>>> GOOD MORNING.
APRIL 28th, 2021.
LAND USE AND NEIGHBORHOODS
COMMITTEE MEETING WILL COME TO
ORDER.
IT IS 9:31 A.M.
I'M DAN STRAUSS.
CLERK, PLEASE CALL RULE.
>> .
>> ROLL CALL.
>> THANK YOU.
THE LAND USE AND NEIGHBORHOODS
COMMITTEE IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE BEGINS THE COMMITTEE BY
ACKNOWLEDGING WE ARE ON THE
TRADITIONAL AND ANCESTRAL LANDS
OF THE FIRST PEOPLE OF THIS
REGION PAST AND PRESENT.
REPRESENTED IN A NUMBER OF
TRIBES AND URBAN NATIVES.
WE HONOR WITH GRATITUDE THE
LAND ITSELF AND THE PEOPLE OF
THIS LAND AND WE START WITH
THIS ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO
RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT WE ARE
GUESTS ON THIS LAND.
WE MUST BE STEWARDING OUR LAND
AS SUCH, AS GUESTS.
THIS IS NOT A CHECKLIST AND
DOES NOT GIVE US A PASSPORT TO
DO WHATEVER WE WANT OR HOWEVER
WE DESIRE.
IT IS A REMINDER AND A
GROUNDING FOR OUR TIME TOGETHER
TO STEWARD OUR WORK AS GUESTS
AS WE ARE HERE FOR ONLY A SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME.
THANK YO.
WE HAVE FOUR ITEMS ON THE
AGENDA TODAY.
A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD
ANNUAL REPORT, A PRESENTATION
ON THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
DEPARTMENT AND CONSTRUCTION AND
INSPECTIONS, REALLY RACE AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE AND TO REPORT
AND A PRESENTATION ON THE
SEATTLE DESIGN COMMISSION
ANNUAL REPORT.
THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE ON
WEDNESDAY, MAY 12th STARTING AT
9:30 A.M.
BEFORE WE BEGIN, IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTIVE OR OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, ADOPTED.
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL OPEN THE
REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
FOR THE ITEMS ON TODAY'S
AGENDA.
BEFORE WE BEGIN, WE ASK THAT
EVERYONE BE PATIENT AS WE LEARN
TO OPERATE THE NEW SYSTEM.
WHILE IT REMAINS OUR INTENT TO
HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT INCLUDED ON
MEETING AGENDAS, THE CITY
COUNCIL RESERVES THE RIGHT TO
END OR ELIMINATE THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIODS AT ANY POINT IF
IT IS UNSUITABLE FOR ALLOWING
MEETINGS TO BE CONDUCTED
EFFICIENTLY AND IN A MANNER WE
CAN CONDUCT NECESSARY.
I WILL MODERATE PUBLIC COMMENT
IN THE FOLLOWING MATTER.
PUBLIC, IT IS UP TO 10 MINUTES
AND EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN
TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
I WILL CALL EACH SPEAKER BY
NAME AND A NEW ORDER IN WHICH
THEY REGISTER ON THE COUNCIL
WEBSITE.
IF YOU HAVE NOT YET REGISTERED
TO SPEAK AND WOULD LIKE TO, YOU
CAN SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
BY GOING TO THE COUNCIL
WEBSITE.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT LINK IS ALSO
LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
WHEN I CALL SPEAKER NAMES,
STAFF WILL UNMUTE THE
APPROPRIATE MICROPHONE AND AN
AUTOMATIC PROMPT WHEN IT IS
YOUR TURN TO SPEAK.
PLEASE BEGIN BY STATING HER
NAME AND ITEM FOR WHICH YOU ARE
ADDRESSING.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A TIME WHEN
10 SECONDS OR LEFT OF THE
ALLOTTED TIME.
WHEN THE SPEAKER HEARS THE
TIME, WE ASK THAT YOU BEGIN TO
WRAP UP PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IF SPEAKERS DO NOT END THE
PUBLIC COMMENTS IN THE ALLOTTED
TIME PROVIDED, THEY MAY BE
MUTED AFTER 10 SECONDS TO ALLOW
US TO CALL THE NEXT SPEAKER.
WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE
PUBLIC COMMENT, WE ASK THAT YOU
PLEASE DISCONNECT THE LINE AND
HE PLAN TO CONTINUE FOLLOWING,
PLEASE DO SO ON THE AWARD-
WINNING SEATTLE AND/OR
LISTENING OPTIONS PROVIDED ON
THE AGENDA.
IF THERE IS A SEPARATE --
THERE IS A SEPARATE PUBLIC
COMMENT ON BRINGING BUSINESS
HOME IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING
PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS ABOUT
BRINGING BUSINESS HOME, PLEASE
RESERVE THEM FOR THE PUBLIC
HEARING.
I KNOW ANDREW, I SEE YOU ARE
SIGNED UP FOR BOTH.
SO PLEASE KEEP YOUR PUBLIC
COMMENTS TO THE ITEMS ON THE
AGENDA AND BRINGING BUSINESS TO
THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS
NOW OPEN AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH
THE FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST.
>> GOOD MORNING.
YOU ARE FREE TO BEGIN AT YOUR
CONVENIENCE.
ANDREW.
>> OUR FIRST AND ONLY SPEAKER
TODAY IS ANDREW
(INDISCERNIBLE) I SEE YOU ARE
ON MUTED.
TO START YOU ARE HITTING POUND
SIX.
AND NOW YOU ARE BACK ON MUTE.
I SEE YOU WERE ON MUTED.
I'M NOT HEARING YOU THOUGH.
>> I CAN HEAR YOU PRESS
THING.
YOU ARE BACK ON MUTE.
NOW YOU ARE OFF MUTE.
WILL -- I'M SORRY, ANDREW.
I SEE YOU ARE THERE.
BUT I CANNOT HEAR YOUR VOICE.
BACK ON MUTE.
OFF MUTE.
IT, WHAT IS YOUR SUGGESTION AT
THIS TIME?
I CAN SEE THAT ANDREW IS OFF
MUTE AND I CANNOT HEAR HIM
SPEAK.
>> MAKE SURE THE PHONE ITSELF
IS NOT MUTED.
>> ANDREW, YOU ARE OFF MUTE.
IS YOUR PHONE MUTED?
>> WE HAVE MORE THAN ONE
PUBLIC COMMENT OR.
ANDREW IS SPEAKING AT THIS IN
THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I'M USING MY DISCRETION TO
PROVIDE A LITTLE EXTRA TIME.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> HERE WE GO.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR
PATIENCE.
>> THANK YOU.
I'M SO SORRY.
I AM TECHNOLOGICALLY
CHALLENGED.
>> SO AM I.
>> I WILL JUMP RIGHT IN.
>> AND WHEN WILL THAT OCCUR?
>> THAT IS NEXT.
>> IS IS THE ONLY TOPIC WE
NEED TO DISCUSS?
>> YES.
>> HANG TIGHT, ANDREW.
>> I WILL BE HERE.
>> THANK YOU SEEING AS WE
HAVE NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS
REMOTELY PRESENT, WE WILL MOVE
ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS
TODAY IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON
THE ORDINANCE 126923, WHICH IS
THE BRINGING BUSINESS HOME,
SMALL BUSINESS FLEXIBILITY BILL
WHICH WE ADOPTED IN MARCH.
WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE
ABBREVIATED TITLE INTO THE
RECORD.
>> ITEM ONE.
COUNSEL BILL 120001/ORDINANCE
126293
126293, BRINGING BUSINESS HOME,
PUBLIC HEARING.
>> QUITO, WILL YOU GET US
STARTED WITH A VERY BRIEF
OVERVIEW OF THE LEGISLATION WE
ADOPTED BEFORE I OPEN THE
PUBLIC HEARING?
>> I WILL JUST SHARE MY
SCREEN.
A VERY QUICK PRESENTATION.
I WILL REMIND COUNCILMEMBERS
ABOUT THE POSTURE, ANSWER A
QUESTION THAT SOME FOLKS MAY
HAVE AS TO WHY THE COUNCIL IS
HOLDING A HEARING AFTER PASSING
THE ORDINANCE.
TALK WITH THE LEGISLATIVE
HISTORY AND BRIEFLY REMIND THE
COMMITTEE ABOUT WHAT THE
ORDINANCE DOES AND DOES NOT DO.
WITH RESPECT TO PERFUSION --
PROCEDURAL POSTURE, AS
COUNCILMEMBERS NO, LAND USE
LEGISLATION COMES WITH
MORE REQUIREMENTS ON OTHER
PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT THE
COUNCIL CONSIDERS.
SPECIFICALLY THERE ARE TWO
THINGS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN
BEFORE COUNCIL ACT ON MOST
PIECES OF LAND USE LEGISLATION.
THERE HAS TO BE A REVIEW
PURSUANT TO THE STATE OF THE
ENVIRONMENT THE POLICY ACT AND
THERE HAS TO BE A PUBLIC
HEARING.
ORDINANCE 126293 IS AUTHORIZED
PURSUANT TO 367-8390
WHICH IS THE GIVING THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT THE OPPORTUNITY TO
ENACT REGULATIONS MORE QUICKLY
IF THEY ARE TEMPORARY
REGULATIONS.
SO THAT IS THE AUTHORITY OF THE
COUNCIL ACTED WHEN APPROVING
--
ACTED UNDER WHEN APPROVING
ORDINANCE 126293.
>>
(INDISCERNIBLE) SO MARCH 15th,
THE PURPOSE OF THE ORDINANCE IS
TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY REGULATORY
FLEXIBILITY FOR HOME-BASED
BUSINESSES SO THAT THEY CAN
OPERATE WITH FEWER RESTRICTIONS
DURING THE COVID-19 CIVIL
EMERGENCY.
THIS MAY ALLOW SOME BUSINESSES
TO REMAIN OPERATING DURING THE
PANDEMIC AND COULD SEE THE
ECONOMIC RECOVERY.
THE PROVISIONS IN THE BILL, SO
THE RELAXED REGULATORY
REQUIREMENTS EXPIRED IN APRIL
OF 2022.
THE BILL ALSO CONTAINS A WORK
PROGRAM TO PROPOSE PERMANENT
CHANGES TO HOME OCCUPATION
REGULATIONS AND DOESN'T
DESCRIBE WHAT THOSE PERMANENT
CHANGES MIGHT BE.
THE COUNCIL COULD BE
CONSIDERING PERMANENT CHANGES
úABOUT NINE MONTHS OR SO FROM
NOW.
>> I WILL REMIND THE
COMMITTEE ABOUT WHAT ORDINANCE
126293 DOES AND DOES NOT DO.
RELAXES CERTAIN PERFORMANCE
STANDARDS.
THE CITY REGULATES
ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND IS
NOT A PERMANENT ACQUIREMENT FOR
HOME OCCUPATION.
IT IS A LAND USE PERMIT
REQUIREMENT FOR A LAND USE IT
RELAXES PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
FOR UP TO ONE YEAR AND THOSE
STANDARDS INCLUDE THE NUMBER OF
EMPLOYEES THAT CAN WORK AT A
HOME BUSINESS AND THE TYPE OF
CUSTOMER VISITS.
CUSTOMER VISITS DON'T HAVE TO
BE BY APPOINTMENT.
THEY CAN BE WOKE UP VISITS THE
USE OF REQUIRED PARKING FOR
HOME OCCUPATION.
SO IF YOU HAVE A GARAGE WITH A
REQUIRED PARKING SPACE, YOU CAN
USE YOUR GARAGE WHILE THE
ORDINANCE IS IN EFFECT.
LIMITATIONS ON INCREASED HAVE
TRAFFIC AND PARKING DEMAND IS
REMOVED FROM MOST HOME
OCCUPATIONS AND A LIMITATION ON
THE NONCOMMERCIAL APPEARANCE OF
HOME OCCUPATIONS.
THAT LIMITATION IS ALSO REMOVED
FOR THE DURATION OF THE
ORDINANCE.
WHEN THE REGULATIONS AND THE
ORDINANCE EXPIRE, IF THEY DO
EXPIRE, HOME OCCUPATIONS THAT
HAVE BEEN MODIFIED PURSUANT TO
THE RELAXED -- HAVE TO BE
RETURNED TO THE PROPER STATE.
THE ORDINANCE DOES NOT MODIFY
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS RELATED
TO NOISE, ODOR, LIGHT GLARE OR
OTHER KINDS OF NUISANCE FACTORS
ASSOCIATED WITH A HOME
OCCUPATION AND ALSO MAINTAINS
LIMITATIONS ON INCREASED
TRAFFIC AND PARKING FOR CERTAIN
TYPES OF HOME OCCUPATIONS.
SPECIFICALLY AUDIO -- AUTO
ORIENTED.
IF YOU ARE A MECHANIC AND YOU
ARE REPAIRING CARS OUT OF A
GARAGE IN YOUR HOME, YOU ARE
STILL SUBJECT TO THE
LIMITATIONS ON INCREASED
TRAFFIC AND PARKING.
SO IN A NUTSHELL, THAT IS WHAT
THE BILL DOES AND THAT IS THE
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS BEFORE THE PUBLIC
HEARING.
>> THANK YOU.
I DO NOT HAVE QUESTIONS AT THIS
TIME.
COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS
BEFORE WE MOVE INTO THE PUBLIC
HEARING?
>> MR. CHAIR?
>> YES.
>> SO ARE YOU GOING TO DO THE
NEXT COMMENT TO THIS AND THEN
RE WE GOING TO VOTE?
>> THERE IS NO VOTE TODAY.
THIS IS A POST ADOPTION PUBLIC
HEARING BASED ON THE INTERIM
USE OF THIS LAW.
>> I MUST HAVE READ THE
AGENDA WRONG.
>> NO PROBLEM.
IF THIS WAS A PERMANENT LAW, WE
WOULD HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE
PUBLIC HEARING 30 DAYS AHEAD OF
PASSAGE, OR POSTED 30 DAYS
AHEAD.
AND HAD THE PUBLIC HEARING AND
PROCEEDED.
>> THIS IS LOVINGLY REFERRED
TO AS THE FRIED BREAD ORDINANCE
SO THERE YOU HAVE IT.
>> FRIED BREAD ORDINANCE.
>> JOKING ASIDE, NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS, LET'S MOVE INTO THE
PUBLIC HEARING.
BEFORE WE OPEN THE REMOTE
PUBLIC HEARING, I WOULD AGAIN
ASK EVERYONE TO PLEASE BE
PATIENT AS WE CONTINUE TO LEARN
TO OPERATE THIS NEW SYSTEM IN
REALTIME AND NAVIGATE THE
INEVITABLE GROWING PAINS.
WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY LOOKING FOR
WAYS TO FINE-TUNE THE PROCESS
AND ADDING NEW FEATURES THAT
ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL PUBLIC
PARTICIPATION IN THE COUNCIL
MEETINGS.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN TWO
MINUTES TO SPEAK.
I WILL CALL AND ONE SPEAKER AT
A TIME.
AND IN THE ORDER IN WHICH YOU
ARE REGISTERED ON THE COUNCIL
WEBSITE.
IF YOU HAVE NOT YET REGISTERED
TO SPEAK AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO,
YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR THE END OF
THE PUBLIC HEARING BY GOING TO
THE COUNCIL WEBSITE AT
SEATTLE.GOV/COUNCIL.
úTHE LINK IS ALSO LISTED IN
TODAY'S AGENDA.
WHEN I CALLED THE SPEAKER'S
NAMES, STAFF WILL UNMUTE THE
APPROPRIATE MICROPHONE AND THAT
WILL BE THE SPEAKER'S Q THAT IT
IS HER TURN TO SPEAK AND THEY
WILL THEN NEED TO PRESS STAR
SIX AND NOT POUNDED SIX.
STAR SIX.
PLEASE BEGIN SPEAKING BY
STATING YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM
YOU ARE ADDRESSING.
AS A REMINDER, THE PUBLIC
COMMENT SHOULD RELATE ORDINANCE
126293.
IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS ABOUT
SOMETHING NOT FOR THIS AGENDA,
YOU CAN ALWAYS PROVIDE COMMENTS
BY E-MAILING MY OFFICE.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A TIME WHEN
10 SECONDS OR LEFT OF THE
ALLOTTED TIME.
WHEN YOU HEAR A TIME, WE ASK
THAT YOU BEGIN TO WRAP UP YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF SPEAKERS DO NOT END THE
PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THE END OF
THE ALLOTTED TIME PROVIDED,
SPEAKER MICROPHONES WILL BE
NEEDED TO ALLOW US TO CALL IN
THE NEXT SPEAKER.
WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED PUBLIC
COMMENT, WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE
DISCONNECT FROM THE LINE AND IF
YOU PLAN TO CONTINUE FOLLOWING
THE MEETING, PLEASE DO SO WITH
THE SEATTLE CHANNEL OR
LISTENING OPTIONS LISTED ON THE
AGENDA.
A PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE
126293 IS NOW OPEN AND WE WILL
BEGIN WITH THE FIRST SPEAKER ON
THE LIST.
I HAVE PRESENT TODAY, ANDREW
KATY AND CHRISTIE BECKLEY.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE
PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS PUBLIC
HEARING, PLEASE REGISTER NOW AS
WE HAVE TWO STICKERS ALLOTTED
FOR A TOTAL OF FOUR MINUTES.
ANDREW, GOOD MORNING.
I SEE YOU ARE OFF MUTE.
>> YES.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
TAKE IT AWAY.
>> THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS ANDREW KATY.
I AM WITH A CLIMATE JUSTICE
GROUP.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE
OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT AND FOR
BRINGING FORWARD THE BRINGING
BUSINESS HOME BILL.
I'M SPEAKING TODAY BECAUSE I
URGE YOU TO FOLLOW UP BY MAKING
THE CHANGES IN THE BILL
PERMANENT.
WE LIVE IN CHALLENGING TIMES.
THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, JOB
LOSSES, HOUSING PRICES AND THE
LOOMING THREAT OF CLIMATE
CHANGE.
TO ADAPT AND THRIVE, WE SHOULD
EMPOWER OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND
GIVE THEN THE STRENGTH AND
RESILIENCE TO MEET THESE
CHALLENGES.
TO BUILD SUFFICIENT HOUSING,
CARE FOR THE SICK, OR BUILD A
NEW CLEAN ENERGY SYSTEM.
THERE IS TREMENDOUS WORK TO DO.
TO SUCCEED, SEATTLE SHOULD TAKE
NOTES OF THOSE CITIES THAT HAVE
ACCOMPLISHED EXTERNA
TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE FACE OF
MAJOR CHALLENGES.
POSTWAR TURKEY A WAS A FIELD OF
RUBBLE AFTER WORLD WAR II, ONLY
TO BECOME AN ECONOMIC
POWERHOUSE 25 YEARS LATER.
SHANTYTOWNS IN MUMBAI HAVE
TRANSFORMED FROM CHAOTIC URBAN
REFUGEES TO THRIVING HIGH-TECH
INDUSTRY.
THESE PLACES HAVE COMMON
CHARACTERISTICS.
THE COMMUNITIES ARE SELF
ORGANIZING, ADAPTABLE AND
DYNAMIC.
THEY STRIVE ALONGSIDE FORMER
ECONOMIES.
RESIDENTIAL SPACES ARE
INTEGRATED WITH WORKSPACES AND
COMMUNITY SPACES.
THESE JUST MAKE FOR DYNAMIC
SOCIETIES.
FOR DECADES, SEATTLE HAS
MAINTAINED THE PURITY OF A
SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL
DISTRICT.
THESE BEDROOM COMMUNITIES WILL
NOT HELP US MEET THE HUGE
CHALLENGES AHEAD.
AND SAID, WE NEED TO UNSHACKLE
OUR NEIGHBORHOODS THE
RESTRICTIVE MONOCULTURE OF
SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES AND ALLOW
THEM TO BECOME DYNAMIC,
ADAPTIVE AND CREATIVE
NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE LEGAL
BARRIERS NO LONGER PREVENT
COMMUNITIES FROM MEETING THEIR
OWN NEEDS AND GROWING
RESOURCEFUL AND RESILIENT.
MAKING THE BRINGING BUSINESS
HOME BILL PERMANENT IS AN
IMPORTANT STEP TOWARDS
ACCOMPLISHING THAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, ANDREW.
NEXT WE HAVE KRISTI BECKLEY.
GOOD MORNING.
I SEE YOU ARE PRESENT AND OFF
MUTE.
>> CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME OKAY?
>> YES.
GREAT TO HEAR YOU.
>> AND KRISTI BECKLEY AND
SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF THE
BRINGING BUSINESS HOME
ORDINANCE.
I AM REPRESENTING THE
NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
WE ACTUALLY CALL THIS BILL THE
YONDER CIDER BILL.
FOR PART OF THE WORK AT THE
ASSOCIATION, WE WORK TO SUPPORT
BUSINESSES IN OUR DISTRICT,
PRIMARILY SMALL BUSINESSES.
AND OF COURSE WE ALL KNOW THE
LAST YEAR HAS BEEN A STRUGGLE
AND WE HAVE WORKED TO ADJUST
AND BE CREATIVE DURING COVID-
19.
ALSO WE HAVE THE NEGATIVE IMPACT
. WE WERE VERY PLEASED WITH
THE BILL BEING PASSED LAST
MONTH AND ARE IN FAVOR OF
MAKING IT A PERMANENT CHANGE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE.
>> THANK YOU, KRISTI AND
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
>> OF COURSE.
>> AND THAT -- STAFF CAN
YOU CONFIRM THERE ARE NO
FURTHER SPEAKERS FOR THE
HEARING?
>> CONFIRMED.
