ABATEMENT OF THE RESIDENTIAL
VALUE OF THE BUILDING.
WE STILL PAY ON THE LAND VALUE
IN THE COMMERCIAL, CORRECT.
FINALLY, PARKING.
IT WAS CLEAR TO US FROM THE
NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THEY WANTED
AMPLE PARKING SO WE HAVE TWO
TRAYS A PARKING ACROSS THE SITE.
RESIDENT SHALL, 316 STALLS, 278
FOR THE RETAIL, AND 140 FOUR
BIKES.
THE NEXT SLIDE GIVES YOU AN IDEA
OF THE CONDITIONS.
WE MENTIONED BEFORE, THIS IS A
GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE CITY
BENEFITING FROM THE PUBLIC
BENEFITS WE PROVIDED PLUS WHAT
WE PAID FOR THE ALLEY, BUT
REALLY RETAIN THE FUNCTIONALITY
OF THAT ALLEY.
ESSENTIALLY THE OLD CONDITION,
THE ALLEY WAS SET UP TO PROVIDE
, I ASSUME THE STREET GRIDS
WERE CREATED THE VISION WAS
SMALL DOWNTOWN TYPE OF RETAIL
ALONG ALASKA.
THE REALITY OVER TIME IS THAT
IT HAS NOT BEEN UTILIZED SO
THIS IS THE LAST BLOCK WERE
THAT EAST-WEST ALLEY STILL
EXISTED AND NORTH AND SOUTH,
THE LONG ALLEY.
THE FINAL PLAN, AND WE WILL GET
INTO WHITE WAS PROPOSED THAT WE
CHANGE THAT, THE FINAL PLAN WE
STILL HAVE THE NORTH-SOUTH
ALLEY CONNECTING TO A WIDER
MIDBLOCK.
THE NEXT LIGHT ACTUALLY SHOWS
THE CONDITION OF THE EXISTING
ALLEYS, WHICH WERE NOT USABLE.
IF YOU VIEW A IN THE TOP LEFT
IT IS FOLLOWED BY LOOKING TO
THE WEST AND THE PINCH POINT
THERE WITH THE EXISTING
BUILDING AND THE POWERFUL WAS A
10 FOOT WIDE ALLEY.
NORTH AND SOUTH IT WAS NOT
PASSABLE AND YOU CAN SEE THE
FOUR FOOT HIGH RETAINING WALL
AND THE FENCE ABOVE IT.
SO THE ALLEYS WERE NOT -- THEY
WERE UTILIZED BY THE OWNERS OF
THE ADJACENT LAND, BUT IT
REALLY WASN'T ACCESSIBLE TO THE
PUBLIC.
BEVERLY MENTIONED IN THE PROCESS
THAT WE CAME IN PRIOR TO THE
FORMAL COMMUNITY OR
NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT BEING
REQUIRED TO DO A NEIGHBORHOOD
ENGAGEMENT PLAN AND THIS LIE
DEMONSTRATES THAT WE TOOK THAT
VERY SERIOUSLY EVEN THOUGH IT
WAS NOT A REQUIREMENT BY THE
CITY.
WE SAT DOWN AND STARTED
ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY IN
JANUARY 2012 BEFORE WE EVER
CAME AND TALKED TO THE CITY.
WE DID THAT WITH ALL OF OUR
COMMUNITIES AND THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT TO WORK WITH THE
COMMUNITY AND TRY TO BUILD
CONSENSUS.
BY NO MEANS DO WE EVER GET
EVERYBODY ON THE SAME PAGE.
THERE'S ALWAYS, I'M SURE YOU
CAN APPRECIATE, GREAT INTENTIONS
, BUT NOT NECESSARILY EVERYBODY
ALIGNED IN INTEREST.
EVERYBODY HAD A LOT OF GREAT
IDEAS AND WE WORKED AS WELL AS
WE COULD TO WORK WITH EVERYBODY
AND TRY TO COME UP WITH A PLAN
THAT WE THOUGHT RESPONDED TO
THE NEIGHBORHOOD BUT WE KNOW WE
DID NOT SATISFY EVERYBODY
THROUGH THE PROCESS.
YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK THERETO HE
MET WITH.
WE STARTED PUTTING OUR FEELERS
OUT AS TO WHO WE SHOULD MEET
WITH AND THEN IT STARTS TO GAIN
STEAM AND THERE AT THE END YOU
CAN SEE THE WEST SEATTLE TIMBRE
OF COMMERCE, FOUR MEETINGS.
IN THE HEART OF IT, THE WEST
SEATTLE JUNCTION ASSOCIATION
AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD
ASSOCIATION, MULTIPLE MEETINGS
WORKING WITH THEM.
AND PUTTING TOGETHER OUR PLAN.
CONCURRENTLY WE STARTED GOING
THROUGH A CITY REVIEW PROCESS
SO THE EDG AND ULTIMATELY DR BE
MEETINGS CONCURRENT TO THAT,
THE ALLEY VACATION MEETINGS
WITH THE DESIGN COMMISSION AND
CONCURRENT WITH ALL OF THAT
COORDINATING WITH THE VARIOUS
DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY.
ULTIMATELY OUR PLAN WAS DRIVEN
BY THE TRIANGLE PLAN.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAD PUT FORTH
THAT PLAN PRIOR TO US ACQUIRING
THE SITE.
WHAT THEIR GOALS FOR THE SITE
WERE, THIS DIAGRAM SHOWS IN
ORANGE THE SOLID LINE THE
EXISTING ALLEYS AND THEN YELLOW
, THEIR PREFERRED LOCATION FOR
THE EAST-WEST CONNECTOR.
THE NEXT SLIDE BRINGS OUT A
LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, SO THE
TRIANGLE PLAN GOALS ARE STATED
ON THE LEFT AND THIS WAS
STRAIGHT FROM THE TRIANGLE
PLAN.
THE TRIANGLE PLAN DRAWING THAT
WAS INCLUDED IN THEIR PLAN AND
WAS ACTUALLY COMPLETED.
SO THE KEY THERE IS THE EAST-
WEST CONNECTOR THAT WAS
ENVISIONED, I WILL POINT OUT
THE TWO AREAS ARE DIFFERING
SLIGHTLY, THE TRIANGLE PLAN
THAT WAS JUST A PEDESTRIAN
CONNECTOR ON THE EASTERN HALF
TO THE PARK IN WORKING WITH THE
CITY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
ULTIMATELY THAT WAS A VEHICULAR
ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE
CONNECTOR WITH A SEPARATE PATH
FOR PEDESTRIANS SEPARATED FROM
THE TRAFFIC.
THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT, THE
ORIGINAL TRIANGLE PLAN,
ENVISIONED MORE RESIDENTIAL
BUILDINGS AWAY TO THE GROUND
YOU SEE THE ALLEY EXTENDING TO
THE NORTH AND IT APPEARS TO GO
INTO HER GARAGE.
AS OPPOSED TO OUR ULTIMATE PLAN
WHERE WE VACATED THAT PORTION
OF THE ALLEY AND CONSTRUCTED
WHOLE FOODS.
