>>> THANK YOU, -- IT IS 2 P.M.
-- WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLE?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] SEVEN
PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU, AND WHEN --
>> THANK YOU, BEFORE I DO THAT,
CAN WE CONFIRM THAT OUR GUEST
IS WITH US?
>> I DO NOT SEE A GUEST.
>> THAT IS WHY I AM ASKING, I
DO NOT SEE THEIR NAME HERE.
>> THERE IS NO CALLER OR VIDEO
COLOR.
>> [ INDISCERNIBLE -- LOW
VOLUME ] AS LONG AS IT IS OKAY
WITH --
>> THAT IS FINE.
>> OKAY WE WILL MOVE FORWARD
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES [
INDISCERNIBLE -- LOW VOLUME ]
>> LET'S MOVE INTO PUBLIC
COMMENT --
>> -- I DO RUN A VERY LITTLE
LITERAL UNDERSTANDING OF -- AND
ITEM ON THE AGENDA SINCE WE ARE
AT -- EITHER THE AGENDA OR THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR -- THERE IS NO ITEM ON
THE AGENDA FOR POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY TODAY.
-- WHEN YOU FIRST BEGIN
SPEAKING PLEASE STATE -- AT
THIS TIME WE WILL OPEN THE
REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR
-- I THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR
ONGOING PATIENCE AND
COOPERATION --
THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM THE
GENERAL -- ONLY SEEING ONE
INDIVIDUAL NOT PRESENT JIM
WILSON AGAIN I WILL CALL ON
EACH SPEAKER BY NAME IN THE
ORDER IN WHICH THEY REGISTERED
ON THE COUNCIL'S WEBSITE IF --
THE PUBLIC COMMENT LINK IS ALSO
LISTED ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
-- PLEASE BEGIN SPEAKING BY
STATING YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM
WHICH YOU ARE ADDRESSING -- SO
WE ARE JUST COMMENTING ON
TODAY'S AGENDA AND THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A
CHIME -- WE ASK THAT YOU BEGIN
TO WRAP UP YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT
IF SPEAKERS DO NOT END THEIR
PUBLIC COMMENTS -- TO ALLOW US
TO CALL ON THE NEXT SPEAKER
ONCE YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENT WE ASK THAT YOU
PLEASE DISCONNECT FROM THE LINE
-- PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRESS á6
AFTER YOU HEAR THE PROMPT THAT
YOU HAVE BEEN ON MUTED.
MR. HOWARD GAIL YOU ARE ON
MUTED, I WILL CALL ON -- SO WE
HAVE HOWARD GAIL DAVID HAYNES
RANDALL OLSON ALLISON -- SUSAN
DAVIS -- AND THE ONLY ONE NOT
PRESENT CURRENTLY IS JIM WILSON.
GOOD AFTERNOON MR. GAIL HOW ARE
YOU TODAY?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON HOWARD GAIL
AND I WANT TO -- BECAUSE
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS YOU HAVE
INCORRECTLY STATED WHAT THE
RULES ARE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT,
PUBLIC COMMENT FOR COMMITTEES
ARE DIFFERENT FROM THE FULL
COUNSEL -- SO I WOULD LIKE MY
TIME TO BE RESTARTED AND I
WOULD ALSO LIKE -- TO STATE FOR
OTHER LISTENERS THAT THE
STIPULATIONS STATED BY
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ARE
WHOLLY INCORRECT.
>> CLERK, YOU CAN RESTART THE
CLOCK, MR. GAIL, WE WILL ACCEPT
COMMENTS ON THE WORKPLAN TODAY.
BECAUSE I WOULD RATHER US
CONTINUE IN A GOOD WAY THAN TO
HAVE AN ARGUMENT TODAY.
SO YOUR 2 MINUTES HAVE BEEN
RESTARTED, HERE YOU GO.
>> HOWARD GAIL DISTRICT 7
SPEAKING ON -- KO W POUNDED --
AND A FAILURE OF THE OAG TO
PERFORM HIS MANDATED FUNCTION
OF PROVIDING A CRITICAL REVIEW
OF -- THE REPORT ALSO
HIGHLIGHTS -- BACKGROUND AS A
DEFENDER OF POLICE ABUSE AND AS
A LAWYER WHO PRIOR TO DIRECTING
-- THE RESPONSE TO THESE
REVELATIONS HAS BEEN SLANDER
FROM -- THE CPC HAS ENGAGED IN
OBLIGATION AND -- THE COUNCIL
REMAINS STEADFAST IN IGNORING
THE SCANDAL IN THE HOPES IT
WOULD BE FORGOTTEN, THE KO W
STORY PROVES THESE MATTERS WILL
NOT BE FORGOTTEN.