>> THAT WAS THE LAST SPEAKER.
THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE
126293 IS NOW CLOSED.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO
PROVIDED COMMENT TODAY.
>> THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS
ON TODAY'S AGENDA IS A
PRESENTATION FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS ON
THE ANNUAL REPORT.
WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE
ABBREVIATED TITLE INTO THE
RECORD.
>> ITEM TWO, DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOOD'S REPORT.
>> THANK YOU.
WE ARE NOW JOINED BY DIRECTOR
ANDRCS MANTILLA AND STAFF FROM
THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS.
WOULD YOU ALL LIKE TO INTRODUCE
YOURSELVES AND KICK US OFF?
>> SURE.
THANK YOU.
I AM ANDRCS MANTILLA, THE
DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS.
I'M JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUE ELSA
WHO I THINK NEEDS TO BE
PROMOTED TO THE PRESENTER
PANEL.
IF FOLKS CAN HELP ME WITH THAT.
>> I'M NOT SEEING ELSA IN THE
ATTENDEE LIST.
>> I KNOW WE HAVE BEEN HAVING
COMPUTER DIFFICULTIES THIS
WEEK.
WE WILL JUST TAKE A MINUTE TO
SEE IF SHE CAN LOG ON OR BE
PROMOTED.
>> I CAN GET GOING AND AS SHE
LOGSDON -- SEVERAL OF YOU
KNOW ALSO FROM THE DEPARTMENT
OF NEIGHBORHOODS WHO WAS OUR
SENSES ADVISOR OVER THE LAST
COUPLE OF YEARS.
AND IN 2021, ACTING AS THE PACE
COORDINATOR AND WE WILL HEAR
MORE ABOUT THAT TODAY IN THE
PRESENTATION.
SO I WILL GO ON.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO ADDRESS THIS COMMITTEE AND
TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS IN
THE 2020 YEAR AND THE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
AS A REMINDER, THE VISION OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS
IS TO STRENGTHEN SEATTLE BY
ACTIVELY ENGAGING ALL
COMMUNITIES.
AND WE DO THAT BY CENTERING
THEM TO NORTHSTAR GOALS.
THE FIRST IS TO PUT RACE IN
EQUITY AT THE CENTER OF ALL OF
OUR DECISIOS AND ACTIONS AND
TO INVEST IN THE POWER OF
COMMUNITIES TO FORGE THEIR OWN
SOLUTIONS.
WE ARE COMMITTED TO THE
NORTHSTAR GOALS THROUGH A FOUR
CORE STRATEGIES.
WE WILL HIGHLIGHT SOME EXAMPLES
OF THOSE TODAY.
ONE IS BY TRUSTING ADVOCATES
AND THE SECOND IS BY LOOKING AT
PEOPLE CENTERED STORYTELLING
AND INVESTING IN CIVIC
EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND
INVESTING IN EQUITABLE
ENGAGEMENT AND OTHER
PROGRAMMATIC INVESTMENTS.
AND SO TODAY, AS I MENTIONED,
WE ARE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT THE 2020
ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
WE ARE GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON
THE PACE PROGRAM.
SOME OF YOU ARE VERY FAMILIAR
WITH THE PACE PROGRAM AND HAVE
BEEN GUESTS AT THAT PROGRAM AS
WELL.
THIS DANCE FOR THE PEOPLE'S
ACADEMY FOR COMMUNITY
NGAGEMENT.
IT IS AN ENGAGEMENT APPROACH
WITH THAT APARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS.
THE REASON WE ARE HIGHLIGHTING
THAT TODAY IS BECAUSE FOR 2020
AND INTO 21, THERE WAS SOME
REORIENTATION WE NEED TO DO
GIVEN SOME STAFFING CHANGES.
AND IN THAT, WE WILL HEAR FROM
SOME PARTNERS.
WE WILL BE JOINED BY MY A FROM
THE LEAGUE TO TALK ABOUT THE
PARTNERSHIP WE DEVELOPED WITH
THEM AROUND PACE.
SO NEXT SLIDE.
>> IN 2020, AS MANY
DEPARTMENTS NEEDED TO DO AND AS
THE CITY DID, WE NEEDED TO
REALLY PAUSE A LOT OF THE WORK
TO SHIFT DRAMATICALLY TO
HELPING THE MOST VULNERABLE
RESIDENTS THROUGH RESPONDING TO
THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
THAT WAS ALL FROM THE WORK WE
DID THROUGH THE COMMUNITY
LIAISON PROGRAM TO LITERALLY
STOPPING THE GRANTING CYCLES
AND FOCUSING AND REFOCUSING
RESOURCES TOWARD THINGS LIKE
FOOD ACCESS AND COMMUNITY
CAPACITY SUPPORT THROUGH THE
NEIGHBORHOOD MATCHING FUND.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> THROUGH ALL OF 2020, WE
WORKED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FAS
AND OTHER COLLEAGUES AROUND
COVID-19, FIRST STARTING WITH
GETTING OUT THERE IN THE EARLY
DAYS.
AS YOU REMEMBER.
THERE WAS A LOT OF
MISINFORMATION AND HESITANCY
AROUND COVID-19.
THERE STILL IS.
BUT LACK OF EDUCATION AND
EDUCATION BUT WITH THE VIRUS
WAS AND WHAT IT MEANT FOR
COMMUNITIES.
SO THAT APARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS MOBILIZED TO
ORGANIZE COVID-19 COMMUNITY
OUTREACH WEBINARS AND WHERE WE
WERE IN THE CLEARINGHOUSE FOR
CITY AGENCIES ABOUT WHAT NEEDED
TO HAPPEN IN TERMS OF THINGS
LIKE UTILITY SHUT OFF AND WHAT
WAS HAPPENING WITH UTILITY SHUT
OFF FOR BUSINESSES AND FOR
RESIDENTS, TO THINGS LIKE, HOW
TO ACCESS FOOD PROGRAMS OR
MENTAL HEALTH
RESOURCES.
WE PROVIDED, IN LANGUAGE,
DIGITAL OUTREACH THROUGH THE
COMMUNITY LIAISONS AS
INFORMATION WAS SHIFTING VERY
QUICKLY.
OFTEN WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO WAS
SHOOT LANGUAGE VIDEOS THAT WE
WOULD POST ON FACEBOOK AND
SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES OPTING TO DO
THAT INSTEAD OF THE LONG
TRANSLATION BECAUSE INFORMATION
WAS COMING QUICKLY.
THROUGH 2020, WE THEN
TRANSITION THE EFFORT INTO THE
DISTRIBUTION OF FACE COVERINGS
STARTING WITH THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE, COMMUNITY PARTNERS,
KING COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH TO
DISTRIBUTE FACEMASKS AND OTHER
FACE COVERINGS TO ORGANIZATIONS
THAT WERE NEEDING THEM IN THE
COMMUNITY.
AND EVEN NOW, AS WE TRANSITION
BACK TO VACCINATIONS, WE ARE
STILL DOING THIS AND DISTURBING
FACE COVERINGS THROUGHOUT
SEATTLE.
AND LASTLY, REALLY WORKING WITH
SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE
SEATTLE PARKS DEPARTMENT AROUND
COVID-19 TESTING SITES
INCLUDING TWO TESTING SITES.
ONE AT RAINIER BEACH AND ONE AT
SEATTLE.
REALLY TO TARGET THOSE
COMMUNITIES AND TO LIFT UP
COVID-19 TESTING.
OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT WE DID,
OR OTHER EFFORTS WE DID IN 2020
WAS WORKING WITH AN
INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM FOR MORE
THAN 15 HYGIENE STATIONS.
SEVERAL OF YOU PARTICIPATED IN
SOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
THE GOAL HERE WAS TO PROVIDE
HYGIENE SERVICES ACROSS OUR
COMMUNITIES AND HOUSE
NEIGHBORS.
WE ALSO CONTINUE THE
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HUMAN
SERVICE DEPARTMENT IN KING
COUNTY AROUND COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT TO DIRECT FOLKS TO
SHELTER AND MAKE RESOURCES
AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHO HAVE
QUESTIONS AROUND WHAT THOSE
SHELTERS COULD PROVIDE AND
WORKING WITH KING COUNTY AROUND
THE STANDING UP OF A SHELTER
FOR COVID-19.
AND THEN, LASTLY, ONE OF THE
HIGHLIGHTS IS, WE PARTNERED
WITH CITY FRUIT TO HOST EIGHT
POP-UP EVENTS.
AS YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE P
PATCHES, A LOT OF THE USERS
RELY ON THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF
FOOD.
AND SO WE SERVED OVER 750
FAMILIES AND OVER 2000 POUNDS
OF VEGETABLES FROM THE P PATCH
GARDENS.
>> DIRECTOR, I WANT TO TAKE A
MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THE AMOUNT
OF IMPORTANT WORK THAT YOU DID
LAST YEAR.
IT IS REALLY THE CONNECTING
FABRIC BETWEEN THE SERVICES AND
THE PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT SPEAK
ENGLISH AS A PRIMARY LANGUAGE.
IT IS SO CRITICAL FOR PEOPLE TO
FEEL SAFE AND COMFORTABLE IN.
AND FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, THEY
HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS
GOING ON.
AND WHILE THE CITY WAS MOVING
FORWARD QUICKLY AND RAPIDLY ON
SO MANY DIFFERENT ISSUES TO
ADDRESS THE COVID-19 EMERGENCY,
YOUR DEPARTMENT WAS -- MAYBE
NOT IN THE SPOTLIGHT IN DOING
THE CRITICAL WORK FOR OUR
COMMUNITY.
SO I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AND
THANK YOU FOR THE.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER.
WE FEEL THAT ENGAGING IN
LANGUAGE IS A CONVERSATION WITH
COMMUNITIES SO THEY UNDERSTAND
THE FULL CONTEXT OF THE WORK
HAPPENING AND WHAT IS REQUIRED.
ONE THING I FORGOT TO MENTION
IS RIGHT NOW IF YOU GO TO LUMEN
FIELD, AND IF YOU HAVEN'T, I
ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT
THE GREAT WORK HAPPENING THERE.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM AMONG
OTHER PARTNERS TO DO IN
LANGUAGE VIDEOS.
AND SO FAR WE HAVE DONE, IN
SPANISH, MANDARIN, VIETNAMESE,
CANTONESE, KOREAN, SOMALI.
AND THE PURPOSE OF THE VIDEOS
IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT TO EXPECT
WHEN YOU ARE GETTING VACCINATED
SO THAT WE ARE TRYING TO DISPEL
THE MYTHS FOR ANY SORT OF
HESITANCY THAT MIGHT EXIST AND
ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO GO DOWN TO
LUMEN FIELD AND OTHER SITES TO
GET VACCINATED.
>> I WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD
TO "SEATTLE TOGETHER."
IT IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH ARTS
IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS.
ALSO WITH OUR OTHER COLLEAGUES
IN SDOT IN LIBRARIES AND SPU
ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF THE
CITY.
REALLY FOCUSED ON A CITYWIDE
INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT AND
UPLIFT DON'T CELEBRATE THE
ENORMOUS GOODWILL THAT IS
HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY.
IT SPRUNG UP DURING THE EARLY
DAYS OF THE PANDEMIC WHEN WE
WERE REALLY ASKING, HOW CAN WE
FOSTER RELATIONSHIPS AND A
FEELING OF BELONGING,
CONNECTION AND JOY IN SEATTLE?
IT REALLY BECAME A SPACE WHERE
WE WERE ELEVATING STORIES OF
GOODWILL AND MUTUAL AID AND
WERE HAPPENING IN COMMUNITY AND
BRINGING THEM TO THE MASSES AND
REALLY WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP.
SOME OF THE EXAMPLES YOU SEE
HERE, WE DID -- WE STARTED
WITH OUR FIRST EVENT WHICH IS,
MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE.
THOUSANDS OF SEATTLEITES WOULD
GATHER AT 8:00 P.M.
NIGHTLY FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS
AND CHEER ON ESSENTIAL WORKERS.
PUBLIC ART IN YOUR FRONT YARD
AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS EXAMPLE
HERE.
AND WE WERE REALLY WORKING TO
DEVELOP NEW WAYS FOR THE CITY
TO MEET THE NEEDS OF LOCAL
COMMUNITIES DURING THE
PANDEMIC.
I ENCOURAGE YOU -- WE DON'T
HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO GO INTO
THIS.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO VISIT THE
WEBSITE WHICH IS
SEATTLETOGETHER.ORG TO
UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THE WORK
AND WE ARE HAPPY TO COME BACK
WITH OUR PARTNERS IN ARTS AND
THE LIBRARY TO TALK MORE ABOUT
THE COMMITTEE.
SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS IS THAT
WE CONTRACTED WITH OVER 118
LOCAL ARTISTS AND COMMUNITY
GROUPS TO REALLY INVEST IN OUR
LOCAL CREATIVE ECONOMY AND
PROVIDE PROGRAMMING.
AS YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE
CREATIVE'S WERE SOME OF THE
FIRST WORKERS THAT WERE
AFFECTED BY THE PANDEMIC.
SO IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO
CENTER SOME OF OUR SOLUTIONS
AND GIVING ECONOMIC RELIEF.
TO THE END, WE DISTRIBUTED WITH
THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, OVER
150,000 MINI GRANTS TO HONOR
THE WORK ORGANIZATIONS ARE
DOING AND PROVIDING FOOD ACCESS
AND HEALTH SERVICES AND SUPPORT
TO THE COMMUNITIES MOST
IMPACTED BY COVID-19.
>> THAT IS GREAT WORK.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT ALSO
HAS JOINED US.
AND WE KNOW THAT SHE HAS DONE
AMAZING WORK.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THE LAST THING I WANT TO
TALK ABOUT BEFORE WE GO OVER TO
ELSA IS ACTUALLY OUR
úCONVERSATION AROUND
INTERDEPARTMENTAL SUPPORT.'S
SUPPORT ISSUE FOR US.
AS YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS
THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS
OVER THE LAST TWO OR THREE
YEARS HAS BEEN FOCUSING ON IS,
HOW DO WE WORK WITH OUR OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS TO REALLY REDUCE
THE SILO OF CITY SERVICES AND
OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT SO THEY
CAN BE SEAMLESS IN TERMS OF HOW
WE COMMUNICATE WITH THE
COMMUNITY AND RESIDENTS.
SOME OF THE EXAMPLES AROUND
INTERDEPARTMENTAL SUPPORT WAS
THE WORK THAT WE DID WITH THE
OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AROUND BUSINESS SUPPORT AND
SMALL BUSINESS OUTREACH AROUND
THE PAYCHECK PREVENTION PROGRAM
AND THE WORK THAT OED WAS DOING
AROUND THE SMALL BUSINESS
STABILIZATION FUND.
AND OF INTEREST TO YOU ALL, IT
IS ALSO THE STAY HEALTHY
STREETS.
WE WORKED WITH S.D.O.T.
TO PRIORITIZE OUTREACH
STRATEGIES AND ENTERING
COMMUNITY VOICES SPECIFICALLY
IN THE CENTRAL DISTRICT AND THE
CENTRAL AREA.
LASTLY, IN 2020, FOCUSED ON
OUTREACH TO TNC DRIVERS.
WE WORKED WITH OVER 200 IN 2019
AND IN 2020.
OVERALL, ENGAGED WITH ABOUT
6000 DRIVERS THROUGH THAT
EFFORT.
NEXT SLIDE.
WE CONTINUE TO DO OUR WORK AND
STARTED THE WORK ON THE WEST
SEATTLE BRIDGE DOING THE
OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH
PROCESS FOR THE WEST SEATTLE
BRIDGE OUTREACH.
AND THEN WORKING WITH SOUND
TRANSIT THROUGH THE
IMPLANTATION PROGRAM THROUGHOUT
THE EXTENSION.
WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS WITH
THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS.
FINALLY, WORKING WITH S.D.O.T.
AGAIN IN OUR HISTORIC DISTRICTS
AND LANDMARK DISTRICTS AROUND
THINGS LIKE SIDEWALK CAFCS,
STREET CLOSURES, WHICH I NOTE
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, IT IS
PARTICULARLY OF IMPORTANCE TO
YOU.
WE CAN COME BACK AND DO A
DEEPER DIVE INTO THOSE.
>> I WOULD SAY THAT YOU ARE
CORRECT THAT I'M VERY
INTERESTED IN MAKING MANY OF
OUR CAFC STREETS ON SIDEWALK
CAFCS PERMANENT EVEN AFTER
COVID-19 ENDS.
I WANT TO THANK YOU AND
EVERYONE IN YOUR DEPARTMENT FOR
ALLOWING THE FLEXIBILITY WITHIN
THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS OVER THE
LAST YEAR.
IT IS SUCH A LONG AVENUE.
WE ARE EXCITED FOR THE
APARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS TO
PARTICIPATE IN OUR DESIGN AND
LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN ALLOW THE
RULES AND CODE TO CATCH UP TO
SOME OF THE CHANGES WE HAVE
SEEN AND HOW WE LIVE OUR LIVES
IN SEATTLE.
SEATTLE HAS NOT NECESSARILY
BEEN A CAFC CULTURE.
IT SEEMS LIKE WE MAY HAVE
BECOME A CAFC CULTURE THIS LAST
YEAR.
I SHARE THIS BECAUSE IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP THE
HISTORIC NATURE OF OUR HISTORIC
DISTRICTS AND FOR INSTANCE, ON
BALLARD AVENUE, THERE ARE NOW
COVERINGS IN THE STREETS THAT
MIGHT NOT MEET THE HISTORIC
ITEMS IN THE LONG TERM AND WE
NEED TO PROVIDE JUST A LITTLE
BIT OF FLEXIBILITY AND IN A
COUPLE OF YEARS, FOR
PREDICTABILITY AND PERMANENT
CHANGES TO BE MADE AND ALLOW
THE BUSINESSES TO CATCH UP.
SO THAT IN THE LONG RUN, WE ARE
PROTECTING THE HISTORIC
DISTRICTS AS THE BOARD'S DESIRE
AND PROVIDING BUSINESSES WITH A
LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY TO
CATCH UP.
SO NOT A QUESTION.
JUST ANOTHER ROUND OF THANKS TO
YOUR DEPARTMENT FOR DOING GREAT
WORK.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER.
NOW, SINCE WE ARE JOINED BY
ELSA, WE WILL TALK TURNED OVER
TO HER TO TALK ABOUT 2020 AND
THE PACE PRESENTATION.
TAKE IT AWAY.
>> THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU TO MY TEAMS WHO
PUT THAT TOGETHER.
AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD A
TREMENDOUS SUCCESS LAST YEAR.
THE OUTREACH WAS FOCUSED ON
MAKING SURE HISTORICALLY
UNDERCOUNTED COMMUNITIES ARE
PART OF THIS.
AND THE WAY IN WHICH WE ENGAGE
THEM WAS THE LONG TERM
COMMITMENT TO UNDERSTANDING THE
LONG-TERM SINCE HIS.
AND THAT HAS A REPERCUSSION OF
THE WORK WE ARE DOING THIS YEAR
AS WELL.
AS YOU KNOW, WE LED A CAMPAIGN
THAT RESULTED IN 76.3%.
THIS WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST AND
HIGHEST IN THE NATION AND
CITIES OF OUR SIZE.
WE COORDINATED A COMMUNITY
CENSUS TASK FORCE FOR A WHOLE
TWO YEARS.
WE MET ALMOST EVERY MONTH TO
SEE, WHAT CAN WE DO WITH
ENGAGING FOLKS EVERYWHERE WE
COULD IN SEATTLE.
THE OTHER PIECE THAT WAS KEY
WAS TO FIND FUNDING.
NOT JUST FUNDING THE CITY HAD
ADMINISTERED.
WE ALSO FOUND SOME FUNDING FROM
THE STATE TO DO SOME ETHNIC AND
MINORITY MEDIA OUTLETS.
AND IN GENERAL, WE ENGAGED WITH
MORE THAN 59 COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS TO DO OUTREACH
WORK WITH US.
AND PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST
CHALLENGING
TIMES EVER.
NOT JUST BECAUSE OF COVID-19
BUT BECAUSE OF THE PAST
ADMINISTRATION MADE IT REALLY
HARD.
SO IT WAS DEFINITELY
(INDISCERNIBLE) AND WORKED WITH
MANY DEPARTMENTS.
KING COUNTY.
IT WAS A GREAT EFFORT.
AND THE STATE GREW ABOUT 7%.
THAT IS ABOUT ALL WE KNOW.
AND WE WILL GET DETAILS ABOUT
THE CENSUS WITH AGE BLOCK BY
BLOCK WITH AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER
AND SHARING THAT INFORMATION.
>> THE LAST SLIDE, I DO HAVE
ONE QUESTION.
AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT
YOU JUST SAID, WHICH IS, WITH
THE PREVIOUS FEDERAL
ADMINISTRATION, THERE WAS A LOT
OF HESITANCY AMONG MANY IN THE
COMMUNITY ABOUT ENGAGING WITH
THE CENSUS.
AND YOUR WORK, ELSA, ALLOWED US
TO WARM THAT SHE'LL, TO ALLOW
PEOPLE TO FEEL COMFORTABLE.
AND I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
THAT.
DURING LAST YEAR'S BUDGET
PROCESS FOR THIS YEAR'S BUDGET,
COUNSEL MAINTAINED FUNDING FOR
THE SENSES OUTREACH POSITION
EVEN THOUGH THE CENSUS ITSELF
HAD CONCLUDED.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE ONGOING
WORK?
>> I WILL SPEAK A LITTLE MORE
BECAUSE IT IS CONNECTED TO THE
NEXT PART IT IS ABOUT.