THE PUBLIC BENEFITS THAT WERE
AGREED TO THROUGHOUT THAT
PROCESS, THIS IS THE LIST.
WE WILL WALK AROUND THE BUILDING
AND GO THROUGH THE LIST IN
DETAIL.
THE PUBLIC BENEFITS, THERE WERE
11 OFFICIAL ITEMS WITH BUDGETS
TOTALING $2.4 MILLION.
THAT $2.4 MILLION OF COST THAT
WE HAD DEVELOPING THIS
COMMUNITY THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE
BUT FOR PROVIDING THOSE PUBLIC
BENEFITS.
IN ADDITION TO THAT AND YOU
WERE TALKING ABOUT VALUATION,
WE PAID $3.2 MILLION FOR THE
LAND ITSELF.
ONE INTERESTING ASPECT OF THIS
AND BEVERLY AND I WORKED FOR
SOME TIME ON AND WE WAITED AND
HAD THE LAND APPRAISED AFTER
úREBUILD THIS COMMUNITY SO THE
CITY APPRAISERS VALUED THE LAND
OF THE TIME OF APPRAISAL WHICH
YOU WOULD EXPECT THEM TO DO AND
WE ACTUALLY SIGNIFICANTLY
INCREASED THE VALUE OF THE
SURROUNDING LAND AND YOU KNOW,
THE TWO DEVELOPMENTS CURRENTLY
GOING ON ACROSS THE STREET,
THEY PAY TWICE AS MUCH ON A
PREFECT BASIS ON THEIR LAND AND
WHAT WE PAID.
FOR THE ALLEY ITSELF WE ENDED
UP PAYING ESSENTIALLY TWO TIMES
ON A PERFECT BASIS FOR THAT
ALLEY.
THEN WHAT WE PAID FOR THE LAND
WE DEVELOPED AND THAT WAS
REALLY FROM A TIMING
PERSPECTIVE.
I THINK THIS DEVELOPMENT ADDED
A LOT OF VALUE TO THAT PORTION
OF THE CITY.
THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS YOU THE
SAME ITEMS, A LITTLE BIT HARDER
TO READ.
>> CAN I GO BACK TO THE LAST
SLIDE?
SO THESE ARE PUBLIC BENEFITS
PROVIDED, BUT THE COLUMN THAT
SAYS REQUIRED ALL SAYS NO.
>> THOSE WERE NOT REQUIRED
UNDER ANY OTHER CODES OR REVIEW.
>> BUT THEY ENDED UP BEING
REQUIRED BECAUSE THEY WERE
CONDITIONED.
I GUESS.
>> YES.
>> AND SDOT CONFIRMS THAT ALL
OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE
IDENTIFIED HERE HAVE INDEED
BEEN PROVIDED.
>> YES.
>> AND IS THE TIME TO TALK ABOUT
THE QUESTION TO THE LEFT?
I DON'T SEE THAT THERE.
THAT WAS NOT A PUBLIC BENEFITS,
THAT WAS MORE A TRANSPORTATION
RELATED CONDITION SO WE CAN
TALK ABOUT IT.
>> IS ON THE SLIDE SOMEWHERE
ELSE BECAUSE I'M HAPPY TO WAIT
TO GET TO THE RIGHT PLACE.
>> THE MIDBLOCK CROSSING. THIS
WOULD BE A GOOD POINT TO TALK
ABOUT.
>> THERE IS A GRAPHIC ON SLIDE
15 AND THE GRAPHIC MIGHT HELP
THE DISCUSSION.
>> AGAIN, WE WILL WALK AROUND
THE BUILDING VISUALLY WITH
PHOTOS, BUT THIS GIVES YOU A
PERSPECTIVE OF WHERE EACH OF
THOSE PUBLIC BENEFITS ARE AND
SOME OF THOSE ARE MULTIPLE.
FOR EXAMPLE, ITEM NUMBER NINE,
INCLUSION OF COMMISSION ART
PIECES IN PUBLIC PLAZAS.
THAT ART IS LOCATED THROUGHOUT
THE BUILDING, SO YOU SEE
NUMEROUS, IF WE COULD ZOOM IN A
LITTLE BIT MORE, WE SEE
NUMEROUS NUMBER NINE'S
THROUGHOUT, BUT THIS GIVES YOU
AN IDEA OF WHERE EACH OF THESE
PUBLIC AND IF IT'S WERE
INTENDED TO INCLUDE SOME OF THE
OFF-SITE, WE GO THROUGH A PHOTO
ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT WHERE THE
MASONIC LODGES, THE RIGHT-OF-
WAY, SO SOME OF IT WAS OFF-SITE
BUT THE MAJORITY OF IT WAS ON-
SITE.
THE FIRST ONE TO TALK ABOUT IS
THE NEW CITY PARK. THIS PARK IS
BEEN IN PLANNING FOR SOME TIME
AND WAS PROPOSED WHILE WE WERE
GOING THROUGH OUR APPLICATION
PROCESS.
WE AGREED TO FUND A PORTION OF
THE DESIGN COSTS ASSOCIATED
WITH THAT AND THAT WAS A CASH
CONTRIBUTION IS A PUBLIC
BENEFIT.
BECAUSE OF THE UNKNOWN TIMING
OF THE PARK, INFECTED DROVE BY
YESTERDAY IN THE PARK IS STILL
PLANNING, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT
THE STATUS TODAY.
IT DID NOT MAKE SENSE FOR US TO
PHYSICALLY CONTRIBUTE WORK
TOWARD THAT PARK BECAUSE OF
UNKNOWN TIMING.
>> IT WAS A FINANCIAL
CONTRIBUTION?
>> YES, I THINK IT WAS $25,000
TOWARD THE DESIGN OF IT.
>> THE NEXT TO TALK ABOUT IS
THE VOLUNTARY STREET-LEVEL
SETBACKS ON ALASKA.
WE COULD HAVE BUILT TWO OR THE
RED LINE IS SHOWN BUT WE
VOLUNTARILY SET THAT BACK AN
ADDITIONAL 40 IN SOME LOCATIONS,
SIX FEET AND OTHER LOCATIONS.
THAT WAS REALLY INTENDED FOR
PEDESTRIAN ACCESS AROUND THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
PART OF THAT WEST SEATTLE PLAN,
THE TRIANGLE PLAN, WAS TO BRING
ENERGY DOWN TO THE INTERSECTION
OF ALASKA AND FOLLOW RIGHT.
A LOT OF OUR PUBLIC BENEFITS
WERE AROUND ENHANCING THE
PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE,
CAPITALIZING ON THE INVESTMENT
OF THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK
IN THAT AREA, AND REALLY
HELPING THIS INTERSECTION
BECOME A VIBRANT PART OF THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
I SHOWED CONDITIONS OF THE
ALLEY, BUT PRIOR TO US
PURCHASING, IT WAS A CLOSE DOWN
GAS STATION, A FUNERAL HOME,
AND A CAR LOT.
SO AGAIN, THAT INTERSECTION AT
GATEWAY PLAZA, AT FAUNTLEROY
AND ALASKA, IT INCLUDED A WATER
FEATURE.