FACED WITH THE NEWS TODAY THAT
THERE IS A $20 MILLION
SHORTFALL IN REVENUE THE
COUNCIL HAS FAILED TO CUT A
PENNY FROM THE POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY BUDGET AND HAS
PROPOSED ADDING MORE MONEY TO --
$10.8 MILLION THAT IS MORE THAN
HALF OF THE $20 MILLION
SHORTFALL IN ADDITION TO OTHER
-- WE MUST INVEST THESE MONIES
IN A SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES FULL
COMMUNITY CONTROL OVER POLICE
AS -- THAT IS SEATTLE STOP.ORG.
>> UP NEXT WE HAVE DAVID. PLEASE
STATE YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM
WHICH YOU ARE ADDRESSING.
>> THANK YOU, I LIVE IN
DISTRICT 7, I WANT TO POINT OUT
AS PD NEEDS TO HAVE A LAW THAT
THEY NEED TO PRIORITIZE
OVERTIME TO FIGHT CRIME IN MY
NEIGHBORHOOD.
I AM SORRY I WANT TO ADDRESS
SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT, I
WANT TO POINT OUT ABOUT THE
GRAND AVENUE ALLEY -- CITY
COUNCIL SHOULD APPROVE THE
VACATED ALLEY WITH THE CAVEAT
OF BETTER 21ST-CENTURY APPROACH
TO DEVELOPING HOUSING AND
COMMUNITY BENEFITS -- AWAY FROM
THE NOISY STREET ECHOING AND
TALK TO FIND ONE OF THE MOST
OPPRESSIVE PROBLEMS IN AMERICA
IS ALL THE INNER-CITY CONCEPTS
OF HOUSING BUILT ON -- WHILE
STILL FORCING -- ALLOWING
INCONSIDERATE DRIVERS A
SHORTCUT WHILE INVITING
PEDESTRIANS TO WALK ON CURB
LESS ROADS.
-- AND ROBUSTLY BUILD HIGHER
AND FURTHER AWAY FROM THE ROAD?
MATEY VACATING AN ALLEY ONLY TO
-- BAD INTERPRETATION OF 21st
CENTURY FIRST WORLD QUALITY
DEVELOPMENT AND IT IS MORE
PROOF THAT GOVERNMENT IS NOT
QUALIFIED TO -- I THINK CITY
COUNCIL NEEDS TO VACATE THE
ALLEY WITH THE CAVEAT THEY HAVE
TO FILL IT FROM THE CENTER OF
THE PROPERTY OUT, AND NOT --
WHILE THE RICH -- ANOTHER
STREET GETS TO DIVIDE THE
PROPERTY RUINING PEDESTRIANS
DAYS EVERY DAY.
PLEASE RECONSIDER THE DEMANDS
OF ALL THE DEVELOPERS PRIVATE
AND PUBLIC TO BEGIN BUILDING
ROBUSTLY HIGHER AND NOT SO
ACCOMMODATING TO THE ROAD
FORCING PEOPLE TO LIVE TOO
CLOSE TO IT CAUSING ALL THIS
WAREHOUSE ECHO HOUSING THAT IS
CAUSING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS
--
>> I DO SEE THAT THE NEXT
NUMBER OF PEOPLE ARE SIGNED UP
FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON
COUNSEL ON THE CLERK FILE
314459.
THE LAST PERSON WE HAVE SIGNED
UP FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
IS JIM WILSON, JIM IS NOT
PRESENT AT THIS TIME.
IF YOU ARE LISTENING, PLEASE
USE THE PHONE NUMBER THAT WAS
DISTRIBUTED UPON CONFIRMATION,
NOT THE COUNCIL LISTEN LINE.
WE WILL WAIT JUST A MINUTE
BECAUSE WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE
YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT IF
POSSIBLE.
AND I.T.
CAN YOU CONFIRM WITH ME THAT
JIM WILSON IS NOT PRESENT AT
THIS TIME?
>> THERE ARE NO OTHER PUBLIC
COMMENT REGISTRANTS.
>> THANK YOU.
AS SOON AS WE HAVE NO MORE
PUBLIC COMMENT REGISTRANTS...