THE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT WAS
SUCCESSFUL IS BECAUSE THE
ORGANIZATIONS WE CONNECTED
WITH, WE COMMITTED TO THEM TO A
LONG-TERM CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
PLAN.
THE ONLY REASON WHY COMMUNITY
PARTICIPATED WAS BECAUSE THEY
UNDERSTOOD THAT EVEN THOUGH WE
HAD A HORRIBLE ADMINISTRATION
FOR FOUR YEARS WITH THIS, THIS
MEANT IT WAS -- ELECTED TO
USE THE TERM IT WAS A FIGHT
AGAINST DISABILITY AND WE
WANTED TO BE HERE AND ENGAGE
WITH ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT.
SO THE WORK WE ARE DOING, WE
ARE DOING A PROGRAM CALLED THE
PEOPLE'S ACADEMY FOR COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT AS WELL AS SOME OTHER
S WHERE WE ARE CREATING -- WE
HAVE THE SECOND SESSION CALLED
THE I LOVE CENSUS DATA.
IT IS A CONVERSATION WHERE WE
ARE TRYING TO MAKE NAY FOR DATA
AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THE OFFICE
OF CIVIL RIGHTS -- WE ARE
TRYING TO MAKE DATA AND SHOW
FOLKS THAT WE ENGAGE WITH
THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS HOW DATA
IS USED AND WAYS IN WHICH
PEOPLE CAN ACCESS.
SO I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR
QUESTION.
>> IT DOES.
THANK YOU.
>> I WILL JUST ADD, YOU CAN
GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
ONE OF THE KEY FEEDBACK WE
HEARD FROM COMMUNITY WAS THAT
CUT OFF.
THAT ENGAGEMENT THAT WAS
HAPPENING THE 2020 CENSUS.
AND WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS
MAKE SURE THAT WE BUILT IN THAT
PIPELINE OR THAT ONGOING WAY OF
COMMUNITY -- ENGAGING
COMMUNITIES.
QUICKLY, SOME OF THE THINGS WE
LEARNED -- AND THE
INNOVATIONS AND ADAPTATIONS WE
BUILT INTO THE PROGRAMS, FIRST,
YOU HEARD ABOUT THE PEA PATCH
COMMUNITY GARDEN.
ONE OF THE THINGS WHO WORKED ON
IN 2020 IS TO SHIFT THE
PROGRAMMATIC GOALS, STRATEGIES
AND RESOURCES, REALLY
INTENTIONALLY TO EXPANDING
WROTE -- THE RELATIONSHIPS IN
THE COMMUNITIES.
AND FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE
YEAR, AS WE WERE GAINING NEW
PARTNERS, ABOUT 45% OF THOSE
GARDENERS WERE PLACED FROM
THESE GROUPS.
WE ANTICIPATE THAT TO CONTINUE
IN 2021 AND WORKING WITH THE
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WITH
THAT IN MIND.
SIMILARLY, WE THANK YOU FOR
YOUR WORK AND OTHER COUNSEL.
WE WORK ON CHANGES TO OUR
HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROGRAM.
WE LAUNCHED AN ONLINE
CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL PROCESS
AND TRANSITION THE MEETINGS IN
THE SEVERAL HISTORIC DISTRICT
BOARDS FROM IN-PERSON EVENTS TO
VIRTUAL GATHERINGS.
AND THROUGH THAT, WE WORKED ON
PUTTING FORWARD AN
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW OF THE
PROCESS THAT ALLOWED US TO
STREAMLINE THESE MORE MINOR
SHIFTS HAPPENING IN HISTORIC
DISTRICTS AND ALLOW EITHER THE
LANDMARK PRESERVATION BOARD TO
FOCUS ON THE BIGGER AND MORE
IMPACTFUL PROJECTS HAPPENING IN
THE COMMUNITIES.
>> AS WE MENTIONED, WE WORK
WITH COMMUNITY LIAISONS TO MAKE
SURE WE WERE WELL-VERSED IN
CONNECTING WITH COMMUNITIES VIA
DIGITAL SOCIAL MEDIA
VOICEOVERS.
DESPITE SOME CUTS WE NEEDED TO
TAKE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD
MATCHING FUND, WE WERE ABLE TO
WORK 23 COMMUNITY PROJECTS FOR
A TOTAL OF JUST OVER $700,000
AS WELL AS LEADERSHIP ADVISORS
AND
MANAGERS, STAND UP AND EXPAND
THE HEALTHY FOOD PROGRAMS IN
SEVERAL FOOD OPPORTUNITY FUNDS.
AND FINALLY THE PEA PATCH GARDEN
DONATED OVER 40,000 POUNDS OF
FRESH FRUIT PRODUCE TO LOCAL
FOOD BANKS.
SO SOME HIGHLIGHTS THERE.
AND SOME MOMENTUM WE GAINED IN
2020 AND INTO 2021.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> SO I WANT TO TURN IT BACK
OVER TO ELSA AND FOR THE REST
OF THE PRESENTATION, TALK ABOUT
PACE, THE PEOPLE'S ACADEMY FOR
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
>> THANK YOU AND I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE JOINED
BY OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE,
PARTNERS FROM THE URBAN LEAGUE.
AND THEY WILL BE SHARING SLIDES
IN A SECOND.
>> THIS IS THE PRESENTATION I
HAVE FOR YOU ABOUT OUR PEOPLE'S
ACADEMY FOR COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT.
A PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN GOING
ON AND HAS HAD MANY DIFFERENT
VERSIONS.
THIS YEAR, DUE TO EVERYTHING
GOING ON, WE DECIDED ALL THE
ENGAGEMENT AND EVERYTHING WE
ENGAGE WITH THE STAKEHOLDER
BASIS, HOW CAN WE CONTINUE FOR
WHAT ANDRCS MANTILLA SAID WHICH
IS THE COMMITMENT TO NOT JUST
CALL THEM WHEN WE NEED THEM.
BUT TO CONTINUE THIS
ENGAGEMENT.
WHAT WE LEARNED IS THE
COMMUNITY WANTS TO LEARN THE
BEST WAYS TO ENGAGE WITH
GOVERNMENT.
AS YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE FROM
THE CITY GO UP IN THE
COMMUNITY, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF
YOU ARE FROM THE COUNCIL OR ONE
DEPARTMENT OR THE OTHER.
THE GOAL WAS, HOW CAN WE
CONTINUE THE ENGAGEMENT AND
DIFFERENT WAYS. WHAT WE DID IS
WE CREATED THE PROGRAM FOR
STANDARD COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
ENGAGEMENT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS
WITH NETWORKING AND DECISION-
MAKERS.
(INDISCERNIBLE) AND OFFERING
PARTICIPATORY LEARNING IN THE
CURRENT INITIATIVE.
THAT IS WHAT IT HAS BEEN.
NEW THIS YEAR IS IT HAS BEEN
SHORTER.
THE MOST IMPORTANT PART IS WE
PARTNER WITH THE FUNDS AND THE
URBAN LEAGUE AND THE COALITION
IN SOUTH PARK.
AND GEORGETOWN AND SOUTH PARK.
AND WE ARE FINALIZING WITH THE
API COMMUNITY.
OUR COHORTS ARE BASED ON ISSUES
SPECIFICALLY WANTING TO LEARN
ABOUT ENGAGING THEM.
AND WE INCLUDE THEM IN
STIPENDS.
IN OTHER YEARS, PEOPLE WOULD
COME AND OFFER FOOD AND
CHILDCARE.
AND WE PROVIDE STIPENDS.
AND WE COCREATED THE CURRICULUM
AND THE RECRUITMENT PLAN FOR
THIS.
SO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
>> BASICALLY, MEANINGFUL
NETWORKING. HOW DO WE DO THAT?
HAD WE EFFECTIVELY ENGAGE FOLKS
AND CONTINUE THAT RELATIONSHIP?
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
>> THIS IS THE ORGANIZATIONS
WE ENGAGE WITH.
WE ARE WORKING WITH ALL OF
THEM.
IT WAS MOSTLY WITH
AFRICAN AMERICAN FOLKS.
WE INVITED EVERYBODY TO JOIN.
WE HAD A FANTASTIC GROUP WHO
WAS CREATED BY THE ORGANIZATION
AND WE WENT THROUGH THIS TRIP
OF DOING IT ONLINE.
AND PEOPLE WERE SUPER ENGAGED
AND WANTING TO DO A SESSION.
THE NEXT WHICH IS HAPPENING
TONIGHT, THE NEXT SESSION IS
THE NEXT CASE WHICH IS TACKLING
DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH WE WANT
TO SHARE HOW DOES IT WORK AND
THE ORGANIZATION AND THEY WILL
TALK TO US ABOUT HOW -- WHAT
THEY ARE LOOKING FOR WITH
ENGAGING.
SO NEXT WE WILL HAVE FOUR
COHORTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND
100 PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE
ENGAGING.
THE GOAL IS NOT ONLY TO PROVIDE
THIS KNOWLEDGE TO INDIVIDUALS
BUT FOR ORGANIZATIONS SO THEY
CAN -- WE ARE HOPING TO DO
THIS ONGOING IN THE FUTURE.
SOME OF THE TOPICS WE COVERED,
THEY ARE BASIC.
WHAT I HAVE LEARNED TOO IS NOT
ONLY THE PARTICIPANTS BUT ALSO
THE LEADERS OF THE ORGANIZATION
WHO ARE UPDATING THESE ARE VERY
THANKFUL OF LEARNING THE SKILLS
THAT YOU ONLY LEARN THEM BY
DOING THEM.
AND AS WE ARE HAVING DIFFERENT
SPEAKERS AND DIFFERENT
DEPARTMENTS AND DIFFERENT
NUMBERS, EVERYONE SAID, YOU ARE
LEARNING AS WE DO IT AND THE
BEST WAY TO ENGAGE IS TO
ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE.
SO THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT
TOPICS WE COVER.
HOUSING AND CITY BUDGET.
BRINGING UP THE CONVERSATIONS.
WE TALK ABOUT DATA.
THIS IS, IN GENERAL, WHAT WE
TALK ABOUT WHEN WE DO THE
SESSIONS.
AND THEY ARE SURE.
THEY ARE LIKE 1.5 HOUR
SESSIONS.
THEY ALMOST FEEL LIKE A COUNCIL
MEETING.
YOU HAVE TO BE ON POINT AND
CLICK.
WE HAVE HAD GREAT PARTICIPANTS
IN THE SESSIONS.
IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THERE, I
WOULD BE CALLING YOU BECAUSE WE
LOVE TO HAVE REAL PEOPLE
TALKING ABOUT THIS AND WITH THE
REALLY APPRECIATE THE HUMAN
SIDE OF WHO IS MAKING
DECISIONS.
WE HAVE HAD FOLKS OF ALL SORTS
TALKING TO OUR MEMBERS.
AND SO I WOULD LOVE TO BRING
THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE TO
TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY
THEY WANTED TO JOIN THE PARTNERS
AND WHAT SO FAR HAS BEEN THEIR
EXPERIENCE.
I BELIEVE, SUSAN IS ON THE
LINE.
SO IF YOU CAN UNMUTE YOURSELF
AND TELL US WHY WE WANTED TO DO
THIS AND HOW IT'S GOING.
>> WELCOME, SUSAN.
WELCOME MYA.
>> THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR
GREAT WORK.
PLEASE TAKE IT AWAY.
>> WE ARE HAVING TROUBLE
HEARING YOU.
>> IS A BETTER?
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT.
>> DIFFERENT PLATFORMS WORK
DIFFERENTLY.
>> WE DON'T WANT TO MISS
ANYTHING YOU SAY BECAUSE YOU
HAVE DONE SUCH GREAT WORK.
>> IS A BETTER?
>> MUCH BETTER.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I'M SUSAN BALDWIN'S EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE (INDISCERNIBLE)
FUND BASED RIGHT HERE IN
SEATTLE.
I'M HERE AT THE OFFICE ON
CAPITOL HILL CENTRAL DISTRICT.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
I'M VERY HONORED TO BE SPEAKING
WITH YOU TODAY.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MISSION.
IT IS TO SUPPORT AND PROMOTE
LEADERSHIP OF INDIGENOUS WOMEN
IN THE ONGOING RESTORATION OF
THE --
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES.
YES, THAT IS KIND OF A BROAD
MISSION STATEMENT.
ONE OF THE CORNERSTONES IS
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.
LAST YEAR, THIS IS WHEN I MET
ELSA.
SINCE THIS PROJECT KIND OF TOOK
OVER OUR LIVES FOR A WHILE.
IT WAS A VERY LARGE ENDEAVOR.
WITH COVID-19, IT KIND OF JUST
AMPLIFIED ALL THE CHALLENGING
ASPECTS OF DOING REALLY GOOD
COMMUNITY-BASED EDUCATION AND
OUTREACH TO GET NATIVE FOLKS TO
FILL OUT THE CENSUS.
AND I THINK WE DID A GOOD JOB.
SO FAR, PRELIMINARY RESULTS ARE
THAT WASHINGTON TRIBES ARE UP
AT LEAST 15% IN THE REPORTING
FOR THE CENSUS.
AND WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT URBAN
NATIVES YET.
WE WILL GET THE RESULTS OF THAT
A LITTLE BIT LATER.
WE ARE ALL WAITING FOR THAT.
IT WAS ALSO A LOT OF FUN.
WHAT I THINK IT TOLD THE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WAS THAT WE
CAN BE A PART OF SOMETHING
BIGGER.
WE CAN BE A PART.
OUR VOICES MATTER.
SO THIS IS REALLY FOLLOWING UP
ON THE HEELS OF THE SENSES.
KIND OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PIECE
THAT HAS BEEN QUITE EXCITING
FOR US.
AND SO WHAT PACE IS BRINGING
IS, YES, WE ARE LEARNING ABOUT
THE MECHANICS OF GOVERNMENT AND
HOW THINGS WORK AND WHERE THE
ENTRY POINTS FOR CITIZENS TO BE
INVOLVED IN PARTICULAR ISSUES.
AND, BUT ALSO, DOING A LITTLE
BIT OF A DEEPER DIVE AND REALLY
KIND OF EXAMINING HOW THIS
SPECIAL PLACE OF NATIVE PEOPLE
CAN BE INVOLVED IN GOVERNMENT.
AND SO WE HAVE WORKED TO MAKE
THE CURRICULUM MORE CULTURALLY
SENSITIVE.
AND TALKING ABOUT ISSUES THAT
WE KNOW NATIVE PEOPLE CARE
ABOUT.
SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE
PARTICIPATING IN P.A.C.E.
AND WE GET TO MEET THE PEOPLE.
IT IS SPECIAL FOR COMMUNITY
MEMBERS TO INTERFACE DIRECTLY
WITH THE DECISION-MAKERS, YOU
ALL AND SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT
HELP MAKE THE CITY WORK.
WE ARE THANKFUL TO ALSO.
WE ARE THANKFUL TO THE TEAM.
WE ARE THANKFUL TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS FOR
MAKING THIS OPPORTUNITY
AVAILABLE TO US AND WE ARE JUST
REALLY EXCITED.
SO WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
YOUR SUPPORT OF P.A.C.E.
AND WE ARE EXCITED TO BE A
PART.
SO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.
>> AND I THINK MYA IS HERE
WITH US.
I THINK MAIA IS WITH US.
>> HELLO EVERYONE.
I'M MYA.
ON THE CORNER AT THE URBAN
LEAGUE.
AND WE JUST FINISHED OUR LAST
SESSION ON SATURDAY.
AND SO, I CAN KIND OF GIVE YOU
THE SENSE OF WHAT IT WAS LIKE
THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS.
ONE THING I REALLY APPRECIATED
IS, WE REALLY WANTED TO EMPOWER
OUR COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO GET
THE INFORMATION AND BE ABLE TO
MAKE STEPS MOVING FORWARD
WITHIN THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE
ANY CHANGES THAT THEY KNOW OR
WANT TO DO.
>> EVERY TOPIC WE PROVIDED TO
THEM SAYS HOW WE WERE GETTING
THIS DATA OVER LAND OR MONEY.
THEY WANTED IT ALL.
THEY WANTED ALL OF THAT
INFORMATION.
AND AT THE VERY END, WE WERE
HEARING HOW MANY OF THEM WANTED
TO APPLY FOR A GRANT TO TALK
ABOUT RECYCLING, TO DO A
COMMUNITY EVENT FOR THE
COMMUNITY SPECIFICALLY.
IN THEIR PRIMARY LANGUAGE.
AND TALKING ABOUT HEALTHCARE,
THERE WERE SO MANY THINGS.
THEY WERE WILLING TO TAKE WHAT
WE LEARNED BACK TO THE
COMMUNITY AND MAKE MOVES AND
ALSO FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE
ENGAGING IN THE PROCESS.
IT CAN BE VERY SCARY IN TERMS OF
GOING THROUGH A PROCESS THAT
SYSTEMICALLY AND HISTORICALLY
WASN'T REALLY FOR OUR
COMMUNITIES AND BEING ABLE TO
BE VERY INTENTIONAL TO PROVIDE
ALL THE SPEAKERS TO LOOK
SIMILAR TO THEM WITH BEING ABLE
TO SHARE NOT ONLY THEIR
KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE BUT HOW
THEY GOT THERE.
I THINK IT IS VERY EMPOWERING
TO SEE, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT
LOOK LIKE ME IN THIS PROCESS.
AND I AM WELCOME TO BE IN THIS
SPACE AS WELL.
SEE MIGHT BE GETTING A LITTLE
MORE PHONE CALLS IN THE FUTURE.
MAY BE MORE PEOPLE AT PUBLIC
MEETINGS.
AND JUST MORE OVERALL ENGAGED
WITH THIS PROCESS NOW, NOW THAT
WE ARE EDUCATED AND WE ARE
LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING THIS
IN THE FUTURE.
AND WE FIND IT -- I THINK IT
WAS REALLY BENEFICIAL.
EVEN I, WHO WORK ON FOLLOWING
SEVERE SEATTLE, LEARN SOMETHING
TOO.
I THINK EVERYBODY WOULD BE VERY
INTERESTED IN JOINING THIS.
WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THEIR
PHD'S ALL THE WAY TO PEOPLE WHO
ARE CURRENTLY IN UNDERGRAD.
IT WAS VERY OVERALL EMPOWERING
AND EXCITING AND WE ARE LOOKING
FORWARD TO DOING THIS IN THE
FUTURE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, MYA.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT
THAT HAVING THE COHORT OF
PEOPLE FROM UNDERGRADS TO PHD'S
CREATES THAT.
EDUCATION THAT IS SOMETIMES
CREATING A DEEPER LEARNING THAN
IF THERE IS A POWER DYNAMIC
FROM PROFESSOR TO STUDENT.
AND THEN ALSO, SUSAN, I WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT WHAT YOU SAID.
YOU SAID 14% INCREASE IN THE
CENSUS TRACK OF OUR NATIVE
AMERICAN POPULATIONS.
THAT IS INCREDIBLE.
SO MYA AND SUSAN, I CANNOT
THANK YOU ENOUGH.
THE COMMITTEE WOULD GO ON ALL
DAY.
I KNOW THAT SOME OF MY
COLLEAGUES GET TIRED OF HEARING
ME THINK PEOPLE.
BUT I TRULY CANNOT THANK YOU
ENOUGH.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.
I THINK THAT CONCLUDES OUR
PRESENTATION.
BUT THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
AS ALWAYS, PLEASE, WE WOULD
WELCOME COMING BACK AND TALKING
MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAMS AND
ALSO INTERESTED IN PARTNERING
WITH YOU IN P.A.C.E.
OR OTHER PROGRAMS DURING THESE
COVID-19 TIMES.
I WOULD NOTICE -- REMIND
FOLKS THAT NEIGHBOR DAY IS MAY
8th.
THIS YEAR, WE ARE ASKING FOLKS
TO NOMINATE NEIGHBORS WHO
EXEMPLIFY DIFFERENT ACTS OF
KINDNESS.
SO YOU CAN GO ON OUR WEBSITE
AND NOMINATE SOMEBODY TO BE
RECOGNIZED DURING MAY 8th
ON NEIGHBOR DAY.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANY FOLKS HAVE
QUESTIONS BUT IF NOT, THAT
CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
>> DIRECTOR, I DID HAVE A
QUESTION THAT CAME IN THE BACK
OF MY MIND.
I HAVE TALKED TO STCI QUITE A
BIT ABOUT THE DESIGN REVIEW
PROCESS AND WE HAVE TRANSFERRED
TO A VIRTUAL NATURE.
I KNOW THAT THE HISTORIC BOARDS
HAVE ALSO DONE THIS.
SIMILAR TO WHAT I WAS TALKING
ABOUT WITH THE CAFC STREETS, WE
WILL NEED A LITTLE TIME TO
TRANSITION BACK TO BEING IN
PERSON.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE TO
KEEP ALL THE BENEFITS OF THE
CHANGES WE EXPERIENCED LAST
YEAR.
AND IF YOU NEED TO FOLLOW UP
WITH ME LATER ABOUT THIS, I'M
HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU AT ANY
TIME.
I JUST WANT TO CHECK TO SEE IF
THERE ARE CHANGES THAT YOU OR
YOUR THE MEMBERS OF YOUR TEAM
HAVE SEEN AND THE VIRTUAL
LANDMARK BOARD PROCESS.
OR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL
PROCESS THAT YOU BELIEVE WE
SHOULD CONSIDER MAKING
PERMANENT.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT
QUESTION.