I DON'T BELIEVE THE WATER
FEATURE WAS A REQUIREMENT OF
THE PUBLIC FUTURE BENEFITS, BUT
WE ADDED IT AS A CALMING BUCK
STOP RIGHT THERE AND CALMING
MECHANISM.
>> BECAUSE THIS PICTURE HERE
REMINDS ME OF SOME OF THE
DESIGN REVIEW RECOMMENDATIONS,
I WANT TO UNDERSTAND IN LIGHT
OF OUR EARLIER CONVERSATION
ABOUT HOW DESIGN REVIEW
RECOMMENDATIONS CAN BECOME
CONDITIONS, THE DESIGN REVIEW
RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDED
LANGUAGE TO DEVELOP A PLAN THAT
IS NOT A LOU THE USE OF
BACKLIT, PLASTIC AND ARE SHAPED
SIGNS.
AS I READ IT, THAT WOULD SEEM
TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF THE
VINYL WRAP AND SO IS THIS A
SITUATION WHERE DESIGN REVIEW
RECOMMENDATIONS WERE NOT MADE?
TO BE A PART OF THE CONDITIONS?
>> WE ARE BOTH ANSWERING.
THE SIGNAGE AND BUILDING, THE
DESIGN REVIEW BOARD PROCESS, IS
PART OF SDCI'S REGULATORY
REVIEW.
THE DESIGN COMMISSION IS THE
ADVISORY BODY THAT WE GO TO AND
WE INCORPORATE THEIR
RECOMMENDATIONS SO THEY BECOME
DESIGN BODIES.
>> SO THE SIGNAGE, THAT SIGNAGE
CAME UP EARLIER IN THE WEEK AND
I THINK THOSE SDCI'S HAVE A
MECHANISM TO LOOK AT SIGNAGE IF
THERE ARE COMPLIANCE ISSUES.
I DO KNOW THAT THE REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE SIGNAGE PLAN I REVIEWED
BY THE LAND USE PLANNER AND
SDCI AND WHEN SDCI INSPECTS
THE SITE THEY LOOK AT THAT
BEFORE THEY ARE ABLE TO SECURE
A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, BUT
THOSE KINDS OF CONDITIONS CAN
CHANGE OVER TIME SO THAT IS WHY
SDCI HAS THOSE ENFORCEMENT
TOOLS, BUT THOSE ARE OUTSIDE
THE VACATION PROCESS AND I
DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT IS
CONSIDERED UNDER THAT.
>> I GET THAT IN THE DESIGN
COMMISSION MIXED UP ALL THE
TIME.
THANK YOU.
HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO TALK
WITH ANYBODY AT SDCI?
>> I TALKED WITH LISA RETZIG,
HEAD OF THE DESIGN REVIEW
PROGRAM.
ACCORDING TO HER, THE SIGNAGE
REQUIREMENTS THAT CAME OUT OF
THE REVIEW BOARD THAT YOU JUST
MENTIONED WERE RESOLVED PRIOR
TO ISSUANCE OF THEM.
IF SOMEONE FILES A COMPLAINT
THEY CAN REVIEW TO MAKE SURE
THE CURRENT SIGNAGE IS COMPLIANT
WITH THE APPROVAL THAT IS BEEN
GRANTED.
THERE IS A FORM ONLINE WHERE
YOU CAN SUBMIT A COMPLAINT.
>> BASICALLY IT MAY HAVE BEEN
COMPLIANT TO THE TIME OF THE
MOCKUP BUT AS YOU MENTIONED,
THINGS CHANGE.
SIGNS CHANGE.
OKAY.
>> IS THERE LANGUAGE THAT
OUTLINES WHAT PUBLIC PLAZA
MEANS?
AS I RECALL, THE POINT OF THIS
REQUEST WAS, AS YOU SAY, TO
CREATE ENERGY AT THIS
INTERSECTION AND CREATE REAL
PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY AND SO THAT
IS WHY THERE WAS A CALL FOR A
PUBLIC PLAZA ON THIS CORNER.
I HAVE TO SAY, FROM THE FOLKS I
HAVE TALKED TO, GREAT
DISAPPOINTMENT THAT THE PUBLIC
PLAZA TURNED INTO WHAT IS
EFFECTIVELY A LARGE ENTRYWAY
INTO THIS FACILITY. I'M TRYING
TO UNDERSTAND IF WE ARE ASKING
FOR PUBLIC PLAZAS AS PART OF OUR
IMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENTS IN
THE FUTURE, AND THIS PRODUCT IS
PART OF WHY WE STARTED HAVING
THOSE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT
WE MEAN BY PUBLIC BENEFIT, IS
THERE A PLACE WHERE WE ACTUALLY
DEFINE WHAT WE MEAN WHEN WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT A PUBLIC PLAZA.
>> FOR THIS PROJECT IT WAS
DEFINED BY THE PLANS AND IMAGES
, THE ONE YOU SEE IN THE UPPER
LEFT-HAND CORNER.
THAT WAS PRESENTED AND REVIEWED
BY THE DESIGN COMMISSION AND
ULTIMATELY APPROVED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL.
>> OKAY.
>> I THINK THE PUBLIC SPACES
VERY A LOT.
WE HAVE HEARD PEOPLE REALLY
LIKE THE VOLUNTARY SETBACKS
BECAUSE THE PEDESTRIAN
ENVIRONMENT IS MORE GRACIOUS,
SO WE DO SEE, AND ESPECIALLY IF
THERE'S EXTRA LANDSCAPING,
ESPECIALLY ADJACENT TO A BUSY
STREET, THE PUBLIC SPACES
REALLY VARY A LOT AND I THINK
THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS
WHEN WE WERE WORKING ON THIS
PROJECT THE SPACES AROUND
BUILDING, ASIDE FROM THE
BUILDING SETBACKS, ARE SMALL
AND WAS A POSSIBLE TO DO ONE
LARGER AND MORE SIGNIFICANT
SPACE X IT ENDED UP THAT IT WAS
NOT POSSIBLE BUT I THINK THAT
IS WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THE
COUNCIL OF LOOKING AT WELL,
MAYBE WE SAY THAT IS A NICE
DESIGN FEATURE BUT WE ARE NOT
GOING TO CONSIDER THAT AS A
PUBLIC BENEFIT, AS WE WANT TO
SEE SOMETHING ELSE FOR YOU TO
HAVE AN APPROPRIATE PUBLIC
BENEFIT PACKAGE.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> MOVING ON, THE NEXT PUBLIC
BENEFIT WAS THE LENNAR PLAZA
AND STREETSCAPE.
IT WAS AN INCORPORATION OF THE
RAIN GARDEN AS WELL AS THE ART
AND SIGNAGE. SO A VERY ROBUST,
25 FOOT, SETBACK OFF OF, FROM
THE CURB ALONG, WITH THE
INCORPORATION OF THE RAIN GARDEN
, THE BENCHES, THE QUIET AREA
AND THE RAIN GARDEN.
THIS IS AN INTERESTING AREA AND
I KNOW IN THE CONVERSATION
REGARDING THE SIGNAGE THERE WAS
CONCERN ABOUT WITH WHOLE FOODS
FACING ALASKA, WHAT WOULD
HAPPEN ON 40th.