CLERK, I DO NOT HAVE A POINT IN
HERE TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS,
SO HEARING NO OBJECTIONS PUBLIC
COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED.
IS THERE ANYTHING FURTHER I
NEED TO DO HERE?
>> KNOW THERE IS NOT, AND IF
OUR GUESTS ARE NOT HERE YOU CAN
ALSO WITHOUT AN OBJECTION MOVE
IT TO THE END OF THE AGENDA
UNDER OTHER BUSINESS IF YOU
STILL WANT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
THE PROCLAMATION GUEST TO JOIN,
I DO NOT SEE THEM YET, BUT I
COULD BE WRONG.
>> WE COULD ALSO DO THE PUBLIC
HEARING ON --
>> I HAVE JUST LEARNED THAT OUR
GUEST WILL NOT BE JOINING US
TODAY.
SO GIVEN THAT, I DO NOT FEEL
LIKE WE NECESSARILY NEED TO DO
A PUBLIC PRESENTATION.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO SO, I
AM HAPPY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH
THAT, BUT GIVEN THAT OUR GUEST
COULD NOT BE WITH US TODAY I AM
FINE WITH US ALL SHARING OUR
BEST WISHES WITH HER, THE
PROCLAMATION SEPARATELY.
>> LET'S DO THE PUBLIC HEARING
AND THEN WE WILL COME BACK TO
THAT -- IF THAT IS ALL RIGHT.
SO FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON
CLERK FILE 314459, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE READ THE TITLE?
>> AGENDA ITEM 1,CLERK FILE
314459: PETITION OF GRAND
STREET COMMONS LLC, FOR THE
VACATION OF THE ALLEY IN BLOCK
14, JOS C. KINNEAR'S ADDITION
TO THE CITY OF SEATTLE, BEING
THE BLOCK BOUNDED BY SOUTH
GRAND STREET, 22rd AVENUE
SOUTH, SOUTH HOLGATE STREET,
AND 23rd AVENUE SOUTH.
>> THANK YOU, BEFORE I OPEN THE
PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM I
WILL TURN IT OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN CHAIR OF
-- TO PROVIDE US WITH THE
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS,
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN PLEASE
TAKE IT AWAY.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT
PRO TEM STRAUSS.
I WANT TO START BY THANKING THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION -- AND THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS
FOR PRESENTING TO US DURING OUR
COUNCIL BRIEFING THIS MORNING
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL
PUBLIC TUNING INTO OUR CITY
COUNCIL MEETING NOW THE
PRESENTERS THIS MORNING WALK US
THROUGH THE REQUEST FROM THE
REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS ASKING
THE SEATTLE THE CITY OF SEATTLE
TO PERMANENTLY VACATE AN ALLEY
NEAR -- AS PRESENTED IN CLERK
FILE 314459.
OUR TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE --
AND NOW THE CLERK FILE IS READY
FOR ACTION BY THE COUNCIL, THE
PUBLIC HEARINGS AND INITIAL --
USUALLY HAPPEN AT OUR
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE BUT
DUE TO THE COUNCIL'S BUSY FALL
BUDGET SEASON AND -- WE ARE
HAVING THE PUBLIC HEARING THIS
AFTERNOON AND THEN PLAN TO VOTE
ON THE REQUESTED ALLEY VACATION
ON -- NEXT WEEK.
APPROVAL WOULD FACILITATE THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THIS YOU MIXED
USE MIXED INCOME -- NEAR
FREQUENT FIXED TRANSIT.
THAT INCLUDES OUR GROWING LIGHT
RAIL SYSTEM.
NEARLY HALF OF THE 771 NEW
RESIDENTIAL UNITS WOULD BE
AFFORDABLE TO LOW INCOME
FAMILIES UNDER 60% OF THE AREA
MEDIAN INCOME.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE COMMENTS
DURING TODAY'S PUBLIC AND
úHEARING.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
AS PRESIDING OFFICER I AM
OPENING PUBLIC HEARING ON
CLERK FILE 314459 RELATING TO
-- THE ONLINE REGISTRATION TO
SPEAK OPENED AT 12 NOON TODAY
AND I WILL CALL ON -- THE
ONLINE REGISTRATION WILL OPEN
UNTIL THE CONCLUSION OF THIS
PUBLIC HEARING, THE SAME RULES
APPLIED TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD WILL BE APPLIED TO THIS
HEARING.