AS YOU REFERENCED, WE PUT IN
TEMPORARY PROTOCOLS DURING THE
PANDEMIC, AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE PANDEMIC, WHERE HISTORIC
PRESERVATION STAFF CAN
ADMINISTRATIVELY REVIEW CERTAIN
SMALLER APPLICATIONS AND WE
VERY MUCH HAVE APPRECIATED
THAT.
FOR EXAMPLE, REVIEWING THINGS
LIKE AWNINGS OR SIGNAGE OR
OUTDOOR SEATING IN HISTORIC
DISTRICTS.
TWO MAIN THOUGHTS COME TO MIND.
ONE IS, ALLOWING THE STAFF TO
REVIEW THIS ADMINISTRATIVELY,
WE ENABLE OUR VOLUNTEER BOARDS
TO REALLY FOCUS THEIR TIME AND
ATTENTION ON THE LARGER
PROJECTS AND APPLICATIONS.
FOR EXAMPLE, PROPOSALS THAT
INVOLVE MORE SIGNIFICANT
ALTERATIONS ON HISTORIC
STRUCTURES OR PROPOSED
DEMOLITION.
AND THEN WE HAVE REDUCED THE
BURDEN OF THE PROCESS, THE
PROCESS BURDEN ON APPLICANTS
FOR SMALLER BUSINESS OWNERS.
AND SO, LOOKING FORWARD INTO
2021, WE WOULD BE MORE THAN
HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU AND THE
COMMITTEE ON EXTENDING THE
TEMPORARY PROCESS BEYOND THE
DURATION OF THE PANDEMIC.
>> THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU TO KEEP
THE BENEFITS OF THE LAST YEAR
AND LET THE TRIBULATIONS OF THE
LAST YEAR PASSED BY.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR
WORK.
THANK YOU, SUSAN, MYA, ELSA.
YOU HAVE DONE INCREDIBLE WORK
DURING A CHALLENGING LAST YEAR.
>> OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS
THE ANNUAL RACE AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE INITIATIVE REPORT FROM
THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF THE
OFFICE OF PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE
ABBREVIATED ITEM INTO THE
RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM THREE, OFFICE
OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT AND SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION AND
INSPECTIONS, RACE AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE INITIATIVE REPORT.
>> THANK YOU.
JOINING US FOR THIS ITEM IS
DIRECTOR NATHAN TOTAL SUN FROM
THE SEATTLE INSPECTIONS AND
INTERIM DIRECTOR RICO
(INDISCERNIBLE) DID I GET
THAT RIGHT?
>> YES.
>> THAT IS FROM THE OFFICE OF
PLANNING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT AND STAFF FROM EACH
DEPARTMENT.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS
IS THE LAST LAND USE AND
NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE.
WE HAD BOTH THE DIRECTOR AND
THE INTERIM DIRECTOR.
TODAY, WE PASSED THROUGH THE
THRESHOLD.
AND WE HAVE THE DIRECTOR
LEADING THE CHARGE.
WELCOME, DIRECTOR.
WOULD YOU ALL TAKE A MOMENT TO
INTRODUCE YOURSELVES
AND THEN TAKE IT AWAY WITH YOUR
PRESENTATION.
>> WELCOME.
DIRECTOR OF THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION AND
INSPECTIONS.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
WELCOME TO EVERYONE WHO IS HERE
TODAY.
I'M THE INTERIM DIRECTOR FOR
THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE
TODAY.
>> GOOD MORNING COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
MY NAME IS
CHRISTOPHER (INDISCERNIBLE) AND
I AM THE COLLEAGUE AT DCI.
THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS MAGGIE THE
-- AND I AM THE COLLEAGUE WITH
THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
>> THANK YOU CHRISTOPHER AND
MAGNA MANKE.
AND ALSO WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER
TIMMY MARLYS.
FEEL FREE TO TAKE IT AWAY.
>> I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT
SCCI AND OPCD BECAME NEW
DEPARTMENTS IN JANUARY OF 2016
AND WE USED TO BE ONE
DEPARTMENT.
THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND
DEVELOPMENT.
THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE TIME
CREATED JUNIOR DEPARTMENTS.
WE DECIDED TO KEEP ONE CHANGE
TEAM.
ONE JOINT CHANGE TEAM AS WE
WORK CLOSELY TOGETHER AS TWO
DEPARTMENTS ON SO MANY ISSUES.
>> I WILL ADD TO THAT.
IT IS A GREAT PARTNERSHIP.
SUPER IMPORTANT TO THE FABRIC
OF THE WORK THAT WE DO AND FOR
THE COMMUNITY.
VERY HAPPY TO BE DOING THIS
WORK TOGETHER. WE SHOULD HAVE
A QUICK CONVERSATION ABOUT WHY
WE ARE HAVING THIS
CONVERSATION.
AND HOW WE DO THIS WORK.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE IMPORTANT
WORK OF THE CHANGE TEAM, OF ALL
OF OUR CHANGE TEAMS.
BUT THE CHANGE TEAM BETWEEN
CDCI AND ABBY CAP --
OPCD IS AROUND RACIAL EQUITY
AND HOW WE EMBODY A CHANGE IN
INTERNAL TO OUR OWN DEPARTMENTS
AND OFFICES AND ALSO HOW THE
WORK EXTENDS INTO THE WORK THAT
WE DO WITH THE COMMUNITY.
THAT IS WHAT WE WILL TALK WITH
YOU ABOUT AS WE GO THROUGH THE
SLIDE PRESENTATION TODAY.
NATHAN.
>> I WANTED TO STRESS THE TWO
DEPARTMENTS HAVE CONTINUED WITH
GREAT COLLABORATION.
WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF EQUITY,
MINI AUDITS AND REVIEWS OF OUR
DIFFERENT DIVISIONS AND HOW WE
WORK TOGETHER.
AND WE HAVE A SHARED TRAINING
PROGRAM.
>> NEXT SLIDE.
>> AS PART OF THE INDIGENOUS
ACKNOWLEDGMENT, I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ON BEHALF OF
SDCI AND OPCD, WE ACTIVELY
RECOGNIZE WE ARE ON INDIGENOUS
LAND.
FOR CURRENT TERRITORIES.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> DIRECTOR, I WANT TO TAKE A
MOMENT ON THE LAST SLIDE FOR
THE VIEWING PUBLIC.
WITHOUT HISTORICAL CONTEXT, CAN
YOU GO BACK TO THE LAST SLIDE?
SLIDE THREE.
THERE WE ARE.
THIS MIGHT SEEM, TO SOMEONE
WHO DOESN'T -- I'M A LAND-USE
NERD.
I HAVE BEEN SPENDING TOO MUCH
TIME LOOKING AT THE NOW AND
THEN OF SEATTLE AND WATCHING
SEATTLE CHANNELS AND VIDEOS
ABOUT THE ARCHIVES AND WHERE WE
COME FROM, TO GET A BETTER
SENSE OF HOW WE CAN MOVE
FORWARD.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE
SLIDE IS NOT A RANDOM
COLLABORATION OF TWO PHOTOS.
THIS SLIDE IS A PICTURE OF A
PLACE THAT EXISTS.
NOW AND THEN.
WHERE THE SEATTLE ART MUSEUM
SCULPTURE GARDEN IS, WAS
FORMERLY A SHOREFRONT.
LACKING BETTER WORDS.
AND WAS WHERE INDIGENOUS
MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY LIVED.
SO THIS IS AN ACCURATE
REPRESENTATION OF WHAT THE LAND
WAS PREVIOUSLY ON WHAT IT IS
NOW.
I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THAT
MOMENT TO HIGHLIGHT FOR THE
VIEWING PUBLIC THAT THIS WAS
NOT A RANDOM COLLABORATION OF
PHOTOS.
THIS IS A PLACE.
IF YOU GO TO THE SCULPTURE
GARDEN TODAY, YOU ARE STANDING
ON PHIL -- FILL AND ON A
PLACE WHERE AS THE CITY GREW
AND PUSHED NATIVE AMERICANS
FURTHER AND FURTHER NORTH, THIS
WAS ONE PLACE THEY LIVED FOR
MANY YEARS.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT
ADDITIONAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT
COUNCILMEMBER.
MUCH APPRECIATED.
MAGDALA, THANK YOU.
AND THE SLIDE, WITH THESE
BULLET POINTS, I WANTED TO
ACTUALLY HIGHLIGHT THE FIRST
FEW OF THEM.
IN THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN US,
WE HAVE BEEN PARTICIPATING IN
THE RSJI SUMMIT PANEL
DISCUSSIONS.
WE ESTABLISHED A CHANGE TEAM
CHARTER AND CHARTER COMMITTEES.
WRITING THE CO- LEAD'S LETTER
TO THE MAYOR.
AND IN BOTH OF OUR OFFICES,
GROWING PARTICIPATION IN OTHER
GROUPS, WHICH INCLUDE A BY
CAUCUS, WHITE CAUCUS AND AT
OPCD, WE HAVE A LEADING ITH
EQUITY TEAM WHICH IS CENTERED
AROUND THE WORK THAT WE DELIVER
OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND HOW
WE DO IT IN A WAY THAT IS IN
HONOR OF THE COMMUNITIES WITH
WHOM WE WORK.
NATHAN.
>> WE HAVE CREATED SHARING
SEATTLE STORIES AND THAT IS A
WEBSITE THAT COMPILES WRITTEN
AND ORAL STORIES OF LEADERS IN
SEATTLE WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.
WE HAVE COMPLETED TWO RACIAL
EQUITY TOOLKITS THAT I WILL
TALK ABOUT LATER IN THE
PRESENTATION.
WE ARE DEVELOPING ONGOING
COMMUNITY AGREEMENTS.
WE WENT THROUGH A REALLY
IMPORTANT PROCESS AT SDCI AND
WITH OPCD'S HELP.
WHEN YOU ENTER THE OFFICES IN
THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL TOWER AND
ON THE 19th FLOOR, WE HAD
INSTALLED A HISTORICAL MURAL OF
DOWNTOWN.
AN IMPORTANT EXERCISE THERE WAS
THAT WE NEEDED TO INCLUDE THE
INDIGENOUS HISTORY AND
COMMUNITIES AS PART OF THIS
PRESENTATION.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PICTURE,
FROM THE 19th FLOOR LOBBY, THAT
WE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT ISSUE AND
WE ARE WORKING ON THAT.
>> I THINK ALL OF YOU ARE
VERY FAMILIAR ABOUT THE
INITIATIVE WHICH ALLOWS US THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD TRUST AND
PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE
COMMUNITIES AND JUST HOPING TO
MAKE INVESTMENTS IN THE POWER
THE CHANGE THAT WE WANT TO SEE.
WE HAVE NEW PERMANENT ADVISORY
BOARD.
WE HAVE NUMBERS WHICH WERE
APPROVED RECENTLY.
WE ARE RESPONDING TO COMMUNITY
NEED.
WE HAVE OVER 30 PROJECTS WE ARE
WORKING ON AND HAVE CONTRACTS
WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS WITH
CURRENTLY.
WE ARE SUPPORTING OTHER
DEPARTMENTS WITH GRANTS,
FUNDING AND PLANNING INCLUDING
OED AND OEM.
WE ARE DEVELOPING THE OPCD
EQUITABLE RECOVERY PRINCIPLES
DOCUMENT. IN 2020, IT WAS
REQUESTED FOR THEM TO
COLLABORATE ON PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING.
BECAUSE OF THE SUCCESS OF THE
EDI PROCESS WE HAVE IN PLACE.
WE ARE CREATING EQUITY
INDICATORS REPORTS.
WE HAVE STAFF PARTICIPATING ON
THE RSJT LEADERS TRAINING.
AND OF COURSE WE ARE RESPONDING
TO THE SDHR SURVEY.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> ONE OF THE IMPORTANT
PROGRAMS WE HAVE IS, WE HAVE
YOUNG INDIGENOUS PLANNER THAT
-- OR MORE THAN ONE THAT WE
BRING INTO THE DEPARTMENT EVERY
YEAR TO WORK WITH US AND HELP
GROW THE VISION AND THE SKILL
SETS.
AND THAT IS ONGOING.
I WOULD SUGGEST IT IS ALSO
GROWING.
CURRENT IN TURN, SASHA REMI,
HAS BEEN A GREAT ADDITION TO
THE STAFF.
CURRENTLY WITH HER, WE ARE
WORKING TO END WITH MICHAEL
HEBNER IN OUR OFFICE.
WE ARE WORKING TO PREPARE FOR
OUR NEXT INVESTMENT RELATED TO
MAJOR UPDATES.
AND IN LOOKING AT THAT WORK,
HOW DID WE PLACE A MORE
INDIGENOUS FRAMEWORK ON THE
WORK ITSELF?
THIS WILL BE A VERY CENTRAL
PIECE TO OUR WORK, WITH RACIAL
JUSTICE AND IN DIGITALIZING THE
PLAN.
.
>> DIRECTOR, CAN WE SIT ON
THE LAST SLIDE FOR JUST A
MOMENT.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT.
THIS IS A TROUBLING HISTORY OF
HOW SEATTLEITES HAVE TREATED
OUR INDIGENOUS POPULATION.
WHILE IT HAS NOT -- THE WORST
OF IT MAY NOT HAVE OCCURRED IN
OUR LIFETIMES BUT IT IS FRESH
HISTORY AND AT THE BEGINNING OF
MY COMMITTEES, I DISCUSS HOW
SHORT OUR TIME IS HERE, WHETHER
IT IS AS ELECTIVES OR POSITIONS
OF DECISION-MAKING POWER OR
JUST BEING ALIVE ON THE PLANET.
I TAKE THIS MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE
AN ARTICLE WRITTEN BY BRANDON
KILEY AND THE SEATTLE TIMES
REGARDING THE HISTORY OF CAL
ANDERSON PARK.
AND IT DISCUSSES PATHWAYS.
I THINK IT IS OFTEN TIMES
OVERLOOKED.
WHITE FOLK THAT CAME TO THE
NORTHWEST SAID THIS IS VERY
LUSH AND PROSPEROUS LAND BUT
NOBODY IS USING IT.
THEY FAILED TO RECOGNIZE THAT
THE LAND WAS LUSH WITH FOOD
BECAUSE OF THE MILLENNIA OF
PERMIT CULTURE AND USING THE
LAND.
DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE FENCES
AROUND THE FARMS BECAUSE THEY
WORKED TOGETHER IN SO MANY WAYS.
AND SO, I COME BACK TO THIS TO
SAY THAT THE ARTICLE REFERENCES
PATHWAYS.
IF WE WERE TO USE THE CURRENT
WORDS FOR THESE WAYS OF
TRAVELING AROUND THE AREA.
AND THEN TO ALSO HIGHLIGHT, AS
I WAS IN CITY HALL PARK THE
OTHER DAY, I RECOGNIZED THE
FACT THAT WE HAVE MANY STATUES
AND THINGS WITHIN OUR
COMMUNITY.
AT CITY HALL PARK, THERE ARE
STILL CANNONBALLS FROM THE USS
DECATUR THAT WERE USED TO KILL
THE INDIGENOUS POPULATION HERE
IN SEATTLE.
THE ARTICLE I REFERENCED ABOUT
THE HISTORY OF CAL ANDERSON
PARK SPEAKS ABOUT THE
ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN USS DECATUR
AND THE INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS.
SO I TAKE THAT MOMENT TO
RECOGNIZE WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK
TO DO.
A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
WHILE IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN IN
OUR UNEXPERIENCED IN OUR LIFE,
IT IS STILL VERY FRESH.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON
THIS.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
AS WE LOOK AT THE WORK MOVING
FORWARD, ONE OF THE LARGEST
CHALLENGES I SEE IS THAT IT IS
ESTABLISHED IN A WHITE MAJORITY
FRAMEWORK BY DESIGN.
AND WHILE THERE ARE SOME VERY
SPECIFIC REGULATORY AND LEGAL
REQUIREMENTS WE HAVE, WE WILL
BE PUSHING UP AGAINST HIM AS WE
LOOK AT HOW WE DO THIS WORK
DIFFERENTLY AND AS A WAY THAT
IS RESPECTFUL OF PASSED HARMS
AND CURRENT -- NEXT SLIDE.
IN ADDITION TO THE WORK OF EACH
OF OUR OFFICES, WE HAVE THE
GREAT WORK OF THE PLANNING
COMMISSION AND THE DESIGN
COMMISSION AS WELL.
THE PICTURE THAT YOU SEE HERE.
WHICH WAS DEVELOPED BY THE
PLANNING COMMISSION, A RACIALLY
EQUITABLE AND RESILIENT
RECOVERY.
I WISH I HADN'T THOUGHT OF IT
OR PUT A LINK TO THE BOOK IN
THE CHAT.
MAYBE I CAN GET IT AT THE END.
I DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE
TO READ IT.
DESIGN COMMISSION PREPARED A
LETTER REQUESTING CITY
DEPARTMENTS ADOPT POLICIES FOR
PLACES AND EVENTS.
THAT WENT OUT TO THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE AND TO COUNSEL.
I THINK THERE IS A SMALL
CHANGE.
THIS LAST BULLET.
DRAFT A LETTER REQUESTING
MARKETABLE OUTCOMES ON
DISPOSITION OF BACONS OR
UNDERUTILIZED PROPERTIES NOT
SUITABLE FOR REDEVELOPMENT.
I APOLOGIZE.
THAT LETTER ACTUALLY DID GO
OUT.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL
BE ENGAGING.
THANK YOU TO THE DESIGN
COMMISSION FOR THAT.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT THE MEMBERS IN THE
COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN
PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE DURING
COVID-19 AND THE LOW POPULATION
IS DISPROPORTIONATELY
REPRESENTED AMONG RENTERS.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK COUNSEL
FOR THE RESOURCES THEY HAVE
PROVIDED TO THE DEPARTMENT OVER
THE PAST YEARS TO HELP SUPPORT
OUR RENTER COMMUNITY.
IN 2020, WE FINALLY FINISHED
THE RENTING IN SEATTLE
RENTER'S.
THIS IS PROVIDED TO ALL RENTERS
THAT MOVE IN AND PERIODICALLY
THEREAFTER.
IT REPLACES THE FORMER
LEGALISTIC INFORMATION FOR
TENANTS AND WHAT WE HAVE NOW IS
MUCH MORE ACCESSIBLE AND EASY
TO READ.
PLAIN LANGUAGE.
IT COVERS RENTER'S WRITES PLUS
TIPS AND RESOURCES.
FOR EXAMPLE, IT INCLUDES
INFORMATION ABOUT THE UTILITY
DISCOUNTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AT
THE CITY.
WE TRANSLATED THIS BOOKLET INTO
13 LANGUAGES AND IT
WHEN THIS TRAINING IS
COMPLETED.
THE TRAINING IS ONGOING RIGHT
NOW.
THEY ARE BEING EXPANDED TO
INVOLVE ALL STAFF IN THE
DEPARTMENT.
>> IN ADDITION TO THE ITEMS
CHRISTOPHER LISTED, ANOTHER ONE
OF THE OCR TRAININGS IS THE
INTERNALIZED RACIAL INFERIORITY
ONE.
AND ANOTHER THING, BOTH OF THE
DEPARTMENTS SET UP WITH BLACK
AND WHITE CAUCUSES THIS LAST
YEAR.
WE ALSO VIEWED THE FILM AND
FACILITATED A CONVERSATION FOR
ALL STAFF.
>> NEXT SLIDE.
>> ONE OF THE -- THIS SLIDE
GOES INTO THE EXTERNAL TRAINING
AND THE DEPARTMENT HAD
SUPPORTED THAT THIS YEAR.
LAND-USE 101, WE HELD THREE
TRAININGS SO FAR ON THAT
PARTICULAR ONE.
BOTH FOR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL
INCLUDING SHARING.
I WILL PASS IT NOW TO
CHRISTOPHER FOR THE LAST FEW
BULLETS.
>> THIS WAS HOSTED BY THE
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS.
STAFF FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
OED IN THE PRIMARY DISCUSSION
AT THE SEATTLE CENTER REGARDING
CHINATOWN AND NATIONAL
DISTRICTS.
EXPERIENCE WORKING --
WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND
ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY
AND ALSO LOOKING AT THE HISTORY
OF CHINATOWN AND THEY WERE ABLE
TO GO WITH THE COMMUNITY TO
MEET WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS AND
THAT WAS A BIG BOOST.
AND (INDISCERNIBLE) ALSO, 2021,
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS SUMMIT.
THIS SUNDAY WE CELEBRATE MARTIN
LUTHER KING JUNIOR DAY.
THE HIGHLIGHT OF THIS SUMMIT
WAS THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE I
THINK FIVE OF THE BLACK
DIRECTORS WERE INVOLVED IN THE
DISCUSSION PANEL.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT, WHAT DOES
BLACK LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNMENT
LOOK LIKE DURING THE TIME OF
BLACK LIVES MATTER.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> IN TERMS OF WORKFORCE
EQUITY, AGCI -- HOSTS SEATTLE
YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM.
DUE TO COVID-19, HOSTING THE
PROGRAM.
WE ARE ON TRACK FOR TWO
EMPLOYEES 2021.
ALSO THE PROGRAM WAS SUSPENDED
DUE TO COVID-19.
THE CITY -- SDCI HAS --
OPTION FOR EMPLOYEES TO HAVE
THE CHANCE TO HAVE DIFFERENT
FIELDS TO LEND (INDISCERNIBLE)
AND FIND AREAS THEY CAN FIT IN.
IF THEY WANT TO IMPROVE THEIR
CAREERS.
AND THEY WERE GIVEN A CHANCE TO
ASK QUESTIONS.
AND ALSO INTERACT WITH MENTORS
THAT THEY ARE ASSIGNED TO.
MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS AND
EMPLOYEES ARE ALLOWED TO
(INDISCERNIBLE) FOR TWO OF
THESE THIS YEAR WITH
(INDISCERNIBLE) HOURS.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE
EMPLOYEE'S DEVELOPMENT IS
ENHANCED.
AND ESPECIALLY FOR WOMEN OF
COLOR.
ALSO, A REVIEW OF THE PROCESS
TO INCLUDE ANTIRACISM.
SO MATERIAL FOR INTERVIEW
PANELS.
INTERVIEW PANELS, LOOKING AT
DOCUMENTS SO EVERY
(INDISCERNIBLE) HAS THEIR FAIR
SHARE.
NOT BASED ON WHAT DOCUMENTS ARE
PROVIDED.
AND SO GIVE ME THE SAME
OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR THESE
JOBS.
AND BASED ON THEIR EXPERIENCE.
NOT NECESSARILY INFORMATION FOR
THE DEPARTMENT.
>> THANK YOU, CHRISTOPHER.
I'M GOING TO GO INTO SOME OF
THE CHALLENGES, OBSTACLES WE
WERE UNABLE TO NAVIGATE AROUND.
THIS FIRST BULLET IS NOT JUST
LIMITED TO THE INSTITUTIONS BUT
THE DISTANCE BETWEEN PEOPLE
DURING THIS TIME AND HOW TO
BUILD TRUST IN A REMOTE
ENVIRONMENT WAS A CHALLENGE.
ANOTHER CHALLENGE THAT WE
WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT HERE WAS
THAT WE OFTEN DEPEND ON
INDIVIDUALS TO DO THE WORK.
THESE ARE OFTEN THE SAME
INDIVIDUALS.
AND HOW TO MOVE THAT RELIANCE
FROM INDIVIDUALS TO DEPARTMENTS
TAKING ON RSJI WORK.
RELATED TO THAT BULLET, THERE
IS OFTEN EMOTIONAL LABOR THAT
IS NOT ACCOUNTED FOR.
AND THERE IS AN IMBALANCE. AND
AM SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE
VERSUS OFFERING SUPPORT.
I WILL CROSS IT OVER TO
CHRISTOPHER.
>> AND REDUCING CHALLENGES.
HAVING TIME TO ORGANIZE AGAINST
WHITE SUPREMACY IS A PROBLEM.
NOT JUST HAVING THE
(INDISCERNIBLE) ALL STAFF
RESPONDING TO THE CULTURE OR
CENTERING ON THE MOST IMPACTED
IN THIS CULTURE.
CONTINUOUS SENSE OF URGENCY
MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO HAVE TIME
FOR INCLUSIVE AND ENCOURAGE
DEMOCRATIC AND THOUGHTFUL
DECISION-MAKING.
TO THINK ON A LONG TIME BASIS.
AND THE CONSEQUENCES.
ALSO PROBLEM.
>> THIS SLIDE GOES INTO
REMOVING THE BARRIERS FOR SOME
OF THE CHALLENGES WE LISTED
TOO.
ONE OF THE THINGS -- I WILL
PASS IT TO CHRISTOPHER FOR THE
LAST PART OF THE SLIDE.
>> REMOVING THE BARRIERS OF
THESE CHALLENGES REFLECT ON
BUILDING (INDISCERNIBLE) AND A
SHARED -- SHARING IN THE
BELONGING.
AND THE CULTURE OF BELONGING
AND INCLUSION.
THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN
THE COMMUNITY.
LOOKING AT THE IMPACT AND WHAT
IT IS.
AND CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT
UNTIL CENTER, VOICES FOR THE
BLACK POPULATION IN THE CULTURE.
>> THANK YOU, CHRISTOPHER.
AND SO A FEW MORE BULLETS
RELATED TO SOME OF THE WAYS TO
ELIMINATE THE BARRIERS.
ONE THAT WE HAVE LISTED HERE IS
FLEXIBILITY, SCOPE, SCHEDULE
AND PROJECT, TO PRIORITIZE
BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH
COMMUNITIES RATHER THAN
COMPLETING THE PROJECTS AND
DEADLINES.
>> AND THIS IS RELATED TO
SCOPE AS WELL OF, RELATING TO
REALIZING EQUITY WORK IS THE
WORK AND FINDING WAYS TO HAVE
IT BE A FOUNDATIONAL PART OF
THE WORK RATHER THAN AN
ADDITIVE ONE.
THE LAST BULLET, CREATING A
CULTURE OF FEELING FORWARD AS
AN ANTIDOTE OF PROFESSIONALISM.
DOING IT IN A WAY THAT
RECOGNIZES THE POWER DYNAMICS
AND BIASES THAT EXIST.
KNOWING THAT WHITE AND MALE
OFTEN JUST HAVE TO SHOW THE
POTENTIAL OF LEADERSHIP AND
WOMEN HAVE TO REPROVE
THEMSELVES OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
>> NEXT SLIDE.
>> FOR EVENTS THAT HAPPENED
LAST YEAR, ALL OF THE
DEMONSTRATIONS WITH THE GEORGE
FLOYD INCIDENT, THE STAFF OF
OPCD AND SDCI WERE VERY MUCH
UNHAPPY WITH THE SITUATIONS
GOING ON.
THERE ARE REFLECTIONS OF ANGER,
FEAR AND JOY.
AND SO THE DEPARTMENT WAS TWO
GROUPS.
THE GROUPS CRITICAL TO GIVE
STAFF A CHANCE TO HAVE AN AREA
WHERE THEY CAN DISCUSS THE
ISSUES AMONG THEMSELVES.
MEETING AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE
WEEK.
SO THAT WILL GIVE EVERYBODY A
CHANCE TO DISCUSS FURTHER,
HAVING ANY ISSUES HELD BACK
BECAUSE OF FACING
(INDISCERNIBLE) EMPLOYEES FOR
GIVING US A CHANCE TO DISCUSS
THE ISSUE WITHOUT THINKING OF
ANY CONSEQUENCES.
IT WAS A GOOD THING.
IN THE OPCD AND SDCI TEAM, WE
BRING ARTICLES THAT ARE WRITTEN
ABOUT SOME OF THIS
DISCRIMINATION AND CULTURE.
WE RODE THESE ARTICLES AND
DISCUSS THEM IN THE GROUP AND
SHARED THEM WITH THE ENTIRE
TEAM WHEN NECESSARY.
ANOTHER ISSUE WE LOOKED INTO
WAS,
(INDISCERNIBLE) SUMMIT
DISCUSSION FOCUSED ON CHINATOWN
DISTRICT.
BECAUSE THE DISCUSSION REALLY
TOOK A LOOK AT HOW THE CULTURE
WAS DISPLAYED BETWEEN THE
EMPLOYEES, THE STAFF AND THE
CITY AND THE COMMUNITY.
AND THAT BROUGHT OUT SOME
ELEMENTS THAT WERE VERY
IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT HOW IT
RELATES TO THE COMMUNITY.
>> THANK YOU, CHRISTOPHER.
AND OTHER SPACE WAS CREATED.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT RICO
MENTIONED EARLIER.
IS THE RSJI CITY WIDE LETTER TO
THE MAYOR HELPED CENTER ON SOME
MAIN ISSUES.
ANOTHER ITEM IS THE LIST OF
RECOVERY PRINCIPLES WHICH
REALLY BROUGHT A WHOLE NEW
LEVEL OF COMMITMENT AND EQUITY
WORK.
AS A FOUNDATIONAL PART OF THE
WORK.
WE ALSO --
ANOTHER SPACE WAS EDI
CONVENING'S AND ROUNDTABLES.
AND ONE OTHER PLACE IS THE RSJ
INTEGRATED PRESENTATION AND THE
WORK THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO.
I WILL NOW PASS IT TO NATHAN
AND RICO TO GO OVER OUR EVENTS.
>> THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE
RACIAL EQUITY TOOLKITS THAT
OPCD AND SDCI COMPLETED IN
2020.
FOR SDCI, WE DID A RACIAL
EQUITY TOOLKIT ON BLUE BEAM
IMPLEMENTATION.
I WILL TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE
UPCOMING SLIDE.
THIS IS BASICALLY A TECHNOLOGY
PROJECT THAT ENSURES BETTER AND
MORE EXPEDITIOUS REVIEW OF
PLANS GOING THROUGH THE
DEPARTMENT.
AND WE ALSO DID RACIAL EQUITY
TOOLKIT ON TREE PROTECTIONS.
RICO.
>> THANK YOU, NATHAN.
SO YOU SEE THE BULLET POINTS ON
THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SLIDE.
IT TALKS ABOUT OUR PROCESS.,
AND I WILL TALK ABOUT THE
MARITIME STRATEGY HERE IN A
COUPLE OF SLIDES.
WHAT WE KNOW IS -- AND I WILL
CALL RESPONSE FORMAT.
WE WANT TO BE VERY INTENTIONAL
ABOUT OUR OUTCOMES WHICH
INVOLVE STAKEHOLDERS BE PRESENT
AND LISTEN IN SINCERE WAYS.
AND THEN IN THE RESPONSE, COME
BACK AND SAY THIS IS WHAT WE
HEARD AND HOW CAN WE MOVE THE
BALL DOWN FIELD AND THAT BULLET
AROUND EVALUATING RACIAL
AWARENESS AND BEING ACCOUNTABLE
IS REALLY CRITICAL.
WE ARE DOING THAT IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH SOUND TRANSIT
AS WE LOOK AT THE STATIONARY
PLANNING WITH THE LIGHT RAIL
EXPANSION IN.
LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, I WILL
TALK ABOUT IT WITH OUR MARITIME
STRATEGY.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> FIRST, TALKING ABOUT WEST
SEATTLE AND THE BALLARD LIGHT
RAIL EXTENSIONS, WHAT WE KNOW
IS THAT, THE PROGRAM, IF YOU
WILL, WILL HAVE A GREAT
POSITIVE IMPACT TO COMMUNITY IN
TERMS OF MOBILITY AND
TRANSPORTATION.
IT ALSO HAS NEGATIVE IMPACTS
THAT NEED TO BE MEDICATED AND
THAT WE NEED TO ORGANIZE
OURSELVES AROUND.
AND LOOKING AT RACIAL EQUITY
OUTCOMES, YOU CAN SEE THIS
HERE.
WE KNOW THAT WE ARE DRIVING
TOWARD ACCESS TO COMMUNITIES
AND LOW INCOME POPULATIONS AND
CREATING OPPORTUNITIES AND THAT
WE WANT TO AVOID
DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACTS TO THE
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN THE
POPULATION OF COMMUNITIES.
AND THE ONLY WAY WE WILL GET
THERE IS THROUGH MEANINGFUL
ENGAGEMENT AND INVOLVEMENT AND
HOLDING OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE
TO HOW WE CAN IMPLEMENT ON THE
INPUT WE HEAR AND RECEIVE.
THE OTHER PART OF THE
CONVERSATION, OPERATIONALIZING
THE RACIAL EQUITY OUTCOMES.
THE PLANNING GROUP THAT WE
LEAD, WE HOLD QUARTERLY RET
CONVENIENCE STRATEGIES AND BEST
PRACTICES AROUND SUNDERING
RACE.
AND IDENTIFYING EMERGENT AND
REOCCURRING NEEDS THROUGH THAT
PROCESS.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> WITH INDUSTRIAL AND
MARITIME STRATEGY, WHAT OUR GOAL
THERE -- ONE OF THE MANY
GOALS, IMPROVING EQUITABLE
ACCESS TO JOBS AND OPPORTUNITY
AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THROUGH
THE MARITIME AND INDUSTRIAL JOB
SECTORS.
THAT IS A VEHICLE BY WHICH TO
DO THAT.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE
VERY AWARE OF IS THAT WE NEED
TO REMOVE THE DISPARITY OF
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH IMPACTS
THAT WE KNOW THERE IS A
DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT ON
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
AND KNOWING THAT BEING ON
INDIGENOUS LANDS, THAT THERE
HAS BEEN A DISPROPORTIONATE
IMPACTS THAT WE NEED TO SOLVE.
WE ARE ALSO LOOKING TO ASSIST
COMMUNITIES AND IMPROVE SAFETY
AND HEALTH FOR WORKERS.
>> NEXT LINE.
>> WE DID RACIAL EQUITY
TOOLKIT ON TREE PROTECTIONS AND
LOOKING FORWARD TO PROPOSED
TREE REGULATIONS THAT WILL BE
COMING FORWARD LATER THIS YEAR
AND THIS IS A REALLY COMPLEX
AND IMPORTANT TOPIC.
WE KNOW THAT THE BY PUCK
COMMUNITIES DO NOT HAVE THE SAME
TREE CANOPY AS SOME OF THE
WEALTHIER COMMUNITIES AND THAT
IS THE PROBLEM.
WE ALSO REALIZE THAT LOOKING AT
PERMITTING ACTIONS, THEY CAN
HAVE SOME BURDENSOME IMPACT
FROM A COST STANDPOINT FOR
APPLICANTS GOING TO THE
PROCESS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THEY'RE
LOOKING AT IS, CAN WE PROVIDE A
PERMIT FEE DISCOUNT FOR LOW
INCOME INDIVIDUALS. SO CAN
TREE MITIGATION BE PROVIDED
WITH A PAYMENT IN LEIU RATHER
THAN ON-SITE?
CAN WE PROVIDE TREE MAINTENANCE
SUBSIDIES CLICK SORT OF
BALANCING THE PUBLIC HEALTH
BENEFITS OF TREE CANOPY AND
FOLIAGE AND ALSO LOOKING AT
SOME OF THE CHALLENGES OF
REGULATIONS AND TRYING TO
BALANCE THOSE TWO.
>> SO BLUE BEAM AND
LIMITATION IS A FANTASTIC
TECHNOLOGY TOOL THAT WE HAVE
STARTED TO PILOT IN BIPOC AND
SHOULD GO THROUGHOUT THE
DEPARTMENT BY THE END OF THE
YEAR.
SO THIS IS A TOOL THAT ALLOWS
APPLICANTS AND OUR STAFF TO
REVIEW PLANS TOGETHER IN
REALTIME AND TO ACTUALLY MAKE
CORRECTIONS TO THE PLANS IN
REALTIME.
THE RACIAL EQUITY ISSUE HERE IS
THAT WE MAY HAVE ONE TIME
APPLICANTS OR APPLICANTS THAT
DON'T HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES
THAT ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE
ACCESS TO THE TOOL OR BE ABLE
TO AFFORD THE TOOL.
SO WE DID RACIAL EQUITY TOOLKIT
ON THIS ISSUE AND WE JUST NEED
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
APPLICANTS, WHO DON'T HAVE
ACCESS TO THIS TOOL, ARE NOT
BURDENED AND CAN HAVE AN
ULTIMATE PATH TO THE PERMIT
PROCESSING.
AND THAT THE PATH IS JUST AS
EXPEDITIOUS AS THOSE WHO COULD
USE THE TOOL.
>> COMING TO THE GOALS.
GOALS FOR 2021.
THE (INDISCERNIBLE) HAS ALWAYS
BEEN FLOODED WITH QUESTIONS
LIKE, WHAT IS THE -- TEAM
STAND FOR OR WHAT DO THEY DO?
AND SO IN ASKING THOSE
QUESTIONS, WE DECIDED TO LIST
-- A LAUNDRY LIST OF GOALS TO
COMPLETE THIS YEAR.
I WILL GO DOWN THE LIST AND
MENTION SOME OF THEM.
THE FIRST GOAL IS TO LIVE WITH
EQUITY AND PUTTING INTO
PRACTICE -- AND
(INDISCERNIBLE) AND TO DEVELOP
A PLAN TO WALK AND ADDRESS
ISSUES BROUGHT BY ISSAQUAH
STAFF.
SUPPORTING EMPLOYEES OF COLOR.
BECOME ANTIRACIST ADVOCATES.
RESPOND TO AND ADDRESS ALL
LEVELS OF COVID-19.
CREATE AND SHARE MESSAGES WITH
BIPOC AND OPCD STAFF AND
LEARNING THE WAYS TO GET
INVOLVED.
HAVE SUPPORT AND FUTURE
COLLABORATION WITH SOCR, WHITE,
AND MY AND (INDISCERNIBLE) SO
FIND WAYS TO CREATE A CULTURE
OF TRUST AND SUPPORT.
THIS IS ONE OF THE GOALS.
AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE
GOALS.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
WE HAVE MORE GOALS.
SO THE TOP THREE HERE ARE
RELATED TO THE CHANGE TEAM
COMMUNICATION COMMITTEE.
SO LOOKING AT THE WAY WE
COMMUNICATE, POTENTIALLY HAVING
A NEWSLETTER.
ANOTHER WAY OF SHARING UPDATES
AND ALSO WORKING WITH THE
COMMUNICATIONS TEAM TO
COLLABORATE CITYWIDE WITH OTHER
CHANGE TEAM FOLKS WHO
PRIORITIZE COMMUNICATIONS.
WE ALSO WANTED TO REACH OUT TO
OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO
COLLABORATE ON THE SHARING
SALES STORIES PROJECT.
ANDA FEW MORE GOALS TO SHARE
HOW WE HAVE THE CONTINUING THE
WORK OF THE MURAL THAT NATHAN
HAD MENTIONED.
WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO CREATE
AND SUPPORT THE RSJ RESOURCE
LIBRARY THAT EVERYONE WOULD
HAVE ACCESS TO.
AND THE LAST BULLET HERE IS,
REALLY CREATING, SETTING
EXPECTATIONS AT RACIAL EQUITY
WORK IS REQUIRED FOR ALL OF OUR
STAFF.
AND ENFORCED AND REFLECTED
THROUGH THE (INDISCERNIBLE)
>> I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A
MOMENT TO TALK ABOUT THE LEAP
OF EQUITY GOALS.
I MENTIONED BEFORE WE ALSO HAVE
A TEAM INTERNAL TO OPCD WHICH
WORKS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
CHANGE TEAM TO TAKE THE WORK WE
ARE DOING INTERNALLY AND HAVE
THE INFORM THE WORK WE ARE
DOING WITH COMMUNITY.
WE DO LEAD WITH EQUITY IN ALL
OF OUR WORK.
AND IS A REQUIREMENT, ALL STAFF
FOR OPCD ARE REQUIRED TO DO
RACIAL WORK TRAINING AND
SUPPORT OF OUR CULTURE SHIFT
WITHIN THE OFFICE TO PUT FOCUS
ON THIS VERY DIFFICULT AND
SOMETIMES EXTREMELY PAINFUL
WORK.
AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE 2022
BUDGET, UNDERSTANDING HOW WE
BUDGET OUR WORK HAS A DIRECT
IMPACT ON WHAT WE CAN AND
CANNOT DO.
WE ARE ENSURING THAT RACIAL
EQUITY LOANS IS PUT IN PLACE
AND THE EQUITY TEAM WILL HELP
US DO THAT TO LOOK AT ALL OF
OUR PROPOSALS FOR WHAT WE ARE
PUTTING INTO THE 2022 BUDGET
FOR CONSIDERATION AND MAKING
CERTAIN WE DO CONTINUE TO PUT
OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS,
AS IT WERE AND ENSURE THAT THE
WORK WE DO IS CENTERED.
WE ARE DOING SOME WORK
INTERNALLY LED BY THE EQUITY
TEAM RELATED TO HOW WE APPROACH
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND
DEVELOPING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
AROUND THAT TO STRENGTHEN OUR
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THROUGH A
RACIAL EQUITY LOANS INCLUDING
RAISING UP RACIAL EQUITY BEST
PRACTICES SO THAT THE ISSAQUAH
COMMUNITY IS -- WE ARE REALLY
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
ISSAQUAH PARTNERSHIPS --
BIPOC COMMUNITIES AND WE ARE
TRYING TO HOLD OURSELVES
ACCOUNTABLE IN THIS WORK.
AND I THINK THE NEXT SLIDE IS A
THANK YOU SLIDE.
WE HAVE A HUGE TEAM, NATHAN
ANAYA, THAT HELP US TO SEE THIS
WORK FORWARD.
AND IT COULD NOT BE DONE
WITHOUT THE HUGE LIST OF NAMES
OF FOLKS HERE.
I WOULD LOVE TO READ THROUGH
ALL OF THEM.
>> I WOULD JUST ADD THAT ON A
PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL NOTES
AND I KNOW THAT RICO WOULD
AGREE WITH ME THAT BLEEDING THE
DEPARTMENT DURING A PANDEMIC
AND DURING A CIVIL RIGHTS
RECKONING I THINK HAS BEEN THE
GREATEST PROFESSIONAL CHALLENGE
OF OUR LIVES.
AND WE ARE REALLY LOOKING AT
EVERYTHING WE DO FROM HOW WE
INTERVIEW EMPLOYEES TO HOW WE
COMPENSATE EMPLOYEES AND HOW WE
WORK WITH COMMUNITIES AND HOW
WE WORK INTERNALLY.
IT IS REALLY HARD WORK AND IT
IS EXHAUSTING AND IT IS REALLY
INSPIRING.
THE STORIES WE ARE HEARING FROM
OUR BIPOC EMPLOYEES ARE
HEARTBREAKING.
BUT PEOPLE ARE MUCH MORE --
THEY FEEL MUCH MORE FREEDOM TO
TELL THOSE STORIES AND FOR THAT
I'M REALLY GRATEFUL.
>> NATHAN, THANK YOU FOR
ADDING THAT.
I ONLY CAME INTO THIS POSITION
IN JANUARY -- OR CAME TO THE
OFFICE IN JANUARY
BUT I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS WORK
SIMPLY AS A BLACK ARCHITECT,
FOR THE LAST 27 YEARS.