AND WITH THOSE BE BLANK WINDOWS
OR WOULD THEY PUT BANNERS UP
OVER ALL THOSE WINDOWS AND THEY
HAVE NOT.
THOSE WHO DO GO INTO -- IT
LOOKS INTO THE BACKSIDE OF THE
KITCHEN.
THOSE ARE WINDOWS THAT
TYPICALLY WOULD PROBABLY BE
COVERED UP BUT THEY ARE NOT.
ANOTHER PUBLIC OUTDOOR ROOM, I
SHOULD NOT SANDLER PLAZA, THESE
ARE THE ROOMS.
THESE WERE SMALLER POCKETS
ALONG FAUNTLEROY TO BREAK UP
THAT LONG FACDE BETWEEN ALASKA.
SO AS PEOPLE WALKED DOWN THE
STREET, ESPECIALLY WITH THAT
BEING THE BUS CORRIDOR AND THE
BUS STOPS, TO PROVIDE, NOT HAVE
TO WALK THE ENTIRE DISTANCE OF
THE BLOCK BEFORE YOU COME TO A
BENCH OR LOW PLACE THAT YOU
COULD SIT DOWN AND RELAX.
ALSO INCORPORATION OF THE ARTS.
THE ART WAS FROM TREY PILLOW, A
LOCAL ARTIST, AND IT SEEMS FROM
NORTHWEST BEACHES.
IT WAS INCORPORATING HOW HE
INCORPORATED DRIFTWOOD, STONES
FROM THE BEACH, THROUGHOUT THE
COMMUNITY.
AN WE CHOSE THAT AND WORKED
WITH THE DESIGN COMMISSION ON
THAT IS A RESPONSE TO JIM
WHITTAKER'S LOVE FOR THE
OUTDOORS.
>> MORE PUBLIC ROOMS ALONG
FAUNTLEROY.
THESE ARE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER
DOWN.
I THINK THIS IS WHERE YOU WANT
TO TALK TOWARDS?
>> YES, THERE WAS A QUESTION
RAISED ABOUT SIGNAGE THERE AND
ONE OF THE CONDITIONS FROM THE
PROCESS, AND THIS IS NOT A
PUBLIC BENEFIT, SO ANY DEVELOPER
HAS TO MEET REGULATORY AND
MITIGATION OBLIGATIONS AND PAY
THE VACATION FEE AND PROVIDE
PUBLIC AND IF IT AND WE
ATTENDED THE COUNCIL TO BE MORE
FOCUSED ON THE PUBLIC BENEFIT
RATHER THAN DRAINAGE
REQUIREMENTS OR SOMETHING, SO
ONE OF THE OBLIGATIONS FOR THE
TRAFFIC MITIGATION WAS EXITING
DRIVERS OR NOT TO TURN RIGHT,
OR WERE TO ONLY TURN RIGHT, NOT
TO TURN LEFT.
I THINK I SAID THAT RIGHT.
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> THAT WAS THE OBLIGATION, SO
THE OBLIGATION WAS NOT FOR
SPECIFIC SIGNAGE.
THE INTENTION WAS AS THE
DEVELOPER GOES THROUGH THE SIP
PROCESS THEY CAN LOOK AT WHAT
IS MOST APPROPRIATE FOR THAT
LOCATION, SO WILL BE A SIGN
THAT SAYS TURN RIGHT ONLY OR
WILL IT BE SOMETHING THAT IS
PAINTED WITH AN ARROW OR A
VARIETY OF CURBS AND DIVERTERS
AND THINGS.
THEIR OBLIGATION WAS TO MEET
WHAT THE SIP FOUND WAS THE MOST
APPROPRIATE.
SO DOUBLE YELLOW LINES ON
FAUNTLEROY, BECAUSE IT IS
ILLEGAL TO CROSS DOUBLE YELLOW
LINES.
SO THAT WAS THE SIP , IF YOU
ARE A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY
AND LOOKING AT THAT, SHOULDN'T
THAT BE ON-SITE?
IN THIS CASE IT WAS OFF-SITE.
THAT IS WHAT CAME OUT OF THE
SIP PROCESS WAS THE DOUBLE
YELLOW LINE.
>> IS IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS
COMING OUT OF, AREN'T THE
RECOMMENDATIONS COMING OUT OF
THAT PROCESS DIRECTED AT THE
CITY BECAUSE IF THE DEVELOPER
DOESN'T PUT UP SIGNS, WHO WERE
THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TO ENSURE
THAT VEHICLES ARE LIMITED TO
RIGHT TURNS ONLY?
WHO IS THAT DIRECTED TOWARDS?
>> THE DEVELOPER IN THIS CASE,
WE DO PAINT LINES AND PUT UP
SIGNS.
>> YOU DO? ON THE STREET RIGHT
AWAY?
>> THAT IS HELPFUL.
SO MY QUESTION RELATED TO THAT
THEN, IS, IS THIS CONSIDERED A
BEST PRACTICE FROM A TRAFFIC
ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE TO
ENSURE THAT THERE ARE NO LEFT
TURNS?
ONLY HAVING THE LINES PAINTED?
OR IS IT ACCORDING TO TRAFFIC
ENGINEERS, COMBINATION OF
PAINTING LINES AND SIGNAGE TO
NOTIFY PEOPLE BEFORE THEY ARE
COMING OUT ONTO THE STREET,
THAT THERE ARE PAINTED LINES?
>> I CANNOT SPEAK TO BEST
PRACTICES, NOT BEING AN
ENGINEER WHO DOES THE SIP
REVIEW, SO I THINK THE EXPERTS
THROUGH THE STREAM IMPROVEMENT
PROCESS, THEY LOOK AT THE
TOTALITY.
THEY ARE THE EXPERTS ON THE
CODE AND WHAT THE STANDARDS ARE
AND THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION
THAT CAME OUT OF THE SIP.
THERE ARE STANDARDS ABOUT WHEN
YOU CAN USE A C CURB OR WHEN
YOU CAN REQUIRE A SIGNAL, SO
SOMETIMES THOSE OF US WHO ARE
NOT TRAFFIC ENGINEERS WOULD
LOOK AND SAY, WE NEED A SIGNAL
THERE BUT THEY CALL THOSE
WARRANTS.
IF IT DOES NOT MEET WARRANTS,
THEY DO NOT DO THAT.
IN TERMS OF BEST PRACTICE, I
THINK THEY WOULD'VE HAD THE
AUTHORITY TO SAY, WE WANT YOU
PAINTING THOSE YELLOW LINES BUT
IT WOULD NOT HURT IF YOU ADDED
A PAINTED ARROW THERE.
AND THAT IS WHAT CAME OUT OF
THE PROCESS. WE THOUGHT OF THE
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS HAVE
RECOMMENDED THAT, THEN THAT
ADDRESSES THE MEDICATION
OBLIGATION FOR THE DEVELOPER.
>> DO WE KNOW THE PEOPLE ARE
ONLY DOING RIGHT TURNS?
>> I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO
CONFIRM THAT NOBODY MAKES A
LEFT TURN.