-- WHEN THEY HAVE 10 SECONDS
LEFT OF THE ALLOTTED TIME
SPEAKERS MICROPHONES WILL BE
MUTED AT THE END OF THE
ALLOTTED PUBLIC TIME -- ONLY
BEING ACCEPTED AT THIS PUBLIC
HEARING AND SPEAKERS ARE ASKED
TO BEGIN THE PUBLIC COMMENT BY
STATING THEIR NAME PLEASE
REMEMBER TO PRESS á6 AFTER YOU
HEAR THE PROMPT THAT YOU HAVE
BEEN ON MUTED.
BRINGING UP THE LIST HERE WE
HAVE RANDALL ALLISON SUSAN
MELISSA MARIA AND DAVID.
RANDALL, GOOD AFTERNOON,
WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT TODAY,
MY NAME IS RANDALL OLSON.
-- I REPRESENT MOUNT BAKER
HOUSING REGARDING THIS PROJECT.
I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH MOUNT
BAKER HOUSING ON THIS
APPLICATION FOR OVER TWO YEARS
AND IT HAS BEEN -- INCLUDING
THE 206 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AT 60% AMI IN THE MOUNT
BAKER PORTION OF THIS PROJECT
THAT WILL BE 306 UNITS OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACROSS THE
ENTIRE PROJECT AND MY COMMENT
TODAY IS TO VOICE SUPPORT FOR
APPROVAL FOR THE ALLEY VACATION
AND I ASK THAT YOU SUPPORT AND
APPROVE COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA'S PROPOSED AMENDMENT
WHICH WOULD -- AS THE COUNSEL
KNOWS FROM -- FOR MANY YEARS,
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS FACE
MANY OF THE SAME CONSTRUCTION
COST ISSUES THAT MARKET RATE
HOUSING DOES -- SO THOSE COSTS
LIMIT HOW MUCH AFFORDABLE
HOUSING -- COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA'S AMENDMENT WOULD --
WHICH THE EFFECT OF THAT WOULD
BE TO KEEP AFFORDABLE HOUSING
DOLLARS WITH -- WHERE THEY CAN
BE DEPLOYED TO CONSTRUCT MORE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE STATE.
SO THE ISSUE OF DEVELOPING
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS NOT ONE
OF A LACK OF DESIRE BUT RATHER
A LACK OF FUNDING AND
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA'S
AMENDMENT IS AN EASY WAY TO
HELP -- TOWARD AFFORDABLE
HOUSING SO PLEASE APPROVE THE
ALLEY VACATION AND PROPOSED
AMENDMENT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU RANDALL.
UP NEXT WE HAVE ALLISON
FOLLOWED BY SUSAN AND --
>> GOOD AFTERNOON THANKS FOR
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK MY
NAME IS ALLISON AND I AM A
RESIDENT OF THE MOUNT BAKER
NEIGHBORHOOD I LIVE NEAR THE --
AND I AM CALLING TO SPEAK IN
SUPPORT OF THE ALLEY VACATION
AND COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA'S
AMENDMENT.
LIVING WHERE I LIVE I HAVE HAD
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE MOUNT
BAKER HOUSING IN ACTION AS IT
HAS EXPANDED AND THE
CONSTRUCTION THAT IS UNDERWAY
CURRENTLY ALONG MLK AND
McCLELLAN.
THE REASON -- WE ARE IN A
HOUSING CRISIS RIGHT NOW AND
BUILDING MORE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING NEAR AMENITIES LIKE WE
HAVE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD -- IT
IS ESSENTIAL AND I AM LOOKING
FORWARD TO SHARING THESE
FACILITIES IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD
WITH MORE NEIGHBORS.
I AM URGING YOU TODAY TO DO
WHATEVER YOU CAN TO ENCOURAGE
THE TYPE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT NEAR OPPORTUNITIES
NEAR TRANSIT NEAR PARKS.
PLEASE APPROVE THE ALLEY
VACATION AND COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA'S AMENDMENT TO WAIVE
THE FEE FOR THE VACATION.
I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THE
PROJECT AND YOUR APPROVAL ON
THIS NEXT WEEK WILL HELP THE
PROJECT MOVE FORWARD MORE
QUICKLY AND WITH A LARGER
NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE UNITS,
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU ALLISON.
UP NEXT WE HAVE SUSAN FOLLOWED
BY MELISSA.