HIGH GUESS WHAT I WOULD SAY IS
THAT I CAME INTO THIS WORK WITH
A STRONG BELIEF THAT WE COULD
REALLY ENACT SOCIAL CHANGE AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE THROUGH OUR
ENVIRONMENT WORK, THE WORK OF
BOTH SDCI AND THE OFFICE OF
PLANNING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
WE HAVE MORE WORK TO DO THEN I
CAN REALLY GET MY HEAD AROUND.
BUT I BELIEVE WE ALL COME TO DO
IT FULLY EVERY DAY AND WE LIVE
THROUGH THE WORK, THROUGH THE
PAIN OF IT.
I THINK OF THE WORK OF THE TEAM
AND IN BODY THAT WORK.
I'M PROUD TO BE A PART OF THIS
FAMILY.
>> THANK YOU DIRECTORS.
WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY IN YOUR
REMARKS -- I HEARD YOU USE
THE WORD CHALLENGE.
AND THE WORDS FOLLOWING THAT
WERE, OPPORTUNITY.
THE OPPORTUNITY TO REINSPECT
HOW WE ARE HIRING AND REINSPECT
THE RULES AND HOW THIS IMPACTS
EVERYONE'S DAILY LIVES.
YOU ARE CREATE --
CORRECT THAT IT TAKES QUITE A
BIT OF EFFORT AND EMOTIONAL
ENERGY.
AND THIS IS TO THANK YOU FOR
THE CONTENT AND INTENT.
I WILL LET THIS FIRE TRUCK GO
BY.
THANK YOU TO THE SALE OF FIRE
DEPARTMENT FOR ALL THE WORK
THAT YOU DO.
MAGNA, HEARD YOU TALK ABOUT THE
NEED FOR SCOPE SCHEDULE BUDGET
SO YOU ARE NOT RUNNING TO
DEADLINES THAT ARE NOT
NECESSARY.
IN ADDITION, I WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT THE
CHANGE TEAM MEMBERS, IT IS A
RULE IN ADDITION TO THE JOB
THEY ARE HIRED FOR.
WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO
THANK YOU FOR DOING THE EXTRA
WORK WITHIN YOUR DEPARTMENT'S.
COLLEAGUES, I WILL OPEN THIS UP
FOR QUESTIONS.
I SEE COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
PLEASE TAKE IT AWAY.
AND COUNCILMEMBERS PEDERSEN AND
JUAREZ, IF YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS, WHO WILL TAKE THOSE
NEXT.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR FOR
ALLOWING ME TO COME HOME AND
LISTEN.
IT IS WORK THAT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT TO ME AS A FORMER
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION AND
SOMEONE THAT WORKS ON ONE OF
THESE -- HAS WORKED ON ONE OF
THESE RETS BEFORE AND SOMEONE
WHO HAS BEEN THE RECIPIENT OF
TWO RECENT LETTERS FROM STAFF.
I FIRST ONE TO SAY THAT IT IS
CLEAR THERE IS SOME REALLY
IMPORTANT WORK HAPPENING IN
COMMUNITY.
A LOT OF SORT OF CHANGES IN THE
WAY WE DO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
SO I DON'T WANT TO DIMINISH
THAT IN ANY WAY.
I ALSO HAVE BEEN ON THE OTHER
END OF THAT, WORKING IN
COMMUNITY WITH THE CITY IN
DIFFERENT CAPACITIES.
AND JUST APPRECIATE THAT THERE
IS AN EFFORT TO DO THAT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER, MORALES.
IT SEEMS THAT YOUR INTERNET MAY
NOT BE STABLE.
YOU HAVE FROZEN ON OUR SCREEN.
>> WE WILL SEE IF SHE IS ABLE
TO REJOIN US.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, WILL YOU
TRY TURNING OFF YOUR CAMERA IF
YOU ARE STILL ABLE TO HEAR US
DIRECTORS, FROM WHAT YOU HEARD
FROM COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, IS
THERE ANY FOLLOW-UP YOU WOULD
LIKE TO PROVIDE AS SHE IS
LOGGING BACK IN?
>> NOT HEARING ANY, I WILL
GIVE IT A MOMENT
LONGER.
AND SEE IF SHE IS ABLE TO
REJOIN US.
AND I WILL ALSO TAKE THIS
MOMENT.
CHRISTOPHER, THIS IS AN
INCREDIBLY DETAILED
PRESENTATION.
IT IS ALSO DIFFICULT IN MANY
WAYS TO COORDINATE THE EFFORTS
OF TWO SEPARATE DEPARTMENTS
UNDERSTANDING THE BEGINNING
STATEMENTS THAT AS OF 2016, THE
DEPARTMENTS WERE ONES THAT
PROVIDES ANOTHER ADDED BENEFIT.
I JUST WANT TO CALL OUT THE
LEVEL OF DETAIL YOU HAVE
PROVIDED TO DATE IS MORE SO
THAN ANY OF THE OTHER
RSJI PRESENTATIONS I HAVE
RECEIVED.
SO CHRISTOPHER AND MAGNA, YOUR
PRESENTATIONS HAVE BEEN VERY
GOOD AND I CANNOT THANK YOU
ENOUGH.
>> SO THERE ARE OTHER
SEE WHO HAD THE BEST ONE.
CAN I JUST SAY SOMETHING MR.
CHAIR?
>> THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE FOLKS
WHO DO THIS, RAISING SOCIAL
JUSTICE AND BRINGING US UP TO
DATE ON THIS STUFF.
I CAN SAY THIS, WHICH IS, AS
FAR AS THE CHAIRMAN WAS SAYING
EARLIER ABOUT THE WORK WE HAVE
TO DO, SINCE BEING ON COUNSEL
FOR RUNNING FOR COUNSEL AND
UNDERSTANDING THE ISSUES
FROM 2016 UNTIL NOW, THERE HAS
BEEN A DRAMATIC CHANGE IN THE
DISCUSSION ABOUT INDIGENOUS
NAMES AND PLACES.
THERE HAS BEEN A DRAMATIC
CHANGE IN THE DISCUSSION ABOUT
THE EFFECTS OF COLONIZATION.
THERE HAS BEEN A DRAMATIC
CHANGE OF PEOPLE ADOPTING THE
LANGUAGE TO DESCRIBE THE AND
NOT IN A VICTIMIZATION WAY BUT
THE REALITY.
FINGER-POINTING WAY BUT IN A,
THIS IS HISTORY WE HAVE TO
DECONSTRUCT AND TELL THE TRUTH.
AND SAM (INDISCERNIBLE) A
COUPLE SUMMERS AGO DID A SERIES
ON THE AND IT WAS PHENOMENAL.
I THINK WAS THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS.
OR MAYBE IT WAS YOU, NATHAN.
I HAVE NEVER READ IN ANY OF THE
SALE REPORTS OR DOCUMENTS FROM
THE CITY OF SEATTLE GOVERNMENT
SIDE WHERE THE ACTUALLY LISTED
COLONIZATION AS A REASON FOR A
LOT OF THINGS.
THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN SOMETHING
I HAVE DEALT WITH OBVIOUSLY HAS
A FORMER LEGAL COUNSEL TO
TRIBES AND OTHER GROUPS.
BUT IN A DIFFERENT CONTEXT.
TO SEE IT IN A GOVERNMENT
DOCUMENT
LISTING, WHETHER YOU ARE
TALKING ABOUT RACISM AND ALL
THE OTHER ISSUES, BUT TO
ACTUALLY SEE THE EFFECTS OF
WHAT COLONIZATION HAS DONE AND
HOW YOU HAVE CHANGED HISTORY
AND HOW WE DETERMINE, EVEN WITH
SOME OF THE ISSUES WE DEALT
WITH, WITH -- WHAT IS THE
BOARD THAT HANDLES ART AND
CULTURE AND BUILDINGS
BUILDINGS.
WHEN EVERYBODY WAS SCREAMING,
SAVE THE SHOW BOX.
MY ISSUE IS, WHO GETS TO DECIDE
WHAT IS HISTORICAL?
WHO GETS TO DECIDE WHAT IS
IMPORTANT AND WHAT REALLY MEANS
A LOT?
IS THAT THE BLUE MOON TROUT --
TAVERN.
IS AT THE SHOW BOX OR SOMEWHERE
ON THORNTON CREEK.
IS AT A PLACE WHERE WE KNOW
WHERE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE HAVE
LIVED HERE FOR MILLENNIAL?
THE FACT THAT WE ARE HAVING
THESE CONVERSATIONS AND IT IS
AN ACTUAL CONVERSATION AND IT
IS A DIFFICULT ONE SOMETIMES.
WE HAD A DISCUSSION AND PARKS
ABOUT THE FAKE TOTEM POLES AT
PIKE PLACE MARKET.
A LOT OF IT WAS JUST TRYING TO
HAVE THE CONVERSATION TO
EDUCATE PEOPLE WHAT THAT MEANT.
SO TO HEAR YOU, DIRECTOR, SPEAK
THE WAY YOU DO AND THE WAY
EVERYBODY DOES AND CERTAINLY
THE SUPERINTENDENT, IT REALLY
INSPIRES ME TO KNOW THAT THE
WORK WE HAVE DONE, THE WORK I
HAVE DONE NOW THAT I'M
OFFICIALLY AN OLDER, FEELS LIKE
THERE IS PROGRESS AND THERE IS
SOMETHING TO BE CELEBRATED.
IT IS NOT ALWAYS GLOOM AND
DOOM.
I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR
TEAM.
AND I'M LOOKING AT RICO AND
SMILING BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN
AROUND AND DONE GREAT WORK.
SOMETIMES WE HAVE CULTURE
CLASSES.
OF MORE WANT THEM TO BE A
CONVERSATION OF SHARING OUR
HISTORY AND WHAT IT MEANS AND
BEING HONORED AND THERE IS SOME
HISTORY THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE
HONORED.
CAP.
>> I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
YOUR WORK AND ALL THE STAFF PUT
INTO.
AND FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES IS BACK.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
HISTORY, WE HAVE TO DECONSTRUCT
TO TELL THE TRUTH.
WE MIGHT SAVE THAT ONE FOR
LATER.
>> THAT IS COPYRIGHTED,
BUDDY.
>> I WILL WAVE IT.
I WILL LET YOU HAVE IT.
>> NOW YOU ARE GOING TO STEAL
FROM ME.
>> I WILL PAY YOU ROYALTIES.
>> THAT IS CALLED INDIAN
HUMOR.
WE CAN JOKE.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
I SEE YOU ARE BACK ON THE
PHONE.
NOTING THAT WE ARE BIT OVER
TIME AND THIS IS AN IMPORTANT
TOPIC TO DISCUSS, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, PLEASE MENTION
ANYTHING YOU SAID.
>> I APOLOGIZE AGAIN.
I HAVE BEEN KICKED OUT OF ABOUT
EVERY COMMITTEE MEETING BECAUSE
I HAVE SUCH BAD INTERNET.
WHAT I WAS SAYING AND I WILL BE
BRIEF, I JUST WANT TO MAKE
REALLY CLEAR THAT WE HAVE, AS
THE COUNCIL, RECEIVED TWO
LETTERS NOW.
THERE IS CLEARLY A LOT OF WORK
THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE WITHIN
THE CITY AND HOW WE TREAT ONE
ANOTHER AND HOW WE TREAT OUR
WORKERS.
THE EXAMPLE OF THE BLACK
BRILLIANCE PROJECT REQUESTING
THE ASSISTANCE OF THE EDI STAFF
IS TELLING BECAUSE THE STAFF TO
PARTICIPATE IN THAT ARE NOW
HEARING RETALIATION FOR THEIR
PARTICIPATION. WE KNOW THE
CITYWIDE CO- LEADS ARE STILL
WAITING AS I UNDERSTAND IT, FOR
THE MAYOR'S RESPONSE TO THE
LETTER.
I KNOW THAT THE CHANGE TEAM
STAFF, AS THE COUNCILMEMBER,
STRAUSS, SAID DOING THIS FOR
WITHOUT ADDITIONAL
COMPENSATION, THEY ARE ASKING
-- THEY ARE BEING ASKED TO DO
EXTRA WORK.
THESE ARE CITY WORKERS WHO ARE
PEOPLE OF COLOR BEING ASKED TO
DO EXTRA WORK WITHOUT
COMPENSATION.
THEY FEAR RETALIATION.
AND SO, ALL OF THAT IS TO SAY
THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO
DO.
WE HAVE CITY WORKERS RIGHT NOW
WHO ARE VERY WORRIED ABOUT THE
SECURITY OF THEIR OWN JOBS
BECAUSE THEY DO THIS WORK.
BECAUSE THEY ARE WILLING TO
CALL OUT INSTITUTIONALIZED
RACISM IN THEIR WORK SETTING
AND SO, WE NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE
THAT WORKERS ARE PROTECTED FOR
DOING THIS KIND OF WORK AND FOR
REALLY LEADING BY CENTERING
THERE LIVED EXPERIENCE.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT.
AND I APPRECIATE YOU, CHAIR,
FOR INVITING ME TO PURCHASE
PAID IN THE CONVERSTION.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
WELL SAID.
DIRECTOR, I SEE YOUR HAND IS
RAISED.
>> I JUST WANTED TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER ROLLINS FOR YOUR
COMMENTS AND CONCUR WITH YOU
THAT WE DO NEED TO HOLD OUR
STAFF CLOSE AND CARE FOR OUR
PEOPLE BECAUSE THIS IS AN
INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT WORK THAT
WE ARE EMBARKING ON AND PEOPLE
ARE PUTTING THEMSELVES IN THE
LINE OF FIRE, AT RISK AND
PUTTING THE REPUTATIONS AND
THEIR WORK AND THEIR HEARTS OUT
THERE.
I APPRECIATE THE ISSUE YOU ARE
RAISING AND I THINK THAT NOT
ONLY DO WE, AS A CITY, HAVE A
HUGE AMOUNT OF WORK TO DO, ON
OUR TEAMS AND WITH OUR STAFF,
BUT WE ALSO HAVE A HUGE
RESPONSIBILITY.
>> THANK YOU DIRECTOR.
COLLEAGUES, DIRECTORS, ANY
FURTHER CONVERSATION ON THIS
AGENDA ITEM? ZENON, IF TAKE
THIS MOMENT TO THANK YOU FOR
YOUR IMPORTANT AND DIFFICULT AT
TIMES WORK.
THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO DO
THIS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING
THIS CONVERSATION.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU ALL TODAY FOR
THE TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU
SOON.
>>
>> OUR FINAL AGENDA ENEMAS
ANOTHER ANNUAL REPORT SOMETIME
-- THIS TIME FROM THE SEATTLE
DESIGN COMMISSION.
I CAN'T HAVE FAVORITE
COMMISSIONS.
I WILL SAY THAT I'M VERY
EXCITED TO HAVE YOU HERE.
AND WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE
ABBREVIATED ITEM INTO THE
RECORD.
>> ITEM FOUR.
SEATTLE DESIGN COMMISSION
ANNUAL REPORT.
>> THANK YOU.
WE ARE JOINED BY MICHAEL
JENKINS, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF THE DESIGN COMMISSION AND
JUSTIN CLARK, THE ACTING CHAIR.
MICHAEL, I MISS GETTING TO SEE
YOU AT THE COFFEE CART.
I MISS JOHN AS WELL.
JUSTIN, GREAT TO SEE YOU THIS
MORNING.
I WANT YOU TO FEEL FREE TO
INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND TAKE
IT AWAY.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
AND OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS.
NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS
MICHAEL JENKINS AND I'M THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
SEATTLE DESIGN COMMISSION.
WE ARE JOINED BY JUSTIN CLARK,
OUR ACTING CHAIR.
HE ALSO SERVES AS THE ENGINEER
FOR THE COMMISSION.
HE AND TWO NEW COMMISSIONERS
ARE UP FOR APPOINTMENT AND
SHOULD BE REFERRED TO FULL
COUNSEL I HOPE NEXT WEEK SO WE
CAN GET THERE 10 YEARS
FINALIZED.
IN TERMS OF TODAY'S
PRESENTATION, I WILL KICK US
OFF WITH SOME BACKGROUND AND
STATS WHICH I LOVE TO DO.
JUSTIN IS GOING TO HIGHLIGHT
THREE PROJECTS THAT THE
COMMISSION SAW IN 2020 THAT WE
THINK HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANT
WORK OF THE COMMISSION AND I
WILL CLOSE WITH SOME ADDITIONAL
HIGHLIGHTS AND WHAT IS COMING
FOR US IN 2021.
>> AND IF THERE ARE NO
QUESTIONS BEFORE I START, IF I
CAN HAVE THE SLIDESHOW BROUGHT
UP.
>> ARE YOU RUNNING THE
PRESENTATION?
OR IS MICHAEL OR JUSTIN?
>> MICHAEL, IF YOU ARE ABLE
TO RUN THE PRESENTATION,
OTHERWISE, I CAN PULL IT UP.
>> I'M SORRY FOR THE
CONFUSION.
I DON'T HAVE IT HANDY.
IF YOU DON'T MIND.
>> WE WILL JUST TAKE A MOMENT
TO GET IT UP ON THE SCREEN.
>> ARE THERE ANY INTRODUCTORY
REMARKS THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE
IS REPELLING OF THE
PRESENTATION?
>> MY POSITION AS CHAIR DOES
COME TO THE LARGER
COUNSEL NEXT WEEK.
HOPEFULLY I DON'T SAY ANYTHING
THAT CLOUDS THAT.
I WILL SAY THAT THIS IS MY
FOURTH YEAR SERVING ON THE
COMMISSION AND I DO JUST WANT
TO HIGHLIGHT THE WORK MICHAEL
AND HIS STAFF DO.
I THINK THEY DO AN AMAZING JOB
OF JUST REALLY SETTING US UP AS
A COMMISSION WITH THE SPECIFICS
ON THE DYNAMICS OF EACH PROJECT
IN SETTING THE STAGE FOR US TO
PERFORM OUR WORK.
I KNOW I'M A BENEFICIARY OF THE
WORK THAT THEY DO.
SO STARTING WITH MICHAEL AND
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ROLE AND
MOVING DOWN THROUGH JULIET AND
VALERIE AND AARON, THEY DO A
LOT OF TANGIBLE WORK FOR THE
CITY THAT I JUST WANT TO
EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR
WITH THE WORK THAT THEY DO.
>> VERY WELL SAID.
AND WE ARE EXCITED TO FINALIZE
ALL THE PAPERWORK.
YOU ARE DOING GREAT WORK,
JUSTIN.
I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE
FIRST SLIDE.
THE SECOND PICTURE DOWN IS THE
LOCATION IN DISTRICT SIX THE
SHIFT WATER QUALITY PROJECT.
AND IT IS INCREDIBLE HOW MUCH
OVERLAPPING WORK THE DESIGN
COMMISSION GOES WITH SO MANY
DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS.
HERE I AM STEALING YOUR
THUNDER, MICHAEL.
I WILL LET YOU TAKE IT AWAY.
>> IF I CAN GET THE NEXT
SLIDE PLEASE.
>> THE OUTLINE FOR TODAY IS
BROKEN UP INTO FOUR PARTS.
AN OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE OF THE
COMMISSION AND SOME OF THE
STAFF.
AND THEN, A MORE FOCUSED LOOK
AT SOME OF THE PROJECTS WE HAVE
DONE IN 2020 AND WHAT WE SEE
COMING IN 2021.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THE
COMMISSION WAS ESTABLISHED 53
YEARS AGO NOW IN 1968.
AND OUR RULE
ARE PROJECTS THAT AFFECT THE
PUBLIC.
THEY ARE PREDOMINANTLY CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT
CONSTITUTE A SIGNIFICANT
MAJORITY OF OUR WORK.
BUT WE DO OTHER WORK AS WELL.
WE LOOK AT PROJECTS THAT
PROPOSED STREET AND ALLEY,
SKYBRIDGE IS ON MAJOR
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, ONE OF
WHICH WE WILL HIGHLIGHT.
AND PLANNING POLICY REVIEWS
WHICH ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY
IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMISSION
AND THEIR ROLE.
AND FINALLY, THE DESIGN
COMMISSION HAS AND WILL
CONTINUE TO BE THE PRIMARY
OVERSIGHT FOR SOUND TRANSIT
LIGHT RAIL INVESTMENT AS A
PUBLIC REVIEW BODY WORKING WITH
CITY OF SEATTLE STAFF.
NEXT SLIDE.
THERE ARE 10 COMMISSIONERS WHO
COMPRISE THE COMMISSION.
WE HAVE COMMISSIONERS THAT WERE
REQUIRED, PROFESSIONS REQUIRED
TO REPRESENT ARCHITECTURE FINE
ARTISTS AND A LAY MEMBER,
MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY.
THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.
WE ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO HAVE
PLANNERS, DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS
AND ARCHITECTS.
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT AS WELL AS
A MEMBER OF THE YMCA GET
ENGAGED PROGRAM.
WE HAVE TWO NEW COMMISSIONERS
THAT ARE UP FOR APPOINTMENT.
JOE CRARY WHO MANY OF YOU MAY
KNOW FROM THE SEATTLE CENTER.
HER WORK AT THE SEATTLE CENTER.
SHE WILL BE FILLING THE AT-
LARGE POSITION.
AND THEN ADAM (INDISCERNIBLE)
WHO IS AN ARCHITECT AND URBAN
DESIGNER WHO WILL BE FILLING
THE URBAN PLANNER POSITION.
NEXT SLIDE.
WE ALWAYS LIKE TO CENTER OUR
WORK IN THE SIX DESIGN
PRINCIPLES THAT I THINK THE
COMMISSION HOLDS IMPORTANT.