IT IS CONSISTENT.
I DON'T KNOW THE CITY STANDARDS.
IT IS CONSISTENT WITH OTHER
ALLEYS.
MOST ALLEYS DO NOT HAVE STOP
SIGNS AND DO NOT SAY WHICH
DIRECTION YOU MAY TURN.
SO THE CITY FOR WHATEVER REASON
HAS DECIDED NOT TO POST ON
ALLEYS.
I HAVE ALSO NOTICED WHERE
FAUNTLEROY HAS THE DOUBLE
YELLOW LINE, AND PLACES IT IS
BROKEN SO PEOPLE CAN TURN LEFT,
BUT OTHER DRIVEWAYS, AND THIS
IS KIND OF A HYBRID BETWEEN
ALLEY AND A DRIVEWAY, I GUESS,
OTHER DRIVEWAYS ARE NOT SIGNED,
WHICH WE CAN TURN OR NOT.
I DON'T KNOW IF A PORTION OF
THE DECISION FROM THE CITY WAS
CONSISTENT WITH THE REST OF THE
SEAT STREET BUT I KNOW WE CAN
ONLY BUILD WHAT IS PUT INTO THE
SIP AND THE SIP REQUIRED THE
DOUBLE YELLOW LINE.
>> I THINK THAT IS AN IMPORTANT
CLARIFICATION.
YOU ARE LIMITED TO DOING ONLY
WHAT THE SIP REQUIRES YOU TO
DO.
>> CORRECT.
>> SO EVEN IF YOU WANTED TO DO
MORE, YOU COULD NOT DO IT.
>> NO.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I MENTIONED OFFSTREET
IMPROVEMENTS.
UNFORTUNATELY THIS PHOTO IS A
DIFFERENT TIME OF YEAR SO THE
PREVIOUS TREES LOOKED GREAT AND
IT WAS THREE TALL, VERY MATURE
TREES, ALONG 40th FRONTING THE
MASONIC LODGE, AND THEN YOU CAN
SEE KIND OF ON THE RIGHT SIDE
THEY DROP DOWN AND WERE
ESSENTIALLY SHRUB TREES FOR THE
BALANCE OF THE LANDSCAPING WAS
GRASS.
WORKING WITH THE CITY, WE
REPLACED THE SMALLER SHRUB TREES
WITH LARGE, MATURE TREES, SO IT
WAS CONSISTENT DOWN THE LENGTH
OF THE STREET AND THEN ALSO
ENHANCED THE LANDSCAPING.
GOING BACK TO PEDESTRIAN
IMPROVEMENTS, PRIOR TO THIS
DEVELOPMENT THERE WAS NO
PEDESTRIAN CROSSING BETWEEN OUR
SITE AND WHAT IS NOW THE L.A.
FITNESS ACROSS ALASKA.
IF YOU WANTED TO CROSS ALASKA
YOU WOULD ESSENTIALLY HAVE TO
CROSS THREE TO FIVE LANES AT
THAT POINT.
WE WORKED WITH THE CITY TO
SIGNAL THAT AND INCORPORATE A
PEDESTRIAN PATH. THE MIDBLOCK
PEDESTRIAN SIDEWALK, AND I
MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY THE
MIDBLOCK CONNECTOR, BOTH
PEDESTRIANS AND VEHICULAR, AS
WELL AS DELIVERY VEHICLES. THE
PEDESTRIAN PATH BEING SEPARATED
FROM THE VEHICULAR TRAFFIC, AND
ALSO BEING COVERED.
INCORPORATED INTO THAT PATHWAY
IS THE GREEN WALL AND FINALLY,
THE SAMPLING OF 27 ART PIECES,
SO YOU THINK YOU SAW A LOT OF
THESE AS WE WALKED AROUND THE
COMMUNITY LOOKING AT PHOTOS, BUT
HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF MORE, AS
WELL AS A STORY ABOUT THEM.
IT WAS DONE IN COLLABORATION
WITH THE ARTIST.
ALSO WE RE-CREATED AN EXISTING
MURAL SO THIS WAS ONE OF 11
MURALS AROUND WEST SEATTLE, ALL
HISTORIC MURALS.
THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR WAS
CALLED ALCHI IN THE 20s AND IT
WAS BASED ON A PHOTO OF SOMEONE
PAINTING LOOKING DOWN OVER ALCHI
. WORKING WITH THE WEST SEATTLE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY WE RE-CREATED
THIS ON THE NEW BUILDING.
>> THE MURALS OF WEST SEATTLE
ARE VERY BELOVED AND REALLY
IMPORTANT.
>> IT WAS A GREAT COLLABORATION
WITH THE WEST SEATTLE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY, A GREAT
GROUP AND WE LEARNED A LOT
WORKING WITH THEM OVER TIME.
JUST IN GENERAL WORKING WITH
THEM, WE WOULD ATTEND EVERY
YEAR THE FUNDRAISER THAT THEY
HOLD AND GOT REALLY ENGAGED
WHEN CLAY GIRLS -- EELS, SORRY,
THAT'S RIGHT.
IT WAS FUN TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
THE HISTORY AND I SAID WHAT IS
INTERESTING ABOUT WEST SEATTLE
IS THE PEOPLE FROM WEST SEATTLE
SAY THEY ARE FROM WEST SEATTLE.
IT IS A REALLY GREAT COMMUNITY
OVER THERE.
>> WE WILL NEED TO PICK UP THE
PACE A LITTLE BIT.
>> THE NEXT PHOTO EXPANDED
PUBLIC AMENITIES AND THIS IS IN
RESPONSE TO THE BUS, SO IT
COVERED SPACES.
AND TO FINISH UP WITH A PHOTO
OF THE ICONIC CORNER WITH A
PHOTO OF THE MOUNTAINEERS.
>> AND THE EGREGIOUS [LAUGHTER]
.
>> CAN YOU REFRESH MY MEMORY
ABOUT WHY IT IS THAT THIS
PROJECT IN 2014 DID NOT
ACTUALLY GET A RECOMMENDATION
FROM THE SDOT DIRECTOR?
THE SDOT DIRECTOR AT THE TIME
DID NOT ISSUE A RECOMMENDATION
ON THE PETITION.
>> THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN
SDOT FORWARDS, I GUESS THE
DOCUMENT IS CALLED
RECOMMENDATION, WHERE WE SENT
SOMETHING MORE NEUTRAL WHEN A
LOT OF COMMUNITY OR PUBLIC
POLICY ISSUES HAVE BEEN RAISED
THAT WE BELIEVE ARE APPROPRIATE
FOR THE COUNCIL TO ADDRESS
RATHER THAN THE DEPARTMENT TO
SPEAK TO THEM, SO THIS PROJECT
DID RAISE A LOT OF QUESTIONS
ABOUT HOW WE DEFINE PUBLIC
BENEFIT AND WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES
ARE VACATIONS APPROPRIATE AND
IN FACT IT SPARKED A COUPLE
YOUR DISCUSSION AND LED TO SOME
OF THE CHANGES IN THE STREET
VACATION POLICIES.
THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW
CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE HE SAY
OKAY, CITY COUNCIL, YOU HAVE TO
PROVIDE US COUNCIL ON THIS
PACKAGE WE ARE MOVING FORWARD
WITH.
>> AND THE VOTE FROM THE COUNCIL
, AT LEAST FOR THE COMMITTEE,
WAS A 5-3 VOTE, SO APPARENTLY A
NUMBER OF COUNCILMEMBERS AGREED
THAT THERE WERE UNANSWERED
POLICY QUESTIONS THAT THIS
PARTICULAR PROPOSAL SPURRED.
>> YES, THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS
VOTED IN OPPOSITION TO THE
PROPOSAL.
>> SO JUST AS A REMINDER OF
WHAT THOSE WERE, IN ADDITION TO
THE ISSUE OF PUBLIC PLAZA WE
TALKED ABOUT, THE MID WALK
CONNECTOR, I NOTICED ON SLIDES
SEVEN, I THINK IT WAS, THE
DIAGRAM THAT SHOWS THE PUBLIC
BENEFIT THAT WAS SOUGHT WAS
MORE PUBLIC SPACE AND THIS IS A
BIG, BULKY PROJECT, AND SO
THERE WAS THE MID-ALLEY PATHWAY
, A PUBLIC PLAZA, AND THE THING
THAT IS FRUSTRATING ABOUT THIS
SLIDE IS IT SHOWS THE COMPLETED
PROJECT, WHICH HAS I'M SURE A
VERY LOVELY ROOFTOP DECK, BUT
THE POINT OF THAT IS THAT THAT
IS NOT PUBLIC.
THAT IS FOR THE FOLKS WHO LIVE
THERE AND SO THIS IS AGAIN WHAT
SPARKED THE CONVERSATION ABOUT
HOW MUCH ARE WE PRIVATIZING
PUBLIC LAND AND WHAT DOES THE
PUBLIC GET IN RETURN FOR?
AND THEN THERE WAS THE WHOLE
ISSUE OF HAVING A NONUNION
GROCER WHERE WORKERS HAD ACCESS
TO HAVING THEIR VOICE ON THE JOB
AND THE DECISION TO PUT IN AN
EMPLOYER WHO DOESN'T ALLOW FOR
THAT TO HAPPEN, SO YOU KNOW,
THAT COUNCIL MADE THE CHOICE
THAT THEY MADE . BUT I WILL SAY
THAT THESE ARE IMPORTANT ISSUES
FOR US TO BE THINKING ABOUT IN
THE FUTURE GOING FORWARD.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
GETTING SOME RETURN FOR
GRANTING THE STREET VACATIONS,
A REAL PUBLIC BENEFIT AND A
REAL COMMITMENT TO USING THE
SOCIAL JUSTICE LENS AND WE ARE
DOING THIS IN A WAY THAT IS
EQUITABLE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS.
AND LIKE I SAID, THAT PROJECT
WAS WHAT STARTED THE WHOLE
CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW TO DO
THIS BETTER.
>> WELL SAID.
I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER
MIRELES.
AS A CITY COUNCIL ONE, --
>> I AM TOTALLY SUPPORTIVE OF A
COMMITTEE VOTE TODAY.
IF THAT IS WHAT THE CHAIR
PREFERS.
I DO WANT TO HEAR BACK FROM
SDCI ON THE DESIGN REVIEW
ISSUE, AROUND THE SIGNAGE , AND
THEY ALSO WANT TO TALK TO
SOMEBODY AT SDOT ABOUT THE
TREND AND RECOMMENDATIONS, SO
I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN FROM
VOTING TODAY, BUT I DON'T WANT
THAT TO STOP MY COLLEAGUES FROM
TAKING ACTION.
>> ARE WE ABLE TO PASS OUT OF
COMMITTEE BUT THEN DELAY THE
DATE THAT IT APPEARS ON THE
FULL COUNCIL CALENDAR?
>> YES, YOU CAN REFER TO ANY
PARTICULAR FULL COUNCIL DATE.
>> OKAY, THAT WOULD BE VERY
HELPFUL TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT
MORE TIME ON THESE TWO ISSUES.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU, THAT IS
HELPFUL CLARIFICATION.
ANY COMMENTS FROM ANYBODY ELSE?
>> I WOULD SAY THAT WHEN I CAME
INTO WEST SEATTLE, I LIVE IN
BALLARD FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO
DON'T KNOW, IN WEST SEATTLE, I
HVE A CERTAIN AFFINITY FOR IT
BECAUSE IT HAS A SIMILAR
CHARACTER AND UNIQUE SENSE OF
NEIGHBORHOOD.
I HAVE USED THIS INTERSECTION
THROUGHOUT MY ENTIRE LIFE AND
SO WHEN I FIRST CAME UPON
WHITTAKER I WAS SHOCKED AND
THE WORDS I USED WOULD NOT BE
APPROPRIATE FOR THIS TABLE AND
I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT THIS IS
THE TYPE OF DENSITY THAT WE
NEED IN OUR CITY.
WHEN YOU TAKE A CAR LOT AND YOU
TURN IT INTO A PLACE THAT HAS,
NOT TRULY AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
IT IS MORE AFFORDABLE THAN WHAT
IS IN OTHER PLACES, IT IS ON
THE RAPID RIDE SEE LINE AND
THIS PROVIDES ACCESS INTO THE
TOWN DOWNTOWN WITHOUT HAVING TO
USE A CAR AND THERE IS STILL
AMPLE PARKING FOR THOSE WHO ARE
RELYING ON CARS.
SO WHILE IT IS EMOTIONALLY
SHOCKING TO ME TO WATCH MY CITY
COMPLETELY CHANGE, I THINK
THERE ARE A LOT OF ATTRIBUTES
TO THIS PROJECT THAT ARE GREAT.
I ALSO WOULD PROBABLY DEFER TO
THE DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE FOR
A VOTE AND I WANT TO THANK YOU.
AS I SPENT TIME WALKING AROUND
THE BUILDING, THERE ARE MORE
AMENITIES AND ASSETS THAN I
EXPECTED WITH THE SETBACKS AND
WITH THE SIDEWALK AND THE ART.
IT IS MORE WELCOMING THAN
COULD'VE BEEN BUILT AT THAT
INTERSECTION.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO THE NEXT FULL CITY
COUNCIL MEETING IS ON MONDAY,
MARCH 9. IF WE WERE TO, THE
MOTION COULD BE TO HAVE IT GO
ON THE FOLLOWING ONE ON MONDAY,
MARCH 16, OR COULD BE EVEN
LATER THAN THAT, THE 23rd.
>> I HAVE TO SAY I AM INCLINED
TO ABSTAIN UNTIL I HAVE A
LITTLE MORE INFORMATION SO I
DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT DOES TO
THE PROCESS HERE.
>> WHAT I HAVE ALSO SEEN IN
PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETINGS THIS
YEAR IS THAT WHEN BILLS COME
OUT OF COMMITTEE THAT HAVE NOT
BEEN FULLY BAKED, IT CREATES A
PROBLEM WITH FULL COUNCIL.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MEANS WE
NEED TO HOLD THIS ITEM SO THAT
THIS ITEM IS FULLY BAKED AND WE
DON'T HAVE NINE AMENDMENTS AT
FULL COUNCIL.