SUSAN, GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE
GRAND STREET COMMONS VACATION
OF THE ALLEY IN BLOCK 14.
I ALSO LIVE IN MOUNT BAKER AND
JUST A BLOCK AND A HALF AWAY
FROM -- OFF OF McCLELLAN, AND I
AM ALSO A CUSTOMER OF -- FROM MY
PERSPECTIVE, THE ALLEY HAS NOT
BEEN USED WITH ANY TYPE OF
THOROUGHFARE IN MY 30+ YEARS OF
LIVING IN MOUNT BAKER.
-- PLUS BUILDING ONE STRUCTURE
WOULD CREATE AN ADDITIONAL 45
AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS -- IF THE
ALLEY IS NOT VACATED THOSE TWO
STRUCTURES WOULD INCREASE THE
COST.
-- WOULD ALLOW THE CITY OF
SEATTLE TO REACH OUR COMMON
GOAL OF CREATING MORE HOUSING,
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU ALLISON.
UP NEXT IS MELISSA FOLLOWED BY
MARIA AND DAVID.
I SEE PATRICIA GRAY HAS SIGNED
UP, YOU ARE NOT LISTED AS
PRESENT, SO PLEASE CALL IN TO
THE PHONE NUMBER THAT WAS
PROVIDED WITH THE CONFIRMATION.
MELISSA, WELCOME, GOOD
AFTERNOON.
>> THANK YOU.
I AM CALLING IN SUPPORT OF --
THE VACATION OF THE ALLEY IN
BLOCK 14.
WE ARE THE ARCHITECTURE GROUP
THAT HAS BEEN DESIGNING -- AND
ON BEHALF OF OUR ENTIRE COMPANY
I AM CALLING IN TODAY TO
EXPRESS OUR STRONG SUPPORT FOR
-- THIS PROJECT CREATES A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO
TRANSFORM AN UNUSED PUBLIC
PROPERTY INTO AFFORDABLE PUBLIC
HOUSING -- THE PLAZA AND
RECONFIGURATION WILL CREATE A
CENTRAL DESTINATION FOR THE
NEIGHBORHOOD FEATURING -- AND
SUPPLEMENTARY LIGHTING.
SECOND WE WOULD LIKE TO ALSO
VOICE OUR STRONG SUPPORT FOR
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA'S
AMENDMENT -- GIVEN THAT MOUNT
BAKER IS RELYING ON FUNDING
FROM THE OFFICE OF HOUSING --
AND REDUCE COSTS UPFRONT TO
ALLOW THESE PROJECTS TO REMAIN
COMPETITIVE -- WHERE THE ALLEY
HAS NEVER BEEN IN USE AND IT
WILL HAVE NO NEGATIVE IMPACT ON
CIRCULATION OR SERVICES FOR THE
REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
WAIVING FEES IN THE -- FINALLY
EVEN BEFORE THE VACATION HAS
BEEN GRANTED THIS PROJECT
REQUIRES SIGNIFICANT TIME AND
INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY
ALREADY SPANNING FROM AN
EXPENSIVE PUBLIC OUTREACH
EFFORT TO A LONG STRING OF
MEETINGS WITH -- AND THE DESIGN
COMMISSION.
WHICH HAS TAKEN OVER TWO YEARS
TO BRING THE PROJECT BEFORE YOU
TODAY.
-- EXPONENTIALLY MORE TIME.
>> MY APOLOGIES IF THE DING
INTERRUPTED YOUR COMMENTS,
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SEND ME --
UP NEXT IS MARIA FOLLOWED BY
DAVID AND PATRICIA GRAY STILL
NOT LISTED AS PRESENT.
-- GOOD AFTERNOON MARIA,
WELCOME.
MARIA, I SEE YOU ARE ON MUTE,
IF YOU PRESS á6, THERE YOU ARE,
WELCOME.
>> -- IT DOES MAKE THE ENTIRE --
CREATING THIS GREAT PUBLIC
PLAZA -- SO I URGE YOU ALL TO
VOTE YES FOR THE ALLEY
VACATION.
-- IT IS A VERY EASY WAY TO
ENSURE -- SPENT TO CREATE
HOUSING. I WILL ALSO ADD, I WAS
STUNNED AT THE COST AND LENGTH
OF -- MENTIONED THAT ALL THE
FUNDS HAVE COME FROM THE OFFICE
OF HOUSING -- I APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO TALK, THANK YOU.
>> UP NEXT IS DAVID FOLLOWED BY
PATRICIA.