AND KNOW THAT WHEN YOU COME TO
THE COMMISSION, THE COMMISSION
LIKES TO USE THESE VALUES AS A
LENS BY WHICH THEY LOOK AT
PROJECTS AND HOPEFULLY PROVIDE
PEOPLE WHO COME BEFORE THE
COMMISSION WITH INPUT AND
DIRECTION ON HOW TO ACCOMPLISH
THE SIX DESIGN VALUES RELATIVE
TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> WE LIKE TO SHOW THESE
EVERY YEAR IS A GOOD REMINDER
TO PEOPLE TO HAVE A GOOD
UNDERSTANDING OF OUTCOME A WORD
IS THE DESIGN COMMISSION FIT IN
THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
AND PROJECTS THAT ARE SUBJECT
TO OUR REVIEW.
POLICE STATIONS, FIRE STATIONS,
PARKS AND COMMUNITY CENTERS.
THE TYPICAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
PROJECTS FOR THE COMMISSION TO
EVALUATE.
WE ALSO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNT OF TIME ON PROJECTS
SEEKING STREET AND ALLEY
VACATIONS.
MANY OF YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT
IN 2018, THE CITY COUNCIL
REALLY CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY,
THE STREET AND ALLEY VACATION
PROCESS.
IN PARTICULAR, ELEVATING THE
ROLE OF THE COMMISSION AS THE
INITIAL TOUCH POINT WITH THE
CITY TO LOOK FOR THE COMMISSION
TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PROVIDE EARLY AND PUT ON A
REQUEST, NOT ONLY FOR THE
IMPLICATION BUT NOT JUST
REMOVING A STREET OR ALLEY FROM
SERVICE BUT WHAT TYPES OF
PUBLIC BENEFITS SHOULD BE
DEVELOPED THAT OFFSET --
OFFSET THE LOSS OF THE FUNCTION
OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY IN AN
ATTEMPT TO CREATE A STRONGER
AND
-- A STRONGER PUBLIC REALM AS
A RESULT OF THE LOSS OF THE
STREET OR ALLEY.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> WE LIKE TO SHOW THE CITY
IN THE CONTEXT OF ALL THE
PROJECTS WE LOOKED AT AN 2020.
YOU CAN SEE FOR THE MOST PART,
THE DESIGN COMMISSION HAS
TOUCHED ALMOST ALL
NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE PAST YEAR.
UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVEN'T BEEN
ABLE TO REVIEW ANY PROJECTS IN
WEST SEATTLE THIS YEAR.
MY APOLOGIES TO WEST SEATTLE.
LOOKING FORWARD TO PROJECTS
SOON.
ALSO THE BULK OF THE PROJECTS
TEND TO BE IN THE INNER CITY
BUT FOR THE MOST PART ARE
DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE
CITY.
AS WELL AS AND YOU CAN SEE A
MARKER HERE FOR CITYWIDE.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> SHOWING THE NUMBER OF
PROJECTS AND MEETINGS AND
BREAKING DOWN THESE PROJECTS
THAT COME BEFORE US.
CAPITAL PROJECTS OR RIGHT-OF-
WAY PROJECTS WHICH INCLUDE
STREET AND ALLEY.
ONE OF WHICH WE WILL TALK ABOUT
IN A MOMENT.
AND PLANS OR INTEREST TO THE
COMMISSION.
THE FOLLOWING SLIDES WILL
PROVIDE A FOCUSED LOOK AT EACH
CATEGORY.
>> NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
>> 2019-2020 WE SAW SLIGHT
REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF
PROJECTS AND NOT SURPRISINGLY,
THE PANDEMIC HAS CHANGED THE
WAY WE WERE AND CHANGING THE
ABILITY FOR CITY DEPARTMENTS TO
BRING FORWARD PROJECTS.
WE HAVE NOT SEEN AS GREAT OF A
DIP IN THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS
BETWEEN 2019-2020.
I HAVE A FEELING THAT
SUBSEQUENT YEARS, BECAUSE OF
THE DELAY IN FUNDING THAT HAS
OCCURRED FROM THE PANDEMIC, WE
MAY SEE IT A LITTLE BIT.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> YOU CAN SEE HERE AGAIN
WITH THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS,
THERE IS A PROPORTIONAL DROP AS
WELL.
2019, WE HAD 47 MEETINGS.
2020, 37 MEETINGS.
NOT SURPRISINGLY, A FUNCTION OF
THE PANDEMIC.
AND SOME SCALING BACK ON SOME
PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING BEFORE
US BY CITY DEPARTMENTS AND
PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> AGAIN, SIMILAR STATISTICS.
IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW UP WITH
ME LATER ON ANY OF THE
STATISTICS THAT YOU ARE SEEING
HERE, HAPPY TO SPEND SOME TIME
WITH YOU.
WE THINK IT IS VALUABLE IN
PARTICULAR TO TRACK THIS KIND
OF WORK.
IT CERTAINLY GIVES US AN
UNDERSTANDING OF THE FOCUS THE
COMMISSION HAS AND THE TIME WE
SPEND AND HOW WE CAN BE EITHER
MORE EFFICIENT OR LOOK FOR
ADDITIONAL TIME OR ENERGY ON
PROJECTS THAT THE COMMISSION
MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> FINALLY, THIS SORT OF
GIVES A NUMBER FIGURE TO THE
VALUE OF THE PROJECTS THAT COME
BEFORE US.
THE COMMISSION LAST YEAR SPENT
A COMBINED 800 HOURS OF THEIR
TIME.
ALMOST 90% OF WHICH IS
BILLABLE.
10% IS NOT BILLABLE.
I ATTRIBUTE IT AND JUSTIN WAS
VERY KIND TO CALL OUT STAFF.
THE COMMISSION IS VERY
FORTUNATE TO HAVE FOUR STAFF
PEOPLE THAT PROVIDE THE 10
COMMISSIONERS WITH THE ABILITY
TO HAVE THE TYPE OF HOURS THEY
SPEND.
AND REALLY FOCUSING ON MEETINGS
AND PROVIDING THE DIRECT IMPACT
TO THE PROJECTS THAT COME
BEFORE US.
WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO
PROVIDE THEM WITH THAT KIND OF
SUPPORT.
I GENERALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME
STAFF SPENDS AS WELL.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> I WILL THROW THIS TO
JUSTIN AND HE WILL WALK YOU
THROUGH THREE SPECIFIC PROJECTS
THAT THE COMMISSION LOOKED AT
LAST YEAR.
>> THANK YOU, MICHAEL.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A SENSE
OF THE TYPE OF WORK WE HAVE
BEEN DOING OVER THE PAST YEAR
AND SOME OF THE REPRESENTATIVE
PROJECTS FROM SOME OF THESE
DIFFERENT POTS MICHAEL
OUTLINED.
I WILL SHARE ONE INTERAGENCY
PROJECT WHICH IS ONE YOU SEE ON
THE SCREEN.
ONE CAPITAL PROJECT AND ONE OF
THE STREET VACATIONS WE DOVE
INTO.
STARTING WITH SR520, WE
REVIEWED THE PORTAGE BAY AND
ROANOKE BRIDGES THIS PAST YEAR,
WHICH IS A COMBINATION OF OVER
10 YEARS OF WORK.
WORKING WITH D.O.T.
TO ELEVATE THE URBAN DESIGN
GOALS AND OUTCOMES OF THE
SEATTLE PORTION OF THE FREEWAY.
WE RECENTLY FINISHED UP OUR
WORK WITH D.O.T.
ON THE MOTLEY BRIDGE AND
PORTION OF 520.
AS THAT MOVED INTO
CONSTRUCTION, WE SHIFTED OUR
FOCUS TO THE PORTAGE BAY
PORTION.
IN 2014, THE COMMISSION
UNDERTOOK A REVIEW REQUESTED BY
THE COUNCIL TO DEVELOP
RECOMMENDATIONS ON POTENTIAL
BRIDGE.
AND AT THAT TIME WE SUPPORTED A
DESIGN WITH ELEMENTS TO REFLECT
THE UNIQUE CONTEXT OF PORTAGE
BAY AND THESE SURROUNDINGS IN
THAT AREA.
MUCH OF 2019, WE EVALUATED THE
SPECIFIC DESIGN CONCEPTS FOR
THIS REPLACEMENT OF THE PORTAGE
BAY BRIDGE.
AND A SEGMENT OVER THE ROANOKE
PORTION ON THE LEFT PART OF
YOUR SCREEN.
THE THIRD PART OF THE REVIEW
WAS THE CREATION OF ACTIVE AND
PASSIVE LOCAL AND REGIONAL
RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.
ALL OF THIS WORK CULMINATED IN
APRIL LAST YEAR WITH A REPORT
TO W.S.D.O.T.
WHICH WE ALSO SHARED TO THE
COUNCIL INTO THE MAYOR,
RECOMMENDING URBAN DESIGN
SOLUTIONS FOR THESE DIFFERENT
PROJECT ELEMENTS.
MICHAEL GAVE SOME GOOD INSIGHT
ABOUT THE BASIC PRINCIPLES AND
VALUES THAT WE TAKE INTO ANY OF
THE PROJECT REVIEWS AND SOME OF
THOSE WERE MODIFIED SLIGHTLY
FOR THIS.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A TASTE
OF SOME OF THESE PRINCIPLES
HERE.
WE BASED OUR REVIEW ON ENSURING
THERE WAS A STRONG BELIEF IN
USING ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS AS
OPPORTUNITIES TO CREATE
DISTINCT SPACES AND PLACES AND
TO ELEVATE JUST BEYOND THE
FUNCTION OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND I THINK THE SECOND PROJECT
WE WILL DIVE INTO WILL ALSO
REFLECT THAT TYPE OF FOCUS.
WE ALSO WANTED TO PROMOTE
SOLUTIONS THAT ENHANCE HUMAN
ACTIVITY AND DESIGN DETAIL
MATERIALS AND IN THE EXECUTION.
THERE IS A STRONG FOCUS TO
PROMOTE DESIGN OF STRUCTURES
AND FACILITIES THAT REDUCE THE
VISUAL AND PHYSICAL IMPACTS.
AND IT IS ESPECIALLY KEY IN
THIS SENSITIVE WATERWAY.
>> AND ALLOWING INDIVIDUALS
WITH LIMITED OR SPECIAL NEEDS
TO HAVE THE SAME QUALITY
EXPERIENCE AS THOSE WHO ARE
ABLE-BODIED.
>> THESE CORE PRINCIPLES FIT
INTO THE LETTER OF SUPPORT AND
THEY HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE
FOLLOWING OUTCOMES STARTING OFF
WITH THE ROANOKE LID.
THE PROJECT TEAM WAS ABLE TO
ACHIEVE THE EXPERIENCE FOR THE
LOCAL FOLKS NEXT TO THE LID AND
PROVIDED RIGHT-OF-WAY
CONNECTIONS THAT REFLECTED THE
LOCAL CONTEXT IN BOTH THE
MATERIALS AND THE DETAILS OF
THE DESIGN.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT PIECE OF THIS
WAS CREATING GATEWAYS THAT
INCORPORATED HUMAN SKILL
FEATURES AS THIS IS A BIG
CONNECTION POINT FOR A LOT OF
REGIONAL CONNECTIONS.
AND THE LAST PIECE ON THE LID
WAS, THE TEAM WAS REALLY ABLE
TO FACILITATE AN AMAZING
VIEWPOINT FOR BOTH LOCAL AND
TERRITORIAL BILL GEOGRAPHIES IN
THE AREA.
WITH RESPECT TO THE CITY AND
REGIONAL TRAIL INVESTMENTS THAT
I TOUCHED ON A LITTLE BIT, THE
PROJECT REALLY ALLOWED FOR
DIRECT AND INTUITIVE TRAIL
EXPERIENCES.
FOR USERS OF ALL AGES AND
ABILITIES. THERE WAS A STRONG
FOCUS OF THE MULTIMODAL
CONNECTIONS AND WAYFINDING
ABILITIES THROUGH THE SITE AND
ON THE SITE.
THE PROJECT REALLY INCLUDED
OUTCOMES THAT PROMOTED ENHANCED
SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP,
WHICH IS A REALLY BIG FOCUS OF
THE COMMISSION AND OUR REVIEWS.
THE FINAL PIECE THERE IS THE
STREET FURNITURE INCLUDING THE
LIGHTING, THE SIGNAGE AND THE
SEATING WAS DESIGNED AND
ORGANIZED IN A LEGIBLE AND
CONTEXTUAL MANNER.
THE FINAL PIECE OF THE REVIEW
HERE WAS WITH THE PORTAGE BAY
BRIDGE.
AND WITH OUR LETTER HERE, WE
REITERATED SUPPORT OF THE
SUPPORT APPROACH WE HAD IN
2018.
AND THAT DESIGN REFLECTED THE
NEW CONTEXT OF PORTAGE BAY,
REALLY SERVING AS A GOOD
NEIGHBOR.
I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING WE
KEPT COMING BACK TO AS HAVING
THIS MASSIVE STRUCTURE BE A
GOOD NEIGHBOR IN THE CONTEXT OF
THE SPACE.
WE WERE HUGE PROPONENTS OF A
DESIGN THAT SYMBOLS AND RATED
THE VERTICAL COLUMNS WITH THE
HORIZONTAL ELEMENTS OF THE
STRUCTURE.
AND ANOTHER PIECE THAT WAS
REALLY IMPORTANT TO US WAS
HAVING THE VERTICAL COMPONENTS
OF THE BRIDGE THAT WERE ABOVE
THE BRIDGE DECK INCLUDING THE
LIGHTING, UTILITIES AND
SIGNAGE.
HAVING THOSE ALL INTEGRATED
INTO THE BRIDGE STRUCTURE.
SO AGAIN, THIS HAS BEEN A LONG
PARTNERSHIP WITH W.S.D.O.T.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO
CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE
COUNCIL AND WITH W.S.D.O.T.
TO GET THE FINAL OUTCOMES OF
THIS PROJECT AS IT MOVES INTO
THE NEXT PHASE AND WE REALLY
APPRECIATE W.S.D.O.T.'S
PARTNERSHIP AND ONGOING
COLLABORATION WITH THIS WORK.
TRULY ELEVATE THE URBAN DESIGN
FOCUS WITHIN SUCH A LARGE
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT.
SO NEXT UP, IF YOU CAN GO TO
THE NEXT SLIDE.
>> JUSTIN, I HAVE A QUESTION.
THANK YOU.
THIS IS INCREDIBLE WORK TALKING
ABOUT THE CONNECTION OF
PATHWAYS.
WE KNOW THAT AS WE CONNECT
PATHWAYS, WE ARE ABLE TO EXTEND
THE AMOUNT OF SPACE.
A LOOK AT IT IN THIS WAY.
WHEN WE HAVE SEPARATE PLACES
THAT HAVE GOOD NETWORKS OF
CONNECTION, THEY ARE SEPARATED
AND WE BRIDGE THEM LITERALLY IN
THIS SITUATION AND WE ARE ABLE
TO CREATE SO MANY MORE
CONNECTIONS.
IT IS EXPONENTIAL.
ONE OF THE THINGS REALLY
IMPORTANT TO ME, AS I REVIEW
AND LOOK AT THE ENVIRONMENT, IS
MAKING SURE THE BUILT
ENVIRONMENT IS ACCESSIBLE FOR
ALL AGENCIES, AGES AND
ABILITIES.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU CAN SPEAK
TO ABOUT THIS PROJECT -- I
KNOW THAT SOMETIMES A BENCH, IF
IT IS TILTED WITH A PLACE FOR
PEOPLE TO PUSH UP, IT ALLOWS
FOR FOLKS THAT HAVE MOBILITY
CHALLENGES TO SIT AND GET OUT
OF THE BENCH MORE EASILY.
AND THEY NEED BENCHES TO BE
ABLE TO NAVIGATE OPEN SPACE SO
THEY CAN REST AND CONTINUE
MOVING.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE ALL AGES
AND ABILITIES COMPONENTS OF
YOUR WORK?
>> I CAN DEFINITELY GIVE A
COUPLE OF EXAMPLES ON THIS
PROJECT.
AND IF YOU HAVE OTHERS,
MICHAEL, PLEASE CHIME IN.
ONE OF THE MAJOR POINTS OF
FOCUS ON THIS REVIEW IS
CONNECTING TO THE REGIONAL PATH
THAT RUNS ALONG 520 AND GOES
UNDER, ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE
SCREEN, ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE
PORTAGE BAY BRIDGE.
HE GOES UNDER THE PORTAGE BAY
BRIDGE AND WILL CONNECT ON TO
THE PORTAGE BAY BRIDGE AND RUN
UP A PRETTY STEEP SLOPE TO GET
UP TO THE ROANOKE LID.
AND SO THAT PATHWAY HAS TO DO
THE DUAL ROLE OF BEING THAT
REGIONAL CONNECTION FOR ALL
THESE FOLKS JUMPING ON THEIR
BIKE AND COMING FROM THE EAST
SIDE AND IT ALSO HAS TO BE THAT
LOCAL CONNECTOR FOR FOLKS OF
MANY ABILITIES TO BE ABLE TO
ACCESS THIS.
AND SO WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME
ON THAT APPROACH ON THE EAST
SIDE.
ENSURING THAT THAT WAS -- IT
WAS KIND OF A CIRCUITOUS RAMP
FROM THE LOW GRADE UNDER THE
BRIDGE, TO GET BACK UP TO THE
BRIDGE.
AND IT WAS BOUNCING
-- BALANCING DIFFERENT FACTORS
OF BEING AN EFFECTIVE REGIONAL
ROUTE AND MAKING SURE IT IS
ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYONE.
WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT TO
CIRCUITOUS BUT WE WANTED TO
MAKE SURE THE GRADES ALLOW FOR
THAT ACCESS.
THAT WAS SUCH A HUGE FOCUS TO
HAVE ALL THOSE DIFFERENT
CONSTRAINTS.
AND WHEN FOLKS GET ON THE
BRIDGE, IS VERY PLACE FOR THEM
TO REST AND PAUSE AND TAKE IN
THE SIGHTS QUICK SO THAT WAS
ANOTHER PIECE WHERE A LOT OF A
LOT OF INTENTION WAS MADE.
TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS AN
ACCESSIBLE INFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECT.
MICHAEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHERS
COMING TO MIND ON YOUR SIDE?
>> IT IS ALWAYS A VISION BY
CITY DEPARTMENTS.
I THINK WHAT JUSTIN INDICATED
IS ONE OF MANY TOOLS.
RUMBLE STRIPS THAT HELP KEEP
ALL THAT HAVE LESS ABILITY OR
LESS VISION WHO MAY BE USING A
DEVICE TO GUIDE THEM THROUGH
THE REALM.
AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.
I THINK WE ARE FORTUNATE TO
HAVE CITY DEPARTMENTS IN THE
PARTNERSHIP HERE WITH
W.S.D.O.T.
THAT IS THE BASELINE.
WE ARE FORTUNATE THAT THE
DEPARTMENTS THAT WE SEE, ALL
AGES AND ABILITIES IN THEIR
WORK.
SO IT MAKES OUR JOB EASIER.
>> THANK YOU BOTH.
THE LAST POINT, EDITORIAL POINT
I WILL MAKE HERE IS THAT WHEN
WE PUT LIDS ON OUR ROADWAYS, WE
REOPEN THE PUBLIC SPACE.
MERCER ISLAND IS LUCKY ENOUGH
TO HAVE LIDS OVER THERE.
THE INTERSTATE 90 SECTION.
WE ARE LIKELY TO HAVE THAT.
SAM SMITH PARK AND JIMI HENDRIX
PARK.
AND LOOKING TO LIVE THE REST OF
INTERSTATE FIVE.
WHEN WE COME OUT OF THIS
PANDEMIC, I WOULD LOVE TO JOIN
YOU, MICHAEL AND JUSTIN AT THE
ROANOKE TO LOOK AT ALL OF THIS
GREAT WORK YOU HAVE DONE.
SO THANK YOU.
>> WE APPRECIATE THAT.
AND HE SPOKE TO ONE OF OUR
PROJECTS THAT WE DID REVIEW THE
LAST YEAR, THE INTERSTATE FIVE
PROJECT WHICH I WAS RECUSED
FROM BECAUSE I'M PART OF THE
PROJECTTEAM DELIVERING THAT.
AS A COMMISSION, WE ARE HUGE
FANS OF BASICALLY RECLAIMING
AND CREATING SPACE WHERE THERE
WAS NOT SPACE BEFORE.
AND NOT JUST STOPPING THERE BUT
WHO DO WE CREATE THE SPACE FOR,
IS A HUGE QUESTION AND
SOMETHING THE CITY NEEDS TO
WRESTLE WITH BEFORE CREATING
THAT SPACE.
I THINK YOU ARE PREACHING TO
THE CHOIR HERE.
>> WELL SAID.
>> I WILL JUMP INTO THE NEXT
PROJECT.
AND I KNOW IT IS ANOTHER ONE
THAT SPEAKS TO YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
IF YOU CAN SLIDE FORWARD TWO
SLIDES.
ONE MORE SLIDE HERE.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE BALLARD
PUMP STATION.
THIS IS A PUBLIC FACING PORTION
OF A REALLY MASSIVE PUBLIC
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT THAT IS
90% UNDERGROUND.
SO THE PUBLIC IS NOT SEEING
MOST OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE
BEING CREATED HERE.
BUT WE AT THE COMMISSION FEEL
IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO
HIGHLIGHT THE WORK THE
INFRASTRUCTURE IS DOING FOR US
AS THE PUBLIC, THROUGH AN
ENGAGING AND VIBRANT DESIGN
THAT REALLY INVITES THE PUBLIC
TO DESERT IN AND E█NGAGE.