>> THAT IS WELL SAID.
I THINK WHAT WE WILL HAVE TO DO
IS I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO HOLD
IT FOR THE NEXT TRANSPORTATION
UTILITIES COMMITTEE WHICH IS IN
TWO WEEKS.
IT IS ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18,
AND THAT WILL GIVE FOLKS TIME
TO GIVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS
AND SEE IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL
AMENDMENTS.
DOES THAT SOUND GOOD?
ACTUALLY, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF
YOU HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR
THAT.
WE WILL JUST HOLD IT.
IT WILL BE BACK IN TWO WEEKS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THE FINAL ITEM TODAY IS
ACTUALLY AN ITEM THAT WE
ALREADY HEARD LAST WEEK AND,
SAY AGAIN?
>> WE HEARD IT TWO WEEKS AGO.
>> WE WILL HEAR FROM CENTRAL
STAFF.
GO AHEAD AND READ INTO THE
RECORD.
>> RESOLUTION 31932, A
RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE CITY
LIGHTS DEPARTMENT ACKNOWLEDGING
AND APPROVING CITY LIGHTS
ADOPTION OF A BIENNIAL ENERGY
CONSERVATION TARGET FOR 2021
THROUGH TENURE CONSERVATION
POTENTIAL.
>> WE HEARD THIS ITEM 2 WEEKS
AGO AND THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT
OF, WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT TODAY
THAT ARE CENTRAL STAFF WILL
TALK ABOUT, JUST TECHNICAL
CORRECTION IN TERMS OF THE
PUBLIC NOTICE THAT WAS MORE
THAN SUFFICIENT IN THE PUBLIC
COMMENT THAT WAS MORE THAN
SUFFICIENT, BUT GO AHEAD.
>> HI, ERIC TO BE.
YOU COVERED THE SORTS OF THINGS
THAT I WOULD TOUCH ON AND IT IS
TECHNICAL AND TRUES OF THIS
PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
IN THE FUTURE WHEN PEOPLE LOOK
BACK AT WHAT WAS VOTED ON THE
WORDS AND LEGISLATION LINEUP
WITH WHAT HAPPENED.
THERE WAS PUBLIC NOTICE AND
OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
THAT IS TOTALLY IN COMPLIANCE
AND COMPORTS WITH WASHINGTON
ADMINISTRATIVE CODE ABOUT HOW
TO HANDLE THESE KINDS OF THINGS
AND SO THAT IS WHAT YOU HAVE
BEFORE YOU.
>> AND BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING
FORWARD TO THE PUBLIC HEARING
AND THOUGHT BASED ON OUR
DISCUSSION YESTERDAY, OR LAST
TIME IN THE STAFF MEMO, THAT A
PUBLIC HEARING WAS REQUIRED,
WHAT IS HAPPENED BETWEEN THE
LAST MEETING OF THIS MEETING TO
COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT ONE
IS NOT REQUIRED?
>> THANK YOU, SO WHAT IS
HAPPENED AS A MATTER OF BUSINESS
WITH THESE KINDS OF THINGS IN
THE PAST FEW YEARS, IS TO USE
THE FORMAT OF THE PUBLIC
HEARING ON THE AGENDA TO TAKE
PUBLIC COMMENT. IN THE PAST FEW
WEEKS, TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT
HOW THE WASHINGTON DEMONSTRATED
CODE IS WRITTEN, WE ARE
REALIZING IT IS THE WAY TO GO
ABOUT THIS.
COUNCIL WOULD BE SAYING FOR
THESE KINDS OF THINGS IN THE
FUTURE AND TWO YEARS WOULD ONE
THIS WOULD COME AROUND AGAIN.
HAVING THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA
FOR THE PEOPLE TO COMMENT THE
REGULAR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE
MEETING BE SUFFICIENT FOR THE
COMMITTEE TO TAKE ACTION ON IT.
WHAT HAPPENED WAS A TECHNICAL
HICCUP IN HOW THE LEGISLATION
WAS PREPARED.
IT IS NOT CAUGHT BEFORE IT CAME
TO YOUR ATTENTION AND THEN THE
FLAG ON IT TWO WEEKS AGO WAS TO
SAY, THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION
SAY IS A PUBLIC HEARING WAS
HELD AND WE SHOULD NOT DO IT.
WE SHOULD HOLD OFF.
THE RESOLUTION TO THAT
CONFUSION IS WHAT IS BEFORE
YOU.
>> BECAUSE FULFILLING THIS
REQUIREMENT TO ADOPT THESE
TARGETS IS A REQUIREMENT THAT
DRIVES ORIGINALLY FROM A
CITIZENS INITIATIVE, IN THE PAST
-- NOT THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE
VOTED ON THIS LEGISLATION.
>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE LAST
GO ROUND THE PUBLIC HEARINGS
WERE THE FORMAT TO DO THAT BUT
DID NOT.
I THINK BECAUSE IT IS A TOOL OF
THE COUNCILS DISPOSAL FOR
COMMITTEE MEETINGS TO POST,
THAT IS MORE THAN SUFFICIENT TO
WHAT IS REQUIRED BY THE STATE
CODE AT OUR LAST MEETING
THROUGHOUT A CLERICAL HICCUP
AND WE DO NOT POST THE PUBLIC
HEARING AND THE NEED WAS TO SIT
BACK AND LET SAY, LET'S MAKE
SURE WE GET THIS STRAIGHT.
THIS AMENDMENT WOULD BE
CLARIFYING THAT THIS IS SETTING
UP A PRECEDENT FOR THIS KIND OF
APPROVAL IN THE FUTURE THAT WE
WOULD NOT HAVE THE LEGISLATION,
THE WORDS PUBLIC HEARING WILL
BE POSTED ON THE AGENDA THAT
WAY, HOWEVER PUBLIC COMMENT
WOULD BE AVAILABLE AND PEOPLE
COULD COME IN AND DISCUSS IT.
>> THE REASON WHY IT IS
IMPORTANT TO ME IS I NEED TO
GET A SENSE OF WHO HAS REVIEWED
I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT WE
WOULD HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING --
IF WHAT WE ARE RELYING ON HIS
PUBLIC NOTICE AND OPPORTUNITY
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, IT WOULD BE
HELPFUL FOR ME TO KNOW WHAT
KIND OF COMMENT THAT PUBLIC
NOTICE GENERATED BECAUSE I HAVE
NOT RECEIVED ANY MYSELF AS A
COUNCILMEMBER BUT MAYBE THE
DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN RECEIVING
PUBLIC COMMENT BUT I DON'T HAVE
A SENSE OF THAT.
>> IS A CORRECT THAT OUR LOT A
PERSON DEPARTMENT BASICALLY
THAT WAS A TECHNICAL ERROR MADE
BY SDOT WHEN THEY SUBMITTED THE
LEGISLATION AND SO IN FACT
HAVING TWO PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD AS WE HAD 12 WEEKS AGO
AND IT WAS ON THE AGENDA AGAIN
AND WE ACTUALLY HAD TO ONLY DO
IT ONCE, IT WAS JUST THE
TECHNICAL, THAT SDOT PUT IT IN
INCORRECTLY AS PUBLIC HEARING .