PATRICIA YOU ARE NOT LISTED AS
PRESENT SO PLEASE CALL IN IF
YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE
COMMENT.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, MY NAME
IS DAVID I AM THE -- WE ARE THE
PROPONENT OF THE PETITION OF
THE VACATION OF THE ALLEY OF
GRANT STREET -- RATHER THAN
REITERATE WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE
HAS SAID -- I WANTED TO POINT A
LITTLE BIT TO MARIA'S COMMENT
ABOUT THE EXTENSIVE COST AND
TIME RELATED TO THE ALLEY
VACATION ON THIS PROJECT WHICH
-- AND I SAY THIS IN SUPPORT OF
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA'S
AMENDMENT . IF I UNDERSTAND THE
NUMBERS THAT ARE IN OUR BUDGET
CORRECTLY WE HAVE SPENT WELL
OVER $500,000 IN PURSUING THIS
ALLEY VACATION, AND IT IS
SOMEWHAT INEFFICIENT IN MY VIEW
TO HAVE THAT HANGING OVER OUR
HEADS AS -- WHO IS THE
FORTUNATE RECIPIENT OF -- THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
PATRICIA GRAY, CAN YOU CONFIRM
SHE IS NOT PRESENT?
>> THERE ARE NO FURTHER PUBLIC
HEARING REGISTRANTS.
>> THAT WAS OUR LAST SPEAKER --
THE PUBLIC HEARING ON CLERK
FILE 314459 IS NOW CLOSED, IF
YOU WANTED TO SPEAK AND COULD
NOT YOU ARE WELCOME TO SEND
YOUR WRITTEN TESTIMONY TO OUR
EMAIL ADDRESS.
-- THE COUNCIL IS STILL
ACCEPTING COMMENTS VIA EMAIL AT
-- MOVING ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM, PAYMENT OF THE BILLS.
CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE
SHORT TITLE?
>> PAYMENT OF BILLS,COUNCIL
BILL 120217: AN ORDINANCE
APPROPRIATING MONEY TO PAY
CERTAIN AUDITED CLAIMS FOR THE
WEEK OF OCTOBER 25, 2021,
THROUGH OCTOBER 29, 2021, AND
ORDERING THE PAYMENT THEREOF.
>> I MOVE TO PASS COUNCIL BILL
120217, IS THERE A SECOND?
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO PASS THE BILL, ARE THERE ANY
COMMENTS?
HEARING NO COMMENTS, WILL YOU
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] SEVEN
IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, THE BILL PASSES
AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT,
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE -- THERE
ARE NO COMMUNITY REPORTS ON
TODAY'S AGENDA, SO I WILL MOVE
ON TO OTHER BUSINESS.
I KNOW FROM COMMUNICATING WITH
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
UNFORTUNATELY TERESA DOYLE IS
UNABLE TO JOIN US TODAY.
I DO WANT TO THANK COLLEAGUES
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN ON
TO THAT PROCLAMATION AND IF
ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SAY
ANYTHING ON THE RECORD, YOU CAN
USE THIS MOMENT TO SHARE YOUR
THOUGHTS, I WILL BEGIN BY
SAYING THAT I WISH THAT I WAS
LUCKY ENOUGH TO KNOW OUR FRIEND
AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I
AM GETTING HIS NAME COMPLETELY
CORRECTLY, MOVING THROUGH THIS,
RICHARD KELLY, I KNEW THAT I
WAS HAVING TROUBLE, I WISH THAT
I HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY -- THERE
ARE FORCES LIKE THIS IN OUR
LIFETIME, AND I WANT TO THANK
TERESA AND KEN. AND RICHARD
KELLY FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR
CITY OUR STATE AND OUR NATION.
COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER COMMENTS
OR QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME?
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, PLEASE.
>> WOULD THIS BE AN APPROPRIATE
TIME FOR ME AT THE GOOD OF THE
ORDER TO FLAG AGAIN FOR COUNSEL
COLLEAGUES THE AMENDMENT THAT I
WOULD LIKE TO BE BRINGING
FORWARD NEXT WEEK JUST
RECOGNIZING THAT THIS IS NOT AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR A VOTE TODAY BUT
-- WITHOUT THE AN APPROPRIATE
TIME FOR ME TO DO IT?
>> SURE.