THE PROJECT TEAM HAS DONE AN
AMAZING JOB CREATING THAT AND
FACILITATING THAT.
A REVIEW OF THE PROJECT IN
2020, IT WAS THE THIRD REVIEW
OF THE PROJECT.
WE HAD PREVIOUS REVIEWS IN 2018
AND 2019.
THERE WAS SOME PRETTY MASSIVE
DESIGN CHANGES FROM SPU.
THAT LED TO ANOTHER REVIEW THIS
YEAR.
BACK IN 2019, SOME OF THE
PIECES THAT WE CHALLENGED THE
PRODUCT PROJECT TEAM TO ELEVATE
AND FOCUS ON WHEN THEY WERE
ITERATING THE PROJECT WAS
TREATING THE PUMP STATION COME
THE 24th AVENUE SHORELINE
STREET END AND ALSO THE FUTURE
DEVELOPMENT PARCEL THAT IS PART
OF THE PROJECT ON THE SELF EAST
SIDE.
TREATING THEM AS AN INTEGRATIVE
APPROACH TO PLACE MAKING
INSTEAD OF HAVING A PIECEMEAL
APPROACH TO THAT.
AND WE STRESS THAT THEY NEEDED
TO ELEVATE THE ROLE OF THE
ARTIST AND THE ART WHO WAS A
NATIVE ARTIST IN THE CONCEPT
AND DESIGN.
NOT HAVING AND OF POP ART AT A
LATER AFTER THE FACT AND NOT
INTEGRATED.
THE LAST PIECE WAS HAVING A
FOCUS ON DEVELOPING
PARTNERSHIPS AND A PROGRAM FROM
THE LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT OF THE
LANDSCAPE PLAN.
IT FEATURED A TREE FARM.
WITH THE LATEST GENERATION THAT
THE PROJECT TEAM CAME BACK WITH
HERE IN 2020, WE WERE REALLY
MPRESSED WITH THE WORK THAT
SPU DID WITH ADDRESSING THESE
ISSUES.
AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I
THINK REALLY JUST GOT US
EXCITED AND HAPPY ABOUT THE
PROGRESS WAS THE WAY THEY
ENHANCED THE ARCHITECTURE AND
THE DESIGN THROUGH THE USE OF
LIGHTED MASH WRAPPED AROUND THE
ABOVEGROUND WATER ELEMENTS.
SO A MODERN APPROACH TO
CELEBRATING THE INFRASTRUCTURE
AS I TALKED TO BEFORE.
WE HAVE TALKED TO SOME OF THE
NEOCLASSICAL DESIGNS OF
INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE THE
(INDISCERNIBLE) HOUSE AT CAL
ANDERSON PARK AND THIS
CONTINUES AND UPDATES A
TRADITIN OF NOT TRYING TO HIDE
THE INFRASTRUCTURE BUT REALLY
CELEBRATING IT.
THE TEAM ALSO WORKED TO ELEVATE
AND ENHANCE THE ROLE OF THE ON
AND OFF-SITE GREEN WATER STORM
INFRASTRUCTURE.
THEY WORKED TOO.
EQUITABLE OUTCOMES IN THE
DESIGN THROUGH THE INCLUSION OF
THE INDIGENOUS --
MARITIME THEMES.
THE ARTIST JEFFREY VERY WAS
BROUGHT IN TO WORK ON THIS
PROJECT AND INCORPORATED AT THE
CONCEPT LEVEL.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE
APPRECIATED.
AND HIS ART IS AMAZING.
IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT BEFORE,
PLEASE CHECK IT OUT.
IT IS THE BLACK PANTHER COMIC
COVER WHICH IS MY FAVORITE
PIECE.
HE HAS A LOT OF REALLY GREAT
WORK.
BACK TO THE PROJECT.
THE UPDATED PROJECT ALSO
MAXIMIZES THE CONNECTION WITH
THE 14th AVENUE S STREET END
WHICH WE THOUGHT WAS A KEY
FEATURE OF THE PROJECT.
AND I THINK THE LAST PIECE I
WILL TOUCH ON HERE IS THE TEAM
DID EXPAND THE TREE FARM
CONCEPT SO THAT IT CAN BE USED
BY SPU AND OTHER PROJECTS.
THEY HAVE BEEN PUSHING HARD TO
MAKE THIS A PUBLIC AMENITY.
AND BOTH THROUGH THE PHYSICAL
MANIFESTATION AND AS AN AMENITY
MOVING FORWARD.
AND SO WE REALLY APPRECIATED
THAT PIECE.
SO THAT IS IT FOR THE PUMP
STATION.
I THINK WE HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE.
>> WHEN YOU COME TO BALLARD,
I HAVE SOME THINGS TO SAY.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR
HIGHLIGHTING THE INDIGENOUS
ARTIST HERE.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
ESPECIALLY PER THE LAST
CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD, TO
RECOGNIZE THE SITE THAT THIS
PUMP STATION IS ON WAS THE SITE
OF A NATIVE AMERICAN VILLAGE
HERE.
ON THE MAP THAT I HAVE FROM THE
WORK MUSEUM FOR CULTURE AND THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, IT IS
NAMED AND TUCKED AWAY INSIDE.
THIS IS A VILLAGE SITE.
THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE HAVE LIVED
FOR MILLENNIA.
THAT IS MY EDITORIAL COMMENT.
MY OTHER ASPECT IS THAT, I HAVE
SO HOPING THAT WILL ALSO BE
REMAINING TO BE ABLE TO BE DONE
THROUGHOUT THE FUTURE.
BECAUSE CONNECTIONSTH WATERWAYS
FOR PEOPLE IS IMPORTANT.
>> AND THE ACCESS WILL BE
THERE.
TO TOUCH ON YOUR LAST POINT, I
THINK HAVING JEFFREY COME IN
CAN CREATE SOME BEAUTIFUL ART
THAT IS INTEGRATED IN THE
SPACE.
AND I THINK IT PAYS A LOT OF
RESPECT TO THAT HISTORY.
HIS PEACE IS CALLED OCTOPUS
WOMAN.
AND I LOVED HIS FIRST ITERATION
WHICH THEY FOUND WAS NOT REALLY
STRUCTURALLY FEASIBLE.
SO HE HAD TO MAKE SOME CHANGES
TO THE DESIGN TO MAKE IT A
LITTLE MORE FEASIBLE.
BUT I RECOMMEND EVERYONE SEE
THAT PIECE BEFORE IT IS
CONSTRUCTED HERE PRETTY
SHORTLY.
AND THEN GO VISIT THE SITE
OFTEN.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, ONE
THING THAT WAS IMPORTANT FOR
THE COMMISSION HERE WAS THE
DISPOSITION OF THE YANKEE DINER
SITE.
AND DISCUSSIONS WITH SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES, IT IS CLEAR
THAT THE SITE WILL NEED TO
REMAIN IN SERVICE FOR THEM
THROUGH CONSTRUCTION WHICH WILL
PROBABLY BE 2026 OR BEYOND.
HOWEVER, IN CONVERSATIONS WITH
SPU, WE HAD SOME GOOD
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT AFTER THAT.
WHAT IS THE HIGHEST AND BEST
MARITIME OR PUBLIC USE FOR THAT
PROPERTY?
AND HOW CAN THE DESIGNS HERE
EITHER NOT INHIBIT FUTURE
DEVELOPMENT THERE OR PREFERABLY
CREATE A LARGER HOLE FOR THE
YANKEE SITE HERE.
AGAIN, WE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT AND WE
ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO
PARTICIPATING WITH THEM IN THE
FUTURE DISPOSITION OF THE
YANKEE DINER SITE.
>> I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS
YOU JUST HIGHLIGHTED WAS
SOMETHING THE COMMISSION PLACES
A HUGE FOCUS ON.
HAVING THAT LONG-RANGE VISION
AND WE KNOW THERE ARE BUDGET
CONSTRAINTS.
BUT IF WE DON'T FINISH PROJECTS
WHEN WE HAVE THE INITIAL PUSH,
A LOT OF TIMES, THEY NEVER GET
FINISHED.
I THINK ANOTHER PROJECT THAT I
CAN LOOK OUT FROM MY WINDOW
HERE FROM THE OFFICE IS THE
MADISON STREET PEDESTRIAN
BRIDGE THAT CONNECTS OVER TO
THE WATERFRONT AND THE FERRY
AND I THINK THAT IS ANOTHER
PROJECT FOR A FEW YEARS BACK,
WE DIDN'T MAKE A HUGE EMPHASIS
ON FINISHING THE PROJECT
BECAUSE WE WOULD HATE TO SEE
THIS BEAUTIFUL PROJECT
COMPLETED 90% OF THE WAY AND
THEN HAVE THIS REALLY POOR
FINISH TO THE PROJECT THAT MAY
NEVER SEE FUNDING.
SO I THINK MICHAEL HITS ON A
REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE THERE
THAT WE FOCUS ON A LOT OF THE
REVIEWS.
>> LAST EDITORIAL POINT HERE
IS THE ADJACENT SHIPYARD IS A
CO-OP THAT WAS FOUNDED IN 1946.
BEFORE THAT, IT WAS BUILT IN
MINESWEEPERS THAT WERE WERE
TRANSFORMED INTO THE CALYPSO.
AND JOHN WAYNE'S WILD GOOSE.
NOT ONLY ON CO-OPS NOT
SOMETHING WE SEE AS OFTEN ANY
LONGER BUT THEY ALSO CREATED
SOME OF THE MOST FAMOUS SHIPS
IN THE WORLD.
>> THAT IS AWESOME.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE
WIKIPEDIA UP OR IF THIS IS OFF
THE TOP OF THE HEAD.
>> TOP OF THE HEAD IT.
THANK YOU FOR THIS.
FEEL FREE TO CONTINUE ON.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE JUST HAVE A FEW MORE VIEWS
OF THIS PROJECT.
THE STREET END THAT YOU
MENTIONED.
PUTTING YOUR BOAT IN THE WATER.
IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE
ACCESSIBLE THERE.
AND I THINK IT HAS BEEN CLOSED
OFF.
SO THIS WILL REALLY ENHANCE THE
SPACE A LOT.
IF YOU CAN SLIDE FORWARD ONE
MORE SLIDE, I WILL FINISH WITH
THE LAST.
ONE MORE SLIDE OF THE BALLARD
PUMP STATION.
THE LAST PROJECT HERE.
WE ARE SHARING A STREET
VACATION PROJECTS THAT WE
WORKED WITH SEATTLE CITY LIGHT
ON.
THIS IS THE DIAGNOSED STREET
VACATION.
CITY LIGHT REQUESTED TO VACATE
A SITE OF DIAGONAL AVENUE ON
THE SELF-SERVICE CENTER IN
SODO.
THIS ALLOWED THEM TO ENHANCE
THE SECURITY FEATURES OF THE
FACILITY.
REALLY FOR ANY OF THE VACATIONS
THAT COME IN FRONT OF THE
COMMISSION, THERE ARE TWO PARTS
TO THE REVIEW.
FIRST IT IS THE PUBLIC TRUST
REVIEW WHICH INCLUDES ANY
ISSUES WITH VACATING THE RIGHT-
OF-WAY.
AND THE SECOND PORTION, IF IT
IS APPROVED TO ACTUALLY VACATE
THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
WE REVIEWED THE PROPOSED PUBLIC
BENEFIT.
SO HOW IS THE REMAINING PUBLIC
GROUND ENHANCING THE OFFSET THE
LOSS OF RIGHT AWAY?
WE REVIEWED THE PUBLIC TRUST
AND LIFE 2020 IN THE PUBLIC
BENEFIT PACKAGE IN SEPTEMBER
AND UNANIMOUSLY WE SUPPORTED
THE VACATION.
IT WAS A CLEAR CASE OF
IMPROVING OPERATIONS ON THE
SITE.
WHEN WE THEN REVIEWED THE
PUBLIC BENEFIT PACKAGE
PRESENTED BY SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT, IT WAS DEVELOPED TO
ENHANCE REQUESTS BY THE
GEORGETOWN NEIGHBORHOOD TO HAVE
ADDITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD OPEN
SPACE.
IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT
SLIDE, WE WILL SEE THAT SPACE
THAT IS THE MAIN ELEMENT OF THE
TRANSFER. IT WAS NAMED THE
FLUME PROPERTY BETWEEN EAST
MARGINAL WAY AND KING COUNTY
AIRPORT.
AND SO THEY PROPOSE TO MAKE
THIS OPEN SPACE ALONG WITH
FUNDING TO ADVANCE AND
IMPLEMENT THE DESIGN THAT
INCLUDE OPEN SPACE, DOG PARK,
SEATING, BIKE AND TRAIL
CONNECTIONS.
SOUL ON THIS ONE, CITY LIGHT
PARTNERED WITH SPU AND S.D.O.T.
FOR THESE AMENITIES AND THIS IS
SOMETHING WE REALLY APPRECIATE
ON MANY OF THE PROJECTS AND
MULTIDEPARTMENTAL EFFORTS CAN
COME TOGETHER TOO.
AND AGREE TO SOLUTIONS THAT
LEVERAGE THESE RESOURCES FROM
THE CITY SITE.
SO IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO SEE.
IF YOU CAN FORWARD ONE MORE
SLIDE HERE.
THIS SHOWS ONE OF THE PROJECTS
THAT IS KIND OF INTEGRATED WITH
THE FLUME PROPERTY PROJECT THAT
WE REVIEWED.
AGAIN, THE FLUME PROPERTY OWNED
BY CITY LIGHT PROVIDES AN
IMPORTANT LINK TO INVESTMENTS
UNDER THE DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN
GEORGETOWN AND SOUTH PARK
INCLUDING THE ONE SHOWN ON YOUR
SCREEN WHICH IS THE GEORGETOWN
TO SOUTH PARK TRAIL.
THE COUNCIL FUNDED THIS IN THE
2021 BUDGET AND WE JUST
COMPLETED THE INITIAL REVIEW OF
THE PROJECT.
IF YOU CAN FORWARD ONE MORE
SLIDE, THIS PROJECT ALSO
DOVETAILED NICELY INTO THE
SOUTH PARK BECAUSE OF PROJECT
IS A PROJECT WE JUST COMPLETED
OUR SECOND REVIEW OF.
THIS PROJECT, THIS
PARK PLAZA PROJECT IS A REALLY
IMPORTANT PROJECT.
IT CREATES REALLY NECESSARY
PARK SPACE IN THE UNDER
RESOURCED AND MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITY OF SOUTH PARK.
I THINK THIS PROJECT, I THINK
THE NEIGHBORHOOD WANTS IT TO BE
SO MUCH MORE.
WE REALLY HAD TO FOCUS OUR
REVIEW ON WHAT IT CAN BE WITHOUT
OVER PROGRAMMING THE SITE HERE.
THIS IS A REALLY GREAT
INVESTMENT WITHIN THAT
COMMUNITY THAT REALLY SORELY
NEEDS IT.
WITH THAT, I WILL KICK IT BACK
OVER TO MIKE TO FINISH OUR
TIMING.
>> THANK YOU JUSTIN.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> THIS IS THE LAST SLIDE
RELATIVE TO THE SOUTH PARK
PLAZA.
IT IS REINFORCING WHAT I THINK
THAT THE COUNCIL DID IN 2021 BY
PRIORITIZING THE GEORGETOWN TO
SOUTH PARK TRAIL.
CREATING THAT NETWORK, THAT
EQUITABLE NETWORK THAT THE
COMMUNITY NEEDED.
AND WE ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE
ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF
THOSE REVIEWS AND WE WILL
CONTINUE TO MONITOR IT.
I WANTED TO THANK THE COUNCIL
FOR PRIORITIZING THE FUNDING
FOR THIS PROJECT TO PROCEED.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> JUSTIN INTEREST OF TIME, I
WILL JUST HIT A FEW HIGHLIGHTS
HERE ON ONE OR TWO UPCOMING
SLIDES.
I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT
QUICKLY, WE WERE THE FIRST BOARD
OR COMMISSION LAST YEAR
STARTING IN THE APRIL 4th 2020
MEETING TO GO ONLINE.
WE HAVE BEEN -- THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE AND I KEPT T HELPED US
MAKE THAT WORK.
CERTAINLY, STAFF HAS BEEN
FUNDAMENTAL TO THE.
THE COMMISSIONERS AND PEOPLE
COMING BEFORE US HAVE MADE IT A
SUCCESSFUL TEMPLATE.
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO
GETTING BACK AS ALL OF US ARE.
I JUST WANTED TO START OFF HERE
SAYING THAT OUR TRANSITION TO
ONLINE MEETINGS OCCURRED THREE
WEEKS AFTER WE WERE ALL SENT
HOME.
AND I KNOW THAT EVERYONE WHO
HAS HELPED US IN THE PUBLIC HAS
APPRECIATED WHAT WE HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO DO AND WHAT WE HAVE
LEARNED BY DOING OUR WORK
ONLINE.
WE HAVE TAKEN A SIGNIFICANT
ROLE WITH WSBLE LOOKING AT A
VARIETY OF POLICY DOCUMENTS
THAT YOU SEE HERE, AS WELL AS
THE ONGOING REVIEW OF NORTH
130TH LIGHT RAIL STATION WHICH
WILL BE COMING BACK TO US FOR
MAY 20TH MEETING.
THE NEXT SLIDE.
FOR 2021, WE ARE GOING TO BE
FINISHING OFF THE WORK WITH THE
ROANOKE LID AND PORTAGE BAY
BRIDGE PROJECT.
W.S.D.O.T.
HAS ALLOWED US TO HAVE A
SIGNIFICANT SEAT AT THE TABLE
IN REVIEWING THE RFP WHICH WE
APPRECIATE.
THE SEATTLE DESIGN COMMISSION
WILL BE THE PRIMARY BODY THAT
REVIEWS SOUND TRANSIT PROPOSALS
FOR STATIONS AND GUIDEWAY
SEGMENTS.
WE ARE GOING TO COMMENCE THAT
REVIEW, HOPEFULLY IN THE 4th
QUARTER OF THIS YEAR, LOOKING
AT THE ALTERNATIVES THAT ARE
DISCLOSED IN THE DRAFT EIS AND
DOING WHAT WE CALL PRE-CONCEPT
OR ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS OF
STATIONS.
SELECT STATIONS AND GUIDEWAYS
SEGMENT.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THE
NUMBER OF THE CITY CAPITAL
PROJECTS WE REVIEWED LAST YEAR.
GEORGETOWN TO SOUTH PARK TRAIL,
SOUTH PARK PLAZA AND FINISHING
THE WORK WITH YESLER TERRACE
AND THE PROJECTS THAT YOU SEE
HERE.
NEXT SLIDE.
THAT IS IT FOR THE PRESENTATION
TODAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STICKING
WITH US.
WE TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF TIME
AND IT WAS A PACKED AGENDA.
BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU
GIVING YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION
TO THE WORK OF THE COMMISSION.
THIS IS MY EIGHTH YEAR BEING
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND I
TELL PEOPLE THAT I HAVE THE
BEST JOB IN THE CITY BECAUSE MY
JOB IS TO HELP A
GROUP OF 10 DEDICATED
PROFESSIONALS TO PROVIDE
VALUABLE INPUT FOR HIGH-LEVEL
EXPECTATIONS OF HOW CITY FUNDS
ARE SPENT IN DEVELOPING AND
CREATING INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO I APPRECIATE THE ROLE THAT I
HAVE AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE
THE TIME THAT THE COMMISSIONERS
SPEND IN THAT ROLE.
THAT IS ONLY HALF.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR
ME, I'M HAPPY TO -- MIMIC.
>> I CANNOT THINK BOTH OF
ENOUGH AND ALL THE
COMMISSIONERS FOR YOUR
DEDICATED WORK THIS WAS A GREAT
PRESENTATION THAT ONLY SKIMMED
THE SURFACE OF ALL OF THE WORK
THAT YOU DO.
YOU CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED YOUR
WORK WITH SOUND TRANSIT,
W.S.D.O.T.
AND DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENTS.
THESE ARE ALL ENTITIES THAT DO
NOT NECESSARILY REPORT TO YOU.
AND IT IS CLEAR THAT YOUR GOOD
WORK LEAVES A POSITIVE
IMPRESSION TO MAKE PROJECTS
BETTER AS THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
IS HOW WE LIVE OUR LIVES.
I LOOK FORWARD TO, WHEN WE GET
AROUND THE PANDEMIC, TO SHARING
TIME WITH YOU DOWN THERE ON
24'S AND MAYBE GO FOR A PADDLE.
COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS?
>> SEEING NONE, I WILL LET
YOU BE EXCUSED, GENTLEMEN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I HOPE THIS IS PERSUADING
YOU TO ACTUALLY CHOOSE A
FAVORITE COMMISSION NOW.
>> NO.
>> NICE TRY.
>> FAIR ENOUGH.
>> I HAVE TO TRY.
>> TAKE CARE.
>> SEE YOU SOON.
>> ANY ITEMS FOR THE GOOD OF
THE ORDER, COLLEAGUES?
>> SEEING NONE.
THIS CONCLUDES THE WEDNESDAY,
APRIL 28th 2021 MEETING OF THE
LAND USE AND NEIGHBORHOODS
COMMITTEE MEETING.
AS A REMINDER, THE NEXT MEETING
IS MAY 12 STARTING AT 9:30 A.M.
THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING.
WE ARE ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU AWARD-WINNING SEATTLE
CHANNEL.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> GOODBYE COUNCILMEMBERS.