>> CITY LIGHTS, EXCUSE ME,
EXCEPT THAT IT WAS CITY LIGHTS,
NOT SDOT, ALL OF THAT IS
CORRECT.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE
IN ALIGNMENT WITH THAT.
>> IF THE CITY LIGHT IS HERE,
--
>> WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> JUST TO COMPLICATE THINGS
FURTHER AND ALSO REQUESTED A
BRIEFING IN WHICH I HAD NOT
RECEIVED IT AND SO I CANNOT
VOTE ON THIS PIECE OF
LEGISLATION TODAY.
>> IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PUBLIC
STATEMENT, THE STATEMENTS I PUT
ON THE RECORD TWO WEEKS AGO.
>> I AM JENNIFER FINNEGAN,
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> IS PART OF OUR PROCESS OF
COMPLETING OUR CONSERVATION
POTENTIAL ASSESSMENT AND
TARGETS, WE DID GO THROUGH A
COUPLE STAKEHOLDER PROCESSES IN
THAT WE SENT IT, IT HAD A
CONFERENCE CALL WITH PEOPLE
FROM THE NORTHWEST ENERGY
COALITION, ALONG WITH THE
NORTHWEST POWER AND
CONSERVATION COUNCIL AND WE
ALSO TALKED ABOUT IT AND SHARED
OUR TARGETS WITH THE IRP
INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN
STAKEHOLDER GROUP.
SO WE HAVE SHARED PUBLICLY IN A
FEW WAYS.
>> HAVE YOU COLLECTED WHAT
THEIR INPUT WAS AND THE PLAN
REFLECT THEIR INPUT?
OR WERE THERE INSTANCES WHERE
YOU DID NOT AGREE?
>> YET, SO WE SHARED OUR DRAFTS
WITH THEM BECAUSE, OR WE SHARED
OUR DRAFTS WITH THE NORTHWEST
ENERGY COALITION AND WITH THE
NORTHWEST POWER AND
CONSERVATION COUNCIL AND WE
INCORPORATED THEIR COMMENTS
INTO OUR DRAFTS.
AND MORE SPECIFICALLY THEY SAID
BEEF UP THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY,
úSO WE DID.
>> OKAY.
>> EXCUSE ME, I HAVE A NOON I
NEED TO ATTEND TO.
JUST FOR THE RECORD, YOU KNOW,
I'M HAPPY TO NOT HAVE TO BE
HERE FOR THE VOTE AND FOR ALL
THOSE DEPARTMENTS THAT MAY COME
TO FULL COMMITTEES IN WHICH I'M
VOTING, I DO NEED TO HAVE
BRIEFINGS BEFORE AND MAKE
VOTES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD,
DOES THAT ANSWER THE PROCESS
ABOUT WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH?
>> IT DOES.
I THINK THE ONLY THING I WOULD
BE CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE INPUT
YOU THOUGHT SOUNDS LIKE IS FROM
QUASIGOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES AS
OPPOSED TO PUBLIC GROUPS THAT
ARE FOCUSED ON THESE SAME ISSUES
, PUBLIC ADVOCACY GROUPS, AS
OPPOSED TO QUASIGOVERNMENTAL
ENTITIES.
AS WE ARE SEEKING TO GET MORE
AND MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN
ENGAGEMENT AROUND CONSERVATION,
AND REALLY LIFTING UP THE
OBJECTIVES OF A GREEN NEW DEAL,
IT IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE WE
ARE INVOLVING MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC WHO MAYBE AREN'T
PROFESSIONALLY ENGAGED OR IF
THEY ARE, THEY ARE ENGAGED AT A
NONPROFIT AS OPPOSED TO A
QUASIGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY.
THEY CAN GET A MORE DIVERSE SET
OF OPINIONS ON HOW MUCH WE CAN
DO AND HOW MUCH WE SHOULD BE
DOING.
>> AND SINCE THIS WAS NOTICED
BOTH TWO WEEKS AGO, WE HAD
PUBLIC COMMENT ON IT AND IT IS
NOTICED AGAIN FOR TODAY.
WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT AND ONE THING WE
CAN DO IS TO GIVE SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT A COUPLE MORE WEEKS SO
RATHER THAN BRING IT BACK TO
COMMITTEE, WE CAN PUT IT UP ON
FULL COUNCIL INSTEAD OF THIS
NEXT ONE, PUT IT UP ON THE
16th, PERHAPS.
JUST LOOKING AT THE CALENDAR.
PUTTING IT ON FULL COUNCIL FOR
MONDAY, MARCH 16, TO GIVE IT
ADDITIONAL TIME FOR OUTREACH.
>> I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
>> OKAY, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO
IS WE WILL MOVE THE RESOLUTION
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO MOVE
THE AMENDMENTS, SO I MOVED THAT
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED
ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 31932,
THANK YOU, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR,
RAISE YOUR HAND.
>> AYE
>> AND THEN WE WILL AMEND,
WELL, I GUESS THAT WAS OPEN NOW
FOR THE AMENDMENT, SO I
APOLOGIZE, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE
TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION 31932,
NO, THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE
THAT.
AS PRESENTED BY THIS AMENDMENT
TO CHANGE THE LANGUAGE TO
PUBLIC NOTICE AND OPPORTUNITY
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, I MOVE THAT
WE AMEND IT IN THAT FASHION AS
PRESENTED. THANK YOU.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
AMENDMENT, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY
RAISING YOUR HAND AND SAYING
AYE.
NOW WE ARE GOING TO PASS THE
FULL RESOLUTION AS AMENDED,
RESOLUTION 31932, AND WE WE
ADOPT THE AMENDED RESOLUTION.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AND
SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> AYE.
>> THANK YOU.
WE WILL HEAR THAT IT FULL
COUNCIL BUT NOT THIS MONDAY
BUT THE NEXT MONDAY.
OKAY?
SO ACTUALLY WE ARE GOING TO,
RATHER THAN A TYPICAL
ADJOURNING OF THE MEETING, IF
THERE IS NO OBJECTION, I'M
GOING TO FOR GUIDANCE FROM THE
CLERK, RECESS UNTIL ONE P.M.
AND THE REASON WE ARE DOING
THAT IS FOR PURPOSES OF
RECONVENING TO HOLD AN
EXECUTIVE SESSION TO GET LEGAL
ADVICE ON THE CIVIL EMERGENCY
PROCLAMATION ISSUED BY MAYOR
DURKAN.
>> DO THINK THAT WILL BE IN
OCCUR IN YOUR COMMITTEE LATER
AND WE ARE RECESSING?
>> WE ARE RECESSING THIS FOR
THAT PURPOSE.
>> MY STAFF HAS BEEN TEXTING ME
AND NOW DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE
BUT I GET IT.
>> HEARING OBJECTION, THE
COMMITTEE WILL BE IN RECESS
UNTIL 1:00 TODAY.
THANK YOU.