>> THANK YOU.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY AGAIN AS I
DISCUSSED THIS MORNING TO HAVE
YOUR REVIEW AMENDMENT NUMBER 1
WHICH IS DISCUSSED ON PAGE 5 OF
THE CENTRAL STAFF MEMO THAT
ACCOMPANIED THE CONVERSATION
THAT WE JUST HAD ON 314459
WHICH IS THE PETITION FOR GRANT
STREET COMMONS.
THANK YOU TO ALL THE -- THE
AMENDMENT WOULD REMOVE THE
REQUIREMENT THAT GRANT STREET
PARTNERS PAY THE -- ADOPTING
THE AMENDMENT WOULD REDUCE THE
MH BEING IN THE CITY'S COST TO
DEVELOP AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PROJECT BY AT LEAST $400,000.
AS WE TALKED ABOUT THIS MORNING
THIS IS AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY
TO BRING FORTH THE AMENDMENT TO
WAIVE THE VACATION FEE SO THAT
THOSE DOLLARS CAN GO INTO
SUPPORTING THE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING ONCE ON SITE.
-- AND I WANT TO THANK -- WHO
HAVE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT HOW TO CREATE AN
EXEMPTION FOR ALL CITY FUNDED
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS.
THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF
WHERE WE CAN REMOVE AN INTERNAL
BARRIER FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
AND -- TO BE DIRECTLY INVESTED
INTO MORE HOMES.
THIS AMENDMENT AND THE
LEGISLATION TO COME LATER THIS
YEAR ALIGN WITH OUR EARLIER
VALUES EXPRESSED AS A COUNCIL
IN 2018 WHEN WE PASSED THE
SURPLUS ORDINANCE ACT TO TRY TO
MAKE SURE THAT A SURPLUS
PROPERTY IN THE CITY REMAINED
IN CITY HANDS SO THAT WE COULD
BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON
SITE.
-- COUPLED WITH OTHER PUBLIC
SERVICE AMENITIES.
THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AS
A CITY TO BE LOOKING AT WAYS TO
IMPROVE THE CODE REDUCE FEES SO
THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO
ENCOURAGE AND INCENTIVIZE THE
CREATION OF MORE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING I THINK AS ONE CALLER
NOTED TODAY THERE IS NOT A LACK
OF INTEREST THERE IS A LACK OF
FUNDING AND ANYTHING THAT WE
CAN DO TO REDUCE THE FEES
COMING BACK TO THE CITY TO
STREAMLINE BOTH -- AND COST OF
BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING WE
WANT TO DO ESPECIALLY IN THE
WAKE OF COVID-19.
I THINK THE EXCITING
OPPORTUNITY THAT WILL PRESENT
ITSELF IN THE UPCOMING WEEK
WILL BE ABLE, WE WILL PASS THIS
AMENDMENT IN ADDITION TO THE
UNDERLYING BILL WHICH WE
RECEIVED A BRIEFING ON THIS
MORNING AS WELL IN COUNSEL
BRIEFING WHICH YOU CAN SEE AS
THE ON THE PRESENTATION,
AFFORDABLE HOUSING COUPLED WITH
-- ENGAGEMENT AND OPPORTUNITIES
FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE AND
CREATING SPACE FOR ARTS AND
ACTIVATION OF OUR STREETS --
AND WITH THE AMENDMENT THAT I
AM HOPING TO BRING FORWARD NEXT
WEEK WITH YOUR SUPPORT
COLLEAGUES I HOPE THAT WE CAN
MAKE IT A MORE AFFORDABLE
OPPORTUNITY FOR LOCATIONS LIKE
THESE AND LATER THIS YEAR WITH
BROADER LEGISLATION TO APPLY
THE SAME CONCEPT TO -- VACATION
OPPORTUNITIES.
THANK YOU MR. CHAIR, AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO -- IF YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS ABOUT AMENDMENT
NUMBER 1, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO
REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE OR --
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
ANY OTHER ITEMS OR BUSINESS?
I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST HERE TO
BE EXCUSED FROM THE NOVEMBER 29
COUNSEL BRIEFING AND FULL
COUNCIL MEETING.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS?
HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, THANK
YOU.
IF THERE ARE NO OTHER ITEMS,
THIS DOES CONCLUDE THE ITEMS ON
TODAY'S AGENDA OUR NEXT
REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY
COUNCIL MEETING IS ON NOVEMBER
15, 2021.
HAVE A WONDERFUL AFTERNOON, WE
ARE ADJOURNED.